The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 3, 1906, Page 5

SLIDE CRIPPLES TRAIN SERVICE | Second Cave-In on the Southern Pacific Over Te- hachapi Bloeks Traffic| { OPERA STARS S A_\LLED¥ “Johnny Jones” 1'01111):111_\‘; and Norris & Rowe’s Circus | Are Tied Up in Mountains | P | to The Call | BAKERSFIELD, Apr £ Rallroad over again blo acific s are e to state when the road he latest slide occurred e miles west of Teha- :g, a short time n tunnel 18 had thern e unable tc over ver possi passen- nsferred from the trains on ¢ the blocked ) s with the rn Pacific the mc & troub All Santa Fe and £ proc ght fore some time to- POLYGAMISTS IN CONGRESS, ACCORDI TO CLERGYMAN Pastor Scores “The Semator From | One of Our Middle States.” ANSAS ITY, Mo., April 2.—Rex r of the First 3 ching ye vils and Rem- t up because lected to e disgr New Br MUCH MONEY NEEDED THIS YEAR TO “RUN” SAN DIEGO Auditor’s Report Shows That Expenses | of Southern City Will Amount to | 6. y Auditor filed with of the as- 1 year. The| to pro- | essities of | s g the com- | $382,3566 will be re- $102,000 will be r Department, § ment and $45 ment. The ISSUES A PAMPHLET | Declares That the Election | of 1900 Was Won by | Fraud. pal League, an or- been recently organ- | 1 be issued hat the elec- the poolroom s for Trustees by fraud ) e Free Lance | lone is named as editor, | wn that the paper is backed | y some of the prominent op- | s of the poolroom interests. amphlet charges that marked bal- e cast In the election of 1900, and e who voted for the poolroom s were paid for thelr votes. The es the poolroom men a e coming election be watch EAT WHENEVER | YOU ARE HUNGRY 0ld Theory That Eating Exeept at | ‘Meal Time” Caused Bad | Health Proves False. { For a long time mar t eating at people have | egular hours stomach and/that hecalth »e sustained 'unless at regu periods. Many maintained that the time sician has re- )y the experience ppy children, sted food is there 15 desire for the food a-Vita, the delicious, appet ot whole-wheat £00d, tat be cores; ny bour, day or night, at “meal- me” or otber times, and always has refreshing, strengthening, invigorat- ing effect. This is ‘because it is so asily digested that all its rich nutri- | on is quickly taken up by the blood. very young children, coavales. and confirmed invalids are never ssed by eating Malta-Vita. A bowlful with milk or cream whenever they are hungry gives them all the nourishment and never de- ranges the stomach. It is just as good for the well and strong as for the sick and weak. Maita-Vita is simply the whole of | white wheat, -cooked and mixed with pure bar- then rolled into rown. The malt extract turns the arch of the wheat into mailtose, or ma't sugar, a food so valuable that physiclans everywhere recommend it. All grocers sell Malta-Vita. There 18 no other food so good to eat. 0D KLLS UKIAH HUNTER Freezes to Death While His Partner With Relief Party Is Searching for Him PAIR LOST IN- STORM o After Spending Night Aim- lessly Wandering Unfort- unate Fellow' Suceumbs —_— UKIAH, April 2—Word has just been received here that James Brown of Moody was frozen to death near that city during the recent storm. With Lee Reid he went hunting in the hills near the coast. They were overtaken by a snowstorm and got lost. When night fell they sat down close together ide a large redwoed to try to keep as they had no matches with o start a fire. As they saw they eze they tried to light a fire their rifles tearing up portions of their clothing and shooting rags in the hope that they would catch but without success. .Early the next morning Reid started out for help, lly reaching McKee's sawmill, e he dropped €xhausted. As soon = could tell his story a relief party ed out, but Reid was so bewild- d he could not ction he came. The men re 1 aimlessly all day and were just start for home when two of rty decided to take one more look. went into a heavily timbered on and there found the body of Brown. PALMER WILL FIGHT RENEWED San Francisco Brother of Testator Joins in Suit to Set the Document Aside with Special Dispetch to The Call. NEW YORK, April 2.