The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 21, 1905, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1905. AL TRUST HARD HIT 0N MARKE Stock Suffers Big Decline as a Result of Proposed National Investigation and the Trouble in Kansas TWENTY-ONE POINT DROP IN A WEEK . Uklahoma and Missouri Now Plan to Join in the War Against the Methods of the Standard Inferests A Special Disp to The Call NEW YORK, Feb. 20.—As a result { steps taken against the Standard ny in Congress and in Kan- s and elsewhere, the stock of pany has declined extensively, y on the curb. The stock six points to-day, selling down 10 2 share. One week ago Stand- was selling at $646 a shm, g the interval a quarterly divi- 5 “came off’ the stock. Al- his deduction, the net de- stock within one week has -ome points. There is of k $100,000,000 outstanding kage of twenty-ome points ~duction in the market value Standard Oil is not an To-day's dealings to 13¢ shares, made up of Small as this quantity is, is above the day’s average stock. Okla., Feb. 20.—A bill a territorial oil refinery prepared by nd will be presented in the > meadure will also, it is any corporation operating tory to sell its product at throughout the Terri- ernor Ferguson is said sure similar to that recent- i in Kansas. WA, Kans, Feb. 20.—J. D. and W. B. Todd, independent of Warren, Pa., were here to the oil men regarding 0,000 oil refinery to be St. Louis. Eastern capi- to build the refinery, the : men claim, as soon as iragement can be re- Kansgs oil producers. ting on the outcome s now before the Legis- . BY KANSAS. ns., Feb. 20.—Kansas independent investiga- andard Oil Company’s s State. The Legis- make demands of ding Indian Territory F. Dumont Smith tion, providing the Legisla- NQUIRY ar appointment by committee to investigate the filed with the Commissioner | orporations at Washington by the r r ntatives of the Kansas Oil Pro- SAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 20.—The be asieed to against the in the House ximum freight king oil pipe s. As soon as »d by the Kan- ived, a number the go to the Missouri nterest of these meas- and the & mor carr PRESIDENT WILL HELP. ASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—Repre- tative Campbell of Kansas, the of the resolution providing for ry into the operations of the s of the country, had an conference with President v regarding the in- mpbell presented to considerable informa- on the matter which since the adoption of the President that he from the Speaker of the of the Texas Legislature a tele- urging him to request the Presi- the Department of Com- Labor to extend the pro- iry to the methods of the the Beaumont fields of g0 told the President he hundreds of telegrams y from all sections re- he investigation. rdard Oil Company, Camp- bell informed the President, already is preparing its defense and will resist to the utmost the Government's investi- gation. President Roosevelt assured Camp- that all of the power of his ad- ministration necessary would be used in the investigation he is undertaking through the Bureau of Corporations into the affairs of the Standard Oil Company, to the end that the small producer, dealer and consumer alike ent and nd bel shall have fair treatment, and that at | the same time no injustice shall be done the Standard Oil Company or eny other concern. —_—— Guaranteed Cure for Piles. Bleeding or Protruding Plles, nd money if PAZO OINT. ¥ou in € to 14 days. 50c.* A GUTHRIE, O. T., bill cresting a_board of ers was passed by the Leg: 20 rallway commission- Jower house of the Representative | to | 20.—The' Maxwel! | ture to-night by a decisive vote of | VOTED - KOl ! | House Passes Bill Carrying | $175,000 Appropriation for Mare Island to Enable | It to Build the Collier, [MEASURE CALLS FOR 1 TWO BATTLESHIPS' even-Hour Session Held and ! Republicans and Demo- crats Cast Aside Party Lines in Debate on Question SRt ORI WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—The House to-day, after a seven-hour session, passed the naval appropriation bill, carrying a total of $69,914,359. The pro- | vision for two battleships, as reported by the Committee on Naval Affairs, was retained. Both %he majority and minority were badly divided over the proposition, at least forty members of the latter going over to the Republi- | cans, while about an equal