The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 22, 1898, Page 2

o = FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1898. MALIETON'S - DEATH CAUSES DIFFICULTY Foreign Consuls Differ ~in Regard to His SUCCESSOT GERMANS PREFER ANARCHY The Chief Justice of the Islands - Has the Right to Appoint - the New King, The death of Malietoa, the Samoan XKing, has naturally caused much trou- ‘ble in the group, and advices from #pia, received by the Alameda yester- day, indicate that the difficulty is by fn0 means at an end. Apart from the fact that there are some half dozen na- | 4ive claimants to the throne, including ‘Moli, the King’'s brother, Tamasese, the rebel chief, and others, the situ- aition is complicated by friction between the representatives of the three treaty powe As usual, the Germans have assumed ‘the aggressive, and the British and American Consuls have united in pro- itest, just as they did a few months #20, when the President of the Municl- pal Council, a German, sought to exer- cise arbitrary power. In this instance Emperor William's representative re- sorted to an underhand device in or- der to procure German aggrandise- Under the Berlin treaty the natives have the right to elect their own King, but as there is little prospect of a unanimous vote, the Chief Justice is ‘appointed arbitrator. This is done un- der Section 6 of Article III, which pro- vides: *“In case any question shall hereafter arise in Samoa respecting the rightful election or appointment of King or of an - chief claiming author- ity over the islands, or respecting the validity of the powers which the King or any chief may claim in the exercise of his office, such question shall not lead to war, but shall be presented to the Chief Justice of Samoa, who shall decide it in writing, conformably to the provisions of this act and to the laws and customs of Samoa not in conflict therewith, and the signatory govern- ments will accept and abide by such de- cision.” It is well understood in Apia that the German officials do not wish to see an- other Samoan King appointed. They prefer rather a state of anarchy, which would provide them with continual ex- cuses for pressing thelr claim to the possession of the group. However, they cannot override the Berlin treaty, and by it, as the quotation just given shows, they are bound in this matter to abide by the decision of the Amer- ican Chief Justice. If the natives can manage to elect a King, even by a small majority, Mr. Chambers will af- firm his sovereignty and things will go on just as hitherto. There will always, | of course, be a rebel party, but in the | face of European and American men of i’mm it will he powerless to do any harm. The situation makes it impera- tive that the United States should be represented at Apia by an armed ves- sel, and if the Bennington is not or- dred there, some other ship should be sent. CULEBRA ISLAND FOR A COALING STATION Considered Better Adapted for a Naval Base of Supplies Than Is San Juan. NEW YORK, Sept. 21.—A Washington special to-the Herald sa If the rec- ommendation of Captain C. M. Chester, commanding the cruiser Cincinnati, is adopted, Culebra island, instead of San Juan, will be the site of the coaling sta- tion of the United States in the West Indles. The investizgation made by Rear-Admi- {ral Schley and Captain Chester has shown the unfitness of San Juan as a site for a naval station, because of the diffi- | culty of entering the harbor, while bat- | tleships of great draught would find it difficult to_secure sufficient water there. aptain Chester examined Culebra and, one of the former Spanish islands lying between Porto Rico and St. Thomas, and found an excellent harbor, well protected by a coral reef and hav- ing twenty-nine feet of water. It can | be easily dredged to a greater depth if | desirable. S S, | MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM FOR SAUSALITO Plan of an Expert to Construct Works at a Cost of Seventy-Five Thou- sand Dollars. SAUSALITO, Sept. 2L—Tt will proba- | bly be only a short time until the citi- | zens of Sausalito will have an opportu- q ) 7 WILLIAM L. CHAMBERS, CHIEF JUSTICE OF SAMOA, WHO WILL NAME THE SUCCESSOR TO KING MALIETOA. ment. After the King had been bu- ried in state at Muliunu, the three Consuls, representing England, the United States and Germany, met to consider the situation. They framed & proclamation, calculated to allay n - tive 'alarmi and avert bloodshed. “The English version ‘of the proclamation read -as follows: This official annduncement of the death of His ‘Afioga Mazlietoa, King of Samoa, is qpade with.'the deepest regret on the part of the freaty” officlals and consular representatives™of the three treaty pow- ers, and we, the undersighed representa- tives; of thie treaty ippwers, after consul- tation and agreement with the Chief Jus- lh'& and, the, President, hereby, in the nazie of ‘the