The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 26, 1903, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCQ CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1903, DR. KILMER'S SWAMP-ROOT. ‘ KIDNEY AND BLADDER ‘ TROUBLES PROMPTLY CURED CLOUDBURST PRESIDENT OFFICIALLY ACCEPTS SECRETARY ROOT'S RESIGNATION ————e \ A Sample Bottie Sent FREE by Mail. SEN“S Flu"u * s s De, Kunery Sutiup Buct, tie goith Cabinet Officer Will Not kidney remedy, fu every wish ln* promptly curing kidn bladder and urie | scid troubles, rheumatism and pain in the | back. It corrects inability to hold water | end sca n passing it, or bad | eflects fol g use of liquor, wine or | beer, and overcomes that unpleasant ne- | > cessity of being epmpelled to g0 often | Rangang Take to. thelj <Curing the day and to get up many times | during the nmight. The miid and the ex- | Trees When Rivers traordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon{‘ b realized. It stands the highest for its | Are Rising. wonde cures of the istressing .mded“ hrr«Farms Suffer Great Damage | During the Furious Storm. Pabig 1T IR st Kidney rem- | Wall of Water Strikes a Town, Inun- | cures, both sen: | dates the Residences and Drives { mi'-};; .ln People From the Danger- you read ous Lowlands. s | MARYSVILLE, Kane, Aug %5.—A! cloudburst struck in zhis vicinity early to-day causing the Big Blue River to m— = rise sixfeen feet within a few hours and 18 & great flood of water south down STHI.EN A SGUHE ottoms along that stream. Many bitants in the lowlands were driven from their homes and heavy damege to ! property was done. UF YEAHS AGU As fur us known but one death has been reported. Frederick Ivers of Batley- | drowned near that town, going th a bridge over a swollen stream. | | b okt ; “ash deluged and the bottoms | 4 with water from three to fif- | alt Lake Officer Seeks deep. PMity houses were al- | < 7 y submerged, thelr inmates | | Long-Lost Sister in fuge in trees and on housetops. | | = v a hundred persons were rescued | California. fonts i The storm washed out the tracks on | | e the Biue Valley branch of the Union Pa-| | 2 5 cific for several miles and wiped out the ' | R telegraph and telephone wires, cutting | J . the town off from outside communication antil late to-day. £l w To-night the river is falling. although 8 & was t farms for miles around will be under to California, Water for several days. South of here, - 3 educated. At At the town of Blue Rapids, the Blue | it was RIVer rose to within a few inches of the highest point in the June rise, causing .- gl much damage to farm property. Y S Y ¥ 5. A whll of water struck: Vieits, & town i i i 1000 inhabitan on the Vermtiilion R he same county, driv- s of the lowlands from 1 perhaps n inundated and that place is estimated at er is three miles wide. damage also was done at Mari- se to the orm struck Island Rail- and s dozen cul- ecked. £ track at on that road were w KANSAS RIVER RISES. Topeka Expects High Water Because of the Downpour. ns.. Aug. %.—The Kansas ¢ rising as a result of high the stream. The river has been for several days. Rain is reported it throughout ~the central portion § more high water is ex- LIGHTNING KILLS ONE MAN AND INJURES THREE Severe Electric Storm Carries Death and Destruction Into an II- linois Town. ————————— JUDGE HIGHTON'S NAME NOT IN THE SCANDAL San Francisco Lawyer Merely a Wit- ness in the Honolulu Pro- ceedings. OLULU, Aug. %.—When the Su- e Court of Hawali recently disbarred A. S. Humphreys and George A. Frank Thompson r, the better class at the high tribun- ded the interests of the safegua s B e heini unable to judge how many months I shail be v 4 lands by efficlency in e administra- kept away from this country, and 1 therefore ADVERTISEMENTS Soh f fuitiot. 