The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 24, 1903, Page 1

TEE WEATEER. Forecast made at Saz F <o for thirty hours endizg ot ht, December 24: | San Trancisco and vicinity— 4 L | Tair Thursday; light north k‘%\ { winds increasing in force. ! . A. G. MCAIDE, District Forccaster. SIXTY-THREE LIDES LOST IN THE WRECK OF A BALTIMORE AND OHIO TRAIN, Alcazar—“Blue Jeans.” “Zoxy Grandpe.” ! Central—"“Aiphonse and Gaston.” Columibia—“Dolly Vardex.” } TAE | | california. Pischer's—*1. Grapd—"“A Litile Outcast.” Orphenm—Vaudeville. The Chutcs—Vaudeville. THEATERS. 0. U.” AN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, DECEN IBER }4 1903 LWHICH CRASHES INTO LUMBER CAR WHILE J'PEEDING SIXTY MILES AN HOUR FACE TRIAL ON CHARGE S Y ADM|RAL WALKER COUNSELS AGAINST SENDING REGULAR ? TROOPS TO THE ISTHMUS' OFFORGERY | Arrest m Well- Known Women || in Utah. One of the Accused a For-| mer Resident of San Francisco, LS Alle Accomplice, Critically With Pneumonia, Hears War- rant Read in Sickroom. iR thus Th propert McKinney. | | | | : ey L RIS R t ” PANAMA'S REPRESENTATIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO, WHO HAS EMERGED TRIUMPHANT FROM AN ALTERCATION WITH THE POSTOF" AUTHORITIE WASHI miral Wal t tha | pedient tection of the that it w force of {GTON. Dec. Rear Ad day informed the Pres in his epinion it would be ex- to the marines the pro- slic of Panama, and made of jeal yusy factors in the essary to incre marines already in Pans Regarding the Rear Admiral in isthmian waters heaith of the attorneys were ¢ the women, whose | Walker told the President that it could ced at $1000 each. It is| scarcely be better. He said that while be procured for both %to- | the m nes were welcomed and their pr e was realized to be for the best interests of eclines the republie, the sending to make any ater in her own behalf and the n}' regular troops might cause a feeling ph pding Mrs. MK . | of uneasiness. - ,,,: latter 1 ]-\ef.n.‘:‘, Despite the peaceful report made by g anything about the | Rear Admiral Walker, the probability o is that two more battalions of marines yvill sail next week on the Dixie from A ¢ = Philadelphia for Colon. It is felt at the p JAMES C. PELTON TAKES Navy Dgg-artmflnt that it will be well CARBOLIC ACID BY MISTAKE | (o have a sufficient force in isthmian < waters to permit of frequent reliefs for Prompt Administration of Proper|the force ashore. Between now and | Remedies Saves Life of Califor- Monday the question will be decided nia’s Most Noted Instructor. definitely. JOS ANGELES, Dec. 23.—James C.| The official announcement is made ¥ th oldest probably the | that General Eilliott, commandant of Brost Tamons edn in California, | the marine corps, will go to the isth- had a rrow escape from death at|™mus, as the administration wishes him his hands to-night and only es- | to make a thorough inspection of con- -d dministration | ditions there, both from a military and £ 1 He is more | @ Sanitary standpoint. The Dixie will " very deaf and | Carry a number of rapid-fire guns. been suffering | Commanding the two battalions will be | e some time and | Lieutenant Colonel William P. Biddle e ptus oil to secure| and Lieutenant Colonel L. W. Walter. . e semi darkness of his| Among the other officers selected to go | o got hold of a bottle | are Cantain C. Radford as chief solution of carbolig acid | QUaTtcrmaster, ‘Captain H. L. Matthews dose mulicient to hd‘,.ux\d Captain E. K. Cole. General El- i i1 sid not been di-|liott will be accompanied by his two : poison burned his | 218, Captain Frank E. Evans and Cap- th and and he rushed to | tain Harry Leonard. It is expected the . Adrug store. where alcohol | :’1.“; will sail from Philadelphia on s stered. Then he was tak- | Monday. : the F ,,,\,\..,El Hospital, ‘h,:\,. A long cablegram was prepared for g treatment was given him. The | Rear Admiral Glass to-day under the sicians think he will recover. personal supecvision . of ., Hectetury Pelton is & forty-niner and first|Moody. It was largely one of inquiry W - - 7 v _I s to conditions on the isthmus and Wi " Calif a was admitted into | the probable need for more marines. {he 1 nion he originated In a general | On Rear Admiral Glass' reply will de- way the present public school system, | Pend to some extent the departyre of oted his life to the cause i the two additional battalions. 