The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 13, 1903, Page 2

"” THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FR{DAY. NOVEMBER 13, 1903. Barranquilla Mob Hurls Stones at the Residence of the American Consul . Continued From Page 1, Column 6. = generally. have mour g the whart. rmation of the rumors ched Colon that President ezuela, profiting by the Bogota Government, will inst Colombia in revenge Government = apprehended at 3, and who re- ovember 3 oath of allegiance to ain ngside the Spanish r Leon he prisoners alighted and boarded lines of Panama sol- s now guarded to pre- The steamer ¥l sail dock ai X1 the st persons arrested and r reasons also were Leon XIII and will passage of the prisoners, whom was offered a month’'s ffer was accepted by the al Obaldia, former Governor of the tment of Panama, who is generally ited with having been fully cognizant f the secession movement, and who, ow- & to his sympa ir with the movement, did not, while Governor of Panama, i form the < » Government of the s on the isthmus anama, The imprisonment f is looked upon as hav- to Bogota f Co “oton commissioner of the of Panama, which deserted the Color Government and joined the Panama revolutionists on November 3, made commissioner in chief o th new republic. entertained at a banquet by Porfirlo Melendez, Mili- Governor of Colon, and other Gov- ernment officers ited States naval collier here to-day with a full cargo. ———— WILL FIGHT CANAL TREATY. Democratic Senators Plan Campaign Against Panama Republic. WASHINGTON, Nov. arrived Senators have determined to oppose the rat on of a canal treaty with the new sblic of Panama should ration enter upon treaty ne- h that country. The Demo- ttee is said to be tion of the recog- es has given to the new government on the the announcement has e of opposition itely adopted. It has been the authority of a member ocratic steering committee atiment is to attack any effort negotiations with the mew re- nd go before the country in sup- the Spoomer act, to show that y is mot antagonistic to the g of & canal. this afternoon the Navy Depart. on Dem t received the foliowing cabled dis- m Rear Admiral Glass, com- e naval forces on the isthmut MA.—Everything is quiet at Pa signs of any dissatisfaction. ported that there are a few Co- oops at Buena Ventura. The gunboat Bogota sailed from tura with troops_ but came The British steam- ships referred to are wo vessels which for a were det by the Colom- n Government at Buena Ventura, b which were released. A cablegram from acting Consul Gen rman at Panama makes the im- . that Philippe Bu- e Panama Minister to was charged by his Gov- power to negotiate a_canal the Government of the United nd that Boyd and amador, the who sailed two days ago . were charged with other vld act only in an ad as to the treaty. is disposed to put forth hasten the treaty negoti Secretary F preparations for his re- President to-morrow in for i'anama. has been done he e the negotiations formally and there is some probability that be ready for tran before Christmas. ND TROOPS. visory c o make - READY TO SE War Department Prepares for an Emergency on the Isthmus. WASHINGTON, Nov. 12—The plans of the War Department for sending troops to the isthmus of Panama to protect the government of the isthmus in case of an attack by Colombia or any other foreign power was considered to-day. It was learned to-night that orders had been is- sued to the different staff departments of the army to have supplies and equipment ready at a moment’s notice for six bat- talions of troops of four companies each, to be commanded by Brigadier General Thomas H. Barry, formerly adjutnat gen- eral of the Department of the East. This expedition would give a total strength of about 1600 men. Reports received to-day ADVERTISEMENTS. @hye Ful Chas. Keilus & Co. Boxc-d 4 s 9vie High-Grade Clothiers No Branch Stores. No Agents. Genuine Cravemettes Celebrated Production of B. Priestley & Co., limited, J.ondon, England. Every Conceivable Weave That’s New and Smart Here in Rainproof Coats )13 Z e Kearny Street Thurlow Bloc The Government | ers sent on board the Leon | als Tovar and Amaya, uadras and for- | General | 12.—Democratic | were unmolested.” | e | by the general staff showed that every- 2g was in readiness for an immediate movement of this kind, with the excep- tion of the necessary transports. The Kilpatrick and the McClellan, now in New | York beirg made ready to carry the nd information received at the artment to-night was that they would be ready in four or five days. It was said by officers of the War De-, partment that, while there seemed to be no immediate need of troops on the isth- mus, it was the intention to be prepared for any emergency that might arise and that the present activity in army quar- | ters was due entirely to a desire to be in |a state of preparedness.. While the of- ials would not concede that they looked for any forcign interference on the isth- mus, it was learned that orders had gone | forth to all military department com- manders to get their troops into shape to | be called out at a moment’s notice. selection of the organizations which it is intended to send to the isthmus in case of trouble has not yet