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The San Francisco call., 1904-08-10
WIFE ALLEGES
CROSS NEGLECT
AlOnZO Stewart, Assistant
Sergeant at Arms of Sen
ate, Is Sued for Divorce
GETS NEWS AT PALACE
Spouse Charges That He
Failed to Return $4,000
Advanced by Her Family

Charged with gross neglect and with
Withholding $4,000 in bonds and other
securities, Alonzo H. Stewart. assist
ant sergeant-at-arns OF the United
States Senate. and one OF the best
known men IN this country, Is
preparing 70 cut short his vacation in
California to hurry East and face the
accusations made by his wife. Stew
art has been guest at the Palace Ho-
tel for several days. Yesterday he was
apprised Of the fact that his wife. Grace
Bliss Stewart, had instituted proceed
ings In Atchison, Kans., their home,
for divorce, and the husband imme-
diately placed himself in communica-
ton with former United States Sena-
tor John NJ. Thurston Of Nebraska re-
garding the case.
In her complaint the aggrieved wife
sets forth that she was married to
Stewart in Atchison on July 10, 1901,
and that thew have not lived together
for more than a year. The charge IS
also made by the wife that her hus-
band appropriated to his own use
bonds and securities valued at $4,000
which belonged to her mother, Mrs
]. L. Bliss, and her aunt, Mrs. n. K
Durham, both Of whom are residents
Of Atchison. 1t is also alleged In the
complaint that these securities were
obtained by Stewart before his mar
riage, but that Mrs Stewart did not
learn of the fact until after she had
become his wife.
When interviewed yesterday regard
ing the suit. Stewart at first denied all
LxpOvvIadee of If hut finally acknOwl-
edged that he had been expecting 1t.
He declined to discuss the matter
further and referred his interviewer
to ex-senator Thurston, who, he said,
had full charge of his side Of the case
The Stewart wedding was a social
event in Atchison in 1901. After the
ceremony the groom chartered
special train to carry the bridal party
to st. Joseph, Mo, whence 1t 5ourneyed
to Kansas City in special train pro-
vided by Senator Thurston. Stewart
| official connections at Washington re-
suited in his bride receiving many
valuable presents from statesmen and
other notable men with whom her
husband was acquainted.
Stewart, according to his friends In
this city, has been expecting that his
wife would bring a suit and he was
prepared for it. He has been on the
coast for some time and during his
stay in this city he devoted consider
able time to seeing that the Senators
and COngressmen who came here last
week to investigate merchant marine
conditions enjoyed themselves during
their leisure hours.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-10
HAWAII is IN NEED
OF NEW LIGHTHOUSES
Little Protection Is Afforded Naviga-
tors in the Vicinity OF the
Islands.

When the Hawaiian Government
last wear surrendered to the United
States its interest and property in the
lighthouses of the islands it was hoped
bv navigators that a speedy improve
ment would be made in the all but
useless system. OF the twenty-five
lights, IL has been found that only
two. the Diamond Head light and the
one at BARRIERS Point. both on the ISL
and of Oahu, located on property
actually owned by the Government,
are in towers that were either sub
stantial or adequate to the purposes
designed. All Of the rest are on pri-
vate property or property in dispute
and as such possession has been de-
MED to the representatives OF the
United States, who are at standstiu
and prevented from bringing the ser
vice up to the standard desired and
expected. Of the twenty lights, exclu-
sive of the two fairly effective ones on
Oahu, none is even fairly well equip
ped.
Lieutenant Commander Niblack OF
the United States navy, who is deputy
to the lighthouse inspector of the
Twelfth District, reports discouraging
conditions existing and no improve
ment is possible until the property
rights of the United States Govern
ment have been decided This means
delay, and in the meantime naviga-
tors are loud in their complaints.
Lieutenant Niblack has reported ex-
haustively on the needs of the islands.
but is unable to carry out any i'm
provements. let alone the construction
of new lights, until Congress appropri-
ates sufficient for the purpose. An
appropriation of $25O.00O will be
asked of Congress at it's next session
to construct lighthouses and thor
oughly renovate the lights.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-10
RENTALS MUST INCREASE
DURING NEXT TEN YEARS
Murphy Building Lease Calls for
Growing Scale of Payments.
Minors Interest

The rentals to be collected upon the
lease of the Murphy building, at the
corner of Jones, McAllister and Mar
ket streets, are fixed upon a progress
sively increasing scale intended to be
commensurate with the prospective
growth of San Francisco. The de-
tails were made apparent yesterday
when the order to show cause and
Judge Coffey's opinion thereon is
ssued June 16. were filed in the pro-
bate. department of the County
Clerks office. The application for
leave to join in the lease was made
by the guardian of Charles Murphy, a
minor who owns an interest in the
building.
1t is set forth that the rent is to
be $4,000 a month for the years 1905.
1906 and 1907: $4,000 a month for
1908 and 1909. and $4,000 month
for 1910 to 1914, inclusive.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-10
Century Clubs Debt.

