The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 25, 1903, Page 23

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25. 1903.' THE DEAD FACE | THE WHISKY GLAS If a grinning skull leered from the amber depths of the whisky every time the drinking man lifted his giass, how fearful would be his horror of the poison with which he fearlessly deluges his system. Disease and Peath are the lurking devils of the whisky glass. kvery crime in the calenda r is veiled in its amber It whets the murderer’s Kknife and s the assassin’s bullet. It triumphs over laws, strangles virtue and stupefies genius. It is the king of blood and brains, whether the body is clad in silks or beggar’s rags. Once under the power of the Lrink Curse the victim is bound to go on, Sermons will not cure him; punishment will not eradicate the taste; pledges will ing for drink is an aw not arrest it. Thecrav- ful disease and the only salvation for the victim is a specialist’s skill. To the drinking man the name of-DR. J. J. McKANNA stands for freedom, reformation, happiness, sobriety, MANHOOD. His treat- ment has permanen victims of Alcoholism who never cease to extol the greatness certain salvation for the Slave of Alcohol. DR. J. J. 14 CEARY ST., THE CRIGINAL AN tly cured over 12,000 of the only safe and McKANNA SAN FRANCISCO Telephone Mailn 1037. D ONLY 3-DAY CURE FOR THE LIQUOR HABIT, OPEN DAY, NIGHT AND SUNDAYS. 0. Chicag Dr. McKanna's Book on o, Ill.; Kansas City, Mo.; Okla- Moines, la.; Seattle, Wash. Alcoholism Sent on Reguest. e ——————————————————————————— COURT DENIES PETITION AND HE PAYS THE FINE Power Company Superintendent Fails to Escape Punishment for Contempt. 2 After serving four W. W. Wheeler, Califor- of re- from Los higher ire a wr win | FARMERS ARE URGED TO WORK IN HARMONY Speakers at Napa Tell of the Value of Popularizing In- stitutes, NAPA, Oct. 24—The second day’s ses- of the Farmers' Institute commenced s morning at 10 o'clock. Professor D. Fowler made remarks in which he urged the members to take steps toward | rcreasing the popularity of farmers' in- | stitutes throughout the country. G. H. Rogers followed with words to the same effect, calling upon the farmers to unite grange and work together. Warren T. Clarke of Berkeley addressed the institute on “Aphids, or Plant Lice,” and his discourse proved to be full® of | valuable suggestions and instructions. | known as the Stahl conspiracy case. Be- | sist in ferreting out crime. The detective | league, one of them the Council's attor- | DYNAMITE CAR WRECKS TRAIN Freight Breaks In Two and Collision Causes Ezxplosion. Houses in Baychester Suffer Damage From the Con- cussion.* RIS S NEW YORK, Oct, 24.—Three freight cars, one of them loaded with dynamite, that had broken away from a freight train on the Harlem River branch of the New York, New Haven and Hartford, collided with the remainder of the train on a grade and the car with the explo- sive In it was blown up. The engineer, Thomas Corrigan, was | thrown off his seat and for a few min- utes was slightly stunned. He regained his presence of mind, however, and shut off steam, bringing the train to a stop. Nearly every house in Baychester-suf- fered damage from the explosion. A wom- | an who was thrown fram bed is belleved to be the only person who was injured. A policeman who was crossing the tracks a mile from the scene was knocked | down by the concussion. The three detached cars and the rear | car of the main portion of the train were | burned. | ‘Within half a mile of the Baychester | station not & pane of glass remained in- tact. In Westchester village almost a panic | relgned. Men rushed to the postoffice | armed with clubs and guns, believing that burglars had blown open the safe. Two boathouses on Long Island Sound, half a mile away from the scene of the explosion, were wrecked. There was some damgge to City Island. —_———— CITIZENS’ LEAGUE WINS IN CONSPIRACY CASES Judge Alford of Indianapolis Quashes | Indictments of Stahl and Three Members. INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 24.—Judge Alford of the Criminal Court to-day summarily | quashed the indictments which hecame | fore the recent election members of the City League, acting in connection with an attorney employed by the City Council to investigate charges of eorruption in city contracts, secured Detective Stahl from | District Attorney Folk of St. Louis to as- pretended to represent a mythical slot | machine company and approached t! president of the Board of Public Worl | to get permission and protection in plac- ing their slot machine. The public offictal | had Stahl arrested on a bribery charge and the jury Indicted Stahl and three | well-known citizens and members of lhei ney, charging consptracy. To-day's de-| cision ends the case in favor of the league. —_—————— OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Some Minor Chn—n_gel Made in the| Postal Service in California and Oregon. WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.