The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 5, 1901, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1901 GROWDS CHEER THE PRESIDENT Nation’s Executive Is Greeted by Buffalo Citizens. Visitors View the Exposition From the Triumphal Bridge. i BUFFALO, Y., Sept. 4.—President UNITED STATES B PEACEMAKER Venezuela Is Bent on ! Going to War With Colombia. President McKinley Deter- mines to Follow Up Offers of Mediation. { e Spectal Dispatch to The Call. McKinley, in whose honor September 5 has been set aside on the Pan-American Exposition cal r, entered Buffalo to- night through the portals of the Rainbow City. A few of the party left the Presi- al train at the Central station, but he President and M McKinley, the isses Barber and Miss Sarah Duncan, t's nieces, and the members of the reception committee were taken at d to the north gate of the exposition grounds. The screeching of whistles and the greeted the President’s belt line tracks to the train flashed past Fort e of twenty-one guns. had assembled at the at the _exposition rrival of the Presi- . Fre the electric tower down the west side of the Court of Fountains, as far as the Triumphal Bri peopie v together that there move > blowing of whistles orth of the exposition d the approach of the er President Mc- leaning on by the reception the entrance A great cheer housands who caught ¥y and it was taken v the others farther they could mot see what the cheering . with Mrs. McKin- urn, president of the cred the first ifficulty that the y clear for the h proceeded slowly toward Parkway entrance. Cheer so closel arriages. the Lincol ot cknowledged the saluta- he crowd by bowing and raising Mrs. McKinley, who looked re- well after the tiresome journey, appily. 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Venezuela's response is regarded as a polite rejection of the tender of American mediation, and is accepted as establish- ing the purpose of President Castro not to deviate from his policy of precipitating a foreign war so as to prevent internal revoit. At the same time administration offi- cials reiterate that if Colombia assents to the exercise by the President of his good offices, as she is expected by a well in- formed Pan-American. diplomat to do, the President and Secretary Hay will open the matter with Venezuela and will endeavor to induce her to permit the United States to mediate in the interest of peace. Before his departure this morning for Buffalo Dr. Silva, Colombian Minister, | c he text of President Cast: to the foreign governments, explaining the causes for the adoption’ by Venezuela of a bellic attitude toward Colombia. Dr. urged his Government to make a ‘detailed reply to the Venezuelan note. An Emphatic Rejoinder. The Colombian Government is expected to make an emphatic rejoinder to the offi- cial statement of Venezuela that armed | invasions by Colombian troops have been | crossing the Venezuelan frontier\ and have been forcing war upon that country. It will show in substance that Colombian troops on the frontier are there to pro- ! tect the border and that any crossing of the line has been by detached bands with- out the approval of the Federal Govern- ment. It has just been disclosed that General Uribe made a statement at the Colombian legation in this city"to the ef- fect that the revolutionary movement of which he is the head had the support of Venezuela, Ecuador and Nicaragua. The statement was made during the pendency of negotiations for the surrender of “the revolutionists. > The negotiations with Uribe closed, it is authoritatively stated, with the agree- | ment of surrender, but the Colombian au- thorities are now satisfied that this was a ruse by which his agents secured pass- ports through Colombia and went on an ostensible peace mission, whereas their | real purpose was to act as spies and revo- | lutionary propagandists. Reports From Diplomats. Malil reports were received by the State Department to-day from Minister Bowen in Caracas and Consul Geperal Gudger in \ Panama and Consul Malmores in Colon. | Minister Bowen transmitted a copy of a note addressed by the Venezuelan Minis- | ter of Foreign Affairs to the foreign Min- isters in Caracas explaining the attitude of the Venezuelan Government in the dis- pute with Colombia. Consul General Gudger’s dispatch shows that troublesome conditions continue to %exist on the Isthmus of Panama. For- tunately there has been no disturbance of railway communications, nor is any likely to take place in view of the instructions given by the leaders of the insurrection | to their armed forces. Guerrilla bands have committed depredations upon «Chi- nese merchants along the railw: Gudger has in the absence of the Chin Consul endeavored to use his good offices in their behalf. Under date of August 26 Gudger states that the Liberals were concentrating at Chama, twenty miles from Panama. The Government forces ing the He adds that the decision of the United States to send warships to Panama had a very good ef- fect upon the situation | Consul Malmore's reports that Bocas del Torro is more exposed to danger | than any other point in his consular dis- { trict. There are 150 rebels in the vicinity | of that town, which is defended by a Gov- | ernment force of seventy-five men. Tha revolutionists are awaiting reinforcements | before attacking the place. NEW YORK, Sept. 4.