The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 16, 1901, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1901. C CHINESE EVADE AWAIT A REPLY EXCLUSION ACT Uncle Sam Plans to Stop Them Crossing Over Mexican Border. s Immigrants Will Be Rigidly Examined Hereafter at This Port. e ey WASHINGTON, Aug. I15.—For some time past the officlals of the Treasury Depertment have had under serious con- | sideration the problem of how to prevent | Chinese from crossing the Mexican bor- der into the United States. A conclusion has at last been reached which, it is be- lieved, will go a long ways to the solu- tion of the matter. Under the treaty be- tween the United States and China immi- grants from the latter country are al- >wed to pass through the United States to any other foreign country, provided, cwever, that the treasury officials are ed their passage through this coun- for the bonafide purpose of taking | a residence in another and not for the | se of uitimately attempting to re- | to the United States. During the | y s many thousands of Chi- at the port of San isco under alleged contract to work 1 plantations and railroads in Southern Mexico. They have been permitted to without hindrance, but a tigation has developed the fact that not 10 per cent of them ever | reach the points to which they are tick- eted, but leave the trains at points along | the northern border of Mexico. In a short time they reach the United States, which, | officials claim, undoubtedly was their or- iginal purpose. The treasury officials have decided to take advantage of the | provision in the treaty that stipulates that they shall be satisfied of the good | faith of the Chinamen seeking to go ! through the United States to a forelgn | country, and instructions will be sent the | officials at San Francisco to require that | each Chinaman claiming Mexico as his | destination shall establish his good falith. | 1f the China is under contract to per- form labor in Mexico, he may present his contract as evidence of good faith, but | in case of his failure to satisfy the offi- ials he wil be permitted to land. It | 1l nc expected this order will have the de- | d effect of keeping out a large per- ntage of Chinese who would go to Mex- | fco with 1¥ purpose of ultimately | crossing t » the United States. | TEXTILE WORKERS WILL ] RESIST CUT IN WAGES| Labor Organizations of Fall River ‘Will Join Operators in Event . 15.—The de- orkers in the h mills to strike if wages about 15 per »iced_to-night "at the The sentiment of lized in a motion each organization | n attempt to re- | that the propo- and unjustifiable of the cotton ower to order ac- | risory body, but at welght- with t might be sald to he opinion of the cil's action tral Labor every or- er wiil act GREAT RESPECT SHOWN i THEE MEMORY OF CRISPI Cruiser Varez, Fires Bearing the Body, Guns When { g Harbor. A 15.—At the | rancesco Cris- | was a repeti- | respect and in Naples. ez, bear- ers of the Crispi tives of the Govern- bor with the escort- | he afternoon and forts replying. n a small boat. | versed the prin- | fired minute guns. ually identical ed the funeral car thering of spectators | flowers were thrown the route to the Poveri, where the = Dello peaad OSSR ERAVE SHERIFF BAFFLES | A CROWD OF LYNCHEBSl Drives Them From the Jail at the Point of a Shotgun and Saves His Prisoner. { )SA, Ala., Aug. 15.—A mob | men entered the jall be- t ing, determined to slored, charged with Sallie Dice, a lttle {yle was sleepin ed his room, his head and e jail mob en A 'a pistol from bene: woke m with demand for the keys the il c c taining the prisoner. After some parleying the Sheriff worked y to a closet, seized a loaded shot- his w d tol the before they could get the prisoner. | ob that they must kill face of the loaded gun the mob left the jail and dispersed. It is rumored that | the mob was also after a negro who was | brought st night for | attemy Anna Cobb. Cf Interest to People of the Coast. WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—Postoffice es- olcano Spring: ncis E. Holloway, August 31, Lecosta. Ford, Canyonville. Wash- rge R. Street, Georgetown. e name wged: Weshington— King County, to Georgetow: d: California—H. H. ra County, vice F. , Abraham illiam A. Hutch- | Young Man Attempts Suicide. FRESNO, Aug. 15—Roland Thompson, 24 3 attempted to commit sui- | je at the Abbottsford House in this city | this afternoon by swallowing a grain of | chnine, He is the son of L. H. Thomp- Lodi druggist, formerly of Fresno. | young man uses morphine, and | “in a mote written to his mother inability to quit the habit was cause of his act. He will probably recover. s 5 Sk Secures an Absolute Divorce. ! SANDUSKY, Ohio, Aug. 15.—Mrs. Clara ‘hite Newberry, daughter of Embassa- | dor Andrew D. White, was to-day granted absciute divorce from her husband, Pro- fessor Shenier B. Newberry, who failed est the case. Each party was| d by the court from any right, title erest in real or personal property of | other. Mrs. Newberry was also given custody of the two children. —— Death Follows Accidental £hooting. SANTA CRUZ, Aug. 15.