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destruction the bears toiIed and perspired
to keep prices down, but with poor sue.
cess. for the December option closed firm
at $500, advancing to 93H later on the
curD.
Some of the local wheat sharps who
sold Dece m Der wheat on the street Tues
day evening as low as 81 52A were caught
badly and now lament in heartbroken
tones their rash act. but those who had
bought calls on Chicago wheat the day
before made money. There was big in
crease of speculation at the local Call
Board and the market had boom in no
time. At the morning session of the Pro-
duce Exchange wheat opened strong on
improved foreign demand.
1t had been wired from New York, Balti-
more and New Orleans that exporters had
liberal buying orders from buyers in the
United Kingdom and on the Continent
Coming as this news did simultaneously
with that of the failure of the thrashing
returns of the Northwest, wheat became
buyers, and Decem Der opened at 81 81 and
closed at 81 54H, with strong under
tone. May was quoted at 81 81.
At the afternoon session shorts who
had sold at the morning sessions bought
back their contracts wherever they could.
Decem Der opened at 81 57a4, sold high at
81 577s and closed at 81 575s. May clased
at 81 5724.
The incalculable benefit the Valley road
has done for the farmers of the San Joa-
quin Valley is just beginning to make it.
self felt. In fact the rise in the price of
wheat has made it pay back to the farmers
in a short time all that it has cost .hem,
and yet in way that would not be likely
to be noticed except by those who are in
the habit of taking a little philosophy
with their daily bread. The farmer ap-
preciates the fac: that the road is a god
send only when he speculates that now he
has thousands of dollars in his pocket and
that there Is general air Of wholesome
ness in the financial atmosphere that it
did not use to wear.
Figures furnished by Secretary Carey
Friedlander OF the San Francisco Produce
Exchange show that the total quantity of
wheat affected by the com petition of the
Valley road and the Southern Pncific for
the counties of Kings. MADEIRA, Stanislaus,
Fresno, Tulare aud Merced Is 265, 600 tons.
This total of 265, 600 figures on the total
export of the valley, or 100000 tons in all.
The average reduction made by the
younger competitor being S5 cents, Mr..
Carey has figured out that the saving on
Tulare County's 20 600 tons OF wheat at 35
cents ton is $24 500; on Kings County's
%, 900 tons at 35 cents. $3.50; on Fresno's
$4,000 at 35 cents, $l7,500; on Madera's s
20, 900 at 80 cents, $4,000; on Merced's $4,000
at 80 cents, $4,000, and on Stanislaus' so, 600
at 40 cents, $20, 000. This rough estimate
shows that the saving on 265 GOO tons is
$S5, $50, or from to 30 per cent over last
years rates, or an average oil 81 cents per
ton.
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DOLLAR LIMIT
FOR ECONOMY
Associated Improvement
Clubs Indorse the Stand
of " The Call"
Street DISTINCTIONS by Corpor-
ations or individuals Should
Be Removed.
San Franoisco's Assessment Should
Not Be Any Higher Than
It Is Already.

WHEREAS, The present Mayor
and Supervisors did pledge them
selves before their election to keep
the taxes down within the dollar
limit, and whereas it is their duty
to carry out their pledges be it
ResoLUed, That in the perform
ance of such duty they should dis
regard the appeals of certain citi-
zens of various sections who desire
local Improvements to be made at
the expense of the entire commu-
nifty without regard to such pledge
and the rate of Xation.
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WHEAT AGAIN
SCARS SKYWA ARD.
A Rise Yesterday in All
the Markets ef the
World.
Chicago Reaches SO 7-8 Cents
and Dollar Wheat Ex-
peoted Soon.
Local Prices Take Big Jump-Im-
mense Saving to Farmers by
the Valley Road.