been made, but Major General Corbin, commanding the Depart- ment of the East, has assured the War Department that he has everything in readiness for the embarkation of troops twenty-four hours, should an emer- gency appear. Other reports received | from the department commanders indi- | cate that within a | 1ke 20,000 men could be in readiness for | service. It was declared, however, that | unless there were indications of serious | trouble on the isthmus, such as would be | caused by a declaration of war by Colom- | bia or the interference of some outside | nation, no further orders would be issued. - is | TEXANS ENLIST FOR PANAMA. Recruiting Agents at Work Before | Declaration of Independence. HOUSTON, Tex., Nov. 6000 well-armed men from Texas and isiana was to have set up the inde- t de government on the isthmus of . Two months 2go the agents of | the revolution were in Houston and the work of organization was secretly begun. The leader carried recommendations from tically every officer of the Seventh Corps, which served in the Spanish from four Governors of ibly their purpose a force to patrol the canal. The organization was carried on secret- |1y with great energy. Officers were se- ected and every detail was perfeefed to land on the isthmus and precipitate the | revolution on November 1. Vessels were , and the filibusters were to set m Morgan City, to which point sition and arms had been sent in umerous small packages that did not | ¢ se their content The coup was di- rected by an agent in Washington. It was argued that the force would easily control | the situation. The date of departure had almost ar- rived when the smoldering fire of revolu- tion on the isthmus could no longer be | controlled and burst forth. Disbandment | then quickly followed. 3 | Bell Bids for Prominence. DENVER, Nov. 12.—Adjutant General Sherman M. Bell of the Coloradc National Guard, it is said, to-day wired President Roosevelt, offering him the services of the Colorado troops in case the regulars | are unable to cope with the situation in | Panama. —_———————— STEEL TRUST DEMANDS LOWER FREIGHT RATES | Plans Economies That Will Result in a Net Saving of $56,000,000 a Year. | NEW YORK, Nov. 12.—By a reorganiza- | tion of its business the steel trust expeets | to save $6,000,000 a year and thus offset | the falling off in its net income. |and wages already have been cut and plants closed or consolidated, and now, as a further step in the way of economy, it ple to get a heavy reduction in freight rates A meeting of the Eastern trunk lines of he Central Traffic Association has been lled for Tuesday to consider the demand the United States Steel Corporation rates to the seaboard on products of | that of the company be reduced in such scale as to enable it to compete successfully for export business. Morgan's company, the International Mercantile Marine Com- pany, has decided to give the company low rates. It is estimated that the com- pany will by these means save $5,000,000 a rear. —_——— | BORIS SARAFOFF AGAIN | STIRRING UP MACEDONIA Twenty-Two Persons Killed in a Fight in the Village of Tirnova. SALONICA, Wednesday, Nov. 11.—Dur- ing fighting in the village of Tirnova on November 7 twenty-two persons were killed. . | It is reported that Boris Sarafoff, leader | fresh outrages. for him. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 12.—It trans- pired to-day that the latest Austro-Rus- sian note to the Porte contained a spe- cific declaration that a further refusal to | mccept the reform scheme will expose the Ottoman empire to great danger and that the proposals of the two powers must be | accepted entirely and without delay. —_————— | Sceptre’s Rich Stakes. The most successful racehorse of the year seems to be the mare Sceptre, one of the most successful thoroughbreds ever raised in England. Up to the present time she has won something iike $180,000. She has won the Jockey Club stake of 10,000 guineas and the classic Two Thou- sand Guineas, Thousand Guineas, the Oaks and St. Leger. She was fourth in the Derby, and in the Eclipse stake was defeated by Ard Patrick by a short head | after having led him all the way home. The only other mare that has approached her as a stake winner was the famous La Fleche, who won $172,90. Donovan | holds the record for horses, having won $275,265 in his racing carcer.—New York Commercial. R e — Bad Educational System. The police are searching in the common schools lead away from the farm, Dr. John Grabam Brooks said: *“Look with me into an average Massa- chusetts schoolhouse. Its arithmetic, its geography, its penmanship, its bookkeep- ing and its reading book, which appeal to the imagination of the farmer’s child, are still domunated by clerk and trading point of view. As one listens to the teaching, it is as if the one object were to create discontent with the country life, to make every bright child bate his surroundings, The instruction geems to assume the fail- ure of the farm life. The inexhaustibie charm and resource of the country have no part in this teach:ug.”"