The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 6, 1905, Page 2

- bombardment. shas, he says, - fact, . roads in Korea aind the bridge ac & . THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY. JANUARY 6, 1905. ¢ NOGI CLASPS - THE HAND OF HIS 'LATE FOE Meeting Between Japanese General and Stoessel. Prisoners 21:; - Marshaled PORT ARTHUR, Jan. 5.—A meeting between General Stoessel and General] Nogi took place to-day at Shuishi vil- | lage. Noon was the hour fixed for the meeting, but owing to a misund(:r-! standing of the time General Stoessel arrived at 10:30 o'clock and was re- ceived by a lieutenant. General Stoes- | sel remained at Plumtree cottage until | 11 o'clock, when General Nogi arrived | with his staff. The two generals met in | a room of the cott and after an ex- change of greetings held a long con- ference. When they emerged from the cottage they shook hands and Gener: Stoessel mounted his horse and re- turned to Port Arthu LONDON, Jan. 6.—Special dispatches trom Tokio say that the Port Arthur garrison was marshaled at 9 o'clock on Thursday morning at Yahutsui in ac- cordance with the terms of the supple- mentary agreement. The Standard’s Port Arthur spondent reports that the tow to have been little damage Carriages and ricka- - moving about with who apparently | | a disap- peared. . TOKIO, Jan. 5.—A ral Nogi's headquarte ceived to-day, largely report from Gen- which was ncreases the t:gures of the surrendered garrison, and ntimates that the force handed o o the Japanese will i £ 1 16.000 sick of 48,000, The v 000 or a rough tota as follows: 15,000 or 16,000 spitals. The ¥ n the hundred saddl es were surrendered. The Japanese naval officers have not examined the sunken warships at Port Arthur, and nothin known of their | conditicn _and for furth: use. The Japa ious to know the condition of the sunke ships, and it is believed some of them re salvable, The Russians ingenious- y blocked the drydock. They towed ihe transport Amur inside the dock, blew her up s t she partly turned | turtle and sank si nd then de- | stroyed the dock gate. Th Russians turned over to the Japanese ten small gteamers available for immedizte use. ) th All the other craft had been sun! The work of cl g away the mines commenced as soon as the Russian apitulation to the Jap- charts provided for in the agreement were delivered ar The oficial figures giving the Rus- sian and Japanese los < at Port Ar- thur are not yet e it Ay PREPARING FOR BATTLE. Japanese Reinforcements Concentrate Above Linoyang. HUANSHAN, Manchuria, Jan. \panese reinforcements are concentrating around Benshiu, thirty miles northeast of Liao This | taken in conjunction with the| eports of the completion of the rail-| oss | the Yalu River, indicates the Japanese | have again transferred their attention to the right flank. Meanwhile they are continuing the erection of forti- | fications north and west. The Japan- ese continue to bombard Poutiloff | Hill and the villages west of it. - WARSHIPS OF | | now | | MANILA. Japancse Vessels Oruising in the | Waters of the Philippines. MANILA, Jan. b.—Steamships | re- | { ADVERTISEMENT! @he Tub Chas. Beilus & Co. Exclusive figh-Grade Clothiers No Branch Stores and No Agents. FAULTLESS DRESSERS BUY CLOTHES HERE. THEY ENOW THE POINTS THAT INDIVIDUALIZES. THE ' MANNER OF DRESS 18 QUITE AN ART, Shurlew ' b} AND WE ENOW SOMETHING, ‘We never have a sale here. But ! 111111 182 Learng Street _(Dl-fl: \ { of Los Angeles, Cal. Bt turning here from the south report a Japanese cruiser patrolling San Ber- ardino Straits. At 2 o’clock this afternoon the Jap- anese crulser Takansi approached the entrance to Manila harbor. _When signaled, asking if she intended - to enter, the answer was in the negative. She refused to state where she was from or whither she was proceeding and put to sea under full steam.’ S S LEAR HIS WIFE IS ALIVE THROUGH DIVORCE SUMMONS Legal Document Tells Canadian of Woman He Had Not Seen in Five Years. OTTAWA, Ontario, Jan. 5—Ed- wurd O'Reilly of Ottawa has heard from his wife, from whom he has been separated .five years. The news came {in the form of a notice calling on him to appear in an action for absolute di- vorce brought by Mrs. Eliza O'Reilly in the Superior Court of the county Sheriff McLach- rved the notice, but as Unitea tes divorces are not recognized by Canadian courts O'Reilly will ignore the matter entirely. Five years ago at Aylmer, Quebec, | Judge Falconbridge gave judgment in |an ction brought by O'Reilly for the custody of two children, issue of tue marriage of Mr. and Mrs. O'Reiily. The woman not wishing to comply, went to Winnipeg and then to Los An- geies, where she entered action for di- veree. e MAY CALL UPON WOM TO SERVE THE. STATE Proposition Advanced by Dr. Ida Hil- sicker Receives Serious Consid- eration in Germany. BERLIN, Jan. —A