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into th« caboose of a freight train. "-^Two
hundred feet of track was torn up and
traffic delayed for several hours. " "
AUTHOR OP SPOONER ACT
AND SCENE ON PANAMA
ROUTE. ! * '
"I believe now, as I have for years, that
the Nicaragua canal Is better for all con
cerned, and especially for the shipping
interests of the United States."
Representative Hepburn, chairman of
the Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Committee, which considered all canal
legislation in the lower branch, expressed
himself more firmly than ever that the
duty of this country was to build the
Nicaragua canal. He said: '
to build the canal by the Nicaragua route.
I can't see any further necessity for ac
tion by our Congress. It put the matter
entirely in the hands of the President,
and there it stands. The President him
self must decide when time is up with
Colombia and when to open negotiations
with Nicaragua and »Costa Rica."
"I cannot . deny that I am thoroughly
disgusted, with the attitude of Colombia,"
8a4d Representative Grosvenor, In discus
sing the canal situation. "That country
does not know what is .good for it, and
its method in dealing with the United
States is altogether discreditable. We are
not called upon to keep on fooling with
Colombia. I should not be surprised lf
the State of Panama was already In the
beginning of a movement for secession.
There is no reason why we "could not
negotiate with Panama ! If It ever be
came an Independent State."
SANTA BARBARA. Aug. 15.— A deal has
been closed in this city for the erection
of a new theater to co6t $100,000 at the
corner of State and Mason streets. The
structure will be built by the Santa Bar
bara Improvement Company, In which
Ban Francisco capital is largely Inter
ested.
Santa Barbara to Have New Theater.
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 18.— The body of
an inmate of the Soldiers' Home at Santa
Monica, who was run down and killed
late last night by an electric car just
outside of Santa Monica, was Identified
to-day as that of William Reasner, aged
B0 years. He was walking on the track
and seemed unable to get out of the way
of the car. which- could not be stopped
in time. Reasner entered the Soldiers'
Home In 1S38. He was a veteran of the
Sixth Michigan Cavalry.
Veteran Is Killed by Electric Car.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.-Senator John
C. Spooner of Wisconsin, by whose name
the canal law Is known, and who was au-
SPOOETEH ACT /EXPLICIT.
COLON, Aug. IS.— The ttatement made
In a dispatch from Foreign Minister Rico
to Senor Herran, the Colombian Minister
at Washington, announcing the rejection
of the canal treaty, and which was pub
lished here to-day, to the effect that the
Colombian Congress may furnish a basis
for a resumption of negotiations with the
United States, has caused a more hopeful
feeling In some quarters with regard to
the ultimate fate of the treaty. The
whole country Is anxiously awaiting the
future action of the United States.
Colombia's Populace Anxious.
to the provisions of such bill without re
ferring the convention back to Congress
for ratification. The object of such a
measure would be to save the Panama
canal scheme from total failure. This bill
would serve to guide the administration
in the drafting of a treaty which the
President could assure the United States
would be acceptable to Colombia. There
need be no longer delay than the time
necessary to draft such a treaty."
"In what respect would such treaty dif
fer from the one Just rejected?"
"The difference would be in the provi
sions giving the United States control of
the canal territory. The whole objection
to the treaty In the Colombian Senate is
that It gives the United States absolute
and perpetual sovereignty over the canal
strip. The opponents of the treaty In
sist that Colombia should share with the
United States in the control of the ter
ritory through which the waterway will
be built."
HIGHLAND. Aug. 18.— This place was
visited to-day by a tornado that uprooted
trees, blew down barns and In other ways
fild considerable damage. At 12:30 o'clock
it began raining slightly, and a light
breeze sprang up from the southeast.
Oft to the south could be seen a large
black cloud that traveled rapidly across
the valley. As It approached, the breeze
increased In strength, soon becoming a
veritable cyclone. The storm seemed to
proceed only along a narrow strip, and
trees, bouses and fences along its path
were uprooted and blown down. The ex
tent cf the damage is not known, but It
Is considerable.
