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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1904. SEEK TO INDICT RUEF Grand Jury W11 Investicate How He Obtained Tnterest in Theater | | | 0t P v DICTMENT F'\G AND WHO WAS BE- - HABEAS CORPUS, B PEDDLERS ABDUCT GIRLS FROM TOWNS IN IOWA Reveals Systematic Plan League of Itinerant Merchants. lers who oper- They ta hen leave some oth ar charges w Bishops. They PRAISE FOR THE PARENTS OF SIXTEEN CHILDREN | President Will Hang Photographs of | an Illinois Family in the White House. STERLING, Iil, George H. r of congratula- Roosevelt on be- teen children. Alice of members of the ent the Pre: e entire family. 1er things in the letter of congratulation President says he has decided to have the photographs framed placed in the House. —————— For Portland Exposition. and ST. LOUIS, Oct. 19.—At a meeting to-day of the States Govern- ment Board of the St. Louls Exposi- tion it was decided to ship 60 per | ce of the Government exhibits to the Lewis and Clark Exposition at Port- land, Ore ———————— HAVANA, Oct. 18.—The minority members of the Senaie Special Committes on the Sani- ties to-day wubmitted & blll appro- '€ $2.000,000 for the purpose. The san itions of the cities in the eastern n of Cuba are becoming worse. Anmnnmm FREE ELECTRO-CHEMIC EXAMINATION AND TREATMENT All persons calling at Electro - Chemic Insti- tute u be given a free Electro-Chemic ex- sincere | on will be given in Curable gis- free treatment. urable cases undertaken. once. charge, Call Abssiutely no ‘Electro-Chemistry and without operation o-'&",‘é&' Cancer. Catarrh. Deafness, tism., Pistula. Paralysis, Ataxia, Asthma and Bronchial - bles, Piles, Nervous nu-n.. Skin and Blood Diseases the Special 5t Men and Womn Write for bome treatment If. you live at o | @istance. £eparate apartments for ladles and gentle. | men The EIeetro-Chemoc Institute Grant A Post. SAN FHASC!BCO cu_ - 118 %uns-.—axmms catly; Susdays, 100 o 10w named the six- | Theodora | White | at | | MANY SAN FRANCISCANS VISIT WORLD'S FAIR People From This City Inscribe Their Names on Register at the California Building. LOUIS, Oct. 19.—T e registered at following the Califor- A. Shad- . Gayetti, Mrs. E. Gayetti, yetti, Mrs. M. Hyman, T. C. ell, A. B. Campbell, Mrs. R. B. Wallace, Mrs. C. L. Bradley, Mrs. B. McDonald, J. Johnson, B. Cohnm, L. Farnsworth, J. Skelly, E. J. Hayden, Mrs. P. Rehfisch, P. F. Dundon, Mrs. J. Maves, Mrs. L. H. Griffith and son, F. Bedell, J. Perry and wife, L. S. Sherman, D. C. Stewart, S. H. Cham- beria S. , J. K. Moffitt, E. Stoddard and e, F. E. Manchester and wife, L. Iman, Mrs. L. Kalman, Mrs. O. Thompson, E. H. Tharp, Mrs. P. Hong, S. Francls, A. Whantsler, S. Green, E. L. McCormick, Mrs. R. Morrow, Mrs. T. Holt, E. J. Dalton, G. burne, W. E. Rowland and wife, Day and wife, F. Greenhood, A C S. Don and wife, W. J. ‘Denny, F. F. Den Mrs. C. D. Bunker, Mrs. E. . ¢ , Mrs. J. B. Winship, rs. C. Loupe, Mrs. C. L. Hovey and R. Hovey. _——.—— OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Many Changes in California Mail Ser- vice—Appointments to Positions Under Bureaus. WASHINGTON, D. C. Oct 19— George Nordini of San Francisco has been appointed Chinese inspector at El Paso, Texas. John J. Plumb of Vallejo and Leland F. Hind of Santa Cruz are appointed in Immigration ser- vice at Port Townsend, Wash. i Many changes in the California mall | service are reported to-day. Special | service to Rowland, Los Angeles Coun- | ty, from Puente is discontinued. Rail- | | rcad postoffice car service from Port Costa to Los Angeles discontinued. Electric car service is changed from Diamond to Fruitvale, service in name of Oakland Traction Consolidated: also | Ozkland to S. P. R. at Haywards, | Star service changed from Ruther- | ford to Lomitas, from November 25 to | begin at St. Helena, omitting Ruther- | ford; carrier traveling by Conn Valley | read. | ————— | HAS PACKAGE SENT HOME | TO THE WRONG FIRESIDE | Misdirected Bundle Leads to Arrest of | Chicago Man on Charge ] of Bigamy. CHICAGO, Oct. 19.—F. B. Parrott, assistant superintendent of a promi- nent life insurance company, was ar- rested here to-day on a warrant charg- ing bigamy. It is charged that a pack- |age of goods directed to Parrott's | second wife fell into the hands of Mrs. | Parrott No. 1 and led to the discov- ery of Parrott's alleged double life. —_———— | Injunction Dismissed. NEW YORK, Oct. 19.—Vice Chan- celior Pitney in Jersey City to-day dis- missed the temporary injunction re- | straining the Consolidated, Continent- al and American Tobacco companies , | frem carrying out the proposed merger. —_——————— ! Mexicans Preferred to Negroes. i WACO, Tex., Oct. 19.