—It took the en- tire session today before Judge Giegerich in the Supreme Court to select a jury to try for the second time an action brought by James R, Palmer of San Francisco and Gertrude A. Knapp and Mary C. Kepner of Connecticut, respectively broth- er and sisters of the testator, to set aside !r:flv probate of the will of Francis Asbury way and er, who was president of the Broad- National Bank for fifty-two years, who died in his ninetieth year on | November 1, 1802. Mr. Palmer executed a will a year pri: to his death, leaving the bulk of his for- tune of more than $1,000,000 to the Francis Asl Palmer fund organized for sthe support of missions and to help needy James R. Palmer, the brother, for life by the wiil. The charge is made that clergymen with whom the testator canstantly asso- | ctated influenced him to make the willl he did and that his mind was in such condl- tion that he couid not resist their imper- tunities. ————— FOREIGN CLASSES RENDER PROGRAMME Pupils of Lincoln School Cel- ebrate Anniversary of Great Men. Foreign born pupils, who are study- ing English at the Lincoln night school, celebrated the anniversary of Thomas Jefferson and Hans Christian Andersen last night in the hal school. More than three hundred pu- pils took part in the exercises, which were of a literary and musical nature. The manner in which the pupils handled their parts reflected upon the school and its principal, A. H. MacDonald. The programme was unusually inter- esting and there was much patriotism shown by the students during the ex- ercises, Fidella Pardini gave several operatic selections. The following pro- gramme was given: song, ‘‘Red, led by Miss accompanied by Mattias Matthieson, Hasselblad, biography, Christian Andersen, Carl Greenfleld (Mrs. class); violin solo, Edwin Mykelbo, ompanled by Miss Flora Wigand, piano Flora Wiegand's class); recitation, *‘The ai Clock,” Albin Eckhart (Miss Flora class); Eagleson's biography of Jef- Lawrence Nelson (Miss West's class); Down by Jefferson,” M. . Wigand's class); recitation, (Mr. Gorman's class); oper- Fidella Pardinl (Lafayette ‘The American Flag,” adapted-from mner, Steve Battyany (Mr. Gor- man's class): ‘‘Our Adopted Country,” Axel Carlson (Miss O'Nefll's class); guitar solo, G. Hasselblad (Mr. Mann's class); ““The American Flag,' Henry Ward Beecher, Joseph Rampf (Miss E. Wigand's class): reading, *‘Declara- tion of Independence,” first half, Leo Dalton, econd half, Samuel Hatfield (Mr. Mann's | class) “America,” all classes, led by Miss O'Nefli, accompanied by Mattias Mat- thieson, violin, and G. Hasselblad, flute, -—— SAYS HE WAS ROBBED AND DRUGGED ON WATER FRONT Policeman Finds Grifith M. Mansfield in Unconscious Condition on East Street. Griffith M. Mansfield, a pensioner of the United States navy, formerly at- tached to the Thetis, related a story yesterday at the Central Emergency Hospital of being robbed and drugged in a saloon on the water front. His story was clear and the police have started an investigation. Mansfield told Dr. Pinkham yester- | day after he awoke from effects of drugs of going Into a saloon for a drink. He asked for a cocktail, when a woman approached him and asked him if he would buy her a drink. He said he did so and placed $10 on the counter to pay for his drink and hers. He said the bartender scooped in the $10 and when he asked for change be was ordered out. When he reached the street he said he fell to the side- walk unconscious from what he be- lleves were knockout drops given him in his drink. He was picked up by a policeman and sent to the Central Emcrgency Hospital, where he regained conscious- ness a few hours later. —————————— National Counell of Women Meets. TOLEDO, Ohio, April 2—Two hundred women from all parts of the country were present at the first session today of the fifteenth annual executive con- vention of the National Council of Women. Mary Woods Swift of San Francisco is presiding into the | tell from which di- | hunted | the | of the | credit | FRA CISCO CALL, TUESDAY, 1906. JURY INDICTS MRS LE Dol Examines Twenty-One Wit- nesses Before Returning True Bill Against Woman MURDER IS THE CHARGE Brother and Uncle of Dead Man' Pay a Visit to the Alleged Slayer of Miner ———— STOCKTON, April 2—The Grand Jury today indicted Mrs. Le Doux for murder, charging her with the death of A. N. Mc- Vicar in this city on March 24. Twenty- one witnesses were examined before the Jury. The case was rushed through,, the indictment being returned after office hours. The sensation of the day was the visit made to the prisoner by J. C. McVicar, a brother of the deceased, who arrived here a few davs ago from Colorado, and ex- i.Y'udge A. N. Bullivan of Plattsmouth, Nebr., who Is an uncle of the McVicars and who came out here to assist in the | prosecution, if allowed to do so. Attorney | McNoble, who represents the woman, is indignant at the action of the Sheriff in allowing the interviews and characterizes it as an unfair means to trap the woman | into damaging