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The San Francisco call., 1903-09-15
DINNER EPISODE
IS NOW CLOSED
President Makes Plain
Statement Of the
Incident.
Desires the Presence Of Sir
Thomas, but Latter Will
Be in Chicago.

OYSTER BAY, Sept. H. - President
Roosevelt to-day approved of the issu-
snce Of a formal statement Of the facts
concerning the Seawanhaka Corinthian
Yacht Club dinner incident. which has
created so much unpleasant comment
Colgate Hoyt, chairman Of the board Of
trustees Of the yacht club, visited Oyster
Bay this afternoon and had a conference
with the President for half an hour.
President Roosevelt expressed regret that
any published statement Of the dinner in
cident should have placed him in a false
attitude, and, with view to relieving Sir
Thomas Upton of embarrassment because
of the statements that he had treated him
with discourtesy, he authorized Hoyt TO
make a plain statement of the episode
This evening Hoyt prepared and issued
the following:
There has been so much misunderstanding
over the proposed annual dinner Of the Sea-
wanhaka Yacht Club that feel it my duty as
chairman of the board of trustees to state the
facts viz: That the President was invited
by me to be the guest Of the club at its. its an.
understanding that it was not to be a large
formal function but simply the annual ban
quet of the club, for its members and guests
Sir Thomas Lipton's name was not mentioned
terview and to assure the public that moth
ing was further from the Presidents thoughts
than 10 bar Sir Thomas Upton any one else
from the dinner l take pleasure in giving
10 the press the following letter which have
just received from Secretary Loeb:
My Dear Mr.. Hoyt: The President directs
me TO say that IT Will be particular pleasure
to him If Sir Thomas Upton can come to the
that the President said when the invitation
was extended to him was that he did not feel
like accepting any more Invitations to formal
functions; that If II was simply TO be neigh
borly dinner among his own friends in the
Seawanhaka Club he would gladly come. The
President has particularly high regard to
Sir Thomas Upton, and high appreciation
OF the manly and sportsmanlike spirit he has
shown throughout the yacht contests. The
President earnestly desires that Sir Thomas be
present at the dinner Yours very truly.
Secretary to the President
BUFFALO, n. Y, Sept. 14-Sir Thomas
Upton passed through Buffalo to-day en-
route to Chicago and was sufficiently re-
covered to see newspaper men. He was
questioned regarding the invitation he
was alleged to have received from the
Seawanha1a Corinthian Yacht Club.
Il do not remember having received any
invitation, written or verbal" said he.
"You say it was the Seawanhaka Club? =?
Why am a member of that club. And
you say Secretary Stewart is alleged to
have invited me? Why, don't remember
anything about 1t. l could not have at
tended the dinner any way, for the reason
that I am going to Chicago, where 1 have
many friends, and where I intend to re-
main until Monday. consequently I could
not possibly attend that dinner on
the 18th"
Sir Thomas added that his illness did
not amount to much. 1t was merely a
case of indigestion and he was much bet
ter, he said
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-15
Some People Are Like a Tonic.

Some people act like tonic or an in
vigorating and refreshing breeze. They
make us feel like new beings. Under the
inspiration of their presence we can say
and do things which it would be impossi-
BILE for us to say and do under different
conditions. aDne stimulates my thought
quickens my faculties. sharpens my intel
lect, opens the 1oodgates of language and
sentiment and awakens the poetic within
me, while another dampens my enthu-
siasm, closes the door Of expansion and
chills me to the very center Of my being
There emanates from him an atmosphere
which paralyzes thought, dwarfs express
sion.-SucceSS-
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-15
UGLY RUMoRs CIRCULATED.
Coney's Departure Attended by Allie
cations of Official Misconduct.

