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The San Francisco call., 1903-12-01
HUNTERS SAVE
HER FROM DEATH
Aged Woman Narrowly
Escapes Flames in
Marin.
Passers-by Discover House
on Fire and Rush to
the Rescue.
Special Dispatch to The Call.


SAN RAFAEL. Nov. so-But for the
timely assistance and the heroic ef-
forts OF Deputy County Clerk Frank
Holland and City Attorney Joseph K.
Hawkins, Mrs W. P. Gray might have
lost her life yesterday in a fire while
the residence Of o. H. Fernback, at the
corner OF Fifth avenue and Irwin
street. was burning.
Mrs. Gray was the only person in the
Fernback home at the time. While en-
gagged in the preparation Of a dinner,
a gas stove which was leaking .ex-
ploded, causing the room TO be filled
with smoke. The womans clothes were
ignited. Mrs. Gray. who is 73 years old,
was greatly excited and was unable to
eXtinguish the flames or to'protect her
self from being burned.
Hawkins and Holland, who were re-
turning from a hunting trip, happened
to be passing the. residence and were
attracted by the lady's screams for
help. They rushed into the house and
extinguished the blaze. Hollands hands
were badly burned and Hawkins was
injured. Mrs. Gray's injuries are not
thought 10 be fatal.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-01
Ellsrv,s Band Returns.

With eiaht additional musicians just ar
rived from the old country. Ellery's Royal
Italian Band viii begin return engage
nent at the AIhambra next Sunday night.
December 6. The repertoire Of the band
viii embrace a great variety of styles OF
music and some fine special nights are
being arranged. The opening night will
be devoted mainly 10 compositions Of the
modern Italian composers, a magnificent
selection from Puccini's La TOsca" being
one Of the features. on Wednesday night
r special Wagner programme will be
given, when selections from die Wal
kure. 'TannhaUser," etc, will be given:
Another night Will be devoted 10 French
composers and each night during the en-
gagement there viii be special features,
and soloists viii appear al every concert
The Saturday night programme will be
q popular 'rag-time" smoker. and the
numbers viii include all the popular hits.
such as Prince Of Pilsen,' King DodO."
when Johnny Comes Marching Home.
etc. This viii be the first smoking con-
cert given in this city, although in Lon
don they are quite the fad on Saturday
night. The prices for. this. engagement
viii be popular and good reserved seats
can be had as low as . cents. .Matinees
viii be given on Saturday and Sunday.
The sale Of seats opens Wednesday at,
Sherman, Clay q Co.'S.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-01
FARMERS SWING
TRADE BALANCE
Secretary Wilson's Re-
port Is Flattering
to Producers.
Success Is Promised in Re-
claiming Arid
Lands.

WASHINGTON, Nov. so-The an
nual report Of Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson has been submitted to the
President. Secretary Wilson reviews
at length the production and exports
Of agricultural products The increase
OF exports Of farm products for the
half-century ended IN 1901 was from
sl47. .OOO,oOO TO ss52, ,ooo,o The exports
Of farm products for the closing decade
OF the last century was more than $780,
100000 and for 1908 more than ss7s, 200,
600. an amount second only TO that Of
1901
Discussing the balance of trade, the
Secretary shows that the favorable
balance to the credit of the country is
due entirely to the farmers. The bal
ance of trade in favor of farm products
during the last fourteen years, no year
excepted aggregated $4,S06, 900, 900. In
products other than Of the farm during
the same period the balance of trade
was adverse to this country to the ex-
tent of Ss65. .0OO, ,OOO
Secretary Wilson reports a great i'm
provement of the beet sugar industry
In 1896 1920 tons of sugar were made
and year ago 100000 tons. Careful es-
Inmates put the present crop at about
260,0 900 tons
Examinations and reports dealing
with technical problems in the forest
reserves have been made for reserves
in Utah; California, Oregon and New
Mexico. Representatives of the bureau
have, during the past summer. exam
ined. over 10000 900 acres, proposed as
forestry reserves in the Rocky Noun
tains and Pacific Coast States.
During the past year the Bureau of
Soils has been engaged in making al
kali reclamation demonstrations in. the
arid West: Referring TO an extensive
experiment located hear Salt Lake,
where an area Of. 900 acres is unpro-
.ductive because of an excess of alkali,
a tract Of forty acres was secured and
the work of reclamation in cooperation
with the Utah experiment station was
undertaken. At the beginning this
tract was. found. to contain more than
21z per cent of salt, or a total of $3.50
tons in four feet of soil. Two-thirds
Of this quantity has now been removed
by the simple method tof under drain
age and flooding. 1t is believed that
the entire area will be sufficiently
sweetened by the end of the present
season to permit growing a crop.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-01
ALL BIDDERS WE'RE VICTIMS.

