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STANDARD OIL
DOES POLITICS
It Enters Campaign Against
... Congressman Mann, Who
Antagonized the Company
COMPLAINT IN HOUSE
legislative, Executive and
Judicial Bill, Calling for
: $30,000,000, Put Through
."VCAEHIJsGTON. March 30.— The Hou«e
-today passed the legislative, executive
"afad Judicial approprtatlon bill carrying
$30,000,0)0, after considering the measure
.tyvo -/weeks. ".\
' The feature. of today's proceedings wa§
• tlie elimination of the age limit of clerks.
. a ' provision which created much discus
sion and which Incited the light against
the bill. The bill as pacsed carries near-
Ijr $700,000 less than the last appropriation
bjll for similar purposes. .
JThe legislative bill was taken up lm
tnfedlately after *the reading; of the cal
endar. When section 8 was reached,
classifying j^rsons over 65 years . and
•-xhaklr.g a horizontal reduction In salaries
•after that age, Keifer of Ohio made a
point of order and was sustained.
The committee, having completed the
reading of the bill, proceeded to Insert
th< several items against which points
j bad been made previous to the passage
, of the rule -prohibiting points of order.
I . Criticism of the Standard Oil Company
TOT participation in politics was made by
Mann' of Illinois. He recited the fact
that he had made reports and had had
V.harge of several bills in the past aimed
.."at this company, ar.d that now the com
piuijr .was endeavoring to retaliate by ac
tivity against him in his district.
The House completed and passed the
ksrifclative. executive and Judicial bill at
.u/o'clock,. u /o'clock, when it adjourned until to
• iH arrow.
EXPERT CHEMISTS
ARE COMING HERE
Will 3lake a Soil Survey of
.: the Upper Sacramento
Valley.
Epeciai Dispatch to Th» Call.
WASHIXGTON". March 30.— Secretary
"Wilson has notified Senators Perkins and
flint that in response to the request of
the Sacramento Valley Improvement Ae
fcbciation"~lie will send expert chemists
of" the Agricultural Department to make
a soil survey of the Upper Sacramento
Valley and especially In the vicinity of
Red Bluff.
FREE ALCOHOL MEASURE
FAVORED BY COMMITTEE
- Deddea to Report It to the House
by a Large Ma
jority.
"-. WASHINGTON, March 30. — The
' " House committee on ways and means
• -toda.y authorized a favorable report on
tfee- free alcohol bill. The vote on the
: bill was 16 to 2. Dalzell of Pennsyl
vania and Grosveaor of Ohio voting
• . .against it.
, -.'The bill was reported as prepared by
-^'O.e. sub-committee and Introduced by
. \'Cfca.trnian Payne. It provides that be
ginning three months after its passage
" domestic alcohol of such degree of
' .' • proof as may be prescribed by the Com
\u25a0;' xnlssioner of Internal Revenue and ap
••; proved by the Secretary of the Treas
ury, may be withdrawn from bond
without the payment of internal rev
•" enu« tax for use in the arts and Indus
tries ' and for fuel, light and power,
provided it shall have been mixed
In the presence of and under
•the direction of an authorized
; Government officer before with
; ••'drasiral with denaturing materials suit
able to the use for which the alcohol is
•'• withdrawn, but which destroys its char
\u25a0 ' acter as a beverage and renders it
unfit for liquid medicinal purposes.
• -A penalty of five years' imprisonment
apd $5000 fine is imposed for either re
„. distillation or the use of any process
to render the alcohol so withdrawn
Salable as a beverage or for medl
cir.al purposes. There Is appropriated
$25ff,000 for the employment of such ad
ditional force of chemists as may be
• ' necessary to the Internal Revenue
Bureau to administer the act.
NEW OVERTtnES WILL
aSESSS BE MADE BY COLOMBIA
Ifcr*>lre> ta Conduct Kurtbrr Aecotla
tions Kpsrnrellns: Mrnln«-d Hf!a
• . tlonai Wllh Atnrrica.
WASHINGTON. March v TO.— The an
nouncement at the Colombian legation
that Mr. Mendoza, the Colombian Min
ister, will return to Washington from
New York early next week is regarded
in diplomatic circles as an indication
that he intends to conduct further ne
gotiations with Washington regarding
the strained relations between Colom
bia and the United States.
It wns freely predicted that Mr. Men
dozs.» wa? about to leave the United
i States, but it is now believed that he
\u25a0V-^s. .some new proposition to lay be
fore Secretary Root.
Atrref. on Antl-Hazlns: Bill.
. . WASHIXGTON, March SO. — The con
ferees on the anti-hazing bill for the
Anuapolis Naval Academy reached a
complete agreement today. The agree
ment retains the House substitute, with
p.rt amendment lo the first section. ThlJ
section provides for the dismissal of
midshipmen from the academy by the
superintendent for other causes . than
hazfnp. The amendment agreed to in
conferenre stipulates that when an !s
t.ue is raised between th<; fpeclflcatlons
of dismissal and the answer of the mid
shipmen.lt shall be determined by a
epecial board of inquiry. This does
not apply.- however, to the question
.raised -in the record of the midshipmen
disclosed by demerits.
>lil!lon« for Federal BuUdlnga,
WASHINGTON. March SO.— The Houso
romlnlttee. on public buildings and
grounds today agreed to report a pub
lic .building bill carrying appropria
tions aggregating $20,000,000. The de
liflls of the • bill are not fully com
pleted, and the. committee voted to re
frain from disclosing the projects to
be'iricluded In the measure until the re
port is finally completed, which will be
In about ten days.
Darl* Advocate* the Contract Plaa.
