The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 11, 1905, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL FOURTH BOODLING SENATOR IS ARRESTED JORDAN LOSES RIS POSITION AS SECRETARY Agent Is No Longer Seribe of San Francisco Delegation. i R Fate Is Decided After Lengthy Debate in the Nenate. PENPYI0 SACR Feb. 10.—They wasted e $850 worth of n his morning in an ide whether the few are coming to un-| dan, up to to- Franc n took al- 1 session and 2501 iropping to the adop- was to there best way om th the only knowl- a body might t as the upper the r not ) vot ng Jor ts :on as to whether date should be thought this would but after a long tion Curtin called te to the fact n did not even call of a man’s property der. This His successor NORMAL SCHOOL BILL. Legislators Watching Measure Now in Governor’s Hands. SACRAMENTO, Feb. 10.—Now that the 1 appr ting $150,000 for the anc yrmal School is in the of the Governor, the San Fran- Senatorial and Assembly delega- on it and eping a strict ey want it signed. first carrying an ap- a r a public building to be v the Ways and Means | t Two of the San Francisco m, McGowan and Jones, were they made the rn. The entire put its shoulder behind it 3y > when it came up ge yesterday was raised was n ‘that vercome iety of the San Franciscans X sed early in the se fear that if it was the other appropri- i toward the close vernor might for- nature to it. in which in the dead lis As s to approve or veto it after its passage it become a law anyway. RTINS O LOSE THEIR SALARIES. promptly ¢ g with Warrants of Senator Welch and As- semblyman Strohl Held Up. MENTO, Feb.. 10.—The State Ixaminers this afternoon cut uary pay roll of the State mission the claims of R. J. chief wharfinger of San Fran- arbor, and Louis Strohl, one of his assistants. This action was taken the ground that Weich is now re- ceiving pay from the State as a Senator Strohl as an Assemblyman, and Harbor Co! neither is entitled to draw two ries at one time, | elch’s name ppears on the State | Harbor Commission pay roll for $250 for services during January and Strohl’s for $100 for the same period. ng had been deducted oller drew warrants for - Commission pay roll in the FLINT AT CAPITAL. Senator-Elect Visits Scene of His Tri- umph. SACRAMENTO, Feb. 10.—Senator- elect Flint dropped into the Assembly during the afternoon and a speech was demanded of him. In response he said his purpose in coming here was to take 2 trip on the Sacramento River to learn what was necessary to Iimprove its navigability and reclaim the lands it flowed over. He wished, too, to show the people of the State that his state- ment that he represented all sections, north and south, was true. Before his departure for Washington, he said, it was his desire to visit every locality end find out what each needed. Flint epoke especially of the need of harbor improvements and public bufld- inge for San Diego and Eureka. ADVERTISEMENTS. | Eruptions Dry, moist, scaly tetter, all forms of eczema or salt rheum, pimples and other cutaneous eruptions pro- ceed from humors, either inherited or acquired through defective digestion and assimilation. 3 To treat these eruptions with dry- ing medicines is dangerous. The thing to do is to take Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Pills Which thoroughly cleanse the blood, expelling 2ll humors and building up the whole system. They cure. Accept no substitute. Testimonials of remarkable cures mailed on request. C. L HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass. tion | the chief executive for- | the | SACRAMENTO, Feb. 10.—State | Senator Eli Wright, the one member |of the crowd of four Senators ac- | cused of bribery who could not be {found by the Sheriff last night, gave himself into custody to-day. He walked into the office of Sheriff Reese shortly after 10 o’clock in the fore- noon and surrendered himself. Wright's reason for secreting himself | last night is that he had not secured {two bondsmen and was not willing to take the chance of passing a night in the county jail. He looked pale and gard when he reached the Sher- office, | Wright gave the Sheriff the names of some friends who he said would | furnish bonds for him ana he sat in | the office until nearly noon while two men who would qualify were being found. George Eagan and Thomas i Norton, saloon-keepers, finally arrived the bond in the sum of $5000 each before Superior Judge Wright was allowed to go his y and_he lost no