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Wrecked Steamship's Crew Safe.
LONDON, Jan. '27.— The steamer report
ed ashore at Abcrfrawc Point is the Ro
thilde Russi. She is a German vessel,- and
was bound from Liverpool for 'Cardiff.
All her crew was landed in safety.
SAN. JOSE, Jan. 7.— John Brady, who
shot Miss Nugent at Watsonvllle, had
been a resident of San Jose for some time.
He had roomed in the' lodging house of
Mrs. Grover. Dodge, at 206 South First
Blreet, for five months. He left here Frl
day.'f-He told Mrs. Dodge he was going
to Watsonvllle to collect some money due
him. He borrowed a shotgun belonging
to Grover. Dodgc.'a 15-year-old son of the
landlady, saying he would go duck hunt
ing while, there.
.Brady was-vcry quiet anA.\uncommuni-
Brady Explained Why He Was Going
to Watsonville.
SAID MONEY WAS DUE.
Doubt as to Whether He "Was Mur
dered or Accidentally Shot
Himself.
NORDHAUSEN, Saxony. Jan. 27.—
Prince Wolffgang zu Stolberg was found
dead in the park of his castle to-day, shot
to death. His rifle was near by, but It
is not known ¦whether he was murdered
or accidentally killed himself. Some mys
tery attaches to the death of the Prince.
MYSTERY SURROUNDS
SAXON PRINCE'S DEATH
Sentence Passed on Him for Treason
Is Commuted to Penal Servitude
for Life.
LONDON, Jan. 27.— The sentence of
<^eath passed upon Colonel Arthur Lynch;
who Was 'found guilty of high treason, on
Friday last, has been commuted to penal
servitude for life.
COLONEL LYNCH WILL NOT
SUFFER THE DEATH PENALTY
CHICAGO, Jan. 27. -Appeals for aid in
behalf of starving Finns are made by Dr.
C. J. Sorenson. surgeon in chief of the
Northern Michigan General Hospital,
with headquarters at Calumet. According
to Sorenson no loss than 400,000 Finns are
actually starving.
Thousand Are on Verge of
Death.
Dr. Sorenson Declares Four Hundred
APPEALS ON BEHALF
OF STARVING FINNS
This is the latest phase of the Sullivan
case, which began, dragging before the
department six months ago. when Pay
master Sullivan was found physically,
mentally and professionally unfit for pro
motion. President Roosevelt disapproved
these findings, and Paymaster Sullivan
went before a board, which found him un
fit for service. Another examination was
held, with the result stated.
Sullivan was at one time stationed at
Mare Island and is well known In San
Francisco.
.WASHINGTON. Jan. 27.-Actinp Secre
tary Darling to-day returned to the ex
amining board at the Washington Navy
yard its report that Paymaster J. C. Sul
livan, when examined; did not during the
examination appear to be in normal men
tal condition. Acting Secretary Darling
rather sharply requested that the board
make a positive statement as to whether
Paymaster Sullivan was or was not of
sound mentality. Darling declares that
it Is impossible to take any action upon
any statement which is so non-committal
as to an officer's condition as this one is.
Board of Inquiry's Non-Com
mittal Report.
PAYMASTER SULLIVAN'S
SANITY STILL IN DOUBT
Acting Secretary of the Navy Rejects
seat of one^of the latter is being con
tested. This situation is deemed by poli
ticians of both .parties as being decidedly
adverse to Stewart's re-election.
Assemblyman Carter explained the ef
fect-which such a law would have upon
the oil. industry, not only in Southern
California, but throughout the State. ' He
said there could be no' doubt that if the
bill become a law it would ruin the .oil
industry, for the reason that it would
b«r impossible for the producers of crude
oil to conform .to the test which the bill
imposes. He urged the members to work
and vote. against the measure, which, he
said, -was -an effort to create- a monopoly
in the, oil -business, which would have at
its mercy every oil producer 'in the State.