Lightning struck a big willow tree In
the yard cf J. M. Clapp at 1313 C street
end tore It asunder. The tree fell over
en a buggy belonging to Mrs. J. Downer
of Bloomington. smashing it into kindling
wood. »
Early in the storm the wind and elec
tricity played havoc with the wires of the
San Bernardino Traction Company.
Heavy limbs falling across the wires
broke them down for a ulsjance of five
miles.
A barn belonging to J. Moreno, on the
Katz tract north of the base line, was
Ftruck by lightning" during the storm and
totally destroyed by lire. It is not known
whether there was anything stored in tfie
barn. When the bolt struck the ground
the vicinity trembled as though struck
by a heavy weight. Instantly the flames
leaped from the barn and despite the ex
ertions of the owner they swept the
entire structure.
The telephone system throughout the
city is completely paralyzed and It will be
some time before the linemen can restore
the system to service.
The weather was ripe for such a storm.
All morning the temperature hovered
around the 110 mark, and the atmosphere
was close and eultry. The sun was over
cast with clouds at 12:03 and the storm
could be seen bearing rapidly down on the
city from the southeast.
The velocity of the wir:d was probably
sixty miles per hour. Telephone wlreis in
various parts of the city were swept to
the ground by the storm and it will be
morning before repairs are made.
For more than an hour the local tele
phone exchange was a veritable chamber
of fire. The first wave of atmospheric
electricity burned out all the fuses and
from then until the storm had ended balls
of fire played around the boards, making
it dangerous for the operators to ap
proach them. Miss Eva Johnson was the
first of the operators to receive a shock.
She fell forward In her chair and for a
short time was unable to articulate. Just
as her companions had succeeded in re
storing her, the lightning- began to play
with renewed vigor, and this, with the
excitement of seeing Miss Johnson's con
dition, proved too much fcr the over
wrought nerves of Miss Addie Birch, who
was seized with hysterics and heart fail
ure. She fell in' a swoon, from which she
did not recover for an hour.
SAN BERNARDINO. Aug. 18.— A ter
rific windstorm, accompanied by light
ning, heavy peals of thunder and a driv
ing rain, struck this city from the south
east ehorily after 1 o'clock this afternoon,
demolishing- barr.s and chimneys and up
rooting hundreds of shade and fruit trees
to the southeast of town.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Heavy Peals of Thunder Bend the Air
and- Add to the Terror of the
/ Residents of the
City.
Telephone and Trolley Wires
<3ro Down and Barns Are
Demolished.
Wind, Rain and Light
ning Play Havoc in
San Bernardino.
do not need any new interpretation now.
Preference was expressed by Congress
for the Panama route, provided this coun
try could conduct satisfactory negotia
tions with the Government of Colombia
for authority over the canal strip. If
these satisfactory negotiations. cannot be
completed within a reasonable time the
President is empowered to negotiate for
a canal, by the Nicaragua route." :
"What do you consider reasonable
time?" , , ':.'-.:
"That Is left entirely to the judgment
of the President. The bill makes him
executlve^bfllcer In the matter and he
alone must determine when a reasonable
time has expired." •
"Do you think the canal question can
be reopened in the Colombian Senate?"
"I am not sufficiently familiar with pro
cedure there to answer that question, but
if that congress finally adjourns without
ratifying the treaty the way is still open
Should the Colombian Gongress Adjourn Without Rescinding Its
Action the Washington Administration Must Proceed to
Negotiate With the Republics of Nicaragua and Costa Rica
TREES FALL
IN PATH OF
BIG STORM
SPOONER SAYS FURTHER LEGISLATION
ON CANAL QUESTION IS UNNECESSARY
WOODS MAY
RETURN TO
SAN RAFAEL
Says He Is Willing to
# Face the Charge of
Larceny.
