The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 15, 1903, Page 2

SUPERVISORS ACT |SHARP WORDS BETWEEN THE LAWYERS L0BEL MARKS e S EQUALIZERS ENLIVEN THE ROSS CASE IN MARIN [“” CIGAATIC Many Reductionson City Will Contest in the Court at San Rafael Fur- Assessments Are nishes Material for a Controversy---Efforts UN[IEHTAKINB Man Who Would Tun- Presented. to Determine Woman’s Mental Status LRy Mrs. Collis P. Huntington's Agent Is Cited to nel Bering Straits Is Appear. in the City. o "G ‘,: oard, o pervisors met '\5;3 French Geographer Says His board of agvalestion 1o pam upes | All Rail Project Is e T Feasible. ELICIOUS Shon-Cakeatmauexpg:sel ge. Chief Deputy K No risk—no delay — no worry, if you'll only Micials of the Assess eting use “ PRESTO” quick - flour’, and follow the simple recipes in the package. PRESTO is full flavored Indiana Wheat, ground to Declares That This Generation Will See the Building of a Sys- tem Around the he me - for & World. such unusual fineness, and uniformity, that it absorbs : e claims of the ap- Tt fluids evenly, “works quickly,” and bakes properly, every the following Monsieur Loicq de Lobel, member of | the Geographical Society of Paris, who conceived the idea of building a trans- Alaska-Siberian rallroad and thereby af- | fording an all rail route from New York | time, at a given heat. Fresh Cream of Tartar, and Soda, are already blended into it— less “ Shortening ” than usual is needed,— quick ac- ) to $100; granted near Twenty- $3000 $10,000 to $900 Devisadero s IRELAND IS PREPARING i d TO RECEIVE KING EDWARD - | m Revocation of Crimes Act on Eve of Visit Gives General _Satisfaction. nthusiastie wel- come regret is expressed s presenting an ad- ess = have been reed the Dublin torpora- T at, is € the citizens’ co « facility for the decoration JNO. J. FULTON CO. Brigh%s Discasc ;t;i Diabetes News San Francisco, Jul | WV E HAVE A VERY INTERES e f Disbetes to report this week. The rs. Norman Carr of Union Springs Ehe 1 Wer. the aged wife of a veteran Has had Diabetes for fifteen years. Her physician had her on the usual Clet and was all that could be dome to| keep her alf { Her daughter read in the Auburn (N. Y.) | prpers that Mr. Walling, the Auburn druggist, | had just gotten from California & cure for Bright's Dicease and Diabetes, and went to see him. He told her that it was & fact, and that Bell, bad of the nurses in the Auburn st recovered from Bright's Dis- | n at was not belleved | ve twenty-four hours. one time it aughter thereupon sent her two | ton's Diabetic Compound. Her | be Judged from this: | years been able to go up and 4 mot may been out of - doors for three months; had disbetic sores; complex- | tke Wax; no strength; was drinking about | three gallons of water daily, and mever satis- | fied; could drink & quart of water at a time end was ready in five minutes to drink the same amount again; ravenous appetite (4 to | 5 meal§ & day); was bedridden, and there was | no hope that she would ever get up again. After something like six months on the Ful- ton Compound she mow writes that she is up | and around, can walk a balf mile without ex- haustion, thirst reduced, and she closes thus: | 1 4o mot n I would ® been living to- day if it had not been for your Compound. I bave told several who are using it and getting well. May God bless you and spare you many | years for the good your medicine is doing.” If ipterested parties have any doubt about the genuineness of the above we invite you to write Mrs, Norman Carr, Union Springs, N. Y., or Mr. L. Walling, her drugsist, at Auburn, Bright's Disease and Diabetes are now cur- able o nearly nine-tenths of all cases. Ful- ton's Renal Compound for Bright's and Kidney Disease, $1.00; for Diabetes, $1.50. Jno, J. Fulton Co., 400 ‘Washington street, San Fran- cisco, sole compounders. Send for pamphlet, | advanta. | is strained. AN RAFAEL, J Judge Lawlor permitted the wit- of the deceased to tell the conditior previous to ! = ting a great deal of the th society been spicy the mony greatly enjoyed by audi- these: Ann case San te st villia m McCar x estate, that Annie S. E nt in the action gained lent's property by , fr and duress. The of kin were the d i Ross ¥ an atter was ter of the deceased, and had been adopted by the latter Mrs. Ross showed a great deal of af- fection for the ct who was left an | orphan at an early age, and expressed her intention of leaving her property to the boy. It is alleged that at the timd of her last illness the deceased was about 80 vears of age; that she was a sufferer from cancer, and that to alleviate her pain she used morphine and other drugs which left her mind in a weakened con- dition. It is also al leged that a few weeks be- re her death D. E. Perry, husband of Mrs. Worn's daughter, ingratiated him- self with the. déceased and induced her to sign two deeds giving valuable hold- ings to her daughter, Annle S. E. Worn The. complaint charges that Perry took ge of Mrs. Ross' weakened physi- cal infirmities, old age and credulity and that no consideration passed between the defendant and Mrs. Ross. The feeling between counsel in the case Attorney Thomas P. Boyd for plaintift and Attorney Joseph K. Hawkins exchange curt remarks at every Hawkins this morning at- tell Boyd how he should con- fon of his witness, and opportunity. tempted to duct the examinat | Boyd, with a great deal of asperity, re- piied that he would take admonitions only from the court Mrs, Davidson gave testimony for the boy. She testified to Mrs. Ross' mental and physical state prior to the time she signed deeds giving land to the defendant “What was her condition of mind?" the witness was asked. “Unsound.” replied the nurse. “Her ap- pearance led me to that conclusion. Her actions led me to that opinion.” The witness was subjected to a close cross-examination, but did not change her testimony in any material degree. She re. jterated that Mrs. Ross was an Incompe- tent person in her last iliness and was in- capable of transacting business. Hawkins announced he would attempt to impeach Mrs. Davidson's_testimony. Mrs. Janet S, Porteous of Ross Station, a friend of Mrs. Ross, was called as a witness and testified to the physical ap- | pearance of the deceased three months before her death. She stated that she thought Mrs. Ross was then dying be- cause she looked so {ll. “What was her physical appearance at that time?” “Her beautiful expression had gone, her eyes were shrunken, her face was pale, led and altogether Attorney Hawkins attempted to learn what Mrs. Ross’ mental condition was at that time, but the court sustained the ob- jection of the plaintiff’s counsel, John B. Leighton, secretary of the Pre- sidio and Ferries Raflway Company of San Francisco, identified certificates of stock signed by Mrs. Ross and which were transferred to her daughter. Miss Grace E. Worn testified that she had se- cured these receipts for her mother. The receipts and vouchers were fntroduced in evidence as a part of plaintiff’s case. 14.—The ]’.1.&:' will case was resumed to-day be- fore Judge William P. Lawlor of San Francisco, sitting in the place of Judge T. J. Lenn who is barred from trying the case by reaso he fact that he was once attor ne defendant, Mrs. an Davids, nurse who attended Mrs. Ann S. Ros ring her last was most | important witness examined during the Counsel for the defense objected to her testimony and arguments were nu-| peo- | | to Parls and shifting the commercial axis | from the Suez Canal to Bering Straits, a | project that has recently startled the | wise men of the Eastern hemisphere, is | in San Francisco and registered at the Palace Hotel. A road that will sustain itself by the| traffic, freight and passenger, developed | through its own territory; a line that | will transport people from Peking to Philadelphia, from St. Louls to Vienna, tion, and sure results, are obtainable with it, even by a child. Observe below, that PRESTO Short-Cake costs actually less than when made from common flour~. #Cups FLOUR 4 Teaspns Baking Pdr - 2 Cups PRESTO No Baking Powder- 2 Teaspoons Sugar - % Cup Milk.