The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 13, 1904, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, 'APRIL 13, 1904. WEALTHY MAN TRIES SUICIDE a Million Dollars, Slashes His Throat With a Razor Attempt at Self-Destruction Said to Have Been Prompt- ed by His Failing Health Spec Cal | Dispatch to The PORTLAND, Ore., April 12 At the age of 85 years and owning property | valued at $500,000, Willlam King at- tempted suicide by cutting his throat early this morning. When he feit the sharp edge of the biting into his flesh be involuntarily threw back his head so that but a gash was made. the flow of blood was stopped and the old man is resting easily in a hospital. King is one of the old ploneers of He has been living at his present home for many For the past six years he has been feeble, not until six months did he ever menion he thought of tion. Six months ago he was con- fined to his bed and at that time he refused 1o eat anything with the hope that,he would starve to death. This morning he was trying to split and saw up some wood in front of the house. Me became angry because he could not work faster. He rushed into the house, grabbed the razor and had before any razor Portland years but his throat one i stoy PO — 1 POLIC TO RETURN STOLEN PROM v Charles 1. Jewelry That Was Taken From His Residence. Charles L. Pierce, agent for the Na- tional Cash Regist Company. has had trouble with Captain of Detectives Martin and Chief Wittman over his ewelry valued at $800 his residence. On effort to regain tw Janu. e's reside e in Oakland w The stolen g00ds W sold to L. Goodman, a pawnbroker at Washington street a few days later. The police were notified and Goodman turned over the jewelry to the police that they might deliver the same to Pierce on the pay- t of wh the the jewelry to h promised nd take his jewelry do so. Yesterday he wanted Captain Martin to return the to » without payment refused and ce now claims lice illegally holding was price advi »dmar Plerce to pay but he f is a e money a to hin an his property Martin him to 0 out of his jurisdiction and give him says Pierce wants ack the stolen goods without an or- der of court ——————— LIEUTENANT . B. NEILSON'S TRIAL WILL CLOSE TO-DAY Court-Martial 10 Conclude Taking Evidence Against Officer Accused of Duplicating His Accounts. of Lieutenant Frederick B. A used of duplicat- will be contin- before the court- ts pay ued to-day at martial at the Pr o specially con- vened to try his case J. Boas, the money lender, will aguin be called to the stand and docu- mentary evidence from Philadelphia will aiso be intrbduced. It is the in- tention of the court if possible to wind up the case to-day and come to verdict before adjournment. David Lewis, the attorney that came out tom Philadelphia to act for Lieuten- ant Neilson, has returned, so the case will be handled by H. D. Pillsbury, who has been associated with the de- fense since the trial began | Captain Robert Field, Fifth Infan- try, and Captain Joseph E. Cusack Twelfth Cavalry, reported at head- quarters yesterday. Major Bigelow and his troopers will give a final prob- tem exercise to-day on the golf links at $:30 a. m. It will be an interest- | ing event seld-destruc- | Plerce Attempts to Regain | REDS CAMBLE FOR PROPERT Indian Tribes in the North- west Complete Festival and Exchange Possessions NERS Many of the Losers Retain Scarcely Enough Blankets ¢ to Keep Them Warm | —— . TACOMA, Wash., April 12.—After a week's exciting sport the first big gam- ble that the Indian tribes in this lo- cality have had for years came to a The tribes participat- Nisquallys, Puyallups, | close yesterday. | ing were the ; the Mudbays, the Squaxon | the Skokomishes and the Indians from | Hoods Canal. In winning the game the Nisquallys have come into muc hlnrupvrly of the | other tribes and Alexdnder Soughlet, a | Nisqually buck, who came in from the camp, says that many of the losers had | scarcely enough blankets left to keep | them warm. They wagered ponies, dogs, blankets, wearing apparel, coon- skins, firedems and gewgaws of all sorts. The gambling was in a large shack on the Nisqually River about four miles above the Northern Pacific bridge on the Olympia branch. The disk was used in gambling. The manipulator fumbies the disk through two small piles of cedar fine. The Indian opposite guesses which side holds the disk. If correct it counts a point for his side. They