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BIG GIT! THRIVES
ITI
San Franciscans Get
Away From Habit.
NO DRINKS FOR THREE MONTHS
Vice in All Forms Almost En
tirely Eliminated.
MEW LICENSE IS HIGHER
GreatMRush of Applicants for Per
mits, Although the Figures Are
Raised From $84 to
$500 a Year.
RELIEF WORK SITUATION.
Complaint department Instituted by
three men In charge Is cumbersome
and expensive.
Sewing circles organised by society
women cannot work In harmony with
new committee.
Policy of committee is to force
refugees to stand on their own feet
as soon as possible.
Barely enough to sustain life Is
doled out at soup kitchens.
Card system introduced tends un
duly to humiliate the needy.
People still sleeping without blank
ets, while supply depots are piled
high.
Men In charge of relief work are
drawing enormous salaries.
Ten thousand in dally bread line,
dependent on the cfty for food, cloth
ing and shelter.
Thirty thousand more are homeless,
living In camps, but able to pay for
food.
BT P. A. SINSHEIMER.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., July 5. (Spe
cial Correspondence.) The saloons of San
vFrnn:!co were opened today and the pre
dicted riot ani1 rascality did not mater
ialize. The police had made extensive
preparations to handle a large crowd at
the temporary jails, but the cases of in
ebriety were not' in excess of the average
for the past weeks. The only explana
tion is that the people have gotten away
from the drink habit during the enforced
dry spell of three months.
For the first few weeks there was con
sternation in the ranks of those who re:
gardod the bottle as their best friend,
but gradually the complaints ceased and
no one missed the saloons. It is pretty
safe to say. however, that it will not
take San Francisco long to fall into its
old ways. It has been proved beyond
the slightest possibility of doubt that a
large city like San Francisco can thrive
without the liquor traffic. It was a
unique experiment and the result has been
worth any trouble which It may have cost.
The freedom from crime here has been
a source of gratification to the municipal
authorities. Vice In all of its manifold
forms, was almost entirely eliminated.
The writer, who has been about the city
more than the average citizen, has not
seen over half a dozen Intoxicated per
sons on the street since April IS.
RtMh for Saloon Licenses.
In placing the license at $500 a year the
Supervisors were under the impression
that they would reduce the number of sa
loons to about 1000. but already permits
have been granted to 1000 applicants, and
as many applications are still pending.
Before the fire 3300 saloons operated in
the city and paid only $S4 a year each
Into the treasury. The new order of things
-will help out municipal finances.
Reports have been circulated in the
Eastern press that a sinister form of vice
had been forced upon the friendless
women remaining In the city. Nothing
could be farther from the truth. Pub
lic sentiment has been the strongest pro
tection for the women.
A large percentage of the new saloons
have located on Fillmore street, but
scores have preferred to resume at their
former locations in the burned district.
It ha been an unwritten law of the city
to keep saloons from Van Ness avenue,
and the Supervisors are inclined to con
tinue this practice.
The effect of the San Francisco dry
spell has been far-reaching. In the
smaller cities of the state the liquor li
cense has been generally advanced. In
Porterville it has gone up to 11000 a quar
ter, which is. of course, prohibitive.
The one phase of the saloon question
which reflects discredit upon the city is
the action of two members of the Police
Commission. These men are Dr. Joseph
F. Pohelm and Alexander L. O'Grady.
Before the earthquake Poheim was a
practicing physician and O'Grady was an
attorney. Since the earthquake, how
ever, they have organized a company
which deals in glassware and bar sup
plies. In addition they are reported to
be members of a company organized to
sell liquor at wholesale. When it is
known that all liquor licenses are granted
by the Police Commission. It will be un
derstood what sort of a scheme these men
have entered Into. Their names appear
boldly on the cards of the supply com
pany, but the liquor establishment is
conducted In the name of a third party,
who whispers into the ears of applicants
for saloon licenses that It will be to their
Interest to purchase their liquor from
him.
The attention of Mayor. Scomlu has
OUTUOUOR
been called to this brazen form of graft,
but no official action has yet been taken.
