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The San Francisco call., 1905-04-03

A lone highwayman made a bold at
tempt to hold up Arthur Hewett. bar
tender of the Cafe Nome Saloon, 525
Pacific street, about o'clock yesterday
afternoon. The scene of the crime was
the Cafe Nome. The only person pres
ent besides the highwayman and his
intended quarry was Morris Learney,
who is employed in fruit store at III
Clement street. He ran out and called
two policemen. who prevented the crime
and arrested the highwayman.
Shortly after three o'clock a man
about five feet six inches tall walked
in. He stood fronting Hewett, and,
pulling a revolver. he pointed 1t at
Hewett and said, Shell out with the
dough-" Hewett laughed and told the
little man to go away. Look here,
said the robber, Il mean business" as
his finger caressed the trigger in a sig
niflcant manner. Hewett turned pale
and pulled out the cash drawer.
: Learney had been in a side room and
he ran out of the saloon and notified
Policemen r. G.. Skain and A. E.
Holmes of the hold-up. They were
only a few feet away and when they
rushed into the saloon Hewett had a
handful of coin in his hand, which he
was going to turn over to the robber.
Skain and Holmes grabbed the ro0ber.
who swung the muzzle of the revolver
toward Skain's abdomen. Before he
could fire Skain placed his forefinger
against the trigger and after scuffie
he and Holmes succeeded in wrestling
the revolver from the fiend.
At the city prison the robber was
impudent and refused TO give his name
A bank book of the Union Bank of
Redlands with the name Joseph Mil
ler' was taken from his pocket and he
admitted that 1t was his name. It
showed a deposit of S195 on March IS
last and a subsequent withdrawal of
S113. He was booked on charge of
attempt to commit robbery. All the
coin he had was 70 cents. The revol-
yer was loaded in every chamber A
box of cartridges was found in his
pocket.
Miller said he came from Redlands
about two weeks ago to get work as
cook. but further than that he refused
TO say anything about himself or why
he made an attempt to hold up the
bartender He had evidently been
drinking, and while in prison asked for
a flask of whisky. as he said he needed
il badly. The police think he is an old
crook. He gives his age as 80 years
but looks older.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-03
CHRISTIANITY
IN BUSINESS
Dr. GLADDEN. Talks From the
Pulpit of Rich Men and
Their Liberal Donations
CONTRADICTS CARNEGIE
Minister Holds the Greatest
Opportunities for BenevO-
lence Appear in Trade

COLUMBUS. Ohio. April 2.-Rev. DR..
Washington GLADDEN.. moderator of the
General Council Of CONGREGATIONAL
churches, preaching at the First Con-
gregauons1 Church to-day on The
Christian Of To-day said:
The Christian of to-day is beginning 10 get
a new IDEA OF what il means 70 carry his re-
lelon into his business: he hears that il sig
Nlhes an earnest effort 10 make his business
hot only a means OF gain. but an instrumen-
atty of help and service 10 all his fellow
men Andrew Carnegie said some years ago.
ter instance. thai a man might be as selfish as
ne pleased IN the accumulation OF Z fortune
Z ne would only be benevolent in the 6istri-
button of the fortune after Il was made
That Is not the best theory OF the business
man s respolsi hIlity. His greatest opDorru- =
mites for hcnevolence are those which come 10
MN N his business II is while he Is making
his fortune, not after il is made. that he must
prove himself Christian Gifts. matter
how magnificent. which have been heaped up
~ extortion and tr1ckery, are not Christian
benetsctions.
Some Of the most gigantic robbers that the
world has ever known-rnen who have sccu-
nlulated hundreds II millions b. wicked meth
oos-are hy sOnle persons praised and nat
missions. such an estimate does not represent
the Chr1stlanity of to-day. The Christianity
Ct to-day distinctly sees that the chrlstial.z-
Ing ot the great realm of industry and traffic
Is the most urgent problem now before il
The state IS just as truly e divine institution
ss the church Is, and the Government the
Mayer. the Superintendent Of Police. the mem
Der of the legislature, or the City Council.
or the school board. IL just IS much q minis
ter and servant Ct God as I an. have just
rs good right 70 Use my opportunity mere IN
the church 20 enrich myself OF 20 push my
personal ambitions as they have; Il the scandal
IN the case o. q pastor would be greater than
that of public servant 4 is only because our
notions about the service OF the state have
been terribly perverted.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-03
WIFE OF HILL
A HOTEL GIRL
Spouse OF Railway Magnate
at One Time Occupied an
Humble Place i'm st. Paul
NOT ACTIVE IN SOCIETY
Is Said to Be a Charming En-
tertainer. However, When
She Turns Her Hand To 1t
Special Dispatch TO The Call


