The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 26, 1904, Page 21

midnight, June 26: Pair; southwest wind, brisk westerly. TEE WEATEER. Forecast made st San Fran- cisco for thirty hours ending San Francisco and vicinity— warmer Sunday; Nght A. G. McADIE, District Foreoaster. changing to FORTY-EIGHT PAGES—SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, JUNE 2 1904 —PAGES 21 TO 34. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ILLED @LL SON Runaway Locomotive: and Car Deal | Out Death. | Crash Into Crowded Cua‘ch;l on & Switch-Back Near Melones. || Accident Said to Be Due to Neglect of Railroad Employe Who Disap- cared After the Accident, WSS e s F5 to The Call June 25.—Two women several other passen- gers were injured this evening by the | ng of & Sierra Rallway pas- | coach by a runaway oll car e near Melones. By a | ell of the occupants f the coach, with the exception of the escaped with their lives, | split from end to end. | ed at the El Rico s below Angels. The were kill B. DE MARTINI, of Stock- MRS FRANK VALENTE, of Stock- | layer of the ity, was the worst He had his arm 1 Rico take an at the orders to to Angels. The pas- magde up of the loco- cars, a combina- r and a pas- ductor A. Decker of gave orders for the eived Tk 2 omotive to get the ofl ear e it to the passenger rain was stand- with the rear end a ing a short distance a ofl car in front of the switchback. Engi- of the passenger train ng out of his cab watching | f the ofl car when sud- | ed that something had | The oil car and locomo- | vere running down the inciine at | It did not dawn | 1 that his train was threatened & death de runaway, however, | il he heard the screeching of the | away locomotive’s whistle and a | later saw the engineer and for their lives. | Cook stayed at his post and took the only chance for saving the lives of his | passengers. He jerked open the throt- | his engine, but in his haste he locomotive, pushing l | much steam and the spun around on the thout starting the train. e the runaway had attain- | & minute speed. ar struck the rear of the passénger coach, split it and hurled the wreck high in the air. The oil car con- | tinued apparently unchecked and bat- tered to splinters the end of the bag- | gage car. The passengers were mixed | up with the wreckage, but, almost in- credible as it seems, there were but two killed. DISAPPEARS AFTER WRECK. | Mrs. de Martinl and Mrs. Valente were cccupying the rear seats of the coach w Mrs. Valente’s young son and daughter. They heard the shriek | of the locomotive and saw the threat- ening oll car dashing down on them. Mrs. Valente screamed to her children to jump, but Instead they ran to the forward end of the car. The two wo- men ran out on the rear platform of the coach and were in the act of leap- ing from it when the crash came. They were probably killed instantly. Their bodiez were mangled beyond any sem- | In | | H 1 blance to human form. The name of the engineer of the’run- away locomotive could not be learned from this city. He is reported to have disappeared at once after the wreck. Report blames him for the catastrophe. The raflroad people refuse to discuss the wreck or give any particulars save the barest facts. < Mrs. G. B. de Martini was the wife of a prominent grocer residing at 28 West Washington street, In this city. She leaves several children. Mrs. Frank Valente was the wife of a teamster residing at 1767 South San Joaquin street. She leaves three children, two of whem were with her on the train and escaped serious injury. Mrs. Valente received a telephone message this morning informing her that her brother-in-law was fll at Mur- phys and that if she wanted to see him alive she would have to come quickly. She was on her way to his probable deathbed when the final summons came in such awful form for her. Among others on the wreéecked train ? Continued on Page 22, Column 1, | is now being rapidly worked out. PRESIDENTS OF THE SOUTHE! WHO ARE SAID TO BE THE TWO RAILROAD LAYIN SYSTEMS. SANTA FE ROAD MAY PASS INTO HARRIMAN'S CONTROL THROUGH PROPOSED MERGER FE COMPANIES, FOR A MERGER OF | Southern Pacific Railway System to Become the Most Extensive in the World. —_—— CHICAGO, June 25.