treaty povers, request and require the chiefs and peoplé of Samoa to remaln quietly in the districts and avold ail-acts liable to create excitement or to cause trouble in the islands. We in con- cert with thé Chief Justice and the’Presi- dent, a ion with the > varfous dis- trigts, ary measures 10 “sécure, the unity and. peace-of-all Samoa and to carry out the provisions of the great ‘treaty pending the election of-a King. A - A 3 Given at Apla this 23d of August, 15%. OSE Imperial German Consul General.. . L. W. OSBORN, Consul_General, . MAXSE, 2 8 sty’s Consul. The Samoan version, however, which was translated in the German_consul- ate, gave a very different view of the case, and by an error, which could only have been intentional, led the natives to.understand that the appointment of their King. would finally rest with the Pré&jdérnit of the Municipal Council. The English and American Consuls dis- coyered the so-called mistake, and re- fused to distribute the proclamations, but the Germans sent them broadcast all over the ‘country. Then there were warm words at the German consulate, and‘E. G. B. Maxse, the British Con- sul, openly told the President that he was but the servant of the Samoan vernment and had 'no right to as- sume arbitrary powers. ‘L. W. Osborn, the American Consul General, support- ed his British colleague, and so the Teutonic designs on Samoa were for the moment checked. Fortunately the last word {n this mat- ter does not rest with a German, but with ‘an American, Mr. Chambers, the Chief Jysticd of the Supreme Court. nity to vote on a propostion that means much for the development of this com- munity. The plan is to bond the town and put in a municipal water system at a cost of $75,000. About six weeks ago the Board of Town Trustees concluded that as the water sup- ply of the town was lamentably defi- clent the services of a competent engin- geer must be secured to investigate. M. M. O'Shaughnessy, the Midwinter Fair expert and author of the Mill Valley sys- tem, was engaged to survey the ground and give an opinién as to the feasibility of municipal ;ownership. He has care- fully studied the situation, made the proper surveys, and in a few days the report will ‘be ‘handed to General Dick. inson, president of the board. According to Engineer O'Shaughnessy’s plans about forty acres:of land on the | Gioli ranch, owned by A. Borel, will have | to be purchased and a vast reservolr bullt. From this reservoir a tunnel can be-construeted ut a cost of about $7000 to lower lands, through which the mains will lead. , This will make a system suffi- cient for the needs of a town ten times as large as Sausalito. O'S v _completely ignores the propostion of buying the property of the two companies that have faifled to fur- nish- the. town with an adequate supply of water. Verbally he has termed the plant of the South Sausalito Bay and Land" Company “‘a’ regular windmiil sys- | tem.” The Trustees are enthusiastic over the proposition of munfcifpal ownership. — MOORE LITIGATION ENDS. Judge Bahrs Decides Against the De- X cedent’s Widow. SANTA CRUZ, Sept. 21.—Judge Bahrs of San Francisco to-day decided the case of Charles Moore vs. Helen M. Moore in favor of the plaintiff. The W. H. Moore case has been in litigation for twenty- five years, when the plaintiff brought suit hlbr tl'lel possession of the Moore ranch, consisting of 860 acres, clai; it belonged to his mother's estate, ‘x;infi had been purchased with her money, and it was understood between the parents that the ranch was held in trust for the children. The defendant was the gecond wife of W. H. Moore, and contended that }hed x-tmchdw'm‘ii )':.x;n of her estate. The udge ordered that an accounti rents and profits be given. g ot o Cure a Cold in One Day e Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. A = A ! bE N MALIETOA, SAMOA’'S DEAD KING, LYING IN STATE. (FROM A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN EXPRESSLY FOR THE CALL.) FATAL FLOODS N CHINA AND JAPN Hundreds of Lives Have Been Lost. THOUSANDS ARE IN DISTRESS DANGER AT NODOA. Reports of the Rebellion in Hainan Indicate Renewed Outbreaks of the Treed Society. Specfal Dispatch to The Call. VANCOUVER, Sept. 2l.