The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 28, 1905, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THUR DAY, D {CEMBER 28, 1905. FODIC ENDS HEIR QUARREL Harry P. Fisher of ¢San Francisco and Miss Barthel | Are Married at Seattle MEET AGAIN BY CHANCE| Old Time Sweethearts Are| Reunited After Separating in the FEast Years Ago| Aol > <‘ Fisher, a | of San alking tc erson Mil- rgely because he kwood, his wife's t further set forth e K. Stewart, | age was not oeen married un- | @ r g from Attor- son t s wife was living was illegal, he fe insti- T e first, in- the second as soon as iD ON CHARGE OF KILLING NEIGHBOR William A. Carter Accused of Shoot- ing an lowa Farmer From Ambzsh. MOINES, 1 Dec —Wil- Cart 1 bonds- an in- mur- farmer who was who fired Gresser's alive on mur- seen ha me the the murder gotiating for the | refused and Caunty Jail SN B L Princess Colonna Married. Dec. 27.—Princess Biannea aughter of Princess Stig- na and granddaughter of W. Mackay, was married to- | Ju de Bonvouloir at | Honore de Y EMULSION. A QUESTION OF COST. | In any number of stores you'll see wvarious prepara- tions of cod liver oil at as | y different prices. You'll wonder, perhaps, why Scott’s "Emulsion costs more than some other kind in as large a bottle. Hearing only one side of the question you may be led into buying the “just as good as Scott’s” at the ower price. That’s false economy. - Scott’s Emulsion costs more because its more expensive to make. Every | ingredient is tested and guar- | anteed of the purest quality. | No adulteration, no shaving of quality. There’s no econ- omy in bargain medicine. If’ you can afford to experiment with your health, substitutes | may satisfy you. We take it, however, that you want a pure preparation, a reliable ' remedy and something that’s going to help you. That’s what you get in Scott's Emulsion. Thirty years the standard. BCOTT & BOWNE. 40p Peasl St, New Yok, ma | over the fact that he could never become | the 2sylum at Medical Lake. Up to a week ago Wong Bing ate rice, smoked opiur: and lived happily in local China- town ont avenue. His 3 | motion among the other WA TSEAND | the “Two Johns" | shot and fatally | of the Mrs. | f | ereditors even to consult. | There is no reason to believe that the | | ance were attorneys, representing one: | plies wealthy clients who are deter- | they can out of it. t.e property UEER AR 0F A CHNESE | Brooding Over His Ineligi- bility te the Presidency Causes Him to Lose Mind oW RIS COMMITTED TO ASYLUM Wong Bing of Spokane Feels That He Would Shine as America’s Chief Executive TR, Spectal Dispatch to The Call SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 21.—Brooding Preside of the United States has un- the mind of Wong Bing, a young and he has been committed to rule over this country had ap turbed him greatly d that i ages began to com- erers from and Wong Bing Then Wong Bing i-pitched Chinese President of these prisoners be- turbed. After the g had made one heroic efforts on el off Flowery Kingdom, SHOOTS ACTOR DANVILLE, Ind.,, Dec. 27.—Charles H. Smith of New York City, a member of theatrical company, was wounded this afternoon Cooper of New York, a member Morris Island” company. The shooting occurred in Smith’s room at the Saratoga Hotel and resuited from a quar- rel between the two men over Mrs. Cooper. Cooper was accompanied to the hotel by Harry B. Walters of Minneapolis and James Young of Chicago. He entered | r's room, locked the door and fired | shots. The bullets took effect in| mith’s head and back. The three men | then attempted to escape from the hotel, but were prevented by Richard Roberts, the clerk, who held them until the police | were called. Cooper arrived unexpectedly from Pitts- burg and found his wife In the company of Smith. An exciting scene followed, In which Smith assaulted Cooper with his| fists. Cooper went out and, it is said, told | Walters and Young that he wanted them to help him out of some trouble. He was held under $000 bond Cszara eIt e POSTAL SERVICE CRIPPLED BY THE LOW SALARIES WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—In his an- nual report, made public to-day, First Assistant Postmaster General Hitch- coek says that. the low. salaries paid clerks in first and -second class postof- fices is decreasing the standard of effi- ciency. It is impossible, he says, to in- duce efiicient men to enter this branch of the service when the salary to begin with is but $600 a year, with no cer- tainty of promotion for perhaps several years PRONISES ALL CLAS WL BE SMTSFIED Broker Has Offers of|: Aid That Suffice, So He Says. Continued From Page 1, Column 5. Probably the claimants will now all send in their| accounts