played for 00 points i PRI WSSy MEN DRAW STRAWS FOR POLICE STAR icants for Profitable Beat End ate by Resorting to the Use of a Broom. Two men drew policeman’s star at a meeting of the Board of Police Commissioners last evening. William D. Bur and Joseph Sturm sought the same beat able one—in commercial of the city. Each had an ev when he appeared to plead his caus two Commissioners favoring one and two favoring the other. Finally one of the Commissioners suggested that he applicants draw straws, where- upon, the uired to the ante room with Sergeant John O'Meara. Sturm got the lor w and was given the appointment ros slapped him on the back, congratulated him and the two passed out smiling. Patrolman Thomas Naylor quitted on a charge from his beat, but was fined $25 for being to Corporal Philip Fraye commanding officer. Patrolmen wey and Mylar, who were found 1 saloon in the Park di triet By Cq -a profit- the section rivals r was ac- insolent his « s Helms were each fined $50. Patrolman | Frank L. Kenvillé, who was found in- toxicated on his beat by Sergeant O’Connor, admitted his guilt, but vanced extenuating circumstances was fined a nominal amount. complimented for his frankness. Corporal George S. Eastman was promoted to the rank of sergeant and Patrolman William Callinan was raised to the rank of corporal. Arno Robert Dietel of 12 Day street, Joseph Clifford Field ‘of 667 Ellis street, Wil- liam Edward Dowie of 2008 Union street, Bernard Maloney of 323 Grant avenue, Charles Goff of 1423 Sanchez | street, Harold Walter Levy of 12 Geary street, Joseph Harry Gorham Sanchez street, Thomas F. of 1350 Folsom street and James H members of the department. Kennedy were appointed DAIRYMEN OBJE PROPOSED MILK Say That Purer Article Is Shipped to This City Than Any Oth in United States. The Beard of Health, represented by Deputy Health Officer Louis Levy, and the Board of Supervisors held a meet- ing with several prominent bay county ranchers yesterday afternoon for the purpose of settling upon a standard ‘4|U.A|H)' of milk shipped into this city | The meeting was sided over by | Dr. d'Ancona. This is the second ef- TO THE STANDARD t Islanders, | bark ground | straws for a special | 1 chance | of being absent | n Mooney and Sergeant | He was | | fort of the Health Department to have . | the Supervisors adopt an amendment JNO. J. FULTO! N Co. Troy,N.Y., ‘ Reports Sends Word to This City of Three Recoveries in Bright's Discase and Diabetes Made by the Ful- ton Compounds. C. B WIBERLEY. the age = Fulton Compounds in Troy, » wrote us that he had several recoveries to report. two of them being connected with the Troy Press. the leading daily of L that city. We are now in receipt of the signed statements of three of the parties rferred to, which we condense as fol- ows : nt of the John T. Jewell of the “Press” office writes: “My wife suffered for many years with various Kidney complaints and particularly diabetes. She was treat- ed by physicians and tried many sdver. tised remedies faithfully without benefit until Fulton's Compound .was recom- mended. It has surely removed the cause of the trouble in this case.” O. McLaughlin of 2648 Sixth ave., Troy: “Severgl months ago a relative calling on me was surprised to note how poorly 1 looked. In answer to his ine guiry ms to the trouble, I told him my were in bad shape. He told me of ton’s Renal Compound #t him. 1 did not believe however, bought & bottie and 1 The morning following I ws : taki it ! to note less pain. I had nev: Tev up to that time that medicine would do much . T continued to take it and grew mfi.flay well. 1 now con- sider myself cured and have stopped the treatment.” Jumes Doherty. 70 Jay st. Tro; Kidney trouble was due to a bicycle in- o Medical treatment never reached till 1 started on Fulton's Renal Com- pound. For the benefit of the aMicted | want to say it has almost if not quite oured me " to the present ordinance, making it ob- ligatory that the butter fat in milk shgpped to this city be at least 3.5 per cel instead of the previous 3.2 per | cent. | The milkmen on this side of the bay favor 3.30 for four months of the year |and 350 per cent for eight months. They claim that at certain times in | the year it is impossible, owing.to the condition of feed, to get 350 per cent butter fat. Martin Johnson, director in the Bay County Commercial Company, main- of cream had to be added to ninety gallons of