At the time Poheim and O'Grady were ap
pointed on the commission it wa9 under
stood that they were union labor sympa
thizers, but union labor has repudiated
them and asked for their dismissal.
Red Tape in Relief Work.
The new relief committee has not found
Its task the long sweet dream which $6000
salaries might indicate. At the outset
It has been found necesary to institute
a complaint department and this is the
busiest part of the bureau. 'The system
devised by the three men in charge is
cumbersome and expensive. Moreover, It
works with such friction that in operat
ing relief workers have been antagonized.
The local Red Cross has been
counted out and the various sewing cir
cles instituted by society women are un
able to work in harmony with the new
committee. It is getting to the point
where there Is too much organization and
not enough relief.
While no statement has been made
as to policy, it is clear that it Is the plan
of the committee to force the refugees to
stand on their own feet with as little de
lay as possible. The same policy is being
pursued in the camps at the Presidio
which are under military control. At the
soup kitchens just enoush food is given
each individual to allow him to subsist
without feeling the pangs of hunger.
When complaint was made to General
Greeley he said :
"If you don't like it, get out."
This method In general is recognized
as the one best calculated to hurry nor
mal conditions, but when indiscrim
inately applied is likely to work great
hardship in quarters where the distress
is very great.
Humiliation of the Needy.
Another method to force people from
the relief camps has been the introduc
tion of the card system by which every
person receiving aid of any sort must
answer a set of questions, which become
a permanent record and tend to humil
iate a sensitive person. Even after all
these forms have been gone through,
there is a mas of red tape to be unraveled
before supplies can be distributed.
There are still persons in the camps
who sleep on the ground without blank
ets, while in the supply depots the blank
ets are stored in piles towering to the
ceiling. The relief committee has intro
duced this rigid system to prevent im
position, but it has served In many
cases to keep aid from the deserving as
well. The local Red Cross bureau work
ed on the theory that it was better
to be imposed on in a few cases than to
allow any case of distress to go unre
lieved. As these two methods were Incompat
ible the break had to come and the local
Red Cross has withdrawn from the field,
contenting Itself with administering such
funds as have been placed In its hands.
"Professional" Spirit Developed.
The spirit of relief work has become
professional, local workers are crowded
out and much graft is present. The cost
is enormous. It was first estimated at
$103,000 per month but has been reduced
to $75,000 per month but the people are
still dissatisfied. Dr. Devine at the head
of the work receives $6000 a year from the
people of San Francisco, besides salaries
from the Associated Charities in New
York and an Eastern University, E. F.
Moran, a local relief commissioner is
drawing a double salary amounting to
$9,000.
At the present time there are about
10,000 persons in the bread line. These
are the people who have absolutely noth
ing and are dependent upon the city for
food, clothing and shelter. In addition
to these 10,000 there are some 30,000 per
sons who are homeless and live in camps.
These 30.000 persons are able to pay for
their food but are unable to rent houses.
In the meantime they form with those of
the bread line, an army of 40,000 living
under canvas in the city parks and the
Presidio.
Sanitation Is Expensive.
The most important feature is the
health of the camps. The sanitation
cannot be conducted as is the sanitation
of a well ordered city. It must be
rigid in the extreme, with inspec
tors constantly on the watch. All
this costs money. The cost of the
disinfectants alone amounts high into
the thousands. So far the work of
sanitation has set a new mark in the
medical history of the world. The fight
is by no means over. If the city can
emerge from the crisis with a clean bill
of health then all the triumphs of these
trying days will fade into insignifi
cance before this.
Nabob Row a Business Street.
It Is believed that Van Ness avenue,
formerly the home of Jack London's
"second generation of nabobs," will be
come a business street. The Southern
Pacific has purchased a big warehouse
and grounds at the foot of Van Ness
and indications point to a terminal be
ing erected there.
San Francisco wants to boom and It
is succeeding fairly well, but the labor
troubles are seriously Impeding pro
gress. The appeal still continues for
more men. The United Railroad says
It could use 3000 laborers. In nearly
all branches this shortage continues.
