The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 23, 1905, Page 2

o - THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, NOVEMEER 23, 1905. DE WITTES COVERNMERT TRIUMPHANT —_—— Zemstvo Congress to Support the Premier. —— Coutinued From Page Column 7. mer > BOON TO RUSSIAN PEASANTS. Crown Lands Soom to Pass into Posses- siom of Their Tenants. ent has petus by Hundreds of Gerard Will Govern Finiand. NDON St. Pete MORE MONEY AID At co1 OF SUF ING JEWS Third 310000 Installment Will Prob- Be Sent to Jacob Schiff Thix Week. sctions, the the - $28,- $10,000 at the end i Ilment hiff, New York, come many mpathy and nations as follows: weet, Vieal rew Rel Louy Heb: Brandlin P. C. Regl cash F. s JAPAN PROPOSES TO EXPAND NAVY Larger Ships With Heavier Armaments and Higher Speed to Be Built. C., Nov. 22.—The Jap- entered N naval expa be approved a Accord- upo: to-day, A ¥ best ' to be out of date ) h much heavier ; er speed will be Jiji Shimpo says the battlcship uture navy of Japan wili ais- tons and have an armament 2 twelve-inch guns and* a © knots, while the futire | trojsers will displace 15,000 tons and bave 2 speed of knots, but no oficial ennopngement has be made in this regard, .. The Nippon gives a list of | warshdps about 10 be ldid down in Jap- anese rards, follows® Yokosuku, battieship Satsuma, 15,000 tons; Kure, battleship Aki, 18,000 tons: ar- mored cruiser Tkoma, 14,000 tons, to be launched in December. 1905; armotred cruiser Ikubl, *14,000 tons, 10 be laid down at Yokosuku; armored crulser Kurema, The five bullt success that the squadron creased. Destroyer Asakze was launch- €d at Kobe on October and four othérs are in course of construction, sccond-class cruiser and a boat are being built at Susebo. The steamwer Shawmut of the Boston Steamship Company arrived to-day from Manfla with 'a cargo of 14, tons of b merchands 14,000 tons, to be laid down. submarines recently added, will be in- dispatch SAN FRANCIN AWARDED DAMAGES HY A FRESNO JURY Judgment Is Given Aguinst Auto Driver Who Knocked Down a Fire Patrol Lieutenant. FRESNO, Nov. 22.—A jury to-day gate $15600 damages to Frank James, a lientenant in ‘the San Francisco - fire patrol, egainst Fred Gregory for in- jurfes received by James in an auto- mobile accident. James claimed that Gregory’s automnobile hit him as he was going from a streetcar on Market street 10 the sidewalk at First strebt on May & He was thrown, and his head struck the sidewalk. Gregory at the time was employed by the Singer Sewing Ma- chine Company. ———— Americans May Visit Port Arthur. TOKIO, Nov. 22—It is authoritutive- 1y aanounced that the embargo against Americans 'who desire to visit Port Arthur to investigate the condition of their properties abandoned owing . to the war will be removed in a fgrt. =ight. . - - re- America In sections, gave such A NEAL DID NOT ATTEND FUNERAL AR e | Relatives of Mrs. Buckman [ Refuse Him Permission to | Follow Body to the Grave |SCORES HIS OPPONENTS Says They Are Fighting Him Because He Protected the Interests of the Deceased | 5 Special Dispatch to The Call RAMENTO, Noy. 22.—Stephen fY. Lelieved to be the largest benefi- iary under the will of Mrs. Ora Runyon | Buckman, was denied the privilege to at- tend her funeral this afternoon. He twice appiled to Mrs. Runyon, mother of the dead heir: be allowed to follow her daugh to the grave, but. each time Then he resorted t Superior Court fo of court commanding Mre. Run- as special administratrix of the es- to aliow him to enter the re he might for the last time 100! Buckman's face. Judge Shield without jurisdiction in the al seemed to master his grief however, to uiter a roast of on kith and kin. He prefaced y saying that unlike Mrs. SAC: N . to s body refused. was | Judge Shields of the an o yon tate, 3 until after the funeral before making a statement, and then added t are based f dissatisfied relatives and s to take 1 had foiied. Runyon made no ghter in thelr jolnt latter had re- Finally, in d upon her ‘mother their_partnership affairs, off from time to tim a partial settleme this ‘vear, after the dls- of errcrs amounting to several thousand Mrs. Buckman in the accounts y Mrs. Runy result of forced to ckman deals although dis, as Nre ttlement Mrs. Run- her daughter over became il the one after Mr an by Though I felt that peaple in the house ana I so in- Runyon, I said and day relatives Increasec twenty present the rs. ulties ceml full possession rward made 1 uggle was c ove: which sat Mrs. Rul Rippon, each urging hat ‘she had done If_the contents of the I have not tried to not attempfed to do any- before the funeral, pre- 1l Mre. Buckman is buried ng howrto ascertain any rights she SUGGESTS THAT RULERS ORGANIZE PEACE CLUB General Booth Wonld Have Kings and Presidents Recognize Broth- erhood of Man. , Nov. 22.