time in removing elf from the courthouse, with its prison suggestion. The four boodling legislators will be | arraigned before Judge Hart on the { morning of Saturday. the 18th inst. This was decided on to-day by the District Attorney, who is anxious that the cases go to trial as soon as | possible, that the witnesses may not | scatter and render locating them dif- ficult. TO BE TRIED IN MARCH Although it is possible that the de- | fendants will be placed on trial before the adjournment of the Legislature, it is not probable, though the entire ques- tion of the date of the hearing in the riminal court rests with the defend- District Attorney Seymour is | ready to proceed at this time, but the fact is recognized that the defendants | are entitled to reasonable delay to pre- | pare their case. The District Attorney | will insist, however, that the trial pro- | ceed in the early part of March. | Just who will try the defendants has | not been determined. It is probable | that Judge Hart will try them all, in view of his long experience in criminal cases, but the desire that the cases | should be put through to a verdict with | the least possible delay may result in the assignment of one to Judge Hughes, one to Judge Shields and two EVADES SHERIFF BECAUSE HE DREADED NIGHT IN JAIL special Dispatch to The Call, to Judge Hart. A separatc indictment was returned in each case. The trials will constitute a series of the hardest fought legal struggles in the history of California. It is probable that every step will be contested, and many tough points of evidence brought | up. Demurrers to the indictments prob- {ably will be interposed and fought out. Every effort will be made to impeach the witnesses of the prosecution, as this, as indicated by the method em- ployed before the Senate inquiry, un- doubtedly will be one of the strongest factors the defense will rely upon. Feeling probably will run high and there will be crowded houses at every ses- sion of court while the cases of the ar- rested Senators are being heard. SEYMOUR CAUTIONS. District Attorney Seymour is said to be & man who proceeds slowly and cautiously but stubbornly and deter- minedly when once he has mapped out his course. He says he will treat these cases as he would any other, trying them fairly and dispassionately, with a view toward getting at all the truth and making the strongest presentation ossible. o It is likely that changes of venue will be asked by some, if not all the ac- cused, but it will be maintained that they could not recelve a fairer trial anywhere than here, where none of them resides and where there are few partisans with leanings either way. An interesting question has arisen here as to when successors to the of- fices now held by Emmons, French, Wright and Bunkers will be selected in event of their expulsion, which now seems to be the only course open for the Senate. The law provides that when a vacancy occurs in either House the Governor shall immediately issue writs of election, but in this case it is said that this will not be done. Em- mons, French and Bunkers are hold- over Senators and as it would be im- possible to elect their successors In time for the present session the selec- tion of their successors will be left to the next general election. Not so In the case of Wright, however. It issald that in his case the Governor will wait until a short time before the next ses- sion and then will order a special eleo- tion in his district to name his suc- cessor. All of these calculations will be upset if it is found that a special scssion should be necessary, In which event the Governor would be compelled to immediately call for the election of successors to all four of the boodlers. - 13 CONDUCTOR’S BRUTALITY | PAID FOR BY RAILROAD | Woman Ejected From a Train Gets a | Verdict for $999 Against | Company. | CHICAGO, Feb. 10.—Her hand hav- ing been squeezed by the conductor of a railway train so severely that. she | was unable to use it for fifteen months. | Mrs. Annie Young of Harvey is to be paid $999 by the Chicago Terminal‘ Transfer Railway Company. Besides suffering the squeeze which caused her sult against the railway company, Mrs. | Young declares she was hurried and | dragged from the train and left “see- ing stars” beside the railroad track. | In deciding that the railway com-: | pany must pay Mrs. Young damages | the Appellate Court to-day declared that, even if Mrs. Young did make a | mistake in boarding the wrong train, | she was entitled to great care and con- | sideration in being shown her error. | The trouble occurred at Sixteenth- | street station in 1897, when Mrs. Young | believed she was boarding a train for Blue Island, but was, in fact, getting aboard the “race special” bound for the Harlem track. —_——————— JOSEPH H. KIBBEY NAMED AS ARIZONA’S GOVERNOR State Senator Tucker of Nebraska to Be Made Federal Judge in Territory. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—The President to-day sent to the Senate the following nominations: Governor of Arizona—Joseph H. Kibbey, Arizona, Recelver of Public Moneys—A. C. Mo- yeville, Cal, R aciuse. ustice of ihe_ Bupreme Court o Arizona—Fugene A. Tucker, Nebraska. LINCOLN, Nebr.,, Feb. 10.—State Senator E. A. Tucker of Humboldt, Nebr,, to-day received a telegram from Congressman Burkett to the ef- fect that President Roosevelt had agreed to the appointment of Senator Tucker as Federal Judge of Arizona. Senator Tucker was not an applicant for the place and the appointment came as a surprise to him. —— e ————— Army Orders. WASHINGTON, Feb, 10—By order of the War Department, Major Frank E. Hobbg, ordnance department, will make one visit prior to April 1 from | the Benicia arsenal to Fort Rosecrans, Cal., to inspect the armament at that post. Bergeant (first-clas§) Willlam F. Murphy of the Hospital Corps, now at Rahway, N. J., upon the expiration of his furjough, will be gent to Fort Mc- Dowell, Cal, to report to the com- manding officer of the department of recruits and casuals for transportation to Manila on the transport sailing from San Francisco_ about February 28. Sergeant Fibe W. Donohoe of the Hos- pital Corps, now at the department rifie range at Point Bonita, Cal., will be sent to the department of recruits and cosuals at Fort McDowell, upon re-enlistment, to be sent to Manila on the transport sailing from San Fran- cisco about March 30. Private Albert M. Ryan, Ninety-third Company of Coast_Artillery, now at the Presidio at San Francisco, is transferred to Com- pany B of the Hospital Corps for duty. PRy A I Philippine Tariff Bill Favored. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—The House Committee on Ways and Means to-day authorized a favorable report on the tariff bill for the Philippines. The bill provides for a complete revision of the duties coliected by the Philippine Gov- ernment on imports from all countries. ‘The schedules as prepared by the Phil- ippine Commission and revised by Sec- | retary Taft were not amended in any material particular by the committee. ————— Flood of Pension Bills. . WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—The House to-day maintained its record for the rapid disposition of private pension bills, 433 being passed a bt 3 TALKS WITH THE PRESIDENT ON CALIFORNIA HRRIGATION Representative Daniels Brings Up the Imperial Valley Reclamation Project. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10—Representa- tive Daniels of California and John M. Rankin and R. H. Thayer, counsel for the California Development Company, had a talk with the President to-day regarding the taking over by the Gov- ernment reclamation service of the Im- perial Valley irrigation project.in Cali- fornia. The President gave to his callers a letter to Secretary Hitchcock requesting him to give a hearing to the persons in interest, so that an early determination of the matter might be reached. The Interior Department to-day with- drew forty-five townships of public lands in California, Nevada and Mon- tana from disposal under the public land laws for irrigation purposes. These embrace 506,880 acres in the Independ- ence (Cal.) and 539,920 acres in the Car- son City (Nev.) land districts with- 8rawn from all forms of disposal. s SR EXPERTS FOR PEABODY PLACED IN BAD LIGHT Election Clerk Proves Genuineness of Scores of “Fraudulent” Ballots. DENVER, Feb. 10.—James T. Smith, Democratic election clerk in Precinct 5, Ward 1, was the most important wit- ness for the contestee in the Peabody- Adams gubernatorial contest this afternoon. He testified that he knew personally 96 out of 110 persons who were declared fraudulent voters by a Republican expert. The other witnesses testified they were acquainted with nearly all the persons who were declared by the Pea- body experts to be lllegal voters in two other precincts. Isaac M. Goldman, an election officer, pleaded guilty to a charge of fraud to- ;inyj' fillld was sentenced to ninety days n jal —_—— Pneumonia and Grip Follow the Snow. LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE prevents Preumonia and Grip. Call for the full name and look for signature of E. W. Grove. 