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6 CITIZENS WITHOUT INTEREST IN LAWS Judge Lawlor Severely Rebukes Attorney Ach for His Sneer ing Insinuations Two Men Still Needed to Fill Box for the Trial -of w l Ruef "The trouble with this country is that private citizens do not take suffi cient Interest In, the administration of the law, which fact should be as pain ful to counsel as lt is r to the court." said Judge Lawlor yesterday afternoon in rebuking Henry Ach. leading counsel for Abe Ruef. The attorney brought the rel>uke upon himself by wasting al most an hour casting slurs on the mo tives *of Rudolph Spreckels In exposing th? rottenness and corruption which existed while Ruef was in power. The day's proceedings marked a step backward In the securing of a Jury, Timothy R. Hunt, the eleventh man ac cepted, being challenged on the ground that he was not on the assessment roll. None 6f the talesmen examined yester day qualified, and the weary task of filling, the remaining two places in the box will be taken up again this morn ing. •;? >j ••. . ; Veste.rday morning the new venire ordered by Judge Lawlor reported, and the entire session was taken up in their preliminary examination. During the examination of Carl Krlcker in the afternoon it developed that the talesman was acquainted with members of the Spreckels family. Henry Ach immediately proceeded, to ask a number of hypothetical questions in regard to what the talesman would do under certain conditions. 'All of these questions were so framed as to east slurs on the motives of Rudolph Spreckels In standing behind the graft prosecution, and covert attacks were also made on Francis J. Heney. After Ach had persisted in this course for some time Heney objected, and this precipitated a clash. Dozier objected to some of the special prosecutor's re marks, and the court ordered them stricken out, whereupon the special proEecutor brought to the attention of the court that the 6neering insinuations of Ach were Improper. Judge Lawlor then took Ach In hand. "I have warned you before. Mr. Adi. that any private citizen has the right to come into this court and to take an Interest in this case without being made, the object of a .malignant attack on the part of counsel. ." "The trouble with this country is that private citizens do not take suffi cient interest In the administration of the law, a fact which should be as pain ful to counsel as lt is to the court" Following the. clash the opposing at torneys settled <Jown to the same old grind of trying to secure men for the iwo remaining places In the Jury box, but without success. The talesmen ex amined yesterday were: Timothy R. Hunt, Carl Krlcker. William Grusker. Richard J. Glazier, Louis A. Kern, Lloyd C. Dlbert, L.'R Slbley. Richard Nugent. Christopher Merchant, John D Heise and Carl Heggard. WEBB ATTACKS RAILWAY LAWS - • - -• ; — r » ■ ' ■ ■ Ctmtlnofd from, Page if, Column 1 .•. • Ing insurance, companies; who- transfer causes brought , against them in this "State should not be entitled to re 1 engage in business in this state. He .; advises an amendment to the present 1 Insurance laws. Concerning quo warranto proceed .i ings, or leave -to sue In the name of , the people, Webb declares that per . mission to bring such proceedings . should come from the courts and not " from the attorney general, although the present law imposes upon the at torney^ general the exercise of a Judl pial. Junction which should belong ' eol.ely to' the' courts.' ' SCHOOL I, A .YD DISPUTE The report also mentions the contro versy* between the state and federal ,-■ governments respecting state school lands. Avebb reports that the work of ascertaining the exact amount of over i listing of school lands since 1877 Is • going rapidly forward and as soon as it has been completed, the pending ln demnity school land selections will be I approved and a perfect title obtained. "In my view," concludes Webb "the .- state Is not legally liable for over •* listing prior to March 1, 1877, and the claim of the federal government based upon euch overllsting should be re 4 slsted.