The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 4, 1902, Page 1

« VOLUME XCL-NO. POLITICS Ex 4. FR NCISCO, TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. CURSE OF CONGRESSMAN LOUD. Delivery Is Grave Question. SERVICE | Loud Says Rural Free EXPLOSION WRECKS THE LOGOMOTIVE . Fatal Accident on the Coast Line Near Guadaloupe. ——— Engineer ard Fireman Perish and Brakeman Cannot Survive, | g tasas Bodies of the TUnfortunates Are Hurled Many Yards With Debris of the Engine and Caboose. - kA UGS Special Dispatch to The Call | SAN LUIS OBISPO, March 3.—Two men | lost their lives and a third was fatally in- jured in a disaster on the Southern Pa- clfic coast line this morning. The boller |on engine No. 1701, en route from this city to Santa Barbara to haul back a ffeight train, blew up on Deuman hill, be | low Guadaloupe. Responsibility for the | accident may never be placed, as one of the men on the locomotive was Instantly | killed and the other died within a fe minutes without con- sclousness, having regained W ASHINGTON, March 3 —The| The force of the explosion was terrific. | ] e begar fdera The locomotive was redv i to rapiron, tion of the bill t ity the 1 the only portions of it remaining on ery service and | ne wek were the two drive wheels, e the car ! ntrget S¥&- | Pleces of heavy iron were hurled many ( two &p w ivered t0- | vards from the rails. Fragments of the ¢ « re f the [ engine littered the ground for a wide area ee Post 18. | on both sid, the track # nent in favor of | joremay Henshaw's death was sudden "p r two ar half WILL LECTURE 2y 1y e oppo- the his and awful was literally blown to pleces and remaing were scattered wut it with the debris of the locomotive, the confe SRR pon ineer Dugan was hurled fifty feet v rif b Payne, the ma- | eom the rafls. He was still alive when v, declined 1« the mi- | o ked up, but was so terribly mangled thirt " te n whict that death followed in a few minutes, nd this ofter was Brakeman Postlewalte, who was riding in f e f owed ‘and _ the a cabo attached the engine wns 'I"“_“]_ ‘1":] also hurled a long distance by the explo slon, He was brought to this eity, still i g. bu rangled and unconsciov ne SCANDALS ARE AVOIDED, .Ut L MEREE bee Sncettions: and pening 1 bate on the rural de Two wreeking trains, one accompanied t eclared that, in his opin- | 4y gurceons, were hurried to the scens ® q ' o4 Was of mOre | o yne digaster as Noon a8 pews of It was port ! ny which would com® | .oqived by the rallroad oMclals, The ' - Unon 118 80- | ye ik was BAETY Aatm gen Ty L e wago Whether ' (he rural slon wnd tram. was delayed for some . would cost ultimatoly hours S | BAN JORE, Mareh %-=Richard Dugan ey AR e young engineer who was killed near noer ) Guadaloups 1o vesided with his . : ny members of CON | other, Mrs, Kate Dugan, on Itiver N treet, fn (his olty, He was only 82 years N p o svice and it f ane Your onr 1o he entered the mploy of the rallroad company as A ards. Mome time Ago he was promoted . . 'vh‘ PO ARGEMm. o engireer and given o run between th's - s "H”'f”‘.';::":”‘“l: elty and Man Francleco, and later whe i the present time traneferred to the run botween Hilt . for o eunervisory | AN Ban Luis Obispo. Twa weeks agy he vefuily drawn. Loud | WA® here on a visit (o his mother, Dugan . the possibitity of A member of the Young Men's Ingtl Sar re seandale, | e of thig elty and this soclety will have be given to one | ChATEe of hia funeral 1 who must per- | BUPREME COURT DROPE olf MRS BOTKIN'S APPEAL QUESTION OF PATRONAGE Woman Acoused of Poisoning Mrs. mise had gone stem was would in e carriers ) ‘the pas reued that be more ad than contended that 1 mmunitic H low by upon the He sald Demo- name districts should the per by whick allowed te took issue with ar tatement, de- ir . mocrats were al- we election of carrlers w rose, Payne, the ) e ie conference ‘ ¥ o bill, He | ed 1} effected by the i rds e e minority ter, dem ' wed to take {e}d the foor $o s 1nec & minutes ity 1jourr ON CHINA AND CHINESE CIVILIZATION bi University Secures ces of Professor Herbert A Gilles of England. OF Prof e on the 'm- purpose of at Co- the March or v for the of six lectures ‘China and Chines ceturgs will be d given of §100,000 as an hing the Chinese the faculty that nucieus of a well 1e. d 1 the artme pped Orie r. Gilles has spent twenty-seven years China and was rising in the British peular service there, belng Consul at &po when he retired ien years ago 1o cpt the chair of Chinese In the Univer. of Cambridge, England, Dr. Gillessaid al he came here expressly to lecture gt lumbia University, but that pessibly he aeeept an invitation recelved fromi Harper, president of the Chicage Unl- crsity, Lo lecture there also, Dunning Is Ready for