The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 23, 1906, Page 2

ISUU - UAlL, SATUKDAY, Months Pass By With No Definite Promise of Release of Millions Due Victims of Conflagration. Special Commission Is En Route From London to Investigate Insurance Situa- tion in Destroyed Metropolis. ANT —Though sixty|Arthur Mathews, the artist, placed on e ce the fire not mural decorations for the Public ¢ made by | LIDTEry, ~which were burned in the . Mark Hopkins Institute of Art Mathews turned over the money to the city of Oakiand today, as he had been pald $1000 on account of the work, not completed at the time of the fire. POLICY-HOLDERS TO ORGANIZE. Insured of Transatlantic Will porate to Force Settiement. movement has been started to or- f the policy-holders of the Trans- c Fire Insurance Company. at the insured will meet 1selves into a corpor: ard of managing directors will be better able to protect nd to secure some sort of from the insurance cor- Incor- 1panies, British «nd ion, g0 few of the policy lLolders of the have been pald, if, in- es have been settled. Hun- policy-holders, believing 5 W npany can never pay its Franelsco losses, and having received no encouragement of i tlement, have turned their policies over to attorneys for col- lection. Others have appealed to at- s torneys to, help them organize a cor- e poration. The Transatlantic has a cap- t ital and surplus of about $700,000 and ated losses of $4 0,000. meeting of ‘the insured of the will probably be held -xt week. It is proposed er along the same lines as cd by the policy-holders of Traders’ Insurance Com- some time to get t the at these mer -d and the policies of as desire to come into such an or- on will be turned over to the board for collection. he directors of the Traders' Polic holders ¢ will meet at the of- f of Camr , Metson & Campbell this morning. The affairs of the in- corporated policy-holders will be taken Officers will be elected shortly and work of ascertalning the amount at can be secured from the a surprise seem t the of money defunct company and its stockholders will be begun. Swiss Marine Insurance Com- have removed their a to California Street, near t some WILL SUE GERMANIA. Dr. G. E. Davis Refuses to Aceept Dis- count Settlement, bly on awn from the State so_ far 1 has announced its intention paying all just claims dollar for dollar, is not living up to its public S ement Because they per_cent in settlement of his claim he will sue them for payment of his whole policy. MULLINS UNINFORMED. Dr. Davis carries a_policy for $1000 pot kn e with the Germania. His sworn state- e e ment of his loss is $5400. He says that proofs show the earthquake caused nsequence except to his s deducted from his On this $1000 pol- was offered $750 in to accept the ed Inform esentatives of and Comme atement of los e claims, he He refused es mot seerx plan will be the middle of next as well tell you,” Dr. Davis ys was told to him by Pacific Coast Manager H. H. Breeding of the Ger- mania, “that we purpose paying 75 cents on the dollar and no more. You il not get any more by walting, so had better take that.” “] determined then and there to sue,” said Dr. Davis yesterday, “if my at- de- take charge of the med Mullins, “I question. 1 do will do.” with more | yorney would consent. But what makes ce risks if me 50 mad about it all is the effront- these 1 ompanies hanging in the ery with which the Germania says it 1s % Estimates are that fully $25,000,000 paving its legitimate losses dollar for i§ represented in the so-called “earth- r. 1 believe, however, that it will aolla ay me dollar for dollar, for I have a clear case against it.” e e S RSON BQUARE OEN! quake clause ompanies, of whi urteen. None of them have cknowledged liability for fire clause In point reading that not to cover fire “directly or se to earthguaxe.”™ gara Fire Insurance paid $1000 insur loss the risk aire JE tary Jefferson_Square refugee cany tents and wooden shacks, comt women and children. A Joad distributed among the children There are 727 Com- nce which OpenforBusiness Owing to the non-arrival of a few of our most popular lines of Clothing we are not quite ready to announce the Formal Opening of our new store. However, the great bulk is here, both of the most exclusive goods and of the more staple lines as well, and we are ready at this early date to take care of your needs in Clothing, Fumishings and Hats much better than any other store in town. We have done a tremendous volume of business in the very few days we have been open, and we are deter- mined .to keep wp the temific pace - throughout the Summer. We still retain Sole A.gcncy for: Innovation Trunks Louis Vauitton French Trunks Mark Cross Leather Goods Cartwright & Warner's Wool Underwear De Pinna Boys' Clothes. ROOS BROS. FILLMORE AT O'FARRELL it is | A board of directors.