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The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
MAY BOYCOTT ASCOT PARK.
Management Decides Not to Employ
Union Labor Exclusively.

Management Decides Not to Employ
Union Labor Exclusively.
Los ANGELES, Dee. 23.-Ascot Park,
Los Angeles new racetrack, is con-
fronted with a possible boycott, the re-
suit of determination on the part of
the management not to employ mem
bers of labor union exclusively in
any department of the place
Employment in the park is closed to
union men, according to a committee
which was appointed to interview the
racing association officials with a view
to obtaining consent for union walters
to work in the restaurants that will be
part of the new resort. The committee
says it was informed by the Ascot man.
agement that instructions had been
given not to hire members of any labor
ions will be drawn into the matter has
not been determined.
Secretary Lemuel Biddle of the Coun-
Gil of Labor says the subject is sched-
uled to come before that body at a
meeting to be held this evening He
had not learned to-day what the report
of the grievance committee appointed
for the purpose of interviewing the
park officials will be.
The Ascot Park officials gave it as
their opinion that the associations s
rules will not be changed. The resort
will be open to union and non-union
men alike in all departments where Ia
Dor will be employed.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
HanIon Cuts Out Severe Work.

Eddie HanIon did not put in such
strenuous day yesterday as has char
acterized his work during the last ten
days. He did not indulge in the fierce
slam bang mix-ups with his trainers
that have caused the many who have
witnessed the little fellow in training
to think that the go was a real prize
fight. Hanlon went on the read In the
morning as usual with Harry Foley
and sprinted and walked seven miles.
In the afternoon he INDUCED in bag
punching. rope-skipping, shadow box
ing and several rounds of boxing with
Fred Landers and wrestling with the
muscular Foley. From this On Eddie
means to let 'up in his training grad
ually. BY Monday he says ne win be.
in as fine fettle as he has ever been on
the eve of a fight.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
transfers Property to His wife

A deed was placed on record yester-
day covering the transfer from Her
mann Oelrichs to Theresa A. Oelrichs,
his wife, of the Fairmont Hotel prop
erty on the block bounded by Powell,
Mason, California and Sacramento
streets. The nominal consideration is
given at $40 in the deed, which was
recorded at the request of George A.
Knight. The instrument was wit
messed by A. X. Daggett and Charles S.
Wheeler and was executed by Mr.. Oel-
richs in order to vest absolutely the
title to the property in the name of his
wife.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
IDAHO STATUTES WILL
BAR GOVERNMENT AID
Gives Important Opinion Con-
cerning Reclamation.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-Assistant
Attorney General Campbell OF the In
terror Department has rendered an
opinion to Secretary Hitchcock sustain
ing the latter in refusing TO approve
the segregation Of between 40o, 600 and
800 900 acres Of arid lands in Idaho,
which il was proposed TO reclaim. The
Commissioner of the General Land Of
fee had held that in view Of an act
of the Idaho Legislature Of March IS,
1901, no further contracts between the
State and the United States could be
entered into so dong as the State law
was in force.
This law provides that when a COM
pany improved tracts of land by the
building Of extensive irrigation canals
and within two years had not found
the necessary settlers for each I60 acres
Of land, the lands should be decided to
the companies making the improve
ments. This was said to be contrary
70 the Federal laws. Under the decision
entered the question will again come
before the Interior Department at the
expiration Of the two-year clause for
settlement Of the lands.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
MorIey's Feat at Billiards.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 23.-James F.
Morley billiardist and manager of the
champion baseball team of the Pacific
Coast League, equaled worlds billiard
record tonight on a standard five-by-
ten table. Morley drove the cue ball
against eleven cushions. This feat is
said to equal that of SIosson, the
famous billiard expert, made several
years ago. Morley first made the shot
last Friday night before a few speeta-
tors AS it was discredited by the bill
lard sharps he repeated the perform
ance tonight after fifteen minutes
trial
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
Sues Fire Insurance Companies

SAN JOSE, Dec. 23.-Mrs. Josephine
Mino of Los Gatos to-day began suit
against the Phoenix Insurance Com
pany of Hartford to recover $2500
claimed to be due under policy on
$4,000 gallons of wine burned Septem-
ber 1 of this year. She also brings an
other suit against the Oriental Com
pany for $1100 insurance on coCperage,
etc, destroyed in the same fire. In
each instance she alleges that her loss
was greatly in excess of the amount of
insurance.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
SEEM
GOOD FOR DREYFUS
Report of Mercier Has Been Received
and Commission VIII Weigh
Ii Carefully.