and statements for the com- | mittee of creditors to consider. No ac- curate idea of the total losses of those whose funds have been dropped by “bucket-shop” methods can be obtained. | losses will be less than $100,000, unless Mitchell pays. While the names of the Mitchell creditors are’ concealed as carefully as possible, it Is known that they num- ber more than 100. Not more than éne- tenth of them were at yesterday's meet- ing. The majority of those in attend- or more clients each. Several high- priced lawyers were among the legal representatives, whose scale of fees im- mined to learn all that can be ascer- tained about Mitchell’s transactions and to do all that can be done to get what A deed conveying to Charles Elsey owned by Mitchell on Sherman street, near San Antonio ave- nue, in Alameda, was placed on record in Oakland yesterday. It was made out on December 22 and Is from Robert B. Mitchell to Charles Elsey, both of San Francisco, in consideration of the sum of $10, subject to a mortgage of $6000 held by the Alameda Savings Bank. The property in question is on the west side of Sherman street, 260 feet from San Antonio avenue, and covers ! 75x150 ieet. ENORMOUS SUMS SPENT TO FOIL BLACKMAILERS Lobbyist Hamilton Explains Need of Insurance Corruption Fund. Corporations Preyed Upon by Legislators Laden With “Cinch” Bills. As forecast in The Call of yesterday, the statement sent from Paris by Andrew Hamilton, the lobbyist, who looked after the interestd’ of the big life Insurance companies at various State capitals, did net divulge the names of legisiators and politicians, to whom immense sums have been distributed in recent years. Hamiiton excused the maintenance of a politieal burenu by the insurance companies on the ground that they were constantly subjected to attempted blackmail by members of Legislatures, who “held up” the corporations by the introduction. of ‘“cinch” bills. He informed the Insurance Investigating Committee that he kept no bocks aud no records of his disbursements and would refuse to reveal the identity of any person who had been In his pay, NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—Andrew Hamilton, the legislative agent of the New York Life Insurance Company, who, according to testimony, has been intrusted with hundreds of thousands of dollars by the company and has not accounted for $235,000, has been heard from by the legislative committee, but has declined to make an accounting. A statement by Hamilton was read to-da; It was presented by Secretary John C. McCall of the New York Life, who went to Paris to secure an ac- counting from Hamilton. In his statement Hamilton says that he is unable to produce any books or accounts, because he undertook the legislative matters for the life insur- ance company with the express under- standing that he was to make no ac- counting. Absolute secrecy was neces- sary in retaining assistants, therefore no checks were used in making pay- ments. } Hamilton went into an explanation of the reasons for organizing this con- fidential service, as he characterized it, covering his methods of work and citing a number of legislative bills in which he had been interested. A list of expenses from 1899 to 1904 was ap- pended to the statement. The sum of $235,000 unaccounted for, he says, would be greatly reduced by his run- ning account, which still is unsettled and open, and, as a matter of good faith pending a settlement, he offers to deposit $100,000 with the company. WORK REQUIRED SECRECY. Hamilton says that he has no checks to produce, adding: Payment by my check would necessarily have disclosed the fact that the persons receiving the check was under retainer by me and would thus have necessarily hampered that portion of my work that was most efficacious, namely, sbsolute secrecy. Cash, drafts and certificatas were generally preferred. Hamilton gives a long summary of the various styles of hold-up measures or bills hostile to insurance companies, many of them taxation measures. He says: Bills to compel the companies’ reports to be repeatedly and unnecessarily published in news- papers are advocated to gain favor With the press for increasing their revenues. Outrag: oue propositions, such as tne 10 per cent proposed in Arkansas, or absurd propositiol like the Michigan bill, where a doctor's ce tificate of 111 health would excuse the payment of the insurance premium and keep a policy in force; or the Virginia bill, making it action- able for a life insurance ugent to enter the of- fice of a man where the sign “'No Agents Al- lowed” 1is displayed, find legislative favor. However ridiculous these bills may seem, they demand attention. In Indiana the attempt was made to