admissions while facing | the brother and uhcle of the dead man. The woman never knew the two men | who called on her today and she talked with them fully half an hour, but it is | said that she did not weaken her case in | the least. She asked them to withhold thelr condemnation of her until her case { was presented to a jury. Both McVicar and Sullivan were wit- nesses before the Grand Jury today. They are the only persons who have been per- | mitted to see'the prisoner in jail, save the | prosecuting officers and her attorneys and mother. The Grand Jury sat about six hours listening to the testimony of witnesses brought forward by the District Attorney. It is evident that only enough testimony to justify the indictment was taken. By holding the woman on an indictment in- stead of going through a preliminary hearing the prosecution leaves the de- fense in the dark as to the nature of the case against the defendant. The woman probably will be called upon at once to | plead. Her trial will take place some time | in May. J. E. McVicar departed tonight for mains of his murderedbrother. FEAR OF FLOOD - 15 DISSIPATED | { Sacramento River Falls Foot, Relieving Anxieties | of Farmers in Lowlands iy i SACRAMENTO, ° April = 2—Today brought revived hopes among all the river residents who had passed a sleepless night in dread of a recurrence of the disas- trous Edwards break of two years ago. Yesterday the swollen Sacramento River was lashed into a surging sea by a flerce north wind, which sent waves breaking against the insecure levees at various points down the river, and in some in- stances melted away their front for a dis- tance of hundreds of feet. Today, how- | ever, the north wind ceased entirely and the river fell almost a foot, thus reliev- ing the high tension of the past twenty- four hours. The only points along the Sacramento River where danger appeared were. in the vicinity of Freeport, where the water | either ran over low parts of the levee or | percolated through gopher holes which | had escaped the vigilance of the patrol- | men. | Two large dredgers, one the property of the Grand Island reclamation district, the other owned by the Sacramento Southern Railway, performed splendid service, throwing up new levees at | threatened points, and such was the im- provement in the situation late today that it appeared the crisis’ had been safely passed, and that the rich land along the river south of this city will be saved from | the slightest danger. MARYSVILLE, April 2—Conditions are serious in Reclamation District No. 70, in Sutter County. High water is being dashed against the levees by a heavy north wind, and the farmers within the district fear the embankments will give way and allow the waters to flood the entire district and ruin the season’s crops. A large number of men were taken from | this city this afternoon to assist in pro- tecting the levee. The trouble is caused by the water from the Sacramento River and Butte Slough. Several bridges have gone out. COLUSA, April 2.—Clear and cold, with | a heavy north wind, this morning. The Sacramento River registers 28 feet 6 inches, but is stationary. All the levees on the Colusa side are still unbroken. The water there stands against the levee on a level with the water in the river. The land on the east side opposite Colusa is completely submerged. The grain planted there is a total loss. The river will re- cede slowly on atcount of the water-being unable to run from the breaks on that side of the river. grain planted there is a total loss. The river will recede slowly on account of the water being unable to run from the | breaks on that side of the river. ———t———— DUNSMUIR WATCH THIEF DESPERATE EX-CONVICT Charles Gould Is “Tom” Dixon, Felon ‘Wanted for Robbing Raliroad . Depot at Mott. REDDING, April 2.—Charles Gould, who was arrested here Friday night | with six gold watches In his posses- | sion that he had stolen at Dunsmuir | the night hefore, was taken to Duns- muir this morning by two deputy | sheriffs of Siskiyou County. They claim that Gould is really “Tom” Dixon, an ex-convict, who is supposed to have robbed the Southern Pacific depot at | Mott, the next station above Dunsmuir, last week. Dispatches from a woman accomplice in' Portland indicate that Gould and Dixon are the same person. —————— Can Give Reasons For going to Mexico City. Special train April 10; Selcct limited party. Low rates. Delight- ful v.'rlpA Southern Pacific agent, 613 I;lgkeg street. % B ——————— CLEVELAND SAYS HE WAS ROBBED.