unskimmed milk in order to bring it up to the standard. He fur- ther stated that purer milk is shipped to this city than to any -other city in the United States.. —_——— Missing Since Saturday. The wife of H. T. Walker, a waiter formerly employed in a Geary street restaurant, has reported to the police that he has been missing since last Saturday and she is afraid he has met with foul play. According to her story, her husband was last seen by her at 10 o’clock on the morning of Saturday at their home, 506 Leavenworth street. He then had $200 on his person. Mrs. Walker says their home has been a happy one during their eight years of married life and that her husband has never before during that time absented himself over night. —_———— Camera Club Elects Officers, The annual election of officers for the California Camera Club was held last evening and resulted in the choice of the following, all of whom except the librarian were re-elected: Presi- dent, A. L. Coombs; first vice presi- dent, H. B. Hosmer; second vice pres- ident, J. R. Gwynn: secretary, W. E. Palmer; treasurer, J. J. Lermen; cor- responding secretary, C. A. Goe; li- brarian, G. Knight White; directors, F. C. Bangs, H. L. Byrne, E. G. Kisen, | 3 W. Erwin, tained that in many cases ten gallons | CITIZENS SHY AT QUESTIONS Impanelment of a Jury at Madera Is Fruitless of the Desired Result | TEN MEN ARE EXAMINED Second Trial of a Suit Against Newspaper Prom- ises to Take Some Time e | Special l)lspalila The Call. ¢ MADERA, April 12—The second trigl | of the suit of J. G. Roberts against | the Fresno Democrat Publishing Com- pany for $75,000 began to-day in the | Supericr Court, Judge Fulkerth of Stanislaus County presiding. | The defendant company was repre- | sented by J..G. Maguire of San Fran- | cisco, Verts & Ewing of Fresno and G. J. Hely of Madera. The plaintiff is represented by Ostrander *& Smith of Fresno and F. A. Fee of Madera. | The work of impaneling a jury was tedious, as the case is pretty well | known in the county, and few of the men examined to-day were found who could qualify. But ten men were ex- amined and not one juror has yet been | secured. It is believed it will take all day to-morrow to get a jury. ————————— | PERSONAL. Dr. and Mrs. Elmer Stone of Napa are at the Palace, | N. E. Dittmar, a publisher of Red- dinf, is at the Grand. G. Babeock of Coronado and wife | are at the St. Francis. Dr. W. S. Hoen of the United States | ravy is at the Palace. Attorney Frank H. Short of Fresuo | is staying at the Palace. w. Shannon, State Printer, and his wife are at the Lick. J. Craig. proprietor of Highland Springs, is at the Grand ind Mrs. J. M. Oxner of Mem- at the Occidental. s Barnard, a business man of | Boston, at the St. Francis. | A. J. Bledsoe, a real estate man of a guest at the Grand. | /. W. Peterson, a candy merchant | of Sacramento, is at the Grand. i Charles Keilus, the wall known | clothier, leaves to-day for the kast. Fred A. Hines, a prominent insur- | ance man of Los Angeles, is at thsj | Palace. | | kelton, agent for the Gould | acramento, is in the citv on Underwood Hill of at the St. Fran- and Mrs. J. San Jose registered cis yesterd i . E. Giddings and wife registered | at the Palace yesterday from Grent Barrington, Mass. D. H. Smith and J. V. Creighton, well known business men of Seattle, | are staying at the Palace. R. M. Brereton, a capitalist of Port- land, who is interested in mining in Alaska, is at the Occidental. | A. W. Strauss, a member of one’of | the leading commercial firms of Bos- | ton, is at the St. Francis. E. B. Grandine, a wealthy resident of Washington, and members of his family are at the St. Francis. W. H. Davenport, general agent of | the Colorado Midland road, has been very ill at his home for a week. John Read, a gun manufacturer of | Boston, and his family arrived from Southern California yesterday and| registered at the St. Francis. L. T. Hatfield, father of Victor Hat- field, former secretary to the Mayor | of Sacramento and a well known law- yver of that city, is at the Occidental. e st Californians in New York. NEW YORK, April 12.