The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 4, 1904, Page 38

28 - HEAD SEVERED FROM HIS BOD) oed Man Meets an Awfui Death Under the Wheels of a Locomotive in Alameda FAILS TO SEE ENGINE Fatal Accident Ocecurs to A. M. Lewis at the Mor- ton Street Station Crossing —_— 3.—While cross- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER ‘4, 1904. C AANEVWS—OF THI Y FROM KLONDIKE Oakland Office San Francisco Call, ungping west Andlr iis head was severe nd his right leg and} were Hoit. | ment ccident appear- | al train that was| m Morton-street | wag too late to re- time to prevent | weyed to the local examination the accident. Lewis| le avenue and Blossom | He was a widower, | MISMATED STRIVE COUPLES ¥OR FRE! DOM Anna Hughes-Barnes Wants Her Liberty—Daisy Harlan Is De- nied a Divorce. Mrs t. 3.—M Anna B. H 32 has begun an a:ion | h f from Willivm . Barnes, who a short time ag) was ! v of forgery and sentence:l near Morton-.| e g oon Albert M.| ° After an absence of more than five|. The Demoacrats. of Alameda held was struck by 'i | dener of this city, has returned to his gineer | | hard struggle to maintain a home for | herself and her children. | bringing any word Mrs. Lassen’s battla ) warded and ‘fortune smiled upon him. | He i= Interested in several rich claims lin the Whisky Hill country and also | BALTIMORE TRUST COMPANY 1016-Broadway, Sept. 3. years in the Klondike, Peter Lassen, formerly a well-known landscape gar- home a rich man. His return has brought a new light-to the eyes of his wife, who during the long years of her husband’s search for gold has had-a As months and years:passed without with poverty grew more bitter. Lassen left this city in 1398 to join in dike, but Hke many :another, he met with disdppointment. He took part in many a “stampede” to new diggings, and at last his perseverance was re- owns a paying elaim on the Tanana River. 3 e L IR e SUED FOR LARGE SUMS Suits Are Result of Alleged Scheme to Secure Investors in Cotton Duck Corporation. NEW YORK, Sept. 3—Two actions, secking to recover $300,000 from the Continental Trust Company of Balti-. more, were begun in the United States Circuit Court here to-day. The suits were brought by the Céntral National Bank of New York in liquidation and in San Barnes while Jail to save him | a charge of grand | t him b aused her nd was .ar r of times and was finally found | nt to State’s prison. The brought on the staiuto: nd that Barnes has been conv Harlan, a professional as denied a divorce to-day by a She had vegan it Robert Harlan on the gro esertion and failure to provi his she could not prove. for divorce was begun to-d: Weed against Frank Weed, with desertion and | charg provide. Thomas Olivera | a orce action against ia Olivera on the ground of de- Deaths in Alameda County. OAKLAND, Sept. 3.—Mrs. Hannah P. Jackson, a pioneer resident of this cit died last night at her home, 804 Six t, aged 82 years. The the widow of the late ackson and leaves two | childre tin M. Jackson and Mrs. . J Low, aged 78 years, died at his home, 2010 oadway. The deceased has been a esident of Oakland for the last thir- ty-six rs and leaves a widow and five ck P Frederick G., John P., ¥rank ; m P. Low and Mrs. Marshall B e Trevitts, the wife of Trevitts, died yesterday at ce in this city. Mrs. Tre- the daughter of the late Al- Stone. Her mother, Mrs. rtha Stone, still survives her. e Marriage Licenses. OAKLAND, Sept. 3.—The follow- « 1 M ing marriage lcenses were issued by the County Clerk to-day: Herman R. and Fannie C. Carter, 17, of Oakland; Manuel B. Azevedo, 23, and Maggie de Costa, 17, both of Oakland; William H. Morrill, 24, Oak- Jand, and Eliza Du Barry, 24, Sacra- mento; Stephen L. Richards, 21, and Catherine Mullins, 20, both of Sacra- mento; Claude A. Markly, 26, San "ra nd Janet A. K. Murray, 23, Walter 8. Schee, 50, Santa rnest C. Merryfield, 38, Col- nd Leila G. Bovard, 26, Berke- y: Emile G. Schutz, 26, San Francis- co, and Irene B. Le Noir, 21, Oakland. —_———— Awakened by a‘Robber. T Grinsell from Wadsworth, came to the Emergency Hospi- o'clock yesterday morning ered head. He stated that p on a doorstep on Fill- treet, near Market, he