The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 28, 1904, Page 2

THE S SON OF EGYPT IS INTERESTED —_— Abdel Hamid Abaza Is to Land Office Is Found to;(‘hicago Prisoner Who Rob- Come to CalifornintoStudy | Be the Source of Many| bed a Theater Fire Victim Methods of Agrieulture WINES | ;\’7‘\' EW ORLEANS People of the Southern Me- tropolis Are Fond of the | Golden tate Vintage ey BY PAUL EDWARDS. . WORLD'S FAI Hamid and his home ing to pay Cali- in June. He tinue of richly carioad of attar 4 the make a hegira n g s y of them hav n a that they are . DISCOVERS CALIFORNIA. Delegat ! ad been told of Lou- 1 expected to go States to secure c but the Egyptian s the Palace of Agri- cu ve jose to that of Califor- nia he quet of a certain brand of s tracted Colonel Green and J { the Sacra- ner Devé ociation sec- tor When they le ed what Abdel wa Texas were left ielegate had e climate of Ca was ach 1 that of Egypt, and a g her products did the rest. The Kknow ssed by Green and Wills ge of the Ptolemies did h any, but fortunately ed the En lan- g been told at home of the American girl— nded the cigarette Cleopatra—and pre- nsc 1l go to California ke of Woodland, who eriments will be ple brought out by him cotton, sugar, nd other Nile ser of the Egyp- who will work the fruit season, e in California, may join later. ny WINES IN NEW ORLEANS. J B vice president of of Charles Nelson & Co.; Cap- Mitchell Tyson, bar pilot; George of the German-Amer- Company, and Mrs. all of San Francisco, Louis from New Or- to Germany and Tyson, George H. Tyson, n said D w Or- they had s seemed put to the front. The olden State, he said b the Cres- nd was very popular there s made efforts to secure State the next annual session « National Press Association and e Good Roads Convention for next Portland won the latter because the exposition it is going to hoid. Oklahoma, in bidding for the pre hering omise that an -ex- > run from there to ter the session ended. sion wou editors visited California are not going to miss Memories of the s there, the fraits, be: strongly to them. and flowers - The California commissioners have divided their labors, so that one is an outdoor and one an indoor man. Flicher makes the rounds of the ex- hibits =nd keeps the labor unions pacified as the work is being finished, And | Wiggins sees that visitors to the buitd taken care of. He can ctive settler or orange »f 7000 people, so keenly of observation been de- general man of affairs that progressive body known as the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Wiggins brews himself what is known as the Chamber of Commerce punch. It guaranteed to bring a Jonging for ifornia to three out of every en persons drinking it. It is said that every swajlow wa woman who gets a ts 10 marry the mixer and ioner is kept busy explain- t he already has a wife who is ghly satisfactory to him. k has gone East after his f the California exhibits, @n which he will make a report to the Governor. He says the chief executive ¥ill visit the exposition during the lat- | ter part of June. Some special function arranged at the California ng for his entertainment. Ange eXpects to secure many mew tourists and settlers from her _beautiful display. Many people who have never visited that part of the have ¢ ressed their intention after viewing th this winter, an made inqui quiring permanent homes there. Los Angeles is desirous of becoming popu- lar as a summer as well as a winter exhibit of going there several persons have __POSTUM A D GRAPE- MEATY BOOK “THE ROAD TO- - WELLVILLE” Minjature copy in 3 every pkg. of y Postum and Grape=Nuts fes with a view toward ac- | All BIG SCANDAL Financial ~ Irregularities 'TWO ARRESTS ARE MADE ——. Former Commissioner Department and of il s | Spe ence of The Call. ! HONOLULU, May 21.