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Queen Amelie Bitterly Accuses franco of Responsibility f or the Death of Rulers
dents, who fled from Lisbon, is
in Salamanca.
, "Franco was the real assassin,"
he is quoted as saying today, i
"The.crime was the logical out
come of the situation, and it can
not be charged to any one party."
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CITY SLOWLY WAKENS
• FROM TRAGED Y'S HORROR
Political Tension Slackens and
; All Parties May Join in
Reorganization
\u25a0 LISBON. Feb. 4. — Lisbon is beginning
to recover f,rom the. shock and horror
of Saturday's bloody tragedy, but a
I strong undercurrent of popular and
governmental nervousness remains. The
political tensJon is slackening, although
the progressists refuse to Join in the
concentration cabinet which Admiral
Fcrrelra do Amaral is forming from
sll the monarchical groups because the
conservatives are in predominance.
The hitch, however, is likely to be
straightened out and a temporary un :
ion of all the. monarchical elements at
tained for the purpose of getting the
country back on a constitutional basis,
"ending agitation and restoring tran- j
quilllty," as expressed by the leaders.
A high official said today that Franco
wanted to exercise even a more des
potic power and that at the interview
-with the new king he said It was quite
Impossible for him to Join the coalition
movement. It was with eyes filled
with tears that King Manuel finally
accepted Franco's resignation. The
former premier then hastily left the
palace and has not been seen since.
KUig Manuel then called in the tnon
irebies.l leaders and named Admiral
Ferreira do Amaral. premier of the
new cabinet. Queen Amelie herself Is
sued orders to tho military that the
life of Franco should be carefully
guarded. * •:>. , '» \u25a0
Senhor Bernadlno Machado, the leader
of the peaceful wing of the republi
cans, agrees to a truce provided that
his friends now under arrest are lib
erated, freedom of the press restored
and the elections ordered.
TO AMELIORATE COXDITIOXS
Admiral do Amaral, a devoted friend
of the queen, who assumes power, is
committed to the reversal of the entire
policy of th« dictatprshlp, the abolition
of repressive measures and the restora
tion of "the old liberal monarchy."
Government by decree will be with
drawn Saturday, amnesty accorded po
litical offenders not Implicated In deeds
of violence and the embargo on the
press raised.
Franco's downfall is complete. He
recognized that it was Impossible to
saddle the youthful king at the outset
of his reign with the stern program In
volving the immediate banishment and
deportation of several hundred political
offenders, to which he had committed
himself if he remained In office.
He told a friend that the assassins
of the king ended his political career.
He offered his services, however, but
these were refused, both Queen Amelie
and the dowager queen, Maria Pia,
agreeing with the unanimous view of
the council of state that the author of
the dictatorship must be cast aside.
OTHER ASSASSINS ESCAPE
Practically no headway has been
made in unraveling the plot, "of which
the murder of the king and crown
prince was but one step. The police
now admit that the three men arrested
were not involved. Every . one of the
lesperate t>and except the three men
killed escaped in th« confusion. The
Identification of these three throws but
' Uttle light upon their connections.
- While it If believed by some mat
they were involved in the conspiracies
which were unearthed in the latter
part of January, it is possible that the
regicide was planned »na executed on
the spur of the moment, after the ap
pearance of a decree by a small group
3f militant revolutionaries or anarchis
tic socialists, who may have imagined
that the obliteration of the Braganza
dynasty would cause a spontaneous up
rising of the people. The conspiracy
was foiled In both respects, as the
younger prince escaped and -the people
went in mourning for the double trag
edy Saturday.
FEW SIGXS OF MOURMXG
A" visitor would be struck by the
absence of the conventional signs of
. national mourning. The white and blue
flag of Portugal and the standards of
the foreign countries are half masted
and officers have black bands on their
arms, but only here and there is there
• knot of crape at the windows.
Among the better classes the men wear
Mack cravats. The royal arms shops
ere draped and shutters half closed.
Most of the European countries are
rending special missions to attend the
funerals, these Including the Prince
>f Wales and the duke of Aosta. The
zountess of Paris, Queen Amelle's
mother, will arrive here tonight. Two
ships of the British fleet at Vigo are
pjrpected here, King Carlos having held
rank as an admiral in the British
navy.
QtEEXS ARE PROSTRATED
The two queens remain in the pal
ace with their dead, prostrated with
grief. The queen mother is broken
hearted. Both are devoted Catholics
and spend much of their time in prayer.
During the day Admiral Do Amaral
succeeded- in bringing the opposing fac
tions to his way of thinking and final
ly announced that the cabinet had been
definitely -constituted as follows:
Premier and minister of the interior.
Admiral Do Amaral.
