The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 8, 1902, Page 9

A SRUTAL SSHULT B HIGHWAYNEN Strike Burke on Head With Iron Bar. Rifi: His Pockets and De- camp With Their Booty. footpads of the city are de- » carry on their murderous at- as again demonstrated t brutal and daring latest vietim of the desperadoes is a saflor on the steamer as walking along East en between Howard and proached by two men, one t on the mouth and then a cripple ."came alon mped, taking wit S money. was dazed when Anderson ached him. He was. taken by the lat- to the Harbor Hospital, where .his dition became serious and the surgeon ed that the man’s skull was frac- red. It was said at the hospital that Burke may die. PLACES IN TAX OFFICE UNDER CONSIDERATION fiF'um.nce Supervisors’ Committee Asks Legal Advice as to Certain | | Civil Service Requirements. nce Committee the proposed | The Supervisors’ met last night to o d ordina the Tax Collector to empioy er and a stock clerk for the licens artment at salaries of | $150 and $190 § h respectively. The committee decid: the stock clerk from _the civil service list the Ci o the power of the Board of to create the position of whether or not the appoint- be made without applying td the board. Tax Collector Smith addressed the com- mittee on the necessity of these assist- saying that y had been recom: by the Mayor. The committee is t whether or mot the appointes r must be taken from the chvil e list. In that event the 1d be limited to $100 per month. wed officers of the police de- ns which are now y were notified to have was requested r the Police Commission has non-contract goods. mer City Surveyor 8. gregating $5776 30, fund uthorized to dispose e certificates of sale of certain real urrendered by A. C. Widber, the and now committee takes property is vested er be transferred. Order of Pendo’s New Officers. ] Supreme Council of the Order of e following named current year: h.. councilor; vice skane, acDonald of Helena, 3. ¥ Misner of Port- Mary Scharfenburg of San A. P. Tugwell of Ta- Or.: A. J. Colby, Schaertzer, R. K. n of San Francisco, Mathews, He and Ernest W nker City Fails to Ki Becretary Joseph M Institute p Agreement, Cumming of ce; 1 rday to the Board stating that the time for a i offer to sell the chanics’ Pavilion block to the city for ),000 had expired. One of the conditions under which the offer was made was that the city legally accept the offer later that March 1, 1902. in all likelihood should the city again desire to buy the property the price will be ral. —_————— News in Army Circles. It is expected that the board of officers which is investigating the complaint that werget practice is dangerous for people working on private property in the vic sty of the range will recommend the pur- chase of the adjoining land by the Gov- ernment. General Young leaves to-night for a trip through the southern part of toe State. Charles A. Elledge, Eighteenth 14 Battery, died of pneumonia yester- the Presidio general hospital. ———— Carpenter Falls Two Stories. William Wells, a carpenter, residing at | §12 Buchanan street, while at work on a new building at Green and Octavia streets, yesterday, fell from the secbnd r an adequate ap- | ent when the next | y Attorney for his | | | to | | ganization | | | | | more determined resistance than before. GHINESE HIDE MANY WEAPONS Charles |Search of Detention Shed Is Made by Customs Inspectors. Razors, Knives and Cleavers in Readiness for an Outbreak. Ever since the outbreak of the Chinese & few days ago in the detention shed at the Pacific Mail dock prior to their de- portation to China a wary eye has been kept upon those confined there. Consid- erable dissatisfaction exists among the Chinese, nfany of whom have been cooped up there for months. Besides there are a number of turbulent spirits among them, ready to incite an outbreak at any time. Word was received yesterday by Col- lector of the Port Joseph 8. Spear Jr. that the detained Chinese were again pre- paring for an outbreak and were acquir- fhg aii sorts of arms in order to make a The reports received by the Collector were | of such a nature that he determined to | act at once, ? About 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon he detailed Inspectors Sackeit, Moore, Lin- | quest, McDonald, Gallagher, Carlen and | Head to make a’thorough search of the quarters occupied by the Chinese. As| soon as the inspectors arrived they hud- dled the Chinese from room to room and made a thorough search of all their be- longings. Bunks were turned upside down, trunks and carpet bags and other belongings were ransacked and as thorough an in- | spection as possible was made. The re- sult was the finding of a large number of razors, nearly every Chinese possessing one, several heavy and very sharp cleav- ers, a long bread knife with a razor-like edge and a pair of shears used for cut- ting_wire. Collector Spear is satisfied with the result of the search and feels that if the Chinese had had these weapons at the time of the last outbreak his men would have | fared much worse than they did.