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3 A [ T APEGT CHANGES Five New Archbishops Are Probable Before End of Year. i ety Likelihood of New Method of‘ { Appointing Bishops Be- ing Adopted. vet uncertain. It Prefect of the action and has t and Martinelll al meri e 10 Cahe i r e of hop Me¥ slyism aj PUBLIC APPRECIATES THE ITALIAN BAND Splendid Aggregation of Talent Is Producing Music That Entrances the Populace. kK to the Pa- r patt in securing a sub- t for the homs r programmes will Herold all instraments Mo S U R Governor of Panama Is Appointed. PANAMA, « Jan: 1 Dr Fa has recelved a cable- nt Marrequfn appoint- Suiazar ombia, Duran 14 or - #f . Panama Gove m 1508 to 1899, Members of ‘the Elec: toral Council have also been appoin e i Company C Will Celebrate, annual and dance The entertainment proceeds w and uniform fund Ghe T Chas. Keilus & Co. E'x¢c.1'd 81w el High-Grade Clothiers; - = - What Human Hands| Are Doing Clothes Construction Are Here Represented From Business Suits To Evening Garments Skill Stands Prominent Prices Plain & Kearny >treet TCurlow Block bishop Farley will re- | in Modern| and Fair! e AV | St A g P R TS HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY AUCCLRY KING EDWARD OF ENGLAND IS PROCLAIMED EMPEROR OF INDIA AMID SCENES OF POM o - 1903. GOVERNOR LOGES P HIS POCKETBOOK | Missouri" Financier Has , Bitter Experience | in Chicago. | |1s Robbed by Inventor Who I Has a Plan for Tower at Exposition. | | Special Dispateh to The ¢ i 2 CHICAGO, ing President Cle land’s administration and now ezecutive Louistana Purcha Mound City speaking at | tion, has | without the Commercial Club banqu back to the pocketbook aft his ! are only two men that I said the St. Louls financier just tepped on the train. “One -is Felton of the Chicago and the other is a mx It to me while we were rom Felton's home.” did not take and the although te Railw introduced coming down Felton says h searching for I | | “It was ltke * said Francls. “Mr | Felton and I dined together at his home | and then boarded a street car on our way | to the Auditorium Annex. I discovered I | | had no change, and before I could get | my pocketbook out Felton gave. the con @nctor a dime. I got my purse out, though, and then, finding the fares had been paid, thoughtlessly stuck it in my outside overcoat pocket. “The car was erowded and Felton and I were compelled to stand. We had gone about a block when some one lurched against me. I turned, naturally, and was surprised to see a look of recognition come over the face of the man w ald | | fallen against me. “ “Why, isn't this Governor Franct he ed. 1 said it was. ‘Well, I'm glad to meet you,” gan. ‘I have got a patent spiral tower that T want put up for t and I think it will make the look like a last year's bird “With that he began to go | | He pulled out a lot of memora | | atter reading some of it to m to draw pictures of his won ture on the backs of envelopes gone a few blocks only when suddenly he jumped off the car, with the remark that his other car was coming. A h time we thought nothing of it, but afterward Felton explained there is no crosstown car- on that street where ventor and I parted com: At the Auditorium An the great ir- ex I wanted to. | | pay my bill and reached into my pocket | | for my wallet. It was gone, and I sald | so in rather loud tones. Feltos laughed. That's why I suspected him at first “I didn’t have a passes were gone, papers of some value v 8 anything to the man who mot them. but | stll I would like to get them back. I e, but it was the Chicago thieves of ‘me that made me idea that one of should get ahead feel so badly.” Flouring Mill Options Renewed SEATTLE. Jan. L.