Coney's Departure Attended by Allie
cations of Official Misconduct
The announcement from Washington
that the Mexican Government is seeking
former Consul General Coney in no way
surprises the members of the local Mex
ican colony. Coney's sudden departure
from the city about five months ago was
attended with as much mystery as was
his unexpected recall to the City Of Mex
ico, TO which, however. he never went.
For months preceding his retirement from
the local consulate. which he had occu-
pied for fifteen years. there had been
scandalOus stories afioat concerning his
alleged misuse of the authority reposed
in him as the representative OF the Mex
lean Government. and il was no secret
among the more prominent Mexicans that
several petitions had been sent to Presi-
dent Diaz to replace Coney.
One afternoon there registered at the
Palace Hotel a man who represented him
self as an official of the Mexican customs
department, claiming that he was on his
way home from special duty in the East.
Two days later Consul General Coney
called at the Palace Hotel and was clos
eted with this mysterious individual for
several hours. Three days after this
meeting COney suddenly left the city.
HIS RECALL FOLLOWS.
Then came a brief dispatch from Wash
ingtOn that he had been recalled to the
City Of Mexico, and inquiry at his home
on Post street brought the response from
a member of his family that he had al
ready started on his southern journey. AS
weeks passed and no formal notice was
issued from the consulate, as is the usual
diplomatic custom, announcing the fact
that another was occupying Coney's Of
fetal place. ugly stories began to be cir
culated, and they continued the rounds Of
the business firms and the places fire.
ouented by local Mexicans until month
later. when a telegram was received from
the City Of Mexico that President Diaz
had appointed r. de Zayas Enriquez
ceed Coney.
All attempts to learn the cause of
COney's recall from official sources failed,
for the man who was temporarily in
charge Of the consulate declined TO be in
terviewed, and when the new Consul Gen
eral arrived here he professed entire ig-
nOrance Of the causes, although admitting
TO several Of his new made friends that
when he left the Mexican capital there
was considerable talk there about Coney
and strong intimations that he had been
guilty Of fragrant violations of the trust
repOsed in him by the President
AVOIDS MEXICAN CAPITAL.
Meanwhile it had been developed that
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-15
SEEK LERvEY's RELEASE.

The various physicians who were called
as witnesses testified that they had not
prescribed any arsenic for Bowers, with
the exception of DR.. Mclaughlin, whose
evidence is detailed above.
The further hearing of testimony will
be continued this afternoon at O'Clock
before Police Judge Cabaniss.
Attorney Alf Whelan made application
before Judge Dunno yesterday Afternoon
for a writ of habeas corpus for the re-
lease of Patrick Lervey. alias OLeary
The writ was made retrrnahle at Il
o'clock this morning. Lervey is an i'm
portant witness in the case and has beer
detained in the City Prison since Mrs
Bowers and Mrs. Sutton were arrested.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-15
MAY USHER
IN AN ACE.
Of GIANTS
Scientist Discovers a
Food That Promotes
Growth.
Tries It on Rats and They
Outstrip Their Fellow
Rodents.
Learned Men Of Chicago University
Say Effect Would Be the Same
In the Case Of a Hu-
man Being.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

CHICAGO. Sept. 14-An age Of a racs
of giants is about to be ushered in again.
Henceforth there will be no pigmies, for
a wonderful food substance has been dis
covered that makes men and animals
grow-grow fast and large
Myths that have come down from an
cient days tell of races of giants which
inhabited the earth or dwelt on the ISL
ands of the sea- History as constructed
from old records and folklore is filled With
stories of Hectors and HerculeseS and Go
liaths and Samsops and Cyclopses- Sci
ence has proved that the animals Of the
earth we're once far larger than at pres
ent, and in museums may be seen skele-
tons of mammoths and mastodOns that
lived on prehistoric earth and of awful
leviathans which dwelt in the seas there
of.
The giant men and monstrous animals
may all return again as a result of the
newly discovered food substance which
stimulates growth so rapidly. The new
food is lecithin. Its wonderful qualities
have just been demonstrated by a series
of experiments conducted by Dr. Shin
kfshi Hatai, professor of neurology at the
University of Chicago. DR. Hatai expert
mented with white rats and by feeding
them lecithin made them grow so per cent
faster than rats grow ordinarily. Scien-
lists say that lecithin will have similar
effect on human beings.
Lecithfn is, according to the definition
given by DR.. Waldemar Kock, an cor
ganic osphorus-containing the body
found in eggs, brain matter and the white
corpuscles of blood"
The professors experiments show that
the growth induced by lecithin is normal
and healthy. 1t stimulates all parts and
organs of the body exactly alike, thus
acting unlike other stimulants which af-
feet different organs of the body in differ
ent ways.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-15
GOVERNMENT is PAID
AMOUNT OF JUDGMENT
Drafts Covering the Award in
the Pacific Roads Case.

