The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 1, 1903, Page 3

# THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1903. HISTRINS BULER [LETTERS OF ENDEARMENT ARE READ British King Enthusias- tically Received at Vienna. Emperor Francis Joseph Is Honored With a Field- Marshalship. ward ar- rienbad and reception. 1, wearing the Dragoon Guards several Archdukes VIEM rived M here e I accompanied by uniform of t a d other received King Ed- | ward at the The King wore the uniform of a colonel of Austrian Hus- | sars. e presentation of the Arch others the two sover- cigns the Hofburg in a lan- dau drawn by six horses. At the Hofburg the King was received hdukes, Finance Minister Gol- ve Austrian and Hungarian nd the court and state digni- 1 by the Emperor. state di ; present included the Em- e Archdukes and Arch- . the Ministers, diplomats and general staff of the army. Emperor J toasted King Edward in the course of which he visit as a fresh pledge for a continuance of the confidential re- lations which have long existed between the two families and two countries and kv was no political antagonism likeky cast the shadow of a cloud upon them. e King in response expressed his thanks for the friendly sentiments ex- pressed toward him and the cordial re-| | ception he had met with, which he sald touched him. He assured Emperor of ance of _the feeling of which he had in- herited frc oria and con- | ded b mperor Francis in the British ncement created a deep im- bowed King Edward's hand. Dur- ing the course of the dinner the mon- hs conversed with each guests an animated manner. us d done during the day. —————————— GENERAL DON CARLOS EASSELTONO IS DEAD Distinguished Scholar and Former Confederate Officer Passes Away in Denver. DENVER, Aug. 31.—General Don Carlos eltono, a distinguished scholar and | t, died at his home in this ci 1 He wa New Orleans nish paren The General's -grandfather was sent by the W w General -Hasseltono of Miami, Yale and Hei- At the outbreak of the entered was soon made a He was captured as tenced to be shot, but es- be war he studied engin- s a member of Commodore KELLER QUALITY Means the Best. KELLER PRICES . MEAN THE LOWEST COMPARED TO QUALITY. MEN'S 25¢ HOSE, 1235 cthe Pair. oo o ered stripes and figures; also effects in pearl, grays and tans; l2 I Z1H 25¢ quality. Keller’s The _ever-popular PHCR.cocceosbosnssces NEW scft Three-in-One In black FALL HATS. snape. steel and pearl, with black tand. Keller's $2-50 ................ CE—— Also fall block stiff hat; full crown, medium set brim. ¥-"'er’s price.. $2.50 Fancy Colored U futlor G 1028-1030 MARKET STREET, San Francisco. 1157-1159 Washington Street, Oakland. T ow: step — Schilling’s Best — 2t civilization one long bome and in trade. vou taken it ? Moneyback, Have rereafter the King retired to | ents, where he was officlally | r in honor of King Fa- | was given at the Hofburg to-night. | h were all the firmer because there | | to other and | | s assembled outside the | America to be Governor of the entire Spanish possessions the Confederate | | % { | | - & R Tl s ¥ | . BEFORE Wis TRAGIC. PRaTH | ETTERS of endearment, written | by the late Jonathan to the woman who became his wife, were read in evidence yes- | terday before Judge'Troutt in the | case of Mrs. Jennie White against the ex- ecutors of her deceased husband’s estate. The case is a pecullar one. It was brought recently by the wife, many, years after the ddath of White, who lost his life. while rescuing some women | in the memorable Baldwin Hotel fire, to | | zet aside a decree of divorce granted the | husband. White secured the divorcé on the groufid of desertion and the wife s | now attempting to prove that she never | | desefted her husband and never Knew of his attempt to secure .a divorce. She learned of his success some years after | her marriage to him, when she was in| New York, where she was staying at his urgent request. R The evidence so far introduced proves { | | that “Jonathan Lloyd. White led a dual life. The attorneys for Mrs. White{ set up the claim that White prac- | | ticed fraud on his wife and secured her | | money, with which he accumulated a vast | fortune. It Judge Troutt sets aside the decree | | | | granting the divorce the widow will | | come in for her share of the prop- | erty. The executors and heirs are | combating Mrs. White and the trial whic | 1s now on before Judge Troutt is becom- | ing extremely interesting. Judge W. L. Pierce, Judge John R. Altken and Frank | W. Altken are representing: Mrs. Jennie White and W. K. Johnson and W. B.