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FIIIFRWITH
ISIECTOS
Mexicans Are All Armed and
Are Making Way Into
Lower California
Hegira Arouses Government and
Secret Conference Is Held
With Consul
•without molestation. It was about 9
o-rlork when the rear pruard came up
with the slow iSortng wajenns. The
tiryturperit* opened fire at long: range
f-mn a hiprh hill to the loft of the
road. * v -
soldiers nirrnKAT
Thr povenirr.cnt soldiers retreated,
firinp: as they went, around tho shoul
der of a smaller hill to the rij?ht of
the road. Still fartlier'to the right, in
a little valley watered by a small
stream, thero is, a lontc stone fence,
and the ftirriihoupe mentioned.
These h.r.<l the banks of ' the rivulet
sheltered other insurgents, who opened
fir«* in their turn as the soldiers ap
peared/ •
ThPRp who had firo'l from tlie big j
liill to the right of the road now pal- i
loped aronnd to the left and Joined
their comrades behind the stone wall
nnd behind other shelter. The soldiers |
arc said by o» witnesses to have be
haved with exemplary conduct, firing: I
•with care ami precision and taking
cover in dry ditches behind rocks. The
: : firing- continued steadily for three
Meanwhile a courier had been dis
patched to the forces ahead. These
\u25a0 returned at about noon, and at their
appearance the insurgents retreated, in
\u25a0 pood • order, disappearing in a canyon..
?Co pursuit was attempted, as a small
.'detachment properly posted in the nar
•. row - defiles of the mountains could
', slaughter any but an overwhelming
• force.
JVMKIUCAXS IV AITOS SKE FIGHT
TV. H. Kraft, who was born Jn St.
I Ivouis. «4»ut who has lived here most
t of his life, and Judge J. M. Ganders
', viewed the windup of the flght from
;an aiJtnmobile. Many other persons
rushed to the scene when the firing was
-Tieard. By the time they arrived their
• position.* on the road were quite safe, j
.the lighting being about a. mile to
their right.
The iusurrectd dead were brought to
: the city in wsgons. Botli sides used
• *teel jacket bullets and all of the
: wounds inflicted were clean. Three
American physicians. Doctors Common,
Ty«» and Shaw, assisted. sn dressing the
' -wounded at the hospital last night. Be
tide the dead, -the insurgents lost
three "who were taken prisoners and
"\u25a0ebout 20 horses.
Rebels Have 11 Towns
TkDUGLASS, Ariz.. Nov., 29.— The reb
. *ls un^r Madero have taken complete
enntrpf of all the country between
• and Guaynopita. including all
towns, and the rich valleys west of
Pearson's NoriHwestern railroad, ex
tendfngr to the boundary =-6f Sapuaripa,
according to advices received hero to
ri ay.
Guaynopita is 60 miles east of Moc
teznma, the captal of the Moctezuma
mining district in Sdnora, and it is
probable that much of this country also
f is in" the hands of the rebels. Other
oities 5n the hands of the rebels are
Guerrero, Dedrioko. TGuanopa. Ypomera,
Temosachio. Matachio, FaV>. Tomas, San
Isidro, Cocomorachio and Sirupa.
FRli:\ni.V TO A>IKRICA>S
Teh district in which the last two
towns are located is very rich. All the
rebels are fjiendly^ to the Americans,
\u25a0who report them well equipped. The
principal productive district held by
Madero is the rich Tachlolich valley,
v.;hich was the scene of the last general
uprising of the Ta'-hJolich Indians, and
\u25a0"hen the entire tribe was 'destroyed by
the Mexican troops. Madero's troops
are in the vicinity of Guerrero, com
manded by Jose la" Luz Maria Blanco,
formerly jefe politicio of Santa Tomas.
He carries a gold Jftindled sworn taken
from the present .lefe politicio during
n recent fight in Santa Tomas.
HOLD RICH MI\I->
The country held by Madero includes
the Greene gold company's concessions,
/md it is reported that Dolores, an im
portant silver mining camp, is also in
tke hands of the rebels. Bullion from
these mines is cut off from shipment
over the mountains to the Chihuahua
• railroad
Two detaoments of federal troops
which passed south of Douglass several
Urnyv ago are expected at Chihuahua to
nisrht. N"o passenger or freight trains
have* been run over Pearson's North
western railroad for seven days, the
enginernen and creVs refusing to go
into rebel country.
