The San Francisco call. [volume], January 08, 1903, Image 1

About The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913

Image provided by: University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA

                
AMID CHEERS OF THRONG, PARDEE
TAKES THE REINS OF GOVERNMENT
Continued on Page 3, Column 3.
At precisely 12:13 by the clock a landau
drawn by four spirited white horses
dashed up to the hotel entrance and two
minutes ; later Governor ' Gage, accompa
nied by Governor-elect Pardee, Chief Jus
tice Beatty of the Supreme Court and
Adjutant. General . Stone, . came .out from
the hotel and took seats In the carriage.
, This geniality was manifested In many
a Jlbo^and'jest at the gorgeously arrayed
staff of the retiring Governor, whose
members presented a unique spectacle of
contrast. Some were .elender and frail,
while others were rotund examples of
high living, yet all were belted and epau
letted and plumed with a liberality that
would <have shamed -the fabled glories of
Solomon. They were proud, too, these
soldiers. of executive compliment, and
strtltted before the marshaled ranks of
the militia- with the pompous elegance
born of glittering finery. The real sol
diers, however, did not mind and smiled
with generous indulgence.
rf TROOPS PRESENT ARMS.
high noon the military escort "had formed
into a regimental front on the north side
of the street, with the band of the Second
Infantry playing inspiriting martial airs
and every Inch of available space crowd
ed with an eager, jostling multitude of
plain citizens. A platoon of local police
ha,d.all.it could do to keep thia crowd
within bounds, but good nature prevailed
everywhere and ' no' Berious difficulties
arose. ,¦¦'.- - ' .
Booming puns and Flaring Trumpets Lend
Military Pomp, While Burst of Sun
shine Gives Good Omen.
The ceremonies proper began with the
assembling of several battalions of the
National Guard,. Veteran^ and Naval Re
serve in front . of; Governor Gage's head-,
quarters at the Capital Hotel on K street,
under - the ! command of the • grand mar
shal, Colonel II. I. Seymour, N. G*. C. By
The yellow glory pursued. the vagrant
shadows into every nook and corner and
lingered like a ' benediction over all the
scene until the last Impressive word was
Epoken. Some say it was a good omen
for the incoming administration, ; borne
out by the Inaugural ¦ address of the new
Governor, which was vigorous and; fear
less in its denunciation of past, errors 'and
its promises of future Improvements. '": •
IMPOSING PARADE FORMS! j
inas Governor of the State of
California to-day to an Pjccompanimentfqf
booming guns and flaring trumpets, which
helped to make the inaugural ceremonies
imposing to the last degree. Another fea
ture wlflrh appealed most forcibly to the
superstitions of the vast multitude as-
Bcmbled was the fact that the sum/which
had veiled its brazen face behind a murky
shield of dun-colored. Impenetrable cloud
for the past; three weeks, bored^'a big
round hole in the misty envelope just in
time to flood the crowded Assembly cham
ber with golden jadlance as. the new ruler
was taking the- oath' of offlce. ;
CALL HEADQUARTERS, SAC
RAMENTO, ... Jan. , 7. — "The
King' is deadf Ions live the
George C. Pardeo. was sworn
Senator Leavltt of Alameda took the
floor In favor of Perkins, and though he
did not sign the caucus call until he'ar
rived In Sacramento he was the most
earnest advocate of the present Senator
that spoke to-night.
Then there was a tilt between Senators
Caldwell and Hahn, in which CaldVell
asserted that he had never been presented
with the caucus call,- while Hahn speci
fied time and plac« where the presenta
tion took place. This looked for a time to
be a serious conflict, but' Caldwell walked
LEAVITT FOR PERKINS.*
But the caucus to-night was productive
of .many orations .and' many hours of
"talk,"' though It all resulted In one thing
—Perkins for Senator. There were sev
eral long and . earnest discussions which
produced a flow of oratory that will hard,
ly be equaled during the'session.
The final result that made George C.
Perkins the caucus nominee was this
vote: Perkins. 6S; Scott, 1: sick. 2; ab
sent by choice, 4; walked out, 19. "With
these figures in his favor George C. Per
kins will be made the next United States
Senator .from California, for with sixty
eight votes in caucus he has more than
a majority of the Legislature. It can
be said in fairness to those who have
walked out ' that a large number, proba
bly a majority, will' vote for Perkins
when It comes to a final roll call.