—Advices from the Orient by the Empress of | China, which arrived this morning, | state that China and Japan have been | visited by thunderstorms and destruc- tive floods, in which many hundreds of people have lost their lives. The Te- glon north of the Fan Shong Mountains’ has been inundated for 100 miles by the Yellow River. Several hundred thousand persons have been plungec i into the deepest dis- tress, and many into absolute penury, which the local authorities are unable to alleviate. British Consul Butler at Kiung Chow has requested the American Consul, Dr. Bedloe, at Canton, to urge the Viceroy to. send soldiers to Nodoa, near Hoi | Chow, to protect the li- es and property ; of American missicnaries in that dis- trict. Rev. Dr. P. W. McClintack and Rev. W. J. Leveret of the American Presbyterian mission, Cistrict of Hai- nan, were obliged to flee for their lives and seek protection of the British Con- | sul at Hoi Chow. | Reports of tl.: rebellion in Hainan in- dicate renewed gutbreaks of the Treed | Soclety, a band of thieves and robbers | who have been strengthened by pirates. | This lawless army has committed many | depredations in the Hol Chow country. The Gazette reports that the Rus- slans have produced a written promise signed by I4 Hung Chang while at St. Petersburg, that a Russian official will | succeed Sir Robert Hart as inspectér- general of the imperial maritime cus- toms. Miners are opposed to the Manchu- rian railway and are obstructing the Russians. hey are well armed. The Russians have about 2500 soldiers be- tween New Choang and Port Arthur. They have landéd over a hundred new big guns at Port Arthur and are build- ing up forts very quickly. They have about thirteen men-of-war at Port Arthur and Talien Wan. Considerable dissatisfaction is felt in Hongkong and elsewhere in conse- quence of the retention of special du- ties at Manila by American authori- tles. REPORTED BRUTALITY TO CAPTIVE PRIESTS Major General Otis Asked to Investi- gate a Story of Outrages by Filipinos. WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—Mgr. Martin- ellf, the apostolic delegate in Washing- ton, yesterday received a cablegram from Cardinal Rampolla Informing him that the Bishop of New Segovia, Philippine Islands, and several Catholic priests had been arrested by the insurgents and were imprisoned and being cruelly treated by thelr ~captors. Cardinal Rampolla df- rected Mgr. Martinelli to lay the case be- fore the: War Department with a request that some action, if possible, be taken to protect the prisoners from harm. Mgr. Martinelll presented the facts as communicated to him to Secretary Mei- klejohn and urged that the department communicate with General Otis, in com- mand of the American forces in Manila, with a view to affording relief to the captured priests. In compliance with the request, Sec- relar{ Meiklejohn directed that General Otis be informed of the situation of the riests and asked to protect them from gad treatment if they were in his juris- diction. In response to this order General Otis cabled the department to-day as follows: “MANILA, Sept. 2l.—Adjutant General, ‘Washington: Beileve reports of extent of brutality to Spanish priests exaggerated. ‘Wil send officer to Investigate, which wili require several days. New Segovia Bishopric 100 miles distane. - “OTIS, Commanding.” The information contained in General Otis’ dispatch was communicated to Mgr. Martinelli. = GENERAL J. AEEON NAMED. Asked by the President to Serve on the War Investigating Board. NASHVILLE, Sept 21.—General W. H. Jackson recelved a telegram from. Presi- dent McKinley inviting him to act as a member of the board to investigate the ‘War De; ent. General Jackson has taken the offer under advisement fi‘fl n refund the money If it fall 3 Eenine Bas LB, G S inyS e Tek B will return an answer to-morrow. lends say he will accept. e ORGANIZED TO PROSECUTE OTIS Relatives of Camp Mer- ritt Victims Act. AFTER THE GENERAL’S SCALP AMERICAN MISSIONARIES INY{WILL ENDEAVOR TO HAVE CHARGES PREFERRED. It Is Claimed That the Officer Who Now Commands in the Philip- pines Picked Out a Pes- tilential Spot. Special Dispatch to The Call CLE\ _LAND, O., Sept. 21.—C. W. Metcalf of 50 Linwood street, whose‘ son, Barton Metcalf, died recently in | San Francisco from typhoid pneumonia, contracted while at Camp Merritt while a member of the United States regu- lars, will take steps to have charges preferred againgt Major General Otls, now in command of the .american forces in the Phiippines. Metcalf said to-da “I am a .member of an organization made up of peoplc all over thé country who lost relatives or friends who had enlisted in the regular army for service in the Philippines. These men dfed through exposure on that pestilential | spot knovn as Camp Merritt. Each member of this organization will bring | pressure to bear on his Congressman to | have charges preferred against General Otis, who located the camp where it was. “The organiz..tion is a large and in- fluential one, and I believe it will be able to accomplish the object for which it was formed. I don’t suppose a more unhealthy spot for the location of a military camp could have been found on. the whole Pacific Coast than that of Camp Merritt. The camp was open to th: sea and during the most of the day fog was so dense there that one could hara. aistinguish the form of a man at a distance of thirty or forty feet. A soldier on picket duty would be wet to the skin before he hac stood in that fog half an hour.” FUNDS FOR SALT LAKE LOS ANGELES RAILWAY New York Bankers Agree to Finance the Extension of the Line From Milford. ¢ LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2L.