—The follow- ing Californians are registered here: From San Francisco—J. D. Johnson, | at the St. Denis; N. W. Marston and | Dr. | | wife, at the Wolcott; J. T. Thompson, | at the Marlborough; J. Zellerbach, at | the Hotel Imperial; Mrs. F. Levy, at | the Marlborough; A. B. Lewis, at the Broadway Central. From Los Angeles—T. H. Oxham, at | the Broadway Central. e I THROWS ROCK THROUGIH | PLATE GLASS WINDOW | S | William Cox, an Aged Meudicant, | Placed Under Arrest on a Charge of Malicious Mischief. | An old man entered the office of the | California Safe Deposit - and Trust Company, California and Montgomery | streets, about the noon hou: yester- day and demanded something to eat | o money with which to buy food. \lie | was told that he had called at the| wrong place and was ordered out. The mendicant coolly walked out, picked up a rock from the street and dcliberately threw it through one of | the plate glass windows. A crowd | quickly gathered and the man start- el to run away. Policeman T. P. | Walsh soon overtook him and charged | him at the City Prison with malicious mis chief. # At the prison he gave the name of ‘William Cox and his age at i vears. He said he was a machinist by trade; i!bat he came here about eighteen months ago from Philadeiphia, but could find no work and his money was | exhausted. R — New Railroad Incorporated. The Ione and Eastern Railroad Company was incorporated yesterday with a capital stock of $1,000,000, of which $14,000 is subscribed. The pur- pose of the company is to build a road | fourteen miles in length from Ione to a point on Sutter Creek. The direc- tors and ufie’eamflnnt of stock they have subscribed are Jackson Dennis, $3500; Wilfora Dennis, $2500; J. J, Fagan, $1000; Willlam Pardy, $1000; | by J. B. Askely of the Christia | er, R. E. Wallace, $2500; H. H. Ferns, $2600, and S. C. Scheeline, $1000. Changes in Postoffice. George S. 1 man, money order clerk of Station K postoffice, has resigned and Louis Debrow has been appointed a distributing clerk. Salaries of the following have been increased: Walter J. Thempson, $600 to $700; James W. Warford, $700 to $800; Albert C. Pait, $900 to $1200. Fourth Congressional \_ in th.llnk?d this SPRINGTIME -~ WEDDING AT WHEATLAND _— & — 'Y FAVORITES AT WHEAT- D) WHO WERE MARRIED RE YESTERDAY. Favorites in Society in Yuba County Married. Special Dispatch to The Call. WHEATLAND, April 12—A fitting climax to the first week of spring sun- shrine was the wedding of Earl E. Mon- son and Miss Lottie E. Niemeyer. This young couple was foremost in the so- cial life of Wheatland, and their union makes a tie which binds together a very large circle of relatives who will make well wishes for them. The groom, a nephew of T. H. Thom- as, president of the Farmers’' Bank, is a promising young business man and associated with thé Stagner hardware business, 3 The bride, the only daughter of W. H. Niemeyer of the Rochdale Company, is a talented young lady, prominent in musical circles and in church work, The ceremony was performed in the parlors of the bride's home at under a bower of evergreens. They were unattended, and made a picture that will be a pleasure to the witnesses | to recall. The wedding presents were rich and numerous and were tokens from relatives and friends from all sec- tions of the State. RIVAL FACTIONS BEFORE BOARD Battle Between Warring Re-| publicans for, Control of \ a Congressional District T il With much oratory the contending factions of the Republican party in the Fourth Congressional District occupied the attention of the Election Commis- | sion last night, and the battle will be continued this afternoon at 4 o’elock. Following the reading of certified copies of the rival petitions filed with the Secretary of State, Maurice L. Ash- representing the Riordan commit- tee, addressed the, board. He said that as another petition had been filed, he | was prepared to demonstrate that these | whom he represented were the only regularly constituted body empowered to name delegates for a convention in the Fourth Congressional District. He quoted from the Supreme Court deci- |sion in the 114th California Reports, McDonald versus Hinton. Mr. Asher then dwelt upon the fact that he was | & delegate to the, State convention at | Sacramento and that the same dele- gates represented - the Fourth Con- gressional District. The subsequent meetings were then gone into by the speaker, and mention was made of that memorable meeting at Golden Gate Hall in 1902, when there was so much commotion caused by the opposition that an adjournment became neces- sary before the transaction of any business of importance. Mr. Asher stated that all of the min- utes of the various meetings would not be accessible until to-day, as they had been shipped from Paraiso Springs by express. At this juncture he produced the names of the delegates present at the Golden Gate Hall meeting, and also the committee of fifteen appointed to ————— SHERIFE HOLDS ECTREASURER McGeoghegan of San Jose Arrested on a Charge of Falsifying City Records BONDSMEN ARE LACKING | Interesting Developments in the Investigation of For- mer City Official’s Books: Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, April 12.