The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 15, 1906, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1906. ALARM OVER PLAN PROPOSED HICH WATER | T0 EAD BONCATT Senator Piles Would Use the Chinese Indemnity Fund to Educate the Orientals S Creek Flowing Through the Center of the City Breaks WILL INTRODUCE Over Its Banks and May S0 Inundate the Entire Town BILL Said to Have Approval of President in Scheme to Bring Students to America SR, e s {CHANTS MOVING GOODS TO SAFETY o PO Ll Special Dispatch to The Call. Jan. 14.—United States Sen- introduce in Congress a ropriating the $20,000,000 paid this by China as indemnity following g to defray the expenses tudents to be educated in A part of this sum, , shall be expended in Americans in China, it is believed, will isfactory to China the boycott against ed That Torrents From Mountains Will Further Swell Stream and y Dama Property Cause aqt e was agreed upon at a e facuity of the University with A. W. Bash, pro- Bash has been of- by President Roosevelt State Root to welcome and which is to land 2%5. The plan to demnity fund was suggested and it is authoritatively the approval of the Pres € y of State. ion of Oregon and Cali- is asked. Under the first to bring Chinese United States and pro- ation in this country; American colleges in China, and third, students at the Amer- Chi NEGRO POLICEMAN SNOWSLIDE IN MOUNTAINS. His Appointment Causes a Stir Among People of Northern City. h to The Call ad Traffic Hours. Blocked for Sheds Wrecked Jan. 14.—Something of a stir has appointed a negro to be & His name is J. S. Peoples and e distinetion of heading the list Out of fifteen applicants the examination’ ten passed. made the best general grade and best physical examination. eral grade was 89.29 and his physi- { 1 s been employed during his | years of residence in Seattle as a | laborer. He is 25 years of age, 5 feet 11% | 11, weighs 179 pounds, and is built | athlete. ——————————— | WOMEN ORGANIZE TO TRAIN SERVANTS Seattle Ladies Will Try to Solve Question of Do- mestic Help. | Special DI The Call. | Jan. 14—To solve the ser- em; to train domestics for to establish more pleasant | s between mistress and servant, | Je's most prominent wo- have banded together and yesterday | articles in Olympla incorporating the | an’s Domestic Guild of Seattle. ervant girl problem,” a these women, and they like an h to to solve it teaching of girls for domestic ser- > begun, and the lessons put into practice when the young 1 are employed in households all the city. The Ineerporators of this have planned a far reaching inno- . while not too confident of the t. are determined to see if success not come their way. SUPPER OF POPCORN BREAKS LONG FAST Oregon Man Eats for the First Time in Thirty- Four Days. gh water mark, end no dan- - es on either side of the Spectal Dispatch to The Call, ess the storm con- + SALEM, Ore., Jan. 14.—With a supper - of popeorn and canned tomatoes, Claude Barker, a young Quaker of this city, to- |day ended a fast of thirty-four days. During the period named no food has passed his lips, and water has been his only drink. Convinced that he had received a divine command to abstain from food, . | Barker turned a deaf ear to the argu- ments of friends and the pleadings of his father. A loss of forty-five pounds in weight is the only inconvenience he ad- mits he has suffered. Hunger has not annoyed him, nor has he lost in activity of mind or body. RAIN IN SAN DIEGO. Slight Fall in the thern Section of the State. Last night a no time was the raiafall tal for the storm so far 2 |“SWEET PEA GIRL” ON ALASKAN TRAIL wions to- | Conduets a Roadhouse in the : Wildest Section of the Country. heavier ted to close indications to- the yuds. NAPA RIVER OUT OF BANKS, More Than Two Inches of Rain in Epeclal Dispatch to The Call e lvv\rnl‘yt~|’l!‘llf Hours. SEATTLE, Jan. 14—On the wildest sec- ¢ heaviest storm | tion of the trail from Fairbanks to Val- of t Napa last night | dez, the big-delta, where the blizzards and tc y Il for the twenty- | cause 0 much trouble to travelers, the our o'clock this | mysterious woman known in San Fran- 09 inches. Napa r and this aft- nks. The rain to farmers, this cisco as the “Sweet Pea Girl” through ber connection with the Durrant case is conducting a roadhouse. She is conduct- ing the roadhouse on the delt under the name of Mrs. Charles Bechtol. She was | recognized by William Jarman, a Fair- banks miner, who arrived in this city on. the Santa Ana yesterday morning. Mrs. Bechtol admitted to him that she was the “Sweet Pea Girl.” ber en aphi. efi throughout communication T the greater !url. of | et | San Benito River Booming. § | e 14.