—The Evening Post to-night publishes the following: “It is reported to-day on what seems to be excellent authority that a change in the control of the Santa Fe is im- minent. This report comes in connec- tion with the recent changes in the Southern Pacific and may help to ex- plain the resignations of Edwin Haw- ley and H. E. Huntington. It also may help to explain the proposed very large increase In Southern Pacific preferred | stock and the failure of the directors to reveal to what purpose two-thirds of the proposed increase is to be ap- plied. “To-day's report states that before the end of the current year the Santa Fe will be Southern Pacific property and the two systems will thereafter be operated in the closest harmony and practically as integral parts of one system. “This will be but carrying out to its logical conclusion the community of interests idea, which appears to have suddenly taken a fresh lease of life and agaln to have become the.most prom- | inent feature in the railroad world. “The change in control of the Santa Fe does not constitute the entire plan, as at present contemplated, and which The Chicago and Alton’also is involved. It will be rejhembered that not long ago the security holders of this road were invited to deposit their stock in the NEW BACKING FOR THE MINERS American Federation of La- bor Promises Financial Aid to Colorado Strikers DENVER, June 26.—The American Federation of Labor has taken up the fight of the Western Federation of Min- ers in Coiorado and will give it finan- clal and moral support. The proposed amalgamation of all general labor or- ganizations has not taken place, but the American Federation of Labor has entered the fight officially. This news was made public in Denver to-day on the receipt by malil of an appeal signed by President Samuel Gompers and the executive council of the American Federation of Labor. The appeal is dated at Washington and is addressed to organized labor of Amer- ica. After stating the labor conditions existing in Colorado, the document closes with an appeal for financial con- tributions *“‘to maintain the legal rights of the Colorado miners.” —_— hands of trustees preparatory to a pos- sible sale of the property. It is said that the prospective purchaser is the Union Pacific and that the Alton will shortly become the Chicago end of that { system from Kansas City. The proba- | bility of such absorption has long been | discussed and its entire practicability bas always been apparent. ‘hese changes will bring the South- Central and Union Pacific, the ta Fe, the Alton, the Kansas City | Southern, the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company and the Oregon Short Line under one direct control and would make the E. H. Harriman system of railroads by far the largest in the country irrespective altogether of the Indirect influences exercised by the Harriman interests upon what is known as the Hill group of roads.” TLET . U MAY BUILD NEW ROAD. TACOMA, Wash., June 25.—It be- came known to-day that the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway pos- sesses one or.more complete surveys from South Dakota to Puget Sound. At least one complete survey was made several years ago, following the visit to the sound of Roswell Miller, present chairman of the board of di- rectors. Complete notes have been secured of other surveys made by en- ginegrs through both the Rocky and Cascade mountains more than ten years ago for the Union Pacific and other systems. The survey made by the Milwaukee road runs west from Chamberlain, 8. D.; passing south of the Black Hills, thence across Wyom- ing, south of the Bitter Root Moun- tains in Idaho and thence following the Salmon River to its confluence with the Snake River, near the State line of Washington, Oregon and Idaho. A community of interests between the Milwaukee and Harriman systems leads to the belief that the former will reach Portland over the Oregon Rail- road and Navigation lines from East- ern Washington and that the Harri- man system will reach Puget Sound over the Milwaukee’s new road from { the Columbia River to Tacoma n.ndl Seattle. A number of officials of the Milwaukee and the Northwestern Life Insurance Company of Milwaukee have been working quietly in the Northwest for weeks. These include H. H. Field of Chicago, assistant gen- eral solicitor of the Milwaukee, and J. T. Woodward, who is understood to be a high officer of the Northwestern Life Insurance Company. The tide lands purchased at Seattle stand in Woodward’s name, having been negotiated by George McLaren, loan agent of the Northwestern life. Agents in Tacoma made recent tide land purchases, including a strip of tide land a thousand feet wide at the harbor front and a mile.and a quar- ter long and half a mile wide at the farther end. 7 TAGGARTS - FE FILES HER ANSWER Aceuses_flfi Major of Continued Gruelty, Says He Frequently Beat Her While Under In fluence of Liguor. ————— Charges Contained in Army Man's Petition for a Divorce Are \ Denied in Tolo, Speclal Dispatch to The Call. WOOSTER, Ohio, June 25.