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The San Francisco call., 1903-09-17
FEDERAL COURT COMMISSIONER
WHO ACCEPTED ]. w. ERWIN'S
BOND AND THE TWO SURETIES.

,F AMES w. ERWIN, assistant super
intendent of city free delivery and
former postal Inspector, was for
" mally arrested yesterday Afternoon
on the indictment charging him
with conspiracy to defraud the United
States Government and was at once re-
leased on bail. Immediately after the
service of the warrant he was handed his
notice of removal from the postal service
of the United States Government.
The service of the warrant took place
in the chambers of United States Com
missioner E. II. Heacock in the Apprais-
ers' building. Shortly after o'clock the
accused entered the court room accom-
panied by his attorney, Samuel Knight.
and his two bondsmen, Willis G. Witter
and Thomas Rickard. Among others
present interested in the case were United
States District Attorney Marshal B.
Woodwork, Postal Inspector James
OConnell, United States Postoffice In
spector in Charge Robert r. Munro and
Deputy United States Marshal A L.
Parish.
Judge Heacock allowed the accused
man to waive the reading Of the warrant.
as all parties in interest were thoroughly
conversant with it's contents The Judge
stated there was no necessity of going
into the formality OF Identification of the
accused, as every one present knew him,
and there was no reason to instruct him
regarding his rights as to securing an at
torney, as he had already provided him
self in that respect. This ended the for
NAL ceremony of the service of the war
rant
Attorney Knight asked that the case be
set Tor nearing on September 25 as by
that time he thought the defense would
nave ample time to prepare its case The
Judge stated that his calendar was
pretty well filed up, but that he thought
insomuch as the accused was anxious
for hearing at as early a date as possi-
bic he would arrange to meet the request
or Attorney Knight and the case was ac-
cordingly set to be heard at that time at
10 a. m.
Attorney knight brought up the ques-
ton of the amount of bonds required for
his client, and being informed by the
Judge that $4,000 was the amount required
by the United States Government knight
said his client was ready to furnish the
amount, and the bond was forthwith pre-
pared and duly signed by his bondsmen,
Willis G. Witter and Thomas Rickard.
Just as Erwin arose and was preparing
to leave the court room Postal INSPECTOR
munro stepped forward and handed him
his letter of dismissal from the service of
the Government. 1t read as follows:
office of the Postmaster General Washington.
ID. G., September 8. 1903.
Sir: You are hereby removed from the posi-
tion OF assistant superintendent city free deIiv-
cry. said removal to become efrective ON ne tbe
respectfully,
H. c. PAYNE, Postmaster General
Erwin accepted the letter and after
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primitive nor pioneer condition. The very
foundation OF that great commonwealth was
laid upon lines broad to admit of no other
than a noble superstructure; and this unprece-
dented instance of the community lite OF Soulh-
ern California and the eXaltation OF ciVinzed
conditions there which have known no priml-
tive state. is referable to the single TACT that
vanoed art of irrigation. Take from the ad-
Vanced civilization of Southern California an
that portion due to irrigation and its splendld
cities would relapse into the romance OF ADOBE
hamlets and the tropical luxuriance or It's or
chards and its avenues would revert to their
original condition Of arid solitude.
When the national irrigation law received tne
signature Of President Roosevelt the United
States prepared to make onward and an up
ward step in national progress. Territorial ag-
grandizement by conquest may be the beginning
Of industrial and commercial expansion, but the
nation which seeks expansion through the evo-
lutionary development of it's inherent capablll-
ties has chosen a nobler and surer highway OF
success. The arid region of the United States,
comprising the territory lying west Of the lOotn
meridian, embraces 1,700,00O square miles III
armies had been set in the field for the acqulsl-
ton of an equal area of territory we would
have regarded II as a formative event in the
history of the nation; but the national irriga-
tlon law is the beginning of a peaceful terri
toriaI conquest of far-reaching significance. No
war in which any nation has ever been en-
gagged IS fraught with such propheSy OF Drill
liant achievement in the great office OF extend
ing our national possibilities or Of broadening
the basis of our civilization. This is a conquest
which involves expeditures of vast sums OF
yet the shedding of blood, and Its ultimate
achievement will be victory Of peace whose
splendor If less picturesque, will not be less
renowned than war
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and was almost a skeleton was so poor
Now 1 can eat anything 1 want and it
don't hurt me, and can sleep all night
long and get up and work all day long. 1
don't have any nervousness now. but am
happy all the day long. / sing the praises
of Peruna wherever I go. and I believe it
saved my life. 1 could not have lived
through the summer in the condition 1
was in, as was in the Change of Lifey
1 had tried many doctors, but they did me
no good. Peruna certainly cured me Of
the after-effects of the Change of Life. I
was. almost crazy, and had headache,
backache, and was SO nervous that would
almost go into fits. 1 could not eat nor
sleep and was almost in my grave. I had
tried many doctors, but they did me no
good. I tried your Peruna, and 1 felt bet
ter from the start. / took about five bot
ties of Peruna. and the awful headache
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and nervousness was gone. I could eat
anything, and my nerves are all right
and 1 have no more backache. I am we'll.
and Peruna cured me.
my daughter is cured of catarrh of the
head. She was almost deaf before taking
your Peruna. She don't look like the
same woman She is stout and we'll and
the mother Of three fine boys. 1 want to
thank you again for your kindness."-
Mrs. Mamie Hall.
Anyone desiring information touch
ing the use of PerU1a at this time
of life can write to Dr. Hartman with
the assurance that her letter will be-
held strictly confidential An advice
will be given free of charge.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use Of Peruna,
write at once TO DR.. Hartman, giving a
full statement OF your case. and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President OF The
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio.
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UrAH PIONEERS AHEAD.