—At the Colombian | legation here to-day it was said that | 1500-pounder cannon which was suddenl; | taken from the Pan-American Exposition | at Buffalo, has been shipped to Colombia | and was being placed in position at Car- tagena. It was also said that the muni- tions of war lost on the cruisey La Popa, | scuttled by the insurgents, was not as ex- | tensive as reported. It has been asserted elves in Panama. tween 500,000 and 1,000,000 cartridges went down on the cruiser. “SWIFTWATER” BILL RELEASED FROM CUSTODY Tacoma Authorities Who Caused His Arrest Here Now Refuse to Prosecute Him. W. C. Gates, better known as Swift- water Bill, of Klondike famé, was arrest- nia Hotel on a telegraphic warrant from the Chief of Police of Tacoma, charging him with abduction. A short time after- ward his wife, whom he is charged with abducting, was also taken to the City Prison and given in charge of the ma- tron. Last night the couple were re- leased, as the Tacoma authorities re- | fused 'to prosecute the man of many | matrimonial adventures. Gates and his wife left Tacoma a short time ago apd came to this city. | “Word was at once sent to Captain Seymour- to arrest Swiftwater Bill and hold him pending the arrival of an of- ficer from the north. To the surprise of the local police the following telegram was recelved by | them last night from Chief Fackler of | Tacoma : “Prosecuting Attorney refuses to send for Swiftwater Bill on the ground that the crime was committed in another county.” As soon as the telegram was received Captain” Seymour ordered the release of | Gates and his bride. The latter is the | adopted daughter of Mrs. Boyle of Ta- | | | coma, who is Gates’ sister. While she positively declares that the girl is only 14 vears of age, Mrs. Gates | confesses to having passed “her eigh- | teenth birthday. Gates says that he and his wife will shortly leave for the fro- zen north, where he expects to recoup his lost fortune. It was reported at police headquarters !late last night that Swiftwater Bill in- | tended to desert his bride and elope with a young woman who lives in Oakland. Gates says there is no truth in the story. ———————— FAKXKERS ARE FLEECING UNSUSPECTING WOMEN, Offer to Do Crayon Pictures Free, | but Afterward Force Sale of Cheap Frame. Several fakers are operating an ancient swindling scheme in the Western Addition and Mission. It is generally known as the “picture frame graft.” ‘A solicitor visits various houses and in- | forms whoever may happen to gnswer the | bell that he represents a big house desir- | ous of introducing its new method of en- | larging photographs into a beautiful and | truthful crayon production. They offer to | do this work free, just to advertise it. Scores of housewives, thinking they are to get something for nothing, hand the solicitor the photograph of some dear rel- ative. A couple of weeks later the crayon pic- ture, mounted in a neat looking gilt frame, is brought to the home of the per- son who expected to get something ~for nothing and from $ to $10 is demanded. The frame, as a general rule, is worth hardly more than a dollar, yet the swin- dlers force the deluded women into pay- ing their demands. : Silva | ere then strengthen- | | that five rapid-fire guns, 1000 rifles and be- |, ed yesterday in his room in the Califor- | TAILOR-MADE NYMPHS LANGUISH S | | | | | | | | | YMPHS arrayed in tallor-made | \| raiment stood on the Greenbrac i shore yesterday afternoon and | gazed pensively out upon the | deep. They may have been sou- brettes, except that their pecullar bath- ing proclivities would place them in the nymph or mermaid class. | At all events there was sadness in their | eyes and tears furrowed the rouge on | their cheeks as they watched the efforts | of 2 number of young men about town to muster up power enough to move the horse car and Nemo arks to some spot on the deep far from the madding throng, | modest mariners and their families and a | threatening Sheriff. Playing tugboat was not altogether in | the line of the young men, their streng WIND SAVES | BURNING TOWN Change in Direction of a Breeze Prevents Disaster. EMPORIA, Kans., Sept. 4.