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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-09
PARK ER RETIRED EARLY,
Apparently Least Concerned of All the
 Democrats.

Esopus, N. Y, July S.-Judge Parker retired tonight only a little later than his usual hour, apparently the least
 concerned of all the democrats in the country as to the outcome of the con- vention in St. Louis The ring of the telephone in his house on the river bluff has been the only sign to-day of the judge taking in the doings of the convention. The bulletins were some- what more frequent than during the last two days and the judge kept even closer to the house than yesterday; his only absence after the mornings swim being early this evening, when he took a short horseback ride. He had several visitors to-day. most of them being ineighbors.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-09
"BooDLER. GETS TWO FEARS
Minimum Sentence for seIf-confessed
 St. Louis Bribe-Taker.

Sts Louis brlDe-Iaker.
 St. Louis. July s.-Edmund Bersch. who pleaded guilty two weeks ago to accepting bribe in connection with the passage Of the city lighting bill. receiv- ing a share of the s47,5OO distributed among nineteen members of the house of delegates, was to-day sentenced by Judge Mcdonald of the St. Louis crim- inal court. to two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. This is the mini mum sentence.
 Bersch Is the first of the former mem bers of the house of delegates under in dictment on the charge of accepting a bribe to plead guilty. At the time his plea was submitted the date of sentence was postponed until to-day, In order to give him an opportunity to wind up his affairs.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-09
HAITI sTIRS GERMANY.

That With France.
 Washington, July S-Minister Powell reports to the state department by ca ble from Port au Prince, Hyti, that the German charge, Dr. Summerer, has been unsuccessful in trying to nego- tiate trade treaty with the Haytian government similar to that concluded between France and Hayti, and is very indignant thereat The German war ship Panther has arrived at Port au Prince from Newport News, and her presence may cause Hayti at least to receive Gerl>sanys trade opertures.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-09
MRS. BIDDLE BETTER.
Quiet Transfer of Her Assnilants From
 Pennsylvania PIanned.

Burlington, N. J, July S.-Mrs. Elsie Riddle, though still in a state of phy- sical collapse, following the assault up- on her os the negro robbers last Tues day, is somewhat improved to-day. Her mind is clearer. and she no longer raves, but is still weak.
 Acquisition papers for the woman's assailants, Aaron Timbers and Jonas Sims, who are ip jail at Lancaster, Pa, and for William Austin, under arrest in Philadelphia, have not as yet been sent to Governor Murphy. Prosecutor At kinson will endeavor to make the transfer Of the culprits to New Jersey as quietly as possible.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-09
LEGATION UNDER GUARD.
German Minister at Tangier in Danger
 --Bedroom Entered.

Tangier. Morocco, July S,-The Ger man minister. who had been threaten ed by Moors and consequently kept a revolver handy in his bedroom, found the weapon missing when he retired last night. Strange Moors had been seen about the legation during the eve hing Troops were summoned to search for suspects, but their efforts have been Nothing further has trans pired. A heavy guard was placed about the legation tonight.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-09
MILES, ROOM STARTS LATE.
Reaches st. Louis by Freight from Pro.
 hihItion Convention.

l E
 St. Louis. July S.-one sadly belated boom came struggling in to-day. It was that of General Nelson A. Miles for president. Outside the convention halL when the delegates were streaming in with minds made up three days ago. men were handing out leaflets explain ing why the general deserved the demo- cratic nomination. The selection of the last or next to the last day of the con- vention for the exploitation on a new candidates qualifications was the sab- jeet of many good natured jokes: T know what it is,S' said one delegate; these are leftover leaflets from the prohibition convention last week, that were shipped by freight and only just got here. <
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-09
SULLIVAN IN NORTH HAVEN.
Case Goes Over for Week at Request ot
 Prosecution.


 North Haven, July S.-Michael sulli- van, whose letter to President Mellen offering to give information about at tempted train wrecking, led to his ar rest in New York and subsequent re- moval to this state, was brought here to-day from New Haven for hearing before Justice Blakeslee. At the re- quest of the prosecution, however. the lease was continued for one week to permit the gathering of further evil. dence. His bond was fixed at $2,5Oo, which he was unable to furnish. He was not required to plead to the war rant, which referred to an alleged at tempt to wreck a train at North Ha- ven in May last.
 Sullivan was brought from New Ha- ven in carriage, and after the formal court proceedings, was driven back there for confinement.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-09
CHAMBERLAIN FIRM.
Not Mavering in His Fiscal Policy of
 Protection

London, July S.-Joseph Chamberlain to-day, on the occasion of the anniver- sary of his birth, was the guest of 200 members of the House of Commons in with his fiscal policy. In the course of long speech MT Cham berlain said he had not wavered in his conviction that the policy he advocated was necessary in order to prevent the loss of British trade and prestige. He said that the British people should fol- low the example of the United States and make a united empire out of scat tered sister states.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-09
Degree for Hannis Taylor.

