The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 11, 1901, Page 9

"WONAN DIRECTS BURGLAR GANG Flora Dubois Leader of Thieves Operating in Tacoma. Police Capture Two of Her Men, but She Makes Her Escape. 10 The Call ACOMA, Deec. of burglars has broken into house use in the North End. Police and tives have been at bt some clew by which the identi the criminals might be establishe 1€ m-’-w r0d of the burglars was to watch til the » i then take 3 Y. s many valuables as they found that Flora Dubois, UNg woman not more than 23 it w yo! is the leader of the gang d not less than fifteen nce ovember 1 She has but at least two of her accom- One is Charles E ler nstructions of Miss Du- J. C. Clark is the other. Jackson s been bound over for A B for trial in the Su- was turned over to Only last week the po- entered her room in a 2 Where a trunk full of stolen Was concealed. Her oecupation as then unknown and no search was made. —_— e————— INCORPORATES UNDER LAWS OF CALIFORNIA New Railroad Company May Intend Building to a Terminus on This Coast. SACRAMENTO, Dec. 10.—The following icles of incorporation have been fi in the office of the Becretary of Srater o Urand".rmr.k Western Railway cipal place of business, Detro! 3 ¥, F. H. McGuigan, J. H. Muir, F. W. e and W. Cotter. Capital stock, $6,000,000, The fee for filing is very large and th iuestion is why should this be Bled here unless the company expects to do business lifornia? articles show that the Por d Tllinois Railway have decided to con- ate under the title named. The Port on road runs a distance of 224 miles Ior(x Hur Mich., through -the of Lansing and Battle tng at the Indiana State and Tllinols road, through Indiana and Ilinois of South Bend and Valpa- e of eighty miles. e accidentally lodging house B town a dista iking for a Pacific Coast terminus, and may mean the consummation of that —_————— ELECTION COMMISSION EVADES THE CHARTER s e Civil Service Board Protests Against the Transfer of Messenger An- Storekeeper. t of F. A. Anderson as Board of Eilection has met with the disap- of the Civil' Service has announced its intention to pre against the payment issioners Anderson was originally employed as a | er, but failed to pass high enough the examination for Election Commission there asked permission to designate Anderson’s old position as that of store- but the request was peremptorily by the Civil Service Commission. named body held that such a ing would be a clear evasion of civil service provisions of the charter would prevent the appointment of an eligible as messenger. The Election Commission then made a sisition for eligibles for storekeeper, th ivil Service Commission repiied 10 examination had been held for a position, as no classification there- had ever been made. The former thereupon appointed Anderson as a 2 President Freud states that was taken notwithstanding that Commissioners Kellogg, in The fact rter was being evaded. The matter alled to the attention of the and the Eilection Commission may compelied to accept an eligible for thi In any ewent Anderson will be un- o collect his salary as storekeeper. POSTUM CEREAL. 10.—For six weeks past | their wits' end | occupants had left a residence | Company. | s been talk of the Grand Trunk | Commission, | of Anderson’s and Greenblatt acknowledged that ; 1 - WITHIN A MONTH Redding Citizen Insists That His Days Are Numbered. Makes All Arrangements for Funeral and Settles With Undertaker. Special Dispatch to The Call. REDDING, Dec. 10.—Peter Scherer, a‘ | once wealthy pioneer of Redding, has se- | {lected his coffin at a local undertaking | establishment, arranged every detail of | his funeral, estimated the total expense | and deposited a check in bank in fayor of the undertaker. He declares that he | will die a natural death within a month. | _Mr. Scherer is the divorced husband of | Mrs. Nellle McChesney Scherer, the, | young man who died in Oakland on | Saturday while under the influence of an anesthetic, prior to an operation. They ! had been separated several years and Mr. Scherer says that his wife's unexpected death has little to_do with his case. In| 889 Mr. Scherer's first wife died. In 18921 his youngest son passed away and in 1884 his eldest son, leaving him alone. These | bereavements, together with his business | | troubles, have brought him to his present | | condition. | _ "I have nothing to live for and am| willing to die,” said Mr. Scherer to-day. “When one is well, has ioved ones around him and has somelhlnf to work for and look forward to, life is dear and some- | thing to be fought for. I have lost all and | am ready to die. I shall die within a month."” Scherer suffers from lung trouble and his condition of mind will doubtless has- | | ten the end. He is one of the best known | i men in Shasta County and has handled | extensive business interests. He was in, apparently good health until cently. | DISREPUTABLE HOUSES ARE ORDERED CLOSED Board of Police Commissioners Di- reets Chief Wittman to Clear Out Bacon Place. { As a result of two communications filed | last night with the Board of Police Com- | missioners, Chief of Police Wittman was | ordered to close the disreputable houses on Bacon place. | Special Officers James Murphy and Bert | Jackson, who were recently appointed, re- signed under charges. Police Officer Patrick J. Foley was fined $10 for being an hour late reporting for duty. The charge of abusing a conductor on the Geary-street line preferred againist | Officer Robert Lean was continued for two weeks, although W. Barnett, the complaining witness, was reported to | have left the State. Commissioners New- hall and Wallace stated they were not | satisfied that the witness had left. Seventeen saloon-keepers and their