The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 8, 1902, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRA ISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 190 WILL REOPEN WATER INQUIRY Supervisors Decide That Further Testimony Is Necessary. Spring Valley Company Gives ! Consent and Fight Is On Again. i The Board of Supervisors at a special | meeting held yesterday for the purpose | of fixing water rates for the coming fis- cal year decided to reopen the Inquiry into the valuation of the property of the | Spring Valley Water Company. { After the call to order by Mayor| Schmitz, Supervisor Braunhart made a statement in which he asked that the in- quiry be reopened in order that the valu- ation of the property of the Suburban Water Company, which was bought out by Spring Valley, might be ascertained. | This provoked a long discussion, which w opened by Comte, who sald that there was a legal phase of the matter which the board could not afford to ig- nore. That was that the action suggest- ed might invalidate the water ord:nance if fixed by the board without giving the water company due notice of the reopen- ing of the matter, £ | Braunbart was willing to give the com- | pany notice. He at once prepared a reso- Jution declaring it the sense of the board o reopen the water rate inquiry in order 1o hear further testimor of the Buburban Company's prope suggestion of Comte that the water com 1y be directed to show cause why the inquiry should not be reopened was fav- orably considered | Braunbart remarked that it was his | desire 1o ascertain the value of such | jroperty of the Suburban Company as is eing used for supplying Ban Francisco | with water. He was also anxious to| know how much of the property was es- | sential to the supplying of water for this | it | Engineer Schussler of the water com- | pany sald that the value greatly exceeded ihe cost and that testimony had already | been advanced by the company in proof of the contention that it was all in us for water purposes only. A communication from the water com- pany was read protesting against the re- duction in the amount proposed to be al- lowed for hydrants and giving statistics in support of the company's claim that | the rates ought to be increased. | Braunhart insisted upon a vote upon his resolution, but Brandenstein urged that it would be unnecessary if the con- sent of the company to the reopening of the inquiry could be obtained. Schussler telephoned to the company’s attorney and reported later that the company would | &gree to the proposition on condition it | was allowed to put in testimony in re- | buttal of any offered before the board. | This was agreed to and Braunhart with- | drew his resolution. i Brandestein protested against the pub- lished intimation that “he was a crea- | ture of Spring Valley He said he tried | to do his duty honestly during-the long inquiry and he favored the proposed | water ordinance because he believed it to | be a fair and just one. | Connor said he was anxious to find out | why the water company on the last day | Tut one of the investigation should bring | in a list of property worth $3,000,000, of which no one had any previous knowl- | cdge. He insisted that it was his desire | 1o treat the company fairly, but he | wanted to be thoroughly informed on all | points before finally casting his vote. | Braunhart moved thaf the company be requested to renew its offer to expend | $450,000 next year for the enlarging and | laying of new water mains in districts to | Le designated by the Chief Engineer of | the Fire Department. The board then adjourned to meet on Monday, when the | taking of new testimony will begin. MAINS i PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS DENIED| Motion for New Trial for Captain | Jack Neall Is Argued and Submitted. The United States Circuit Court of Ap- P sterday denied the petition of Charles R. Mains for a writ of habeas | corpus. The court did not think that it had jurisdiction in the mmtter, and was | of opinion that the petition did not state | unds for the issuance of a writ. | being_held under an order of | 1 tates District Judge de Haven to await the action of the Federal Grand Jury in_the matter of the charge against | him of having used the mails with fraud- | u intent Crittender, Thornton occupied the great- )art of the session of the Court of Ap- | in arguing a motion for a new trial of the case of ex-Captain John M. Neall on a charge of embezzling money depos- ited by a soldier of his troop. Neall is| now in the San Quentin penitentiary | serving a sentence of two years' impris- | onment. The argument was submitted and taken under advisement —— e Justices’ Clerk Dispute. Judge Cook stated yesterday that h.’ and Judges Sloss and Murasky, who heard the argument on the amended com- plaint on writ of injunction to re- Firain the of Powel hod agr would probubly be dell the Auditor from auditing the de- Fredrick as Justices' | 3 upon their decision und | ered this mand ADVERTISEMENTS. | Uncle Sam’s Mail Service requires physical and mental * ability of a high degree to withstand its hard labors. The high tension to which the nervous system is constantly subjected, has a gepressing ef- fect, and soon headache, back- ache, neuralgia, rheumatism, sciatica, etc., develop in severe form. Such was the case of Mail Carrier S. F. Sweinhart, of Huntsville, Ala., he says: “An attack of pneumonia left me with muscular rheumatism, headache, | and pains that seemed to be all over me. I was scarcely able to move for ¥ about a month when I decided to give ne Pain Pills | Mile: and Nerve Plasters a'trial. In three days 1 was again on my route and in two weeks I was free from pain gaining in fesh and Seld by all Druggists. Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. | been enforced. | have a right of way which covers NEW FERRY FAIRWAY TAKES AWAY MOST VALUABLE ANCHORAGE SPACE 'Harbor Commissioners Issue a New Chart Showing How the Right of Way Recently Granted to the Santa Fe Railroad Company Restricts the Water-Front Privileges of the Shipping Interests L BRACES MARKEG [CRESSES (%X ) ARE r. TR i £ DISTANCE TONWE ST WARD fov @oaT toLAMp it SPARRED (anyty ) i & e R THESE ARE ROORERan Qunh Mo Ac AL ABLE | FoR aricHomaaE, as SMIBS LOCATED THERE. ~youlD saima i gpiTHE | SN ST o * HEN the State Board of Harbor Commissioners in December last granted to the Santa Fe Rallroad Company a ferry fairway from Mis- sion-street wharf to Point Richmond few interested in the shipping of the port re- alized that this action virtually wiped out what remains of anchorage space within convenient distance of the city's wharves. The issuance yesterday of an amended chart showing the forbidden an- chorages of the harbor came as a big and not altogether pleasant surprise. The Commissioners have virtually made to the Santa Fe Company a present of the safest and most convenient anchor- age space that the harbor affords. The shipping community complains with al- most one voice that it was never con- sulted in the matter, and that, although the falrway was established December 11, the knowledge of the existence of this new restriction comes as news. The rallroad company applied for a fairway to Point Richmond in the latter part of last year. The Harbor Commis- sioners referred the matter to Chief Wharfinger Henderson, who on Decem- ber 11 recommended that the privilege be granted and that a fairway be estab- lished in accordance with the chart sub- mitted by the railroad company with its application. Acting upon this fecommen- dation the board adopted a resolution fa- vorable to the railroad company’s request and the Santa Fe fairway was estab- lished. The board then notified the Coast and Geodetic survey officials of their action and asked that cognizance be taken of the newly established fair- way in the next edition of the Govern- ment charts of the harbor. The Santa Fe Company is at present running but few boats daily between this side and Point Richmond, and up to the present the new restrictions have not With the publication of. the new charts, however, the forbidden anchorage rules will go into effect and the shipping community is worried. While there is no expressed objection to the Commissioners establishing a fair- way to the Santa Fe boats there is a de- cided objection to the fairway as grant- ed. The Oakland ferry and freight boats uite @ space of harbor surface, and the Sau- salito and Tiburon ferries monopolize a goodly stretch at right angles. Within the angle made by these two fairways lies the safest and most convenient an- chorage the bay affords. Now comes the Santa Fe fairway, which cuts tne angle about evenly and compietely wipes out this anchorage ground. Ships are not only forbidden to anchor within the lines indicated on the chart reproduced herewith, but must not anchor near these lines, lest the changing tide should swing the Vessel within the forbidden limits. Shipping folk say the Santa Fe boats could with safety use the Sausalito and Tiburon fairway as far as Angel Island or else adopt course far enough to the eastward to avold the anchorage grounds. The new fairway has been established, however, and anchorage spaclous enough to accommodate a whole flect of ships has been taken away from the commercial community, What action the shipping people will take remaing to be seen, but it is more than likely that the Harbor ‘ommissioners will be asked to modify liberal grant to the Santa Fe Com- arrange the fairway so as With long established an- ¢ ge privileges, The shipping mmmunnr will be repre- sented the next time the Harbor Commis- wloners vote on the question of establish- ing new fuirways. PRI Bar in Quieter Mood. The bar was in more moderate mood yesterday and those verscls compelled to turn back the day before were able to w8 in safety and go their several ways ward, It s many years since the bar was %0 continuously rough as it has been for the past month. In spite of the fact that yesterday was I'riday, the steam whaler Willlam Baylies put to sea. She is the first of the fleet to get