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The San Francisco call., 1904-03-07
ONE ROBBER ENTERS IN
GUISE OF A CUSTOMER
Three Men Hold Up Meyer & HoIIen-
steiner's Store and Secure 81
From Till.

From Till.
Three men entered the grocery
and saloon Of Meyer & HolIensteiner
at Polk and Geary streets shortly after
midnight yesterday morning and while
one held the member of the firm on
duty at bay, with a big revolver,
another, who had come in as a GUS
toner, vaulted over the bar and took
all the cash in the drawers, amounting
TO about 81. The third man stood
guard at the door during the operations
and they all fed up Polk street.
Ernest Hollensteiner, one Of the pro-
prietors of the place, was behind the
bar at the time and in the saloon with
him was Arthur Low, a cook HoIlen-
steiner was preparing to close up for
the night, when a man entered and
called for a glass Of beer.
While the stranger was drinking the
liquor. the masked man entered and
pointing a revolver at Hollensteiner,
commanded him to hold up his hands.
The latter seemed TO take it as a joke
at first. but his customer promptly
obeyed and Hollensteiner then followed
suit. Low fed TO the front of the
store.
When Hollensteiner held up his hands
the man who was drinking the beer
vaulted over the bar and quickly
emptied the cash drawer. He was
about to tackle the register, when the
man who held the gun turned and fed
and his pal Immediately followed his
example
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-07
WOOD CASE ON CALENDAR.
Confirmation Of the General May Be
I'm This Week.

Up This Week.
WASHINGTON, March 6.-The plans
of the Senate managers contemplate
keeping supply bills to the front to the
exclusion of other business. Consider
alton of the naval bills will be re-
sumed tomorrow and then the army
appropriation bin will be taken up. 1t
is expected that by the time the army
bill shall have been disposed of the
bill making appropriation for fortifica-
tions or that providing funds for the
District of Columbia will be ready
An effort will be made to secure con-
sideration of the nomination of Brig
adler General Leonard Wood to be a
major general during the week and if
time is found for executive sessions
this matter will be given precedence.
Senator Foraker will have charge Of
the contest in favor of confirmation
and Senators Scott and Blackburn Of
the opposition. If the appropriation
bill and the Wood case do not consume
the entire time, Senator Lodges Phil
ippine shipping bill will be further
considered. Senator Beveridge will
make another attempt Thursday next
TO pass a number of pending Alaskan
bills.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-07
DIFFICULTIES OF WORK.

Are you in want Of any more capital
for your work." he was asked at
length. The question loosened his
tongue and he spoke somewhat more
freely of the difficulties of the under
taking.
Il cannot tell Just yet what we can
do or how much money we shall need.
The fact is, we have had to suspend
work on the wreck for a few days until
the water clears. Three days ago my
divers went down and walked about
the deck of the vessel without difficulty,
but yesterday the water was so muddy
that they could see nothing 1t was
pitch dark down there, and this made
ii so dangerous that we decided to wait
till the black water from the Sacra-
mento freshet passes and the blue
water comes back again.
"I sent down three divers yestrday"
Collins continued, under gentle probing
as to what he was finding below the
surface of the bay. They brought up
a heavy piece of iron which one of them
stumbled over on the deck. 1t was ap-
parently piece of a deck pump such as
may have been used on the Rio One of
Yesterday This is about as long as
any one can stay down at that depth.
The deck Of the Rio is about sixty-five
or seventy feet below low tide. so the
pressure on a diver in armor is terrific.
Then the current down there is like a
gale above sea- 1t is so strong that a
diver can keep his feet only with the
greatest difficulty. The task, as any
one can see, is made much greater by
the darkness. The men are constantly
in danger of being swept off the deck
and over the side of the vessel. This
might result in getting their lines and
air tubes tangled up and making IT
impossible for them TO reach the sur
face again. Hence without better ia
cilities it is impossible for us to pro-
ceed until the water clears.
SURE 1T is THE RIO.
Yes / am sure the sunken vessel
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-07
OUTLOOK ENCOURAGING.
susquehanna in Maryland Is Being
DiVeSted of Ice.

