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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL 1UESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 SEES AN ENGINE | fLL H WIE T'our of Aged Nebraska | Couple Is Rudely Terminated. )ld Woman Leaves Car for a Walk and Becomes Con- fused on the Tracks. — e ETOCKMEN ASSEMBLE | TO ADVANCE INTERESTS ganization Prominent Men F State Fair ento. re was a riou: sec- to- avilion Glenn CIRCUS TENT COLLAPSES IN A EANSAS WINDSTORM Canvas and Poles Drop on Spectators and One Hundred of Them Are Injured. THONY, Kans., Sept. 7.—During a severe windstorm to-day the tent iIn n's circus was exhib- An immense senagerie, and when came down a hun- hurt, of whom ttention. was probably aining the wild ned, some of the None of the ani- ADVERTISEMENTS. ,"0 sTEITER’S CELEBRATED STOMACH Bi¥+=nS Sick Headache, Flatulency, Belching, Loss of Appetite, Indi- gestion, Dyspepsia and Constipa- I caused by the stomach weak. trengthen it Bitters and be cured of Iments. It never fails. to try it. ecoming . sure ES AT COST.!| professors of this coliege and perfect fi. We soiicit the, most ske @ speciaity of natural King s-rvicenble teeth. Painless Methods—Extraction Free. Week Days. 9 to 9: Sundays. 9 to L | POST-GRADUATE DENTAL COLLEGE San Prancisco—3 Taylor Street. Oakland—973 Washington Street. Sax Jose—45 East Santa Clars Street. BANKRUPT BYGEE | learne: | closed, as well as coun WINS HI5 POINT Judge DeHavenReleases | Him From Pending Judgment. Term'nation of a Stubbornly Contegied Case Two Years Old. —e In the matter of James H. Bybee, a| bankrupt, Unit District Judge de Haven 3 motion to vac pfore n The order & stion of ment obtaine ankrupt tices' C in this city asons ceeding »unty that* his that and arg DRY GOODS MERCHANT IS TAKEN TO A JAIL Salinas Man Accused of Having Re- ceived Stolen Goods From San Jose. rrested for em shipping A valis HERR BEBEL'S ARTICLES ARE DECLINED BY PAPER Central Organ of German Socialist Party Refuses to Print Views of Former Leader. clined by the e and therefore part rwaerts f been less im- has Vor is the and is owned coi- when must be quest LABOR DAY IN THE EAST. Samuel Gompers Challenges D. M. Parry to a Debate. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Sept Labor day to-d ever seen here. was delivercd Gompers, pres eration of Labor To-day we new tools of the labor perf going 7.—The y was the largest The address of the day this afte 1 by 1 ent of the American Fed- He said in part: hines Sam of labor labor. rmed. the power ask every the sound perhaps 1 - n Where ca 1 to try to secure im- condition, much less protec- at_corporation? . working | viduality when they a_union | the Tnited States the workingman has | ndividual as soon as he enters r great modern industrial plants President Gompers turned his attention M. Parry, president cf the National urers’ Assoclation. He said Parry had constituted himself the savior ot society and civilization. His references e their fnai- of labor. In lost his ne of to Parry were from the standpoint of ridicule. Gompers said in closing: ! A strike y bring about strife and discord, | but as so s done, better feclings are engendered mutual respect is brought about. 1 don't think 4 care to have a strike Parry's factory, but 1 don’t | betieve 1t would be an unmixed evil, for he - - the lesson that Mr. Baer has at there is something fo arbitrate, discuss, to concede. Organized labor has’' no feeling against Mr, Parry It no designs against his life, his chilaren or wafety of his property. He is us safe trom labor as is President Roose- te velt 1 have never as yet challenged Mr. Parry | to join in a debate, but I say mow 1 will challeng 0 a debate upon the la- | bor question labor movement, not necessartly a great public gathering, although 1 will do that if it pleases him, but I em willing to him in_debate before any economic « ion that he may select. | 1 will meet him b the Indianapolis Min- | isterial Assoclation the Manufacturers’ As- at of any other city in Ameri submit the report the last convention at leans to the next convention of the Manafee: turers’ Assoclation and ask the convention to indorse ul! he said in that report. He knows that the National Manufacturers’ Association will not be committed to such an unjustifiable and unreasomable attack on organized labor. ———— PARADE AT SAN DIEGO. Business Is Suspended and Day Is Given to Pleasure. E£AN DIEGO, Sept. 7.