The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 1, 1902, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1902. HARRIMAN AT THE MERCHANTS BANQUET BESPEAKS THE GOOD WILL OF THE PUBLIC — Continued From Page One. know that you have developed here Ct M&n-o ar that ever was put (Applause.) I say that it is your work de it ne y for us to go hand You in order to conduct the traffic and we all the most pe afioat. W ich you are producing. I am making a very much longer » I ever thought I would. (A There are some matters h upon that perhaps you in these times Of pros- not occy y. But y ow that—I do, anyhow, ther you ot—there do come waves Gepression ( and.then is the time en we have the kicker ot something to carry. e legisiation comes, at the raiiroad ought willing to stand vhat we are stat- ng about some such hand in hand when (Applause.) are speaking of legislation, e is some effort being ex- slation at Washington. I person should absorb that_subject, but 1 will which I happen to be nsibility of operating, peration of, that we do not e believe that it acts adversely d and to all other points in lar conditions exist. But e right to agree among nt e right to combine on er that we may serve yoi in- 1 n by that to say that e from the situation much of serv that is being performed, vements are made which ling yoi bout the traffic, or the an be allowed to go upon natural be directed in such way by the through their connections (to n which you have often heard) of least resistance, that is the We cannot prevent the high- taking some of the cars, or less money if we were traffic on the t eno- o something to protect what ovident lines, and it is to your eve you will see it before goes by; and I believe be in favor of per- move on some such line uct the traffic in the most ligent manner. We have gotten, I believe, at methods to the limit of the ucting the traffic, and we must you and business interests € country to improve on that. TERMINAL FACILITIES. stion which Mr. McNear 't remember exactly any way. local facili- terminal facllities. When the lines are finished, with the work have to be continued extend much further ers which 1 have been talking ve got to get a hole through Nevadas, and I don't know just 1 go through. But that will be of the eastern end of the line to e of the tern traffic, which bring this w We will have to al terminal facllities. We will here. We are now about rights in San Francisco to we are improving south , and you know some- and ‘we do not want éay that delays us from terminal provements We do not t to resors. 0ds in order to pbtain those We w t to be open and above board have the public help us to help themselves, Applause.) There are some other things I to talk about. (Cries of “Go can run a raflroad or everybody body can run a raflroad. I have no ou will gain by having us ise we might be mis- king sincerely and from no theory or motive her ths mprove the properties and to re effective and keep them so be able to transact all the busi- I speak now for the whole organization, and grasp the me that you have extended to us to-night MAYOR EXTENDS WELCOME. After the demonstration of approval of iman’s speech had subsided, the ter introduced Mayor Schmitz, e as follows: not speak as the representative of any lar class, but representing the entire , 1 desire to extend to the guest of th g a cordial welcome to San Fran that we hoj d the gentiemen who result in great benefit represents and to the Little r 0. that the visit of are to the there was to be seen a stretch of sand dunes. to none in the world in mmerce of the East and our gates. We want t to 40 nothing to d capital cannot do ever: on the individual a P I do not | and in ha n earth where the citi- rough such an indu . would e TRIBUTE TO BUILDERS. W. McNear,, president’ of the hants' Exchange,’ was the next speaker. He said: embled here this evening to meet | honored head of one of the greats est, railroad systems of covering, as it does, two trans: nes, unitifig the Pacific with' the brasch lines penetrating or section. of . the of your system, nd Southern Pa- ifornia are justly proud, as they | sfesdesfesdieofesfiadesfeadeodeodesde deodesfesthoofesde e Purity and Maturity % | | Unite in making the | superior quality of Hunter Whiskey Superb Flavor, Mellow and Rich 4 & WISE COMMISSION. 00~ Ine, ifornia St., San Francisco! Telephone Main 873. We will send the marvelous Freuch Remedy CALTHOS (EGIDED GAINS were engineered, financed and constructed by four enterprising Californians, who, as_rail- road builders, have few, if any, equals. They combined all the necessary qualities to insure success—political, financial, executive. They knew no such word as failure. They bullt at a time when such work was enormously ex- pensive and when many believed the roads would never pay to operate. By their deter- mined will they overcame every obstacle and successfully met every emergency, giving to California its first rail connection with the out- side world. They lived to reap their well- deserved reward, but have now passed beyond the cares and joys of this world, and the names of Stanford, Huntington, Hopkins and Crocker will ever occupy a well-merited, proud and en- Vviable page in the history of California. HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. ‘With the passing of the original builders the roads, t0o, have passed t0 NEW OWNErs nat New Californians. Mr. Harriman, we congratulate you upon having succeeded to and acquired so valuable a property. The merchants of San Francisco now desire a close and intimate re- lationship with you and hope you will-be, at least, half Californian and be good to