The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 29, 1903, Page 4

4 CRANGE WAIES |CRUISER ORDERED HER OBJECTIONS 6 PUEATO PLATH —— Willing for Russia and{Government Takes Note Austria to Enforce Balkan Rerform. Dipiomats and Loubet Hold Long Oonference at the Elysee. PARIS, Oct. 28—The first formal con- ference between Count Lamsdorff and M. | Deicasse occurred at the Forelgn Office | 1his afternoon. The Russian Foreign Min- | ister remained fully an hour with M. Del- casse. Later the two statesmen proceed- «d together to the Biysee, where President | Loubet received Count Lamsdorff, who | gave the President of the Frenoch republic an autograph letter from the Czar. The | conference at the Hlysee lasted over an | hour and ten minutes. This evening Prince Ourosof gave a emall and select dinner at the Russian| embassy, which was a veritable love feast Among those present were Count Lamsdorft, M. Delcasse; Count Cassini, Russian BEmbessador &t Washington; | Count Beckendorf, Russian Embassador | at London; M. Muravieff, Russian Minis. ter of Justice; several French officials| and the staff of the Russian embassy. Count Lamsdorff is greatly pleased with | the character of his reception and is con- dent that French feeling toward Russia is as cordial as ever. He declared he is| here to do everything to show the friend- €hip entertained by the Cezar for the French. Jount Lamsdorff will give a breakfast et the Hotel Ritz Friday in honor of M. Delcasse, which will be attended by prominent French and Russian officlals, | including Count Cassini. | The final event of the wvisit wiil take | place Friday evening, when M. Delcasse will be the host at a dinner, at which the ladies of the diplomatic eorps, including tess Cassini, will be present. ! The presence of Cownt Cassini at the | dinner is considered to indicate that the ifude of the United States is a factor in the present discussions. Count Cas- sin's knowledge of Chinese affairs is also o serve a useful purpose. ench official in close touch with informed the Assoclated t that as a result of the ex- Delcasse d > recognized unt importance of the inter and Av ia in the Balkans 3 her former obj es of these countri sing the execution of r d there- ctions to rep- 'orms there. st also was result that the a 1 not be modified b, war between Russian s letter to Presid been made public, m sum- t claims is gives the following COLOMBIANS CHANGE ATTITUDE TOO LATE Cannot Be Made to Understand That the Hay-Herran Treaty Is | Dead. { WASHINGTON, celved at the State Department from un. | official sources indicate that there again has been a change in the sentiment in the | Colombian Senate respecting the Panama cagal, and there is a considerable increase | of the strength of the element which is willing to make terms with the United | States. The agents of the State Depart- ment have found it difficult to make plain | the fact, even to the Colombians, that the | Hay-Herran canal treaty is absolutely and finally dead and that no act of the | Colombian Senate can resurrect it. If| there is to be anything done in the direc- tion of the Panama canal under United States control it therefore must be the | result of entirely new negotiations, and none such have been instituted. PORTE'S OPPOSITION ENDS DEMOBILIZATION Austro-Russian Plan of Reforms Causes Change in Turkish Mace- donian Policy. VIENNA, Oct. 22.—Turkey has suspend- ed the demgbilization of troops in Mace- donia, according to an official report from Constantinople. This is supposed to be on account of the opposition of the Porte to the Austro-Russian plan of reforms. Further conflicts are reported between Turks and Bulgarians, several being killed in the Kastoria district. —— Canada Offers Trade Preference. LONDON, Oct. 26.—The Ottawa corre- spondent of the Standard says the Cana- dian Cabinet has decided to offer the South African colonies of Great Britain a preference of 33% per cent in return for tariff concessions from them. ——— Zangwill to Marry Miss Ayrton. LONDON, Oct. 28—The engagement is announced of Israel Zamgwill, the author, and Edith, daughter of Professor W. T. Ayrton. Miss Ayrton is the author of a number of short stories. —_—————— Highton Aspires to Judgeship. HONOLULU, Oct. 28.—Henry E. High- ton has announced his candidacy for the United States District Judgeship made va- cant by the death of M. M. Estee. — ADVERTISEMENTS. GIVE IT A TRIAL, The next time your stomach becomes weak and you suffer irom Loss of Appetite, Belching, Heartburn, Nausea, Cramps, In- digestion, Dyspepsia or ipa- tion, we urge a trial of Hostet- ter’s Stomach Bitters. You’ll be well pleased with the result, be- cause it positively cures such complaints. Hundreds of sickly men and women have testified to Oct its efficacy. Get the genuine with our Private Stamp over the neck of bottle. - _HOSTETTER’S STOMACH BITTERS. of the Dominican Revolution. American Interests Will Be Guarded by Warship _Baltimore. s WASHINGTON, Oct. 38.