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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-12
FARM LANDS.

200 ACRES, 80 broke, 60 meadow, balance
timber; good house and other buildings;
all in good order; one mile from station;
thirty miles from Twin Cities; $12 per
acre. Address M. T., Wyoming, MINI
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-12

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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-12
POPULAR WANTS
HELP wANTED-FEMALEs.

CHAMBERMAID-W Wanted, good cham
bermald and dishwasher. Apply Buck
tngham Cafe
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-06
DEATHS SUMMONS
ENDS A ROMANCE
T ale of a Rich Uncle and
F Fascinating Niece.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN JOSE, April "a love ro-
nance, in which rich old uncle and a
fascinating niece were the Romeo and
Juliet, ended here this morning in the
death of John P. Conlon at the Grand
Lodging House, corner of Second and
San Fernando streets. Mrs. Abbie
Kinnes is the bereaved, and is left
about a half million dollars in New
York properties and securities.
Several years ago John P. Conlon re-
tired from the pursuits Of business in
New York to enjoy his fortune He had
no other relatives than Mrs. Kinnes
and a nephew who bore his name. The
latter was spendthrift and by his wild
career had disgraced his uncle's name.
About this time Mrs. Kinnes' husband
died. She was young and attractive.
She took up her abode with her uncle.
and the mutual relationship soon
turned into love. The rich old uncle
at once legally adopted Mrs. Kinnes.
The law prohibited the marriage of per-
sons of their degree of relationship.
Conlon at once divided his property
with his adopted daughter and fixed
the remainder so his nephew could
never come in for any Of it. Mrs.
Kinnes was given everything she
wished and the couple enjoyed them
trips to Europe and a trip around the
world were made. 1t is said Mrs.
Kinnes generally passed as Mrs. Col
non.
On January 10 last Conlon and Mrs
Kinnes left New York for California
by way of Panama, arriving in San
Francisco about month ago. Bicycles
were procured and they started to make
a tour of the State awheel. San Jose
was reached a week ago. Last Friday
evening, while dining in the Mercan-
tile Restaurant, Conlon was stricken
by apopleXy. He was removed to his
apartments and DR.. Frasse summoned.
He rallied for while, but yesterday
he began TO sink and passed away
early this morning. Deceased had suf-
fered from Bright's disease for some
time and the stroke of apoplexy re-
suited from it. Conlon was a native of
New York and SO years of age.
1t is said Mrs. Kinnes has deeds to
some valuable New York property that
she wishes to place on record before
the forgotten" nephew can file any
claim to the estate. She starts East
with the remains tomorrow.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-06
POOL ROOMS TO
Be SUPPRESSED
Marin County's Battle
for Decency.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN RAFAEL, April 5.-The most
perplexing problem that has confront
ed District Attorney McIsaac since he
has been an incumbent-a legal meth
cd to suppress the poolrooms at Sau-
salito and thereby save Marin County
from the annual recurrence of scenes
so .repugnant to the residents of a SUI
burban districts at last in a fair way
of solution. So confident is McIsaac
that he has found a plan to circumvent
the action of the Board of Town Trus-
tees Of Sausalito that he has already
conferred with the Supervisors in re-
gard to the matter, and it is predicted
by those who claim to know the in
clination of the county fathers that
they will give the District Attorney
their united support in one more effort
TO destroy an evil that has so far
laughed at every attack made upon it
by the county officials.
AS Sausalito is an incorporated town
the Supervisors are powerless so far
as adopting an ordinance prohibiting
betting on Eastern races is concerned.
Those citizens of the town not directly
profited by the presence of the pool
rooms have frequently agitated tho
proposition to disincorporate. but have
always DGtH lOlttu the attitude
the water 'front.'" where so many
voters reside as practically to control
municipal elections. H. H. Noble car
ried the question into the domain of
the Superior Court by petitioning for
an injunction to restrain the gambling.
on the ground that 1t constitutes a
public nuisance. This plan signally
failed, and now another determined eff
fort is to be made
According to section % of the county
government act, Board of Supervis-
ors is empowered to regulate and IL
cense all business or traffic in county
not prohibited by law Poolroom
gambling comes under this head. 1t is
further provided that any violation of
an ordinance so regulating and licens-
ing a business or traffic constitutes
misdemeanor and as such is punishable
by law. According to McIsaac's view
all the board has to do to suppress the
evil is to exact a license of $4,000
quarter from the poolroom men. which
will really amount to a prohibition.
When this section referred to was
called to the attention of the Super
visors and its provisions explained to
them they were much impressed with
the simplicity of the method advocated
by the District Attorney and took the
proposition under consideration at
once. 1t is expected that an ordinance
will be framed and adopted in a short
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-06
EDGAR WOULD BE
A PRISON DIRECTOR

