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The San Francisco call., 1904-07-26
WILL IMPROVE
THE WATER v AVS
State Board of Works APP
proves Employment of En-
gineerS Outside of State
Special Dispatch to The Can.

| SACRAMENTO, July 25.-Rufus P
Jennings and J. E. Faris of the ex-
ecutive committee of the River I'm
| provement and Drainage Association
appeared before the auditing board of
the State Commission of Public Works
this afternoon and recommended the
employment Of the following consult
ing engineers to devise a compre-
hensive plan for improving the Sacra-
mento and San Joaquin rivers: Major
T. G. Dabney, Clarksville, Miss; H.
NJ. Chittenden, Sioux City, Ia; Henry
Brown Richardson, chief engineer of
the State of Louisiana, New Orleans.
Jennings explained that the recon-
mediation was made in accordance
with a resolution adopted at the river
the present year. The auditing board
passed a resolution approving the
selection and fixing the compensation
at $1,000 per month for each engineer
1t is expected, will be five months 1t
developed that not more than half of
the engineers in the United States who
were written to responded
Governor Pardee, prior to his depart
ure for st. Louis, approved the en-
ployment of three engineers residing
outside the State at an expense not to
exceed $4,000 to be paid by the State.
The three engineers will be supple
mented by two engineers selected in
this State, who will doubtless be Major
w h Heuer, the Government engineer
in charge of the California rivers, and
M. A. Nurse, engineer to the Commits
sion of Public Works. The engineers
will be requested to report plans in
time to permit appropriation bills to be
prepared for presentation at the next
session of the Legislature The en-
gineers will be expected to provide
plans for caring for the annual flood
waters and improving navigation on
the two great waterways.
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Chutes.

Mike" Fosters dog, a diminutive
canine that does about everything but
talk. gave his initial bark at the
Chutes yesterday and made a great hit
at both performances. Derenda and
Green, agile and amusing club Jug
glers. and John ]. Scully and Blanche
Phelps, who presented a comedy skit
entitled The Irish Author were also
new and won the appreciation of their
audience. Belle and Lotta Tobin, the
instrumentalists; Emma Cotrely and
Antonio Van Gofre, the strong couple;
Hershal Stein, the barytone singer of
illustrated songs, and the animato-
scope, showing many interesting
scenes on board of Japanese men of
war, completed a capital programme.
The amateurs will appear on Thurs
day night.
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WILL IGNORE
CONGRESS- ACT
In Spite of Measure Passed
Navy Department Will Not
Restore Retired Officer
FIGURES IN SCANDAL
Lieutenant r. III. TOwnley
Pays Penalty of Indiscre-
tiOn in Philippine Islands
Special Dispatch to The Call

CALL BUREAU, HOTEL BARTON,
WASHINGTON, July 25.-Despite the
fact that Congress passed a measure
authorizing the President to restore
Lieutenant Richard H. Townley. re-
tired, to the active list Of the navy. the
department has decided to take no ac-
tion in the matter because of the scan
dsl in which the lieutenant became in
volved in the Philippines. This decision
on the part Of the department leaves
Lieutenant Townley in his original pO-
sition on the retired list. though when
tried by cOurt-martiaI for the Philip
pine scandal he was convicted and SEN
fenced TO be dismissed from the navy.
Lieutenant TOwnley was received for
active duty in the navy during the
Spanish war on his own application.
and was sent to Manila for duty in
connection with the purchase OF sup
plies for the navy. While so engaged
he became Involved in the scandal in
the office of Major George B. Davis.
commissary.
1t is alleged that Lieutenant Townley
suggested to certain contractors having
they contribute $4,000 to make up a
shortage of that amount in Major Da-
Wis accounts. Lieutenant Townley
was tried by a court-martial for scan
daIous conduct. Five of the seven mem
bers of the court Joined in recommend
ing for clemency on the ground that
''the motives governing the action Of
the accused in this matter were be-
lieved by them to be due to a mistaken
or quixotic idea Of kindness, and were
free from intent to defraud any one"
The case has been pending before the
department ever since, and sentence
has never been executed. The decision
of the department, just announced, to
take no further action in this case has
the effect practically of multiplying the
act of Congress and also the sentence
of dismissal imposed by the court
martial, and leaves Lieutenant Town
ley in his former status as lieutenant
Gunior grade) on the retired list.
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Matinee by Gerson's Students.

