The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 27, 1902, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1902. FGHTS WAKE EXCITING. N OF GORGAESS AGPIRINTS o illette Is the Choice! of First District Delegates. HEADQT MENTO, Aug. legates of Lhe met to-night in . tt and nominated ex- of Humboldt was made after a h\ Thomas Street of and F. W s during the bal- e were at ti ! the heels of the winning of the esenta- During Gillette st and Senatorial am- al boss. t that inate him moved Gillette “ounty exception- developed a | ong the del- District con- m. to-morrow. PR : : @ | cast in the following order: ¥ 2 :’ Av‘nunlles— Smith. Booth. Da: FLINT'S CAMP NOW T San Luis Obispo. A SCENE OF ELATION & San 5 Continued From Page 2, Column 7. | Hivereide . % e 3 e L e G o P i = that weighed a to When the vote was counted it developed ar the that Smith had received 21, Booth'io. c i a mie. The pitcher sent | Daniels 24 and Nutt . = Ancther oo . t T could not have reached | Was taken with the same reauit, Soios w aph pole (Laughter) nor a | more ballots were taken and there was no . and he sent it high in the air— | change. An adjournment wan ihon oo it would never come end it landed out- were cleared 1; that is the ping-pong or any- ver give up until you are ke four runs and a Stand by Oliver's to the delegates be moved by | { enator Bulla Confident. an intimate friend of naking t latter’s fight ion, was given an enthu- ren he ;took the plat- said ke any remarks when I came to witness 1 believed ,would be the logic gfhd wit of Our fight looké#/better to- | 1 since this contest ny -t ¥ nt to tell you that r to themselves had not forced mas Flint Jr. es. (Applause.) | hy they insist- and to-night they effort known to those cries of *0-0-Oh!") egt to-morrow, n# may happen ding candidate of to- making representations to the but I don’t believe the: | to = San Bernardino Ventura . learn whom they were voting for. The sug- temporary chairman. chairman appointed a committee on cre- dentials. He chose one from each county ented in the convention, and in- the committee to report after meeting of the State convention's ce on credentials. This commit- sted of H. P. Wood of San Diego, repanier of Kern, D. W. Mott of Ventura, J. J. Cairns of Tulare, Mark Watterson of Inyo, W. B. Williams of Orange, James Hutchings of San Bernar- dino, C. O. Barker verside, W. L. Talbot of Santa Barbara and S. D. Ballou of San Luis Obispo. At the second session of the convention the committee on credentials presented its report, which was accepted. Upon motion the temporary officers were made the per- manent officers of the convention. Upon motion it was agreed that the votes should not be changed during-balloting, 1d that fifty-three votes were necessgry ecure a nomination. PRAISE OF CANDIDATES. Chairman Gregg then instructed the secretary to call the roll of counties in order to receive the various nominations. H. A. Blodgett of Kern County placed Senator Smith's name before the conven- tion. He told of the Semator's services to the State and of his character as a citizen. Blodgett made a stromg speech in favor of his candidate, and when he con- cluded W. L. Talbot of Santa Barbara followed and placed H. C. Booth of his c in nomination. Captain M. J. Dan- iels was placed in nomination by W. M. Peck of Riverside. Ernest White of San Diego nominated Senator A. E. Nutt. As h candidate was named the delegates avored them applauded enthusias- Chapman of Orange seconded Dahiels, and Smith was seconded by Or- rin M. John of San Luis Obispo and E. O. Larkin of the same county Balloting was proceeded with and the votes were Upon motion the ern ! oo until after the adjournment of the State convention. Upon reconvening balloting was re- sumed. After a number of rolis had been called without changing the vote E. 0. Larkin ot Tulare suggested that the four candidates be brought before the con- vention in order that the delegates might, gestion assumed the form of a motjon, and the candidates were invited to ‘ad- dress the convention. Senator Smith was the first to be called upon. He told what he would do for the Eighth District if he were nominated and elected to Congress. (e said