—If it had not been for the providential interposition of the wind the greater part of Emporia would have been laid in ruins by a fire this afternoon. As it is, a large number of residences, a planing mill and a lum- ber yard and the beautiful First Meth- odist Church lie In ruins, and the damage | will closely approximate $100,000. The fire was communicated by a spark from a Santa Fe engine to the sheds of the Crystal Ice Company. This soon burned, as did the planing mill of E. S, | Sprague. There was a strong wind and the water supply was short, and it seemed as though the whole town was doomed. An entire block was burned when the wind suddenly changed and the fire was controlled. Soon after the fire department had re- | turned to its quarters another alarm was sounded. Some sparks had been carried by the wind to other buildings and soon another block, including the First Meth- odist Church, had been burned. Two fire- men were caught under the falling walls ;:fr;.he church, but escaped with slight in- uries. PITTSBURG TAKES TWO FROM THE GOTHAMS Fhiladelphia Athletics Unable to Solve Cronin’s Curves—Hughes Is Easy. NATIONAL LEAGUE. NEW YORK, Sept. 4—Pittsburg beat New York in a double-header at the Polo Groun to-day. Better all-around work and timely batting won for the visitors. Taylor was knocked out in the first game, but Phyle could not stay the hitting of the Pittsburgs. Hick- man lasted just one inning in the second game and was relieved by Van Sandt, who made a Batteries—Taylor, Phyle hill and O'Connor. Second game— Pittsburg New York Batteries—Chesbro and O'Connor Hickman, ‘Van Sandt and Warner. Umpire~Dwyer. BROOKLYN, Sept. 4—The Brooklyns scored two runs in the first inning to-day and then were blanked for seven innings. In the ninth they scored another run on three singles. Hahn, Cincinnati’s pitcher, tered. Attendance, 1400, and Warner; Tanne- kept the hits weil scat- Score: R H, B BT 0 3 1 4 Kennedy and Cincinnatl Brooklyn Batteries—Hahn Farrell. BOSTON, Sept. 4—Harper's wildness, com- bined with two passed balls and a wild throw. by Nichols in the third inning, lost St. Louis the game to-day. The visitors evened maiters by hard hitting in the fifth and seventh in- and Peitz; Umpire—Nash. pings. Attendance, 2000. Score: H E Boston . 8.7 St. Louis T it Baiteries—Pittinger and Kittredge; Hz and Nichols. Umpire—Emslie. e R PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 4.—The Philadelphias took to-day's game from Chicago through thelr ability to hit Hughes conzecutively. Both fair showing. - Attendance, 6500. Score: First game— ® R. H BE. New York . [ i ) Pittsburg 12 19 4 Hi teams were a little off in their flelding. ~At- tendance, 2881 Score: S— R. H. E Chicago .. 3 4 Philadelphia [ e Batteries—Hughes and Kahoe; Townsend and Douglass. Umpire—Brown. THE SHERIFF GREATE) A LITTLE EXUTEMENT- WHILE THE FAIR ONES OF THE SHOCKING PARTYCSEEK CONSOLATION _ — N 3 ON THE SHORE AT GREENBRAE Young Men About Town Attempt to Obey Mandate of the Sheriff of Marin County to Move Their Arks to a Somewhat More Isolated Spot, but They Are Woefully Lacking in Muscular Power ———— SHERIFF FOR RELIEF FROM WHOSE SMOCKING SCENES.. suites being more properly the inward storage of copious draughts of the bever- age that made Milwaukee famous, the singing of ribald songs and the entertain- ment of ‘“real ladies.” The young men were not adorned with medals even in rowing regattas, but they took to the boats kindly enough. It seemed as if they were either bent on showing Sheriff Taylor their high regard for his advice of Tuesday or displaying their prowess as oarsmen to the gather- ing of nymphs on shore. In either event it must be said that they scored a signal failure. They had not muscle enough to muster sufficient horsepower to pull a sick duck out.of the mud, and abandoned the job of movin the arks upon the advice of the Sheriff, who feared that the strenuous work might give them locomotor ataxia. They breathlessly. thanked the Sherift for his consideration ‘and promised to en- MUST ANSIER FOR DESERTION Arthur Howard, Leader of Filipinos, Taken to Manila. MANILA, Sept. 4.