The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 28, 1907, Page 2

Mrs. Thaw Repels New Attack Al enist Kept on Defensive b y Sudden Sallies of Jerome Five minutes ned for the Thaw trial bit Thaw entered the anied Delmas, at the e of the y the defendant's coun- ot occupied by her wi ng for the trial convened v, led Mrs. the room. chance to overlooked is cross-examina- d asked that she a few ques ting merely at- ness, h to , and tion for such attention to the was therefore Te- er feared violence e ®aid you sbould 161 the ¢ Thaw on > he was very called 6n sleeping well _and among them prove that we will ad MAY CONC me cald State to n ission take eposicl De m Jerome asked when the defense expected to |.conclude. “In good faith and not for publication,” said Delmas, “we expect to get through this week.” Jerome asked Dr. Bingaman to returm next Monday. In the meantime he proceeded to.cross- examine him regarding his visits to Thaw in the Tombs. . Dr. Bingaman sald Thaw had not eshibited any delusions %0 far ms be knew prior to June 25 jast. At bis visit he prescribed @ merve tonic for the prisoner on August 27. “Did_you notice afy exaggerated ego?” asked Jerome. “He_had a very high esteem of himself, but | there Wwas nothing else.”” Dr. Bingaman was excused was called % “Of what institution of learning are you @ graduate?’ asked Jerome. 2 “The Coliege of Physicians and Surgeons.” “Do rou cousider yourself a master of your profession 7' & 1 d know Just wht yow mean by & mas- ter. 1 have been considered sufficlently. profi- cient to testify in many cases.” S “Do you know any one who is a master i wion 7' mean a man who knows all about it, and Dr. Evans your profess yme picked up a pamphlet relating to ex- and expert testimony which Dr. said he had written. DEFINES INSANITY insanity is?” Do Jerome. ijpsanity is a positive condition; sanity is a tive condition.? i take the Initiative in coming into you know what cal As a result of that interview 1 was u know Allan McLane Hamilton?" consider lilm an authority om s sustaine €31, su on friendly terms with him?" k s0." u go into consultetion with him?" n sustaited Objectic “1sn’t it a fact that many_reputable physi- cians refuse to go into consultation with you because you mre an unprofessional man?’ ections sustained | Isp't it @ fact that Dr. Hamilton refused to { go. into consultation with you for that very| ¥ resison 7 ‘Objections sustained,” sald Justice Fits- gere ‘May I _sssume that Dr. Hamilton will be £9pd° in thl case?” added Justice Fitzgerald " You may, and I will call him,” replied | Jerome. Dr.-Hamilton originally was retained by the defense. It is sald that he believes Thaw to be sull {nsane . Dr. Evans’Said he had never read Dr. Ham top’s writings and could not tell whether they | were considered as an aurhority. Jerome asked about many works on mental diseases in an attempt to find out what Dr. Evans had -read. “Who wrote abont paranoia 500 years hefore Christ?” asked Jerome. Dr. ans sm! and . while sesrching emong bis papers sald . Ta one of my wr‘?flll!fi 1 said that a mad of the Medes and Persians exhibited signs paranola.” Jerome 1 Jerome was d. from in Dr. Evans' testimony in which he said paranola had d in all books of value since 500 s before Christ. He said he did not know mnr book written at that time: or in fact book devoted entirely to paranola. Is there any book on mental and nervous diseases that you regard .as authority?” “If you mean any one whose work I like for anything 4 has_written on the more qualified than I don't know about that.”” Jerome questioned the witness further about the names of books be had read. “If 1 could remember the titles of a1l books on nervous disease I wonld feel very proud of my- self.” Dr. Evans told the Distrlet Attorney that if = are none In medicine or law or any other | Evans | asked | e Hartridge wrote td me asking for an | b Wife Scornfully Answers ‘“No” to Attorney’, Continued from Page 1, Column 6 chances of a million to one against her, | it is wonderful that Mrs. Thaw's testi- mony prevailed against the District At- torney and his blacklegs.'” A R A A A A A A AN AN he would produce the books he would point out the ones he had rea “Did you know of that occurs in Italy? “I bave beard of such a disease, but I never practiced in Italy.” OSLER NOT AN EXPERT Evans kpew Dr. William Osler. Do you consider him as an authority ?" v that.” 