Minister of public works, Carvet Ma
salhaes.
Minister of marine. Vice Admiral
Augusto de Castilbo.
Minister of justice, Arthur Alberto de
Campos Henrlquee.
Minister of foreign affairs, Dr. Win
ceslao de S. Pereira Lima.
Minister of finance, Manoel Alfonso
dEspregueria.
Minister of war, Sebastlao Custodio
de Sousa Telles.
Minister Do Amaral, Sentior Maga
haes and Admiral Augusto de Castil
hq are known as Inspectors. Senhor
Henrique and Dr. Lima, are regener
ators and Senhor d'Espreguerla and
Senhor Sousa Telles are progressists.
EgXhcj last two ministers count upon. the
-support of all the monarchial factions.
Admiral de Caetilho and Senhor Maga
liaes iwver have held offices before.
PEOPLE ARE .MONARCHISTS
In an interview .the new premier said
that he -had accepted power" In \u25a0 'or
• ier to pacify the disturbed public spirit
1 and re-establish normal life, because he
-:^§elieved that -the Portuguese people
; were derotedly, attached to .the mon
irchy. ' If revolution was ever possible,
.".se said, the terrible crime' which had
overwhelmed the nation would prevent
its realization.
.- Premier do Amaral plans to, hold the
new elections in ' AprlL ' He,, together
,-trlth his entire cabinet, paid an official
\u25a0rlslt. to. the palace this afternoon. Ad
miral An Amaral Is Invested with the
Tull powers of premier, but he consults
"frequently with King Manuel and
ISueen Amelie.
• A constant stream iof prominent peo
ple called at the royal palace today to
' %-iew the bodies of King Carlos and the >
:rown prince, which are lying in. an
. improvised mortuary chapeL A flood of ;
-. toft light from countless candles filled
tfe*' chamber • of mourning.- '
—Ttrere- was " * mass"in the .chapel this
morning-, at which the members of tho
royal family were present, and then
priests clad in somber vestments sol
emnly, read th»> service for the dead.
As the ecclesiastics in monotone mur
mured the Latin words of the Credo
and turned to offer the benediction sobs
broke from every one In the room.
USB TEMPOHARV COFKI.X
It was found that the body of the
king could not placed In the casket
first prepared to receive It. and. pend
ing arrangements to secure it, It rests
in a temporary cofflru
The bodies of the king and the crown
prince will He In state from late to
morrow—morning- until late Friday
jitght. Court chamberlains of the, late
king and members of the royal mili
tary household will keep -watch over
the bodies of the deceased ruler arid
his son. Their vigil will be continued
day and night until the bodies are re
moved to the royal pantheon •of St.
Vincent for Interment.
The coffins repose in the center of
the improvised chapel on a bier cov
ered with rich black velvet, upon
which is embroidered a large white
cross. At the head of the coffin' of
the king rests the royal crown, cov
ered with crape, while at the foot lies
the late king's sword and helmet.
During the entire time the bodies He
in state the forts of the city and the
warships in the Tagus will ftfe salutes
at Intervals of 15 minutes. National
mourning will be observed by the court
and public for three months.
DENIES POWERS HELPED
IN FRANCO'S OVERTHROW
Official Note Refutes Allegation
Thai France or England
Aided in Downfall
PARIS, Feb. 4. — An official note was
published here today denying the alle
gation made In a German newspaper
and elsewhere that the fall of Premier
Franco from power was due to the in
tervention of either France or Great
Britain.
"It is equally untrue," the statement
declares, "that either Spain or" Italy In
tends to intervene to bring about peace
In Portugal. The powers will respect
the rights of Portugal to settle her own
internal affairs."
The Petit Parlslen declared today
that on Saturday night, at a meeting of
the council of state in Lisbon, Premier
Franco guaranteed to restore order If
he was given full power and allowed
to deport 300 prisoners. He was aware,
however, that his request would not be
granted, and he consequently preferred
to retire and leave the country. It was
probable, the newspaper said, that the
influence of the British government, in
voked by Queen Amelie, was Instru
mental in causing the dictatorship of
Franco to be discontinued.
ITALIAN WOULD SEND ]\u25a0 :: '
RESOLUTION TO PEOPLE
Objects to Condolence With Gov*
ernment Alone, but Yields
to Premier's Advice
ROME, Feb. 4. — When the chamber of
deputies resumed Its session today Pre
mier Giolitti voiced the sympathy of the
Italian government and people for the
royal family of Portugal and the people
of Portugal and read the telegrams of
condolence that had been sent to Lis
bon. %.;:-. : '"•:.-. -'• >
Deputy Chiesa, republican, called atr
tention to the fact that the Italian gov
ernments was obliged to send Its tele
grams of condolence to the Portuguese
minister of foreign affairs, because
there was no parliament at Lisbon, and
then declared that he desired to send a
resolution to the Portuguese people.