pass a law placing the surrender value of a life insur- ance policy upon the list of personal property which was taxable to the owner. Compames which offered no such advantages to policy holders Supported It as an attack upon their rivals who offered this advantage. The meas- ure, however, was defeated. Immediately the State Assessors proceeded to tax poliey holders, Drociaimiing that the existing law was broad enough in its terms to cover this. If this was true of Indiana, it was probably true of many other States in the Union. The New York Life Company, through my department, retained eminent and_influential counsel and succeeded by a divided court in defeating the. project Following cut this idea developed in Indlana, several States, notably Arkansas, introduced similar measures, all of which were defeated. At the capital of every State we have eithcr retalled representatives of the companies or acted in co-operation with some one who has retained representatives duly influential. It has heen found advisable, he result of experi- ence, to avold as far as possible any exact public conclusion as to who represents us. The known presence of & corporation representative at legisiative halls is the signal for .renewed vigor in the attacks of blackmallers and crank 2d, unfortunately, members of the legislati body are frequently deaf to reasoning where non-voting or corporate interest is at staie. Prevention is again proved herein to be better than cure. Where it becomes necessary we have often fon to employ the columns of the press for & dlscreet advocacy of our views. This method has been found to be very efficaclous, but it has also been found to be very expensive. HONEST MEN IN LEGISLATURES. I have found in my work that i every legle- lative body in the United Statés there was as large a_proportion of honest men as there s in any body of men in any walk of life. Permit me also to state that in my work I have not found it so difficult to dereat blackmailers. A man who is out to blackmail corporations is generally well known and his character thor- oughly understood. These men never retain influence for any length of time, and I have found that requests to the honest members of the Legislature for help in defeating the black- mallers is always readlly and cheerfully granted. Hamilton sets forth that the tax meas- ures alone defeated by him have saved the New York Life Insurance Company more than $2,500,000. In concluding his statement he says that “the injunctions of the president of the New York Life to me were always unmistakably explicit that my expenditures and work were to be strictly confined within the limitations of the law of the land. These instruc- tions have been faithfully followed to the letter.” Secretary McCall was questioned by Hughes as to what further light he could throw on the statement of Hamilton, but said he could give no information. He did not question Hamilton’s figures nor the large amounts for traveling expenses. He asked Hamilton for a full statement and relied on his honesty to explain everything. He did insist that Hamilton produce checks or check books, but Ham- ilton said he had nome. LIE IS PASSED AT INQUIRY. When McCall was excused Henry D. Appleton of the State Insurance Depart- ment was called. He completed his testi- mony ‘begun last Friday, and during the examination was told that Morgan, former president of the Bankers' Life Insurance Company, had testified that Appleton said it would cost the Bankers' uf: 450,000 to reincorporate. Appleton said: © “If Mr. Morgan safd that he is a llar.” I R SR AR o0 i s & BRI et MITGHELL'S CREDITORS SELECT A COMMITTEE. EE RS R e Continued From Page 1, Columns l!:_l 2. Wwho did his best to calm her. Percy then came to Clark’s rescue and also made an effort to explain matters to her. She sald she had large holdings and feared for the worst. When the meeting was finally called to order the fair speculator 1: stocks seemed more calm and listeried with keen Interest at every stage of the roceedings. During the progress of the session both entrances to the offices were locked. Clark acted as the inside sentinel, and not a single person gained entrance from the moment the doors were barred. Every minute or s0 some anxious one would apply for admission, and Clark would answer the rattling of the door knob or the\ knock on the glass panes. : v He was very particular, however, as to whom he permitted to enter the star chamber. When the meeting was over the rooms were at once besieged by press representatives, anxious creditors and others prompted by ouriosity. All ques- tioners were turned down by those fortunate enough to gain entrance to the in- a silence prevailed when the