The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 25, 1903, Page 2

(%] THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1903. 25, THIEVES STEAL NION LEADERS GRAND JURORS - DUELISTS FROM THE DEAD Many Victims of tho Pennsyl- | Seized by Utah Fuel Company vania 'I‘ruin]»isaserreBob‘j Employes, Imprisoned and Then Sent Out of County | | bed of Money and Jewels' A ‘ s SINTY-EIGHT LIVES LOST WILL APPEAL TO GOVERNOR - Superintendent of Road Says D«-spm Rough Treatment Ac- Blame for Wreck Rests nn‘ corded Them, Organizers Con- Men Who Loaded the Flatear| tinue to Work Among Miners { 4 Sdio - Lo, NNELLSVILLE, Pa. Dec. 24—A | Spasiel DNapitah to The Oal. s g up of the resuits of last SALT LAKE, Utah, Dec. 24.—Louis reck of the Duquesne limited ' Roperti, organizer for the United Mine timore and Ohio shows that were killed and nine ew of the sixty- n identified, ‘and will be at Workers of America. came here to- night after a strenuous experience in Carbon County, where a_ strike is on against tne Utah Fuel Company. On Tuesday last Roberti held a meeting at Scofield, and later boarded the train for Colton. Armed’employes of the coal company arrested him.on an al- leged warrant chargisg . vagrancy, marched him up the raiiroad track to. winter quarters, three miles away, and held a hearing in the company’s office wn Cemetery Grove as morning William Thorn- Pa s. n charge of ; J. 3. Cook, Herbert G. Jesse E. Hines, N. C.; William g to see wife Duckett, Bal- h, Connells- “ather Fienello, pastor slic Church at Con- se new church was Charles Lang- w. Edgerly, 1 elgoth, conductor Hazlewood, Pa.; John K. th Cumberland; Charles A. John Seamon, New Pittsburg; A. G. Charles W. Charles Walter ation, Pa.; T. J. ia, general yard- Iron Works, Myerowitch, 1y, M. Mich- Harold D. | wood, Pa.; Victor Viel, John H. Wills, Pitts-| , Mount Pleasant, Westmont, Pa.; 1tim; Thomas A. Martin, »nnellsville, Pa., wi Sunday address; N. J ireside Va M William 7. Va.; Carmin unknown; Vade Shupe man, v A sant, Pa.; s F ;- sh, T F. Molker, Berke- S M. K. Smith, Con- xalted ruler of the Eilks: L. Charles Sweden; W. A. J. W. Kasner, John Addison, New "rd Bank, , McKe val\‘.\ Fc Bisc and James ich money was found on the per- ! tified.. Tightly, sewed foreigner was found Sums ranging from | found on several per- | has been put in a-bank. ! ;uu. $300 € tims of the wreck were jewels and Christmas s they were taking to from Pittsburg. M: r n from the fin- f corpses. R were on the s T befor the rescuers ured much booty, 1 of baggage and en tossed about Connellsville people Pittsburg buying Christ- many of these pres- endent Irwin of the Balti- s the blame f« »e fastened on the per- d the ties on the flatcar. that the stakes at the were ik and gave when the car Irwin says there is tepsion Guards Patrol Streets of Paris. Dec. 24.—Owing to the con- of the ers’ strike, mount- i patrols are circulating to-day throughout the center of the city and jetachments of are patrolling urbs. The bakers held a etine” but 8 ot attempt a dem- %= ing to the strict police There were, however, many urbances, such as smashing the windows of bakeries. Twenty-nine arrests were made. —_———— Postoffice plnn Is Promoted. WASHING Dec. 24.—Irving . who has been in tern division of post- rs, with headquarters at New York, has been permanently ap- pointed endent of the city de- ery m of the Postoffice De- partment, succeeding Charles Hedges, | who was removed some months ago, Thorpe detailed to act in this po- at the time of Hedg " dism! ADVERTISEMENTS. Chas. Keilus & C(_).