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The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
SCANDAL OVER
ST. LOUIS FAIR
Irregularities Charged in
Connection With the Site
and Sale of the Buildings
INNER CLIQUE ACCUSED
Assertion Again Made That
Awards Were Put Up for
a Price to the Exhibitors
INNER CLIQUE ACCUSED
Special Dispatch to Tn. Call.

ST. LOUIS, March 19-St. Louis is
wondering If the storm of scandal is
about. to envelop the memory of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition. 1t is
common gossip in the street that some
thing sensational is going to break in
the near future. There is much gos-
sip about the manner of making some
of the awards to the exhibitors There
is much earnest questioning concern
ing the sale of exposition buildings and
other salvage.
st. Louis Is anxious to know IL For
est Park, the site of the exposition, will
be restored in the manner contensolated
in the. bond given by the exposition
company as a guarantee to the city.
worlds fair clique, an inner circle in
exposition affairs, is making strenuous
efforts to re-elect Mayor Rollo Wells.
doing.
Then there is more sensational re-
port that Senator Carter has in his
possession some affidavits which, il
made public, would go far to confirm
the suspicious of questionable fair
management. It is said that during
the closing weeks of the exposition a
man representing a brewery concern
turned over to D. r. Francis one or
more. affidavits that bronze medals
were. being offered to exhibitors for a
consideration of $780, silver medals for
$1,000, gold medals for $500, and grand
prizes for $4,000.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
BIG SHELTERS ! !.
TO. TO.C0NS0LIDATE
selby's and ! Other Coast
Plants to Be Under Con-
troll of New Corporation
Special dispatch to. IN. Can


TACOMA March s1s,-W. sR.'s Rust,
vice president and manager of the Ia
coma Smelling Company, says;that the
consolidationAofst the. local plant, the
Everett smelter and the plant, of the
Selby Smelling Company of San Fran
cisco will be-. erected in about" thirty
days According to; .Rusttthe 'new,cor-
poration owning these plants will be
non-trust, except that the. American
Smelling and Refining Company will
have an interest equal. to the value of
the Everett plant. which lit now owns.
He denies that, thestrustswiil exercise
control over the coast properties.
his interest nsthe Tacoma, ,sfnelter and
continue to BELTS manager. The big
electrolytic copper refinery, just built
here, will. commence. operations within
few days.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
ARRIVED

Sunday March 1e.
nor stnr itanis. Egenes. days from
stmr Il Plant. Nelson. Al hours from
stmr Shasta, Hanson, 81 hours from Bel
linghsm; bound south; put in TO land pas
sJmr Brunswick. Enefsen. Is hours from
stmr Corona. Gielow. 21 hours from Eureka.
stmr Czarina. schmalz, II days from Pirate
stmr NewsbOy. Lee. 40 hours from Crescent
stmr Homer. Donaldson. Il hours from Grays
stnF Alcstzan, winlel, l5 hours from Green
schr sequois Huffman. IS days from remA-
csteta Bay.
SAILED.
sumr Meteor, Golightly comoz c.
Stmr Maggie Whitney Halfrnoon Bay
Srmr Queen. Alexander. San Diego etc
Stmr Shasta. Hansen. San Pedro
Stmr Coos Bay Nicolson, San Pedro and
stnr Eureka. lessen. Eureka.
ship Star Of France. Kokevitz. Port Town
I3r stnr Dalzotah. Ross Shanghai
Whaling bark Gayhead, Fisher. whaling
schr Mary c. Campbell. Bodeea.
Schr Ida A Beck. Point Reyes
schr Mabel Gale Kallenberg. Portland
schr Jennie Griffin Gibson Bolinas
schr Eric. Jorgenson, Portland.
'schr Biakeiey. Banman. PORT Blakeley
schr Annie smaie. Wirschuleit, Grsys
Harbor.
RETURNED.
Mar 19-Schr Vine Dannevig hence Mar
IS Tor Eureka. IN tow OF stnr Centennial; re-
turned on account OF rough weather
Mar 19-Schr Mary c, Beck, hence Mar 19
Tor Bodega: returned on account Of rough
weather.
TELEGRAPHIc.
POINT LOBOs March 10. 10 m-weather
cloudy; wind west velocity six miles per hour
DOMESTIC PORTS.
UNGA-Arrsved Feb 15-Schr W Dimond.
GRAYS EARBOR-Arrived Mar 1s-schr
allen A. hence Mar H.
EUREKA-Arrived Mar 1s-Stur CoquiIle
River, hence Mar a.
Arrived Mar 1S-Stmr Pomona hence Mar
IS. schr BERTHE Minor. hence Mar Is; stmr
Phoenix hence Mar IS
Sailed Mar 19-stmr Fulton. for San Fran
cisco.
HArOOSH-Passed out Mar 19-stmr Robert
Dollar from MukilteO FOR San Pedro
Passed in Mar 19-Bark Coloma from San
Diego for Port Blakeley.
sEkTTLE-Arr1ved Mar IS-Stmr Santa
Barbara. hence Mar il. Mar 19 9:I5 M
himr Dmatilia hence Mar 16
sailed Mar 1S-Stmr City Of Seattle for
hkagHay. Mar 10. a m-Stmr City Of Pu-
ebla for San Francisco.
Arrived Mar 10, m-Stnr Humboldt.
from Skagway
SAN PEDRo-Arrfved Mar I9-stmr Helen
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
Encounters Gales.