meeting came to an end. Louis F. Payne, former Superintendent of Insurance of the State of New York, was called to the stand and explained a large number of appointments of confi- dential examiners on the ground that an unusual number of examinations were made during his term of office. Hughes produced a list which showed that in. 1897 two examinations were made and in 1858 two more were made, while in 1899, the liast year of Payne's administration, the number had not been brought out when adjournment was taken. PR LR CHANGES BY THE MUTUAL. Put on All Gemeral Agenciex to Be Salary Basis. NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—Emory Mec- Clintock was elected vice president of the Mutual Life Insurance Company at the meeting of the board of trustees to-day. Mr. McClintock is a native of Pennsylvania. He is to be put in ac- tive charge of the company’s technical affairs. In addition, he was elected a trustee to-day, as was also President- elect Charles A. Peabody. They were chosen to fill the vacancles made by the resignations of Elihu Root and Rufus W. Peckham. It was voted to put all general agencies on a salary basis after Janu- ary 1 next, instead of a commission basls. Two of the foreign agencies are te be discontinued, the Australian agency and the agency at Copenhagen. DEATH HEEDS THE PRAYER (F FOUR SISTERS Hope That They Would Expire Togeitger Is - Realized.” 4 . Swecial Dispatchito The Cail. CHICAGO, Dec. 2 The fourth of the aged Meuret sisters—who prayed that they might die together—to die within a week was Marian Meuret, who expired to-day. Pneumonia caused her death. Two of her sisters lie mortally ill, it is believed. The four sisters who have expired in the last seven days in their little cot- tage in Chestnut street, where their father, Joseph Meuret, built a shanty vears ago when Chicago was a village, spinster, aged 69, known as “baby sister,” died last Wednesday; Magdalene, widow of a man named Quiloz, aged 70, expired early yester- day; Florentine, spinster, aged 63, died soon after Migdalene; Marian, spinster, aged 72, died to-day. These are the sisters who are dying: Genevieve Dieter,” aged 79, dying in Kossuth County, Iowa; Margaret Dieter, dying in West Chicago of pneumonia. The death of the entire family was predicted two weeks ago by Flerentine, who is said to have possessed clair- voyant powers. There were seven sis- ters. Five of them lived together in a little cottage. The first of the flve to g0 was the eldest, Mrs. B. West, who died last summer. Now the four others have died withih a week. The two dying sisters, who married brothers named Dieter, are the ‘only ones that survive. CALL MONEY BRINGS NINETY PER: CENT Highest Rate Touched Since the Panie of Four Years Ago. Bpecial Dispatch to The Call, NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—Call money was loaned freely and in large quantities at 9 per cent in Wall street to-day. This is the highest rate touched since the panic of May, 1901, and is an ex- ceptionally high figure, betokening acute stringency at any time. It is not, how- ever, unprecedented, as in the panic of December, 1899, call money loaned at 188 per cent, and it touched the latter rate frequently and even higher rates in the panies of 1893, 1890 and 1884. Ninety per cent for call loans was the maximum of the day and the average rate was well under that figure, ruling at from 40 to 50 per cer’l —_—————————— ANDREW CARNEGIE WAKES TO MUSIC EVERY MORN Played Upon Organ in His Home as Clock Strikes Eight. NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—Andrew Car- negle i{s awakened every morning by music. Just as the clock strikes eight each day the first notes of ‘“Lead, Kindly Light” or “Silent Night,” his two favorites, roll out of the pipes of an immense organ in his home on Fifth avenue, rousing the steel king for the day and starting the machin- ery of his household to work. He believes in being brought back to con- sclousness by the music of some hymn he loves, so that his first thoughts will be restful, soothing and give him inspiration for the day. ‘When living in his castle at Skibo, Scotland, he is awakened each day by three musicians with bagpipes under his window. The instrument in his {in&-n&:}me house is played by Wal- er e, organist of the way Tabernacle. % S 5resd v ———— Hymi Systemn Spells Economy. ‘We have all modern devices for ving and systematic office helps. 