The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 28, 1905, Page 3

SUIT FOLLOWS R, HAY SPENDS HE | KR CANE Trouble in Butte Over Cer- tificates Which Changed Hands in San Francisco ————— | PAYMEXNT IS REFUSED Man Who Lost Them Says He Did Not Even Stake Them Cards as Is Alleged at rtificates of de- h are alleged to uring the progress game a San Fra isco the cause of a civil action Judge McClernan’s han, 2 San Francisco ff in the case and and costs from the of this city because s failure to redeem the court tatlor, i seeks to rec State ate ng the hearing this morning attor- Yor admitted that the cer- » an affidavit as being wede acce them at the payment, where- the genuineness e certificates pur- t of Carlson. Carlson led into a room poker game was in progress by who seemed to know he did not play, but certificates were gone, and he wired the bank. ANTI-ROCKEFELLER PASTOR THREATENED porting to declares he was invel where Pressure Brought to End the Campaign Against Tainted Money. atch to The Call —Rev. Herbert S. pastor of the Saptist Church in d on his national rent, and has se- ay of signers to epting “tainted” he has been opposition ters in which signing such a out of the letter, with a Baptist is church for ng that op- OF THE PACIFIC COAST Many Patents for Various Devices Granted to Residents of the Golden State. WASHINGTON, June ~—California re issued to-day as follows: Bartlett, San Franci n M. apparatus; eo, ad- pumping Los Angeles, spring motor at- shafts; Edward cisco, door opener; van, Ban Francisco, D printing attachment for paper rolis; Christian Heil Sacramento, ve- hicle axle; H Hirsch, Santa Rosa, alerm indicator; John C. Kortick, San | Francisco, snap hook: Willlam C. Mil- ler, Vacaville, hose-coupling nut; Al- fred W. Morgan, Long Beach, automatic trolley pole; Anton Persich, Stockton, vehiele; Max L. Schlueter, Oakland, re- | volving amusement apparatus; James Scholtz, San Francisco, hose pipe coup- iing; George Spalding, San Francisco, rotary disk plow. —_——— PROMINENT SOUTHERNER LEAPS TO HIS DEATH Captain Robert Graham Jumps From Sixth Story of am Apartment House in Washington. WASHINGTON, June 27.—~Captain Robert D. Graham, a lawyer, 66 years of age, who served in the Confederate army throughout the Civil War, and a son of a former Cabinet officer, leaped from the portico of a window on the sixth floor of an apartment house to- day and was so seriously injured that he died a few minutes later. He had been il for some time. The Coroner gave a certificate of death from sui- cide. Captain Graham was a native of North Carolina and a son of Willlam A. Graham, at one time Governor of that State and Secretary of the Navy in the Cabinet of President Plerce. Graham was for three years secretary of the Civil Service Commission during" the first administration of President Cleve- land. ————— LORENZ WILL BE REMOVED TO WEST VIRGINIAN PRISON Man Who Defrauded Government om Letter-Box Fasteners to Begin Serving Sentemce. WASHINGTON, June 27.—George E. Lorenz of Toledo, Ohio, who was con- victed in the local courts here over a year ago of conspiracy to defrand the ent in connection with the etter-box fasteners, was to-day remanded to custody for removal to the State prison at Moundsville, W. Va. August W. Machen and the Groft brothers, who were convicted at the same time, began serving their sen- tences some months ago. Lorenz’ sen- tence is two years' imprisonment and a fine of $10.000. —_——— HONOLULU DEPUTY SHERIFF FREED OF BRIBERY CHARGE Charles ¥. Chillingworth, Who Served Under A. M. Brown, Exonerated in_ the Islands. FONOLULYY, Jun 27.—Charles F. Chillingworth, former Deputy Sherif under A. M. vn, has beer found nou guilty of accepting a bribe s & police officer. Chiliingworth was aceused of baving taken money from a Japanese whom he was arrcsting. The defense showed that the money had been turn- ed in ax bail. ——————————— BOSTON, June The schooner Puritan, name, yacht which defended the America’s cup once the famous sloop Of the same | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1905. A RESTFUL DAY Secretary Shows Improve- | ment and Members of His Family Exhibit No Anxiety | WORD FROM PRESIDENT | Diplomat Will Be lefinml‘ to His Bed for Some Time | as a Result of Attack NEWBURY, N. H., June dition of Secretary of State Hay continues favorable to-night after a comfortable day. Dr. Fred L. Murphy of Boston re- turned this afternoon and remained at the secrctary’s home to-night. Dr. Scuader returned to Boston to-day, but will re- | turn here to-morrow. The physicians