The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 11, 1902, Page 22

TH SAN FR DAY MAY 11, 1902 ADVERTISEMENTS. Have You Got Rheumatism ? A Scientific DiscoveryWhich Will | Revolutionize the Treatment SILVA TELLS O S WO Box Free! J6 ) SLELTH has yielded to a marvelous dis- | is remedy is offered free | carcely & grown person and thousauds have hes escaped its twing: been 20 deformed and misshapen thct they herdly look like their former selves. It you are such a sufferer, send your name and ad- | Sausalitan’s Testimony Deals With the Fair ‘Will Case. Swears That He Has Received $24,000 of Sum Due Him for Services. L. Fair in Latter’s Office When Summoned by Joseph Harvey. - 3 LROkG Special Dispatch to The Call SAN Adolph Silva, ex tified on the witnes RAFAEL, M. May 10. or of Sausalito, te stand to-day in th of National Mil Dayton, Ohio, Wwrits t three doctors fafled to Milwaukee, Wis., and ven's contest of the will of the late Sena- tor James G. Fair. Silva further swore that he had received $24,000 of the amount and that there was yet a balance of $16,000 due him. He claimed that the money was paid to Joseph Harvey for him on Ap 1900, and that on April 30, 1900, Harvey showed him four certified checks of $10,000 each, which Harvey clalmed were from the Fair estate for Silva. This large sum was due, Silva testified, for work done by him prior to August, 1899, This testimony was brought out during the trial of the suit of Joseph Harvey vs. Florence Silva and Adolph Silva for the recovery of a deed to a half interest in Gloria Toni vears.” In Den- ¥ who then cured House after doctors, medi- The most elaborate il- the subject of | all about your box. No man, alito Electric Light plant. Silva 1 the stand in his own behalf and Florence Silva, later added her testimony to her brother’s sensational assertions. The entire day w. taken up by the examination of the two defendants SILVA TELLS HIS STORY. Adolph ‘Silva, after stating that he had known Joseph Harvey since 1897, and that he had been acquainted with Thom: Frost, the half owner of the Bausalito Electric Light plant, since 18%0), testified that Frost had informed him of a contro- | versy in the company and wanted to ob- tain the money from him to buy the r | maining interest. Continuing, Silva said I told Frost that I could not get the mopey; QUALITY The Highest D >gree of Excellence | Attested by the Enormous Gain in lmportations 1901 Chandon in San F sco. Later on, as I could 1 told Harvey that 1 wanted He asked me not would _settle later. war not get my = it or there w ess saloon, but he I finally found him at a barber CHAMPAGNE shop on et getting shaved. He gave OVER A me the $4000 certified check on Ellis street in QUARTER OF A MILLION ©Or, more acc an increase of 252,432 Botties vver the year 1900, equal to more than | 100 PER CENT d rease of all the other cham- Bonfort's Wine fro shop and not in the Peer- ated by him. There was no he gave me the money—of Did you tell Harvey you would pay him He owed me, ver owed him a cent in my life. sure | silva was put through a vigorous cross- examination by Attorney James Coch- rane, and later by Attorney Lennon. Many questions were asked as to his birthplace, lineage and gemeral history. Finally the defendant's attorney objected | and was sustained by Judge Angellotti, | Whereupon Attorney Lennon said: “We have a perfect right to know the history of this man Silva, your Honor.” Mr. Lennon, d Judge Angel- | Jotti, “I don’t propose to allow you to en- | ter into the genealogy of this witness. You are not seeking information about him, as you have it exhaustively before you now,” referring to the full transcript the testimony in _the Fair-Craven suit, which the plaintiff had procured. “Well, your Honor, we wish to know where this money came from,” non. PACIFIC COAST AGENTS, 21 sion street, Makes your Eye-Glasses as the oculist intended— GAVE MONEY TO SISTER. u_ever give Florence Sflva, your Helpful, Restful, Becoming, e on May 1, 1900, T gave Florie $12,- Wit t wound the nose. Clips that hold, yet do re did you get it? t it from the safe deposit vault, Harvey put $20.000 there for me in 00. The $12,000 was part of that um. Q.