The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 23, 1906, Page 1

h rints More News Than -~ u= th 1 ‘ken from ry 3 Forecast for Ean 1ght G. H THE WEATHER. " | WILLSON, | Local Forecaster, | Temporarily in Charge. | March 28, Francisco and vict southwest 1908 | ~Cloudy nds. SLE THE THEATERS. ALHAMBRA—"Uncle Tom's Cabin. ALCAZAR—“A Modern Magdalen.” CALIFORNTA—!Avenue Girls." CENTRAL—“The House of Mystery.” CHUTES—Vaudeville, COLUMBIA—"Little Johnny Jones.” GRAND—Primrose Minstrels. MAJESTIC—‘Sweet ORPHEUM—Vaudeville. TIVOLI—"The Isle of Spice.” inee—Kubelik concert. Mat- PRICE FIVE PREPARES TO FIGHT OVERHEAD TROLLEY ON SUTTER STREET CLUB PROMISES A STRUGGLE IN STATE COURTS Willcutt Sends Letter Concerning Plans of Railroad. ENGINEER WORKING OUT MANY DETAILS Phelan Says Report of Patrick Calhoun Is Awaited. FURTHER SESSIONS DEEMED PROBABLE Committee Is Likely to Hold Other Conferences. t in an Rosen- D. Me- Sdward P. ssuing ncipal event 1 f ves- troliey. e on the We desire that misconcep- propose to t to put ke | public | | t wiil S argu- 4 ilroads. The , despite what 8 represent- icable, safe, ef- o an overhead her satisfied that INg, by an offer hey offer to the pe f an expense of several which the conduit elec- ould cost, reconst duits; if it should be all its lines we believe and we P citizens of San | ree with us In this— ds, through eady ons of dollars out d is now taking, and of profits from fford to cdn- cost of the t system of The United Rail- ard many arguments r have been and are easily met, CLAIMS OF RAILROADS. it contended, s the public . the conduit electric cticable on .account of rain water in is claim it has tr, railroads loudly truction that of an uch that the life not justify the ve abandoned this at it is not the cost , but there are other have declared that a n was desirable. They ompletely uniform acticable, owing to it necessary to operate heir only conten- : overhead trelley ic system. is our suthority at in making the uit electric to the from eity to sub tionable features no x B. W. Kennedy, con neer to the London County recommending the adoption electric system for Lon- et railways, urbs, said ¥ ip arranging the y can rtn from the un- (conduit) to the overhead, , either with no stop- oppage of only a few seconds. is no engineering difficulty what- asing & mixed tramway system, ly underground (cenduit) and overbead.” e would suggest that the public he present overhead trolley 3 ated by the United Rail- hese many years in this city and with the Service rendered by lifornia-street ~Cable’ Railway. no overhead trolley system in ncisco today which surpasses jce given by the California- et Company. is claimed that the public will be speedier and more eflicient ser- if the overhead trolley is permit- We ask the thousands of citizens ve been compelled to wait. for hose overcrowded vehicles whether Continued on Page 3, Column 1. us of | been | than either the | 1 at the point of change, or | | PHEL I or 70t in | | stre to be {l Francisco. ) || mote the welfare of the people. have some understanding under which the AN ASKS FOR FACTS. A plan has been promised to cover the plans and purposes of the United Railroads. We are await- ing that as a preliminary to mak- ng suggestions. know whether the United Rail- roads’ propositions are acceprable Jacts in the matter. » ree, of whick I am one, has no de- matter that 1s for the good of San We will not the absence of all the The commar- obstructionists in any Our aim 1s 10 pro- We wish to | 4 city of San Francisco | plans for the be ncluded, and by "BLACK HAND" - LETTERS SENT BY YOUNG BOYS 'Declare That Missives | Were Written in a Spirit of Fun, | Epeclal Dispatch to. The Call. | PITTSBURG, March 22.—The mystery of the “Black Hand"-Society, which has long puzzled the police and postal au- thorities at McKeesport, was today cleared up when a detective secured con- fessions from three schoolboys,” whose | ages range from 14 to 18 years. They, | stated that they were members of = the “-.n' that had been sending threatening | letters to prominent physicians, school | officials. and business. men, and impli- jeated a dozen or more boys all belong- {ing to prominent families. They claim | the letters ‘were written merely in a spirit of mischief and no thought was entertained of getting money or carry- ing out numerous other threats. | Ex-Mayor Black, who received several | of the letters, says he will not prose- cute providing the boys can prove they | meant no harm. 'FAMINE CONDITIONS ARE GROWING WORSE | |Nearly One Million Persons | Reported to Be Starving in Japan. : Special -Dispatch to The Call. { . NEW YORK, March 22.