—Acting Secre- tary of the Navy Darling this afternoon sent orders to the Norfolk navy yard for the cruiser Baltimore to proceed forth- with to Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo, to look after American interests at that blockaded port. It is believed the Bl.lll-l more will leave to-morrow and 'should arrive at her destination by Tuesday. Further advices have been received by | the State Department from United States Minister Powell touching the outbreak of the revolution, confirming the report of the seigure of the port of Puerto Plata by adherents of the late President Jim- inez, who are seeking to overthrow Pres- ident Wos y Gil. He makes no mention of the reported blockade of that port by | the Government warship Independencia and the incidental turning away of a Cu- ban and an American steamship. The State Department has' called the atten- | tion of the Navy Department to the re- ports of Powell and the Navy Department will supply the necessary force to pro- tect American interests. —_———— WASHINGTON PREPARES TO IRRIGATE ARID LANDS State Will Join With Private Corpor- ation and Reclaim Thousands of Acres. TACOMA, Wash.,, Oct. 28.—The State of Washington and the Washington Irri- gation Company will join hands in the fr- rigation of more than 100,000 acres of the finest alfalfa, frult, hops and sugar beet lands in Central Washington The cor- poration named owns the Sunnyside Irrl- gation Canal, now fifty-seven miles long, and is 1rr"za.(lng Sunnyside Valley, in Yakima County. Its canal is to be ex- tended sixty miles, reclaiming 56,000 acres | of arid lands set aside for the State under the Carey act, together with .as -much more land now belonging to the Northern Raflway and individual owners. State and irrigation company are allowed to operate together by the Garber passed by the last Legislature, sreby the State may enter into con- ts with private individuals or corpo- rations for the irrigation of State lands. State Land Commisslorer Calvert and Manager Granger of the irrigation com- pany . will leave Tacoma Monday for Weashington to present plans to the Inte- rior Department for approval Seennloct LS RICH COPPER MINES GO TO LICHTENSTADTER Commissioner of General Land Office Awards Him Patent to Portion of Mount Andrew. TACOMA, Wash,, Oct. 28.—By decision just rendered by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Samyel Lichten- stadfer is awarded the patent to im- mensely rich copper mines covering a Jarge portion of Mount Andrew, on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. ank Black and Hugh Munyon sought to pre- vent Lichtenstadter from securing the title, charging that he was seeking. it for the late Herbert Andrew, a millionaire manufacturer of Sheffleld, England, with whom he had previously been associated in many mining enterprises. Lichten- | stadter has partly developed the property, but hesitated about making any large expenditures for machinery and equip- ment pending the settlement of the title. 28.—Advices re-|The Land Commissioner's decision gives | him absolute title, holding that Lichten- stadter sought the patent for himseif. Andrew dled in New York two weeks ago, while on a visit to this country in connection with his manufacturing busi- ness, Mount Andrew was named in his honor. e e {SIXTY TONS OF DYNAMITE GO OFF IN THREE BLASTS Terrific Force of the Explosion Shakes the Earth for Miles Around. PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 28.—The unusual spectacle of the explesion of sixty tons of dynamite in three blasts of twenty tons each was seen at Bugby Hole, on the Columbia River, about twenty miles above Astoria, Or., to-day. The blasts, which were fired simultaneously, were ex- ploded for the purpose of securing rock for the comstruction of the jetty at the mouth of the Columbia River. The face of the bluff for hundreds of feet was torn away with a shock which shook the earth for miles around. It is estimated that 100,000 tons of rock were dislodged by the explosions. 