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2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL HUREDAY, BN GRS WTH GOMPERS He Declares That Labor Unions Should Not Be Incorporated. AR, Civic Federation’s Industrial Department Closes Its ‘Conference. NEW YORK, Dec. 10.—The annual con- ference of the industrial department of the National Civie Federation, which has been in ‘session for three 4 was brought tb-a close to-8ay. Interest jo the last was unabated, the hall being crowded to its utmost capacit The finel subject of discussion was “In- dustrial Agreemen in which many of the most. prominent delegates took part. | Becretary Basley read part of a circular he -had sent to @ large number of manu- facturers, asking them: ughout g given industry, pr loyes agree to abandon any arbi- ons upan output? To the quesfion 920 replies were received, 671 of them being in the afirmative. Marcus M. Marks, pres:dent of the Na- tiongl Assoctation of Clothing Manufac- turers, fc , taking the position that the short-hour day, is necessary, not only for.the employes, but for the employers. PLEADS FOR FREE DISCUSSION. Samuel Gompers, president of the Amer- fcan Federation of Labor speaking of the | claim that unions should be incorporated, | said thet the suggestion was made for the | purpose of affording an muict the unions in damages. One of the greatest complaints that organized labor has against employers of labor, he be- lieved, is the refusal of many to meet and discuss their grievances with their men. Gompers opposed the suggestion that the eigh our day ought not to be adop adoption can be made genera Alfred Moseley said that if = America should attempt to work upon the eight- hour day plan the result ' would bring about a deplorable industrial condition r other two great industrial na- hour day plan. Barber, president of the Diamond h Company, declared that the pres- high standards among workmen in this country are not due toythe labor unions, but to men in all branches of bus- iness who have aimed at higher stand- ards. Great Britain has lost its indus- trinl supremacy because of the strength there of trades unions, which, he said, are going contrary to the law of least resist- ence. The afternoon session began with an ad- drese by Frederick Driscoll, commissioner of the American Newspaper Publishers’ Association, in which he presented a résume of the efforts of his association to reach an understanding with the unions which thould prevent strikes and bring matters of disagreement to arbitration. CHATRMAN HANNA SPEAKS. Chairman Hanna, in closing the discus- sion, declared “himself opposed to the claim that labor unions should be imcor- porated. Regarding the work of the Civic Federation, he said he did not ex- pect aRy great results at once, but the commisgion would continue to work, would increase its personnel and would keep up with or a little ahead of public opinion. He declared himself opposed to compuisory arbitration. the labor problem, he declared, would re- sult from the conference of employers and employes, with the one desire to do what is best for both At the conclusion of the discussion the committee - went into executlve %ession and elected the following officers: Senator M, A licmne, chairman; Oscar S. Straus, firet vice president; Semuel Gompers, second vice president; Cornelius Bliss, treas- urer; Ralph M. Eaeley, general secretary. It was also decided that the conference will hold semi-annual meetings hereafter, in May and December, instead of-ennual meetings, and that local organizations ehall be extablished in all the larger cit- fes for the purpose of carrying on the educational work of the federation. Treaty With Spain Is Reported. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—The treaty between the United States and Spain was favorably reported to-Gay by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. The treaty makes recogniljon of the changes produced by the war Bytween this coun- try end Spain and provides for the full recognition of the terms of the peace treaty negotiated in Paris. Generdl Booth at Kansas City. KANSAS CITY, Dec. 10.—General Wil- liam Booth of the Salvation Army and his party will leave Kansas City for Denver Friday morning. Three meetings will be | held in the Colorado capital, and from there the party will go direct to Salt Lake City; where meetings will be held in the Mormon Tabernacle. The coast itin- erary includes San Francisco and Los Angeles. DR. PIERCE'S REMEDIES. lendor to a health- 1 condition. Let the bird be sickly, and the s of Dr. Pierce's Favoritc got well and —3 twelve in two months | and wes the picturc of h, Your several years : you iook well now. * Favorite Prescription” makes weak women strong, sick women well. Ac- " no substitute for the a pumctical proposition to re by voluntary, uniform | opportunity to | gland and Germany, continue on | The solution of | ‘STATEHOOD BILL BEFORE SENATE Beveridge Presents Re- port Favoring Substi- tute Measure. Quay Beaten in First Skir- mish for Arizona and New Mexico. bl B St RSN WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.