The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 18, 1903, Page 2

s GONDITION 5 SHTISFACTORY Doctors Attending Sir| Thomas Are Greatly Encouraged. CGR033 GOUNTRY IN AUTOMOBILE Two Tourists From Cal- ifornia Arrive in New York. Make the Journey From This City in Fifty-Seven Running Days. SR S Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Sept. 17.—Another trans- continental party of automobile tourists arrived in New York to-day. 1t was the | iird on record and in some respects the most remarkable of the three. E. T. Hammond and L. L. Whitman of Pasa- dena, Cal., were the tourists and the ma- chine that carried them was a little Olds- mobile gasoline runabout of five horse- power and $0 pounds in weight. Tre journey of nearly 5000 ntiles from | San Francisco was made in seventy-three | days elapsed,time and fifty-seven days| h runé were made. | e .requi the trip early | Nelson Jackson | Say His Speedy Recovery Is Certain if No Unforeseen Symptoms Develop. | HIC AGO, Sept —The physicians at- “ , who is ill of | apartments | torium Annex, reported late whic »n_automobile was sixty-five;| @ i le E. T. in a Packard,| route ty-one days. B SCORE — e—————— SPEEDING AUTOMOBILE SERVES FOR AN ALTAR | Los Angeles Couple Marry in Fresno While Going Thirty Miles an Hour. NO, Sept. 17.—Speeding out Kear- | ue in an automobile at the rate of4 i i miles an hour, I C. Woodward | : b A. Franklin, hoth of Los An- to-night clasped hands and prom- d 10 love, cherish and honor each other v death, The wedding was performed by the Rev, ace of the Cumberland Pres- | rch and was witnessed by on, president of the Fresno | . in whose big racing car | S. | | | eremony was performed, and by Griffith. Sy —_———— Electric Car Attains High Speed. | wa r BERLIN, S 7.—An electric car ran ra Cruz, w = rate of 106 4-5 miles per hour on € bulk, when i yesterday, said k ver attained. &eas brok t experiment 125 miles an hour will be —_——e—————— o POLITICIAN ANGERED. | Will Declare War on San Francisco | Postoffice Officials. | WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.—The two per- | sons indicted to-day a™® declared to be rom New York, but the department this is determined that arrests shall be e the names of the defendants | s are p shed. ‘One of the High function of the Re- | tional Committee, it is said, is gton to declare war on ffice officials because, = imony given by some s them before Mr. Bristow, they made of this man’s name with schemes declare fice Department o arrests in the postoffice indictment were reported up to 11 o'elock to- | e : It is said in Some quarters that ONLY THREE AR the two persons indicted are now outside E MISSING. ' (“\wachington. It Is known that Proctor who has {aken a prominent part t the postal investigation, left | -night for New York. e Lord Salisbury’s Will Is Probated. LONDON, Sept. 17.—The probating of Sal s will to-day sh an estate valued at §l, road from Philadeiphia to this the terminus of the road at ach. Searching parties have ntine to look for the missing e be onable by | was R. 8, King Middle-bor- et e ain, Mate and Ten Seamen of the Spartan Picked Up. et go of thr a1 Were Beading n Re | timber and stone | fight against action in favor of the re- | morning, has been decided upon, and pro- | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1903, D ELEGATES TO IRRIGATION CONGRESS ARE DIVIDED ON TWO BIG QUESTIONS |Committee on Resolutions Will Present Majority and Minority Reports on the Desert Land Act and the Commutation Clause of the Homestead Law , Utah, Sept. 17.—That there will be a determined fight in the National Irrigation Congress fa- voring the repeal or modification | of the existing land laws was made evident to- The committee on resolutions after practically an all-day session found itself hopelessly divided on two of three great questions before it— the desert land act and the commutation | clause of the homestead act—and to-mor- row majority and minority reports will »é presented on the action recommended by the committee. The vote on these two questions was 12 for and 9 against. The sentiment in favor of the repeal of the act, under which, the opinion was expressed, great frauds were being perpetrated against the Govern- ment, was almost unanimous, Nevertheless on this, as well as on other recommenda- tions, a sharp fight will be waged, with | the outcome in doubt. The Idaho delega- tion held a caucus this afternoon and in- structed Congressman French to lead the peal of the existing laws, and members | of other Northwestern delegations are | also preparing to oppose to the last any such action. An attempt it is stated will be made to bring the subject before the congress the moment next year's meeting place, the vote on which will be taken | immediately on reconvening to-morrow tracted debate is looked for before the National Irrigation Congress takes its stand as a body on the existing national | land laws. | EXPERTS FURNISH PAPERS. | The fight for the honor of entertaining | the National Irrigation Congress in 1904 | has been quite bitter. To-night the situ- | ation seems to be El Paso against the | field, with the fleld of unknown strength. the frail bo. son caught e picked up éff An: rew w three missing and - N. THE ROCKS. vs Cannot Reach the Crew of a Doomed Vessel. HAVEN SCHOONER O Dry Reef he the waves he vessel and five from shore, but. the ces it imp le to » to the rescue of the schooner - is alf miles from shore. and friends of the passangers ard are much worried over its non- which is the only one on th »posed to have left the nd should have arrived at Brigantinue within an hour. Part of its way lay across a trestle bridge nearly wo miles long over the grassy bay. That part of the country is entirely deserted at present and fears are entertained that some accident has befallen the train at that point. tion at — HURRICANE IS RENEWED. New York Swept by Gale Stronger Than Wednesday’s. NEW YORK, Sept. 17.—Following nesday’s hurricane came another se- orm to-day. In New York City the gale biew at the rate of sixty-seven miles an hour, which was stronger than vesterday's gale. The damage was not so widespread, however, because the storm did not last so long. At least half a dozen men were drowned from fishing schooners that arrived to-| b the ste el. | day, and it is feared that many more | e schooner riding out | Met a similar fate, as many schooners | prosp Friends of the Texas city confidentl claim a victory on the first ballot, assert- ing that more than 200 delegates have pledged their support to El Pas | Late this afternoon, however, a move- | ment started by members of the Oregon delegation to bring the congress fo thie | Northwest rapidly crystallized. Practical illustrations of what irriga- tion will do for Western land and the best | methods of supplying the needed mois- ture to the arid stretches of the West, as well as the theoretical science of irriga- | tion, were set before the delegates at to- day's sesslon. The morning session was almost entirely devoted to the reading of papers by Government experts in irriga- tion and forestry, headed by Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson. ! Almost the entire body of delegates took carriages this afternoon for the model farm of forty acres conducted by the State at the Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institution. The entire tract has been de- voted to experiments in various methods { of irrigation, and the delegates tramped over the grounds, examining with much | interest the work dome by the State. SENATOR NEWLANDS SPEAK: When the congress convened at 10 o'clock scarcely half the delegates were | exhibit of . | storm are very poor. i ENTIRE TRAIN IS MISSING. Fears That It Has Met Disaster on a Long Trestle. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Sept. 17.—An entire train with its passengers is report- ed by Brigantine life savers as lost on the Meadows somewhere between Brigan- tine Junction, on the main line of the @le Fuh Chas. Keilus & Co. E-x ¢cl'u s iy ¢ High-Grade Clothiers No Branch Stores. No Agents. iLvery Thought Is Put into Men’s Clothes Here That’s the Reason Why Cur Patterns and Styles Differ From Other Shops Who Sell Everything While We Are Exclusive °e13Z e Kearny Street Thurlow Block are missing, several of which are known to have foundered. Among the men who | were drowned werg Captain John M. Mor- | gan and Fisherman Ned Peterson of the schooner M. A.' Baston and Captain Latham and Fishermen Peter Barr and | Lewis Wilcox of the schooner Esther and Anita. | Although no bodies have been washed ashore there is little doubt that seven | lives were lost in the numerous w-cks along the Brooklyn water fro in | ‘Wednesday's storm. _ j It is estimated that between Canarsie | and Fort Hamiiton three hundred crarft | of various kinds were lost, and the dam- age is placed at $250,000. e | | FIFTEEN LIVES LOST. | Schooner and Fishing Craft Wrecked on Maine’s Coast. DAMARISCOTTA; Me., Sept; 17.