away, and will be followed In a few days by the other blubber hunters. The yacht Ru- mona _also_got out yesterday. Bhe is bound for Monterey, which will hereafter be her home port, ——— A Methodical Wave, The steamship Alameda yesterday came down from the sugar refinery and docked at the Oceanie wharf. Carpenters are repairing the wheelhouse, through the windows of which a huge wave smashed its way during the last trip to Honolulu. The weather through which the Alameda passed on that occasion was phenomenal for the North Pacific. The wave that smashed the wheelhouse was # glant among mountains of water. it landed on the house llke a shot from a cannon, It smashed to atoms the thick plate glass windows and drove the par- t'cles of glass ‘endways Into the wood- work of the afterpart of the house. It Lroke down the door leading to Captain Herriman's cabin and then engaged in a playful freak that temporarily trans- formed the skipper's quariers into a junk pository. It gathered up all the iittle pieces of glass that were not sticking into woodwark: it picked up binocular glasses, logbooks, binnacle and a few other odds and ends and fired the whole collection through the broken door into Captain Herriman's cabin, et Omega Has a Hard Trip. The barkentine Omega, which arrived v fourteen days from Knappton, escape the prevailing boisterous She encountered a southeast- did not weather, erly gale March 4, in which she lost her lower topsail and split several other sails. Roanoke on the Drydock. The ghip Roanoke will go on Hunters Point drydock to-day to repair the dam- oge wrought her hull by the fire which Lroke out in her hold on her last voyage. e ‘Water Front Notes. The stern wheeler ¥, M. 8mith s to be ced on the Sacramento River, where She ¥ she will engage in the Colusa trade. i at present undergoing a thorough over- hauling. The steamship Aztee, which yester encountered stiff southe: winds &roulhoul the entire passage. The steamship City of Puebla, due this morning, will hrh‘% a large consignment of potatoes from Victoriu. Recent storms have caused the washing 4own of the top layer of the breakwater bullt “to " protect the new fishermen's whart, e NEWS OF THE OCEAN. Matters of Interest to Mariners and Shipping Merchants. The Italian ship Salvatore Clampa is char- tered for wheat to Europe at 24s 3d. The schooner General Banning will load gen- eral merchandise here for Mazatlan, San Blas and Altata, The barkentine Amazon loads lumber at Had- lock for Shanghal at 40s. Merchandise for British Columbia. The steamer Umatilla salled yesterday for Victoria with an assorted merchandise cargo destined for the principal British Columbian ports valued at $20,896, and including the fol- | lowing merchandise and produce: 23,450 1bs: malt, 2392 pigs lead, 8 pkgs leather, 175 pkgs wagon material, 112 pkgs ma- chinery, 1 cs shoes, 68 pkgs fresh vegetables, 30 pkgs fresh fruits, 1844 Ibs coffee, 81 cs assorted canned goods, 2081 Ibs flaxseed, 14 pkgs groceries and provisions, 1863 lbs mill- stuffs, 110 pkgs steel and iron, 110 bxs paste, 500 1bs chocolate, 2 pkgs dry goods, 2136 Ibs beans, 45 pkgs hardware, 60 cs electrical sup- plies, 2 cs arms and ammunition, 6 cs 50 gals wine, 18 cs syrup of figs, 19 pkgs drugs, 785 Ibs dried fruit. Saimd Shipping Intelligence. ARRIVED. Friday, March 7. st Bridgett, 38 hours from Vent; Stmr Aztec, Trask, 5% days from Tacoma; Oaklend_dir Stmr Gipsy, Leland, 21 hours from Monterey. Stmr Geo W Elder, Randall, 3 hours from Pprtland, via Astoria 53 hours. Blktn Omega, Mackie, 14 days from Knapp- Geo Loomis, ton. “Sehr Laura Madsen, Jorgensen, 12 days from Grays Harbor. Schr Churchill, Tregnor, 14 days from Wil- lapa Harbor. Schr Chas R Wilson, Johnson, 12 days from Grays Harbor. . 4CLEARED. Friday, March 7. Stmr Umatilla, Cousins, Victorla and Port Townsend; Goodall, Perkins & Co. Bark Harry Morse, Reynolds, Astoria; Ges E_Plummer. Schr Viking, Mortensen, Unga; McCollam F & T Co. SAILED. Friday, March 7. Stmr Alcazar, Martin, —. Stmr Gipsy, Leland, ta Cruz. Stmr Arcata, Dickson, Coos Bay. Stair Bonita, Nopander, San Pedro, Stmr Umatiila, Cousins, Victorla. Stmr Melville Dollar, Gow, Grays Harbor. Whaling stmr Wm_Baylies, Cottle, whaling. Br bark Limena, Sandison, Queenstown. Schr Mary C, Campbell, Bodega. Sehr Lily. Hughes, Umpqua. Schr Mabel Gray, Larsen, Eureka. Schr Ramona (vacht), Nelson, Monterey, SPOKEN. Jan 7, lat 83 §, lon 20 W—Br bark Brus- scls, hence Oct 16, for Queenstown. TELEGRAPHJC. POINT LOBOS, March 7,'10 p m—Weather cloudy; wind SE, velocity 26 miles per hour. DOMESTIC PORTS, PORTLAND—Sailed March 7—Ship Conway, for Queenstow Arrived M h 7—8hip Inchcape Rock, from {;flrl Los Angeles; stmr Fulton, from San o March 2-—8tmr Ruth, hence Feb d—Bktn J L Eviston, hence Feb fO—8Btmr Bouth Coast, henco March &; stmr Inqua, hence March 4. Hulled March d—Schr 1da MoKay, for San Francisco; wchr Asalea, for San Pedro, March b “chr Tapuda, for San Pedro, rrived March tmr Tomer, hency 5 bktn Koko .ll-v7m|."hr|u-e,hlnreh ! ks g ailod March 7—8tmrs Ruth, Gual