—Exchange. —_—— Balfour's Golfing Detective, Inspector Sweeney has retired from the police. Few Scotland Yard detectives have had a more interesting career. Strenu- ous and intelligent, he was told off to guard Mr. Balfour at one time. It is said that Mr. Sweeney learned goif in order often to follow Mr, Balfour without peo- EBaturday, Review, As far as could be learned to-night the | few days something | 12.—A band of | | | | { and all ports except San Domingo City SOCIALISTS GAST - THEIR BALLOTS { 1Take Part in Election for Members of the Prussian Diet. gty | The Freissinnige Party Car- ries Three of the Berlin Districts. PR L P BERLIN, Nov. 12.—The election of elect-" ors who are to choose deputies to tHe lower house of the Prussian Diet Novem- | ber 20 took place to-day. A new feature was the participation of the Socialists, who had hitherto refused to vote for electors, as a silent protest against what | they regard as being a “plutocratic elec- tion system.” The Diet consists of 433 members. One hundred and seventy districts out| of & total of 279 elect §7 Conservatives, 27| Free Conservatives, Clericals, 51 Na-| tional Liberals, 20 Richterites, 4 Barth| Liberals, 2 Danes and 3 Independents. Heybrand, Fishback and Eickhoff were| defeated. Mulloch of Saganan and Kopsch were elected in Berlin. The Freissinnige party won the first, second and rourth election districts. In the third district a second | | election will be necessary, and, with the; support of the Socialists, the victory of the Freissinnige party is assured. Among. those elected are Count Kanitz, Herr von | ‘Schwerin of Loewitz and Dr. | Arend, Free Conservatives; Dr. Bachem, | Herr Roeren, Dr. Trimborn and Herr | Dossbach, Clericals; Herren, Krause, Sat- | tler, Friendberg, Boremel and Eugene | Richter of the Freissinnige party. The | National Liberals lost one and won five | seats; the Richterites won five and lost | six seats; the Free Conservatives won | | one and lost five seats and the Conserva- | tives lost two and won three seats. —_———————— CLYDE LINER ELUDES i DOMINICAN WARSHIPS | Vessel Fired Upon While Running the Blockade Arrives at New York. NEW YORK, Nov. 12—The Clyde line steamship Cherokee arrived to-day from Santo Domingo with late direct intelli- gence of the insurrection and reports an exciting exverience with a Dominican man-of-war, by which the steamer was | stopped several times. On one occasion | ehots were fired across her bow and on | another the ship eluded the warship under cover of darkness. Macoris was evacuated by the military forces on November 3, the day of sailing, | were in the hands of the insurgents when she finally sailed. At Puerto Plata, on November 6, a French and a Cubam steamship were or- dered away by the Dominican warships. e ——e— Judge Austen Misquoted. SHAMOKIN, Pa., Nov. 12—In a report sent out from Sunbury Judge Austen of Northumberland County was misquoted, he says, in the statement that in a deci- sion on an appeal by the Lilewellyn Coal Company he decided that the anthracite coal strike commission's award was not legal. That question was not brought di- rectly or indirectly to his att®tion, he said to-night, and he was at a loss as to how such a mistake could have occurred. L e e e e Y ) | | of the Mavedonian revolutionists, arrived | here to-day for the purpose of planning | ‘While complaining that the textbooks | rle suspecting what his job was.—London | TURKISH TROOPS Salaries | 3LAY ARMENIANS Murder Them in City of Bayazid at Foot of Mount Ararat. PITTSBURG, Pa., Nov. 12.—Arra B. Chutgian, now a resident of Pittsburg, the young brother of Rev. Q. B. Chut- gian, who was murdered in the streets of Odessa, Russia, in daylight last July and leader of the local Huntschagonist revo- lutionary branch of the Armenian patri- ots, to-day received advices of another massacre by Turkish soldiers of bands of Armenians in Asia Minor. The butcheries occurred, according to Chutgian, about eight days ago in the city of Bayazid, at the foot of Mount Ararat. In discussing the assassinations, Chutglan said: “The first band of Armenians, which was about one hour in advance of the second band, was attempting to reach Asia Minor from Russian domain in order to afford some relief to the suffering Armenian farmers in that territory. It was made up of some fifteen members, and really acted in the capacity of a scouting party for the much larger band following. En. trance from Russian to Turkish domain is obtainable only by means of two passes, each fortified by strong blockhouses. ““The Turkish soldiers were informed that the advance body of the rellef band was coming and the information was fur- nished by men of the opposition party of our society. In any event, when the band arrived at the blockhouse all were killed. It was simply a cold-blooded butchery. No one was spared and the second band halted some distance from the frontier, fearing that their friends had fallen into the hands of the Turkish soldiers. The latter went out to meet the second ex- pedition and killed many of them. Much money and everything intended for Ar- menian relief was confiscated by the Turkish soldiers.” Chutgian explained to-day that the Ar® menian relief parties from Russian prov- inces simply desired to aid suffering Ar- | menians in the Mount Ararat district, owing to the heavy crop failures last sea- son. Winter in that section is now at