Her Second Trial | WARMINGTON, Mareh The United | Blates Bupreme Court to-day dismissed the cage of Mre, Cordélla Hotkin ve. the people of the State of California. A dis- miseal was ordered upon the presentation by the clerk to the court of the stipula- tion from Mrs, Eotkin's counsel authoy- jzing such proceeding. The case came Lo | the court from the decision of the Supe rlor Court of Ban Francisco and was in- stituted to secure the release of Mrs, Bot- kin, who is under sentence of life im- prisonment a charge of murdering Mrs. Dunning by sending to her a box of poisoned candy George A. Knight, attorney for Mrs, | | Botkin, m the following statement in eference to the action of the highest tribunal of the nation: “We found tkat the United States Su- preme Court could not act on the writ of error before two years. Mrs. Botkin did not want to wait that long, and consented to have a trial here In this State under decision of our State Supreme Court. We are now ready for trlal any time the prosecution wants to go ahead.” | - | Six Lives Lost in Flood. PASSAIC, N. J., March 3.—Six lives are known to have been lost in the flood last night, The old Outwater bridge connect- | ing Passalc with Outwaters Lane in Ber- | County went out, earrying with it mx | whose Identity 18 not known. The men were standing on the bridge watch- flood When the structure parted | middle and went down stream in| fragments Ing the n the 1 Hungs Himself With a Trunk Strap. | DENVER, March*8.—~Adam Leech of 252 | Eaxt Fortieth street, New York City, com- ted sulcide by hanging himself with a the transom of the mi trunk strap room he was occupying. He was found by h.s nephew, Adam leech Jr., who had ac- | companied his unele to this city In gearch | of health, Leech was formerly steward | of the Knickerbocker Club of New York | e ity W0 el ‘! Will Visit Exposition. WABHINGTON, March 3~The Presi- | dent to-day informed the committee from | Charleston, who called upon him, that he | would vislt the exposition In that city, | - | Mochist Leader Is Dead, WILLEMBTAD, island of Curacan, | March 8.—~Lotetto Lima, the Maehist leader, who was recently wounded, is Aead. He expired in the milltary hoepital at Valencia, Venesuela, | ona | day the attorney and the doctor o+ Doctor Uives Deposi- tion in Enquirer Lawsuit, Says He Operated as if | He Wanted Stock for Himself. . HEORGE PARDER and D Henry Ach, whoy represents D Baward Colling in the suit hrovght by M, Colline against the Oak land Bnauirer, Dy WP Dalton and G, B Danlels, led sach other o merry in Oalkland yesterday the of Pars #iib- have Pardes dnnce throngh myatery that surroundes the purchage Enauirer by Mr. Danlels, Dy dee's deposition was faken and he mitted willingly, though he could refused to answer a single question un- der the ruling of Judge Ogden that a Court Commigeloner or notary public had no power to commit for contempt. while the doctor submitted willingly to the questions, what he did not remember the would have made a much larger deposi- tion than he made. The doctor frankly stated that the many exciting evemts In which he had participated since the beginning of these negotiations had thrown a mist over his recollections, and he could bring out of the past only a few of the main events of that time. But these main events were very im- portant, for Dr. Pardee said that he and Henry P. Dalton had conducted the sec- and the successful negotiations for the purchase of the paper in thelr own names, and that the stockholders and the agent with whom they were negotiating always thought that they were to be the purchasers, and G. B, Danlels did not ap- pear as the purchaser of the stock until the transfer was ready to be made. Dr. Pardee fenced about until Mr, Ach was compelled to ask him one general | question as to the first negotlations, for the attorney found that to extract the in- formation by questions would have taken more than the day glven to the taking of the deposition. Many times during the me: ured their wits, and it was only by the most adroft work that Mr. Ach secured any information of value. But what he did get was new to the case and decid. | edly interesting to those who:have been watching its progress, In Politics as a Good Citizen. Q.~1In the year 1807 were you engaged in the 1 political affairs of Alameda County or the State in any way at all? A other people wgre Q.—Well, you were, then? A.—I was. Q.—Had you any political transactions with Mr. Dalton, the defendant in the case? A,— The Q.—It had Leen your wont, 1 belleve, to take some interest In State conventions of the Re- publican party, and llkewise county conyen- tiong? A.-~A# all other good eitizens should. Q.