us. Since it has been our good fortune to discover that California has an abundance of cheap me- chanical power stored in -her oil fields and mountain streams we believe that the products of our Pacific islands and of the Orient should enter the United States through the Golden Gate, be here prepared for the consumers and by your system of railroads distributed to them throughout the centers of great population in- stead of going to the Atlantic seaboard and there manufactured for distribution. Give us & rate of transportation to the Middle West 50 we can successfully compete and we will insure you a large increase in business. The consequent growth of new manufacturing in- dustries on the coast will add greatly to our towns and population, inuring to our mutual benefit. From the thoroughness with which you seem to be inspecting your properties and acquaint- ing yourself with the existing conditions on this coast we feel sure 4f good results and mu- tual benefits, and 1 am certain that the mer- chants and the citizens in general will be with you in your efforts to develop our resources. PRESIDENT JORDAN SPEAKS. President David Starr Jordan of Stan- ford spoke of Mr. Harriman's interest in scientific research. Continuing, -e said: Mr. Carnegie told me a while ago that the foundation of his fortune lay in this: That while other men were - employing men who worked by rule of thumb he employed chemists success. Such men as Mr. Carnegie recognize that instead of hiring chemists they must make them. In other words, they must furnish facil- ities for scientific investigation. It is-this that accounts for the absurd fad, as it may seem to some, of patronizing sclentific research, of founding universities. It is this that explains the crowning act of the career of Cecil Rhodes, in some respects a gigantic success and in others a gigantic failure. President Benjamin Ide Wheeler of the University of California followed.: He said in part: I am always glad to come over whenever there is a banquet to a new president of the Scuthern Pacific. I feel kindly toward Dr. Jor- dan because he is always pleased to come over to Berkeley when we inaugurate a new presi- dent. We presidents have a fellow feeling and I am ready to admit that after the university of California the Southern’ Pacific is the most important corporation in California. With the opportunities that come to the head of a great railway corporation come the re- onsibilities of its relations to the people. A railroad creates society by rearranging human bein; It creates wealth by rearranging the objects of nature. SCIENCE OF RAILWAYS. Because the railroads have not been for- mally adopted and administered by the State it does mot follow that they have mo public, responsibilities. The public highways have been adopted by the State, but it does not fol- | low that the railroads should be so adopted and administered. Railway science is in its in- fancy. It requires the highest ingenuity. The railway is not yet ripe for the steady-routine that of necessity goes with State administra- tion. But it possesses a quasi-public character that demands responsibility and is worthy of public guarantees. It is fitting to-night to say these things, because the deeds of our guest have shown that he subscribes to this doctrine. We know that ‘on all the roads which he has administered the heaviest steel rails have been laid, curves have been cut out, trains run on schedule time. He has been ready to answer to public demand, aye, to spur public demand on. This State needs the railway- and the ralil- way needs the State. There is nothing gained Ly fighting. The great waste comes from fail- ure to co-operate. Let us mot for a moment conceive that we gain when there is a fight going on between the people and the railroads. The people are ready now to co-operate, are ready to puMl with those who pull, not to kick with those who kick. The motto for us is to join with those who are trying to do something, the lesson of the helping hand. CAPACITY OF ENGINES. Julius Kruttschnitt was introduced by President Newhall and in sp- ing of the evolution in the workings o ae railways of the United States and the still more vast accomplishments to be attained by the industry, said: The locomotive of a few years ago was a pygmy compared with the giant machine of the present day. The latest additions to freight motive power have been christened ‘‘battle- ships.”” One of'these modern machines with tender carrying 6000 gallons of water, or as much as a tagk car, and ten or twelve tons of coal, or half a carload, weighs complete, ready for the- road, “about”160 tons, carries steam of 225 pounds pressute generated in a boiler made of = uses el plates an. inch thick, and it in comjound engines ‘capable of de- ping from 1200 to 1500 horsepower. Trade is-the moving spirit of the age, the imeaning of the word implying apposite, though | not oppoking,-interests, and fts successful con- duct depends upon the maintenance of cordial and friendly relations between the parties; neither.can expeci all the advantages and each who knew most about the processes of the | POtry, manufacture of steel, and by this means he | was able to effect savings that led to his great | must respect the other’s rights, placing him- self temporarily in his place. As a few grains of sand may generate friction and seriously in- terfere with the smooth and successful opera- tion of locomotives and cars, so may emall disagreements generate soclal friction even more injurious to a railroad’s prosperity and success. The prevention of social friction and the judicious use of social lubricants should engage quite as much