The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 27, 1901, Page 2

RANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DE NAVY T0 TEST NEW TELEGRAPH Takes the Initiai Steps Toward Using Wire- less System. Armored Cruisers to Be Pre- pared to Conduct the Experiments. WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—The Navy Le- ent has taken the initial of wireless t ignaling between war- his end Admiral Brad- u of equipment has cruisers of the ts and s- bure e wirele: This will nece: MATOS EQUIP AN EXPEDITION Strong Force of Revolu- tionists to Invade Venezuela. ARSI R, Hopes tc Accomplish the Overthrow cf Fresident Castro. Special cable to The Call and Nev: York- z1d. Copyright, 1], by the Herald lishing Comyany. FORT DE FRANCE, Martinique, 2.—Great secrecy is being observed re- garding a Venezuelan revoiutionary ex pedition which is getting ready to start from here, but there are ind.cations thac it will be an impcrtant movement against President Castro. g of the masts of t ation of the metal rig- a hemp covering for s intended to get tes(! of the various ng Opera ption of a ability is e already has quipped with the the ‘first move | held W cord his ywn him and its de- | { | | | He :h\n}»] | 1 { | the Go ve nt [ level. EXPRESS AND FREIGHT | TRAINS "IN COLLISIOX | Meet on 2 Crc.ssii:g’a’nd Four Passen- | gers and Two Railroad Men Are Badly Injured. able to stop way t . _Killing Pat g William Ni; The chain of the se three men ic ¢ a few mil Engi fireman by jump CRUISER BBOOKLY;’ WILL Rear Admiral Rodgers to Succeed %o | the Command of the Asiatic Squadron. 26.—It is said ot home bow, for Cavit place of the the commander in chie station. On her way to the Suez canal the hore a detachment of Admiral command of fall upon Rear Ad- the will home n rick Rodgers. Admiral Re- e will be followed at a by that of Rear Admiral junior squadron commander ou the ation. LY XS 14 Gasoline Yacht Reported Wrecked /a., Dec. 26—It was re , §. C., to-day that naniche, in which A. Edison, the and the wife of one of them al friends, recently passed en route to Fiorida wrecked on Cedar Island, No particulars came with been ADVERTISEMENTS. A COMMON TROUBLE. Thousands Suffer From It Without Knowing Its Real Character. more common_or .mo; ood than nervous dyspepsia. ing it think that their nerves ame, are surprised that they are N¢ trouble ot cured by nerve medicines and spring remedies; the real seat of the mischier lost sight of; the stomach is the organ after. peptics often do not have whatever in the stomach, nor ¥ any of the usual symptoms of ~tomach weakness shows itself not in the stomach s0 much a8 in nearly every other organ; in some cases the heart palpitates and is irregu- lar; in others the Kidneys are affected; s others the bowels are troubled, wiih of flesh and appetite, with the ac- cum n of gas, sour risings and hear:- burn. Mr. A. W, Sharper of No. 61 Prospect St., Indianapolis, ind., writes as follows: “A motive of pure gratitude prompts me to write these few lines regarding the rew and valuable medicine, Stuart’s Dys- pepsia_Tablet: have been a sufferer from rervous dyspesia for the last four ars; have used various patent medicines nd other remedies without any favorable result. They sometimes gave temporary relief until the effects of the medicine off. Iattributed this to my sedentary: being bookkeeper “with little al ex but I am glad to state that the ve overcome all these obstacles, £ ave gained in flesh, sleep better and am better in every way. above is written not for notoriety, Dbased on actual facts.” Respectfully yours, A. W. SHARPER, 61 Prospect St., Indianapolis, Ind. It is safe to say that Stuart’s Dyspepsia will cure any stomach weakness se except cancer of the stomach. "l _ey cure sour stomach, gas, loss of flesh and appetite, sleeplessness, palpitation, heartburn, constipation and headaches. Eend for valuable little book on stomach Giseases by addressing Stuart Co., Mar- shall, Mich. Al druggists sell full sized packages at B0 cents. | shown by th ! zuelar It | is aumcut until #t had | | Paper money has SOON RETURN FROM JAPAN |1 Nervous ayspepsia | The importance of the expedition 13 arrival of about 100 Vene- prominence who are 'linking nes with Senor Manuel A. Ma he most powerful opponent ir fo 108, perhaps at the present tume of Castro. Senor who i a civilian leader of. tne uelan revoiutionists, is r.sking bis Bainst Casito s gov he.n:; pent Loer- he expediuon. (nat «he assoclates ‘of 10 coliect a larg. tand in Venezueia, ns nave been laid 1o Castro will be usasic wealth 1n inis revoit 1t 15 Leleveu Senor Ma tollowing d th an insi t W 1 re_ard to the plan: s reporied thu tne taKe .passage 0 n. Wh e iniormat 03 \ene e quantty the insu | gent cause, nas been no announce ment of when the Ben Kigh wiil sali, bu it will_not pe prising 1r