The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 10, 1904, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO' CALL, TUESDAY, MAY ‘10, 1904 LEAVES BANK T0 KILL SELF Idaho Miner Withdraws His ¥unds and Then Fires a Bullet Into His Brain FRIENDS ARE MYSTIFIED ——— 0 anse Can Be Assigned for the Tragie Act as the Man Had Plenty of Money —— - ecial Dispatch to The Cail. 9.—George Win- vears a prominent resi- , where he conducted a mself through the head the railroad bridge the structure into the on & river. 2 trace of his body has been four His friends are dumfounded t and are unable to advance e ry tever that would ex- plain why he took his own life. ame from the Black Hornet g and presented him- National Bank, where dey He drew ou placed 1 a leather poc h he cz his coat a store, v s SN SO RESERVOIR BUILDERS LIABLE FOR DAMAGES Colarado Judge Overrules a De- murrer in a Case Involving Thousands of Dollars. In the litigation G g of the » Park £ s in kS I the a f n Water € ing that the L s € t of God guilt slig b g or € 4 and that it from on holds perty ng of the ad com- TWELVE TONS MELTED OF GOLD 'O MAKE COIN Philadelphia Mint Wins a Record | Will Turn Out Dozen Millions. and a 9.—Twelve to-day re- t the United same time began the mass into w twelve 1d within $12,000 of the gold came g of twelve tons of gold i e a new record FOUR FORDING COMES PEOPLF NEATH T0 RIVER Kansas Man Loses Wife and Children Wagon ol setting. by Up- he containing W 1 £ 1 f childr E - and d. Mr. Hanlon after several ver three DR. PIERCE’S REMEDIES. “I had scrofula and | erysipelas for eight- een years, until I heard Of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov- » writes Mr. Hilery Koons, of Queens, ery w, this medicine I weighed one hundred and thirty pounds. 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Dr. Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Adviser is sent free on receipt of stamps to pay expense of mailing only. end 21 one-cent stamps for the book in paper covers, or 31 stamps for the cloth-bound volume. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Rnffaln N V. any | Three | | Y 9.—While one mile | en I commenced to take | BY S. W. WASHINGTON, May 9.—The scene on Capital Hill to-day bears the same relation to the scene at the same place this day of last week as does the scene on Market street of a Saturday night to the scene on the same thoroughfare early of a Sunday morning. While no wild weeds are allowed to gather at the gates, the Capital halls are desolate. The perennial visitor and sight-seer wanders down the long corridors and listens in a subdued and listless way to the drone of the guide as he explains the frescoes on the wall. The peculiar acoustic properties of the Hall of Fame—which is “one of the sights” of the capital—are tested by the passing stranger under conditions that, for such a purpose, leave nothing to be de- sired. For the passing stranger is alone, his volce is the only voice to be | heard, and he may show what interest he feels in the strange tricks the echoes play without fear of the smile of the accustomed throng. Indeed the acoustic properties of the whole building may be tested now, for the echo of the occasional footstep goes | ‘ hurtling down the corridors as though eager to fill them with the multiplied sounds of yesterday or to do what they (can to rob them of the depressing silence of to-day. Down in the musty shadows of the ground floor there | is the nailing and trundling of boxes as | porters pack away books and papers. In the committee rooms, the galleries and both the chambers of Congress the | house cleaner is at work, and out in the sunshine, in the surrounding grounds, | is the man with the mower. | STATESMEN HAVE GONE. Where are the statesmen of yester- day? They have gone back to the| | States, that is all. Nothing has hap- | | pened to them—but they do not know | what may happen. The Congress is | dissipated—they have scattered over | the face of the land. Great heaps of papers are piled up in he House document room—representa- t did not pass. For most of them it w never intended that they should pass— that is by the leaders. ve ter of experience. Those who had much experience have little hope. Congress having fixed a day for ad- | journment, the struggle to secure p age of pet measures that had been in steady progress since the opening day | had taken on the character of a stam- | That is | pede and congestion followed. to there is every appearance of | congestion, and those who made the | struggle believéd there would be a con- gestion. But from the time the hour for adjournment is fixed there are those sav, | is to be employed—who are to have the floor and for how long, what bills are to be allowed to make the goal. The | bills of national importance of course ]ha\.