Instead of wheat taking a tumble the
bears have usurped its place and are roll
ing down hill faster than the mercury in
the region of the Klondike. Wheat has
taken another boom, that is certainty,
and, moreover, the indications are that it
is question of Il small time only until it
reaches the dollar mark again.
For the first hour or so there was not
much IN the way of buying, when all of
sudden prices shot upward with II
bound and Decem Der wheat in no time
was selling strong at 94c. Steadily the
bull contingent continued to buy and ex-
element soon waxed high. Like tiremen
working to save a whole community from
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DEATH L00SED
THE REIUS
Henri Windel Meets a
Shocking End While
Out Driving.
His Horse SHED, Overturned
the Buggy and His Skull
Was Crushed.
His Daughter, Who Was With Him
at the Time, Escaped With a
Few Minor Injuries

Henri Windel, an aged capitalist, who
resided at Burritt place, near Bush
street, was instantly killed yesterday aft
ernoon about O clock by being thrown
from his buggy while driving with his
adopted daughter, Miss Constance II Obi
of 1912 Bush street.
The accident, which resulted fatally,
occurred on the boulevard, near the Aims
house Mr.. Windel and his daughter
were accustomed to taking daily pleas
urs drive throughout .he City, and yes
terday hired horse and buggy from the
Olympic stables for their usual drive. All
went we'll until they were returning from
their outing. When near the Almshouse,
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TEN YEARS OF SUCCESSFUL PRACTICK
i at 737 Market street, San Francisco, has
stamped him the leading specialist OF the
Pacific Coast in the treatment of all Chronic
Nervous and Special Diseases of both men and
women Entire or partial loss of manly power
and vIgor in young, midule-aged or old men posi-
lively restored. Weakening drains which sap the
vitality. destroy the health, paralysis, In
sanity and premature death, quickly and perma-
nently stopped. Private diseases of every name
and nature cured.
Write if you live away from the city. Book
"Guide to HEALTH" treatise on all the organs
and their diseases free application Core
spondence strictly confidential address F. /.
SWEANY, 737 Market street, San Francisco Cal
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State ELECTRO
MEDICAL INSTITUTE.
Corner Market, Powell and Eddy
Streets entrance No. 8
Eddy Street,, S. F.
An Institute Designed to Fill a Long
Felt Necessity in This
City.

1t is intended as place where the sick
of all classes and conditions, rich and poor
alike, who are suffering from chronic
diseases of whatsoever nature, can receive
medical advice and treatment OF the hig h.
est order at moderate cost. DIR. w.
Kingston Vance, the physician in charge,
is we'll qualified to direct the affairs of the
institute and successfully treat all pa
tlents.
Both medical and electrical treatment
are administered. His offices are equipped
with over $4,000 worth of electrical bat
teries, machines and apparatus of the
latest and most i'm proved type, and their
effects on disease as applied by DIR. Vance
are truly marvellous. Women sufferiD
with disease incident to their sex will find
this treatment certain balm. In the
lief OF nervousness, hysteria, loss of am BIZ
tion, backache. headache, bearing ID own
pains, papitation OF the heart, sleepIess-
ness, diZz ziness, gloom, dependency, and
that horrible feeling so often expressed by
the sufferer, my head feels as though |
was going crazy" this new treatment acts
as If by magic, and permanent cures are
certain and sure. Men and women who
are sick with long-standing complaints
and are tired OF doctors and drugs ara in
vited to call and investigate our Few
methods of treating disease.
OuI w Is eS-
pecially effective in catarrh, rheumatism
kidney disease, disorders of the liver and
bowels, nervous debility and paralysis,
and skin eruptions. Tumors are removed
pain lessly by means of the galvanic cur
rent.
Advice by mail FREE. Persons living
out of San Francisco write for symptom
blank. Call or address
STATE ELECTRO MEDICAL INSTITUTE
Cor. Market, Powell and Eddy Sts,,
ENTRANCE 3 EDDY STREET,
San Francisco. Ca.
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Henry Lacy has instituted an action at law
to foreclose a chattel mortgage on the prop
erty OF the Journal OF Commerce and James
O'Leary and to colleot $6190 20, with interest
at per cent month compounded monthly
from the date of three notes of about equal
value, dated March 27. 1895, July 13, 1896,
and June 3, 1897. Mr.. Lacy also seeks to sell
stock of the Journal of Commerce Company
held as collateral for 1921. ]. J. Maginis has
been appointed receiver.
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Suita for Divorce.

Suits for divorce have peen filed in the Office
of the County Clerk as follows: Ida NJ. Mackin
against John NJ. Mackin, for extreme cruelty;
Annie Tebbets against ]. z. Tebbets, for
cruelty; G. Humphreys against Annie P.
Humphreys, for intemperance; Annie Hall
against Lafayette Hail. for failure to provide.
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POSED AS A
REAL KNIGHT
DR.. H. Westwood Cooper
Arrested by the
Police.
He Dazzled People by Telling
Them He Was Heir to
Vast Estates.
discriminating Papers Found in His
Possession Which Require
Explanation.