Offers to Surrender at New
ark if Assured of Fair ,
Treatment..
Fugitive Fears That Authorities In
tend Forcing Him to Trial on
/ Charge- of Murdering
Colonel Best.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
NEW YORK, Aug. 18.— Within the next
few days Dr. John D. Woods and wife,
who are being sought In connection with
the death of Colonel Best at San Rafael,
will surrender to the Prosecutor of Essex
County, New. Jersey, in Newark.- Dr."
Woods will make a condition that the In
dictment for larceny pending against him
In, San Rafael is not to be used as a sub
terfuge to get him to California and then
bring forth an Indictment for murder.
Woods Is willing to come out of hiding
and face the charge of larceny, which Is
based upon his alleged theft of Jeweiry,'
money and other, personal effects of the
late Colonel Best. He Is equally willing to
appear in answer to the murder charge,'
but declares he does not propose to be
taken en a minor charge and uien have to
face the latter without having' an oppor
tunity to fight against extradition on the
more serious charge. Assured of fair
treatment on thesa lines he declares he
will surrender, otherwise he will remain
in seclusion on Jersey coast.
At present Woods is between Long
Branch and Asbury Park and occasion
ally visits all the resorts, though most of
his time Is spent in the vicinity of North
Asbury Park.
During the last three days houses, car
riage houses and barns- have been
searched under .various pretexts by de
tectives. They failed to find him, though
at one time Saturday he enjoyed watching
their efforts to locate him. He was only
100 feet away.
Search for Woods was revived by the
discovery that Detective Sergeants Prank
Tulte and Joseph Wrlggins of Newark
were at Asbury Park Friday, Saturday,
Sunday and Monday. They were accom
panied by Frank D. Depue, a deputy
Sheriff from San Rafael, who had come
East with copies of the larceny indict
ment found in San Rafael against Woods
and warrants for his arrest. Depue is un
der Instructions to get Woods at what
ever cost.
Frank M. McDermlt of Newark is coun
sel for Woods in New Jersey. McDermlt
declined to tell the .whereabouts of the
couple.
Forest Fire Is Raging Near Elk.
SPOKANE. Wash.. Aug. 18.— A forest
fire la ragine near Elk, about twenty
tlve miles north of this city. It is re
ported that 1000 acres In a fine belt of
white pine and cedar has been burned
over and that unless rain falls the loss
will be heavy. A hundred men have been
fighting the fire since Sunday night, but
they are Dowerleas to control It. It is
estimated that from 12.000,000 to 15,000,000
feet of timber have been destroyed.
Neighboring ranches are also in danger. «
To Join Torpedo Flotilla.
"WASHINGTON. Aug. 18.— Lieutenant
Commander Lloyd H. Chandler, com
manding . the torpedo flotilla, has sailed
from Oyster Bay for Norfolk, where the
Decatur and Barry, which collided yes
terday, will be repaired.
THE SAK FRAlSrcieCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1903.
NEW YORK, Aug. 18.-Thleves have
entered the officers' clubhouse in- the
Brooklyn navy yard and stolen nearly all
the silverware. A committee of the club
is making an investigation. '
Thieves at Brooklyn Navy Yard.
SALT LAKE, Aug. 18.— A special to the
Tribune . from . Peterson, Utah, saya that
a rear-end collision occurred on the Union
Pacific near there to-day, injuring Louise
Mason of Omaha, Thomas Kennedy of
Kansas City and a flremap. The collision
was the result of a misunderstanding of
orders, the east bound fast mall crashing
Collision on Union Pacific.
Dally August 17th to 22d inclusive an extra
boat will le/ve San Francisco at 10:30 p. m. tor
EauBallto, San Rafael, Mill Valley and Inter
mediate points. Last boat leaves at 11:43
p.. m. v V.-- •
Extra Sausalito Boat.
OSHKOSH, Wls., Aug. IS.— Thomas R.