Young Mexicans of Guaymas have or
ganized a boycott against -Americans.
A manifesto, which one paper pub
lishes, translated declares:
"Not to buy any article made by an
American or sold by Americans; not to
frequent any hotel or house rented by
Americans or whtrh serves Americans;
not to employ Americans; to consider
as Americans those houses of commerce
which have an English title."
Diaz Said to Be Prostrated
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. — Gustavo A.
Madero, brother of the leader of the
revolution in Mexico, who Is here rep
resenting the interests of the insur
gents, issued a statement tonight de
flaring that only skirmishes have taken
place thus far with government troops;
that largo bodies of volunteers are con
stantly augmenting the revolutionist
forces in Chihuahua. Durango and
neighboring states, and that the revolt
Jn Yucatan. Campeche and southern
Mexico Is eevn mojc serious than in the
northern part. "General Diaz is report
ed in Inside circles to be prostrated."
the statement says, "and has threat
ened to dismiss Senor Cocio. the-min
ister of war, because of the magnitude
which the revolution has assumed." .
American's Slayers to Hang
IIL, PASO. Tex., Nov. 29.— A number
of Mexicns who were implicated in the
murder of John Kllick, an American,
recently at Badiraguato. ,Sinaloa. have
been arrested and sentenced to be
hanged next week.
Lower Claifornia Affected
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 29. — Secret. confer-
Inices between Lieutenant Govrnor Jose
la Rogue of Tia Juana, Lower Califor
nia, and Senor Lozano, Mexican consul
in Übs Angeles, have been held in San
Diego within the last day or two. and
this, in connection with the circulation
of a Mexican revolutionary organ in j
Sa.p Diego and Tia Juana and the pres- |
once of scores of strange and appar
ently wealthy Mexicns In various hotels,
in believed to indicate trouble for the
Mexican officials In "Lower California.
So far there has been no hint in Ense- I
nada or La Paz.or any of the villages
of Lower California of trouble, but the
' border line is being closely watched and
firearms of any description are barred.'
Coincident, with this fact Is that; the
Fan Diego police Ijave rounded up more
than a score of Mexicans lately^ alleged
$100,000 NEEDED
FOR AVIATION MEET
Citizens' Committee Determined
io Raise Guarantee Fund .
by December 15
Su bscnptions Are to Be Invest
ments in Aeroplane Exhibit
• and Not Donations
Determined efforts will be made by
the citizens* Aviation committee to
raise by December' 15 the $100,000
necessary for the financing of the Jan
uary aviation meet in this city. In
dependent subscriptions of $5,000 each
have been made by the St. Francis and
the Palace hotels. The 40 subcommit
tees appointed by Henry T. Scott,
chairman of the finance committee, and
Leopold Mich«»ls, who Is acting during
the absence of Chairman Scott in the
east, have before the mthe task of
raising the remainder necessary fo^
the meet. They will report next Hon.'
day.
According to the arrangements the
subscriptions are to be investments
rather than donations.
All money is to be applied on a
guarantee fund, which is to be used
for the purpose of securing aviators,
offering prizes and paying the legiti
mate .expenses of the- meet as deter
mined* by the executive board. After
legitimate expenses have been met, the
receipts of the meet are to be applid
pro rata according to the money sub
scribed for the guarantee fund.
; An ideal location has been tendered,
rent free. The entire cost of prepar
ing this fleld for the aviation meet, in
cluding the erection of grandstands,
hangars, leveling off the field, erecting
temporary office buildings, etc., it is
estimated, will not exceed $10,000.- .
The transportation facilities to this
site are excellent, it being on the line
of the Southern Pacific railroad and
the United Railroads.
All of the contracts which' have
been signed so far with the aviators
are contingent upon raising $100.000.>
The chairman of the subcommittees
co far appointed ar,e as follows:
B. F. 2>ohlesinger, president Emporium, chair
man Retail Merchants Downtown association.
David Livingston, president Livingston Broth
ers, cbairman Retail Merchants' Downtown asso
ciation.
Morris Meyrrfeld, president the Orpheum,
chairman theatrical committee.
E. P. Brlnecar, Pioneer auto conyTiKir, chair-
I man automobile committee.