'a{uum. MORALES SHOT IN ISLAND RIOT United States Government Preparing to Send Marine Guard to Santo Domingo PR T READY TO INTERVENE Viee President Caceres -Isr Called Upon to Assume €ontrol of the Country WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—The Navy Department has received a ecablegram from Commander Chambers of the Nashville, dated at Puerto Plata, last night, stating that he had been in- formed from a Government source that President Morales had been shot und serfously wounded. A4 s00n as xhe cam be commissioned the erniser Dixie will be ordered to the West Indies, carrying a strong marine guard for such service as con- ditions may require.. The Dixie will hecome the flagship of the mosquito squadron detalled for service in those waters. The Navy Department celved a brief dispatch from Puerto Plata. Santo Domingo, announeing the departure from that port for Monte Christi of the gunboat Dubuque. No details of her mission have not yet been received. The gunboat Paducah left Norfolk to-day for Monte Christi. The Navy Department has advised Rear Admiral Bradford of her departure and that she will be at his disposal as soon as she arrives in Dominican waters. The Pa- ducah Is a sister ship to the Dubuque and will be attached to the squadron guarding American interests in the West Indies. The State Department fo-day received by cable from Santo Domingo advices which threw much needed light upon the revolutionary disturbances reported from there yesterday. These were to the ef- fect that the diplomatic corps had been notified by the Dominican Minister for Foreign Affairs, General Tejera, that President Mcrales having abandoned the capital, leaving the Government without an acting head, the Cabinet had called upon the Vice President, General Caceres, to take charge pending the temporary failure of Morales to exercise his func- tions. Caceres is known to favor the' American receivership. The city of San Domingo was quiet and the Cabinet offi- cers were exercising their functions wigh- out interruption. General Caceres is: understood to be at Puerto Plata and as the Clyde Line steamship Cherokee with Captain Colton, the controller of customs, aboard, {s due to touch at that port to-day, it is under- stood that he will take passage imme- diately for San Domingo City, almost two days distant. As the situation is understood here there has been no actual change in the domi- nant party in Santo Dominge as the re- sult of Morales' abandonment. The fact is the party known as Horacla, of which General , Caceres, the Vice President, is the principal figure, has all along con- trolled the Cabinet, and this Cabinet, in turn, owing to the peculiarity of the Do- to-day re- {-minican constitution, has completely dom- inated the Presidential office. As Morales was ambitious to conduct his own Gov- ernment, he fell under suspicion of dis- loyalty tg his party and also was sus- pected of intending to join the opposi- tion, or Jiminez party. Finding himself without power, because the Cabinet con- trolled the party, Morales anticipated re- moval by the party leaders and fled to the revolutionists, with the intention of securing a sufficient force to re-enter the capital and drive out his enemies. It is generally admitted that if re- quired marines will be landed to protect the lives of Collector George R. Colton and his two American assistants. Wheth- er such a protection would be extended to his Dominican assistants was left in doubt. Another positive statememt made was that the administration would In no way work toward the resoration of Mo- rales. SAN DOMINGO, Tuesday, Dec. 26.— Fighting is reported to have occurred last night ten miles west of this city. Ameri- can Minister Dawson and other foreign- ers have left their count~y seats and have come to town. IVENILE D 70 B SPREAD OVER NATION Judge Lindsey Said to Have the Backing of Rockefeller Jr. o S Speclal Dispatch to The Call, DENVER, Dec. 27.—Judge B. B. Lind- sey has been requested to go to New York by a millionaire, supposed to be John D. Rockefeller Jr., and accept as- sistance in making the juvenile court sys- tem of Denver a national institution. The name of the philanthropist is a jealously guarded secret. Judge Lindsey will be in New York on February 18. His work in this city has attracted the attention of the heir of the Rockefeller millions, and a sum equal to a king’s ransom will be placed at his dis- posal to ald boys whose home influence needs supplementing. Judge Lindsey will meet wealthy men who are interested in Juvenile court work. The financial man- agement will be in the hands of the mil- lionaire, but Judge Lindsey will be in charge of every branch of the work to be undertaken. 