The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 5, 1903, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CADBL, TRADE THRNES 1T YEAR'S END ath Cold Weather Serves as a-Stimulant to Busi- ness. — Improved Feeling. provement ed by the hol re normal tone trade cold of has also expanded, of reorders to fill depleted £k of thebe, apparently in tion in its effect upon sen- is the strong position of th sr tural staples. ld weather has also stimulated the al trade East and West. More con- ron, and prices n and steel trade offset resump- of wages to ularly lines of build- building ma- rather less flour) exports for nber 3 agsregate et except ather eather goods, whi re a ar, the still irreg being it difficult e e advance o to th lent THIEVES MAKE HAUL FROM BANK MESSENGER Two Men Get Away Wi Baltimore Postoffice [ coupons and stock a letter as turned two men 3 nd escaped. —_———— e registered Dec. 4. cing delega d Bridgemen ted of extortion, was ced to serve one year in Blackwells Islar y on DR. PIERCE’S REMEDIES. Often leads to pov- erty. No real woman ever sold her heart for the luxuries of life, “ut many & woman who has gladly facad erty for the mag she 10"52- may well es of poverty. Tf she were rich, she thinks, she could find 2 way of cure. FOR WOMEN WHO CANNOT BE CURED. Tiae proprietors and makers of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription mow feel fully war- in offering to pay $500 in legal money of the United States for any case of Leu hez, Female Weakoess, Prolapsus, omb, which they cannot fair and reasonable r kind 1 commenced to use Dr. Plerce's scrintio stion Tablets’ and ‘Astiseptic *\Now I am com- wx Dr. glad to say his medi- w woman.> Wesak and sick women are invited to consult Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y., Ly letter, free. Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets are easy 2zd pleasant to take. A most effective laxative. HALF MILLION Manufac- the Valuable l l THE FIRE L0SS | | | {Disastrous Blaze in a Kansas Business | | | i | | | 1s Failures Seem Not | Citizens Compelled to Form§ Bucket Brigades to | Save Homes. | e LIN Kans., Dec. 4.—Fire started here at noon to-day and for a time threatened the entire business dis- trict destroyed the four-story build- ng occupied by the H. D. Lee Whole- e Grocery Company, damaged the building and contents of the H. D. Lee Hardware Company and burned several smaller buildings, causing an aggre- gate loss estimated at $500,000. Insur- ance about $250,000. The loss sustained by the hardware company is placed at $25,000 and that on the grocery company at approxi- | mately $435,000. Both firms are & part of the H. D. Lee Mercantile Company. The fire started at 12:15 in the paper bag department on the fourth floor of the grocery company's building. A stiff north wind was blowing and before the Fire Department, which proved entire- iy inadequate, arrived, the entire building was in flames. Burning brands carried by the high wind caught on houses in various parts of the town and dozens of citizens were forced to form bucket brigades to save thelr homes. b, e S TONSILITIS IS PREVALENT AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY Student Guild Deems It Advisable to Establish Temporary Hospital on the Campus. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Dec. 4.— Owing to the prevalence of tonsilitis among the students of the university Students’ Guild has deemed it ad- visable to arrange a temporary deten- tion hospital on the campus in conmec- tion with their regular hospital in Palo Alto in order to care for the three cases of diphtheria and several cases of ton- ibly contagious nature 2loped on the campus. building formerly used as a psychology laboratory has been fitted ip for the purpose and nurses from San “rancisco will be in attendance on the atients the e bric F the condition is not considered erious may be gathered from the fol- ing extract from the report of Dr. , the campus health officer: “A number of cases of diphtheria now makes it imperative that all members of the community suffesing from nose throat affections, however slight, should place themselves under the ob- rvation of a physician at once. The gravity of the situation lies entirely in hat it may become through negli- gence. Prompt action on the part of every student in reporting all condi- tions of ill health is all that is required in controlling the situation.” —_—————— HOPPER-DUNSMUIR WILL CASE IS STILL ON TRIAL Witnesses Tell of the Alcoholic De- mentia and Irresponsibility of the Decedent. VICTORIA, B. C., Dec. 4—The trial of the Hopper-Dunsmuir will case was resumed here to-day, and counsel went on with the reading of evidence taken by commissioners in° New York. The evidence was similar to that given yes- terday, bearing upon the heavy drink- ing and subsequent alcoholic dementia of the late Alexander Dunsmuir. Mrs. Stevens, who knew Dunsmuir in New York, deposed as to his alcoholic de- mentia and irresponsibility. De Wolf Hopper said he knew both Alexander and Mrs. Dunsmuir in San Francisco