ST PAUL. April Mrs. James j.
Hill. the wife Of the president OF the
Great Northern Railway Company.
who was taken suddenly i'll while with
her husband on Jekyl Island. just
across from Brunswick, Ca. is about So
years old. Her maiden name was Mary
Michigan. and at the time she met the
future railroad magnate she was en-
ployed at the Merchants Hotel in this
city. She was very young at the time.
and after Hill became interested in
her she took a thorough course in
seminary before marrying him
1t IS a matter of common knOwledge
that ii has been the influence OF Mrs.
Hill that caused the railroad man to
contribute so literally TO charitable in
stitutions, particularly those of the
Catholic church. She has never taken
a leading part in St. Paul society. but
has shown herself a charming enter
tatner when il has been necessary to
exert herself in that line. She is little
known to people Of St. Paul. in spite
Of the fact that she has been the wife
of the richest man in this city for many
years She is retiring, but is said TO
have charming Wit in her home circle.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-03
BRYAN PAYING
WAY FOR 1908
Nebraskan Urges the 0rgani-
zation of Democratic Clubs
Throughout the Country
RADICALS TO CONTROL
Rank and File of Party,
He Says, Are Weary of
Conservative leadership

LINCOLN, Nebr., April At is
getting together OF the aggressive eIe-
ments of the party in active prelimi-
nary work for the great battle of
190S, is the way w. j. Bryan ex-
planned his recent activity in connec-
ton with the reorganization OF the
Democratic party. Bryan returned to-
day from Des Moines and 1t was with
particular reference to the meeting
held there last night, at which he made
the principal address. that he spoke
Bryan explained that the Des Moines
meeting. like the one held in Topeka.
Kans-. late in February, was 10 fur
ther a movement for the organization
of Democratic clubs and thereby place
the machinery of the party in the
hands of those who meant ii well. In
Iowa, he said, the same plan had been
adopted as in Kansas, with both OF
which he was in hearty sympathy
Bryan continued
Reorganization IS hardly the proper way TO
express ii. because the party does not need
calling fer separate efforts but the move
ment i to get back TO the people 70 put the
plete control. that there be united. harmonious
effort for the campaign OF 19os- The purpose
is 10 b1gin at the bottom. letting the rank ana
file have a voice in the national convention BY
writing the platform at home for the national
convention TO ratify.
Bryan said he was not trying to
head faction or to change the or
ganization, except that he wanted the
progressive men of the party 10 take
the lead. The conservatives, he said,
had dominated the last national con-
vention and the party had met with
defeat. He believed the rank and file
of the voters was for progression and
radicalism, If need be. Bryan con-
tinued:
The work should begin at the primaries
and every Democrat should vote. II remains
with the rank and ile OF the Democratic
party 10 say what the party's course shall be.
which will be adopted by the rank and file
! II they avail themselves OF the duty 10 register
/ tbeir preference at the primaries But a sys-
| tematic effort viii be necessary in order that
Democrats Will be impressed with the i'm
po-tance Of participating IN their partys coun-
/ ellis The enemies Of good government the
/ bznefciaries OF class legislation. act one
man with unlimited means at their disposal
/ The people have only their votes and they
must cast them together suffer defeat
\ Democrats who believe their party should be a
party OF the people have IL in their power.
/ through Systematic organization. 10 50 shape
/ their party's policies and govern its environ
Z nent for the 1905 campaign that IL Will COM
/ mand the support Of all men who have grown
weary OF the exactions made BY special IN
1 terests.
Bryan presided tonight at the
meeting In st. PauPs Methodist Epis-
/ copal Church and introduced Balling-
/ ton Booth, who made an address in be-
half Of the Volunteers OF America
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-03
BRITISH WARRANTS OUT
FOR TWO AMERICANS
Firm of Cotton Spectators Accused
of Conspiracy With Intent
TO Defraud.

