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The San Francisco call., 1904-06-10
General Bell Compels Fa-
nous Portland Mine to
Close.
Claims That 1t Is Aiding the
Strikers by Employing
Union Miners.

VICTOR, Colo. June s.-In a blood
less assault made by $50 militiamen and
deputies, led by Adjutant General
Sherman NJ. Bell, on the Portland mine
to-day, the mine was indefinitely
closed, to be reopened later on terms
which viii prevent any workmen OBJ
tanning employment without present
ing satisfactory working cards from
the Mine Owners Association. General
Bell says the mine was closed because
Of military necessity" as the men
working in it were contributing to the
support of the strikers.
The general and his force marched
up to the mine, took possession, read
the proclamation concerning the pres
ent disposition Of the mine and then
left with the employees of the company
in charge of the plant. Following the
closing OF the Portland ii was an
nounced that the mines viii begin to
reopen tomorrow, the non-union mines
first and the others later, and that busi-
ness is to be resumed in the district at
once. All miners who want work must
first secure a working card from the
Mine Owners Association.
1t was arranged that twenty-four of
the Portland's employees should be left
in charge to guard the property and
keep necessary parts running, ana
General Bell assured the superintend-
ent that he would furnish all the
guards necessary to help protect the
mine.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-10
WATER SUPPLY
FOR SAN DIEGO
System of the California
Mountain Company to Be
Completed Without Delay
ERA OF DEVELOPMENT
Thousands of Acres of AgTi-
cultural Land VIII Be
Brought Under Irrigation

SAN DIEGO. June Announcement
was made here this afternoon that the
work Of completing the water system
Of the California Mountain Water Com
pany.of which John d. Spreckels of
san Francisco is president, viii be be
gun Immediately. This system already
consists OF two large reservoirs, the
lower Otay and the upper Otay dams,
which imp0und many billions Of gallons
OF water, and the work remaining to
be done consists Of constructing the
Barrett dam at MOrena, the building
Of the conduit 10 carry the water from
there TO the lower Otay dam and the
laying Of the pipe line from Bonita TO
this city The cost Of the work now TO
be undertaken viii be more than $1,000
oO0
The watershed tributary TO the Bar
rett reservoir has the greatest rain
fall OF any section south OF San Fran
cisco. and with the system completed
there VIII be ample water supply for
g city several times the size Of San
Diego The average rainfall in that
section is about forty inches a year.
Thousan nds Of acres Of agricultural land
viii be brought under irrigation and
the towns OF National City. Chula Vista
snd Otay viii be supplied. The an
nOuncement that this completion work
IS TO go forward at once and as rapidly
ss possible is regarded as one Of the
greatest events in the development OF
San Diego.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-10
HEARST'S PACT
WITH CORMAN
Washington Has a RumOr
That the Marylander Is to
Get Editors Delegates
Special Dispatch to The Call.

CALL BUREAU, HOTEL BARTON,
WASHINGTON, June 9.-The most in
teresting gossip in political circles to-
day was a story that at the proper mo-
ment William r. Hearst will swing his
delegates to Senator German; that
Guffey will switch Pennsylvania; that
Tammany will start a revolt of cheer
ing for German and that New Jersey
will fall into line with Maryland and
West Virginia. One of Senator Cor
mans close friends is quoted as saying:
Il cannot verify the report, but it
does not seem improbable. The late
Senator Hearst was a devoted friend
and admirer of Senator German and
the young man himself has frequently
sought the advice of Senator German
in his political movements"
Hearst is building for the future. The
theory is that by allying himself with
Tammany against Judge Parker he is
not only seeking revenge, but is max
ing friends with Tammany, with Cor
man and with Guffey for the future.
The combination, if effected, would
give Senator German about $50 votes
on the first ballot. not to speak of pres
tige of the backing of such leaders as
Guffey, Murphy and Hearst.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-10
BELIEVE COOK
IS MURDERER
Authorities at Bakersfield
Are Searching for Alex
POntan of Los Angeles
DROPS OUT OF SIGHT
Suspect Is Wanted in Con-
nection With Killing of
Mining Expert Valentine

