The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 29, 1905, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1905. ARMISTICE 15 PLANNED BY ENVOYS Will Be Arranged as Soon as the Credentials of the Delegates to Peace Confer- ence Have Been Verified JAPAN IS WILLING TO ADOPT TRUCE China’s Proposal for Indem- nity. Aceording to Sato, Refers to Russia and Not to the Mikado’s Country as e ques- ng to examine: agree to both TERMS WILL BE REASONABLE. panese Financial Azent Thinks Peace Is Near at Hand. the no q borrow fur- | er Japan would have to ¥ e be declared, M Tak n the affirmative, ge sums would be Korea and Hokkaido, - RUSSIAN PAPER SUPPRESSED. KILLING BILLS HlS SPECIALTY James Caldwell of House of | | | | \ Commons Sits Like Watch- | dog During the Session PROPOSES NO MEASURES Wields Vast Power Simply by Putting Quietus Upon Objectipnable Legislation —_—— Special Dispatch to The Calt NDON, July Though he makes e stir in the political world, James ldwell is one of the most remarkable and potent figures in the inner life of the House of Commons. He is a poor speaker and counts for little as a politician, and yet he has more influence and control of the work of the House then any other | private member. A wealthy bachelor and retired from business, the world seems to offer him but or rm of r 1 To Pariia- ment he gives his undivided time and attention. During the many years that he has held a seat there he has never that the House s been lunches there, takes his , dines there and if it afforded rooms he would certainly | sleep there. Unable to do that, he lives just as elo it as he dan. He see ink that of all the evils that afflict the world legislation is one the greatest and that it is his chief ion { mi; possible ng practice has made him an expert at this sort of game. If the members were privileged to wear scalps bills they have killed, Caldwell ave to carry a dozen belts nple Waist to support all his tro- USE OF THE MIDNIGHT RULE. with long white rubicund -face and a soft imy” Caldwell, as he is callea could play Santa Claus any make-up. And vet his » a bill inspires great ter- s supporters than that of any 1s of debate. Single handed life to stop as much of it as | | ound | | Salton Sea is again under control ac- cording to District Superintendent In- | gram of the Southern Pa who has | rived from the scene. With Epes Ran- | ent Ingram and other experts, a thorough investigation has been made of the situ- ation, a. special train having been dis- he slew the musical copy- consequence the pirates €0 completely that | biggest musical publishers in i from the rules of the House, and his thorough mastery of them, wk en- e Caldwell to exercise such great wer. Chlef among them is what is »wn as the 12 o'clock r it pro- des that no bill shall proceed after ht if any member objects. Except v days in the earlier months ot *h session nearly all the time of the House up to midnight is taken up with yment bt hour there Iy of bills most of them proposed by pri- vate members, awaiting action. The the table solemnly reads out the of of them in s as to do to kn for the time being is t and pronounce the | I objec While these curse eath, with the blandest sweetest of voices he gns them to oblivion CONSULTED BY MEMBERS. But his midnight labor represents only part efforts to egisla Ministers are always loo! 1 for chances to sneak bills when the vigilance of the member is relaxed. The half | fore the dinner hour offers the est opportunities for this sort of game. it can never be done without Cald- | well’s consent.- If th: has not been ob- tained he is sure to oppose the measure | whatever it is, and will talk against it in a fashion that leaves nobody a bit| the wiser until the dinn and the House automati r hour is reached | ily adjourrs. ach session, especially toward the when business and time grow | s. the strange spectacle may be ed of the most powerful members e Government calling this benevo- | sking Scotsman into consultation to ascertain if he will graciously permit | this or that bill to pass. Yet outside the | ise the dictator's name is hardly | He has never been known to| propose a bill him but he has killed more of them than any man living. Cos ol sy FRESH DISORDERS IN CZAR'S EMPIRE Agrarian Troubles Reported From Government of Kiefi. ODESSA," July Serious agrarian disordgrs are reported to have oc- curred near Zhorinka in the Govern- ment of Kieff. General Ignatieff, presi- | dent of the special commission for the revision of the exceptional laws for | safeguarding public order, having com- pleted his investigation of the .causes |of the Odessa riots, | Zhorinka. |1 ST. PETERSBURG, July 2.