't you know conntry he was consi men in his profession? particular kind of insanity that while he was in this red ome of the foremost “He made some statements that no ome could | subscribe to. For instance, his proposal chloroform men after sixty | “What i a delusion?" | pe Agdelusion is a false bellef which cannot *“Thes hich “are adhered to by a subject in a systematizea or organized man- ner.” “‘When a man is dominated by an insane de- lusion are his acts logically related to the de- i ¥ may or may not be. .In a mental ex- plosion “the delusions might lose their focus.” “But would they ‘not be, logically related to the focal delusfo: “Insanely logical; perhaps this may be sug- gested by a delusion. but not Impelled by it.” “If a person suffering from an - insane. - de- Insion belleves he is being persecuted, does he Kill the person responsible for the persceution, or does he kill some object of his- affections whom he does not helieve is persecuting him?' 0| sponsible, he says, and he absolves the | | which “The peréon responsible usually becomes th vietim, | In melancholia, Dr. Evans said, the person | sufferi from that form of insanity usuailly seeks If-destruction or the killing of some o: to him in order to take him from a world of suffering. ‘‘Have ¥ou an o) mental condition?" “1 have.” ave been in court here every day?'’ pinion as to Thaw's present ou have carefully serutinized him?’ have not.” is, do you consider Thaw de- g Dr. Evans. our opinfon, was he ‘ever demented; I pur own. general definition of 1t?" “At what time dld Thaw suffer from insane melancholia 7' “You tried to get me to say it was melan- cholia,”” replied Dr. Evans, “‘but I said it was a melancholic state of mina At what time was he so suffering?” 1 should say about the time of lis marriage | and_the making of his will." “You believe that he was Insane at the time of his marrigge?" ““He not mentaily sound at that time— there was temporary aberration.'” “Baged sojely ‘on your inations, do von k he was suffe from méelanchoiia- at an; her time ‘I believe at the time of the shooting and little before he was in a melancholic condi Jerome tried to tie the doctor down to a positive statement that he conld state whether or not Thaw was suffering from melancholia on the day of his marriage. This the.doctor would not &tate positively. “But, by taking Into consideration the will and codicil, as well, can you state whether | be was insane at the time of his marriage?” “Yes, as 1 have said, I think Le was of un- sound mind. 1 could not classify it, for it might change from one form to another.’” Dr. Evans said the paragraphs in Thaw's will which provided $50,000 for the prosecution of | such timetables there would be a great any one who might be suspected of killlng him showed a perturbation of mind, an agitation and apprehensiveness, and that this constituted a | melanchotic " state. The trial was adjourned until tomorrow morn- | ing, with Dr. Evans on the stand. REVEALS MANY CHANGES Discrepancies ~‘Are" Fotind in the Returns From East San Jose SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. S (i Feb. 27.—Judge Welch g g in a some- vestigation, sug- number of changes the ballots ing t crosses nce from other crosses on allot. His pur- is to as her there are pose enough of thes whether the num- corresponds with n ndidate alleged ational turn nt of the en- last San Jose pre- eted. It developed that ains for nearly every, on the ticket, the for Walker to »r RoSS. n the East San Jose preei follows: Colga ; Cook, R., gained 3; Hall, R while Dooling, D., lost 6 . gained 4, while Goings, gins, R., gaineq gained 6, while Kell, D., gained 6; Condron, R., Shannon, D., lost 4 and 6; Parkman, R., gained and Bateman lost 2, —_—_— SAN DIEGAN SENTENCED SAN DIBGO, Feb. 27.—Fifteen years n San Quentin is the punishment to be Inflicted on W. L. Harvey for the kill- ing of Charles Connors last November in & saloon on the water front. Har- vey acknowipdged the killing, but claimed self-defense A jury convicted him of murder in the second degree. o account for the nu-{ ges noted for each | THIPDED SYPERYORS Report - Gains Circulation That Burns Has Secured Strong’ Evidence | | | | Despite the denial made by Special Agent Burns and the District Attor- ney’s office, it is persistently reported the graft prosecutors have re- ly successfully trapped several yers of the Board of Supervisors. ording to the story, stoutly denied et actively circulated, the impres- was allowed to go out that the igation had .been practically doned, and the disciples of Ruef, vho had for the time closed shop, again went into the dpen market to buy and sell, mostly to sell. They had the quiet assurance from Ruef that it was all . and they believed him. Thoroughly convinced that the way was clear for further