8o great was the force of the, explosions that the tracks of the Astoria and Columbia River Rallroad, which run/ near the quarries, were torn from their fastenings and the roadbed covered with a mass of granite, which will take. at least twenty-four hours to remove. Traffic on that section of the road will be delayed for a somewhat longer period. ———— CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA BAPTISTS IN CONVENTION Delegates From Two States Attend Fifty-First General Session at Fresno. FRESNO, Oct. 28—The fifty-first gen-' eral Baptist convention of California and Nevada convened to-day in the First Bap- tist Church in this city. The convention was called to order at 2 o'clock this afternoon by President Thom- as M. Young. Addresses of welcome were delivered by Mayor Stevens and the local pastors. President Young responded. ‘The annual sermon was delivered by Rev. H. J. Vosburg. Addresses were delivered during the afternoon as follows: “The H. M. Boclety and Methods of Evangelism,” C. A. Wooddy, D. D.; “New Interest in Evangelism,” C. M. Hall, D. D.; “Convention Evangellsm,” George Robert Cairnes. ———— Quietly Wed at S8an Rafael. SAN JOSE, Oct. 28—Miss Doris P. Frost and Charles H. Fuller, popular young people of this city, surprised their friends to-day by announcing they were married at San Rafael last .. The bride is pretty and vivacious and has fre- quently appeared In amateur theatrfcals. Fuller is proprietor of the Hoffman cafe. ————— . Mob Kills a Negress. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Oct.. 28.—While attempting to secure her husband, who lived near Jennings, Fla., a mob shot to death Jennie McCall, a negress, last night, A posse is reported to be in pursuit of the . THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1903. THREE ARRESTED FORTHE MURDER Brotherand Two Suitors of Mabel Bechtel Suspected. Police Believe Crime Was the Sequel to Family Quarrel. gy s ALLENTOWN, Pa., Oct. 28—With Da- vid Welsenberg under $500 ball, supplied by Congressman Kline, and with Mabel H. Bechtel's brother Thomas and Alfred Eckstein, her accredited lover, locked up in a police station cell, the Allentown po- lice are resting their work on the murder | case of yesterday morning until Coroner Scheirer's jury meets to-morrow evening. The mystery is still practically un- | solved, except that indications point to & family quarrel, in which Eckstein may have participated, as he admits he was at Miss Bechtel's home on Monday evening | for an hour and a half. Because Mrs. Bechtel had said her daughter had left| for a drive on Monday morning at 9 o'clock efforts were made to trace the | girl's movements away from home. | Rumors that she was at a roadhouse near | the city were found to be groundless, and the police do not belleve the girl was | away from home at all on Monday. Her | brothers, Thomas, John and Charles, say they did not see her on that day, and so says her sister Martha. | The police this afternoon put the entire Bechtel family except the mother under | thorough examination. All denled any knowledge of how Mabel came to her | death or who placed her body in the |area way under the home on Tuesday | | morning. Martha, John and Charles were | discharged after they had been examined. Thomas was held as a witness before the | Cofloner’s jury because of supposed blood- | stains found on his overalls and in his | room. Ecksteinwas similarly held. Neither could get the ball of $1000 asked for. The | | mother was not called because of her | hysterical condition. | “Eckstein was Miss Bechtel's accepted | lover, though she also received attentions | | from Welsenberg. Eckstein and the girl | were to have been married on November 22, but the event was recently postponed | s. They had frequent quar- | rels over Weisenberg's attentions, Eck- stein being jealous of him. He had ex- | pressed threats to several persons that | he would kil both. It is said he occa- | slonally beat” Miss Bechtel severely, and | as recently as last Thursday evening, | when they went to Philadelphia together, | Ecksteln was seen to pummel her on one | of the principal street cormers, whence the trolley leaves for Philadelphia. Be- | cause of this and because Eckstein was | at_the Bechtel home on Monday evening | | he is being held. The Bechtel family | sided with Eckstein, praferring him to| | Weisenberg as a prospective- member of their family. Welsenberg was not allowed to enter the Bechtel home, and in the vear and a half that he courted the girl he never did so in her own home. They | met on the street and went to public |'places together. Police Sergeant Knauss returnéd to Al- |lentown from New York to-day with | Weisenberg. - The latter -gave -a - detailed statement of his movements. since .Sun- day, which was corroborated fully. He ! had not seen the girl since Sunday even- ing; then he met her by appointment on {\First street, when she had just left Bk, {'stein_at_the next corner.” %5 The ‘police. do not credit Mrs. Bechtel's | €tory that she saw'a earriage draw up:at |‘the Tear of theilome at 1 o'clock Tuesday | morning and that.two.men ‘carried a dark abject_into an adjoining yard, nor her |'story that the girl left for,a drive with | Weisenberg on Monday morning. . They incline to the belief that the girl was not | away from home on Monday; that a fam- | ily row oceurred in view of the girl's sup- posed duplicity to Eckstein and her at- that a blow | until Christm | tachment for Welsenberg; | struck in anger may have been more se-, | vere than