—The t. Interfor Minister | newspapers to-day annonuce the appoint- recommended that the |ment of General Durnovo, a member of pressed for good and all on | the council of the empire, as Governor s generally “pernicious and | General of Moscow in place of General as under the new |Kozloff, who is considered to have been considered to be little | o0 vacillating in his policy toward the gnore than the organ of the Jewish revo- | Zemstvo Congress. Durnovo, who is soclety. enormously wealthy, was Governor of on the of the anniver- | Mogcow in 1572 and 1578. He has long of Minister von | pyrjcipated in administrative affairs, hestva devotes an arti- | Jig son was commander of the destroyer Ban Placed on St. Petersburg Novostl for All Time. RG, July 28.—The sus- e Novosti, the leading Jew- for three months is to occasion ssina cle his in which it declares | Beqovia at the battle of the Sea of/Japan. that it is mo wonder that the land is | roaning with pain, as this year the | -+ country is witnessing the death of old | naval dispositions through the port Russia and the birth of a new Russla. ety ook commandant. The order concludes: “The commandant of the fortress shall has proceeded to | CORNERED 0O AGHALIEN. Fussians Unable to Escape and Island in Japanese Hands. entrust the naval forces with military duties, placing in their hands the main- tenance of order among the men of the navy.” — . SIBERIAN CITY BURNED. , July 28.~Luikoff, on Saghajen | to which point the Russians Ye- | ted, is some thirty miles southeast of | Alexandrovsky. bevond a range of hills | Fired by the Japanese After Guns Had sepdrating the Alexandrovsky district | Been Silenced. from the plaln. Here the Russians are | TOKIO. July 28.—Admiral Kataoya completely isolated owing to lack of |reports that the squadron sent to roads. It is impossible for them to make a long stand and it is expected that they | will soon be subdued. A victory over | them will make the Japanese virtual asters of the whole island, There is great rejoicing fn Tokio over | the success of the Sagnalien expedition | and the Janding at Krestkamp lighthouse | is regarded as the first entry of the Jap- | &nese army into Russian territory proper. IS UNDER MILITARY COMMAND. Order by Linevitch Affecting Naval De- TOKIO, July 28.—The Japanese Navy tachment at Viadivestok. Department announces the rescue of the VLADIVOSTOK, July 28.—General Line- | crew of the German steamship Cecele, viteh has issued an order dated July 2 which is aground off Cape Patience, placing ail the employes of the mvy’lslnd of Saghallen. Four Germans, two yard here, including the detachments on | British subjects, one Norweglan and 3 certain cruisers, under military command | others were saved and taken to Otaru, and ordering the port commandant to act | Japan, on July 26. The rescue was un- as second in command to the mmnry]derunn at the request of the German commandant, who will carry out all' Minister here. Kastri Bay on July 24 found the light- house at Krestakamp abandoned. The squadron proceeded to Basalt Island and observed four guns in the direc- tion of Alexandrovsky postoffice. These guns opened fire, but were immediately silenced. The city was burned and a bullding like a magazine exploded. Kastri Bay is opposite Saghalien Island, sixty miles northeast of the Saghalien town of Alexandrovsky. i Crew of German Ship Rescued. | ants: | the condition CALOWELL, s i i = 5 ofe OF BRITISH HOUSE OF S. WHO HAS REPUTA- R KILLING BILLS. o 3 FLOCD AT SALTQN NOW UNDER CONTROL Shoofly Track Around Sub- merged Rails Ts Almost Completed. LOS ANGELES, July 28.—The flood at | dolph, Engineer Rockwood. Superintend- patched for the purpose from Los Ange- les Wednesday night. Superintendent Ingram says the South- ern Pacific Company’s “shdofly” around its tracks now submerged will be com- pleted in a few days. It will be between ten and twelve miles long. There had been no damage that cannot be repaired and _Done anticipated. The Colorado River is reported falling steadily, as it has been for several weeks. ————— INSANE VEGRO BREAKS OUT GF IOSPITAL IN MARYSVILLE Colored Man Who Tried Himwelf Alive Escapes County Institution. MARYSVILLE, July 28.