HOME OF THE ( -VICTIMS OF DREAD LEPROSY, WHO ARE QUARAN TINED ON THE- ISLAND OF MOLOKAI, AND THE SACRED EDIFICE WHERE THE SUFFERERS ASSEMBLE FOR WORSHIP. PEKING, April 13.-Prince Chintr. Presi dent of the Foreign Office, has been ap pointed Grand Secretary in succession to tho late Yung Lu. The Dowager Empress has Issued an edict repealing. the comprehensive stamp taxation scheme, which Yuan Shi Kai, Governor of tho Province of Chill, jyas about to institute throughout this prov ince. The edict assigns the poverty of the people as tho reason for the repeal of tho scheme, but it is believed Yuan Shi Kai's enemies procured it for the^ipurpose of crippling his proposed reforms. One of the contemplated effects of the plan would hav«t been to insure honest returns for taxes collected and to deprive minor offi cials of large perquisites. The degree of the Empress* solicitude for the poor is evinced by the costly junket she Is tak ing. The Russians explain their delay in Becomes Nominal Pre mier of the Chinese Empire. Japanese Deported From Honolulu. HONOLULU. April 7.-The Immigration Bureau has deported to Japan two Japan ese, who violated the contract labor law. Therames of the nwn are Tomlkichi Oda and Toyoklchl Sakai. Both . Japanese came to this country under a contract to work for Mr. Hatnano,' a merchant. Hamano -was tried in the United States court recently on. a charge of violating the contract labor law. In one case he pleaded guilty arid was fined $1000 and In the other the prosecution quashed the proceedings. Both of the ; Japanese had bren held by the Federal , authorities as witnesses against Hamano. Inasmuch as both had -admitted to the immigration officials their guilt In the. matter. Inspec tor Brown ordered both to be deported on the 1 America Maru. - ¦ '* x Young Swimmer Loses Life. SALINAS, April 13.— Information just received here is to the effect that 16-year old Georjze Matthls, the son of a well known citizen of King City, while swim ming In the Salinas River Saturday aft ernoon was seized by cramps and carried under by the swift current before his com panions could reach or assist him. The body was recovered yesterday ••-¦•¦ SEATTLE, Wash., April 13.— Judge Bell to-day sustained the demurrer to the Grand Jury Indictment against Mayor Thomas J. Humes and discharged the de fendant, The demurrer alleged that the fa«ts charged did not, constitute a crime; that the indictment showed upon- its face that the defendant did pot neglect to per form any duty enjoined upon him by law; that.the Indictment- did -not* show that the defendant had failed or neglected to dis charge any duty' Imposed upon him by law; that there Is no law in the State im posing any duty upon' the Mayor In reference to gambling. Seattle Judge Sustains Demurrer to the Indictment in the — ... Humes- Case. . CHARGE AGAINSTmMAYOR THROWN OuVr "OF COURT Fruit Crop Promises Well. SAN JOSE, April 13.— Reports from or rhardists In various sections of the val- Uy indicate that cherries and prunes are setting welL While it is impossible to j>T-e(Jict the fize or quality of the-sea son's crop, the outlook is excellent. Advance Price of Soft Coal *-.iih_.av-h-', Aimi iuld be made before next winter. For these reasons it was deemed advisable to make the advance. remedy that would effect a permanent cure. It was a peculiar and painful sight where the lepers -met and told their com plaints to the committee. In the main part of the hall the afflicted men and women sat In rows upon benches, the most outcast of the world's diseased and afflicted people. A fence separated the lepers from the committee and from the other visitors who went from Honolulu. One by one the crippled and suffering lepers told their stories and showed their grief In their faces. The territorial band, which went from Honolulu, plRyed for the unfortunate patients throughout the day. The Legislature will probably pass a res olution to secure new and better Instru ments for a band, made up of the lepers themselves, which remains permanently on tho islund. Molokai is usually the first land sight ed by steamers bound from San Francis co to Honolulu and it is separated from the Island of Oahu, on which Honolulu la situated, by a channel twenty-five miles wide. The location of the leper settlement Ir one of the most charming and beautiful ppots on the island. It has perennial ver dure, beautiful tropical foliage on every hide and is fanned by cool trade winds from the north. Perpendicular cliffs stretch from the ocean to a distance of 2000 feet or more up to the settlement, and the houses as seen from the water form a pretty village, all painted white and in good condition. The leper build ings Include a hospital, two churches, dwellings erected for the clergy, nurses nnd for Superintendent McVeigh and Dr. Goodhue. The leper colony consists of about 1000 persons, of whom about 700 are lepers with 300 of their relatives and friends who have voluntarily devoted tho remainder of their lives to the care of their loved ones. The lepers are never allowed to leavo the settlement on Molo kai, but the overseers, physicians and nurses can do so, -while visitors are only permitted to go there by authority of the Board of Health, which permit is only granted In exceptional cases. COLUSA, April 13.