The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 20, 1901, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1901. " XANSAS CONVIETS MUTIY N MINE Desperate Men Seize and Hold Fifteen Guardsas Hostages. After Living Many Hours on Mule Meat They Are Taken by Sur- prise and Compelled to Surrender. as »ved in the Kan- »al mine at Lan- T to compel the war- and grant food mines on Monda guards at hostay the guards go tc Tomlinson ter food, ards it w The class of pri among t life and heir de- omp he worst Demand Be tter Food and Less Work b en made at mers becau: hed them, ar added swinging lesperate Short sposition i i them. to Yield. ricts Compelled v ight to a close e gua »mrades after the con- ringleaders under EMPEROR FRANZ-JOSEF ENIGHTS CLEVELAND MAN Confers Upon Theodore Kundiz One of the Highest Honors at His Disposal. z, X 19.—The Journal eveland, Ohlo: f of Austri-Hungary Kundtz of Cleveland he Order of Franz Josef, one n-hereditary honors it is an monarch to is _rare in the other reciplent er of New York, in 1893 ssisting Hungarian em o d New York destitute. ount Hogenmul- Minister to the in Cleveland he was viskly by Mr. Kundtz, ‘s knighthood ; the Minister. t through the at Pittsburg. ol < s Seven Gunners Killed. BOMBAY, - Mar 20.—8even were killed by ger shell a onls gunners LADIES IN MEXICO. Undone By Coffee Poisoning. Down in the City of Mexico, in the coun- try that ralses its own coffee, they have plenty of stomach trouble and nervous headaches, brought on by coffee drinking. A lady writing from there says: “I have a long time and was in- ordinately fond o g e given up all the balance f necessary, in order that I might have the coffee, but I acquired & wretched, muddy, blotchy complexion, bad prolonged attacks of excruciating nervous headaches, was troubled with in- somnia, and finally complete nervous prostration, that horror of horrors. “I was compelled to give up coffee, for it was the poison that worked my undo- ing; then I concluded to take on Postum Food Coffee. I did not believe in it, and knew I would not like it, for I could not bear to think of anything that was to ke the place of my beloved coffee. 1 was driven to despair by fllness and willing to try most anything to obtain re- Jief. Imagine my surprise when I made Postum Cereal Coffee according to direc- tions and liked it as well as any coffee T ever drank. the problem was solved. I began to e in health, could sleep well nights, used coffee fo: imp! my gaining pounds to 150, and and feel so. I have in flesh, until I went from 18 1 am now perfectly well been able to do an March 19.—| At any time I would | headaches disappeared, and I \kept | Wickersham Ji WU DEEERSE OF THE CHIESE Minister Talks of Civiliza- tion in the Celestial Empire. Declares His People Do Not Relish Foreign Interference, Prefer- ring to Work Out Destiny in Their Own Way. SRR CHICAGO, March 15—Wu Ting Fang, j‘hh.r:s Minister to the United States, de- livered the ¥ 1 address of the | University of ag the Studebaker Theater this afterncon before the facully f the instit ind an audience thut | packed the the he doors. Wu took for his C e Clvilization.” His defense of the civilization of his na- tive country, in his comparisons with that f the civil of the Occident was | much §9 1 In beginning his ad- dress W 1 China had been to other luse community in th2 1, as told by a Chin ars ago, a communi: the persecutions of th active life. nity may r isolation she dom from for- nomad; the Mongolian n the set seacoast by their raviges The warlike fortunately, were not very fre- Far from the conflicts and strifes of the r destiny without forelgn interference. China Blesszd by Nature. Nature has blessed the country with every variety of sofl and climate, so that the peo- ple have never been obliged to look to other countries for the supply of their wants. They have been able to live within themselves with out difficulty and t along without having 10 do with outside nations. Their long seciu- sion has been not only ter of necessity, but also & matter of cholce. True it is that China's isolation has tended to strengthen the mation's character and give it a marked individwality, but this has not | n gained without great los The most ous is that the nation has not been able to profit by the trials, experiences and ments of the rest of the world - ially true with scientific knowledge and anical inventions. It must be admitted -day China is centuries behind the age knowledge of chemistry, electricity, navigation, rapid