** . '■■'■? RICHMOND MEETING Fi&h and Callan Are Given a Rousing Reception - To hear Tonj^ Fitch of the silver j tongue and to "size ,up" E, J. Callan, ; their nominee for the assembly, the re ! publicans of the thirty-ninth district ; turned out In large numbers last night „ ;• for a meeting in Richmond hall at ; Fourth avenue and Clement street, •, - That .Callan impressed them most favorably there could be no doubt, for • they greeted him with three cheers and - applauded his short address with en ': thunlasra. For Tom Fitch they had both ap , plause and laughter, for the veteran campaigner was In fine fettle and toast £ ed the .democrats over a crackling fire )of witUcism and ridicule. X * } . "For 50 years," he declared, "the ' democratic party has been a discordant! howling -no! no!' In the harmony of .progress. Itiis a conglomerate mud . '-die of unassimilable contrarieties glued ! together with the mucilage of office I hunger. The democrats have been°rio% Ing for oO years with their feet hang- Ing over the tailboard of the wagon content to take a rean view of events They are like boarding house hash— th £s ame >' e «terday, today and forever" ' n^i ♦i OU , Ulne 2« republfcan Policies > during- the last 50 years, and dwelt at .length on the tariff. • » .."We have builded the tariff wall so high and so deep." he said, "that. the wage slave of Europe can not climb over It nor the cooly: of Asia burrow under it. For the last 50 years the republican party -has been on the right and winning side of every public ques tion, while the democrats have been on the wrong and losing side" \ E.J. Callan. candidate for the as sembly referred in his speech to the calumnies with which enemies In the district had sought to hamper his cam paign. He gpoke in- favor of the di rect' primary amendment. %'The agitation • for the direct: prl .. Mary," he eald. Vis a reaction - against • boss-machine systems of' politics It never, hurts party organization when party organization stands for the gen eral good." - 'Judges Hunt and Sturtevant also made brief speeches and were given warm ?.- receptions by the audience. Henry C Dibble presided. Only One "Bromo Quinine" That is Laxative Bromo Quinine. Look fur the sifnttore of E. WV Grwe. Used the world orer to Core * Cold la One Dar. 25c - ' v. •■■' Oil TRUST IS TEXT OyRYAN'S ATTACK ■'.Continued from Pagre 5, Column 3 and the steel trust Is today supporting Taft, as it helped to. secure his nomi nation. - . ~ • : ■>';■-:-.' TAFT AGAINST TRUSTS Republican Nominee Says Oil Company-Will; Be Prosecuted .BUFFALO, Oct.', 30.— -W. H.. T^ft.'.at Convention " hall tonight, referring to the Rockefeller subject, said: .Mr. Bryan Is greatly troubled about my atti tude toward the trusts tnd even more so by the announcement that Mr. ■; Rockefeller is for me; If the Btatndard oil " company were anxious to briny about my election 1 should tatke it that the last thing that would be done would be to advertise. lts support for me. .-•- . Therefore this- publication which Mr. Bryaa 1» novr making go much of.' lt seems to me, has bat little significance In attempting to show that the Standard oil or any other trust, because It hope* for immunity, is supporting me. That is not' the way things are dove. „ . There Is a genti fmnii from your city wl th a rery- lively ' lmagination-^growinK ■ eTen more lively as - the responsibility ■of tbe , campaign Crows upon him. : lie has conceived the idea that the Standard oil company contributed ' a ' largo amount .to tSi> republican fnnd. •;- I am In a position to state with great - emphasis that neither the Standard, oil company nor any one connected with Us management has con tributed a single cent. In comparing the remedies . for; evils in trusts proposed by the democratic party, with republican i policies, Judge Taft said: The administration is prosecuting the Standard oil company and it intends to continue .the-pro secution until that part which may, be evil Is stamped out. TRUST AID IS DENIED Hitchcock . Says -Standard Oil Has Not Helped NEW YORK. Oct. 30.— After reading tonight the statement, of Norman E. Mack, in which the democratic national chairman charged that the republican organization had received a contri bution from the Standard oil company, Chairman Hitchcock of the republican national committee said: Th* statement that the republican national committee has cecflred financial assistance from the Standard ' oil company is absolutely falre. The committee ha a. not received directly or in directly from that organization or any of its of fleers « single dollar. I never heard of the Itockefeller statement until late today. When our sworn list. of con tributions is published after the election."-ac cording to the state law, lt will show the falsity of the charge that the republican na tional committee has received a dollar from any corporation, any trust or any officer of any corporation or trust. MACK UPHOLDS BRYAN Democratic Chairman Says' Oil Trust Helped Taft Campaign NEW YORK. Oct. 30.