- precedence. For the others it is a matter with the Speaker of the House, principally. | In the Senate a bill of local import- | | ance has a comparatively easy time of it, for it is a part of the courtesy that | {is a law to that body that no Senator shall oppose a bill in which another Senator is specially interested in be- half of his own constituency. The | Senators—because of their compara- tively small number—are all intimate- | Iv acquainted and, with but a few ex- in great measure of the bills lhal; Those who in- | troduced them of course may have had | great hopes, and this is largely a mat- | have | who know how every intervening hour | DESOLATION APPARENT IN-NATIONAL CAPITOL Visitors From Interior Listen to Echoes Which Sound Throughout Silent Halls, While Mem- bers of Commissions Prepare for Future Reports —_— WALL. Il ing to do in the world to secure a passage for your bill but to convince a majority of the members, few of whom care, or understand, or will listen while you explain, that your bill is g zood one and should be passed. This is the difference between the Sen- ate and the House. It is true that senatorial courtesy—though it now and_then slips a link—is a very potent factor in the legislation of the upper house. In the lower it is all hard knocks. It is not quite true that all the mem- bers of the Congress have gone back to thelr fences, for several committees have been at work during the week upon commissions left them by the body before adjournment. One of these is the joint commission authorized to report to Congress next December with regard to plans for the extension and completion of the Capitol building in accordance with the Walter plans. They have decided upon the extension according to the earlier Walter plan, which provides for an extension of the east front of the main building to a line with the wings. The later Walter plan brought the center out beyond the wings. Some critics were of the opinion that this left the dome rela- tively small and was the cause of its rejection in favor of the earlier plan. TO INSPECT BUILDINGS. A Boston firm of architects, Carree & Hastings, is commissioned to go over the Walter plan and suggest what changes may seem to them as neces- sary or proper. The joint commission is composed of Senators Wetmore, Al- ger and Gorman and Representatives Cannon, Hepburn and Richardson. The model of the Capitol building as it will appear when completed is still on view in the rotunda. An appropriation was made by Congress for its carriage to and exhibition at St. Louis. I had a talk with Secretary Wilson | the other day concerning the “testing garden” recently purchased at Chico by the Agricultural Department. The testing garden is what its name indi- cates, a garden to test the possibilities of the soil of California, and is dis- tinguished as such from the station and the laboratory at Santa Ana. “We are doing more for California | than for any other State in the Union,” said Secretary Wilson, “and on the other hand California—not the State government, but the scientific men of | California— is doing less for us. The garden at Chico comprises fifty acres. It was chosen after a careful prospect of the whole State for its advantages of climate and soil. It has a consid- erable rainfall, more than could be | found farther south and if need be | irrigation may be had. The soil is fine and rich. We can grow here citrus fruits of a wider range than most other points. Fruits will not be grown, how- but the trees for distribution. T. | ever, | H. Dorset will be the general officer in charge.” | ———————————— | OF INTER! TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST |Orders Issue to Members of Signal Corps for Duty in Alaska. WASHINGTON, May 9.—The fol- | lowing named enlisted men of the sig- nal corps, now stationed at or near San Francisco, will be sent by the com- manding general, Department of Cal- | ifornia, to St. Louis, Mo., with instruc- | ceptions, on_ friendly terms. For a |, cuit T T R S G o Senator to interpose objection to a | .- g # e : George P. Scriven, signal corps, for measure of only local interest, unless | ;¢ ", connection with the signal it s a a- | S . 2as A | it should call for a large appropria- | , . exnibit at the Louisiana Pur- tion or be in some other way unusual, | e e Vi b Gt it Tt | chase Exposition: M Svomen . | First Class Sergeants Robert J. | ‘]()l'SE 1S DIVIDED. In the House, however, there nothing of that kind. It is divided | against itself by the center aisle, on | one side of which sit the Democrats and on'the other the Republicans. Ev- ery proposition is viewed with sus- picion by one side according as it comes from the other side. Nor does opposition confine itself to these lim- its. It is quite likely to appear on both sides. So far as friendships are congerned half the members have not even a speaking acquaintance with the other half—the political division hav- ing nothing to do with this relation. The members simply do not come to- gether, many of them passing through | session after session as strangers to many other members. And yet friend- ships here count for much, as may well be understood. To secure the passage of a bill of importance to an individual member, that member must first convince the