—Lieutenant Hazzard of the Third Infantry has brought in here Arthur Howard, the American deserter, who was recently captured by the lieu- tenant while in command of some Maca- bebe scouts in the island of Mindoro. He was placed in jail and will shortly be court-martialed. Howard denies that he was ever an American soldier. He claims he was born in Spain, that his father was English and his mother Spanish; but that he espoused the cause of the Filipinos. In 189, after peace was declared, he sald he went to Hongkong and returned in 1888 =s Aguin- aldo’s chief of artillery. While in that position, Howard also says, he made friends with many Americans before the insurrection, including General Greene. He cast his lot with Aguinaldo at the time of the rupture with the Americans and he says that he brought In sixteen Amer- ican prisoners, under a flag of truce at Augeles, in September, 1899, Howard denies that he commanded the force at San Mateo which killed General Lawton. He speaks like an educated Eng- lishman. Lieutenant Hazzard says he, himself, saw Howard at Angeles in 1899. Two former California volunteers to-day identified Howard as a deserter from their regiment named Walley, of Com- pany A, who deserted in 1899. L e o e e e e Y ) AMERICAN LEAGUE. CLEVELAND, Sept. 4.—Cleveland landed on Nops in the sixth for four successive hits, and, alded by a base on balls and an error, scored four runs. Catcher Bresnehan finished the game and prevented Cleveland from scoring again. Attendance, 1000. Score: H. E. Cleveland T Baltimore . L) Batteries—McNeal and Woods; han apd Robinson. ST. PAUL, Sept. 4—The home team took the fifth straight game to-day from Minneapolis. Nops, Bresne- Score: R. H BE St. Paul . 13 4 Minneapoi! 4 6 Batteries—Cook and Wilson; Wadsworth and Mullane. MILWAUKEE, Sept. 4.—Three singles, a home run, three bases on balls and Staple's error gave Milwaukee six runs in the second inning, which proved enough to win the game. Boston outbatted the home team, but Reldy kept his hits well scattered. Attendance, 500, Score: BB Milwaukee . 5 ‘Batteries—Reldy and Maloney; Winters and Schreck. DETROIT, Sept. 4—Cronin was invincible to- day and would have shut the Philadelphia Athletics out but for Casey’s error in the first inning. Attendance, 2338. Score: A R ¢ Philadelphia 1 4 1 Detroft .. 8. ‘15 2 Batterles—Plank and Steelman; Cronin and McAllister. Chicago, Sept. 4—Chicago won to-day's game by bunching hits with the visitors. Katoll was good form except in the eighth inning, when five hits and a base on balls gave Washington their runs. Attendance, 1600, Score: Batteries—Katoll and Sullivan; Carrick, Lee and Clarke. L3 55 AN EFFORT IS MADE TO MOVE NOTORIOUS ARKS FROM GREENBRAE. & + gage a launch during the week to move the Nemo and horse car ark from their present anchorage. o o R Y FALLS IN GORGE BUT 15 LIVING Young Woman Has Ex- traordinary Escape in Catskills. NEW YORK, Sept. 4—After a fall of eighty feet into the gorge of Kaaterskill Falls, in the Catskill Mountains, yester- day Miss Caroline Schroeder of Brooklyn was found unhurt save for a few bruises. The water plunges from a precipice 280 feet in height,and on one side of the gorge is a shelf rock jutting out eighty feet be- low the summit. Miss Schroeder ventured too near the edge of the gorge, lost her balance and fell. The people saw her body whirl down- ward. They saw It Test for a moment in the balsam boughs and then disappear in the midst of the dense foliage below. Three men descended on ropes and found the young woman unconscious. Physi- cians in attendance, however, said that while severely bruised she would suffer no serious consequences. OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST #®hanges Made in the Postal Service and New Pensions Are Issued. WASHINGTON, D. , Sept. 4.—The Postoffice Department to-day issued the following: Postmasters commissioned: Hilda Miller, El Rio. Oregon—William Harris, Black Butte. Postoffice name changed: Oregon—Harrls, Lane County, to_Black Butte. The following pensions were granted: California—Original: Jéhn Hopp, Glen- dora, $6; Peter Calder, Woodland, $6; George C. Almy, Mentone, $8. War with Spain—Daniel J. Filipponi, Santa Maria, $8. Increas 'ohn Mc- Grath, San Francisco, $10; Henry Sauer, Los Angeles, $10; Joseph L. Weaver, San Diego, $8; John Fahey, San Francisco, $12. California ‘Widows—Mary Ware, San_ Diego, $8. Oregon: _Increase—Oliver M. Sawyer, Goshen, $12; Jordan Fuqua, Willamina, $10; John Campbell, Salem, $3. ‘Washington: Original—Benjamin F. Giiham, Castle Rock, $8; Edwin R. Childs, Spokane, $12. s fh Goebel Murder Conspirators Fight. FRANKFORT, Ky., Sept. 4—James Howard and ex-Secretary of State Pow- ers, convicted as Goebel murder con- spirators, quarreled in jail here to-day. Howard threw a heavy inkstand at Pow- ers, striking him in the head. Powers was knocked over and bled profusely. The skull was not fractured, but symp- toms of concussion developed, and a slight paralysisyof the left atm and side appeared. The men quarreled over the division of a sum of money raised in Eastern Kentucky for their defense. Cricketéers Coming to America. SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 4.