The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 19, 1902, Page 2

THE EAGER FIGHTERS | JLER A BATTLE Colombian Gunboat Bo-| gota Is Looking for | Trouble. Proposals for Peace Are Not Likely to Bear Fruit, i Epecial Dispatch to The Call { PANAMA, Nov. 18—The Colombian Government gunboat Bogota left the har- bor last night in search of insurgent war wvessels. A dispatch from Colon says the Colombian gunboat Cartagena has ar- rived there from Santa Marta with- 80)-| soldiers. Troops have been assigned to the Gorgona and Matachin sections of the Pz raflroad. KINGSTO! Jamaica, Nov. 18.=Pas- sengers have arrived here from Colon say that from certain recent events it would seem that all peace negotiations 1 fall through apd from present ap- pearances matters will have to be de- cided by fighting. The principal reasons for this cqnclusion are that there is no ccnfidence in the promises or guarantees of the Bogota Government and Minister Fernandez's sanguinary proclivities are too well known. General Castro’s victory over the Ven= €zuelan insurgents also influencing matters here considerably and before Jong serious troubles will again begin in the Interior. ‘ Regarding the insurgent general Her- | rera’s movements, it is rumored that part | of his army, an advance guard, is | etationed in Chimera under command of General John Plaza and that General | ierrera is also advancing with 5000 men reports prove true there will be aevelopments within a week. General Vel established his eadguarters with about 800 men in Tav- ernilla and San Pablo, occupying all the 1 bufldings of the section, that is. | f way between Panama and the nal, controlling also Barbacaos bridge. seneral Navarre occupies the heights of 2 with about 60 men with artillery managed . could control | Pedrc Miguel and Mira- Miraflores there are pire about 500 and chments at other parts of There are still many important s left uncovered. i | | Parviso \ TRUN RACES F THE TRHCK Southern Pac.fic Cars Are Demolished in Texas. Dispatch to The Call Specia Tex., Nov. 18.—The east- imited train on the South- into.an_ppen switch at of here, this compietely wrecked. of a sleeper and a ch was left fit for No flied outright, but sons were ously injured. Three | em will probably die. i ain went through Dever at the | £ 1 hour, as it was | its run from-San | New Orleans. When it n switch the engine ran off and toppled over, the! aving their trucks and | h other until they were miles west d was exception b ¥ r in_the ditch. Thrée | other cars were wrecked, but not so com E er Burt was pinned under his ove ne. His arms were broken | i red ehg and he w badly scalded. His fireman wWaE I usly hurt Conductor- Mc- Manr rhaps fatally hurt. William a pasi , was ured % was reduced to splin- ail clerk was caught in but when ne was finally dug found that he did not have a The passengers in the awled out through the spreading from the s extinguished. exploded, but aside | from ing spectators did no damage Charles B. Hanford theat- rical company was caught in the wreck and was forced to abandon its matinee performance Here. The injured were taken to Houston on a special train. wreck, windows tender, CEOLERA IS SPREADING IN HOLY LAND TOWNS |, People of the Afflicted Places Are in Great Need o Relief. JERUSALEM, XNov. 18—The cholera epidemic is spreading rapidly. The popu lations of Gaza and Lydda (Ludd) have been decimated and the authorities are | king flight. | At Jaffa there have been fifty-seven deaths in three days. The disease is rag- ing in neighboring villages. No complete returns of the mortality are available. The people in the stricken districts are in sad plight and relief is needed every- ere. 1 | | | | | S W R Californians in Washington. WASHINGTON, Nov. 18—The follow- irg Californians have arrived at the ho- ] tels: Arlington—Mrs. J. 8. Slauson, | Jumes Slauson, Los Angeles. Raleigh— | 3. R. Hurlbut, San Francisco. St. James | —E. A Packard, Oakland; L. T. Atwood, Los Angele: Old as the Pyramids And as little changed by the ages is Scrofula, than which no disease, save Consumption, is responsible for a larger mortality, and Consumption is its out- growth. It affecis the glands, the mucous mem- | branes, tissues and bones; causes bunches | the neck, catarrhal troubles, rickets, 2med eyelids, sore ears, cutaneous uptions, etc. " “1 suffered from scrofula, the disease affecting the glands of my neck. I gia erything 1 was told to do to eradicate | but without success. I then began | king Hood’s Sarsaparilla, and the swell- | ing in my neck entirely disappeared and | my skin resumed a smooth, healthy ap- pearance. The cure was complete.” Miss Anita Mitchell, 915 Scott street, Coving- ton, Ky. Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Piils Thoroughly” eradicate scrofula and build up the system that has suffered from it. n! | cross-exaniinéd by three attorneys for as | many. coal, companies. | restless in consequence of the long cross- | examination.” which ‘apparently does not ited to new features of those questions {that have already been gone over. The lawyers assured the commission -that | Gowen, for the Lehigh Valley | question before the commi ;mg: thus far that the companies will op- | principally regarding conditions existing hing filed with the commission is public matter, the names were unofficially | handed in and were not given out for | them is insufficient to keep them law- | Mitchell retained his complete compos- ure. The question met with a ready response. | because of violence, but the strike itself | | absolutely as he pleases, COAL COMPANIES INDICATE THEY WILL OPPOSE RECOGNITION OF T . e e e CRANTON, Pa., Nov. 18—Presi- dent Mitchell, for the fourth suc- cessive day, occupied’ the witness stand during the two sessions of the strike commission and was While.a consid- erable amount of information for the en- | lightenment of ‘the commissioners was brought out, the day was a rather quiet cne compared with those which have pre- ceded it. The arbitrators are:. growing bring out the facts as quickly as the com- raission would like to have them present- ed. Several times during the course of 1o-day’s session Chairman Gray reminded the attorneys of the value of time and suggested that cross-examination be lim- they, too, were anxious to expedite mat- ters and would do everything possible to matters along without injuring seir own cases. 4 Mitchell has been on.the stand since last Friday morning and is showing signs of weariness from the strain of four days' cress-examination. Thus far his attorney, C. 8. Darrow, and David Wileox, for-the Delaware and Hudson; Wayne Mac- Veagh, for the Erie Company; Francis 1. ,and W. W, Eoss, for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Westéern Company, have examined 'the miners’ president. \The commissioners to- day for the first time entered into the dis- cussion with the lawyers and the witness over disputes which arose from ‘time to e MacVeagh, who began his cross-exam- ination of Mitchell on Saturday, conclud- ed at 11 o'clock to-day. The distinguished attorney centered mest of his energies in trying to break down the miners’ rea- sons for asking for a yearly agreement 7 the companies on hours of labor, es and other conditions which, if made, would be a recognition of the unjon. MacVeagh's principal aim through- out his questioning of Mitchell was to show that the Mine Workers' Union, be: cause of alieged acts of intimidation, vio- lence and the use of the boycott by its members, proved itself unfit to be a par- ty to a contract. Mitchell would not ad- mit, nor even assume for the sake of il- lustration, of a reign of terror existing in the anthracite fields during the last £ix months. The recognition of the union is looked upon as the most important ion and it is quite evident from the trend of proceed- pcse it to their utmost ability. Gowen and Ross questioned Mitchell at the collierics of the companies they represent. These questions were more or less technical. Mitchell’s answers as a rule differed very little from the rea- sons given in his preliminary statement to the commission for improved condi- tions for the mine workers, Interest in the proceedings is not wan- ing~ A large crowd which has been wedged in the courtroom in the preceding days of the hearings was 4n evidence: Neither is there a falling off in the at- tendance of attorneys, of whom there are almost two score present at each ses- sion. e NO ANARCHY IN UNIONISM. Mitchell Declares He Does Not Ap- prove of Violence. SCRANTON, Pa., Nov. 18.