The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 2, 1905, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1905. BiL. STRIKE OF KNICHTS OF THE Kt —_——— All Telegraph Operators on the Great Northern and Northern = Pacific Rail-: roads Are Called Out, TWO THOUSAND MEN TO QUIT THE TICKERS e — — of the Companies als Offie Claim They Will Not Be Greatly Inconvenienced by the TUnion’s Aetion Aug -All f the Great Nor ered out to- Perham 1 operators will maintain the places and. that they wil thar temporary telegraphers Falls and Bre road ta-day ts em- £ vages prepare. a o been end- & sudden ger- Hory ampany’s wages it would accept it or als took pra ¥ their, em- Ps STRIKE ON THE RIO GRANDE. Malutenance of Way Employes Wil Quit Wark rhood orrow evenin; 1seq agés ¢ 0.cents a day rutes service foremen. re- se of -activity-in ey allege, bé ve- e Wt bl ROADS STRIRE AT UNION, Men Must Choose Mn’fu Their Order and the Compuny. SPOKANF 1==A, Beamer, -su- perintend the Idaho division of the Northeru Pacifie, nax Isft for. the oast h of “the ‘tel- egraphe altimatum.. of Man ger To-morrow + he will lose Mees where the mén remain with nion. - The union: 16. Strong on. thie division, and, clatmed, - a general tic-up will Fe It is - éx- pected that the Gréat Northern oficlals - e here to-marrew-gnd that by noon niost of the shen -on Hoth - roads will be out Chairman T erry of the Order. of Railway ‘ Telezraphérs will “arrive - to- night t6 direct the fight from ‘this-city. . i ¥ GIVEN WORK. NON-UNTON M Placed in Variows Offices of the North- ern Pacific Road. ! Super- hin e ¢ W TACOMA, * Aug. 1:—Djvision egainet shipments of merchandise “from | intendent Albee of the Northern -Pa- | Naw Ofieans, the State Boatd: of Health ific 1eft Tacomathis in s .grnestly deprecates: such restriction ‘as private car in “:n-: n brr of.,‘},p,.:d to merchandisé dnri express mat-" s 4 opgo oy a 1 Sxilany Superin- strictions hg imposed after -it -bgeomes | o e . £d the operatars to.|ynown that ali- fréight cars from New sigh-an tfi:":‘.‘:—hj that they would not Grivans are: hieing fumigated by the F"r:vfx':-:.:' o e “‘“":*:r’]’;”f:::"” to the | injted States Public Health and Marige It is -reported that new eperators 4 > it i wer: ;n:,fg st South Tacoma, Buconda, | 'sovitors on the -Montehl Senboal: ex- Tenino er points between Ta- oma- and: Centralia. - The operators at Lakeview refused to sign the agree- mept and the wires were cut out. Sl s i NOT A WHEEL TURNING. Wires Down. on Northern Pacific's Rocky Mountain Divistea. { MISSOULA; Mont., ' Adg. 1.—The | Rocky Mountain division of the North- | ern Pacific -is. tied up tight by the| strike. Of the entire staff all quit on | sigial sent except two. Train No. 1, due here at 1125 te-night, was brought | into the depot by handcar signals.” Not | a wheel is truning, as jt *is considered | too dangerous to travel without orders. All wires along the road are down, but | whether because .of. friterference of a terrific electrical storm: which passed | over Western Montana at 11 o'clock to- | night is not &nown 1 TP Moniana Central Men Ave Out.. | GREAT FALLS, Mopt., -Aug. 1Al !seme reguiations, which' n#ve -had-the effect of | | went cut to-night. Poiicacy . CLASH OVER (ol ol R i} n i > FORTY-TWO NEW CASES. Yellow Fever Situstion in New Orleans Shews Sizas of NEW ORLEANS, Aug fever. record up-to 6 p s Improvement. 1L=Following m.} - vellow cases, §2; total cases to “date 346. §: total deaths to date, §5. New total foci to-date; 30. . ie ‘day's record showed a continued improvement so’ far as the new Toci is rned and with ho' secondary in- from any of the ‘existing focf, the | gerteral sitvation”is regarded as hopeful. The_large fiumber. of new cages, thé Targ™ €St yef reported in a single day, shows that the tertiary infection among _the panié-stricken people in.the original‘-dis t i appearing, which wa ected. Onme of son avenue, in rhe the vietim has ret city from h ummer vacation coast e fact that to-day witnessed an in the number af ¢ unex rease ow fever was not the high temperature that has. prevailed | he two duys: There was, however, e 1 latge ‘préponderance of Ttallan 1 the list, bath ¢ w cases and has characterized the re- increased mortalify, exhibited no con n. eontending that with s of cases there must be n fatalit the average stili~ passible ob- the of le stegomyia ¢an onky f a vellow fever pa- e g she Is u to commiunicate it until ten or twelve days- thereafter. frofm - séventeen twenty ecomé evident whe= ther -6r 6 hea spread from. any of the outlyirg foci.