had been iceman of about $17 d the policeman had cl ed him. Dr. Boskowitz, who attended Grinsell at the hospital, said the man had been drinking, but ewvi- dently knew what he was talking about. Grinsell described the robber as being in uniform, helmet and hav- ing a large mustache. ———— Targe Estate Is Disposed Of. The will of Clara T. Morrison, who died at Rejdesheim, Germany, on | it paid a subscriber to the underwrit- { charges and dividends on its $50,000,- and Edith Baldwin, 30, Oak—| the Merchants’ Trust Company of New York. The first named complainant seeks to recover the.sum of $200,000, which ing syndicate of the United States Cot- ton Duck Corporation. The Merchants’ Trust Company asks judgment for §100,000, which it likewise paid on a subscription to the same syndicate. The complaints allege that the defend- ant company in promoting the United the rush' to-the galG felds of the Klog- States Cotton Duck Corporation .used “‘false, fraudulent and deceitful” rep- resentations ;to induce them to sub- | scribe to its underwriting syndicate; with an intent to fraud them.” Complainants allege that they were induced to invest in the duck corpora- tion on the strength of a printed state- ment jssued by the defendant, which falsely purported to show that the new corporation was capable of earning profits sufficient to pay all fixed “deceive and de- 000 issue of stocks. ————— CHIEF WITTMAN" ROASTS CITY PRISON OFFICIAL Head of Police Department * Calls Down Sergeant Bidwell for Lax Management of Prisoners. Quite a sensation was created in the City Prison last night, when Chiet Wittman severely took to task Ser- geant Bidwell for his lax methods in conducting the jail. It is known that a note was taken from a felony pris- oner. The letter interfered with the plans of Captain Martin in regard to the prisoner. It gave information to an attorney tht may have spoiled a good case. The alleged felon is believed to be James Murphy, who was arrested August 28 on suspicion that he stole some valuable ship chandlery. One of the trusties who works at the prison is supposed to have taken a note from the prisoner. He should not have been permitted to hold any con- versation with the arrested man, as the latter was held in detinue. —_———— REMARKABLE CURE SAID TO HAVE BEEN EFFECTED | Visit to Church of Notre Dame des Victoires Frees Young Woman From Disease. Special Cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 1004, by the New York Heraid Publishing Company. PARIS, Sept. 3.—Mlle. Marc Glaser of Paris suffered for three years from tubercuiosis and heart affection and was judged to be incurable. A pil- grimage to Lourdes was unavailing. She was conveyed;, however, to- the Church of Notre Dame des Victoires and at the moment of benediction she sprang up, singing a bymn. Thé doc- tors have made inquiry and find Mlle. Glaser unaccountably freeé from disease and quite convalescent. —_—— Peter J. Dunne’s Will Filed. The will of Peter J. Dunne., who died suddenly on August 24, was filed yesterday in the Superior Court. The document was dated In this city March 28, 1900, and was brief. It stated that all of the estate was left to Mrs. Dunne, wife was appointed as executrix with- August 28, was filed for probate in the Superior Court yesterday by her brother, Frederick Maurer of Ala- meda, who was named as her execugor, She signed the will at Dresden, - many. on February 20 of this year. The estate is a large one, including bond holdings in the Makaweli plan- tation in the Hawaiian Islands. The minor bequests in the will are in sums anging from $250 to $2000 for the nany relatives of herself and her de- cecased husband. —_———— Cranston’s Will Is Filed. OAKLAND, Sept. 3.—The will of the late John Cranston was filed for and shows deceased an estate valued at $10,290. .Of amount more than $6000 js in cash and the remainder in stock and bends. He bequeathed one-fifth of his estate to his father and mother and a fifth each to three brothers and one sister. —— Will Install Minister, ALAMEDA, Sept. 3.