| Treadwell are looking after the interests of the heirs and executors. LOVE LETTERS ARE READ. | Mrs. White is a well preserved woman. | She goes to court in somber black and is accompanied by her beautiful niece, Miss May Stafford of New York. Mrs. White | bases her case on letters which were | written to her by White before and after | | their marriage. There are more than fifty and according to the witness they are only a few of the many he wrote her. These | letters are full of endearment and, in the | light of events that have passed, prove | that the writer was a consummate actor. According to the evidence, which are written admissions in the handwriting of | the deceased, White never had more than | a thousand dollars before he met the wo- | man he married. In his letters he con- | tinually asks for the advancement of money in order that he may make a for- | tune for both and live happily and in | comfort. When Mrs. White married she had nearly $30,000, and it was with this fortune that White was able to accumu- late the money that he left to his helrs. When the case was taken up by Judge Troutt yesterday morning, the plaintiff, Mrs. Jennie White, was put on the wit- ness stand. She testified that she was married to Jonathan Lioyd White in 1853 | and that they had been engaged for more | than five years. She said she was well informed as to his financlal condition and he had only $1000 in bank. Nearly all the letters shown the witness were written IN IMPANELING A JURY | George B. McLellan Is Placed on Trial for Alleged Complicity in La Palme Killing. REDWOOD CITY, Aug. 31.—The trial of George B. McLellan for the killing of George La Palme, a boy, on July 28 last wis commenced here this morning. Judge Henry C. Gesford of Napa County is sit- ting for Judge Buck, who is ill. The entire day was consumed in sccuring a jury and the taking of testimony will be commenced to-morrow morning. George B. McLellan, Howard H. Mc- Lellan and Brismo Martine are jointly ac- cused of the crime of manslaughter, but each has demanded a separatg trial. Young George La Palme, with three other boy companions, went swimming in the creek back of the McLellan place on July 28, and it was while they were in bathing that a bullet, coming from the McLellan place, plerced the heart of La Palme. Martine, one of the defendants, has con- fesged that he fired the fatal shot, but claims that he was directed to shoot by George B. McLellan, the defendant now on trial. It will probably take two days to uy th loyd "White | - - your good saving sense. CREETS fOwap 7O PROVE A DEEP LAID CONSPIRACY l;Mrs. Jennie White Takes Witness Stand and Identifies Missives Written to Her by Jonathan White, Who Se- cured a Separation From Her Without Her Knowledge e MES JENNIE- WHITE & Sz o3 | | i ] l s 4 ES e - : & [ FORMER WIFE OF ‘THE LATE JONATHAN LLOYD WHITE WHO IS l . 'SUING THE EXECUTORS OF HIS ESTATE, HER ATTORNEY AND | - HER NIECE. 2 = % o | 5 + 5 . . on letterheads of the firm of White, Grey & Co., importers of dry goods, 114 and 116 Kearny street. In these letters White continually finds fault with.his partners. All these letters were identified and make interesting reading. - Judge Plerte read them in the court with all the pathos at his command. The spectators listened eagerly and smiled at some of the allu- sions made by the writer. Mrs. White was forced to smile at times and even the court had hard work repre$sing a smile. WHITE NEEDED MONEY. The following létter was received by Mrs.. White before her marriage: 3 San Francisco, Cal; Nov. 18, 1881 Dear Jemnie: 1 Kot two letters from you his afternoon and postoffice order for $100. You have acted very sensibly by not sending the money by telegraph. 