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The San Francisco call., 1903-01-08
TURNS THE HOSE
ON A PRISONER
Jailer Tries the Water
Cure to Quiet an
Inebriate.
Victim Is Found Half Frozen
by the Sheriff and Dies
Soon Afterward.
Special Dispatch to the Call.


REDDING. Jan. 1T is alleged here
a prisoner named Bruce Davis, confined
i'm the Josephine (Oregom County Jail,
was given the water cure for drunken
ness Tuesday and died after the opera
ton. The man who is said to have. ad-
rninistered the cure is Peter Miller, the
taller. Davis had been committed to jail
a few DAYS previously. charged with steal
ing some jeweIry. and had been held to
answer before the Circuit Court. He had
been confirmed mebriate and when de-
prived of liquor I'm the jail he was thrown
into a delirium and raved like mad
man. making sleep impossible for any one
under the same roof. The jailer, Peter
Miller. occupied bed in an adjoining
room and finding he could not sleep, at
tempted to pacify and quiet Davis first
bv persuasion, which was Intellectual and
then, 1t is said, by the water cure. Miller
turned the hose on Davis and kept 1t
plaving until 1T is said. there were two
inches of water on the floor. Davis sub
sided under this treatment and the jailer
went back to bed. The man was found
I'm the morning by the Sheriff drenched
and shivering. The thermometer regis
tered at the freezing point. Davis never
recovered from the shock and died
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-08
SAGASTA'S FUNERAL
is MOST IMPRESSIVE
Spain's Former Premier Given Full
Honor in the Obse-
uuies.

MADRID. Jan. THE Archbishop of
Toledo oficiated at the funeral OF former
Premier Sagasta to-day, which was wit
messed by great crowds. The streets
through which the cortege passed were
lined with troops. The casket will remain
in "A vault pending the erection of a tomb
The funeral OF Senor Sagasta was re-
markable popular demonstration. Behind
the lines of troops were crowded masses
of people. mostly of the lower classes
They were silept and respectful and
barred their heads as the cortege traversed
the streets. Every window along the line
Of march was filled with spectators from
the upper class OF society. In addition to
the mourners all the Cabinet Minister'S
as well as representatives Of King AL
fonso and the Queen mother. followed the
remains. Almost every public body and
every class of societN were represented
in the funeral procession.
The splendid funeral car was drawn by
six horses and fanked by the Kings hal
berdiers and the ushers of Congress and
the Senate. hearing lighted tapers. 1t is
estimated that 200. 600 people were the
streets TO witness the funeral
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-08
Many Aspirants for the Judgeship. |

Many Aspirants for the Judgeship.
SAN JOSE, Jan. strenuous efforts
are being made by number of attorneys
to secure the appointment OF Superior
Judge to the vacancy caused by the res
isnation OF Judge Lorigan. and the wires
to Sacramento are kept hot in the inter
est of the several candidates Howell G.
Moore. ex-District Attorney OF this coun-
ty. appears to have the best of the fight
and his friends claim there can be little
doubt of him getting the appointment.
Harry ]. Edwards and other friends OF
Moore are bringing all sorts of influence
TO bear for their choice. Moore is one OF
the leading attorneys Of the county and
his long service in the party and standing
as a lawyer is expected to influence the
Governor. Joseph r Patton is also prom
inently mentioned. James r. Lowe,
State Senator Louis Oneal and John T..
Richards and S. f. Lieb are also spoken
of among the possibilities.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-08
DIR. PIERCE's REMEDIES.

There are great many hungry hearted
women who would attend baby sale If
babies were ever offered for sale, because
there are a great many wives who love
children and have been told bv phvsi-
clans that they can never hope to nurse
child of their own.
Some of these women who have used
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for the
cure of womanly ills have been made
happy mothers as a result of the cure of
Womsnly disease and the building I'D of
the general health.
Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription
makes weak women strong and sick
women well. 1t establishes regularity.
dries weakening drains, heals inflanrna-
tion and liberation and cures female
weakness.
Z II wrote 70 you some time ego 70 get inrorma.
Rry, et Dryden. Va gI was troubled with
female weakness and pains. Received ausu-er
rom YOU. advising to take Doctor Pierce 8
Favor1te prescription and Golden Medical Dis
covery.' took two bottles Of Favorite Pre-.
scription and found Il did me good. had
been married four years and had no children I.
now ] can say that bouSe Is blessed with a
little baby boy, born July roth. by the help of
highly.
You can publish this letter If you wish
FREE. Dr. Pierce's Common Sense
Medical Adviser is sent free on receipt
OF stamps to pay expense of mailing onky
Send II one-cent stamps for the book In
paper covers, or 81 stamps for the cloth
bound volume. Address DR.. R.V. Pierce.
Buffalo. n. 2.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-08
Special Dispatch to The can.