~Rain is fant- | Jan. e ee— auy. The total for the Death Calls Noted Engineer. 2 hes. The San Benito SAN DIEGO, Jan. 14-—Frederick booming d many orchards | Copeland, an engineer of note, who Bute The outlook for | made the survey for the Southern Cali- ght. | fornia road from National City to Riv- | erside, died at National City to-day. He {had held various civic ofices at Na- tional City. He was 72 years of age and | & native of West Bridgewater, Mass, | —_— | ing, many telegraph wires being down. | The Weather Bureau reports heav: Spowstorms Reported in Nevada, Utah | rain and snow storms In Nevada, ma:. and Northern Arizona. and Northern Arizona. Thunderstorms Heavy Fall in Auburn. AUBURN, rainfall for storm 8 inches. SOUTH DRENCHED WITH RAIN. he Canton, Hankow and other | stated | ooted here the indemnity money | ON SEATTLE FORCE | »wed the announcement that Chief | certified by the Civil Service | Tuan Fang and Tai Hung Chi, with | Ke Ajfred Sze, English secretary; Ma- STANFORD CHINES 11 | TorTI KA WA FATS P BRI S ke U S i The Royal Chinese Commissioners, Professor Jenks and prominent’ mem- bers of the commissioners’ party, were guests of President Jordan at Stanford University yesterday. The Chinese dig- nitaries and their retinue left this city at 10 o'clock and were received at Palo Alto with carriages, the commissioners and Professor Jenks entering the pri- vate conveyance of President Jordan. Accompanying the commissioners were Wu Quang Kien, first secretary; Sao- jor Chung Ye, Wo Chow Gien, Chu Lun and others, The unliyersity was thoroughly in- spected and the Orlental visitors ex- pressed great admiration for the mass- ive buildings and the splendid educa- tional equipment. The usual formali- ties were gone through and the usual courtesies exchanged, and the visitors returned much pleased with what they had seen. The High Commissioners took dinner in their room and spent a quiet even- ing, being fatigued after the varying en- tertainment accorded them. This morn- ing they will be taken, with the other members of thelr party, to the Presi- dio, and will there be received by Gen- eral Sumner. Then, aboard the Slocum, they will visit the cruiser Chicago, and from there will go to the University of California. They will return about 3 o'clock to take a special train for the East that will be waiting for them at the mole. RARE COINS AS GIFTS. 8o pleased are the commissioners with the manner in which they and their suite have been looked after at the St. Francis that they yesterday presented Manager James Woods and Assistant Manager H. W. Wills each with a box of old and rare coins, the two collections being worth $700. Chief Clerk McDermott, he of the imperish- able smile. was also remembered with ax‘nrenlonl of thanks and a handsome gift. During their stay at the St. Francis the Chinese visitors have eaten the usual American food, in the usual American way, their only special re- quest being that rice be served with thefr meals. Some of the members of the suite have missed their chopsticks very much, and one of them, who had never seen Yankee cutlery before, har- pooned his tongue with a fork while trying to thrust a , morsel into his mouth during the excitement of a heat- ed argument over the utility of chop- sticks. This was the only startling ac- cident. Some of the servants insisted on hav- ing their meats cut up into small bits, as is the usual Chinee custom, but all the members of the official party have determined to carve thelr way into American popularity by using Ameri- can knives and forks. To those members of the party who have never been to America before the elevators are things of giggling terror. ‘Whenever a party of the Celestials en- ter one of the cages they grab hold of one another and brace themselves for the ascent, which they seem to have a lingering fear may end Somewhere amid the stars. A strong desire to stick their heads out and see how the cage moves is luckily prevented of