The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 5, 1904, Page 1

October 5, 1904. Forecast made at San Frad co for 30 hours, ending midnigh! San Francisco and Viciity=— Fair Wednesday except foREY in | the morning; fresh west wind.” | . H. WILLSON, : Looal Forecaster, ! Temporarily in Charge. | 3 | Fe— Boy. Pischer's— Down the Line.” Grand—"York State Folks.” Lyric Hall—“Everyman.' Majestic—“The Henrietta.” Orpheum—Vaudeville. Matinee To-Day. Tivoli—“The Serenade.” LOFT FALLS |CAR STRUCK DEATH WINS [REPORTS JPON HEADS FCATTLE| 0F HOT IR0N Sixty Dairy Cows Are{Terror Spread by Killed Under Hay Bales. Qwners aod Ranchman Have|One Trolley Escapes, but the Men Tmprisoned Under Mass of Beams | Passengers Thrown in & Heap, but Narrow Escape From the Same Fate. snd Debris and Rescuers Arrive Just in Time With a crash that could be heard for blocks around, an overloaded hay- loft rn belonging to the t 400 Harvard street Homestead district d yesterday morning ywly escaped be- ng mass of tim- crushed to the onging to the Excels: d and were smoth- men who were begun milking They were im- ed by door- o and were boring ranch to escape meet- tion at 9:30 o'clock sther Pe- r h John Bruchou, entered began the morning e barn that shel- were four rows of ing their turn the men heard ise and noticed the beginning to give way. a rush for the door, but havloft came deafening roar barn became a imprisoned be- t formed at once refuge they g of the ani- the fallen mass. ed as the hay e imprisoned e was choked out. the neighboring oned by the noise e running to the axes and bars of rough beams and s a desperate en- rate the imprisoned hed teams of horses s and attempted to iebris that covered the the barn once stood. RACE AGAINST TIME. t Soh wrisebe race against time to get at soned men before they be- nothered. The men were led out of their prison in me. Peter Labrucherie sent home, having sustained se- e bruises. Jean Labrucherie re- ceive sions of the right leg. Joh escaped unhurt and y no worse for his expe- rience Meanwhile a call had been sent in to Truck $ of the Fire Department ptain Bannon and his men responded On their arrival at the firemen cleared away the roof beams while the ranch hands removed the bz of hay. When this been omplished a pitiful »f the workers. The vere lying in regular rows in the relative pos soon the scene 2 a met the gaze ¢ on they occupied before the aceident The two center rows were almost instantly killed. The cows in the outer rows, however, were not all dead, and the suffering of the dumb animals was pitiful. HEALTH OFFICERS ARRIVE. Deputy Health Officer Dr. M. J. Brady, veterinarian of the Health d, and Deputy Health Officer m Lendrum arrived on the and did what they could to re- the sufferings of the stricken As quickly as possible the in- liev brutes. Jured cows were moved to the out- skirts of the debris and examined. It was found that they were suffering from broken limbs and the health of- ficers gave the owners the alterna- tive of having them killed or turning them over to the care of a veterina- riar A pathetic instance occurred when a baby calf whose leg had been broker ied to struggle close to its dying mother. The cause of the accident was the careless overloading of the hayloft. The ba was over fifteen years old and the rotting timbers were not able to stand the weight placed upon them. The owners estimate their loss at $10,000 The neighboring dairies have generously come to the assist- ance of the elsior ranch and will supply its customers for a few days. —_——— PRIMATE OF ENGLAND ARRIVES IN BOSTON Will Be Present During the General Convention of the Episcopal Church. BOSTON, Oct. 4.—The majority of the Bishops and deputies who are to | participate in the general convention of the Episcopal church, which will convene to-morrow, have arrived. The Archbishop of Canterbury also arrived to-day. —_————— Consul Received in Canal Zone. WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.—After care- ful consideration of the international points involved, the State Department has decided to issue a temporary ex- equatur to Geronimo Ossa, as Consul of Chile, in the canal zone, 0 tons of feed that | | HIGHWAYMEN KEEP POLICE ! HORSES RUN AWAY WITH bY FURNACE Flying Caldron of Metal, Other Is Hit With Great Force. Bruises Form the Total Extent of Injuries, NEW YORK, Oct. 4—In Newark this afternoon a ten-ton rolling blast | furnace filled with hot iron, which is used for welding the joints of a trolley track, became unmanageable just after passing Osborne Terrace in Clinton | avenue, and striking a heavy down rade went down the hill for a quarter a mile at a terrific speed and imme- diately in the wake of a trolley car bound toward the center of the city.