The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 29, 1906, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JUNE 29, /1906. THAW UNCONCERNED DURING INQUEST.. Coroner’s Jury Charges Him With the -Murder of Architect Stanford White. : : | Witnesses Describes Monday Night’s Tragedy | in Madison Square Roof Garden. Comtinued From Page 1, Column 5. € aw was brought in a’mo- 1 took a seat beside his “oroner's jury .was then and the examina- was begun without Stokes, a Wwealthy L. foreman of the jury. called was Coro- othy Lehan, who topsy on- White's eclared that death was t - wound In the s foreman of or Square Garden, both White and »f the murder. Re movements, saying assed him twice, go- < and forth behind the table The second time e's table he saw arm and then three quick succession eman seized Thaw v . king away i took away ' h which the shooting was e witness then told of 1 iaw by the police and ¢ tions of the prisoner as he g taken down the elevator. ear anything said between way said that he noticed Thaw face was very . p ng I heard him e and I did it n who seized g had very way had tes- t two men went Thaw and Mrs. wee Mr. Thaw and Mrs ax Look at the fix put into now.’ right o~ ¥ your se e prisoner was r x appeared cool and Madison He i that he my hand on of the tak Grand n back to @he b Chas. Beilus & Co Exclusinve Figh-Grade Clothiers branch stores. No agents. 100 .CENTS ON THE DOLLAR THAT'S YOUR INSURANCE TRADING TN "THIS SHOP. THAT'S THE WAY WE PAY. OUR VALUES ARE CORRECT. PEOPLE WHO KNOW US TELL THOSE THAT DON'T. THAT'S WHY OUR BUSINESS IS INCREASING DAY BY DAY, we styles are showing and fabrics en tirely exelusive New as fast Never asleep at us the switch, King Solomon’s Hall Fillmore St., nr. Sutter an Francisco - | bis cell in the Tombs. Immediately at the conclusion of the inquest the Grand Jury began its con- sideration of the case. Among the witnesses galled before the Grand Jury were Mrs. Thaw, wife of the prisomer, and Miss. Amy Mac- Kenzie, an actress and close friend of Mrs. Thaw. _, Mrs. . Thaw remained in the jury room about fifteen minutes, after which she visited her husband in the Tombs. An unofficial report of the proceed- ings In the Grand Jury room while Mrs. Thaw was on the stand was as follows “Are you the wife of Harry K. Thaw, accused of the murder of Stan- ford White?” asked Assistant District Attorney Garvan. “I am,” replied Mrs. Thaw. “Were you present at the time of the shooting of White?" went on Garvan. “That is too painful a gquestion for| me to answer,” said Mrs. Thaw. “Did you know anything of the trouble between your husband and White?" “That is too painful a subject for me to discuss,” replied Mrs. Thaw. “Did you know Mr. White previous to the shooting?" “That is too dreadful a question for me to discuss” was all Mrs. Thaw would say. Turning.to the jurors, Garvan said: “I think we are all agreed on that subject”; the Assistant District Attorney “You may go.” When Mrs. Thaw started to leave the Tombs, after calling on her husband, the street in front of the prison en- trance was so densely packed with eople that she was unable to force r way through the door. Half a dozen policemen fought against the crovd in a a then, addressing Mrs. Tha said, vain attempt to make men were summoned and succeeded in | pushing the crowd back from - the prison doors after Mrs. Thaw had been waiting twenty minutes in the corridor, anford White's life was shortened two years at the most by Thaw's act last Monday night, in the opinion of the physician who performed the autopsy upon his body. White was a sufferer from Bright's disease, incip- jent tuberculosis and fatty degenera- fon of the heart One of the interesting developments today was t Thaw had invited An- thony Comstock to call upon him. called up Comstock’s office onl urt building, asked for “A. C.” r) “I have recelved this morning a very remarkable letter, which I think it will pay to investigate. I would llke to have you see me in the Tombs this afternoon without fail, even if you have to represent yourself by my spe- cial counsel.” The letter referred to was received vesterday. It was in a woman's hand- writing. The letter was unintention- ally given to Thaw. The contents have not been disclosed. A representative of Comstock called during the after- noon, but he was not permitted to see Thaw Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton, the ex- pert on mental disorders, who has been retalned by the defense, spent an hour and a half with Thaw today. At the end of his examination Dr. Hamiiton d he would make a confidential re- port of his examination to Judge Ol- cott. AR FIGURES IN DIVORCE SUIT. Thaw Mentioned in Lederer's Complal June 28.