The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 11, 1902, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1902. 3 ADVERTISEMENTS. One may sail the seas and visit every land and everywhere will find, that men of affairs, who are well informed, have neither the time nor the inclination, whether on pleasure bent or business, to use those medicines which cause excessive purgation and then leave the internal organs in a constipated condition. Syrup of Figs is not built on those lines. Itacts naturally, acts effectively, cleanses, sweetens and strengthens the internal organs and leaves them in a healthy condition. If in need of a laxative remedy the most excellent is Syrup of Figs, but when anything more than a laxative is required the safe 2nd scientific plan is to consult a competent physician and not to resort to those medicines which claim to cure all manner of diseases. The California Fig Syrup Co. was the first to manufacture a laxative remedy which would give satisfaction to all; a laxative which physicians could sanction and one friend recommend to another ; so that today its sales probably exceed all other laxatives combined. In some places considerable quantities of old-time eatharties and modern imitations are still sold, but with the general diffusion of knowledge, as to the best medicinal agents, Sy#hp of Figs has come into general use with the well-informed, because it is a remedy of known value and ever beneficial action. ® The quality of Syrup of Figs is due not only to the excellent combination of the laxative and carminative principles of plants, known to act most beneficially on the system, with agreeable and refreshing aromatic liquids, but also to the orginal method of manufacture. e effects one should always note the full name of the Company— California Fig Eyrup Co.—printed on the front of every package. In order to get the genuine and its beneficial CAUSE OF WAECK STILL UNKNOWN Charred Bonesof Victims Recovered From the Ruin S. Special Dispetch to The Call. 10.—W. R. er; e ven hat s of the 000, to erty small the car, as probably it. eight coac! March ndent for burg and San_Antonio Southerg Pacific, left here news of the wreck at He returned to the de the following state- to the disaste: away such h t it ound it. or not the the engine at the time I left d tell if some part It is was the cause forty-seven of the cars piled Whatever reck it came suddenly ng, as the engine men had but were caught under the majority of the passengers not running at an extra high he road where the a nine-degree curve the ‘track as it winds wreck occurred about extreme points of the two t €0 Off on the ffiside of the ut went off on the feet s were worth at say nothing of the baggage on the train which was lost In amount of the baggage was of the wreck—how, no ome knows. age car was split in two and it is| t & good deal of the baggage was is hardly e attempted to throw out any bag- the United States mall, was saved that I know of. the first to catch fire was entirely destroyed. tracks were found some dis- the scene of the wreck and Vieck has sent a trained scene with the hope that ltkely not a The Many hold to the Alpine, charred bones e found under the ruins and tion was placed upon purpose of robbery, and are determined to probe every standpoint. recelved this of lot of bones under Carnes esti- M r were_the remains He based his er of femurs. — Roberts Is Exonerated. WASHINGTON Service Co by the ., inv 10.—The s adopted a report LOOK*FOR THIS Civil as charged Reform made by Com- estigated the hunt- bruised. ANTI-TRUGT LAW 15 HELD INVALID Supreme Court Decides Against the Illinois Statute. WASHINGTON, March 10.—The United | States Supreme Court to-day decided the | Illinois anti-trust statute to be unconsti- | tutional because of the provision of the | law exempting agricultural products and | livestock from the operations of the law. The decision was rendered in the case of | Thomas Connelly and others against the | Union Sewer Pipe Company of Ohio and was delivered by Justice Harlan. The case grew out of the sale of pipe by | the pipe company to Connelly and others, | who, after securing it, declined to make payment on the ground that the pipe company is an illegal combination for the | Testraint of trade under the common law, because it combines a .number of iocal pipe manufacturing concerns; that it is a combination in violation of the Sher- man anti-trust law, and, further, a viola- | tion of the anti-trust