—Rev. Christo- pher Reuss will be formally installed as minister of the First Unitarian Church to-morrow afternoon, the cer- emonies to begin at 4 o'clock. Rev. Bradford Leavitt of the First Unitari- in an Church of will assist | cal in the world, with y 2000 Church of San Francisco s+ T D Deatly A8 the property of the estate wngout any order of the court. s —_———— Assemblymen and Supervisors. SAN LUIS OBISPO, Sept. 3.—The Re- publican County Convention met Here to-day and remominated Warren < M. |John for the Assembly. Paso Robles, L. M. Kendall of Pozo {and George W. Oblspo were nominated for Supervisors. Henry W. Lynch, candidate for State Senator, was present and addressed the convention. Resolutions were adopted indorsing President Roosevelt and the Repnbiican administration. —_—— Visitors Sec Big Trees. SANTA CRUZ, Sept. 3.—The Pitts- burg Knights Templar elegant special Bluecher, train, a double-header with fifteen coaches, came into Santa Cruz thrée hundred aboard at 3:30 o'cly this morning. 4 “to the exclusion of all my | district 5. children, now or hereafter born.” The |the thirty-seventh ballot, after a three- M. Gerst of ] for London: stmr Graf Waldersce. for Ham McCabe of San Luls | norm, ampton for ook | i RERETOWIE Suled o BOUTOGNE Salled Sept RSty IWRESTS WEALTH [DEMOCRATS NAME LEADERS For Fiye Years Peter Las- Alame(hns Quietly Hold sen Seeks Fortune in the| Their~ Régular Gold Fields of the North| Convention in Oakland IS AT LAST SUCCESSFUL|THERE A County RE NO BATTLES Miner’s Return Bringstllfip- Freedom From Contests piness to Wife and Ends| Marks Bourbon Delibera- Hard Battle With Poverty| tions Regarding Offices . Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Sept. 3. their county convention here to-day and nominated men for most of the of- fices to be filled at the coming election. “There was 'a good representative body -0f men present and the convention was ‘characterized by its freedom from con- tests. The meeting was' held in Ger- imania Hall and was called tg order by A. T. McDonough, chairman of the County Central Committee. After a short address he called for nominations for temporary ehairman of the conven- tion and M. J. Laymance was unani- mously elected. I. J. Muma was elect- ‘ed secretary. - : The following nominations made: First Supervisorial District, George Beck of Livermore; Fourth Supervisor- ial District, no nomination; Fifth Su- pervisorial District, Daniel Cronin of Oakland. Thirteenth Senatorial District, Dan- iel Irigram; Fourteenth Senatorial Dis- trict, no nomination; Fifteenth Senato- rial District, George E. Faw. Assemblymen — Forty-sixth District, J. 8. Joseph; Forty-seventh, Frank D. Dodd; Forty-eighth, Charles L. French; Forty-ninth, no nomination; Fiftieth, P. J. Ryan; Fifty-first, no nomination; Fifty-second, William A. Powell. The County Central Committee, as selected by the various Assembly dis- tricts, is as follows: Forty-sixth District—J. M. Joseph, M. G. Callaghan, Henry Riemers, J. P. Tormey. ° Forty-seventh—T. C. Stoddard, R. L. Sampson, W. E. Sculley, A. F. St. Sure. Forty-eighth—L J. Muma, W. B. ‘White, Martin Ryan, J. J. Collier, Forty-ninth—F. J. Moffitt, J. C. Bul- lock, C. Fletcher, B. T. Connolly. Fiftieth—A. T. McDonough, M. A. Fitzpatrick, J. J. Pegnan, A. Borland. Fifty-first—M. J. Laymance, J. T. Rielly, B. F. Stetson, H. E. Harnwood. Fifty-second—J. H. Cregan, C. F. s‘ruier. Clyde E. Abbott, F. W. Mon- ay. were —_——— GERMAN CATHOLICS WILL GATHER IN CONVENTION State Session of the Order Opens This Morning at St. Anthony's Church. The State convention of the Ger- man Catholics will open at St. An- thony’s Church, Army street, between Shotweil and Folsom, this morning with high mass celebrated by Father Thomas, O. 8. B., of Mount Angel, Or. The sermon will be preached by Arch- bishop Riordan. The first closed meet- ing of delegates will take place this afternoon and in the evening there will be a meeting of German Catholics, which will be opened by Father Fuhr, O. F. M., of Los Angeles. An address will be given by Archbishop Mont- gomery. The convention will adjourn Tues- day evening. Among the speakers will be Rev. P. T. Richard of Santa Barbara, Rev. P. O. Miller of San Jose, Rev. M. Wallrath of Colusa, Dr. Alfred Eichler of San Francisco and Simon Peisel of San Jose. —_——— WOMAN WHO LEFT HUSBAND IS SENT TO WORKHOUSE Ohio Judge Punishes Runaway Wife and Man Who Coaxed Her to Leave Home. CLEVELAND. Sept. 3.