PARIS, Dec. 23.-The Dreyfus Com
mission to-day considered the report
of Victor Mercier, one of the directors
or the Ministry of Justice and the
reporter of the Dreyfus Commission,
on the evidence submitted by War
Minister Andre. The members of the
commission say the documents in the
case are voluminous and they propose
TO thoroughly study them, so that a
decision is not expected to be rendered
for some days. 1t is generally sup
posed that the commission will sup
port Mercier's findings and that they
are favorable to Dreyfus.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
Death Summons millionaire Merchan

SANTA BARBARA, Dec. 23.-D. f..
Richardson, the Chicago millionaire
grain merchant. died at his home in
Montecito tonight after an Illness of
several months. Richardson has been
a regular winter visitor to Santa Bar
bara for some years past and two years
ago purchased a fine property in Mon
tecito with the intention of living there
permanently. He was an enthusiastic
golfer and previous to his last illness
was a familiar figure on the Country
Club links.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
Oregon MilImen Are Disappointed.

PORTLAND, Or, Dec. 23.-The news
from San Francisco that the combina-
ton of lumbermen which has fixed
prices in the export trade on lumber
for the past two years. has dissolved
was received here with great disap-
pointment, as it was thought by local
millmen that some sort of a truce would
be effected by the arbitration commit
tee. Prominent millmen who were seen
tonight agree that the disruption of
the combine will result in the loss of
millions of dollars to the lumber indus
try in the Pacific Northwest.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
COLLISION IN ALABAMA.
CoIored Mail Clerk Killed and Engin-
eer Fatally Injured.

MORRIS, Ala, Dec. 29.-The second
section of through train No. of the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad, run
ming one hour and fifteen minutes late,
collided head-on with the Decatur ac-
commodation train one-quarter of a
mile south of here this afternoon. The
dead
HENRY ALLEN, colored mail clerk.
Fatally injured: Hollis Wright, engi-
neer train No. 3.
Severely injured: Ike w. Starr, mail
clerk, Nashville: ]. A. Williamson, ex-
press messenger, Nashville.
Fifteen others were slightly injured.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
STEAMER PREUSSEN
HAS GONE ASHORE
Dispatch Says Vessel Has Stranded
Near Zoulelande During Thick,
Foggy Weather.

LONDON, Dec. IA dispatch to
Lloyd's from Flushing, Holland, says
the German steamer Preussen is
ashore near Zoulelande. The weather
is thick and foggy.
According to the Maritime Register.
the German steamer Preussen, Cap
tain Prehem, sailed from Yokohama
October 81 and Port Said December 5
for Bremen.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
Seattle Club Elects Officers.

SEATTLE, Dec. 23.-At the annual
meeting of the stockholders of the Seat
tie Club in the Pacific Coast League
held tonight, AL L. Cohen was re-
elected president and Scott Calhoun
secretary. The offices of treasurer and
president were combined and Cohen
will fill both. A resolution was passed
calling for a winning club, no matter
what the cost. President Cohen will
represent Seattle at the annual meet
ing of the league in San Francisco,
January 2.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
TRAGIC FINALE TO
FOOLISH SEA TRIP
Master Is Killed at Sea and One Man
Navigates Boat Back Home
in Great Peril.

WELLINGTON, N. T., Dec. 23.-The
two and half-ton yacht Kiora, which
its owner, a man named Buckridge,
attempted to sail from New Zealand
tosLondon by way Of Cape Horn, has
returned here. Buckridge fell from
the mast and was killed when the
yacht was in the Pacific a thousand
miles from land His man and sole
companion navigated the yacht back to
Wellington and was in the greatest
peril for weeks, suffering from semi
starvation. Buckridge was 25 years
old. He served in the war in South
Africa and afterward became a mem
Der Of the Antarctic expedition on the
exploring vessel Discovery, which was
fitted out by British scientific socie-
ties.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
GOVERNOR TAFT is
SHOWN MANY HONORS
An Enthusiastic Demonstration Marks
His Departure From the Phil
ippine Islands.