-and-the. heglth | anthorities will.: by fhé: beginning of | waek, include i the appearance pearance of ~existing . focj there has . beerno secondary On the restilts of thes théir daily tal of . hew .faci infection. Béervatidys. they will be able ‘1o -determine - whether, ‘as they hope naw,’ théy ‘can control the dis< ease and_ ultimat it. -The wa ff’a( energy ’ir\fl light rainsiorm this afternoon-, cgused. a - ternpoyary- suspension: of the work and| wili- doubtiess reqiire the. forces: to' go the" gutter: territéry they have. coyered “fo _replace -the - :ofl washed awa®, The 'business interests | mtiyue 10 exert.pvery. effoft to secure modifications 4f ° the quarantine back over miich of. hottling up the eity ‘commercially. : Prest- [ dent Souchon' of " the: ~'State “‘Board. of Hexalth says as - to- the ‘handling “of { freight: 4 While recoghizing: the pressure under I certain Ibcalities have quarantined 5 have gone on strike, léaving their keys {at about 11 p. m. Officials drere say that passenger trains. will be rnm.cd on time. cepting - dispatchers, nambering ¥ Wl ¥ (R Relay Operators Quit Work. HELBNA, Mont., Aug. I.—Dispatches to the Independent up to 10 o'clock are: to the effect that the operators at Mis- soula and East Helena, on. the Northern | Pacific, have gone-out. In. this city, which is a relay office, sixteen operat- ors, including two wire chiefs and two ) operators in the yards, quit to-night. The operators at' Great Falls ~and Havre, on the Great Northern, also Ne trains have been due in Helena since the operators -guit. . Dispatchers Remain on Duty. SPOKANE, Aug. 1,—On the Spokans raivision of the Great Northern-and the Idaho division of the Northern Pacific all operators, except dispatchers, -are out. the first | from : which ¢ —_— | | - - - B. PERHAM OF nr At AR ELEG. A S PMm al Service before leaving thé e fapg it PASSENGERS RELEASED. No Yellow m New Orleans, X tken off ‘steamers from Sonuthern posts it the last féw days was removed to-as in ‘passengers takén :off | from New Orleans 1 to-day. T Health Office an» rounced also t men taken from the frigite steamer El ¢ Sud yesterday and seien merthers of nea’s crew who were taken ospital’ last Saturday -day AR CHICAGO AN A VICTIM. Commercial Traveler After iu New Briet Siay | Oricaus Contracts Disease. in “the mits sof this " no nor other any ced d ugit Tr hotirs.in that ci existence of the. dj f city Deea an olicial dingnosis th ranic, fon has been t Orieans, afth a few the thron almast leaving on autioing trains. ! — Militia Called Out. 3 ROCK, Ark., Aug. 1.—Gov- issued an orderdirect- . commander of tha 1 as Many men ‘as ceseary to establish a striet : tine against Al points where er may exist —_— | MEMBERS 01" THE BUTCHERS’ UNION ELECT OFFICERS — 2 | Provision ‘Trades Council Also Makes | Selection of €andidates for Ensumg Term of Six Months. Officers were ‘elected for the ensuing |term: a1t the weckiy meeting- of the-:| Biitchers’ Union, last. night. The- fol- | | lawing were chose President, A..F. | Breslinvice president, Charles Wenk.: secretary’ and -business agent, Herman Haw treasurer. . Emil . Bihn; guide, |'Charles’ Wagner; guardian, Edward I Brennan; sergeant-at-arms, Loiils ATm- [ knecht: “trustees, Al Friedman, Chris | Hill ‘and X. F.. Hooper. The bufiness agent -reported -that -1 John G. Eppler, who contucts a shop | *lat 1553 Mission street, keeps opeén at | Inight - and on Qundays He will | waited ipon by 4 committee ard an at- (tempt will be made to convince: hlm ot {ithe wrong to the unions. - Day & Clinton, printers, I.sbgn’ the eight-hour day schedule with | {their omployes. This last concession Leaves but ‘two firms holding’ out for | | nine hours as a working day." - Some Schmitz sytupathizers attempted to. inject politics ‘Into a' meeting re- cently of the Steam Engineers’ Union, but the members frustrated the work. The following dfficers. were elected \b\' the Allied Provision' Trades Coun- cils | president, H. Vollmer; secretary-treas: {urer; Herman May: sergeant-at-arm ,Andre“ Moorg; trustees,- C. Goerz, .J. Guinee and John Bush. i BocehO AR DISBAND. OLD ASSOCIATIO | Master Butchers of- America ‘and’ Na- tionsl Meat Dealers to Reorganize. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Aug. he Master Butchers of America and the Nationul .Meat Dealers’ Adsoelation in Lermvention. here- to-day formally dis- lba aded thelr - organization and too! | steps to form a new organization, em- ! bracing the memberghips, of both of those disbapded. At a joint meeting a _commiiteg on unification to-day.. re- ported in favor df making the basis of represenmtlon _of-the natignal body one’ delegate for every, 100 members or fraction thereof. This was acvepted. The electfon of officers will u,ka plu:e to-morrow. { /| ferences of ovinion. Feyer Is Found ‘on Steamer | L—Practizally -all.| that féver. exists sens unger:, detention who several hundred peopin | be's were an-" nounced yesterday as being.the last to| President, Patrick: J. O'Brien; vice | CZAR TO CRANT NORE LIBERTY [ Bouligan's Plan for the Con- | vocation of a National As- sembly Will Be Ignoredv INEW DRAFT TO BE MADE Nicholas Presides at Coun- cil of Ministers Called to Take Up the Task ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 1.—Thé | Council of Ministers assemibled at, Peterhof this afternoon under the pres-| ideney of the Emperor to esamine the project for a national assemhly. The meeting preceded by a te deum. The Ministers will reside at Peterhof during the discussion, which is expect- ed (0 occupy several sessions. Those present numbered forty-four, linclvding Grand Dukes Alexis, Vlad: Alexander Michaelovitch and Nich cholaievitch, all of yhe Minister ors Boririnsky. Shirniski and Naryshicin and Profesfors Kljutshew= ski and Favloff of Moscow, nearly . all of whem are members ot the Council of the Kmpire. A bureau of the counctl, composed af ofticials of _the Imperial -Chancellery, has taken over from the committee of Ministers the work of clatorating a proiect for the convocation of the Na- tional Assembly. The project is to be thoroughly recast in a more liberal foria. When cemplete it will have lit- tle in ¢ommon with the scheme pre- Sented by Minister of the Interior Bou- ligan. ~ Phe ‘council will not touch upon the question of principle, confining self. to detafls on which there are dif- | “After five hours' discussicn over the | | details of the project an adjournment was taken, the members of the council | returning t6 St. Petersburg. | CHEERING - MESORGE Continued From Page 1, Column 6, fiial and popylas wills are in'acoved. During | our vigit to Toklo grand enteriainments were | §iven in our honor @nd for our e ent, “and | to -these our interesting ioto, the | ancient capital, where we saw evidences of the wonderful ‘genius.’ and .skill “of Japanese artiste gnd artisans, -wvas a fitting climax During our. stay we ~were accompanied - by M. Nagasaki and his estimable wife, and -aisc | the Count and Countess Terashima. from To- | kio, who looked after the interests of entire party of elghty-three with a degree.qr foresight, - cafe and. kindiy patience ‘that- en~ | abled " them to carry' through the l6ng pro- | sramme - of . functions during :the -trip of 300 | miles from Tokio to Kobe without a kitch at any juncture. The party had a fine trip through the inland-sea, and there was a_demonstra- | -tion ‘of fireworks from launches and sampans when they reached the straits | of Shinionoseki. { TSR KAISER SURPRISES GUESTS. " | Does Not Revent at Destination When | rting to Meet the Czar. 4 | ST. PETERSBURG| Aug. . i—From a member of the fmperial entourage an is learned, showing interesting fact how. quietly for “the .meeting between. Emperor | Nicholas-and Emperor Willtam. Though | the - German Emperor: had- been changing telegrams with- Emperor w\'ighr\]‘ls for three days. ‘béfore the | meeting, thé party on 'the imperial | vacht” Hohenzollern were: unenlight- ‘ ed as to their pature and- retired on | Saturday evening.