Thomas Magee, president Thomas Magee &
Sons, chairman real estate committee.
R. J. TausHlj*. president V. Taussig & Co.,
clinirnian wholesale liquor committee.
Otto Schiller, chairman Chinatown committee.
Fred TUlman Jr., president TlUman & Itendel,
cbnlrrnan wholesale Grocers' association.
- J. Goldberp. president Goldberg &r& r Rowen,
chairman retail grocers' committee.
Milton Ksberg. vice president M. A. Gunst &
Co.. chairman cigar committee.
F. I'atek. president Patek & Co., chairman
butchers' committee.
Colonel J. C. Kirkpatrick. vice president and
preaeral manager Palace hotel company, ehalr
mun hotels committee.
E. O. MoCorinack. vice president and traffic
manager Southern Paciflc company, chairman
railroads committee.
Thornwell Mnllallv. assistant to the president
United Railroad?, chairman street railroads com
mittee.
A. C. Morrison, manager Teehau tavern, chair-,
i man restaurants committee.
Taul M. Nippert, chairman insurance com
mittee.
Angelo J. Rossi, president and general man
ager f'elicano. Rossi* &, Co., chairman florist
committee.
Andrea Rbarboro, secretary Italian-Swiss col-
ony. chairman wholesale California wines com ;
m'.ttee. - r
A. .1. McGregor, president Union. Iron*, works,
chairman manufacturers' and hardware com
mittee.
George X. W'endlinjr. president California pine
box company, chairman .lumber companies' com-*
mittee.
William Matson. president Matsort navigation
company, chairman, steamship companies' com
mittee. * .
Russel I/>wry. assistant cashier American na
tional hank, chairman banks' committee.
Charles Sutro. chairman brokers' committee. .
T. J. O'Brien, president O'Brien, Rportono &
Mitchell, chairman markets and poultry com
mittee. • . ' -^
F.. E. Booth, president Western fish, company,
chairman fish committee,
F. K. Scotford. rice president and general
manager Pacific railways, advertising "company,
chairman publicity committee.
William Fries, president California frnlt can
ners' association.- chairman packers' committee.
J. A. Hieronlmus, with Union brewing- and
malting company, chairman brewers' committee.
Walter Castle, president Castle Brothers, chair
man dried fruit committee.
Frank A. Sotnern. president Somers & Co.,
chairman hay committee.
1., de Martini, president L. de Martini supply
company, chairman wholesale and retail candy
companies.
.William O'Kane, president Union transfer
company, chairman transfer and drayage-com
mittee.
Charles Loeseh. vice president and general
manager California baking company, chairman
bakers' committee.
. ,T. Wettmnre, president Weitmore Xrotber.«,
chairman fruitß and vegetables committee.*
CHINESE OBJECTS TO v
BEING CALLED "ALIEN"
Thirty Years' Residence Made
Basis of Habeas Corpus
Can a Chinese who lived for 30 years
In San Francisco be denied the right to
land, after a short visit to the Orient,
if he lias contracted trachoma? That
is the question which will have to be
parsed upon by United States District
Judge Bean w-hea he acts upon the
petition for a writ, of habeas corpus
filed yesterday by attorneys for Jung
Ong, a laborer.
The petition contends thnt Ong i:f not
an alien In the sense Intended by con
gress. '\u25a0. '
Judge Bean will take up the proceed
ings this morning: .
HIGH PRESSURE -MAINS
TO COVER THE SOUTH
Pacific Light Corporation Forms
Subsidiary Gas Company
LOS ANGEL*fcS^ Nov. 29.— T0 cover
Southern California with high pressure
gas mains, and especially ; to", lay,; such
mains from Los Angeles to Pomona,
Pan Bernardino, Riverside, Redlands
and other leading towns, the Pacific
light and power corporation has
formed a subsidiary corporation under
the name of the, Southern California
gas company with a capitalization of
$10,000,000. The organizing directors
of the new company are A, C. Johns
ton, Charles Foreman, E. R. Davis, A. N.
Kemp and H. Baumgartner.
suspicious •characters, and when
searched every one. of them was armed.
