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VOLUME XC— NO. 172.
SENATORS THREATEN REVOLT AGAINST THE PRESIDENT
BECAUSE OF HIS ATTITUDE CONCERNING APPOINTMENTS
LOCOMOTIVE CRASHES
INTO A CAR CROWDED
BY SLEEPING JAPANESE
Ten Laborers Are Crushed to Death and
Twenty-Eight Wounded in Collision
on Great Northern Railroad.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
QREAT FALLS, Mont.. Nov. IS.—
Eighteen bruised and bloody,
maimed and moaning Japanese
were unloaded from a boxcar
here this afternoon, tenderly
placed on cots, on wagons and in hacks ,
and taken to Columbus Hospital for i
treatment. Ten other Japanese are dead
and ten with slight wounds are at Glas- j
tow. That in brief is the result of a
collision yesterday on the Great North- i
crn at a lonely spot in the Rocky Moun- |
tains near Culbertson.
Forty-one Japanese were riding in a '
bunkcar a. converted boxcar. This car i
was at the forward end of a work train, j
the locomotive being in the rear. As the
¦work train moved at a lively speed a
¦westbound extra freight dashed around j
the curve, ccming at a speed of twenty- !
live rr.Hes an hour, and crashed into the \
r ¦jFe Adds to the Horror.
"> huvoc wrought was frightful. The
Jqpeses* Ci e thrown in all directions;
-*n-ne were so badly mangled that their
i-entificatlcn was impossible; many were
cut to pieces in the crash, and, to add to
the horror, the wreck caught fire and
some were burned alive. Caught in the
wreckage, they perished in flames before
their comrades' eyes. Seven of the cars
of the work train and three of the freight
train were consumed.
With thirty-eight of the train force
killed or disabled, the number of survi
vors was totally inadequate to the work
of rescue. Help was brought from Cul
bertson aS -soon as possible and the fire
¦wfes nt under control. • The injured were
POPE'S STRENGTH
FAST WANING
Alarming Rumors Regarding the
Condition of the Aged Pontiff
Are Again in Circu
lation.
LONDON, Nov. 18.— A dispatch to the
Chronicle from Rome says: "In spite of
persistent and apparently well-founded
denials that there is my imminent dan
ger of the Pope's decease the air Is full
of speculation and apprehension, indicat
irg that his end is not considered far off.
Purr of intrigue and glatemaking,
¦which it i? impossib'<. to keep from the
outssde world, exude from every crevice
of the Jealously guarded inner precincts
of the Vatican.
"The Pope's closest personal attendants
Include his faithful valet. Centro, one
chaplain and one minor prelate, who con
ftantly ar.d tenderly guard his material
comfort. His meals are served in his pri
vate apartment, at a small table at which
Vr, even a crowned head, may sit
«lown. No feminine hand may tenderly
sooth the aujrust invalid." -
WASHINGTON WOMAN MUST
STAND TRIAL FOR MURDER
Prosecution Is Ready to Proceed
Against Mrs. Bonine. Accused of
a Mysterious Killing.
WASHINGTON. N<-.v. 1«- To-morrow
morning, before Judge Thomas M. Ander
-. criminal court No. 1 of the Dis
"lumbia, will begin the trial of
Mrs. Lola Ida Bonine, under indictment
«¦ murder of James Seymour Ayres
¦ the Kenmore Hotel In this city on
the night of May 15 last. The case at
tracted widespread interest at the time
the tragedy occurred, largely on account
of the mystery that shrouded the death of
the young man, and thie Interest was
augmented while the Coroner's jury was
In progress with the dramatic confession
of Mrs. Bonine of her part in the tragedy.
She told her story to the District Attor
ney and to the local detectives, saying
that she had been the only person in the
room when Ayers was shot, and that he
wsus killed in a struggle with her over the
possession of a revolver with which he
trying to frighten her into compliance
«th Improper demands on his part. She
has been in jail since then.
District Attorney Gould will be assisted
lr ihe prosecution by Hugh T. Taggart.
Seventy-three witnesses have been tum
rnoned on behalf of the Government. Thus
far no subpoena p have been issued for
any witnesses in Mm. Bonine's behalf.
Retires From Active Service.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 18.—Colonel Hen
ry E. >"r>yes, Second Cavalry, was retired
tn-day on account of age. His retirement
•will promote Lieutenant Colonel Elwell S.