its height and the bitter cold is working great devastation among the Turkish Ar- menian subjects, who are reported this winter to be almost destitute. The Turk- ish soldiers on the frontier refuse to allow any aid to reach the interfor, Chutgian says. e Schwab’s Schools. Charles M, Schwab’s intention to pro- mote technical education is praiseworthy. There is nothing this country stands in more need of than the training of the youth to advance its agricultural and in- dustrial interests. Yet it is doubtful whether the Carnegie plan of donating a building, merely, .to be maintained at public expense—which is said to be Mr. | Schwab’s way—will secure the maximum good along this line. The cost of build- ings is not the principal item. Mainte- nance is more important. The plan of the Scott manual training school of Toledo is worthy of investigation as a ploneer effort in that particular field. It has been Jhelpful.—Pittsburg Gazette. e i‘o Cure a Cold in One Day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. refund the money if it falls to Grove's signature is«on -each box. gl cure. 250 ¢ i GHINESE TRODPS MRE ON GUARD Keep Close Watch Over All the Passes to Manchuria. g, Nine Automobiles Are Im- ported for Use of Dow- ager Empress. sl LONDON, Nov. 13.—The Standard's Tientsin correspondent says that Chinese troops are guarding all the passes to Man- churia. The correspondent adds that Governor Yuan Shai has imported nine automobiles for the use of the Dowager Empress. These automobiles will run between Pe- king and the summer palace. A correspondent of the Times at St. Petersburg says it is admitted in official circles that the policy which led to the occupation of Port Arthur and Manchuria was not worth the expenditure of money and blood it had entailed and that the attempt to secure an ice-free port in the Pacific has so far proved a failure. The construction of a huge breakwater at Dalny as a protection against high seas only resulted in making the harbor ice- bound in winter, the lack of this protec- tion heretofore evidently preventing the accumulation of ice. The Daily Mail's Tokio correspondent says the United States Minister at Seoul, Korea, has presented a note urging that Korea speedlly open the port of Yon- gampho. SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 12.—Edwin 8. Gill of this city has received a letter from a pfominent official in Shanghal, whith throws new light on Russia’s game in the Far East. The letter say “Port Arthur, Dalny, the new port, and Vladivostok are hives of industry these days. The great trans-Siberian railroad is being utilized as a feeder for Russian supplies and reinforcements. It was only a short time ago that the word was passed out from the Shanghali office of the International Sleeping Car Company that the road was closed to passenger traffic because of a washout on the line near tfe Manchurian frontier. The truth was that the road was at that time given over to stocking the newly created garrisons at Dalny with provisions and men, every bit ;)f d(he available rolling stock being util- ized. ‘“‘Russian preparations are manifest on every hand. The great bear will not be caught napping. The Russians freely an- nounce the arrival of their ships, but they have adopted a system of changing the nameg of their vessels about every month, s0 when a rival power hears of a vessel bearing a certain name and known to have been a first class battleship it is not known whether the vessel bearing the | same name is a coal carrier or a torpedo boat destroyer. The Russian Gevernment has adopted these tactics to avoid public- ity. All vessels in Vladivostok and Port Arthur are being treated to a coat of fighting paint. And in every case the name of the vessel is completely painted out and no record made public of the ves- sels in the harbor.” L e e e e ] GROWDS VisiT FRENCH SENATE Anxious to Hear Pre- mier Announce Policy of Government. PARIS, Nov. 12.—The Senate was crowd- ed to-day, owing to the expectation that Premier Combes would make a declara- tion of the further purposes of the Gov- ernment concerning the religious orders, Contrary to the opinion, Waldeck-Rous- seau, the former Premier, announced his opposition to the governmental proposi- tion to forbid teaching by those who had taken the vow of celibacy. Combes declared the Government accept- ed the principle of the proposition, but said it intended bringing in a general project of law forbidding primary, second- ary and superior teaching to all members of congregations. Concerning members of the secular clergy, the Government re- served its course until a determination of the question of the separation of church and state had been expressed. It was his earnest wish to speedily conclude the en- tire teaching question, so that the country might again be tranquilized. Combes’ declaration made a deep im- pression and the session of the Senate was suspended to permit conferences. ‘When the session of the Senate was re- sumed M. Denoix proposed that debates be adjourned until the Government bill forbidding primary secondary and supe- rior teaching of all members of the,con- gregations was brought in. The proposal ‘was rejected, 141 to 13. After some desultory