3 The organization will erect in every city a bullding for the home of its Juvenile Ald Society. ———— DOCTORS HAVE LITTLE HOPE FOR YERKES’' LIFR But Few Hours More May Remain to the Chicago NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—Charles £ Yerkes of Chicago, who is critically 111 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, is being kept constantly under the influence of oplates. Dr. Loomis, who has attended Mr. Yerks nce his illness began near- ly six ks ago, stated this afternoon that unless there should come a sud- den c for the better, Mr. Yerkes might not live more than twenty-four hours longer. To-night at 11 o'clock it was said at the hotel that there has been no change. Mr. Yerkes' wife, son and daughter are at his bedside, B ——— . To Cure a Cold in Ome Day- > Tablets. to cure. box. 28e.* MINING MAN - OF PROMINENCE MEETS DEATH & i _— WELL KNOWN MINING MAN WHO WAS FATALLY INJURED IN RAWHIDE TUNNEL. — OAKLAND, Dee. 27.—William Lid- dell, a pioneer resident of California and one of the best known mining men of the Pacific Coast, was fatally injured Tuolumne County, of which he was su- perintendent, and died to-day at 65:10 a. m. Particulars of the accident are lacking, but members of his family in this city have been informed that the superintendent, while inspecting the mine, was struck on the head by u fall- ing rock, the blow fracturing the skull at the base of the brain. Physicians were at once summoned from Sonora and Jamestown, but as the man is seven miles from the place, it was some time before they reached the injured man. An operation | was performed, but the injury was toe | severe and the patient passed away without regaining consciousness. William Liddell was a native of Scot- land, aged 59, and came to the United | States with his parents when he was but 6 years of age. at once to the Pacific Coast, where the deceased had since resided. At an early age he engaged in mining, becoming one of the best known mining men in the country. Fifteen years ago he re- | moved to Nevada, where he resided in Virginia City. He remained iIn that | State for seven years and shortly after his return to California he accepted the position of superintendent of the Raw- of his death. The deceased leaves four children, his wife having passed away two years ago. All the members of his family re- side in this city, at the home of Alfred Wilkie,1669 Broadway. They are Elbert, Ethel and Florence Liddell and Mrs. A. R. Wilkie, the wife of a son of the well- known tenor, Alfred Wilkie. P Sy el Mrs. Lewis R. Mead Dies at Byron. OAKLAND, Dec. —Mrs. Lewis Risdon Mead, wife of L. R. Mead, pro- prietor of Byron Hot Springs, died yesterday at the springs, after a long illness from heart trouble. Mrs. Mead was stricken Sunday afternoon seri- ously and rapidly sank. She had gone to the springs from San Francisco to spend the Christmas holidays, having | been' staying at the St. Dunstan’s, the | San Francisco residence of the Meads. The Meads were formerly residents of Oakland. Mead is general manager of the Risdon Iron Works, a director of the Mechanics’ Library and promi- nent in business affairs in San Fran- cisco. Dr. Louis D. Mead, a son, who resides at Byron Hot Springs, is the only surviving child. The funeral will be beld to-morrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the Church of the Advent, East Oakland. ER e N Former Mayor of Stocktom Is Dead. STOCKTON, Dec. 27.—Supervisor W. C. White of this city died to-day, after a long jllness. The deceased was a former millman and lumberman, but retired from the business several years ago, giving most of his time since to his two farms. He came to California in 1863, served several terms as City Councilman and one term as Mayor of Stockton. Two daughters—Miss Etta White and Mrs. J. L. Whitmore—survive him. The deceased was a prominent Mason, Odd | Fellow, Knight of Pythias and Elk. He leaves a large estate. S s Death of Los Angeles Milliounire. LOS ANGELES, Deec. 28. — Hon. Jonathan S. Slauson, philanthropist, millionaire and probably the most gen- erally known man in Los Angeles, dled at 12:15 o'clock this (Thursday) morn- ing at his home in this city after an |illness of six weeks. His death was | due to paralysis. | |ATTACKS GENUIM NENESS PHILADELPHIA, Dee. 21.—At the an- nual meeting to-day of the board of man- agers of the Free Museufn of Sclence and Art of the University of Pennsyivania Henry Chapman Jr., a member of the board of juniors, attacked the genuine- to the museum by the late Professor Maxwell Somerville, the famous Egypt- ologist. He sald the collection reflacted nothing but discredit upon the museum .and all those connected with it. He offered a resolution, which was adopted, calling for the appointment of a com- mittee of five to employ an expert or experts to investigate the collection of gems in the museum. £ The collection in question was presented by Professor Somerville shortly before his death in 1904. It is one of the largest collections in the world and has always been one of the most valuable. It has been examined with interest by experts from all over the world. — INJURED BY EXPLOSION WHILE OPERATING LANTERN * CHICAGO, Dec. 27.