The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 31, 1900, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1900. PERJURED HINSELF I POWERS THIAL Witness Makes an Affidavit That His Testimony Was False. . Declares That He Was Paid by At- torney Campbell and Arthur Goebel After He Had Given His Evidence. BYERS DEFEATS TIM MURPHY IN TAME FIGHT | I SERIOUS SCANDAIL INVOLVES | CIVIL. SERVICE COMMISSION Leonard S. Leavy Is Raised From Sixth to Third Place That He May Be Made a Bookkeeper. HE Board of Civil Service Com sioners has committed an of- act which strikes a death blow to the merit system which | the present administration hds | made a pretense of intro. the | municipa! government ng the percentage of L who took the examination for bookkeeper in | the office of the Board of Public Works, it | made it possible for Leavy to retain his | present position in that department of the | J. Richard Freud, president of the Civil Service Board, who is the active member of that body, admits that the credits given to Leavy by the hoard of examiners were raised from 85 to 89 per cent, which at the same time raised him from sixth to third place on the eligible | list. Freud, however, says in exfenuation | this questionable proceeding s rating was not raised in order to of his being retained as book- | keeper in the Board of Public Works: | Freud asserts with emphasis that the | | | | | | | | | COMMISSIONERS MAKING THEIR DOHRMANN OF THE MERC CHANGES: THAT ELEVATED | — | | | } | | ’ | | | | | - | EXPLANATIONS TO PRESIDENT HANTS' ASSOCIATION OF HOW LEAVY HAPPENED TO BE MADE. | Intention to 1 'he dec the commission about the examination, certifi- cation or appointment of Mr. Leavy. fr. Freud did not at any time visit the of- fice of Mayor Phelan with Secretary Park, nor was he ever in the office of Mayor Phelan at the same time as S Park. Neither Secretary Park nor nor any other person in the city government ever spoke to Mr. Freud o iing the examination or certification or appointment of Mr. Leavy, In none of the rulings of the Civil Service Commission has there ever been the slightest njure or benefit any avplicant. ns of the commission in all mat- made without regard to any person or any aovlicant. Notwithstanding any state- ments that may be published to the contrary, Commission feels assured ry facl s proceedi of it ngs Freud Explains. ““The changing of the maximum time TOTAL POPULATION 5 ANNOUNCED Over Seventy-Six Millions of People Domiciled in This Country. / A T l | | g | Gain During the Past Ten Years Is| Over Thirteen Millions, Repre- senting an Increase of Nearly Twenty-One Per Cent. et WASHINGTON, Oet. 30.—The announcement of the total poj tion of the United States for 1909 is 220, of | which 74,627,977 are contained in the forty five Stales representing approximately pportion- t 134,558 tion popu- should be Taking the 189 ", . official |'the population to be used for & compared, 3,0 | population as a ba gain in population « last ten T announce nited rd ¢ m { of mearly 21 pe | Following 1 of the population 1800 by States n repr | secand 18 r {given repr nu not taxed: Alabama Louisiana | Mutne ...l | Maryiana | Massachusetts . | Michigan .. | Minnesota . | Mississippl Issourt - Montana [11l Nebraska . Nevada. | Nerth Dakota | Ohio . { T ‘enn, ermont ... /irginia . imate) o Columbla. . Irdian Territory New Mexico.. Cklahoma Lk Persons in service of United States stationed abroad (estimated) . 84,000 Indians, ete., on In- dlan reservations, except Indian Ter- ritory .. . 145,282 Totals for seven COLLIERIES ARE ~ RESUMING WORK | } | | Mine Operators Make All the Concessions Asked by Strikers. PPN Differences Being Adjusted and Soon All Men Will Return to Their Places in the Coal Fields. e HAZLETON, Pa., Oct. 30.—The men em- ployed at the collieries of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company met to-day and adopted a resolution requesting the company to abolish the sliding scale and e to pay the 1) per cent increase 1. The company immediately greed to the proposition and posted no- ces to-night. Work will be resumed m as the mines can be put in shape. A. Pardee & Co. hired seventy-five new men at their Cranberry colllery to-day to take the places of miners who ha Many of the 1 strike at this mine isal of the firm to rein- | s¢ » the union » refused to 1. nce that if reapply men want work v The Oneida and D ‘ox Brothers & C turn to work unless the suspended engineers stated, also but not with a full force Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Company mines are still idle. but otherwise ever: thing is moving along smoothly in this “loki resumed, he With a brand new stock and a brand new store, we're ready to seil you the best of shoes at satisfactory prices We're a2 new firm in a big city, and we're going to set a price standard to establish a price reputa- tion. Here's a values you ford to miss: ‘Women's patent leath- er walking shoes; hand-welt, heavy sole, * lace, kid tops—the new mannish last; a splen- did street shoe at an aztracu\f? $3 25 shoe af- few can’t of the conference “ 3 § | required for experience in the bookkeep- 31 262,043 59,541 price ... .