The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 31, 1902, Page 2

(8] ENGINEER McGUIRE GIVES TESTIMONY BEFOR Man Who Held Throttle on Stcckton Flyer Says He Was Not Given Sufficiend Warning. ; . E CORONER! Continued From Page 1, Column 4. tween me and the white lights. I knew the white lights were at or near the sta- . o he | ney Meyers tr q o : o d Ny tes late, | tion. I knew I could not stop at the |ney Meyers triéd to show ‘that oil uses e e i I s '\ | white lights. 1 i cverything in my |on a leaking engine threw out a dense followed the Owl about thirty minutes | Power to avoid a coliision.” | smoke. The witness admitted this fact. after it disappeared out of the mole, FLAGMAN WAS CLOSE. | The witness corroborated McGuire in . ‘many of his conclusions about stopping replied McGuire. “Where was the flagman when YOu first | (rainy and roeton wmios o | “Suppose the Owl is late—do you fol- | gaw him?” | "After a prolonged examination Dr. Le- low out on time? “He was not more than 40 feet away. | 4" & BIOIONECE SEREURCION etired. “Yes, sir Almost the instant 1 saw him the crash y : FOLLOWED THE OWL. X he witness stated that, notwithstand- fact that the.Owl is sometimes e ‘ould the flagman have been one- auarter to one-ha'f a mile from the rear the he owed out on time. He tes- | ¢ud of thé Owl i that the Owl was frequently late. % sir,” emphatically repiled the wit- did not know whether the Owl was nhesse. 2 air on this particular dey | ““Was he half way between the whistling post and the red )ight ori the Owl & “No, sir. Because the crash cime s0 ! | quickly after I saw his light. I am ('Pl‘-} tain he was not more than 400 feet from Dis train. He was not on the track. He | was on the right of me. When I first saw | Lim he was swinging his red Jantern. He | was giving me the stop signal.” “Now, from your experience in running on that -particular line and especially be- | tween Brentwood and Byron, at what dis- | tance cah you see a bright light—I mean | follow the Owl out after interrogated an has ten minutes start? Then you she 1he Coroner. £ P. at iz after we pass the block system | We can follow any train s after that,” replied the wit Costa Y Costa, have you any ing out where the Owl is?” Not unless they stop us he telegraph offices. they on this eccasion?” { jury inquiry into the death of Miss Alice | | rendered a formal verdict -+ showed his friendship for Engineer Mc- Guire by appearing as an expert. Attor- bringing in its verdict of censure to the crews of the two trains and advising the Southern Pacific Company to adopt the block system. RENDERS FORMAL VERDIUT. Oakland' Coroner’s Jury Fails to. Plaes ‘Blame for Wreck. OAKLAND, Dec. 30.—-The Coroner's Sullivan, the only wvictim of the Byron train wreck to die in Alameda County, of death by | accident to-nighit, without agtempting to | plice the blame for the disaster upon any one. On account of the larger investiga- | tions by the Coroners of Contra Costa on duty Fresno train follows t is open for the tran: but not for telegraphing. d at Brentwood.” g ago were. you How Brentwood? “It occurred since mg because I was not the Owl How Brentw CONSULTS TIME CARD. will teil you that. I do! ywn knowledge. It i not I think twelve or four- stopped at ugust. They stopped ten minutes behind you at ma minutes apart are know of my clear in my mind wen minutes The witne then copsulted the according to the time time 6:51 and the Stockton Flyer about fifteen minutes’ dif- crence. The witness said the Stockten er made faster time tham fhe Owl. said it was nineteen minutes faster to | Tracy | Where is most of the time made up?” | “From Port Costa to Tracy. I think our schedules are about the same from Oakland pler to Port Costa. My time be- gns 1o increase after passing Antioch. From there to Tracy, which is beyond m, we make up time, but we attain greatest speed between Brentwood Tracy, a distance of twenty and a miles. Our schedule time for the tance % i= twenty-four and a half min- e schedule is as fast as the en- | I3 approached’ Brentwood on the December 20, what was the semaphore?’ fo» me. The light wa 2 gave me a clear passage emed to be dim. it was ob- the te at Brentwood?” LATE AT BRENTWOOD. conds late.” r fireman Going?” is d We were both sitting on our seats. Upon reaching Brentwood 1 slowed her down to be sure that the board was right before passing n pulled open the throttle and we forward with as much speed a After passing Brentwood the fire inded the tubes to clear them of he engine would steam better. | ake him half a minute to do| smoke It did e this work. you describe the events that | ; r the fireman sanded the en- | ine until the accident took place?” | was nothing particular to de The first thing that attracted my fter passing the whistling post | wed—aft WITNESS NEARLY FAINTS. witness paused and acted as-if he t to faint. He clasped his weak | his breast and a look of pain ssed his face. Dr. Leland bent for- The and kindly asked the sick man whether he would like a little brandy, but the witness declined. When the pain | Leland asked: istance of the whistling | d Dr. What is th post to Byron? “] presume about half a mile Did you see the whistling -post?” i “I did, sir. 1 whistled directly opposite | the post. It was on the right hand side | of the engine. 1 pulled the vilve directly | opposite the post. The rules’of the road cailed for a whistle at “The first thing that attracted my at- tion,” continued the witness, “was the unusual number of white lights at or | near Byron station. There seemed to be | an unusual number of lanterns at that | point. They were to the Tight of the track. I did not expect to find any lights there, and the mere fact that they were there made it unusual. I was watching those white lights to see if any signals were to be given to affect the movement of my train. When I discov- | ered the red lights on the rear of the | Owl 1 immediately shut off' steam and | applied the emergency airbrake. I opened the sand lever, and when the crash came I was in the act of reversing my en-| gine. < { SAW LIGHTS ON OWL. | “How far after leaving the whistling | post: had you gone when you saw the| lights of the train?” | I think 1000 feet. -1 first saw the red lights of the train about 1000 féet from ng post; after that I saw the this post. .. long a time elapsed after you saw e rear lights of the Owl before you saw gman? { T think two or three seconds. I did | see the flagman until after I had-ap- | ed the airbrake. When I answered | signal I bad applied the air. I was | iraveling at a rate of speed of about eighty-eight feet a second. I think but r twelve seconds elapsed Between istles for the post and in answer to signal. 1 applied the brakes. before wering the signal.” ! ‘Give us in sequence the various acts | you did in stopping the train, from the time you saw the red light on the rear of Owl was scheduled to arrive at | j; the Owl?" “I first shut off steam. I can’t tell you In sequence what I @id after that. It was done =0 rapidly. 1 opened the sand velve and 1 was in the act of reversing the engine when the crash came.” “Now, when you saw this red light, aid you appreciate your danger?” } "I knew then we were going to have a wreck 1 knew the red lights were be Dragged-Down Feeling unrefreshing sleep, de- in the iolns. Nervousnees, spondency. it is time you were doing something. The kidneys' were anciently calied the ns—in your case they are holding the reins and driving you into serious trouble. . . Hood’s Sarsaparilla Acts with the most direct, beneficial ef- fect on the kidneys. It contains the best #nd safest substances for eorrecting and toning these organs, an ordinary white lantern?” “I should judge you can see a great dis- tance, but not from an engine. The cold atmosphere leaves a film and the tears roli out of your s from the intense cold vailed on the night of the accident. I saw the white lights before I saw the red lights. I was looking to see if the white lights meant anything to me. I was watching to see if those white lights were going to give me a signal. I would have seen the red lights sooner if my gaze was not centered on the white lights.” “Did your fireman call your attention to the white lights?” “Yes, sir. I saw them a second before he aid. T was already acting when he spoke. The rate of speed between Byron and Brentwood is £o fast that I never be- fore picked up.a red light.” “Mr. McGuire, will you state to the vour honest convictions as to the se of this dlsaster?” “1 don’t think I should be asked do =0 “Why? CAUSE OF ACCIDENT. “Because I am an interested party. They might think blame from myself to somebody else. “it might appear that way to you, but cthers do not think that way. It may be a duty which you owe to Yyourself. I think the ju would be glad to learn your ppinion.” . “I will answer any gquestions you see fit to ask me, to the best of my knowl- edge.” to will then ask you, count for this accident?” Attorney Mevers interrupted and said he did not think the question should be asked the witness, but the Coroner igncred the interruption. He asked the stion again: “How do you account for the accident?” will answer that question. 