The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 6, 1905, Page 3

HEAD OF THE PHILIPPINE MITUAL LIFE THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1905. 3 COMMISSION ARRIVES. arrived here yesterday on the liner Manchuria. Governor General Luke E Wright Talks of the Isl \ Wright, Governor General ppinies, accompanied by Mrs. arrived yesterday on the liner He left post on a six leave of absence and is looking on. Part Washing- and the admin- needs of the Philip- [r— icultural districts of the Philippine Islands are to be brought in direct communi- ition with tidewater by means of a $30,000,000 system of railroads. tlege of building these roads will be ope: Bids for the ned December 15 in Washington in the sence of Governor General Luke E. Wright and Commissioner W. Cameron Forbes, Al ands — NS BRIBES Blackmailed by Men Who Threaten to Expose the| Methods of Its Officials| —_— ATTORNEY GETS $15,000 ——— Aétive in Organizing Pol-| icy Holders to Demand| the Removal of Burnham | Fhmnto s b | | NEW YORK, Dec. 5.—Instances in | which the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance | Company paid an aggregate of about | $20,000 in what Vice President George D. | Eldredge of that company calléd “hold- | | ups” were reluted to the life insurance investigating committee by Eldredge to- NORTHWEST PASSACE 15 - DISCOVERED Message Written to Explorer ‘Nansen Tells of a Trip Made From Herschel Island to Eagle City in Alaska |CAPTAIN AMUNDSEN FINDS MAGNETIC POLE Ngte Says That All the Ves- JEWELER WEDS DESERTS LITTLE SIX FAIR-MAIDS Four Are Living and One of | Them Is Responsible for| Arrest on Bigamy Charge JAILED IN SACRAMENTO! Last Dupe Is Determined to Stand by Husband When! He Faces Court in Chicago | Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, Dec. 5.—Six wives, four living and two dead, represent the matri- monial ventures of a smooth faced, mod- | est appearing jeweler named Harry Druk- ker, who left for Chicago to-night In company with Detective Frank Been, a | member of the staff of the State Attor- ONES FOR LOVER Erring Wife Declares She “Loves Her Children Dearly but Her Paramour More” PLEADINGS UNAVAILING Husband’s Offer to Forgive and Forget Has No Effeet on His Runaway Spouse Special Dispatch to The Call. FRESNO, Dec. 5.—After a search ex- tending over a perijod of many weeks, Walter M. Bird, a clerk in the auditing department of the Southern Pacific office in San Francisco, last night discovered his erring wife In a lodging-house In Ma- | day. In one case, in 1898, Eldredge testi- | k X fed, the company paid $1500 to John | Sels of the American Whal- | ney of Diinois. Drukker is wanted on a | dera with a man named R. M. Clemmons: McDonald, a Phiadelphia lawyer, who | charge of bigamy preferred by one of | Bird accomplished the arrest of the man, had been active in organizing the policy holders of the Mutual Reserve Life Insur- receiver for the company. ing Fleet Are Safe With plorer at Christiania, from Captain Raol his four living wives, formerly Miss | Emma L. Peters of Hammond, Ind., now cago. She appeared decply devoted to her but all his efforts to effect a reconcilia- | tion with his wife were of no avall care of them. “I love my children dearly, but I love bel n e C S e hich. | e i o | a resident of Chicago. Mrs. Bird, % Galt 38 Toheetef Ak e win work | ance Compans o o iy | 1€ EXCEption of One .t et o Bcramento, Druker | ef s Haie chieren Lobing hee o hok g The re- | |of that company wita mismanagement | - g was living in a cosy flat at %07 L 95;;" | home in Oakland. One of these Is new he largely | |and demancea his removal. The charges | SEATTLE, Dec. 5.—Major Glasstord, in l‘_"e‘_‘: :‘\tw fl:r“({lr;"b;;"‘;?fre-\‘:: ma: | said to be dangerously il with !p!\i'\{mn- it st | ment as vice president and a threa S | here, 1ecelved ‘a message to-day ad- > g dotas % . . P ST e | {made to ask for the appolntment Of a | dressed to Nansen, the Norweglan ex- | po e mon e s Woman N0 N e, | band offered to pay her wages to take es hilippines has dropped Sngaged in this movement of the policy ol R o O - | | mer auditor of the company, who had | trip by a eam from Herschel Island to lffinfldwhh hfm to-night, declaring she | <y u canmot take me from him. You | | been dismissed or had resigned. Before | Eagic City. would stand by him in his trouble. He | n,y send us both to jail. but later we | [ leaving the company Hoftecker informed | While the message is incomplete In de. | Torried her in Chicago the day after he | wil come together again | President Burnham that he resigned be- 5 R purpeEts 0. he. i e maibee F O ted. e AL wifel | cause their ideas as to common AONesty | of an exploring party sent out by Nan-. &+ —_— Fouatate’ Pl | differed so much and because he knew of | sen and states that the party is gafe | Small craft with a crew of but eight men, | We are sei agents for Waterman's |50 many questionable transactions of | with the ship Gjoa wintering at King | found the north magnetic pole, whose | “Ideal,” Conklin'e seif-filling, the A. A. Wa | which President Burn! ;l{m"hu: approved. | Point. | discovery Is originally aceredited to Ross | terman “Modern,” and the “Marshall $1 pen.’ Eidredge ae ed th; offecker was not e message also states that the A - |in 1831, although many scientists doubt | These are the best pens—the cheapest pens | dismissed until he had demanded an in- | jcan whaling fleet is held In the 1!:10:" that Ross really located thia slustve guide | e oaly pens’ worth considerings Sanborm | crease in salary from $25 to 3100 a week and practically said it was safer for the | company to keep him than to let him go, in view of what he knew about ine com- pany. | *Another instance of a ‘hold-up,’ ” Eld- | | redge said, “‘was in 189, when Max Beeh- | ception of one, the vie all of t ity of Herschel Island and that vessels were safe, with the ex- which was wrecked on the shore, when Amundsen left Herschel Island, October 2i. There are twelve of i!hr» American whalers in all caught in the ce. to the compasses of the world. The north magnetic pole has been gen- ‘erally assumed by geographers as being on Bothnia, the most northerly peninsula of the American continent and close to King Willlam's Land. It is supposed to be a shifting sphere of influence, though —————————— Eagles Elect Officers. SANTA CRUZ, Dee. 5.—The local aerie of Eagles has elected the following offi- cers: President, Andrew Hegele; vice president, Joseph Silva; chaplain, W. J. | " ™ 2 Leo {ler, a so-cailed cxaminer of the Iowa he trip from Herschel to Eagle City | its variations are not. great. Hanahan; conductor, Briody; In- Insurance Department, came to New | was made up the Mackenzle River to the| Having gone from Greenland to a point [ ner guard, Willlam Matthals; financial York, with his son as an assistant, ex- | Peel River and over the divide to Fort|in the vicinity of Herschel Island. it | secretary, John Roney; recording ecre- | amined the Mutual Reserve Life Insur- ance Company and presented to it a biil for 385 for the examination. Rather thar | pay the bill, the company withdrew its | . through an entirely uninhabited and a section that is practically ed. Captain Amundsen, who set out in a would seem as.though /Amundsen has at last found the northwest passage for which Arctic explorers have been search- ing for years. tary, Frank Battagliola: treasurer, G. A. Dieter; trustees, S. J. Straus, J. F. Hill and W. L. Newman; physician, Dr. F. E. Morgan; druggist, W. J. Hanahan. i | business from Iowa, but a little later it A | paia that bill and another of $3i to Max | | Beehler for a verification of his previous | | examination, in order to get permission | again to do business in Iowa." Y Eldredge told also how he tried to se- | | cure a license for his company to do | - | busiiiess in Missouri in 1898 and found | that it would have to employ W. H. | | Phelps as attorney before it could do so. | | Phelps got the license for the company in | three days, and was paid $3500 as “illegal fees,” Eldredge sald. £y Eldredge testified that he was certain | there was no truth in the statement made ’lu a Canadian investiga g committee | by James D. Wells, former vice prestdent | of ISSAULT VICTI I | I —— 2, S5 ¢ e WRIGHT foemnon F P vrine s h J Overcoat, Syit, Or Cravenette he had to ralse $40,000 to pay to the New York Insurance Department in 1899, when Louis F. Payne was superintendeht of in- | surance. | The witness had previously stated that | a portion of a report made by Isaac Vaf- | derpool. an examiner of the New York ————— | Insurance Department, after an examina- | tion in 159, was eliminated after a hear- | |ing before the insurance department and | | before it was placed on file. The part | | stricken out recommended that the com- | pany be not allowed to call its lease of | its home office an asset and include it in | | its surplus. Eldredge declared that the Mutual Reserve Company paid no money {to the New York State Insurance De- pastment in 1899, except for the exam- | Joseph Nordman, a Wealthy Merchant, Is Waylaid and Badly Injured by Thieves —_———— | Joseph Nordman, semior member of the firm of Nordman Bros., wholesale | | jewelers at 134 Sutter street, was way- | ination. | 1aid and brutally assaulted in fromt of | | his home about 6:30 o'ciock Iast even- | |inz by two thugs. Nordman, who s | PERSONAL 43 years of age, put up a plucky fight g i) |and the robbers did not get any of his | | jewelry or money. He received u B8P~ | reka is at the Lick. ing wound of the scalp, made by some | Mgjor W. R. Maize and wife of San | blunt instrument in the hunds of ‘the | Diego are at the Occidental. {thugs. His skull may be fractured. | \ijiam Hockmeyer, a wealthy coffe | Bleeding profusely from his wound he | pianer of -Guatemala, is at the Palace. | 8ave chase to the thieves after he had | Captain J. B. Hughes of the United |fought them off. States Army and wife are at the St | The assault and attempt to rob oc- | Francis. i(urred just as Nordman was about to George N. Clancy and wife of London F. W. Georgeson, a capitalist of Eu- enter his house at 2505 Clay street. | are at the St. Francis. They are touring | 3 5 = - — | The robbers lay in a dark driveway, | the world. | VED ON THE § MBR MANCHURIA next the Nordman home. They were A. B. McCreery, a wealthy resident of | IR WAY TO ASHINGTON., WHERE W jevidently cognizant of Nordman's hab- SOLVING PHILIPPINE PROBLEMS |its. The jeweler was a little late and | was walking fast. Almost in front of personally concerned in the proposed | his door the thugs jumped out of a evision of the tariff and will be able to (driveway and dealt their victim a furnish at first hand the views of the | h blow. Nordman grappled with and called wildly, “You've sand- San Francisco, now living in New York, | is at the Palace with his son, Lawrence, | T. E. Gibbon, general counsel for the | Salt Lake and San Pedro Rallroad, ar- rived on the Manchuria yesterday and is ’ > at the Palace. ss most interested in legislation of | the - iy kind. Commander J. M. Helm of |bagged me, but youw'll not get my | - United States navy is in charge of | money.” Frightened*at his outcry the | At 1 o'clock in the afternoon the storm the Philippine coast guard Service. G.|thieves ran in different directions. | increased In violence and those on shore | B. Rea is the other member of this |Nordman gave chase, but fell from the | commission for the enlightening of Wash- | shock and loss of blood. His son, at- ington as to the needs of the Philip- | tracted by his cries, ran from the house pines |and assisted his father home. Nord- | The proposed rallroads are to be|man's cries aroused the whole nelgh- built by private capital, but the Gov- (borhood. Many gave chase to the ernment will guarantee the interest on |thugs, but they escaped. 2 first mortgage bonds at not more than | Nordman was treated at his home. ! 4 per cent for thirty years. Whatgver | The doctor fears that his skull may be payments the Government may maie | fractured. The injured man describes under this guarantee will be a lien on | his assadlants as a tall and short man, saw that the vessel was doomed to de- | struetion. i Leslie, Captain Pride ahd the other men | on the vessel lowered a boat and attempt- | ed to reach the land, not a great distance:| away, but in the furlous seas the crews could make little headway. Fishermen on the island saw the boat launched, but the storm quickly shut off the view. The fishermen started for the wreck, but when they reached the scene they found ht's party are five Washington will future of the In Governor V men whose vist much for pines W. Cameron Forbes, 8 member of the ippine Commission, is going to the @ You will be going about 2 great deal during this holiday season. It is a time when note is being taken of your personal appearance by people with whom you come in'contact. And you will enter more heartily into the spirit the nal capl for the opening, De- | the roads. The privilege of bullding these | both young, smooth shaven and - 2 ver- : : D oor 16, ‘of bids for the co roads will be granted only to citizens | ing derbys. | e e oL, Vel of the occasion if you can feel that your clothes are of the latest style, a perfect cem T ¥ o gl of the United States or of the Philip-| Nordman wears a five-karat dlamond That per- i i Sitiding of these roads will represent|Pine lslands. “According to present |ring, and this Is belleved to have In. | mo ooy okt S e s Par fit and answering the requirements of good taste. W. C. Welborn is chief o e . & b % 3 3 n money on i i AT ot Agrieulture in the Phillp- | and Samar. No.roads will be