seen off the V tos is still b Attitude of Colombia. COLON, Newspapers § Zuelan coas Vene: mbrogito. > ‘.St articles that a.ing the other for 1 rng of arms, , ana the actu; cach repubic rmit- “new. ency, ce she will make 18 to increase the number of her troops now on tne Venezulan fron- uer, The Colc Pin- with 1 £t e inte been no 1 1l insurge tew Libe 5 W rour Honda, on the Magdalena River. They were easily defeated and dispersed by the Government troops. x The Colomb stro, ¢ surround the 1 #nd his ian ve General t -to impossible Lorenzo, in La ome-: to_the < fc A ! aigned in t | in_the Colombian De | partment of Cauc He is familiar wi | the Indi tactics of warfare { used Lorenzc Indiana Reaches Willemstad. TASHINGTON, Péc. 26.—The Indiana at Willemstad, island of ere have been reports that vellow fever at Curacao, and s not ew of the Indiana to any was instituted by the offi- hether the disease f there is any can- ot remain there. ved at the, Colom- legation speak of the disturbed 1 condition of the country. re- from the strain of the rebeilion. depreciated so that $45 ey is equivalent to only $1 Mr. Herran, the Charge at the said to-night: now practically over. Ther 3 atttered marauding | bands left, numbering not much 1nore than 300 men. These are in the Isthmus { of Panama and the state of Toulama, but | they. are being wived out rapidly. The | rebellion broke out in October, 1899, and | has cost the couniry the lives of 50,000 | able-bodied men, the sinews of her pop- | ulation, and $250,000,000 in money, and has { left the country in a state of exhaus- W s arn there. I wil advices recei | tion.” DRAFTS A NEW MEASURE TO REACH CORPORATIONS Attorney General of Ohio I‘reparfi.s Stringent Bill at Request of Governor Nash. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. bill has been drafted in the Attorney General's of- fice at the request of Governor Nash p viding for a corporation tax in Ohio. The | bill combines the features of the Little- { field biil, now pending in Congress; the | New York law and some new ideas sug- | gested by Governor Nash of State Laylin. It provides for publicity in the affairs of corporations in Ohio, | for penalties for perjury in making _an. nual statements to the Secretary of State | and for an annual tax on al? corpora-| tions doing business in Ohio. The bill. will be carefully studied by Governor ash, and will be modified in some re- islature. SHOOTING OF PREACHER CAUSES GREAT EXCITEMENT Farmer Accused be Victim in His Dying Statement Is Now Under Arrest. PARIS, Tex., Dec. 26.—The people of. this city and surrounding country are ¢ | still greatly excited over the assassination of Re v. J. N. McClintock, preacher and: | near Deport. | Mr. McClintock's | statement _implicated two persons, one | of whom, Howard McGill, a farmer, has Eb(-en arrested. - The horse owned and suppored to have been ridden by the other man implicated by the preacher in his dying statement was found badly nded near the scene of the tragedy, 1wo or three buckshot having penetrated i Its shoulder. The other man has Tot vet been found, | EXPERTS SAY MISS ROSS IS MENTALLY UNBALANCED Believe That | | | Treatment in a Sanitarium May | Restore Her Reason. | { ante-mortem Chicago Physicians CHICAGO, Dec. 26—The young woman known as “Frances Ross,” who is sup- posed to have escaped from a Portland (Or.) convent, was adjudged insane here | 1o-day, experts testifying that she is suf-| fering from religious melancholia, It is believed by physicians at the hospital that treatment in a sanitarium may re- store her reason. “Misz Ross” talked freely on the wit- ness-stand, but would say nothing tend- ing to establish her identity. When taken into custody here two weeks ago she had nearly $3500 in cash and jewelry on' her person. B i ] Fire Routs the Chinese. GRASS VALLEY, Dec. 26.—A fire at 5 o'clock this morning swept half of China- town out of existence, entailing a loss of | about $4000. A general alarm was sounded,: and with four streams of water playing on the fire the department prevented th: destruction of the entire Chinese quarte The property was owned by John Ben- nett, Mrs. L. M. Barger and the estate of, J. P. Stone. 33 s contain no 5 tion oi war by either Cotom-+ :la. They set forth that the is une of readiness to a- | - PINGHES BEARS and Secrecary | spects before it is introduced in the Leg- | It is said that the | P | s = sl > EW YORK, Dec. 26.—Former President Clevelan® nas accept- ed an appointment to the Irdu trial Department of the National €fvic Federation, created at the it yeace conference of labor and cap- tic Teaders. His letter of acceptance -day delivered to Oscar Strauss, an of the conference. It was as follows: “PRINCETON, Dec. 24, 1901.