—The New York | State branch of the American Red Cross today issued & statement as to famine | condttions in Japan. | “The famine ' Japan,” the statement | says, “which has been considered for /some time moderately serious, is mnow, known, as the result of reliable private advices received by the New York State | Red Cross, to be one of the most terrible | starvation emergencies of modern times. The faflure of the rice crop, which. at ome time was helleved to be limited tb cer- | tain places only in the northern prov- | inces, has been found to be genera! In | these parts of Japan, and cohservative | estimates place the number of starving | Japanese from 800,000 to 1,000,000 persons. | For this there is no relief in sight until d trolley cars and to stand up | next October, when a new harvest will be avallable. The sum of $16,000,000 will be required ta save the Japanese country people.” || 7ights of our citizens are safeguarded, CALHOUN’S REPLY TO CLUB. I am instructed to inform you that the United Railroads pro- poses to improve the cable road on Sutter street and to continue the operation of that road by cable until given the privilege by the it with the overhead trolley sys- | rem. The United Railroads has improvements of roads, 1n which Sutter street will service on that street will be ren- | dered more efficient. When these plans are perfected the United Railroads will be pleased \| 10 confer with you in regard to them. ‘| were entertamed for a time today that vd o operare which the HOUSE L 5 ORECTED 1T IPANESE Will Prevent Their Fighing in Waters of Alaska, —_— WASHINGTON, March 22.—Ths House committee on Territories decided today to make a favorable yeply on two bills by Representative Cushman of ‘Whshing- ton regulating fishing in Alaska. One biil prevents aliens from- fishing In Alaskan waters and is said to 'be aimed especially 2t the Japanese. The other bill makes general provisions Tor the regulation of salmon fishing.in Alaskan waters by the ent of Commegce and Labor. The bill 15 manl strict than any existing law in limiting the zone of fishing.. It creates a fisheries fund, into which all license fees for fish- ing are to be pald. This fund is to be used exclusively for improving and pro- tecting Alaskan fisheries. Changes are made in the fegulations for the placing of nets and traps. It also permits can- Recy tol deposit young fish in streams if ey elect to do so instead of pa: license fees. i BIGAMOUS BANKER GOES INTO HIDING Thomas W. Kiley Disappears ‘When His Crime Becomes | Generally Known. NEW YORK; March 22— Although fears Thomas W. Kiley, the banker and mer- chant of Brooklyn, had committed sulcfda because of the publication yesterday of a story that he was the husband of two wives, Mrs. Flora A. Colt, to whom Kiley was married thres years ago in Ham- mond, Ind,, received information tonight of Kiley's whereabouts. Mrs. Colt's son said Kiley was alive, but that he was not. at liberty to say where he was. Other than this no statement was obtainable regarding - Kiley's movements today. Kiley was not at either. of his offices or his home today. Nope-of his employes or business associates know his where- abouts. After the publication of the charges against Kiley he was quoted ag saying: 4 ““This scandal will be than I can bear. I never did anything was not honest or henorable until I married Mrs. Colt. I know that it was wrong and I am ashamed of {t. o J BPLISO EADS LIVES OF MINERS Tbuflérs Entombed in Gas-Filled Colliery. Ten Dead and Fifteen Imprisoned Men Doomed, Century Company’s West Vir- ginia Plant Scene of D T, FAIRMONT, W. Va. March 22.—Ten men are known to be dead, twenty-five injured and fifteen missing, and al- most certainly dead as the result of an exnlosion of gas in the shaft of the Century Coal Company at Century, a small mining town fifty miles south of Fairmont, on the Bellington and Buckhannon branch of the Baltimore and Ohfo Railroad. The explosion took place at 4:30 this afternoon, but owing to the telephone wires having been put out of commission by the high winds of today details are lacking and the names of the vietims, six of whom are know. to be for- eigners, were not obtained at a late hour tonight. Shaw Brothers of Baltimore, is one of the largest independent plants in Northern West Virginia. More than 2500 men are employed datly in the shaft, and had the explosion oeceurred an hour’ earlier the loss of life Would have been appalling. féw remafuing in the shaft, the mai repaired immediately and within an hour after the accident Superintendent James ‘Ward had a rellef gang in'the mine. RESCUERS FIND LIVING MEN, On their first trip the rescuers brought out ten men—five dead and five badly burned. They were found .in the main heading, near the bottom of the shaft. The lving could give no details of the affair, saying they were on their way to the surface when the explosion took place behind them. A second expedition immediately went down and explored the main. heading, which was found to be undamaged by the explosion, except that the brattices were blown out. Four more bodies were found in this heading, and twenty injured men who were making their way toward the bottom of the shaft were brought to the surface by the rescuers. Fourteen subheadings at midnight were yet unexplored, and Superintendent Ward, who was still in the mine, sent word out that, owing to the prevalence |" of gas, he was undecided at that time whether or not to push the work into the subheadings for an hour or so. The mine, however, was belug readily freed from the fumes of the explosion by the fan and the work of rescue will be continued throughout the night. FIFTEEN MEN ARE MISSING. Immediately following the explosion the officials began a house-to-house gan- vass to ascertain the nuniber of men to be found on' the surface. It is believed there are still fifteen men in the mine, with no hope of their being alive. Relief trains bearing physicians were hurried from Phillipi-and Buckhannon, and the doctors immediately took care of the injured in“the office building, which was transformed into a temporary hos- pital. The familles of the dead, injured and missing men gathered quickly at the opening and the pathetic scenes always witnessed at such times were enacted. LNELY BUZE AT SINTA- RS Speclal Dispatch to The Call. SANTA ROSA, March 23.