operations of a Jucrative mnature, certain members of the .board are alleged to have given out the tip that they were ready to do business at the old stand. Oné fine day a pretty proposition was.put up to e select set on the board. There was '$500 apiece in it for them, it could be done “without exciting suspicion and {ithere was no chance of detection. Like 2 lean June trout they leaped to the bait. In lowed the hook and a good part of the line. “On the other end of the line was Burns. The entire transaction Is said to have | been carried out with such care for detail that the money can be traced step by step with two witnesses for every time that it changed hands. Moreover, the money was marked in a way that will materially assist when the case is taken into court. As the report goes, the detalls of the transaction will be placed before the Grand Jury next week and the evidence is saild to be in such shape that in- dictments will be voted withofit delay. However, they will not be returned in court for the present. The trial is set for next Tuesday, and after the preliminary skirmishes the { | | | 300#”%““0000“00 your general Strength en and avoid gri Scott’s g After and prevents grippe by taki mulsion. increases your resistive force and keeps you well. Emul.sion restores health ALL DRUGGISTS ; 50c. AND $1.00. E best way to avoid grippe is to tlfleep up your system t Scott’s pneumonis. their eagerness they swal-| RECOUNT 0F BALLOTS —PERSISTENT STORY OF _ RECRUITS FOR MANAING - WHRSHPS AE SCIRC | Milwaukee and Buffalo Are Still Without Full Complements VALLEJO, Feb. —There a shortage of enlisted men for the Buffalo and the Milwaukee, although enlistments are going on throughout various sections of the country. But these enlisted men are raw recrults and must receive a certain amount of training at the naval traiming station before they can be added to the crews of the vessels. The Milwaukee is short nearly 200 of & full crew, but itls ex- | efers to the testimony. given by Chap- pected that a full complement will be on hand by March 15, when she.is ready to leave the yard. The Btiffalo may be able to get away some time during the coming month. | Lieutenant Commander L. J. Clark is to be detached from duty as cem- | mander of the Celtic when that vessel |1s placed out of commission. Lieuten- |ant Commander Clark will be placed in command of the United States steam- ship Annapolis. ) | Headaches and Neuralgia From Colds | _Laxative Bromo Quinine, the world- |wide Cold and Grip remedy, removes | cause. Look for sig. E.W.Grove. 25c* A A A A AN AN | task of impaneling a jury will be be- | gun. It is considered more than likely | that the first panel will be exhausted ‘[ before the jury box has been filled. Both | the prosecution and the defense have begun a systematic inquiry into the connections and affiliations of the men whose names were drawn thid week. On the list are some stanch friends of Ruef, but the roster also contains the names of several men who are not | known to have a prejudice one way or | the other. That there will be several peremp- tory challenges is a foregone conclu- | sion, but the legal limitations to this process will militate against such pro- |longed delays as have become the Spe- | cialty of Henry Ach of counsel for Ruef. A merry fight is anticipated when Ach seeks to disqualify all tales- men who have opened a newspaper within the last six months.. If Judge Dunne continues to preside with the same firmness he has displayed of“late it is belleved that Ruef and his attor- neys will be thwarted at the outset in any attempt to make a mockery of ‘the proceedings. After the selection of the jury Ruef will not be afforded an opportunity to interfere with the due process of the law. The members of the jury will be under the watchful eyes of detectives, probably from both sides. Important witnesses who are to give testimony at the trial will also be kept undér survelllance by agents of both sides. To make sure of their case, a great part of the testimony to be pre- sented by the prosecution has been re- duced to writing, and if need be could be introduced in the form of affidavits. Ruef’s defense will be along the lines indicated during the preliminary pro- ceedings, when his attorneys referred to the money paid by ‘the French restaurant proprietors as /‘fees.”” It will be claimed that the money was paid to Ruef for legal services ren- dered. ‘While no announcement has been of- ficially made, among the friends of Ruef it is said that he will go upon the witness stand and declare that there was a clear and distinct under- standing