de- cline to discuss the case, but Dr. Scudder | just before his departure said Mr. Hay | had passed a comfortable day. | The cold, wet weather has proved a | slight drawback, but notwithstanding the | dampness Mr. Hay's condition has im- | proved noticeably since Sunday night. | Mrs. Hay felt greatly encouraged to-day | and sent a telegram to Payne Whitney, | her son-in-law, advising him and Mrs. | Whitney to sail.for Europe as they in- | tended. The announcement to-day from the sum- | mer home of Secretary of State John Hay | was that the patient had passed a com- fortable night and that the morning found | him resting well, much refreshed from the | night's sieep! Although Mr. Hay's sleep was but intermittent his repose resultel e regaining of considerable strength. It was not believed, however, that the | Secretary would be about as soon as had been anticipated. The arrival of a nurse and Dr. Jackson | from Boston during the night gave rise to the bellef that the secretary would | need the most careful nursing and medi- cal attention during the coming days. | The family, however, does not apprehend | any danger whatever from Mr. Hay's ill- ness, but they realize that the attack of uraemia of Thursdey, following as it did | a period of illness for which Mr. Hay | went abroad for treatment, weakened the | Secretary’s physical power and necessi- tated that he remain quietly in bed for several days. | During the night and morning a num- | ber of telegraphic messages arrived from | | friends inquiring as to the condition of | the patient and expressing the hope of | his immediate return to health. Among the telegrams received was the | following from President Roosevelt: “White House, Washington, to Mrs. John Hay: I cannot but be concerned about your telegram, but am entirely con- fident that the trouble is but evanescent. “THEODORE ROOSEVELT. RANK GIVES FORGED NOTES AS SECURITY Missouri Failure Uncovers Peculiar Financial ‘ Methods. } —It is report- y, but not corfirmed, that al- | leged forgeries of notes used by the closed bani of Salmon & Salmon as se- | curities amounteG to nearly $102,000. State Bank Examiner Cook declined to- day to indicate the amount of the forged notes. ‘I ecannct give the amount,” said Cook. “The Kansas City State Bank, which lent $150,000 to the Salmon & saimon Bank, holds $307,000 worth of securities of the Salmon Bank—more than sufficient to cover the loans, even after the straw notes have been de- ducted from that amouant.” TERRE HAUTE, Ind, June 27.— When the doors of the Vigo County Bank opcned this morning a number of depositors were in line to withdraw their money. The withdrawals con- tinued steady, though in an orderly marner. DUNKIRK, N. Y., June 27.—The run started yesterday on the Lake Shore National Bank of Dunkirk has subsid- ed. Less than a dozen persons were in line at the paying teller's window when the bank cpened to-day. —_——— | WEST VIRGINIA BREWERY TAX CASES ARE SETTLED | [— More Tham Ome Million Dollars and Twelve Thousand Legal Indict- ments Are Involved. WHEELING, W. Va. June 27.—A conference between Tax Commissioner | C. W. Dillon and the big brewery in- | terests has resulted in a settlement of | the great battle in the State for the | | payment of taxes in arrears to the ex- | | tent of over $1,000,000. The compro- | mise affects the 12,000 indictments al- | ready found by providing that they | shall be submitted to the several courts without evidence, thus knocking the | prosecuting attorneys out of the $10 |fee In each indictment. The State | sought, by indicting the brewers for |every sale made without wholesafers’ licenses in the past five years, to com- pensate its treasury for the loss of license fees in that perfod. The com- promise does not affect the breweries |out of the State, who must pay a whole- | sale license. —_———— EXPIRES SUDDENLY AT A DANCE IN NEW YORK | womax Attacked by Apoplexy at a Church En- tertainment While Surrounded by Her Friends. NEW YORK, June 27.