-—How did he happen to glve you all this money? at was due me from the Fair es- lied that his expenses had been 642 PMARKET ST. Drunkards Gured Secretly Any Lady Can do it at Home—Costs | Nothing to Try. I wanted e me to wait. ve a final accounting until after the g of the poolrooms that season, Q—How much were you to receive? A.—Harvey recelved on April 26, 1900, $40,- 000 for_me Q—How do you know? A—He showed me notes pretending to be signed by Charles L. Fair for $40,000. Q.—How do you know? A.—He told me so. On April 30, 1900, ho me certified drafts of $10,000 each three or four of them. Q—Did Mr. Fair owe you anything? A.—Legally, no. Q. —Did you expect it? A.—T expected it since the 17th or 18th of April. Q.—Why did you expect it? —1 had a talk with Fair in his office on April 17 and at that time had an understand- ing with him. SAYS HE WAS SENT FOR. Q.—Who tpld you to go to see Mr. Fair? A.—Harvey told me Fair wished to see me. Harvey accompanied me to the office. Q.—Was he present at the interview? A.—Of course mot. Mr. Fair did not want | | 4 new tasteless discovery which can be given in soffee or food. Heartily endorsed by W. C. T. U. and al temperance workers. 1t does its work so silently surely thet while the devoted wife. sister or daughter iooks on. the drunkard i reclaimed even agaiost bis will and without hic kno . 8end your nameand address $0Dr. J. W. Haines, 5346 Glenn Bldg.. Cincinnati, 0., and e wili mail & trial package of Goiden Specific frée o #how how easily it i€ to cure arun'a rds with this remedy. -sized boxe: Golden Specific are for co by J. R. Gates & Co., sale in San Fr 417 Sansome st. GURE FOR HEMORRHOIDS. Humphreys’ Witch Hazel 0il cures Piles or Hemorrhoids— External or Internal. y 3 Q.—Well, for what' was this money owing seu? to August, 1899, which I performed Q.—Did you get or were vou to have any estate? A.—Oh, yes; I got some money for expenses. Q. —You recelved $4000, you say, from Mr, Harvey. A —It s not all I received. I was paid $20,000 beeides, $10.000 on the 30th of April in the Safe Deposit building in coln, $20 pieces, and $10,000 on May 1, 1900, in the forenoon, at the same place. Q.—Mr, Silva, up to the time of filing this suit. did you tell any one about Harvey ow- ing ‘you a balance? A.—Yes, 1 told you, Mr. Cochrane, and T have made statements that there was a whole lot of money coming to me from the Fair estate; | that Harvey had collected it. Miss Florence Silva was then called. She gave much testimony bearing upon the immediate issues in the electric light deal. When asked where she got the money to Rurcl‘ule the interest in the electric light plant, Miss Silva replied lha;, her brother, Adolph Silva, gave it POne application gives relief. 2Sample mailed free. At Druggists, or mafled for 25 cts. EHumphreys' Med. Co., 111 William St., N. Y. visit DR. JORDAN'S crear MUSEUM OF ANATOMY 0 MARIET ‘5T bet. GhATER, £.7.Cal, to her. ““Miss Silva, when did your brother give you the money?”’ she was asked. “In May, 1900, I received the money from my brother, after the Fair case. He gave me $12,000. He invested part of it for me and $2000 of it I put in the Hi- bernia Bank.” The case will continue next week. —— FRIEND OF MURDERERS IS SENT TO A PRISON Mrs. Catherine Soffel, Who Released the Biddles, Must Serve Two Years. PITTSBURG, May 10.—Mrs. Catherine Soffel, the wife of Warden Peter Soffel of the Allegheny County jail, who en- tered a plea of guilty to the charge of relcasing. Edward and John Biddle, the burglars and murderers of Grocer Kahney and Detective Fitzgerald, was sentenced to-day by Judge Frasier to two years in the Western penitentiary. Mrs. Soffel re- celved the sentence calmly. She was taken to the penitentiary this afternoon. Walter Forman, the member of the Bid- dle gang who turned State’s evidence and entered a plea of guilty to the murder of Kahney, was sentenced to death. It is understood that for the assistance ren- dered the State he will never be executed, and that the Pardon Board will commute his sentence to life imprisonment = codersabes. Bosk, PRILOSOFRY of mans 5 GE, MAILED F: valuable beok fer mes) £ EDAN & OO.. 1051 MarketSt. 