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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1903. " PROMOTERS E MOST PROFITS [nflated Shipyard Trust Stock Distributed Around. 000,000.for Pierpont Morgan. P YORK, Oct. from & naval constructor became & ps the president is_expendi- several at- g of the d finally tructed the direc- n & meeting. b Pam year, ‘the pro- gave to rm of bondhold- FALSE PROPECTUS ISSUED. ing 4id not much > checks other wit- i before at the for jes was 1t but it was Max Pam at- came PURCHASE OF began BETHLEHEM. his testimony He o Freedman DE. PIERCE'S REMEDIES. Narrow Chesis. ory that consumption was - redited by modern medical science. The germs of con ption must be These germs are consta: received from with- every where y being received e They cast out by Lealthy system It is the namow cheeted whose in heritance is weak ness who fall prey to comsump tion because the lung to resist an throw off disease. Doctor Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery makes weak lupgs ong. It cures obstinate defp- scated coughs, bleeding Iungs weakness, emacia- tion and other conditions avhich if peg- ed or unskilfully treated find a fatal nination in consumption. $3,000 FORFEIT will be paid by he Worl Dispensary Medical Asso- alo, N. Y., nal signature ual volunteering the testi- and also of the writers of monial among the thovsands e constently publishing, ir genuineness. X L. Robinétt. of Xerxes ded to try Dr. Pierce's The first few bottles % . Thought that dreaded diseasc for "Golden Med- Notiing is "just as good.” Pcliets cleanse the Creates goo d-will between buyer and seller—Schilling’s Best—at your grocer’s, and moneyback. Asks for and Gets| 21l.—Lewis Nixon, | | underwriter. | & paper on the subject. from Schwab. PARKER JEWELS (NATIONAL GUARD |DEPARTMENT ARE AEGOVERED Honolulu Police Fasten Theft Upon Trusted Coachman. Splendid Blue Diamond Val- ued at $4500 Is Still Missing. HONOLULU. Oct. 2L—After nearly s of detective work the thief, e night of August 1 stole $il.- of jewels from Mrs. Samuel {000 worth Parker has been identified in the person | of Benjamin Gallagher, a coachman in nploy of the Parkers. All of the jewels save one have been recov- 4. The missing gem is a blue diamond valued at 3450, and is believed to have been sent to the “Pacific Coast to be sold. Owing to the fact that Gallagher was an old employe of the Parkers and that he i1 always borne a good reputation the Parkers have decided not to prosecute him. The robbery of the Parker jewels caused a profound seneation. Mrs. P ker probably has one of the finest collec- tions of jewels in the Territory and or- dinarily keeps them in her vault at the First National Bank On the night of August 1 she and her husband gave a din- ner to a party of friends at the Alexander Young Hotel, which was formally opened on that night. On returning to her home Mrs, Parker put the jewelry she had worn, valued at $80,000, in her jewel case. The next afternoon she went to her moun- | | tain residence on Mount Tantalus and | 4id not open the jewel case until her ar- rival there. Not all of the jewels had been stolen and it was at first thought { that the missing jewels had been inad- | | vertently mislaid, but after a thorough search the conclusion was reached that the jewels had been stolen and the mat- ter was reported to the police. Detectives | were immediately put to work on the case with the result that the coachman was discovered to have comitted the rob- bery. L e s st 4 the man who first proposed the com- bination, and through him the witness met J. W. Young. The witness said the first plan of consolidation was handled by H. W. Poor & Co., but was brought on a bad day and failed. The wit- ness said he knew C. M. Schwab, who told of h purchase of the Bethlehem Company. The first direct proposal that | the Bethlehem Company be purchased by thegUnited States Shipbuilding Company in June, 1902. The witness then | 1d of the meeting at the Club | in June, 1902, already detalled"by D. Le- Dresser | Untermeyer wanted to know if hwab had represented that the Bethle- | 2 plant had earned $1,400,000 after pay- the interest on mortgages. The ques- tion was objected to by Guthrie. The witness said he understood the’sum men- | tioned to have been net earnings. $ehwab | told the witness that he had paid $7-| 40,00 for the piant. This sum, with the which had not been taken from | ines amounted to $9,000,000, the | which Schwab said he would sell. | r said .00 was a large sum | raise at time. The question of then came up, and Schwab | agreed to take $10,000,000 in bonds at 9. | “When we saw Mr. Schwab again,” con- | tinued Nixon, “he said-we would have to | give him $10,000,000 of each kind of stock, | be the bonds. Schwab said he had | to give 32,500,000 of each kind of stock to | J. P. Morgan & Co.” Nothing was sald as to why Morgan & Co. were to receive the stock. Dresser sald he was willing to pay the price. Nixon could not remember where he had signed an agreement with J. P. Morgan & Co. for the sale in cash of the Bethle- hem Company. He had signed many pa- pers at Dresser's office. The agreement had never been explained to him, and he | could not understand why he had been a | party to it. The witness said he had