—B. Martini, an Italian, died last night at the Hotel Santa Cruz. He was a section hand on the nar- row gauge road. While trying to kill a +tlespake with the butt end of a rifle £ weapon was discharged and Martini received @ bullet in the leg. | ton_before he returns (o hi {but three feet deep. | Meaical vance of reform principles ; Furnishes Information to the Officers | 0 ! had sustained a fracture of the base of | | Gerstood that ! Crown Prince will go to the north of Scot- land to-morrow to shoot grouse. FROM ROCKHILL Government Not Ad- vised When Protocol | ‘Will Be Signed. | Treaty Relations With China May Require Changes Un- der Its Terms. RS WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—The State Department is waiting a reply from Spe- clal Commissioner Rockhill as to the date of the s ng of the protocol, as the dis- posal of this subject will pave the way to taking up the question of new commer- cial treaties with China and facilitate other important details in execution of the protocol. Whether the present treaty relations with China are sufficient or an entirely new fabric will be required de- pends considerably upon the terms of the protocol. It is expected that this docu- ment will be forwarded by Rockhill, and not until it is in hand will the authorities here feel like reaching a final determina- tion as to the scope of negotiations on such new commercial treaty relations as may become desirable. The protocol itself appears to contemplate the creation of an international board to sit probably at Shanghai, and to have charge of certain details of commercial relations between the powers and China. But it is expected that the powers will further consider the question of forming this board before it is actually brought into existence. It is probable that Hay will go to Can- s summer home at Newbury. GRAND ARMY WILL ADOPT IMPORTANT AMENDMENTS Those Who Did Not Voluntarily Bear Arms Against United States May Become Members. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 15.—At the thirty-fifth annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, to be held next month in Cleveland, a number of important amendments to the constitution will be presented for adoption. Among them -is | one amending the last clause of article 4 of chapter 1 of the constitution, by in- | serting the word ““voluntarily” and making | it read “No person shall- be eligible to | membership who has at any time volun- | tarily borne arms against the United | States.” This amendment, which has been cer-i tified to by the Department of Arkansas. is proposed to enable thousands of South- | ern men, loyal to the Union, who were compelled to take arms against the North, but when opportunity offered es- caped and enlisted in the Northern arn: to become members of the Grand Army. FALLS INTO A TANK OF BOILING WATER Employe of a Fresno Cannery Has a Narrow Escape From Terrible Death. FRESNO, Aug. 15—D. R. Hawes fell | into a vat of boiling water at the Griffin & Skelton cannery, this afternoon and was | severely burned nearly to his walst. | Hawes is_a truckman emploved in_the | cannery. During the aftcrnoon he had oc- | casion to cross the vat of water, used to | turn into the engines when quick steam is desired. There was a board across the vat used as a bridge. Just as Hawes stepped on the board itslipped and dropped | him into the water. Luckily the tank was Hawes pulled him- | self out of the scalding water, but fainted almost as soon as he got to the floor. assistance was _immediately called and his burns dressed. It will be several weeks before he is out again. e NATIONAL REFORM FORCES WILL MEET IN CONFERENCE Chairman of the Third Party Issues | an Invitation to Fusion Popu- lists to Harmonize. CARTHAGE, Mo., Aug. 15.—The foliow- ing invitation was issued to the Fusion Populists of the United States to-day. by J. H. Cook, chairman of the Allied Third party and also chairman of the Fusion Populist State committee of Missouri: A mass national conference has been called to meet In Kansas City September 18 and 15 1901, of all the reform forces of the United States inviting the fusion Populists of the nation to participate in harmony with all other | national reform forces in launching and nam- | ing a national third party political organiza- tion in line with the principles enunciated at the Kansas City conference of June 18 and 19, 1801 At the coming conference it is hoped the People’s party wijl be reunited and join hands with all reform forces in the nation in the ad- 3. H. COOK, Chairman of Allied Third Party of Missourl. — KATY TRAIN ROBBER MAKES FULL CONFESSION That Leads to the Arrest of All of His Associates. | SOUTH MCALISTER, L T., Aug. 15— Bailey Lewis, the remaining “Katy"” train | robber, was arrested to-day. George | Brown, one of the robbers, made a con- fession to-day, implicating seven men who are now under arrest. The men will be tried and bound over and in September they will on conviction be given life sen- tences. . Within two hours after the rob- | bery nearly all of the robbers had been arrested and placed in jail. This is the quickest work ever performed by omcer!i in Indian Territory and deserves com- mendation. ‘Wheelman Fatally Injured. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 15.—Charles B. Hayden, a yvoung butcher, was the victim of a street car accident this evening. Hay- | den was riding his bicycle on East First street as a trolley car was coming toward him from town. Just as Hayden and the car were almost on a line his wheel | slipped and he was thrown on the track. The car was stopped within a length and the unconscious man was picked up. He | the skull. A physician was called and did what he could, but expressed the opinion that the man was doome: b st S Inspect New Railroad Route. SANTA CRUZ, Aug. 15.—Fred W. Swan- ton, promoter of the electric road whk"n’ he proposes to have built between -this | city and Watsonville, accompanied by Su- | pervisors White, Estey, Ball, Collins and | Baldwin, left this _city this morn- | ing and went over the proposed route. The proposition is meeting with favor ali | along the route, as it means much for the | big fruit industry at the lower end of the county. It will also connect Capitola by a branch line and Corralitos in the same manner. @ R AN German Crown Prince in England. LONDON. Aug. 15.