The Century Club of California, one
of the leading organizations of society
women, yesterday filed with the Coun-
ty Clerk notice of it's action of May
Is, when it created a bonded indebted
ness of $4,000. 1t is recited that at
the meeting 236 of the 279 members
were present and no one opposed the
proposition. The notice is signed by
Correnah w. Wright, Rosalind F.
Farnsworth, Minna D. Pischel, Anna
w. Beaver, Ada L. Reddington, Kath-
crime w. Stack and Minnie S. Cooper.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-10
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
ELECTS NEW MEMBERS
Board of Trustees Meets and Acts
FavorabIy on Applications of
Several Firms.

The board of trustees of the Cham
Der of Commerce held a meeting yes
terday afternoon in the Chamber of
Commerce building. The following
new members were elected to the
chamber:
Charles f. Hill, Holmes Lime Com
pany, j. C. Kirkpatrick, Levin Meyer
Company, Peyton Chemical Company.
Robert Minor and Strubel & Blahon.
At the request of the executive COM
mittee the board will send a communi-
cation to all the members of the
Chamber of Commerce requesting
them, where possible, to grant to their
employees permission to view the pa
rade of the knights Templar. Several
firms have objected on the ground
that the day follows Sunday and a
legal holiday.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-10
To Help the Needy.

The Marie Kenny Dramatic and
Vocal Club. through it's committee. Dr.
o. B. Hewitt, John NJ. Ratio and W.
H MarstOn, has arranged for an en-
tertainment and dance to be given in
Golden Gate Hall next Friday evening
in aid of Robert Clark, who recently.
while chopping wood IN Potter VAL
ley, Mendocino County. cut one of his
feet. The injury developed to the ex-
tent that his leg below the knee musr
be amDutated. The attention Of the
association named having been called
to the case and to the fact that three
little children who are dependent
upon him are without means. it de-
cided to give this benefit to him and
them.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-10
A NOTABLE GATHERING.
Plan of Camp Atascadero a New
Scheme for the Army.

Scheme for the Army.
gathering to be remembered is
now being had IN a California country
side. A gathering unique in personnel
and purpose-of soldier citizens and
citizen-soldiers, the American embodi-
ment of a military establishment not
eXcelled in the world. the very best
when put to the test of actual war
service.
A late Congress by enactment and
| appropriation made provision for the
peaceful gathering of professional and
civilian soldiers, and for the first time
California, whose citizen sons made the
! first move from American shores to
the far fightingN field in our late war,
is TO have for them, under the tutor
ing association and emulation of Uncle
Sans regulars" some instruction in
the science and practice of getting
ready for battle.
Chickamauga, Ga; Fort Myers, Va.
Fort Riley, Kan, and other military
/ centers in late years have had their
schools of strategy" and sham battles
under provision and direction of the
Department of War at Washington.
These maneuvers were almost exclu-
sively confined to the regular troops
i'll the several vicinities, civilian SOL
diers not actively participating, though
in some cases on the ground
! Last October however, under the
new act Of Congress alluded to, some
/ thousand regular troops from neigh
boring posts gathered at West Point
/ in Kentucky, with National Guard con
] tlnOenfS haf
! ing ones, for the purposes of instruc-
tion in the art of war Schools of in
! struction, drills and sham battles were
/ the prominent features of the encomp-
ment which lasted two weeks
! The California army camp is to have
schools of instruction" also. but thew
VIII be schools of getting ready for
battle. Neither drills nor sham battles
will form any part of the rnaneuvers.
the former being considered matter
1or each organization to perfect at
! home and the latter a useless waste of
time, muscle and ammunition. Usually
the maneuver will have ended at the
| time the battle should begin.
The programme for the encampment
] has been well made up and the benefits
to both regulars and militia will doubt
/ less be large.
The camp will be under the command
of Major General Arthur Macarthur.
! commander of the Department of Cal
! ifornia, and the details of the maneu-
vers under the direction of an able
staff composed of Colonel L. P. Jocelyn.
Major w. P. Duval and Captain S. A.
| Cloman.
The site for the camp has been Sc
Iected with much care on the report of
competent engineers and medical
boards and is an admirable one. 1t is
placed on a tract of fiat ground on
Atascadero Creek, which empties into
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-10
CaIirornians in New yorL