We had bidders on the string from all sides
and our first plan was to get them to put up
all the money possible with bribe money
and then go to the Council and exhibit the
money with the statement that It sent
here to bribe us and then keep It. This
before the water deal was planned and our
first plan would have gone through but for
my arrest in Chicago, which scared some Of
them out. We had bidders In Milwaukee,
Omaha, Chicago and other places, and were
just getting them warmed up when my
rest in Chicago upset all the plans.
The next plan to get the city to buy
the hydraulic water plant. It was practically
worthless so far competition was concerned,
but could be made to appear good In order
to get the deal through II was necessary to
have the city charter amended and for this
purpose we had to arrange with Senators
Burns and Otis. Messrs. Crow and Mr. Gray
of New York to back the scheme and
were to put UP COO a starter. Willard
Kingsley OF this city acted for them.
or this amount we were to give $4,000 to
Editor Conger, $4,000 to Senator Burns, $50, 900
was to go TO carry the Legislature for the
bin and the balance of SIS. 900 was to be
divided between Mayor Perry Editor Sproal
George Ellis and myself. This plan fell down,
tached TO the bill and had to give 1t up
and go with the Lake Michigan deal.
c. S. Burch, manager of the Evening
Post: denies the charges made by Sails
bury.
CoNGER MAKES DENIAL.
In a signed statement E. D. Conger,
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californians in New York.

NEW YORK, Nov. S0.-The following
CaIifornians are registered here: From
SGn Frsncisco-C. ". Pre-. at the Hoff-
man. W A Richardson. at the Navarro
". J. Cox, at The Grand Union; J. c. Fer
guson. At the Manhattan: L C linen, at
the Herald. Square; NJ. J. kaufman, at
the Imperial. p. Kreiger, at the Union
Square; K. NJ. Lundberg, at the Manhat-
tan: J. II. Morse and wife, at the Hol-
land; ,. y. Noses. at the Herald Square;
j. s. Potter and wife. at tEe Normandie;
J. Powning at the Holland House; D. P.
Robertson, at the Hstel York: j. F.. Sey.
rnour. N. sommer. J. Steinbsrger. at the
Imperial
Santa Clara-L. L. Morse. at the I'm
perial-
Los Angeles-Miss H Reeves, at the
AstOr; ". N. Vandyke and wife, at the
Navarro.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-01
SCOTS EMULSION.
NOW is THE TIME.

Take SCOTS Emulsion of
Cod Liver Oil now. Not
next week or next month, but
now. You need it to put fat
on your bones and strength
in your body to stand the
cold. and trying weather of
the next few months.
Nine.tenths Of the popula-
ton: ..'wIiould@<be benefited by
taking SCOTS Emulsion regu-
larly three times a day for a
month or more every fall 70
fortify and strengthen the
system against the cold and
constant changes that OCCUR
through the winter. The
benefit is particularly marked
with young, delicate children.
No food that they can take
begins to compare with
Scots Emulsion. ........5 q.
Pure cod liver oil is scarce
but if you get SCOTS Emuls
sion you'll be sure to get only
the purest and best oil ..'..s..
!. ws'ia send Joe . sanlsss areeS upau gsSuel; 7:
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-01
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
TIE WRONG DIAGNOSIS
Prompts the use Of worthless Rem
edies.

Even an experienced physician will
sometimes make a mistake m diagnosis
in which event his entire treatment Is
wasted and may even be injurious to the
patient.
The advocates of all other hair restor-
atives save Herpicide have wrongly dag
nosed the cause of Dandruff and Falling
Hair
whereas 1T is now known and generally
accepted that hair loss Is due to a para
site germ which Newbro's Herpicide de-
stroys.
There is no substitute for Herpicide.
accept none.
Sold by leading druggists Send 10c In
stamps for sample to The Herpicide Co.,
Detroit, Mich.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-01
Central.

The Central Theater's massive spec
tacular .melodrama, The Counter
feiteTs." which thrilled and fascinated
an immense audience. last night, gives
full money value in stirring plot, SEN
.sational incidents and startling cli-
makes. At the conclusion of the third
act enthusiasm ran riot and the act
ors We're called before the curtain sew
eral times and given a thunderous
ovation. The piece is Feplete with sur
prises, but' the most amazing spectacle
is realized in the raid on the counter.
feiters' den in an abandoned tunnel.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-01
MANY DEALS PENDING.