act- | ed to the best interests of the shipbuild- | ing company, and with no idea of any gain for himself. He could not explain after the agreement to purchase hlehem from Schwab for $10,000,000 in | $10,000,000 in preferred stock and | $10,000,000 in common stock had been made, | an agreement was made with Morgan & | Co. to buy the plant for $7,200,000 in cash and $,000,000 in stock. Nixon told of the passage of the check for $7,200,000 at the office of Morgan & Co. | I aid not have the check long enough to see who signed it,”” said Nixon. “I do | not even know who received the check.” he original check was produced by Guthrie and, after identification by the wit and a wrangle between counsel, was offered in evidence. The check was | for $7,191,791 45, and was drawn in favor | 3 | Be bonds, | of D. Leroy Dresser and Lewis Nixon by | |C. M. Schwab, by his attorney, Oliver Wren. MORE PROFITS FOR SCHWAB. The witness could not explain why, while the agreement called for $7,246,000, the check was for $7,191,791 48. Untermeyer esked if there was any one at the meet. | ing at the office of J. P. Morgan & Co. to | protect the interests of the shipbuilding company, and the witness said he and Dresser were there representing the com- pa: The witness said he had read the | agreement and seen the stock. He dia not | examine the stock and understood it was | later taken to one of the trust companies Nixon testified that Schwab had sald that he wanted some of the promotion profits, if there were any, in order that | he might give some of them to Gates of Harris, Gates & Co. Schwab said that | those who had aided in the underwriting should have some of the promotion profits. | The witness said he talked this over with Young, who sald he would arrange to give Schwab $100,000 In bonds and either | $100,000 or $200,000 in stock. This commit- ment must have been in addition to the stock bonus which Schwab received as an The witness took to Schwab His recollection was that Gates was to get $50,000 in bonds | —— ARTICLES ARE NOT FILED. United States Shipbuilding Company Fails to Comply With Law. SBACRAMENTO, Oct. 2L.—In a formal letter Secretary of State Curry to-day in- | formed Governor Pardee that the United States Shipbuilding Company has failed | to comply with the incorporation law of the States, and it is now for the Governor to say whether the Attorney General shall begin_an action to compel the company to obey the State law. Secretary of State Curry informed the Governor that having learned the United States Shipbuilding Company, organized under the laws of New Jersey, was transacting business in California, he notified the company of the requirements of the California laws with respect to outside corporations doing busi. ness in this State. This notification was. followed on June 9, 193, by another of the same tenor, warning the company that if it did not file articles of incorporation the Secretary of State would be obliged to | men is not uniform or complete;that d! | Napa, and Company H, Sixth Infantry, located | order. | officers | on furlough or away without leave, are *‘ab. | to general order No. call the attention of the Governor of the failure to comply with the law, and pro- ceedings by the Attorney General would follow. A letter in reply dated June 10 was re- celved from H. T. Scott, chairman of the board of the Union Iron Works, saying that the shipbuilding ¢ompany was then in process of reo: tion and that he Had forwarded the notification to the New York office. Some further correspondence 5 CATIEIZED Major General Dickin- son Notes Some Shortcomings. Issues Order Intended to Raise Standard of Citi~ zen Soldiery. LT The following order, prepared by Major General John H. Dickinson, is to be for- warded to every organization of the guard in the State and will be read at the first assemblage of each after receipt of the same: HEADQUARTERS DIVISION, NATIONAL GUARD OF CALIFORNIA. Otfictal Order No. 8. 1. recent annual muster and inspeotion of the National Guard has brought to the notice of the division commander many deficiencies, omissions end_ regularities . which militate against the efficiency of the guard, and to remedy which immediate steps must be taken. . It appears that the instruction of enllr(&d pline is indifferently maintained; that the proper relations bstween officers;and enlisted men when on duty is not observed; that fleld officers do not devote the necessary time and attention to those under their command; that regimental and de commanders do not exercise due supervision over the theoretical and practical instruction of their commands; that the requisite care and attention to neoes. sary details is not displayed in keeping rec- ords nor in rendering reports and returns; staff and department officers are not in touch with the details of their departments and are inattentive to the few duties they are called upon to perform. In short, there seems to be & eperal laxity pervading the guard which Is etrimental to its efficiency and will retard its improvement unless immediately checked. Fortunately these conditions do not gppdy to every unit, although they are sufficlently gen- eral to justify the issuance of this order. The inspection report recommends that Company I, Second Infantry, located ‘st Gras: Valley; Company H, Fifth Infantry, located at at Merced, be mustered out on account of thelr deficlencies in discipline, instruction and mil same class of men as are other companies, anl under the proper instruction ought to show the same degree of efficlency. They must im- prove if they wish to remain in the guard. It is therefore incumbent, not only upon their company officers, but also upon their respect- ive baitalion, regimental and brigade com- manders, to give personal attention to their instruction. These companies, ether with Companies B, D and F, Sixth Infantry, and Company H, Seventh Infantry, will be rein- spected at some future date, when it is ex- pected there will be much improvement to note, DISCIPLINE IMPORTANT. 