The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 6, 1902, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1902, WILKINS OF MARIN STEPS OUT FOR FIGHT TO THE FINISH - AGAINST THE MEN WHO P . WOMAN EXCITES THE DELEGATES Final Session of Mining Congress Very Tem- pestuous. Mrs, Ella Haskell of Butte Stirs Up an Alarm- ing Storm. , Mont., Sept. 5.—The fifth an- of the International Mining in of Dea the joint city Lead, 8. D., it will be the The follow- President, J. Sout! first vice president, Dakota; second vice Missouri; third utive committee—Joseph T. of Washington, George €EC W. M. Kenda was probab tory of the congress, and Mrs. skell Butte took a n the proceedings. The e adoption of the re- tee on permanent or- was flercely opposed i six other delegates led to make the t the change in the tion would result in organization. Dur- Secretary Irwin Ma- middle of the stage president d by one interested measure under dis- g to break the the delegates were kell was still in- upon her point Mahon's remarks I ¥ iamentary Points of t loose and to restdre outset that the ¢ the change in , but Mrs. Has- s0 well that was_not When sons had , the ast ers was not contest- t with the exception retary. The com- nization which omination and own. A fight was wal of Armstrong’s tions passed oft ele Deadwood and Lead place for holding the 1€ congress was effected there was little or no e for holding the ses- th month of Sep- efinite d will committee. CRICKET TRIP TO LAKE COUNTY IS CALLED OFF Lake County is asts from San s afternoon for e thence to Lower unday and Monday of the Burns Valley A message received from 2y stated that it > approach the Burns Val- s on the shore of the vast mcl» lake shore. s with great regret t pelied to abandon the tr: occasion® match which rranged, cricket in the San Francisco is over The match programmed meda_be: tween the Sacra- ve been called retirement of the ub from the field r metch remains seramme of the assoclation, the ricket Club versus Alameda Cruz on the 28th inst. It is ex. e recent death of James F. ain of the Santa Cruz team abandonment of this e last scheduled match of the gea- between th® Alemeda and Pmlgc vens was played last SBunday, It re- easy victory for the Pacifics. team collapsed in the first & single bateman scoring 3 runs, and the innings olos- iserable total of 19 runs, in- as. D. Jamieson and A. led without change for 87 balls in all sufficing to whole Alameda team. the ns, of which A. W. Wilding scored Jamieson (not out) 15, E. H M. 14 and W. Jamieson and F. Ben- —_———— Child Killed on Railway. Sept. 5.—Bessle Metzger, the ghter of Mrs. A. B. Metz- Seventh street, was run care that were belng the broad-gauge depot this and received injuries from death resulted an hour after- le her mother's attention ed the child stepped in between rs A switch engine bumped the cars, knocking down the girl - wheels passed over her. Artists’ Materials. We are agents for Winsor & Newton, akers of the best artists’ materials in e world. Pyrography machines for rning wood and leather. Artists’ and itects’_supplies of every description. born, Vail & Co., 741 Market street. * b o anihs Bl vl ot Dies Because Despondent. PEORIA Sept. 5.—Major Willlam 8, was found dead in bed this rning with a bullet hole in his head. posed he killed himself because ndency over family troubles, hav- d divorce recently. Major was an_officer in the Iilinois Na- and bad large mining inter- na ckett $33 from Chicago to San Francisco by Southern Pacific makes good opportunity 10 send for your friends. », a thing of the past, and when | the liveliest one | | | | | 1 San Rafael Editor Sues the Examiner|Beveridge to Open|Mayor Schmitz Undecided Whether He Should Enter Gubernatorial Fight for Making Assertion That He Was a Traitor to the Democratic Party i e 3 SAN RAFAEL EDITOR WHO HAS BROUGHT SUIT FOR LIBEL AGAINST ALLEGED DEFAMERS. ANGER signals are flying in the Democratic camp. The political prophets who are reading the Wilkins barometer predict a reg- ular cyclone. All the shields of se- crecy around the deals and plottings of the late Democratic State Convention will be torn away by the cyclonic disturbance, The people of California are bound to get a true inside account of everything that took place in the manipulating confer- ences wherein the party leaders discussed the