The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 20, 1904, Page 4

4 T0 FORN CREAT IRGANIZATION British Dock Laborers May Amalgamate With Ameri- -an Longshoremen’s Union MOVEMENT AN OLD ONE International Association Would Have Membership of 150,000 to Start With —_— NEW YORK, Oct. 19,—Two fraternal 1 the British Trades Union Congress to the next convention of the American Federation of Labor have sailed from London and wupon their arrival plans will be discussed for an amalgamation of the English and Ameri longshoremen in &n in- ternational union, with about 150,000 members. Organizer Robinson of the y Federation of Labor states povement for amalgamation progress for some years ss meeting probably will d here while Delegate Wignall e International Longshoremen's n of Great Britain is In America » discuss the question and take pre- liminary steps toward the amalgama- tion Pending amalgamation the name of the International Longshoremen's Upion has been changed to the Inter- national Marine and Transport Work- ers’ Association. The union also now tédkes in all workers at the docks, as does the English organization. L e Labor Denounces Governor Bates. LOWELL, Mass, Oct. 19.—To- ms of the United Textile of America's convention THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1904. BANKER CONE, COIN MISSING J. 0. Simons of Woodmen in Los Angeles Accused by the Members of the Order | i i | | | A SHORTAGE OF $1000 —_— Left the City Ten Days Ago With Wife Unprovided For and Has Not Been Seen e Tt Special Dispatch to The Call LOS ANGELES, Oct. 19.—Is J. O. Simons, the banker of Los Angeles Camp No. 402, Woodmen of the World, lost in the wilds of the San Bernardino Mountains? Is he demented and stray- ing among strangers, or has he flown from Los Angeles to escape the deficit of almost $1000 that is said to have been discovered in the accounts of the Los! Angeles Camp? This last suggestion appears to explain the reason for the sudden disappearance of the well known Woodman and dancing master, for a complaint was lodged against him vesterday in Justice Young’'s court by officers of the organization of which he was the treasurer. Simons disappeared October 9, leav- | ing his wife penniless. Simons had been acting queerly fbr some time. It is said that he had been drinking con- siderably and that he had been gamb- ling. D — SHADOW OF GALLOWS AFTER A LONG FIGHT Chinese Murderer of San Jose, After Three Trials and Appeals, at Last to Hang. IN MAKER OF feres and Fitzgerald Murphy, playwright, had the principal role in a thrilling bit | of impromptu domestic drama enacted last Tuesday night in the Hotel Mere- dith, 252 Turk street, where he occu- pies apartments with his wife, who | carried the feminine lead. The other {active characters were M. E. Revis, manager of the hotel, and two brothers of undisclosed identity. Patrolmen J. !'S. Hielt and F. C. Kracke were in at the finale and escorted the leading man to the City Prison, where he was book- ed for battery and disturbing the peace. i By way of prologue it may be stated that Mr. Murphy and his better half have been residents of this city ever since he came from New York to direct the staging of his dramatic adaptation of Wagner’'s “Parsifal” at an O'Farrell street playhouse. Despite the fact that he has constructed several stage suc- cesses his income has been inadequate to meet his household demands and a few weeks ago his wife went to work in a concert hall. He compelled her to leave the place, but she accepted an | tengagement in a house of similar character and it was his protest against | her disregard of his desire that de- | veloped the tempestuous scene of which ! the climax was his arrest. He was| quarreling with the woman when Revis and two of his boarders entered the | room and seized him. They pinned his arms, but ere he was entirely subju- gated he swung a free foot against Mr. Revis' nose, damaging that organ | Fitzgerald Murphy Is Quarreling Wit His Wife When Landlord Inter- | | | the city Mr. Harris had him arrested PLAYS h Is Kicked. demption and bring back the money. Vincent,obeyed one-half of his instruc- tions. He got the monmey, but instead of bringing it to Mr. Harris he