or even more of the time of the higher railroad officer than the elimination of the other kind. To accomplish this our running gear should'be carefully de- signed so that all parts are properly Propor- tioned and work in harmony. . GAVIN McNAB SPEAKS. Gavin McNab was the next speaker. He said: The new spirit in California life may well be illustrated by the character of this ban- quet, and by-the-variety and extent of this assemblage, ‘gathered to welcome the head of our greatest corporaton. .. California hospitality” in’ pioneer times has passed. into & proverb. . It has been said that Whereas other peoples‘had the latch string out for the stranger, the ploneers bullt their houses with open doorways so- that strangers might enter without knocking. More than olden time hospitality beams about these tables, and is represented in this welcome to-night. _There s a destruction of ancient prejudices. The era of good feeling abroad in the land includes the great rafiroad and offers to it the oppor- tunity to make of publie opinion its most valu- able ‘corporate asset. In this room there are now met to extend the hand of good fellow- ship\to the new president of the raliroad, that is California’s chief artery of commerce, those Who have been the railroad’s: friends and its foes, and for once you cannot tell them apart. When we speak of the new industrial move- ment and New California, far be it from us to intend reflection on olden days. No- other State has such fascinating and romantic his- tory. The traditions of our early life were unique and should be forever treasured in the memories of men. California passed through three distinct periods; of romance. First, the coming of the padres, whose foot- prints in their spiritual journeyings sanctified the soil. Next the settlement of the Spanish dons, who measured land by the league and not by the acre, whose: cattle roathed on a thousand hills and whose life’ was patriarchal. Then the period of gold, when the discoveries of almost fabulous weaith. dazzled the world, and gathered here the best of every race to contest for the prizes of the earth. After those times came an epoch not ‘0 sat- isfactory or so.pleasant. A time not_rich in adventure or achievement. Remote- Dess from the large activities of the world pro- duced some of the faults of an fnsular people. Things small to a large world were large to our small world, and a lack of union and con- centrated effort prevailed among men. 1 have sometimes thought that this period found its characterization in the figure and motto on the great seal of California. A woman seated by the Golden Gate. The motto, “Eureka! T have found it!” California was seated by the Golden Gate looking. for a com- merce that did not come. The face of+the woman growing sad with weariness, like. the faces of the wives of Kingsley’s three fighers, Who waited and watched for what never-came. THE NEW CALIFORNIA.' ~ But we have escaped from those conditions: We are in and with the New California to- night. A California through whose veins in- dustrial energy is. coursing ' and throbbing. Where a united people, led by wise and patri- otic commercial bodies of this city and State, are reaching for a foremost position in popula- ton, commerce and wealth, and wherd labor and capital are cementing in friendship; where a thrifty and happy immigration is attaching itself 10 a fertile soll; where a people never before so blended is wooing fortune, not by words or grayers, but by aggressive efforts, Nature created here great beauty. Moun- tain, valley and sea and vegetation combine to make a spectacle not elsewhere seen. When God made here a second Eden he intended it should be the home of a greater and nobler Adam. Beautiful as i€ the picture of California rising from the ocean to the Sierra’s crown, the picture is not complete. Against this ma- Jestic background must stand a figure of a great and powerful American, a Californian representing industry, success and moral grandeur. 1t is this figure, replete with great- ness, that our commercial bodles and our two great universities in friendly rivalry are en- gaged in placing there. The spirlt _that is here to-night is not typi- fied by the figure of the seated woman by the Golden Gate. Nor is it expressed In. the motto, ‘I have found it.”” But rather in the motto, “I will do it; I will make it.” The figure to be emblematic of the new life should be of heroic size, erect and in action, with one arm extended for the commerce of the sea and the other extended for the commerce of the land. For under the new impulse, with energy and intelligence applied to opportunity, the unbounded resources or this State, com. bined withi her more than 700 miles of sea- board, must shortly insure this commonwealth the domination of the commerce of the lahd westward. from_the Mississipp! and the com- merce of the Pacific Ocean to its uttermost shore. INTERESTS ARE MUTUAL. The chairman called upon A. Sbarboro, who spoke as follows: On behalf of the members of the Manufac- turers’ and Producers’ Assoclation of California 1 tender Mr. Harriman a hearty welcome to San Francisco. " Our association, Mr. Harriman, has had the good fortune of entertaining at the festal hoard your predecessors, C. P. Huntington and Charles H. Hays, together with the efficient officers of the Southern Pacific Company. These social gatherings have had ‘the effect, 1 am pleased to say, to smooth over several lit. tle misunderstandings, and have brought forth that harmony and good feeling between the business people and the railroad company which is so essential for the prosperity of our city and State. We have no doubt that this auspicious occasion will also conduce to. the continued good feeling now existing between the rallroad companiés and their patrons. This is a consummation devoutly to be wished, be- cause, as you well ‘know, Mr. Harriman, the manufacturer, the producer and the merchant are silent but very efficlent partners of,.the railroad companies, and therefore our interests are mutual. Much has been sald of late years about rail- roads and railroad monopolies, yet I do sin- cerely believe that it would be to the best in- terest of San Francisco to have this city grid- ironed by rallroad tracks. 