The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 10, 1903, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1903. DECLARES LAWS | TELLER ACAIN |ME RGER CASE IRE EFFECTIVE, ASSALS W0OD, ~ INLAST COURT| BY ATTORNESS Seeretary Hitcheock Says That Irrigation Statutes Are Ac- complishing Good Results PR ¢ TESTS SHOW Department Has Forbidden the Boring of Artesian Wells for the Development of Mines | WASH TON, Deec. 9.—Secretary Hitehe ansmitted to the House to- dayy & report of the reclamation ser- | ving the work done and in d reclaiming arid lands the season of 1903.” The secre- rector has stated that a prac- ation of the provisions of during the one and one-half ) apy law the years of its existence has shown them effective, and that so far as can be foreseen at the present time no further legisiation is required, the present law ,, ha g been found to be of such scope as to accomplish its purpose of recla- The report shows that while exam- inations and surveys have been made on all sections of the arid region, Ne- vada is the only State where actual construetion has begun and Arizona the only Territory. In other States and Territories plans and specifications are in various stages of progress and the work is being pushed. Criticism has grisen in some quarters because the law is not sufficiently elastic to author- ize va s small projects of individual interests and to permit a more general distribution of funds throughout cer- tain States. What appears to be the slow progress of the work is also stated to be a matter of criticism. rrigation fund, the sale of public lands in the States and three Territories, h the irrigation act applies, now to a total of $16,191,836. This has been accumulating in the ury since 1901 ion of drilling artesian wells of considerable moment, many persons accumulated a ch work, sim- port, to develop the min- beneath the surface. A :ding such experiments has n the ground that infor- ed by the geological sur- subject does not warrant of the irrigation fund Large areas of the ve been withdrawn act pending fur- n let for three sec- the Truckee canal the Salt River policy has been, vide the work jinto engage a large s and encourage radical laws will changes in have to be n projects can be the act. Nevada al- d her laws in con- t It has devel- report, that the argest fund are fon is least im- i report of the field progress is included in rrigat under Paralysis Fatal to Railroad Man. SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 9.—A pri- - teleg eceived here to-day an- Hot Springs, Ark., stan > the gen- Denver and lliams’ death brought on by ved about four was 38 years connected with Utah fE D njury months ago had DR. PIERCE'S REMEDIES. ¢ J thank Dr. Pierce for the kind advice he gave when i wrote to him.”” I took three vorite Prescription’ before baby came, and the time was only one howr and & half. Have had five childgen, and before this slways had a severe time, lsSting two or three days, and never was able to do an; ‘work for ebout two months . Now g doing all the work for four children. My ds say 1 look better mow than ever of m; tion by letter with Dr. Pierce are testified to by thousands of grateful women who have been made new women by his med- ical advice and fatherly counsel given shsolutely without cost or fee. Sick and ailing women, especially those sufiering from chronic diseases, are invited to comsult Dr. Pierce, by letter, Sree. Al ence is held as strictly private and sacredly confidential. Addrese Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the best medxcin;‘fo;:e g‘r‘eh:li womxdfin- 1y It esteblis] ity, ies weakening _drains, heals inflammation and ulcerstion and cures female weak- ness, It is the best preparative for maternity, giving the mother st to give her child, and making the baby's advemt practically painless. Dr. Pierce's Favorite tains no alcobol and is entirely free from opiun:, coczine and all other narcotics. The Common Sense Medical Adviser, 1008 large pages, in paper covers, is sent rec on receipt of 21 one-cent nm to expensc of mailing only. ess i Buffzlo, N. Y. i'he poor had better buy Schilling’s Best than low-price 4 5tuff made to humor and chezt them. Your grocer's; moneyback. ion con- | | Says Government Money Was | Spent in Working Up Senti- { ment for Cuban Reciprocity S T MORGAN'S PARTISAN TALK Devotes Long Speech to Denun- ciation of American Attitude Toward the Panama Republic { Che st el WASHINGTON, Dac. Teller concluded his speech in oposi- tion to the Cuban reciprocity bill to- day and Senator Morgan also was heard in opposition to that measure. The Alabama Senator devoted the greater share of his attention to the Panama canal question. He charged that the United States had broken faith in failing to obey the Spooner law, and warned Cuba that the same course might be followed by us toward that country in case the pending biii | should become a law. Teller, in resuming his speech on the Cuban bill, took up the question of the activity of General Wood, while acting ; as Governor of Cuba, in behalf of