1 always admitted It will come very handy just now, as my clothes are véry poor and my present salary is so small that I can- not afford to buy ms However, 1 will now y a cheap sult and look cleaner. . . . d-bye. Yours, LLOYD. In the following letter White expresses regret that he has not riches that he might take his future wife over to Eu- rope. Following are extracts: December 18, 1881 Dear Jennie: Your letter came to hand yes- terday and I was astonished to see by it that you got no letter last week. Now, I wrote every Sunday since you left and mailed it my- self, so 1 can't understand why you did not get'it. 1 am so glad your toe Is getting b ter. 1t is a miserable thing to haye anything sore on the feet, as one feels it so much in that place. However, 1 trust by the time this hes you that you will be cured entirely. Jennie, 1 have not thade one dollar's worth of Xmas presents this year. I did not even send one to my sisters or mother, for the simple reason I could not afford it. And it is all nonsense, Jennle, to be throwing- away money when we can't spare $1. I don't care so much for now, but I do-propose to never want for a comfortable home in_the future., ow 1 would like to be able to afford to take u and take a trip across to the old country and spend a year or two. However, we may be able yet. = Jennie, I often laugh when I think of you wanting me to take a trip to China or, 'In fact, any place; Jennie, at your expense or my own. A great many men would only be too glad to accept such 2 trip and spend your money for you. you will have a very happy Xmas, now assure you I will have a very H one. Jennie, think of me during part of that day. Good-bye until next letter. Yours, LLOYD. COMPLAINS OF PARTNERS. In the following letter White complains bitterly of his partners and appeals to his future wife to lend. him money in order to buy them out: San Francisco, Jan. 22, 1882. Dear Jennie: It is Sunday again and my first work is to write to you. 1 wrote you on HULSE DOES NOT WANT TO BE TRIED IN KERN Alleged Slayer of Officers Tibbet and Packard Will Demand a Change of Venue. BAKERSFIELD, Ang. 31.—Al Hulse, the alleged slayer of Officers Tibbet and Packard, will demand a change of venue from Kern County when the case is called. The announcement was made this evening by his attorner, Bowen Irwin, former District Attorney of Kings Coun- ty. The case is set for trial before the Superior Court on September 23. The al- leged murderer is still in jail here and takes his confinement coolly, declaring he is confident of an acquittal. Jennie Fox, his consort, who has told several stories in regard to the case, is also de- tained at the jail as the main prosecut- ing witness. The prosecution will resist the applica- tion for a change of venue, — e Santa Cruz Carnival Oloses. SANTA CRUZ, Aug. 31.—The eighty- day carnival closed here to-night with a ball at Armory Hall. Addresses were de- livered by Mayor Clark and Carl E. Lind- say. Jast Sunday a very gloomy letter, but, Jenni, you know well by this time that to you I al ways will tell the history of my troubles and pleasures. I intended mot to worry you about my business affairs, but when I read In your letters how glad you are that my business is going on nicely I often said the poor girl does not know my misery. of the worst partners that God ever made—you might ' reasonably say, why these men before 1 took them® as partners. Well, Jennie, I never waukl, but at the last moment Mr. Treanor could not get any of his money, and as 1 had the store leased at that time 1_was compelled to take in any one to save myself. Jennle, I do hope Hatch wiil sell your property very soon, as then I could kick out and make a_handsome for- few years. 1 will leave all this it is our only salvation. LLOYD. Yours, etc. In the letters White continually appeals to his intended to come to his assistance. He complains that she is having ‘“cream whilg he is existing cabbage.” He tells hiey to keep away from San Francisce, for fear that his partners will see her. He states that he has been using her name in attempting to get them out of. the firm. 3 Mrs. White states she returned to San Francisco in 1852 and went to San Jose. ‘| She went to the Garden City because Mr. ‘White did not wanp her to stay in this city. There was an objection to this testi- mony and Judge Plerce took occasion to say that the evidence being- introduced was for the purpose of showing that ‘White used fraudulent means to get hold of his wife's money. GAVE WHITE THOUSANDS. Attorney Johnson said the only .quesfion at issue was whether the process in the divorce, suit was served on the witness. The counsel for the plaintiff said they would show it had not. She swore that the_money used in buying the partners out was furnished by herself. “In response to letters, did you let him | have any money, other than the $3100 ai- ready testified to?".asked Judge Aitken. “Yes, sir. I gave