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\u25a0 WASHINGTON, : : Oct. • 26.— About : fifty members' of : the. Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite Masons,' In .biennial -session here, called on President Roosevelt to-day They, were introduced Individually by Rep resentative Richardson Of Tennessee, their recently j elected > sovereign" { grand v- com mander.- The President had. a few words to \u25a0 say to each : of i them, \u25a0 and j to ! some of the '.Western '• members" referred'* 1 to •- his" hunting, trips In' their States..: *'-.'.'\u25a0•< .'':'-: Masons \u25a0' Visit the President. DETROIT, Mich., ' Oct. 26.— The condi tion of Miss Blanche Bates, who has been ill with typhoid-malaria at Grace Hospi tal in this city since she came here as the star in "Under Two Flags" a month ago. is such as to cause alarm. She suffered a relapse "last Wednesday.- and has not rallied .from its- effect as her physicians expected she would. The fever . has sap ped her- strength to such an extent that she- can recover only after a long, harri struggle. : Dr. W. R. McLarn, who has charge of the case, said to-nisrht that Miss Bates was 'resting comfortably, and he hopes that to-morrow will bring a change for the better in her condition. Miss Bates' mother has not left her, bedside »lna» »h» was. taken sick, , » r, , Expected Change for the Better" in •'\u25a0; Her Condition Has Not ; Occurred. BLANCHE BATES' ILLNESS CATJSES SOME ALARM PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 26.— Two more bodies have been recovered from the ruins of Hunt, Wilkinson & ; Co.'s ibuilding, which was . yesterday . destroyed by fire, making the number of known dead twen ty-one. The bodies are so badly charred as to be unrecognizable. It will be several: days before the num ber of fatalities can be definitely deter mined, 'r Up to % this i- time the police and 'firemen have the names' of eighteen peo ple, (including a_- number . of , women, who are unaccounted* for: " In ' order to ' deter mine "the numbed- of missing.* officials of the -Department of • Public -.Safety began a systematic search to-day of all the hos pitals and homps of the: employes of the firm. To facilitate the work of recovering and identifying the dead a meeting of the firm i and the employes .was • held this morning. \u25a0\u25a0* The members also met the fire marshals and building inspectors to dis cuss the -cause .of - the fire. \u25a0• . . Philadelphia Authorities Make .Vig orous Efforts to Locate Persons Who Are Missing. \u25a0 ' : ; MOBE BODIES* ITHJND IN RTJINS AFTER FIRE SIOUX FALLS.' S. D., Oct. 26.— Judge Jones td-day .dissolved the marriage ex isting between Mr. and -M/s. Fred Geb hardt, granting a divorce; to the wife on her crossbill of complaint. Both parties are given liberty to remarry and Mrs. GebHardt Is awarded $1000 for, costs and attorney; fees.- '. .•-.'\u25a0•.'.' / jGebhardt filed a suit for. divorce . from his wife,- formerly Miss Morris of Balti more) on", September 30 last. He alleged tiiat she willfully deserted him' in Sep tember,* 1899. ,Mrs. Gebhardt arrived here to-day and immediately filed a crossbill in which she "denied the alleged desertion and asserted- that her husband In 1899 sent her away from his home to the home of his niece at Newport and that he had then taken 'up. bis -residence at the Wal dorf-Astoria in New York, where he re mained until tils removal to South Da kota. - - ' • •- At the hearing to»day:Mrs. Gebhardt's allegations were corroborated by the tes timony of her mother and brother. Judge Jones decided- that Mrs. Gebhardt's charges were sustained and granted the decree accordingly. * Rear Admiral Taylor was the original selection of Secretary Long for Chief of the Bureau of Navigation and the olllce was tendered to him wnen it became va cant through th.e retirement of Rear Ad miral Ramsay. War. was then threaten ing and the president of the Naval War College urged his claim for sea duty, and he received command of the battleship Indiana. - . • - Secretary Long In making the an nouncement explained that the selection of Rear, Admiral Crowninahleld as the next commander of the European station was in conformity with the request of that officer that he be given a flag com mand before his retirement for age In March, 1905. - Rear Admiral Bartlett J. Cromwell, who now commands the European station, will retire from active service on February 9. Rear Admiral Sampson retires on the same date. -,.:,. - CALL BUREAU. 