8. F. WONG W00, CHINESE TEA AND HERB SANITARIUM, 764-66 Ciay 8L, S. F., Cal AL i e herbe, over 3000 varieties being used. 930 %o 21 & m., 1 %0 8 &84 7 40 § b - adway’s R*“Biie- Purely vegetable, mild . perfect ldl‘uum, complete absorption and For the cure of all disorders of the Stomach, Liver, Bowels, Bladder, Female Ir- Biliousness, ties, Sick Headache, Con- fi Brler asg sl Serangements st th =i TR DWATE o New Fork ™ that Harvey owed me, owing to the racetrack | San Francisco to | said Len- A.—1 had written him sharp letters stating | Claims to Have Talked With Charles | -Attorney | | Superior Court of Marin County that he was to have received from the Fair estate | will receive 4 trial box | $0,000 for detective work and other serv- ' T the most won- | fces rendered during Mrs. Nettie R. Cra- an has en- s wife had been to Carlsbad and | We agreed we would | A.—For detective work—services rendered up | other money than the $40,000 from the Fair | JOE ROSENBERG'S. LADIES’ WRAPPERS, $1.00. But don’t make the mistake of thinking they are $1.00 wrappers. They are a wonder for the money. Made of extra trong Percale, in stripes and figured ds t with epaulettes ns. Yoke effe the shouldes and down the Deep flounce at the bottom, e tight-fitting lining, bishop sleeve, small cuff. Here's where you get Full width and length. As long as they last...81.00, a little better than the best. SOROSIS Is the name of the Best Ladies’ Glove made. ‘WE FIT THEM, ——WE WARRANT THEM, ——WE MEND THEM, ——WE CLEAN THEM, IR They are made of Picked Lambskin, pique sewn, Paris point ,stitched back, patent two-clasp f; ners, perfect in 1t and finish, all colors and sizes, Try-a pair and you'll wear no others. . Price $1.00 Seeing Is Believing, 2000 yards of GOOD STRONG EMBROID- ER buttonhole cdge t dotted patterns, nea 35 inches wide. Our Money-Saving Women READ THIS: NEW TAPE GIR- DLECORSET, made 6f best linen tape, boned, ver the hips, st. The new rte Corset with the new Strajght Front eels. Colors: Pink, Biue, Black and White. Don’t overlook these at this price.... T8¢ CORSETS FITTED FREE BY EXPERT FITTERS. Summer . 5 Underskirts. Ladies’ wash un- derskirts, made of good quality crash linen, deep flounce, trimmed with three narrow ruffles, Couidn’t buy mate- rial for the price we ask for the skirt con plete ... 7S¢ We Are Manufacturers, Hence the Low Price. LADIES' WHITE SKIRTS, best quality soft bleached muslin, deep hem- stitched ruffle, full length, full width. Nothing in Frisco to qua] these at this price.. .50¢ The Small Necessities of Life at Correspondingly Small Prices: HOOK AND EYES best quality, card silver, card of one dozen. PEARL BUTTONS, best qual Made, JOE FOSENBERG'S. JOE ROSENBERG JOE ROSENWBERG'S for You Here This Week. Dimes Saved are Dollars and That’s What You Do Here. At 10 Cents. LADIES’ SIDE- COMBS, made of goou quality Italian _shell, higkly “polished, smooih, well-rounded teeth that will not pull the halr nor gcratch the head. Joe Rosenber, s price.. 10¢ Pair No Woman Can Be Up to Date Nowadays and Be With. out the New Dip Fron:. HERE IS SOMETHING It's the NEW DIP SHAPE BELT BUCKLE, made of the best quality untarnishable metal, in French Gray, ¥ Black or Oxidized, in figure or flor. designs. Unequaled in quality price 4 Ladies t Al We Make a Specialtyof Laces. The Best for the Least Will Aiways Be Found Yere. This week we have best quality torchon lace, looks like real, but will wear better; fifty patterns to choose 4 from; 3 inches wide. @, This week Sc ~ TR Summer Neckwear at Next-to-Nothing - Prices. LADIES' STRING TIES, best quality white lawn, neatly made, well finished. Price per dozen. e 10e Ladies’ New Croats, Made of best quality Madras or-Cheviot, in striped effect or solid color, washable; neatly made, well finished. No better value for double the price.... ..25¢ Purses for Befow Their Original Selling Price LADIES COMBINATION PURSE AND POCKET-BOOK, best quality Morocco pressed leather, riveted steel frame, semi-block bottom, leather lined, the kind you cannot lose money out of. e The little store’s little price..50¢ Closing Out Gur Dress “Skirts. NOW IS YOUR CHANCE TO BUY. LADIES' SKIRTS, made of Best Quality Cheviot, welted scams, flared flounce, headed with stitched band, lined throughout with best qual- ity = percaline limng, bound with _corduroy; perfect hangiug, being man_tailored. st half, Reduced W e 85.00 now Agent for the Nemo Corset. 