WASHINGTON, Sept H.-In the case of
the United States VS.. the American Loan
and Trust Company, trustee, and the
the Union Pacific Railway and others,
General Cowan. the special counsel who
prosecuted the case on behalf of the Gov
ernment, has delivered to the Secretary
of the Treasury drafts for $3.50, ,303, being
the amount awarded in favor of the Gov
ernment in the Circuit Court of the Unit
ed States for the district of Massachu-
setts. The case grew out Of claim of
the Government against the Kansas Pa
cific road. which was not satisfied at the
time of the consolidation of the two Pa
cific roads.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-15
WHITNEY NOT SELECTED
FOR THE OBSERVATORY
Professor Hale Declares That Story
About the California Noun
tain Is Untrue.

DELAVAN, Wis, Sept. 14.-Professor
George c. Hale said tonight:
The statement is attributed to me that
a Carnegie observatory will be established
at the summit of Mount Whitney, in Cali
fornia. AS a matter of fact, no such de-
cision has been reached. 1t was long ago
announced by the officials of the Carnegie
Institution that commissions should be
appointed to report on the advisability of
pursuing certain Investigations in astron-
cmy and other departments of sceience.
The commission on astronomy examined
many mountain sites, including Mount
Whitney, but as yet no report of any kind
has been presented to the trustees. After
accepting the reports in all departments of
science it will remain for the trustees to
decide what new work, If any, is to be
undertaken by the Carnegie Institution. .
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-15

building up of the body by the nutri-
ton derived from food. The gain in
weight proves the cure.
sThree years ago I was taken sick with what
The doctor called NERVOUSNESS and indigestion "
writes Nrs. Warren E. Parker. Of OrnnFe Street
Nantucket Mass. eHe gave me medicine for
the trouble but could not eat even little toast
or oatmeal Without suffering severely. In few
rnoufhs began 70 have distressing pains right
IN the pif Of my stomsch called the doctor
agnin and be snid had catarrh Of stomach
gave NJ medicine but Il did not do any good
4 ioat = pounds IN three months. then con-
1nenaed taking Dr. Pierce's medicines and soon
4nnun 10 feel Setter. I have taken SIX bottles OF
Golden Medical Discovery two of Fayorite
pfesuiptiru and six vials Of Dr. Pierce's Pei
lea have gained ten pounds- Can eat every
1tineE
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con-
Oiipation.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-15
The cazadero EXCURSION.

The best pleased crowd was that which went
to Cazadero Sunday on the reserved seat ex-
cursion. Many were the expressions of delight
over the beautiful and varied scenery and the
railroad arrangements. which provided every
body with a specified seat
The train via Sausaito Ferry with 200 ex-
cursionists departed at 500 a. m. and return
ed promptly time after allowing to 5
hours in the Redwoods and Russian River
district The success of the excursion will in
their continuance for coming Sun
days The cheapness of the outing 81 80
round trip and the many attractions Of the
trip make these excursions the most popular
Of the season
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-15
WILL SHORTLY ANNOUNCE
AN IMPORTANT INVENTION
Sir Hiram Maxim Says 1t Will Bring
More Money Than His Auto
matte Gun.

LONDON, Sept 14.-Sir Hiram Maxim
announced at to-day's meeting Of the
Maxim Electrical and Engineering Com
pany Of London that he will shortly an
nounce an important new invention which
will bring forth more money than any
thing he has ever done, not excepting his
automatic gun. He added he was putting
thousands of pounds into the invention.
the character of which he will not divulge
until all the patents are secured
The president of the company an
nounced that the company had a patent
for a new boiler made entirely of steel,
which was more economical in working
and cheaper than anything Of the kind
now on the market.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-15
CoEUR D'ALENE MINES
ARE BEING COMBINED
Big Union Is Formed to Offset the
Rockefeller-G -Gould-Sweeney
Syndicate.