was intended, and that the girl's murder was thus accomplished and | the body disposed of as found, the story | being concocted as related by, the mother. —_—— JUNIORS ALONE TO WEAR SOMBREROS ON CAMPUS | Co-Eds Establish New College Cus- | tom That Will Require ’Suasion to XKeep It Going. BERKELEY, Oct. 28 —The co-ed juniors of the University of California have de- cided upon the sombrero as the class hat. It has not decided exactly on the style and color of the hat, because that wiil be done at a meeting next Monday in Hearst Hall. Some kind of an emblem will be selected to adorn the hat at the same time. . In the future the sombrero will be the junior class hat, just as the black “plug" and the white “plug’” stand for the senior and junior among the men students. No | other class will be allowed to wear the sombrero and any girl of any other class caught wearing them will be warned that she is encroaching. Some of the more radical of the leaders in this new move- ment advocated tearing the sombreros from the heads of their sisters, as the men students do with the “plugs,” but the calmer ones prevailed in their advo- cacy of persuasive and pacific measures. In other words there will be no ‘“rush- ing” uniess it is absolutely n # The co-ed juniors responsible for the in- auguration of this new -custom -are Miss Alice M. Phillips, Camille D. Johnstons, Miss Ann C. Lee, Miss Flora Frickstad, Miss Sibyl Jones, Miss Alice O'Connell and Miss Esther Bernstein. ———— SQUIRREL SERUM MAY CAUSE CATTLE TO GO BLIND Farmers Fear That Horses May Fall Victims to Same Mis- fortune. OAKLAND, Oct. 28.—Several months ago the University of California profes- sors imoculated with rables serum the squirrels which infested the grain fields in Contra Costa County. It was thought at the time that the serum would prove harmful to nothing but the squirrels. The experiment of trying serum through these animals at once proved successful and they died off by countless thousands. While the test was at first confined to a part of Contra Costa County, the use of the serum soon became general through- out the farming region northeast of here. The announcement is now made that as a result of the serum tests cattle are going blind in Contra Costa County. On one little ranch twelve cows have gone blind. The owner belleves his misfortune is due to the squirrel test. The farmers are afraid the horses may next be in- fected. . ‘ton and many of the smaller towns of f,&p;erqwd surged in with a line to the windows of the paying: teller DEPOSITORS FAIL TO GET THEIR GOIN St. Louis Trust Com- panies Enforce Thirty Day Rule. Check the Runs Upon Banks After a Day of Wild Excitement. L —— Officials Issue a sutmynt Saying They Have Situation Well in Hand and Expect No More Trouble. —_— ST. LOUIS, Oct. 28.—The statement of | President Jullus S. Walsh of the Missls- sipp! Valley Trust Company, whose senti- ments are echoed in statements given by other trust company officials of St. Louls, that “the situation is thoroughly in hand, the excitement has subsided and from this on we expect business will be con- tinued in the usual orderly manner,” ex- presses the opinion that seems general to-night after the unwonted flnanclal changes that prevailed here during parts of yesterday and to-day. Officers of all the trust companles say that voluntary offers of help were received from financfal institutions in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, New Orleans, Kansas City, Bos- Missour! and Iilinois, but all were de- clined, for the reason that they had suf- ficlent cash with which to handle their business. Expressions of confidence and offers of aid on the part of nationial banks | and other financial institutions of St. Louis helped to strengthen the situation and restore confidence. Long before 10 o'clock this morning, the | hour of opening, lines of depositors stretched away from the doors of the Mississippl Valley Trust Company, the Lincoln Trust Company, the Mercantile Trust Company and the Missouri Trust Company. Small crowds were assembled before the doors of the other savings institutions near by. It was observed that most of those in line were working peo- ple and many of them women, whose savings were not heavy. COULD GET NO MONEY. Owing to the action taken last night by the officlals of the elght trust com- panfes doing business in €t. Louls re- quiring thirty and sixty day notices of | intention to withdraw funds, cepositors were not able to get any money. All they could do was to deciare their inten- tion of withdrawing their deposits at the end of the time taken advantage of by the companles under their rules. The trust companies also decided not to pay certificates of deposit before maturity. The greatest crowd was before the doors of the Mercantile Trust Company. Locust and Eighth streets were jammed