The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 7, 1906, Page 2

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[CERMANS YIELD 10 THE FRENCH BRITAIN'S ARMY BUDGET ISSUED Estimates Show a Reduction of Only $85,000 From the Previous Year’s Figures Said to Have Accepted Rus- sia’s Proposal Relating to the Policing of Moroceo AMERICA HOLDS E HIGH COST OF, DEFENS D Three Hundred and Thirty Millions to Be Expended in Preparedness for War KEY Could Break the Deadlock at Algeciras if She Chose to Reveal Her Views ST. PE patch from Algec has accepted the Rus ERSBURG, March 6.—A dis- s says that Germany 1an proposition that at iH\ 630,- of y $85,000 on n the case of the has simpls of Morocco be intrusted to France and Spain jointly, as the basis for an agree- | ment ALGECIRAS, Spain, March ¢—Reports are in circulation tonight relative to iur- ther developments in the police question conference on Moroccan re- a, it is erstood, has prepared a proposition favoring the Ger- man view. However, it is possible that | this will not be presented to the confer- | ence, the German delegates expressing th opinion that it does not sufficiently support their contention .| Considerable speculation prevails con | cerning the attitude of the United States. Both the British and the French déle gates are inclined ‘to the bellef that America will soon break her present si- lence. The French delegates even Sug- at the United States should in- its delegates to declare openly in a reductior s de ago. At the | d by the Liberal a rest | projects of 1ts | Ar-| have aracterized ick and w c Br favor of the French proposals if they Hall pras® are satisfied that these proposals offer g oly | the proper -guarantees for the mainte- nance of the equality - of commercial Such an event, following on the he Mediterranean powers ves- ht, the - Frenchmen _argur, the difference between failure or ccess of the conference. aly’s abstention from a tion also causes remark in re Marquis Visconti Venosta's regarded as being based on re not to depart from neutrality, in order that Italy may be in a better po- 1 absolute dec- e same DENVER HOTEL MAN DIES AT sition from which to endeavor to effect SAN DIEGO conciliation y | PARIS, March 6—M. Lockroy, former | Ministér of Marine, took advantage of the discus; of the naval budget in N the Chamber of Deputies today to make | re a powerful appeal for the strengthening which aroused the enthusi- of the whole house.: Comparing the | ch and German navies, M. Lockroy if the present pro- | rance were not augmented T 3 ald soon: dutstrip Franc uld war between France and Germany hreak out, the speaker said, it would be- gin with a » 1 battle, and, doubly powerful Fyench fieet was' neces- | sary, owing to the need .of France de- fehding herself both in the North Sea and in the Mediterranean. President Doumier. of the deputies, on | behalf of the chamber, thanked Lock- roy for his patriotic declaration and re- gretted the finsufficiency of the budget »f the navy, therefore a | - Admitting t eaknesd of the navy, he : P strongly sec Lockroy, contending that the ar ed the support of a | powerful nav e — ND DEMANDS lVl)E‘\l\‘lT\'. | ENG At 2 p “h “\\d‘!- Alsoidsks Privilege of Stationing sm,- Congregattonal on Poyang Lake. i SHANGHAI, March 7.—Ail"% quiet a: TRUGUAY PRT IDEXT, Nanghang, the Segne§f tHe;recent mas. hd sacre of Catholic missionaries, and the 'ELLS OF CONSPIRACY | missionaries who fled are returning. It ’ is stated that the Chinese Governor has admitted his guilt in failing to preserve | the peace and has asked | Names Me Imvlicated i for personal Men ““]_]“ ated in punishment, He will probably te de- | \ttenipt to Start graded / > : An investigation of the trouble shows Revolution. | that the French missionaries invited the magistrate to a feast and urged him to | MONTE 6.—President | SI&n papers promising an indemnity for | Battley ( ated to the | Property wrecked last year and to release Uraguayan ( a long ac.