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The San Francisco call., 1904-11-26
CALLS FOR CONVENTION.
California Water and Forest Associa-
ton VIII Meet in December.

California Water and Forest ASsOcia-
ton VIII Meet in December.
The annual convention of the Califor-
MIA Water and Forest Association has
been called to meet in this city on
Friday, December 2. The convention
will assemble at 1890 a. m. in the rooms
Of the San Francisco Chamber of Com
merce.
Reports of work done under the legis-
lation secured by the association from
the last Legislature will be presented,
and plans for further work will be dis
cussed.
The approaching session of the Leg
islature makes the convention of high
Importance to the irrigation and for
estry interests of the State, as it will
determine upon the legislation to be
pressed at Sacramento. A bill has been
prepared and will be submitted to the
convention dealing with the problems
of preventing forest fires, the extin-
gushing Of fires and the care of for
ested lands. The enormous losses each
year to the State and to owners of tim
Der land through conhagrations make
this bill one of great and immediate
Importance. In it's present form it pro-
vides for a chief forester and assist
ants, and fire wardens in the various
districts.
The officers of the association are de-
sirops that every county. city and dis
trict interested in the problems of for
est preservation as well as irrigation
send delegates to the convention in
structed to the wishes of the people in
regard to legislation.
Delegates are entitled to one and one
third fare for the round trip. They can
secure this by paying fare to San Fran
cisco, taking a receipt from the ticket
agent and having 1t indorsed by an of
ficer of the association Identifying them
as delegates to the convention. This
will. entitle them to return at one-third
fare
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-26

Banker Jacob II. Schiff Of New York
and a party Of British financiers, who
N one way or another represent mil
lions of English capital that is invested
in commercial enterprises IN this coun-
try, arrived here yesterday in a spe-
cial train and are registered at the ST.
Francis Hotel In the party, which is
travelling as the guest Of Banker Schiff.
are Sir Ernest Casseu, 2 member Of
the Privy Council Of England, who is
accredited with being one Of the closest
advisers of King Edward in matters Of
finance; Robert Fleming, through
whom much British capital has been
invested in American railways; Valen-
tine Fleming. his son. who is also prom
inent in London financial affairs; Max
J. Bonn Of Stern Bros, bankers Of
London, and General James H. Wilson,
u. s. A. retired, Of New York, who is
an intimate friend Of Banker Schiff.
The party left New York ten days
ago. arriving last Thursday evening in
St. Louis, where they spent two days
viewing the exposition and then pro-
ceeded on 10 this city, which was
reached yesterday morning. Banker
Schif stated that there was nothing
significant in the visit Of himself and
friends 10 the coast and that they ex-
pected TO get away Sunday, their route
being by way Of the coast line to San
IA Barbara and Los Angeles, from
where they intend to start on their
homeward journey.
1t is merely a pleasure trip" said
the shrewd New York financier. who.
as a member Of the banking firm Of
Kuhn. Loeb g. Co., the financial back
ers Of the Hartman railway syndicate,
is naturally interested in the recent i'm
provements along the great Hartman
system, and we propose to have all
the enjoyment our limited time will
afford US My friends have been anx-
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-26

ious to see the country and I am now
showing them over the ground" and
the banker quickly turned to direct ar
rangements for the entertainment of
his friends tonight, when they will
visit Chinatown.
The Schiff party was met at Ogden
by Acting General Manager Bancroft
and Chief Engineer Hood of the South
ern Pacific Company, who arranged the
running time of the special train so
that the distinguished travellers could
cross the Lucin cut off and view from
the rear end Of their train Engineer
Hoods wonderful achievements in
shortening the transcontinental line by
way Of Salt Lake. To Fleming. who is
deeply interested in the many improves
ments along the entire Hartman roads.
various work recently completed for
the purpose Of Strengthening out the
line was pointed out
Arriving here the party lunched
at the Pacifc-Union Club and then
went to the Claus Spreckels building.
from the top of which the Britishers
were afforded a birdseye view of San
Francisco. From there they returned
to the st. Francis Hotel long enough
to permit Banker Sehiff to receive and
answer number Of kilograms and then
they were driven through Golden Gate
Park to the beach. To-day the party
has arranged to inspect the important
work recently inaugurated by the
Southern Pacific engineers in the
southern part of the city, commonly
designated as the bay shore cut off.
Leaving here tomorrow the party
expects to stop over at the Hotel del
Monte for few hours before embark
ing on their trip down the coast to
Santa Barbara.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-26
Want Beach Street Closed.

