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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1904. 2 HUNGER Si A\ FIERCE RI0T Chicago Stockyards Crowd Attempts to Capture and Kill Eight Escaped Steers etilaa i CHARGED BY — e Shots Are Fired and Secores of Men Clubbed Before the Streets Are Cleared —————e POLICE RTS |WATSON LEARNS R Populist Nominee for Presi-| dent Is Formally Notified of the Convention’s Action RRRLT L SRt | ASSAILS OLD PARTIES Republicans Are Open Foes, | He Says, but Democrats! Wear Masks of Hypocrites 18.—The fiercest riot 3 strike occurred to- hungry dwellers of the trict sought to cap- eight steers that had es- he yards. The mob num- ns and the streets were | frer 120 policemen, in five | i charged the rioters on | were fired and scores of rioters bed. Few arrests were made, | ce contented themselves with r In no previous s used so freely. | PP STRIKERS WOUND GUARDS. | bles of Nebraska, NEW YORK, Aug. 18.—Thomas E. ‘Watson of Georgia, the Populist candi- date for President, and Thomas H. Tib- Vice Presidential candidate, were formally notified of their nominations here to-night at Cooper Union. Judge Samuel Willlams of Indiana made the speech officially notifying the candidates of their selec- tion. In addressing Watson, Williams said the convention that nominated him was made up of unselfish, self-sacrificing patriots, who attended and participated in its deliberations solely through a | high sense of duty. “The purpose of the convention,” he | continued, “was to take one more step Union Men Attack Special Train Car- rying Miners to Zeigler. 1L, Aug. I8 —Two wound- ving in the hospital here— | in the neck and with both; hand torn by buckshot; the n—sum up the casualties in the i battie with the strikers, which urred to- v half a mile south of 'her arance of an Jllinois Central arrying twenty-six miners was awaited by the d in a cornfield behind d stumps near the switch on the r branch. Fire was opened on proaching special in & scattering nd continy for five minutes ultory wa Especial effort seemed to be made to hit the engineer, ed him only a few wed into the hard- the coach and ca- showing a heavy pproach and retire- plainly heard in Zeig- | urned under ates deputies and which escort wiil re- train until it returns rtation of laborers. e Eihl HIS NAME NO PROTECTION. United nother § James 3. Cappathcodrokoummoun- tourgestotomlos Annoyed by Picket. CHICAG( Aug. 18. — James J. Y mountourgestotom- « st pickets. y his name who runs a confec- the stockyards, and Greek ~king-houses. This ¢ men and women his place and of his i r in mes the confectioner finds his name even too burdensome for him- 1 such occasions he travels lias, but his of- ivmic with Labor Leader Given Freedom. CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo., Aug. 18. Charles G on, president of the Cripple C ers’ Union, charged with inc the Victor riot of June d from jail to-day on urnished by a guaran- ation, which 1s secured by | the Western Federation of Miners. Kennison's health has been broken by long confineme | PR Saie Strike Leader Indicted. NEW YORK, Aug. 18.—The Grand | Jury to-day handed down an indict- ment for extortion against Philip Weinzimer, the leader of the strike of the Building Trad Alliance. Winz- imer is charged ith extorting $2700 | from George Es , a plumber. —_———r— | SENATOR HOAR'S CONDITION | SHOWS LITTLE CHANGE | Hopes of Aged Solon’s Family Sus- | tained by Prolongation of Patient’s Life. WORCESTER, Aug. 18.—The last bulletin for the night from Senator Hoar’s bedside was issued at 10 o'clock, the patient’s condition being so favor- eble that it was considered unneces- sary to e out any later news ex- cept in case of a sudden change. Senator Hoar remained in about the same condition during the day. He | elept quietly and talked but little, but his mind was clear and he was entire- ly comfortable. The prolongation of the Senator’s life during the last two | days has given his family some slight hope. Affectionate inquiries as to Senator Hoar's condition were received to-day from President Roosevelt, Senator | Fairbanks and a large number of the RSenator's friends in public and private life. —————— - LONDON, Aug. 18.—According to a special @ispatch from St. Petersburg Grand Duke Michael, brother of the Emperor, has been betrothed to the Princess of Montenegro, ADVERTISEMENTS. @he Fuh Chas. Keilus & Co. B x ¢ 1 n 87w % High=Grade Clothiers No Branch Stores. No Agents. VERY BUSY MEN, ‘WHO HAVEN'T TIME TO FUSS WITH TAILORS, CAN BE FITTED HERE AND GET CLOTHES QUICK. OUR FALL-WINTER MODELS DESIRE INTRODUCTION. 