‘ B x.c 4 o s.i. v e High-Grade Clothiers| Xo Pran"h Storet. No Agents. The Standard of Merlt| Achieved by Experience and Strict Attention to Men’s Clothes Only| Places Us at the Hendb of Clothes Pvrogressfon. Merry Christmas to All. °13Z e | tion. | his usual before a Justice of the Peace who is a bookkeeper for the company. The “Justice” discharged the prisoner, aftef extracting $6 from him. He was then turned over to the company employes, who, armed with rifles, forced him to go to a company boarding-house, where he was kept a prisoner all night under | guard. This morning he was put aboard a train cnd sternly warned to leave the county and -~ver return. Roberti will appeal to the Governor for pro- tection in an effort to return to the scene of the strike. This was one of several instances of a similar character. Demolli, the Ital- jan organizer for the mine workers, was twice arrested and railroaded out of Carbon County, it being made so unpleasant for him that he was finally forced to leave the State, his work be- ing tal>n up by Roberti. The strikers are pitching tents and preparing for a long siege. The com- pany is operating the mines at a re- | duced output with non-union recruits largely obtained with the help of the Mormon church. Roberti, with Attorneys Edler and Fowler, representing the striking coal miners, have arranged for an audience with Governor Wells to be held on Saturday. They will protest against what they term the farcical administra- tion of justice in Carbon County. Roberti calls his treatment by the armed employes of the fuel company “kidnaping” and declares that he will bring both criminal and civil proceed- ings against his abductors. Despite the treatment accorded them organizers for the mine workers con- ue to invade Carbon County and Mother Jopes,” the famous woman agitator of Pennsylvania, is expected to reach Helper within a few dayss —— e OFFICERS ARE CHOSEN FOR VARIOU UNIONS Labor Organizations Elect Mep to Handle Their Affairs for the (,omlng Year. _ = The various labor organizations are devoting the principal portion of the closing days of the present month .to electing officers. The results of some of the clections follow: Union on_Horse Goods No. Frank J. McCabe; recording secretary, D. Hurton; C. Storek; guard John Workers' 57— Preeident iel Davey; ary-treasurer, ‘W organizer, D. epben Malone, James Merlicher and | McCool; press secretary, . Hurlbn, delegates to Labor Council, W. S. Storek, D. A. “'1\'!1 and “ B. Hull Workers' Union No. 8840—President, 1 vice president, D. Gordon; H. S. Cleveland; corre- ¢, J. Russell; guide, Joseph T. Driscoll; sergeant-at- J yes; frustees, C. Ellis, oran, J. Finn and D. business agents, J. Lester. H.. 8. Cleveland, E. Hurton Stone, 7. Neison, B. Ross and G. W. Bell; dele. | ates 1o Labor Council, Peter Kearn: and E F. ‘Platt, delegates to Deparimental S. Cleveland, J. Kingston and G. delegates at la: J. M. Bartley; am Cooney, C. Bearwald and F. Kelley. Steam Laundry Workers' Union No. President, Lester Greenlaw: vice president, Mri L. C. Walden; secretary, Miss Hannah Maho- St w. H i1 ney: treasurer. Charles B arms, John Robertson and John Morris; trustee, Al G. Johneon; business agent. Harry Clunie; examining committee, Frederick Kohler, Miss | Rosle Farro and David Roberts; financiai. com- | J. 'Flanagan and Baggage Messengers' and Transferrers’ Union No. 10,167—President, D. J. Ahearn; vice pres- ident, W. Schaffer; treasurer, Charles Fohl; financial secreth Berry: tary. Charles M. Moffit; gutde, R. Wiley; busi- ness agent, D. Costello: sergeant-at-arms, Fred- erick Weddy; trustees, C. Fohl, J. Black and . J. Ahearn. San Francisco Lumber Clerks’ Association— President, Edward Pallag; vice president, Al ander Black; secretary, T. Sheehan; treas J. R. Mopiague; sergeant-at-arm Stenson; trustees,'G. C. Fuller, R. Galvan, W. s Jr.. E. R. Ellis. and Thomas Andrews. Printing Trades Council—President and busi- ness agent_ W.. W. Copeland; vice president, 3. B. Reighley: treasurer. H. L. White; sec retary. D. P, Powers. The trystees will be elected next month Authorizes a Substitution of Bonds. WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—The Sec- retary of the Treasury authorizes the statement that the Philippine land purchase bonds may be substituted for | Government bonds now held as secur- ity, for public deposits,” on_ condition that the Government bonds' thus re- leased be used as security for addi- tional vcirculation whenever, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Treasury, it is desirable to stimulate an increase in national bank circula- Gives Turkeys to His Employes. BUTTE, Mont, Dec. 24.