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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-12-02
Tries to Kill His Brother-in-Law.

SUFFER- CREEK, Dec. IA
shooting ARRAY took place on Main
street this afternoon in which w. H.
Hancock fired five shots at Dan Cd
gers. The men are brothers-in-law
and have been quarreling of late.
Hancock while intoxicated to-day said
that he was going to kill Odgers and
later fired five shots at him. None OF
the shots took effect.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-12-02
RUsso-JAPANEsE ALLIANCE.
Present Foes May Join Hands When
the War Is Ended.

LONDON, Dec. 2.!The Daily Tele-
graphs correspondent at St Peters
burg claims to have unimpeachable
evidence that Russia is reckoning on
the necessity Of making. a lasting
peace with Japan by means of ain Of
fensive and defensive alliance, which
rs recognized as an Indispensable
condition for the success of Russia's
Eastern. policy.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-12-02
SCRATCH CAUSES DEATH
OF HUMANE DOG .FANCIER
Master of Canine Suffering From n.y.
drOphObia Dies From Injury Re-
ceived While ChIOrOforming IL.

SCRANTON. Pa. Dec. 1.@Philan:
der K Potter, who was scratched on
the hand recently while chloroforming
a pet dog which he believed to have
hydrophobia, is dead after two DAYS,
severe illness. Nothing was thought
of the scratch at the time.is was re-
ceived. Potter being more concerned
over the death of his pet, which he
determined to kill painlessly himself
instead of trusting 1T to others.
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MAKES ANOTHER MISTAKE.

YES" answered Jacobs. He came
into the store one day with Dan Tar
pley and asked me if would sign af-
fidavits for the people living ahere had
known. made another mistake and
signed lot of papers I did not know
anything about"
When asked II he had not been aware
that it was a serious thing to make a
false affidavit, Jacobs replied, Under
those circumstances thought that 1
was helping justice. In the way LOOMS
and Ormsby got me into IL 1 thought I
was helping those deserving people get
their lands"
The remainder Of the day was con-
sumed by the Governments endeavor
to prove that DR.. Frank H Wolgamot
had lived in Portland continuously for
the past eleven years. None of the
witnesses examined was willing to state
positively such had been the case.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-12-02
WEALTHY MINE OWNER
ARRESTED IN CHICAGO
Operator Jailed on Charge That He
Deserted Wife and Children
Three Years Ago.

CHICAGO. Dec. lon charges
that he deserted his wife and little
son in Chicago three years ago, Da-
vid Mackenzie of Boise, Idaho, a
wealthy mine operator, has been ar
rested in Chicago by order of Judge
Dunno.
Mackenzie declared to a Deputy
Sheriff that he was in Chicago at
tending court proceedings, and
through previous operation of the
courts, had been placed beyond reach
of the writ issued by Judge Dunno
Orders were given the deputy to keep
Mackenzie in sight until there could
be an adjustment of his claim to ex-
emption from the new arrest.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-12-02
TWO GENERALS WOUNDED.
Japanese Officers Fall in the Attack
on 203-Meter HILL

Japanese Officers Fall i'm the Attack
on 2OS-Meter Hill.
TOXIC, Dec. lit is reported here
that Lieutenant General Thuchiya,
one of the commanders Of the besieg-
ing force in front Of Port Arthur, has
been wounded and that General Max
amura, leader of the .swordsmen, has
been wounded in both legs.
A dispatch from Toxic on Novem-
Der p. reporting the progress of the
general attack on" Port Arthur, said
that. Generals Nakamura and Saito,
leading especially trained bodies of
swordsmen, charged into the Russian
forts and engaged the Russians in a
ObloodX hand-to-hand encounter. The
result Of the charge had not been
learned at the time the dispatch was
filed.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-12-02
Decline in Russian Fours.

ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. 1.-The
reported capture: of 203-Meter Hill at
Port Arthur was reflected on. the
-Bourse to-day. Imperial AS declined
a quarter of a point
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-12-02
Three Killed in wreck.