4. Discipline is of vital importance military body. In all walks of life there and of necessity must be a higher authority, and that higher authority must be treated with respect. This is true of civil pursuits, and is particularly applicable to the military profession. An officer and the office he fills should be shown that deference and respect which are required by military laws and cus- toms the world over. There is no loss of seif- respect in observing the rules of military de- portment. On the contrary, observation of them indicates not only a proper respect for them and for one's superiors, but a healthy Tespect for one's self. 5. For the lack of uniformity and thorough- ness of instruction given the men, company commanders are not alone responsible. It is the duty of field officers to frequentiy visit the companies under their charge and to see that they are given complete and uniform in- struction In everything that the drill regula- tions prescribe—not only the usual manual of | arms and company movements, but bayonet ex- ercise, guard and outpost duty and extended A fleld officer’s responsibility is not limited to the period of encampment or of as- sembiles for parade. It extends throughout the year for the instruction of both officers,and men, 3 Regimental commanders should prescribe both the theoretical and the practical instructios for their regiments and insure their uniformity in the several compantes. To that end they should require their field officers to visit the ompanies frequently for the purpose of instruc- Brigade commanders should visit es thelr “commands. elther hersonaity e bo st et officers at least once each year, It is noted with regret that these essentials have been generally omitted and attempts made to supply their omissions during encampments. The work of a year cannot be crowded Inte a week of camp. ~Much can be accomplished in that time, but much more can be accom- plished “if officers and men are properly in- structed at the armories during the yveay 6. The enlisted force of the Sapitary Corps has been found deficlent in the technical dutioe of its department. This is due to want of attention on the part of the officers. Medical in charge of detachments will take ficbe to remedy this defciency at once, ‘and medical officers wi v g chiet me ill also give it their It is reported also that several organi . went into camp without medimn:)‘rncze::.m?‘i- sufficlent supplies. This is a serious matter | and reflects greatly upon the efficiency of th | Sanitary Corps An investigation will be had | and such action taken as will previ S s s Dprevent its re- | 7. The inexcusably looss and irregula ner in which enlisted men are accounted for o monthly returns must cease. Such practices are destructive of the well belng and Integrity of a company. The law and regulations are plain. Only those actually present and par. ticipating in the drills and other duties of the military assemblage reported shall be accounteq for as “‘present.”’ "All others, whether excused, to sent.”” There is no excuse for raistakes in this matter, and they must not occur again. Officers responsible for the care of cloth- ing and equipment must be more attentive to their duties. Uniforms turned in by discharged men must not be rejssued without thorough cleansing and renovating. NOT POSTED ON STORES. 9. Staff officers of the supply departments have mot been found well informed as to the stores on hand or fssued. They will fully in. form themselves with regard to these matters., for they will be called upon for full and de- talled iInformation. 10. The paper work fs an essential part of the proper administration of a command. Igno- rance or neglect of its details on the part of | officers often works hardships upon the en- listed men. For instance, many men have been deprived of their well-earned opportunity of competing for prlzé\nll target practice simply on account of tre inability of obtaining the official records of their high standing. Officers must be prompt and careful in the preparation and forwarding of official reports and returns, In this connection special attention is directed 1, serfes of 1002, jesued from these headquarters June 19, 1902. 11. At each headquarters and armory com- plete sets of all orders must be kept, each in its own serles. Orders are not fssued to he glanced over and tossed aside, but to be obeyed and preserved for reference. The atten- tion of all officers is called to this paragraph. 