and New York, and he told of incidents of the heavy drinking of Alexander Dunsmuir at the Pacific Union Club in San Francisco and at New York, and of his weakened mental condition as a re Sn District. j that | | TN ¢ ai SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1903 See tomorrows ad. for particulars of the grand opening, next Monday, December seventh. Grand Rapids Furniture Company > * warehouse to the big++ store,957-977 Market Street, HANT LNESTOEK, HULES GHANGEL Stockmen Say They Can- not Exhibit at St. Mrs. Rita Schrader, wardrobe woman of the De Wolf Hopper Company, knew | both Mr. and Mrs. Dunsmuir, and she ve similar evidence to that of De| Wolf Hopper regarding Alexander | Dunsmuir's mental incapacity, due to| excessive drinking. Further evidence on the same lines was introduced at the afternoon session. - e—— RICH IOWA BANKER COMMITS SUICIDE | Louis Fair. Domestic Troubles Cause George | CHICAGO, Dec. 4—F. D. Coburn, Wood of Des Moines to ‘ Shoot Himself. chief of the livestock department of the DES MOINES, Ia, Dec. 4—George | Louisiana Exposition at St. Louis, has ‘Wood, a prominent banker of Colfax, | been in consultation here with a com- =nd ‘Goiden Medical Dis- | ehot himself through the head at an early hour to-day and died instantly. | | Wood, who was a director of three | other small Iowa banks, was worth | | over $250,000 and his accounts are said | |to be straight. Domestic trouble is | | supposed to have caused the suicide. | | He was married a year ago to a nurse | who attended a former wife during her last illness. | ———————— .j)IYSTEBY IN DEATH OF NEW MEXICO MAN | e | Wealthy Citizen Is Shot and Circum- stances Cause the Wife's | Arrest. | ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Dec. 4.—| Mystery surrounds the death of Martin | Rael, a wealthy citizen of Belen, N. M., | who was found dead yesterday near his | ranch six miles south of that city. He | bad been shot in the breast. His wife has been arrested. One report says that during a quarrel with his wife he was shot by her alleged paramour. Another report is that after attempting to kill | his wife Rael shot himself. mittee of Western range cattlemen re- garding the rules for the admission of cattle exhibits. The committee assert- ed that if the present rules are en- forced the cattle ranges of the West and South will be barred, as the rules specify that no animal is admissible unless it has a pedigree at least on one side, that exhibits must be indi- vidual and broken to the halter, and not more than two in one class. The committee maintained that owing to the large ranges and large herds it is impossible to follow individual breed- ing and break animals to the halter. They ask that the rules be so modified as to permit exhibits in car lots, and the restrictions as to-the halter and | breeding be eliminated. They contend that unless these changes are made Texas, Colorado and all the other West- ern States would be prevented from en- tering the competition; that as Con- gress appropriated over $5,000,000 fron | the national treasury, they are fairiy entitled to representation. The com- mittee also urged that cattle from be- low the quarantine line be permitted to ——— G — Train Passenger Is Badly Injured. | SANTA ROSA, Dec. 4—W. J. Rider | | arrived here Thursday evéning suffer- ing from intermal injuries sustained | while a passenger on a Southern Pacific | train near Sacramento. The engineeer of the train applied the emergency | brake to prevent striking a Japanese ! | Who was walking on the track, and the | | Jar threw Rider against a seat with | | terribie force. Rider suffered intensely | at the time, but did not believe he was | l’spriously injured until later, when he | sufiered several hemorrhages. His con- | dition is regarded as critical. ! e | There are no good points about a por- i cupine character, enter, if the board of animal industry grants a clean bill of health. The rules forbid entry, though such cattle can go anywhere else in the United States. —_—— Former Pension Secretary Ousted. CHICAGO, Dec. 4.—John J. Brown, former secretary of the Chicago Police Pension Board, but later connected with the City Clerk’s office, was to-day asked to resign from the public serv- ice. He promptly acceded to the re- quest. The resignation resulted from’ an investigation by the aldermanic committee regarding charges of extor- tion by widows who were applicants for pensions. CHINK A B FLOUR BOYER Hard Task to Supply Demand, Says James J. Hill ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 4.