The pioneers of. this State of Utah antici-
pated the coming of this march Of civilization
by more than half century. Adherents of a
new religion, they encountered the repulsion
Of the old. All religious beliefs are faultless
only to those who believe in their infalhbility,
and whatever else may be said OF the faith
which brought the pioneers OF this State to
the very heart OF vast GeseEt err IL esn1o' 10 s3 De
tract and hold the martyrlike devotion of its
adherents. They found here an arid desert;
they converted it into fertile garden, and the
achievement Of this miracle is referable to the
magic of irrigation.
Standing in the very center of the vast terri
tory about to be reclaimed from aridity to fer
tility, it is eminently fitting that our delibera-
tions shall promote the full fruition of that con-
quest We stand on the threshold of a coming
empire. Here fertility, bound in the chains Of
aridity has awaited the awakening influence
national irrigation law will be the magic rod
Of Moses is devout hope
The highest idea of ancient Hebrew prophets
the coming Of the millennium. when the
earth should be the final abode of a kingdom of
peace. These prophecies constitute the basis
of the exalted poetry of our language and bear
the charmed life of immortal youth.
II the Lord shall comfort Zion, he will COM
fort all her waste places and he will make her
wilderness like Eden and her desert like the
garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness shall be
found therein, Thanksgiving and the voices Of
melody. Il Will open rivers in high places and
fountains in the midst Of the valleys. 1 will
make the wilderness a pool of water and the
dry lands springs of water / will plant IN the
wilderness the cedar and the myrrh and the oil
tree. / will set in the desert the fir tree and
the pine ana the DoX trees tOSether. The wild
erness and the solitary places shall be glad
for them. and the desert shall rejoice and bios
som the rose"
Commander Booth-Tucker Of the Saliva
ton Army, who has led the Salvation
Army movement for the establishment in
the West of colonies from the tenements
Of the Eastern cities, was then intro
duced amid great cheering.
Senator Paris Gibson of Montana spoke
on ''The Repeal of Some of Our Land
Laws"
The other side of the Government land
question was presented by Congressman
F. w. Mondell of Wyoming. He spoke
on THE Value and Importance of the
Desert Land Act"
1.-THE Utility of Public Grazing Lands"
was discussed by w. M. Woodbridge of
Hunsdale, Mont.
Adjournment was taken until $50 to-
morrow morning, when Senator Newlands
Of Nevada, who was to have spoken to-
day, will deliver an address.
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HONOLULU GIRL MARRIES
AN ITALIAN NOBLEMAN
Miss Alice Mckee Spaulding Becomes
the Wife of Count Leonardo Err
so1a RonZi

HONOLULU. Sept 16.-Count Leonardo
Ersola Bonzi, a member Of the guard of
the King of Italy, was married yester-
day on the island of Kauai to Miss Alice
Mckee Spaulding. The bride is the
youngest daughter of Colonel Spaulding,
owner of the Kealia and Mckee sugar
plantations. She first met the Count
several years ago at a fox hunting meet
near Rome. The newly married couple,
accompanied by Colonel Spaulding. sailed
on the steamer Alameda to-day, en- route
for Italy. They will reside temporarily
at the Counts home near Milan, but will
make their permanent home on Kauai.
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Five of Crew Are Miss;no.