he would look after the district’s interests and see that harbors were improved. water was conserved and proper irrigation was given the southern part of the State. He prom- ised public buildings for every town, and if one was not sufficient to appease his constituents he would use his efforts to obtain two structures. Senator Smith's speech was a happy one and created a good impression among the delegates. Smith was followed by Booth of Santa Barbara. The latter reiterated what Smith had said and added that if the Eighth District sent a man to Congress he should be returned when his term ex- pired, as in that wa he would be of greater service to his section of the dis- trict. Captain Daniels was given a hearty greeting when introduced by zhe chair- man. The captain called attention to his service in the War of the Rebellion. He said he loved the Republican party and had voted for Lincoln and was ever a stanch Republican. He sald he was not too old to serve in Congress. He was Rowell lint Jr. KELLY STIRS BiG TEMPEST IN THE CAMP NTO, Aug. 26.—Dr. surth Distritt, and- cast his a meeting of thc of the delegation. ed Alliance gnation over BABY'S VOICE pliable all the parts; and assists nature in its sublime work. By its aid thousands of women have passed this great crisis in perfect safety and without pain. value to all ches were also made by Judge Bur- Rosa, Mr. Briggs of Hollis- o of Fresno. vith th i s - wee SPOE | OF Repieseutative Soong the Eighth Dis- | trict, as he had made a deep Study of airman of the delegation from deserted the vote for Tom delegation | night Plymire was deposed as Oscar Lewis | ported that his ten votes will go to Smith, members are ignation 3085 | ing that she was caused great mental] suffer- elivering the organiza sacrificing Dr. MeNutt. | Is the joy of the household, for without it no happiness can be complete. How sweet the picture of mother and babe, angels smile at and commend the thoughts and aspirations of the mother bending over the cradle. which the expectant mother must pass, how- ever, is so full of*danger and sufferin, she looks forward to the hour when she shall feel the exquisite thrill of motherhood with indescribable dread and fear. Every woman should know that the danger, pain and horror of child-birth can be entirely avoided by the use of Mother’s Friend, a scientific liniment for external use only, which toughens and renders Sold at $1.00 per bottle by druggists. Our book of priceless women sent free. BRAGFIELD REGULATOR ©0., Atianta, Ga, Address alive to the interests of the southern part of the State and if nominated would do his utmost to improve conditions in the district. Senator Nutt was the next candidate introduced to the convention, He gave a short history of his life and told of his services in the State Senate. He thought himself well qualified to hold the position legislative work. He modestly announced that he was 42 years of age. He did so because of his very young appearance Nutt was also given hearty -applause when he concluded. As a result of the speeches made to the convention Smith lost one vote and Dan- lels gained one. Half a dozen ballots were taken without further change and an adfournment was taken until 8§:30 o'clock to-morrow morning. It is believed that Booth will withdraw from the fight and in the event that he does so it is re- U. 8. Grant Jr. controls nineteen votes of hi: delegation and he is out for Nutt. —_— DRENCHED WITH OIL.—Mamie Johnson filed a suit for $1150 damages against the Mercantile Refining Company yesterday, alleg- ing on August 12 by being drenched with oil as she was passing the company’s premises. The ordeal through g that IEND - Pardee Demands Tha Gage Keep Promise to Withdraw. A S bt Continued From Page 1, Column 7. determined to ferce Gage to show his | hand. The moment the convention ad- journed the Pardee managers began to storm the Gage headquarters. But Gage would not come. Clinging to his shattered honor as he does to his San Quentin-made furniture and demanding hls “‘vindication” at the hands of this con- vention, Gage broke his word to-night just as he broke that given four years ago to the same man. When he first entered into a