DR.. Harry Westwood Cooper Is confined
IN the tanks" at the City Prison pending
an investigation by the police of certain
acts on his part that. to say the least look
suspicious.
Cooper arrived in this City from Chicago
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Journal of Commerce Litigatio

ADVANCES made on furniture and pianos, with
or without removal. Noonan, lOl7-1O73 Mis- sion
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A DIAMOND JUBILEE.
TO CELEBRATE THE SlxTlETH YEAR
OF WcToRlAS REIGN.

John Bull Preparing Memorable Fete
For One Of the Most Noteworthy An
niversarics In English History The
Royal Procession.
In June Queen Victoria completes the
sixtieth year of her reign thus breaking the
records made by long line Of British rUl
crs. No other English sovereign has ever
sat on the throne for thrCoscore years,
and Englishmen are very proud of the fact
that they live in the Victorian era.
As rule John Bull does not go much
on public fctes. He has been accustomed
to celebrate his "bank 'olidays" and ex-
traordinary festal occasions in an individ-
ual manner rather than collectively. But
the magnitude of this event demands
something different, so he is going to have
n huge family party in London town.
There will be in attendance not only as
many inhabitants of the eight little isle"
as can get TO the metropolis, but hordes
of loyal subjects from Victoria's world
scattered colonies. From sun baked India,
from Australia, from South Africa, from
British North America they will come
crowding the ocean steamers of half the
lines of all the globe
for this affair is to be purely British But
the majority of Londonors would he
nightly disappointed If the foreingers
should stay away, for this "nation of shop
keepers" while it is going to make big
display Of its loyalty to " 'er groicious maj
esty," is at the same time going to keep a
most careful eye on the nimble shilling
London hotel accommodations are notori.
ously inadequate on all unusual occasions,
and they will fall so far short Of meeting
the tremendous demand which win be
made on them this June that the landlords
are calmly putting up their prices to with.
in an ace of the prohibitive limit. Lon
don's thousands of lodging housekeepors,
too, have caught the fever, and the prices
which they will ask during jubilee week
will fairly stagger the tourist, forewarned
though he be.
Five days of the week Of celebration will
be devoted to the nobility. There will be
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an impression ON tho great statesman
that when Mr.. Lincoln was made prcsi-
dent he appointed the young lawyer his
private secretary. Until the assassina-
tion of the president Hay enjoyed most
intimate and confidential relations with
him, for during those stirring times the
office of private secretary was Of unusual
Importance. 1t was during this period
that he was brcvetted lieutenant colonel.
Soon after the tragedy Colonel Hay
was appointed secretary of the American
legation at Paris and was several times
in charge. He was also charge d d'affaires
ut Vienna and secretary of the legation
at Madrid for two years, thus gaining a
wide diplomatic experience In 1870
Colonel Hay returned to America and
gave his attention to journalism and
politics. President Hayes made him his
first assistant secretary Of state, an office
which he filled for two years.
In the literary field Colonel Hay has
gained high place. His Life of Lin
coin" is perhaps his most serious work,
but be is best known as the author of
"Pike County Ballads, " "a book of dia-
leot verse in which such well known
characters as Jim Bludso and Little
Brecchcs are immOrtalizcd.
General Horace Porter, who will be
at the head of our embassy in Europe's
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machinery Of legislation, but with the
theory Of government as a whole. At
the end Of his allotted five minutes he
was unanimously granted five minutes
more, and when he finished ne not only
won the applause of the galleries, but
old members like Reed, Holman and
Springer, who were his opponents, has
tened to congratulate him. Since then
his reputation as one Of the leading ora
tors Of the house has been firmly estab-
lished.
In appearance Mr. Bailey is some
what picturesque. He exactly fills the
popular idea Of what a statesman should
look like. He clothes his tall, slender
figure in conventional broadcloth, cut
after the old school style, with long
skirted coat and vest which shows a
large expanse Of white shirt front.
Mr.. Bailey has decided ideas on dress.
He refused to wear a claw hammer coat
until recently, denying the right Of So
ciety to dictate to him in this matter.
Not long ago, when q fellow congress
man was criticising his stubbornness in
this particular he replied as sort Of
compromise:
I'm tell you what I'll do. I'll wear
a dress suit if Cockrell does "
Senator Cockrell Of Missouri, to
whom he referred, has a reputation
for disregarding social conventions in
the matter Of dress and the Texan
thought he would be safe. That same
evening he attended a social function in
his usual statesman 5 attire, and almost
the first man he met there was Cockrell
in all the glory Of three button vest
and clawhammeT
II didn't think this of you, Cock
rell, " he said, but l suppose l shall
have to follow suit "
On the street Mr.. Bailey looks even
more picturesque, for then he adds TO
his costume high crowned, broad
brimned felt hat which comes as near
being a cowboy sombrero as it could
and avoid it.
AS leader Of the minority Mr. Bailey
has charge of the opposition and is just
at present directing the debate against
the Dingley tariff bill. If Mr.. Holman,
for instance, who was member of the
house before Mr.. Bailey was born,
wishes to make a tariff speech, he must
apply to the young leader from Texas
for time allotment. It is a curious
circumstance that the oldest and young
est members should be known as the
two great objoctors. While Mr.. Hol-
mans speciality is appropriations, Mr.,
Bailey is a sticklcr for quorums, and
early in his career he was known as the
"No Quorum Kid.
Mr.. Bailey is a native Of Mississippi
and removed TO Texas when he was 20
years old. Although he had only a COM
mon school education, he had already
been practIcing lawyer for three years
and was beginning to take an active
Fart in politics. lie located in Gains.
vile, Cooke county, and, after serving
once as district oloctor, was sent to
congress, where he has been ever since.
john II WMLoUGHBY
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was born 60 years ago in Huntington,
Pa, Of which state his father was gov
ernor After year in the scientific de-
partment Of Harvard he entered West
Point and was graduated there His
brilliant military career, how he rose
from first lieutenant to a place on Gen
eral Grants staff, is well known. When
the latter became president, General
Porter acted as his private secretary,
At the end Of Grants term General
Porter retired to private life and went
into business.
Powell Clayton of Arkansas, our
newly appointed minister to Mexico, is
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Chambers that the conference was closed
so amiCably, for at that period our rela-
tions with Germany were 7omewhat
strained, His appointment is made
jointly by the three governments.
As chief justice Of Samoa Mr.. Cham
bers will draw a salary of So, 900 a year,
more than three times as much as is al
lowed the king of Samoa. He can live
in regal style on that and have little to
do, but the place is no sinecure, for af-
fairs are in a very unsettled state in
Samoa. King Malietoa, who was depos-
ed by the aid Of the Germans and re-
stored after protest by the other pow
ers, is only kept on his throne by the
presence Of foreign warships in the bay,
and when these are absent the rebel
chiefs make things lively for all who
oppose them,
Mr. Chambers, however, fully under
stands the situation and doubtless has a
plan for securing peace, He succeeds
Justice Ide Of Vermont, who resigned
Judge Chambers is native Of Colum-
bus, Ga, and is 45 years old. He was
educated at Emory college, Georgia,
and was practicing lawyer for a num-
ber Of years. He was also president Of
the First National bank Of Montgomery
but for a numLor Of years has been in
Washington, whore he has represented
number Of foreign interests. Mrs
Chambers is daughter Of Justice Clop-
ton Of the Alabama supreme court.
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ALL AN OLD STORY.
Mrs. HoIbrook Says There is Nothing New
In Our Vaunted Civilization.