. WASHINGTON. March ?o.— The con
tract *lan for the. building of the isth
mian canal wa« strongly advocated by
General G. W. Davis before the Senate
committee today. Generally speaking,
said General Davis, foreign" contractors
•were better able to take, over works'
•of this character than American con
tractors.
Do JVot Ml«* Thin.
Oozne wi'.h uf to Mexico on special April 10.
Tou ~-*r£U •«« ere«t Easter fiesta. Chapultepec.
trees which 6b«ltere<l Montexnma. America**
largest catacomb*. Return by .Grand Canyon.
Ticket extended If desired. Better reserve berth
now and cefiolder at 613 Market »treM.— ••\u25a0-
ETHIOPIAN YOUNG MAN
DAZZLES POLICE COURT
JAMES C. CRAWFORD
From all Quarters of the Hall of Jus
tice flocked servants of the municipal
ity to graxe at Claude Ghirtharttze as he
awaited examination In- Police Judge
Mogan's court, and when satiated with
the rare ' eye feast they telephoned to
their relatives and friends to come
quickly and enjoy it. the result being
a procession of gaping- humankind that
kept the main door constantly aswlng
and two bailiffs busily engaged In pre
venting a blockade and preserving
order. ;';J .- .
All concerned were satisfied with the
experience. Connoisseurs, of the art
sartorial declared that even a brief
glimpse of Mr. Ghirtharttze's ensemble
would be more than compensatory of
any sacrifice essential to obtaining It.
and Mr. G. himself obviously relished
his role of cynosure. Indeed It was
evident that he had deliberately ar
rayed himself to compel ocular atten
tion and that the more glances he at
tracted the greater was his reward. So
he sat at ease and calmly met. the
stares bestowed upon him by the pass-
Ing throng.
He was full-blood- Ethiopian, age
about 25 years; figure, straight and
slim; facial expression, pleasing. But
it was his personal adornments that
held the beholder's eye. Kls closely
fitting sack coat and sharply-creased
trousers were a brilliant blue, his vest
was of white flowered silk, his high
collar an immaculate white, his rhlne
stone-deckedNieckscarf a glaring crim
son, and his low-cut shoes were of light
tan, tied with green silken ribbons and
surmounted by black-and-white
checkered hosiery. The shoe strings
were fastened at the bottom In wide
bows.
In one hand he negligently dandled a
white fedora hat with a deep .black
band. The other hand held a. slender
cane, with which he occasionally
flecked a dust speck -from his attire.
To a wide lapel of his coat was pinned a
poppy nestling amid maidenhair ferns.
From a breast pocket of the same gar*
ment lolled a corner of a- yellow silken
handkerchief, while from side pockets
protruded a purple and an orange ditto.
He sat at ease In the front row of the
auditorium with his right- crossing his
left leg. When called to the : stand he
responded with languid grace, and
when requested to sit in the witness
chair he hitched up his pantaloons ere
he obeyed, thus preserving the knife
like «rease and at the same time dis
playing his garish pedalornamentatlon.
"When enjoined to tell nothing. but- the
truth he held up a-hand on every. finger
of which glistened as- many golden
bands as could be squeezed* below the
knuckle. - - •' - \u25a0 • \u25a0 \u25a0 - .
"Ah ain't no vag," he said r when Pa
trolman Sullivan had formally accused
him of vagabondage. VAh'm a makah
ob wiah frames fo* ladles', hats en Ah
wuks fo' Mlstah Finn .at. 597 Mission
street"- . :. \u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0&.:.> '\u25a0,
"But,!' said the Judge, "the policeman
says you are are conspicuously, In evi
dence every night on the.Barbary Coast
and that your dazzling make-up.inter
feres with the business of certain dance
halls."-;: £?J&* .-.'.'
"Efc how?" queried the" defendant, and
the officer replied to the court's Inquiring
look by stating that Mr. Ghirtharttze's
entrance to a temple of terpslchore had
such, distracting effect upon the dusky
6lrens there employed as to incapacitate
them for any task other than that of gaz
ing at him In speechless admiration.
These suspensions of business were very
annoying to the. floor managers and bar
directors, and it was not until Mr. Ghir
tharttze had repeatedly Ignored their re
quest that he stay away that they com
plained at him as a pest.
Then he gave evasive and saucy re
sponse to Patrolman Sullivan's query as
to the source of his gorgeous raiment,
so there was no oth^r course logical than
that which was pursued.
"No, sah. Ah ain't got no' sweeth'aht
in no dance hall," he informed the Judge;
"en mah only objlck in visltln* dem
places wuz teh hey some rekreashun.' Ef
yo' doan belieb dat Ah wuks fo' eh lib
bin* yo Jes ask Mlstah Finn, rhah boss."
He was dismissed and four-fifths of the
crowd in the courtroom followed him
therefrom. /..V '% j
• "*/• '*'.•
Grace Morgan, a comely young woman,
nattily, costumed In white, was accused
by. Sing Fop, a wrinkled celestial, with
having stolen* the sum of $92 from him.
Sins Foo told Judge Conlan that he was
employed as cook and Miss Morgan was
serving as a waitress In a hotel at Fort
Brag?, when he decided to come to the
city," and when he' : publicly announced
that decision she proposed to accompany
him. The prbpoEal was' : accepted, and
when they arrived here they went to re
side in a Japanese lodging-house at Clay
arid Stockton streets, where the alleged
robbery occurred. \u25a0
VShe takee monee," said Sing Foo earn
estly. '\u25a0* •\u25a0•"'
'."He's crazy," said Miss Morgan, gig
gling.' ' '"
Case continued till next Monday and
order issued Tthat Miss "Morgan be de- i
talned in custody until f then..
