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NEW PRESIDENT OF .THE . SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, ; TOGETHER
WITH HIS PREDECESSOR AND TWO OFFICIALS WHO FIGURE PROM
INENTLY IN EXECUTIVE REORGANIZATION OF THE TRANSPORTA
TION CORPORATION. FOUNDED BY COLLIS P. HUNTINGTON
Continued^ oh Page Nineteen.
Continued on Page Sixteen*
• ; The Southern Pacific road lost 'one of. Its
most > important . men ,.when ; ¦ Epes r Rarl^
dolph ; left the ¦ service, at ; the request of
'-'."'.> -f '.'"::¦. '• ¦ .. ' -.¦¦¦¦
¦ '¦¦ '-'• i\ ',..'¦¦ -.''it.''. ',' ¦:
;-. Shortly after Hays assumed office, J.'B.
"Wright, division superintendent of Sacra
mento, was- removed * for | "political rea
sons."''^.; '¦,'¦' f '¦ .' '\ i *,'[ ;...',.- ',
• When the ' James • Speyer syndicate," that
did business with Collis P. Huntington for
a year before; his : death;^selected HayVfor
president itiwas. with .the avowed deter
mination', of . : keeping- .the • Southern' Pacific'
road . "out of politics." .' '-. V .; "¦¦;¦¦. ¦¦',
Felton is. looked 'upon in the 1 railroad
world as one of the greatest diplomats of
the times, i Not only., has . he. like -other
leaders, grown ,: up 'in railroad work,-' but
he has made, a 'name for himself , as ¦ a
politician and ."puller; of political ; wires.?
He has the . record of "having done in; the
State of. Illinois ; what; the, late Collis"; P,
Huntington did in California.
lect "one of its own."
The Harrlman syndicate : made Samuel
Morse Felton thepresident of the Chicago
and Alton road, and it is '. only natural; to
suppose, taking into 'consideration the re
lations of . Nephew Huntington § and . the
Harrlman syndicate,' that young ,Hunting
ton used every endeavor" to get Hays oust
ed and have" the* Harrimah' : syndicate se-
Gossip says that.' ; Nephew Huntington,
afHllated.with the ,Harr!man syndicate in
the Union— Paciflci road,- proceeded to
."wield the ' hammer", to the j detriment of
President Hays of the Southern. Pacific. /
Hays a Victim of "Hammering."
which the Vanderbllts secured control of
the Union Pacific road, and H. E. : Hunt
ington possessed .large' holdings in that
line.' -.' ¦' ¦;¦ ¦ '." ' '•''¦¦•¦. . '¦•.'¦¦¦
On February 2 of this year the positive
news was announced that the Interests In
the' Southern Pacific road of the Hunting
tons, Crockers, Searles . and" Stanfords
estates had . been sold . ; to the : great ; Van
derbllt-Harrlman combine, that meant a
direct line from New York to ; San Fran
cisco via > the Union " Pacific'^ The 5 Harri
man - syndicate ' engineered '"'.the • deal-; by^
The selection 'of ,' Hays for : the- presi
dent's chair and the "turning down" of
Nephew Huntington led to many predic
tions In railroad .circles. On ; all sides
statements , were made that : Nephew Hunt
ington'would "get even" and secure the
downfall of Hays. ~ • ,
Nephew Huntington; . recognized- as a
great railroad manager and sincere friend
to California,- had exrected for many
years . that the toga of. his distinguished
uncle'- would fall upon his shoulders | and
when he was given . the "overlook" he
"sulked-llke Achilles in his tent."
There was a "nigger in the woodpile,"
however. "When the "James Speyer syn
dicate, controlling the bulk. of the South
ern Pacific stock, ¦ selected Hays as pres
ident of the' road, \ the Eastern' combine
overlooked the well-earned merits of-H.
E. ; Huntington, nephew of the deceased
president of .the line. • •
day of the present year one of his first
acts' was to announce that the "road was
out of politics." Not: only in intervlewa
with the press but at the public banquet
board the new president declared his pol
icy. ..There 'was joy in the heart . of the
farmer and chagrin in the breast of the
country politician. The one was to re
ceive the benefit of good railroad service,'
while the other realized that his "perqui
sites" were to be cut off. .:<< V
'He entered • .the railway . service In
August, 1868, . from ; which . time to . 1S70
he. was rodman\ to. the-. Chester
Creek Railroad. From 1870 to 1871 he was
leveler and v ' assistant! engineer a to the
Lancaster i road. .; ,In the i, summer, of :. 1872
he was engineer in charge of. the surveys
of the Chester and Paoli Railroad. : From
1873 to 1874 ,; he l.waa. chief enrineer of the
Chester ,; and Delaware ; -River . Railroad.
