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Body Goes Home.*
Sudden Death of a Pioneer.
BAKERSFIELD, Deci 22.-K. P. Hart
!•)•. one of the early pioneers of Califor
nia and for the last fifteen years a resi
dent of Kern County, was found dead in
his bed this afternoon. The deceased was
employed as a night watchman in Kern
City and bad gone off duty at 7 o'clock in
the morning apparently In good health.
Hartley was a veteran of the Civil War
and a member of the Grand Army.
Gambling Losses Cause Suicide.
SEATTLE, Dec. 22.— William J. Bur
dette, a well known newspaper man,
committed suicide this morning by shoot-
Ing himself. Gambling losses followed by
Cefcpondency are supposed to have been
the cause. Burdette was a native of the
I*le of Wight. He leaves a wife and sev
eral relatives here.
Fire Destroys a Railroad Depot.
EPOKANE. Dec «.— Fite to-night de
tnollaned the passenger depot of the Ore
gon Railroad and Navigation Company,
causing a loss of J10.O00. It was the prop
erty of the Union Depot Company and
was fully Insured. The fire started from
a defective electric wire.
BROKEN CABLE STOPS TRAFFIC.-For
flVf. bourn latt night the car* on th« Mc-
A1I st^-.treet lln« «*r« un«hl« to ran owlny
to'-the l-T-sMnr of the eafcle
SANTA BARBARA. Dec 22.— The
Southern Paclnc Company has Just ac
quired title to a valuable piece of oil
property heretofore a part of the Arel
lanee rancbo. near Casmalia.in the north
ern section of Santa Barbara County, on
the main line of the coast road. It is the
intention of the company to bore for oil
to be used for fufl purposes in the com
pany's locomotives. It Is understood that
the Southern Paclnc will begin operations
at once.
Southern Pacific Buys Oil Property.
Pictures That Speak.,
And remind the recipient cf the giver.
*Wha» Is a more lasting remembrance than
a beautifully framed picture hanging in
the home of your friend? The Picture
Department will show you them at all
prices. Sanborn. Vail fk Co., 741 Market
street. Open evenings. •
BUTTE. Mont.. Dec. 22.-A special from
Anaconda to the Miner says a new trial
ty&s granted to the plaintiff to-day In th«
cat* of J. A. Murray vs. the city of
Butte. This is the famous case where
>I£rray sues the city for the recovery of
the mciipr equivalent of all the streets
and alleys located in the heart of the citv
upon the site of the Smokehouse lode. It
-came up before Judge Napoleon some two
tronfhs 3g<> on a practically agreed upon
till of exceptions and to-day the court
rendered his decision. Exceptions were
t^ken and the ruling of the court w*ll
Unquestionably be taken to the Supreme
Court on appeal. City Attorney Lamb of
fcutte appeared for the city, while At
torney Miles J. Oavanaugh appeared for
ihe rlalntiff.
JTIBGE NAPOLEON HOLDS
FIRST TRIAL DEFECTIVE
Another Hearing Granted in Cele
brated Controversy Over
Bntte Streets.
On Christmas day. Thursday. December
25. the California Northwestern Railway
*ill sell tickets from San Francisco to
the points herein mentioned at one fare
for the round trip, with limit of return
Friday. December 26: St. Vincent. Igna
ci*». Novato. Petaluxna. Cotatl. Santa
Rosa. Fulton. Windsor. Healdsburg L,vt
to:i. GeyservWe. Asti. Cloverdale. Preston
Hopland. Guerneville. Sh*>ilvHie Vine
yard. Sonoma. Agua Callente. Gl«>n Ellen
Sebastfcpol. Tklah. Willits. Tickets will
be on sale at Tiburon ferry on Christmas
day. , •
On the California Northwestern
Railway.
HALF RATES
FOR
CHRISTMAS
"Mr. Agler, should not the brakeman
have planted a red light In the middle
o/ the track, and should he not have
laid torpedoes on the track?"
"No; he did all that was deemed neces
sary under the conditions. Red lights
are planted in the middle of the track,
and torpedoes are only laid In parts of
tho roads where there are curves. There
arc no curves where the accident occur
red: It was a plain, straightaway track."
"Under the present conditions I cannot
change my opinion, but believe that En
gineer McGuire is to blame for the ac
cident."
"I cannot Imagine what could have
».<en tho matter with McGuire.- He should
have seen the red and frreen lights on the
end of tho Owl train for two or three
tulles before he came to It. There is a
straight stretch of track in that section;
and the night was. clear. •
"Superintendent Palmer reports to me
that Conductor Dolan. in charge of the
Owl. upon learning from his engineer
that his locomotive was out of order
that there were leaking flues which put
tho fires out— walked over to the con
ductor of the freight train lying on the
s'dlng and asked that he might use the
freight engine to pull his train out. The
conductor of the freight train consent
ed, and Conductor Dolan then walked
up the track to telegraph to Oakland
that he was going to use the freight en
gine. When Dolan arrived at' tho depot
at Byron, about 700 feet away, the col
lision took place.
