Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 8

WEDNESDAY EVEXIOT, OAKLAND DECKJICEK 24. 1902 DISASTROUS COLLISION BROOKLYN STATION. WIFESHEOSTEARS MEST TRUST III REBELS PREPARE FOR BUTTLE OF I III. CONDUCTOR OF FREIGHT TRAIN GAVE THE WRONG ORDER AND IMPERILED THE LIVES OF MANY PASSENGERS. OBTAINS A DIVORCE ON ACCOUNT OF HUSBAND'S DRINKING AND ABUSES.

V' BILLION DOLLARS WILL BE IN-j VESTED IN A GAS PROP- OSITION. THEY ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF CASTRO'S TROUBLE WITH THE ALLIES, i AT no in LU CHICAGO. Dec. 24. The Daily News today that capital to the amount of nearly a billion dollars is reported to-be represented in the formation of a gigantic gas trust, which will include the gas companies in nearly all the principal cities of Europe and the large interests of London.

A Chicago man Is alleged to be the originator of the scheme and Chicago and New Tork capital is represented in the project. John D. Rockefeller is credited with being a prospective stockholder to the of $300,000,000. Other New Tork capitalists said to be interested areAtnhony Brady, D. O.

Mills and A. R. Flower. C. K.

G. Billings of the Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company and Anthony Brady, said to be the prime movers in the venture, the story runs, will leave within ten days for Paris to perfect the deal. Yesterday afternoon at 4:45 o'clock, on an almost straight track. In broad' day- light, the Sacramento passenger and the, San Jose freight trains of the Southern' Pacific Railroad met In a head-on collision at- Fourteenth avenue. East Oakland.

Freight conductor Hahnlein read the record wrong and this was the cause of the disaster. The engines were shattered, several cars of the freight were demolished, and agricultural Implements were scattered about promiscuously, the lives of '200 passengers were endangered, but, fortunately, only one person was injured and that was Maurice Shean, one of the veteran engineers of the S. P. Company, who suffered a fracture of hjs right leg, a severe cut on he head and an Injury to his spine. Shean sustained these injuries in Jumping from his cab after reversing his engine when he 9aw 'that a collision was Inevitable.

At the time there was with Shean in the cab, his fireman, Thomas Gilmartin, who saw the Impending disaster. Informed Shean of the fact ini advised him to Jump. HELD THE CAB. Gilmartin started to Jump himself, but his blouse was caught by some of the 'machinery of the cab. He was thus held WILLEMSTAD, Curacao Dec.

24 (by boat from La Guayra). The revolutionists, strengthened by the impos-siblrity of the government's suppressing the smuggling of arms and ammunition into the country, and by the fact that It has no longer any fleet at Its' disposal, have made to President Castro's proposition that they turn their arms against the forr eigners who have attacked Venesuela by referring him to General Matos, their only chief capable ef dealing with the matter. The rebels have regained courage. The jrovernraent, which signed with them an armistice of ten days, which ends tomorrow, has 3,600 men at Barquislmoto and 2,500 near Caracas, but all others who had enrolled-themselves to fight against the foreigners have retired. The revolutionists have planned a march on.

Caracas by three roads, the leaders, Ramos, Antonio Guevara, Ur-baneta and Penaloza, with 2,500 men, will march via Guatiro; Antonio Fernandez, Osce and Crespo Torres, with 2,000 more, have left Camanagua, and General Rolando, with 2,500. troops, will go from Alta Gracla. Ammunition is expected to arrive every day near Tucacus. The situation for President Castro is considered to be again perilous; attacked by foreigners and his own countrymen, he can with difficulty resist the shocks, as the government's resources have vanished. The President's departure for La Victoria Is for the purpose of trying to check the near advance to the capital of the revolutionists.

General "Matos will leave Curacao shortly. CAME INTO TOWN RIDING IN A BOX CAR. FRONTING ON 23rd, 24th and 25th Avenues E. 22nd, 23rd and 24th Sts. This is the choicest-residence property about avenue high rolling ground furnishes specially desirable residence sites.

Street work completely finished, including concrete: sidewalks and curbs. Street car line to center of Oakland passes through the property. The location on the tidal basin of the Pacific Steel and. Wire Co. plant and also the Tin Plate Manufactory has given a strong impetus to property values in the neighborhood.

Buy lots on Latham Terrace can secured Now at from $10 to 13 per front foot AH Street Work Done. For particulars and terms apply to "That man has caused me to she tears of blood," declared Mrs(. Laura F. Reld today while testifying before Judge Og-den- in the trial of her suit for a divorce from William J. Reid.