that he was to act in his capacity as an attorney-for the restau- rant men. He expects some of - the restaurant owners who have remained | loyal to him to correborate this state- ment. L4 is still| | | | | i | | i) | Francisco since the fire, the Chief Jus- | which would enable | during thi J THURSDAY IND MLAUEHLIN ILLING 70 RESIGH e ARE W Ready to Step Out Ifl. Either Side Should So Request AWARD IS DELAYED Opinion of Father Yorke Causes Postponement for a Day Continued from Page 1, Column 7 ties violated the contract or to what extent. Passing on to a discussion of the conditions which have prevailed in San tice enters into details and hold$ that while the situation has been deplorable it cannot be in any way attributed to the company. An act of God was re- company from blame for the condi- tions in as far as they affected the em- ployment of .the motormen and con- ductors. . Two pages are devoted to this discussion. It was th¢ duty,of the carmen, Judge Beatty continues, in common with every othér member of the community, to share the burden of the conditions brought about by the earthquake and fire. -He asserts that the company lost heavily, refers to the large outlays which: it has made and commends it for its diligence in meeting the condi- tions. He says that the first duty of the United Railroads was to the public and praises 1. for the promptness with it resumed service on the car Iines. There ‘Is no evidence, he says, that the company was wanting in its duty to the public. Referring again to the Judge Beaty says that it furnishes in- controvertible evidence that up to the time of the fire the men had regarded the wages and hoyrs tHerein fixed as fair and reasonable, and that inasmuch as they .returned to work voluntarily it must be held that they recognized the obligation resting upon them to carry out their part of the bargain. He holds. that the railroad fulfilled its duty to the men when it re-employed them. FAVORS TEN-HOUR DAY Following this the opinion takes up the consideration of the elght-hour day and gives 'at considerable length the reasons urged by the company against reducing thé’hours of the men. Judge Beatty upholds the contention of the company that the eight-hour system would be impracticable. He expresses he opihion that as the cars are op- erated ‘only twenty hours in the twen- ty-four, it is easy to divide the day into two periods of ten hours each and he seeks to show by the varying num- ber of cars in operation during the day that ft ‘'would be impossible to divide the time iAto two eight-hour shifts, He refers to the eight-hour time- tables put in evidence by 'the union, « the company to| make the ‘samie number of runs and ' glve the 'same service to the publie, but expresses the opinion that under number of extra men, or men with short runs who would be unable to earn a falr living. “In this connection he commends’ the company for its pol- icy as stated by its witnesses at the | hearing, of arranging runs so as to glve full pay to as many men as pos- sible. Finally the Chief Justice declares| that it would be impossible to grant! the eight-hour day for the reason that ! six months of the time covered by the | award have already passed and. tuat time “the men *have been working teén bours: _The':board, he Pointed out,.cannot givé them back the’ twg. hours.‘for ‘this . period even if it would. For this reason as well he be- lieves that® it- would be unwise to make any ehange, and he adds that the board feel§ itself to be incompetent to arrangé an eight-hour timetable for the company. SEES NO CONGESTION With reference to the questlon of | wages the Chief Justice admits that | the work of the platform men has in- | creased to some extent. He holds that | the clatms of. the carmen that the| traffic on the cars of the company has increased 50 per cerit is untenable. He man and Hibbs, who'claimed that the increase was one and a fraction pas- sengers per car mile, and sustalns their position by holding that no marked in- crease of traffic has been shown on any line except on the Fillmore and Fill- more hill lines. Even granting that there have been more passengers on the cars than formerly, Judge Beatty says, the work of the men has not been increased in proportion—certainly not the work of the motormen. He adds that any man of average intelligence can learn the duties of a platform man in a few weeks. Judge Beatty refers to the contentlon of the unions that the conditions were in part created voluntarily by the com- pany, which imposed additional work upon the men by refusing to repair and operate the cable