law of the State of Illinois. The first two contentions received | very slight consideration, the court hold- ing that even if the allegations were true they could not justly prevent the corpora- | tion selling its property. The opinion, | therefore, was based on the third plea, | which Justice Harlan said would be valid | if the State law could be held to be valid. | as there could be no doubt of the purport | of the act. Under that law the corporation could be dissolved if the law is valid. He | quoted the law at length, laying especial stress upon the ninth section, exempting farm products, concluding that this pro- vision is antagonistic to the provisions of the constitution granting equal protection to all under the law. He also held that the exempting clause is so interwoven with other portions of the statute as to render it impossible to eliminate it from the law as an entirety, and therefore held that the entire law must, be held to be invalid. THREATENING LETTERS ARE SENT TO LANDLORDS Colorado Property-Owners Warned Against Leasing Buildings to Buyers of Stolen Ore. VICTOR, Colo., March 10.—Several | property-owners in this city and’ Cripple | Creek to-day received letters signed | “Committee,” warning them not to lease buildings to buyers of stolen ore. As the | notices came through the mails, it is quite probable that the matter will be | turned over to the postal authorities and | efforts made to run down the author or | authors of the letters. Frank M. Woods of the Gold Coin mine, 2 member of the éxecutive committée o the Mine-owners' Assoclation, said to-day that he did not know who sent the no. tices. He expressed surprise to learn that | such warnings had been sent. CHARLESTON, S. C.. March 10.—The Il- linols party, headed by Governor Yates and his staff, arrived here to-day and was informally Welcomed by General Appleton and Colonel Fred Smith. To-morrow is Illinois day at the exposition. “Liebig” preparations NOT bearing the _ blue , signature of Justus von Liebig across the label are NOT the genuine., Ask for the COMPANY'S EXTRACT or scer | incorporation have been filed for the Im- RURAL DELIVERY BILL 15 PRSSED Opponents of Measure Strike Out Important Provisions. WASHINGTON. 'March 10.—The' bill_tad classify ‘the” rural. free delivery .servi and place the carriers under the cémrm ystem, which has been debated in House for over a week, was passed to- day, but in a form that ‘' completely changed the purpose for which it was framed. Before it was passed the bill ‘was altered radically by its opponents.. All the provisions relating to the placing of carriers under the contract system were stricken out, and the salary system not only was continued, but the maximum salary of carriers was increased from $500 to $600 per annum. A motion offered by Williams (Democrat) of Illinois to recom- mit the bill with instructions to report back an amendment providing for the dismigsal from the service of carriers who should use their influence in favor of any particular party or for any particular candidate was voted down—% to 141. As passed, the bill classifies the rural free delivery service and fixes the com- pensation of employes as follows: Special agents in charge of divisions, not exceed- ing $2400 per annum; special agents, four ciasses, graded from $1300 to $1600; route Jnspectors, four classes, from $900 to 31200; “clerks, four classes, from 330 to 1200, The compensation of carriers s not to exceed $6). To-morrow the postoffice ap- propriation bill will be considered. UP-TO-DATE HOTEL WILL BE BUILT IN WILLITS Forty-Thousand " Structure to Offer Attractions to Summer Quting Parties. WILLITS, March 10.—Groundy was bro- ken to-day for the Hotel Willits, a mod- ern hostelry of 100 rooms, to be built by San Francisco and Willits capitalists, at a cost of $40,000. The building is to be located on the corner of Commercial ave- nue and Main street, with a south and east exposure, giving a magnificent view of Signal Peak and the San Hedrin Range. In general design the structure will be colonial, three stories high, having a frontage of 125 feet on Main street, with two wings running back 132 feet. There is to be a court in the center of the build- ing, 62 by S0 feet, which will be planted with flowers and shrubbery. Redwood and pine will be used in the construction of 'the hotel, which is to have a concrete foundation. It will be hard finished throughout and lighted by electricity. A cement walk is to be laid around the building and massive hewn redwood pil. lars will support the verandah. The hotel, which is to be elegantly fur- nished, will be the finest this side of the bay and will make Willits an ideal sum. mer resort. A. J. Fairbanks of Willits is president, Colonel O. A. Selfridge of San Francisco, secretary and treasurer; O..T. Wells and Ole Simonson of Willits and ‘William Barr of San Rafael, directors of the company. O. T. Wells, formerly of Osakland, will be manager of the hotel. Three Old People Are Asphyxiated. MOUNT CLEMMONS, Mich., March 10.