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Judge Mogan announced his intention
to sentence Harry Montague, accused of
havitig blackened his wife's eyes: at their
hom^. 49 Clementina , street, whereupon
the woman began weeping and exclaimed,
reproachfully, "But,- Judge; -when I got
the warrant you half promised that you
woirid only bind him over : to keep the
peace." , \u25a0 . f
, "I don't remember having 'utteTed any
such half-promise," was the '.rejoinder,
"but even if it were .spoken the other i
half of it enables me *to give him , six
months without. breaking my' word. How
ev«e,'l may split the difference and give
him . only three."
: Mrs. , Montague did not seem to appre
ciate' the "concession. '
Dae Pouder. a private infantryman, was
intoxicated -and hurling bricks ; at imagi
nary adversaries when a. pollcemarilar-,
rested ' him *on Kearhy ; street/- but , ere •_ he
was completely subjugated' her threw a
missile that" crashed through • ;a. window
on" ..the' SOO block 'of , that thoroughfare.
Judge Shortall "will sentence thim-for.ma-
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\u25a0 THE 'SAN' FRANCISCO" CAI.L, :, SATURDAY,: IIARGHVCi; 1906:
Folk Flock From Afar
to 'G^iMribn^||[is
Garish Garb.
Accused of Vagrancy^
He Proves He Is
Not Guilty.
Fact Remains That He
Mars the Trade in
Dance Halls.
llcious mischief and peace • disturbance.
"How- are -ye, .Judge?" said' Dennis
O'Keefe, aged about 60 years, as; he ap
proached the benchv occupied by -Judge
Cabaniss and held forth an open' hand.
"I'm very well, thank you,"-: replied his
Honor, ignoring, the hand. "Are ypu a wit
ness in this case?"
"No.V said Mr. O'Keefe, "but It's a
witness in another case I want to be. Just
look at this." And he pointed -to an egg
shaped protuberance on the crown of his
bald head. "My.'wife: did it -last night,"
he explained, tenderly;- rubbing. the knob,
"and I want a warrant for her arrest. She
and my 'daughter .and va- young fellow
who rooms In my house and is'my daugh-
ter's sweetheart are all against me. -They
have thrown me out several' times, and
I'm tired of it." '/\u25a0 . .
Then he went on to state that hw owns
his residence, on Kentucky street, and
manages, a. restaurant, at that .thorough
fare and Twenty-second street. -\u25a0- '- 1 -i-^C
r"Whin I* werit'to the bond) and 1 warrant
clerk's office and told my story." he said,
"a bit of a boy behind the counter shout
ed. 'Get out of here; you're drunk. '_ Judge,
I'm.nojt drunk. am ; l3»^ \-. - -,"..'*, 4^ H*t) '
"You are sufficiently sober to Justify me
In giving you Jan order . for the warrant j
you desire," was the response.
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Otto Yauber.'bos'nof the ship Sea Rose,
violated foc's'le. ethics by. going aft;and"
informing . the skipper that the. sailmaker
had deserted and taken with 'him some of
the complainant's clothing, and when he
returned fqr'ard and his messmates heard
of the breach of the code three of them,
Edward Rothe. Hans Lambache and
James Lang, subjected him to severe fistic
discipline. "~"
When he applied for a warrant for their
arrest he alleged that in the scrimmage he
was plundered of a silver watch,, so the
charge . entered was that of- robbery, but
when Judge Cabaniss heard the testimony
he. dismissed the. complaint and suggested
that ,the bos'n allege battery, which the
bos'n decided not to do.
Miss Dorpthy Oleson, who has thrice
been \u25a0- arrested:, for* casting furniture
through the window of her apartment on
the third story of a- Fourth street lodg
ing-house.-was given six months by Judge
Mogan. - She alleges that . unrequited love
Is the cause of.'her destructive penchant,
a coasting mariner having jilted her and
sailed away. \u25a0. ' • ' . ; < .
• * •
Patrick Cassldy's wooing^ of Mrs. Con
way, who is alleged to have been formally
declared mentally Incompetent,, was op
posed by her son, Henry, and, aided and
abetted by Mrs.. Mary McDonald." the
quartet were ' engaged in H fierce . combat
night before. last in Mrs. Conway's home,
at Harrison and Twenty-first; streets,
when a policeman bagged them all. Judge
Conlan dismissed young Conway; remand
ed his mother for examination by the
Lunacy Commission and • continued 1 the
case against Mf. • Cassldy and Mrs. . Mc-
Donald until today. .'- . . •
HAWAII NOW BOASTS
T RAVELING VOLCANO
Crater of Jvilauea -Found to
;Be Wandering About
the Island.
HONOLULU, March '3o.— The volcano
of Kilnuea is traveling about r the island
of Hawaii and the Surveyor,of, the Ter
ritory, • Walter E." Wall, Is watching it,
as he. does not. want-it to ; escape. •
. "There, is no doubt but that the crater
of Kllauca Is ' moving,", ; said"; Surveyor
Wall. ; "This is,caused. by the-fact that
the crater =Is ; building* up one ? one side,;
while "It is constantly tumbling down on
the other." '. \u25a0' V ' ''-^'.'-V: :: >;:"\; :"\
\» all. produced maps which. were com
piled at .different times. and" by a'com
parlsonof which the'wariderings of the
crater could be figured out. "It is shown
by; a 'map made by. Frank; S. Dodge,
with : the assistance >f' Wall, in '1892,
and the latest-mapof; the. crater made
byWall'in 1902," that in that period the
crater has moved about' 1500 feet..
Father -Finds' Uuniiwny Girl.
ST. LOUIS.' March -30.--Miss Nina
Virginia Jlrandt.f the'' daughter.; of ? Rev.