| Six Cathoiics charged with murder. The | v n in the re- | Mmagistrate declined to do so and he was i | ¢ stabbed. e ¥ s the ment re-| It is reported that England wijl de- | ed tidings, = to| mand for the murder of the Kingman elements on the Rio | f8mily the punishment of the murdere; fr Nation. | &0 d the privilege of sta- st 1z . o bamtol ats on Poyang Lake. The t P ryrad | demands have not yet been for- ms to effect a populat rising | There was no loss of American : st the aid « revolutionary | life or property. eme During the| A recent imperial decree sterniy com- &*: the gov ,,,i mands the provincial authorities to pro- eht e , from @ political | tect forelgn property and personms, espe- | ader neing that in- | clally missionaries. ! Strikers Fight With Police. move MADRID, March 6.—In an encounter ” at Fraga, near Hueeca, between 1200 view se facts the Government could | strikers and the police of the town, not afford to remain passtve. three of the former were shot dead Documents showing the complicity of | and several of the police were wounded. Mafianc , Carlos Berro and Mo- | —_——————— relli we the President's| WIFE WITA RECOVER.—Oskland, March cemm conclusion, said | 6.—Mrs. Mary Bierwirth. who was shot in the that ined upon would | eck by Fred Bierwirth, her husband, jast be ect in a few days | nignt, is rapidly improving and will be up in | & week or ten days. Saved From Eczema In Agonizing Condition for More Than Flve Years. Entire Body Covered With a Mat- ) tery, Bleeding Crust. Hood's Sarsaparilla Cured— Other Treatment Falled. “St. Albans, Vt., Feb. 19, 3906. “C. 1. Hood Co., Lowell, Mass. “Gentlemen: When my son Eugene was only 2 baby a heavy rash came 'on his face and head. A physician told us it was a severe case of eczema. In| spite of careful, skillful treatment, his face and head grew worse and in three months his entire body became cov- ered with a thick, mattery, bleeding | crust that gave off a bad odor. The itching was terrible. He continued in this agonizing condition for more than jiching almost entirely ceased and Eu, gene slept betterand-had a good appe- tite. I continued.to give him this medi{ five years, and oftentimes 1 was/| cine for three months, and it was.thert obliged to give him opiates to make [ my great pleasure to.see my darling him sleep. I then read of a similar | boy without a _sign;of the dreadful. ai- case cured by Hood's Sarsapayilla and resolved to try:-this medicine. I had used only one-half a bottle when I cowld see a change for the better. The fliction thro which he had passed! It ‘has never reh;rned and I am’indeed grateful for hiscure.” MRS. ALFRED MARQUETTE, 21 Edward street. Y Hood’s Sarsaparilla Effects the most wonderful, radical and permanent cures of all blood diseases, and gives health and strength. Get it today. SPECIAL. To meet the 'llllal of those who prefer medicine in tablet form, we are now pi u!\ln? f ood’s Sarsaparilla In ciocolate-coated tablets as well as in the usual Jiguld form. In reducing Hood’s Sarsaparilla to a solid extract, we have retained in the tablets the curative properties of every medicinal ln&:ed'ent. Sold by druggists or sent by mail. 100 doses one dollar. C. I Hood ., wowell, Mass. k| a "3 the control of the force for the policing | |insure a conservative if not a pliable | powers in | \h’u the participation of the representa- ! bombs were -seized. RICHTS OF NEW SLAV CONGRESS Czar Ontlmes Plan Under Which Russia Will Be Governed in- the Future ;I{OLDS TO VETO POWER | Measures Must Pass Both Houses and Then Be Sub- mitted for Ruler’s Sanction ST. PETERSBURG, March 6.—The full text of an imperial manifesto and | laws relative to the National Assembly |and the reorganized Council of the | Empire throws a flood of light on the | purpose of the Government to keep a | firm check on the new Russian Parlia- | ment and to exclude certain subjects from consideration by the people's rep- resentatives. The composition of the | Council of the Empire, or Upper House | of the National Assembly, with one- | half appointed by the Emperor and tweniy-six elected from the nobility and clergy, not counting scattering supporters from other classes, seems to majnrll\ in the (‘ouncfl to block the National Assembly, should the major- ty of the latter be in opposition to the Crown. The Governmmegt carefully retains the power to promulgate “temporary” laws during the recesses of