digcussion the Sen- ate passed the first clause of the Govern- ment’s proposition repealing existing leg- islation by a vote of 225 to 31 In the Chamber of Deputies to-day there was a further discussion of the war budget. An amendment proposing the suppression 6f court-martial was rejected, 3% to 24. During the debate there was a violent altercation between Henrl Mau- rice Bertaux, Radical ‘Socialist, and Georges Berthoulat, Independent Repub- lican, which compelled the President of the Chamber to suspend the sitting for a few minutes. A duel has been arranged between Bertaux and Berthoulat. —_——————— ‘Who Will Do the Quizzingf It is reported from Washington that the Democrats intend at the next session of Congress to ‘“quiz” President Roosevelt on his acceptance of ‘‘courtesies” from railroads in the way of free special trains and free cars. But which of them will have the hardihood to do this ‘‘quizzing”? All Congressmen are given passes by the railroads. That fact was brought out with sufficient clearness in the Baltimore and Ohio letter o Congressman Baker. But up to date Congressman Baker is the only member of either house who known tQ have refused such “courtesies.” Is it any worse for the President than for Congressmen to accept railroad fa- vors? We hope the President may be “‘quizzed”; but we also hope that Mr. Baker, or some Congressman with hands equally clean, may be selected to conduct the “quizzing.”—Chicago Public. —_—————————— Army of Medical Students. The number of medieal #tudents in the United States for the last college year ‘was 27,615. Of this number 24,930 were at the regular schools; 1498 at the home- opathic, 848 at the eclectic and 339 at the physiomedical and mnondeseript schools, Germany with more than two-thirds the population of the United States, has less than a third as many students of medi- cine. s to have a world's “to child education, its and its most oD~ - meth, children in Russia have no Dportunities Ri -at.alle \ SENKTE DEBNTES CISE OF SMOOT Dubois Takes Issue With Hoar as to Rights of Petitioners. Rl Hale Urges the Importance of Not Prejudging the Question. g WASHINTON, Nov. I12—Immediately upon assembling to-day the Senate plunged into a dfscussion of the question of the eligibility of Reed Smoot of Utah to a seat in the Senate. The debate grew out of ‘the remarks made yesterday by Hoar that petitions bearing upon Smoot's case were as much out of place as similar petitions to the Supreme Court of the United States would be in the interest of any case before that tribunal. Dubols of Idaho took issue to-day with Hoar and presentefl his ylews in connec- tion with the petitions for Smoot's expul- sion, which were presented by himself. After announcing that his views differed from those of Hoar as to the propriety of the petitions on this subject, Dubois pro- ceeded. HAVE RIGHT TO PETITION. “I contend,” he said, “that these various crganizations of Christian men and wom. en have a right to petition the Senate. Of course, we will appreciate that this is a Judicial question, which must be deter- mined by the facts, but it is not an idle question and it is properly before the Sen- ate. It is the same question that was in- volved in the case of the polygamous Roberts, for whose unseating by the House of Representatives many petitions were flled. All the petitioners ask is that we study the case carefully before pass- ing upon it. They know what they are doing. They represent the moral thougnt of the country and should not be discour- aged. They scarcely expect to influence our votes, but it is to be hoped that the pctitions will at least have the effect of causing us to pause and give careful at- tention to their representations. “If the allegations now on file with the Colamittee on Privileges and Electlons can be proved, I do not belleve there is a Senator here who would vote to have Mr. Smoot continued in his seat; but if they are not proved I think we would all unite In asking him to remain.” HOAR GROWS IRONICAL. Hoar replied that he did not believe any member of the Committee on Privileges { and Elections would find it necessary to make a public display of his attachment to the family tie, as established in all Christian countries and so signally mani. fested in its beauty in our own country, and he expressed his surprise that any Senator could consider it necessary to present his views on the subject. How- ever, he sald, that was a question for members to decide for themselves. Dubois sald In closing that instead of discouraging the Christian people of the country in giving vent to their opinions in the shape of petitions on the subject, he would like to have them encouraged in that direction. Replying to Dubois’ argument, Hoar said that In his remarks yesterday he had merely called the attentfon of some of his own constituents to the fact that they are pointing out to the Senate their determination of a judicial question in regard to which the Senators are the Jjudges. He again compared the Senate to the Supreme Court, and added that he had addressed the Senate upon the sub- Jject not because he considered it a mat- ter of small moment, but because of its vast importance, and because of its im- portance he thought