Premier Giolitti protested against this
on the ground that it would be interfer
ence with the internal affairs of \u25a0» for
eign country. . ;'UfM
ALFONSO WAITS WORD OF
DANGER TO SPANIARDS
Ready to Take Action to Protect
People Who May Be' on
Portuguese Soil
- MADRID. Feb. 4. — King Alfonso and
Queen Victoria are at present at Se
' vine and will return to Madrid only in
case the situation in Portugal becomes
! worse and it should be desirable for
them to be near. the ministry and par
liament to facilitate taking steps neces
sary to protect Spanish inhabitants of
Portuguese towns.
Heavy detachments of soldiers are on
duty day and night on the Spanish
frontier. It is repbrted here that King
Carlos carried life insurance to the
amount of $200,000 in an English com
pany, and that he had another policy
for $22,000 in a Spanish insurance. com
pany.
SUPPOSED REGICIDE IS
NOW THOUGHT INNOCENT
Man Who Was~Killed Said to
Have Been Guiltless of
\ Assassination
PARIS. Feb. 6. — A special dispatch
from Lisbon says that it would now
appear that the ' man Costa, who was
killed as one of the assassins of ttie
king, was Innocent. According to the
account, he was employed by a jeweler
in Arsenal street, wno" swears that he
dispatched him to purchase^some post
age stamps at the time the" royal car
riage was passing, that being the sole
reason he was among the crowd. He
became Involved in the general stam
pede and was shot down by a stray
bullet.
PRETENDER BRAGANZA ON
WAY BACK TO AUSTRIA
Relatives Advise Him to Do
Nothing That Might Be in
Any Way Misconstrued
VIENNA, Feb! 4.— Dom MigUel.de
Braganza, the pretender to the throne
of Portugal, has curtailed his stay in
Vlareggio, Italy, and is now on his way
back to Austria. This step, it is be
lieved. Is taken on the advice of rela
tives of the pretender, that he avoid
any action that could under these cir
cumstances in any way *be miscon
strued.' '
PRUSSIAN PRINCE TO BE
KAISER'S REPRESENTATiVE
Frederick Leopold Will A ttend
Funeral of Portuguese King.,
'and' Crown Prince
BERLIN, Feb. 4.— yEmperor William
has appointed Prlnce/Frederick Leopold
of Prussia to represent him at the
funeral in Lisbon next Saturday of the
late king and crown prince of Portugal.
Prince Frederick Leopold left here to
day with his suite. He is the bearer, of
special messages of condolence to the
royal family of Portugal.
GIRLS' DIARY TELLS OF
RIOTS AGAINST FRANCO
Daughter of Oakland Banker
Sees Premier Pass . Hotel
While Crowd Grows Wild
:. OAKLAND, Feb. 4.^Mls* Marguerite
THE SAN FRANCISCO CAL^
Baptlsta of 1401 Ninth avenue, daugh
ter of Jose Baptista,. vice president of
the;Portus-uese-Amerlcan bank. of this
j city', visitfd' Lisbon last June, with her
father and mother and kept a 1a 1 diary.
jUnder the date of June 18r 1907, Mlsa
Baptlsta recorded the following descrip
tion of strpet rioting which she wit
nessed from, nor hotel '.window, and
j which was caused by the ill feeling that
the populace harbored- against Franco,
who was then driving through the
streets in his carriage, strongly guard
ed by mounted troops:- t
\u25a0 "At 11 p. m. we heard pistol shots,
coming apparently from the center.'' of
the praca. ..The praea was packed with
people" and guards 'were riding among
them and shouting, but were unable to
quell the disturbance. I learned that
the, crowds had gathered, to await: the
coming of Senor dao Franco, the king's
premier, who Is righteously hated' by
the populace.
"Tonight Lisbon Is all confusion. The
streets are packed with angry men and
screaming women. Franco has arrived
from Oporto and the crowds are await
ing his passage up the street by our
hotel. He is hated especially by the
poorer classes, as he had closed the
factories where they, were previously
employed. He arrived and passed our
hotel shortly after 11 o'«lock % in an open
carriage. He was.cwell guarded ,by a
patrol of the royal guards. .
""Troops of cavalry are stationed on
every corner, and much shooting is tak-'
Ing place. It sounds like war. :It is
now after midnight, and the crowds
seem to have grown larger instead "of
diminishing-. One of the servants in
i the hotel has just told me that several
persons were killed and that many
were wounded. Shots are being fired
and stones thrown in the vicinity .of
Rocio's railroad station, which is across
the praca and opposite our hotel. All
the windows have been broken In the
building .and the killed and wounded
have been taken there. It is now near
ly morning and the rioting continues.'