—The and the mackerel selner George L. Ed- wards of Gloucester were wrecked on were lost. PR S S Torpedo Boat Damaged. NORFOLK, Va., Sent. 17.—The torpedo boat Lawrence has arrived from the north with port bow plates buckled and smash- ed and a foot of water in the aft engine room and officers’ quarters. She was hit by a storm off Delaware Breakwater. No one aboard was lost, but the bridge was swept away. AR Steamship and Freighthouse Burned. ELIZABETH CITY, N. C., Sept. 17— of the Norfolk and Southern Railrgad burned last night. Loss, $100,000. A deck hand 1s reported missing and several per- sons were hurt through a powder explo- sion. —_— s Unknown Vessel in Distress. NORFOLK, Va., Sept. 17.—An unknown schooner is laboring off Cape Henry with @ mart of her foremast gona. schooner Sadie and Lillie of Prospect, Me,, | Pemaquil Point last night and fifteen lives | The steamer Alma and the freight depot ' in their seats, the fight for next year's | convention and over the action to be taken on the land laws proving of more interest to a majority. Senator Francis G. Newlands of Nevada was the first speaker. He spoke on “‘State Co-opera- tion with National Irrigation.” Mr. Newlands remarked that one of the difficulties in framing the natfonal frri- gation act was the unwillingness of cer- tain of the arid States, which had already placed their systems of irrigation under the direction of State boards of control and State engineers, to yield to any legls- lation which gave the Federal #futhori- ties any right to interfere with State con- ltml. He then described the working of the | Nevada laws, which secured the co-op- |erat|on of the irrigation system of the | State and which placed the streams in entire control of the Governthent while the work of construction was going on. The State administration moves along the | same grooves and in harmony with the nation, and 8o when the Government turns control over to the State, as pro- | vided in the irrigation act, the State Bu- reau will be thoroughly organized, pos- sessed of all the data, information and plans necessary to go on with the work of administration, and even of construc- tion, if any is necessary. 3 | Secretary of Agriculture Wilson was then introduced amid a great outburst of applause to speak on the work of the Department of Agriculture regarding ir- rigation. Resolutions of indorsement of Secretary ‘Wilson's views on irrigation and thanks for his address were unanimously adopted. OFFICERS ARE NOMINATED. The committee on resolutions of the Na- tional Irrigation Congress to-morrow will recommend the election of the following officers for the ensuing year: President, ‘W. A. Clark, Montana; first vice presi- dent, L. W. Shuttliff, Utah; second vice president, W. C. Johnston, Denver, Colo.; third vice president, John Hall, Texas: secretary, H. B, Maxson, Reno, Nev. There was no opposition to the re-elec- tion of Senator Clark as president of the lmnm and it is expected that the list FEUD SHGEIN WL CONFES Curtis Jett May Impli- cate Prominent Ken- tuckians. b Deserted by His Clan, He Is Ready to Tell of the Murders. — CYNTHIANA, Ky., Sept. 17.—Taking of | testimony was begun to-day In the case | against Curtis Jett for the killing of Town | Marshal Cockrill in Jackson, Ky., more i | than a year ago. In the case against | Jett and White here last month Captain B. J. Ewen was the only eye-witness that | f Commonwealth Attorney Byrd was able to introduce, but to-day he presented i | Mrs. Hagins, the mother of Curtis Jett, . four eye-withesses, whose testimony cre- ated so much comment as to make the situation sensational to-night. The Yeature of the afternoon was the | testimony of John Patrick, who was com- | pelled to leave Breathitt County because from his law office, across the street from | the courthouse in Jackson, he had wit- nessed the shqoting of Cockrill and saw what occurred after the shooting of Mar- cum. But the most sensational developments to-day were outside of the courtroom. made overtures not only to the attorneys for the commonwealth, but also to Thom- { as Cockrill, a brother of the victim. After | her conference with these persons during | the noon recess she continued them dur- | ing the afternoon and evening with Dan- | fel Hurst, the father of Mrs. Marcum, | Judge John Patrick and Attorney W. W. Vaughan, asking them to intercede for | her son. Another conference is to be held to-morrow morning, and it is currently reported that Curtis Jett may then make a confession. According to the best information from those who were in