Cu- | He declared that the press of both the | United States and Cuba had been util- | jzed in supporting the policy of reci- procity and quoted figures showing the amounts paid for newspapers advocat- | ing this policy. In conclusion, Teller gaid the five- | year clause could have no weight, be- | cause no legisiative bedy could bind the act of a future body. That clause was put in as a sop, Teller said. MORGAN ON CANAL TREATY. to refer fre- canal treaty Morgan took occasion quently to the Panama ar that connection criticized what he called usurpation.” He declared that the United States was becoming affected to covetousness, and he said the country seemed to be quiver- ing with doubt as to whether it should the core by coggse followed by our national fore- fat So far as he was concerned, he would not be so mean as to yield to a temptation simply to advance the commercial interests of his State. He asserted that the United States would do as it might please with the island of Cuba, and added: She is now fettered to the decks of our warships as firmiy as Professor Lang 's airship was ever attached to his houseboat.” He spoke of the negotiation of the Panama canal treaty as a grotesque act and declared that Panama had “no more right to appoint a Minister to the United States than that country had to consecrate a saint.” | He came.” the Senator continued, | “as a swift winged messenger of fals hood dispatched on his mission by the | Panama Canal Company.” ers So far as the concession made to; Cuba in this bill is concerned, he said, it would not be regarded by the Cubans in anything but a serlous light, whatever the result may be. | “The Cubans will not,” he said, “re- . 2 1 gard it as a ludicrous act in a French vaudeville, ously.” WARNING TO CUBANS. Mr. Morgan said that Cuba would do well to give careful heed to our purposes in the legislation under con- sideration. They should not forget the old adage not to look a gift horse in the mouth. “For in this case the gift horse is a bronco which greets them with a whinny and may send them away with a kick.” Returning to the Panama situation, | Morgan said that | was practically at war with Colombia, as the result of the fact that the Presi- dent had fallen into a frap. He want- ed, he said, to save the Senate from this same trap. but will accept it seri- and, after reviewing briefly that gen- tieman’s history as an engineer and contractor on the Panama canal, said that he had ‘“contracted wisely and weil, and had left the isthmus a rich min” | MAY CHARGE HIGHER Morgan said that his whole purpose{ RATES ON BOOT HEELS | was to warn the Senate against ratify- ing a treaty, the negotiation of which ! he characterized as “a most wretched, | a most abominable and a most horri- | ble transaction.” Notwithstanding this | | was the case, the Scnator continued, | | “the Senate sleeps over this breach of | | the Monroe doctrine, while the Presi- | | dent of France and the President of | | the United States stand over the re- cumbent figure and intone in unison their solemn and satisfied amen.” | | Morgan said that only yesterday he | had met a great Democrat who had | “had a place in our affairs only second | in importance to the Presidency and | | had made a name for himself in diplo- macy (evidently meaning former Sec- | retary of State Olney), who had bowed | his head as he said: “For the first time {in my life I have to confess that I am | ashamed of the attitude of my coun- wy," Morgan stopped speaking at 4:05 o'clock and the Senate went into ex- ecutive session and ten minutes later | aajourned. | ————— House Takes Up the Message. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—Payne, | chairman of the Committee on Ways | and Means, reported when the House | convened to-day a resolution provid- ing for the reférence of the Presi- | dent’s message to a committee and the | House went into committee of the whole, with Burkett of Nebraska in the chair, for its consideration. The resolution, amended so as to give the Committee on Foreign Affairs jurisdic- tion over matters relating to Cuba, Payne explaining that his committee recommended this because Cuba now was a republic, was favorably reported to the whole House and adopted with- out debate or division. —_—————— . Scott Not Out for Hanna Votes. WASHINGTON, Deec. 9 —Senator Scott of West Virginia denies the re- port to the effect that he is trying to secure a delegation from his State for Hanna for President. 9.