Assemblyman Burgess said that he saw
In the bill only an effort by the Standard
Oil Company to take unto Itself the busi
ness of refining crude* oil and thus con
tiolllnK-the oUbusiness of California. :
¦ Several of he. members stated that they
had been informed that a paid 'lobby was
coming. to Sacramento to work in the ln-
In order that there might be no mis
understanding as to the attitude of the
delegation the following resolution,' signed
by seven of its members, was unanimous-'
ly adopted:
"Resolved, That so far as the South
ern California Assemblymen, are con
cerned no lobby Is needed to secure un
wavering opposition to the Ralston pe
troleum test bill; but they will be glad to
confer on the subject with any and all
consumers and producers of crude oil who
may be interested in the matter."
This resolution was signed by As
semblymen Stanton. Camp, Carter.' Good
rich, Burgess, Johnstone and McCartney.
The adoption of this resolution was the
climax of a long discussion of the
Ralston bill, during which it was stated
that in the opinion ¦> of the members
there is no doubt that the Standard Oil
Company is behind the measure, and
through it, seeks to secure a monopoly
of the business of refining all the oil
which is used for fuel in the State.
DANGER TO INDUSTRY.
This was decided to-night at a meeting
of that delegation at which the subject
was fully discussed, and the agreement
of the members was that the bill is so
plainly In the Interests of the Standard
Oil Company and so prejudicial to the
oil interests of the State that it should
be defeated. The members of the south
ern delegation therefore pledged them
selves not only to vote against the meas
ure but to secure such other votes against
It as they could.
CALL HEADQUARTERS. SAC
RAMENTO. Jan. 27.—What
ever may be the efforts of the
professional lobbyists, who, it
* is understood, are coming to
Sacramento in numbers to
work in the Interests of the Ralston oil
bill, that measure will be opposed by the
solid strength of the Southern California
delegation.
Special Dispatch to Th# Call
Continued on Page Z, Column 5.
WELL. KNOWN NEVADAN WHO
WAS HONORED YESTERDAY
BY- NEVADA LEGISLATURE.
Men From the South
Stand Firmly Op
posed.
Senator Savage has informed Senator
Ralston that he will oppose the bill, and
will use every possible ineans to secure
its defeat.
"It, would be impossible for me to sup
port ¦ such a measure when there is so
much at stake in the district which I rep
resent," said Senator Savage. "I am in
receipt- of numerous letters, telegrams
and resolvtlons from the oil produce! s,
commercial bodies and other persons and
corporations throughout the oil-producing
district and upon' examination of the bill
I find it is a measure which I believe
will cripple the oil industry of the State
and practically make a monopoly of it."
METROPOLIS IN OPPOSITION.
The San Francisco delegation ¦. will
stand against the Ralston bill if it is in
troduced In the Assembly. Some of the
members of the delegation have studied
the bill and are opposed to it, through
knowledge of its perniciousness, and the
others say'that if it threatens the oil In
dustry of California! as stated they will
fight it and vote against it. "There is no
reason: why a flash test of 150 degrees
for v California- fuel oil should be estab-
Supervising Engineer C. E. Morris of
the Oceanic. Steamship Company and W.
Hunt, chief engineer of the Independent
Electric Light Company of San Fran
cisco, were also invited to attend the
meeting. Telegrams have been sent, to
Southern California oil men to come to
Sacramento and state their views.
The Committee on Mine? and Mining
held; a meeting this afternoon and set
next Monday, evening to hear discussions
on the oil bill introduced by Ralston in
the Senate. 'The committee will ask the
Senate for permission to use the cham
ber, to hold the meeting- Invitations have
been sent to , Fire Marshal Towe, John
Baker Jr., Professor Edmund O'Xel' of
Berkeley, • Thomas Price, F. R. King,
Captain John K. Bulger and other oil ex
perts to appear before the committee and
enlighten' if about the flash testa on oil.
terests of the bill, their remuneration
coming probably from the corporations
which would be most benefited by the
passage of the measure. Assemblyman
Stanton suggested that at the outset it
should be understood that the Southern
California delegation was opposed to such
lobbying and that it declare Itself a unit
in opposition to the bill. Assemblyman
Camp presented a motion to that effect,
and then reduced it into writing in the
form of the resolution before quoted. The
resolution was unanimously adopted.
It was stated that the delegation will
welcome any Information which pro
ducers or consumers may have to offer
against the bill, and the wording of the
resolution with reference to lobbying does
not apply to those whose interests are at
stake.