He also implicated in the water deal
S. z. Waters, ex-president of the Board
Of Public Works; DR.. Mike Devries. ex-
city physician; George Ellis, local
broker: Samuel NJ. Lemon, collector of
internal revenue, and William H. And
erson, president of the Fourth National
Bank.
Six separate water conspiracy deals
were on in Grand Rapids at once, ac-
cording to Salsbury's sworn testimony,
each gigantic in it's size, and all calling
for the use of a boodle fund. In addi-
ton to the Henry Taylor 100000 Lake
Michigan water deal, he testified that
there were five other strings out, from
each one of which thousands of dollars
were hanging Every one of these six
SETS of men who offered to advance
corruption fund were dupes, so Sails
bury says. of himself Perry, McGerry
and Sproal
Pat Flynn of New York he names as
one of those at the head of one con-
spiracy The men interested in the Hy-
draulic Water Company are named as
the hackers of another deal in Chicago
Then there was a Milwaukee deas, in
which he said Contractor Loss of Chi
cago was interested; the Omaha DEAL
in which the Barton millionaires are
said to have put up $4,000. and the Gill
lespie deal. On top of all these SAILS
bury duplicates Revenue Collector Sam
uel Lemon with a deal, charging Lemon
with coming to him with a proposition
to buy the Council after having bought
the Mayor for $4,000. d. N. Crow. of
Grand Rapids and Moses Crow. of New
York are also mentioned in connection.
with one. of the deals.
Salisbury testified that he offered.
Burns 5000 in addition to 500 which
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-01
colulrabIa..

Way Down East the beautiful
pastoral play. began q areturn ensage-
rnent ae the Columbia Theater last
niRht under favorable auspices. The
holneslIke scenes with which the play
ahounds and. the more or less familiar
characteHS peculiar to farm life ape
peal strongly to human sentiment. X6e
members oe the company are eq9al 9o
the dramatic reqniremenes ef ehels sew.
efal parts and achieve success Ia a
quiet and natural Ts1azsHSsr. !. !: .sGgSSas part
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-01

LANCASTER. Pa. Nov. SOP Ecl<hsrt
Slaymsker Of this city and c. C. Kauffman a
Of Columbia were to-day appointed receivers
for the SusQuehsnna Iron and Steel Coupauv
upon an duplication made some time ago by
John c. Denny Of Columbia.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-01
manager Of the Grand Rapids; RegaGao
denies Salisbury's charges as follows:

The statement of Liant K. Salisbury that he
ever pnId Ine any money offered to do 20,
or that L ever had any conversation with MN
whatever reearding the matter, is unqual-
ifieG falSshcod.
The Herald, frcm the inception of this plot.
has steadfastly opposed its contamination. and
with untring real sought TO unmask the GRIM
inals The Herald was the first paper In
Grand RAPIDS to expose the Bartin deal in
Chicago and was the first to demand the jury
investigation. The Herald continued to urge
the summoning of the Grand Jury until II was
called, and relentless in demanding the
full exposure OF the plot and the punishment
Of the cuDspiratOrs.
The arch conspirator has been convicted and
now turns upon me owner OF this paper
for revenge.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-01
Alcazar.

The comedy, drama; "A Poor Rela-
ton" commenced it's second and
closing week at the Alcazar Theater
last night TO a. crowded house.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-01
Chutes.

Conley and Klein, singing ana
dancing comedians, one of whom is a
clever pianist: the La Moines, novelty
musicians; Flood and Hayes. wonder
full barrel jumpers; and Stanley and
Carlisle, who present an amusing slxit
entitled Mrs. O'Grady's Wash Day"
were new at the Chutes yesterday and
all made hits. Carberry and Stanton,
the two country kids" Mabel Lam
son, the popular contralto, In new IL
lustrated songs; little Helene, the
clever juvenile performer, and the
animatoscope, in a charge of moving
pictures. completed an unusually inter-
esting programme. The amateurs will
appear on Thursday night.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-01