'y P four hole, small and medium size, ex- c now CURLING Dozen s A q y temp natural wood handles, good strong spring. JOE ROSEN BERG 816 Market St., Runming through to Il 0°Farrell, Phelan Building. MAIL ORDERS SOLICITED. 50c Instead of $1.00. LADIES TIGHTS, made of best fast hlack English yarn, summer weight; fitted waist, that will not wrinkle or make a bulk over the hips; soft and elastic, open or closed; worth $1.00. Our way of selling..5Oe Remarkab.y Low Price in Silk Vests. LADIES' VESTS, made of best quality .‘['”..\mcriqan SlIK; meck and arm size “rocheted with cmbroidery silk and drawn through with silk ~tape: colors slue and white. We bought an ln}- menge quantity at a ve: low price, \1:!\Le our low selling price. 3, ...00€ A Chance ot to Be 0;'erlooked. 5§ VESTS at prices that DI e made of éxira fine South cotton, high neck, long or weight, Economical Mothers, Read This: AJR RIBBON AT HALF ITS REAL VADLUE, ADL-SILK RIBBON, width No. 9, new fancy cord effects, all mew color Regular 12} Another Money-Saving fp- portunity for Ecomomi- cal Mothers. CHILDREN’S HOSE, made of XX Peruvian cotton. dou- ble heels, toes and knees, good fast black, full length, very elastic. Sold elsewhere at“2c; Joe Rosenberg’s price .- 12%e Beautifiersat Extraordinary Low Prices The newest PARISIAN NOVELTIES in VEILING will be found here at prices much lower-than elsewhere. FOR INSTANCE—LADIES' VEILS, good quality chiffon, yings or squares of Velvet or dotted; colors royal, brown, black or white. Sold elsewhere at':flc: our price... 25¢ New Swell Wash Veils. Best quality Brussels net, with fancy hand-made Honiton or point lace borders; cod, strong, washable net; cre; g’hita Usually sold for 7c and $1.00; now selling.. . e Bought from a Well Known Men's Furnisher in Town, Their entire lot of SMALL SIZE COLLARS, 13 and 13% only, sizes they couldn’t sell and were eager to dispose of them, an opportunity we rasped. ¥ Thgy are made of very best pure Irish linen, double deck effect, sizes 13 and 13%, bought to sell originally éo(‘!‘ %c each. Now... Entire New Line of Fan.éy Over Collars Gl f very best quality sheer linen la‘le:, ewit:h dainty fancy embroidery oovelr- collar edged with extra fine lace. Ouly ... 10€ Best Value. ) ) Come Here in Justice to Yourself ana Ses These CORSETS. Parisian Craze. Black _ _and ‘white stripe RIBBED RIB- BON, made of the best quality all-silk taffeta, with the new satin stripe 315 inches wide. Worth Now Something New in Fibbons. It's a WASHABLE RIBBON, looks as good after as before washing, extra heavy all-silk, pu white, figured and striped designs; 3% inches wide; everlast- ing quality, but little in peice..15¢ Ribbon bows tied by experts free. Bought From an Overstocked Man- ufacturer at Less Tham 65c on the Dollar. 600 pieces best quality fast VELVET RIBBON, satin back, nap. No. 4 ) N black full Width Width Width Width o. 9. 20e Drect From Ireland. CHILDREN'S HANDKERCHIEFS. made of best Belfast linen, neatly hem- stitched, extra heavy quality; now..3e flave a Look— They Are Wond: -~ LADIES UNDER- SKIRTS, made of best Italian cloth, highly mer- cerized, with two hem- stitched rufles on bottom, extra protection plece. Full length, extra width, warranted good, fast black. Worth twice the asking price $1.50 Lawn Neckwear is the Proper Thing Now. We carry a full line at the proper prices. LADIES' LAWN TIES, best quality Jawn, neatly hemstitched, 4 inches wide, fancy pointed ends. Our introduction price ... s 10@ Something New. HOSE SUPPORTER, with shaped abdominal pad that fits over the abdomen and holds it in proper position; it is made of good strong Italian cloth, with best quality elastic hose-sup- porters. Equal to any ¢ supporter made. Ourngce Ladies’ Kimonas. Made of best quality stripe or figured flan- nelette 5S¢ Ladies’ Colored Per- cale Shirtwaist, 29¢ Just received, new novelties in Ladies’ Shirt- waists. ALSO, LADIES’ £0: than They are the MILITANT, titched ruffle, full length, NEW W. B. and | steels, gored, 1 waist line. for garter at can Corset f ter than JOE RO such a low price surse, for $1.50 Dimes Saved on Ribbons. Joe Rosenberg's Price Always the Lowest. 