The Supervisors Joint Committee
on Judiciary and Streets yesterday ask
Ell the City Attorney for an opinion as
TO whether the Board of Supervisors
has the power to close Beach street
between Laguna and Buchanan for
which Ellen Dore has filed a petition.
The committee rather held to the
opinion that 1t could not close the
street under the charter provision
which prohibits the closing of streets
more than forty feet wide. The COM
mittee, however. thought that it would
not be against public policy to close
the street but felt that the city
should be compensated If 1t did finally
surrender its rights to the open high
way.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-26
POINT SCORED
BY GOVERNMENT
Prosecutors in Land Fraud
Cases Produce Witness Who
Gives Startling Testimony

PORTLAND, Nov. 25.-Another sup
port in the superstructure of the Gov
ernment's evidence in the trial of the
land fraud cases was supplied to-day
in the testimony of Robert G. Pierce,
one Of the surveying party which ac-
companied A. w. Barber on his tour
of examination of the claims. His tes-
timony was an exhaustive account in
detail of the trips made by the party
during the six days they Scrambled
through the virgin forests of Township
II south. Range Z east. in search of
homestead improvements, which GER
tain documents on file in the land office
make it appear were made. The testi-
mony Of Pierce was corroborative of
that of Barber, given yesterday, but it
was stronger in the respect that the
witness to-day testified that for ten
years he had resided on a homestead
of his own in this exclusive territory,
and during that time saw not one sight
which led him to believe that any such
personages as those whose names now
figure in court ever lived on the claims
to which they are accredited by pat
ents issued by the General Land Office.
The line of prosecution has changed.
The old story of geography, that has
taken all of the week in the telling, has
given way to the story of the business
and other relations of the defendants,
and some startling tales are looked for
at the session of tomorrow. The past
life of the defendants, where they have
been and how and what they have done
and what relation each bears to the
others in business and private life will
be the burden of the testimony brought
out for the knowledge of the court and
jury.
Edwin Hobson of Eugene, the last
witness of the day. testified as to his
knowledge of the relations existing
between Marie Ware. Horace McKin-
ley and Clyde Lloyd. Witness had
never met S. A. d. Puter, but volun-
teered the Information that he had
received a letter from him in con-
nection with the case of Mckinley and
Lloyd. A storm of objections follow
ed this statement. Witness produced
the letter and more objections were
offered
THE purpose of this letter, if it
please the court" said Attorney
Heney, will be to show the relations
existing between Puter and Mckinley
in a social and a business way. The
prosecution is now starting on a new
line of evidence tending to connect
these defendants with the case. 1
have told the witness to be present
in the morning and would suggest
that the court adjourn until that
time"
In the meantime the defense was
clustered about the letter.
1T object to this letter being intro
duced as evidence" began Judge Pi-
per. 'It shows business relations
about which I know nothing and
which nave nothing to do with this
case"
IT want to show what these rela-
tions were," suggested Heney.
by those letters?"
Eyes, and by the testimony of this
Witness
Judge Bellinger then adjourned the
court in order to give Judge Piper a
chance to outline his objections. To-
morrow he will present his point and
take the ruling of the court. In the
meantime Hobson is waiting on the
witness stand to tell what he knows
about the relations of Mckinley and
Puter.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-26
Man Who Killed wife Gets Judgment

Man Who Killed Wife Gets Judgment.
George Curry, who Is now awaiting
trial on a charge of having killed his
wife in a lodging house on Turk
street on July 8, secured judgment
yesterday against the Hibernia Bank
for 1920 AZ in Justice of the Peace
Daniels court The suit was brought
against the bank by John O'Connor as
assignee. Curry was brought to the
court room by a deputy sheriff and
gave testimony to the effect that he
had at various times deposited,
through his wife, certain sums of
money In the bank representing his
earnings while working for the United
Railroads
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-26