- In or- der that no large number of deadly | weapons may be accumulated searches will be made from time to time. It is said that some of the Chinese in the shed have sent petitions to their rela- | tives in Hongkong asking that they be | allowed to return home, as they see no chance of escaping or being landed. GOES TO HIS FINAL REST MIDST BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS Druids Hold Service Over the Re- mains of the Late John Hutton. The funeral of the late John Hutton, who was secretary of Hartnagle Chapter, | the highest branch of the United Ancient | Order of Druids, and who was one of the | oldest members of California in the order, | also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of the Improved Order of Red Men, took place yesterday | from Druids’ Hall on Sutter street. The | service, which was under the auspices of Hesperian Grove, . A. O. D., in which | he held his membership, was attended by a large number of the several branches of the order, many members of the Odd Fellows and of the Red Men, as well as personal friends. The casket in which rested the remains | of the venerable Druld was surrounded with a great many butes of fraternal and personal sym- pathy. The very impressive service of | the order was conducted by the officers | of the grove and the Knickerbocker quar- | tet rendered several appropriate numbers, after which Past George H. Bahrs delivered the eulogy on behalf of the Druids, reviewing the life of the deceased and dwelling at length | upon the many years he had spent in | works of ch and benevolence and in | beautiful floral tri- the uplifting of mankind Past Grand Master W Odd Fellows, H. Barnes of the | at the request of that or- any eloguent words In praise sed, who he declared was not but in fact, | and spoke of his noble efforts for that or- and for the advancement of the Veteran Odd Fellows, a branch of the | order, to which no one is eligible who has | not been twenty-one yvears a member of some subordinate lodge. | This was followed by a prayer and then | the remains were taken to the Odd Fel- lowg’ Cemetery, where the remaining por- | tion of the Druidic service was held. The funeral cortege was made up of the chap- | ter. the grove and the lady members of | Boadicea Circle of the Druldess, Phincbios B N oo Sl s oy Describes Battle of Gettysburg. Colonel W. A, Jacobs delivered a lec«! ture last night at the Cogswell Polytech- | nic Institute to a large audience of stu- dents and their friends on the battle of Gettysburg. The lecturer, himself a sur- | vivor of that greatest striggle in the his- | tory of the world, detafled at length the various movements of the different corps during the three days' fight, He aided | his descriptions with a large map, on which he plonted out the several locali- tles, and in this manner the audience was able clearly to follow the varying fortunes of the memorable struggle. —_——— Oppose Marston’s Appointment, The 8an Francisco Labor Couneil at jts | meeting last night instructed Secretary | Rosenberg to communicate with Gov- ernor Gage and ask him not to appoing story into the basement. He was sent to | Frank W, Marston a member of tho the ‘General Emergency Hospital, where | Board of Harbor Commissioners. The op it was found that his injuries consisted | position of the council is due to the part of several lacerated wounds about the |taken by Marston in the late labor head and face. troubles. GRAPE-NUTS. What They Are. Composition of the Famous GRAPE-NUTS FOOD. A widespread interest has been cre- ated among good livers as to the com- position of Grape-Nuts, the popular food. It has long been known to physi- cians, chemists and food experts that the starchy portion of entire wheat flour and barley is transformed into a true and very choice sugar by the act of intestinal digestion in the human | body. This sugar is identical with and is known as grape sugar, and it is in condition for immediate transformation into blood and the necessary structure from which the delicate nerve centers are built up. A food expert of the Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich., followed a line of experiments until he produced the food called Grape-Nuts, of which grape sugar forms the principal part, and it is produced by following out nature’'s processes in a mechanical way. That is, heat, moisture and time are the methods employed and directed by scientific facts gained in research. Grape-Nuts are probably entitled to the claim to be the most perfectly adapted food for human needs now extant. Certain it Is that the users delight in the flavor and the perfect ac- tion of intestinal digestion during the use of Grape-Nuts Is satisfying, and the added strength of body confirms the facts, | oble Grand Arch |} | | head by P PUPILS THANK MAYOR FOR AID Delegation From Lincoln School Calls Upon His Honor. Show Appreciation of Late Change in Status of the Institution. The pupils attending the commercial department of the Lincoln Evening 8School, which was recently put on an independent bagis by the Board of Edu- cation, visited Mayor Schmitz yesterday to thank him for his assistance in the establishment of a business school. The pupils had prepared an address, which was read by Miss Lila Evans, and is as follows: To the Hon. E. E. Schmitz, Mayor; Hon. R. H. Webster, Superintendent of Schools, and to the Hon. Board of Education—Gentlemen: On behalf of the puplls of the commercial puplls of the school, appear before you to ex- press our sincere thanks and deep gratitude to you in helping us in obtairing an independ- ent school. During the present year there has been enrolled 650 pupils in the commercial school, all of whom are graduates of a gram- mar or high school. Of this number more t school just established, we, o committee of the | | than 150 have received lucrative positions in | the large business houses of this city through | the assistance and influence of Principal Mur- | phy. To us, as pupils of the commercial school, it has glways seemed an injustice to attach us 0 a grammar echool, especially every