— | At the close of the Senate session to-day, Quay an- nounced that he hgd 47 votes | for the admission of New || Mexico and Arizofia, while the opposition had but 41. | % WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—Almost the entire cession of the Senate to-day wae deyoted to distussion of the omnibus statehood bill. The bill came over as the unfinished business from the last session, and by agreement to-day was fixed for calling it up. Barly,in the morning hour Quay submitted a report of his own, and its reading occupled the time of the Sen- ate until 2 o'clock, when the statehood | bill wae lald before the Senate. Its read- |ing was begun immediately thereafter, | followed by the reading of the substitute. | Beveridge, chairman of the Committee on | Territories, then presented the committee report, giving the reasons for recommend- ing joint statehood of Oklahoma and In- dian Territory and for not favoring the | omnibus bill. The Beveridge report discusses at some length the abstract question of the neces- gary qualifications for statehood and then takes up the preparedness of the Terrk: tories under each of the requisites speci- fied. Accepting the unit of representation rule, which under the census of 1900 is 194,182, it is found that New Mexico, with 19,310 people, would come in, but that | Arizona would fall considerably short of | the requirement. The committee lays | down the general rule that while no new State should necessarily be as “large in population as any existing State, it is contended that it should be large enough to bear some fair proportion to the popu- lation of the rest of the republic,” and it is declared that it would be well if the rule could be adopted that any new State should have a population equal to the average population of the rest of the | States. This rule would require a popula- tion for any proposed new State at pres- ent time of 1,850,000. Referring specifically to conditions | found by the sub-committee to exist in New Mexico, it is asserted ¢hat the courts of the Justices of the Peace are practl- | cally all conducted in Spanish and that in terpreters are necessary in other courts, as they are in the Legislature, in political conventions and even in campaign speeches. It is further asserted that while both Spanish and English are taught in the schools, the school children generally converse among themselves in Spanish and that when the children finish their school career their tendency is to | relapse into the Spanish as the language of their daily life. It is stated that mapy jurymen sign their marks. The_commit- tee admits that there are many excellent people among the Mexicans and say that | when the Territory becomes more Amer- icanized no one will object to statehood for this Territory. N Of the so-called Americans it is said that some of them “‘are not .nearly so good citizens in conduct or in the ynder- standing of our institutions as the Mex- ican element. Such are the riffraff, to use the expression of United States Judge Mills, who first follow the introduction of railroads and such other elements as are always seen in any country’s extend- ing frontier.” The report says that mahy people of the Territory are opposed to its admission, but intimates broadly that conditions make them fear 1o express their senti- ments. Speaking of Arizona, it is said the edu- cational progress of the Territory has beeh fair and that there is a large per- centage of refined people who have been | portunities for adventure and enterprise. But, it is stated, that “while these ele- ments are important and invaluable to the Territory and while their influence is | altogether for good and will steadily grow, it cannot be truthfully said that | at the present time they are in sufficient tants of the Territory. This is proved by the fact that saloons and gamblifig estab- lishments are by the statutes of the Ter- days, and attempis to repeal this law have been futile.” The report then declares that even “were all the people of the Territory af the admirable class above described, they would be far too few to justify state- In the course of the reading of the sev- Senate pa a bill refunding certain revenue taxXes to owners of private dies, and also a bill relieving certain importers from the duty on tea placed in bonded ‘warehouses. During consideration of the statehood measure Quay never left the chamber. For the most part he remained in his chair, only once or twice leaving it for the purpose of conferring with some Sen- ator near by. Delegates Rodey of New Mexjco and Flynn of Oklahoma were on the floor of the Senate and closely fol- lowed the proceedings. Just before adjournment Nelson secured permission to withdraw the substitute in order to perfect it. Quay promptly in- sisted that thé substitute if withdrawn should be sent back to the committee, but the chair ruled against him. Bacon of Georgia offered an amendment changing the name of the proposed State trom Oklahbma to Jefferson. Quay gave notice that when the Nelson substitute was again offered ‘he would move 1o lay it on the table. The Senate at 5:15 o'clock went into ex- ecutive session, and at 5:35 p. m.