—Another laige crowd was in attendance to-day when the arbitration commission began its fourth day’s sitting. Mitchell, who ias been on the stand since last Friday, teok his place in the witness box and his cross-examination by Wayne Mac- Veagh for the Erie Company was re- sumed. Before proceeding to the examination Jechn T. Lenahan of Wilkesbarre, one of the attorneys for the non-union men, who want the commission to take up their case, handed to the commission a list of 2000 names of non-union men’ as his authority for appearing before the arbitrators. He did not wish the com- mission to make the names public at th time, but as Chairman Gray said every- publication. He also filed a statement of the non-tinion demands, which were pub- lished this morning. MacVeagh, in resuming his cross-ex- amination, said he would be glad to get an expression as to the influence of acts of violence on the temper and disposition of the union men said to have committed them. The witness said that he would rot assume that the acts of violence are tru “11,”” said he, “Forest City, which has been referred to, would be an example of all towns and cities in the anthracite fields, it would indicate that we were very law-abiding, religious people.” “The question,” MacVeagh said, is whether or not you have taken the proper methods to prevent a repetition of violent acts when they have . oc- curred.” He did not care, he said, by whom e acts were committed. “What 1 am trying to show,” he con- wwed, “is that there is a growing spirit of violence and disregard of law in their organization and that your influence over abiding and peaceful, as you desire them to be.” Under this arraignment of the wunion “The fear that my influence,” said he, “is not sufficient to deter men from the commission of crime is a contradiction of the claims often mgde about me.” He was free to say that some men may have been deterred from going to work lost more in public opinion by reason of that than it could possibly gain. The cross-examiner and the witness then plunged into a Spirited colloquy over the question of whether one man has a right to prevent another man from sell- ing his labor. The best answer MacVeach could draw from the miners' chief was that he did not approve of any one committing an unlawful act. MacVeach read a statement regarding the right to strike as belonging to the personal freedom of workingmen. He 2lso took the view that in the exercise of that freedom those who cease to work must not interfere with the liberty of others who wished to work. “We do not want anarchy,” said Mit- cheil, “‘and that is anarchy, pure anq simple—the 'right of every many to do regardless effects on society.” kb ““This is the langauge of very carefuliy disguised anarchy,” MacVeach remarked, “because it is the langauge of Archbishop Ireland.” “Archbishop Treland never expect. to be used in that sense. I nflv:htedul; Archbishop Ireland is;a member of a committee of which T afn also a member, hich has declared for a trade union dea.” Answering a further question, Mitchell declared ‘that If Archbishop Ireland’s statement meant that men have no right to picket, he disagreed with him. Mit- chell added that he did not know that the Archbishop was regarded as a su. preme court on trade union matters. The attorney and the witness wandered from the rules of cross-examingtion and induiged in an argument over® the pro- priety of any one criticising acts and de- cisions of courts. SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, Attorneys- Strive to Break Down Miners’ Reasons. for Asking for a Yearly Agree- ment on Hours of Labor and Wages o MacVéagh thought it was wrong to fol- low. such a course and that it tends to breed anarchy. Mitchell “said he was pleased to say the courts as a rule are fair, but he regretted that, in the course of his experience he had found some Judges against labor. He referred to Judge Jackson of West Virginia, who, he #aid, had made 'a great many serious re- flections on men who gave up their lives in the cause of labor. He added that there were no anarchists in the trades unions. Mitchell said no local in his un- fon had ever’expelled a man from the union for belonging to the National Guard, and that no national labor union of any kind had ever done such a thing. A little union in New York State, he said, had taken such action, and it had been heralded over the country. He was not responsible for what some other organiza- tions did. As soon as MacVeagh had finished Judge Gray announced that the commis- sion~did not wish to limit the liberty of any one appearing in this case as repre- senting others, but they believed they had obtained as much information as they are likely to get on the subjects touched upon. . Judge Gray announced, however, that if there was any new line of examination the commission would not object to hear- ing the