transit and other arts clences. Al ese things she must learn other nations hefore she can hope put herself st o times, But does civilization consist telegraphs, electric lights, battleships, rapid- firing guns, magazine rifles and a thousand and one things which are often regarded as a mecessity for a progressive nation? This na hiev to of railroads, Civilization has, 1 believe, a broade aning, with intelligence, order, moral i refinement for its essential elements. Such ilization China un; oubtedly has—a civiliz- from that of the n s progress from a lower to a it is to be expected ained by China should atiained by the nations n of thelr aifference in development. Chinese ways are not bad because they often seem Western eyes. It is merely a ques- stomed to them or that reasc ange to n whet Oriental Civilization. The Chinaman is_the principal type of Ori- ental civilizati He is phiegmatic and slug gish. Time is no object with him. He takes things as they and never seems to be in n om hurry. How different i8 the American, the Occidental civilization! He is getic. He acts on the prin- time i« money.” and accordingly fent of restraint and always on a rush he, 0ld Orlental civilization meets. the cidental civilization it ix to be expected will be & clash. Which will have to e other is by no mean certain, is not to the swift nor the battle highest type “ivilizing China. 10 those people who advocate such a course for their good intention, but ité desirability, to say its_difficulty, - should not be veriooked. [ a has already a civilization of her own. It is the growth of time. Long fore the ancestors of the people of the west avages and emerged from ts of Central Europe, the Chinese had n the use of the compass d the art of printing. Now for the people the west to turn around and then ask the Chinese to put away their old_civilization i rather novel. The people of the west may know more than the Chinese about the builG- ing of rallroads, the floating of foreign loans, the combination of capital, the development of resources and the like. All this is granted. As to Religion and Interference. | But the Chinese naturally feel that th in & better position to judge what is their own interest and weifare than any out- sider can be. Therefore, any attempt to im. pose upon them any reform or religion the. do not_feel the need of is apt to create trou ble. The use of force is especially to be dep- recated, as this serves only to inflame their passions and rouse their resentment and oppo- sition. But on the other hand, much can be accomplished by exercising tact and discretion and, above all, by giving due consideration to thefr sentimenis and_prejudices. If the people of the west would study the 1 give credit nqthing the primeval will deal of trouble. They will find that the Chi- nese are not addicted to “‘ways that are dark | and tricks that are vain,”' as they are repre- sented to be by an American poet. They wil! find that China, old as she is, still exhibits all | the strength and vigor of fuli maturity. They will find that the civilization that has stood | the test of forty centuries is far from being effete. They will find that the proper course to be pursued in putting China on the road to prosperity is not to shake the foundations of | her social and political fabric. but to allow her 1o incorporate such elements of western civ- flization as she can assimilate. On the other ., China must keed u» with_ the times in To this end it | 18 necessary for her to take lessons from the | western world. But she need mot be a servile | imitator. Her requirements are peculiar to her position among nations and to the growth | of mer natural life. | Wu was the guest of honor at the uni- | versity congregation dinner_at the Quad- rangle Club this evening. To-morrow he | will_ spend in sightseeing, a trip to th drainage canal being on his day’s ftiner lary. He will return to Washington late | in"the day. ATTACE AN ATTORNEY’S | STANDING IN COURT | Counsel for the Wickersham Estate Arraigned Against Lawyer Haney. SANTA ROSA. March 19.