number of Republicans voted with the opposition. | Several important changes in the bill were adopted. The proposed increase of 1200 men and officers for the Marine Corps was stri n out as was also the provision authorizing the construction of a_ collier somewhere e than at | the Mare Island navy vard in Cali- fornia. In order to do the work better |an item of $175,000 was inserted for | the proper equipment of the Mare Isl- |and navy yard. r contingent ex- of the Marine Corps, the ap- was reduced from $215,000 On a point of order by Bell of Cali- fornia, the pr on giving the Sec- of th power to build else- | where on the Pacific Coast the collier | authorized by Congress at the last ses- | sion was stricken out. That action im- mediately was followed by the adoption { of an amendment by Knowland of Cal- ifornia providing for an appropriation of $175.000 to equip the Mare Island navy yard for building the collier. SENATE WORRIED OVER STATEHOOD CONFEREES Long Debate Takes Place as to Which Members Shall Be Appointed. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—Whether the Senate conferees on the statehood bill will represent the party that de- feated joint statehood for Atizona {and New Mexico, or the party that fought for the retention of that provi- s was' debated at length in the e to-day, but no decision was hed. The usual manner is to 1me as conferees the two ranking o members and the ranking ori member of the committee having the bill in charge. In the pres- ent case it was contended by Gorman and Teller that the conferees, if so named, would not represent the senti- ment for the bill as passed' by the Senate. s e NO RAILWAY LEGISLATION EXPECTED THIS SION 2 'TON, Feb. .—Presi- dent Roose t, who for weeks has hoped that some definite action might be taken at the present session of Congress on the railroad rate ques- tien, practically has relinquished the idea of securing legislation this win- ter. It is not reasonably certain that he will not call an extraordinary ses- sion of Congress to meet in the spring, bu: unless he changes his mind he will call Congress together, probably next October. —_—— Army and Navy Orders. | WASHINGTO. Feb. 20.—The fol- lowing named assistant surgeons are relieved from duty in the Philippines division, to take effect on the dates set opposite their respective names or a. soon thereafter as practicable, and will then proceed by the first avail- able transport to San Francisco, where they | to the military secretary of the army for further orders: Captatn_ Willlami H. Wilson, May 12, 1905; Captain William W. Quinton, May- 26, 1903 First Lieutenant Eugene R. Whitmore. 12, 1905; First Lieutenant-Robert W. Patte son, May 12, 1905; First Lieutenant Roderic P. O'Connor, May 12 1805; First Lieutenant Conrad E. Koerper, May 12, 1005 | tenant Paul S. Halloran, May 1 Lieutenant Perry L. Boyer, May First Lieutenant Roger Brooke Jr. 1905: First Lieutenant Georgé P. Heard, May 1905; First Lieutenant James F. Hall, May 26, 1905; First Lieutenant Kent Nelson. May 26 1905; First Lieutenant James M. Phalen, May 26 1905; First Licutenant Charles A Ragan, May 26, 1805; First Lieutenant Wil |llam P_ Woodall, May 26, 1905: First Lieu- | tenant Brnest L. Ruffner, May 26, 1905, | The following transfers of post com missary sergeants are made by the Secretary of War: Samuel H. Ed- wards, now at Fort Logan, Colo., to i the office of the purchasing commis- sary, San Francisco; James O’Connor, ! commissary at San Francisco, to Fort Logan, Colo. The sergeants thus trans- ferred will be sent to the stations designated, reporting upon their ar. rival to their respective commanding officers for duty. The leave of absence granted Colonel Alfred C. Girard, as- sistant surgeon general of the Depart. ment of California, is extended one month. Navy orders—Warrant Machinist A. D. Catherwood has been ordered to the Union Iron Works at San Fran- cisco for duty as assistant to the in- spector of machinery at those works. ADVERTISEMENTS. Profit ' Sharing Sale Sale Makes Lg:ge Saving G Now On Housekeepers Early Great American Importing Tea Co. Our 100 Stores Help Us to Help You NAVY YARD will report by telegraph | now at the office of the purchasing | Webb Defends AUBURN, Feb. 20.