PEABODY; Kans.. Dec L-Three
men were killed by a head-on collision.
OF two Rock Island freight trains. near.
here this. afternoon The. dead En-
gineer Walter Griffith, Harrington;
Kans.; H: A. Warren, Blue Mound
K9ns.; Charles Kincaid, Dresden,
Ohio. The last named two were steal
ing a ride. 49,. =
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-12-02
COMMISSION TO REVISE
CIVIL CODE APPOINTED
French Minister of Justice Selects
Body TO Change Laws i'm Exist
ence Since 1904

PARIS. Dec. Minister of Justice
Vale has appointed a commission of
the most prominent jurists, Senators.
Deputies and academicians to revise
the Civil Code. This will be the first
comprehensive revision of the code
since Napoleon promulgated it in 1904.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-12-02
NOTORIOUS SAFE BLOWER
ONCE AGAIN IN PRISON
After Desperate Struggle Police of
Chicago Take kid Leary
Into Custody.

Into Custody.
+. CHICAGO, Dec. kid" Leary,
veteran safe blower, who is said to
have stolen more than 100000 in his
career, has been arrested after a de-
termined resistance. He is suspected
of completely in a recent safe blowing
affair in Chicago and two bank rob-
berries in Wisconsin.
The police learned of Leary's pres
ence in the city. He was surprised
while asleep in a rooming-house and
was unable to reach the weapons Sc
creted in the bed for defense. Despite
threats and display Of revolvers by
the policemen Leary struggled until
overpowered.
Leary recently was released from
the penitentiary at Waupun, Wis.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-12-02
Russian .Warships at Tangier.

TANGIER, Dec. Several war
ships anchored in the bay late to-
night. They are supposed to be a
part of the Russian second Pacific
squadron.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-12-02
WORKINGMEN AND WOMEN
ROBBED BY A BANKER
EmbezzIer Tries to Escape to Europe
but Is Caught by the
Police.

NEW YORK, Dec. Oscar Adler.
% years of age, who did a banking
business under the firm name of No
yak & Co. at IA Avenue B, was arrest
ed tonight as he was making prep
arations to escape to Europe.
For three days he has been hiding
at a hotel in Brooklyn. When the
police broke in the door of his room
he attempted to commit suicide by
cutting his throat He confessed to
the police that he had misappropriat-
ed about $4,000 entrusted to him by
the workingmen and women in Man
haitian.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-12-02
EXPERT PENMEN
ON THE STAND
Give Important Testimony
for the Government in the
Oregon. Land Fraud Cases

|. PORTLAND. Dec. AL forenoon. in
the land: fraud trials, expert penmen
pointed out to Judge and. jury details
and peculiarities IN the handwriting
contained in various papers connected
with the alleged fraudulent land deals,
which the prosecutors of Mckinley,
Watson, Ware, Puter and others de-
clare. go to show that they had con-
-spired together to defraud the Govern
'ment. Having, TO its satisfaction, es-
tablished the fact of association and
business intercourse between the al
legged conspirators, the prosecutors for
the Government to-day continued their
efforts to show. that those who were so
associated wrote the names Of the
various entrymen to the papers by
which title finally passed from the
United States to those who are pre-
tended. to have been applicants for a
portion of the public domain.
John P. Marshall and ]. F. Sherman
were the handwriting experts who tes-
titled. Their testimony is to the effect
that the signature of Thomas wilkins
'and Joseph Wilson were written by
Horace G. Mckinley, that the body of
the REIMBURSEMENT of the George A.
Howe lands was written by Mckinley
and that Miss Mary Ware and H. G..
Mckinley between them forged the
signatures of John A. Foster, George
A. Graham and George L. Pettis Guy
Huff, they say, wrote the signature
purporting to be that of James Wake
field and, IL the signature of ID. w.
Tarpley on his bond is a genuine one,
he wrote the second series of signatures
purporting to be those of Maude Witt.
For Maude Witt there appears to have
been two different persons acting as
signers, for, as shown by the enlarged
photographs of this signature, three of
six specimens were written by a diff
ferent hand. The testimony Of Expert
Sherman was that ii is very improbable
that the same person wrote both SETS
SIGNED FALSE AFFTDAVITS.
J. A. Wilson, the manager of the
Denison News Company, testified
concerning the identity of Tom r. Will
son, the lame newsboy, who was
claimed, though under a slightly differ
ent initial, by Frank H. Wolgamot. as a
witness in his final affidavits. The OBJ
ject of this testimony was to prove to
the jury that a false name had been
used in the affidavits.
AL Jacobs of Springfield testified that
he had been mistaken in the integrity
of Special Agent G: E. Loomis and had
signed false affidavits at his suggestion
thinking them genuine, so he said
Jacobs told of his having been the pro-
prietor of a general merchandise store
at Detroit three years ago and more
He had met Tarpley five years ago al
Detroit, and about that time had also
made the acquaintance Of G. Z. Loomis
special agent. He had signed afflda-
Wits for the latter.
Did you know S. B. Ormsby?" was
asked the witness.
MAKES ANOTHER MISTAKE.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-12-02