DiVeSted of Ice.
PORT DEPOSIT. Nd. March 6.-The
ice gorge in the Susquehanna River at
this point has resisted the pressure Of
the food for thirty-six hours. but now
shows signs Of weakening. The racks
Of the Port Deposit and Columbia Rail
road. which follow the east bank Of the
river, are submerged for a distance of
three miles, and North Main street,
which parallels the railroad a few yards
distant. is the bed Of a roaring stream.
The dwellings which stand between the
tracks and the streets have been va
Gated. and are filled with water to a
depth 0f several feet.
A line Of riprapping which the rail-
road company constructed for the pro-
-ec1iCr Of its tracks has prevented a
general movement Of the ice shoreward
snd so long as the ice is retained
within the river bounds the damage
is reduced 10 a minimum
Reports received late to-day are en-
couraeing and the Indications are that
the water VIII 20 no higher The great
field of ice AT the head Of the Chesa-
rlai-e Bay has moved of and thus re
duced the length Of the gorge from ten
20 four miles
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-07
DANIEL SULLY
WINS APPLAUSE
Does Good Work With Aver
age Company in an Average
Drama at the California
0RPHEUM ATTRACTIONS
Clever Vaudeville Artists Ap-
pear in Pleasing Special
ties and Are AppIauded

Daniel Sully appeared last night in
the title role of Fitzgerald Murphy
drama, The Chief Justice" While
there is nothing particularly new in the
play, il runs smoothly and avoids fall
ing into the pit of lurid melodrama.
The actors are all heroes and the
actresses all heroines. The nearest
approach to a villain is in the
part Of James O'Connell, played by
Herbert LaCosta- He is caught in the
act, however, before he can even begin
to carry out his evil design, and i'm
mediately reforms and once more be-
comes shining light in society. There
are flashes Of wit here and there. ac-
companied by more or less horsepIay-
just enough to balance the pathos.
The company is of the average kind
found with road shows-men and wo-
men who do their best, but at times
show some weak spots. OF course. Mr.
Sully, who perfectly fits his part, is an
exception to this, and Helen Whitman
the fashionable widow. does some
clever work William F. Kohman also
carried out a minor character role
splendidly, but there was not enough
of him to give the audience a fair op-
portunity to Judge Of his abilities. The
Chief Justice" is on for the week and
will be followed next Sunday night by
The Old Mil Stream" another play
by the same author.
The rain played a joke on part of the
audience at the Orpheum last night
Carpenters who had been working on
the roof Of the showhouse had not fin
ished the repairs when night came
During the heavy downpour that oc-
CURED about $50 o'clock the rain fell
merrily on the people seated toward
the rear Of the theater. All those who
sat in dry territory enjoyed the fun
immensely. The rain made the hit OF
the night. One man, who must have
been comedian in everyday clothes
raised his umbrella and looked peace
fully at the German act of Carlin and
Otto, while his neighbors were forced
to take drenching.
The other acts on the card were al
up to the usual Orpheum standard The
Swedish ladies' quintet was Svoted
~ d44 " Oc lltt DtSL lnluS Oh the DOdIQt
this week. These five ladies are al
fair TO look upon. possessed Of sweet
voices and are so graceful that they
were called out many times by the ad-
miriug throng. Ferguson and Mack
in a knockabout act, did some hurri-
cane funmaking work. and were so true
to life that the crowd could not be re-
strained, although the stunts were old
ones.
The Barrows Lancaster company
were welcomed back again, after q
long absence. The members presented
a unique little sketch entitled "Wher
Georgina Was Eighteen" 1t dealt with
matrimony and lovemaking in Missouri
and made quite a hit. Gillo's automa-
ton was interesting. The holdovers
Briggs and Anderson, Carlin and Otto
the Lowe Hughes duo and Nirvana and
her trained horse all came in for ap-
plause.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-07
YORK COUNTY UNEASY.
Ice Is Piled High in River and Great
Damage Is Feared

YORK. Pa, March s. - Flood con-
ditiOns along the York County shore
of the Susquehanna are tonight rather
uncertain. The ice is being held by
Hartman's Island, near New Holland,
but it is expected to start again at any
minute ana. If it does, great damage is
expected. For miles towering gorges
present a magnificent spectacle, and
here and there is devastation and ruin.
Sheely's Island, near Goldsboro IS
partly submerged tonight, and on Il
are Jonn and George Burger, their
mother, their wives and eight children.
The Governor will tomorrow send
State officials to the scene, in an effort
to rescue the families from their peril
Gus position.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-07
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
YOUR KAT
May BE a Stylish One. But Tt Makes
Trouble.