—General Booth of :tion Army, who is traveling Germany, addressed two. big rings here to-day in the Circus tusch. He mude especial mention of the relations between Great Britain ana wany, and said that the most influ- men in Great Britain were of the opinion that the relations between Germany and Great Britain should be peaceful as they are now. “Why,” said he, “cannot we have a peace organization between the Kings. .mperors and Presidents, so that we 1l be able to leave to the coming ages an example of the real fatherhood of God and the true brotherhood of man?” —_——— ANARCHISTIC MANIFESTOS SENT 10 ITALIAN RECRUITS American Bureau Stirring U in King Vietor Emman: Discord I’s Navy. H ROME, Nov. 72.—At West Pessia, the principal station of the Italian nav. and the location of the chief naval ar senal, the police to-day discovered and confiscated hundreds of anti-Government manifestos issued by a New York group of anarchists, in which the recruits are urged to desert. It is thought similar manifestos have been sept to other parts of the country. The authorities are endeavoring to ascertain how they entered Ita —_—————— Swimming Records Broken. CHICAGO, Nov. 22—H. J. Handy of the Central Young Men’s Christian Associa- tion broke thirteen world’s and five | American recotds in the Evanston: Young Men's Christian Association, | tank last night: and incideatally de- feated William Loehde of the Chicago Athletic’ Association ‘in a special 600- vard match race. any records until the 240-yard mark was passed, but after that every record up to 600 yards was smashed, with the exception of the 300-yard mark, which he fafled fo lower by one-fifth of a sec- ond. 4 g —_——— 3 | Brugere Attends Daughter's Wedding. PARIS, Nov. 22-+The civil marriage of thg daughter of ‘General Brugere, com - of the Frepnch-army, to | Judge M@ranges took place to-day. The general was present, his arrest for fif- teen days as the resuit of making pub- | lic. @etails of a conference avith - the Minister of War having been postponed ! until after the marriage festivities. —————— POULTRY SHOW OF CLASS . . - .= WILL OPEN NEXT MONDAY | Famous Judges From the East Will Piace the Awards for the Various Breeds. | The first State pouitry ‘show ever | held in California under the combined | management of all the poultry ofgani- | zations of the State will open text | Menday and continue for.a week at the | ferry postofiice building, t of Mar- | ket street. It will be the 1ffgest exhi- bition of the kind ever held in the | West, the exhibits being -among- the best ever shown. There will be-more | than 2000 head of pouitry of various | kinds, embrading nearly every known variety, and also 1500 head. of pigeons. | Incubators *will be hatching chickens of all the phases of poultry. ralsing. - -tTth:' exhibition is directly jn 3 e "California try _Association, the advisory board being made up of representatives of all the pouitry or- ganizations of the State. The most prominent professional poultny - judges of the United States have been engaged to place the awards.. They are George D. Holden of Minneapolis; T. E. the poultry at the St. Louls Exposi- tion; George H. Burgott of Buffale, who was superintendent of the poultry de. partment of the Pan-American Exposj- tion, and'Henry Be: of San Jose. The officers of the Califorpia Poultry fawehfion are: L. N. Cobbledick, pres- dent; W. 8. Childs; vice president; J. C. Williams, secretary-treasurer; Ar- thur Bailey, g they | Handy afd not break:| every day and there will be exhibitions | of Pittsburg, Pa., who was in charge of | Alexander welcomed the _guests. OCTOCENARIAN |Henry Lichau Sr. of Santa Rosa Files a Sensational ~ Complaint Against Wife MAKES GRAVE CHARGES e Alleges That She Secured His Property by Means of False Representations SANTA ROSA, Nov. 22—Henry E. Li- chau Sr.,.nearly 8§ years of age, who marrjed Mrs. Mary E. Stackhouse July 10 last, has’filed a sensational suit for an annulment of the marriage and the setting aside of a deed to 175 acres of val- uable farm land in this county which he transferred to his wife immediately after the wedding. The complaint sefs forth that