As the primaries approach it is
feared that the vote will not demon
strate the will of the people. Only 6000
voters arc registered, as against 90,000
before the fire. The Governorship Is at
stake and the vote of San Francisco will
probably decide it. It Is estimated that
5900 of the 6)00 are followers of Abe
Ruef. and that he will dominate Repub
lican politics in California.
TRAGEDY AT PRESIDIO
Refugee AVounds His Wire and
Shoots Off Top of His Head.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 8. In a domestic
quarrel last night. E. V. Lurppy, a refu
gee at the Presidio, shot and slightly
wounded his wife and took his own life
by shooting off the top of his head.
Kaiser Wilhelm II Reported.
SABLE ISLAND, July S. The steamer
Kaiser Wilhelm II, from Bremen, South
ampton and Cherbourg, for New York,
was 70 mile, southeast of Sable Island at
7:1 P M.
BLIND FOLKS ARE
NOT AN IDLE CLASS
Large Percentage in United
States Are Engaged in
Gainful Occupations.
MANY IN THE PROFESSIONS
Proportion of Sightless Males Is
Much Greater Compared With the
Females, According to the
United States Census.
BLIND AND DEAF IN UNITED
STATES.
Total blind S5.365
Partially blind 29,398
Total 64.763
Blind men 37.0S4
Blind women 27,709
Totally deaf 37,826
Partially deaf 51,853
Totsl. . : 89,079
WASHINGTON, July 8. About one
person in every 1200 was blind and one
in every 860 persons was deaf in the
United States in 1900, according to a spe
cial census report on the blind and deaf
bulletin Just issued by the Census Bu
reau. The Inquiry was conduoted under
the direction of Dr. Alexander Graham
Bell, who determined the scope of the
investigation and wrote the text of the
report on the deaf.
The total number of blind in the United
States in 1900 was 64.763, of whom 35,365
were totally blind and 29,398 partially
blind. These figures, however, the re
port says, cannot be only considered as
the minimum, as an unknown proportion
of the blind were not located by the
enumerators. Of the total blind, 37,054
were males and 2709 females.
The blindness is chiefly a defect of
adult life, almost 65 per cent of the blind
becoming so after 20 years of age. About
one-tenth of the total number of blind
were born so. The number of blind per
1000 of population was greater among the
negroes than among the whites and
greater among the foreign born whites
than among the native whites.
Parents of Blind Were Cousins.
In about 5 per cent of the cases of
blindness reported, the parents of the
blind were cousins. Of the blind whose
parents who were so related 25 per cent
were congenltally blind, while among the
blind whose parents were not cousins the
proportion congenitally blind was 6.8 per
cent.
Of tlhe blind at least 10 per cent were
engaged in some gainful occupation. The
percentage of persons engaged in profes
sional pursuits, trade and transportation
and In manufacturing and mechanical
industries are larger among the totally
blind than among the general population.
Deafness, on the whole, the report says,
is more common in the Northern part
of the United States than in the South
ern, and there are more deaf males than
females. The total number of deaf in
the United States is given as 89,679, of
whom 37,526 were totally deaf and 51.863
partially deaf. From the latter classes
are eliminated those merely "hard of
hearing." The census report of 1890 gave
the number of persons deaf as 121,178
and the opinion is expressed that the
returns for 1S90 are undoubtedly exces
sive while those for 1900 are deficient.
Greater Percentage of Male Deaf.
Of the totally deaf 52.5 per cent were
males. Negroes constitute 11.6 per cent
of the general population and only 5.2
per cent of the deaf. That the negroes
seem less susceptible to deafness than
the whites, the report says, is particular
ly due in part to less complete returns
from the negro deaf.
Of the totally deaf 91 per cent were so
from childhood (under 20 years of age)
and 36 per cent from birth. Of the 89,679
persons returned as deaX, 55,501 were able
to speak well, 9417 Imperfectly and the
remainder not at all. The report pre
sents figures to show that the schools
for the deaf are doing excellent work
in teaching articulate speech.