bar- keepers were cited to appear and explain why they cashed checks obtained from | nickel-in-the-siot machines. The men | were arrested during the recent raid or- { dered by Chief Wittman, and each one | told his story to the board. Before arriv- | very re- | ing at & decision in the cases the question | of destroying the machines brought in by | the police as evidence was discussed. It| | developed that the statute prohibiting the | | playing of these machines is explicit, while the ordinance permits and licenses | the machines. As the statute supersedes the ordinance, - all machines, whether they pay in coin or trade, will have to go. The matter, however, will be referred to the District Attorney for an opinion. s v S s ORDER OF SALE OF BONDS | SURPRISES JUDGE GAGNON | Nebraska Jurist Inquires About the | Value of the Oppenheimer Estate. Superior Judge Gagnon of Richardson | County, Nebraska, has written to the Su- perior Court of this county asking for information. concerning the estate be- | queathed to Ruth Oppenheimer by Inez Oppenheimer, her mother, who died in this city in January, 1901, Ruth is only 8 years of age, and Judge Gagnon wants to ascertain how- wealthy | she is before fixing the bonds of her guardian, Isham Reavis. Ruth’s mother left an estate valued at | $23,000, consisting of United States bonds, Teal estate and valuable jewels. She left the bonds, which are worth $10,3%, to her | daughter, as well as the jewelry. | Now her guardian wants the bonds sold, and the fact that Judge Coffey had issued an order directing that they be sold at private sale became known to the Nebra ka jurist and caused him to gommence a investigation. Reavis claims that it is necessary to sell the bonds to meet expenses, but Judge | Gagnon is of the opinion that other prop- { erty should be disposed of first, owing to { the fact that Government bonds are a | KATIE WON AGAIN. A Utah Woman’s Management. The first misunderstanding that Katie and T ever had was on account of coffee. BShe would not give it to me because she was sure it was the cause of my nervous- ness and sick spelis, so I regularly dropped into my Aunt’s house on the way from school (I am a school teacher you ) and stealthily put down a good strong of coffee each day. cuy “One of my sleepless nights I lay won- | dering what ailed me and how long my money would last if I got sick suddenly. I went to school tlie next day often done before, with nerves very trem- ulous and a distressing headache creep- ing over every cubic inch of my brain. “When I reached the dinner table at night, shaved and in my right mind, hut ry tired and faint, I gave a little start curprise and delight, followed instant- with a feeling of shame. “Had my sharp, though mild-eyed little wife discovered the extent of my recent perfidy? Did she know I had been tak- ing coffee each day, contrary to agree- ment? Beside my plate, in my own beauti- ful silver Xmas presént cup, smoked and fairly smiled the beverage, inviting, jelicious liguid. 1 hestened-to pour in a erous supply of eream with the usual tio of sugar. Then I sipped the treas- ure with delight It tasted a good deal better than usual some way, but not exactly natural. When Iy my cup was about half empty I began 1o | wonder if it would be replenished, so I stole a glapce at the little woman. She had a far away Jook in her eyes and a little victorious curl on her lips. “All at once I understood, ‘Now, Katie, me this is Postum? Her pretty laugh rang out at once, and she asked through the folds of her napkin, ‘Don’t you think now there is such a thing as a good food coffee? roared (with my late experience fresh in my mind), ‘Don’t ever say coffee 1o me again; 1 am a saved man to-night.’ 1 then and there hugged my guardian angel and swore off on coffee, for keeps.” My health and spirits have been gain- ing steadily, until now I sleep like a babe and eat lke a . well, like a man who knows his food is going to agree with him. “it was a happy day for wife and T (and for numbe: of our friends) when the real denger of coffee drinking was dis- Voovercd and a beverage that would take its place was put on cur table, 1 have *been saved from a spell of nervous pros- tration, the outcome of which no one can ever foretell” Ross House, Robinson, as I had | 0 amazedly, ‘you don't mean to teil | lttle ——— LITTLE BOY IS BADLY i BEATEN WITH A CLUB' Charitable Society Officers State That | Child’s Injuries Were Inflicted H H by His Mother. | | Secretary White of the Society for the | | Prevention of Cruelty to Children stat that Charley Miller, a 7-vear-old boy, | | whose home is at 60 Hancock stri | within the last two or three da: frightfully beaten by his mother. | little fellow is mow at the home of his grandmother at 19580 Folsom street with a | broken nese, a badly cut lip and many | bruises resuiting, he claims, from blows inflicted with a club in the hands of his unnatural parent. The neighbors say that Mrs. Miller has exhibited a brutality toward her son al- | most beyond belief and that he has re- | peatedly begged for their protection, but | ! that they dared not interfere. The case | was reported to the charitable society and an investigation has resulted in se- curing sufficient incriminating evidence | to warrant an arrest, which the officers have decided to make 'o-dni;. Mrs. Miller admits that she gave the | child a beating. but states that it was in| | the way of punishment and no more than | the boy deserved. The authorities think Sthermise. however. d — ————— Morgan City Insurance Trial. The plaintiff in the suit of the La Due Gold Mining and Development Company agaist the Frankfort Marine Insurance | Company closed its case in the United States Circuit Court yesterday so far as | the taking of testimony was concerned. The defendant moved for a non-suit, but | the motion was denied and the case went | over until this morning, when the de- fense will put in its testimony. | Wiliam_Roberts, second officer of the wrecked Morgah City. was the most in- teresting witness on the stand. He testi- fied ihat if the anchors of the Morgan | City could have been got out the ship would have been saved. “But,” he added naively, “we couldu’t get the anchors out e e = Barbers Select Officers. The Master Barbers' Association at its meeting last night at 12 O'Farrell street { held an election of officers, which result- | ed as follows: President, 8. Conra vice president, F':BQ:;:MS-’ secretary, ; sergeant at arms. 8. Freed; tru fu"fl,’ . *¥.