The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 4, 1906, Page 4

TECHA 100_PROPLE OF BRITAIN PROCD OF STILL BLOCKED lons of Earth Prevent Pass- age of Trains Sent Out on the Valley Division SLIDES ARE FREQUENT Entire Mountain Side Ap- pears to Be Loose and Baf- fles Army of Workmen PAYS ACTORS BILLS WITH BAD DRAFT Petaluman Looking for Man- ager of Company Whose Check Proves Worthless. SELMA SCHOOL DISTRICT SHOWS PROGRESSIVE SPIRIT Ola Site Decide to Sell and Erect Building In Another Part of Town. dai + s s ning oted 1 ¢ east si¢ site for 370 ng business district rg, Fres ss block e old hange SONOMA BELLE WINS HEART OF A SAN FRANCISCO MAN Realty Dealer to Wed Miss Tinnfe Church of Two-Rock alles. —_————————— DS LIFE BECAUSE LEG WOULD NOT KNIT BROKEN Arizons Merchant Made Despondent by Injury Semds Bullet Into Brain. FLAGSTAFF April 3.—James A Vail, a pioneer of Flagstaff and well kmown throughout the Territory, com- ted suleide at 12 o'clock to by ¥ eg, sus- fused to All\’EllIl/fiE ENTS. F:r 33 Years Shiloh's Consamption Care, the | | i Tonic, has been_before the public, and | this, together with the fact that its sales | have steadily increased year by year, isthe | best proof of the merit of Shiloh | . a me((o};(%oldn. %old.x. and all of o jungs and air passages. | Thow wibe v sl Sk wondd et | be without it. Those who have mever wsed it should know that every bottle i sold with a positive guarantee that, i doesn't cure you, the dealer will refund what you paid for it. Shiloh Has Cured thoussnds of the most obetinate cases of Coughs, Colds and Lung troubles. Let it cure you. *} think your Shiloh's Conmumption Cure is the | iest medicine cver discovered. My baby, who | S now nearly two years ok, was brought up on | UL, 202 o futer by o heakbier one cannat Befound. I he is croupy at night or bes s cough | ot cald, one or two doses always relieves him. would not be without. s bottle of Shiloh's in m Bouse for many times the price of it. 1t has saved SHILOD Sold by THE OWL DRUG CO. 1128 Market st and 56 Geary st | - | | | army. 1 with THE SAN FRANCISCO CAL! W];‘,DNESDAY APRIL 4, 1906 Believe Right Man Is at Last in War Office. His Reorganization Plans Not Yet Completed. New Secretary Is| Popular With Masses. — el ch to The Call. —England has at! t man to reorganize what nearly every- of Richard Burdon iew Liberal Secretary of There could be no more evidencé of his extraordinary impr others with to perform the ask he b rus of approvals from political foes alike which greeted in the House of Commons the army estimates. iment and re- e empire’s army $85,000 and de- to keep it going Imost any other man been regarded as a reduced t 000 980, re But with Hal- that if I do any- y,” he f y told the 11 do it bad g has had enough of army After listening to of the principles im In remodeling the g Parliamen- | eived a man- to go ahead w scheme. After s not the big bill which the its army that causes s s the know- that come of being worth what it s. What “Jackie her has done Admiralty, is believed that | Haldane will do in the War Office. Any- | wow, the country is willing to wait nd give him a fair chance to “make AND PHILOSOPHER. in America, prob- before but he Like binet, he He was first 1885, and had out for high office by ierets of the Liberal he is a man of 1 substance; intellectually one of the giants of politics. BY is lawyer, and one of est at the bar. Balfour, he —he 4 published “Studies in Phil- iticism”—but in almost ever respect, physically and mentally, finds recreation in is the antithesis of the ex-Prime a man of strong convictions gift of clear statement. Nobody to ask twice what he means. shoulder and comfortably 1, th little of the student and nothing of the ascetic in his ap- is pearance And yet the broad, master- ful, clean-shaven face, with its high full forehead, over which there curves a little hook of a curl, the miniature of that which adorned the brow of the greatest of all militarists, tells of great tal force. He is a prodigio; r with a great capacity for mastering and a memory that retains them without the aid of notes. As lawyer, he was once involved in a famous trial concerning cordite. He emerged from that with such a thor- ough knowledge of explosives that he was given a seat on the explosives com- mittee of the War Office, and there he astonished the departmental cxperts. He has an inexhaustible fount of ora- tory. He speaks at the rate of two hundred words a minute, and Is never at a loss for facts, fllustrations and apt phrases. He is too big a man to care for small triumphs, and never gges out of his way to make a political opponent squirm. Though verging on 50, he is chockfull of boyish enthuslasm and-is