More women weep over onions than
over. love affairs. -:-'
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AIDING RUSSIAN DEsERTERs,

Action OF an Austrian Committee MAY
j.. Cause. Trouble:
\ VIENNA. Dec. .1.--Czech. Deputies,
at to-morrow's session of Parliament,
intend 70 interpellate Premier Won
.Koerbers- concerning the action of the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-12
The Prides of the flock.

back. This IS task which often causes
the dairyman TO sroan in spirit and say
unpleasant things. for many housewives
are not half as careful as they ought to
be about washing out the bottles before
returning them.
Possibly some Of them do not know
that anything which has had sweet
milk in II ought to be washed in cold
water first, since hot water sours the
milk and causes It to stick: and that II
milk Is allowed to dry on the glass il is
an unenviable job to get IT off. especially
In a hurry. with a few hundred other
bottles waiting 10 be washed.
il is small matter. this filling a milk
bottle with cold water and letting II
stand until the dishes are washed; but
some people think themselves above saw
ing trouble.
Bottles Never Returned.
But unwashed milk bottles are not the
worst Of the milkman's woes. Some Of
the bottles never come back az ALL
They're so convenient, you know.
for keeping jam. and syrup. and mo-
lasses," said a dairyman grimly. I'VE
can't make EN- pay for the bottles, and
it's one Of the heaviest expenses of the
business. There's one firm in Washing
ton that has used sixteen car loads Of
bottles in fourteen months One thou
sand dollars a year is a moderate esti-
mate Of the cost Of the bottles In "A big
dairy business"
Another, when asked for information
on this point. agreed that the bottles
were eNpensive-one Of the most expen-
sive items In the business. People use
EN- FOR such queer things" said the
girl cashier of one Of the dairies. with a
serio-COmic eXpression-'coaI oil. tur-
pentine, paint, glue. No. We can't col
Iect the money for bottles that don't
come back or can't be claimed: we
never DO we just have To lose them"
Bottlers Organized.
The recently formed Milk BottIers.
Protective Association of the Distric,
Of Columbia was organized In the hone
OF reducing 10 some extent this item OF
expenditure. They intend TO watch nm
scrupulous dealers and confscate bot
ties which are found where they do not
belong. Some OF the small dealers. IL Is
said. rely almost wholly upon other peo-
pic FOR their supply OF bottles.
There are people IN Washington who
have seen bottles from almost every
large milk dealer I'm town among those
deposited on their doOrsteps. when they
were taking milk from these unscrIpu-
lous spOngers. The association will
pay a man with a horse and wagon 10
so about collecting bottles wherever
found, and IL is thought that a few
months Of this sort Of thing win scare
the thieves so that they will desist fron
their dishonest practices.
The glass bottles are used TO secure
pure milk for the public. and 1t seems as
II tho public ought 20 cooperate with
the dealers by returning the bottles in
good condition and paying for any that
may be broken, but perhaps these good
things come too easily
The dairymen say that it is all they
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can do, under present conditions, to
make a profit; that the prices of labor.
of living. and Of feed. have all gone up
in the last twenty-five years. while that
Of milk remains where II was-S cents
n quart
Ten Cents a Quart.
They were unanimous i'm agreeing that
to supply perfectly wholesome milk. put
up i'm sanitary Jars. and make anything
in the business. the dealer ought 20 get
10 cents n quart. AT present. as one of
them put il. eternal vigilance IS the pric,
~ profit i'm the dairy business. The ut
most shrewdHess and long experience are
required to avoid great losses.
There was a time when TIE milkman
was "A figure OF FUN because Of his sup
posed friendliness with the pump, but
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-12

