The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 31, 1903, Page 4

NS CRASH N THE DARK Colliding Cars Imperil Lives of Santa Fe Trainmen. 1 —_— Iwo Sections of a Through| Freight Pile Up in ‘Tunnel. — ! | HMONT Jan —In the inky ackn nkiin tunnel early this trains heavily bur- together with a a colli- victims death me was altogether due nd the favorable cond to temper the biow. litthe would have that there must have 1me rear-end eft no of tely ould The ers 1 very s { and bottom < u It took the € crew day ve the mass Pabic Southern i the tunnel ins were sect gh freight that leave and Bay Pacific g tra two later than indering along. ing Confession of an Archist. ONA 3.—A Belgian an- has been arrested g the strike will be located mn their N = W BUILDING 126~128 Geary St Mon day Feb.22 and wiil have on hand an elegant stoch of the world-famous We ber Pianos and also a new lot of Musical Instruments ~ Merchandise and MusicBoxes and a fine and large -assortment of the latest Shieet Music ¥ ous same liberal terms_ and popular prices f | | compelled to handle the mail and bag- | emy's | Americans charged and killed hini be- | Be has been the head THE SAN FEAXNCISCO CALL, FATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1903. RAILROAD OPERATOR CLOUGH SEARCHING CONSTABLES AT TUCSON Ihquests on the Remains of the Wreck Victims Are Resumed With Little Result, and the People Express Indignation at a Clash of Officials Over Determination of the Cause of ELUDES a Tragedy R G BTN i | i vt UCSON, Ariz., Jan. 30.—The inves- | here to-day from the cathedral and was | tigation of the two Coroners' |attended by a great crowd. juries here on the Southern Pa- | —_——t | cific wreck was continued to-day, HORRORS OF THE SCENE. the most mportant witness beins | paggengers Who Escaped Death ‘Tell | C. Sroufe, superintendent of the Tuc- son division, who in his testimony re- vealed the result of the company's exam- ination, which placed the blame on Oper- G. F. Clough and exonerated Con- ductor Parke Clough has not been heard from and has undoubtedly left the city. It was shown by Superintendent Sroufe's testimony that the unforfunate operator was only 22 years old, and that he was not only night operator at Valls, but was also ator guge on passenger trains. At the undertaking parlors many have | called to-day to view the remains of the dead, but none has been identified. Seven bedies were buried to-day In the eity | cemetery in seven new-made graves, which were numbered for purposes of identification. Among the bodies buried | ; were those thought to be the re- | of Mr. and Mrs. Willard of San | co until they were heard from. The complete list of missing to date in- cludes Edward Scoffer of Boston, Ma W. C. Akin of Colton, Cal.; Charles | Reitz of Tucson, H. K. Street of Benson | and Jesus Contreras of Tucson. is running high against the two s of the Peace, each of whom is presuming to act as Coroner, and public sentiment demands that they settle- their Public officials and-the local press are protesting against the outrage, and an effort is being made to get Judge Richey to stop his investigation because 17 bas not the sanction of the District At- torney. Many, however, believe that Rick is right, though his jury is called the “rump.” Publlc decency de- mands that one of the Coroners stop his irvestigation. The constables reported to both juries to-night that they. had searched the eity | for Operator Clough and telegraphed. to surrounding towns, but he was not to be found. His absence is taken as a confes- | sion of guilt and on him seems to lay the | responsibility for the great loss of life. | The funeral of Engineer Bruce was held | | the tra of the Tucson Wreck. Mr. and Mrs ¥. M. Voorsanger, when seen yesterday afternoon at the residence of E. Laventhal, 2102 California street, were still somewhat unnerved by the ex-| perience they had passed through and the | terrible sights that had been witnessed at the Tucson wreck. Mrs, Voorsanger Is nursing a slightly wrenched arm and suf- fers to some extent from pains in the neck. Mr. Voorsanger is a brother-in- law of the brothers Laventhal, the whole- sale liquor dealers, and is in the steel pen business in Philade! th vhia. In speaking of wreck he said: We occupled a section in the observa- n