—Morrison Schwartz and Anna Starkman were to- day sent to the workhouse to serve sentences equivalent to three and two years, respectively, by Judge Whelan for eloping. The woman was living happily with her husband in Toronto until she met Schwartz. Two wéeks ago Schwartz came to Cleveland and wrote to her to ‘meet him here. P S Find Destitute Woman. Mrs. Ida Crow of Portland applied to Policeman Conlon yesterday after- noon at the ferry fof aid. She said she was destitute and had not the means of procuring food for her five children, one of whom was only a year old. She was taken to the City Prison and placed in the charge of Matron Mrs. Condon. Her five chil- dren are all under 13 years of age. Mrs. Crow savs her husband died two weeks ago in Portland and left her without means. Her clildven will be given in the charge of some charitable institution and the police will try to find a place for her. —_———— Republicans Nominate Supervisors, AUBURN, Sept. 3.—The Republtcan county convention nominated three supervisors—W. A. Freeman in district 3, J. B. Hayford in district 4 and George H. Bisbee in Hayford was nominated on cornered fight with Henry Lobner and out bonds and was authorized to sell | William Nichols. ——— s LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. OCEAN STEAMERS. NEW YORK—Salled Sept 3—st roon- land, for Antwerp via Dover: stmr St for Southampton via Plymouth and Cherbou stmr Umbria, for Liverpool; stmr Minnehah: 3, burg via Jover; stmr Anchoria, for Gl tmr Pefil. for Naples, Cenca -nd"f::-' ANTWERP—Arrived Sept 28 Temple, from Montreal via landu:l.m e Salled Sept 2—Stmr Finland, for N HAVRE - Sailed Sept 3—Stmr La m ftor New York, Bept 3—Stmr Noor- ROTTERDAM—Sailed dam, for New York. LIVERPOOL—Asrived Sept 3—Stmr Cretic, from Boston: sty Lucania. from New York: etmr_Corinthian, from Mobireal, Foks Sailed Sept 3—Stmr Etruria, for New York. CHERBOURG — Arri! 3 from New York, via ; stmr_Statenda: Satled ed to-day met and | BRITISH SHIP 18 ASHORE, Drumburton on the Rocks ai Pt.__l'@ro. Captain, His Wite and Crew in Great ' Peril, Tug Relief Goes to Rescus of the Imperiled Mariners, | l The British ship Drum- burton, Captain Thomas, bound from this port for Seattle, went ashore at Point Pedro, San Mateo County, last night, and may prove a total loss. At 2:30 o’clock this morning the Merchants’ Exchange was informed that the vessel’'s condi- tion was serious, that the water had reached - be- tween decks and the ves- sel was fast settling. Captain Thomas sig- naled that his wife was on board and urged that a tug be sent to the res- cue. : The tug Relief got un- der way with a volunteer crew about 3 o’clock and probably reached the ves- el by 4. S * SUPERD RIFLE FOR OUR ARV New Arm Superior to Any Now in Use in Foreign L Speclal Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, HOTEL BARTON, WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.—Ordnance ex- perts of the United States army, after months of work, have succeeded in constructing a magazine rifle which is believed to be superior to any in use in foreign armies at this time. Every Government arsenal in the TUnited States with the necessary facilities is working night and day, turning out the new arm, and 40,000 of them al- ready have been completed. None will be issued to the troops of the regular . establishment, however, until 100,000, the number requisite to supply the maximum strength of the army on a war footing, have been com- pleted. At the present rate of prog- ! ress this probably will be about De- cember 1 and the issuance will be im- mediately begun. The rifles which were in use in the Spanish-American war are to be re- turned to the arsenals and later re- issued to the various militia organiza- tions, now armed with the ancient Springfield rifles, which are regarded as almost as obsolete as the old flintlocks or percussion guns. The most aoticeabl: difference be. tyreen the old and the new arm, mppar- ent at first glance, is the fact that the barrel