—To-day was gen- | erally observed as a holiday in this city, banks and other business houses being v and city courts, | At 2 o'clock a pamde was formed and | marched through the business streets, about 1200 men being in line. There were many handsome floats in the procession. After the parade a Land concert was given on the plaza, where an address was made by Judge Noyes of Riverside, challenge h i FESTIVITIES WILL SURPASS C THOSE: OF FORMER YEARS Native Sons of the Golden West Prepare for Celebra- tion at San Jose of State’s Admission to the Union ROM the preparations that have been made by the Native Sons of the Golden West, represented in the joint Sth of September cele- bration committee, in which are delegates from the parlors of the order in San neisco, Alameda and Marin d by what has been done by of Santa Clara County, as- Santa Cruz and Monterey, it is evident hat the festivities in San Jose to-mor- w will surpass any previously held In that city in honor of the admission of State into the Union. The interest manifested in the even apparent at the meeting of the join: committee held in Native Sons' Hall, t t when more than thirty parlors were rep- | ted, a larger representation ever had in such a committee since nster celebration in this city in of the goiden jubilee of the State's than birth It six is expected that between five and thousand people will leave this -city by the broad-gauge trains that will carry excursionists this afternoon and to-night and by the regular and spec row forenoon. Whatver profit may be ived from the sale of tickets be de year not divided among the as in the past, but will be to the Native Sons’ committ P he exercises that charge of arranging for held at 3 nia rks aunchin, be ‘ now being buil es of Alameda e o make wing and t will deave for celebration city by specials ‘to-night and regular and special trains to-mor- lor of Oakland has secured ing of white white flannel trouser silk vestlets, white Fed eckties and white canvas shoes ch member will carry a white para- th golden streamers. Among those who have been very active in rangements for the celebration by this parior may be named Louls A. Lefevre, vice president of the committee of ar- rangements; E. J. Russell, a member of that committee, and Dr. W. H. Abbey, a member of the joint 9th of” September committee. Pacific Parlor of this city has secured the large hall in the Bt. James Hotel in San Jose, which is admirably adapted for dancing and it has engaged a number of rooms sufficlent to accommodate the large number of members who are to be in line in the parades in the two citie: The parlor will keep open -house all day | on the Sth and will have a grand ball in the evening, having secured the San Jose City Orchestra, which perforins at the Alum Rock Park. This will furnish con- cert music during the afternoon and dance music at night. This parior in the past alwars had a first-class brass band to accompany it, but this year it could not make terms that were satisfactory to it, so the band will not play. On arrival in San Jose to-night the members of the BIG HURRICANE DESTROYS TOWN San Miguel on the East Coast of Yucatan Is Swept Away. NEW ORLEANS, Bept. 7.—Steamship advices of the destruction by a hurricane of San Miguel, a town on the east coast of Yucatan, were received here.to-day. Not a bullding was left standing. The steamer Breakwater, which. passed San Miguel on her way from New Orleans to Belize, found the place in ruins, not a | 1iving soul being in sight. San Miguel was the oldest town in Mex- jco. It was the place where Cortez landed when he discovered Mexico and there he established his headquarters. The hurri- cane caused immense damage along the Mexican coast and many lives are re- | ported lost. ——————— Oregonians Honor the Day. PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. T.—Labor day was observed here by a general suspen- slon of business. The labor unions cele- brated the day by engaging in boat rac- ing ‘and_other athletic sports at Haw- thorne Park membership of the parlors | s to-mor- | the ar-| ¥ 1 | i +- and Lavish Hospitality Will Be Order of the Day 1 | | <+ MEMBERS OF ALAMEDA COUNTY PARLORS, NATIVE SONS OF THE GOLDEN WEST, WHO ARE ACTIVE IN THE PREPARATIONS FOR ADMISSION DAY CELEBRATION AT SAN JOSE. parlor and theif friends will take a trol- ley ride to Alum Rock. Jess C. is the chairman,of the committee rangements, | - Hesperian Parior, trict, will turn out a | Allan | of ar- of the Mission dis- large number of men in uniform and wiil have with it its beau- | tifu banner. It will be headed by the Hesperian drum corps of fifteen pieces. The parlor will be accompanied by the members of Las Lomas Parlor of the! Native Daughters. | BABY PARLOR AMBITIOUS. | One of the parlors that proposes to | make a big show is El Capitan parlor of this city, and according to old time custom the “baby membe wear baby caps and each will with a nursing bottie, filled with miik— | or something stronger. | El Dorado Parlor has secured headquar- | ters in the Native Sons’ building and will enterzain with that liberality that has, in the past, marked its hospitali It will | be in evidence