III our NaunJeu CIVILIZATION.
"There is nothing new under the sun, "
quotes Mrs. Amelia Weed Holbrook, an
energetic, quick witted member of the Chi
cago Woman's club. True, Solomon said
this same thing several thousand years
ago, but it takes somewhat more courage
TO say it today, in what is termed an age
of wonderful inventions. Mrs. Holbrook
agrees with Solomon and is ready TO prove
that he spoke for all time.
She has prepared lecture which she de-
livers upon the slightest provocation, and
in it she demonstrates that many of the so
called modern inventions are old as the
hills She makes no exceptions, and, al
though she does not mention them all, she
declares that she will find an ancient proto-
type for any alleged new invention that
can be mentioned.
"ROentgen rays" scornfully exclaims
Mrs. Holborn. That's the first thing peo-
pie think of in answer to my challenge
New Why, the same discovery was ex-
plotted in 1916, l have magazine con-
tanning an account Of how a Greek invent
er exhibited before gathering of French
scientists in that year a machine which
he called an anthroscopo, by means Of which
he utilized electric rays so that he could see
through opaque bodies.
"The nickel in the slot device was used
by the priests of the Greek polytheistic re
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and helper Of all Indians in the east. She
wanted Mrs. Converse to advance money
on her baskets That lady looked at her
critically ard asked her TO take off the
cheap hat which she had donned to meet
the requirements of civilization. Next she
asked her to let down the massive coils of
blue black hair which were piled on her
head with native grace. Wonderingly she
complied
"You have q fortune in your face" at
length remarked Mrs. Converse.
Then she took Falling Star up to the
American Art League school and proposed
her for q model. Her services were eager
ly accepted, and she was booked for long
engagement Other art schools asked for
her time, and now many artists are begging
her for sittings. She no longer sells bas-
kets for a few pennies, but spends most of
her time posing and going from one studio
to the other Sculptors have modelled her,
and cast of her head Is to be placed in
the American Museum Of Natural History.
The reason for Falling Stars popularity
among the artists Is that she is such
fine type of the aboriginal woman. Her
features are classical in their Indian purity,
and she has that intensely mOurnful ex.
preston so characteristic Of the race But
it is not for the departed glory of her peo-
pie that Falling Star mOurns She has sur-
rows of more personal nature. She was
born and brought up in the Abenaki In
dian village of st. Francis, near Montreal.
There she lived 20 years, learning to make
moccasins and weave baskets.
Financially the prospects Of Falling Star
are very bright. She is the prime favorite
in New YOrk's artistic circles and makes
more money than she ever dreamed Of pos
sessing, besides being petted and admired
by hundreds of enthusiastic art students.
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LEADS THE MINORITY
HEAVY RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE
YOUNG SHOULDERS OF MR.. BAILEY.