From ,;August, 1S74,- to September, 1SS1, he
t was; general superintendent of the : Pitts
burgh Cincinnati and St. -Louis Railway.
From September/ 1881, to January. 1882, ha
i SamuelMorse Felton, who will be the
next , president . of . the Southern Pacific
Railroadpwas born on February 3 lS'i 1
in Philadelphia, Pa.
Proud Career of Felton.
• "With the induction of Samuel Morse
Felton into office ; as ... president of tne
Southern Pacific system the "old-timers"
will be on .deck once again and business
will be carried oh' under the basis of the
former motto of Collis P. Huntington.
which was that the traffic should bV
forced to . the . point of carrying all It
would. bear. . .- ' • . . ¦
! Hays had so little to say in the affairs
of the • Southern Pacific that when he
backed Kruttschnitt up in the matter of
closing the ferry-boat bars the political
pull .was. so strong Hays was obliged
to cancel' the ''order.
Hays Only e Figurehead.
Hays meant well enough, but he "was
not the master of his own wishes. He
was subordinate to those of the syndicate
that gave him a job worth $65,000 a year.
Though Hays has been president of the
Southern Pacific system for six months or
more, he has not spent a month in the
State of California: The bulk of his time
has been spent in traveling on special
trains/going East to appear "on the car
pet" before the syndicate that selected
him and that did not approve heartily of
his methods.
The "lion and the lamb" were to He
down in peace; that is, the farmer and
the railroad man were to give each other
the "glad hand." If faith was to be placed
in the banquet utterances of President
Hays. -V»"?
One and all were led to believe
when Hays assumed the presidency that
he would paint the word "elyslum" all
over the State.
The forthcoming shake-up In the man
agement of the Southern Pacific system
means a disappointment to the people of
California.
will have, to • call at the Union. Trusi
building on Market street and make his
"kowtow" to the "boss of the passes."
'A' statement; can. be looked' for' in: a* few
days'that will allay, the fears of .the'rhany
friends of ;W.;H. '.Mills. 'The change ' In
the j presidency.." will - see - Mills ; once < again
In , the position . that -he occupied '.during
the regime /of ; Collis • P.: Huting'ton: / In
other.words,' the , country ¦ newspaper man
desirous . of ,*; securing ' accommodation on
the '- trains of the " Southern ' Pacific ' system
J W.;H. Mills on i Beck; Again.
; With! the general shake-up that will take
¦ place In' the Southern Pacific with the in
troduction'; of,: Samuel -Morse ¦' Felton; 'us
•president of ."the. road ; about the only per
son .who feels safe in h'is position is "glad
hand' V McCormick. . -He :. is .resting com
fortably,;, under '. the '.wirig ; of i Stubbs, who
is on <the tidal .wave of. prosperity. :
i The positive 'statement- is made that
Hood's department will be absorbed by
the chief .'engineer's, department'; of-.the
Union' Pacific and - hereafter' all- matters
peftaining^to \the engineer's department
will-be* 'dictated from ; the offices In
Omaha. : ; ' • ;;....
Unless Chief 'Engineer' Hood . of the
Southern Pacific 1 system; is willing to": be
a ; subordinate ; he will have to look else
where^ for a position. ' -¦¦.-; ' ¦ :. • " •
¦ With the selectlqn.of Samuel Morse Fel
ton as president of the" Southern Pacific
Railroad there .can .be _' no: doubt that
the Union \ Pacific j Railroad ha3 ' absorbed
the , California " system and ' the j policy r of
the . local railroad "will be /dictated ; here
after from the headquarters of the Union
Pacific lines in \ Omaha. . .
.The 'well-known ': political 'abilities of
Samuel . Morse Felton are looked upon in
the railroad .world as' the reason for.: his
selection,' and! because as the president of
the Southern' Pacific he can keep the "old
timers" - hard at work, "doing politics."
It is a" foregone conclusion that when
President : Hays vacates his position in
favor, of Samuel Morse Felton • he will be
accompanied by General Manager Krutt
schnitt and that Nephew Huntington
will dangle Kruttschnitt's scalp at t his
belt and .boast -that he has ousted his
former antagonist. ;
| -The .many .removals of "old timers" is
credited to r the influence with -Hays of
General. ; Manager Kruttschnitt, whose
relations with young Huntington have not
always been of the most cordial nature.