May BE q Stylish One, But It Makes
Trouble.
A man usually buys a hat that's 'in
style" but the modern hat for men has
lots to answer for.
Baldheads are growing more numerous
every day Hats make excellent breed
ing places for the parasitic germs which
sap the life from the roots of the hair.
When your hair begins to fall out and
your scalp is full of dandruff II is a sure
sign that these countless germs are
busily at work.
There is but one way to overcome the
trouble and kill the germs-that way is
to apply Newbro's Herpicide to the scalp
it will kill the germs and healthy hair
is sure to result.
Sold by leading druggists. Send 1Oc in
stamps for sample to The Herpicide Co
Detroit Mich.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-07
Rheumatism
Neuralgia
Malaria

Positively cured with DR.. Hal
pruner'S Wonderful Medicine,
or your money returned. Price,
5Oc. and S1.OO per bottle. For
sale by all dealers and at Office
of E1aIpruner Medical Mfg. Co.,
28 California St, S. F., sent by
mail or express. People cured
free Of charge from l to 4 P. m.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-07

PORTLAND. or. March s-City bonds, ag
r-eE1ttug in face value S45O 600 bearing per
cent interest were sold yesterday afternoon by
the executive board for 96s The issues are
st0o 90 ~ Morrison street bridge bonds snd
$50 0o0 of Albins Ferry bonds The buyers are
Chicago firms
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-07

PERTH ANBOT. Y J March 6-F1re yes
te-6ay caused a loss n 500. 600 in the building
occupied By REYNOLDS & Hanson's dry goods
store. 7. r. e. +. Filsder. grocers. and Stedd-
hofino Brothers shoe dealers
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-07

LAWTON. o. t. March 6.-The fire which
broke out in the military reservation north OF
Fort Sill last night is still burning The sol
diers and Indians have been busy all day
fighting the fire.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-07

CITY OF MEXICO. March "a number OF
cotton mills in Mexico have announced their
intention Of temporarily shutting down owing
10 the increased price OF cotton.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-07

GUTHRIE o T.. March Sit is reported
here that the negroes and whites at Bokoshe,
T engaged in another fight last night
The negroes were driven out Of town and
about twenty five shots were fired No one
injured
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-07

PRETORIA March 6-The Boer contingent
which will give exhibitions at the St Louis
Exposition left here day for St Louis
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-07
Weak Men and Women

- HOULD USE DANIANA BITTERS. THE
y OGreat Mexican Remedy: gives health and
strength 70 sexual organs. Depot 323 Market.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-07
WRECKERS ARE SURE THEY HAVE
LOCATED THE RIO De JANEIRO
John Collins, Head of Undertaking, Tells Of His
Work and Plans Position of Vessel Described.
Enterprise Temporarily Blocked by Muddy Water

The probability that the wreck of the
Pacific Mail steamship Rio de Janeiro
has been located off Fort Point, as told
exclusively in Yesterdays Call, was the
principal topic of conversation along
the city front and among shipping and
marine insurance men throughout the
day. The report was generally ac-
cepted as credible and in line with the
best theories as to the whereabouts of
the -iulk and it's ultimate recovery. 1t
was pointed out that no other vessel
had sunk in the vicinity of the point
in many years, so that If any wreck
has been discovered at that part of the
harbor it is doubtless that of the Rio.
The Call yesterday located the men
that are at the head of the undertaking
to salve the cargo and if possible the
ship herself. They tell a circumstan-
tial story of their work to date and
claim that although little progress has
yet been made toward raising cargo,
they have found and brought to the
surface pieces of wreckage bearing the
name of the great trans-Pacific steam
er that went on the rocks in the dense
fog or early morning on February %,
1901. Laboring under some uncertainty
as to their rights in the matter, the
wreckers were reluctant yesterday to
speak in detail as to their plans for the
future, and what was learned was in
the way of admission rather than a
willing statement of their purposes
A visit to Viscato beach yesterday
afternoon discovered several matters
bearing on the supposed finding of the
Rio. None of the wreckage strewn
along the shore south of Fort Point
showed the name Of the missing vessel
but several pieces of painted wood
were found which residents of the
neighborhood and at the cliff at once
pronounced similar to pieces picked up
along the beach for days after the loss
of the Rio. These are painted red on
one side and are covered with a heavy
white enamel on the other At the
time Of the disaster such pieces when
found at the seaside were described as
fragments from some of the Rios boats
that were broken to pieces in the dis
aster.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-07

Log Cabin. The bread with a favor Aek
your dealer-wholesale-9o Dolores st.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-07
WHERE THE SHIP LIES.