— Milton Cleveland, blacksmith, living at 1706 Turk street, at the O'Farrell-street police station late Sunday night that he had a scurfie with five young men at Geary and Devisadero streets. They had struck him on the face, knocked him down and kicked him. After they ran away he discovered that his gold watch and chain, valued at $40, his | bat were missing. Policemen Field, Malcolm and Wiskotehill made a search of the neigh- borhood. but could find no truce of the youns men. Cleveland had been drinking. Wichita, Kan., taking with him the re- |\ CREAT CELLO . |UNIONS OPPOSE (BREAK TARGETS |RATE MEASURE PLAVER WILL NOTED ARTIST WHO IS TO GIVE TWO CONCERTS AT THE CO- LUMBIA. % + —f Two Concerts to Be Given by Jean Gerardy. e | [ I Great interest is manifested in the two concerts -to - be given at .the Columbia | Theater by Jean Gerardy. The celebrated artist has not appeared here for some time, and in the intervening years he has greatly matured, until he stands to-day at the zenith of his artistic ¢fforts. Those who heard him during his recent concerts in New York have the highest praise for his efforts and the magnificence of the programmes offered. -His first con- cert at the Columbia will take place next Sunday afterncon, and will be followed by a second on Sunday afternoon, the 15th. . Andre Benoist will be the pianist and accompanist. ————————— CARPENTER FALLS THIRTY FEET FROM FLUME IN SHASTA Lan@s Upon Rocks Recelves In- juries Which May Cause His Death. REDDING, April 2.—Oscar Leason, a carpenter recently from Sacramento, fell yesterday morning near Lamoine from a walkway along a flume to the rocks thirty feet below. His breast bone was broken and the lower part of his body paralyzed. His comrades made a rough stretcher and carried him five miles to the company's hospi- tal at Lamoine. The physician is very doubtful about the injured man's re- covery. BRIEF CITY NEWS, AMATEUR CLUB PERMITS.—The Board of Supervisors last night approved the report of the police committee designating the six ama- teur clubs which are to receive permits to give amateur boxing exhibitions dyring the next year. The perrits are to be limited to three each month. DEMANDS ACCOUNTING.—W. S. Carter filed sult yesterday against Max Isaacson, his partner in the furniture business at 1283 Mis- slon street, for an accounting. -Carter alleges that leaaeson has taken posseesion of $1784 in excess of his share of the profits and refuses to account. LITHOGRAPHERS TO HOLD 'PICNIC.— The San Francisco Lithographers will hold thejr annual picnic at New Fairfax Park on Sunday, May 20, The committee of ‘arrange- ments is as follows: Charles. M. Troll, chair- man; O. R. Harder, secretary; D..V. Olsen, treasurer, - assisted - by - Joseph 'Morrls, (M. J. Calnan and George Simonsen. MICHELSEN NOT GUILTY.—Hans Michel- sen was gcquitted by & jury yesterday in the United States District Court of“the:charge of having copmitted perjury while a witness with the notorfous Frank Johnson for.Charles Hel- lesto, an appileant for citizenship,.in the Su- perfor Court in this ¢ity. This was the second trial of the case. - BODY FOUND IN THI BAY.—The body of Thomas O'Nelll, a stevedore,” was found i the bay' at Lombard strcet Wharf. yesterday miorn- ing. It was taken to the Morgue. He had beén missing for about a week, and It is. sup— posed that he had accidentally falien into the Day.. .He was a single man, 32 years of age, and 1ived at 52 Zoe streei. = SENT BACK TO ASYLUM.—Anna Pape, the young woman who was found wandering along the water front ‘o’ Saturday. night, proyes to be hopelessly Ineane. ~SHe has been sent back to the Ineane Asylum at Napa, from-whiéh place she -was recently, discharzed: She has-.aiready been: committed twice to the asylu; 2 1S HEGAINING - HIS 'REASON.—Theodors Thorgenson, the Petalumi farmer Who became suddenly insane last weck while on-avisit -to thie city with his wife, has been.taken to a private sanitarium here. He showed marked signs of improvement vesterday and -it 18 ex- Peoted he,will soan recover from what appears |- to be a nervous attack. BORAX 'IN. CREAM.—A sample of *cream Abmitted by Dr. Mary Camphell was - found on_ chemical analysls by ' the ‘City Chemist to contain borax. As the sample was sent in a drinking, glass and had already. commenced to decompoke,-the health offielals are. powerless to proceed against the dairy. that ‘supplied Mrs. Campbell with the cream, A watch will be kept on the ‘cancern “to see that it does not offend -agatn. i NEW RAILWAY COMPANY.