car, which was the last car on the westbound tra'n. Somewhat fatigued by the frip we retired early and the first in- timation that we had of the wreck was @a sudden jar, as If th® airbrakes had been applied suddenly, and followed by two jelts sufficlent to throw us out of the berth. My wife and myself immediately dressed and ran out of the car. One end | of the obscrvation car was tilted up and I consider it miraculous that it did not tip over. . “When we arrived at the forward end of | the cars were burning fiercely | and I never/want to again look upon such | a gcene and hear the eries of the impris- oned passengers being slowly roasted alive. 1 am just beginning to realize the horror of it all. The passengers who es- caped injury pushed the Pullman and din- | ing cars away from the fire and then we turned our attentlon to the work of res- | cue, but the heat was so intense that it was impossible to do anything for the poor unfortunates. The raflroad company was very kind and the uninjured passen- wrought through on a special We lost all of our trunks, which were in the burned baggage car.” AGLER CENSURES CLOUGH. Southern Pacific Manager Insists Operator Was Criminally Neg- ligent. Manager James Agler of the Southern L PERSONS NOW IN SAN FRANCIS- CO WHO WERE IN THE TUCSON WRECK. LT 3 —f Pacific system was busy yesterday recelv- ing from Superintendent of Division Sroufe at Tucson further details of the colliffon. He still insists that Telegrapher Cloygh at Vail is solely responsible for the wreelr. “The cxcuse that Clough was over- worked and a mental wreck from his ar- if absurd. He worked twelve /the same as other railroad and had only been on seve He is 21 years of age. and came to with recommendations from the Great North- ern and the Northern Pacific roads, stu Ing that he was a first class- man and operators, hours at the time of the accident. us fully capable of holding such a position. “Do you think that the present rules the opepation of trains are d=- ‘33 “I think the pregent railroad rules are as perfect as man can make them—that is, if employes will only observe these rules. You can fine, suspend, discharge men, but others will, even with these ex- amples staring them in the face, still take a chance. You can make all the ruleg you want to, but when a telegraph operator sends word to Tucson to the train dispatcher that he has delivered such and such orders to a conductor, and he has neglected to do so, what can you do? DL e FEAR FOR HIS SAFETY. Friends of Captain Overton Say He May Have Been in Arizona Wreck. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3).—Some anxie is felt here for the safety of Captain W. S. Overton of the artillery corps, who left Washington efor San Francisco the first of the present week. Nothing has been heard from him since his departure and it is thought possible he was on the train which was wrecked on the Southern Pa- cific near Tucson, Ariz. He had transpor- tation over that line. g HEAD-ON COLLISION BETWEEN TWO TRAINS HAZELTON, Pa., Jan. 30.—A fast ex- press train from Wilkesbarre for Phila- delphia on the Schuylkill division of thes Pennsylvania road, collided head-on witn a freight train this evening near Lofty, nine miles south of Hazleton. The engin- eer and fireman of the freight train we: killed; the engineer and fireman and col- ored porter on the passenger train were severely hurt and seven passengers were slightly injured. The dead: ROBERT M. OVER, engineer. FRED GEARHARDT, fireman. The seriously injured: Israel Carey, en- gineer; John Smith, fireman; Harry Hay- ward, colored porter. i Two Victims of Graceland Wreck Die. PLAINFIELD, N. J., Jan. 30.—Willlam M. Clark and J. Everett Reighton, both of Plainfield, victims of the railroad wreck near Graceland Tuesday evening. died to-day, making the number of dead twenty-three. The condition of Samue] McCarthy, fireman of“the Reading flier, ig critical. DARING CHARGE WIN THE FIGHT MANILA, Jan. 30.