Edinburg, Scotland, July s.--The uni versity of Edinburg to-day conferred on Hannis Taylor, formerly American
 minister to Spain, and later counsel for the United States before the Alaska doctor of laws. K
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-09
JAPs CAPTURE GUNS.
Also Fifty Prisoners in Vicinity of Kia Chou.

London, July S.-The Tokio corres- pondent of the Daily Chronicle, under date of July 8 says that the Japanese captured over ten guns and fifty pris- oners near Kai Chou.
 No other dispatches in confirmation of the foregoing have been received.
 Tohio, July 9.-After severe fighting General oku occupied Kai Ping yester- day (Friday).
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-09
BUT ONE BOAT NOW MISSING
TWENTY NORGE SURVIVORS REACH SHETLAND ISLANDS.

Eight Days on the Open Sea and Had to
 Row All the Way to Land-AII Much
 Exhausted-AnOther Party of Nine
 teen Picked Up by a Sailing Vessel
 and Landed on Farce Island.
 Glasgow. Scotland, July S.-Another boat with Norge survivors. eleven pas sengers. eight sailors and one child, has reached the Shetland Islands, This boat, which was in charge of the sec ond mate of the Norge, was eight days on the open sea, The party rowed the entire distance to the islands. All on board the boat were much exhausted, The Shetland Islands were sighted by the boat on Wednesday last.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-09
GEARING BREAKs;1NJUREs Es TWo
Serious Accident in Naugatuck Shoe "&.*E Factory. ,gl E

@ Factory. vs < Naugatuck, JulyS. - Through the breaking of a gearing in the factory of the G. M, R. Shoe company this after
 noon, two men were seriously injured,
 and will result probably in the closing
 of the shops for a month until re- pairs are made. The accident hap
 pened at 5:S0 o'clock and tore up the
 floor and ceiling in one of the large
 rooms of the building. Pieces of iron flew in all directions and two of the workmen. who were nearby, were
 struck. Officials said tonight that on account of the damage done all hands
 would be thrown out of work for sev- eral weeks. I,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-09
CoCKRAN's EFFORT FAILED.
New York Delegation Votes Against #4s !GtB 4.5~tE1
 HiIps Financial Plank.

St. Louis, July s.--At q meeting of the New York state delegation held just prior to the convention, Bourke Cochran offered resolution as follows:
 Resolved, That the delegation offer as an amendment to the committee or resolutions and platform the financial plank offered by Senator Hill in com lnittee."
 This was voted down by fifty noes to twenty y-eight ayes.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-09
MRS. MAYBRlcK,s oAsE
No Pardon but to be Released Before
 August on TIcket-of-Leave.

London, July S.--The Associated Press learns definitely that Mrs. Florence Maybriek will be released. as an ordi- nary prisoner on ticket-of- leave, be- tween now and August 1. The authori- ties have no intention of granting her a free pardon, but cannot impose any re- strictions on Mrs. Maybrick after her arrival in America.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-09

Leith, Scotland. July S.-Nineteen more survivors of the wrecked Danish steamer Norge, picked up from a boat by sailing ship. have been landed at Thorshavn, Farce Islands.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-09

The arrival of twenty survivors of the Norge at the Shetland Islands, in addition to the nineteen landed at Thorshavn, Farce Islands. to-day, re- duces the number of the missing to 590, with one more boat of the Norge yet to be heard from.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-09

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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-27
Probationary F1remen Assigned.