schemes for pulling out Tom Geary and putting in J. V. Coleman to defeat the designs of Gavin McNab and Frank- lin K. Lane. Redhot campaign literature is scheduled to appear in to-day’s issue of Wilkins' paper, the Marin County Tocsin. The editor, who was a Geary delegate to the State conventlon, feels that he has an account to settle with James H. Budd and E. J. Livernash, and proceeds to the settlement in a style in- dicative of a personal determination to give his political enemies a fight to the finish. Among the politiclans who side with Wilkins and against Budd and Liver- nash are Frank H. Gould, M. F. Coch- rane, District Attorney Mclsaac of Marin, J. W. Cochrane and Thomas J. Geary. Yesterday the following message from Greay was telephoned to Wilkins: “l was inexpressibly shocked at the outrageous attack of the Examiner. You were one of my most faitliful and trusted workers and 1 never doubted for a mo- ment your loyalty to my interests.” WILKINS MAKES REPLY. In his newspaper Wilkins signifies readiness to meet Budd at any time or eny place. The Marin editor, however, proposes to meet the Examiner in the courts. Yesterday his attorneys, J. W. and M. F. Cochrane, flled the following complaint in the Superior Court, wherein W. R. Hearst, Thomas T. Williams, J. P. Barrett, Willlam 8. Drevpolcher and B, J. Livernash are sued for defamation of character, and damages laid at $100,000. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN, STATE- OF CALIFORNIA. James H. Wilkins, plaintiff, va. Willlam R. SAVES BROTHER'S LIFE BY BREAKING HIS FALL Boy Prevents Youth’s Death by Catching Him at Bottom of Elevator Shaft. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 5.—The heroic ection of Arthur Franck, aged 14, saved the life of his brother, Jacob, aged 18, this evening. Both are employed in the Times job printing establishment, and the elder of the brothers runs the freight elevator. He started up in the cage and as he was stepping off at the second floor some person above pulled the valve rope, causing the cage to shoot upward and throwing Franck half across the floor end half in the elevator. He hung on for a short time, calling for help, and just as he let go his brother appeared in the basement at the foot of the elevator shaft. Beeing Jacob falling, the little fellow braced himself and caught his brother's body as it passed him. The impact knocked him down and both boys fell in a heap. They were rendered unconscious, They soon revived, and the attending physicians both will recover, al- though they will be confined to their beds tor weeks. Police.Say It Was Murder. SALT LAKE, Utah, Sept. 5.—It is stated by the police that the shooting of J. A. Jennings by Barney Eckstein last night at Fairchild’s roadhouse was a cold-blooded murder for the purpose of concealing rob- bery. Jennings went to the vicinity of the roadhouse about noon yesterday to purchase some horses, having $200 in his possession. He stepped into the road- house to get a glass of beer, which, it is alleged, was drugged, after which Jen- ngs was robbed. When he regained con.- sciousness and demanded a return of his money he was shot and killed. SHELBYVILLE, Ky., Sept. 5.—Fisher Mill- jon, & negro tried before Judge Davis in the County Court, has been found guilty of vagrancy and sentenced to be sold into servi- tude for & period of twelve months, the high- eet penalty. + Hearst, Thomas T. Williams, J. P. Barrett, William S. Dreypolcher and E. J. Livernash, defendants. Plaintiff above named complains of the de- fendants above named and for cause of action against sald defendants alleges: That plaintiff has been for more than thirty years a resident of the State of California, and is now and for more than thirty years last past has been a resident of the county of Ma- rin, State of California. 1L That heretofore, to wit, on the 4th day of September, 1902, and durinig all the times here- in mentioned, defendant Willlam R. Hearst was the proprietor and the defendant Thomas T. Willlams was the managing editor, and the said William S. Dreypolcher was the assistant business manager, and the sald J. P. Barrett and the said E: J. Livernash were correspond- ents of a certain newspaper printed and pub- lished in the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, and published and exten- sively circulated in ‘said city and county of San Francisco and in said Marin County. and throughout said State of California and the United States, known and_designated as and under the name of the San Francisco Examiner, and that at all the times sald newspaper has bad a large, wide and general circulation. ASKS HEAVY DAMAGES. 