SPOKANE. Wash, Sept. Alt is an
nounced to-day that another huge union
of Coeur d'Alene mines is being effected
to offset the combination recently ar
ranged by the Rockefeller Gould Sweeney
interests 1t is asserted that the Ameri-
can Smelling and Refining Company is
forming an alliance with the Bunker Hill
and Sullivan, the Morning and the Her
cules, three of the largest lead producers
in Idaho Details of the proposed COM
binatio are not yet known.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-15

ounce of white arsenic. Handwriting ex-
perts will be called to prove that the
forged prescription is in the handwriting
of Mrs. Bowers. and the police have a
note book. found in Mrs. Bowers house
from which the piece of paper was evil
IDENTIFY torn.
DR.. Mclaughlin also identified a num-
Der of pills found at the Bowers house.
80 Clementina street, which he declared
were similar to those he had prescribed
for Bowers. These pills include sixteen
of the Gross pills, and the prosecution
Will show that Bowers was only given
eight-twentieths of grain of arsenic
while ct the Waldeck
DIR. John Lagan testified to attendine,
Bowers on August Is last. but he with
drew from the case when he found an
other physician in attendance.
GIVE DAMAGING EVIDENCE.
The evidence of DR.. c. L. Morgan and
OF Pro1essor Frank E. Green proved con-
clusively that Martin L. Bowers was
murdered by the administration of arse
mic in large quantities. The two scien-
lists testified to having made an exami-
nation of the stomach of Bowers at the
request of the Coroner and of finding
more than four grains of white arsenic
In the same. Both of the witnesses tes-
titled that the quantity of arsenic found
III the SlOuudcA OIL bowers was SuInClenC
to have caused death, two and a half
grains being estimated to be a fatal dose.
The prosecution brought out the fact
that Bowers must have had administered
to him considerable of the deadly poison
The evidence of DR.. Louis I. Breistein and
of Nurse Carl Schmidt of the German
Hospital was that on the morning of Au-
gust % last Bowers was taken from his
home to the German Hospital and died
at the institution at half past of that
day These witnesses testified that Bow
ers was given from four to six ounces of
drinking water every half hour for five
hours on the day of his death.
This evidence was followed by that of
DR.. Morgan, who gave his expert testi-
mony that the finding of four grains of
arsenic in the stomach of Bowers, cou-
pied with the fact that he was given con-
siderable drinking water on the day of
his death, tended to prove that much of
the arsenic administered had either been
carried into the bowels or into the circu-
lation of the body. Dr. Morgan further
testified that he had made tests of the
bedsheets used by Bowers and had found
arsenic in the stains of vomit and ex-
creta on the linen.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-15

Death of a Well-Known Educator.
LONDON, Sept. 14.-Mrs. Alice Gordon
Guiclk, president of the International In
stitute for Girls in Spain, died in London
tonight. She was well known In educa-
tional and church circles in many cities of
the United States
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-15

PHILADELPHIA, Sept 14.-Following close
ly upon the discovery Of a counterfeiting plant
inside the walls of the Easton Penitentiary It
learned to-day that shortage Of 800, 900
department. They disappeared since the first
of the year.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-15

The latest metal discovered. polohium,
gives off a steady light and intercepts
currents of electricity. II is said that a
collar button of polonium would be a
protection against lightning and also
serve as a headlight at night.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-15

1t is now said that the cigarette trade
Of India-an enormous and growing one,
for every native smokes-has been cap
tured by America 1t is the old story
over again-surplus stock sold at ruinous
prices. Ten American cigarettes done up
in box can be bought to-day in any In
dian bazaar for half penny.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-15

To attempt to no
stomach is dis
eaSed is like try
ing 10 I'll the
sack with the
hole IN il. When
the stomach and
other digestive
and nutnhve or
Rans are dis
eased, there is a
constant loss of
nutrition.
Enough is eaten
but the body
loses hesh,-
proof that the
food eaten is
largely wasted
because II is not
digested and as
simulated.
DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical
Discovery cures
diseases Of the
ct ch and
other organs of
digestion and
nufrftioa II
stops the leaks
by which nutn-
ton is lost, and
enables the
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-15
PHYSICIAN ASSAULTS
TURKISH AMBASSADOR
Thrashes Him in Presence of Secre-
taries for Sending Unfavorab1e
Reports to the Porte.