one Who enters that school must be a graduate from a grammar school or high school before ke can do so. To receive a diploma after we ve spent from one and a haf to two vears in that school, stating that we graduated irom a department of a grammar school, it is to say the least misleading and an injustice. When the good news was received that the commercial school had been made an inde- pendent commercial school, btoth teachers and pupils were delighted. This happiness was, however, marred to some extent, when on reading an evening paper, certain strictures were made upon Principal Murphy by a mem- ber of the Board of Education. This appears to us an injustice, in view of the fact that this school has never been honored with a visit from that officlal. Those of us who daily come in touch with our principal entertain al- :ogether a different opinion and have the full- ebt confidence in his ability to make this school equal to any of the kind in the United States. In conclusion, we desire to express our thanks to you personally, as Mayor of this city, to the Hon. H. Webster, Superinte of Schools, and the Honorable Board of Kdu cation, for recognizing our school, by giving i Trominence as an independent i school. The' pupils also left copies of the ad- dress with the Board of Education and Superintendent Webster. The names of those who visited the Mayor are: Misses Viola Vennekohl, Freda Rodenberg, Mac Peters, Hazel Terry, Bertha Moss, Erna Schoerholz, Etia Van Viack, Laura Sullivan, Lila Evans, Lulu Crowe, Eléanor Mead, Mary Corner and Rudolph Gingg, John Foley, Mar- jon Mayers, Joy Rothschilds. t commercial Rosewald Pupils Hold Recital. The vocal recital given by the pupils of Mme. Julie Rosewald last night at Sher- man & Clay Hall attracted a large and appreciative audience. The ambitious programme was rendered by the clever young people, Mr. Maurer ac- companying. “Vain Desire,” Miss Minnie Correa; excerpt | from “'Schon Gretlein.”” Miss Leonore L. Good- man; (a) “Strampelchen,” (b) ‘Zozo Mokeur, Miss Margaret Kroenert; (a) ‘‘Charmant oiseau,” (b) invocation (*‘Lohengri Mrs, Frank E. Booth: duet (“‘Aida’’), Misses Pleper and Webster; (a) “‘Dance Son ballad (“Flying Dutchman™), ’ Miss Mabel Lichtenstein; mad scene from “Hamlet.'’ Miss Lulu E. Piep (a) _“Sapphic Ode,”” (b) 2 “Tristan und Isald E. Webster; “‘Vietlle chanson, 5. Booth; Hungarian dances, Misses Pleper and Webster. — e Mrs. Lloyd Tevis Dangerously Ill. Mrs. Lloyd Tevis, widow of the capital- ist, is lying dangerously ill at her resi- dence on Taylor street. She was taken sick a week ago and is now considered in a precarious condition. Dr. Hertzstein, the family physician, and her son, Dr. Harry Tevis, are attending her. —————— Sneakthieves at Work. Mrs. Horn, residing at 222 Fulton street, reported to the police yesterday that snezkthieves entered her home and stole a valuable feather boa that was hanging on the hat rack. ——— His Injuries Prove Fatal. Patrick McGrath, who was struck on the a falling piece of wood three months ago, died of his injuries yesterd at the City and County Hospital. The body was taken to the Morgue. —— Mother and Daughter Insane. Mrs. Matilda Allen and her daughter, Ethel, who were removed from their 1it- tle shanty at 2 Hall place on Thursday, were adjudged insanc yesterday and sent to the Insane Asylum at Stockton, ————— Will Give Purim Ball. The Jewish soclety, Chevra Shaare Re- fooah, will give its twelfth annual Purim Lall in Odd Fellows' Hall on the night of Sunday, the 16th inst. —————— SUES FOR DAMAGES.—T. P. Riordan filed | a euit for $12,201 damages for personal in- juries against the Gas Consumers’ Association Vesterday. The plaintiff was hurt last Decem- ber by being run over by a horse owned by the defendants, SAYS DOCTOR WAS CARELESS.—Martin Lathrop is ‘sulng Dr. Samuel Hunkin to re- cover £25,000 damages for injuries he alieges he received through the carelessness of the de- fendant. TELEGRAPH NEWS, YOKOHAMA, March 7.—The applications for the issue_of 10,000,000 yen in exchequer bills totaled 15,500,000 ven. LONDON, March 7.—The statement of the Board of 7Trade for February shows increases of £1,977,200 in imports and £274,800 in ex- vorts. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 7.—Cholera has broken out among the pligrims at Medina. One hundred and ten deaths from the disease have oecurred. ST. PAUL, Minn., March 7.—The House to- day by a vote of 90 to 12 passed the.Smith bill providing for the holding of a constitu- tional convention. LA CROSSE, Wis., March 7.—The ice in the ississippi River began to move out shortly before nmoon to-day. It is thought navigation will open in a week or ten days. NORFOLK, Va., March 7.—The street car strike is still unsettied. One hundred men were put to work on thelr arrival from the West to-day. Cars are stll running under military escort and many motormen wear the uniform of the militia. HUDSON, N. Y. March 7.—Fire to:day burned the buiidings and the stock of Dozen- heim & Co., dry goods dealers: W. A. Van Tassel, dry goods; R. Gray's Sons, furniture; Sheldon & Co., dry goods, and Falk, men's furnishings. Loss $200,000. SHANGHAT, March 7.—The dents of Kobe, Japan, at a mass meeting re- cently held decided to refuse payment of the mew taxation on property as a violation of treaties until the question 1s definitely set- tled between the powers and Japan. foreign resi- Brakeman Killed in Wreck. SPOKANE, March7.