—The Wicker- sham will contest again occupled the at- tention of Judge Burnett's department of the Superior Court to-day. Most of the time was taken up in the argument of Jegal points involved in the matter of At- torney Haney's standing in court, which had been attacked by Attorney Campbell and Lippett & Lippett for the estate. Mrs, Cora L. Wickersham has directed ker principal effort against the settlement by which her husband, the late Frank P, e nis share in his father's estate for $28,000. Bhe has sought to hiave this agreement annulled and the wills of the late L. G. Wickersham and his wif Lyaia C. ‘Wickersham, invalidated hope that she and her child might become bene- ficlaries. If her clalms are made good they would come in for about $75.000 or $100,000; but yesterday Mrs. Wickersham filed with the County Clerk a stipulation whereby she walves all it and Interest in the estate to which the courts mg declare her - entitlea to her son, I G. e President Returns to the Capital. WASHINGTON, March 19.—President save themselves a down they ‘e, Mrs. in the ormous mmount of extra work that|McKinley and party returned to the capi- would have been absolutely impossible under the old conditions. “Please do not use my name in public.” | geveral callers. Some of the members in conference Name can be given by Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich. tal to-day. The President did not take his customary drive with Mrs. McKinley. Y he remained at his office and ui of the Cabinet ‘with also were in bim during the afternoon. d found peace and tran- | He con- | be sald to | influence, Indeed, h the national de- Before the nineteenth sible foreign enemles she | sionally made sudden incur- | ns u tiem along the northern er, and pirates from the Malaysian | ands, who sometimes soread terror along t the Chinese have been able to give | the past centuries almost their ex- attention to internal development ve accordingly solved thelr poiitical in thelr own way and worked out | interpretation of the | ¥ been a great deal of news- | civilization of China Instead of trying to pull | C PHELAN UNLOADS HIS TROUBLES " UPON GOOD PEOPLE OF OAKLAND Tells Them They Must Ignore Press if They Would Enjoy Life and Intimates He Has Been San Francisco’s Savior. Mayor Snow Terms City Government a Political Game | ‘ L (7 u(i $ PRESENT AND THE NEWLY ELECTED CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF OAKLAND. * *'i‘g!,fin-!a R e AKLAND, March 19.—“Municipal | which has taken place In San Francisco. Only Improvements” was the topic of | forty-five years ago a mining town, & place | ef vigllance committees and irregular legal discussion to-night before the Men’s League of the First Congre- | gational Church, Mayor Phelan of | 8an Francisco, Mayor Snow of Oakland | and President Hutchinson of the Califor- fa Conference of Municipalities being the speakers. . | The meeting, which was largely attend- ‘ed, was presided over by Giles H. Gray, | who introduced the speakers of the even- | Ing. The first address lan, who said: The chairman of your outlook committee in noting recent fellcitous political events did not | mention the fact that the Legislature has ad- | journed. Well, in city government, the Legis- ature never adjourn: The condition of American municipalities, of which it were trite to say that they are rap- | idly becoming the dominant factors of the re- public, is such as to caus> many economists to | Brow pessimistic. They denounce the failure of democratic institutions, of universal suff- rage. and predict the formation of an empire, #£0 that the fmportance of the topic before you | to-night calls for no emphasis from me. 1 take it that what you want from me is an | account of what we in San Francisco have | done in the way of improving municipal condi | tions. Our greatest advance has been th | adontion of the new charter, which has reme- | died the most crying abuses in our city gov- ernment. Attacks Legal Profession. In San Francisco we had to combat the most notorious boss rule existing in the country. It was firmly intrenched behind the spoils sys- | tem, legisiative interference in municipal af- fairs and the saloon vote, which s always inimical to good government. We have wrested the government from the spoilsmen and our | city offices are fo-day practically clean. Un- | der the provisions of our civil service regula- | tlons we hope to extend the merit system to every -positior on the city's payroil. This movement 1s in charge of the Merchants’ Asso- clation, & body of leading citizens, from which lawyers are barred. The lawyers are by the very nature of their profession willing to ham- per and oppose the efforts to secure decent Eovernment if any one in whose interests it is to do so will hire them for that purpose. Our Civil Service Commission was tied up and enjoined from holding examinations cal- culated to elevate the civil service by Judge rber. We had to hire another