Parliament, and, as the Pariament is subject to dis- solution by imperial ukase, the Gov- ernment is thus in a position in time of stress to rid itself of an oObnoxious Legislature and proclaim such laws as it deems necessary to meet the emer- | gency. | The most significant article is one ! etalning. certain provisions of an ex sting law which is mentioned only by number. This innocent looking pro- vision is far-reaching, placing beyond the jurisdiction of the.Parliament and | consigning to existing commissions of the Gouncil of the Empire, composed solely of members appointed by the Crow, for consideration, the following: 1. Reports of the Minister of Finance | upon the state of the treasury. I Charges of malfeasance against | | members of the Council of the melre,’ Ministers, Governors General and Com- | manders in Chief of the land or sea | i, forees. | IIL. The establishment of stock com- | | panies with special privileges. IV. Questions relating to the entailed | estates, titles of nobility, ete. The manifesto announces that the two bodies - ecomposing the Parliament—the Council_ of the Empire and National As- | sembly—will be convoked and prorogued annually by an imperial ukase. The Councll-of the Empire will consist of an equal -number of;, elected ‘members and | members nominated by ' the Emperor. Both bodies will have equal legislative initiating legislation and in other matters, and only measures passed by both bodies may be submitteéd for imperial sanction. Both bodies may an- nul the election of any of the members. | The manifesto concludes with the dec- laration that the Emperor firmly holds ives of the people in the ‘Government wn\ contribute to the economic welfare ken the unity |'of the empire and strengt 9f Russia.; The accompanying ukase ‘declares that he elective members of the council are "eliglme for a period-of nineé Pears. One~ third of them will be re-elected trien- | nialy. Each Zemstvo is privileged to elect a member, six members will be returned | by the Holy Synod of the orthodox | church, six by the academy of sclences | and universities, twelve by the bourses | of commerce and industry, eighteen by the pobility and six by the landed pro- prietors of Poland. Fach member of the council must be | at ieast 40 years old. The president and | vice president will be appointed by the | Emperor. Elective meémbers will receive. $1250 dafly during the session. ° The sittings of the Nationa] Assembly | and the Council of the Empire will be public and the closure of a debate may be voted by a majority. Ministers will be eligible to election to the National Assembly. | The ukase further points out that bills | rejected by the Emperor cannot be | brought forward again in the course of the same session. Bills rejected by one | of the leglsiative bodies shall require im- ] perial consent before being reintroduced. | St SRR GAPON DENOUNCES PETROFF. Says His Accuser Is n Tool of the So- cial Democrats. ST. PETERSBURG, March 6.—Father Gapon, in an open letter to-day, de- nounces Father Gregori Petroff as a traitor and a‘'tool of the Social ‘Demo- crats, who, he says, ‘are fighting | against the' true interests of the work- | iIngmen. Father Gapon also proposes a plan for a comblete Investigation of | of his organization by representatives the various parties. Father Petroff, during the investiga tion of: the charges that the Gapon or- ganizetion accepted money from the Government, alleged that a’ man named Scehoft had obtained $2000 from Father Gapon. Sechoff thereupon declared that he could not sunport the infamy -invelved in the charge and committed -swicide. el i Bémb Faetory Captured. ' + 8T PETERSBURG, March 6.°—A wholagale: bomb-factory -was: captured by ‘the police to-day at the lodgings of a druggist. One mindred’ and twenty: The .apartments had becn the irendezvous of ‘students -and ‘revolutionists, twenty. 6f whom | A were captured. Another terrorist wh was arrested in the street had a. bomb i his pocket. g " Cola Welcome for vitch. ST. PETERSBURG, Mm:h 6.