number | representative German papers are dis- | cussing with sition of Dr. that women be called upon to serye the State one year after the analogy of the military service of men. The majority do not go as far as Dr. Hi ker in demanding compul- sory service, pointing out that the cost is prohibitive, but suggesting that a vear of voluntary service might have many advantages, especially educa- tional and disciplinary. The state, it is argued, could utilize women in army hospitals, asylums, public nurseries and also to train in the household arts. ———— SHIPPING DEAL OF MUCH IMPORTANCE 1S COMPLETED 1 seriousness the propo- ka Packing and Navigation Com- v Sells Four Steamers to the Northwestern Commercial SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 5. rms of the deal which was com- pleted here to-day four of the steam- ers belonging to the Alaska Packing .ind Navigation Company operated on the run between this city and Valdez passed into the hands of the North- western Commercial Company, the purchase pri being $400,000. It was stated to-night that the steamers, which are the Santa Clara, Santa Anna, Dora and celsior, would be continued on their present run for the time being. The deal is consid- ered of much importance by local shipping men. PRINCE'S WEDDING GIFT iS VALUED AT $125,000 One Hundred Prussian Cities Contrib- ute Toward the Cost of Mag- nificent Silver Service. BERLIN, Jan. 5.—The joint wed- ding gift of one hundred cities of Prussia to Crown Prince Frederick and the Duchess Cecelia of Mecklen- burg Schwerin, on the occasion of approaching marriage, to which tations to contribute were sent out by a committee of Mayors yesterday, wilt represent about one cent from each Prussian city dweller. The present will be a silver table service for fifty persons and of more than a thousand pieces of original de- signs, costing $125,000, or $25,000 more than the similar gift to the im- perial pair in 1881. ———— FOREIGN MINISTER TITTONI 1S SUDDENLY STRICKEN Diplomat Is Attacked by Apoplexy ‘While on a Hunting Trip at Migione, ROME, Jan. 5.—Foreign Minister Tittoni, while attending a shooting party with Embassador Meyer at M- gione, near Perugia, yesterday was stricken by apoplexy. His condition is reported grave. The following bul: letin was issued by the attending phy- sician to-night: ‘Signor Tittoni is suffering from cerebral congestion, produced by a cold and from conmrlon of the right lung. Pulse, 135; temperature, 101; respiration, 38. Prognosis is reserved. w ONL" —_—— United States Thanks Russia. §T. PETERSBURG, Jan. 5.—Count Cassini, the Russian Embassador to | Washington, has transmitted to the Rusgian Government the thanks of the United States fof the good offices rendered by Russia in adjusting with Persia the question of the punishment of the murderers of the American missionary, Rev. B. W. Labbarree, son of Rev. Benjamin D. Labbarree, at Urumia, Persia, in April last. Persia rl-lmuuly acknowledged Russia's rvices. buoys marked “Edith and A gow,” have been found off Cape St. Marys. They probably bel to the iron bark of that name whi left tember 1 for St. Jonu!: is with her whole crew, prmlm men. —_——— | Guards _drove the attackers of | Ida Hilsicker ‘of Zurich, | The report of the executive commit- | tee of the River Improvement and | Drainage Assoclation of California is | given in full herewith. The principal | points contained in it refer to the cest | and apportionment of the work to be performed and contain a declaration ! that there can be no question that the | burden must be divided between the Federal and State governments and the land owners; sets up that to_the Fed- eral Government belongs the preserva- | tion of the navigability of the rivers | and the restoration of channels and to | prevent the escape of water from the rivers; estimates the gain that will accrue to the State under a great| reclamation plan: recommends that one-third of the expense shall be car- ried by the Federal Government, one- third by the State and ome-third by the property owners; adopts the recom- mendation of the engineers as to the basis of river improvement; provides for a drainage district to include with- in its‘boundaries the territory shown in the map submitted by the engideers; also provides for a board of river con- trol of two members to have charge of the construction of levees and chan- nels in connection with the disposition | of flood waters and their care; also a drainage commission of eleven mem- bers who will appoint assessors to assess upon the land with- in the drainage _district charges proportioned to benefits; asserts | that it is of great importance that the entlre funds needed shall be guar- anteed from the start; recommends | that any appropriation of money by the State shall be conditional upon appro- priation by the Federal Government; | urges