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The San Francisco call., 1904-07-03
GOVERNMENT PREPARES
TO CONSTRUCT CANAL
Notifies Railroad to Remove Tracks
From District Through Which
Water VIII Be Directed.

HELENA, Mont, July 2.-The
Great Northern Railway Company has
been notified by the United States
Government of its intention to pro-
ceed as soon as be necessary prelim-
inaries shall have been arranged with
the construction of the Milk River
canal lrrigation project and is now
preparing to move its tracks from
land that will be submerged by the
Government reservoirs. The Milk Riv-
er project is the largest undertaken
by the Government. 1t is estimated
that it will result in the reclamation
of $50, 900 acres of arid land.
The project provides for the con-
struction of a canal 100 miles in
length tapping st. Marys Lake and
the Milk River in the northern part of
Montana and the filing Of reservoirs
from which circulating waters will be
drawn. 1t is figured by engineers that
it will require two years of steady
flow to fill the reservoir planned by
the Government The flow Of water
will submerge about twenty miles of
the present right of way of the Great
Northern to a depth of about twenty
two feet. Congress at it's recent ses-
sion appropriated s5,500,0o0 to carry
on the work.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-03
PATH
SCENE OF RUIN
Reports Following Cloud
burst in Utah Greatly I'm
derestimate Damage Done
ROADBEDS WASHED OUT
Hundreds of Cellars Filled
With Water and Streetcar
Traffic Prevented by Mud

SALT LAKE CITY, July 2.-Dam-
age by last nights cloudburst ins Dry
Creek Canyon and the remarkable
electric storm accompanying proves
considerably heavier than at first re-
ported. The cloudburst apparently
occurred close to the top of the Wah-
satch range, dividing City and Dry
Creek canyons, and a wall of water
from six to ten feet deep tore for
miles down the latter canyon. Com
ing out on the open bench lands
northeast of the city, it rapidly less
ened in depth, but was still two feet
in depth when it struck North Brig
ham and First streets. two of the most
fashionable thoroughfares in the city.
For three blocks on those and inter
secting streets the roads are complete
ly torn up, the roadbed being washed
away clear to the rock; street car
tracks were covered with a foot of
mud and debris and hundreds of cell
lars filed with muddy water.
At Murray the branch power-house
was struck by lightning and burned,
the consequence being that all the big
smelters there were forced to close
down for, several hours.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-03
GOTHAM GAMBLING HOUSE
is RAIDED BY THE POLICE
Officers Secure Entrance by Choking
and Gagging DOorkeeper, Max
ing Use of His KEYS.

NEW YORK, July 2.-After choking
the doorkeeDer into submission and
taking his keys, a police captain and
three detectives have accomplished an
unusual raid on a gambling-house in
West Thirty-fourth street. Three at
tendants and four players were cap
tured.
The house had been under police
guard several weeks. Finally the cap
tain moved his guard from view and
the proprietors were reassured. Taking
three trusted men. the captain rang the
basement doorbell and was answered
by negro door man. He was seized
and throttled, while a gag was slipped
into his mouth and handouts slapped
over his wrists. Then, with keys taken
from the prisoners pockets, the police
carefully opened three steel doors and
made their way to the upper floors.
So quietly had the work been done
that the raiders stood in the darkened
hall several minutes and watched the
games in operation. Then the officers
stepped into the brilliantly lighted
rooms and placed every one there un-
der arrest. The raid was the most sue
cessful here in some time.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-03
INTERNAL REVENUE LAW
FOR ISLANDS is PASSED
Bill Prepared by Governor Wright
Meets With the Approval of
Civil Commission

MANILA, July after extensive
discussion in public the internal reve-
nue. law for the Philippine Islands,
which was prepared by Governor
Wright, has been passed by the Civil
Commission. 1t is estimated that this
law will produce a yearly revenue of
$5,000,0o0 in gold, one-quarter of
which will revert to the provinces and
municipalities where it is collected and
three-quarters of which will go to the
insular government.
UnderstheS law taxes will be levied
principally upon alcoholic productions
beer, tobacco, cigars. cigarettes and
matches. There is 10 be an "occupa-
ton tax and revenue will be derived
from licenses The law repeals a great
number of taxes now imposed upon
poor people by the existing Spanish
law The tax upon liquors and
tobacco provided for under the law
is much lower than such taxes in the
United States.
1t is believed the new law will fur
nish basis to provide a substantial
and sufficient revenue for the Govern
ment should free trade between the
United States and the Philippines ulti-
mately be established.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-03
ENDS The DAYS
OF BIG TRUST
Final Decree Ordering Sale
of United States Ship
building Company Signed
PRICE OF SHARES FIXED
Judge Names Minimum Sum
Receiver Shall Accept for
Interest of Corporations