2 Bt A LaIeae | Rat ayAl S o comin v Rl ) Seitires struck at legal intrigue. - : pointment and qualification of my sucCessor. The action of the court was based upon ' {'shall carry With me unabated !ny)alu‘ 1o your ’ revelations in the Sumner case, wherein | adminietration, DREWSTED S it was discovered that an effort had been | made to rob Jokn Sumner, a client. At- 1 consideration witk which your friendship torney J. A. Magoon. one of the attof- honored me. 1 shall not n?mse to uppr-vl'— i o el in the ation, was exonerated mpathy and loyaity to President Mc- from participation in improper practice b which you took and carried on his Judge Henry E. Highton, whose reput- tion the guilty ones had sought to be- smirch, had no part in the affair. Judge MILLIONS ==S=—= FOR SALE In Book Form = AT=—= ALL ROOK STORES BUY IT TO-DAY ABG BOHEMIAN . ¢ ALL BOTTLED KNG OF — e se "7 SOLD EVERYWHERE. HILBERT MERCANTILE CO., Pacific Crast Agents. De Bolt, in his decision rendered January « declared that ge eless and the later decision showed that he had nothing to w the scandal. As a matter of rec e had severed his connection with the case October 13, 1902, and subsequently was merely a witness, ———— PRINCESS LAUNCHES THE BATTLESHIP DOMINION Latest Addition to British Navy Will Cost When Completed More Than $6,000,000. LONDON, Aug. 2.—The Princess | Louise to-day launched the battleship Do- | minion at Barrow. The Dominfon is the | last of the three ships known as the King | Edward VII class. When completed the | Dominion will have cost $5,500,000. i The Dominion is a first class battleship of 16,60 tons displacement. She is 4%5 feet | long, has 19,000 indicated horsepower and | will have an estimated speed of over 18| knote. Her armament will consist of four | 12-inch guns, four 9.2-inch guns, ten é-inch | guns, twenty-four smaller rapid fire guns | and two torpedo tubes | —_———— FORMER ARMY OFFICER | ENDS HIS OWN LIFE | Frank D. Pressler Finds in Suicide Relief From His Financial Troubles. Highton was Supreme Court ler, untll seven months ago captain in the United States army, stationed at Se- | attle in the paymaster's department, to- day shot and Killed himself in Carroll Park, Brooklyn. He had been reported missing from his home near the park for four weeks. Captain Pressler was about G years of age and had been in the army a8 a non-commissioned officer. He had been in financial straits and became de- spondent. ——— WOULD HAVE EVERY BOY TRAINED FOR THE ARMY Royal Commission on South African ‘War Issues Its Report in London. LONDON, Aug. %.—The report of the royal commission on the South African war was issued to-day. It adds little information to that already published. Lord Esher, a memler of the commission, in a supplementary report suggests that CUTLERY BLADE e CURES | McBURNEY'S KIDNEY# &= | ¥or Bright’s disease, brick dus* | TIt, bed-wetting, gravel, dropsy, disbete | €Very boy of 17 who is physically fit f; rheumstism. ;e'nd'z‘)efll; 2¢. stam; should be compelled to undergo a course W. F. McBurney, 4188. 5} of training in national cadet schools which Cal,for 5deystreatm’t. should be created throughout the country, NEW YORK, Aug. %.—Frank D. ; ress- | President Roosevelt to-day auth- orized the announcement of the fact that he had accepted the cv- signation of Elihu Root as Secre- tary of War®and that Governor General William H. Taft of the Philippines would be Root's successor. Root will retain the war portfolio until the latter part of the vear. Luke E. Wright, now Vice Gov- ernar ‘General of the Philippines will succeed Taft as Governor General. Secretary R under date of August 19, presented his resignation formally to the President. The resignation was ac- cepted by the President with the under- standing that Mr. Root continue as Sec- retary of War at least until January 1 LETTER OF RESIGNATION. The President to-day authorized following statement: oot, the The President some months ago tendered the Secretaryship of War to Judge Taft and at that time it was arranged that he would suc- ceed Secretary Root. Secretary Root will get out of otfice some time in January and Judge Taft will assumie the dutles of the office shortly aterward. The President also authorizes the pub- lication of the correspondence between him and Secretary Root concerning the latter's resignation. In full, the corre- spondence follows: Dear Mr. Pri assent to_the have been good to e for n as practicable after the establishment eral staft of the army and the com- full four years of servics as the g1 pletion « Secreta While it is undérstood that you will probably not arrange to fill the office you wish before.the end-of the year and t 1 am to remain in office in the meantime, probable that you will be ready to send to the e in November or Decem- u do so my resignation | I find myself oh the England to attend the ses- Alaska boundary tribunal quite tha Secretary of War to take effect upon the ap- and I shall always be happy to have been 'a.part of the administration directed by your sincere and rugged adherence to right and devotion to the true inteersts of the country. I am, with great respect and esteem, Always faithtuily yours, ELIHU ROOT. PRESIDENT TO ROCT. OYSTER BAY, L. 1., Aug. 24.