The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 21, 1905, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISEO CALL. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1903. SWEDEN SEEMS CONDUCTOR WINS BAR THE WAY ABOUT TO YIELD A SOCIETY CIRL 70 PORT ARTHUR: Japanese Refuse to Allow | Couneil of State Suggests Plan for a Peaceful Set- tlement With Norway o SAY NATIONS PRIDE SRR SN 1S ‘ 3 N . A | Necond Dissolution to Be Ef-| fected by Mutual Con- sent of Both Nations ENda 2 | STOCKHOLM, Ju 20.—The Council of State meeting to-day adopted a proposit will be presented to the Riksdag to-mo w. According to the best inf. i the main points are that Swede to recognize the tion of the union by the Government asks the hority to enter into ne- y in order to es- dissolution on ies can mutually agree relations of the two chambers of the pened to-day. Baron Es- air in the Upper House He announced d Lundeberg had the King, respective- vice president of the no undue excitement. the Lower House d with a short the senior member, at an- ointed Pehrson be re- vice president of made a speech, that the hopes of union had van- on of the ques- ved in such a would be wvery difficult ny attempts to reopen the ne- He was certain the members ¥ their responsibilities toward the nation the future. He hoped, bowever, that the result of the proceed- ings e present Riksdag would record desires of Sweden. NORWAY’S REPLY TO KING OSCAR. Stortbing’s Address Is Conclliatory, but Determined. | CHRISTIANIA, Norway, June 20.— b »ss to King OScar and the >pted by the Stor- ply to the long King sent on June the Stortaing, is acter. At the e unalterable orthing to ad- n dissolving text is as orthing respect- Majesty, and, n's Riksdag and with the eful carry- the union and and accord sh declared You r course was closed, all your Majesty's Swedish Gov- on April 25, already explicitly er into mew negotiations with | of the union as an ealternative, | the dissolution in the event that it was found impossible to arrive at sn sgreement in regard to a new | do mot feel any bitterness against your Majesty or the le. The statements to the con- | 1 were uttered on occa- | ¥ and solely been grounded fon at Norway's position in the at source of bitterness and ant- mosity would disappear with the dissolution ©of the union its effects also would vanish. Ninety years of co-operation in material and intellectual labors have awakened in the Nor- wegian people feelings of sincere friendship for the Swedish people. These | with Norway no longer occupy- ition offensive to her national inde- nce more grow apace and insure | mee of a mutual understanding be- tween the peoples. In the belief that the Swedish people share these views, the Storthing suggests to Swe- den’s - constitutional authority that they enter upon the negotiations requisite for & final eet- tiement on the dissolution of the union, with | recognition of Norw: new status and rights as & sovereign s The Storthing red to meet every fair and rea- animosity 's independence and integ- | ally the two peoples will be separate, but at the same time rthing is fully convinced that this will the development of & good and trustful Jead to relationship for the defense of their mutual in- terests Ir the further settlement can be attained without bitterness and prejudice, the Storthing js convinced that what has happened will prove for the lasting welfare of the northern peoples. For the sake of the north the | Storthing addresses this appeal to the people, h, by its magnanimity and chivalry, has 4 for itself such an eminent place mong nations and with which the Norwesian e desire most sincerely to maintain good { | NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 20.—Simon Ford, a negro, who assaulted a white | woman near Riverside, was taken from | jaft at Hopenwall, Temn. by a mob of ffty men and shot to death. | | CEREAL. | POSTUM TEN DAYS ; change from coffee to | POSTUM has done much for MANY. it may do much for YOU. “There’s a reason.” Cupid Rides on the Trolley Line Which Runs Out to the University of Denver P HE UNITES TWO HEARTS Danghter of Judge Phelps Leaves Mansion to Live in Cottage With Hushand Special Dispatch to The Call. DENVER, June Two years ago Miss Enid Phelps, a daughter of Judge A. C. Phelps, was a _-ident in Denver University and Willlam . Seip was a tramway conductor. running on the uni- versity line. Fate seemecd to