—“It seems to me‘ that I can hear the angel voice of; Mary- Weber calling out to this jury, | ‘Spare my first born, spare him who! caused me my first pain and my first| joy. Adolph never hurt me; do not| kill an innocent boy.'"” These wer the words with which Attorney John son closed the argument for the de-| fense in the Weber case this afternoon. | They were delivered in a most dra-| matic manner. i For a minute or two after their ut- terance a great hush filled the court- room. Adolph sat unmoved. His | manner was as stolid as usual. After| a short recess Attorney General Webb | began the closing argument for the: prosecution. For an hour Webb talked, his remarks being listened to with great interest. ! The crowd that attended to-day’s session of the court was much larger than usual. The majority of the spec- | tators were women.. They began ar- niving at 8 o'clock this morning. Many of the women wore white dresses and ! large picture hats, giving the court- room the appearance of a theate rather than a tribunal where a life was at stake. Attorney Johnson resumed his argu- ment at 9 o'clock by attacking Pawn- broker Carr, whom he described as a second Fagin. Charles H. Reimer, the detective| hired by the prosecution, also came in for a scoring at Johnson’s hands, | { | as did District Attorney Robinson. | Johnson said SCOR PROSECUTION. | | Webb made his opening state- | cution, Carr, and his tes When ment for th er: pre mony and his revolver were kept in the back- ground. They were sprung on the defense when the prosecution thought the case was so far slong that it would be impossible for us | oduce evidence to impeach such testi- | We will, however, leave Carr to the | mercies of the criminal courts of San | ancisco. This revolver is a big link In this | chain of circumstantial _evidence. Without | Carr’s tesmony we would have asked his | Honor for a nonsult, Johnson here introduced a time-card about two feet square,-upon which was printed a memorandum of the time of the events in which the defendant par- ticipated between the hours of 5:30 and 2 on the night the Webers were mur- dered. One of these cards was pinned | upon the wall where all the spectators would see it and duplicates were hand- | ed to the jury. Referring to this card | Johnson said: Jud ng by the statements made by the cution and according to the various times as taken by them, I say it is an utter impos- sibility for the defendant to have committed these murders. You will note that at 5:30 the family was alive and_well, according to the testimony of little Franeis Snowden. You will also notice that at 6 o'clock Zoe M. Hager Leard the ptano playing. Mrs. A. Rech- acher stated on the witness stand that she heard Bertha Weber playing the piano about 8:30. According to the testimony of May Clark, Adolph passed her house in Brewery lane somewhere between 6:30 and 6:40. This testimony alone precludes the possibility of the defendant ving committed this hideous crime. I believe some of this testimony to be perjured testimony, and upon this_presump- tion it would be judicial murder to hang that boy. It would be a stain upon the county of Placer. . Atiorney Robinson and Sheriff Keena did wrong in locking Adolph Weber in a room the day afler the tragedy and forcing a state- ment from him. They told the defendant that the statement would not be used against him, and the boy having no one to advise him, made a voluntary statement of all he knew about the terrible crime. His attorneys were obliged to almost kiek the door down before Sheriff Keera would let them in. This boy has been confined in' jail more than three months, and Sheriffl has allowed people to go in ‘right left. Tt was no doubt the intention of of these persons to try and make Weber something. They hoped to catch him in ar untruth. But be said nothing, for he had nothing more to say. He was like Dreyfus; he kuew he was innocent. SPEAKS OF REVOLVER. Now I come to the weapon found in the Weber barn. It was never placed there by e defendant, but by some one influenced by or money. Clarence Geear did not see It took the micro- eve of Detective Relmer to see that ¥ assisted by the equally microscoplc and distended eye of Under Sherifft May. Why, if the defendant put the revolver in that barn he_would have been the biggest fool on earth. !