immediate action upon the ex- | ecutive committee. | The text in full of the executive com- mittee’s report is as follows: Your executive committee, appointed at the 5 ‘the convention held in San Francisco, begs to submit the fol- | close o May 23 and 24 last, wing revort: o iherance of the resolutions passed at the corivention three eminent engineers resid- ing ont cf the State of California were ap- pointed to submit n comprehensive plan of Hver improvement, the State engineer co-op- | erating with these three wentlemen. e state ts to be congratulated on the character of the commission of engineers thus organized, and your committee does not hesi- fate to exoress its fullest belief that the re- port presented by this commission cannot fail, if carried out in its essential features, to solve eftectively and permanently the problem of river reforn In anticipation of this report your commit- tee has spent much time end effort in the en- doavor to arrive at an equitable and just ap- | portionment of the estimated cost of the work. ! That the burden must be divided between the Federal and State governments and the | 1andcwners there can be mo question. The navigatfon pf the Sacramento and San !Jnnqnln rivers is a matter purely within the | jurisdiction of the Federal Government, and its protection 19 a burden that the Federal Gov- | roment has In all cases assumed. At an early | perioa: tne’ Sacramento River was susceptible | of ravigation throughout its entire course in | the Sacramento Valley and the Feather River was navicated as far as Marysville. From varlous ceuses the channels of these rivers have been obstructed and filled with sediment. Both the navigability and the flood carrying capacity of the rivers have been serigusly im- baired ~ This condition has arisen from the { failure of the State and Federal governments | to protect and maintain the channels, and in justice to the State of Callfornia the Federal Government should contribute to the joint fund it Is hoped to create, the object of which | will be not only to restore the channels to the | condition they were in before impairment, but i add to their cavacity to Such an extefit as { shall justify reclamation of the lands through | which they flow. To do this, and maintain them in future, | the ‘report of the engineers shows plainly the | work necessary to be done. It will be neces- sary to prevent the escape of water from the | river and to concentrate the flow within the | channels in order to provide sufficient current {to remove the sediment which has already | accumulated and to prevent devcsit in the | tuture. | “There 1s an additional burden that should | be borne by the Federal Government, and that i» the correction and improvement of the | channels, so as to make them more service- | able for navigation. Commerce s rapldly increasing and the valleys are becoming more productive, and | this calls for some consideration on the part of the Federal Government to make provi- sions for moving the product. The burden of %o doing is one that the Federal Government hag umed throughout the United States, and can see no reason why it should not be adopted on the Pacific Coast. E STATE 1S INTERESTED. | _The State is interested in this work for | many reasons. The lands alre | reclaimed within the valley: v | ce floods that | vy r tated them. i 2 w useless and | unoecupled will be placed in a condition to | make its reclamation possible, will afford homes for increasing population’ and add to the products of the Staté to an enormous ex- is estimated that 1,000,000 acres of L land in California can be safely and permanently reclaimed and an average of { $66 an acre added to its value. The reclama- | tion of some of this land has already been | attempted, but part of its has been allowed | to lapse entirely and more of it Is o occasional overflow and an in proportion only can be looked upon permanently reclaimed. g | The increased value of the land for pur- poses of taxation at the present rate of tax- { ation on the land aloné would add to the revenue of the Staté:at least $250,000 annually. In addition to this opening of the land to settlement and cultivation will necessarily re- | quire the erection of improvements upon the land and the acquisition of personal property for the purpose of cultivation and manage- ment. This will easily add another $50,000 to the revenues of the State, making a total of 300,000 per annum that' the State will de- rive In benefits—and this benefit will be per- tual. Tndirectly the State will gain largely from the, progress of %o mportant a work, The entire cost of the work will be spent right employment will be found for a large force of .mem. & large fleet of dredgers will have to be bullt and operated. Vast quantitles of fuel will be required for power; freighting supplies