and came to his Office saying that he
had paid the Mayor $4,000 and wanted
to know how much 1t would take to get
the Council. Salisbury added:
1 told him that it would take 5000 Oo0 He
wanted me 10 come down but ] told him
that he and Anderson wanted $40, 600 without
doing anything.
Salisbury also implicated Dudley E.
Waters, member of the Board of
Public Works; Eugene D. Conger, man
ager of the Grand Rapids Herald. and
j. r. Thomson, municipal reporter of
the Evening Press. He said thae he
sounded Waters and that Waters told
him he had enough money, but would
not stand in the way of the water deal,
either voting favorably or staying
away. Salisbury testified:
. Later 1 learned that he had negotiated with
the. New York parties directly. One night
after Council meeting Thomson came to
me and accused me of knowing. about the deai:
i took him in and offered him $1,000 cash and
$4,000 in bonds. After Mcleod and myself
Doodle fund there: was $4S 500 left. Il carried
that until after election The day of election
l: weakened; suspicion. among som. of the city
officials, that l. had the boodle by betting
heavily on: election results They asked. me
then for their money I gave $13;T5O to, ,ex-
Mayor Perry and: to the Democrat :s13.T5 Il
gave some. to. Corey p. Bissel of. the Board OF
Public Works and some TO j r.. Thomson and
Aldermen Ellen lI1epeagler Kinney Schriver
Noel; StoneEouse and MacEacEiIan.: $500. each
to- BIsseli horl pson and. !. Aldermen: %MeCool
Muir. sDc7oNans :Ghysels:.: IsozieE and S!ocum
lo. T.ai Sfk00.s..
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-01
California.

"At the Old Cross Roads" is still en-.
tertaining large audiences at the Cali
fornia.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-01
GRAND RAPIDS OFFICIALS MAKE
MERE CHATTELS OF PUBLIC PRIVILEGES
Om City Attorney Salisbury Gives an Astonishing Confession Asserting
That the Recent Water Deal Valuable Rights Were Be Bartered
Away for SongHe duplicates Exayo Perry and Many Aldermen

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Nov. 3d.
The confession Of ex-City Attorney
Liant K Salisbury regarding the noto-
rious water scandal in this city was
given for the first time to-day in court
at the preliminary examination of
State Senator David Burns, and 1t has
created tremendous sensation on ac-
count of the number of prominent per-
sons IT duplicates. in addition to the
seventeen officials and former officials
who were arrested on bribery charges
ten days ago. Never once did Salisbury
have to refer to notes, and he rendered
his testimony readily, giving names,
dates and occurrences as though the al
legged events happened only last week
instead of three years ago. The exam
ination of Senator Burns was COM
pletely lost to view in the story Of the
conspiracy as related by Salisbury.
The persons implicated by Salisbury
during his testimony against State Sen
ator Burns and the amounts he al
legged they received are as follows:
George r. Perry, Mayor, s13, ,725; j.
Clark Sproal, manager of the Grand
Rapids Democrat, $3333; r. A. Cam
eron, New York. $500: State Senator
David E. Burns, $500: Alderman Nc
Cool, $500; Alderman Ellen $3.50; Alder
man Depeag gler, $3.50; Alderman Muir,
$500; Alderman Kinney. $3.50; Alderman
Donovan, $500; Alderman Phillips,
$1,000; Alderman Johnson, $3.50 or s4OO;
Alderman Stonehouse, $3.50; Alderman
Lozier, $780, Alderman Shriver, $3.50;
Alderman Mol, $3.50; Alderman Ghysels,
$780, Alderman Hodges $500; Alderman
Slocum. $500: Cory P. Bissell, $500; j.
Russell Thomson. reporter on Evening
Press, $500; Isaac Lamoreaux, ex-City
Clerk, $500; State Representative Van
loren, $3.50; State Representative Van
dercook. $50: E. D. COnger, manager
Grand Rapids Herald $4,000; Thomas
z. McGarry, a prominent attorney now
in Florida $500; c. S. Burch, manager
of the Evening Press, S5O00
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-01

ROME Nov. 3O.-The Pope to-day received
in private audience Mgr. Robert Seton of New
ark n J.. Tftular Archbishop Of HeIiopolis.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-01
!. BOGUS .CHEcKs. USED.

LamoreaIx; was: CITY: Clerk and Is
supposed: TO have: confessed. To the
prosecuting attorney, although. he. has
not yet been arrested, ee,3 <.
The connection OF r. ID. Conger with
the deal Salisbury explained .by telling
of the discovery that bogus checks were
being put in with the: bids that went IN
FOR the contracts with the city, he said.
Continuing, Salisbury said:
AZ soon as Perry heard OF the bogus checks
hes.Sold me-: We decided that ig there was
anything had .ye had better: be the onea 20
expose Il rather than any one else. did not
suppose that McCsarry would put up bogus
500 eco checks. perry's message making the
e&poeueN NoS prepared by. FEanRs ~. Ball.
who was under paw by the Indianapolis Fiis
.tTation scheme and revised IT, 1G was ar.,
ranged to return It 10 us unopened. paIa
Conger SIC. Geo efter the ChecES wsFe thrown
in fhe .Air. knew we bad 20. have sonse:
so went. to George Ellis q local kFoRey, ana.
hNd him so % see CNnEeP and offef hsm $4,000
Sn &On6s. COage7 VSOeHia EUs ;acceat boads. Stls'
SS2NSe3 $4,000 in cashs ThGn' an aHveFss.
aPaicG@ GsSH7e out Sa the Herald 6Ga9ss n saw
that 5Se gSrUsa &iS ths W9e1e ekbRs 4: called
him up Go che CITY Hall ana told him about
It,. He knew much about the deaf as I
did. He demanded the money after admitting
having the talk with Ellis The rext day he
came to me, having an article written already
for publication exposing the whole deal. He
said he wanted $4,000 or he would expose
the whole thing. L finally had to give 1t to
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-01
THE MAYOR INVOLVED.