- Zachorech, W. Levy and O. | Bchraft. The installation of cers will | be held on the evening of January 14, and in_honor of the event a smoker will'be given on that evening. Messenger Strike Ended. The Western Union Telegraph messen- | gers who went out on strike because two of their number lost their positions re- turned to work yesterday afternoon. All the boys were taken back, th the ex- ception of those whose Qischarge pre- cipitated the trouble and the leaders who | safe and good “long-time” investment. | | | were instrumental in getting the boys to strike. 'l‘hle.I al‘neznn‘«;!m hnot :uceeed r demand for er wages nnm:l‘:nd to work under the former I conditions. | the question thoroughly. | that coal mine operators |and the Santa Fe | Manager E. O. ! quartermaster, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1901 PREPARES T0 DIE CHINESE FIRST, - |INVADERS MOVE AYS GOMPERS TOWARD PEKING Labor Chief Advises the Federation Now in Session. Declares Matter of Japanese Exclusion Can Be Deferred. SCRANTON, ®Pa., Dec. 10.—At the con- vention of the American Federation of Labor to-day the committee having charge of the report of the executive council was not ready to present it at the afternoon session, and the reading of the report was deferred until to-morrow. | This cleared the decks for the considera- tion of the Mongolian resolution, and the convention immediately plunged into the matter. The report of the special committee on exclusion was read by James O'Connell of ‘Washington, D. C., international presi- dent of the Machinists. It provides that the federation use every means in its power to have a law passed by Congress excluding the Chinese and Japanese and other Asiatic races. The committee was not a unit on the report, so the conven- | tion decided to separate the resolution and consider Chinese exclusion first. = J. T. Morgan of the Federated Trades' Council of Portland, Or.; Andrew Furuseth of the National Seamen’s Union, San Francisco; Major Hayes, the well-known socialist of Cleveland, and T, Tracey of the Boston Cigar-makers’ Union made addresses. All of the speakers went over Hayes charged and iron and steel manufacturers want to drive out the Poles and Hungarians, who have be- come assimilated, and place In their es- tablishments the Chinese, because their price of labor is cheaper. He further charged that these interests and other corporations have a powerful lobby at work in Washington. When the question was put to a vote there one great roar of ayes, and the resolution was adopted. A motion to refer the Japanese part of the resolution to the incoming executive council evoked a long discussion, which was ended by the question being laid on the table. On this section of the resoiu- | tion President Gompers tock the floor and made the principal speech. He said that the convention would make a mistake if it attempted to secure anti-Japanese legis- lation at this time. There is already a powerful lobby at Washington, he _said, backed up by the empire of China. If the proposed Japanese legislation is pressed it would incur the enmity of the Japanese Government and other interests, who would join hands with the lobby already at work. “We want to get at the cheap man, and lhedChinaman is the cheapest of all,” he sald. Gompers concluded by saying that the Japanese danger does not confront the country to-day, while the Chinese does. James O’Connell and Thomas Westoby of San Francisco spoke along the same lines as Gompers. RAILROAD OFFICIALS ABSENT FROM THE CITY Great Ditflnult‘y’ls Bei;g Exparienced in Serving Notice of the 0il Rate Schedule. The Railroad Commissioners yesterday distributed in printed form their decision and the order and schedule of rates adopt- ed recently in reference to the transporta- tion of oil in this State. The decision will be served on the offi- cers of both the Southern Pacific Company Railway the moment that one of the officials arrives in this city. Assistant President Julius Krutt- schnitt is in New York with Chief Coun- sel Herrin. General Passenger Traffic 0. McCormick }.! at:fingh’lg eting of the Transcontinental Pas- ;Ielrelgx;l:(Aé‘gnts' Association in St. Louis, and there is no one at present in the city | on whom the Railroad Commissioners can | serve notice for the Southern Pacific Com- any. pAE};‘Slflnl Traffic Manager W. A. Bissell of the Santa Fe is alfo speeding East, so the Railroad Commissioners ave warded a copy of the ruling to the Sheriff of Los Angeles County, and have in- structed him to serye it on General Mana- ger W. G. Nevin of the Santa Fe in Los Apgeles. $ The decision of the Railroad Commis- sioners appears to have met with the general approval of the oil men. Railroa mmissioner C. 8. Laumeister receive sterday a long letter from a prominent | oil man, congratulating the Commission- ers on the manner they handled the case. it is believed that when the officials of the Southern Pacific Company have been served with the new schedule of ofl rates, the