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Sept. 16.—John; J.Michener, prominent in"financial circles,'president of the Clearing House /Asso-ciation, president of the Bank of NorthAmerica- and* the oldest me"mber of theBoard of City Trustees, :died today,aged 85 years. . •;:

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AGED FIXAXCIER DEAD. /

Government emissaries > were dispatchedIn automob t tes;to \u25a0 confer with\ the Vevo^lutionißts. General )Menocal/- 'Accom-panied, by CongrWsrnari V:Cobln ." andVieta .Garcia, the 'youngest^isonTof 'Ca-lixto; Garcia, ;drove 'in the directionwhere; Alfredo 'Zayas*: was y'encampedwith:Castillo's \u25a0 forces, 5-'-not {^far Vffo'mSantiago deL^isjVegas,* and :others :wentto .Guanajay, \u25a0\u25a0 which>place fthlsYafter^

noon ;was oc=cupied|b^^^?ggban^^^revolutionists iunder; Con^resiman|Canv?poSiMarauettLi \u25a0 The^latter hadVMsiyorGalles iand- the two>-hundred ivounteeri;

'dTfendlns^^^^^^^eo^^^K^cairce 1Van"df^rroUnd^d^^^^warinlqr'eVenln^^^^^^^^Sj^^npoBVMarquetti!and'lwWfsrilll^^«^out^

George Johnson,, contractor,- 1005"

Page street; left'leg..amputated andsuffering" from/shock :that is liable to-produce 'death .:at \u25a0 any :minute.

Albert-

Johnson,"

his son, fifteenyears old; leftlegv^mputated and alsosuffering 'from shoctc and: internal in-

Ijuries.-George -Engish, .'l9l3'Florida street;

compound fracture' of right"leg, ribsbroken and '^internal .injuries.

Thc^badly; injured -are:;•- vWiljiam \u25a0 Taylor,- 1913 Golden Gate:avenue ;Tcompound fracture; of right

\u25a0 arm,:bruises :about head and body; :- Philip ;.Winklcr,' "14; East .Parkstreet; ..two cut

- off, "legsprained ;and

v internal•Ffed:;McKay,-3624 Army street; left

ankle-broke '>arid i;head "lacerated

, Miss Bridget Fitzpaitrick, 600 Devis- ;aderoistreet; lacerations of head andbody and internal injuries..' W. ,F. Schrader,, 430 Oak .street;

-both ankles broken and suffering fromnervous shock? ".

Mrs. ;W.FV Schrader^ 430 Oakstreet; lacerations of head and face.;Mrs. .Emma Marks, 212 Steiner"

\ street; contusipn of right leg and arm'/and ypossible injuries to spine.

R.G. Chisholm, 333 Twenty-3eventh.street; wrist broken and contusions ofhead and body.

Arthur* Spank, 2239 Fifteenth street:sprained ankle and lacerations o£-

•head/^ .. \u25a0- ;. . ;Oar Speeds Down the Hill.

The cause of the disaster is sup-jposed to have been /defective brakes.

SANTA ROSA, Sept. 16.—

A blazestarted by the throwing of a;cigaretteInto the grass SaturStty afternoon didheavy damage ~ln the Rlncon Valleycountry. Several ranches were.burnedover1, and all the fences destroyed.Among the sufferers .yperre,SupervisorAustin, Messrs. Hefty & Hoiman. andSetrell Austin. About the same timefire completely destroyed the RolandSymmonds fruit' drier at:Mills stationnear. Sebastopol on the electric road."There was a full force at workand a large amount, of fruit on -hand,so the loss willbe considerable, and »theinsurance is light. :^-.

Several Rancbes InIllnron Vnlloy suf-(cr Dimcge Tbrongh Care-

\u25a0 lessaess of Smoker.

CIGARETTE IGRASSSTARTS A COSTLY FIHE

;finished ftheir journey at the.Morgue.Eleven. others\vr ere spedf to hospitals,wherevthey "lay fgroahing in'^ .their:agony, -and *\u25a0 instead \u25a0* of,- a giyksight,1tHeirJ eyesT rested :upon their' fellowsufferers;,wh6se;cne"sof anguish tookthe place of:the \u25a0 music!of•'the band orthe voice' ofithesUge singer,v ItLwasithusuhat^ a day ;of'pleasure

j was-trarisfonnedby^Fate'irito'one'iof:Korrof. V:Light'. hearted men r and wo-men .wlio^buy.'a^ moment '.before; were

Uauglimg > with?\u25a0 glee;-;-;moaned ;and

shrieked; with- pain; as :theyr:lay:be-;n"eath ;Vheiwreckageiof:tlic':fatcful;c^r.