ANGLESEA, N. J., Sept 16.-The ocean,
going tug Spartan. which was engaged I'm
towing coal barges between philadelphia
and New England ports, foundered dur
ing this mornings storm on the ocean at
the entrance to Delaware Bay. and II Is
feared five of the crew are lost. The
other ten men of the crew were rescued
off floating wreckage near Cape Henlopen,
by fishing boat, and landed at this
place They report that they became
separated from the other five men.
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reading it remarked in subdued tones:
''This closes my career with the Gov
ernment after sixteen years of faithful
and conscientious service" Being admon-
ished by a number of intimate friends
who were with him that so soon as he
had been vindicated of the charges
against him he would undoubtedly be re-
instated he replied: Yes, that is all very
well, but just the same for the present
this letter puts an end to my connection
with the Government and 1 am out of
that service now"
Attorney Knight stated that he thought
by September 20 they would have their
case fully prepared and evidence suffi-
cient, he thought, to keep his client from
being sent to Washington for trial.
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ADVERTISEMENTS

AS prescribed by a law
enacted by the last Legislature
the State Board of Commits
sioners in Optometry has is
sued certificates to the under
signed firms, emitting them
and their employees to practice
the fitting of spectacles and
+ eyeglasses:
zoGUE OPTICAL CO.,
2l1 Post st.
EIRsCz & KAIsER,
Kearny st.
STANDARD OPTICAL CO.,
2l7 Kearny st.
zEETELIEe OPTICAL co.
1e Kearny st.
HASKELL & JONES OPTICAL. CO.,
a43 Grant Ave.
CHINN-BERETTA OPTICAL CO.
ss1 Market st.
CALIFORNIA OPTICAL CO.,
2o5 Kearny st.
GEO. H. KAHN,
2o1 Kearny St.
HENRY KAHN & co.
(The ocularium),
e42 Market st.
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CLAIMS FROM RENO.
Deputy Sheriffs Claim Reward for
Capture Of Convicts.

SACRAMENTO. Sept. ls.-The State
Board Of Examiners to-day received a
claim from Deputy Sheriff SharIxev. with
an assigned claim Of Constable Maxwell
attached, for the capture Of convicts
Wood and Murphy at Reno. New. The
receipt Of the Folsom Warden for the
prisoners IS attached and also a letter
from the Sheriff of Washoe County stat
ing the part taken by the claimants in
the capture.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-17
RACE QUESTION
MADE The ISSUE
Maryland Democrats
Declare for White
Supremacy.
State Convention Nominates
Edward Warfleld for
Governor.

BALTIMORE, Nd, Sept 16.-The Dem
ocrats Of Maryland held their State con-
vention in this city tonight and nominal
ed the following ticket:
For Governor, Edward Warf1eld of How
ard County; State Comptroller, DIR.
George T. Atkinson of Somerset County
Attorney General, William Shapehard
Bryan Of Baltimore.
The race issue plank, which is regarded
the most important in the platform,
declares for white supremacy in State,
county and municipal government. The
clause relating to the race question is as
follows:
We believe that the political destinies of
Maryland should be shaped and controlled by
the white people Of the State and while we
disclainl any purpose to do any injustice
whatever TO our colored population. we de-
clare without reserve our resolute purpose to
preserve in every. conservative and constitu-
tional way the political ascendancy of our
race
The remainder of the platform relates
to State issues.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
PE=RU=NA TSf TSf DISEASES OF WOMEN.
The Remarkable Case of Mrs
Mamie Hall, Of Atlanta.
A Most Wonderful Cure Effected
by Pe-ru-na.

hH RS. MAMIE HALL; u Hubert ST
IfI Atlanta, Ga, writes:
81 write to tell you how much good
your Peruna has done for me. was so
sick and nervous that was almost dead
II could not eat nor sleep nor work any
at all, but was in bed nearly all the time,
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Q : |. Q