—Fourth-class Postmasters appointed: California— Charles T. Smith, Somis, Ventura County, vice Walter O. Stewart, resigned; Mar- garet Bottroff, Stowe, 8an Diego County, vice B. W. Maxwell, resigned. Oregon— Mabel A. Pittman, Woodlawn, Multnomah County, vice Laura M. Watson, resigned. | Navy order—Assistant Paymaster A. S. | Brown is detached from the Independ- ence at Mare Island and ordered to the Asiatic station. Careless Deputies Resign Posts. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 24.—E. H. Davis and Alvah Baker, the deputy marshals| from whose custody Albert Bell, the mail pouch robber and check forger, escaped, left this city to-day for their home in Denver. After fafling to deliver their prisoner to the United States Marshal the deputies asked permission to return home, but their request was not granted by United States Attorney Holland until he had thoroughly investigated the manner of Bell's escape. Before leaving both men said they had paid their own expenses | { | | | | { | | | This afternoon the institute closed. while here and that they had resigned | their positions as deputy marshals. | ADVERTISEMENTS. ROOS BROS. Have Something to Say ABOUT THAT OVERCOAT When to Gec It: Where to Get It: What It Is Like: / Whatto Pay for It: . @ Get it now. portend cold weather. at any time. before they arise. @ Get it here. Foggy mornings and chilly evenings Sudden changes may be expected The wise man prepares for emergencies Because we have the biggest stock to select from—comprehensive styles to fit all builds—widest range in materials to please every taste—eyerybody suited —everybody satisfied. @ It’s a knee length coat—or it's a long coat (some with Belted backs)—or it’s a styles: in black, in Oxfords, Paddock. It’s made in all in fancy tweeds—all broad shoulders and new long lapels. Q. That’s for you tosay. If you're economically inclined, our $10 to $20 coats will give you good service. If you don’t mind price, we have value and to $55. The value is there, quality from $22.50 whatever the price. . If you want to know anything more about it, come here and we'll tell you. ROOS BROS. KEARNY AT POST { dency to buy stocks on bad news. BONDS DEMAND 15 GONGPIGUDUG Drop in United States Steel Preferred Is Un- settling Factor. Failure of Baltimore Trust Companies Causes a De- cline in Prices. — ey NEW YORK, Oct. 24.—To-day's stock market was almost inert throughout. The appearance of the bank statement caused sluggish recovery from early depression, but the movement was merely fractional and was not maintained, the closing heing frregular and still very dull. The fallure of the customary demand from the West at this season has been the subject of much comment in banking circles, but that there should have been so consider- able & movement in the contrary direction in the middle of October is quite unprece- dented. It was suggested as possible that local trust companies had made transfers' of cash deposits to the banks. London’s uneasy feellng over the war outlook in the Far East had some slight effect on the local market, and there was a repetition of rumors in circulation for several days, which has as often been de- nied, of an Institution in trouble at St. Louis. There was a deposit of $100,000 ad the sub-treasury to-day for telegraphic transfer to St. Louis. The variety of the demand for bonds was as conspicuous as for several days, and the number of quotations on the tape for bonds exceeded in number and va- riety those for stocks for a good deal of the time. A recession to 58 in Unfted States Steel preferred was an unsettling influence at the close. There is a general agreement in Wall street that the stock market has offered surprisingly good resistance to the devel- opments of the week, which were un- doubtedly serious in their aspect. The ap- pointment of receivers for two trust com- panies in Baltimore, although not wholly unexpected, proved a shock, and there was a decline of prices in consequence on Monday. This was the more marked by reason of the considerable commit- ments to the long side made by profes- sional traders during the latter part of last week, which were hurriedly thrown back upon the market on Monday. But Thursday saw a hasty repurchase of stocks, and the bank fallures at Pitts- burg were practically ignored in the trad- ing. clearing-house STRONG DEMAND FOR BONDS.