12. Tt is proposed to have a meeting of com- manding officers at these headquarters in the ear future for the purpose of discussing mat- ters of Interest and of securing uniformity of instruction and care of property to the end that needed improvements be made and all or- ganizations be brought to that degree of effi- ciency that most of them seem to be striving for, and that should characterize all. Orders for this assembly will be issued in due time. 13. The National Guard of California has heretofore held a high position In the estima- tion of those officers of the United States army with whom it has come in contact officlally or otherwi: nd now that it is brought into closer relationship to the regular army by reason of recent legislation, and will undoubt. edly be associated more closely in field\and camp and subjected to more rigid inspections by its officers, It is important that the atten- tion of officers and men of the guard be direct- od to the defects that have manifested them- selves, to the end that they may be remedied. Let overy officer and man do his utmost to maintain and increase the efficiency of the or. ganization by his hearty, intelligent and com. plete performance of his duty. and the National Guard of California will noi fear comparison with any military organization in field or cam| but will be prepared for the ready and su ful performance of whatever duty” it may be calied upon to perform. g 14. This order will be read to every organi- zation of this command at its first assemblage after receipt of the e. 3 By command of Maj8r General Dickinson. CHARLES J. EVANS, Colonel and Assistant Adjutant General. followed, but there was no compliance ‘with the law and the Secretary of State is therefore obliged to acquaint the Gov- ernor with the facts. In his letter of June 10 Scott says the shipbullding company had no office iIn 8an Francisco, simply owning the real estate and the Union Iron Works leasing the property. Under the State law a foreign corporation cannot maintain any action in the courts unless it complies with the terms of the law re- specting the filings in the office of the Secretary of State. INVESTIGATES LAND FRAUDG Many Entries Are Held Up Pending Full Inquiry. Methods Adopted by Specu- lators Known to Be Various. GRS Thousands of Acres of Public Domain Falls Into Hands of Conspira- tors in Violation of the Law. RELE L WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.—Only general confirmation can be secured here of the report of extensive fraudulent practices in securing public lands on the Pacific Coast. The Department of the Interior officlals have been convinced for over a year that there were various combinations ot speculators seeking control of the pub- lic lands for their own purposes and more recently a number of special agents have been working in the field to secure evi- denea.of the frauds. Pugh of the office of the Assistant Attor- ney General for the Interior Department was sent to the coast to assist with ‘his legal knowledge. A great numver of land entries in all three of the coast States have been held up for investigation, but so far no test case has been brought. The methods of the speculators are va- ried, but the most common proceeding-1s to secure patented lands within forest reservations and then exchange them for more valuable lands on the outside. Per- sons living on the western slope have charged that some forest reservations have been created with this end in view, the land holders within them being re- sponsible for ‘creating the sentiment which led to their establishment. This charge is among those now being inves- tigated. Many entries of land under the timber and stone act are regarded with suspi- clon, the officials believing that the entry- men have taken the lands for speculative purposes rather than for “their own use and benefit,”” as the law requires. It is generally belleved that many thousands | of acres of the public domain have thus fallen into the hands of speculators and charges of conspiracy are freely made, yet, so far rw_deflnlte effort at prosecu- tion has been'undertaken. A common plan of operation on the part of speculators is to buy State lands in closed-in areas, which are liable to be- come parts of forest reserves. These, it is said, they often secure for one or two dollars an acre, whereas, when the res- ervations are created, the value is in- creased to $ or 36 per acre. Governor Chamberlain of Oregon is now in Wash- ington conferring with the Secretary of the Interior concerning these land trans- fers. He claims that the State has lost a considerable sum in this way and is endeavoring to secure a settlement which will reimburse the State. Secretary Hitchcock declines to discuss the case, but says that he will make a statement later. f gk pagete -8 INQUIRY AT PORTLAND. Agents Examine Men Who Were! Paid for Services. | PORTLAND, Oct. 21.