-in' ignorance of the forthcoming event. =During the night Smperor Williaih personally ordered the course of the yacht to be changed thie eastward. When the surprised noted the new direction of the to gu Hohenzollern William jov broke the news that he .would di with .the Russian Em- peror that evening: 1y Dinner was. grepared .on the Polar |y | Star, “the Ru imperial yacht, but'| | the f arrive in | time, and finally Emperor Nicholas #nd his party dined without the expected guests. When the Hohenzollern did ar- rive-and the C an Emperor and his | suite hud b | peror Nicholas. greeted him, saying: “Thou’ art too late. ready dined,” using the familiar Ger- man “thou. suites throughout. BT s CIMPERIAL Fl,"\'DS STOLE; Czar Robbed of m-uy Invested in Yalu Timber Enterprise. LONDON, Aug. -.—The St. Patarsburg correspondent of -the Daily. Telegraph states that the.Emperor. the Empress | and the Dowager- Empress each inyest- | wiiale of this -money \ missing. Arrangements - were' then made to reimburse them from.the war fund, but. whign thils proposa} was sub- | mitted-to the Emperor. he struck out his own name, leaving only the nlme.s | of the two Empresses. s 00 ‘STRIKE SITUATION s#.pxoi*sl' | Workingmen Demand the Release of " Prisorers at Reval. - | REVAL, Russia, Aug. 1.—The_strike | gituation has assumed a serfous aspect. | A strike was begun to-day at the Dvi- gatel works, fered up prayers before marching on and demanded a’ cessation of work. The Governor has posted a notice -warning the people that arms will- be used flsflln!( crowds retultng to adis- perse: ‘Mjfior_ disorders- have already og- curred. The sfrikers proceeded to the prisori to ‘demand the release of six | workérs recently - arrested, but the | crowds that gathered around the prison.| and in the streets were disperged. -The’ i lold|e’ry ig now: patrolling the alreetm —_———————— LODGE PLANS OUTDOOR rns’rwu.. NOVATO, Aug. .l.—The members of Marin Circle No. 40, Untted Anciént Of- der “of Druids, are “arranging for . grand outdoor.festtval and barhécue on -|the Valencig rantlh, near Ignaclo, for Sunday, Augu!fi 27. One of the great- est features will be the barbecue, which will Be prepared by an experiénced.chef in that line. The committeée in’ charge consists of Mrs. C. C. Valencia,. Mrs, C. Hartz and Mrs. J. P. Loustanau. ST. JOE, Mich., Aug. 1.—~Mrs: Ered Schnei- d!r‘ the I8-year-old wite of a. ‘hant. here, itted sbicide last night by jumping into me epk River before the eves of saveral “hu becple. “She gank before assistance could reach fer. The s BUFFALO, N. V. Aug. 1—The Pittsbure’ ‘Shawntut and - Northern Rallroad - Compan | went into the hantls of r. S. Smith as celver® to-day. -The company the .payment of interest on outstafi «aid.to amount to $15,000, SENT BY LINEVITCH! preparationts were ‘ made | ex- | in_the morning Emperor | Emperor William replied, laughingly, | |and the incident gave the-keynote to | the’ informality .’ which .marked - the | |'meeting of the sovereigns .and. their | ed $750,000 in Yalu timber .enterprise..| When the accounts. were mmde up !he\ was¢ found “to be | where the Workmen of- | the streets. They visited other factorfes | al LEONARD WOOD'S MAY STAY IN ~Special Dispatch to. The Call. CALL - BUREAU, POST BUILDING, ‘WASHINGTON, Aug. 1—Brestdent Roose- velt has held ‘up indefinitely the assign- ment of certain general officers to di- visions until the operation on General | ‘Wood is ‘complete and his recovery. as- the Lakes, an assignment which was greatly to the liking of General Chaffee, chief -0f the géneral staff. to be made official- when an order came ' trom Oyster Bay which held up-the en- | tire programme. At the War- Department the .official statement. is to ‘the effect that the only the elapse of two months or more. He has planned to