—Representa. | tives of Mississippi planters are em- . ploying whole families of Mexicans for work in that State. There is a general movement in Mississippi, it is sald; to | get rid of the negro laborer as far as | possible, 7 Death Calis General Ruggles. ASHINGTON, Oct. 19. — | w | years manag: in this Qity, died here tg-night. General | tion Commission or any branch of the George D. Ruggles, retired. for many | municipal of the Soldiers’ Home | these will be absent to-day and it is .— promised. Judge Cook yesterday. . Owing to discord it Grand Jury will do this afternoon concerning | | the Election Commissioners. | The Grand Jury will to-day turn its | spotlight on Abe Ruef., In the investi- | gation of the present municipal admin- istration that has been conducted with vigor on the part of a number of the | jurors, the attorney and political ad- l viser of the Mayor has not escaped His connection with the Baldwin The- ater, a ten-cent showhouse that open- | ed at 926 Market street about three months ago, must now be explained. { His friends say the explanation will clear up things at dnce and be a re- buke to his enemles. Ruef is a stockholder in the corpor- ation which owns the theater, and ac- cording to the reports that actuate the | Grand Jury in probing the matter he exerted his administration influence to make a very satisfactory deal in the purchase of shares. oThose who have laid the matter be- fore Foreman Lilienfeld promise sensa- | | tional revelations. They allege that | Ruef will be placed in the light of ielding municipal authority to profit his pocket. The theater must comply | with regulations that boards of the | eity’s administration enforce, and it is | charged against the attorney that he used his influence with these boards to compel the corporation to allow him an interest in the busine: The informants against Ruef are strenuously after his scalp. They say | that when the agitation was on as a result of the Iroquois Theater disaster in Chicago, to force showhouses to give ample protection to their patrons from fire, he took advantage of the oppor- | tunity to get hold of a block of stock in the Baldwin Theater. It was given him. A clerk in hif office, It is further alleged, has attended the meetings of the directors as his representative. From the Ruef side comes the statement that he paid the regular price for his shares, merely venturing into what looked to him to be a good business proposition. He was ap- pointed attorney for the corporation, and the assurance is made that there is nothing in his connection with the theater that will not bear the light of day. It is charged, on the other hand, that his services as attorney were merely for subterfuge, the stock being actually given to him. “So long as the theater complied witn allsthe municipal regulations no official in the city could molest our business,” sald one of the stockhold- ers last night. “I cannot see for the life of me what ground there is for an Investigation by the Grand Jury. Ruef never had us in his power. When the witnesses shall have told their stories it will be plain that there is nothing irregular. The men who are so energetically In pursuit of Abe Ruef’s political scalp will find that they have slipped a cog. The In- quiry will come to naught. In fact, it will result to the advantage of Ruef and the city’s administration, because it will set these ugly rumors at rest.” A number of the stockholders of the Baldwin Theater were served with subpenas yesterday to come before the Grand Jury this afternoon. Among them are Charles Leonhardt Jr.. who conducts a saloon and cafe at 1200 Market street, and W. E. Tif- fany. who manages the theater. Grand Jurors who have been in- quiring Into the affairs of the Schmitz administration have been making In- dividual Investigation of the reports concerning Ruef and the Baldwin Theater. In behalf of the Schmitz administration it s alleged that the chief alm of the investigators Is to do politics. At eny rate, Ruef is to have a go with the Grand Jury, or rather a ma- jority of its membership, for there is serious discord among the nineteen citizens good and true over the polit{- cal aspect of many of the investiga- i tions. LaTR IR TO RECEIVE LAWLOR'S REPLY. Grand Jury's Situation as to Election Commission Uncertain. The Grand Jury. will convene at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon and will receive the reply from Judge Lawlor to the request made in the form of a resolu- tion at the last meeting that he in- struct, the District Attorney to take stepe to oust the Election Commission- ers, who are charged with faflyre to obey the law in appointment of pre- cinct boards. The