"Conductor Schu of the Stockton train
reports that when the accident occurred
he was standing in the aisle of a day
coach. He was thrown to the floor, and
his lantern went out. When he got on
hLs feet and got outside the car Brake
man Cole was running up the track to
his train. When he first saw Brakeman
Cole he was still 600 feet behind the
Stockton train.
"I am of the opinion that Engineer Mc-
Guire Is to blame for the accident. He
Is still at the Railroad Hospital, and
l» not at' present In condition to make a
formal statement on his own behalf.
"At tho time of the accident a freight
train was lying on the siding at Byron.
On that train were two train crews,
'dead-heading' back to Oakland. A num
ber of the men t.hat composed these train
crows Haw ItrakcAian George Cole of the
Owl train start back to flag the train:
they say that he went back between 1000
nnd 1500 feet. Whether the brakeman
went back. 1000 or 50 feet makes no dif
ference; Engineer McGuire should have
had his train under control. He has been
In the habit of following tho Owl for
months, and should have been on tho
elert. —
MANAGER JAMES AGLER held
a lengthy conference last even
ing with W. S. Palmer, division
superintendent of Oakland. The
last named railroad official
made to his 1 superior a full report of the
accident. At the close of the conference
Manager Agler made the following state
ment:
POCATELLO^IdahoADec. 22.— A special
from Hallcy, Idaho, says that ', Frank
Brown was shot and, killed and Jesse Le'e
fatally ' wounded ., to-day by ; Larry Bran
non. /.The shooting occurred sixteen <'mlles
from .Hallcy: and .was tho outcome of [a
dispute over a load of; hay. ; ' v , ' ¦ • .
Fatal Quarrel Over Hay.
Thieve* Enter Butcher Shop.
;. Adolph Sltcher, who dwns a: butcher
shop at 106 Railroad avenue,' returned. to
his shop last evening about 9 o'clock to
get his overcoat and to his surprise found
that the knob had been blown off . the
Bafe In his store and that a small hole
had been drilled In the door Just above
the ) lock. Sltcher ' believes '" thieves must
have been at work at fhq time he return
ed ,: for his coat" and his entrance f rlgh t
ened them off. The rear, door. I of'/ the
shop Jwas ' found open. 1 Investigation
showed that nothing had been : taken.* ¦'-
A committee composed of officers of
the First California Volunteers, whoso
object Is to create a fund for the pur
pose of erecting a monument to the mem
ory of Father McKlnhon. the late chap
lain of the regiment, held a meeting last
night at tho National Guard Armory, at
Page and Gough streets.
For some time the committee has been
engaged In preliminary work in the cause
and has met In every Instance with satis
factory 'response.
It has' been arranged to hold a grand"
military and*naval review at Mechanics'
Pavilion on January 28 next. 3 „
Colonel Thomas F. O'Neill, chairman of
the committee having the affair in charge,
read a mass of communications from
almost every ¦ part of : the country, In
which the writers expressed a desire to
lend their aid In the furtherance oft the
proposed fund.
A letter from Rear Admiral ii Henry
Glass, commandant . of tho' United State*
naval training station, in which he of
fered tho services of a company of his
men, was read and the offer accepted.
Other organizations, among them the
Lcaguo of the Cross Cadets and the Co
lumbia Park Boys' Club, volunteered to
take. part In the review and the response
has j been so general * that the success of
the affair Is assured. " ;:
Committee Arranges Monster Mili
tary and Naval Review to Start
Fund for Cause.
PROPOSE A MEMORIAL
TO FATHER McKINNON
TOKIO, Japan, Dec. 6.— As cabled. Col
onel Alfred E. Buck. Envoy Extraordin
ary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Jap
an, died suddenly of heart failure on the
4th inst., ; while attending a duck hunt
while the. guest of the Emperor. These
duck hunting parties are annual state af
felrs. to which all the highest diplomatic
and state officials are Invited.
The scene Is at one of the imperial pre
serves, where ponds have been specially
baited to Insure a supply of the wild
fowl. * These are driven by hunters, or
beaters, toward deftly arranged nets
which each guest has a part In manipu
lating with results varying with luck and
skill.
On thia occasion the royal Shlnhama
preserve near Toklo was selected for tha
assemblage, which was composed of some
of the notable officials and many ladles.