MARITIME. Jan The Coroner to-
DAY. after a thorough investigation of
The cause Of the death OF twelve persons
The night Of December 20. returned a YER
DICT exonerating the engineer and the crew
of the Stockton flyer, which caused the
catastrophe. and laid the responsibility OF
The calamity upon the crew OF the Owl
train and the railroad company which
operated the trains.
The main witness at to-day's examina-
1ion was J NJ Mcclure, engineer OF the
Stockton. flyer. which crashed into the
Owl on the night in question and caused
The death OF twenty-eight persons. Only
twelve OF these died within the jurisdic-
tfon or Contra Costa County. and the
testimony was confined entirely to them.
MCGUIRE, who was badly injured in the
wreck. came to the examination in a pitt
ful condition il was evident that his APP
pe5rauce was due entirely 10 a desire TO
clear himself Of the appalling response
biliiy which the railroad company has
endeaVored TO place upon him. Physically
he was a wreck and his trembling hands
and qUivering lips gave evidence of the
strain he had undergone since his con-
finement in the hospital He sat in q
chair in County Coroner Curry's office.
the abiect picture Of broken man. and
IL was evident TO all observers that the
endeaVor OF the railroad company TO Law
the responsibility TO- the disaster at his
door had shattered his nervous system
His wife hovered near him, and when
questions were asked that touched him in
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-08
CUPID AWAITS T. BURNS
AT THE NUPTIAL BARRIER
Rumor Is Revived That the Clever
Jockey Is to Wed Mrs. Richard
Clawson.

CHICAGO. Jan. IA Daily News New
Orleans special says the gossips at the
st. Charles Hotel are again discussing a
story which has to do with horsemen and
racing. Jockey Tommy Burns, under con-
tract TO ride for w c. Whitney with a
retainer of $40 900, is to be married His
prospective bride is said TO be Mrs. Rich
ard Clawson. widow Of the late jockey.
Though Mrs. CIawson steadfastly de-
nies the engagement, the general impress
sion Is that the marriage is one Of the
probabilities of Easter time at Washing
ton Mrs. Ciawson is the guest of Mrs
Curley Brown here. Burns is probably
worth $50 600
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-08
Land Grant Bill to Be Amended.

WASHINGTON. Jan. THE House
Committee on General Public Lands to-
day directed Representative Moody of
Oregon. who was authorized some time
ago to favorably report the bill provid-
ing for an exchange OF railroad grant
lands for lands of the public domain, to
amend the bill before reporting 1t to the
House so as to make it apply to wagon
grant lands as well as to railroad grant
lands. Representative MondelI of Wyom-
ing informed the committee that he would
prepare and introduce a bill embodying
recommendation of the Secretary of the
Interior relative to selling timber of the
public lands.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-08
BYRON WRECK
LAID At DOOR
Of RAILROAD.
Iartinez Jury Finds
Verdict Against
Owl Crew.
Holds Southern Pacific TO Be
Blamable for Life Of
Every Victim.
Engineer Mcclure and Fellow Opera
tors Of Stockton Flyer Are En-
tirely Exoner-
ated.
JURY FINDS
RAILROAD is
RESPONSIBLE

M TE, the jury summoned
wv by H: ]. Curry, Coron-
er Of Contra Costa
County, find that (nam-
ing twelve persons) came to
their deaths by shocks, burns
and other injuries in a railroad
accident at Byron. in this coun-
~, on September 20, through
the gross carelessness and neg
bgence of Brakeman G. B. Cole,
Conductor William Dolan and
Engineer Louis Kerr of train
No. 20 of the Southern Pacific
Company. known as the Owl
train" in failing properly to
protect their own train and sig
nal train No. So, known as the
Stockton flyer" in proper time
TO prevent said accident.
And we further find that En-
gineer J. M. Mcclure, Con-
ductor Charles Shue and the
crew OF the Stockton flyer are
blameless, and that the acci-
dent would not have occurred
had more precaution been used
by the said Brakeman c. B.
. Cole, Conductor William Dolan
and Engineer Louis Kerr and
proper signals given.
And we hold the Southern
Pacific Company responsible
for the lives of each and every
one of the victims for neglect
of duty by their employees, and
in our belief the accident could
have been avoided had the
block system of signaling been
in operation at said place We
recommend that said system be
adopted Immediately through
out Contra Costa, covering all
railroad stations.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-08
MRS. NJ. j. BRINK
FIRST STAGE OF CATARRH
A Serious Mistake Which
thousands Are Making.

