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The San Francisco call., 1904-06-13
FACE FLAMES
LIKE HEROES
Firemen Subdue a Fierce
Blaze, Though Repeatedly
Driven Back by Smoke
PHYSICIANS AT HAND
Surgeons Give Relief to
Brave Fellows. and They
Again Rush Into Danger

NEW YORK June 12-Thirty fire.
men were temporarily overcome by TO-
baccO smoke and fumes from alcohol
early to-day while fighting q IRE In
FoItz's cafe. on Broadway. The fire was
confined 20 the sub-ceIlar. in which
liquors and cigars we're stored. and the
fumes and the dense smoke from the
burning cigars hindsred the dremsu 20
such an extent that they were com
PEELED 70 work in tT0-minUte relays
During the fire an ambulance surgeon
was stationed near by % care f0r the
dremen. whose eyes caused them in
tense pain after each rush into the
smoke.
The damage 70 the restaurant was
800 600 The upper floors OF the build
ing were occupied by wholesale NIL
liners and the loss on their stock. "a 1tch
was practically ruined BY the smoke
is also placed at 500. 600.
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OF INTEREST To PEOPLE
OF THE PACIFIC COAST
James c. johnson and John II. Far
rel Commissioned POstmasters.
Army and Navy Orders

WASHINGTON, June 12-James c.
Johnson OF Doble and John H Farrell
OF Hesperia. Cal. have been cOmuis-
stoned POstuaste-s- The PostOHce. at
Buchanan. MADEIRA County. has been
discontinued. mail 70 go 70 Raymond
The leave OF absence on a surgeons
certificate OF disability granted Lieu
tenant Colonel william Robinson Jr..
deputy Quartermaster general, Depart
meur OF California. IS extended che
month on surgeons certificate OF dis
ability.
Orders 10 naval officers: Assistant
Paymasrer E n MaCkar IS detached
from duty az Navy Yard. Puget sound
Washington etc. and ordered 20 New
York for instructions Assistant Pay
master F ". Holt is detached from
the Pensacola. Naval Training Station.
san Francisco, and is ordered 70 the
Wisconsin for instructions Assistant
Pavmaster H B. WOrden is detached
from the Pensacola. Naval Training
Station san Francisco. and ls ordered
20 the Oregon for Instructions Chief
Boa1swain J. r Brooks is detached
from the Franklin, Navy Yard, Nor
folk Va. etc. and ordered 70 the
Naval Station at GauU- L l. va the
army transport Sherman salLlnS -E9ll
san Francisco July L 1904
Davis Murphy and Oliver B Hitch
cock OF san Francisco and Oscar r
Ralph OF Pomona have been appointed
railway mail clerks
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-13