At the matinee to be given by the
students of the Paul Gerson School of
Acting at the Alcazar Theater this af-
ternoon two one-act plays new to this
city will be given. The first, "The
Prairie Judgment" was written by
Martin v. Merle, the young Santa
Clara College student who staged the
Passion play last season at Santa
Clara, and which critics declared was
wonderful representation. 1t is Mr..
Merle's first attempt at play writing
and if the public takes kindly to his
first offering he intends to undertake
something on a more ambitious scale.
Another one-act play is by Suderman
and is a story of German military
life entitled "Fritzchen." 1t is crowd
ed with intense situations and is writ
ten in the great authors best vein. A
pretty little one-act Southern play.
which has not been seen in this CITY
for years, is "Marse Van"
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-26

CHICAGO, July 25.-With all peace
negotiations broken off and with all the
allied trade unions employed at the
different plants, with the exception Of
the teamsters and the stationary en-
gineers, out on strike in sympathy
with the butcher workmen who quit
work two weeks ago, the stockyards
strike tonight had settled down to
what promises to be one of the bitter
est fights between capital and labor in
the history of America.
AS had been threatened for some time
the allied trades employed in the pack
ing industry quit work when called
upon to-day to assist the striking
butchers in their efforts to bring the
packers to terms. In several instances
the men did not await for the official
notification from their leaders to go on
strike, but threw down their tools and
quit work of their own volition. At
o'clock tonight the statement was
made by Michael Donnelly, president of
the Butchers Union, that every union
man employed at the stockyards, with
the exception of the teamsters and en-
gineers, had responded to orders for
a general sympathetic strike. The en-
gineers, he declared, would join the
strikers tomorrow morning, and unless
there were a speedy settlement Of the
difficulty. he said. the teamsters would
undoubtedly join their brother work
men in their struggle for supremacy.
According to Donnelly to-days strike
swelled the number of men who have
quit work at the stock yards in Chi
cago alone to nearly 10000.
MEANS FIGHT TO a FINISH.
Both sides to the controversy de-
clared tonight that they were per-
fectly satisfied with the present state
Of affairs and that they were willing
to make it a fight to a finish to de-
termine who shall dictate the terms of
a settlement.
According to the packers the general
strike to-day was a failure, it being
claimed by them that not more than
one-half the members of the allied
trades quit work when officially called
out by their leaders this morning. The
further statement was made by the
packers that should all the union men
decide. to join the strikers it would
make little difference to the employers,
as they had sufficient resources to con-
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PERSONAL.

DR.. Bernays of ST. Louis is at the
Palace.
Robert G. Barton, manager Of the
Fresno Theater, is at the California.
Justice Bossi Of Quebec. who is max
ing a tour Of the world. is at the Pal
ace
Rev. 7. c. Winn, a missionary from
osaka, is at the Occidental.
". B. Clapp Of the United States
Geodetic Survey arrived at the Grand
yesterday.
H. y. Anderson, a lumberman of
Aberdeen. Wash, and his wife are at
the Palace.
Dr. and Mrs. H. W. Fenner Of Tue
son are among the latest arrivals at
the Palace.
DR. J. f. Parker and DR.. ]. Tyler
Parker of Pasadena are registered at
the Palace.
Rabbi Bernard NJ. Kaplan Of Sacra-
mento is visiting this city and stay
ing at the Occidental.
Walter s. Melick, secretary of the
State Board Of Examiners, is in San
Francisco on official business.
Harry E Arnhold, one of the leading
merchants Of Hongkong. arrived from
the Orient yesterday and is at the St.
Francis.
J. B. Parrish, the well-knovn mining
engineer Of Denver, is staying at the
St. Francis.
Robert Levers, capitalist Of Homo
lulu, arrived from the islands on the
steamship China yesterday and is at
thu Occidental
Lieutenant Commander G. A. Carr
and Lieutenant r. E. Carney. u. S. N,
arrived here yesterday and are regis
tered at the Occidental.
Duncan B. Harrison, the well known
playwright and former manager Of
Pugilist John L. Sullivan. arrived from
the East yesterday and is registered
at the Occidental.
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"oPEN SHOP" TO PREVAIL.
Kansas City Packers Will Continue to
Engage Nom Union Men.

