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COUNTERFEIT COIN FOR REVOLUTION. Bold Scheme to Promote Venezuelan Rebellion is Spoiled by PLOTTERS IN JAIL nf KW , , YORK - **c. 2i.-On a charge Pi making dies to counterfeit the nandard silver dollar of Venezuela, to finance a revolution In that country. secret service officers today arrested <- amain Boynton, former real aent manager of the Orinoco'corpora tion of Vcncruela, and U R. Thomas, an attorney, both of this city. Both «-AAA ner * WPrc Emitted to bail in *aOOO. Joseph Keller and Sidney A. Keller O f Keller Bros., die makers, were also arrested in connection with the case. \u0084 th The , two Principals in the case aver mat the p i an t0 duplicate- Venezuelan money Is not counterfeiting. Later, alter the revolution proved successful. .w? y i* ' U was «^Pected to legalize this issue of money, both by executive decree and by act of the Venezuelan *?? accused men characterize tms plan as a "war measure." They also allege that half of the South American risings are similarly financed. The story of the facts leading up to the arrests are Interesting. According to Chief Wilkie, Captain Boynton came to New York In June last to lay plans ipr a revolution against President Cas tro. He had with him an authorization which purported to bear the signature of leading revolutionists, appointing him special commissioner to America, with power to do practically anything and everything necessary to get the mo^ment started. It Is charged that when Captain Boynton came to New York in June to gret the alleged revolution on foot he undertook to put In operation a plan similar to that whereby the revolution against Don Pedro In B. azll was said to have been financed, that of getting die* and buying bullion and turning out what sliver coin was necessary. Later, If the movement proved euccess ful, the Issue could be legalized; if unsuccessful, no one would be Injured, It was argued, as the. coins were to be made of the same fineness as the regu larly coined. Captain Boynton met Lawyer Thompson, an old acquaint ance, and Interested him In the revolu tion. PRICE OF FRUIT IS HIGH, THOUGH CROPS ARC LARGE Xlrnbell*-* and Green Gasrea Sell for 12 C«-ntM a Pound fa German Markets. FRANKFORT -ON-MAIN. Aug:. 22.— The Call correspondent has Just re turned from the great central fruit belt in th* Cronberg Valley. The farmers sale" they had not seen grapes, apples, T/arr. quinces, mulberries and plums in puch quantities in twenty years. Xot •withftanding this, fruit sells at a high price, owing to the scarcity of meats and provisions. Mirabelles and green gapfs sell at 10 to 12 cents a pound. Frequent thunderstorms and hot days Jiave bct-n helpful to fruit. ". coxvtitutio.v yon chi.\a MAX UE CHOSE.VDV EMPRESS DoTvnßcr Sumraona Illcrh Official* to Discuss Proponed Change In «•«»-» rrimn-nl. > \u25a0: >.. .::.. PEKING. Aug. 22. — The Dowager" Empress of China plans to summon a conference of high officials, including several Viceroys, to discuss the adop tion of a constitution. The Chinese Commissioners who recently visited the United States and Europe and have re trnr-d from their tours| recommended a gradual change, to constitutional gov frnment, taking ten to fifteen years to educate the people thereto. BITTERLY ATTACKS FRATERNITIES. DETROIT. Mich., Aug. 22. — Intimat ing that the society Is guilty of breach of confidence, of obtaining money by false \u25a0 pretenses and In pursuing a dishonest policy, delegates to the con vention of the Associated Fraternities of America^ fought through an intense discussion on the matter of insurance rates in their afternOon. session. Judge Pfost of Kansas furnished' the sensa tion of the raeetingjj declaring: . "There*ls not a' society in the United •States that can carry out Its insurance contracts in full." The substance of his short speech was that, while societies are constantly Increasing their liabilities, they are not increasing their assets. Other speak ers condemned insurance procedure of their respective societies as dishonest, dishonorable and disgraceful. The convention was split Into two factions, led by ex-President George F. McKay of Cleveland, who declared for the presentation of a minimum rate bill to the Legislatures, and Thomas B. Hanley of Tipton, la., who opposed such action. The general spirit of the con vention - was that the amalgamation movement between the Associated Fra ternities and the National Fraternal •Congress, which was decided on at a morning session, never would be con summated. . ST. PATTL iTLES' AT PIEr.HE. — Aberdeen, An*. 