{ The motorman put on full speed, but | the great mass of iron and fire gained i steadily. When it seemed that a dis- astrous collision was inevitable, ten passengers jumped and sustained | slight bruises. The motorman and con- | ductor stuck to their posts, the fur- | nace still chasing the car. After the race had gone on for a quarter of a mile the big furnace | swerved from the eastbound te the westbound track. Almost at the same instant a westbound trolley car came along, traveling at top speed as the motorman had figdfred on passing the menacing iron monster. Just as it seemed as if his car would escape, the big furnace gave another lurch toward | his track and he sprang backward into | the car as the crash came. The big furnace hit the front end of the car | a blow of great force. A dozen pas- sengers on this car were thrown fmml end to end and landed in a heap, men and women, badly frightened and more or less bruised. While all were | thrown, none was injured beyond a | few cuts and bruises. et i A DIES ON HIS WAY HOME AFTER A TRIP ABROAD Louis Wunn, a German Baker of Oak- land, Passes Away on Ship- board. NEW YORK, Oct. 4—Louis Wunn of Oakland, Cal., while returning to his home after a trip abroad, died sud- denly on the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse on the passage from Bremen and Southampton. His body was land- ed at the latter place. The facts were not learned until the arrival of the steamer bere to-day. OAKLAND, Oct. 4 —Ludwig Wunn is a well known member of the German colony of Oakland, where he has been in business for the past seventeen years. He was the proprietor of the Grove Street Bakery. and resided with his family at 1793 Grove street. Wunn | left Oakland about four months ago to visit his old home in Germany. He | was in good health when he left here | and the news of his death is a great shock to his family.. He was a member of the German Odd Fellows and Forest- ers of Oakland and the German Baker Verein of San Francisco. He was 52 years old and leaves a wife, Mrs. Mar- guerite Wunn, and an adopted son, Louis Wunn. —_—————— OF PORTLAND ON THE JUMP Five Men Are Held Up and Robbed in Oregon City Within a Few Hours, PORTLAND, Ore, Oct. 4.—Five men were held up and robbed last night. The total amount of plunder secured included $3 98 cash, two gold ’ watches and a plug of tobacco. The police station was thrown into the wildest sort of excitement s report af- ter report came in of the work of high- waymen in the different parts of the city. Two of the best detectives in the service of the city were called from | the suburbs and hurried out on the | street. The officers kept at work until 8| o'clock this morning, when they cap- tured two suspicious characters, who were identified as the footpads by 10 o'clock. It was the partly used plug of tobacco on the person of one of the men that helped most in strengthening the case against them. The suspects give the names of John Sullivan and Herman Smith and say they came from Seattle. —_———— DR. JORDAN AND HIS GUEST University President and Signor Bru- natti Have Narrow Escape While Driving at Stanford. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Oct. 4. While Dr. Jordan was driving about the campus to-day with Signor Bru- natti the horses suddenly took fright | and ran away. The ceachman was unable to stop the horses and Presi- dent Jordan and his distinguished guest were treated to a wild ride. Dr. Jordan did not appear as excited as the Italian statesman, but when "the horses finally turned off on the lawn and stopped both treated the incident as a good joke. —————— May Practice Christian Science. CONCORD, N. H.,, Oct. 4—The le- gality of the practice of Christian Science in New Hampshire was up- held by the Supreme Court of this Siate to-day, 1 1 VICTORY LONG FIGHT 0¥ INQUIRY IV ALASKA Postmaster General|Day Tells President Henry C. Payne Is No More. Dies in Washington Sur- rounded by Members of His Family. Cabinet Officer Passes Away Quietly and Without Pain After Mak- ing a Gallant Struggle. WASHINGTON, Oct. 4—Henry C. Payne, Postmaster General of the United States, a member of the National Re- publican Committee, a stalwart of his home party. with the history of which in his home State and nationally he has been ideytified for many years, died at his apartments in the Arling- ton Hotel in this city at 6:10 o'clock to-night, aged 60 years. The death and its cause was announced in the following official bulletin issued by the attending physicians: ““The Postmaster General died at 6:10 o'clock p. m. He died peacefully, with- out a struggle. Cause of death, dis- ease of mitral valve and dilation of the heart. “P. M. RIXEY, “G. LLOYD MAGRUDER, “GRAYSON.” Payne had been in poor health for at least two years, but his last illness covered only seven days, an attack of heart trouble last week precipitating