25o. ¢ —_——— FRENCH CRUISER SULLY REPORTED TO HAVE SUNK Said to Have Slipped From Rocks It Struck and Gonme to the Bottom. PARIS, Feb. 11.—According to a private dispatch recelved at Rouen last night and telegraphed to the Petit Journal of Paris, the French cruiser Sully, which struck a rock in Allong Bay, northeast of the Red River deita, Tonquin Pass, slipped off the rocks and sank. There of the report. —— RENO FREIGHT DEPOT IS VISITED BY THIEVES Office Is Ransacked by Burglars, Who Take Cash and Everything of Value, RENO, Feb. 10.—The Southern Pa- cific freight depot was entered by thieves at the noon hour to-day while the employes were at lunch. The office was thoroughly ransacked and every- thing of value stolen. The thieves made away with $50 in coin, all the money in the cash drawer. —_— e California Postal Changes. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—Postmast- ers were appointed to-day as follows in California: Rebecca Watson, at Allendale; Jesse T. Clemens, at Forbes- town; C. Taylor, nck.fi’nvme. The postoffice at Tub_Lake, fornia, will be moved into Klamath County. Two new carriers are authorized for dtte Oakland 0 y. is no confirmation WRIGHT APPEARS |AMEND LAW WITH SURETIES| REGULATING HIGH SCHOOLS Assembly Passes Measure Affecting Students in the Union Distriets. Coghlan Shocks Legislators by Giving Money Back to the State. Special Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, Feb. 10.—There was a long debate in the Assembly this morning over the passage of a bill amending the act covering union high school districts. The bill under dis- cussion was introduced by the Com- mittee on Education. Under the exist- ing law all pupils living in districts adjoining such union districts that have no high school may attend that in the union district free. The amendment provides that such pupils shall pay | for their attendance at such high schools. The bill was passed. The Committee on Ways and Means filed a report showing that it had re- ceived appropriation bills representing a total of $3,149,750 42; that it had re- ported favorably bills aggregating $292,486 95, and that others calling for $220,000 had been withdrawn, leaving a total of $2,637,263 47 demanded by bills that were still to be considered. Assemblyman Coghlan introduced a resolution that for a moment produced a sensation. It recited that he wished to turn back into the contingent fund $294 that he had collected as mileage on the trip of the Committee on Chari- ties and Corrections of which he fis chairman. It developed though that Coghlan had not been attacked with a spasm of virtue and was not trying any Kansas maneuver. A clerical error had been made in figuring up the ac- count and it was merely an overcharge that was being returned. A motion that when the Assembly adjourn it be till Monday morning at 10:30 was carried with hardly any dis- senting votes, experience having taught that it would be hard to secure a quorum Saturday. Pl S EXHIBITS AT PORTLAND. Alameda and Other Counties Want Separate Shows. SACRAMENTO, Feb. 10—W. H. Weiloye, Wilbur Walker and Theodore Gier, who were Alameda County’'s Com- misgioners to the World's Fair at St. Louis and who have been appointed to act as such at the Lewis and Clark Exposition at Portland this year, were before the Governor to-day making the request that Alameda County be al- lowed space in the State building to make a separate display and that it be allowed to install its exhibit in its own ‘way and appoint representatives to su- perintend {t. The committee was given to understand that a collective exhibit of all the products of the State would be made and that its request could not be granted. The Sacramento Valley Developement Association has made the same request and the San Joaquin Valiey wants the same privilege. A committee may be appointed to confer with the Governor and reach a satisfactory arrangement, whereby the various localiti-s can get the representation they desire. R BUILDERS INTERESTED. Espey Introduces Measure Affecting Architects and Contractors. SACRAMENTO, Feb. 10.