lawyer to fight him and shall have to pay him well to do it new charter has worked so well at 1 have yet to receive a single complaint gainst any city official from any reputable source. The papers are alwaye attacking them, but the papers have little welght. The people have found out that they are irrespon- sible and venal. Three of {hem—the Call, Chronicle and Post—fought the new charter. They are all of them fighting our Civil Ser- vice Commission. They attack at random whom théy will and their victims have prac- tically no recourse. The people have learne i that the policy of a paper Is dictated by the man that owns the presses and not by any motive for the public weal. The Newspapers Again. he bling evil. The TS ve mzsekelt {:mm'. bout Chlntlg‘p' o ana in the ame. b a gambling, ssues they published the drawings of the Honduras lottery, to do which The Call, Chronicle and Examiner took a bribe of $10,000 each. There is no State law here to hibit this lottery business. Even the be- Rignt te of Névada o i would not va them, but thefr drawings are continually pub- lished in the San Francisco papers. ese papers are #o corrupt that they -ug. the cks. California slone of all tl tes is silent on this question. We can no State law on this evil because tl slature is deminated by the Emeryville track man- agement, 8o that San Francisco must enac her own laws.to regulate racetrack flnbllu. the test evil of its kind, it she have any such laws. Yet on this question the papers foliow the policy that pays them, with 5o’ con- sideration public welfare. Primary Law Would Injure Bosses. ‘The new primary law, if uld be a heavy blow to boss rule. On the water question we h to have mu- nicipal ownership l‘nd u:' iy to that end. e drtant inet. 1o phlee e T3 some trouble- in_dealing with this was by Mayor Phe- | procedure, it has to-day a model code of mu- | | nicipal government cities throughout the older parts of the coun- | which is being copied by and indeed the clvilized world. Mr. Hutchinsen spoke hopefully of the work of the federation of which he is president. He said: 8o far sixty-seven out of the eighty-one lead- ing citles of rest are rapidly coming in. We even have hopes of Emeryyille. At this session of the Legislature the League presented ten laws, all important measures. Nine of them passed. This illustrates our power. We are trylng to introduce a uniform system of accounts in all the cities. In Oakland, ‘Auditor, now Mayor Snow, introduced the best system in use in the Etate, We have had Mayor Snow draw up a model system of accounts, which is being try, adopted by the different towns and citles of | the State. Practically a Political Game. Mayor Snow was next introduced and sald: Theoretically the government of a modern municipality Is a business; practically it 1s a political game. . This has been especially true of Oakland for the last two vears, with the State have joined us and the | this pecullarity, that game has been played. In the outset of the present administration, the Mayor was called upon to decide whether he would be & tool in the hands of two or three ambitious men to punish their political enemies and to reward their friends: to be used to reorganize upon political partisan lines the departments of the city; to place these departments at the beck of ‘a would-be Congressman, a Governor and | a county Supervisor—whether he would forsake the first principles of good municipal govern- mdnt or let the city. stand still for two more years—this he was called upon to decide; Success upon a false basis is but temporary. Victory through the violation of a vital prin- ciple [s dearly bought. Counting all the cost, the decision was made in favor of the p ple; and now at the close of the two vears time, with a_little knowledge of the pains o martyrdom, I am glad that the decision wa so made. It is now possible to hand down to the new administration a departmental govern- ment whose sole purpose 18 to perform the du- tles imposed upon it by law. The voters of this city have most emphati- cally declared their disapproval of the at- tempt that was made by office seekers to make a political machine of this city Rovernmen It is to be hoped that the sacrifice which been already made 18 enough to satisfy every man who would rule or ruin. pursue this policy further the duty of a termine for itself ihe relative value of these things. < Situation Not Greatly Changed. ‘The local situation in relation to municipal improvements, upon which speak, has not greatly