—Hon. Elihu Root, Secretary of War—My Dear Mr. Root: It is hard for me, indeed, to accept your res- ignation and I do so not only with keen per- sonal regret, but with a lively understanding the gap your withdrawal will create in pub- | lic iffe. My sense of pereonal loss is very | great: and yet my sense of the loss to the nation as a whole is even greater. You have been over four years Secretary of War. I won- der if you yourself realize how mich you have accomplished during that period. It you will turn to your first reports ahd will read therein the recommendations you made in order that | the army might be put on an effective basis, you cannot but be pleased at the way in which these recommendations have now been adopted by Congress, as well as by the administration, and have become enacted Into law or crystal- lized into custom. We never have had a pub- lic servant of the Government who has worked harder than you have worked during these four years and 4 half and this not merely in polnt of time, but_above all in polft of intensity, and your success has been equal to your fabor. The only reward you have had, or cin have, is the knowledge of successful achievement, of the performance in fullest fashion of a great public duty, the doing of which was of vital impogtance to the nation's welfare. YouP duties have included more than merely the administration of the department and the reorganization of the army on an effective | basis. You have also been the head of a de- partment which 4 ith the vast and deli- cate problems involved in our possession of the Philippine Islands and your success In dealing with your part of the work has been as signal as your success in dealing with the purely military problems. To very few statesmen in- deed, In any country, is it given at one and the same time to achieve signal and striking triumphs in_ the adminietration ond reform of the military branch of the Govern- ment and in the administration of which was of what was in effect a department of insular dependencies, where the problems were new to our people, and were in themselves of great difficulty. Moreover, aside from ycur work in these two divisions of the Government sérvice, T appreciate most keenly the invaluable advi and assistance you have rend me in innu- merable matters of weight not coming directl in your departmental province, but in which sought your aid with the certainty of nof being gisappointed. Your position on the Alaskal Boundary Commission at the present moment is an illustration of these services, May all good fortune attend you wherever you are: the American people wish you well and appreciate to the fullest the debt due you for -utthn you have done In their be- half. Faithtully yours, THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Tllinois Girl Kills Herself. BLOOMINGTON, Tl. Aug. 2.—Alice Sample of this city killed herself this morning by. firing two bullets Into her breast. Despondency over a love affair is responsible. —————— Denver Girl Has Fatal Fall. DENVER, Aug. 25.—Miss Mary Jenkins, the I7-year-old daughter of William A. Jenkins, an architect of this city, fell over a steep cliff when climbing a mountain | at Decker Springs and was killed | { Retire Until End of Year FZrr2 _Too. Secezmisy 7 OF Frfl » * 2 - PUBLIC MEN WHOSE HIGH OFFICIAL POSITIONS WILL SOON CHANGE. G - i OF ARBITRATION Emperor Is Anxious to Enlist Services of Roosevelt. TOKIO, Aug. 4, via Victoria, B. C., Aug. 2%5.