—More charges of have made against employes of the Territorial Government. This time the accused of- ficials are Edward 8. Boyd, former Commissioner of the Land Department, and Stephen Mahaulu, the present chief clerk in the same office. Both men have Leen a d, their bail being fixed at $10,000 ea The amount of the alleged embezzlemer ted to be $10,000, and may reach to nearly $20,000. Boyd claims that the chief clerk is responsi- ble, while claims that the ioney was talen from time to time by Boyd. Several errors in the accounts of the ce agents scattered throughout ory have previously been dis- In some cases the shortages have been made good, while in at least two cases the question of prosecution is under consideration. This time: the trouble exists in the main office of the Land Department in Honolulu. 4 3 resort, and visitors are informed that the summers there are pleasant as weil as the winters. Much good work is be- ing done in thisline. Los Angeles has received a carload of oranges and apples, which are be- ing kept in cold storage to be used as needed for exhibit purposes in the Pal- aces of Horticulture and Agriculture. H. Hogue. the Santa Paula capitalist, is at the fair, accompanied by his wife. H. S. Lambert, an extensive bean rancher of Oxnard, is also among the visitors. HAY LIKES SAN JOAQUIN. San Joaquin County’s booth has had the distinction of being carefully in- spected by Secretary of State John Hay. The diplomat tarried for a moment at San Joaquin's exhibit, and Colvin B. Brown, the commissioner from that county, approached him and said: “Mr. Hay, T used to know you when I was a little boy.” Mr. Hay, of course, couldn’t place Mr. Brown, but Mr. Brown didn't ex- pect he would, and continued: “I lived just four doors from you on Euclid avenue, in Cleveland, and used to think your ‘Banty Tim' was the greatest poem ever written.” “Now I remember,” said Secretary Hay. “You are the nephew of William Bingham, awho died just two weeks ago. He was a good man.” Bingham was one of the wealthiest fron manufacturers of Ohio and Brown lived with him as boy. His nlece married William C. Whitney. The Secretary of State and the coun- ty commisioner had a long chat and the diplomat, after viewing Brown's ex- hibit with much interest and doing some sampling of products, said San Joaqein must be a rich count The departure of H. C. Raap, Contra Tax Collector and World's Fair commissioner, has caused regret among his fellow Californfans here. Kaap never let a visitor depart without a good impression of California and the men she produces. His “hot air” is of a variety that grasps the tourist before he is aware and leaves him enthralled long after he gets away from the ource. If Raap had not gone home in time to garner the tithes he could not have paid himself his salary, and he embezzlement been land the T will need it after a sojourn at the fair._ CALIFORNIANS AT ST. LOUIS. ST. LOUIS, May 27. alifornians who have registered at the California building are: San Francisco—W. B. Stadtfeld, A. N. Hanc and wife, J. Wise Jr.,, J. T. Skelley, J. T. Lakey, Mre. Ida Berg- mann, J. D. Miller, J. V. Boyd, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Taussig, W. S. Heger, R. A. Wise and wife, E. A. Stack, J. W. More, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Under- hill, ©. 8. Kenyon, A. C. Kenyon, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Goodwin, V. Friman, 0. L. Olmstat and wife, B. H. Hop- kins, W. N. Kelley, Mrs. H. Hom- berger, W. F. Blasse, M. Blasse. Los Angel ‘W. H. Whitesal, H. B. Powel, R. P. ibley, F. L. Fair, H. W. Wyat, O. A. Hall and wife, 8. C. Chapman, R. Hemingway, Mrs. A. A. Stowe, C. H. Treat and wife, D. N. Anderson, H. L. White, E. R. Threlker, A. H. Perrin, A. 8. Add- strom, C. Golinur, H. C. Woehler, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Deupree, A. E. Wad- leigh, Mrs. K. C. Babcock, C. Brode, C. Gallmer, D. C. L. Herrick and wife, 8. C. Eastman, E. G. Harryman, A. A. Bird, F. L. Melion, A. J. Saeger, H. Vail, C. H. Blake and “wife, J. 8. Horsfall. | Sacramento—E. L. Heger, E. L. Ferris, Mr. and Mrs. Schrievener., { Oakland—Levy Carr, J. . Foster and wife. L. Berger, L. M. Woodside, R. Hutcheson, J. W. Berger. Napa—Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Evans. Santa Rarbara—F. B. Witham, J. F. O’'Donel. Miscellane 1.. V. Rodes, River- side; J. W. Menx, Fresno; O. L. Little- page. Santa Cruz; B. C. Sawyer, San Diego: D. L..Clark, San Diego: R, E. Trognite, S8an Dicgo; George Pelton, San Diego; J. A. Culver and wife; E. T. Dennis, Santa Rosa; E. Barrett, San Juan; L. Fowler, | Modesto: CG. 