The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 14, 1906, Page 4

MRS. NIX LOSES HER CONTEST. Judge Ellsworth of Alameda County yesterday decided adversely to Mrs. Nix the contest she Instituted to the will of Charles R. Lioyd, of whom she was a natural daughter. The rest of the $360,000 estate will She will mow receive m bequest of $5000. go to the legitimate childrem. Charles R. Lioyd Was Morally Obligated, ol ! Says Court, but Will Must Stand.. = o ters induced them to come to him here in » was furnished and He had promised y W come here » would set them up inery b s. For,twenty ¥ other and daughter * were kept by him £ their Hving. v put off f to time t quest that he give t an oppor to branch out for themselv All I promises, however, were embra, agreement, entered into ing of marry- ¢, whom he after- He then told both would help him n and treat him as a husband and father the aughter should share in his estate when t the time I s wife. that if they His promises were made the subject of jrony by Attorneys M. C. Chap- and Frank H. Powers, stated twenty years of promising he them an “I O U” payable that even this was not in writing and that when he did die he left a will in which be mocked them from ago by his am Boxall, at San Bernar- ged intimacy with his nieces. o then - wrote to the mother and - | ¢ and reminded them of their| @'s | promises to him to keep their relation- ship to him a secret and it was argued on behalf of Mrs. Nix that in accord- nce with their compact the mother and hter denied in ‘writing to certain pns that they-were in any way con- e w to Japan to recuperate, but died on the voyage. It was found that in the WUl he had disinherited his eldest son, ywho took sides with his cousin, William Box- all, in the assault upon Lloyd ‘When the will was offered for probate it was 1| the occasion of a sensational contest in- 4D | crituted by the disinherited son. The de- cision of the court, however, went against Cali- | DR. 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Glycerine ie entirely | unubj]ectmnable and besides is a most useful ingredient in the cure of all stom- | ach as well as bronchial, throat and ]u: affections. There is the highest medical suthority for 1ts use in all such cases. The "Discovery " is & concentrated glye- eric extract of native, medicinal roote and 18 safe and reliable. klet of extracts from eminent, medical authorities, endorsing its ingre- dients iled free on uest. Address "“Plerce, Buisio, X, Y, Pr. B | fering. been the now a second child has him and taking a part of prevented from estate. Attorney W. S. Goedfellow has repre- sented the trustees of the Lloyd estate and defended the provisions of the will throughout the storm of litigation oveny it. The attorneys for Mrs. x have not yet decided on their next move. Lomax Shoes for Ladies. New spring styles $2.50 and $3.50. Lomax Emoe Stms far men and women. 16 Fourth st.- BAD MONEY PASSER CAUGHT IN SOUTH| All Up With Me,” He Said When He Was Arrested. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. 1LLOS ANGELES, April 13 Fred E. Ruth, 30 years of age, and neatly and ele- gantly dressed, was arrested yesterday by United States Secret Service Agenj Cro- nin for passing counterfeit $10 bills. The arrest was made through Cronin’s recefv- It’s | ing telegraphic description of the man from the authorities in San Fran- cisco, who have ‘placed his partner, | F. L. Clft, in custody. Both men have been badly wanted for some time. Cro- nin is positive that bad money to the amount of thousands of dollars has been placed in circulation through the manip- ulations of the“pair. Ruth admitted his identity and stated that he knew what he was wanted for. o “It's all up with me and I know it,” he said to the arresting officer. REMARKABLE NERVE SHOWN BY AN INDIAN Refuses Anesthetic While Surgeons Are Amputat- ing His Feet. SPECTAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL ALBUQUERQUE, N. M, April 13— Juan Analla, a Santo Domingo Indian, was run down by a switch engine in the Santa Fe yards at Gallup and both feet crushed. The Indian had been em~ ployed by the railroad. He did not lose | consciousness after the accident and | made no sound to Indicate he was suf- Analla, was taken to the Santa Fe hospital here. On the way he refused anesthetics' and did not utter .a eom- plaint. At the hospital It was found that amputation of both feet would be necessary to remove the shattered bone. The Indian refused an anesthetic and endured the operation without a word. He will recover. > | Spectal excursion party will leave San Fran- | eisco April 25. Thia'ls an especially low rate ! e Try the United States Laundry. PEACE HOVERS DVER ZION CITY Representatives of Warring} " Factions Hold Conference and Discuss Settlement WEARY OF THE STRIFE R DS T Dowie Promises to Retire if Temporarily Reinstated and Given Part of Funds — CHICAGO, April 13.