one of the most popular men in the House. HIS SCHEME OF REFORM. ation of h r army, Haldane maintains it is essential t there should be be- hind it some power of expansion for He looks, in the improved militia, with defined fumctions, standing on wn basis, and not “bled white” to uits and drafts for the Behind that he expects to estab- lish a great citizen force in close touch the national life and with the 1 life of each part of the country— ation under. arms” on voluntary lines. The organization and administration of that force, he suggests, should be feft to some form of military local government connected with the existing units of local administration. Its train- ing is to be admittedly a rudimentary one; intended onmly to’ produce a large number of men practiced to such a point in the elements of seldiering that they can, on the outbreak of war, be pidly brought up to real military efficiengy. He accepts the “blue water” principle that. the navy is capable of defending the shores against invasion, and pro- poses to effect many economies by act- ing on that assumption. “Various points along the coast,” he “are defended by forts which in its provide r loc say many cases are absolutely unjustifiable, and 300 of them are going as fast as can be got rid of.” Several otlwer things are going, under Haldane's scheme on which money.has been reck- lessly squandered In the past, and a lot of red tape with them. “Unlike other great nations,” he says, “we have never established a thinking epartment for the British army.” The establishment of a competent “thinking department” lies at the root of his scheme of reform. It Is expected that | it will put an end to the costly hodge- podge methods of the past, and lead to the adoption of a settled and continu- ous policy such as obtains in the navy. Emberzier Taken to Prison, INDIANAPOLIS, April 2—David E. Sherrick, convicted of the embezzle- ment of State funds to the amount of $120,000, was taken to the penitentiary this afternoon. con- | undertaken than | esenting an administra- | meas- | has translated Schopen- | ork- | HALDAN — ( | OF GREAT INTENDS TO ARMY. WAR | 1 RBORGAN WISHES SPOUSE -~ UNTIMELY END | Wife of Former Evangelist| | Seeks Divorce Because Hus- “band Treated Her Cruelly Spectal Dispatch to The Cali |" SANTA CRUZ, April 3.—Dr. Frederick | C. J. Bell is ugain in the Santa Cruz | courts. His wife has brought | tton for divorce. A number of years ago Dr. Bell ar- rived in Santa Cruz with Mrs. Bell No. |2, the woman now suing for a divoree. Mrs. Bell No. 1 appeared upon the scene an ac- a few days later and the doctor was | arrested for bigamy. He was released | after spending a time in jail. He was next heard of in the Northwest, where | he appeared as pastor of a New Life | church at Spokane. He created quite a sensation by his lectures in Seattle. In the meantime he secired a divorce from Mrs. Bell No. 1 and married the woman | who had preferred the charge of | bigamy against him. Bell started out | in life as a Methodist preacher and for | years was known throughout New York | as Fred Bell, the bhoy singing evan- | gelst. Mrs. Bell is now in Santa Cruz, but | expects to return to her former home in the East soon. Dr. Bell is supposed to be in Australia. According to the complaint for divorce immediately after his marriage Bell began niistreating his | wife, keeping it up until she left him in Melbourne last month. She alleges that Bell cursed and abused her and threatened to kill her. She charges that he seized her by the throat and told her he would choke her *o death. Once, she alleges, he tore her waist from her body. While in Santa Cruz in September 'he. told her while they were walking around the cliff that he wished | she would fall over the cliff and drown. —_————————— OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST | California Delegation Will Not Press the Bill Calling for Additional Federal Judge. WASHINGTON, April 3.—The California | delegation will not further press for ac- | tion upon the bill already introduced in | the House providing for an additional Judge for the northern district of Cali- fornfa. The judiclary committee has adopted the policy of disapproving all bills increasing the number of Federal Judges. It is proposed by the commit- tee on revision of the laws to recommend certain radical changes in the judicial system and meanwhile it fs thought in- advisable to provide any additional dls- trict Judges. Representative McKinlay and Frank Freeman of Willows, Cal, will have a conference with Secretary of the Interfor Hitchcock tomorrow regarding the irri- gation of the Orland térritory in that State under the reclamation act. It is | belteved that a special