When the subject of deafness Is con
sidered from the point of view of con
sanguinity, it may seem heredity has
played an important part In producing
congenital deafness and the deafness oc
curred in adult life; whereas deafness
occurring in early childhood, after birth
and under age of 5 is probably to a large
extent adventitious. Of those at least
10 years among the deaf 38.5 per cent
were gainfully employed as compared
with 50.2 per cent among the male popu
lation. Of the deaf who were gainfully
employed, 89.7 per cent were found in
occupations in which perfect or even par
tial hearing is not essential.
WILL STRIKE AT BIG MEN
Action of Government in Interstate
Commerce Cases in Rebates.
CLEVELAND, Ohio. July 8. Federal
officials announced today that G. J.
Grammar, traffic manager of the New
York Central Lines west of Buffalo, would
not be called as a witness before the
grand jury which meets tomorrow to
ferret out violators of the interstate com
merce laws.
The announcement that Grammar would
not be called was accompanied with the
statement that the Government would not
be put in a position where any high rail
way official could claim immunity from
prosecution on the part of the Govern
ment because he had been compelled to
give testimony before the grand jury.
Service was secured today on N. H.
Anspach, head of xhe tariff and schedule
EVENTS OF COMING WEEK
Secretary Wilson at Stockyards.
Plans for putting into effect the new
Federal meat intsrection law will be
discussed in Chicago this week by
Secretary Wtlaon, of the Department
of Agriculture, and superintendents of
inspection from various packing--houses.
The Secretary may vlelt other cities
to look into the methods to be pur
sued In enforcing the new law.
Dewey Soon Due at Manila.
The steel floating drydock Dewey is
due to reach Manila July 12, when
she wilt have covered a distance of
something like 12,000 miles. The
Dewey, which ut destined to dock the
largest ships of the American naval
force in the Far East, started from
Solomon's Island, Mi, December 28
last.
Championship Golf Tournament.
The National amateur golf cham
pionship will be decided on the links
at Englewood this week, with H.
Chandler Egan, of Chicago, who won
the championship two years in suc
cession, as one of the contestants.
Others who will play are Waiter J.
Travis, who was American champion
three years; Jerome D. Travers, of
Princeton, the Metropolitan champion;
D. E. Sawyer, of Chicago; Harold
Webr, of Toledo, and A. L. White,
of Boston.
Canadian Sharpshooters in England.
The Blsley rifle tournament will open
in England tomorrow, when the
Queen's Westminsters will be pitted
against a strong Canadian team. The
latter includes members from all over
Manitoba, Quebec and Ontario, and
the great Northwest and even British
Columbia is represented.
bureau of the Lake Shore Railway.
Anspach will be asked to bring tariff
sheets running back a number of years.
The action of today reveals definitely the
plans of the Government officials to strike
at some of the biggest and most influen
tial railway men In the country.
E
SMART APPEARANCE PRESENT
ED IN SHANGHAI STREETS.
Volunteers to the Number of 400 0
Were Trained Within a
FeAV Months.
SHANGHAI, July 8. An unprecedented
and spectacular spectacle was witnessed
here today when 4000 Chinese volunteers
who have been drilling assiduously for
the past few months, paraded through
the flag-decked .streets -T the sottLem"
The men were oresed in khaki and pre
sented a smart appearance. Only the of
ficers wore swords. After the parade the
soldiers were entertained at the Yamen
of the taotai.
THAW READS THE PAPERS
Then He Attends Services With the
Other Prisoners.
NEW YORK, July 8. Harry K. Thaw
spent a quiet day in the Tombs today. He
had no visitors. He arose at 7 o'clock
and remained in hie cell reading the Sun
day newspapers until 10 o'clock, when he
attended the prison services conducted by
Chaplain Wade. After services he exer
cised with other male prisoners in the
Tombs yard.
Assistant District Attorney Garvan was
at hie office today working on the Thaw
case. Shortly before 5 o'clock he was
visited by Miss Edna MoClure, an actress
playing at present in a Broadway produc
tion. She was accompanied by her moth
er, and the three were closeted together
for nearly an hour. Mr. Garvan refused to
discuss what was the subject of the con
ference or what information had been
obtained.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 82
deg-. ; minimum, 55.