—Ina rear-end col- lision to-day between two sections of a westbound train on the Great Northern, near Wenachee, Lee Ferryman, a brake- man, formerly of Omaha, was killed, and several cars were wrecked. The first sec- tion was stopped by a rock on the track. Signals failed to attract the attention of the engineer of the second section. L i ‘Will Tunnel Through a Hill. REDDING, March 7.—An expensive project {8 to be undertaken at the Sweep- stake mine in Trinity County to avold further loss by landslides, which recentl; carried away 800 feet of the big aitch and pipe line. Manager Anderson has de- cided to drive a tunnel 100 feet in length FRANCISCO CALL, following | (b) Senta's | SATURDAY, POISON COMES 1N THE MAILS Michigan Officers Find Evidence of Great Crime. Husband of Young Woman Who Died Suddenly Is Arrested. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.,, March 7.—De- velopments in the investigation into the death of Mrs. Ada Klump, the young wife of William Klump of Lowell, point to one of the most cold-blooded murders Michi- gan has ever known. After a diligent inquiry into the circum- stances of the case Sheriff Chapman took ‘William Klump into custody and lodged him in jail here. The officers express the belief that the deadly powders sent through the mails were substituted for the harmless headache powders which the envelopes had originally contained and that they were sent to several physicians in the village for the purpose of throw- ing the blame upon the manufacturers of the headache remedy and thus diverting suspicion from the sender of the poison. The officers who have investigated the case state that Klump was infatuated with another woman, a widow, whom, it is alleged, he had agreed to marry before he met and won the love of the pretty 16-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wat- son of Lowell. Klump had been married twice. His first wife lives in Lowell and it is alleged that the other woman in the case was the cause for his separation from her also. The Sheriff and his deputies are trying to locate Hattie Whitfield. She at one time lived in this city and it is said that Klump visited her home. Officers went to the house of her parents in Vergennes to-day, but did not find her there, nor could they learn where she had gone. Klump was interviewed at the-jail to- night. He is about 35 years of age. He declared he was entirely innocent of the charge on which he was arrested. He said | | he had no knowledge of what the alleged | sample headache powders contained, or | whence they came. He got the envelope | containing the powder addressed to his wife at the Lowell postoffice with some other mail and brought it to the house, supposing it was an ordinary advertising | sample. He denied the truth of the re- ports that he had been attentive to an- other woman, or that there was any rea- son for his wanting his wife out of the way. ENTHUSIASM GREETS LAST SYMPHONY The last symphony concert of the sea- son was the signal for an encouraging enthusiasm yesterday afternoon at the Grand Opera-house, though the house was only a fairly large one. After the | symphony (“‘Eroica”), that came first on | the programme, Mr. Stelndorff was pre- | sented with two beautiful flower pieces, | amid a flattering chorus of applause. | | | Later came more flowers, and the pro- | gramme throughout was greeted with un- | wonted enthusiasm. Two of the smaller | numbers were insistently encored, but | Mr. Steindorff, wiser in his generation | than Mr. Rosenbecker of the Chicago or- | chestra of late memory, refused thus to | mar the symmetry of the programme. Looking back upon the first concert, for | comparison, the work done vesterday— | at the sixth—shows remarkable improve- ment. The opening number was the third | symphony of Beethoven, and throughout | the gain'in freedom and growth of sym- { s noticeably In evidence. The | went _beantifully, with ease, ccord, spirit and °precision, its character treated with grateful y and full sympathy. e | “Scherzo” was also handled gracefully and with a noticeable technical ease. The beautiful “March” went well, perhaps too lclgurely, loose, in its tempo, and the first movement, in places delightfully played, as a whole lacked a little in ‘grip and spirit. l;\n a complete contrast, the Wagner overture to the “Flying Dutchman” fol- lowed the symphony, and with startling | effect. The picturesque number was | splendidly played and brought vivid memories of the wonderful Vanderdecken of Bispham and Gadski's noble Senta, with its haunting themes and stormy color, Of the daintiest of dainty things were the two small numbers for string or- chestra that followed the first, a Norw sfan “Volksmelodie,” by Johann Svend- summer a song crooning lazi second a captivating * Pler The Chabrier clever, queer, rather grotesque affafr, closed the programme and the season. e SANTA FE AUTHORIZES VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS Large Sums to Be -Expended Along the Railway in California and Arizona. LOS ANGELES, March 7.