in the parade in this city to-night and in San Jose to-morrow and | on each occasion will be distinguished by white and gold badges. It will display a new silk flag and will also bring out its magnificent banner which is always a feature of a parade. Sequola No. 160 will be distinguished in ! the parade here and in San Jose by a | new. uniform, patterned after the cow- | boys' attire. The boys will each wear a | big sombrero and in the march will be | led by the recently organized drum corps. } In San Jose the boys of No. 160 will keep | open-house in Belloli Hall and wil tain guests day and night. South San Francisco Parlor will parade in strong numbers and will be preceded| by its own drum corps. During the parade that will take place | in this city to-night the committee on | fireworks has made arrangements by | which there will be a liberal display of | .KANDSOHE YOUNG GIRL TAKES HER OWN LIFE She Drinks Acid Because the Family Goes Out Riding With- out Her. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 7.—Because the members of her family went buggy riding and left her at home Tillle Contreras, a handgome young woman of cighteen years, brooded over the fancied slight un- til 11 o'clock to-night, when she took carbolic acid and died in fifteen minutes. She had been {1l and her relatives thought it best that she remain at home. She did so unwillingly and when the family returned refused to eat dinner with them. She retired to the parlor and remained there throughout the evening. About 11 o'clock her brother-in-law heard her choking and gasping and ran to her assistance and found that she had swallowed almost the entire contents of half a pint bottle of carbolic acid. She was hurriedly ‘conveyed to the Receiving Hospital, but died within ten minutes after reaching there. —————— - . Late Shipping Intelligence, ARRIVED. Monday, September 7. Bark Big Bonanza, Stensland, 13% days 1 Nushagak, " Gehr lury“nuhne, Dannevig, 414 days from Bureka. < ° DOMESTIC PORT. ABERDEEN—Sailed Sept 7—Schr Lettitia, for San Francisco; schr Comet, for Santa Bar- bara. - Arrived Sept 7—Schr Sophie Christensen, from San Pedro; schr H D Bendixsen, from Redondo; schr A'J West, from Redondo, i San Jose | part and they will see that there is plenty red fire on the march to the Townsend street depot and while the procession is moving a large number of bombs will be sent up to explode far above the heads of the marchers. GARDEN CITY RADIANT. Decorated San Jose Awaits Arrival of Thousands of Visitors. SAN JOSE, Sept. 7.—A royal welcome awaits the Native Sons and Daughters of the Golden West to-morrow night. The lors are prepared to do their of entertainment for the visitors. About 10,000 visitors are expected. The advance guards of the parlors are beginning to arrive and have begun the decoration of their headquarters. Thirty-.«vo parlors of the Native Sons have signified their intention of coming to San Jose and most of these will have headquarters and en- tertain. The Ploneers of Santa Clara County will aid the Native Sons in entertaining. This society will have headquarters in the Odd Fellows" building. The Pioneers | will also ride in carriages in the parade. San Jose, Observatory and Palo Alto par- | lors of this city, aided by the two par- lors of Native Daughters of this city, will hold a reception at the Native Sons’ Hall on Tuesday evening and Wednesday afternoon and evening. The local par- lors will also meet the incoming trains Tuesday evening with a reception com- mittee and band and escort the various parlors to their headquarters. St. James Park is to be brilllantly lighted with elec- tric lights and a band concert will be given that evening. A feature of the big parade will be an old-time pack train furnished by the Santa Clara County So- ciety of Ploneers. | @ APPSR R SO WA SR e * THREE MEN DIE N BURNING MINE Flames Spread Rapidly and Cut Off Their Escape. SPRINGER, N. M., Seot. 7.—On last Friday afternoon mine No. 1 of the Daw- son Fuel Compayy caught fire and it is still burning In room No. 8 of the mine were Serapio Ragel and lliguel Salazar, both of Mexico, and a negro known as Phil, all perishing. Some one set fire to a curtain at the entrance of the mine and from this the fire started. Saturday evening the superintendent of the mine with a force of men started to rescue those inside and put out the fire. The fans were working and when the force was quite a distance Inside a terri- ble explosion took place, throwing some of them as far as thirty feet. All came out scorched and scratched and some slightly hurt. The mine is still on fire and the bodies of the dead have not been recovered, ————————— The hair of the head grows faster in summer than in winter. { action in rejecting the treaty, | of pleurisy. MNATTS AGTION BY GOLOMAN State Department Tem- porarily Ignores the Republic. Will Make No Further Repre- sentations Concerning Oanal Treaty. ‘WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.