—Ex-City Treas- urer T. J. McGeoghegan was arrested this evening on a charge of falsifying the city records in the Treasurer's of- fice. The complaint upon the felony charge was sworn to befoge Justice Wallace by R. T. Farran, a private detective, McGeoghegan is charged with falsi- fying the records in relation to a $50 license collected from the San Jose Railroad Company, which conducts the First street electric railway. The Treasurer failed to account for the $50 in rendering his report to the city. Jus- tice Wallace placed McGeoghegan'’s bail at $10,000. Abgut 6 o’clock this evening McGeo- ghegan was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Starbird. He was given an opportun- {ity to secure bondsmen, but up to a {late hour to-night was In the custody of the Sheriff. He said he thought he would have no trouble securing bail and expected friends to secure his re- lease at any moment. | It is just a month since McGeoghe- | gan’s defalcation was discovered in the treasury. Experts found his shortage to be nearly $9000. For a couple of | weeks the bond companies who were on his bond for $100,000 had him con- stantly under the surveillance of a de- tective, but for the last two weeks Mc- Geoghegan has had his freedom. The Grand Jury, which is now in session, will probably indict McGeo- ghegan. The complaint made to-day is | said to have been sworn to at the in- | stance of the bond companies. | —— e —— SEVENTEEN-YEAR OLD KILLED BY BOY A NEGRO | Kansas City Tragedy May Result in Lynching and Police Guard the Prisoner. KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 12.—Roy Martin, ears of age, a member of the freshman class of the Kansas City, | Kans.,, High School, was shot and ! killed at Kerr Park to-day by a negro believed to be Louis Gregory. Greg- |ory was arrested and taken to the | Wyandotte County, Kans., jail. Ne- ! gro riflemen guarded the jail to-night, fearing an attempt at lynching, but there was po outbreak. y e the duty of the Secretary of State, if judicial action was to be taken, to have determined which was the proper peti- | tion. If Curry failed to do what the law contemplates it should not be passed up to this board for adjudica- tion. This board has no right to reject | one petition and accept another.” | Eddy cited the decision in the case | of Spelling vs. Brown, 122 California Reports, as an analogous case. Lewis Anderson and Attorney Cogh- lan were also heard. Upon invitation of the board all of the Justices of the Peace were on ’hund to express their views on the proposed action of placing the office of Justice on the ballot at the coming | election. Judge Isidore Golden acted as spokesman and maintained that the Justices are a part of the judicial sys- ! tem of the State and that they were | created the same as superior or su- { preme courts by the constitution. “The JJusllcfls do not want to be placed in | the position,” said Golden, “of be- | ginning affirmative proceedings to {lengthen their tenure of office.” | The matter will be taken under ad- visement until some future meeting. | The bids of J. M. Walsh, John Kitch- (en, A. Carlisle and Willilam R. Phil- | lips for binders and dividers were all ! rejected unon motion of Commissioner Pl ! Leffingwell, chairman of the Printing "‘ummlnpe, upon the ground of being exorbitant, HOPES T0 LAND JUDGE 1N JAIL Adjutant General Bell of Colorado Will Send Jurist to the Military Prison| —_— 1 Ro— TELLS A FRIEND| N S Head of State' Militia Pays No Attention to Warrant Citing Him for Contempt " R o X OURAY, Colo., April 12.