—Mrs. Grace Viola Culvert Taggart of San Francisco, wife of Major E. F. Tag- gart, transport quartermaster, reached this city this morning and filed an an- swer to the petition of her husband for divorce. Mrs. Taggart came determined to see her boys, aged 9 and 6 years, whom she charges Taggart spirited away from her in San Francsico. She learned that the children were at the home of Taggart's parents, and after considerable trouble managed to have a talk with the little chaps. The latter were overjoved to see their mother, the younger boy crying bitterly to go with her when she left. Mrs. Taggart filed an answer and a cross-petition to the application for di- vorce, denying the major's allegations in toto. Mrs. Taggart says that on two occasions, while in Manila, Taggart, without cause or provocation, struck her on the face with his fists. The first of these occasions was about Septem- ber 1, 1901, and the second a week later. Taggart, she savs, was intoxicated. Later, at Fort Leavenworth, Kapsas, she says, he threw her against a chif-|_ fenier, dislocating her jaw. A short time afterward he struck her repeat- edly and so violently th; was com- pelled to. have medical assistance for many. days. ! She alleges, further, that on the oc- cagjon hereinbefore mentioned she was invited out to a social gathering, of which Major Taggart knew, and that she attended this gathering at his re- quest and with the understanding that he would call and take her home. Tag- gart did not call, although friends tele- phoned to his home. In company with Captain Poor and wife and Lieutenant Fortesque she went to her home, but was unable to gain admission, and she then went to the residence of Captain Poor, accompanied by Mrs. Poor. While at Captain Poor’s, Major Tag- gart telephoned and wanted to know if it would be necessary to send an am- bulance for Mrs. Taggart, meaning thereby that she was intoxicated. Cap- tain Poor told Major Taggart of their faflure to gain admission to the house and that she would again return, which she did, in company with Captain Poor. This time, Mrs. Taggart alleges, Tag- gart seized her and in his anger and rage tore the clothing completely from her body and beat her so that her en- tire body was discolored and bleeding and her condition such that it was be- lieved she would die. She says that he desisted in his beating only because of the pleading of the eldest boy. Taggart, she alleges, was drunk on this occasion. Mrs. Taggart says that her husband was guilty of other extreme ecruelty, falgely accusing her of infidelity, which he knew was untrue. She asserts that Major Taggart's conduct became known to his superior officers, that he was threafened with court-martial and for a time was actually confined, with a sentinel over him. Mrs. Taggart charges that Major Taggart upon his discharge began writ- ing scandalous letters to army officers and threatening proceedings for di- vorce. Major Taggart, about May 21, 1904, pretending to want to take the chil- dren on a transport, got possession of them and came to Ohio, according to the wife’s statement. She declares that Major Taggart is not a suitable person to care for them, that he gets intoxi- cated and uses vile language before them. Mrs. Taggart insists that she is entitled to the possesion of the children. ——— PERDICARIS ILL AS RESULT . OF RECENT EXPERIENCE Delivery ~ by Raissouli of Captives Causes Countermanding of Navy Dgnruncnt Orders, ' TANGIER, June 25.—Ion Perdicaris is indisposed the result of his recent experiences, The British battleship Prince of ‘Wales salled for Gibraltar to-day with the British Minister on board. WASHINGTON, June 25.