'A. Batchelor, Menlo {Park: R. B. Furlong, San Rafael Zdith Ponpin, Yolo; H. 8. Lambert, | Oxnard; 1. B. Thompson, Irvington; P. J. Mallory and wife, Arroyo Grande; A. C. Laugenour, Woodland; W.. S. Haydon, San Juan; L. K. Faure, San Jose; .C. Cable, San Jose; G. R. Thomas, Pasadena; C. E. Nash and wife, Pasadena; L. N. Nash, Wood- {land; Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Morgan, Ne- | vada City; R. A. Barker, Berkeley; W. | Trautham, "B. Trautham, Los Gatos; @ - McQuinney, Imperial; J. Scraggan, St. Helena; W. Lewelly, Carters; W. ‘R. Handy, Santa Cruz; G. S. Hall, Alameda: J. W. Fast end wife, Oak- | lzna, J. Simons, Colusa; E. A. Palmer, Oaklana; E. L. Worth, Niles; E. E. Stapleton, San Jose! F. H. Hill and family, Palo Alto; M. Temple, Long Present l Chief Clerk Are Accused! i IN THE COURT | Terrorizes the Spectators ; ——a— BATTLES WITH POLICE Charge of Fraudulent Identi-| fication After Iroquois Hor- - ror Proved by Witnesses | P TRt ! CHICAGO, May 27.—Choking and gasping and with eyes relling with ter- ' ror, John A. Mahnken, accused of| fravdulently identifying the body of' M rank R. Gre 1d, an ITroquois Theater fire victim, in order to steal her money, suddenly jumped to his feet in Judge Clifford's courtroom to-day | and pointed franticaily at an imaginery | specter which he thought stood con fronting him. While the spectators looked in terror the man frothed at the lips and waved his arms wiidly in the air. He was overpowersd and thrown to the floor, where it took half a dozen policemen to hold him. Paroxysm after paroxysm shook him, and he had to be manacled and taken into an anteroom. When quiet was restored Mahnken's lawyer decided to let the case go to the jury without argument. Almost imme- diately the twelve men filed back and the foreman announced a verdict of o guilty. The technical charge against Mahnken was perjury, and it was proved that he had taken the body of Mrs. Greenwald from a morgue and had it buried as his aunt. His motive was to gain possession of the $400 found on the bo —_——————— TACOMA WILL HUNT FOR SURVIVORS OF LEVANT Cruiser Will Hunt for Crew of the | 11 last week, and 23 in this week a year | Sloop Which Was Lost I‘ | HONOLUL of interest A good deat May discussion has been aroused here by statements of J. D. Hague of the cruiser Tacoma that the «From July 1, 1903, to date they aggre- 21 and cruise is a principal purpose- of her hope that trace may be found of the lost sloop of war Levant, which left Hilo in 1860 and has not been seen . also by Hague's suggestion that 'n possible that there are still on the supposed island which the Tacoma hopes to locate. There are many people living here who were on board the Levant as visitors during her stay in Honolulu before she left on her last trip. —_———————— ON SEARCH FOR EMIES TO PESTS START Hawaiian Entomologists Will Seek Insect That Will Destroy Leaf Hopper. HONOLULU, May 21.—The steamship Sierra, which left here last Wednesday for Australia, had as passengers Pro- fessors Koebele and Perkins, entomolo- gists in the employ of the Territory of Hawaii, who are going to search for parasites which are enemies of the leaf hopper and other pests in the islands. ' The leaf hopper has been doing much damage in some of the inland cane- fields. Koebele been doing similar werk in Mexico and California and came on the Sierra, being joined by Perkins here i —_—————— Fatally Injured by Fall From Car. | LOS ANGELES, May 2.