—A letter to a private individual in this city from New York conveys the intelligence that Kessler & Co., the New York bankers, who are now attempting to secure control of the water company plant here, have also undertaken to finance the extension of the Salt Lake Ralilroad from Milford to Los Angeles. In an interview had in New York a representative of the firm con- firmed the statement. The local repre- sentative of the firm, Mr. Woltman, re- fused to-day to be interviewed, but stated that_he had secured a great deal of in- formation regarding this section for his firm. He. gaid the time was hardlv ripe to make known what was being done or contemplated. The road is to be buiit, to be begun at once and to be finished ! probably in two years. Kessler & Co. | have taken hold of the financlal end of the enterprise and entertain no doubt that their efforts will succeed. Prelimin- | ary surveys were madeé in the early spring. In a few days a corps of sur- | veyors will be in the fleld making ‘the | working sur\'e"ls and planning for actual ading. In the meantime work is in | hand on the Oregon Short Line for Mil- | ford, southwesterly. This link of eighty miles will bring the road to a point south- | west of Pioche. Mr. Waltman admitted that the Union Pacific is behind the scheme. PLOT TO SLAY THE KING OF PORTUGAL Elaborate Measures Taken to Protect Royal Residences at Cintra and Cascaes. NEW YORK, Sept. 2L.—A cablegram to the Sun from London says: A dispatch to the Daily Malil from Lisbon says that | elahorate measures have been taken to protect the royal residences at Cintra and Cascaes. It seems ‘that fhe authorities have been warned of an anarchist plot to assassinate King Carlos. Linares Received by the Queen. Special cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 189, by James Gor- don Bennett. MADRID, Sept. 21.—General Linares, with his wounded arm in a sling, was re- ceived to-day by the Queen Regent. The Peace Commissioners leave here for Paris Sunday. Van Heest Knocked Out. LOUISVILLE, Sept. 21.—Tommy Horan of New York knocked out Johnny Van Heest of Michi, here to-night in the seventh round of what was to have been & twenty-round .bout. . oy WOULD ABOLISH THE EXAMINERS A Joker in Amendment No. 3. HAS SWEEPING PROVISIONS SECRETARY GORMAN MAKES A DISCOVERY. Says That Were the Measure Adopted the Board Would Be Displaced by the Proposed Court of Claims. Special Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, Sept. 21.—J. C. Gor- man, secretary of the State Board of Examiners, claimed to-night to have discovered that the effect of constitu- tional amendment No. 3, to be voted on in November next, will be to abolish the Board of Examiners, and throw the business affairs of the various branches of government into. chaos. The amendment provides for the cre- ation of a court of clahms, to consist of any three Judges of the Superior Court who may be required to hold court at the regular terms thereof, which shall be once every four months, at Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento. Gorman asserts that the purpose of the court, as contemplated by the lawmakers, was to relieve -the Legislature of such ancient claims as the Jordan bill and thus facilitate leg- islation. But the amendment sweep- ingly provides that the court of claims “shall have exclusive jurisdic- tion to hear and determine all claims of every kind and character against the State,” which,’ of course, means the claims of all State offices and institu- tions now passed on by the Board of Examiners. Gorman declares that in order to han- dle these claims, which accumulate with amazing rapidity, the Board of Examiners is obliged to meet from five to ten times each month and the claims often number 1800 a month. He de- clares that if the bilis are to wait over for four months, the court of claims will be swamped with them and will find it impossible to scrutinize them with the care allowable under the ex- isting Bsystem. Moreover, Secretary Gorman asserts that contractors who furnish supplies to the various State institutions and offices will figure on having to wait four and probably eight months for their money, and they will charge the State correspondingly higher prices. Secretary Gorman asserts that the far-reaching ‘effect of the proposed amendment had not before been sus- pected, and he was confident that he was the only member of the Board of Examiners who had discovered the im- port of the measure and foreseen the confusion into which it is bound to plunge the business affairs of the State if adopted, GOLD STANDARD INDORSED. ‘Washington BepTxialicnns Name a State Ticket. TACOMA, Sept. 2L.