combina- tion ‘with Dr. Pardee he said that he would be satisfied” with three ballots. These three ballots have been taken and Gage still hangs on, pleading, begging. demanding, ordering his ‘“vindication. The Pardee men are threatening and ugly. They say they have delivered their goods; that Vietor H. Metcalf went down to de- | feat in the interests of that agreement that they have endured the stigma‘ of | contact with Gage, and now they demand some of the fruits of this delivery. They demand flatly to-night that Gage with- draw and that his votes go to Pardee. But still Gage hangs on. NO WITHDRAWAL OF PARDEE. The story that Pardee may withdraw is' utterly without foundation, and there 1s no possibility of any split in the Alameda delegation. Dr. Pardee said to-night: “1 am going to remain in this fight until the last vote is taken, whether this vote nominates me or some one else. There is going to be no withdrawal as there was four years ago. I have had all I want of that.” I shall remain to the last, let that last be what it will. I will not withdraw under any circumstances, and Mr. Gage will get no votes from Alameda County.” That disposes of both the rumor of Par- dee’s withdrawal and of the ability of Gage to get any votes from that county. Alameds County wants no more gold bricks. Meanwhile there is every indication of 2 unification of the votes ot Edson and Hayes with Flint. It has become a ques- tion of anything to beat Gage, and Par- dee falls under the displeasure of the anti-Gage forces because of his combina- tlon with the Governor. Efforts are be- ing made to throw the strength of the two minority candidates to the strongest anti-Gage man, and while this has not yet been accomplished, every effort is being bent toward that end, with indications of success. g L e e e e e R ] CANDIDATES NAMED FOR GOVERNORSHIP s S Continued From Page 4, Column 7. - State, so far as the 'San Joaquin Valley fs in- volved. have we had the unity, the concerted action; never have we had the faith and drift- ed together for one candidate as we have for Scnator Flint. Throughout the countes, with two cxceptions, he has beeng Indorsed, county after county, and down through one county which used to be the hotbed of Democracy, ant that we are winning out and bringing into the Republican column. Those counties in- dorsed Tom Flint clean through, and he was known personally to only a few, but they knew Flint by his record for sixteen consect- tive years In the Legislature of this State. They knew the name of Flint was synonymous with good government and decent politics. Without decrying any candidate whom we have had presented before us, I say to you fellow Republicans, we know the undercurrent; we know the sentiment of people at home: we krow how our fellow Republicans feel down at home, and I ask you, why shall we take up, o pretend to take up and give ourselves a de. fensive campalgn, when we can nominate & mwan and win without a fight? Isidor Golden of San Francisco, a young man of some oratorical ability and an unusual love for Governor Gage, com- mended him In roseate language until the wearied delegates roared for “time.” He said he loved Gage because of the friends the Governor had made, and then spoke of mountain tops, beautiful valleys and savage solitudes of the great State of Cal- ifornia. When he closed there was some spar- ring for adjournment, the proposition be.. ing opposed by the Pardee men, who in- sisted upon an immediate ballot. It was nearly 1 o'clock, and a motion to take a recess till 3 o'clock was carried by a small majority. CONVENTION DELAYED A DAY. Former Date Is Changed Because of Legal Holiday. J. C. 8ims, chairman of the Democratic State Central Coommittee, states that since the adoption of the call for the Dem.- ocratic State Convention to meet on Mon. day, September 1, 1902, that date has been made a legal holiday. Therefore the date for the meeting of the convention is post- porlxedk to Tuesday, September 2, at 1 o'clock. TELEGRAPH NEWS. BLOEMFONTEIN, Orange River . Colony, Aug. 26.—A shunting engine crashed Into 4 train_conyeying refugees to Johannesburg yes: terday. The front cars were wrecked any. a number of women and children were kijled, NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 26.