1, That on the day and year last aforesald, to wit, on the 4th day of BSeptember, 1902, 'de- fendants and each of them printed and pub- lished, or caused to be printed and published in eaid newspaper, and circulated or caused to be circulated in sald city and county of San Fran- cisco, in sald Marin County, and throughout raid State of California, and the United States, and in all other places to which the circulation of sald newspaper extended a false, wicked, ma- licious, defamatory libel set forth of and con- cerning the plaintiff and against his good name, fame ‘and reputation. That during all the times hereln mentioned defendant, Thomas T. Willlams, and defend- snt, William B. Dreypolcher, wers, and still are, and for more than three years last past have been actual, bona-fide residents of the county of Marin, in the State of California, That the said libel was and is in the words and figures following, to wit: (Here follows copy of the article com- plained of.) That the James H. Wilkins mentiong publication 18 the plaintift hereln, lndedrl'::t.t!i‘x: eald publication concerning plaintiff was and is entirely false, scandalous, defamatory and malicious. VI That by reason of said printin 4 tion and circulation "of sald fajse. nELCLCS, scandalous and defamatory words plaintiff has been exposed to obloquy, hatred and con. tempt, and has sustained great injury to his 00d name, family, credit and reputation is_damage in the sum of $100,000, = Wherefore, plaintff demands judgment against said defendants for the sum of $100,000 end for his costs. SACRAMENTO OFFICER FINDS MISSING BOY James Batty Is Restored to Parents Through Portrait in The Call. SACRAMENTO, Sept. 5.—Chlet - ltce John E. Sullivan of this oletyofo-dp:y read in The Call that a boy named Rob- ert James Batty was missing from his home in Canby, Or. Accompanying the ;:;wl item was a portrait of the missing . As scon as the Chief saw the 5 said he knew where the bo: gfiurfig went at once to a local printing offics Where young Batty was working. He took into custody, and will send him parents In Banta Barbara, where they bave taken up t v ol e D thelr residence for sl Bite for the Fair Is Chosen. PORTLAND, Sept 5.—At a meeting of the executive committee of the board of directors of the Lewis and Clark Bxposi- tion this afternoon a site for the fair was selected. The site chosen is in the north- ern part of the city, at the foot of Wil lamette Heights, and is known as Guijds Lake. It contains 270 acres, of which /5s are water and 115 land. The lake, which Is in proximitly to the Willamette River, will be kept fresh by water pum; ed from the river. The site is about one mile from the business center of the city and is reached by two street car lines, as well as the Northern Pacific Rallroad’ LRESE Ay Masked Men Blow Up Safe, BAKER CITY, Or., Sept, 5.—A telephone message from Praire City, in Grant County, says that five masked men enter- ed the store of Moses Durkheimer last night about 9 o'clock and held up and robbed the proprietor, after which they blew open the safe and robbed it of $70 15 gold dust and cash, besides a number of checks and county warrants. The explo- slon shook the building and scattered things about generally. After looting the safe the men mounted horses and rod away. The Sheriff of Grant County is on the trail men. Campaign in This City. Famous Orator to! Address Local Audience. HE newly appointed executive com- mittee of the Republican State Com- mittee will hold its initial meeting at the party headquarters in the Palace Hotel Monday evening, Sep- tember 8. It is expected that immediate organization will be effected. Indications point to the election of W. M. Cutter of Yuba as chairman and E. F. Mitchell of | Fresno as secretary of the committee. | There is political gossip to the effect that Dr. Pardee. the nominee for Governor, may express a preference for an Ala- meda statesman as chairman, but it is the general impression that Cutter's elec- tion to the first place on the committee will