~—Well, a direct answer, rather than a lec- ture to myself, would probably be better, A,— You don't object to a lecture, T presume? Q—Not at all so far as I am individually concerned, hut others might, (Mepriment,) My, Treadwell—That Is & part of your duty as & oftizen that you have neglected, Mr, Ach—Perhaps, Then Mr, Ach plunged Inte the purchase ~Same as a great many But | me as With & great many other people. ' iibil vui) Tl o W | 1 AFTER DANIELS’ NEGOTIATIONS FAIL, PARDEE AND DALTON TRY TO MAKE A DEAL WITH HADLEY l the paper being for sale. When Mr. Ach wanted to know Just what the conversa- tlon on that occasion was, Dr. Pardee sald: The conversatlon was this: Mr. Danlels came to me and sald that a controlling inter- est In the Enquirer was for sale. Mr. Leach !and Mr. Nye and Mr, Collins wanted to sell thelr Interest in the Enquirer and that he (Mr, Daniels) would Ifke to buy it, and wanted to know {f T would help him in the transaction. I told him T would I he could show that the thing wgs in good shape, and would be a pay- ing Investment from a financial standpoint. That was the gist of the conversation, Q.—Prior to that time, then, it I understand you, other than being a customer at his store, and on s few occaslons borrowing a little money as you passed by, you had had no busi- ness transactions with Mr. Danlels? A.—None whatever, ' Q—DId you know anything about his finam- clal condition? A.—1In a general way only. 'Q.—~What did you know? A,—It was very good. Q.—It was good? A.—80 far as I knew. Q.—Well, had you made any inquiries? None on earth. Q.~Did you know whom he was owing? A.— No. Q.—Did you know how much? A.—No. Q.—DIA you know what assets he had? A.— No, b ‘Wanted Indorsement of Note. Q.—8o that the convereation you had with him, the first one which you have detafled, was simply an appliention on his part to you in effect to ald and assist him in buying the con- trolling Interest In the Enquirer? A,—That {s about 1t Q.—Did he tell you how he wanted you to ald and assist him? A.—Yes. Q.—~What did he say about that? A.—He sald that he wanted me to Indorse his note, if he could succeed in securing the control of the paper. Q.—And how much of a note did he tell you he wanted you to Indorse? A.—My remem- ‘brance Is he didn’t say, Q.—Did he say anything at all about the amount? A.-—I don't think he dla, Q.—DId you? A.—Ne, Q,—And did you promise to indorse the note ‘without knowing the amount, doctor? A,—I ala not. T sald if he would show that the pa- per was In good shape and could be made to . Q.=Without reference (n the amount . of money? A,—Ne reference made to that what- ever s i Q.--Did he tell you to whom this note was to be given, If given at all? A.—He did not Q@ -~You didn't make It a sine qua non that he would get anybody else to Indorse {t? A,— No. Q.—Or that he put up any security, or any- thing of that kind? A.—Yes, there wa curlty spoken of. Q.—~What was that? A,—Stock of the paper, Daniels After the Stock. Dr. Pardee said that he had not at that time, consulted with Mr. Leach, Mr. Nye or Mr. Collins, or any one who was con- nected with the paper or the transaction. Then there was a second conversation with Mr. Danlels—where or exactly when the doctor could not remember—he only knew that ‘it was along the same gen- eral lines as the first conversation,” save that Mr. Danlels informed him that he had been negotlating for the stock. Then Mr. Ach wanted to know if Mr. Daniels had held out any political inducements to Dr. Pardee in connection with the pur- chase of the paper. Q~Was anything sald about the advan- tage of having that paper to you or ‘to him- self? A.—There was, to himself, Q.~~And nothing about an advantage to you? Nothing at all said about politics? A.—I don't think thera was, Q.—Anything at all sald about exercising or wielding an influence for the purpose of run- ning the affairs of the county? A.—No, Q.—~Of the State? A.—No, nor tha nation. ‘Q.—And there was nothing definite del mined at the mecond conversation? A.—] sir; 1 think not. At the third interview between Dr. Par- dee and Mr. Danlels about the Enqujrer, County Assessor Henry P. Dalton ap- peared. The questions and answers con- tinue: Q.—And can you recollect whether anybody ‘was present besides yourselt and Mr. Danlels at the third interview? A.—I think at the third interview Mr. Dalton was Interjected. Q.—And can you detail the conversation that occurred then? A.~—On the same general lines ag the other two, Q.—~Well, it must have been somewhat differ- ent with Mr, Dalton? A, —The exact difference T coutdn't tell you, Q.