ex- ecution by the grill work of the ve- hicle. PHONE SOURCE OF DELIGHT. The telephone s a source of delight to those of the Celestials. who have never before seen one, and they soon learned how to use it. though timid at first that they might catch some of the spirits of thelr ancestors on the myste- rious wires and receive a shock. When they learned that there was no danger of hooking on to any departed rela- tive and getting roasted for lack of veneration, they took d.ll’lhlr In usmg the phone. Yesterday five of them were in their room and felt like they wanted to np—! holster their interfors with some chop suey or chicken fricassee, or whumr' else they might be able“to procure. ! One of them called up the kitchen on | the phone and said: “There are five | hungry Chinamen in No. —. Can't you save us?” The chef himself took a menu card and went to the relief of the Orlentals. He explain the entire sheet, from soup to tips, and the played the whole string. 5 3 BERKRBLEY, Jan. 14.—The Chinese dig- taries now in San Francisco, who are The southern portion of the State|are reported from t Lake and Mo. was drenched with a copius fall of rain | dena, Utah, weather Stations E yesterday. Reports from the northern| Forecaster McAdie says there will b part of California were not forthcom- | sbowers to-dag, to Inv:lctlx-u the wgfl‘:’n of institutions, are to guests of the a to-morrow Unlversity of -after- nesn. They will be conveyed in a Gov- B empowered by the Chinese ment American GREETS E VISITORS Commissioners Will Be Entertained at Berkeley Before Starting for East. - | CONSUL CHUNG PAO-HSL WHO HAS CONDUCTED THE ENTER- TAINMENT OF THE CHINESB COMMISSTONERS, O * ernment tug across the bay about 11 o’clock. Mr. Mann of the Southern Pa- cific Raflroad Company il station a lookout at the Oakland mole to report the approach of the tug carrying the commissioners. The private car of Mr. Scott of the railroad company’s staff will be used for them and will be attached to the regular train leaving the mole for Berkeley. Professor JJerome Landfield will represent the university when the guests arrive at the mole. RECEPTION AT UNIVERSITY. Carriages will be in waiting at the sta- tion in Berkeley. If the weather is not inclement Professor John Fryer will greet the party at the station. The party of guests will be taken to President ‘Wheeler's house, where luncheon will be served. At about 1 o'clock the visitors will ride in carriages around the eam- pus, inspecting the grounds and bulld- ings. Professors Cory and Le Conte will meet them at the Mechanics buildings; Proféssor Christy at the new Mining building; Professor Armes at the Greek Theater; Professor O’Neijll at the Chem- istry building; Victor H. Henderson, sec- retary of the Regents, At California Hall. The entire party will attend the exer- cises in Harmon gymndsium at 2 o'clock, in connection with the dedication of Call- fornia Hall. The Chinese Commissioners’ party will occupy seats on the platform. Twenty seats will be reserved for the Chinese students of the university, who will be seated in a body. College yells and songs will be rendered by the Glee Club and the “rooters.” The programme will include an address by President Ben- jamin Ide Wheeler; address by Judge W. H. Waste: address by Senator G. R, Lu- kens, and an address by Governor Par- dee. ———————— SHOOTS HIMSELF BEFORE CROWD AT THE DEPOT Ohio Mnn Takes His Life at the Arcade Station at Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 14.—Albert Wil- son, 30 years of age, whose relatives reside at College Corner, Ohio, shot himself in the forehead in the presence of hundreds of people at the Arcade station to-day and died in the Recefv- ing Hospital two hours later. The shot was fired with suicidal intent and evi- dfntly in a moment of mental aberra- tion. “Wilson had purchased train and sleeper tickets to Chicago and was awaliting the departure of his train. After making some inquiries about the time of the departure of the train, he walked to the doorway of the station, where, standing in full view of a large crowd of people, he drew a pistol from his pocket and, placing it to his fore- lh‘:ad. fired the shot which ended his . But lttle is known of Wilson here. He arrived in Los Angeles last Saturday from the East. Money and valuables were found on his person. NINE OUT OF TEN WOMEN ARE HABITUAL TIPPLERS Thus Asserts New York Clergyman in Deploring Spread of Liguor Habit. NEW YORK, Jan. 14.