The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 19, 1906, Page 3

. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY MARCH 19, 1906 DEMOCRATIC SENATORS DISCUSS THE RATE BILL Agree T\ot I\e Made That the Hepburn Measure Shall a Party Issue. IR gy “\EEIL_‘. i *i’ | ! 7 TR NI ANIN ‘TJLLMAN‘K, — AT A CONFER- ? OF THE UPPER HOUSE. 18.—Senaton taine :wlefllu»—s he eWS on l! e te. was spent in the in any case review of the | e courts of two or three r Tillman, who is or of the t were favorable fon of e around to n-suspension ted.” d that the that the Democrats were ed in their views on the dments as were thelr a ues s who were present said that the | under circumstances, be | ssue. at the luncheon, in ad- , were Senators Balley, Culberson, Dubots, Fos- Pettus, Rayner, Simmons, an, Latimer, McCreary, Mar- and Patterson CUT OFF FROM ESCAPE, WOMAN PERISHES IN FIRE | Lfses Her Life in Kansas City Bulld- ing and Five Others Are Overcome. KANBAS CITY, Mo., March 18.—Miss Inman, a corset-maker, who here three months ago from St. wes burned to death and five were overcome by smoke 1 the annex of the Altman at Eighteenth and Walnut this city tonight. the tenants of the building their offices. Miss Inman was e fourth floor and she ve women were taken down | the firemen from the were all revived. in which | hey the bullding off from the main struc- on door. The Everett Piano represents &ll that is best of human endeavor In plano construction on broadest and most adv it is & recognized art p pealing to the cultured musi. It haz won the highest attainabie place in the estimaiica of those who have carefully studjed it. Not only sicians, but all those who are ever ady to acknowledge marked su- periority have recogmized its super—. lative quelities and voluntarily paid it unstinted praise. This result has been accomplished because the Everett is a wonderful and original creation, imitating mno other plano, posscesing many features entirely its own. Jts tone is musical—not nolsy. lic ‘action. while flexible and ‘re- ive, has that firmness which be- toxens character. 1t is easentially the musicians’ plano, and s pre. ferred by the world’s greatest artists, CLARK WISE & CO.. Californin Distributers, Prac- | converged | “that | dis- | the firemen found her. | is without stairways | *|TAFT NOT THROUGH REDUCING WEIGHT Takes Off Fifty Pounds and Is Continuing Diet and Exercise. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, March I8.—Secretary | Taft has reduced his weight fifty pounds. When he gets rid of sixteen pounds more one of his ambitions in life will have been realized When Secretary Taft returned from the Philippines he weighed 318 pounds and he then adopted the system of exercise and dieting which h: reduced his weight to 266 pounds. When Taft reduces his | weight to 250 ponnds he will discontinue | dieting, -but will not give up horseback |riding and the other exercises he takes | every day. Although Secretary Taft has |cut down his weight nearly fifty pounds | since December 1 he has stood the strain remarkably well. Taft's friends have wamed him against his persistent course in dleting and tak- ing rigorous exercise, declaring that he is endangering his health. Taft has ig- | nored their warnings and he sald today | that he never was in better health and | that there was no indications of nervous collapse due to the starving process to | which he has subjected himself. | —_———— | EUROPE GETS TWO-THIRDS { OF AMERICAN EXPORTS | More Than a Billion Dollars’ Worth of Products Shipped Across the At- lantic Yearly. | WASHINGTON, March 18.—Europe | takes two-thirds of the exports of the | United States and supplies practically | one-half of the imports, says a bulletin | issued by the Department of Commerce { and Labor. Of the $1,021,000,000 ‘'worth | of merchandise sent to Burope in 1905, | $289,000,000 was manufactures, the other $782,000,000 worth being largely foodstuffs and manufactured material. In 1900 the exports to Europe crossed | the billion dollar line-and since then ‘(hr" have averaged about $1,050,000,000 | per annum. In 1900 the exports to all | sections of the world other than Europe were $354,000,000 in value, in 1905 they | were $498,000,000, the growth . since | 1800 In exports to the non-European | countries having beern proportionately | greater than that to Europe. MISS ETHEL ROOSEVELT CONFIRMED IN CHURCH ’D-n‘l(cr of the President mlml | in Episcopal Ceremony ‘Washington. WASHINGTON, March 18.