Kruttschnitt Must Get Out.
r Randolph is. a, warm personal friend of
H., E. . Huntington and his interests have
always- been watched' by the nephew of
Collis P.. Huntinston. / .
Nephew Huntinstcjn, to take charge oJ
the Huntington street car lines , in Los
Angeles and the surrounding territory.
Claims.
When Hays assumed office as president
the Southern Pacific! road on' the first ;
"When Collis P. Huntington died on Au
gust 14, 1900, the Speyer syndicate of the
Southern Pacific road looked around for
a suitable president. After . canvassing
the merits of the likely "timber" Charles
Melville 'Hays was selected. Born in 1856,
he had grown up In the railroad service
of various roads, and his success as gen
eral manager of .the Grand Trunk ' Rail
road system induced the Southern Pacific
syndicate to select him as tHe man who
should wield the baton so long held by
Collis P. Huntington.
Overlooked Young Huntington's
With the accession of Samuel Morse
Felton as president of the Southern Pa
cific Railroad, the corporation will resume
business in the political field of Califor
nia and hang- its legal shingle out at "the
same old stand," as it was wont to do
when the late Collis P. Huntington con
trolled its affairs.
The men who have "been forced out of
the Southern Pacific Railroad in the last
few months under the regime of Hays are
likely to assume their old positions once
again, and those who were in sympathy
with Hays will be asked by the new presi
dent, Felton, to "take your clothes and
Chiof among those who will be given
their "walking papers" will bo the pres
ent general manager of the Southern Pa
ciflc, Julius Kruttschnitt, who was the
main Instigator of causing Hays to hand
around the "blue envelopes."
The outgoing \tt Hays and the Incoming
of Felton in the chair of president of the
Southern Pacific road form "one -of the
most important features of the battles
that have been waged In the affairs of
the corporation.
Will Stay in Politics.
When Hays was selected to fill the po
sition of president of the road in succes
sion to the late Collis P. Huntington ' he
announced on assuming office that the
railroad was and would stay "out of poli
tics," and a thrill of joy -went through
the community of the entire State.
After an experiment of some months
Hays has found that the Interests op
posed to his policy of keeping the railroad
out of the political arena are too much
for him. The pressure brought to bear
against Hays has been so strong that he
will give up a five-year contract with. the
Southern Pacific, carrying with it an an
nual salary of $65,000. \
The 8 selection of Felton as president o*
the Southern Pacific road and the retire
ment of 'Hays, when divested of all the
intricacies of railroad diplomacy, \ mean
that, the Southern Pacific Railroad will
stay In politics in the State of California.
his successor will be Samuel
Morse Felton, the president of the Chi
cago and Alton Railroad Company, now
located in Chicago.
THE resignation of Charles M.
Hays as president of the South
ern Pacific Railroad is an as
sured fact and it can be stated
on most positive authority that
At the time of the collision nearly all
the passengers were inside the car, not
more than two or three being on the plat
forms. JCot one of them had the slightest
warning of the accident or any chance to
inake en escape. The crash on the wooden
ga.t«s as the car broke through them was
the first intimation of danger, but before
they could leave their seats the collision
Jtru2 occurred.
The noise of the collision and the
pcreanis of the passengers pinned down
In the -wreckage quickly brought a large
crowd to the scene and ambulances and
patrol wagons were soon at the place.
The car was so badly smashed that it
took but a. short time to remove the dead
and dying.
? Towerman Albert Haas of. the railroad
declared that the gates were 'down and
as the car passed the crossing he could
see Bowman tugging at the brakes and
beard him shout that he could not stop
tbe car. TThe trainmen are not blamed for
the accent. f&Sm
passengers, *»«Tn» up to the tracks to
night from t>aj -west. The gates across
the street car'^^fc -were down, as a pas
senger train was moving rapidly south.
"Whether the motorman, "Willis Bowman,
¦was unable to control his car or whether
he became confused and turned on the
current is a. matter of doubt. The car
paused a moment as it approached the
tracks, but before Conductor Fulton could
alight to run ahead of the car according
to the usual custom there came a violent
fcsrch, the car shot forward, passed rap
idly across two intervening tracks and
crashed into the passenger train.
Passengers in "Whirling Car.