Lichau, who 1s feeble and fir poor Nealth, was ap- | proached by W. B. Stacknouse and coun- seled to marry the, wontan, who was | recommended as an honorable, virtuous person who would inake him a good | housckeeper in his old age. Immediately after the wedding, it is alleged, the woman and Stackhouse -made - Lichau believe that his children were going: 10 | kave @ guardian appointed for him and | take away his- proper; To save the | property he was induced to deed the 175 |acres to her on the promise that she | would at once file a declaration of home- stéad. She has thus far failed to file the | homestead. |+ The comnblaint . further alleges ‘that while Stackhouse had . denied that -the | woman.was anything to him or ever had been, the fact is that he was married to \her November 21, 1884, and that they lived together as husband and wife up to January, 1889, when they were di- vorced in Yolo County and that the de- cree of divorce Awarded the minof child | of the:couple to the father, as. the mother | had “been for a long tim® past an aban- | doned woman, addicted to the use of in- | toxicating drinks;" that she is-a.person of | character and . disposition, conduct &nd | temper, wholly unfit to have the care management and custody of said chiid. The plaintiff then avers on information and belief that the defendant at.the time .of her marriagé to him, and long prior thereto, was of immoral character, | and that on July 11, 1899, 'She was-arrest- |ed at Woodland for consortiug with a tramp. The complaint closes with the state- | ment that *“on no account or under no circumstances can the plaintiff permit a { | woman of such vile character to longer | bear his name,” and he prays the court | to immediately annul, vacate and set aside the bonds which unite him to her; also | that the deed to the land be vacated, set | aside, and armulled on the ground that it | was secured by conspiracy and under the | grossest misrepresentattons while he was ill and feeble and acting under fear. CREW OF STEAMER : ROCKET ARE SAFE Make Their Way Overland After Leaving Vessel Caught in Iee. Special Dispatch to The Call. VICTORIA, B. C., Nov. 22.—A special from Winnipeg says the crew of the miss- ing Government steamer Rocket have been located. A dispatch has been re- | ceived from Oakpoint stating that they | have arrived there safely after a jour- | ney of 200 miles from the mouth of the | Little Saskatchewan River, where the | steamer was caught by the early ice and | where she will have to remain till spring. The party on board the Rocket con- N tor of Fisheries, and his crew. The trip was one of constant hardship. They were caught In the ice October 22, and | after several efforts to release their boats, were forced by shortage of provisions to make the trip to civilization overland by dog train and team. The whole journey | was made through the snow. The loss to the fish industry is great. One hun- dred miilion roe and several thousand ripe fish were lost in the storm which drove the Rocket into the ice. |SATLING VESSELS { ‘ AT WIND'S MERCY | Seventeen of Them Unable to Reach Port Owing to Heavy Gales. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, Nov. 22—Between the Co- lumbia River and the Straits of “Fuca seventeen salling vessels are- trying to reach their respective ports against coh- trary winds. They were seen by' the steamer Harold Dollar, Captain Sears, which arrived this morning from San Francisco. Strong southeast and south- west gales were encountered all the way up the coast. The trip was made iIn | ninety-six hours. : Hovering off the mouth of the Colum- bia River and Grays Harbor were twelve vesselg; and on- account of the heavy: swells they were helpless. It was one of the worst trips Captain Sears ever made. No mountainous waves washed over the Harold Dollar, but the swells of the Co lumbia River rocked the vessel fearfully.' Captain Sears says the barrels of asphal- tum on the deck were thrown about like so many sticks/ When they reached port many of the barrels were upside down. PSS Res WS T Celebrate Completion of Line. SANTA ANA, Nov. ?2.—Several thou- sand visitors gathered here to-day to participate in the celebration in honor of the completion of the Paeftic Elec- tric line from Los Angeles to this city. A big street parade, with floats illus- trating Orange County products, was a feature of the procession. In the after- noon athletic events were held and in the evening a banguet was tendered /by the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce to the officials of the Pacifi¢ electric ern California. : —————— Ralsing Funds for Y. M. C. A, Bullding. SAN JOSE, Nov. 22.