TRENTON, Ne J.. July fudge
Lanning signed a final decree in the
United States Circuit Court to-day or
dering a sale of the United States
Shipbuilding Company in the fore
closure proceedings instituted by the
Mercantile Trust Company and the
New York Security and Trust Com
pany OH the two mortgages held by
them for s16.000.000 and s10,000,000
respectively. Accompanying the decree
he filed an order dismissing the appeal
of Mrs. Ida E. Wood of New York,
who asked to be admitted as a party
defendant that she might attack the
validity of the mortgages with a view
of entering preference claim over the
rights of the other bondf1olders. She
holds 100000 of bonds for which she
paid $195,00O. The total amount due
on the mortgage held by the Mercan-
tile Trust Company as trustee for the
bondholders is $16,153,162. On that
of the New York Security and Trust
Company $1O.7O6,9 ,943 is due.
In the decree Judge Lanning also
fixes the minimum amount which the
receiver is authorized to accept for the
properties of the underlying COM
panies in the trust. These amounts
are as follows:
Three hundred thousand shares of
the Bethlehem Steel Company. $780,
600; Union Iron Works. California,
s1,400, geo; Hyde Windlass Company.
Maine, $125,000; Bath Iron Works,
Limited, Maine, 100000; Crescent
Shipyard Company, New Jersey, $125,-
900; Samuel L. Moore & Sons Company,
New Jersey, $175,000; Eastern Ship
building Company. Connecticut, s125,-
900; Harlan & Hollingsworth Com
pany, Delaware, $550,000; Canda
Manufacturing Company, 100000;
patent rights, good will, book accounts
and contracts. $4,000; mortgaged
personal property of the Bath Iron
Works, $4,000; Crescent Shipyard
Company. $4,000; Samuel L. Moore
& Sons Company, $4,000; Eastern
ShipbuiIding Company. $40. 900; Har-
Ian & Hollingsworth Company. $135,-
600.
The shipbuilding company is or
dered by the decree to turn over the
total amount due on the two
mortgages within ten days, in default
OF which the receiver is authorized to
advertise and proceed with the sale.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-03
WANTS COURT
TO INTERFERE
StockhOlder of the Marconi
Wireless Telegraph Com
pany Sues for Accounting
ASKS FOR A RECEIVER
Says Affairs of Concern
Have Been Mismanaged by
the Board of Directors

NEW YORK. July 2.-Henry Gard
ner. stockholder in the Marconi Wire
less Telegraph Company of America,
has begun a suit in the Supreme Court
against that corporation and its di-
rectors, in which he demands an ac-
counting as to the affairs of the COM
pany; an injunction restraining the
directors from making and disposing
of its assets, or from interfering in
any way with its management; the
appointment of a receiver for the
company, and for such other relief as,
the court may deem he is entitled to.
The company was Incorporated un-
der the laws of New Jersey with a
capital Of s6,65o,00O and it is alleged
by the company that of this amount
s61,190,o0o of stock has been issued
and is outstanding.
The plaintiff alleges that the de-
PENDANTS caused TO be issued on March
21 last a statement or balance sheet,
which set forth that on June /, 1904,
the company was the owner of GER
tain rights, privileges and contracts
of the alleged value of $5,31S,494,
which, together with other items,
made an equalization between the as
sets and liabilities. He alleges that
the patent rights and patents and con-
tracts referred to in the financial
statement were not worth on January
last anything like the sum of
s5,3lS,494, and that the capital stock
or cash given in payment of those
rights. patents and contracts was man
ipufated by Z. Rollins Morse, one of
the defendants, who Gardner says he
believes had been the chief promoter
and financial engineer of the company.
Gardner asserts that the directors
Of the corporation have mismanaged
its affairs and wasted its assets He
asks that they be removed from Of
fee and replaced by other directors.
The accounting is especially asked
for as TO the sale of all stock.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-03
ROBBERS SHOOT AND KILL
BRAVE POLICE SERGEANT
Thugs Hold Up Gambling Resort and
When Confronted by Officer
Fire Fatal Shot