- % Cup Butter - % Cup Milk- % Cup Butter- San Francisco to Rome or clear around | the world without the inconvenience of | change to steamer, is the gigantic scheme | which M. Loubel is working out in his | mind and an ambition upon which the | 2 %, JURIST WHO IS PR SPICUOUS IN THE THE INTEREST OF LIVELY IDING AT SAN RAFAEL WILL CONTEST WHICH HAS AROUSED THE PEOPLE OF MARIN. AND PERSONS CON- Dying Pontiff’s Amazing Ditality. — Continued From Page 1, Column 4. their functions. Pope Leo has not signed the consistorial documents, but you may | assure your sovereign that it a misfortune occurs the future Pope will ratify the acts of the last consistory.” People are asking, says the correspond- ent, how Cardinal Rampolla can pledge the next Pope. e PERIODS OF DELIRIUM. Patient Sees Apparitions Flitting About the Bedroom. ROME, July 14—During the periods of delirium to- the Pope's mind wan- dered and he muttered incoherently. He insisted that shadows flitted about the room. In his lucid moments the Pope for the first time showed a complete realization of the gravity of his condition. This morning, after the visit of the doctors, who tried to conceal the gravity of his situation. the Pontiff said to his valet, Pio Centra: “I think I know better. My time is run- ning short. Before it is too late I wish to speak to Rampolia.” A few minutes later Cardinal Rampolla entered the sick room and remained fif- teen minutes alone with the Pontiff. Then the latter said: “I now wish to have the Franciscan benediction.” Fortunately, Cardinal Vives y Tuto, who is a Capuchin, was at the Vatican, and he entered the sick room and fulfilled the wish of the Pope, who afterward said he felt relleved and easy in his mind. The moment was most solemn, the strong, bearded figure of Cardinal Vives y Tuto making a striking contrast with the ema- ciated, white form of Leo XIIL The Pope was heard to say when Car- dinal Rampolla left. him this morning: “I renew to you my confidence in this supreme moment While Cardinal Vives y Tuto was in the sick room the Pope succeeded in reciting the confiteor and then gave the apostolie | blessing to the whole Franciscan order. As the morning progressed the attacks of delirium became violent. His mutter- ings during delirlum were not always in- telligible, but they seemed to relate to the history of events of many years ago, which, being unknown to those present, neither Dr. Lapponi nor Centra succeeded in comprehending.. At times the Pope seemed to again see apparitions. When his attendants tried to persuade him to retire the Pope insisted on indicating the presence of some imaginary shadow, which he not only saw but heard. He said: “No, no. Don’t you see him? Besides, he rattles the chairs and other things he moves."” . It is evident that the Pope is making a great effort and straining all his nerves to maintain calmness and to have his will triumph over his mental weakness. He L e e Counsel for plaintiff will try to show that Mrs. Ross was incapable of looking after her own affairs. An adjournment was taken until to- MOITOW MOTNINg. o succeeds occasionally, but an attack of delirium follows this effort and each is stronger than the preceding. The resist- ance which his frail, almost transparent body offers to disease is really marvel- ous. Dr. Mazzoni was asked for an ex- planation and sald: “It is a phenomenon which, as all such, cannot be explained.” —————— GROSS VIOLATORS OF THE REVENUE LAWS| ‘Washington Officials Complain That Tobacco Jobbers and Dealers Do Not Properly Stamp Goods. WASHINGTON, July 14.—A circular of instructions to internal revenue officers and all others concerned has been issued by the Commissioner of Internal Reve- nue, calling attention to the gross irreg- ularities and violations of laws in the handling and sale of manufactured to- bacco, snuff, cigars and cigarettes by job- bers and dealers. A practice generally prevalls of exposing the taxable articles for export separated from packages bear- ing the stamps denoting the payment of the internal revenue tax. This, it is said, is a serious violation of the law and regu- lations which it is the purpose of the Commissioner to remedy. Jobbers and dealers are given until No- vember 1, 1903, to get their stock on hand in order, after which date all manufac- tured tobacco, snuff, cigars and cigarettes found on the market exposed for sale not protected by the tax-pald stamp shall be seized and the holders proceeded against in accordance with law. o e PEDDLER IS MURDERED BY DESPERATE ROBBERS Bound Body of Victim Is Discovered in Clump of Cottonwood by Smeltermen. SALT LAKE, Utah, July 14—The badly decomposed body of a peddler, bound, ga2gged and with a strap pulled tightly about his neck, was found in a clump of cottonwoods two miles south of the smel- ter town of Murray this afternoon. Near him was his wagon, with his horsés and dog tled to it. The animals were almost in the last stages of starvation