~ Now, it is not all impossible that this hor- rible deed was done by some person in that the hair on that revolver. scopic ir, house. Julius Weber was a man_of violent temper. He might have dome it. I don't say he did. He could have shot the mother, dangh- ter and little boy in a‘fit of anger, and then realizing the enormity of the crime killed himself. Before killing himsel? he could have set fire to the house; he could then have shot himself in the bathroom and dropped the pistol into the cesspool. Now jurymen, remember that this case rests on circumstantial evidence. To-night when you are home alone and with your Ged, think this matter well over. As I am standing here before you, I think I can almost hear the angel voice of little Earl saying to you:' | “Dolphy never hurt me, spare his life” 1 | can almost hean the volce of sweet Beftha | saying, “‘Dolphy did not hurt me, spare him.” I can hear the gruff volce of the stern fat! | saying, “It was not Adolph who did this deed,” | and last of all T can hear the gentle volce of | his mother saying, *‘Spare my first born; spare | him whq, cansed ‘me my first pain and joy. Adolph rlever hurt me; do not kill an innocent | Doy ¥ General Webb opened the argument | for the prosecution shortly after 3 | o’clock. He scered Attorney Johnson | for his attack on the District Attor- “ney. Sheriff Keena and Under Sherift May. '« All these men, he said, were | honest, reliable and trustworthy. They | were known to be go throughout this | whole county or wherever they had | ever been. Continuing, Webb said: District Attorney Robinson eame to me and urged me to come into this case, and that is the reason I am here. T have known Johnson fo- many vears. 1 have always admired him for hie brilllant attainments, for his magnifi- cent powers, his eloquence, his logic and his fairness. T admired him all along in this case up to the point, when, holding the weapon that was found In the Weber barn up before the jury, he stated that he did not believe the | revoiver hud been put there by Adolph Weber. | When I beard him say that he ‘““would not | i it he were a furor, convict a man on eir- cumstantial evidence,” T could not belleve my own ears. DEFENDS MRS. SNOWDEN. Duriug his eleven hours' . recital he has choser: to use the license of & lawver to ques- fion the integrity of-men in this prosecutio that he would not dare use outside of a cou room. 1If the prosecution had for one in- stant thought of getting testimony of the kind tpat At Johnson has hinted at, and if_they had got men who would swear to such an oufrageous proceeding. they might possibly have got men who would have sworn that they waw the defendant coming out of the burning Weber residence immediately after the cominission of the crime with a smoking re- volver still in his grasp. Why, jurymen, it is preposterous to think for ore second thi of these men connected with the prosecution Would swear away the life of an innocent boy. Court adjourned at 6 o'clock, and at the request of General Webb and with the aporoval of the jury it reconvened at 7 o'clock. A great number of spec- tators remained in their seats and had their dinners sent to them. General Webb spoke for two hours at the night session. He defended Mrs. Snowden in attack that Attorney Johnson made on her and stated that Adolph could will oney coming from the estate to . one he chose. This would make ° Snowden’s H i | Special Dispatch to The Call | ter’s own. Myrs. Snowden chances very remote. The defendant heartily laughed at this statement. ‘When court opened at 7 to—night‘ everybody connected with the case was | present except the defendant’s attor- | neys. Judge Prewett refused to allow the case to proceed until one of them hould appear. After waiting ten min- tes the court ordered the Sheriff to bring one of the lawyers into court. Only one, Ben Tabor, could be tcoum‘l.| Attorneys Johnson, Pullen or Tut- | tle did not appear. Much comment was caused by this extraordinary action uf{ the attorneys, and it was the subject| of criticism throughout the town to-| night. Tabor twice raised objections to some of Webb'’s statements and was each time overruled. | BAKER ASSAILS THE PRESIDENT ‘Eccentric Congressman Ex- cited Over Message of Con- dolence Sent to Russia e WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—In the House to-day Baker, the eccentric member from New York, condemned President Roosevelt for sending to the Russian Government a message of sympathy on account of the assassina- | tion of Grand Duke Sergius. | “I declare,” he < vehemently re-| marked, “that the American people are not shocked by the killing of Grand Duke Sergius.” | The killing of Grand Duke Sergius, he declared, was but “an effort of the Russian people to overcome the ty-, ranny that had suppressed them.” H General applause was accorded Mad- dox of Georgia when he declared that the Democratic side of the House did not approve “of this damnable assas- sination.” He said the Democrats be- lieved in fair rights. 