Hugglns, Third Cavalry, now in the Phil
ippines, to be colonel of the Second Cav
alry, and Major E. D. Thomas, Inspector
general at Fort Monroe, Va., to be lieu
tenant colonel of the Third Cavalry.
Ean Franciscan Marries in Omaha.
OMAHA, Nov. IS.—Miss Theresa Irene
Gilbert of Chicago and Edwin W. Gilbert
of San Francisco were married to-day at
fjt Matthias Epiecopa' Church by Bishop
r.m«. MiE* Gilbert is well known in
W ...cago for church work and her philan
thropic work in home missions. ¦ The
groom is a son of E. 6. Gilbert, a copper
kins of the We*
The San Francisco Call.
given medical attendance and taken to
Glasgow, whence they were brought here
to-day.
A srreat crowd assembled here when the
train arrived. The car containing the
men was switched to a side track. When
the doors were opened the sight was a
horrible one — the men, swathed roughly
in bandages, lying about the floor, upon
cots anß blankets. Some had broken arms
and leers, others horrible burns and tears
of the flesh. The side of one man's right
thigh was burned away, while another's
right hand was burned to a crisp and in
his eyes was the look of death.
Survivor Tells of the Wreck.
One of the uninjured Japanese, who
could talk English, said:
"I was thrown out of the car and nar
rowly escaped. The scene was terrible.
Some men were literally torn to pieces
and the ground was soaked with blood.
Then the fire came and we had to stand
and see some men burned before our eyes
because we could not give help to them."
The westbound extra, which caused the
smash-up, was in charge of Conductor
Charles Bach. The train was
handled by Conductor Knouse of Minot,
N. D. Knouse was slightly injured. The
Coroner of "Valley County is conducting
an inquest.
Yesteray's disaster is the second of the
kind that has recently occurred on the
Great Northern. The previous accident
took place near Kalispell, in the extreme
northwestern portion of Montana, when
rtiirty-six laborers were killed. Superin
tendent Downs of the Great Northern,
with headquarters at Spokane, was killed
at that time.
ELLEN M. STONE
IS HEARD FROM
Captive Missionary Writes That Her
Health Is Affected, but She Is
Still Confident of Ultimate
Release.
SOFIA, Nov. 18.-Anoth.er letter has
been received from Ellen M. Stone.
Her health has been somewhat affected
by her continuous confinement and hard
fare, but she expresses herself as still
confident of ultimate release.
A letter to Mr. Dickinson, diplomatic
agent of the United fetates at Sofia, re
plying to his proposals concerning a ran
som, says the brigands will hold out for
a figure very much above the sum at Mr.
Dickinson's command. The brigands also
demand immunity from prosecution, but
it is impossible for the diplomatic agent
of the United States here to have power
to bind the Governmtnts of Bulgaria and
Turkey. This ,x>int, however, is not likely
to be a serious obstacle in the way of ne
gotiations.
rERFECT DEATH MASK
OF PRESIDENT McKINLEY
Federal Government Will Place it on
Exhibition at the Smithsonian
Institution.
BUFFALO. N. V., Nov. IS.— After two
months' work a cast from the death
mask of the late President McKinley,
done on the morning of his death, was fin
ished to-day. The mask has been care
fully guarded, being kept in a safety de
posit vault ¦when not in the hands of Ed
ward Lapouch, an expert mask maker
from Hartford, Conn. The mask is the
property of the Federal Government. Next
week it will be taken to Washington,
where for a time it will be shown to the
public at the Smithsonian Institution.
It was the express order of the Govern
ment that no photograph of the mask
should be taken. It is said to be one of
the most perfect ever taken of a notable
person. The mask differs from those of
Napoleon or others in that, instead of
merely including the face, it portrays
practically the entire head. The plaster
itself weighs twenty-live pounds.
ORDER OF COURT
WILL PREVENT A SALE
Florence Sylva Restrained From Dis
posing of Interest in a Sausa
lito Company.
SAN RAFAEL, Nov. IS.— This morning
Superior Judge Angellotti granted a re
straining order preventing Flprence Sylva
from disposing of any of her interest in
the Sausalito electric light plant.
The suit is one commenced by Joe Har
vey, the poolroom, man, against Adolph
Sylva, Mayor of Sausalito, for $4000. Har
vey alleges that Sylva secured that sum
from him for the purpose of buying a
half interest ir. the electric light plant at
Sausalito. Harvey further alleges that
Sylva afterward transferred the interest
to his sister Florence for the purpose of
defrauding him. Miss Sylva claims to
have bought the property with her own
money.
