The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 11, 1901, Page 20

20 i THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUG:UST 11, 1901. OIL AATE CASE 5 NEARLY ENDED Arguments to Be Made by the Attorneys Next Month. ARG William Sproule Is the Last Witness in a Prolonged Hearing. Rallroad 4 Commissioners Laumeister, Edson and Blackstock heard the last of | perior Judge Murasky ticket scalpers the testimony in the oll rate investigation 4 arguments will be heard oners on September 3. s the last witness to be by the Comm Mr. Sproule w amined. He was questioned carefully a Mr. Short, and then Mr. Herrin took the witness in hand. Between them they | | made Mr. Sproule answer a multitude of | | . Short wanted to know if an agree- ment existed between the Southern Pdcific &nd the Santa Fe railroads regarding the use the track that enters the Kern River oil ict. The witness said he had _no knowledge of such an agree- ment. He admitted, however, that there | was an arrangement by which a nominal sum was charged the Santa Fe people for e use of the spur. He thought it wi sbout one cent per barrel for the il taken Off the «spur. This oil, the witness said, wa e Santa Fe's own use, otherwise would be charged the same arged consignees. He said rd Oil Company paid the same | as one else, and that there are avored p < on the spur. Herrin examined the witness about | g of rates. Mr. Sproule gave a | xplanation, in which he said in part: are formulated by mutual | the comp rate as i the the m long 1f the Southern Pa- sed (o take cific_ref cent rate upon | party. Continuing, the court says: #teel goods the result would be that the | " “It js apparent that adequate relief is | connecting lines would refuse a reason- | not within the hands of plaintiff. The = rate for © commodities. The 50- | means of identification are not perfect. < te on some of our products is S0 | Jf they were defendant would not seli 1 t our connecting lines refuse to | these tickets. * * * The relief at law Is them. This commodity goes by i by the gulf s and then on to the Morgan line of steam- s. The Southern Pacific Company car- jes this comm e if it 4 d be given t HA business e Southern business of a better g to carry business of a 8 ek ] can hope to do only a first s. We would not make the low if we could not use the re- ment was handed in the Santa Fe Com- oil the company neisco from Ba- months of 1901 March, 33 gallons April, 88 cars, G4 6 gallon: 8 gallons—being a totai JCALPERS LOSE Court Refuses to Dis- Company to restrain the scalpers. ers Conklin and Duffin joined issues and moved to vane Conklin { tickets, but contended that his business | was legitimate. f | ern Pacific Company was not entitled to equitable relief, as a remedy at law was | in | denied that he had been dealin_g in scalped tickets or intended to do so. h hearing -his counsel contended that the | Southern Pacific Company was not en- | titled to relief, as it had come into court | with unclean hands, lated the Sherman act by entering into a combination panies to fix the Epworth League rate. | pass upon the merits of the point raised in connection with the Sherman act, ex- the party to an illegal trust and a third not adecuate, for its remedy at law for breach of contract consists of a suit for damages against the original or against the purchasers would necessarily | be separate and numerou: TO LECTURE IN FAVOR | Mrs. Clara Bell Brown Has Indorse- lecture on Saturday at Sherman & Clay Hall in favor of the | restoration of the Brown's lecture has the official indorse. ment of Thomas Post. G. A. R., Colonel | | League Club, General 8. B. M. Young and | Colonel Rawles. | evening next will be the first of a series { that the lady INIPORTANT CAGE solve Restraining Order. leaves the local | now without an occupation. | This_decision leaves | the upreme Court | :dgment is rerexsed.s\ Action was filed by the Southern Pacific Scalp- k and dissolve the injunction, each ad- | of action. | g on a different line admitted that he was scalping | He ield that the South- n_its hands. | Duffin filed formal answer, in which he en on (he | and origi that in that it had vio- | by t with other railroad com- | attit In his opinion Judge Murasky does not | justi s with Eastern lines, and rates | cept tc say that the mere fact that a | that Western goods could | party ‘to a contract happens to be a| s1 and a rate Was imember of an illegal trust does | Basi t stern products | not operate to vitiate a contract between | Wesi ‘the Mr. purchaser the substituted holder; but suits let, been of I that the Mr. OF RESTORING CANTEEN | < said ment of Prominent Soldiers o T and Civilians. Clara Bell Brown will deliver a evening, August 17, | that Mrs. ox that army canteen. Mrs. B. Cuttler commander; the Union P. This lecture on Saturday will deliver at the different | Wool | country. | there Mrs. prepared the pamphlet to be the Legislature to influbnce the members of that body to move to save the Big owners take I STRANGE STORY TILD IN i Members of Sempervir- ens Club Shift Blame Upon Reed.’ Holds Southern Pacific Is En- | Statements Misleading to titled to Equitable Legislators Charged to Relief. President. . A judgment rendered yesterday by Sll*E The members of the Sempervirens Club, encamped in the Big Basin, in Santa Cruz County, say that Attorney Charles Judge Murasky refused to dissolve the in- | Wesley Reed was responsible for telling junction heretofore issued restraining the | the Legislature that $250,000 would buy scalpers ffom dealing in Epwerth League | 5000 acres of land in the basin, and that if and other tickets. the scalpers without further remedy, un- less upon appeal to the the legislators were of opinion that the State would secure this amount of forest it was not due to the club, but to Reed. Mrs, Walters, secretary of the elub, and Andrew P. Hill, who has more actively energetically promoted the club's in- terest than has any other person, told the story to a Call reporter who went to the camp in the Lasin, Redwood there. from a pamphlet issued by the club and published in The Call contained the state- ment, over Reed’s signature, that $500,000 would buy 14,000 acres in the Big Basin, expecting that the Park Commission would be It will be recalled that an extract that §250,000 would be sufficient to ac- quire 5000 acres. Now the fact having been nally made known through The Call the price placed upon the property he lumbermen is $100 per acre, and eing a sceming inconsitency in_the ude of the club in that matter, Mrs. Walters and Mr. Hill have hastened to fy the club. Walters says that after she had presented to ¢ forest from destruction Charles ley Reed dropped out two pages of the original matter and inserted the state- ments “concerning the price for the land to be acquired by the State. there was no such statement when she completed her work. Andrew P. Hill, who was very at Sacramento fn urging the passage of She says active Big Basin park bill, says that when Reed issued his statement, that was made a part of the Sempervirens pamph- an option on the land had already secured from the owners at the rate 00 per acre, and that Mr. Reed knew to be the fact. Mr. Hill says that conversations that he had with Mr. «Reed 'on that very point left no doubt that Reed understood the facts. Mr. Reed . however, that he would make the than $100 per acre. who read the pamphlet e legislato undoubtedly expected when they voted the State would get 5000 acres for its | money, and they have been surprised to that the pian is to charge a 'price will give the State only one-half of the promised. tract. Suits and Overcoats for Men. C. Kelly, assignee of the Lyceum | Clothing Company, will sell to-morrow 50 | men’s suits, cla; worsted, blue serge, all- fancy cheviots and tweeds, in vari- French Prune Crop Light. posts in th ous colors, checks and stripes, single or The Pacific Commercial Museum is in iy | double breasted, worth $0, for ¥ 6. Alsg eceipt of a communicatior | 3 : | 500 men’s overcoats, latest styles, wort DR e oo maptontion Srgm dihe | Divorce Suits Filed. | $18, for $4 6. Every man will be properly whic hat the size of the prune for divorce on the ground of deser- | fitted at_the clothing assignee sale of the juntry is estimated at % per | tion have been filed by Estella Ritschy | Boston, 773 Market street, near Fourth. * o that of last year. It is also | against Valentine Ritschy, John A. Egan e crop is above the average | azainst Ida Rose Egan and Sarah A. Bil-| A lazy man is never inclined to decline s size and quality. | lings against Willlam H. Bfllings. chance to recline. iy are neglecting home duties, ing for a frost. poisons. At Petoskey, Awaiting a Frost. These people ran away from hay fever. They barred from home Ppleasures, simply prisoners to locality wait- DEATH SOFTEN THEIR JUDGMENT German Press Speak in Kindly Terms of Dead Empress. Relatives Are Now Gathering at Cronberg to Attend the Funeral. —_— BERLIN, Aug. 10.