the end at a time, when, after a rest, he seemed to have recovered a small measure of the vitality impaired by years of arduous labor. Death this afternoon came after nearly six hours of unconsciousness. The last official caller to inquire as to Payme's condition was President Roosevelt, and he had been gone only about ten minutes when the stricken member of his Cabinet expired. As Mr. Roosevelt was leaving he spoke feel- ingly of Payne to the newspaper men gathered in front of the hotel as ‘“‘the sweetest, most lovable and most trust- ful man I ever knew.” Around Payne's bedside at the time of death were his devoted wife, Dr. Dunlap, pastor of St. John's Ev}aco- pal Church; Major and Mrs. W. S. Cameron of Jamestown, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Winfield Cameron of Milwaukee. Charles L. Jones and Miss Louisa Jones, relatives; Private Secretary Whitney, Miss Mary Barleyert, an old companion of Mrs. Payne; Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Mason of Washington, old time friends of Mr. and Mrs. Payne, and the faithful colored messenger at the department of the Postmaster Gen- eral. When Payne had breathed his last Dr. Magruder led Mrs. Payne out of the room. It was stated that she had stood up bravely under the heavy strain. Funeral services will be held at St. John's Episcopal Church in this ecity next Friday morning and at 3:15 o’clock that afternoon the body will be taken to the Pennsylvania Railroad station and placed aboard the private car of President A. J. Earling of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, who tendered the use of the car and an- nounced that it would be here by to- morrow morning. The remains will arrive at Milwaukee Saturday and ser- vices will be held there next Sunday. Further plans for the funeral will be decided upon to-morrow. Henry Clay, Payne, late Postmaster General of the United States, was born at Ashfield, Franklin County, Massa- chusetts, November 23, 1843. His an- cestors on both sides were natives of Massachusetts, and their names are found in the civil and military records of that commonwealth as far back as the early Puritan days. He had his early education in the town schools and at Shelburne Falls Academy, from which he graduated in 1859. He at once entered business life at Northampton, Mass., but in September, 1863, moved to Milwaukee, Wis., where he ever afterward made his home. He engaged with the firm of Sheriom & Co., with which he remained until 1873, when he was appointed Postmaster at Milwaukee (1875), which office he held for ten years and until the Democrats succeeded to the control of the Na- tional Government. His first appearance in politics was in the Grant-Greeley campaign, when he was active in organizing the Young Men’s Republican Club and was made its secretary. From that time he was in continuous service of the Republican party organizations in the city, State and nation, serving in various positions, being at one time and another chair- man of the State Central Committee, member of the Republican National Executive Committee, delegate-at-large from his State to the Republican Na- tional Conventions of 1888 and 1892, etc. When superseded as Postmaster of Milwaukee in 1885 he again engaged in business life, becoming president of the Milwaukee Telephone Company, presi- dent of the Milwaukee City Railway Company and in 1888 president of the Cream City Railway Company. Through his efforts the consolidation of all the street railways in the city was effected, under the head of the Milwaukee Elec- tric Raflway and Light Company, with Mr. Payne as vice presidént and man- ager. He also became president of the Fox River Valley Electric Rallway Company and of the Milwaukee Light, Heat and Traction Company, which built and operated the suburban electric | came “frequent of Investigation of Charges. Judges and Other Officials of Territory Accused of Corruption. Roosevelt Will Again Go Over Evi- dencs in the Cases Before Tak- -ing Any Action, Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Oct. 4—William A. Day, Assistant Attorney General, had a conference with the President to-day | about the various United States of- clals in Alaska, charged with corrup= | tion and other offenses. Included in | this, number are two United States Judges. Day has just returned from an extended visit to Alaska as the spe- cial representative of President Roose- velt. He was selected for this work by Attorney General Knox, upon the request of the President. Day spent twelve weeks in Alaska, talking with people of all classes, having hearings | and otherwise seeking to learn the truth as to the charges. At the same time he has been investigating the con- ditions surrounding the administration of justice in the Territory and his visit to the President