—Harry B. | Blakeley, Clerk of the Superior Court| and one of the best known young men of Los Angeles, was probably fatally injured this morning by being acci- dentally thrown from a moving street car. He struck the pavement with/ such violence that his skull was frac- ture The attending physicians say | his fecovery is doubtful. —— e Grand Trunk Pacific Bill Passed. | OTTAWA, Ontario, May 27.—After | an all-night session the House divided | on the third reading of the Grand | Trunk Pacific bill and it was passed by | a vote of 105 to 59. | - +I Beach; F. W. Peters, Contra Costa; J. 1 C. Rudolph, Lompoc; C. W. Long, Sac- ramento; J. Williams and wife, Sacra- mento; T. L. E. Wright, Sacramento; | R. Warnock and wife, Salinas; J. H. Sterling and wife, Salinas; A. L. Henry and wife, Berkeley; W. W. Henry, Berkeley; Alice Henry, Berkeley; A. O'Neil, L. O'Neil, San Francisco; E. Laindon, San Francisco; N. Tenny, San Francisco; D. Einstein, | San Francisco; 8. H. Miller, San Fran- cisco; C. Beckman, San Francisco; L. A. Davis, San Francisco; Myrtle Pen- | field, San Francisco; J. Goldstone, San Francisco; Max Kolander, San Fran- cisco; J. Bauer and wife, San Fran- ciseo: J. L. Mathes, San Francisco; W. Hauton, San Francisco; A. R. Mec- ! Pherson, San Francisco. R T A | ILLINOIS BUILDING OPENED. | Elaborate Ceremonies Mark the Dedi- | cation of the Pavilion. ST. LOUIS, May 27.—Marked by the | most elaborate ceremonies that have | yet attended the dedication of a State World's Fair building, the Illinois Pa- vilion was to-day formally opened to | { the public by Governor Richard Yates. | The first incident’of the day was a pa- ! rade of the Illinois delegation, headed | by the State World's Fair Commission- ers and the cadets of the Illinois State University, 750 strong. Governor | | Yates and President Francis made the | i principal addresses and Mrs. Yates un- | furled the State flag that floats aboye | the pavilion. 3 i The Bon Toc Women's Tribunal, a | court of justice peculiar to the Bon Toc | | tribe of the Philippine Islands, estab- | lished solely for the purpose of settling | disputes between the feminine mem- bers of the tribe, was dedicated to-day at the Igorrote village in the Philippine reservation. —_————————— YOSEMITE FOR $25. A Rare Chance to Visit the Famous To holders of round-trip Eastern tick- ets over any road, and to their friends accompanying, the Santa Fe will sell ch;ta to Yosemite Valjéy and return for $25 90, A visit to famous groves of giant Se- Quoias, the largest trees in the world, is included without extra expense. Santa Fe office, 641 Market street, | verse factors have appeared. FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY 28, 19 SEES SPECTER ~ |GOOD WEATHER [FIREBUG USES REVIVES TRADE IS REVOLVER URY BRANDS HIM A THIEE Slight Improvement Noted WoundsYomigStndentWho Ex-Sheriff of Gila County in Many Sections, but Sit- uation Is Still Unsteady LABOR OUTLOOK IS DARK Industrial Condition Is Un- Shot at Him While He Was | Trying to Bm-y Residence ESCAPE Daring Attempt Is Made to Convicted at Florence of Charge of Cattle Stealing OF INCENDIARY [MUST GO TO PRISON —_— Verdict Proves a Surprise satisfactory and Number| - Destroy the Home of Mrs. - to Prisoner, Who Boasted H.G.Renwick at Claremont| That He Would Be §et Free cof Idle Men NEW YORK, May 27.—Bradstreet's to-morrow will say: The situation is rather more irregu- lar. Distributive trade, stimulated by better weather in some sections, has improved, but is still behind a year ago. Cereal crops, particularly winter wheat, show improvement, but cotton reflects drought, especially in the South Atlantic States, while good reports come from West of the Mississippl. The industrial condition is hardly so satisfactory, a slowing down being noted in many leading industries; the number of idle persons is growing and unskilled labor a lack of foresight and knowledge of Increases real conditions. Current railroad earn- | ings continue to show declines from a vear ago. The copper market has moved lower this week, as has aiso lead. Wool is duli and in hand-to-mouth demand at Boston, New York and Philadelphia, but is selling