Among those present on this particular
occasion were Prince and Princess Kan
in, the representatives of- England. Swlt«
erland, the United States, Austria, Ger
many, China, Korea, Mexico and their
ladies, Viscount and Viscountess Tanaka,
Ml&s Kogawa, Baron and Baroness San
noir.iya and others. The party arrived at
Shlnhama at 10:30 and at once proceeded
to the netting of ducks. Colonel Buck
was standing at the western side of No.
8 pond, a net in hand, waiting for a slg
i;al, when he suddenly staggered and fell
to the ground. He was at once conveyed
to the rest house, where various means
were tried to call him back to life. At
about 10:50 o'clock a physician arrived
from Gyotoku and attempted to restore
consciousness by artificial respiration and
stimulating Injections, but In vain. Later
Surgeon Nagao of the Military Hospital
at Konodai arrived on horseback, but his
skillful treatment was unavailing also. At
2 o'clock in the afternoon the remains of
the Minister were carried to the legation
on a stretcher, followed by Mr. Ferguson,
secretary of the legation; Viscount and
Viscountess Tanaka. Baron and Baronejj
Sannomiya and others.- Mrs. Buck -was
not present at the duck hunting party,
owing to an IndlspositApn.
The wide sympathy shown by the Jap
anese Government and the press speaks
strongly for the high esteem in which tha
dead diplomat was held. His Majesty the
Emperor dispatched Chamberlain Hireno
to the United States legation to convey
the imperial condolences with regard to
the demise of Colonel Buck. Her Majes
ty the Empress also dispatched Lady
Kitojlma to the legation for the uma
purpose. A large number of members of
the foreign corps diplomatique and' Jap
anese officials also visited the*legatlon to
express their condolences upon the death
of the Minister.
Several Japanese papers express r»
grets at the sudden removal of Colonel
Buck from the diplomatic circles of To
klo. The Jijl says that the late Minister
proved himself an able diplomatist of a
most amiable disposition and that he was
loved and esteemed b'y a large circle of
friends. During his tenure of .office th«
relations between Japan and the United
States have become more cordial than be
fore, largely through the efforts of Mr.
Fuck. • J. -I .' i ; . * v \ .
The remains of the Minister were em
balmed and it has been announced that
{he funeral services, which will be of an
impressive character, will be held at
Trinity Cathedral. Toklo. on next Mon
day morning, the Sth inst. Afterward tha
remains will be escorted by a Japanese
guard of honor to the station en routa
to Yokohama, where they will be met by
citizens and, escorted by a corps of Jap
anese marines, will proceed to the United
State* Naval Hospital, where they will
be deposited in the mortuary vault pend
ing the arrival of the steamer Korea, on
which they will be conveyed to San Fran
cisco. The Korea Is scheduled to leave
Yokohama on the 24th Inst. Mrs. Buck
will accompany the remains to their last
resting place, which, it la said, will b«
at Washington, D. C.
CAMEBA CLUB GIVES
ITS CHRISTMAS FEAST
The California Camera. Club gave Its*
Christmas feast last night to a crowd of
members and friends at the club rooms.
Academy of Sciences building: .On Sun
day the "camerarians" went In a body to
Mount Tamalpats and gathered greenery
Mith which to .decorate the dub. They
also brought back with them' a 1 hugs,
tree which was laden' last night with
gifts for the members. r -
A. Le Breton, attired as Santa" Clans,
performed the office of dispenser of tha
Christmas presents, 200 In all. There waa
music and a supper and altogether tha
company passed a merry time.' Charles/
Goe was the head of tho entertaloinff
committee. The party did not break up
until a late hour. *f ?'"•.";
GIRL ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.— A- youag «irl
who gave her nanw as Eater Smith, aad who
has b«en living for th» last two weeks at 27J
Geary street, endeavored to commit Bulald*
last evening by taxing chloroform. Sh» was
hurried to tho Central • Emergency Hospital
and treated by Dr Boekowlu. MlM Smith
took but a small quantity of the polaoa. *n4
• therefore her recovery ts assured. * j
was killed in the collision.
C. S. Crltes. who had an artery In his
left wrist severed, is out of danger. Ht
is ready to depart and says he will yet
eat his Christmas dinner with his parents
in BakersfiehS. ¦* ':',•-'* v
Visitors crowded - the Southern Pacific
Hospital yesterday, anxious to see tjie
relatives and friends who were burned
and maimed In the terrible railroad acci
dent near Byron. In almost every in
stance the physicians allowed the visitors
to enter the^wards and give comfort to
the Injured. Members of the press were
barred, however, as the railroad com
pany's doctors did not care to have their
patients excited by describing the terrible
scenes they had passed through.