The United States cruiser Boston.
which arrived in port yesterday. again
proved the practical value of wireless
telegraphy. When twenty-five miles
south Of the Golden Gate she sent a
message TO Yerba Buena announcing
her approach II was promptly re-
cefved. understood and acknowledged
by the station Al that point
The Boston came into port at 1880
o'clock yesterday morning and an
ch0red of Folsom street wharf. She
has been about six months at Panama
and vicinity. she sailed from that port
on May 2s and stopped two days az
Acapulco TO coal. which makes her run
ming time 10 this port fifteen days.
CAPTAIN 3 W 3. DiehI reports that
nothing OF Importance took place on
the way up
When of Point Pedro. twenty-five
miles down the coast. she commenced
working her wireless teIegraphy- Rus
sell T Cole. the chief wireless operator
on the ship, was attempting 70 catch
Point Bonita, as he thought there was
a system installed at that point sud
denly be caught message from Terba
Bueua Island reading, Are you the
transport Logan" he Immediately re-
piled. This is the cruiser Boston We
are of Point Pedro. Please notify Ad-
rnfral McCalla at Mare Island of our
approach 10 the harbor." Immediately
came back the response from Terba
Buena. "Au right. We viii advise Ad-
miraI McCalla-'
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periments were thereby not what we
should have liked 10 have had them.
We have been talking from here 70
Mare Island AL the morning. and with
the greatest ease We are using the
Slaby-ArcO system Waves from this
machine travel at the rate OF 1S6 miles
a second The transformer we are Us
ing is caDable OF generating 80 900
volts We can use both the Continental
and Morse codes"
Captain DiehI VIII leave the Boston
on the 18th inst He goes TO Washing
ton 10 act as Judge advocate general
OF the navy.
Commander John Hubbard viii re-
Heve Captain DiehI in command OF the
Boston
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artisan class for the most part, though
there was a sprinkling Of men used to
lighter occupations. such as clerks, etc
All were well dressed and comfortable
looking. and the character Of the crowd
was further indicated BY the quantity
and style OF their luggage, which was
superior 70 that Of the class 10 wien
one would take them TO belong.
The public sentiment expressed in the
several cities Of Australia against the
introduction Of Chinese labor into the
TransvaaI mines finds an echo in New
Zealand On Saturday, May "A, an
open air meeting Of citizens, called un-
der the auspices OF the Auckland
Trades and Labor Council, for the pur-
pose OF protesting against the iutroduc-
ton OF Chinese labor into the TrausvaaI
mines. was held at the junction Of
Queen and Grey streets on Saturday y
evening. K. Boyd, president Of the
Trades and Labor Council. presided.
and there was a good attendance
throughout the meeting, which lasted
for an hour and a half
The chairman. in opening the pro-
ceedings. said that so long as the policy
OF introducing Chinese labor into the
TransvaaI mines was persisted in il
would always be competent for white
people TO protest against IL G. FoTlds.
NJ H r, made an address and then
submitted the following resolutions.
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OPPOSFD 10 ASIATTCS.

That this mass meeting OF citizens OF Auck-
land enters most emphatic protest againsr
wal. believing that to co endangers the
stability Of the empire. and Is unfair to the
white and coIored subjects OF the empire al
ready il South Africa
Messrs. P VI. Cheal, z. z. Baume.
NJ H. P. r f. Way, P. G. Andrew.
". P Black Ga member Of the Trades
and Labor CouncfD, ". B. Fowler. A
Rosser and ]. K Kneen made short
but forcibIe speeches in favor Of the
resolution.
The resolution. on being put to the
meeting. was carried unanimously, and
the gathering. which was a very or
derry one. dispersed
One Of the speakers made reference
10 the employment Of Chinse labor on
the cable steamer Iris. J. h Kneen.
secretary Of the Auckland branch Of
the Seamen's Union, in supporting the
resolution regarding the Transvaal
question. said that New Zealand should
put her own house in order. There
was. he said, a vessel lying in the
Auckland harbor at the present time
which was manned in the stokehoId by
Chinese, who were paid the wage OF
30s a month. and yet this vessel re-
ceived a subsidy from our government.
as well as from the commonwealth
and Canadian governments He stated
that ne had received message from
J. c. Watson. the Premier OF the COM
monWealth. stating that the employ
ment Of these Chinese was contrary to
a clause in the federal constitution.
and that he intended to bring the mat
ter before the federal Parliament at
an early date, with a view TO prevent
ing any further subsidy being paid un-
der the present conditions. He moved.
That this meeting protests against the
New Zealand Government giving any
furhter subsidy 10 this vessel while
Il is manned by Chinese"
The resolution was carried unanf-
mously.
A Chinese merchant and his bride
arrived at Wellington from China, via
Sydney. by the Victoria on Friday.
The lady, who was handsomely attired
in her national costume, attracted a
good deal Of attention outside the Cen
eraI Postoff1ce. where she awaited in
an enclosed cab the return Of her
husband from the Customs. Fourteen
of her fellow coUntrymen, five Of whom
were new chums. also arrived by the
same vessel. and the five had to pay
E100 each as poll tax before being per
mitted to remain n the colony.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-13
Rheumatism
Neuralgia
Malaria

Positively cured with DR.. Hal
pruner's Wonderful Medicine,
or your money returned. Price,
SOC and s1-00 per bottle. For
sale BY al dealers and at Office
Of HaIpruner Medical Mig. Co.,
8 California St, s. F., sent by
mail or express. People cured
free Of charge from l to 4 P. n
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-13
IMMIGRATION QUESTION.

