The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 11, 1903, Page 4

kS THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1903 REPORT SHOWS CAOP SHORTAGE Department of Agricul- ture Issues Monthly Bullegin. S Winter and Spring Wheat Is Considerably Be'ow Ten Year Average. PSR WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—The monthly report of the Bure istics of the tment of Agric will show the fon of corn on September 1 to have ed with 787 on 1, 190 date 9.3 1 as those on other ndition on Septem- is made to anti future weather condition at harvest of ing wheat combined was st 80.0 on September 1, 1902; 82.8 corresponding date in 191, and a ar average of 78.3. ollowing table shows for Califor- nd Washington the condition on tember 1 of the last three years with ten-year average: | 10-year Sept. 1,/Sept.1,{Sept. 1, 1002.| 1901. | Ave. 78 91 82 93 102 92 The average condition of the oat crop 1 September 1 3 The average condition of rye on Sep- tember 1 was 841 against 87.2 one month 849 at the ition of buckwheat on 910 against 8 in 1902, ar average of 844 The average fon of flax on Sep- tember 1 wa inst 86.2 July 1, gainst 89.1 on Sep- nd a ten-year average of 76.0. condition of tobacco on September 834 agaifist 529 one month ago and §5.1 on July 1, 1903 S S Sl New Postmaster at Newman. WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—The Presi- dent has appointed Nelson A. Thompson 1L postms Newman, Cal The average was KILLS FATHER OF HI3 SPOUSE Young Farmhand Calls Victim to Door and Shoots Him. Returns Home, Kisses His Wife. and Babes and Rides Away. —_— WATERLOO, I, Sept. 10.—Willlam | Hoffman, a young farmhand, living near Mayestown, Iil, twelve miles southeast of Waterloo, called his father-in-law, Dr. W. M. Brandt, to the door of his house last night and shot him to death. Then rode back to his wife and told her that “he had killed the old hound,” her father; gave her $2, which he sald he wanted her to spend on the christering | of thelr four-weeks-old daughter Mary; kissed her, and their four children, and | into the woods. “There are two men I must kill before I kill myself,” he sald to his wife be- fore leaving. 2 The fal v of Dr. Brandt offers a re- ward of $300 for Hoffman's capture. Sherift Thomas Rupp and a large posse are searching for him and expect at any | time to haye a pitched battle with him. He is armed with a shotgun and re- volvers. Before killing his father-in-law he purchased fitty rounds of cartridges | for the gun. Hoffman is an unerring marksman, strong, athletic and the officers believe was driven to recklessness by whisky and | It is suppesed | his imaginary troubles. that Hoffman killed his father-in-law be- gentleman refused to in- se his weekly allowance. Dr. Brandt was quite wealthy and had been practi- cally supporting his son-in-law family. el e Notable Excursion to City of Mexico. | dnesday, November 4, at 7 p. m., a mag- train of Pullman vestibuled sleepers ning-car will leave Third and Townsend | street Depot, running through without change p to the ( route. Rour $50. | , meals and side trips extra. ngers will return from Mexico at pléhs- r trains with privilege of stop-over within the final limit of 60 days. | C: nta Fe route from visit the Grand Can- ched by side trip from rate, sion to Mexico will be personally d and_managed under the auspices of rn_Pacific, Fe and Mexican | Ce Literature full details at 613 Market street .4 — e A stock of Indian corn uses up thirty- | one pounds of water during its season. MEN R | ADYERTISEMENTS. | Special in our assertions through the merit We buy our stock direct from the manufacturers, and select only such goods as we can guarantee for comfort and durability. An inspection of our stock this fact. To-day we place on sale twelve lines of goods that have just been received. The usual price of such underwear is $1.00 and $1.25 a garment. The special price will be 85c¢ a garment The garments are elegantly They come in flat and form-fitting goods in lambs’ wool, camels’ hair and merino. The colors are gray, tan, ecru, light blue, flesh, black and vicuna. Here is a splendid opportunity to lay in a supply of under- wear. Don’t miss it. Out-of-town orders filled. Write us. SNWOOD, 740 Market Street Underwear We are in a position to sell you underwear for less money and show you 2 more complete assortment than any other store on the Pacific Coast. And, furthermore, we are able to prove | | | | | | | of our merchandise. will convince any purchaser of trimmed and neatly finished. and | | month | McComb were wounded. | Sunday and the saloon men swore ven- | geance. | saloon and Mamet at once drew his Te- | killing Mamet. UNION LEADER UNDER ARREST In Jail for Drawing a Revolver in Self- Defense. Two Telluride Operators C on cede the Miners’ Wage Demand. —_—— VICTOR, Colo., Sept. 10.