—All eyes in Germany are. turned to-day on Cronberg. ‘Public interest in the deceased Dowager Em- press during her widowhood has been slight, as she did everything possible to retire from public view and avoided cvery semblance of political activity. The lat- ter fact has softened the judgment of even the unbending Junker organs, who once persecuted her Majesty, assailing her most sharply when at the very acme | of power. The Dowager Empress’ death reveals the fact thac the autocratic ex- tremists had largely modified their judg- | ment, or at least had ignored their points of differences. They praise her for her humanity, her tender nursing of the sick in war, her interest in inaustrial art and the practical advance she made in these | lines. .They also praise her activity in | promoting female education and in the advance of women. The most conserva- tive pafers praise the latter feature of her character unstintedly. The news- papers’ comments partake largely of reminiscences, pointing out that the de- ceased was one of the last links binding the Germany of to-day with the great historical events of thirty years ago. While the nation has thus been ergaged ! in recounting the story or the life of the Dowager Empress her - relatives have been assembling at Cronberg for the fun- eral. King Edward and Queen Alexandra arrived there to-day and Prince Henry of Prussia, who is now steaming up the channel, is expected to arrive at Bremer- haven Sunday or Monday, too late for the services at Cronberg, but in time to at- tend the burial at Potsdam. Large Crowds Arriving at Cronberg. Great crowds of curious people are ar- riving at Cronberg. All the hotels there are overflowing and all the windows are engaged for them. Cronberg is overrun with ~English people in deep mourning. King Edward, with Queen Alexandra, will go to Potsdam. Then his Majesty will return to Homburg alone, where he will take the waters, living at his accus- tomed hotel in the same style as when he was Prince of Wales. : The coffin of the deceased Dowager Em- press, which has been sent from Berlin to Cronberg, is of the English style, with a flat cover; not the German pyramidal style. The deceased herself designed the rosettes ornamenting the cover and also designed the coffin. The train which is to | bring the funeral party to Potsdam has been prepared at Frankfort. The car | which will carry the coffin is trimmed with English mourning colors, lilac and white, and is richly ornamented within and without. Other cars have been pro- vided for the funeral party. The Emperor has veen busy as usual with the affairs of state. He worked at his office nearly all day, and then late in the evening took a walk in the park with Count von_Bulow. Papers of various shades of opinion give expression to the complaints of theatrical | people and musicians at the orders issued for the closing of theaters until the fu- neral is over, and print letters “To ths Editor” mildly remonstrating. Friends Welcome Von Waldersee. While Field Marshal Count von Wal- Hay Fever Can Be Cured at Home. | ) N\ \\V' beware of drugs that enslave. At Home, Using Cocaine. These people are trying to tough it out at home by checking down the distress with prep- arations contalning cocaine. These Catarrh They should . In a recent issue of a medical journal, an editorial, written exclusively for physicians, sa&s “‘Something more than an external irritant is required to produce hay fever. Country people are surrounded by a pollen-laden atmosphere; the fields are full of ripening grasses, the ever-present rag weed grows in luxuriance, the goldenrod blooms by every roadside, and their pollens float on every breeze, yet nearly all the hay fever victims are from the populous centers and of a class shut up in the study, the counting house, the factory or store, where the atmosphere is as free as possible from plant dust.” The results of treatment go to prove the same fact, thaf the real fault is with the individual, that hay fever is a systemic or constitutional disease rendering one particularly susceptible to the influence of substances that have no unpleasant effect on healthy and constitutionally right folks. Local applications alone never did and never will cure hay fever. deadens the affected tissues and lulls the more distressing symptoms to tempordry rest, but must be resorted to so frequently as to, each season, fasten the dreadful cocaine habit on a considerable percentage of hay fever victims. To cure hay fever we must not rely on the local tinkerin tutional cause that permits of the local irritations. A The only real cure for hay fever, as the only true cure for catarrh, consists in so influencing the system by internal or con- stitutional treatment as to enable it to withstand and be immune to all plant dust irritants. Correct the constitutional weakness that allows of the disease, by proper internal treatment, and, like healthy folks, you will not have hay fever. There is one remedy that will- do this; will so alter, strengthen and fortify the system that it will be It is the same remedy that has cured so man: permitted of