22. — The CMcepo. Milwaukee and St. Paul rtallw«T Company ot Sonth Dakota b«» filed In corporation P«prn< at Pirrre. S. I». Tii* capital uto'-fc 1* i* <**t.OOO *«<! tlie objecf of the eom tmnr I* to build a line of railroad from the Mis *M>url ttl^er to tUe eastern liorder of Montana. • • DID YOU EVER SAY TO yourself, "If I just had a little ready money." And why haven't you? Sav- ing is a good deal of a habit to. ac- quire, to be sure, but is an easy habit to acquire -and it is the safest pro- vision that can be made for future needs. . At the Metropolis you can open an • account with $i or more and get 365 per cent interest compounded twice a year on a savings account and 2 per cent on a Checking or Commer- cial account. The Metropolis is open Saturday evenings from 5 to 8:30; \u25ba every other weekday evening from 5 1 to 6:3°- A. A. Watkins^Clar- . Cook. METROPOLIS 8 ,,.n,. P..< •\u25a0"\u25a0«" S '" eli - '-....-- Police to Handle Vagrants Who Lurk About Refugee Camps. /"« lIIEF OF POLICE: niXA.V, at (be request of Major Gnston, auper- Vrf lntendent of permanent refugee camps, h:m Issued orders to his men that worthless characters Infesting; refucee camps must be han dled drastically hy the force. Father Cronli-y, In chnrgre of Indus tries at camps, . ivt ll- ask for an appropriation of 95000 for continuing the Bening centers and by employing" women keep them-' from gossip. Males and Females With Strength to Work Must Get Out and Hustle for Their Food. NO more provisions will be sup plied to the refugees that are able-bodied after Saturday, August 25. Those that are worthy, 111 or suffering from old age - may . still draw rations, but men with sound lungs and ' strong sinews and women able to care for themselves w«ii have to become self supporting. The decision of the Relief Corpora tion to make all persons who are able to work self-supporting was communi cated to Chief of Police Dlnan yesterd ay in a letter from Major J. A. Gaston, superintendent of relief. He asked the co-operation of the police in weeding out the worthless refugees. Special mention was made of many persons who are residing in the various camps for the purpose of ' making a question able livelihood. ' \u25a0 \u25a0 Those that are Bick will be removed to the various city hospitals. Special arrangements have been made for the care of those who are infirm from old age. ThoBe^ refugees, however, who have been drawing rations gratuitously and sleeping in the various parks and driveways will be compelled to supply their own food after next Sunday. The reason given by the .Relief Corporation, of which Rudolph Spreckels is chair man, is that four months have elapsed since the fire and that the people have had ample time to become self-sup porting, especially in the matter of supplying their own food. The following orders were issued by Superintendent Gaston: By authority of Rudolph Spreck els. chairman of the camps and ware houses, the following is published for the information of all concerned: 1. Four months have now elapsed since the fire, and all able-bodied adult refugees, of both sexes, should be self supporting. . 2. AH agents of the relief associa tion are hereby forbidden to make any further Issues of milk, eggrs. meat or other raw food after Saturday, August 25, 1906, except' as hereinafter pro vided. 3. No worthy person shall be allowed to go hungry. All worthy persons needing food for 'the present and ap plying in person shall obtain meal iick ets from the camp commander at the nearest permanent camp where kitch ens are maintained.- Those who on ac count, of age or infirmity cannot go -to the camp kitchen shall .be-' furnished transportation - for themselves , and bedding to the camp, at, the Speedway (or to one of the. other camps," if that is full), by applying to'H. S. Johnson, quartermaster, permanent camp, cor ner of Gough and Geary/streets. .All agents of the -relief association are hereby directed to make sure that aged and .infirm ..persons, who "might other wise suffer from this order, are.no tlfled,'"and see that the proper requests for transportation are sent at once to this office. ' " ' 4. 'All seriously sick or paralyzed pa tients shall 'be sent -to -one of the city hospitals. For those only- slightly 111 tickets to the camp kitchen shall be given, and th<v food thus obtained may be .supplemented by the camp surgeon issuing a small quantity of such special diet as he. may obtain from the store room of the camp commander. Such supplementary food i shall consist of a small quantity of. rice,, sugar, canned milk or soup, and so forth, and shall be Issued for immediate use only, and should not be issued for a longer pe riod than for. one day at a time. 5. Camp commanders are the only ones to- whom kitchen tickets shall be Issued,. and they shall carefully investi gate each case, and only issue tickets to worthy persons to prevent suffering-. The campr kitchens are only retained on account of the necessity for them. They will be closed as soon as prac ticable, ; - . Chief. of Police Dinan has issued in structions to the company commanders in conformity with the foregoing. SPEEDWAY CAMP. HAS ILL