—As Perdi- caris and Varley have been returned to their home in Tangier, the Navy De- partment to-day cabled orders to Rear Admiral Chadwick to proceed on his cruise according to the original pro- gramme. The State Department does not con- template any reclamation upon the Moorish Government on account of the Perdicarls incident. In its view that Government suffered severely, both from a financial point of view and in national humiliation, through its com- ‘pliance with the demand of Secretary Hay that the captives be released. RUMOR THAT M ACDOWELL HAD DESTROYED HIS OWN LIFE STARTLES RIALTO L = MELBOURNE MACDOWELL, WHOSE REPORTED SUICIDE CREATED EXCITE- MENT YESTERDAY AND FAC SIMILE OF LETTER RECEIVED BY THE it CORONER, BUT WHICH THE THESPIAN DECLARES A FORGERY. -~ — | 3 Coroner Leland Receives Note That Hints at Sui cide, but Actor Turns Up Later. For a brief time yesterday Mel- bourne MacDowell, the well known! actor and a star in tragedy, was much | sought after by police officials and | friends. A letter bearing the thes- plan’s signature and announcing his | determination to transfer his abode from terrestrial to celestial climes was received by Coroner Leland early in the afternoon. The Morgue, however, was cheated of its prey. MacDowell appeared later at his accustomed haunts, much the worse for wear and profuse with denials and denuncia- tions. The envelope that reached the Cor- oner’s office was a picturesque affair. The name of Dr. Leland appeared three times on its face and it was also directed to John J. Bannon. Then He denied having written the letter to the Coroner and says it is all a scheme to ruin his reputation and bring him disagreeable notoriety. In harsh lan- guage he denounced whoever was re- sponsible for the missive and de- clared he had no intention of destroy= ing his own life. — DREAD DISEASE S CONQUERED American Consul Reports Discovery in France of a th’t the epistle might not stray from the city such words as “Frisco,” “San Francisco” and “California” were re- written as often as space would per- mit, only to be scratched out again and blurred with fnk. The letter was | WASHINGTON, letter | States Consul written on a Windsor Hotel head and was intelligent enough ex- cept for spelling and punctuation. It | ment a new consumption -cure. read: - “June 24, 1904. “Coroner. Dear Sir: should happen me you can blame my managers, Messrs. Delisser and Mer- cer, for the way they had the Exam- iner hound me. Now I am down and out with not even a chance to leave ‘Frisco.’ I have been drinking of late, I admit, but they are the cause. They have also” caused three of my best friends, members of- the company, to turn against me, Elliott, Quillinan and Miss Fuller. “Notify T. L. Hart of my difficulty and Dave Wise, Columbia Theater. Bly'n, N. Y. May God bless you-all “MELBOURNE MACDOWELL.” Inquiry was made at the Windsor Hotel by the Coroner soon after the letter was received. It was ascer- tained that the actor and some of his company had been stopping at the hostelry since May 1 and that the for- mer had been drinking heavily for several days. He had left his room about the noon hour with no known destination. A search for him began. Gloomy pictures of a tragedy on the bay or in-the park were dissipated, however, when the corpulent actor drifted back to the Windsor about 5 o'clock and attempted to explain as best he could the occasion for all the commotion. : MacDowell was deep in his cups. It anything |vupnys of ' Rouen. Cure for Consumption e e R Special Dispatch’ to The Call, CALL BUREAU, HOTEL BARTON, June 25.— United Haynes at Rouen, France, reports to the State Depart- A combination of medicine, electricity and the X-ray was discovered by Dr. Haynes writes to the Btate Department as follows: “At the doctor’s invitation I visited his consultation ‘'rooms and saw his method. A patient entered who the physicians had said two months before could not live ten days longer. He had been under Dr. Canus’ treatment for six weeks and was gaining in ap- petite, weight and strength. “‘He was first placed upon an operat- ing tn‘b)e, where the usual saline solu- tions were injected. Afterward he was seated upon an insulated tahble and electricity was passed through him for some minutes by attaching poles to metallic plates fastened to his breast and back. During this time sparks could be drawn from any part of his body. “This finished, the patient inserted the small end of a conical-shaped tube in his mouth. Into this tube was put a small broom, previously dipped into the necessary medicaments for the heal- ing of the lungs or whatever organism 'was affected, and