1408 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Oct- 26.— Rear Ad miral A. S. C.rownlnshleld, Chief of ths Bureau of Navigation, who since the close of the Spanish war and the advent of the Schley case before the public has been a shining mark for criticism as -head of an alleged "naval clique," Is to be supersed ed as chief of the bureau by Rear Ad miral H. C. Taylor, now a member of the general board. of which Admiral Dewey la president. »Thls change, which was fore casted in the Call, was officially confirmed this afternoon by the formal announce ment that Rear Admiral Crowninshleld had been selected to command the Euro pean station, and that Rear Admiral Tay lor would succeed him in the Bureau of Navigation. As the change will not taka place until next March there Is warrant for the statement'that Us early announce ment is made to forestall any criticism which may arise over the outcome of the* Schley court of Inquiry, an investigation which is popularly supposed to have been largely inspired by the Navigation 3u- Rear Admiral Taylor Named for Bureau of Navigation. Cross- Complaint Secures I for Her , an Early Divorce. ; MRS. GEBHARDT GIVEN DECREE WILL SUCCEED CROWNINSHIELD WASHINGTON. Oct. 26.— General Chaf fe« has recommended to the War Depart ment that Lieutenant Russell T. Hazzard, FIret Cavalry, commanding the Macabebe Scouts, be given V- niedal of honor for entering the camp of the. insurgents with a few scouts at night in order "to effect the capture of a deserter, which he ac coxn;li£hed. Deserves a Medal of Honor. Concord to Believe Iowa. , WASHINGTON. jOct. 26.— The Navy De partment, has decided to send- the gunboat Concord Instead of the cruiser Philadel phia to Panama to relieve the battleship Iowa, so that the last named vessel may proceed down to the Chilean coast, and dock for. necessary repairs. W r hen • the Philadelphia-.returnedto the Mare Island yard from her recent cruise along the Pa cific Coast she was found to. be in need of immediate repairs, which it would. take some time to complete, - Repair work on the \u25a0 Concord at the . same j yard is ' being hurried and she will be ready to; sail for Panama on November 2. ......_•, :.-" .>.: x Recruits Needed- at . Manila. r WASHINGTON, Oct. ; . 26.— A cablegram hasbeenTrecelyed at, the .War Department from General -Chaffee, asking that 600 re cruits be; sent 'at. once* to Manila to fill vacancies In several regiments. = General Chaffee reports that the effective strength of the army in Northern Luzon is 8000 less now than en January l. "r •; \u25a0 . ;.'- • \u25a0•-,' NEW TORK, Oct.' 26.— The Herald : has exposed the New England Wireless Tele graph and Telephone Company. This con cern has as one of its figureheads James N. Houston; who was "United- States Treasurer under President Harrison, but who felt forced -. to resign by reason of misunderstandings with Harrison. Hous ton's name and former official post are duly exploited on the stationery of the Wireless Telegraph Company. Thomas B. Bishop is the company's president The Herald Bhows that he has been identified with- several questionable enterprises. Including a bucket-shop for women. The New England Wireless Tele graph Company has been filling Eastern newspapers with glittering prospectuses. The institution has its headquarters in delightfully furnished offices in Philadel phia. • Just before the recent yacht races Bishop .tried to induce Associated Press bulletins by the obsolete Dolbear wireless