—China in her embarrassmént has turned to President Roosevelt, says the Peking correspondent of the Nishi Nishi. The correspondent says the Chinese Em- peror was to personally telegraph to Pres- ident Roosevelt asking the United States to request that China's former status be revived by means of arbitration. Viceroy Chang Chung; interviewed by the Tsal correspondent, said there was still the secret stage to the Manchurian negotiations, and he regretted that China had not sufficient power to compel Rus- sia to carry out the evacuation, though China had frequently refused the Russian demands. (He did not understand why none of the three powers—Japan, Great Britain or America—had begun direct ne- gotlations with Russia, nor did he know whether America would render assistance to Japan in a war against Russia.) The Viceroy said further that even if the Rus. sian troops were driven out of Manchuria the Russlans would then start an en- croachment in the vicinity of Ili, in which | district no third country takes Interest. This contingency worried the Viceroy. He expressed himself strongly in the ihter- view, favoring the Chinese effort to se- cure the opening of Manchuria and the necessity of China completing her arma- meht. Fire on the French steamer Tonkin Di- rune on August 8 caused damage of $250,- 000 to the liner and $500,000 to the cargo. The steamer was sunk to avold total loss and afterward floated and towed to Kobe for repairs. N. W. Mclvor, former American Consul General at Yokohama, has received the deécoration of the Double Dragon from the Emperor of China—the highest decoration that can be given to those not of impe- rial birth. The presentation, made through United States Minister Conger at Peking, Wwas a recognition of McIvor's services to China at Yokohama during the Chino- Japanese war, CT“ has ordered four gunboats for service on the Yangtse River at Kobe. The United States steamer Monocacy is being offered for sale at Shanghal, her appraised value being given in the adver- tisement as $8000 gold. & Japan still is directing negotiations on the Manchurian question direct with Rus- sla. Baron Kemura, Minister of Foreign Affairs, who was given a free hand in the negotiations, has been holding secret audi- ences with the Mikado, and important de- velopments are expected. * ————— French Steamship Lost. MARSEILLES, Aug. %.—The French steamship Admiral Gueydon, which sailed hence July 15 for Colombo, has been gives up for lost. There were fifty-seven per. sons on board. *: THE CALL’S GREAT ATLAS OFFER ‘Will close on September 24, 1903, and all holders of Atlas Coupons are requested to pre- sent them immediately, as this great opportunity to secure one of these splendid Atlases at The Call’s jum rates will pe brought to a close on Septem- ber 24. - HINK N FAVOR BIVES RELATVES MONEY T0 SPEND When Taft Will Take the War Portfolio and|Millionaire Distributes Be Succeeded in Philippines by Luke E. Wright — _Thousar ds for Test Purposes. Sl Chicagoan Wants to See What Others Can Do With Money. s ittt Special Dispal to The Call NORWICH, Conn., Aug. 25.—Millionaire Stephen D. Roath of Chicago, who is 75 years of age and a sufferer from locomo- tor ataxia, has selected for himself a lr:trwel form of recreation in the decline of | 1 lige. To a number of his relatives in this city { he has distributed about $1,000,000, which 1is half of his fortune, just to see what | they would do with the money. He has| { glven it unconditionally, and proposes | | pleasurably to await the results that may-| | come of their unexpected opulence. | Those who are to benefit by the distri- ; bution are Mrs. Elizabeth Randall, a wid- | | owed sister of Mr. Roath, $250,000; Mrs. M. E. Jenson, Mrs. Henry B. Norton, Henry | F. Parker, all of this city; Mrs. Harvey | | Walker, Brooklyn, N. Y., and Gerald L.| Parker of Cincinnati, chiidren of Mrs. | | Henry L. Parker, ancther sister, each to | | receive $50,000; Edward Roath, a nephew, 1 $250,000, and Frank Roath, brotlLer, $250,000. | | Roath half a century ago was employed | | by the Norwich and Worcester Railroad | Company in this city, buf was attracted | to the West, and he finaly settled in Chi-| cago. He became very wealthy, but con- tinued to spend his summers here. O e s TUDENTS KEEP REGISTRAR BUSY Seven Hunared Sign the Roll at Stanford University. § Special Dispateh to The Call. A g | STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Aug. %5.