TODAY'S Fair with nearly stationary tem
perature. Northwest winds.
Political.
La Follette begins Presidential fight by at
tack on Senators who opposed his amend
ment to the railroad, rate bill. Page 1.
San Francisco.
San Francisco saloonkeepers make great rush
for licenses raised from $S4 to $500 per
annum. Page 1.
Forty thousand people are without shelter
and 10,000 without food or clothing.
Page 1.
Domestic.
Utah business men fall easy prey to pro
moter with dazzling schemes. Page 1.
Interesting statistics in the deaf returns
from Census Bureau. Page 1.
Double life of Kansas City man disclosed
by his sudden death. Page 3.
National.
Cruiser Charleston makes record run to San
Juan with Secretary Root's party. Page 2-
Speaker Cannon takes sides with the West
against the Hansbrough swamp bill.
Page 2.
Russia.
Rain comes too late to save Russian crops
and peasants are fighting for food.
Page 3.
FlrFt paragraph of proposed agrarian law Is
agreed upon in the house. Page 3.
Foreign.
Emperor William arrives at Trondhjem and
is greeted by King Haakon. Page 3.
Amnesty to be proclaimed at christening of
heir to Hohenzoilern throne. Page 3.
Sport.
Garvin takes revenge by nearly shutting out
old team-mates at Seattle. Page 7-
Multnomah and University of Oregon want
to send Kellv to the big A, A. U. meet In
Chicago. Page 5.
Pacific Coast.
Holv Roller would succeed to leadership of
Creffield and take fanatics to British Co
lumbia. Page 2.
If Judge Emory recovers, Chester Thompson
may escape term in prison. Page 4.
Fine flow of artesian water struck In a
Rogue River orchard. Page 4.
Decision of Idaho Supreme Court In Day
divorce case has bearing on Steunenberg
murder case. Page 4.
Portland and Vicinity.
Dr. Small of the First Unlversaiist Church
flays dogmatic clergy. Page S.
Governor Cutter of Utah welcomes Orego-
nlan contest girls to Salt Lake. Page 7
Hundreds hear the opening band concert for
the Summer at the City Park. Page 8
Woman suffragists will try again, for th
ballot. Page 12.
LA FOLLETTE OUT
E1ENCY
Opens Campaign of Attack on
Senators Who Opposed Rail
road Rate Amendment.
FULTON IS ON THE LIST
Tactics Followed With Great Success
in Wisconsin Will Be Vsed in Ad
dresses Before the Chautau
qua Assemblies This Summer.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., July 8. (Special.)
Senator Robert M. La Follette has be
gun in earnest his open fight for the
Presidency. He has opened a campaign
against every Senator who opposed his
amendment to the railroad rate bill. In
cluding among the leaders Senator Ful
ton, of Oregon.
The Senate stood out against the La
Follette amendments as being too radi
cal and so ragged in a technical way that
they would vitiate the measure if at
tached to it. Senator La Follette, how
ever, has determined upon his revenge
and will take the risk of incurring the
undying enmity of practically every Re
publican Senator by a series of open
attacks, naming the leaders in the Senate
in his new campaign.
In taking this step he is taking a leaf
out of the book of Wisconsin politics,
which contains the story of his fight for
the Governorship of Wisconsin. It was
his custom to assail by name in their
home districts those Assemblymen and
State Senators who failed to vote as he
directed.
This is his method to be adopted against
Senator Fulton and Senator Knox, of
Pennsylvania. In his Chautauqua address
La Follette declares that the corpora
tions and railroads corrupted Congress,
and concludes by dramatically reading the
names of those who voted against his
measures. He has already done this bit
of campaigning four or five times, most
notably at Evansville, Ind.. and will re
peat the system when he lectures in the
West.
HEARING BY COMMISSION
Postal Matters Will Be Considered
in Sew York, October 1.