| & 1er being Dr. G. E. Davis of 1208 Geary street e knowledged pending the that the Germania Fire In- | pt of ices the home c surance Company of New York, which offered hiM | panies treat the clients of the banks ’S.—The mili- | ties bave taken the eensus in the | OLIGY-HOLDERS VAINLY BOMBARD OFFIGES OF BIG “EARTHOUAKE ¢ LAUSE™ GOMPANIES SAVINGS BANKS GET FULL PAYMENTS FOR THE LOSERS Even “Six Bit” Insurance Companies Honor De- | | | mands That Are P roperly Backed Up. Property Owners Who Gave Mortgages on Realty Find Good Champi ons of Their Caus¢. Interesting information for policy holders in fire insurance companies and corroborative of the suppesition that different persons fare differently in settlements for losses is derived from statements made by many per- sons who had mortgages in savings banks in this city and who are receiv- ing 100 cents on the dollar from com- panies that rank as the “dollar-for- dollar” companies and also the “six- bit” concerns. Such statements were made yesterday and were verified by careful inquiry at banks. In each bank lists of persons who have horrowed money from the bank on the security of real estate and who lost by the great fire in April are made. On such lists appears the num- ber of the mortgage loan on which the money was borrowed, the location of the property, the names of the Insur- ance companies carrying the risks, the amount of loss adjusted and the terms of final settlement. These lists therefore ampunt to offi- clal statements of the hignest possible value to those concerned, either as owners of the property mortgaged to the banks who do business with insur- ance companiés and to the insurance men. The statements so prepared make it clear that the banks and their clients, through the agency of the bank Insur- ance departments, are getting their money clalms at the rate of 100 cents on the dollar. BANKS HOLD LEVER. How this can be when the individual property owner who was not so fortu- nate as to be jointly interested with a barnk or banks in losses gats'less than his claim is easily explained. Banks that loan money on real estate security are particularly concerned that the se- curity shall be the best possible. The ability of the borrowers to pay inter- est often depends In part upon the im- provements. The fire destroved thou- sands of homes and small stores upon which money had been lent. - This made the savings banks active parties in in- terest in the settlements the insurance companies would offer and effect. When a loan on real estate security i& made where there are improvements the bank in iInterest demands and files away in a big vault an insurance pol- icy. So when the bank vaults were re- opened after the fire in April the bank- ers at once were able to seé what com- panies were to be deait with and.the terms and conditions attending every policy. The savings banks are the most pow- erful of all the influences that the in- surafice companles meet. Unless the insurance company 18 good in the view of the bankers its policies are not fa- | vored when they are presented by bor- rowers of bank money. Unless the com- well they may be sure that they will do no more business where the banks are concerned. These facts fully explain why the policy-holders who have borrowed bank money on improved real estate within the burned district have been getting 100 cents on the dollar almost without exception, the variations from the 100 per cent payments being due to reasons that are accepted by the banks as falr. DISCOUNT 1§ SMALL. ‘Where a man desires his money im- medlately to rebuild he accepts the face value of the adjusted loss less & percentage, which in some instances is as low a8 2 per cent, for cash. If he desires to wait the full period of sixty days, which the imsurance companies are entitled to before paying losses, he gets his full amount of coin without deduction. What this means is made clearer by the statement of a banker that three large banks alone—the Hibernia, the German Savings Bank and the San Francisco Savings Unlon—had some- thing like $20,000,000 loaned on prop- ertles in the burned district in this city where the improvements were cost- ly and material. The interests of the other savings banks were also