—Although it is un- the arrival of Frederick Willlam, the German Crown Prince, In England to-day is the fulfillment of a long-standing_promise, the rumor is re- | vived that it is in connection with a mat- rimonial suit for the hand of one of the daughters of the Duke of Connaught. The John B. Storm. STROUDSBURG, Pa., Aug. 15.—John B. Storm, one of the leading Democrats in Pennsylvania, and who served four terms in Congress, died to-day. ‘Welcome for Colonel French. Colonel G. French, who has command of the Salvation Army forces on the Pacific Coast, has just returned from the Ha- walian Islands. While there he inspected the work of the army and was the re- cipient of a hearty welcome from the workers. He is to be given a welcome by his fellow workers in this city. He will Jead a special holiness meeting at the bar- racks, 1139 Market street, to-night at § o’clock. HRE D ! stroying John F | men centered | lumber. END CONVENTION Police Interfere in Time to Prevent a Riot in the Hall shaiy Ul s Motion to Expel Delegates From Philadelphia Starts a Row. AR HARRISBURG, Pa., Aug. 15.—The Dem- ocratic State Convention to-day nom- inated Judge Harmon Yerkes of Doyles- town for Supreme Court Judge, and Rep- resentative Andrew Palm of Meadville for State Treasurer. reference to W. J. Bryan or national af- fairs, being confined exclusively to State matters. In the closing moments of the convention resolutions were adepted with- out debate and by a practically unanimous vote which will have the effect of blocking any effort that may be contemplated look- |ing to the withdrawal of the candidate for State Treasurer and the substituting {of an anti-Quay Republican on a fusion ticket. The contest between the rival Philadel- phia factions for recognition by the con- vention resulted in a harmony agreement between the recognized leaders of the two committee was designated with former Governor Rob- Pattison, chairman of the regular committee, In adjusting the differ- ences that may arise in reorganizing the party in Philadelphia. Following the ratification of the har- mony programme an effort was made by {J. O. Ulirich of Schuylkill to_expel the | Philadelphia delegates. ) He made a speech criticizing the harmony resolutions and | condemning the leaders of the Philadel- phia Democracy. An assistant sergeant- | at-arms tried to force Ullrich to take his | seat, and there was almost a riot. The police interfered, and after much excite- ment the Ullrich resolution to expel the delegates was rejected. * The decision of Chairman Keenan was appealed from and was sustained. L R S Y ] STROYS MUCH PROPERTY | Big Conflagration Causes $120,000 Loss in Berkeley. BERKELEY, Aug. 15.—Fire broke out at 10 o'clock to-night in the engine room of Niehaus Brothers Company’s big plan- ing mills at West Berkeley, wiping out of existence three acres of buildings, lumber viles and finished product of the mills, de- cerding’s starch works and his residence adjoining, badly damag- ing Moore & Co.’s El Dorado'Oil Works and the Haywood Lumber Yards, and par- verding's grist mill. ,000, of which $100,000 mills, with insurance of only §. Nearly 100 men are thrown out of em- ployment by the fire, of whom sixty-five were working in_the big mills, which Schuster said woMd not be rebuilt. To save the wharves at the mills, Jaden with hundreds of thousands of feet of lumber, scores of volunteers threw piles of the lumber into the bay and ripped up the in. flammable wharf, checking the progr of the flames. One of the Oakland fire engines was stationed at the West Berke- {ley wharf, where it pumped salt water from the bay, the stream effectually pre- venting the northward spread of the fire at the El Dorado works. There the fire- their efforts after it was seen that the mill property was doomed. Night Watchman Joe Ramas discovered the fire breaking out in lively shape at the niill engine-room about 10 o'clock. e | tried to telephone an alarm call from the | mill, but time was lost because the line was out of order. The flames spread so quickly that no alarm was necessary to arouse the neighborhood. The mills were provided with a private hydrant, to whici hose was quickly attached, but a stream of only ten feet from the nozzle could be got, s ressure. The fire light was the | attacked the main building, a two-story frame structure. 100x175 feet, and contain- ing $28,000 worth of machinery. In an hour it was'in ashes, The door and sash factory, with 6000 doors in stock, the dry kiln and packing shops, were as quickly destroyed. The stables went next, but all the horses were saved, and then the flames licked up immense piles of finished and rough The El Dorado Oil Works, to the north of the mills, on University avenue, west of Second street, were next in line of the flames. One building, stored with cocoanut ofl, valued at $1000, was destroy- The Everding Starch Works and dwelling were wiped out; loss $13,000. These were all within easy distance of the mill buildings. Some of the burned structures were built on piling out over the water side of Second street. Everding’s loss was in the stock on hand and machinery. The Haywood lumber yards suffered $1000 loss from burned lumber. Across Second street Everding’s gristmill caught fire, but the firemen saved it from destruction. ' The Niehaus Company was composed of E. C. Niehaus, Otto Niehaus and G. A. Schuster. After the fire was under con- trol Schuster said: “For eleven years we paid the water company $ a month for a private hy- drant at our mills. When we put on our hose to-night we got a stream of ten feet from the nozzle. It was‘impossible for us to do a thing tcward saving our big plant. For my Part I am done. After seeing the labor of yvears wiped out in two hours I quit. The works will not be rebuilt.” CPERA SINGER DEMETRIO LOSES SIXTEEN TRUNKS Property He Claimed Was Taken by Sheriff From the