—United States Senator W. A. Clark, following Christmas custom, to-day distributed turkeys to every married | man employed in his vast interests throughout Montana, Arizona and elsewhere. = About 6000 birds were given away. Sepator Clark has a farm in Nebraska devoted exclusively to raising turkeys for his employes. —_———————— Funeral of Cousin of President. WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—A cousin of President Roosevelt, Miss Florence Locke, who died in New York City on |- .| Tuesday, was buried here to-day. The | services were held at St. Paul's Epis- copal Church. The services were at- tended by President’ and Mrs. Roose- velt and other relatives. —_———— SAN ‘JOSE, Dec. 24.—James tend Kearny Street| Thurlow Bloc»k‘,_ been ered an_appointment as one. delegates to the National uwnod: A-‘:)‘cl:m which meets in Portland, Ore., 'Ji 11 to 15, by ernor Pardee. has written 0’ the Governor declining the honor, as he will be busy with the opening of the San Jose-Los Gatos Intes Railway at that vice president, | | executive | Scully; sergeants-at- | recording secre- | | [ | | | | feeders believe they are .safe ARE KIDNAPED| SCORE STRIKERS Submits a Report to Chicago Court Denouncing Recent In- terfererice With ~ Funerals POLICE GUARD HEARSES R TG Undertakers Resume Business With - Non-Union Drivers Protected by ‘Peace Officers nEEi e CHICAGO, -Dec.. 2¢.—Scathing .criti- cisms of persons who have diatflrbdd funeral procqalons in Chicago ‘we;-e made by a Grand* Jukyi whl"p?n to-day, reported to .‘I‘pdge ClHiffor The Grand Jury also cn!lcued 4 espoflulble or- ganizations” for creating disorder and defying the law.” The report, whiéh was drawn by Colonel James W Nye4 foremqp BAYS: 5 “Wae find that (or severa! monthl Ir- responaible or;-an!ntlonu hzwe beqn creatingidisorder in" Cook County, de- |i stroying property and defying the law. ‘We have found that ordinary subpenas and subpenag duces tecum made ‘forth- with’ and issued“by this court have been evaded. “It is public report that at present in Chicago houses of worship and houses of mourning are made the scenes of | disorder by men calling themselves un- ion pickets, and that the bodies of the dead are desecrated. We believe thnt' this condition justifies careful examina- tion, and we respectfully suggest that the copditions we have recited be made a special subject of inquiry by the Jan- uary Grand Jury.” To-day, for the first time in a vbeek hearses carried the dead to'the ceme- terfes in and around Chicago.. The hearses were «driven by non-union drivers, the livery owners abandoning the policy of pleading danger and with- | holding service. were ordered to attend funerals if necessary, and non-union drivers went armed in expectation of opposition from union pickets who besieged the under- takers’ establishments, no disorder oc- curred. The services of a union striker who offered to drive the hearse at the funeral of Detective Thomas D. Farns- worth were rejected because he refusedl to take off his union button. Police, | both in unmiform and plain clothes, guarded the hearse. Two detectives ac- companied the empty hearse from the| stable. Six patrolmen in uniform acted as pallbearers. With uniformed policemen mounted | on the hearse and in carriages the body of William Hartmann was taken to Oakwood Cemetery. The strikers had pickets in the neighborhood of the, home, but they announced their pres- ence was merely for the purpose of see- ing that no unién men were driving the carriages. } SENCORPORATE, UNTON. Striking “Press’ Feeders in Chicago Steal a March on the Employers. CHICAGO, Dec. 24.—By dissolving the incorporated organization known as Franklin Union No. 2, the striking press feeders here stole a march to- day on the Chicago Typothetae, the| association of employers. The press| feeders, being incorporated, were Ha- ble to.be sued by law. Judge Holdom recently flned the union $1500, and damage suits are now | pending for many times this amount | on account of the strike, which is one | of the most persistent ever fought in Chicago. If the employers could have secured judgment against the corpo- ration they might have been able to seize the $4000 in the union’s treasury, or a goodly part of the sum, under the | Taffvale decision in England, whlchw holds incorporated unions liable for stock damage. As a voluntary association, the press from damage suits, except as individuals. Lo i Important Decision on Labor Dispute. ST. PAUL, Dec. 24.