"From all that I can learn about the
trouble the people are not angry at the
king, but are opposed to Premier Fran
co, who is said to be' a cruel man and
a merciless ruler. There are stories
abroad that the king has taken money
' from the treasury and that he has also
pawned his crown. The king's reception
at Cintra, where I saw trim last Satur
day, shows that the people love him,
HEARST TO HOLD
EARLY CONVENTION
His Independence League Dele
gates Will meet in Advance
of the Democrats
SPECIAL TISPATCH TO THE CALL
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 4. — Leading
democrats were apprised today of a
movement of the Hearst managers to
hold a national convention of the Inde
pendence league in this city late in
May or early in June, to 'place a decla
ration of principles before the country
Iri advance of the democratic conven
tion, which will meet in Denver. r j
It is said that this city has been se-j
lected because of its * central location
and beckuse Hearst I* anxious to or
ganize- dissatisfied Indiana democrats
and bring them Into his league. ..
Men in the pay of 'Hearst are said to
be at work in every, county In Indiana
organizing local leagues, and many so
cialists are being enrolled as members.
SAN FRANCISCAN DIES
IN BURNING SHIP'S HOLD
James Collins, a Stowaway, Re
ported Among the Victims
of Steamer St. Cuthbert
' SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
NEW YORK, Feb. 4. — The following
wireless message was received here to
night:
On board they Steamship Cymric, off
South Wellfteet, Mass.. Feb. 4. — Thirty
nine were rescued from the steamer St.
Cuthbert. which was burned at sea
Sunday. Fourteen were lost.
The rescued are on board the Cymric,
which took them from the burning
steamer. James Collins, a San Fran
cisco stowaway, was penned In the
forecastle by the flames. He-climbed a
wire rope and -the stays, overhand to
the mast. Soon . afterward ho', was
flung into the seething hold by the
falling mast.
The other stowaways remained In the,
forecastle until the fire was checked.
HURLS CHARGE OF GRAFT
AT TRIO OF COLLEAGUES
Accused Supervisors Brazenly
Demand Mileage They
Never Paid'
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4. — Supervisor
George Alexander, Independent, made
sensational . charges at,s.he board meet
ing today against three of his republi
can .colleagues. Chairman 'Patterson,
Wilson and Eldrldge, known as the
"solid three." alleging that Cthey
charged mileage to the county for trips
made In public automobiles.'' .- .
'; Alexander" contended Athat the mile
age should not ; be paid, .refusing •to
sign the demands. The district attor
ney stated that the charge was illegal,
but: has not ruled" on it officially.,; •"
Members of the trio admit they have
charged mileage, but insist they have
a right to do,. It. They threaten to
carry the matter .Into the courts if
they are denied the money.
WOMAN ADMITS PERJURY
IN NOTED DRUCE CASE
Makes Full Confession t Regard
ing Efforts ; of Pretender :
to Dukedom;*
LONDON/; Feb.- 4.— Miss . Mary- Robing
son has made a 1a 1 full confession ' r of wjif^
ful perjury in : the" Druce case '<: and v«ias
admitted the truth of .the' statement
made by, the ;pros.9cuttbn during ; the
trial of ; Herbert ; Druce, - who was j striv
ing to make good his claim to the title
apd estates of the duke of .Portland. "\u25a0\u25a0'.;
<*ai?mnEi, mr.NTERS ; fixed
HBALDSBURG. Feb.- 4.— Henry and
Andrew Nelson,'^ sons, of : City., Engineer
Nelson,;' both 'members ' of ,thei Hcalds
burgjhigh 'school, were fined $35^each
for : shooting squirrels ." yesterday '.after
noon by Justice 2 Raymond. \u25a0. vThe '\u25a0 boys
were .captured -by Sheriff Ben
H." . Barnes : and '. Game ;. Warden :J>' C. ;
IngallH.': They pleaded guilty; and paid
their fine. - ' ",.''." \u25a0•\u25a0"v \u25a0-
liAVS, DISEASES TO '.GAS
... SANTA .'ROSA, Feb. 4.— CltyMlealth
Officer \u25a0 J.V W.?J esse j has mad c a t report
to;the city council jcalling attention to
the ; poor. gas 7 furnished* in Rosa.
He'; says .itiisi deleterious Lto; health* and
when burned Mn.-a-closod* rooms causes
bronchial ; troubles; a rid "catarrh. ;
; and that the premier, to whom the
king has given the reins of government,
I is, the official to blame for the present
state, of affairs. in Portugal."