Azzali Company. Papageorgopulo Demetrio has lost the sixteen trunks he says he brought with him when he came here from Mexico to sing with the Azzalli Opera Company at the California Theater. The Azzali com- pany was good, all but the management. When the season closed the company was in debt to Oppenheimer & Co., and all the available trunks and scenery were at- tached. Sixteen of the trunks Demetrio claimed, and he remained behind when the com- pany departed and filed suit against Sher- iff Lackmann to recover possession of the trunks, together’with 35000 damages and $500 spent in their pursuit. In defense to the action the Sheriff contended that the trunks were the property of Manager Az- zali, @nd the proofs established that even if such was not the case he made the claim that they were, and Demetrio filed no protest, when they went through the custom-house at El1 Paso. Judge Graham yesterday entered judg- ment in favor of Sheriff Lackmann, and forthwith a portion of plaintiff’s claim will be satisfied. — e Richard Jose to Sing at the Orpheum. Richard Jose, the eminent contra tenor, who is summering in San Francisco, will sing at the Orpheum to-night and to- morrow night and at to-morrow’s mati- nee, in place of Alexandra Dagmar, who leaves for Los Angeles to-day. Jose is very popular here and he is assured of a hearty welcome. —_—————— Taylor Is Sentenced. Robert Taylor, who was held to answer on a charge of robbery, pleaded guilty’] yesterday before Judge Graham in Judge Cook’s court to a charge of grand lar- ceny and was sentenced to serve four years in Folsom Penitentiary. He knocked down Fred Haines on the night of May 21 and stole a gold watch valued at $75 from him. The platform makes no { | STORMY SCENES “THE BORER™ CAUGHT AT MIDNIGHT Burglar Who Has Baf- fled Police Found at Work. H. Helbush Takes Notorious Criminal After Desperate Fight. | Housebreaker, | Trying to Force Entrance to Spruance Residence, Is Pur- sued by Bullets. RN Gl Robert Stone, a 21-year-old burglar, was captured last night by Special Officer Hermean H. Helbush while trying to force an entrance into the rear of the residence of John Spruance at 2504 Jackson street. Helbush fired two shots at his man be- fore the latter would surrender. One of the bullets passed through Stone's cloth- iing and he thought he was hit. When taken to the Central police station he re- fused to divulge his identity. The police, however, believe he 1s the man who has been operating in that vi- cinity for the past week and is known as | “Jack the Borer.” Detectives Wrenn and | Dinan have been searching for the bur- glar, who uses an auger to gain admit- tance to houses. He left impregsions of his work at the residences of A. B. Ham- mond, 2601 Jackson street; Dr. Bowles, 2626 Pacific avenue, and it is thought Stone was at these places earlier in the evening. Officer Helbush displayed courage in capturing the burglar. He was walking down Jackson street, and when in the neighborhood of Steiner he heard a noise in the rear of the Spruance residence. Without a moment’'s hesitation he en- tered the place and climbed through the opening of an additional wing that is be- ing added to the house. As he emerged into the yard he saw his man leap from the Spruance rear porch to the sod, and Helbush ordered him to halt. Instead of obeying the man leaped a fence, and while he was going over the obstacle Helbush fired. The shot simply. accelerated Stone's speed. The officer followed and fired again just as the fel- low was rushing through the vard of W. B. Harrington's residence, at 2521 Steiner street. The second bullet had its effect and the burglar came to a stand- still and surrendered after a struggle with the special. Helbush tock him to the Re- celving Hospital and the doctors found on examination that one bullet had grazed his groin. Stone was then taken to the Central police station and charged with burglary. Detectives Wrenn and Dinan were sent out from the main office and investigated the premises, but were unable to find any tools. W. 8, Kittle, whose residence ad- joins the Harrington house, heard the | custody. | Mrs. A. M. Graham, who lives with the Harringtons, thought the burglar was trying to enter her window and was greatly frightened. She thought there were two burglarsbut it afterward de- veloped that the voices she heard were those of the burglar and his captor. When searched at the police station the officers found a pistol and a number of loose cartridges in Stone's pockets, also a pocket-knife, a bunch of skeleton keys | and a simmy. T e i e e e e S ol ) GITY'3 GREDIT 15 IN DANGER Banks Refuse to Dis- count the Municipal. ‘Warrants. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Aug. 5. The City Council, by its action in raising assessment valuations, has placed the municipal funds in a dangerous condition. Three of the big banks in this city have refused to further accept city warrants as collateral. The city’s credit has been put upon a doubtful footing by this action and the municipal creditors are in a situ- ation which gives them cause for no little alarm. The conditions are primarily due to the grotests and the preliminary moves which ave been made by property owners who are protesting against the increases which the Council as a hoard of equalization has made on many holdings in the busi- ness center. If the legal fights which have been threatened shall be carried Into the courts the municipal taxes, the first installment on which is due in Novem- ber, will be tied up _indefinitely and a stress of financial difficulties will cor- front the government much more serious than the ordinary fiscal year deficits. Municipal creditors who desire to realize upon their claims before the tax money is available have gone to the