communication from the court will be a lengthy expounding of the law and will advise it as to its rights and duties fn the premises. Judge Lawlor having failed to give the instructions to the District Attor- ney as requested, the Grand Jury may adopt a resolution asking him to pro- ceed without any directions from the court. Action will depend on how the situation presents itself this afternoon, for the discord among the jurors has (ruched a serious stage. There are at present only ten members that can be counted on to proceed against the Elec- administration. Some of Political Animus IS Alleged. TNWORTHY political motives are ascribed by Ruef’s friends to the grand jurors who are [ pressing charges that he held up the new Baldwin Theater owners for a block of stock. On the other hand sensational developments are Hearing in the habeas corpus proceedings in- | | stituted by Charles Wyman was postponed by i plied with e is uncertain what the — | against the Commissioners will be at- | tempted. District Attorney Byington will not | return from the East till the end of | the week, but his assistants, Robert Ferral, Porter Ashe and R. V. Whit- ing, are unanimous that any request | from the Grand Jury, whether sup. ported by twelve members, as is re- quired for formal action, or by only a majority of the body, ought to be com- if it conveys information that a crime has been committed. The public affairs committee of the Merchants’ Association had a confer- ence with Attorneys Wright and Hos- mer yesterday concerning prosecutions for fraud at the primary election. The detectives are still employed gathering evidence, with a view to making more arrests. There is strong probability that the merchants will not be content with| efforts to remove the Election Commis- | sioners. If the District Attorney should not seek to punish them further than by ouster, the Merchants’ Association | may prefer felony accusations. “Election Commissioner A. W. Voor- | sanger is denouncing some of us mem- | bers of the Grand Jury for taking steps | against his board, but the fact re-| ” sald Foreman Lilienfield yes. “that according to the ev dence adduced before us three mem- | bers of the board of election officers | in the Eightleth or Almshouse pre. cinct were political henchmen in the employ of the Public Works Depart- ment of the city, and that not ome of the six omc»rs was legally qualified rur. the service.” ' | ' WYMAN BEFORE JUDGE COOK. Hearing on Writ Postponed and Pris- oner Released on Bail. Charles Wyman, who was held to answer by Judge Cabaniss on Tuesday on the charge of fraudulent voting at the primaries, was brought before Superior Judge Cook yesterday morn- ing In response to the writ of habeas‘ corpus issued the evening before. | Counsel were not ready to go forward with the argument on the petition for | release and the hearing was continued to October 31 at 10 a. m. Ball was fixed at $2500 cash or $4000 bond. Public Works Commis- sioner Ma®stretti produced the re- quired cash and the accused saloon- keeper was given temporary freedom. Judge Cook announced that he will not consider any points that were ruled uponr by Judge Sloss. Attorney | Countryman will base his chief con- tention on the question as to whether the statute is operative that provides penalties for violations of the primary law. This was not given serious at- tention by Judge Sloss. Judge Cook said that he would ask Judge Sloss to sit with him at the hearing. Joseph Rebstock, indicted for mis- conduct as an election officer, has not been arraigned as yet. His attorneys will contest the indictment on the ground that the three jurors who re- fused to go into court when it was returned were compelled by order of court to do =0, the theory being that the charge will not stick because it ‘was presented under duress. —_—— FERRARI NOT ON BALLOT. Judge Sloss Decides That Justice Golden Holds Office Until 1907. The application of Louis Ferrari for a writ of mandate compelling the Board of Election Commissioners to place his name on the official ballot as Democratic candidate for Justice of the Peace was denied yesterday morning by Judge Sloss. In an oral opinion the court sald that the peti- tioner had advanced two points, the first of which was that the term of ofs fice of a Justice of the Peace was two years under the charter instead of four years, provided in the Code of| Civil Procedure. Judge Sloss held that it was well established that the creation of Justices’ courts was not a matter of municipal concern, but a part of the judicial system of the State, and the provision of the charter would have to yield to the general law. The general law fixing the term at four