—My Dear Mr. Strau Your letter of the 18th inst. at hard. Iliness has confined me to my room for almost five weeks and I am now hardly able to sit up and write this. “My desire for the quiet and comfort of absolute retirement from public or semi-puplic service is very strong, and grows stronger as the days pass. Ishould hout hesitation yield to this and de- your request tnat I accept a place morg those who are to seek the pro- notion of indpstrial peace by friendly in- tervention in troubles between employers | and the emploved if I were not afraid | that I should thereby disregard an im- nt duty. My reflections have made r to me that I should accept the ned to me, and 1 do so with wish that those selected to cly represent the purposes’ and mo- jit e | place an ¢ ac HE T St | |“Shorts” Are Treated to ; Costly Surprise on ’Change. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—American Suga.‘l: Refinery stock turned on the “shorts’ to-day and for a while financial fur flew on the New York Exchange. Wall street has been selling the stock of the Sugar Refining Company lately with con- fidence and with a break in the price from above 120 nearly to par. The con- fidence was born of the admitted enor- | mous oversupply of raw sugars, both beet and cane, throughout the world, the announcements of cuts in prices by va- rious refiners and the ease with which the stock had gone down. To-day the price of the stock opened at 105%, falling | with scarcely any hesitation ‘to 103%, hen it began to rally. wThe bears kept on bravely selling, for they argued that the buying demand was probably but a little covering of con- iracts by other ‘‘shorts,’” who were go- ing to miss the real pie and only get the erast. But the stock, though it dropped a little" every now and then, kept stead- {ly tending upward. Thousands upon thousands of shares were dealt in and the bears were plainly getting nervcus. The price finally got above 109 and there was a rush of bears to cover. The price ran “up'in a few minutes from | 108% to 1123, fell to 1i1%%% then jumped to | 11315, closing at 112}, a net advance of 6% points for the day. The sales were 195,800 share: While the mg skyward porgs that feelin; = h 5. price of the stock was jump- there were a lot of re- d not 'help to improve the He Pears. Tt was said that “things had “¢leared up - in - the -sugar {rade” ;- that “the war was over’; that an important eonference had been held ct leading sugar refinery interests at which a, “truce had been declared.” Down, in the sugar djstricts, when these reports were Investigated, there did seem to De an improvement in sentiment. It was Tearned ~ that :James H. Post, president: af the -National Sugar Refin- ing Companyzhad had a talk with Henry 0. Havemeyer, president of the American Sugar Refining Company. This was the basis for the Wall street report that there had been a conference at which 1t wassdecided that all special discounts should be withdrawn and that there should he no further cuts in prices. Wall: street, after the close of the mar- ket and. on a ‘comparison of notes, some- Low came to the conclusion that James E. Keene had had something to.do with the run-in.of the sugar shorts. Addresses ‘Warning to Masons. ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 26.—Grand Master’ Charles Reed of the Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York ad- dressed a letter to-day to the lodges with- in his jurisdiction’ warning them against clandestine and. spurious lodges which he learns are about to be established in the jurigdiction. He therefore counsels the craft to exercise great care In the ad- mission of visitors. ——— e No Charge for Gold Lettering on Pocketbooks, Cameras, Traveling Sets, Valises, Dress Suit Cases and other fine leather goods purchased at o:-lrr s&ore. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741~Mark.et stree Former President of the Letter Accepting the Position Offered to Him in the Industrial Department of the National Civic Federatio h & v s e B SROVER SLEVELAND é\ United States MBER 27, 1901 CLEVELAND WILL LABOR TO INSURE PEACE BETWEEN CAPITAL AND LABOR Writes an Earnest n < S o+ FORMER. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WHO WILL LEND HIS TIME AND INFLUENCE TO THE MOVEMENT FOR THE PRO- MOTION OF INDUSTRIAL PEACE. T s of your cnnle:en]ce may not labor i Yours very teuly, °7™ SRQVER CLEVELAND. “Hon. Oscar §. Strauss, New York. ® W%W%MW frfeiorleebelfriei bl e el @ NEW SECRETARI OF RGRIGULTURE Prominent Kansan Men- ‘t,ioned {or Place in the Cabinet. OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 26.