SAN QUENTIN PRISON, April s.
When Captain Of the Yard ]. c. Edgar
conf1ded TO some Of his friends a few
months ago that he was tired of the oner-
erous duties devolving upon an occupant
Of his official position there were many
surmises as to his reasons for making
such an announcement. Although Edgar
IS a wealthy man and therefore not in
need Of the salary allowed q captain of
the yard, he has the reputation Of never
resting satisfied unless his mind and
hands are occupied in the transaction of
work requiring care and forethought In
addition he and Warden Hale have not
been on good terms since the strike of
two years ago, when they fell out over
a question of discipline. and the position
held by Edgar-fOrtifed by the favor of
Lieutenant GOvernOr-Offered too many
opportunities for worrying an enemy to
be reltnquished simply on account of a
tired feeling"
Common prison gossip, which is said to
emanate from an official quarter now af-
fords an explanation of Edgar's deter
mination TO resign his position Edgar
wishes to obtain position on the Board
OF State Prison Directors, and the plan
of Governor Gage and his inner circle"
advisers TO Gust Director Donald Raw has
come as godsend to the ambitious Of
fetal who directs the destnies of the
prison yard. With Hale out Of the war
denship and himself on the board Edgar's
cup Of JOY would be full 10 OVERLOOKING
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-06
ITALY WATCHED
BY THE JAP NESE
Jealousy Over Attempt
to Grab San Nun.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

VANCOUVER, B. c., April 5.-Ori-
entail advices brought by the steamship
Empress of Japan indicate that Japan
has watched with jealous eye ItaIy's
recent attempt to get possession of San
Nun.
Marquis Ito has been in direct COM
munication with Ii Hung Chang and
has advised various reforms. He saws
the partition of China will be inevitable
should China persist in her present
course of action.
In view of the San Nun affair the
Japanese are saying their Government
must abandon the hold-aloof policy
hitherto adopted and demand some sub
Stantial grant of land from China
probably port in Fokien.
Count Okuma, eX-Premier, advises
the Government to so conduct itself as
to induce China to rely solely upon the
gallant" assistance of Japan for the
maintenance of independence. The FIRST
measure to be adopted for that pur-
pose is to drill several hundred Chinese
soldiers by Japanese officers. secondly
to encourage the dispatch of Chinese
students to Japan for study. If the
situation should compel japan to take
final step it will be absolutely neces-
Sary for her to hold Amov and tho
railway between that place and Han
koW. Ih1s phase can only enter into
Japan calculations when the mainta-
nance of China's integrity is entirely
despaired of and there is no hope Of
preventing partition. In the mean
tlme Mr.. Yano, the Japanese Minister
at Picking, has applied to the Chinese
government for five new settlements
for Japan's exclusive use, to be opened
at FoochoW, Annoy, Inkaw New
chWang), Shanghai and Chungkfng
In addition to the Tientsin and HankoW
settlements, which have been conceded
already. 1t is stated that the Chinese
government has decided to entertain
the demands, with the exception of
Shanghai and Chungking.
There appears to have been no truth
IN the report that the Dowager Empress
mad recalled Ii Hung Chang to Picking
The latter has finished the labor of ex-
amlning the Yellow River, but his rivals
In the Tsung Ii Yamen are trying to
keep him out Of the capital They fear
his inf1ueOce ~A
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-06
THREE HUNDRED DOGS
OF HIGH DEGREE