—One hundred d twenty-five prominent business men met at a banguet at the Hote! Vendome this evening and discussed plans for raising funds to bulld a Y. M. C. A. building in this city. = Al- ready $10,000 has been subscribed and an option secured on a lot on Third street, near Santa Clara. It is p: poset ford was toastmaster. “President W, G. ————— - HAGEN, Nov. 22—King Haakon dlpln!?:ldllc NII'IDI E fi“" WAYTS. DWORCE the marriage and declare him free from | sisted of W. 8. Young, Domtnion Inspec- | line and represc¢ntative men of South- O o 4 to raise $60,000. Joseph D. Rad- |It consists of furniture ‘| ests of his orphaned cl o CITY OFFICIALS ARE CRITICIZED . {San Jose Grand Jury Files a Caustic Report Before Being Finally Discharged {LAXITY OF THE POLICE Members of the Inquisitorial Body Find Much in Muni- cipal Affairs to Condemn Special Dispatch to The Call. which has been in session since the first { of the year, reported to Judge Welch to- | day and was discharged. The report is.a lengthy one, and points out some defects in the government of the city of San Jose. More business has been transacted by the Grand Jury that has just ended | its term than any other ever appointed. After touching on the various county in- stitutions, the report suggests that the assessments of the various corporations in the county should be raised. As an injustice to taxpayers it cites the fact that the San Jose /Railroad Company, whose polling stock and barns were re- cently burned, is only assessed for $%, although the officers of the company stat- ed their loss to be $130,000, and they car- ried $76,000 insurance. It is also stated that the -company had refused an offer of | $600,000 for the road. The report also de- clares that the San Jose and Santa Clara Electric Railway, which was recently sold for $850;000, only ‘assessed for $122,000. The Grand Jury finds that George B. | McKee, a member of the City -Council, through his firm of Georgé B. McKee & Ci had sold $473 60 worth of materials to' the city’s government, Which is indirect violation of the city charter, which pro- vides' that Councilmen cannot sell goods to the city. Criticism is also made of bills of Mad- sen & Co., for furnishing the Mayor's office and bills of J. P. Jarman for re- modeling rooms in the City Hall, as the work and furnmishings were not secured by bids, ‘which it is claimed that the city charter provides for. City "Attorney srown’s office is criti- cized, in‘that the jury does not believe | that special counsel in a number of cases should be employed, when the City At- torney is paid salary of $1500 per year and besides is allowed a stenographer at $180 per year. The bills taken exception to is one of §17% paid to J. E. Richards, an attorney of this elty, who was engaged to | prosecute the action against the bond | companies to recover on the bond-of for- mer City Treasurer McGeoghegan. The report takes up gambling in the city, and states that all overtures to im- | press the Mayor and City Council with the imperative necessity of passing ordi- nances to prohibit pool selling and lot- teries have been received with apperent | contempt and even indignantly repulsed. It states that through the laxity of the police supervision Chinese lotteries have been carried on in San Jose with little show of secrécy and apparently with lit- { tle need of it, | This report is signed by Chairman C, A. Barker and is the voice of a majority | of the Grand Jury. s ik O 88 | A minority report was''filed by J. E. | Auzerais, 3. R. Johns and J. R. Henwood. | It ‘aissents from the report that Chinese {lotteries are winked at by. the police; states that the furnishings of the City { Hall and Mayor's office without calling for bids was dorfe inadvertently and with- out willful intent, and indorses the city adminstration generally as a clean and admirable administration. | ESCAPED LUNATIC SHOOTS A SHERIFF Nevada Officer Is Seriously I Wounded During-Fight With Madman. Special Dispaten to Tha Call. RENO, Nev., Nov. 22,—John Braydner, an e ped maniac from the Nevada In- sane Asylum, who has been wandering about the State for the past six weeks, shot and seriously wounded Bheriff Al Jones of Esmeralda County. The mad- man was cornered at Hawthorne by the Sheriff and a posse of citizens and a des- perate