will' that most of her journeys to and from the university should be made on his car and so they became acquainted. Last night she became his bride, leaving her father's mansion to live in the humble cottage provided by her husband The Phelps family are members of Denver's most exclusive society and Miss Phelps was a When it became known that she her heart into the keeping of a car conductor her parents and plored her to recall he love was steadfast. F waited for her lover to prove was worthy, and by so doing was able to marry with her pare realized that she could not be di Selp engaged bus:ness small grocery has provided a home whick soclal queen had given street in clares s good enough. John H Houghton, rector of the fashionable St. Mark's church, proncunced the couple husband and wife. Miss Phelps, who renounced soclety to wed the man she loved, is a talented mu- siclan. Her father is wealthy and a prominent attorney. DISORDERS ATTEND BURIAL OF GOMEZ Great Crowd at Funeral of the General Gives Trouble. HAVANA, June 20.—The body of Gen- eral Maximo Gomez was Interred this evening after a funeral service so re- plete with demonstrations in honor of the dead general as to lead in several instances to scenes of isorder. The most serfous trouble oect great procession was ssing Central Park, when some reckless young Cubans toward the field gun calsson the general's remains were bor ing permission to carry the body. They were thrust back and then a bigger crowd rushed forward and swayed back and forth across the broad street tem- porarily disorganizing the procession. The arrival of big forces of rural guards soon resulted in the restoration of order and > burial of the remains of General Go- Z was accomplished just before sunset in the presence of a great but qulet and reverent multitude. The procession was the the establishment of the Republic. In it were included the entire legislative, executive and judiclal departments of the Government, the foreign ministers and The legation ard consular staffs, the Governor of every Province, Provinclal and city officials of Havana, the military, firemen, local and visiting societies and a thousand per- =sonal friends and followers, including President Palma, all walking with bared heads. BUCKLEY PAYS CALL AT TAMMANY HALL Californian Has a Chat With Leader Murphy in New York. Special Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, June 20,—Christopher A. Buckley of California called at Tam- many Hall to-day and asked for Mr. Murphy. Buckley explained that he is a native of this city, having been born in Avenue A, and called on Murphy for the purpose of remewing old friend- ships. Murphy's personal organ de- clares that the chat between Leader red while the P largest as already stated, and the | Murphy and Buckley was a long and | pleasant one. Buckley, after the interview with Murphy, said that the Tammany leader had invited him to call upon Mayor McClellan. “I am a great admirer of Mayor Mc- Clellan,” sald Buckley. ——— NEW EVIDENCE INTRODUCED IN THE HOYT WILL CASE Woman Sald to Have Admitted That Her Will Power Was Passing Away. TIFFIN, Ohlo., June 20.—In the Hoyt will case to-day the deposition of Dr. Willlam Polk of New York City was read, saying that Mrs. Hoyt was em- bittered at being childless. The depo- sition says that she admitted to him that her will power was passing away and that she had resorted to the use of drugs to produce sleep. Miss Callie Mosier testified that she visited Mrs. Hoyt in New York and that the dog, Bobble, was given a place at the table and furnished with a white napkin and compelled to eat food distasteful to him, because. as Mrs. Hoyt explained, it was good for him. Mrs. Hoyt left $100,000 to Judge Bunn of Tifin and her relatives are trying to break the will. Mrs. Hoyt's husband in New York will have noth- ing to do with the case. e —e——— HENRY IRVING TO MAKE TOUR OF UNITED STATES Noted English Actor Will Not \Come as Far West as California, However. LONDON, June 20.—A contract be- tween Charles Frohman and Sir Henry Irving for a fourteen weeks' tour of the latter in the United States, begin- ning in January, was signed to-day. The tour does not include Califprnia, as previously contemplated. —— Crawford Jury Locked Up. WASHINGTON, June 20.