The Injured lay on beds of pain swathed
In bandages.' Most of them were suffer
ing from burns received from scalding
steam. They moaned and cried out In
ajjony, while the kind-hearted nursed
were ever at hand, relieving them as
much as was In their power. Drs. Coffey
and- O'Connor of the hospital corps and
Dr. Ellin wood of this city, with Dr. Bird
of Byron Springs, ministered to the un
fcrtunates. They worked many hours and
relieved much suffering.
Paul Mayer was a prominent figure
around the hospital yesterday. Every one
manifested deep sympathy for the man
because of the terrible losses he has sus
tained. One of his daughters was killed
and his little boy died Sunday night from
injuries he had received, while his wife
Is seriously burned and another of jhla
boys is In a precarious condition, yet de
spite all this he displays remarkable for
titude.
S. A. Bishop, a representative of D. R.
{sessions, claims agent of the Southern
Pacific Company, was busily engaged at
the hospital yesterday answering ques
tions of relatives and friends. He ar
ranged transportation for the injured and
helped In other matters.
Engineer McGuire was tenderly cared
for by bis devoted wife. She came from
Uukland at an early hour in the morning:
and never left his bedside. A represents*
live of Mr. Palmer of the railroad com
pany attempted to Interview the stricken
man. but the physicians would not per
mit him to converse wlth^ their patient.
They will not permit "any "one to talk 'to
McOulre until he is in a- condition to do
j»i. Dr. O'Connor does not consider Me-
Gufre's condition - serious and has every
hope for his ultimate recovery. The In
jured'man. however.' Is highly nervous
and veiy much worried over the accident.
The patients are all doing nicely, and
many of them will be' able to leave th;
hospital for their homes In a few days.
Lawrence. Hunter, a carpenter of Eu
gene, Oregon, only suffered slight burns
on the hands and will be able to leave
the hospital to-day. • /
Archie Keller, a book agent^ whose home
lsf In Florence, Colo.. Is In no danger.
Both his hands were, burned and he suf
fers from the shock of the collision.
Louis C. Mayer, who lives at 1042 Golden
Gate avenue. Is not expected to live. The
doctors are watching over the young man
and fear he will not pass through the
ordeal. Mayer was very badly burned and
his sufferings have been terrible. If he
survives he will lose the use of hls'hands.
J. T. Donohoe, who lives on Lincoln
street. Berkeley, Is doing nicely and will
be able to leave the hospital to-day. He
was burned by the scalding steam that
poured out of the engine after the col
lision.
Eugene Lee. who was "on his -way to
Lexington, Ky.. to be married, suffered a
scalp wound and slight burns on the
hands and face. He will recover, and
hopes to start once, more on his journey
before Christmas.
.Mrs. T. Mayona and her husband are
both badly Injured, but will recover. They
keenly feel the loss of their child, who
Roberta Mayer, aged 9, who lives at
1M2 Golden Gate avenue, was severely
burned on the face and hands and Is like
ly % recover, but she will bear the marks
of her terrible burns all her life. If she
does not die.
Mrs. Emily Mayer, mother of the chil
dren who were, burned. Is also being close
ly watched by the doctors and nurses.
Mrs. Mayer has suffered a severe shock
to her nervous system and hex" chances
of recovery are not the best". She la being
treated for burns on face and hands and
also for a scalp wound.
Lew Ling, a Chinese, Is considered the
grittiest patient ever brought into the
hospital. Although he -sustained a frac
ture of the leg. burns on the face and
hand, a fracture of the • left ankle and
numerous contusions, ne never shows a
sign of his suffering. ' He accepts the' at
tentions of the doctors and nurses with a
smile and bears up under his sufferings
like a stoic.
MEN ABE OVERWORKED.
"This forcing is not confined '-.to the
equipment alone. .The men aro Just as
"Every little while a complaint will
come from, some station that they cannot
get cars enough to handle the shipments
from that point. But the scarcity o(
cars is not nearly of the same danger or
importance as the scarcity of engines. If
there are no cars the shipment merely
waits until it can be accommodated. But
when engines begin to break down, boil
ers to leak and wheels to run flat It
means that the motive power of the road
Is being pressed Into service long after
It should have gone Into the machine
shops for repairs.
i "As a matter of fact, engines are run
long after they ought to be undergoing
repairs. The public does not hear of the
number of breakdowns that take .place
daily through defective machinery. There
are hundreds of Incidents similar to the
one that tied the Owl up at Byron 'the
other night, but they are not hrard of un
til a wreck comes. Then an : Investiga
tion is at once begun to see whether it
was the engineer, the fireman, the conduc
tor or the brakeman who was responsible.