—The Ameri- can line steamer Haverford, which sailed from this port at 3:30 p. m. to-day for New York on her maiden trip, has among her passengers a number of Captain Bo- sanquet’s English team of cricketers, who are to play matches in the United States. Fatal Gasoline Explosion. PHOENIX, A. T. Sept. 4—The explo- slon of a gasoline stove in the residence of Chester Conger late this afternoon set fire to the house. . Conger was fatall: burned. The fire was extinguished wi 1 small property loss. {in New York, STEEL STRIKERS IRE AGITATERD The Developmenté Cause Fear, but - Leaders Show Courage. Failure of the Peace Confer- ence Has Depressing Effect. s PITTSBURG, Sept. 4.—Agitation and uneasiness prevail in the ranks of the strikers to-night, caused by the apparent- ly unfavorable developments of the day. The leaders, however, profess to be satis- fled with present conditions and declare that ultimate victory will be theirs. Much was hoped for from the peace conference but_an announcement of failure to reach a decision put a damper on these hopes. President Shaffer’s only remark when shown the announcement of the adjourn- ment without decision was, “I have no comment. to_make."” The following was handed to newspaper correspondents to-day without comment by President Shaffer of the Amalgamated Association: WHEELING, W. Va., Sept. 2. ‘We, the members of the Crescent. Lodge of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, assembled, denounce the statements made by G. D. Hickey, when he says that the strike was Instigated by Presi- dent Shaffer and is not constitutional, as ab- solutely false, and as nmot worthy of any con- sideration by the members of the association, and we deny the assertion that 72 per cent of the mills of the United States Steel Corpora- tion are at work. STEVE _DAWSON, President. W. G. EVANS, Secretary. received by Shaffer to-day from President wGompers of the American Federation, denying that there was a meeting in Buf- falo to consider the charges made by Hickey, would indicate that the charges have fallen flat. The steel officials are in a very confident mood to-night and appear to think the strike is broken effectually and that oniy a few days more will be required to make it a thing of the past. The return of the 400 tube workers at McKeesport and the report that 150 or more went in at the Pennsylvania Tube Works, and the pro- tection of Sheriff McKinley and his sev- enty-five deputies at Demmler, where a start will be made to-morrow, give much ‘weight to this belief. In addition to these breaks the steel officlals claim increased numbers at the Star, the Lindsay & Mc- Cutcheon, the Painters and the Clark mills, and say other plants will now be put into service rapidly. Organizer Schwartz of the American Federation, who organized the Pennsyl- vanig Tube Workers, called a meeting of his men this afternoon, at which it was | decided. that none of the men would re- tu!‘nf1 until President Shaffer gave the word. TALK OF PEACE TERMS. Corporation Officers and the Ieaders of Unions in Conference. NEW YORK, Sept. 4—Terms of peace in the steel strike were discussed at length to-day at a secret conference, in which sat officlals of the United States Steel. Corporation, leaders of union labor and representatives of tue civic ofganiza- tions which Fave intervened. Unusual safeguards aof secrecy were resorted to in order to preserve the'privacy of the pro- ceedings, but 't was evident that no con- | clusion was reached and that the decision either to terminate or continue the strike must be made by the strikers. The participants in the conference were President C. M. Schwab_of the United States Steel Corporation, President W. E. Corey of the Carnégie Steel Company, Veryl Preston of the United States Steel Corporation, President Samuel Gompers of the American ~ederation of Labor, President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers’ Association, Secretary Henry ‘White of the Garment Makers’ Associa- tion, President Jenks of the Industrial Commission and Ralph M. Easley, secre- tary of the National Civic Federation. Several officials of the companies con- trolled by the United States Steel Cor- poration were called to the conference chamber durini the day. The conference was asked for in behalf of President Gompers and President Mitchell, and the request reached Presi- dent Schwab early to-day. He made fa- vorable reply at once, and at 12:15 o'clock the two labor leaders, accompanied by the other intermediaries who had partici- pated in the Pittsburg meetings of last week, reached the office of the United States Steel Corporation. The session lasted continuously for more than six hours. No statement as to the proceedings was made by any of the party present. John Mitchell was the first to leave the meeting room. He posi- tively refused to make any statement in connection with the Feace plan. Presi- dent Gompers and Ralph M. Easley, who followed, were equally reticent and said The above, together with the telegram | GATHER AMID WESLEY RELICS Delegates to Ecumenical Methodist Confer- ence Meet. Colored Bishop Makes a Plea for the American Negro. LONDON, Sept. 4.