-About 1 o'clock yes terday morning a fire broke out in the American Hotel of Arbutkle and before the flames were controlled property amounting to $12,000 was destroyed. The fire was discovered by Government Sur veyors F. L. Warner and E. W. Glafcle. who were the only ones to save their property, consisting of surveying instru ments and their trunks. Mrs. C. D. Stan ton, wife of the hotel proprietor, who has been quite sick for some time, had to be taken from her bed and had a narrow escape. The losses sustained, by business men by the burning of the steamer Varuna, which occurred near Meridian a few weeks ago. have been fully paid by the Sacramento Transportation Company. Major P. J. Harney, general manager, ar rived yesterday evening and before he left to-day distributed nearly $3000. Hostelry at Arbuckle Blazes at Night and a Woman Nar rowly Escapes. HOTEL FIRE IMPERILS PROPRIETOR'S SICK WIFE PRINCE CHING SUCCEEDS YUNG Brother Dutton met the committee at the Baldwin home for boys, where Prince Kuhio talked to his countrymen and re ceived an ovation. Here some improve ments in sewerage and in new appliances were needed. Ample food is supplied by the Board, of Health, not by rations, but Dy requisition at the beginning of each month, and everything asked for was given. There was plenty of clothing, goods in bulk being made Into clothes at th« tailor shop conducted at the home. Except the use of the Goto medicine In bathing there is no regular system adopt- The committee visited the Bishop home for girls, where every opportunity was given the patients to state their wants and talk freely regarding their treatment. Mother Marianne reported that more hos pital accommodations would be • appre ciated, with a suitable residence for those patients who were blind. These had al ready been applied for by the superin tendent. Statements as to the value of Dr. Goto's medicine show that It seems to check the disease, although it is not a euro. from the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Hawaiian Leg islature, owing to the recent recommend ation made by the United States Senate committee that the whole settlement be turned over to the Federal Government. HONOLULU, April 7.-Much inter est has been shown In the visit just paid to the leper settlement on Molokai by a joint committee WASHINGTON. April 13.— The United States Supreme Court to-day decided the dhorce case of Llllie Winston vs. .Walker Winston, both of New York, in favor of the latter. The case involved the validity of s. decree granted Mrs. Winston by an Oklahoma tourt. which it was claimed h^d been granted her without a sufficient residence. The decree was not accepted by the New York courts, and to-day's dt> < ision upheld that view. Mrs. Winston marrlrd after securing; her decree and is now known as Mrs. Ludderu United States Supreme Court Decides That Decree Was Granted With out Sufficient Residence. OKLAHOMA DIVOHCE IS DECLARED INVALID With one exception all the boys said they got good food. The chief com plainant was an "awa" drinker named John Ahua, who did not like to have his pol pounded by boys and who wanted poi tv.ic.' a day and special clean casks for his own use. One other patient said the food was bad and the pol poor and ev erything wrong. At a meeting held of all the lepers a petition was presented asking for a raise lit clothing money from $10 to $16 a year; that the ration of palal allowed be In creased; that ten pounds of meat be giv en to each patient a week instead of sev en pounds, with mutton twice a month end a quarter of a cord of wood monthly. A full ration was also asked for all chil dren more than 5 years of: age. When asked whether they believed In Dr. Goto the lepers replied "Yes" In a loud chorus. One man said he had been cured by Dr. Goto and had remained cured for nine years. Fully a dozen others told how they had been cured by Dr. Goto, but the "cures" seemed only to have resulted in a check of the disease. All the lepers, however, placed absolute trust in Dr. Goto and wanted the Legis lature to send for him. Prince Kuhlo addressed the unfortun ate people and said he would use his best efforts to prevent the settlement passing. Into the control of the Federal Government. The manner In which they were treated now was like living in a paradise compared with the conditions to which leprous people elsewhere were subjected. The delegate said that the roost eminent physicians In foreign coun tries were still studying the disease, but had not yet discovered Its cure. He was in favor, however, of having physicians go to Molokai to study leprosy, hoping that they might thus be able to find some ed in the home to cure, the , disease. A few members of the legislative commit tee claimed to have found among the patients boys who had no symptoms of leprosy whatever. BELIEVE IN DR. GOTO. Thirty Years for Robbery. BUTTE, Mont.. April 13.