Will of itself be large item. Subsequently the magnificent t ritory developed, all susceptibla of intense and varled cultivation, wil} ing through the channels of commerce a splendid contribution to the product of the State. LAND OWNERS' SHARE. _A portion of the expense should undoubtedly be paid by assessment upon the lands to be benefited, for the reason that they will be enhanced in valu A somewhat e | | | here in California, ! et | of the cl ——nn Commissions Are Provided duct Operations on Streams in Detail. more than the prices detalled—that is to say it will pay interest on higher valuations, but the eloment of risk recognized is & potent fac- tor in determining its selling value. VALUE TO BE ADDED: A conservative estimate of the mdditional value to be added to the lands by complete reclamation is $50 per acre. Thiy at first would seem to be such an tage that the lands could well afford to bear a large pro- portion of the burden, but we must bear in mind that this increased valuation will not be produced solely by the expenditure of the contemplated by the report of the en- When all the work has been done, as Kineer: | contemplated by the report, the lands will still be only partiaily reclaimed, or to be more ex- act, this work is to-justify the further work necessary to reclatm the lands, There will be an additional expense pumping plants, ete., the entire cost of which will fall upon the land | owners, ‘While 1t Is just that the Federal Government should ore the original natural condition nels, and that the State, in pursu- ance of its undertaking with the Federal Gov- ernment to reclaim the swamp lands, should supplant this with such additional work as should give control of flood water, still it must be constantly borne in mind that to #reate con- ditions which will render possible the recla- mation of privatd lands by thelr owners at their awn expense is all that can be aeked of either, and ything for direct land reclama- tion fust be eliminated from the estimates befors determining the share of the burden the State and Federal governments shall be asked 0 bear. : PLAN OF ORGANIZATION. For the execution of the work and the ad- ministration of the funds, your commlttee rec- ommends _the following plan of organization: hat the recommendations of the ensineers appointed by the State be adopted as the basis of river imurovement wat a dralnage district be formed at the present session of the Legislature to include within its boundaries the territory shown by the map of the commission of engineers: That a board of river control be created, | consisting of two members, one selected by the | State of California and one by the Drainage Commission hereinafter mentioned. The board of river control to have charge of the con- struction of such levees and channels as are intended to do duty In disposing of flood wat- ers, and thereatter control the said levees and channels. such board of river control to act in conjunction with such board or officer as may hereafter designated by the Federal Gov- crnment. The member of sald board of river control £ulected by the State to be a clvil engineer. A drainage commission for the distr sisting of eleven mempers shali be el land owners of said district a three from by cramento County, two from San Joaquin County, one from Placer and Yuba jointly, one from Glenn and Butte jointly. ter. one from Colusa, one from Yolo, one from lano. h bona fide owner of lands in_the district shall be entitled to vote In person or by proxy for the election of members of the dralnag commission at meetings to be held at des nated places every four years and shall h the right to cast one vote for each $1 worth of real estate owned by him or her in the dis- trict, the value thereof to be determined from the next proeding assssment roll of the county, and a_majority of the votes cast at such elec: tion shall elect. Land belonging to the estate of any fnfant owner may be represented b the guardian of the estate of such infant. and that belonging to the estate of any deceased owner by his executor or administrator. The drainage commission shall appofnt three assessors who shall not be owners of or inter- ested in land embraced in the district. ASSESSING THE, LAND. The Assessors shall .assess upon the land within the district-a charge proportionate to the estimated cost of the work aceording to the benefits to be derived therefrom and shall make a list of the charges so assessed against the land in each county separately; the As- sessors shall return said lists to the drainage commission, which shall appoint a time and place in each county and give natice thereof in some newspaper published in said county for a hearing. At such hearing any landhold- er dissatisfied with the assessment may ap- pear befo the commission and file objections 'he commission £hall take cvidence, s oftered, and shall decide upon the merits of the objections so made and the de- cision of the commission shall be final The drainage commission shall have power to form new reclamation districts within said drainage district and change the boundaries district when neceseary or desirable for lon of better reclamation. They shall have charge and control of all matters of reclamation in said district aftect- ing the public safety and welfare, outside of those placed in charge of the board of river control, excepting those conferred upon the trustees of reclamation districts. All existing reclamation districts to be con- tinued as they are now formed, until changed by the Drainage Commission. 