—In discussing Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw the roof garden tragedy the at this is not the first time the Evelyn Nesbit t notoriety e divorce suit brought by the second Mrs. George W. Lederer, for- merly Adele Rice, which is still in the courts, Evelyn Nesbit was mentioned the compiaint which was drawn by e plaintiff. At that time Miss Nesbit was frequently in the company of the heatrical manager who had given her art “with lines” in “The Wild P Ro: It has been said that Lederer met the girl through the interest taken in her by Stanford White, but this is said to be incorrect. Those who recall the cir- cumstances say that both Mrs. Nesbit and her daughter were well acquainted with Lederer and that he had intro- duced the girl, then 15 years old, to the architect, who from the first evinced more than a passing interest in her. In spite of her small foot and her natural advantages, Evelyn Nesbit was by no means a graceful dancer. On the contrary, she was almost awkward, but it was a graceful awkwardness, if the paradox be possible, and earned her more compliments than she would have been paid had her skill been greater. Her voice was scarcely one that, alone, would have earned her the re- spectful attention of a stage manager. Even now, when she has had the ad- ventage of courses in vocal culture, Mrs. Thaw cannot be called a singer. Her voice in conversation of late is more modulated than formerly, but it still retains a bit of that high nasal touch seemingly peguliar to the stage chorus. It was at the time that her popu- larity was at its height that she first met Harry Thaw. It is entirely incor- rect that she confined herself to the attentions of White and Thaw succes- sively. After she had known the archi- tect for some time and after Thaw's name had been linked with her’'s, John Barrymore was seen 80 much in her company that several reports that the two were to be marriad gained cur- rency. It was after this episode that she made the trip to Europe under her mother's chaperonage, when she met Thaw on the other side. 3 Intimate friends of the girl declare that she was much surprised when she first learned that. Thaw's attentions were serious and that he offered mar- riage. She was mot at first Inclined to | believe this until, after the passage of | time, his attentions continued, when all | doubt of his sincerity passed. After the marriage there was no lack of those to report with addenda the stories of their former relations that White is credited with having ut- tered. These stories lost mnothing in repetition, and, where onee he had been 4 source of pride, White became a thorn in the side of the young woman. Those who knew her well enough ~ounsteled her to be more secretive, but never did she make a show of conceal- ment in the matter, v react with doubled strength upon h ih‘ulbxnd. already inflamed by the gos. sip. ~INSANE FROM EARTHQUAKE.—H. G. Leon- ard e violently insabe yesterday a ferry-bost. ‘He tried to jump overboard. olam glom:" :t»:; hh?d mm- Detention Hos- s cond| was B raauars sed Ao - { =5 TWENTY-TWD HOURS former chorus girl came into unplegs- | {s often commented upon. which served to FERTILE LANDG {UNDER WATER Waters of Colorado River Spread Over Many Fine Farms. Families in Palo Verde ATLANTA.- BIRMINGHAM COMPANY NOT READY 10 SETTIE. Says It Will Be Ten Days or Two Weeks Before It Will Be in Shape District Are Forced to Flight. SPECIAL DISPATCH TE) THE CALL. LOS ANGELES, June 28.—Flood con- ditions on the Lower Colorado River are just now the worst they have been | during the present season. The sec- tion ‘of the country most seriously af- fected, aside from the Salton Sea re- glon, is the Palo Verde settlement in the southwestern.corner of Riverside County. Here a strip of fertile val- ley land six or seven miles wide and twenty-five miles long, upon which | seventy-five familles have homes, is almost entirely inundated. Residents of the little town who ar- rived in Los Angeles today state that the farms are flooded and crops de- stroyed. Most of the families have been compelled to move to higher ground and abandon their homes. Many | ranches, in a high state of cultivation, | are swept by the waters of the river and it will be many months