cars. He finds that the cable power stations were de- stroyed and that the ruined machinery was naturally an obstacle in the work of rehabilitation, and that, the cable lines being out of commission, th company went about the work of re- constructing an electric system. This, Chief Justice Beatty thinks, it aid from its sense of duty to the people— a duty waich he says was imperative 4t that time. He alludes to the fact that it is said that the company had a selfish motive in this, and admits that the company was benefited there- by, but holds that it was a necessity and that the public received the greater benefit. The need was so great that the company was fully justified in changing its lines to the trolley sy tem. COMMENDS THE TROLLEY He expresses the opinion that the people were in favor of the change and Fefers to' the paper by Willlam Bark- ley.Parsons, “introduced in evidence by counsel for the carmen,” by which he shows the superiority of the trolley over all other systems. ~In the following paragraph Judge Beatty draws attention to the total ab- sence of evidence to show that there was any culpabllity on the part of the company in making the change to the overhead trolley. it is true, the opinion says, that some of the platform men have worked harder than others since the fire, but it is impossible to single these out from the rest, and in' the case of the award it must deal with general averages, which would preclude the recognition of the men who have worked harder since the fire. The Chief Justice then passes to the terms of the award, which have al- ready beeh published, giving the men 31, 32 and 33 cents an hour, according to the years that they have worked for the company, DISPUTED BY FATHER YORKE + l The opinion written by Father Yorke |- is even longer than that of the Chief Justice and is mainly devoted to re viewing the majority opinion. It seeks to.show that the Chief Justice has m! the facts on which soning. 't Y, b g T aside by agreement of both sides it set at contracf, |~ FEBRUARY 28, 1907. ConveysAuthor'sldea of Character of Herodias g A striking feature of the Colonial Theater production of “Salome” is Maude Odelle’s portrayal of Herodias. She manages to convey the author's idea of the character without empha- sizing its repulsiveness, and looks as well as acts the part admirably. Miss Odelle is a San Francisco girl. So great is the public demand for the ‘Wilde tragedy that it will-be kept on the stage another week and the prob- ability is that it will run at least a month. Milton Stollard, who staged the production, is receiving many con- gratulations on the excellence of his work. “Who Is Who?" continues as the cur- tain raiser, and next week it will be ‘succeeded by the imperishable “Box| and Cox.”. . . - Carl Haydn, who has joined the San Francisco Operd Company and appears next week in “The Wild Rose,” which is to succeed “The Singing. Girl" at the American Theater, {s a young tenor of great promise. He was born in Austria and is a descendant of the fa- mous composer whose name he bears. He has sung in concert with Johann Strauss, and toured the British TIsles one season with Patti. - Reginald "de Koven imported him to sing in “Hap- pyland,” De Wolf Hopper’s latest suc- cess, and also wrote-for him the tenor part in “The Student King.” Mr. Haydn has studied and fitted himself for either dramatic or lyric roles and says that he finds himself complaining, as other tenors have done, that he must always play the lover, and seldom is given a chance to sing dramatic numbers, . . . “The Ragged Messenger” is drawing good business to the Novelty Theater and the excellent acting . of Creston Clarke and his' associates is amply ap- preciated by the audiences. Nance O'Neill is announced to appear PUSUSHUTSISUSPIVLURB VSV US SRSy the opening of the hearing as far as it bore upon the question of hours and wages, and censures the majority opin- fon for laying so much stress on the contract when it had been expressly waived by both sides at the outsec. - | The minority opinion brings out in contrast the raise accordéd to the men employed’ as stationary firemen, elec- trieians and trackmen, which amounts is 57.3 per cent, as against.21.9 to the carmen, and makes much of this com- parison, stating forcibly what Father Yorke considers the injustice of this discrimination in favor of the men em- ployed in small numbers or upon tem- porary work. The dissenting arbiter takes up a comparison with wages which will be paid In Oakland after the first of the month, contrasting the conditions in that city.with those that have obtained