NEW YORK. Aug. 9.-The following
Californians have registered in New
York:
From San Francisco-E. E. Bergin
at the Imperial, S. Jacobs and wife at
the Grand Union, G. F. Middleton at
the Cumberland, w. H. Murray at the
Cosmopolitan, c. M. Tozer at the Ho-
tel Seville and Mrs. ]. Young at the
Grand Union.
From Los Angeles = A. z. Bell and
wife at the Victoria. c. r. Harris at
the Hoffman House, DR.. A. S. Short
and wife at the Union Square, A. NJ.
VESSEL at the Imperial and d. c..
Wharton and wife at the st. Dennis.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-10
Insolvency Petitions.

Petitions in insolvency were filed
Yesterday in the United States Cir
cult Court as follows: J. w. Wilson,
bartender, Oakland. liabilities $11O6,
no assets: Paul G. F. Dunkelman,
clerk. san Francisco, liabilities $2727,
no assets. Creditors Of ]. T. Roberts
OF Fairfield. Solano County. filed a
petition in involuntary insolvency.
They allege that Roberts owes about
$1,000. and that he committed an act
of insolvency by allowing William J.
Weyand, q creditor. 10 attach his
store.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-10
Henry Ranch a Scene
of Excitement
and Color.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

CAMP ATASCADERO, Aug. All
the United States troops that are to
participate in the big maneuvers are
now installed in camp here. The great
meadow, two miles long and a mile
wide, where the general camp is estab-
lished. is now a scene of hustle and
military excitement.
Everywhere the flag is flying and on
every side martial airs are being played
by the bands. The day has been per-
feet. and the opening of the great mill
tary camp is being engineered under
the most auspicious circumstances.
The Fifteenth Infantry arrived last
night. The provisional regiment, Col
onel w. L. Pitcher, arrived this morn
ing at dawn. At 10 o'clock the tents
were pitched and the camp at noon
was in working order to the most mi
mute detail
General Macarthur, accompanied by
his aids, Major West and Captain
Winn, with Captain Hartmann of the
Signal Corps, started out early this
evening in two automobiles and made
detour of the country over which the
maneuvers are to take place. 1t was
late this afternoon before General Mac
Arthur returned. AS he came into his
camp the band struck up THE Star
Spangled Banner" and instantly every
cap was doffed.
The following Federal officers and
enlisted men are in camp: General
Macarthur and his aids. Major West
and Captain Winn; Colonel Jocelyn,
Colonel Andrews, Colonel Girard, Colo
mel Patten, Major Febiger, Major
Adams, Major Rochester, Captain
Creary. Captain Ruthers, Captain
Parker. Captain Patten; Third Squad
ron, Ninth Cavalry, Lieutenant Colonel
Goodwin commanding; the field artil-
lery battalion composed of the First.
Fifth and Twenty-fourth field batter
les. Major E. T. Brown commanding;
the Fifteenth Infantry, from Ord
Barracks, Colonel II. c. Ward COM
manding; the provisional regiment
made up Of a battalion each of the
Tenth. Thirteenth and Twenty-eighth
Infantry. under command of Colonel
K. G Markley; Company c of the Sig
nal Corps. Captain Carl F. Hartman
commanding.
Tomorrow the Fifteenth Infantry
will go into the hills adjacent to the
camp for maneuvers
General Macarthur on his return
from his trip over the surrounding
country stopped at the camp of the
provisional regiment where he was re-
ceived by Colonel Pitcher and the Off
GERS of that regiment.
A postOffice has been esta blished here
and the address is Camp Atascadero.
All the roads. in the immediate vicinity
Of the camp have been either oiled or
covered with straw so that the dust is
practically laid. The new signal SER
/ vice automobile has proved a success.
1t made the trip from San Francisco
here with flying colors and met the re-
quirements so far as speed and dura-
bility are concerned. The mess of. the
officers of the provisional regiment.
under the supervision of Captain Jerry
Lynch, is destined to prove one Of the
big features Of camp life here. Under
his supervision a long marquee tent
has been erected and lighted with jap
anese lanterns. This viii undoubtedly
prove to be one of the most popular
rendezvous in the camp for the off,
GERS after the heavy detail Of the days
work is done. Just as the shadows of
evening began to fall the band of the
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-10