—Senator | again freely | “Presidential | the United States! He again referred to | Bunau-Varilla, the Panama Minister, | | Appellants Claim Organiza- tion of Northern Securities | Is Entirely Within Law |COUNTER BRIEF IS FILED | Great Northern Says Burling- ton Stoek Was Acquired to Control the Best Centers WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—A brief in | behalf of Messrs. J. P. Morgan, Robert | Bacon and Daniel 8. Lamont, ap- pellants, with others, in the case of | the United States vs. the Northern Se- curities Company, was filed in the | United States Supreme Court to-day | by Attorneys Francis L. Stetson and | | David Wilcox. They declare that the | i so-called merger was entirely lawful 'and sa These transactions have consisted merely in | the organization of a lawful corporation of | | New Jersey and in the sale to and purchase | yapjeq & Co. letter which he took by it of property lawfully salable. All acts| | done in relation to the organization of the | rthern Securities Company and to the pur- | ase by it of the shares of stock of the rafl- ! way companies and to the sale thereof by the gwners were expressly sutnorised by Jaw. | s % | The 1 flect of th ctio een ban reciprocity with the United States. | AL (WAt ot Laa SAMSEEIO b He said there were official records to show that the Cuban Government had paid to exceed $15,000 in that interest during General Wood’s administration. that the owners of the stock In one of the | rallway companies have sold the same to the securities company and haye received therefor | stock of the securities company, Which com- ! pany owns the stock not merely of ome of the railway companies, but the stock of both. So | that each individual who has transferred his | property to the securities company has ob- | tained therefor something _entirely different, | namely, an interest in & company holding | | stock of the other railway company as weil | It 1s manifest that in the fullest possible | manner this constituted a sale of the property. “ Other reasons for this position are | | the following: No indirect or remote effect of these lawful | transactions , upon competition between the | rallway companies could bring them within | the Federal anti-trust law. The construction claimed would make the statute unconstitu- | ional, because it would deprive the securities | mpany of its property without due process | aw, As Court | in that he matter of on grounds that are p out justification in re The decree of the Cireuit Court transcended construed and applied by the Cireuit | the anti-trust act is unconstitutional it discriminates between versons iIn | property rights and privileges | rely arbitrary and with. | n | i ine authority of the court under the statute. A brief in behalf of the Great North- | | ern Raflway Company was filed by M. | | D. Glover, who says that the stock of the Burlington Railway was acquired and the Northern Pacific access to im- | portant productive centers, necessary | | to place them on the proper footing ! with other transcontinental lines. He | asserts that good service at low rates is assured by the arrangements. “The unity of ownership of their shares has not,” he said, “restrained the com- merce of either, and the extent to which such unity can restrain it is as nothing compared with the great in- crease in volume of interstate and in- ternational commerce which was in- tended and which will result from the carrying out of the enterprise of the two companies in the purchase of the | Burlington stock and the preservation of the pur(-gns i OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST | | | | g0 over entirely or pursue the better ! in order to give the Great Northern]ter was marked for identification. | | | | [ | | Palo Alto Gets- Free Delivery Service and Other Changes in California Are Ordered. WASHINGTON, Dec. ¢.—The fol- owing orders were issued to-day: Postoffice established—Oregon—Ir- | rigon, Mérrow County, Frank P. Hol- | brook postmaster. | Postoffice discontinued January 15 —~California—Alcalde, Fresno County; ! mail to Coalinga. | Postmasters commissioned—Califor- | nia—William J. Stewart, Gold Run; | Joseph M. Sims, Port Hanford; Ed-| | ward P. Wright, Hoaglin. Fourth-class postmaster appointed | —california—Ralph de V. Emery, | Holt, San Joaquin County, vice Susle‘ | Atwood, resigned. Free delivery service will be estab-‘ lished at Palo Alto, Cil., 1904, . H Navy order: Lieutenant Colonel Dr. | 8. K. Reeyes, from the New York his home to await orders. | Army orders: J. J. E. Baxter, quar- | termaster, assigned to transport | Sherman, relieving Captain Robert L. | Brown, who is ordered to the Philip- pines. March 1, | I to Santa Fe Wins Its Fight on Freight Matters Against the Denver Chamber of Commerce. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—The Inter- state Commerce Commission has de- cided that the defendants in the case of George J. Kinde® and the Denver Chamber of Commerce against the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail- road et al. are justified in maintain- ing lower rates from the Pacific Coast to Missouri River points than to Den- ver on rice, hemp, baking powder, blankets, books, boot and shoe heels, chocolate and extracts, but that the rates should not be higher on the other commodities involved. —_————— Thomas Akins to Be Chosen. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. — President Roosevelt has decided to ; appoint | Thomas J. Akins, chairman of the Republican State Central Committee | of Missouri, to be assistant United States Treasurer at St. Louis. General G. B. Farrier, the present sub-treas- urer, notified Secretary Shaw several days ago of his withdrawal from the contest, —a s Overstudy the Cause of Suieide. ANN ARBOR, Mich., Dec. 9.