here. sirice the fire, and arguing that there can be no 'sound reason why men who are employed in San Franeisco should receive 25 per cent less than is. paid across the bay, where there is little congestion and where the com- pany earns only one-fourth” of the profits enjoyed by -the United Rail« roads. RS o Vo He oriticises that part of the ma- jority opinion th which the Chief Jus- |, tice says that the board does not feel itself competent to. arrange an eight- hour time table for the company, and points out’in forcible phrases that all the board is called” uport to do is to make the award dnd allow the com- pany to arrange its own time tables to suit. 5 ; # The board will meet again this.after. noon, and while it is ted that both opinions will then be-flled for publica- tion there is said. to be a possibility of even another delay. g gend Chamberlain's Cough OUSTS CANAL ENGINEER Accepts Stevens’ Resigna- tion Before It Is Presented SPECIAL DISPATOH TO THE CALL. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 27.—The resignation of Chief Engineer John F. Stevens was acceptéd by the President before cause of an impudent letter written to the President. Stevens had no expectation or inten- | tion of resigning. He had been prom- ised supreme control following the re- tirement of Chairman” Shonts and was virtually in that position. Stevens has been a trifle arbitrary and dictatorial. He beedme exceptionally so when the proposition was made to construct the eanal by contract. When it became apparent that William J. Oliver stoed the best chance of receiving a contract Stevens wrote the President a rather ugly and im- perious letter. He declared that he desired to complete the camal himself and did not want any outside assist- ance. He sald that if the contract should be given Oliver he would at once tender his resignation. The Presi- dent carefully considered the letter received from Stevens and reached the prompt conciusion that it wassmot such a communication as a subordinate should write his superior. He sent Stevens a cablegram that for point and brevity was a model. He merely wired that his resighaticn was accepted. * The construction of Stevens' threat as the actual tender of his resignation and its acceptancé came as a complete surprise both to Stevéns and his wife, who is now in this city. PANAMA CANAL WORK President Confers as to Reo zanisa- tion on the Big Diter WASHINGTON, Feb. —Tre Presi- dent conferred at the Whit® House today with Secretaries Taft sad Root regarding the details of the rworgani- zation scheme of the Panan'a Canal work. It is understood that Colonel Haines and Benjamin Harred, civil eagineers, both members of the present commis- sion, shall retire. Admiral Endicott, the only remaining meémber of the old commission, will be retained, as the law requireés that one naval civil en- gineer shall be included in its mem- bership. GLERGYMAN 15 SUBJECT OF A GAUSTIC ATTACK SPECTAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL CINCINNATI, feb. 27.—The Rev. 1. A. Lord, editor of the Christlan Stand- ard, is the subjéct of a caustic attack in a rival paper of his denomination, the Christian Leader, which answers Dr. Lord's recent philippic denouncing the Rockefeller gift of $10.000 to Chris- tian missions. The editor, F. L. Rowe, charges that Dr. Lord and others of the Christian church were interested in | an oil company which sold its product to the Standard Oil Company. Dr. Lord admitted today having $1000 worth of stock in'the company speci- | fied in the editorial attack, but denltdi that he knew that the company pro- posed to have any dealings with the Standard Oil Company. A A A A A A A A A A A it next Monday evening in “The Sorcer- ~ess” at the Nevelty, and during her two weeks' engagement there she may give one or two ‘“‘Magda” matinees. Sirice her last appearance here Miss Q'Neill has won new triumphs In the East. . Ned Wayburn's Dancing Daisies, who come to the Orpheum next Sunday, are said to be young women of great per- sonal attractions and their perform- ance, which is given in three separate scenes, Introduces catchy songs and dances. | Other novelties will be Byron and | Langdon In “The Dude Detective,” which the Bastern press declare to be an-absurdly funny skit; Quigg. Mackey and Nickerson, comedians who have mastery over a great number of mu- sical instruments: and thé three Flood Brothers, comedy ° acrobats; Clalte Beasy's performing cats; Dorothy Ken- ton,” “the girl with the banjo"; the three dancing Mitchells, and Les Har- rison, holdovers. CARE The Central Theater returns to melodrama next Monday