for a distance of several hundred feet, and all efforts to keep them clear were practically abandoned, while the poliee directed their efforts chiefly toward main- taining some degree of order at the doors. At 9 o'clock the doors were opened and @ a_fotee that swept gside the lines ofipolice bank emyloyes formed -to Dreséiye-a;regular. of the time-and open accounts. Festus J. Wade, president.of ' the Mercantile Trust Company, mounted a chair, and an- nounced that unless the. deposifors formed in line they would be ejected from the bullding. . This had the desired effect and some semblance of order was restored. CROWDS RUSH THE POLICE. ‘When as many persons as could be ac- commodated at one time {n. the banking- rooms had formed in the two lines further admission was refused until some of the first-comers had left by a separate en- trance, then others were admitted and forced to keep In line and leave as soon @s they had transacted their business. By 10 o'clock the crowd around the building had increased to such an extent that the police were totally unable to control it and the officers stationed at the doors were swept away from their stations almost as rapidly as they could regain them. Women, who, as on Tuesday, consti- tuted a large percentage of .the crowd, were crushed in the jam, and in the strug- gle thelr dresses were torn and their hats knocked off. The police, in trying to handle the crowd, shoved many persons into the gut- ter, and in several instances personal fights were barely averted. Toward noon the crowds gradually diminished and the panic was allayed to | such an extent that many persons made new deposits instead of withdrawing the old. RS HEAVY DRAFTS ON NEW YORK. St. Louis and Other Western Cities Make Demands for Cash. NEW YORK, Oct. 28.~8t. Louis con- tinues to make heavy drafts on this cen- ter fqr cash. The sum of $600,000 was sent by telegraphic transfer from the sub- treasury this morning. Another install- ment of $615,000 was transferred by the sub-treasury to St. Louls in the early aft- ernoon, Other transfers from the gub- treasury included $500,000 to Chicago and $200,000 to New Orleans. d A turther installment of $660, ‘was transterred to St. Louls shortfy before the close of business. This made a total shipment for the day to that point of $1,- 875,000 and broke all previous records for a single day's transfer from this city. Transfers to Chicago were later Increased to $650,000. —_————————— FALLS FROM STEEP CLIFF AND LANDS IN THE SURF Member of Yachting Party Nar- rowly Escapes Death on Santa SANTA BARBARA, Oct. 28.—The yacht Daisy, Captain Merry, which left Ventura .| cess of the encampment for |FIRE INFLICTS HEMY L0SSES Paducah Suffers Extent of About $260,000. Wholesale District Threat- ened for a Time With Total Ruin. to PADUCAH, Ky, Oct. 2.—Fire which started at 11 o'clock in the wholesale gro- cery store of M. Livingston, at Second street and Broadway, spread rapidly until 2 o'clock this morning, threatening the entire wholesale district. The loss in- | flicted 1s estimated at $20,000. The flames are now under control. From the estab- lishment of Livingston & Son the fire spread to the H. Wellson wholesale whis- ky house, the Gomarisono Hotel, Michael Bros.' wholesale saddlery, Lang Bros.’ drug store and the Western Unlon Tele. graph office. All these buildings will prove a total loss. At 2 o'clock a lucky shift {n the wind, coupled with desperate work by the fire | department, resulted in the flames being brought under control. —_——— NEWS NOTES GLEANED AMONG LABOR UNIONISTS Many Entertainments to Occur in Near Future Are Scheduled by Organizations. A number of entertainments to be given by union labor organizations are-sched- uled to take place in the near future. The second annual ball of the Drug Clerks' Union Local No. 432 will be held to-morrow night in Foresters' Hall, Al- cazar building. It {s programmed to give | all who may attend a good time. An ex- cellent band of music has teen engaged | for the occasion. The first anniversary ball of the Sales- ladies’ and Milliners’ Union, No. 616, will come off at Soclal Hall, Alcazar building. | The hanlsomest young ladles belonging | to the unions have boen selected to take charge of the entertaininent. Théir names are Miss Rose Oneto, Miss E. | Zecher, Miss May McLennon, Miss N. Biel and Mrs. E. Singleton, Miss Carrie | Johnson, Miss C. Meyer, Mrs. L. M. Buer- | man, Miss E. Bell, Miss Dera Schlutius, Miss M. Thomas, Miss M. Kennedy and | Mrs. A. 8. Andrews. - On next Monday night Linemen's | Union, No. 151, and Court Columbla, No. 55, will join in entertaining their numer- ous friend. The proceeds of the enter- tainment will go to the ralatives of Evan J. Howell, who was fatally injured while at work. On November 14 the Steam Laundry | ‘Workers' Union will entertain at a ball | in Eintracht Hall. The proceeds of this entertainment will be applicd to the sick | rellef fund recently cstablished by this union. A per caplta tax of 20 cents has been levied on all bakers belonging to the San Francisco Union, which amount will be forwarded to the 1000 hands formerly em- ployed in the cracker bukeries in Chicago, | but who are now out on a strike. . The butchers now out cn a strike in Los Angeles have been promised contributions | from their fellow unionists in this city. | The local men in' charge of the situation in the southern metropolis'are determined to fight to a finish before they yield to the hoss bitchers. ——————— NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT General George Stone and JWilliam E. Lutz Receive Handsome Gifts. The executive committse of the Thirty- | seventh National Encampment, Grand | Army of the Republic, held its final ses- sion last evening and wound up the af- fairs of the encampment recently held | in this city with a banquet at an uptown restaurant. General George Stone, as | chairman of the committee, welcomed his colleagues and the few Invited guests who had assisted the committee in achiev- ing the splendid success of the encamp- ment. General Shafter's report was | most flattering to the commilttee of gen- | eral management. General E. S. Salo- | mon, in a splendid eulogy, present- | ed to General Stone a magnificent Grand | Army badge, with the corps badge of his army corps, set in diamonds. General | Stone responded feelingly. | Henry C. Dibble then presented a hand- some silver service to Willlam E. Lutz, the secretary of the committee, who had devoted his time and energies to the suc- any months without remuneration. In eulogizing Sec- retary Lutz, Judge Dibble re d to Lautz's candidacy for Public Administra- | tor and said that all members of the | committee wished him the power to ad- minister upon their estates, but not the opportunity. The following guests were present: George Stone, H, C. Dibble, A. Sbarboro, W. H. Jordan, J. B. Fuller, Charies H. Blinn, Hugh M. Burke, F. E. Beck, T. W. Collins, ¢ fer, W, berg, C. M. Kinne, | 8. Cahen, J. A. Whiteside, W. R. Shater, E. Salomon, 8. J. Loop, Charles Boxton, W. G. Hawley, Willlam E. Lutz, W. R. Hewitt, Oito F. Schiller, J. F. Burgin and L Choynski. e A i Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Oct. 28. — The following Californians are registered at New York hotels: From San Francisco—F. I. Barrett, Mrs. M. Barrett, Miss A. Barrett, F. D. Marl- borough, Miss M. Salisbury and Mrs. Shay .at the St. Denis; A. Goldberg and wife at the Herald Square; H. Postleth- waite at Hotel Earlington; H. Friedlander at the Grand Union. From Los Angeles —Mrs. Leamistre West and Dr. W. R. T. McLain at the Herald Square; G. Mitchell at the Viec- toria. <4 —_——— Stole Shoemaker’s Tools. . Frank Ray and Robert Mason, two young men who are Iate arrivals in this city, were arr by tke military au- thorities in the Presidis yesterday and turned over to the nolice at the NorTh End station. The accused were seen to entér a shoemaker’s quarters and steal a lot of tools from a bench. They offered their plunder for sale i{o another shoe- maker also within the reservation. —_——— Swindles Numerous Landladies. 8. | Mrs. William Johnson and Mrs. Williams. | Pratt; C IMPOSTOR PDSES 5 A LOST SON Manages for a Time to Deceive a Portland Family. When the Deception Is Dis- covered He Disappears From the City. —_— Special Dispatch to The Call, PORTLAND, Or, Oct. 28—Marcus Hechtman, who passed himself off as U\ei long lost son of Benjamin Hechtman, Is | sald to be an impostor. Last September he walked into Hechtman's second-hand store and represented himseif as his son, who had disapgeared fifteen years ago. The mother and sister took him to thelr arms. He said he had been kidnaped by a red-haired woman and taken to Bu- rope, where he learned to be an acrobat. He would. not tell the names of those who | kidnaped him, saying that he hoped to/ take out his revenge on them. His identi- fication was made complete by a scar on his face. The father became suspicious some time ago, when the young man demanded | money. How much he secured the oid | man will not teil, but he notifled the po- | lice of the imposition to-day. The alleged | son is supposed to be an Italian. It is believed that he met the lost son of the | Hechtmans in his travels and learned all the history of his life from him. The | scar was faked. ————————— CHINESE STUDENT LOSES LARGE SUM OF MONEY | Wallet Left Lying on Dresser Dis- appears During Owner’s Absence. P. H. Chen, a Chinese student who ar- rived in this city on the last trip of the steamer Siberia, has reported to the po- lice that a wallet containing $730 in cur- rency was tpken from his room at 12M4A Mason street during his absence last Saturday. Chen, who