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The San Francisco call., 1905-03-28
FORT MILEY TROOPS WILL
HAVE FIELD DAY TOMORROW
Baseball Teams OF Coast Artillery and
Hospital Corps to Cross
Bats.

BATS.
The coast artillery, composed of the
Twenty-f1fth and Sixty-fourth COM
panies, stationed at Fort Miley, will
hold field day tomorrow. The main
feats will take place in the morning at
8 o'clock. In the afternoon there will
be baseball game between the Fort
Miley team and the team Of the Pre-
sidio General Hospital corps.
A general court-martial is appoint
ed to meet at the Presidio of Monte
rey, Cal, at 10 o'clock a. m. on Mon
day, April 8. 1905. or as soon there
after as practicable, for the trial of
such persons as may be properly
brought before 1t. The detail for the
court is as follows: Major James
Lockett Fourth Cavalry; Captain
Willis Uline, Fifteenth Infantry; Cap
tain Bryan Conrad, Fifteenth Infan-
try; Lieutenants Ben H. Dorcy. Fourth
Cavalry; George 2. Stewart, Fifteenth
Infantry; Lowe A. Mcclure, Fifteenth
Infantry, and Lieutenant Wilbur A.
Mcdaniel, battalion adjutant. Fif-
teenth Infantry. judge advocate.
Lieutenant Richard, H. Sutherland,
Philippine Scouts, is very Ill at the
Presidio General Hospital. suffering
from Bright's disease. His mother
has been telegraphed for and she is
expected to arrive from Illinois early
this week Lieutenant Sutherland has
seen six years service In the Philip
pines.
The following officers registered at
department headquarters yesterday:
Captain c. G. Sawtelle, Eighth Caval-
ry, en- route to Philippines. staying at
2712 Broadway; Lieutenant p. C.
Field. surgeon, u. S. A.. en- route to
Philippines. at the Occidental.
The baseball team of the Presidio
General Hospital corps won out yes
terday against the team of the Tenth
Infantry on the Presidfo grounds, with
a score of 16 to 10.
The Preside baseball team will
cross bats to-day with the Stanford
University team at Palo Alto at 2:30
n. m.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-28
MAKES CHEAP
OCEAN VOYAGE
SOnOma Carries From Homo
lulu to Auckland a Well
Credentialed StOwaway
LETTER FROM PREMIER
Claude Thompson Is Recon-
mended by High Official as
an Intelligent Socialist

The Oceanic Steamship Company's
liner Sonoma, which arrived yesterday,
carried, on the outward trip from Hon
olulu to Auckland, probably the best
credentialed stowaway that ever beat
his passage between two ports. Claude
Thompson was his name. He had been
visiting the United States and returned
to the Antipodes with a poor opinion of
the land of the free.
He slowed away here on a Pacific
Mail steamer. from which he was land
ed at Honolulu, where he Joined the
Sonoma. The Soncma was well on her
way toward the Antipodes when Claude
was discovered. In addition to IS and
an American flag. the stowaway had
letters of recommendation from Hugh
de Larjie, an Australian Senator, and
from ]. c. Watson, who was Premier of
the Commonwealth Parliament when
he wrote, to whom it may concern: Il
can recommend Claude Thompson as a
straightforward and intelligent Social
ist."
The American flag in Thompson S
possession was something of a curios-
ity. Down every stripe was written a
coarse and uncomplimentary criticism
of the American people, and standing
among the stars was GraWn nSure OF
a Russian Finn, chained hand and foot
TO a tree. Beneath this work of art
was a legend which explained the IRON
ed Finn as typical of the condition of
the American workingman.
Claude played American workman in
the Sonoma's stokehole untH the liner
arrived at Auckland, where he disem-
barked. Claude was bound for Sydney
and reached there before the Sonoma
sailed. The people on the Sonoma
know he arrived because he wrote them
a letter saying that he had missed a
valise and would like somebody to look
around on the liner and see IL he left
ii there.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-28
CONVICTED MEN
FIGHT IN CELL
Thomas Fallon, Who Muir
dered Wife, Attacks One Of
Officer Robinson's Slayers