"He has been cruel to me," continued "almost from the time we were married. That was in 1J84. I was then fifteen years old. Eight years ago my husband struck me and I have never loved him since. At that time my husband was out of work.

He had not been working for seven months. He would get drunk almost every day. while 1 and tne children were starving for want of food. "I asked my husband for ten cents to buy some He refused to give me the money and I caught hold of him to plead with him. He then hauled off and landed on me, knocking me cold." "Do you mean that you became unconscious?" asked Judge Ogden.

"No, I was not unconscious," replied Mrs. Reld, "but I was struck and fell to the floor. I never could forget the blows. It killed my love for my husband, but I made him a good wife and continued to keep house for him. "Since then ho has threatened to kill me a hundred times.

At first I- was very much afraid of him and I used to hide his gun. Finally I told him he could kill me, if he wanted to, as I no longer cared to live. When he learned that he could not frighten me by his threats he stopped making them. Often he would return home with a crying jag and then abuse me In a shameful manner." "Did he ever threaten to commit suicide?" asked Attorney Robinson. replied the witness, "and like a fool, wect after him to stop him, instead of letting him go ahead.

One. tiine he told me he was going to kill himself. He then drank a mixture, but it had no effect on him. "I left my husband about two months ago. because I could not stand his abuse any longer.

He took the oldest boy, Charlie, who is fifteen, and I took the two younger children. He said the oldest boy was the only one he cared for." Judge Ogden granted the wife a divorce, as prayed for, on the ground of cruelty and intemperance. The property interests of the couple were settled out of court. Reld Is a carpenter, residing in San Leandro. He has been paying his wife $25 a month since their separation.

home, 1240 -Adeline street, where he received medical attendance. The wreck took place on the neck, or the single track, which connects the double tracks leading from First street with the double tracks which come into town from Frultvale. On this single track engines leaving for the out-of-town districts and entering town go and come, and the skill of the train dispatcher and the willing obedience and watchfulness are required to prevent meeting by train going In opposite directions. In this respect, the track in question ia one of the most dangerous in the western division of the Southern Pacific, and the fact that collisions have not taken place here before, in view of the multitude of trains which traverse the track daily, is one of the marvels of that section of the city. A catastrophe might" also mean danger to passengers on the local broad-gauge line on Seventh street, because the cars 'of that system pass on an adjoining track every half hour.

As it was last night, local track was covered with debris from the wrecked train and travel was interrupted for several hours. WRECKING TRAINS. In about half an hour after the collision, the wrecking train from West Oakland got to wo5k on the scene and the tangle was cleared away in a speedy manner. The passenger coaches were pulled through Frultvale, thence through Alameda and then to the broad gauge mole in city, by a relief engineand thence sought their destination here or elsewhere. The news of the wreck spread through Oakland with rapidity ana occasioned a great deal of apprehension, because it had been represented that the collision had resulted in a duplication of the Byron horror of last Saturday night.

The fear, however, was allayed when the TRIBUNE posted bulletins showing that no person had been killed. CONDUCTOR GUILTY. The loss to the company will be perhaps $20,000 or $30,000, and the responsibility for this will be determined today. Superintendent" Palmer is inclined to blame Conductor Hahnlein for the wreck; and that young man, with remarkable candor, makes no effort to shift the responsibility. Hahnlein admits that It was his duty to see that the Sacramento train had parsed First and Broadway on its way to the mole before he pulled out from First and Broadway.

He looked at the record there and saw that the Sacramento train had passed In, as he thougi.i. The train, however, was an hour uind time. Hahnlein. therefore, looked at the wrong record. He, however, pulled out on the road and when he got to Fourteenth avenue, he found the Sacramento coming In witn orders received at San Leandro.

giving it the right of way the mole. Hahnlein was in an incipient state of collapse after the accident, because it is the third in which he has taken part In a month. He was in the Benlcia wreck on Thanksgiving day, when two men were killed. He carried away the dead injured In the Byron wreck, and now feels responsible "for the catastrophe of last night. By way of extenuation, however, he says he was tired out and was forced to work because of scarcity of men.

Heron Holcomb Go. 1060 Fruitvale or 23rd Avenue Real Estate Offices. Everything that well-dressed man desires can be found in our holiday lines. This is an original store its originality is part of its trade-winning capital. 4 It'siiot an easy matter to avoid "the kind that other But that it can be done to a great extent is demonstrated by our holiday offerings for Christmas, 1902.