LOCAL PORTUGUESE PLAN \-»
REQUIEM MASS FOR KINO
Wait Word of Hour When Other
Cities Will M ourn Death
: , of Murdered Rulers
Further details of the plans for
holding a. memorial requiem mass for
the repose of the souls ot'V&ng Carlos
arid Crown Prince Luiz Felipe, the vie
• tinis" of : the •L.isbonn anarchists, were
perfected yesterday.' * The sefvices will
be held at St. Joseph's church, Chestnut
and Seventh streets, Oakland, and will
be j participated in by' 25,000 \ Portu
guese'residents of San Francisco and
vicinity. Dr. I. de S. Bettencourt, vice
consul' and .at present acting, consul
general at this port, is arranging for
the religious ceremonies. Final plans
will be made Monday, when the direct
ors of Ermandade do Dlvlno- Esplrlto
Santo, a leading Portuguese order,: will,
meet in Oakland. Father Ferreira will
sing*the mass.
A largeitralned chorus^ assisted by
the famous- Portuguese barytone, N.
Bensande, will be in the'' city at the
time* the services will be held and, will
sing the responses. The services will
be held on the day officially set for the
requlum throughout the world.
Though no word has yet been re
ceived from Washington in the way of
further instructions, this has not wor
ried'officials of- the local consulate. It
,was said today that they, realized that
the unsettled condition of affairs at
home might make It necessary to tele
graph to Lisbon before their exact
position, diplomatically, could - be
known. Despite this fact they intend
ed to make the coming services a fit
ting tribute, to the memory of their
king,-and an" Indication of their own
loyalty to the royal family. If the
foreign consuls attend In . uniform, as
they will be Invited to do, the occasion
will . be perhaps the most dignified and
solemn; function of its kind ever held
here. Expressions of regret have also
-reached the Portuguese cdnsulate from
every other diplomatic official' In the
city.
SAYS ANARCHISTS
BUSY IN CHICAGO
Police Chief Declares Enemies of
Law More Dangerous v
Than Ever
CHICAGO. Feb. 4. — "Never in the his
tory of Chicago have anarchists, and
other enemies of law and order been
more dangerous than they are at pres
ent." declared 1 Chief of Police Shippey
last night.. "The police are watching
their movements closely. You never
know when they are going to break
out."' \u25a0>£\u25a0<\u25a0•
Chief Shippey had just finished read
ing a police report ?>f a. meeting of
Chicago anarchists at which the. as-r
sassination of .King Carlos arid his
son and , that ,bf President McKinley
were approvingly : referred "to. ,- In; this
connection the chief of police pointedly
criticised : Municipal Judge Oscar 'M.
Torrlzen.for suggesting that, two" men
arrested here for postingj red;' placards
unlawfully , advertising - an ' anarphlst
meeting be released 'without penalty.
MEXICAN REBEL TRIO TO
BE TRIED IN ARIZONA
Men Who Sought to Organize
" Expedition Against Diaz
Extradited
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
LOS ANGELES, Feb. . 4.— Rlcarda
Flores Majon, Antonio- J. Villareal and
Llbrado Rivera, the three Mexicans ar
rested by the federal authorities on
the charge of conspiracy to form a
military expedition; have been ordered
to Douglas, Ariz., for trial. The three
men are charged with having attempt
ed to organize; a revolutionary party
to return to Mexico and make war on
the government. As there is ;a treaty
existing between . Mexico "and the
United States the act of these three
men was in violation of the laws of
this country. .
The complaint was sworn to by the
United States attorney of Arizona be
fore Commissioner Van Dyke and ex
tradition papers .'.were granted by
Judge Wellborn.
VETERAN CHIEF RESIGNS
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4. — General O.
H. La Grange, governor of the national
home for disabled volunteer -soldiers
at Sawtelle, resigned' today because, of
111 health and turned over his office to
Major T. J. Cochran, who- has been
treasurer at the home for several years.
It is expected that Major Cochran will
be | appointed governor of . the home by
the board of managers at Washington.
General La Grange made a. brilliant
record as a cavalry; officer, during the
civil war. He has been' in. charge of
the soldiers' home for 10 years.
CALIFORNIA s POSTMASTERS \u25a0
V SPECIAL DISPATQH TO THE CALL
5" WASHINGTON, Feb.' :{4.— California
postmasters appointed today as : fol
lows: Colma, ; San :Mateo. county,
Benjamin \ Smith Greene, ; '_ vice F. S.
Knowles,' .'removed; Electra, ; Amador
county; Edward -C. Baker, vice A. M.
Hostetter, resigned: Guerr.e-ville, So
noma courfty, ThomasfW. Duncan, vice
W." A. Turner, -resigned^; Charlotte K.