1-should like to see the city front with a complete belt line, from China Basin on the south to Fillmore street on the north, conect- ing one side with the shipping in the bay and on the other with sjde tracks running into Wwarehouses for the convenience of our mer- chant, producer and manufacturer. I should like to see a $2,000,000 railroad depot built right in the heart of the city and also other depots in different convenient parts of the metropolis. DESIRES OF SAN FRANCISCO. The approach to these depots should be either through tunnels or openings, With proper safe- guards to prevent accidents. All proper facili- ties should be granted to the railroad compa- nies for entering this city, and on the other hand the railroad companies should make rea- sonable recompense to private individuals for Dproperty taken from them. In the great cities of the world—London, Parls, Rome, New York, Philadelphia and Chi- cago—we see magnificent railroad depots right in the ‘center of the most thickly populated vart of the. city. It San Francisco desires to become the great city' which nature and clrcumstances have made her she will have to be reasonably liberal to the capitalists who are willing to bulld rail road facilities for the expansion of her com- merce, the convenience of her citizens and the pleasure of tourists. Permit me, Mr. Harriman, to call your ate tention also to the opportunities which are now apen to the railroads centering in San Fran- sco for the development of the central-horth- ern part of the State. deal for the southern part of California, but lit- tle attention has so far been paid to the north- erfi and central parts of the State, which have resourees, climate and opportunities far supe- riorito those of the southern part of California, and can ‘maintam twenty industrious settlers where now <it barely sustains one person. The citizens of San Francisco have recently initiated a, movement. to develop the resources of the great .country north of the Tehachapl. We hope and do believe that your company, as well gs the other roads centering in San Fran- cisco bay, will heartily co-operate with our it~ izens in this laudable enterprise, which will {n- creage the business of the roads and help to bulld up Greater San Francisco and Greater California. OMENS INCREASED FACILITIES. Chairman Newhall announced the un- avoidable absence of W. A. Bissell of the Santa Fe Rallroad and the absence also of the representative of the California Northwestern Railway.- ” 3 -William Sproule, the next speaker, at- tempted to show that the sins of the rall- road man and the merchant were identical and of similar weight. Mr. Sproule, con- tinuing, said: [ In my ‘obinion the community of interests can have only-the most beneficial results. For the patrons. of the road it-omens increased facilities .without .additional cost, while for the roads it means better transportation. J. A. Filcher read a letter from General Chipman, expressing regret at being un- able through indisposition to attend. The chairman next called upon Frank J. Symmes, who said: Mr. Harriman, w8 extend to you a hearty, welcome and extend to you good will, - All those feelings which characterized the pa have gone and a better feeling now exists and hopes for the future. We have entertained many statesmen of high repute, gallant sol- diers and other celebrities, but never before have we in thig city entertained a man with 50 great power in interests combined with our own as in the person of Mr. Harriman. Mr. Harriman has become a part of our history and through his efforts all may enjoy a com~ munity of interests. To those interests de- Lend the further bullding up of our great tate. GENERAL BARNES CLOSES. General W. H. L. Barnes was the last speaker. He sald in part: I wanted to see Mr. Harriman. I wished to see the.man upon whom such vast interests depend and upon whom so much of the future of California relles. He (Mr. Harriman) had heard many times of the important occasion; he had heard from Californians themselves how diffident they were as to the past, the present and the future. We had waited for the hour when the sun should shine upon you, sir, and when you should beam on us; we waited to tell you how to operate the roads and to fix the passenger rates and rebates d while T hope you will remain long with us, I venture to say that never will you reach to the heights or sink to the depths' of the Cali- fornia trader. 2 Fhis, sir, is the land of the hammer—part of Califorrila consicts of knockers. Just get outside the demarkation lald for you by the Board of Trade or other mercantile organiza- tions and it were better you had ne'er been bern. But! sir, you have come to a_community that welcomes' you with open hand, belfeving in you as one who desires to do his best for the people and the State. priiadlaci LRGN, PRESIDENT HARRIMAN WILL VISIT OAKLAND Head -of the Southern Pacific Com- pany Accepts an Invitation Froni Board of Trade. OAKLAND, April 30.