The first stage Of catarrh is what is
commonly known as catching cold -
1t may be in the head. nose. throat or
lungs It's beginning is sometimes so
severe as TO cause a chill and consider
able fever. or it may be so slight as to
not hinder a person from his usual bust
ness. In perhaps a majority of cases lit
tie or no attention is paid to the first
stage OF catarrh, and hence it is that
nearly one-half of the people have
chronic catarrh in some form
To neglect cold is to invite chronic
catarrh. As soon as any one discovers
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-08
sheriff Mansfield Loses Recount.

REDWOOD CITY, Jan. THE recount
In the election contest for the of1ce Of
Sheriff was completed this afternoon and
resulted in the counting out OF ]. H
Mansfield, who had been declared elected
by the Supervisors by a r1afOrttyNOf SIX
ty-three votes When the last precinct
was reached both Mansfield and Chatham
Rad received the same number OF votes,
but when the ballots OF the precinct were
counted Chatham. the contestant. had re-
ceived three more votes than Mansfield
The result OF the recount gives Chatham
1921 and Mansfield 1918 The former lost
157 votes and the latter 223. Mansfield lost
principally through the mo nomination
marks. Further evidence viii be taken
in the case.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-08
MONTANANS SEE FALL
OF IMMENSE METEOR
Crash of It's Contact With the
Earth Is Heard Miles
Away.

ANACONDA. Mont, Jan. IA special
to the Standard from Dillon, Mont, says
an immense meteor fell on Rattlesnake
Creek in Beaver Head County last night
1t looked as large as a hogshead and was
visible for fully minute. The crash of
its contact with the earth could be heard
for miles. AS soon as the snow disappears
an effort will be made to locate it,
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-08
Edward P. Maclean.

PARIS. Jan. 7.-Vice and Deputy Con-
sui General Edward p Maclean died to-
night of pneumonia. Maclean's illness
began a week ago, with light attack of
the grip Acute pneumonia developed
last evening. Deputy Consul General ].
Allison Bowen is absent in the United
States sick leave. leaving Consul Cen
eral Gowdy without any important off,
cials To assist him at the most trying Pc
rioG Of the year.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-08
Amusement Rooms for Preside.

WASHINGTON. Jan THE Army
Board. composed OF General Young and
Major John p. French. appointed to dis
tribute the appropriation OF $500 900 for
post exchanges. amusement rooms, etc.
at army posts. has made its report ana
il has been approved by Secretary Root
Among the principal items OF allotment
are $50,O00 for the Presidio. San Francisco.
and 5000 for Vancouver Barracks. Wash
fngtOR.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-08
Blacksmith Shop Is Set on Fire.

SANTA ROSA. Jan. Am incendiary
last night attempted to burn the black
smith shop at First and Main streets,
owned by Robert Ross. The flames were
quickly subdued This is the third time
that Ross shop has been set on fire. On
both of the previous occasions the blaze
was discovered close to the midnight hour
and the property saved. Ross inclines to
the belief that all of the fires have been
started by the same person.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-08
WilI Spend HOneymoOn in the south

SAN JOSE, Jan. Miss Maud Monroe
and j. J. O'Brien of this city were mar
ried at noon to-day in St. PatrfcJs.s
Church. After the ceremony a wedding
breakfast and reception were held i'm l. %
o. F. Hall. The bride is a niece of Can
tain J. A. Monroe oe the police depart
ment. Mr.. and Mrs O'Brien left on ~,
extended wedding tour In the southern
part OF the State.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-08
Crown Prince Will Appeal to Pops,

ROME. Jan. The Papal Nuncio at
Munich. Bavaria, has notified the Vatican
authorities that after the Crown Prince
OF SaXony has obtained a verdict in ahe
scivi court he will ask the Pope to annul
his marriage Then negotiations will be
conducted through the nunciature at Mu-
Mich as there is no papal representative
In Saxony.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-08
Flees From Plotting Anarchists.