members of the committee to which it is referred. That is no small job, seeing that very many bills go to the committee, but if the author friends on the com- mittee it is easier. place on the calendar—which it will | may be reached in the regular order of business. In any other case the author is, first, at the complete mercy of “Uncle Joe Cannon.” He must ne- gotiate a “recognition” from Uncle Joe. For not every man who rises up and says “Mr. Speaker” gets a greet- ing. It must—especiaily in the late hours of the session—he all arranged for in advance. Mr. Cannon must have been consulted, the bill explained and he convinced that it is a proper meas- ure. He will tell you that there are thirty other bills of the same kind that have an equal right to be passed, and, to be fair to them, »~ must not see or hear you should you speak to him from the floor. FAVORS ARE PREARRANGED. Should you convince him and gain his favor and c:11 up your bill out of its order, then some man who does not know you or your bill, or who knows you but does not Khow your bill, or who knows your bill but does not know you, or who knows and does not like you—one or the other of these contingencies out of the great assem- blage on the floor will rise up and stop you. Should you run the gauntlet of all these preliminaries to a fair hear- ing on the floor, then you have noth- is | If it finds a front | do only if it is early reported—then it | | Brownfield and Alfred C. Greene and Sergeant William E. yboth. | The following changes of stations and duties of officers, signal corps, are ordered: First Lieutenant William C. Fitzpatrick is relieved from duty, sig- | nal corps post, Fort Myer, Va., June 1, and will proceed to Vancouver Bar- racks, Wash., for instructions pertain- ing to operation and maintenance of the military telegraph system in Alas- ka and upon completion of that work will proceed to Fort Gibbon, Alaska, |and relieve First Lieutenant Richard 0. Rickard of his present duties. Lieu- tenant Rickard will proceed via St. Michael to Vancouver Barracks, Wash. First Lieutenant John E. Hemphill is relieved from duty at Fort Wood, N. Y., July 1, and will proceed to Van- couver Barracks for instructions per- taining to the military telegraph sys- tem in_Alaska and upon completion of his work will take the statlon at Nome and relleve First Lieutenant Alfred T. Clifton. Lieutenant Clifton will pro- ceed to Vancouver Barracks. First Lieutenant John E. Hemphill, signal corps, will make, during the fiscal year, not to exceed two visits per month to Safety Harbor and not to exceed one visit per month to St. Michael, Alaska, on official business in connection with the operation and maintenance of the military telegraph system of Alaska, and upon comple- tion of his work return to the station at Nome after each visit. il service examination will be held July 11 in San Francisco and San Diego for positions in the custom- house service. One additional letter carrier is al- lowed Santa Barbara to serve from April 1 to June 20. —_————— Alaska Goverpor at White House. WASHINGTON, May $9.—Governor Brady of Alaska had a conference with President Roosevelt about Alas- kan affairs. Governor Brady is the Alaskan commissioner to the St. Louis Exposition and is away from his post at this time in connection with expo- sition s work. —_———— ‘Work Begins on Extension. SAN JOSE, May 9.—A force of men was put to work to-day by Céntractor Elder on the interurban extension of one mile from Saratoga to Congress Springs. He expects to complete the branch in six weeks. RULES ARE MADE FOR COMMISSION President aqd Cabinet See- retaries Arrange Matters Preliminary to Canal Work DAVIS CHOSEN GOVERNOR Army Member of the Board Will Supervise American Zone on the TIsthmus WASHINGTON, May Roosevelt had a long conference to-day with Secretaries Hay and Taft and At- torney General Knox, at which the reg- ulations to govern the Isthmian Canal Commission were determined upon finally. ‘While the creation and work of the commission is committed by law to the President, whose authority in that re- gard is practically supreme, the Pres- ident, by the regulations, directs that the commission shall exercise its pow- ers under the direction and supervision of the Secretary of War. General George W. Davis, the army member of the commission, is-appoint- ed governor of the American zone on the isthmus. TUntil the expiration of the Fifty-eighth Congress the Isthmian Canal Commission will exercise legis- lative authority over the American strip. Governor Davis is given author- ity to appoint one Judge, who shall ex- ercise judicial authority. Under the operation of what is known as the Dockery law the audit- ing of the commission’s accounts will fall to the duty of the Auditor of the State Department, but beyond the mat- ter of auditing the State Department will not be charged with any control over the commission. The commission will report directly to the Secretary of War as often as he may direct upon all phases of its operations. It will be under the same sort of control of the Secretary of War as is the Philippine Commission. All directions concerning the opera- tions of the commission are set out fully in the regulations, and a recita- tion is made of all the operations lead- ing up to the acquisition of the canal property and the appointment of the commission. e BIDS OPENED FOR SAN JOSE'S HALL OF JUSTICE Proposals Are Received by the Board of Supervisors for Two Styles of Structure. SAN JOSE, May 9.