Tork and Eurekn, for San Franciwee s o GRAYS HARBOR-—@niled Mareh 7—Sehr Tteporter, for Han Francisco; schr Henry Wil- #on, for Ean A'rancisco; schr Maweemn, for Han Podro. HOWENS LANDING—8alled March 7—Stmr Luolla, for Ban Franeisco. HAN PEDRO-—8allod March 7—8tmrs News- Aberdeen and Westport, for San Fran- NEAH BAY--Pngsed out March 7-Sohr Mo- teor, from Port Blakeley, for Han Pedro; Br ship Hpringbank, from Tacoma, for United Kingdom, PORT 1OS8 ANGELES-—Salled March 7— Stmr_Acme, for Han Franoisco, ABTORIA—8alled March 7--Bktn Encore, for uan Franclsco, KVERETT—Arrived March 7—Bktn Katle Flickinger, hence Feb 6, HOQUIAM—Arrived March 6—8tmr Grace Dollar, hence March 3. SIEATTLIS—8olled March 6—Stmr City of Topeka, for Skagway, Safled March 7—U 8 stmr Dix, for Manila; schr Otillie ‘Tord, for Hilo. Arrived Magch 7—Stmr Oceanta, from Japan and China; U 8 stmr Seward, from Portland, for repalirs; stmr Rainler, from Dixons/En- trance. TORT TOWNSEND—Passed in March 7—U 8 stmr Seward, from Astorla; bktn Katie Flickinger, hence Feb 6, for Everett. COOS BAY—Barbound March 7—Stmr South Portland, for San Francisco, « FOREIGN PORTS. SYDNEY—Arrived prior to March 7—Br stmr Moana, from Vancouver; stmr Sierra, hence Feb 9. LONDON-—Arrived March 7—Br stmr Glen- farg, from Tacoma and Seattle; Ger stmr Tot- mes, hence Dee 2, Mnrchos—.lm bark Pas- HULL~Arrived quale Lauro, hence Sept 19, MANILA—Arcived March 5—Br stmr Marls. tow, frem New York. Satled Feb 16—U § stmr Sheridan, for San Franeisco. PORT SAID—Arrived March 7—Br stmr Anapa, from Norfolk, for Manila; Span stmr Isla de Panay, from Liverpool. SHIMONOSEKI—Sailed March 3—Br stmr Indrapura, for Oregon. YOKOHAMA--Arrived March 7—Br stmr Doric, hence Feb 15, Safled Feb 3—Br stmr Lowther Castle, for New York. ANTOFOGASTA—Arrived Jan 14—-Ger bark Admiral Tegetthoff, from Chemainus. CALCUTTA—Arrived Feb 4—Br stmr Caith- nl’wl. from Liverpool, to load for San Fran- clseo, DUBLIN—Arrived March 3—Br ship King Edward, hence Sept 26, HAMBURG—Arrived, March 6—Ger bark Lisbeth, from Tacoma. MONTEVIDEO—Arrived March 5—Bark Ra- chel Em: from Portland, Me. NEWCASTLE, Aus—8alled March 6—Stmr Kohala, for Honolulu. VANCOUVER—Salled March 7, 2:30 p m— Br stmr Miowera, for Sydney. CALLAO—Sailed March 1—Schr Oliver J Olsen, for Port Townsend. OCEAN STEAMERS. LIZARD—Passed March 7—Stmr La Cham- from New York, for Havre. PASUEMNSTOWN — Arrived Mareh 7—Stmr Campania, from New York, for Liverpool, and proceeded. s CHART OF THE HARBOR ISSUED BY THE HARBOR COMMISSIONERS YESTERDAY SHOWING HOW THE FERRY FAIRWAY RECENTLY GRANTED TO THE SANTA FE TAKES AWAY FROM THE SHIPPING IN- TERESTS A GREAT PORTION OF THE MOST CONVENIENT ANCHORAGE SPACE. _— YOKOHAMA—Salled March 0--Stmr Duke | ot Fife, from Hongkong, Shanghat and Kobe, for Victoria, B C, and Taconia. LONDON-—Arrived March 7—Stmr Glenfarg, from_Scattle, Hlogo, etc; stmr Totmes, from San Franclsco, ete. ' , Balled March 7—Stmr Minneapolls, for New arl. LIVERPOOL—Arrived March 7—Stmr Pre- torlun, from St John, N B, and Halifax. BOULOGNE--8ailed March 6--Stmr Maas- dam, from Rotterdam, for New York. 8 sy Steamer Movements. TO ARRIVE, Steamer, Edith Oregonian. S. Portland San Pedro. From, Seattlo . .|New York. Coos Bay. Grays Harbor. o Secafttle & New Whatcom| Humboldt ... Puget Sound Ports , | Nanaimo . \|Bureka. . |Mendaeino City New York via Coquille River n Diego & Wa "|Valparaiso & Wi Seattle Seattle .|Nanaimo Sydney & |Grays Harbor China & Japan . Portland & Astoria .|Portland & Astoria.. .| Seattle Seattle Grays Harbor San Diego & W .|Point Arena Humboldt . .| Hamburg: C Portland & Astoria..... M San Pedro & Way Ports. New York via_Panama..|M: Umatilla. Puget Sound Ports.....|Mar. 18 TO SAIL. Steamer. || Destination. Salls.| Pler. March . = Humboldt 1:30 p{Pler 9 Point Arena . 2 pm|(Pler 2 Panama & Wa. 12 ‘m|P) Honolulu ... 2 pm[Pler 7 March 9. Mexican Ports ....[10 am|Pier 11 Seattle & Tacoma ..[10 am(Pler 3 San Diego & Way..| 9 am|Pier 11 Astoria_& Portland|{ll amPler 24 Humboldt .........| 9 am|Pler 2 March 10, % San Pedro..|Grays Harbor ....| 5 pm[Pler 2 Phoenlx. ... Mendocino City....| 3 pm/[Pler 13 Eureka.... | Humboldt .. Y am|Prer 15 fos s * | Hambur; . |Pler Mareh 12. Seattle & N. What.| 5 pm|Pler 2 Seattle & Tacoma.. Pler — San Diego & Way. [Pler 11 Valparaiso & Way m(Pler 10 and: Coquille_ River ....[I Pler "2 City Pucbla | Puget Sound Ports|ll am|Pler § March 13. G Lindnuer|Grays Harbor Coronado. , Grays Harbor Coptic..... |China_& Japan....| 1 pm|(PMSS March 14, Coos B, & Pt. Or'd[12 m|Pler 18 Seattle & Tacoma..| 5 pm(Pler § Astoria & Portland(ll am(Pier 24 March 15. Newport & Wav Ptsi § amiPlor 11 Lakme, ., .. Astoria & Portland.|.i.e..[Plor — @, Dollar,, |Grays Harbor .....| B pm{Pler 2 March 17, Argyll, . Y. via Panumn.| 2 pm(Pler 10 Qua ! Puget Hound Ports. (11 am|Pier 0 Rival.,\\ ) | Willsoa Har! 5 pm(Pler 2 March 18, Newport... | Panama & Way Ptsll2 m|PMSS FROM HEATTLE. Hteamer, For. Hallw, +|Cooks Inlet & Way Pta.[Mar, 12 Hiagwy & Way Ports.