John Ij. Braiidt; ? pastor of } the 'il First
Christian' Church,' who; disappeared last
Saturday after (cashing- aj check for; her
father' and' was : "discoVered;."" at rt Las
Vegas, N. • Mex..'. and' broug-ht > home ; by
her.;father.;last ' niKht;- is* seriously ;i!l
and reported to be on the:vcrge of nerv
ous prostration.- •'-'".' •• • \u25a0 • -..--'-• i : '
Home " Government V Will Not ' Interfere.
LONDON, March ; 30.— r Lord | Elgin^ 'the
Colonial- Secretary; announced :* In 'j the
House : of ' Lords today/ that' the "Govern
ment * had : received' -{explanatory^ tele
gmms.' from INatal'.'and'that^it 'hadbeeh"
dftided .to '.. leavo* thelColonial -J Govern-"
ment i- freedom ; of faction J In' regard tto*
the execution of the rebellious natives..
•Try thib United States Laundry. \?i 1004
Market street,' Telephone-SouthV-iVo."*'
DENBY DRAFTS
EXCLUSION BILL
Congressman From Michigan
Will- Introduce /'^Measure
-Within theNextFew Days
GALIFOENIANS; AEOUSED
Will Fight Proposed New
taw, as It Contains Some
Objectionable Features
Special Dispatch to Thecill.
March 30.—Representa
tive Denby of : Michigan,.: whose -father
was United; States Minister lto) China; for
many years, and who is'hlmself *a* mem
ber 4of i the foreign affairs fc'ommltteei > in
tends ;to j introduce] within . a' few/daysVa
bill -which '"he designs -to . have , supersede
the* Foster Chinese exclusion •bill.'j: lt; will
define, a little more specifically Jthan, at
present, : , the classes to ' be •'allowed:; to"*'en
ter, these classes to Include^ merchants,
physicians, lawyers, yflnancial agents,
newspaper men, travelers, ;etc.".CDenby_/ la
endeavoring thus to carry J out ' ;the .ideas
of the President as to Chinese exclusion.
bill is almost as - objectionable;, to
the California i delegation 1 ast thV:> Foster
measure and will mcct 1 * with quite 7 as
much opposition. There. Is -little prospect
of either bill being reported Jo : the" H"ous'e
notwithstanding \u25a0 the . pressure" being
brought } to : bear upon the r committee , by
the friends of the proposed ' legislation.
The belief among the. delegation is that
the Foster, bill is aimed .by. its advocates
to supersed.6 entirely- the ' Chinese ex
clusion laws that have v- been, on the
statute books for the v past ; twenty : flv©
years, and all amendments to :those laws.
, Representative McKinlay : is putting to
good use his experience while injeharge
of ; .Chinese cases-, in ~l the..;pfflceT"of itho
United States District Attorney: at San
Francisco and he will shortly address the
sub-committee having charge of the Fos
ter, bill on the frauds, practiced 1 by; Ch
inese immigrants. McKinlay \ in Jhls talks
with members of- the] House emphasizes
as one. of the most obnoxious features fof
the Foster bill that which \u25a0 confers \ the
right upon immigrants refused admission
to appeal' to the district: court, which
right the Supreme Court in the Ja' Toy
case decided did not exist.
ELEPHANT RESENTS
MAN'S CRUEL JOKE
Punishes Circus f/ Cook for
Handing It a Lighted
Special Dispatch to , The Call.
CINCINNATI. March:; SO.— John Harri
son, a cook, employed by'the-Hagenbeck
Circus, now quartered 'here, '- had a" : nar
row escape from serious injury "today,
when he attempted to play a trick on one
of the elephants in the shdw.tPV ; . : .» ' j
j The huge animals are in, the habit of
begging for bits of -sugar 'from'' employes
and visitors, and' when : Harrison-. passed
the:stall of. "Tlllle." the biggest elephanC
f,he' playfully lifted .his hat from his head
iri'an effor£ J t<) attract his 'attention. ' '
When his hat had been restored and he
was told." that : the -elephant •expected' to
be repaid ,with a* lump of sugar, • Harrison
placed j thO'Ond of, a .lighted a cigar ;In.her
outstretched trunk./,, 'f,", .' \u25a0 "
;' In ''an 1 instant the. animal was furious.
For a few moments she stamped \u25a0 around
in her, lnclosure, trying, to blow the, weed
from ' her > trunk. Then she • swooped down
upon the unfortunate. cook. and, encircling
his body, with her trunk, lifted him high
and threw him a distance of twenty-five
feet. ; :.-..\u25a0-
Luckily- for Harrison he landed In a pile
of hay," although -he 'was ' seriously In
jured. \u0084^r'-';y' . ; •' .'
DEATHS MAY BE DUE
TO SUICIDE PACT
Police See Conneption; Be
tween - T-wo'Cases in New
\y, Tork City. \u25a0
NEW YORK, : March. . 30.— Mrs. : Mary
Kay, the young woman from New Orleans
who shot herself yesterday in a New York
hotel; died today. . , .