—Frederick Doescher, aged 86 years; his wife, aged 72, and his sister, Mrs. John Frink, aged 60, were asphxiated at their residence sometime between Friday night and this morning by coal gas.. The women were found dead in their bed, while Doescher’s body was in a chair be- hinfi the stove. He had evidently been awakened by-the gas and been overcome after he had got up to fix the stove, Railroad Company Incorporates. LOS ANGELES, March 10.—Articles of perial and Gulf Railroad, with a capi §100,00. The proposed 1ine is to b t‘l?ilr?; miles long, extending from TImperial Junction, a station on the Southern Pa- cifie, in San Diego County, to the Im- perial Settlement.” The officers of the new cong\};flg;a‘ 8L ‘FF‘CH%IL firesident and gener: ; F. C. Paulin, vi 2 fdent; A. & Heber, treasurer.” | Pre® MacArthur 'to Inspect Fort Douglas. SALT LAKE, Utah, March 10.—Major General MacArthur, commanding the De- partment of the Colorado, arrived here to-day from the headquarters at Denver. General MacArthur is -accompanied ' by IN BLUE members of his staff, and comes for the furpose of making an inspection of Fort Douglas. To-night Governor Wells and his staff and other State officials attend- ed a reception given the gen b; % cers of the po-t.s i N 20 1 [‘ 5 SEVEN THOUSHND MEN DN STHIKE Boston Freight Handlers Quit Work at Call of Their Union. Wharves and Railroad Yards Are Blockaded With Merchandise. BOSTON, March 10.—A strike of the freight handlers = of this city, which threatens to involve 10,000 men, was be- | The Team Drivers' | gun early to-day. TUnion No. 25, embracing about 6000 men, led off. Other unions followed. The strike grows out of the Brine Transportation Company's trouble with its teamsters, which began several weeks ago, but was precipitated by the refusal of members of the freight handleds’ union to take care of merchandise carted by non-union teamsters employed by the Brine company. G 1 The Team Drivers' Union embraces nearly all the drivers handling freight in the city. At both the New York, New Haven and Hartford and the Boston and Albany freight houses gangs of Italians) gil- gaged yesterday to remove the freight which had accumulated after the regular force struck Saturday were still at work, There was no Signs of about the freight yards during. the early hours. Police details guard . all ap- proaches, but there has been no demon- stration calling for their intérvention. In view of the threatcning aspeet of the strike the State Board of Arbitra- tion to-day placed itseif in touch with all concerned in the trouble. 2 The members 6f the board are not without hope that the opposing parties could be brought together, although the strike had come in spite of the facy that the grievances of the union had been be- fore the beard in various forms during the past three months. .It was learned that the newspapers are exempt from the embargo of the teamsters and their paper will b delivered as usual, as well as supplies to hospitals and public insti- tutions. J Along the water front the effect of the strike was most marked. The longshore- | men, not having stopped work, promptly | began unloading _vessels which - docked yesterday and this morning, and soon the wharves were choked with merchan- dise, as no teams had arrived to cart it away. Fishing boats brought 300,000 pounds of fish, but there were no buyers for the cargoes, as the dealers could not get teams to move the fish. In sympathy.with the freight handlers about 50 per cent «f the delivery and re- ceiving clerks on the Néw York, New Haven and Hartfcrd and thé Boston and Albany roads did not go to work to-day. At the office ‘of the roads it was statéd that the foree remaining was more than sufficient 'to handle thé small amount of business that. was moving. President Oscar F. Cox_of the Allied Freight Transportation Council and a committee of. the strikers .went to yards of the New York, New Haven and Hartford' during