—The jury in the case of William G. Crawford, ac- cused of congpiring with August W. Machen and George E. Lorenz to de- fraud the United States in connection with a contract for supplying the Post- office Department with letter carriers’ satchels and straps, has been locked up for the night. —_——— - LONDON, June 20.—Bessic Abbott, the American singer of the Paris Grand Opera- house, will meke a concert tour of America | during the coming season under the manage- ment of Henry Wolfsohn. since | High Austrian Officers to Visit Fallen Fortress 'RETURN ON THE DORIC | Field Marshal Count Hubner and Prince Windisch- Gractz Here From Far East There are eighty-one letters of steel en- graved script on his visiting card, but neither that master-plece in black and white nor the fact that his companion was a Prince could coax from the Japa- nese Government the permission, sought by Lieutenant Field Marshal Count Hub- er, private counselor of his Majesty the Emperor of Austria, to visit Port Arthur. Tne refusal s given most politely, but it meant * and the gallant Austrian has come away from Japan feeling as if the Mikado had slammed a door in his face. He is going back to Europe to tell his Emperor all about the brown and yel- low peril. In spite of his script-covered card and his grouch against the people of the is- land kingdom, Count Hubner is a pretty fine old soidier and won from his fellow passengers on the Doric the verlict that he was a “good fellow.” disch-Graetz, his aid de camp, is re- lated to the Emperor, is a2 mem- ber of one of Austria's noblest fami- lies, and holds in the Austrian army a L as lieutenant artillery. who has oniy twenty-three the Count's three score and more, also’‘‘made gecod” in the field of good-fellowship. Count and Prince left Austria si: months ago for a tour of the worid. The Count is an old friend, he says, of the Prince’s family. The Prince's father is dead. His mother, when she heard of the Count's prospective tour abroad, begged the old soldier to take the Prince with him. And here they are. The Prince thought of taking a run through Japan to the Russian lines and there visiting some chums among the Czar's officers. The Japanese saw him first, however, and soon showed that they did not care to have an artiilery officer, with friends in the enemy’s hosts, wan- dering too freely about Japan and would not allow the little excursion to the Rus- stan camp. Then came the Count's plan to visit Port Arthur. As a military man nothing would interest him more. He was through the Boer war in South Africa as a mili- tary observer with the British army, and he was anxious to do a little observing on the scene of the famous siege. But the Japanese, politely but firmly, told him nay. They were most pleased to meet the honorable and distinguished foreigner, and if he would accept their miserable entertainment they would be his slaves for life. As for Port Arthur, the honorable private counselor of that other Emperor might sicken and die of the hardships of the journey, and even if he survived there was nothing there worthy the attention of the great Eu- ropean military genius. There was no Port Arthur |for the Count and no vedka-fest in the Russian lines for the Prince. But they are going to see America. “We mean to see it all,” sald the Count yesterday. “We will spend a few days in your city, of which I have heard much. We will go to the Yosemite, and there hunt the big game. Then we go to Utah. The Prince wants to see that strange race, the Mormons, if there are still any left. After that we shall visit Niagara and from there to New York, | where we take ship for home.” Speaking of Japan, the Count takes the yellow peril view of the future. “Within | ten years the Japanese and Chinese will | have combined. They will have driven | every European out of Asia and closed i:«)l’ld locked every do And they will throw away the key: | ENTIRE SPANISH CABINET RESIGNS apmee e | Crisis Follows Chamber’s Re- ; jection of a Vote of | Confidence. MADRID, June 20.