MINERS CONVENTION.
The annual convention of the Califor-
mia Miners Association will open at the
Hotel st. Francis in this city on Decem-
Der 8 and will continue in session, with
various sightseeing trips included, until
December 8, inclusive of the last named
date. The general idea of the proceed
ings has previously been outlined in
The Call. Papers on subjects of i'm
portance and interest to the miners will
be read by persons who are recognized
as experts in their several lines. The
collection Of essays will be an epitome
Of modern mining methods as they are
practiced in the pioneer gold-mining
State of California
According to the Cripple Greek Times
the output Of the Cripple Greek district
in October exceeded the total product
of September. The value of the ore
shipped was s2.04S, 900 for 81. $50 tons.
The small cyanide plants treated a total
Of 10000 tons of ore containing values Of
$49, 800.
e. H. Oliphant of the United States
Geological Survey makes a general re-
view Of the petroleum industry Of the
United States that gives the credit of
the great record-breaking production
of last year to the output of California,
which is now greater than that of any
other State, and in a lesser degree to
the increased production in Indiana
Kansas, Kentucky and Louisiana and
to the large production, Of Texas.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-26
VALENTINE APPEARS
IN CINCINNATI COURT
Case of Accused President OF the
Iron MoIders Set for Next
Monday.

CINCINNATI, Nov. 25.-Joseph T..
Valentine, president of the Iron Mold
ers' Union of North America, was in
the Police Court to-day to answer to
the charge of aiding and abetting the
malicious destruction of property. The
hearing of Valentine was set for Mon
day next. The case of Thomas Brack-
en-, charged with completely in the
murder of Weakly, a non-union
pnolder, was set for tomorrow.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-26
NO ONE KILLED IN LABOR
BATTLE AT ZEIGLER MINES
AdIutant General of Illinois Says Re-
ports of Affair Have Been
Exaggerated.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,. Nov. 25.-Ad-
jutant General Scott returned to-day
from Zeigler and says that reports of
trouble there have been exaggerated.
No one was killed in the exchange of
shots between non-union miners and
strikers.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-26
THOUSANDS STARVING
IN TURKISH PROVINCE
Their Possessions Taken and Their
Homes Burned at Time of the
Massacre
70
HOLIDAY SHOPPERS

WASHINGTON. Nov. 25.-A story
of sickness. hunger and starvation has
come to the State Department from
Norton, the American Consul at Har-
put, in report upon the condition Of
the Saissun population in the Mush
district. The Consul says of the 10
OeO survivors of the recent massacre
few have saved anything but their
lives Nearly every house in the re-
giOn was ransacked and burned.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-26
SCOTS EMULSION.
CONSUMPTION

OO1SOO MT 1\IN
Hope, fresh air rest and
SCOTS Emulsion are the
greatest remedies for con-
sumption SCOTS Emulsion
viii always bring cOznsort and
relief - often cure SCOTS
Emulsion does for the con-
sumptive what medicine alone
cannot do. It's the nouriSh-
mcnt Ia 1t that takes the pa
tieut in long strides toward
health.
WeT seadye~ a szuphe Tree.
scnT& q BoWsEK .ssRssA ssrsst. H-w yozk.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-26
Boy Accidentally Killed.

CHICO, Nov. 25.-Willie Bayon, son
of a well-known resident of Biggs, was
accidentally killed while out hunting
with two young companions yesterday
He was climbing a fence when the
hammer of his gun caught on a board
and a charge of goose shot was sent
through his body, causing instant death.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-26

A great boom in the gravel mining
region in the northwestern part OF Am
ador County is predicted. The Amaoor
Dispatch says that on the fat lands ana
in many of the valleys of the lower
foothills there are enormous deposits Oh
gold bearing gravel from ten to tnlrty
feet in depth. In the northern part OF
the county the old river channel ana
gravel beds begin about six miles oeloW
Plymouth and run ten miles west TO
the Cosumnes River, three miles south
of Michigan Bar. The Dispatch says;
The gravel deposits of this old channel vary
in places from half to three quarters ot
mile in wIdth-in some places they are even
a mile wide and the north sloe OF lhese
gravel hills runs Arkansas creek, ' aSio1 s,,ios
the richness of it's diggings in the early nttles
$50 and $40 a day TO the man 10 the rVchet
being nothing uncommon. Immense tracts oI
this land. owing to its nat nature, st aI.nVus, for
rich in gold in the fiat places, were unnt Ior
hydrauicking the tailings couIo noC pe
got away and the ranch owners Woulo nol
permit drifting. they claimed the auhps
and tailings spoiled the agricultural value OF
their land. To-day these lands and many
others are being eagerly sought aIter Ior al
dredging purposes. In many places tne grave
on these lands is said to be tfty 70 Sixty 1851
In depth.
Below Forest Home and opposite the school
house parties have recently sunk smart IN
the fat TO depth of forty-hve feet with
handsome prospect in free gold. but they have
not yet touched bedrock The great gravel
hills and flats around Michigan Bar, on the
north side of Arkansas creek from Whlcn
nearly So, 000, 900 taken in carry days. are
also attracting considerable attention.
Below Carbondale and around lone tnou-
sands Of acres of gravel have been oonded-
The great gravel beds around lone are coming
in for their full share of attention and before
long II win be hard matter to nnd any sood
gravel deposits of any extent that are not ueo
up in some way under either a bond or con-
tract. It is safe TO say, that at rough esti-
mate there are over 10000 acres of gravel land
in the northwestern part OF Amador county,
but whether or not all is fit for dredging the
Dispatch is not prepared to say, although Wel-
informed persons claim that a very large por-
tion of these lands will pay to dredge.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-26
ANAD0R GRAVEL BOON
Aurlteyous Deposits Are to Be
Fully Pyosbected.
Large Movement in Oil Market
MINERS, CONVENTION.