—Contract- ors and architects are interesting them- selves in a bill introduced by Assem- blyman Espey. It provides that pians and specifications for all new buildings and additions to new buildings costing in the aggregate more than $2000 in cit- ies of 5000 or more and in cities where the ordinances provide that plans and specifications shall be approved by the city authorities, shall be made by - censed architects, holding licenses in this State. Contractors who are interested in the defeat of the bill and architects who are trying to have it passed have been here consulting Assemblymen about it. PRI T PAY FOR EDUCATION. Assemblyman Wants to Tax Japanese Scholars $2 Each. SACRAMENTO, Feb. 10.—Assembly- man Hartman has introduced a meas- ure which some of his San Francisco colleagues are fearful will produce com- plications with the Rising Sun Empire. It makes it mandatory upon the par- ents or guardians of all Japanese chil- dren attending the public schools of the State to pay an annual fee of $2 each for such pupils. Hartman says he has no wish to harass the Japanese Government in its present predicament, but that he believes the young Japs should pay something for absorbing American methods. pesblom 2 £ TRADING STAMP BILL, SACRAMENTO, Feb. 10.—Keane's bill making it a misdemeanor for any merchant to give trading stamps or other evidence of value as an induce- ment for trade finally passed the Sen- ate this morning and went to the As- sembly. The punishment provided for a violation of the law is a fine of not less than $20 or more than $500 or imprisonment for not less than ten guz": or more than six months, or oth. ————— WILLIE WISE AND TOMMY TUFF Try to get Simple Sammy into trouble. In next Sunday’s comic section. ————————— ANTI-POLYGAMY BILLS ARE PASSED IN IDAHO Measures Intended to Put an End to the Evil Conditions in the State. : BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 10.—The House to-day passed the two Senate bills known as the purity or Mormon meas- ures. One is a bill against polygamy, making it punishable by fine and im- prisonment in the penitentiary. The other is aimed at dultery. It carries a minimum punishment of $100, with a um running up to a year in Jail or three years in the ary. There is a good deal of sentiment in favor of an illegal coha 2 ure to round out legislation on und subject, since ltoi‘: claimed :l; e law cannot be enforced because of the difficulty in proving the marriage. 5 —_———— . A Guaranteed Cure for Piles. MO T o ma mee {ERARCOTST SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1905. STRIERS BATILE W TH THE TROOPS Continued From Page 1, Column 4. a small fat\:tory won a victory on the strike pay question to-day by resorting to the courts. They sued the manage- ment for strike pay and got a favor- able verdict. The students of the Technological In- stitute met last night and resolved in favor of constitutional reforms and stopping the war and agreed to resume their studies provided there were no re- pressive measures against the profes- S0TS or students. The students of ' the seminary, to which are sent grand dukes who are destined for the highest offices of the church, recently adopted a resolution condemning the bloodshed of January 22, censuring the Holy Synod’s- mani- festo attributing the labor movement to foreign instigation ana demanding a constitution. The rector of the sem- inary has been dimissed. It is reported that Maxim Gorky has been sent to Riga to undergo trial. He ‘was permitted to travel first class, pay- | ing his own fare. 1 S st £ WITTE UNDER SUSPICION. i Alleged Searching of His Residence by Bouligan’s Police. LONDON, Feb. 11.—The corre- spondent in St. Petersburg of the Daily Mail sends to that paper the report that he first act of Minister of the In- terior Bouligan, on arriving in St. Pe- tersburg ‘on Friday, was to have the residence of Witte, president of the Ccuncil of the Empire, searched by the police, who removed a mass of dccuments for examination. Witte | was at home at the time, and the po- lice made a systematic and thorough examination of all the private papers | in the house. The correspondent adds that when- Von Plehwe was assassin- ated he was carrying an order to the Emperor for his sighature authoriz- ! ing just such a requisition for Witte’s papers. It loo;s. therefore, the cor- respondent saysf as though the new Interior administration is beginning where Von Plehwe left off. . S | Blood May Flow To-Morrow. H BERLIN, Feb. 10.