—Peace hovers over the warring factions that are endeavoring to secure control of Zion City. This statement was authorized tonight by the legal advisers of both Davis and General Overseer Vollva. After an all-day conference Attorney Emil C. Wetten, representing Dowle, said: Wa are nearer a peaceful solution of this question tonight than we L#ve been at any stage of the proceedings. e have changed our minds reiative to the ‘filing of & bill in | equity declaring the transterring of the own- orehip of the property of Zion City by Voliva to Deacon, Alexander Granger to be void, and will await further developments. Today, as a mstter of formality, we: fiied a paper in_the Circuit Court of Lake ~Qounty of this State declaring that the power of attarney srapted to General Overseer Voliva by John Alexamder | Dowie was absolutely yold, inasmuch as Voliva bad not aeted in accordance with the instruc- tions given ‘him in reference to the execution of the powers delegated to, him by Dowie and had Gesikned to transcend his authority and misapply . the property of Dowie, and that thereupan Dowle forwarded Voeliva a telegram revoking the power of attorney. According to the contestants the de- cision of the court upon the validity of telegraphic revocation of the power | of attorney wi] decide the question as | to in whom rests the control of Zion | City. ©On this question Attorney Wet- ten sald: “The telegraphic power of attorney delegated to Voliva by Dowie is abselutely legal and will stand in court’ of law.” At the termination of today's confer- ence, which was participated in by Judge V. , Barnes, legal adviser of Zion ity; Jacob Newman, counsel for | Voliva and -his forces, and Attorney Wetten, representing Dowie. Newman said: Dowie and his advisers admitted today that | we have in our p sion documentary evi- thet Dowie and his visers cent of the property belongs Catholic church, and he has quiesced in the proposition twat | it he is given b per cent of, this property, | when he had been instalied temborarily in con- | trol, both ecclesiastical financial, he will retire. - In other words, owie desires to be vindicated, reinstated, with ' the full powers attending the first apostleshin of the Chris- tian Catholic church, reupon he will is: an t declaring 95 per cent of the property of Zion City belongs to the church and that b per cent belongs to him (Dowie) | According to conservative estimates given out by the two factions this would give to Dowle | $1,000,000 and to the church $19,000,000, SIX PERSONS DIE IN TEXAS TORNADO Wind, Snow and Sleet Storm Is Sweeping Over West- | ern Nebraska. DALLAS, Texas, April #5.=Six persons were killed and several injured in the tornado that swept over Briggs, Texas, late yesterday. A number of bulldings in the district were destroyed. - At Cleburne the storm blew down the grandstand.in | the ball park during the progress of a | game. Several persons were injured, but none killed. The heaviest rain in years fell in Dallas last night, and a general rain is reported over North Texas. OMAHA, April 13.—A wind, snow and sleet storm -0f unusual severity Is re- ported sweeping over the western part of Nebraska and extending into eastern Colorado and into the Black Hills. At Union Pacific headquarters the storm was reported most severe in the vicinity of Julesburg, Colo., where the wind was blowing at the rate of sixty miles an hour and a heavy smow was falling and badly drifting, East of North Platte, Neb., the storfa ‘was also severe. On the Burlington the storm extends west from Alliance. The. ‘temperature is - close to. freezing. Along the Northwestern the storm is known to extend from Long Pine, Neb., into the Black Hills. CASTRO RETAINS HOLD ON COUNTRY Believed That He Will Re- sume Presidency After Short Vacation. PARIS, April 13.