him first $1000; then I gave him $1000; then another $1000; then $200, and fhen $7000, and again $200,” re- plied the witness. The witness was then asked to narrate conversations she had with White after | their marriage and counsel for the heirs objected to the question upon the ground fhat. she could not disclose them. There was a long argument and the attorneys resented numerous authorities for and against the proposition. Judge Troutt took the matter under. advisement and will render a decision when court con- venes this morning. D e T R B S S R R X RS IR W IPY | ENTIRE DAY IS CONSUMED RAPID WORK IS DONE ON LINE FROM SALT LAKE Cool Weather on the Desert Next Month Will Permit Exten- sivé Building, g SALT LAKE, Aug. 3L.—Operations have been commenced on the extension of the main line of the San Pedro-Los. Angeles- Salt. Lake road south of Calientes, and by the time cool weather sets in on the des- ert next month the work of grading the roadbed toward Los Angeles will be un- der, full headway. Large gangs of men are being sent south on every train. ——— unday at Lake Tahoe. A special excursion train will run to Lake Tahoe via Southern Pacific by daylight, Sep- tember B, returning September 7. This gives all day Sunday at-the lake. Round-trip tickets $8 50, Good returning up to September 10. Leave San Francisco Saturday § a. m. Arrive B San Francisco Mond: —_— CHEYENNE, Wyo.,, Aug. 3L—Governor Chatterton to-day announced his intention to appoint W. C. Irvine State Treasurer, to sue- cced Henry G. Ray, Who resigned to accept a position with the United States Steel Cor- poration at New York. Mr. Irvine is manager of the Leiter cattle ranches in Wyoming, 1 ! trolled the \course, it consisted of half a .| The race was spiritiess from the begin- | 1 am cursed with two | did 1 not know ! on corn-beef and ! l LS i MARE FNIH IMPISSIBLE Reliance Fails to Regis- ter Third and Final Victory. ; Lack of Wind Causes a Pro- | - longation of Lipton’s . Agony. P | Defender Is Half-Mile From Home ‘When Gun Sounds, With Sham- rock Five Times That Distance Astern.’ —e NEW YORK, Aug. 31.—Again to-day the beautiful cup defender Reliance failed to register her third vistory over the Lipton challenger because the wind died to nothing and the time limit of five and one-half hours expired before she could reach the finish line. _Her margin was approximately the | same as on Thursday last. She was less | than half a mile from the finish when the | gun sounded. The Shamrock III was | a faint blur on the horizon, fully two | and & half miles astern. The Reliance’s | faflure to score the race was the more ! exasperating because, her ultimate tri-| umph is now conceded, even by Sir Thom- as himself, to be simply a formality. The superfority of the Herreshoff boat in any | kind of weathér is acknowledged by the yachting critics of both sides of the At- | lantic, and to-day's fluke only prolongs | the agony of the contest that has already ‘been decided. g The waning interest in the cup race was strikingly illustrated by the size of the | observation fleet, if the ships which went | down to the ocean race course to-day could be dignified by such a title. Out- side of the revenue cutters, which pa- | dozen tugs and a score of steam yachts. | The easterly wind and rain last night | had served to knock down the sea some- { what, although it was rough ‘enough the |first two hours of the race to make the | excursion Boats tumble about a good deal and the yachts plunge and stagger on | | their way to the outer mark. But as the | | day wore on the wind hauled to the north | and fell to a mere zephyr, hardly blow- ! ing strong enough to round out the enor- | mous canvases of the sloops and the sea | subsided to a smooth surface. | SPIRITLESS RACE. | ning. It was laid fifteen miles to wind- { ward up the Long Island shore and re-|° !turn. Its saving feature was the start, {in which Captain Wringe, by a pretty | plece of maneuvering, neatly turned the | | tables on the Yankee skipper and cap- | | tured the windward berth. Even so, lhe: | yachts crossed the une abreast, like a | | harnessed team of horses. : | " But within fitteen’ minutes the defender. lwas showing her heels to the challenger | and .when the float at the outer mark | was reached she rounded it twenty min- utes and twenty-three seconds ahead of her rival. In the five times the boats have | met this was by far the worst