—Articles of incorporation of the Santa.Rosa and Nerthern Railroad Company were flled -yesterday. She company purposes Cm‘flmlmt a track: from Santa Rosa, through "!lealdsburg and eignt miles up the Dry Creek: Valley,- The capital stock 1s $500,000, ‘of whien 000 bas been | subscribed. - The directors are Willlam A, Cat- tell, Edwin T. McMurray, J. H. Sandford, O aier and W. G. TaSIon . . s ] BUNKO MEN' ARRESTED,—Jack Frost, William Thatcher and Juck Shea were arrested Sera heson and Mulea~ sterday by Detectives Matl Hor T On March-12, It i alleged, they steercd T V. Rodgers to & room at G O'Farrell street and 'bunkoed him out of a check for $200 on the - Fargiers’ Bank of ‘Selma, ‘which' they cashed. Rodgers declined yestcrday to swear 1o a complaint against them, but i expected that he will change his mind and - te PETITIONS IN INSOLVENCY.—Petitions 1 ‘alca. yesterday in the insolvency were rasy o the Uhvied Habilitles “keeper, Scagnelll, street & liabilities $1224, no assets. - 1t is betier from his money soul i3 buried with it * éacmmento Federation Will Not Express Spnpathy\ for Imprisoned Idaho Miners REFUSES INDORSEMENT Council * Declines to Take - Part in Meeting Called to Discuss the Murder Case Special Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, Aprfl 2.—The Sacra- mento -Council of the Federated Trades, the largest central labor body in North- ern California, has put itself on record as oppoged to any soclalistic or anarchistic movement in behalf of Moyer, Pettibone and Hayward of the Western Federation of” Miners; now under arrest in Iaho on charges of murder. At _a meeting Saturday night of repre- sentatfvés of the Sacramento Socialists and tHe 'Industrial Workers of the World, calle@ for the purpose of expressing sym- patity for' the accused mine workers, the refusaliof the Federated Trades to join in was severely denounced. J. D. Jost, one of the speakers, re- ferred to'it as a bogus labor organization, which seemed to be ruled by the capitalis- tic class. L. A. Dudgeon, representing the Hod Carrfers’ Unlon, declared the Feder- ated Trades seemed afraid of the “red rag soclalists,’ and said that in his opinton it. would do some of the members good' to “rub up against the red rag gang.” .C.' C. Hall and G. W. Douglas, represeting the Carpenters’ Union, and two _delegates from the Machinists’ Union spoke In favor of going ahead with the meetlng, and a committee was finally appointed to secure a hall and speakers. Alfred_Dalton Jr., president of the council bf Federated Trades, sald to- day: “We have not tried to discourage the meeting in any way, but we do not feel like ‘indorsing socialistic and anar- chistic statements, such as are made at meetings of this kind. We do not be- leve that Moyer, Haywood and Petti- bone have been treated fairly and think they should be given a fair trial. We think they should have all their rights as citizens, but if they are gullty of the crimes they are accused of we think they should be punished.” —————————— “HONK,” “HONK” OF AN AUTO ATTRACTS FLOCK OF GEESE Fenthery Tribe Swoops Down om the Ridery at the Call of the Horn. Dr. Walter O. Goldmann crossed to the - Pennsylvania ferry tonight with two wild geese in an automobile, con- scious that he had run the risk of being held by the rapacious game wardens of Jersey City for hunting on Sunday, but feeling secure in the knowledge that he could put up a good defense, as it was not himself but the automobile that killed the geese. He was speeding at the top of a hill just after dark, tooting his torn, when he heard an answering honk, and saw something rushing toward him through the ‘air. “Duck,” he shouted to his companions, and they ducked, as a flock of Canadlan geese swept over the ma- chine. One of the headlights was smashed. When Mr. Goldmanit went back to 100K for his hat he found two geese in the road. They were genuine wild geese, with black heads and white throats, and weighed about twelve pounds each. A similar accident was narrowly avolded Tuesday night by a flock of geese. which were attracted by Aaron Whiteley’s automobile mnear Caldwell In that case the geese got away, after giving the colored driver a scare.—New York Special to Boston Herald. —_—e————— . Met Double Disaster. One night last week it was raining and - SOCIALISTS Men of the Pacific Squad- ron Do Some Remarkable Shooting - at Magdalena 11 HITS IN 12 SHOTS Members - of Crew. of Tor- pedo-Boat Destroyer Paul Jones Top-Noteh Marksmen Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN DIEGO, April 2.