'Those now ex- isting and those hereafter created to nave local jurisdiction as now provided by law, excepting s0 far as such jurisdiction may be affected by powers conferred upon the Board of River Control and upon the Drainage Com- mission. The Cost of constructing the to be placed in charge of the Control to be paid as follows: ~One-third by assessment upon the lands within the- drainage district; one-third by the State, and one-third by_the Federal Government. The assessment to,be placed upon the lands to'be apportioned thereon acording to the bene- fits received; that is to. say, work exclusively benefing any particular locality must be as- sessed solely upon the land situated therein. Al the money collected from assessments upon the lands shall be deposited in the State treasury. NEED ENTIRE FUND. We strongly urge that the recommendation of the enginsers that ‘the entire funds for the work should be guaranteed from the start” fs of great importance, to prevent pos- sibility of the work being 'commenced and money expended that would produce no re- sults unlees the: work were completed. Any appropriation made by the State shall be conditional upon appropriation by the Fed- eral Government and assessment on the lands of an additional sum sufficlent to complete the work, and ssessments levied upon iand of the district shalll be made available and only on the condition that the State and Fed- eral governments ‘make appropriations sufficiont, to. furnfsh the additional funds to meet the eptire cost. | - While we recommend the foregolng specific division of the cost, Wé recognize that there are (oo many contiicting opinions to_ permit a hasty conclusion and therefore suggest a method of oificially determining the propor- tion of cost to be borne by the different in- terests. % As the State can do absolutély nothing af- fecting the regime of the rivers withoyt the consent of the Fedéral authorities and s, any event, joint action by the, eral governments 1s essential'to the solution of ths problem, the first step must necessarily be to mecure such co-operative mction. To. that end we recommend that the executive ccmmittee be- authorized to memorlalize the Legislature In the name of the association, to recommend to Congress the passage of a joint resolution appointing a board consisting of three engineers of the United States army for thie purpose of making an examination and ‘report on' the report recently submitted s neers & by ission of engl ted by Califgrnia, for the 4 nto 'and San J works that are Board of River commi the State of improvement of ento ‘ant foaquin Fivers and estimating the cost of restoring and improving the original navigable capacity of said rivers. Such project shall include all necessary rec- tification, straightening, deepening and widen. said as the escape 3 inz in view not only the iInterests of nax pon hat alve ¢ of fiood control and ree- Said board, so far as practicable, shall work in barmony with_ engineers, comm/ssic o offioers representing the State of Caitfornia one from Sut- | State and Fed- | SHARE OF EACH INTEREST IS ONE THIRD For to Con- PLAN ADOPTED FOR IMPROVING LARGE RIVERS Continued From Pncevl.igol\l_mn . unanimous in the adoption of the ma-| jority report. With the adoption of the majority re- | port the work of the association for the day was about ended. Congressman McKinlay promised to give assistance |in Congress. P. J. Van Loben Sels an- nounced that measures ha& been taken | to have the California Legislature n- | terested at once. Thanks were voted to | the executive committee and to Rufus P. Jennings, the president of the asso- ciation, for services Among those who took parf in the proceedings were: C. B. Clark of 8tock- ton; who introduced resolutions that were adopted presenting as the voice of the association the recommendations | of the executive committee; Charles | Wesley Reed, E. A. Walcott, A. Sbar- | boro, J. Parker Whitney of Rocklin, A. | G. Park of Hanford, P. J. Van Loben Sels, Thomas Magee Jr., A. L. S8hinn of Sdcramento, General Will S. Green of Colusa, John W. Ferris, Samuel Frank- enheimer and George W. Tatterson of | Stockton. The resolutions that were adopted instructed the executive com- mittee to proceed to carry out the as- sociation’s recommendations at once to | secure State and Federal co-operation. JENNINGS’ ADDRESS. At the opening of the proceedings - | yesterday President Rufus P. Jennings made an address. In part he said: | “It Is impracticable at this time to | 2o into all of the details of the work that has been done by tHe commitee. | | The necessity and importance of | prompt action, however, is realized, | | and that the comprehensive report of ' the engineers now before us should be | carried out with all possible dispatch e | is evident. “We are menaced with a constant danger and the sooner this danger is averted the better. The points of con- troversy that have heretofore divided forces and probably delayed conclusive actions are all, I hope, finally disposed of by the report of the commission of engineers. Any one who studies care- fully the argument made by these gentlemen by which they arrive at their final conclusions cannot fail to see that most of the remedies previously sug- gested had - their measute of _merit. | This shows what all of us have recog- nized that they were the conclusions of thinking men who were probably not furnished with the elaborate de- | tails from which the commission of en- gineers worked. seemd to me mood reason has been shown why all controversial | points should be abandoned, and aban- doned forever. Never again must our efforts be weakened by discussing the several issues that have been settled by the report of the commission of en- gineers. “There is much vet to be done. The| work has oniy commenced. That which is before us needs the help of every | one, and it is belleved that Californians will join together and carry out a plan which ia its benefits to the State are | scarcely to be estimated. The ends de- | sired, however, can only be accom- | plished by concerted action, a setting aside of individual prejudices and even | perscnal interests. One for all and all for one. —_——————— Willie Wise and Tommy Tuff Fool Simple Sammy, | Sure enouch, but only for a minute., In Next Sunday’s Call—Comic Section. ——,—————— WASHINGTON OFFICIALS ‘WILL PASS ON THE BIDS Proposals Are Received at Phoenix for Supplying Reclamation Ser- vice With Fuel OiL PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan, 5.—Bids were opened at the headquarters of the reclamation service here to-day for furnishing 50,000 barrels of fuel oil for the Roosevelt dam and they will be referred to Washington for the awarding. There were various propo- sitions submitted, including oil at the supply point, or delivered at Roose- veilt, at Mesa City and Globe, the near- est railroad points, and also on the wagon haul. The lowest quotation at the supply point w: by the Union Ofl Company at 19 9-10 cents a barrel | ot Bakersfield. The lowest bid of oil delivered at the dam was by C. R. Eager & Co., Los Angeles, of $3 48. The lowest for delivery at Mesa City by the Associated Oll Company, San Francisco, $125; lowest wagon haul, Wolf Sachs, Tempe, Ariz., $2 24%. The cost of railroad freight to the Gdvern- ment if the oil is bought in the fleld apparently will be the determining factor. —_——— Missourl’s New Senator. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Jan. §,— Thomas K. Niedringhaus, chairman of the Republican State Central Commit- tee, to-night was nominated by the czucus of Republican legislators for United States Senator to succeed Fran- cis M. Cockrell. The nomination in- sures his election. Mr. Niedringhaus |is & manufacturer of St. Louls. i _Eg; o} ! APPORTION THE BURDEN{SAN FRANCISCO [NOW IN TOILS PARTIES CONCERNED ARE TO CARRY. WOMAN MISSING Friends of Mrs. Augusta Bishop Fear She Was Vic- tim of Colorado Murderer FIND NO TRACE OF HER Anxiety Not Relieved b); Seeming Identification by Mrs. uton’s Relatives ——— Special Dispatch to The Call. DENVER, Jan. 5.—Mrs. Augusta I Bishop, who came to Denver early last year from San Francisco, may have been the woman murdered on Mount Cutler, near Colorado Springs, whoze body was found on the mountain on December 17. Her friends in this city are certain that she answers the de- seription of the dead woman in every way, and are not shaken by the seem- ingly positive identification of the body as that of Mrs. Bessie Bouton of Syra- cuse, N. Y. Mrs. Bishop has not been heard from since last June. Shortly before that | time she went to Colorado Springs. She ' ficials. was .engaged in selling hair and face | preparations, and when she left Den- ver about $300 worth of various prepa- rations were left in this city in the care of Mrs. L. U. Jones, with whom she had stopped. Mrs. Jones has not heard from her and still has the goods. Mrs, Bish- op promised to return not later than October. Her general description