— | The university opened officially at 8:30 | o'clock this morning, when the rolls of | Registrar Elliott were thrown open for | the registration of students for the en- | suing year. From early morning until night a_steady stream of matriculated students poured into the new offices of the registrar, which are located in the bullding formerly occupied by the geo-| logy and mining department, and to-night | approximately seven hundred of the old students had signified their intention of centinuing their studies at/Stanford. The freshmen will be allowed to regis- | ter to-morrow, and those matriculated | | students who did not register to-day will | al#¢o be placed on the roll. After to-mor-| row ‘students ,who wish to register will | | be cbiiged to pay two dollars as a pun- | | ishment for their delinquency in not ap- | | pearing on the regular registration days. | | Registrar EHiott expects that a much larger class of entrants will matriculate ! this year than last. Undoubtedly the num- | | bet of young ladies applying for admis- | | sion will swell the number of women | i students In the university to more than five hundred, hence It is probable that | some will bave to be turned away, as the | limit of women students to be registered | at Stanford has been placed at five hun- | dred. | " Instruction in the untversity will begin | on Thursday next and already the stu- | { | ! | ! | | | dents are busy filling out their study cards, which this year will be required to be flled Friday, a date two weeks earlier than usual. This Innovation has ; been thought wise in order to prevent unnecessary delay on the part of the students in deciding on the course of study they will pursue during the sem- ester. The university inn opened its doors to- day under the new system of manage- ment and seventy-five s(uden}s appeared for the first meal, which waf sefved at neon. The inn will be run under the man: agement of the bondsmen of the defunct inn club, for the berdefit of the crea. of the latter organization and for the dents.. The bondsmen are Registrar O. | L. Elliott, Dr. J. C. Branner, vice pres- | ident of the university; Professor J. O. | Griffin, Professor R. L. Green and Pro- | | teesor R. E. Allardice. | It is the intention of the bondsmen to control the inn until the students meet thelr obligations incurred last year and | then to turn it over to the management of the students. In the latter event the students In charge will be required to make a monthly financial report in order i to prevent a recurrence of last yeaf's | fatlure. | Professor Albert William Smith, head | of the mechanical engineering depart- ment, has arrived at the university from New York. Professor Smith is connected with the Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Company electrical works, and has spent the summer superintending the engineer- ing work of their large plant. i Professor Smith is consideredgone of the foremost men in his line of work in the | country and he gives up a position with the Westinghouse Company at a very large salary In order to continue his work at the university. Professor George H. Rowe, the newly appointed associate professor of electri- cal engineering of the college year of 1903-1904, arrived at the university yester- day. He comes directly from the Univer- sity of Colorado at Boulder, where he holds the position of professor of electri- cal ‘engineering and dean of the school of applied sciences. \ e { BOY HUNTER ACCIDENTALLY | EILLS YOUNG COMPANION | Aims Rifle at a Dove and Sends| Bullet Through Head of Playmate. JAMESTOWN, Aug. 2%5.—On the Tuo- lumne River above Jacksonville yesterday | about 5 o'clock Eddle Parr, aged 12 years, | rifie ball fired from a gun heid by Arthur Oliver, aged 18 years. With other lads they were out hunting, and game was | scatce. Simultaneously both boys discov- red a dove on a distant tree and each endeavored to get in range first. Young Parr was considerably In the lead wheén Oliver discharged his rifle at the bird. The where he died this morning. Fire in North Shore Tunnel. DUNCANS MILL, Aug. 25.