—A fire broke out at 1 o'clock this morning in Green- ing’s livery stable in the rear of the old Masonic Temple, and before the arrival of the nearest engfne the flames had spread to the rear of the Unign Trust Sav- ings Bank bulldin® which is also occu- pied by Wells, Fargo & Co., the Western Unfon Telegraph Company; Company E, Fifth Regiment; Price & Silverheels, Lee Bros. & Co. and the Sonoma Express Company. The rear portion of Nelligan & Son’s general merchandise store and the City Hall, which adjoins, were also considerably d: In the City Halt are located the City Clerk's office and the Police Statlon. The records of the county are kept in the building, but fortunately they escaped the flages. 5 At 2 o'clock: this morning the fire was _thought to be under control. It {s {m- possible to estimate the damage at this hour, but it is believed it will be in the nelghborhood of $10,000. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Iron narrowly es- caped death in the flames. They were asleep when the fire broke out and were not awakened until the fire had reached their room. They were carried to a place of safety by thé firemen. Two members of the Fire Department were struck by falling timbers and con- slderably brulsed:” 2 ————— s Body of Mrs. Loughborough Arrives. NEW YORK, March 22.—The body of Josephine Loughborough of San Fran- cisco, who died at Rome on’ February 13, was brought here t _on_the steamship Koeniz Albert from Naples. The Century mine, which is ewned by |, As it was, there were but a | CRAZY VAN HOLDS POLICE AT BAY AND MAKES THREATS 70 KILL: “Dr.” L. L. Sherrod became suddenly insane last night, held his wife prisoner in their rooms and began firing shots. He threatened to kill her and any one who attempted his arrest. He tried to brain Detective Matheson with a hatchet when seized. S PARTNER COMES TO HIS ASSISTANCE Men Try to Use Revolver and Hatchet on Those Who Seize Them “ — PRI /SHERRO.D? PHYSICIAN. WHO BARRICADED HIMSELF IN HIS ROOM IN A POST R MURDER HIS WIFE, WHO WAS WITH HIM, AND THB PARTNER OF THE CRAZED MAN. THRD TERM RUNOR CIVEN 118 QUIETUS President Tells Visitor He Will Not Be a. 5 ST ITREET LODG ING-H LA E THAT ATTEMPTED TO ROGERS SENDS WIRD THKT HE WL TESTIY 0Oil Trust Official Sur- renders to Hadley of Missouri. s e o will arrive in New York City at noon tomorrow prepared to follow up his ) A crazy man, locked in his room with his wife on the third floor of the Hotel Harland at 651 Post street last night, held twenty policemen, six detectives and a crowd of ‘citizens at bay for more than two hotrs. “Dr. L. L. Sherrod, proprietor of the “Improved Vacuum and Medical Company” at %06 Market street, held his wife prisoner and threatened to murder her and slay the first man he saw if any attempt was made to force the door. Fin- ally his wife pacified him, and securing possession of his revolver, threw it out of the window into Willam street. “Dr.” Carl L. Smith, Sherrod's partner, had en- tered the room a few moments befdre to try to calm the frenzled man. When Mrs. Sherrod threw the weapon from the window Detective Matheson and two newspaper men broke Into the room, ‘where they had a desperate hand-to-hand encounter ~ with Smith and = Sherrod. Smith tried to draw a 45-caliber pistol and Sherrod reached for a hatchet he had un- Candidate der his pillow. Both were subdued and . taken to the City Prison. Later Sherrod . was booked at the Central Emergency % Hospital for insanity. ’ Special, Dispatch to The Call. Trouble with s:he postoffice officials. is 5 - rrod to have n GALL > BUREAT, “POST * BUILDING, |#ald. by_Mrs..B.ereed to have Deed ‘the 3 cause of her husband’ WASHINGTON, March 22.—Representa- | ment With “Dr.” Smith he conducted tive Foster of Vermont today took to the 5 ¥ - an advertising medical company. Post- ‘White House, for the purpose of intro- e ro- | office Inspector James O’'Connell warmed duction, two of his constituents, John 8. Mead and J. 8. Manning, both of Rutland. The latter sald to the President that he ‘had been a delegate to the last Republican | ble with O’Connell preyed on his Convention and had had the honor of vot- ing for. Mr. Roosevelt as a Presidential candidate and that he hoped to have an opportunity to help in his nomination for another term. - The President thanked him, but said that a secopd nomination was an im- possibility. . Sherrod * seéyding obscene matter through mails. victed before Judge de Haven. Bh:x:?x: and all tk h his ravings last night TENS TO KILL BAND. It was shortly after 8 o'clock when Eugene Band of 119 Willlam street heard five ts.” He rushed into the ".\, F O] 3, Colui - on .several occasions to cease victory in the Missouri courts. H. H. Rogers, who denied the right of Hadley to force him to testify in the suit of the State of Missourj the s:ud;‘:d Off and allied companies last month, uatil such time as the de- cision pending in Missouri affecting the same line of inquiry had been an- nouneed, sent word today Wollman, Nqw York the State ney General Hadley’s proceedings.