testimony. Former Congressman Wolverton, repre- senting the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company, informed the commission that future examinations would be Very brief. Francis R. Gowen, representing the Le- high Valley Coal Company. followed Mac- Veagh, and questioned Mitchell regarding ‘his comparison of wages paid in the bitu- minous fields as against those paid in the - anthracite fields. The question of weighing coal was also taken up. For the first time during the session the members of the commission then en- tered into a general cross-examination of the witnesses on points which the pre- vious testimony had not brought out. Replving to Bishop Spalding, Mitchell said that operators could form a coali- tion and stop the mining of coal through- out the United States. *“They could do the same as we could,” seid he,’ “and especially now when the ccal fields of the country are passing into the hands of a few men.” Commissioner Watkins thought the law would prevent the operators doing that by reason: of their incerporation, but Mitchell said they had the right to shut down their mines. 3 Judge Gray asked the witness if his so- ciety did not depend, after all, on the old economic truth that all great forces which tend. to uplift and earry on social advancement and civilization depend upon the average desire of the individual to better his own condition and to work for wages and upon the desire of a jman who has property to utilize it and get an in- come from it. “I think that probably is true,” Mitchell’s ' reply. Judge Gray—If you can imagine all men ceasing work at once the whole social machine would stop. Mitchell—Yes. Commissioner Wright—Do you consider it justifiable for the emplovers in a cer- tain district in order to resist the de- mands of the labor union to paralyze that industry or any group of industries? “No, I do not think it is proper,” Mitch- ell replied. = “Would the same answer be made if I should substitute ‘unions’ instead of ‘em- ployers? ™ “I think in either case,” answered Mitchell, “some other, avenue of adjust- ment than the paralysis of the industry should be sought.” Mitchell, answering the commissioners, caid the United Mine Workers did not in- corporate because the step was not nec- essary. An organization, to become finan- ally responsible, he said, must have a large fund, and this the working people @id not have. He said that employers who object to treating or.contracting with the union because it is not incorpo- rated would oppose treating with it any- ho Commissioner Wright asked Mitchell what he meant by recognition of the urion, and the witness replied: “It means that employers whall make agreements regulating hours of labor, wages, etc., with the union and that the union as such would be held responsible for a rigid compliance with those agree- ments.” The cross examination was next taken up by W. W. Ross of New York, counsel was { for the Delaware, Lackawanna and West- ern, who had just begun to question the witness when the noon recess hour ar- rived. A o MITCHELL GROWS SARCASTIC. Makes Spirited Replies to Coal Com- panies’ Attorneys. SCRANTON, Pa., Nov. 18.—In the after- noon Ross’ line of examining was for gome time directed toward testing Mitchell’'s knowledge of bituminous mine i working, the number of men employed, the wages pald and a comparison of these with the wages paid in the anthracite fielés. Regarding the number of hours the men work in the hard coal regions, Mitchell said that when the breaker runs ten hours the men usually work seven, eight or nine hours. When the breaker runs less the men work in proportion. On the average, however, the men worked more hours than the breakers. “As a matter of fact,” said Ross, “has not your organization stopped the others from working on the days when (he breakers were: idle?” Mitchell admitted that in this district the rule is that the men shall not prepare coal on idle days. This, he said, was for the purpose of preventing favoritism. “You have spoken of the existence of fovoritism,” Ross said, “and you referred to the excessive system of docking. Do they exist in our mines?” “That is my information,” was the reply. - In reply to another questiorr by Ross, Mitchell declared that the rule of the lo- cal unions not to prepare coal when the breakePs were idle did not have for its object the restriction of the output. ““If these miners should be permitted to work,” asked Ross, “‘on these idle days the