means the control Of moisture and the adapta-
ton Of that moisture to the actual necessities
OF plant life.
IN a deliberative body. convened for the pur-
pose Of considering the single subject, some
reference to elemental principles cannot be
inappropriate. Plant food is found in the soil
by the operation OF the law known TO science
elective absorption The soil has but the
single instinct OF holding this plant food.
nor does IL yield any of its food to the plant
in a saturated condition OF less than ten de-
grees When that degree Of saturation is
reached the plant is stronger than the soil and
growth ensues. This plant food is deposited
currents BY this law Of elective absorption
the soil takes from the water the elements Of
plant life, which is yielded up and which is
deposited in the soil only by the perpetual
movements of subsurface percoation. While
the soil begins 10 yield it's plant food TO the
plant life whose roots penetrate the soil at ten
degrees of saturation. it very soon reaches
structive TO vegetation ardity. II man
would have control of this paramount factor
of moisture he must have equal control over
excessive as well as deficient moisture; drain
age is, therefore a concomitant Of irrigation.
In some Of the valleys of our great State OF
California the observation of a series of years
demonstrates a greater loss from excessive
OF scientific agriculture il is just 5 important
that man should control the destructive condi-
uons. in order to modify them at either end
Of these extremes. Any proper system of ir
rigatiOn is Of necessity. accompanied by
system Of drainage. 1t is for this reason that
irrigation is equally valuable in countries
Of heavy precipita tion as in countries where
deny sufficient rainfall for the annual ma
turltV Of CrDns
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PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 16.-The Fourth
Congressional District Republican Convention
to-day nominated Reuben o. Moon, q lawyer,
n n
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1892 1903
STATEMENT
OF The
CONDITION AND AFFAIRS
or THE
Insurance Company
OF NORTH AMERICA
GoUNDED A. D. 17s2)

n PHILADELPHIA IN THE STATE OF
" Pennsylvania the 31st day OF Decem-
Der. A D. 1902, and for the year ending
that day, made to the Insurance COmmis-
sioner Of the State OF California. pursuant TO
the provisions OF Sections $40 and Gil OF the
Political Code. condensed per blank fur
nished by the Commissioner.
Capital ..-----.--- .-.----.-.--- SosOOOsOOO "
in Cash .-..-..-. ....-.-...- 5000. 900 90
ASSETS.
Real Estate owned by Company. 9725. 500 90
Loans on Bonds and Mortgages. 1.130997 %
Cash Market value OF all Stocks
and Bonds owned by Company oI91sToO 90
Amount OF Loans secured by
pledge OF Bonds. Stocks and
Other marketable securities
collateral s..-------- 6Zlf 4OO W
Cash in COupany's Office ....... 1O,3O7 90
cash IN Banks ................. La 1O5 25
Interest due and accrued
Bonds and Mortgages 1927 80
Premiums in due Course OF Col
lection s-.-.-ss.s.- ooosool -
Bills receivable, not Matured,
Pisks -. ............... ssO5o 10
BOOK ACCOUNTS due Company. 4263 50
i9surancs trglrl on losses already paid 500 ST
7-..,t Assets s1O eea fa9 sO
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Total Assets ..............
LIABILITIES.

Losses adjusted and unpaid. .-...
Losses in process OF Adjustment
or In Suspense ...-.-----.-
Losses resisted. including ex-
penSes .-.-.-..ss. s..s..s.s. /.
Gross premiums on Fire Risks
running one year OF less, S3.-
2TT.977 35; reinsurance 50 per
cent -. --.---...-
Gross premiums on Fire Disks
running more than one year.
So. 9gS. 400 %; reinsurance pro
rata ..--.....= -..-..-..--.s
Gross premiums on Marine Time
Risks, S......: reinsurance so
per cent .------.---
Amount reclaimable BY the IN
sured on perpetual fire insur-
ance policies -.--.--.-.---.
Cash dividends remaining unpaid
Due and accrued for salaries.
rent, etc 1900 ...........
All other liabilities ..............
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Aqua CALIENTE SPRINGS

OPEN ALL YEAR ROUND. Natural hot
sulphur springs, temperature lis degrees. No
staging. Fare 81 10. Sure cure for rheuma-
ttsm. asthma. kidney and liver troubles Tuh
and hot plunge baths The largest mireraf
water swimming tank in the State. Compe-
tent lady and gentlemen masseurs, swimming
teacher. Special rates from now on. Peek a
ii Montgomery st. THEODOR RICHARDS
Aqua Caliente. Sonoma Co.
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THE VALLEY OF THE Po.