changed in this city during the last decade. Every other city in then becomes the world worth mentioning has befor H listed its deficiencies and l:flpll!d Ihem‘ 'sll’,l‘;‘ Lerrowed | money borrows $5! and pleasure. Oakland has come last to know, I think, that parks and drives cannot be had out of the tax levy. be provided, Even conservative Boston sites bought and school houses buflt without borrowing money or increasing the tax limit now fixed b Oakiand fs a dellghtful hearing favorabie comparisons by so many travelers, the best city in the world for good people to live in. 1If this were not so, we should have | improved long ago. As the South Sea Islander gets his food without exertion and ls happy, #0 we enjoy what nature Iready done an feel no spur. But a man-made town destroys nature, and the situation requires of us the | comfort and pleasure that have been talked | wbout i our clty for more than a decade. T regret to state that the all powerful branch of our city government, the City Council. has | not shown itself competent to decide, with all the help it has received from organized citi- zens. just what the city shall do first. T think the City Council needs expert help in many things: the Telp of experts of high | standing. As matters stand at present the city | as a whole has vet to recognize a need for any one municipal improvement—a need so | presaing that it must be met. When that time | comes the vote will be found in favor of that one thing. Iy the meantime education must g0 on. It {8 hard to be patlent with the selfishness of our neighbors or with | ignorance: but no man can allow himself to Dbecome discouraged or sore or sour. The prob- lem of the new century I8 how men shall live together fn cities. Tt must be solved by men like ourselves and neighbors, or democra- cy is a fallure. Mayor-elect Barstow. who had promised to be present and deliver an address on ““The cal Sftuation,” was detalned at a meeting of the City Council and could not appear. S e e ) AUSTRO-AMERICAN RECIPROCITY URGED Important nusol;tl—on‘ Adopted by the Manufacturers’ Club of Vienna. VIENNA, March 19.—At a meeting of the Manufacturers’ Club held to-day and attended by representatives of the Min- istry of Commerce, the dangers threaten- ing Austrian Industry and agriculture through the fiscal policy of the United States were discussed at length. A resolution was unanimously adopted, | urging the necessity, in cage of any fresh sd? relations, of utting Austro-American relations on a asis of complete reciprocity and equality ustment of commercial in regard to the customs tariff and its ad- ministration. Votes Against Incorporation. JACKSON, March 19.—An election was held to-day to decide the question of the incorporation of Jackson. Three hundred and nineteen votes weie polled, with the resuit that the incorporation plan was de- feated by a majority of thirty-two. Tho |she had loaded 1000 tons of coal, will be a pfl?pe"iv;'{‘xo‘&:? :;:l;emlwe br:‘u'td et‘l:eafro;lm- u;’m wre;:kl, for herh backI:us been broken. | Evernment Whs 160 heavy for Jackeoh | when the Afer part of her Tl Aied has under existing conditions. MRS. LOVE M. PALMER GIVES MUCH TO CHARITY Divides Her Estate Between Michigan University and Missionary Societies. DETROIT, March 19.—~The will of the late Mrs. Love M. Palmer, widow of Dr. Palmer, who was a professor in the Uni- versity' of Michigan, legacies amounting to $70,500, the greater part of which is divided between the Uni- versity of Michigan and various mission- ary socleties. For a memorial ward in remembrance of her husband in the uni- versity hospital she bequeaths $20,000 and for the maintenance of five free beds in the same hospital ~he bequeaths $15.000. She gives $6000 to domestic and forel; missfons in the Episcopal diocese of Mich- i 1:"1 nhx;d $3000 to the American Board of slons. gl Willamette a Total Wreck. VICTORIA, B. C., March 19.