—A dispatch from Scsnovice says: “A procession of strikers from Seagorge going to Siel- cew, where a demonstration had been planned, was dispersed by the mili- | tary, who freely used their swords and whips. Troops continue to arrive in large numbers. The strikers have called a great meeting for Sunday, which, it is feared, will cause trouble.” | BT R | Destroy Portrait of Czar. KUTAIS, Russia, Feb. 10.—At Ba- toum to-day a party of high school boys publicly destroyed a portrait of the Emperor. Troops dispersed them with a volley. | —_—————— { SANITY OF JOURNALIST . | QUESTIONED IN REDLANDS Manager of Sowthern Paper Is Be- lieved to Be Insane by His Employers. REDLANDS, Feb. 10.—Willlam M. Newton, a well-known newspaper man, ‘who has resided in Redlands nearly ten | years and has for several years been manager of the Redlands Daily Facts, was examined to-night concerning his sanity. The examination was conduct- ed at the request of the owners of the Facts, Lyman M. King and Paul W. Moore. i ‘When Newton came to Redlands from San Francisco he was accompa- nied by a woman whom he introduced as his wife. Last June she returned to San Francisco. In August Newton was secretly married to Mrs. Mary M. Cross, who had been for a year con- | to, Morgan spoke agalnst the treaties nected with the Facts as city editor. | When the Newton-Cross marriage was announced to-day the fact was also made public that the so-called Mrs. Newton who went north in June was not entitled to the name, as an- | other Mrs. Newton, who had a right to | it and had borne her husband a child, | secured a divorce from him after he | came to Redlands. { —_—— / CAST FOR “EVERY MAN IN HIS HUMOR” CHOSEN Clever Students at Stanford Selected for Leading Roles in Char- acter Play. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Feb. 10. After a most exhaustive series of try- | outs Profgssor Lee Emerson Bassett, has finally selected the cast which will | present Ben Jonson’s old English com- ! edy, “Every Man in His Humor,” to, e given at Stanford by the English Club early in March. The leading fe- | male parts are to be taken by Miss Claire Pedlar and Miss Jeraldine| Brown. Miss Pedlar won her first hon- | ors as a student actress quite recently when she took a strong part in “The Rivals.” Miss Brown has had consid- | erable experience on the amateur stage. | The leading male parts are to be taken by John Bonnell, a member of | the faculty; Louis James, a graduate; R. G. Barnmett, '05, and P. C. Ed- wards, '08. —_————— SOCHURMANN OF CORNELL EXPELS SON FROM COLLEGE Young Man, Failing in Examinations, | Is Told to Leave and Go | to Work. ITHACA, N. Y., Feb. 10.—Robefl‘ Schurmann, the son of President Schurmann of Cornell University, has ' been ordered to leave the university | and go to work, as a result of, failing to pass the recent midyear examina- tions. President Schurmann, with his characteristic impartiality, is said to have called his son up and informed him that he was no better than any other student in the university, and trat since he could not keep up in his studies he should get out and get a job, adding that the experience would probably do him good. —_—— YOUNG WOMAN IS SHOT AND KILLED BY ITALIAN PORTLAND, Or., Feb. 10.—Amelia Sirianni, & young Itallan woman, was shot and killed to-night by Joseph Fiorebello, one of her countrymen. The murdered woman conducted a fruit'stand and was recently divorced from her husband. Fiorebello had annoyed the woman on many occa- slons and to-night went to the fruit stand and after a short conversation drew a revolver from his pocket and shot the woman in the She died shortly after. 'mF murder- er escaped. . Big Rise in River, BEATTYVILLE, Ky., Feb. 10.—The crest of a 12-foot rise in the Kentucky mmmw Logs were swept away, but th ‘was life in this vicinity. ‘ oo ! | Some year ago. | © Wheat (iucluding flour) exports for It will be on again to-morrow. mittee on Foreign Relations. He said | | ——— TRADE HOLDS STEADY PACE Conditions Reported to Be Unusually Satisfactory for i This Time of the Year LIS ;IN DUSTRIES ARE ACTIVE ‘Improvement- in the Spring Jobbing Noted in Western | Portion of the Country Sl AL | NEW YORK, ¥eb. 10.