- ad- Journed. May Name New State Jefferson. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—The action of Senator Nelson to-day in withdrawing the substitute for the omnibus statehood bill, he saye, was for the purpose of making some amendments needed because of its hasty drafting. It is possible that the name Jefferson will be substituted for Oklahoma. 4 Se— PRIVATE INVESTIGATION INTO DEATH OF MRS. GORZ Russian Singer in Whose Apartments She Was Shot Is Summoned Before a Judge. PARIS, Dec. 10.—M. Jean de Rydzewski, the Russian singer in whose apartments Mrs. Ellen Gore was shot and killed, ap- | peared before the Judge in chambers to- day. The examination was private. M. | can consulgte, was permitted to watch the proceedings in behalf of Consul General Gowdy. The utmost secrecy was main- tained as to the result of the proceed- ings. "|.Calvin W. Green, professor of mathematics of the Illinois Wesleyan University here, died to- aay, 45 years. -+ | attracted by the climate and by the op-| number to dominate the mass of inhabi- | ritory permitted openly to run by night | | and by day, on Sunday as well as week- | eral reports and the statehood bill the | | Pacquet, the representative of the Ameri- | DELEGATES E LUCIDATE NEEDS OF THE CITIES Session of the League of Municipalities of California Begins i n San Jose With,Good Attendance and Interesting Addresses Special Dispatch to The Call, AN JOSE, Dyc. 10.—Officials from thirty-eight municipalities of the State were present this morning when the fifth annual convention of ,the ILeague of California Municipalities opened in the City Council chamber. These delegates were from scattering parts of the State, San Dilego and Los Angeles being represented from the south and Yreka on the north. About sixiy tepresentatives were present. More delegates will arrive "to-night and: to- morrow, and it is believed that most of the eighty-six municipalities having mem- bership in the league will be represented before adjournment. The convention was called to order shortly after 10 o'clock by Mayor Snyder, | the president of the league. Secretary H. A. Mason of Santa Clara was in his place. ; Mayor Worswick of San Jose was at once {introduced to the delegates, and deliv- ered an address of welcome. He extend- | ed the freedom of the city to the guests, and bid them enjoy themselves. He safa: Your purpose for the free interchange of opinion is a @lofty one, inasmuch as it con- cerns the best that is In eitizenship and seeks to effect means by which local goverument may be best administered. And along these lines permit me to state there is much to be done in California, even including San Jose. 1 don’t krow how it may strike you, gentle- | men, but if by a single stroke of pen or hand I could wipe out forever the curse of partisan polities in our little family city and county | affairs, I should do it with inexpressible pleas- | ure, I have high hopes of the future of our Cali- | fornie municipalities. As they become perfect- | ed, then we shail have a patriotic pecple and @ loyal people loving thelr State for its virtues, and for its freedom from the selfishness and corruption which 5o frequently mars the com- munity life of our towns and cities. MUNICIPAL PROBLEMS. | President Snyder responded on behalf |of the convention. He referred to the hearty greeting and hospitality already | extended to the visitors and the beauty of San Jose and the surrounding country. In closing, he said: The problems of municipal government are | the most important presented to the American | people to-day. The character of each Amer- { fcan citizen is molded in accordance with the atmosphere in which he lives—and in this age the majority of our people live in cities. I am impressed with the words of Mayor Wors- wick that we should eliminate politics In our local elections, In a well governed city good citizens are reared—men who are strong mentally, morally and physically; who are loyal to thelf country and true to thelr homes. In a poorly ruled city bad en ar: nurtured—men who ape traltors to themselves, to thelr homes, to their native land—men who wreck happy hearts, debauch honest homes and destroy free gov- ernment. The chief object of our league is to ele- vate the tone of municipal government, and by 0 doing to make mankind better. Ours is & wortly ambition—to make the cities of Cali- fornia equal in every respect to the best in the world—to make the dwellers in those cities the most contented on earth. The registration of the following dele- gates was then announced: Auburn, W, J. Morgan (trustee); Nevada . 