— George How ard, alias Joe Kirby, convicted of taking part In the hold-up of the Burlington ex press near Homestake, was to-day sen tenced to thirty years in the penltentlar;-. The extreme penalty for the crime is twenty years, but the ten extra were added under the prior conviction act. Solano Grand Jury Named. VALLEJO. April 13.— The Grand Jury of Solano County for the current year has been empaneled at Falrfield. George Roe of Vallejo was named as. foreman and Godfrey Reuger of Benicla was Chosen secretary. F. P. Welnmann of Benlcia •was employed as expert to investigate the accounts of various county officers. WASHINGTON*. April 13.— Rear Admiral George F. Belknap, V. S. N.. retired, who die I at Pensaeola. Fla.. last Tuesday, was burled with military honors In the National Cem etery at Arlington to-day. PEKING. April 13.— A barroom row to day between German and Austrian sol Id dust and that this amount is induuVi: in the claims against the United States. Dis trict Attorney Hall will prepare a report on the case and submit it to the Attorney General at Washington. United States Official Investigates an Outrage Committed in Oregon. CHINESE MAKE DEMAND FOR LARGE INDEMNITY BUTTE. Mont., April 13.— A Miner spe cial from Columbia Falls, Mont., says that A. H. Eagan. superintendent of the Illinois Central, has arrived there and is organizing a party to go into the moun tains and search for the remains of his brother. Benjamin Eagan. formerly su perintendent of the Great Northern, who became lest and is believed to have per ished in the region about Belton while hunting deer last December. Eagan will enlist the aid of n\\ tne oldest and most experienced woodsmen he can secure in the Flathead country and If wild animals have not destroyed t the corpse of the missing man it is believed that the body will be found. The snow is fast leaving the mountains and the trails can now be traversed with safety. Superintendent Eagan will remain In the field with the searching party several weeks. There is a standing reward of $1000 for the recovery of Eagan's remains. Railroad Superintendent Is Believed to Have Perished in the Moun . tains of Montana. SEARCHING PARTY TO LOOK FOR BODY- OF MISSING MAN When the investigation began Knight lc't the city without stopping to draw his pay and he Is known to have gone west «>n a Union Pacific train. A reward will be offered for the recovery of the wife's body. The army regulations of 1901, they al lege, require that- the sentence of the court-martial shall state specifically whether Imprisonment shall be in a pen itentiary or a military post. They nay the sentence to hard labor Is in excess of the regulation. The writs are made re turnable In St. Paul May 4. horse late Saturday night, which he used to convey something from his home in this city. The police allege that he haul td away the body of his wife. To-day the police obtained possession of a letter written by Knight from Colum bus, Neb., to Mrs. Stiles, containing a sentence which they believe refers to Mrs. Knight having been poisoned. Mrs. Stiles and Dusenberry have refused to talk and the police are now making a search for the body of Mrs. Knight. ST. LOUIS. April 13.-Elght suits. In volving the liberty of twenty United States soldiers now imprisoned in the Lcavenworth penitentiary, were brought In the United States Court of Appeals to day. The contention of the soldiers Is that the sentences of the court-marial did not slate whether they, should be imprisoned at a military post or In a penitentiary and that their imprisonment at hard labor was directed. Allege Defects in the Sentences Be sulting in Their Impris onment. SOLDIER CONVICTS SUE TO REGAIN FREEDOM As already announced, the Attorney General is about to institute a separate suit against the San Antonio and Aran sas Pass Railroad for forfeiture of Its charter, because a majority of Its stock is held by the Southern Pacific Com pany, a corporation outside of the State, and for other stated reasons. Attorney General Bell has In his pos session a statement of the capital assets of the Southern Pacific Company, which was rendered on September 15, 1902. It Is known that there have been some trans fers of stock since that date, b,ut the sit uation with reference to that company still holding a majority of the stocks of other Texas roads which are involved In the proposed suit is unchanged. The statement also shows the amount of stocks held on the date mentioned by the Southern Pacific Company as fol lows: Galveston, Harrisburg and San An tonio, 270,544 shares; Texas and New Or leans, 49,975 shares; Houston and Texas Central, 1H.164 shares: Galveston, Hous ton and Northern. 