The statements made in Los Angeles to
the e fifed, that revolutionary recruits
were being forwarded to Mexican ports
through San Diego is borne out by the
noticeably increased number of sons of
the land of "manana" noticed about
town, particularly In the water front
districts. About the saloons In that lo
cality they have, been congregating of
late in unusual numbers.'
TROOPS GUARD TOW\g
The class which now hangs about'
these resorts is different.-being for the I
most part quiet and orderly.. Frequent- j
ly in their conversation: the names of I
Madero and Reyes are heard. ' j
Several traveling, men who have; been |
ln^ San Diego after making trips down !
the.west coast of Mexico state; that ; at
the ports they have visited, notably En- i
senada and La Paz.ithere does'not seem 'i
to be any revolutionary-spirit.: At i
Mazatlan and Guymas,' however, tilings j
are uncertain. Troops are; mobilized at
those places,* as well as^at^ulican,, the
cpital; of. Sinaloa, and' Hermosillo the
capital of Sonor, a short distance above
Guaymas. - - •;••;.,.-•
THE SAKFRASCISCO mix. WEDNESDAY, SOVEXIBEB 80. jam
POWER COMPANIES
ARE CONSOLIDATED
$15,000,000 Corporation Will
Take in Richmond and
Stockton Plants?
H. S. Byllsby & Company Are
Gaining Control of Many
Xxmcerns
. Effectinug a consolidation .of their
newly, acquired interests > in . California,
H. S. Byllsby & Co.. a Chicago firm
which operates extensively in public
utilities, incorporated .yesterday the
Western States gas and electric com
pany'with a capital of :. $15,000,000. The
Chicago concern has recently purchased
the Stockton-gas, and electric and the
Richmond: electric V ompany. It also
owns the '; San Diego gas " and 'eletrlc
company , and Is negotiating for the
Eureka gas and electric, company, and
the American river power company.
- F. -W". "Steams, legal representative,
has been in^San Francisco several- days
arranging affairs -for. the company. "He
stated yesterday that his firm had. in
view other , purchases In I California":; .
The fact that negotiations are pend
ing >rith the Fleishhackers for : the
American river electric .company has
given rise to a rumor, that the Central
California traction company was to be
included in the deal. This; was denied'
yesterday.
-Byllsby & Co. are engineers, man
agers and operators in- public utilities.
They have interests in 16* : states. :. A
year ago one of their engineers ob
tained' Options on a number of plants
in this state. Many of these options
were allowed to lapse and others are
now being taken up.
'Byllsby & Co. own the Tacoma gas :
and electric company anda large num
ber of plants in the -Willamette valley
in Oregon. . *•• -
"The Western States gas and electric
company," said tSearns yesterday, "In
cludes just the Richmond and the
Stockton plants. More will be added
as they are acquired. Our people look
upon this as a most attractive field for i
Investment." .
The articles of Incorporation I filed
yesterday provide for $10,000,000 of
preferred stock and $5,000,000 of com- j
mon. Of this sum $1,500 Is paid up.
Shares carry a par value of $100 each.
The preferred stock Is to draw quar
terly dividends to the amount of 7 per
cent a. year. " '
VALUABLE GOLD LEDGE
IS FOUND AND. LOST
Prospector Discovers Mine, but
t Forgets Location
[Special Dispatch io The Call]
REXO, Xoy. 29.— T0 have discovered
a ledge of, gold running In- value as
high ac $80,000 ; to -the ton, then to be
confused as to the location of the spot
and after a week's search unable to re
locate it, is the fate of a, prospector
who, with Colonel Winfleld Scott Pros
key, a millionaire mining man, is scour
ing the country about "Jackson moun
tain In Humboldt county, New ,
Specimens of the gold .brought here
indicate that it is of a claverite forma
tion, of the tellurium -family, the, gold
that made Cripple Creek the! greatest
producing camp in the world, and never
before ''seen in this state. Pure gold
can be blown out of the rock. :- '.
Assays of the samples brought in by;
the locator showed values of $1,700,
$21,000, 340,000 and $80,000 .per ton: The
find is in the Jackson mountains, 175
miles from Reno, and -about 30 miles
from the Western Pacific railroad com
pany's, line.
Colonel Proskey thinks that there Is
no doubt as to the genuineness of the'
strike. . ' , ' ;\u25a0. •
Half a dozen parties are in the dis
trict or on their way to the place in the
hope of securing claims adjacent to the
deposit that is known, to be in the ter
ritorj-.