—The Cumberiand Telephone Company to-day applied to the Mayor for permission to arm its men. This action was due to the trouble with striking linemen. Forty-elght ' wires were cut night. CHICAGO, Aug. 26.—Herbst, Hill & Co., well-known LaSalle-street b brokers and mem- bers of the New York and Chicego stock ex- changes and the Chicago Board of Trade, to- day went into the hands of Clarence Day, re- ceiver. Liabilities are between $150,000 and Bicycle Tires $2.87 “§5.00 standard single tute . Bicycle Tire, Economist Our large, profuscly illustrated genéral Catalogue for Win- A Sale To-Day Cabhinet Frames A large assortment of pretty Cabinet Frames with gilt corners and “easel backs, finished with 134-inch mats in tints to match the mold'ngs, that are regularly 75c each; on 43¢ speial sale Wednesday oaly. . . Genuine Star lasts. . . N Good Galvanized Wash Tubs 53¢ to-day. oalys. Skt cooi e A illustraton; are ) marked - at the very positive bargain vice . . $0,985 Safety Razor $1.28 100 only genuine Star Safety Razors, every one of them guaranteed and ready for use; each put up in neat, enameled tin box, at the un- usually speyial price to-day, while the lot N ... 81.28 -The best galvanized ware Wash Tubs, that will not rust and are guaranteed against leaking; the good family sze, 22 inches diameter, 12 inches high, regularly 85c each; on sale 59¢ THE EMPORIUM. | Ei- Liflian Telegrafo Russell Cigars Cigars Fine Birds..25¢, 800, 850, $1.00 Ostrich and Aigrette Pompons. . . .. ¢ . 3 : . $1.40, $2.15 New ideas in crnaments, draping materials, ‘miilinery, ribbons, laces and braids. ! Bleached Crash 5¢ 2,000 yards of very good quality, good width bleached Crash Toweling, on sale to-day only, per yard. . 5c Sale of Curtains ' and Curtaining - A specially bought lot of I, Stripes, the handsome cffective fabrics now in such universal demand, 38 inches wide, in green, blues, etc., a choice value in a regular way at 25c per yard; on sale Wednesday - + .. . \ . . 1@ Ruftled Muslin Curtains—9 pairs of pretty Chamber or Cottage Curtains, full 3 yards long, that. would be cheap at 9oc ‘per pair, are marked for Wednesday’s wbing =5 L INaTe 83 00 00 We of course have a complete as- sot tment of rods for sash curtains —poles of all kinds and every sort of upho!stery hardware. 20c size Pear's Scent:d Soap. . . . . 15@ 25¢ s'ze Scheffleld Dentifrice . . . . . 15@ 75¢ s'z¢ Sozodont, FO@7 25c size . . 20 "$1.00 size Coke’s Dandruff Curef. . . B&E $1.00 Herpicide” . ... .". . . . 756 soc size Red Cross Absorbent Cotton . 0@ $1.00 size Listerine, 8503 25¢ size . 200 Sale of Leather - Club Bags $1.57 We offer for' Wednesday only two sizes of genuine Leather Club Bags (12 and 13 inches); just.the siz=s for shopping or carry- ing your lunch m; linen lined, with pocket inside, fastened with nickel catches aad slid- ing lock, at the deeply cut special price . . - $1.57 _~* Reynijer Gloves Best of French Susde Gloves, miade of highest quality of French Kid Skin by skilled work- men; fit absolutely perfect; wearing qualities unsurpassed. We fit and guarantee every i ~ Fanchon Quulity—; clasp blacks, with fillet embroidery; either in self or white-sewn over am or in seam; pair . . . . . $1.50 on quality, Pique Suede; two clasps; Paris point embroidery in the newest Fall colorings, biack g oW P 5 Y L G . ,..mw: for 60| ter now in press. | ‘CALIFORNIA'S TARGEST= 3 for 25¢|10 for 25¢ days; this week, | Send address for| - 3 5 r = F i e g * pir. . . $2.87| free copy. AMERICA'S GRANDEST STORE | AU This Week. | All This Week, | i [ T ‘Four Candidates!' |\§ Shaker Flannel 6c) Veiling Worth Up fo 35¢ New $1.00 { | Sale To-Day Oniy To-D Yard Dress Fabrics : f i i 1300 yirds of good thick quality s3-inch o-ay sc ar Four new weaves opencd this week Str!ve ln the [ i s?’hk"w:;m::;“:;;:b“ for underwear, | Another of those popu'ar Empotium Veiling Sales that are are attracting much attention in our ! ! :,:uff:, at Jess than 3 y::."f;"" sl | not duplicated elsewhere west of Chicago is scheduled dress_goods section, : 5 i | 25¢; Wednesday only, yard.. . 