LIVERPOOL, April Warrants
have been issued for the arrest of A. F.
Stevens and H. F. Henderson of the
firm of Stevens & Henderson, cotton
SPECTATORS, having Offices in New York,
Kentucky and Havre. 1t is believed
Stevens is in America. The men are
charged with conspiracy with intent to
defraud The firm closed its doors last
Thursday.
LOUISVILLE, KY, April 2.-The
business of the Louisville office of Ste
vens & Henderson was brought to the
notice of detectives and postoffice off,
ciaIs as long ago as August %. 1904 On
that date a Fort Worth, Tex, paper
published an article declaring that the
methods of the firm were questionable,
and printed copies of blank contracts.
which it declared had been spread
broadcast among farmers of the South
west by the firm. These contracts in
vited farmers to entrust their money
to the firm of Stevens & Henderson for
speculation in the cotton market
NEW YORK. April "A corporation
directory mentions Stevens & Hender-
son as having an office at 20 Broad
street. Information regarding the firm
is unobtainable tonight.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-03
RUSSIA FAVORS
KAISER'S MOVE
Sentiment in st. Petersburg
Arrayed Against France
in the Moroccan Incident
DEEP PLAN PERCEIVED
The NOvOsti of the Opinion
That the Intention Is to
Create Mussulman Peril

ST. PETERSBURG, April S.-Em-
peror Williams speech at Tangier and
the prospective developments therefrom
occupy the attention of the Russian
newspapers almost to the exclusion of
the discussion of peace. Her treaty re-
lations with France and the friendly
attitude Of Germany during the war
place Russia in an awkward position.
Nevertheless the difficulty Of floating
further loans in France and the alb
sence of assistance on which unofficial
Russia at least has vaguely counted in
cline the scales somewhat in favor of
the western neighbor whose benevolent
neutrality and frontier pledge enabled
Russia to place in the field a Manchu-
rian army so well supplied with artil-
lery.
Decided pleasure is also expected at
the rocks encountered by the new An
glo-French entente The Russ terms
the visit of the German Emperor to
Tangier a demonstration against the
entente. and points out that the refusal
Of Emperor William to recognize
French Dretensions must deeply i'm
press the Moroccans TO the diSadvant-
age OF both France and Great Britain.
The Russ says: A grouping of powers
in Western Europe has begun, and per-
haps we are on the eve of great devel-
opment in international events"
The Novosi sees in the German EN-
peror supposed pleasure trips TO Jeru-
salem, Constantinople and Tangier a
fixed plan to create "a Mussulman
peril" which is Germany's answer to
Great Britain's yellow peril" The
paper expresses the belief that it will
result, in Strengthening the bond be-
tween Great Britain and France, the
embitterment Of the feeling between
France and Germany and increasing
armaments, but that there is no possi-
bility Of war, since Berlin fully compre-
hends the madness of a conflict with
Great Britain and France allied
LONDON. April MANY versions of
Emperor Williams utterances at Tan
gier continue TO circulate in Paris and
Berlin. but nothing official concerning
( the speech has been issued. According
+ TO one French report, Emperor William
expressed wish TO conclude an agree
ment with the Sultan Of Morocco as an
! absolutely free sovereign in order to
safeguard German interests. and urged
the necessity Of the Sultan proceeding
with great precaution in the projected
reforms.
dispatch from Tangier to a news
agency gives a report that the Sultan
has already communicated to the
French Minister TO Morocco his
reply to the French proposals. in
which he expresses his regret at
his inability 10 accept the whole
Of the reform programme. The Sultan
the dispatch adds, agrees 10 institute
reforms at coast ports, but claims the
right TO raise loans wherever it is most
convenient for the country's interests.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-03
TELLS WIFE OF INTENTION
TO KILL HER AND HIMSEI, II
Spokane Painter Attempts Murder.
but Lacks Courage to End
Own Life