—An insane negro escaped from the County Hospital in this city to-day and has not been re- captured, despite the vigilance of Sheriff ss and deputies and hospital attend- The insane man while serving a term in the county jail tried to commit suicide by stuffing his clothing with nd setting it afire. He imagines food served to him is poisoned and that people are trying to kill him. He is considered dangerous. to Bura From ————— CHICO AND RED BLUFF WILL SOON BE ON ELECTRIC LIN Survey for Reoad Is Partiallx Com- pleted and Grading Has Been Commenced at Durbam. BLU July 28.—The survey electric road to be built from ) to Red Bluff was completed to- / to the east end of the Sacramento r bridge. The line runs through the Sierra Lumber Company's property and along the avenue recently built by the Los Molinas Land Company through their large colony. Grading was com- menced at Durham Thursday and work to this point will be pushed rapidly. — e RED Riv WILL STUDY THE CONDITION OF INDIANS IN CALIFORNIA Secretury of the Interior Appoints San Jose Man to Responsible Position. SAN JOSE, July 28.—C. E. Kelsey of this city has been appointed by Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock to investigate of the Indian tribes of Northern California. The appointment was recommended by Indian Commssion- | er Luepp. Kelsey s secretary of the | Northern California Indian Association. | His work will be among all Indians north | of Tehachapi with the exception of those | on the three Indian reservations in that | territory. —————— Fail to Pass the Examination. PHILADELPHIA, July 28.—George ..omas, acting chief of the Bureau of | City Property, and William Maher, act- ing chief of the Bureau of Highways, who were recently appointed, resigned their position to-day. Both were re- quired to take a civil service examina- tion, and, to the surprise of Mayor Weaver, they failed to pass. In conse- quence of this they tendered their resignations. ——— Denounces Ticket Scalping. PORTLAND, July 28.—Presiding Judge Fraser denounced the business of ticket scalping from the bench of the State Circuit Court to-day in no uncertain language. He declared that it is an occupation given to lying and deceit and to encouraging others to the commission of the same practice. PraRathe st ks Thieves Kill a Pawnbroker. DETROIT, July 28.—Joseph Myer, aged 60, a pawnbroker at 42 Monroe avenue, near police headquarters, was killed to-night by thieves, who caught him alone in his office. The thieves got away with about $600 in money and perhaps $4000 worth of diamonds. | bail, PAYS A VISIT T0 THE AILING President. Spends Several Hours Inspecting the New Hospital on Coney Island MANY CURES RECORDED Sea Air Treatment of Bone Tuberculosis Has Been Found to Be Successful OXYSTER BAY, July 28.—President Roosevelt, after spending two hours to- day in an inspection of the Sea Breeze Home, established on ConeyIsland by the New York Association for the. Im- provemient of the Poor, returned to Saga- more Hill at ¢ o'clock. To-night the President dictated a statement concerning the trip and his reasons for taking it. The statement follows: “I went down to-day to see the hospi- tal for children suffering from bone troubles, which i{s managed in conjunc- tion with the fresh air fund of the New York Assocfation for the Improvement of the Condition of the Poor. The hospital is at the Sea Breeze Home, Coney Island. About 280 children are taken cach week to the Sea Breeze under the fresh air fund and over 5000 during the season. The hospital has room for only forty-five children and there are more than 4000 cases of bone tuberculosis in each tene- ment house district of New York. Now the trustees are trying to raise a fund for a_hosnital which shall hold 400 patients The fresh air fund people are obliged to refuse admission to 2000 or more ap- plicants- annually. “The sea air treatment of bone tuber- culosis has been found to be marvelously successful. Here also it has proved so successful that at the Sea Breeze Home they have not lost a single patient. All were benefited and' most of them were cured. “I feel there can be few more bene- ficlent works than that which is being accomplished with the fresh air fund and this seaside hospital for tenement chil- dren suffering from hone tuberculosis. “‘On the way home the Sylph went up the Hudson and when we passed the bat- tleship I signaled ther but T did want to see the formidable squadron, whicha T belleve to be, collec- tively and individually, as fine a fighting fleet as the finest in the world. I was immensely pleased at the way in which Admiral Evans and the officers under him have perfornred their diverse duties in maneuvering this immense fleet, and also with the target practice and tactical efficiency shown by the fleet maneuvers. 