—Bids for the new Hall of Justice were opened by the Board of Supervisors this morning. The building 'is to be erected back of the Hall of Records on Market and | St. James streets. Bids were asked for two styles of buildings, one of steel and sandstone and the other of brick and terra cotta, wilh terra cotta trim- mings. The following bids were re- ceived: A. House, stone $124,927, brick $115,28 D. J. Byron, stone $127,987, brick $111,587; American- Hawalian Engineering and Construc- tion Company, stone $125,327 96, brick $114,800; Morrison Bros., stone, $134,- 091, brick $122,293; A. B. Fletcher, stone $135,449, brick $122,293; M. C annon, stone $135,797, brick 3 ,000; McGilvray Stone Company, stone $135,300, no bid on brick build- ing. The certified checks accompanying all the bids except those of Messrs. House and Byron, the former being the lowest bidder for a stone building and the latter for a brick building. were ordered returned by the Board of Supervisors. Further action on the bids were postponed until May 16. —_————— Prominent San Jose Couple Weds. SAN JOSE, May 9.—John W. Sul- livan, a prominent attorney of this city, was married to Miss Sophia J. Ruger this afternoon at St. Joseph's Church. The ceremony was performed by Father Gleeson in the presence of the immediate relatives of the parties. Because of the recent death of the bride’s father the wedding was a very quiet one. The bride is the daughter of the late Julius H. Ruger, a retired lawyer of this city, and niece of the late Chief Justice John Ruger of the New York Court of Appeals. Sulli- van is prominent in Republican poli- tics. Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan left this afternoon for San Francisco, where the honeymoon will be spent. ——————— YOUTH ATTACKED BY CRAMPS IS DROWNED Santa Rosa Lad Meets Untimely End ‘While Sllmmln‘ ‘With Companions. SANTA ROSA, May 9.—Hugh Mec- Michaels, aged 15 years, was drowned in Russian River about seven miles below Healdsburg Sunday afteérnoon while swimming with several com- panions. Residents of the vicinity searched all night in an effort to re- cover the body of the youth, but were not successful until late Monday after- noon. The accident occurred in a pool of water from twelve to fourteen feet in depth. was attacked with cramps. No scream or cry for assistance was heard by the boys who were with McMichaels. The body was recovered by a youth named Isaacs, who dived into the pool of water. Coroner Frank L. Blackburn Iwenl north to-night to hold an in- ! quest. The funeral will take place Tuesday morning and the interment |wlll be in Oak Mound Cemetery. —_———— . | Miners at Jackson Strike. JACKSON, May 9.—The strike at the Fremont Consolidated was re- newed to-day. When the men report- ed for work this morning the superin- tendent was requested to take all back without exception. This he refused to do, objecting, to two or three union men. Thereupon the employes de- clined to go to work. It is now thought an effort will be made to op- erate with non-union miners. The surface men and engineers did not go on strike, as most of them belong to the American Federation. 9.—President j KELLER'S GENUINE RETIRING SALE Is Like a Thrilling Continyed Story--- It Grows More Intensely Interesting as It. Advances. This sale is certainly a wonder. The crowds come faster—the enthusiasm gathers force— the selling gets swifter with each passing day. But the bargains are worthy of the multitudes that come for them. Never—positively never—in the merchandizing history of this city has there been a time when money would command such big returns. Our entire stock is being sacrificed. Every dollar's worth of goods we own must be converted into cash. Profits have been deliberately abandoned and costs virtually ignored. Come—visit every department. =————————OUR STORE IS NOW ONE HUGE MONEY-SAVING SPOT. ———— The $1.00 Shirts at 65c—the $1.25 and $1.50 Shirts at 85c—the $3.00 Derby Hats at $1.95—the $2.00 Soft, Hats at $1.25—the $2.00 Straw Hats at $1.15— the SOc Four-in-Hand Ties at 25c—the $1.50 All- Wool Sweaters at 65c—the $2.00 Wash Vests at $1.15—the 25¢ Imported Hosiery at 1633c—the 75¢ Underwear at 35c—the thousands of other marvelous e — w— DaTZains. & > > > - > > Here’s One of the Many Wonderful Tailoring Bargains. Men’s Made-to-Order Suits—tailored in the inimitable Keller way from stylish $ ] 5 all-wool spring and summer fabrics—only $15— $ l 5 regular price $25. If this extraordinary value doesn’t prove a great crowd bringer— if it doesn’t keep the scissors of our cutters snipping and the ma- chines of our operators buzzing at a fast and furious rate until every one of these suits is gone—we'll lose faith in the business-making power of low prices. Just think of it—a Keller-tailored suit for $15. Why, you can’t buy even a just ordinary suit in the ready-made shops at price. Better come promptly. It may save you a pos- sible disappointment. Money savers are very numerous these days, It is supposed that the lad || and we’re confident that none of them will care to miss this chance. BUILDING FOR RENT—MACHINERY AND FIXTURES FOR SALE. Watch ur Windows M filler Co 1028 and 1030 Market St.. o THROTILE NEN 10 ASSEMBLE Delegates to Convention of Locomotive Engineers Are Gathering at Los Angeles o R T LOS ANGELES, May 9.