—Dun's Weekly Review of Trade to-morrow | will say: isturbance has been caused oy the ele- ! ments. but business conditions are otherwfse unusually satisfactory for the season. Distri- bution of merchandise is of liberal propor- tions and the new year is fulfilling sanguine expectations. Low témperature and stérms in— terrupied traffic to some extent, but accel- erated business in heavy wearing apparel, over- shoes and fuel. Manufacturing is still the best | feature, especially in the various departments | of the iron and steel industry, while textile | mills and shoe shops are well engaged. | Some conservatism is notéd in the plaeing of | advance orders, but this is a favorable symp- | tom, indicating the absence of operations that produce. inflated prices. H Fayorable reporls are réceived from almost every department of the iron and steel indus- try, “even steel rails eharing the better feel- | ing. orders on the books now exceeding a | miliion tons. Hides have ruled fairly steady, native steers constituting the bulk of the offérings. Ar- rivals of foreign dry hides are readily ab- | sorbed at full prices. Business In leather fs| expanding. _Fallures for the ‘week mumber 256 In the | United States, against 228 last year. and 27 | in Canada, compared with 25 a year ago. Bradstreet’s to-morrow will say: Spring jobbing has at last begun to expand | and repofts of improvement come from the West, Northwest and Far West, despite se | vere winter weather, which has in the South | operated to 'theck the development noted last | Week. Dry goods, shoes, groceries, hardware. ! millinery and lumber have all sold better of | late and in larger volume than at this date | & year ago, which latter perfod, however, saw somewhat of a halt. Industry remains as active as heretofore, and | the iron “trade conforms to the best records:| heretofore made, In that statistics show pro- | duction and consumption the heaviest ever re- | corded. Collections are still a subject of complaint, apparently feeling the effect of weather con. ditions. Money is still flhanomm!ly easy, and | a tempo check to the heavy outgo of gold | is noted. labor situation is on the whole, favorable, but the perennial unrest in the New York bullding ‘trades 1 [Ty a self, with great possibl .38 for The general undertone is still one of undimin- ished confidefice in a large trade when winter's §rip is finally broken and mild weather ar- ves. Reports of Bradstreet's indicate a gain ¥ L] per cent in the grosa receipts of railroads dver the same month last year. Business failures In the United States for the week ending February number 207, against 239 last week and 202 last yeaz. In as nada faflures for the week number 26, against 30 last week and 19 in this week a the week ending February § are 987,775 busbels, againet 945,358 last week and 1,745,255 last year. From July 1 to date the exports are 41,044,908 bush- els, against 103,097,599 last year. —_—————————— ARBITRATION TREATIES TAKEN UP IN SENATE | Measures Meet With Genmeral Ap- proval, but Morgan Speaks | WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—Arbitration | treaties between the United States and | eight European g>vernments were un- | der discussion for more thap.two hours | to-day in the executive session of the | ! Senate. The treaties were called up by Senator Cullom, chairman of the Com- | that the conventions had been pending | | for a long time and that this country | was the only one that had shown a dis- | position not to act promptly in forming { What he termed a ‘“chain of treaties” | for. the arbitration of claims. Sena- and against arbitration treaties in any ! form. Nearly every other member of | the Foreign Relations Committee sup- ported the treaties, and by agreement they will be taken up to-morrow. BILL SEPARATING CHURCH AND STATE TO BE PRESSED Plan of Government in France Meets With Approval of Deputies. PARIS, Feb. 10.—According to the Ministerial programme the bill for the separation of church and state, which was introduced in the Chamber of Deputies on February 8, will be pushed | to its passage without delay. There was a full attendance in ‘the chamber to-day when Minister of Edu- cation Bienevu Martin announced the purpose of the Ministry to have this kill “passed speedily.” Amid great ap- plause and cries of “Bravo,” M. Blen- evu Martin said that the Ministry had decided to put aside all other measures in order to secure the passage of the separation bill. The chamber subsequently adopted one declaring that the attitude of the one declaring that the atitude of the Vatican had rendered separation of church and state in France inevitable and tie other expressing reliance on the Government to carry out the meas- ure immediately after the budget and military service bills are disposed of. —_——— Ploneer of Alaska Dead. SEATTLE, Feb. 10.