very large. When the fire was put out the savings banks lost no time in getting their Insurance departments organ- ized and made as eftéctive as possible for immediate work. The bank premises being burned in whole or in part, it became necessary to engage separaté quarters for the in- surance departments. In these quar- ters were installed attorneys, insur- ance clerks and experts and indexes of insurance policies held by the banks as security. Thousands of policy-holders flocked to confer with the bankers and were at once put in touch with the in- surance clerks and attorneys. There was no need for the bankers to go té the insurance companies for any in- formation, for they had it all in thelr own hands, together with the great power over future Insurance business to be done with their consent. BORROWERS FORTUNATE. The insurance companies knew all the advantages of the banks and na- turally wished to keep their good will. So ,the money borrowers from banks have fared well. This is admitted by bankers who know &ll the facts. There was no need for any individual bank client to deal with sharp adjusters who have been sent out from the East to bulldoze them. For each and all its clients the banks have stood loyally. All the individual losers had to do was to make proof of loss and thén to veri- fy their statements at the proper time. The hanks have attended in thousands of instances to the filing of proof of loss In proper form' through their at- torneys, who are engaged by the year. The policy-holders having Jjoint in- terests with the banks have therefore occupled an ideal position. The banks receive the money in each Instance and | then settle with the clients, as the In- surance policies are ai med to the banks when the loans are made. What }tha poliey-holders canont do for them- | selves the banks are effecting with cer- | tainty. { STANDARD DIL TO BE IN COUAT WASHINGTON, June 22.—Formal an- nouncement of the purpose of the Gov- ernment to prosecute the Standard Oil Company was made today by Attorney General Moody. It appears from his statement that the proceedings in the first instannce will be held under the term of the Elkins law which prohibits rebates in interstate commerce. The Attorney General, however, gives no- tice that in all probability, should the investigation he is still making jus- tfy it, he will bring further action against the Standard Ol Company un- der the terms of the Sherman antf- trust law, and also will take steps to insure against the continuance on the part of the company of discriminations in trade and transportations, not now a subject of prosecution under the ex- isting law, but especlally provided against in the pending rate bill. Th Attorney General's statement follow: “After full consideration of all infor- mation now avallable, Including the re- port of the Commissioner of Corpora- tions and the evidence taken by the Interstate Commerce Commission, I have reached the conclusion that erim- inal proceedings agalnst the Standard Ol Company should be begun fn cer- tain cases where there appears to have been a violation of the law regulating interstate commerce and prohibiting re- bates and other unlawful discrim- | Inations. Accordingly sueh proceeding will be begun at once in the appropri- ate judicial districts. These cases are regarded and will be treated as of Im portance. It seems clear that In so far as the Standard Oil Company has ob- tained monopolistic control of inter- state trade, the control has been in large degree made possible by diserim- inations in transportation rates or fa- ecilities, the discriminations being In some cases in violation of and in other cdses, though Injurious to * the public welfare, not in violation of law, and therefore subject only to such cor- jrection as may be afforded by the rail- way rate leglslation now pending in Congress. ¥ “I shall continue" the investigation of the affairs of the Standard Oil Com- pany and of such complaints as have been or may be brought to the atten- tion of this department with the view of ascertaining whether or not thare has been any violation of the anti-trust act or any other Federal law. This In- vestigation will require the assistance of the department, and I Have em ployed as special counsel r'rank B. Ke! logg of St. Paul, who was one of the counsel for the Government in the re- ~ (ISES THE MM WHD SHOT HER SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. FRESNO, June 22—Maddened by Jealousy Jesse Truitt last night shot and seriously wounded his former