—The steamer Willamette, which ran on Den- man Island, near Village Point, W and a half miles from Union, whess when the after part of her hull filled her timbers gave way. This Tells The verveTTeveTivewwe Story { One Opinion taken from over one thousand testimonials received from the most prominent physicians all over the world. DAVID WALSH, M. D., (J.. M. Edin., nyfl:l-p to the ‘Western Skin Hospital, London, England, writes: I have found Hunyadi-Janos to answer every purpose and Iinvariably presoribe 1t, partly because it can be obtained anywhere and everywhere, partly becauseof lts uniform action, and last, not least. because it is preferred by my patiente.” Hunyadi J&nos GURES Constipation Dyspepsia, Billousness and all Stomach and Liver Troubles. No Medicine in the world has received such widespread endorsement LABEL ON BOTTLE s BLUE ithRed GentePane 5 SUES JOCKEY SLOAN only one side of the ! But If such wiil | second administration to de- | 1 am requested to | 000,000 and spends it for comfort ' Nor can wharf and dock facflities | Y law, | city as it 1s. After | I must believe that it is even now | consummation of those projects for business. | th perverse | contains specific | A b a | hat invited United States -Marshal Shine and | Detective Thomas Ryan to accompany him and | BLIZZARD SWEEPS MISSCURI VALLEY Fierce Snowstorm = Rages Through States of Midd e West. —_— Railroad Traffic Tied Up in Many Lo- | calities, and in Wisconsin Serious Floods Are Feared. —_— CHICAGO, March 13.—A snowstorm ap- proaching a blizzard in severity swept over the Missour! Valley to-day and to- night it still was raging. Nebraska, West- ern Iowa, South Dakota, Wyoming and Kansas felt the effects of the storm. which tied up streetcar traffic in many | cities and delayed rallroad traffic. In Northwest Michigan, where the rail- roads. had hardly recovered from last week's storm, a heavy snow felband con- tinued all night. It was feared it would do more damage than‘the last storm and arrangements were made to sidetrack trains to prevent their being snowed in. Wisconsin reports snow and rainstorms, | with rivers and streams out of their Danks, Near Racine serious floods are | feared. At Prairie du Chien the lower | part pf the town is flooded and eighteen | inches of water is over the railroad tracks. Minnesofa also is In severe blizzard. OMAHA, Neb., March 19.—The tempera- | ture began to drop at noon and the snow | to fall with renewed vigor. The wind | blew it into huge drifts, and early in the afternoon street car traffic was practi- | cally suspended over the entire city, with the exception of one line, 2nd there was no attemnt at following the schedule on | that road. The air was fuil of blinding snow and the strcets were practically de- serted. The storm, which exterds over the en- tire central valley, is central over this re- gion, and the local forecaster expeects it | to continue for twelve hours. Rallroad | traffic has not been materfally affected, and nearly all the Incoming trains ar- rived on time. OPERATIC MANAGER the grasp of a | Sequel to the Rider’s Attempt %o/ Finance the De Wolf Hopper | Company. NEW YORK, March 19.—The Journal | says: Everett R. Reynolds, the theatrical | manager and bioker, who financed the London tour of De Wolf Hopper and his | company, which went to England last year to play “El Capitan,” yesterday brought suit ‘n the Supreme Court for $11,000 against ‘Tod Sloan. the jockey, who | undertook to manage Hopper the last half of the London season and who, it is | clalmed, grew weary of his contract and left Hopper and_his company practically stranded in London. Jockey Sloan offered to take the man- agement of the European tour off the hands of John Philip Sousa and Everett R. Reynolds, it is alleged. When Sloan sailed for America Hopper and his co-players were in decidedly short | straits, Hopper having to get out and | skirmish for sufficient funds to get his| company back to New York. | S M | | WILL SPEND MILLIONS ON A SALT PLANT | | DETROIT, Mich., March 19.—The Jour- | nal this afternoon says: The Pennsylva- nia Salt Manufacturing Company, which | purchased 138 acres of river frontage land | adjoling Wyandotte on the south and west in 1898 and 1899, concluded definite arrange- | ments in Detroit vesterday for the erec-| { tion on_the property of a plant that. when | ! finished, will represent an expenditure of | $9,000,000. The buildings will cover be- | gween sixty and seventy geres of ground. | One section, which will / cover twenty acres and cost about $2,000,000, will be built | | this year, work to commence as soon as | the frost is out of the ground. The build- | ings will be of stone, brick and iron and constructed in the most solid and durable manner. Later Will Shows Up. | SANTA CRUZ, March 19.