law department of the company will institute injunction proceedings in the Superior Court of this city. —_———— NEGRO CLEVERLY ROBS A MAN FROM OAKLAND H. C. Williams of Oakland complained to the police last night that he had been robbed of $100 by a negro whom he had employed to assist him in disposing of a horse. Willams was not satisfied with the market for choice horseflesh on the other side of the bay, so he decided to transport his quadruped to this side of the water in the hope of securing a bet- ter price. On the ferry-boat he met a negro and, impressed with his appearance, engaged him to assist in arranging a profitable sale. Williams said that the negro escorted him to a Seventh-street stable, where the steed was sold for $100. Happy in the consummation of the bargain, Willlams invited his colored friend into a_nearby retafiant to partake of lunch. What oc- curred after they entered the restaurant Williams claims he does not know. He was treated at the Central Emergency Hospital for abrasions about the face, but he is not aware how he came by his in- juries. He is of the opinien that the negro drugged him and then robbed him. ———— Damage Suits Filed. Louis Thomas Lavole filed a suit for $10,000 damages against E. C. Pitcher & Co., owners of a planing mill_at Sixth and Channel streets, fieslerdsy. He claims he was damaged to that extent by an ac- cident at the mill, due, he alleges, to the | negligence of the firm. Peter J. Ramsden is suing F. L. Car- penter, owner of the Lowell warehouse, for $20,000 damages for injuries he recejved by falling Gown an elevator shaft at the warehouse, Hattle L. Beck and Amella P. Hutchins filed suits for damages against the Mar-~ ket-street Railway Company yesterday. The first named wants $20,675 and the lat- ter $25,000. They claim they wers hurt by being thrown to the ground tlrough the sudden_starting of cars from which they | were alighting. —————————— An Inviting Excursion. Will be the special Christmas trip to City of Mexico by Southern Pacific and Mexi- can Central Railways—to leave San Fran- cisco December 18. The Mexican Christ- mas celebrations are novel and entertain- ing and possess the warmth and coloring peculiar to the Spanish-Aztec race. Many brilliant ceremonies attend the season, both civic and religious, lasting severai days—and nights. The bookings are al- ready so numerous that those who intend to join must make early registration. The capacity of train is limited. Lincoln Post Election. Lincoin Post No. 1, Department of Cal- ifornia and Nevada, Grand Army of the Republic, held its regular annual election on the evening of December 5. The result follows: Commander, Genr% T. Johnson; genior vice commander, F. D. Barnstead: junior vice commander, Charles Edelman’ John C. Bolles; surgeon, Dr. G. Crawford; chaplain, Michaei Murphy; officer of the day, Joseph H. ‘Wilson; officer of the guard, John Eich- ner. The newly elected officers will enter upon their duties January 1 y —_——— 01d subscribers to The Call are en- titled to the privilege of securing a copy of Cram’s Superior Atlas of the World upon payment of $1 50, tho premium rate. for- | Prancisco people, against Timothy Regan { Alashan, has come forward" Prince Tuan Will At- tempt to Capture the Capital. Immense Army Starts for the Conquest of Shansi Province. Special Dispatch to The Call. VICTORIA, B. C., Dec. 10.—News was brought by the Empress of India, which arrived to-night, that the notorious Prince Tuan and his lieutenant, Tung-fu Hsiang, are organizing an Invasion of China from Mongolia and Shensi, re- spectively, into Shansi province, with the intention of capturing the provincial Taiyuan. He hopes to use that wealthy and strong city as a base for raids into Chili, the capture of Peking and the ex- termination of foreigners or their banish- ment from the north of China. Further, the Prince, with a horde of Mongols, had then already passed Ningsia, a city on the northernmost confines of Kansu and_bor- dering the country of the Alasan Mon- gols, marching eastward for an opening in the great wall so as to descend south- ward into Shansi_territory. This had been denied by both. Shensi and Shansi officials, and fhere seemed to have been no movement either in Kansu or Mongolia, but news has now been re- ceived by some of the local native papers | confirming the reports of the projected in- vasion, with the addition' that Prince Tuan and Tung-fu Hsiang have been energetically buying all the Ponles avail- able in that part of Mongolia for their projected war of revenge against the for- eigners. The native papers have it that horse dealers who annually supply the southern market were unable this summer 10 make their usual purchases. In further confirmation of the news of this activity of Tuan and Tung a Lan- chow (Kansu) correspondent reports that not only have all the best animals in Mongolia north of Kansu and Shan- si _provinces been bought or Dbe- spoken on behalf of Tuan and Tung, but their. agents _have actually swept the Shensi_and Kansu markets clear of al- most all the mules. These mules are to be used to draw bag- gage and commissariat carts and to serve as pack animals. Of course Tung-fu Hsiang is the echief paymaster in these warlike undertakings, while Prince Tuan, through his influence, supplies the modern arms and ammuni- tion required to arm the 100,000 additional Mongol and Kansu levies that have joined their standard. A Mongol Prince, th half a million taels and 20,000 horses to back the enterprise. Strange to say, all of these movements have sprung into actlvity with the east- ward movement of the Empress Dow- ager. @ vl @ CLAIM TITLE TO THE MINE Stockholders Bring Sen- -sational Suit in Idaho. BOISE, 1ldaho, Dee: 10.