Mrsl Hugh Dennis, who died under pe
culiar circumstances . on • Tuesday night,
the Coroner has, learned," was a friend of
Mrs., Kayi and he is convinced 'that, there
was 'some' connection .between^. the- two
deaths. He now suspects that there was a
suicide S pact belween the two women! . ' It
was also reported today, that Mrs. Kay
had an agreement ; with a man In New
Orleans^ to "commiti suicide and that- this
man did kill himeslf some time ago. , . :
RECEIVERSHIP' FOR' BAIVK ,1 ' v;
KNOCKED OUT BY COURT
Decision Rendered . In ; Mlanonrl on the
People's United, States
.Depository.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.. March 30.—
The Supreme Court^today announced
its decision _that. the St. Louis. County
Circuit Court acted" without authority
when it appointed a ; " receiver <for" the
$2,500,000 People's i United ) States .Bank
of St.; Louis of : Which :E.r C. I',Lewisiis1 ', Lewis i is
president.' The;decislon knocks;out the
receivership .of : Fred; Essen.. 'who>was
appointed ,after the." first receiver, Sel
den. p. "Spencer,^ had "-been, removed. \u25a0 :
A f ter Essen was ; appointed i receiver
of the bank by Judge' McElhlnny,, Lewis
filed a' suit In the; St. Louis County, Ci
rcuit Court to have the. receivership; set
aside and to have Essen removed;' Judge
McElhlnny ;ofi the St. ' Louis County.; Ci
rcuit Court '-• rendered *-'an-.' adverse ideci- 1
slon and Lewis appealed' theTcaso to the
Supreme «• Court, ,resulttngr In the: re
ceiver being ousted by 'today's decision.
MAIN BUILDING : BURNED ,''V
AT UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO
Stractiire^ : Co»it:ilnlnßr - Seventy-Five
-RooiwB", Destroyed '. Iv % .= the';- -;- 1 .
_ : ' Early Morning:. V V . ;;? V:'-;> ':' -; ;
MOSCOW. ''.Mario, March ;;3o."-^-The'maiir
building bf tho; University, of Idalio was
completely;. destroyed'lby -fire": early to
day.; Other \buildlngs: at" the .'-. . college
were. not" J ,'damaged;;but . owing?. to 'the
limi ted ;flr'e-fightihg; apparatus had nar
row ;-". escapes. ; : The '.building; destroyed
contained seventy-f five rooms;; includifiK j
the,offlcesJof' the ! « president, "registrar,
and\thoTdir'ector[of -the -agricultural ;ex
pefifnehtV station ? arid § chemical \u25a0 labora
xofy. \u25a0-'"\u25a0. Th o ib" 1 1 d ing j.was; crowded "> ? last
night .with students, f. who.: had - listened
to a "debate "b'ctwefcn the; University fof
Washington ' arid"- the \u25a0 '^University, \u25a0 fof
Idaho: S;;;^ - -.-.-"r,;^ •.'• * \u25a0 ': .':\u25a0 ':'•""• .\:\'"\ ""\u25a0 .
.-' One ; man l was j asleep \u25a0• In i the -building
at the timeof ;the fire, but escaped with
out; injury; . The* origin ; of; 1 the* flre is
not'known' The. loss; isiSSOO,OOO."';
Japanese -, Cruiser* \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 Reach "• Manila.
; MANlLA., \u25a0March'? ,31.^rrTwp -Japanese
trainings cruisers?, under: command?^of
Captain \ Shlrnamura.' : chief 'of i staff *of
the: standing Vsquadrqn,'>- have' '.arrived
here "en route;to "Australia.' Thecruisers
will' remain ;'• hereVl several .* days ;it and
many.-festlvltles-'havojbeeriiarransred-ih
honor of the" olllcers andmen. v ; -\u25a0-:*. *••
FORMER MILLIONAIRE' AND -PI O
."\u25a0\u25a0 NEER" WHO-HAS : BEEN TAKEN •
TO THE : VETERANS' HOME. I \u25a0 .
ONCE WEALTHY,
NOW DEPENDENT
John \G). Eojbinsdn, formerly
Shipowner arid Capitalist^
Is Cared For by -Pioneers
-After struggling. for two years to
live: upon 40 cents" a day, John C. Rob
inson, pioneer, veteran ' of the Mexican
War, former - millionaire and diplomat,
has given up the fight. Those who havo
noticed the old fellow around Clay and
Kearriy; streets^ have missed him for
several:. "clays. ' The Pioneers' Society
has hadihlm removed to the Veterans'-
Home. -He did not want to .go at first,
but finally yielded to the persuading
of his friends. " \u25a0 . * \u0084 f]
Immediately after the close of | the
Mexican WWasr s Robinson was appointed,
a. member of the Mexican Boundary
Commission. Then ho came to Ciiilfor
nla, 1 and for a while was wonderfully
successful. , He became the owner "of a
line of sailing vessels plying between)
this ; port and; A ustralia. " Jiut his com- '
p'any :- f ailejd, nad ; ho . served "the Govern -
ment hgaln in various _ capacities. '*, ~
: Though- he made' several fortunes in
his early, manhood, he did not seem* to
be ablelto'.kes^tK«TO.'"eljßtil r thcri r iVn?er
Society took up* hls'daselie had hdthlriV
out apenslon br^sl2a month. ;.How he
managed ::to % 1 ive., on'^this . only he hifii-:
self knows. J'^tjhe^was.'ulways cheer
ful,' eveirV«rhen;he;was cbld'and hungry.
DrnnkennMS on Increase In Han nil.
HONOLULU, T. H^March 23.— Acting
Governor; Atkinson has called attention
to an alarming increase of drunkenness
among; Hawaiians. \u25a0.'; believed to be due
to the "new liquor law under which
many.V'.additlonar saloons have been
started. \ '.ln '-Honolulu s "a-' number of Jap
anese"; have taken' licenses and are un
derselling: 'other saloons and 'supplying
bad'liquor: . - .;>;.
AVouId \u25a0 Enjoin BoarC of Trade.