RANCHER DIES SUDDENLY
- IN FIT OF COUGHING
[Special DUpclch io The Cell]
SANTA ROSA, Nov. 29.— Taken with
,a sudden" coughing fit atari early hour
} this morning, -Thomas Jefferson Means,'
a well to do rancher near -Mark .West,
informed his wife that he was .dying
and -within a few moments he was
dead. His death was due to heart
trouble, as was ascertained 'at ; the in
quest held during the* day." He was a
native of "Windsor, aged 35 years. He
leave's a widow; and two brothers, who
live near Windsor. He was a member
of Santa 1 Rosa parlor, N. S. G. W.
COMMISSION TO HEAR
WESTERN RATE CASE
WASHINGTON. Nov. 23.— Five ex
perts for the shippers testified today
before the interstate commerce commis
sion in its investigation-of the proposed
rate increases. On adjourning-until to
morrow the commission announced that
the arguments of thejeastern and west
ern increasing consolidated,
would be heard December, 9. \u25a0
WHITE SLAVER SENTENCED— PortIand, Ore.,
Nov. 2!).— David. Westman, , convicted on a
white Flave charge In the ) United States dis
trict court, was sentenced . today ;to serve five
years\in the federal prison at McXelll's Island
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Wearable^Xmas Gifts /^2^jg£N^v
Please Most Men Best l(l^^^^n\
There isn't much* cash profit in our Special '-\u25a0&\u25a0•\u25a0-' Jmjss*£- '
Suits and Overcoats at $20. But the adver- j/^H m a
. tising profit is immense. Almost every man 'W'm'wß-
V, '/ who buys one will not only become a steady : -B Hi
customer of ours, but will 'recommend us to /jli
- his friends^ci Our $20 Blue $ Serges alone : v *BUs\Jr :^
would keep us famous. ~~~ " -*^ - S^~ '\u25a0'" ' '
733-737 Market St., Bet. 3rd an^4tK
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SPIRITS ALWAYS
AFTER THE CASH
Spooks^\Vho Talked for "Orloff"
Couple Advised Woman to
Part With Money
Large "Number of Good Invest-
mehts Assured | by Mys
terious Voice -
Thfl faith of Mrs 'Frances Sha sv in
mediumistlc .manifestations -was shaken
because ofr the unfortunate mixing: up
of spooks and cash in her^?hort. expe
rience of the ways- of -the spirit world.
As a'-witness ...yesterday. In tlie trial of
Dessle Arnold." alias "Orloff," who is
accused of tho. larceny of $150, M^p.
Shaw detailed the; circumstances,: that
led up- to her renunciation of all faith
in spirltp. •".. • \u25a0\u25a0
. "I gave Mrs. Orloff $150 to Invest for
me because the, '-'spirits of • my. father
and ! of 'Doctor Wintlirop.' lier guiding:
control, r'spoke; to me through trumpets
at Mrs." Orloff 's place and told, me i to
place Implicit trust- in h^ r >" testified
Mrs. Shaw. "Yes, at' the" time . I "be
lieved : -lt;."waa i the'voice.'of my- father
speaking: to- me. I. didn't recognize. the
voice, \ because; my^father died -.. when ;i
was 3 years old, but I . believed \ Mrs:
Orloff. , But . when had, for-;;'six
months, 'asked in. ;vain for my money
or for some stocks or other, paper
showing what- the-money had been in
vested ln, : I. knew, there .was : something
wro ngrS Before t h ls I ; had had my su s -;
plcions. -It was always money, money,
money; money, witlu these, spirits. That
made me, doubtful. I -went into it as
a religion, but 1 it .wsTs
merely a money -making business to
defraud the. public.".
In her direct : testimony in reply to
questions by; Prosecutor- McXutt she
stated that at the rooms of the me
dium there were two • trumpets, -"and
through these came the voices of her
father and of "Doctor ; Winthrop,"
urging her to have every • confidence in
Mrs. Orloff and ; to give her money fqr
Investment. The lights were turned
out and the trumpets touched her.; on
the head and shoulder .when they spoke.