of the lattc: is entirely covered with wood. After the campaign in {Cuba and the Philippines, many com- plaints were made to the ordnance of- | ficers, who sald that after a period of rapid discharge the riflez became so hot that it was sometimes necessary to cease firing for a time to permit them to. cool. The bore of the new rifie is a smaller caliber, being about .30 inch, while the The magazine .has a capacity of five cartridges and can be filled with ease H gt Hamburg, | and ess. The gun, fully assem- The visitors, after enjoying the | from burg and Dover for New York, A fion o San Lorenzo, stopping atthe | ™iyef "sept 3-—Stmr New York trom New | perts, s exceptionally well balknoed; k- Mgt OF Ban | Lok, Santie N 100 o . e gy - buseed adding to the ease of its discharge ané | i e e e ] e ratlires winal Whte e Bt Boston (Mass.) painters and ' de - lulu, Yo ete. b . tors’ union. is the painters’ lo- ‘m t 3—Stmre Columbla, b G g g R LONDON—Sailed Sept 2—Stmr Mesaba, for | ShOtS in the same time, using the mag- Military Establishments’ NICOTINE KILLS CAPTAIN'S SON Body of Arthur Skipper Is Discovered by an Aunt in Room of His Parents’ Home DEAD SEVERAL DAYS Continuous Cigarette Smok- ing Results Fatally for Prominent Berkeley Youth Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Sept. 3. Arthur Skipper, 19 years of age, the son of Captain J. J. Skipper of the schooner Valentia, was found dead this morning seated in a chair in his room at the home of his parents, at 911 Six- ty-third street. The body was discovered by Mrs. A. Stohl, an aunt of the young man, who resides at 913 Bristol street, West Berkeley. The condition of the body in- dicates that Skipper had been dead for about two days. The young man’s father is away from home, accompanied by his wife and daughter. He has been notified of his son's death. The deceased was an inveterate cigarette smoker, and it is belleved that death was caused by nicotine poisoning. The' remains were taken to the Morgue. ———— HEARS FROM SISTER HE HAS NOT SEEN IN MANY YEARS St. Louis Man, Through Item in Newspaper, Learns Relative Is Living in California. ST. LOUIS, Sept. 3.—The Post-Dis- patch this evening says: Henry Schuette of 1301 South Broadway, who was placed in communication last week with his sister, Mrs. A. J. Henderson of Kern, Cal., through the publication of an item in the Post-Dispatch, has received a letter from the young woman, whom he has not seen for fourteen years. She wrote him a lov- ing missive, telling of her great joy at learning that he is alive and well. She invites him to make her a visit as soon as possible. Schuette is 35 years of age and un- married. His father, Henry C. Schuette, in the seventies conducted a grocery at Twelfth and Calhoun streets. After his wife dled, in 1877, Schuette Sr. --moved to California, leaving his son here with relatives. —_——— GARFIELD'S FIRST COUSIN DIES ON A POOR FARM Relative of Martyr President Passes Away at the Age of Eighty Years. LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 3.—A cousin of President Garfield died at the County Poor Farm yesterday. H. P. Garfleld was 80 years old and was the first cousin of the President. Their fathers were brothers and lived near each other in Ohio for years. The aged man told many stories of his boyhood with the youth later to be mourned by the nation. Two years ago Garfleld went to the poor farm. After he was there four months his friends learned of his situa- tion and gave him a home. Two months ago, when very low with his eickness, he was again taken to the farm because he would not ask his Ohio relatives for aid. et TIE-UP AT MARSEILLES. Labor Troubles Threaten Maritime Supremacy of French Port. MARSEILLES, Sept. 4—The mari- time supremacy of Marseilles, the sec- ond city in France, is threatened with extinction owing to the continuance of the strike and the tie-up of the entire marine industry. Much traffic has al- ready been diverted to Spanish and Italian ports. The strikers to-day sought to interrupt street traffic, and the troops were called upon to disperse the strikers. The steamship companies, including the French Atlantic Com- pany, refuse to yield until the sailors consent to submit to the discipline of their commanders. —_———— Captain Adler Discharged. OAKLAND, Sept. 3.