— "Democratic National Chairman Mack, after reading the statement Issued tonight at the White House, where It was said some amusement was caused by the.announc ment of Rockefeller in view of what the administration had done to the Standard oil company, said: The White House * statement is . its own an swer. The bargain was made between Taft'» managers and Hockef eller and concerns tbe pos sible future administration of Mr. Taft and not what tbe present administration has or baa cot done to tbe Standard oil company. Replying to another printed article in which it. was charged that Rockefel ler had been. persuaded to indorse Taft at the instance of the democratic na tional committee, Mack said: Tbe statement. la ridiculous and absurd on tbe face of it and bag been already sufficiently an swered. Mack had charged that the declara tion of John D. Rockefeller for Taft for president was the result of a deal between the republican national com mittee and the Standard oil Interests, whereby National Chairman Hitchcock received large campaign contributions and Rockefeller the promises. Mack said that undoubtedly the $29,000,000 fine of the Standard oil . company would be fixed up in the event of Taft's election as a part of the bargain. MANY HEAR DEVLIN United States District Attorney Makes Eloquent f a 'k The republicans of the thirty-seventh district- filled r the large assembly hall of the Young Men's Hebrew association, Page street near Stanyan, last night to hear United States District Attorney Robert T. Devlin. There, were many women In the crowd, which was en thusiastic ..'.,• Devlin discussed the national "issues as presented by the republican and democratic parties, and demonstrated that a vote for Taft was the ; only safe and sane vote for either laboring or business -men' to cast. ■ "The big fight today." said Devlin. "Is the question of whether the repub licans -shall remain rri the majority. Whether you shall approve and indorse the policy of Theodore Roosevelt — that's the issue.". - Devlin argued It. would be not only useless but foolish to turn the republic ans out of office when they have done so much for the good of the country. The record of tl|e republican party, as'com pared with* that of the democratic party, was brought out by the speaker, who denounced Governor Haskell of Oklahoma- In unmeasured terms. The democratic platform was torn to pieces by the speaker. The . demo cratic scheme for a guaranty of bank deposits was characterized: as rank folly. The Importance of San Francisco as a seaport upon the completion of the Panama canal was brought -for cibly into Devlin's argument.; He dem onstrated that every stroke of work that had been done on the canal had been done under, a republican adminis tration and declared that the republic an party" was the only logical party to complete the canal. A short record of the republican party's light against the trusts was also given by Devlin; J. J. McManus. candidate for the as sembly, also »' spoke. -,;K.- C. ; Kierulff presided." Congressman Hayes was, to have spoken at this and other -meet- Ings last night, but was unabl^ to do so, as .his automobile broke down out in the Potrero. CAISSON EXPLAINS : DANVILLE, 111., Oct. 30. — Speaker Cannon today" at the home of i' Rev F. M. 1 BrlstoJ. bishop: of the Methodist Episcopal 'church : of "Indianapolis, ad dressed ■ him an open letter -in' answer to the question :-put' ; to ■ the speaker, "Did the ; speaker prevent -the house from taking a vote on the, Llttlefleld temperance bill?*'. •; Mr/ Cannon, in his letter had this to say: "I did not 'prevent the house from considering the Llttlefleld bill or ', voting upon it, and I will add that ■I - had -: no power, to. prevent the house. from doing either: for. as Mr. Llttlefleld says in his letter. to me. dated September 12,* there are no : rulesv there^is no « committee on rules ' and there fis no speaker that can prevent j a majority. of j the. house from taking up any. measure and acting upon It- at any time." -. -%-■ . OCEAXRACE TO.SAX FRAXCISCO > Va. ; Oct. V 30.— Several large sailing vessels; out f to sea todar among, them the:- coal ; . laden schooners Dlrlgo. from Baltimore, and the Acme fr , om ew . p ? rt News - The passlng^out ot ";i l i>^» Dlr A so and Acme : Inaugurates a 13,000 mile race between thele ves sels for San^ Francisco. ! fiThey/ started In c favorable wind of 24- miles ran hour.. ■ * . v , -.. >As It.Wai In.the Beginning Is now. only better. Thatisiwhatfphb tegraphs of *. the ' new " San- • Francisco show; the rehabilitated. burned^ district is welcoming daily, its former * tenants Into vastly,: Improved quarters. > There are: sixteen* pages rof these -views. In color, in -the November, issueof sSunset Magazine.- :These:glve* vivid 1 portrayal «J wh at Earl.Walcott callsLVThe Return of Saa Francisco." ",/•■-. \ ;,- • THE ..SAN FRANCISCO 1 CALL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1908 Presided G)yer Most Brilliant s Mrs. William - Astor MRS. WM. ASTOR CALLED BY DEATH Reigned as Social Leader of New York's Most Exclusive Set for Thirty Years NEW YORK., Oct. 30.— Mrs.- .William Astor, who, for.