years would have to control. Assuming that the term s for four years and the last election for Jus- tices of the Peace was held in 1902, the term of Isidore Golden, appointed by the Governor to fill the place of Percy V. Long, resigned, would not expire until January, 1807. Golden, sald the court, was appointed under ,‘ a provision of the constitution and the second point was whether he had been | appointed for. the balance of the un- expired term or until the next general election. = The court declared that if the question were a new one it might be argued with some force that his term of office only held until the elec- tion next month, but there had been a construction of the point by the Su- preme Court in the case of the people against Budd. It was therein held that “the next election by the people” meant the next election at'which that office (Lieutenant Governor) would be wvoted for. | the leading Jews of America | into this country, | already been recelved that if any more | | may be aroused. { lines along the railroad’s right of way. | railroad company to enforce the remo- | is relieved | sistant to the curator, JEWISH AUTHOR VISITS AMERIC Israel Zangwill at New York and Will lecture in This Country COMES WITH A MISSION Hopes to Enlist Sympathy | of His Co-Religionists in| the Zionist Movement NEW YORK, Oct. 19. — Israel Zang- will, the author and playwright, ac- companied by his bride, who was Edith Ayreton, the English authoress, | arrived here to-night on the Teutonic | from Liverpool. Zangwill comes pri- marily in the interest of the Zionist movement. He said: “l want to enlist the sympathy of in the movement, We must stem the tide of Jewish immigration that Is pouring and the Jews must have a place In which to locate. | America does not want any more. 'lll is already saturated. A warning has Jews come here an anti-Semitic feeling | Zangwell will deliver several lectures in this country. e —— SUPREME COURT BEGINS HEARING OF ARGL’MENTSJ Case of Western Union Telegraph Company Against Pennsylvania Rallroad in Federal Tribunal. WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.—The United States Supreme Court to-day began the hearing of arguments in the case of the Western Union Telegraph Company | against the Pennsylvania Rallroad| Company, involving the right of the telegraph company to maintain its The case grows out of the effort by the| val of the telegraph company's wires and poles from Its right of way. The| railroad company is under temporary Injunction not to make the removal until the court finally disposes of the case. The telegraph company claims | U the right to maintain its line where it/ stands, on the ground that the Penn- sylvania Railroad is a postal road. —_———— Armz Orders. WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.—By order of he War Department, First Lieutenant Edward B. Vedder, assistant surgeon, from further duty as as- Army Medical | Museum, surgeon general's office, and upon expiration of his present sic leave of absence will proceed to San| Francisco and report to the command- ing general of the Department of Cal-; ifornia for transportation to the Phil- ippine Islands on transpoet leaving about December 1, there to report for | duty. Private George W. Bates, Hos-| pital Corps, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.,| | will be sent to San Francisco, report- ing on arrival to the commanding of-| ficer of Company B, Hospital Corps, !} who will send him to Manila on trans- | port salling about November 1. —_———— Commends Philippine Policy. WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.—Bishop H. W. Warren of the Methodist Episcopal church, whose home is in Denver, hav- ing recently returned from India and| the Phillppines, called on President | Roosevelt to-day to express his appre- ciation of the American policy in the islands. —_——— WASHINGTON, Oect. 19. — Acting Consul Cheshire cables the State Department from Canton that the work on the Canton-Hankow Railway has been stopped. The inference is that the stoppage is caused by the lack of | funds. | equivalent of sovereignty over the canal str! | of that state. | of Panama, TAFT T0 VISIT NEW REPUBLIC Arrives| War Seeretary Will Carry | American | Panama Assurances of Sincerity to TO thmians Wil WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.—The Presi- dent has instructed Secretary of War Taft to oroceed, at an early date, to Panama to confer with the President of the republic with a view to compos- ing the differences that have arisen between the two countries. The following letter has been sent by the Président to the Secretary of War, aftef a conference with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of War with respect to conditions in Panama: WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 1904.