The Il-i grafton question IS srll re-
Ceivilg much attention zt the hands Of
The press Regarding the acton OF the
FEDERAL authorities II the matter O1 ad-
r-i-Lug some Italian miners into West
Australia r1e Sydney Herald said in q
-eCe-r editorial
Tie 1r-lr1Ee ~ IRE rar-v ie6 ~ llr Watson
70 --e Erea- question CO immigration VIII
kar1~ q alrerz- by The necessities o. the
rr1ze-- crisis q EeLer1- uCllLics- Australia IS
al ---e-rE and purposes empty continent
IT'S --rze rC-r --Cls q people cannot
~r- q justice rs l-Uerse resources.
ard w.-Er-r lU--i Erzricr rhe CouUcnVTea m
become q Sinister Attraction 90 ether parts
20 -Ee world DuT ErL-lirs might VII keep
ls in r-e pursuance cf q suicidal 6cE-ln-
-re-Uz--Er r1l-cT- rrEiE1-s Ike chlz are fus-
I'D -T every Lerlc1s--atic1 ~ rhe folly cf
iaEsla-i1U along rEe lres CO cEs L-uri izrz riCu
and rer-r-crlrC aCr- ard recent adm lulzrrarirl
u-rr reereCr rr italians u western A-1s--s IA
emphasizes rEe sorry alTerr LzeE-err have
READY r=ceiTeE a people determined "a
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-13
MASKED BANDITS FOHED
BY TWO PLUCKY OFFICIALS
Superintendent and Secretary OF Cor
pOratiOn show Fight and Defeat
plans Oy RObberS

IOHNSTOWN. Pa June IA des-
perate attempt was made this after
noon by four masked bandits 20 rob
Superintendent ". H c. Ramsay and
Secretary Frank Howard OF the Johns
town Water Company OF about $4,000
in cash. which they were conveying 70
the new Dalton Run Dam near this
CITY 70 pav or the 400 men employed
there. The two men made a run for IL
and escaped. but not until Two horses
had been killed and about twenty-five
shots had been exchanged
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Cape Nav Editor Drowned.

CAPE MAY, y. J., June 12.-E- A
Streavig. aged about 50 years. editor
OF the Cape May Wave. was drowned
His home was in Hanover. Pa
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-13

On May 1s a party Of recruits for
DOEie's Zion City, near Chicago, ar
rived in Sydney from South Australia.
There were sixty-three men, women
and children, coming mostly from Ade-
Iaide- They were under the care OF
several s-overseers" and pastors and
expected TO sail for Vancouver IN q
few days. They were apparently OF the
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-13
EXPECT GENERAL TIE-UP.

There is little chance OF the company
receding from the position IL has taken.
and many OF the strikers are anxiously y
waiting the result OF the threat tened
strike order from New York 70 san
Francisco" They claim such an order
viii benefit them greatly. as that viii
tie I'D every road on the coast.
There are 900 union freight handlers
IN san Francisco. OF that number $50
have been II the employ OF the South
eru Pacific. and the balance with the
Santa Fe and the local roads. The
Southern Pacific men are the only ones
on strike st present. but the union men
say that the freight handlers on other
roads win soon be called out.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-13
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY CONTINUES
TO PROVE ITS PRACTICAL VALUE

United States Cruiser Boston, When twenty-five Miles South of Golden
Gate Sends Communication to Station at Yerba Buena Announc
ing Her Approach Harbor by Means of the SabAco System
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-13

Z IS 10 small comfort &c
have Schilling's Best on cal
at your grocer's; a pity one
can't get everything such and
sol
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-13

ADVERTISENEETz
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-13
REASON FOR STRIKE.