—Surrounded |by a group of friends, men and wo- | men, with the echo of dance music still | ringing in her ears, Mrs. James Kir- win suddenly expired in the ballroom |of an Ulmer Park pavilion last night. | The woman was 55 years old. She was attacked by apoplexy in the midst of a dance at an old-fashioned barbecue glven by a church soclety. A priest hastened to her side and administered the last rites of the church while the ! frightened dancers gathered about with wraps and shawls and tried to make | the dying woman's last moments com- | fortable. PANAMA CLAIMS ALL MINES DISCOVERED ON ITS SOIL Isthmian Government Wil Refuse to Kecognize Private Ownership of Itx Mineral Wealth. WASHINGTON, June 27. — Consul | General Lee at Panama has notified | the State Department that the Panama | republic holds that all mines, whether | found under the surface of private | property or not, belonged to the Gov- | ernment of the republic. Lee adds that Panama is undoubtedly very rich in mineral resources, and the number of Americans arriving there for the ex- | ploration and working of mines fs | constantly increasing. Special Rates Denver Return. | Special rates to Denver and return, good for return via Yellowstone Park and Portland, on | sale June 30 and July 1. Aek about it. T. K. azainst the Genesta in 1855, was sold at »nb- | Stateler, General Agent, N. P. Ry., 647 Market San Francisco " e guction to-day for 54025 street. IRESS OF HONOLULU BECOMES A BRIDE. MISS ALICE CAMFPBELL IS MARKIED at the Roman Catholic Cathedral. It was the largest and swellest wedding that has ever taken place in Honolulu. Miss Campbell is well known in San Francisco, where she recently visited with her mother to purchase her trous- seau. Not only is she a beautiful girl, but she is an accomplished musician and painter, and many are the good > TINLHISIAY W RO //,/, i | | | il + | Special to The Call. i HONOLULU, June 27.—Miss Alice i Campbell, the beautiful heiress of \ Honolulu, was married on the evening ! of June 21 to Walter Macfarlane | deeds, attributed to her charitable ac- tions. She is a daughter of Mrs. Sam- uel Parker, at whose residence on Emma street a reception was held after the ceremony. The bridesmaids were Miss Clara Cummings, Miss Alice Macfarlane, Miss | Ada Rhodes and Miss Irene Dickson, while Miss Muriel Campbell, the bride’s younger sister, who has just come here. for her vacation from Notre Dame Col- lege, was the mald of honor. The best man was William Dickson. William Roth, Sam Walker, Frank Armstrong and Arthur McIntosh acted as ushers. A farewell dinner was given last week to Walter Macfarlane at the Young Hotel. Those present were George Fuller, Paymaster Brown, Frank Armstrong, Prince David Kawananakoa, George Potter, Willilam Dickson, Wil- liam Roth, 8. Walker, C. A. Mackintosh, Frederick Alexander and William Walker. The bridegroom is a nephew of the late Ned Macfarlane, former pro- prietor of the San Francisco Wasp. GENERAL RECIPROCITY CONFERENCE PLANNED Efforts on Foot to Avert a Commercial War With Europe. CHICAGO, June 27.—Prominent rep- resentatives of the agricultural, com- mercial and llvestock industries throughout the country met here to- day and completed arrangements for a national reciprocity conference to be held in Chicago some time during the month of August. The conference is for the purpose of devising plans “to combat the threatened European com- mercial war, so evident in the prevail- ing and prospective discriminating taxes against the products of the Unit- ed States,” according to Alvin H. San- ders, who was named as chairman of the committee of arrangements for the coming convention. Assoclated with Sanders on the com- mittee are former United States Senator William ». Harris of Kansas and Wil- Ham E. Skinner, general manager of the International Livestock Exposition. ——————— ILLINOIS MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS WIFE Arsenic Sald to Have Been Discovered in Stomach of Spouse of ‘W. H. Dufree. ELGIN, Ill,, June 27.—Arsenic is said to have been discovered in the stomach of Mrs. W. H. Dufree, whose death here caused suspicion to rest upon her hus- band. The internal organs are under chemical and microscopical examina- tion, and a white powder, which Dufree gave his wife, is being investigated by the Elgin authorities. Meanwhile re- searches into Dufree's past are being made. Dufree has: been married sev- eral times. He was arrested this afternoon and was locked up without bail on a charge of murder. —_———— CHAUFFEUR KILLS A BOY HE WAS TRYING TO SCARE Crashes Into Hhn With His Automobile | in Philadelphia and Then Hurries Away. PHILADELPHIA, June 27.—What is said to have been a deliterate attempt of a chauffeur to scare persons on the street to-Gay resulted in the death or Eldon Garber, a five-year-old boy. Dur- ing a concert at Broad street and Sus- quebanna avenue a big automobile, driven at high speed, dashed down Broad street. As the machine approach- ed the crowd, it Is said, the driver de, liberately steered theh automobile toward the child, with the evident in- tention of scaring him. The chauffeur became confused, and the machine crashed into the boy. The chauffeur then put on all speed. Eicycle police- ‘men pursued, but werz unable to over- take the automobiie / BEAUTIFUL HEIRESS OF THE HA- WAIIAN ISLANDS, WHO WAS RECENTLY MARRIED. s R X RICHES, VANISH N SHORT TINE Special Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, June 27.