Had the car struck a passenger coach in
tbe sid* the loss of life would not have
been so great, but it struck between the
rear end of the second coach and the
front end of the third. It was caught up.
-whirled around, turned bottomside up and
carried fifty feet south of the crossing in
a ievr eeconds.
The accident occurred at Forty-seventh
street and Stewart aveiiue, -where a large
number of railroad tracks run north and
south -with the street level.' Across these
the street car line runs at right angles.
It is the custom of the conductors to run
ahead of their cars and, standing upon
the tracks, to signal the motorman to ad
vance or remain stationary, according to
the absence or presence of approaching
trains. The car. -which \ras filled with
CHICAGO, JVng. 17. — By the collision" cf
m. trolley car on the Forty-eerenth street
: line- irtth a rapidly moving passenger train
on the Pennsylvania Railroad to-hlght
. eleven people -were Injured and four killed.
The dead are:
FREDERICK O. EDWARDS. 37 years
•Old. *''\*'
HARBIET ST7TCXJFFE, 50 years old.
IDA H. OSTER, 29 years old. of Con
necticnt-
VN'Hrpvri t-'iKr> TVO3IAU, 25 years old.
The injured are: "Willis Bowman, mo
' tinnau, fatally; Luther Jacison, Inter
nally injured and ribs broken; Mary
O'ilaHey, left arm broken and head cut;
Kate Greenfield, both legs broken and in
ternal injuries; Marian Branard, cut on
head and shoulders; James Gillette, cut
about face and head; V- -P. Fulton; con
ductor of «ax. slightly cut; Margaret
T>vryer. internal injuries; Mrs. Lizzie
Coale. three ribs broken; Dr. Clarissa
Bi^elorr. left thigh broken; 3. Broadwltz,
lefr leg broken.
Car Speeds to Destruction.
Article 3— The presidents, of the states, the
Governor of the Federal district and Govern
ors of the Federal territories shall regulate this
present decree in their respective Jurisdiction
' Article 2— The rights of Venezuelans referred
to In the same constitution are also suspended
in the rest, of the states of the republic. Fed
eral district and ' national territories.
-The Federal executive, of the United States of
Venezuela, using tbe attributes conferred upon
him in number 21 of article 83 of the National
Constitution, and considering that public pea.es
has been disturbed In the towns of the Vene
zuelan frontier of the State of Tachira by aa
inva'sion.in arms frpm Colombia: . .
Article 1— The rights referred to in the Na
tional Constitution are hereby suspended In the
State cf Tachira. Merlda, TruJIllo and Mar
acaibo.
Eights of .Constitution Suspended.
The other decree Is signed by President
Castro and his entire Cabinet and says:
DR. A.JTRUBEI. ARENIA.
Given at the Government Palace at Mara
caibo, en this 27th day of July, 19C1, 9Ut year
of Independence and 43d . of federation.
DIOGA BAUTISTA FERRERA.
(Countersigned) • The Secretary Genera!.
¦Article 3— The Secretary of State la ; ¦ en
charged .with the execution of this decree and
will communicate the same and publicly
diffuse It in order that It may be- known to
alL " . - • ¦ V
Article 2— The comolsrnentary dispositions
shall be dictated by the Secretary of State.
of the State of Zulla.
Article 1— Until peace la restored I declare
suspended the guarantees, referred to In ' the
General Dioga Bautlsta Ferrera. Provisional
President of the State of 'zulia: Considering
that the peace in general has been greatly
disturbed by an Invasion of Venezuelan terri
tory with an armed force of Colombians, com
manded by the traitor Carlos Rangel Garbiras,
as per declaration issued yesterday by the
Provisional President of the republic and In
compliance with the disposition on public order
therein specified, suspending the rlshts and
guarantee referred to . In the national" consti
tuon: i
President Castro's Decrees.
The Venezuelan Government has issued
the two following decrees:
. Invaders Are Repulsed.
. The Department of State has received
a dispatch dated August 1 from the Con
sul at Maracaibo reporting: that Dr. Ran
gel Garbiras has invaded Venezuela with
4000 men from the frontier of Cucuta.
Everything was done by the Venezuelan
Government to meet the invaders.
The first fight took place at Encontra
dos and the invaders were obliged to re
tire. SuS
The invaders took two steamers to come
to Maracaibo, but these boats were re
captured by the' Venezuelan troops.