| During the period of greatest depression in the stock market several weeks since it was pointed out by Jacob H. Schiff, the head of the banking firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., in an interview on the situ: tion for the Assoclated Press that a de- mand for securities was likely to develop while the process of liquidation and con- traction was still in progress in the coun- try at large. There has been undeniable evidence of some such condition in the stock market this week, more notably in the bond market, in which there has been a considerable investment demand notice- able at advancing prices. As pointed out by Mr. Schiff as lkely to occur, the prolonged lquidation has produced some accumulation of banking reserves, with resulting -effect on the money rate. Another effect of the pro- cess of contraction has been to withdraw some of the expected demands on the money market for which resources had been conserved. This is true of the dread- ed heavy demands from rallroad corpora- tions for betterment work already under way. Borrowing of this kind at high in- terest rates was a feature of last fall's money market. That it has not developed this fall is corroborative of the evidence from other sources that such works have been greatly curtailed in all directions. With the prospect of lower rates for money, the rate of return on many rafl- road bonds at present prices has made them attractive for investment. In the case of shares of stock it cannot be said that the present situation has ex- tended beyond a marked cessation of the recent persistent pressure to liquidate. The week's events in the stock market offer some indication of a contrary ten- This is largely due to demand from- an uncovered professional short interest, and has not been impressive as an investment de- mand. TRUST COMPANIES. The failures at Baltimore and Pitts- burg have not failed, Lowever, to arouse an uneasy feeling over the possible con- sequences. The growth of trust compa- nies has been one of the most .notable features of the recent era of prosperity. The enormous consolidations of capital of the last few vears and the financial operations have been widely extended into panded the field of operations for these institutions even among the lines of thelr original operations. But besides this their opinions have been widely extended into the banking field by the increase of de- mand deposits, for which liberal Inter- est is often paid, while the legal require- ments upon banks for reserves do not ap- ply to these institutions. Another field of operations for the trust companies which has been much criticized has been the promotion and exploitation of enter- prises by underwriting. The tone of the discussion at the bankers' convention at San Francisco is sufficlent evidence of the frank recognition of abuses in this fleld among bank and trust company officials themselves. The controversy between the New York clearing-house and the trust companies over the maintenance of trust company reserves has brought the ques- tion to the publie view long since. There have been episodes in New York finan- clal affairs that have {llustrated the abuse on the promotion side, including the ship building case in the public eye. The Baltimore example of the conse- quences of overcommitments by trust companies in promotion projects therefore caused a keen impression in the financial world owing to the doubt of how far a similar state of affairs might be extend- ed in the trust company situation as a whole. THE PITTSBURG FAILURE. The Pittsburg incident was also ex- amined in its illustrative aspect. The enormous accretion of wealth in Pitts- burg of late years growing out of the con- solidation process in the iron and steel industry is notorious in the financial world. The large extent to which this new wealth has gone into bank extension is also generally recognize.. The terms upon which deposits may have been at- tracted to mew banking institutions is brought forward for consideration by the fallure of the Pittsburg bank, - brought about by the withdrawal of deposits by small country banks, which had been se- cured by the rate of interest allowed on deposit accounts. The routine events of the week have been favorable. The export demand for grain has been liberal and the movement of cotton to market has been much freer. Heavy currency shipments to the South have resulted, but the movement to the ‘West seems to be restricted still with the ultimate demand from that region prob- lematical. Railroad officlals still complain of car shortage and freight congestion. But expert opinion holds that the present freight movement and that for several ADVERTISEMENTS. Manager American Teachers’ Associafion SAYS: “Pe-ru-na Is the Greatest Medicine Manufaictured.” Prominent Educators From All Over the United States Praise Pe-ru-na. From the East and West, North and South Come Letters of Endorsement. Prof. Powsll of Washington, D. C., Recommends Pe-ru-na. Frofessor W. B. Powell of Washington, D. C., is one of the best known educa- tors.in the country. For fifteen years he has' been Superintendent of the Public Schools of Washington, which is consid- | ered the best school system In the United States. Professor Powell is the author of a number of school books which are used throughout the United States. This well known gentleman does not hesitate to recommend Peruna to his countless friends and acquaintances all over the United States. In a recent letter from 1410 N street, N. W., Washington, D. C.,, to Dr. Hartman, he says: ““Persuaded by a friend, | have used Peruna as a tonic, and | take pleasure in recommending your remedy. Pe- runa is indeed a good medicine and shou!d be in every household.”’