+=Did you ascertain how Mr, Daiton came to be interjected Into the party? A —My ve- membrance 18 that Mr. Dalten's Interjection 1) . Danlels, N ng ey Bueis ori oy b g o causing the — I RUGBLES WITH MANIAG IN DARKNESS State Senator Muenter Vietor in Thrilling Combat. ‘ Gigantic Madman Invades His Home Near Lathrop at Night. Wife of the S8an Joaquin Statesman Assists in Conquering and Bind- ing the Murderous « Intruder. — Special Dispaf STOCKTON, March 3.-—State Senator August Muenter fought a desperate bat- tle with a maniac at 3 o'clock this morn« ing In his residence near Lathrop. Muen- ter, hearing a disturbance in the kitchen, had stepped Into the dining room and called out, asking who was there. He re- celved only a grunt in reply. Divining that there was trouble ahead he went to his wife's room and told her to bolt her | door. Then, locking the room in which | his son lay, he drew on his shoes, slipped over to the servants’' quarters and told % | man to come to his aid. ‘ They opened the kitchen door and found a large man with a lighted lamp searching | | the pantry. As soon as he turned his bloodshot eyes and feroclous face toward to The Call. the two they saw that they had a maniac to deal with. They began to par- ley with him, inviting him to go to the servants’ quarters and make himself at home. Mumbling some incoherent sen- tences, the madman pmpanied them meekly to the place. Barking Dog Angers Madman. Benator Muenter concluded that the fel- low was harmless, and was just turning to go away when a dog which slept in the house barked. Like a shot the man | jumped up, ran into the kitchen and be- gan kicking In the panels of the dining room door, The Senator ran around into the dining reom to meet him If he broke open the door, He was not a minute too | soon, Then, in the darkness, began a struggle for life, The Intruder was big and muscular., With hardly .a word . they | clinched, Over amd ‘ever the two men | | volled on the floor, sradually working | | their way Into the kitchen. Mrs. Musnter had got up and dressed, The hired man | had flea By the rays of the light the kitchen fram another room Muenter | saw that the movements of the man's | Arms meant more than blows with the fist. He was lunging at the Henator's | ehest with & large knife, which he had pleked up from the table The contest was prolonged for minutes, the men struggling for a time, resting with unrelaxed holds and then beginning agatn, Finally Muenter planted hils knees on the maniac's neck, and the Joss of breath began to tell on the in truder. Mrs, Muenter Displays Pluck. Then it was that Mre, Muenter showed falling Into | = e — N i AL iy iy g her grit. Her husband called in vain for ] OARLAND POLITICIAN OF NOTEH AR M) APPEARED WHILE GIV- the |'m-=a man, but 1t wag his wite who | ING HI8 I'l‘:!:")FI’I‘IGiN IN BUIT HROUGHT BY D BDWARD COLs | ran and got a strong repe, and, while the [ LINE AGAINBT THIE OAKLAND BNQUIRER, AND OTHERS, Henator held the atill strugeling madman, [, S— — 1B U i | tied his wrists. Mre. Muenter, with re. | 4 markable nerve, followed every direction of the BEnquirer, Dy, Pardee sald that the Qi==And you didn't know, then, whether It | glven her. Once the knife had dropped | first person with whom he had talked [ would take a thoueand doliare or 880007 A.— | from the maniac's hands the binding was nbout the purchase of that paper was Mr. | No. qulckly completed Daniels, In Beptember or October of 1807 Q.~Or 850,000, or A milllon? A.—~Not the Mre. Muenter then got a buggy, and Mr. Daniels had spoken to him about | #llghtest, while her husband watched the captive she drove before daybreak to Lathrop and brought Constable Shepherd back with her. From papers found in hig effects it was found that the man's name was evident- | ly Andrew Pedrotl. At the Detention Hospital he had to be put into a strait- jacket. He was a magnificent specimen of physical manhood, and the wonder ex- pressed by the officers was that Muenter had been able to overcome him. REFUSES TO GRANT LICENSES FOR STATIONS | British Postmaster General Is Afraid of Interruption of Admiralty Tests. LONDON, March 3.—Speaking in the House of Lords to-day of the attitude to- ward wireless telegraphy, the Marquls | of Londonderry, the Postmaster General, the wirelei ystem as the’ greatest in- vention of the Marconi licenses to establish signal sta- tions in the United Kingdom for fear of | interrupting the extensive experimental | work now being carried on by the Ad- | miralty, from which the Government hoped to attaln most complete results. NEW YORK, March 3.