—Eight ladrones and | one constable were killed in an encounter | at Ormoc, West Leyte Province, on Tpes- day. The fight was a hard one, but the constabulary ultimately won by -~ daring | charge. One hundred and fifty ladrones | surrendered at Ormoc the following day. | The district had been disorderly and it | is believed that the surrender of those men will lead to its pacification. The bodies of the three American vol- unteers, including Mr. Osborne, a teacher, who were killed at Bolinac, province of,| Zambales, recently, in a fight with la- drones, have been recovered. Malanga, a noted bandit, who was among the en- dead, directed the fight. The fore they were surrounded and killed. o Allen Chief of the Constabulary. WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—Captain Henry E. Allen, Sixth Cavalry, to-day was de- tailed as chief of the Philippine constabu- lary with the rank of brigadier general. of the present force since the organization in Jjuly, 191 TURKISH TRODFS DEFEAT REBELS CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 30.—A de- tachment of Turkish troops has defeated @ strong band of Mecedonians near Lake Okhrida, Albania. ? The Russian embassy is actively occu- pied with preparing for presentation (o the Porte the Austro-Hungarian scheme for the improvement of Macedohia. ODESSA, Jan. 3.—Events in Macedonia arc being keenly watched by the Russian military authorities. Orders have becn given to the commissariat to be prepared for eventualities. LONDON, Jan. 3L—The correspondent of the Standard at Buda Pest telegraphs that a contract for 10,000,000 rounds of small arm ammunition for the Servian army was signed there last week, with the sanction of the Hungarian Govern- ment. They Should Live in California. Who? Your folke. This is their opportun- ity and yours. Special rates made by the Southern Pacific from\February 15 to April 30: Chicago to Californta, §33; St. Louie, Memphis, New Orleans, £30; Omaha, K City and other Missourl River points, §25. Money deposited with Southern Pacific’ Agent here will furnish tiéket for your friends in the East. » EARTH GRUSHES " HEPLESS MINERS SAN BERNARDINO, Jan. 30.—News has reached here of an accident in the Gurdon mine, near Death Valley, in which Gus Hervey, Henry Phillips and George Thomas, while engaged in retimbering the shaft of the Gypsy mine, were buried by a cave-in and killed. According to Walter Monroe, who brings the news, the shaft had been wrecked by an explosion and the three men who were killed had been set to work to repair the demage, with instructions not to-use any of the old timbers. > They disregarded this order in one in. stance and undertook to a heavy up- ight and crosspiece after reinforcing them. The explosion so weakened thesc thut they were unable to withstand- the strain when the wall began to sink, and, giving away, buried the men under six feet of earth and rock. CHICAGO, Jan. 30.—A crusade begun by the Hyde Park Protective Association resuited’ to- day in the return of Indlctments by the Grand Jury against 121 owners of siot machines in every section of the city, \ UNITED STATES T0 JOIN ADVERTISEMENTS. ASK YOUR GROCER FOR Continued From Page 1, Column 6. two other courses open: One | would;be to send the whole ques- | tion to The Hague tribunal; the Other would be for the allies to turn again to the President. AFTER CHILEAN BATTLESHIPS. United States May Purchase Two Now Being Built. WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—Purchase by the Unitcd States of two battleships now | being built by Chile in England and which | she will have no need oI on account of | her disarmament agreement with Argen- tina is now being officially considered. The advisability of adding to the United States fleet by the purchase of these ships | will be passed on soon by the Secretary | of the Navy, wha will call upon members [ of the general board of the navy, of which { Admual Dewey is the head, and upon | members of the board of construction for | their professional opinion. In Congress the idea of purchasing these ships will receive strong support from certain advo- cates of rapid naval incredse. 