—General Matos, leider of the last revolution against General Castro, in an interview today on the subject of the latter's retire- ment from the Presidency of Venezuela, sald that Castro would not have aban- doned his position unless absolutely sure of being able to regain it at will. Matos added that Castro probably de- gires to take a vacation in his native Andes, and that the acting President, Vicente Gomez, will serupulously carry out his instructions and give up the Presidency when requestéd to do so. The attitude of France toward Vene- zuela has not changed 4n consequence of General Castro's retirement. 5 CARACAS, Venezuela, Tuesday (via Willémstad, Island of Curacao, April 13).—General Castro yesterday trans- ferred the Presidency of Venezuela to Vice President Gomez In an address which he made on that occasion Gen- eral Castro said that his retirement was Gue to ill-health, but he did not say whether- it was temporary or.perma- nent. It is generally understood, how- ever, that his retirement will last about | taree months. i 2 ———————— Ven Bulow to Retain Power. BIRLIN, April 13.—The Grenzboeten, a newspaper which is in close relation with the German Foreign Office, says today that Chancellor vdn Bulow in- tends to retain the direction of the most important affairs of state during his lecave of absence. It is added that it has alréady.been arranged in the Fed- eral Council and in the Relchstag that Count “von Posadowski-Wehner, the Vice Chancellor, shall have the official title of representative of the Imperial Chancellory. : —————————— § $30.00 - jon of Arizona and back. | To the Grand Can! I‘ofi‘ ‘ i ‘wonder - O O ata wectre. thely. ressrvations ealy. Full jnformation af Fred W: Prince, agent, G40 Market strect, San Franc! S ———————— _ Breaks Shovting Record. NEW' YORK, April 13.—The United States steamship Pennsylvania's officers reported on their arrival today that during target practice off Cape Caruz last Saturday one of the ship's six-inch batteries, under the command of Lieu- tenant J. R. Brady, scored seventeen hits in ninety seconds. This is said to be a ngw world's recdrd for the six- inch gun. city ticket” isco. ¢ 1904 ket street. Telephone South 420, * THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1906 MAY SUSPEND HABEAS CORPUS GOVERNOR Ruling in the Moyer Case of ther State AT T & ; i JveTICE K GRBBERT, .{k - —: CHIEF JUSTICE OF COLORADO, WHO SAYS GOVERNOR MAY SUSPEND HABEAS CORPUS. TRADE DISPLAYS NORE ANIHATION Stringency in Money Market Appears to Have but Lit- tle Effect on Business AT NEW YORK, April 13.—Bradstreet’s to- moyrow will say: “Trade displays more animation, weather conditions, retail business and, to some extent, collecticns fmproving in unison. March railway * ‘earnings, though, of course, not showing the per- centage of gain in' January and Febru- ary, which compared with periods of weather blockades and. traflic congestion, are still by far the best gver recorded in March. “Business failures in ths United States for the week ending April 13 number 161 against 151 last week, 196 in the like week of 1005, 195 in 1904, 160 in 103 and 133 in 1902, “In Canada failures for the week hum- ber fifteen, as “against seventeefr last week and twenty-oré in this week a year EY B0, ““Wheat (including flour) exports from the United States and Canada for the week ending April 12 are 2,362,347 bushels, against 2,155,514 bushels last week; 1,- 202,301 bushe this week last year; 1,- 213,855 bushels in 1904 and 2,977,777 in 1903. From July 1 to date the exports are 107,- 506,419 bushels, agalnst 49,810,624 bushels last year; 119,667,660 bushels in 1904, and 174,381,651 bushels in 1903."" NEW YORK, April 13—R, G Dun & Co.’s Weeckly Review of Trade tomorrow will sav: “Stringency in the money market has cansed no interruption to the wholesome progress of trade and industry, although tending to development of conservatism in speculative departments. Building op- erations are only limited by the supply of laber and material, and the heavy con- sumption of all comiodities is shown by the highest level of guotations since Feb- ruary, 184, Dun's Index number of April 1 being $106,006, againSt $104,204 a month previous and - 399,206 & year- ago. Since tae month opened there has beenm a fur- ther advance, Rallway earnings for the first week of April were 8.1 per cent larg- er than last years, although prices of securities have weakened somewhat in response to the highest money market at this season in many years, Official sta- tistics of féreign commerce for the month of March indicate that exports of farm staples were valued at $69,750,000, an in- crease of §2,230000 as compared with tho ccrrespouding period Jast year, when the movement was exceptionally heavy. “Hides lost scme activity, but none of the strength developed last week, cow- hides continuing the best feature of the packer market, sole leather tanners seek- ing light weights. “In several sections of the market fur- ther fractional advances are being asked, including foreign hides, although most River Plata shipments now 0 to Europe. “Failures this week numbered 193 in the United States, against 214 last year, and twenty in Canada, compared with twenty a year ago.” v —————————— SUSPECTED TRAIN ROBBER S 1S STRUCK BY AN ENGINE > o On Hin. Person ‘Are Found Dynmamite, 2 Fuses, Caps, Two Revolvers and a Black Mask. BOZEMAN, Mont., April 13.