that time IL long past Thirty wears n go
or more the dairy business here was
practically all in the hands of one man.
+. X. Ward. the same man who founded
the dairy lunch room.
The present law requires ~ per cent
Of butter fat. but most of the dealers
keep well within the law. and ordinary
milk contains from ( to per cent. The
inspectors are very careful They visit
the diaries frequently. and stop the
wagons i'm the street TO sample milk
Some Of the large dealers say that they
have had three or four of their wagons
stopped in one day. Veterinarians from
the Health Department also visit the
dairy farms frequently. and condemn
cows which are in any way diseased
when they get u chance. One dairyman
said:
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the floor OF her cows stall, and gave a
bath to the COW. and tied a blue ribbon
on it's tail. each day; and the Shaker
barns. though all the floors and fittings
are of wood. are certainly scrubbed fire.
quently and thoroughly
The modern dairyman. however, has
the price OF labor TO consider. and mod
ern laborers are not so patient and
painstaking as their ancestors; there
fore the concrers floor and paved yarG.
which can be made sweet and clean with
a hose.
Care of the Cans.
Great care is taken Of the huge milk
cans in which the milk IS brought to
town They are scrubbed inside and out.
and the inner surface Of the can shines
like silver No carelessness IS tolerated
here by a good dairyman, for a speck OF
sour milk on the inside Of & can may
spoil forty gallons. Machines for wash
ing cans are used in some large dairies,
but they are rather expensive, and many
dairymen prefer 20 employ a competent
man and stand the cost of the labor
rather than the cost OF the laborsaving
invention.
The profit OF The modern dairyman is
inventions of one sort or another. When
the milk comes from the COW IT must be
cooled before beiE-. put into the can, and
here one Of the CIeverest of these in
ventions comes in.
Formerly 1t was necessary to use ice
or cold water, a a considerable loss OF
time. but now the milk is poured into a
large strainer. through which II flows
into a tank; this tank has a faucet at
the bottom, and the milk runs from II
into a complicated arrangement Of pipes
I'm which the descending current Of milk
is cooled by an ascending current Of wa
ter in an adjacent pipe.
Water From Tank.
The water is supplied from a large
tank, in which ice is placed when the
weather IS hot enough to require IT. A
visitor TO the dairy, seeing this appa-
ratus, went away declaring that she
knew they put water in the milk, be-
cause she saw them do II herself
A drink Of the milk before and after
Il was cooled would have dispelled that
Illusion. however. By this arrangement
a. large can Of milk IS cooled from blood
heat 10 somewhere near zero In a few
minutes. Like all the other utensils
used about the dairy, this apparatus is
carefully washed as soon as il ceases TO
be In use.
Ready for the Market.
The cans of milk are then ready for
transportation to town. In the morning
milking begins at 4:3O; in the afternoon
at 3. Reaching the dairy the milk is
bottled, and here again the labor-saving
devices come IN. The bottles are placed
A.. nj
milk. runs on rods above them. row
Of pipes conducts the milk from the tank
to the bottles. and one man can thus do
quickly and easily what would otherwise
be an interminable job
In some dairies machine is also used
for washing the bottles when they come
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''Of course, a farmer who knows his
business don't want to keep diseased
cows anyhow, but II he did the Health
Department would not let him"
Sold to the Butcher.
Often there IS nothing in the nature
of the disease which makes the COW
unit for beef. and IN that case she is
sold to some butcher who fattens her
for his business.
II will be remembered that Senator
Stewart was active in regulating the
dairy business some time ago. and that
his large stock farm in Virginia was re-
Gently sold. The dairymen do not take
Senator Stewards farming industry very
| seriously.
He didn't know anything about his
owG farm" said one of them. He
bought a lot Of expensive apparatus and
spent a lot Of money. but he had the
most curious ideas about running the
place.
! There was one man he had TO run
the separator. a man who had a good
| knowledge Of that part of the work and
did il all right. but. of course. he had
q good deal of time on his hands. be-
cause that work only came night and
r:orning. so the man. being a carpenter.
thought ne might as well work at his
trade when he had spare time. The
Senator wouldn't let him do IT, Wanted
him 10 loaf around and do nothing when
he wasn't tending TO the separator.
Now, did you ever hear anything like
that?"
Bought His Own Cows.
Another story Of the Senator's stock
farm illustrates his Judgment of cattle
One day the Health Department vet
crinarian came by and condemned a
number of the cows on the Stewart
farm. A few days later the Senator
was driving along the road in that
nelghborhood and saw some nice-lOok-
ing cows feeding in a field. He stopped
ana asked the owner what he would
take for them. The owner named a
price. The Senator ordered the COWS
driven around TO his place. and only
then discovered that they were his own
COWS. which the veterinarian had con-
Cemned not a week before.
This sort of farming naturally does
not commend Itself to the practical
dairyman who knows the look of every
cow on his place. and the pedigrees Of
many of them.
To Determine Breed.
Opinions diner as to the 6esirability
OF particular breeds OF cows for dairy
use It is generally agreed. however,
that the use to which the milk is 40 be
put should determine the breed of COW
TO be kept The Attorneys have been
greatly admired for their BEAUTY and
the richness OF their milk and thev
are good 10 keep if one wants nothing
but cream; but after The cream is
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-12

"Of course, a farmer who knows his
business don't want to keep diseased
cows anyhow, but II he did the Health
Department would not let him"
The broad ax., 1904-06-18
odd WaY to Make Money.