re- mained in the country and spent it for strong waters. When he did return to for felony embezzlement, but Judge Cabaniss dismissed the case becauee the complainant, in his haste to get the defendant into custody, had neg- lected to formally demand the $65. s e e It was in a traffic jam on lower Third street that Meses Isaacstein’s head was smitten with a whip in the hand of John Leonardino. Mr. Isaacstein was driving a horse and wagon and when of a southbound car chockful of pas- sengers his vehicle collided with a heavy dray hauled by two horses exchange of language the alleged as- sault was committed. Two witnesses for the prosecution swore that Mr. Leonardino exploded most of the lan- guage and that some of it was unfit for publication, Judge Cabaniss fined Mr. Leonardino $5. PSS William Burrows, cadaverous and tattered, neither attempted to deny that he uttered unearthly yells at Cali- fornia and Stockton streets night be- fore last nor volunteered explanation of his reasons for uttering them. The complaining policeman cast some light on the subject, however, by opining that Mr. Burrows was a “hophead” and fancied he saw things which had no he “turned out” to permit the passage | steered by Mr. Leonardino. After a brief | SAN JOSE, Oct. 19.—A dispatch re- | ceived at the District Attorney's office to-night announces that the United States Supreme Court at Washington | to-day dismissed the writ of error in the case of people versus Lee Look. The Chinese has been tried three times were occupied with action on the re- ports of committees and several pro- posed resolutions. Among other reso- Jutions adopted was one condemning Governor Bates for vetolng the over- time bill for women and children. e ———— material existence, said opinion being based upon the defendant's physical and mental defects. Mr. Burrows will be sentenced for vagrancy by Judge Mogan. rather seriously. Then the police did the rest. The case will be heard this morning before Police Judge Mogan. Revis says the Murphys have quarreled almost in- | cessantly and the husband invariably scemed to be the aggressor. Murphy B | Thomas B. Rogers, who arrived from Australia a few days ago and will em- MISSOULA BURGLARS MAKE RICH HAUL D GET Blow Up Safe in Business Center and Secure Tsousands in Cash and Securities, BUTTE. Mont., Oct. 19.—A Miner special from Missoula says a daring robbery took place in Missoula last night when the store of Hathaway, Buford & Co., about two blocks from the business center of the town, was entered and the safe blown up. Sev- eral thousand dollars in cash, notes, checks and warrants were secured by the robbers off The safe door was blown nitro-glycerin and much of with the furniture and surroundings were royed by the explosion. No one was awakened and the robbers seem to have taken their leisure after get- ting the safe open. e GOVERNMENT RELEASES MA ACRES OF FOREST RESERVES Commissioner Richards of the Gen- eral Land Office Issues Statement of General Interest. WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.—Commis- sioner Richards of the general land office to-day made the following statement: “There have been recently released through the general land office from temporary withdrawals made for for- est reserve purposes 5,107,500 acres, as follows California, 2,217,000 acres; Colorado, 508,800 acres; Idaho, 1,420,800 acres; Montana, 16,240 acres; Nevada, 12,720 acres; Oregon, 582,940 acres; Washington, acres.” —_—— Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Oct. 15.—The following Californlans are in New York: San Francisco—D. Callahan, Gilsey; G. R. Grassman, Harnden, C. J. Heggerty and wife, Ho- tel Astor; L. W. Knight, Earlington; Mrs. G, A. Knight, Hotel Astor; F. K. Lippitt, Broadway Central; G. McAr- thur, Park Avenue; wife, New Amsterdam; H. Murdock, Hotel Imperial; W. Probasco, Astor House; M. Sherrard, I. O. Upham, Im- perfal; M. Purbe, Martha Washington; J. Caffery, Hotel Astor; P. C. Frank- lin, Grand Hotel; W. G. Hinkelbein, | Imperial; E. H' Merrill and wife, Navarre; J. B. Moraghan, Imperial; G. §. Prescott, Murray Hill; W. 8. Bab- son, Westminster; A. Brown Jr., Park | Awvenue; W. H. Crim Jr., Mariborough; 1. W. Sanborr and wife, Herald Square; L. §. Sher, Hoffman: Mrs, G. E. Starr, Imperial; C. D. Stuart, Hotel York. San Diego—W. H. Fraser, Im- perial. Los Angeles—F. 1. Bernard, Misses Bernard, Miss Botellier, Holland; Mrs. W. P. Halliday, Earlington; T. A. Thompson, Herald Square; J. Cook, Astor House; M. A. Davis, Park Ave- nue, e on. We guarantee them....