- | Quested the presence of Commissioners | he has never by roached in any way | er's e e iee e D- Territories, etc. 1,667,313 2. . . Kid McFadden of This City Is Out- | OTmission had decided after the exam-| preud, Quinn and McCarthy and Chiet | by any person to advance the standing of | choal Lomination id Mr. Froad at the elose | The Alaskan figures are derived from gl Sl — B classed and Loses to Harry ination papers had been marked by the | Examiner Moran at a conference, which | any ch‘l? service eligible. s C95¢ | partial data only and all returns for | board of examiners that the maximum | Was held in the rooms of the Merchants’ with President Dohr- calf, | : I n | mann of the Merchants' Assc & Alaska and for certain military organiza- toe, the Harris of Chicago, | of ten years' expertence as bookkeeper | Assoclation last. night. Mr. ‘Dohrmann | Leavy Suddenly Becomes Third. | mann of the Merchants Assoclation. \The | tions, stationed abroad principlly in the Lo iy Mg T = . > { as du he people a fac! owever, that two or thre et : < o Philippines, have not yet been received. - g = red in the Board of Works test was | Said he felt that it was due to th 1 It is a fact, hi er, that t PO ] 2 earved 10 Thactt toe L nt s e s Dp h: b ved you 30. Oct. 30.—George Byers, tha | required in the Boa - two years | Cfeflls community, who had expressed | days after Park's lamentable QISCOVErY | toork of e tooiy e Ji& et e the | * The cost of the administration of the color e-we of Boston, In his | 100 great. The fact that only two years' | their desire for the civil service as con- | that his friend Leavy stood sixth on thée | Ing examination papers. When e ark- | cengus Bureau up to this date, including . Tim ¥ of Australla to- | experience was required of the applicants | tained in the charter which was adopted | eligible list"the Iist of, successful candi- | |8, SXamination papers. leran ro CON- | the expense incident to the preliminary nie T proved a disap- for positions as bookkeepers in the Sher- | at the last election, that a satisfactory | dates for the position of bookkeeper in the ment no eligible. 1ist Hag peme® ‘”?"g""“' work, as well as the cost of P wimeet o . pointr tors '3 | #f's office induced the Civil Service Com- | Statement should be made by the commis- | office of the Board of Public Works was | foent 10 eligible list had been ma .0y | ation’ and_supervision, Is $6.361.91, of g . ecis nd. fssion to reduce the maximum of expe. | $i00. Mr. Dohrmanr s the mem- | announced, and lo_and behold, Leavy's | haon markon oy tnous] aminers . Thoush | Which over $1,000000 has been expended ¢ chowing | Mission red lie | bers of the commi: calize that | name appeared third instead of sixth. The | g™ \qantincation Sheria o o “the | for supervision and enumeration. l e e i | e e e o five yoare, Foond | tie s of the Clvil Serbice Bamrd in rais. | roducton in the Taximum of axperience | L1 dentiocstion aheets wera cpen. the —— Tiiodte oot of of the con- | Works from ten to five years. re ng the percentage of an applicant, w. rom ten to five years had operated to | s e (S elars * p-to-date ; thing but a | solemnly declares ' that the commission made it possible for him to retain‘a posi- | Leavy's benefit. The day afterward the | ol OF myself. That is. we paid no at- | CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH. rked too slow only gained the - hews, tha d Charlie Mat Yy met fully did not know that this reduction would injure or benefit any one of the applicants. He says that as a result of the board's action the rating of ten other applicants besides Leavy was changed. Leavy Stood Sixth. The fact remains nevertheless that pre- vious to the reduction in the time for ex- perience Leavy stood sixth on the eligible list of bookkeepers, to which position he had been assigned by tue board of ex- aminat It must be known, too, that tion which he certainly would have lost had he remained in the place originally accorded him by the Board of