^3o years has been re garded "as the: social . leader of New York, died tonight of heart disease at her home In--- Fifth avenue. ' For nearly four weeks -Mrs. Astor, who: was > 82 years old, had been in' a critical \ cpn dition owing to the return , of a.-heart affection 1 that had given .her trouble for years. Despite her advanced years she continued to hold her social domi nation up to^a year ago, "when 'failing health compelled 4ier to retire into com paratlve:secluslon. It was In the sum mer of 1907 that Mrs. Astbr's friends learned of her ill health. While she was abroad last" year her. son, John Ja cob Astor, made the announcement that Beech wood, the summer home ;of ;Mrs. Astor at Newport, would not be opened, and this led to the discovery that she was in ,poor_ health. '\Vord cameilater from Mrs. :Astor; while :£she" was in Paris, saying, that she" would v open -her Newport villa after- all,' and that she would make the season there one of the gayest in years. 'This promise was not fulfilled, however, for when she came back from abroad, she broke down;in Boston and had to return to New York. She remained .at her -home .since.; The society functions given and pre sided ovter • by : i Mrs. Astor were | among the most brilliant, on record.. It is ; said that . the ballroom in the \ mansion .In Fifth avenue would accommodate 1,000 people. It was ; Mrs. Astor ■ who" estab lished the famous "400," .her visiting: list being confined to r that' number of names. In 1905, however, she was said to have .."let .down:; the; bars," v when she invited, 1,200 persons to one of the most memorable social events ever given- in New York. 'Mrs.'- Astor r . received ,her guests at these gatherings seated In a high backed chair beneath a portrait of * herself painted by. Carolus Duran. The Astor Jewels were worn by: her; oh this dccaelon. It is said the Astor em eralds are the- finest In the world. , William Astor, ■' who" "died In Paris in 1892, took little part in- the "social ac tivities his wife; enjoyed. T Mrs. '"Astor before' marriage ■ was - Miss -.Caroline Schermerhorn, a daughter; of Abraham Schermerhorn, a; well -to do : merchant. 1 She was married to William Astor : on September 23," 1853. .; John. J.;- Astor,' was 1 * their -only son. There were four, daughters,- --two.; of whom, Mrs. Ogilvie Halg and Mrs. Or'me Wilson, are now-living.; The'-eldest daughter, Miss Emily/Astor,':who;mar ried. J. J.r-Van < Alan, died, some' years ago, as did Miss Helen Astor," who mar ried: James Roosevelt. -.- . - ABRUZZI MAY MARRY MISS ELKINS PRIVATELY Report Circulated in Naples That Duke Desires , : to Avoid Curious Crowd •-.■'-'■.•. ■.-'? - NAPLES, 4 Oct. ; SO.-^-The : latest i sensa tion i reported -' concern lng-V the * duke > of the Abruzzi and Mi6a Katherine Elklns is that the: couple ;will: marry/ privately and unknown- to ;:the v j public i in ;« order to ; escape the curiosity. s of ; the crowd. Then,'; after 'the^ -occurrence," ;they:-i will announce 'the-; fact;' officially, -'.giving*: at the same time theidateof their union. ;.<ltisl expected that? the; duke and;; his wife : will .'land/at' Naples : on -their r ar rival from America and -r for -. a 1 short time be.the'guests of the duke's, brother and his \ wlf e, . the r duke and : duchess : of '■ •; BALTIMORE; ■ Oct. 30.— Tt became known today that United i States ; Sen ator Stephenß.JElkins spentlastiTues day ; night ;at a h hotel y in -; this , city i and that before c leaving, ; about » noons next day, he called upon- Cardinal Gibbons; between whonT and the 'senator,' a'dose friendship "has: existed ; for : many iyears. Not the: slightest* hint^ of nhe subject of their, conversation ; has been ! learned. AEROPLANE \ PROVES .SUCCESS I,MOURMELON/i^France,rOct:- SO — Henry ; 'Farmant today ? for f the first i time* gave a. practical- demonstration,' of ..tho possibilities of s the s aeroplane t flying direct'from this *place s,to ; Rheims, "a distance ? of -:20; miles, vLwithout;. mishap The. time of ? flight 'was ,20 i minutes* and 1 the , height i reached ;■:. was - between 11^ 120 and 150"feet.- The course was literally as -. the crow , flies, over > trees,; fields and streams.- -" : ',-': :>•; "L *;.:;*--- •-:■<,:.■--,.■ NEW -.STATE POSTMASTERS . a.WASHINGTOX.V Oct.? ' 3o-^Calif ornia" postmasters .were appointed \~ today ;as follows: -Kinsley.i , Mariposa' .county— Willlam^saunders," llviese s Ar ' Shaw.i re signed; Los Mollnos.H Tehania county— - George • L. - Tombr vice ?■- J; -. H:% Rankin.' resigned :^Weldon.;Kern!county-^-James L. Robertson,""- vice JR." Neill,: removed. - EMIGRATION' IS' DIFFICULT . TOKYO.; Oct.: 30.— AC a; result, of the strict ; enforcement? 5 of by the^foreigni office," thef emigration -com panies of Japan:are;in f great difficulties. Most "of them >hav«i practically pended i business,' onlyjafew^ continuing tof send* out ■■ batches^ of 3 emigrants in to Brazil, -*, Peru, and-- others countries .In South r America, ■■ - : "-- •;;-■,• -. • -.