—General Manager Arthur G. Wells has been advised from Santa Fe headquarters in Chicago that the proposed additional shop facili- ties in San Bernardino may be hurried to completion, The company has purchased 120 additional lots there to be used as a site, The new machinery for the shops will cost about $80,000. A car shop is to be constructed at a cost of $40,000; a new paint shop, $27,000; new transfer’ tables, 315,000; additional boiler shops, $4500 and additional machine shops, $31,000. The cost of a new brass foundry and copper shop will be §3500; new tracks for yards, §16,- 000; new steam and sewer pipes, $10,0: and a new engine hoist, . General Manager Wells has been au- thorized to proceed with the construction | of a new eating house in Merced. The Pakersfield eating station is to be over- auled. New bridge work on the Santa Fe Pa- cific, to be completed in the year, will cost $133,000. The structures are to be built of steel. Seligman is to have a new steel water tank, to cost $5000, and the yards at that point are to be remodeled at an additional cost of §12,000. Needles is to have an additional round- house and several new stalls to cost $26,- 000, and new section, bunk and tool houses are to be constructed along the Arizona division. The cost will be $14,000. SPAIN’S QUEEN REGENT MAY CONTINUE TO RULE Incapacity of Young Alfonso Seems to Require His Mother’s Sovereign Sway. LONDON, March 8—The Daily Mail this morning publishes a letter from its Madrid correspondent, stating that all the important Spanish newspapers are dis- cussing the possible necessity of pro- longing the regency, Oowing to the in- capacily of King Alfonso to exercise the functions of a Sovereign. There is talk of forming a sort of King's council, says the letter, to be composed of the Queen Regent, the President of the Cortes, the Archbishop of Toledo and the ex-Presi- dent of the Council of Ministers. Another version of the story 1s that the Queen Regent is to prolong her regency for seven years in order to enable the King to complete his education by travel, ete. The correspondent concludes his let- ter by saying that the censor stops all telegrams on this subject. Db e il Citizens Scare the Robbers. NEMAHA, Neb., March 7.—Burglars early to-day wrecked the State Bank of Nemaha with dynamite, but were fright- ened away before they secured any plun- der. Cit'zens were aroused by two ex- plosions and gathered at the bank, but the robbers had escaped on a handear. pathy w “Finale’ cl ing 1 pla 3 sen, just the merest with th murmur, its Espanola,’ The vuter door of the safe was bl 3 and the building was considerably: daer through the hill on which the recent shide | aged. Bloadhounds have been put on the’ ocecurred, trace of robvers, MARCH 8, 1902 BELIEVES SHE 15 NORA FULLER Mary Schneider Broods on Murder Until She Becomes Insane. Imagines That a Strangler Is Trying to Make Her His Victim., ALAMEDA, March 7.—Constant brood- ing upon the fate of the murdered Nora Fuller has so affected the mind of Miss Mary Schneider that she is now a maniac. She imagines that she is Nora Fuller, and in her fits of frenzy fights a visionary tall man whom she thinks is trying to choke here. When not battling with the Imaginary strangler Miss Schneider weeps over the death of his girlish victim. Miss Schneider made her home with the | family of her brother-in-law, . W Scherer, at the West End. She was a close reader of the newspaper accounts of the Nora Fuller tragedy. Everythin pertaining to that foul crime she peruse with avidity and was noticeably im- pressed with all the details published concerning the deed. Two weeks ago Miss Schneider’s.rela- tives observed that she was acting strangely and talking incoherently. They had her conveyed to the Alameda Sani- tarium and placed under the care of a physician and nurses, with the hope that her mania might be cured. Within the past few days the condition of the un- fortunate young woman became aggra- vated and she evinced a tendency to de- stroy whatever she could lay hands on. It was finally decided to take Miss Schneider to the Receiving Hospital in Oakland and_have her eéxamined as to her sanity. This was done to-day. The lunacy. commissioners recommended that she be committed to an asylum. Superior Judge Ogden deferred final action in the case at the request of Miss Schneider's sister, who desires to communicate with a brother in Chicago about caring for their demented relative. In the mean time Miss Schneider is detained at the Receiving Hospital. GOVERNMENT MUST DEAL WITH IRRIGATION Wycming Congressman Reports a Bill and Explains About the £ Arid Lands. WASHINGTON, March 7.—The New- lends irrigation bill was reported to the House to-day by Representative Mon- dell of Wyoming in behalf of the Irriga- tion Committee. The report says that the territory af- fected by the bill is nearly one-half the area of the United States and that in the sixteen arid land States there are over 535,000,000 acres, or more than one-six- teenth of the area of the country of pub- lic land_ subject to entry. Of this vast tract only ten ‘million acres will produce | crops without irrigation, showing the wide extent of the arid districts. Mondell points out that with such a wide domaln no agency other than ths Government can deal adequately with the problem of irrigation. He also shows that irrigation long ago passed the ex- perimental stage and that its great ad- vantages have been established in this country and abroad. The bill, he says, Proposes no taxation to carry out the ir- rigation project, the entire expense being derived from the sale of public lands in the States to be irrigated. e o it GENERAL MILES ORDERS CHANGE IN COMMANDERS Bates Will Have Temporary Charge of the Department of the Lakes. WASHINGTON, March 7.—An order is- sued to-day by Lieutenant General Miles, commanding the army, directs Brigadier General J. C. Bates, commanding the De- partment of the Missouri at aha, to take temporary command of the Depart- ment of the Lakes at Chicago on the re- tirement of Major General Otis on the | Zth jnst. This assignment is In addition to General Bates' present duty and is only temporary, pending the assignment of a permanent commander of the Dec- partment of the Lakes. Major General MacArthur, commanding the Department of Calorado at Denver, undoubtedly will be transferred to the command of the Department of the Lakes as soon as his successor in command of the Department of Colorado is selected. ikt DEBATE ON RURAL DELIVERY. Bili to Classify Service Occupies At- tention in the House. WASHINGTON, March 7.