—The entire Cabinet | has resigned and its resignation has been | accepted by King Alfonso. The resigna- | tion followed the rejection of a vote of | confidence in the Cabinet, introduced in | the Chamber of Deputies by Deputy Llo- renz. Senor Resada, Minister of the In- | terior, in supporting the motion, said that | the Cabinet had the confidence of the | crown and was backed by public opinion, | but it remained to be seen whether it had the requisite political majority. The Minister severely attacked Senor Maura, former President of the Council, charg- ing him with clandestinely fighting the | Government. The motion was defeated | by a vote of 204 to 45. | The retiring Cabinet is composed ot: | Presigent of the Council, Senor Villa- | verde: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Senor Villa Urrutia; Minister of Justice, Senor Ugarte; Minister of Finance, Garcia Alix; | Minister of the Interior, Senor Resada; | Minister of War, General Martinegul; | Minister of Marine, Senor Cobian; Minjs- ter of Agriculture, Commerce and Pullic | Works, Marquis Vaallll; Minster of Ed- | ucation, Senor Lacierve. —_—e—e—————— | LIGHT THROWN ON ACCIDENT TO THE BRITISH SUBMARINE | Big Hole Discovered in Tank, Which Allowed Water to Pour Into the Vessel. LONDON, June 20.—Captain H. H. 8. Bacon, testifying at the inquiry into the cause of the sinking of the sub- marine boat A-8, said he found one rivet out of the foremost part of the tapk of the boat, leaving a hole suf- ficlent for a ton of water to enter in ten minutes. An explosion occurred an hour and forty minutes after the boat sank. The burns on the bodies of the crew | were ante-mortem, showing that the | victims were still living at the time of the explosion, but experiments showed that the victims must have been in- sensible for a considerable time. —————————— GALA FETE PREPARED FOR EMBASSADOR REID Poem for the Occacion by Alfred Austin to Be Read at Pil- grims’ Dinner. LONDON, June 20.—Preparations are under way to make the Pilgrims’ din- ner to Embassador Whitelaw Reid on Friday evening at Claridge’'s the most notable event in the history of that society. In honor of the occasion, Alfred Austin, the poet laureate, has written a poem which will be read at the dinner. Earl Roberts will preside. Nearly 400 guests will attend. —_——— The'quunz philosopher who adver- tised: “LOST—One rubber boot; will buy or sell,” exemplified the American spirit of bagter which finds its outlet in the “For Sale and Exchange” columns. Prince Win- | —_— I o+ \ V.2 M%fis’cfl— CRAZTZ. aa” — AUSTRIAN ARMY OFFICER OF HIGH FRANCIS JOSEPH WHO WERE REFUSED PERMISSION ARTHUR BY THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT. RANK AND A COUSIN OF EMPEROR TO VISIT PORT STRIKERS. TRE " F THE STRIFE Chicago Teamsters Attempt! to Arrange a Settlei ment With Employersk ' % EETTITY, 1 CHICAGO, June 20.—Practically no pro- gress was made to-day toward a settle- | ment of the teamsters’ strike. The com- mittee appointed last night by the team- sters’ joint council to-day divided itself | into sub-committees, all of which made calls on different employers, trying to. arrange some method of ending the dif- ficulty. Thefr work was not completed to-night and no definite agreement with the cmployers has been reached. The sub-ccmmittees will continue their mis- slonary work to-morrow, ! On many sides there are indications | that the end of the strike is at hand. The express companies, for the first time | since the strike commenced, resumed the | deliveries of products to the commission houses and the union teamsters employed | by these commission houses, who had | all along threatened to strike if such deliveries were made by the express companies with non-union drivers or ac- cepted by the commission men, offered | no cbjection to-day and continued to | work as usual, | Several business houses reported that | individual teamsters had applied to them | for their old positions and a few of them : have been reinstated. There has, how- | ever, been no official action on either | side which seems to foreshadow the call- ing off of the strike. The Grand Jury to-day summoned Ar- thur Meeker and T. J. Conners, high offi- cials of Armour & Co., and asked them questions concerning the alleged pay- ment of money to labof leaders during the stock yards strike last summer. Fifteen other prominent employes and union men were subbenaed as a result of testimony given in the forenoon by John C. Driscoll, who showed canceled checks to prove that he had disbursed large sums of money supplied by em- ployers. SR LR, INJUNCTION MADE PERMANENT. ‘Western Union Victorious Over the American Labor Union. HELENA, Mont., June 20.