VIENNA, Sept 14-Djevid Abdullah
Bey, the physician to the Turkish embas-
sy here, to-day attacked and thrashed
the Turkish ambassador, Nedim Bey,
whom he accused of sending unfavora BILE
reports concerning him to the Porte,
thereby preventing Djevi6 from securing
a better position. The assault took place
in the Turkish embassy in the presence
of the secretaries and a visitor The af-
fair has created a sensation. Djevid has
been dismissed.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-15
WOMEN ACCUSED OF MURDER
APPEAR IN THE POLICE COURT

Mrs. Bowers and Mrs. Sutton Listen to Testimony
of Physicians Which Proves That Arsenic Was
Administered to Husband of the First Named
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-15
Q Q

Coney had never obeyed the instructions
of President Diaz to report to the latter
but had quietly left the city by some
route unknown to his friends and eventu-
ally reached New York, where he was
afterward seen by several persons of this
city who happened to be in the East. By
this time stories to the effect that Coney
had failed to account for more than $15, 900
handled by him during the last few years
of his official career in this city were
freely discussed in the Mexican quarter
The greater portion of this sum, it was
said, represented money collected from
shippers and held here subject to orders
from the home Government, which fire.
quently draws upon its foreign Consuls
for sums needed to meet obligations else
where Another charge made against the
missing man, and one that has since been
substantiated, was that Coney had bor-
rowed large sums from various firms on
the pretext that the money was needed
temporarily to meet local Government OBJ
legations. These sums he failed to re-
turn, and in one or two cases the persons
or firms which advanced the money called
on him and threatened to expose him to
his Government if he did not Immediately
make good the amounts
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-15
sILENcE AT CONSULATE.

Coney left his family behind him. Ere
quent inquiries at his home on Post street
failed to reveal his whereabouts, his wife
made before he left town that he was go
ing direct to the southern republic. 1t
was claimed by few of his friends for a
time that his recall to Mexico would be
followed by an appointment to some high
er diplomatic Office, possibly the Consul
Generalship in New York. This claim
was based mainly on the fact that Coney
many years before had saved the life OF
President Diaz and that the latter had re-
warded him with the local appointment
and had promised him further advance
in the consular service. When, however
ii was learned that Coney had not gone
to Mexico and the stories of alleged mis-
use Of consulate funds were circulated the
colonists began to realize that the long,
existing friendship between the President
and his San Francisco representative had
been broken. Since then Coney has been
regarded In the light Of a fugitive. Ere
uuent stories have come from Mexico that
the missing man was wanted by his Gov
ernment, but in response to inquiries
made at the consulate, the only official
source Of information here, Consul Gen
eral Zayas Enriquez has repeatedly stated
that he had not been advised of any in
tended move on the part of his Govern
ment toward apprehending Coney, but al
ways adding that II such a move was to
be made he would not necessarily be ad-
vised of the fact. Yesterday the Consul
General made the same statement.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-15
pR. PIERcE's REMEDIES.

n How long win it take the man to I'll
the sack IL he does not stop the 1eak7
To attempt to nourish the body when the
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-15
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 divf-
dends on Bonds. Stocks. Loans
and from all other sources ~...
Received for Rents ..............
Received from all other sources.
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IN ET RS. MARTHA E. BOWERS and
MV her sister, Mrs. Zylpha c.. SUIT
w IN ton, charged with the murder
IL Ia of Martin L, Bowers the late
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-15
Insurance Company
OF NORTH AMERICA
FoUNDED A. D. 1792)

n F 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 Commits
sioner Of the State Of California pursuant 10
the provisions Of Sections go and 611 Of the
Political Code. condensed per blank fur
nished BY the Commissioner
Capltal 80 $o'OVO'OOO W
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EXPENDITURES
Net amount paid for Fire Losses
Net amount paid for Marine
Losses ......s.ss.s .sstss...-.
Dividends to Stockholders ......
Paid or allowed for Commission
or Brokerage
Paid for Salaries. Fees and other
charges for officers. clerks. etc
Paid for State. National and
Local taxes ................-.
All other payments and expendi-
lures .......-.-. s.....---s--s
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EXPENDITURES

Total Income ...............