flancee, Nina Lindsey, and killed her new lover, James McMullen. All the parties are colored. The tragedy oc- curred at the Lindsey girl’s home. She and McMullen were sitting on the porch, when Truitt crept up from be- hind and fired two bullets with fatal effect Into McMullen and then turned the weapon on the fleeing girl. Two bullets struck her. The shooting oc- curred shortly before midnight, but a large crowd of excited colored people immediately gathered. Truitt, flourigh- ing hia revolver, declared he would not shoot again if the girl would kiss him, The Lindsey woman thora_ulon went up to the man who had just killed her lover and whose bullets were then in her body and kissed him on the mouth, She then fainted and was taken to a hospital. Truitt disappeared, but this afternoon was arrested. P il G O Calaverns Big Trees. Good trout fishing. Good table. rates. Splend way and “ll- ticket from Santa Fe or Southern Pact —_—— Californians in New York. NEW YORK, June 22.—The following Californians are in New York: From 8San Francisco—H. Bahle at the Herald Bquare; O. Gib: T. Gibson, at the A. J. Buckley, at the Herald Square; S. M. Foster, at the Vigtoria; Mrs, J. P. Gray, at the Grand; R. G. Hanford and wife, at the Wolcott; A. P. Lundin, at the Grand; Mrs. G. C. Phumay, at the Imperial; M. W. Solomon, at the Herald Square; W. Breerwood, at the Grand Unlon: Mrs. T. W. Draper, at the Park Avenue; Willam Flood, at the Victoria; Mrs. C. W. Kist, at the Navarre; E. R. New- man, at the Continental; L. J. Scarffy, at the Seville; C. Smith, at the Nor- mandie. From Los Angeles—A. L. Aus- tin, at the Navarre; R. Bernstein, at the Cosmopolitan; W. T. Burkhardt, at the Broadway Central; C. W. Risden, at the Ashland; H. W. Louls, at the Herald Square. b — It ; Bling, g ching, Blin 1 = g, d, Bleedl: mEney 1 PAZO cure you in 6 to 1. the Blm ;fi:‘: scenery over erra $16 for the round trip. Get your e agent.* [ Paave. cently terminated litigation against the Western Paper or‘:-.nintpn. and Charles B. Morrison of 80, naw United States Attorney for t north- ern district of Illinois. My. Morrison will in the near future resign his place as District Attorney. b.':l'ho exm:;n of .‘;luon 1 have stated received appro of the en and all the members of the Onrb'l:cg" : gor T, S e R 've Bromo ne eSS R 80c. JUNE 23, 1908, NEW MATION " GVES CROWN 10 15 KNG Power Formally Bestowed Upon the Ruler of Norway. Continued From Page 1, Column & Minister Arctander jointly handed the King the orb, and later the War Min- ister, Olsson, and the Bishop handed.the |sword of state to his Majesty., The: ceremonies were followed by the ben diction. The King, having taken his seat om the throne, the Queen was crowned by the same high personages and in & similar manner. The ceremony throughout was impressive. ‘When the newly crowned sovereigns returned to their thrones after the benediction all the royal guests and special Embassadors saluted them with deep reverence. At the termination of the proceed- ings the President of the Storthing called out; “God save the King and Queen,” and the wohle distinguished company heartily took up the ery. Grouped around the King’s throne during the cerémony was the Crown Prince and Crown Princess Christian of Denmark, Prince Harold of Denmark and Prince Henry of Prussia, while about the Queen’s throne were the Victoria of England and Grand Duke Michael of Russia. The completion of the crowning of King Haakon was communicated by two army signalers, wig-wagging across the city from the cathedral to the hill batteries. The first gun an nouncing the tidings boomed forth in- stantly and then there was a roar of guns from the ships and land batterles and the bells of all the city churches began ringing. The Sounds carried the tidings over the city and thereabouts and the reports were carried up and down the fjord. The ceremony of crowning King Haakon and Queen Maud was striking and somber in its simplicity. Their Majesties looked exceedingly well and took likely Interest In every part of the impressive ceremony. King Haakon Joined in singing the hymns and close- ly followed the printed libretto of the orchestra chofr, which gave a splen- did interpretation of Halyorsen's char- acteristic Norwegian music. Nothing occurred throughout the cer- emony to cause the princlpal partiei- pants the slightest uneasiness. The | King was thoroughly composed | throughout. The crown, although re- duced In size sincé {t was used by King Oscar, proved to be large for King Haakon and falled to confer dignity on composuré despite the fact that the crown threatened to fall over his ears. Queen Maud looked attractive in her royal robes and diamond collar. She bowed graciously on either side when her crown. The Queen and her ladles ‘were no court trains and they had no feathers in their hair. elaborate toilets among the audience. King and Queen recelved the congrat- ulations of a deputation from the Storthing and the members of the Gov- ernment. Later the vast throng out- side the palace broke out into hearty cheers In response to their Majesties’ appearance at a window still wearing their coronation robes. , Britain Celebrates e Coromation. LONDON, June 22.