—The State De- partment to-day received a routine mes- tage from Beaupre, the American Minis- ter in Bogota, acknowledging the receipt of Secretary Hay's cablegram of August 2, stating that the Washington Govern- ment ‘would enter inte no engagement | which would hamper the President's free- | dom of action under the law. This.was | | all the cablegram stated, aithough it has | been the basis for speculative r ports | about Beaupre’s ideas of the Bogota situ- atton. R | The State Department’s attitude fs one | of aignified patience. No indi¢cation 8f its | course of action in the event that the| Colombian Congress rejects or amends the treaty will be forthcoming until the time for the exchange of ratifications. ex- pires on September 22. - It is known at the ‘State Department that the Colombian Congress is already regretting its hasty but the State Department will suggest no remedy | for the mistake. Once and for all the | State Department has announced, that the treaty was approved by the Washington Government, was ratified by the American Senate. It is up to the Bogota Govern-| ment to ratify that identical treaty if| Colombia desires an isthmian canal. | The State Department regards all the reports as to the connection of this Gov- crnment with; or even its interest in, the | unrest on the isthmus as too trivial for | consideration. Dr. Herran, the Colom-| bian Charge, indignantly scouts the idea | that the United States would lend it to the encouragement of-this unrest. —_————————— WILL PUBLISH PAMPHLET | ON DEATH OF POPE LEO Senator Cardarelli Claims That De-| mise of Pontiff Was Not Due to Pleurisy. ROME, Sept. 7.—Senator Antonio Car- | TEAMGTERS BEAT VAN PROPRIETOR ChicagoParadersAttack Him for Not Having Union Card. Victim Is Badly Injured Be- fore Police Rescue Him From Mob. s CHICAGO, Sept. 7.—J. J. Thornton, the proprietor of a warehouse and van com- pany, was assaulted to-day during the labor parade for driving ome of his own teams without having a union card in his possession. Thornton hitched three horses to one of his vans in the morning and took a score or more of children to see the parade. He attempted to haul noth- g but his guests. For three hours he stood with his wagon at the corner of Jackson boulevard and Clark street and walched the parade, and when he at- tempted to drive away he was stopped by some of the teamsters in the parade. who asked if hte had a union card. He tried to explain that he needed no card, that it was his own team and that he was doing no hauling. Several hundred men gathered around the wagon and attempt- ed to drag him off. An escort of police enabled him to get several biocks away, wher a mob numbering fully 1000 caught up with him. He whipggd up his horses, and for nearly a mile Mie was pursued, when finally the mob cut the harness of is horses into small pleces, beat the als with canes, compelling them to run away and then beat Thornton badly. Thornton employs a large number of teamsters, all of whom are members of the union, and has never had any trouble | with the organization before to-day. —_———— DELEGATES MEET TO FORM A NEW ORGANIZATION | State Charter of American Labor Union Is Object of Con- vention. Delegates from the American Labor Union, the Western Federation of Miners, t International Musical Union, the United Brotherhood of Railway Em- | ployes, Auxiliary and one local of C. and J. met in il of the Parrott build- the the Assembl; darelli, one of the best known Italian | j,g vegierday for the purpose of forming physiclans and a professor at the Uni-|a ization to be chartered un- der the American Labor Union versity of Naples, whose name Was among those mentioned when it was proposed to call in additional physicians for consulta- tlon with Drs. Lapponi and Mazzeni dur- ing the illness of the late Pope Leo, but who was not called because he was a Senator and therefore had taken the oath of allegiance to the King, is on the point of publishing a pamphlet with l_hw inten- tion of proving that the Pope did not die The appearance of the pam- phlet is awaited with great curiosity, as The American Labor Union alms to be a rival, though a friendly one, of the American Federation of Labor, being built on a broader basis. The following delegates were seated in the convention: w. F. F. D. c. Spe Merwin Hopkins, Levy, C. H. r, J. W. Iiderton, R. Ison, Thomas A. Smith, . Lacy. A, Green, 1 alg, A. H Walker, H Carsey, W. W it is foreseen that it will give rise to a J. Furgeton, € BA- DR T H. Thomipson, M. A. Peterson. n, James Harry, H. L. Matthews and CLERGYMAN MISSING FROM A TACOMA CHURCH Failure to Solve Puzzle Said to Be Reason for Man’s Disap- pearance. TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 7.