—An un- known man, about 25 years old, was struck by a Northern Pacific engine in the yards here early today and so0 badly injured that he cannot recover. On his person were found twenty-five pounds of dynamite, fuses, caps, two revolvers and a black mask. He was struck near a water tank and evidently his inten- tion was to board the transcontinental train when ft stopped there for water and to dynamite the express car. §i 1 Strike Cauwes Shutdown. GRANITE. CITY, p American Steel: closed down today of 300 of the 2800 men loyed. The strikers, who were employed as mold- ers' helpers, jaggers, pickers and ram- mers, walked out singing of their native countries. The molders' helpers demand $1.65 a day Instead of $1.50, which they are now receiving; the gers and p! want $1.75 instead of $1.656 and the rammers $2 Instead of $1.90. ————— De Witte Wri elt. NEW YORK, ‘rfimdmfl‘ Watts, United States Consul General at St. Petersburg, was a passenger on the steamship Pennsylvania, arriving from lant here HAS POWER by Chief Justice of Colorado.. e DENVER, April 13.—Chief Justice Gab- bert of the State Supreme Court yester- day filled a supplemental- opinion in the Moyer case. It is generally conceded that this new opinion will take precedence over the former majority opinion as the latest expression of the court. F The Chief: Justice deolares that the Governor of the State-has the power to suspend habeas cofsus‘at his discretion | and, that the courts cannat’review the on. i body of the mew opinton’ is taken up With .excerpts from .an - ppinion. of Justice Johnson in a case in the Philip- pibe. Islands, in which the power of the Governor-General tg suspend . the privi- leges 4f the writ of habeas corpus during a state 6f insurrection in the province of Batangas was upheld. The Chief Justice finds the case analegous to the situation presented in Colorado during the labor troubles, and draws conclusions in which the incarceration of Charles H. Moyer by the military upheld. TCHELL HOPEFUL OF A SETTLEMENT Believes That the Operators and Miners Will Yet Agree. NEW YORK, April 13.—President Mitch- ell of the Miners’ Union was busy today preparing to close his headquarters here nd return to Indianapolis tomorrow. All the members of the general scale commit- tee have left for their homes im the an- thracite regions and wili not be called to- geéther again until after the operators re- ply to the propositions submitted to them by the miners yesterday. In the face of the pessimistic expressions President Mitchell is hopeful of a peaceful ending of the controversy with the operators. He believes the operators will make an answer which will permit the continuance of negotiations, instead of abruptly ending them, PHILADELPHIA, April 13—There was but little hope for industrial peace in the anthracite region today among the men most interested in the coal situation. One and all seemed convinced that nothing short of an unexpected intervention of some sort can now preventsa coal strike, or rather can prevent the declaration on the part of the coming mine workers’ convention that a strike exist 2 GORKY SCANDALIZ THE NEW YORKERS Accompanied on Trip to the United States by Rus- sian Actress. # SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. . NEW YORK, April 13.—The New York admirers of Maxim Gorky have been divided into two camps by an embar- rassing discovery which was made on Gorky's arrival, and was then whispered around among the circles of socialists, revolutionists and literary folk who flocked to his camp. Some of the more consérvative socialists, among whom are included such as Robert Hunter and J. G. Phelps Stokes, Were not a little dis- concerted whén Gorky reached this coun- try to learn that the second ‘‘Mrs. Gorky,” who accompanied him, was not Mme. Gorky at all, but a Russian actress, Anna Andrelva, with whom Gorky has been living since his separation from his wife four years ago. The extreme socialists regarded this calmly. They declared it was a common occurrence in Russia for husband and wife who could not get along together to go their separate ways and take up with other partners if they chose. MAN'S TEMPER GETS HIM TERM IN JAIL Eight Years Sentence - of Spiteful Spouse Who Burned Home. SPECTAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. LOS ANGELES, April B.