SAME. Refugee* Wrongly Consider It "Poor house" and May Away. f That word of 111 omen, "poorhouse," has been settled by the refugee imag ination on the camp at the speedway In the park, and as a consequence there have been few. even among those In great need, who have yet applied to the -Relief Corporation for removal from other camps to the- one beyond Strawberry Hill.. In tin oruer issued by Chairman Rudolph Spreckels of the de ifertment of camps and warehouses the distribution of raw food at camps other than the speedway will be discontinued Saturday,, and all the aged and Infirm who have no means of supporting themselves * were instructed to apply for transportation' to the park camp, which, by the same token, had been di'fignated the "camp for the aged and lii firm." ! But the' words "aged and infirm" caught In the pride of the refugees. They .considered it an euphemism for "poorhouse". and would have none of it. Many of the aged who will be housed* at-the speedway are probably delaying their move as long as possible, but it is expected that by. Saturday Major Gas ton. \u25a0who Is In- charge of the permanent camps, will have. plenty of employment for his transportation department. WANT VOLUNTEER BUILDERS. House Ralftlnjr. for. Mission Refugee* at . -/ • v MlwKlon Park Sunday. On next Sunday the third Mission Park "house raising" for the benefit of lefugees will take place under the di rection of James Rolph Jr., chairman of the Mission relief section, and Father Crowiey of the Youths' Direc tory. Fifty men are wanted for the work, and. volunteers are requested to assemble at Eighteenth and' Dolores streets at "8 o'clock in the morning. Twice already have volunteer mechan ics assembled for work and accom plished wonders. Five houses are to be finished com pletely on Sunday, if the plans of the Ysders of the work, are carried out. JuUdlng material will be- on the ground, cut into the proper length, and all that workers will have to do will be to join- the timbers and raise the frames. Lunch will be served the workers. by the ladles of the Mission District, as \vas done before. Holer Smith Sweeps Georgia. ATLANTA. Ga., Aug. . 22— The State Democratic primaries today resulted In a victory for Hoke Smith, candidate for Governor, unprecedented In the size of the majority. Of thcM4s. counties r in the State -he ;haa carried "probably 110. Bj ...the, returns -available. 'at'; 11 o'clock tonight Clark Howell carried six coun ties, J. H.Esttll of Savannah twoj R. B. Russell ' eight" and James M/ : Smith three, leaving, sixteen to ' hear ? from.' This result, will give Hoke; Smith ;219 votes In the State convention out of a total of 3C6. THE : SAN FRANCISCO; CALIi, ;: THURSD A Y^^UGUST':^';'!^; Father Growley Would Stop Gossip by Keep ing the Women Campers Busy. UNTIL. September 1 and a fresh appropriation corrfe many of the sewing centers which have been conducted under the ; dispensa tlon of the rehabilitation department of the Relief Corporation will have to be discontinued. The ' appropriation for. August was $2000, and the goods pur chased under that fund are rapidly be ing' made; into garments, so- rapidly that in many.centers the supplies have been exhausted. Father Crowiey, who Is superintendent of the industrial de partment of the rehabilitation commit tee, stated yesterday, that he will ask for an appropriation of $5000 for. Sep tember and that he expects that it will be allotted the department 'by the ex ecutive committee. Miss Lucule Eaves of the Red Cross, who directs the work, asked for $5000 for August, but her estlmiUe was cut. down. In Jeffer son square the sewing has been discon tinued. In the Mission there is still plenty of material on hand. Father Crowiey saw many varieties of good In tho sewing centers. They are mentally, morally and materially beneficial to the refugees, said the priest yesterday, and he gave cate gorically his reasons. "First and fore most." he said, " the sewing circles keep women busy and therefore out of mischief; keep them \away from: gos siping." Conventionally the sewing circle has a name for being the center of small talk, but Father Crowiey looks on It as a beneficlent institution and his view ; is not apt to be gainsaid by the executive committee. .'', VEILED WOMEN WAXT LEADER. Mysterious' Visitor* Tell Mrs. John Pettee of Work Ahead. '_ '\u0084\ "'« Mystery of the delightful Anna Kath erine Green variety has been lntro'duced into the "relief ' situation ""through* the medium of Mrs. John Pettee. a volun teer and independent worker who , has taken an important part in the"" vari ous refugee camp movements. Accord ing to Mrs. Pettee two heavily yelled women came to her house, 3103* Clay street, Tuesday evening after dark and declared .that Mrs. Pettee was to', re ceive a letter within .three days which would, nominate her a Jeanne d'Arc.of the refugees. Woe "was surely to betide Mrs. Petteo if she neglected to -fill- the requirements. • . \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 t Mrs. Pettee does not know jusf.what will be required of her, but, is sure, that there will be something' to; do. . She Is now awaiting the call.. /The strange visitors, who, Mrs. Pettete asserts,-were not victims of, a dementia, intimated that a sacking of the. relief headquar ters at Geary and Gough, streetsmight be Included 'in the; prpgr&mme.: ;;..