4 —_———— and has written several NG ELE T 3 subject. He is spending | CONSUL FERAUD'S PROTEST. the ev ing of his life here and al-| though he has devoted his life to the | Panama’s Representative Clashes With service of the public he now has but Postmaster Montague. littie means. WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—The repub- as de _| Consuf’ at San Francisco, . General Elliott Will Sall on the Dixie With Two | : Additional Battalions of Marines. ic of Panama, through its Minister, | 3unau-Varilla, has filed its first pro- | |test against the action of a United | States official affecting matter ing to that republic. patch to the pertain- | Mipister the Panaman | Feraud, has | notified him that the postal authorities | of that city had refused to accept reg- | | istered mail or parcel post addressed | to the republic of Panama. The Con- | sul states that these authorities insist | on mail being addressed “Republic of Colombia.” J The Consul refused to comply and ‘ref(‘rrPd the matter to the Minister, | who promptly laid it before Acting Sec- | retary of State Loomis. The latter at | once ‘notified the Postmaster General, asking him to take such steps as would | rectify the action of the San Franeisco | | authorities. The Postmaster General, upon receipt of the communication from the State | Department, sent the following tele- | sram to the Postmaster at San Fran- { cisco: “You are hereby instructed to accept | for registration mail matter ‘properly prepared and prepaid, addressed to points in the republic of Panama, and | to issue registration receipts therefor.” b oz e R, REYES COUNSELS PEACE. Endeavoring to Restore Reason to the | Bogota Government. WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—“War on Panama means war with the United States” is the substance of cablegrams which General Reyes, the Colombian Minister, is sending to Bogota and to his more influential followers through- out Colombia. Realizing the gravity of the situation General Reyves is en- deavoring to bring the Colombian peo- ple face to face with the situation as he knows it here. He is convinced that the United States will not permit a Colombian army to land withiu the ter- ritory of Panama. No time will now be lost by General Reyes in completing his communica- tion to the State Department. Hereto- fore he has not been in any hurry to conclude " his mission to Washington, thinking that in the meantime the war _—_— Continued on Page 2, Column 1. 1 With Every Person in the BRlTAlN WILL BE AN ACTIVE ALLY OF JAPAN l IF THE MIKADO'S GOVERNMENT IS FORCED TO [ TAKE UP ARMS lN DEFENSE OF ITS RIGHTS Foremost Car Perishes. Pinioned Passengers, Are Burned to Death. THE DEAD. Engineer Willlam Thornley, Hazelwood, Pa. Division Engineer S. G. ton, Hazelwood, Pa. Fireman Thomas Cook, Hazel- wood, Pa. Herman Holmes, Pa. Jesse Hines, ’l'nrboc, N. C., news agent. Charles Lindford, Confluence, Pa. —— Edwards, Pittsburg. J. W. Martin, Hancock, Md. Richard Duckett, Baltimore. Edison Goldsmith, Connells- ville, Pa. . Father Fifelle, pastor of lian Catholic Church at Connellsyille. Charles E. Sanford, Hea- Emmelton, the | RSN SRR R TS Wilmerd- Butler, Pa. mostly foreign- negroes, who were the smoking car. 3 llu ers and riding in The work of their identifica- tion has not yet begun. (ON.\'ELLfi\’ILLE. Pa., Dec. 23. terrible crash the Duquesne the fastest through passenger Pittsburg to New York on a limited, train from the Baltimore and Ohio, pile of lumber at Laurel Run, two miles of Dawson, at 7:45 o'clock to- Sixty-three persons were Kkilled and thirty injured. Ameng those injured are the ing: W. H. Haneock, Pittsburg, slight injuries; J. W. Bromiey dock, Pa., siight injuri senwood, Pittsburg, Thomas J injuries; Conductor Helgth, the limited conductor, Hazelwood, slight injuries; W. Martin, Hancock, Md., slight cuts and bruises; J. A. Allfurter. Bealton, W. Va., seriously injured: Henry lla» vies, Reckwood, Pa., badly injured; W. E. Linford, East McKeesport, Pa., \\I” west night. follow- Annie Reese, die; William Edwards, Cumberland, Md.; Thomas Tippler Philadelphi: larry Devlin, Connelisville, Pa.; W. i. Stoddard, Connellsville, F E. P. John K. Powers, i I Keifer, Somerset, Pa South « |nnhr~llanl| nellsville, bure. PLUNGES TO RIVER'S EDGE. The train left r’m<|mr:: this evening, running a few minutés late, in charge of Engineer William Thornley of Con- { When approaching Laurel Run, over a particularly fine piece of roadbed, the train was running at bigh | speed. Suddenly the passengers were | thrown from their seats by the light- nellsvillg. | ning- -like application of the air brakes from Hamburg, while she was running | and a moment later there was a terrific in a dense fog at only half speed, wnh‘ CREW‘S ¥ 3 : I v vi | crash The train was made up of two bag- gage cars, two day coaches, one sleepel ning car, and at the time ing at the lowest estimate The train plowed along and passengers and one was car 150 passengers. for a considerable distance cars were torn to pieces, it tore along. wreck as Suddenly the engine swerved to the left and the coaches plunged down | over the embankment to the edge of the Youghiogheny River. PINNED UNDER WRECKAGE. The moment the cars stopped rolling there was a wild scene. Many persons were pinned beneath the wreckage and | screams and cries rent the air. of the injured, in their plunged into the river. Others, pin- joned