132 Kearny Street Thurlow Block | the National Committee that the gold | Democratic County Convention met at | in the evolution of progress, which is | to finally bring us to that ideal condi- tion of society when the laborer shall receive the full fruits of his labor, and an injury to one shall be the concern of all.” Watson gave up a great portion of ' his address to a discussion of the Dem- ocratic and Republican platforms and the candidacy of Judge Parker. He referred to the Democratic candidate’s gold telegram as follows: Surrounded by the Wall street magnates who had financed his campaign for Judge Parker bided his time until of the two-thirds rule were passed, it was too late for the convention iis steps—for even the Democratic bosses re- quire more than fifteen minutes to turn com- pletely around in—he cracks the Wall street Whip over the heads of his leaders and with prompt obedience the great Democratic le- ions were made to furl their flag and reverse their line of march. At another point the speaker said he would not venture to say a word against Judge Parker's character, “for I believe him to be an eminently | when and, to retrace { worthy man.” Of President Roosevelt, Watson said: 1 have no word of abuse for Theodore Roose- I believe him to be a brave teutious man. 1 give him ful aving a splendid courage of comviction; asmuch ciples which, but as he stands for those government in my judgment, are hur rying this repubiic into a sordid despotism of wealth. I will combat him and his principles as long ae there is breath in my body. Answering a self-asked question as why he consumed more time dis- eussing the Democrats than in speak- ing of the Republicans, the Populist leader made reply: It's an easler and quicker job to strike an open enemy right between the eyes than it is to tear off the mask from the face of a pre- tended friend and show him to be the hypo- crite that he is. The speaker said there never was a time when the plain people of America were so dissatisfied with the condi- tions which prevailed in this republic. | Said he: p down in their hearts the people feel the reine of pc are slipping out of In spite that can be done by partiean prese, the annot be concealed from the pyes of the average citizen that the vast prepinderance of 21l the wealth produced in this iabd is transferred by legalized rob- | bery to the hands of a few: that the courts are run in the Interests of the few: that tha law making power is manipulated by the few; and that while both the old political parties pretend to devote themselves to the inter s of the common people, they are both nanced by Wall street. both dominated by Wall_street, both the wiiling and servile tools of Wall street D L BRYANITES' KNIVES OUT FOR PARKE Continued From Page 1, Column 1. to continue until the day before elec- tion, but no decision has been reached in regard to this. His closing speech, if the trip be made, probably will be delivered in New York City. SRRy SAYS VERMONT IS SAFE. Republicans Will Carry the State, Ac- cording to Senator Proctor. { NEW YORK, Aug. 18.—Both na-| tional committees continue to give at- | tention to the States of Vermont and | Maine. Speakers are being engaged | and sent to the States as fast as ar- | rangements can be made with them. | Senator Proctor of Vermont was at | the Republican headquarters to-day | and expressed confidence of a full Pe- publican vote, which would be about 25,000 majority. He told members of Democrats generally would return to | their party this year and it s estimat- ' ed that about 8000 Democrats voted | with the Republicans eight years ago Senator Proctor says there has not | been an election since 1888 when par- | ty conditions in the State were so| normal and regular. LOS ANGELES DEMOOCRATS NOMINATE A TICKET Convention Names Men for Senate and Assembly — Dockweiler Indorsed for Chairman at Santa Cruz. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18.—The Redondo to-day and nominated partof the legislative ticket and three Super- visors. County Chairman Young called the convention to order at 10 o'clock this morning. Robert Loucks was chosen chairman and a recess was taken un- til $ o'clock in the afternoon. A bar- becue dinner was served on the beach and 500 men were fed. The convention did not finish fits | work until a late hour to-night. Fol- lowing are the nominations made: L C. lon of 3 W. D. Gould, Los Angeles. P Assemblymen—Sixty-seventh, T, H. Webster Sixty-eighth, A. E. Cronenwertt . no nomination, l'or‘ : Beventieth, Willlam Stoermer of Santa Monica; Seventy-first, mo nomination; Seventy-second, no nomination for one weel Seventy-third, ‘Catesby Thom of Los Angeles; Beventy-fourth, Milton J. Carlson; Seventy- fifth, Joe Mansfield, Supervisors—Second_ Distriet, Fourth District, W. Alfred Moore. Resolutions were passed indorsing I B. Dockweiler for chairman of the State convention at Santa Crusz. —— Another Fire at Spokane. SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 18.