before the owners will be able to cuitivate them again. The river in many places is six to seven miles wide. The flood is caused by melting snow in the up- per watershed. | Those returning from Palo Verde | passed by the Salton Sea and they say that the water in the basin is ris- ing at the rate of two and a half |inches a day. The ‘Southern Pacific | tracks, which have been moved to | higher ground several times to escape the rising tide, are now less than 200 | feet distant from the edge of the water and in several places the flood «crosses | under the tracks. A great flood is | pouring into the Salton sink from the Colorado River through the former | canal intakes, which are now con- | verted into wide channels. From the | train as it skirts the upper edge of | | the Salton Sea it is impossible to see the farther shore. It is estimated the Salton Sea is now about forty miles long to twenty miles wide. It has the appearance of an ocean, in that its surface is covered by white caps and with a strong wind blowing has a heavy surf. | There is no present prospect of the | inflow being stopped, and how high | the sea will rise is still a matter of conjecture. It is practically certain that the Southern Pacific will again have to move many miles of its track. | The Imperial valley residents deny that | any danger to their section of the country exists, although observers dis- pute this. RIVER AT STANDSTILL. Men Fighting Flood Near Stockton Feel Their Battle Is Won. STOCKTON, June 28.—Information from the flood center this morning is to the effect that the water in the river appears to be at a standstill, and with the cool weather of the past two | or three days the water should begin | to fall this afternoon. The water level | on Unlon Island is still two feet below | |the river. It has reached the cross levee separating the two reclamations, but those in charge of the work of keeping the levee intact are sanguine that it will hold. There is no seepage water coming through, and it is be- lieved that the worst is over. | gy HELD A5 N A VISE BY SHIFTING SAND 'New York Plumber in Pitiable Condition From Exhaustion When Released. NEW YORK, June 28.—After fight- ing against death for more than | twenty-two hours, Jeremiah Fisher, a plumber, was rescued alive today from a sandpit at Tompkinsville, Staten Island, in which he had been impris- oned since yesterday forenoon. Fisher is in a pitiable condition from ex- haustion and may not survive. lo Figher was working in an excava- tion whenm a passing street car Joosened the ground and sent down an avalanche of sand upon him. The sand sifted in around his legs, hold- ing him as in a vise and gradually rising until only his head was visible. For hours a large force of rescuers worked with frantic haste in an ef- | fort to save the imprisoned man, butl | the shifting sand surged back and re- | newed its grip upon the prisoner al-' most as fast as they could remove it. When the rescuers began to aban- don hope of getting Fisher out alive, they reluctantly decided to notify his family of his predicament, and the wife, mother and brother were wit- nesses of the all-night fight for life that followed. Hundreds of persons flocked to the scene and many of them remained throughout the night. Two clergymen who had been summoned awalted the call to administer the last rites should the task of the rescuers prove unavailing. When daylight came the rescuers bad succeeded in uncovering the im: prisoned man's body as far down as | his hips. Then ropes were attached under Fisher's arms, but the combined strength of twenty men failed to move the imprisoned man even an inch. Fisher then was unconscious and the physiclans who had been watching his condition declared that there re- mained only the faintest hope of his surviving much longer. - The rescuers stuck to thelir task, however, and hours later, when the last obstacle was re- moved anhd the senseless form of Fisher was drawn from the stifling hole, a spark of life still lingered. i GENTLE WYOMI ZEPHYR OVER' TRAIN OF CARS CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 28,—A high to Meet Its Clients. Demands of Policy-Holders Sworn Statement Covering 2 Wide Range of Information. OAKLAND, June 28.