SAN JOSE, April 5.-The third annual
dog show of the Santa Clara Valley Poul-
try and Kennel Club opened this evening
with a good attendance. About 300 dogs
were shown, the following counties being
represented: Santa Clara, Los Angeles
San Francisco, Alameda, Sacramento.
San Bernardino. The judges were H.
T. Payne of San Francisco on Great
Danes, settlers, pointers, collies, spaniels
and hounds, and ]. w. Barrett of New
York on mastiffs, ST. Bernards, terriers.
bulldogs, pugs, poodles, dachshunds and
miscellaneous. The following awards
were made tonight:
Mastiffs-Puppy dogs, P F. McGilligan. San
Jose, Major, first prize.
Bitches-Francs j. Smiths Evergreen Queen
first prize; P: f. McGilligan's Belle second W.
F. Heckell, San Jose, Teeda. third
Great Danes-Pups H. A Leigh San lose.
Errick second prize; dogs. Twin Peak Kennels
San Francisco, Defender, first; bitches Frank
Hall, San Francisco, Lady Londesburgh first !.
Twin Peak Kennels San Francisco, Lady Err
St Bernard trough coats)-Puppy. bitches,
Mrs. c. A Smart Oakland Golden Fairy first
Novice dogs-Mrs. E. B. Thompson, Irving
Los Angeles, Omar Khayyam. second; q. j.
Peters San Jose, Ralphs Nym, third
Novice bitches-Miss Title Lorraine LoreIIe
first; Mrs. W. G. Alexander. San Jose. Flora
Dogs-Mlss Lorraine, Omar Khayyara. first;
j. Turounit, San Jose, Tell second
Bitches-C. A. Smart, Oakland Princess
first; Miss Lorraine, Los Angeles Lorelie, sec
ond.
Winners dogs-Twin Peak Kennels, San
Francisco, King Menelek, first.
St Demands (smooth coat)-Bitches Mrs
E B. Thompson Irvington. The Countess first
General Moltke first.
The show will continue through the week.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-06
TORTURED AND
PUT TO DEATH
Fate of Nine Natives in
Korea.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

VICTORIA, B. c., April 5.-Among
the mail advices received by the EN-
press of Japan from the Orient is the
following strange story told by the
Seoul correspondent of the Japan Ad-
vertiser:
Outside the west gate of Seoul live
a number of mutangs or female eXor-
cists. Last year five of these women,
with their "consorts'' and children,
went north into the provinces on a
tramp. After two months working
through Wanghai they passed into
Ham Kyeng, living on the earnings of
the women in the villages and hamlets.
The business of driving out evil spirits
proved f1ourishing, and the men taking
charge of the money accumulated over
5000 each. This money the men took
into the magistracy of Kowon and
tried to purchase orders on Seoul. The
thing became known to the local police
and they seized the men and the serv-
ants with them, ten in ALL charging
them with being robbers.
Probably this was the first time pri-
vate people had ever ventured into
Kowon and exhibited such sum of
money. The men, however, refuted the
charge of being robbers, but the entire
ten were subjected to such torture by
the constables that one of them died
the next day, and another one the fol-
lowing day.
The local project being absent and a
neighboring official having Jurisdiction
the women appealed to him for help.
He ordered the eight men living to be
removed to his town. He saw they
were in a hopeless situation, and, fear
ing to become involved in the unpleas-
antness, he refused TO do anything and
sent the unfortunates back to Kowon
Here they were set upon again by their
captors and so beaten that they became
badly crippled.
Their money was by this time all
gone and when the new magistrate
came to Kowon the matter was so
presented to him that of the remain
ing men seven were executed on the
21st of the seventh moon, and a blind
man left as the only survivor of the
ten.
About this time the women came
back with their earnings, hoping to
release the men. They also were rob-
bed and badly abused. They escaped,
however, and came to Seoul.
Recently one of the runners from
Kowon was identified in the streets of
Seoul by one of the women and placed
under arrest. He acknowledged the
killing, but throws the blame on the
cOnSta bleS.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-06
TROOPS MADE
SICK BY THE
EMBALMED BEEF
Soldiers Who PartOOk of Meat
That Looked Well and Smelled
Bad Became Diseased.