60 for to-day. This. time. we offez 4000 yards -of plain 44-in. Voile (Etamine); sheer and clingy; in El hth | and dotted Tuxedo Mesh Veiling, in black, blue, all dd,, leading shades for Fall a..; 'bluk; . ~A Towel Sale br:lwn and dgren_z ei:e_ctls. Th]ergdlre many novel weaves ”{“; g i et 'amol e SUCLPEC £y COT IR TR W08, R un (o) SNC Pey weave; made in cight very handsome color- : Sl H Ta-Day o"l,y yard. Wednesday only your choice at—per yard sc : fogsand black; yard . . . . . . $1.00 gsseaey e L 85 dexen Huo ik TOWels—13x36 inches, : 46-in. -Pebble Suiting; 2 Serviceable - material MENTO: Aug. 3. Thersits siecomny | A o e o Early Fall Toilet Articles | @ ww wivi in wm i vucks yed MENTO. Aug. 2%.—There is virtually | aly lo 2 sxasin, ZSI = PR AR R e R .00 a deadlock in the ‘Eighth Congres- | 70 dozen Damask Towe!s—Good Millinery Here At Cut Prices 42-in. Satin Prunella; a very popu'ar weave in sional District. Four candidates are ones, too, 16x32 inches, are offered Black Taffeta ) i G e o S all shades and black; big value; per yard . striving for the nomination for Con- at spcial sale to-day only, each . -, sc g . Turbans, Shepardess No one selis proprictary Toilet Articles at lower Boothsin: o 3 id SRR OO gress, and the delcgates in ;he hdli\:» 3 3 and Pieture . Has, ;;uu' !h;:rfidlul' :ng store sells them for. trict convention are divided in their . : ere’s a partial list: hoice. Senator S. C. Smith of Kern, H These :;;T"imt:;;: o Aol B 5 - s These $6.00 Suits | C. Booth of Santa Barbara, Captain M. J. i 5 1' 78 Danfels of Riverside and Senator A. F. | ”GW Fall W':L-fl‘_""::'mf;"‘hz Lo o s g SAAE 'g: Wednes- )'\;‘h‘a?rus“i: E‘Txfll‘;‘:ég ‘i};eer:-gc;le‘;xced by | Jackets - the trimming . . . [25¢c Graves’ T_;::h?cwdef o srenas 5go d._y the number of ballots cast so far. Fif- | £ \ wes .75 | 50c Gomell’s Bete ) oo o o c | teen ballots were taken to-day without $9.95 3 Styish hats of Peon | 35¢ size Lo'a Monsez Cream . o . . 650 $2.98 | result, and the fourth session of the dis- | | Very nobby, 22-{ . yeiyer, aicistially dragel, ready to'trim . .. | 25¢ size Lyon's Tooth Powder . . . . #56 | woe ‘quite 2 hisdred of . 4 o | trict convention will be held to-morrow | 4. vofe inch - Slot * Seam Yol . $3.00 | 5°¢ size Lablache Face Powder . . . . 30@ these pretty Vestee | { | morning in the hope of settling the case. ins S S S . | Socsiz: Malvina Cream . .. 300 | goe . PY | Vestee | SISKIYOU, WHO || W. M. Peck of Riverside called the LACEY OF MONTEREY, WHO Jackets, ~made o pans, 25c, 45¢, 660, $1.25 | $1-00 size Pinaud’s Eau de Quinine . . 65@ cnly dwse.slten . for | TED THE 'NAME OF | | Eighth Congressional District convention PLACED THOMAS FLINT IN fine quality Kersey | 7 » « o Ty - 'Cy S0 4 31.00 Soc size Pinaud’s Eau de Quinine . . . 35@ y i S i | | to order. J. D. Wiider of Orange County | | NOMINATION. Cloth, - satin lined, | Wings, black ard white. . 2, A s e Packes's Tax Sutnr s 1 ot Sl D@ st | | | was appointed temporary secretary and | | silk velvet collars; | Quills, 2 great variety . . . .10@ to 95¢ #5¢ bixe Lambarte'Skin Seap?, . « - 180 of age, to w - + % | the Hon. F. W. Gregg of San Bernardino |« g style as .showrn in | Fancy Dot Wings. .. . . . 45¢ to 800 day at half their real F: 100 dozen Men’s Night Shirts, made of good Except one. valug. . They are made of best imported cheviots, with hand- some silk vests. Every suit is_beautifully tail- ored, and some of them are worth as high as $7.50; our iy $2.98 A Big Sale of Men’s ight Shirts quality twilled muslin, cut full length and width, and particu arly well made, on special sale to-day only, each o All Mierchandise Dept’s Now Ours The Oriental Bazaar still operates under a lease. The former tenants of the Mushn Underwear,” Corsets, Milinery, Waists, Wrapper, Cloak, Suits, Furs, Fur- niture and Carpet Departments have removed their . entire stock, and we have replaced them with @emtirely mew stcoks cf our own. This consolidation will insure to the public the uniforn? and efflcient man- agement for which The Emporium stands. UARAAAR AAARAAR A ARAAAAAAAA AR RAAAEAAAAR TAAR AR S AARALRRE SEARAAR RARARARD AR ARARAARD ARRRAAS WRRAAAAS AR AR AR AN GOLDEN STAR ONTHE WANE Wealth of the Klondike Has Been Greatly Diminished. Output This Year Will Be Ten Millions Less Than in 1901. WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.