The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 16, 1906, Page 4

“OUR QUAKE” FELT D JAPAN Reaches Tokio Five Hours After Shaking Up the Western City. Temblor Expert Is Coming fere fo Study Effect of Shake. on made were also buildings if who accom- and Sano of were Su the ssengers elegate from Sheerin's Laundry, Phone Park 816. ngd return in 3 day: o— CITY OF LOS ANGELES WINS ITS WATER FIGHT United States Supreme Court Decldes Municipality Controls River by Virtue of an Old Treaty, SHINGTON, May 15.—The city the waters River above a sion hand- Supreme Court of the fay in the case of d 240 other property e an rtles to the suit based their s old Spanish grants, ed that under the old Angeles controlled the nd that the treaty with Mexico ured the continuance is usage had been State and Federal ivate owners claimed trol of the water fro confiscated the! process of law, with water per acre, but per acre. pa. Jured, bu force of the explosion burled some of the vietims windows & blook fifty feet and broke away, while pleces of 2o two blooks eway. ously injured are the cl Robert tract- lroad. were Mrs. E. A Perkins, and M. Thalman. Focipica Uhited States Bars Yaquis. MEXICO being pri effect the entered into arrangements with r Americans of ds rate character bunt down Yaqul Indians in Sonora and has given American adventurers all sor of franchises and facilities so that tx may Operate on Mexican soil are pr nounced false. The United States Gov- ernment has now decided to prevent the Yaquis entering American territory, os- tensibly as immigrants, but in reaity to purchese arms and ammunition, as well @ to make plans for further raids and depredations. i i High Rate of Pay for Miners. TAMAQUA, Pa, May 15.—Oommis- sioner Neil, who was appointed by the Anthracite Coal Commission to compute the rate of wages for anthracite miners, as notified the coal operators that the mipers will be paid § per cent on the $4.50 basis for the month of May, the av- erage prices of coal at tide water month being $4.93 per ton. This is the highest rate at which the miners have been d eince the commission made its award. PR SO <558 5% GHa Water Company Wine Sult. WASHINGTON, May 15.—The Su- preme Court of the United States toda delivered a decision in the case of Gila Bend Reservoir and Irrigation Cnmfmn,v v, the Ofla Water Company, invo ving the title to & canal in Maricopa Countv. , in favor of the latter. The court & vecess until next Monday. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDA MAY 16, 1906. WILL BE SHOWN Supplies fnrfa—nal Are to Be, Bought in the Cheapest Markets. Foreign finnficceptahle if Material Saving Can Be Made. , May 15.—The Presi- d toh Congress a ry Taft, accom- umerous appendices, in , who has the full resident, lays down supplies for the 1d be bought in the 1 things considered, foreign. was inaugurated e than a year ago ing Congress if this the best market and in the letter| NO FAVORITISM DOUMA ASKS FOR AMNESTY Drafts Address to the Throne in Reply fo Speech of the Czar. Full Civil Liberty and Aboli- tion of Death Penalty Insisted Upon. FREE EXCURSIONS TO Burlingame AND an Mateo And Return, To acquaint all homeseekers with ST. ETERSBURG. May 15.—The | the unequaled advantages of Burlin- dr:g; nrpth-l; address to lheylhrone in | 8ame and San Mateo as places of resi- reply to the Emperor's speech at the | genc!e._ ffree electric cars will bewn;‘: opening of Parliament was submitted | BOUrl¥ from 8 a. m. to 4 p. m. on We to the lower house of Parliament to-|nesday, Thursday and Friday of this day by the commission. It consists| Week and Monday anc Tuesday of practically of the folllowing ten de-, 1eXt week. The cars will start from mands: First—General amnesty. Sec-| the Ferry bullding and run out Mis- oni—The abolition of the death pen- Sion street, stopping at Fifth and alty. Third—The suspension of mar- | Sixteenth streets only. £ tial law and all exceptional laws,| Come and see these beautiful 'sub- Fourth—Full civil libefty. Fifth—The | Urbs. Remember, plenty of fine water, abolition of the Council of the Em- | 8000 sewer systems, best