-">'The "dead:. William Barson.^book-•binder... ;>*.-.'.•\u25a0.. ,:.- . \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 ..-\u25a0 X-- ".': "..-:''>".->. iSjolm;Gueipr laborer,VTurk^and\Webf |

&THosc"pr6bably \u25a0':\u25a0 fatally\hurt;arc:-"

TKe collision of two heavily laden electric cars at the treacherous curveatvTurk and ;Deyisaderb; streets at*2 o'clock yesterday afternoon dealt deathto two^men, fatally injured three more^

': Atitlie'busiest hour of the day ,.at>the corner where four lines of whirringelectrid>xars pass -to and fro, the niost shocking car accident San Francisco

Cars (Collide,Bringing Death to Two"^

Hundreds* of- cars, creaking under^their weight of human weight, -nian^:aged\to pass the fatal corner during the day, but it re nnained for car No. 709of4he::Mission^ahd'Twent^^/Eddy street line;and -Sransf orm the busy corner into a scene, of horror insteadof one- of -order; and activity^;p: :Ihsteadv 6f^ being

Scene of Horror Attends- the FatalSmashup of PJeavily-Laden Gars,

'Scene of fatal carwreck at Turk and Deylsadcro streets showlns: position o( Mission

car. as itcrashed Into Eddy street car as the latter was rounding the curve.,Upper photogrraphisthatof William Pearson and lower one'Jolin Guelp, both of whom were killed In the wreck..•"

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PRESIDENT PALMAPROCLAIMS ATRUCE.Qridefs \u25a0 'GpyerbMenttFpreesyin Cuba':; to: '-'\u25a0\u25a0 Put;^End-fto;

y.. Hostilities->for /Present

OVERTURES \u25a0-"

TO RESTORE e'PEAiGEAuthorities, in -tlie '^Island

Hope to Establish Order.Before Arrival: ofTaft

HAVANA,'- Sept. . IC—An extraordi-nary eniett e rrna.leaned late this "aft-ernoon -\u25a0 con tainlns a.decree signed byPresident Pnlma." \u25a0'£ The. decree'- follows:

fcAllkcampaisrn y operations are sus-pended end Inconsequence the.Govern- jment forces will act only,on.-the'./de'-

jfensire throughout (the republic.\.TheSecretary of the Interior vrlll? Issue nilthe -necessary orders for the executionof this decree." ' '--. •" v

The decree caused. great surprise, asit was believed to signify a clTange-. ofheart i>y the Government! officials,;whofor the past two days^ave strongly op-posed taking up p^ace overtures withthe emissaries of;the revolutionists.. 7

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The Government is finalstrenuous efforts to restore peace ;and|thus "avoid any kind of American' inter-;|ventlQn. The object of.'the6e~endea"vors,"!,it is statedr Is" that Jit may .be-able'^byj the time. Secretary {of WariActing Secretary of State Bacon •:ar-rive to say that peace, has; already beenestablished' and that therefore '.there'isno \u25a0 need for 'American; interventioneither -to restore peace or,^InsureVper-rnanentUranQUlllity?-" > .J -'j-.'•'- '• '\u25a0'} :-\u25a0::: -\u25a0::\u25a0 '."\Members 'o'titi^Gwarhmeat^SLyTtSatthey, are making*-the^*effortB**lnfa%cord«"ance'with.t&e^advlce contained \in"Pre's^

iident^Roosevelt's \letter ;'that- they, havenonobjection-, to" the ;friendly assistanceof the United' States In the matter- if\i

1 becomes necessary,', but "that/they; be-lieve they.ican settle ;it.7between

'the,

Government and -< thie'

revolutionistswithout the necessity of intervention.At_ least, they say they are makingfanattempt. to accomplish this "end "unaidedand with fair prospects of success.Itwas learned tonight that President