—A sensational mining suit, involyving the title to the fa- | George mous Golden Charlot property, which has produced $13,000,000, was filed in the United States Court to-day. The suit was brought by the Golden Charlot Mining Company, the stockholders of which are mainly San of this city and the War Eagle Consoli- dated Mining Company. After the crash of 1873 the Golden Char- lot was closed down. Subsequently it was relocated and finally passed into the ownership of Regan. The War Eagle Company, holding an option from Regan, is driving a long tunnel in order to reach the vein many hundred feet below the old workifgs. The present suit is brought for the pur- ose of recovering the title to the mine, t being alleged that the relocation of the property for alleged non-performance of assessment work was the result of fraud- ulent conspiracy. —————————— OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Changes Made in the Postal Service and Pensions and Patents Granted. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—The Fost- office Department to-day announced the following: Postmasters commissioned: California—June H. Knowles, Stent. Or- egon—Benjamin F. Bond, Irving. Ap- pointed: Washington—E. Hadley, Camas, Clarke County, vice Francis C. Yeoman, resigned; J. C. Harris, Gould City, Gar- field County, vice Mary E. Lease, re- signed; Aden 8. Pratt, Wehesville, Ok- anogan County, vice Edward C, Brown, | resigned. The gross receipts of the San Francisco Postoftice for ~ November, 101, were $95,605, against $85,068 in November, 1900, The postoffices at Etna Mills, Folsom City, Ione and Lemoore, California, will be ‘advanced to the Presidential class January 1. These pensions were granted: Califor- nia: Original—Andrew J. Thayer, Healds- burg, §5; Joseph Biso Turzl, Petaluma, $12; Charles Amend, San Francisco, $§12. Widows—Augoustine A. Farandon, Los Angeles, $8; Charlotte Beedle, Occiden- tal, $8. Oregon: _Original—Christopher Taylor, Merlin, 35, ‘Widows — Esther Shade, Oregon City, $8. Washington: In- crease—Francis M. Cox, Ole Elum, $10. The following patents'were issued to- day: California—Walter J. Bell, assignor one-half to L. F. Moss, Los Angeles, elec- iro mechanical automatic street railway switch; Henry Boren, Bakersfleld, fire escape; Charles Cummings, Oak: land, assignor to Automatic Boiler Feed Water Regulator Company, San Fran- cigco, automatic boiler feeder; Charles E. Forrey, San Francisco, can heading and crimping machine; _ Clarence Greenmayer, assignor one-half to W. H. d (liou An; e:ca.t vcfirbureter: .. reever, riest al , mag- :?x'lfie";un; Willlam L. Holman, ® San Francisco, mortising machine; Walter H. Keen, Acampo, car coupling; Reuben H. Knight, Pasadena, joint lock; Henry W. Lupton, Los Gatos, driving gear for motor vehicles; Orvil L. Maxfield, Hol- lister. gopher gun; John A. McMillen, San Francisco, safety hasp; Rolo A. Mor- ton, San Jose, vehicle; Barton W. Scott, San Jose, assignor one-half to N. E. Wretman, Santa Clara, vehicle brake; James M. Segafus, Perris, nut lock; Sam- uel A. West, assignor five-eighths to B. A. Weyl, San Francisco, amalgamator; Sylvester M. Willlams, assignor one-half {0 O. Foss, San Francisco, roary explo- sive engine. Wnnhgngton-lohn P. Bridgewater, Ev- door for ore roasting furnaces; Charles Geske and C. Miller, Seattle, car tipple: Milo R. Stapp, Aberdeen, music leaf turner; Arthur L. Wilson, Seattle, cable extension device. e Al e A Cooper Loses‘a Point. When the case of “Sir" Harry West- wood Cooper, alias Ernest Moore Chad- wick, charged with perjury, was called in Judge Cook’s court yesterday for argu- ment on the motion to set aside the T‘. dictment his attorney, Frank fafled to appear. The minutes and . Murphy, Judge waited fl?:ec};\ u then 'denied the motion. Cooper took an exception and was grant- e(li 3 continuance till this morning to plead. ‘Who Will Miss This? Men's and women’s shoes, all sizes ang widths, stylish, up to_date, worth $2.50, “pair ‘at th Hive 8 ¥ kot atrect, near Thirg | noe €F & | | | AMERICA MUST BE VIGILANT Henry Watterson Speaks of the Nation’s Dangers. Famous Kentuckian Delivers Notable Address in Boston. BOSTON, Dec. 10.—The Boston Mer- chants’ Association met in the Vendome Hotel this evening in celebration of its; twenty-fifth anniversary, and was enter- tained by four men of national reputation, who made spirited addresses, chiefly on political lines, Postmaster General Smith spoke on reciprocity; Takahira, the Ja- panese Minister, upon the subject of “Commercial Relations”; Senator M. A. Hanna, on the subsidy bill, and Henry ‘Watterson of Kentucky, on ‘Kentucky and Massachusetts.” Colonel Watterson of Kentucky was greeted with three cheers. He said, in part: Thoughtful Americans, true to the instincts of their manhood and their racehood, answer- ing the promptings of an ever-watchful pa- triotism, "carrying in_their hearts the pricl- ples of that inspired declaration to which their country owes its being as one among the na- tions of the earth, carrying in their minds the limitations of that matchless constitution to which their government owes its stability and its .power, conscientious Americal ‘whether they live in Massachusetts or in .entucky, cannot look without concern upon the peculiar dangers that assail us as we plow throus! the treacherous waters which for all our boasted deep-sea soundings threaten to engull our ship of state and along with it the old- fashioned lessons of economy, the simple preachments of freedom and virtue in which those fathers thought they laid the keel and raised the bulwarks of our great republic. 