—Lied. ‘tenant General Linevitch arrtved ' in St, Petérsburg today. Lieutenant Gen- eral n\ldlger. Minister of 'War, and a tion fo welcome him, butno demon-. stration was arranged. fn' txls ‘bonoi His reception was c¢old. ' few military officers were’at the uu-; THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH DISPUTE OVER CEMETERY LMD Callfomlan ‘Sues Masonie Association of Philadel- phia for Fifty Thouwsand BIG DAMAGES CLAIMED Harry M. Craft of Monterey County Has Papers Which Show Title to Property Special Dispatch to The Call. PHILADELPHIA, March 6.—Claiming ownership to “The Circle of St. John,” where many noted Masons are burled, Harry M, Craft of Monterey County, Calffornia, today filed a-suit against the Mount Moriah Cemetery Assoclation. He claims damages im the sum of $50,000. The papers were filed in Common Pleas Court No. 3 by Attorney William H. Pease. According to the bill of complaint.Craft claims a piece of ground 10,000 feet square in the center of which is a handsome memorial shaft erected by the Masonic fraternity to the memory of its distin- | guished members. Craft has documents to bear out his assertion that “The Circle of St. John” was purchased by his mother, Ellza B. Craft, on July 5, 1866, for $1000. ‘At that time the Mount Moriah Cemetery Assoclation was in its infancy and no one dreamed of the enormous value to which the ground would eventu- ally rise. Several years affer purchas- ing the plat Mrs. Craft left Philadelphia and made her home in Monterey County, California. There she died on May 2, 1894, leaving a will dated May 15, 1894, in which she gives all her Eastern pos- sessions t6 her son Harry. | Craft discovered that the cemetery as- | sociation had cut up the plat into sec- tions and had sold them. He claims that the cemetery derived $30,000 to . $35,000. The defense rests upon the statute of lim- itations. ——————— WILL MAKE A NOVEL PLEA TO SAVE NS FROM PRISON | Father of Two Youths Arrested Stealing Claims Elder Is Vietim of Rabies. SAN BERNARDINO, March 6.—0ld | Man Poelke, as he is familiarly known In thé Gheétto of Tos Angles, came here today to engage the best legal | taleyt obtainable to defend his two sons, Chris and Tony, accused of steal- ing dress suit cases from the trains be- | tween here and Riverside. Poelke tells a strange story about the oldest son, who is now 24 years old. He says that the young man was bitten by a mad @og seven years ago and has been er- ratic ever since. The dog died of rabies a few days after he bit young | Poelke. The younger boy, who 15 only | 15 years of age, the old man claims | wag enticed away from home by the older son and a man named Leftwich. —_————— TONS OF EARTH FALL UPON WORKMAN IN BRICKYARD for | Laborer Is Buried Alive While l)l‘-I ging Out Clay for the Mixers. < LOS ANGELES, March 6.—Edward Ballett, an employe of the Standard Brick Company, was buriéd alive in the vard at this after- the company§ plai With other he was in a i nbon’ ing bank taking-out clay, s Dbeing hauled to the mixers. The other work- men left the pit for,a moment, and ai- most immediately after they had gone | the high bank caved, burying Ballett under tons of earth. Although a score or more of men went to work to res- cut him it was two hours = before his: body was recovered. He leaves a wxdew and large family. 5 —_——————— LEAVES MARE ISLAND WITH MASTS FOR WIRELESS PLANT Collier Saturn Carries Stores and Poles | for Big Station Near Sam Diego. VALLEJO, March 6.—The Unitea States collier Saturn left the navy yard today for San Diego. On Poard are :he | two sections of the masts for the Point Loma wireless telegraph station. One is 110 feet long and the other 85 feet. Point Loma is twelve miles from San | Diego. A large amount of stores are on the Saturn for the Pacific scuadron. The contractors building the wireless plant at Point Loma expect to complete their task in about a month, when Captain Gearing .of the equipment department will send a force to install the plant and complete the line of stations from San Diego north to San Francisco. i —————— INCENDIARY MaY BE SE TO ASYLUM INSTEAD OF JAIL Brother of Los Angelex Firehmg In Try- ing to Kcep Relative Out n¢ Prison. LOS ANGELES, March 6.