1989; Houston, East and West Texas. 19.070; New York. Texas and Mexican. 6130; San Antonio and Aransas Pass, 42,294. Whether this suit against the South ern Pacific Company will be instituted immediately or not until after a final de cision has been rendered In the Northern Securities case by the United States Su preme Court could not be learned to-day. AUSTIN, Tex., April 13:— It was an nounced here to-day on semi-official au thority that as a direct result of the de cision of the United States Circuit Court in the Northern Securities case n suit of like character will be instituted in one of the Federal courts of Texas, by At torney General C K.-Bell against the Southern Pacific Company. The charge which Is to be made the basis of the prosecution In the proposed suit Is that the Southern Pacific Company, as a hold- Ing corporation, holds a majority of the stock of a number of railroads which are chartered and operated under the laws of this State. Special Dispatch to The Call. President Loubet, in the course of his speech at the banquet of the Bourse, said that economic crises were not only due to rpeolal legislation dealir.gr with the tariff bystcms. but were often the result of more general causts. AH Europe, he continued, was traversing a period of de gression, but France was less tried than the neighboring countries. By all working together for the local well being they Tvou!d contribute to the prosperity of the republic. From the banquet the President drove to Boreilay Park, about two miles out of the city, where an International ?rymnas ;ic festival was being held. He there dis tributed a number of decoration? to suc cessful competitors and presented a flag to the gymnastic society. President Loubet to-night gave a din ner at the Prefecture to the principal au thorities and notabilities of Marseilles. During the ceremonies at the Prefecture the Bishop of Marseilles ealuted M. Lou- Ik t an<] ppok*- of the Irreproachable con duct of the clergy of this city. He said they regarded religion as being necessary to the greatness and security of the coun try. The President in responding said the church had a mission of peace, fraternity and reconciliation. When it fulfills its mission, as did the clergy of Marseilles, the church gains the respect of all good citizens. A disorderly demonstration occurred on the route of the procession, when a party cf anti-Government Radicals cried "Down with Free Masonry." Three arrests were made. During the day M. I>subet made several speeches, mainly expressive of his s-turdy republicanism. , Only one minor disturbance was report «d. This was between a group of Social ist agitators and a number of adherents « f the army. Blows were exeliar.ged#and the police interfered. Six persons were injured, three of them rather seriously. MARSEILLES. April 13.-President Lou. bet arrived here to-day from Paris on his way to Algeria, after receiving continuous ovation? along the route. The Presiden tial party was met by the civil and mili tary authorities, and was escorted to the Prefecture, where an official reception na* held. A crowd estimated to» have i. lingered SOO.OOO persons packed the thor oughfares and gave the President an en thusiastic greeting. A grand banquet at the Bourse followed the reception. LOS ANGELES. April 13.-Tb.omas E. Gibbon, vice president of the San Ptdro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad and chief counsel for that corporation, who returned from the East Saturday, to-day gave out Information regarding the "three-cent fare" franchise application now pending before the Board of Public Works. Gibbon stated that he organized the syndicate which Is back of the appli cation for street railway privileges, cov ering the entire city of Los Angeles, dur ing hla extended stay in Eastern cities, and that about twenty well-known capi talists and railroad operators comprise the syndicate. Of these the only name* he would mention were those of United States Senator \V. A. Clark, president of the Salt Lake road; United States Sena tor Thomas Kearns of Utah. Richard Kerens of St. Louis and W. A. Elkin?, tha Philadelphia street railway magnate. "Practically all of the important stock holders In the Salt Lake road are Inter ested in the enterprise," said Gibbon. "The plans have been carefully formu lated by experienced railway operators and our application for a blanket fran chise la bona fide. The promoters mean business and are not here for the purposa of obstructing the progress of any com pany now operating here, other than by legitimate competition." Gibbon stated that the syndicate has not bought the Traction Company's prop erties and that It would operate Indepen dently, lie said that the plan to build a new system of street railways in this city had Its origin soon after the farr.oua "freight" franchise, for which Senator Clark was a bidder, was held up by the City Council about a year ago. The franchise matter will probably come up at the meeting of the Board of j Public \Vork3 next Friday afternoon. MANILA. April 13.