Perhaps the most noted instance of success
fuI agriculture in the world relates to the
broad stretch Of fertile plains between the
Appennines and the Alps in Northern Italy
Here irrigation has found its highest demon
stratloL Of value; and yet the valley Of the
20 Is not in any respect deficient in precipita-
ton OF moisture. The annual rainfall of that
valley very greatly exceeds that of many por-
tons Of the earth where heretofore the declar-
alton Of the necessity Of irrigation would be
regarded as absurd in the extreme.
But irrigation has other uses and other OBJ
jects than merely supplying deficiency Of
moisture; one Of its most beneficial uses is
the distribution of the moisture throughout the
year. There but few portions OF the earth
where the annual rainfall is economically dis
tributed throughout all seasons; fully so per
cent Of the earths surface is subject to ir-
regular meteorological conditions and these
undirected conditions are wholly inadequate to
the necessities Of man. The human has
long since passed the stage where natural con
ditions may be depended upon for even a bare
subsistence. Fertility, temperature and moist
ure are the three prime factors Of production.
II these three were under the absolute control
OF man the great fundamental problems of
civilization would have been mastered Irri-
cation may be depended upon to solve two Of
these moisture and fertility
With the element Of moisture under his con-
trol man has mastered two of the three great
forces Of production. Scientific irrigation is
absolutely indispensable to scientific agricul-
ture. Dependence upon the natural precipita-
ton OF any country is at best a barbarism
just as we have been obliged to no longer
depend upon the spontaneous production of the
earth TO sustain life will have to aban-
as productive force in every cultivated coun-
try Irrigation. with its concomitant. drain
age is therefore important in one portion
OF the world as another. 1t has acquired a
seeming Importance, however in what Is
known arid regions where the absence of
moisture is so plainly obvious
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Total Liabilities
INCOME

Net cash actually received for
Fire premiums .......-.......
Net cash actually received for
Marine premiums -.-------.
Received for interest on Bonds
and Mortgages ..-....-......--
Received for interest and divi-
dends on Bonds. Stocks. Loans
and from all other sources 80.
Received for Rents .--.-...--..-.
Received from all other sources.
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Total Income ............... s7.n5.ns y
EXPENDITURE

EXPENDITURES.
Net amount paid for Fire Losses s2,s2s,417 IS
T.ossss s.,'o1H. -.. ....---.... 1.o17. .s55 Al
Dtvidends TO Stockholders .-.... $50. $40 90
FSo or R9oIsraSe Sr ......-... 1872. .ss4 "a
FsS cSarge, for officers clerks etc so4 212 "a
F1lo docsI TOT taxes @ ..........-. 15s.s79 90
All other payments and expendi- -.
tures ........... ...s.sssss"ss' St'tOfo D
r,,.., v,nerditurez ........ 81. AS 0s4 80
Fire. Marine.
Losses incurred - -
during the year 81. TOT.slI % SL1os.Soo II
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-08-14
swimming "saiIor Fashion,

1t was a redheaded boy from across
the tracks on his good behavior at the
swimming hole above the dam that
first saw swim hand over hand. or
"sailor fashion" as we called it. right
~ or wrongly | know not. can hear
now the crisp staccato little smack his
hand gave the water as he reached for
ward.
1t has ever since been my envy and
despair 1t is 50 knowing, so sporty"
| class it with being able to wear a
pink barred shirt front with a dia-
mond cluster pin in ii. with being gen
timely fond Of horse racing. with being
first class poker player, with being
delighted with the company Of actors
what wouldn't | give if could be like
that? My life has been a sad one, but
l might find some comfort in it yet if
could only get that natty little spat on
the water when | lunge forward swim
ming erhand.-McClure's
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Animal LnnReXifY.

Some curious statistics have been
published upon what an insurance ac-
tuary would describe as the "eXpecta-
ton Of life" in animals. Among the
larger species Of cattle there is some
approach to uniformity. Thus for the
horse and the ass the extreme limit is
about thirty-fve years and for horned
cattle about thirty. For the dog it is
given as twenty-five while sheep,
goats, pigs and cats are grouped at fif-
teen. But there are stranger dispari-
ties among birds. While goose may
live thirty years. a sparrow twenty
five and a crow as many as 100, ducks,
poultry and turkeys die of old age at
twelve years. The palm for longevity
is divided between elephant and par
rot. Both pass the century.
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In Medieval Cities.

There can be no doubt that one rea-
son why cities did not grow so rapidly
In the seventeenth and eighteenth CEN
turtles as In the nineteenth Is the ex-
cessively high death rate that pre-
vailed during the earlier period. The
food OF immigration. mighty as 1t was,
did little more than make good the
places of those citizens who fell VIC
tins To grievous sanitary conditions.
From the facts that can be obtained
II seems 10 have been universally true
that almost up TO the beginning of the
nineteenth century the death rate of
large cities exceeded the birth rate.
This was not because the birth rate
was abnormaily low. but because the
death rate was abnOrmally high. In
the medieval city both birth rate and
death rate were far higher than at
present. Infant mortality must have
mounted 10 Il grewsome height. The
uncleanliness and overcrOwding of city
jewellers, now largely relegated to the
slums Of our great cities, was the nor
NAL state of nearly all classes of So
ciety In the London and Paris Of Louis
and Observation-Disclosures Edwin q.
Jordan in Popular Science Monthly.