Never were so many bright, exclusive, pleasure-giving gifts brought together Your holiday shopping: will be but indifferently done if you neglect to visit the Mesmer-Smith Store. GIFTS FOR POOR OF SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 24. Amid Oriental splendor and resplendant with colored lights, six Christmas trees, with O. N.

Orlow, Ph. as Santa Claus General, are attracting the attention of the poor fof San Francisco this afternoon. Dr. Orlow, the founder of the Society of Human Endeavor, has converted his beautiful Oriental home at 3440 Clay street into a Christmas fairy land. His object is not to perform an act of charity but one of kindness in order to demonstrate the fact that kindly thoughts are the mainsrpings from wffich truth flows.

All who go to the good doctor's home this afternoon are provided with carfare both ways, in order that no poor persons may deprive themselves of a cent. The doctor pays every expense. The trees are laden with confections and tops such as delight the children, but in the rear of the trees there are scores of articles of a more practical nature, such as overcoats and suits for men and boys and shirt waists, underwear and dresses for women and children. Hundreds will be made happy in San Francisco this afternoon through the kindness of Dr. Orlow.

WIFE SAYS HUSBAND IS A BAD ACTOR Charles C. Lowe, who gives his occupation as that of an actor, was taken into custody at Willows yesterday on a warrant sent from this city, charging him with willful neglect. The warrant was sworn out by his wife, who alleges that he has failed to provide for her aod their children. Lowe deposited his bonds at Willows and came to Oakland last night, This morning he appeared In the Police Court with his advisor, 'Attorney Davis of San Francisco, and entered a plea of riot guilty. He will be heard on January 14th.

Lowe claims to have a divorce from his wife, in which the court gave the children into custody of the wife and relieving him of all care for them. jf MINE OWNER MAY r' HAVE BEEN KILLED. SAN BERNARDINOi Dec. 24. John Doyle, a wealthy mine owner, has been missing for two peek's, and foul play is suspected.

Doyle left Grays Landing on the Colorado river, well provisioned for a trip to Salton, ninety miles distant, to employ miners to take the places of twenty Mexicans Who had refused to work. A week later Doyle's pack and saddle animals wandered into Ehrenburg, Nevada, with everything intact. Ehrenburg is in an opposite direction from Salton, and it is surmised that some of the Mexicans waylaid and killed Doyle and led the animals toward the Nevada settlement to conceal the crime. Doyle was the largest owner in the rich group of gold mines at Grays Landing and was well known. Hi3 disappearance stops negotiations for the sale of mines to a Pittsburg syndicate.

THE ASIATIC STATION. WASHINGTON, December Navy Department today ordered Rear-Admiral Philip H. Cooper to the command of the southern division of the Asiatic Station to succeed Rear-Admiral Wildes, who was detached on Monday on account of sickness. Rear-Admiral Cooper, who is now in charge of the naval defenses of the eastern coast, will leave for his new post of duty about January 6th. His new command is considered a very desirable one, as the time of Rear-Admlral Evans, now in supreme command of the station, expires in less than a year and when he returns Admiral Cooper will succeed him as senior officer of the whole Asiatic fleet.

WORK WILL NOT. SUFFER. WASHINGTON. December 24. Government work is not expected to suffer on account of the receivership ordered for the Trigg Shipbuilding Company at Richmond.

The cruiser Galveston is the only ship now building at that yard. She Is 65 per cent completed, according to the latest construction report. According to past precedents, if she is not finished by the receiver, the government will complete her on its account at the expense of the contractors. Provision for Just such contingencies is made in the contract. DENIED REHEARING.

JEFFERSON CITY, December 24, The Missouri Supreme Court today denied the Weltmer School of Magnetic Healing, of Nevada, a rehearing in the suit against C. M. Bishop for libel. The court holds that the business is not legitimate and that the company is not entitled to the protection of the libel laws. SERVICES AT ST.

PAUL'S. At St. Paul's Episcopal Church on Christmas day there will be holy communion at half past 7 A. M. There will be morning prayer and holy communion at half past 10 A.

M. 1 DATE OF EXECUTION. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, pec. 24. Governor Dockery today extended the date of execution of Charles Gurley in St.

Louis, from January 4th to February 4. 1903. Fancy' Suspenders in box, from 75 Holiday Handkerch's sll initials from 2 for 25c Fancy Neckwear new designs 60 Holiday Slippers for everybody lit 1 1 ft 1 1 1 UlLl inu i'V wi.ii.. i came Into contact in an embrace as rigid aa the embrace of death. Gilmartin.

wonderful to relate, was uninjured, notwithstanding that the cab in which he jran riding was destroyed. In the freight engine, which the. approach of the opposing train, i'homas E. Dixon acted as engineer, and Fred Smith as fireman. These men saw' the advancing passenger engine.