-,s pacf6c Mail Steamship Company 5
steamer city Of Panama arrived in late yes
tsrday afternoon from Ancon she hso
ro,lzh trlp up the coast IN fact one OF the
rouehsst trips she has had for many years
l-sr-efu SsndberE said that from the time
they left Mszatlsn they had nothing but
succession oi terrific northwest gales. These
LASTED right VI 10 the time she came in through
the Golden Gate. When Just on the SilI1
House several great seas swept over her. One
c- chem flooded the lower deck. and deluged
-l,e stateroous. The engineers room got a
e-esr sv-ashins General Joseph Bristow and
a 8 secretary J. T. Watson. were passengers
from Panama 10 Salins Cruz. General Bris-
-gu Is special Commissioner Of the Panama
Railroad and Canal Commission. Re will come
T. san Francisco via the City OF Mexico.
CAPTAIN Sandberg reports that IN latitude z
degrees "a minutes north. and longitude 1O9
grles - minutes west, he spoke the German
ship Flc-tbek- In latitude 50 degrees 81 min
urss north and longitude ll6 degrees SO min
ufas west he spoke the United states vessels
Perry. Chicago. Bennington. wyoming and
EatuIn bound south 10 Magdalena Bay.
Everything was quiet along the coast, and
r1 reEclUuQuIry measures were reported
TWO German prospectors, Pr1tz Heinrich and
William kline. said they hac gone TO Costa
Rica from British Columbia with the idea OF
prospecting through that country me au-
thorities however. ruled them out. and stated
that only the natives there would be allowed
70 prospect Tor minerals so the men from
Peter b Donahoo, who has been looking
into his mining interests in Senatoa- was
greatly pleased with the outlook there.
He said the famous old Guadalupe mine,
which had been constantly worked for 110
years was to-day turning out 500 ore.
Following were the cabin passengers; Mrs.
Pauline Brunswick, Herbert B. Chase, James
Smith. Peter B. Donahoo. Antonio Lugue, Rs-
ruon Lugue and Pong Hing Man. She also
brought thirty-siX steerage passengers
She had e35 tons Of cargo, $500 treasLre
end thirteen packages Of United States mails
she was twenty-four DAYS and twelve hours
from Anoon and seven days and four hours
from Nazatiau
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
MURDER ENDS DISPUTE
BETWEEN TWO HALF-BREEDS
Indian Shoots His Brother With
Whom He Had Quarreled Over
Change of Gold Piece.

EUREKA, March 19.-Frank Heff-
ley. a, half breed Indian. was shot by
his half-brother, Jesse Dermody, last
night at the Crab saloon on Cannibal
Island, in the Eel River, and died
twelve hours later Neither man was
under the influence of liquor. They
disputed. over the change of a S. gold
piece. Defmody left the saloon and
went to a cook house near He was
followed half way by Heffley, who was
said to have a knife. Dermody came
from the house with a shot gun and
shot his brother in the left side. Sew
eral hours later he went to Loleta.
three miles away, and surrendered
himself to Constable Bertsch. The
constable arrived in Eureka with his
prisoner this morning.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20