|Mar, 12 Skagway & Way Portu. Cooks Inlet & Way Pte. Cooks Inlot & Way Pts. " 10 . |Hkagway & Way Ports Mar, 10 Hkagway & Way Ports.|Mar, 16 Borth City Beattie Dirlgo. . B, Thompeon, Nomo City, ALKl Cottage Cf United Etates Const and Geodetic Survey— Times and Helghts of High and Low Waters at Kort Poiht, entrance to San Francisco Bay. Published by officlal au- thority of the Superintendent, NOTE—The ligh and low waters oceur at the ecity front (Mission-street wharf) about twenty-five minutes luter than at Fort Point: the helght of tide is the sam both places. SATURDAY, MARCH 8. Bun rises 5 5 H 12 A 2 3 xposition of the ti nin ¥ mornin arc g the le id column and the successive tides of the In the order of occurrence as to ti the fourth time column glves the last tide of the day, except when there are but three tides, as sometimes ocours, The helghts given are in addition to the soundings of the United States Coast Survey charts, except when a minus (—) 0 precedes the height, and then the number 'hv“ 18 subtracted from the depth gv-n by the charts. The plane of reference is the mean of the lower low waters. Vohae iy Time Ball. . Branch Hydrographic Office, U. 8. N., chants’ Exchange, San Francisco, Ml¥h 7, 1902, 4 The Time Ball on the tower of the Ferry bullding was dropped exactly at noon to-day, L e, at noon of the 120th merdian, or at § p. m,, Greenwich mean time. STANDLEY, W. H, Lieutenant, U. 8. N., in charge. ————— Receipts of Sutro Road. Secretary A, K. Stevens of the Sutro Rallway Company flled a statement with the gloughot Bupervllo‘r ye:te}:d y show- at 0 8! eipts of the com; “‘m Februn‘ml,' fi'r’fi, g) Feb: pl.w were $47,734 40. Two %c: cent of this amount, or $964 69, will pald Into the clty treasury. i Mer- Cal., COOLNESS SAVES THE PAGSENGERS Officers of the Waesland Act Quickly After the Collision. Only Two Deaths Occur in the Disaster Off the Coast of Wales. LIVERPOOL, March 7.—The British steamer Harmonides, from Brazillan ports, which was in collislon with and sank the Red Line steamer Waesland Wednesday night about forty miles south- west of Holyhead, and which was towed to this port early this morning by the tugs that went in search of her, has a great hole in her bows. A rescued pas- senger of the Waesland, who was on Loard the Harmonides, said the Waesland Was run into amidship in a fog at mid- night and sank half an hour afterward, her boilers bursting as she went down. "The report that only two of the passen- gers of the Waesland, a man and a child, lost their lives is confirmed. In addition one woman was injured. Some of the Waesland’s boats were in the water a couple of hours, owing to the fog, before they could get alongside the Harmonides. ‘When the Harmonides arrived here her ‘decks were crowded with half-clad pas- sengers of the Waesland, whose pale and haggard faces told the story of their try- ing experiences. So hurried was the de- parture of the passengers from the sink- ing ship that In some cases they were only covered with blankets and handker- chiefs were thelr only headgear, Crashes Into the Waesland. ‘When the disaster occurred Wednesday night the two vessels were steaming slow- ly oft the coast of the Isle of Anglesey. The Harmonldes crashed head on into the Waesland and backed away, but once again struck the then sinking ship, mak- 1§ & great gap in her side. Though the sed was perfectly smooth, the denseness of the fog added to the terrors of the pas- sengers of the Waesland, The women rushed on deck screaming, but were soon 1eassured by the officers. The boats were quickly lowered, but the operation re- sulted”in two fatalities. The end of one of the lifeboats slipped from fits davit end precipitated the occupants of the boat into the sea. A passenger, Edward Dan- gerfleld of Kansas, struck his head against the boat's fittings and was in- stuntly killed, and Elsle kmmett, 12 years old, the daughter of the Rev. A, M. Em- mett, was arowned. The other persons who were in the boat were picked up. The bravery of the passengers, many of whem ‘were Scandinavian emigrants, was exemplary. Precedence was given to the women and children. Bursting of the Boilers. As the last boats were leaving the fast- sinking ship, whose decks were already awash, an explosion announced that her boilers had burst and forty minutes after the fifst impact the Waesland gave a mighty lurch and disappeared beneath the waves, sinking about midway between Holyhead and Tuskar light. Nothing was saved except what the passengers and crew wore. The boats containing the passengers were for a time separated, Ow- mg to the fog, but eventually they all reached the sides of the Harmonides, and the survivors were taken on board that vessel, where they received every atten- tion. ' A pilot boat met the Harmonides off the Isle of Anglesey and communi- cated the news of the disaster to persons ashore, with the result that tugs were dispatched to search for the Harmonides and accompanied the steamer to this port. Here the passengers were landed and comfortably housed. They will proceed to Philadeiphia Wednesday on board the Red Star line steamer Nordland. The surviving passengers, as/a rule, escaped with only a few slight bruises. The Harmonides’ stem and bow plates were so torn and twisted that it appeared marvelous that she escaped sinking. She also has a deep dent in her port side. As Told by an Officer. An officer of the Waesland, in an inter- view, gave a graphic_description of the loss of the steamer. He said: I saw the whole affair. I was late in turn- ing in as the night was foggy and we naturally were apprehensive, Practically all the pas- sengers had retired. 