Acting Chief John Dougherty of the
Fire Department will make assign
ments of the following probationary
firemen recently appointed from the
civil service list and confirmed by the
Board of Fire Commissioners at it's last
meeting: A. S. Robinson, engineer, to
Engine Company No. 35. on Bluxome
street; George E. Dunn, hoseman, same
engine company; John ]. Lotus, hose
man, to Engine Company No. 30, on
Waller street; truckmen-George Stol-
zenwald, to Truck Company No. 3, Mar
ket street; Adolph Steffens, Truck
Company No. 8, Bluxome street; C. S.
Maher, Truck Company No. l, O'Farrell
street, and N. S. Haggerty, to Truck
Company No. Z, Seventeenth street.
Under charter conditions these men will
not become full-fiedged fire ladies I'M
til the termination of six months, when,
if the chief engineer reports favorably
on their standing, they will become
regularly attached to the e-fghting
army.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-27
VOTING FRAUDS
APPALL JURORS
FOrgerieS on Rosters Tell
of Cramming of Ballot
Boxes at the Primaries
WORK SEEMS USELESS
Evidence of Crime Abundant,
but CIewS to Perpetra-
tors Are Wholly Lacking

The grand jurors are appalled, as
their probe goes deeper into the frauds
Of the recent primary election. Exam
nation Of the precinct rosters reveals
a deluge Of crime. Some of the ballot
boxes had many more illegal votes in
them than honest votes, and so fla
grant was the stufing that the boards
IF election. il has been concluded, must
have aided and abetted the bold viola
tions OF the law.
In the FOrty-third Assembly District
the number OF illegal votes cast was
about 40 per cent Of the total. In pre-
cinct JOB the honest vote was but a
small fraction Of the total 1t is for
illegal voting in this precinct that
Charles Wyman was charged in the
Police Court By Fairfax Wheelan.
That the frauds were perpetrated on
SO large a scale has opened the eyes Of
the Grand Jury committees to the fact
Of reckless disregard for the law and
a criminal negligence on the part of
election officers that is overwhelming.
The revelations call for drastic
measures and for upheaval Of an ocean
Of corruption" was the comment of a
grand juror last night.
But with the food Of crime before
them, the grand jurors feel helpless to
AUIE VIII H. Lt AdEL AlldL LLlE DdllOL
boxes were fairly crsmmed with the
stuffinE stares them in the face, but
how the guilty can be ferreted out is a
question that the investigators cannot
solve The fOrgeries Of signatures of
bona fide residents by those who lille
Eally voted their names stand out
plainly in the miserable scrawls of
opium fiends and other nondescripts
herded about from precinct TO precinct
in the early morning hours Of primary
day.
II is plain that crime was committed,
but il seems impossible to ascertain
who committed it, The rosters leave
no clew, nor do any other records.
There was no one at the polls to make
il a point TO scrutinize suspected ille-
gal voters for Identification. The only
opportunity Of prosecution appears to
lie in cases where a citizen happened
10 witness the criminal act and was
able 10 identify the suffer. Fairfax
Wheelan has come forward with a
complaint against Wyman. but this is
the only instance thus far in which
there is a basis for prosecution.
- In the Thirty-eighth District about
y per cent Of the votes were fraudu-
lent The Fortv-fourth had a smaller
percentage, according TO the results Of
the examination TO date.
The three committees are working
diligently and viii make their report to
the Grand Jury on Thursday.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-27

in his famous settlement of the old
United States Shipbuilding Company's
affairs.
Mr.. Schwab did not care to discuss
the sale except to say that so far as
the management of the works is con-
cerned there will be few changes, if
any, for a long time to come.
Whether the corporation will bid on
navy contracts he would not say, but
it is surmised that the local plant with
not be used for this purpose so much
as will be the plants controlled by the
corporation in the East.
]. c. Campbell, the well-known local
attorney, was present at the sale as
the representative of the New York
Surety Trust Company. This concern
holds a second mortgage, amounting
to S10,000,000, on the reorganized
company.
Mr.. Schwab and party will not go
East until tomorrow. He says that the
new organization will represent a capt.
talization of S33,0O0,00O and that all
OF the plants owned by the new COM
pany will have plenty of work to do.
beyond this he refused to make a
statement. About 20 per cent of the
capital stock of the reorganized COM
pany will be controlled by Schwab.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-27
BOND PRINTING
BIDS OPENED
Supervisors Will Choose
Between LithOgraphing
and Steel Engraving
GODCHAUX MAKES PLEA
Recorder Appeals in Vain
for Relief in Matter of
the Pay of Index Clerks
GODCHAUX MAKES PLEA