battle ensued. The maniac was armed with a revolver and emptled its contents into theé Sheriff. One bullet took effect in the officer’s chest and an- other it his arm. Braydner then at- | tempted to make his escape by flourish- | ing his weapon at the crowd, but was finally overpowered, and is now menacled in the jail at Hawthorne. He will be returned to the insane asylum to-morrow. It is thought that Sheriff Jonés will re- cover. Braydner was committed to the asylum fourteen years ago and has been considered one of the most dangerous patients at the institution. TRIVIAL QUARREL - . ENDS IN STABBING Twelve-Year-Old Boy Badly ‘Wounds Another Youth With a Knife. Epectal Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Nov. 22.—-During a quarrel over a trivial matter Lester Berlan, a 12-year-old boy, recently stabbed Glen Black, a few years his junior. It was thought at the time that the wound was not serious, but it has now. developed that the injury may prove fatal. The ife entered the side between the ribs. Mrs. Berlan, the mother of the knife- wielder, who resides at Fourth and Ju- lian streets, and her son Lester were ar- rested on charges of battery. They were released on $500 bail. A more serious charge may bé put against them. Young Berlan had slapped a younger brother of Glen\ Black and the latter taking up the fight the stabbing followed. i —e————————— PROPERTY OF A MURDERED MAN TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION Proceeds. Will Be Used for the Benefit of the Children of the Vietim. RENO, Nev., Nov. 22.—Another chap- ‘ter in the tragedy of the Stephenson family will be enacted with the sale of the old homestead ‘at Reno next Fri- dey morning. N. C. Prater, the admin- istrator of the estate. has announced that he intends to dispose of the per- sonal property of W. A. Stephenson, who was killed in San Francisco. The propérty Is located on what is known as the Ball ranch in Ple t Valley. - other ef- fects. Prater Is guarding the inter- 3 ¥ ges In. a zealous manner and the best price ob- tainable wtll be secured for the prop- ‘erty. The children are now ' being ‘the | cared for at the Orphans’ Home and eing clothed at the expense of SAN JOSE, Nov. 22—The Grand Jury, DECLARE WAR - ¥ HUMPHREY Alaskan Delegates Will Now | Attempt to Prevent His Recognition by Congress —_— FIGHT GROWING BITTER Friends of Johanson Allege Successful Candidate Is -Not Eligible to Office e Special Dispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, Wash.,, Nov. 22.—Vowing vengeance for the defeat of Carl Johan- son as a Delegate to Congress, a majority of the delegates to the Alaska Territorial | Convention left the city to-night for other States on business and pleasure. The convention adjourned sine die at 3 o’clock this afternoon, but not before a compact had been entered into by the friends of Judge Wickersham that Omar J. Hum- phrey, who received the honor sought by Johanson, . should never take a seat in Congress as a representative of Alaska. To start the fight it is being published broadcast that Humphrey, who is general manager of the Alaska Commercial Com- pany at Seattle, is a voter in the State of ‘Washington and not entitied to a vote in Alaska and therefore not competent to represent the district in Congress. As a | second move against the will of the con- venulon, Congress will be asked not to break the established precedent of seating more than one Delegate, which has al- ways been the rule regarding Territories. It is pointed out that Wickersham hav- ing the support of the President, in his appointment, will be able to wield a power or permit- such to be wielded by his friends in the national capital, and | this faction is ‘in a position to not only | seriously retard the execution of the will of the convention but leave Alaska prob- ably in a worse condition than before the meeting of delegates here. The Fairbanks and Tanana delegations are not pleased with the outcome and, while divided against themselves, a ma- Jority are credited with being in the ranks to fight Humphrey. Députy United States Marshal Lathrop of Valdez, who held Wickersham's proxy, together with several others pledged to Johanson, and who failed to attend the convention and deliver the votes which would have elected a Tanana man, was not hobnobbing with the delegates to-day. He has left the city and reports are qurrent, which'it is impossible to ver- ify, that he will not return to Alaska. In the event of Humphrey