Salisbury also implicated Samuel N.
Lemon, Collector of City Revenue, and
William R. Anderson, president of the
Fourth National Bank. who, he said,
wanted $4,000 each. Lemon was in
terested in several water deals that
were on at one time, SO Salisbury said,
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-01
BOY MURDERERS
SHOW BRAVADO
Chicago Bandits Talk Of
Their Fate on the
Gallows.
Four Criminals Are Arraigned
and One Pleads
Guilty

CHICAGO, Nov. S0.-The youthful
self-confessed murderers and train
robbers, Peter Neidermeier. Harvey
vandine, Gustav Marx and Emil
Roeski, were arraigned in court to-
day. Marx pleaded guilty to all the
charges against him, but his three
accomplices pleaded not guilty. During
the afternoon the prisoners were re-
moved from the Harrison-street Police
Station to the County Jail. where they
will remain until brought to trial.
Neidermeier admitted to the police
that he and Vandine had made an at
tempt to kill Marx. ROeslIi also said
that he had narrowly escaped murder
at the hands of his accomplices.
We will all walk to the scaffold
without tremor," was the statement
made to-day by Marx, Vandine. Nei-
dermeier and Roeski as they discussed
their probable fate.
!. + + : : ! : o
of Anna Moore is in the capable hands
of Ruby Bridges, whose emotional
talents are kept within bounds. but
are meme the less effective. She is
prepossessing in appearance, and her
enunciation is clear and distinct.
Charles H. Riegel plays the hard
hearted squire, who afterward re-
lents, with intelligence. Probably the
best bit of acting is that done by
lmogene Hyams, who plays Louisa
Bartlett, the squire's wife. in a way to
win the heart of every one She is
just the sort of motherly woman whom
none Of US can help admiring, and her
faith in her son David, who follows the
woman he loves, is that which only a
good mother could have. Edward J.
Heron is capital as Hi HOller the
chore boy, and his laughing over the
jokes in the funny paper is positively
infectious. William Lamp gives
capital impersonatiOn of Lennox San
derson, the city man; Madge Douglas
was charming as Kate Brewster, and
Loyola OConnor is perfectly at home
as Martha Perkins, the village gossip.
Charles A. Burke created no end OF
amusement by his quaint. portrayal OF
the Town Constable, and his "All
Bound Round With a Woolen String
was cleverly sung. Philip Yale Drew
acted well the part of David Bartlett.
and II. H. FOrsman was amusing as
the summer boarder. The village
choir. consisting of Adam Yarmouth,
Harry Maitland, Caroline Forsman
and Pearl Sanford. sang some Of the
old songs delightfully."-.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-01

vs,ia send yoe = saznsss sreeS gpau ssSue.e.;.
.seeTe ESwSsgs lse Srsa stsssqS $50 sa1sss
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aoonrr 10 pAY DEBTS.

Attorney. McGarry, however, wanted
32I,6c0 from Salisbury. he testified, hut
Il was. finally agreed that Salisbury
should pay him $500. salisbury then
went into the newspapers alleged cone
nectIonl with: the deal. Said he:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-20
Urgency

Something must be done to arrest this
rapidly spreading scourge and done
quickly. Each individual must wake up.
each community must wake up. the Ma
ton must wake up and take prompt
action TO stay the progress Of the plague.
The one remedy that has been ssound
able 10 cope with this putrid disease and
stay It's ravases is Brazilian Balm. For
Is years It's march .As seen a march of
triumph. Its curcs are permanent and
are numbered by the tens OF thousands.
For svrry disease the good Father has
gwen a sure antidote II we can ind II.
The antidote for Cstarrh has been found
In Brazilian Balm. II destroys the Ca
tarry microbe. II clears the head OF soul
mucus; II makes the breath and dis
charges immune (non-contag gious): re-
lieves the headache and gradually heals
the ulcers. the running sores In the head.