climate if pire. Sixth—The revisior of the fun-|the world. Only 38 minutes from the damental law. Seventh—The estab- | ¢ity. Bay shore cut-off te be soon com- Union 01l Gompany | OF CALIFORNIA ’Headquart.ors of all departments located tempor- ¢ arily at plant- 16th and Illinois Streets SAN FRANCISCO fncluding California Asphaltum Sales ‘Agency. Union Steamship Co. and Claremont Oil Co. NOTICE . That Man Pitts Formerly 1008 Markot Street. LOCATED NOW A1 1123 Fillmore Street Near Golden Gate Avenue, With a Full Line of Oil deliveries by Boat, Barge, Car or Tank Wagon Stafionei'y. Cutlery and promptly made as usual. last | lishment of the responsibility of Min- isters. Eighth—The right of interpel- | lation. Ninth—Forced expropriation of land. Tenth—Guarantee the rights of trades unions. The reply to the spcech from the throne concludes as follows: “Your Majesty: Or the threshold of our labors one question agitates the souls of the whole Russian people and prevents us as their representativ from calmly entering upon our leg lative work. The first word pro. nounced in Parliament was amnesty. It was met with cries of sympathy. The country is thirsting for it. It is a demand of the people’s conscience which it is impossible to refuse or da Mr. Taft re- t Congress re- uestions. | t's letter in the present s chiefly to the purchase | olng suction dredges. The Steel Company has put in a | 24,850, while the Scotch firm | & Co. of Renfrew, Scot-| offers to provide the dredges at | of $654,000, dellvered at the| to the latter bid inci- | of transportation to| , etc., Secretary Taft, after calculations, finds that the id is 8 per cent lower than the | American { TAFT REVIEWS LAW. Secretary Taft states that some pur- ir, the Parliament awaits full chases have already been made abroad | political amnesty as the first pledge | and at a conslderable saving, particu- | of a mutual understanding in the fu- larly in cement, large quantities of which will be required, as well as other supplies. He then briefly reviews the | aw in the matter, showing that the act of 1875, giving preference to Amer- ican producers and manufacturers in | m Seote peror and the people.” In expectation of an exciting session over the reply to the Emperor's speech at the opening of Parliament, every member of the lower house was in his making Government parchases, applies | place when President Mouromtseft ¥ to the United States and not to | called the house to order this after- { th canal | noon, ' says the Secretary, “the | t of a consideration of general | les of law and the practice of o' ent, in the absence of spe- tion to the contrary, is that | fon of the Panama | anal zone, on the isth- is outside the tariff wall ited States proper virtue of the Hay- with the republic of 1, supplies and ma- ds ror the construc- are o dbe introduced tariff or imposts, it is your re you can obtain the ! and machinery at other conditions, I lity, prompt deliv- being equal. This view, onfirmed by the fail- s to direct any different although the mat- s attention more | Before the house convened the Cabi- net virtually had decided on amnesty for political prisoners, with the excep- tlon of those charged with murder, at- tempted murder or robbery. While partial amnesty might have made a deep impression on Thursday, had the Emperor signalized the occa- sion of the assembling of Parllament by such an act of grace, its favorable effect will be largely destroyed when thus forced from his hands. The May day strike has ended. Th workmen of St. Petershurg and ger erally throughout the country re- sumed work today. The men of the new admiralty works, where Vice Admiral Kuzmich wa assassinated yesterday, were kept at the works until far into the night in order to enable the police to con- tinue the search for the assassin, but no positive clew was obtained. At the inquest on the bedy of Father Gapon, which was found on May 13 in s, if Congre ook clearly indi- | , was Finland, M. Ma:golin, the for- mer pr fled the body. The autopsy showed that he had received a blow on the head and the theory is that revolu- tionists