MANILA, Dec. Ex-Governor Taft
was given an enthusiastic farewell to-
day. A military guard of honor es-
corted him from the palace to the lu-
meta, where from stand Governor Taft
reviewed 5000 troops, followed by a
procession of civilian employees, accom-
panied by dozen bands. Thousands
lined the route of march, and many
delegations came from the outside
provinces. Scores of boats accompa-
MED Governor Taft's launch to the
steamer, on which he sailed at mid.
night.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
CHICAGO MAN GETS
A COVETED POSITION
Lawrence o. Murray Is Named by
President 10 Be Assistant Secre-

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-Lawrence
o. Murray Of Chicago has been chosen
Assistant Secretary Of Commerce and
Labor. The selection was announced
to-day by the President, who said that
the office had been rendered to and ac-
cepted by Murray and that the nomina-
tion would be sent to the Senate i'm
mediately after the holiday recess. The
appointment is made on the personal
recommendation Of Secretary Cortel-
you, who has known Murray for a num-
Der Of years.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
JurIst Resigns under Fire.

HAVANA, Dec. 23.-Frederico Mora
Justice Of the Supreme Court, who
has been charged with forging sigma
lures in connection with real estate
transactions. has resigned. Public crit
icisn of Justice Mora has been very
strong.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
CHAMBERLAIN MAN
WINS OUT HANDILY
Rowland Hunt Has Been Chosen TO
Succeed Robert j. Moore in the
House of Commons.

LONDON, Dec. 23.-Rowland Hunt
Liberal-Cnionist and a supporter of
Joseph Chamberlain's fiscal policy, has
been elected to represent the Ludlow
Division of Shropshire in the House of
Commons to succeed Robert ]. Moore,
Liberal-Unionist, deceased, by a ma
jority of $40 votes. At the last cleo
ton Moore was elected without op-
position, but at the previously con-
tested election his majority was nearly
1000.
The issue was clear-cut. The con-
test was fought exclusively on the
fiscal question. The constituency was
deluged with organizers and speakers
from Birmingham and representatives
from the Free Food League
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MARINES WILL SAIL FOR ISTHNUS
Continued From Page 1, Column 3.

feeling in Colombia would subside.
Dispatches, however. from President
Marroquin and influential Colombians
have caused him to hasten his work
and il is his present intention 10 return
70 Colombia and assume personal com
nand Of the army as soon as he has
filed his statement at the State Depart
ment.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
Noted Man Dies in Copenhagen.

Eric Ritzau, a young Dane residing
in this city, yesterday received a cable
telling of the death of his father, E..
N. Ritzau, director of the Ritzau's
news bureau in Copenhagen. Ritzau's
news bureau ranks with Reuters and
Havas' agencies as newsgatherers of
Europe and was established in 1866
by Mr.. Ritzau.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
Cruiser Olympia at colon.

COLON. Dec. 2S.-The United States
cruiser Olympia arrived here to-day.
Other United States warships now in
the harbor are the Mayfiower. Prairie,
Atlanta, Bancroft and Nashville.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
Catarrh POisOns.

Catarrh is capable of changing all the
life giving secretions of the body into
scalding fluids. which destroy and in
flame every part they come in contact
with. Applications to the places affected
by catarrh can do little good save to
soothe or quiet disagreeable symptoms.
Hence it is that gargles, sprays, atom
izers and inhalants only serve as tempo
rary relief. So long as the irritating secre-
tions of catarrh continue TO be formed so
long will the membranes continue to be
inhamed, no mater what treatment is
used
There is but one remedy that has the
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
Gunboat TO Convoy Torpedo Fleet.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23-It was an
nouneed at the Navy Department to-
day that the gunboat Bennington
would convoy the torpedo-boat destroy
ers Preble and Paul Jones from San
Francisco to Panama.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
Special Rates for the HOLIDAYS.

The Southern Pacific will sell round-triu
tickets at reduced rates Dec. "a and 25 and
Dec. 81 and Jan. i between all local points
in California where regular one-way first-cIass
fare does not exceed SO. Tickets good return
ing till Dec. 2S and Jan. 4 respectively Full
information from any ticket agent
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
Wiggs win pitch for Salt Lake.

SALT LAKE, Dec. 2S.-James wiggs,
for whose services as pitcher the st.
Louis National and the Chicago and
Washington American League clubs
have been negotiating, has signed
contract to pitch for the Salt Lake
team next year.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
WARSHIP IS HURLING
SHELLS AT A CITY
Puerto Plata, Port in Santo Domin-
go, Undergoing a Bonn
bardment

CAPE HAYTIEN. Dec. ga Do
minican warship is bombarding Puerto
Plata.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24
a Guaranteed cure for Piles.