1 did not £2e the red lights in time to stop. I was not flaggeg: at a sufficlent distance to en- abie me to stop.” how do you ac- *“Taking into consideration your experi- | ence @s a raflroad engineer, do you con- sider it safe for two trains like the Ow! znd Flyer—one going slow and the other very fast—to run ten minutes apart?”’ do, if the trainmen take proper pre- ons.” “3Wihat are proper precautions?” DUTIES OF FLAGMAN. “By flagging the train in time. By us- ing fusees, which light and drop on the wreck and which burn brightly for ten minutes. They haye a box of fusees on the rear of every tra{n and I am sure they sppear in the rules. flagman make it imperative for him to { Eet out a sufficient distance to give an ap- proaching trafy. time to stop.” The witness testified that he never ex- i pacted to find the Owl train at the sta- tion, He expected’'to find a freight ind the hollow. He stated his whole attention was taken up with running his engine. He never left his seat. He said he ap- preciated the danger of running on the Fiyer, especially since the days ‘became shorter. He added he often remarked the damger to brother engineers. “At the speed you were going, in what distance would vou have stopped your train?” P . “Not under 3500 féet, to the best of my judgment. There was a little down grade. If any conductor or brakeman said a’ train like mine could be stopped in less distance he is miistaken. Je is not com- petent to judge. The Stockton fiyer is a very light train. It is compesed of bag- gage cars and day coaches.” “Mr. McGuire, in what distance did you stop on this particular night?” “When I hit the OwL” OWL ENGINEER’S DUTY. “Did the engineer of the Owl have any cuties to perform in the way of pre- venting the accident?’ asked a juror. ““He should have whistled the brakeman back. In my judgment he should have blown five blasts to inform the brakeman to go back and flag the oncoming train.”” “If the signal had been given you at the whistling post, which is half a mile from Byron, could you have stopped ‘in | time? ““Y¥es, sir; but not under the conditions 1 encountered that night—moisture on the track, a slight grade and the high rate of speed—I could not have stopped within 3500 feet.” The witness stated that the white lights £t Byron.did not justify him in stopping. He said if he stopped for every group of hite lights he saw on the route he could never hold his place. He said he was not confused. . He sald he never.acted. more calmly in his life; that when he saw the | red lights he knew there was going to be a wreck. 4 “"Were you so calm that notwithstand- ing the fact that you knew you were. go- ing to have a collision you made no at- tempt to jump?” A “I was =0 intent on my work that the idea that I might be killed or injured never entered my mind. I made no effort to jump from the train.” WILDER ON STAND. Ar. adjournment was taken to the Cor- oner’s office and, at the afternoon session, Dr. Leland read the testimony of W. M. Moore, G. E. Church and Charles Cople, who testified at the inquest in Martinez. James J. Wilder, superintendent of the ‘Western division, was examined at length, but could throw little.light on the inves- tigation. railroad company had for flagging trains, placing torpedoes on the track and other methods of avolding accidents, ‘W. J. Dclan, conductor on the Owl, was recalled and gave the following testimony about the time schedule of the Owl and fiyer: “We reached Byron at 7:05. We were’ were scheduled to arrive at 6:58. We seven minutes late. The Stockton fiyer was due at 7:12—seven minutes after our scheduled time. Tt arrived pretty near 7:12 this night. I consulted niy watch and that was the time. I never realized there was any dauger. I had sent my man back to see that the rear brakeman was on his way to flag the train and I had confidence in my crew. We passed Brent- wood four minutes late and arrived at Byron about six minutes late. Our train was equipped with fusees, flags, lanterns and other appliances for flagging trains. .Dr. Bacigalupi, the autopsy surgeon, stated that the twelve people upon whom the inquest was held had died from shack, burns and other injuries. Thomas Ambrose, an engineer in the employ of the Southern Pacific Company, Those were the conditions that pre- | 1 was foisting the | The duties of the | He told of certain rules the | and San Francisco counties the proceed-‘ | ings were purely perfunctory, only one | important witness being examined. ' | Willlam A. Dolan, conductor of the Ow | train, was that only important wilness. His story did not differ from those given | | at Martinez and San Franeisco. He said | that when the engine broke down ati | Bvron the suggestion was made to him | by Engineer Kerr that they employ the | | freight engine standing on the slding | | there to take them to Tracy, where an- | | other engine could be secured. He then | ordered the head brakeman to inform | Rear Brakeman Cole, to flag the $tockton | fiyer, which was then due. At the mo- | ment the head brakeman left to execute | his- errand there were still six or seven | minutes to elapse before tho - Stocktan | train would arfive. He lingered until he.