were listening in an adjoin- ing room and heard Gapon BIG SAVING ON CEMENT. | lution {ntroduced | never acted upon, | \ 15 to control the | r the construction dges, then it should be ¢ dered mnd passed by | If there is no prospect of | on by Congress I shall direct | Shonts, unless ordered by you to| | take a different course, that he accept the bid of Wllllam Simons & Oo. of | Renfrew, Scotland.” The Secretary transmits cornapond-‘ and that Putenburg, the Terrorist leader, who is sald to have lured Ga- pon to his death, rushed in, felled him to the floor and afterwsra hanged him. Congrees Breaks a Record. WASHINGTON, May 15.—The files of the index clerks at the State Department show that the first session of the Fifty- ence relative to the purchase of for- | ninth Cmoa"g:,?sgr 23:511;7?:&%"11 z%:lla{lemrd! eign cement as summarized by Joseph | ted le on up Bucklin Bishop, secretary of the Gapa) | 10 this moment. Already more than 8000 laws have been enacted, which is be- | Commission. ‘Bishop says, In speaking | tween 700 and 800 more than in any pre- of the 20,000 barrels of cement pur- |ceding session up to the beginning of | chased abroad: the month of May. The greater part of | “The commission would not have|th!s mass of Jaw was made of bills u of a private nature, and only 21)50 of the | been justified In paysng $7400 more for | tota] "enaotments. were general laws. PR R R T | American cement than for foreign ce- | ment, particularly in view of the fact| that there was no aoubt as to the| | quality of the foreign cement being),e | fully equal to that offered by the low- | est bidder on American cement.” | sTmuor Dick is quoted as protesting | against this purchase and saying, “To| I favor forelgn manufacturers with pa- | Geuseal AN | tronage at the expense of business that | should be placed with American firms, | to the benefit of American labor and Death of Naval Surgeon Miller. HONOLULU, T, a naval surgeon stationed on Mid- | way Island, died Sunday of appendi- | citis. ‘He was the onty surgeon on the | island, and was a son of Brigadier st R Such a Place as Paso Robles, With the finest bathhouse in America, | s AR 2 great hot springs and a roomy, com- industry. is not in accord . with the|giriavia modern hotal Stk Moaatat spirit which it seems should dominate | opusronment, Is Just the place to spend those In charge of a puolic work under | + y e a month in resting. Is in perfect or- the anspices of the American Govern-{ aar. Southern Pacific offérs 1ow Found.. trip rates. » e e SR A A ALLEGED MURDERESS TELLS STRANGE STORY TO POLICE | | i CASTORIA i For Infants and Children, | The Kind You Have Always Bought Says Number of Men Hanged Her to a Tree In An Efiort to Extort a i Confesslon. | _OKOLONA, Miss, May 15.—Mrs. | Hattle McIntosh, a white woman who was recently arrested, -charged with complicity in the murder of her hus-| Bears the {band and who gave bond, reported to the | P ‘MJ officers at Okolona today that last| Signature of 2 LA { night a number of me nvisited her { house, took her to a tree and threat- ened to hang her unless she revealed her alleged accomplices in the murder. Mrs. MclIntosh declined to talk, where- upon she was strung up for several | seconds. Upon being lowered to the {ground she still refused to answer | questions, after which she declared| | she was strung up & second time, and |when the rope was taken from her neck she heard her assailants announce that she was dead. Her body was car- ried into the woods and left there. The woman sald she revived and immedi- ately came here to tell her story. Building and Loan \Associations Formerly 137 Montgomery St. Now 2270 shat}uck Ave., Berkeley, Or 1621 Golden Gate Ave. S. F. E. B. CLARK, Secretary. F. W. BRAUN (0. Are open for business at 2513 Twen- ty-fourth street, San Francisco, oppo- site carhouse. Orders will have prompt attention. i-30th e~ < S LA | Laxative Bromo Quinine aCold in One Day* B W. GROVE S S e e o, 280 VICHY CELESTINS Prevents GOUT and INDIGESTION New Steamshlp Line. SEATTLE, May 15.