the Salinas River about ten miles south
of Paso Robles and mile and a half
from Atascadero station on the South
ern Pacific Railroad. 1t is in the CEN
ter of the Rancho del Encinal g. H
Henry ranch). which comprises over
%, 600 acres of rolling and hill country.
with the accompanying fields, thickets.
bluffs. creeks and rivers that make
the incidents in actual war movements
The camp is situated about 1000 feet
above the sea level and is abundantly
supplied with good water from the
many creeks and springs with which
the tract abounds. Ample facilities for
bathing have been provided at various
points along the creeks contiguous to
the camp grounds. Altogether the
gathering, as far as Uncle Sans men
and money can make it, will be a model
for. those to follow.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-10
lad Home by the Amaranths.

Crescent Court Of the Degree Of the
Amaranth. an association composed
exclusively Of members of the Eastern
Star viii give an "at home" in the
upper hall OF the Golden Gate Asylum
on next Friday night, when there will
be pleasing programme Of entertain
nrent and dancing.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-10
Rradlex Gets a Reating.

S. G. Bradley, who lives at 500 Eddy
street, was severely beaten last night
by C. A. Eyerley who resides at 1116
Mission street Bradley claims that
he called at Eyerley's home to get a
pair of trousers which the latter's
wife promised to mend and instead he
received a beating. He will swear to
a warrant this morning for the arrest
of his assailant.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-10

DEAD MAN IDENTIFIED-The body OF
the negro taken out of the water near Fill
more street wharf last Monday afternoon was
identified Yesterday at the Morgue as that
of JJriah A. Black formerly a cook on the
steamer St Paul His wife called at the
Morgue and identified the body. Black had
been dead for about three weeks.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-10
General Macarthur S
Arrival Stirs Blue
coats.

Twenty-eighth Infantry came up be-
fore the headquarters of the COM
mander in chief and gave him a sere-
made
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-10

N THE DIVORCE COURT.-suits for di-
vorce were fled yesterday by Lizzie Gehrun
against J. l. Ciehrun for neglect and Margaret
Sbonessy against James Shouessy for cruelty.
nudge Kerrigan granted divorce to Ida VI
Rohner from Frank Rohner on the grounds
OF neglect and cruelty.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-09-23
RESCUED AT SEA.
Three Charlcston Fishermen Picked
Up by Steamship.

Three CharlestOn Fishermen Picked
Up pby Steamship.
a dispatch from Jacksonville, Fla,
says Captain Ingram and the crew of
the Clyde Line ship Huron rescued Il
part Of the crew OF the fishing smack
Grey Eagle, Of Charlie ston, Wednesday
morning and brought them to that
city. Captain Ingram said that his
ship was Uif the Charleston lightship
"Wednesday morning when he was
given signals from the lighlship that
Loaf was near there In distress. The
boat was soon located and the captain
wanted to take them on the Huron.
There were eight men in the boat and
the sea was running high. The men
refused to go on the steamer and ask
ed that line be given them and they
beloved to the lightship. a tow line
was put out with great difficulty and
shortly after getting the line the rud-
der Of the life boat broke and the
small craft was left to the mercy of
the sea. The boat got away and soon
went down and the eight men were
plunged into the ocean. Four of them
got near the steamer and they were
thrown life preScrverS until a life line
could be gotten to them. Three OF the
men we're taken safely on board the
Huron. While drawing the fourth
on borad the steamer the line broke
and he fell back into the sea and sank
out OF sight. The rescued meE were
brought to this port and transferred
To the. Steamer Apache, which sailed
Wednesday, and were taken to Char
lesion. Tho Sc rescued were M. Smith,
w. Simmons and II. II. gladden.
These drowned we're f. Butler, j.
Harrison, a. Johnson, b. Anderson
and Ed Middleton. The men all lived
in Charleston.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-09-23