- RALSTON IS DOUBTFUL.
The question then arose as to how best
to proceed to combat the measure, and
it was agreed that each of the members
should use his influence with every other
member of the Legislature to secure sup
port to the cause of opposition. Mr. Car
ter ¦ stated that he had been informed
tl'at Senator Ral3ton, who introduced the
bill, would not himself support it in its
present form, and that he was open to
conviction that the bill is not what It
should be.
The Eight while the wreck was burning
was horrifying. Men could be seen in the
wreckage pinned fast amid the timbers of
the cars and struggling to be free while
the flames roared around them.. The res
cuers were powerless to aid them, as they
already had been driven from the wreck
by the flames. One of those who tried to
take out a man pinned found that he was
held down by one leg near the ankle, and
seeing It would be useless to do anything
else, is said to have finally severed the
man's leg and then carried him to one of
the parlor cars. The rescued and rescuer
were badly burned.
Firemrn from Westfleld were summoned
by telephone^ but arrived too late to save
many lives. Surgeons were called from
Klizabeth. Westfleld , and Pialnfield. and
there were a score on hand. The parlor
cars of the Royal Blue train were con
verted into a- temporary hospital. The
dead, as they were taken out, were laid
in a row alongside the track until means
could be found to convey them to Plain
field. 7 : Xt- ; ;* •¦-;
The firemen after a while mastered the
flames. Then the wreckage about at
tracted attention' and the work of recov
ering the bodies was begun. Out of the
first car eight bodies were recovered.
At times the flames almost reached the
rescuers and their cloning took fire; but
they worked on, though in constant dan
cer of being killed themselves. Some of
the injured were burned to death in sight
of the men who were working with des
peration to save them. The flames soon
gained complete mastery of the laet two
cars.
CARSON CITY, New, Jan. 27.
—Francis G. Newlands was
to-day honored -with the
United States Senatorship by
the Senate and Assembly of
the Nevada Legislature, now
In session here. He will 'succeed Senator
John P. Jones, whose term will expire on
the third day of next March.
In the Assembly Newlands received 30
votes, two of his adherents being unavoid
ably absent on account of illness, and
Thomas P. Hawley. United States Dis
trict Judge, received 4 votes. In the Sen
ate Newlands received 13 votes and Haw
ley 4 votes. To-morrow the two houses
will meet in joint convention «o ratify to
day's proceedings and declare Newlands.
elected United States Senator for six
years from March 4, 190:).
In the recent campaign tht? great con
tention was for holdover. Senators who
will have a vote in electing a successor
to Senator William M. Stewart, whose
j term will expire March. 3. 1903. Of the
eleven holdovers nine are Sliver Demo
crats and two are Republicans'; and the
] E xgrn p te d ;, :_- Baihva vs
Use Half the
Supply.
PROMINENT MEMBERS IN
r UPPER HOUSE OF LEGISLA
TURE AT SACRAMENTO.
rn the Central Railroad of New Jersey,
near Westfleld, N. J., when the Royal
I?lue line express pfowed at top speed into
the rear of a local train. Immediately
after the crash three of the shattered
cars of the local train took fire, rendering
Impossible the rescue of many of the in
jured, who were pinned fast in the wreck.
Many bodies are believed to have been
t onj-umed. Twenty-Hire », most of them
unrecognizable, have been recovered.
LONG LIST OF VICTIMS.
The dead taken to the morgue at Plaln
fleld are:
KDGAR WILLIAMS, a Nsw York law
yer.
C. P. THAYER of Plainfield. secretary
to United State? Senator Thomas C. Platt.
HARRY G. HAND, New York City.
HARRY PATEEBOX of DuneUen.
<1EORGE F. REED of Scotch Plains.
THOMAS CUTTING of Plainfleld.
ROWLAND CHANDLER of Plainfield.
EDWARD FLYNN of Plainfield.
In addition to this list there are many
charred bodies unidentified still -at the
scene of the WTeck.
The list of the injured at the hospital
in Plainfleld is as follow?: Edward Clark,
William Sampson. Miss Lizzie Cutter,
"William Dunn. George Force, Howard R.
Oeorpe, Miss Mildred Everett, Mrs. D. D.