"My father's voice was weaker than
that of ; Doctor, Winthrop," Mrs. Shaw
testified. | "I was^told Doctor "Winthrop
had more' strength simply because he
had spoken more ; often. Mrs. Orloff
told me not to be alarmed about my
money because every time she had in
vested under the; guidance- of Doctor
\u25a0Winthrop. she. had been successful."
"Did these trumpets sing or dance
around?" asked Attorney Cook.
"I couldn't -say," said Mrs. Shaw.^
"The trumpets were there before the
lights went outo and then- they
touched me and spoke, urging me to
invest." .The witness that six
months later, when she had begun suit
for her $150, Emma Smith, one of the
defendants, came to her house
stock in the Kicking. Horse mine or the
Wild Horse mine— she didn't remem
ber which. The witness said she re
fused to: accept it* and threw it out
after Emma Smith. \ '
Prosecutor McNutt introduced testi
mony of other visitors .to " the Orloff
parlors, asserting that there was a
regular system for the defrauding of
victims."., '-'Vw--.-'^
',« A..-J. [Shaw, husband of Frances
Shaw,, said that he had been | strongly
advised hy; "Doctor Winthrop" to buy
oilland at s Long, Beach. -. ;'. . .
F. V. Mattos of Thirty-fourth avenue.
Frultvale, testified that ;he was advised
by the voices: speaking through'trum
pets' to invest in r steel. \u25a0. -'-" :; ;
BRILLIANT YOUNG ARTIST?
TO PLAY -AT FESTIVAL
Girl of 20 Said to Be One of
World's Leading Pianists
'At* the Robert Schumann festival
Thursday evening the pianist will ;he
'Miss Olga % Steeb of Tvos Angelas, who
has come here for the occasion and who
will \ play Schumann's concerto 'in A
"minor. Miss Steeb, although barely 20;
is said to be one of the leading pianists
pff~th,e world at the present timq. Tnis
Is her first appearance in San Fran
cisco and will be g her. last, 1 for' many
years. She has gained her musical ed
ucation entirely, under j Professor Thilo
Becker of Los Angeles, but she ; has
spent much. time abroad within the last
tw,o years and* appeared last year In
three /concerts -in Berlin, as well as
others in Leipzig 7 and Cologne.
.At , the Berlin concerts she played
concertos by Brahms, Liszt;
Schumanrii Chopin, Tschaikowsky,
Grieg, Mozart and Scharwenka, which
is ; said to be an unequaled perform-.
ance«for so young a pianist. : "
% In January shewillgo abroad again
and will appear', in Berlin in concerts
in March. Then she will go on a con
cert toiir.. In Europe,' to, remain, she
says.-untll she has! gainod her r-eputa
tion, when she will come to America.
EXPRESS SAFE WITH^HH
$16,000 IS RECOVERED
MUSKOPEE,- Okla.. Nov. . 29.— The
iron safe, containing $16,000. stolen
from the substation of .the- Wells; Fargo
express company here last : Saturday
night, was found -last Tnight. under the
porch of an abandoned house and all
the money recovered."*. Three? men. are
under arrest. ' \u25a0'\u25a0*3SBB£S&&£B£3r : '>- - ""-V. l.\' - ;
FINANCIERS FAVOR
OPERA HOUSE PLAN
Committee of -Musical Associa
tion Purposes Sale of Boxes
to Aid Project
Estimated Cost Is $1,000,000
and Its Seating A Capacity
: Would Be 4,700 '
"Deep Interest in the proposal to build
an "opera house for San ;Francisco Is
being /manifested by tlie^ members of
the ';- recent ly formed Musical assocla-' !
tion of r San K Francisco. vJ r A^committee j
from that organization .consisting of
William, IT. Crockor, I. XV. Hellman Jr.
and iW.illlam B. Bourn, has been ap
ipointedand Is meeting almost dally:
Plans of, opera houses of the princi
pal cities of the world are being con
sidered lri^order todetefmine r the typo
of building best suited for San Fran
cisco..' One of the subjects. under.Ydis- '\u25a0,
cussion- is '..whether,: an- opera liouse and i
concert hall can be 'built under the
same" roof and so planned that . the
two can be thrown Into one. for an
auditorium orV convention 'hall. The
estimated cost- of the opera house- In
from' $750.600 T to^sJ. 000,000. seat
ing capacity, of "the opera-house- would,
be -3.500 and of the. concert, hall. 1,200.
