The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 25, 1903, Page 1

the Library.«+++ !'&EP% Eslfi a.aiav @all. VOLTME XCIV—=NO. [ SAN FRANCISC 20, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. MAIL AND PASSENGER TRAIN OF THE NORTH SHORE RAILROAD IS WRECKED ON CURVE AND ENGINEER DIES AT THE THROTTLE EAND JUAY AEARS AROUT EPPINGERS Warehouse Work- ers Describe Bad Methods.- How Deming Fled and Books Departed Is Told. Bankers Testify Concerning Missing Assets and Big Losses. .4 Unit be pieced its to much had been s of trustful- ed Afid e and of loss. Wadsworth and Bowles, ively the management Wells, Fargo & Co. ional banks,/were heard T. C. Friediander, nker, chief gra rchants’ Exchange, nspection in ules of the exchange, the Me ! warehouses of the g ger. Then witnesses t warchouses were call- had t about the ey they loaned and £ e numbers of the warehouse re- y and what concern- ware- he American questionet which this he questions ;v-vii 2 e« e bankers and ’ f the Grand ve interest ed in the m nd, who he Epy ngers and Et 4 w. e of the Pacific as Ware , was in the throng. e, grader; John Mey- and Fred Munson ; C. Larsen, carpenter; St chman; Jo de Celle, en- Robert Williame, grain sampler, Gove, the iast named be- nspector for the XMer- was stationed in nger warehouses, them were ga.hered by indus- aing the story of the much- books, Is about the are entered the t-and shipment of grair he creditors who are property. One man the employes knows when . the books were last in the warehouses; wnother sew them being moved away their customary place; another was of thelr removal from the ware- " the basis of thelr knowledge, con- «d with authentic information other- derived, it is Jearned beyond ques- tbat the missing books were taken from the warehouses at Crockett e night before the suspension of Ep- ger & Co. They were vacked in two toxes and were put on the barge San in No. 4 and then brought to San isco, They were shipped from the warehouses by the superintendent, James Deming, and were received in San Fran- Peter Deming, father of Superin- tendent Deming, and were conveyed to Prier Deming's home at 2056 Taylor street, Francisco. There they are lost to publig Where they afe now is kpown only to the attorneys for Eppinger & Co. The books were thus safely out of an co b view. Cox;inuedmr-pt,wm& n | sphere of influence in Manchuria. n | large quantities in | » that are of | what has become of | CHINA DOES THE BIDDING - OF RUGSIA 'Refuses to Open Three Ports in Manchuria. Sudden Change of At- titude by Peking Government. United States, Great Britain and Japan Are Openly ‘ Defied. Epectal Diepatch to The Call CALL BUREAU, 45 G WASHINGTON, June the ed States street, N. W., 24.—“Deadlocked” between the in regard to The State De- | eves Russia holds the key. | of the provisions of a treaty had been on by Minister Conger, and the ¥y commissioners, of whom Wu Ting | ng is one, with the exception of the | Manchurian ran and Harbin | commerce. China | 4 open the por when the nece med to require—and ates to conclude the | port clause. | describes situation and China treaty. the commercial ment be! | ope This the United States flatly refused to| | do. The State Departme of course, gards China’s effort to put off the deci- sion in regard to the open ports as due to Russian opposition to those ports being | opened. It is hoped that China and Rus- | sia witt come to an agreement which win | ewetite- Ehine 4 ‘ ! clgn commerce in Manchuria. Russia | | seeks ar agreement which will assure the | maintenance of her hard-won and costly re- gor~ | China’s action, of course, is as much a | disappointment to Japan and England | a5 to the United States. It was said at the State Department to-day by an officlal who has had much to do with the negotiations gt Japan's demand | upon China for the opening of ports in Manchuria was not, as has been reported, |a new move. He sald that Japan had irst nfade this demand of China several | months ago abd that, therefore, there | was no reason why any one should regard Japan’s attitude as complicating the situ- ation any more than it ever had. To listen to the gossip at the State De. | partment, it would be inferred that negotiations of the American-Chinese | treaty were between the United States | and Russia, instead of between the United States and China. The talk is | of Russia’s ngt China’s objections to the | opening of pofts in Manchuria. The dispatch from Tokio stating that the Japan eign Office was consider- | ing the making of representations on the | Manchurian situation direct to Russia has | aroused some comment here. It would not be surprising if Japan's Korean policy is made to play a more conspicuous part in the Manchurian problem than hereto- fore LONDON, June 24.