—Judge W. H. Hunt, in the United States Court, made ' permanent to-day the restraining order obtained by the Western Union Telegraph Company two years ago to prevent the American Labor Union from interfering with the company’s business in Butte. The messenger boys went on a strike, and, being affiliated with a labor union, enlisted the support of that organization. Rioting followed when the company tried to deliver messages, and recourse was had to the Federal Court for protection, with the result that a temporary re- straining order was fssued. e il NON-UNfON MAN TORTURED. His Fingers Broken and Nails Torn Off by Chicago Roughs. | CHICAGO, June 20.—Edward Brick- ett, a non-union teamster, employed by the National Express Company, was subjected to barbarous torture early to-day by four men, alleged to be; strike sympathizers. Brickett was at- tacked in front of the Teamsters’ Union headquarters. After being' knocked down by the men, three fingers of his ! right hand were broken and his finger nails torn off. The victim appealed to the men to have mercy, but his cries ! were in vain. When the assailants left he was unconscious in the street, where he was found later by a policeman. e DON'T MISS TAHITI CELEBRATION— The S. 8. Mariposa, sailing July 1st, | will carry a happy crowd to the Garden Isle. Every one who can spare the time should not miss this grand opportunity to see for themselves the natlvg festivi- ties, so full of wonder and interest. A few more berths available. Send for ciircnlnr. 653 Market street. San Fran- cisco, iod A AARRIMAN WILL FICHT NEW LIN Prepares to Cut Out Western Pacific by Traffic- Deals With Roads of Middle West Special Dispatch to The Call. DENVER, June 20.—E. H. Harriman's lieutenfints, who are working to prevent the building of the Western Pacific, which will give the Denver and Rlo Grande Railway an outiet to San Fran- cisco, were in the city to-day. They are A. L. Mohler, general manager; J. C. Stubbs, vice president and director of tratfic; Julius Kruttschnitt, director of maintenance; J. B. Berry of the engineer- ing department. Besides meeting A. C. Bird, the Har- riman officials also met H. E. Byram, general superintendent of the Burlington, who arrived in Denver this mornipg, and L. W. Wakeley, general passenger agent of the Burlington. The Western Pacific, like the Moffatt road, will open a new territory. Harriman has held most of the Pacific Coast business in the palm of his hand and under the direction of Stubbs, other lines have been mercilessly dealt with. It Is claimed that the visitors plan the closing of traffic deals and agreements which will shut out the Western Pacific when it is ready for business. What will come of the visit to Denver to-day is un- certain, but from Stubbs’ manner it is evident that it will result in much good to Harrlman and his lines. ———— SCHOOL TEACHERS ACCUSED OF GRAFT IN NEW YORK Said to Have Marked Pupils “Back- ward” in Order to Get Pri- vate Tutoring. NEW YORK, June 20.—Remarkable charges that several teachers in the Wadleigh, High School in West One Hundred and Fourteenth street have used their positions to increase their incomes through unnecessary private tutoring are being formulated. Parents of some of the girl students assert that several hundred dollars a week have been exacted in fees at the rate of $2 an hour, it being intimated that the students] markings were purposely tamperer with and that they were pur- posely marked “backward” when they were actually proficient. An investigation privately made by the father of one girl, whose “back: wardness” in algebra required private tutorship, indicated, he alleges, that out of 3200 pupils 10 per cent have been declared “backward” in some study and pay on an average of $175 an hour for private tutoring. The authorities in STRONG APPEAL TOUR OF WORLD T0 SAVE WONAN Brother of Admiral Clark of Oregon - Fame Intercedes for Mrs. Rogers of Vermont WIRES TO GOVERNOR Says if Murderess Is Hanged He Will Have Relative's Picture Turned to Wali ST. JOSEPH, Mich., June 20.