1 believe we shall prove a contradiction to all the bad examples of history, to all warn- ing volces of philosophy, to all the homely pre- A e truest love of counf of the revolution wrought by modern contriv- ance upon the character and movements of mankind. I believe that the American union came among the nations even as the Christ came. among the sons of men. Senator Hanna was the last speaker. He confined his remarks entirely to the ques- tion of ship subsidy and the latest bill for that purpose which had been present- ed to Congress. that the American nation lIs to-day su- preme in the agricultural and industrial business of the world, but is at the very + lowest in regard to its merchant marine. CLERK CLAYTON TELLS ABOUT THE SHORTAGE He Tries to Throw the Blame Upon His Superior Officer, Captain Sawtelle. The trial of Charles L. Clayton for em- bezzlement was begun yesterday morning | before a jury in the United States Dis- trict Court. Clayton was a quartermaster’s clerk on board the transport Sheridan, and be- cause of non-attention to his dutles was relieved from his position. When his suc- cessor came on board last summer to be | instructed by Clayton the latter went ashore, ostensibly to get shaved. But ho never came back. closed that there was a shortage in his accounts of $1206 09 on May 31, and a war- rant was obtained for his arrest. He was | found several days later drunk in the house of a friend on Seventeenth street. Clayton’s defense is that the safe was left locked and the door of the office open one night by Captain Sawtelle, his superior officer on board the Sheridan, and that when Clayton examined the con- tents of the safe: next morning he found that there was a shortage of cash on and. Assistant United States Attorney Ban- aing sppears for the Government and . Collins for the defendant. The trial will be resumed this morning. —_— e ———— KERSHOW LEFT ROOMS TO TAKE RIDE IN CAB Testimony of Driver Shows That Col- legian Was Not Sick All the Time. Arthur J. Meadows was cross-examined yesterday as to his knowledge of the Ker- show will. Meadows is a good witness, however, and Attorney Rix was unable to confuse him. testified Abraham Strauss, a cabman, that he frequently took Kershow out in | his cab. Strauss was positive as to_the dates on which Kershow rode with him. His testimony contradicted that given by other witnesses, who said that Kershow was unable to leave his room at certain times. Strauss’ note book showed that on several of these dates the collegian had taken rides with him. ‘When Meadows was on the witness stand Attorney Rix questioned him close- | l?' concerning his movements in Austra- lia. The lawyer sought to %ove that the witness had embezzled $15 and Hongkong disguised as) a woman. court refused to allow the questions. Licensed to Marry. OAKLAND, Dec. 10.—Licenses to marry | were issued to-day to Walter R. Hughes, | aged and Alice P. Hollingberry, 21, | both_of Alameda; Willlam C. McNaught, , San Francisco, and Bessie M. Car- ruthers, 24, Oakland; Charles E. Bennett, 28, Point Richmond, and Alita G. Klinger, 19, Alameda; Arthur M. Pingree, 23, and | Bessie Voorhies, 18, both of Oakland. ADVERTISEMENTS. ANOTHER HOPELESS CASE OF CATARRH CURED Redman Mills, Pa., Nov. 26th, The R. T. Booth Co. Dear Sirs: 1 am eighty-two years old and have been a sufferer from catarrh in the héad for twenty-five or thirty years. Have doc- tored with many specialists and they all told me that the disease was incurable on account of my age. I saw HYOMEI advertised and concluded to give it a trial. After using it a short time I Was greatly benefited, and can now say that I am entirely cured. It has been six months since I stopped using the remedy and I still remain cured. Very trgly vours, JOHN S. GRAY. Since Government statistics have proven that Hyomel alone reduced the death rate from respiratory diseases 33 per cent in 1900, thousands of sufferers from coughs, catarrh, bronchitis and consumption have stopped experimenting with other treat- ments, used Hyomel and been completely cured. It is now only necessary for the public to understand this and the efforts of phy- sicians and health boards to stamp out these terrible plagues will be successtul. Coughs, Catarrh, Pneumonia and Con- sumption cannot exist where Hyomei js used, ard every man, woman and child in this country should inhale this new sermicide at least once each day. Hyomel is sold by all druggists or sen by mail. Price, outfits complete, $1.00. Trial outfits 2c. Hyomel Balm 2ic. The R. T. Booth Co., Ithaca, N. Y. conservatism which founded on | yet takes no account | He referred to the fact | An investigation dis- | C DOLE IS NOT REAOY T0 60 Hawaii's Governor Has No Intention of Re- signing. ey Findings in the Case of Cap- tain Tilley Are Made Public. HONOLULU, H. T., Dec. 3.—Governor Dole has given out another statement | in an iuterview that he has no intention | of resigning. Last night at the meeting | of the Republican Central Committee a resolution was brought up to make a se lection of a successor in the event of a vacancy occurring in the office. It was | the opinion of some of the members that.; Dole had resigned or would resign wflh-‘ out notifying the commitiee and would recommend a_successor, and the resolu- ! i tion was to have been addressed to the | | national committeeman of the Republi- can party for Hawaii, asking him to use his efforts to see that the party commit- tee here was given a voice in the choice | of a successor. | The resolution was postponed for con- | sideration to-night. When the cummfl-l | tee meets it will have before it the Gov- { ernor’s statement that he has no inten- | tion of resigning. The findings of the court-martial which | | tried Captain Tilley, ex-Governor of Tu | tuila, have been made public, completely { exonerating the captain. The findings | | were posted on board the battleship