—The Times' corre- spondent at Kieff says Russia is shipping of rallwa Petrowsk for a point beyond Ashkasad the Trans-Caspian Rallway It is sald many thousands of tons of material | ve been accumulated during the ear north Meshd, the | to past Persia, and the [ mills patronized by the Government | {»“( large orders on hand | of ———— REALIZES THE DANGER | OF ATTACKING ROLANDO Venezuelan Government Is Taking ; Precaution in Proceeding Against | Revolutionary Commander. PORT OF SPAIN, Island of Trinidad, June 24.—The Venezuelan Government, realizing the danger of attacking General | Rolando, the revolutionary | at wiudad Bolivar, and far removed f base of supplies, | the revolutionists commander, which is well fortified m the Government's and knowing also that nave placed torpedoes in the Orinoco River, is taking every pre- | caution possible. The rainy the accompanying fever epidemic are also against the Government forces. British officers who have returned here from Ciudad Bolivar say they believe that if there is no dissension abong the revolutionary chiefs, as was the casg with the followers of General Matos, the Ven- ezuelan Government troops may be re- pulsed if they attack Cludad Bolivar, —_—— KING EDWARD INTERCEDES FOR POLITICA.L PRISONER DUBLIN, June 26.—The release of P, ~ McHugh, M. P., from Sligo jail on June 20, where he had been confined since June € for contempt of court in connection with the political comments of his paper, the Sligo Champlon, appears to have been due to the initiative of King Edward, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, the Earl of Dudley, having first fruitlessly inter- ceded with Judge Ross. The King's pri- vate secretary, Lord Knollys, later wrote to the Judge expreszine the King's ‘wishes. season and | | signed hind, but deny that the accident to reach the next station on schedule time. was due to that cause. MAIL and passenger train on the Cazadero branch of the North Shore Railroad was derailed yesterday morning on @ sharp curve half a mile north of Tocaloma, gineer John Williams was crushed to death by the engine when it toppled over, and Fireman Robert Clark was fatally scalded by escaping steam. gers who were riding in the smoker were considerably bruised. Williams bravely remained at his post to save the passengers and was found dead with his hand on the air brake. The train was late, and the passengers claim that the disaster was due to the engineer trying The railroad employes admit that the train was be- Marin County. En- The express messenger and several passen- DEMOGANTS | 0F 1WA HT | 1T BRIANISH Vote Against the Kansas City Platform. MOINESE, June 24.—The Demo- State Convention to-day nominated following ticket: DES cratic the Governor—J. B, Sullivan, Creston, | Ligutenant Governor—D. B. Butler, Iowa | County. Judge of Eupreme Court—John R. Caldwell, Tama, Superintendent of Public Instruction—A. R. McCook, Howard Rallroad Commissioner—W. ing. The convention, by a vote of 463 9-10 to 354 1-10, refused to adopt a minority report y four members of the committee on resolutions, adding to the platform re- ported by the seven members constituting the majority. of the committee a plank re- affirming the Democratic national plat- form of 1900, and by a vote of 628% to 199% rejected another minority report | adding to the plank demanding gn\(rn-| ment control of railway charges a pro- | vision that in case such control had not proved effective the National Government | should acquire ownership of railroads. All of the nominations were made by , the friends of Judge A. A. Van Wagenen of Sloux City having con- cluded not to present his name for Gov- ernor after it became apparent that the convention would not adopt a govern- ment ownership plank which he has fa- vored. J. B. Sullivan, the nominee for Governor has been affilfated with the Bryan wing of the party, but he was ac- ceptable to the Gold Demaocrats, THIS PLATFORM ADOPTED. The following resolutions were adopted: We, the chosen representatives of the