Palma's decree was called forth by theefforts of General; Menocar and' Secre-tay of Public Works Montalvb. . Secre-tary Montalvo and "General Menocalfirst visited Jose IMiguel'Gomez aridothers of the alleged "conspirators ;Inthe prison and found them .willingtoco-operate in . securing \u25a0 peace.' '?.- Thebasis^ of peace was hot. discussed" Inany, detail, but Seceretary

(Montalvo re-turned to the palace "and urged Presi-dent Palma- to consider, the matter.The President called a

-conference for-

this which < was; attended byVice President

1Mendqz^ Capote, GeneralFreyre and Senator- Dolz. The 'resultof this conference was; the issuance ofthe decree suspending Governmentalcampaign operations. \u25a0';

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-CONFER WITH INSURGENTS.

After. the decree had been issued

Two. people kUld"and twelve \u25a0 Injured In:a jtrolley car eollitloa at Tor* and Devistfiero jeowts. V"_; Pares 1-2

FORECAST FOE TODAY—Fair; continuedwand;. ligtt we»t wind. Pare 10CITY/

Eobber fang trie* to hold -np crowd of St.Francis Hotel waiter*. .Pars 14

.Mrs. Henrj Meyer starts "riot when husbandIs barred from theater. Page 14

New Holy Cross Church is opened with im-pressire religious services, includingmass. Pare S

Temporary quarters of St. Boaiface Churchare formally

'dedicated by Archbishop Mont-

romcry. _ Pare 5Three children make trip aloi^. from Sweden,

arrive penniless and are not met. • Page 14Relief Executife Committee to meet today to

determine coarse forobtaining funds inEast. P. 9Congressmen Kahn and Hayes speak against

Asiatic labor before Japanese and Korean jEx-clusion Learce. \u25a0 Pare 14

Rer. Bradford I^earltt delireYs Kennon onproblems city must face in rebuilding- , Pare 5. Carmen affirm 6tory of investigation of-Lirer-

H4«h, who winnot participate in arbitration. P. 14Florence Merrill, a pretty

"Boston nurse, Is

traveling alone to wed In Philippines. Pare 9Southern CalifornUns believe W. A. \u25a0 Clark

will soon ran steamships from San Pedro toOrient. Page 14

Sew uniforms will be furnished totomptmeithat had theirs destroyed in April. Page 4

F. A. Pltrkernali announce* immediate - re-organization of Ptcinc States Telephone andTelegraph Company. '. . Page 1

Early morning auto co!Uflon results In thepainful Injury of yoong woman. Pars. 7SOCIAL. *

-Oakland society people are finding much en-

joyment at skating rinks.

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Week just, concluded hes been notable forthe number of weddings. Paga 9

Engagement annoenced of Miss Gertrude VanVllet and Herbert W. Bailey. Page 9MINING. • :

Details of the condition of mines and mineraloutlook in California. Page 7

News' of good finds In 'the mining camps ofNevada. . Paje 10

Police hope to get dying statement,, fromWilliam Frelde regarding Friday's crime, iP*£e 73IARINE.

Steamer Mongolia Is ijrrocnil at Midway Reefan Manchuria is floated at Eabbit Inland.'

'Page 3

Schooner Eobert.Searlessaaten bjcarthofjaieat sea.". "-_

': .'**'•''/*'' •'' •' . -'.Page 10.

SUEURBAX:;-.;

:\-:^'.? lS* :"!'\u25a0 - \u25a0'.. *,"Oakland "real estate -man to -attend Fripsaoconvention. J~-- • '\-, \\u25a0-\u25a0

- '" • , P*gV 6Southern ;Pacific vrlll-erect railroad building at

Fourteenth and Franklin streets,' Oakland.' .Page,6""Rer.~Dr.

*Hart'of Oakltnd-."rreaches"

-nn

"tbosubject ©f arbitration. , Page. 6

Coast Line really deals, are . nutaerocs andmany cottages are *being built. .. Fage^B

Companion^ of Al Williams, who was beateato dead, says Peter Vallejo committed crimealone. . ,_ ;Page 6

Oakland realty-dealer, despondent- .throughillness, hastens end with a.bullet. Page 6

Grass fire, menacing Sacsallto.' is put out bysoldiers and citizens.