report for duty. He had tested piece Of this
meat for salicylic acid. getting decided re-
boracic acid reaction.
'One popularity of the meat he said. was
that 1t kept so well and smelled badly"
When men would throw 1t up, often many
hours after eating, it still found unde-
composed. He had considered the canned meat
unfit for his men to eat and had advised them
not to eat it,
DR.. Currie expressed the opinion that the re-
trigerator beef had been soaked in some pre-
he afterward said his first idea was that the
acid had been injected.
DR.. Currie said he had discovered some ten
or twelve years ago by actual tests that Swift
d Co. used salicylic' acid 10 preserve their
Of beef furnished by Armour & Co. at his own
home in Englewood. N j., and had found that
it contained saicylic acid.
Major Lee asked that some men of the rife
range detail be summoned before the court, but
the court did not respond to the request.
Major Lee then read the reply of the court to
General Miles request for the summoning Of
1S1 witnesses named by him and General Miles
reply asking that they be. placed in the record.
Recorder Davis OF the Court OF Inquiry. It
was dated yesterday and read as follows:
L beg to acknowledge the receipt of your
favor of the Sd inst, inclosing the final list
Of witnesses I directed to say that such
OF the persons named as appear from the
facts not already covered by the testimony of
witnesses will be summoned to appear with
the least possibly delay
General Miles reply said in parts
1T is my belief that at least $4,000 men.
and undoubtedly much greater number, would
confirm the testimony that has already been
given that portion of the food supplied the
army was unwholesome and unsuitable for
use. therefore request that the small number
Of witnesses-13l-whose names have just been
submitted, may be called upon to give their
testimony before your court.
The general understanding about the court
is that the request Will not be complied with.
Henry Raphael. manager for Armour & Co,
in New York. who had been called at the in
stance of General Miles to testify, said that
last May he had In stock $40, 900 pounds OF
canned roast beef Later in the season he re-
ceived more. some coming from Chicago and
some from cities in England. The beef from
abroad had been there from one TO two years.
This he had turned over to Colonel Woodruff
on the dock Asked If any. of the meat sent
abroad had been rejected there, he said: II
know positively that none OF 1t was rejected.
I know this from our firm in Chicago and from
the condition of the beef.
The meat had been returned to I'LL contracts
with the Government, some going to the army
and some to the navy. Altogether about 45o, 600
pounds had been sold to the army.
Mr. Ra phael said the Governments purchases
were always made samples selected gen
orally by himself. These were inspected, as
was also the beef on delivery. Only three cans
of the entire sale to the army and navy had
been refused. and those had been replaced
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-06

STOCKTON, April 5.-To-day's de-
velopments have not served to allevi-
ate the strained relations between the
factions of the Republican party. In
dictments will in all probability be re-
turned within forty-eight hours against
c. T. Eckstrom, Deputy superintendent
Of Streets, and Charles Patterson, a
prominent young business man. Both
stand high in social and political cir
cles. Their friends are rallying to their
defense in the hope Of heading off the
indictments.
On the other hand, the leaders of the
defeated faction in the Third Ward will
press the charges, even though under
the Stratton law they come under the
serious designation of felony"
Briefly stated, the trouble started in
a personal fight for leadership in the
Third Ward between John Collins and
G. T. Eckstrom. Collins led the anti
A. P. A. faction, while Eckstrom's
ticket was regarded as the one fav-
ored by the A. P. A. Eckstrom failed
of election. but the remainder went
through. The A. P. A. had carried the
heaviest wards at ward meetings the
evening before, and rallying yesterday
in the Third Ward, put up an opposi-
ton ticket and on the face of the re-
turns won out by a substantial major
ity.
When the election officers came to
count over the ballots to tally them,
they found that there were ten more In
the pile than the lists showed. 1t was
found that ten ballots had been sur
reptitiously or otherwise inserted, and
they were declared fraudulent and so
marked by all the officers. They must
either have been laid on the table and
other ballots piled on them or inserted
in the pile after 1t had been dumped
out. The general opinion seems to be
that it was a piece Of foolishness not
equaled in the calendar Of fools. That
the ballots could not have been counted
must have appeared to any sane per
son, because it would have become
known just as soon as the number of
ballots in the box and those on the
officers list did not tally. Then the
ballots were not prepared for voting,
that is, they did not have the slip con-
tanning the number torn off.
Dick Garibotto declares that. he saw
Patterson handling election stationery
about s o'clock, an hour after the polls
closed. Presently, he says, he saw Pat
terson leave the voting place with
something tucked under his coat, and
when outside Eckstrom Joined him.
The latter saw Garibotto watching, so
he asked him what he was watching
for and admonished him to move on.
After crossing the street he saw Pat
terson throw something into a vacant
building and go in after it. Garibotto
returned to the polling place, and few
minutes later he went back to the I'm
perial bar with L. E. Arlington. While
there Garibotto asserts he was ap-
preached by Eckstrom, who asked him
not to mention the incident he had wit
messed. Garibotto declined to keep
quiet about it. Arlington corroborates
his friend as to this.
u H Mallory, of the defeated fac
ton. said to-day in an interview:
"Eckstrom and Patterson confessed to
Mr.. Clark and myself. and asked for
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-06
COMING APPOINTMENTS
BY GOVERNOR GAGE
Plum Tree Will Be Shaken Before the
Executive Returns to the
North