actively at ' prices equal to or above a year ago at the West, with one-half of the spring wool clip reported sold. Business failures in the United States | for the week ending May 26 number |©Of him could be found. | 184, against 215 last week: 181 in the | corresponding week of 1903. In Canada failures were 14, against ago. ‘Wheat (including flour) exports for the week ending May 26 aggregate 1,- 132,157 bushels, against week; 4,677,678 this week last year. sate 125,992,511 bushels, against 204,164,- 812 bushels last season. Corn exports for the week aggregate 233,695 bushels, against 118,339 bushels last week; 1,179,73%~bushels a year ago. NEW YORK, May 27.—R. G. Dun & ' Co.’s weekly review of trade to-morrow will say: Retail trade is stimulated by season- ! able weather and the industrial trade is brighter on the whole, although ad- The big dry goods auction sale opened with an unexpectedly large attendance and good prices were secured. It is par- ticularly gratifying to note that retail- ers rather than jobbers most of the purchases, thus providing prompt distribution into consuming channels throughout the country. Man- ufacturing lines provement at woolen mills and shoe factories, and while there is more idle cotton machinery it is worthy of note that the last Fall River statement showed very little reduction in prices. Railroad earnings so far reported for May fall 3.3 per cent short of the same time last year, but foreign commerce at this vort for the last week shows gains of $1,637,200 in exports and $649,- 549 in imports. It is increasingly difficult to find en- | couraging conditions pertaining to the iron and steel industry. Although packer hides are active and firm, tanners discriminate in favor of late saltings, which is causing some accumulation of the less desirable qual- ities. Imported hides are steady at the recent decline, arrivals being promptly | absorbed. Failures this week numbered 226 in | the United States, against 206 last year, and 17 in Canada, compared with seven a year ago. e e TUBERCULOSIS CONGRESS OPENS IN COPENHAGEN Crown Prince Frederick and Many | Members of the Diplomatic Corps Attend. COPENHAGEN, May 27.—The In- ternational Tuberculosis Congress was formally opened in Parllament House to-day under the presidency of Pro- fessor . Browerdel of Paris. Crown Prince Frederick, the Ministers and members of the diplomatic corps, in- cluding United States Minister Swen- son, were among those in attendance. | Delegates from twenty countries, | among them Dr. Pottenger of Los An- geles, Cal, and E. L. Trudeau of New York, were present. Premier Duntzer welcomed the ~delegates. After the opening ceremony the Crown Prince mingled with the delegates and con- versed with Trudeau and Dr. Pot- tenger. ——————————— WILL TRY TO SECURE RELEASE OF MOYER Committee Will Adopt Measures to Obtain Liberty for President of Miners' Federation. DENVER, May 27.—The committee on affiliation of the Western Federation of Miners with the American Federa- tion of Labor did not report at to-day’s session, as was expected. For the first time since the opening of the convention the case of Charles H. Moyer, the president of the federa- | tion, whe is held a prisoner by the mili- tary authorities at Telluride, was taken into serious consideration. A commit- tee was appointed to take such action as might be deemed expedient in re* leasing President Moyer. —_— ALCOHOL STOVES. IN SUNDAY EDITION. Like Our Circulation, These Premiums Are High-Class. The SENDAY CALL has over 85,000 circulation, principaily in the homes; a QUANTITY - and QUALITY that ASSURES ACTUAL RESULTS. Gifts given to-day for Sunday WANT ADS. shows in some sections | 1,225,763 last | have made report a slight im- | Spectal Dispatch to The Call. | | CLAREMONT, May 27.