—No atlemptl has vet been made by Adjutant Gen- | eral Bell, commanding the military at | Telluride, to have Judge Theron ‘Ste- | vens of Ouray arrested for his criti- cisms of Governor Peabody and the heads of the State military in connec- tion with the Moyer habeas corpus case. However, it is reported here that General Bell in a telephone conversa- tion with a resident of the place gave it as his intention to take Judge Ste-! vens into custody and place him in the military prison at Telluride if the op- portunity afforded itself. Sheriff Corbett of this county will make no attempt for the present to serve the warrants at Telluride on Ad- jutant General Bell and Captain Wells, adjudged yesterday to be guilty of contempt of court for disobeying the habeas corpus order of Judge Stevens | and refusing to bring President Charles | H. Moyer of the Western Federation of Miners into court. Judge Stevens has gone to Gunnison, where he will hold court for two weeks, and the Sheriff will await his return here at the end of the Gunnison ses- sion.before he takes any steps in the direction of serving his warrants. THU . 3 THE DAY’S DEAD. A et OAKLAND, April 12.—Miss Roselle Emlay, daughter of Louis A. Emlay and a granddaughter of J. F. W. Sohst, a well-known member of the | Merchants’ Exchange, died to-day at East Bay Sanitarium, after an opera- tion for appendicitis. The deceased was 17 years of age and was a student at the Polytechnic High School. Mrs. Eliza W. Kurtz, an old resident of this city, died yesterday at the age of 80 years. The deceased was the mother of L. R. and J. W. Kurtz and | Mrs. Louise Thomas and the grand- mother of Mrs. J. J. Warner and Mrs. N. K. Dunning. Mrs. Catherine Rathjen, aged 70 years, died to-day at her home at Fifth and Jackson streets. Mrs. Rath- Jen leaves two sons. She had been a resident of this city for more than twenty-five years. John Wall, a well known and popu- lar race horse man, died to-day at East Bay Sanitarium after a very short illness. The deceased was 50 years of age and was a member of Oakland Lodge of Foresters No. 218. The funeral will be held next Thurs- day under the auspices of that lodge. . Death Claims Prominent Merchant. SAN JOSE, April 12.—Leopold Hart, one of the oldest and most prominent merchants of this city, died suddenly this morning at his residence at 40 North Eighth street. Last night he was taken with severe pains in the region of his heart and suffered greatly until o'clock this morning, | when he expired. He was a native of Alsace-Lorraine, Germany, and 75 s of age. Deceased had been in lifornia nearly fifty years. For twenty years Hart conducted a dry goods store in the town of Santa | Clara and twenty-five years ago he re- moved to this city. During his resi- dence here he had conducted the Cor- ner Cash Store at the corner of Santa Clara and Market streets. A short time ago the firm was incorporated as L. Hart & Son and pince then Alex Hart, his only son, has been managing | the business. Five grown daughters also survive him. e — OAKLAND, Avril lE.—Benjamin Broseaughs, 67 vears of age, was ar- rested this evening for insanity. He FOSEMITE ROAD BILL DEFEATE) Appropriation Not Allowed for Purchase of Toll High- ways in National Park SK FURTHER INQUIRY Committee Will Examine Reservations to Aseertain if Lands Can Be Withdrawn ¥ h to The Call. CALL BUREAU, HOTEL BARTON, WASHINGTON, April12.—Senator Per- kins has inserted in the sundry ctvil bill a provision for the appro- priation of five thousand dollars for a telephone cable from Angel Island to the Merchants’ Exchange. There will be no appropriation for the purchase of toll roads in Yosemite National Park this year, the amend- ment having been cut out of the sun- dry civil bill. Provision is made in- stead for a commission to be appoint- ed by the Secretary of the Interior to examine the park to ascertain what lands may be withdrawn from it and opened to settlement for mining and cultivation and also to estimate the cost of building a free road through the park, the commission to report to the next session of Congress. The Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands has decided not to report a bill for the diversion of the water of the Colorado River, which has been pend- ing a long time. Secretary Hitchcock and Acting Attorney Gemeral Hoyt have both, in reports flled in answer to a request of the committee, advised against it. the river forming a boun- dary line between California and Mexi- co, and the bill providing for the ab- sorption of all its waters for irrigation purposes. A resolution will be introduced by Senator Bard requesting President Roosevelt to have the question fully inquired into with a view to establish- ing the rights of and protecting private parties in diverting its waters for