beating| the Shamrock IIT has sustained in wind- ward work. The only interest which re-| mained after that was whether the Re-| liance would be able to.reach the finish | | line in time to score the race. The racers waited about Sandy -Hook lightship until 10:45, when the navigator signaled that the starting line would be shifted and the race postponed until later | in the day. After running five miles south | from the lightship the navigator signaled a windward and leeward course, east-| northeast, ‘from which direction a five- | knot wind was blowing. Thé easterly | gale had left a long, heavy sea running, | and as the yachts jockeyed about the starting line they lifted their long. bows high out of the water om top of the swell b pounded the sea Into a froth. WRINGE OUTGENERALS BARR.| For the first time' in the series Cap- tain Wringe of Shamrock III cleverly outgeneraled the redoubtable Captain Barr in the preliminary jockeying. Until five minutes before the start Captain Barr held the windward berth. Then both ran ! away from the line, the Shamrock lead- ing. Two minutes before the starting gun | the Shamrock headed up into the wind, tacked, forced the Reliance to do the same and both ran for the line-the Re- liance leading. They reached. it before the starting gun, and the Reliance had to run along the lee side of ft to await | the gun. The Shamrock reached the line as the gun sounded and, not having to shoer off, secured the weather position. | It was a trick which Captain Barr had | worked often, but never with better | i finesse or more satisfactory results. Tne | official starting time ‘of both yachts was 11:45:26. The first tack.five minutes after cross- ing the line put the Shamrock IIT ahead, | but under the lee bow of the -Reliance. | Captain Wringe gave his boat a good rap | | ull and the way she began to walk away | | from the defender made it look as though | | she had found herself at last, but this | was for only a few minutes: When he began to pinch her into wind it was ap- parentqthat the Reliance was outpoint- ing the challenger and altogether making better work of it. They held on one tack east-southeast | for nearly an hour. During that time the defender worked up to windward a good quarter of a mile. When the Re- liance tacked the Shamrock ITI refused to follow suit, so Barr put his craft on the port tack again. This placed the | Reliance a mile north of the Shamrock | 1II. Fifteen minutes later the wind suddenly shifted to the non:x(ea.az and placed the American boat thdt distance dead to the windward, not half of which she had actually earned. From that time the Reliance gained steadily. | RELIANCE FAR AHEAD. | The vachts could head within ; points of their course. They eld (hgi tack for twenty minutes and them made | ‘short hitches, in which the Reliance steadily got the better of it. When oft Long Beach, at 1:45, the de- fender was two miles ahead, havin| added the second mile by literally out. pointing the challenger and at the same time maintaining equal speed. The | mark was then in plain view and the ! wind was softening. After a long board | oftf shore the Reliance made short hitches, which brought her to the turn. The challenger's cause was absolutely | hopeless when the derender rounded the | mark. The British boat was more than two miles alee and coming slowly. The time at the outer mark was: Re- liance, 3:00:37; Shamrock IIL, 3:21:00. The Reliance led by twenty minutes and twenty-three seconds, barring time | allowance. The Reliance at first reached home- ward under balloon jib topsail and then | carried her spinnaker for a mile, only to | resort to the ballooner again. With | the wind aft of the beam the main- | sheet well in and the ballooner bellying she made good time and drew nwnyl I i i i i { | | from the challenger until the wind soft- ened, when the speed of both slackened. The Shamrock III caught a freshening wind first and cut down the Reliance’s . | prohfbit the GERMAN ROMAN CATHOLICS END g - ! | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | | 1 | | = - — - NEW PRESIDENT OF THE GERMAN CATHOLIC ASSO- CIATIONS OF CALIFORNIA. * “ Delegates Choose G. Bueck- . er to Be the President of Staats Verbands et HE fourth annual convention of the German Roman Catholic | Staats Verband held its second | and last session yesterday. The meeting was lengthy and was continued throughout the day. . Religious ceremonies marked the ogen- ing of the session, when a solemn requiem mass was performed at St. Boni- face Church for the deceased members and benefactors of the verband. The Rev. Father W. Melchers of San Jose was cel- ebrant, the Rev. Father P. Josaphat Krauss assisted as deacon and the Rev. Father P. George Wehmeir of Sacra- mento- was sub-deacon. Later the meeting was convened by the president, F. B.