—The Ecumenical Methodist Conference opened in Wesley's Chapel to-day with a good attendance. In the devotional exercises King Edward and President McKinley were prayed for. Bishop Joseph C. Wartzell, Missionary Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church in Africa, made the opening prayer, and Bishop Galloway of Jackson, Miss., preached an eloquent sermon, setting forth the aims of Methodists throughout the world and emphasizing the value of the tenets of John Wesley. Communion followed. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. Frank Temple, D.D., and the Bishop of London, the Right Rev. A. F. W. Ingram, D.D., sent friendly messages. The Bishop of London sent a message expressing the hope that some day the Methodists will be reunited with the Epis- copalians. x "the City Road Chapel, where the con- ference is being held, was built by John Wesley in 1760. It is sometimes called the Cathedral of Methodism and is filled with memcrials of all denominations tracing their origin to Wesley. Marble columns representing Methodist _branches in the North and South of the United States and Canada are among those holding up the gallery. They were presented after the nrst conference that assembled here ex- actly twenty years ago. ‘The most striking feature of the confer- ence to-day was an impassioned plea of the colored Bishop Walters of Jersey City. He declared that there was a systematic effort on foot on the part of the white Americans to destroy the good opinion which the English people had of Ameri- can negroes. He recapitulated the lynch- ing figures for the year 1900 and declared that, though ninety negroes were lynched, in only eleven cases had assault on white women been proved. The Bishop's state= ments about negro morality elicited loud cheers from the English part of the audi- ence, and several of the many Southern delegates went out, while others did not conceal their disagreement with the speaker. Another incident which attracted com- ment was a declaration of Sir Charles Colton, formerly of Sheffleld, who, in wel- coming the Americans, severely criticized the war in South Africa, exclaiming, “Hell is let loose in South Africa.” He appealed to the visitors to go back and by preaching and example make such wars impossible. JOHNNY NELSON INJURED BY EXPLOSION OF TIRE Cycling Days May Be Over for All Time for the Crack Eastern Rider. NEW YORK, Sept. 4—Johnny Nelson, the motor-paced rider from Chicago, was badly injured at Madison Sqgare Garden to-night. He was scheduled t0 ride a fif- teen-mile motor-paced race against Jimmy Michael. The riders had traveled a_little over two miles when a tire on Nelson's motor exploded and the machine and Nelson went to the ground along with Michael's motor, which was trailing the other. Nelson’s left leg was badly lacerated and he was removed to Bellevue Hospital. The physicians who attended him stated that Nelson would be unable to ride again for a year. Michael escaped the. collision by riding up the bank. The race was declared off. The management an- nounced that in the future single motors would be used in all paced races. Stanford Registration Closes. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Sept. 4— The registration of matriculated stu- dents closed to-night at 8:30 o'clock. A count showed 724, as compared with 772 at the close of the second day last year. The difference is explained by the fact that the class of 1901 was the largest ever graduated, thus diminishing the num- of matriculates. About twenty-five, how- ever, were delayed by the tardiness of the southern boat, having been compelled to come on Wednesday's boat. @ sininimimiieieieinie il il @ that it had been agreed that nothing was to be said. President Schwab came out later in company with President Corey, Secretary Wren and Veryl Preston, and all successively refused to talk. si- dent Gompers said later that he would be in New York to-morrow, and that statement was taken as an indication that he had not given up his effort to effect a settlement. The charm, also with the prices. (Second Floor). best values ever offered, at... and of good quality. 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