—The fourth disastrous fire in this city with- in three weeks has destroyed the stock of the Standard Furniture Company on Sprague avenue, near Post street. Incendiary work is suspected. Sev- eral other firms in the building sus- tained losses, the total being about $46,000, partly insured. —_————— Prominent Norwegian Dies. CHRISTIANIA, Norway, Aug. 18— Sivert Nielsen, former President of the | Storthing. is dead. = Gus S. Bailey; Fifth Distriet, Nearly Five Hundred Men Lost on the Rossia and Gromoboi. st g i e Rear Admiral Jessen Sends a Graphic Report of the Battle. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 18.—Em- peror Nicholas has received a despatch from Viceroy Alexieff, dated at Viadi- vostok, August 17, saying that the uisers Rossia and Gromoboi of the Viadivostok squadron returned Vladivostok August 16, and communi- cating the following report made by Rear Admiral Jessen, commander of the squadron: ) “At dawn on August 14 the Rossia, Gromobol and Rurik arrived forty-two miles from and parallel with Fusan, and thirty miles from the northern lighthouse of Tsu Island, when to the westward 1 saw a Japanese squadron of armored cruisers six miles to the | north traveling parallel with our course. This squadron consisted of four vessels of the late type and was utting on fuil speed. p"l (guk a course to the northward, with a view to attaining the open sea. but the enmemy, who was of superior speed, turned immediately and took the same course. “I was, therefore, obliged to engage in battle, which commenced at o'clock in the morning, with a distance of,sixty cables between the two squad- rons (a cable length is 200 yards.) “In the straits to the south we saw a second-class cruiser of the Naniwa type coming to join the enemy. At a convenient opportunity we rapidly turned to the right, intending to approach the Korean coast, and by inereasing our speed to seventeen knots we seemed to have an opportunity of succeeding, but the enemy now ob- served our intention and directed his course toward us for the purpose of hindering our design. “Hardly five minutes passed before the Rurlk left the ranks and signaled that her steering gear was disabled. 1 replied: ‘Steer with the engines,’ and continued on my former course. TRIES TO SAVE THE RURIK. “Seeing that all of the Japanese cruisers were concentrating their fire on the Rurik, all my subsequent ma- neuvering was exclusively with the ob- ject of enabling the Rurik to repair her damaged rudder. I attracted to myself the enemy’s fire in order to cover the| Rurik. (Admiral Jessen was on board the flagship Rossia.) “At this time I saw two warships, one a second and the other a third class cruiser, coming to join the enemy. “The Rurik hoisted the signal ‘Can- not steer.’ Some maneuvering in the front line gave the Rurik a chance of going in the direction of the Korean Gulf and at 8 o'clock the signal was hoisted ‘Go east." The Rurik answered the signal and took the requisite course at full speed, as could be seen from the waves from her bows. “FEventually the Rossia and the| Gromoboi took a northerly course at a distance of forty-two cables. The Ru- rik kept a course approximately south- east at a distance of three miles. ““The battlie continued for two hours in this manner. “We suffered considerable damage, The Rossia had three funnels pierced, which prevented her keeping up good steam, and three of her boilers were rendered useless. JAPAN i SUDDENLY RETIRE. “At o’clock the Rurik began to lag behind considerably, and again turned her bows toward the shore, at the same time fighting against the two second-class cruisers which had joined the enemy’s squadron. The Rurik soon afterward began to get out of sight. Vice Admiral Kamamura, with four armored cruisers, kept steadfastly en- gaging us in such a manner as to keep us from assisting the Rurik. “While the Rurik continued fighting we ‘continued our efforts to attract the enemy farther north, in the hope that the Rurik would manage to dispose of her two comparatively weaker oppo- nents and that after repairing the damage to her rudder she would be able to reach Vladivostok independ- ently. “‘Shortly before 10 o’clock the enemy’s fire was the most terrific of the battle, but to our astonishment the whole Japanese squadron left us after the inost deadly fighting, which had lasted five hours. ““The Rossia had sustained eleven holes at