$) Full line of SCISSORS kinds of Cutlery. Razors Honed F. W. PITTS, 1008 Market st., AWAY 235,000 \ Broadway Central; W. H. | D. R. McNelll and | for the killing of Lee Wing in this city four years ago. Once the jury disagreed, next time he was convicted of murder and sen- tenced to be hanged, but the case was successfully appealed, because the information failed to recite that the murdered man was a human being. He was again tried and convicted and again appealed, this time averring er- ror on the part of the committing magistrate. Then the judgment of the lower court was affirmed and the defendant went to the United States Supreme Court on a writ of error. It is believed Lee Look has exhausted his resources and that his execution cannot be further delayed. e RAISIN PACKERS SAID TO HAVE FORMED COMBINE | Reported to Have Joined Forces in Order to Hold Down the Price, PRESNO, Oct. 19.—It is reported that the raisin packers have entered irto a combine and bonded themselves to hold down the price to be paid the grower and prevent bidding against each other. The grower will not be offered more than 2 cents for his new goods, according to the report. Color is lent to this report by the little bidding or business being done. The disposal of the holdover crop at advanced figures is the first concern of the packers. It has been reasoned that by manifesting no interest in the new goods and talking low prices, the growers will be again reduced to the 1 demoralization point and become anx- | fous to sell at whatever is offered. Because of the damage by rain, es- | timated at from 40 to 60 per cent, the growers are holding for 3 cents, ' as a conservative figure, —_——— UNION OF TWO CHURCHES INDORSED IN SACRAMENTO | Vote Favors Merging of Cumberland and Presbyterian. SACRAMENTO, Oct. meeting held to-day of the Sacramento Presbytery, composed of all the Pres- byterian ministers in the eastern half of Northern Californid and the entire | | State of Nevada, the question of the ! union of the Cumberland church with the Presbyterian church was discussed at length and the consolidation of the two bodies was indorsed by an almost | unanimous vote. The Cumberland church was former- ‘ly part of the Presbyterian church, ,but the two religious bodies bgcame . | separated in 1810 and since that time have remained apart. The Cumberland | < church is strong in Tennessee and other States in the South. The matter of union s to be decided by the votes of 300 presbyteries, of which the Sac- ramento Presbytery is one. B MARRIED BY MOONLIGHT ON STREET IN VENTURA Young Elopers Outwit the Mother of the Girl Who Was on Their Trall. VENTURA., Oct. 19.—1It is not often that the sidewalk is used for a mar- !riage altar, but it was last night in this city. In the moonlight Judge Boling united Alexandro Ouljada and Francisca Cordero on Santa Clara street. The mother of the Spanish maiden objected to the marriage, and the girl and her sweetheart set out determined to be made one. They telephoned to Judge Boling and then called for him. The girl's mother was hot on the trail and the young lovers insisted that the take place on the street. The Justice saw the dilemma and with the stars as witnesses united the couple. : —————————— BUFFALO | | | L WILL RETURN TO YARD AT VALLEJO Will Have Her New Bollers Installed at Mare Island Instead of in the East. VALLEJO, Oct. 19.