"Page 6

J. Dalzlel, tero of Boer war, robbed ofwatch given him by regiment. Page 6

COAST.Steamer Oregon Is a total loss and in dan-

gerous position. ; Page 7Independence day in Mexico peacefully and

patriotically celebrated despite rumors of dls-satlsfactoin among people.

-Page 7

Intoxicated gambler shoots and kills unof-fending messenger boy in Goldfield. Page 7

SPORTS.Dr. Horace N. Taylor is coaching a hundred

candidates for the Rugby squad. V Page 6Joe Corbett holds Garden City tossers down

to four hits Pagr© 10Colonel Ewing's baseball course U defended-

by President Bert. ; Pisre 10Lady Kelpof E. Preston's ken2?l shows great

speed at Cocrsiag Tark.- Page 10

PltUßurgs easy for tie V.'ludy City Na-tionals.

" P«ee 10But two horses of class are developed .during

ttls tpeson's nicin?. t&H^BBP&k.".- I's.ge 10Seals take a double header from tile' Port-

land nine. ?&S*"

Raisin Pickers fall twice before the Se-attles. Page 11

Cleveland - Americans sbut out St. Louis.Page. lo

Fine T^patter brings out the experts withtennis racquet.^. Page 10

Oaks and Angels split.even on the day atIdora-Park.

-,Page 11

Automobilists finish taelr outing at DelMonte, pleased with success. Page 11

Lad of IG' shoots and kills father to savehis mother from abuse. . P*ce 4•

Pise 3DOMESTIC.

Cloudburst in Nebraska does damage amount-Ing t0'5100,000. • 'Pace 5

News of Peair's"pclar expedition expected

before October 1. . Pa»e 5FOREIGN.

Guatemala. Salvador and. Honduras arrangingpermanent treaty of peace. Paye 4

Secretary Taft. Assistant Secretary Bacon andMinister Mcrg=n Leave .for"Cuba. Pages ;l^

President :Palma of Cuba .proclaims truce;, to.hasten restoration of order.

-\u25a0 Pages *l-4

Cruiser sent to;rescue fishermen who lout ves-sels la Belle Island storm.

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WEATHER CONDITION'S t

TELEPHONE TEMPORARY 80.

Pickernall's tour of'inspection is fin-

ished. He has visited the principal dis-tricts in the Pacific States' system :andwillmake a report on what he has seento President Fish in Boston. He will

not come to California again for some

time. Bradley, however, expects to re-

turn to San Francisco la a"few months.

resignation of A!. J. Slice, who was as-sistant to General Manager LouisGlass. This position is to be abolished.G. P. Robinson has been appointed tofill the newly created position of gen-eral superintendent. E.J.'Zlmmer, for-merly auditor of the company, has beenmade assistant to President Henry T.Scott. Itis probable that other, changes

in the staff of the. Pacific States Tele-phone and Telegraph 1 Company willtake place after tlie new, general man-ager has been appointed- In-the East.

The Eell Company willspend $10,000,-000 during the nest year Inmaking Itstelegraph and telephone system on thePacific Coast the equal of the best ser-vice in the world. This was anothersecret which Pickernall told his friends.The entire Western division, fromButte, Montana, to El Paso. Texas, willbe overhauled. Improvements In thecity and country service will be madealong the whole system. This workwill be rushed to an early completion.

CHANGES FOR SAX FRANCISCO.San Francisco will receive the big-

gest share of this appropriation of theBe!l company, about $3,000,000. All of

the wires will be placed underground.Experiments will be made until thebest system of "central" is obtained.The most modern systems of privateexchanges will be installed. Publicoffices will be opened. An improvedlong-distance service will be put Into

operation."When we are through with SanFrancisco." said Pickernall •to hisfriends at the St. Francis Hotel yester-day afternoon, "she will have a tele-phone service that will be on a. parwith that operated. in Boston. Philadel-phia or New York. Our impro\'ementswill extend to every department, ofthe coast system. San Francisco willno longer complain that her service isnot -the best."