1 feel that every American should be proud of that splendid fleet, splendidly officered and manned as it lies there in the Hudson.™ SIGNAL CORPS MAN ACCUSED OF ARSON Charge Ts Made That He At- tempted to Burn Home for Insurance. Epeciat Diepatch to The Call BOSTON, July 28—Charged with at- tempting fo burn a cottage hé“owned in West Peabody,, Captain Walter C. Stev- ens, head of the Massachusetts Signal Corps, was arrested this morning on com- plaint of District Officer Dunham of the State police. Military ecircles are sur- prised at the accusation. The house which was burned is a small wooden building and was insured for $1540 in the Royal Insurance Company of London. Captain Stevens emphatically denies the accusation and insists he knows nothing of the attempt to burn his cottage, except what was told him in the office of the State police. According to the insurance policy a man shall always sleep on the premises. Eben A. Larrabee, caretaker. so employed, is the sole accuser. Larrabee told the police that Captain Stevens was in the house on July 21. He said he left the captain alone for about an hour, while he went out to buy some sandwiches. Larrabee said he saw nothing to ex- cite his suspicions while they were eat- ing and took his lantern and walked part of the way across the field with the captain, who went across the country to catch a car. Laribee declared he found a big candle lighted and placed not to satute. | Fditor of Tow: | in the box of a furnace pipe under tns | register on a stair leading to the second floor of the house. It had burned down to within an inch of a mass of paper in which it was imbedded, and he had to take up the register box and cut away part of the floor to get it out. Of this | candle Captain Stevens insists that he knows nothing. Captain Stevens was brought to Bos- ton and then taken to Lynn to obtain a $500 bond being promptly ob- tained. NEARLY TWO THOUSAND MILES BY WIRELESS Messages Sent Great Dis- tance at Night on the Atlantic. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, July 28.—A report to Rear Admiral Manney, chief of the bureau of equipment, made by Lieutenant Kaiser, who had charge of the wireless telegraph apparatus on board the cruiser Brooklyn while that ship was bringing to this country the remains of Commo- dore John Paul Jones, says that mes- sages were read during the day time at a distance of 540 sea miles. At night, however, the maximum reached was 1100 miles. At the latter distance, messages came in so strongly that undoubtedly they would have been effective at a still greater distance. Wireless signals were heard and recog- —_———— Must Pay Back State’s Money. .TOPEKA, Kans., July 28.—Governor Hoch to-night announced that the Title | Guarantee and Trust Company of Scranton, Pa., would have to reim- burse the State for money lost in the First National Bank failure, : ——————— Chinese Boycott Growing Bitter. SHANGHAL July 28.—The boycott is continued with a bitter feeling on both sides, but the Chinese would probably welcome any reassuring indication from America, enabling them to with- draw from their position gracefully. — Embassador Reid Entertains Lodge. LONDON, July 28.—Embassador Reld and Mrs. Reid gave'a dinner to-day at Dorchester House to Senator Lodge and Mrs. Lodge and Assistant Secretary Loomis. —_—————— “Introduce Mr. Too Much to Mr. Too | Little and the pair of them will be talk- ing business in a minute.” Such intro. ductions are a part of the daily work of the want ads. 3 P B ——— Summer Colds, . Laxative Bromo Quinine, the world wide SElook Tor sigmature of nized at a distance of 170 sea miles. ————— Prices Depressed in Paris. PARIS, July 28.—Prices on the Bourse to-day were depressed owing to renewed apprehension regarding the results of the peace conference and also to the continued anxiety concern- ing the Moroccan question and the an- nouncement of the coming cruise of the British fleet: in the Baltic. Russians weht off considerably. ——————— Rosen to Go to New York. MANCHESTER, Mass., July 28.—Baron Rosen, the Russian Embassador, expects (to leave Magnolia, where his summer ‘home is situated, for' New York on Satur- day and will there awalt the arrival of the Russian mission. oo et G With a reputation for wear and fitting qual- "-W‘ llbnmlor-n’ American Smelting and Re- fining Company Buys Valu- able Property in Idaho PRICE FOUR MILLIONS Acquisition of the Morning Mine Puts Combine in a Position to Raise Prices Epecial Dispatch to The Call WALLACE, Idaho, July 28.