banks and to private money lenders, securing advances on the warrants at a small discount— usually one-half of one per cent a month. The money received into the city treasur: exclusive of tax payments is far fro sufficient to meet all, demands. Ratheér than to walt until tax money is in hand employes and other creditors resort to discounting their warrants. Because of the thredtened long litigation and possible tie-up of funds bankers have put a stop to the loans. The officials at the First National Bank and the Oakland Bank of Savings have shut down on city warrants because of the uncertainty sur- rounding the legality’ of the assessment increase. Some of the financiers have raised the question whether the board of equalization has not invalidated the entire assessment roll in its attempt to make good the cut on the water company's as- p ent. S Phe omiy two banks at which any dis- counting 1s being. done are the Farmers and Merchants’ Bank and the Callfornia Bank. The Union Savings Bank and the Central Bank are not handling city, war- T3iShier Burpee of the First Natlonal Bank gaid: “In view of the protests which have been filed with the board of equalization we think it best not to discount any more ity warrants until the assessment ralsing questions are cleaned up. I understand the Oakland Bank of Savl{\gsl people have he same conclusion.” A er Garthwaite of the Oakland Bank of Savings said he was not looking for any city warrants to discount, owing to the uncertainty surrounding the time when_funds would be available. Cashier Norris of the Central Bank ex- ssed the same views. Pi&ashier High of the Farmers’ and Mer- chants’ Bank said he was cashing a few warrants tort regular customers at 8 per ount. Ot Swara Collins of the California Bank thought the warrants would be all right. —_—————— James A, Berwick, who has occugiefl the position of weather observer at Sac- ramento for the last twenty years, has, at his own request, been transferred to a similar position at Denver. His successor at Sacramento is James H. Scarr, former- 1y of Helena, Mont. Interrupted While: shooting and saw the burglar taken Into | IRELAND'S HOPE 5 N THE SWORD Noted Anniversaries of Victories Over Eng- land Celebrated. * Michael Davitt and O'Dono- . van Rossa Make Notable Speeches. Rt T CHICAGO, Aug. 15.—Four thousand Chi- cago Irish-Americans gathered at Sunny- side Park this afternoon on the twenty- sixth annual demonstration of the United Irish Societies, commemerating the three hundred and second anniversary of the victory of Yellow Pass and the three hun- dred and third anniversary of Hugh O'Neill's victory over-the English at the Yellow Ford. A meeting nearly in strength to that at Sunnyside Park was held at Oswaid's Grove under the auspices of the Irish Na- tigralists. At the former meeting Michael Davitt was the chief speaker and at the latter O'Donovan Rossa, " Davitt, after contrasting the conditions in Ireland to-day with conditions as they existed in the early part of the nineteenth century, said: 1 was here in this city addressing the Irish gocieties of Chicago fifteen vears ago to-day. Within that time fully 500,000 young men and young women have crossed from Ireland to these United States, mot to return, but to re- main. Allowing half of these to have been men, the loss to Ireland and the gain to the republic would be a quarter of a million of tie younger and brawnier of our manhood That is eight times the number of men of another race who for the last two vears have for a time beaten one of the greatest empires in the world in the field, and who are still unconquered, and I believe unconquerable, by the same power which has been mainly in- strumental in forcing our people from their own to other countries. notion obtains in many minds here in America that nothing would have been or could have been done at home during the last twenty years were it not for the unstinted monetary support that has flowed across the Atlantic. ‘That is a ridiculous delusion. I venture to say that our people at home, poor as they are, have subscribed five dollars for every one given by our friends and kindred here. It is not America that has been pouring its treasure out to Ireland, but the other way about. Forty thousand of our young people come here from the old land every year to add to_the wealth- producing power of the States. Econimically Yvalued, these emigrants are worth $1000 each to the ‘industrial assets of Uncle Sam. A second meeting was held in the even- ing, at which Davitt repeated his ad- dress, and speeches were made by a num- ber of local Irishmen. Resolutions were adopted announcing faith in the patriotism and ability of the men who are directing the Irish cause in Ireland, declaring admiration for and sympathy ‘with the Boers and regretting that the United States has withheld its active aid from them. y At Oswald’s Grove, O'Donovan Rossa in his address dgreed with Michael Davitt that emigration is drawing the heart's blood out of Ireland, but the worst thing for the country, declared the speaker, is the fact that there is really no disposi- tion among the Irishmen to really do anything. ‘“The idea of obtaining anything from England,” declared Rossa, ‘“save by the sword, is nonsense.” Force and not parliamentary agitation as the means of securing Ireland her lib- erty was advocated by O'Donovan Rossa and other speakers at the Irish National demonstration at Fifty-second and Hal- stead streets to-night. Setting fire to the principal cities of England as the means of weakening the British power and so creating a_ favorable opportunity for the Irish to rise and assert their rights by arms was the most loudly applauded sen- timent expressed during the evening. MANY QUEER ANIMALS COMING WITH CIRCUS Fatima, the