The supposed position of the Rios
hull at present is clearly indicated by
four buoys the wreckers have station
ed about 700 yards off the shore These
can easily be seen with glass either
from the beach or from the bluffs
above. The buoys are anchored with
strong cables and form quadrilateral
several hundred yards in dimension
They are about 200 yards northwest Of
the largest of the two rocks that rise
conspicuously above the water south
west of Fort Point. Some of these
buoys have been in place for a fort
night. During this time divers have
made frequent descents, they say. to
the deck of vessel which they now
declare is without doubt the Rio.
The man that claims the honor Of
solving the mystery surrounding the
dead ships resting place is John Col
Inns. an ex-sailor, who now follows the
calling Of a rope splicer and lives at
25l9 Larkin street. So much was learned
by The Calls representative from the
Presidio guards who patrol the beach
below Fort Point. These guards. as
well as the men connected with the
life-saving station at this spot. have
been Interested spectators for some
days of the operations of the men on
the launch. who daily came and an
chored at the same place and finally
sent down divers that were seen TO
bring uD pieces of wreckage. They are
all convinced that the Rio has been To-
Gated.
Collins was found later at his home
suffering from severe cold contracted
in the hard work and frequent wettings
involved in his wrecking enterprise. He
is a man of 80 years, a native of St.
John, n. B., and a familiar figure on
the San Francisco water front for
many years. After quitting the sea he
was employed for a long period as a
cable splicer for the street railways.
He was greatly surprised to learn that
his connection with the attempt to
salve the Rio had become known. Evil
IDENTIFY he had tried to keep 1t a secret,
and beyond admitting the bare fact
that he believed he had discovered the
whereabouts of the lost vessel he was
disinclined to talk when seen last even
ing.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-07

Yes, l am sure the sunken vessel
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-05
Latest Food Product
Comes in Tablet Form and Replaces
to the Blood and Nerves What is
Worn Out and Wasted Away.

In this way it builds up and repairs
all manner of weaknesses, and en-
ableS one to throw off most of the
ails of life. This preparation, known
as DIR. Chase's Blood and Nerve Food,
overcOmes and cures not only such
common ails as nervous headache,
nervous dyspepsia, sleeplessness, ner-
vous irritabilty, general debility, etc..
but even such serious conditions as
profound blood poverty, neurasthenia,
paresis. dementia. locomotor ataxia,
which have hitherto resisted all drug
medication. 1t is not a dope. having
stimulating and only temporary ef-
feet, but is a food that feeds the de-
PRAYED blood and starving brain and
nerve cells. and in a natural manner
restores them to structural integrity
and perfection of function. To con-
vince you that it is really a wonder.
full food cure. its makers. The Dr.. Chase
Co.. Philadelphia, Pa, ask You to
weigh yourself before taking it. Price
SO cents a box, five boxes, enough to
give it a fair trial. $500. Book free.
Sold and Guaranteed by Bowditch,
Webster & Co.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-05
Our Fruit Exports.

The Boston Transcript points out
established a trade balance in favor of
the United States at a new point For
the first time in its history the exports
of fruit exceeded the imports. The
great bulk of the latter are bananas,
for which Americans have a prodigious
liking and consume between 25,oOo,OoO
ana 10000, 900 punches a year at cost
of nearly s.. 900 900. Lemons cost US
about 50. 900, OO0, and small raisins or
Zantc currants olives and a few other
small fruits perhaps a couple of mill
lions more But we exported over
S, geo 900 worth of apples and more
than 81 900 900 worth Of prunes, to say
nothing of oranges. figs and even
raisins. If which we now raise and
manufacture more than enough for our
own use. This evidence Of progress is
eaters in the world and consume enor-
NOUS quantities. If we are now able,
not only to make good but have a bal
ancc to our credit we have reason to
congratulate ourselves.
But the Transcript goes on to point
ont that this fruit industry is capable
of indefinite expansion. There is
nothing that year after Year in this
| latitude yields better return for the
| cost and care than well-kept apple
orchard. and it is pitiahle as one
travels over New England to see how
the apple trees are neglected. For the
most part they are left to care for
themselves, without pruning or fertili-
zation. paying such tribute as they can
| and getting nothing back. Here is a
| apple crop means much to the State.
| hut il should mean much more. The
| orchard is no experiment. The re-
| turns that it gives to the thriftless and
| ungrateful owner is perpetual
demonstration of what it would do if
properly attended to. Almost any
abandoned farm set to apple trees and
| properly protected and cared for,
| would prove a gold mine in score of
years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-05
GREELEY AND PAH
Resemblance between the Campaigns
Of 1872 and 1904.