system. In- a contest at law Marconi has shown that Dolbear has no standing as an inventor of the system of wireless telegraph that/ employs a "coherer." Nevertheless this wireless company has been selling stock rapidly, of late and em ploys a large corps of typewriters to an swer huge correspondence. Manager Stone of the Associated Press repudiated " Bishop's system and used Marconi's exclusively at first, but Bish op's tug. with a wireless outfit . aboard, succeeded In Interfering .with Marconi's transmission by setting up cross currents. The Associated PreBS realized it could send no satisfactory bulletins on account of this Interference and was compelled to make terms with Bishop. The latter took advantage of this and exploited his yacht race reports as an advertisement. - The Herald felt compelled to expose the meth ods of Bishop's company., . . -. Special Dispatch to The Call, Tne father is willing to have the body brought to Cleveland for burial, but the matter lies with Waldeck. and until word Is received from him the father Is at a Iosj as to a statement for publication. The elder Czolgosz • said he expected a letter from Waldeck to-<Jay, but the mail facili ties will not permit the delivery of a letter from Auburn earlier *han Sunday morn ing, if not Monday morning. r Regarding the place of interment of the body of the assassin. It can be stated on authority that if he dies repentant his body will be given what is known as a Christian btirial, that Is. burial In conse crs.ted ground: but further than this no religious services will be accorded him, an! no church public services can be held ov.»r his body. His is what is known as an "extraordinary" case, and the Bishop of the diocese has Jurisdiction over it. £•}'. The father has from the first beeu de- Eiro.is of bringing the body of tne assas- Fin "o Cleveland for burial, and Waldeck Czolgosz and Thomas Bandowski went Eas-: to arrange for that. Although no ar rangements for the interment have been mace, the father says he will bury the as sassin's body in Cleveland, If he has to buy a lot outside of a cemetery and form a cemetery of his own. Up to noon to-day Paul Czolgosz, the father of the assassin, had received no worl from his son, Waldeck, who is now at Auburn. N. Y.. In consultation with the prison authorities In reference to the dis position of the body of the assassin after his electrocution. CLEVELAND, Oct. 26.— Although the brother and brother-in-law of Leon Gzol gosz, the murderer of. President McKlnley, have been at Auburn, N. Y. f about a day nothing has been heard from them by Paul Czolgosz, the assassin's father, and he does not yet know whether he will see his coomed son alive a grain cr not. "If the boy wants to see me, and the police will let me see him, I will go there at once," eaid the father through an inter preter. Wh=n Czohjosz's brother left the prison this afternoon he stated that no decision had t«en made as to the disposition of the assassin's body after execution. He said, however, that It would not be taken to Cleveland. AUBURN. X. T. t Oct. 26.— Czolgosz's broth«.T, Waldeck, and a brother-in-law arrived at the prison gate this morning. The farmer was admitted, but the Warden was not satisfied as to the latter's iden tity, and he was not allowed to enter. It is believed that the visit had something to do with the claiming of the remains of the assassin after his electrocution. New York. Herald Ac cuses Wireless Tele graph Concern. Relatives of Czolgosz Pay a Visit to Auburn Prison. Unions Make Complaint to President Roose velt. \S'% : WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-Jamea.O*Con n'ell, president, \u25a0 and Hugh Doran- and James A. . Reynolds, members of the ex ecutive board of the International Asso ciation of Machinists, had a talk with the President to-day about labor- matters. O'Connell made to the President some statements regarding the" strike of .the machinists in San Francisco; charging the Government work is being done poorly by the employment' of inferior workmen. in place of strikers. •'. ...