—As the re- sult of the sale of the Morning Lead mine at Mullan near here to the Ameri- can Smelting and" Reflning Company, that combine has practically attained control of the lead output of the United States, the Coeur d’Alenes region pro- ducing approximately about four-niths of the country's supply of lead. Four million dollars was paid for the Morning property, nominal controt pass- ing to the Federal Mining Company or- Banized as a purt of the combine's plan to secure control of the Northern Idaho lead mines. The Federal company has secured control of “all the big mines of the Coeur d'Alenes now with the excep- tion of the Bunker Hill, Su..ivan and Her- cules, though ue Hercules has a working agreement with the Federal people of ten years' duration, Greenough and Larson and Missoula, Wwho were the owners of the Morning mine,-were prospectors of ordinary means | until they encountered the mammoth lead | bodies of the Morning mine. Now they | are rated as among the best known min- ing millionaires of the Northwest. The output of the property last year amount- mated there is enough ore in sight to run their milis and concentrators for the pext ten years. The mine Is operated through a tunnel two miles in length. The property was discovered in 1885. |SCANDAL BRINGS MARRIAGE TO LIGHT n Topies Wed- ded to San Francisco Woman. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, July 28.—Charles Stokes Wayne, until to-day editor of Town Tef- ics, has for eight months been the hus- band of the former Mrs. Constance Drexel Biddle, whose adventures have at 0dd times occupled considerable space in the newspapers. It was directly in the wake of Wayne's discharge by Colonel Mann, owner of Town Topies, that the belated news of Wayne's marriage to Mrs. Drexel Biddle became public. Wayne himseif practically confirmed the story of the wedding to-day. The ceremony was performed eight months ago by the Rev. Thomas Slicer. Mrs. Constance Drexel Biddle was formerly a Miss Morris of San Francisco. Her sister is the wife of Willlam Fiske Stude- baker, the wagon builder, and her broth- er is one of the solicitors for the Ameri- ca3s Smart Set, the publication which got her husband into trouble with his em- ployer. Mrs. Biddle began life as a chorus girl. She married Dr. Clement Biddle, U. 8. N., and was known as “Queen of the May. ANOTHER REVOLUTION MENACES ARGENTINA Any Outbreak by the Radicals. Epecial Dispatch to The Call BUENOS AYRES, July 28.—In view of the danger of a new revolutionary out- break the precautionary measures of the Government have been extended ‘to the navy. All vessels are moored in the roads prepared for any eventuality. Their guns have a full complement and muni- tions are on board. The redicals say the alarm is without foundation and that it is fostered by the Government in order to bring pressure upon Congress to vote against amnesty” for those in the army and in civil life who were engaged in the last revolution. PERUVIAN CONGRESS IS FORMALLY OPENED President Announces That All Disputes Are Being Settled. LIMA, Peru, July 28.—President Pardo opencd Congress to-day. In his message he said that all questions between the Government of Peru and foreign govern- ments were in course of amicable settle- ment. Peru, he added, has accepted the invitation of Chile to reopen negotiations’ on the subject of the treaty of Ancon. The President called attention to the rapid development of commerce with for- eign countries, mining and agriculture, which he sald, was in a great measure due to the large amount of American cap- ital invested in the republic which would shortly enable Peru to demonstrate to the foreign financial interests of the possi- bilities of the country. —_—— Quarrel Over Quarantine. PANAMA, July 28.—Dr. Graver, Unit- ed States Health Officer at Guayaquil, has had friction with the port author- ities there. They refuse to permit him ed to more than $1500,00 and it is esti- | avy in Readiness to Check | Insurance Company Declares That Charges Made Against It Are Entirely Unfounded :PI\‘ESE.\'TS STATEMENT Asserts That Nothing Has Been Oftered to Show That The Fayments Are Delayed NEW YORK, July 28.