1 Information in possession of the Navy pepartment shows that the Chilean bat- tleships, which were ordered about a year ago and were to have been completed in eighteen months, are of 12,000 tons dis- placement each. They are to cost about $4,800,000 each. Their =dimensions are: Length, 435 feet; beam, 70 feet; indicated horsepower, 2,000; specd, 21 knots. Each ship will carry four 10-inch guns, fourteen 7.5-inch guns, and many smalier rapid- | fire guns. . i | The disarmament agreemént between | Chile and Argentina found both countries | | rapidly increasing their sea power. It is ! not, known preciseiy here that Argentina ! desires to scii the two armored cruisers which are now building for her at An- saldo Works at Genoa, Italy. They are to be of the same type as the Itallan ar- mored cruiser Garibaldi, 8500 tons dis-| placement; 17,00 indicated horsepower | and 21 knots speed. The estimated cost of each of these ships 1s $3,400,- 0, They " are to be Kknown as the General Mitra and the Gen- | eral Roca, and were laid down on March 14 and March 29, 1902, respectively. Each | will carry one 10-inch gun, two S8-inch guns, fourteen 6-inch, two 12-pounders, | ten 6-pounders, eight l-pounders and nu- merous small guns. If these warships are on the market the advisability of their purchase by the United States will be considered. ~One feature of these ships is that they will carry the old cylindrical bollers. sl g VON STERNBERG ARRIVES. German Minister Says Monroe Doc- trine Is Recognized. NEW YORK, Jan. 30.—Baron Speck von Sternberg, Minister from Germany and | Plenipotentiary to the United States, ar- | rived to-day on the Hamburg-American | steamship August Victorfa. He was ac companied by his wife, who i+ an Ameri can, and her sister, Miss Laugram. The party went to Washington to-night The new Minister is a small man and very slight, with small, pinched features, but a countenance that glows with quick | intelligencc and nervous energy. He looks little like a German, and Indeed | @ el loiied @ | | UNIVERSITY OF UTAH | TROUBLE IS SETTLED Complaints Charging Students With Making Threats Against Edi- tor Pratt Are Dismissed. SALT LAKE, Jan. 30.—The trouble be- tween the faculty and students of the | University of Utah, which during the past ten days has assumed serious pro- | portions, was settled this afternoon and | the complaints against eleven of the stu- | dents who were arrested on the charge of having threatened to assault Parley B. Pratt, editor of the college Chronlcle.‘ | were dismissed by Judge Dieh| upon the | suggestion of the complainant, who de- | sired to drop the case. ! Editor Pratt has resigned as editor of the Chronicle and it is understood that | no action will be taken by the faculty | when the students return to school next Monday. The trouble arose over an editorial condemnation in the college Chronicle a vegetable-throwing episode at a per- | formance given by the sophomore class. | More than a hundred students were in- volved. | . Favors /Municipal Ownership. NEW YORK, Jan. 30.—Mayor Low pre- sented a statement to the Board of Esti- mates to-day in favor of municipal owner- ship of a street railway in one of the five boroughs of the city—the Bronx. y — e ey ADVERTISEMENTS. 5 NOT DUE TO CLIMATE. | Catarrh Is Found Everywhere. Catarrh is at home anywhere and everywhere. While more common in cold, | changeable climates, it 1s by no means | contined to them, but is prevalent in every State and Territory in the Union. The common definition of ,catarrh is a | | chronie cold in the head, which if long | neglected often destroys the sense of | smell and hearing; but there are many | other forms of the disease, even more | obstinate and dangerous. Catarrh of the throat and bronchial tubes as well as catarrh of the stomach and liver are almost as common as nasal | catarrh and generally more difficult to | cure. Catarrh is undoubtedly a blood disease and can only be successfully eradicated | by an internal treatment, Sprays, washes and powders are useless as far as reach- ing the real seat of the disease Is c cerned. Dr. Mclverney advises catarrh sufferers to use a new preparation, sold by drug- gists, called Stuart’s Catarrh Tablets, be- cause actual analysis has shown these tablets to contain certain antiseptic qualities of the highest value and, being an internal remedy, pleasant to the taste, convenient and harmless, can be used as freely as required, as well for children as for adults. An attorney and public speaker, who had been a catarrh sufferer for years, says: | “Every fall I would catch a cold which would settle in. my head and throat and hang on all winter long and every winter | it seemed to get a little worse. I was con- tinually clearing my throat and my voice