Cutting. E. M. Brokaw. Miss Cora Bro
kaw, Frederick Kannon, all of Plalniield.
Roy Apsar and William Frederick of
Dunnellen; N. J.
FLYER"S PASSENGERS ESCAPE.
On board the flyer all the passengers,
though badly shaken, escaped uninjured
exrrpt for trifling bruises.
Th* train which was run into leaves
New York at o:45 o'clock and runs as an
to Boundbrook. making stops at
Elizabeth, Westfield and Plainfleld. Be
yond Boundbrook it runs as a local. The
llnyai Blue train leaves fifteen minutes
later, but travels at a higher speed and
makes no 5tops except at Elizabeth and is
prheduled to overtake the slower train
just beyond Graceland. where the latter '
switches from track No. 3 into track No.
I to permit the Royal Blue to pass.
This evening a freight train was blocked
on tra^k No. < and the local received or
ders to proceed on the express track to
Dunnellen and thf-re take the outside, or
No. 4 track. Shortly after receiving
orders the train had to stop for a hot box.
which caused such a delay that when
the train pot under way again it was
due at Dunnellen.
It had just started and was moving
Flowly when the Royal Blue, traveling
fit full speed, which at that point usually
approximates sixty-five mi!es an hour,
crashed Into the rear end. The heavy
engine of the Royal Blue tore Its way
into the rear car and at the same time
drove the forward end of that car into
the rear end of the car ahead, which in
turn Tvas driven Into the third car and
this in turn Into the fourth car from the
rear. The fourth car was only partly
¦wrecked, but the last three were torn to
Pieces.
ENGDTE CREW'S HEROISM.
The engine of the Royal Blue left the
track and turned over on Its side, the
engineer and fireman staying at their
poste and going down in the wreck. They
are now in the hospital at Plainfleld.
The engineer is not believed to have any
chance of living more than a few hours.
PaF.ycnRcrs on the flyer say the en
rinter applied the brakes hard a minute
or eo before the wreck. The train ahead
had sent a flagman tack, but It seems
he was recalled when the train got under
way. and although h» left torpedoes the
Jloyal Blue did not heed them or else
was going too fast to stop In the short
distance remaining. The man who went
back to flag the train had Just ewung
on the rear of his train and Is among
' The^ine and the three car, which
were wrecked were piled , n a heap, con
taining at last one hundred dead or in
jured. From the mass came fearful cries
for aid. A minute later the wreck caught
fire from the firebox of the locomotive.
The screams of the Injured In the heap
were intensified as they found themselves
hemmed in by the flames.
FLAMES IMPEDE RESCUE.
The passengers In the two forward care
vi the first train, all the men in the ex
press car and every one in the neighbor
hood started- at once to get out the In
jured before the flames could reach them.
NEW TORK, Jan. 27.— One of the most
appalling railroad wrecks that has oc
curred in the vicinity of New York in
many years, the dead numbering at least
thirty and the injured from eighty to
ninety, took place io-night at Graceland,
Fher on New Jersey Cen
tral Railroad Crashes
Into Express.
About three years ago Mrs. Nugent built
a palatial residence on her place near this
city and in it were centered all that tends
to make a happy and comfortable home.
It was in this house that the unfortunate
young lady received the shot that ended
her life.
Miss Mary Nugent was the daughter of
the late Mrs. Annie Nugent. There were
only two children, she and a -brother,
James Nugent. Their father has been
dead for several years. At the death of
their mother they fell heir to an estate
conservatively valued at $100,000, consist
ing of valuable orchard interests
in Pajaro Valley, a .'• residence and
business property in v Santa Clara,
and money In the San Kran
cisco and .Watsonvillc banks. The de
ceased girl was 28 years old and had a
host of friends, who keenly regret her un
timely demise. Her family was of the
pioneer settlers in Pajaro Valley and all
of its members were highly respected.
Brady then barricaded himself In a
closet and it required a fusillade of bul
lets from the guns of people in the yard
to dislodge him. He finally ran out Into
the hall with his gun drawn In a threat
ening attitude, and Valencia's well-di
rected bullet from the posse ended his
life. The ball struck him on the chin,
ranging downward, and he was instantly
killed. The body was brought to an un
dertaking parlor, where it was viewed by
hundreds of citizens.