—Delegates to the sixth blennial convention of the International Brotherhood of Locomo- tive Engineers, which convenes in this city next Wednesday, have al- ready arrived in cunsiderable numbers and are coming in to-day on every train. It is estimated that 300 of the total 636 delegates which will com- pose the convention have arrived and that, by to-morrow practically the whole number will be here. Among the latest arrivals are the following party of grand officers, who came from the East by way of San Fran- cisco: Grand Chief Engineer W. S. Stone, First Grand Engineer T. S. Ingraham, Second Grand Engineer and Editor of the Engineers’ Journal C. H. Salmons; Third Grand Engineer Delos Everett, Second Grand Assistant Engineer J. C. Currie, Grand Chaplain G. R. Dori- ty, Mrs. W. A. Murdock, president, and Mrs. Harry St. Clair, secretary, of the Ladies’ Auxiliary. The convention will last until June 2 and will pass upon many legislative matters for the good of the order. New grand officers are also to be chosen. The convention will intersperse its business sessions with many excur- sions and entertainments, which have been planned by the local committees. WOMEN'S CLUB HONORS HAVE NO ATTRACTION Mrs. Robert Burdette Declines Pres- idency Because It Would Inter- fere With Home Life. LOS ANGELES, May 9.—“My de- cision not to be a candidate for any office in the gift of the General Fed- eration of Women's Clubs is final,” said Mrs. Robert J. Burdette this evening just before leaving with her husband for the East. “While it has been conceded that the presidency of the great organization, which repre- sents a membership of three-quarters of a million of the first women of the land, is within reach, I could not ac- cept the position because the official duties would take me from the larger duties centered in the home. In the second place, I will have nothing to do with politics or any office that re- quires the employmeént ‘of political methods to win it. It seems to me the use of political methods at the Los Angeles convention made the election of officers an event preceded by cam- paigning . that distracted attention from the programme and caused much unpleasant feeling. “My friends, far and near, have ral- lied nobly and I cannot express the appreciation I feel. The fact that I must decline to stand for office makes me feel no less under obligation to all the grand women in California and elsewhere who have honored me with their indorsement. “I believe now, as when I wrote my club creed, that woman has no right to undertake any work whatsoever outside of the home along the lines of philanthropic, church, temperance or club life that does not emanate from the home and in its final and best re- sults return to the home. Final and best results cannot return to the home when the duties of club life become so absorbing as to separate one from MITCHELL TALKS WITH PRESIDENT Conditions in Mining Re- gions of Colorado Subject of White House Discussion WASHINGTON, May 9.—John Mitch- ell, president of the United Mine Work- ers of America, and President Keith of the Longshoremen’s Union called on President Roosevelt to-day. They talk- ed briefly with him about a variety of subjects, but particularly about the situation of affairs in the mining regions of Colorado. Mr. Mitchell said he did not discuss the matter with the President with'any idea of having him take action, as executive action just at present is not feasible. Both the President and Mr. Mitchell regard the situation with serious concern. DENVER, May 9.—After numerous postponements the trial of William D. Haywood, secretary-treasurer of the Western Federation of Miners, on the charge of desecration of the flag, was held in Justice Hynes' comrt to-day. Haywood's defense, presented by At- torney Horace N. Hawkins, was that the .statute does not apply to pictures, or reprosentations of the flag, but oanly to the flag itself. The charge is based on the issuance of a circular beaging a picture of a flag and headed “Is Col= orado in America?’ Justice Hynes will give his decision on Thursday next. e -~ home and family for any considerable length of time. IN PO BEAQUTIFUL SANTA BARBARA. L RATES—@merican plan—From May 1, 1904, to January |, 1905: g One person occuping room, without bath, $2.50 to $3.50; with bath, $3.50 to $5.00. |