this morning was to make a prelfminary report. Last June the four-year terms of two of the Federal Judges in Alaska ex- pired and the question of giving them new commissions came before the President. For some time prior to this attacks and charges against these two men, Judges sham, T ” Justice. The attarks ‘"’f charges be- “arit Bitter and state- ments on both sides were of “such a nature that it was considered best to make a full investigation. ‘Whatever action, If any, the Pres- ident may have determined upon is not known, but he will have further conferences with Day before doing any- thing. ¥ ARE BEFRIENDED BY MRS, FISKE Dogs and Cats of New York Given Place to Drink as Result of Her Kindness Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Oct. 4—One hundred drinking basins for cats and dogs were padlocked to lamp posts in various parts of the city to-day. The nucleus for the fund with which they were pur- chased was contributed by Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fiske. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals wished to have ba- sins provided during tHe hot weather, but were delayed by the necessity of getting permits. The basins are of iron, painted and bronzed and are plainly marked with the society’s name. They are attached to trees or lamp posts by strong chains fastened with a padlock. Arrangements have been made with Dr. Woodbury for the men of the street-cleaning department to keep th basins cleaned and filled with fresh water. ——— APPOINTED TO SUCCEED R. McCWADE AT CANTON Julius G. Lay, Formerly American Consul at Barcelona, to Assume Post in China. WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.—President Roosevelt to-day appointed Julius G. Lay Consul General at Canton in suc- cession to Robert M. McWade, re- moved. Lay formerly was American Consil at Barcelona. Benjamin P. Ridgeley, American Consul at Nantes, France, was ap- pointed Consul General at Barcelona to succeed Lay. i - the receivers of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. In 1902 Mr. Payne was offered the portfolio of Postmaster General by President Roosevelt and accepted the position ai considerable sacrifice of his private interests. The arduous duties of the office, to which he gave sys- tematic and close attention, told griev- ously on his general health. Mr. Payne was married in New York City in October, 1867, to Lydia W., daughter of Richard W. Van Dyke and descendant of Hendrick Van Dyke, who came to New Amsterdam in 1646 as At- torney General of the province. et Caee) Cortelyou to Succeed Payne. WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.—In succes- sion to Payne, George B. Cortelyou, former Secretary of the Department of Commerce and Labor and now chairman of the Republican National Committee, will become Postmaster railways running out of Milwaukee. In 1887 Mr. Payne was elected president of the Milwaukee and Northern Railroad Company and remained at its head un- til its consolidation with the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Com- Dany. In 188 he was appointed one of of the precarious General. Cortelyou's ‘appointment head of the Postoffice Department w: determined on several months.ago by SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1904. PRICE FIVE STATE PRISONS ARE GORGED ~AneEN A ~DAVLS, 0 T s ALLIGATOR GHTS HIS . KEEPERS Big Saurian Bites Attendant on the Leg. 0 Epecial Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Oct. 4—The keepers fought desperately with Critto, the largest of twenty-seven alligators in the menagerie in Central Park, to-day when the saurians were transferred from summer to winter quarters, With two men at his head and two others behind him the alligat r was lifted ‘from the ground. Angered by the touch of his keepers, he began to struggle and before they could get out of the inclosure he had freed himself of the rope about his jaws. With open mouth he started toward Keeper Cook, who, with a yell of alarm, jumped into a pond, but not before Critto had taken a bite out of his leg. Critto was finally conquered and transferred. EDISON SCORES SON'S COMPANY Denounces Alleged Discov- ery of Vitalizer Advertised as a Cure for Disease Special Dispatch tc The Call. WASHINGTON, Oct. 4—Thomas A. Edison Sr., the famous electrical in- ventor, figures prominently in the charges contained in a fraud order is- sued to-day by the Postoffice Depart- ment against the Thomas A. Edfson Jr. Chemical Company of New York. The company is engaged in the manufac- ture of the “Magno-Electric Vitalizer,” a device widely advertised as a cure for many diseases. In its advertising the company heralded the fact that the invention was the work of Thomas A. Edison Jr., eldest son of the famous electrical inventor, and made sweeping statements about the young man inher- iting all the genius of his father. ‘Edison Sr. says in an affidavit that his son has never shown any ability as an inventor or electrical expert and that he believes his son incapable of making any invention or discovery of merit and that the son was employed for mere clerical work. —,—— Volcano in Hands of America MEXICO CITY, Oct. 4.