—Michael Rog- ers, a miner living at Cameron, has dis- appeared and his cabin has been burned. The fire is generally presumed to have been of an incendlary origin. Rogers is known by the autherities to have been the only msn who saw the assault on James M. Stewart, the carpenter, ten days ago. The man round dead near Clyde with a bullet hole in his body has been identified | as Patrick Burns, a .railroad laborer. ‘Whether he was murdered or accidentally shot is undetermined, but it is evidént that the shooting had no connection with the | strike or the presence of the military in the camp, | _ C. E. Kennison, president of the Distriet | Miners’ Union No. 1, was struck in the | face and knocked down on & car this morning by a non-union miner, who was | on his way to work after a heated argu- | ment between the two men. Kennison he could shoot, Kennison was arrested and placed in jail this afternoon on a charge of carrying a | concealed weavon.* He said: “I am guilty of the offense charged. 1 carried a weapon for the sole purpose of {defending my life. The guards at the up to an electric light pole. revolver in defense of my life.” | TELLURIDE, Colo., Sept, 10,.—The situ- | ation here is quiet. Fifty men left the | camp to-day, mostly for Colorado points. | All the Ophir properties are still working. Manager Buckley of the Ophir Consoli- dated met a union committee and agreed | to the wage scale with the exception of | | the clause compelling working three shifts | in certain cases. Twciley proposed a | slight change satisfactory to the commit- | tee but which must be ratified by the! union. A meeting of th: unfon has been | called for Saturday night for this purpose when it {s thought the above will be ap- | proved. Manager Axtell of the Caribou | | will also concede the wage scale asked | for and it s thought these two properties | will therefore continue operations uninter- ruptedly. CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo., Sept. 10.—The | great compressor of the La Belle Power | Company at Goldfield, furnishing light to several towns of the district and com- | pressed air to several mines, started in | motion this morning for the first time since the strike was declared, foreing air | into the Golden Cyele, Vindicator, Find- | ley, Theresa and Christmas mines and several of the smaller leases that recently | started operations. The shift that start- ed the machinery in motion was composed | entirely of new men, none of the old em- | ployes having reported for duty. The plant is completely surrounded by caval- ry and infantry A FAVORS AN EIGHT-HOUR DAY. Trades Union Congress Will Ask Parliament to Take Up Matter. LEICESTER, Eng., Sept. 10.—The Trades Union Congress to-day adopted by a large majority the following resolution: This Congress declares that the time has arrived when the hours of labor should be lim- ited to elght hours per day in all trades and occupations in the United Kingdom, and that this be made a test question at the next London Council and all muni- cipal elections, and instructs the Parlfamen- tary committee to introduce a bill into.the | House of Commons with a view to getting the | eight-hour 1aw to become the law of the coun- try. . | Parliamentary. —_——— | | | OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST! — | Major Hobbs Is Granted Leave of | Absence Upon Relinquishing Duty at the Presidio. SHINGTON, Sept. 10. — Postoffice established — Washington — Foster, King County, Adam Held postmaster. Postoffice name changed—California Dows Prairie, Humboldt County, to Me- | Kinleyville; Isaac Minor postmaster. | Postoffice to be discontinued September | 30 (superseded by rural free delivery)— | Oregon—Granger, Benton County; mafl| goes to Corvallis, | Postmaster commissioned—Washington | —Gebhard Deftrich, Hammond. Ap- | pointed by the President—California—Wil- | liam Fraser, Duncans Mills, Sonoma | County, vice Mrs. Jean Pyatt, removed. | Army orders—Leave of absence for one | is granted Major Charles W, | Hobbs, artillery, upon his relinquishing duty at the Presidlo, San Francisco. —_————— MARSHAL KILLS ONE MAN AND WOUNDS TWO OTHERS Uses His Revolver After Being At- tacked and Wounded by Three Saloon-Keepers. MURRAY CITY, O., Sept. 10.