—The Republican State convention nominated the following ticket to-day: Congressmen—W. T. Jones of Yakima and Francls W. Cushman of Tacoma. FJudge! Otf téle Supreme Court—Mark A. ‘ullerton of Colfax and T. J. Walla Walla (renomlnated{ Andexen o, The nominations of Jones and Cushman were b¥ acclamation, and the nomina- tions of the Supreme Judges were made unanimous before the resuit of the first and only ballot was announced. The platform was adopted just as it came from the committee. There was some_ controversy in the committee on the financial plank and the subject of territorial expansion. The Eastern Wash- ington delegates wanted to incorporate the St. Louls financial plank, but they vi'gre ol}:tvtl)tn’i ‘bé- those rronfi n&e west side, who insisted on a specific declara- tion for the gold ntnndard}.) Christina Signs the Dezree. MADRID, Sept. 21.—The Queen Regent has signed the decree suspending Admiral Montljo and granting pardon to convicts who fought as volunteers in the wit! the United States. il o Improvements in Flying Machines. Inventors are plenty who can make a machine that will rise and float In air, but the one im- provement which none has succeeded in mak- ing is an apparatus that will guide the ma- chine through the many treacherous currents of air. In this respect humanity is fortunate in having Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which acts s a safe gulde by curing treacherous stomach, liver and blood diseases, giving a good ‘appe- tite, a strong constitution and nerves like steel. 3 |HOW TO DISTILL WATER Address for circular, WIESTER & CO. 17 New Montgomery St @an Francisco SIMMONS' COUP HAS SUCCEEDED Sheriff Not Likely to Be Brought Back. SPEEDING ON -TO INDIANA KIDNAPER OF CADWALLADER * - UNMOLESTED. Attorney Levinsky Will Not Ask to Have Him Punished, and Judge Hart Is Disposed to Drop the Affair, Specfal Dispatch to The Call. STOCKTON, Sept. 21.—It seems now that Attorney Levinsky lost his chance to regain possession of his client, Bank Wrecker Cadwallader, because an at- torney in one of the mountain towns to whom he wired to have Sheriff Sim- mons of Indlana sto ned took out a habeas corpus writ instead of a war- rant. Levinsky was asked to-day Wwhat his next move would be. “It rests entirely with the Superior Court of Sacramento,” said he. “The order of the court was legally served and ignored in a ‘willful, high-handed manner. - It {s for Judge Hart to de- termine whether he shall take cogniz- ance of the insult to the dignity of his court. I am inclined to think that no Judge would allow such an indignity to pass unchecked and unpunished. Sheriff Simmons is clearly guilty of contempt and should be made to an- swer for his offense.” “Suppose Judge Hart should decide to let the affair pass unnoticed, would you go before him and insist that Sim- mons be made to suffer for his of- fense?” “I hardly think that I would. It would be out of place. This is a mat- ter that rests with the people of the State. The law has been violated, and Judges do not allow such acts to be committed with fmpunity.” “Under what process could Simmons be brought back?"” “He would first be arrested by tele- graph and then be returned on a requi- sition issued by Governor Budd on the Governor of Indiana.” There are various opinlons as to how Levinsky could have captured his client, even after he had left on a spe- cial engine. The one, however, to which attention is called is section 1497 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Had a warrant been obtained from Judge Jones and indorsed by him it could have been telegraphed to ahy Sheriff and would have brought the man back, so the lawyers say. The at- torneys say that it is the very proced- ure made to cover such cases as the spiriting away of Cadwallader. The writ of habeas corpus would not stop the Indiana 'Sheriff, and it did not. Mr. Levinsky said that had the person to whom he had intrusted the work at Sacramento done the proper thing he could have stopped Simmons in his EVACUATION i AND THE COMAL Replies of the American Commission Prepared. STRONG OPPOSITION TO DELAY HAVANA MUST BE THE PLACE OF DEBARKATION. Two Army Officers Make a Trip to Matanzas and Find Deplorable Conditions in That Province. Bpecial cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1895, by James Ger- don Bennett. HAVANA, Sept. 21.