—The tunnel on the North Shore Railroad between ‘Howards Station and Duncans Mill caught | | fire yesterday afternoon and the entire woodwork was burned out, leaving only ?’m heavy masonry in place. Mail cml[ passengers will be transferred around the | tunnel and very little delay will be caused. | Repairs will be completed in a few days | 80 that trains can go through the tunnel | again. The origin of the fire i unknown. | | Matzen of | was shot in the head with a 22-caliber | | leaden missile hit Parr in the head. The ! wounded youth was conveyed to his home,| i i il (I ) illl! i e e i - “ f) ‘ ‘,!lzli.ii’ElH_!H”,’{f;}”?flllfl['fifll Hj.;g. y Ul ikl l' '\ i y. d Q‘l g ||| Il i | i u:fi‘t i e (i Our selling problem is possibly dif- ferent from what you may think it is. We have to look to a whole lot more than merely making good appearing clothes at a low price. We must put in the right kind of linings, trimmings and workmanship so that the garments will hold their shape and wear you well. There is but little profit for us in merely selling one suit to a man. We want him to come and come again. Whenever he wants a suit we want him to think of S. N. WOOD & CO. We can only do this by making the right kind of clothes at economical prices. That's the kind of clothes you get here and further than that you get protection. We guarantee our suits and “money back” backs up the guarantee. The tailoring department is filled with bright new fall patterns. We are sure to have what you want. - See the line we carry from $13.50 up to $35. i i i Suits satisfactorily made for out-of- town customers by our self-measur- ing system — write for blank and samples. SNWO0D 5 (0 740 Market Street and/ Corner Powell and Eddy Streets il i \)t Jfl i WEATHER BULLETIN ISSUES |BOUNCING BABY DAUGHTER ITS WEEKLY CROP REPORT| BRIGHTENS BOARDMAN HOME Storms Damage Middle Atlantic|Girl Wife of Aged Oakland Capital- States and Cofisiderable Wheat ist the Mother of Dimpled Child. Is Still Unharvested. WASHINGTON, Aug. %5.—The Weather| OAKLAND, Aug. 2%5.—Joseph Boardman, eau’'s weckly summa of crop con- | the aged capitalist, who flve years ago | wédded Blanche Walker, a pretty High follows: Portions of the South Atlantic States | School girl of 17 years, has been blessed by a visit from the stork. A bouncing, experienced heavy rains, while the Ohlo ley, the greater part of Texas and the | dimpled baby girl is the newcomer at the | Boardman home at 630 Tenth street, and Mountain and Pacific Coast dis- ts are suffering from drought. There | the young mother is under the care of Dr. Frank L. Adams and a trained nurse. was some damage in the northern por X tion of the Middle Atlantic States by lo-| The marriage of “Joe™ Boardman, as he was famillarly known, to the buxom 1 sto; y |8 e spring | cal storms Augist 18. Consideyable spring | o ung student was a one days’ sensation ins to be cut in North Dakota, - .- - sting is practically finished else- | in Oakland. The groom had been sepa- rated by death from his first wife about where in the spring wheat region. Har- 3 e vesting is nearly finished in Oregon and | $ix months before he fell in love with the attractive young schoolgirl. dvancin; rapidly in Washington, the Soalt e ot ipdcior quALLY: The first public announcement of the The reports indicate a very general de- | Prospective union was made when the Ii- cline in the condition of apples, except in | cénse was issued, attention being directed to the dlsparity in the ages of the couple the southern portion of the Middle At- g~ g Iantic States, where the outlook continues | Boardman was registered as over & years. | Boardman is reputed to be worth several fu\‘ural)l-:+ | hundred thousand dollars. His bent fig- . : ure, with snowy-white beard and hair, Is COB:'::‘::"‘E?" 'Afi:’l"”z‘tm;:;“" a very familiar one on Oakland's streets. the Copenhagen Unlversity.| porglang Plumbers Out on Strike. who was recently appointed by the Czar 2 as ore of the arbitrators in the claims | PORTLAND, Or. Aug. of the allied powers for preferential tfeat- | union plumbers in this eity They demanded an increa ment in the settlement with Venezuela, has declined to accepnt the D m for | from $450 to $5 per day, but the Mastér the reason that Denmark is an rested | Plumbers’ Association refused to granmt the increase. party. 'WHAT YOU DON’T WANT IS DEAR AT ANY PRICE Qur Specials Are in Articles You Want i i l i The regular price of this 8-foot Extension Dining Table, in golden, polished finish, is $15.00. Drapery Specials IMCE BED SETS in ecru and white—the assortment: reg- ular price $2.75, special $1.50; regular price $2.50, special $1.20; regular price $3.00, special £1 50. 1 | . “THE CREDIT HQUSE,” * 233,235, 237 POST STREET.