it most desorable that the Senate should approach the sub- ject in the proper way. HALE SUPPORTS HOAR. Hale took the position that the question of Smoot’s eligibility had been improperly raised at this time. He referred briefly to the moral aspects of the Smoot case, and sald that, grave as they were, they were not more important than the “intru- sion of a great religious hierarchy like the Mormon church into the political af- fairs of the country.” He suggested to the Senate the Iimportance of not pre- judging the case. A large number of bills were then pre- sented, and when the order of business was passed there was a brief executive session, after which the Senate adjourned until next Monday. —_——— Benefit Concert a Success. The concert for the benefit of the King's Daughters’ Home drew an appreciative audience to Steinway Hall last night. Every number was encored and all the participants were in splendid form. The floral offerings were numerous Miss Wheeler scored A triumph in her song, ‘“Love Me or Not,” and in response to an enthusiastic encore sang ‘‘Gae to Sleep.” Miss Millicent Flynn's lovely voice was heard to great advantage in “I Send My Heart Up to Thee” and “Thy Beaming| Eyes.” Homer Henley's song, “To Anthea,” was one of the best things he has sung for a long time and thoroughly deserved the applause it received. Following was the programme: Trio from “Atilla” (Verdi), Miss Flynn, Mr. Onslow and Mr. Henley; ‘‘Love Me or Not"” (Secchi), Miss Wheeler; Polonaise, Opus (Chopin), Miss 'nng» It 1 Were King” (Campbell-Tipton), Mr. Henley; duet, ““Tuscan k Song,’’ Miss Flynn and Miss Wheeler; e ing, Laura song” (Blumenthal) Mr. : My Heart Up to Thee" (Mrs, Beach), Mi Fiynn; duet. “Night Hymn at Sea” (Goring- Thomas), Wheeler and Mr. Henley, Hospitality and Sense. Americans, however critical, have a way of doing things in public without the sense of measure. We whoop a man to a dizzy height for nothing and drop him for the same reason. Suppose a good- humored grocer should make a great deal of money, use it to pay a Prince’s debts, get thus into the faster wing of British society, acquire a title, buy a lot of yachts and show equanimity in defeat, a certain reward should normally be his. Unless, however, he has more than money and cheerfulness, need he become a pub- lic personage and the cynosure of every eye? 1Is it dignified that he be looked upon as a national figure or the nation’s guest, as Mr. Chamberlain would be, M. de Witte or M. Waldeck-Rousseau? Even, we will say, as Meredith, Ibsen or Tolstol might be? Is there not a greater trail of Barnumism in our cities than we need, with all due appreciation of that illus- trious exponent of publicity? We read with resignation that a marrying Duke has importuned his solicitors to make sure of a more liberal settlement from his pur- chaser than was secured a few years ago by a predecessor. We are also will- ing to read with resignation a few hun- dred columns about the good humor of a commonplace, however cheery, Irish gro- cer. If, however, an happens to these gentlemen, to shake them from their unstable pedestals, their fall will be ob- served with equal resignation. If the President of the United States, respond- ing to such feelings as these, ever should, however, tactlessly, draw the line on some of these ill-proportioned celebra- tions, he would lose nothing in the opinion of comprehensive thinkers. — Collier's Weekly. s Persia buys over 315,000,000 worth of each from other coun SRR Jo o Saghs es e it | Will Fight of Reciprocity Treaty Contintied From Page 1, Column 2. States subsequently enacted. The rates of duty herein granted by the United States to the Republic of Cuba are and shall continue during the term of sald conven- tion preferential in respect to all like imports from other countries, provided that. while said convention is in force, no sugar imported from the Republic of Cuba 'and being the product of the soil or industry of the Republic of Cuba reduction of duty greater than 20 per centum tariff act of the United States approved July 24, 1807, and no sugar the product of any other foreign country shall be admitted by treaty or convention into the United States while lhll‘ | convention is in force at a lower rate of duty | than that provided by the tariff act of the | United States, approved July 24, 1807, and pro- | vided, further, that nothing herein contained shall be held or construed as an admission on the part of the House of Representat il @ HERQIC SEAMEN VE A VESSEL shall be admitted into the United States at a | of the rates of duty thereon as provided by the | Ratification | customs’ dufes can be changed otherwise in by an act ofCongress originating in said H Section 2-That so long as said co shall remain q force, the laws and regulat | adopted or thy may be adopted by the U States to pruect the revenues and pre | fraud In the delarations and proofs that - | cles of merchawiise to which eaid comventicn | may apply are the product or manufacture of | the Republic of Wuba, shall not impose any ditional charge (= fees therefor on the artic exceptag the Consular fees estab - r which may be established by the | United States for {ssuing shipping documents, | ®hich tees