The prisoners confined in the County
Jail on Broadway have sensation to
relieve the monotony of their retired
lives. and every cell is full of the gos-
sip of it, There has been a fight be-
tween William Henderson, who was
one of the gang that murdered Police
man Eugene Robinson, and Thomas P.
Fallon, under sentence of death for the
murder of his wife, Agnes, in April OF
last year. The affair has filled the jail
with excitement owing to the promi-
nence of the principals in higher crimi-
nal circles. Fallon is accused, in fact
Of having tried TO kill Henderson be-
cause of the general hatred said TO ex-
list against the latter, who turned
States evidence and helped send his
companions to the gallows or the peni-
tentiary.
The uproar has extended further than
the jail District Attorney Byington
has expressed surprise that a man SEN
fenced to be hanged and one who has
turned States evidence and earned the
enmity Of his fellow prisoners should
be placed in the same cell. He says
that a man who is under sentence OF
death might not feel backward about
killing man who had "peached" on
Sheriff Curtis explain.
The trouble occurred Sunday morn
ing about breakfast time. Henderson
says he was reading a paper when Fal-
lon attacked him with jelly glass
striking him on the head with it and
then trying to beat him as he lay dazed
I in the corner of the cell. He fought
! his way to his feet and jailers came te
the rescue.
Fallon says that Henderson started
\ the trouble by calling him vile name
and that the two fought with theil
/ fists only. He says that the cuts that
/ exist in Henderson's scalp were in
/ f1icted with ring on his (Fallon's)
] finger. He denies using the glass. He
says that Henderson has been very dis
agreeable and hard to get along with
1 Frank Marshall, another prisoner ir
| the same cell, says Fallon was the ag-
gressor. He did not see him use the
glass. but says it lay in fragments or
| the floor after the fight
Chief Jailer Sullivan, in his report tc
/ Sheriff Curtis, places the blame or
Henderson. He says that the men had
I got along all right for five months
1 He put Fallon in another cell down.
stairs after the trouble.
Henderson had q cut over one eye, In
which two stitches were taken, and an
other on the back Of his head.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-28
FaIIs Down EIerator shaft.

David Thalin, a brother of Samuel
Thalin, q grocer doing business al
1000 Larhin street. was seriously in
juFed yesterday afternoon by falling
down an elevator shaft in the Ayns-
worth apartment house at Post and
Polk streets. Thalin was in the house
70 collect a bill and opened the door
OF the shaft of a self-operating ele-
vator. but the elevator was not there
Thslin fell 70 the bottom of the shaft
twenty-five feet, and sustained q
severe laceration of the scalp and q
possible fracture OF the skull. He was
removed 10 the Mary Patton Hospital
on Post street, near Polk.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-28
Nfietake Causes Regret.

Mrs. z. B. Baggs, whose experience
IN Los Angeles was telegraphed TO
San Francisco on March IL, has
hastened to exonerate a lady whose
name she connected with that of her
husband. Mrs. Baggs has made the
following statement:
Mrs E. B. Baggs. lately from a
trying visit 20 Los Angeles, wishes to
say that the lady whose name she
coupled with that Of her husband is
an entirely innocent person, and she
much regrets all that has been said
and wishes to make amends as far as
possible through this publication"
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-28
CITY TEACHERS WILL
CONVENE NEXT MONTH
superintendent of Schools Langdon
Makes Public the Programme of
the Annual Institute


Makes Public the Programme of
the Annual institute.
superintendent Of Schools ". H.
Langdon announced that the city
school teachers will meet at the City
hall in their annual institute on May
3 and 4. Matters pertaining to the
instruction of the children will be dis
cussed. Many well known educational
authorities have consented to address
the institute. Following is the pro-
gramme:
Grade i-~IirEt steps Reading; Available
hineersarten Methods; Acting Stories; Mate
ilai Tor story Telling. Busy Work: Study;
States 3r Paper, Writing ana Drawing.
Grade Z-Supplementary Readers; Oral Lam
guage Work; story Telling; Study; Concert
Drill; Spelling
Grade S-Blsckbosrd Composition; Para
-raIh in Composition; Best supplementary
Readers. Home Reading: Local 6seograply:
Map Drawing Outdoor Geography: Observa-
yon OF Building; Geography Topics: Mixed
Grade Correction OF Papers; Blackboard
compost tion; Reading: Industrial and Outdoor
1eography; Parallel Reading; Problem Work.
Grade 5-lnterest in Reading; Aims and
PURPOSES Of Teaching Grammar; Geography;
Maps or Europe, south America, Europe and
Asia, stories Based on Geography: Inversion
.u DIVISION Of Fractions; Selection Of Smelling
N Words. Penmanship.
Grade e-Literature; Aims and Purposes Of
Teaching Grammar; the Language Of the Geog-
rsphy Textbook School Motives: Interna-
1o1sl Law; the Beginnings OF Percentage.
Grade Class Schedules; Product Maps;
Literature. the Business Applications OF Arlfh-
metc; Aims and Purposes OF Teaching Gram
mar Penmanship
Grade s-Julius Caesar; Picture Study OF
SnoWbOuuds Evangeline: Aims and Purposes
~ Teaching Grammar Geography OF Africa:
The Library and It's Use: International Law;
Optional Literature OF the Course: Penman-
ship; MenEUration.
IN response 70 requests voluntary meetings
for oisCussion Uf definite problems OF the HIS
Tory in the sixth. seventh and eighth grades
have been arranged follows:
Sixth grade-Mondays, at 3:45, April 3. 10
and "a %
seventh. grade-Tuesdays at s:4s. April 4,
Il snd- 25.
Eighth grade-wednesdsys. at s:zs. April 8,
- and 26
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-28
SHRINERS OF ISLAM TEMPLE
ENJOY A THEATER PARTY
The Red Fezzed Members Present
Each Lady Who Attended a
Novel Candy Souvenir