, L.lstswlll be . openecl/Rhortly^'for the
sale s of the, boxes, tl is estimated that
if permanent y rights to; 30. boxes I are
sold at probably $15,000 -each a cum
will- be raised sufficient to beglh»build
ingri at .once. Privileges of preferred
seats will' be sold:, also, / probablyj at
$1,000, each of .these, to. carry a. certain
number of shares of stock- in the opera
. house as -well.- '- . : ' ''\u25a0 '.-.-
Inteerst in the Musical, association
has been stimulated by the opera house
plan and the subscription list has now
reached 175 members,, which will as
sure $17,500: a year for five, years, but
it is felt that 300 members, .which
means $30,000 a: year for five years,
mustbe, enrolled to, secure the class of
concerts wanted here by. the associa
tion.
The board of directors of the asso
ciation consists of:
£ r - r^ '"\u25a0'"''an . : | Frank Griffin -
T.B. Berry K. S. Heller
K. n. Berlard .»w,n D. McKee
Antolne BoreK. • William Montier
W . B. Bourn J. D. Redding
'I' •- BTrc * ; - "« |John Rothschild '
C. , H. ; Crocker l>on Sloss .
W. H. Crocker .. Slgmunrt Stern
P .w n^ SS P t rin(r n r- Stanley Stlllman
Alfred Esberg H. M. Tobin \
J. D. Grant •
THUGS KIDNAP MAN
AND THEN ROB HIM
CHICAGO. Nov. 29.— Two bandits who
held up and robbed j Charles Moe took
no chances of having : a policeman in
terrupt them while they. went, through
their victim's pockets. They seixed and
tied him, bundled him up in a quantity
of burlap, thr*w him into a furniture
delivery wagon, beat him into insen
sibility when he sought to raise an out
cry and carried him far oilt of the city
on to the prairie to rob. him. .. When
he recovered consciousness today he
was unable to free nlmself and lay In
the ditch beside a country road six
hours before being found by farmers.
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-\u25a0"-—-—-.. TH£ LACE HOLTSE^ .
, verier rur i t>ua.y,
Wednesday, Only
Women s Tailored
•As very remarkable ' Reduction Sale, be- . ' ..
cause the regular prices of these Suits up ==
to today have been /
$25— 530— 532.50 AND $38.50
The assortment includes only authoritatively correct models. The
materials are cheviots, basket weaves, novelty mixtures, serges and
broadcloths.
\ NOTE: On account of the unusually low price today
a slight extra charge will be made for alterations.
No Approvals No Exchanges No Mail Orders
j New Novelty Beaded Bags $4.95
SOME- WORTH. $8.50 AND OTHERS $10 VALUES.
,But price is not the only incentive for buying lone of these; Bags today — their beauty and exclusivencss
add immensely to the attractiveness or this offer. Suitable for _ afternoon receptions, evening and
theater wear.. In beautiful combinations of colors— gold.Vsiiver, steel /and jet effects, with long chain
. ;handles,~suedej, lining- arid fdeep fringe.
P^^^^P^^^Pl^^ La Valliers
at justhalfJregular prices today.
:' An Qpportunitysto make. Christmas money do double pretty % La v Valliers arc set with
1.-- amethyst, topaz, emerald and: white stones^— any one a charming gift. , .
$3.00 values ... :\ . . ; . . . . . -.$1.50 $5100 values . . . . ...... . . . . $2.50 $7.5f/ values '• .'. .. .. . . :.1 .$3.75
V $4.00. va1ue5........... v._^;oo; $6.50 values ............ ..$325 :$lO.OO values V; : "....$5.00
p;5O md: $8.50 Vanity Boxes, Today $4.95
; GERMAN, SILVER, GILT. AND GUN METAL— each fitted for coin and powder, also mirror.