through it, the man's body and an X-ray globe in the rear went an electric current carrying with it the medicinal elements from the broom.” STRIKING STABLENAN \ S KILLED A. 0. Gallagher Shot Through Head by Negro. An Etfort to Intimidate Non-Union Employes Ends in Death. i Fatal Shooting Follows a Riotous At- ? tack Upon the Employes of Excelsior Stables. In a row over Ipbor troubles An- thony Owen Gallagher, a striking sta- bleman, was fatally shot last evening by James Smith, a non-union negro hostler in the employ of the Exceisior Stables. The trouble occurred shortly | after 7 o'clock on Polk street, between Post and Geary. Smith and Arthur Williams, another negro, also emploved at the stables, were returning from a restaurant. As they passed Walnut avenue, five men who had been crouching behind a, building leaped suddenly out upon the two negroes. “Throw up your hands,” was the or- der shouted. The negroes quickly obeyed. They were so badly frightened that it seemed to them that every one of their assailants flourished a revolver. They will swear that several pistols were displayed. Williams received a blow on the head from the butt of a pistol and fell to the pavement stunned. At the same time several shots were fire& by the at- tacking party, presumably into the air, for they were so close to the negroes | that had they shot to kill they could | not have missed. Smith, frenzied by terror, as he said last night, drew a revolver, whica he always carried. At sight of it his as- sailants drew back. The negro‘fired a shot and the men began to scatter. Again Smith's pistol rang out, this time with deadly effect. Anthony Gallagher threw his arms wildly upward, stag- gered against a wall and collapsed, an inert mass, on the pavement. Gallagher’s companions did not wait to learn the fate of their comrade. They fled in different directions, and as yet the police have nd clew to their iden~ tity. The negroes immediately after the shooting rap into the Excelsior sta- bles, where they were found and taken into custody by Policeman Dan Owen. Gallagher was hurriedly placed in an ambulance but died on the way to,the Central Emergency Hospital. It was found that the bullet had entered his head on the right side near the back of the skull. This would show that he was attempting to escape when Smith fired. Mrs. Gallagher, wife of the dead man, soon heard of the tragedy. She arrived at the hospital, carrying her young baby, shortly after her hus- band’s body was removed and her piti~ ful cries caused an excited crowd to gather. Gallagher was a member of the Sta- blemen's Union in good standing, as a card found in his pocket showed. Ha has been out on strike and the police believe that his companions were also striking stablemen. Many-pegple saw a number of men lurking in the ' vicinity before the trouble took place, but allithe descrip- tions are extremely vague. Immedi- ately after the last shot was fired John O’Connell saw two negroes running up Geary street from Polk. One of them, whose description fits Smith, was put- ting a revolver into his pocket as he ran. Policeman Owen found an empty re- volver lying on the sidewalk near where Gallagher fell. This leads to the theory that the many revolvers al- leged to have been seen by the fright- ened negroes were empty or loaded with blank cartridges. It is believed that the purpose of the strikers was to intimidate the non-union men into quiting the stables. Several witnesses, however, declare that more than two jHots were fired, thus tending to show Zm the negroes were first fired upon. At the City Prison Smith was, or pre- | tended to be, still very much fright- ened. “I hardly know how it happened,” he said. “A crowd of men jumped us. They knocked Willlams down and fired at us. I-think there weie five of them. 1 thought they would kill me, so I de- fended myself.” The other negro, Williams, who is labout 22 years old, was unmistakably scared. “There were crowds and crowds of men,” h> declared. “I saw several revolvers, then some- thing hit me on the head and I did not see or hear anything for about five minutes.” The negroes were placéd in the tanks and their names registered on the de- tention book. Willlamson is a Jamaica negro and Smith. & native of South Carolina.- Both came here to fill the places of strikers. Williams was under arrest a few weeks ago for carryiag a concealed weapom.