WASHINGTON, D. C. July 8. Henry
H. Glauste, secretary of the commission
to inquire into and report to Congress
its conclusions concerning the laws
relative to second-class mail matter, to
day issued an announcement that the
first session will be held at the Holland
House, New York, October 1. The an
nouncement in part follows:
The report of the Postmaster-General
for the fiscal year ending June 30,
19D0, shows that the cost of maintain
ing the entjre postal service for that
year was approximately $167,000,000
and that the revenue from all sources
was approximately $153,000,000.
Second-class matter constituted ap
proximately two-thirds of the matter
handled, while it yielded but $6,186,467,
or about one-twenty-fourth of the rev
enue derived from postage. Not only
has the postal revenue suffered by reason
of the undue expansion of this class of
matter as compared with other classes,
but in dealing with the matter itself,
the postal service is hampered at every
step by differences and perplexities of
administration.
The system as a whole, the report
says, lacks uniformity and is confusing
to publisher and official alike.
The report says the inquiry will be
especially directed towards determin
ing whether the revenue from the second-class
mail matter should not be
made commensurate with the actual
cost of the service rendered in handling
It; if not, what limitations should be
placed upon the matter which may
properly be embraced in that class.
Owing to the great number of pub
lications concerned, the committee
deemed it impracticable to extend the
privilege of the hearing to individual
publishers. Each National organization
will be heard orally by not to exceed
three representatives designated by the
organizations, and those classes of pub
lications not having regular organiza
tions will be heard through persons
who may be regarded as fairly repre
sentative. PLANNED A REVOLUTION
Cabrera Induced Dr. Alfaro to Enter
Into a Plot.
MEXICO CITY, July 8. Documents are
being published by which it is claimed it
will be proven that President Cabrera, of
Guatemala, in 1903, entered Into negotia
tions with Dr. Pxudencla Alfaro, who had
been Vice-President of Salvador, whereby
it was agreed that Alfaro should organ
ize a revolution in Salvador against the
administration of President Thomas Re
gal ado.
One of the most important documents
in the case is a letter from Alfaro to
President Cabrera, dated June 9, 1903,
wherein Alfara says that on the estab
lishment of a new government in Salva
dor, an alliance, offensive and defensive,
shall be entered into between Salvador
and Guatemala. It is charged that two
years later, or in 1906. President Cabrera
grew suspicious of Alfaro and feared he
would publish these compromising docu
ments, and it was only through the ef
forts of the American Consul that he
could leave Guatemala.
The explanation of Cabrera's change of
purpose is that he was afraid to carry
out his Presidential campaign alone.
Enter Vnited States by Mexico.
MEXICO CITY, July 8. A large number
of immigrants from Europe, classified as
"Turks,'' but often Armenians and Arabs,
have recently been arriving by German
and Spanish steamers at Vera Crux. A
large portion of them come here and go
north Into the interior to work on rail-.
ways, and not a few of them eventually
cross over into the United States.
During the past six months several thou
sand so-called Turks have reached this
country. Many of them are said to be of
the class likely to be rejected at American
ports, and take this way of getting en
trance to the United States.
Salvador Will Give Right of Way.
MEXICO CITY, July 8. Reports from
Salvador indicate that the Pan-American
Railway will soon be granted a conces
sion and a subsidy for the extension of
the line through that country. J. M.
Neeland, vice-president and general man
ager of the road, is in Central America
He has received every assurance that the
concession asked from the Government of
Salvador will be granted as soon as the
present disturbance in Guatemala is
settled.
Kurales Quartered at Cananea.
FORT WORTH, Tex., July 8. As the
result of labor riots last month at Can
anea, Mexico, the mining camp of W. C.
Greene has been converted into a military
stronghold, and hereafter 1000 Mexican ru
rales will be quartered there. This ac
tion was taken by the military Governor
of Sonora to serve as a precaution against
further outbreaks.
NOT A DRINK WAS SOLD
DRYEST DAY IX THE HISTORY
OF NEW JERSEY.
Law Passed by Legislature Made
Penalty Too Heavy "to Take
a Chauce.'