—Not ome copper cent has yet heen paid by the Atlanta-Birmingham Insurance Company of Atlanta, Ga. on its San Fran- cisco fire losses, and it was given out at the office of the corporation in the Oskland Bamk of Savings huilding, today that it would probably be.tem days or two weeks before those In charge of the affairs of the company would be prepared to mect thé policy-holders and talk settlememt with them. Watson, Taylor & Sperry were the agents for the Atlanta-Birming- m prior to the catastrophe of April 18. M. B. Yates and a corps of as- sistants from the home office of the irm are now engaged in winding up the aftairs of the company in California. In addition to the usual proof of loss the Atlanta-Birmingham i8 requir- ing ‘each of its San Francisco poliey- holders to supply a sworn'statement, in which are incorporated questions touching upon the condition of prop- erty after the earthquake and before the fire, whether any of the property on which insurance was carried was saved and other similar querfes framed for the purpose of exacting a correct knowledge of conditions preceding and following the fire, and all of this with the ultimate purpose of protecting the company. 3 STATUS OF COMPANY. . With relation to the status of the Atlanta-Birmingham one of Yates' as- sistants said: The Atlanta-Birmingham has not yet made a settlement with any . of its policy-holders. We bave not offered any policy-holder dollar for dollar or 10 cents for a dollar. We are at pres- ent endeavoring to ascertain what our liabilities were in San Francisco, and in order to facilitate our efforts in that direction, we are requiring all policy- holders to furnish us with information under oath as to the condition of insured property before and after the earthquake, whether they saved any of their goods and other queries along that line. in addition to the proof of loss. It will grobab!y be ten days or two weeks be- ore we are in a position to know with any degree of exactness as to what our San Francisco liabilities are. Until we learn what these losses are, we will not be able to know what we can do by our policy-holders. We mean to do our best. hether the losses we have sustained in San Francisco will put the Atlanta-Burmingham out of the insur- ance business Is something that we cannot determine at this time. We do intend, however, to leave Callfornia. The Atlanta-Birmingham was organ- ized three years afio and began writ- ing business in California last Septem- ber. According to our last statement the capital stock of the company was about $250,000 and the surplus some amount between $90,00¢ and $100,000. ADJUSTING ITS OWN LOSSES. The Atlanta-Birmingham, although affiliated with the Fire Underwriters’ Adjusting Bureau, is not worklnfi with the committees of that organization in adjusting ite losses. We are adjusting our own losses and find that it is more satisfactory. Under the adjusting sys- tem of the bureau, there is much delay and this s annoying to the policy- holders and companies that are trying to find just where they are. The At- lanta-Birmingham was not represented at the meeting of the Fire Underwrit- ers' Adjusting Bureau when the di- vision of the companies into the So- called “dollar for dollar”’ and “six-bit" class deyeloped, and consequently did not go on record either way. As to the general insurance situa- tion with relation to San Francisco, 1 think that many policy-holders are beginning to realize by this time that| there are but few companies that are strong enough to pay dollar for dollar on their losses and continue in busi- ness. It appegrs that many companies will have to’compromise with their claimants and many of these will prob- BEALE 15 AS LUCKY IN LOVE A3 HE WY - IN BIG POKER GAME Santa Barbara—'fian Who Won $50,000 Home at Cards Quietly Weds. SPECIAL DISPATOH TO THE CALL. NEW YORK, June 28.—After they had sailed on the steamship Teutonic yesterday for a honeymoon trip in Eu- rope announcement was made of the marriage on Monday night of John E. Beale, a wealthy retired broker of Sgnta Barbara, Cal, and Mrs. Lillian Brown of the same city. Beale is 67 years old. Fis bride is only 35, and their union involves a romantic story, the point of which is that in spite of the adage, a man can be lucky in love as well as at cards. The Rev. Henry M. Warren is an important figure in the story, and for other reasons than the fact that he performed the cere- mony. ‘When the clergyman was making a tour of the West last summer he spent a part of his time in Santa Barbara, He was a patron of the Hotel Potter, and one day while making an automo- bfle tour he observed a princely resi- dence just across the valley. It was a castellated villa of gray