return in August, but his recovery from.a recent operation in Bos- has been a faction in the War Depart- ment ‘which has shown eonsidérable op- position to General Carter. It is made up | largely of line officers and it has always claimed that he has in the past decade received rapid- promotion without -a cor- | responding amount. of hard work in the field, that Ssuch promotion has in fact been due to his acting as a sort of press agent for those.in_the ascendancy. This faction “hailed- with joy his- assignment to duty in the Philippines, but was dis- concerted ‘at his- probable return: after only a little more.than a year's absence. WEAK METAL IN BOILER Continued me Page 1, Column 3. report will deal with ‘the. alleged. short- | age -of officers on ‘the Beénnington," to ‘Which' réference: was made by Command- er Young in-a letter to Admiral &ood- rich ‘three days ‘before the’ explosion which. he' said ‘he had "en. the gunboat | “only four duty officers,.young and inex- -perienced, which_ is'.likely. to destroy the | fine record we have made for. this. ves- and to keep up the standard I must | t sel | hav vo moré experiended officers.” ‘En- sign’ Charles T. Wade, chief engirieer of the Bennington, had not even a-warrant officer, it is understood, the.discharge:of his duties. The Bennington -is again .at anchor in the stréam, and most of her mén who are fit for duty have been transferred .to the Chicago, frem which, after the. réturnm to | San_Francisco, | otheér vessels in° th& Pacific squadron. Men “from ‘the Chicago -will be- put. to. work cleaning up-the gunboat and Temov: 4ng—damaged. steres. The. Bennington probably will remsin_ here. until the court of inquiry completes its work and then will_be towed north by the.flagship. All of. the-injured sailors . remaining yesterday at .Agnew Sanitarium have been removed to-the barracks hospjtal, ; where, thera are now fifty-three .of ‘the Bennipgton's mien. tlon #s still serious -are Ssamen Muhler tdand Sullivan. Dr. Brown, surgeon of ‘the | Chicago, has beén-assignéd to the bar- racks hospital, and Dr. W. S. ‘Horn af the cruiser Marblehead- has reported for duty cn. the -flagship. Captain -Drake ha feceived orders to morrow morning, by ‘train.. He said this afterngon that ‘he -had 'no - doubt that the Governmment would see that a suitable monument is erectéd to the mem- ary of the dead sailors and that it would be erectéd at the place of burial: The-board of control of. the -Benpington | memorial fund organized to-day by the | election of Colonel’ R. V.. Dodge a$ pres dent,. Roscoe’ Howard as vice president, @as treasurer. Subscriptions. are | | made ‘throughout the- city-and county. SESLE T A |, Admiral Goodrich has issued um order | Perry .to Be Burfed Friday. | directing. Chaplain - ArtRur: V. Sténe of| PITTSFIELD, Mass. Aug. 1.—The the Chicago to make diligent Inquiry | funeral .of Ensfgn Newman K. Perry. among the officers ‘and crew to ascertain rdeg the Polar Star Em-'| ;n9 secure a record of. the many heroic | nington at San Diego, Cal;, will be held acts ‘of the men of :the Bennlugton on the | RECOVERY SLOW Pending His Restoration to. Health President = Holds Up Propoved Asmgmnents ORIENT Mr. Roosevelt's Action May Mean - New Programme for General W. H. Carter sured. ¥t had been planned to asgign Gen- | eral W. H. Carter to the Department of | It was about | news received concerning General Wood's | condition fs that it may be impossible for | him -t6. return- to the Phflippines. before | ton was not as rapid as hoped for: There , in | to assist -hint" in | they . will be ‘assjgned fo. Those whose "condi-| return to Mare Island and will leave. to- | J. C. Hizar a§ secretary and L. J. \Vflde\ being TEVS BUYS FLOOD HONE Secures Beautiful Residence and -the Broad Acres in the Santa Cruz Mountains { HE PAYS A" LARGE smfi Purchase Price Said to Be Between Hundred and Two Hundred Thousand Dollars | kel f Speclal Dllp.lch_t\? The Call. SAN JOSE, Aug: 1.