In to-day's action Judge Angellotti fur
ther ordered that on the first of each
month Thomas Frost, the other owner in
the plant, shall deposit with the treasurer
one-half of the profits of the business.
This action Is taken pending the final
adjudication of the case.
SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1901.
HAY AND PAUNCEFOTE SIGN NEW
TREATY GIVING AMERICA RIGHT
TO CONTROL AND DEFEND CANAL
Convention Is Similar to That of Last Year, but Is Made to Include
All of the Amendments Favored by the United
States Senate*
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.— The
new Hay-Pauncefote treaty
was signed at the State De
partment to-day. Lord
Pauncefote appeared at the
State Department at 12 o'clock and ex
pressed a desire to sign the treaty to-day.
as he had been suffering from gout and
did not know when he would be able to
visit the department again. The treaty
was signed by the Secretary of State and
the British Embassador in the presence
of Percy Wyndham, second secretary to
the British Embassy; Sidney Smith,
chief of the Diplomatic Bureau, and two
messengers of the State Department.
The text of the new treaty will not be
made public until subrnitteu to the Sen
ate and the injunction of secrecy has
been removed by that body. There have
been attempts to give the full text, but
they are merely based on the old treaty,
with the changes suggested by the Senate
amendments.
Treaty Satisfies Senators.
Several Senators and representative
members of the Foreign Relations Com
mittee have seen the new treaty.
They are satisfied with it and
confident it will meet the ap
proval of the Senate and the country.
The forecasts that have been published
are in the main correct. ' There has been
no effort to write a new treaty, but to
put into compact form the provisions of
ihe treaty of last year as amended by
the Senate. Great Britain would not ac
cept the Senate amendments, but was not
opposed to negotiating a new treaty
which would provide for substantially
the same things.
The substance of the new convention is
that the old Clayton-Bulwer treaty is
superseded by one that provides an isth
mian canal, constructed under the
auspices of the United States Govern
ment, either directly at Its own cost or
in other ways, and this Government en
joys all rights incident to such construc
tion, as well as the exclusive right of
providing for the regulation and manage
ment of the canal. This Government
alone shall guarantee the neutrality of
the canal and the rules incorporated in
the treaty of last year are so modified
as to conform to such guarantee. Other
powers are not invited to participate in,
this guarantee, but It Is provided that
those, powers observing the neutrality ad
guaranteed by the United States shall en
joy the same privileges without discrim
ination in tonnage dues, etc.
America May Fortify Canal.
The prohibition of fortifications does not
appear in the new treaty. There is no
mention of fortifications, but the United
States is conceded the right to protect
the canal.
These are substantially the principal
provisions of the new treaty. Secretary
I Hay and Lord Pauncefote have endeav
ored to write a treaty that would em
body all that was in their fo£sii?r treaty
after it was amended by the Senate and
make the whole a diplomatic agreement
between the two great English-speaking
powers. They have smoothed out some
of the expressions of the Senate amend
ments to make them harmonize with the
body of the treaty, or to write a conven
tion that will present the same conditions
and remove all friction.
Senators who have read the new treaty
are satisfied that it meets all the objec
tions raised against the treaty of last
year and leaves nothing undone to cause
the Senate to hesitate in ratification.
Unanimously for Nicaraguan Route.
Admiral Walker was at the State De
partment soon after Embassador Paunce-
REPRESENTATIVES OF GREAT
BRITAIN AND AMERICA WHO
SIGNED THE CANAL TREATY.
fote left and had a conference with Sec
retary Hay. The report of the canal com
mission is ready, but is withheld for a few
days to make a few slight changes in the
final recommendations. It will be deliv
ered to the Secretary during the week
and the President will transmit it to
Congress In the first week of the session.
The committee has reached a unanimous
agreement upon all important points, and,
it is said, has again recommended the
Nicaragua route for the canal.
It Is predicted the new treaty will be
ratified before the holiday recess, and
there will be a canal bill introduced at
the beginning of the session.
BRITONS ARE COMPLACENT.
Signing of Treaty Arouses Little In
terest in London.
LONDON, Nov. 18.— Except as affording
a chance for the opposition journals to
"attack the Go /eminent and the Foreign
Secretary, Lord Lansdowne. the signing
of the new isthmian canal convention
does not excite strong interest in Great
Britain. It is generally admitted that the
British have nothing to gain by a reten
tion of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, while
they have much to gain by the construc
tion of the canal.