-. " '.The President asked that O'Conriell pre pare and submit to him a statement of the facts in the case. — ;- '- • -. ' Senator Cullom and . Representative Hopkins of Illinois saw the President to day. The former was accompanied by Thomas C.McMillen of Chicago, who pre sented to the President the resolutions adopted by the American Missionary, As sociation approving 1 the course of the President in inviting Booker T.WashJng ton to dine with him. The President re ceived the resolution and thanked the'as sociation for its kind expressions. - Hopkins, who is a member of the House Committee on Ways and Means, is op posed to the agitation for- the further \u25a0 re duction' of internal revenue taxes for the purpose of reducing the surplus. He be lieves i the expenses oi the Government will increase, especially. If an isthmian ca nal is built, and that the present is a poor time to cut off any revenue producing taxes. ' •. \u25a0>-.\u25a0-- \u25a0 . Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore had a talk with President Roosevelt - to-day by appointment. \u25a0 He -.was I accompanied by Father T. J. Stafford of this city. , They decline to make public the purpose of the conference. : . ' « .' Secretary Boot, General Francis V. Greene and Commander Cowles ate lunch eon with the President to-day. \u25a0 Lay Claim to Adams': Estate. KANSAS CITY, Oct. 26— Johann Hubert Wisner and his sister, ! Mrs. Andrew F. Faschian, of San Francisco, have \ laid claim to the $100,000 estate of. Dr. Charles Adams, a pioneer physician, who, they as sert, was their half-brother. Adams died in August, 1899, leaving no will, and so far as. known no blood relations. •/, Various claims 'were filed, against the estate, but none of the claimants until now has al leged^kinship.',. . • .- If You Live in a Den That : is- decorated' with . pictures framed in our. newest effects in moldings you will be enamored of your surroundings..; .We have received some new '* : shipments 6f the daintiest narrow moldings imaginable in bone \u25a0 ebonies; gilts,", light f and dark | oaks and cherry, green and brpwn birches,-. with matboards in every tint and color to suit your fancy; 'i Sanborn, Vail &. Co.V 7U Mar ket street. - , , ; •-.-..\u25a0.;-. \u25a0\u25a0•-. • LABOR LEADERS AT WHITE HOUSE SAYS COMPANY IS FRAUDULENT PLAN TO BURY ASSASSIN'S BODY - NEW YORK,v^ Oct . 26.-^Marquia. Ilo; Dr. ! 2.: ; KoyomaVv S: * Tokloka : and ? H: • Fyruya will sail on the.Ryndamito-day for Hol laneuv: -^ %" ; ' -r,..-^rr:^ \u25a0: •\u25a0\u25a0..•.'\u25a0; v---i*- Marquis %%9 SaiJs, f or ; Holland. ' DENVER^ rOct.v:26^-MIke VUle, an Italian.^to-night shot* John : Hjelni,' Qscar Hill and \u25a0 W. " J.TPreeman' in aquarrel over the ownership of a • saloon at f Nineteenth aaid New Haven - streets: Hjelm , will : die and ; the' others i are' seriously:, wounded. Vitte" wa"B ] arrested."" He ."clalmB' the men [were tryinsito swindle him, -"V -. Italian Shoots Three Hen. WASHINGTON, I " Oct; 1 26. .— President; Roosevelt will be 43 years old to-morrow". According to : the' % c\istom: of » the ;family, the event wilLbe celebrated .with -a dinner; in which the chlldrenjwill participate. ,,*, President's ; Birthday TbrDay. . \u25a0 SALT LAKE, "Utah, '\u25a0 Oct. 26.-A bad cave-In -occurred: in" the --Highland Boy mine, near here,. last night; Jn which" four miners were entombed. After working for twelve '.hours' rescuers : succeeded In reaching and getting two of , the men out alive. "The other two miners are still en tombed. ! They are still alive, "However,'. f or their signals can be heard quite "distinctly, by- trie rescuers, who «are bending every effort to reach their comrades. .-'. - - Entombed by a^Cave-In. WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.