—The .oeautiful sum- mer home of James J. Flood in the Santa Cruz Mountains has been sold to | | Harry L. Tevis of San Francisco. The | | transfer was placed on ricord this af: ternoan. The Flood place is about five miles above Los Gatos and is the finest | home 1n- the Sénta Cruz Mountains. | There are 408 acres of land in the place. It eonsists of a ‘large modern house, sur- rounded by gardens and lawn with a lake. | A fine' electrical plant lights the place. | Besides there is a large orchard. There ' | are large stables and kennels and every- | thing .that goes to make a fine country | home: It-is said that.Flood has spent nearly | $100,000° in .improving the place. Flood | has spent little time at the home in the | last. few years, although it has been kept { up- ‘No“price 18 meptioned in the trans- fer. but it is safd the price paid is be- tween’ $100,000 and $200,000. - It is an- nounded that Tevis will occupy the place and further improve it. [WHITTLESEY IS CAVALIER AS KING CHARLES One wonders what the Yiddishers would do to ‘“‘The Fortuses of the King." White ‘Whittlesey offers the play at the Alcazar this week as his first adventure of .the | season. . The ‘modern. Yiddisher declines a 'dnamauc acquaintance with kings as he | does" -with -ghosts; both’ being to him | equally mythical: Still, the Charles Stu- yart of this play is a nice, inoffensive lit- tle king ‘that need.not worry any one. | He is a nice “little king set in a nice Httle play, romantic as ever was. '‘He | fives. and loveés in disguise, -tumbles gal- | lantly ° into danger' and gallantly out | | again; is' ever .at the service of beality | | in distréss, and a wonder at escapes. In| ‘r.'. he is “‘a marwvel” at it,-as Captain | Pevereauy- tells. him. Thé play is.set in the times round about 1651~ the programme informs one;. after | | the battle of Worcester.- I.-takes in- the | | intervening period between. that and. tire | | king's ‘escape to France. Not that there (1s.amy ‘painful- historical accuracy about the play, -ror anything’.to worry thinking aboyt.. It is just a.sugar and spice ro- manée, all <curled cavaliers, gay - duel pretty. loves, the rest—and dra!]‘ ychology, apyway?! 1 But as a.“medium,” | | 4 | | | i 1 1 | 1 { | a “medium,” look —£1 + : up -his-werk at once and. report - from timg. to time to the admiral himself. 1 "I'G HAVE MILITARY FUNERAE. Harry Hallett Will Be Buried in Bakersfleld To-Day. BAKERSFIELD, Aug. 1.—The body of . Hariy “Hallett, .the young marine +who- died in San Diego’ yesterday from the ‘effects of injuries received in- .the.f Benijigton disaster, will arrive hers | to-morrow moraing, . and the funeral | will ‘be held to-morrow . afternoon: at the home "of his ‘sister, Mrs. R. A. Ed- nionds, -wifé of Postmaster Edmonds. The bady will' be buried with military | honors, Company G of the National Guird havmg ciarge of the serviees. The.funeral will Be conducted by tke Rev. Mr. Morgan of St. Paul's Epis- copal. Church of this.city. Mr8. H. Hallett, mothér of the de- ;ceased ind ‘A. E. “Waterman, his brother-in-law, ° will aecompany’ the 'body from San Diego to Bakersfield. i | | | i | | who was killed on the gunboat Ben- from. the Episcopal church in Stock- We have.al- | gav of the great troubte. S(one will taka‘ brlége on Friday afternoon. | Huntington, { you, for White Whittlesey, |ola, but that is surely over'young: HUNTINGTON MAY GET CATALINA One Report Has It That He Has Already Secured the Famous Southern Island NEGOTIATIO.\'S PEXNDING Capitalist, Howe‘er. Has Not Yet Met the Figures for Which Bannings Hold Out Special Dispatch. to The Cail LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1—In spite of official denial, It is insisted that Catalina Island has been sold by the Banning the purchaseér. being Henry E Ddn Jerue, who owns large interests at Avelon, says he is convinced that the resort has been sold. and the formal tranafer will be completed by No- vember 1. An option is said to have been taken on the property nearly x year age. It is stated that the new owner has nhot acquired the holdings of the Wilmington Transportation Company, which controls the freight gnd passenger traffic with the island. Ever sin¢e- Huntington came to - Los