Hippopotamus, Requires Cage as Large as a Trolley Car. Fatima, the lovely hippopotamus in the menagerie of Ringling Bros.’ circus, weighs only 4500 pounds In her stocking feet. She is as big as a hen-house and her den fs as large as a trolley car, ac- cording to-an agent of the show. The animals of the Ringling menagerie went on a strike the other day because Mrs. Hip snores in G minor during the still watches of the night and keeps them all awake. Any one who has heard a hippopotamus snore_will sympathize with the ring-tailed baboon and the sacred OX. ‘When Fatima puts out the cat at night and winds the clock, she proceeds with- out delay to swallow her soft palate. Thé horned horse awakes with a start and thinks the lightning has struck the smoke house, the lion lashes his fly brush in rage and the wart hog belleves some one is trying to get his diamond shirt stud from under his pillow. The other day the zebu called an in- dignation mesting, and a petition was sent to Fatima, asking her to kindly press on the scft pedal after 10 o'clock at night. 7 One of the curiosities of the Ringling menagerie Is a cassowary, a peculiar bird captured in Australia. The bird has a small head, a long, giraffe-like neck, feathers which are in appearance like the quills of a porcupine and bowed legs. This gay bird was colored by nature with all the hues of the rainbow. Its long neck looks much like a pousse cafe, and its head and the comb above it are as bril- liant as an Italian suset. The casso- wary is extremely proud of its kaleido- scopic plumage, and when it hops about in its pen displaying its brilliant coat it looks like the supplement of a New York Sunday paper. It has been named Au- rora. The ostrich has long been celebrated for its copper-lined stomach, but the cas- sowary can eat with a relish what the ostrich will run from. It had not been with the circus a week before it had devoured the tin lining on the roof of its house. The cassowary Is a rare bird. Nokjfaas have been exhibited in Amer- c a, The first thing that will strike the eye of visitors when they enter the Ringling menagerie will a long line of ele- phants extending through the center of the tent for a length of 350 feet. There are thirty in the herd, or more than one- half all those in America. These ele- phants alone eat more than the 500 horses of the show. —_———— NEW OFFICERS ELECTED BY ‘EPWORTH LEAGUERS Members of the Organization Hold Annual Rally in Howard M, E. Church. Epworth Leaguers crowded Howard M. E. Church last evening and participated in the annual rally and election of that organization. Delegates from many churches of the city were present. The sacred edifice was prettily decorated in the colors of the alliance. ‘A large Ameri- can flag was entwined over the platform, and surmounting it was a Maltese cross in red, white and vellow. A. A. Knox, ex-president of the soclety, was in charge of the programme. Preced- ing the election the following numbers were rendered: Voluntary, W. B. Corris; “America,” congregation; cholr; address_of welcome, Rev. . B. Wilson, D.D.; solo, “‘Song of Triumph,” C. E. Edwards; tableau, “Rock of Ages' Miss Esther Hoover_and class; trio, Miss Flora Bol: linger, Mrs. H. Owens and C. E. Ea- wards. 5 Refreshments were served during the social chat in the vestry and parlors in the basement of the church. The election resulted as follows: President, C. J. Harrs; first vice president, Miss Carrle Brown; second vice president, Miss Jennie Gunn; third vice ‘Pmidem, oy Hudson: fourth vice president, E. J. Biggerstaff; treasurer, E. W. Strange; secretary, Miss Jennie Griffiths. e e Mrs. Kellogg Wins Case. Judge Coffey yesterday declded that Alice Eloise Kellogg was not of unsound mind, hence he denied the petition of rela- tives to declare her an incompetent and to appoint in her stead an executor to oanBge the tetato/of her late husband. Athletic Club. MORGAN PLAR ) GRERT UNION How the Head of Trust ‘Would Unite Capital and Labor. Stock of the Steel Corporation Set Aside for Purchase by Employes. ST NEW YORK, Aug. 15.—The Press will say to-morrow: J. P. Morgan has plan- ned the greatest labor union of the age, a unfon of labor and capital. According to his plans, stock of the United States Corporation valued at several‘millions of dollars at par has been set aside for the purchase at inside figures by the 165,000 men employed by the companies that make up the great steel trust. .. is con- templated to form this copartnership be- tween the shareholders and the employes of the United States Steel Corporation. The plan was conceived before the strike was thought of, and then it was expected that it might be put in operation in two years. It required time to formulate the details of such a tremendous undertak- ing For this reason announcement was withheld. At a recent conference, however, be- tween the executive board of the Amal- gamated Association and Charles Schwab, the president of the United States Steel Corporation, it came oyt that Schwab, un- der the direction of Morgan, had formu- lated a profit sharing scheme whereby it was proposed to make every employe of the steel corporation a co-operator in the business. The Press will also_say that the plan contemplated by the United States Steel Corporation 1s nothing more than a high development of the scheme that has pre- vailed in the Carnegie plant since 1892. After studying the success attained by Carnegie, it is said that Morgan and his assistants in the management of the United States Steel Corporation deter- mined that it would be wise to extend tha scheme. @ bl e @ T0 THE MEMORY OF DEAD SAVANT Dr. Le Conte Memorial Services to Be Held at Berkeley. BERKELEY, Aug. 15.