prove acceptable to the nominee. The Republican campaign will be opened in this city September 15. Senator A. J. Beveridge of Indiana will discuss party issues and other prominent Republicans will speak. The State Central Committee is making arrangements and is exerting all its efforts to make this meeting the biggest and most enthusiastic held in this 1 rears. fl%n’e“’rfifty-flnh Assembly District dele- gation to the local Republican convention has organized by the election of H. B Arnold chairman and H. N. Hall secre- tary. A resolution indorsing E. D. Knight for the Assembly was adopted. L SRR e PARDEE DECLARES Continued From Page'2, Column 6. again entrapped by Democratic molasses and false promises. REJOICES WHEN LABOR THRIVES ESTERDAY I was asked by a me- chanic, a man with whom I went to school, who calls me by my first name; an intelligent man, whose children attend the public school with mine; a man who was out of work for a year and more under Cleveland, who lost his home before he voted for Mc- Kinley, who now, brave and undeterred by his past misfortunes, has almost paid for a new and a better home than the one whose loss he justly charges to our Democratic friends—I was asked, I say, by this friend of mine this question: “George, they say that you are the foe of organized labor and that you have no sympathy for the laboring man. How about that?”’ And my answer to him was this: “Charley, you have known me for near- ly forty years. We played together as childran and sat in the same sedt at school. We have grown up together. You visit my house, and I am, I hope, no unwelcome visitor to yours. Your good wife knows mine and is not, I hope, ashamed of the acquaintance. Was there ever a time when you felt that your toil- stained hands, your grimy jumper or your dinner pail made you any less welcome to me than any other friend of mine?’ “No,” my friend replied; “I never felt there was any such a time.” “And as for organized labor,” I con- tinued, “I feel that labor has just as much right to organize for its protection and benefit as has any other class of people. For upon its intelligent and prop- er organization labor must depend to se- cure its proper share of all that goes to make life worth the living. Our school- houses are filled with the children of our common people, among whom you and I are classed: their homes are homes in- deed. Books and music lie on their ta- bles and fill their shelves. They wear as good clothes as the best in the land; they eat as good food as can be bought; they g0 to the theater oftener than I do; they have bank accounts and own their own homes. And all this they have gained because they haveé banded themselves to- gether and quietly and intelligently se- cured what they asked for. “I am glad whenever labor adds another cent to its daily wages, and I rejoice when the laboring man is able to cut off another hour from the time that he spends at his daily toil. I am glad and I rejolce over these things because I know that the more wages the laboring man gets the better citizen he will be, the more able he will be to send his chil- dren to school and to our university and make of them our future great men. For it is a fact that our great- est men have sprung from the com- mon people. And I rejoice when the hours of labor are shortened, be- cause I know that, with shorter hours the workingman will have more time to give to his wite and his children. And I know, from my own experience, that the more time a man can give to his wife and chil- dren the better man he is. I belleve that shorter hours and higher w: will give us better citizens make us all more prosperous. Ana I am convinced that there !l?‘lt ne tvay for the working people to gain their ends, and that 1s by a wise, intelligent and firm organization. There never was a better exemplifl. cation of the motto, ‘United we nd, divided we fall,’ than in the case of the working people, ““What do you think now?” I asked my friend; ‘‘do you think I am the foe of or- ganized labor and that I have no sympathy with the laboring man? s reply was this: ‘“Thig is not the first time ?’hnye heard you say this. I have told my fel- low workmen that you stood just as you have thus told me. All I wanted was to hear you say it ¥ I hope you will say it all over again In your speech Fri- day night.” And, ladies