—A will made by Catherine Gallagher in October, 1883, was received to-day by County Clerk Mil- | ler from W. S. Olney, an attorney of San | Francisco. The will over which a contest was made last weck was dated July 21,/ 1883. The new will begueaths to Mrs. Jen- nie Klee two lots .in Watsonville in ad- ditlon to the legacy of $5000 given her un- i der the old wlfi. ‘To the daughters who made the contest left a share in the | personal property. Under the contested will they were bequegathed $1 each. AERetASE MRS CONVALESCENTS ORDERED '~ 10 VANCOUVER BARRACKS Convalescent Company No. 3 has been ordered to leave its comfortable quarters { at the Presidio and proceed to Vancouver | Barracks to relieve the company of the | Seventh Infantry stationed there, which {18 under orders for Manila. The conva- | lescent company consists of eighty-seven | men having less than eight months to ! serve and sixty-three men having more than eight months to serve. The conva- | lescent. companies are composed of men | | who have lately returned from Manila, | | whose condition is such that they are able | {to perform light duty but are unfit for | | service in the Philippines. Captains Ar- | | rasmith and Polk are in command of the ompany. CoMajor. James B. Houston, additional | paymaster, has been assigned to duty In | the Department of California. | Lieutenant John C. Raymond, $Sixth| Cavalry, has been assigned to duty a: quartermaster and acting commissary of | subsistence on the ll’flhlrol‘t Arab during | [(he voyage of that vessel to Manila. The | | Arab will carry the horses of the Sixth | 1 v V. | BT sops of the Stxth Cavalry and the | companies of the Seventh Infantry were | raised to the maximum strength vester: day by the assignment of the following recrults: Fourteen unassigned white cavalry troops to | Troop E, Sixth Cavalry: seventeen unassigned | | white cavalry recruits to Troop H. Sixth Cav-| | alry; sixty-eight unassigned white infantry re- | erults to Company C, Seventh Infantry: sixty- one unassigned white Infantry recruits to Com- | pany M, Seventh Infantry. Acting Assistant Surgeons Hugh Good. win, Verdo B. Gregory and Thomas W | Bath have been ordered to their home: | for annuliment of contract. Major S. 0. L. Potter, surgeon, U. 8. V., has been or-| dered to sail to Manila on the transport | | Hancock. Upon arrival there he will re- | | port to the chief surgeon, Department of | Phe Philippines, for assignment to duty. BRIEF LOCAL NEWS. | CONLIN GOES EAST TO-DAY.—Joseoh A. bezzling postal clerk, will start | important | share with him the drawing-room of a Pullman | | Sleeper. The invitation has been eagerly ac- | cented ana Mr. Conlin will have plenty of com- all the way. ELDER FRITCH CONVICTED OF | 3 ] g B af Z a | > g 3 2 5 g et B 2 A verdict of not gullty terfeit ten-dollar pl ndered third %:l( of having a was re on t %0-cent mold in was ing as a baker while his father was making counterfeit money. tence will be pronounced to-morrow morning. ———— Breaks Windows While Insane. Police Officer Mulcahey while on his way to report for duty last night about § o'clock arrested a man on street, between Ninth and Tenth, for breaking windows. The prisoner was taken to the southern station and charged with mali- clous mischief. A short while after be- ing placed in the cell the prisoner acting in a queer manner. He was then taken to the Receiving Hospital and con- fined in the insane ward. He refuses to answer any questions and no one has been found who can identify him. | morning Mrs. Barnes | week. s !is able to be moved. TWO PATROLMEN - MUST PAY FINES Police Commissioners Act in Three Cases Brought Before Them. Nicholas J. Barry, Accused of Neg- lect of Duty, Proves That He Is Not Guilty as The Clvil Service Commission met with the Police Commissioners in executives session last evening and discussed the matter of advancements from the ranks of the patrolmen. While no definite plan of filling va- cancles in the higher ranks wa upon, it was tacitly settled that all future vacancies among corporals and sergeants would be filled from the ranks, seniority of service being considered as an element {n_promotion. he hearing of the petition of former Sergeant Bernard Harter to be restored to his old rank was postponed for one week. Harter was disrated several years ago, and now claims that under the decision i the case of Lieutenant Price he is entitled 10 a reinstatement. He is at present doing duty as a patrolman. (Feliceman James Cook. who was twen- y-five minutes late in reporting for y Was fined 330 and & fine of $55 was imposed upon Patrolman James F. Brazel, who slapped a drunken prisoner in the face. Policeman Nicholas J. Barry, ac hy Sergeant Wolfe of having been absent from his beat, proved to the satisfaction of the commission that he was not gullty, and the charge