BILLINGS, Mont; July 2.-Sergeant
Of Police Robert ]. Hanna was instant
ly killed by two hold-ups this morning
while he was attempting to capture
them. Sheriff George Hubbard was
shot through the hand. The shooting
followed the hold-up of the Owl saloon
and gambling resort at about / O'Clock.
when about twelve men were compelled
to throw I'D their hands. The robbers
eontented themselves with taking all Of
the cash in sight on the tables. amount
ing to about $4,000. A gambler in the rear
Of the saloon, hearing the command of
the robbers, slipped out through rear
door and notified the police.
One Of the robbers accomplices was
captured, and posses are now in pur-
suit Of the two escaped robbers.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-03
MONEY MARKET
DISPLAYS LIFE
Gain Estimated by Bankers
Falls Far Below the Real
Increase in Cash Returns
RESERVE FUNDS EXPAND
Growth of Business is Due
in Part to Withdrawal of
Funds for Panama Canal

NEW YORK, July 2.-The Financier
this week says.
The striking feature OF the official
statement OF the New York Associated
Banks last week was its failure fully
70 reflect the gain in cash, which was
estimated on the basis Of the traceable
movements Of money during the week,
the estimates indicating an increase of
s.. SIS, 500, while the gain as shown by
the bank returns was only s71,30e. Con-
sidering the fact, however, that the
total cash made a new high record. the
smaller gain in this item, compared
with the estimate, is not important.
The discrepancy Of s7.514.5oo between
the actual and the estimated gain
seemed TO have been due TO specially
large payments by one of the banks.
Loans were. as was expected. increased.
and the expansion Of SS,12S,S00 in this
item carries the total 10 within $751;
100 Of the highest on record
The increase last week was most like
" due 20 loans Of funds early in the
week which had been deposited pre-
paratory 10 the disbursement OF July
interest and dividends. and also TO syn
dicAte borrowings. The deposits were
increased by ss.674, 200, or s743, 400 great
er than the sum of the expansion In
loans and the gain in cash, therefore
the statement was technically out Of
proof. The required reserve was in
creased s24ls.675. deducting from which
the gain in cash left 81, 375 as the
decrease in surplus reserve to s36, 105,-
800. Computed upon the basis Of de-
posits less those OF S2s, LAG. 500 public
funds, the surplus was $41, ,916, $50. Cir
culation was increased s2ss, 500, making
& gain in this item of $s,2o5, 900 since
May IA.
It may be noted that the public de-
posits have been reduced $50, $40, 100
since the end Of April. chiefly the result
Of the surrenders of those funds which
were specially held on the Panama
canal account and Of subsequent with
drawals IN response 10 treasury calls
The daily average Of bank clearings
for the week was s2o5 o0o. 900. against
s17s 900 900 in the previous week. This
increase partly reflects operations in
connection with payments Of half year
" interest and dividend payments. The
clearings on Saturday, representing
Fridays business. were $2ss, ,o15.s57. or
considerably above the daily average.
COMPARISONS Of loans show that seven
banks gained $e.30o0 900 net, eight hanks
decreased cash by $500, 900 net and the
reduction in the case Of at least one
hank was quite important.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-03
Pierpont Morgan Lives in Peace.

LONDON, July 2.-J. Pierpont Nor
gan has been living here quietly in his
house at Princess Gate. He does not
find it as difficult to preserve complete
privacy now as he did few years hack,
for his comings and goings are not even
mentioned in the newspapers, which
formerly followed his movements with
far more interest than those of any
royalty. 1t is reported that he has pur-
chased at the record auction-room
figure of $50, 500 Gainsborough's Duchess
of Gloster from the Duke of Cam
bridges collection. but the picture so
far remains with the Agnews, the big
dealers.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-03
TWO WOMEN BADLY HURT
IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
Machine Crashes Into Motor Train
and Occupants Are Hurled Head
long to Pavement.


NEW YORK. July 1.-TWO women
ard 4 man, occupants Of an automobile
which crashed into a Brighton Beach
motor train at Ocean Parkway early
to-day. were badly hurt. The women
may die.
The injured: Edward Schoteel. Irene
Shayne and Laura O'Donnell.
The train into which the machine
crashed was filed Vith passengers
bound home from Coney Island. The
crowd became greatly excited and the
train was nearly emptied Of its load in
a few minutes The members of the
automobile party were thrown heading
70 the hard surface of the boulevard.
Both women sustained fractured skulls,
and at the hospital to which they were
hastily carried it was feared they would
not recover. Schoteel. who was hand
ling the automobile. was not seriously
injured.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-03
NEGRO KILLED AND WHITE
MAN WOUNDED IN FIGHT
Streets of Cheyenne and Bloody
Battle EnSues

CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 2.-Wil-
liam Carpenter, colored, was killed
and Walter Jones of Company E.
Eleventh Infantry, was shot through
the abdomen in fight in West Chey-
enne early to-day. Ten or twelve
negroes were beating Charles C. Lands,
a soldier. and his cries attracted other
soldiers to the scene. The shooting
followed. 1t is supposed that Car
penter fired the shot which wounded
Jones and that the latter shot Car
penter. Many negroes and soldiers
were arrested. Jones is in a critical
condition.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-03
WOMAN MEETS HER DEATH
WHILE DRIVING WITH son
Fatal Accident Terminates Carriage
Ride of Chicago Educator and
His Guests.

MADISON. Wis. July I'm a run
away on University drive Mrs. Josiah
Jackson of Pitts1eId. Mass. mother OF
Professor d. c. Jackson. head OF the
department of electrical enginearing.
was killed. Professor Jackson had an
arm broken, as did also his wife, and
Mrs. Erastus Milo, widow of the for
mer president of Fiske University,
who was visiting them, was badly
hurt. Professor Jackson is subject to
heart trouble and tainted while driv-
ing causing the team to run away.
The carriage struck a tree.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-03
DEATH BENEATH THE WAVES
is THE FATE OF A DIVER
Man Gives Alarm Signal,
but Dies Before Helpers Pull
Him to Surface.

CHESTER, Pa, July Captain G..
H. Metcalf of Philadelphia, who was
in charge of the divers engaged IN
deepening the Delaware River cllan-
mel off Chester, was drowned in his
diving suit yesterday. He went down
to the river bed because of trouble the
men were having with a drill. In n
few minutes he gave the alarm Gig
nal and two minutes later was pulled
on the deck dead. In some unac-
countable manner the helrler of his
diving apparatus had become dis
placed.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-03
MOTHER SAVED AT EXPENSE
OF LIFE OF HER CHILD
Body of Boy Struck by Train Strikes
Parent and Knocks Her Out
of Danger

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa, July .
Struck by the flying body of her
S-year-old son, who was instantly
killed to-day by an express train, Mrs.
Alva Williamson escaped the fate of
her boy. Mrs. Williamson and her
son were on the way to visit Mrs. Will
liamson's mother and were walking on
the track. They stepped from in front
of an approaching freight train and
did not see the swift running express.
The boy was ahead. His body was
thrown back with great violence and
knocked his mother off the track.
Mrs. Williamson's mother saw the ac-
cident from u window of her home.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-03
Lieutenant Commander Carter Retired

Lieutenant Commander Carter Retired
WASHINGTON. July 1.-The Presi-
dent yesterday signed an order plac-
ing Lieutenant Commander Fidelo S.
Carter on the retired list. Lieutenant
Commander Carter when recently ex-
amined for promotion was pronounced
physically. morally and professionally
disqualified. The moral disqualified
tions were disproved.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-03
General stoessel Is a Swiss.

GENEVA, July 2.-General Stoessel,
who is defending Port Arthur, is a
Swiss by birth. and has received most
OF his military education in Switzer-
land.
His father and two brothers still live
at WulfAngen, in the canton of Zurich
General Stoessel passed through the
military school, and until 1883 was at
the head of the engineering department
at Winterhour.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-03
Tonopah Becomes oniciaI Name.

ToNOPAH, New, July 2.-Tonopah
has become the official name of But
Ter, New. Some time since the Post
ONCE Department at Washington was
petidoned 10 make the change, as the
town was known throughout the
country as Tonopah. Considerable
trouble was caused in the handling Of
mail through the towns having an
unknown Official name and a well
known unofficial one.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-03
ROW BETWEEN DRUNKEN
MEN ENDS IN A MURDER
Victim Is Known to Have Had Consid-
cradle Money on His Person, but
Is Is Now Missing.

YUMA, Ariz., July "A murder
occurred within two miles of this city
to-day. Eugene Tourtellotte emptied
the contents of a double -barreled
shotgun into the body of Pat Devine
after breaking rifle on his head. The
trouble occurred during a discussion
as to which was the better shot. Both
had been drinking. They are we'll
known all over the Territory. De-
vine had considerable money on his
person and it is now missing.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-03

Some people are not only at home
when opportunity knocks, but they
are prepared to seize it and drag it in
side behind doors locked with COM
bination known only to themselves.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-03
Cheap Rates East.