and gentlemen, this is Friday night, and I have, in con- sonance with my friend’s request, ‘“said it all over again.” And I hope I have said it plainly enough to prevent any more mistakes. Now, I -have but very little more to say to you this evening. I am tslnd to see be- fore me so many friendly faces, so many faces which, when I first saw them, were much_ younger than I am now; so many gray heads, which, when I first 'saw them, were not streaked with silver, so many friends and nd%hbors whose friendship and good will value above all things else; so many smiling faces rejoicing in the fact that at last Alameda County has been reco{nlled for her fealty to the party of Lincoln, Grant and McKinley; S0 many young men, enthusiastic in their Republicanism, who, I hope, will never have cause to blush because they were my friends, and so many ies, who, al- though they have as yet no votes, still have great influence, through their fathers, husbands, brothers and sweet- hearts, on the contents of the ballot boxes on election day. May I ask their hearty support of the whole Republican ticket and bespeak their influence in keeping off the misfortune of a Democratic victory and its consequent public and private {lls? Finally, let me say that, whether I am elected or defeated, I shall be just the same kind of a man I always have been, happy in the knowledge that I'have so many friends and proud of the many ublic and private distinctions you have en good enough to bestow upon me. My friends and neighbors, believe me when I say I value your good opinion more than anything else in this world, and be neces- sary for me to lose your friendship in order to GO’ that dis- tinction mever be mine. X salute you with all my heart, as Candidate of the Labor Party AYOR SCHMITZ is undecided whether he should enter the gubernatorial contest. Friends are trying to keep him out of the fight and personally he is un- willing to enter the political arena at this time, as he fears he may suffer defeat. However, many union labor men throughout the State are appealing to him to shy his caster into the arema and they promise him their support. Mayor Schmitz says he is a public servant and if the people of the State desire to advance him to the highest office within their gift he is ready to do their bidding. He says he would rather serve his term as Mayor, as he has important duties to perform and there is a great deal of work- unfinished. To-night the members of the Labor par- ty will hold a conference in the temple on Turk street. Delegates from all over the State will attend the session and it will then be decided whether the Mayor should allow his name to go before the people as a candidate for Governor. n an interview - yesterday Mayor Schmitz said: There has been a great deal sald relative to my being a candidate for Governor on the Labor ticket. I wish to state positively that while individual members of the unions have come to me and asked that I allow my name to g0 before the convention, I have not been asked by the convention itself to allow my name to head its ticket. The individuals who have spoken to me have tried to induce me to enter the fight. They base their appeal upon the ground that representa- tion has not been given to the labor element on either ticket and that it behooves the Labor party to put up a ticket of its own; that under the clrcumstances the Labor party could not in- dorse candidates on either ticket. They, there- fore, look upon me as the logical candidate of their party. Now, so far as I am personally concerned, I will staté, as I have before, that my ‘whole heart and soul are with the workingmen and anything I can do to serve their interests I am only to glad to do it During my short term in office I have trfed to deal out equal rights to all and special privileges to nome. What I have done has been with the desire that my actions would reflect the greatest c;;flu upon the:party that has placed me in office. In the event the Labor convention deems it y duty to enter the contest for Governor I shall consider its wishes in the matter. If it can be proven to me that it will be for the best interests of the workingmen of the State, I will MAYOR OF SAN FRANCISCO, WHO MAY BE A GUBERNA- TORIAL CANDIDATE. + o o take the matter under adyisement, and, before delivering my answer, will