LOS ANGELES, June 9.-The au-
thorities at Bakersfield are searching
for Alexander Pontan. recently cook
here, who is believed to be the muir
derer of J. A. Valentine, mining ex-
pert, whose body was found in a cabin
near Caliente.
A letter from E. B. Kersey. post
mistress at Piute, was received to-day
by H. Yarnel, local mining man. In
this letter the writer states that Pom
tan and another man hired a livery
rig at Mojave last week and were seen
to stop at the Sixteen-mile House.
A year ago Alexander Pontan and
Ike Bryson, son of Millionaire John
Bryson of Los Angeles, made a trip to
the same mining claim visited with
fatal results by Valentine. on that
trip, according to Bryson, Pontan
played the part of a maniac, compell-
ing Bryson at the point of revolver
to make a wild drive of several hours
through the rugged mountain region.
Finally the horses ran away, the rig
was smashed and in the general mix
up Bryson escaped.
Valentine was regarded as well to
do, owning mines in this State, Arizona
and New Mexico. He also owned an
interest In the Arizona properties of
8. d. Crinshaw Brothers of New York
The mother and a sister of the de-
ceased are said to reside in Prior,
Kans.
]. Carpenter, friend and business
associate of Valentine. left for Cal
iente, the scene of the murder, this
afternoon, accompanied by a detective
of the local police force.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-10
MEN FROM UTAH
FREE TO CHOOSE
Mormon State Sends Six Tn
instructed Delegates to the
Convention at st. Louis

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June l.
The six delegates from Utah to the Ma
tionaI Democratic Convention will go
uninstructed. Four of the six, it is
understood, are against Hearst, with a
leaning toward Parker as first choice.
Two delegates probably will support
Hearst.
For some time before the Democratic
State Convention, which met to-day, it
seemed almost certain that bitter
factional fight would be waged over
the question of instructions or no in
structions to the national delegates
with regard TO the polygamy question.
One faction, led by Brigham H. Rob-
erts, was outspoken in it's demands
that the delegates should be explicitly
instructed to fight any anti polygamy
plank III the national platform. An
other faction strongly favored the
adoption of plank in the State plat
form similar to that adopted by the
Idaho Democratic convention, de-
1nanding that the Federal Government
take into its own hands the suppression
of polygamy.
1t was finally decided by the party
leaders to avoid all reference to the
question, and so thoroughly was this
plan carried out that no committee on
resolutions was appointed and no plat
form was presented to the convention.
The delegates TO the national con-
VentiOn are: Joseph Monson, George
c. Whitmore, former Senators Frank
]. Cannon and Joseph L. Rawlins, S.
A. King and Simon Bamberger.
u. II. Peery Jr., a young mining man
of Salt Lake, was elected national com
mitteeman from Utah after a sharp
fight. Judge O. w. Powers being his
chief opponent
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-10
BISHOP LOSES
WAY IN ALASKA
Misses Trail and for Three
Days He and His COmpan-
ion Subsist OH Rabbits

TACOMA, June 9.-Rev. Peter Rowe,
Episcopal Bishop of Alaska, became
lost in March on an Alaska trail and
for three days was forced to live on
wild rabbits. The story of his expert
ence reached here to-day from Fair
bank. Alaska.
Bishop Rowe was en- route from Ia
mana district to Valdes, along the sea
coast. He started out with Mail Car
rier Karsten and one companion. The
snow was deep. making the trip hard
on both dogs and drivers. They were
the first to go over the new. mail route
which runs down Golcona Valley to
Copper River. They got off the trail
one day and thereby missed Mail Car
rier Foyne, inbound, whom they ex-
pected to meet with provisions. When
they got back on the trail Foyne had
passed. This necessitated three days
diet on such rabbits as they could kill.
At the end of that time they reached a
mining camp and obtained food. Car
rier Karsten says Bishop Rowe proved
himself a prince of travellers, never
once complaining.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-10
Bitten by Her Landlord.

Mary Whelan, Go years of age, was
treated yesterday at the Emergency
Hospital by DR.. Emmel for lacerated
wound on her arm.
The woman said that her husband,
Michael Whelan, and herself were ten
ants of Patrick Foley at 725 Natoma
street until last Wednesday night,
when they signified their intention Of
moving away on the following day.
Foley demanded the keys of the house.
The old couple declined to give these
up until new quarters could be secured.
This refusal led to a row between
Foley and Whelan. Wifelike, Mrs.
Whelan went to the assistance of her
husband. Then Foley turned on her
and sank his teeth into her arm, lacer-
ating the flesh and drawing blood. In
retaliation, Whelan seized a hammer
and snote Foley on the head This
ended the fight.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-10
CRIPPLE CREEKS EMPLOYERS OF LABOR
PLEDGE THEMSELVES TO BAR ALL UNION MEN
AnnihilatiOn of Labor Organizations in the Dis
ttlrbed Mining District of Colorado Will
Be Attempted by Citizens Alliance.

CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo, June O.
Death to unionism in the Cripple
Creek District" is the new slogan of
the Citizens Alliance, which has sent
a decree broadcast that every person
connected with any union here must
either sever his or her connection with
such organization or leave the dis
trict. No person who works for a liv-
ing will be exempt and the absolute
humiliation of unionism in this county
will be attempted.
Two committees, composed of men,
bers of the Citizens Alliance, started
out with identical forms of agreement
to secure signatures. With two excep-
tions all business houses visited signed
through authoritative representatives.
the agreement reads:
I'VE, the undersigned merchants of
the Cripple Creek District and en-
ployers of help, hereby agree not to
employ help of any kind that is in
any way connected with the trades as
sembly or the American Federation of
Labor, or the Western Federation of
Miners, or kindred organizations.
Every clerk employed in stores on
Bennett avenue, the principal street,
belongs to some union, but all will be
required to surrender their cards, ac-
cording to agreement made by their
employers.
SECOND "BULLPEN" IN USE.
The Mining Exchange Hall is being
used as a ''bullpen" in addition to the
Victor Armory. Armed deputies are
perched in the galleries of the ex-
change, the prisoners occupying the pit
Of the call room. Several guards are
at the door, each carrying repeating
shotguns that contain buckshot. Fam
lilies and wives Of the prisoners besieged
the place in an endeavor to see and
have a talk with the men incarcerated.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-10
Nintey-Seven Miners Are
Condemned to Prompt
Deportation.
Will Be Shipped Out of Vic
tor on a Special Train
To-Day.

VICTOR, Colo, June 9.-The commits
sion appointed by General Bell to in
quire into the records of the miners
under arrest reported to him to-day a
list Of ninety-seven union miners with
the recommendation that they be de-
ported. General Bell accepted the re-
port and announced Z that the men
would be sent out of Teller County as
soon as a special train could be ar
ranged for.
1t was intended early in the day to
begin the deportations at once, but the
raid on the Portland mine and smaller
affairs kept the military busy, and
General Bell at o'clock this evening
said there would be no deportations
tonight. 1t is said, however. that they
will begin tomorrow and continue until
all of the men whom the mine owners
consider Objectionable are out Of the
district.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-10
MRS. PHIPPS TAKES STEPS
TO RECOVER HER CHILDREN
Attorney Rogers Makes Effort to Re
open Proceedings Giving Little
Ones TO Father.

DENVER, Colo. June 9.-Attorney
Platt Rogers. representing Mrs. Cen
evieve Chandler Phipps. to-day filed in
the District Court petition for the
reopening Of the ex parte hearing at
which Judge Peter L. Palmer appointed
her husband, Laurence c. Phipps. Gus
todian of their two children, whom he
took away from her recently in New
York At the ex parte hearing Mrs.
Phipps was not represented by her at
torney, who received no notification of
the steps then taken. Mrs. Phipps is
expected to arrive in Denver to-mor-
row.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-10
APPEAL TO FEDERAL COURTS.
Portland Company Will Give Legal
Battle to the Military.

DENVER, Colo, June 9.-The closing
of the Portland mine at Victor by or
der of Adjutant General Sherman M.
Bell will be probably the means Of
reaching the Federal courts with case
TO test the power oftGovernor Peabody
TO vest in the military absolute power
in the district declared to be under
martial law.
The Portland Gold Mining Company
being a foreign corporation, incorporat-
ed under the laws of Iowa, il is claimed
by eminent lawyers that any act af-
fecting it may be reviewed by the
United States courts.
James F. Burns, president of the
Portland Company, is in Denver and is
closeted with his attorneys, who, it is
said, are preparing papers which will
be filed in the United States Circuit
Court, asking for a restraining order to
prevent further interference upon the
part of the State military authorities
with the operation of the Portland
mine.
Burns. it is further reported, viii
also ask that the military be with
drawn from the vicinity of his property
in Victor and that he be allowed 10
protect his men when they go back to
work.
The military authorities are credited
with saying that when the Burns in
junction is sued for an attempt will be
made to arrest Burns himself on the
criminal charge that he melted riot. 1t
is not claimed that there is ground for
an accusat ton that Burns personally
melted a riot, the implication being
that he should be held partly respon-
sible for the recent troubles at Cripple
Creek, because he maintained the union
by giving employment to union miners
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-10
SHAW DECIDES DISPUTE
OVER TARIFF AGREEMENT
Holds That French Liquors and Cor
dials Can Be Admitted at Lower
Rate of Duty

WASHINGTON, June 9.-Secretary
of the Treasury Shaw to-day rendered
a decision by which cordials and
liquors imported from France will
come in without further contention at
the lower rate of duty, together with
brandies and spirits, in accordance
with the reciprocal arrangement with
the French Government.
This is the final disposition of the
liquor cases of the United States
VS.. Luydies and the United States VS..
Vile. Both defendants were importers
of French cordials and the cases grew
out of a dispute with the French Gov
ernment as to the construction of the
reciprocal arrangement negotiated un-
der section of the Dingley tariff act.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-10
TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES
DECLARED LIABLE BY FIF'ER
Commissioner Holds That Carriers
Are Responsible for Full Damages
TO FriIit, Despite Valuation.

WASHINGTON, June 9.-The Inter-
state Commerce Commission to-day, in
an opinion by Commissioner Fifer, an
nounced it's decision in the case of the
Georgia Peach Growers Association
against the Atlantic Coast Line Rail-
road Company and others involving
the liability of the carrier for dam
age to fruit through negligence.
The commission holds that the
transportation companies are respon
sible for the damage to fruit to the
full amount of injury sustained, with
out regard to the valuation placed
on il.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-10

In most cases permission was denied.
Five of the six members OF the Gold
field City Council are in the "bullpen,
so that the town is without a legtsla-
tive body.
The Committee Of Safety has made a
demand upon District Attorney Trow-
bridge that he remove his deputy, j. c..
Cole, and that S. d. Crump be appoint
ed to fill the vacancy. So far no reply
has been received from Troworldge.
). ID. Crump, whom the committee ask
ed to have appointed, is the attorney
for the Mine Owners Association.
Sheriff Edward Bell to-day appointed
l.. F. Parsons of Cripple Creek Under
Sheriff of Teller County. The appoint
ment was confirmed by the County
Commissioners at once. Parsons is
secretary of the Cripple Creek Citizens
Alliance and has been for the past
four years secretary of the Cripple
Creek Mining Exchange.
INQUEST JURY IMPANELED.
Coroner George Hall, who succeeded
Coroner James Doran, who resigned
under compulsion to-day impaneled a
new jury, which will hold an inquest
over the men murdered at Independ-
ence with an internal machine.
Marshal Naylor and his squad cap
tured George Fridley to-day near Canon
City and returned with him to Victor.
He is charged with having killed Roxie
MCGEE in Victor on Monday and with
having attempted to shoot c. c. Ham
lin, secretary of the Mine Owners AS
sociation, when he was addressing the
mass meeting in Victor Monday.
A party Of twenty mounted deputies
which left this morning for the vicinity
of Beaver Creek in search Of number
Of men who were reported to have fled
in that direction after yesterdays fight
at Dunnville. returned here with sew
eral prisoners. The identity of the
prisoners has not yet been disclosed.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-10
THE STATE
BY HOSTS OF ENVELOPES
California Promotion Committee Re-
quests Merchants to Assist in the
Dissemination of Information.

The California Promotion Committee
wants 250 merchants of San Francisco
each to order 10000 envelopes advertis-
ing the State. These envelopes will be
sold complete at 81 a thousand and will
be brought direct from the factory in
carload lots. They are of a first-class
quality of bond paper and have statis-
tics of California products printed on
the back. The merchants business
card is printed on the front of the en-
velope.
In this way 2,5OO.OOO of these en-
velopes will be circulated all over the
United States. The California Promo
tion Committee has already distributed
35O 900 envelopes, which have promoted
inquiries in regard TO California from
such far away countries as South
Africa and New Zealand, while hun
dreds have come from Hawaii and
Canada and still more from the East
ern States.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-10
JURY REFUSES TO BLAME
BASS FOR CERVERA'S DEATH
Returns Verdict of Homicide and
Leaves Prosecuting Attorney Task
of Fixing Crime

ST. LOUIS, June 9.-The Coroner's s
jury, which investigated the killing of
Manuel Cervera, the Spanish bullfght-
er, who was shot by f. Carleton Bass,
another matador. returned an opinion
of homicide, leaving the question of
responsibility under the law with the
Prosecuting Attorneys office Bass
was returned to jail.
One of the witnesses at the inquest
was Cervera's widow, who testified
strongly in support of Bass statement
that Cervera attacked him first with
a butcher knife.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-10
GIVES UP ALL HOPE
OF SETTLING TROUBLE
Mayor Williams of Stockton Unable TO
Straighten Out the Water Front
Difficulty.

STOCKTON, June 9.-Mayor Will
Jams has given up all hope of settling
the water front difficulties. For three
days he has been having conferences
with both sides, and this morning he
was sent communication by the Mill
ers' and Warehousemen's Association
to the effect that the organization did
not deem ii advisable at the time to re-
consider its position regarding the en-
ployment of labor.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-10
ENDURANCE OF COWBOYS
TO BE TESTED IN RACE
Arrangements Being Made for Thrill
ing Ride From Albuquerque TO st.
Louis Fair Grounds.

ALBUQUERQUE, n. NJ, June O.
F. H Leland, a veteran cavalry man,
and William Closson, a well-known
cowboy of this section, are organizing
a 1200-mlle relay race for cowboys,
open for riders in New Mexico and Ari-
zona, with the starting point in Albu-
cuerque and the finish at the gates of
the Worlds Fair grounds in St. Louis
The purse will be $500 and will be
offered by New Mexico cattIemen.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-10
CaIifornians in New York.

NEW YORK. June 9.-The following
Californians have arrived here: From
San Francisco-Miss Berry and Mrs. j.
L. Berry, at the Albemarle; H. Huber
and wife, at the Union Square, and
Miss E. D. Patton, at the Albemarle.
From Santa Rosa-C. Donovan, at the
Imperial. From Los Angeles-D. e.
Stanton, at the Gerard, and Mrs. w.
Wesscher, at the Grand Hotel.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-10
BUSINESS MEN COMPLAIN
OF THE INSURANCE RATES
Appeal TO Public Bodies of British
Columbia, Alleging That Charges
Are EXtOrtiOnate.

VANCOUVER B. c., June 9.-The
business men of Vancouver. Westmins
ter and Victoria are appealing TO pub
lie bodies to- use their influence to pro-
tect them from alleged exOrbitant fire
rates The insurance companies raised
the rates owing to the Baltimore and
Toronto fires.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-10
WESTERN PACIFIC ROAD
TO ABANDON FRANCHISES
Intends TO Ask City Council for New
Right of Way Through the
Streets of Stockton.

STOCKTON. June 9.-The Western
Pacific Railroad, which secured fran
chises on Ophir street and Hazelton
avenue in this city, now proposes to
abandon the franchises. Instead il
viii ask for a franchise TO run a line
through the western part Of the city
over Monroe street, bridging Stockton
and Mormon channels
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-10
CRUSHED To DEATH
By TRACTION ENGINE
Joseph Menne of Stockton Is Fatally
Injured While at Work i'm Log
ging Camp Near Redding.

STOCKTON, June 9. = Joseph
Meme, a resident Of this city. where
his wife and six children reside, was
caught in the machinery Of a traction
engine at a logging camp fifty miles
from Redding yesterday afternoon and
sustained injuries from which he died
q few hours later.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-10
VERDICT OF CONVICTION
WILL NOT BE SET ASIDE
Judge BeIlinger Denies the Motion for
New Trial i'm the Woods Con-
s1iFacy Cases.

PORTLAND, Or, June 9.-Judge
Bellinger to-day denied the motion of
7. A. and Hosea Wood for a new trial
and sentence viii be pronounced next
Tuesday. The Woods were convicted
ment.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-10
ASSAULT
is MADE ON A JUNKMAN
Two Strangers Attack Him Near His
Home and Beat Him on the
Head With a Club.

SAN JOSE, June "A murderous
assault was made last evening upon
Joe Roboso, junkman, by two strang-
ers at the corner of the Alameda
and ST. Mary street. Roboso was on
his way home when two men ap-
preached him, one of whom struck
him on the head with a club, infiicting
an ugly wound. No attempt was made
to rob shim and the cause of the at
tack is a mystery.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-10
DESPONDENT WIDOWER
TAKES HIS OWN LIFE
Leonard Schwans an Elderly Man,
Commits Suicide at Santa Rosa
By Means of Poison.

SANTA ROSA, June 9.-Leonard
Schwan, aged 73 years, committed sui
eide this forenoon by swallowing
strychnine. He had been resident of
Santa Rosa for more than 30 years.
His wife died several months ago, and
since then he has been despondent.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-10
Aged Woman Missing.

Mrs. Julia Keil, an aged German
woman, is missing from her home, S12
Eleventh street. She was found on
Golden Gate avenue late Wednesday
night by Patrolman Gleason and taken
to the Emergency Hospital. Yester-
day morning she was allowed to go. as
she appeared rational and said she
could find her way home. Her rela-
tives say she has not been seen since.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-10
MFNDOCINO DEMOCRATS
MEET IN CONVENTION
Select Candidates for Supervisors and
RenOminate l.. VI. Weger for
ASSPmblyman

UKIAH. June 9-The Democratic
County Convention met here to-day and
renominated r. NJ Weger for As
semblyman from the SiXtieth District
and d. H. Lawson. NJ. /. Gibson, H. d.
Rowe and John Flanagan for Super
vis0rs in their respective districts.
Resolutions indorsing Congressman
Bell were adopted
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-10
BENJAMIN IDE WHEELER
is HONORED IN THE EAST

MADISON, Wis. June 9.-Beniamin
Ide Wheeler, president Of the Univer-
sity of California, to-day received the
degree of doctor of laws from the Uni
versity of Wisconsin.