close- ly answers that of the victim of the mysterious tragedy. Her hair was the same color and her weight and age the same. When Mrs. Bishop came to Denver she said she came from San Francisco and that her home was in California. She was retiring and uncommunicative, and those who made her acquaintance learned little of her affairs. She did not make money here, and went to Colo- rado Springs in a search for a new lo- cation. Mrs. Jones sent a letter to Colorado Springs several days ago addressed to Mrs. Bishop. It was returned;, the postal authorities having been unable to_locate the woman. While the identification of the body | found as that of Mrs. Bouton is strong, there is enough doubt about it to cause much “anxiety among Mrs. Bishop's | friends. PRI LA S e MICHIGAN CAPITALIST , TAKES HIS OWN LIFE Finding of Remains in River Clears Up Mystery of a Disappear- ance. BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Jan. 5.— The body of Neil S. Phelps! the capi- talist of this city who mysteriously disappeared a number of weeks ago, and who was later supposed to have been located in British Columbia, was found to-day badly decomposed in the river here. Phelps had been missing since Oc- tober last. In 1903 Phelps’ affairs begame involved and he was given a year. in which {o straighten out the tangle. It -was Just e },"' expi- ration of this year that he , disap- peared. It is believed he committed suicide, OF ONCLE SAM Dispute Over Custody of Mrs. Chadwick Is Settled by Federal Authorities MARSHALS ON GUARD Woman’s Attorney Refused Admission to Client’s Cell Despite Furious Objections _ CLEVELAND, Jan. 5.—As a result of & clash between the Flederal and coun- | ty authorities that has been on since Mrs. Cassle L. Chadwick arrived in this |city from New York as to who had | Jurisdiction over the prisoner's career while she is in the County Jail, the Federal authorities to-night definitely | stated that they would assume control of the fair prisoner. | Two deputy United States Marshals have alternated in the County Jall to- | day, and to-night are guarding the way | to Mrs. Chadwick’s cell. Not even her | attorney, J. P. Dawley, was allowed to see her to-day because he had not ob- tained permission from the Federal of- Dawley, who is a very prom- inent lawyer, asserted the prerogative | of his calling to see his client, but a powerful deputy marshal refused him entrance to the women'’s corridor of the jail. Dawley was furious and sald to the marshal that if he had half as much physical strength as he had de- termination he would throw the mar- | shal out of the window. | The trunk belonging to Mrs. Chad- wick was opened to-day by Attorney Louls Grossman. It contalned only | wearing apparel for Mrs. Chadwick, consisting of four dresses and an en< tire suit of moleskin, the whole being worth, Mr. Grossman thought, perhaps $4000 or $5000. — ——e————— | SLAYER OF HIS SISTER FOUND GUILTY BY JURY Murderer Is Given L{fs Imprisonment for Taking the Life of His Twin. RISING SUN, Ind., Jan. 5.—James Gillesple, who, with his sister, Mrs, Bell and Mr. and Mrs. Byron Bare | bour, was indicted for the murder of {his twin sister, was found guilty to- night and sentenced to life imprison- 'menL The other defendants are still to be tried. Miss Elizabeth Gillespie | was shot and killed while within the i .rlor of hér home preparing to enter. jtain a woman's literary club. Colds Cause Sore Throat. Laxative Bromo Quinine, the, world-wide Cold and Grip remedy, removes the cause. Call for the full name and look for signature of E. W. Grove. 25c. . e Would Make Polygamy a Crime. BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 6.— Both branches of the Legislature having or- ganized, the two houses met in joint session to-day and received the mes- sage of Governor Gooding. The Gov- ernor advised that a law be passed making polygamy a crime. BOSTON, Jan. 5.—William L. Douglas of Brockton was inaugurated Governor of Massu- chusetts to-day. He is the fourth Democrat to hold that office Within the past Afty years. /T HO back. A strongly built chai- of $3.50 values. S{)ecial, $1.85. Stove Department. We have the per day on your fuel .bill. To buy a stove stove-buying at all. Good cooking brings hap- iness. and contentment. “Buck” Stoves and Ranges are celebrated for their cook- ing qualities. 1.00 will set one up in your kitchen to-morrow morning. Don’t wait, order to-day. AT ROCKER Suitable for any room —strong comfort arms and broad We are now showing, for the first time, our new and complete ular “Buck” Stoves and Ranges, the make that saves you 5¢ to 7¢ that has been on the market—and given satisfac- tion—for 57 years—means that you are taking no chances in your o That is the record of Buck’s. . 237 POST 6T comfort golden finish. with cobbler seat. San Francisco agency for the pop-