—With the arrival of the Matson Navigation Company's steamship Hilonlan in Seattle next Sat- urday a new steamship service will be inaugurated with the Hawallan Islands. | The oman wil leave San Francisco | for Beattle Wednesday. The manager of the steamship line represents Fred L. | Waldron, a merchant . Honolulu, and |the Hilo Mercantile Company of Hilo Fellowships Renewed. | { OAKLAND, May 15.—Fellowships for {Miss Alma Barnett and S. A. Barrett| were today renewed by the Le Conte | Memorial committee, composed of P. E. | Bowles, Charles 8. Greene, Joseph L. Le | Conte and G. Russell Lukens and Pro- fessor Willlam E. Ritts Couple Deny Marriage. Sparry Purdy and Miss Myrtle Phelps wish to notify their friends that the notice in the papers of their mar- riage was an error. They merely acted as witnesses to the marriage of Edwin W. Dietz and Josephine Pritchard, ture and concord between the Em- | the upper chamber of a | villa in the sumier suburb of | st's lawyer, positively identi- ! betray | his connection with the Government, May 1f—James Mil- pleted will make 25 minutes the time. 'SAN MATEO BOARD OF TRADE ‘The Smith Premier Typewriter Company 1929 California Street San Francisco. 878 Broadway, Oakland. i Typewriters in stock. REFEREE ~ SALE. We will offer 1600 acres of orange |land in 10 sections belonging to the Estate of Kate Johnson, deceased, lo- | cated 6 miles from San Bernardino, at | Public Auction, SATURDAY, May 19, 11908, at 11 o'clock a. m., on the steps |of the Courthouse, in the City of San Bernardino. G. H. UMBSEN & CO. 908 Fillmore st. 15 Cents each, 2 for 25 Cents CLUETT, PEABODY & CO. Sakers of Cluett and Monarch Empire Plaster Co. READY FOR BUSINESS WITH FULL STOCK OF PLASTER AT OLD STAND. ] Not Injured by Fire. | | { i | ! | Office and Warehouse; SIXTEENTH AND HARRISON STS., S. F. Roll Grinding and Corrugating | 4 ] Globe Iron Works Stockton, €al. C.A.MaLme Co. Trunk Manufacturers —OF =~ 220 & 222 BUSH 8T. Have opened a temporary business ot- fice at their factory, { 18TH AND FOLSOM.: | (.E. BICKFORD OFFICE 05 QLRI S Engraving We have the equipment to handle photo engraving at short notice. Place orders with A. I. Miner, Supt. S. . Call Engraving Dept. 1016 BROADWAY Atlas Assurance Co., Ltd. Manchester Assurance ¢ Total Security - $25,000,000.00 Permanent Office 900 Eddy St., cor. Franklin Jan Francisco All Obligations WIIl Be AdJusted and Pald at Our San PFranolses Office. City Department at Above Address Now Ready for Business. Balfour. Guthrie & Co. TEMPORARY OFFICE 2010 Washington St., San Francisco| Cement, Structural Steel. MARINE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT ! is located temporarily at 714 BROADWAY OAKLAND FIRE NOTICE! The Continental Insurance Co. OF NEW YORK Is ADJUSTING and PAYING all fire claims - as rapidly as PRESENTED. Make up your claims in DETAIL and present them immediately. New business accepted. ARTHUR 6. NASON & CO., M Managers, 89-91 Delger Bldg., Oakland, Cal. Telephone Oakland 2535. 2872 WASHINGTON STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. ‘Municipal and Corporation BONDS 863—804 Kohl Building, San Francisco Boston Chicago Denver Claremont Oil Co. - Permanent Address Barbers’ Supplies. Sales in Sen Francisco at 1306 Post Street fPemporary Main Office. 408 Union Savings Bank Bld¢.,0akland The Paraftine Paint Co. For §ale! EXTRA HEAVY Corrugated Iron The first supply avallable. Tht will arrive by the S. S. “SIERRA,” due here May 21. Also large stock of White Pine Doors J. J. MOORE & 0. 11 STEUART 8T, San Pranocisco. N. W.HALSEY & GO0., Bankers, Dealers in Ronds, FRANKLINAND O’FARRELL STS., SAN FRANCISCO. NEW YORK - - - 49 Wall streeh PHILADELPHIA- - - . . . ¥ = = - - Real Estate Trust « 153 Monroe strees CHICAGO Notice to Printers Our Roller Plant is now in operas tion. Send your rollers without delay t6 2335 Rallroad ave. near Walnut st., Alameda. We also have a large stock of News and Job Ink. Rooms 53-34 New Tribune Bldg., corner Eighth and Franklin Sts, Oakland. Phone Oakland 7373. 'E. J. Shattuck Co. THE TEMPORARY OFFICE —OF— E. H. ROLLINS & SONs| cWman & Levinson anc,) Is Situated at 1707 OCTAVIA STREET NEAR n;nm. Miller & Lux