—The policy-hold- ers of the Mutual Reserve Life Insur- ance Company have received a statement from the board of directors of the com- pany which is apparently a public reply tothe report of the examination by the New York State Insurance Department, which was printed to-day. Chief Insur- ance Examiner Vanderpoel, in his report, charged the Mutual Reserve Company with concealthent of judgments against the company amounting to $182,767, exag- geration of its surplus by more settling claims. A statement issued by the company to- day declares that there is not a single fact to support the allegations of the Insurance Department that payments are delayed by the company and presents a table of figures to show that the gross assets exceed the gross liabilities by $74,974 more than on December .1, 1904. The report says that during 1902, 1903 and 1902 the company paid in death claims §7 84. —_———— TROUBLE OVER CUSTODY OF INSANE FILIPINO BOY Finally Placed in State Asylum in Kansas Pending Effort to In- terpret Law. TOPEKA, Kans, July 28.—Thomas Sonega, a Filipino boy, was placed In the State Asylum for the Insane to- day. He was brought to this country by Captain Bundy of the Sixth.United States Infantry and kept at Fort Leavenworth for a time. The question ized before he can be placed in an in- sane asylum in the United States? The Board of Control has clashed over the attempt to secure information, and, rather than wait longer for Federal ad- vice, committed the boy. The Kansas State law provides that no allen can gain residence until he has declared his intention to become nat- uralized. Information from the super- intendent of the Government Hospital for the Insane states that Sonega could not be received into that institution and he knew of no law for the care of such cases. ————— Things Not What They Seemed. A _young man who recently called on a bachelor mald newly established in apart- ments of the modern size didn't stay friend if his. On entering he put his raincoat on what seemed to be a table. | It wobbled, first on one side, then to the other. “Oh, graclous!" cried the girl, *don't touch that; that is my trunk cov- ered over.” Next he ventured to sit down qn an inviting flat surface cover- ed with denim near the indow. h, oh. excuse me!" cried the maiden, “but that's my shirtwaist box.” Again he ventured, this time to lean his . back against what appeared to be a comforta- ble door. ‘‘Harry, Harry!" she exclaim- ed, this time in genuine fright, “please don’t lean against that; that is my Chi- na closet.” ‘Mabel,” said Harry at last you're a nice girl. but I'll be hanged if I like calling on you now when ev erything in your room is something else, {and he left. —_———— The King's Ungloved Hand. It was noticed in Paris when King | Edward was there that he always ap- peared in public with his right hand gloved, but not his left. As it is a com- | | loose. and not the left, much specula- tion has been excited by the King's re- versal of this custom. One learned writer suggests that it is due to a sound perception of hygienic propriety. The object ¢f a glove, he says, is not to adorn, but to protect the hand. hand has the most constant employ- ment and is therefore brought into closer contact with microbes? Why, the right hand. 1t follows that in keep- ing that hand gloved the King shows [ his unfafling sense. Vive le Roi! says the London Chornicle. than | $300,000 and a fixed policy of delay in| has arisen. must a Filipino be natural- | long. though she is an old and intimate | mon practice to carry the right glove ! Which | CETS CONTROL WUTUAL RESERVE |CROP REPORTS - OF LEAD QUTPUT MAKES A DENIAL - ARE FAVORABLE Confidence in the Situation Is Reflected by Enlarged Orders for Fall Delivery IMPROVING | ! JMARKET | IS | Industrial Conditions Are in Striking * Contrast to Those Prevailing Year Ago —_— NEW YORK, July 28.—Bradstreet's to- morrow will say: Crop reports and fall trade advices are | more unanimously favorable'than at any preceding time this season. | Confidence in the crop situation is re- flected by good fall orders and a volume of wholesale and retail trade certainly in excess of a year ago and fully equal to | the average at this season. Trade in | woolen fabrics Is good. confirmation of | this being found in freer buying by manufacturers of raw material at ruling | high prices. A heavy movement of winter wheat has helped collections. Bullding is more. act- live throughout the country, confirming | the most optimistic predictions made | earlier in the season. | Wheat, including flour exports for the | week ending July 27, are %64.146 bushels against 705,329 bushels last week and 1.