beneath the heavy timbers, | pleaded in agonized tones for release. So terrific was the force of the collision | thdt nearly every passenger suffered a moment’s unconsciousness, and many of the able-bodied men were unable to assist in helping the injured from the wreck because of having fainted. The killed were mostly foreigners who were in the smoking car, just back of the baggage car. They were literally roasted to ®@eath, the baggage and smoker telescoping the engine and im- mediately catching fire. Many of their bodies are lying burned to a crisp in the baggage-room of the Baltimore and Ohio depot, to be removed later to the undertaking shops in the ecity. A peculiar feature of the accident was the fact that not a woman was seri- ously injured. CAUSE OF THE DISASTER. The wreck was caused by the break- ing of castings on 2 carioad of bridge timbers on a westbound freight train, which had passed Laurel Run not more than fifteen minutes before the pas- senger train. The wreck occurred on a e and it was impossible for Bn- gineer Thornley to see far enough ahead to detect the obstruction on the tracks. “The big Atlantic-type engine plunged into the timbers at a velocity | of sixty miles an hour. The engine plowed into the embankment and, the baggage r whs thrown Youghiogheny River. The smoker fol- lowed the engine and landed syuarely Many mad panic, on top of it. Thigaliowed ltnm from the engine to w The smoker was packed to its utmost v plowed into a ‘ | North Brad- | slight bruises; | Dom, Hazelwood, Pa., slight H ~ PANSENGERS Altman, Con- | ; Aaron Verg, East Pitts- the | it the | ik | | | | | | 2 REVOLVERS AWE LINER ‘Panic in the Steerage - 0f Storm-Tossed Bluecher. —_— | Special Dispatch to The NEW YORK, Dec. | American liner Bluecher docked to-day after the most exciting voyage in the ! history of ocean going steamships. During midnight of the first day out Call foghorns blowing, she into, was_run port side, by a 1500-ton tramp steamer and a big hole was stove in her bows. The forward compartment was flooded and the ship had to delay one day at Cherbourg to have new plates fitted. The ill luck did not end here, how- In a long dis-| jumping, screaming or falling from the | ever, for, after leaving Cherbourg, she o | ran into a stiff northwest gale and was tossed and buffeted for the next five days. On the night of December 19, when | | the fury of the storm had reached its | climax and . the Bluecher | way against it, the officers and passen- gers were startled to hear loud out- cries and groans coming from the for- ward part of the hold, where most | of the 1400 steerage passengers were | quartered. So loud' and tumultuous | became the noise that the purser and | the third officer rushed below to learn its cause. | appalling. Men and women were fight- ing and struggling like mad to force | open the hatches and get up on deck. | Shouts of “Let us on deck,” “The ship | is sinking,” “The boat’'s going down,” ficers. When the fright-crazed people saw that they would not be allowed on deck they broke out once more in wild shrieks, revilings, threatening to attack the two men. The officers had to draw their pistois to keep. the mob back and the moment their backs were turned the panic broke out afresh. So uproarious and flerce did it grow that Captain Kopff ‘went below and finally, after much ex- ertion, succeeded in calming the pan- icky steerage pasengers. RS SRS AR S Beavers’ Successor Chosen. WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—Announce- ment was made to-day of th2 appoint- ment of C. M. Waters as superintendent of the division of salaries ard allow- ances of the Postoffice Department to succeed - George W. Beavers, to take effect January 1. Waters is now acting occupant of the division. ——————————— Register of Wills Resigns. l WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—Louis A. Dent. of Wills for the District of Columbia, has resigned, to take ef- feet April 1. It is understood that Cor- poral James Tanner, formerly Com- ‘missioner of Pensions, is to succeed Mr. ‘Deat. 3.—The Hamburg- | | was rolling | | and pitching, unable to make-any head- | The scene that met their eyes was| “Let us up, will you?” greeted the of-| { GREAT MATIC BRITAIN'S REPR DIPLO- Dogs Used in Tes of Method of Escape From Crat. | . | Spectal Dispatch to The Call. NEWPORT, R. I, Dec. 2 portant test was made with ¢ submarine torpedo-boats a few ago, v days ich sets at rest ths idea that it would be impossible for the crew of a submarine boat to escape if anything were to happen to the boat while sub-{ merged. It was suggested that the men could escape through the torpedo tube at the bow of the boat, but many naval officers thought this could not be accomplished without injury. It was finally decided to have a test in this line | and two large dogs were secured as subjects. The Holland boat Shark, attached to the