- Schvenstein, when | George Buecker, vice president of Cali- | fornia of the Roman Catholic Central | Verein of America, spoke in favor of the Central Verein, telling of its benefits and asking those few socleties not yet affili- ated to become part of the organization. The matter of members taking out their | natiiralization papers was brought before | the meeting by Ludwig von Kresfeld, delegate from San Jose, who advocated that the members of the various organi- zations should take an interest in both local and national politics. At the afternoon session the various committees submitted reports, which | were duly received and adopted. It was resolved to have the proceedings of the convention printed in pamphlet form, as usual. The duties of Catholic laymen was the | subject of a discourse by S. Peisel, and | L. Kaempfeu delivered an address on “The Mother Tongue.” The hearty thanks of the delegates | were tendered those who had worked so | diligently toward making the convention | a success, and then the following named were elected officers of the verband for the ensuing year: i President, George Buecker, first_vice president, Simon Peisel. San Jose second vice president, Stephen Buhr, Los An- geles: third vice president, George Schilling, San Francisco; recording secretary, Hy F. San Francisco; Budde, San ncisco; corresponding secre- tary, Carl A. Schnabel, treas- urer, August Vette director, Fr. Franz, Fruitvale; director, L Kaempfeu, San Jose; director, Joseph Becker, San Fran- cisco. It was resolved that next year's con- vention shall be held at St. Anthony's Church, San Francisco. In the evening the delegates were ten- dered a delightful banquet in St. Boniface Hall. oottt @ OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Postoffice Established and Postmas- ters Commissioned—New Duty for Navy Surgeon. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 31.—Postoffice established : Oregon—Arcadia, Malheur County, Thomas Auld, postmaste: Postmasters _commissioned ‘alifornta—De- milt, Morse, Glennville; Rhoda Finch, Three Rivers. Oregon—Gratton W. Andrews, Bull Run. Washington—Erwin Yake, Mohler. Fourth-class postmasters appointed: Wash- Ington— rles W. Austin. Cusick, Stevens County, vice George W. Kellogg, deceased; E. H. Hail, Downs, Lincoln County, vice James Hawland, resigned. Navy orders—Assistant Surgeon Okohlhal from naval hospital, Mare Island, at Nav Museum of Hygiene and Medical Service. —_————————— MILLMEN STRIKE AT TELLURIDE, COLORADO ‘Will Quit Work To-Day With Object of Enforcing Concessions From Managers. DENVER, Colo., Aug. 3l.—A special to the Republican trom Telluride, Colo., says that notices were posted this afternoon calling on all milimen in Telluride to stop work to-morrow morning. This is the result of the refusal of the mill man- agers to concede an eight hour day with some reduction in pay. The miners of the district had already been notified of the strike to-morrow in sympathy with the millmen of Durango. @it @ lead half a mile before the leader caught it. Then the Reliance steadily gained until she had made good her two-mile lead and added another half mile to it. In trying to hold the wind in their jib topsails both yachts had run off their course, but at 4:30 both set spin- nakers and headed straight for the fin- ish. The wind was dying away and the spinnakers drew poorly. The Reliance was moving not more than four. miles an hour and the Shamrock two and a half miles astern of her when the committee boat signaled that the race was off. Both immediately took in sail and were taken in tow for Sandy Hook. The regatta committee of the New York Yacht Club announced to-night that the yachts would go again to-morow. At 12:30 this (Tuesday) morning the wind at Sandy Hook was very light, the sky cloudy and the sea calm. ———————— LIMA, Peru, Aug. 31.