1 was taking a last look at the weather, and in so doing peered over the ship's side, when, without the slightest warning, there came a fearful crash, which made the Waesland stagger from stem to stern. My God, we are struck,” I shouted. Then there loomed right over our ship's bow the steamer which had run into us. It was terrifying, of course. We instantly recognized | the peril. The darkness at that time was im- penetrabie, but there was no mistaking the terrible consequences of such an impact. The nose of the Harmonides appeared to have eaten right into our side. We were going very slowly with no more speed than was necessary to keep headway. We were struck at right angles, a tremendous hole was made, and for a mo- ment the stem of the Harmonides was literally inside our ship. A rush of excited people from the ship immediately ensued, T gers tumbled up just as they had retired for the night. The men, women and children were in their nightdresses. In a few moments the pas- sengers had thrown a shawl or a blanket over their shoulders. Terror and bewilderment relgned for & few moments, but the passengers gradually ranged themselves in groups about the decks where they were best sheltered and the erew worked ke clockwork In getting out tho boats, The only oxception to the good be- havior of the passengers Was in the case of a walon passenger who rushed hither and thither, calling in turn on heaven and earth to rescus all parts of pas him. Fortunately the other passengers wero not affected by thin man's pitiable mental agony, but were quickly and methodically marshaled into the bonts, The experlence in the small boats was Ifl’lns on mccount of the darkness and cold, We di not know exactly whero.we were and for a long time could not dlscover the whereabouts of the Harmonides, though she was near hy. The boats stood well away from the sinkin Whaesland for fear of being sucked down and we could hear the rending and tearing of her timbers as she seemed to breuk in two. Then there was a terrible explosion, as the bollers blew up, and all was over, We drifted and rowed for, seemingly, two or three hours, finally etting in touch’ with the Harmonides. We had no difficulty in get. ting on board, All our effects went to the bottom with the Waesland, The collision was terrific altke in the sud- denness of the shock and in the completeness of the steamer's destruction, and we think We were most fortunate in escaping as we did, “Rush for the Lifeboats. P. R. Ferguson, a saloon passenger, who, curfously enough, was on board the ‘Waesland when she collided with a schooner, not far from Philadelphia, says the principal excitement took the form of rushing for lifeboats. He saw a man who had seven life belts attached to various parts of his body. As the last boat, In which Ferguson was scated, was leaving the ship's side, cries for help were heard on board of her and the boat returned and found that two of the Waesland's crew had been left behind. One of these men had slept throughout from the first impact to the last, boat leavlni‘ the sinking steamer and only discovered his perilous position when the sea water flooded his bunk through the portholes. Dr, E. H. Shelmardine of Philadelphia, who, with his wife, was a passenger on board the Waesland, attributes the ace cident in the lifeboat to Dangerfleld's at- tempting to spring on board, thereby breaking his own neck and causing the death of Elsle Emmett. Dr. Shelmardine &g!t his valuable Instruments and jewelry, e says Captain Apfeld of the Waesland had on board his thirty-five years' savings in specie, but he did not atfempt to leave the bridge to fetch the money away. All the passengers were first got Into the boats and then it was too late to go back Mrs. Hanson of Chicago, a widow, was a considerable loser by the sinking of the ‘Waesland. The two sons of Dangerfield, who was killed in one of the lifeboats, re- turned to Kansas three weeks ago. SCRANTON, Kans.,, March 7.—Edwin Dangerfleld, who met death at the sink- ing of the steamer Waesland, was a re dent of this place for more t and was a prominent busines n here. About a year ago olitic D N eld and his family went to thelr ;’;{la:e England, to live. A short ago they decided to return here, "l?: Dangerfield sent orders to his sons here to_haye the family residence placed in country. A LITTLE BIG WASTE. ISTINGUISH between economy and wisdom. 