Albion !, stn7r Mandslay. ftoR Eureka; schr
Resolutes from Bellinghau5; schr Dauntless'
from Grays Harbor:; schir Admiral. from Ev-
Sailed Mar 1e-Bsrk HAYDEN Brown. for
Tacoma stnaE ss510s for san tFrsncisqSa "a,
-isg sANTx : ARBARA%ssiied Mar 1s-stmr
GlfE Sailed Mar isstlnr State ot california for
" VENTURA Arrived Mar sls stmr Atlas
with barge No. 90 from Redondo.
Coos BAY-Arrived Mar 30 stmr F XII
0usa sasd sfHSSl Mar Ma Auanee. for Eureka
ASTORIA- -Arrived$ Mgr le-,U stnr, Bu-
ford. hence Mar 1e 81 Mar '1s.schr Borealis
ipr Arrived ed' Mar Mar 1ssGer ship Henriette from
Port Los Angeles; stmr Beei hence Mar 16
Sailed Mar 1e-Stmr Asuneion, for Sar
Outside bound in. March ID -stmr whittier
with barge Santa Paula in. toy hence Mar Is
s ISLAND PORTS.
HONOLULU-Arrived Mar 1p-Schr wilbert
L Smith. from xancouver, 9 for 0g o:aki .- put
"essf Sailed N Mar n 1s-Br cruiser Bonaventure fol-
HfIo|sailed Mar 1s-stmr Enterprise for
San Francisco. M
FOREIGN PORT
VICTORIA. C-Arrived MAR 1s-stml
CmaUlla. nence mar
OCEAN. STEAMERS.
NEW YORK.saiIed Mar 1szStmr New
York, for Southampton; stmrt Neckar. fol
Naples: stmr Finland for Antwerp; Sstrlr Gre
tic. for Naples, etc; stmr Algiers, for. Mar
seilles: stmr Umbria, for Liverpool; stmr Min
NEW YORK-Arrived Mar 19-stmr Colum-
bia. from Glasgow and Moyille. =.
Arrived Mar 19-Stmr.La .Savoie, from Havre
stmr Ethiopia from Glasgow and Mov1ile
stmr Main. from Bremen:, stmr Corea. from
St Louis from Southampton and Cherbourg
ENTWERfP sailed Mar ls-stmr KrOOniand
for New York, via Dover. q
HAvRE-sailed Mar 1s-stmr La Bretagne
for New York I,
QUEENSTOWN Mar 1s-stml
oUEENsTOwN-s Mar 1e-stmr Etru-
ria, from Liverpool. for New York; strnr Gym
FAYAL-Arrived Mar .17-Stmr Koeniger
Luise from New York. for Naples and Genoa.
MISUNDERSTANDING Mar ls-Stnr Bos.
LIVERPOOL Mar '1s-stmr syl-
vania, from rBoston. Mar 1e-Stmr Caronia-
LIvERPooL-ArrtEed Mar 1s-stmr Vic
torta from New York &
Sailed, Mar 1s-stmr Btriria. for New York
stnnr CyInric, for Boston.
GLAsGow-sailed Mar 17-stmr( Laurentia
TOT ISss ssEiIGY1IHEs-saied Mar 1e-stmr Peru
gia- from New York. forsNaples and Leghorn
BOULOGNE-Arrived Mar 17-Stmr Rotter-
dam for Rotterdam, and proceeded.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Mar 1S41Stmr Grosser
Kurfuerst. from New York. for Bremen. and
proceeded
Sailed Mar 1s-stmrt Philadelphia, from
Southampton, for New York
PLYMOUTH-Arrived Mar '1s-Stmr st Paul
from New York for Cherbourg. and South
ampton, and proceeded
RoTTERDAM-sailed Mar 1s-stmr Ryn-
dam for New York. II
DOvER-Sailed Mar 1s-Stmr KrocnIand
from Antwerp. for New York.
SOUTHAMPTON-Arriy Mar 1e-Stnr 81
Paul, from New York, via Plymouth and
Cherbourg.
NAPLES--Arrived Mar 19-Stmr Republic
from Alexandria for New " ork
BOULOGNE-Saied Mar 19-Stmr Ryndarn
from Rotterdam for New York
DOvER-Sailed Mar .1e-Stmr Graf Walder.
see, from Hamburg for New York
LONDON-Arrived Mar 1o-Stmr 'Abydos
from san Francisco. via Central and Soutf
American ports and Hamburg.
Memoranda.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
OFFICERS CATCH THIEF
=. AFTER WATCHING A WEEK