JERSEY CITY, K. J., July 8. (Spec
ial.) The best ambition of the temper
ance reform has at last been attained
and for the first time in its history the
entire state of New Jersey was "dry"
today. There was not a glass of intox
icants sold in a regularly licensed saloon
in the state during today, according to
advices received tonight and the victory
of reformers is a most complete one.
The cause was the enforcement of tHe
new Sunday-closing law, enacted at the
last session of the legislature, and which
went into effect today for the first time.
Under the law. the entire interior of all
saloons must be exposed to public view
and any saloon-keeper violating it for
feits his license. Not only that, but it
is Impossible to obtain a license for t$e
same place for a period of a year and this
latter penalty is one that assured the
saloon-keepers living up to the law.
"With large sums of money Invested In
bar fixtures, etc., they were not willing
to take a chance, so they Just let matters
rest and those who like to drink once in
a while and who failed to lay in a supply
on Saturday either went thirsty or went
to New York.
CAUGHT UNDER ENGINE
Fireman Is Scalded to Death In
Wreck Near Flagstaff.
FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, July S. Pas
senger train No. 4, the limited, on the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, was par
tially derailed at 2 o'clock this morn
ing at a point four miles west of here.
None of the passengers were injured.
Ed Hillsbury, the fireman, was caught
under the engine and scalded to death.
Engineer Goldsworthy was scalded
about the legs and was injured in the
chest.
The accident was caused by a front
truck on the engine leaving the track.
The engine turned over on its side and
a composite car and a dining car slip
ped over the crest of an embankment.
The three Pullman sleepers remained
on the track.
The presence of mind of Engineer
Goldsworthy probably prevented ad
ditional fatalities. He applied the
brakes and remained at his post until
the engine started to turn over, when
he jumped.
TOPEKA, Kas., July 8. According
to advices received here, the only pas
senger injured in the Santa Fe wreck
at Flagstaff was Mrs. Roberts, of
Oakland, Cal., who sustained a severe
sprain of the ankle.
ENGINEER BURNS IN WRECK
Freight Trains In Collision Seven
Miles From Chattanooga.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.. July 8. In a
collision between two freight trains on
the Western & Atlantic seven miles south
of this city early today four trainmen
were killed and four others slightly in
jured. The dead:
W. P. HAMILTON, engineer.
H. F. PINSON. fireman.
ROBERT ATKINSON, engineer.
A. O. GENTRY, fireman.
Fire broke out. consuming two cars.
one of which was laden with cattle, and
burned the body of Engineer Atkinson.
Panic In Coney-Island Car.
NEW YORK, July 8. Fire following a
collision m coney Island today between
the elevated railroad express train and a
local trolley car, caused a panic in which
six persons were injured, three severely.
by being trampled upon. Bound for Coney
island, and going at high speed, the ex
press had just turned the curve In the
road near the Sea Beach Palace, when
just ahead the motorman saw the local
stationary, and passengers alighting from
it. He was unable to stop his train and
it crashed Into the local.
By the force of the Impact a fuBe of the
local was blown out' and flames threat
ened the car. The passengers fought
fiercely with each other to escape.
Killed in Machine Explosion.
BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio, July 8. In
the factory of the Portland Cement Com
pany today a coal-grinding machine ex
ploded, killing John Scott, the superin
tendent and an unknown man and badly
burning M. D. Thomas, a workman.
MOB CHASES A NEGRO
Black Had Murdered His Wife in a
Crowded Indianapolis Street.
INDIANAPOLIS; July 8. Aaron Morton,
a negro, shot and killed his wife on a
crowded downtown street tonight and was
pursued several blocks by a mob of 1000
persons, bent on lynching him. Morton
succeeded in reaching a police station,
where he was given protection.
Just as the mob was preparing for an
assault on the building a detail of police
rescued the negro and he was taken to
the City Jail. During the pursuit a num
ber of tie mob fixed at the officers.
VICTIMS
DAZZLED
BY BIG SCHEMES
Mormons Give Money
With a Smile.
PROMOTER HAS DISAPPEARED
Beresford Hope Said He Was
Going for British Capital.
OFF FOR GREENER FIELDS
Letterheads Bore the Names of Ti
tied Englishmen and Letters
Written by the Bunco Man Him
self Put His Credit High.