— The Navy De : partment has relected; Lieutenant'.Com- mander Southerland ' to^ succeed*; Captain C. C. Todd as chief hydrographer of . the navy," and orders have been, issued detach ing him from -the command 'of the Do! . Commander ; Southerland has ' come 1 to be regarded as an expert in hydrographic work. He ! mada : the^ most definite survey "yet had of the mouth of the Amazon, arid, although S the ' work . was * conducted B from the Dolphin ,wlth: great <.dlfflculty,-.owinif; to -tlie/ lack -oIn suitable' appliances, am* the constant heavy, swell on .the bar ,*> that obstacla^to .navigation ; was successfully and accurately-charted, a work of much value ,to ; commerce. ;' "While i in ' commanrl of the Dolphin, since that vessel has been laid up at Boston for, repairs Commander Southerland has been serving in the Navy "Department, ad ; naval '• aidr to Secretary Long.* Lieutenant Commander- Albert Qleaveshas been ordered to the command ,o« the Dolphin. - \u25a0_ -\V->--;. ."\u25a0 \u25a0 .' . COMMANDER '\ SOUTHEBLAND .' ; 1 : C5HIEF ; HYDE-OQRAPHER ' ALBANY,^ N. Oct. .26.— Justice pD: Cady Herrlck; of the Supreme Court,' to day denied- the application of-the Ameri can. Ice Company and Charles W. Morse, its ; president, for writs of-' absolute .pro hibition to restrain the Attorney - General from continuing, the proceedings '- against the American . Ice Company, -to ascertain If it has violated the State anti-trust law. The decision of Judge Herfick will be ap pealed, to the Appellate Division arid "to the Court of Appeals. \u25a0 ;•\u25a0 t ~ .> . Court' Denies the. Application. To-day Assistant Secretary Taylor re scinded this letter, and further instructed the board to admit the Earl unless other reasons for exclusion' man his conviction In England- should appear.. Taylor pointed out that Earl Russejl had been granted a divorce -by I an American .. court, under which grant he i.wasiat liberty to marry again, and that in so marrying he was guilty of.no crime against the, laws of the United States or the, State. ' ; ; ,'. : - " WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.— Earl Russell, who was convicted by the House .of Lords of bigamy for marrying, a second wife in this country after he had been granted a divorce in Nevada, is \u25a0 free to enter- this country if he bo desires. .Assistant Secretary Taylor of the Treas ury, who has general jurisdiction -over im migration; matters, '. so "de'cided to-day; overruling the Commissioner of Immigra tion. :" On Wednesday the latter, upon the representation of "Horace J. Smith of Philadelphia; who Is understood to be a relative of the Earl's wife, that Earl Rus sell had been convicted of bigamy and was not admlssable under the laws ex cluding persons convicted of crime or mis demeanor:- "Involving .moral, turpitude," transmitted Smith's complaint' to • "the Board -of Special Inquiry af Ellis' Island, New York, for its information in"cotse he was detained upon his arrival there by the inspector. ' . ' V Power's sat pale and motionless when the verdict -was 7 announced by the fore man, B. S. t Calevert, his old schoolmate. Opposite Powers," oh the other side of the courtroom with the attorneys, sat Arthur Goebel, brother of the late Senator and Governor, with' his, efes fixed on ..the prisoner. \u25a0-.. \u25a0\u25a0';'--\u25a0 : .:"' \u25a0','\u25a0 ''\u25a0" ' '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 ' t,- :" ; '' The attorneys /of : Powers, shook ;hls hand, expressing aloud their belief In: his innocence. Women crowded around Pow ers, embracing and i kissing him, ; and tears were shed- The defense having filed a motion for a 'new "trial, Judge Cantrill heard arguments /immediately, on the petition. , •:\u25a0•\u25a0- ', -. ' \u25a0..'..\u25a0\u25a0-•. ' ' • ;\u25a0\u25a0 . . The motion for a ; new. trial was over ruled, and ; the case will be appealed. The judgment is - suspended ; pending : the \u25a0 de cision of the 1 higher tribunaK Powers was taken to Frankfort 4 on an^evening.tralu and committed \u25a0 to jail without ball. GEORGETOWN, Ky.,, Oct. 26— Ex T Sec retary of State Caleb Powers was to-day again convicted as ; accessory before the fact, to the murder of T Governor, William E; Goebel ifi January, 1900', and the second time sentenced to imprisonment for life. The second trial began October 8 and has continued with three sessions- daily', court adjourning: late - each' i*ig-l>t.