1 Sitting at home to save shoe-leather is econo- but it isn’t wise; your risks are greater than all possible saving. Every cheap soap contains free alkali,. Now, free alkali will eat its way through the new oil cloth on the kitchen floor. Imagine, then, what it will do in a single Monday’s wash- ing! Is such economy wise? BUCKLEY FILES NEW EVIDENCE Witnesses Make Affi- davit He Did Not Kill Machinist Rice. When the case of Willlam Buckley, con- victed of murder in the first degree, was called in Judge Lawlor's court yesterday for argument on the motion for a new trial Attorneys Ferral and D. J. Murphy, on behalf of the prisoner, asked for a continuance for two weeks and presented affidavits in support of the request. Judge Lawlor continued the matter till this aft- ernoon, when he will give his decision on the request for a coitinuance. In one of the affidavits Buckley alleges tkat he did not murder George W. Rice, a non-union machinist, at the crossing of Twentieth and Howard streets October 1L He now claims that John Grandfleld clubbed Rice, and another man, known as “China” Copland, fired the shots into Rice's prostrate form. George Smith, a brushmaker, living at €20 Bryant street, makes afidavit that he knew *‘China” Copland, who was a ma- chinist and lived at Sixth and Shipley streets. About 7 o'clock on the night of October 11 he saw Copland in front of a salocn on the ground floor of the bufld- ing where Copland lived, inquiring for a men named Miller, a member of the Ma- chinists’ Union. Half an hour later Mil- ler made his appearance and Smith told him that Copland was looking for him. Miller went upstairs to Copland's room and Smith followed him. Copland was charging his clothes when they entercd and said, “I got the ; get me enough money to take me over the border.” Miler and Copland whispered loge(heraan Smith could not hear what they said. Miller then left and Smith went with him. Smith has not seen.Cop- land since. He disclosed these facts for the first time to Attorney D. J. Murphy March 6. Another affidavit was presented from Antore Stephani, who lives at 3392 en- tieth street, between Howard and Shot- well. He says that between 530 and 6 o’clock on the evening of October 11 he was eating supper and heard three or four shots in the direction of Howard street. He ran out to his front gate and saw a young man dressed Iin a faded gra it and light hat run past on the north side oL Twentleth street in the direction of Shotwell. He had since the conviction of Buckley seen him in the County Jail and identified him as that man. He saw an- other man dressed in dark clothes turn round and look at Rice's prostrate form, put something like "a revolver In his ocket and run down Twentieth street. ¢ had not seen that man since. He had not mentioned these facts before, as he was not anxlous to be a witness in the case, Judge Lawlor reserved his decision on tho motion for a new trial in the case of Thomas Moran, convicted of murder, with the penalty of imprisonment for life, till Saturday, March 15. The motlon for a new trial in the caso of Charles Don- nelly, convicted of murder In the secona degree, will be argued this afternoon, Moran and Donnelly are jointly accused witl: Buckley. 'RED CROSS TO HOLD A UNIQUE RECEPTION Heads of Army and Navy Agree to Furnish Bands for the Function. Final arrangements for the Red Cross reunion to be held in the nave of the Ferry bullding on the afternoon of March 16 were completed yesterday at a Jjoint meeting of the California State Red Cross and the San Francisco Red Cros: held yesterday at the Sorosis Club room: Mrs. W. B. Harrington, president of the State orrganlnnon, and Mrs. John F. Merrill of the local organization, divided the honors of presiding. ass, in charge of the s fon at Goat Island, and Colonel Rawles of the Presidio, had offered to furnish the music for the reception, which will last from 3 to 6 o’clock. Reéfreshments will be served. Tin plates, cups, knives, forks and spoons, all stamped with the insignia of the oriumuzlon. ‘will be util , and visitors will be allowed to retain them as souvenirs. The reception committees will be headed by the presidents of both o tions, and will consist of the presidents of the county socleties and State auxiliarfes. Mrs. I. Lowenberg was appointed chair- man of the entertainment committee, and Mrs. Payot and A. W. Cornwall will look after the interests of the press. ————— ZOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS DESIRES LEGAL ADVICE Asks Oity Attorney if It Can Dy Work of Cleaning and Sprink. ling Streets. The Board of Public Work: resolution yesterday, requesting foa 2 Attorney te give an opinion on lowing subjects: the fol ‘Whether it is within the power of with or without authority of the Supere O BB eoait Inatens o0& 204 sprink- Mng of streets i Contract therefor, ntering into In case a contractor who has for cleaning streets fails or neglec work according to specifications what iy there aside from a recourse to tha exacted from the contractor? bond Tt n contract is declared forfolt the contract 8 to do the order by May 1, when they would again "fi‘_’" 