—To the aston- ishment of his sister and friends, who believed him to be operating gold mines in California, Benjamin H. Huntington, formerly president of the Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn, to-day filled in the United States District Court a volun- tary petition in bankruptcy. The whereabouts of Huntington is unknown to his family here; neither is it known whether his young wife, to whom he was married in the West a few months ago, is with him. The details of how he lost his big fortune are not known to his family. Huntington was for twenty-five years closely identified with the Dime Sav- ings Bank, and was for several years its president. When a year ago he re- tired from the presidency he was re- puted to be wealthy. Soon after he an- nounced his intention of going West to prospect: for gold mines. t many months after he went West Huntington wrote to his sister that he had married a young woman and that he was happy and prosperous. He is 60 years old. A few wecks ago he again wrote to this sister, declaring his intention of return- ing to this city very soon. That was the last heard from him by any mem- ber of his family. Huntington's sister said to-day that she did not know Huntington was in this city. When told he had filed a pe- tition in bankruptcy, she exclaimed: “Ben hasn’t lost all his fortune, has he? How could he have done it?” The supposition is that Huntington lost his money in gold-mine speculation. It was learned from friends that he had gone into mining on an extensive scale. —_—— DISCHARGED SWITCHMAN KILLED BY YARDMASTER Latter Replies to Cobblestone Hurled at Him by Bullet From His Revolver. CHICAGO, June 27.—Having shot and killed Jesse Thomson, a switchman re- cently discharged from the employment of the Chicago Terminal Transfer Rail- way Company, Yardmaster James 8. ‘Walsh of the company last night tele- phoned to the police to remove the body and then gave himself up. Thomson was- discharged by Walsh for alleged neglect of duty. He had announced his intention, it is said, of killing Walsh, and loitered in the yards, repeating the threat. ‘When Walsh left the yards Thomson followed him and after taunting him, hurled a cobblestone. Walsh drew a | revolver and fired, killing his assailant. —_— e—— HONOLULU WILL WELCOME s MR. TAFT AND HIS PARTY Island Capital Prepares to Entertain I Visitors From United States { in Fitting Manner. HONOLULU, June 27.—Arrangements for the entertainment of the Taft party next month have been almost com- pleted and include an automobile ex- | cursion to the pali, a speeial railroad ! excursion to the Ewa sugar plantation, i streetcar rides, a visit to the aquar | an open-air reception, surf bathing and | canoeing. - It is planned to have a distinctive badge prepared, which will fur- nished to each member of the visiting party, and which will be honored throughout Honolulu for anything the guests may desire. Rainier Beer is good beer and it would never do to spoil good beer in the making. - This is why we immedi- ately put new men in the. places - t?&l:fi ‘:zlm ‘went out on the "Rllnl:‘r.”‘ 8 e. i CANAL WORK N ISTHMUS DELAYED Sudden Resignation of Wal- lace TUpsets Plans and Brings Crisis in Situation on the Panama Zone QUITS HIS POSITION AT A CRITICAL TIME Engineer’s Demand That He Be Made All-Powerful -Stirs the President and Secretary Taft to Anger + Special Dispatcn to The Call. CALL BUREAU, POST BUILDING, ‘WASHINGTON, June 27. — With the resignation of John F. Wallace, chief engineer of the Panama Canal Com- mission, the most critical point in the canal situation has been reached. 