The morning call., 1893-10-05
Conductor Beeny Dies of
His Wound.
ANNOYING THE PASSENGERS
The Effect of Dow's ADti-Cage Ordin.
=; ance-County Supplies-Move
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:Friends OF the injured man had at no.
time been sangune of his recovery. Ths
remarkab bly, powerful physique possessed
by Beeny held out a promise of great
struggle for life, but the odds against him
were too great
At 10 o'clock Tuesday night an opsra-
ton was performed by DR.. Marsh of San
Fran cisco, assisted by Drs. johnson,
Dunn, LegRut and another San Francisco
physician. The result of this was the dis
covery OF the wounding of internal organs
by the bullet and splinters of bone.
Beeny stood the operation we'll and ap-
peared much more cheerful afterfit was
ever than he had been since the shooting
But the effort of the surgeons was only a
forlo IN hope and not entirely assuccessful
as they had hoped.
Yesterday morning the sick man began
to sink and grew steadily weaker. His
physicians discovered in the afternoon
that one of the internal organs had burst,
and at 8 O'clock a second operation was
performed.
From the effects of this Beeny never
rallied and at $50 o'clock, surrounded by
bis family and several friends he breathed
his last.
An autopsy will be made on the remains
tonight, and the funeral will take place
Saturday
The interest taken by Oaklanders in
Beeny's fight for life has been intense and
universal. The clrcumstanc ces under which
he met with his death-wound were of most
unfortunate nature and the expression
heard on every side is "It is the old story
ot the innocent man getting the worst
of ft'!
= The slayer of Green and Beeny. Pacing
= Billy" is also sinking surely. if slowly.
: decided change tor the worst has set in and
It does not appear to be in the bounds OF
probability that Death, the avenger, will
tstry much longer.
-: Dow's BombsheIl.
: The ordinance of Councilman Dow, pro-
hibitipg the using of cages on the Seventh
Street local by the railroad company. was
a regular bomDsheI in the railroad camp,
and the gentlemen who hang o to the tail
. of. HuDtington's kite have not yet got
through rubbing their eyes.
There is no question but that the or
: din apce will be favUrabiy reported back
from the Judiciary Committee, and that
the Council will pass it with few dissent
Ing votes is a fOregone conclusion. Several
were spoken to yesterday on the subject
and there seems To be but one opinion
: among the Non-Partisan members.
:. Il has been stated by the railroad people
that their company got its idea of aged
doors and a prect dent for their use from
tbs Chicago and Alton Railroad, which
had used the same device in some of the
towns through which the road passed.
: These cages. OF course, made it neces-
saTy for the MissOurians 10 show their
tickets before entering the cars. and there
was most vigorous protest the result of
which is found in the following dispatch
2.the st. Louis GlObe-Democrat of Sep.
IeTber 81:
:, JEFFFRsoN CITY. Mo, Sept. 26.-The State
I9,a 1ati and
:ers issued the following order to-day: 1t has
come to.the knowledge of The commissioners
thai regulation Is in force at way stations en-
the lines OF the Chicago and Alton Railroad, by
. which passengers are required TO purchase
tickets and show the same 10 gate keepers be-
fore entering cars on passenger tanS. Said
regulation, ID opinion OF the commissioners, is
unnecessary and unreasonable and greatly TO
The Inconvenience and discomfort to the public.
The regulation referred TO also largely increases
the liability OF accidents TO passenger trains,
as; by reason of the detention at stations
caused by time consumed In examination
. of: tickets, trains are Obliged TO run at a very
high rate of speed IN order to make their sched
nile time, In the judgment of The Commission
eEs any person desiring to travel upon any road
in. this State is entitled to do so, provided he
i: pays his fare, whether such fare be paid at a
tIckel-offce or to the conductor of the train
aid any regulation to the contrary IS unlawful
The Commissioners therefore order that
within ten days after the receipt hereof by any
proper officer OF the Chicago and Alton Rail
road Company the aforesaid regulation be re.
scinded by the company. and that passengers
at all way stations be allowed TO enter the cars
.wilh or without tickets.
The Commissioners further order that the
foregoing be made general IN application 10 all
railroads within the State OF Missouri.
:: This is refreshing reading to Oakland
g. precedent to Mr.. Towne's railroad will
also furnish a precedent TO the council
which will regulate his railroad.
=. Speaking of the authority of the council
TO pass and enforce such an ordinance, the
: City Attorney, as usual. said he had not
yet examined the ordinance and did not
like to pass an opinion.
&. :. w. r, Davis, of counsel for the city, had
Just: returned from Chicago. ana was not
prepared 10 give an opinion.
=. w. Sair Hill did not want to pass an
opinion. on the ordinance but presumed
twas framed chiefly on the ground that
closed cars were dangerous to travellers. in
that they could not get out of the cars
readily In case of an emergency.
'Js G. Martin, the railroad attorney, grew
sarcastic over the matter and pretended to
. believe that the ordinance applied to the
vesttbnle coaches run on the overland
trains.
= An East Oakland committee has this to
say ON the Gagged car proposition:
81 have been a commuter ON the road for
eleven years, but when the company begin
to lock passengers in the cars they will
lose my custom, and I will not permit one
of my family to use their cars. | don't
propose to take the risks involved In that
sort of business"
o.. Since the introduction of the Dow ordi-
nance therailroad company has grown very
sulky, and is again adopting retaliatory
measures. Yesterday the trains were run
80 slow that they succeeded in missing five
boats, and railroad man stated that the
passengers were very angry about it. The
anger was not very deep evidently, since
little of it was heard uptown.
County Supplies.
The Board of Supervisors awarded con-
tracts yesterday for furnishing county sup
plies as follows: Groceries. Joseph Herr
seher, S7O59 81; grain, Joseph Herrscher,
1852 So grain and mutton. NJ. NJ. Sampson.
$4224: dry goods, Joseph Herrscher,
$201S 28; drugs, John Jones Jr.. S639 So.
The successful bidders were notified 10
furnish bonds amounting to one-half OF
the BID of each
The report of Expert J. j. Hannifn Jr.,
as ordered by the board, was received yes
terday regarding the Indebtedness of the
United States 10 the county for the care
and keep of United States prisoners at the
County Jail. Mr.. Hanniin reported
$l499 60 as due up to September 60
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