—Harry “711-v ;lett, a student at Pomona College, was | ! shot -and seriously wounded early this| ! morning by an unknown man d&ecledi by him in the act of setting fire to the residence of Mrs. Helen G. Renwick. Willett, who has been sleeping in the' house while Mrs. Renwick’s family is| jat the sea shore, was awakened early ! this morning by some person trying to force open a screen door at the rear of | the house. Upon going to investigate| Willett saw a man in the act of cutting | the wire screen and thrusting through i the hol a bundle of oil soaked rags. Willett watched the firebug for a time, and when he saw him strike a match | | to apply to the rags he fired a shot at i the iMruder. The man dropped the ymatch and springing back fired two ! shots at Willett, both of which took ef-| fect. Onme bullet struck Willett In the | | left shoulder and entered the pleural; cavity. The other bullet passed through | the biceps of his left arm, breaking the | bone. The shooting attracted the anen-; tion of officers and Willett's cries | aroused the neighborhood. A search| \ was made for the firebug, but no trace | —_———————— OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST i i | | Washington Authorities Make Postal | | Changes and Issue Minor Army | Orders. | WASHINGTON, May 27.—Postmaster | commissioned: Emma W. Knights, Loring, Alaska. New postoffice—James W. Youk, | Vega, Plerce County, Washington. Changes, fourth-class postmasters— | Washington—Gordon, Douglass Coun- ity, Ralph C. McDowell, vice James H. | Barkley, resigned; Highland, Spokane County, William J. Bogan, vice Mor- | ton J. Hills, resigned. Contract with Alaska Pacific Navi- gation Company for carrying mails to Seaward, Alaska, is modified, naming E. E. Caine president at Seattle in- | stead of Thomas McGovern, vice presi- dent, and period from June 1 to August 31, 1904, instead of from May 16, 1904, | to May 15, 1905. Orders War Department—Captain | Bloom, purchasing commissary, New | Orleans, will proceed to San Francisco and sail on transport about August 1 for Manila to relieve Captain James A. Logan Jr., commissary. Captain Lo- | gan will proceed to San Francisco and | report by telegraph to commissary | general. First-class Private Joseph C. Hall, signal corps, Benicia barracks, will be sent to Fort Apache, Arizona, reporting to commanding officer to re- lieve Corporal Jochn H. Hoepel. Cor-| poral Hoepel on relief will be sent to Fort Lawton, Washington, reporting ' i to commanding officer for assignment to duty in Alaska. | Private William N. Kress, who de-| serted November 14, 1800, from Com-, pany E, Tenth Infantry, was appre- hended April 22 while serving as recruit in the general service at Jefferson Bar- racks, Missouri, under the name of ‘William N. Kramer, and who has been held to service to complete his present | enlistment without trial for fraudulent | enlistment, will be discharged without honor from Company E, Tenth Infan- try, by reason of desertion. H | Order to Master Signal Electricians, Farle W. Binkley and Frank P. Turner of the signal corps upon completion of duty aboard the cable ship Burnside to | | proceed to Benicia Barracks, Califor-| nia, is revoked. | | The following named enlisted men of the signal corps now on duty on the| cable ship Burnside, at Seattle, Wash., will proceed on that vessel to Sitka, Alaska, and there take permanent sta- tion in connection with cable operations | in Alaskan waters: Master Signal| Electricians Frank P. Turner and Earle W. Binkley, first class Sergeants Clif- ford de Kast, Owen V. Wilcomb and Willlam A. Blackwood, and Corporal George B. Howe. First Lieutenant | James Butler, signal corps, now at Seattle, is assigned for duty and station !at that vlace. Lieutenant Butler will “make such journeys by sea on the cable | ship Burnside as may be directed by | Lieutenant Colonel James Allen, signal, | corps, on official business pertaining to the installation of the Alaskan cable system. The following enlisted men of the Eighth and Thirteenth Infantry, sta- tioned in Alaska, will, prior to the de- | parture of those regiments for the United States, be transferred as pri- vates to the signal corps, reporting by letter to Captain Otto A. Nesmith of | the signal corps at Fort Egbert, Alaska, | for assignment to duty; Eighth In- | fantry—Privates George D. Bartholo- | mew, George McLeod, John J. Maloney and Lester C. Hill, Company A; Daniel P. Wyland, Walter W. Cahill, Nelson | Baillard and John L. Conner, Company | C; Corporal George W. Bauman and Privates Andrew C. Taylor, Alex An- | derson, Charles Cavanaugh, William i Special Dispatch to The Call. TUCSON, Ariz., May 27.