Demo- cratic party In Towa, in delegate convention assembled, hereby declare anew our faith in the fundamental principles of the Democratic party and renew our alleglance thereto. l We find much in the domestic aifairs of the nation that ought to be changed. The tarift policy, originally adopted for the avowed pur- pose of raising revenue to met the enormous burdens of the Civil War, has been turned to the use of the Individual and class interests, until it has been the creator of countless un- earned fortunes and the shelter of huge com- binations of capital, organized in the form of trusts, which are strangling competition in many of our industries, destroying individual eftort, crushing ambition, largely, In every line of industry, and already acquiring a power which enables them to dictate their own in- s Porter, Hard- Continued on Page 5, Column 3. | ] MEN CLANER - OR RELEASE OF LYNCHER Demonstration at the Wilmington Gity Hall. WILMINGTON, Del., June 24.—Arthur Corwell, who claims his hame js in Hart- ford City, Ind., and who was arrested last nightgon the charges of compiiecity in the burning to death of George White, the negro assailant .and murderer of Helen Bishop, was released on $5000 bail to-night. He will be given hearing to-morrow. To-night 2000 persons gathered in front of the city hall where Corwell was con- fined and made a demonstration. The po- lice authorities took every precaution to prevent an attempt at rescuiftig the pris- oner by the crowd. Extra police were on duty within the golice station, and all the police officials were on hand. The crowd committed no overt’dct, however, be- ond ,}exmg a great nolse. There were Joud cries for the reiease of Corwell. The coroner’s inquest was concluded to- | night and when word reached the police station that the verdict did not implicate Corwell, the authorities decided to re- lease him on $5000 bail. This was prompt- )y supplied by Thomas McHugh of this city, a wholesale liquor dealer. Word of this action soon reached th> crowd and a great cheer was sent up, after which the people quickly dispersed. ‘When the inquest bézan the remains of White could not be found, and after a long search they were found wrapped in paper in an ice chest. White weighed a further | TTURKS TAKE VILLAGE IN BULGARIA Seize a Strategic Position Near Sofia. BERLIN, Jun.fifi.—Accordlnz to a Sofia digpatch to the Lokal Anzeiger, the Turks, without cause, have seized the village of Sultantipe, which commands the road to Sofla, with four battalions and thirty guns. The Bulgarian Government, says the correspondent, will ask the Porte for an explanation. i eee 4 Té Try an Assistant Paymaster. WASHINGTON, June 24 — Secretary Moody ~has ordered - a - court-martial, headed by Admiral Farquhar, to meet here on June 29 for the trial of Assistant Paymaster Philip W. Delano on charges of serfous irregularities in keeping his of- ficlal accounts while attached to the gun- boat Isla_de Luzon, while on the Asiatic station, resulting in an alleged deficiency of about $1100. . B e 2 22 2 about 200 pounds, but enly five pounds of flesh and bones were left of him after the lynchers had concluded. their work. The coroner’s inquest falled to reveal the identity of the leaders In the lynch- ing, and it is thought that the autheri- ties will be unable to proceed. Peter Smith, the Italilan boy who was shot while the mob was in the work- ho on Monday, died to-day of his in- uried oS 3 RAVE ENGINEER WHO WAS KILLED WHILE TRYING TO SAVE THE PASSENGERS WHEN HIS TRAIN WAS WRECKED NEAR TOCA- LOMA, AND VIEW OF SHATTERED LOCOMOTIVE. | | ireman Springs From Cab but Is Fatally Messenger and Others Are Badly Bruised o, OCALOMA, June country passenger and mall train on the Cazadero branch | railment of the North Shore Railroad | was derailed near here this while meorning rounding a .