V daihty;agift;as'you,will,eyer/nnd for $4.95. T
v- - ; ' ' - -\- . " > :: i. \u25a0. .-.\u25a0• -J II
BRILL IS READY
FOR FISH TRUST
Judge Cabahiss Fixes Thursday
for Trial of Western Fish
Company
Fickert Will : Proceed Against
Corporations Until Immu
nity Is Decided
-The ' district • attorney announced in
Judge Cabannls' court 'yesterday that
he had^ decided to proceed _ with the
trial of . the Western fish company, ac
cused of violating the Cartwrlght anti
trust act, delaying the prosecution of
the individual . members of- the , trust
until further consideration had been
glyen the. claim that "they had gained
Immunity through testifying before
Senator E. I.- Wolfe's senate-commit
tee. Thursday was fixed as th© date
of ; the trial.*
. Both District Attorney Fickert and
his assistant, James F. Brennan, ad
mitted that the claim of Immunity made
It \u25a0at least doubtful whether a case
could be made against them. It was on
Judge Cabanlss* suggestion that the
Western fish company was chosen- as
the defendant to be tried first.
Attorney W. M. Madden moved for
the dismissal of the indictments against
the 18 whom- he says have taken an
immunity bath, but th^e prosecution ob
jected and Judge Cabanlss refused to
grant the motion. These cases also
went over to Thursday.
A. Trapanl, whom It was proposed to
try Monday last, when the claim of
immunity was sprung. Is the president
of the Western fish company. Accord-
Ing-, to the testimony In the. civil case
tried three months ago in Judge Hunt's
court, Trapani was one of the most
active members of the combination, he
and A. Paladlni being practically the
dictators.
"The" case against the Western fish
company is the case against Trapanl,"
said Fickert yesterday. "We will in
trodnce the same testimony that we
had intended to. produce on the trial of
Trapani. The conviction of the com
pany will result in breaking up the
trust .as effectually as the conviction
of Trapani •or any other member. The
only difference is that a sentence of
Imprisonment can not be asked for. The
court may, however, impose a fine of
$5,000 on the corporation."
RAILROAD OFFICIALS TO
;> LEARN HOW TO SAVE
Are Promised Reduction .of
$1,000,000 Daily in Expenses
WASHINGTON", Nov. 29.— 1n reply to
the offer of several western railroads
to employ him at his own salary, if he
could show them, as he claimed he
could, how American railroads could
save $1,000,000 a v day, Louis D. Brandeis
of Boston today telegraphed that with
out any charge to them he would be
glad to meet and^oTnt out to a confer
ence, or conferences, of eastern and
western railroad presidents, how such
savings could be effected.
ROBBER POSES AS
FAUCET INSPECTOR
Morning Visitor Detains Woman
in Bathroom by Threat While ' \u0084
He Searches House
Burglar. Disturbs a Sleeper, m
Apartment and Flees After
Administering Beating
A darinj? daylight robbery was com
mitted about 10 o'clock^ yesterday
morning when an unidentified man held
up and robbed Mrs. 9rK Cotherin of
1516 Shrader street In her own home.
Mrs. Cotherin answered her door bell
and was met by an affable younj? man.
who stated that he was a plumbing In
spector and had been sent to look over
the faucets".
Once inside the bathroom the man
drew a revolver and. threatening lira.
Cotherin with death if sh» made an
outcry, demanded her money. He wns
directed to a purse containing: 50 cents,
which was all Mrs. Cotherin had in the.
house. Not satisfied with the amount,
the robber warned Mrs. Cotherin to
remain In the bathroom while he
searched the house.
M. Bauer of the Arcona apartments
at^ 851 California street also had an
experience with a burprlar. Bauer was
awakened in his room by the Jarrinjr of
a table and found a masked burglar
rummaging vf or valuables. "SVatchinß
his opportunity, Bauer sprang- from his
bed. but before he could sret a good
hold on the man he was smashed be
tween the eyes and floored. The bur-
Klar Jumped through the window and.
fled without waiting to take anything
mar vr anted rs Mexico— The tearing *o*
the extradition proceedings agalmt Caes«r!o \u25a0
Colin «nd Grejcorlo Manoz. who h«T« b»«n hel«l
by the federal authorities tot seren. w«t» on
a charge of stealtng 40.000 pesos* -wortji of ' ,
Jewelry in Mexico. was« b^sran yesterday with i
the testimony of Policeman William Karamagh, i
•who arrested the two men.
57 Suits at $45 I
We will close oui<juic^ at b|
$29.75 I
NOT E— These suits ere I j
just one n>ec^ in Ihe store. | H
Man tailored. Strictly tip to gg
date. Come ear/j;. £ ,]