—Captain Lloyd Clark of the United States supply station here, a brother of Admiral Clark, U. 8. N, who commanded the battleship Oregon during the battle of Santiago, and when the battleship made the fa- mous voyage from Pacific waters to join Admiral Sampson's fleet, to-day sent the following telegram to Governor Bell of Vermont, protesting against the hanging of Mrs. Mary Rogers: “Vermont is again threatened with the | horrible disgrace of - twenty-two years ago. The reputation and honor of the old | Green Mountain State are in your hands alone, and every true Vermonter belleves | in that highest justice that is the sister of mercy. Should this poor, weak woman | meet her doom on Friday in a State where my brother has been so greatly honored, please face his picture toward the wall. Every real Vermonter would hang his head in shame before the world. Have the mercy of the Master, and may that peace of the bravely merciful be always yours. “LLOYD AND ALICE CLARK.” Soon after Admiral Clark’s daring per- formance of bringing the Oregon to Cu- ban waters, the Vermont Legislature voted an appropriation to have a life- sized picture of Captain Clark placed on | the Capitol walls. It Is with his brother’s | consent that Captain Lloyd Clark makes | his request. He declared to-day that he | had made provision to see that it is car- | ried out. | ESSEX JUNCTION, Vt, June 20.—| Governor Charles Bell arrived here to-l day from Windsor, where he had been in conference with the prison officials n-l garding the arrangements for the execu- | tion of Mrs. Mary Rogers. en shown the_ dispatch telling of a telegram sent | to him by Captain Lloyd Clark, he sald: ] | Australia. WAOE IN ALTO Charles J. Glidden and Wife Reach New York by Boat and Tell of Experiences —— STIR IRE OF MONKEYS Animals in Java. Bombard { the Machine From Tops of Trees Along the Road Special Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, June 20.—Charles J. Glid- den and his wife arrived in New York to-day on the Kromprinz Wilhelm, after making an automobile trip around the world. They were entertained by the Sultan of Fiji and Java, bombarded with cocoanuts by monkeys and had other interesting and exciting experiences. The Gliddens are stopping at the Waldort. They are enthusiastic In relating the story of their trip from 3t. Louis to Van- couver, thence to Honolulu, Fijf, Java and They traveled 22,516 miles al- together, 388 of which were made In & forty-horse power Napler and 23617 by water. ““‘About the most interesting experience we had,” sald Mr. Glidden at the North German Lloyd pler this afterncon, “was the attack upon us by a score of mon- keys in Java. When the honk honk of our machine was heard along the country roads the mischievous monkeys came out of their jungies In droves and peppered ug with cocoanuts. They would climb to the topmost branches of the cocoanut trees and seemed to greatly enjoy making my automobile a target.” Next November the Gliddens will sail | for Burope, where they will be joined by Charles Thomas, their chauffeur, and will g0 on a trip through India and other countries. ——————— PRESIDENT’S POLICY FINDS FAVOR IN THE PHILIPPINES Federals Believe It Will Result Ultt- mately in Complete Self- Goverament. MANILA, June 20.—The Federal con- vention has reassembled. After a “I have not yet received such a tele- | heated discussion it was resolved to gram, but if it comes all right. I, asplace among the resolutions a section Governor, do not propose to accept advice advocating the policy of President from any ex-Vermonter who wishes to| Roosevelt to transform the government disgrace his native State in this way, and | of the islands by permitting govern- especially from one whose brother has | ment by Ffllplnog with the assistance been so highly honored by the State as|of Americans. he Federals believe Admiral Clark has been. The picture is | that if this policy be followed con- chgrge of the high school indignantly deny the charges:. —_—————— HERO OF BOXER WAR g MARRIED IN COLORADO Lieutenant Titus, Who Was First Sol- dier to Scale Peking Wall, Captured by' Cupid. \COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.,, June 20. Lieutenant Pearl Calvin Titus, U. 8. A, ! who was the first American soldier to scale the wall of the city of Peking, China, at the time of the relief of the city by the allied forces after the Boxer uprising and whose home is in this city, was married here to-day. His bride was Miss Grace Anna Robinson of this city. i Titus was appointed to West Point by President McKinley for meritorious ber of this m- MARKET: mm"fl’:tz: rontags ot 36 Teet, a ’lsn‘hn and n;:mn;nwm cantly bought by and Bea 'W. Stanford and the John Peter pany for an aggregate is subject to of R X i the property of the State of Vermont, and | stantly and progressively, it will result will not be tampered with by any out- sider. It will hang in the State House, just as it has hung. Vermont ia in the habit of standing on its own bottom, and it will do so now.” WINDSOR, Vt., June 20.