'Yel- low fever is raging on the isthmus and so serious is the crisis from this cause and others that President Roosevelt has called the international consulting board of engineers to meet in Wash- ington on September 1. This board wields great influence and will prac- tically determine the still open ques- tion, whether the waterway shall be a sea-level or a lock canal. Wallace's threat to resign at this vital juncture unless he were at once endowed with powers far in excess of what were con- sidered necessary was declared to be an unreasonable exaction, which neither the President nor Secretary Taft was willing to endure. In view of the alarming situation that has arisen, the suggestion is now heard on all sides that the best way out of the difficulty is to place the con- struction of the canal in charge of the Engineer Corps of the army. The ex- cellent record of this corps, which has perfected all great public works in this country, is held up as an argument of great force in iavor of this course. There is no indication, however, that such a step will be taken by the Presi- dent. Wallace's retirement ends what has been as warm a row as has occurred in governmental circles in a long time. ‘Wallace to-day telegraphed to the com- mission to forward his mail to the Panama Rallway offices in New York. One official, who is in close touch with the officers of the commission, says the entire trouble was brought about by Wallace desiring to be the “whole thing” in the work of canal construction. When Wallace and Sec- retary Taft met in New York, Wallace is understood to have requested an ex- tension of powers which would have been in reality the @stablishment of a “one-man commission,” with Wallace as the one man. With a $60,000 post awaiting his acceptance in New York, ‘Wallace is said to have felt that he was in a position to seek not only greater powers in canal work, but also more pay than the $25,000 he gets as chief engineer. It was this demand, it is here believed, which aroused Secretary Taft to anger and led him to declare he coald recelve Wallace's resignation none too quickly and that he was em- powered by the President to say so. iime i HINTS AT PANAMA SCANDAL. Wallace’s Resignation, Presented to Taft, Is Conditional. NEW YORK, June 28.—The World this morning says that a highly delicate situ- ation has arisen in the affairs of the Pa- nama Canal Commission—one which may lead to more trouble than the Roosevelt administration has yet experienced in any otker public matter. Officlals in Wash- ington are desperately endeavoring to avold a scandal which would quite put nto the shade anything of the kind heard of since American control was begun on the isthmus and might even run in close competition with some of the odorous af- fairs of the days when the French were trying to dig the canal. John T. Wallace, chief engineer of the commission, has placed only a tentative resignation in the hands of the President, according to the World. If this is ac- cepted Wallace will at once become an important factor in the street railroad situation in this city by being placed at the head of ‘the Ryan subway syndicate, the rival of the Belmont combine. How- ever, !f certain requests, almost in the nature of demands, made by the chief en- gineer upon the adiinistration are com- plied with he will remain at his post and the public will hear nothing further of impending revelations. But those in close touch with affairs in Washington are of the opinion that Wallace will be allowed to go, even at the risk of uncovering con- ditions in the canal zone which every official from the President down fis anxious to conceal. Engineer Wallace refuses to say a word about the situa.on until Washington is heard from, although to-night he ad- mitted that the “situation is so delicate that I cannot afford to be quoted in any shape or manner.” The attitude Wallace assumed and the manner in which he spoke gave the im- pression, already current among those in closa touch with affairs, that portentous events are imminent in the political world as a resuit of the chief engineer's return to this country from Panama and his recent interview in this city with Secretary Taft. The story has been told, says the World, that Wallace and Taft had a stormy interview, that the former's resignation followed and that the chief reason for his action was the tying of his hands at the canal with red tape that re.l.ched out from Washington. —————————————— CHOOSES SUICIDE AS ONLY COURSE Man Thought to Be From San Francisco Kills Him- self in Kansas City. Epecial Dispatch to The Call KANSAS CITY, June 27.—Because he was sick, discouraged and unable to obtaif work, a man, supposed to be Charles James Chandler of San Fran- cisco, killed himself by taking mor- phine this morning in a Missouri Pa- cific box car. The following note was found in the man’s pocket: Am sick, not able to work and money all gone. 1 cannot see anything else to :nhn:tlmnl.n‘to. lm-mt&fi Francisco. J. H. Neéar the body was found an appli- cation blank for work as mm on the Santa Fe Raflroad. was signed “Charles James Chandler,” and was in the same handwriting as the note signed “J. H.” i PRESIDENT WITH LOLLEGE WATE Chief Executive Meets and Mingles With Old Friends on the Harvard Campus RECEIVED AS ALUMNUS Appears at the University as a Graduate and Not in His Official Capacity CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 27.