irri- gation purposes.. All parties interested, for and against the bill, accept the res- olution as the best alternative. The bill was introduced to establish the right ot‘ the California Development Company, Y, which has built ditches covering a large area of land in Southern Califor- nia at great expense. The American Beet Sugar Associa- tion held a largely attended meeting at the Arlington Hotel to-day and was addressed by Secretary of Agriculture Wilson gnd the heads of the depart- ments of chemistry and soil and seeds. The Secretary gave interesting ac- counts of experiments of the depart- ment in the sofls of California, and stated that it was his purpose to go over every State of the Union thor- oughly, examining and testing the soil, to discover for what it is best adapted and in what it is deficient, that it may be supplied by fertilizer. Henry Oxnard of California was re- elected president of the association for the eleventh successive term. ————— The Bell Amendment. The Army and Navy Republican League of California, M. D. Hyde, commandgr, yesterday sent by wire the following message to Washington: SAN FRANCISCO, April 12, 1904. To California Delegation, ‘ Care George C. Perkins, U. S. S., Washington, D. C.— The Army and Navy Republican League of California_indorses the Grand Army resolu- tions passed at the Los Angeles encampment regarding maintaining canteens at the Sol- diers’ homes and asks the rejection of the Beil amendment. MARCUS D. HYDE., Commander in Chief. —_—— ‘Weather Change Causes Suicide. DAYTON, Ore., April 12 —His mind unhinged by the sudden change from cool, moist days to the intense heat of a summer sun, Martin Bower com- mitted suicide by hanging himself ag the Nichols hopyard, about two miles from here, early this morning. Bower was a farmhand. —— Arrested for Embezzlement. Joseph T. McEvoy was arrested on a warrant last night by Detective Ross Special tried to set fire to the Standard Soap Works at West Berkeley without any apparent reason. Whitaker. McEvoy is accused by Otto F. Huber of embezzling the sum of $150 from him a few weeks ago. $1,719,700 Amtmm represent the Fourth Congressional district. Asher declared that the min- than doul \ny other utes of the meeting of March 23, 1904, . u‘ tt' of “le_ would show that the committee of Company in the same which he was the chairman had power to file all petitions. F Martin Kelly declared that it was a question of law as well as fact. Col- onel Eddy, in reply to a question, said that for the purpose of expediting the hearing he would Wwilling-to admit that Messrs, and Brown, who were present, would corroborate Asher. Cclonel Eddy, flanked by Lewis H. Anderson, chairman, and Martin Kelly, secretary of the opposition committee of the Republican party in the Fourth Congressional District, presented his views. He that the Elec- tion Com have no jurisdic- tion to take any action in relaticn to which committee is the genuine one. “The question is not a local said “Eddy. “notwithstanding that the District is with-| m(g@;fl;m one,| As insurer or tract with the Company, ‘rather than ing for the * agent of a Company. ¥ ——— TWO POINTS ARE PROV Nearly |5 of a Million E 3 agent you should be interested. Address the Home Office or the nearest branch. €7 The Conservative News will be sent, free of emn.ng:m to the m address of any life insurance man in flelds rated company. ADVERTISEMENTS. A e N CONSERVATIVE LIFE RECORD FOR NEW BUSINESS WRITTEN IN CALIFORNIA IN MARCH, 19504 WHERE THE BUSINESS COMES FROM —_— Geary St. Branch, S. F., Fred. Bennion, Mgz . $400,500 110 Geary Street. First St Branch. L. A., F. P. Newport, Mgr . 177,000 Main St Dranch. L. A4 Ed W. Maxson, Mgr. 165000 I3th St. Branch, Oakland, Chas. P. 155,070 138,610 s Abrahsa.mwn Building. Fox, Mgr t. Branch, . spric':&ner Fourth mr:ihspl;l.nglé"z:t H. m"" u” e e 138,000, h, R. H. Behrens, Act. Mgr. San Jose Branch, Geo. Roslington, Mgr. .. Spring Building. Broadway Branch, L. A, L. W. Smith, Mge. . Orange Branch, Herron Moore Monohan, Mgr . . Corner Third and Broadway. ‘Address Home Office. Fresno Branch, E. S, Valeatine, Mgr ... ...... McClurg Building. Eureka Branch, H.F.'l"uhll.m March 1, '04—Georgeson ing. Organized Market St. Branch, S. F.. F. F. Wright, Mgr. 14th St. Branch, 0akland, F. J. Whitiag, Mgr BEEEEes | $1,719,760 D: 1—Our policies are more in demand by the public. 2—They are more readily sold by the field men. . §