KANSAS CITY, July 25.-"The
strike situation looks very bright at
the present time" said c. w. Armour
tonight. President Donnelly or
dered certain members of the Allied
Trades to strike this morning at Z
o'clock and they refused to do it,"
The word ordering out the members
of the Allied Trades Union in this city,
which was expected to come from
Chicago this morning, failed to come
and the men continued at work as
usual. 1t is the apparent intention of
the local packing companies to adopt
the open shop" policy, and they con-
tend that they will have won the bat
tie against the unions when they shall
have secured a sufficient number of
non-union men to restore the normal
output of the various plants.
The strikers are strictly preserving
the orders of President Donnelly not
to create any disturbance and the po-
lice report that since the second walk
out they have not made a single ar
rest in the Armourdale district
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-26
Alcazar.

Rupert Of Hentzau" was produced
last night by the Alcazar stock COM
pany, but hardly with the success that
attended its predecessor. THE Pris-
oner of Zenda," of which it is the sequel
1t lacks the thrilling climaxes and
clever lines of the latter piece, although
the capable members of the company
struggled in valiant fashion with what
material they had to work on. White
Whittlesey was not at his best in the
dual role of Rassendyll and King Ru-
dolph, the quick changes from one
character to another being the clever
est thing about the impersonations.
Whittlesey was not letter perfect in
his lines, a defect shared by several
of the company. All this will be
remedied now that the players are
familiar with the situations, and
smoother performance will undoubtedly
be the result tonight. There is much
to interest in the piece and great praise
is certainly due to the efforts of Fred
Butler, Luke CONFESS, who plays the
title role; Richard Vivian, Stanley
Johns, Harry Byers, Marie Howe and
Oza Waldrop for their painstaking eff
forts. Juliet Crosby acted the part of
the Queen with her usual charm and
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The San Francisco call., 1904-07-26
Central.

Scott Marbles highly sensational
drama, THE Gates of Justice" crowd
ed the Central Theater last night and
pleased the house with it's succession of
thrilling incidents. The climax brought
great applause and half-dozen cur
tain calls. This scene illustrates an
attempt to murder the superintendent
of mine by hurting him down a chute
leading to the coal crusher-a tremen-
dous machine with large cylinders pro-
vided with huge teeth. To fall into
these metallic jaws means instant
destruction. The audience is reused to
the highest enthusiasm by the heroism
of girl who saves the intended victim
from a frightful fate in the nick of
time. Herschel Mayall and Eugene
That's Lawton do excellent work in the
heroic roles.
The play served to introduce the Cen
trails new soubrette, Verne Castro,
who is a handsome brunette. She Gre
ated a fine impression. Ernest How
ell made a hit in a negro character.
Elmer Booth performed a good humor-
Gus stunt. Lawrence Griffith made a
creditable villain, and George P. Web
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-26
CaIifornians in New York.

NEW YORK. July 25.-The follow
ins Californians are in New York:
From san Francisco-H. Ardleigh, at
the Continental; J. 7. Barber, at the
Ashland: J. G. Dorward. at the Astor;
Miss s. Dunn, at the st. Denis; J. S.
Dunnigan, at the Hoffman; F. Fetti
Jr-, at the Broadway Central; Mrs. K.
s. Howard, at the New Amsterdam; /;
H. S. Hove, at the Ashland; K. Krons-
ley at the Cadillac; c. N. Krieger, at
the Imperial; II. L. Pasch, at the
Grand; H Walden and wife, at the
Holland; c. S. Wheeler, at the Her
aid Square.
From Los Angeles-W. D. Curtis
and wife, at the Holland; A H. Ninn,
at the St George; H. c. Harrison, at
the Victoria; Mrs. II. c. Harrison, at
the Victoria; K. r. Herwick and Mrs.
7. r. Herwick. at the st. George; H.
O. Rhodes. at the Metropolitan; G. w.
Whitney at the Albert; Mrs. G. w.
Whitney, at the Albert; W. Zeigler, at
the St George.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-26
AGED PATTERN-MAKER
TAKES CARBOLIC ACID
In Fit OF Dependency Harrison
Haight Puts an End to
SufferinQS