7 ““We do not believe in slaughter,” he said, “and we do not believe in this business which caused the slaughter of the Grand Duke Sergius.” In the course of his remarks Baker referred to the refusal of the House to adjourn out of respect to the Russians killed on the streets of St, Petersburg on January 22. With particular reference to this subject Grosvenor of Ohio was bitter in his criticism of Baker. Baker’s ac- tion he declared to have been unpre: cedented. .Had adjournment beentak- en, he said, it would have been a meaningless and stupid exhibition of ignorance. The House and the’world knew that the American Congress did not sympathize with riot and unneces- sary bloodshed. There was no doubt a strong critical opinion of the acts there, but he said no intelligent man would suggest that Congress express an opinion on the subject. Grosvenor ventured the assertion, and received liberal applause in doing so, that if a vote of condemnation of the President was offered by any resolution of Baker | it would not get a vote except the lat- | | { | | The House at this point returned to consideration of the naval bill and the incident was believed to have been closed, but Baker unexpectedly inter- jected himself into the debate to read a resolution declaring it to be the sense of the House that the President did not express the will of the American people in sending a message of con- dolence to the Russian Government. Baker excitedly asserted that he had been told that if he introduced the resolution a motion would be made to expel him from the House. Rushing | down the aisle and waving the resp- lution in his hand he deposited it in the box provided for such measures and defled any one to make a motion to expel him, - “Make it now,” he shouted. expel, expel; T tell you. motion to expel.” | The House overlooked Baker and continued its discussion of the naval “Expel, Introduce your | OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST | Postal Changes Affecting California and New National Bank Officials Approved. ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—The fol-' lewing fourth-class postoffices in Cali- | fornia have been commissioned to ! issue money orders: Barstow, Annie Gooding, postmaster; Floriston, Mich- ael O'Brien, postmaster. A specfal mail service has been es- tablished to Keewalik, Alaska. . Otto | Schellenberg has been appointed post- master at Bernando to succeed Emil Schellenberg, deceased. Hattie Reas, postmaster at Success, to succeed Henry Witt, resigned. Bids - were opened to-day at the Treasury Department for metal shelv- ing for the postoffice at Oakland. The lowest bidder was the Art Metal Con- struction Company of Washington, D. C., at $625. The Comptroller of the Currency has approved changes in national bank officials as follows: The Commercial National Bank of Los Angeles, Philip L. Wilson, vice president; the South- | western National Bank of Los Angeles, George J. Denis, vice president,. H. B. Kay and E. D. Elliott, assistant cash- | iers; the Redlands National Bank, | Redlands, H. H. Ford, president, in place of K. C. Wells, C. C. Ames, cash- ier in place of H. H. Ford, no assist- ant cashier in place of C. C. Ames; the American National Bank of San Diego, H. C. Keller, vice president in place of Charles E. Summer, H. BE. Mills, vice president; the First Na- ticnal Bank of Sonora, Douglass Wat- son vice president in place of A. A. Grant. —_———————————— Smoot Report Postponed. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—No re- port will be made in the Senator Smoot case during the present Con- gress. This has been agreed upon by the members of the Senate Committtee on Privileges and Elections. s G~y et SR Take Quinine refund the if it falls to E. W. Grove's signature 1s on esch box. N | make answer to. | Chinatown many open and notorious gambling | | conducted and which places were openly and | | notoriously resorted to during all of said time | L$ ! LARGE SUM [WEBER'S COUNSEL MAKES |COMPLAINT =~ [ACT REPEALS FINAL PLEA T0 JURY Eloquence of Johnson Is Brought to Aid of Accused Youth. 