the conferences to-day Jett offered through his mother to make a confession implicating others in the | feud murders in Breathitt County, but he | insists on saving his uncles, and for this reason the commonwealth would not ac- cept his overtures. It is sald that the | commonwealth’s attorneys would not ac- | cept anything except a .clean breast of | the whole auair, and they seem to be con- | fdent that such a confession will forthcoming before the trial is concluded, as the prisoner believes he has been de- serted by those who were expected to stand by him. L o e BRITISH CABINET CRISIS, A Continued From Page 1, Column 4. basis, however, ‘all is speculation. Chamberlain is at Birmingham, where, strangely enough, his resignation was a greater surprise even than in London. He Is apparently busily engaged in pre- paring his campaign, but declined last night to make any public statement. | _The bye-election in the constituency of St. Andrews, Scotland, to replace a Lib- | eral-Unienist, Henry Torrens Anstruther, | who has been appointed to a Government | directorship in the Suez Canal Company, ! which was held to-day, resulted in | Liberal victory, Captain . Ellice being | elected with 1334 votes, 1588 miven The election was fought with unparalleled keenness on the fiscal and educational question and the report of the South | African war commission. 1 —_——— IN WELL KNOWN CITIZENS WHO ARE TAKING A PROMINENT PART THE DELIBERATIONS OF THE NATIONAL GRESS, WHICH IS HOLDING DAILY SESSIONS IN OGDEN. 9| TEXT OF CORRESPONDENCE. lExchmg. of Views Between Cham- IRRIGATION CON- Bty ek Ba LONDON, Sept. 17.—The official an- | = L | nouncement of the resignations of Cham- | of officers presented will be adopted by | the congress by a unanimous vote. The codlin moth ruined the chances of Utah to win the Clark cup for the frult the arld States display. Al- though the exhibit was by far the most elaborate, the examining board promptly turned it down on discovering the moth ahd the beautiful trophy was awarded to Idaho, The Anheuser-Busch cup fof the best display of hops was awarded to McNeff | Bros. of North Yakima, Wash., and the | Pabst cup for the best barley exhibit from the arid States was given to the | Manhattan Malting Company of Mankat- tan, Mont. The sugar beet award may not be made until Saturday, as an elabo- rate system of testing is being made. At the evening session the congress ac- cepted an invitation to visit on next Sat- urday the Agricultural College at Logan, Utah, and the great irrigation works of the Bear River Valley. Frederick W.! Taylor, chief of the department of agri- cuiture at the world's fair, St. Louls, then spoke on agriculture under irrigation as shown at the world's fair. WORK IS ONLY WELL BEGUN. Gegrge H. Maxwell of the National Ir- rigation Association spoke on “The Vic- tories of Peace.” Right here the fight on the land law question was brought be- fore the convention. Maxwell brought the delegates to their feet in an eloquent plea to act not for themselves but for future generations, and the irrigation expert was wildly cheered when he concluded. William E. Smythe of San Diego, Cal., originator of the National Irrigation Con- gress from which the present movement has grown, delivered an address entitled, “The Influence of Irrigation oh the Amer- fcan® Ideal.” He paid a tribute to the Utah pioneers as the fathers of the irri- gation industry among English speaking men, and then sketcned the influence of frrigation and the environment of the arid region on social life and industrial orgenization. He predicted a very higly development of co-operation as the out- come of natural conditfons in the West. This is already seen in the management of the water supply and will extend in all directions. The six great landmarks in irrigation hictory, as described by the speaker, were the report of Major John W. Powell on “Lands. of the Arid Region,’ 1879: the birth of the national irrigation movement through the Salt Lake convention, 1891; the report of Captain Hiram M. Chitter- den on ‘“Reservoirs of the Arid Region,” 1897; the organization of the aggressive propaganda among commercial interests, 1808; the President's message, 191, and the passage of the Hansborough-New- lands bill, 19%2. He proceeded as follow: ‘What of the future? Have we completed our work? By no means—it is only well begun. ‘The oresent policy of national irrigation rep- resents only an upl-rim&m:l -u&:n‘nr‘o_ag:; work. The reclamation fund con! merely a bagatelle—ten to fifteen