^V. ; 'The two women were shabbily dress ed, one in black, .the other in brown, r MEXICO AT PEACE WITH THE WORLD. SPECIAIi DISPATCH TO THE CALL. C MEXICO CITY, Aug. 22.—^To the, Ed itor of The Call: Please deny the rumor about a revolt, and an " anti-foreign movement in Mexico, as they are abso lutely without foundation. , Throughout; the entire country order and peace prevails and: are. t firmly founded. Prosperity is apparent on all sides, and foreigners enjoy the same safety and protection ' that they, do in the most civilized countries! . \u25a0\u25a0 , KAMON CORRAL, ' Secretary, of- the Interior. .'\u25a0\u25a0 XEW YORK BROKERS KAIL FOR «2,b00,990 M. J. Sajje & Co. Pont Notice Informing Correspondent n That They Have - Dlxcontimied. NEW YORK, Aug. 22.— M. J. Sage & Co., brokers of No. 1 Montgomery street, Jersey City, and No. 57 Broad way, this city, at the close of business hours today posted a' notice at .their Jersey City office informing , their cor respondents that they had discontinued business. .. .The amount Involved In the failure Is said to be $2,000,000. The president, of : the firm, is Maurice J. Sagp, a young man who came to this city about twelve years ago fromßing hemton, jN. Y. It is stated^ that the Sage system consisted. of a- string of at least 300 branch offices, stretching from Maine to New Orleans. - PORTE IS DISPLEASED BY . THE ANTI-GREEK MOVEMENT Addressee Note to Bulgarian - Govern \u25a0 mrat -. and Receive* Reply Collins '. I (In Act One of Interference. VIENNA, Aug. " 22.— Tho Polltlsche Correspondenz today published the fol lowing dispatch from Sofia:: "The Porte has addressed : a noteto the Bulgarian Government, expressing Its displeasure at the antl-Greekniove ment in Bulgaria. Bulgaria : replied that she regards the Turkish note: an impertinence, as the Porte has no right to interfere with internal affairs of the principality." ' . - ; ' REPUBLICS WILL OFFICIALLY "MAKE UP" AND BE FRIENDS Five Nation* in Central . America to Meet at San Jose, Conta RlcnJ • : nnd Slcn Treaty. .'.•.- \u25a0\u25a0 SAN JOSE. Costa Rica, Aug. 22.V-On Independence day in Central America, September 15,, there will meet .In this capital the delegates of theVflve repub lics to sign the treaty of peace, friend ship and commerce," which was .; ar ranged aboard the Marblehead. "Pauper". Leaven Fortune. STOCKTONS Aug.v 22.— 1t has i just come ; to light that , Carl Garbode, /an lr.mate' of ' the San^ Joaquin County Almshouse .for .the^.past - year ( . and-fa half, who died \u25a0 on August 16, was #08 stssed of a small -fortune, lln Jiisfwlli, Just filed for probate,; it 'develops'ithat he left ; - $4500 In ' banks and* a' promls-f sory note .for: $1500. His heirs are, two sisters llvlng,in;Holsel,-Germany. •' The county Will bring; suit for'his.mainte nance L for eighteen.m onths at the rate of $15 a month. • Rudolph Btrtb,' watcMnther and Jeweler, will be located at 1821 \u25a0 Flllmorc tt., Dear Sutler. • - .WXT'JL'E ;\u25a0 OPERATED •WO V.— St A- Petewbnrg, Aug. 22.— Count de sWltte, -. the t former ; Premier, submitted to an operation . on Tuesday Itt Frank fortK)n-tlie-Maiu, which wu ' performed by ; Pro fessor Ksplss. . SYNDICATE TO BUY RAILROAD STOCK. Plan to Purchase Great Northern arid North ern Pacific Snares Is On INVOLVES MILLIONS |; SPECIAL DISPATCH : TO ] THE CALL. NEW YORK. Augl 22.— Plans for the formation of 'a syndicate '; to : . take over the Great Northern and -Northern Pa cific stock held . by .the h Union Pacific which "were proposed ;; several months ago again have been taken' under con sideration 1 . In circles jisually well In formed, concerning .Union Pacific af fairs it Is said the formation of ai^h a syndicate is in contemplation,* although the details have not' been, fully deter mined.-'". ': \u25a0•..; '".\u25a0'."\u25a0•\u25a0•.?-/\u25a0\u25a0'':''• ,":.' \u25a0.."'.'' ":,•:. ,The Union Pacific at the 'date of its last annual report held $18,665,259, par value, of Great 'Northern preferred stocky $24,295,152 of .,] Northern Pacific and $12,850,000 of '.the ;; stock of the Northern Securities Company, : _whlch since has been exchanged 'for 'a propor tional share of Great .-Northern and Northern Pacific '";.;.., \u0084.