Santa Rosa Baker Tries to Rob Store
80 and Is Caught in the Act by
the Police.
! SANTA ROSA, March 19.-E. G..
Beanie, baker in the employ of Otto
Grassman, was arrested early this
morning in the act of robbing Hah-
mans drugstore. Several stores in this
locality have been entered during the
last week and officers have been watch
Ing for the thief. Their long vigil was
rewarded shortly before daybreak
when the baker entered a rear window
of the drug store and walked right into
the officers arms. Beanie is from San
Francisco. He is believed to be an old
offender.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20

alimony; III. posting precinct registers: 11s.
relating to election returns; 49, relating to
ballots. 270.- definition of terms 709 school
district bonds: 7eS. conniving against National
Guard: s19 preservation of hsh; 935, stealing
bicycle 9U9. actions by Lunacy Commission:
965, relating to insurance corporations; 49, re-
lating' to marriage licenses; 297, duties of Su-
perintendent OF Public Instruction; 919 fines in
Justices court; 91S. fines and forfeitures: 9O2
discharge of persons from State Hospital: AZ
punishmentqfor bigamy; 221 hours for county
officers; ;s.S69. prohibiting certain musical per-
formances; s341 concerning corporations: 96S.
appeals from judgments: ITO. levying OF taxes:
4i9. amendment of pieadings: 765. relating to
the State militia two brigades: 1896 relating to
State militia: S20 protection of game.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
Water Front Notes.

The steam schooner National City. bound
from this city 10 Los Medsnos. went ashore
near her port Of destination. The tug Defiance
went up to her assistance.
The schooner Wilbert Smith put into Homo
lulu yesterday for water. The vessel left Van
couver February 1e. bound for Osaka
The cost OF the stevedoring charges 70 dis
charge the cargo OF coal which the Norwegian
ship Lsncing brought from Newcastle are in
excess Of the amount OF her freight money
The Lsncing was originally steamship. but
some years ago was converted into a sailing
vessel.
The Oossnic Steamship Company's steamer
Alameda from Honolulu is due tomorrow.
She brings the body OF Mrs. Stanford.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
The w. H Dinond
Is at Squaw
Harbor.
Awaits Information
of Delinquent
Vessel.

The schooner Czarina, eleven days
from Pirate Cove, Alaska, arrived yes
terday. Captain Schmalz reports that
he neither saw nor heard anything of
the schooner Pearl which sailed from
this port on December for Saunak,
and which was reported by the agent
there as lost with all on board.
The schooner w. H. Diamond was at
Squaw Harbor awaiting information Of
the missing Pearl.
On February 2s the Czarina passed
Souaw Harbor. but received no infor-
nation other than that the Pearl had
been due there for over a month
The schooner W. H. Diamond, when
left here January Is, arrived at Unga
on February Is
The Czarina brings 10000 Goldfish.
She is consigned TO the Union Coonsn
Company.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
HEAD oFeWOMAN's RELIEF
CORPS VISITS 'YOUNTVILLE
Grand Armys Post at 'the Veterans
Home Greets Mrs. Lizzie Bell :,

YOUNTyILLE,. March ,1s.-Mrs. Liz
zie Bell Cross, departments president of
the Woman's Relief Corps, Grand Army
of the Republic.of the Department OF
California and Nevada, to day. visited
the Veterans. Home at Yountville. Mrs.
Cross, who is sfrom Los Angeles, is
making. a tour. of inspectipns of the
corps throughout the depar rtment. She
was officially. received this .afternoon
by the members of Unity Post'No. III.
G. A. r. Mrs. Cross made. an eloquent
and patriotic address to the members
of the post and their friends.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL

WEATHER. CONDlIIONS { AND GENERAL
FORECASTS ~
Generally cloudy weather. prevails over the
Pacific Slope and rain has fallen in all Sec
tions Rain continues over Utah. Arizona and
the extreme southwest portion. OF California
The pressure is rising rapidly over the coun-
try west of the Rocky Mountains andi north
Of the Tehachapi and clearing weather pre-
walls fl California and Nevada.
High southerly winds continue off the Wash
ingtons coast. 'ag
Forecast made at San Francisco for thirty
hours ending midnight March 20. 1905:
California north of Tehachapi-Fair Mon
day: fresh northwest winds
California, south Of 'Tehachapi-Fair Mon
day; fresh west winds. -, a..
= Nevada.3Fair Monday. ~ -
San Francisco sand yicinity-Fair Monday;
light northwest 4winds.
Los Angeles and vicinity-Fair Monday; light
west winds. - ~
Sacramento and vicinity-Fair Monday
y Fresno and vicinity-Fair Monday
-. isG.tH. WILSON. Local Forecaster.
Sf~s -.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
Proof of the Theory.