output would have been greater, would not it?"” “I don’t know whether your company wanted more coal than the miners pro- duced or not.” ““We have wanted for several years all the coal we could get. We have never been able really to supply our orders.” “That information,” Mitchell answered, “is much different from what I usually got from the men you represent, because they said their sales were limited entire- ly by the competition of bituminous coal.” “We are not discussing competition at present,” Ross remarked. “During this era of prosperity we worked all the miners we could to advantage.” “I say,” said Mitchell, further answering the question, “that the information is con- trary to the statements made by the presidents of your companies.” At the request of counsel Mitchell here gave a history of his connection with or- ganized labor. He said that he secured a recognition of the union and a change of irom ten hours to eight in the State of Tllinois in the spring of 1898. There was no strike’ “We did what we are trying | to do here—we asked the operators to meet us and we agreed on an advance of 18 per cent and an eight-hour day.” After some important testimony as to a comparison of wages, the social fea- tures of the coal fields were taken up and Mitchell said he could not see any other reason in child labor than that the fami- lies reauired the money to live on, the exception being where the people may be inhuman. He then reiterated his former statement that the minimum wage should be $600 a vear. ““We might want to go to the seashore,” said he. Speaking with a little sarcasm, Mitchell said that the company had some employes who had visited Philadelphia once in twenty-four years and that they thereby had an important event in their lives to relate to their grandchildren. At this point Ross took occasion to call attention to the fact that his company owned 284 houses, which were rented to the miners on an average of $5 a month. “So vou see,” remarked Ross, “we have not very many houses for the number of employes, upward of 12,600.” “You charge enough for the ones you do have,” was Mitchell’s dry response, which caused merrimient among the min- ers in the courtroom. After securing an expression from the miners’ president that the company paid to stockholders 26 per cent on their capi- tal stock, Ross inquired if he was not in- coirect. “l think the figures were that,” said Mitchell. ‘“There are a good many meth- ods for putting profits away in a rail- road,” he added. Replying to further inquiries, Mitchell said there had been very few failures of ccal companies either in the anthracite .or bituminous fields, although Ross con- HE UNION NOVEMBER 19, 1902. o ! tended that from an investment stand- point it is regarded as a hazardous busi- Tess. & In the course of much questioning on the subject of the demand for an eight hour day, Mitchell said that at the pres- ent time he and his clerks were working more than eight hours, but that was in- cident to preparing data for the commis- sion, but usually the clerks in his office worked eight hours. Giving as a reasod for the miners pre- ferring to be paid by weight rather than by measure, Mitchell said that persons buying coal wanted it weighed as do sell- ers of coal. “What benefit is there,” asked Ross, “to the miner by being paid by the ton instead of by the car?” Mitchell said that there had been gen- | eral discontent among the miners because ! of disagreements arising in the docking, | not only for impurities, but on account of | | the “topping.” “ “You do not know,” said Ross, “that it | is necessary to discipline a man?” “Is that the reason,” Mitchell asked; ‘““for impurities, or because their cars did not have enough in them?” He insisted that he knew of instances where docking amounted to three or four cents, although Ross stated that it was an eight-tenths of a cent. Mitchell then | referred to the increase in the size of cars | without increase of wages, and said this | was another ground for complaint, be- 'cause it represents a decrease in a min- er's earnings. Answering Judge Gray, Mitchell ad- | mitted that about 10 per cent of the total production of anthracite coal was put out on the weigh basis. At 4 o'clock the commission adjourned until 10 o'clock to-merrow, Mitchell still being on the stand. PR FEDERATION RAISES SALARI] Socialists at New Orleans Conven- tion Stir Up Debate. . NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 18—The salary | of