Announcement was also made of the

Fish willdirect the affairs of the Pa-cific States Telephone and TelegraphCompany from Boston, just as Harri-man directs" the Southern Pacific fromNew York, and the Eastern man whoIs appointed -coast manager will live InSan Francisco and attend to the detailsof the entire coast service. PresidentFish will accompany the new managerto the coast to make a personal Inspec-tion.

According to Pickernall. Henry T.Scott willbe retained as president. Headmitted that a new. man would filltheshoes .of Vice President and GeneralManager Louis Glass, who is now onhis vacation. Glass' successor, saidPickernall, would be an Easterner ofv.-ide practical experience, who is toccme to San Francisco and give his en-tire attention to the service on the Pa-cific Coast. The appointment of thismanager will be announced Immedi-ately after the return of President Fishfrom Eurfcpe, where he has been sum-mering with his family.

SCOTT WILLitEMAIV.

F. A. Pickernall, assistant to Presi-dent Fish or the American Telephoneand Telegraph Company of Boston, the

Be!l system, stated yesterday that a

complete reorganization of the PacificStates Telephone and Telegraph Com-pany would take place in the near fu-ture, thereby confirming' the recentannouncement in The Call. He left lastr.ight for the East in the private car ofPacific Coast Manager Janes of theWestern Union Telegraph Company, ac-companied by E. O Bradley, who re-singed the presidency of the Postal Tel-egraph Company recently to take a po-sition with the Bell system/which ownsthe majority stock of the Pacific StatesTelephone and Telegraph Company.

Pickernall refused to talk for publi-cation before he left San Francisco lastnight, but his car had scarce steamedout of sight before it became known

that he had gathered a small group ofhis friends about him In the s lobby of

the SL Francis Hotel yesterday after-noon and had confided to them in se-crecy the determination of PresidentFish to reorganize the Pacific Statescompany. ".. » . . " ;v""/-

Change to Be Made in theManagement and Wires toBe Put Beneath Surface

Vast Sum to Be Expendedin Improvements in the

Pacific Coast Service

THIRD OF AMOUNTFOR THIS CITY

TEN MILLIONS FORPHONE COMPANY

BETTERMENTS.

INDEX OF THE

SAN FRANCISCOCALL'SNEWS TODAY.

Those Met Death or Injury in the Trolley Car Disaster

E!wiLmAM"PJOHNSjUELPi residihgat Turk and Webster streets.- F?rot>at>ly- Fatally,, Injured:George Johnson,' contractor, "loos Page street; left

leg amputated ;;, suffering- frominternal injuries and

vV Albert'

Johnson, son of George Johnson; right leg

amputated; suffering from internal injuries and shock.George English, 1913 Florida street; compound

fracture of right leg, ribs broken and internal injuries.

The Injured s

'//: Williamyraylor, 1913 Golden Gate avenue; com-pound fracture jqpright? an it; bruises about head and

- .. 'Philip^VirikferitliEast,Park street ;two fingers cutoff;'-legs^]nfe^pnd:internal injuries. . :- Fred McKay;;.3624 Army street; left ankle broken

\u25a0\u25a0>V; Miss Bridg'et^lTitzpatrick, 600 • Devisadero street ;

•; \u25a0 MrslfW^^^iraid^r, 430 Oak street ;lacerations of

head; suffering from nervous shock.Mrs.Emma Marks, 212 Steiner street ;contusion of

right:leg and arm and possible injuries to spine.W.F. Schrader, 430 Oak street; both ankles broken

and suffering from-nervous shock.R. G.Chisholm, 333 Twenty-seventh street; wrist

broken and contusion of head and body..;Arthur^Spank, : 2239 Fifteenth street; spraired

ankle arid 'lacerations of the head. .;

TWO MEN KILLED AND A SCORE INJURED IN COLLISION OF STREET CARSAT THE SHARP, TREACHEROUS CURVE AT DEVISADERO AND TURK STREET.

VOLUME C—NO. 109. SA^E^MGISO^^MONDA^^^ PRICE FIVE CENTS.

MONDAY,'September 17, 1906.

The San Francisco Call. JfSan Francisco, the City of Up-1Down/ a great story, whichwill want to read, :keep arid:send East, appears next Sunday inTHE CALL.Well, how do you find The Gill'sSunday Magazine yesterday ? Lookfor it again next Sunday, and youwon't be sorry.