-.- GOLDEX^OPPORTIT?riTIES Are daily,; offered in'TheiCall' s ; Business Chance » columns.;?: Why/ not •' be ' one of the lucky;numbers?. '.-■..• ■ ■; ■ MRS. GOULD ALWAYS ACTED 'LIKE A LADY' Elijah W. Sells aitf Daughter Testify About - Woman's Ex tremely Temperate Habits Tell of Luncheons With ;Dustiii Farnum and a Visit to Thomas Lawson's Home \;::NEW; YORK.. Oct. 30.—Testimony.cal culated to upset the contention'of.HQW-* ardiiGouldr ; that his wlfe.^Katherlne Clemm6ris;Gould, : (on I f re'quentf occasions drank. to excess ; and conducted* herself in an - unseemly ;- manner, s was f offered today, by Elijah. ,W. Sells and: his daugh ter, i-:MarJorle, " in connection ";~ with Gould's I suit ; for. divorce. Sells ! and ihis daughter, iWhoj are "distantly /related Ho Mrs. ; Gould, - gave "' their \testimony4be foreV a:1 referee before whom the case comesi to -trial, they being about to leave! for Europe. < • • . . 'i .Sells said ;he had ; frequently visited Mrs.^i Gould i and % she ..had )also;,been^a guest at his home';: He had never v seen' her under jtheUnfluence^of^ liquor, -nor he had ever.: seen her act otherwise than in; a.: ladylike iway/; Mrs. j Gould .never drank more. than"; oneTcocktail,- a single pint: of .wine i and two-cordials?at:din ner,* he said. IHe had heard* that Gould charged [that during the' month of ; June Mrs.' Gould was .'drunk and;helplessiat Castle • Gould, he; said,- while as a; mat-* ter,» of fact; she was at -his; home* at Northy,Castle driving .horses and tan dems ; and -leading; an 'i.' outdoor : life. -'.{_ He said he believed Mrs., Gould was a griev ously* wronged 'woman, and .he 'wanted to do : all " in" : his j power to , aid her 'and put" her rrlght 'beforeithe public* :;/ J : ' :: Miss : Mar jorle Sells H told of, frequent visits with Mrs. Gould" and'Jf several journeys, 1 -' including';: one .\to f ;the ' home of ; Thomas ••- W. v Lawson .in Massachu-! setts;"'- and o said'.? she: never, saw" Mrs. Gould, under K the plnfluencep lnfluence >of , liquor, never heard; her use blasphemous lan guage, : or ; act . other .than a woman should. .'.'■' -.'.'■'' '. '■-'>■■■ , • -i -JMlssf Sells saldfthe return trip from Boston after the -'■visit to V Lawson's home was. made by . They stopped at Hartford, where Dustln Far rium, the- actor.t was playing." She»and her fmald. went to see the play, but Mrs." Gould k stayed \at home. "•■ She told of a visit later ■: to /Philadelphia -while - Far niim. was -playing there, and of several meetings^ between Farniim ' and Mrs. Gould. 1 Always, she rsaid.V there was some": other person ;present?.at the time of these ? meetings; On ' one. occasion she arid • Mrs. . Gould. Miss 5 Shackford, Miss "= Eleanor "Robfcon and I Farnum mo r . tored to "Atlantic 'City on\ Sunday while Farnum. was! playing in Philadelphia. . Miss Sells said . she next met Farnum in* Washington that * same-; fall. ' She was there • with Mrs. : Gould and Farnum lunched • '■. with V them ; the J day" they V got there. After, the performance that night they had: supper T with Farnum. ..Miss Sells said she and Mrs. Gould : occupied adjolningiroomß; that; night/ •When ' Nicoll began his ; cross - exami nation Misspells "developed a bad mem ory on details. However; she remem bered that ♦ when : she and' Mrs."; Gould met S Farnum 'in Hartford Mrs. Gould had luncheon'jWlth^him; alone while i the witness took a-drlve around - the ■ ;.town> This concluded the hearing. - "-"■ BIG FINES FOR GOUGING THE CITY OF BOSTON Officials of Two Steel Com panies Punished for Combin ing to Secure Fat Contracts BOSTON; -Oct; 30.— Officials of two of .the largest structural '_. steel -com panies ;in 'the city, David 'H.f Andrews, president of the Boston bridge .works, andCharlesN. c Fitts, secretary: of the New ' England structural company, pleaded 'guilty ;today,.to an Indictment enlarging' them with ■ collusion In /ob taining contracts from the city of Bos ton. Each paid a flneof $1,000, and, in addition, ; paid $5,000 to:.the city for extra profits -whichithe two companies are said to have derived from /the con tracts. ■"* ■;;.•;.■■-■'••<.■■•■ * : .-. ;,' ■-'•-'» -:■-'• -;, The case against the officials of the five- structural companies ' was Insti tuted, at the suggestion of the Boston finance commission,- whose report was quoted by President.' Roosevelt -in a message to ; congress ron April 27, last, in which he asked for. more .power in the prosecution of suits against cor porations.;. • As ::.the result- of the report ' ; of' the finance commission- five men In this city were ; indicted ;on charges ' of. collusion. They, were, in addition , to Andrews and Fitts; Duncan H. Russell^ treasurer t of the James; Russelll boiler s company; Charles r F. Koopman,- president- of the Cunningham iron works;" and.' Johri'< F. Lynch; ,' treasurers of l the ■ Hodge -boiler company. The Indictments- against ?the other three ofilclals are still « pending. ,r INSANE ESCAReI FIGHTS EXTRADITION IN OREGON Louis -Lux Makes .Way North and Refuses to Return to Asylum . :NAPA," Oct. - 30.