SPOKANE, April 2AHerman
Fisher, a painter, shot and seriously
wounded his wife at her temporary
home here shortly after midnight
Saturday. Four times ne pulled the
trigger and two of the shots took ef-
feet, one in the abdomen, the other
in the breast.
Fisher, before he began his mur-
derous fusillade, told his wife he In
tended to kill her and then commit
suicide. He had the brutality to at
tempt the first act, but lacked the
nerve to commit the second. Physi-
clans say the wounds are not neces-
sarily fatal.
The shooting was caused by Mrs.
Fishers refusal to live with her hus-
band, he having treated her brutally
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-03
DEATH CALLS
A BANKER OF
SAN JOAQUIN

STOCKTON, April 2.-William
Bruce Harrison, aged Sc, president of
the Farmers Union and Milling Com
pany, died to-day at the family resi-
dence after an illness of several
months. Harrison was a native of
Iowa. He came to Stockton many
years ago. He was prominent grain
man and once served q term as Mayor
Of the city. being elected on the Dem
ocratic ticket. The decedent was
closely identified with the banking
and shipping interests here and was
a heavy stockholder in the Califor-
MIA Navigation and Improvement
Company. He leaves a widow and
two sons.
Blobbs-I hate to sit in a game with
a hot-headed poker player. Slobbc-
That's better than one with cold fee
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-03
FIVE MEN LOSE
LIVES IN NINE
Inhale Poisonous Gases Re-
leased From the 400-FoOt
Level by Fall of Bulkhead
Special Dispatch to rhe Can.

PRESCOTT, Ariz., April 2.-As the
result Of an explosion in the United
Verde mine at Jerome, owned by SEN
ator Clark, five men are dead and seven
others seriously if not fatally injured
The accident happened just as the
shifts were being changed, and all the
men except twelve had been raised to
the surface. They were waiting at the
station Of the 500-foot level TO be hoist
ed from the mine when a terrific explo-
sion occurred, killing five instantly and
injuring seven others.
On account Of the recent heavy rains
surface water found its way TO that
portion of the mine where fire has been
smoldering several years. The steam
thus generated caused the explosion.
which blew out the bulkheads erected
TO keep the fire from spreading The
men were suffocated by smoke and
steam. Had the accident happened fif-
have been caught. Fifteen minutes
later the new shift would have been at
work
The explosion caused the mine to
cave from the surface, and the rails of
the railroad, which crosses the prop
erty, were twisted in every conceivable
shape. The mine company has had
trouble with f1re Tor years and had
constructed a cement bulkhead, which
il was thought would keep il under
control for years. This was destroyed
The dead:
T. w. CROFUT.
z. r. RUFFIN-
PETE SEDER.
A J. HALLADAM.
J. N. ROE.
The injured: n. Nevonich, B. Garcia,
J. Koscic. ]. P Roe. B. Caropa, J. wilo-
vich and NJ. Sullivan.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-03

recent traveller to Tahiti remarks: For a
tired out business man. a nervously exhausted
individual this is the ideal ocean passage, pos
sessing advantages which probably ars not TO
be found in any other part OF the world a
distinct change from the coast climate OF Call
fornia to the balmy breezes Of the Southern
Ocean brings to the voyager a feeling Of rest
fulness and peace which Is unattainable else
where s. s. MARIPOSA sails April 20. Re
duced rate for this voyage. S125- Send for
circular 6S3 Market St
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-03
SENATOR MORGAN UNDER
CARE OF TWO DOCTORS

NEW YORK, April 2.-Dr. John A.
wyeth Of this city was called to Wash
ington on Saturday afternoon to con-
suit with DR.. Frye. the family physi-
clan of Senator John T. Morgan of Ala
bama Senator Morgan has been con-
fined to his bed for several days with
a severe cold, and on Saturday the fam
lily. fearing Inflammation of the bowels.
thought 1t best to summon Dr. Wyeth-
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-03
SECRETARY HAY ARRIVES
AT NAPLES ON THE CRETIC
SAYS His Health Has Been Greatly
Improved by the Sea
Trim