—Uncle Sam fis digging up a stupendous lieu land graft on the Pacific Coast. He has already delved far enough to convince him that a lieu land ring has been carrying on a flagrant business in every well timbered area on the Pacific slope. This ring has not only acquired ‘“base” lands by “dum- mies,” but it has debauched State land officials, making thgm partners in the business; it has maintained in the Gen- eral Land Office at Walhington agents whose duty was to “leak” information about proposed reserves; it has cast its spell over field officers of the General Land Office who mapped out boundaries of proposed reserves and has induced these officers, by the glitter of gold, to conform those boundaties to its own in- terests. The central figures of this colossal con- spiracy are alleged to be F. A. Hyde & Co. of San Francisco, brokers and deal- ers in real estate and lleu land scrip. The company consists of F. A. Hyde, re- puted to be the author of the lieu land law, and John A. Benson, who was in- volved many years ago In the notoriously | fraudulent Benson surveys of Californla. One day last week W. J. Burns, a Secret Service agent, and A. B. Pugh, Assistant Attorney General in the Treasury Depart- ment at Washington, arrived at the Hotel Portland. The mission of the visitors was to secure from persons in Portland, who have innocently or knowingly been agents of the ring, evidence that will help the Government in prosecuting the instigators of the conspiracy. The strangers interviewed a number of men who had been paid for the use of thelr names in applications for State schooi land; also notaries public who are ac- cused of certifyjng to fraudulent affida- vits. Men who' had applied for school land in 1598 and had sold their rights for $ were called before the visitors. They had sold, they said, to somebody who had | sold to another somebody. But ultimately it transpired that the last “somebody” in esach case was one J. H. Schneider. This man for many years was employed by Hyde & Co. as agent. Only last year he quit the firm and forthwith he began to divulge secrets within the hearing of un- corrupted Federal officlals. Thousands of acres of school land, it is alleged, were thus acquired by Hyde & Co. The lands went into forest reserves. They were bought for that purpose. The reserves were created for that purpose. The conspirators knew where they wanted reserves. Reserves in Oregon and California were proposed at their jnstiga- tion, laid off acording to their desires and created to their catisfaction. Then | they trooped into the local Land Office + I COOK BOOK OFFER TO CLOSE OCTOBER 30. The Call’s Cook Book prem- fum offer will close on October 80, 1803, and all readers of this paper who desire a copy of this hoysehold treasure should not fail to place their order im- mediately. 5 5 This splendid premium will be offered to Call subscribers at ‘the exceptionally low rate of fifty cents per copy. Out of town orders twenty cents ad- ditional to cover prepayment of —— e Assistant Attorney |- i time in our There is THE ONLY ON only One 3 Genuine—syrup of F igS, The Genuine is Manufactured by the Lalifornia Fig Syrup Co. The tull name of 'the company, California Fig Syrup Co., Is printed on the front of every package of the genuine. The Genuine~ Syrup of Figs- is for Sale, in Original Packages Only, by Reliable Druggists Everywhere by men, women or children. effects from actual use and of their own personal knowledge. It is laxative remedy of the well-informed. X e WA with their “dummies.” They took what lands they wanted and perscns outside the ring came “too late.” i G JURY INVESTIGATES. Alleged That Receiver Thompson De- manded Money From Locators. PORTLAND, Oct. 2l.—Asa B. Thomp- son, Recelver of the United States Land Office at La Grande, is said to have been under investigation by the Grand Jury now in session here on a charge of de- manding money from locators to insure their cases being carried through. The charge was made against Thomp- son that he made propositions to persons who had filed on public lands, and whose claims had been held up, that he would assure the safe conduct of their cases through the tortuous channels of the United States land offices to a patent for ! $50 a quarter section. The claims in question had been sus- pended by the Department of the In- terfor because it was alleged certain agreements had been made by the locator prior to filing to seli to Charles Cun- ningham and other sheep and cattle ranchers in that country. It was alleged by the agents of the Interior Department that the claims were located for no other purpose than to se- cure patents and to sell to the ‘‘sheep king” of Oregon, as Cunningham is alled. For many years allegations have been made that big ranchers in the West have been accustomed to have their herders flle on homesteads, and, after paying expenses and 3200 profit to the filer, buy the claim to add to their range. e HYDE DENIES FRAUD. Claims Dealing in Oregon Lands Was Legitimate. ‘When seen at his residence last night F. A: Hyde emphatically denied that his firm had been guilty of any fraudulent transactions in connectién with Govern- ment lands. He declared that the story from the north was an old one and the hue and cry about “dummies” in the ac- quirement of lands was ridiculous. Con- tinuing he sald: If. as the report from the north says, an investigation of my firm's dealings has been inaugurated, It seems to me that it has begun very late in the game, for we have had no business dealings in Oregon lands for over five years. At that time we secured large holdings in the north, got our titles to them and paid our money for them. We did not