catarrhal conditions. . . Stuart’s Catarrh Tablets if taken in time will render the system resistant to hay fever, and one will no more have it than do other people who are equally exposed to plant dust. To wholly escape hay fever one must g of mere symptoms but address remedies to the deep-seated consti- y thousands of catarrh by bgflding them up out of a systemic weakness that 2 [ begin the tablets some' time before the attack usually comes on. If one waits until the disease is already manifest, to take the tablets, they will relieve to some degree, and, in a measure ward off the disease. Begin early, get your system thoroughly under the influence of the tabl do not affect healthy and constitutionally right people, home among your friends attending to life’s duties and rejoices and normal folks are happy and content. All drug stores sell Stuart’s Catarrh Tablets at 50 cents a box. They contain no:cocaine or opiates, remedies, and are safe as they are reliable and satisfactory. Try them and be convinced. We will send and catarrh free jor the asking. F. A. Stuart Company, Marsh%l, Mich. Cured by Stuart’s Catarrh Tablets. people took a conrse of Stuart’s Tablets, and, immune to pollen poisons, they hail the glad Summertime as the pleasant- est part of the year. Most local remedies, that give relief, contain' coeaine that ets and in perfect condition to resist influences that pe the annual vexations and miseries that attend hay fever, stay at pleasures, and enjoy the beautiful Summer and Fall months, when all nature proof against pollen S0 common to hay fever booklets about hay fever MAY NOT LOOK FOR EXEMPTION Church Property Draw- ing Revenue Can Be Taxed. Attorney General Renders an Opinion of Great Interest. PRI In answer to a communication from the State Board of Equalizers requesting in- formation as to whether church property should be taxed when ‘portions of it are rented or otherwise used as a source of revenue, the Attorney General rendered an affirmative opinion yesterday. The State constitution in respect to this matter reads as follows: All bufldings and so much of the real prop- erty upon which they are eituated as may be required for the convenient use and occu- pation of said buildings, when the same are used solely and exclusively for religious wor- ship, shall be free from taxation; provigéd that no bulldings o used which may be rented for religious purposes, and the rent received by the owners thereof, shall be exempt from taxa- tion. The Attorney General then cites various authorities to prove that because certain portions of the property are used exclu- sively for religious purposes it does not follow that other portions not so used shall have equai immunity from taxation It is also shown that even though pro- ceeds from rentals may be used for re- ligious purposes the fact does not legally warrant exemption. The statutes of most States where there has been legislation on this subject use the words ‘religious purposes,” but un- der the constitutional provision in this State the words ‘religious worship” are used. ‘‘And not only must the bulldings religious worship,”” says the Attorney Gen- eral, “but they must be used solely for such religious worship. There would seem to be no doubt,” he adds, “that a church building or property which is rented for lectures and concerts is not used solely and exclusively for religious worship.” It is therefore decided that church property when so rented is not exempt. The Attorney General was also asked by the Board of Equalizers if there was any authority for examining persons in regard to church property. It is held by the Attorney General that such state- ments as are deemed necessary may be exacted. L e e ] dersee's arrival in Germany was natural ly overshadowed by the sad event at Cronberg, the whole tone of the press and the attitude of the crowds during Count von Waldersee's trip yesterday Hamburg to Hanover indicated that Ger- many takes a much more sober view of the case a year ago. ‘ine more influen- tial papers regard the field marshal's work appreciably, but imply that every- body in Germany has formed exagger- ated notions of the task before him. Count von Waldersee is described as deep. ly bronzed. Yesterday at Kaisset his ol military friends welcomed him on his way to Homburg. and real estate be used exclusively for | from | Von Waldersee's mission now than was | ADVERTISEMENTS. fashion. resist. a pair. ware in rich, dark colorings. L.aces and 6 P. M. offered. to-morrow at While the train waited Von Waldersece entertained them with his China expe- riences, which called forth roars of laugh- | ter. The field marshal will dine with Em- | peror William at the Homburg Schloss | to-day. He will return to Hanover to- | morrow. It is understood that Von Wal- | dersee’s reappointment as inspector of | the Third Army Corps is in_accordance | with an arrangement with his Majesty prior to the field marshal's departure for | na. Attacks Upon the Tariff Bill. The week's tariff discussion took largely the form of a sharp attack on the part of the Agrarians _and Conservative organs upon a semi-official news agency for the continued publication in the foreign press of attacks upon the bill. Some of the bolder papers go to the length of openly attacking the Foreign Office as being r sponsible, since all the political dispatches | are censored there before publication, in- sinuating that Count von Bulow is insi cere in his tariff bill attitude and is now trying to kill it. The United States continues to play an important role in the tariff discussions. The Kreuz Zeitung to-day quotes ap- provingly the declaration of the Chamber of Commerce of Eupen (Rhenish Prussia) that Germany must expect to be flooded with American goods. The Kreuz Zeitung adds that the domestic industry is threat- ened by keener foreign competition and ecially American, adding: The greater the danger the more urg- ent and inexorable the demand that tlie home market be surrounded with firm protection. The United States itself pre- cedes us in this respect with an example impossible to misunderstand.” The Emperor has ordered a change in the arrangements of all launchings where he nparticipates, furnishing himself a sketch showing how the lines of soldlers must be drawn up within the ship yards while he is present. Suderman, who Is recuperating in the Engadine Valley (Switzerland) has nearly finished a new play. There are unusual numbers of Amerl- cans visiting Berlin. All the hotels are crowded with them. Tt is impossible to secure ticketsjyon the German steamers befcre October. MURDERERS SENTENCED TO LIFE' IMPRISONMENT John H. Cordes and Lew Fook Re- ceive Penalty Recommended by Juries. Two men were sentenced to life im- prisonment yesterday, each having been convicted of murder in the first degree, but with the recommendation of impris- onment for life by the juries. John H. Cordes received his sentence from Judge Cook. He was convicted of the murder of John Carison in the Diana dance hall, Pacific street, on April 4. Cordes went to the dance hall with the in- tention of killing Katie Eisel, a woman with whom he had lived at Elmhurst. He fired at her but missed her and fatally wounded Carlson and Peter Svorjen. The Judge in passing sentence said the de- fendant ought to be hanged, but he was compelled to give heed mendation of the jury. Lew Fook was senteénced by Judge Law- lor. He was convicted of the murder of Wong Yuen at Waverley place and Clay street on the night of January 6, 1900. Huey Mon was arrested by Detective Ed Gibson on the same charge and his trial | is yet to take place. Friday night Lew Fook and Huey Mon quarreled in their wcell in the County Jail and Huey Mon nearly killed Lew Fook. ————e——— MAN BRUTALLY BEATEN to the recom- Charles Hochmuth, chief steward in the culinary department of the Fulton Iron ‘Works, who lives with his family at 11191, Ellis street, was attacked at Baker and Chestnut streets at 6 o'clock last night and severcly injured. He claims his as- sailants were strikers, as he was warned several times during the that he was in danger of by them. Last night he was approached by sey- eral men and one of them struck him in the face. The others then sprang upon him and beat him into insensibility. They then picked him up and threw him into a vacant lot, where he was found an hour later by a’' man named Petérman. Hoch- muth was taken to the Receiving Hospial and it was found that he had sustained eight scalp wouhds and a possible frac- ture of the skull. In addition to his in. Jjuries Hochmuth was robbed of $14, a gold ‘watch and chain and a sleeve button. Hochmuth's condition is serious. He says he will be able to recognize some of his assailants if he is confronted by them. —_———— Retail Dealers’ Association. At 4 meeting of the executive committee of the Retail Dealers’ Association last night it was decided to hold a. public meet- ing to-morrow- night at Native Sons’ Hall, Mason street. The meeting will be called eing assaulted to order at 9 p. m. A general invitation is extended all interested parties. It is hoped a way out of the present industrial disturbances can be found. gast few days | Shi reduced prices. Now ventional and poster designs. closing out price—25¢ each. An immense lot came our way from a leading European manufacturer, at such a figure that we could not They are high class goods, this season’s most