—Services in mem- ory of the late Joseph Le Conte will be held next Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in Harmon Gymnasium at the University of California. It has been deemed fitting by the university authori- ties that at this early opportunity faculty. students and friends should meet to con- temiplate together the blameless life werk of the departed scholar. College exercises will be suspended at the hour of meeting s0 that all students may be present. To Speak at Exercises. Plans for the memorial services are just being formed and complete details are lacking. The committee in charge has, however, selected the following named to speak at the exercices: Professor Irving Stringham, dean of the Col- Tege of Socfal Sciences at Berkeley; Hon. Hor- ace Davis of San Francisco, ex-president of the university; Professor W. E. Ritter of the Zoology Department, and Professor J. M. Stillman of Stanford. The eulogists were all close personal friends of Dr. Le Conte during life and hence are peculiarly fitted ‘to speak of his character and work. Two committees have charge of the services. The com- mittee to select speakers consists of the following named: Martin Kellogg, emeritus professor of the Latin language and literature and former pres- ident of the university: Frederick Slate, pro- fessor of physics and dean of the facuity of the College of Natural Sciences. Changes Plan of Events. The' committee on general arrangements 1s made up as follows: Protessor C. L. Cory, head of the Electrical ineering Departmen fessor Edmund O'Nelll of the Chemistry Department, and Pro- fessor W. E. Magee, director of physical cul- ture. The Le Conte memorial services have changed somewhat the plan of events at the university next week. As arranged now instead ' of holding a meeting ex- clusively for freshmen there will be a gen- eral university meeting Monday morning at 11:15 o'clock in the gymnasium. Pres- ident Wheeler will be the only. speaker. Drill of the upper class cadets will be ostponed from Monday until Wednesday. Ko Faily will be held’ Monday misht 3¢ originally » planned. The freshmen will register during the day. Tc-day the upper classes registered in the gymnasium. The building presented a lively appearance with hundreds of stu- dents sitting around tables arranging their schedules of studies and dozens passing continually to and fro. Figures on registration will not be available for several days. Recitations commenced in the upper classes at 1 o'clock. Professor Charles Mills Gayley returned to-day from Europe, where he has been for several months past. TRATERNAL ANNIVERSARY WILL BE CELEBRATED Ancient Order of United Workmen Arranging for a Big Event in October. A large and enthusiastic meeting of rep- resentatives from all the local lodges of the Anclent Order of United Workmen ‘was held last night to make arrangements for the proper celebration of the thirty- third anniversary of the foundation of the order, which will fall on the 2Sth of Oc- tober. W. H. Barnes, D. G. M., was elect- ed permanent president, M. J. Blackman vice president, M. J. Maguire secretary and J. E. Lee assistant secretary. The representatives ~ from the thirty-one loggu, the Grand Lodge extension com- mittee, the San Francisco extension com- mittee and the local district deputies were named as the general committee, and then the following named were selected as the executive committee: C. T. Spencer of the Grand Lodge exten- sion committee, J. C. Sharp of the San Francisco extension committee, E. C. Stock of the district deputies and John McKenzie, A. W. Tuggey, D. A. Hanley, M. Glennon, M. L. Stern and Joseph Lee, to represent the lodges. It was announced that on the night named the supreme master workman and a past supreme master workman would be in this city. The general committee will meet again a week from to-morrow night. In the Divorce Court. Henry Martin Becks has been granted a divorce from Cassle C. Becks on the ground of desertion. Suits for divorce have been filed by August Mingst against Carmen Mingst for desertion, Afnes Hoft- mann against C. C. Hoffmann for failure to provide, Laurena M. McIntyre agalnst John B. Mcintyre for desertion, I. P. Henning against Ella Henning for failure to provide, Emily Hoffman against Wil- liam Hoffman for cruelty, Josephine Ram- sey against John T. Ramsey for failure to provide, Anna E. Browning against Wii- liam P. Browning for failure to provide, Frances Brown agairst J. A. Brown for desertion and Dexter M. Pease against Margaret A. Pease for desertion. ————————— Jim Jeffries Returns. . Jim Jeftries, Billy Delaney, Jack Jeffries and Joe Eagan returned yesterday from Harbin Springs. Jim is in fine fettle and says he is ready for anybody at any time. Jeffries and Delaney will be at the fights this evening before the San F‘rnnc‘lzco URGES MAKING A NEW TREATY Berlin Press Would Have Germany Deal First With America. Anxious for a Commercial Agreement Before Dealing With Other Powers. P BERLIN, Aug. 16.—In its leading edito- rial to-day the Kreuz Zeitung returns to the subject'of a commercial treaty with the United States. It urges the German Government to make such a treaty be- fore approaching Eurapean powers and in this way to “avoid the necessity of giving gratis to the United States the most-fa- vored nation treatment after treaties have been concluded with European nations. It surmises that other European states will avold differences with the United States and will delay their negotiations with Germany until they see how trade relations with the United States come out. “If Germany will first reach an unde standing with the United States, giving the United States the minimum rates, says the Kreuz Zeitung, ‘‘then she will be able to make similar terms with the great powers of Europe. The Muenchener Allgemeine Zeitung, which has close relations with the German