law’is not required for the furtherance of this project. George C. Abbott was today appointed postmaster at Westminster, Orange Coun- ty. Rural route No. 1 will be established at Oroville, Butte County,” on May 15. California patents were issued today as follows: Charles Backman, Alameda, cutter head for shapers; Claude E. Bewley, Los Angeles, hose counling; George H. Biglow, San Francisco, hatrpin; Plerre Bouery, Weaverville, dredger and bedrock cleaner; George B, Brace, Santa ‘Ana, gate; William F. Brown, San Francisco, Jewelers' implement; Easton S. Cheney, Oak- land, mount: Luclus E. Coleman, Santa Ana, adding device; Herbert M. Crow, Oukdale, lift pump; James B, Eastman, Los Angeles, tiling or wall bed: Irvin Fenner, San Francisco, trousers press; Louls, C. Gilmore, San_Pedro, | acetylene gas generator; Joseph C. Hooper, San Francisco, metallic rein for harness col- lars; Anthony H. Illohan, Oakland, cross arm | for electric or signal wires; Peter H. Jackson, San Francisco. illuminating tile construction; Wiilam C. King and E. Storff, Colfax, | sled propelling mechanism; Dewls Landau, { San_Francisco, siphon head, also stand and charging apparatus for siphons: Leon P. Lowe, | San_Franeisco, ufacturin: gus. also gas washing device; Frank 1. Macauley, Alameda, fiy catcher; Manuel C. Machado, Morro, side- draught_attachment: Michael N. Macrate, Francisco, oll burner; Morgan P. Rogers and E. C. Rouse, £an Jose, safety Jock for -gun locks: Hiram C. Ruggles. Pasa- dena, condenser; Aaron T. Spence, J. H. Prugs and §. B Zimmer, San Francieco, surfacing and poltshing machine. hill harro Bufialo Paper Burned Out. BUFFALO, N. Y., April 3.—Fire today practically destroyed the Evening Times building, causing a loss of $200,- 000, fully covered by insurance. After the fire was under comtrol heavy ma- chinery came crashing through from the third floor to the basement, carry- ing several men with it. Firemen Reedy and Cogan were rescued in an uncon- { scious condition and rémoved to a hos- pital - The others escaped with slight injuries. ¢ . ——————————— LONDON, April 4-—A dispatch” to a news agency -from Vienna - says that -an imperial council presided over by Emperor is Joseph yesterday decided to hold the Hungarian electfons fn the antume STUDEATS VISIT THE BIC TREES Delegates to Conference at Capitola Enjoy Pretty Trip Between Meetings TERESTING ESSIONS College Church Workers Read and Discuss Many Papers at - Gatherings i Special Dispatch to The Call SANTA CRUZ, April 3.—Rev. C. R. Brown, pastor of the First Congrega- tional Church of OQakland, was the speaker at the vesper service at H o'clock and at the evening meeting of the students’ conference at Capitola today. This morning Mrs. Lawrence Thurson was the speaker. at the plat- form meetings. At the city conference Miss Symmes of New York took up the subject, “Committee Work and tie Individual's Responsibility to the Association as a ‘Whole.” The educational work was presented by Miss Campbell of Los An- geles. Miss Chloe Anderson of San Jose and Miss Florence Hammond, city secretary of Fresno, also spoke. At the studént conference Miss Ber- tha Conde of Chicago discussed the re- ligious and financial work of the as- soclation and Mrs, Dwight Potter of Oakland spoke on “Business Relation- ship.” At the Mission study class, led by Mrs. Lawrence Thurson, “The Value of the Chinese as a Citizen of God,” was the subject. Mrs. Dwight Potter's subject was, “Sunrise in the Dark Continent.” Mrs. Naomi K. Easterday of FPalo Alto arrived here today. She,is one of the oldest members of the American committee. For many years she was on the State committee of Nebraska. She will be one of the speakers to- morrow night at the meeting of the American committee. Among the other arrivals were Mrs. E. J. C. Park of Reading, Mass., of the Baptis missions; Mrs. David McCullough Sacramento and Miss Mary P. Camp- bell, Margaret Henderson and Mrs. R. F. Smith of Los Angeles. . This afternoon about a dozen rigs left the hotel, filled with students| bound for an excursion to the Big Trees. College songs and vells were part of the programme. Several more excursions are planned. ‘Tomorrow motning the State conven- tion will be in session be elected for the coming year and re- ports will be heard. In the evening the work of the American committee will be presented. CHINESE EMPEROR HONORS CALIFORNIAN Confers on R. A. Goodeell of an Bernardino Order of Double Dragon. Speclal Dispat¢h to The Call SAN BERNARDINO; April 3.