—Rev. Madison C. Peters in his sermon this morning said: “The fashion that encourages women inebriates among the soclety women of New York presents a deplorable out- look for the future of the republic. Closely observe the goings on in the fashionable drinking’places of our city and you will find that nine out of ten women drink—drink habitually, their tipples identical with those of the men and their calls as frequent. Drinking with men and women and alone, at luncheon; at dinner, at supper and be- tween times, young women and old are to be seen, to say nothing of the drink- ing in their own homes, where nobody except their maids see them. Fashion- able physicians know that I tell the truth. Alcoholism alarmingly on the inorease” . |ings in memory of the day. among women s | COMING WEEK'S WORLD EVENTS First in Tmportance Is the Moroccan = Conference “to Be Held at Algeciras ELECTIONS IN BRITAIN French National Assembly Will Choose a President to Succeed M. Loubet WASHINGTON, Jan. 14—Among the world’s events for the coming week the most important is the Moroccan confer- ence, which will assemble on January 16 at Algeciras, Spain. Eleven European countries and the United States will send representatives. Henry White, Embas- sador to Italy, and Samuel R. Gummere, Minister to Morocco, will represent the United States, with Lewls Finstein, third secretary of the London Embassy, as secretary of the American mission. France and Germany are most important factors in the conference and the atti- tude of tHelr representatives will be fol- lowed closely. Although it is yet to be decided whether the decisions of the con- ference must be unanimous, the balance of power lies with the other nations, so that there is every reason to hope that conservatism will govern the outcome of the negotiations. In Great Britain the general elections will continue. Saturday’s decision, how- ever, which showed such unexpected Liberal gains, makes it a foregone con- clusion that the Government will have an® ample working majority. The election of a new President of the French Republic will be coincident with the convening of the French National As- sembly on January 17. This Assembly is made up of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies. President Loubet has an- nounced that he will not be a candidate for re-election, which seems to leave the choice between Clement-Armond Falliers, the newly elected president of the Sen- ate, and M. Doumer, president of the Chamber of Deputies. The former's chances apparently are 'considered best, but Premier Rouvier also has a follow- ing which may develop in the balloting. In spite of Loubet's announced intention. however, not to become a candidate for re-election, it is possible he may recon- sider. January 22 is the anniversary of ‘‘Red Sunday” in St. Petersburg, but prepara- tions have been made to celebrate it this year on January 21 and 22. Intense in- terest is felt in the manner in which the people will commemorate the day, for it will show to what extent the Rus- | sian Government has succeeded in restor- ing quiet. The Workmen's Counecil has | called a general pacific strike for January |22, and there will be parades and meet- i Among the conventions for the next | week the most important are: | "The second national conference on pri- I mary election and ballot reform, to be held in New York beginning January 15, at which the primary election reform, ballot reform and corrupt practices acts will be discussed. The United Mine Workers' convention, which will meet'in Indianapolis on Jan- uary 16, will consider the adoption of a wage seale which will affect at least 500,- 000 miners throughout the country. The American Protective Tariff League will hold its annual meeting in New York on January 18.