—The bill to classify the rural free delivery service and to place the carriers under the con- ract system held the floor in the House to-day. an amicable arrangement general debate will be concluded to-mor- row and the bill will be considered under the five-minute rule on Monday. Bills were passed providing for print- ing 99,000 copies of the special report on the diseases of cattle and 200,000 copies of the report on diseases of the horse, two- thirds for the use of the House and one- third for the use of the Senate, and for the purchase or construction of a launch for the customs service at Astoria, Ur. SCOTT HAS AMBITIONS. Arnounces His Intention of Entering Senatorial Race. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 7.—Irving M. Scott of San Francisco has confided to Senator Bard that he intends to enter the Senatorial race against Mr. Perkins. Mr. Scott told others of his ambition in this direction and canvassed different members of the House delegation as to what they. thought of his chances. He stated to certain persons here that the political situation in California is very chaotic. Incidentally he regretted that Gage would be a candidate to succeed himself and made no secret of his inten- tion to oppose Gage. Senator Bard ad- mitted that Mr. Scott had discussed the political situation, but declined to reveal particulars of their tall Wants Chinese in Philippines. WASHINGTON, March 7.—Senator Du- bois to-day presented to the Senate a me- morfal from the American Chamber of Commerce of Manila urging that the im- migration of Chinese coolies into the Phil- ippine Islands be permitted under re- strictons to be Imposed by the Philip- pine Commission. e memorial was re- ceived by all the Senators, and Senator Dubois asked to have it read in order to call attention to the cituatioin there. o President Will Give the News. WASHINGTON, March 7.—At the Cab- inet meeting to-day President Roosevelt requested the members not to talk to rewspaper correspondents about matters under discussion at the semi-weekly meetings. It was thought best for the President himself to make public such matters as he deemed proper to make public. Hereafter the President will do so. s Commissioner Ide Is Improving. WASHINGTON, March 7.—Secretary Reot has received a cable message from acting Governor Wright at Manila, say- ing that Commissioner Ide, who is under medical treatment at Yokohama, Japan, is tmproving in health and is expected to be able to resume his duties at Manila in about a month. ————— Favor New Public Buildings. WASHINGTON, March 7.—The Senate Committee on Public Bulldings and Grounds to-day authorized favorable re- ports on new public buildings at Colorado prings, Colo., $130,000, and Laramie, Wyo., $100,000. Sre——— Licensed to Marry. N 'h 7.—Lf to wore e torday to William: Einkery, aged 33, and Olga Walkerton, 22, both of Oakland. C FROST ENTERS ALAMEDA JAIL Member of Nome Federal Ring Now Serving His Sentence. Says Nothing in Criticism of Opponents, but Will Fight Verdict. OAKLAND, March 7.—C. A. S. Frost, who, with ex-Judge Noyes and former United States District Attorney Knight, was implicated in the Nome mine-jump- ing scandals and recently convicted of contempt of court before Judge Morrow, surrendered himself at the Alameda Coun- ty Jall to-night, where he announced his readiness to serve his sentence of one year. After his conviction Frost secured a stay of, execution of sixty days, during which he proposed to prepare an appeal from the decision against him. Instead of devoting- his attention to this task, however, he is said to have spent his time lobbying among his friends in Wash- ington, hoping through them to get an absolute pardon. When Judge Morrow heard of tnis imposition on the court, he arbitrarily vacated the stay of execution and notified Frost that he must prepare 10 go to jail. Frost asked if he would be arrested in Washington or San Francisco, and, upon being assured that if he would agree to go to San Francisco he need not surren- der himseif until he arrived there, he started on_the journey. He notified Unit- ed States District Attorney Woodford to- day of his arrival, stating that he was prepared to suffer his sentence. The Dis- trict Attorney then directed him to this side of the bay. Of Frost’s colleagues in the Nome scan- dal, Noyes has been deprived of his Dis- trict Judgeship and subjected to a fine nf $1000; Knight has lost the office of United States District Attorney for Alaska and is now serving a term of six months in the San Francisco County Jall; Frost, in addition to having to serve a sentence of one year, has lost the position of Assist- ant United States District Attorney that he_held. Frost sald to-night that notwithstand- ing that he is in jail he will prosecute the appeal he has taken. He said he had nothing to say in criticism of his oppo- .nents and would simply fight the verdict against him on technical grounds. CHILD MEETS DEATH IN BOILING WATER VANCOUVER, B. C., March 7.