1S SPAVED CONWITTAN Police Board Sets Forth in Specific Form Charges of Incompetency and Negleet | of Duty Against Chief| CONGRESSMAN KAHN 'ANTI-TRUST LAW HOLDS ADVERTISEMENTS. Pears’ «Beauty is but skin- deep” was probably meant to disparage beauty. In- | stead it tells how easy that beauty is to attain. “There is no beauty | like the beauty of health” | was also meant to dis- parage. Instead it encour- | THE LICENSES Supreme Court of the United States Passes on Case Concerning California Kansas Statute Declared to? Prevent Combination in Order to Boost Prices TO BE HIS ATTORNEY | Accused Is Eager for Trial Friday Night, but Secre- tary Boyne Thinks Case Cannot Be Reached Then The Police Commissioners required much time to deliberate on formulat- ing the charges against Chief of Police Wittman of incompetency and neglect | of duty and not till 9 o'clock last night were they ready for service. The sus- ' pended Chief was found at his home, 1231 Taylor street, at 10 o'clock, and the chafing of impatience to know just what allegations he must answer was at last relieved when the papers were served. | It was Wednesday night that the commission resolved to make accusa- | tion against Wittman because he had | failed to suppress gambling in China- town, but he was kept waiting for the charges in specified form as long as was allowed the board without invad- | ing his charter right to five days in which to prepare his defense, the trial | being set for next Friday night. Chief Wittman expressed eagerness | vesterday to see the charges. He has called at headquarters every day since Wednesday night, asking Secretary Boyne whether the charges were ready. | “I ghould like to have the charges served as early as possible,” declared Wittman yesterday, “'so I can find out just where 1 am at and what I must I want to go to trial as soon as possible. I am ready now and at no time shall ask for a continuance. Even if the board does not serve in time to allow me the five days I am entitled to, I shall waive any right to a delay. I want to go | ahead Friday night’ Congressman Julius Kahn s the chief's attorney. But Secretary Boyne said he could | not see how the board could take up | the Wittman case on Friday evening because of the large amount of busi- ness on the calendar ahead of it. As to the report that the commission | could not dismiss Wittman from the[ | department, but had only the authority to oust him from the command of the force, the Chief gave it as his opinion | that the board has full authority m[ sever his connection with the force altogether. ’ “It is true that I was simply taken | from the rank of captain and made | chief,” he explainéd, ‘“‘without any | resignation or other formal action that | would put me outside the pale of the regulations as to permanency of ser- vice. But the Commissioners certainly have the right to dismiss me alto- gether under the charges of incom- petency, if they choose to do so.” The following are the charges pf the commission against Chief Wittman: INCOMPETENCY ALLEGED. Now comes J. George Boyne, secretary of the Board of Police Commissioners of the city | and county of San Francisco, and charges that George W. Wittman, (Chief of Police of said city and county of Sdn Francisco, is and at | all’ the times hereinafter mentioned was in- competent to perform the duties of the office | of Chief of Police of said city and county | and specifies the following acts and conduct as the basis of such charge of incompetency, to wit: That during all the times herein mentioned said George W. Wittman was and still is the duly elected, qualified Chief of Police of the city and county of San Francisco and as such Chief of Police had sole and exclusive control and direction of the police officers and mem- | bers of the police department assigned to duty | in that part of the city and county of San | Francisco known as Chinatown, which is more | marticularly bounded and' described as follows: On the north by Pacific street, on the south by Sacramento street, on the west by Stockton street, and on the east by Kearny street. And more