A young New York broker, whose IA
Their has dropped two fortunes In Wall
street, about a year ago fell heir to
$50, 900 from the estate OF an aunt. He
Ct once employed an expert and pur-
chased at paWnbrokers' sales and else
where diamonds that took his whole for
tune. The other day he sold the whole
lot ct an advance Of Ss,OO0.-Chicago
Chronicle.
The broad ax., 1904-06-18
An in Vain.

An American girl in London had
talked horse, coaching, tennis. golf and
vaudeville to the Englishman who had
taken her In to dinner, without rous-
ing him TO an expression Of interest
He was very quiet and genuemanly
and obviously bored, and with our
characteristic American frankness she
remarked: You Englishmen are %
hard to entertain!" To which he re-
piled, In slow surprise: But We don't
want to be entertained"
The broad ax., 1904-06-18
80 60 Of paintY ohina.

In Holland the good old custom still
obtains among ladies Of washing the
china and silver after breakfast and tea
with their own fair hands. This they
DO in the presence Of the family and
any guests who may be theie, and the
fashion has lately been revived In some
American households, partly because II
gives q touch Of homely simplicity and
partly because a lady's gentle handling
Is needed II the delicate china and glass
are TO be preserved for any length Of
time.-Chicago Daily News.
The broad ax., 1904-06-18

For many French fried toast is too
rich and indlgestible A palatable and
wholesome way Of preparing II Is 10 bake
Il instead and omit q great portion Of
the butter necessary 10 the frying
process. Dip the slices in milk latter
slightly toasting), then in beaten egg.
and sprinkle with powdered sugar as
soon as the egg begins to turn light
golden color. The toast must be
watched carefully after the sugar has
been added, as It is apt to scorch sud-
denly.-Chieago Daily News.
The broad ax., 1904-06-18
Trxinr on the Hsr1ss.

II was testified in q London police
court recently that lunatic asylums
contain q larger percentage Of piano
tuners than Of representatives Of any
other trade. Anyone who has been
forced to listen to a piano being tuned
can understand the nerVe-racldng ma
ture Of such q business-Philadelphfa
Record.
The broad ax., 1904-06-18
Vigilanes OF Nations.

How closely nations watch one an
other and how quick they are TO learn
Of one another has been demonstrated
in the United States senate. When the
naval appropriation bill came up. the
item Of expense for the construction
OF new battleships was opposed almost
wholly on the ground that Japan in
her present war with Russia had dem
onstrated the superiority Of small YES
sells like torpedo boats, and had shown
the impotence Of battleships in modern
naval Warfara.-Washington Star.
The broad ax., 1904-06-18
Left Him a Fortune.

Gregoria Zelich, keeper OF restaur-
ant in Oakland, Cal, taking pity upon
the apparently urgent needs Of an old
Mexican, Magin Castro, gave him food
and a place 10 sleep for q considerable
time. Castro died the other day, and
IN his win bequeathed to his benefae-
tor ali he possessed. which proves TO
be a large interest in an estate IN
Mexico valued at several hundred
thousand dollars.
The broad ax., 1904-06-18
Common Ealing.

One OF the writer's Of popular songs
says that his method is to jot down
tumble Of meaningless words 70 At the
meter Of his melody, and then after
ward to substitute sense for the non
sense Of the first draft. A good many
song writer's seem to follow the same
procedure, without taking the second
step.-Indianapolis Journal.
The broad ax., 1904-06-18
Tree Explosiona

A grove Of aspens in Manitoba grows
in q region OF intense frost The
straight, tall trunks have frost cracks
in the bark near the ground, where the
sap is yet to be found in the time Of
seVerest cold. All who have camped In
the north during the eGldest weather win
recall readily the sharp explosions
that are heard during the making Of
these eraeks.-Country Life in America