—The Supreme Court to-day in deciding the labor dis- pute of W. I. Gray & Co. of Minne- | apolis vs. the Building Trades Coun- cil et al., asserts the rights of labor- ers to strike and to induce others to strike and to use all means to win their cause which are compatible with law and order. ——e——————— CHARGES AGAINST FEDERAL COURT MAKES JUDGE OF Denver Attorney Alleges That Well- Known Jurist Has Mismanaged Business of Clayton Estate. DENVER, Colo., Dec. 24.—Miss Mary | ¥. Lathrop, an attorney of this city. who has for some {ime had a suit pend- ing for a $50,000 iee alleged to be due ! her from the Georze W. Clayton estate : for services in defending the will, to- day filed a brief in the Court of Appeals in which she makes sensational charges against Judge Moses Hallett -of the Federal Court, executor of-the estate. Miss Lathrop makes: many - specific charges of mismanagement -of the es- tate, claiming among other things that d4he cxecutor has paid large.sums of money' to himegelf and to others without authority from the court. The will of George W. Clayton gave‘ $2,000,000 for the establishment of a home for dependent children. The will | was contested by his brother and sus- | tained. ————— - Affairs of Steel Company to Be Aired. ‘PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 24—On ap- plication of the Investment Company of Philadelphia Judge Johnson of the Delaware County Court at Media, Pa., to-day granted .an order to show cause why a receiver should not be appointed for the Tidewater Steel Company. The Tidewater Steel Com- pany was organized in 1899 and has an authorized capital of $2,100,000. ——— for a Defitiency Aj WASHINGTON, Dec. 24, ¥ cent activities of the Marine Cprps in Panama and in manning the new naval station at Guantanamo, Cuba, are the reasons given by Secretary Moody for asking Congress for an im- mediate deficiency lppropmum ot $57,148 for- this service.' ————————— TnDnr‘nOoldhley. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. m"ummun -.--fll druggisis. . E. W. Grove's signature is on box. 26c. ¢ Although the police safety. BULLETS HIT LANDLADY i Mrs. .Lebig Probably Fatally ‘Wounded During a Shooting Affray in the New York House at 322 Riteh Street . TWO MEN ARE ARRESTED 'BY 'POLICE OFFICERS e James Taggert and a Man * Named “Slacker Are Behind | the-Bars ‘While a Third Is o W ounded’ and ‘in the Hospital There was a -erious shonnng affray at an darly hour’ this: morning at the New | York House, 324 Rich stre¢t. Charles n and FrédNeddersen quarrel- amhes Taggert and a man named Slacker;~and-tfyeive shots were | fired qurin the affray that follgwed. . Mrs. Le , the landlady of the house, though not & party to the quarrel, was struck three timés{by stray shots and | was sent to the German Hospital, where | she lies in @ critigal condition. Nedder- sen’' was shot in ‘the ‘right shoulder and was taken'to thé Emergency Hospital. Hls wound is not.serious. Detectives Freel and Regan arrested Taggert and Slacker and the prisoners | are held pending the result of the wonian’s: wounds: ¢ Dethils of the fight are meager, but it is supposed ‘that the men were drinking before. their pistol duel. It is said that Taggert and Slacker pur- sued Cagllahan and Neddersen, who ran into the New York House for Mrs. Lebig was trying to pre- vent trouble in her house when the bullets aimed at the men struck her. 1t is supposed that all four of the men were ‘engaged in the shooting, though the men under arrest’ were the most] persistent nnd ‘Vietous in thelr uéault. POLICE SEARCH FOR_HUSBAND San Francim Retired \[erchant Dlsappe&rs sirangelx While ‘With Hi \flfe in “(hlmgo a retired mer('ham from Cal., was reported to t\l" pnlice as missing, and as he ‘had. a. con}lder- able amount ofimoney iu.h{s yosquslon relatives believes he