—Ruvs- sell McWilliams, a junior literary stu- dent at the University of Michigan, and a son of Harry McWilllams, a wholesale dry goods merchant of Kan- sas City, Mo, committed suicide to- day, the result of overstudy. He en- tered the university at the*age of 15. —_————— Chicago Wants Convention. . CHICAGO, Dec. 9.—The Chicago dele- gation of fifty, which will try to cap- ture the Republican National Conven- tion for this city, left for Washington to-day, headed by President James Jay Sheridan of the Hamilton Club. —_——— Pyrography outfits and things to burn in wood or leather at the artist material Mpznmantarsmborn. Vail & Co. & ¢ | new shipbuilding plant and would be | “take as cordial an interest in it as is | in the combination?” Untermyer asked. | | plants or their values.” | had been in th Sharp Tilts Between Counsel Enliven Proceedings in the ShipyardsTrust Investigation PERKINS AGAIN ON GRILL Defense Repeats Its Protest Against the Introduction of the Morgan - Harjes Letter NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—A sharp. tilt between counsel enlivened the opening of the United States Shipbuiiding Com- pany hearing to-day. Guthrie charac- terized a statement by Untermyer as “‘almost indecent,” and the latter re- torted in warm terms. George W. Perkins of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co. resumed his testi- mony, his presence on the stand renew- ing the interest in the case. At the opening Guthrie restored to the files in | the case the copy of the Morgan, | away with him yesterday, thereby pre- venting its publication, and Counsel Intermyer resumed the examination on this subject, The first question showed that this | letter inclosed a copy of a letter sent | by C. B. Alexander of Alexander & | Green to Morgan, Harjes & Co., and over the identification and admission of this copy another protest was made by Counsel Guthrie for the defense. Guthrie repeated this protest against this letter being given to the press, | evoking a warm reply from Counsei | Untermyer, who declared that he did not propose to submit to any more | “‘dyspeptic behavior’” on the part of counsel, saying Guthrie had himself given out uanintroduced testimony for publication and meaking a formal statement before the examiner in re- gard to Guthrie’s protests about public- ity. Guthrie characterized this statement | as “almost indecent” and the lle was | passed on bhoth sides, Guthrie speaking of “deliberate falsehood” on the part of Untermyer, who ratorted in terms | equally strong. A copy of the Alexander letter in- | closed in the Morgan, Harjes & Co. let- Perkins was then asked to tell in de- tail how h2 came to cable to Paris the message introduced yesterday, refer- ring to the interest of “Mr. Schwab and | his friends’ in the shipbuilding com- pany. He ‘cld of three requests made by Colonel McCook of Alexander & Green, the first asking that Morgan & | Co. cable to their Paris house an in- | dorsement of the shipbuilding company. | This was refused. McCook then asked that the Paris branch be informed that Schwab, Nix- | on, Dresser and others were interested ! in the company, that the properties were valuable, and that the men in- | terested were recommended. Perkins | consented to send a cablegram on July | 30, to the purport that “Mr. Schwab ! and his friends are interested in lhei very glad” to have the Paris house consistent. ’ Perkins did neot recall that Colonel McCook told him anything of the con- dition of the French underwriting or why the recommendation was desired. Perkins was asked what he knew of | the shipbuilding company at the time of the sale of the Bethlehem plant, and replied that he knew very little about it, but the contract for, the sale pro- vided that Morgan & Co. would rect‘lve‘ the actual amount of cash advanced | for the Bethlehem company, the $5,000,- | 000 stock being taken in lieu of all| profits and interest on the investment. | Morgan & Co. were by this contract algo to have a legal option on the or- ganization of the shipbuilding com-| pany. “But what information did you or| Morgan & Co. have of the value of the | stock you were taking in part payment or of the value of the plants included | Perkins replied that, so far as he knew, “no investigation on this point was made by Morgan & Co.” Untermyer was not satisfied with the word “investigation,” and insisted on an answer in regard to “any informa- tion or knowledge of the shipbuilding Perkins insisted that he personally had no knowledge on July 30, when the cable was sent, of the plants, their| value or their earnings, and had no concern with the shipbuilding transac- tion, nor did he, on August 12, when the sale of Bethlehem' was closed, have | any such knowledge to give him an| idea of the value of the securities taken | in part payment. { Asked about Dresser, Nixon and Pam, Perkins declared that he had| known them only in a general way up | to the time of the sale of the