The strikers also claim that their de-
mands for the increase in wages are
based TO an extent on the work they
perform being expensive to those that
live at regular boarding houses, owing
10 the uncertainty of the hours Of Ia
Dor. The strikers say they would be
willing 10 work for the 22E cetts an
hour II the company would furnish
their meals. as is being done in the
present condition
According to the rules Of the com
pany 10 overtime is allowed unless
twenty minutes OF any. haIf-hour is
worked The union men claim that in
many instances they have worked two
hours and fifteen minutes for which
they would only Be allowed two hours.
II such instances men that were board
ing would be compelled 10 go 10 q res
taurant for their suppers, when in real
ity their meals were already paid for
or charged against them. This feature
IS one OF the particular reasons given
by the union for demanding the in
crease
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-13

prosecute or fr1gkten OF trsspzssers. whether
rEey oe Britons other white folk
A CuztoUs official az Fremzntis = 70 be
ted OF % give SPECIAL attention 20 Italian I'm
migrants IN order to prevent them entering
AlErrllia under contract % labor.
IN ofhciaI report shows that only 81 Italians
and I23 Ausrr1zns are employed On the East
Cc0lgIrlie and EaIgoorIie zolddslcs.
NJ Watson said his experience q Italians
Il New South Wales was that they made good
colOnisrs. and had always stood Up Tor fair
terms CT mining fields.
Early action is expected on the Fed
eral capital site OF the various places
proposed Lyndhurst now seems 70 have
the lead
Sir John Forrest. late Home Minister,
who has given much tine 70 the exam
fnatiOn OF various sites. viii submit the
results 10 his successor In an interview
recently he said.
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WILL RESUME
LABOR TO-DAY
Southern Pacific Freight
Handlers Are Given Holi-
day Until This Morning
UNION TALKS OF COST
Strikers Anxious for the
Threatened General Call
Out to Be Issued Quickly

There was no freight loaded at the
Southern Pacific sheds yesterday,
though there were great quantities re-
ceived for shipment on Saturday The
non-union men that are employed in
place OF the strikers were allowed 10
stop wCrk at o'clock Saturday night,
but VIII resume loading this morning
AT the union headquarters it was said
seventy CT the non-union men would
not return 10 work this morning. as
they had all OF the job they wanted.
The officials at the sheds say less than
thirty men have quit, and Of that num-
Der the majority were undesira bic
hands. There are sufficient men to
handle the freight, and the company
expects 10 have no trouble about keep
ing the sheds clear.
The union men claim IL IS costing the
company fully twice as much TO retain
the non-union men as it would 10 al
low the demands CT the union and pay
the . cents an hour asked for by the
strikers They base that statement on
the extra number OF men necessary 10
perform the work and the additional
cost OF maintaining the dining depart
1eur and the SIeeDiuE quarters
The Washington times., 1904-04-26
DISPATCHES CONFIRM
DEATH OF Mr.. COWEN
Passed Away in Chicago-Hsd Been
III for Months
Past.

Dispatches were received in the city
today confirming the reports from Chi
cago Of the death of John K. Cowen,
a former, and one of the greatest OF the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad presidents.
The body is to be shipped to Balti-
more Friday for interment. Mr.. Cowen
died of heart disease. He had been I'll
several months, and went West on busi-
ness six weeks ago. While In MinneapO-
lis. he was attacked with heart failure,
and was taken to the home Of his sis
ter, Mrs. A. II. Steelye, where ne re-
NAMED until oyertaken by death.
Mr.. Cowen. who was a lawyer by pro-
fession, was general counsel of the
railroad at the time of his death. He
had been connected with the system
under the Garetts, and practically all
OF his life. He was made president in
1870. and he retained the position until
the change in the ownership OF the
railroad. when he was transferred from
the presidency to the other Office
Mr.. Cowen came to MARYLAND from
Ohio when a boy. He made his home
in Baltimore. nearly all his life he
was one Of the best-known railroad men
in the United States, and had many
friends and acquaintances in Washing
ton
The Washington times., 1904-04-26
No MARSH FEVER
ON 'SUEZ CANAL
Subjugated by the Crusade
Against Mosquitoes.
COST LESS THAN HOSPITALS
Solution of Problem That Confronts
Officials on Panama
Strip.
COST LESS THAN HOSPITALS