—The Buffalp, which is now out with naval appren- tices for the Ohio, will shortly return to the navy yard instead of going East to have three new boilers installed. S XIRGNT i i g l Leslie Balt for table, kitchen, Free rucning. Its purity 19. — At the ceremony | declares that he considers himself en- titled to the privilege of remonstrating against hig wife frequenting cheap con- | cert halls: and he claims also the pre- rogative of protesting against the for- | cible entry of uninvited persons to his | apartments, even though one of those persons happens to be the manager of the house in which the apartments are situate. Whatever the outcome of his arrest may be he proposes to di- vorce the woman whose revolutionary behavior primarily led to it. He mar- ried her about seven years ago, he says, and since then has supported, as well as his means would allow, both her and her child by a former husband. | Mrs. Murphy declines to discuss the | case. Mrs. Frances Forsythe, who shot and ! killed the Japanese proprietor of a Kearny-street shooting gallery, was arraigned before Judge Mogan on a charge of felony, to wit, murder: “Felony?” she exclaimed in tone of surprise. “I don’t see how it can be felony when I was drunk at the time.” “Your condition at the time of the shooting cannot be taken into consid- eration now,” said the Judge. “Humph! That’s strange,” was the rejoinder. “I just came down town to do some shopping and happened"— Further narration was prevented by the Judge abruptly setting the case for hearing next Thursday. The woman stated that she was unable to engage counsel and the court appointed Attor- ney Taafe to protect her interests at the preliminary examination. 7 A Willlam McGreeny stole five long | lightning rods from the spot on Bay street, near Fillmore, where they had been deposited by employes of the San | Francisco Gas and Electric Company. He declared it was his firm conviction that the rods belonged to nobody, but Judge Mogan pronounced him guilty of petty larceny and will sentence him | this morning. Michael J. O'Rourke, a policeman testified, swindled housewives in the Mission district by iInforming them that if they purchased a jar of his {cream for the complexion he would send a female hairdresser to arrange their coiffures and charge them not one cent for the visitation. The cream it- self, he is alleged to have declared, was worth more than the price he asked for it, as all kinds of facjal blemishes, not excluding crowsfeet, disappeared under its application as snow melts away beneath the gentle influence of the chinook. Several ladies who bought cream and waited in vain for the hair- dresser complained of Mr. O’Rourke’s conduct, and he was caught in the act of interviewing a credulous matron by the sleuth that was dispatched from the Seventeenth-street’ police station to gather him in. Judge Cabaniss has continued the hearing until to-morrow. PR S James Beggs was convicted of rob- bing telephone boxes last April, but | Judge Fritz continued the case indefi- | nitely on condition that he would fulfill | his promise to go to Australia and stay | there. He went to the Antipodes, but | did not stay there, and two hours after his return to this city he was arreéted | at Ellis and Mason streets. Now he is | before Judge Mogan on the old charge | of petty larceny and will be given a ! hearing to-day. \ P Ao | - Joseph Royder has been convicted of | carrying a deadly weapon and must | answer an additional charge of threat- ening to kill Arthur Harrison, superin- tendent of the Sutro Baths, from whose service he was dismissed last Saturday. The following day he called on Mr. | Harrison and, displaying a revolyver, requested that gentleman to equip him- self with a similar weapon and engage |in a duel to the death. Instead of ac- cepting the invitation, Mr. Harrison ! gave him into custody. ! “‘Did you really mean to engage in a pistol duel?” Judge Mogan asked the defendant. 3 3 “Certainly,” was the answer. “I wanted to fight him fairly.” ~'The threat-to-kill ‘charge will be .« . 'Té accomniodate Vincent O'Neill's sis- ter,a schoolmarm in an interior county, John Harris, a Grant-avenue saloon- keeper, cashed her salary warrant bark on his return voyage to-morrow, had a large revolver of English manu- facture in a side pocket of his coat as he toured the Barbary Coast last Tues- day night, and several saloon habitues concealed weapon and subsequently as- certained its character united in com- plaint to a policeman, wko arrested Mr. Rogers. “Hin the Haustralian gold flelds, where I kem from,” Mr. Rogers ex- plained to Judge Cabaniss, “hit’s no hoffense to ’ave a pistol hin yer pocket, ye know. Hevery