Dixon, reversed, his engine 'and "plugged her," bringing her to a speed of only about five miles an hour and then with Smith Jumped from the cab, and ran a distance to escape being caught in clouds of scalding steam which they thought would envelope the wreck after the" impact. ENGINES CRASH. When the engines came the passenger train had the greater momen-- pilot was shattered, the smoke chamber" was pierced to the end of the tubes by the head of the-freight agent. The side works of each locomotive were disordered and smashed. Thetender the passenger was partially piled in the cab.

That of the freight had been thrown to the north oi the track still holding an unyielding clutch: upon' the engine and pouring out a murtty tide of black oil from a fissure in one of the sides-. The two cars immediately behind this engine were closed in. They were shot high in air and dropped back to earth torn and shattered and scattering oranges, produce, household goods and agricultural Implements on all sides. TRAINMEN ESCAPE. ThvOar behind the passenger engine was used for baggage and mail purposes.

jThls was raised off its. trucks but suffered no other injury. It was occupied at the time by H. Wllkson. baggageman and W.

C. Busse and William Adams, mail clerks, neither of whom were injured. POINT OF THE WRECK. This was' the picture presented Conductors Cornelius Roach of the passenger and Edward Hahnlei of the scene of the impact, after Jumping from their respective trains. Immediately passengers began to (hrong around and.

these were supplemented by hundreds tf people from the iclnltjp'Who had been apprised of the accident by the thunderous crash which the locomotives made when they came together. At this time. Engineer Shean lay on the ground, unable to; move because of the injuries he had "sustained in Jumping from the cab. The first thing Fireman Gilmartin did when he extricated tilm- self from the debris, of his cab was to run- to his chiefs succor. He raised Sfljsan to h's arms and took him to Brooklyn Station, about 60 feet distant.

There the police patrol wagon was summoned, and in it Shean was drjven to his i ALL-WOOL 4, 9 The sweater-are made of fine wool with i plain backs and stripes up and down the4 front around collar and wrists. The body of the sweater: is' an excellent quality elastic I- yarn that will hold Its The -Stripes are mercerized silk and 4 the dark colors will not run into the white after The colors are combinations of royal. blue and white, garnet and white, cardinal and white, blue ajhd old gold and numerous other harmonious combination. "We purchased them in a large quantity direct from "the mill. Otherwise tht price be $3.00 or J3.50 Instead Of $2.50.

SMITH The Readj lo-Vcar Clothier Washiogtoa and Both Sis, SWEATERS $2.50 Joseph Cole and John Ragpn came riding into Sixteenth street depot last night in a box car and as a result were arrested by Officer Brown and booked at the City Prison on charges of evading the payment of railroad fares. Both pleaded guilty before Police Judge Smith this morning and were fined $5 each with the alternative of two and on-half days In jail. A FIRE AND POLICE BOARD DO LITTLE BUSINESS Beyond passing the demands and requisitions the. Board of Police and Fire Commissioners did nothing at their meeting this morning. Harsh purgatives remedies are fast giving way to.

the gentle action and mild effects of Carter's Little Liver Pills. If you try them, they will certainly please you. Ladies' solid gold watches from $15 up. Geo. R.

Moss Co.v 116 Geary AND Smoking Articles FOR THE HOLIDAYS. A Few of My Specials in Cigars Our Special, box of 25. 75c Renowns, box of 25.... Barristers, box of 25 1.00 Gedney House, box of 25 1.50 La Rosa Castellane, box of 25 2.00 James Lick, box of 25 2.00 La Harmonia, box of 25. 2.00 Sanchez box of 25....

2.50 U. S. Grants, box of 25. 2.50 Principe de Gales, box of 25 2.50 El Belmont, bo of 25. Z50 Sanchez Haya, box 1.25 General Arthurs, box of 12.....

1.00 Optimo, box of 12. 1.50 Principe de Gales, box of 12... 1.50 Imported Africans, b.ox of 12.. 1.75 Imported Beck, box ef 12. 1.75 Imported Africans, box of 25..

3.00 Imported Bock, box of 25 3,25 And a most complete assortment of other sized boxes and shapes of cigars ever displayed in this city, at popular prices. B.Sercovich Cigar Im porter I2th Broadway Phono MAIN 1077 NO BRANCH STORES DRESSMAKERS, TAILORS and BARBERS To have your scissors and rasors put in good condition, take them to OLE OLSEN CO. 407 Fourteenth St. Near Narrow Gauge Depot. Air kinds of repairing done.