| saw the message delivered and the rear brakeman %oing up the track away from | the train; then went into the station to telegraph for an engine to take the place | of the freight engine when they got to! | Tracy. IWhile in the statlon Dolan said | | he heard the fiyer whistle for the station | |and then the'.whistle in reply to the | brakeman'’s signal. A little later he heard the crash of the'two trains. “Did the brakeman have time to get back far enough to properly flag the | Stockton train?” asked one of the jurors. | | *“Yes; he had six or seven minutes. He | | had gone back seven or eight hundred feet. It was far enough for the engineer | of the Stockton fiyer to have stopped his | train if he had obeyed orders.” . | Frank A. Robertson, conductor of the ! train bearing the wounded, on Which Miss ' Sullivan died, testified that she passed | away after the.train had left Stege. Jo- | seph Piekford, the deceaseds. brother- { in-law, identified her body as that of his | sister, and sald she was on her way to | Fresno to spend the holidays. | | The verdict of the jury was that “the | deceased came to her death on a Southern | Pacific train between Stege and Oakland at about § o'clock a. m., December 21, 1902, and that death was caused by shock resulting from extensive burns which she recefved in a railroad wreck on the South- | ern Pacific Railway at Byron, said wreck having been caused by .the.tvain known | as the Stockton flyer runnfig into the rear of what i{s known as the Owl train { at_said last-named peint.’” The jurors were William Merder, C. M. | Richardson, A. /S.. Smith Willard'| Tubbs, Ira Foutz, H. N: Gard, W. Owen, | Jr., and George A. Taylor. —_— LOCKJAW AND DEATH it FOLLOW _GUNSHOT WOUND | Richard Dowling Discharges Weapon | Accidentally .and Injury Gauses Blocd Poigoning. -OAKLAND, Pec. #0.—Fockjaw and then death are the:results of the accidental wounding by a gunshot of Richard Dowl- ing of Elmhurst, one of the wealthiest farmers of the county. Dowling was an- | moyed by gophers on his place and in an attempt to get rid of them he used.a shotgun. Two weeks ago while reload- ing his gun the weapon was discharged accidentally, blowing off the index finger of the left hand. Immediate medical at- tendance was given him, but in spite of it blood polsoning and lockjaw set in. Everything was done to save kLis life, but he died last night after suffering in- tensely. Mr. Dowling was a native of Ireland, 78 years of age. He leaves a family con- sisting of a wife and ten children. —————————— Y. M. C. A. Watch Services. OAKLAND, Dec. 30.—The Y. M. C. A. will hold “watch” services to-morrow pight in its building, beginning at 9 o'clock, and lasting until midnight. All, | whether members or not, are invited. The programme follows: 9 to 10 o’clock—Song service and musical programme, _conducted by Wesley Adams; special numbers; quartet brass horns; Excel- sior Trombone Quartet of Oakland; soprano solo, Miss Julia Johnson; flute solo, C. A. Neale; trombone solo, B. T. McBain. 10 to 10:20 ‘o' clock—Address, “‘Looking Backward,’" George Sutherland, State secretary; intermis- 10:35 o' clock—Address, *‘Resolutions E. W. Work, D.D., Berkeley. 11 ck—Look Forward,”” led by W. A. Kling. ‘Happy New Year.” s st PR A Loeb’s Assistant Arrives. + BERKELEY, Dec. 30.—Dr. Charles G. Rogers, formerly of the University of Chicago, who was appointed by the uni- versity regents as assistant to Professor Jacques Loeb at Berkeley, arrived on the scené of his future labors to-day. He will have an important place in the new laboratory, which is to be erected for the accommodation of the famous sci- entist. —_———— Haywards Light Plant Sold. OAKLAND, Dec. 30.—The electric light plant that was formerly operated by the town of Haywards was sold at auction in that municipality to-day, M. Silver- stein, J. C. Baker and Hyman Davis be- ing the purchasers. The selling price wad $4600. The plant was owned by the Su- burban Electric Company, which is now selling light to the town. —_————— Geologists Meet. BERKELEY, Dec. 30.