—President E. H. Harriman of the Southern Pacific Com- pany has accepted an invitation on behalf of himself and his party to be the guests of the Board of Trade on a visit to Oak- land, The acceptance is in the follawing form SAN FRANCISCO, April 29. OQaklard Board of Trade, Sol Kahn Bsq., President, Oakland-—Dear Sirs: I accept with pleasure your invitation of even date extended to my. party and myself to visit Oakland as guests of the Board of Trade. . . I,shall, however, have to ask your indulg- ence .as to.namivg’ the date. . This I will give you a little later on when my plans’ are more fully matured. Yours truly. : . E. H. HARRIMAN. .WWWWWWW. MARK THE YEAR A. A. Macurda, president of the San Francisco Sunday-school Association, opened the exercises of the second session of the California State Sunday-school Association convention yesterday morning | in the lecture room of the First Congre- | gational Church with a song and praise service. The delegates had a busy day, over thirteen hours being spent in dis- posing of the programme. Rev. J. H. Goodell of Oakland gave an interesting exposition of Bible study, | which was clcsely listened to by the dele- gates. He was followed by Charles D. Meigs of Indianapolis in an address on “How to Teach With Chalk and by Ob- ject Lessons.” A blackboard was used | o iNustrate the lecture and the speaker drew pictures illustrating his text, en- livening his discourse with a number of | well-rounded and taking stories. The remainder of the morning session was consumed in listening to the reports of the officers. The report of the execu- tive committee dealing with matters cf detail was presented by the chalrman, Rev. L. M. Walters, of Fresno. Earl 8. Bingham, the general secretary, followed, He said in part: We have as an association settled down to-a steady work that augurs .well for siiccess. County and district officers realize that su cess does not result from one or two conven- tions a year, but that only constant work will tell. 1 believe that the State association has also come to the same conclusion. We do more and better work to keep the county and district associations constantly moving on smoothly and surely. Grand as it would be for us 10 have all of our forty-nine counties or- ganized, it i better for us in present financial and new conditions to have our thirty-two county associations and- their forty-seven dis- trict associations as strong as they are than ‘to have this same amount of strength scattered through forty-nine counties. The time s not far distant when we can organize and strengthen all our counties, but that we have not been able to do s0o up to this time is no cause for us to think we are not doing a great work as an assoclation or that we have acted un- wisely in not extending our organization over all the counties. A weak county assoclation is not only a detriment to the progress of the State work, but of no value to the county itself and the schools therein. This year we have organized Butte and Ne- vada counties and have found good officers to take the work in charge in each. It has been necessary to reorganize but two—Shasta and Siskiyou. Tulare County has lapsed owing to the inefficiency of the county officers. Eight- een district assoclations have been formed and conventlons held in each. Mrs. C. A. Harp, statistical secretary, reported that 710 schools had reported, a } contributed $419 66. ‘pupfls is 66,377, showing a gain of 13,3% | scholars over the preceding year. In the home department are 3154, in the normal classes 857, giving a total enrollment of 70,388, a gain for the year of 13,672. . The following collections were reported: For county and State work, $1445 75; for ben- evolent and missionary work, $14,520 14, and for the support of schools, $28,267 54 The report of Treasurer Bacon showed that the total receipts for the year were $1949 71; the disbursements, $1781 43; cash on hand, $168 28. The largest receipts were from Santa Clara County, which Seventeén counties have as yet not been organized. The counties making the best average per sehool were San Benito $5 50, Colusa. $4 75 and Monterey $4 50. Other reports were read by Miss Helen Babb of San Jose, superintendent of the primary department; Rev. J. E. Squires of Colusa, superintendent of the home de- partment, and Rev. S. A. Nesbit of Sara- toga, superintendent of the Normal de- partment. He announced that no diplo- mas would be issued this year. In the afternoon the various depart- ments held sessions as follows: Normal, Rev. S. A. Nesbit, leader; Round Table, Rev. T. S. Young, San Jose: Home, Rev. 'J. E. Squires, leader; Round Table, C. D. Meigs; Primary, Miss Helen Babb, leader; address, Mrs. G. R! Alden (Pansy), Palo Alto} Temyverance, Mrs. Eva Gilchrist, i mdl drers. Rev. F. M. Dowling, Pasadena; Sunday- school Superintendents, I. N. Halliday, leader. Mrs. G. R. Alden of Palo Alto, who Is familiarly known to all Sunday-school workers under the nom de plume of “Pansy,” read a paper. on -“Primary Classes.” On her appearance. on the. plat-| form she was greeted with much ap- plause, culminating in a Chautauqua salute. Robert Husband led the evening song service. A special choir under his direc- tion ably rendered a large mnumber of popular hymns. in which the audience united. A brief devotional service " fol- lowed. “The Boy Problem” was the subject of a thoughtful discourse by Rev. P. M. Dowling of Pasadena, president of ‘the Southern California Sunday-school Asso- ciation. He said that the work of mold-~ ing the boys’ character was one of the most_important that parents and educa- tors had to handle and was also one of the most difficult. He suggested a num- ber of plans that he thought might. be used to_good advantage. 