—The Bee will print an announcement to-mOrrow morn- ing based on direct information from the family of F. D. Coburn of Kansas to the effect that the Kansan will be tendered the portfolio of Agriculture in Pregident Roosevelt's Cabinet. Coburn is serving his fourth term as Secretary of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, and his work in the advancement of husban- dry in his State has been widely ack- nowledged. Coburn only missed the appointment by a narrow margin when McKinley's Cabinet was formulated, and his candi- dacy came at once into prominence again when Secretary Wilson’s friends saw the impropriety of the Cabinet contain- ing two members from such an over- whelmingly Republican State as Iowa. His appointment in this instance, it is sald, will follow at once upon the notice of Secretary Wilson's retirement. . —————— NEW MEMBER OF CABINET MAKES A FORTUNE IN OIL Former Governor Shaw Is a Large Owner in the Beaumont Fields. AUSTIN, Tex., Dec. 26.—Governor Les- lfe M. Shaw, who has been tendered the appointment of Secretary of the Treas- ury by the, President, is another person of national prominence who has made a big fortune out of the Beaumont oil dis- covery. Governor”Shaw was one of the wing industry in Wes E;od Ea‘stern Te:{ns. Through the efforts of Governor Shaw and associates large tracts of rice lands around Orange and Beaumont, Tex.. were developed by Iowa colonists, and when the oil discovery was made at Beaumont ten months ago they quickly profited by the increased value of their land, which doubled many times within a_few weeks. In addition to this wealth derived from this rapid increase in the value of his lands, Governor Shaw is interested in.several large oil compa- nies_which are operating extensively in: the Beaumont flelds. It was stated here to-day by men who are acquainted with Governor Shaw’s holdings around Beau- mont that the oil discovery has brought him a fortune of not less than ),000. He had the good fortune to be on:’ the ground floor so far as owning prospective oil lands in that district was concerned.! DES MOINES, Dec. 26.—Governor Shaw to-night received the following message from President Roosevelt, the first he has received direct from the President re- garding his appointment: To_Governor Shaw: you have consented to accept portfolio of Sec- rel of Treasury. Have written. bt THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Discriminate Against Qil Fields. o« AUSTIN, Tex., Dec. 26.—Members of the Texas Railroad Commission returned to-day from the Beaumont oil fields, where they havé been investigating the charge that the railroads were discrimin- ating against the oll fields by not rur- nishing transportation for the product. It is said that several damage suits will be instituted: against the rail roads by ships pers. - 1 am delighted that |. country to approximately 199,370 < Mr. Strauss said in giving the létter ml the public that every man named on the general committee had signified acecept- ance of the trust and work, ADOPT A SCHENE OF ARBITRATION Pan-American Delegates Are Unanimous on the Subject. MEXICO CITY, Dec. 2%.—A substantial agreement on the subject of arbitration was practically reached to-day by the several delegations to the Pan-American conference. Contrary to what had been anticipated, it is almost sure that the agreement is unanimous, Including even Argentina, which country, it was thought, would refuse to sign any but a compul- sory scheme of arbitration. The basis of agreement is simply the Hague conven- tion. All the nations represented at the conference at Mexico City will become parties to the Hague convention. They might join it independently, but as the United States and Mexico are already members of the Hague convention, it has been concluded that they shall have the honor of introducing the other nations. In addition, the nations to the conference other than the United States, Chile, Co- lombia, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Dperhaps one or two others, will sign among them- selves a scheme 'of compulsory arbitra- tion, but still accepting the Hagus teiba nal and the Ha procedure. This com- pulsory plan, ever, will have effect only amon; the 2 Signatory nations and will e officlal s: Amertoan ‘conteronce. "0 Of the Pan- A sentiment is growing u; fixing Janua the closing of in favor of 6 as the definite date for the conference. — HUNTERS FIND A BODY IN A CHURCH STEEPLE Make the Discovery When They Go Into the Edifice to Escape a Rainstorm. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 2.—The body of a man was found in the steeple of Mount Zion A. M. E. Church, on the Gate City car line, about three miles from: this city by two hunters this afternoon. Owing to the condition of the body the Coroner cannot say whether it is that of a white man or negro. The dead man was well dressed and by his side was a large knife. The body lay on three blan- kets, and it is a mystery how it got into the steeple, as the only entrance is an elghteen-inch hole in the belfry. The hunters had gone in the church to get out of the rain and found the body. Increased Mileage of Railroads. CHICAGO, Dec. 2.