SALT LAKE, Utah. July 8. (Special.)
Salt Lake and Ogden business men would
be glad to hear some sort of explanation,
from Beresford Hope, a man who rep
resented himself to be an English gen
tleman, and who, by presenting creden
tials which looked good on their face,
succeeded in "promoting" several schemes
In which they were financially interested.
Hope was suave in his manner and plaus
ible with his credentials. The result waa
that he succeeded in relieving Utah's
dominant church members of sums of
money that' may run into thousands o
dollars.
Just how much money was advanced
to the alleged scion of nobility, on hia
various schemes, is not known, because
of the natural reticence of his victims la
discussing a subject so delicate. The green
fields in which he is now located are in
the city of culture, Boston, Mass.
Hope worked on a large scale. Hia
were no petty schemes. He came to
Utah with a letter from the 'British
American Securities, Limited, London."
The letter-head of this concern, believed
now to be fictitious, set forth that tho
company was capitalized at 10,000,000,
or approximately "fiO.OOO.OOO. It had aa ita
directors, among others, Lord Rothschild,
who bore the title of treasurer; Lord
Deerhurst, the chairman; Rt.-Hon. Lord
Vaux, Lord Talbot, Lord Vincent, Sir
Alexander McKenzie and some more
prominent in the world of finance.
Gave HlmseU Large Credit.
London does not know of such a com
pany, a fact which was learned by the
investors hereabout, only after they had
made their investments.
Hope's letter from the "British-American
Securities" was to the effect that hia
credit was good up to $500,000. It helped
blm so much that, according to an inter
view here today with his former stenog
rapher, he used to dictate letters ad
dressed to himself on the letter-heads of
this company, with Boston date lines, and
other men's signatures affixed.
All of these letters were most encour
aging, as they gave him carte blanche in
the matter of investing the money of tha
company. "Go ahead and we will back
you" was the purport of the letters writ
ten by Hope to himself on the letter
heads of the fictitious "British-American
Securities."
Used Name of Mormon President.
With this as a working basts, Hope be
gan to talk to people about his schemes.
He found many willing ears. Among thosa
who listened to the scion's tale wera
many prominent Mormons. President
Joseph F. Smith, the head of the church,,
was approached and his name was used
by Hope as director of one corporation.
President Smith repudiates Hope.
David Eccles, a Mormon millionaire of
Ogden, went sponser for Hope in one of
his enterprises, vouching for him on.
others. The enterprises which Hope pro
moted aggregated in their entirety over
$100,090,000. Principal among his concerns
was the Great Western Coal and Iron
Company, capitalized at $5,000,000. Tha
purpose of this organization was to ac
quire coal deposits K't miles square in,
Chihuahua, Mexico, and to build a rail
road through this coal belt. While get
ting Salt Lakers interested in his scheme,
Hope represented that John Hill, a mil
lionaire of Colorado Springs, Colo., was
his "warm friend" and would "go in." He
then spoke of a trip he had just made to
Colorado Springs and showed a check for
$75,000 with the name of John Hill in tha.
place where the signature should be.
Denounces Signature as Forgery.
Hill now avers that he does not know
Hope and that the signature was a rank
forgery. In the meantime, however, Hopa
had advertised Hill as president of the
company and each prettily engraved pleca
of stock that went out to speculators,
bore the alleged signature of Hill. This
also was a forgery, according to Hill.
It was for the purpose of obtaining money
from the British American Securities
Company that Hope left Salt Lake for
Boston recently. Before he left he had
stated to various people Interested that
he would secure money for the following
purposes;
For the financing of the Intermountain
Railroad Company, $24,000,000; this is a,
company without Assets.
For the sale of improvement bonds for
the Ogden Rapid Transit Company, con
trolled by David Eccles, $500,000; this Is a
bona fide enterprise, for which Hope prom
ised to provide additional cash.
Some Schemes Were Bona Fide.
For the Western Iron and Coal Com
pany, with necessary railroads, $5,000,000;
X Concluded, oa Psg. 2-X