—President | Roosevelt’'s second daughter, Miss | Ethel: Secretary Tatt’s daughter, Miss | Helen, and a daughter of General A. W. | Greely of the army, were among a class | of twenty-five young people confirmed | at St. John's Episcopal Church this af- | ternoon. Bishop Batterlee adminis- | tered the rite of confirmation, the pre- | sentations to the Bishop belng made by | Rev. Roland Cotton Smith, the rector of | the. church. President and Mrs. Roosevelt and 4 their children and Secretary Taft were ’ present a¥ the church, which was filled | to overflowing with people. ———————— ' Want Herrera to Meet Nelson. BAKERSFIELD, March 18.—Aurelia Hérrera, the Mexican lightweight, re- celved a message from Tom O'Rourke, manager of the Tuxedo Athletic Club, near Philadelphia, offering him a match with Battling Nelson. The telegram said: “Will give you $17,000 to fight Nelson. Answer.” The Bakersfield boy replied as fol- lows: “I will aceept. Am going to Los An- geles to-night. Wire me full terms | there.” | | mission to the United 'States -~ OF THIS WEEK Tillman Will Press the Rail- road Rate Bill to an Early Yote in the Senate OUTLOOK AT ALGECIRAS |Growing Belief That Ger- many and France Will Reach a Basis of Accord Lo WASHINGTON, March 18.—The de- bate on the railroad rate bill will con- tinue in the Senate during the present week. Tillman has announced his pur- pose of pressing the consideration of this bill to the exclusion of everything else, when any one is prepared to speak | on 1t/ | “Angd,” he said, “when there is no one | ready to speak, I shall ask the Senate | to proceed to vote upon the measure.” | It is the intention to give every one | who really wants to speak an opportu- | nity to do so, but if when all the | speeches are made there should seem to | be a disposition to delay final action, | this effort will be antagonized. | Though much attention is being given |to_ the presentation of the merits of | | | the question, a still larger number of Senators are devoting themselves even | more assiduously to the preparation of amendments to the bill. The Republican Senators who do not accept the House bill are concentrating their efforts upon a review provision and they have practically agreed upon the fifth section of Senator Knox's sub- stitute for the pending bill as a basis for their amendment. This section authorizes the taking of any matter de- cided by the Interstate Commerce Com- Circuit | Courts, and requires the raifroad com- | panies to deposit the difference between their own rates and the rates fixed by | the commission pending the final adju- dication of each particular case. Senator Spooner has an amendment along the same lines, but it goes into greater detail and the indications are that much of his phraseology may be accepted. The Demccrats are working along the lines to secure an amendment which | shall prohibit the lower courts from ‘!uspendihg‘ rates fixed by the commis- | sion. Senator Tillman is giving espe- cial attention to modifications which | will prohibit the railroad companies | from owning the commodities which | they carry. | The national House of Representa- | tives will begin the week by disposing | of the bill abelishing the grade of lleu- | tenant general in the army, over which | 2 filibuster was in progress when ad- | journment was taken on Friday night The fact that the Moroccan confer- | ence at Algeciras has adjourned until | Merch 20 has given rise to the among the influential neutral delegates | that France and Germany will In the | meantime reach a basis of accord. A Algeciras the symptoms of agreemen | are considered more favorable, the rep- resentatives of neutral nations energet- icaily endeavoring to influence mutual concessions. | Bituminous operators to the number of about 600 are expected to arrive In Indianapolis tomorrow to confer with the United Mine Workers of America. The situation In the threatened = coal striké appears to be unchanged, -the | outcome now being in the hands of the miners, The Ryan resolution having been practically rescinded and the re- port of the scales committee being fa- vorable, there is every indlcation that conservatism will govern the final de- Iiberations of the miners and operators. The intercollegiate cable chess match between Oxford and Cambridge and Cornell, Brown and the University of | Pennsylvania for the Isaac L. Rice in- ternational chess trophy will be begun on March 24 and last one week. The New York Athletic Club's swim- splendid records in the club’'s indoor swimming tournament, will, on March 21, in Chicago, meet the swimmers of the Chicago Athletic Association in a series of dual events. . MURDERS HIS WIFE AT HER OWN REQUEST Kansas Husband Then Fails in Attempt to Com- mit Suicide. Special Dispatch to The Call. TOPEKA, Kan., March 18.