2 with an address on the “Front Line Surn- day-school.” His address was directed to urging his hearers to right efforts in forcing the Sunday-school forward. Three sessions will be held to-day. At the morning’ session business will take up the greater portion of the time, and thd nomination of officers will be the. -most important feature. Reports from districts will be read in the afternoonm, and ‘the usual addresses will closé the convention at night. Vi Bakersfield Excursion. Parties desiring to visit the Bakeérsfield Street Fair and Carnival can secure tickets at one gain of 5 over last year. There are 7821 teachers and officers enroiled, as against 6161 last year. The total enroliment of fare for the round trip. These tiokets will be on sale at the Santa Fe office; 641 Market st fi: all traine May 7, good to return until May Charles D, Meigs concluded the services ENDING FORTH HIS LIKENES ‘Photographic circulars bearing a min- uté description of Charles B. Hadley, the missing Examiner accountant and book- keeper, will be issued by the Police De- partment this afternoon. In addition to this, cireulars which call for- Hadley's arrest as a suspect in the Nora Fuller murder case will bear a sample of his handwriting and the signature of the fic- titious C. B. Hawkins, who rented the flat on Sutter' street where the brutal] rwurder was committed. This exemplar of ~ Hadley’s handwriting was pre- pared by Expert Kytka, who says that there 1s not the slightest doubt that the | missing Examiner man is the man who signed himself C. B. Hawkins when rent- ing the house on Sutter street and sub- sequently scribbled the initials “‘C. B. H.” on the mattress he.bought in the furni- ture store on Mission street. Chief of Detectives Seymour is con- vinced that he is on the right track and he Intends to stick to Hadley's trail until he locates him. -Several friends of Had- ley have made weak attempts to discredit the line of investigation now being pur- sued by the police. Stories have been set afloat that Had- ley's movements on January 11, the day Nora | Fuller disappeared, were weil known to several of his friends who could prove an alibi, but Detective Gib- son, who has been detailed on the case, has had little difficulty in puncturing the yarns calctlated to discourage the theory that Hadley is the man who murdered Nora Fuller. @ deieilledtodeieds fofofotefetecffootodele @ " FIGHTING TRUSTS IN THE WEST, C'ontinusd From Page One." was taken as an intimation that the ac- ticn of the Government was still in douat. Another report is to the effect that a bill has een prepared and that the next forty-eight hours will see it filed in court. As near as could be ascertained, for the Government officers will not discuss the case, a bill has been prepared and a copy forwarded to Washington. and Bethea only awalits telegraphic approval to file it. PACKERS ARE NOT IDLE. Attorney Daf', special counsel for the Government, is apparently waiting in Ch[cngo,hfot such news from the capital, -as he has delayed his departure. .,In the meantime the packers are not idle, but would like to see the bill filed so that they may know what they are charged with doing. Attorney John 8. Miller was to-day retained as associaf The railroads have in the past done a great | ADVERTISEMENTS. PE-RU-NA IS OF ESPECIAL BENEFIT TO OMEN,” SAYS DR. M. C. GEE, OF SAN FRANCISCO. following: without suffering great pain. all. Mrs. E. T. Gaddis, Marion, N. C., is one of Dr. Hartman's grateful patients, She consulted him by letter, followed his directions, and is now able to say the “‘Betore | commenced to take Peruna | could not do any hard work /! took Perupa, and can say with pleasure that it has-done more for me than any other medicine | have ever taken. Now | am as well as ever; | do all my own work and it nevar hurts me at I think Peruna is a great medicine for womankind.” HMRS. E. T. GADD:S. Dr. M. C. Gee’s Experience. Dr. M. C. Gee is one of the physicians who endorse Peruna. In a letter written from 513 Jones street, San Francisco, Cal., he says: «There is a general objection on the part of the practicing physician fo advocate patent medicines. But when any one medicine cures hund- reds of people, it demonstrates its own value and does not need the en- dorsement of the profession. “Pgruna has performed so many wonderful cures in San Francisco that / am convinced that it is a valu- -| concluded I would write for advice. able remedy. | have frequently ad- vised its use for women, as | find it insures regular and painless menstruation, curss leucorrh®@a and ovarian troubles, and builds up the entire system. lalso consider it one of the finest catarrh remedies | know of. | heartly endorse your medi- e . C. GEE, M. D. Miss Rose de la Sen, 16 Windsor avenue, Windsor, Ontario, secretary of the French Women's Clubs of Ontarlo, Can- tes: nd.:.’, ::\l'e been a sufferer from ovarian troubles for over four years, Wwhich caused me execruciating pains at times and life looked very dreary to me. My family physician and other doctors pre- scribed for me, but failed dismally in re- leving me, but I am pleased te stata that after years of suffering I have been en- tirely cured by your woman’s friend, Peruna.” Mary F. Bartholomew, St. Francisville, I, says: ‘“‘About twelve years ago I was afflicted with female trouble (pelvic catarrh). ‘I doctored with several skill- ful physiclans,”but kept ge-ting worse and worse until I became bedfast. I was in this condition’ about two years, under the attendance of four physicians. I got no better during this time. Finally, look- ing ovér Dr. Hartman’'s female Doclrk I am not sorry I @id so. I owe my life to Dr. Hartman and Peruna. My friends and neighbors never expected to see me well again.”