—All the British naval and military stations today cele- brated the coronation of the King and Queen of Norway with the firing of salutes. PLAN PORTRAIT FOR THE KAIGER NEW YORK, June 22.—To demon- strate to the German Emperor that there is no personal animosity in criti- cism of his to the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences and hung in the Eastern Parkway Museum, the trustees of the institute have started a movement to raise by popular subscription a large sum with which to pay for a portrait of President Roosevelt to be sent to the Emperor on behalf of the citizens of New York. Franklin W. Hooper, director of the institute, who has characterized the Emperor's portrait as “worthless and a white elephant,” announced yester- day that the trustees of the institute had started the movement to send the President's portrait to the Emperor. Professor Hooper sald he was confident that the plan would be carried out and that the best artist in this country would be asked to paint the portrait of the President. i Bitter feeling has resulted from the Emperor’s presentation to the Brook- lyn Institute of the portrait of him- self. Professor Hooper's criticism was made in a letter, in the course of which he criticised the portrait because it was a copy of the Corcos picture and of “no value as a work of art.” —_— ROOSEVELT IS INVITED Nevadans Elect Him Member of Club ‘Which Has for Its Object Pur- wuait of Bruin. RENO, June 22—The Pacific Coast |Bear Club has been organized In this city. Membership card No. 1 was sent to President Roosevelt, not as Presi- dent of the United States, but as a K!hu'luuc sportsman and lover o 6 out-of-door life. A letter signed by Governor Sparks has been senf\to the President contain- ing a certificate of membership and an invitation, as president of the club, to the chlet executive to join the club on its annual hunt on the preserves in sen County. It is planned to take the first hunt in August, when the young bears are large enough to furnish good sport and the old bears have become fattened with the fall berries. The rves of the club in Lassen County abound in black and cinnamon bears and other ‘m‘ game, —_— Holly Knocks Out Rufe Turner. SBEATTLE, Wash.,, June 22.—Dave Holly ot Philadelphia knocked out Rufe Turner of Stockton in the twentleth round at Pleasant Beach last night. It ‘was a fast fight and 2500 people were present. ‘ e gl English Record for Danlels. LONDON, June 22.—In a swimmi Q & can ¢ on, e the English record for 100 yards by one and three-fifths seconds. s time was 67 2-5 seconds, 3 Prince and Princess of Wales, Princess | the monarch, but he maintained his | she advanced to the throne to receive | in waiting were simply gowned. There | There were few | On their return to the palace the | ortrait presented recently TO JOIN IN BEAR HUNT [ i \Corporations Must Pay Fifteen Thousand Dollars. Two Ag;nis— Sentenced to Short Periods in Jail. KANSAS CITY, June 22.—In the United States District Court here this | morning Judge McPherson of Red Oak, | defendants recently convicted in this court of making concessions and a&c- cepting and conspiring to accept 1¢- | bates on shipments. Juggments in the ature of fines were afsessed as fol- lows: Swift & Co., Cudahy Packing Company, the Armour Packing Com- | pany; Nelson Morris & Co. and the Chi- | cago, Burlington and Quincy Railway, $15,000 each. George L. Thomas of New York was |fined $6000 and sentenced to four | months in the pehitentiary, | L B. Tdggart of New York was fined 1 $4000 and sentenced to three months in | the penitentiary. Judge McPherson made a statement | of the cases before passing judgment, !ln which he reviewed the various | charges and evidence brought out at | the trial. He said that he was fully | persuaded that the verdicts in the pack- | ing-house cases and the case of the | Burlington were right, and he