—Because she made the request, Willlam Arnold killed his wife and then made an unsuccessful attempt to take his own life. This was the story he told in the Abilene jail to- day. Arnold. said he discoverged that his wife had been unfaithful and informed her of this discovery. “She admitted the charge,” said Arnold, “and ked me to kill her. I told her I would, just to satisfy her, and then she asked me to kill myself. I used my razor and cut her throat and then tried to cut my own. I did not do a good job and must answer to the charge of mur- der.” Arnold will not be hanged, but will get a life sentence. - He will be sentenced this week. The Arnolds were both young and had been married only a few, years. ————— OPERATOR WHO CAUSED WRECK IS A FUGITIVE Colorado Officials Are Serching for Telegrapher Who Slept While Trains Crashed, DENVER, March 18.—The police of this city have been asked by the Sheriff of Fremont County to I Frank Lively, the Denver and Rio Grande telegraph operator at SBwallow, to whose negligence is attributed the wreck early Friday morning, which caused great loss of life and Injury to passengers and trainmen. It is reported that Lively left Swallow today and joined his brother. also an operator, at Portland, and later both left on an eastbound traln. A subpena had been ued for Frank Lively to appear at the Coroner’s inquest tomorrow. —— MOB LYNCHES A NEGRO FOR STEALING A COW Thirty-Five Masked Men Take Darky From Loulsiana Constable and PLAQUEMINE, La., March 18.—Wil- liam Carr, a negro, was lynched at Bayou Plaquemine last night for stealing a cow. Thirty-five masked men overpowered the constable who was taking Carr to jail and hanged the negro to the railroad bridge. ————————— Shoots Two Brothers. FLORENCE, Colo., March I&—John Gehr, former organizer for the United Mine Workers, early this evening shot John Thomas and his brother, Tom Thomas, the latter being probably fatally wounded. The affair occurred in Tarradine’s sa- loon, where the trio had been drinking. ’lthe lat- Gehr first shot John Thomas. ter's brother procured a shotgun and at Gehr and missed. Mrmm-hmhh assailant. ming team, which recently made such, hope | |1ing and heartrending example in lllun-rrlqutrm Nfl!vrkw WITH MOROS. Dr. Parkhurst Says It Has Ghastly Appearance ——— Criticises a Cable- gram Sent, by President. —_— Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, March 18.—In his sermon on the relations of the so-called Chris- tlan nations to those that are pagan Rev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst referred ' in decided terms this morning to the re- ' cent killing of Moros and President Roosevelt's congratulatory dispatch General Wood. “Originally,” he said, “the ‘open door’ existed In Asia and it was the Christian nations that closed it. The first Euro- pean vessel arrived at Canton early in the sixteenth century and was réceived in all friendliness. The Christian nations, by their intrusion upon ground that was not theirs and their insistence upon pre- rogatives to which they had no claim, compelled the heathens to close the door in pure self-defense. The Orientals are no fools; they know a burglar or a sneak thief as quickly as anybody. “No one would say ghat sixty years ago Englishmen, considered as individu- als, were not Christians, but no savage people ever perpetrated an act more in- herently barbarous and diabolic than the opium war and the British blockade of Canton in June, 1840, and the commence- ment of hostilitles two weeks later. Con- slder the easy and self-satisfled way in which we regard the mowing down of savage and semi-savage people in the Philippine Islands when they stand in the way of a national purpose, of which, after eight years of ‘benevolent assim- {lation’ we have just had a most start- the bombarding to death of 600 men, women and children, collected in a crater in the Moro Islands. ““There are two things to be said about the jubilant congratulations sent by the Chief Executive to General Wood. The first is in reference to the designation of the performance 88 a ‘brilliant feat of arms.’ Basing our estimate upon the re- ports received from General Wood it was no more a ‘brilllant feat of arms’ than smoking bees out of a hive or rats out of a nest. “But a far sadder feature of the execu- tive communication to General Wood is that it contained not one word of sympa- thy, one note of tender distress, in view of the indiscriminate slaughter perpe- trated ‘in honor of the American flag.’ We have been taught to belleve, and we like to believe, that the President has a great heart.! And so I prefer to think of that telegram not as being the expres- sion of the man Roosevelt, but of the President Roosevelt, in whom_ officlally the heartlessness and greed of an unre- generate nationality is functionally rep- resented. “I want to find a way out for Roosevelt, for the performance on Jolo Island has a ghastly look and the cablegram matched L B g3 WILL BECOME BRIDE OF BRITISH VISCOUNT Miss Hyacmthe nthe Bell to Wed in England After Kaster. Special Dispatch to The Call | DENVER, March 18.—News has just been received in this city of the engage- ment of Miss Hyacinthe, the youngest daughter of Willlam A. Bell of Pendell court, England, and of Briarhurst, Mani- tou, to Viscount Kilbourne, the eldest son of the Earl of Glasgow of Scotland. Viscount Kilbourne spent a few days in Denver last summer en route to England from China wuere he had seen service in his Majesty’s, King Edward’s navy, during the war between Japan and Rus- sla. He is at present an officer on board the warship Renown, which was selected to take the Prince of Wales and his suite to India. He is heir to his father’'s title and is by courtesy Viscount Kil- bourne. Bell's eldest daughter, Rowenna, mar- ried Harold V. Plerce, the British con- sul resident in Denver and manager of the Boston and Colorado Smelting Com- pany, and another dausu.er is married to Sir Montague Pollock of England. Bell and his family lived for many years in Colorado where he has very large in- vestments. The wedding probably will occur soon after Easter at the country home of Miss Bell's parents at Pendell Court. —_———— PARENTS OF FIVE CHILDREN ADOPT ELEVEN OTHERS Serving the Lord by Teaching Waifs to Follow the Straight and Nar- row Path. GLASGOW, Ky., March 18—W. H. Enois and wife of Barren County, Ky., the parents of five children and foster parents of eleven others, passed through here today en route to Minneola, Fla. They are traveling in two wagons. Mrs. Enois sald that, after a long de- lay, she proposed to hef husband to adopt a child and he readily agreed. Then he proposed adopt all of the walfs in Barren County, and she consented. Each child bears a biblical name and Mrs. Enois says all the children will be made Christians. She says this is her way of serving the Lord. The children are all girls, none being more than 10 years old. bl ot DL B S, SRR S b oA 5~ S GO sric) HEAVY SNOWSTORM PREVAILS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHWEST Trains Delayed in Kansas and Mis- msouri and Strcet Car Trafiic Stopped. KANSAS CITY, March 18.—An un- usually heavy snowstorm prevails in the Bouthwest tonight. The storm, accom: panied by a stiff north wind, began early today and up to a late hour tonight con- tinued unabated. Streetcar traffic in Kansas City and other Kansas and Mis- souri- cities was totally stopped or badly interfered with. Railway trains in every direction were delayed. Although the weather was not especially cold much suffering resulted. Following an un- usually - open winter, hundreds of fam- flles provided themselves with but meager supplies of fuel, expecting a light demand during -the remainder of the winter. —_————— Disense Not Yellow Fever. NEW ORLEANS, March 18.—As the re- sult of an autopsy held today on the body of Jules Erenz, who died In th? Charity Hospital, it was determined that the pa tient did not have yellow fever. No other suspiclous case exists here. 3 Most’s Body to Be Cremated. CINCINNATI, h 18—The body of Hegr Johann' M tfllfilfilfi.' b:’.mmM here next N tof | missi 5 Expect. {s! dy steamer - Cearense. . o+ THE MORO CAMPAIGN IS BEING SEVERELY CRITICISED. OPPOSE SALOONS NEAR ARMY POST Officers at Fort Missoula Seek: to Have Resorts at the Reservation Closed OFFICER WHOSE CONDUCT OF | MISSOULA, Mont., March 18.