—The options on coast flouring mills given six months ago and which were to *have expired on Januarg | 1 have heen renewed for a period of ninety da Though not inclined to ad | | any reason for the belief, miliing men be- lieve the negotiations will be taken up at | | the expiration of this period and that t | larger iring mills o into the hands of a ne | —— Cholera Rages in Philippines. SEATTLE, Jan. 1.—When R. G. Case, & stationery dealer in the city of Maniia, E ATTENDING THE.-ENTRY OF THE VICE AT DELHI, WHERE KING EDWARD OF DISTINGUISHED PARTICIPANTS IN THE MPRESSIVE CEREMONEES. OY AND HIS EBCORT INTO THE,K WHITE AMPHITHEATER 3LAND WAS PROCLAIMED EMPEROR OF INDIA, AND TWO left that city a month ago for Seattle the average number of deaths from cholera was thirty a day. Cholera’ls raging in the | | Philippines in a more aggragated form { | than at any other time since American oc- e JoBD FroRcE TRANIS B ‘ FAAATLZTON RIDGE OF #e = STk oF THBRER Unprecedented Oriental Magnificence Marks the Ceremony at the Amphitheater. - . ELHI, Jan. 1 Edward VI of | \ d.hig ascent to:the thréne and England was proclaimed Em- i ng on August9, 192, and peror of India ortly after | Il ¢ that the celebration of this il e oy Cidk haches ghould be inade kpown -ta all unprecedented Oriental m D 40 on to he nificence. The ceremony was had attended by 15,000 persons, who were as-| ¢ ded Lord (1 . to sembled in a vast amphi er erected | hold the impertal dud Delbi on Jan on the spot where the late Queen Victoria | Uary 1. 1903, where this proclamation of was proclaimed the first Empress of Jn- | ¢ King and ¥mperor showld be read. d Wher the rald had concluded the re by the then Viceroy, Earl Lyttor { ing of the King's proclamation the V The at military display, which start-1 .,y grose and delivered his address, e4 early in the morning, culminated at moom. when the Duke and Iuichess of | BOYAL STANDARD IS HOISTED. | Connaught and Lord and aldy Curzon| The Viceroy, speaking liimself, re- arrived and took ¢ |the brilllant and eminer wtral positi | ferred to the conspicuou: vices been rendered by the Indlan troops < of the empire at had 1 in the Lord Cirzon 1t confi Lord Curzon. sat upon a throne deco-|hope fhat the Prince and Princess of rated with golden lions. The moment he | Wales would ere long be able to pay a m ated the dais massed band played ! visit to Indi : the national anthem d a salute of thi After this all the Tndian Princes were ty-one guns was fired. Then the Vicers herald read the proclamation of King | ®ard VII announcisg the death of Quecn | presented to Lord Curzon and the Duke Cbnpaught. - The Indian potentates ed the Duke of Connaught to conv [ L o o s B R R b MAINE'S LIQUOR LAW s | MYSTERY SURROUNDS WILL BE ENFOMED_' DEATH OF A STRANGER One Sheriff Gives Dealers Only Four | Man Supposed to Be Ralph Belmont Days in Which to Sell L of San Francisco Dies in Cin- out. i 5 cinnati. PORTLAND, Me., Jan. 1.—~The Sherifts| SPRI} of \sixteen counties of this State elected | eling mah, who registered at the Palace three months ago took office to-day and | Hotel, Cincinnati,- as Ralph Belmont of much interest was taken in their alllludfli San Francisco, died-at ¢he City Hospital concerning the prohibition law. In Ken-|from the. effec of morphine poisoning. | nebec County Sheriff Frank J. Ham in- | During the afternoon 'an attendant at- ! etructed his twenty deputies that the pro- | tempted to entef the room’ and found Bel bibition law must be enforced. mont “still in bed. She notified a house 1 want every deputy,” he said, “to not- | man, who awoke Belmont. He was partly ify all the dealers that between now and | conscious and suffering pain: A physi- | next Monday they must dispose of (hur](inn was notified and he at-once ordered goods and paraphernalia or suffer the | Belmont sent to the City Hospital. The | consequences.” patrol wagon was called, but by the time | In Androscoggith County, the Sheriff|it arrived