"A trainman has no power over his
train. He takes the engine and the cars
assigned to him and he has to make his
run whether the boiler leaks or there are
flat wheels on the coaches! or hot.' It can
hardly be traced to the division officials,
for they are forced to handle the truffle
that Is deposited upon their division. It
Is simply the fact that the traffic 'Is so
heavy that tho equipment is' being used
until long after it should go into ¦ the
shops
Xo railroad man will tell these stories
(or publication with his name, but there
are a few who will tell what they assert
to be the truth if they feel that It will
not Jeopardize their position. This is the
story told by one of the oldest railroad
men" connected with the, western division:
"A wreck Is always passed up to tha
men who run the train and this case Is
no exception to the rule. Everybody Is
saying that the engine crew of the flyer
ought to have stopped In time, or the
train crew of the Owl ought , to have
warnod the flyer earlier, but no one stops
tc figure out why the Owl should have
been sent out with an engine that would
absolutely come to a stop from leakage
in the boiler before her run was ended.
People are saying that the engineer of
the flyer ought to have seen the lights
on the Owl or the light of the brakeman,
or that the brakeman ought to have got
farther down the track, as the trend of
their argument may be, but they don't
stop to ask why .the engine of the Owl
should have broken down at all.
"The Owl is the pet train of the South
ern Pacific Company. It Is the fastest
train that they run, and being the first
fast limited train that they put on their
line It has been the' pride of the road.
To the Owl have been assigned the finest
cars and the fastest engines, and the
train or engine crew that got a run on
the Owl felt that they were honored, for
only picked men were used. The best en
gines on the road were net to pull the
Owl, and when an engine is hooked on
to the train that breaks down before the
run Is ended it means that the equipment
of the Southern Pacific Company is be
ing run Just as long as it will turn a
wheel. i
"This Is the fact. The traffic over the
lines of the Southern Pacific Company Is
so great at present that the motive power
and car departments are strained to the
utmost to furnish cars to carry the traffic
and engines to haul the trains when they
get them made up.
CAN'T GET CABS ENOUGH. .
WHAT EMPLOYES SAY.
This is the matter that is being talked
over by tha- railroad men of Wet Oak
land. Tho men who make these runs,
vho operate these engines and who han
dle the trains, are saying: that the equip
ment of the Southern Paclnc Company
1b being forced to the very limit Jn order
to handle the traffic, and that had the
or.gine.s of the Southern Pacific Company
been In flret-class condition there would
have been no breakdown of the Owl train
at nyron and no disaster. They alao say
that the men are being forced to Just aa
grept a limit— that they arc run in and
out v.ith Insufficient sleep, and that both
the men and equipment are in a very bad
condition.
There is another phase of the question
cf responsibility, however, and It strikes
higher than brakemen, conductors or en
gineers. It Is a question of why the Owl
train was allowed to start on Its Import
ant run with an engine that was almost
sure to break down before a 700-mllc
trlD was ended.
the uninjured rear brakeman of
the Owl was to blame for the disastrous
wreck of Saturday night. Even now the
railroad officials high In authority are
securing statements from the employes
who were operating the wrecked trains
in an effort to show upon which train
crew responsibility should rest. Several
opinion?, semi-official nnd unofficial, have
been expressed, and some say that Em-
Kineer McGuire should have seen th»
lights of the Owl train and stopped the
flyer, while others argue that Conductor
I'olan of the Owl did not send his rear
brakeman back to flag the flyer soon
enough, and still other* that Brakeman
Cole did not go down the track the mo
ment the Owl stopped, as the general
railroad rules require.
T/HERE has been much specula
tion and investigation in an effort
to determine whether the injured
engineer of the Stockton flyer or
Manager Agler
Lays All on
McGuire.
Men Overworked
and Engines
Worn Out.
MARTINEZ, Dec. 22.— Coroner Curjle
Impaneled a jury this morning to hold
an inquest on the remains of those who
were brought to Martinez from the wreck
at Byron. The remains of Charles Owens,
age 50; Elizabeth Lillle Smith and Clar
ence D. Olufs were shipped to Fresno
this morning. Miss Mabel Vezey's re
mains were sent to Modesto. The' funeral
will be held at that place to-morrow at
2:20 p. m. The remains of Charles. Sis
sons were shipped to Oakland. There are
seven bodies still lying at the Morgue.
All have been Identified with the excep
tion of one Chinese woman and a Chi
nese baby. The body of Miss Amelia
Mayer will be shipped to San Francisco.
The following named have 'been sworn
In by the Coroner to act as jurors: A. E.
Blum, F. E. Prosser, E. Morgan, C. C.
6 wain, J. Harding, F. Weir, A. MeMahon
and A. J. Anderson. The inquest* will be
held on Saturday next at 10 a. m.
FRESNO. Dec. 22.— An Inquest was he'd
In this city to-night on the bodies of D.