—The charge of robbery against Captain John O. Ad- ler of the steamer Coquille River was dismissed in the Police Court this morning. He was accused by Eric Gustafsen with having stolen $10. The captain was able to show that it was money owed him by the sailor. Gustafsen failed to appear to testify in the case. Millionaire Bradbury Held for Trial. SAN RAFAEL, Sept. 3.—Millionaire W. B. Bradbury had his preliminary hearing before Judge Magee to-dav on a charge of assault, preferred by Mrs. C. Hanifin, and was held in $3000 bonds to await trial in the Superior Court. Bradbury did not offer any defense. He secured his release on bonds furnished by his wife and nephew. —_——— Head of Bradstreet’s Dies. NEW YORK, Sept. 3.—Charles Fin- ney Clark, aged 68 years, president of the Bradstreets ompany, died in Lon- don to-day of heart failure, presumably caused by an attack of indigestion. The body will be brought back on the Oceanie. - The Wrong Department. A prominent New York physician tells this story at the expense of the modern craze for specialization in the medical profession: A poor woman from the East Side went to a nearby dispensary to ask for aid for her lit- tle son, who had one of his fingers mashed with a baseball bat. At the first room where she applied she was told by a curt attendant that the boy could not be treated there. “Wrong place” he explained, “this ispthe eye and ear department.” “Vere is der thumb and finger de- partment?”_inquired the woman, sim- ! ply.—New York Commercial. ———— Blackburn’s Apt Reply. Senator Joe Blackburn of Kentucky tells one on himself. He was admiring- ly looking at a pretty woman at the rallroad station in Washington—not fmpertinently, but courteously, beamuse she was beautiful—when she exclaimed, “Rubber!” shrugged her shoulders and frowned. The Senator took off his hat and said: “Madam, I beg a thousand pardons, I took the liberty of admiring you ‘bécause I thought you were the are not allowed exceed ninety feet in height. N to | ing NEW DISEASE - ATTACKS VINES Napa County Bean Growers Appeal to University Scien- tists to Come to Their Aid PLANTS TO BE BURNED Professor Smith, Pathologist of Berkeley Agricultural Department, Investigating —_— BERKELEY, Sept. 3.—A new dis- ease that recently appeared in the bean plantations of Napa County is being investigated by Professor Ralph E. Smith, plant pathologist of the ag- ricultural department of the Univer- sity of California. The disease man- ifests itself by attacking the vines, which it causes to take on a sickly hue and kills off within a week. Profes- sor Smith has been supplied with samples of these beans and an ex- amination of them convinces him that the new disease is of a bacterial char- acter. The matter is of considerable interest in a secientific as well as a practical way, as the disease is an en- tirely new one. In a number of let- ters to growers he has advised burn- ing of all affected vines in the fall and refraini®g from planting beans in the same place next year. In the mean- time he will make a thorough investi- gation of the new terror. . 4 + RUNAWAY TEAM [NJURES YOUTH Tears Down Section of Wire Fence and Farm Hand Be- comes Enwrapped in Coils BARBS LACERATE BODY Horses Are Caught Just as They Were About to Dash Into a Diteh on Roadside SAN BERNARDINO, Sept. 3.—Bert Laurence, a young farmer, was en- wrapped in barbed wire this afternoon and dragged for 300 feet by a team of runaway horses, sustaining injuries from which he may dle. A youth named Tagg, the son of a dairyman, was driving the horses to a hayrake in a field, when the animals became frightened and ran away. They col- lided with a barbed wire fence after having thrown Tagg out of the rake. A great stretch of the wire was torn off and became fastened to the rake and when the runaway horses passed near Laurence he stepped on the wire, which immediately coiled about him like a snake. The horses then dashed on toward a deep ditch, but Tagg suc- ceeded in heading them off and stop- ping them before they took