—The up | grade and has many sharp curves. sharp curve. John Williams, the engineer, | remained at his post after the engine had left the Trails, in the hope of saving the passengers and was crushed to death un- |'der- the ponderous macnime when it top- pled over on its side. The position of Williams' body, when found after the wreck, bore mute testimony to his bravery, for his hand still rested on-the air “brake lever. Robert Clark, and while he escaped being buried under the engine, he was so badly scalded by the escaping steam that but slight hope 15 held out for his recovery. C. B. Christlanson, the Wells-Fargo messenger, and several of the passengers who were riding in the smoking-car were the former sustained .internal injuries. The passengers in the first coach received a severe shaking up, but none of them were badly injured. TRAIN WAS BEHIND TIME. The derallment occurred at 10:40 o’clock at a point about half a mile north of Tocaloma station, opposite the Mazza ranch. Some of/ the passengers who were saved from a frightful death by the seilf- sacrificiug bravery of Engineer Williams allege that the disaster was due to the train being run at too high a rate of speed. The rallroad employes, while ad- mitting that the train was running a lit- tle faster than schedule time, deny that the derailment was due to that cause. They" saild that the train was late and Engineer Willlams was trying to make up time. The train which connects at Sausalito with the boat leaving San Francisco at 8 a. m. was a little late this morning, as | it did not pull out of the narrow gauge depot until 8:45 o’clock. Conductor A. B. Murray was in charge of the train, which was composed of a combination mail and express, a baggage, a smoking-car and two passenger coaches. Engineer John Williams was at the throttle and Robert Clark was fireman. Engine No. 20, one of the best.locomotives off the road, pulled the train. There were about sixty pas- sengers in the cars, ' JUMPS TRACK ON CURVE. When- the -train left San Anselmo, the junetion of the San Rafael and Cazadero branches, ft was sixteen minutes behind time. Time was lost all the way up White's Hill and the train was further delayed by various stops made along the line. Tocaloma was reached about 10:30 o'clock instead of 9:56, the schedule time. _uwe track opposite the M: ranch, where the accld\en: occurred, is down considerably bruised and it is feared that | | Fi i Scalded by Escaping Steam and Express | | i 1t runs along the creek and where the de- occurred is above the ‘creek bed. sharp ten-degree curv immediately the left. T suceessfully, fully thirty feet Going south, a to the right is followed by a sharp one to train made the first turn but on the second curve the | engine jumped the track, toppled over and slid along fuily. t tender broke loose, a et on its side. The o turned over and | piled up on the rear end of the engine. the fireman, jumped through the car window, | The mail and expres: its side and fell direc It was telesfoped. The smoking-car was also derailed and was at an angle of about forty-five degrees with the track. The passenger cars ran a comsiderable distance past the engine befors leaving the rails. BURIED UNDER MAIL SACKS. A. Teal, the mail clerk, was buried un- der a pile of mwail sacks, while Express Messenger Christianson was pinioned In one end of the car by a large box. Teal was rearly smothered by the canvas bags and Messenger Christianson was pulled through a car window in a badly bruised condition. Several of the passengers in the smoker were brulsed, while women In the passen- ger coaches were thrown from their seats by the jar. A few of them have sprained wrists and bruises. Immediately after the accident Con- ductor Murray, knowing that the up- country freight was coming behind, ran back to flag it as well as to report the disaster to the ralircad officials. The freight had not left the Tocaloma sta- tion when Murray arrived. Mrs. Kerrie Krause and Miss L. Ber- trand, daughter of the proprietor of the Tocaloma Hotel, hurriedly secured some linen, jumped on the' freight engine with Conductor Murray and hurried to | the scene of disaster. The engineer did not know where the wreck was situated. He was anxious to get there and ran the locomotive at top speed. Before realizing how close he was to the wreck, he was al- most on top of the derailed cars. He was unable to stop the freight engine before it bumped Into the rear passenger coach with considerable force. The cars were moved several feet by the collision and the platform of the rear coach was dam- aged. The passengers had alighted before the second accident happened. Mrs. Krause and Miss Bertrand ren- dered valuable assistance In caring for the injured. SEVERAL PASSENGERS HURT. Englneer Williams' body was found un- der the engine by Conductor Murray, and with the assistance of Mrs. Krause and ar was turned on y across the track. Continued on Page 3, Column 5.