Haynes was Hoday appointed rural car
rier at Los Angeles, Cal., substitute
William M. Haynes. ..
AFTER THE GRIP
That Is. whenthe severity of the trou-
ble '_ Is passed, , then -comes a period ; of
great danger. The patient continues
In a weak, enfeebled '< condition/ does
not seem to rally, strength comes slow-
ly. At. this time Hood's Sarsaparllla
does a, grand work In revitalizing;: the
blood' arid building, up ' the: strength Vsb
that all danger \of .attacks from other
diseases is removed and health fully
restored. - .""\u25a0 '. -, -' ' .'-.'.
Very *AV>ak.— "l had the grip and be-
came : very weak. I then took Hood's
Sarsaparllla and , it did me so \u25a0< much
good.} I'now. take]it every, season^and
regard it as a mever failing medicine."
Mrs. Anna B.. Cooper, TitusviHe.-N/? J.
k. Could Hardly :W»ik.-^-"My" husband
| was taken down (with: the grip, • and
j.when •he was-, able to be^up again he
was7so weak he' could hardly? .walk. But
: Hood's : Sarsaparllla' made : . him .-strong
and%ave'him'an>ppetlte."- : -Mrs. i Millle
: M; - Abbott.lwarn'sley,'-. Ohio. j
BRITISH CAPITAL
INVESTIGATES S. P.
Sir Edgar Vincent, Acting for
Foreign Financiers, Inspects
Railroad Investments
Calhoun Corporation and Harri
; man Lines Engage Spe
cial Attention
s,sir Edgar Vincent, the English finan
cier who Is now a guest with Ambassa
dor Whitelaw Reid, at the home of D.
O. Mills in Millbrae. is making his
.visit to .thexPaciflc coast a part of a
trip devoted to studying, the condition
of railroad stocks and securities in the
United States, with a view to. directing
the investment of a large amount of
English capital In American transpor
tation' enterprises. " .
" Sir Edgar's visit to the coast is un
derstood to have as Its object an in
vestigation of Harriman's- Interests in
the west and also of the United Rail
roads of San Francisco, in both of
which tentative plans •of investment
are under consideration..- The baronet
is said to be acting not only for him
self but fori a number of influential
British capitalists, and on his report of
tho situation- will depend the success
or failure of a gigantic , financial deal.
Before: leaving the coast Sir Edgar
will Journey as far south as Los An
geles, and then will return and make
an extensive northern tour, carefully
inspecting the physical condition of the
Southern Pacific throughout California
and Oregon. *.....
Officials' of the Southern Pacific have
taken pains to deny all knowledge of
any. business relations between Sir Ed-,
gar and the company, but it is known
that every convenience has been placed
at hie. disposal by the authorities of
the road and that orders have been is
sued to make arrangements for his
comfort throughout the trip.
> When Sir Edgar arrived in New
York lie was equipped with letters
showing him to be prominent In Eng
lish financial circles and to hold ex
tensive interests in Turkish, East In
dian and African., enterprises. Orders
were given by Southern Pacific officials
to have his . transportation arranged
west of Chicago, which was done, and
every courtesy was shown him.
He arrived in New York on the Cun
ard liner Mauretanla January 17, and
remained 10 days at the Hotel St. Re
gis. He spent most of his time in "the
financial district and made voluminous
inquiries concerning the probable fu
ture of certain American securities,
notably - railroad stocks. One of his
fellow voyagers on the Mauretania was
Sir Weetraan Pearson, an eminent Brit
ish engineer, who Is driving the tunnel
under the East rlvef in New York and
also building the Tehuan tepee railroad.
Sir Edgar conversed with him at con
siderable, length during the trip on the
wisdom of investing in American se
curities. :-,
*. Sir Edgar was entertained at din
ner last . night by the Peter Martins.
The affair took place at the St. Francis,
at a big round table placed at the
end of the dinning hall."
The table was profusely decked with
violets and daffodils. Besides the
guest of honor, there were present at
the festive board : Mr. "and Mrs. Peter
Martin; Mr; tirid Mrs. Frank J. Carolan,
Baron A. de Gunzburg of Paris and
yie Hon. R. H. Fellows of London, Eng
land.. " . ' ' ; \u25a0 V '. ' ...
MISTAKEN FOR DUCK AND
ARE SHOT -BY COMPANION
Two Brothers Receive Contents
of Hunter's Gun in Legs
and Body „
special Dispatch to the call
•\u25a0NAPA, 'Feb. 4.— Ray Rama and Fred
Rama, two boys residing south of
Napa, were shot while hunting today
and had a narrow escape from death.