Telephone Black S61Z. THE PIONEER FRENCH BAKERY LASSALLS Proprietors. N. or. Tenth and Webster Street Telephone White S5S, First quality French ores delivered to all parts of Oakland.

Berkeley and Ala-Bmo. Leave made te order for yaxUes. PIPES GO. SHOES, MEN'S FURNISHINGS, HATS, TAILORING 1118-1126 Washington st. MUST MOVE FENCE FROM THE STREET At a meeting of the Board of Public Works this morning the resolution granting the contractors of the new postofflce building permission to have a fence shutting part of the street was rescinded, and they were ordered to remove the obstruction.

The motion was made by Mayor Barstow, who stated that he had bten receiving complaints regarding the obstruction of the street by the fence, and as it was not needed now he thought that it had best be removed. HUSBAND GETS DIVORCE. Judge Hall has granted John Phillips a divorce from Mary E. Phillips on the ground of desertion. Mrs.

Phillips did not oppose the action. SACRIFICE PRICES Anyone who contemplates buying a Piano, now or during the coming year, will make a serious mistake if he does not call and get particulars of our Removal Clisss A large department store has leased the entire building in which we two stores and basement. That's the reason we are making the following prices on some good Pianos: $175.00 $200.00 AND $225.00 These instruments have been selling all the way from $350 to 475. Do you want one? We can easily agree on terms. WE ARE CUTTING PRICES ON ALL OTHER MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AS THEY WERE NEVER CUT Our Bargains Guitars, Violins Mandolins, flusic Boxes Zithers, Banjos, Etc.

The C. F. Martin Co's Guitars and Banjos and the Stella' Music boxes are our leaders at prices that will suit your purse. WE KEEP OPEN; EVENINGS and w.nt you to caii let us go into details of our great sacrifice sale. il Weber Agency Cor.

Geary St. Grant Aye. San pranclsco. ON Clark Wise Co rjoadway OR 3ZE SUE B51 a Fancy Hosiery per box, from Smoking Jacket swell; new; lrora $4.50 A Ovsters, Oyster Cocktails, etc. Telephone Main 54j lYTKtV WHYTE CO Ninth Streets.

Phone 6a -1', THE HQLIDAYS Choice Seeded Raisins, 1-lb pack Cluster Raisins lb TUc Seedless Raisins 10c Large Cluster Raisins'. Ib 12'90 (For table) Heinze's Mince 15o Paper-Shell Walnuts J5c (This year's crop) ii Paper Shell Almonds Prunes large and sweet lb Figs California black -5c and Berkeley. OPEN EVENINpS Groceries i i For HOLIDAY DINNER Oysters, Fish Crabs POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Have you solved the Christmas present problem? 1 Oh, no. Cousin iohn, South America is not South Africa.

A woman without an opinion is like an egg without salt. Bloodshot eyes usually indicate' that their owner Is loaded. Give some men credit and you start them on the road to the almshouse. A little woman's ailments are usually two or three times as large as she is. Now is the time to lay in a supply of hosiery.

It will go up on Christmas eve. Men are more apt to complain of the lrgratitude of friends than of the injustice of enemies. When servant girl waits until ironing day to demand more wages she believes In striking while the iron is hot. NEXT MORNING PHILOSOPHER. One thing at a time is often too many- There is no limit to.

hope except in the realization. The wind that blows one man good may blow another eviL The man who pushes his work always has time fbr recreation. Even the predestinationist is hard to reconcile when his pocketbook is stolen. The school of medicine is of far less importance than the result of the treatment. people object to going to heaven by any except their own preconceived route.

There are those who seem to enjoy themselves only by grumbling about their real or imaginary misfortunes. FORMALLY ADOPTS BRIDE'S DAUGHTER. E. A. Chappell, who recently married Mrs.

Ramsua Narvaez, the divorced wife of Frank L. Narvaes, today adopted Ms bride's little daughter, Gertrude Narvaes, who Is well known locally as a dancer. The child will assume the name of her- foster father. On November 26, 1901. Mrs.

Chappell obtained a divorce from Frank Narvaer on the grounds of cruelty and Intemperance. After the divorce was granted Xarvaez disappeared. He was once a Jockey and later a horse trainer. His brother, R. Narvaes, was a prominent Jockey a few years ago.

Mrs. Narvaes and Chappell were recently married by Justice of the Peace Quinn. Justice of the Peace J. W. Stetson acted as attorney the couple In the adoption proceedings.

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