—The Cordilleran Branch of the American Geological So- ciety opened its annual session in South Hall on the university campus to-day. Important papers were read by E. W. Hilgard, dean of the collegé of agricul- ture, and others. The soclety will con- tinue its sessions during the next two days. ] ——e Engagement of Two Dentists. OAKLAND, Dec. 30.—The _announce- ment was made to-day of the engagement | Secretary of the Navy Darling to-day is-] ‘| tack by the Amgrican Association at of Dr. C. H. Walker and Mrs. Dr, Lu-Ella . Both are*practicing dentists in Oak- land and are wn, having been résidents of ti 7 for many years. . Sherift Contest Continued, OAKLAND, - Dee. 30.—The Bishop contest for Sheriff was continued this morning until Friday by Judge Ells- worth. ———————— ‘Wife Sues for Divorce. QAKLAND, Dec, 30.—Felen Gordon to- day brought suit for divorce against Gordon en the grounds of extreme m ty. They were married in 1800. GOVERNMENT 10 BOVGOTT BREMERTON Pe 5 Orders Federal Ships Away From Naval Station. Takes Action to Compel the Suppression of Gam- ‘ling Resorts. Local Authorities Must Move Toward Removing Evil Influences Sur- rounding the Enlisted Men. e WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—The Navy, De- partment will adopt heroic measures to protect the enlisted men at the , Puget Sound- Navy Yard, near Seattle, ‘Wash., from the evil influences which egist at Bremerton. An official report received to- day from Rear Admiral Stirling, in com- mand of. the yard, details the deplorable, state of affairs in Bremerton and Acting. sued an order which will have the effect: of keeping naval! vessels away from that station in the future until the nuisance is| | abated. %2 Gambling resorts and disorderly hoyses, the report says, flourish just outside the vard, especially when one of the war vessels s in port, and as the Government thas no other means of protecting the men from the attendant evils, it was de- cided to force the local authorities to take action by keeping ships away from the yard. Admiral Stirling, in conclufling his re- port, says: £ % { understand that t’nal cmdi:ldoul 3 iy police regulations have improvi - Bremerton since the towh was incorporated @about one year ago, and it is thought that, the officialy of the town heing nearly &il mavy. yard employes, the department might bring an influence to bear upon them for still further improvement The suggestions of the commanding officers of the recelving ships and marlne barracks in regard to affording the facilities for recre- ation and amusement are approved. including the recommendation that besr and light wines be aliowed in-the men's clube, under proper regulations. Acting Secretary Darling’s indorsement follows: The department deems it inadvisable to sub- ject American esallors to the immoral in- fluences described within _and, until the con- ditions surrounding the Bremerton yard are corrected by the civil authorities no further ships will be ordered to that yard, CHARLES H. DARLING, Acting Secretary. CONSUL CO0DNON 15 UNDER FiE Americans in Shanghai Accuse Him of Some + Irregularities, As to the ha * WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—John Good- row, United States Consul at Shanghai, has been made the object of formal at- Shanghai and the charges will he duly in- vestigated by the State Department. The principal charge is connmected with the transfer from the Chinese to the Amer- icau flag of a vessel. It is alleged that the Consul General charged excessive fees for his part in the transfer. Again it is charged that he refused to perform Lis duty in ordering a court of Inquiry to examine into the facts connected with the wreck of this ship: Mr. Goodnow has put in a wvigorous de- fense, asserting that the first charge, based principally on the affidavit of a Ckizaman, is untrue. ,T6 the second charge he replies that he was not ap- proached by any authorized person to or- der the court. It is expected that when the State Department comes to take up this Sase the questicns at {ssue being! mainly of fact, it will refer the matter to | thé United States Legation at Peking for investigation and report. 3 BETTER CAR SERVICE FOR LOS ANGELES CIT® Extensive Improvements Are Con- templated and the Suburban Lines Will Be Extended. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30.