—Forty-eight hours before the time set for her execu- tion, Mrs. Mary M. Rogers, under sen- tence of death in the State prison here for the murder of her husband, will be taken to the local courthouse on the writ of habeas corpus granted late last night in Brattleboro by Judge Wheeler of the United States Circuit Court. & Attorneys for the condemned woman declare that should Judge Wheeler deny any relief when the writ comes before | him on Wednesday an appeal will be taken to the United States Supreme ! Court. Such an appeal. will have to be | allowed by the Circuit Court, pending which a further delay in the execution will be necessary. DEARTH OF SERVANT GIRLS IN CHICAGO| Employment Bureaus Unable i to Supply the Demand for Domesties. CHICAGO, June 20.—The demand for | girls for general housework in Chicago | is much larger than the supply. Man- agers of a number of the large employ- ment bureaus, including the three con- ducted by the State, declare that they are recelving every week more calls for domestics than it is possible for them to fill. i The Swedish and Norwegian girl-of-all- work still holds her place in the popular ! demand. , One of the reasons advanced for the in- | ability of many of the employment agen- cles to meet the large number of calls in complete sclf-government. The definite alm desired is an ulti- mate Independent republican govern- ment, but maintaining necessary politi- cal union with the United States. The Radical wing of the party op- posed a clause in the resolutions sup- porting Secretary Ta policy. —_———— CHIEF ENGINEER WALLACE AROUSES MUCH SPECULATION Leaves Taft in Ignorance of the Reason for His Return From the Isthmus. WASHINGTON, June 20.—The War Department has no information as to the purpose of the return of Chief Engineer Wallace from the isthmus. Engineer Wallace cabled to Secretary Taft, asking for permission to come, saying that his return was of the ut- most importance and that he would ex- plain clearly when he arrived in Wash- ington. Further than this the depart- ment is not informed as to the meaning of Wallace's message, which has caused considerable speculation among the of- ficials here. —_——— ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS. WASHINGTON, June 20.—Army orders: First Lieutenant Henry S. Kiersted, as- sistant surgeon, will report on August 1 to Lieutenant Colonel George H. Tormey. deputy surgeon general, president of the examining board of the United States army at the general hospital at the Pre- sidio at San Francisco, for examination to determine his fitness for advancement to the rank of captain. Captain Willlam G. Haas will be relleved from duty in_ this city to take effect upon the expira- tion of his present leave of absence, and will proceed to San Francisco and re- port to the commanding general of the Pacific Division for duty as assistant to the chief of staff of that division. Navy orders—Paymaster W. B. Rogers for domestic help is that many of the girls are learning special lines of house- | will be detached from duty as acting general storekeeper and will continue work, such as cooking and walting. Last | quty as assistant to the general store- year the average wages for general | ygeeper of the navy yard at Mare Island. —_————————— housework were in the neighborhood of $350 and $4 a week, but this year there has been an advance in the scale to $4 and $ a week, many recelving as high as $6 and #7. By a careful canvas among the leading bureaus it has been found that only 75 and 80 per cent of the calls for girls for general housework are being filled. ——— LIBEL FOR WAGES.—Allrt Meyer filed & libel in the United States District Court day against the wages and supplies. Calitornia Postal Changes.’ WASHINGTON, June 20.—Samuel Sloan has been appointed fourth class Post- master at Sulphur Creek, Colusa County, California, vice Andrew J. Clayton. M. Byrn has been appointed carrier at Windsor, Cal; Frederick T. Pohley, substitute. RUNAWAY 18 wm—u-amfi 1ast fi q The highest type of FAMILY SEWING MA CHIN E—the embodiment of SIMPLICITY and UTILITY—the ACME of CONVENIENCE. Time Tells the Story There is a machine soon pays the difference DURING A Mht'--l:t‘-chu The cheaper of price in the :'@Mwm for repairs, to say nothing of its annoying in- SINGER SEWING-MACHINES DO GOOD WORK LIFETIME. Sewing Machines Rented or Exchanged 1580 Market St 1217 Stockton . 310 Stockton 576 Valencia