—The golden star of the Klondike is on the wane, ac- cording to the officlal report of George H. Hees, who recently was sent to Daw- son by the Canadian Manufacturers’ As- sociation to make a thorough examina- tion into the business prospects of the Yukon territory. The State Department to-day made pub- lic a communication from United States Consul Brush at Nlagara Falls, dated Au- gust 8, glving some of the principal fea- tures of Hees' report. Hees points to the fact that the total yield of the.Klondike last year was $24,- 000 and that the production of the coming year will not, according to Gov- erpment _estimates, exceed $14,000,000, a falling off of nearly one-half. Moreover, no new discoveries have been made for over a year, although since 1897 thousands of prospectors have been exploring every creek and mountain in the country. At Dawson, Hees reports, there are ten applicants for every job, yet hoatload after boatload of men continue to arrive. THE ALPINE GLACIERS / FAST FADING AWAY T I Curious Notes Made by a Swiss Scientist Among the Alps. A well-known Swiss naturalist, M. H. Correvon, writes from Arolla, Canton ais: vEIThe glaciers seems to be fading into shadows of their own former selves, real skeletons encircled by their white or black mcraipes. They are diminishing every- where. “1 remember in July, 1886, Professor F. A. Forel, the famous expert in geology, took us to a glorious ice grotto which he had discovered twenty minutes’ walk away from the hotel at Arolla. We were able to walk there without difficulty as in an ice corridor. Now not only has the grotto disappeared, but it takes an hour and a quarter to reach the glacier from the hotel. _ “During the first days of October twenty-five years ago I traversed with two guides the glacler of Bertol from Zermatt to Arolla; it then reached deep Gown into the valley, nearly touching the glacier of Arolla. To-day we mounted up to 500 meters beneath the Pass of Bertol without any difficulty. “M. Anzeoug, who has stayed at Arol- la every summer since , believes firm- ly that the glaciers which separate this territory from Italy will disappear as the years go by, and that the cattle of the Valaisan peasants will be sent to market to Aosta (Italy) across passes which are new covered with ice. “The one curious advantage in this di- minution of the glaciers is that the moraines of Arolla are now producing veritable forests, the seeds of which must have been blown up by the wind from the valley.”—Paris Messenger. $33.00 From Chicago. Santa Fe colonist rate to California during September and October. Tickets may be id for here and telegraphed to your friends. Ask the Santa Fe, 641 Market street. L4 s e PSR s i 14 Late Shipping Intelligence. SAILED. i Tuesday, Aug. 26. Stmr Scotia, Erickson, —. - FOREIGN PORTS, VICTORIA, B C—Arrived Aug 26—Br stmr Bmpress of China, from Hongkong and way Sailed Aug 26—Jap stmr Shinano Maru, for Yokohama. ! —_——— Three Victoria crosses, ten distinguish: service medals, two promotions to co:: missioned rank and four mentions in dis- patches have fallen to the lot of reform school/lads in South Africa. TWO PERSONS KILLED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT In .an Effort to Avoid Running Down a Man Control of Ma- chine Is Lost. LONG BRANCH, N. J,, Aug. 26.—Two persons were killed and three injured in an automobile accident at the Park-ave- nue bridge over the New York and Long Branch Ralilroad tracks to-day. In trying to avold running down a man Frank J. Mathews, president of the Realty Trust Company of Jersey City, lost control of bkis machine and it plunged against the railing, broke through and dropped to the rails, thirty-five feet below. Mathews was instantly killed, the heavy machine falling upon him. Mrs. J. H. Cobb of Richmond, Va., one of his guests, died later at Monmouth Memorial Hospital, and Mrs. Louls Pizzini, her sister-in-law, is believed to be dying. Rev. Father Grant of New York suffers from shock and bruises. The chauffeur, Rudolph Meyer, escaped with slight injuries. ——— e BLUNDERS OF SURGEONS FIND SOME EXCUSERS Five Parisian