Morgan, president of the Morgan Com
pany, j sash, door and . blind manufactur
ers, and an alderman, was shot and kill
ed to-day by Fred Hampel. an employe.
The murderer; , after his arrest, commit
ted suicide in the jail by hanging him
self with his suspenders.
'« The' shooting was without provocation.
Three shots were fired from behind, and.
from the statements of witnesses. Ham
pel seemed to be frenzied with liquor.
Slayer of' Oshkosh Manufacturer
. Hangs Himself in
Prison.
DBINK-CBAZED MAN
MURDERS EMPLOYER
The police are satisfied that the boy
was murdered by a maniac and are
working along these lines.
ROCKFORD, 111., Aug. 18.— The murder
of the Detroit boy Is Identical in circum
stances with the murder of Richard Tib
betts, a 7-year-old newsboy, here last
month. The details correspond. so closely
that the authorities believe the murderer
was the same man, a lunatic . of the
"Jack the Ripper" type, and are now in
communication with the Detroit police
on the subject.
DETROIT, Mich., Aug. 18.— TiRT tnutll
ated body of 4-year-old Alphonse Wllmes,
whose father lives on St Aubln avenue,
was found to-day in the rear of the
Michigan Stove Works. The hands were
tied behind with wire and a red hand
kerchief had been stuffed down the boy's
throat for a gag. All of the wounds had
apparently been made with some very
sharp instrument. Alphonse had been
missing from his home since yesterday.
Perhaps the strangest phase of the
mystery Is that there were only a few
small stains of blood on the body and
clothing of the lad, despite the horrible
character of his wounds. It looks as
though the murderer, after committing
the deed, washed the blood from the
body and then carried It to the lot where
it was found.
At the council meeting to-night the
Board of County Officers was requested to
offer a reward of $5000 for the arrest and
conviction of the murderer. The Council
also voted to offer $500 additional reward.
A man giving the name of Charles Ed
wards, of Bangor, Maine,, and supposed to
be a tramp, is held at 'police headquar
ters on suspicion of knowing something
about the crime.
Maniac.
Detroit Pour- Year-Old
Is Victim of Fiendish
LOS AXGELE3. Aug. 18.— Despite the
fact that several suspects have been ar
rested, the mystery surrounding the mur
der of Eva Drouln, alias de £a
Graye, whose horribly mangled body was
found early this morning in a resort in
the red light district, is far from being
solved. The Coroner's Inquest to-day
threw no light upon the case, the Jury
rendering a verdict that the woman came
to her death at the hand3 of a person or
persons unknown. -
In the person of a negro named Pen
nlngton or Pendleton the detectives think
they have under arrest a man who, if he
did not commit the murder, participated
in the crime. Pennlngton was arrested
this afternoon upon a general description
furnlshbd by the women who saw a man
running from the scene of the murder a
few minutes before the body was found.
The capture was apparently a fortunate
one, for on the clothing which the negro
is known to have worn last night several
Urge spots of blood were found and he
cannot account for their 'presence. He
was put through a "sweating" process by
the officers and is said to have made some
damaging admissions, which the detec
tives refuse to give out ilor the reason
that through them they hope to find still
further evidence of his guilt and If too
much publicity is given the case this evi
dence could be destroyed.
It is known that the negro was In the
vicinity of the scene of the murder last
night and about the time It was discov
ered he was seen hurrying away. As to
the other suspects, of whom there are
four under arrest, the police have not
nearly so strong a circumstantial case.
No formal charge of murder will be
lodged against any of the prisoners until
more positive evidence Is secured against
Uiem.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Circumstances Point to
Him as Participant
in Murder.
FIND THE BODY
OF MISSING BOY
thor of ' the compromise canal measure
now In force, was asked during his brief
visit in Washington to-day for an opinion
on the present canal situation.
"The terms of the canal law," said
Senator Epooner, "are very explicit and
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