—Roscoe A. Goodcell, a son of Attorney Henry Goodcell of this city, who /is¥here visie: ing with his wife from TFsi Nan, China, has been signally honored by the Emper- or of China. Mr. ‘Goédcell’ received "a cablegram from’ Chifna this morning an- nouncing that the Owder of the Double Dragon, the third degree of the first-class, had been conferred upon him as a reward for his services as professor of English, history and cconoinics in the Imperial Provineial College. Mr. Goodcell, after teaching in the college for three years, is in America on one year's furlough, after which he will return to China for another three years’ service. The decora- tion is an special mark of honor for foreigners and grants {ts wearer an im- mediate audience with the Emperor. Mr. Goodcell is a graduate of the San Ber- nardino High School, class of 185, and of Berkeley University, class of 1898, —_———————— INSANE MAN USES AX ON CARE-TAKER Cuts Off Nurse’s Ear as He Is Stooping Over a Stove. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN BERNARDINO, April 4.—Shad Merritt, an employe of the Brookings Lumber Company, in the woods five miles from Fredalba, was dreadfully injured by Michael Donohue, a half demented man, whom he was watching. They were in a cabin. When Merritt stooped to place wood in the stove, without warning Donohue seized an ax and struck the stooping man a terrible blow across the ear and jawbone. The keen blade severed the ear and cut through the bone. Mer- ritt fell against the wall and then grap- pled with the insane man, at the same time -shouting for assistance. Donohue, when safely bound, said he tried to Kill Merritt in order that he might then kill himself. FATALLY INJURED BY A SHORT FALL Petaluman Killed by Tumble to Sidewalk Following Dizzy Spell. Speclal Dmn. CalL PETALUMA, April 3.—Elmer Lock- wood, a well-known resident of this city, met death in a peculiar manner on Sunday afternoon. While standing looking up at a huilding in course of construction he became dizzy and fell to the sidewalk. His head struck the pavement and he sustained a fracture of the skull. He died less than twelve hours after the accident. Mr. Lock- wood was 45 vears of age and a native of Petaluma. TUntil recently he con- ducted a frult ranch at Dansville. —_—— OUTLIVES HIS INSURANCE POLICY BY JUST ONE DAY Physicians Prolong Life of Sulelde and His Family Will Lose Three i Thousand Dollars. INCINNATI, April 3.—Physicians kept Joseph H. Wilson alive fgr three days after he had taken poison to end his life, and thus prevented the accom- plishment of his wish to die before his $3000 insurance policy expired. Wilson was formerly a wenlthy leather dealer, but. suffered reverses, RBecause of his :nnml:tl?:ddtflhlculnes his insurance was erm 0 lapse on tien i W AE T Finding he was unable to pay, W took laudanum on Friday.’}’;e le‘;:m;, Ietter to®his wife, explaining the cir- cumstances and directing what should be done with the insurance money. The doctors kept him alive until yesterday, the day after the insurance policy had expired. BUDAPEST, April 3.M, Geguse, the pub- lic_prosecutor. h i - g xe’nr:xpolnt.ed Minister of Officers will | LUNBER KNGS 10 BULD AOAD Seott & Van Arsdale Buy Line Running From Yreka, Which They Will Extend BONUS TO BE GIVEN Citizens of Towns in Scott Valley Promised Rail Con- nection if They Raise Fund e g YREKA, April 3.—About two months ago the railrdad connecting Yreka, the county seat of Siskiyou County, with Montague on the main line of the South- ern Pacific Railroad, was sold and the names of the purchasers have until to- day been unknown to the public. They are Scott & Van Arsdale, the lumber kings. The deal was made through A. J. Rosborough of the Sisklyou Electric Power Company of this city. Rosborough, in company with several | prominent citizens of Yreka, visited the towns of Fort Jones and Etna in Scott Valley, and in each place held large and enthusiastie railroad meetings. They of- fered to extend the railroad through the valley as far as Etna if the residents of the valley would raise a bonus of $100,000. Committees of the most prominent and influential men in the valley were ap- pointed and set out securing subscrip- tions. Scott & Van Arsdale two years ago sold for $3,000,000 their raflroad and im- mense mills and lumber interest in the | McCloud River country. The valley into | which this new road is to be built is one | of the most preductive in the State. It contains three hundred square miles and the mountains walling it in are rich in minerals. The forests of yellow and sugar pine will alene justify the cost of build- ing the road, which is estimated at $800,000. RECEIVES LETTER CONTAINING THREAT Priest Gets Request for Prayer Which Hints of Impending Harm. Special Dispatch to The Call. RENO, April 3.