desirable lace stripes, well made with double soles, heels and toes, and are guaranteed fast black. Were never offered at less than soc Now on Special Sale at Special Discount Sale of Decorative Glass Ware At %4 Off Regular Prices Commencing to-morrow and during the balance of this week 25)/, discount will be allowed on: Imported Glass Ornaments comprising Vases in the most unique shapes and styles in opal crystal and irredescent effects, also a beautiful assortment of Lonhuda tunity to secure high grade novelties. P figures and from them this week we will deduct One-quarter. Our Extraordinary Remnant Sale of Closes To-morrow (Monday) at 6 p. M. The greatest Remnant Sale in our history ends to-morrow at During last week, sales have been greater each succeeding day, proof that no such values have ever been We have gone through our stocks and added some odd lengths of recently imported Laces, Trim Spangled Nets, Brussells’ Nets and Ch: being marked at the regular remnant prices, will be offered rt Waist Sale Closing out broken lines of Summer Shirt Waists at greatly Summer Shirt Waists (Value $2.00) Summer Shirt Waists (Value 2.350) Summer Shirt Waists (Value 3.00) Summer Shirt Waists (Value 4.00) soc Pillow Tops 25cC Clean-up of Pillow Tops, Stamped and tinted, floral, con ~ | 125 to 131 Kearny Street — A Special Offering This Week In Ladies' Lace Lisle Hose The Regular joc Quality on Sale at 3 Pairs for $1.00 ““Nothing so styiish as Black Lace Lisle Thread Hose” says 3 ‘Pairs for $1.00 This is an exceptional oppor- Pricesare marked inplain Trimmings ings, Allover Laces, ons. These besides One-third Off $1.25 each 1.50 each 1.75 each 2.25 each each The regular 5oc pillow tops, Notice to Honest Voters. The attention of the voters of the Thir- ty-seventh Assembly District is called to the personnel of the ticket presented in that district by the Republican Primary League In the following circular: ARE YOU A WORKINGMAN? HAVE YOU THE INTEREST OF LABOR AT HEART? IF SO, READ! The Republican political bosses realizing their utter deteat in the Thirty-seventh Assembly resorted to a last foul and viclous manner of winning votes, namely: falsenood and deceit. For the past few days a number of their un- scrupulous lambs have been circulating a re- port that the Primary League ticket in this dis- trict was an anti-labor concern, and hoped thereby to deceive the honest voter. In contra- diction of their assertion, kindly refer to the Primary League or Anti-boss ticket. J. K. Jones, No. 2 on ticket, president of the Primary League Club of this district, 1s an act- ive member of the legislative and judicisl com- mittee of the Labor Council of this city, Rich- ard P. O’'Meara, No. 22 on ticket, Is an active member of the Dellvery Wagon and Blacksmith Helpers' unions. Horace V. Carter, No. 19 on ticket, is past president of the Boot and Shoe Clerks’ Association, and was one of the princi- pal Inaugurators of the early closing movement, and is an active member of the Labor Council, G. W. Gibb, No. 23 on ticket, is a stanch and loyal member of the Painters’ Union. Leopold Bearwald, No. 27 on ticket, proprietor of butch- er shop at 492 Hayes street, was the last one in the whole Western Addition to remove his union card. S. M. Reynolds, No. 7 on ticket, is pro- prietor of a union barber shop at 607 na. street, and is a true friend of labor in all its branches. Philip Rogers is secretary of the Hayes Valley Athletic Club, which club, in con- junction with the San Francisco Athletic Club, is preparing & grand joint athletic and social entertainment at the Alhambra Theater, the proceeds of which will be donated to the several Tabor untons of this city. Reader, can you trust these gentlemen with your interests? If possible, secure the tickets of our opponents, both of which the bosses have created to decefve you, scan them closely and after failing to find the names of any of la- bor’'s friends printed on either, reflect and con- sider this matter fully, then go to the polls on Tuesday next and with your vote assist to an- nihilate this vile and malicious slander. Officers of the Republican Primary League Club of Thirty-seventh District. T e D Mrs. Dawson’s Remains Found. The mystery of the disappearance of Mrs. Margaret Dawson was solved yes- terday afternoon when her remains were found in the bushes near the South Drive in Golden Gate Park. Mrs. Dawson was the wife of George Dawson, propri. the_Pantheon saloon. She left fief‘r‘?fizfié | at 2219 Devisadero.street on July 29. At the time she left she was suffering from ill health and it is supposed that her suf- ferings led her to take her life. The body was badly decomposed-and the cause of death is unknown. e deceased was a native of Australia and 46 years of age. MALIETOA WILL MAKE PEACE WITH GERMANY He Intends Returning to German Samoa and Taking the Oath of Allegiance. HONOLULU, H. T., Aug. 2—1It is re- ported from Samoa that Malietoa has de- cided to return to German Samoa and take the oath of allegiance to the German Government. He was a claimant against Mataafa to the throne of Samoa. After the Germans took possession of, their part of the country Mataafa took the oath of allegiance, but Malietoa refused to do so and left for Tonga, Fiji Islands. Natives on Tutuila reported to the offjcers of the United States cruiser Philadelphia that ?