Consequently she will remain at San
Francisco only long enough to replenish
her coal supply. It will take her about
thirteen days to make the run and she is
expected to arrive at Panama about Au
gust 31. ¦•¦ In the meantime the Ranger,
which sailed from San Diego to-day, wt!l'
have reached there and the Philadelphia,
which is at San Francisco, is under" orders
to prepare for service ai Panama. This
will give the United States an ample
force on the Pacific side of the Isthmus,
the Machias Is the only vessel thus far
under order's to go to Colon on the At
lantic side. She Is expected to arrive at
that port not later than Sunday. August
25. In the meantime the department has
.under consideration the ordering of one
or more vessels from the North Atlantic
squadron to Colon. Whether these ordftra
will be Issued or not will depend upon
Secretary Hay. Hia advice will be fol
lowed by the Navy Department and he
will be given as many ships as he may
consider necessary.
The battleship Iowa . reported her ar
rival at San Francisco late last night, and
as soon as the Navy Department opened
this morning orders^ were telegraphed her
to proceed at once to Panama.
Will Beach Panama in Thirteen Daya.
CALL BUREAU. 1406 G STREET, X.
W.1 WASHINGTON. Aug. 17.-Secretary
Hay is not at all alarmed by the reports
from Berlin that Germany is sending war
ships to the Atlantic side of the Isthmus
and that the cruiser Gler is to go to Man
ama as soon as she can be spared from
the China station. It is not expected that
any occasion will arise which would jus
tify German intervention, and it Is uot
believed that the German Government
would go so iar as io Intervene without
justification. However this may be the
United States will have warships on both
sides of the Isthmus before the arrival of
the German ships and will be in a position
to take whatever action may be necessary.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
lien and Women Crushed Beneath
¦flie Wreckage and Many Sus
tain Injuries That May
Prove FataL
to Flight.
From Venezuela Come3 a Esport That
the Invaders Are Def sated in
Battle and Speedily Put • :- •
"Trolley Vehicle Races Into
the Rapidly Moving
Train.
Battleship Iowa Is Ordered to
Procesd at Once to the
Isthmus.
Four Lives Lost in Ter
rible Collision in
Chicago.
American Warships Will
Reach Panama Before
the Kaiser's.
WHIRLING CAR
BRIGS DEATH
TD PASSENGERS
UNITED STATES
ABLE TO COPE
WITH GERMANY
SAMUEL MORSE FELTON TO BE NEW PRBSIDENT
OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, WHICH IS TO
RESUME THE POLITICAL GAME IN THIS STATE
Charles M Hays Forced to Resign
Owing to Opposition of.
H* E; HuntinstorL
¦ ¦ ¦'¦¦ :¦¦'-¦¦¦-¦ O ' '.'¦;¦'.
Manager Kruttschnitt
May Possibly Be
Forced Out
Epes Randolph Ex
pected to Succeed
Him in the Post*
Chief : Counsel .Henin
to Be Subordi
nated*
SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, AUGUST; 18, 1901^THIRTY-TWO PAGES.
PRICK FIVE CENTS.
TOLUME XC— NO. T9.
Pages 13 to 22
Pages 13 to 22
COIilEION 2ZIiS ¦•wrynrm-M-A-Kr
Electric Cajr E^ns Into a Locomotive
,^n Ectt- York.
ICEW YOI3£, Aug. 17.— A trolley car oa
the FifteentfaWtreet l!ne or the Brooklyn
Rapid Trsr.sit Company lato to-night
collided with alyang Island Railroad Com
pany locomotive at Kensington crossing
in the lower paif. of Brooklyn. The motor
man, named Lei, was killed outright, and
frcra twenty to twenty-five passengers
•vrfco were en txrlr way to Coney Island
¦were injured. Ttree of these, it is said,
vJ:l die. \. .
Grc-ely Establishes a Cable.
WASHINGTON.lAus. 17.— Colonel Dun
wocdy, acting cbiel signal officer, received
a cabiesroia to-<:aafrom General Greely,
In the Philipplr.es. iating that cable con
nection' had bren\ established between
Calcpar. en tlio nosh coast of. I>Iindoro.
end Bee, ucar the wd:t coast of the island
of jlnrrir.iuque. Thl general ntated that
¦Slk wct:3<5 leave for ykkohama. Japan, to-
TOerrow.
To Establish Cllonlsl Army.
BERLIN". Aur, 57.— the LolcaJ Anzeiffer
to-cay confirms tfca r<4»ort that Oerssany
Jatenda to establish olcolon'.al army.
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