and it w: the feeble and persistent howling of the dog that finaily attracted the attention of the smeltermen. The peddier had been rzlzbhed and then murdered. There is no clue. OB AR st S S HIGHLAND CATTLE. NEXT SUNDAY’S ART SUPPLEMENT. Framed closely with three or four inch plain Flemish Brown Oak will make a beautiful pic- ture for your study. Highland Cattle is by that celebrated Scotch artist, WIL- LIAM WATSON. greatest hopes of the man are built. on a scientific himself upon the natural conditions the northwestern country, and it there that he first thought of the gre: the formation of a big company which, he says, for carrying it out. In 1899 Lobel his entire time to studying the situation as it presented itself to his mind. The more he studied the more convinced he became that an all rail route arcund the world by way of the Bering Strait was feasible, and hurrying back to Paris he presented his immature project to the men of finance, who marveled at the idea. The Parisian papers were at first inclined to refer to the proposed undertaking of Lobel as a magnificent dream, and dis- paraging, too, were the writers of the press in other of the European papers. | LOBEL PERSEVERES. Lobel persevered and eventually suc- ceeded in receiving encouragement from sources he most desired and in a year's time he found himself at the head of a surance of financial support to the extent of nearly $10,000,000 in Europe in aid of the preliminary work of the road. Later - Lobel visited St. where, with credentials from the Presi- dent of France and the Shah of Persia, who had taken kindly to his enormous scheme, he was enabled to obtain audi- ences with the representatives of the Czar and from him was guaranteed concessions of lands and rights of way that are prac- tically the foundation of his rafiroad project. To-day Lobel carries with him elaborate maps of the entire route over which he would have his road extend, numerous photographs of the many mountainous countries through which it is proposed to establish grades, statistics relating to the products, the soil, climatic conditions and other interesting information along the route and letters galore oearing upon his representations as to the backing he has and regarding what may be expected in the way of assistance from the foreign countries from which he will have to ask | permission and obtain recognition for the furthering of his undertaking. He is now making a tour of the world in the Interest of the great railroad scheme, or rather for the purpose of get- ting the people of various countries of the globe interested in it, and it is this motive that has directed him to San Francisco. ELIMINATES CANADA. Lobel's route over the American con- tinent from the East originally included part of Canada, but this idea was eventually eliminated from his maps. As the plans now are it is pur- posed to cross the United States from New York to San Francisco, thence northward through California, Oregon Washington and Canada as near as pos- sible along the coast, to Juneau, thence to Fort Cudahy and then in a westerly direction to the most westerly point of Alaska, extending into the Bering Strait. It will be at this point that Lobel figures he will encounter his most difficult but by no means discourgging enginesing probleme. The straits have a breadth of thirty-seven miles. In the waters of this strait, lying directly in the route of his proposed road, aré the Diomede Isl- ands. Naturally the ordinary observer a long bridge, but Lobel, when this sug- gestion was made to him yesterday, smiled as he replied: “No, not a bridge, but tunneld.” ‘Tunnels?’ queried the interviewer. ““We might temporarily use a ferryboat, but tunneling s part of our scheme and will undoubtedly be carried out. With the advantages offered us by the two islands that lie in our way we .would only have to bulld two tunnels of less than eighteen miles each, or, if more convenient to our plans, two tunnels under the strait of a distance of sixteen miles each and one of four miles.” ASSURED OF SUCCESS. And later, when Lobel was asked if he had as yet figured approximately when a map, including these startling engineer- ing feats would be part of the daily les- son in geography in the schools of the world, he laughed again, but more assur- ingly than before and slowly replied: “Not a great while