—Letters received today fromi ‘officers of the Pacific squad- ron tell - of ‘some. remarkable shooting done by the crews of the varfous war- ships which have been engaged in the summer maneuvers at Magdalena Bay for the last month. Both the torpedo- boat destioyers Perry and Paul Jones, which are fn the class competing for the President’s "gunnery trophy, broke all former reécords. “One of the records which was smashéd was that with a 3-inch gun. Jens Nelson of the ‘Paul Jones made 11 hits out of‘a possible 12. The -offi- cial records haye not yet been given out, but it {s known that, although the crew of the Perry did some fine shooting, they were beatén by twenty-one shots by the men of the Paul Jones, who have held the President’s. trophy for the last two years. It is glse. learned that the crew of the flagship.broke all records in gunnery for & warship of her class. The official rec- ords of the shooting will not be made public until’ after thé return of the fleet to San Diego. next Thursday or Friday. BOCLS BIRONETS IV HOT WATER Movement Ts Started in Eng- land to Rid Society of the Prese.nce of Pretenders Special Dispatch to The Call LONDON, April 2—Some surprising revelations are likely to result from the Investigations of the baronetage commit- tee, which'has just settled down to work under the chairmanship of the Earl of Pembroke. Its main object is to rid the order of spurious ciaimants to the dig- nity and establish some form of legal procedure by which such imposture can be prevented in future. Genuine baronets welcome the investi- gation. They 'want to be “sat upon.” They have been agitating for years for an officlal inquiry into their status. It is not to be wondered at, in view of the amazing fact that there is really noth- ing to prevent anybody from adopting the style-of baronet. So, at least, tne present Chancellor of the Exchequer de- clared In his argument before the com- mittee on privileges just prior to the coronation, when a. great fuss was be- ing raised over the question of prece- dence. .According to the officlals- of the College of Heraldry, it is open to any man to look up an extinct baronetcy of his own name, or make his own name fit a lapsed title, and flaunt his spurious title before an unquestigning world. There are substantlal advantages to be gained from it. Shopkeepers give longer credit to a name that carrfes the prefix “sir” than to one unadorned. Snobs do homage to it. The title will carry a man far even in America, and in the matri- monial .fish pond, where heiresses are angled for, it makes excellent bait. In fact soclety ‘across the water is just as much interested in the suppression of blowing nard. A man turned the Metro: | bogus baronets as soclety here. Those pole corner into Broadway. A gust of wind took his hat off. He ran after it and pinned it to the sidewalk with his umbrella, the ferule of which punctured the crown. As he picked up the hat an- otner gust of wind turned the umbrella inside out. He clutched to save some part of it. ‘In doing so the hat fell from his grasp and, the wind carried it upon a track, where a car wheel passed over it, \dividing the hat in two. In fifteen sec- onds he was without a hat or an um- brella. Hopeless situation at 9 o'clock at night. /The crowd thought it great fup.—New York Press. who have studied the subject assert that on the existing roll of baronets, which numbers about a thousand, there are something like four-score pretenders, who can easily be spotted. It Is prob- able that there are at least as many more whose claims will not stand Investiga- tion. Baronetcles were first James I to raise money. To avoid over- stocking -the market with them. and cheapening their price, he undertook to 1imit their number to 200. But his succes- sors did not consider themselves bound by his pledge. It was not originaily in- established bv AND RECORDS| FORMS THEME Annual Convention of the Railway Commissioners Opens in National Capital PRESIDENT IS PRAISED Supported in His Efforts to Put End .to the Evils in Transportation World WASHINGTON, April 2—The eighteenth annual convention of the National Asso- ciation of Rallway Commissioners was called to order today by President W. G. Smith of South Dakota. About 100 dele- gates were In attendance. President Smith delivered his annual address. A large part of the address was devoted to discussing rallway rate regulation. Smith declared that any law passed that does not contain absolute rules for decidink what is a reasonably remunerative rate, and does not establish the constitutional right to appeal, would fall in its object for good. “On the other hand,” he sald, “tari® charges