Forsign Office, asserts that Count ven Bulow has given instructions to the semi- official telegraph agencies to discontinue disseminating unfavorable foreign com- ment upon the tariff bill. FILIPINO WHO HAS SERVED FLAG WELL Senor Bamtto_, Chief Translator for United States at Manila, Visit- ing Here. Staying at the Palace Hotel, wheré he arrived yesterday from Vancouver, is Senor Enrique M. Barretto, chief trans- lator for the provost marshal general of the Philippines. Senor Barretto is on his way to Spain, but will spend some time in sightseeing in the United States be- fore crossing the Western Ocean. Senor Barretto is one of the very few high-class Filipinos who have visited this country, and one of the still fewer who have remained consistently faithful to the United States from the inception of the trouble up to the present time. When war was first declared against Spain, Senor Barretto was serving as a colonel in the Spanish army and took part in numerous actions against the Americans. On August 13 he had charge of a portion of the defenses in front of Manila, and when that city fell he sur- rendered to Gemeral—then colonel—Jim Smith of the First California Regiment. As soon as peace was declared he of- fered his services to the Americans and eas since been employed in various offi- ial positions under this Government. Senor Barretto is not only a man of un- usual intelligence, but also one of very superior_attainments. He is a ate of both Spanish and English colleges, and speaks fluently more than half a dozen languages. For his services in the past he has been_decorated by the Spanish, Portuguese, Roman and Italian goyern: ments, and has at various times repre- sented these countries in various capacl- ties. Senor Barretto has an unbounded admi- ration for America and American ideas and is a stanch admirer of General Mac Arthur. He deplores that gentleman's return home, as he thinks it would be an excellent_thing for the Philippines if the United States would keep MacArthur there for another year or so. _——————— WORK OF THE TWO GREAT COUNCILS OF THE RED MEN The Advisory Board Will Invest Money in the New Hall As- sociation. At the session of the Great Council of the Improved Order of Red Men yester- day there were several minor amendments presented for the betterment of the laws and they were adopted. It was decided to continue the endow- ment feature of the order. The advisory board was authorized to act in conjunction with the new hall as- sociation and the board to Invest the morey received from the sale of the Post- street wigwam in the new assoclation to secure a new wigwam. It was decided to secure the photographs of all past great sachems which have not already been secured and place them in the gallery now in the office of the great chief of records. The proposition to establish a board of relief was defeated. It was decided to exempt all new tribes from the payment of per capita tax dur~ ing the first six months of existence. Charters to tribes and councils institut- ed during the past year were on recom- mendation issued. A petition from the Degree of Pocahon- tas to have a past Pocahontas’ degres was referred to a committee which will report to-day. ol The Pocahontas Council. The action predicted in The Call yester~ day relatlve to the charter which it was sought to obtain for the Great Council was verified by the action of the majority of that body after a prolonged discussion. It was decided not to apply for a charter. It is probabl: that the per capita tax will be increased from 20 to 2 cents, The Great Council desires a past Poca- hcntas” desree o that members who have attained that rank may be able to prove themselves to others of the same rank. Edith Gish has been elected for the third year as great trustee. R S S, ALLEGED SWINDLER IS PLACED UNDER ARREST Frank, alias ‘715\;&"_&“,, an Ex- Convict, Is Again in Trouble. Frank, alias “Buck” Perry, an ex-con- vict, was arrested last evening by De- tectives Dinan and Wren and Secret Ser- vice Agent Moffitt on suspicion of being the man who has been passing worthless New Brunswick bank notes on storekeep- ers. When_ searched at the City Prison oné of the bogus notes was found in his ossession. pSome time ago one of the plates from which the notes were printed was stolen and the entire issue was called in. Perry, it is supposed, got possession of the plate and after printing a large number of the notes began to dispose of them, first in the East and later in this city. Last evening Perry was found on Grant avenue and taken into custody. A search of his room failed to reveal the mlu;:: plate. He is thought to have victimi: a number of storekeepe: MISS JESSIE P. SIMPSON DIES AT THE OCCIDENTAL Daughter of the Stockton Capitalist Expires After Suffering for . Many Years. Miss Jessie P. Simpson, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Simpson of Stockton, died yesterday morning at 10 o'clock at the Occidental Hotel. While the death of Simpson was not entirely unexpect- 3%‘."‘me ews of her demise Tead with profound sorrow by many friends of the family both here and in the East. Deceased was 22 years of age, and, not- withstanding the fact that she had been practically an invalld for the greater part of her life and was therefore debarred from participation in the more active gayeties of society, she was a general fa- vorite with all who knew her. She spent a great deal of her time in reading and study and her wit, rare ability as a con- versationist and Kindly disposition made her much sought after, and even in her semi-retirement it was seldom that she was not surrounded by a large circle of admirers when she was well enough to. receive them. The body was yesterday taken to ton, where it will be burled in the vault % = s