Examiners, would subject the board to considerable unfavorable criticism. The action of the ing explanation. The fact that ten others were raiked simultaneously with Leavy does not affect the situation, since it is a fact that not one of these ten has been appointed to a bookkeepers’ position in the Board of Public Worl Leavy was the only one who profited by the change. The three members of the commission met Mr. Dohrma at the conference. on demanded more than a pass- | Board of Public Works made a requisition | for two bookkeepers. The names of the | four highest on the list were sent to it by | the commission, and T. J. Crowley and | Leonard 8. Leavy, both of whom were ap- | pointed by the board last January, were | selected to fill their own positions. Changing the Figures. The @angerous part in the proceeding of changing the rating of civil service ap- plicants after their identity has become | nown, which was the case when the | examination papers of the bookkeepers in | the office of the Board of Public Works | tention to the names of the applicants. ““We believed that the commission would be subjected to unfavorable criticism for unfavorable discrimination in requiring ten years’ experfence for bookkeepers in the Board of Public Works and only two years for Sheriff's bookkeepers. Wa therefore determined to equalize matters by reducing the maximum limit for the Hoard of Publlc Works. “At no time has the commission been approached In the interest of Leavy or any other man in or out of the City Hail. Mr. Quinn and myself had never spoken | about Leavy. ave never seen tho Five Little Ones Lose Their Lives at Egg Lake East. WINNTPEG, Oct. 30.—A dispatch from Edmonton says the house of a settler by name of Hutsko at Egz Lake East, burned down a few days ago, five little children losing their building. D | | Would Disband Negro Troops. | ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 30.—In his annual report to the Governor, Adjutant General lives in the | Quality. 945 Market St., Hale’s Former Store. 'DR. MEYERS 2 2 o 3 - o By p < { Mayor in the presence of Park nor has the | Byrd recommends that the negro troops & CO,, examination papers are marked without | though in justice to Commissioner Mc- | were revised by the commission, is ap- | Al e 8 1 S the | By i : 45 the exminers. or this Jurposs. gpl| EoRRITan 58,08 | the clyl service applicant lies n the fact | Dohrmann Defends Commission. | ot of service, because, ho believes, they | Spociglists 3 . als ” y's S_Was | thai s identity is unknown to e Board | - . . v a identification sheet is used for each apt | nccomplished delib-| of Iixaminers Lol weter Bie papers Have "ffi:"e“"‘*“e‘g "1‘"“ the conference last| g military standpoint Disease and weak- w + P ., which is not opened until after |eration in executive com- { heen marked. Then the identification | Mi8ht, Mr. Dohrmann, as representative | r we e VIOLATED CIVIL SERVICE. the papers have been marked. After the results had been reported by the examiners the commission, with the mission gave out a detailed statement in explanation of its course. This statement, together with the opinions of F. W. Dohr- mann, is published in full elsewhere. The sheet is torn open and the credits for his | experience is marked upon it. In Leavy's case the Board of Examiners, consisting of the Merchants' the result of t Association, stated as e investigation that the Civil Service Comm | Denied in Official Circles. | CARACAS, Venezuela, Oct. 30.—Tt is de- fon could only be | nied in official circles that Venezuela con- | ness of men. Es- tablished 1881. Con- sultation free. Market st. < | of John Pettee, Cyril Willlams and S. P. | accused of being indiscret in changing the sing a port on Margarit: (elevator entrance), full knowledge of the identity of the varl- | statement of the commission eontains an | Johnston, had marked his Papers as fol- | cohesete ot experience. He expressed con ‘rimfildmt? (!i?m:gy 2 512 | San Francisco. " G us applicants, took it upon itself to|admission that the papers were revised |jows: fidence In the commission, how: 5 x oo Beoommends the Dismis- | ghange the rating of the applicants by | and that Leavy's rating was consequentiy | mesanence 3, boorkeeptng 10, gonerat | Moceoa Ty he commission, however, and al of Federal Employes. | hanging the weight for experience. In|lncreased. This positive fact ia mot de- | niwicase ine, letter sritiag W The diractors of the Merchants' Assoctation N . LADD’S GUN STORE, NGTON. Oct. 31.