\u25a0 CHICAGO, March 30.— Henry Berger,
a. member: of- the Chicago Board of
Trade, ..today filed in the United States
ClrcuitVCqurt an application for an in
junction restraining the Board of Trade
from 'adopting the; resolution designed
to prevehtj members of the Board of
Trade .".{fom dealing on the exchanges
of pther* cities In grain or other com
modities.'.
ml Q The certain knowledge that you have the" best 1
|||jJk V > money can buy comes only with* th'c^possession ' r»
mk KNAEE PIANO I
W^" fl Three-quarters of a ccntivry of constant and wn- fvjljy
AM ;-; remitting effort, three generations 'of artistic piano \^^»
\yk~ -builders, coupled with boundless | ambition* ; and . : THhP-
WJi : -f i^eticrgy, .have earned-foV the I^nahb;thertitle;of The - Vy^n
7-1^ Greatest Piano in the AVorld. Vx^- /-^ -:-' • ; Xa'
iff : ; *: - ; : i9 : J^ c n™ st y^ '^ r ' Kn^e;^ust> received, is . fC\
It ''*'\u25a0' l ' ; ' especially adapted to small homes and ;1 1 v I
'\u25a0: // : ':'\u25a0 I ' houses, " Satin-finished^ in beautiful mahogany, or A\ I
-Ifl-'--''^-''^ WllllW 1111 "P ld " EpgM?h"^ desigln; it'abpi^siWithjthe *: Hi
Ml \u25a0"."/•;' qualities which^ have made ;thc^^ Knabe'famous, and -fIT
yj;, ,';\u25a0..; i.-: is"- withal: the most bejautiful^instrument; yet re- ; : :'\\\\^
ifi\ ( V ceived from thecelebratcdfactofy^-'Be'sides^he .', YIV
j:J I /.jVv.-;. \u25a0 -ipfice-'is considerably: lower than-Knibes'haye ever iVI
'ILJ' ;. : before been; offered. , -*^^.v .•';-'. -Au
// / :' :^l E^sy payments apply. : ;.'
ft V^ Aj
til - - - i f K/i»mniB— OiMwia. aacrameßtg. " Ban ." Joa*. • Sasta Botti \\l
|/ - * Xrtt *"g al — t **" Dl«go. Beno. • jr«v.: Phoeaix. Aria. - : _\ w
WOULD REMODEL
THE ARTILLERY
New; vßill Provides for, the
Separation ~ of i the Field
and^the^ Coast Branches
HAS- SUPPOKT OF TAFT
Measure in the
House by Hull Calls 'for
' Eeiforins on the Service
WASHINGTON. ; \u25a0 March 80.-Compl«te
reorganization of : the coast artillery and
the separation of the field and coast artil
lery ara contemplated In a bill by Repre
sentative Hull •of lowa, chairman of the
committee . on military affairs. Introduced
at the request of Secretary Taft and the
chief of staff, Lieutenant General Bates.
- At present the- coast and field artillery
are under, the chief of . artillery and both
are organized 'lnto .batteries. . but have no
regimen tar organization. As the field ar
tillery arid the coast artillery are entirely
unrelated and havo wholly different uses
the War. Department desires that the field
artillery! shall be organized as the cavalry
and Infantry jire" and shall In' every ; way
be governed, as -those branches of the ser
vice area's Consequently the ' bill ; provides
for its organization ; into six regiments,
with two ' battalions ; each, and each bat
talion -''is'T to .'.'contain three .batteries.
The coast artillery . is by . the provisions
of the biirXo continue , with the battery as
the unltTof organization and is to be un
der the 'direction of j the chief of artUlery.
The officer commanding the coast artillery
is to be a member of the ge neral staff, as
the chief . of: artillery is-
A marked 4 increase ; in . the size of the
coast artillery- is provided \u25a0 for In the bill.
The number .^ of ; men in that 'branch is
about 14,000, 'and' the 'b.ll provides. that it
may be -increased to" 19,147. Provision is
also made-- for .'additional special grades
among the \u25a0enlisted men and for increased
pay for electricians and other skilled men
necessary vto:.coast : defense .work. Much
trouble is. expert* need in holding"mechan
ics and*. other skilled privates required
by. the "coast artillery., and : consequently
the portion' of the bill off ering sp< cial In
ducements to men of this class is regarded
by the War Department as one of its most
important : features.
VETERAN BANK TELLER
CHARGED. WITH THEFT
Joseph -, Tnrney Aecuaed o« Havlag
Stolen' Bl» Sun - From 3Tew York "
' ' .' . . Institution. «
.. NEW,- YORK, March 30.— Joseph P.
Turner. note~ teller at the National
Bank of " North- America, was \u25a0 arrested
and arralgned'ln the. Police Court today
on a charge of stealing $34,000. ' The
alleged peculatlons.'.lt Is charged In the
affidavit presented to. \u25a0 the t court, *have
been going on for; twenty-five years.
Officials of the^bank appeared in court
to' press the .complaint.
Cashier. Wire of the v bank said that
$25,000: of *the amount^ alleged to. have
been stolen- wasUaken before, '-. 1900.
Turney;- was • remanded'- without bait
untll'Monday.' He. IsSO'years old and
has ( j>een«in.the employ of the bank for
;^BO.atUhirti% years. \
Relief for: the Famine Sufferers.
AVASHINGTON,- March SO.-r-The ChrU
?tlamHeriadtodo:y t> sent, in another check
for >237w<F? t to:>the Stated department
through ''Jth'e.' Red • Cross for , t'ransmittal
to JapanVfor"' the relief 'of the 'famine
sufferers.* •> Thjs : makes the total • remit
tance from thissource $125,000.
Aftkn Appropriation for Pe»ee Congress.