Dorado County, north of Georgetown.
will resume.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-07
Mcpherson Near to Salt.

Mcpherson, Kas., Dec THE well
being drilled by the Mcpherson Pros
pecting company reached a depth of
1900 feet when the limestone stratum
was passed through and the drill
entered sand which contained strong
salt water, which rose in the well to
a depth of 1900 feet. At a meeting
of the stockholders money was sub
scribed and the directors were ordered
to purchase 1000 feet of casing to
case the well and to continue the
drilling to a depth of 5000 feet I'M
less oil or gas should be reached
sooner. In the meantime, arrange
ments are making FOR the organiza-
ton of q salt company to put down
a shaft and mine the large 90-foot
vein of solid salt that was reached at
a depth of 440 feet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-07

Mother Bickerdyke's biography,
strangely enough, is missing from the
encyclopedias, while those of many wo-
men less famous are given. She was
born near Mount Vernon, Knox county,
Ohio, on July 10, 1917, and one of her
grandfathers fought in the Revolution
airy war. She married young, and was
left a widow with several children af-
ter a few years. When the war broke
out she was living at Galesburg, ILL.,,
where she took an active part in the
work for the soldiers at the front.
i When a trainload of supplies was sent
from Galesburg to CaiNQ she accom-
panied it, and after the battle of Bel
mont she was appointed nurse in one
of the field hospitals, where she was in
defatigable in her efforts to relieve the
wounded soldiers.
Her first sight of real battle how
ever, was at Fort Donelson, where the
Iinadequacy of the hospital facilities
and hospital supplies caused her to
make several trips north for the pur-
pose of arousing more interest in these
matters. She instituted the celebrated
cow and hen" mission, through which
she was enabled to send 100 cows and
1000 hens to the hospitals of the west
In the winter of 1S63-64 Mother"
Bickerdyke took part in the establish
ment of the Adams block hospital at
Memphis Tenn, and Rfterward she be-
came matron of the sGayoso hospital,
where more than seven hundred men
had been brought in after Sherman's
battle of Arkansas Post. She next
took charge in Memphis of the small
pox hospital, which she cleaned and
renovated with her own hands, while
nine men lay dead of the disease in
the building.
She followed the western armies
through Vicksburg, Lookout Mountain,
Missionary Ridge and Chattanooga,
and tended. friend and foe alike. She
accompanied Sherman with his men in
their march to the sea- She helped care
for the $4,000 men who were wounded
at Resaca, Kingston, New Hope, Cars
vile, Allatoona, Dallas and Kenesaw
Mountain. When Sherman cut his base
she went north and raised great stores
of sanitary supplies for the soldiers.
Then, when the last battle was
fought and all the soldiers marched in
review at Washington, she was one of
the most noted figures in the great
parade.
After the war Mother Bfckerdyke
went back to her home and lived with
her son, Prof. Bickerdyke, at Russell,
Kan. But she never lost her interest
in the old soldiers, and devoted much
of the time in her latter years to at
tending to their wants in various
homes and in aiding them to secure
pensions.-New York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-07
HONOR FOR KANSAS WOMAN.
Monument to 3eNfother'' Bickerdyke of
Civil War Fame.