—Fred M. Smith, one of the oldest pioneers of Alaska, is dead In this city at the age of 85 years, Smith superintended the construction of a Western Union Telegraph line in Alaska in 1865. ! McCue was } EX-MATOR DIES ON SCAFFOLD J. Samuel MeCue of Char- lottesville, Va., Hanged for the Murder of His Wife it LA HE TAKES FULL BLAME Before Going to the Gallows He Says He Recognizes That His Sentence Is Just CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Feb. 10. J. Samuel McCue, former Mayor of this city, was hanged in the County | Jail here to-day for the murder of his wife dn Sunday, Septembér 4, 1904, pronounced dead eight minutes after the trap had been sprung. McCue listened calmly to the death warrant and when Sergeant Rogers asked, “Do you think that it I gave you my arm you would be able to walk to the scaffold?” he replied calmly, “I can walk without your aid.” On the way he stambled once or twice and the officers proffered assist- ance. It was not needed, however. There was no weakness. McCue had merely slipped on the frozen snow. Watched by a silent crowd of per- haps thirty persons, McCue mounted the scaffold. Not a muscle of his face moved. 'Rogers and two guards as- cended the scaffold with him. The prisoner was placed over the trap, his arms were pinioned and his ankles strapped. The black gown was fdlded | around him and the noose wa$s ad- justed. All this while McCue stood without moving. He did not ufter & word. The guard took hold of the rope that was to release the trap. Rogers, standing alone upon - the scaffold beside McCue, turned his back and lifted his hand. - The trap fell. McCue’'s neck was broken. Immediately after the execution Me- Cue’s three spiritual advisers gave out the following signed statement: J. Samuel McCue stated - this morning i our presence and requested us to make publio that he did not wish to leave this world with suspicion resting on any human being other than himself; that he alone was responsible for the deed, Impelléd to it by am evil power beyond his control. and that Ne reeoguized his sentence as just. ————— OUTRAGE IN PARIS STIRS WEALTHY AMERICAN WOMAN Speéial ‘Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyright, 1905, by the New York Herald Publishing’ Company. PARIS, Feb. 10.—M. Hamard, chief inspectors in.the detective department, received a visit on Wednesday from Mrs. Ellen Wright, a wealthy Ameri- can, who handed him the sum of 1000 francs ($200) as a reward for the person who could establish the iden- tity of a woman recently found cut to pietes and burned, or a trace of the perpetrators of the crime. She stated that when she ltved in San Francisco her Scottish governess, Miss Madejaine . S was lured into a.. utskirts of the city, murdered an ed, and in memory of the woman she makes her present offer, ———— EXPLOSION DAMAGES GARBAGE CREMATORY Manager of Pacific Incinerating Com- pany Says Scavengers Tried to Blow Up Place. OAKLAND, Feb. 10.—A severe ex- plosion took place in the garbage crematory of the Pacific Incinerating Company this morning. J. O'Brien, the head burner at the plant,. was hurled several feet and badly bruised. The damage amounts to about $100. F. J. Melbourne, manager of the plant, says the explosion was caused by ex- plosives placed in the furnace by ene of the scavengers with whom the com~ pany is having trouble. —_———— TRAIN KILLS HORSE AND INJURES DRIVER Disaster Overtakes Lodi Man in At~ tempt to Cross Railroad Track. BTOCKTON, Feb. 10.—The first sec- tion of passenger train No. 3 ran into the horse of Jacob Harris this morning as Harris was driving across the Southern Pacific track on Elk street, Lodi. The horse was killed almost in- stantly and Harris was badly injured. —_———— PIONEER LAWYER DIES. Retired Attorney Passes Away fin San Jose. BAN JOSE, Feb. 10.—The death of A. ‘W. Crandall, who retired from the bar many years ago, removes another of the now small band of ploneer attor- neys of California. Crandall was a prominent lawyer in this city and San Francisco for thirty years or more, and was at one time State Senator from this county. —— Philanthropist Passes Away. MUSKEGON, Mich.,, Feb. 10—C. K. ‘Hackley, whose gifts to public institu- tions of Muskegon aggregate 32,000,000, is dead. ADVERTISEMENTS. “THE LAWOF THE LAND’ will create a sensation. It sets forth a charming love story; intro- duces typically cans; and is such fearless Ameri- avigorous expo- sition of the race struggle that it must set the na- tional law makers think- ing.”..... Sus the Bugalo Cowrier. —~——