-\u25a0/ •These holdings represented only ; part of the stocks of these twoAroads'which Vwere acquired by .the t Union ; Pacific -in the course of the i dissolution -ot the Northern Securities \u25a0 Company. ':.' A large amount was '\u25a0' sold prior ito,; the date •of 'the last annual report/! lt ( is .understood. Union Pacific's holdings ; of these stocks have been further reduced jSlncej. then. At the present prices t-tor/i Northern Pacific ', and Great' Northern; it , -would take more than $54,000,000 to purchase the Great Northern . stock v held by the Union Pacific at the?date|of ;.the; last annual report and more than- $51,000,000 to acquire Its Northern Pacific holdings. WIDOW AND BROTHER " SAID * TO BE INSURANCE SWINDLERS Arrested in Boston on Charge That / They Are Members. of Gnngr of Policy Forffera. ,' \j : . BOSTON, Aug. 22.— Police arrested today on a. warrant sworn* out, by Al bert D. Pickford for the New York Life Insurance Company .Mrs. (Mary A., Ten nyson, a, wealthy Roxbury.; widow, and her brother. • Dennis .Griffin. It Is claimed that the pair perpetrated a big graveyard '"insurance ,/* swindle. The .speciflo charge against the prisoners is that they forged life Insurance ap plications. .It is claimed- that several ,big life companies have been swindled by this -pair out of thousands of dol lars. Suspicions' were 'aroused'' by the nufnber" of policies "collected shortly after the policies, had been written and the companies combined to hunt down the gang. The police. are now searchr ing for the ringleader, Thomas Nelson, who posed as .an applicant for the policies and successfully passed various medical examinations., as. he was phy sically in perfect condition. Mrs.^Ten nyson ' has collected 5 - insurance -on her husband and daughter, .^both of whom died within. a year. >.;:-;. _- i - He Had an Arrful Edge On His pocket knife, but we, fixed it. See us for cutlery or cutlery repairing. Stoltz"s. cutlery, and barber supplies, 1535 Fillmore.rabove Sutter." - . • JOHX D.r SPRECKELS - .WILL ..\u25a0BUILD BLOCK I.V, : . SAX DIEGO To Erect Structure to House ;\u25a0 Corporation Officers and Tiro . : - ; . , \u25a0 XeTrapapers. \u25a0' • *' SAN DIEGO, Aug. 22.9-Building per mits for. construction .work: totalling nearly, $300,000 were taken oiit'at the office of the -Board of Public "Works yesterday. Early in the afternoon the High School . Board of Education : took out a permit for the erection of a new 'High School building to. cost $130,000. Later- In the day a permit for the con struction of a six-story re-enforced concrete, business block \u25a0': at the corner of Third and* D'_ streets was -taken out by John'D. Spreckels. The building, is to be the home;of>the San Diego Union and the Evening Tribune, both of which are owned; by- Spreckels. V The general offices. of th'e 'various Spreckels corpora tions also are '/to \u25a0 be located. In the \u25a0building. The estimated cost of con struction is. given as $165,000. CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR. Fare and .a Third ;to Sacramento From All Points. Complete display of IlTestock/jnlnlng,'manu factured nnd agricultural products from SlsSlyou to San, Diego. Special, day* each section: Au gust 25. Sacramento Valley;. 27th. Southern Cali fornia; 2Sth, coast counties: 29th.. .San Joaquin Valley;. 3oth, State of California • and GoTernor's ' day. •.-;'\u25a0'..\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0":•.--\u25a0..\u25a0•" -\u25a0.; ;.-"•; . Exhibits of Burbnnk's new plant oppcles. and of the work . of university . ami (JoTernment ex portmmtal i farms. ,. Anvil . chorus, . 500 voices. Amusements. Tickets on eal<» Southern ; Pacific Agents ! Au- Riist 23, September ill Return limit Septem ber 3. \u25a0 - • ' • : ; '. " : *. ' BO YES HEIRS WlN.— Yreka, Aug. \u25a0' 22. — Word has : been received tbat - the case ;of the Boyes heirs v#k Churchill has been , decided \u25a0by tie Supreme Court for the plaintiffs. The case Involves- Insurance money placed at interest in 1891 - for. the eight . children \u25a0 and \u25a0• subsequently used for their maintenance.', The action is held to be illegal.' as the estate was Insolvent. • The amount 'involTed Is nearly $22,000. \u25a0 .'.--/.! Our wholesale; and retail departments are' both in good condi- . tion -and improving every day.-: Inspection is, cordially invited. We are sole agents for , the ] Shaw-Walker Filing Devices, Multi- \u25a0 Cabinets,, Card Systems, .Twin Lock Ledgers, . Loose-leaf Devices, Fountain Peris and Stationery: of : every description. .','• jßookkeepers', Architects' and Artists' Supplies. , r / Also Pictures, Frames,' Mirrors and Moldings. :'. Same prices- and same help as before the, fire. Come and see \u25a0 us, orj call. < .\. . . , "' y -\u0084-\u25a0\u25a0' , Telephone Temporary 1660. ' SANB^RN;YAIL & CO., Mission St., Between 4th and sth 1 Hotel Jeff erson I ' TURK AND OOUGH STS, FACING JEFFERSON SQUARE AN HOTEL OF; UNUSUAL CLASS , [^" : f ':•. ' . ~~~" ~-~~ ~~~~~~~ \u25a0 ' 250 Rooms, Single or En Suite; 100 PRIVATE BATHS American or European plan. The. latest and most modern hotel in San -Francisco. ; Newly furnished and .'