evéning, when Walter Sanford’s stock company will opeéen an extendéd se?son in “The Strug- gle for Life,” sald (o be an interest- holding play. * Mr. Sanford is a well-known Eastern producer, having controlled for several dramas as “The Prodigal “My Jack,” “Sperting Life” and " His company in the présent instance has been selected with great care for hi eason at the Cen- tral- and includes several actors and actresses who have been brought espe- clally from New York City and who | have never appeared here before, as well as James Corrigan and Harry Pol- lard, local favorites. sl Y ‘West's Minstrels continue to draw good business to the Chutes Theater, is most, common i e Hood's it was formally {endered be-| e ———— |PRESIOENT VIRTUALLY SENATE AGREES T0 THE RIVER AND HARBOR BILL {Adopts Conference Report | 'Making Big Cut in Appropriation 2 WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.—After lis- | tening to an argument by Senator Pat- terson of Colorado in favor of Gov- ernment ownership of railroads, the Senate today agreed to the cenference | report on the rivér and harbor appro- priation Dbill. Protests were made against the reduction from $850,000 to 250,000 of the ameunt for improve- | ments In the Mississippl River between | Cairo and St. Louis by Senators Hop- | kins, Cullom, Stone, Allison and Over- man. The smaller amount prevailed The Senate passed the Daniel bill establishing “the foundat for the promotion of industrial peace.” It a thorizes a board of trustees to receive from President Roosevelt the Nobel peace ptize as the n s of a fund to bring togetheér in Washington rep- resentatives of capital and fabor to dis. | cuss labor problems. The expatriation bill also was passed. It authorizes the issuange of passports, to persons who have declared their in- 4 tention of becoming citizens of the United States and have lived in this country three years and whe wish to visit countries other than the ons of which they are native. The bill fixes the status of American women who marry foreigners and for- elgn women who marry Americans. 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The local, womanly heaith 3o intimately related to the general health that when diseases of the deilcate womanly organs are cured the whole body gains in health and strength. For weak and sickly | womesn who are "worn-out,” "run-down * | or debilitated, es'geclally for women who | work in store, office or schoolroom, who sit at the typewriter or sewing machine, | b | or bear huv;1 household burdens, and for | nursing mothers, Dr. Plerce’s Favorite | Prescription has proven a priceless benefit because of its health-restoring ahd strength-giving powers. As a soothing and strem ening nerv- ine. “"Favorite Prescription” i3 un- equaled and is invaluable in allaying and subduing nervous exeitability, irritabil- ity, nervous exhaustion, nervous prostra- tion, neuralgia, hysteria, spasms, chorea, or 8t. Vitus’s dance, and other distressing nervous symptoms commonly attendant upon functional and organic disease of the womahly organs. It induces refresh- ing sleep and relieves mental anxiety and | di lency. | e&gom :gyninsm cases. "Favorite Pre- scription " is tive care for the moss co:;pltctbd a! ::]cdnlnm cases of “fe- male we g nful periods, n - Inritles, prolapsus or falling of the peivic organs, wealk back, bearing-down sensa- tlons, chronic congestion, inflammatio: Andns\;leqn:km. " J rce’s medicines are from harmless but efficient Toots iean forests. loind"mving in our A The Indians knew of the marvelous ¢ura- | tive value of some of these roots and im- rted that knowledge to sqme of the riendlier whites, and gradually some of | the more progressive physicians came to | test and -ise them, and ever since they | have fmwn in favor by reason of their superior curative virtues and their safe | and harmless qualities. Your druggists sel’the *Favorrre :::umb] 3"5% also néhfi, hm:nnn}tu A ve, urifier and stomach tonic “GOoLDEN {&zn cAL DiscovEry,” lw:{! to Dr. Pierce about your case. He is an experienced physician and will treat your ¢ase as confidential and without ch for correspondence. Address him at the Invalids’ Hotel and Sur{l.cll Institute, B physician uffalo, N. Y. of which e i3 chief con COFFEE sulti A grocer has to sell good and bad coffee; but cooks needn’t cook it. grocer returns your mouey Iif you don't ailling's Best. jg| Geming Must Bear' Your ltke _Sel Nerthwest cormer of Sutter and Stelwer Streets. TAHITI THE CHARMING RESORT OF THE SOUTH SEAS. The 1and of bréad fruft, cocoanuts and flawers. Clement Wragge, in “The Romance of the South