gentleman carries a revolver to protect himself with.” better take your revolver back to the gold fields. In this land gentlemen*de- their lives and property. missed. Case dis- John McMullen, #rrested for display- ing a pistol in a Pacific-street saloon, fiercely fought the two policemen who undertook to disarm him and Judge Mogan will sentence him to-day for disturbing the peace and carrying a deadly weapon. Mr. McMullen said he was employed on the steamship Queen and that incarceration for anything like a protracted period will cost him his job. —_——————— OFFICERS ARE CHOSEN BY MYSTIC SHRINERS J. F. Wright of Richmond, Va., As- sumes the Office of Imperial Potentate. WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.—The annu- al meeting of the Imperial Council, No- bles of the Mystic Shrine of North America, to-day elected the following officers: J. F. Wright, Richmond, Va., imperial potentate; John H. Dickerson of Jacksonville, Fla., imperial chief rabban; John H. Walker of Macon, Ga., high priest and prophet; A. A. Watts of Baltimore, imperial treasurer; Mag- nus L. Robinson of Alexandria, Va., imperial recorder; J. H. Murphy of EBaltimore, imperial Orfental guide; Thornton A. Jackson of ‘Washington, D. C., imperial lecturer; Michael H. Robinson of Washington, D. C., imperi- al ceremonial master. ——————— PERSIAN MURDERERS TO BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE Shah Orders Arrest of Men Impli- cated in Killing of Dr. Labori, the American Missionary. WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.—John Tyler, | American Vice Consul General at Te- heran, Persia, has cabled the State Department that the Shah has tele- graphed the Crown Prince of Tabriz to arrest immediately the murderers of Dr. Labori, the American missionary who was killed many months ago by fanatical Persians. Some of the men already have been apprehended and Tyler's telegram is understood to mean that the others are to be brought to Justice. —_—— Hops Agaln Moving in Oregon. PORTLAND, Oct. 19.—The Iull, which has existed in the local hop market for the last three or four days, has been broken by the sales in tl Willlamette Valley amounting to 1320 bales. The hops were bought for for- eign export. The prices ranged from 30 to 30% cents. —_—— Bakersfield’s First Mayor Dead. BAKERSFIELD, Oct. 19.—L. P. St. Clair, first Mayor of Bakersfleld and an old timer in California, died this afternoon after an illness of several weeks. He was a large property own- er in the city and leaves three sons engaged in business here. B e FREE —— FREE — FREE ——— SUNDAY CALL —— ———— WANT ADS. Your Choice of Tw Two Premiums, Either a ,—LIGHTNING BREAD and— CAKE KNIFE or a NUT SET - (Six Nut Picks ana a Crack.) Se: Small Ad. Page for Fur- 03 who accidentally bumped against the | “Then,” quoth the Judge, “you would | pend upon the laws for protection of | ADVERTISING POSES IN COURT, MEN T0 MEET First Regular Gathering of Pacific Coast Association Will Take Place Saturday LOS ANGELES SELEC’I‘ED! A R Southern City Making Great Preparations to Entertain | Visitors Who Will Attend Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 19.—Los An- geles will be the best advertised city in America after next Saturday. On that day the advertising men of the Pacific Coast and Western States wiil meet here in convention. This will be | the first regular meeting of. the Pacific | Coast Advertising Men's Association, | which was formed in San Francisco in July, and will be held in Assembly | Hall, Chamber of Commerce building, | i beginning at 2:30 p. m. on the day named. In the evening the members { will gather at a banquet at the Ange- | lus Hotel. Not to overlcok the oppertunity of such an occasion, the local members of | the association will take their visiting brethren in hand on Sunday to show them some of the beauties of Los An- geles. Through ihe courtesy of the Pacific Electric Railway the advertis- ing men will spend the day in a private car, leaving Sixth and Main streets at | 9:30 in the morning and returning at | 2:30 in the afterncon. They will visit the ostrich farm, Pasadena, Lamanda, Baldwins ranch and Morrovia. At | Baldwin’s a typical Southern Califor- | nia lunch