>^-^ ALL HEADQUARTERS, SAC-
Jf *' BAMENTO, Jan. 7.— George C.
m Perkins was to-night made the
g|L J Republican caucus nominee for
United States Senator, and will
be elected at the joint session next week.
This result was not accomplished with
out many hours of discussion and a walk
out of twenty members and a return to
the fold of one who remained "In caucus
and voted for Scott.
Continued on Page 6, Column 3.
It was a much more pxcltlc? session
than was anticipated In view of the fact
that it was generally known that Perkins
had more than a complete majority Of
the two houses, while the session to-night
developed the fact that there ha»i been a
little caucus of the anti-Perkins forces
this afternoon and that this afternoon's
caucus did not hold very well.
The caucus opened with eighty-eight
Republican members present in the Su
preme Court chambers In the Capitol.
Assemblymen Gleascn and Lux,- both of
San Francisco, were sick, while Senator
John R. Tyrrell of Nevada and Assem
blymen J. M. Higgins of Sacramento. W.
H. R. McMnrtin of San Francisco and CY
P. Pann of Santa Barbara were absent.
The rest of the Republican contingent of
both houses were present.
CATJCUS DECLARED PEBHANEMT
Senator Lukens of Alameda' called the
session to order and Senator R. T. Dev
lfn was chosen for chairman. Philip M.
Walsh, Assemblyman from Alamrda, was
made the secretary and as the caucus
was declared to be a permanent Institu
tion before it finally adjourned these offi
cers will remain in charge of the lie
publican forces during the entire session.
It did not take very long to get the
caucus In full action and that action was
lively enough to eatisfy the most exact-
Ing. It became evident that there was.
to be some opposition to the Perkins
forces and Manager George Hatton pace i
up and down the cold halls of the Capitol
building In some anxiety. That anxiety
was increased arf the time of the caucus
was drawn cut from hour to hour. Bat
the Perkins men showed not only tu«
out of the caucus and Hahn remained
and there was no chance" for recrimina
t!OilS.
Should Ginn & Co. be absorbed by the
trust there still would be left D. C: Heath
& Co. of Boston, Rand, McNally & Co.
of Chieago'and Allyn & Bacon of Boston.
D. Appleton & Co. are again entering, the
text book fl>ld, and this. firm will add its
weight, In the fight against the trust
' "Do you expect to effect a consolidation
with Ginn- & Co?" L*. M. Dillon was asked.
Dillon Is a director of the American Book
Company. .
"That would be managed from the Xew
York end, not here in Chicago," he re
plied. "I haven't beeen notified that Ginn
& Co. had been bought yet, so, of course,
there isn't anything definite for me to
sav. I have heard the rumors."
CHICAGO, Jan. 7.— The American Book
Company, for years known as the "book
trust," . Is reported to have opened
negotiations ¦with Ginn & Co.' of Bos
ton, one of its most formidable rivals,
to form a gigantic combination, powerful
enough to control the entire school and
college text book field in the United
States.. If these negotiations are success
ful there will be only three big publish
ing houses left outside of the trust.
The publishing- firm of Butler, Shel
don & Co. of New York was the most
recent acquisition of the American Book
Company. For some time it has been
suspected that this house, like the Sll
vej>Burdctte Company and the Werner
Book Company, was in close business re
lations with the trust. This was denied
emphatically by representatives . of the
companies concerned.
To-day, however, brought forth differ
ent replies. It is admitted that Butler,
Sheldon & Co- had been bought outright
by the trust on January 2. It was ad
mitted also at the offices of the Ameri
can Book Company that the relations be
tween the Silver-Burdette Company and
the "Werner School Book Company on the
one hand and the American Book Com
pany on the other were "friendly."
CHIEF JUSTICE BEATTT ADMINISTERING . OATH OF OFFICE TO
GOVERNOR PARDEE, AND SNAPSHOTS OF INAUGURAL PARADE
SCENES, PHOTOGRAPHED BY MEMBER OF THE CALL. ART STAFF.
Forming Combine to
Obtain Absolute
Control.