the discussion and settlement OF
honest differences of opinion. The
ballot box at a general election has
merely been machine Registering
the color of the voter, not his political
opinions.
When you take into consideration
the mighty forces at work. and the
Inevitable trend of events cannot see
how any thinker who believes in God
and recognizes that uplifting, evolu-
JionarY force, ever at work pushing
nations from one epoch into another,
can have confidence in the makeshifts
which surround US or believe that
they can long endure. l know not
what the immediate future may have
Ia store, but l believe in our country
and know. that the democratic ideas
upon which it Is founded are surely
working us toward that condition,
where liberty and justice will be the
birthrlght OF each unit composing
what we call government. l know
that the race, labor nor any other of
the great issues Of the day can ever
be settled except in harmony with
the catholic spirit Of the age, and that
in time every false doctrine and himsy
pretext which impedes this onward
march will be crushed out Of ex-
iStence. Conditions are likely to grow
much worse before they get better,
on the principle that out Of chaos
comes order. II some power could
bar out the politicians OF the north
who traffic with the negro vote in
national convention and those Of the
south who "holler bigger" every time
there is an honest difference Of opin-
ion, and then call into a great conven-
tion the wscst and safest men OF the
nation without regard to race or party
these great issues might be consider
ed, upon their merits and way be
found out OF the wilderness which
would save much sorrow and suffer
ing.
l know too much, however, of pub
lie lie to expect anything to be done
until conditions become uncomfortable;
then the good sense and awakened
conscience Of the American people
will find solution for this and other
problems affecting national lie which
now seem well might hopeless.
Yours sincerely,
JOHN LowNDEs MCLAURIN.
BennettSville, Sept. 4, 1904.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-09-23
Burned His Wife

A horrible crime is reported from
Cortes Gle la Frantera, in the province
OF Malaga. Francisco Perez Oetese,
man of bad antecedents, had mar,
ried beautiful girl, although her
mother resisted it. On the wedding
day the mother committed suicide,
because she would not see what she
Thought was to be the ruin of her
daughter. A few days after the we'd
ding the torture Of the young wife be-
gan. Ii eliminated In the husband
putting his wife into an oven. the
the poor woman suffering Ihorrlb!e
death,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-09-23

Thus 1t stands that II Roosevelt
can carry Illinois, and one other de-
batable state he will be pretty apt to
be elected, or If he carries Illinois and
Wisconsin he will likely win in enough
OF the smaller debatable states TO elect
him.
On the other side, Parker must
carry New York, Wisconsin, West
Virginia and Indiana or their equiva-
lent. He must carry both the East
and the West. If he should carry
New York, New Jersey, Connecticut
and West Virginia In the East, he
would lack l2 votes, unless he carried
some Of the Western states. If he
should lose all these and carry Illinois,
Indiana and Wisconsin he would lack
% votes.
The issue Of both parties were made
to suit the debatable states, and while
the Republicans have slightly the best
of it, the fight is an open one.
In assigning the different states TO
the different columns, the experience
OF previous presidential years has been
the guide. Only where a state has
been overwhelmingly and persistently
Democratic or Republican has 1t been
assigned arbitrarily to either column.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-09-23
REPUBLICAN ELECTORS
Are Pmt In the Field, but No State
Ticket.

Ticket.
The State Republican executive
committee met Wednesday night in
SteLhouse Hall at Columbia for the
purpose Of considering the advisabllity
OF calling State convention and
nominating an electoral ticket to be
voted for in the coming election for
President and Vice President Of the
United States:
The following resolution was passed
by the committee:
Resolved, That the conditions in
this Statc at the present time renders
1t lnexpedient to inmate for State
officers, and there is no necessity for Il
State convention at the present time,
this committee having full power
according to the precedents Of the
party to put out full electoral
ticket"
a committee was then appointed to
nominate an electoral ticket. The
following ticket was nominated and
adopted by the committee:
Electors at Large-L. w. @. Bla-
lock. Goldville; f. c. Aldridge, of
Batesburg.
First district, j. r. Nolan, OF
Charleston; I'd district, Geo. G. But
ler, OF Barnwell; I'd district, e. II.
Barton, of Easley; 4th district, NJ. *.
Robertson, Of Gresnville; 9Th district,
John f. Jones, OF Blackburg, 9TH dis
tric-, James r. Levy, Of Florence; 7th
district. Abial Llthrop, OF Orange
burg
a campaign committee was appoint
ed for the purpose OF conducting the
campaign, and committee to write
an address to the Republicans Of the
State, setting forth the reasons why
it is not advisable to put out a State
ticko / Or TO cali State convention.