IFalnst him was dism!: L The trial of Policeman Edward J. Riley, accused of neglect of duty, was postponed, as he was iil and unable fo appear. WILL DISCOURSE ON THE PROPAGATION OF LIGHT Rev. Father Bell Will Give Illustra- ted Lecture at St. Ignatius College. The reverend fathers of St. Ignatius College have issued invitations for an ex- perimental and fllustrated lecture on “The | Propagation and Properties of Light.” by the Rev. R. H. Bell, S. J. Father Bell is professor of natural sclences in the insti- tution and is in every way qualified to treat his chosen subject in & masterly manner. The lecture will be delivered in the college hall on Van Ness avenue to- morrow evening and will begin at 8 o'clock. The lecturer will explain the nature of a wave of light; the measure of the veloc- itv of light by the methods of . Toucault and Bradley: single and doubls refraction fllustrated and explained on the undulatory hypothesis: persistence of vision; polarization, diffraction and inter- ference: properties of light in various media of low pressures and under mag- netic_influence, and action of light on selenium, conciuding with experiments on the photophone. The experiments will be of more than ordinary interest, as the col- lege. has recently added some costly ap- paratus to its already well equipped science room. During the progress of the lecture the college orchestra, composed of a score of pupils, under the direction of the Rev. ather Allen, will play a programme of selections, comprising “Promotion,” by Moses; “The Pasha’s Dream”—Fantasy, bv Bendix, and the “Calanthe Waltz,” oy Holzmann. — | BREACH OF PROMISE SUIT WILL GO TO JURY TO-DAY Hemmenway Asserts That Mrs. Fay J. Barnes’ Temper Caused Him to Break Engagement. Whether or not Mrs. Fay J. Barnes is entitled to a judgment for damages against Thomas F. Hemmenway for breach of promise will be determined to- day by the jury sitting in the case. All of the evidence was put in yesterday. The case will be argued this morning and submitted to the jury. When the case was called yesterday was recalled and coneluded her testimony. The defense then opened. Anna Friedberg was called to the stand. She testified that she had seen Mrs. Barnes act in a manner not altegether ladylike. She was corroborated by Frank S. Cleland. Hemmenway finally took the stand on his own behalf. H> admitted his engage- ment to Mrs. Barnes and admitted that she had procured a divorce from her former husband at hLis instance. He de- nied, however, that he had ever intended to decelve her, asseriing that his reason for breaking the engagement was that Mrs. Barnes developed such a temper that he feared for his future happiness should he marry her. After Hemmenway left | the stand some depositions on his behalf were read and a few unimportant wit resses were placed un the stand by plain iff's counsel in rebuftal. The case W then contintied until this morning. —_———————— SCHOOL BOARD WILL ELECT TWO PRINCIPALS E. Kellogg and Miss Nora Sulli- van Slated for Hamilton and Cooper Schools. In all probability the Board of Educa- tion will elect A. E. Kellogg principal of the Hamilton Grammar School to succeed Professor W. A. Robertson, who died last Mr. Kellogg is at present vics principal of the Lowell High School and is understood to have the support of Di- rectors Denman and Kincaid for the po- sition. Tt is belleved that the board will effect a compromise over the election of a prin- cipal to the Cooper Primary School. The deadlock of the board over the two can- didates, Miss Nora Sullivan and Miss Jessie R. Smith, remains unchanged after immumerable ballots. Denman and Kin- caid favor Miss Smith and Casserly and Mark support Miss Sullivan. Should Den- man and Kinceid change their votes to Miss Sulllvan, Casserly and Mark will un- doubtedly vote for Kellogg, who is the cholce of their colleagues for the Hamil- ton Grammar principaiship. it i R, SENATOR PERKINS IS MUCH DEBILITATED OAKLAND, March 19.—United States Senator George C. Perkins' condition is such that he will g0 to a health resyr: soon as his physicians decide that he ‘The Senator suf- fered severely from an attack of grip and overwork while at Washington. He re- turned_home in a very debilitated condi- tion. There is rothing alarming in Sena- tor Perkins’ condition, but he will take a rest at some sanitarium in the interior as soon as he Is strong enough to travel. It was announced to-day at the Kins residence that the patient was slight- ly improved, but itill wery weak.