A Chicago University professor de-
clares that Life is the result of pure
ly physical and chemical forces ir-
respective. of any divine or vital force"
The faculty of the Chicago University
makes us suspect there is a basis of
truth in this bizarre theory.-Atlanta
Constitution.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
Budeted by Seas.

The schooner sequoia. Captain Huffman,
tventy-eight days from Temacatela Bay, ar
rived yesterday She brings cargo Of $50
cedar logs The captain reports that Feb
ruzry 26 in latitude - degrees 20 minutes N
and longitude 115 degrees IS minutes ". he
encountered q terrific southeast gale, which
carried away his fore topmast. Heavy
washed over the vessel and cid much damage
above deck.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
Overdue Reaches Port.

me German ship Henrietta which has been
posted among the overdues reached Astoria
yesterday. She left Port Los Angeles just q
month ago bound for Portland. She was post
s6 In the overdue list for reinsurance at 10 per
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
coNpAsN1R aEsERALE rRAEsATIAErIauE

DIRECT LINE TO HAvRE-Psris: zSDR.
SAILING every Thursday instead OF SxWH
S.rurf5av Al 10 a M from Pier A.
Norfr River. foot OF Morton. St
first class TO Havre, $40 and upward sec
90 class fo Havre S45 an upward. GEN
ERAL AGENCY FOR UNITED STATES AND
CANADA. 80 Broadway (Hudson ouiidlns).
Sew work. JF FUGAZI & CO.. Pacific Coast
xoenfs S MONTGOMERY avenue. San Francisco
TsrEefs sold BY all Railroad Ticket Agents.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
For o. 8. Navy yard and vHilsio.

sfrs. General Frfsbie. Montlcello and Arrow.
GAS a. m. 1890 D. NJ. s.lo D. m p. m,
o. M. = $50 D m Leave Vallejo, a. M. 3
a m. 1880 p. m. $40 .. m. p m. week
6avs sundays a. m, a. m, $50 .. M
6 o. m Pier z. foot Mission ST. phens xAin
150s. HATCH BROS.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
SnnnIies for FaraIIones.

The tug Relief went 10 sea yesterday TO
take supplies to the Lighthouse keepers on the
Farsllon Islands
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
: Weather. Report. !

d2oth iMeridian-Paciic Time.),
SANsFRANCISCO. March 19-5 p. m.
The following are the seasonal rainfalls u,
date as compared'wfth those of same dat.
last season and rainfall in last twenty -four
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
eeeanIcS.S.Ce. : ;s ;;;:; !: y; : !; :;: ::: i:

s. 8. ALAMEDA. for Honolulu. Mar Is. II AM
SIS SONOMA, for Honolulu. Samoa Auck-
land and Sydney, Thurs, Apr. q 2. M
8 8 MARIPOSA. for Tahiti. Apr 20. II A. n
I'D. SPRECKELSx BROS Co, Agts Ticket Ol1cs 643 Mar
keE Frelght Oncs 327 NaIksl s., RsT l. Paclis 81.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
Memoranda.

Memoranda.
Per schr Sequoia from Ternacateta Mar 19-
Had a heavy Sc gale Ekb 26, in lat % 40
N long 115 4S W. and carried away the fore
mast head and rigging and did slight damage
to rail.
=,
Movements of Sfeamers -
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
Sun. Moon and Tide.

United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Time and Height of High and Low Waters
at Fort Point entrance to- San Francisco
superintendent.
NOTE-The high and low waters occur at
the city front (Mission-street WHARF about 25
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20

Steamer.
Humboldt. -.
Bertha. ....-.s
Santa Clara.
Cottage CITY,.
Dolphin.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20

! !. SACRAMENTO. Cal, March 10. =
number Of bills received the official sig
nature of. Governor PaTdee to-day.' The
Senate bills which received his sigma
ture are as follows: - lr.ri ~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-22
TOLSTOI SCORES
 EDUCATED GLASSES
CITY LIFE ls ABNORMAL, ARTlFl- ClAL AND MMORAL-HELP- LESSLY TRAMMELLED BY THE
 CONVENTIONS AND FASHIONS.