&ng:;o: hmz stated ini’l‘on%n that he in- en 0 return to A and make peace with the Germans. In return the Ger: mans are to make him a member of the Adviscry Council. Unless the old enmity between Malletoa and Mataafa should break out again this would mean an end of the various discords with which the Germans have been contending in their vart of -~ . District. at the coming primary election, have | Forty-first District. There was a large attendance last even- ing at the meeting of the Forty- first * Assembly District Republican Primary League, and the keynote of the gathering was success, sure and sweeping, for the anti-boss Re- publicans. Colonel John C. Currier, who presided in the absence of Horace Davis, spoke of the primary election as some- thing which had been sadly neglected in the past by the better class of citizens. The primary election, he said, was the very foundation of the government, and it was in taking advantage of their real- ization of this that the bosses had se- cured their grip on municipal affairs. This year, howvever, it was going to be different. The registration among busi- ness men had been unusually large, the district had been strongly canvassed and everything pointed to a clean primary, which for once would represent the voice of the people. Attorney Pratt, William Sexton, Maurice Brandt, F. C. Selfridge, E. J. Casey and others addressed the meeting, which adjourned early for th reason expressed by all the speakers tha work would count more than oratory and there was still a fleld in the district for the missionary of anti-bossism. _ Atten- tion was called to the fact that Tuesday next was collection day as well as elec- tion day, and business men residing in the Forty-first were advised to vote in the morning, before going to their offices, where the extra work of the day might detain them until after the polls had closed. ——————— CRITICISM PROVOKES TALK IN THE GUARD Recent Encampment at Santa Cruz Furnishes Food for Much Dis- cussion by Experts and Others. The report of Captain Wilhelm of the regular army on the condition of Camp Gage, which was occupied by the Na- tional Guard recently, has been the sub- ject of a great deal of discussion by the rank and file of the guard. All seem to agree that from the standpoint of the reg- ular army the report was a good one, but that In viewing the citizen soldiery the captain did not take into consideration the fact that the guaidsmen do not have in the short time in the year they devota to the study of the duties of the soldier the same opportunities to perfect them- selves as have the regulars. Viewed from the standpoint of the guardsmen, the re- port is considered in some parts quite severe. But the criticlsms are nothing as com- red with the strictures of a city paper Pased on what in the article is credited to Captain Wilhelm, but yhat in reality was said by a nameless “‘prominent offi- cer of the Natlonal Guard” about the camp. These utterances of the prominent National Guardsman are greatly at vari- ance with the views of the regular army. officer and have aroused the indignation of many officers and men of the guard. It is stated that reports of other officers of the regular army who were at the oamp will soom be presented to the public, These will show the encampment was a good one, beneficial fo the men, and was for the few days they were together as creditable as ary agsregation of volun- teers during the late war. The First Battalion of Artillery will pro- ceed to Shell Mound to-day to engage in target practice. First Lieutenant W, S. Grattan has been detailed as acting in- spector of rifle practice. Captain Nerney of the Naval Militia, accompanied by a limited number of offi- cers, went to Mare Island last Wednesda: and returned on the following day with a new 36-foot steam launch' which was turned over to him as the agent of the State for the use of the militia at this rt. The launch is one of the best that s used by the naval department. — o Don't think because a man has on eye that he only gets half enough lh’. "