became affected to such an extent as to interfere with my public speaking. “1 tried troches and cheap cough cures and sometimes got relief, but only for a short time, until this winter when I learned of the new catarrh cure, Stuart's Qatarrh Tablets, through a newspaper | advertisement. Two fifty-cent boxes which I bough: at my druggist's, cleared | my head and throat in fine shape and to | guard against a return of my old trouble I keep a box of the tablets on hand and | whenever I catch a little cold I take a tablet or two and ward off any serlous developments.” Stuart's Catarrh Tablets deserves to Lead the list as a household remedy, to check and break up coughs and colds, be- | cause, unlike many other catarrh and | much to say that this special mis | not contemplate any change in the per# | Verezuelan customs is stiil awaited. Th ¥ o -was born in England of German parents. He dresses llke an Englishman and speaks with great rapidity and ease in % good English accent. “I do not.come as Embassador,” sald the Baron, “I am Minister Plenipoten- tiary on a special mission. It is not too jon is The Kaiser does BREAKFAST the Venezuelan matter. sonnel of the embassy, and ultimately my position will be that of Embassador. Such a change from @ post of Consul General Is rather unusual and\I accepi it as a mark of the Kalser's regard. Ita is quite a jump—what 1 should cafl six-foot jump.’ “'I have been sent to pick up the threa of the Venezuelan matter where my pre- decessor left them. I am only generally informed apout, the situation. I was told at Southampton that the Panther had fired” on the forts, but as for the details of the last ten days I know nothing. ‘‘Concerning the Kafser's attitude to- ward the main question and the Mcnroe doctrine I'can, however, speak with per- fect assurance and cmphasis, The E peror has been much misunderstood nas no ulterior motive whaiever. as’absurd t0 think that he He It is wishes to seize territory in Venezuela as that he Wishes to colonize the moon. The nro- ment he grabbed land his trade would Le lost. The situation would be the same as If he grabbed a province in Ching. Commerce would be destroyed, and calon- ization without commerce means bank- ruptey for the. pation attempting it. “The Monrce dactrine Is too Jirmly i tablished, I think, to admit of much dis- cussion of the dispute. President Roose- velt has set forth with great clearness in his speeches and messages that it Js 2 doctrine used for the purpose of keep- ing peace on the Western Continent.” - AWAITS CASTRO'S ANSWER. London Believes All Misunderstand- ings Will Be Dispersed. LONDON, Jan. 30.—President Castro's | decision regarding . the division of the Forty Highest Awards in Europe "J.u["."m Walfer Baker & Co, v Estabished 1780 Dorchester, Mass. opinion expressed at the German embasuy and indorsed at the Foreign Office here | s that if the President is as anxious as fore making itself responsible for a dis- the powers to end the difficulty he wouid | OFderly state of affairs in Vgnezueia agree .to give them the preference de- | Lord Cranborne sald: manded. “There is no German and British alk No protests on the subject of the pret- | ifance, but Great Britain is ready te co- erence demanded by the allies have been recelved here from the other pawers. It Is stated at the Forelgn Office that @ friendiy interchange of opinion between the various European governments would undoubtedly disperse any misunderstand- ing over the allies’ claims. ¥ Lord Cranborne, Under Secretary Foreign Affairs, speaking to-night banquet of the Sheffield Chamber of Com. merce, sald the Government's policy Venezuela was dictated by the determi operate with South America, Europe.” In emphasizing the point that there was but merely a co-operation with Germany, Lord Cranborne strongly deprecated the attacks made by the Brit- ish press on Germany. He reminded the audience of Great Britain’s resentment o German criticism on the British opera- tiops in South Afriga and said - ght to care that we the powers, not enly in but in Asia, Africa and aur- tion to defend the interests of its sub-| selves are not guilty of a similar fault Jects and that there was no infringement | against Germany." of the Monroe doctrine. 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