Moscow, April 21.-The Russky Listok today published a two-column interview with Count Leo Tolstoi, in which the philosopher indulges in a jeremiad against the educated classes, city life and the present tendencies of education, re- ligion and politics. Referring to the uni versity political movement, Count Tolstoi declares that parents are going to school like unruly children, and would pass on this absurd education of mujiks. He asks:
 What does such teaching give a man knowing an actual life of labor?"
 He applies the whole vocabulary of de- risive adjectives to the educated class. and advises them to learn the lesson of life anew from the lowly and scores city life as abnormal, artificial and immoral, helplessly trammelled by the conventions and fashions The time is at hand, Count Tolstoi declares in conclusion, for peo- pie to understand the hollowness, empti- ness and deceit of the present system, break to pieces their soulless, out-worn idol, and seek the true and the living God.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-22
COLONlST SCHEME A FRAUD.
Consul General Parsons Is investigat
 ing Case in Mexico.

Mexico City, April 21.-American Consul General Parsons has commenced an in- vestigation of the alleged colonists schemes of the Pan-American Land com pany in Chapaz Numerous complaints have been filed with the consul general. pany farmers of western Texas, Okla
 homa Nebraska and Washington state came to Chiapaz at their own expense to investigate It Is alleged that the Pan American Land company bought 10000 acres from the state government for s50O0 and by advertising sold town lots for over $375000, gold The advertisements pictured comfortable homes being erected, and ex-
 tensive railroad carshops and cultivated
 lands
 The investigators found the few rail- road buildings of the Pan-American rail- road were being removed to better towns.
 Geronimo and Tola, and the so-called cultivated lands a sandy waste, the creek a few inches deep instead of navigable river, and the only available harbor some distance out in the Pacific ocean. The consul general has summoned the of ficers of the company at Kansas City to appear here to show cause why they should not be barred from further use
 of the United States mails, as well as to
 stop all further operations.
 General Parsons promises sensational
 and startling action on the part of old companies operating on the isthmus of Tehuantepec.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-22
SECRET SERVICE
 MEN ARE RETAINED
CONTENTION MADE BY PACKERS THAT THEY COULD NOT BE EN- FLOWED TO WORK FOR GRAND JURY.

Chicago, April a.-The federal grand jury which is investigating the business affairs of the meat packers, resumed to- day their probing into the details of the sausage-easing business as carried on by the packers. Over score of clerks and other employees of the packers told the jury what they knew of this branch of the packing industry.
 Chief John E. Wilkie of the United States secret service, who is in Chicago en route to the Philippines, said today that he had learned that certain packers and their attorneys had questioned the right of the United States secret service department to make an investigation in conjunction with the federal grand jury. The packers, Chief Wilkie said, contend ed that the secret service department is under the charge of the United States Treasury Department, and that the funds provided by congress cannot be used in a special investigation because the secret service is really one for the suppression of counterfeiting.
 In reply to this contention, Chief Willie said that the special detail of men con nected with the investigation of the pack ing industry were paid out of the $500,00O appropriation made by an act of congress for the purpose of pushing the investiga- ton. and that the secret service men would be kept on the case as long as they were needed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-22
BRING SETTLERS TO
 SOUTHERN STATES
CONGRESS IS OPENED IN CALVES TON AND PLANS DISCUSSED FOR BRINGING NORTHWEST ERNERs TO TEXAS AND LA.

Galveston, Tex, April 21.-The Northern here today It was called to order by Col. T. J. Anderson, general passenger agent of the Southern Pacific. He said that an immense amount of advertising matter had been sent out through the north and west. It was the object of this advertising to bring people from those sections to Texas and Louisiana, in order that they might see the great advant- ages these states offer Colonel Ander- son announced that Col. Walter Gresham would act as chairman of the congress A committee of fifteen was appointed on permanent organization, bylaws and a place of next meeting. committee of fifteen was also appointed on resolu- tions.
 G. c. Roussel of Orange was elected secretary Attorney General Davidson addressed the convention, and explained that he had come here to represent Gov ernor Lanham. who was unable to come because of sickness in his family.
 Governor Mickey of Nebraska and Gov ernor Cummings of Iowa arrived this morning
 An oyster roast was given this evening for the crews of the cruiser Galveston and the revenue cutter Wlnona re- ception to the officers of the cruiser was given this evening at the home of Mrs. Rodewald Byrne. Many visitors were aboard the cruiser today