"WASHINGTON, March 30. — In a.com
munication', .to": the I Houses today | Secre
tary Root "asks for, $50,000 to enable this
Government- to; participate in .the an
nual Peace Congress. It: will probbaly
be held next' fall. -•. ,
A . merchant* who dreads a spell of
"bad' weather," ?and^. advertises In the
light of;»u<sh dread. -may expect his
mocd to influence his patrons.
Bellamy '" S torer I» Serioiuly 111.
yiENNAt iMarch . 30.— Bellamy " Storer.
the \u0084 retiring . Embassador.
Is suffering -frOnv a renewed : attack of
Egyptian fever. .. His physicians have
forbidden; him ;to see any one. "
I INTER ESTA^^/ON SAVINGS (
IF 53 "^
V The Safe Keeping
i of .Valuables.
I W'eddln*: Present*. Cold and
1 SIW« PUte,. Costly Larrm.
I ' Jewelry. Keepsake* and every
I description of valnable prop-
I erty are reelved on atoraze In
I flrc . and bnrslar proof - vault*
L under -an " abaolnte snarantee
I ;. for the return oi the deposit.
I Moderate rates.
' CALIFORNIA
Safe l^p«sit&Tnist
\u25a0 .Company
j California . and : Monrjotnoy * St*. •
. SAN FRAXCISCO.' CALIFORXIA
OOXX TRATKU
" • \s£\ r^SV^" Steamers leav« Pters 9 and
">iAlii £ <Q#S. U. San Francisco.
A&T^^&S\ *"<«\u25a0 Ketchlkaa. Wrangßl.
/\u25a0o^Wy^\-A J«n«an. Tr-adwell. H*lne».
I I YIWaL I I S'*ar<»ay. etc, Alaska — 11 a.
I I \lo>«V' •/ m - Mar - 31 - A P r - 5 - CT l3^"*
VTX \\ '-."., rJOJ to this Company"* steamers
VSML-^fe^/ *t Seattle. .
XjyueUvJ/- Tor • Victoria. Vancourer.
- />-i2— -*^ . port To-wnsend. • Beattla. Ta-
coma,' Everett, Anacortes. So. Belllnsham. Bel-
llnshjun— U a. m.. Mar. 31. Apr. i. Chsngs
st 9«attl« to this company's »ie«mers for Alas-
ka and O •N. Ry. : -at • Seattle or Tacoma to
X.' P.- Ry.; at Vancouver to C P. Ry.
-;F6r Eureka <Humbotdt Bay) — Pomona. 1:30
p. m..'- Mar.' 81. Apr. 8. , Corona, 1:30 p. m..
Mar. 2S. April X
For Los Anceles (via Port Los Anseles and
Redondo). San Dtego and Santa Barbara:
Santa Rc«a. Sundays. 9 a. m.
State of California. Thursdays. 9 a. m.
For Los Anseles (via 3an Pedro and East
San Pedro). Santa Barbara. Santa Crux. Mon-
terey. San . Simeon. Cayucoa, Port H*f ford
(S»n Luis Oblsoo). Ventura and Huenenie:
\u0084 Ooos Bay. » a. m.'. Mar. 30. Adt. I.
Bonlta. 9 a. im.; Aur. 3.— •
-For Bnaenada. Mafdalena Bay. San Jose del
Cabo. Mazatlan. Altata. La Pa*. Santa Rosalia.
Topolobampo, Guaymas (Mex.), 10 a. nv. 7ia
of each month.
ALASKA EXCURSIONS (Season 1906)— The
palatial. Alaskan excursion steamship Spokan*
will leave Tacoma. Seattle and Victoria Jum
1. 2t. July 5. 20,-Aus. 2.— , \u25a0
- For turtber Information, obtain foldar. Rtsht
Is reserved to change steamers or sailing dat»s.
' TICKET OFFICES, 4 New Montgomery nt.
(Palace Hotel). 10 Market at. and Broadway
wharves. FREIGHT OFFICE. 10 Market m.
OAKLAND. OCB Broadway.-
'•. CV,I>. DUNANN. CSeneral Passenger Agent.
' 10 Market st.. San Francisco.
-AMKRICAN LI.YE.
PlTmoath— Cher hours — Southampton.
St. Louis ....... Apr. 7. May 5. June 2. June 30k
Philadelphia ,:.Apr. 14. May 11. June 9. July 7
St. Paul... Apr. 21. May 19. June 16. July 14
New Tork... Apr. 2S. May M. June 23. July 28
Philadelphia— Qaeenstowi* — Liverpool.
Merlon ...... .".April 14, Frle*land May S
Haverford ... .April 2S|Westernland ...May 12
ATLANTIC TRANSPORT LIKE.
_>\u25a0. --'• New \u25a0 Tork- London direct.
Mlnnehaha- ...Apr; 7. May 3. June 2. June 30
Mlnnetonka'.-.Apr. 14. May 12. June 9. July 7
Mesaba-.:...vApr.-21, May 19. June 16, July 14
Minneapolis.. Apr. 28. May 26. June 23. July 2l
HOIXAND-AMERICA^T LI>E.
New TTrln-Screw Steamers of 12.300 Tonsi
NEW TORK— ROTTERDAM, via BOULOGNE.
Sails Wednesdays as per Sailing List.
Ryndam-.Apr. 4. 10 amlN.Amsterdm.Apr.2s. 5a
Potsdam.. Apr. 11. 6 am |S tat' dam.. May 2. 10 am
Noordam Apr.lS. noon Qtyndam... May 9.5 am
New : Amsterdam
17 250 registered tons. 30.400 tons displacement.
From New Tork April 25.. May 30. July 4.
RED STAR USB.