—The Civil Ser. | this way Leavy sprang to third place an : 3 be- | : £ welghts ascorded to | permitied its secretary. Mr. Freud, (4 become s | - 0 ed to the posi hic hind its positive assertion that Leavy's a system of weights ac>corde 0 arihes Civ - - - | “ sion has just completed - e tomoniton which he | Mentity was not Known tothe sammser | each subjoct eavy's DErCEntags was as. | member of the Civil Service Commission (or the 3 - . ions present tain th stratio avy It is equally cer- mained in’ sixth | been selected for- There were only three such | tions to be filled in the Board of Pub- | Works and as a consequence the com- if 1 place he would not the position por lic and that there was no intention to make it possible for Leavy to retain his posi- tion. Alleged Telephone Conversation. The fact that Leavy was originally sixth certained to be 85. This made him sixth on the list. It was then that the com- | mission changed the figures for experi- ence from 80 to 100, as a result of the re- duction in experience necessary for perfect credit, which increased his total sole purpose that civil service might be intro- ueed under the new charter fairly, intelll- gently, honestly and without reference to poll tical parties or party services. In consequence it became my duty as president of the Mer- a | chants' Association to keep in close touch with the work of the commission, and therefore I 421 Kearny st., tor Fishing Tackle and Sporting G The largest stock on 8. - e 3 s oo 4 ke ot . ¢ (4 % ereentage ) | feel that I am in a position to state that so far the Pactfic Coast of every descriptio: t commended to ths | mussion could only certify to the five first | on the eligible ilst hecame known'in some | Percentage to 8 | as results have been obtained and considering | cents In postage stampe for the Iatest 3o poge mmended to th2 | names fon) Hrlncf:i"rm pn:hnmm - Three | unaccountable manner as far back as Sep- Statement of Commission. | the many obstacles and ditficultles which had | fllustrated catalogue., No. & Seegaring Wil i es are certified for each position, but | tember 18 last to J. Leo Park, secreta 1 iy $he-) $0 Do QUSRI SRl S06 ORpSIEiu o £ ihe prose ?nfl— an «.lmm.. 1;<‘wuh«~p-r1 ‘(‘hv remaining | of the Board of Public Works. The a:-y- (‘l-l\."lllQ s"a‘l‘fi'«% ?-i,‘t‘,’i{.'«'é’fiknsi‘iimlui its | :;.M "'"1 f""hh»"}:rr::m:lfio;fh e t‘.:-:;xk (:” X and in | two are dropped to be taken up again 4 s y . s commission, s ave been at- | . ¥ en taken. | when requisition is made for the seoonq | Cusation is made that Park secured this ;;asg,?;"flf;;v;hc (hange 1n the schedule | (ained, have fuily Justified the hoves and con- | vestiy are in pro- | position, and so on. It is easily seen that | interesting bit of information from Chiet , s sl - 9 | fidence of all friends of civil service reform. | gres miss ses to disc had Leavy been permitted to remain in | Examiner Moran over the telephone. This, | fOI0ricus fact that Leavy was jumped | 1 oxceedingly resret the charges that the w = erning these | sixth place he would have been ex.| however, is denied point blank by both | [rom six oo e jCIt g 3 < - Abruzzi Getting Ready. TOCKHOLM 3.—The Duke of Gothenburg Franz Josef cluded from appointment to either of the | three positions. Dohrmann Calls Conference. | When the fact that Leavy’s examina- | tion papers had been raised became public [ Assoclation, upon whose | recommendation Mayor Phelan appointed Park and Moran. However that may be, Park expressed much disappointment when he learned that Leavy stood sixth. “Something must be done,” sald Park to one of his intimates. ““We cannot get along without Leavy." in the day Park and Commissioner Freud gyent retaining of Leavy in his position he statement follows: The only reason for the change in the sched- ule of experience for the bookkeepers' exam.- ination in the Board of Public Works was the sreat disparity between the time list for the years, whereas for the Board of Public Works Freud, has caused certain actions to be taken in order to favor an applicant for the posi- tion of bookkeeper in the Board of Public Work: * s. T'd0 not_destre to go 1 ticulars in re- gard to these charges. commission {s amply able to speak for itself and to explain nto_part The doubt that any action they have taken in this articular matter, as well as generally, has that'sall. No energy, no . vim, no vigor, no ambition. .Thie head aches, thoughts Life becomes a round of - X °f | property the commission claimed to be| What that “something” was | B o rniic Works and that set for the | its motives as well as its acilons. I am glad 1 D lRE C I OR Y hree missi e > g’ as is not e expeditions. 