—Two terrible accidents by burning, one result- ing fatally and the other in very painful injuries, occurred to-day in the vicinity of Vancouver. A little girl named Fran- ces M. Cook was one of the victims. Her parents live at Granite Creek. She was playing in the kitchen, when her mother happened to go out for a moment. The child had apparently been climbing over chairs and slipping from one of these she fell into a huge kettle of boiling water. The little one slowly boiled to death. In a few minutes her screams attracted her mother, who snatched the child out of the water. The little girl was dead within a few minutes. The second case was that of John Bos- singer, an_employve of the Alexandria Brewery. In order to preserve them large beer vats have to be varnished inside at intervals. There is only a small hole in the vat, through which a man can crawl. Inside it is as dark as Erebus and artifi- cial light has to be used. While Bossinger was at work the varnish caught fire. For- tunately the varnish soon burned out, but not before Bossinger was badly burned. especially about the face. b b e COMBINATION OF MANY TELEPHONE SYSTEMS PORTLAND, Or., March 7.—It is said that a strong combination of telephone systems is being formed in the Pacific Northwest, with lines radiating from Portland. west is concerned, the combination as at resent formed includes the Columbia Telephone Company of Portland, the In- dependent Telephone Company of Seattle, the Independent Telephone Company of Spokane, the Seuffert-Condon Com- pany of The Dalles, the Independent Tele- phone Company of Salem, the Independ- ent Company of Forest Grove and the In- dependent Company of McMinnville. Lines will be run into every town in Oregon and Washington and probably to parts of lda- do and Montana. The company controlling the Columbia Telephone Company of this city and most of the others named is the Northwestern Telephone Company of Youngstown and Warren, Ohio. The Columbla Company has arranged to spend more than $500,000 in improvements in the city of Portland immediately. Freight Cars Derailed. BAKERSFIELD, Maréh 7.—An extra freight, eastbound, Conductor Calloway, was delayed four hours this morning a quarter of a mile this side of Mojave by the breaking of a wheel on a car. Three cars were derailed. No one was injured and no damage was done further than de- laying traffic. Dix Pleads Not Guilty. NEW WHATCOM, Wash., March 7.—H. St. John Dix, recently extradited from London, charged with having wrecked two banks in this county, was to-day for- mally arraigned and entered a plea of not guilty. The court set March 24 as the date for the trial. — THE DAY’S DEA [ > BRATTLEBRO, Vt., March 7.—General Julius Estey, president of the Estey Or- gan Company, died to-day. Henry C. Potter, PHILADELPHIA, March 7.—Henry C. Potter, for twenty-six years Nicaraguan Consul in this city, is dead, aged 80 years. He was connected with the Venezuelan coffee trade. James Dick. LONDON, March 7.—James Dick, the largest English importer of gutta percha, | manufacturer of submarine cables, orizi- nator of rubber soled shoes and philan- thropist, died to-day at his home in Glas- sow. George T, Williams. IDA GROVE, Ta., March 7.—George T. Williams, Mayor of this city, dled this morning. Mr. Williams had been actively engaged In journalism for thirty years | and was widely known throughout the West, i Edward Fridley. BOZEMAN, Mont.,, March 7.—Edward Fridley, one of the best known men in Central Montana, died here last evening. Fridley was one of the oldest residents of Bozeman, having crossed the plains with John Bozeman, after whom this city was named. : e s B Henry Bischoff. NEW YORK, March 7.—Henry Bischoff, senior member of the banking firm of | Henry Bischoff & Co., died at his home in this city to-day. He was born in Baden, Germany, in 1827, and came to this country in 1847. In 1850 he established the banking firm which bore his name. Mrs. George K. Edwards. . SBAN JOSE, March 7.—Mrs. George K. Edwards, a sister of Floyd McFarland, the noted bicycle rider, died in a sani- tajum here this morning as the result of a_ surglcal operation ormed on ‘Wednesday for a tumor. She was a na- tive of Ohlo, aged 37 years, and leaves . husband, father and four brothers, Ag far as the Pacific North-| INGITS JESSUP WROTE Al5 WILL Allen Claims the Slain Doctor Executed Instrument. Describes the Way the Rew. Charles G. Adams Shot Physician. Oakland Office San Franeisco Call, 1118 Broadway, March 7. Thomas Allen of Berkeley was in Judge Ellsworth’s court this morning to support a paper which he insists is the will of the late Dr. John G. Jessup, who was shot and killed in Berkeley last Jume by the Rev. Charles G. Adams, while endeavor- ing to protect the unfrocked minister's daughter from the inebrietic assaults of her father. Allen says the paper was written by Dr. Jessup while he was on his deathbed. It conmsists of the leaves of an insurance memorandum book upon which are writy ten in pencil a description of the way in which the tragedy of which Dr. Jessu was a victim occurred and finishing wit] a wish that all his effects be given to Allen. It was neither signed nor wit- nessed. Judge Ellsworth said the paper was too indefinite to be considered a will. In answer to his questions Allen said that Dr. Jessup left a lot of papers in the base- ment of his home, but that they had never been examined. The court finally denied Allen’s petition for the probate of the supposed will and ordered him to search the papers in the basement for a will. Dr. Jessup's estate Is worth about $500, consisting of dental tools and jewelry. The deceased had a divorced wife and child, but nobody knows where they are now. MARCONI HAS HOPES OF GREATER SUCCESS NEW YORK, March 7.