—Pigures have Been prepared by the Rallway Age showlng that raflway building in the United States during 1%01 has been greater than it has been for eleven years previous, the tots] approximating 5307 miles of line. In Ism the total was 5070, and in 1900 was 4437 miles, The construction for the year added to the total mileage previously ported, brings the total mileage of the *miles. - e ' IN NEXT SUNDAY’S CALL the very latest color process. Eight pages in beautiful col- ors that are pleasing to the eye. *Presidency in years to come. - career, HANNA SKETCHES MRINLEY'S LIFE Writes of Dead President as He Knew Him for Thirty Years. Tells of the Qualities That Won for Him Hosts of Loyal Friends. Special Dispatch to The Cail. BOSTON, Dec. 26—The January num- ber of the National Magazine will con- tain the first of a serles of articles by Senator M. A. Hanna on “William Mc- Kiniey as I Knew Him.” Senator Hanna, | through his close friendship for the mar- tyred President, is enabled to write with intimate knowledge of Mr. McKinley's personal life and characteristics. In in- wroducing the article ne says: It is something over thirty years ago that I first knew William McKiniey, & youns practic- ing attorney at Cauton, Obilo. Strange as it may seem, I cannot recall the exact time OF piace when I firsc met him. I Know that it was early in the seventies, and [ have a recol- Jecuon of being strangeiy attracted to the quiet and methodicai lawyer. - Our acquaintance was sumewhat clcssr after his electiun to Congress and in some way I always felt a personal In- terest In his contests from time to time, Our acqualntanceship was a simple growth of friendship. His splendid work in tne cause of protection as a Congressman further attracted me. This was even before he had reached prominence in Congress as a member of the Ways and Means Committee. I never thought of the possibility at that time of his becoming a candidate for the Presidency, and was not especially active In politics except in so far as exercising my influence in the interests of the Repubiican party. Our first association politi- caliy was in 1880, when Ohlo took a prominent part in the campaign in which Garfleld was | elected. Senater Hanna, after describing the te President, writes that it was in 1888 when McKinley developed a positive na- | McKinley was pledged with | tional force. the other delegates ffom Ohio to cast their ballots in tne convention for John Sherman. McKinley’s name was brought forward as a_ candidate and the loyal speech he made in withdrawing won for hum the friends and supperters who after- ward joined their hands in making him President. Writing of that occurrence, :exmtor Hanna says of the dead Presi- ent: Rare Qualities of Manhood. His utterances in that convention are the best index to his character that I know of, | and displayed in him those rare qualities of manhood which convinced me that he was des- tined to become a great power in national poli- tics. And here for the first time it occurred to me that he was a logical candidate for the 7 1 was with him in 1892 at Minneapolis, and as it will be re- membered, the demand from the people for McKinley as a candidate was even mere out- spoken and seemingly irresistible than at the provious convestion: & The situation was such that it would have been an easy matter for him to have spoken and won the entire sup- port of the Blaine men, to say nothing of his many admirers among those pledged for Har- rison. At that time it was evident to even the most casudal observi that sooner or later he would be placed in that high position for which his talent and particular abilities quali- fled him. The demonstration at Minneapolis convinced me that, although it was an impolitic thing for his interests to nominate him there, that in the next national convention the popular de- mand for his candidacy would override all op- position. The condition of the country that followed | the election of 1892 so clearly defined him as the one man of all others in public life to lead the Republican party that I felt that his nomination was assured. As early as 1504 I began to feel the pulse of the people; that is, the rank and file, busi- ness men, laboring men, traveling men and manufacturers, to learn how far the sentiment for McKinley had taken hold. . It required only the opportunity for the people of the Northern States to express their sentiment on the sub- ject, and the resuit at St. Louis justified the expectations of his friends and admirers, and gave proof of the correetness of their judg- ment in believing him to be the one man who fitted the situation and Insured the success of the party. Had Great Confidence in His Friends. Senator Hanna managed the campaign ! that followed and writes interestingly of how McKinley’s strong and