3. o e e jLonrmann, president of | known, but the charge is made that later | SperiT 8 office. In the case of the Sherifl’s | (o state, however, that I have no reason to| § 4r€ confused, memory fails et + H o d Were seen coming out of the Mayor's pri- | it was fixed at ten years. As the position is | been prompted by a sincere desire fo make the OF RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. Freud as a member of the Civil Service | vate office together. This simultaneous | a bookkeeper In each. case and receives the efforts of the commission effective and to be work. bllt ‘e half accom- c;mogn“ and Price Lists Mailed o & 54 ommission, was surprised bevond meas- | exit of Park and Freud from the Mayor's | same salary, the Civil Service Commission con- | fajr and just to all applicants, without per- . . h e av’s a ure. Mr. Dohrmann has ever been a stanch | office may have been but a coincidence. | sidered the difference too great. - Accordingly | conal prefarence. all of which 18 botne b by plished, of eating that does on Applieation. d e o "dh&:rm m{\ the merit system. It was his | Both Park and Freud deny with some in- | it was reduced from ten years to five years. tho results of their previous work and shown in ’ ambition that the civil service system dignation that they were in the Mayor's There was absolutely no other reason for this the personnel of the appointees under the new not nourish, of sleep that % > E should replace the old ethod of % change. It was not done to benefit or injure | system, as well as by the fact that all thelr 2 ATTORNEY. @ e e Dreterence in the appointment of the oy | Loiacacy fossther. Friud ulaiis (st (€ 18 | o e R . oo ot M | e hars e i, st &l) thate fails ¢ fresh d of | |7 B MERzZBACH, lawyer. city’s | evidently a case of mistaken identity. He S 0 refres an (o) General D. M. Frost. es, and in ‘this laudable effort he | says that he has never seen the Mayor | 5ea%% on the eligible list was mot known to | papers are sublect to ful veativation. -In A 508 Calitornia st., Clunte building. s ent. Sty Pupported by the merchants of this | without having one of the other Commis. | e, Smitiosion When the experience schedule | addition, the, sianding, of these eentlemen In | | - resting that never rests. ; ST. LOUIS, Oct. 30.—General D. M. |eity. sioners with him or else in_company of | " Neiher Sccretary Park of the Board of Pub- | wi JuaEment, certainly. sntitled. to the Fuil > vt COAL, COKE AND PIG IRON. Frost, for fifty years one of the b Mr. Dohrmann thought the matter of so | Chief Examiner Moran. Furthermore, | 1to. Works nor ahy other person in or outside | absolite and’ unqualiied confidence of this That’s the bcgmnmg of J.C. WILSON & 90 Battery Street. known resi” of thie city. Is dead, aged | much importance that he immediately re- | Freud states with equal positiveness that | of the City Hall Bad apaken to any member of | community: y -C -+ Telephone Main 188 LE Fie S (pmexpecisd, as no fik-| e S nervous prostration. ness ha seneral Frost was | o — A £ COPPERS MITH. born Aug o ctady Coun- . “I was tired all the time, could not AN e eraduated from West Point | Iy \They mixed it up again, and a series Sfersor Smosts “that smallpan’is proent | § sleep and was all broke up. 1 was { |C. W- SHITH. S0} Woric Speealty i and wars with distinction. In the latie S followed him up with right and left lent among the Indians on the Coeur | nervous, had no appetite for food | | 11 Washington st. Telephone Main he served on the Confederate side. swings and Kane went down for nine sec- . d’Alene Reservation, nine cases having | and no ambiton for worl 1 gan us- ELECTRIC onds. He got up very groggy and Parker developed so far. A strict quarantine of | ing Dr. Miles’ Nervine and it r_\‘mde a AL. Charles Stratton. waded into him to finish him. The gong the infected district has been established new man of me in a short time.’ D. D. WASS, 5 saved Kane. Oct. 30. Charles Stratton, pay yeoman of the Independence, who un. | derwent a surgical operation during the latter part of Jast week to relieve an acute obstruction of the bowels, died at the hospital this afternon. He is sur- by a widow and two children. H. H. Grant. SEANTA CRUZ, Oct. 30.—H. H. Grant died to-day. He was a native of New York, aged 62. He came (o Banta Cruz from Grantsdale, Mont., which town was rafed after him. He was a regent of the State [University of Montana. Norman Brokaw. KAUKAUNA, Wis., Oct. 30.