give the matter the most serious consideration. not like to commit myself one other. deal of work before me. At present I would way or the Personally, I feel that I have a great My ‘duties are ex- tremely important and I would very much dis- like to leave the work unfinished. L1 also feel that T was elected to this office by’ the people to stay here for two years, and I think that contract ought to be carried out to the end. However, as I have stated before In my in- terviews, the people have the greatest interest in the fulfillment of that contract, and ¥ they wish me to stay here or wish me to occupy the highest position in the State within their gift I must abldegby their wishes. There will be & conference to-morrow night of the laboring men of the State. Delegates from all parts of California will be present and the matter of putting a ticket in the field will be discussed at lensth and a decision reached. In conclusfon, let me say I am not a candi- date for the highest position within the gift of the people of California. to remain in my present position, but I realize that as a public officlal T am the servant of the peopl do their bldding. 1 would much preter le and am always ready and willing to L B 2 e R MRS ] POTAGSIUM KILLS BROWSING SHEEP New Theory Accounts for Heavy Losses of Stock. Special Dispatch to The Call TACOMA, Sept. 5.—Peculiar mineral de- posits, supposed to be nitrate of potas- sium, are causing the death of sheep in large numbers on the ranges of Grant and Baker countles, Oregon. During the last wgek 800 sheep have dled while be- ing driven across the Dixie Creek range in Northern Grant County. They were being driven to a shipping station in Ba- ker County from the mountain range of the John Day country. Five hundred, or one-third of his flock, were lost by J. Oliver of John Day City and 300 by J. C. Moore of Mount Vernon. During previous summers similar large losses have been experienced. These fatal- ities occurred in three or four districts, one near Ritter, one at Dixia and several places in Grant and Morrow counties. As the ignorant herders drive their bands through this section toward the moun- tains each spring they lose more or less sheep, Former theories of poisonous tweeds and maliclously placed poison are no longer belleved. 'he deaths, instead, are attributed to the outcroppings of nitrate of potassium, which the sheep cat because it is salty. The action of rain and sun brings the potassium to the surface, where it forms a whitish, crustlike alkali, from which it cannot be distinguished. TROUBLES IN MOROCCO. MADRID, Sept. 5.—A dispatch from Tangier, Morocco, says that Berbers have attacked Mekines, a town thirty- miles from Fez, with the result that gIoehnmmad. brother of the Sultan of Mo- rocco, and pretender to his throne, has been released. Officials deny the success of the rebels, continues the corru&gndml. but the news has been confirmed from dif- ferent sources and the situation is said to be so critical that the powers interested in preserving the status quo in Morocco must act with energy. announced from Tangler in a mfi-&i’ September 2 that the revolution. ary movement in favor of Mohammed is spreading among the Berber tribes in Mo- rocco. ———— Rumors of a Lynching. DENVER, S'ept;- 5—A Kemerer (Wyo.) ?.du says it reported the effer, the condemned munlcr:rr? was to have executed to-dav. who obtained a stay of execution, the jal taken from was 1 at Lander and Iynched to-night, but no confirmation e be obtained to-night because of the dis. tance between the two points. gl Ry Santiago Iglesias at Liberty. SAN JUAN, Porto Rice, Sept. 5.—The libel case against Santiago Iglesias of the Federation of Workmen which was an outcome of circulation a pamphlet in of Porto Rico, his putting in which he erit- fcized and attacked the insular awthori. ties, has been pigeon-holed and has’ been liberated. etz No Dispute With Rosehill. YOKOHAMA, cruiser Takachiho returned here to-di from Marcus Island. Captain Rosehill is at Marec: that ev factoril, manufactured under letters patent. y. 5.—The Japanese She reports that us 13 land, but erything has been arranged satis- | ¥ ACCUSE HIM OF BASE TREACHERY THAEE. AGPIRANTS FOR SHRIEVALTY Lively Contest Is Prom- ised in Santa Clara County. Langford to Make the Race as an Independent Candidate. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Sept. 5.—There promises to be a lively contest for the shrievalty as a sequel to the Republican convention of yesterday. Sheriff Robert J. Langtord, who was beaten for the nomihation, is preparing to run independently. Ex-Chief of Police James Kidward is said to be af- ter the Democratic nomination, believing | be can beat A. B. Campbell, the Repub- lican nominee. J. H. Thorpe, a labor union man, and M. Farrell are seeking the Democratic indorsement. With Lang- ford as an independent candidate there will be a pretty three-cornered contest. When the Republican convention ad- Journed early this morning there was | but one office yet to fill—that of City Justice. This will be done by the County Central Committee. Frank H. Benson and F. P. Russell were nominated for Justices of the Peace In San Jose township and M. F. Marshall and R. J. Farren were named for constables. The Democrats will hold their county ccnvention next Thursday. There are ary number of candidates for the places and for many of the offices there will be ely ccntests. Those in the fleld now are: Superior Judge—M. H. Hyland, V. A Scheller. County Clerk—H. A. Pfister. Auditor—Martin Murphy, Jay Cox. Sherift—M. Farrell, J. H. Thorpe, R. D. Fox. District Attorney—J. H. Campbell, J. P. Sex. Treasurer—Peter Aguirre. Assessor—L. A. Spitzer. Tax Collector—W. A. January. Recorder—Thomas Treanor, Benjamin Ruck- er, George Bull. Surveyor—Paul Sainsevain. Coroner—Morgan H. Miles, Bernard Kell, M. A._Boulware. City Justice—H. A. Gabriel, George F. Car~ roll, W. B. Fitzgerald. Township Justices—E. M. Rosenthal, Leo B. Archer, W. H. Johnson, Frank Scherrer. Constablés—R. A. Anderson, Thomas Lahan. Union Men for Legislature. SAN JOSE, Sept. 5—Union labor of Santa Clara County will be represented at the conference of the State Union Labor party in San Franeisco to-morrow night. At a _meeting to-night D. J. Gairaud, D. J. White and John Stanley were elected delegates. The local branch promises to take an active interest in the selection of a legislative ticket. It will ask the Demo- crats to give it the naming of the legis- lative candidates and it is said the re- quest probably will be granted in ex- change for support. William Herman, resident of the Musiclans’ Union, has Peen mentioned as a_possible candidate for Senator in the Twenty-eighth Dis~ trict and J. F. Talbot, a labor leader, is seeking the nomination for Assemblyman. OFFICERS ARE NAMED BY LETTER CARRIERS National Association at Its Conven- tion in Denver Discusses Insur- ance Affairs. DENVER, Sept. 5—The National Let- ter-Carriers’ Association elected officers to-day and chose Syracuse as the next meeting-place. President J. C. Keller of Cleveland, Ohio, was re-elected, receiv- ing 758 votes to 207 for B. J. Curtin of Lynn, Mass.,, and 122 for A. J. Michener of St. Louts. For vice president the vote A. C. McFarland, Des Moines, 594: M. F. Finnan, Bloomington, 48. E. J. Cantwell was re-elected secretary with- out opposition. For treasurer the vote stood: G. W. Butterfield, Bay ~ Cit. Mich., 557; E. Devine, Chicago, 353; MecDonald, Grand Rapids, Mich., 6. As a majority of all the votes cast is required to elect, another vote will be necessary on_this office. During the day changes were made in the insurance department to make it a purely fraternal order. Resolutions were adopted indorsing the work of President Keller in presenting matters to Congress, reindorsing the salary bill now pending before Congres: positively indorsing every union label; apropriating $300 for the ald of the striking anthracite coal miners, and recommending a voluntary contribution of not less than 3 cents from each member of the association for the same object. A telegram was sent President Roosevelt expressing gratifica- tion at his escape m_serious injury in the recent accident. The thanks of the convention were expressed to Commis- sioner Presho of Boston and Senator Bev- eridge of Indlana for their consistent sup- port. Thousand-Dollar Nugget. QUINCY, Sept. 5.—A $1000 gold nugget was brought to Quincy from Johnsvilie by Willam Passetta to-day. It was found a few days ago below Old Jamison City, in the gold belt running through Plumas County. Other large nuggets were found there many years ago. 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