—Joining with his former college mates to-day in celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the graduation of their class from Har- vard, President Roosevelt returned to his alma mater not as the chief magistrate of the nation, but as a private citizen and a loyal Harvard alumnus. Although the ancient University of rvard would have been glad to pay him all the honor due his high office, it was the President's request that he be regarded merely as a member of the class of '80 rather than as the President of the United States. Nev- ertheless. students, alumn! and the citi- zens of Cambridge united in giving him a hearty greeting as he drove through the streets of the university city. The President's day was a busy one. Arriving at Boston early this morning, he was driven to the Cambridge residence of Right Rev. Willlam Lawrence, Epis- copal Bishop of Massachusetts, where he is being entertatned. The Bishop is presi- dent of the Harvard Alumni Association. Breakfast was served at the Bishop's home and among those present, in addi- tion to the President and Private Secre- tary Loeb, were the President’s son, Ker- mit, who came from Groton School; President Charles W. Eliot of Harvard University, Judge Francis G. Lowell, and Rev. Samuel Crothers, pastor of the First Parish (Unitarfan) Church of Cambridge. i MEETS OLD COMRADES. During the forenoon, President Roose- velt visitad the rooms of the Alpha Delta Phi Society, the Harvard Stadium and the Chestnut Hill residence of George C. Lee, father of the President's first wife. The President was then driven to the Oakley Country Club in Watertown, where the class of '$0 held an informal reunion and luncheon was served. A photograph of the class was taken, and also a photograph of the members of the class who belonged to the same student dining club as did the President. Of the 166 members of the closs of "80, 130 have registered at class headquarters, repre- senting nearly every State in the Union. Returning from the Oakley Country Club, the President was driven to the rooms of the Porcelain Club, an organ- ization of Harvard students, where he stayed about half an hour. He then re- turned to Bishop Lawrence’'s home, where he put on evening clothes and was driven to the Hotel Somerset in Boston, for the banquet of the class of '80. The President made a brief address. He ‘was greeted with a rousing class cheer as he rose to speak and his remarks were frequently applauded. At his request, no portion of his informal address was made public. During the evening Wil- liam Hooper, in behalf of the class, pre- sented a loving cup to President Roose- velt. The cup was engraved as follows: “To Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, from his classmates in Harvard College, 1880-1906." DRIVES IN THE RAIN. As on his visit' to Massachusetts last week, rain marred the President's pro- gramme. As his carriage was driven out of Bishop Lawrence's yard this forenoon on the trip to the rooms of the Alpha Delta Phi Soclety, the rain poured in tor- rents and several heavy claps of thunder were heard. The President, however, in- sisted that the hood of the carriage be lowered, In order that the people who had gathered to see him might not be disap- pointed, and though the rain fell heavily, the President rode through it apparently not in the least disconcerted. At frequent points along the streets through which the Presidential party passed during the day people gathered and cheered. For all their greetings the President had a bow and a smile. President Roosevelt was accompanied on his drive by a secret service officer and a squad of mounted policemen. Af- ter visiting the stadium, the police escort was dismissed temporarily and the Presi- dent's carriage was unattended from the stadium to Chestnut Hill and from thence to the Oakley Country Club. Presi- dent Roosevelt will Yemain here until Thursday morning. Secretary of War Taft arrived from New Haven this afternoon. He will at- tend the Harvard commencement exer- cises to-morrow, and it is understood that an. honorary degree will be conferred upon him by the university. ——— YALE WIPES OUT DEFICIT. NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 27.