— Word was received today by 'the; authorities ,of i'the Napa state hospital that: Louis 'Lux/r'a' patient who escaped ". from "-, the\ ln stitutlon'fsev^ eral weeks ; ago, „Is fighting from Oregohf to California.* < Lux is iCOn . sldered • insane and 'dangerous ", to be at large, and is ; feared byj members of li ls family. ■■<. He 'managed ■? to 'escape' from theaasylum ;?by_a : shrewd! scheme -^ and made his way to Portland,'' Ore. : : r :' Supervisor,, John;: McLaughlin of the asylum ; went to. Portland itoiget' the in sane man and took no extradition papers,' as -ithey^were; not? thoughts necessary. Lux; hired a lawyer, however,,'and;com menced ; todays to ? make fa :.« legal *■ fight ajcalnst -being;;brought 3backt to/Cali- ; fornia;,, The , asylum > authorities v will now i; take ; steps to h secure & extradition papers, from; officials .of Uhls;Btatesat Sacramento." Lux has relatives living In Oakland,- andi has /threatened" to' injure themon several occasions. Navy Orders Oct. 30.^-Lieutenant Commander,. T.\ L. ."; Wilson is detached from ; the -. Colorado ;. to :; the nayy \. yard. Mare,. Island, . for; duty/assassistant \to the equipment officer.. "• .-:■■■• \ v > --; •^Lie.utenant R; N.'Oriswold, is' de tached from • the r Colorado' to '- the -St." Louis.,- 1" 1 ,;"- •; :.'-■ -' - . ,■:--■- •■*■•! ■■■■- .• .■■- i; -r .--■•■ . -.j .^Lieutenant R. Earlef Is detached from the-Galveston to the : navaUstation at >.*-Ensign'%E.; L. McSheeby?;-when' : dis^ charged -from fthe v naval hospital.*-Yoko hama,! will : report >f on duty> on- the Gal veston. ■'< '■'-■ '■■" ■■ •:■.■■ ■'',*.;••■ - ■ ■-'■-■ - ..,■: ■;■ Ensign ... C. -A: Bonvllllan ' : is detached from;the naval' statlonyat^Olongapo^to CallaO. :"'r .'.■;:■■.:;•/■ ■■■;- ;■■;,■ •;; ;:-;t.: -.-?■,- vl-Vvr • Th* hospital ship' Relief ha 9 been de-" 1 tached from the AtlantlOfleet;* assigned toKthe r Pacific •'- fleet and ordered, to proceedr fromi;Mßnila» to ;Callao; stop ping fat Guam., Honolulu, Acapulco 5 and En ;- route - from', Magdalcna \ bay - : •to Panama one division of, the first squad ron of _ the Pacific fleet -will: make , a snort? visit'- to -•AmapolarjHonduras.f and the, others division? will* make ja^slmilar vlsitito La^Union;' Salvador. -s v -■-■•■ ■■•; d Marlnes-i-Cuptaln -^. T^. • C. ' Turner? united q States i?marlne *i corpse now at marine . . barracka.cnavy ■ yard, •,?; Mare Island, - --ha* sbeen /ordered ? to^the\Cali fornla. .' , :: ',' Read; THE : CALL'S v CWeekljrVoff cr >; on page* 'W-+!o> - ■";• -. ;■■-. ••T-.'-.-v*'.?. ;-■.■<:-?;:■ NEGRO SHOOTS AT RIVAL; HITS YOUTH Angry Mob Thrratens to Lynch Assailant^but Police Finally Rescue Him - Mi Johnson Fires Load of ; Buc kshot at Man and In= jufes Lad SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL ?;SANTA"\ BARBARA, 'Oct. 30.—En raged ? by, 1 the .shooting Jand > probable fatal: wounding/ of a 10 ' year old lad this ; afternoon ;. by J. W. Johnson, a ne gro" barber, 'when he attempted' to kill Charles \ de* Hart, /a -; negro .second < hand goods; dealer,' a niob charged ! upon i the assailant.; Prompt action by. ; P6llceman James- Hoque prevented a lynching, tonight the, little victim, John- Abadie, lies ! at the point of death: De; Hart is in the7Cottage;hospitarwith his ,abdo-~ men riddled" with buckshot. .Johnson Is .fin .jail. He^ admitted • the shooting and says' he ,ls~Wrry he ; didn't kill De Hart, .-, but : 'is' anguished .over., ; little Abadle's, condition: "This is the third attempt .Johnson' has made upon De Hart's ;life.'>' ; ■ 0 . \ ' ' ' This : afternoon as De Hart passed Johnson's ' place ; he sneered . and winked derisively at him. . Johnson said he had ■ been ; praying,' for- strength to keep from; killing De Hart, but when the latter j taunted him he : "saw? red and couldn't > help ■■ killing him." He .took ashotgun and : fired upon : De Hart. The victim fdropped at the first shot and a second - load of "buckshot passed over him,: hitting John Abadie, 50 feet away. Johnson -reloaded the gun. just as .Po liceman Hoque '.; arrived ; and -disarmed him.; Johnson made ino; resistance. £ A crowd L instantly ' gathered .' and rushed toward I him with" cries ;of "lynch' him," "get a rope," and he begged protection. ", Jailer. Janssens grabbed the shotgun from : the policeman and helped •to keep the crowd; away and -safely landed the negro at police headquarters. ' . Young Abadie wasrrushed at break neck speed to a doctor's office. Three buckshot passed /^completely through the .boy's body, In his abdomen. # GENERAL CORBIN FINDS WOMEN CAUSE TROUBLE Former Adjutant General De- piores Hams Case and Dis trusts Published Letters CINCINNATI, Oct. 30.