stone, perched on a bluff overlooking the Pacific, ap- proached by a great arch and sur- rounded by Italian gardens, artificial lakes and all the elaborate landscape effects that only wealth can enjoy. Cu- rious as to the ownership of such a su- perb home Dr, Warren made inquiries, “Why, that i{s Beale's place,” was the answer. “He won it in a poker game.” The house and grounds .had been planned by a Californian of enormous wealth, who had given it to his son, but the son was a spendthrift and gambled. One night he was playing poker with a party, of which John E. Beale was a member. It was one of the biggest games ever played on the coast. ' The prodigal son had been losing heavily and finally found himself withouyt ready resources at the very moment he thought he could recoup his /fortune. Beale was his opponent and they had been raising each other. Fi- nally the young man said: “I have g no more ready cash, but on this han I'll stake my residence across the val- ley against a check for $50,000.” wind early this morning overturned a train of eleven cars at Weir, a small station east of Cheyenne. The cars were used as quarters for Japanese laborers and were on a siding. Twenty laBorers were injured, seven serfously. The wind also blew down a mile of telegraph pols d did other damage. Entertains the Lougworths. LONDON, June 28.—Paul Cambon, the French Embassador to the court of Bt. James, gave a dinner this evening at the residence in Hyde Park to Em- bassador Whitelaw Reid and Mrs. Reld and Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. The guests included members of the diplomatic service and officials of the Forelgn Office and their wivi Lexative Bromo Quinine, world wide Cold Cure, oves cause. Call for full name, look for sig. E. W. Grove. 2bc, Beale agreed, the hand was played and he won. After hearing this story Dr. Warren sought oyt ‘the lucky player and they formed an acquaint- an He also met Mrs. brown, but on his return to the East he dismissed the entire matter from his mind. It was not recalled to him until Monday night, ‘when Mr. Beale and his affianced bride rang the docr bell of asked him to marry - ————. ARMY OFFICERS TO BE ADVANCED. &;@Mgifl and Colonels Stanhope E. . Blunt, Frank Heath; majors, to be lieutenant colo- nels—Roger 8. Dierny, Ira McNutt, Frank Baker, Orin Mitehell, 5 5’.-90 L. Bruff; uphlg;. to bl: mjofl—' 2 of T z‘hnmrfn. Charles 3. mmhr, This statement we require ably recelve something nearer to 38 cents on the dollar th;g 100 cents. SAYS SHE PROVED L0SS BUT IS REFUSED GOIN Mrs. Welch to S.:e- North German, Which Stands on Earth- quake Clause. Although Mrs. Hannah Welch claims to have presented evidence to prove that her home, which was located on Jolce street and was burned in the great fire, was not injured in any way by the éarthquake, the North German Fire In- surance Company of Hamburg has re- fused her claim for $1500 insurance on her home and furniture, and her friends have rallied to her support and en- gaged John W. Bourdette as attorney to fighg out her case in the courts. The onfy excuse offered by the insur- ance company for not paying is that it has “an earthquake clause” In the policy and .18 evidently planning its defense on that ground alome. The case of Mrs. Welch is pathetic and s areusing sympathy among those who are acqualnted with the circumstances. The fire left her with no money, and she has no means of | supporting herself and three small children, the oldest of whom ie 11. It is the bellef of Bourdette that the company will be required to pay the clalm, and he declares that there are but few cases where the insurance companies can get out of paying their insurance policies on account of an “earthquake clause.” He brands their general attitude in this matter as a bluff, which they cannot support. He said: . The legality of the earthquake clause may be decided by the courts, but after that is done, no test case can decide the legality of claims in general, for each case must depend upon individual conditions, which can have but little bearing on others, It wfil be a hard matter for any com- pany to prove that a house was de- stroyed by the earthquake. Because a house is missing after a fire, it isn't to be presumed that the destruction was due to an earthquake. It is simply a bluff on the part of the insurance com- panies, and tHey will have te come to terms in the end and pay the claims against them. 