'W. Chapman, Sidney Peard (trustees); Chico, O. L. Clark, E. E. Canfleld G. R. Kennedy (attorney); Santa yor D. C. Clark, Frank Roberts, J. AGED STATESMAN SPEAKS ON LABOR Galuaha‘ A. Grow Ad- vocates Some Form of Profit Sharing. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—The feature of, the House proceedings to-day was a lusha A. Grow of Pennsylvania on the re- lations between labor ‘and capital. At the | end of the present session he retires at the age of 79, after a career in public life extending over half a century. His | first speech in the House was on “Man’s { Right to the Soil.” He was the author of the free homestead act. HIs speech | to-day was regarded as his valedictory to public life, and was listened to with close attention by his colleagues. conclusion was that some sort of co-op- eration between labor and capital was the only solution of the impending problem. In conclusion, Grow said: A labor strike is an unequal contest at best. It is a contest of endurance between hunger and thirst of the human stomach and the income of capital. Capital in such con- | tests loses none of its accumulation of weaith, uniess an industry itself should be Jestroycd, and in such case labor would be the greatest sufferer. Some methods of profit-sharing be- tween employers and employes that would se- cure a harmonious co-operation of both so as to prevent strikes and improve the condition of labor is of vital importance to the general avelfare, for the plllars of the republic rest upon the comfort of the home and the happi- ness of the fireside of labor. 4 A bill was passed designed to relleve the tea importers from the effect ot‘e recent decision of the Circuit Courtfin { New York imposing the 10-cent war y on tea imported in bond prior to the time when tea is restored to the free list, Jan- uvary 1, 1908. Another bill, to refund the dutiés col- lected on merchandise from Porto Rico and the Philippines during the perlod be- tween the ratification of the treaty of Paris and the Congressional revenue acts for these islands, was also passed. The pure food bill was made a continu- ing order, not to interfere with the ap- profrlnnon bills, until disposition is made of it FACTIONS IN COLORADO FUEL WAR COMPROMISE DENVER, Dec. 10.—Harmony charac- terized all of the procedings at the de- ferred annual meeting of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, which was held to-day. As the result of the compromise reached by the contending factions, John C. Osgood remains at the head of the management, as chairman of the board of directors. Only four changes were made in the list of officers. Clement succeeds Dennis Sullivan as sec- ond vice president and George Gould, J. H. McClement and A. C. Cass succeed John W. Gates, J. A. Blair and J. A. Mitchell as members of the executive committee. Watermans’ Ideal for Christmas. Waterman's Ideal Fountain pens from $2.50 to $15.00 each. The “Marshall” from $1.00 to $2,50 each. The “Swan” from $2.25 to $2.60 each, and all other good makes of fountain pens at corresponding prices. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 74l &’arke: street. Open evenings, ¢ - ——— | Nast’d Successor Is Appointed. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—George Saw- ter, United States Consul at Antigua, Britich West Indies, has been appointed to succeed the Jate Thomas Nast as Con- sul General at Guayaquil, Ecuador, e —— i —r——— . To Cure a Cold in One Day - Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure, EB. W, Grove's signature is on each box. 25¢c, ¢ | thoughtful speech by the venerable Ga- | J. H. Me- B. MaHer (councilman); - Paso Robles, Brooks, ‘W, O, Dresser (trustees); Merced. H. Turner (trustee); Santa Ana, Frank EY (trustee), Ed Tedfora (clerk); Santa Barbara, Mayor George 8. . Edwards, ~Alfred Davis {clork); Sausalito, H..J. Crumpton (trustee): Ventura, J. S, Coliins (truste2); Yreka, J. E. Turner (trustee); $an Leandro, J. O. Lynch, J. E. Quinn {(trustees),_J.. N. Frank (attor- ney); Sonora, N. L. Knudson; Watsonville, W. T, Trafton; St. Helena, .B. Bruck (trus- tee); Calistoga, C. W, Armstrons (trustee); Mountain View, George Pattburs, D. B. Frink (trustecs); Petaluma, J. Nisson (trustee). E. S. Shafer’ (State Superintendent); Los Ange- les, Mayor M. P. Snyder, James A Keeney (Police Commissioner); Winters, F. M: Wyatt (trustee); Redlands, William Fowler (trustee); Riverside, J. W, Covert, J. L. McFarland; Los e W, Gatos, R, F. Robertson (attorney); Santa Clara, D, O, Druffel, E. A. Osborne. J. M. | Kimberlin, J. C,_MePherson, J. J. Eberhard (trusteés), George J. Fenton (clerk); Pacific Grove, B.' A Eardley: Stockton, Mayor George E, Coits; Livermere, J. ¥. Meyer, T. E, Knox, Max