r,ouo -1-irq resemblances pc
tween the campaigns ol l''- ,ad suf
In each case the Deiho'i" a.. dis
fered a series Of deftd's - one
credited cause.-The repeiiio' h.,,,nd
instance ana silver in the o'h'i '',i
We're franticallv searching ioi " 49,
date who conId lull the pubic mo ~
getfu!ness of the party's errors ~ ~
past and I4ad if 10 victory in tne pi'o
tnt. In tho -arlier canvass t'leS 81
cepted Graalav in the hope that NY
could win o,..,. many of his olu "
publican friends. IN the li''>
nominated a man VINO ,br,uah
on account OF Il former III, ,,.isiyo
a luke, to be powerful III ~ ..,ae.
state of New York. In pom n.'t', ,,,'
the Democrats pretended - ~
from the past and make a rs" uep'l
ture. In moth also. an element OF
their par,v-the straight-outs VINO
no,ninated o,,nnnor III 1872 and the
Populists who put up Watson III l'o4,
was dissatisfied with the nominee diiu
fought him in the canvass
Judge Parker. like Horace Greeley
bids fair to be stronger win inc mass
es of his party immediately alter MS
nomination than at any 'iiiie "i ,ei
ward. In the betting at the outset
both broke nearly even with the Ike
publican candidate. Odds quickly,
though, began to be offered on Hraht
and Roosevelt. The odds grew larger
and larger ON Grant as the campaign
progressed and 50 it will be with
Roosevelt and Parker. After North
Carolina voted in August. 1872. and
Vermont and Maine in September
Greeley stock dropped lower than II
had been before. as Parker shares did
after Vermont and Maine We're polled
in 1904. The collapse in the early in
stance was so complete before NoVem-
Der came that every sensible person in
the country except Greeley himsel1
knew that Greeley would be defeated
All the indications point to a ike
result in the Parker instance, Wltf
this difference. that Parker himself
will be able to say, Il told You so,
when the news. on the night of NO
vember 8, of RoOsevclt's sweeping VIC
tory is flashed over the country.
Politics has a habit of repeating 1t
self in striking ways in the United
States.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-05
Political Drift.

Betting odds in New York City are ~
to on Roosevelt.
The cyclone season is on in Okla
homa. Ex-senator Eilly Mason IS
stamping the territory.
There isn't enough life in the cam
paign in Ohio to induce Tom Johnson
to speed his automobile.
Mr. cleveland is booked to preside AT
i Parker meeting III New York 'lly'
lust 10 encourage the gentle art q
fishing-fOr votes.
Ju,lg, Parl<er's faith in JeffersonlaA
simplicity is demonstrated by his haE-
ing fifteen suits Of clothes made since
his nomination.
And While General Miles is stamping
the country for Parker h" might ~
least. after all the prrhibitionists tried
tc, do for him. put in an occasional good
word for DR.. Swallow.
Former Congressman ShairOth has
been renomindted FOR his old position
by the democrats of Colorado. Shalro'li
agrees to run on the express condltloh
| that his party associates VIII rtflh-l
from monkeying with the returns.
| Francis Burton Harrison, democratic
| candidate for lieutenant governor q
! New York, has fatt-n ID the PATTY cam
| paign fund With $4,000. This MAJ s
the third $4,000 contributed ~ plut =
| Gratis for the benefit of tn plain peo-
! pies ticket.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Lease drifted
into the democratic headquarters in
New York City, installing it for a
prayer meeting. When informed Of her
mistake she yelled Justify: III demo-
cratic headquarters. Oren tn" door.
Give me air." Hrr Wi4ht : We're graft
fed.
one of the gentlemen nominated fer
presidential electors BY the Pennsyl-
vania republicans has seen his eighty
fifth birthday. He is George Van
F,ran Lawrence of Monongahela eN-
congressman. He used to be 4 locally
famous fox hunter. He voted for Will
liam Henry Harrison in 1910. He is
five years older than Judge Parker :
running mate.
William F. Crerano of New York, 4
publisher of textile trade journals, has
just completed a canvass of the trade
publications to learn their attitude to-
| ward the national tickets. These
publications are nonDartisan. and as a
rule do not allow political discussion t.
appear in their columns. Mr.. Crerano' I
canvass shows that out o. 500 of these
publications 16S are for Roosevelt.