the forengon -to submit two propositions for a settlement of the strike ‘to the transpnr&atlm—( ‘and_operat- mg officials of the road.. It was said.the siriké would, be declareéd off if the ¢om- pany ‘would’consent. to "have” the non- union teams unloaded by the'drivers or men sent to assist them, and. the other that the trouble would cease if the com- pany would consent to-the unloading of all teams by men other than the freight. handlers. e company declined to ac- cept. either propdsition.. As far as could be learned there were about 7500 men involved, including. mem- bers of Teamsters' Union No. 25, 600 men; Freight Handlers” Union, 750 men. : CIFIC COAST Several Changes Made in the Postal Service and’ More New Pen- sions Granted. WASHINGTON, March 10,—The follow- ing postmasters were commissioned: Cali- fornia—Hattie Campbell, ‘Washington—James W. Cralg, Bxa; Roy P. Simpson, Potlatch; Chaupen Mullen, Rena. Postmasters appointed: _California—A. Bretz, orro, San Luis Obispo County, vice D. R. Spooner, resigned. Washing- ton—Maggie McKee, McKinley, Franklin County, vice W. W. Spates, resigned. The gross receipts of the San Francisco Postoflice for February were $90,661, against $82,322 for February, 0L These pensions were granted to-day: California: Increase—Elliott S. Rogers, Gardena, $30; David Myers, Los Angeles, $6. Widows—Annie Moyles, San %rnn‘ cisco, $8; Lydia F. Matthews, Ocean Park, 12; Mary J. Darling, Haywards, $8; Aug- usta W, Johnson, San Francisco, $8; Nan- nie Langley, Sacramento, $8. Oregon: Original—Franeis A. Wright, West Portland, $8. 3 ‘Washingto: Original—=William_ Cline, Sidney, $6; Merritt P. Kelly, Tacoma, $8; Thomas McGeever, Seattle, $6; James H. Robinson, Seattle, $6. War with Spain —Harold E. Parks, Tacoma, $6. Increase —John Brink, Soldiers’ Home, Orting, $8. Army orders—First Lieutenant Louls S. D. Rucker Jr., Sixteenth Infantry, goes from Columbus Barracks to the Philip- pines via transport from San Francisco, March 81 AMERICA CLOSELY WATCHES THE BRUSSELS CONVENTION Results of the Conference May Aid in Solving the Cuban Customs Problem. WASHINGTON, March 10.—Respecting a Brussels dispatch published in London as to the attitude of the United States Government toward the sugar convention, just agreed upon in the Belgian capital by the representatiyes of the beet-sugar powers, it is stated here that this requircs no action whatever on the part of the United States. As this country produces no bounty-aided sugar, it was not directly concerned in the proceedings at Brussels, and was unrepresented there. But, indi- rectly, it is reallzed that the results of conference might be of great im- | the po?‘\ance to the United States, as affect- ing the solution of the Cuban customs problem and influencing the treasury re- ceipts through the abolition of the pres- ent countervailing duties, 3 Minister Townsend was directed by the State Department to make inquiries as to what was_ doing at Brussels touch- ing sugar, and it is assumed that this in- struction was the basis for the presump- tion on the part of the English newspa- pers that the United States Government was contemplating an adherence to the convention. Fast Mail Train Wrecked. NEOLA, JIowa, March 10.—Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific fast mail train No. 2, eastbound, was wrecked at the Milwaukee and St. Paul crossing west of this place at 10 o’clock last night. Bngi- neer Schultz and Fireman Gottschalk, who went down an embankment with the engine, were slightly injured, but none of the passengers were hurt. The engine and forward truck of the mail car left the track. The accident Was caused by a misunderstanding of signals. Sea Captains Are Congratulated. LIVERPOOL, March 10.—At the inquest to-day over the remains of Edwin Dan- gerfield, the Kansan coal miner who lost his life as a result of the sinking of the steamer Waesland. after a collision with the British steamer Harmonides off the island of Anglesey, a verdict of accidental death was returned. The jury congratu- lated Captain Avfeld of the Waesland and Captain Penten of the Harmonides on their conduct. iR The World Never. Before Witnessed an importation in a year by one house of 120,359 cases of champagne, a feat just ac- complished by the famous G. H. several ! disturbance | the | Kettle. | Bishop Merry del | MorMsicaoOor, TE =R ALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, ' March ! 10.