Remarkable Career and Picturesque Per-
sonality OF the Texan Representative.
Only Thirty-three Years Old, but He Is
Serving His Fourth Term In Congress.
Joseph W. Bailey of Texas, who was
nominated for speaker by the Democrats
of the Fifty-ffth congress and by virtue
Of that nomination is the recognized
leader of the minority ON the floor of the
house, is the youngest man to achieve
that distinction since the time Of Pat
rick Henry. Mr. Bailey was only 33 last
October but this is his fourth term in
congress. When he was elected to the
Fifty-second congress, he was by two
years the youngest member, and for a
long time he had to stand the jokes Of
the congressional humorists who were
fond of referring to him as "the baby
Of the house."
But Mr. Bailey's lack Of years has
been almost forgotten. He is already
counted as one of the veterans The
honor which his selection as the Demo
cratic leader conferred on him is q most
unusual one to be given to so young a
man. Stephen A. Douglas was year
older when he gained the same distinc.
tion.
There are other features of resem-
blance between the Little Giant" and
Mr.. Bailey Of Texas Like Douglas,
Bailey not only looks the statesman, but
carries out the part. He was not long
in convincing the house that he did not
intend to become silent member He
had been in his seat but month or two,
when one day in January, 1899, the
members Of the house were languidly
interested an seeing the tall, graceful
young Texan rise TO make his maiden
speech. A debate on rules was in prog
ress, and the new members were not ex-
actly expected to take part. Mr. Bailey
of Texas, however, had not spoken
dozen sentences before he had the atten-
tion of the house. The cloaIrooms emp
tied, and the press gallery filed up
sure indications that something unusual
was occurring. As he defined his oppo-
sition to giving extraordinary powers to
the committee on rules he showed not
only unexpected familiarity with the
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MRS. A. W. ILoLBROoK.

ligion 800 years before Christ. Priests in
India used the telephone 1900 years ago
and mystiflcd their followers by hearing
what was said mile away. The new
woman movement was in full blast over
$50 years ago. The married women in Po-
land got together in 1886 and demanded
equal rights with their husbands, and 60
years later they obtained them. The use of
tobacco, credited 20 the moderns, was com
mon among men Of prehistoric ages. The
electric telegraph was invented in 1774,
and incubators Matched out chickens for
Menes in 1899 b. @. The bicycle Is cen
turtles old, and i'm 800 B. G. Archimedes
built ship which was 40 times larger than
the Great Eastern" "
These are some of the statements with
which Mrs. Holborn has startled the Chi
cago people who thought they were strict
ly up TO date Sh says she has many more
up her sleeve too, and II any one wants ia
hear them they can lust get her 10 lecture,