—James Brain, the self-confessed incendiary, must answer to charges of arson in the eriminal court unicss his brother, Al- bert Brain, succeeds in having him sent to wn wsylum for the insane. Formal corplaints, charging the youth with at &t half a dozen offenses in this city, were: jssucd tod: Brain admits that he was arrested in Chicago shortly be- fore c6ming West on suspicion of be- ing-a pyromaniic. He said he set five | %o half a dozen places in that city, and that another youth, 13 years of age, was an accomplice ot his. He has lerved terms in deveral réform school JM‘ANE B WHO. USED FLAGS® )" AS V'lAll(il)’.l'l LOSE LICENSES Authorities Close . Galleries in Which Chinese Were Allowed to Shoot . - At Starry 'l}m 'LOB_ANGILES, March 6.—AS a re- sult of tha incipient riot in the Chi- nede quarter last, caused by Chi- nége (ring rifles at small American flags used as targets In two Japangse shooting galleries, ‘the Police Commis. :slon today ordered the licenses of the two regorts revoiced and the places ha: Men Demaflépfly closed. There are i Police Oficials LODZ, Russian -Poland, ‘ continues. Today.a cap and.a s geant of pollen wun killed. The sassins ——v——‘.‘—w— UNJUST Dl‘cl!lll"flol Arih Missour! Pacific, Island and Pacific and roads were today made d complaint flled with the xnxémte Commerce Commission by the Hewa! Mills Company of Wichita, Kans., al leging unjust discrimination in trans- portation rate in flour in favor of deal- ers, manufacturers and of flour on the Pacific Coast. 3 March .6.— | The war against police officials -hers 4 P&‘J l'f:l tlons on the surface any hrthe«- locnl trouble as a result the Chinese situation. CLARA PRUNE ORCHARD IS SOLD FOR A LARGE llll JOSE, March 6.—The old Bond e 0f d(hw acres, planted in prune- bearing trees, near Santa Clara, has bq;n wid by Stelling Brothers, the present owners, to Lester Brothers, 5 . orchardists of this county. e price is said to have been l’h;a is one of the largest deals wproperty recorded here in L-:—.__...._._—- Solano to Have Better Jalls, VALLEJO, March 6.—At a , meeting of Solano County TS V! irfield it was declded to plans stimates for a new County Jail ll;n’: to enlarge the branch jail in Vll- (COAST AFFAIRS AT THE CAPITAL Reach AO'reement by Which Boundaries of Yosemite Park Are to Be Changed VALLEY LINE PLANNED Effort Being Made to Have the Government Take Over the Home' at Yountville ‘Speclal Dispatch to The Call. CALL~BUREAU, POST BUILDING, WASHINGTON, March 6.—An agreement has been reached between the California delegation and Secretary Hitchcock on the proposition to change the boundaries of- Yosemite National Park and permit an electric railroad from Fresno to ap- proach within eleven miles of the valley. Representative Smith will take up the matter in the House committee on public lands after the ‘Senate has acted upon the question. Senator- Flint today introduced a bill granting the Edison Electric Company | permission to eccupy certain lands for electric . power . pianis_jin the San Ber- | nardico, Sierra and San Gabriel forest reservations for a term of vears to be de- termined by the Secretary of Agricul-| ture. The bill is similar to that recently introduced in the House by Representa- tive Smith. Representative McKinlay appeared be-| fairs ghday and spoke in favor of turn- ing the Solidiers’ Home. of Californja at Yountville over to the Federal Govern- ment, While no vote was taken in com- mittee, it is known that its members are averse to the Federal Government as- | suming control of the institution and it is not probable that favorable action in that direction -will, be taken. Md&Kinlay is hopeful, however, of overcoming the com- mittee's objections. The Secretary of the Interior fore !hg House committee oh military af- today | executed a contract on behalf of ‘the United ‘States and approved a bond pro- viding for construction work on schedule 4 of the main canal of the Klamath ir- rigation projéct of California and Oregon. This contract calls for the construction of five highway bridges at $1158 each with 86-foot Howe truss spans, superstruc- tures, complete in place, and one bridge of f0-foot Howe truss spans and super- structures at $1038. The Patterson bill providing for the endowment of schools of mining in the State universities of California and other Western