—8ignor Marconi was seen at the Hoffman House to-night regarding the report that his system of wireless telegraphy had encountered com- petition at the hands of both ‘the Amerl- can and English governments. He said: Negotiations are pending between my com- pany and the Government at Washington for the installation of the system. This much I will ‘say, but the extent and nature of the proposition are not in shape for publication an 1 can supply no other information on this point at present. It Is not true, however, that any other & tem of wirelesa telegrapby has been selec for experimental use by the American Govern- ment to the exclusion of or In prefsrence to my own. Whatever adoption of instrumenis of German invention may be (ntended will be only for the purpose of a competitive tess, whigh- 18 & natural step for the authorities to . m;uw- that the Postmaster General of Eng- land will grant ne move lieenses for Marvoni stations in the United Kingdom on the ground that an extenslon of wy system will futey feye with the expevim of the Hritish Ad- mivalty in wiveless tol Phy 18 not nearly 80 formidable an embargy as |t sounds, sald that while he personally regarded | e he could not grant| JUBILEE IN HONOR 'OF POPE POPE LEO XIII SRS DR ™ A ™ © Fifty Thousand People Witness Splendid p e Ceremony. \OME, March 3.—The principal ecere- twenty-fourth anniversary of the Pope's coronation, the holding of the “papal chapel,” was earried out in the basilica of St. Peter's this morning with extraordinary pomp and in the presence of the Pontiff and an assemblage estimated to have numbered fully 50,000 persons, The “chapel” was held in the basilica to-day for the first time since 1870, such ceremo nies having In tne meantime ocev the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican, Thirty Cardinals, numerous Archbishops and Bishops, the members of the pontifical court, the special foreign missions sent by most countries, the members of the dip lomatic corps and the Roman nobility, ail fn magnificent vestments or uniforms, participated In the ceremony and formed a striking spectacle. The Pontifical Guards, wearing their gala uniforms, were on duty on all sides The Pope, who left his apartments 10:30 &. m., was born in the sedia gey torla, precaded by the pontifieal court and surrounded by nobies, to the throne amid the agelamations of the vast assemblage Cardinal Vannutelll Intoned the mass, the pontifical ehalr ehant the Denm' and his Holiness pronounced the Papal henedietion, heyend whieh he did not partielpate in the seryice. At 1280 p. m. the Pope returned to the Vatican, recelving anather avation as he did wo - - THANKSGIVING AT NEW YORK Jibllee Is Commemorated in All Catholle Churohes. NEW YORK, March 8=The jubilee ¢ | Pope Leo XIIT, which began yesterdav, was commemorated in all Cathelle ehurehes, Masses In each chureh wers sald to-day, After the last mass a Ta Deum was sung in thahksgiving for the prolenged conservation of the Pope's life and health In the evening a mesting was hald un der the presidency of Archbishop Corrle gan and addvessed by Bourke Cockran Plang for the celebration of the Pope's Jublles In this country had been generally remanded, but they were placed undes | way In conformity with suggestions in a letter received by Cardinal GHbbons from the Pope's Viear ral STARCH MANUFACTURERS FORM A BIG COMBINATION Yormer Competitive Poliey Will Be Done Away With by the Corporation. NEW YORK, March 3—Permanent or- ganization of the 350,000,000 corn products company, known as the combination, Glucose Starch effected by the election of the following directors: C. H. Mathlesen, W. J. Calhoun, Mor- ton, Edward L. Wemple, Norman B. Ream, M. T. Bedford, 7. O. Mathiesen, E. V. Holget and Benjamin Graham. The board organized by electing ficers: C. H. Mathiesen has been Joy thess of- president and also chalrman of the executive committes; W Calhoun, vice president; Joy Morton, seeond vice president; Edward L. Wemple, secretary | Benjamin Graham, treasurer There still are a few vacancles in the Hst of directors. Mathlesen. who was chosen president of the new corpafation, has been long Identified with the glucose starch trade, and has been president of the Glucose Sugar Refining Company for several years It is belleved the former competitive | polley will be done away with, and the probability Is that the trade will ba placed upon a firm basis The underwriting money about $4,000,000, which was paid in, will be devoted In part to the purchass of some of the smaller plants, which are not to have their stock exchanged for tha stock of the larger company. The work- ing capital of the new company at the putset will be In excess of $5,000,000. LEISHMAN PRESENTS NOTE TO THE FORTE Su'tan Denies All Liability Concern- ing the Abduction of Miss Stone, CONSTANTINOPLE, Mareh 3.—United States Minister John A, Leishman has presented & note to the Portd reggrding the captuve of Miss Ellon M, Htone by brigands, demanding the punishment of the gullty parties, The Porte, in veplis ing, vepudiates responsibitity and denles @l Hability, . amounting to —x