assessed | the fines against all of the corporations | at the same sam. | OPINION OF THE JUDGE. | I In speaking of the Thomas and Tag- gart cases, Judge McPherson said that | evidence had been adduced to show that | George A. Barton, for the firm of Bar- | ton Bros., wholesale shoe and leather | @ealers, had received large sums of | money from various ratlways through | the defendants. “Not only so," continued the .court, “but the following named concerns re- ceived the sums stated from the rail- | ways: Barton Bros., $8220; Robert Keith | Furniture Company, Kansas City, $9300; 1Emery-8!rd-’l‘hnyer Dry Goods Com- | pany, $32,000; Burnham-Hanna-Munger | Dry Goods Company, $44,866; Harga- | dine-McKittrick Dry Goods Company, | $10,000; ¥. P, Kirkenhall Shoe Company, | | $1000. “So that, as nearly as can be gath- ered from the evidence, the defendants, {after deducting for their own services | from money received from rallways, | pald to the concerns named as rebates | the enormous sum of $82,459. “I agsume all these concerns will be proceeded against for receiving these | unlawtul rebates, which can be done efther by indictment or Information, as the last vestige of the plea of Immunity for corporations has been wiped out by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Uhited States of March 12, 1906, in the case of Hale vs. Henkle.” The fine of $15,00 sessed against the Burlington covered all four counts, the aggregate amount of the fines in the seven cases totaling $35,000. Appeals were flled in each éase, and |a stay of execution was granted until June 29. The bonds In the case of Thomas and Taggart were fixed at 6000 each. These two men appeared n court personally, and upon being sentenced promptly furnished the re- quired bonds. The bonds In the case of the packing companies and the Burling- ton were fixed at §15,000 each. Before sentence was passed in the various cases motions for new trials were made. All these motions were overruled. PLEA FOR DEFENSE. Judge O. M. Spencer of St. Joseph, general counselor of the Burlington | Rallway, and as ene of the counsel for Thomas and Taggart, before sentence was passed made a presentation of the cases to the court, in the course of which he sald: anxiety I may feel lest too se- ve?en); punilh¥nent be imposed on these efendants does not Erow out of any 'acts in evidence in the case, but rests on considerations entirely outside the record. There is now a disturbed condition of he public mind in general, and while P | Speaker Canmnon, in his recent article, assures us that the country was never 8o prosperous as now, he might well bave added with equal truth that the country never desired a change in its tone of prosperity so much as it does ust now. 'or two weeks weé bhave een trying cases in this honorable court, the nurrutuflo and importance of which would have been common but for the worked-up condition of the public mind by reports of pérform- ances in Washington, such as the rate bill, the meat inspection bill and divers other subjects, including grafts, trusts and oil combines. The announcement is sent abr by the Demttuiom of Justice at Washin, ton that, unlesg some one is sent to t! penitentiary, this rebate practice will not stop. It thg conspiracy statute ?Dllel to any one form of rebatés and conces; sions, it likewise uprlln to all forms of rebates and concess! and the courts cannot be used to punish one wrong- Iowa,.passed sentence upon the seven £l HEAVY PENALTIES IMPOSED IN THE BEEF REBATE CASE BIG FINES AND PRISON TERMS doer In one way and another in a dif- ferent way for the same offense. There have been three trials in this in which the defend- |ants have been convicted of giving and receiving concessions and rebates. Are ”r‘nl golng to fine some and Imprison others? President Roosevelt and his special | counsel split on the question of how the prosecution should be framed and against whom. Can the District Attor- ney justify his demand for greater | punishment in the Thomas and Taggart es than he is 1 in packers and in the |cases? If so, on what grounds? 