Bethlehem | plant and that he did not know that | Pam was representing Schwab. Dres- | ser, in asking for the loan, was speak- | ing as president of the Trust Company ; of the Republie, Perkins had consid- | ered, but he had not interested himself | in the question of whether that trust| company was responsible to the extent ! of $2,000,000. Perkins professed ignorance on many | points, saying that the negotiations hands of Steele, an-; other of the partners. The Harris, Gates & Co. agreement| of August 11, 1902, that the sale of the Morgan and Schwab stock should 'pre- cede the sale of the rest, was men- tioned, but Perkins said that he had never seen the agreement. Steele had told him that there was an agreement, but he’ (Perkins) had not discussed it with- others, nor had he anything to do with its negotiation. 1+ J. P. Morgan, he testified, knew noth- ing, to witness’ knowledge, of the ship- building deal during-its progress, and was not informed of the negotiations during his stay in Europe. After a. number of other professions of ignorance Perkins was turned over to Guthrie for cross-examination. Guthrie asked two questions about the | LEGAL OPINION Coneession to Havana Gnmfiling Company Given Despite Judge Advoeate General’s Protest ) THAT JAI ALAI PRESENT b s General Bliss Says Silver Set Intended for Governor Was Admitted Free of Duty USSR IR WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—When the Wood investigation was resumed to- day, more than an hour was con- sumed in discussing some of the evi- dence submitted yesterday and also the question of summoning witnesses asked for by opponents of General Wood. Colonel Edgar 8. Dudley, prefessor of law and history at West Point Mili- tary Academy, who was Judge Advo- cate General in Havana during Gen- eral Wood’'s administration as Gover- nor-General, to-day submitted a copy of his opinion, rendered In Havana at the request of Generak Wood concern- ing the application of the Jai Alai Company for a concession to operate an amusement amphitheater. Thisopin- ion declared that the concession should | not be granted, on the ground that it would be a violation of the Foraker amendment. The committee decided that Colonel Dudley would not be needed again, and General Tasker H. Bliss was recalled. General Bliss said, in answer to ques- tions, that he strongly opposed the ad- mission without the payment of duty of the silver service purchased in New York by the Jai Alai. He received mandatory instructions from General ‘Wood to admit the silver service, how- ever, and obeyed them. HAVANA, Dec. 9.—The House of Representatives to-day continued the discussion of the bill for the annul- ment of the contracts made by General Wood with the church authorities in 1902, under which $190,000 is to be paid annually for five years as the rental of a number of buildings occupied by the Government of Havana &nd in other towns. The opponents of the measure contend that the contracts cannot be annulled. e e —— SALSBURY'S STORY IS RETOLD IN Testimony of Complaining Witness in Grand Rapids Bribery Case Is Read on Charge Against Alderman. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Dec. 9.—The reading of Lant K. Salsbury’s testi- mony against Alderman Johnson at his examination on the charge of bribery in connection with the sensational | Michigan water deal was taken up to- day in the Police Court. Salsbury was present in court and made a few cor- rections as the testimony was read. At the conclusion of the reading of | Salsbury's testimony the Johnson case was adjourned until Monday. This dis- poses of all the examination in the Po- lice Court until Friday, when the Mc- Cool case comes up for disposition. The next term of the Superior Court, to which the respondents are bound over for trial, begins next Monday. COURT | LIE IS PASSED ~ [W0OD IGNORES | ASKS SUBSIDIES FOR OUR SHIPS Maritime Association’s Com- mittee Presents Figures Showing Slump in Tonnage f | COMPETITION INCREASING Rccémmen’dations Are Made That Measures of Proteetion of American Ships Be Adopted NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—The Mari- time Association’scommitteeappointed to investigate ocean shipping reported progress to the association to-day and asked for an extension of time for its investigation. “We find,” says the committee, “that despite the quadrupling of for- eign commerce, Amerfcan tonnage un- der register has declined from 2,496,- and that while American vessels car- ried 72.1 per cent of our exports in 1861 they carried only 6.6 per cent last year.” The committee also says: that American vessels engaging in our ocean trade are to-day compeiléd to meet more serious and more destruc- tive largely through the vast subsidies and bounties that foreign Governments are now paying to their merchant ships. We realize that the purposes for which these subsidies and bounties are paid to their merchant ships by foreign Governments are chiefly military—in order that there shall be available auxiliary cruisers, scouts, transports, colliers, supply ships and such