shall not be higher than those charged on the shiyments of similar merc! dise from any other nation whatsoever: that ar- ticles of the Republs of Cuba shall receive on thelr importation inw the ports of the United States treatment eqial to that, which similar articles of the Unitet States shall receive on | imported, | lishea or their importation into ‘he ports of the Republic of Cuba; that any tax or charge that may be imposed by the nationa or local authorities of the United States upon he articles of merchan- dise of the Republic of Cuba embraced In the articles of said conventnn subsequent to sald prior t importation and ut diserimination upon e articles whatsoever imyorted. —_— NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED. Appointments to Lando’fice Positions in Oregon. WASHINGTON, Nov. 12—The Senate in executive session confirmeq the follow- ing nominations: Fight Fire Near Maga- zine on Torpedo Boat Destroyer. NORFOLK, Va., Nov. 12.—The heroism of Lieutenant Roland I. Curtin and sev- eral seamen on board the torpedo-boat | destroyer Lawrence to-day saved that craft from destruction. A lighted candle left by a workman on a wooden box in the vessel's forward campartment caused a fire which burned much of the Law- rence’s woodwork before it was extin- guished by Lieutenant Curtin and some seamen, just before the flames reached the nmgazine in which a quantity of ex- plosive was stored. In their battle against the flames Lieu- tenant Curtin and his men were so over- come by the smoke that they lost con- sclousness after the fight was won and were hurried on board the cruiser Olym- pia for treatment. Their condition is not serious. The damage to the Lawrence was tri- fiing. LJ WCARTHY GIVEN A VINDICATION Building Trades Council Committee Reports Findings. The following report was submitted last night by the committee of the Bullding Trades Council appointed to investigate the charges made by M. C. Haybl against P. H. McCarthy: Your eommittee appointed to formulate the findings of the council upon the facts given in evidence at the Investigation in open uuln‘n of the council of the charges made by M. C. Haybl and published in the press of October 31, 1903, against P. H. McCarthy, beg leave to_report as follow: First—From the testimony of M. C. Haybl ‘we find there was no foundation in fact for the | charges made by him, but the said charges were based upon partisan political campaign rumors and are false in every particular. Sec- ond—We that an attempt was made through the press to show the public that the council was, through P. H. McCarthy, presi- dent_of the council, behind the candidacy of E. E. Schmitz; that in order to show that the members of the council and its affillated unions were free to support by voice and vote whomever they saw fit, President McCarthy, over his signature on October 29, 1008, stated that the persons connected with the building industry were fully capable of thinking and speaking for themselves, hence Mr. McCar- thy's statement, while expressing his individ- ual views, showed absolutely the freedom of the council and its affiliated unions as organiza- tions from partisan politics. Third—The Building Trades Council and its affiliated unions, as labor organizations, have had nothing to do with the nomination of any candidate for any public office. The council, during the election, and all past elections, has strictly refrained from participating in parti- san politics. The individual members, at all times, exercise their constitutional rights, fol- lowing their political bellefs, without interfer- ence from the council. Those who are charged With the guidance of an organization of the magnitude and success of this council are sub- ject, at all times, to the attacks of designing politicians, eupported by men who are its enemies, and are desirous of sowing the seed of dissension within its ranks, which if allowed to go tnchallenged would have a disastrous effect upon this council, which done and is now doing so much for every person con- nected with organized labor in this city. In conclusion we desire to express our unquali- fied and unlimited confidence In our worthy president, P. H. McCarthy, because we recog- nize in him one who has done more than any other living man to bring the council and its affilating unions to their high standard of ex- cellence, and to whom every man connected with the building industry owes a debt of gratitude for faithful services in securing ines wages and decreased hours, and who has been their fearless champion In not only protecting the council from the attacks of its enemies, but has preserved it a clean, noble and honest organization, to the mutual benefit of its members and the community at large. Respectfully submitted, spectiully SUYAMES H. HAMMERSLEY, BERT E, C. FRENCH, Committes. ——————— Like Wooden Nutmegs. All tourists in Egypt want specimens of the sacred beetle of the Pharoahs, the scarabl. But as the supply is naturally limited, all cannot be supplied. Accord- ingly, some Connecticut genius began the manufacture of the sacred beetles. They are shipped to Egypt and sold at a very B L low price to guides and dealers In curios, who sell them to tourists as high as $1 each.