torpedu station, was selected for the test, and, under the command of Lieu- | tenant C. T. Nelson, went out into the | bay. After the craft was submerged, one of the dogs was placed in the tor- pedo tube, a wooden wad placed hehind the animal and the whole expelled in | the same manner as a torpedo. Many | thought that the force of the com- | pressed air charge woull kill the ani- mal, but it came to the surface and swam ashore as if nothing had oc-| curred. The other dog was then ex- perimented upon and it likgwise came to the surface uninjured. The result of the test shows that, in! qase of trouble with boats upder water, | the crews could find an exit in this! manner and that the danger of injury would be very small. $ —————————— i Falling Walls Kill Workingmen. | NEW YORK. Dec. 23.—One of the | walls of the old Thirteenth Regiment armory, Brooklyn, fell to-day. Two workmen were killed and seven others wara badly bhurt I feeling in some quart | was intended by t Larmy and navy). s War IsCertainUn- less the Czar Yields. Tokio Will Not Re- treat From lis Position. That Great Britain to support Ja /‘.lz n a war ag Russia ts the diplomat German capital, confirmed from othe St. Peter: /" a of is said tha heing /ufll v into @ ttatn w determined confh G the opportunity to increase her here of influence in the Far East to "l!" Jl'l'r'f‘ [ acr C a ce > Mika Russia’s reply to Japan, now ready for delivery, | leaves pendis still unsel= tled. BERLIN, Dec For- | eign Office, in estimating the p abile ities of war in the attention at this mon ain rather than on J Ja East, fixes its nt on Gr . fc ognized that an is only waiting for eat Britain to give the word before beginning hostilities. A new and even | portentous element in the sitnation, as | it is looked upon here, is the rising feel- ing in Great Britain that Russia must yield or Japan and Great Britain ought to fight ner. From the highest source | it is learned that the overn- ment, while refusing to that war certain, is convin that, if war between Russia d Japan comes, Great Britain will take a part in it, because the British Government looks upen war as possibly the only means of saving and r her position in the East Sir Frank Lascelles, the British Eme bassador, who returned here from Eng- tablishing land three days ago, is understood to have imparted his impression unof- ficially to the German Government that the British Cabinet apprehended that sisted Japan. the sug; war would resuit if Russia per- in her present attitude toward This expression of opinion by mbassador was stripped of all estion that Great Britain might participate, but great significance is attributed to it The leading financiers know nothing of any Russian overtures to float a loan of $125,000000 in Germany, and the report to that effect, published by the Tageblatt in a dispatch from St. Petersburg is regarded as unfounded. JAPAN WILL NOT RECEDE. Diplomats in Peking Expect War Un~ less Russian Makes Concessions. PEKING, De —The optimistic rs congerning war between Japan and Russia is not shared by the,other diplomats at Pe- king, whose knowledge of the present situation entitles their opinion to the highest consideration. It is positively known that the Japanese Government has drawn the line for a settiement, beyond which it will not make any ma- terial concessions, and that it is deter- | mined to fight before yielding what it considers to be Japan's vital interests. It is believed that unless Russia con- cedes impgrtant points, another ex- change of notes will precipitate the | crisis. It is also believed that Japan will refuse any arrangement holding in abeyance the question of the evacua- tion of Manchuria, which was one of the terms of the proposed arrangement recently announced from St. Peters- burg and which, it is now supposed, Russian Govern- ment as a “feeler.” This ywould be a violation of express pledges given to Japan and China. Minister Uchida is reported to have said he would be obliged to resign his post in the event of such an agreement. The most dangerous factor in the situation is the confidence of the Rus- sian officials in the Far East that a { war wou!d mean an easy victory for Russia and the challenging tone of the Russian officials and newspapers. The intelligent Chinese officials await developments with the deepest anxiety. | They foresee the many perils menac- ing China in the event of war and the possibilities that a partition of the em- | pite may result from China’s inability | to maintain the neutrality of her har- bors and subjects. The younger officials and the news- papers discuss the pessibilities of an alliance between China and Japan, but the only available Chinese troops are the 15,000 Japanese-trained men of Yuan Shai Kai (who was recently ap- pointed commander of the imperial =%~ might fight under foreign leaders, but whose present of- . Continued on Page 3, Column &