—Norman Brokaw of the most prominent paper manufacturers in the country, died to-day after lingering iliness, resulting from vendicitis. Major Henry J. Hearsqy. NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 30.—Major Henry J. Hearsey, editor of The Daily BStates and one of the strongest newspaper writ- er= 1n the South, is dead. He was 6 years of age Con; s home in this city to-day, aged He 2ad been subject to heart trouble FROM JACK KANE| Knocks Out the San Fran- ciscan After a Furious Fight. DENVER, Oct. 30.—Before the Olympie :luh to-night Kid Parker of Denver nocked out Jack Kane of San Fri in the fifth round of what was to hawe | been a ten-round go. The fighting was | under s(rughl Queensberry ruFes and was fast and furious after the first round. Kane went to the floor for nine seconds in the fourth round and again in the fifth round before the finish came. He put up a wonderfully game fight, and in the third round, which was his best, he put Parker to his k‘l'\eu for several seconds by a hard right to the chin. In the fourth round the fightl ‘was viclous. Parker jabbed his to e's nose bringing the blood, and the latter swung heavily on Parker's head with his right, sending him again to his knees. e got on his feet and they went at each other hammer and tongs, both falling to i..?: floor, Kane on Kane got to feet hurrledly, In the fifth round Kane came u“ weak and Parker started after him with right and left swings to the chin, nose and head, with an occasional 'stiff right straight to the heart. Kane went down again for nine seconds. With blood all over his face and breast, Kane rose slow- ly to his feet and shot his right to Par- Ker's head, following it with lefts and rights to body and head, dazing the Den- ver boy. It looked as though Kane had secured a new lease of life, and the crowd went wild with excitement. But Parker began in to make a punching bag of Kane's m‘;‘ uz.ll wgre ‘flm down so that he could not hold up his arms to defend bhimself finally falling over on_ the mat when Referee Cullin counted him out. Kane got up and dragged himself to his corner and sat down nmnlns with pain. g Kane's wonderful gameness and vital- ity was the comment of all, and when he looked about gone he would frequentl “:—Y his right over on Parker’s head, Jjarring him to his toes. From_ a scientific stan were about evenly Parker’'s strength Parker weigh dpoint the men matched, and it was t did the work. in this afternoon at 131 unds, K; t 133 nds. A fair gl?owd uwla:s‘fixht_w To Undergo an Opu—-mu. BERLIN, Oct. 30.—Yvette Guilbert, the :’:ucll m‘ullc hall ll.'&(-. &n °t: dergo. u operati for the relief of her throat. v AMONG INDIAS Disease Is Now Epidemic at Several Western Res- ervations. PP L RGAT WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.—Smallpox has broken out on a number of Indian reser- vations in the West and it is feared that when the cold weathet sets in the epi- demic will become more ‘widespread and assume a more malignant form. - al l's 'i%m’?fi"?m’ ne virus to the various agencies. eutenant Colonel Randlett, in charge of the Kiowa Indlan ney in klahoma, telegraphs that smallpox is idemic on the Wichita reservation and that fifty cases have occurred among the children at the Riverside Indian Board- ing Scl m’nl that rese fon. The dis- - leath thus far and no_alarm is b:th‘:hum From the| and disinfectants and vaccine have been | D. R. CorFmaN, urchased by the agent. From the Fort all Agency, in Idaho, Agent Caldwell re- ports that the smallpox Is Increasing in that vicinity and that many cases are predicted when cold weather begins. thoroufh vaceination of puplis is the only protection for the Fort Hall School pupils. Complaint is made of the vaccine avail- able, only three out of fifty primary vac- cinations of small children proving cessful. TUnited States Senator Shoup of Idaho orts that smallpox Is prevalent at Blackfoot and Pocatello, and it fear is entertalned that it will end to the Indians. The disease also reported from Valentine, Nebr., the ship- ping point for the Rosebud Agency. PROSPECTIVE SCANDAL INVOLVING A PRINCESS Highly Sensational Testimony Ex- pected in Divorce Suit of . Prince Aribert. BERLIN, Oct. 30.—Referring to the statement that Prince Christian of Schles- wig-Holsteln s in Berlin in connection with divorce proceedings that are,pending between his daughter, Princess Louise Augusta, and Prince Aribert of Anhalt, the papers say that it was not the wife, but the husband, who took the initiative in the matter, an ‘{.h Intimate that the d trial will develo] hly sensational tes- S SR gt e e Bloomsburg, Pa. De. 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