The Board of Supervisors yesterday
opened bids for the printing of the
bonds proposed to be issued by the
city for public improvements. Bids
were submitted by the Union Litho-
graphing Company at s64S5 for litho-
graphing; Phillips, Smyth & Van Or
den. $54S4 Qithographs); New York
Bank Note Company, $19,S50 (steel
engraving); Commercial Publishing
Company, $3.50 (lithographs) United
States Mortgage and Trust Company
($16,974 (combination): II. S. Croker
Company, SIG, 500 for steel engravings
and $4250 for Autographs; Britton &
Rey, s6247 so Oithographs) National
Label and Lithographing Company,
$6850 Qithographs) Galloway Litho-
graphing Company, $500 (litho-
graphs).
Supervisor Booth said there was
some doubt as to whether the bonds
should be Autographed or engraved on
steel. The bids were then referred to
the joint Committee on Printing and
Public Utilities, which will meet next
Friday at 3 p. m.
Bids for the purchase of the bonds
themselves will be received by the
board next Monday afternoon.
Recorder Godchaux appeared before
the board and again pleaded for Keller
from being compelled to dismiss five
of his clerks because Mayor Schmitz
refuses to make the necessary recon-
mendation that the clerks be employed
under a specific appropriation for
index clerks" Godchaux said the
work Of the office was crippled and the
public was inconvenienced as a result.
Mayor Schmitz refused to recede
from his stand in refusing to approve
the appointments of the men. He
said an appropriation was made on
basis of 8 cents a folio to be paid to
copyists, when, in fact, they had re-
ceived but 6 cents, the difference go
ing to pay the index clerks. Schmitz
said favoritism must have been shown,
as the index clerks made 500
month, while the copyists earned but
SIS. Godchaux explained that the
clerks worked longer thon the copy
lists. After the discussion took a desul-
tory turn the board adjourned without
action.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-27
WITNESS TESTIFIES
TWO DOLLARS WORTH

Jacob Kaufman was witness in the
trial of the suit of Max Vizziz against
A. ]. Rich & Co. before Justice of the
Peace Lawson yesterday. RESPONSE
bility for the loss of trunk was the
issue. Kaufman was keenly alert for
his fee. refusing to accept the promise
of the plaintiffs attorney to pay after
the case is over. IF 1 don't get NV
pay right here, 1 don't testify" he de-
clared, and then Vizziz came forward
with a dollar in part payment.
The witness had been on the stand
Just an hour when he startled the
court with the announcement that he
had testified a dollars worth and must
have another installment before he
would proceed. The plaintiff produced
another dollar, got Kaufmann's testi-
mony in full, but lost his case.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-27
SAY SALOONS
MENACE HOMES
Residents of Ocean Beach OBJ
ject to the Issuance of
Another Liquor License

Residents of the portion OF the city
south of the park are protesting
against the issuance of a license for
another saloon on the boulevard. They
are backed by Police Commissioner
Howell.
A three-story building, erected with
funds subscribed by residents of the
picturesque little colony, is now about
completed and it is to be utilized as a
cafe if a license can be procured A
roadhouse midway between the Cliff
and the resorts in the neighbOrhOod Of
Ingleside would make a convenient
stopping place, and this, it is feared
by the ants, is the use which is to be
made of the building, which they sup
posed was to be used as a house for
religious and secular meetings.
Two years ago a club was formed
and incorporated as the Ocean Boule-
ward Improvement Club, with the fol-
lowing directors: Felix Irvine, John
McCullom, Paul Jennicki, Robert Far
reI, A. c. Campbell, Joseph Herzog,
David E. Marchus. Theodore Hem and
Robert Fitzgerald.
1t was originally intended to buy
two lots in the heart Of the district at
$3.50 each, at which price the lots could
then have been obtained. A split
arose among the directors, however,
when it was proposed to buy bouIe-
ward lots and when the matter was put
to vote five favored the boulevard lots.
The four Directing were Messrs. r.
vine, McCullom, Jennich and Marchus.
In explaining the action Of the minor
ity Mr. Marchus said: THE directors
deviated from the original plans. We
wanted a low, roomy building, Access
sible to all, which could be used
for meeting purposes. The majority
wished to put I'D a building to cost
rot less than $4,000 and as much more
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-27