—The of- ficers of the Seventh Infantry, statiomed at Fort Missoula, have presented a peti- tion to the County Commissioners of Mis- soula’ County, asking that the saloons near ‘the military post be abolished. It is. represented - that the saloons exert a demoralizing influence on the soldiers and that their presence tends to destroy dis- cipline. The petition will be acted upon tomorrow. A communication has also been sent to the War Department asking for co-opera- tion in: the efforts of the officers to put an end to the saloons. During the past few weeks numerous fights have occurred outside the military reservation, in which one soldier was shot through the ear and others were slightly injured. It has been represented to the War De- partment that with saloons within a short distance of the fort, the post is not a proper place to quarter soldiers. It is stated by the officers that further efforts will be made to do away with the saloons near the post. EARTHQUAKE CAUSES GREAT LOSS OF LIFE One Japanese Newspaper Es- timates the Casualties at Eight Hundred. LONDON, March 19.—The Daily Tele- graph's Tokio correspondent telegraphs concerning the earthquake of Saturday morning, in the vicinity of Kugi, Island of Formosa, that the railway line was twisted, telegraph poles thrown down and houses destroyed. The correspondent says the Nichi Shimbun state$ that the casualties e: ceed 100 and that the J1ji Shimpo plac them as high as 800. An officlal dispatch, he adds, reports sixty deaths and many more persons in- jured and 200 houses destroyed. Kagi is on the rallway line, about fifty miles north of Talnan. On some maps the town is given as Kia Yi. HATRED INCITED BY CHINESE PAPERS Efforts Made to Inflame the Minds of People Against Foreigners. LONDON, March 19.—The Times’ cor- respondent at Shanghal says: *“The native papers, using the same block, have published the picture of the Nanchang magistrate’s head after death, displaying ghastly wounds. It was evi- dently a prearranged plan to stimulate the passions of the people against fo eigners. The increasing hostility of the vernacular press is viewed with compla- cencysby the Chinese officlals. The mat- ter undoubtedly calls for diplomatic in- tervention.” The Nanchang magistrate referred to in the above dispatch stabbed himself or was stabbed by a missionary at the time of the massacre of lonaries at Nan- chang .the latter part of February. —_— JOHN REDMOND’S SPEECH 1S CHEERING TO IRELAND [‘.‘.mllev- His People Will Be Granted All That They Could T.ONDON, March 18.—John Redmond, addressing a St. Patrick's day demon- stration at Manchesfer today, made the most hopeful speech yet heard from an Irish leader. He said he believed that Ireland had turned the corner, that the record of the last elections would never be reversed and that the English of the future would give to Ireland all that she could reasonably expect or demand. | The Government would be given tlm to fulfill pledges contained in the King's peech. . | by “us. It is not n WIRLD BETS DEPLORES ROW NITCHELL SENDS [CANATIR T OLIVE BRANCH MINERS STRIE Proposes to Coal Operators That Further Conferences Be Held to -Avoid Strike HE WRITES TO BAER Expresses Regret at Scant Consideration = Given the Demands of the Miners PGS INDIANAPOLIS, March 18.—President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers of America has mailed to George F. Baer, chalrman of the anthracite operators” committee, his reply to the committee’s communication rejecting the demands of the miners’ organization. The letter, dated March 17, follows: Referring again'to your communication dated March 10, with accompanying docaments and to our reply thereto, I write to say that I have submitted to our committee the answer made by your committee to the propositions presented to state that we were keenly disappointed to learn that our de- mands were rejected, and that our arguments in faver of them had recelved so little consid- eration at your hands that they were practi- cally red in your reply to us. We have again reviewsd the scale presented, for your consideration and have compared it With the