X. T.. DOVER. ANTWERP. LONDON.' PARIS.
Vaderland . .'. . Apr. •T. May 5. Juna 2.- June CO
Kroonland ....Apr. 14 May 12. June 9. July T
Zealand -....Apr. 21. May 19. June 18. July 14
Finland »...Apr. 2S. May 2ft. June 23. Aug. 4
STAR LIXR
1 NEW iTORK— QUEENSTOWN— LIVERPOOL.
Teutonic }...-. Apr. 4. -May 2. Ma.y 3a June 27
Baltic .......Apr. 11: May 9. June «. .July 4
Majestic .....Apr. IS. May I<L Juna n. July 11
Celtic ........Apr. 20.' May 13. June 13. July 1*
Oceanic ...'...Apr. t5. May 23. June 20. July IS
Cedrlc ...May 4.- June 1. June 29. July 2T
• BOSTON— QUEENSTOWN — LIVERPOOL.
•Canadian (Ley land Line) Apr. 6, 7:30 am
Cj-mric Apr. 28. May 24. June 21. July 19
Arabic .. May 10. June 7. July 8. Aug. 2
•Not callbuc at Qu«enstown.
T lf K .MEDITERRANEAN al £rW
*"** " \ FROM NEW TORK.
CRETIC • Apr. 3. 10 a. m.; May 10
REPUBLIC. .Apr. 31. 3 p. m. ; May 31. Oct. IS
FROM BOSTON.
CANOPIC.Apr. .7. 8:30 a. ta. : May 19. June 30
ROMANIC ..Apr. 28. 1:30 p. m.: June 5
C O. TATLOR. Passenger Arent Pacific Coast.
21 Post st.. aan Franctaco.
ANCHOR LINE
UNITED STATES MAIL STEAMERS
Weekly Service Between New Tork and
Glasgow.
The iplendtd new steamers CALEDONIA and
COLUMBIA offer superior accommodations—
all classes. 59Sit8*jsaHpl*t .
Special attention riven to the booking or
prepaid business from all parts of BuroP*- •
Tie porular way to London and the^ Conti-
nent is by the way of the ANCHOR LINE to
OUskow. thence via a most charming and m-
tere*tlr. r«" rld« through - BcoUand and the
North -of Encland.
" Call coon or write to •\u0084- •
• 'FRED W. PRINCE. General Agent.
649 Market st.. San, Francisco. \u25a0 -
TOYO EISEN KAISHA
;' ' (ORIENTAL S.S. CO.) .7 ;
Steamers will leave wharf, corner First and
Brannan streets. 1 p. m.. for Tokohama and
HMigkcnff. calling at Honolulu. Kobe (Hlo«o).
Vagisiki 1 and Shanghai, and . connecting iac
Hongkong with steamers for Indla.^ etc. N-»
eiriro received on board on day of sailing.
S S America Maru. Saturday. Apr. 14..19W1.
- B* c' Nippon Maru. Thursday. May VK lOOflt
B* 8." Hongkong Maru. Tuesday. June 3. l 00«.
. Round-trip tickets at reduced rates.
For freight and passage apply at company s
office seventh floor. Merchants' Exchange,
W. H. AVERT. Asst. . General Manager.
Jfamburg-Jtmerican.
Plymouth - Cherbourg: — Hainfcurgr
•IBluecher ....Feb. 15{ •DeuUchlaad...Mar. IS
t Waldersee ...Feb. 241 tPatrlcU Mac. IT
ItAmerlka ....Mar. l(»taiuecaer ....Mar.'M.
tftnMylvanla.Mar. io| tPrstorta Mar. 51
S. S. Aaerlka. Moat I-uacurlona and 3loal .
Mod era of L.c vlttihaas.
•Rrlll Room. (Gymnasium. {Elevator and A la
Cart" ReVtaurinl tCalllaj at Dover for Lo».
don and Parts.
Oinew 401 CalHomta St.. Saat rnmehf.
8. s7aLAMEI>A. for Honolulu. Saturday. April
S B MARIPOSA. for Tahiti. Apr. 18. 11 A. M.
V R. SONOMA, for Hanotulu. Samoa. Auckland
and" Sydney. 'Thursday. April 19. 2 P. M.
i a SPEicms \ bsoi ca.Aiti tm. ma < s*3
Maiai- Freight oaa 327 Maim st, Pter 7 Pacife 3t
Compnsnle G««erale Transatlaatlqne." '
DIRECT. LINE TO HAVRE-PARIB.
Saillns every Thursday instead of jaly^
Saturday. 10 a." m.. from Vl«r 42.- . "'"\u25a0
; North. River, foot of Morton . st. -... ..
' * First clasa to Havre. TIO and upward." S»o-
ondcla?s to Havre. |45 and upward. GEN-
ERAL AGENCT FOR UNITED STATES AND
"AVADA 32 Broadway (Hudson building).
New Tork. J. F. FUOAZI * CO.. Pactflc Coast
' Agents." 5 Montgomery avenue. San Francisco.
Tickets sold by all Railroad Ticket Agents.'.-
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\u25a0-\u25a0\u25a0 BAY AXD DiTEBURB.I» ROUTES., .
MABE JSLABD NAVY YARD/
VALLEJO and NAPA
Montlctllo S. S. Co.and Napa Valley Elec-
tric •R. R. Co. Close connection*.
ft— ROUND TRIPS DAILT-4
-Boats leave' San Francisco; 7:oo. *9:45 a.' at^ '-\u25a0
12:30 noon. 3:13. C:0O, _*8:30 p. m. •-.>-.-_-.-
- San ' Francl»co landing and office. - Pier X
foot of Mission st.. one block south Market at.
Ferry. -Meals ala carte. Phone Main 150 S. •
•Lands Navy Yard direct
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