Itching. Blind, Bleeding or Protrudfng Plies
-FOUR druggist viii refund money IL Pazo
ointment fails to7cure you in to IL days SOC.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24

desirable effect. and that remedy is Pc
runa- This remedy strikes at once TO the
roots of catarrh by restoring to the ca
pillary vessels their healthy elasticity.
Peruna is not temporary palliative. but
a radical cure.
Send for DR.. Hartman's latest book.
sent free for a short time. Address The
Peruna Medicine Co, Columbus, Ohio.
IF you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna.
write at once to DIT. Hartman. giving a
full statement Of your case, and he viii
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman. President of The
Hartman Santa RUM, Columbus, ONO
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-24

Hon B. F. Rice. ex-U. S. Senator
from Arkansas. now a resident OF
Oklahoma. in a recent letter from
Washington. d. c., says:
The use Of Pergga for aH ca
tGrrbaI troubles has been so T1iVer-
sally approved and bas been used
with such beneficial results by many
of my friends that I fVly recommend
its great curative qualities. Hon.
3. =. Rice.
Hon. 3. F. Rice is only one OF
over fifty members of Congress
who indOrse Peruna. Prominent
men and women all over the Unit
ed States indorse Peruna.
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murderedr she exclaimed anxiously Have
you found marks Of violence. Them
No. I have found nothing. My opinion
Is formed upon q surmise."
What surmise?'
I hesftated whether to tell her all the
facts that I had discovered, for I was dis
appointed and annoyed that she should still
preserve logged silence, now that q rec
onciliation has been brought about.
suspicion OF foul play Is based upon logical
conclusions. I have myself been witness
OF one most astonishing fact-namely, that
she was in the habit Of meeting a certain
man clandestinely at night, and that their
favorfte walk was along the river bank"
WHAT she cried, starting up in alarm
all the color fading from her face. You
have actually seen them together?'
I have not only seen them, but I have
overheard their conversation answered.
surprised at the effect my words had pro-
duced upon her.
Then you already know the TRUTH she
shrek. Forgive me-forgive me, Ralph!"
And. throwing herself suddenly upon her
knees, she looked up into my face implor-
ingly, her white hands clasped in an atti-
tude OF duplication, crying in a voice
broken by emotion: Forgive me, Ralph!
Have compassion upon mel" and she burst
into a flood Of tears which no caress nor
tender effort Of mine could stem.
adored her with passionate madness
that was beyond control. She was, as she
had ever been my ideal-my all in all. And
impenetrable; an enigma that grew more
complicated and more impossible OF solu-
ton.
Ito be continued.)
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CHAPTER XIII.
The Mystery of Marv.


The astounding message, despatched from
Neneford and signed by Parkinson, the
butler, ran as follows:
Regret to inform you that Mrs. Courte-
nay was found drowned in the river this
morning. Can you come here? My mistress
Is very anxious to see YOU"
Without a moments delay I sent a re-
ply in the affirmative, and after searching
in the A. B. C. found that had a train
at o'clock from Kings Cross. This
took and after an anxious journey arrived
duly at the Manor. all the blinds Of which
were closely drawn.
Parkinson, white-faced and agitated. a
thin nervous figure in a coat slightly toe
large for him. had been watching my APP
proach up the drive and held open the door
for me.
"Ah. doctor" the old fellow gasped. TITS
terrible-terrible. To think that poor Miss
Mary would die like thatr'
Tell me all about It," demanded, quick
ly. Gomez and 1 led the way into the
morning room.
I'VE don't know anything about 1t, sir.
It's all a mystery" the gray-faced old man
replied. when one of the housemaids went
up to Miss Mary's room at 8 o'clock this
morning to take her tea, as usual, she re-
ceived no answer to her knock. Thinking
she was asleep she returned half an hour
later. only to find her absent and that the
bed had not been slept in. We told the
mistress. never thinking that such an aw-
full fate had befallen poor Miss Mary. Mis-
tress was inclined to believe that she had
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WM. Ls0IlEIN,
2f1aSAS cor,1uc1fr toos. T NFClIHE GSsalXkAS.