—The extension of the Washington-street line of the Los Angeles Railway Company from its pres- ent terminus at Western avenue will be cemmenced at an early date. About $250,000 of new material, including fifty new cars, "and coaches for use on the newly completed and contemplated subur- ban lines, will be ordered by President Huntington early in the year. Since Huntingtol’s departure for the East in the summer General Manager Randolph of the Pacific Electric Rallway has placed in operation nearly seventy miles of railroad, exclusive of the mileage to Monrovia. - In the next year Whittier, Santa Ana, San Pedro and immediate territory and possibly -S8an Bernardino are expected to have rapidytransit by means of the Hunt- iugton and Hellman Interurban electric railway system, SMARTN COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS - ' ELECT THEIR OFFICERS MARIN COUNTY TO PART ~ WITH A TRUSTED SERVANT Coroner Eden Will Retire to Private Life After Twenty-Seven Years’ Service. e AN RAFAEL, Dec. 3.—Edward Eden, Coroner and Public Adminis- trator of Marin County, will retire from office Thursday, after having fl.lth!ull’ gerved the public for 27 years. He has been Coroner for a longer period than any other official In the State holding a similar office. He was first elected Coroner in 1874 and has succeeded himself seven times. Coroner Eden is one of the pioneers of the Btate, having arrived here in 1853, and Wwith the exception of a few years spent in-mining he bas been a resident of San Rafael. He was born in Holland, June 5, 1837, and at the age of 14 he shipped be- fore the mast. He followed the sea for several years and then decided to try mining. He spent some time in the American River district and when he gave up the life of a miner he settled in this county and married. e CORONER OF MARIN COUNTY, WHO WILL RETIRE TO PRI- VATE LIFE. * Dr. W. F. Sawyer succeeds Coroner Eden. B L s i e s s ATLANTIC SQUADRON §E IS TO BE SUBDIVIDED Three: Bections to Be Made With b 44 - Bob” Evans Com- WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—The Navy De- ‘partment has decided to divide the Astatic squadron into three divisions instead of two, as at present, and to ‘send out-an- other flag officer. ‘The heavy battleships will be under command. of Rear Admiral Evans, who also will be in command of the entire squadron; the crulsers under the command of Rear Admiral Cooper, who is to succeed Rear Admiral Wildes, and & new division comprising the light gunboats will be cfeated under the com- mand of Rear Admiral Yates Stirling, now commandant of the Puget Sound Navy Yard. The latter will raise his flag on the gunboat Rainbow and will have his general headquarters at Cavite. Do Honor to Lorenz. NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—Professor Adolf Lorenz to-day was presented with the resolutions recently passed by the Board of Aldermen extolling the work he has dope in this city, particularly for the poor. The surgeon was escorted to the City Hall, where Alderman Walkley de- presented the album containing the en- grossed resolutions. Professor Lorenz re- pressing his pleasure at the reception fendered him in the United States. Organization Has Large Membership and Goodly Money serve. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 30.—At the twenty- fifth annual meeting of the Western Commercial . Travelers’ Assoclation, held here to-day, the following officers were elected: President, H. A. Kretschm 8t. Louis; vice president, R. T. Heath, San Francisco. The board of directors will elect the secretary-treasurer Baturday. 4i o ———eee. Body Found.on a Railroad Track. LOS AN land was / NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dec. Francis G. Beach, one of Huven, died to- self-1 December ONE HUNDRED CASES OF LIQUOR SMUGGLED Porto Rican Revemhe Vidlations Are Shared in by Many Persons. - BAN JUAN, Port Rico, Pecs 30.—At to- day's hearing of the smuggling cases be- fore United States Commissiofier Ander- eon, the case against Supervisor of Elec- tions Benjamin Butler was taken up. It developed during the hearing that about 100 cases of liquors had been brought from St. Thomas to San Juan on the United States steamer Uncas in Novem- ber of 1901. Some of these boxes bore the names of Captain‘Yates Stirling, the com- mandant of the naval station here; Ben- jamin Butler, Dr. Charles H. T. Lowndes, TUnited States navy; Quartermaster Cap- tain Joseph T. Crabbs ‘and Paymaster Wiiliam A. Merritt, United States navy. Others were marked for the Country Club, while still others were marked for the canteen. An employe of thé naval station testified that he stored these goods according to the bills of the. St. Thomas merchants which were given him and that they were sent out the next day on the army wagons. R ek Storms Damage Sweden. COPENHAGEN, Dec. 3.