being shut out it is beliéved that Southeastern Alaska will withdraw its Delegate, former Governor A. P. Swineford, and allow Richard S. Ryan of Nome to be the sole representa- tive at Washington of the district. This course will be taken if it will promote harmony which the Southeast is anxious to secure or in the event of Congress re- fusing to seat the three Delegates. There were not mére than half the dele- gates present at the closing session. The principal business was hearing the final report of the committee on resolutions. Among those passed was a resolution pro- viding: | slon composed of two members of Con- gregs and one resident of Alaska, learned inthe law and of at least three years' residénce in Alaska and practice in the district, be created for thg purpese of re- vision ot the civil and criminal annotated code_of the procedure.of Alaska.” Another eresolution provides that “The Congress of the United States be and is hereby requested to amend the municipal incorporation Jaw of the district of Alas- ka and authorizes any municipality to vote to extend its corporate limits. Re- solyed, that the private corporation law of Alaska be amended so as to inciude Alaska be amended so as to include banks.” The last act of the convention was a consideration of a report of the finance committee. This showed $0 lacking to pay for getting out a repors of the pro- ceedings. Delegate-elect Humphrey set- tled the matter by requesting that all ex- penses in connection with a repoft of the convention be sent to him. ADVANCE IN SILVER : HELPS THE MINERS Properties in Nevada Which | Have Been Idle Are to Be Reopened. Special Dispatch to The Call. RENO, Nev., Nov. 22.—There is much activity in the old abandoned silver mines in the vicinity of the Comstock, as a re- sult of a rapid rise in the market price of siiver. The mining companies are preparing to again put on a large force of men and renew the operations which were dropped several years ago when the price of silver went. so low that the mines could not be worked profitably. Not only in the Comstock is the outlook growing brighter, but silver mines all over the State in which no work has been done, except that required by law, are putting on I“?;gmmes of men in order to take adve of the rise in value of the white NEUCHATALITZ INDIANS HOLD A SORROW DANCE Are Mourn Their HBrethrem, Who Thought to Have Been Lost on e Schoomer Fawn. VICTORIA, B. C., Nov. 22.—The In- dlans of Neuchatalitz are holding a sorrow dance, in which the women scratch their cheeks and breasts auntll blood is drawn. to mourn for the In- dian hunters of the overdue sealing schooner Fawn, belleved to have foun- dered en route home from Bering Sea. There were six white men and twenty- one Indians on the sealing vessel. ————— ‘Wolverton’s Successor Is Appointed. SALEM, Or, Nov. 22.—Governor Chamberlain to-day appointed T. G. Hanley of Pendleton to succeed Judge Charles BE. Wolverton as Assoclate Justice of tne Supreme Court of Ore- gon. Judge Wolverton was yesterday named by President Roosevelt to suc- ceed the late C. B. Bellinger as United States District Judge for Oregon. —_————————— New Seacoast Rallroad Incorporates. "PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 22.—Articles of incorporation were filed yesterday by the Portland-Oregon Seacoast Rail- [m Company, which proposes to build ‘a metwork of roads through the north- ‘western countles of this State, besides a line to follow the sea coast from Portland to Kureka, Cal. where it will Join the Atchison. Toreka and Santa Fe. ———— Snow Rulns the Apple Crop. | _SAN DIEGO, Nov. 22.—Eight Inches of snow has fallen at Julian, in the mountains sixty miles east of here. One-third of the crop of apples, for which this region is famous, has been rvined. = “We recommend that a commis- | Just when he that she had /{ee son wrote a letter to a local newspaper announcing that she was well and stop- ping with friends. was advised that Mrs. Benson's where- abouts was known, and that in a short time it was believed husband would become reconciled. —_—— | Cereal products, $378,013; fruits, vege- STHTE MINERS ARE IN SESSION Meet in Annual Convention at Nevada City to Dis- cuss Existing Conditions GOVERNOR IS PRESENT President Benjamin Delivers an Interesting Address to Assembled Delegates BEGE L 2 el Special Dispatch to The Call. < NEVADA, Nov. 22—The fourteenth an- nual convention of the California State Miners' Assoclation was called to order at the