° e 46/ GHIS WHAT CONGRESS WILL DO. Sennte to Discuss Merchant Marine and Pure Food Bills, WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—In Congress the outlook does not promise a very interesting week. The Senate has no clearly defined programme and the cal- endar was denuded by the vigorous work of last week, so that unless there is considerable discussion.of bills which have right of way the prospect is not good for much business. Thé merchant marine bill holds the place of unfinished business each day after 2 o'clock and the pure food bill has the preference during the morning. There is not apparent, however, any disposition on the part of any large number of Senators to press either measure to a speedy termination. Sen- ator Gallinger, in charge of the ship- ping bill, and Senator Heyburn, has been intrusted with the food bill, are both alert to the situation and will lose no opportunity to advance the in- terests of those two measures, but both have so far shown a disposition to wait upon Senators who may desire to be heard on the bills and are not yet pre- pared to proceed. Senator Tillman will be heard during the week on his resolution relative,to the situation in Santo Domingo and there are intimations that the Moroccan question will be revived by the intro- duction of a revised resolution on that subject. If the Philippines tariff bill pass the House, it will reach the Senate early in the week and be promptly referred to committes, but it cannot be reported for some time. The®bill will be stub- bornly opposed in the Senate. The committee on Isthmian canal will begin the actual work of Invest gating the Panama Canal situation on Tuesday. It Is expected that the Canal Committee will report on thé nomina- tions of canal commissioners soon. By reason of the fight against the joint statehood bill, House leaders will have some difficulty in providing busi- ness for all the days of next week. It had heretofore been the intention to follow the Philippines bill with the statehood bill. Tt has been decided to postpone for at least a week the report- ing of the statehood bill from the com- mittee. This leaves the business of the week now in sight simply the finishing of the Philippines bill and one day of pension legislation. RATE BILL PLEASES PRESIDENT. Hepburn’s Menasure Will Soon Be Before the House. WASHINGTON, Jan. 14—President Roosevelt has Indicated that he is In accord with the House Committee on Toreign and Interstate Commerce in its support of the Hepbury bill for the reg- ulatifon of railroad freight rates. He had conferences yesterday with Repre- sentatlve Hepburn of Jowa and with Representative Esch of Wisconsin, in | which he expressed his satisfaction with the amendments the committee proposes to make to the measure. It is expected that the measure will be re- ported to the House the latter part of next week and be called up soon after- ward. A ——— SHASTA COUNTY TAXPAYERS : . OPPOSE NEW JUDGESHIP REDDING, Jan. 14.—Petitions are be- ing circulated amd numerously signed by residents of Shista County praying Al o{::’ General to take steps who |* TRAIN DITCHED COLLECE BOY N THE SOUTH LOSES MIND - Accident on the Salt Lake|James A. Blakemore of the Line in Which One of the Passengers Is Injured ONLY SLIGHTLY HURT Softened Condition of Road- bed Responsible for Wreek, but the Damage Is Small SAN BERNARDINO, Jan. 14—The Los Angeles and Salt Lake Limited train on the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Road, east-bound, went into the ditch at Highland Junction, six miles east of San Bernardino at 5:15 o'clock this evening and sevéral cars were over- turned and one passenger, Ole Han- sel of Milner, 8. D., was slightly hurt. The accident was caused by spreading rails, due to the softened condition of the roadbed from the receit rains. The en- gine remained on the track, but the bag- gage, malil, diner and smoking cars left the rails and some of them were turned over. The train ‘was not running rapidly, and this is responsible for the small damage resulting. The cars which left the track are not damaged to any extent. There were but few passengers on the train and they were brought to San Bernardino and housed at the local hotels. The track will be blocked for some time. S SR LANDSLIDE CAUSES WREOCK. Engineer and Fireman Hurt on South- ern Pacific in Oregon. PORTLAND, Jan. 14—A special to the Qregonian from Cow Creek Canyon, Or., says the northbound Southern Pa- cific passenger train No. 16 ran into a big landslide and the engineer and fire- man of the head engine were injured slightly. Traffic will be delayed sev- eral hours. Wrecking crews have gone from Portland to Roseburg. No pas- sengers were injure SHIPPING ACTIVE ON