scale of wages for eimilar ciasses of [* labor in other coal producing States and dia- tricts, and we are satisfled beyond the perul- venture of doubt that the wages proposed are not in excess of—indeed, that they are not as high as—the wages paild in the bituminous mining districts of our country. Judging from the language employed in your answer to us, it s perfectly evident that we failed to maks cleas or that you failed to understand the real import of the propositions submitted by us. We wish to assure you that we are mot un- mindful of the great public interests involved in this controversy as to our future relations, neither are we unappreciative bt the splendid efforts made by the anthracite coal strike com- mission to establish a relationship between us that would insure a just permanent peace; but if you will refer to the award commission you will find that the commission itself was in doubt as to the permanency of its fndings ayd expressed the hope that at the ex- piration of the award, the relations of operator and employe would have so far improved as to make impossible such a condition as existed throughout the country in consequence of the strike in thé anthracite region. We had en- tertalned the hope that our adherence to the letter and spirit of the award and the absence of local or general strikes during the past three years would have appealed more strong: to_your confidence gnd that we might reason- ably expert serfous consideration of our ciaims at this time. But it would seem, from reading your reply, that all our propositions have been rejected and that your final decision has been given. We trust that this conception of your intention is incorrect. It is our opinion that neither you nor we can afford to break off negotiations in this abrupt manner. So far as we and the terests we represent are concerned, we are not willing to accept any share of the responeibility this action entalls. We beileve that further | meetings should be held and that we should | strive estly and consclentiously to recon- clle our differences. While it may be true that on the part of | the operators there has been no serious cause | for complaint during the-past three years, we | wish to. assure you in expressing this opinion you do not refleet our views. Not only has been criticism among the miners, but, what is more important, there exists much cail for criticlsm and complaint. To such an ex- tent is this true that we feel it incumbent upon us to say that we cannot with any degree of contentment or satisfaction continue to work under present conditions. However, we repeat that the interests involved are so vast that we are not willing to break off negotiations with- out first making further efforts to reconcile our differences. We, therefore, propose that fur- ther conference or conferences be held between now and the lst of April. it this suggestion mests your appeaval we shall be pleased t with you a date pon WhICH our Joint committes may reconvene. S B May Grant Miners Increase. PITTSBURG, Pa., March 18.—Forty- five coal operators of Western Pennsyl- vania and Eastern Ohio left here to- night for Indianapolis to decide whether or not the miners shall be given an advance. One of the operators sald tonight that he thought the min- | ers would be given an increase of 5 per cent. —_————————— CASTRO NOW DISPLEASED WITH ENGLISH CABLE Government of Venezuela Suspends the Service by Way of Trinidad. CARACAS, Venezuela, Saturday, March 17.—Carlo Philippo Serra, for- | merly Italian Consul at San Francisco and now Minister to Venezuela, was of- | ficlally received by President Castro to- | day. President Castro has gone to Mara- caibo. The Government has suspended cable service from Venezuela by way of Trinidad, it being alleged that there are irregularities in the service of the Eng- lish cable. Measages must be sent by boat either to Curacao or Trinidad and torwarded thence. —_—————— To Be Recelved by the Pope. ROME, March 18.—The League of the Sacred Heart will be received by Pope Plus tomorrow and will present its greetings to him, the occasion being the feast of St. Joseph, the name day of his Holiness. The Pope is in the best of health and spirits, More Than Five Hundred Men Out in Alberta and a State of Unrest Prevails DISORDERS ARE FEARED Snowballs and Stones Serve to Enliven Situation and More Trouble Is Expected Y-S GREAT FALLS, Mont., March 18.