noble person- ality contributed to its success: His entire and complete confidence in those Wwho were conducting the affairs of the came paign stimulated them to their utmost efforts, Inspiring in them a desire to show their ap- preciation of this confidence and trust in them. 1 don't believe that any other political cam- paign in the history of the Republican party ever demonstrated such a growing interest and enthusiasm, and above all confidence, In the personality of the candidate, which continued to grow and increase from the opening of the campaign to the great climax of flag day, which marked an epoch in the campaign of 596, If there were any dark days in the campaign it 'was during the earlier weeks of the work. It was at that time that Willlam McKinley in his conversation with us showed his buoyant spirit and his strong faith in the common peo- ple of the country, belleving that they would meet and solve the question right and indorse the principles which were to bring relief 1o all. He insisted that all that was Decessary was to make them understand the cause and effect of the principles advocated by both parties. * * His victory was greater in its triumphal faith of the people in him than merely in the choice of himself as President of the United States. This was the subject that in after years we often talked about, and It was & beautiful thing to me to see how much he realized and appreciated the confidence which had come to him as a result of his abiding faith in the people. If there had been no other motive, this was the great incentive for him to use all the power and talent with which he had been endowed to give the people in return for their confidence his best life work. And he consecrated the best efforts of his life to fulfill their exvectations. My associations with him during the years of executive life gave me further opportunity to appreciate as I never had before th reserve force which he possessed. to have met. every emergency and the unusual problems and annoying comvlications of the times in a masterful way. These conditio furnished the opvortunity for him to demo: strate his enormous talent and ability for su cesstully solving every problem, rising to the full measure of every situation and overcom- ing’ all obstacles. Won the Respect of All Classes. And then the summing of It all in that beau- tiful death, which was so characteristic of his is 'one almost unequaled in history. He has won the admiration, love and respect of all classes of his own people and of all na- tions. After briefly referring to the sad ending of McKinley's life, Senator Hanna con- cludes the article: It is difficult for me to express the extent of the love and respect which I, in common with many others, felt for him personally. The feeling was the outgrowth of an appreciation of his noble, self-sacrificing nature. My af- fection for him and faith and confidence in him always seemed to be recivrocated, to the ex- tent that there was never an unpleasant word passed between us, and the history of his ad- ministration, his Cabinet and his assoclations with public men, so entirely free from intrigue or base selfishness, I think will be a splendid example to the youth of the coming genera- tions. There was nothing in the expression of his face or manner denoting exultation over his victory when it was announced that he was elected President. He seemed to realize fully the sacred responsibilities placed upon him, and, the quiet dignity and self-possession which marked the man’ then and in days after were just what his personal friends expected of him. The first day I greeted him after he was in- augurated at the White House in the course of our conversation I inadvertently called him “Major”” and ‘‘Governor,”” and when I _stopped to correct myself, he would say, “Each one Is fitting; I'm not particular which, ZIONIST CONGRESS OPENS WITH A LARGE ATTENDANCE President of the Conference Expresses Absolute Confidence in the Colonization Movement. BASLE, Switzerland, Dec. 25.—The Zion- ist Congress opened here to-day under the presidency of Dr. Theodore Herzl of Vien. na, the founder of the Zionist movement in Palestine. The congress is attended by more than 1000 delegates, representin; evéry important country in the worl wlIth t}‘:e exceplion‘olmAuatrall‘t. n the course o s opening ad President Herzl referred 1o his anaircos with: the Sultan last May, in which the Sultan expressed his sympathy with the Zionist movement and said he considered the Jews to be desirable colonists andg declared himself their friend. Dr. Herzl said that he had absolute con- fidence in the national colonization move. ment, and believed this would succeed ‘| where efforts toward charitable eoloniza- tion had failed. steady growth of his friendship tor the | ALL ABOUT THE BIG PIANO " SALE