the plunge. Laurence’s clothing was nearly torn to shreds, while all over his body were great, deep cuts from the barbs in the wire and the sharp corners of the stones in the field. It took several men a quarter of an hour to free him from the coils of the wire, which* were tight- ened to such an extent that for a while it was feared that life was extinct. ———————— BAKER RECEIVES BURNS THAT MAY PROVE FATAL Quantity of Ignited Lard Is Spattered Over His Body, Inflicting Seri- ous Wounds. SAN BERNARDINO, Sept. 3—Charles Richards, a baker, was so badly burned by hot lard to-day that he may not live. Richards was heating a pail of lard at his shop, when it caught fire and he turmed water into the oven. The water spattered the burning lard over his arms, back, neck and chest, eating deep into the flesh, while the sudden burst of flame burned off his mustache and eyebrows and his face. The physician in attendance ex hope that Richards will re- ccver, but he says that he is in a critical condition. — Tobacco and Baldness. A medical man is responsible for the theory that the smoking of tobacco tends to develop baldness. For some reason or other every mysterious dis- ease is attributed sooner or later to tobacco. But there were brave men before Agamemnon, and there was dis- ease before the days of Sir Walter Raleigh. Julius Caesar, who lighted neither churchwarden nor havana, was wont to comb his thinning locks for- ward over his brow in order to cloak his baldness and Elisha certainly could not have preserved his hair at the pe- riod when he was insulted by ribald boys. From earth's earliest ages there have surely been men walking under the everlasting firmament with smooth and shiny heads, and we altogether protest, therefore, against the addition of baldness to the cumulative charges brought against tobacco. It is one of the saddest evidences of mortality’s inherent and incurable baseness that tobacco, which is cer- tainly one of mankind's chiefest bless- ings, should be forced to beat out into the wilderness of medjcal theories nearly every sickness and evil which, so far, the sacred weed has been unable to remove.—London Globe. —_—— Kuropatkin’s Vigilance. Kuropatkin will be fifty-six next month. He is an Inspiring re, trusted because he has never been afraid. Five years ago Kuropatkin was warned that the great powder magazine at St. Petersburg was to be blown up within twenty-four hours, and the magazine at Toulon, too. Toulon was outside his sphere, but Kuropatkin, who received the warn- ing while in bed, rose and went to the St. Petersburg magazine stores. (htz. ing together officers and men, he in- spected the stores, declared the in- spection satisfactory and gave every man three days’ leave as a token of his pleasure. Other guards and sap- pers were summoned, a rampart was dug around the magazine and before night it was certain that any danger that had existed had been averted. Nothing happened, but the next was blown up. | | COUNTY OF ALAMEDA - WILL RECEIVE VICTOR METCALE Citizens of Oakland Pre- pare Demonstration for an Old Time Neighbor PLANS FOR THE EVENT Every Civie Organization of His City Is Engaged in Effort to Homor Him e Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Sept. 3. The inhabitants of this eity, irre- spective of party and polities, wiil gather at the Macdonough Theater on Thursday evening, September 22, for a public reception to Victor H. Metcalf. Secretary of Labor and Commerce, and a member of President Roosevelt's Cabinet. A joint committee consisting of sub- committees from the Merchants' Ex- change, the Oakland Board of Trade and the Union League Club, have held a meeting and agreed upon the details It was decided that a banquet would not offer the opportunity for a general demonstration’ such as would allow a large number to meet the Cabinet of- ficer from this county and that a mass- meeting would give more general sat- isfaction. It is intended to make this meeting one ~¢ congratulation from the citizens of this eity to the man who by hi individual integrity and worth h made himself a name in national poli- tics and won recognition from ~ the Chief Executive of this