'he case of Mrs. Welch is one that will appeal to the public, for not even her chimney was injured by the shock, and she can prove it. She is a woman who will shrink from soliciting or ac- cepting public chal’l(}'l.' f the 31500 insurance carried by her on her gro - erty, $1000 was on the house and the remainder on her furniture. I would like to know how they are ,‘50 prove that either was destroy: earthquake. PRIVATE GOLLECTION OF FARE ART WORKG SELLS FOR A FORTUNE Treasures of the Hainanery Estate of Berlin Go for $1,250,000. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. LONDON, June 28.—A record price for a private art collection was- paid today, when Duveen Brothers pur- chased the collection of Oscar Haina- nery of Berlin for $1,250,000. It in- cludes the finest specimens of all branches of the fifteenth century art, and was formed twenty years ago by Dr. Bode, director of the Berlin Mu- seum, who wished to obtain it for the museum and denounced the sale as scandalous. Since the death of the owner, twelve years ago, meny offers have been received and refused. The collection will be exhibited in London before being dispersed. . The collection contains six hundred pieces and includes terra cottas, marble bust and plaques by Donatello, Roselll, Verrochio and Della Robbia, and bronzes by Michael Angelo, Cellini and Tamagnl. ‘The painters are represented by Bot- ticelll and Quentin Matsys. The Li- moges poreelain ig by Nardon, Penlcaud Limousin and Pierre Raymond. There are also fourteenth contut( ivories and tapestries and some fine silver work. OWN A PHONOGRAPH! JULY RECORDS JUST COME AND HEAR THEM. Charge of the Hussars (Spindler)...... 3 Band ing to by the e Hore 3t Gomes Kisin e’ it Maid BEEEERiEEEREEIMEIMING HOUSE STANDS BY GONFEREES Indorses Tigir Attitude on Meat Inspection Amendment. Advocates of Making| the Packers Pay | Are Defeated. WASHINGTON, June 28.—Congress- man Wadsworth called up the partial conferen: report on the R‘r{eu![unl‘ appropriation blll In the House today, a.‘nd it was agreed to without discus- sion. * Wadsworth then moved that the| House insist on its disagreement to the | meat inspection amendment. This was | adopted on a division, 175 to 43. Then Wadsworth sprang a surprise by sending to the desk a resolution that it the sense of the House that the conferees do not recede from its amend- ment known as the meat Iinspection amendment, and the House was face to face with a contest with the Senate. | ‘Wadsworth, after referring to the disagreement about. the date going on | the cans, and insisting that it was not | necessary, passed to the legal que: tions involved. His platform was: Th passage of the bill Is necessary for the protection of foreign commerce and for the benefit of the public health. | A vigorous protest against placing any charge on the packers was made by Burleson (Texas). The packer, h said, would immediately shift the bur den on the cattle grower. | Humphrey (Washington) talked | about the “devils fn hell” in conjunc- | tion with the packers paying the cost of inspection, and Inveighed against their insulting demands. | Henry (Texas) wanted to be right on | the question, and said he would vote that the Government should pay t tax. ~ He called attention to the quaran- tine bill, which provided that the Gov- ernment should pay the cost. “Rally round the conferees,” was the slogan of Payne (New York). ‘“Stand by the judgment of the House. Put the | inspection on the Government, where | it belon&s, and make this inspection a model for the world.” The resolution that it was the sense | of the House that the conferees refuse | to accede was then adopted, 193 to 25. | The advocates of making the packers | pay for the inspection endeavored to | secure a roll call, but only nineteen members demanded it. —_— FEAR FARMER IS A VICTIM OF TREACHEROUS DESERT Palo Verde Man Has Not Been Seen Since He Started to Cross Dreary Waste. SAN BERNARDINO, June 28.—Theo- | dore Bowen left Palo Verde four weeks ago to walk across the desert by | Chuckawalla Well, intending to come out at Balton. The trip ordinarily would require four days. He has not been seen nor heard from at either end since he left and it is feared he has perished from exhaustion. Search | {s being made along the route between Palo Verde and Salton in an endeavor to locate his body or find trace of the | missing man. —_— GOOD LOOKS OF WAYWARD GIRL SAVES HER FROM JAIL | Platn Miss Accused of Hovse Stealing Compelled to Put Up a Bond by Susceptible Justice. | STOCKTON, June 28.