—Presi- dent J. J. Hill, when asked to-day concerning the report that the Great Northern had made a special low rate on steel rails from Chicago to the Ori- ent, in order to help out American constructors tn China, who are hard | pressed, said: “We are carrying steel rails to Chi- na on the same rate to-day that has been in effect for seven years. But there is a very interesting phase to trade right here under our noses that people do not seem to have notiged, | and that is’ the volume of flour goirig from Minneapolis to Australia and China. It would surprise the public to know that the Minneapolis millers | have to go 'way down into Indian ! Territory 4to get enough wheat to grind. The Northwestern grain is not | sufficieat for the demand. I received a letter from one of the leading Min- [ neapolis millers to-day, telling me of a single order he had received from the Orient. It would surprise you if I should name the size of that order, but I ayn not at liberty to do so. “We are to-day hauling flour .2400 miles by rail and 65600 miles by water for 15 or 20 cents more than it costs to haul Minneapolis flour 900 miles to the Atlantic seaboard. And all ‘this is in restraint of trade.” —_—— Must Stand Trial on Felony Charge. SANTA ROSA, Dec. 4.—Jules Mignot was. held by Justice Atchison to-day to answer a charge of an assault with a deadly weapon. He is accused of having assaulted James Parker with an ax during a quarrel at the Summitd vineyard. ————— Pen troubles disappear when you get a fountain pen that fits your hand. Having all kinds we cam fit any hand.- Prices from $1.00 to $5.00 each. Sanborn, Vail 41 Market street. selling agents e “Waterman,” “Regal” and ar- fountain pens. ; . KNISER 0 APPEAR - IN PUBLIC 500N Emperor Will Review Troops at Hanover THis Month. BERLIN, Dec. 4—Empéror William will make his first appearance in public since the operation on his throat at Hanover, December 15, where it was said to-day he intends to review the troopsd The date of thé Emperor's de- parture for the soyth is now fixed pro- visionally for January 5. The leading shopkeepers here have been in a panic over the fear that there would be no court functions at all this winter, in which case many of the no- bility would not open their town houses. Inquiries at court on behalf of the tradesmen have brought out the assur- ance that some court functions cer- tainly will take place, but that the Em- peror is likely to advance them before their usual dates. The condition of Emperor Willlam elicits a new story every day to account for the slowness of his récovery. This appears to be due solely to his having been compelled by official work to overstrain his voice at the beginning of his illness. — —————— FOREMAN OF A BRIDGE CREW LOSES HIS LIFE Train Strikes Him While He Is Try- ing to Lift a Handcar From the Track. ONTARIG, Or., Dec. 4—Peter Russell, foreman of a railroad bridge crew, lost his life last night while trying to save a special train from wreck. Russell, with. three of his men, was returning from Washoe on a handcar when they stranger in'town, was walking along| duty In the Philippines. The distilling the édge of the ties of the. rallroad| and repair ship Iris will pot be sent to track as the California express pulled | Panama, as was recently reported. The fnto town-at 10:30 this morning. The| engineer whistled to warn him of the| danger, but he evidently became be- wildered and, instead of stepping aside, stepped between the rails and was struck by the locomotive. He received a severe gash in the head and was picked up unconecious. Physicians say he may recover. — e Marines Arrive at Mare Island. VALLEJO, Dec. 4.—A detachiment of ninety-six marines arrived at Mare Isl- | and navy yard to-day. The men came from various Eastern cities and will be sent out on the Solace next week lori Alert will be withdrawn from service next Wednesday. Civil Engineer A. L. Parsons to-day recelved orders to hold himself In readiness to proceed to Ca- vite.on the Solace next week. PR e eyt i Accnsed of Rifling Freight Car. GUERNEVILLE, Dec. 4—H. A. Spindler of Duncans Mills passed through here Thursday night, en route to the Santa Rosa jail. He is accused of breaking into a freight car at Dun- cans Mills and stealing small pack- ages of freight. Spindler formerly conducted a saloon in Guerneville and at one time was employed in the Great Eastern quicksilver mine. ) heard the train approaching. Two of the men jumped, while Russell and an- other attemnted to remove the handcar from the track. It was almost off the track when the train struck it, throw- ing Russell into the air and injuring him so that he died shortly after. None of the other men were hurt. Aged Man Is Struck by Train. REbflN’G, Dec. 4—An aged man, a A MILLION AMERICAN BOUNCING BABIES are kept crowing with the de- light of living because their mamas have learned to use CASCARETS Candy Ca- thartic. Neighborly neighbors tell each other of CASCARETS and the kind words said have created a sale of over A MILLION BOXES A MONTH. It is easy to protect infants against children's complaints, because all these perils have their in stcmach and bowels, and we have in CASCARETS a perfect medicine that will always keep the delicate machinery in a child’s body clean, regular and in working order. Chil- dren like the little candy tablet and are kept safe from all stomach, bowel, blood and skin diseases. All drug; 10¢, 25¢, 50c. NEVER SOLD IN BULK. The geuuine tablet stamped O CO. Sample and booklet free. 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