—Considerable interest has been aroused here by the cablegram from Rome announcing that the | Pope was said to have expressed his | intention to send’ Bishop Merry del Val as apostolic legate from the Vatican to ' Washingtoa, in succes- sion to Archbishop Martinelll. It had long been hoped that an American would be chosen to succeed Archbishop Mar- tinelli, whose term of office expires in May, but advices from Rome appear to indicate that such will not be the case. It is Pope Leo's evident desire to send as the Vatican's regre:emauvu to the United States one who has been in-lis intimate confidence and who is in touch with the papal policy dealing with the more important questions arising in the United States. Bishop del Val has been apostolic dele- gate to Canada. He is now president of the Pontifical Academy of Nobles at Rome, and occuries the same position as did Mgr. Satolli when he was sent as delegate to Washington. He is a great favorite with Leo XIII, who has for some years' shown him every evidence of his fritndship and has allowed him to occupy apartments in the Vatican. Bish- op del Val is thirty-five years old and a descendant of one of Spain’s noblest fam- illes. -His mother ‘was an English woman and he was born in gland, recelving his early education from the Jesuit fathers in Stonyhurst College. His higher education was received in the @ i R R @ WIDOW 10 D THE DEFENDANT ‘Will Testify in Behalf of Alleged Murderer of Her Husband. SAVANNAH, Mo., March 10.—Stewart Fife's trial for the murder of Frank W. Richardson, his former associate in busi- ness here, began to-day. Fife has lost much of the calmness that he displayed when he arrived from North Yakima, ‘Wash., where he was arrested two months ago. He sleeps but little and when he entered the courtroom to-day he looked worried. Several stories of new and start- ling developments that are to come out at the trial have beeh circulated, one of them being to the effect that FIfe's law- yers will implicate ‘another man in_the murder. Mrs. Richardson, the widow, who was acquitted recently of complicity ‘in the murder, will appear as a witness for the defense, while her two young sons will be used as withesses for the State. Fife's attorney will, it is saild, try to prove an alibi for him. Proseciting Attorney Booher, in making the opening statement, said the State would show that Fife had, in a St. Joseph saloon, where he displayed a revolver. made a threat that he would 'kill Rich- ardson, and that after the tragedy he had confessed to a woman in that city that he had committed the murder. It would also be shown, he asserted, that Fife was seen standing in the middle of the street on the night of the murder, looking in the direction of the Richardson home. The jury is composed of ten farmers. a merchant and a teacher. BRITISH TRANS-PACIFIC CABLE IS BEING LAID Work Already Under Way From the Chinese Coast Terminus of the Line. SEATTLE, March 10.—Work on the British trans-Pacific cable from a pojnt on the Chinese coast, via Yokohama d#nd the Aleutian Islands, to Barclay Sound, the terminus on this side, is under way. ‘While talk over the project has engaged attention, the British Government hi gone to work and tofi several weeks the cable ship has been efigaged in laying the cable from the Chinese coast terminus. This morning the big barge Georgian Jeft in tow of the steamer Mystery for Chemainus, where she will fake on 400,000 feet of lumber and supplies for the Brit- ish Columbia station on Barclay Sound. An immense cable plant is to be es- tablished at this point, where sixty op- eratives will be engaged permanently in attending to the business connected th the work. Still later the British authori- ties will construct stations at Yokohama, and on one of the Aleutian Islands. MOTHER AND CHILDREN ARE BURNED TO DEATH Fire Originates in Kitchen and Shuts Them Off From All Avenues * of Escape. MATANE, Quebec, March 10.