other vessels, with their trained and experi- ienced officers and men, as are essen- tial to the uses of the Governments in time of war. ize that unprecedently low freight rates resulting from these subsidies and bounties received by foreign mer- chant ships render successful and profitable competition on the part of the United States vessels, built in the United States and officered and manned by our own citizens, absolute- 1y impossible.” — e Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—The following Californians are registered here: From San Francisco, R. D. Jackson at the Normandie, E. L. Kohlberg at the Bel- videre, M. Marx at the Hotel Imperial, Mrs. W. J. Somers at the Manhattan, i Mrs. T. T. Williams, Miss H. Williams at the Holland, T. Albarda and wife Grand Union, R. E. Wheeler at the Astor House, Mrs. Richardson at the Herald Square. - Football Rooters Will Come West. MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 9.—The larg- est “rooting” expedition ever made in connection with college football will take a hundred or so Minnesota en- thusiasts across the continent to see the Minnesota-California game in San Francisco on New Year's day. Uni- versity students to the number of forty have already secured ‘tickets to the game. 894 tons in 1861 to 873,235 last year, | “We find | competition than ever before, | | at the Normandie, S. J. Newman at the | And we further real- | | | i | | | | United States residents of the Isle (UBA PLACATES ISLE OF PINES Complies With All Require- ments of the Ameriecan Resi- dents of Her New Possession ASEP L HOPES TO END OPPOSITION School Established by United States Citizens Will Be Aided by the Havana Government ——— s HAVANA, Dec. 9.—The Cabinet at a meeting to-night ordered the estab- lishment of a custom-house at Nueva Gerona, the principal port of the Isle of Pines. The Government thus com- pliled with all requirements of the ot Pines, with the exception of that relat- ing to the American school. It is be- Heved that the school already estab- lished by the Americans on the island will be given Government aid. It is thought that these concessions will dis- pose of much of the opposition at Washington to the ratification of the reciprocity treaties. Minister Zaldo =aid to-day that United States Minister Squiers had ail along urged compliance with the rea- sonable desires of the American resi- dents, and he added that the Cuban Government would willingly supply such convenience as might be found necessary for the requirements of the new population of the island, as it re- alized that the special conditions there req\:lr@d considerate treatment. —_—— e — CHANGE THE COLOR AND BETTER MORALS Dr. Walter Dill Scott Says Red Lights Are Responsible for the Depravity of Chicago. CHICAGO, Dec. 9.—A new scheme of reforming Chicago's red light district has been suggested by Dr. Walter Dill Scott, professor of psychology at the Northwestern University, in an addresa to his class. “Change the color of i+ lumination in those sections,” said he, “and-there would doubtless be a change in the morals of the community. Red light has a peculiar effect upon thcse constantly in its presence. “Professor John Quincy Adams cites instances where a photographic factory in France, illuminated with red light, became so demoralized by the hilarity of the workingmen and women that the | color of the light had to be changed, with the result that all became orderly once more. e —— SHOOTS HIS FRIEND WHO TRIED TO DESERT | Private Thomas Burton of the Second Infantry Attempts to Escape and Is Wounded by Companion. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 9.—Private Thomas Burton of Company E, Second Infantry, U. 8. A., who was in citizens’ clothes and is said to have been at- tempting to desert, was shot and dan- gerously wounded by Private George Hood. Hoed was a warm personal friend of the man he shot. ADVERTISEMENTS. wearer prices; Sheldon syndicate and on Perkins as- | serting his lack of information the wit- ness was excused ‘and the hearing closed until Thursday of next week, when Steele probably will be called. At the close of the hearing the Mor- gan-Herjes letter and inclosure were refused to the press until the court should have passed upon their admis- sibility. o Fancy Vests for Presents A fancy vest is a very useful addition to-a man's wearing apparel, and it makes his suit look different, even though he merely wears vests of different cclors. iew fancy vests of different shades in tl.eir wardrobes. For the holiday season we have just received from our workshops a line of fancy vests in the very newest styles, colors and patterns. The prices are $2.50, $3.00 dnd 3.5 otherwise the vests would cost you from $4.00 to §3.00. ized mattings, basket weaves, piques, homespuns, etc., in such colors as white, oxford grounds, with harmoniously ¢olored designs and figures. A fancy vest makes a very good present. It daily reminds the recipient of gifit and giver. All good dressed men have a These are maker-to- materials H?e:-c mercer-, light tan, sil gray and |