will be served with all the | usual accompaniments. ' Many prominent newspaper and ! other advertising men will be present | at the convention and make addresses on different subjects pertaining to ad- vertising. E. W. Hazen, president of | the Agate Club of Chicago, an associa- tion of advertising men of the Windy City, and who is also Western man- ager of the Curtis Publishing Com- | pany, will speak. Other out-of-town speakers include Alfred Holman, editor of the Sacramento Record-Union; H. P. | Stabler of Yuba City, president of the association and chairman of the Cali- fornia Fruit Growers’ Advertising Committee; R. C. Ayres of San Fran- cisco, J. A. Johnston of San Francisco, vice president of the Pacific Coast Ad- | vertising Men's Association, and G. C. Barnhart of San Francisco. Los An- geles men who will make addresses in- clude: 8. T, Clover, managing editor Los Angeles Express; George H. Stewart; Gail Borden; | Abbott Kinney, publisher of the Saturday | Poat; W. D, Curtis, Winfleld §cott, J. W. Ee- cleston and C. W. Fleming. The following ~comrnittees are in charge: Entertalnment committee—R. . , 417 { Johnson bullding; V. C. Beck, H. C. Ackerly. Reception commitice—A. F. Hoehner, Irv- ing Smith, T. Newman. Press committee— Irving Smith, George Katz, W, H. Bryan, H. C. Ackerly. Advertisers and business men inter- ested in the work of the association | are welcome to the meeting at the Chamber of Commerce, Saturday aft- ernoon at 2:30, ———— SPEAKS TO GREAT THRONG. | | { Senator Fairbanks Addresses Voters of Greater New York. i NEW YORK, Oct. 19.—The Repub- lican mass meeting held in Brooklyn to-night at the Clermont Rink was ad- dressed by Senator Fairbanks and Sec- retary of the Treasury Shaw. The rink was crowded and the audience a most enthusiastic one. Previous to the meeting the speakers were entertained at dinner by Former Lieutenant Gov- ernor Woodruff. George Roberts pre- sided and introduced Senator Fair- banks as the first speaker. Senator Fairbanks said: . We are to decide at the ballot-box in No- vember whether to approve or reject the a. ministration of President Roosevelt. What h administration is we know. We witness its fruits about us every day. Under it we are | enjoying unprecedented prosperity in all the avenues of human activity. Thefe is peace and good order at home and we sustain amica- bie relations with all the powers of the world. For more than three years the President has been engaged in the consideration of problems of moment. What act of his would we undo if we had the power? What administration has more successtully administered our_public { affairs? Let us be candid about it. Let us not unfairly judge what has been accomplished. We have never had a Democratic admini tration under which the people have pi to 5o full a degree as under the administration of President Roosevelt. Is it the tional wisdom te overthrow a successtul ad- | ministration and invite into power one pledged to carry out unwise opposing policies? To do | 0 i to invite disaster. It is to make a play- | thing of the ballot. | Fairbanks addressed a mass meeting ' in Madison Square Garden to-night. Former Secretary of War Root pre- | { sided and in opening the meeting spoke chiefly of national issues. The applause ! that followed his mention of the name of Roosevelt lasted seventeen minutes. | George A. Knight of San Francisco, | who was introduced as a representative of the United States west of the Mis- souri River, also spoke. Knight said there would be no disposition on his | part unnecessarily to criticise Jufloe; Parker, but the Democratic candidate | for President by his own words had laid himself open to.criticism by a/ student of public affairs. Every speech by Parker seemed to be an effort on his part to impress on the public mind | | the fact known to every schoolboy that | this nation has three branches of the Government — executive, judicial and legislative. “Judge Parker's one idea of opposi- tion to the Republican party seems to be based on his fear that one of the branches of the Government will en-. croach on another branch,” he sald., “His fear that this will come to pass . evidently has prevented him from lucidly discussing the questions in| which the voters are most interested.” ——— Eight Horses Lost in Fire. CAYUCOS, Oct. 19.