Berlin (trustees), W. H. Wright (clerk); | Santa Rosa; C.. D, Johnson, J. W. Keegan. Secretary Mason then submitted his annual report. This showed the League of California Municipalities to be in a prosperois condition. During the past gtwelve months the following municipali- ties have bécome memibers: Fort Jones, DECEMBER 11 Calistoga, Whittler, Etna, Ferndale, Elsi- nore, Bénicia, Santa Paula, Lakeport, So- nora, Ventura, South Pasadena, Sebasto- pol and Mountain View, a total of four- teen. One city, Salinas, withdrew from the league, assigning no reason therefor. | The net galn was thirteen, making the present membership eighty-six. The treasurer’s report showed that during the year there were receipts amounting to $1835 62, and expenses of $1529 20, leaving a balance on hand of «$i06 42. There is $450 due the league in dues. The league's annual révenue from the present membership is $1950. OIL FOR STREETS. ’ There was a much larger attendance at the afternoon session. Dr. Davy appear- ed for the Santa Clara Improvement Club and extended an invitation to visit Alum Rock Park. The invitation was accepted, and the excursion will be taken' to-mor- row. President Snyder announced that Governor-elect Pardee could not be pres- ent. 4 The use of oil on the streets was taken up. C. N. Kirkbride of San Mateo, to whom had been referred the elaim- of Mattern for a patent for the process, re- vorted there was some doubt in the mat- ter. The Southern Pacific also claimed to have vsed the system first. An extended discussion on the use of ofl followed, in which Kirkbride, Fowler of Rediands, McFarland of Riverside, Stevens of Fres- no and Eager of Suisun took prominent {part. Many opposing opinions were ex- pressed. The consensus of opinion was that oiled streets were a success where the roadway was properly prepared by harrowing, grading and crowning. A committee consisting of E. E. Can- field of Chico, Dr. C. W< Chapman of Nevada City, E. Tedford of Santa Ana, F. Roberts of Santa Cruz and A. Light- ner of Bakersfield was appointed to pre- pare a programme of subjects for the next ccnvention. Adjournment was taken un- til to-morrow, when numerous subjects rertaining to municipal affairs wil be consldered. HAWAIANS, FEAR LACK OF LABOR Planters’ Representative Opposes Imirgration Meam,u-o. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—The Senate Committee on Immigration to-day con- tinued its hearing on the immigration bill, the first witness being William Hayward, representing the Hawailan Sugar Plant- ers’ Association and the Chamber of Commerce of Honolulu. Hayward's ob- | Jections were directed solely to the edu- cational test required by theMbill. This test, he said, would keep out of Hawail the only lapor that it could obtain and in time would produce financial ruin. The H15 | Hawatlan planters, he said, had tried for vears at great expense to get white labor to wogk in the fields, but without suc- cess. Japan was now the only country from which labor could be obtained, and the educational test would keep out all Japanese. Colonel Joseph Smolinski, -representing the Polish-American Alliance, also spoke against the educational test. Colonel Smolinski said there were almost 5,000,000 Bjavs in the United States. He de- clared that the Poles made excellent citi- zens—sober, industripus and notably- pa- triotic—but owing to the restrictions of the Russian, German and Austrian gov- ernments on Polish education many good people would be kept out by the educa- tional test arid their aspirations for free- dom be stifled. A. P. Anderson, representing the Amer- lcan Line Steamship Company, took ex- ception to the amendment recently made to the bill imposing, fines on transporta- tlon companies for ’bnnflng in diseased aliens, and placing on (immigrants sus- pected of crime the burden of proot for the establishment of their innocence. He al!s:a objected to the proposed head tax o 3 o —_—— ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE SCORES ARMY OFFICIALS Declares They Have Pursued Course Unfavorable to Anti-Canteen Law. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—~The most im- portant action to-day of the National Anti-Saloon League, now holding its an- nual session here, was the unanimous adoption of an address to the public on the army canteen question, in which the charge is made that high army officials have persistently pursued 'a course ex- tremely unfavorable to the anti-canteen law of Congress. The address pledges the assocfation to do its utmost to defeat any attempt to\ repeal the law until it has had a full and fair trial and says: High army officlals have most persistently pursued a course extremely unfriendly to. this Iaw, and pursued it in a way_that has thrown the whole influence of the War Department with the side of the distrust of and dissatisfac- tlon with the law and have