Nevada Theater this morning by President Edward J. Benjamin of San Francisco, who spoke in part as follows: We have again assembled in annual conven- tion for the purpose of discussing existing con- ditions, and to/unite in a further effort to fos- ter and advance the interests of the great basic industry of our State: the industry to which California owes {ts prominence in the pas the industry upon which her people must larg ly depend for future success, for upon the pros- perity of the mineral industry permanently rests the prosperity of the country. From the early history of California miner has had to fight his battles, alone. The Government, both State and Federal, has al- ways shown a very decided ten to aid the agriculturist in any way, but the miners have actually had to fight for their rights and overcome their difficulties as best they might Whenever there have been contests between the farmer and the miner in the Land Office the United States Court or the Federal depart- ments the miner has been given the ‘‘short end.” ~ It seems to me that it is pretty near tims that some consideration should be shown us wken we ssk for new laws or for Governmental recoznition. What other State or what other country can show an average annual output of gold of $25,250,000 for ffty-six consecutive years, and what State can show a yield In any single year of over $81,000, or a production of over $30,000,000 a year, for five consecutive years as California did in the fifties? And what State or what country or what petple, except California. and her courag=ous miners, can show a total mineral production now of nearly $44,000,000 annually—and that, too, with the great Industry of hydraulic mining crippled and forced into idleness for years by adverse legislation? We often hear the charge that the California gold mines are worked out. Does 1bt our present production of $19,000,000 annually apswer that ridiculous statement? And are we to be put off from year to year in our requests for new laws, for new condi- tions and for a public olicy that will meet the our requirements? 1 say no! want a Government Department of Mines and Mining. where we can get a square deal. We want our public land policy so regulated that the miner will have an equal show with the farmer. ~As it {8 now the miner is forced to pay $2 50 per acre for his_land, and farmer gets his for §1 25. The miner {s al- lowed to locate twenty-acre tracts and the farmer 160 acres. Governor Pardee addressed the miners on behalf of ‘the State, making a short but interesting address full of good wishes for the miners. Fred Searls de- livered @ short address of welcomd on behalf of Nevada City. After reading President Benjamfin's an- nual report at the" afternoon session, Judge John F. Davis, chairman of the committee on legislation, filed a lengthy | report, showing what the association has done for the mining industry in the way of securing favorable legislation. Professor S. B. Christy, dean of the College of Mines at the State University, delivered an address, “which coneluded the afternoon session. A brilliant reception was tendered the visitors to-night at the Nevada Theater. The address of welcome was made by City Attorney I C. Lindley. Responses, were made by Pfesident’ Benjamin, Gov- ernor Pardee, Vice President C. M. Dun- ton, Senator C. M. Belshaw, Judge John F. Davis, besides a select musical pro- gramme, There will bé no session to-morrow. The delegates will leave for Grass Val- ley, where they will *be the guests of the people there for one day. KIDNAPING STORY ] IS SET AT REST Missing Woman Writes That She Is Stopping With Some Friends. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Nov. 22.—The disappearance of Mrs. Fred Benson from her home at the corner of the White road and Alum Rock avenue last Saturday evening has lost Its mystery, and it is fnow belleved that she left because of a family row. husband was declaring n kidnaped, Mrs. Ben- Sheriff Ross to-day that she and her SAN BERNARDINO PLUMBER INJURED BY AN EXPLOSION Introduces a Lighted Candle Into a Gas Filled Apartment and the Usual Kesult Follows. SAN BERNARDINO, Nov. 22.—Lionel Jackson, a plumber, was badly burned about the back, neck and shoulders this afternoon by the explosion of gas un- der a show window. Jackson was put- ting in a new meter and had his helper hand hém a lighted candle where he was making a pipe connection. The space under the window was filled with gas and an explosion followed. The window caught fire and the stock in the store was considerably damaged by smoke and water. —_—— JUMPS FROM SECOND-STORY WINDOW TO ELUDE FLAMES Mrs. Redmond Narrowly Escapes Being Burned to Death in Her Home Near Occidental. SANTA ROSA, Nov. 22.