—The strike of the coal miners at Lethbridge, Alberta, has caused so much uneasiness among the citizens that they have called upon the Dominion Government to render assistance, and the Northwest mounted police have been placed In control of the tewn. Practically martial law now pre- vails. This action appears to have irri- tated the miners still more and the citi- zens fear grave disorders. More than 50 men, members of the union, are on strike and thers are. still about 100 at work under police protec- ticn. These are greeted daily by volleys of snowballs and stones as they go to work. Last evening an explosion occurred on the outskirts of the town. No dam- age was done and it Is thought that it \was accidental. ¥F. H. Sherman, president of the union, says that the strike may be extended to other mines within the district, which in~ | cludes Alberta and British Columbia, un- less an agreement is soon reached. Many of the smaller towns in Alberta are now on the verge of a coal famine. ———— KURDS PLUNDER AMERICAN SCHOOL LOCATED IN TURKEY Officials of the Sultan Join im the Mistreatment of the Im= stitution. BOSTON, March 13.—A complaint from the officlals of the American school at Van, Eastern Turkey, against their treatment by the Turkish officials and the Kurds, has been received by the American Board of Commiasioners for Foreign Missions. The school of- ficlals state that notwithstanding the ostensible friendship of the Governer General, a man of unusu:! strength, the school has been plundered and burned by the Kurds in the presence of Turkish officlals and soldiers. Fruit trees have been cut down and bread- | stuffs purchased by the American mis- sionaries for the American orphanage have been held by the Turkish Govern- ment for more than four months. By the withholding of the breadstuffs and the intimidation and imprisonment of the men sent to purchase them the cost has been increased at least 20 per cent. A herd of livestock belonging to the orphanage, valued at $1500 and upon which the children were depending, has been carried off by the Kurds. pra e S CLEVELAND SPENDS HIS BIRTHDAY IN FLORIDA Former President of the United States Passes His Sixty-Ninth Mile Post. PRINCETON, N. J., March 15.—For- mer President Grover Cleveland spent his birthday away from home today for the first time since he moved to Prince- ton. This is his sixty-ninth birthday. Mr. Cleveland is now in Florida with Professor Howard McClenahan, where the two have been for ten days. He will likely remain in the South a menth longer on account of poor health. urs. Cleveland tonight said that his outing in Florida was improving her husband's health and that she ex- pected him to return much better. e SHEEPMEN WILL DEFY THE GOVERNOR OF IDAHO Utah amnd Nevada Mem Wil Take Their Herds Across the Border. SALT LAKE CITY, March 18.—The Tribune tomorrow will say that the leading sheepmen of Utah and Nevada will gather with their flocks at Tecoma, Nev., on March 20 and eross the Idaho line in deflance of the orders of Gov- ernor Gooding. This decision is the result of an opinion secured by the sheepmen from Secretary of Agricul- ture Wilson, in which the Secretary up- holds the right of flockmasters to go from one State to another with their herds when the animals are free from disease. —dire—t No Trace of Outlaw Indlans. VINITA, I T, March 15.—A courier, who arrived here today® from Marshal Darrough's camp in the Spavinaw coun- try, says that no trace of the Wickliffe Indian outlaws has beéen found. It is not belleved that the outlaws will at- tempt to leave the Spavinaw country. it affords many places of concealment and the Indians could remain hidden there for a long time. A heavy rain fell today and this will make it more diffi- cult for the posses to follow the trail. SWill's Opening We cordially invite the, people of San Francisco and vicinity to attend the opening of our Branch House 436-444 Drumm St. . San Francisco, California Wednesday, March 21, 1906 From 10:30 A. M. to 10:30 P. M. and inspect Qur Fine Lire of .Fresh Meats, Provisions, Produce and Soaps ~ Handled in the most under sanitary and hy modern, scientific manner, ygienic conditions. - Souvenirs will be distributed to each visitor. - Special invitation is extended to iadies. - Swift & Company, U. S. A.