her line and the Gromobof had £ix. Both cruisers lost more than half their officers and the losses among the men totaled 25 per cent. “It appeared impossible to renew the battle or to return to the Rurik, which was now thirty miles to the south. LOSSES ARE GREAT. “Taking advantage of the calm, we stopped our engines and quickly com- menced to repair the breaches in om vessels, 80 as to unable us to proceed to Viadivostok. “‘Captain Berlinsky of the Rossia was killed and several of his officers were wounded. On board the Gromobol two lieutenants were killed and other officers were wounded. Both cruisers had 135 men killed and 307 wounded. Captain Berlinsky was buried at sea.” The veport concludes by testifying to the heroism displayed by all the offi- cers and men, who, it says, seemed to have been made of iron, knowing neith- er fear nor fatigue. A personal examination of the dam- age done to the cruisers by the Japan- ese fire, Admiral Alexieff says, in transmitting the report, convinces him of the high courage and self-sacrificing efforts of those who took part in an un- equal battle against the superior forces of the Japanese. REITZENSTEIN REPORTS. The Emperor has received from Cap- tain Reitzenstein, commander of the wcruiser division at Port Arthur, a re- port of the battle of August 10. After reviewing the progress of the battle up to the time the Cesarevitch was dis- abled, it says that it was then decided to try to break through the surround- ing Japanese ships at their weakest point. _The cruiser Askold led, followed —_— A TON OF TEA FREE—FREE GOLDBERG, BOWEN & CO.’S Favorite Family Grade of CEYLON TEA “BEE” BRAND. It retails for 50c, 60c, 80c and $1 per pound and is pro- nounced by the above well known grocery dealers the best quality and value for the price of any tea used in this country. This tea will be distributed free to want ad. advertisers in next SUNDAY'S CALL. See an- nouncement on classified adver- tisement page. USSIAN CRUISERS BADLY BATTERED BY JAPANES E GUNS Japan Not Likely to At-’Russia Will Yield on the tempt Seizures in Har- bor of Shanghai. S Russia Is Reconciled to the Disarmament- of the Cruiser Askold. WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.—The fact that Shanghai i{s what is popularly known as an international port in all probabilities will prevent the Japanese conducting any offensive naval oper- ations against the Russian ships now there. 1In ports of this character a number of nations have certain well- defined rights, granted to them by the Government of the country in which the port is located. The natural ex- pectation, therefore, is that every ef- fort will be made to preserve the neu- trality of Shanghai and prevent any active steps by Japan toward captur- ing vessels now there. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 19.—The general impression in diplomatic circles here is that Japan will yet change her mind and surrender the kyeshitelni to the care of some neutral power, reserving all rights. Such a course, it is pointed out, would strengthen Japan's position and at the same time avoid the possibility of com- plications affecting China’s neutrality and the limitation of the area of hos- tilities, which was prompted by Secre- tary Hay's note. The question of the disarmament of the Russian ships at Shanghal is, it is understood, being settled on the spot Ly the Toatai and the Consul General of Russia. This matter is not expected here to lead to the extreme measures threatened at Tokio, in view of the statement that Russia was reconclled to the disarmament of the cruiser Askold and the destroyer Grozovol SHANGHAI, Aug. 18.—Upon the recommendation of the chief of the customs the Taotai of Shanghal will allow the Russian cruiser Askold and the Russian torpedo-boat destroyer Grozovol to remain in port until August 23, when one day’s notice to leave or disarm will be given them. The arrival here 'of Chinese men of war is expected. Odagiri, the Japanese Consul Gen- eral, has notified the Taotai that a Jap- anese fleet is coming in to seize the Askold and the Grozovol. The chief engineer of the Customs Department reports that the Russian vessels are not seaworthy. The repairs being made by the Rus- sians on the Grozovoei will be completed in about ten days. It is uncertain when the repairs to the Askold will be fin- ished. There is no uneasiness here, although the situation is thought to be acute. The foreign Consuls are determined to preserve the neutrality of the port. LONDON, Aug. 18.