Wis- | | consin just before she left Pago Pago. The case against Tilley collapsed alto | g@ether in court. The members of the | court report great difficulty in securing the attendance of witnesses desired. | United States Consul Osborne was one, | but he died just before the court con- vened. His son refused to attend. Other | civillan witnesses also refused to answer | the court’s call for their testimony, and some of the members of the court think legal provision should be made to give courts-martial power to compel the at- tendance of all witnesses wanted. The battleship Wisconsin is in port here, havmf arrived from Pago Pago on December She has on board Admiral | Casey and other members of the Tilley | court-martial, which held sessions at Pago Pago. e Wisconsin is coaling outside the harbor, as did the Oregon. It | is stated that she intended to come in, but the officers did not want to allow | the men on shore here. She will take 1000 tons of coal and leave in about a | week for Acapuleco, Mexico. | Judf& Estee this morning gave a deci- sion in the suit of the Hawailan Tram- ways Company of London against the Honolulu Rapid Transit Company. The suit was a proceeding brought by the tramways company to secure an injunc- tion restraining the new electric ro: from extending its lines along Ki. street, where the old company claims an | exclusive franchise. Estee decided that a_former decision of the Supreme Court of Hawail in favor of the Rapid Transit | Company holds good. The diocesan synod of the Anglican | church of Hawali is now in session. The | | most important business is completing | { the arrangements for Americanizing the | church, as provided for by the resolution ! | passed at the general convention in San Francisco, admitting the church to the | { American body. Bishop Willis, the retir-i {ing head of the church, delivered an an- | nual address, in which he severely criti | cized the so-called ‘‘second congregation,” which has kept up the long fight against i his methods of church government and maintenance of the British authority. ] | The Star says: Mainland newspapers i across the continent from San Francisco | ‘ contain the statement in various forms | | that ex-Queen Liliuokalani has refused ;tha money appropriated for her by the last Leglislature, as she objects to its ap- { pearance of “charity.” The appropriation, | however, has not been rejected, but is be. j ing regularly collected from the treasury 1of Hawail by the ex-Queen's agents. It is $15,000 for the present fiscal period of two years and amounts to $625 a month, which sum has been duly paid over since the appropriation began to run. ADMIRALS APPROVE | SCHLEY CASE FINDINGS WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—The Schley ! court of inquiry will probably submit its findings and opinion to the Secretary of “the Navy to-morrow. It Is understood | that at a meeting to-day the court ap- | proved the written draft of its conclu- sions. From all accounts the court’s findings and_conclusions were put into writing { by Rear Admiral Ramsay, the junior | member. The greatest care has been | taken to prevent the substance or any | information whatever about them to leak out. From the little that has been learn- | ed about the methods of the court proce- | dure, it is understood that the report will | not be submitted to a typewriter operator for copying, but will be laid before the Secretary of the Navy in_thq handwrit- ing of the member deputed to draft it. | TWO WOMEN FIGHT OVER ! POSSESSION OF A PLUME | Mrs, Mary de Laveaga Is Arrested on | a Charge of Petty Lar- ! ceny. | Miss Maria Cassasa, milliner, 1727 Stock- ton street, secured a warrant from Judge { Mogan yesterday for the arrest of Mrs. Mary de Laveaga, 1812 Filbert street, on a charge of petty larceny. Mrs. Laveaga, learning that the warrant was out, sur- rendered herself at the Hall of Justice | and was released on bail. | Miss Cassasa sold a hat to Mrs. dc‘ Laveaga, and Sunday afternoon they met on the street. “She accused me,” said ' Mfss Cassasa, ‘‘of putting a cheap plume in her hat, and said the plume I had m my hat was the one that should have been in hers. I told her it was not true, and she called me names and struck me. She said she would have my plume, and strug- | gled with me till she succeeded in pulling it out of my hat. Then she walked away with the plume. | Miss Cassasa wanted Mrs. de Laveaga charged with grand larceny, as she had forcibly taken the plume, but the Judge: thought the minor charge would cover the case. —_————————— City’s Water Bills. The Supervisors’ Finance Committee decided yesterday to recommend payment of the water bills for municipal buildings on the basis of one-twelfth of the appro- | priation of $15,000 fer each month. e bills for July, August, Se; ber and November amounted umder meter rates charged by the S Valley Company. The difference a charge agalnst the city and the com- pany will have to look to the next board for its payment. In the meantime public officials will be asked to economize in the use of water. e ee———— Eligible for Chief Food Inspector. The Civil Service Commission issued the following eligible list for chief food in- spector, Department of Public Health, yesterday: William R. Rq,hnc:laon, Fried- e oo, Jocov Y Spbegeis, &% Arthur O. Davis, mas P. Lydon, ?lchuel ‘Wertheimer, Sylvester J. Carty, ohn A. Brown, John L. Romer and Gus ‘Weiter. Johu A. Brown, the incumbent, is too low dewn to be certified for appeintment and will lose his n. Robertsor Who heads the list, is at present istant food tor and lihood recetve the nppol"hm'o‘flt‘n —————— Takes Inspector Dutton’s Place. The Board of Public Works yesterday appointed James B. Cowden te be fleld assistant from the civil service list. Cowden will succeed G. W. Dutton, whose | dutles related to the inspection of street | swee] -m, tton’s "mfl( has been un- sati: he be Yflzlt.d to e by Cowden's promotion. F g v » LA PORTE, Ind, Dec. 10.