BARCELONA. Jan 7-Quirno Costa.
Vice President of Argentina, has can
celed his engagements here and has left
Barcelona hurriedly for Nice His de-
parture is attributed to fear OF an an
archist plot against himself.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-08
Earthouake Alarms BakersfeId

BAKERSFIELD, Jan. 7.-Bakersfeld
experienced a short but sharp shock of
earthquake at 4:30 o'clock this evening
the vibra tions being from north to south
No damage was done, but the shock sent
those in big business houses out into the
street and caused considerable alarm.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-08
HEMIST CHECKS
FIRE IN A MINE

JEROME. Ariz.. Jan. THE mine fire
that has been threatening to destroy the
great United Verde Copper Mine at this
place for the past four months was tis-
covered to be extinguished to day. The
news of the success Of Chemist John
Herman in subduing one of the most
stubborn fires known to mine history is
received with the greatest JOY here where
more than 1000 men have been kept idle
for five months because of it. The origin
OF the fire is not known.
The method adopted to fight the fire
was to force into the mine heavy car
bonic acid gas, which displaced the oxy-
and finally smothered the fire in the ore
and timbers of the mine.
The man who successfully combated tho
fire is a young student apparently not
more than q years of age.
O q
He was thrown from the cab and did not
come TO consciousness until some hours
later.
Mcclure answered all questions by Cor
oner Curry in a dspassonate and evi-
IDENTIFY truthful manner and his testimony
seemed to have much weight with the
jury. He even tried to protect the crew
OF the owl from blame in the case
with the exception of Brakeman Cole
whom he held cupable only inferentialIy.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-08
To Cure a Cold in One Dav

Take Laxative Bromo ouinine Tablets All
drugsists refund the money II it fails TO cure
L. W. Groves signature Is on each box. 25c
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-08
MISS. SARA McGAHAN-

OF what PERUNA could do. / decided TO
try bottle, and you can imagine now
glad / felt when it began TO relieve me ln
"A very short time In less than two weeks
/ was completely cured '-Sibyl A. Had
ley.
Miss Sarah McGahan. No. 1877 Third
street Albany y. Y. writes:
"A few months ago i suffered with
severe attack of influenza. which nothing
seemed to relieve. MY hearing became
bad, my eyes became iTritated and fever
fish Nothing seemed right and nothing
/ ate tasted good i took PERUNA and
within two weeks / was perfectly Well
Sarah McGahan.
If you do not derive prompt and sat
isfactory results from the use OF Peruna
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving
a full statement OF your case, and he
will be glad to give you his valuable ad
vice gratis
Address Dr. Hartman. President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus. 0
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-08
TELLS SPLENDID STORY.

He said he had worked for the Southern
Pacific from boyhood and had been in the
locomotive service for nineteen years the
last five years passenger trains. He
had never been discharged and even since
the accident In question he had received
no notice from the company that his ser
vices had been dispensed with.
On the night Of December 20 he was en-
gineer on the Stockton 'nyer." which left
the Oakland pier thirty minutes after
the owl" He stopped his train at Port
Costa. and. according to schedule pre-
pared to run to Tracy. his next stop.
When he came within sight Of Byron sta
tion. just after he had passed the whistling
post. which he thought was about2OOo feet
from the station, he noticed an unusual
number Of white lights AS these signals
indicate safety he did not check his speed
until a few seconds later. when he saw a
red light swinging across the track At
that time he thought he was from 1900 to
1000 feet from Byron station
He explained that atmospheric condI-
tions were such that lights were not visl-
bic as they would be under ordinary, con-
ditions. At the same time he said that
had he received warning from Brakeman
Cole one quarter OF mile from the rear
OF the owl he would have been able TO
prevent the collision. At that point nc
was running sixty miles an hour and the
only safe estimate he could make as to
his ability TO check a train like his was
at from 5000 to $500 feet. but a warning
at. some shorter distance would have
mitgated most of the horrors of the dis
aster
He first saw red lantern being swung
across the track when he was about 1000
feet from the Owl. and Immediately shut
on his throttle and put on his brakes
He said Cole was less than 400 feet from
the rear of the owl" when he gave the
signal As he approached the stationary
train he realized The danger, and after
applying the sand, was in the act of re-
Yersing his engine when the crash came.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-08
CORONER CURRY'S CHARGE