know from whom we got them, for they were purchased through our agencies. Like any up to date byglpess firm we kept ourselves well posted as regards -valuable lands, or those that were likely eventually to prove such and, as any other firm would do, we took advantage of the information gleaned for us by our agents. As regards this man Schneider, referred to in the dispatches, it is a fact that he was at one loy, but I have not heard from him for miny months. and I do mot re- call any shabby treatment accorded him as the story alleges. There is one thing that I cannot under- stand and that is how the Government figures in this alleged investigation of the so called flagrant business of a lleu land ring, for, as a matter of fact, the lands we were dealing in were purchased m& the Btate and the | Government had noth to do with them. As I have already stated this story has been threshed out over and over again and the fact leads me to suspect that it has been revived agaln for purposes that I am at a loss to ex- plain, = Runaway Boy Is Found on Train. SAN JOSE, Oct. 21.—A $9-year-old boy | giving the name of Emile Smith vas taken into custody at the broad gauge depot to-night. He is believed to have run away from some orphan institution in San Francisco. The boy, who is evi- dently half-witted, was found in a pa: senger coach. He was barefooted and without -eeat and hat, and had nothing on but a waist and brown overalls. His arms and one leg had at some time been scalded. He can give no account of him- self. —_————— San Diego Loses Pioneer Resident. SAN DIEGO, Qct. 21.—Charles S. Hub- bell, who had resided here for thirty years, died this morning, aged 86 years. When he came here thirty-three years ago he took a prominent part in all civie affairs and was one of the original stock- holders of the Southern California Rall- road. He was for a number of years the cashier of the Old Bank of San Diego before it became the Consolidated Na- al Bank. Santa Cruz to Have a Tent City. SANTA CRUZ, Oct. 2. — The Santa Cruz Tent City is an assured success, as $40,000 has been raised in five days by F. W. Swaaton, the promoter of the Tent City Corporation. ———e—————— The man who is an adept at feigning love is sometimes more successful than he who loves truly but is timid. e A A - TAMMANY MEN RETURN T LAIR McLaughlin Ready to Indorse Grout and ~ Fornes. NEW YORK Oct. 21.—Peace has been declared between the Democrats of Brook- Iyn and the Democratic organization of New York over the question of candidates for Comptroller and President of the Board of Aldermen. ‘Whether the result was brought about by the surrender of Hugh McLaughlin to McCarren and Murphy, or through con- cessions from Tammany In promises of patronage is not known, but whatever the bakis of(the agreement may be, McLaugh- lin and his campaign committee will work in harmony with the Tammany commit. tee. The only discordant note was sound ed by Martin W. Littleton, candidate for Borough President, who insists on main- taining the attitude taken by him a week ago, when he declared agalnst the nomi- nations of Grout and Fornes. McLaughlin's, decision closes probably the most exciting phgse of the present campaign for municipal offices in this city. When Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall, let it be known that it was his intention to indorse Grout and Fornes for the offices held by them under the Low administration, Hugh McLaugh- lin declared that he would not support men who had lent their aid to the fusion movement two years ago, and at the city Democratic convention there was a dra- matic scene when the ‘spokesmen for the aged Brooklyn leader made thelr protest against Murphy’s programme. Tammany had a majority of the votes, however, and i the Brooklyn objections were not heeded. Both Grout and Fornes were dropped by the fusionists after the Democratic con- vention and now they are on only the Democratic ticket. QUEEN OF ALL SHIPs OF WAR Speed Record Is Broken on the Missouri’s Trial Trip. e BOSTON, Oct. 21.—The new battleship Missouri, steered by Captain Howse, to- day proved herself the queen of the seas for battleshipé In her class, in a speed trial trip over the Cape Ann course, with weather conditions of a handicapping nay ture. Steaming over a course of thirty-three nautical miles and return, the battleship made the trial in 3 hours 39 minutes 244 geconds, an average speed of 15.05 miles per hour, which, with tidal corrections greatly in her favor, it is believed, will advance the speed to 18.22, a new world's record for battleships. —_——— Teacher Is Accused of Cruelty. FRESNO, Oct. 21.—Marion D. Holmes, principal of the Lowell School in this city, was arrested to-day on a charge of cruel- Iy beating the 10-year-old som of C. D. Olmstead, a plasterer. The bby was sent by his teacher yesterday to Holmes for punishment, and the prineipal, it is said, lald him on a sofa and whipped him with a “cat o' nine talls.” It Is alleged that he cut the boy's side till the blood flowed, and a physician had afterward to be call- ed in to dress the wounds. A great deal of indignation has been expressed over the affair. —_——————— Rancher Mysteriously Disappears. SAN JOSE, Oct. 21. — F. E. 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