millions dol- lars. With that we can make a few samples, | berlain and two other/members of the can flgure and no imagination exaggerate. | Cabinet was made to-night at Downing street in the following communication: But 'in_order to do this there is one thing | which we must first accomolish. We have | R i The following Ministers have tem eir natic which have been accepted by the outgrown our present land laws. We got them | at a time when the West was looked upon as | be | to Major Anstruther Thompson, Unionist. | @ sort of stepchild of the republic, when these young States were compelled to weat tha cast- off garments of their elder sisters, regardless of fit end regardless of appearance, We want | A new twentleth century suit of land laws, | made to fit small farms and real homeséek- €rs and home builders. And we must have this new design before all the material Is ex- | hausted and our beautiful arid America left ed to her enemies, This assertion of national power in the cre- aticn and management of public utilities— | this exvenditure of national capital for the direct and lasting benefit of the masses—is | the most monotonous step in our social his- | tory since the abolition of negro siavery. We | are applying new principles to the problems | of our new century. Carried to their logical conclusion, they mean a new birth of instit tions, built on the recognition of the nation’s right and the nation's duty to do for its peo- | ple whatever shall be necessary to their great- | est happiness and thelr truest welfare. In | the bour of peril it will be the derided desert | which shall a‘-vlelzhe, republic by keeping it | s primitive bop iy deals, set to the music Brief addresses were also made by Con- gressman F. E. Brooks of Colorado and Thomas H. Means of the Bureau of Soils, | Fresno, Cal. o Adjournment was then taken until § a. m. to-morrow, when the speeches of ' the agricultural bureau experts will be | heard. tions, rlsx’xl:g;':‘. Right Hon, Joseph Chamberlain, Secre- tary for the Colonies; Right Hon. C. T. Ritchie, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Lord George Hamilton, Secretary for Ind The accompanying corresi tween the Premier, Right and Mr. Chamberlain: Then follows Chamberlain’s letter, dat- ndence passed be- on. A. J. ed Birmingham, September 9, commenc- ing “My Dear Balfour,” in which he sets forth his reason for resignation. An extremely interesting feature of the let- ter is the following statement concern- ing a preferential tariff: For the present, at any rate, a preferentiai tariff agreement with our colonies, involving any new duty, however small, on articles of food hitherto untaxed, even if accompanied by a reduction of taxation on other articles of food equally universal in their competition, would not be acceptable to the majority of the | constituencies. However much we may regret the decision, however mistaken we may think it, no good government in a democratic country can ignore it. 1 feel, therefore, that as an im- mediate practical policy the question 6f pref- erence to the colonies cannot be pressed with any hope of success at the present time, al- though there is a very strong feeling in favor of the other branch of fiscal reform which Would give fuller discretion to the Government in negotfating With foreign countries for a freer exchange of commodities and which would | enable our repgesentatives to retallate if no Baifour, | | concession was made to our just demands. If, as I belleve, you share these Views, it G VUSRS NEW YORK BANKERS WILL | seeris to me that you will be absolutely justi- MAKES BIG COUP IN WALL STREET Young Cornelius Van- derbilt Cleans Up Ten Millions, Acts on Advice Given Him by Rockefeller and Wins Large Fortune. el Special Dispatch to The ¢ | NEW YORK_Sept. 17—One of t: | gest coups in Wall street during cent bear raid, it was learned | was made by young Cornelius Van He cleaned up $10,000,000, using a « of $2,000000. His fortune is said r exceed $20,900,000 in all. Most of his Wall street profits were made in Brooklyn Rapid Transit and Southern Pacific. He did not touch [ | States Steel, avoiding the temptation t a possibility of a twemnty-two point t might have given him. Nor did | short on New York Central, th dropped steadily from 136 to 120. { The slump in Chicago and Northwe ern gave him several millions. It gav him-a margin that sent up his profits on | the other stocks in which he was deal- | ing. He had advisers. Through his uncle, | Willlam K. Vanderbilt, he was brought | inte friendly relations with John D. | Rockefeller, who has been such a factor in the bear raid. Rockefeller is said to have engineered many of young Vander- | bilt’s short sales and enabled him to make money In every stock he handled. @ il @ the important issues with which the let- ter deals. “Therefore this reply,” he says, “‘rather embodies the results cf our conyersations than adds anything new to them.” Bal- | four continues: Agreeing as I do with you that the time has come when & change should be made in the fiscal canons by boun ernments, it seems paradoxical, you shouid leave the Cabinet at colleagues are leaving it that others of my | who disagree on the very point with us both Yet 1 cannot but admit that there is some force in_your arguments support of that course, based as they are upon your special and personal relation with that portion of the controversy which deals with colonial prefer- | ence. You have done more than any man, { living or dead, to bring home to the citizens | of the empire the consciousness of imperial | obligation and interdependence between the | various fragments into which the empire is | geographically divided. | * 1 believe you to be right in holding that this | interdependence should find expression in our | commercjal as well as our political and mil- | itary relations. L believe with you that a ic:mr fiscal union betw the mother eoun- | | | | try and the colonies w of both, and, if such closer union could established an fitting terms, advantages fo both parties would increase with years and as the colonies grew in wealth and population If there has ever been ahy difference be- tween us In connection with this matter it has only been with regard to the praocticability of the proposal which would seem on_the part of the colonies, a lim all-around development Of & prote | and, son the part of this country, | lishment of a preference in favor | colonial products. On the first of t | quirements I say nothing, but if the | involves, as it mjost certainly does, | tion, however light, upon foodstu convinced, with you, that pubiie | ot yet Fipe for such an arrangement. reasons may easily be found in past political | battles and present political misrepresen | tions, { If, them, this branch of flscal reform is not | at present within the limits of practical poli- | ties, you are surely right in your advice not | to treat it as indissolubly connected with that other branch of fiscal reform to which we both | attach importance. and which, we belfeve, the Country ls prepared to consider without pre require, the fon in | judice. I feel however, deeply concerned that { you should regard this econclusion, however | well founded, as one making it difficult in your | very special circumstances for you to remain a member of the Government. Yet I do not | venture in a matter so strictly personal to raise { any objection if you think you cam best se | the interests of imperial unity, for which you | have done so much, by pressing your views on colonial preference With the freedom which | is possible in an independent pesition, but hardly compatible with offl How can I criticize your determination? The | 1oss to the Government the gain to the cause you ha | be greater still. If so, wh an 1 do but | acquiesce? Yours very sincerely A. J. BALFOUR | P S—May I say with what eratification. both on personal and pablic that Austen Chamberlain is r a member of the Government? no more conclusive evidence that in y 8- ment.-as in mine, the exclusion of the taxation of food from the party programmie is, in the existing circumstances, & course best fitted practically to further the cause of fiscal fe- form. —_——————— Frost Destroys the Canteloupes. | ROCKY FORD, Colo., Sept. 17.—A kill- | ing frost destroyed the canteloupe crop | in the vieinity of Rocky Ford last night. | The loss may reach a quarter of a million dollars. —e———— | _OGDEN. Utah, Sept. 17.