The murderer was about 55 years old,
considerably gray and of medium bu.ild.
He was dressed in working clothes. There
is no reason given for the act except that
Brady has annoyed the Nugent, family
about money matters from time to time
for .several years. .'^Yii;
DEATH OF MURDERER.
The murderer took refuge in the house
immediately after the shot was fired and
defied arrest. As soon as the news
reached town officers and a posse of citi
zens left for the scene. Rifles, pis
tols, shotguns and other weapons were
In evidence. Just whrre the desperate
man was located In the house was not
known, and it required great daring on
the part of any man to enter the prem
ises and invite death, for Brady had
proved to be bloodthirsty.
Notwithstanding the great risk several
officers and citizens under Marshal Ras
sette entered the house to search for
Brady. Constable Corr, James A. Lin
scott and William Valencia were promi
nent among them. The assassin was
finally located in an upstairs room and in
an exchange of shots which followed
Constable Corr came near losing his life,
a charge of shot from the desperate
man's gun passing through his coat, close
to the right side.
Bleeding from many wounds and in a
dying condition, the junconscious victim
was tenderly conveyed^ to *-a ciirrlase and
liroujht to . tM? ;<)Uy:.*»The?1fl3ygIcUfrr3 at
the Watsonville sanitarium immediately
pronounced the wounds fatal. Miss Nu
gent died about 2 o'clock after intense
suffering.
About 11-.30 o'clock this morning Brady
went to the Nugrnt home, about a mile
and a quarter nortftmst of this city. He
carried with him a repeating single-bar
rel shotgun. Miss Nugent met him at
the door and lip instantly demanded $00.
Upon being told that there was no money
in the hou.<e, he leveled the giin and "fired
at the helpless woman. The charge of
shot* entered her body above the hips.
Her screams attracted the hired girl, who
gave an alarm that brought neighbors to
the scene. ¦ •¦
SHOOTS HELPLESS WOMAN.
The murdered girl was Miss Mary C.
Nugent, and the person who cruelly de
stroyed her life was her second cousin,
John Brady of Redwood City:
belleB of this region, by
a mad relative for no other reason than
his failure to immediately borrow $50, was
avenged in blood this morning, when th"e
hunted assassin was shot down by an en
raged posse of citizens.
•wy -^j- y ATSON VILLE. Jan. 27.—
IS AS / The brutal murder of a
H /fa / defenseless young wom-
Kr W an, one of the spright-
* Hest and most popular
Special Dispatch to The Call
Dead Number Thirty
and the Injured
Four Score.
Appalling Loss of
Life in Rail Col
lision.
Battle in a
Splendid
Home.
The losses by fire in San Kram-lsco in
the year 1D00 sank to 1321.412 28. a bene
ficial falling off from the Ios3 figures of
1S0S of $878,643 33. That the decrease in
loss may be fairly attributed to the sub
stitution of oil for ccal fuel may ;-jb»
shown in two ways. The first and direct
way is to compare the total loss for th?
four years succeeding 1S33 with the four
jears preceding and including 1S0S. These
are the two periods in which absolutely
fair comparison may be made.
In the first period coal was practically
the only fuel. In the second the fuel was
crude California petroleum to a large ex
tent, especlaly in manufacturing uses.
Another consideration should not fcc lost
sight of. which is of significance. Thi3
is that the manufacturing plants and the
Mp lumber yards of San Francisco are
i:i the same general neighborhood, nearest
to wharfage facilities attracting both
lines of Investment. Therefore, it will
be seen that the oil burners are In the
most inflammable part of the city, speak
ing generally.
The second way to demonstrate that
greater safety from fire ha3 been cn
jr.yed by San Francisco since the whole
sale introduction of crude oil fuel Is by
the showing that while the number of
oil burners has increased the building
operations of San Francisco have been
on a vast scale. Never before in a cor
responding period In the history of the
city have as many millions of dollars
been Invested in erecting buildings as In
the past four years. Not less than K>0,
00O.C0O, as estimated by co'mpetent ob
servers, has been put into building
operations In San Francisco since 1SDS.