h foully dealt with.' 3 The “Galifornian left t relative at 2604 Fulton y in the afternood to go to th fiicag and | Northwestern Railroad stafion to take HAY RECEIVES _[POLICE CATCH REYES' PROTEST| LETTER WRITER Man Who Attempted to Ex- tort Money From Rockefeller and Other Financiers in Jail BRI A CONFESSES HIS BRSO 2 Declares That His Efforts to Frighten the Millionaires Were Not Rewarded by Coin Colombian Representative Pre- sents His Government’s Com- plaint to State Department GENERAL WANTS NO WAR GUILT ks R , Sends Daily Cablegrams to Bo- gota Advising Populace to Be Patient and Peaceable o g l WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—General Reyes, special representative of Co- lombia to ihe United States, to-day presented to. Secretary Hay at his house the protest he has been preparing | against the action of the United States in recognizing the republic of Panama. Later General Reyes said that he ex-| pected to remain in Washington until CHICAGO, Dec. 24.—The source of | mysterious letters demanding large sums of money, which for the last six | months have been received by men high in the financial world of New York and Chicago was to-day traced to Leo R. Brennan, a commercial art- ist of Chicago. Brennan was arrested {as he was leaving ‘the general post- office, where he had gone in answer to | he received an answer from Secretary | a decoy letter. When confronted with Hay to thé note submitted to-day. This | this evidence Brennan confessed to paper, he expects, will be sent to Con- | having attempted to enforce a dozen | gress soon after that body convenes in| demands for sums of from $25000 to January. General Reyes said he dep-|$50.000 and having threatened his in- | recated warlike talk and endeavored | tended victims with death should they | | ! Jr. and Mrs. Hermann Oelri steadily to prevent any outbreak on the | | part of ‘the people of Colombia agaln!t | the United States. I‘ General Reyes sent an urgent cable- gram to President Marroquin to-day, the first two words of which were, “Be patient.” He sends a cable to the | same effect every day, in the hope of | quieting his people, at least until his mission here is completed. Acting Secretary of State Loomis | received a cablegram from Snyder, the United States Charge at Bogota, stating that he had assumed charge of the United States legation and that Minister Beaupre was leaving for home to-day. SRR S T SENATOR CLAY'S ATTITUDE. \'\'m Support Canal Treaty if Cemlp Facts Are Presented. MARIETTA, Ga., Dec. 24—In an | interview to-day regarding the Pan- | ama canal treaty United States Sen- ator Clay, speaking of the balloting | { on the Panama treaty now before ‘(_rmgress said that he was opposed to making it a party question; but, lflrst of all," hé desired all facts con- cerning the Panama secession to be madé public. “If the recent develnpmentq in the isthmus coneerning the relations of Panama and Colombia came as the | result of certain conditions for which ‘the United States is not responsible,” l said Senator Clay, “‘sueh facts would wjusllt‘y me in voting for the ratifica- | | tion of the Panama treaty. If we fail | to secure the necessary land by way of the Panama route it becomes the sworn duty of the President to pro- | ceed at once to construct the canal | by way of the Nicaragua route. If n;e law, is administered the canal can- "9'%2?"’" fail.” BRITAIN ‘TAKES TARDY ACTION. { Grants Formal Recognition to the Re- public of Panama. PANAMA, Dec. 24.—C. Mallet, the British Consul, has officially informed the junta he has ‘recéived a cable- | selves in the brush. Two suspicious a train for Madison, Wis., Where hé and | gram from the British Foreign Of- his wife were to have spent Christmas. | fice to the effect that Great Britain Mrs. Weston, who had been shop-| formally recognizes the republic of ping, was to have me{ her husband at the station, and two hours after the appointed time she returned to the home of her friends and the matter was then reported to the police. Weston arrived in this city last week. He is b5 years old. GIRL STRIKERS CAUSE A RIOT e Make an Attack on the Women ‘Who Have Replaced Them in the Silk Mills at Hazleton S HAZLETON, Pa., Dec. 24.