comes of one of | the foremost families of the Chinese em- pire, came hither to complete his univer- sity course and took quarters at the Cal- | ifornia Hotel. About ten days ago he | rented a room from Mrs. Rothman at 1214A Mason street. Last Saturday he left the house at 10 a. m. and did not re- turn until the afternoon, when, upon en- tering his room, he found that the money was missing. During his absence two men called and asked to be shown a | room. Mrs. Rothman conducted them to the apartment occupied by Chen, as he | had signified his intention of leaving. It is supposed that the two strangers saw | the wallet lying on the dresser and pur- | loined it. Detective Baiiey has been de- talled on the case and is éndeavoring to locate the men. Mrs. Rotaman rents but two rooms, and no suspicion Is directed | to any one in the house. | —_—— NEW PASTOR WARMLY | RECEIVED BY !'I.ch‘ The Rev. Ernest L. Walz Is Greeted | by Congregation of His | Chureh. ] A reception was given Tuesday evening | at’the Fourth Gongregational Chureh to | the Rev. Ernest L. Walz, who has just ar- rived in San Francisco and who is to be the future pastor of the church. i The Rev. Mr. Walz is a graduate of the Columbia University of New York and | the Theological Seminary of the same | city. For some years he has devoted his | time to institutional work in New York | City, and comes to San Francisco with a | brillfant record. The reception was given under the man- agement of J. W. Hatch, who acted as chairman of a committee composed of Mrs, W. C. Pease. Mrs. K. M. Thomas, The programme arranged for the eve ing consisted of a vocal solo by Frank instrumental solo, Charles Gim- mel; vocal solo, Mrs. Oetzel, and recita- tions by Miss Ida Asman. At the conclusion of the programme Mr. Walz addressed the congregation, thanking the members for their warm re- ception. Supper was served in the Sunday-school room by the ladies of the church. PROMOTION COMMITEE WILL START MAGAZINE Publication to Be Issued by Associa- tion Will Exploit Resources of ' California. A notice has been sent out by the Cali- fornia Promotion Committee to all those who are financially supporting the great work of the committee in developing the resources of the State, informing them that they have been made associate mem- bers of the committee. In taking this ac- tion the committee belleves tlLat a still | closer interest will be developed and the | associate members' are invited to call at headquarters at any time and aid in the work by making suggestions. An advisory committee has been formed, consisting of Governor Pardee and representatives from all sections of the State. The Promotion Committee announces that it is about to issue the first number | of a monthly magazine to be known as | “The California Monthly.” It will be de- voted to an exposition of the resources of California and its first lssue will constst of 5000, many of which will find their way into European and South American countries. The magazine will contain no advertising matter, and will be well fllus- trated. . —_————— Bartender and Customer Fight. James Battl, bartender in a saloon at 409 Pacific street, and Willlam Ramello, a customer, had a dispute early yestords morning and Ramello cut Batti with a razor. Battl took the razor from him and Ramello came at him again with a krife, Batti seized a club and struck Rameilo on the head with it, knocking him senseleqs. | Both were taken to the Harbor Emergen- cy Hospital and after thelr wounds had been dressed City Prison on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. The case was called in Judge Conlan's court yesterday and con- ‘| tinued till to-day. ———— Thief Makes Bad Blunder. Randall Wade broke a pane of glass in the show window of Peter Vigneau's liquor store, 313 Sixth street, early yester- day morning and stole six of the bottles on exhibition, belleving that they con- tained whisky. He was arrested by Po. licemen Bruce, Herlihy and McEntee and booked at the City Prison | mer company said yesterday | between the two companies was Ramello was booked at the | Should have such a hal NATIVE. RUHES MAKE 6000 a1 California Marsh Tules Better Than Foreign Growths. Maine Firm Successfully Ex- periments With Reeds. Berkeley Office San-Franciseo Call 2148 Center street, Oct. 28 The way for a new and profitable in dustry for California has been upened b Professor E. W. Hilgard, head of the agricultural college at the University of California. It is the farming of the tules or native rushes of California, which bave been found to make as good mats as those that have been imported for years. from Japan or China. Not only may the rushes be farmed but capital may bulld factories in California to manufacture matting. The experiments with California rushes were made by Rufus H. Sawyer, manager of the Goodall Matting