and certainly before you are much older. Greater feats are being performed to-day by the engineers ot the world and I could get a dozen from as many countries to undertake the very work that our plans call for in the north- ern waters. Bering Strait is providential- ly arranged for the crossing of railroad trains and while the work of building this portion of the route of the transcontin- tinental road will be attended with many difficulties it will be accomplished, and thoroughly so. Although designed to give the United States more than a proportionate share in whatever benefits that may accrue from the construction of the road, it s in this country that his project receives the least encouragement and this faet he ascribes to the slowness in which the Americans are aroused fo the importance of an undertaking of this character ana particularly when it finds its origin in some foreign land. “Once across this continent,” sald Lo- bel, “and the greater part of our worry- ing is over. It is a grand scheme and the great American people will eventualy —-— . | turn to that way of thinking. With their 5 being It was in 1898 that Lobel visited Alaska | mission and acquainted | of | | as at | project that has since interested many wealthy men of Europe and resulted in has pledged him ampie funds re- | turned to Alaska, this time free to devote | syndicate, which in turn has received as- | Petersburg, | | from the American to the Siberian shores | would hurriedly suggest the necessity of | “Yes, tunnels,” répeated the representa- ! tive of the Parislan Geographical Society. | | PUDDINGS - DUMPLINGS PIE-CRUST - SHORT-CAKE MUFFINS - DOUGHNUTS . Of all good Grocers (or The H-O. Co., Buffalo,) in 25¢ and 10¢ packages. TRAINMEN AGGEPT . THE APPLICATION | Admit Electrical Road Employes to Their Brotherhood. SCRANTON, Pa., July 14.—Grand Mas- | ter Morrissey of the Brotherhood of Rail- road Tralnmen to-night local lodge of the brotherhood to accep the application of the employes of th Laurel line, a third rail electrical road for membership in the brotherhood, de- spite the protest of the Amalgamated As- seciation of Street and Electrical Rail- road Employes that these men come un- der {ts jurisdiction. on the new road when it was opened in May because the employes were not un- ionized, and National Organizer Fitzger- | ! ald of the Amalgamated Association de- clares that unless the men join the or- ganization the boycott will not be lifted. The Brotherhood of Tramnmen is not connected with the American Federation | of Labor, like the Amalgamated Asso- ciation, and therefore Is without repre- sentation in the Central Labor Union The fight is the opening skirmish of what promises to be a bitter war be- tween these two organizations for juris- | diction over the emploves of this new kind of railroad, a line which is operated | and disciplined the same as a steam rail- | road and running over a private right of | way between distant places, but like street raflways, using electricity for mo- | tive power. ——————— | NEGRO GRAVE ROBBER ADMITS OTHER CRIMES Rufus Cantrell ‘Confesses That He | Aided in Two Recent Mur- | ders in Indianapolis. | INDIANAPOLIS. July 14.—In a confer- | ence with Prosecutor Buckelhaus this afternoon, it is said, Rufus Cantrell, the | negro grave robber, admitted that he had | a hand in the recent murders in this city of Isaac Dosengarten and Isaac Stout | The prosecutor sald that Cantrell had | tain murders. names. | | @ simimleirieoiimimleieiniefelefeefedeieinled g assistance our plans will rapidiy terialize. | will be in a position to immediately call upen the Russian Government for the physical and financial assistance it has guaranteed us and the world will soon find our rails extending down the Si- berian coast to Irkutsk, thence easterly by way of Omsk to St. Petersburg and Moskow, and finally through Europe to Berlin and Paris.” PREFERS OUR LAWS. When asked why Canada had been eliminated from the eastern route om his maps Lobel explained that a greater ad- vantage was assured the road by trav- ersing the sofl of the United States from ma- try are more favorable to railroad en- terprises than those of the British do- minions and provinces. As has already been stated, Lobel or- ganized a company in Europe which ob- tained for him financial assurance. Among the mare influential