1;(. angerfleld was 64 yurf. of ed must the board proceed to award a cont; e P e o e unelean 40" the work Tseig Uriod Interventig " op SEGRET SERVIGE MEN COMPLAIN Sfiy Thatthe Woodworth Trial Was Not Prop- erly Handled. PR O. H. Woodworth was fined $100 yester- day by United States District Judge de Haven, the extreme penalty provided in the statute, for being in possession of a counterfeit money device for advertising purposes. Woodworth paid the fine and was released. Secret Service Agents Hazen, Cronin, Moffitt and Foster expressed themselves yesterday as being very much dissatisfled with the outcome of the trial. They said that they had more than sufficient evi- dence to convict on all the counts in the indictment, but they were unable to get their evidence before the jury. They had sent to Vergennis, Vt., they said, for a counterfeiting press which Woodworth had left in care of a woman there. The press was here, but on account of the manner in which the case was handled they were not allowed to submit it to the jury together with the steel blanks files found in Woodworth's trunk. With reference to the $29.000 real estate transaction in which Woodworth figured at Long Beach last summer, the secret service men say that Woodworth had $400 in one-hundred-dollar bills and a wad of one-dollar notes, and that when Wood- worth paid Kempfer for the ranch he made four piles of the notes with a one- hundred-dollar bill on the top of each pile. Mrs. Wunder, the old man’s daugh- ter, who had been “hypnotized” by Wood- worth, counted the money for the old folks and announced the total as $29,000. Before Woodworth left Los Angeles County he sent the deeds to Kansas, where the ranch was situated, and they would have been recorded had it not been for Woodworth's carelessness in neglect- ing to affix the required war tax stamps to the gnpers. The deeds were subsequently canceled by order of court, and honors were even, old man Kemgler retaining the ranch and Woodworth his bills. Woodworth was tried for stealing the deeds, but was acquitted, the court holding that a deed had no money value whatever beyond the intrinsic value of the paper or parchment upon which it was written. WESTMORE PLEADS GUILTY TO TWO SERIOUS CHARGES Fears to Face a Jury, Having a Prior Conviction Standing Against His Name. E. G. Westmore, allas F. Wilson, who was held to answer on two charges of assault to murder, pleaded guilty In Judge Dunne's court xuurdny to a charge of assault to murder and a charge of assault with a_deadly weapon. He will be sentenced on Monday. Westmore ad- mitted a prior convietion of burglary and his sentence will probably be a anvy one. On Christmas night Westmore made himself obnoxious in the Mont, om:fy Hotel, 227 Second street. He had been drinking and the night clerk, Hans Hal- verson, ordered him out. Westmors thereupon drew a revolver and shot Fial. verfion, wnundlna him serfously. Charles Tenne, a bartender, living at 8 Tehama :lcnet. h;p ned to hul passing at the me, an estmore also sho - w‘:}y ‘woundall "‘".“d- . t and seri estmore claimed that he wi - chinist from the Kast. When he was ar- rested he was recognized as an ex-conviet who, under the name of F. Wilson, served a term of seven years in San uentin for burglary committed in ings County. He was - -y | released on Octo. —————— GRAIN BROKER McDONALD FOUND DEAD IN HIS ROOM Death Is Supposed to Have Been Caused by Sudden Attack of Heart Disease. Alexander McDonald, the well-known grain broker of the firm of Schwabacher Brothers, 112 California street, died sud- denly last Thur-d-g night or early yester- y morning at his room in the Lick House. He had been mmglllnlnc of pains in the heart and stomach and attributed them to Indigestion. Early I evening t! ins grew w - :huud“x\ll v orse, but at o'clock he ..?; that they had disappeared and that he was feeling well again. At 9:30 o'clock yesterday morning Mc- Donald having falled to appear at the breakfast table, John J. Fleming knocked at the door of his room, and receivin: no reply, stood on a chair, looked over the transom and saw McDonald lying on ¢ floor. An entrance was forced and a ph siclan summoned, who found that deaih had occurred many hours previously - McDonald was a native of Scotland, 7 years of age. His possessions are valuc! E:.m!c ,000. He had no relatives in th's —_———— Complains of Telephone Service. Matthew McCurrie of 716 Capp street pe- titioned the Board of Supervisors ter- day to pass an ordinance limiting (he numbew of subscribers on a telephone 11! in order to protect the public. M alleges that on the new twenty-par lines now being installed girls on the line represent themselves as “central,” ask for the number and then the nickel which 19 glven and no service is rendered. With a smaller number on the line it would 1ot be 8o hard to detect the offenders. The company's’ excuse for giving wich POOT service is that they want to introduce the “l:'bhom ll'cl ‘:";!“houn. and ;-m:a::l J Mr service Is desired to pay (0f o= with less subscribers on the Une ) ¥ - Y