J. Vernon and his son Walter, victims of
tlic wreck at Byron Saturday night, both
of whom died after b«;ing brought to this
city. There was some question at first
as to whether or not witnesses should be
called to tell of the wreck, but it was
finally decided to leave that to other In
quests, where a full investigation will
probably be made. The witnesses exam-
Ired told principally of the injuries re
ceU-ed by the two men. The Jury was
divided for a time, part of the Jurors
wishing to bring in a verdict holding the
Southern Pacific responsible. The Judg
ment of the remainder, however, pre
vailed, the verdict Being simply that the
deceased met their death In a railroad
wreck.
The body of Leonard 8. Erwin, who
died on the way to the hospital, will be
taken to Fresno for interment.
.The funeral will be held from the Ses
sions residence. 1HA Kighth street. . at 1
o'clock, and public services at 2 o'clock
at the First Presbyterian Church. The
members of Oakland Lodge of Elks have
been notified ta assemble at 1:30 at the
lodge hall on Broadway, near Twelfth
street, to proceed to the church in a body.
The interment will be in Mountain View
Cemetery.
Another fraternal organization which
will to-morrow pay its tribute to a dead
brother is the Woodmen of the World,
who have taken charge of the funeral of
William L. Tempi*. State organizer of
the order, who died at the Southern Pa
cific Hospital in San Francisco from In
juries sustained in the wreck. The ser
vices wili be held at Woodmen's Hall,
Twelfth street, near Washington, at 2
o'clock. The Rev. E. R. Dille. pastor oi
the first Methodist Church, will officiate.
The interment will be in Mountain View
Cemetery- The Royal Italian Band now
in San Francisco will play the funeral
music, their cervices having been offered
because most of them are affiliated with
the Woodmen of the World. '
Whether the inquest will proceed at
the time set depends somewhat upon the
ability of the Coroner to locate the wit
nesses who will be necessary. Dr. Mehr
mann has taken personal charge of the
preliminary arrangements. He expects to
start the official inquiry Into the case.
but in view of McGulre'a condition and
the probable absence of some of the rail
road men whose evidence Is essential, the
Coroner is in doubt whether the Investi
gation can be finished for some time.
Arrangements have been completed for
the funeral of Charles A- Sessions, who
v as killed at Byron. He was a popular
member of the Oakland I*odge of Elk«,
which has taken charge of the details.
To relieve the family of as much unnec
essary suffering as possible, a special
committee from the lodge went to Mar
tine* to-day and attended to the trans
portation of the body to Oakland. The
gentlemen who composed -the committee
were George W. Reed. A. C. Hodges,
Gforge W. Frick, J. Cal l Ewlng and
Charles L. Ingler.
OAKLAND, Dec. 22.— The jurisdiction of
Coroner Mehrmann covers the case of
Mi?s Alice Sullivan, whose remains were
identified last night at the Morgue In this
city by H. T. Brown, her employer, and
Joseph Pickford of Fresno, her brother
in-law. Miss Sullivan was frightfully
scalded in the Fresno coach and died
while en route on a relief train to the
railroad hospital in San Francisco. Coro
ner Mehrmann has set the date of the in
quest for to-morrow night at 7 o'clock
and a jury will be sworn over the body
before it is sent to Fresno for interment.
\V. K. Weichart. 143 Beale: W. E. Crist,
1ST Beale; C. W. Spauldlng, 512 Howard:
C. L. Legal, 116 Mission; George. Bias
dell. 151 Minna; G. S. Corkery, 1103 Bu
chanan; \V. H. Qulnn Jr.. 237 First, and
H. Sherwood. 13S Spear.
The date of .the inquest has not yet
been set.
The two tin boxes containing Jewels val
ued at about $2000. the property of Mrs. Tto
Nlng, the Chinese woman who was killed
In the Byron wreck, were recovered • yes
terday afternoon. Just isefore her death
Mrs. Tie Nlng stated that she had lost
her jewelry during the accident, and that
she felt sure some one had stolen themi
This statement was accepted with In
credulity by the railroad . officials, and
steps were at onco taken to find the jew
elry. 'Assistant Claims Attorney Bagger
ly telephoned yesterday to the shops at
Oakland for the car that Mrs. Tie Nlng
was seated In at the .time of the wreck
to be thoroughly searched. Those who
were detailed to search the car were re
warded with finding the two boxes In the
car with the diamonds still In them— hot a
Jewel missing. The Jewelry will be
brought over to the claims department to
day. It is supposed that Mra. Tie Nlng
clung on to • the boxes as long as she
could, but, becoming faint, she dropped
them in ' the car in her attempts to ¦ es
cape.
Finds Jewel* in Wreck.