—Because he | could not solve an advertising puzzle, the Rev. Thomas Sullivan is believed to have suffered another lapse of memory. He left home August 19 and no trace of him can be found. He is pastor of the Center-street Congregational Church and left his family with only five cents. Early in August he became interested in an advertising puzzle and worked on'it night and day. At the same time he was | worrying about a delayed remittance from | | | He was then driven away | the Home Mission Society. ° In this con- aition he announced his intention of going to Seattle and has not since been seen by friends. ————————— SURPRISES HIS ASSOCIATES. Missing President of Iron Workers Appears at Celebration. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., Sept.7.—Theo- dore Shaffer, president of the Amalga- mated Assoclation of Iron Workers, who has been missing from his*home in Pitts- burg, surprised the labor unions of this city to-gay by appearing at the Labor day celgbra tion. He had been announced as the orator of the day, but owing to the published accounts of his disappearance Herman Robinson of New York, secretary of the New York Central Labor Union, was invited to take his place. Robinson was received by the commit- tee and escorted to the Hudson River Driving Park, where more than 1000 per- sons were assembled. Just before Robin- son was introduced Shaffer arrived in a cab and made his way fo the platform, not recognized by the crowd. He looked pale and showed signs of exhaustion. After Robinson's address President Shaf- fer was introduced. In a husky voice he saldg L The thing T would most gladly do is to keep still and say nothing. Two years ago I made a mistake by trying to make 13,000 people hear . and as a result of euch efforts I ducgd physically Nine months ago 1 made three speeches in one day, and I will not again allow people to use me up in that way. That was all the reference he made to himself and he then proceeded with evi- dent difficulty to make a brief speech. When asked to make a statement he said that he was anxious to make one and ar- ranged with the reporters to meet them at the Nelson House at 7 o'clock to-night. in company with John Bradley, a prominent local la- bor man. It was found that he had not been at the Nelson Hause at all and a thorough search of the city fafled to re- veal any trace of either Shaffer or Brad- ley. away from the eity. e e BEAUTY ON PARADE. Young Women of Unions Appear Radiantly at Sacramento. SACRAMENTO, Sept. 7.—Fully 500 men marched in the Labor day parade in Sac- ramento this forenoon. It was one of the best parades organized labor had had i this city in many years. Several tally- ho coaches were in the line, carrying young women who are members of the Retail Clerks' Union. The young women wore white dresses and carried white par- asols. They were heartily applauded along the ‘ine of march. unions had a celebration at Oak Park. ——e—re Fire Destroys a Pittsburg Block. PITTSBURG, Pa., Sept. 8.—Fire which broke out in the large stables of the Alle- gheny Transfer Company at Sixteenth and Liberty streets at 2 ‘o'clock this (Tuesday) morning resulted in a loss of at least $200,000, distributed over a greater portion of the block bounded by Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets and Liberty street and Spring alle: il i s ol S S Operator Dies of Spotted Fever. MISSOULA, Mont., Sept. 7.—J. R. Bas. kerville, a well-known Associated Press operator, died here to-day of spotted fever, a strange malady, which is believed to ! result from the bite of a woodtick pecu- lar to this section of Montana and which bafes all medical science. Baskerville was stricken upon returning from an out- ing In the mountains am re- | It is believed that Shaffer hurfled‘ This afternoon the | Walker, being chosen president, H. appointed the following committees to as- sist in conducting the business of the con- vention; R. Nathan and M. 8. Press—B, A. Meyer, Carsey. Order of business—F. Cralg, F. D, Hopkine and H. S. Lev Resolutions—G. B. Craton, W. W. Wilson H. L. Matthews. a I _C. Levy. r, B. F. Lacy, and H. L. Mat- A E Summers, G E X H. Thompson, ;. Swift, James Harry and J. A. Smith. The convention resumes its session at 10 o'clock this morning. ———— THOUSANDS IN LINE. Unions Make a Splendid Showing in the Southern Metropolis. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 7.—Thousands of uniformed men paraded the streets this morning in an unusually successful cele- bration of Labor d It is estimated At 10,000 men were in line, every union in the city being represented by march- ing companies and many of them by hand- somely decorated floats. 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