Prince D'Arenberg, president of the
Suez Canal Company, has informed the
French Academy of Medicine that palu-
dal fever. popularity known as marsh
fever, has disappeared from the canal
strip, as a result of the crusade waged
against mosquitoes by his officials.
According TO the Marine Hospital Ser
vice public health report, the canal COM
pany drained all the marshes and stag
nant pools In the neighborhood of the
ditch and used thousands of gallons Of
petroleum to destroy the MOSQUITO eggs.
AS result, the mosquitoes disappeared
and with them the fevers that had been
the plague of the country.
Prince D'Arenberg says the cost Of
clearing the strip of mosquitoes was not
as much as the maintenance of hospitals
and care of the fever patients.
The report from Suez is all the more
interesting to Government officials, as
il shows the solution of a problem that
the Panama Canal commissioners will be
called upOa to solve If The French COM
pany could prevent feYers, 1t is argued
that our scientists and engineers should
do as well.
The Washington times., 1904-04-26
BROKERS SUE PASTOR
ON BIG STOCK DEALS
Demand S3,77I Commissions and Inter
est on ranSactions-Church May
Take Action.

WILMINGTON. Del. April 26.-Suit
has been brought in the superior court
against the Rev. Wilbur F. Corkran.
formerly pastor OF the Methodist Church
at Georgetown. and also presiding elder
for the Easton district of the Whining
ton Methodist conference, for $S,771, al
legged to be due for commissions and IN
terest on stock transactions.
Zoel & AIerceret, a Baltimore broker
age firm, Is the plaintiff
Allegations in the bill Of complaint are
to the effect that the clergyman dealt
heavily In stocks. The transactions are
said to have begun December 26, 1900.
and to have been concluded January
81, 1904. They represent deals TO the
amount OF SS4.3iS.S9.
The bill sets forth that the minister
dealt in Seaboard preferred TO the ex-
tent of S13.S6s.75; Cotton Duck incomes,
$14, 1851: Continental Trust. SIS. 119 81
Union Railways common, 81, 306.Z5.
There is speculation as 70 whether the
Methodist church viii take action. Dr.
COrkran was by the last conference
transferred 10 South Bethlehem, Pa.
The Washington times., 1904-04-26
EYES TINTED ANY COLOR
WITH NEEDLES AND INK
Boston Specialists Restore Hue to a
Faded 0ptic-Pigment Rub
bed In.

BOSTON. April PA surgical opera
ton just completed at the eye and ear
infirmary in this city seems TO indicate
that the color of the human eye can be
changed by the use of needles.
The surgeons were DR.. Henry H.
Haskell and DR.. Heffernan. and the pa
tient was young man who has been
suffering some time with an affection
which partially destroyed the color Of
his eye but only in the slightest de-
gree affected its sight The iris con-
tanned a white streak almost its entire
width.
Two drops of a per cent solution of
cocaine were put under the eyelid IN
preparation for the operation. The in
struments used consisted of FIVE ordi-
nary cambria needles. These were ap-
piled to the cOTnea making a large
number of holes of the tinieSt size Mi
mute quantities of india ink. previously
shaded TO match the iris as nearly as
possible. were rubbed into the cornea
with the finger, and IN this manner
worked into each of the holes made by
the needle points.
The physicians says the operation was
completely successful.
The Washington times., 1904-04-26
M0SELEY CHARGES FALL
UNDER INVESTIGATION
Report Will Exonerate Secretary Of
Interstate Commerce Commission.