—Sir: By executive order of May 9, 1904, 1 placed under your immediate supervisicn the work of the Isthmian Canal Commisaion. both in the construction of the canal and in the ex- ercise of such governmental powers as It seemed neceseary fcr the United States to exer- cise under the treaty with the republic of Panama In the canal strip. Thers 13 ground for believing that in the execution of the r strip by the comm Apparently they fear | lest the effect be to create out of part of thetr territory & competing and independent com- *which shall Injuriousiy , reduce their revenues and diminish ige as a nation. The United States is about to confer on the people of the State of Pa benefit by the expenditure of in the construction of the canal. But this fact must not blind us to the tmportance of 80 exer- cising_the authority given us under the treaty s to avold creating any suspi- - with Panama clon, howe . of our Intentions to the future. have not the siightest tention of establishing an Independent coiony in the middle of the State of Panama, or of exercising any greater governmental functions than are pecessary to enable us conventently and safely to constr canal under the r n us by the treaty Least of all do we desirs to interfere with the business and prosperity of the people of Pana- ma. However far a just construction of t treaty might enable us to go. did the exig oles of the case require it, in assertisg It is our full intention that the rights which we exercise shall be exercised with all proper care for the honor and {nterests of ths people of Panama The exercise of such powers as are given s by the treaty within the geograph daries 'of the republic of Pacama may STUDY CONDITIONS, I Be Told! That This Government Is Not Going Beyond Treaty | | i | I affect their | in and operats the | it a real sympathy for both the present and future welfare of the people of Panama Is not s distrust of the American Gov- This would serfously Interfers with uccess of our great project in that coun- It 13 of the utmost importance that those who are uitimately responsible for the policy | pursued should have at first hand.as trust- worthy information as can be obtained in re- t to the conditions existing in Panama and the attitude and resl Interests of the After a conference wit! Secretary of State and yourself I have con cluded that it will be of great advantage it you can visit the Isthmus of Panama in person and hold a conference with the President and ther governmental authorities of the republic You are authorized In doing t | to take with you such persons as you Gesire, familiar with the conditions in the lsthmus, who may aid you with their counsel. T! earller you are able to make this visit the bq - ter. The Secretary of State will Instruct the United Stat Minister at Papama to render you every Governor of will, of course, do the same thing. ple | the You wiil advise the President of the republio ' what the policy of this Government is to he and assure him that It {s not the purpose of the United States to take advantage of the rights conferred upon it by the treaty to in- fere with the welfare and prosperity of the of Papama_ o of the cities of Colon and ma, You will make due report of the t of your visit on your return. Very truly ou! THEODORE ROOSEVELT. To the Secretary of War. ‘While definite arrangements have not yet been made for Secretary Taft's trip, it is his purpose to go to Panama on the army transport Sumner from New York. ———— Ira Harris Succeeds Rodie. WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.—President Roosevelt to-day appointed Ira Harris | as supervising inspector of the steam- boat inspection service of the Second | District of New York in place of Rob- ert S. Rodle, removed. ~curtains for all parts of the New curtain ideas A window has been devoted to their display and you should see house are included. New, | i | | A B. KATSCHINSKI B bo Philadelphia Shoe Co. 10 THIRD STREET, SAN FRANCISCO Adjoining Call Buildiag. Solid Reasers W ly You Should [ uy dere There is no ducerence in the quality of the shoes we sell and the shoes sold by other high-grade stores. They all come from the same manufacturers: the differ- encesis all in our lower No matter what you buy here, you will pay less than at any other store. For 23 years we have con- stently undersold all other stores kept up a high standard of ality. That's why we have grown to be the largest and most dependable shoe house in the West. Here's where you save over & dollar. 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