- 613,265 bushels this week last year. From July 1 to date the exports are 3,472,779 bushels against 5,186,174 last year. The business failures in the United States for the week ending July 27 num- ber 1% against 165 last week and 174 in the like week of 1904, In Canada failures for the week num- | ber 28 as against 22 last week and 17 In | this week a year ago. | Dun's Weekly Review of Trade will say: | Commercial tendencies are still in the | direction of improvement. Confidence ex- pands as the crops are secured, each day | putting a large quantity of grain beyond danger and making sensational rumors of | loss less effective. Weather conditions have been favorable for retail distrib tion, reduced stocks in the hands of deal ers being reflected In enlarged wholesals and jobbing demands. Evidences of faith in the future are Increasing, more dispo- sition being shown to provide for re- quircments beyond immediate consump- | tion. | The industrial situation is in striking | contrast to conditions ‘prevailing a year i ’ ago when there was much ldleness both on account of quiet trade and labor controversies. Complete returns now available for the leading departments in dicate that the first half of 15 made a better comparison with the correspond- ing six months of last year than even the | most sanguine estimates, which naturally | increase optimism regarding business ¢ |ing the second half. Foreign commerce at this port for the last week was almost identical with the results in 1901 | Traffic interests begin to feel the pressure of crops, but facilities have proved ample thus far and railway earnings in July were larger than in the same time last | year. | * Hides have advanced still further, and conservative buyers are beginning to hesi- tate before placing orders alinough the scarcity is admitted Fallures this week number 214 in the United States against 220 last year and 27 in Canada compared with 18 a year ago. ————————— WADSWORTH RECEIVES AN OFFER FROM OMAHA DR. President of Occidental College of Cali- | fornia Invited to Become Head of Bellevue. OMAHA. , July 28.—Dr. | president of Occidental Coilege in | Angeles, has been invited to accept presidency of Bellevue College, mear here, one of the largest Presbyterian schools In the West. Bellevue has been without a president since the resign tion of Dr. Lampen of Philadelphia, | who succeeded Dr. Kerr a year ago. Dr. Kerr. who has been identified with | the college for many years and had been largely instrumental in building up the .nstitution, went from here to the prest- {‘@ency of Westminster College at Fay- ette. Mo. Dr. Wadsworth preached in the First | Presbyterian Church in Omaha last ! Sunday and the call was decided upon | by the college trustees early in the Pweek. An answer is expected from Dr. Wadsworth shortly after he reaches his home. Wadsworth, L F your grocer cannot supply you with OLYMPIA BEER, phone main 146. Imme- diate attention will be given your order .. .. .. Olympia Beer Co., S. F. NONE Just as Good. “It’s the water.” to board steamers that have been quar- | antined and he in return refuses to is- sue a bill of clearance of steamers for Panama, even after they have been NOW IS YOUR CHANCE TO BRING YOUR fumigated. e MONTREAL, July 25.—The argument for a writ of habeas corpus in the Gaynor-Greene case was to-day, by mutual consent of Judg® and . postponed until September 5. The habeaus corpus application is on the ground that the magistrate bad no power to try thelr case. p —_—— A Crocodile Superstition. The superstition that deaths by croco- diles are the inevitable result immedi- ately after a curtain has been washed in the river has been constantly con- firmed. A curious note upon this super- stition appears in the monthly report of W. B. Smith, district officer at Timbang Batu, North Borneo. He says: “Two_ erocodile fatalities have been reported and there have been several narrow escapes. Toward the end of De- ‘was | cember ' the enlightened authorities at Bandau sent up an aged Chinaman to Timbang Batu under ar- rest for having washéd his mosquito ‘net in the river. A woman was taken in the same place by a crocodile 3 few | | :mnn later, Au eolnellldm;‘ ;hlch great- y enhanced his guilt, wi adding, am afraid, fresh authority to the super- stition.”—North Borneo Herald. FRIENDS OR RELATIVES FROM EUROPE! - h Rates to California From LONDON ... Proportionately low rates from all other the Old Reliable Cunard Line. est line across the Atlantic. These rates good only for limited time. Purchase tickets at once. If you can'’t call, send the money and we will furnish you with the tickets. S. F. BOOTH, T st o Gen. U.P.R.R. ; p g points by Safest and quick- 1}