—Many Swed- livered an address and Alderman Sullivan | Ish towns. especially Lalmo, Halmstead and Marstra) have been severely dam- aged by the recent storms. Many per- plied, thanking the’ Aldermen and ex- |sons have been drowned. Three Russian and hundreds of Scandinavian vessels have been wrecked. oASSIDY sTicks ¢ 70 FIRST STORY Denies All Knowledge of the Other Incen- diary Fires. Authorities Expect..to Con- nect Him With Three of the Blazes. Special Dispatch 0 The Cail. SAN RAFAEL, Dec. -30.—William Cas- sidy, who confessed yesterday to having burned the Willlams block Sunday night, still languishes in the County Jail and his parents are prostrated with grief. The officers and detectives endeavored tu- day to conmect Cassidy with the other incendiary fires ‘and to-night claim they have much Incriminating evidence against him. Cassidy was subjected to the “sweating’” process by the District Attorney and Sherift Taylor, but to no avail. He ve- hemently proclaims his innocence of any of the other crimes. The circumstantial evidence against him is strong in several cases, however. The officers- believe that they will be able to connect him with the fires at Murray’s stable, the Eckhoff cottage and the Donohue home. At Mur- ray’s a candle was found among torn pieces of the Sacramento Bee. The Cas- sidys subscribe for that newspaper. When the Eckhoff cottage was fired ypung Cas- sldy was working there. Lafer in the day a mattress in the cellar of Cassidy's own home was discovered on fire, At the time of the Donohue fire Cassidy was working next door. Young Cassidy was always considered a most exemplary lad. He was a prom- inent member of tHe George Washington League, a socjety composed of abstainers from tobacco and intoxicating liquors. The case of the people vs. Willlam Mulcahy, charged with attempt at mur- der by Mrs. Maggle Morrls was called, but postponed untfl Friday. Mrs. Morris is the mother of Antone Morris; the lad who, together with Eugene Case, con- fessed to having started nine fires in San Rafael. She alleges that - Mulcahy, a neighbor of hers, oun the night when Cas- sidy’'s house' was found on fire, delib- erately fired a rifle through her window add narrowly missed her head. With Eugene Case and Antone Morris out of the ecounty and William Cassidy behind the bars the citizens of San Rafael do not yet feel safe from attack of the fire- bug’s torch. All the buildings in the fire- bug infested district are being watched closely. STATE TEACHERS MEET IN ANNUAL CONVENTION Speakers of National Reputation Ad- dress the Delegates on Appro- priate Subjects. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30.—The opening session ‘of the State Teachers’ conven- tion was held at Hazard's Pavilion to- night. The attendance was large and much interest was manifested in the pro- ceedings. Speakers of pational reputa- tion delivered addresses on appropriate subjects. A. E. Shumate of San Jose presided. The invocation was offered by Rev. War- ren F. Day. Mayor M. .P. Snyder and J. A. Foshay, superintendent of the Leos Angeles schools, welcomed the teachers to the city. Responses were made by Mrs. J. E. Chope, Salinas, and R. D. Fatlknév of Ban Francisco.’ “Habit” was discussed by Mrs. Ella F. Young, professor of education of Chicago University, E. M. Hopkins, Ph. D., of the University of Kansas, spoke on “Cul- ture and Its Enemies.” The Couneil of Edueation considsred several important subjects to-day. Rob- ert Furlong and others spoke om the amendment relating to the State High Schools and the relations of the second- ary schools to this amendment. Presi- dent S. T. Black, E. M. Cox, Robert Fur- long and- others addressed the council on the subject of “Promotion.” B. C. Moore read an exhaustive paper on “Com- pulsory Education,” and just befors ad- journment there was a discussion upon the subject, “Betterment of the State Text Book: State Federation of Women’'s Clubs. FRESNO, Dec. 30.—The State Federa~ tion of Women's Clubs has arranged to fs- sue its call on January 3 for the big meet- ing to be held in this city February 3, 4 and 5. The principal problem which ls now confronting the ladles is that of ac- commodations for the visitors. For meonths it has been almost impossible to get vacant rooms in Fresno and the same condition will probably prevall during Febrvary. " KITCE=EN REQUISITES. ~ from Presto. We all liked them. Tt a delicate taste to them that - P RASEI,