built in | his person. fsbiruis (AR § embes of fhs (. Come to us for your Suit, Overcoat or Cravenette—you will get goo Mindanao or in Mindora, these islands being comparatively wild and but sparsely settled. Commissioner Forbes will return to the Philippines as soon as the railroad concessions have been settled. ————— FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS PAID FOR GROUP OF pines and E. Delarama is a wealthy sugar planter. Both men will be on | hand to furnish Congress with any in- formation it may require in regard to the needs of the islands. Delarama is stylish appearing clothes and what’s more, you will save from §3 to $5 on your purchase. the Magdalen Island District. R LINER LOSES PROPELLER. Steamship FLEVEN PERSH I SHPWRELK ETANG DU NORD, Magdalen Islands, Dec. 5.—Full particulars of the loss of the steamship Lunenburg with one of her Italla, With Hundrede on Board, Given Aid. HORTA, Azore Islands, Dec. 5.—The British steamer Etonian has arrived here, having in tow the Italian steam- ship Italia, from New York, Novem- ber 25. The Italia lost her propeller and was picked up yesterday fifty milea off Corvo Island. All her passengers, numbering 850, are in good health. The Italla was bound to Genoa and Naples, Q. Look at these $11 Suits, Overcoats and Cravenettes. Such garments are at Capital, Surplus -t Pmfiu least $15 in other stores. $3,000,000.00 PROSPERITY MINES Purchase Price of the Bonanzn King Claims Is Deposited in a Redding Bank. REDDING, Dec. 5.—The deal for the transfer of the Bonanza King mines in Trinity County has been closed. J. H. @ Here’s the way we undersell other dealers. (1 ‘We buy our cloth direct from the big Eastern mills. It is made up into garments in our own workshops and retailed direct to you in our stores. There The people who prosper in this world mre the people who save their money and put it away in the Savings Bank. By opening a savings account at this Bank with Ome Dollar you will ac- quire the saving hablt. A pro- fitable habit. California Safe Deposit and Trust Co. California and 01 Sts. g i San Francisco, Porter, representing the Treadwell | brothers of San Francisco, closed the negotiations to-day. Porter brought $40,000 in coin from San Francisco to pay for the properties. The sale price was $50,000 and the former sum repre- sented the purchased price, less the commissions. The money was de- posited in a local bank and will be paid over to the former owners of the mine Wednesday. ————— FORMER SUPERIOR JUDGE ON TRIAL BEFORE HIS SUCCESSOR Accused of Being Unfit to Practice Law by Reason of His Conduct as am Attormey> SEATTLE, Dec. 5.—C. Victor Martin, formerly Superior Court Judge, for the counties of Chelan, Okanogan, Doug- lass and Ferry, ie on trial at Wenat- chee before Judge R. J. Steiner, his sucessor on the bench, on four counts alleging him unfitted to praotice law. He 18 charged with unprofessjonal con- duet, barratry, violation of his oath as an sattorney and violation of the law which forbade him to practice law while sitting on the bench. Fifteen in- stances are cited in the complaint. owners, R. L. Leslie, and ten of her crew, at Outer Sand Beach, opposite Amherst harbor, ten miles south of this port, were received here today. The steamship struck the beach during a thick snow- Etorm early yesterday morning and is a total wreck. Steamship and: cargo were valued at $50,000. The Lunenburg was bound from Pictou, N. 8., for Magdalen Island ports with malls and freights. She was attempting to enter Amherst harbor at the time of the disaster. A thick northeast snowstorm swept the vessel's decks. The lighthouse at Amherst could be seen at times, how- ever, and Captain Pride supposed he had cleared the beach. Suddenly a great wave literally picked up the steamship and left her stranded directly outside the entrance to the harbor. Attempts to float the an.::l D::!fiu'd‘. but all being washed and the others Skin Diseases To prove the efficiency of Hydrozoné to Skin DiseaseSufferers, I will send | One 25c¢, Bottle, Free the customer. Mall Fillod— Writs-Us (00D S0 - Manufacturers Wholesalers and Retailers of Clothing ‘Two Large Stores 740 Market St. and Cor. Powell and Ellis is no outsider intervening between the purchase at the mili and the delivery to You, therefore, buy your clothes of us at wholesale prices. We are wholesalers in other States, but retailers at wholesale prices in San Francisco. @ By having cvery garment made in our own’ workshops we are enabled to know that it is of dependable quality. \ Free Within 50 Miles