NAPLES, April 2.-The White Star
line steamship Cretic. with Secretary
of State John Hay and Mrs. Hay on
board. arrived here to-day. Hay de-
clares that his health has been great
ly improved by the trip. During the
day Secretary and Mrs. Hay drove
about the city. and later took lunch
con at a hotel on the heights above
Naples They returned to the Cretic
late in the afternoon and later the
vessel sailed for Genoa. From Genoa
Secretary Hay will go to the Riviera.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-03
RIFLES As A GIFT FROM
PRESIDENT TO MOROCCANS

TANGIER. April 2.-American Min
lister Gummere, on behalf OF Presi-
dent Roosevelt, has presented Mulai
Ali and Mulai Hamed, Sheriff OF
WaZan. with handsomely inscribed
rifles In recognition Of their services
in the Perdicaris affair.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-03
HIMSELF
IN TRAINS PATH

SAN JOSE, April "A man aged
about 80 years, supposed to be Arthur
Tilcock, a medical student of the San
Francisco Polytechnic, deliberately laid
his head upon the railroad track near
Sunnyvale this morning and 1t was al
most severed from his body by a north
bound train. The unfortunate man was
not killed outright, but lived until he
was taken to Mountain View.
In the baggage-room at Mountain
View, near where the injured man was
laid. was found a card on which was
printed the name Arthur Tilcock and
the address of DR.. Bassett's clinic. 430
Ellis street The card gives the address
of Tilcock as the ST. Nicholas Hotel
The st. Nicholas Hotel people declare
that no one bearing the name Tilcock
lived there within the last three months.
The officials of the San Francisco Poly
clinic say that while Tilcock may have
been a student there, they know moth
ing of him.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-03
f. MARION CRAWFORD
Ill WITH PNEUMONIA
Physicians Admit That the Condition
of the Novelist Is Sc
rlOus.

LONDON. April 2.@F Marion
Crawford. the well-known novelist. is
very III here with pleuro-pneumonia
His doctors admit that his condition is
serious.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-03
tovgteE1E eENERlLE TRAKsArLAxr1ous

DIRECT LINE TO HAvRE-Par1s.
saiIing every Thursday instead OF 4Al6k
Sstur6zy. al 10 q. n. from Pier AZ
North River. foot OF Morton st.
First class 70 Havre. $50 and upward Sec
oud CAS- % Havre, $45 and upward GEN.
FRAI. AGENCY FOR UNITED STATES AND
CANADA - Broadway tHudson o1iloing).
New York J. F. FUGAZI & CO. Pzcinc Coast
Agents 8 Montgomery avenue. san Francisco
Tickets sold BY all Railroad Ticket Agents
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-03
ro-us raw Yard and vallejo.

Strs General Fr1sbie Monticello and Arrow.
p IS .. n. y 80 2. m, 3:15 D. m. D. N,
30 ,. m. Sundays. :45 a. m. lZs60 noon
p m. $50 .. n Leave Vallejo. 4 a N. =
& n, y 30 p m, S.2O p m, ?. n-' week
Gays. Sundays : a. m. a. m. S--V D N.
p m Pier >. foot Mission ST. phone MALI
1bfS HATCH BROS
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-03
R0A0nanR E "a -SUHTs stRos ses
EhRE E0EtN 6.&.AH. ZEALAND ara sfDEEE
" ES>aAAA - - olEECI ma u IgElY.

s. soNOMA. for Honolulu, Samoa. Auck-
7and and Sy6aey, Thurs Apr 6. D. m
Sc Ala MEDIA, for Honolulu. Apr. Is, II g. m
LI.aRECKELSk L BROS CO, Lglk, TICKET OnG 6l3 Kar-
AL IIggft oncs 3H KaIkit 81, PEI !. Paaa: 81
Newport daily independent., 1905-06-19
Wholly DiScnurau ue d