— "One fool woman can make more : trouble in an army "post' that, all the officers and men, 1 ' said General :H.C. Corbin, for mer; adjutant general' United States army,* today; •; in ; discussing the .. Hams murder case. . . '. .General > Corbin had been asked at the Sintori, hotel his opinion of the sensational. tales of the orgies at Fort Hamilton, as told in " the alleged letters of Mrs.'Halns to her husband. . "But-Mrs. Hams says the letters are forgeries/.' was the quick reply. . • Vlt .seems incredible that such things could have happened," said the general; "particularly, jat I Fort Hamilton,; . right under, the eye of the general; right .under the : shade' of. department headquarters; ..right -under-the nose of the municipal police.. . '. . ','But one fool woman can make more troublei-in an> army >■ post .than all the oflicers ; and > men. ' We : can ' control the latter, • but we v can not control::the women." -.He. continued: • ; "This Hams case Is distressing. 1 understood; the marriage was' unhappy all ; the,way through. -But those letters; they don't seem:as»letters natural fora wife to write to-her husband. . They look; more . 'like • letters" manufactured for the 1 purpose „ of = creating "sympathy, and, "perhaps," furnishing a possible in centive :to insanity, temporary or other wise.',' ' : - . ; .-■ POPULATION OFCITY IS % y : . ESTIMATED AT 507,301 California Promotion Commit- tee? Figures Five : Per/ Cent Since April, 1906 ■ According toia' statement issued- by the California Promotion committee the populatlon^of San- Francisco is '507,301, a gain of 27,666, 0r.5 per cent more; than the population", the. committee said the cityhad just before the big fire. 'In order to arrive at these totals the com-, mittee | took' as a basia 176,767 names in the .new Crocker-Langley ;■..- directory. From this figure were deducted 12,500 names 7 that, are supposed to represent business men living in suburban cities. ii. On: the. supposition 'that, the directory company,; experienced;, less difficulty ■• in completing;; its > work t this .year than: in 1907, the promotion : commlttee has used '3 "as a ". multiplier - Instead of 3% as it did I last year, 1 making a, total of . 492,801. To this ;ihas^een: y added ;S,OOO, the Japanese consulate's latest 'estimate of the Japanese' population, and » 6,500: as represen tlng'lthe ■;- number - of \ Chinese living • permanently Mn- San-, Francisco. This: brings; the grand total; to 507,301, which the promotion committee regards as a .very conservatlve'flgure. -It" is said that'the population of 'the entire bay, region', has -Increased^ proportionately during the -last year.. ■ GARRISON SCHOOL FOR OFFICERS: WILL BEGIN Military Tactics Will Be Sub- ject of Firsts Lectures to , Be Started 'Monday " .The 'garrison;? school^ for; officers will begin Its i session on ■Monday; morning at'?, the Presidio. It lwlir, open ,%vith"_ a series of lectures on. military jtactics by Majo"r, r G.^ ; W« i S. '\ Stevens '.'and v Captain sterling -P.VAdamsrr ßoth i of these^offl "cersr have 1 been' especially . chosen by Colonel, Lundeen:'; Nineteen— officers of the post, cranking from second lieuten ants is to i and :-.' including V captains, will beHnithis class. -,". ' u \ ■:'.: ': r >2? '■' ; .The -J question "of ..military,,; law will come .'up 1 , ther school; oncJanu ary^ 1 2."- ;In * this * class .there ' will \ be 14 officers. vjColoneli: Frederick, . Marsh. 'will be^theHnstructor tofithis; branch. ■* ..■iThe&third of fcthe 'series -will: be the instruction on* international" law,- whlcfc will -be^lntroduced on ;>March^*l;. i The instructorsilnithisibranchfwillibe]Ma jor^John\W. "Ruckman and >' Captain Thomas Q.^Ashburn.. 1 There iwlll bo£lß ofßcersfin k thls<clas3. ; ; o '■■ : . -■ • tsSlmultaneouslywlth^he beginning of thel school ?at; the. Presidio jschools. will open; session .at' all 'the leading 'posts in the'eountry. r :'•■.*'.• '* ■.->■■■- , .--Fogj preventeilithe. flrlng of-the sbig guns at- Fort'Cranston.'yesterday. CITYi HALL? CASE if CONTINUED ; The i. petition v of* Attorney 'J; Sulllvanri asking ?for3 an 51n junction* re straining;*, the Aboard =|of S public!" works frora'iproceedlngi-wlthUhe razlngr'ofithe city :*nall3 was srfcroußht s up^in-TJudjre Seawell'BiCourt yesterday, afternoon and postponedUov.Thursday.>.i •.>':-; .y :;-■■. •.:-.? ■, vitals J the « intention n of the- city : '\ to produce * affidavits sfroml City :; Architect Tharp,*ThomasfJennlng:s,?chairman^of the^flnanclalV committee:; of 2, the a board of t- supervisors ;?v.'Lorlngr,l B. Rlxford. chairman of the building: committee of the seboard'tJ? of f" supervieors.