—The American commission held a long session in the salon of the Trocha this afternoon, at which replies were prepared to the Spanish propositions regarding evacua- tion and the Comal. These will be sent to the Spanish commission to-mor- row morning. The propositions in re- gard to the Comal are not final and further correspondence is expected, but the Americans are likely to stick to the original request that Havana shall be the place of debarkation. Regarding evacuation dates for the beginning and ending of troop move- ments they are far from those sug- gested in the Spanish document, from which the reply differs in many vital respects. The tone of the American communication shows the commission’s determination to lose as little time as possible, and insists on prompt action. Captain Page and Lieutenant Reed returned from Matanzas last evening,. having gathered much valuable infor- mation during the four or five hours they spent there, besides having an in- terview with General Molina, comman- der of the Spanish forces in that prov- ince. They found the Spaniards and Cubans in the city apparently on good terms. They were told that commerce was utterly interrupted, the municipal-. ity long bankrupt; that there was no gas; that the surrounding plantations were idle, many simply from a lack of oxen and other means of cultivation. Poverty was manifest on every side, and the officers had to take refuge at a hotel from swarms of persons of all descriptions asking for alms. MADE A BUSINESS " OF CHEATING WOMEN Charles Hecking Says a Trolley Car Would Not Hold All the Wo- men He Has Married. NEW YORK, Sept. 2L—"“A trolley car would not hold all the women I have mar- ried,” confessed Charles Hecking when arrested in Newark on a charge of swin-. dling a woman under promise of mar- riage. > If his own_confeslons are true, he beats Bates, the Chicagoan. He is 65 years of age, has half a dozen aliases and has flight. SACRAMENTO, Sept. 21.—Levinsky, the Stockton counsel for Cadwallader, telephoned to the . Capitol. yesterday. asking the Govermor to withdraw.. the. extradition warrant issued to Sheriff Simmons. The Governor being absent in San Francisco, Levinsky said - he would carry his request to him there. It is' not believed here that efforts will be made to overtake Simmons with any process issuing from Judge Hart's court because of the contempt. PINGREE RENOMINATED. DETROIT, Sept. 21.—Governor Pingree was unanimously nominated by acclama- tion - this afternoon by the Republican State Convention. Many members of nis party who have not heretofore been in accord with the Governor joined in the cheering when he appeared and made a characteristic speech of acceptance. The platform indorses the present na- tional administration. e 2 E ‘Waitress Takes Poison. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 21.—Miss Rose Evans, a waitress in the Chicago Restau- rant, 21 years of age, fook polson last night In a room at the Dresden lodging- house on South Main street. She was not found until this morning, and was still alive, but dled at noon. She was of good reputation, and no cduse is known for her act. Her parents live here, but she had not resided with them for several months. —_— Ranchers Held for Murder. SANTA ROSA, Sept. 21.—Fred Grelner, an Occidental rancher, was held for trial in the Superior Court this afternoon by Judge Brown. He is charged with the murder of Louis Bimoni of Occidental, cnmanmed two weeks ago. Bail was re- fused. served several terms in prison in this ¢ity and New Jersey for swindling confiding women after promising to wed or actually marrying them. He is wanted in this city on a .charge of hxvlslg&; defrauded Mrs.. Margaretta Does of East Bteventh' - stréet out of . Hecking Is a stout, smooth-faced Ger- man, has been rather good looking and is as well preserved as a man of 45 years, ‘Widows have been his especial prey. They are “easy marks,” he sald. He advertises for a wife, as a_rule, in a newspaper “‘personal,” and, after arranging and hav- ing a meeting with one who answers, ne talks the intended victim into_the belief that he is himself wealthy., In various. ways, particularly by promises of mar- riage and by making preparations for such an event, he induces the women to. part with money. To the_ detectives he laughingly ex- plained that his game works successfuily ‘because the women want to get married and 1 want the women.”” Asked how many women he had married, he thought for 4 minute, and answered: “A trolley .car would not hold all the women I have married.” —_— : BREAK IN TURLOCK TUNNEL: Considerable Damage Caused by a Washout at Turpins. MODESTO, Sept. 21L.—Word was re- cefved at Modesto to-day of a washout on Turlock canal at a point known as Tur- pins. Three years ago the fill was washed out. Fresh earth was put In this sum- mer, and water was being carried down" the ‘canal from the diverting dam at ..a Grange, and had filled up back of the fill. Suddeniy the fill gave way. The cut is about thirty feet wide and eighteen teet eep. The roar of the water was very great and the damage was considerable, aside from the delay caused by the mishap, It is now considered advisable to flume to &' int for a_much greater distance tkan he width of the break. ADVERTI WINDOW SEMENTS. SHADES. .. If you want them, you want them good and pretty and stylish and cheap. About one-half what they'll cost you at credit stores will satisty us. For shades all complete with rol! Higher always for extra widths which have to be made to order. lers we sell at 15, 25, 35, 50 and 75 cents. 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