300 yards RIBBON, made All-8ilk Washab width No. §0 je, in pink, this Taffeta, inches’ w waioghy ¢ per Yard Lucky Catch for Us and for You. LARGES ORK MANU- Urheir complete sam- ple line we bought at a liberal dis count, being slightly sojled from Dbeing handled. Their style and cut have no equal. They are made of the fin- est cambric muslins and nainsooks, trim- med with the daintiest laces and _the newest embroideries. comprise short chemises, drawers, corset covers, gowns, skirts, dressing~ sacques. etc. No two alike. Be the early bird and have your first choice. We quote a few; many higher and lower price. LADIES' CORSET COVERS, best Tonsdale muslin, lace insertion and lace edged, well made, perfect Afit- ting. Sample price qualit; muslin, deep em- Only 19¢ AT 75 CENTS LADIES' GOWNS, of good Masonville mum:lgf double yoke back, front yoke embroidery or lace trimmed, full soft blesched finished with hemstitched or broidery ruffle. price 7S¢ FINE SKIRTS LADIES' SKIRTS, made of good Lonsdale cambric, finished %vl‘x deep flounce of button-hole edge embroidery, open work pattern extra protection piece. Our Jittle profit price .. S v SKIRTS, made of best mbric, with deep hem- full width. Less Only e ft bleached ca: the cost of materials. 816 Market St., Running through fo 1l 0’Farrell, Phelan Building. MAIL ORDERS SOLICITED. | which he claims has been done to his EUREKA OFFICIAL SUES FOR LIBEL Litigation to Result Fromu Municipal Scandal. Special Dispatch to The Call. EUREKA, May 10.—Another sensation |/ fin the municipal wrangle was sprung to- day. Councilman A. C. Dauphiny com- menced an action for libel in the Superior Court against Councilman A. H. Buhne, asking $25,000 damages for the injury good name, fame and credit, by the af- fidavit made by Senator Thomas Selvage. Buhne obtained this affidavit for use in the Council chambers while the sewer- pipe controversy was in progress, amd, not being allowed to read it there, it is claimed he had it published. Dauphiny alleges in his comflaint that Buhne, “‘contriving and wickedly and ma- liclously intending to injure aintiff in his good name, fame and credit, and to bring him into public infamy. scandal and disgrace, and to cause it to be believ- ed by his acquaintances, neighbors and the public generally that the plaintiff had been and was gullty of corruption, and of soliciting and accepting promised benefits for the purpose of influencing his official course as a member of the City Council of the city of Eureka, did wilifully and maliciously compose, publish and cause to _be published a false, malicious and defamatory libel; and that by reason of said false, maucious and uefamatory Ii- bel the plaintiff has peen brought into great pubiic scandal, infamy and dis- grace, and greatly injured in his good name, fameé and credit, to his at dam- age affidavit relating to the alleged af tempted bribery in the telephone fran- chise matter. A persistent fight is still being waged by Councilman Buhne to have the bids for the supplying of fewer pipe to the city rejected and a readvertisement made, omitting from the specifications the clause making it imperative to have all pipe in Eureka within forty-five days. To- day a tabulated statement ‘was intro- duced by Councilman Buhne, showing the difference in the bids in towns where the NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. TO xn.r.’ THE DANDRUFF GERM Is the Only Possibly Way of Having a Permanent Cure. i If you see a woman or a man with lux- urlant, glossy ghair, you may be sure neither has dandruff to amount to any- thing. In nearly every case where women and men have thin brittle hair they owe it to dandruff. There are hundreds of preparations that ‘‘claim” to cure dan- druff, but not one but Newbro's Herpicide tells you that dandruff is the result of a Stockton company was allowed to com- pete. A summary of the tabulation is as follows: Bids on the Eureka sewer pipe con- tract—Clarke & Son, $32,778 32; Steiger E’Em any, $31,419; Gladding & McBean, 475, Cost of the same pipe figured on prices and discounts bid on the Stockton and Chico contracts by the same parties where the Stockton company was a com- etitor—Would cost at Stockton prices, oag'%})l 88; would cost at Chico prices, $19,~ Average of three Eureka bids, $31,890 74. Average of Chico and Stockton prices, $18,848 74. Overcharge, $13,042. The whole affair is in the hands of the committee of ten appointed yesterday, which will report on Monday evening. e 5 CAMPBELL ON THE RACK. Is Being Investigated by Agents West and Channing. Sterling A. Campbell, Collector of the Port at Eureka, will be investigated by order of the Treasury Department on charges of boodling, offensive partisan- ship and other politcal crimes. Special Treasury Agents West rand Channing have been instructed to begin the investi- gation immediately and forward their re- port to Washington. Customs Collector Stratton has notified Agents West and Channing that in his opinion there is no necessity for a cus- toms collector at Eureka any more than there is for one at Oakland. All the work at Eureka, he says, can be done just as well and much more economically by a deputy. The agents will therefore recommend the abolition of the office. OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC GCOAST Changes Made in the Postal Service and More New Pensions Granted. WASHINGTON, May 10.—The Postof- fice Department to-day announced: Post- office established: California—Cherry Hill, Siskiyou County, Ezra Baker, Post- master. Postmasters appointed: Califor- nla—Alexander Baumhoff, Fyfe, El Do- rado County, vice J. W. Knapp, resigned; L. L. Hunsaker, Woodville, Tulare Coun- ty, vice H. R. Dickey, resigned. Oregon— E. G. Jones, Graem, Clackamas County, vice E. L. Baker, resigned. The gross receipts of the San Francisco Postoffice for April, 1902, were $103,922, an increase of $12,950 over the receipts in April, 1901, These pensions were granted; Califor- nia: Original—Charles F. Weisman, Sac- ramento, $§; Byron D. Kennedy, Santa Rosa, $6. Increase—George Brower, San Francisco, $17; John Q. Ashton, San Diego, $12; Franklin Hart, Templeton, $12; Albert . Hardin, Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles, $10; Arthur T. Duncan, Los Angeles, $10; Brainard T. Chandler, San Diego, $8; James L. Woodard, Los Gatos, $10; Theo- dore /Eisfeldt, Alameda, $8. War with 56’" Robert E. Wade, Benicia, $1250. idow—Mary A. Henry, sno, $5. Oregon: Increase—Josiah S. Copeland, Toledo, $8; Josegh Howitt, Ashland, $. ‘Widow—Elizabeth L. Baker, Cove, $12, Washington: Original—Erwin B. Car- ter, Seattle, $6. —Reb - Bter, Tm:om?, = ‘Widow—Rebecca Park: The leave of absence granted First Lieu- tenant Cromwell Stacey, Nineteenth In- fantry, Department of California, is ex- tended one month. Second Lieutenant Frank T. McNarney, Ninth Cavalry, is ordered before an examini San Francisco for pronengflcm. S e germ burrowing into the scalp, and that permanent cure of dandruff and its con- sequent falling and baldness, can only be &ag by killing u“tfu 3 mddt.hm l:,h“ er preparation will destroy tha germ gut Newbro's Herpiclde. ; the cause, you remove the effect.” S e, T ol Cardinal Martinelli Departs. ul;IEW YO.I}K. May 10.—Cardinal Martin- elll, a p: del tr t i Btates, ‘:‘go ‘was mwhrd;.rmm. U:I‘I:?! to-day s 50 expevtad Lo rentde mm% e VATICAN WILL BE CONSULTED Governor Taft to Seek a Friar Lands Settlement. WASHINGTON, May 10.—Governor Taft to-day closed up his business here in connection with affairs in the Philip- pines and left for Cincinnati, where he will attend to some private business prior to his departure from New York on the 17th inst., on his return to his post at Manila. He will stop at Rome in order to discuss the question of the friars in the Philippines with the authorities at the Vatican. He will be accompanied mn his mission to Rome by Judge James F. Smith of the Supreme Court of the Phil- ippines and Major John B. Porter of the Judge Advocate's| office. These gentle- men were selected because of their famil- iarity with the question at issue. Secretary Root this afternoon made the following official