—John Mamet, a saloon-keeper, was fatally shot last night by Marshal Surties and Saloon- keepers G. W. Van Sickle and Willilam Mamet was arrested by the marshal on charges of keeping hfs saloon open on| The men met at Van Sickle's volver and shot at Surties, the ball strik. ing him in the wrist. Surties then fired, Van Sickle was shot in the thigh and McComb in the hand by Mamet while trying to take the marshal's revolver away from him. —_———— ‘What St. Louis Is and Has. St. Louis is fast becoming one of the largest commercial and manufacturing centers of the world, and has therefore much of interest to visitors aside from the coming World's Fair. It has a number of mercantile houses ang manufactories ranking first in their respective lines, the name and fame of which have spread throughout civiiization. Probably none other of strongly to sightseers, from points both of {m. mensity and general interest, as will the plant of the Anheuder-Busch Brewing. Ass'n. When, in 1865, Mr. Adolphus Busch took charge of the concern which was then known under the firm name of E. Anheuser & Co., it was one of the smallest of its line in this country, but under Mr. Busch's skillful guidance its business in. creased phenomenally. ‘New bulldings sprung up like mushrooms, but on foundations ag strong as fortresses, so that now the handsome red brick buildings, trimmed with granite and ‘white stone, present a beautiful city in them- selves. From an output of 8000 barrels In 1865 its sales Increased to more than a millfon bar rels per year in less than forty years, However, the keystone to the success of this great establishment was Budweiser, which on account of its rare mellowness, fine flavor and exquisite taste, immediately became a favorite among the beer-drinking people at all points of the globe, and now by far exceeds in sales any other brand of bottled beer. ——— Synod Will Not Oppose Smoot. ASBURY PARK, N. I, Sépt. 10.—At the convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of New York and New Jersey hald here to-day, a resolution was introduced by Rev. C. W. Hesiler of Albany, ih sym- pathy with the movement tc oust Reed Smoot from his seat in the United States Senate. After ten minutes’ heated dis- cassion the motion was laid on the table by a vote cf 18 to 13. these will appeal so drew a revolver, but was disarmed before | Elisor mine said they would stretch me | I was brutal- | ly assaulted this morning and I drew a | PRAGERS ranget; ALWAYS® RELIABLE 1238~ 1250 MARKET ST vy | PRAGERS | PRAGERS Double the usual num- ber of Green Trading Stamps given on all cash purchases. AN EXTRAORDINARY SHOPPING OPPORTUNITY. First Anniversary Jubilee Sale. big shopping event Specials of the Newest. Fall Goods have been made in every department of this store for this . ® ALWAY taners 12381250 MARKET ST, consores LIABLE CIOCONDA GIVEN WARM REGEPTION Miss Roberts Triumphs in D’Annunzio’s Drama. “Gioconda,” by Gabriele d'Annunzio, and translated by Arthur Symons, was presented yvesterday afternoon at’ the Al- cazar by Miss Florence Roberts, who appeared as Silvia Settala. First of all, Frederic Belasco is to be heartily congratulated for the pains- taking manner in which the produc- tion was given. Every detail that tends to the success of a performance from a scenic point of view had evidently been carefully studied and caried out, which fact an immense and representative au- dience was not slow to acknowledge. The play “Gioconda”” is absolute in its emotion and in its sentiment and ven- tures on the verge of melancholia. Throughout, the recitation of the attempt- ed suicide of Silvia’s husband, Lucio, the sculptor, because of his passion for his beautiful model, Gloconda Dianti, the development of the play is as a gloomy pall, which along four acts darkens and darkens until the glooms actually become intense. EVERLASTING SHADOW. There arc poets who sing the senti- mmental, poets whose song thrills. with light and merry note and poets who moan in dirgeful morbidness, and Gabriele d’Annunzio belongs to the latter class. He chants and moans in the minor. There | Is the everlasting shadow, shadow, shad- ow until the very last act, when La Birenetta brings a smile and a flitting beam on the dark gloom Lucio proves convincingly by wofd and action that he *cannot free his soul ex- cept by tearing her—Gloconda—from his heart,”” and he becomes so persistent in that declaration, in face of the fact that he has been rescued from the clutch of grim death by his faithful Silvia, that one actually loses every particle of patience and regrets that the sweet, much tried, confiding wife should be willing to suffer further anguish. Miss Florence Roberts did nobly with the part of Silvia Settala, and since the doleful composer allows no latitude for the actor to escape the minor key, it is truly