— W. B. Powell. Such straightforward evidence cannot be overlooked. What the common people say carries welght, but when a man of national prominence says ‘‘Peruna should be used in every household” it is a sig- nificant fact to the increasing prominence and undoubted efficacy of Peruna. A Well-Known College Man Restored by Pe-ru-na. Mr. John W. Meng, 54 Jefferson av: nue, Indlanapolis, Ind., State representa- tive of Indianapolis Business College, writes: “I firmly believe that I owe my fine health to Peruna. Constant travel and change of food and water wrought havoc with my stomach, and for months I suf- fered with indigestion and catarrh of the | stomach. I felt that the only thing to do | was to give up my occupation, which I felt very reluctant to do. Seeing an ad- vertisement of Peruna as a specific for catarrh, 1 decided to give it a trial, and vsed it faithfully for six weeks, when I | found that my troubles had all disappear- | ed, and I seemed like a new man. 1 have a bottle of Peruna in my grip all the time, and occasionally take a few dose: which keeps me in excellent health.”"— John W. Meng. Miss Elizabeth Brown, 1708 John street, | Baltimore, Md., is a school teacher of that | place. She found Peruna of benefit to her {as a tonic, and in a recent letter says; |~ “Two years ago when my school closed | I was so fagged out that I could not sleep nights. Sleeplessness was a most | serious trouble to me, and I feit I ought to go away and have complete rest, which I could illy afford. “One of the teachers told me that she ! had used Peruna for two years and had found it a wonderful tonic to build up the system, and so I bought some. A complete change for the better took place within_ ten days. I could eat and sleep, and felt like a new woman. When school | opened again I felt well and strong and well able to take up my work.”"—Eliza- beth Brown. Peruna is of national fame as a catarrh remedy. It is the only internal systemdc catarrh remedy known to the medical profession. It makes diseased mucous membranes healthy, whether it is the | mucous membrane lining the nose, throat, lungs, stomach, kidneys or pelvic organs. It cures various diseases of all these or- gans, because two-thirds of the {lls of mankind are due tocatarrh. With healthy mucous membranes climatic diseases lose their terror, the system 1is enabled to throw off contagion, and health follows inevitably. Sdiad i L. GRAHAM, LL. D., manager of * the American Teachers’ Associa- tion, in a letter from 44 Randolph building, Memphis, Tenn., indorses the famous catarrh remedy, Peruna, in the following words: “I take great pleasure in stating that Peruna, in my opinion, is the greatest medicine ever manufac- tured. | was nervous, worn out and completely exhausted, but after taking six bottles of Perana was restored to my usual health. When 1 began taking Peruna | weighed only 155 pounds, but in six months’ time after | began to take it | weighed 225 pounds, and have re- tained that weight ever since.”’— J. L. Graham. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna write at once fo Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohi LOSS OF RARE PLANTS UNHINGES HIS MIND Silk Weaver of Paterson Goes Insane as Result of Flood’s De- structiveness. NEW YORK, Oct. 24.—Frank Grund- mann, 38 years, of age, a silk weaver of Paterson, N. J., has been placed in the insane ward at Bellevue Hospital. Grundmann had a beautiful garden of rare foreign plants and a valuable col- lection of birds, including several Japan- | ese pheasants. When the flood swept through the heart of Paterson recently Grundmann’s home was wrecked and his plants and birds destroyed. He had much difficulty in rescuing his wife. After get- ting her to safety he made efforts to save his plants and birds, but without suc- cess. The ordeal he went through and the loss of the birds and plants he prized so highly preyed upon his mind ,until he | gave way under the strain. Thursday night he became so violent it Wwas neces- sary to put him in a straitjacket. He grabbed one of his attendants by the throat and nearly choked him to death. —_——————————— RIPLEY SAYS CUT-OFF WILL SOON BE BUILT Promises Shortening of Santa Fe Route by Line From Belen to TOPEKA, Kans., Oct. 24.