persistently pub- Io'l“'tel"de l:\.ll'l'uflln‘ reports concerning the effects The Anti-Saloon League declares itself unal- terably opposed to the Fepeal Gf the SAtlcen- teen law, and pledges to do its utmost by pe- tition. by agitation and by ball attempt to repeal this law until it has full and fair trial and that it will not cease the agitation until the public and those who control the army understand that liquor sellin in the army cantecn is a question of natfonal morality and not of military regulation, and that the iseuc is whether a handful of o can safely define the exp: oral sentiment of the nation or can success! convince the people that a saloon is a:temperance ,society when conducted in the army. - The committee on ation of the National Anti-Saloon s fully authorized to adopt such measures as it may deem most ef~ fective to defeat any -and all' efforts to re- legalize the gell of alcoholic liquors in the * army canteen. n ot to defeat any {- had BODNDARY LINE WD RECIPROCIY Canadian Senator De- clares Land Dispute Must Be Settled. PR Closer Trade Relations Theme of Speakers at Conven- 3 tion Banquet. DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 10.—Reciprocity between the United States and Canada was the keynote in the. speeches to-night at the dinner tendered to the delegates to the National Reciprocity Convention by the Detroit Chamber of Commerce, and the arguments in favor of it presented by John Charlton, member-of the Canadian Parliament, and Campbell Shaw of Buf- falo were enthusiastically recelved by the 300 men/ who were present. The afternoon sessior{ of the conference was given over to the address by Governor A. B. Cum- mins of Iowa on “Reciprocity and the Tariff.” In addition to the delegatés to the con- 8ress there were present at the dinner to-night nearly 200 members of the De- troit Chamber of Commerce. President Smith of the Detrojit Chamber presided, with John Charlton at his right and Sen- ator J. McMullen of the Canadian Parlia- ment at his left. John Charlton was the first speaker. He said, in Bart: Can any sound argument be used in favor of ending the gystem of free trade that exists between all the States of the American Union and substituting for it tariffs and restrictions upon trade between the various States or be- tween groups of States? If no such argument can advanced, can it be shown that the policy governing ‘trade between the varlous States of the American Union is not one that can be applied with satisfactery results to trade between States of the erican Union and provinces of the Canadian Dominion— provinces inhabited by the n-l;ne race, - with substantlally the same institutions and with geographical end busincss affinities with the 8great republic quite as long as those existing between the various groups of States in that country? Is it not a fitting and commendable task for the.statesmen of the two countri to seek for an adjustment of trade relations' of & more friendly and mutually advantagéous character than those mow in force? 2 Benator McMullen of Mount Forest, Ont., discussed the houndary dispute at some length, and said: R We of Canada believe that you have got much_territory in Northwest bels ng to us. | Before anything in/thé way of ty be accomplished this dispute mustghe settied. Canada {8 willing and anxlous tovleave 1 to arbitration, before & proper tribunal. Let the-! matter be left to this tribunal and if the de- cision {s against Cahada we will bow to it and if it is against the United States we éx- pect them to submit icefully. Settle - this question and ttle 1t favorably and then we will come together with you. But without that settlement reciprociy is out. of the ques- tion: % Campbell Shaw of Buffalo. pleaded for reciprocity, and urged that strong ef- forts be made to bring the Joint High Commission together again. SANTA FE COMPLETING LINE FROM GALVESTON Directors, to Hold Important Meeting at Topeka and Interesting An- nouncements Expected. TOPEKA, Dec. 10.—The directors of the Santa Fe will hold an important meeting in this city to-morrow, at which most of the directors will be present. It is ex- pected that some interesting announce- ments will be made at the meeting by President Ripley concerning the purchase ot new lines of rallway by the Santa Fe Company. Among other things it is said that the Santa Fe has acquired the Texas Central Rallway, which has its terminal at Stamford, Tex., and will uSe this as part of a new line to be built from New Mexico to give a direct line from Galves- ton to the Pacific Coast. The Banta Fe has already chartered such a line in New Mexico, and it is only a question of whether it will buy an existing line or build its own. There has also been some talk of a Santa Fe line to Port Stilwell, the ter- minus of the Orient road in Old Mexlco, and the Santa Fe Is said to be trying to purchase some short roads to incorporate