—Beyond repre- senting to China the importance of pre- serving the neutrality of her territory, Great Britain has taken no action in regard to the Russian cruiser Askold and the torpedo-boat destroyer Grozo- voi, now at Shanghai. The question of the disposition of these ships is looked upon as peculiarly a matter which concerns Japan, Russia and China. Sympathy is felt for the efforts of Japan to prevent the two vessels again participating in the war. If Rus- sia maintain her purpose to dismantle them it is expected that Japanese naval officers will be permitted to ex- amine the vessels and assure them- selves that they are really disarmed and dismantled, as was done at Tsing- chou in the case of the Russian battle- ship Cesarevitch and the three torpedo- boat destroyers there. TOKIO, Aug. 18.—It is not probable that Japanese vessels will enter Shang- hal to seize the Ruaslan warships there. Japan always has taken the ground that Shanghai is an international port, and during her war with China she re- frained from attacking it. Japan relies upon the Chinese Government to dis- arm the cruiser Askold and the de- stroyer Grozovoi, but there is no doubt she will blockade the mouth-of the Yangtse River to prevent the escape of the Russlan vessels. e S L P e s STOESSEL SWEARS. P el Continued From Page 1, Column 4. - gust 10 was to remember that the Emperor’s orders were not to re- turn to Port Arthur. It is presum- able that superficial®repairs have de- ceived spectators viewing the ships under the disadvantage occasioned by the order that no one be allowed to inspect them. The Japanese loss at the taking of Takushan is estimated at 5000. Shells falling in Port Arthur fell mostly in the old town. On the right wing it is stated that the Jap- anese have® penetrated to an aban- doned Chinese arsenal one and a quarter miles east of the city. Most ofi the dockyard buildings have been damaged. g e by the cruisers Novik, Pallada and Diana. They engaged four second- class Japanese cruisers and several torpedo-boats, while there were three other eruisers of the Matshushima type on their right. The Russian fire was most effective, causing an out- break of fire on the armored cruiser Asama. Four Japanese torpedo-boats fired torpedoes at the Askold, but they all missed and one torpedo-boat was sunk, whereupon the others withdrew. There was a hail of shells for twenty minutes and the Askold was badly damaged, but the maneuvers had suc- ceeded, the Japanese circle was broken and the Askold, steaming twenty knots, escaped. The Pallada and the Diana were lost sight of in the darkness. sl it S RESERVES CALLED TO COLORS. Mobilization in St. Petersburg Prov- ince Is Completed. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 18.—The mobilization of the reserve troops in five of the seven districts of the prov- ince of St. Petersburg has been com- pleted and the mobilization of those of the Russian capital itself is ex- ‘pected to be announced in a few days. Probably 30,000 men will be taken out (of the population and called to the colors. Ll RS, Survivors of the Rurik. TOKIO, Aug. 18.—The following is a revised list of the survivors of the Russian eruiser Rurik, which was sunk on August 14 by Vice Admiral Kamamura: Twenty officers, four of whom were wounded; sixty-seven non- commissioned officers, sixteen of ‘whom were wounded; 525 sailors, 15 of whom were wounded. 3 ‘nunwo!mtAWthI‘.M ey Question of Contra- band of War. SRR Likely to Meet the Views of the United States and England. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 18.—It be- comes more and more probable that Russia will meet the views of the United States and Great Britain re- garding foodstuffs as cbntraband of war, by agreeing that foodstuffs bound to a belligerent’s unblockaded ports and consigned to private firms or in- dividuals, when the ship’s papers leave no room for suspicion, will not be re- garded as contraband of war. The sub- Ject is now under consideration. The Emperor's Government appears to be desirous of adjusting the question of the flour on board the Arabia confis- cated by the Vladivostok prize court, but it is pointed out that the decision of the court makes it difficult to ad- Jjust it diplomatically, and it is sug- gested that the case should be appealed to the Admiralty Court here. —_—— WAR'S COST TO RUSSIA. Less Than $120,000,000 Expended for Military Purposes to Date. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 18.—Re- ferring to the issue of a new loan in the form of state rentes notes, amounting to $30,000,000, the realiza- tion of which, it says, is already pro- vided for, the Official Messenger points out that the official return issued May 183 showed that about $130,000,000 was available for military purposes at the beginning of the war. Up to Au- gust 16 the military expenditures had absorbed only $128,725,000, and there- fore the money obtained by the recent lcan of $160,000,000, taken up by France, is not yet touched. e BN B GUNS ARE DISMANTLED. Russian Craft at Tsingchou No Longer a Menace to Japan. TSINGCHOU, Aug. 18.