Practitioners Being Sued for Sewing Up Instru- ments in Body. A cablegram from Paris states that the Gazette Medicale created a sensation by maintaining that it is entirely excusable if an absent-minded surgeon sews up some instrument, bandage or the like in the body of a person operated on. “?l‘lve practitioners,” adds the cablegram, ‘“‘are now being sued in Paris courts for acts of forgetfulness of that sort.” This cablegram, says the Baltimore Sun, was shown to Dr. J. D. Blake, who has operated on nearly 300 cases of ap- endicitis. p"'I‘l‘lat is an interesting subject,” said Dr. Blake, “and I quite understand how the editor of the Gazette Medicale should excuse any oversight of that kind—for oversight it is, and nothing more. Similar cases have happened in this country, al- though 1 cannot recall any case of the d in this city. kl“:‘Any person at all familiar with the many features of a dlfficult operation can realize how easy it is for an operator to make an oversight of this kind. And it may not be the operator’s fault at all, for he has assistants in the more difficult op- erations, and one of those may place a sponge in that part of the body being operated upon, and this sponge may be lapped over or hidden, so that when the opening is being closed the sponge may be overlooked. - “This oversight will be manifested, al- though it may take some time to discover what the real trouble is. I do not think that such an oversight could have fatal results if the other conditions were favor- able. “The operations in which such accidents are more likely to occur are those of the stomach and breast, especially of the former. In speaking of sponges we gen- erally mean little bundles of gauze, which are placed in t;‘;a opening, either to sto? the flow of bl or to separate the infected organs from those free from disease. These arongu are used onl once and are sterilized before being used. Real sponges are sometimes used, but they are more expensive. “There are many ways in which an op- erator might overlook one of these sponges, so that it would be sewed up in a person’s body. It is my custom gener- ally to place an instrument at the end of each sponge. The attention of the oper- ator is often divided between the actual work of the operation and the condition of the patient. While looking after the patient’s condition a bowel may slip over one of these sponges or a tissue may fold over it, so that it is hidden from view, even after a careful examination. In the removal of gall stones from the bladder many sponges are used, and it is difficult to keep the field of operation clear.” —_—— Free Rides for Florida Indians. “The most popular man in Florida with the Seminole Indians,” says a retired New Yorker, who has recently been hunt- ing in the Everglades, “is Henry M. Flag- ler, oil millionaire and Florida developer. He is owner of the Florida East Coast Ralilway—among other things down there, including many splendid hotels, a pala- tial yacht, miilions estimated at half a hundred and a young wife. g;n ler owns a mile of railroad for ndian in the Peninsular State, and each of the 600 noles has an_annual pass over the Flagler system. No matter where an In- on the train or where he dian gets be {nf, or when, no conductor would thi of demanding his fare. nants of Osceola’s tril The rem- be ‘e been en- couraged in the belief that they own the road, and that fact recom the robbery of their lands thi: nl::“nl'n..u‘flP s humane Government.”—New York i and press,, 5 ail y | ADVISES WAR FOR TWO YEARS Uribe-Uribe’s Prdclama- tion Causes Much Interest. Oolon;xbian Officials Fear No Trouble About the Canal. WASHINGTON, Aug. 2%.