—The large dairy | | i | | ditor, Mrs. Blanche English. | AGAIN HONORED Mrs. Sturtevant-Peet Once More Chosen President at the Convention in Chicoi { LECERS W HER FOURTEENTH TERM PSSRy S Ladies Greet Result With Great Enthusiasm—Other Officers Elected for Year fatinds o Tl CHICO, Oct. 19.—~The State W. C. T. U. Convention this morning proceeded to the election of officers for the com- | ing year. Mrs. B. Sturtevant-Peet was | re-elected oresident for her fourteemth term. Vice President at Large Mrs. S. J. Door was re-elected. The other officers are; First vice president, Mrs. Elizabeth *Ross Miller; second vice! president, Mrs. S. M. Woodman; corre- sponding secretary, Miss Anna Chase; recording secretary, Mrs. D. J. Spen- cer; treasurer, Mrs. Emily Hoppin; au- The session to-day was marked by much enthusiasm. One hundred and twenty-four ‘ladies were present to vote, When Mrs. Sturtevant-Peet was re-elected the entire audience rose to its feet and applauded. Addresses of | welcome were made by Rev. L. L. Ab- bott, Rev. T. G. Picton and Rev. W. M. Martin. Delegates to the national convention at Philadelphia on November 20 were | selected at the afternoon session of the | W. C. T. U. Convention, as follows: | Mrs. Anna K. Bidwell, Mrs. Adams Knowles, Mrs. Mary Tougier, Mrs. | Mary F. Norwood, Mrs. Alice Boyce, | Mrs. B. A. Finch, Mys. Alice Stalker.| At the business session twelve coun- | ties pledged $25 each for the work. One, 10 MEET NEXT N RIVERSIDE Irrigation Association Has Another Busy Day at Its Convention in Modesto DREW AGAIN PRESIDENT DY Resolutions Passed Calling for Further Laws From California’s Legislature Special Dispatch to The Call. MODESTO, Oct. 19.—The second day of the State Irrigation Association convention was marked by addresses by J. P. Lukens of the United States Bureau of Forestry, Professor Shaw of the State University, E. S. Wangen- heim of Newman and a lengthy paper by Willlam E. Smythe, which was read to the convention by J. W. Webb of Fresno. Riverside was selected as the place for the next conventlon, to be held in April, 1905. Reports of committees followed. The committee on nomin- atoins named as president of the State Irrigation Association A. M. Drew of Fresno, and for secretary George T. McCabe of Stanislaus, each to succeed himself. The committee on resolutions made a report urging that special attention be paid to irrigation laws by the Leg- islature. The session then adjourned. ———————— FREE CALIFORNIA RAISINS AT THE PORTLAND FAIR Will Be Distributed Without Cost by the Growers of Fresno District. = 1 PORTLAND, Oct. 19.—One hundred Butte, pledged $50. Local unlons and |, =0 c oot o taisine are to be individuals made donatioms. A large | g5 B0 CRUOIR, T8 R s and amount was raiged in a short time. | ciare Exposition by growers residing “Race Suicide” was the subject of the [tn the district surrounding Fresno, address of Miss Jennie':‘ A. Barrett. | o, o big shipment was originally “Steps Toward Freedom” was discussed | iongeg for qistribution ‘at the St by Mrs. Dr. Alida C. Avery. She spoke |y,,i5 Exposition. There developed a | the law and the ministry, as well as | | man on “The Three Great Monopolies™ | was cast aside all was lost. of what women have accomplished in the medical profession. ! This evening's programme was open- | ed with a devotional service by Mrs. | E D. Briggs. The Young Ladies’ Chor- al of the State Normal School sang two | selections which were well received. | An address by Mrs. 8. M. M. Wood- followed. A recitation by Mrs. Mary | Fletcher Norwood, an anniversary poem by Mrs. Elizabeth Ross Miller, and “Battle Hymn of the Crusade,” rendered by Mrs. Renowden Baiiey, completed the exercises. e —— EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION TO VISIT SAN FRANCISCO Will Tour the Pacific Coast After Its Annual Session in Guthrie. GUTHRIE, Okla., Oct. 19.