LOS ANGELES. April 5.-Governor
Henry T. Gage is having fine time on
his Downey ranch. The Governor will
not go north until early next week. He
will make public a list of appointments,
including a successor to Adjutant Gen
eral Peeler, a member of the Board of
Equalization in the Southern California
district; a member of the Board of
Whittier Trustees, three Commission
ers to the Paris Exposition and
Deputy Labor Commissioner before he
leaves.
The Board of Whittier School Trus-
tees soon will be solidly Republican. as
former Sheriff William R. Rowland will
on Saturday resign.
Rowland has for two years consti
tuted, with Mrs. Adina Mitchell, a ma
jority of the board and now that Gov
ernor Gage is in power and Mrs. Mitch
ellis term has expired, Rowland, not
caring to be in the minority, desires to
step out. DR.. Walter Lindley wild to-
morrow discuss Whittier affairs with
Governor Gage.
The selection Of a Paris commits
sioner from Southern California lies
between Frank Virgins, secretary Of
the Chamber of Commerce, and Ben c.
Truman, the veteran editor. Truman's
friends are insisting to-day that as
Governor Gage has never affiliated with
the Chamber Of Commerce the resolu-
lions from the commercial bodies will
have but little effect In influencing his
appointments.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-06
RUSSIANS NOW
RUN MANCHURIA
Do Just About as They
Please.
F0RCIBLY ACQUIRING LAND
AND OPERATING THE MINES
AND RAILWAYS.
Meanwhile the Gear Is Massing
Large Bodies of Troops at I'm
portant Points to Boldly
Aid the Grab.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

VANCOUVER, B. c., April sd
vices from the Far East brought by the
steamship Empress Of Japan state that
a correspondent of the North China
Daily News gives some remarkable in
formation regarding the Russian prog
ress in Manchuria and the northern
provinces. He points out that whereas
the only British subjects who are per-
mitted by treaty to own lands outside
treaty limits are missionaries Russians
IN Manchuria are acquiring land as
they please and are already working
mines. The railroad, too, is obviously
a military one, and he asserts that
there are 10000 Russian troops at Port
Arthur, 5000 at Talien Wan, 2009 at Kin
chou, 200 at LUNCHEON, 200 at Wa Fang
lien, 200 at Nieu-chwang, 200 at Hal
chieng, 200 at LiaO-yang, 300 at Kirin,
10000 at Haipon, north of Kirin, and,
in fact, Russian soldiers are all over
Manchuria. They are TO be met with
even where the railway viii not touch.
In Haichieng the Russians have
taken a shop and fortified it by
mounting guns. At LiaO-yang they
have a site 200 yards square, where
they are building barracks, and 300 sol
diers with twenty officers and mining
engineers are. Quartered there. Outside
the city they are purchasing land and
intend TO occupy houses for the sum-
mer. The Chinese officials and people
are much afraid of the intruders. who
do just as they like and square any re-
monstrance with a few dollars.
Visitors to the locality cannot move
without being Swallowed by Russians.
As there is no railway al Kirin and the
branch line which is projected will not
reach there for two years, the presence
Of soldiers appears unnecessary. The
Russo Chinese Bank has opened a
branch in Kirin, worked by Chinese,
with one foreigner, who is British, but
little beyond political work appears to
be done.
At Haipon, where the railway will
branch of from the main line to Vlad-
iyostok, there are Russian settlements
with 10000 soldiers. 1t is instructive
10 compare this military occupation
with the railway in which British cap
italists are to have their money, a good
road with stone entertainments and
work shops along the line. where car
riages and bridges are being built and
not yet one British soldier 10 protect
the property.
The agricultural and mineral re-
sources of Manchuria are immense. and
the Russians are working so as to ex-
plot them for. their sole advantage
Land is being compulsorily acquired at
the rate of SO a NOV, and in the event
of Chinese resistance a telegram to the
Russian Minister at Picking overcomes