—Mary F. Bartholomew. Diseases Peculiar to Women. This title includes a number of the most distracsing aficct.ons to which humanity is liable. The symptoms set up by the various phases of female weakness are very numerous, and in no two cases ex- actly alike. The most prominent .and universal symptoms are bearing down pains, dras- ging sensations in abdomen, backache, leucorrhoea, nervousness, periodical head- aches, sleeplessness, dizziness, loss of ap- tite and painful or suppressed or pro- Pise “menstruation. For all of these symptoms, as well as for the condition that causes them, Pe- runa is a reliable specific, and at once relieves every case. It will not fail in a short time to permanently benefit these derangements. "It will, finally, entirely cure a great majority of them after all else has falled. If you do not derive prompt and satis- factory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable ad- vice gratis, Address Dr. Hartman, president of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. HRRNS BAITAI OF HER PERL Labouchere Declares Na- tion’s Trade Suprem- acy Doomed. Special Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, April 30.—Henry Labouchere, in this week’s Truth, under the heading of “Morganeering and the Moral,” tells the British nation that its supremacy in tradé and commerce is not only threat- ened, but doomed, and that it will take all the best efforts the empire is capable of to prevent a - retrograde movement, ‘which, if it begins, will increase year by year. : However unpalatable Labouchere’s statements are tq the British nation, they are sure to be read with great interest on both sides of the Atiantic. He says: **“To an impartial observer it is a trifie amusing to watch the perturbation of John Bull at the march of American capitalists, For a generation or two past the gospel of the salvation of mankind by the agency of British capital has been preached with sincere conviction by British politicians. 'While we spend countless millions in annexing vast tracts in Asia ana Africaa and maintaining armies to defend them, with a view of supplying a_penniless population with goods from Manchester and Birmingham, our German and American competitors supplant us in our own country. ‘*individual fools have often enough dropped the substance ‘to grasp the shadows, but never before has a whole nation deliberately committed itself to this folly. Our supremacy in trade is not only threatened, but doomed. Yet by utilizing to the best advantage our resources in raw material, capital and labor we can hold our own. Even we are forced to see Germany and America increase their output' faster than we can. It Is only the stupidity of squan- dering in foreign countries and overlook- ing the opportunity of employment at home thet foreign capital can supplant the British in any home industry. “At this moment, while we are thus engaged, Pierpont Morgan and his col- leagues descend upon us, seeking what they may devour, one day snapping up a whole = industry, the next annexing a railway, the next capturing half a dozen lines of British steamers. Within an hour of the King's feast come forth the fingers of a man’s hand and write upon the wall. It needs no prophet in this case to interpret the writing. It is easy to read the warning and not difficult to ac- cept and act upon it.” R @ iiiiebdeiie e @ counsel by the packers to look after their interests. Ex-Alderman William Mangler, owning two restaurants, headed a movement this afterncon to raise the prices in all the restaurants. A number of proprietors called a meeting to consider such a move. **We've just got to do it,” said Mangler. “‘Butter, milk, cream, potatoes and meat are so high we cannot live. Old potatoes are now $1,15 a bushel and new potatoes, why, it costs $10 just to look at one. It is likely the increase will go into effect to- morrow.” ' . Representatives of the Government in- vestigating the beef 'trust aplwrently are not x:d( it all smooth sailing in the matter of gathering evidence to prove such combine. Day and Bethea are desir- ous of having it known that they would like to hear from any one who can throw L~ht on any methods employed by .the packers in restraint of trade. Mnn; upon ‘whom the Government depended for in- formation, hesitate to come forward, fear- ing probably some injury from a business standpoint. 3 S R WOODLAND, Anrfl 30.—A meeting of the ‘Superviscrs of the thirteen counties compris- ing the Sacramento Valley will be held in ‘Woodland on May 12 to discuss the advisabil- ity of levying a special tax for advertising virpcses. % p restaurant | EIGHT DIt IN TERRDR OF A PANIC Factory Girls, Fright- ened, Rush to Ter- rible Death. PHILADELPHIA, April 30.