Company of Maine, who met Professor Hilgard while visiting the university and after a visik to Japan. He learned then that California rushes are being used largely by the Itallans in the vegetable markets of San Francisco and asked that he be supplied with samples from the various marshes in the State. Professor Hilgard subsequently for- warded a quantity of rushes to the mat- ting factory in Maine, where they wers given a practical trial. They turned out to be superfor in many respects to the rushes now imported from Japan and China and the manufacturers were ac- cordingly pleased. A plece of matting the first ever woven from American-grown grass—was received at the university to- day. Now that the California rush bas been found good for matting the plant intro- duction bureau of the United States De- partment of Agriculture Is interesting itself in the subject. Several hundred roots of the smaller native rush, from which the first matting was made, were recently sent to Washington by the uni- versity. They will be used for experi- mental culture in various parts of the United States. ————————— | NoT GETTING A FAIR RETURN IN TRAFFIC United Railroads Loser in Exchange of Transfers With Geary Street Line. Concerning the announcement to the effect that the United Railroads would soon discontinue the exchange of trans- fers with the Geary-street, Park and Ocean Rallroad, the officials of the for- that the ermination of the long existing relations in no way to be construed as a plan of the larger corporation to acquire the prop- erty of the smaller one. According to a statement of the repre- sentatives of the United Rafiroads, when the latter came into possession of the Market-street system it found a transfer and traffic arrangement existing between that company and the Geary-street Com- pany which it considered quite one- sided In its character, In that it consid- ered that the Market-street Company was getting a comparatively small return for the privileges granted. “The fact is,” remarked one of the officials yesterday, “‘that more than a year ago the United Railroads gave notics to the Geary-street Company that the transfer and traffic arrangement between the two companies would cease after the expiration of the minimum time required for that purpose upon the then existing contract between the two companies; but at the request of the Geary-street Com- pany, however, the arrangements then in existence were permitted to continue in force in a modified form until November 1, 1903." —_—— The Public Utilitles Committes of the Board of Supervisors will meet this after- noon to take action on the petition of the Geary-street Rallway to operate its cars for a temporary period from No- vember § the date of the expiration of its franchise, until a new franchise is granted by the board. Chafrman Braun hart has consulted with a prominent at- torney and is of the opinton that it will not be necessary to pass a formal reso- lution granting a temporary permit, but that it will be sufficlent to tacitly allow the company to continue operating the line until the new franchise is granted to the highest bidder, which will be some time in April. It is almed to prevent the surrendering to the company any rights which might stop the award of a new franchise under the terms of the charter. —_——— Marriage Licenses. OAKLAND, Oct. 3.—The following marriage licenses were issued by the County Clerk to-day: Charles H. Rulof- son, 33, and M. Diaz, 23, both of San Francisco: lam C. Wilson, %7, and Ollle G. Jones, 24, both of Oakland; Harry D. | Lee, over 21, Portland, and Geneve Janes, over 18, Oakland; Joseph McKee, and Nora 1. Miller, 35, both of Oaklandj Abra- ham Norkhelm, over 21, and Annie J. An- derson, over 18, both of San co; Fred E. Reed, 4, and Leota Coulter, over 18, both of Oakland; Elmore E. Lapham, 39, San Francisco, and Anna Robrecht, 20, Martinez; Manuel Freitas, 31, Emigrant Gap, and Maria Luz Bettencourt, 28, Cen- terville; Willlam G. Thornally Jr., over 21, Fruitvale, and Agnes V. Damm. over 18, Melrose; John E. Duffy, over I, and Margaret Campbell, over 18, both of Qak- land; Timothy D. Sextom, over 2, and over 13, both of Oakland. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, You Probably Have the White Scab ‘of Dandruff on It. If your coat or shoulders have a white dust upon it, the chances are that it is from dandruff. The only way to perma- nently cure dandruff is to remove the cause, which is a germ. Newbro's Her- picide kills the germ. Every toilet table contains also the destroyer of the dan- druff and hair falling germ. It stops all irritation, keeps the scalp sweet, pure T, S i thing claims o as " will net do the work of erpioide. Sola w‘hetdll\l m-&l‘-‘."fl-nfl 10c in stamps for sample to The Herpicide Co.. 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