—Tom Armstrong, who has long boge the title of “King of Arizona Cattle Thieves,” has after four years of erim- inal prosecution been convicted of cat- tle stealing at Florence. Armstrong is a former Sheriff of Gila County and ! made his headquarters at Globe for almost fifteen years. He came to Arizona a fugitive from justice under indictment in both Texas and Okla- homa. He had previously served a term in the penitentiary of the former1 State for cattle stealing. Armstrong, his brother Jim and half dozen members of their gang who had boasted that they could not be convicted in Gila County were taken into custody one night by a party of rangers, tied in a wagon and taken overiand to Florence, a distance of 100 miles. All of them were indicted on severakcounts and Tom Armstrong, the leader, was the first one brought to trial. Acquitted on the first charge by the evidence of men of unenviable reputation, Armstrong and his .men thought they were to be freed as be- fore, when the jury which tried him on the second charge brought in a verdict of guilty. The Livestock Sani- tary Board and Captain Rynning of the rangers and his men, who have been pursuing Armstro say that they mean to send every member of the gang to the penitentiary. SRR EN AR N FEAR OF CONVICTION PROMPTS A SUICIDE Los Angeles Saloon Man Indicted by Federal Jury Swallows Four Ounces of Laudanum. LOS ANGELES, May 27.—Having been indicted by the United States Grand Jury and fearing conviction, Henry Gerke, a well known saloon- keeper, committed suicide this even- ing by swallowing four ounces of laud- anum. . Gerke recently indorsed a foreign money order for Louis Hill for $100 and was paid a portion of the money. Subsequently it developed that Lewis was not the man for whom the money | order was intended and the Federal Grand Jury indicted both Hill and Gerke for obtaining money by false pretenses. Gerke was released on $5000 bonds on Wednesday and on Thursday he began drinking heavily. This afternoon he told his friends he could not afford to take chances of conviction and significantly remarked that he proposed to make it impossi- ble to convict him. 'fwo hours later he was found dead with the poison bottle in his hand. 2 —e———— Spanish War Veterans Organize. SAN JOSE, May 27.—A camp of Spanish War Veterans has been organ- ized in San Jose. The organization starts with a strong membership, among whom is W. W. Grayson, who is said to have fired the first shot in the Philippine campaign. The officers elected are as follows: Commander, Allan Brant; senior vice commander, W. W. Grayson; junior vice com- mander, John W. Bickford; adjutant, W. W. Needham; quartermaster, T. H. Tooze; chaplain, T. P. Mitchell; of- ficer of the guard, H. F. Keck; officer of the day, Charles Lashe; trustees, Charles W. Davison and Ralph Waldo. —— e Elks Leave for Mount Wilson. LOS ANGELES, May 27.— Nearly | 1000 members of the various lodges of | Elks throughout the southern end of | the State left this evening for Mount Wilson in the San Gabriel Range, where, amid the huge pines which cover the mountain top, they have es- tablished an immense camp in which they will take a three days’' outing. The enterprise is under the auspices of the Pasadena Lodge. DR. PTERCE’S REMEDIES. ! Curtie, Roscoe Randolph and Henry D. Squire, Company D. Order to naval officer—Lieutenant Emmons, retired, on special duty at Valdez, Alaska, in connection with and investigation of the subject of the na- tives of Alasl TWO LIVES ARE LOST BY FIRE IN A HOTEL m!brc‘mmnmwmm in a Town in Oklahoma ‘Territory. LAWTON, O. T., May 27.