Yesterday's Sales Far Exceeded the Previous Two Days. Many Do Not Understand If--- A Plain Statement of Facts and Conditions---A Straight- forward Proposition. Y Any Piang Sold at This Sale and Not Found Exactly as Represented May Be Kept by the Recipient Without Further Payment on the Contract—We Mean Business— Everything Must Be Found Satis- factory or No Sale. “Two weeks ago my partner paid, 3625 for a piano not nearly so fine as the tne I have just bought for $355,” said a de- lighted buyer at Ellers Piano Company’ sacrifice sale yesterday. ‘“And,” he co tinued, “if the public only knew what veritable bonanza is presented to plano buvers here you would not have a single pianc for sale this evening.” Many do not understand how it is pos- sible for us to sell these fipe-ngw pianos at such a tremendous reduction in price. But it Is simply this: Before January 1 we must turn this entire wholesale stock of planos into cash or interest-bearing notes. The question of profit or even cost does not enter into the proposition at all and when you realize that it costs an ordinary dealer an enormous amount of money ta sell a piano at retail, not to say anything of the freights and actual factory cost of the instrument, you will understand the difference that exists between the actual wrolesale factory cost and the retail sell- ing price. But time is the important consideration in this matter. If you wish to take ad- vantage of this money-saving opportunity you will have to act at once. Now, right now, to-day, is the time for you to at- tend to this, while the assortment is com- piete. You will find here now the most beautiful display of pianos ever seen in San Francisco, instruments of the highest grade that ordinarily could not be secured for less than $600 or $625, and which are now being 'sold for $335 and $368. Don't fail to investigate the merits of these superb New Scale Kimball Pianos. They are winners. The Kimball factories are, by many odds, the greatest on earth ‘and the immense establishment is kept busy night and day to supply the enor- mous’ demand for this wonderful piano. Its success is simply unprecedented in the history of the pigno trade. Not evem in existence a dozen years ago, the Kim- ball is universally recognized to-day as the leading piano of the world. The world's greatest musicians and artists, the great American music schools and nearly ninety thousand American and European homes are ever bestowing glow- ing encomiums upon the Kimball plano and the faultless construction and un- equaled durability of these instruments fully merit this unstinted praise. Ir these days of keen competition an article must indeed be faultless to excel. The unparalleled sale of the Kimball plano fully demonstrates the fact that it has achieved a reputation which prom- ises to be as enduring as the love of musie itself. See these beautiful, latest style Kimball pianos that are also included in this sale. Here are these largest size walnut or oak cased Schirmer Uprighy. Planos for $117. They are considered worth 250 everywhere. These pilanos have pedals, revolving lockboard, comtinuous hinges and full length music desk; three strings throughout.’ The regular $300 styles, which have never been sold even in the East for less 3275, can now be secured for $137 and the fancy styles, also having three pedals, are now offered for $156—not necessary to pay all cash down, elther. Easy monthly payments buy them. . No one in San Francisco will live lo i enough to ever again see such ch makes as these new Steinway, FEstey, Emerson, Milton, Gramer, Whit- ney and other fine pianos sold within a hundred and fifty dollars of the prices at which we are now offering them. This seems simply preposterous, but neverthe- less it is true. Look into this before it is too late. Don’'t miss this sale If the saving of money is an object. See these beautiful, fancy mahogany, English oak or mottled walnut cased Cabinet Grand Upright Planos, regular retail price $550, now $337 and $330. Thirty dollars down and $12 a month buys them. And these fancy genuine English mot- tled walnut, regular $500 styles, for $87. Twenty-five dollars down and $10 a month it vou like. All of these planos are new; all are fully guaranteed and any piano sold at this sale that s not found exactly as rep- reseated after delivery can be retained by the regipient as a present without paying anothér dollar upon the contract, or plano may be returned and money will be refunded Iif desired. Bear this in mind. Everything shall be found here open and above board and as represented or no sal Remember the street and number, i Market street, upstalrs, second floor, our wholesale warehouse in the Bishop building. Take elevator. Eilers Plano Company, Wholesale and Retail Plano Dealers. Stores at Frisco, Portland, Or., and Spokane, Wash.