Therefore, if oil fuel had been equally
a.i dangerous as coal, the fire losses, lu
maintain the average previous percentage
of loss to values, would have made totals
In excess of those of 1S3S. The following
official figures, taken from, the annual
ti manufacturing and power plants in the
city and a corresponding number of coal
consumers had bren displaced. The of
ficial figures do nothing to prove that the
reduction in fire losses was not the natur
al result of the change of fuel.
MAKE STRONG SHOWING.
Five years ago there were no large
manufacturing establishments In San
Francisco that were using crude oil for
fuel. There are now 200 extensive v con
cerns in this city burning fuel oil, a list
fki^Iwhicft-"!? .-8*\Jl n here-*-ith- >^w^ per
mits to use cn:de~oll for fuel in San Fran
cisco have been practically all issued
since May 1, 1S39, so that a period of
nearly four years of actual oil consump
tion is the basis of estimating the relative
safety of crude oil, under the existing
fash test, and coal used as fuel. In tee
>ear 1S08. or during the twelve months
Immediately preceding the first substi
tution of oil burners "for coal heated fur
races in this city, the losses by fire, ac
cording to the figures compiled and pub
lished officially by the Underwriters' Fire
Patrol of San Francisco, amounted to
Jl.4o0.0til SI. In no subsequent year, ac
cording to the same official publication,
have the fire losses in San Francisco
amounted to much more than one-half tha
total of 1S98, when coal was king.
The installation of oil-burning appara
tus proceeded very slowly at first, for it
v.as evident that there was much to be
learned, and the conservative manufac
turers waited to avail themselves of the
operience of their neighbors before un
dertaking to substitute oil fuel for coal.
Ir. the year following 1S08. when the first
decided forward movement toward th-j
adoption of the cheaper agency for pro
ducing power was made, the tire losses
fell off from $1,400,061 61 for 1S0S to $734.-
C!»S. a reduction in the city's total fire
damages of JW5,373 61. The showing for
the next year was even more striking.
More fuel oil burners had been instullfl
Thousands of mechanics and scores of
growing enterprises, concerning the fu
ture of which bright dreams of prosperity
have reasonably been entertained, have
their prospects unjustifiably placed in
jeopardy. The^e assertions are all easily
susceptible of proof and The Call this
morning supplies evidence .to sustain lu
position tha: cannot be gainsaid.
FIGURES PROVE CASE.
Being in reality a measure that would
throttle the great and growing manufac
turing and producing interests of Cali
fornia, it is unable to justify Itself by
facts or even tenable theories. Millions
upon millions of dollars of California cap
ital have been invested in the petroleum
producing Industry of this State. -Count
less millions of money embarked In man
ufacturing enterprises in California look
ing' to cheap fuel as an insurance of tha
maintenance of permanent ccmpetltivs
local conditions have to face the possi
bility of loss rather than profit If the In
famous bill now at Sacramento Is ea
acted Into law.
now pending before the Legis
lature has absolutely no ground for justi
fication as a measure of public policy.
Purporting to Insure the safety of tha
pubMc, it ia confronted with the fact, of
ficially stated, that since the us© of cruda
oil has become common for fuel In the
largest city in California, the fire losses
have been very much less in this city
than they were when coal was the only
fuel.
* COMPREHENSIVE investlga-
J\ tion ha3 been made by Tha
/ % Call, which Iead3 to the asser
/ \ tion, without qualification, that
£ the petroleum flash teat till
Rich Woman
a Helpless
Figures Set Forth
the folly of a
Scheme.
Senate and Assembly of the Legislature in
Session at Carson Gives Him a Big Vote
and Now the Interest Turns to Stewart
IMPRISONED
PASSENGERS
DIE IN FIRE
Cruel Crime
inWatson=
ville.
NEWLANDS IS ELECTED
SENATOR FROM NEVADA
LAWMAKERS AND PRODUCERS OF OIL
UNITE IN SCORING RALSTON'S BILL
FOR RIDICULOUS TEST REQUIREMENTS
MADMAN, FAILING TO BORROW MONEY, TAKES A WOMAN'S LIFE
AND IS KILLED BY POSSE AFTER DESPERATE FIGHT WITH GUNS
SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1903.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
YOLTftLE XCHI-XO. 59.
The San Francisco Call.