Belmont had lapsed into/un- | 1 & minister named Cummings. In antic- | consclousness and an hour later he died ipation of the beginning of his term the | 2t the hospital. A letter in his pocket ealoons of Lewiston, the largest city, have | was addressed to Gibbs Belmont, stating | been closed. The liquor business is at a | that he had been on.a spree in Chicago | standstill to-day. on Christmas day and had lost his grip | Martin Lawlis of Aroostook County, on | and all his other belongings. -It bore the sesuming his duties to-day, notified ali | return d, “After ten days return to | liquor dealers that they would be given | Ralph Belmont, St. Paul, Minn.” At the hospital the case was diagnosed | until the 10th of this month to close up. | | R AP | orphine poisoning. Belmont had no S larii % Daninn ot ] age and paid for- his room In ad- ce. | the Hampton Normal and tute 10 The trustees of | Agricultural Insti- | and the same amount o the trustees o s ke s el ety " s | the Tuskegee Normal and Indusirial Insotute |, 1.1 Ame Ralph Belmont daes not ap | for the endowment funds of those (wo institu- | pear in the city directory and no. one fn ! coula be found last night who knew him. GFIELD,, Ohio, Jan, 1—A trat- | ] Masse | | taéir congrataiations to King ‘When: Lord - Curzon’ moeuhted & tited each other, | to “the Duchess' ¢ | whate sudience | Horjl santhém wh of thirty one -gups | Dlueinekets . fr | hofsted the o tsion-of the | mation firad Britisl ading df" the King's procla ommandey-jn-ch e toNamp massed hands .o { dian reghnents nho playéd the national anthiem. ks Thousands bf peoplp from the city df]aniphitheater.’ ( Delhi and frem & far and near, Hen 1 gathering at's it outside’ the city. PRINCES IN SILK ATTIRE. age ling magses vf.peopl |1y eolored clotbing of the vast throng oveted the spice with gorgeous hues. = | 1argely of common people, but among it | R | | ybreak of-the great | tremendous enthnsiasin: | with and the bright-| vonted by | arouna crowd on the piain was composed | them an enthusiastic welcome 1t he could express the | could be seen the retziners of the various | hery , who had assembled for the fune- I bos | carrigges “were Hrilljs squad of.| gedd.” 7 M0, troops | . | led cupolay’apd surrounded: by battar- adrons: antl -battalions of -the’ In: Prifieés wert’ ¢jad in ped st Jemels and. thedr Hodses aigd o€ with: trapplugs of nd: " was were inchuded. amomg those, Within 1, the an: hiutin veterans of {he J there was " ARRIVAL OF -THE VICEROY The carris £ Hhe of'thie Duke of Cohnay King Edward, was detachmerit Hf cavaleg the Duke a1d the: Duch el the the. na ra Then the approach of the Vieerny was alded. Preceded by members of his guard clad in wbite, blwe and gold under the command “of Major Grill- I he attention of all was Lord Curz: en- | upen the white amphitheater ance of the arena In bi ¢ {the center of the plain, ~ where | postilions wore uniforms of scarlet and announcement to be made. | gold and the carriage was drawn by amphitheater W wdorned with | b bor The Viceroy was esco! {CUBAN STATESMAN KILLS AN EDITOR | ¢ | Political Discussion in a Cafe in 8an- tiago de Cuba Winds up in a Tragedy. SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Jan. 1.-Con- | gre: an Corona, editor of the Cuba Ti- | bre, shot ard instantly killed Senor | sula, editor of the Republca, at 11 o'ciock B orning. Bofh men were promigent politiclans and ‘eatters of rival parties. Senor Corona was drinking in a éafe wheu Eenor Insula and a party of friends en- | tered the place and began a political dis- | cussion. Personalities and insults |lowed and quickly .started a fight with canes, during which Senor Corona sud- denly drew a revolver and shot Senor In- sula seyveral times. Senor Corona then walked away and has not yet heen ar- rested. The shooting has caused great excitement here. AR Grain Elevator Burns. | 'FORT DODGE, lowa, Jan. 1.