The Morning' Post congratulates both
countries on the completion of the treaty,
and says it is glad thii the convention of
1900 has been revised :n accordance with
American wishes. The Daily Mail fears
that the signing may not terminate for
ever a troublesome dispute, and believes
Canada ought to receive some equivalent
for the concessions which probably have
been made.
The Daily Chronicle says: "Lord Lans
downe has surrendered everything with
out compensation. Tne Government has
climbed down from the position it had
deliberately chosen, and although the
dlsappearnce of the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty will not cause much regret many
people will sigh for tli3 'business Cabinet'
which Lord Rosebery if cently suggested."
In conclusion the Daily Chronicle char
acterizes the new treaty as a "full ac
ceptance by Great Britain of the Monroe
doctrine," and says:
"It would be strange, Indeed, if the Sen
WAR MAY BREAK OUT
DM THE UPPER HOUSE
EARLY IN THE SESSION
Roosevelt's Declaration That He Will Make
No Political Promotions in the Army
. Displeases Lawmakers*
Special Dispatch to The Call.
y*^ALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET,
/f N. W., WASHINGTON, Nov.
V Jl 18.— Friends of the President now
e*xpect a conflict between the ex
ecutive branch of the Govern
ment and the Senate unless the present
drift is changed. There are experienced
observers in Washington who say that a
conflict cannot be avoided.
One source of the trouble, as announced
In The Call yesterday, may be the selec
tion of a chairman of the Senate Com
mittee on Foreign Relations, made vacant
by the death of Senator Cushman K.
Davis. The rumor that the President is
urging the candidacy of Senator Lodge,
despite the fact that Senator Cullom of
Illinois is entitled to the place by right
of seniority, will not down. S.hould the
President take a hand in the contest for
this chairmanship he will stir up a tre
mendous storm in the Senate, which re
gards as sacred the right to manage its
own affairs — a right with which no Presi
dent has ever heretofore sought to inter
fere.
But the principal bone of contention is
the appointments which the President
will have to make to vacant brigadier
generalships in the regular army and
army promotions in general. Other ap
pointments may be dragged in and fur
nish fuel to the fire.
Blow at Politicians.
Secretary Root, at the request of the
President, served notice on the politicians
on last Saturday that no requests made
by them regarding army appointments
would be considered by him. and that im
portunities made by members of Con
gress and others would be regarded as
prejudicing the cases of those they were
THIS BOY'S HEAD
HOLDS WHEELS
Physicians Are Puzzled by the Case
of a Lad Who Has a Brain
Th.at Ticks Like a
Clock.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
SYRACUSE, N. V.. Nov. 18.— One of the
most peculiar cases ever encountered by
the medical professton came up in the Po
lice Court to-day, wlifr a lad was discov
ered who had a brain that ticked like a
watch. He . is Alexander Jenni. 15 years
old. He has been working on a farm at
North Syracuse, his parents being dead.
The boy has been «i St. Joseph's Hos
pital, where he was examined by physi
cians, but no wheels were found. By
placing one's ear close to his head ticking
can be heard. His intellect is not im
paired.
VIOTIM OF BABY MINE
DISASTER RESCUED ALIVE
Searching Party Finds Him En
tombed in a Side Room Off the
Burning Shaft. *
POCAHONTAS. Va., Nov. IS.-The work
of removing fallen slate and debris from
the Baby mine continues. This morning
Fritz Moulter was found entombed in a
room on the west side. He* was living,
but a few hours more would no doubt
have brought death. For six hours phy
sicians worked over him before he was
restored to consciousness. He is yet fee
ble but will likely recover. There was
great rejoicing when the news spread that
he had been recovered alive*. Moulter
says that all within the mine Thursday
night commented on the heaviness of the
atmosphere, and that a number of the
men left their work ahead of him. He
soon found that danger was imminent and
along with several others started run
ning from the drift. A heavy report that
shook the mountain was heard, and an
instant later a huge cloud of smoke and
flame was seen coming. He lost sight of
his companions, but he turned into a side
room as quickly as possible and was shut
off by falling slate. Probably two days
passed before he succumbed to the foul
air.
CALIFORNIA'S CHINESE
POPU3LATION DECREASES
Census Returns Show a Falling Oft
of Nearly Thirty Thousand in
Ten Years.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.— The Census
Bureau to-day issued a bulletin showing
the distribution of Chinese and Japanese
in the Western States and Territories.