—Chiet ‘Wolcott, head of the United States ¢ Survey, has received a letter from th Government asking that he appoint two engi | neers to_take charge of the reclamation work in Peru. The positions are permanent and carry | a large salary. Engineer al GUTHRIE, O. T., S F. Swords of Surlphurite to- re commission, signed by Secretary of the Hitcheock, as ial inspector of tI service in ¢ of the Suriphurit tion. but we cannot begin to supply the demand for Irrigated homesteads which already presses upon us, to say nothing of the incalculable demands of the future. ‘We must spend as much in bullding homes bullding navies—as ch 1 1) the armies of peace as we Trend Tn CHainiataing the armies of war—as Tuch in ay menace of foes at home (the foes of want, of hunger,, of crav- ing for economic independence) as we would spend in repelling the invasion :If foreign foes. _must ve retend to say: but this we will Dromive: . That 7 ar we Ned’n tor romise: Pational irrigation, for national forestry, for national home building, we will return many dollars in taxes, direct and Indirect, to county, TRAVEL IN GRAND STYLE Charter Luxurious Special Train to! Convey Them to Convention to Be Held Here. NEW YORK, Sept. 17.—Under the super- vision of the New York Central and Hud. son River Railroad a special train fo New York City, group No. 8, New Yor] State Bankers' Association, will leave thi Grand Central station on October 13 lor}»t my col | Justly be San Francisco, where a meeting will be held from October 20 to 25. The itinerary includes stops at all points of interest be- tween New York and San Francisco. The train will be one of the flnest ever run over the New York Central and Lak Shore rallroads and is called “De Luxe. It is equipped with electric lights, elactrie | fans, library and every convenience and : luxury known to modern railway travel. ———— Young Society Man Kills Himself. LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 17.—Hugh Ed- miston, a young society man of Lincoln, was found dead In his office early this | morning. He had turned on three gas jets and the fumes ended his life. Edmis- ton was 2 years of age and wi a member of the insurance firm of J. M. Edmiston & Son. Members of the family ' belleve there was a love affair and he | was disappointed. ———— LIVERPOOL, Sept. 17.—The failure of John ‘Wrigley & Sons, a firm prominent in the cotton ' trade, announced to-day. The house, it | was stated. had sustained heavy losses in trade = and could not meet the différences in the clear- ing-house. | Next Sunday “Chimmie Fadden’s” Creater, K. W. Townsend, Makes his debut as a Writer for the Next Sunday Call ‘With a fied in adopting them as the policy of your Government, although it will necessarily in- volve some changes in the constitution. As Secretary of the Colonies during the last eight years 1 have been in a special sense the repre- sentative of the policy of a closer union, which 1 firmly belleve to be equally necessary in the interests of the colonies and ourselves. T believe it s possibie to-day and may be im- possible to-morrow to make arrangements for Such a union. I have had unexampled oppor- unities of watching events and appreciating he feelings of our kinsmen beyond the seas. stand, therefore, in a different position to any lleagues, and I think that I shouid ‘blamed' If I remained in office and thus formally accepted the exclusion from my political programme of so important a part thereof. T think that, with absolute lovalty to your Government and with no fear of embarrassin; any way. 1 can best promote the cause it In hey attach . Ac- cordingly 1 would t you limit the Present policy Of the Government to an asser- tion of our jom in the case of all commer- clal relations with foreign countries and that you should agree to my tendering my resigna- tion of my present office to his Majesty and de- Voting myself to the work of explaining and popularizing these principles of Imperial union which experience has convinced me are essen- tial to our future welfare and prosperity. Yours yery sincerely, JOSFPH CHAMBERLAIN. The first portion of this letter refers to Chamberlain’s first speech on the sybject at Birmingham and Balfour's reply to the corn deputation. Chamberlain says that nelther of them was intended to provoke a purely party controversy. He points out the unylelding opposition of the Lib- eral party, which scouted the idea that a system accepted in 1346 could possibly require modification in 1903. Meanwhile the advocates of reconsidera- tion were at a great disadvantage, owing | to the admitted differences of opinion in- | 1963 side the party. The political organization of the party was paralyzed. Chamberlain declares that unscrupulous use has been made of the old ery of the “dear loaf” and that serious has been created. n%m«mmmum briefly over same regarding did Balfour in his recent EALD LEADING BUSINESS COLLEGE OF THS -, R San Francisco, (h’l.- Write for illustrated catalogus (free). FOLYTECHNIC ‘Bus! College and iness Bchool of ST. JOSEPH'S ACADEMY, PERALTA PARK. BERKELEY. 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