—Two lives were lost in a fire here to-day that de- McCabe, section foremen on the Rock Island Railway, were burned to a crisp. —————————— ARSEMC ENDS THEIR LIVES Three Members of a New Mexico Family Poisoned and Other Persons May Die JURY MAKES INQUIRY Authorities in Las Vegas Unable to Fix Responsi- bility for Probable Crime ——es & LAS VEGAS, N. M., May 27.—Jose Tafoya and two other members of his | family, representing three generations. ! have been buried in one grave. They | died from poisqning, and seven other persons in the neighborhood have been stricken. Arsenic has been found in a barrel in | which water for household purposes ;wu stored, but some of the victims | had not drunk any water from the bar- rel. In the case of one young man the | poison was traced to meat. The Grand Jury has made an investi- gation, but has been unable to fix the | blame for the poisoning. —_———— | NATIONAL GUARD OFFICERS ; PLAN A BIG ENCAMPMENT | War Department Will Be Asked to { Allow Regular Troops to Take | Part in It. | LOS ANGELES, May 27.—Officers | of the California National Guard are endeavoring to make arrangements for the biggest encampment ever held in this State, and although the plans have not received the final approval of the War Department there is rea- son to believe that they will succeed. The proposition is to have the several brigades of the National Guard and as many regular troops as can be sent from the various posts in this State, | together with the allied organizations, {such as the naval reserve, mobilized for instruction in a camp large enough to make possible a mimic campaign. The place at which it is proposed to hold the camp is the tract in San Luis Obispo and Monterey counties, which has been suggested for purchase by the Government as a military reserve to be used for just such encampments. The plan has the approval of the Gov- ernor and the adjutant general's de- partment, and through those agencies efforts are being made to induce the War Department to conjent to the use of troops of the regular establishment for such a camp. ADVERTISEMENTS. A Bad Stomach the Lessens the usefulness and mars happiness of life. It's a weak stomach, a stomach that can not properly perform its functions. Amofig {ts symptoms are distress after eating, nausea between meals, heartburn, | belching. vomiting, flatulence and ner- vous headache. Hood's Sarsaparilla Cures a bad stomach, indigestion and dyspepsia, and the cure is permanent. Accept no_substitute: I STATEMENT : OF THE | CONDITION AND AFFAIRS | | OF THE | North German Fire | INSURANCE COMPANY HAMBURG, GERMANY, ON THE 313T 05., of December, A. D. 1908, and for the year ending on that cay, as made to the In- surance Commissioner of the State of Call- fornia, purfuant to the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Commissioner: i e CAPITAL. Amount pital Stock, pald up 25 G ap<esestesse 375,000 00 | 000 ‘ 140,625 00 303 61 9,368 16 38 12 4928 11 8.375 57 tor - Due from other Companies for S - insurance on losses already paid. 152,380 21 et o SR Loeses adjusted and unpaid ping one year or less, reinsurarce 50 per cent All other Liabilities. 52, Total Lidbilities INCOME. % g Net cash actually recelved for Fire e $471.868 01 EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for Fire Gincluding 318,240 96, losses of |_previous years\ ............ . s Dividends to Stockholders. . . efi;’» - Paid or allowed for Commission or Brokerage ............ ceaie. SD6TS 4 Puid for Salagles. Fees and other charges for of . 3 Pa-d for State. National & s tax. 5333 o6 - o All other pay tures Losses incurred during the vear Risks and Premiums. | Fire n{.-., ] ] - ! | $510.526,250 $1,258.208 81 inks the| ! | €43.408.000 1.310.707 92 | ooy S .|? Premiums. 4TS 100 48 OSCAR RUPERTL Viee President. JULIUS BAESRCKE Manager. bed and sworn to before we, this 2lst reh, - 1904 Subserd day of HUGH LITERING. U 8 Consul General. WALTER SPEYER, GENERAL AGENT, PACIFIC COAST DEPARTMENT, 2925 Sansome St.. ~ A