\u25a0\u25a0.reopened 'August- 15th. "-'•\u25a0.The. names -of the proprietors assure its character and comfort. \u2666 /I \u25a0'oiwaßAßK^. I STEWART-BARKER CO. X FORMERLY PROPRIETOR ;,? i_____- =^ = s = s! ' \u25a0%. \u25a0•; HOTEL' cbLONIAL^;\ ; ' ' • ; - -••'\u25a0\u25a0 ; ;' . \u25a0; - " ORDERS FOR ARMY MEN ISSUED. WASHINGTON, Ang. 22. — Contract Surceon Charles A. ; Cattermole ttIU pro ceed from Manhattan, - Nev., to San Francisco and take trans . port to mail from > latter place on September 5 for the Philip pine*, and upon arrival In Ma nila report to ; commanding gen eral, Philippines Division, for doty. Contract Surgeon Arthur D. Prentice Is relieved from duty In the \u25a0 Philippines . Division and Trill proceed to San FrancUco and report to the military- secre tary for farther * orders. DEPRAVED MISSES IN THE TOILS. SPECIAI* DISPATCH. TO THE CALL. . STOCKTON. Aug. 22.— Crystal - Bar nett, a' seventeen-year-old girl, and Etta Eaton, who Is about the same age. whose: mother. resides in this city, were In the Justice's court today, -charged with vagrancy. | The girls, both of. them exceptionally pretty/were taken' from a low lodging house by* the police. The place Is run by a crippled. Chinese and is.frequent ed.!it"is said, by negroes, Chinese and drug fiends. : The girls were, brazen in' their shame and. made- no effort at concealment." : uThe Eaton girl's mother, a deserving woman,- was in court and made ;a pa thetic plea for her child, who laughed at her tears. The girl was ordered to Jail for 100 days, but the commitment was withheld on the understanding that she would go with her mother. The Barnett girl was sentenced to jail for thirty ; days, but officers were directed to communicate with her par ents In Oakland. SEATTLE JUDGE DECLARES SPIRITUALIST A VAGRANT Sara Readings as Practiced hy Promi- Qnent Medium Constitute Fortune \u25a0;. Telllnc, Therefore Are Illegal. 'SEATTLE, Aug. 22. — Rev. Mrs. Rice, one of the leading spiritualistic me diums of Seattle, pastor of the Seattle Psychic Society and lecturer at the First Splrltualtlst Church of Seattle, was declared by Judge Albeftson this morning to be a vagrant within the meaning of the law. The court held that the mediumistic readings which the defendant urged as simple re ligious observances constituted fortune telling, and, that one who gave such readings was. guilty of the crime -of telling fortunes within the meaning") of the statutes denning vagrancy. A b^nd to keep the peace was exacted of -the defendant, j , *< The decision is one of great impor tance to the spiritualists of Seattle, as it gives the 'police unlimited authority to put an -end. to the public and private readings which form a. large part of their religious services. WATERWILL SOON' BE RUXXIXG IX GREAT IRRIGATION DITCH Los .\u25a0 Anpreloa to \u25a0 Rush : to --' Completion the Cnnal In Colusa - ij 1 ?, : • " and Glenn Coonties. ' \u25a0-'' ;;* WILLOWS; Apg. 22^-7-The Los An geles capitalists who recently acquired the controlllng^interest' in the Central Canal and Irrigation Company have an nounced .that \u25a0within three months water \u25a0will be flowing in the canal as far. as Maxwell, Colusa County.' Twenty years ago the canal was dug to a point west of Maxwell. The hew own ers *are planning to make immediate use of the ; forty miles ;of completed ditch and complete the. system as planned by the original promoters as rapidly as .possible. A -large.. pumping plant costing $100,000 will be erected at the present intake on the banks of the Sacramento, River near St. John, Glenn .County. • :,. ';^-': In order to relieve the labor situation in San Francisco, the Santa'Ke Railway" will place in effect on Monday, August 27, colonist rates from nearly all points In the East nnd West — $33 from Chicago. $31 from St. Louis. $2.". from Kansas City. Omaha and St. Joe, $50 from New York. The Santa . Fe Railway people believe that these rates will do much to relieve the labor situation. ' • :\u25a0. ; . . . -.;,= v • MAN WITH AN AX IS TOO J .-^' •;-/',; MUCH FOR BIG"- WILDCAT Animal I* Killed After Fierce Struggle, In Which Victor Lone* Cloth . Ins 'and ; Flesh. . SEATTLE,- Au'gr. 22.— After a fierce encounter with a wildcat weighing: thirty pounds, in which his clothing: was torn and his leg lacerated by the cat's sharp claws, D. M. Haglund. of Alkl Point came, forth a victor this morning. Heglund's trousers were torn by the animal's claws and several lons, deep, scratches were inflicted on his leg, but he managed to land a blow with the, sharp edge of an ax and the wildcat keeled over in its death throes. SKELETONS RECALL DREAD TRAGEDY. Bones of Eight Victims pi Valencia Wreck Are Found Near Lifeboat STARVEDTODEATH SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. 