are bound to be adjusted, not only relatively but actually, by the comn- stant pressure of commercial and econom- ical principles. Let us strengthen the laws so as to condemn and eradicate all rebates, secret devices, secret rate-cut- ting and all unjust diserimination be- tween shippers and places, and provide further means of detection and punish- ment, not only of the railway men, but of all interested parties. Let the publie sentiment support President Rooseveit, the man who calls for a ‘square deal,’ so that every offender against the real im- port of the interstate commerce law shall be exposed and punished and sub- jected to public eondemnation. No mat- ter whom it hits, let him be pilloried as an enemy of the public welfare, as an agent for the tearing down of this vast commercial republic. Let us Insist upon fair dealing to all—to the shipper and carrier altke.” . —_— -s Mmoo 3 tended that the dignity should be heredi- tary and no method was prescribed for the regulation of descent. In the lapse of years that has allowed a lot of folk to rank themselves among the order who really possess no better legitimate claim to it than descent from the common an- cestor, Adam, Baronets in the past have proved a greedy lot. In the reign of King George III they formed a committee to secure more privileges for themselves. They wanted to be allowed to wear coronets, like the peers, and to be granted sup- porters to their coats of arms. They petitioned the crown for these privileges and when the King told them he would see them hanged first—he really used a stronger term—they blandly set about granting them to themselves. Then King George got his back up and' ordered every baronet to prove and reeord his pedigree at the College of Arms. They protested so vigorously at being subjected to such ignominy that the order was re- scinded, and that was the last attempt made by the orown to exercise any con- trol over the “Barts.” The College of Arms investigates sach claims as are submitted to them, and i everything is found satisfactory grats the applicant what is tantamount te a certificate that he is a genuine simon pure baronet. But they have no power to com- pel the bogus variety to.submit themi- selves to such an examination, and nat- urally these give the institution a wide berth. And as it isn't considered polite to ask every Sir Tom Noddy, Bart., who comes along to show his certificate, so- clety has no means of discriminating beo- tween the true and the false. It is up to Lord Pembroke's committee to devise some method of settling the question. Meanwhile American heiresses had better fight shy of baronets who come their way until they have ascertained by private in- quiry that they are vouched for by the College of Arms, —— e _ Work In Which Deaf Mutes Exeel. “Deaf mutes have demonstrated that there Is one kind of skilled work in which they far excel the ordinary arti- san. A Chicago telephone factory, after a series of experiments, found that to the making of the delicate mechanism of the modern telephone the deaf mute, by reason of the manual development incident to constant use of the sign language, Is peculiarly adapted. One hundred and fifty deaf mutes are now employed In the factory at standard wages.—Electriclity. Mr. W. H. Hawver, 83 Commends Duffy’s at 83 regularly, acco: ns the heart action ne, and contains no fusel and has . o & i 'l')uf,fy:nsw' Pure Malt ‘Whiskey ou wish to keep ltn“;’g“nd vdllgoron- and have on your cheeks the glow of e It the heart), St is nz: only whiskey that has been Pure Malt Whiskey has stood severe always been found absolutely pure and to contain great medieinal properties. to e%cy poison the body and :m-' the’ is is a guarant Years Old and Oneofthe Best Known and Re- spected Citizens of Co- lumbia County, N. Y., After Taking Five Bot- tles of Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey Praises It for the Great Benefit He Has Derived From Its Regu- lar Use. # Mr. Hawver has resid- ed in the same house during hisentirelifetime and has an exceptionally large number of friends and acquaintances throughout the county. In a letter dated Dec. 4th, 1905, t&‘ prominent old gentleman says “I am nearly 83 years old and am pleased to recommend Duffy’'s Malt Whiskey, which has done me a worl of good. . “It strengthens and invigorates me and aids my digestion. . “I have lived in the same house dur- ing my entire lifetime and almost everybody in the county knows me."-> Wm. H. Hawver, West Taghkanick, N.oY. f pertect 1c dangerous to T 811 your while Duffy's Pure Mait "