—A mysterious letter re- ceived by Father Tubman of the Catholic church in this city is causing considerable anxiety and much comment among the Catholic people of Reno. The letter is in the nature of a threat of impending dan- ger in case a certain prayer contained in the letter is not sent by the party receiv- ing it to a friend who will do likewise. The letter is as follows: . Whoever reads and writes the following prayer once a day for a period of mine days shall, at the end of that time, receive a great joy. Eeginning the day the prayer Is re- celved, read it once and send a copy to some one who will do likewfse. The prayer was sent the Bishop of Rome with the following ory: ‘A copy of the prayer Was sent to a woman who paid no attention to it and at the end of the third day her son was as- sassinated. Whoever received it must say It and send a copy once a day for nine days.’’ The letter ig signed Mrs. F. O. Hender- son. ————————— APRIL FOOL JOKE NEARLY COSTS A MAN HIS LIFE Workman Inserting R6ds in Telegraph Pole Sends Wire Against Hiflden Cartridge. UKIAH, April 3—A. J. Fitzhugh, an employe of the Sunset Telephone Com- pany, engaged in reconstructing the company’s system in this city, had a narrow escape today. Fitzhugh was driving rods or iron steps into the company's poles. When he came to the pole on Main street and attempted to insert a rod it stuck, and he struck it with his hammer. Immediately there was an explosion and the rod was blown across the street. The workman was stunned by the explosion, but it was found that beyond being badly | powder burned about the face he was uninjured. The pole, which is about eighteen inches in diameter, was cracked for several feet on each side of the hole. An examination showed that some one, believed to be an April fool joker, had inserted a 44-caliber cartridge in the hole. ———————— REFUSES TO “TRUST” TOWN FOR MONTH'S LIGHTING BILL Gas Company Compels San Bernardino Trustees to Use Own Coin Before They Turn on Power. SAN BERNARDINO, April 3.—The City Councilmen of San Bernardino were today compelled to dig down in their own pockets and guarantee $793 for the lighting of the streets of the city for the next month. This peculiar state of affairs is due to the failure of the Lytle Creek Power Company, a new concern, to fulfill its contract. The company agreed to furnish power on April 1, the date on which the contract of the San Bernardino Gas and Electric Company expires. It did not do so, and the old company would not give light unless paid in advancé The charter would not permit the payment in ad- vance, and therefore the Councilmen were compelled to guarantee the amount, which will be drawn from the ¢ity treasury on the instaliment plan. e Qe e — REORGANIZATION OF ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT House Committce on Military Affairs Will Favorably Report the Senate Bill. WASHINGTON, April 3.—The House committee on military affairs author- ized a favorable report on the Senate bill reorganizing the medical depart- ment of the army. The bill was amended by cutting down the number of colonels from sixteen to fourteen; of leutenant colonels from twenty- four to twenty: of majors from 110 to 100. A provision is inserted that any officer of the medical service corps pro- vided for in the bill who is subject to call and who shall be ordered upon ac- tive duty. but shall refuse to accept, shall forfeit his commission. Under the bill the corps will consist of a surgeon general, with the rank of brigadier .general, fourteen colonels, twenty lieutenant colonels, 100 majors and 300 captains. —_——————— CAPTAIN IN HAWAII STUFFS NATIONAL GUARD ROLLS Given the Option of Resigning or Sub- mitting to Trial by Court- _ Martial. S HONOLULU, April 3.—Captain Harry Klemme of Company C of the Hawaitan National Guard is threatened with court-martial as a result of the discov- ery that the ranks of his company was stuffed to add to the percentage of at- tendance in the recent inspection of the soldiery by Major Van Vliet, U. 8. A. The company is about to be disbanded in accordance with a reor- ganization of the militia here, but Klemme has been given the option of resigning before the company dis- bands or defending a formal charge. The matteér is understood to be a part of Major Van Vliet's report to Wash- ington on the guard. Prices. Montgomery rapidly. LOCATION LIGHT splendid appearance. PH":E :ren dollars a ing to size. tion with each space. OFFICE CLER and when you leave your will be waited on. == tenants. ““‘Something New.’ Ground Floor Offices. . Less Than Upstairs Look at the new offices on Bush, between and Kearny—being 345 Bush Sireel Right in the heart of the best business district—surrounded by banks, hotels, brokers, insurance, real estate and attorneys’ head- quarters. Near both the retail and wholesale district. Abundance of sun and light. The place is being handsomely fitted up—will presenta b4 rented nd upward for space, accord- By applying early, window space for display may be obtained. You obtain here all the conveniences and advantages of a ground floor office at a much less rate than you can secure them for upstairs. Located near the front en- Telephone connec- K It is the intention that the op- ————————— erator who has charge of the telephone exchange shall also act as office clerk for all tenants, doing away with the necessity of em- ploying someone to keep office in your absence, office you do so realizing that any of your clients or customers who may call EWater and artificial FREE JANITOR SERVIC DIRECTORY At entrance giving names of the light also gratis. LYON & HOAG 116 Monigomery Sircct YOUNG HILL TELLS OF NEW RAILROAD Transcontinental Line Being Constructed Aeross Canada. ST. PAUL, Minn., April 3.—The report that President J. J. Hill of the Great Northern is building through Canada a third transcontinental line with which to enlarge his present system of Pacific railroads was confirmed today in effect by Vice President Louis W. Hill | "“The report might be called approxi- | mately correct,” said HIll cautiously. “It eontains more facts than are usual- ly found in newspaper stories of that sort.” . Hill agreed that the new transconti- nental line would probably be com- pleted before the Grand Trunk Pacific is built through to the ocean. “Our line,” he sald, “includes only 800 or 900 miles that are still to be con- structed west of Winnipeg. The Grand Trunk has done nothing yet in that re- gion. It has been stated that the Grand Trunk Pacific must take four or five years to finish its ilnes, but we could complete ours within two, or at any rate within three years.” ————————— BIG VESSEL PLANNED FOR THE GREAT LAKES Keel Laid for the Largest Ship Ever Constructed for the Inland Sens. BAY CITY, Mich., April 3.—The keel was laid yesterday at the local yard of the American Shipbuilding Company for the largest vessel ever comstructed for the Great Lakes. The vessel, which is to be built by the Cambria Steel Company, will be 602 feet long. e ee—— WASHINGTON, April 3.—President Roose- velt gave a dinner at the White House to- night in honor of the Governor Gemeral of Canada and Countéss Grey and thefr party, who are sojourning in this country. MAY OPEN THE WAY TO TARIFF REVISION House Resolution Provides for Hearings During Recess, WASHINGTON, April 3.—Repre- sentative Davidson of Wisconsin intro- duced a resolution today which is re- garded as crystallizing the views of Republican tariff revisionists in the House. It provides that the ways and means’ committee shall sit during the recess of Congress to consider trade conditions, with a view to tariff revi- sion. The resolution is as follows: Resolved, That the committee on ways and means of the House of Representatives, Fifty- Rinth Congrees. or any sub-committes ‘theveof. is instructed to sit during the recess of the House at such times and places ae may suit the convenience of said committee or suo- committee, to consider whether conditions have %0 changed that the public interest demands a readjustment of the present rates of duty d_to acquire further information as to th- pplication of the existing tariff schedules to trade conditions in different sections of the United States, and for that purpose shall give public hearings to such persons @s shall desire to appear before said committee or sub-com- mittee for that purpose. Said committee or sub-committee is authorized to employ ex- perts, administer oaths, take testimony, send for persons or papers and to employ a stenog- rapher to report its hearings and to have tha eame printed, which reports shall be sent as soon as printed to each member of the House. Said committee shall make a full report of its proceedings hereunder, by bill or otherwise. within ten days after the meeting of the second session of the Fifty-ninth Congress. All necessary cxpenses to carry out the provisions of this resolution shall be pald from the contingent fund of the House. — e Another Setback for Benson. WASHINGTON, April 3.—The Court of Appeals today sustained the action of the Criminal Court in overruling the demurrer to the indictment charging John A. Benson with having bribed two officials of the General Land Office to furnish him certain advance infor- mation. the The soda cracker is an ideal food. Uneeda Biscuit are the ideal soda crackers. Indeed, soda crackers 1 made in the first place, rightly protected first, last and all the time. In a dust tight, moisture proof package. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY