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The San Francisco call., 1904-07-18

jockey and a Vassar girl. The scene
of the play is laid in Colorado before
the Bible was introduced into that
region. The play is full of thrills.
James Neill and his company start
ed in on the third week of their we'll
acted and completely staged plays with
q presentation of Clyde Fitch's drama
of Western life. THE Cowboy and the
Lady" MIR. Neill, in the part of Ted
North. the college cowboy who dis
covers the Lady's love on the wit
ness stand. far exceeded Miller Kent
in the part and favorably compared
with Nat Goodwin. Edythe Chapman,
as the Lady, showed grasp and in
tensity. Her work in the courtroom
was especially good. Following close
on the leads comes the work of John
w. Burton as Joe. Burton handles the
comedy of the character to a nicely
and does not make the mistake of
OVERRIDING it. Faye Wallace made a
lovable Midge and Lillian Andrews was
sufficiently coy and kittenish as the
elephantine pianist of the dance hall.
Scott Seaton handled a rather color
less villain well, while Sheldon Lewis
as the Indian was quite dramatic.
Frances Slosson was a pretty and
graceful dance hall proprietress. In
fact not one of the cast was out of the
picture at any time. Next week Mr..
Neill will present "a Gentleman of
France"
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-18
KILLS MAN Who
DISPLACED HIM
Young Mexican Stays the
Husband of His Divorced
Wife on Street of Cotton

COTTON. July 17.-Pedro Charez, a
Mexican % years of age, tonight shot
and instantly killed Clato Avila. a Mex
lean Of about the same age, in front of
the First National Bank building in
this city in the center of the town.
After shooting Avila, Charez turned
the weapon upon the wife of AviIa.
who accompanied him, slightly wound
ing her in the head The murderer
then fed and has not been captured,
although the officers believe they will
be able to apprehend him within a
few hours.
The wife of Avila was the divorced
wife Of Charez and the couple had been
married but a month. Charez had
been driven away from the Avila home
several times recently.
Avila and his wife were walking
along the street when Charez crossed
the street behind them. and walking UP
to within three feet of the couple placed
a revolver close to the head Of Avila
and fired, the latter falling dead. He
then fired at Mrs. Avila at close range
but she escaped with a scalp wound
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-18
SHIP STRIKES
ON THE ROCKS
Canadian Pacific Steamer
Crippled as She Enters
Harbor at Prospect Park
SUSTAINS MUCH DAMAGE
In Bracing, Heavy Current
Vessel Goes Ashore Before
Engines Can Be Reversed

VANCOUVER, B. c.. July II. = The
steamer Princess Victoria, from Sc
attic and Victoria for Vancouver, ran
on a rock at Prospect Point, at the
entrance to the harbor here at II o'clock
this morning. Two plates were stove
in on her starboard side and two blades
Of her propeller were broken. The
steamer was brought to her dock and
during the afternoon. although her
pumps were kept going steadily, she
sank two feet by the bow.
Officials Of the Canadian Pacific Navi-
cation Company explain the accident
by the fact that the vessel was travel
ing twenty knots against a swift out
flowing tide, when she suddenly took a
sheer to starbOard, shot off at a tangent
straight into the rocks and that. owing
to her high speed and the Suddenness
of the sheer, it was absolutely impos-
sfble to reverse the engines or put down
the helm hard enough to port to
counteract the sheer. The steamer
struck heavily just above the place
where the steamer Beaver was wrecked
The Princess Victoria will come to
Esquimalt drydock Monday for repairs
The officials say the damage Is very
serious. The steamer Danube took her
place on the return trip to Victoria and
Seattle this afternoon.
The Princess Victoria Is the crack
ship of the Canadian Pacific fleet.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-18
EngIand's oldest clock

Peterborough Cathedral has the
oldest working clock in England. II
was erected about 1920. and is prob
ably the work of a monastic clock
maker. 1t is the only one now known
that is wound up over an old wooden
wheel. The wheel is about twelve
feet in circumference, and the gall
vanized cable. about 500 feet in
length. supports a leaden weight of
three-carat weight, which has to be
wound up daily. The clock chamber
is in the northwest tower, some 12O
feet high, where the sunlight has not
penetrated for hundreds of years, and
the winding is done by the light of a
candle. The gong is the great tenor
bell of the cathedral, which weighs
thirty-two caretweight, and it is
struck hourly by an eighty-pound
hammer. The gong and the striking
parts of the clock are some yards
apart, communication being by
slender wire. The clock has no dial
The time is shown on the main wheel
of the esca pement. which goes round
once in two hours. New York
Globe.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-18
KILLED AFTER
ESCAPING MOB
Detective Pursued by Riot
ers Falls Victim to a
Policeman's Deadly Aim

NEW YORK, July 17.-After shoot
ing William Gorricy and Alonzo Do
rondo of Manhattan during an at
tack made upon him tonight by a
crowd of men at Schurer's picnic park
at Corona. Long Island, Charles Con-
ran, detective on duty I'M citizens
clothing. sought refuge under a dane
ing platform and there was shot and
killed by Policeman John Gerrity.
Conran's fight with the crowd caused
a call to be sent in for police reserves.
When they arrived several in the
crowd told the officers that the man
who did the shooting was under the
platform. Nothing was said about
Conran being a detective or of his hav-
ing shot in self-defense.
Gerrity crawled under the platform
and ordered Conran to come out. Re
ceiving no answer. he fired and Conran
was instantly killed.
Neither Gorricy nor Dorondo. who
were shot by Conran during the at
tack, was dangerously wounded.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-18
Money and the War.

Neither Russia nor Japan has an
extensive foreign credit, and both
have borrowed pretty freely when
there was no war on hand. Both have
recently had more or less financial
panics followed by depression. Both
met with discouraging receptions in
the financial centers of Europe and in
New York before there were any signs
of the present war. Each government
had a fair amount of money on hand
to begin the war with and each can
borrow some money at home. But
war is not only the last argument of
kings; it has also become the most
enormously expensive of their indul-
gences and there is a good deal Of
doubt whether either power can keep
in the field for the two years that both
of them talk confidently of fghting.-
Philadelphia Record.
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ARMY OFFICER
INCURS REBUKE
Slight Upon Negro Soldiers
Merits the Displeasure
of President Roosevelt
PROMPT ACTION TAKEN
Aid to President Francis
Of the st. Louis Exposition
Is Forced to Resign

ST LOUIS. July 17.-Leutenant c.
Sidney Haight Of the Fourth United
States Cavalry. military aid to Presi-
dent Francis and director Of the mill
tary camps at the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition, has rendered his resigna-
ton to the board Of directors of the
fair, upon the request Of the War De-
partment. which acted after hearing
The result Of an investigation into the
negro problem at the exposition. This
investigation was ordered by President
Roosevelt
The resignation Of Lieutenant Haight
IS believed to have been the direct re-
suit 0f the trouble created over the
Eighth Illinois. a negro regiment from
chicago. which was originally assigned
10 the regular military camp at the
fair Lieutenant Haigllt wrote to Colo
mel Marshall. the commander OF the
regiment. to ask him If he would con-
sent 20 occupy a camp in a remote sec
tion of the grounds. Colonel Marshall
in reply notified Lieutenant Haight
that his regiment had abandoned its
plan TO visit the fair. Friends of the
negro regiment called President Roose-
velt's attention TO the matter.
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Food of Japanese.

Rice and dried fish is the uniform
food of the Japanese army in cam
paigning times, says the Paris corre-
spondent Of the Springfield (Mass.) },
Union. The rice is cooked as follows:
1t is boiled until quite thick and glutin-
Gus. Next it is placed on a ceramic
slab, rolled out and cut into squares
The squares are then placed in the sun
to dry and often turned. When hard
as sea biscuits and greatly reduced in
weight they can be stored. A certain
number are allowed each day to the
soldier All he has to do is to break up
a square in boiling water and add the
dried fish. In a few minutes he has
what seems to him a delicious thick
soup. If he canot produce boiling wa
ter, he simply eats his rice cake dry
In the fruit season he substitutes fruit,
when he can obtain it, for the fish. The
Japanese soldier, NJ. Pichon tells me,
has muscles like whipcord is a sure
shot, has an eye for, landmarks and a
memory for locality. He can do with
three hours sleep out of the twenty
four, is cleanly, attends to sanitary in
structions, is ardently patriotic, holds
his life cheap and runs up hills like a
goat. He costs the State about nine
shillings a day, and thinks himself well
American.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-18
Females First: MaIes second

One spring / observed with much in
terest a phoebe bird building her nest
not far from my cabin in the woods.
The male looked on approvingly. but
did not help He perched most of the
time on a mullen stalk near the little
spring run where phoebe came for mud.
In the early morning hours she made
her trips at intervals Of a minute or
two. The male fiirted his tail and
called encOuragingly, and when She
started UP the hill with her load he
would accompany her part way. as IL
were to help her over the steepest part
then return TO his perch and watch and
call for her return. For an hour or
more I witnessed this little play in bird
life, in which the females part was so
primary and the males so SECONDARY
There is something in such things
that seems TO lend support to Prof
Lester +. Wards contention. as SET
forth in his Pure Sociology" that in
the natural evolution Of the two SEXES
the female was first and the male seq
Ond; that he was, in fact, made from
her rib, so to speak. and not she from
his.-Harper's Magazine.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-18
SCHOONER TAMPA FoUNDERED.
Vessel Loses Her Rudder and Is
Driven Ashore

1LWACO. Wash, July 1.-THE
three-masted schooner Tampa, en-
route from San Pedro to the Columbia
River in ballast, lost her rudder at
sea and drifted ashore at high tide this
morning at Leadbetters Point on the
North Beach, about ten miles north of
Cape Disappointment.
When the tide ebbed about noon to-
day the Tampa was left about 800 feet
from the water and her master, Cap
tain Kellenberger, his wife and crew
of nine men, were taken OFF in safety
The vessel is a total loss.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-18
Inadequate Telephone Service.

In New York City there is one tel
ephone subscriber to every 500 of
population. There is but one tele-
phone company serving this city. In
some Western towns the ratio often
raises to one in twelve, and these
towns. many of them quite small, Of
ten support two Cor competitive) tel
ephone companies. Again, New York
City, ten times the size of San Fran
cisco, has only four times as many
telephones, when it's varied business
and social Importance (unequaled by
any other city in the country demand
that it should have not merely an
equal proportion but a use of tele-
phones at least ten times greater than
the ratio of any other city.
Another statistician tells us that less
than 2 per cent of the residences in
this metropolis and less than IL per
cent of the business houses have tele-
phones, and yet the company operat-
ing here pays it's 10 per cent annual
dividends, and frequently declares ex-
ira dividends. Continuing with the IL
lustration we learn that rates of SER
vice in this city, with no competition,
range up to 12H cents per call, and
seldom, even on the largest contracts.
fall below cents. A very careful es-
innate shows that the present or a
new Independent company could do
business in this city profitably at 8
cents to 21s cents per call. These low
er figures. it is interesting to learn,
are based upon the employment of
apparatus performing a far larger
percentage of the work automatically
than is now employed by the present
comDany-Cent Per Cent.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-18
COLUMBIA PARK BOYS
PLEASE THE VENTURANS
San Francisco Lads See a Baseball
Game and Give a Concert at
Congregational Church.

VENTURA, July 1.-THE Columbia
Park Boys Club of San Francisco
completed the four hundred and
eleventh mile of their march to Los
Angeles to-day at noon. The boys, in
charge Of Sydney Peixotto, Harvey
10y and George Schlitter, are en-
camped in the Tent City and are not
unlike real soldiers in their bivouac
routine. They were the guests of Man
ager Frank DAILY at the baseball game
to-day and this evening gave a con-
cert at the Congregational church, as
tonishing their listeners with their ex-
cellent renderings of sacred songs.
The clubs exhibitions here, vaude-
vile, athletic and military. will be held
under the auspices of the Country
Club House Association. In marching
down Main street, after the game. the
little fellows were enthusiastically
cheered. The organization will leave
here Wednesday for Los Angeles.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-18
All SOW TELLS
HER OWN TALE
Chinese Woman Accused of
Attempt at Poisoning
Husband Talks Freely
STILL LOVES THE MAN
Declares She Was Faithful
to Fong Ling Throughout,
Paying for His Support

With tears in her almond eyes All
Sow, the Chinese woman accused Of
being a disciple Of Lucrezia Borgia. en-
phatically denied through an inter
prefer yesterday that she attempted to
poison her husband, Fong Ling.
Clicking her jade bracelets nervously to
emphasize her words, she claimed to be
the one injured. Her story, If true.
throws a light on the standing of the
Chinese wife that reveals conditions
startling and pitiful.
All Sow says that for years she has
been supporting her husband on her
earnings as a Sing Song" girl. Despite
the life she was forced to lead. she
declares that she has ever been faith
full to her husband from the Chinese
point of view. She was wont to leave
feasts and hurry to Fong Sing and give
him the tributes showered upon her
because of her beauty. All the time
she smiled upon other Cinnamon she
had at heart the interests of her hus-
band, who accepted and used the
wealth that her charms won.
She bows her head to the will of
Fong Ling with the doglike submis-
sion of the women of the Orient. II
cry to see him every day" she says.
HE may do with me as he likes. even
to finding me guilty. L have no one
10 depend upon out MIN anu lOOh 10
him only
Following is Ah Sow's complete
statement, given through an inter
prefer to The Call.
l have taken food 70 my husband many
times, and we have been the best of friends.
Last Friday night l arrested at his hid
ing place at the headquarters of the Educa-
tiopaI Society. When l returned to my hus-
bands aunt's house late In the afternoon Fri
day she told my husband had been after
several times. What he want with
me?' / said and went Immediately to him.
He, with Lee SCOT and Lew Ying, accused
of putting arsenic in the soup l had taken
him the Tuesday before He said, Now
tell who told you to do it and will do
nothing to you. Who put you UP TO ft?'
No had put me up to anything. and 1
said Then a policeman showed his
star and brought me to the prison. 1 put no
poison in the soup. l drank some of II the
day l took il to him and I swallowed what
drank. II l had put poison in it would have
stayed around here to be arrested? never
thought anything further about it, for there
is evil in my heart toward my husband.
wish to continue to money for him in the
] do not know where Wong All Dow Is I
stayed with my husbands relatives Stock
ton street. going occasionally to my own room
in Spofford alley.
I not afraid of my husband. He brings
food every day. He would be kind to me
II only let alone.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-18
CADETS ATTEND
MILITARY MASS
League of the Cross Lads
March to Church, Where
Impressive Service Is Held
IN UNIFORMS
Many Visitors Enliven the
Camps of the Soldiers
at the Seaside Resort

SANTA CRUZ. July 17.-Sunday has
been a quiet day at Camp Dowdall.
Guard mount was held at 7:40 this
morning. The church call was sounded
at $3.50 o'clock for the grand military
mass, which was held in the Casino
auditorium.
Five hundred cadets in khaki uni
forms with Colonel Power and stah
marched TO the auditorium.
During the mass the band gave the
following choice sacred selections:
Rejoice To-day" The Rosary;
Meditation" alto solo, B. Bisset: THE
Palms." barytone~ solo, Mr.. Kemp;
'TVesper Hymn" trombone solo, E.
Shramm; "Te Deum"
Father Organ gave a short address
The cadets had many visitors in camp
to-day.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-18
HEAT CAUSES
MANY DEATHS
Chicago Experiences Hot
test Day Recorded by the
Weather Bureau Since 1891
SUFFERING is INTENSE
While Fasteners Die From
SunStrOke San Francisco
Enjoys Bracing Breezes
Temperature of San Francisco yes
terday: Maximum. 66; minimum, 81.

terday: Maximum. 66; minimum, 81.
CHICAGO, July 17.-This was the
hottest day Chicago has experienced
in years and three deaths and a
score of prostrations was the result.
The maximum temperature of "a de-
grees beats any record in the weather
bureau since 1891, when 103 was re-
corded. There was scarcely any breeze
and the suffering was intense. In the
down town district the heat was sew
eral degrees greater than the official
record shows.
At 10 o'clock tonight the heat
showed little abatement and the opin-
ion of the weather bureau forecaster
was that no marked decrease would be
noted for a day or two yet.
ST. LOUIS, July 16.-The hottest
weather Of the year prevailed here to-
day, the thermometer registering SO de-
grees. Two deaths and eleven pros
trations resulted.
DETROIT, July 17.-This was the
hottest day of the season in Detroit,
the temperature reaching Sc degrees.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-18
Origin Of a Family Name.

C. P. Reddrop of Chicago knows
where his family got it's name. Just
under his left eye is a red mark, look
ing much like a strawberry.
Every member of my family as far
back as can be traced, had such a
mark on the left side of his or her
body" said Mr.. Reddrop. I'VE are
convinced that the family name came
from the fact that our ancestors had a
red marks on their bodies. s.'-Louisville
Herald.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-18
CALIFORNIA AT THE FAIR.
Many Residents of the Golden State
Are Visiting st. Louis.

81. LOUIS, July 1.-THE following
California visitors have registered at
the State Building at the Worlds Fair:
San Franeisoo-R. n Andler r. ". Nc
Cory, a E Curett r. J. Thompson and wife.
Ars = NJ Newfeld. NJ Walter. o. schader.
=. schaoer. Miss a L Fogle. L Livingston,
a G. Boldemsnn. Mrs. s. L Williams, J. G.
Weise Jr., T. Williams T. Mullany. J. Elder,
2 c. Goetze J. 2. Schroth and wife. K n.
Bresn J. 3. Connen ~ T. Miller S 81.
Meyers, C Meyers c. J. wnding and wife,
". z. Conlin. \ Wilding. ". Carton and
vie. D Mayler. " T. McClair and wife. J.
y COREY p " Rice, Q. Rein <.
Lindsey Mrs C. Feig. o. Poulsen. Mrs NJ.
Clay. A whitley
Oakiand-W. L Redd. E J. Brelling. /
Steinmsn l. z. Bigelow. c. Slemin Jr. and
fsmfy " r. SchweneT.
san JOSH. Msrten. 3. Marten. B. ].
q Brien. @. A. Marten and wife F. P. Her
cd 3 O. Healey, c Ubrfci.
sacramento-W. Rawkin. B. Groth. F. H
EetrlaEe
Fresno-Mrs Abrams P. A. Russell.
" H. la Rue, " Wandeleben.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-18
CAPSIZING OF sKIFF
COSTS LIVES OF FOUR
Disaster Overtakes a Rowing Party
in the Blue River at
Shed7eId

KANSAS CITY, Mo. July 17.-Four
person were drowned to-day by the
capsizing Of skiff in the Blue River
at Sheffield, near here. They were Miss
Hester Howell. aged 20. and Miss Kate
Calvert, 19, telephone operators; A r.
House, aged 27, a railway clerk, and
Elmer G. Guild Guild was the senior
partner in the firm Of Guild & Loeb
brokers. House and Miss Calvert were
soon to have been married.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-18
ASK MEXICO FOR SUBSIDY
FOR NEW STEAMSHIP LINE
British Columbia Capitalists Propose
70 Establish Freighter System
on Coast
MEXICO 60, July 17.-Georg

MEXICO CITY, July 17.-George c.
Courtney and William W. Ward. Of
Vancouver, B. G, are here for the
purpose Of inducing the government
70 give subsidy TO line of steamers
they propose to establish between
Canadian ports on the Pacific Coast
and Mexican ports. They propose to
make feature Of their business the
importing Of Canadian coal into Mex
lean west coast ports and for the sup
ply Of the Tehuantepec railway.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-18
LEAVES DIRECTIONS FOR
FUNERAL AFTER SUICIDE
Pioneer of Kansas Becomes Despond-
ent Over Ill Health and Ends
His Life.

ST. LOUIS, July 17.-After leaving
note containing directions for his
funeral and requesting that files of
newspapers he had edited in Kansas
in pioneer days be sent to the Kansas
State Historical Society, Frederick w.
Braunhold, 20 years old, a former
printer and publisher, committed sui
eide to-day by shooting himself. He
was despondent over i'll health. Pre-
vious to the civil war, he published
German weekly.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-18

On July "a there will begin in The
Sunday Call Magazine a new series of
the famous Mr.. Dooley articles. Finley
Peter Dunno. the creator Of Mr.. Dooley,
is under an exclusive contract with Nc
Clure's, and The Call in the face of
keenest bidding on the part Of other
large newspapers on the coast, has Sc
cured the sole right TO publish these
articles north Of Los Angeles.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-18

The outfit of an English Judge costs
about $4,000. He has to have at least
five gowns of silk, besides a girdle. a
scarf. a casting hood. a black cap, d
three -cornered cap, a beaver hat, a
cooked hat, a silk hat. lace bands and
two full court suits with swords.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-18
TO YOSEMITE VALLEY.
Grand Personally Conducted Excur-
sion

Leaves Saturday. July %: s2s 80 round
trip. In one way and out another. around
the famous double loop" Passes direct
ly through two groves of giant sequoias
Special care for women and children
You will get the best of everything on
the Santa Fe A rare chance to visit the
famous valley. Inquire at 641 Market
street Santa Fe office.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-18
Peru to Build Man of War.

The Patriotic League (Junta Patriot
ica) of Peru has already collected
nearly $414,000, which has been de-
posted with banks in Lima. The pur-
pose is to raise a sufficient sum where
with a man of war is to be built and
presented to the Peruvian Govern
ment Our shipbuilders should try to
obtain the contract for this VESSEL
New York Commercial.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-18
IOWA SOCIETY GIRL
FORGIVES ERRING LOVER
Goes 10 Texas TO Marry Lawyer Who
Got Drunk on Day Originally
Set for Wedding

SCI LOT NGuOlll0.
DES MONIES, Iowa, July 17.-Love
has ar last triUmphed, after a trying
experience between Captain A c.
Greenwood, assistant attorney general
~ Texas. and Miss Maud Utect, a
prominent society girl Of Ottumwa
GreeuWOOd's home is at Palestine,
Texas. He went 10 Ottumwa six weeks
ago 20 we'd Miss Utect. On the day set
for the ceremony he got drunk and
tell down stairs at the court house.
Miss Utect broke the engagement.
Greenwood sought forgiveness in vain.
then filed UP on liquor and threatened
to commit suicide For three weeks
he remained at Ottumwa in a deplora-
bic condition. He then pulled himself
together and returned home. Miss
Dtect has been 50 favorably impressed
with his reformation that she has gone
10 Palestine 10 marry him.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-18
Jockey succumbs to Injuries.

NEW YORK, July 17.-George
Green, the jockey whose skull was
fractured by a fall on the track at
Brighton Beach last Wednesday, died
to-day. He was the regular steeple-
chase jockey for the Hitchcock sta
BILE.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-18

First-class railroad passenger cars
are so little used in South Germany
that the authorities in Bavaria and
Baden have decided to abolish them
except on fast express and through
trains.