No, ma'am, I don't like 'em," said Mr. Cumrox, with emphasis. I'm free to say these dialect stories make me tired. Half the words in 'em ain't in the dictionary"
 But you might cultivate liking for them," said his wife's sister. Tt is something like music. You may not if you keep at it you will soon appre- ciate it."
 "Well, maybe I will some day. But I'd rather have something solid. I'd likeJto begin on some of my youngest girls school books and goright through 'em. That's the sort ofreading that I'd enjoy spending time on."
 He. picked up one of his daughters books which happened to be lying near. It was Q copy of Virgil, which his daughter had been translating into English. He stared solemnly at the first page of the Latin epic for awhile and then slowly turned the leaf When his eyes had gotten down to the middle of the next page he laid the volume down with sigh.
 Its no use," he exclaimed, regret fully,
 What Is of no use?"
 My trying to read dialect. And I must say that this thing of teachin' 1t in the public schools strikes me as plaguey foolish. Washington Star.
Newport daily independent., 1905-06-19
THE BANK OF NEWPORT

Solicits thelacccounts of depostors who desire the accommodations of frst-class, we'll equipped and reliable banking house.
Newport daily independent., 1905-06-19
BArrzRRD' BUT cHsIRFuL.
'A Lattls Negre Patient aA sAeM, ,T9fel ! Hospital Makes tho Dec
 A' tDFs LAa9h.

Mirth and misery comnnlhgls oddly it times to lightenoi tho burden of wrotchednesa and woe which is tho lot of the unfertunAtes who pro ihmates of tho Acity's great hospitals. A1score of wan-fased sufferers wore, distribut1dt among tho neat white cotS of . medicai' ward in Bellevue ope day whom . new patient was brought in. He was (, diminutive colored man, short. squat, thisk-set, black as ebony, with heavy, protruding lips and 8 bullet-shaped head sparselJ spriAkled with kinky Sray black hair. He said he was deorSo Smith, ss years old. and was born m "Loudon county, Virginy, sah.' All was quietin the ward save an occasion D. al eroan from some weary sufferer. when the doctors, four of them. grave faced and dignified, came to examfae the 1iew arrival ..gt wei, George. how do you feel1"' asked the house physician, bending over the cot. .s,. The little darky looked at the doctors aslanee for . moment, rolled his big eyes around, and said mourhfully: "Tse hungrE" .,.@s g 0gs2 .4,s,., .s,o% ,.. -
 Have you m any. pain f'' asked the doc- torliosss o'ij ee1e5e,r ha5 .yi.3t;od issa -s
 "No, sah, 'ceptin' Tsc hungry"
 Then the doctors proceeded to make the usual examination. In the middle of his back they found @ crisszcrpss .,ica<rJv .~.''SaH tJad b9lf6} e9S2nTsi ~
 sHows did you set f thi. .t''. 2" the dc 0ctor
 ''Cow-bunkle," replied tho patient. tersely.na a9|bs4f t .9aa ], :, .is ,,sel i,s. iA'.Whats sIhts?'' continued the inquis- itor, placing his finger on . big depres7 sion in,the calf of the patients leg iltr Ian"Dorg chawed it, said Smith. apar thetically. pi.. sf..'e.,a ,.,,sl,@.5 a3. y, A smile fitted across the faces of the doctors and a patient in the next cot f6reot to moan. Next the physician found mass of irregular scars, which
 looked as. if an eight-inch shell had 1 exploded and left it's marks upon tho
 patients face and neck. aa
 "Explosdon?" saI=seerted a=erted the doctor 1 pointing fo the spot: | "Mewl kicked me" sa'7 Smith with a you-make-me4tired air. "'
 Even the grave equanimity of the men of medicine was disturbed, and pa ] tiepts in adjacent cots laughed out right. Further exanlnation showed a network of scars on his face and neck resembling the tracks in the New York 1 Central freight yards.
 .Razer fte," was Smiths explana- tion.
 And where did you get these?" said the doctor, with an amused smile, lay ing his fingers on three big welts on the negro's scalp.
 '.Cakewalk. Kin I hev chaw uv ter baker?' he went on, and the ward was in an outburst of laughter-N. Y. Sun.