—Pres- ident Hadley presented his annual re- port on Yale University affairs at the general meeting of the alumni to-day. The report reviewed briefly the work of the vear and outlined certaip matters of university policy. Nearly 1000 grad- uates attended the meeting. President Hadley announced that last year's deficit of $70,000 had been wiped THE XX™ CENTURY G The highest type of WHEELER CRILLS THE 1DLE ICH ‘President of University of California Speaks to the Dartmouth College Alumni Do NATIONAL LAWS NEEDED e | Educator Favors a Federal Statute on Divorce and Control of Corporations —_— HANOVER, N. H, June 27.—To-day was given over chiefly to the alumni in the commencement proceedings at Dartmouth College. The Alumni Asso- ciation held a public meeting at which the principal address was made by President Benjamin Ide Wheeler of the University of California. “One of the saddest features of lives pursued by wealth,” President Wheeler said, “consists in their isolation from humanity. People who maintain steam yachts and dine Frenchfully at night and flit between Lenox and Newport and Palm Beach and Homburg are nat- urally and automatically driven Into the society of the like conditioned and bound there. Their sons attend the same expensive academies, their daugh- ters are polished off at the same elite schools, their sons and daughters meet together and they intermarry and in- terdivorce and the caste of the great rich emerges. Sound judgment and clear perspective in these motives and movements of human life are seldom found among the people of the caste who drag the golden ball and chain. “We need national laws for divorce, for the oversight of insurance, for the f®egulation of the traffic of the great national system of railways. We are a nation and must have national laws for national concerns. It behooves us, while holding fast to local safeguards for local interests, to court the inspire ation of the fuller, richer, national life, and be Americans.” RUNAWAY CARS CRASH INTO TRAIN ON GRADE One Man Killed and Several Injured in Aceident in Colorado. DENVER, June 27.—While climbing the steep grade to Castle Rock, Colo., to-day, a heavily laden freight train going south broke into two sections and thirty-three cars rushing down tae hill crashed into the head of a Colorado and Southern pas- senger train, demolishing the locomotive. Fireman Frank McAdams' legs were cut off and he died in an hour. Nearly all the’ coaches of the passenger train were derailed and many passengers were badly bruised, but none, it is reported, is fatally injured. Among the injured are the followin C. N. Gerstrong, Kansas City, bruised: John C. Clemens, Midland Hotel, Kansas City, head cut and bruised; Mrs. A. Mec- Bride, Colorado Springs, shoulder dislo- cated, back and head bruised; W. J. Fond, Seattle, Wash., right knee injured; M. Solomon, St. Louls, injured in chest, may be internally; H. S. Payne, Cleveland, Ohio, left ankle sprained, slightly injured; A. W. Hoffran, express messenger, left ankle badly injured; C. P. Knight, Boise City, Idaho, cut about head and arms. MINE OPERATOR HELD ON LARCENY CHARGE Henry W. Comstock Im- prisoned on Accusation of a Woman. BOSTON, June 27.—Henry W. Comstoeck, the mine operator who recently reported to the police that he had been robbed of securities valued at $120,000 from a Fall River boat, was held for the Grand Jury to-day on the charge ofA appropriating two $1000 bonds. Bail was fixed at $5000. Comstock deciared that he would make no endeavor to secure bondsmen and he was committed to jafl. Mrs. Cora Froth- ingham of Atlantic, Mass., is the com~ plainant. Mrs. Frothingham alleges that she gave Comstock two $1000 bonds of the Central Railroad on March 28 to be held as col- lateral for the purchase of 100 shares of Cheszapeake and Ohlo stock. She claims that she has not received any stock and that the bonds have not been returned. The case bears no relation to the alleged robbery of June 12. Comstock is well known in New York and Colorado. He was formerly a mining man. He is 73 years old and a crippled veteran of the Clvil War. out, and that at the end of the present fiscal year the treasurer’s report would show that the university had been self- supporting. SEWING MACHINE FAMILY SEWING MA CHINE—the embodiment of SIMPLICITY and UTILITY—the AC. ME of CONVENIENCE. Time Tells the Story ‘There is a big difference machine, em| the best and one which is the cheaper constant cost efficiency. X SINGER SEWING-MACH soon pays the difference repairs, to say nothing of its first-class and worl sewing- of Tn. price - INES DO GOOD WORK - between a of materials made in the cheapest manner. The