-'-f and '*• from WnHam ; ;tß.VAbbitt.*^presidentf:of "thft firm; awarded? the? contract;-'- denying 'the allegations*: of *Sullivan."i*All^ of 3 them wills state*; that? It? is; necessary to i tear downi^theibuildlnsr.t ,1 ?-.• r. .'-'." Mlaat Ethel fLeir** sNightlnpalelsopranofatjSolarl's Grill. New- entrance! to; private! dinlngJroom3. 854!Geary^street,> • .-? > ■."-*■ "•■. /-.'-•■•■■'. EDNA CLARK MAY HAVE GONE EAST Pretty Art Student's Family Gives -Out . Statement as to Her Disappearance Uriknown Man Is Said to Have ? Been Seen in Her Company . The continued absence of pretty Edna Clark, the 19 ' year, old art student of Hopkins Art Institute, and the, fact that- the; mother, Mrs. 'Mack, is; on the verge of- mental collapse at, her home at • 913 ~i Chestnut} street, Alameda, . have prompted the* family to, make a state ment encompassing allthe facts of the case. This. statement was given out yesterday .; by. A. Bruce Wright, the family attorney, at his office in the Monadnock' building, so that many, ru mors in circulation regarding the case might be expelled. / •^ Last /Tuesday * afternoon, the day of her disappearance, according to Wright; the girl went to the Oakland Bank of ' Savings and drew out nearly 5300, .receiving the' money In ' gold, which she put In . her handbag.. She drew the money from her own private account, which amounts to about $3,000 and was left". to- her- by, her father. . James.Denny, a marine engineer liv ing next door to Mrs. Mack In Alameda, says he frequently saw the girl In company. with an unknown man whom he < describes as : being - about SO ; years old; : 5 feet. 10 inches In height and weighing about 130, pounds. He was round j shouldered and delicate looking and worea long black coat, even in.the hottest i weather. •On Labor day. Denny saw ; the'pair • together" on the Oakland boat ; and they were talking earnestly. The girl was Inclined to reticence, and the; mother had never heard '. her speak ■"-of."' thla 'man, " t whom she never brought, to -the house. The only male friend Miss Clark was known to have had ; was ' a ■ young man who had fre quently called at the -home, .but ceased to do so when Mrs. Mack objected to his paying. attention to the girl. His name is withheld by Tthe family, but he has come forward and Is assisting, the de tectives who are working on the case. Miss Clark was a member of Christ Episcopal church of, Alameda. She was inclined to be very religious and had often expressed a desire to enter a con vent.ViThe mother and daughter had many, heated controversies on this sub ject and on the morning of the disap pearance;- Mrs.". Mack , had admonished the girl-to take a more liberal view of life. iSNHBracHnnBBQfIMBSI .'lt is thought, that perhaps the daugh ter took the matter to heart and in a sudden impulse decided to run away. She : has \an uncle named Frederick H. Clark who resides at 330 Fourteenth street, .Cleveland, 0., and Mrs. Mack think* that. perhaps she is now on her way there. He has been telegraphed to and an answer to the Inquiry is ex pected today. GAY SWEDE ARRESTED FOR \ EMBEZZLEMENT Carl' E. Lunn Posed as a Pro- moter and Spent Funds ' . in Tenderloin Tho gay career of Carl E. Lunn, a young Swede, was rudely interrupted by Captain John -Cleary of Morse*s agency yesterday, who arrested him on two charges of misdemeanor embezzle ment preferred by E. J. Young of 1038 Haight street and Axel Jacobson of 2953 Twenty- third c street. Lunn . had beer, spending- money- with a lavish hand in the tenderloin, > where he . had been a familiar .figure .' for 10 • months. Poslns as a promoter of a colonization scheme and the owner of a large tract of land alonjjthe line of the Ocean Shore road. Lunn is -alleged to have ingratiated himself into the confidence of the mem bers of the Swedish colony and plucked them of sums of money ranging from $10 to $50. ... It is- said that his victims in San Francisco are more' than 100, of which a number are threatening to swear to complaints.* ' . " > EVIDENCE AGAI.XST RAXKI.V ■ Downey - Harvey was the chief wit ess .in the / trial of C. E. Rankin, Charged with . embezzlement, yesterday. He .testified to having ■ had conversa tions with .the defendant regarding the sale of Ocean Shorp bonds, his evidence going ; to show ■ the Inconsistency of' the statements alleged ' to have been made by. Rankin prior tohis indictment. The other witnesses were A. C. Eastabrook. C. L. Bowman; Miss Erma Berman 'and Burke Corbett. all of whom testified as they. did. in the trial of John Lynch. The' case will "probably go Into the hands of the Jury. Monday. CIIIXESE OFFICERS SEXTEXCED ?PEKING,"Oct. 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