—All the am- munition on the Russian battleship Cesarevitch and the three torpedo- boat destroyers has been removed and stored in a German magazine. The work of dismantling the guns or the Russian vessels has been com- pleted. The terms of the parole imposed upon the Russians necessitate their re- maining here until the end of the war. The officers of the Russian warships who are able to be about are being royally entertained by the Germans here. o+ NEGROES FIGHT WITH OFFICERS NEW YORK, Aug. 18.—Two hun- dred negroes attacked Policeman Frank Lawless this afternoon, dragged him from the porch of his house, tore his uniform from his body, trampled upon him and doubtless would have killed him but for the arrival of citi- zen help. While the Fire Department, summoned by mistake instead of the reserves from the Adams-street sta- tion, was fighting fiercely for an en- trance to the street through the mob, Policeman James Tynan and Gus Ber- ner stood over the body of the uncon- scious Lawless, and, with revolvers held the infuriated negroes at bay. ‘When the reserves finally arrived and joined the firemen they were op- posed by fully 3000 negroes. In their efforts to disperse the crowd men and women were mowed down under a ter- rific onslaught, fire axes, short ladders, revolvers and clubs being used. The mob fought back with great despera- tion and the battle continued for an hour before the streets were cleared. —_—— A smile will kill more microbes than any medicine. CLOSE FIGHT FOR THE TOGA San Diego Delegation Seems to Hold the Balance of Power in the Southland —_— OF SITUATION fLeoahe 2y Election Commission Must Decide Where the Voting Machines Shall Be Placed ———— REVIEW San Diege County seems to hold the balance of power in the south on the question of the United States Senator- ship. In Riverside, Orange, Ventura, Santa Barbara and Los Angeles, Bard is credited with ten votes. In Los An- geles Frank R. Flint is credited with 11. Fresno and Kern counties are counted for Bard, but neither county is classed as belonging to Southern Caif- fornia. Eliminating Tulare, San Luis Obispo, Fresno and Xern from the calculations the list stands Bard 19, Flint 11. Should the three votes of San Diego be given to Bard, the junior Senator would have 13 against Flint's 11. On the other hand should Flint win the San Diego delegation he would have 14 against 10 for Bard. Senator Bard has developed strength outside of his home county and the politicians assert that Flint must de- velop support outside of Los Angeles County in order to make his candidacy formidable. The situation in San Dlego County is thus presented by the Union: | “As has already been stated, the| Union believes tbat .it will be a mis- take for the convention to instruct for any Senatorial candidate. San Diego County Republicans owe their first | duty to their own interest, which is that Hon. M. L. Ward shall re-| ceive the nomination for Congress from the Eighth District. SAN DIEGO DIVIDED. “As matters are, the Republican party of San Diego County is divided, | although without any bitterness, on the Senatorial question. Senator Bard and Mr. Oxnard and Mr. Flint have each their supporters. Mr. Ward, on the other hand, has the united party behind him. In these conditions it| would certainly seem that comsistency, to say nothing of good politics, de- mands that the candidate whom the entire party is supporting should be given the preference over aspirants for | another office among whom the party’'s strength is divided. Surely it is hardly Just to the party itself to take a course that might damage the chances of the | candidate on whom the party is united | in order to advance the Interest of a Senatorial aspirant who has only a .portion of the party behind him. “San Diego is certainly not indifferent on the Senatorship question. Neverthe- less it is only natural and proper that the matter of first importance—the one that comes directly home to the people —1s the success of the San Diego Coun- ty candidate for the Congressional nomination. The men who are most | active in promoting Mr. Ward's candi- | dacy, and who are in position to judge pretty accurately as to the effect of any action that the convention may take, belleve that Instructions as to the Senatorship cannot possibly increase Mr. Ward's chances, and may damage them. It would seem that this view should control. - And it is probably un- | necessary to suggest that the objection | thus made to instructions is not to be | taken as iIndjcating the least unfriend- | liness to any one of the three candi- dates. The whole affair is purely a matter of expediency from the stand- point of an overshadowing local inter- est.” It 1= gossip in political circles that the contest between Bard and Flint may assume the nature of a deadlock, and that Oxnard will ultimately step in and win the prize. VOTING MACHINES. The forty voting machines purchased by San Francisco will be put in use at the next general election, Tuesday, November 8. 