The young men. in company with Ed
gar. Glesecke, were hunting ducKs and
Glesecke became separated from the
Rama brothers." - Giesecke, believing
that he saw a duck, fired and the,
Rama brothers received the shot in
their legs , and hips. Ray was the
more seriously injured of the two. •\u25a0
/Both, young men were brought to
Napa and treated by a physician here.
The ' surgeon "extracted 18 shot from
the, elder brother's . legs. '
TO ENTERTAIN' LADIES— OakIand. Feb. 4.—
Ladles' night will be held at the . North Adeline
improvement club, 639 •- Sixty-second 'street,
Wednesday evening, February 5. An excellent
program bas been arranged. . \u25a0 \u25a0 •
A National Cash Register
Will Turn a Powerful Searchlight on Ypurßusiness
It will'reaveal and fortify, every weak point. It will light
the way to increased profits by. rendering impossible any oppor-
tunity , for mistakes. ':' ' \u25a0 x
j Where there is a
National Cash Register
in the store: customers are quick to appreciate the system that
protects their interest, but the greatest protection, however t is to
the merchant. : A National stops all leaks and drains and will
pay for itself before you have paid for it.
> We sell them on small payments- — can you afford to be
without one? Most certainly "NO.
complete record of \u25a0 all
(money paid- out or received on account. .
A clerk must sign his name to every transaction before he
can complete it. ' *
; ;^. you come in and have the. Register \ explained lo:
Wejare now in our new quarters at '~.y\ { ':, >^
10|0 MARKET STMET JffiAß.^ TAYLOIC
§HE NAITIC)N AL REGISTER GO.
POET STERLING
DEMANDS SCALP
Continued from Pace 1, Column 1.
possibly like "a cowled priest." and
saying to Perrin: . ">*
"If you think you can put me out,
try it." . .MlSgSsfagi?.^ *.•:'.
', Perrin, though he faced the greatest
poet in America, as Ambrose Blerce
gauges gray matter. s was undaunted.
Possibly, he resembled that "blue eyed
vampire, sated with its feast." which
in "The Wine of Wizardry," as Ster
ling writes, "smiles bloodily against a
leprous moon."
Perrin, however, went downstairs
and summoned another Janitor, who
failed to take sides. ;Then, according
to the statement of Perrin himself, he
went upstairs again, actually to throw ;
Sterling Into the street. When this ;
was told tonight Dr. Carlton said:
"I wouldn't think you would need
help to put slender, slight George
Sterling out."
JANITOR CARRIER THE DAY
"Am I a dog."'asked Perrin, in pro
test at the hearing, "because I am a
janitor?"
Dr. Carlton suggested that Perrin
apologize. The Janitor replied:
"I will apologize In only one way
—If he is a better man than I am.
If I had been near to him Sunday I
would have busted George Sterling in
the mouth or the Jaw." " * v
This passed the buck back to the
board, which will send a diplomatic
letter to the poet, telling him that to
a certain extent the janitor was wrong
and that the board realizes it. But
from all indications the "constant
menace to the body of citizens" will be
as .constant as ever. The board shows
; no disposition to dismiss the janitor.
TARIFF QUESTION
IN BACKGROUND
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Continued From Page 1, Column 3.
the part of the United States an, even
tariff with every other country in the
world, except that we shall enforce our
maximum tariff against such countries
as discriminate against our exports —
that you favor a minimum and maxi
mum tariff, with that application?""
The answer was strongly affirmative.
"Then," said the speaker, "I am glad j
to hear your medfclne. for that is pre- j
cisely the kind of tariff I believe in my
self." .
In his general answer to the state-!
ments of the delegation Cannon spoke:
In part as follows:
"Let me suggest that should the'
house pass such a tariff 'commission;
bill as you ask for^ there is no cer- i
talnty of what the senate would do.;
Three senators can, by virtue of their:
right to an unlimited occupancy of the !
floor, hold up any measure for as long;
as two years, without possibility of j
prevention. i
"I fear greatly that your tariff com- j
mission would turn itself into a de- j
bating school, Just as we do with our
selves here in the house, and that there
would likely be a majority and a mi
nority report.','
"The national conventions," contin
ued Speaker Cannon, "may determine
that the next congress shall revise the
tariff: for It goes without saying -that,
the . policies to be enunciated by those
conventions will be the policies 'gov
erning the two parties, and if to be
democrats should be intrusted the
power we know the tariff will be re
vised, and if the republicans remain in
the majority we know the power to re
vise will be vested In the next con
gress.".
Representative Payne made his posi
tion clear at once by appealing to the
delegation to see the unwisdom of the
appointment of a "necessarily" parti
san tariff commission, as proposed In
the Beverldge bill, "at the heels of a
financial panic and on the eve of a
presidential campaign."