—Popocata- petl, the volcano with immense sul- phur deposits, has been transferred to | New York parties. An American com- pany with a capital of $5,000,000 will operate the deposits. The company will construct a cog railway from the at the base of thé mountain to summit. 2 Charities and Corrections Board Files Its Report * O%Jg S CopEZ TRINTIRSCO + MEMBERS OF THE STATE BOARD OF CHARITIES AND CORREC- TIONS. SLAYS BEAR WITH IS JACKRNIEE Tumbles on Bruin's ~Back and Has to Fight, PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 4—With a hunting knife as his only weapon James Short, a business man of Wash- oughal, Wash., fought a.finish fight with a bear. His companions found him a half hour later lying beside the dead* beast in a pool of blood. Short is badly clawed up, but will recover. In company with two friends Short took a stroll in the hills back of town on Sunday morning. Guns were taken along on the chance of seeing game. Short separated from the others and in crossing the trunk of a fallen-tree he slipped, the gun rolled down the hill and the map landed squarely on a bear’s back. 'uin rose on his hind legs and charged. ‘Whipping out his hunting knife the terriied man drove it home and by a miracle escaped - the out- stretched paws of the beast. After a duel in which Short despaired many times, he made a lucky swing and drove the knife to the wild beast’s heart. — ONE HUND! OLD. SOLDIERS A DAY DEATH RATE Pension Bureau Issues Statement Concerning Mortality of Veterans of the Civil War. WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.—The sol- diers of the Civil War are dying at the rate of one hundred a day. Such is the statement made in the quarterly statement made to-day by Commis- sioner Ware of the Pension Bureau. In the last three months the total number of new claims was 54,920. It was stated that notwithstanding the fact that nearly 55,000 new claims have been filed. the number of un- settied clgims on hand October 1 was 267,934, showinga reduction of 18,000 since the beginning of the last quarter. The great and increasing mortality among the old soldiers of the war from 1861 to 1865 has resulted, it was stated to-day, in the filing of many widows' and minor children’s claims. = There are also a large number be- — —b "HE first report of the State Board of Charities and Correc- tions, filed yesterday with GovernorPardee at Sacramento, is a sweeping condemna- tion of conditions prevailing in Califor- nia’s penal institus tions. Among recom- mendations made by the board is the con- struction by Folsom prisoners of a hos- pital for the criminal insane. The board suggests that prison- ers be kept in separate cells and that only hardened criminals be sentto Folsom. The straitjacket question is also dealt with. Penitentiaries Are mn Bad Shape. SACRAMENTO, Oct. 4—The first b ennial report of the State Board of Charities and Corrections, filled with Governor Pardee to-day, recommends a complete change in the present meth~ ods of handling prisoners in this State. The report says that both of the penal institutions are overcrowded, there be- ing as many as flve men kept In one cell, gnd in both institutions there are 2378 Prisoners conflned in 378 cells. It recommends that the jute mill at San Quentin be removed to Folsom and that the San Quentin penitentiary be con- verted into a reformatory for first of- fenders. It urgently requests an appro=- priation by the Legislature for the en- largement of the Folsom prison by the addition of a building containing 300 cells, and that all hgrdened criminals be kept there. The report declares that the State prisons are in the most unsatisfactory condition of any State institutions, and that little good can be said of them except that the prisoners are clean and well fed and that the officials are doing the best they can under the circum- stances. It recommends legislative ac- tion restricting the use of the strait- jacket as a means of punishment in penal institutions, and suggests that it-be abplished entirely after the pro- changes are brought about. It states that there is a tendency at San Quentin to use severe punishment for trivial offenses. The use of the indeterminate sentence is recommended, the board believing that it is necessary in a model reform- atory. The proposed enactment fixing a given number of years of good con- duct as a limit of duration of life sen- tence is ot indorsed. 4 An amendment to the law providing