Harrison Haight, aged II years,
committed suicide yesterday afternoon
at his residence, 7O3 Leavenworth
street. He had long been i'll with
rheumatism in his arms and this made
him somewhat despondent. He went
out for a walk and when he returned
took his accustomed seaNby the win
dow and at once went into an uncon-
scious state. His aged wife did all she
could to bring him to life, but it was
in vain. On searching his pockets
she discovered an empty bottle that
had contained carbolic acid. This ex-
planned the cause of Haight's sudden
death.
When his son, Edgar G.. Haight,
came home late last night he at once
called in the Coroner. The deceased
was a pattern-maker and had been
employed for many years by the w. T.
Garratt Company. He lived for forty
five years in the house in which he
died.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-26
No Street Parade on Labor Day.

The Labor Council committee hav-
ing charge of the arrangements for
Labor Day has decided, in view of the
fact that only twenty-five of the 14s
unions in San Francisco voted in favor
of a street parade, to drop the street
parade and hold the literary exercises
in the afternoon. This decision does
not apply to the members affiliated
with the Building Trades Council
which will march to the ferry on the
way to the picnic grounds.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-26

INSANE MAN BITES.-Louis Salinas an
insane patient confined in the Detention Hospi-
tai for the Insane at the City Hall made a
desperate and almost successful attempt to es-
cape last evening. He bit the steward who
prevented him accomplishing his purpose.
Salinas has been in the hospital for several
days suffering from a mental disorder that
was manifested by an inordinate craving for
milk. He was not regarded as particularly
dangerous and therefore was not strapped to
his cot Steward Mandville in making his
rounds went to the room occupied by Salinas.
AS he opened the door the demented man
sprang on him and sank his teeth deeply into
Mandville's neck. Salinas fought his way
toward the door. The arrival of other attend
ants and two officers prevented the crazy
man escaping OF shedding more blood He
was placed in a straitjacket and will be sent
to an asylum to-day.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-26
UNITARIAN CLUB WILL
ENTERTAIN VISITORS
slty for Summer Session VIII
Be Guests.

be GueStS.
The next meeting of the Unitarian
Club will be held at the Palace Hotel
on the evening OF August 1. when a
reception and dinner will be given to
the eminent scholars who have come
to this State to join the university
faculty during the summer session at
Berkeley. A number of the eminent
guests will address the club, speaking
of their life work, different phases OF
scientific research. aims. and ideals in
American universities and kindred
topics.
The visiting professors are: Hugh
de Vries, University Of Amsterdam;
Savante August Arrhenius. University
of Stockholm; James Ward, University
Of Cambridge; Reginald Aldworth
Daily. geologist for Canada in the In
ternationaI Boundary Commission:
Frederick Jackson Turner, University
of Wisconsin,; Francis Barton Gum
mere. Haverford College; Morris Hicky
Morgan, Harvard University: Albert
Augustus Stanley. University OF Mich
igan; Frank Morton McMurry. Colum-
bia University; Hammond Lamont,
editor Of the New York Evening Post;
A. c. Coolidge, Harvard University;
Charles Hall Grandgent, Harvard Uni
8ersity; Edward c. Armstrong. Johns
Hopkins University. and FOnger de
Haan, Bryn Mawr College.
Tickets may be procured Of James j.
Fagan at the American National Bank,
Mills building.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-26
MARYSVILLE SURRENDERS
TO OLD KING CARNIVAL
Fete Opens Under Auspicious Circurl-
stances and the City Is Pret-
tiIy Decorated.