country. The programme and speakers will be an- nounced later. —_——————— PAYING “COTTON BILLS"™ USES SPECIAL METHOD Buyer Pays Planter Cash on Delivery. Reverse of the Usual Course. The receipt this week of the first cot- ton bills, with the probability that within a fortnight they will be oftered in abundance, directs attention to the methods of negotiating them, the way in which the Southern grower gets his money, and the means used by foreign spinners in settling for purchases. The common notion is that the producer is put to the trouble of borrowing the necessary money in order to dispose of his cotton. The reverse of this is true —as the buyer of the cotton usually pays the farmer in cash when the staple is delivered, or as soon as it is bargained for. A cotton bill is like any other com- mercial bill drawn against the purchase of a particular article. Where the sta- ple is intended for shipment it is ac- companied by a bill of lading, invoice and policy of insurance. The most im- portant device, however, is the draft which accompanies* it, this being the instrument whereon money is raised to pay the planter. Most of the cot- ton is handled by “factors.” The fac- tor, or Southern representative of the spinner, cencludes all arrangements for paying for the cotton. Here is a case in peint: A Liverpool spinner wants to buy $200,000 worth of cotten in America. He secures a letter of credit from a foreign bank of international standing and sends it to his American agent with drafts in blank. The agent con- tracts for his cotton, goes to a South- ern bank, which buys the bills at cur- rent ratc- »f foreign exchange, and in return gives a check for the sum re- quired. The buyer then turms this check over to the owner of the cotton and the latter is pald. The purchase has been closed so far as this coun- try is concerned. The draft, which ac- companies the cotton bill, being a nine- ty-day not2, bearing an agreed rate of interest, is finally returned to Liver- pool and there presented for payment at maturity. It is chiefly for the pur- pose of taking up these bills that large currency shipments are made by New York banks every autumn. —————————— Put the “Access” on Pronoun. Two negro women boarded a Penn- sylvania avenue car at Seventh street. One was a large, dark skinned woman, flashily dressed; the other was a small, yellow woman, wearing a modest gown. The women were discussing a mutual friend, Mr. Jenks. The large woman spoke in loud tomes and pronounced the name of the man as though it were spelled J-i-n-k-s. It was evident from the expression on the face of the smaller woman that she was annoyed by the loud talking and mispronunci- ation of her friend. Finally she pro- tested: “You speak of Mr. Jenks as though his name were spelled with an ' in- stead of an ‘e.” “Oh, ves,” the large woman ex- claimed. “I perceives you puts the ac- cess on the pronoun."—Washington Times. —_———— We Have 20,879 Newspapers. The United States has a total of 20,879 newspapers as follows: Dailles, 2158; weeklies, 18,827 monthlies, 2791; semij- weekly, 471; tri-weekly, 49; biweekly, 60; semi-monthly, 275; tri-monthly, 2; bi-monthly, 68; quarterly, 175; semi- quarterly, 2: total, 20,879. The first six States, in the number of their newspa- pers, rank as follows: New York, 1936; Tllinois, 1726; Pennsylvania, 1393; Ohio, 1218; Towa, 1082; Mississippi, 1045. Alaska has two dailles and the Phil- ippine Islands four. —_——————————— Railroad Employs Army of Men. The number of men employed in the shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Altoona on June 1 was -~ -ut 9500; two years ago it was 12000. ‘The payrolls now aggregate. $260,000 monthly; In 1908 the total was $575,000. The checks which King Edward uses for his private business are drawn on his. personal account at Coutts’. The signature is “Edward R..” followed by a small royal crown. The checks are printed on gilt-edged paper, but are atherwise quite in the usual form. For sixteen centuries the inhabitants of Beziers, in South . have held the camel sacred, for in 250 A. D. st Aphrodise, mounted on one of these evangelized the city. In pler-mache effigy of a camel