—A tank contain- ing bromide gas, which was being used to operate a stereopticon lan- tern In !;le‘{fl-lvttlon Barracks at 6335 sted street, exploded to- night and fatally injured Captain Fol- let, who was working the lantern. His left leg and left arm were blown off and he was severely brulied and cut about the body. daughter were blown through a plate glass window by the explosion, but both escaped with minor bruises. last evening at the Rawhide mine in | latter | The family came | hide mine, which he held at the Klmel OF EGYPTIAN GEMS ness of the large collection of gems made’ ANOTHER STEEL HERCERPLANNED Big Combine to Be Formed in Pennsylvania With a Capital of $150,000,000 J. W. GATES INTERESTED Republic Company to Head Organization of Whieh Topping Will Be President —_— PITTSBURG, Dec. 2l.—A combination of iron and steel interests is being formed which will have a capital stock of about $150,000,000. The prineipal concern in the movement is the Republic Iron and Steel Company. Other companies said to be included in the project are the Tennessee i Coal, Iron and Rallroad Company, the Sloss-Sheffield Iron Company and the La Belle Iron Works. John W. Gates, C. S. Guthrie and other leading men in the Re- pubiic company are sald to be promoters of the proposed big corporation. It was learned to-day that John A. Topping, who bas resigned the presidency of the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company, and who will sever h.s connec- tion with the United States Steel Corpo- ration on January 1, will be made presi- dent of the new combination. Topping left Pittsburg last night and could not be seen here regarding the report that he would be put in conmtrol of the company when 1t is formed. The detajls have now been perfected and two plans are under consideration. One is to form a holding company similar | to the United States Steel Corporation, | with the Republic, lennessee, La Belle | and Sloss-Sheffleld as subsidiary compa- | nies. Anether plan is to merge all the companies and retain the name of the | Republic Iron and wceel Company. FORUM CLUB HOLDS AUCTION JUST FOR FUN | | The Forum Club waxed gay yester- | day afterncon, when it became the col- lective guest of the retiring president, Mrs. Frank Fredericks, The clubrooms at Sutter street and Grant avenue were gay with holly and huekleberry, when the full quota of the club was recelved by Mrs. Fredericks, as- sisted by Miss Isabel Vail, Miss Sadie Fiteh, Miss Hendy and Miss Judson, all smartly gowned and fetehing. Just what was going to happen was a | dark, dank seeret, until Auctioneer Cur- tis arrived—the only man admitted—who proceeded to inspect a plle of packages |in a corner. | Then the secret was out. | Presently the auction was on, and it | was not long before reckless plunging—to | the tune of fifty beans—had wrought the | usually decorous club Into a veritable | “pit.” | When the packages were opened, great | was the fun thereat, for each onme con- tained a witty allusion and a weird gift. During the afternoon, Mrs. Newton J Tharp, unquestionably one of the clever- est readers in town, gave some interpreta- tions in eapital style, followed by Miss Dunn upon the piano. A bowl of egenOg—superhly congoeted was served in lieu of the ubiquitous tea. whose odor hangs heavy In every woman's clubrooms. Should the awtul fact leak out that a woman's club had fed real eggnog to Its friends it might start some Innocent clergyman or some ex-president to talk- ing upon the degeneracy of clubwomen. and their headlong flight to inebriety and ribaldry, —_——— OFFICIAL COUNT INCREASES THE PLURALITY OF JEROME Has a Lead of More Than Fifteen Thousand Votes Over Opponents. NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—Distriot At- torney Jerome's plurality was in- creased by nearly 5000 over the re- turns made on election night by the official returns made public to-day by the Board of Elections. His plural- ity is 15,064 instead of 11,450, as orig- | inally printed. This gain was the re- sult of corrections made by the board of canvassers and the counting of so- called void and protested ballots be- fore Justice Gi ieh. —————————— ANOTHER MAN ARRESTED | FOR THE DIAZ MURDERS I Leouls ©O. Coughener Takem Into Cus- tody as Soom as He Leaves Hospital In Mexico. EL PASO, Tex, Dec. 27.—Louis O. Coughener (“Shorty”), having recov- | ered from his wounds sufficiently to has been impris- | cases have | the best, NI REERNINR - l { { ————————— | 4 ’ — SRR ™