—A motion was sub- mitted in the Chamber of Deputies to-day to immigration into Peru of . the members of those religious orders which were expelled from France. CTUARIES HOLD DELIBERATIONS ]H[llL[}_l]_NEH[SS Fourth [nternational Session Meet in New York. Secretary Cortelyou Delivers an Address to Insur- ance Men. kg T NEW YORK, Aug. 31.—The fourth In= ternational Congress of Actuaries met In this eity to-day. The delegation includes men from several foreign countries. See~ retary of Commerce and Labor George B. Cortelyou, who is an honorary member, was delegated by the President to open the sessfon and delivered an address. The session will continue for the week. After cordially greeting the delegates, Secretary Cortelyou spoke briefly of the historical aspects of the insurance bust- ness and continued: I am glad Indeed to greet you, not only as the representative of the Government, but of the Department of Commerce and Labor, which is fortunate in participating at the beginning of its career In so representative and note- worthy & meeting as this congress. The offi- clals of the new department will watch our proceedings with great interest. The address of Mr. Lepreux, president of the permanent committee, was follow= ed by the election of the following officers of the Congress: President of the permanent committee, O. L. Lepreux; secretary general of the permanent committee, A. Begaul; honor- ary president, George B. Cortelyou; presi= dent. of the congress, Israel Peirson; gen- eral secretary, John Tatler; also vice- presidents for Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Norway and Sweden, Holland, United States, Austria and Italy. A letter from President Roosevelt, ex- pressing regret at his inability to be pres- ent, was read and after a’ brief address by President Peirson and a discussion of papers on “The Improvement in Longeve ity,” an adjournment was taken. The subject of the long discussion, “Im. provement in Longevity,” was taken up in the afternoon. Chariton T. Lewis said that there were three general reasons for the improvement in longevity—the better care that children received, the development in handling epidemics and the vast improvement in medical and surgical science. “We find,” he said, “that the mortality in particular diseases has been decreased very greatly in the last forty years; these influences are all alike in this re- spect, that all represent an increase In the vitality in the strong, but a diminu- tlon of mortality among the weak. The number of weaklings is to-day therefors greater, and the result Is a degradation of the masses in the average.” F. L. Hoffman of Newark University said in part: “When we are told by a Secretary of War that the mortaiity in Cuba is not more than in the city of New York, it does not require mich knowledge to smile and know that it is nonsense.” He declared that the statemen? that the death rate of the city of Havana is no greater than that of Washington City is untrue. For som: time .o come the death rate of Havana will be from 30 to 100 per cent greater than any northern city. BURGLARS USE ELECTRICITY AS AID TO SAFECRACKING St. Louis Police Find Ingenious Out- fit in Baggage of Two Ar- rested Men. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 3.—The discovery of a sult case to-day containing a complete electric apparatus for opening bank safes, in addition to a set of burglar's tools, leads the East St. Louis police to be- lieve that the two men arrested after a battle Sunday night intended to rob the East St. Louis Trust and Savings Bank without the use of dynamite or nitro- glycerin. The suit case was found by Lieutenant Doyle hidden in the alley back of the bank. —_——e—e———— Prominent Cincinnati Man Dead. CINCINNATI, O., Aug. 3L.—John Car- lisle, one of the most prominent and for= merly ie of the wealthiest men in Cin- cinnati, died to-day, aged 67 years. He constructed part of the Ohlo and Mis- sissippi Railway and was formerly vics president of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway and trustee of the South- ern Railway. He built the railway from Ashland to Richardson, Ky., to develop his coal lands and was largely interested in buildings and business in Cincinnati. Slayer of Son Dying of Grief. JOLIET, Ill., Aug. 31.—John Gatons, the aged and wealthv farmer who shot and killed his favorite son in July during a quarrel, is dying of grief. He has been taken from the jail to the hospital and the doctors say he will not live'to face the Grand Jury indictment for murder pending against him. DR. PIERCE’'S REMEDIES.