—Evalina, and | Anita Walker, charged with attempted larceny in trying to get away with two horses Tuesday night from the Cohn- | Bishop ranch, were arraigned today before Justice Parker. They pleaded not gullty and the bail of the elder girl was fixed at $500, while the Judge re- leased the other, but 12 years of age, on “her own good looks.” July 5 was set as the time for the preliminary. - | 0 o A LR e Man and Wife Found Dead. i ST. JOSEPH, Mo., June 28.—Alfred Bettles and his wife were found dead | in bed at their home here today with a bullet wound in the head of each. Cir- cumstances indicate that Bettles mur- dered his wife and killed himself on Monday. He is known to have been jealous of her. | must be emphatically observed. ELKS PLANNING A NOVEL SHOW San Jose Lage to Give Big ‘Entertainment on the Fourth. Popular Organization to Present “Mikado” in Open Air. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. SAN JOSE, June 28.—One of the most novel entertainments ever at- tempted in the Garden City is being arranged by the local lodge of Elks for the day and evening of the Fourth of July. This popular organization has purchased the Methodist church prop- erty in the center of the town for $20,000. The building is to be altered to meet the requirements of the Elks lodge and clubrooms. The entertain- ment-on the Fourth In part is to swell the buiiding fund. The beautiful grounds of the Hotel Vendome are to be filled with Japanase decorations, and day and night fetes are planned. The programme at night will be a production of the comic opera, ‘The Mikado,” and a performance by sixty Japanese troubadours, who will give a merry entertainment. The en- tire show is to be given in the open alr, the grounds being brilliantly illuminat- ed at night. Scciety has lent its fairest in aid of the affair. -— AN JOSE AGENTS ORDERED TO INCREASE THEIR RATES Garden City Property Owners Must Pay for Daring to Criticize In- suramee Companies. SAN JOSE, June 28.—In circulars re- celved by insurance agents In this eity orders have been given that on the expiyation of the present policles in- creases from 40 to 125 per cent will be made. This is in accordance with sur- veys made by representatives of the underwriters who were here two weeks ago, and applies particularly to all downtown buildings. It was reported that an order was issugd that no fur- ther policfes should be signed up while business blocks were in their present condition. Insurance agents, while not denying this statement, will not afirm it. Meetings of the insur- ance men will be held during the forthcoming week, but it is clearly understood that the order mentioned The circular came from San Francisco and is regarded as a respomse to the gen- eral attack made on the corporations |owing to their dilatory tactics in that anad other cities. —— ettt Murderess of Babe Is Insane. SAN BERNARDINO, June 28.—Ad- judged insane for the second time, Fanny Abby Dunn, murderess of her three days old infant, was for the second time committed to the hospital for the insane at Pafton today. Two weeks ago Mrs. Dunn strangled her three days old child to death at the County Hospital during the absence of the nurse from the room. When asked about the death of the little one by Superintendent Strong she appeared dazed and sald she did not know how it had met its death. The nurse testi- fled that Mrs. Dunn had been scolding the child, which was crying when she left the room. Returning an hour later, she saw the child lying dead beside its mother. —_—— Fire Refugee Inherits an Estate. SANTA ROSA, June 28.—John Gtvlin, who came here with his family from San Francisco as a ref- ugee after the fire, has received word from relatives in Stratford, Ont., that his father and mother have died, leaving him considerable property. Giv- lin was a street car conductor In the metropolis, but after the fire decided to bring his wife and little ones here, where he had relatives. Another child was born to the couple after their ar- rival here. ————e Rates the East Agafa Lowered. Advanced ssle of round-trip tiekes to Ea States via our half-rate excursions, July 2 bullding (up stairs), San Franciseo. THECITY This view Studio and AGENTS SHOULD SUNDAY THE CALL Will Issue the SECOND of Its Series of FIRE PICTURES, Entitled s from the Hopkins Art seope of the fire. Do not fail to get this g‘ictu?e and make your collection _complete. ORDERS FOR EXTRAS AT BURNING was taken shows the - SEND US THEIR ONCE.