particularly that he ' was in the sole and exclusive control of a certain squad of police consisting of five police officers and one_ sergeant of police specially detailed in | said “Chinatown” to prevent and to suppress | unlawful gambling in Chinatown and especially | tc prevent and suppress the playing of the game of fantan and other gambling games, That said squad of police including said | officers and sergeant operated under the ex- | clusive, sole and direct authority, control and direction of said George W. Wittman, Chief of Poli GAMES RAN FREELY. That from the 7th day of November, 1004, to and including the 29th day of November, | 1904, there were in active operation in sald places wherein said unlawful game of fantan and other unlawful games were operated and ! for the purpose of gambling and of playing | sald unlawful game of fantan and other un- lawful games. That such gambling places were conducted | and maintained openly, notoriously, and with | the knowledge of the ‘sergeant of police and police officers detalled in Chinatown as afore- | said. That as such Chief of Police it was the duty | | of said George W, Wittman to know the con- | ditions _existing with reference to sald gam- | bling_places in Chinatown during such period | and it was his duty to exerclse proper super- vision over the same and over the police offi- | cers and sergeant detailed for duty in that| section of the city, and to suppress and pre- vent the existence of such gambling places and the continuance of such gambling. | That notwithstanding his duty as aforesaid, the said George W. Wittman did not exercise | such supervision and did not prevent or sup- | said places of gambling or such . but on the contrary allowed such | places to be maintained and to be conducted | openly in violation of law and did not sup- | press or, prevent such gambling or take any | measures whatever looking toward such sup- | pression or prevention. H re Wherefore_this complainant charges the sald | G W. Wittman as such Chief of Police With “being inefficlent and incompetent to hold | the said office of Chlef of Police or to con- tinue to exercise the functions t NEGLECT OF DUTY. And for a further and separate cause of complaint the said J. George Boyne, secretary of the Police Commissioners of the city and county of San Francisco as aforesaid, charges the said George W. Wittman as such Chief of Police with breach of duty. ta neglect o perform properly the duties of Chief of Police of said city and county, and as basis of_sucht e avers as follows: That during all the tlmes herein mentloned it was the duty of sald George W. Wittman to suppress and prevent the h gambling places and of continuance such gambling. ‘That during all sald time he had the power. authority an necessary bolice officers s to juppress or prevent :mbllul places or of such gambling or any thereof, but permitted the same to con- J. GEORGE BOYNE, Secretary of the Board of Police Commission- ers of the City and County of San Francisco. e POINT ARENA LIBELED.—Robert A. Si- Point Arena to recover $1719. alleged damage | the ground that the law was in har- WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—In the cases of Flanigan vs. Sierra County | ages beauty. and Wheeler vs. Plumas County the | Pears’ Soap is the means Supreme Court of the United States held that when the Legislature of Cal-| of health to .the skin, and ifornia repealed the act authorizing county boards in that State to re-| so to both these sorts of beauty. quire a license from all persons doing | Sold all over the world. business within their respecflve areas, | it also repeals the licenses imposed under the act. This decision reverses the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In Flanigan's case $2500 as license fee on sheep was In- volved and he was relleved from pay- ment. Chief Justice Fuller handed down the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of the North- ern Pacific Railway Company vs. Ely, reVersing the decision of the Supreme Court of the State of Washington. The proceeding was one of many institut- ed by the railroad company to quiet title to its right of way. The decision was favorable to Ely. The Supreme Court overruled the de- cision of the United States District Court of Montana in the case of the United States vs. the Montana Lumber and Manufacturing