in this proposed extension. The directors whose térms of office will expire are Edward P. Ripley, Byron L. Smith, Charles Steele and Howell Jones. It is belleved that all will be re-elected. —_— WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—A favorable re- port on the consular reform bill, as an amend- ment to the diplomatie appropriation bill, was authorized by the Senate Committee on For- eign Relations. ROBBERS MEET WITH SURPRIE Enter Saloon to Hold Up the Proprietor but Abandon Job. ey Intended Victim, With Aid of Revolver, Induces Them to Depart. —_— 'Two men who are sald by the police to be the daring robbers who held up Bruns Cordes in his saloom on the corner of Sanchez and Eighteenth strests on the night of November 24 last were foiled early yesterday morning in an attempt to rob James L. Gleeson, a saldon-kecper ai the corner of Folsom and Twenty-fourth streets. Gleeson had a revolver handy when they-entered his place of business, and he promptly covered them with it be- fore either of them could get the drop op him. He ordered them to *‘git.out” and they obeyed. They did not relish the sit- vation. Looking down the muzzle of a 44-caliber revolver is apt to chill the ardor of the most desperate of thugs, and miore especially so when ‘‘the man behind the gun” has his fAnger on the trigger and is determined to shoet. Gleeson was standing at the gorner of the bar reading a newspaper about 1 o'clock yesterday morning when hfs at- tention was attracted by some one mov- ing cautiously toward him. He looked up from the newspaper and saw two men standing inside the swinging doors. Both of them wore long overcoats and had the collars turned up 50 as to hide the lower part of their faces. BSoft hats with the brims pulied down completed the dis- guises. The taller of the men was slight- ly in advance of his companion and was surveying the saloon when Gleescn ca\ggh: his eye. The thug’s right hand wa$ in his overcoat pocket and he made a motion as if to withdraw it, when Glee- son quickly covered him with a revolver, ‘which he had on a shelf under the bar. “Git out of here,” ordered the saloon man. Neither of the two men uttered a word. They were taken by surprise and realized that an attempt to draw on the plucky saloon man would only result in him opening fire on them. They quickly backed out of the saloon door into Twen- ty-fourth street and walked hurriedly along that thoroughfare to Shotwell street, where they separated and ran in orposite directions. Gleeson at once notified the police of the occurrence, and patrolmen were sent out _in-eitizen clothes to scour the Mis- sion district for ths men. No trace of them could be found although the search was kept up until after daylight. The po- lice say that from the description given by Gleeson there can be no doubt that the men are none other than those who robbed“Baloon-keepér Cordes and struck a man named Kllpatrick on the head with a slungshot because he did not promptly obey their order to ‘“face the wall” when they entered Cordes’ saloon. The men had evidently been watching Gleeson’s saloon and the policemen on duty on Twenty-fourth street and on Fol- som street. The patrolmen were standing on the corner flve minutes before the oc- currence, and it was not more than two minutes after the last customer had left the saloon when the robbers entered. IDAHO LAND ENTRIES UNDER INVESTIGATION Alleged That Fraudulent Attempts to Secure Mineral Bearing Prop- erties Flave Been Made. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—The General Land Office hgs recelved a communication from citizens living in the’ Boise Basin, ldaho, alleging that attempts have been made to obtain-mineral bearing lands un- der the forest Hen lands law in violation of the law. The lands involved are valu- able and are located in the vicinity of ldaho's capital. A special agent has been ordered to make an investigation. Gaovernment reports have® also stated that lands in that section are being en- tered under what js known as the timber and stone act, t is stated that sub- sequent investigation of the local land office and .of special ggents of the Gov- ernment does not disclose sufficlent evi- dence to warrant suspension of the entry, and orders have been given to permit the entries to be patented when satisfactorily proved. SLOANE’S "HOLIDAY GOODS Furniture....... GIFTS. DAINTY Carpets....... We hive many odd pieces especially designed fo: HOLIDAY ORIGINAL We a ¢ showing an extsns ve assortment of the latest carpetings which emb:aces Wiltons, Axminsters, Body Brusse.s, Tapestries; also the plain and figured Wilton Velvets in double width. These new goods are remarkable for their richnsss and durability -of colorings, and the novelty and beauty of designs have never teen surpissed. Oriental and Domestic Rugs An exceedingly choice selection. 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