anu TIC lily Is
tiIy Decorated.
MARYSVILLE, July 24.-Marysville
is in carnival attire again and throngs
of visitors line the streets in all di-
rections. Stores and buildings are
decorated with bunting and flags and
thousands of electric lights make
beautiful the busy scene by night.
Everything was in readiness this even
ing when the crowning of Miss Leila
McWilliams as queen marked the
opening of a week of pleasure and
mirth. The carnival this year is held
under the auspices of the Women's
Civic Improvement Club and the open
ing tonight augured well for a most
successful week. On Tuesday the Elks
will hold forth and on Thursday the
Eagles have arranged to break all rec
ords. Wednesday will witness the
floral parade and Saturday will be
given over TO King Folly.
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test the ground for an indefinite period.
On the other hand, the leaders Of. the
laborers assert that all the employees at
the, packing plants. together with sew
eral hundred employees at the Union
Stockyards, quit work to-day in
response to the general order for a
sympathetic strike
A new phase of the strike situation
developed late this afternoon, when
notice was given by the unions to the
Independent packers at the stockyards
that their men would not be allowed to
handle animals which had been
brought into the yards or handled in
any way by non-union men. 1t is
necessary for these independent con-
Germs to take all of their livestock into
their yards over the Union Stockyards
runways, where stock must be handled
by non-union men, since the union
men employed by the stockyards COM
pany in this line Of work were among
the employees who Joined the sympa-
thetic strike to-day. The ultimatum of
the unions leaves the independent
packers no alternative but to receive
their livestock directly from the
country or else close down business en-
tirely. meeting of the Independent
packers was held tonight to map out
some plan of action, but no definite
conclusion was reached. Another meet
ing will be held tomorrow to further
discuss the matter.
LAST MOVE TOWARD PEACE.
Before peace negotiations had been
entirely broken off to-day representa-
tives Of the teamsters' union, as had
been agreed upon last night, were in
conference with packers in efforts to
arrange some sort of agreement which
would prevent the spread of the strike.
At this meeting the packers were
asked to concede that the first peace
agreement signed last Wednesday and
which was later repudiated by the
strikers, when a second strike was
called, be considered null and void and
that the packers submit a new propo7
sition for peace terms. The committed
also notified the packers that the
striking butchers would stand by last
Saturdays demand, which was that all
men be reinstated within ten days or
their cases be submitted to immediate
arbitration, all butchers and casing
men to be taken back within forty
eight hours after work was resumed
No progress toward a settlement was
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ster, George Nichols and Lloyd Ed
wards contributed we'll to the success
of the piece. Edna Ellsmere gave a
strong impersonation of a heartless ad-
ventures, and Julia Blanc, who made
the best of a small part, received sew
eral encores for vocal speciality. The
play has all the elements Of a popular
melodrama and there is not a dull mo-
ment in it.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-26
TWO KILLED AND SEVERAL
INJURED IN COLLISION
Electric Car, Throwing 1t a Dis
tance of Twenty Feet.

IdDCC Ol lNcnly ESSl.
INDIANAPOLIS, July 25.-Two per-
sons were killed and several injured in
a collision between a southbound Big
Four passenger train and a westbound
Prospect-Blake electric car at Wash
ington and Missouri streets tonight.
The dead:
SAMUEL ROMANS, about so years
old.
MRS. WILLIAM j. HARRIS,
colored, 40 years old.
The seriously injured: Mamie OF
well. "a years old; Helen Mendenhall,
aged 5.
The locomotive struck the front of
the electric car, throwing it a dis
tance Of twenty feet to one side, its di-
rection being almost reversed. The
train was stopped within a few yards
Of Washington street and the crew as
sisted in clearing the wreckage and
caring for the injured.
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made at the conference and the team
sters' committee retired to consider a
new proposal.
Despite the sympathetic strike to-
day all the plants worked up to the
regular time, although at a reduced
capacity. At Armour & Co.'s plant it
was claimed that 1880 hogs, 700 cat
tie and 200 sheep had been slaugh-
tered during the day. At the other
six plants a corresponding amount of
work was accomplished and it was
predicted by all that by tomorrow
there would be decided increase in
the number of animals slaughtered.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-26
TWICE AS MANY DEATHS
AS BIRTHS IN HAWAII
Statistics Of Health Board Show That
Consumption Is Most Prevalent
Fatal Disease in Territory.

HONOLULU, July 19.-Deaths re-
ported in Hawaii for the month of
June more than doubled the number
CT births the former being recorded
as 40 and the births as 33. Statistics
OF the Health Board show that of the
40 deaths A were males and 23 fe-
males. There were % Hawaiians, Z
Chinese, IL Portuguese, 13 japanese,
from Great Britain, 6 Americans
and of other nationalities not re-
corded Consumption carried off far
more people than any other disease.