—The mmmfiwmflmflpm?" i n, an as- all like- | thony, | Mrs. { H. Ascroft presented, MANY VISITORS QOEE CEREMONY s LG Ivy Chapter, BEastern Star, Publicly Installs ' New Officers. Handsome Gifts Are Made to Those Who Have Worked for the Order. "The newly elected ofticers of Ivy Chapter No. 2, of the Order of the Eastern Star, were installed in public last night in Golden Gate Hall. There were more than 300 people present, many not being mem- bers of the order. The hall was most tastefully decorated with garlands of evergreens and roses and the several sta- tions. were covered with choice flowers. Around the altar were displayed the new cushions of snow white leather on which are executed the emblems of the order in pyrography, the work of Mrs. Susie Fa- vor Lockwood, a past matron and one of the ardent workers for the chapter. The installing officer was the retiring patron, C. L. Field. He was assisted by Worthy Grand Matron Clara Abbott Giberson as marshal. The beautiful work was well rendered and the new officers were in- ducted' into office in & most impressive manner. Those who are to rule this chap~ er for the current year are: Mrs. Robert F. Tisdale, worthy matron: Frank McGowan, worthy patron; Mrs. Samuei Wallis, assoclate mation; Mrs. Carrie A. A treasurer; Mrs. E. Salsbury, Mary L. Reddick, conductress; Sommer, assoclate conductress . 8 wood, marshal; Samuel Wallis, chaplain; Miss Miss Sadie Cross, Ruth; Mrs. warder; Mrs. sentinel. At the close of the ceremony and the proclamation of installation Past Patron Kimball presented a past matron's jewel to Mrs. Noah, the retiring matron, and on behalf of the chapter, to the retiring patron a large cuckoo ‘clock in appreciation of his ser- The retiring patron presented to the ladies who during the last year formed the five points of the star a gold brooch each, and this was followed by the retiring matron presenting each of { adies a souvenir spoon with the name of the point of the star. The last of the presentations was by the new patrom, Frank McGowan, who tendered to Mrs. Lockwood, in appreciation of the work she has done for the chapter, a gold breastpin in-the form of an ivy leaf, en- ameled in green and having on jts face a handsome diamond solitaire. There were congratulatory speeches by Past Most Worthy Grand Matron of the General ! Grand Chapter Mrs. Mary Flint, Grand Secretary Kate J. Willats and others, all expressing the hope that with the new corps of officers Ivy Chapter will be one of the bright subordinates In the order. The ceremonies of the evening closed with the singing of “America,” after which there was an adjournment to the main hall, where there was dancing for two hours, under the direction of these com- mittees: Reception—Mrs. Clara A. Giberson. W. G. M.; Mrs. S. Bonifleld, Mrs. C. Dow, Dr. Edna Field, Roy T. Kimbail, Heary Owens and Cap- tain S. Bonifleld. Frank Marston, Floor—James E. Wallis. Albert Wapple and BRIEF CITY NEWS. FORCED OPEN SHOWCASE.—J. Boelger, 142 Third street, reported to the police vester- day that seme one pried a showcase opem in front of his store and stole a dozen pairs of buckskin gloves Monday nignt. The store was open at the time. A MALICIOUS BEGGAR.—John Kelly, & sturdy beggar, was sentenced to six months” imprisonment in the County Jail yesterday by Judge Fritz on a charge of malicious mischief. He accosted A. Schwerin, proprietor of a res- taurant at 531 Montgomery street, Monday aft- ernoon, asking for a dime. Schwerin walked into his restaurant and Kelly foillowed him. Schwerin put him out and Kelly threw a eob- ble-stone, breaking a pane of glass valued at fity dollars. WEIDMAN THREATENS TO KILL.—Paul Kahdeman, 7% Sumner street, secured a_war- rant yesterday for the arrest of Henry Weid- man, , living at 1759 Eighteenth averfue, n Franciseo, on a el of threats to kill. Kahdeman stated that he was in front of Weidman's residence Sunday aft- ernoon, when Weidman pointed a revolver at him and said: ‘‘You keep away from here or Tl kill you’ The only remson that Kahde- man could account for the threat was that he was foreman at the West Coast Furniture Company and had discharged Weidman's sister some weeks ago. —_—e—————— Painter Killed by a Fall. John Daniels, a painter, met with an ac- cident vesterday afternoon which resuited in his death. Daniels and several other painters were working on_the Union He- tel on Folsom street, near Sixteenth, when he lost his balance and fell a distance of thirty-five feet to the sidewalk. An am- bulance was summoned, but Daniels died before reaching the Emergency Hospital. The unfortunate man was a resident of Alameda. —_———————— Indian Soldier Runs Amuck. BERLIN, Dec. 10.—The official report of the affair at Tientsin between a com~ pany of Punjab infantry and German troops says that an Indian soldier ran amuck, invaded the German commis~ sariat quarters, shot and mortally wound- ed a quartermaster and wounded three other men severely, whereupon he was ot down by a German sentr: ADVERTISEMENTS. Piano Purchasers, ATTENTION! 28 Grand and Upright WEBER PIANOS Used by Artists of the GRAU OPERA COMPANY Will Be Offered for Sale at Largely Reduced Prices. GOMMENCING MONDAY, DECEMBER9. Old Instruments Taken in Exchange. Gordon, amuel Among all the instruments of re- nowned makers here and abroad I to- day prefer the Weber. EMMA CALVE. CLARK WISE & (0., 41 GEARY STREET, Cor. Gran§ Ave. OPEN EVENINGS W, T. NOTARY PUBLIC AND ATTORNET-AT-LAW. Tenth Floor, Room 1015, Claus Spreckels Bldg, HESS, and Try