M lt is too early to make any estimate
at present. You see, we do not believe it
is right to jump in too soon and attempt
to settle the claims. .Those who are In
jured are still very nervous and have not
yet fully recovered from the fright. In
many States the law fixes the liability
of death by accident at a certain ilgurc,
but If the heirs of a person killed aro
willing to settle for a less amount that
Is their privilege. In the majority of the
States where the price is fixed for an ac
cidental death the maximum Is $5000. In
a few States the amount Is S10.000.
"In California the amount is left to
the discretion of a jury, which is usually
governed by the rule that the heirs can
only recover the loss in money which they
can prove they have suffered by the death
of their relative. For Instance, the heirs
of a famous doctor, according to the laws
of California, can recover a great deal
more than the heirs of a man In humbler
walks of life."
The moment the officials of the claims
department heard of the accident thoy
hastened to the scene. Claims Agent Ses
sions arranged at the Oakland mole the
details of the second relief train. . It was
his Intention to bring- all the Injured to
the Oakland mole in one train and then
have them transferred to the ferry-boat
Transit. They would then have been
taken across the bay and landed on this
side at Fourteenth street without being
removed from tho cars. Unfortunately
the track at Oakland was not In condition
for this plan, owing to a car having been
backed off the rails.
Kverybody was /busy at the offices of
tho claims department of the Southern
Pacific yesterday. So far the ofllcials of
the department have not attempted to
settle a single claim. Hundreds of tele
grams were received yesterday from all
over the country by anxious relatives and
friends of those Injured and to the claims
department falls the duty of attending
to the proper disposition of the bodies
of 'the dead. W|r«n a.sked what ho esti
mated it would MOmt the company to.set
tle all the clalraif for the accident' a prom
inent official of <the road replied:
CLAIMS DEPARTMENT
• SPENDS BUST DAY
These stories show the point of "view of
tho railroad men upon the question of
wrecks in general and thi3 one in partic
ular.
hard worked as the engines.' 'The men
double out, frequently 1 without j sufficient
sleep, and there is not. a train crew on
the road that is not overworked. This
causes carelessness, but it is a careless
ness that should not be entirely laid at
tho door of the men. Everything about
the company l£ overworked from the
highest officials to the* machinery -. on." the
road. Traffic Is heavy, construction is
heavy, material and equipment Is • hard
to get, and everybody and everything is
forced tolthe limit."
In support of this statement of the man
from West Oakland comes a «tory from
Los Angeles from another source. An
engineer, a relative of a State official,
was making the run from Yuma or some
point in that neighborhood to Los An
geles. He had left hia starting, point
with scarcely any sleep, but had been or
dered to take the train back to Los An
geles. J When he reached Pomona he dis
covered to his horror that he had made
a run of about six miles while asleep on
his seat In the cab. He refused to take
his train out of Pomona until h« was
given a brakeman, fresh and thoroughly
awake, to stand at his elbow and keep
him awake until they reached Los An
geles.
Continued From Page 1, Column 7.
Heavy Damage
Suits Will
Follow.
Fortitude Wins
Praise for
Sufferers. %
Petails Now Received of Hii
. Sudden Demise' While
Duck Hunting. . -
Olufs, Clarence D., aged 22, student University of
: r California^* Fresno. .
Post, Richard, aged 22, student Affiliated Colleges,
/¦¦'..' • Fowler, ,Cal. '¦ ( . •. .. \ '' . /.''¦'.
Quong, Ah, ; Chinese girl, 800 Dupont street.
Ben wick, , Kobert E. , aged 28, coatmaker, 48 Fourth
.; ". 'street, ; San Francisco.
. Sessions,'^Charles Aspinwall, . aged 58, Oakland.
Sullivan, Miss Alice, aged 25, domestic, Oakland.
'Smith, Mrs. Elizabeth. Lilian, aged 38, wife of
• George'F. Smith of Fresno. v>; ' •
Suo, Lii, Chinese woman, San Francisco.
William Li, aged 40, Oakland.. ..
Vesey, 'Miss Mabel, aged 19, student University of
'¦: '.,.. California, Fresno.
Vernon, J>. J., Fresno. .V
Vernon, Walter, son of D. J. Vernon, Fresno.
Rival Coroners
Prepare for
Inquests.
Friends Flock
to Hospital
for News,
The Dead.
Ei-win, Leonard E., aged 23, mattress weaver; Fresno.
Elliott, Hiss Birdie, aged 22, 177 Powell street, San
Francisco. . '
Eastman, F. S., aged 19, sailor; electrician on U. S.