—The grain Jelevator of the Great Western Cereal Company, with a capacity of 175,000 bush- | els, burned early to-day, causing a loss of $100,000; fully covered by insurance. The eclévator contained 100,00 bushels of oats and. a large amount of valuable machin- ery, all .of which is @ total loss. Several | employes escaped with difficulty and suc- ‘ceeded ‘in saving the cereal mill. The or- igin of the fire is unknown. 5 & Tol- | | | | | afiel with knives this mornir FIFTY-EIGHT LIVES LOST IN FIRE IN A COAL MINE Score of Miners Are Rescued After Being Imprisoned in the Shaft for Five Days. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 1.—Fifty-ecight were lost in the ‘recant fire in a coal Bachmut. Eleven men were res. aving Leen sixty hours in the mine cued after burned mine and twenty-two of the min crs were saved after being five days In the mine. Italians Fight Duel ,With Knives. VANCOUVER, B. C., Jan. 1 two Italian residents of Tar Flat, a sub- urb of Vancouver, did not result in two deaths was due to the timely arrival of two policemen. John Cos:ello and Ray- mond Wurtas deliberately began the duel by way of adjusting an old fi They hacked at each other and were covered with blood and faint from many wounds when officers separated them. 99 K Addition to Bakersfield Shops. BAKERSFIELD, Jan. 1.—The Southern Pacific has commenced the work of erect- ing an addition to the Bakefsfield -shops to be used as a copper and tin shop. This work has heretofore been done in the blacksmith shop. The work here has greatly increased during the past year and a full force is being worked, d Bands of British and Indian Regiments Play the National Anthem While the Guns Boom a: Royal Salute, 8 | thrope itsedf was.& of-while jind:gola { Albert “Andrews, formerly of i “ ‘an’\ ¢ [ When the spectators had resumed thelr { er. mmitted sulcide at .<f» o ~Eord -Cu pstom, f seats ufter the anthem there was a flour- | by Ty + o the -Prihces | 1sh of - trumpets. from -the lheralds s B B soilos: of the M ks and | V 3 f the't s.0f the | ' driven | b | | | | by tarriage” Lord ‘Curzon..mounted the dais —— | cupation occurred pa s D s S | Closes Bremerton Gaming Houses. SEATTLE, Jan. 1.—Mayor Crolxton sponding to the demand of the Navy partment that Bremerton display a becter moral tone, otherwiss no hattlesht would be sent to the Puget Sound yard in the future, to-day closed publi gaming in that town. i Commits Suicide at Cold Foot. SEATTLE, Jan, 1—Advices from Daw- son to the Post-Intelligencer stace % | Allghting from his | Sit Perta® Fingh. fhrone, whick was decorated with | und- . which were | er-. footsteels. The | mounted by a canopy and ‘ [ to his neck and phun b or. Maxwhil at the comniand of: the | 10,13 neck and plunging into the Koyu- d’ the proclaimation opentng | *° R BRI The'roval standard was then | yAvere ma —One i Bigh:and the hoperal salute | workers héade imes 1o Wise & Mancie The ‘masseyl bands marched | merchant, ars erative wind any will have & capital s up, and expects to break fogs by the first of Mare ring, honiires were started by the | © s outslde aindt it -was annpunced that | Edwanl" was JSmperor-of India. NINETY-THIRD ANNUAL EXHIBIT -«.OF THE... HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY HARTFORD « - - - - - CONN. JANUARY 1, 1908 Total Assets ceeereeea.. $13,443,560.00 Reserve for Relnsurance.................c........$7,812,840.00 NEE SHPDIUSOYOF All... ... .0 cvvesiarinaiiide. « S5I8L 0D SURPLUS TO POLICY-HOLDERS $4,431,1538.00 OVER $70,000,000.00 LOSSES PAID TO PATRONS Agencies in All Towns and Cities GEORGE L. CHASE, President. P. C. ROYCE, Secretary THOMAS TURNBULL, CHAS. E. CHASE, Ass't Sec'ys. A PACIFIC DEPARTIMENT 818 CALIFORNIA STREET, San Francisco BELDEN & PALACHE Mamagers