PUGET SOUND Every Available Vessel Char- tered for Cargoes of Wheat and Lumber. Specisl Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, Jan. 14—Maximum shipments of wheat and lumber have caused the chartering of every available vessel on Puget Sound. Last year there were many disengaged ships at various sound ports. The last one of the disengaged fleet was the ship' Elwell, which was chartered yesterday by a San Francisco firm to carry lumber to Lapaina. The number of vessels loading on Puget Sound has in- creased 70 per cent within three years. If the foreign demand for lumber con- tinues this increase will not diminish. During the next month eight large ves: sels wiil sail from Tacoma, Port Blak: ley, Port Gamble and Ballard, carrying more than 12,000,000 feet of lumber to for- elgn ports. The Chinese boycott of American flour is operating to the advantage of sailing ; vessels. It results in a smaller demand | for flour which would be shipped across the Pacific by steamships. In conse- quence a larger amount of wheat is be- ing shipped by sailing vessels. Raiiroad building in Alaska will require many ves- sels to transport lumber and other sup- plies to Valdez and Seward. SEOUL, Korea, Jan. 14.—The Government has decided to retain the services of Durham | about $100 in coin. White Stephens, the American diplomatic ad- viser to the Bmperor of Korea. University of California Suddenly Becomes Imsaneé —_—— TAKEN TO NAPA ASYLUM Is Seized With Religious Mania and Officers ue Forced to Shackle Him ettt Special Dispatch to The Call REDDING, Jan. 14.—James A. Blake- more, a voung student of the University of California, who returned to his home at Lewiston, Trinity County, about & month ago to recover from an iliness, waa taken violently and dangsrously insane yesterday marning at his home. He was hurriedly examined and committed to the Napa asylum, where he was taken to= night by Sheriff Bergin. Blakemore i3 & member of one of the most prominent families in Northern Cal- ifornia and was a favorits at the unlv: sity. He was taken with a sudden lig{oul mania and bad to be bound and shackled. WOMAN TRAVELS TRAIL AT THIRTY-TWO BELOW Party Lost in Alaska Suffers From the Intense Cold. SEATTLE, Jan. 14—Mr. and Mrs Ray Brumbow, J. J. Rogers and B J. Steirs, all of Fairbanks, Alaska, who in Seattle on the Santa Ana from Val- dez, experfenced a night on the trail from Fairbanks to Valdes with the thermome- ter 32 degrees below zero. A ':x knife was the only tmplement in the with which to cut fuel to keep up the camp fire. Th‘;y were lost from the remainder of the party and encountered a severs storm which covered the trail so that they were unable to follow it. The entire party, consisting of six men and two women, suffered from exposure and hunger om the trail, taking twenty-one days to make a trip that is ordinarily covered in from nine to ten days. —————————— BURGLAR TAKES COIN s FROM SLOT MACHINES Secures Ome Hundred Dollars From the Vendome Saloon in Napa. NAPA, Jan. 14.—A bold burglary was committed in Napa this morning. The , Vendome Saloon, of which J. R. Eus- tace is the proprietor, was robbed of About 3 o'clock this morning after the place had been closed the burglar effected an entrance through the frout door by prying off the lock. When inside he looted the slot machines. e —— Drowned in the Sacramento. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 14—Robert Johnson, a Norwegian, who was learn- ing to operate a ferry-boat on the Three-Mile slough near Isleton, down the Sacramento River, was drowned at about 2 o'clock this morning. Upon Stepping to the boat from-the landing he slipped into the water and was swept to his death. —_————— Modesto Stable Burned. MODESTO, Jan. 14.—The livery stable of O. McHenry, containing 115 tons of baled hay, was burned to-day. It is supposed that the fire was caused by tramps. Loss Is estimated at $5700. The soda cracker is an ideal food . Uneeda Biscuit are the ideal soda crackers. Indeed, n soda crackers rightly made in the first place, rightly protected last and all the time. - In a dust tight, moisture proof package. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY RELIABLE TIME Is the Chief Requisite When Traveling East, in Winter ' Union-gzuthem Pacific Holds the Record S. F. Booth, Gen. u.p. lb.llm-‘:;s. ”