the president of the American Federa- tion of Labor was this afternoon in-| creased from $2100 per annum to $3000 and | the salary of the secretary from $1800 to | 182500 The increases were voted after a| | long debate in which fully thirty dele-| | gates participated. The original resolu- | ]tlon. presented by Delegate Berger of | Milwaukee, provided that they should be $4000 and $2400 respectively. The commit- tee to which the matter was referred re- sported in favor of increasing the salary | of the president to $2400 and that of the | secretary to $2100, but the report of the| committee was voted down and the sal- | arles were increased to the amounts stated. A feature of the debate was the at- tempt of the Socialists in the convention to fix the president's salary at $4000, though they subsequently, on motion of Max Hayes of Cleveland, presented the| resolution which fixed the salary at $3000. Delegate Berger, speaking In behalf of ; the socialistic element, which is opposed to the policy of the present administra- tion of the organization, although it has no particular objection to President | Gompers or Secretary Morrigon, as indi- | viduals, urged the resolution for a $i000 salary, saying: % ““This is not a personal measure. I say frankly that if the Socialists had the| power in this convention they would turn | out Gompers, Morrison and the entire | | executive board and elect Socifllflv. in order to carry out a socialistic policy in the American Federation of Labor. But | the Socialists are fair,.and they believe that labor organizations should not ex- ploit their officers and employes. On the contrary labor organizations ought to pay the ‘best of wages. Our treasury permits | i it and our organization, comprising nearly one and a half million workers, ought to pay a fair salary.” The special committee having before it the dispute between President Gompers and President Shaffer of the Amaigain- ated Assoclation finally organized this afternoon by selecting Lee A. Tanquary of the telegraphers as the fifth member. It spent the entire afternoon in taking testimony, but does not expect ta be able to present a report before Thursday morning. It is almost a foregone con- clusion that the report will be in favor of President Gompers. Advises Work in National Parks. WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—The annual report of the superintendent of the Se- quoia and General Grant National Parks in California recommends that all the avail- able streams in the park be stocked with trout; the employment of a force of men to work exclusively in repairing and con- structing trails; the construction of per- | | manent barracks and quarters for the | troops, and extension of the Giant For- | | | est road in the park limits. There were no serious forest fires during last sum- mer in the park. It is urged that two forest rangers should be constantly on duty in the Sequofa and one in the Gen- eral Grant park. Presto is very good, most excellent. method t00. Itis the best I have ¢ Jenkintown, Pa. October 18th, _ KITCHEN REQUISITES. 902, The H-O {2} Company . A e e A . It is much quicker than € best I have eyer tried The biscuits are (Signed) Ernest Zuberano, with John ‘Wanamakes, What does your cook say? ! Roosevelt's bear hunt in Mississippl is | It was then 1 o'clock and as arrangements | joyed his outing, i mounted their horses and rode R e s o s ] ] | that they i case is not involved. On this account it { consideration is being given to the fu- Tooms of the Chamber of Commerce to ©of Governor-Blect George C. Pardee and BAUIN ESEAPES - ROOSEVELT'S GUN | B Hunting Trip of President Ends Without a Trophy. e g Dogs Fare Worse Than the Wild Beasts in Mis- sissippi. SMEDES, Miss., Nov. 13.—President ended and he has not had even a shot at a bear. The last day of the chase was simply a repetition of the three pre- ceding days, so far as his luck was con- cerned. . Try as the hunters would, they could not get a bear within range of the President’s rifle. ‘The dogs caught a fresh trail this morn- ing and the President and Hoke Collier followed it half a dozen miles to the Big Sunflower River. The bear crossed a mile below the ford they went to, and. | believing it was making for the cane- brake on the other side, they endeavored | to' head if off. When they got into the | brake, however, they were disgusted to find that the bear had doubled on his track and crossed still farther down. had been made to break