—Exchange, —_————— A private in the German army is re- ported to have committed suicide “by | the common device of exploding a blank cartridge in a rifle, the barrel of which was filled with water.” DOAN’S KIDNEY PILLS. DON'TOVERLOOK THIS A Careful Perusal Will Prove Iis Value to Every San Francisco Reader. e average man is a doubter, and th’rrh; is little wonder that this is so. resentations people sKeptics. *A‘m e public ask for better evi- dence than the t strangers. y of Here is proof which should convince every San Francisco reader. rge Merrill, starter at the Sutter- Registrars of land offices—John S. Wat- son, Paisley, Or.: Edward W. Davis, Union, Or.; Algernon S. Dresser, Oregon City, Or. Charles S. Snyder, receiver of public moneys at Lakeview, Or. Crumpacker Reintroduces His Bill. WASHINGTON, Nov. 12—Representa- tive Crumpacker of Indiana has remtro- duced his bill providing for a reduction in the Congressional representation of those States which have discriminated po- litically against the negro. He introduced it merely that he might have it on the calendar and be prepared to urge it if he deemed it advisable. It is understood thut action will hardly be taken on the hill prior to the Presidential campaign. ADVERTISEMENTS. A TEST EXPERIMENT. Peculiar Power Possessed by a New Medicine. Of new discoveries there is no end, but one of the most recent, most remarkable and one that will prove Invaluable to thousands of people is a discovery which it is believed will take the place of all other remedies for the cure of those com- mon and obstinate diseases, dyspepsia 1 stomach troubles. This discovery Is not a loudly advertised, secret patent medicin but is a scientific combination of whole- some, perfectly harmless vegetable es- sences, fruit salts, pure pepsin and bis- muth. These remedies are combined in lozenge form, pleasant to take and will preserve their good qualities indefinitely, whereas all liquid medicines rapidly lose whatever good qualities they may have had as soon as uncorked and exposed to the alr. This preparation is called Stuart's Dys- pepsia Tablets, and it is claimed that one of these Tablets or lozenges will digest from 300 to 3000 times its own weight of meat, eggs and other wholesome food. And this claim has been proven by actual experiments in the following manner: A hard boiled egg cut into small pleces was placed i a bottle containing warm water heated to ninety-eight degrees (or blood heat); one of these Tablets was then placed in the bottle and the proper tem- perature maintained for three hours and a half, at the end of which time the egg was as completely digested as it would have been in a healthy stomach. This ex- periment was undertaken to demonstrate that what it would do in the bottle it would also do in the stomach, hence its unquestionable value in the cure of dys- pepsia and weak digestion. Very few people are free from some form of indi- gestion, but scarcely two will have the same symptoms. Some will suffer most from distress after eating, bloating from gas in the stomach and bowels; others have acid dyspepsia or heartburn; others palpitation or headache, sleeplessness, pains in chest and under shoulder blades, extreme nervousness as In nervous dys- pepsia, but they all have the same cause— failure to properly digest what is eaten. The stomach must have rest and assist- ance, and Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets give it both by digesting the food for it, and In a short time it is restored to its normal action and vigor. At the same time the Tablets are so harmless that a child can take them with benefit. This new prepa. ration has already made many astonishing cures, as, for instance, the following: After using only one package of Stu- art's Dyspepsia Tablets I have received such great and unexpected benefit that I wish to express my sincere gratitude. In fact, it has been six months since I took the package, and I have not had one par- ticle of distress or difficulty since. And all this in the face of the fact that the best doctors I consulted told me my case was Chronic Dyspepsia and absolutely incura- ble, as I had suffered twenty-five years. I distributed half a dozen packages among my friends here, who are very anxious to try this remedy. MRS. SARAH A. SKEEL, Lynnville, Jasper Co., Mo. Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets are sold by druggists everywhere at 5 cents for full sized packages. A little book on Stomach Diseases mailed free by addressing F. A. Stuart Co., Marshall, Mich. Guaranteed Pure, None SO_GOE(I. HILBERT MERCANTILE CO., Pacific Coast Agents. Geo! street Raflway Company’s ba resi- dence 2630 Sutter street, says: ‘To say Kidney Pills 1 tly value Doan’s mfldxy expresses my opinion of them. It is six months since I took a course of the treatment, and it did exactly what I wanted and did it very quickly. It stop- backache, which I had suffered too long to be pleasant. My advice to any one suffering from or who are subject directions. Th will undoubtedl X For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for the Remember the name, Doan’s, and tajke -substitute, Z e SHREVE & BARBER CO., 739 Market st. and 311 Kearny st. Sehools and Collegs. EALDS