At the conclusion of McGuire's examin-
alton Coroner Curry addressed the jury in
no uncertain terms. He said that the evil
dence undoubtedly had fastened the
blame for the loss OF twelve lives in
Contra Costa County upon the Southern
Pacific Company and more particularly
upon the crew OF the Owl train. every
member of which had been proved to e
derelict in his duty on the night in ques-
ton.
The jury evidently was OF one mind for
its entire deliberation was consumed in
writing out separate verdicts In the cases
of death occurring in Contra Costa Coun-
ty a result of the wreck. The result
of its deliberations was to hold RESPONSE
bic for the killing of Charles A. Owen.
Halu Myogawa. Charles A. Sessions. Eliz
abeth L. Smith. Emily. Mayer QuonS
Long. Mabel Vesey. Clarence A OIufs.
Fred s. Eastman, All Quong, Birdie Ell
1iott and Hon Helm the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company and each Individual
member of the crew of the owl ard
generating Engineer Mcclure and the
crew OF the Stockton flyer from any
blame in the matter
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-08

the first symptoms of catching cold |
he should at once begin the use of |
Peruna according to directions on |
the bottle, and the cold is sure to |
pass away without leaving any bad |
effects
Unless this is done the cold is al |
most sure to end in the second stage |
OF catarrh. which is making so many |
lives miserable. If Peruna was taken \
every time one has a cold or cough, |
chronic catarrh would be practically
an unknown disease.
Miss Elizabeth Uber. No 81 Bassett
street. Albany, n. Y. writes:
II have always dreaded unsettled
weather because of my extreme liabil-
ity TO catch cold. when a catarrhal
trouble would quickly develop through
my entire system. which il would take
weeks to drive away. / am thankful
to saw that since | have taken Pc
RUNA / do not have any reason to
dread this any more II / have been
at all exposed to the damp wet or
cOld weather ] take a dose or two OF
PERUNA and II throws out any hint OF
sickness from my system Miss Eliza
beth Uber-
Mrs NJ. ]. Brink. No. $50 Michigan ave
nue.. st. Joseph. Mich. writes:
This past winter during the wet and
cold weather | caught a sudden and Sc
we're cold. which developed ca
tarrhal condition through my entire sys-
TEN. and so affected my general health
that ] was completely broken down and
became nervous and hysterical and unfit
TO supervise my home My physician pre-
scribed for me. but somehow his medi-
cine did me no good. Reading OF Pc
RUNA. ] decided to try It, After | had
taken but three bottles 1 found myself in
fine health."-Mrs. NJ. J. Brink
Sibyl A. Hadley % Main street, Hunt
ington. Ind. writes: Last winter after
getting my feet wet I began TO cough
which gradually grew worse until my
throat was sore and raw. Ordinary rem
edies did not help me and cough remedies
nauseated me- Reading an advertisement
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-08-06
Homeseekers Excursi on Plan

A movement is under way among
some OF our representative citizens
which meets with approval from all
quarters to secure big homeseek-
ers, excursion to run from Iowa to
the cities about Chequamegon bay.
Recently the Great Northern con
Quoted a very successful excursion
of this kind to Duluth, and now it is
proposed to have the Omaha railway
bring a similar excursion to this
part of northern Wisconsin. Messrs.
Preston and Loveland of this city
are interesting themselves in the
scheme, and Mr.. Tarbox. of the Che
quamegon Bay Transportption Com
pany, was in the city yesterday ar.
ranging for trip with his beautiful
steamer, the Chequamegon from
Ashland to Washburn, Bayfield, and
Madeline Island, when the home
seekers arrive. The matter is to be
taken up with the Business Mems
Association at Ashland next week.
and all the real estate and public
spirited men of this city are going
to be asked to help boost the matter.
Nothing much has yet been done ex-
cept in preliminary way, but the
Omaha road will be interviewed aud
asked to give round trip rate of s5
from Iowa points, and it Is expected
that large Numbers of homeseekers
will take advantage of the opportun-
ity to look up the resources of this
particular locality.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-08-06
$4,000 IN WORK.
Contracts for that Amount Are Al
ready Let.
DOWN AT THE DYNAMITE PLANT.
The Grading Being Done and Work on
Buildings is to Commence This
Week. -Eand will be Cleared
of Stumps aud Brush.

Things are getting busy at the
dynamite works this week. George
Wilkinson who has the contract for
doing the grading Of two and half
miles of railroad, has crew of about
twenty men and eight teams and is
increasing his capacity for accom-
plishing the work. The company
owning the works also have
fifteen or twenty men at work
stamping and clearing the land.
Mr.. O'Brien is in charge of the con-
struction and informs us that he is
using the Judson railroad powder
for blasting, finding it preferable to
dynamite. The plan of stumping
of the land is somewhat new and
novel to these parts. About thirty
stumps are prepared at time, and
all the blasts are touched off at the
same instance by the use of an
electric battery. All the stumps &C
into the air at the same time.
Prendergast & Clarkson have the
contract for erecting the large pow
er house, and Donalds & Co., OIL
Ashland, have the contract to build
seventeen buildings on the powder
line, as section of the work is
termed. Work on the buildings
will begin this week. The ontracts
let exceed $4,000. -