States was reported to the Sen- at etoday. Appropriations of $10,000 are made from the proceeds of the sale of public lands, the amount to be increased annually. The Senate in executive session today confirmed the following nominations: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona, Edward Kent, Colorado; Asso- ciate Justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona, Richard E. Sloan. Calitornia patents were issued today as | follows: George W. Austin, Hollister, wrench; Charles W. Barrett, Hanford, checkréin fastener; Ste- fani di Vecchio San Francisco, refrigerator; George Griffiths, Los Angeles. production of heat and smudge; Thomas B. Joseph, San Francisco, metal leaching; Benjamin Levison, San Francisco, twine holder; Alex oo B Gahn and O. K. Ascher, Los Angeles, y vise; Rosalia Mohr San Francisco, window 2nd ‘screen attachment; Isaac Nailor, Los An- geles, packing-box or carrier for oranges; Reu- Ben ©, Nelson, . Healdsbusg, - hydrocarbon fuel feedin® appzratus; Ira E.'Smith, Sacramento, 9il bufning system; Schastiano Tomanelli, fan rancisco, paste press; Asger Velschow, Oak- land, lflhl"n‘ A))pnrllul Charles B. War- ren and D. E. Myers, Lordsburg, window sash fastener; George H. Williams, Los Angeles, vehlcle wheel. ELKS OF-THE SOUTH /STRONG FOR MELVIN Will Support Gakland Jurist in Fight for Grand Ex- alted Ruler. Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, March 6.—Judge Hen-y A. Melvin of Oakland, who aspires to the position or grand exalted ruler of the Order of Elks, and whose claims to that office. will be vresented at the Grand Lodge of the order in Denver next July, may count upon practically the unani- meus support of the Southern California members of the order. Los Angeles Lodge No. 99, one of the strongest in the coun- try, will instruct her representatives to support Judge Melvin as long as there s any chance of his winning or until directs them to change. Other lodges in this section will give similar instructions. ————————— Headaches and Neuralgia From Colds. Laxative Bromo Quinine, world wide Cold and Grip remedy, removes cause. Call for full name, look for signature of E. W. Grove. —_————————— Approve Plats of Nevada Towns. FALLON, Nev.. March 6.—The town plats for Fairview gnd Fairfield, new mining camps in “Churehill County, were today approved by the Commis- sioners of both places. e Riplinger Loading in Seattle. SEATTLE, March 6.—Complete returns from fifty-three precincts give Riplinget (Republican candidate for Mayqr) 163 plu- | | i 1 | The Little Doctor in your Vest Pocket EE the thin, round-cornered little Enamel Box below! When carried in your vest pockst it means Health-Insurance. 1t contains Six Candy Tablets of pleasant taste, almost as pleasant as chocolate. Each tablet is a working dose of Cas- carets, which acts like Exercise on the Bowels and Liver. * ® % It will not purge, sicken, nor upset the stomach. Because it is not a “Bile- driver,”” like Salts, So- dium, Calomel, Jalap, Senna, nor Aperient Waters. These waste Diges- tive Juices of the system needed to- morrow, in mztely flushing out the Bow- els today. - Neither is it like Castor Oil, Glycerine, or other Oily Laxa- tives that simply lubricate the Intes- tines for {ransit of the food stopped up in them at that partic- ular time. ‘These emergency drugs relieve the immediate trouble, but do not relieve its Cause. " The same trouble will therefore recur | again till that Cause is removed per- manently. The chief cause of Constipation and Indigestion is a weakness of the Muscles that contract the Intesgines and Bowels. Carcarets are practically to the Bowel Muscles what a Massage and Cold Bath are to the Athletic Muscles. £ * Shiwing size of * Vest Pocket” Cascaret Box compared to Waich. They stimulate the Bowel Muscles to contract, expand, and squeeze the Diges- tive Juices out of food eaten. Cascarets do [this naturally, without purging or discom{grt. They don't help the Bowels and Liver in such a way as to make them lean yj similar assistance for the future. This is why, with Cascarets, the dose may be lessened each succeeding time instead of increased, as it must be with all succeeding doses of other