Company and the Northern Pacific Railway Company, in which it was held that the Govern- ment could not enforce penalties for timber cut on unsurveyed public tand. The validity of the Kansas anti-trust law was to-day upheld by the Supreme Court of the United States in an opin- ion by Justice Brewer in the case of Edmund J. Smiley, plaintiff in error, vs. the State of Kansas. Smiley in 1900 was secretary of the State Grain Dealers’ Association, and the allega- tion in this case was that he organ- ized the wheat dealers in the town of Bison, Rush County, into a trust to control the price of wheat at that place. The Supreme Court of the State sustained the prosecution against him and Justice Brewer’s opinion upholds that verdict. He based his decision on DISEASES OF MEN e DR. 1140 MARKET ST. Hale San Franciseo, Cal. mony with the power of the State to control its own police affairs ‘and there- fore not antagonistic to the Federal | T T e S T | ] BARD'S INDIAN BILL AMENDMENT ADOPTED Provides That No Part of the Funds Shall Be Used for Sectarian Schools. i WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—The | Committee on Indian Affairs to-day | adopted the amendment to the Indian appropriation bill offered by Senator | Bard of California, as follows: That no portion of the funds appropriated by this act, nor the principal or interest of any | Indian trust or tribal funds, held by the United PERFECT Tooth Powder Cleanses and beauti h &n eat{henalto Used of refi movg’;m«aMf Very convenient for tourists, « States for the benefit of any Indian tribe, PREPARED BY had be available, nor be for the Foport of ‘sny dectastan or demominationas ‘_f % % 2. 23S school. - . A -8 San Franciscans in Washington. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—The fol- lowing San Franciscans arrived here: STATEMENT to-day. J. C. Campbell, at the Arlington; | o THS ! Percy V. Long, at the New Willard. CONDITION AND AFFAIRS DOAN’S PILLS. A MEASURE OF MERIT San Francisco Citizens Should Weigh Well This Evidence, Proof of merit lies in the evidence. Convincing evidence in San Fran- cisco Is not the testimony of strangers, But the indorsement of San Fran- cisco people. That’s the here— The statement of a San Francisco | GERMAN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY QF FEORIA, IN THE STATE OF ILLI- NOIS, on the 3lst day of . A Do 1004 and’ for the year ending on that day. made to the Insurance Commissioner the State of California, pursuant to the provisions of Sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, as per blank furnished by the Com~ CAPITAL. k. paid up m -$200,000 00 et ) kind of proof given. citizen. | Mrs. W. Heine (W. Heine em- | ployed in the Examiner) of 3007 Fillmore street, says: “It is impos- | sible for me to say too much in fa- vor of Doan’s Kidney Pills. I have | the best ‘of reasons for this. I suf- fered from an attack of kidney trouble in the winter of 1902, caus-| ing pain across the small of my back ! and down throuil; the Iloins. It| finally grew so d that I could scarcely turn or move without en- during a most agonizing twinge, and | often as the pangs shot atross my back I almost exclaimed. Just be-| fare I used Doan’s Kidney Pills I was so helpless that for two days I| could only get about the house with the aid of a_cane. There must be some merit in Doan's Kidney Pills, | INCOME. Net cash actually received for for they gave immediate relief. A | Rty tor nterest o Bonds andt o 2 short course of the treatment| Mortsages ......... ............. 20,600 11 stopped that particular attack. [ e e e now know what to do should others | _ail other sources . 5 7788 T3 cur.” | ved 1 For sale by all dealers. Price soc. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for the United States. Remember the name, Doan’s, and take no other. B —— EXAMINE YOUR DENTIFRICE Acid and grit, deadliest enemies of the teeth, abound in cheap dentifrices. Fine per- | fumes do not make fine dentifrices. Your teeth deserve beiter of you than to be offered | up a sacrifice to your pocketbook. SOZODONT is of proven value. is a pretty good test. No m&::ym Sozodent. Paid for Salaries Fees and el for officers, clerks, ete... Paid for State, National and Local | Risks and Premiums.| Fire Risks.| Premiums GUTTE & FRANK, General Ageats 3 California St.,San Francisco. Waskiy Cal $1.00 per Year