—William A. Ashbroke of Johnstown, Iowa, cor- responding secretary of the National Editorial Association, announced to-| day that the association would hold its | next annual session here next May. i Ashbroke estimates that there will not be fewer than 500 delegates, who will be accompanied by about 300 members of their families. There will | be a three days’ business session here. The delegates will then go westward by the Southern Pacific Railroad toi California, visiting San Diego, Red- lands, Riverside, Los Angles and San | Francisco. The delegates will atten the exposition at Portland and go from there to Chicago and home. The itinerary will cover about twenty-five days. FLAMES THREATEN LIVES OF SLEEPING €HILDREN All but Two Little Ones Saved From Flames Which Destroy Illinois Home. SHELBYVILLE, Ill, Oct. 19.—The Middleswork Children's Home was de.- stroyed by fire to-day and although the flames were discovered while the children were asleep all but two v‘n rescued. The dead: ALFRED PETERSON, 9 years old. CHARLES PETERSON, 11 years 1d. % There were thirty-one children sleeping in the upper rooms of the home, which was a three-story frame and brick building. Flames and smoke cut off escape by the hallways and several children reached the ground by leaping from the upper windows to the roof of an extemsion building. The Peterson ch.ldren were overcome by the smoke in their beds. ————————— DESPISED BEDBUG HAS NO STANDING IN COURT Chicago Schoolma’am Must Pay Room Rent in Spite of Pests’ . Presence. CHICAGO,". Oct. 19.—“Bedbugs shall receive no consideration in this court, and so far as I can ascertaia. no Illinois Judge has ever decided that the presence of bedbugs shall in- terfere with a written agreement. Therefore you will have to pay the $23." Miss Emma Stetzler's hopes were dashed as she heard this decision of Justice Grant. She is a teacher in the public schools and had been sued for her room rent. Her defense was tiat it was impossible for her to reside where there were go many bedbhugs as she found in the home of Mrs. E. Mathew. When the bedbug detens= ——————————— Tried Before Wrong Bar. WALLACE, ldaho, Oect. 19.—Judge barn of James Tanner, on Morro Morgan has released Andrew Miller Creek, was burned at an early hour | from the County Jail upon a writ of this morning, together with eight | habeas corpus. He had been given a horses, the harness, vehicles, farming , thirty-day sentence by Justice Parsons implements and several tons of hay. of Wardner on a charge of being an ————— absconding debtor. Miller claimed | Nome Official Accused. that his trial was held in the Wardner SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 19.—Ear]|@ance hall, where Justice Parsons is ‘Barrington is in jail at Nome, charged | Working as a Dbartender. ‘with embezzling $2500 while acting as City Tax Collector. 4 £ . - sentiment, however, that the showing would be of more value if made at the Lewis and Clark Exposition, and at the last moment the destination of the cargo was changed. [ — RIVERSIDE COUNTY BANKER IS PLACED UNDER ARREST Paul Bodenhamer Files a Petition in Bankruptcy and Is Later Taken to Jail. SAN BERNARDINO, Oct. 19.—Paul Bodenhamer, assistant cashier of the Coachella Bank of Riverside County, was arrested here at a hotel late to- night and is now in jall. He refused to make a statement of any sort when ars rested, or to give any information about the bank. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 19.—Paul Bod- enhamer of the Coachella Bank to-day filed a petition in bankruptey. To Organize Alumni In San Jose. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Oct. 19. Stanford students residing in San Jose | are planning to organize an alumni as- sociation similar to the one maintained by the Stanford graduates in San Francisco. It is the intention to per- fect the organization by November 132, the date of the intercollegiate foot- ball game, so that the initiatory ban- auet can be held on that night in conjynction with the San Francisco organization. The men who are in- terested in the proposed San Jose as- sociation are: H. C. Jones, '02; B. J. Peckham, "03; F. A. Nikirk, '04; F. Roehr, '04; H. R. Fry, 01, and A. M. Free, "01. Nothing adds more to the joy of good living thangoodsmok- ing. There is an individual joy wrapped in every ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT CIGAR. SOLD EVBRYWHERR All sizes, 10e, up.