THE Republican Senatorial caucus last night resulted in compltte
victory for United States Senator Perkins. The members of
the opposition lost in the first clash at arms and walked out of
the caucus. All who had signed the caucus call and four in ad
dition voted for Perkins, giving him 68 votes, a majority of the
Legislature in joint session, and to spare. One member of the minor
ity returned to vote for Scott. Four Republicans were absent by
choice, two were ill and nineteen walked out. It is expected that a
majority of those who did not participate in the caucus vote will vote
for Perkins in joint session next week. - ;
Republican Caucus Results in Overwhelm*
ing Victory for Present Senator.
AMERICAN BOOK
TRUST ABSORBS
STRONG RIVALS
SIXTY-EIGHT VOTES
GIVEN TO PERKINS
Continued en Page 3, Column 2.
Almost immediately after the impact
fre from the stove, in ihc. smoker com
municated to the wrc-clcap- and Hie im
prisoned victims irere tortured beyond de
scription. All of the victims were badly
burned. Conductor Cook r.as found un
ronscious under the charred body of Hag
pagrmattfr Stroud. lie is so badly hurt
In the collision the tender of the pas
senger engine w.5 forced back upon the
combination bapgage and *moklng-car
v.-ith terrible force. The thirteen passen
gers Tver* Jammed against the r^r end
of the ar into an almost solid Kia«s
Three tt the victims were .pparently
killed outright, two of the other four were
roasted t» death and the two who died on
the Tvay to the hoppital were *o badly
burced that recognition is impossible.
The passenger in the wreck was the
West Elizabeth accommodation train from
Pitteburc. It was on time and had a
clear track, according: to the signals dis
played. At the f icing at Coehran it ran
into the rrar car of an extra freight,
•which had taken the switch but b«d
failed to clear the main line. The officials
of the road attributed tne disaster to the
failure of Patrick Qulnn. tho rear brake
man of the freight, to se*> that his train
had fully cleared. I'p TO a late hour
Qulr.n has rot been located
The injured: T. D. Cook, conductor of
the accommodation, probably will die be
fore morning; Samuel Sullanski, shoulder
blade fractured ; Peter Kimcski, burned;
John Smith. seriously injured; MikeChon
r.!c. Mike GenUll.
FOUR UNKNOWN FOREIGNERS
riTTSBrRO, Jan. S.-As a result of a
c<>!li?icn between a passenger train and
the rear end of a freight train on the Mo
nonjrahela division of the Pennsylvania
Railroad to-nlfbt at Cocbrane station.
Jut above Duquesne. seven men are dead,
one l>* dying and five o:h»rs are injured.
The dead:
I. D. STROUD, baggageman.
« ". E. EOHNER, brak«man of accommo
dation. . .
JOHN STEWART, passenger, residence
unknown.
Seven Men Perish in
a Pennsylvania
Wreck.
EUREKA. Xcv... Jan. 7 —
J. A. Traylor, manager of
the New York and Nevada
Copper Company's mine,
near Ely. ' in White Pass
County, shot and killed James
Staggs, J. i Smith and Sam
Johnson and severely wounded
three others when attacked in
his office at Keystone this
morning by a dozen members
of the Miners' Union. The
shooting' was* the outcome of
the strike declared against the
copper company- several *Aeeks
ago owing to the wages of, the
miners being cut from $3 50 to
$.} • a day. The men claimed
that Traylor was responsible
for -the wage reduction, and it
is said that threats were made
against his life. Traylor re
ceived information that he
would have to leave town if he
wanted to avoid teins: roughly
handled, but the threat- did
not cause him any uneasiness.
He went about his business and
announced that it any assault
was m?.de bn him he would de
fend himself.
Traylor was seated in the
company's office :it Keystone
this morning wher. a dozen of
the strikers entered with the
avowed intention of running
him out of camp. One of \them
grabbed him by the throat to
prevent him making an outcry,
while several others caught him
from behind.
Traylor struggled desper
ately to free himself, and after
breaking away from his captors
slipped and fell on the floor.
While prostrate hi: drew his
revolver and opened fire on the.
men who had assaulted him.
He fired six shots, and each
one of them told. The unin
jured men ran out of the office
after the shooting, leaving three
dead and three wounded com
panions on the .floor. .
Traylor's home is in Den
ver, Colo. He was employed
by the copper company at Du
rango. Mexico, previous to
taking charge of the mine near
Ely.
KILLS THREE
STRIKERS WHO
ATTACKED HIM
FIRE TORTURES
DYING VICTIMS
OF COLLISION
The San Francisco Call.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SAN FBANCISCO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1903.
VOLUME XCIII-XO. 39.