wants privilege to entirely express the
grief he felt.
put other questions regarding the dead
woman's recent actions, and he was COM
PEELED to admit that they had Of late been
quite unaccountable. Her absences were
frequent and she appeared to sometimes
make long and mysterious journeys in va
rious directions, while her days at home
were usually spent in the solitude of her
own room. Some friends Of the family, he
said. attributed it to grief at the great blow
she had sustained, while others suspected
that her mind had become slightly I'M
hinged I recollected, myself, how strange
had been her manner when she had visited
me, and inwardly confessed to being utterly
mystified.
Dr. Govitt found to be a stout middle
aged man, of the usual type of old-fash-
toned practitioner of q cathedral town,
whose methods and ideas were equally old
fashioned. Before entered the room where
he explained to me that life had evidently
been extinct about seven hours prior to the
discovery of the body.
There are no marks Of foul play?" I in
quired. anxiously.
None, as far as I have been able to
find-only scratch on the left cheek, evil
IDENTIFY inflicted after death.
Whats your opinion?
Suicide. Without a doubt. The hour at
which she fell into the water Is shown by
her watch. 1t stopped at 2:2S."
You have no suspicion Of foul playY'
None whatever.
did not reply, but by the compression Of
my lips 1 presume he saw that I was du-
bious
"Ah, I see you are suspicious" he said.
these the natural conclusion is to doubt.
The poor young ladys husband was mystic
rousy done to death, and l honestly be-
lieve that her mind gave way beneath the
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CHAPTER XIV.
Ethelwynn Is Silent.

At midnight was seated In the drawing
room of the manor. Before me, dressed In
plain black, which made her beautiful race
look even paler than 1t was, sat my love-
bowed, respondent, silent. The household,
although still astir, was hushed by the
presence Of the dead, the long old room IT.
self, usually so bright and pleasant, seemed
full Of dark shadows, for the lamp, be-
meath it's yellow shade, burned but dimly,
and everywhere there reigned an air OF
mourning
Half demented by grief my love had ar
rived in hot haste about o'clock. and
rushing to poor Mary's room had thrown
herself upon her knees beside the poor IN
animate clay, for even though of late diff
ferences might have existed between them
the sisters were certainly devoted to each
other. The scene in that room was an un-
happy one, for although Ethelwynn be-
trayed nothing by her lips, saw by her
manner that she was full Of remorse over
the might-have-beens, and that she was
bitterly reproaching herself for some fact
of which had no knowledge
We had not spoken Of the past. She had
been too full of grief, too utterly overcome
by the tragedy of the situation. Her
mournful figure struck the sympathetic
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the trailing Of a woman's skirt across It.
Examination showed, too, inprints OF Louis
XIV heels in the soft clay bank. One print
was perfect, but the other, close to the
edge, gave evidence that the foot had
slipped, thus establishing the spot as that
where the unfortunate young lady had
fallen into the water. When examining the
body had noticed that she was wearing
Louis XIV Shoes and also that there was still
mud upon the heels. She had always been
rather proud Of her feet, and surely there
is nothing which sets of the shape OF
woman's foot better than the neat little
shoe with its high instep and heel.
We searched on until twilight darkened
into hight, traversing that path, every de-
tail Of which had impressed itself 80 IN
delibly upon my brain. We passed the stale
near which had stood hidden in the bushes
and had overhead that remarkable con-
versation between the dead" man and his
wife. All the memories of that never-to-be
forgotten night returned to me. Alas. that
had not questioned Mary when she had
called upon me on the previous day!
She had died with her secret hidden with
In her heart.
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Laugh It Away.

S. W. Gillian, In the Los Angeles Herald.
Don't put your far-or glasses hunting lions m
the way,
Don't go probing round for troubles-just ignore
them day by day.
Don't go signing: Yes, tits pleasant just at pres.
ent, but-ah me!
There's the sorrow Of tomorrow-where VIII all our
sunshine beT'
If the worst is in the future and has been there
all the while,
We keep it there by laughing till we make
the others smile.
the worst is in the future, let 1t stay there; for
know
That tomorrows always threatening to bring us
so-andso;
But tomorrow with its sorrow never comes within
gaze,
For all time is just a pageant of these busy old
todays.
Let the worst stay in the future where 1t has been
all the while!
We keep it there by laughing till the others
start to smile.
When we look toward the sunset in the gorgeous
afterglow,
Let US thank the blessed Father for the things we
do not know
Let us thank Him with all fervency that He has
never sent
Any burden quite unbearable; that. while Dacks
Underneath the load. we've had His arms about us
all the while
Let us laugh away our troubles till the whole.
world wears a smile!
Let Us laugh away the trouble though our eyes are
dimmed with tears;
Let us laugh away the heartaches and the worries
and the fears;
Just ''be good and you'll be happy"-if you're
happy you'll be good;
For the rules doubleacting that it's seldom
understood.
Oh there is NO future coming with lot of trouble
We fight 1t of by laughing till the others start
to grinl