If you going to Worlds Fair get cheap
rate and go via Northern Pacific Railway and
Yellowstone Park Ask about II. T. K. State
Francisco
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-03

Mrs. Maybrick's figure in wax. which
has been for many years in Nine. Tus-
saud's exhibition in London. has been
withdrawn. Whitaker Wrights has
taken its place.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-03

The Herreros. whom the Germans are
now fighting in Southwest Africa.
number 10000 fighting men. OF a class
far superior to most of the African na-
tive races.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-03
CONSERVATIVES HOSPITAL
NOW READY FOR PATIENTS

Fitting Exercises Mark the Open
ing of the Agnes Memorial Sani-
tarium at Denver.
DENVER, Colo, July 2.-The Agnes
Memorial Sanitarium, dedicated to the
treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis.
was opened to-day with fitting exer-
cises. The sanitarium was built and
furnished by Lawrence c.. Phipps of
this city, formerly of Pittsburg, in
memory of his mother. Mrs. Agnes
Phipps.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-03
BUSINESS OF SUB-TREASURY
INCREASED BY THE WAR
Large sum Transferred From San
Francisco Due TO japanese I'm
-

NEW YORK. July Telegraph
transfers from San Francisco to the
local Sub-Treasury to-day aggregated
s2.l1S.OO0. Much, if not all, of this is
believed TO represent japanese imports
OF gold 10 the Pacific Coast.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-18
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

py local applications as they cannot
leach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deaf
ness. and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
in1iamed condition of the mucous lin
ing of the F,ustachlan Tube. When
this tube is infamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing,
and when it is entirely closed. Deafness
is the result and unless the intlam-
nation can be taken out and this tube
restored to its normal condition, hear
ing will be destroyed forever, nine
cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which is nothing but an inlamed con-
dition of the mucous services.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness Caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for cir
culars free.
F.. J. CHENEY G. co, Toledo. 0.
Sold by Druggists, 15c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-18

under that privilege Cossacks by the
thousands have been poured into the
province. At the same time the Port
Arthur branch of the railway has been
rushed To completion. 1t is along this
spur OF the line that some important
developments may be looked
for shortly Resides making a great
stronghold of Port Arthur, the south
ern terminus of the road. the Rus
SLAMS have strongly intrenched them
selves at Mukden. a point not quite
nan way from Port Arthur to the
Junction with the main line at Hardin.
Other important fortified places are
New Tsurukhaitui. where the line
crosses from Siberia into Manchuria,
and at Cnon. where it branches from
the Siberian railway.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-18

handicap does not interfere with trade.
Another handicap is the fact that
American shoes command more money
than those made at home. but even
this has not interfered with the rapid
extension of trade. The argument in
favor of the American shoe is that it
is lighter, of better form and more
dreSSy in appearance.
The German government is to be
Meanwhile the storm of protest on the
part of the German manufacturers
continues with increasing vigor. The
leading shoe and leather organ of the
empire. Schulz and Leder closes lead
ing editorial in recent issue with
these remarks:
THE only thing to be done is to
appeal to the reason of the German
people. The people must under
stand that German shoes are made by
machinery manufactured in the Unit
ed States. The most intelligent work
erS III American shoe factories are
Germans. We have as good leather
as the Americans. An example of this
is box calf the most modern of all upper
leather. 1t was first introduced by
White Brothers from the United States
but now better box calf is made in
Germany. If the fashion of American
shoes is praised. it must be remem-
bered that the largest factory of lasts
in the world is in German district.
which furnishes lasts to German fac
tories all over the world and also to the
United States.
This information must be kept be-
fore the people continually in the
newspapers. The German shoe deal
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-18

You should have seen me jump up
and down this morning when l diScov-
cred Il mouse i'll my ROOM" said the
mpulsiVe Chicago girl. Your upward
eXertions l can readily understand"
rejoined her cousin from Boston, but
| am led to infer that your descent
was brought about by the action of the
laws of gravitation. with no volition
on Your pNrt.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-18

Toi'pous Magnate (making speech
AZ public luncheon in provincial town.
speaking of travel reminds me how
greatly l have admired the scanerv
around Lake Geneva. and also What
peasant times | have spent in the
nelShbOrhood of Lake Leman Gull
tufed Nelghbor Tin audible whisper)-
PARDON me. but the two places are sy-
nohymous. Pompous Magnate (patro-
hiZlhSlD-Ah. so you may think. sir
so you may think. But from my point
OF view. | consider Lake Geneva to
be far the most SYNONYMOUS Of the
two.