1t is probable that thirty-eight of the | machines, a number sufficlent to sup- | ply all the precincts of three average { minutes and small |it was reported Assembly districts, will be installed for practical operation and then held in | RUMORS CAUSE PANIC IN PIT Remarkable Scene on Chi- cago ‘Change Due to Sud- den Drop in Price of Wheat BROKERS ARE EXCITED Reversal of Market Oecurs Within Few Minutes, Com- pletely Upsetting Traders o SRS i Special Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, Aug. 18.—A slaughter of the innocents took place in the wheat pit at the opening to-day when several million bushels went overboard in a few seconds. In a speculative way the bottom fell out of the market for five fortunes were lost while the brokers desperately tried to execute selling orders. In ten seconds the prices made the following savage break from the closing prices of yester- day: S’eptember from $1 06% to $1 061, De- cember from $1 09 to $1 06%, May from $1 1135 to $1 08%. Then the thing was reversed. The whole list of futures was caught by a fresh buying wave and swept higher with a speed that made the bull mar- kets of previous days seem like slow affairs. Here is the record of th: rally that lasted less than ten minutes: Septergber, $¥ 06 to $1 09; December, $1 06% to $1 O May, $1 4 to $1 12 The air was full of reasons for the phenomenal double action in prices as soon as it was over. There was frost in Manitoba or North Dakota as predicted. Minneapolis wag 2 cents lower on the curb two minutes before the opening and the traders jumped to the conclusion that there was better crop news. With the whole trade keyed to a high pitch on the buying side and thousands of people loaded with lines on the 5 cents advance of yesterday was all that was needed for a few frightened holders to precipi- tate the panic. Thousands of orders to | sell were never filled until the market righted itself and went up further, then it went down. Hundreds of nervous wheat owners had hardly got rid of their grain when in a telegram from Winnipeg sent by a well known crop examiner that the rust that had ruin- | ed-the crops of Minnesota and the Da- | kotas was at work in the British Northwest and threatengd that part of the country with a similar calamity. One house traded in 18,000,000 bush- els of grain for its customers yester- day and other large houses from 8,000,000 to 1.000,000 bushels. —_———— WALNUT CROP EXCEEDS THAT OF LAST YEAR Output in the South Will Amount Ap- proximately 850 Twelve-Ton Carloads. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 13.—Based on reports from growers and shippers of walnuts this year's erop is estimated at between 800 and 850 tweive-ton car- loads. This is a great advance over the crop of last year, which amounted to 625 ten-ton carloads. The wind and rain storm last Saturday damaged wal- nut orchards somewhat in this end of the San Gabriel Valley, but not enough to affect to any extent this estimate of the season's output. e e Westerners Will Wed in St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 18.—A marriage license was issued to-day to Edward H. Stearns and Angela Delvitt, both of San Francisco, —_——e—— On an outing or a trip to the Expost- tion, don’t forget to take along a Kodak. See our Developing Department and com- plete line of Artists’ Materials, Cameras, Kodaks and Photo Supplies. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market st. L4 * - — reserve to be used in the event of breakage. George P. 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The reason is, we make all our clothing in our own workshops and thus save your parents the middleman’s profit when buying your clothes. only firm on this We are the Coast manufacturing all the clothes we sell. We also have at the price of $10.00 a complete assortment of young men’s suits in the popular color of gun-metal gray and fancy mixtures. ) f you buy your suits of us we repair, sponge and press them free of charge. Besides your parents will appreciate our saving prices. SNW00D 740 Market Street r