—A strike of 300 girls employed in the Duplan silk mill here has resulted in a riotous at- | tack upon sixteen female strike break- ers. The affray took place .near the City Hall. The girls employed in the mill quit three weeks ago and efforts | were being made to fill their places. Sixteen girls were being escorted through the streets to the mill by the 3 Chief of Police and a patrolman when | | 200 strikers fell upon them. “ Sheriff Jacob and seven deputies who were on guard at the mill hastened to the scene and charged the mob. But they were as powerless to cope with the strikers as the two policemen. The of- ficers did not care to draw clubs on the girls and the disérder continued nearly an hour. Finally the crowd was dis- persed-and the strikers were chased to ‘their homes. T*20th CENTURY Another shipment will arrive about January 21, 1904. In order to satisfy the demand for this premium we have ordered another | Panama. R S Bennington Reaches Mare Island. VALLEJO, Dec. 24.—Late this af- ternoon the United States 'gunboat | Bennington, commanded by Commo- dore Kossuth Niles, arrived at the | navy yard and saluted Rear Admiral McCalla's flag. This gunboat is on its | way from Bremerton to Panama and has stopped here for coal and sup- plies. ) —_— Marines Land From Prairie. CQLON, Dec. 24.—The remainder of the marines from the cruiser Prai- rie, numbering 150, were landed to- day and went by train to Basobispo Station, on the Panama Railroad.’ e Cuba Recognizes Panama. WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—Minister. Quesada has received a cablegram informing him that the Cuban Gov- ernment has formally recognized the 1republlc of Panama. —_——————— Footpad Is Caught. - Daniel Johnson of 16 Berry street was held up at an early hour this { morning on Silver street near Third. Edwin Burns was arrested for the | deed and booked at the City Prison | for assault with intent to commit rob- ‘bery. \ { ——————— The “Left-Handed.” One of the gravest objections to training a child to be left-handed (as | recommended in this month’s Paidolo- gist) is the certainty that it will be nicknamed from its peculiarity, es- pecially during the early years of 1uf life. " Most counties in this country have ' their idiomatic expressions to | denote left-handedness dnd-they are often’ prefixed to the unfortunate left- handed child’s name. In London the term is kack-handed, the word being also equivalent to awkward; in Lan-i cashire it is k-pawed; in Yorkshire, | gallock or gawk-handed, an expres- sion dating back to at least the seven- - teenth century. In Derbyshire are used the terms keg-handed, cork- ' handed; while in Teesdale district cuddy-handed is common; and in Not- | tingham, wallet-handed. In the south | of England special terms to donate left-handedness are also found. In Dorset it is scrane-handed. In Scot- land we find gawk-handed and in the west cawry-handed. In Ireland a left- handed man is called a kithogue. Not many years ago Tim Healy used this . word in a speech in East Wicklow, in | which he said that Mr. O'Kelly could fight with his left hand and had al- ready given his opponent some “kith- | ogues” that would spoil his political 4 beauty during the contelt.—London | Chronicle. in Lake County, came to Lakeport this morning and went Intv cam; i four miles south of this place. There are p enteen men In the party. } N ey nkes ! SANTA ROSA, Dec. 24.—Justice of the Pea RB, Brown of Guerneville, charged with gfln:dm was acquitied by a Jury (o-night.” In pany with Brown out to arrest Hfl few weeks ago. In a figh mkfihfl. | freight business of the new company. the Philippines. | accepted by Vaille, ! early in the year, | salary of $6000 a vear. fall, let it be applied strenuously to un. refuse to pay. In his confession Bren- inan declared that all his attempts to extort money had been futile, as he had never received a dollar in answer to the demands. The New York flnanciers of whom Brennan demanded money were J. P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, James Stillman and Andrew Carnegie. Of each of these men he demanded $50,000 | in his first’letters and on receiving no; replies, it is said, reduced the amount | demanded to $25,000. Among those in Chicago on whom Brennan attempted to levy tribute were Marshall Field, R. T. Crane, J. Ogden Armour and G. FA' Swift. None of the Chicago men was asked for more than $25,000. s BANKER IS THREATENED. Blackmailers Send Him Letters Con- taining Demand for Money. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Dec. 24.*—Letters | of a threatening character have been | received by Milton Tootle, a million- alre banker of St. Joseph for several | weeks. Varlous sums have been de- | manded by blackmallers. In the last | Jetter a demand was made for $1000. Tootle last night drove in an open | buggy, as directed, to a secluded !potr in the outskirts of the city. He was | preceded, however, by six members of | the police force and.some friends, all" heavily armed. They secreted them- | | | characters were seen by the police, but they quickly disappeared. The | blackmailers are using methods sim- | ilar to those employed in the Cudahy kidnaping case and have threatened | to spirit away the young son of | Tootle. BATILE FOUGHT [N SOMALILAND British and Native Troops Surround and Engage Force: of Two Thousand Dervishes —_— LONDON, Dec. 24—The War Office to-day received a dispatch from Major General Sir Charles Egerton, dated Kerrit, Somaliland, December 21, say- ing that 700 British and native troops had surprised 2000 Dervishes at Jid- balti, thirty-eight miles east of Bad- wein. The engagement lasted three hours. The enemy’s casualties were eighty killed and 100 wounded. The British loss was two men killed, four wounded and one missing. ——— LARGE STONE WORKS WILL® EMPLOY GREAT MANY PEOPLE | Population of Richmond Will Be In- creased When the New Marble and Stone Plang Opens. RICHMOND, Dec. 24.—The Richmond | Building Stone and Structural Iron and | Steel Works will soon combine with a | large marble works concern of San | Francisco. The corporation, which has | been building its plant at the junction of Oakland and Kast Side, will pur-‘ chase two more blocks of ground ad- | Joining the Wilson-Lyon Company | plant. The proposed building, 600 feet | long, will of necessity have to be length- ened. The Santa Fe and Southern Paclflcw radroads have spur tracks run into the‘ works, and these will afford connection with the outside world. The company | has already on hand several large or- | ders for rock from Wyoming. "The ‘new plant will' give work to about 1000 people, enlarging the popula- tion of Richmond' considerably. The Richmond Belt Railroad, which is about completed, will - handle some of the —_——— Manila Position for Postal Official. PORTLAND, Or, Dec. 24—F. W. Vaille, assistant superintendent of the railway mail service of this district, ' has been offered the position of direc- tor general of the postal service in | The appointment, if | will take effect The position is one of importance and carries with it a R SRRRCERC - S Police Searches Cause a Panic. LONDON, Dec. 25.—A Russian cor- | respondent of the Times reports’ a panic among the population of Go- mel, owing to police searches and ar- | rests of Jews. SN - TS Fair Play in Business. It iz of vast importance to the future manhood of this country that scorn of unfairness should be universal. Above fairness in business. We are a com- mercial people. Our boys must go into commerce. Our professicns are so mingled with commerce that it is o"ten hard to distinguish if they be profes- siens. <If we are to wink at unscrupu- lousness in commerce then we are doomed to become'a race of tricksters and manhood is dead within us.