Cathartics and Laxatives. ;G YR Cascaretsact exercise. If carried in your Vest Pocket, (or car- ried in My Lady’s Purse), and eaten just when you sus- pect you need one, youwillnever knowa sick day from the ordinary ills of life. » - - t like the Bowels, and partial Constipation paves the way for all other Diseases. ““Vest Pocket™ boz 10 cents. Be sure you get the genuine, made only by the Sterling Remedy Company, and never sold in bulk. Every tablet stamped ““ CCC." LT 4" FREE TO OUR FRIENDS! We want to to our MEWING OF CAT SNES FAMILY Feline's C(ries “akes Mis- tress and Latter Discovers the House Is Aflame AT B Special Dispatch to The Call. PORTLAND, March 6.—The mewing of a pet cat belonging to pretty Miss Irene ‘Wilcox saved the live- of the family of G. G. Gammans, at 2% North Twenty- first street, at 5:20 o'clock this morning. Miss Wilcox was awakenéd by the dis- tressed walling of the animal, and’arose and found that a fire was burning in the attic of the residence. She called for Mr. Gammans, who came. upstairs with diffi- culty, as fthe no\tge was beginning to flll with dense black smoke. He helped her to safety and then returned to his sleep- ing apartments and aroused his wife. “This was a “Sn“ fire,” said a mem- ber of the departnlent. “It was caused by rats chewing matches in a pile of excel- sior, and was checked just in time by the mewing of a cat. What became of the ratg I don’t kno’ The cat was saved, and I'm glad of i OIL KING ROGERS AFTER NEVADA SINGER Wants Tenor for Choir of His Chureh Near Boston. Special Dispatch to The Call RENO. March 6.—H. H. Rogers, the at- tornéy and stubborn witness for the Standard Oil Company, founder and prin- cipal patron of a Fairhaven church near Boston, is angling for the services of a Nevada singer, “Dick” Tobin. The ser- vices of the native son of Nevada, of whom great things are expected In the tone world, are quietly desired by the oil man. Rogers ean afford whatever he chooses in the way of luxuries, Tobin, with his glorious tenor, clear as the mountain air he breathes, is coveted for the services of the church in Fairhaven. [ — Mme. Gadski Too Il to Sing. SACRAMENTO, March #.—Madame Gadskl was not able to sing tonight, owing to the sudden development of hoarseness. . Dr. Willlam Ellery Briggs made an examination of her. throat and advised against her appearance. If she is not better the Portland engagement will be cancejed also. Mme. Gadskl started for Portland tonight and the physicians feel that she will be able to i AL EST. 1847. COC PLASTERS Brandreth s, sing there. WILL IMPROVE CITY DESPITE OPPOSITION San Bernardino Trustees Add £10,000 to Proposed Bond Issue. Epecial Dispatch to The Call SAN BERNARDINO, March 6.—At an enthusiastic meeting held last night, the tembers of the City Council voted to in- crease the proposed bond issue for ths building of bridges and roads from $50,000, the previous figure, ‘to $§0,000, the addi- tional amount being for the grading of Third street from F street to the Santa Fe depot and the laying of crosswalks in different parts of the city. City Engineer Brown was directed to embody the addi- tional improvements in his report of es- timates and a special meeting of the Couneil will be held Saturday to adopt the final resolution and fix a date for the election. Strong opposition is expected from some quarters, particularly among the large taxpayers of the city. —_——————— Yosemite Opens April 1st. Via Southern Pacific-Wawona Route. Tickets may be purchased in advance to leave San Francisco March 31, enabling pas- sengers to catch first stage from Raymond, April 1. Owing to late rains and snows the waterfalls are now magnificent and the air is pure and clear. The Southern Pacific- Wawona Route takes you to the Mariposa Big Tree Grove and past the great scenic features. Ask agent for folder and booklet. * CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Auction Peremptory Sale Of a choice Fourth-street hold- ing will be held at our salesroom, 20 Montgomery St., THURSDAY, MARCH 8, At 12 o'clock noon. 160-162 FOURTH STREET, Between Mission and Howard Streets, Impmvem/enu consist of a 3- E

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