statement /in regard to the mission at Rome: “It hgs been decided that Governor General Taft shall stop at Rome, in the course of his journey to Manila, for the purpose of reaching, if possible, a friend- ly understanding with the authorities having control of the disposition of the property of the religious orders and other church property in the Philippines, and laying the basis for a settlement of the many property questions which have re- sulted from the separation of church and state in the islands. - *Of course, nothing can actually be done until Congress has acted, but as the committees of both houses have act- ed favorably on the committee’s recom- mendation for the purchase of the friar lands, it {s thought best not to lose the opportunity afforded bLGovernor Taft's presgnce in Europe to begin the negotia- tlons and make as much progress as pos- sible, so that they may be readily closed up after Congress has acted, if it act favorably. This is particularly desirable because the nature of the questions is such that it is lmgonlble to settle them by negotiation with the friars themselves in the Phiiippines. The purchase of the friar lands is the prinet: thing, and the Government desires to accomplish this, if Co s8 authorizes it, ‘amicably. ‘““There are many other questions, how- ever, to be settles ch as the rights to property held for s of instruction for charitable pu: the church to land, the title to which is now in the Government, but on which are buildings for religious ‘rumus of these matters could be courts, but it would require’ many years, and it is very desirable to settle them in a speedy and friendly way,. American occupation the church ‘were so closely united and thelr in 8o interwoven that now, when they separated, it is very difficult to tell to he ‘which devoted whom the property was their joint uses under the former system standing of the lews of belonl’s. “It is hoped that whem a full und claims u'& are has, been reached and the tans reac! tood all o dition precedent to such a result. Gov- ernor Taft's errand is not in any sense a diplomatic mission; it is simply a business transaction with the owners of property. The whole matter is in Governor Taft's hands, subject to such action as may be taken on his report pursuant to any law Congress may pass.” e Porto Ricans Are Assaulted. SAN JUAN, P. R, May 10.—The local branch of the American Federation of Labor, at a meeting held last evening resolved to cable the following dispatch to Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation: ‘“More than six assaults have.been made upon federa- tlonists within a week, serfous] . Y wound- ing unprotected .men. Prot dent Roosevelt.” T B S Costa Rica’s New Cabinet. SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, May 10.—The new Costa Rican Cabinet, formed after the inauguration of President Ascunsion Esquivel, is composed as follows: Minis- ter of Finance, Cleto Gonzales Visquez; Minister of War, Tobias Zuniga; Minister | of Interior, Manuel de Jesus Jiminez: | Minister of Foreign Affairs, Leonidas | Pacheso. —_— PHOENIX, Ariz., May 10.—George Mitchell, eneral manager of the La who ‘Wwas here to-day, says the strike i off. e Buying MATTIN Friedman’s Furniture If you live in Oakland, Alamedas, Berkeley or San Francisco, We’ll Measure your Rooma, Sow, Layand Line, with PADDED Lining these Carpets during the Continuation of our 4 Discontinued - Pattern Carpet Sale: 3 Patterns 75¢ Tapestry Brussels - 5 Patterns 85¢ Tapestry Brussels 5 Patterns 95¢ Tapestry Brussels - 70Oc a yard 4 Patterns 1.15 Smith’s Axminsters 4 Patterns 1.15 Wool Velvet 5 Patterns 1.35 Body Brussels 5 Patterns 1.50 Extra Axminster With and Without Borders 50c a yard - 60c a yard 90c a yard O5¢c a yard 1.10 a yard 1.20 a yard s A You save money G by The ROLL:; 20 yard roll, by the yard, worth $4.00, $2.95 Not Laid. Good, woven-in pattern. 20 yds enough for average room. £ s Yo 65c. Linoleum for 50 c. For Kitchen & Bathreom. Measures taken and Linoleum Laid, e > < Brussels and Velve t Rugs, 65 & 95 c. Made-up Carpet Rugs, yard to a yard & 1-4 long, fringed ends “. . TneCredit House: * Six Stories High. Phone Private £x 37