camp at 2:30 the President was reluctantly compelled to abandon further pursuit of the elusive quarry. ‘While the President was out after bear Major Helm, Dr. Lung and Secretary Cor- telyou had a more successful deer drive on this side of the Great Sunflower River. They jumped up a buck and a doe. Major Helm .killed the latter from his horse at about forty yards. Although thé President had failed to kill a bear on this expedition, he has en- and speaks In high praise of the hospitality that has been accorded him. He philosophically attrib- utes his 11l fortune to the traditional hunt- er's luck and says the next time he goes after bear he will arrange, to stay long enough for the luck to change. The breaking up of camp to-day was an interesting proceeding. The camp outfit was loaded into six mule wagons, the beds and sides of which were formed of the boards used for the table and tent | floors. The deer killed to-day and the bear killed yesterday were loaded and will be taken to Washington on the spe- cial train. Old Remus, the greatest dog in the pack, whose last hunt was ahead of the President of the United States, was badly used up, and with several of the wounded dogs was put in one of the wagons. ‘When all was in readiness the Presi- dent and the members of the party into Smedes, leaving the wagons to follow. The President is a hard rider and the pace was rapid, in spite of the bad trails. The distance, which is twelve miles, was covered in less than an hour. Upon the i | | [} President’s arrival here he found 500 peo- \‘ ple, practically all the negroes from the | surrounding plantations, assembled to | greet him. He thanked them for their | demonstration but made no speech. They | collected around his car on the siding | until dark hoping he would make a | speech. At 9:30 the special train started for Memphis. GOIN QUESTION 15 UPPERMOST Mrs. Tingley Must Prove the “Buds” Will Be Supported. e Special Dispatch to The Call. ALL BUREAU, 106 G*STREET, N. WASHINGT! Nov: 18.—Both sides | in the case of Katherine A. Tingley's | Universal Brotherhood have appealed to Secretary Shaw for another hearing be- | fore the officials of the department in | Washington. Elbridge T. Gerry, presi- | dent of the Society for the Prevention of | Cruelty to Children, appealed in opposi- | tion to the school, and Mrs. Tingley's | legal representatives have made an ap- | real for her. | No official report of the board in New | York has yet been received by Secretary Shaw, but the request for a hearing will | be granted and additional testimcny will | be taken here. The officials of the Treas. ury Department absolutely refuse to make | known the contents of any afidavits re- | ceived for and against the Tingley school. | Many of them are of such a nature that | should they become public many libel | suits would be likely to follow. The num- ber of these affidavits have increased daily since Mrs. Tingley appealed to Sec- | retary Shaw for a reversal of the judg- | ment made in New York. There is a division of opinion in the | Treasury Department as to what extent the investigation now being conducted by Commissioner-General Sargent can go into the habits and customs of the Uni- versal Brotherhood. The opinion which seems to prevail is that the Cuban chil- dren can be excluded only on the ground are likely to become public charges and that the moral side of the is quite likely that a rehearing will be along the lines of the financial ability of the officers of the school to take care ot/ the children now and in the future. —_— RECTORSHIP CANDIDATES ARE 'CONSIDERED AT ROME Congregation of the Propaganda Will | Decide on Washington Uni- ' versity President. | ROME, Nov. 18.—The Congregation of | the Propaganda has received from the | Apostolic delegation at Washington a list | of three candidates for appointment to the rectorship of the Catholic University | at Washington. Much importance is attached by the Vatican to this appointment and much | ture of the institution. Opinion differs as to whether it ought to be carried on mere- 1y as_ a higher school for ecclesiastical studies or be transformed into a first- class university, fully equipped, to com- | pete with the undenominational universi- | ties of the United States. | COMMITTEES TO PLAN FOR INAUGURAL BALL | Sacramento Citizens Empower Mayor Clark to Make the Se- lections. SACRAMENTO, Nov. 18.