—The resi- dence on the old Coleman Hill ranch, three miles west of Occidental, was de- stroyed by fire early this morning. It was occupied by P. J. and Michael Redmond and their mother. The oc- cupants barely escaped with their lives. Mrs. Redmond was severely burned and it is feared received fasal injuries by jumping from a second-story window. The loss is about $8000, with 31700 in- surance. —_—— Santa Cruz County Enjoys Prosperity. SANTA CRUZ, Nov. 22.—The com- pllation of the statistics bearing on the products of Santa Cruz County s been completed as required by s&l law. It shows the following figures: tables, grapes and berries, $2,920,635; dairy products, $139,500; Ilvastock, $310,010; poultry, $34,105; fish, $79,562; forest products, $947,46%; manufactures, $2,086,603; wine, beer, etc, $131,292; 8 edilananuy Fa TN, Total, $7,193,- 18. - the | THREE ARE HURT ° - BY EXPLOSION ' Powder Used in Manufacture | of Fireworks * Goes Off | and Wreeks Big Building i:EMPLOYES ARE BURNED |Sight of Both Eyes of One { of the Rescued Vietims Is | Destroyed by the Flames oL ¥ SEATTLE, Wash.; No sons were seriously injured_and five girls | are suffering from severe nervous shocks | as a result of an explosion I Chin W. | Mow’s torpedo and fireworks factory on | the Grant-street bridge this afterncom. The injured: Chin Hoy, eyesight Qe- stroyed and badly burned about the face; Chin Fun, left collarbone broken; Mabel Iverson, face burned and hands ¢ A two-story frame building erected on piles, was blown to pleces and five girls em~ | ployed in the factory were buried beneath | the ruins. They were pulled out by the | Fire_ Department suffering from acute nervous shock, but miraculously without injury. These girls are: Lena Empens, Abbfe Johnson, Lizzie Brown, Emma Tomkey and Nora Judd. The explosion occurred in the powder- | room, on the lower floor of the factory | where Chin Hoy was working alone. |MRS. JAMES H. BUDD | TURNS AUTHORESS Wife of Former Governor of California Publishes a Book. Special Dispatch to The Call. STOCKTON, Nov. 22.—Mrs . James H. | Budd, wife of former Governor Budd, has | written a new book, three copies of which | now adern the shelves of the Public Li- brary. Mrs. Budd writes under the pseu- | donym of “I. A. M The new book is | entitled “The God of Heaven; or, Truth | Revealed.” / | It is the first volume of a set of books to be published. The object of the book is to show the nature of Ged. Mm_the | preface Mrs. Budd states that “What is | offered is as bread on the waters of truth, to prove the uniform and unchangeable | 8oodness of the God of heaven.” The au- | thor has donated the three copies to the library, SMALL CLOUDBURST { « IN THE OTAY VALLEY Dry River Bed Is Filled With a Deep Stream to the Sea. SAN DIEGO, Nov. 22.—A cloudburst oceurred Tuesday In the Otay Valley, ten miles southeast of this city. A tre- mendous volume of water fell fn a short period, filling a dry river bed with a deep stream to the sea. No seri- ous damage was done at any of the ranches and the water had ceased flow- ing to-day. Rain continued falling at intervals in this city during last night, adding .43; of an Inch to the precipitation, making { 3.70 for the season. Since early morns ing there has been a light but steady downfall. The wind has subsided and the temperature is still low. —_——— AUTO DRIVER RUNS OVER WOMAN RIDING ON BICYCLE Mrs. H. H. Hunting of San Jose Is Badly Injured by Machine in Charge of George Plyler. SAN JOSE, Nov. 22.—Mrs. H. H. Hunting of 542 North Fifth street while riding a bicycle at the intersec- tion of Santa Clara and First streets this afterncon was struck and run over by an automobile driven by George Plyler. a local collector. Ply- Jer drove on to his office and at first denled that he had run over the woman. He was arrested. Mrs. Hunting was conveyed to a drug store, where it was found that she had been seriously, al- though possibly not fatally, Injured. Plyler was jeered by a large crowd as he was taken away by the police. ADVERTISEMENTS, Being Square With the World If You Would Give Full Value and Get Full Value, Heres a Suggestion. Are you getting full value out of life? 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