—.i0e posses- sion of a temper which he could not con- trol will cause Nicholas Kunzler to spend the next eight years in Sap Quentin pen- itentlary. He pleaded guilty to arson to- day and was sentenced te elght vears. Kunzler threatened his wife and she caused his arrest. He secured his release by means of a writ of habeas corpus and returned home, drove his wife out of the house and then set fire ‘to the bullding. Arming himself he forcibly prevented the neighbors from saving any of the house- hold goods and the house was destroyed with all its contents. A Deputy Sherift had to knock him down with a revolver before he would submit to arrest. The destruction of w.e home left Mrs. Kunzler practically penniless. ————————— FLYING MACHINE OPERATORS DECIDE TO FORM A UNION Labor Plans to Invade the Realms i Above in Its General Campaign of Organisation. CHICAGO, April 13.—Unlon labor has at last decided to invade the realms above mfim campaign of organization. ot satisfled with organizing apparentl, the unlimited flelds of those who work oz earth and those who toil beneath its sy~ face, it will now. proceed to organize Sky Pilots” Union No. 1. The conclusion to organize the new un- ion was reached yesterday at an informal conference of a number of .men who earn their lvelthood by flying through the afr. There are about sixty flying machine op- erators in the city. All managers of amusement parks who engage the services of members of the Sky Pilots’ Unlon will be compelled to pay the union scale, and all’ trades unionists will be asked to re- frain from patronizing places of amuse- ment where non-uniom “flyers” are em- ployed, 5 o H il 13.—The | ‘of a strilkfe | Hamburg today. He sald that he is the | bearer of a letter from, to ?reliflp'nt Roose: b * e B ‘Count Gerardy, Master Cellist. @@ The unqualified endorsements of the leading artists of the- musical world are enjoyed by The Knabe Piano As an instrument for the soloist, the ac- -companist, the student or for the home the Knabe is beyond compare. 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BERLIN, April 13.—An illustration of | SALT LAKE CITY, April 13.—After | the faithful enforcement of the bureau- | one of the most destructive washouts in cratlc customs is given in the Burger | the history of Western railroading, Gazette of Muhlhausen, South Germany. A group of buildings at Hueninhen, ncar the German-Swiss frontier, caught fire on Sunday. A fire engine ‘from Basle, Switzerland, just across the frontier, came to help in extinguishing the flames. The customs officers, how- ever, would not allow the Swiss fire en- gine to cross the border unless the fire- men paid duty for it; and while the discussion went on the buildings, which were within- 100 yards of the Custom- house, burned to the ground. —_—— Price of Crude Oil Advanced. LIMA, Ohio, April 13.—The price of crude oil was advanced for all flelds except Kentucky and Kansas by the Standard Oil Company today. The change was the first made in six months and adds 3 cents a barrel to the East- ern and 2 cents to the Western pro- | causing a suspegysion of all through | traffic on its lines since March 27, the San Pedro, Los Angele: and Salt Lake | Railroad tomorrow will resume through | freight and passenger traffic between | Salt Lake and Los Angeles. The first | train of the Los Angeles limited ser- vice will leave Salt Lake tomorrow evening. ———— New Steamer for Hawail HONOLULU, April 7.—A contract has |heen closed here with the Union Irom Works of San Francisco by the Inter- island Steam Navigation Company for a new steamer to run between Hono- lulu and Hilo and other island ports. It will be 251% feet in length, of ff- teen-knot speed and will have triple expansion engines. This is a much larger and better vessel than any be- fore engaged in the Interisland business here. duct. North Lima oil is quoted at 96 cents, South Lima and Indiana 91 cents. 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