'SEATTLE, Aug. 22.— Eight skeletons lying beside a lifeboat in a caVb near Carmanah, on the west side of Van couver Island, dumbly tell what Is un doubtedly the most terrible tragedy of last January's wreck when the liner Valencia pounded to pieces on the treacherous coast of Vancouver Island. A special from Carmanah this after noon reporting the heart-breaking dis covery says the boat's* crew had made apparent safety' and starved to death because the coastline was not ade quately searched. It will be Impossible, to identify the remains of the eight victims. Llghtkeeper. Daykin says: "If the men got into the cave alive, as Jt is evident they did, they must have starved to death. It is a veritable mantrap. There is a large rock at the mouth of the cave, over which the boat must have been hurled by huge waves, as there Is not enough room on either side of the rock, to get the boat out again when the water is smooth. "The boat's crew must have perished before the storm subsided. The boat is all right except for a small hole In the forward ' air chamber, near the gunwale." TOTS WILL TRAVEti AL.OVE FROM MAINE TO CALIFORNIA Children Start on . Journey to Meet - Father, an Electrician in San Jose. \j BOSTON, Aug. 22.— Two bright, cour ageous children on their way from Eastport, Maine, left the South Station yesterday afternoon for San Jose, Cal., to meet their father, whom they have not seen in ten years. The father is Frederick J. Bowden..an electrician at San Jose. Their mother died ten years ago in San Jose and Bowden placed the children In the- care of their aunt at Bocabec, N. B. Bowden married again and sent for his children and they will arrive in San Jose Sunday evening. ESTATE WORTH $100,000,000 IS CLAIMED BY AMERICANS Wisconsin People Deliere They Are Heirs of Michael Roup, a Ger - man Brewer. WAUKESHA, Wls.. " Aug. 22. — Ten residents of this city claim to be heirs to. the estate of the late Michael Roup, a brewer of Germany, who left a fortune said to amount to nearly $100. 000,000. Edward Roup of Buffalo came here yesterday and after consulting with him the ten Waukesha heirs signed affidavits affirming their kinship with,. the deceased brewer. There are said to be thirteen heirs in all. The German Ambassador In 'Washington has" communicated "with the heirs and says the estate is bona fide. We are offering high grade securities for investment . which will provide an income of s to 6 per cent, per • annum, payable half-yearly, free of taxes. Call or write for further particulars. CaliforniaSafeDeposiUndTrustCo. t Cor. California and Montgomery Streets. Bond Department : v/V ' H. J. MAGINNITY, Bond Officer. Capital and Surplus ........$ 3,000,000 Total Assets X . .. ...1.- 10,500,000 INTEREST PAID ON DEPOSITS BUSINESSDIIZECTOPYn OF SAN FRANCISCO FIRMS. \u25a0% ACME Ironand AVlre Worlw, 35 Board- , - man pi., nr. Bryant at., bet. 6th-»th. AITKK.N A AITKEN— Attoraej-n-at- law, 876 Eddy St., between Franklin and Van Ness aye.. San Francisco. AMI2IUCAX TITPE POUM)EIIS CO^ offices and stores 405 Eighth it., Oak- land, and 416 Jackson St.. San Fran- cisco, Cal.; warehouses. San Francisco - and Oakland. C. J. AVCKR, Watchmaker and Jevreler. 1760 Market St.. cor, of Van Neas avo. BASS-HUETEB PAINT "CO.— -Paints oils; Hueter's varnlshea. 1814 Market. EDWARD A, BELCHER, attorney at law. 1814 Sutter st. Tel. West 2727. CALIFORNIA 'ART GLASS WORKS. 93$ Howard St.. bet. Fifth and Sixth. CARY SAFE CO., Richardson Bros.. general agents. 131 Fifth st. C. t«. CLIXCH & CO.. formerly » Front ... at.; Temporary .office 2310 Buchanan. COMPRESSED AIR MACHINERY CO. are now located on Jessie and Eexer tts., bet. Market and Mission and First & Second. Tel. Temporary 1051. H. N. COOK BELTING . CO- Sl7-31* Howard st. TeL Temporary, 452. CUKTAZ, UK.VJ. A SOS — Open ior busl- ness. 2262 Franklin st. - • DEIMEL LIXE.N-MESH STORE, 1107 Van Ness avenue, near Geary.- (iANT.VEIt St MATTEBN CO.. Lajuna . and Grove sts. — Knit goods; mills \u25a0 running. Orders promptly filled. (iOOOYBAR RUBBER CO. SlB-220 Spear. TeL Temporary 1733. GUMP, S. * G, CO. are at 12X4 Geary ; until further notice. UIL3IER, FRED L. CO^— Dairy pro- . ducts. 26 Clay st. Tel. Temporary 565. KINO. \VY G., Architect, formerly Starr King bldg.; at 1766 Geary st. JOY'S DRUG STORE.- Surgical lnst's^ ..Batteries and iTusses — 2105 Pine st. JUNGBLUT. AUGUST, COMPANY— "T.-'x .'•-.-.; Billiard and Pool tables. 833 Pillmor*. KKLLV'S : »TAfILIiS. Pln« & Franklin. Carriages and Coupes. TeL West 1991. KING KEYSTONE OIL CO.— Now locat- \u25a0 cd permanently it- Clay st.' Formerly - 206 --•- Calttornla st. and Jackson-sc '. bu'kheaa. All prades of lubricating oils for ' marine and stationary work. \u25a0 Asphaltum, . lubricating greuaej, axle '\u25a0.. grease. \: •..'-\u25a0• - ; ;.;'. /.\u25a0 - .'- KEYSTONE TYPE FOUNDRY. 