RECOVER BODY OF MAN
, WHO DROVE OFF CLIFF
Napa River Yields Remains of
Alexander Hunger. Who Met
Death Saturday
NAPA. Feb. 4.— The body of Alexan
der Hunger, a resident of Napa county,
was found In Napa river near B street
this afternoon. Hunger drove over a
steep precipice into^the river last Sat
urday. The body drifted a mile to'the
point where it was found today. The
inquest will be held Wednesday. Hun
ger had lived in Napa county "25 years.
The Wrong Way
i - .'-.'. . \u25a0 .
I Many Physicians Try to Care Dys-
• pepsia by Having Their Patients
Starve Out the Disease
This Method .May Rats the Stomach
To become a physician one must
study medical • literature for a lons
time and attend several years at a
medical college, dissect at least one
human, body, pass many quizzes and
examinations, and at last receive bia
diploma, which entitles him to the M.
T\. degree.
Tet all this does not ' necessarily
make a doctor. \
We have ; known many graduates,
with their sheepskins, who could not
apply the knowledge they had acquired
to relieving ; and curing a patient of
dyspepsia.- • *
Thgy \u25a0 w<sre #ored-by their first at-
tempt to cure such ' a patient.
They were not to blame for this, for
all the knowledge they acquired from
medical works was 'wholly experimen-
tal. They were told to try the fol-
lowing:
Aromatic Ammonia.
Bicarbonate of Soda.
Bicarbonate of Potash.
Blue Mass.
Camphor Water.
Catechu.
Charcoal. •
Mineral Waters.
Nitric Acid.
Nitro-Muriatic Add.
Nux Vomica.
Oil of Amber.
OH of Cajuput
Spirits of Lavender.
Sulphite of Lime.
Tincture Cardamon.
Tincture Ginger.
Tincture of Irjon.
Vegetable Bitters.
In the list hot water is the onl>
remedy that will not do more harm
than good, and Its use Is still an un-
solved problem.
If • the professor who coaches th*
graduate would hand him a packags
of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets and tell
him that it was a specific for dyspepsia.
Indigestion, all stomach aliments, and
should be his mainstay in such cases,
that one grain of their actlVe principla
would digest 3.000 grains of food tn
J the stomach, and that aided by this
i remedy the stomach would soon regain
its normal condition, he would do the
• student more good than sending him
! forth with a lot of uncertain knowl-
! edge about the cure of these diseased
| conditions.
I The young doctor would gain a repu-
i tatlon by curing his first case of dy«-
! pepsia.
I The patient cured would soand his
! praises far and near, as do thousands
upon thousands who praise Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets.
Instead of experimenting with the ,
I mess of medicine In the above list, and
j doing his patients more harm than
! good, he would always be gaining rep-
utation by always curing his patient.
When he met any Indication of a dis-
eased organ, he shouM discover what
hundreds of other doctors have, that
the wftole trouble started with imper-
fect digestion and assimilation, then
take out of his pocket medicine case a
: few of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets and
tell the patient How to use them.
The . result would be considered by
the patient as almost miraculous, and
success after success would be achieved
by him.
Many blood diseases, skin eruptions
and heart troubles yield readily to
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, because
they cure the Incutatlng cause— dys-
pepsia. If the stomach Is wrong, you
are wrong all over.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are sold
everywhere at druggists" — 50 cents per
package. BT^ffl
Send us your name and address today
and we will at once send you by mail
a sample package, free. Address F. A.
Stuart Co., 150 Stuart Bldg.. Marshall.
Mich.
HOTEL ST. FRANCIS
A satisfying
answer to the
increasing demands
of modern society
TJ S imports but little
more in 1904 than in 1864.
So much poor tea.
Your grocer returns your moa«y if ye«
don't like it; wa pay him.
ATTENTION
MR. CIGAR SMOKER: Do you pta>
card machines for your cigars? Thei
insist upon playing the MILLS COM.
MERCIAL. If you play others you an
being cheated. Call at our office tor In*
formation. MILLS NOVELTY CO., 90\
Market, S. F. '
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ments will be received in San
Francisco at following offices:
.1831 FII.LJIORE STREET
Open until 10 o'clock every night.
818 VA.V NESS AVE.VUB
Parent's Stationery Store
2200 FILLMORE STREET
Woodward's Branch
533 HAIGHT STREET
Christian's Branch
SIXTEENTH AXD MARKET ST9.
Jackson's Branch
iIIOS VAL.EXCIA STREET
- Blake's Bazaar
i 074 VA LEX CIA STREET
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1 son turn st. con. mission
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