There are in California 45.753 Chinese
and 10,151 Japanese, as against 72,472 Chi
nese and 1147 Japanese in 1890.
ate should <^3ject to 3och a one-Bided bar
gain."
LONDON, Nov. 18.— The Times says.
"It is premature to assume that all diffi
culties have been overcome and that the
Senate will ratify the treaty, but Eng
land has no reason to regard the con
struction of the canal with alarm or sus
picion. We hope the treaty will be dealt
with by our American kinsmen in the
same spirit of international good will
with which it certainly will be received In
London."
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
designed to help. The plain intimation
was made that the President regarded
these importunities as annoying, and the
announcement was made that nothing
would count but the records of the men
under consideration.
Some of the Senators who did not be
lieve that the views of the President had
been represented accurately, determined
to make a test. They called and urged
the claims of friends for vacant and cov
eted promotions to brigadier generalships.
The President instantly told them that It
was useless for them to make any rec
ommendations, because he would go by
the merit record, and should any Senator
or Representative urge the claims of any
particular candidate it would Injure his
chances for consideration. The state
ment was made so emphatically that the
Senators have felt indignant and are do
ing much talking to the effect that the
President is Infringing on the rights of
the Senate, because appointments are to
be made "by and with the advice of Sen
ators."
The position of the President and Secre
tary Root is that all army officers should
be taken out of politics, and the way to
do it is to adhere strictly to the records
in making promotions. In other words*
the President is determined that the rule
of favoritism in the army shall cease and
officers deserving of promotion shall not
be denied because some one else less de
serving has the influence of a few Sen
ators.
Stories of a Senatorial combination to
"hold up" all of the President" s nomina
tions until he recedes from his present
stand are already heard, and no one
doubts that the early part of the session
will see an attempted revolt against the
President like that which made Mr.
Cleveland's second term memorable.
WHIPS EDITOR
ON THE STREET
Wealthy Woman of Walla Walla Ad
ministers a Terrific Beating
Because of a Newspaper
Article.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Nor. 18.— On
Walla Walla's main street to-day Mrs.
Mattie Schumacher, a wealthy society
woman, broke a stout buggy whip to
pieces over the face and head of Walter
Llngenfelder, editor of the Walla Walla
Evening Statesman, while "Walter Schu
macher, her second husband, backed her
up at close range.
Lingenfelder is one of the many tenants
of the Schumachers. While absent ha
claims that Schumacher insulted his wife,
and over this the men fought in the main
street last Friday, Lingenfelder winning.
It was just press time and Lingenfelder
printed a severely worded article about
the man with whom Ue had the comt.it.
Schumacher fitted the shoe and his wife
was held back with difficulty from shoot
ing Lingenfelder that night. To-day the
couple met the unarmed editor, the wife
attacking him with a whip, the husband,
according to Lingenfelder, carrying a gun.
The unfortunate scribe, unable to es
cape, was struck twenty times and his
face and head were terribly injured. Mrs.
Schumacher continually cried "Kill hlml
kill him:"
Lingenfelder has armed himself and
more trouble will probably follow.
SOLDIER KILLS TWO MEN
WITHOUT ANY PROVOCATION
Shoots Them Down on Public Thor
oughfare and Afterward Makes
His Escape.
JUNCTION CITY. Kans., Nov. 18.-An
unidentified soldier from Fort Riley shot
and killed two men on the street here to
night. About 3:45 o'clock the soldier, who
is supposed to be a saddler at the fort,
approached R. E. L. Cooper in the middle
of the street and with an oath fired a pis
tol at him. The ball entered the right
temple and Cooper died an hour later.
City Marshal James V'hite. who was near
by. started for the scene, but was shot by
the soldier before he ,;ot off the sidewalk.
The ball entered the base of the neck,
severing an artery. White died a few
minutes after being shot. The soldier
continued shoot:ng until his revolver was
emptied. He then turned and walked
down the street, swinging his revolver
above his head and mildly yel ing. "I want
to die! I want to die!" The murderer
has not been captured, but is known to
the authorities, who are organizing posse*
and making a search tor him.
WILL PROTEST AGAINST
CHAMBERLAIN'S SPEECH
Municipal Council of Dresden to Taice
Official Cognizance of Attack on
German Soldiers.
DRESDEN, Nov. !¦?.— The Municipal
Council will hold an cs.tr?. session to-mor
row to protest against the speech of Jo
seph Chamberlain at Edinburgh. This
protest will be noteworthy as the first
official action in this direction. The Post
expresses its •iisapproval of such oAcUi
demonstration*