—An unfor- tunate accident to a deaf and dumb boy, Isador Baccus, was to-day responsible for the death of eight girls and young women, the fatal injury of three others and the serious_injury of more than two score of girls employed in the cigar factory of Harburger, Homan & Co., a branch of the American Tobacco Company, located at “Tenth street and Washington avenue. The dead ar o MARY GENEVA, agéd 15 years. HELEN TOLINI, aged 12. ° ELIZABETH TARTINE, aged 12. NNIE ROSSCHENIDER, aged 18. LOUISE DE SEPI, aged 16. IDA GREEN, aged 18. ANNIE FORD, aged 13. JOHANNA GILLEY, aged 22. The fatally injured are: Mary Mesino, injured_internally, skull fractured; Jose- phine O'Ronco, injured internally; un- identified woman, fractured skull, uncon- scious. The injuries of the others consist mainly of bruises about the body and fractured limbs. The building in which the disaster oc- curred is a five-story brick structure and covers an entire block. Twelve hundred persons were at work at the time of the accident, % per cent of whom were girls ‘whose ages range from 12 ye: upward. The trouble began on the 'fourth toor. The elevator was at the top of the shafi and Baccus, janitor of the bullding, pulle the rope to bring it down. He opened the door leading to the shaft and leaned for- ward to see where the carriage was. As he did so, the elevator, which was de- acendln‘g slowly, struck' him across the back of the neck, pinionfng his head be- tween the elevator and the floor. A stock boy released Baccus and cried for help. The foreman rushed from the building to call an ambulance and imme- diately there was a panic among the em- i ployes. Some of the younger girls fainted, while others, not being able to control their feelings. cried “fire.” Instantly there was a rush for the stairway leading. into Tenth street. The girls ran down the narrow staircase until they reached a bend in the exit between the second and third floors. In their eagerness to e: the frightened leaders fell. Others, im- mediately following. tripned over those who had fallen and in less than a m there were hundreds of children ma‘.‘nl; young women strugqling in the passage- wav. The shrieks and screams of - stricken girls could be heard fgr atel:lloo':k or more. During the excitement an alarm of fire was turned in, but before the en. gines could reach the scene several of the occupants of the building had rushed to the windows and jumped to the street, a distance of over fifty feet. Helen Tolini, —_— . A car-lond of Call Saperior Atlases arrived yesterday and are now ready for distribu- tion. All subscribers to The Call are entitled to a copy of this great book at the prem- ium rate of $1 50. Out of town subscribers dexiring a copy of this splendii pre fum will Be supplied on ve- ceipt of H1 350. All mail orders will be shipped by ex- Dress at subscriber’'s expense. o not of A e e et 'mmmnmn:: RAILROAD MEN MAKE BIG DEAL Rock Island Line Ob- tains Right of Way to St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, April 30.—M. A. Low, gen- eral attorney of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, stated td-day that his road had purchased the St. Louis, Kansas City and Colorado Railroad, oper- ating between St. Louis and Union, Mo., and had authorized the Mercantile Trust Company to negotiate for the purchase of the Wiggins ferry stock at $500 a share. With the purchase of the St. Louls, Kansas City and Colorado Railroad the Rock Island secures the right of way into St. Louis and with the acquisition of the property of the Wiggins Ferry Company ample terminal facilities will be had. Low declined to state the price paid for the Colorado road. He said the Mercan- tile Trust Company had secured an op- tion on a majority of the stock of the Wiggins Ferry Company, the purchas goz;)le‘)& of which would be more than %, Low #dvanced the opinion that the Rock Island would probably expend miilions of dollars for improvements. The neaviest holders of Colorado Raflroad stock were David R. Francis and John Scullin, presi- dent of the Wiggins Company. The road has only built to Union, Mo., but is be- ing extended to Kansas City, where it will meet the Rock Island. ‘There wers no changes to-day in the contest between the Mississippi and Mercantile trust com- E&nlel over the Wiggins ferrv stock. oth sides still hold firmly that the con- trolling interest has not passed. TOPEKA, Kans., April 30.—A. A. Robin- son, president of the Mexican Central expressed himself to-night as follows re- gfll’dlg‘ the Rock Island purchase of the t. Louis, Kansas City and Southern: “L- will give the Rock Island a very good line and will make it of increased importance as a_connection of the Mex- ican Central. The Rock Island’s line to El Paso js proving to be a great bemefit for the Mexican Central. With the St. Louis connection the Rock Island is in a still better position to secure business out of El Paso from our line: B o e aa k) one of those who jumped, was dlmost in- stantly killed. ‘When the firemen and policemen arrived every effort was made to guard the girls. The firemen rushed up the stairway and begged the girls to be calm, telling' them there was no danger, but the sight of the firemen seemed only to add to their terror. While the policemen and firemen were en- deavoring to quiet the giris ladders were beihg run up on the outside of the build- ing, and the employes who had climbed out on the fire escapes and window ledges were enabled to check the crush on the stairway, and then began the work of rescuing those who had been trampled upon between the second and third floors. The alarm for ambulances had been turned in and as quick as the dead and injured could be carried from the building they were hurried to the hospitdls. The number of ambulances was entirely in- adequate and patrol wagons were brought into use to carry the-victims away for treatment. While this was going on the scene about the structure was heartrending. Parents and relatives of ‘the unfortunate girls Wwere screaming and rushing about thc streets. and it was almost impossible for ln%hthe bu{ldltn:. ¢ work of rescuing the girls from the windows was necessarily tedious. They Were so excited that they did not seem to understand the pleadings of the firc- men. At nearly every window of the huge structure were girls screaming and crying for help. Many were so excited that it Wwas with the greatest difficulty that they Yere prevented from jumping from the building. notwithstanding that there was hour. ; 3