—Mec- Clure’s Magazine, v DEMANDS DUEL WITH LAWYER Irate Witness in the Fair (ase Challenges Counsel to Meet Him on the Field of Honor —_—— FRIENDS PATCH UP PEACE —_— Doctor Who Testified That Mrs. Fair Outlived Her Husband Resents Covert Insinuation —— Special Disp: h to The Call. PARIS, Dec. 24—For a time to-day during the hearing of the Fair case a duel was imminent between Dr. Decha- teau, a witness, and Edmund Kelly of the American Embassy, the lawyer rep- resenting Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt hs. The hearing was held in the house of Dr. Dechateau at Vernon, a village near Passy-sur-Eure, the place where the accident occurred which resulted in the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Fair. Dr Dechateau and Dr. Periquet had each testifled that Mrs. Fair had lived long- er than her husband, when Kelly timated that Dr. Dechateau was a bankrupt. Dr. Dechateau was upon his feet in an instant and demanded satisfaction, saying his seconds would call upon Kelly. The place was in an uproar at onc Friends of Kelly and Dr. Dechateat tervened ard the challenge was w drawn under protest. —_———— A WONDERFUL INSECT DISCOVERED IN CUBA in- Firefly Which Deoes Away With the Need of Artificial Light. Have you ever heard of the cucujo? If you are one of those unfortunates who are in the habit of grumbling at gas bills you will wish that the place was swarming with cucujos, so that the gas companies might be ¢ vented. The cucujo is the & the tropics, and it is the most ¥ of the whole tribe of light-giving sects or animals. Thirty-eight of them yield one candle power. Photographs have been printed by two-minute exposure of bromide plates to their {llumination. People in Cuba confine them in paper lanterns for go- ing about the country at night or for indoor lighting. Sometimes they tach one of the insects to each foot for traveling in the dark to serve as a guide to the path; also, they use them as ornaments for the dress and hair. at- Cucujos are beetles beginning life as grubs. Skipjacks, or springtails, | they are sometimes called, because when placed on their backs they jump over with a clicking sound. A small species of the same family is found in Florida and Texas. They have two luminous spots on the thorex and another on the abdomen. Damp even- ings are most favorable to the light- giving, the object of which is presum- ably to attract a mafe. The young larvae feed largely on. snafls, o which their bite is paicondus. The luminous organs are developed before the insects lcave the eggs. Now, a theory formerly held was that these fireflies store@ up light I the daytime for emission at night, as is done by the s Iled luminous paint of calcium sulphide. But it was found that they shome as brightly as ever after being confined for ten days In darkness. Some that, were carried from Cuba to Havre in the pitch-black hold of a vessel were briflliant on their ar- rival A more striking disproof, however, was afforded by a batch of larvae hatched in the dark from eggs laid in the dark in a piece of rotten wood. the young insects being kept in darkness for the first six raonths of their lives. They shone as brijliantly as any of the other fireflies.—Philadelphia Record. ———————— Dangers Frona Arsenic Coloring. The general paublic, we fear, is not acquainted with the dangers arising from arsenic caloring matter in wail paper. A recemt death in Palmer, Mass., is directly attributed, by the medical authorities, to tkis cause. The trouble which resulted so disastrously made its appearance a yéar and a half ago in what seemed to be nervous dys- pepsia. Two months of travel abroad seemed to greatly improve the patient, but on returring home he soon grew worse again. On account of certain conflicting symptoms which could not be readily accounted for, a specialist was called amd gave it as his opinion that there was arsenic poisoning in the system. An investigation was then made which. resulted in the discovery of arsenic colors in the wall paper of the sitting room. This room had been papered shartly previous to the appear- ance of the first symptofns. The wall paper was.at oncé removed, but the disease had by this time progressed so | far that it was impossible to save the life of the unfortunate victim.—Scien- Christmas Presents NUSIC ROLLS B EEEE$1.00 Also a choice liné of Leather Noveitles in Wrist Bags, Shopping Bags, Card Cases, Letter Cases, Wallets, Cigar Cases, Etc., all at reasonable prices. 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