'it on the ground of larger sums of mon No. Or different crimes? N« concessions, and your Honor has well said, quring this trial, there is no real distinction. The crime is the same In | substance, but the form of the indlet- | ment and the name of the crime is dif- |ferent in the one instance than in the other. BIG LEGAL VICTORY. Van Valkenburg, the District Attor- ney who has directed for the Govern- | ment the suits in the rebate cases, said | after court had adjourned: | I am entirely satisfled with the judg- | court this term, | ments. The Government has been | fighting for a great principle in the | establishment of which the extent of nishment, although necessarily is, after all, secondary. | juits are of enormous benefit | to society. So far as the ruling of a trial court may be effectual, the follow- ing propositions have been established: 1&1: the conspiracy statute appiies to the combined efforts of Individuals, seeking by device and Indirect methods to _evade the interstate commerce law. in- { Eldll'l!ll The r “That Congress has jurisdiction over our foreign commerce, as conducted within the limits of our own territory, and has epacted laws which provide for a remedy against favoritism and unjust discrimination. “That export as well as other tariffs must be flled with the Interstate Com- merce Commission and maintained. “Neither shippers nor carriers can by contract among themselves render the provisions of the law inoperative. “Finally, if any error has been com- mitted, opportunity is given to have thdt error corrected by the highest court of this land, to the end that the laws as enacted by Congress may be well understood and established and | settled.” Finds Chemiecals in the Meat. INDIANAPOLIS, June 22.—As the re- sult of-a trip through the eity mar- ket, during which H. E. Barnard, chem- ist of the State Board of Health, bought forty-nine samples of sausage, ham- burger steak, weinerwuerst, bologna, ham loaf, veal loaf, tripe and pig's feet jelly and analyzed them iIn the | State chemical laboratory, he found that only sixteen samples were legal, while thirty-three were illegal because they contained chemicals prohibited by law. RUSSIAN OFFICIALS ' GONDEMNED FOR THE BIALYSTOK OUTRAGES | ST. PETERSBURG, June 22. — The | discussion of Interior Minister Stoly- pin's explanations of the Biakystok massacres ‘was resumed in the lower | house of Parliament today. The Rad- ical orators were given the floor first. Ramish Ali, a Georgian member of the house, on behalf of the Social Dam- ocrats, offered a resolution holding the administrative officlals guilty of mur- | @er, robbery and violations of law and demanding their prosecution as acces- | sories of the Ministry, which the reso- | lution declares has been sheltering | thelr agents and preventing an ex- posure of the conditions by the press. The Russky Invalid enters a general denial of the reports of military dis- ffection as exaggerated and for the st part untrue, but the unprecedent- edly speedy publication of the report of the War Office Commission favor- |ing an amelioration in the army ra- | tions, which have been the main cause jof complaint, shows that the urgency | of the situation is recognized. | The papers announcé the arrest of | twenty-four privates of the Preroba- | jelskn regiment for circulating procla- | mations In the revolutionary agitation. | The police are conducting an ener- “etlc campaign for the suppression of | the Radical press, dally confiscating six or eight St. Petersburg papers just s they come off the press. But the | editors have an inexhaustible stock of | new names and franchises and manage |to appear regularly. Father Petroff's Christian Socialistic organ Iis ameng | the papers suppressed. | The delegates to the convention of the Peasants’ League, which is organ- |tzing an agrarian strike movement, gathered In St. Petersburg today, but ;l(ho meeting, was forbidden by the po- ice. | Appointed to the Military Academy. | WASHINGTON, June 22.—Represent- |ative Hays today designated Ernest | Olson of San Jose to be a cadet at West | Point Military Academy and as alter- |nate Richard N. Batchelder and Free- im&n W. Bowley, both of San Fran- eisco. | COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE C0., Ltd. LONDON - ALLIANCE ASSURANCE (0., Ltd. OF LONDON PALATINE INSURANCE C0., Ltd. OF LONDON COMMERCIAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. of New York Temporary Office, No. 511 Fourteenth Street TO OUR POLICY-HOLDERS: | Oakland; Cal. June 23, 1906. I am in receipt of a cable from the Home Offices of the above named Com- panies to the effect that the Directors of said Companies are legally advised that if policies cannot be definitely stated, but it is the hope of the undersigned that until then policy-holders will continue to exercise the patience already extended. The resources of the Companies are more than ample to meet much larger amounts o s bylh;hhl&nfind-m.adu&‘--il,be the Home Offices. C. F. MULLINS,