remarkable how the interest is maintained. Miss Roberts gave a per- fofmance that adds to her previous long list of successes and nothing could more plainly attest to this than the almost appalled interest of the audience through- out the four acts. Lucius Henderson had the thankless role, Lucio Settala, and Infused into the translation a quantity of emotion which is indispensable if the lines are to be re- spected by the interpreter. MOUNTING ELABORATE. ‘William Yerance, too, gave a capital performance in the part of Lorenzo Gad- di, and Harry S. Hilliard’s Cosimo Dalbo was most agreeably presented. Miss Edith Angus played the part of Fran- cesca Doni with admirable judgment and grace, and it fell to Miss Bertha Blanch- ard as Gioconda to sound the first strong dramatic note when in the third act she -meets the wife of the sculptor for whom she has been the model for the work into ‘which he has put blood and life and breath. ¥ Miss Virginia Brissac gave a bright, thoroughly intelligent and correct reading of the part of La Sirenetta, -and Ollie Cooper, who does not make her appear- ance until late in the last act, gave a pretty representation of the child, Beata. The scene between her and her mother, Silvia, was tender and pathetic, The management left nothing undone. The mounting of the play was elaborate and the studio of Luclo was admirably and naturally arranged. The special matinee of “‘Gloconda” will be remembered as one of the many com- pletely artistic productions of the Al- cazar. —_————— Petitions in Insolvency. Abraham R, Sheinbaum, a clothing cut- ter of San Francisco, filed a petition in in- solvency in the United States District Court yesterday. He owes $5493 and has no assets. All the creditors reside in New York and Brooklyn, In December, 1902, creditors of George A: Hill filed a petition in the United States District Court, asking to have him de- clared an involuntary bankrupt. A short time afterward he died, and his daughter and executrix, Antoinette H. Clark, yes- terday filed the schedule of his debts. He owed $17,351 and had no assets. —————— ‘Within a year the United States has sold 253,983 pairs of shoes to British sub- Jects. HEAVY SUITS AGAINST THE MARY GARRATT Two Hundred Thousand Dollars’ | Damages Asked by the Owners of the Dauntless. The California Navigation and Improve- ment Company filed a petition In the | United District Court yesterday, asking | that its liability as owner of the river | steamer Mary Garratt be limited to $15,300 {in the suits brought against it by the Unlon“Transpertation Company for al- | | leged injuries received by the steamer | Dauntless in a collision with the Mary | | Garratt on August 24 on the San Joaquin | | River ten miles above Antioch. The peti- tioner alleges that the collision was the | fauls of the fficers of the Dauntless and | {not of ..e Mary Garratt. It is set forth | that the value of the Mary Garratt after | the collision did not exceed $15,000 and | that of the freight pending $300, The' Union Transportation Company has | filed a suit in the Superior Court against the petitioner to recover $100,000 damages, and a libel for a similar sum in the United States District Court. A. L. Levinsky | to the compiaint PRAGERS A‘;ggmmu 1238~ 1250 MARKET ST wvm’ of counsel for the petitioner flled the peti- tion. George E. Morse, United States Com~ missioner. has been appointed appraiser to ascertain and report upon the value of the Mary Garratt and the freight pending. v Gt NEW POLICE SURGEON WILL GET HIS MONEY Bazet Loses His Case and Dr. Jones Will Retain Po- sition. Judge Seawell sustained the demurrer in the case of Louis Bazet vs. Auditor Harry Baehr. Bagzet was appointed police ' surgeon April 1, 1900, and served in that capacity untll June 30, 193, when the Board of Police Commissioners declared the offica vacant and Bazet stepped down and out To take his place the board appointed Dr. 0. W. Jones, who took office July 1. Bazet then sued Baehr to restrain him from paying Jones his salary for the month of July, claiming that his removal was out of order and Jones was not en- titled to the position, nor to the salary. Dr. ADVERTISEMENTS. The Maso™- and Dr. McKanna sending me patients. HE MASONS of Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma Territory warmly indorse my treatment for the Liquor Habit and are constantly I refer by permission to members of Masonic Lodge No. 99, A. F. & A. M., of Wichita, Kas., and of Masonic Lodge No. 9, A. F. & A. M,, of Newton, Kas. I am not a Mason, so their indorsement is entirely unprejudiced. Dr. J. J. 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