—A large and enthusiastic meeting of the ecitizens of Sacramento was held to-night in the arrange for the inaugural ball in honor the incoming State officials. Mayor George H. Clark was elected chairman and Victor L. Hatfield secretary. It was unanimously decided that the chair should name an executive cammittee of fifty rep- Tesentative citizens and. also all of the KATSCHINSKI FHILADELPHIA SHOE CO, 10 THIRD STREEL, SAN FRANCSED, EXTRA HIGH CUT, UNION MADE REDUCED TO $1.85. Specially made for the rainy sea- son. Ladies’ best vici kid lace shoes, extra high cut () inches high), heagy hand-welted soles that are cork heels and union anly $1., AA to C, Ask for the UNION STAMP on entering a shoe store. BOYS’ UNION. SHOES. Youths’ and boys’ durable shoes @ ever offered in this city. Youths” and boys’ satin calf lace shoes with union stamped— Youths’ sizes, 11 to l.gg Country orders solicited. We are agents for HOOD'S RIB- RS. B. KATSCHINSKI, PHILADELPHIA SHOE CO. €an Francisco. sentative of the best citizenship of the capital city, regardless of politics. past, will be given in the Assembly and Senate chambers of the State Capitol, the the first floor. A number of speeches were made to- that for the price excel any shoes coin toes and tips, heavy soles and Boys' sizes, 2% to BED BACK RUBBE 0 THIRD STREET. sub-committees. The meeting was repre- The ball; as has been the custom in the supper being served in the haliways on night, by Democrats and Republicans | alike, all dwelling upon the fact that the Governor-elect had said that he proposed making Sacramento his home during his administration, something that the outgo- ing administration had not done. o Tickets for the ball will be placed at $10 each, and will be sold in the larger cities of the State. The date of the bail has not yet been fixed, but it will be set for a time agreeable to the two houses of the Legislature. it i Minister Wu on Way Home. ‘WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—Minister Wu, who for moere than five years has repre- sented the Chinese Government in a dip- lomatic capacity at Washington, left here at 3:30 o’clock this afterncon for San Francisco. Wu will arrive at the coast Sunday next and from there will sail for China on the Hong Kong Maru, Novem- ber 25, first touching at Hong Kong. Madame Wu will remain in Washington for about two weeks and expects to sail for China from San Francisco about De- cember 10. e Demands Share for Employes. PARIS, Nov. 13.—Deputy Ernest Roche, | who calls himself a Nationalist-Socialist, introduced in the Chamber to-day a bill to compel those companies holding min- ng concessions from the Government to admit their employes to a share of the profits within six months of the passage of the bill. The House voted urgent con- sideration of the bill, which was referred to the Committee on Mines. JOHEN J. FULTON CO. He Still L4 Lives The Fulton Cmilgunds Continue to Cure Bright's Disease and Diabetes. ‘While the books continue to declare the incurability of Chronic Bright's Disease and Diabetes, the Fulton Compounds con- tinue to cure nearly nine-tenths of all cases. Here is another, one of several recoveries reported during the past week. Both he and his physicians thought he was doomed. But he is now ready to re- turn to his employment. His recovery is well known to the priest in his church, who will doubtless willingly attest the facts for the benefit of other sufferers. The signed facts are as follows: “I had Bright's Disease seven or eight vears. Two San Francisco physiclans said I could not live. I was in great distress from the dropsy and heart trouble, so common to this disease. I was discouraged and ready to give up when I saw in the papers the ttory of a recovery in a case like miue. I adopted the treatment. My improvement was slow but steady, and I consider mime an absolute cure. My specific gravity to-day is 1 albumen slightest trace, dropsy has disappeared. my flesh is firm. T eat and sleep naturally, can walk anywhere and am ready to go to work. PETER CUNNINGHAM, ‘289 Jersey st., San Francisco, Nov. i4, 1902 Medical works agree that Bright's Dis- ease and Diabetes®are incurable, but $7 per cent are positively recovering under the Fulton Compounds. (Dropsy., Rheu- matism from uric acid and the minor kid- ney diseases are soon relieved.) Price, $1 for Bright's Disease and $1.50 for Diabetic Compound. Free tests made for patients, Descriptive pamphlet mailed free. Call or address John J. Fuiton Co., office §, ninth floor, Mills building, Montgomery street, San Francise- 5