—The procla- mation just issued by General Uribe-Uribe, one of the leaders of the revolutionary forces in Colombia, urging his followers to continue the warfare against the Govern- ment forces until 1904; when, he declares, the Franchise of the Panama Canal Com- pany will be invalid and negotiations can be carried on directly between Colombia and the United States, is regarded with considerable interest in Central and South American diplomatic quarters here. The officials of the Colombian legation in Washington admit that the six years’ extension to the Panama Canal Com- pany’s franchise, granted by former President Sanclemente, is open to a Question of legality for the reason that while it was approved by the Colombian Cabinet, it was not ratified -by the Colom- bian Congress. Indeed, it is stated here that the extension was not even submitted to the Colombian Legislature, the country teing then in a disturbed condition, gl:]lch precluded a calling together of that ody. However, Colombian officials here point out that the question of extension of time has nothing whatever to do with the resent negotiations between the United gtares and Colombia in regard to the canal. No one in Colombfa, they state, questions for a moment the validity of the franchise up to 1904. The intervening time they consider ample for the clearing of the title by the French company and the transfer of its rights to the United States Government. e THE MILITARY FORCE J OF JAPAN EMPIRE Organized, Equipped and Drilled on Same Plan as European Armies. b The Japanese army is equipped, organ- ?find drilled like a European army and Iny of its officers have received their ucation in European countries. Con- scription was introduced into Japan in 1574 and the regulations now in force were adopted in 1883. Every male citizen be- tween the ages of 17 and 40 years owes military service, which Is given three years in the active army, four years in tho first reserve, five years in the terri- torial army and eleven years in the na- tional army or the second reserve. For the year 1901-02 the budget provides for thirteen divisions of twenty-four brigades of infantry, each brigade composed of two regiments of three battalions each. The cavalry comprises seventeen regi- ments or fifty-one squadrons. The artil- lery has nineteen regiments or 114 field and mountain batteries. The engineers have at present twenty-eight companies and will soon have thirty-nine. The army service corps has thirteen battallons of two companies, with one battalion (threé companies) of railroad troops and one bat- talion (three companies) of. telegraph troops. Besides the thirteen divisions of infantry there are three regiments of coast guards and two battalions of foot artillery and a special brigade of four bat- tallons of Infantry, cavalry, artillery and engineers (the Yessho brigade).- The ag- gregate ;l !1'11“ o?gm ane m,Sghnj::n on a ooting. e war stren 392,- 0 men and 1008 guns, the reserves ex: cluded. When it is remembered that re- cent cnmwn- have shown the Japanese of first-rate quality it is ob- vious that the military power of the new nation of the Pacific is formidable.—Phila- delphia Times. “I see that an Eastern tourt has de- clared that the wearing of boys’ clothes is not forbidden by law.” “That’s news for ‘me.” ““How so?" “My boys are all , and T've been wom.l:rmg for nmled hbo' {.:u g0~ utilize my old coats and trousers.” eveland Plain Dealers. SETTLERS COMPLAIN OF GATHERING APACHES Redskins Leave the Fort McDowell Reservation in Large Numbers. PHOENIX, Ariz., Aug. 2.—For some months past Apache Indians have been securing permission to leave the reserva- j tion and have been gathering at aban- doned Fort McDowell reseryation, until now there are about 300 there. Settlers in that vicinity are complaining of their trespassing on melon and grain flelds and their insulting and threatening language when dgiven out. Settlers have petitioned the' Governor to aid in securing their re~ turn to the reservation, as they fear trou- ble. Should some white or_red man in anger commit an_overt act there might follow trouble. Delegations of - Indians waited on the Governor to-day, saying they were peaceful and only wanted the privilege of living there, which they be- Heved from some former understanding they were-entitled to. —_—— ‘‘Are you really connected with the sig- m‘;l1 service bureau?’ asked the inquisitive girl. Yes, miss,” replied the young man. “Then won’t you please tell me which is your weather eye?’—Detroit Free Press. ——————— ‘ Church—Are there many nationalities represented on your block? Gotham—No; there's only one tongue heard -there; that's my wife’s.—Yonkers Statesman. 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