-v-> The present term of court .expired to-night. Arguments were limited, so- that the case went to the jury at. 2 .o'clock^this after noon and a verdict of guilty soon,; fol lowed..- 'V"i'': :" - .'!'" : \'--' " \u25a0 " \u25a0\u25a0;\u25a0"» •\u25a0"-.\u25a0 Peer Convicted of Biga my Not Barred From , America. Convicted a Second Time for the Murder of % Goebel. EARL RUSSELL FREE TO ENTER CALEB POWERS IS FOUND GUILTY THE, SAN FRANOlseO CALL; SUNDAY^: OCTOBER 27; 1901. 21 • - * .-.-.* •'.-\u25a0 . San Francisco. Sunday, 27 October, 1901. ' " . ~ ." . ' * | r _ Price, woo : ti4<gv$5Q;nin>. -^.\u25a0lliKlftiSllilb -\u25a0 ,' firiii^s^iil "IMp^,- - At center, is 15 by 25 inches, and mirror back and lat- '/weathered oak Measures 52 inches^ high. .,« - || ' Z% " high. 60 inches wide and 20 inches deep. French N Ul*Tf*£* IS Si I (ill 'ice front door? Tu-n email cilv^ru-ar^ inches wide, IQ inches deep. Two small drawers \W :^^^ : - \u25a0 ' - +\u25a0 bevel mirror in top 10 by 26 inches. Two eood- . Jtf I ld/9 *pO\J»%J\J andlawIii?e?drawJr • • \u25a0 ' for silverware and a large one for linen. China 9^ V;r ; f >K ', \f^J\ si zed "drawers in center. -,with cabinets .-\u25a0 below. \u25a0- \u25a0 " ' ~- ' . §3 . , : !_ • closet at each end with odd shape glass doors. :% ' , . • ; — JJ ... . \u25a0-.\u25a0\u25a0. Chinaclosetat eachend 17 by 36 inches, with Selected oak in the new golden brown finish. • ? - ~ " ~"~ ~ ~_ ** .". T\ • <J*f Q f\f\ \u25a0 v • mirror back's andjlatticed^glass doors and. sides. Measures 52 inches high, 43 inches wide and 18 r,v~ fc'MTi'" ' L \u25a0»\u25a0"— »— ™™—— \u25a0"** i rr^M l -^gres •\u25a0\u25a0-."•- -. WT*ICC \}\J "* — '\u25a0 ~ — ~~ • ' "°* inches deep. Two small drawers for silverware 1-,-r-^^^ 1^ 1 !^^^; _^!U1~__ j_^^ TJ5X£^B|£S--y5r?Q ' \u25a0 - : '"•' *^* 9 fcj#.*v^»>r\r '• ., ' . '-,'\u25a0 and a large swell front drawer for linen. French J --.-vVg ;^^i^^y;?V ni '.^ > i '|_^ 11 ""T^^^J . '*'\u25a0* TZ \u25a0 \u25a0 — : — \u25a0— : : ' ?2 '\u25a0 ' . "">\u25a0"" ''.'.' ' : \u25a0'• '-' \u25a0' \u25a0'••' bevel plate mirror in top 9 by 36 inches, with j|k k p*Tcr~ "~T^1^" ""7~=T-f ip=^F^w7^Wir J= ===^^=== jj f(^ ? .....* .. ." Built of. selected oak, finished golden color. "... _._'_• . .,..;..: ?.. .. ,-: .'.... <• -..' narrow shelf above. - ' i? K^yi^iP^r^3 &§3^^^^^^^i '• *M '"\u25a0 \u25a0"- Measures 63 inches hjgh, 44 inches- wide and 18 T ,- V •..-.\u25a0• r ,\u25a0 - • We also have this buffet in "weathered" oak at \ ' ISiBBH^iW^tt X W-fW^TV\^fkrk % ' Tl ' " '\u25a0 : " •\u25a0' \u25a0 inches deep. The china closet portion in top •.\u2666...--'.-. v -- '...:• ." ' . : the same price. $30.00. '--. . . \u25a0 • -\u25a0„ • \ \mMrW\\AA P ?¥PwMAf\il \u25a0.'-.".:\u25a0" '. -, measures 12 by 22 inches, and has a French bevel \u25a0• '\u25a0\u25a0 '_\u25a0 / -\u25a0\u25a0 v - ' ; , . . '• -.. 52 ll ! .| • |^g gjLJLJLJliiJl^l: ' XjX^J^^M^^, y !•' I^S .-'•.\u25a0\u25a0- \u25a0 '-- '-.:\u25a0 plate mirror back and colonial lattice front class .-. : ' \u25a0 . . ti^3**tx*&Bummaea3ua^mK^^BMma^^^^^Mm~m——*. ' . Golden oak, $125.00 - - <\u25a0 l8iHi 'P$W§um^M jw u i n A splendid piece of modern furniture, in Colonial de" (V : &^jS^^^^il^ffM WealnCrCa OF gOlfleil OftR closet portion in too has leaded glass doors lid miSSJ - • / - Y\^^ f^t** A »ta M ii "weathered" and Rol den oak. Measures 51 wches b«f . fc back. The lower portion consists of four drawers and two :."-• ... - V - 111^1% liDl fl CTl I"l3 LC , AVCTlllC inches wide. Contains plenty of space in the shape of draw- larffe wine cabinets. * . \u25a0 ' ' , * '. • X/UIJ* \J|\/JLVl%/JLi \u25a0 ,XJ|fc*%»^^-^ JHL \u25bc %/AJL**W» _ I ers and cabinets for linen, silverware, % wine, etc. Price $85.00. J