—Fire which originated in l‘ihe kitchen of the e of Arthur Bouchard yesterday ;iellsd:é‘ cthe death of Mrs. Bouchard and hine children. The fire was discovered by a_ servant, who immediately gave an alarm. Bouchard jumped from an upper story window and was about to be foi- lowed by his wife, but she failed in her attempt and perished, together with her | MUMM’S EXTRA DRY. Large reserves | nine children, six boys and three girls, of the splendid vlntng%now imported are | the eldest being a boy of 14 years. Bou- absolute guarantee for maintenance of chard arose about 5 o’clock and Eghted a present standard. ... ™ | fire in the kitchen and then retired again, FRIEND OF THE POPE MAY ~ BECOTE AMERICAN LEGATE Val Probable Successor to _ Archbishop TMartinelli. — PROBABLE SUCCESSOR OF ARCHBISHOP MARTINELLI IN WASHINGTON. B o+ Academy of Nobles in Rome, the insti- tution of which he is now president. He was ordained to the priesthood soon after the appointment. of his father as Spanish Embassador to the Vatican, and was almost immediately made private secretary to the Pope. CUBAN QUESTION HARD 70 SOLUE President Discusses Situ- ation With Congres- sional Callers. He Is Said to Stand by the Position He Took in His Message. ————— WASHINGTON, March 10.—Chairman Payne of the Ways and Means Commit- tee and Representative Grosvenor, also of that committee, were among the Presi- dent’s callers to-day. Although both maintained great reserve, it was known that the Cuban reciprocity situation was discussed. It was stated that no special message was at present in contempla- tion, and that the President continued to maintain the position for reciprocity I had taken in his annual message. Payne's associates in the contest expressed the belief that the reciprocity plan would pre- vail in some form. In this connection there were intimations that the Senate might take up the question by adding a Cuban amendment to the war revenue of some other pending bill. Inquiry among Senators, however, shows that there is no such intention, and that the war revenue repeal bill will pass substantially as it comes from the House. ! To some of his other Congressional vis- itors, who talked with him to-day regard- ing Cuban reciprocity, the President said there was difficulty in determining just what promises or representations were made to the Cuban delegates when they visited Washington last summer, ous to the adoption of the Platt amen ment as a part of the Cuban constitution. There was no record of any promise, but the understanding seemed to be that re- ciprocal arrangements were to be made with Cuba of a nature which,would give the island’s products an advantage in the markets of the United States. In the course of the discussion to-day, it is un- derstood, Senator Alligon remarked that more importance had been given to the subject than was warranted; that the proposed 20 per cent reduction to be granted to Cuba would not be of material advantage to the planters of the island, nor would such a reduction of duty on Cuban sugar affect in any material way the beet sugar interests of this country. The President cxpressed a desire to se- cure harmony and some of the Senators who saw him said they believed also that was the desire of the Republicans i Congress, some of whom thought it was quite important that the present strained relations should not continue. SENATOR VEST OPPOSES THE SHIP SUBSIDY BILL Despite His Evident Feeblensss He ~ Speaks With Eloquence for Nearly Two Hours. WASHINGTON, March 10.—For nearly two hours to-day Vest of Missour! ad- dressed the Senate in opposition to the pending ship subsidy bill. No member of the bagy has been accorded more flatter- ingly close attention than he received. Despite his evident feebleness, he spoke with force and fire, and at times became brilliantly eloquent. Tillman of South Carolina followed with a brief _speech in opposition tb the bill. The Senate passed a considerable num- ber of unobjected bills on the calendar and agreed to the conference asked for by the House on the diplomatic and con- sular appropriation bill. Hale, Cullom and Tellerywere named as conferees. CANTON, O, March 10.—The foundry and pattern house of the Novelty Iron Works has been destroyed by fire. Loss $100,000. The plant was crowded with orders for six months and 200 men are idle. Insurance, $30,000, The plant will be rebuilt, for our big valuesin made-to-order suits The larger the business the smaller the cost of doing business., What is saved inrunning a big store can be given to the havé [ order department. customer and the store will still a fair profit. This is a simple, self- evident rule in merchandising. It is the keynote of our made-to- We count on small profits, but numbers of them, through our many orders. Our made-to-order suits at $10 are a good example of this principle. We would be pleased to give you samples of these garments. Out-of-fown o-ders for made-to-order clothing assured through our self-measuring system—write for SNWOODs filled—satisfactory fit © 7i8 Market Street and Cor. Powell and Eddy Streets.