Angeles and began investing his millions in’ electric light and othér property, the report about his having purchased Cata- lina Island has been circulated from time to time and heretofore it has always been promptly denied, but no denlal' has come from him on this occasion. A From the ather side, the Banning Company. ' the statement is made that there ls nothing in the report &s yet. There is no denial that negotiations have been made at times, but they assert that the deal has not been consummated and no price fixed. It is also admitfed that ° before another summer season, Huntington may have acquired. the island, but up to the present time he has riot met the Banning company’s figures. SAN PEDRO, Aug. l1L—Application was made to the City Council to-night by Henry E. Huntington, as trustee fer the San Pedro Railway Terminal and- Whar! Company, for a fity-year leage of & pot- tlon of -the outer harbar having an area of eighteen acres, which it is proposed 1o fill in gnd build thereon warehouses and depots_at- a cost of §1,500,000 within® tha next five. years. -The council iaid ‘the ap- plication over for a week, Company, — 3 ““Thé .For- tunes of a King” is indubitably “‘there: There isn’'t:a man in America that could ‘wear -those white boots in- the first act as Mr. Whittlesey wears them.. It takes, t0o,"a Whittlesey. to carry oft the red.vel- vet cloak of the same act: Is-it though— am I far, far from the matinee giri?— | is it though that Mr. Wimttlesey is get- ting- just -a liftle, a thought. you know. er—plump? . but perish the.thought! - Av any rate, he is a gay and gallant cavalier as King Charles. There was not. 'a-girl present last night that:did not. envy Miss Lawton, she is' the Jane Lane of. the cast. For Mr. Whittlesey's love-making is as sweet, as sooweetly sooweet as aver How dur hearts fluttered, too, as alone, unassisted,. he cut his way through a | very bad portrait- of himself, through a ‘hidden pamel, to fr-reedom! It fs trily |-exciting. Eugenie Thais Lawton returns to make a very: pleasant impression as Jana Lane. To Miss Lawton's old time . sincerity and ‘naturalness, much. of Hghtness . ‘of touch has been added, with very pleasing result. Thefe is a new ingenue at the Aleazar in Miss Effle “Bond. There s no mistaking Miss Bond for anytiring dut an ingeune. ' She is ingenue from top to toe amd back again. But Migs Bond is |'too. young. She may be quite five years to. | marry, as she must in the play. I should Seriously recommend Miss Bond to grow up a bit, into the very pretty and at- tractive young girl one. at first mistakes her for. New, toe, is Ernest Glendinning. who promises more tham a littls. . hopefully. ‘As . Clement Lee the new. - juventie brought a fime, virfle note Into the act- ing, and realized a picturesque and con- vincing Httle portrait. The rest flll in cleverly, and the audience ‘seemed to be very glad to be there BLANCHE PARTINGTON. ————————————— Chief Knight ¢f Pythias Dying:. . - INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. . l-—James 8. Catnahan, commander-ln-chief of the Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, is dying at his home ‘in this city. The family is being called:to. the bedside. | | 1 \ i nly - ‘areinvolved | 3&000 BEDS for. $45.00 $30.00 BEDS for. SALE ENDS AUGUST joth. August T en-Day Sale : : . OHers the most imgortant money-saving " gvent ‘evet presented in the sale of Brass and Enamel Iron Beds the finest produchcms of 1!1: wofld’s greatest brass and iron h:d makers, Adams & Westlake and Kimball & Chapelle Co., g the first tcn days of Aug\m these superior beds are offered ata Reductlon of 25% OFF OUR REG- AR PRICES 3 This sale includes every Brass and Iron Bed in our h o{ over 30(; diffefent designs and finishes. s $15000 BEDS for $112.50 in this sale. - Durin or 4 ULAR PRICES $40.00 BEDS for. 1 oq.BEDS: for.” $93.73 $30.00 BEDS for. $iga.00 BEDS for. $75.00 S$2500 BEDS for. $90.00 BEDS. for. $67.50 $1500 BEDS for. $75.0: .BEDS for. $56.25.° $10.00 BEDS for. $7.56 BEDS for. $37.50° $500 BEDS for. $30.00 $22.50 BIS.T5 $1i.25 $7.50 $5.63 $3.75