S. Pensacola. '
Howard, Miss Stella, aged 10, 902 Taylor street. JT
Lung, Quong, . bookkeeper, aged 28 years, 800 Du-
.. . pont street. '.0jjk
Mayer, Miss Amelia, aged 18, ,1042 Golden Gate
avenue, San Francisco. . . , O^fi
Mayer, Carl, aged 7, 1042 Golden Gate avenue, 'Sau;
Francisco. ...^- f ¦ N -v ¦:?
Mayag-owa, T., Japanese girl, aged 4, San Francisco.
Mayagowa, Hadru, aged 18 months, San Francisco.
Ning. Mrs. Tie, aged 17, Chinese woman, 800 Du
pont street, San . Francisco.' , " vT . , >
Owens, Charles, race-horse owner, aged 55, FreshbK
The hearing of the case against Com
mander Ments has been postponed until
next Friday, in order that Collector
Cruzen. who is at present indisposed, may
testify. The court will proceed with the
hearing of the other cases to-morrow.
Commander Ments was in command of
the Laurel on her trip to St. Thomas.
*rher«? from thirty to thirty-five cases of
liquor were purchased. Some of these
case^ were put off at Oulebra. but four
teen cases were brought :o San Juan. _Of
the latter six were marked "Robert
Giles." while others were addressed to
Captain Andrew Dunlap. commander of
the naval station here. One of the wit
nesses, the captain of a launch, testified
that Captain Dunlap ordered him to go
on board the Laurel and pet certain
cases; that he did so and delivered them
to Captain Dunlap. A customs inspector
testified to havtng seized and opened the
six cas*>s marked Robert Giles.
SAK JUAK. Porto Rico. Dec. 22.-Robert
Giles, a Government road contractor and
mapager of- the Automobile Transporta
tion .-Company, has bs-cn arrested In con
nection ¦> with .the smuggling cases. He
li.ish^en arraigned. . charged with smug-
Eling anS pleaded not guilty. The pre
liminary examination, before United
Eutefe Commissioner Anderson, of Su
pervisor . of Elections' Benjamin Butler.
Commander G. _W. _ Men ts. in charge of
the Country Club, and Robert Giles,
charged with smuggling- two lots of wines
and liquors from St. Thomas' on the
United Stales steamer Uneas and ' the
lighthouse tender Laurel, began here this
afternoon. The case of Commander Ments
was examined first, and several witnesses
testified before court adjourned.
Hearing of Commander Ments
Already Commenced in
i- - Porto Rico.
EMPLOYES of the Southern Pacific, the men who handle the trains/say that the real cause of the fatal collision at Byron Satur
day night was broken down engines, worn out cars arid the i overworked conditioh\of all train crews. The engine of the Owl
Limited, it is declared, was notoriously unfit for service and almost sure to break down before the trip was ended. No other
locomotive was to be had at the time, however, as the traffic on the Southern Pacific lines jjias increased so rapidly during the past
year that the equipment is wholly insufficient to handle it. Even the engineers, upon whose safety depends so many lives, are
forced to make extra runs without sleep or rest, because there are not enough of either men o$ engines to go around.
Officials Charged With
Violating Revenue
Provisions.
Particulars Regarding
Minister Buck's
Death.
ARE TRIAL
FOR SMUGGLING
WORN OUT EQUIPMENT IS ASSIGNED
AS REAL CAUSE OF THE DISASTER
PLEASURE TRIP
ENDS HIS UFE
1HE SAN iBAKqFCO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1902.
To Cure a Cold in One Say.
Take' Laxatlvn Brnnio 'Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the. money. If It falls to euro.
E./W. Grove's signature Is on each box. 26c. •
GIFT TO NKW8B0YS— In lieu of a din
ntr which -hn»l he«n offered to tho newsboys of
the city- and twhlch they 'found thetasolves un
able to attend. Charles Newman of tho Russ
Hous» made a gift to the Newsboys': Union
of. $60. • .' l+ >'¦¦¦¦¦'¦...'...,.,.. v <>''¦.¦.-: i
ECZEMA, NO CUBE, WO PAY.
Your druggist will refund your money If PAKO
OINTMENT falls to cum Ringworm, Tetter,
Old Ulcers and Sores. Pimples and Blackhead*
on tho face, and all rkliV disease*. fiO cents..*
FRESNO, Dec. 22^-Another death oc
curred to-day an a result of the Owl dis
aster, young Walter Vernon, whose fath
er died last night, having expired In the
sanitarium here this morning. • ¦ >
Vernon Dies at Fresno.
MODESTO. Dec. 22.— The body of Miss
Mabel Vesey arrived here this afternoon
from Martinez, where the young woman
succumbed* to Injuries received ' In the
wreck on Saturday night at Byron.
A large crowd of sympathizers and
friends of the deceased met the 1 re
mains and escorted ' them to the home
of the young woman's parents. Tho
funeral will be held to-morrow afternoon.
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