The Union Iron Works is dead.
Long live the Union Iron Works.
The great ship-building plant at the
Potrero has passed out of official exist
ence and has been revived again in
the name of the 'reorganized COM
pany." which includes a number of
Eastern plants that will at a near date
be incorporated under general title.
There was only one bidder for the
institution that has turned out vessels
that have won world-renowned rec
ords for efficiency. There was not
even a murmur when the receiver for
the Federal Court of New Jersey
asked, Gentlemen. are there any
other bidders?"
Every eye turned toward Henry T.
Scott, expecting that a still small
voice would be heard in the impress
sive silence saying:
4 bid three millions"
But Henry T. Scott did not open his
lips. He stood quietly by and fun
bled with the charm on his watch
chain like a man who is burdened
with something besides a hoe. Mr..
Scott was very thoughtful. 1t was an
suspicious event in the history Of the
great shipyard that has made good
ships and pleasing history for the
American people.
The story was whispered early in
the day that Mr.. Scott had formed a
syndicate for the purpose of purchas-
ing the works and that he would
henceforth inaugurate a campaign of
ship building that would cause shears
to dull when bonds were to be clipped
There was a long conference in the
inner Office of the Iron Works prior to
the auction. and it is rumored among
the employees of the establishment that
n compromise was effected by which
ii is assured that neither Mr.. Scott nor
Mr.. Dickie will be disturbed for fully
one year, at the end of which time 1t
is likely there will be several changes
in the management of the plant.
NO WARSHIPS HERE.
Another matter of Importance to
San Francisco and California is that
involving the building OF war vessels
on this coast. The new ownership is
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-27
WOMEN WRITERS
ENTERTAIN AT
CENTURY HALL

That was a treat-a rarity-that the
Pacific Coast Press Association offered
their friends yesterday at Century
Hall.
Word had gone forth to the faithful
that Henry h williams was going to
talk upon his recollections of San Fran
cisco when it wore swaddling clothes
for Mr.. Williams became a San Fran
ciscan when small boats tied up at
Clay and Montgomery streets and a
few scraggly tents sheltered the ven
turesome souls that were scattered
over the sand dunes.
That announcement was a fetichi The
club responded ito a man." and every
member is a better San Franciscan for
having heard that talk yesterday-for
which Miss Ina d. Coolbrith is respon-
sible, with thanks.
Ably thanking the recollective talk
were the clever readings of Miss Mil
dred Ludlum, who gave objects of
Affection" and Bret Harte's 'Miggles'
in fetching fashion.
Miss Elizabeth JaqueS, a dulcet So
prano, rendered two numbers with a
flute obligato (by Mr.. Nea) and piano
accompaniment by Miss Julia Kensey.
The Souvenir Magazine, which was
to have figured on the programme, was
passed uD for very good brew of tea
thus sparlng the members and guests
a superfluity of good things, a sin oft
committed in womens clubs.
The breakfast to be given at the
California Hotel by the Press Associa-
ton on Tuesday, October II, was tea
time topic.
Mrs. Josephine H. Foster, chairman
of the breakfast committee, announces
that the affair will be the cleverest
and the best attended function ever
given by the club.
To-day the California Club will en-
terrain its members and friends with
an interesting programme-work for
the day being eliminated. The day is
in charge of Mrs. John d. Sibley, who
will present Miss Agnes G.. Murphy, the
clever Londoner, who will talk infor-
mally upon 1.-The Maoris of New Zea-
land, Their Homes and Customs"
Miss Aimee Moore, the charming
travelling companion of Miss Murphy,
will read "a Voice From the Bush
The music will be rendered by Pro-
fessor Theodore Salmon, pianist; Miss
May Terrell, alto soloist and a ladies'
quartet. A rare day is this play day
and an outpouring of members is as
sured-when there's play ahead.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-27
RESTRAINS POLICE FROM
TRESPASS IN CHINATOWN
Chinese Company Obtains Temporary
Order From Judge Cook Pending
Trial of Case.

A temporary restraining order was
issued by Judge Carroll Cook yester-
DAY against Chief Whitman and the
police force preventing them from
trespassing on the numerous places in
Chinatown claimed to be owned by the
Wee Ong Tong. IN the application for
the injunction the Chinese company
alleges that the police officers have
been in the habit OF breaking into the
places without warrant or due process
OF law.
II is alleged that the various prem
ises are maintained by the company
Tor the purpose Of providing FOOD,
drink and entertainment for its Gus
toners. The acts complained of, it is
sid, are committed solely because the
customers are Chinese and subjects Of
the Emperor Of China. In a similar
suit filed some time ago the demurrer
OF the Police Department was sus-
tanned and the temporary injunction
dissolved. The police declare the
quarters are used for immoral pur-
poses.