While the land is dotted with mon
uments in memory of the heroes of the
civil war, none have ever yet been
erected to a woman, though many of
the sex rendered great service to their
country at that time. This precedent
is about to be broken by the veterans
of Illinois, who are preparing to erect
a monument at Galesburg to Mrs.
Mary A. Bickerdyke, better known as
Mother Bickerdyke-
Mother" Bickerdyke endeared her
self to the soldiers of both armies dur
ing the civil war by her work as a
nurse on the battle fields and in the
hospitals, and when the grand review
of the victorious armies of the north
took place in Washington in 1866 she
was one of the most conspicuous fig
ureS in the ranks. She rode on horse
back with the soldiers from Illinois,
and was cheered equally with the
great generals and the tattered battle
flags, while the plain calico dress and
sunbonnet which she wore were pur-
chased the next day as souvenir for
500.
The monument to this heroic wo-
man is being executed-very appro-
priately by a woman-Mrs. Theodore
A. Ruggles Kitson of Boston. The de-
sign shows a wounded soldier on the
battle field, who has been tenderly
lifted to a half sitting posture by an
army nurse, who holds a cooling drink
to his parched lips. The group will be
cast in bronze and will rest upon a
granite pedestal, without ornament
and having only the words MARY A
ckerdyke-MOther."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-07
MARKETS TODAY.
Liberal Selling Causes Decline
in Wheat.
00rn Goes Down But AfterWBrd
Reacts.
LIVE STOCK TRADE.
Cattle Are Steady to Ten Cents
Higher.
Hogs Once More Reported a
Shade Lower.

Chicago. Dec. 7.-WHEAT-A decline of
&c occurred in May wheat today as a re-
suit of liberal selling by commission
houses. Lower cables and contradictory
advises from Argentina were the main in
fluences. At the opening May was off 4s
Q7sc, at 81. 121z Is. On the active buying
the price quickly broke to $1.111a. Mime
apolis, Duluth and Chicago reported re-
ceipts of 1856 cars. against 629 cars year
ago.
The market closed almost at the lowest
point May being off 25sc, at $1.101k-
CORN-Corn was weak. May opened 1sc
to A@2sc lower, at 441sQ444c. After selling
at 443sc the price reacted to 447sc.
At the close May was down Zee, at 44A
@443sc.
unchanged to 1sc lower, at Sossq3o13c, and
held at 303sc.
May pork was off a shade to 21zQ5c, at
$12. 821k112.S5. Lard was down 21zQ5c, at
81 05d7. OH. Ribs were PIC lower, at SO.
WHEAT-Cash: No. 2 red, H.15Q1- 16;
No. red. s.: 1oa1; "A; No; hard. 1880! ID :
No. 8 hard, $1.O1@1 10; No. / northern. 81 Is
Q1.2O; No; 2 northern. s1-o9@115; No. 3
CORNING. 2. 46149461kc; No. 8, $40
0ATs-No. 2. so@sOAc; No. 8. 2s1kc.
RYEADec. 74Q75c; May, 7SG79c-
FLAX-Cash: NV. 1.221z; S.-W., $. Ii;
Dec, s1.13; May, $1.23
.TIMoTHaY-Dec.. SO; JAN. $.72sb;
CLOVER-Dec., $3.50.
BARLEY-CaSh: 3S451c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-07
WANTS JUVENILE COURTS.
Prof. BlacEmar of X. Q. Preparing 6
Bill for the Legislature.

Lawrence, Kan, Dec. 7.-Dr. +. w.
Blackmar, professor of sociology and
economics, dean of the graduate school
of the University of Kansas, is prepar-
ing a bill that will be presented to the
next legislature asking for the estab-
fishing of juvenile courts in the state.
The bill will provide for the punish
ment of all children under the age of
16 in the way that the judges in the
different counties deem most expedi-
ent. Every county will have a juve-
nile court If the bill passes. Such
courts exist in Missouri, Illinois and
Colorado, and according to material
gathered by Prof. Blackmar, have
done much good for the younger
generations in those states. The chief
aim of the proposed new court will
be to keep children out of jail and
places where, according to sociological
and economic statistics, more harm
than good is frequently done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-07
Dodge City Indian Fighter Pres
fdent of Historical Society.
Long One of the Prominent
Figures i'm Kansas.
MARTIN REELECTED.
Secretary of Society Has Done
His Work Well.
Interesting Incidents of Life on
the Plains.

Colonel r. NJ. Wright of Dodge CITY,
Indian fighter and plainsman. who mas
been for a number of years state tores-
try commissioner, is the new president
of the State Historical society," elected
at a meeting of the board of directors
of the society Tuesday night h L.
Moore of Lawrence was elected nrst
vice president, George r. Mead OF
Wichita. second vice president, and
George W. Martin was, of course, re
elected secretary. The secretary is the
executive officer of the society and is
the only one of the offices that carries
a salary with it. The secretary gives
his entire time to the work. Ex-senator
John Martin is the retiring president.