—President E. P. Ripley of the Santa Fe Ralilroad an- nounces that as soon as the present flurry in Wall street is ended a 250-mile cut-off will be bullt to shorten the main line. The cut-off will start at Belen, N. M., thirty miles south of Albuquerque, and run east to Texico, Tex., where connec- tion will be made with the Santa Fe sys- tem operated south from Kansas City. When this line is completed the port!onJ of the road from La Junta, Colo., to Al buquerque will be abandoned for overland purposes, thus cutting off 250 miles. The high grade on the new cut-off will be sixty-six feet to the mile, and that only for a short distance. On the overland route the altitude of the grade is 7607 feet at Raton and 7241 at Clorietta. —_———————— Battleship Makes Good Run. ‘WASHINGTON, Oct. 24—The Navy Department is in receipt of a telegram from Captain Lutze, commanding the bat- tleship Maine, announcing the arrival of that vessel at Newport News, the run from Culebra Island to Currituck Light having been made with an average speed of 15.9 knots. He reports the greatest run for twenty-four .hours to have been 403 knots, an average of 16.8 knots. © i @ months to come represents business al- ready done and estimates a probable fall- ing off in the spring and a coming reac- tion. Authorities in the iron and steel trade see no improvement there. No con- siderable influence was produced by the late weakness in Amalgamated Copper growing out of adverse decislons to shut down the properties affected. —————— An y Good Offer. $15 00 and $16 00 Suits, in Black and Blue BSerges, Cheviots, and ‘Wortseds. All the latest patterns. Sin- le and double-breasted straight cuts. perfect fit guaranteed for $11 50, at Herman Lesser’'s, 915 Market street, ?p, Mason. | 'knocked a revolver from his hands. BANK AOBBERS HUN TO EARTH Five Desperadoes Cap- tured on Island in the Arkansas. BURRTON, Kans., Oct. 24.—After a de- termineds chase and a bloody battle, the bandits who looted the bank at this point were captured last evening on an island in the Arkansas River and lodged in the | Newton jail. | The men give their names as James | Bell, aged 2; George Olson, aged 28; E. H. Johnston, aged 33; Thomas White, aged 24, and Frank Harwood, aged 2. Johnston is badly wounded, being shot in the head, breast, arms and legs. The men claimed they were never in Burrton, but W. L. Dalley, a merchant of Burrton, identified them as the men who came into his store Thursday evening and pur- chased some fruit. The bandits had only $18 in their possession when searched. Partles are now going over the trail look- ing for the money which is supposed to have been buried. Friday, in the battle between two of the pursuers and three of the robbers, Harry Westmascotte, who was carrying a double-barreled shotgun, fired at the bandits, and, in addition to wounding &'. day afternoon 150 citizens formed at this point and, following a trail of blood and bloody rags across a plowed fleld, finally located the robbers on a wooded island in the Arkansas River, fifteen miles from Burrton. A party of thirty heavily armed men, lead by the assistant cashier of the bank, L. A. Shiever, then proceeded to wade across, while the rest of the pur- suers covered the island with guns and revolvers. Seeing the overwhelming odds against them, the robbers waved a white handkerchief and crawled from the sand pits which they had dug and surrendered. It is thought these men may have been the ones that held up the eating-house at McFarland recently. The men clalm they are iron workers from Kansas City and Joplin. S Loot Is Recovered. TOPEKA, Kans., Oct. 24.—A special dis- patch from Burton, Kans., says that the money taken from the Burton bank has been found. At 3 o'clock this afternoon Arthur Conley discovered the burglars’ tools, dynamite and the money in the grass and brush on the island where the burglars were captured. The find was immediately turned over to the bank of- ficlals, who refuse to disclose the amount of money. The robbers waived examina- tion at their preliminary hearing at New- ton and were sent to the Harvey County Jail. ELMIRA, N. Y. Oct. Robertson of the Elmira NURSE TRIES ORIGINAL METHOD OF SUICIDE Swallows Tube of Culture of Typhoid Bacillus but Germs Do Not Produce Death. NEW YORK, Oct. 24—The London Lan- cet, says the Herald’s London correspond- ent, reports that a nurse at one of the French hospitals has just tried a new way of committing suicide, viz., by swallowing two tubes of Eberth’s pure culture of ty- phoid bacillus. On the third day the nurse had a headache, but no fever. Sev- eral rose spots were visible on the eighth day. The short duration of the period of in- cubation is explained by the large number of bacilli introduced at one time. It proved to be a very severe attack of typhold fever, but apparently not fatal. —_———— Federal Attorney Promoted. CHICAGO, Oct. 24.—Oliver E. Pagin, as- sistant United States District Attorney in Chicago, has been appointed assistant at- torney in the Department of Justice in ‘Washington. Pagin drew many of the in- dictments in the postoffice scandal In Washington. ADVERTISEMENTS. 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