304 Tel- egraph aye.,', Oakland. I Phone Oakland ''747«>. a.F. omce. 302 Polk St.. bet. :7; McAllister and Fulton, y KMOWUB9.'' KOW."> CO.". Printers. 716 Broderick it, ' near - McAllister. - ATTACKS A WOMAN ON THE STREET. Brutal Negro Siezes Mrs. Jane Spence on Thor oughfare in San Jose SAVED BY LAWYER.. SPECIAL DISrATCH TO THE CALL. SAN JOSE. Aug. 22.— Mrs. Jane Spence of this city was attacked at noon today on Second street by a negro named John Rhoades. ' Attorney A. H. Jarman. who was standing near by, rescued her. The negro approached from the rearf) and threw his arms around Mrs. Spence. She screamed and Mr. Jarman. hearing the sound, rushed to her assistance. He struclc the negro a blow on the» : - * nose that nearly felled him to the '!t ground. The negro immediately broke •' away, but was overtaken In a short ?: distance by Mr. Jarman, who threw -> '* him down and held him until Deputy Sheriff Fred Shore appeared on tho scene. Mrs. Spence "was prostrated by the" 1 affair. The negro "who committed the, K '* assault is a heavy man. appearing to^"" be about 40 years of age. He tamj," nV . here two or three days ago from Stock- *^."_ ton and he had in his possession a card Indicating that he was a window- ,,. cleaner. He was released on Wednes- .'. day from the Stockton Jail, after aery- . . ing a 90-day sentence for beating his wife - . .*•'":.-£ AGED SCULPTOR WEDDED /.-. I> THE WI.\TER OF LIFB3 ' x Dean of American Artlsti at the Ase of , 78 Years for the Third Time. NEW YORK. Aug. 22 — J. C. A. TVard. dean of American sculptors and* for> more than half a century a leader in" art. was showered yesterday "with cdn-'-f gratulatlons on his recent marriage." - The noted sculptor has Just passed th» \u25a0 seventy-sixth milestone in life's. Jour- > ney and has been married twice before. Ward declined to gratify the curi osity of earnest Inquirers as to tho Identity of the bride. "Why should you ask," he interro gated. "Does the public care? X am no Kaiser or President. Certainly It Is not necessary that I should tell the name of the lady. That Is a personal matter. It concerns only my own hap piness. I have no children and no other tle3. I was married about a month ago and that is all I care to say about It." San Frandxcan Wed» In Bonton. BOSTON. Au?. 22. — Miss Isabel M. McGrath of San Francisco and David V. McCarthy of Brookline were married In St. Mary's Church of the Assumption in Brookllne yesterday by Rev. Father Stephan. Miss Anna C. McGrath, a sister of the bride, was the maid of honor and Robert W. Spear acted a3 best man. iras. losgwosth to mnmj. sTArtrE — Cincinnati. Aujr. 22. — Mrs. Nicholas Loncrworth today accepted an Invitation to nnyell t!>» statnc of Wllllain MoKlalejr at Columbus. 0.." on October 22. LEIBOLO HARNESS /t CARRIAGB CO. bus. busbies, springr wagons, harness. robes, whips. 1214 Golden Gate aveT; LINEN-MESH STORE <De!mel), 1107 i Van Ness avenue, near Geary. . i LU.VDY'S Jewelry Store will be at 7441 Market August 14. • MERCER-FRASER CONSTRUCTION"? CO, — Pile foundations, house build- . ingr. moving, repairing:, wrecking, rigging, wharf and bridge building 1°25 Mission St.. S. F.; teL Special ' 1792; 10g G St.. Eureka. Cal. : MONTAGUE, W. -W, * CO, Stores. Re-.' frlgerators, Housefurnlshlnff Goods. Turk and Polk streets.^ - PACIFIC MANIFOLDING BOOK CO. J. B. GREENWOOD. Sales Agent. .-..- S. F. Office now at 1433 Flllmore St. Counter Sales Books. Salesmen's ' Order Books. Duplicate Charging and ' Billing Systems for Retail Stores. A ' postal card request will bring us promptly to your address. PALACE HARDWARE CO., 456-459 Golden Gate aye.. near Polk st. PELTON. JOHN COTTER, architect. 1767 Goary st. Atlas bldy.. July l. . t . REID BROS- Architects. 2325 Gough st. TeL "West 6001. TIoUhSEAU. CHAS. J^ Architect and Structural Engineer, office 820 Stan- yan st.. San Francisco. M. P. SCHELL, 1759 Union st. bet. Oc- tavta and Gough: fine machine work; model and experimental work; flna milling, gear cutting, etc. - SCHLOSS CROCKERY CO. crockery, glass, enameled, galvanized ware, stovepipe; plenty stock on hand. Permanent location 371 Fifth st.. cor- ner Clara. . SONNTAG'S Patent Ajcctict. 783 Clay- ton. Masonic aye. cars. TeL Park 853. TAKEMVHA BKOSh wholeaals dealer* " and manufacturers of Japanese goods. 1523 Post st. ... THE O. A. BREMER-LEWIS CO. Guns, Sporting Goods. Fishing Tackle, Hardware. Tools, etc. 140 Van Ness ay. TURNER. J. S.. cotton duck, wall bur- laps. TeL Temporary 239. » Mission at.: VALVOLINE OIL CO^ 157 Townsend sl. - San Francisco. TeL Temporary 221.. VAK.VEY * GHKKN. oClce and yards.' •' ' 15th st.:' between Valencia h. Mission. ;- YAWMAN <fc ERBE MFG. CO.— Office ' and warehouse, 42 Oak st, S. F.; Oak- .:." land sales office. 207 Bacon block. XELLERBACU « SONS. Paper. 4D i" Jackson st. San Francisco; 514 11 ta' -'\u25a0t.; 1 Oakland: 64 Ist st^, Portland. Or.; 113 N. Los Angelas nt., Los An/aidi; ' 11* Kit. Sacramento. 5