directors of this com- pany are General Payot, the Marquise de Roussy de Sales and Baron de Lourmel. Besides these men the patronage com- mittee of the big company includes in the Shah of Persia, such men of prom- inence as M. Paul Doumer, former Minis- ter and Governor of Indo-China; Senators France; Baron Robert Surcouf, secret of the Chambers of Deputies; Le M:'?e’ de Vilers, president of the Soclety of Geography of Paris; General Canonge, president of the Soclety of Townaphy' and Commissioner General of Marine: the Duc de Polignac, Comte de Crosse-Bris- sac, Comte de Rohan-Chabot, Vicomte de la Motte and Baron Lourmel du Hour- melin. A In Russia, el says, the en - bership of the famous group of ‘g:e";f“l‘;_ dred, composing all the great agents of finance in that country, has already prom. ised a large sum in support of the rafl- road project. When asked as to whom he counted on in this country for rep resentation In the financial end of the undertaking, Lobel was a bit diffident, but he finally remarked that his American friends table on Rockefellers' associates. telegraphed the | A boycott was placed | admitted that he was implicated in cer- | Buckelhaus refused to give | Crossing the Bering Strait we | the east In that the laws of this coun- | addition to the President of France and | Viger, Gomot and Maxime Lecomfe of | JOAN M. MSTEN N THE DRAGNET Postal Official Is Ac- cused of Soliciting a Bribe. WASHINGTON, July 14.—The postoffica | Inspectors are investigating charges ma. against John M. superintendent of the railway rce and formerly chief clerk of the First | Assistant Postmaster General's office. A man named Terry, now in the Govern- ment service, had made an affidavit | tore the inspectors alleging that Masten. | while chief clerk to the First Assista Postmaster General, proposed that Terry pay him 350 down and $8 or $10 & me to secure reinstatement in a former posi- tlon in Masten's bureau. Terry charges that he was originally a $600 employe in the dead letter office: that he was re- moved under an order of Masten and put ser- to the city postoffice; tnat he protested, d flnally that Masten suggested hig getting an outside person, a close friend | | of Masten and a former employe of the | postal ser to help him. | | The affidavit alleges that Masten gave Terry assurance that if he paid - the amount mentioned he could get back; | that he went to Masten's house, but did { not pay the m Terry charges that subsequen he made an affidavit making these charges widespread interest. Postmaster Genera Payne sald io-day that he expected there would be some important news during his absence on his trip along the coast and | that he expected the Grand Jury would | supply interesting developments. There is no definite information available as to the identity of the but the jurs | has been working on them for some time | | and handed it to Masten to present to | First Assistant Postmaster General Johm- 8o and that the affidavit did net reach [JHI. According to the charg: Mas- | ten asked by T\ fo |t avit and refused to return it, and | Terry thereupon placed the information | before the ¢ 1l Servic Commission, who | took up the sct with the President. | The Federal Grand Jury in this city is “ considering several important postofic | cases. which are expected to prove | | cases, ————— Thirty-Nine Million Dollar Deal. PHILADELPHIA, July 4.—The Record | to-morrow will say: The United Gas Im provement Company is about to tal | & controlling interes* in the Cinc! | Gas and Electric Company. This de | volves 339,000,000, and it is a step pr | nary to the consolidation of all the quasi | public concerns in and around the city of Cincinnat The Portuguese attempted to establish cattle farming In Newfoundland in 1553, but all traces of the animals they import- | ed have been lost. RED-HOT PRICES AT LEVIN’S | 35-37 Taylor Street. || PRICES FOR ALL OF THIS WEEK : Naphtha Soap, all week. 8 bars.. Levin‘s Best Sand Soap, 9 bars,.. Fairbanks' Fairy Soap. 7 bars. 1 Good Wax Candles dozen | | Best Tallow Candles each Hardwood Toothpicks 10 boxes B¢ best Parlor Matches, 2 packs. All colors Iusion, yard . Large 10c pkgs Pearline, 3 for. Reg. %e No. 8 W | | Reg. $1.75 large { | 6-qt. 60c Agate Covered Saucepans.. 50c S-qt. Agate Lipped Saucepans 35¢ 1-qt. 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