—Marconi will leave for Canada to-morrow to supervise arrangements for a permanent signal sta- tion on Cape Breton. He will not remain in Canada more than a fortnight, thence returning to New York on his way to Epgland. As soon as the apparatus is installed at Cape Breton he will return, from Europe to conduct experiments. ““That plant will not be ready for hane dling messages inside of three months,” said Marconi, “and we may not be i shape. to send and receive commercial business before the end of the year. Capa Breton is the nearest available location to England on this side of the Atlantic; with a distance of only 2000 miles. As wa have already signaled 2099 miles, from: the Cornwall station to shipboard, and re- ceived a message up to 151 miles, I am very hopeful of the practical success of the Canadian station. The instruments, there will be as powerful as those in the station at Poldhu and the transmission | should work both ways without serious obstacles. At Cape Cod we will begin toa rebuild the plant at once and install a similar permanent equipment.’. COMMANDANT ERITZINGER REPORTED TO BE ALIVZ BERLIN, March 7.—Extra editions of the evening papers here publish a report that Commandant Kritzinger, who was captured by General French in Decem- | ber last was, after being tried by court- martial, condemned to death, but that his sentence was commuted to banishment for life. i LONDON, March 8.—Cabling from Jo- hannesburg, the correspondent of the Daily Mail ‘cites the first reported casest whereby British’ troops have been shot for misconduct. The correspondent says two irregulars, who were convicted by court-martial of shooting a Boer after he had surrendered, were shot last week at Pretoria. 1 ——— GOOD GOLF PLAYING. | LOS ANGELES. March 7.—Alexander | Smith, professional golfer at Coronado | Beach, was the most brilliant of the gal- | axy of stars in the Southern California | open championship compeiition at the | Country Ciub links to-day. Smith not onyy | led all contestants by a large margin, but | established a new competition record for the course for thirty-six and eighteen holes. His tota) score for the day, thirty- six holes, was 153, and his afternoon round | was made in the remarkably low figure of Ti, six strokes below bogey. His nearest |and most dangerous _competitor, his | brother, Willle Smith, though playing a | Bood game. is eight sirokes in the rear. Twenty-six contestants _entered the tournament, and of these fifteen are pro- fessiopals. Among them are the Smith | brothers, Willie Anderson, the Unitad States champion, and David Bell, players who stand_at the head of the game in America. The best amateurs on the coast aiso are participating. Walter Fairbanks, Pacific Coast champion, and C. E. Maud of Riverside are third and fourth, re- spectively, in the competition. Maud set a new mark for amateurs in competition iu_the morning, making the round in 78. The most brillant golf of the day was shown by David Bell, who came in the moriing, 38, five strokes under bogey. Snowslides Overtake Two Men. DENVER, March 7.—A speclal to the Republican from Telluride says (wo men were carried down the mountain about 1000 feet by two snowslides at the San Miguel mine to-day. Neither was killed. They are Isaac Johnson, a trammer, and Hermann Goettinger, a cook. Johnsen | was severely injured. | News from the Ingram basin was re- ceived to-day. The® seven miners for whose safety much alarm has been feit are alive and well. The story of a fatal slide at the Butterfly-Terrible mine is said to be unfounded. The mill at the Silver Chief mine, owned by former Governor Alva Adams, has been destroyed by a snowslide. No one was hurt. The work of recovering the bodies of slide victims at the Liberty Bell mine has been sus- pended on account of recent storms. et Revolutionists Pass Into Turkey. LONDON, March 8.—A dispatch printed to-day in the Standard from its corre- spondent at Constantinople says tha ince the liberation of Miss Ellen M. Stone, the American missionary, ous revolutionary bands have d from Bulgaria into Turkish territory. tak- ing advantage of the temporary with- drawal of troops from the frontier. This v.as evidently planned by the Macedonian committee, explains the correspondent, and. although no immediate danger is | feared, such crossing of the frontier may result in conflicts with the Ottoman forces. Cecil Rhodes Near to Death. LONDON, March 8.—Telegrams received hege from Cape Town report the condition of Ceeil Rhodes as much graver. Rhodes is suffering, according to these dispatches, frem angina pectoris: his heart is en- | lurged and is encroaching on the lung space. Reltef is afforded by the period- ical administration of oxygen. Dr. Jame- son fis in constant attendance upon the patient, who has been ill for some time. He lets no one exsept his close personzl friends see him. Sugar Bounties to Be Abolished. PARIS, March 7.—In the Chamber of Deputies to-day Ribot, the former Pre- mier, questioned the Government regard- ing the Brussels sugar conference. The Minister of Finance, Caillaux, replied that ail bounties would be abolished. Hs believed, from the point of view of the general interests of the country, that a long time had elapsed sinece such bene- ficial work had n done. The Minis- ter's statement was greeted with cheers. s daciar Free Masons Arrive at Jaffa. JERUSALEM, March 7.—The White Star line steamer Celtie, having on board 800 American tourists, destined for this city, arrived at Jaffa yesterday afternoon. One' hundred Freemasons, representing every Lodge in North Americ:, will hold a meeting at King Solomon aulrflu under the auspices of the Royul olomon, mother lodge of y