The officers of the Treasury Depart
ment who have been investigating the
charges against Secretary Edward A.
8Ioseley, Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission. VIII make report in few
days which Will exonerate Mr.. Moseley
These charges were made by employees
OF the commission against Mr.. Nose
leys private character as well as his
official conduct. 1t Is now thought
probable that one or more of the en-
nlOyes who made the grOundless charges
will be removed from the service by the
commission.
Mr.. Moseley has been notified, it is
said, that there is nothing against his
record and has been invited to return to
his work from which ne has been ab-
sent during the investigation. He. how
ever has declined, and will wait until
the report is filed and published. The
place of Mr.. Moseley is being filed
during his absence, by Assistant Secre-
tary Decker. Cashier Milstead has re-
turned TO his work, as a report on his
phase of the case was made some weeks
ago.
The Washington times., 1904-04-26
COMMITTEE Sits
SETON CHARGES
Without Foundation, and
Harmony Reigns.
CHANGE OF POLLING PLACES
List of Delegates to City Convention
Hangs Fire by Delay of
Norris Faction.

Members of the Democratic election
commission were in conference this
morning concerning the protest made TO
the body yesterday by P ]. Ryan, vice
chairman of the Hearst campaign com
mittee, concerning the alleged interior
cnce of Chairman Edwin Seton with
local affairs for the purpose Of having
himself elected national committeeman.
The results of the conference were not
made public, but it is understood that
not much excitement will be caused b.
the protest It is said that the purpose
of filing the protest was TO give the fac
ton ground on which to appeal to the
Democratic National Committee later.
should the primary election go against
them
The protest effectually ended any dis
sension that may have existed among
the commissioners themselves. The
members of the commission made al
dresses, In which they said there was
| not a word of truth IN the charges
against Mr.. Seton. The Slater party,
represented by J. Walter Wheatley,
protested against the location OF some
of the polling places, and other mat
tiers. The commissioners completed the
list yesterday, but later decided to make
some changes.
Change of Judges.
It is also announced that some
changes will be made in the lists Of
judges, which means that the Schulz
tets ticket will not be printed by the
commission. II is expected that the COM
mission will make this announcement
this afternoon. No more public meet
ings will be held in Mr.. Sefton's Office,
the office and the corridors again being
CROWDED with Hearst supporters. who
had no reason 10 be present except
through curiosity.
It was expected that the list of dele
gates would be made public after the
conference Of the commissioners this
morning but it was announced that the
Norris central committee bad not COM
pleted its list. The Hearst people are
ready
II Is now said that all Of the lists
will be in the hands of the commission
not later than Thursday night. when
! the commission will give them out. II
| is said that Of the judges already APP
! pointed. eighteen are for Slater, four
/ for Schulteis, and twenty-five for Nor
/ ris.
/ The attempt to put a Parker ticket
/ in the field In Washington has failed.
/ Henry F. Davis is out with denial of
/ the reports that he is at the head OF
/ the movement.
The Washington times., 1904-04-26
PRESIDENT WILL NOT
Be YELLED PROPHET
Report Denied That He Is to Enter
New Branch of
Masonry.

President Roosevelt will not become
a Yelled Prophet" tonight, as was pub
lished in New York newspaper The
whole story that he is to enter into new
ranks OF Masonry at the Washington
Masonic Temple tonight is denied at the
White House
a New York report said that the
President would be one of the charter
members Of a new grotto of the Mystic
order Of Yelled Prophets Of the En-
chanted Realm which Is to be estab-
lished here The President joined tho
Oyster Bay Lodge of Masons at Oyster
Bay a couple Of years ago. but since
that time he has not taken the higher
degrees, and the Chapter, Consistory
and Commandery are all before him.