— The warship Relna Christina, flagship of Admiral Montcio. v. hioh was sunk by Admiral Dewcy, was floated and beached yesterday. The skel etons of about eighty of her crew wete found in her hulk. One skeleton evidently was that of an officer, for It had a sword by its side. - There are fifteen shell holes in the hull of the Relna Christina, one made by ah eight-inch and the others small. The matin injection valve is missing, showing thai the ship was scuttled whe"n abandoned. The hull is tn fair condition. Captain Albert R. Couden; commanding the' naval station at Cavite, took charge of the remains of the sailors; expressing a desire to give them an American naval funeral. The Spanish residents, however, are anxious to ship the skeletons to Spain, and it is suggested that the United States transport Sumner convey them to Spain by. way of the Suez canal in June. A- wrecking company is endeavoring to raise all the sunken Spanish warships. Socialists Attempt to Start a Disturbance and Are Arrested. Remains May Be Conveyed to Spain by American , Transport, Stockholders in Clark's Road Want the Blanket Franchise. Alleges That It Holds Major ity of Stock of Other Railways. Eighty Dead Are Found on Warship Sunk by Dewey. Twenty Magnates Be hind Los Angeies Railway Plans. President of French Re public Is Given an Ovation. Regards Southern Pa cific as a Merger Company. Committee From the Territorial Legislature Gives the Sufferers an Opportunity to State Their Wants and Tell of the Treatment That Is Accorded Them TEXAS MAY SUE HARRIMAN ROAD LOUBET ARRIVES AT MARSEILLES SKELETONS MAN SPANISH HULK PROJECT RESTS ON BIG CAPITAL HAWAIIAN LAWMAKERS VISIT LEPER COLONY AT MOLOKAI OMAHA, Neb.. April 13.-The police are looking for Frank E. Knight, whose wife. they believe, was poisoned and then buried secretly. Mrs. Lucy Stiles and her son, Malyln . Dusenberry, are under arrest in connection with the alleged crime. Knight has been traced westward to North Platte and is believed- to be making his way to Wyo ming, where Iive3 Jennie Dusenberry with whom he Is alleged to have been in clandestine correspondence. Last niRht Mrs. Knight disappeared suddenly and neighbors asked the police tc make an investigation. Her husband said the woman had gone to South Oma ha to prepare a home, to which they would move shortly, Knight being em ployed In a packing-house there. Fur ther Investigation showed that Mrs. Knight had not gone to South Omaha It was learned also that - Knight had bor rowed from Dusenberry a wagon and Charge on Which Omaha Police Seek Frank Knight. POISONS WIFE AND HIDES BODY To- Cure a Cold In One Day Take Laxative Brotno Quinine Tablets. All druj?gl»ts refund the money If It falls to cure. E. w. Grove's signature !• on each box. 23c. • SAN JOSE. April 13.— The old Chapman quicksilver mine, beyond Oak Hill Ceme tery, which has been lying idle since 1878. was sold to-day to a Boston and New York syndicate, and it- is said that work v/ill be at once resumed, the new com pany proposing to spend $100,000 in mak ing improvements and repairs. The mine was once the property of Thomas Bell, the deceased San Francisco milionaire. Syndicate. Buys an Old Mine. ECZEMA, NO CUBE, NO PAY. Your druggist will refund your money If PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure Ringworm. Tetter, Old Ulcers and Sores, Plmplea and Blackheads on the face, and all skin diseases. 60 cents. • WASHINGTON, April 13.— Summer post office at Vichy Springs, Cal.. will open May 1. Army orders: Second Lieutenant William E. Goolsby, Twenty-first In fantry, Is ordered to the General Hospital at the Presidio of San Francisco for treatment. Captain Julius A. Penn. Sev enth Infantry, Is detailed as a member of the examining board at San PYanclsco, vice Captain Ralph H. Vandeman, Twen ty-first Infantry, relieved. Of Interest to People of the Coast. evacuating Newchwang, Manchuria, by the fact- that they are organizing an In ternational sanitary .commission with a Russian at the head of It to prevent a recurrence of the outbreak of the bubonic plague. 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