Islam Temple of the Ancient Arabic
Order of the Mobiles Of the Mystic
Shrine had theater party at the Ma
jestic last evening. The house, which
was owned by the Shriners, was
crowded with a fashionable audience,
the members of the temple wearing
the traditional red fez, and many of
the ladies wearing dainty white fezes.
AS each lady entered the theater she
was given a souvenir of the occasion
in the form of a simetar-shaped box
filled with choice candies. The play
was MY Wife's Husbands" quite
amusing and made more interesting
by interpolated Shriner jokes at the
expense of prominent members of the
temple. During the evening a corps
of walters served lemonade between
acts to all persons in the house.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-28

r. w. Brown, janitor, committed
suicide by shooting himself through
the head at the Masonic Temple yes
terday afternoon. Brown had been
employed in the building and was dis
charged on account of intoxication on
March G. He was allowed to retain
a small room until he could obtain
other quarters. Yesterday afternoon
the janitor who succeeded him found
him dead with a bullet in his head
and a revolver beside him. Brown
was so years of age and had no rela-
tives in this city. The body was taken
to the Morgue.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-28
CHARTER AND CITIZENSHIP
COME UNDER DISCUSSION
Shortridge Holds 1t Is Concern of Men
to Develop Loyal and Moral
Race

The Berean Society of Calvary
presbyterian Church held a meeting
last night which was attended by
numerous men connected with the
c1ty's business and civic affairs.
Charles w. Pike presided. and the dis
cussion was devoted almost wholly to
the charter of San Francisco. Charles
w. Fay. A. F. Bridge, r. L. Alderman.
DR.. j. r. Gill, Civil Service Commits
sioner Rogers, William Mowatt Hen
~ j. Mccoy, p. W. Rochester and
Samuel M. Shortridge were among
those who spoke. 1t was generally
agreed that the charter could bear
amendment or revision.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-28
To Mining Engineers.

The representative of an Eastern min
ing syndicate desires the services Of
three competent mining engineers to ex-
pert mining properties; copper prop
erty situated in California, gold prop
erty in Nevada and a silver property In
Utah. Only experts in these respective
classes will be qualified. Experience and
references required. Address box s1S7.
Call Office.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-28

RECEPTION TO KNowLAND.- D.-Alameda,
March 27:-congressman q: Joseph R. Knowiand
will be honored by reception Wednesday
tions have been extended by the club members
to the fellow townsmen Of the young states
man to meet and greet him. and a large as
semblage is expected Congressman Knowland
win deliver an address on How Washington
Looks to the Wild and Woolly Westerner."
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-28
Brooks Still Testifies.

William Brooks, auditor and land
agent of the Spring Valley Water
Company, was under cross-examina-
ton yesterday by Assistant City Attor-
ney Partridge in United States Com
missioner Heacock's court. He is tes-
tifying. concerning the realty owned
by the company.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-28

TRY TO BREAK INTO sALOON.-George
Beucker. saloon-keeper, Main and Mission
streets. reported to the police yesterday that
an attempt had been made to break into his
saloon yesterday morning There were marks
On the front door. made apparently by a
Jimmy In an effort to force 1t open.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-28

CHINESE FOR DEPORTATIoN.-United
States Marshal II. 2. Osborne arrived from
Los Angeles yesterday with twelve Chinese la
borers under sentence OF deportation They
had fraudulently entered the United States by
way OF the Mexican border.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-28

PIERCG SENTENCED.-United States Dis
trict judge de Haven yesterday sentenced r.
penitentisry at San Quentin. He had been
convicted of forging postal money order.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-28
Janitor Kills Himself.

Picnic printing Up-to-date. Gabriel Print
ing Co.. Prints anything. 41g Sacramento st. I
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-11-21
States May Cooperate.

ST. Paul, Nov. 2l.-According to
State Insurance Commissioners
o O'Brien's report to Governor johnson
made koday on Mr.. O'Brien's return
from New York and Washington in
connection with the troubles of life
insurance companies, President Roos-
evelt may be the chief arbiter in a
cooperative effort of all the states of
the Union TO compel the large life in
surance companies to put their busi-
ness on a safer and more economical
basis
Mr.. O'Brien went east under orders
of Governor johnson to look into the
insurance situation, and carried let
ter of introduction to President Roos-
evelt. On Saturday. Mr.. O'Brien had
20 minutes conference with Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
The result of this conference was
reported to Governor Johnson today.
Mr.. O'Brien reported that he outin-
ed to the president his plan of action,
which was to call a meeting either in
the completion of the investigation
now pending in New York. of all the
state commissioners, also of the COVER
nors and attorney generals II neces-
sary. The meeting was to evolve II
necessary demand for reorganiza-
tion of all the important life insur-
ance companies, but more particular
ly the placing of affairs of those COM
panies on a safer basis. Any action to
be taken by this meeting TO be CO.
operative and each delegate to go back
to his state prepared to carry out his
part of the program. When Nr.
O'B-ien had stated his plan he said:
"Now, Mr.. President, there will be
a committee to carry out our plans,
and we need head. Will you help
us?"
Il most emphatically WILL" was the
answer of the president, according to
Mr. O'Brien's report to the governor.
II will be glad to help you in any
way CAM
Governor Johnson directed Mr..
o. 'Brien to make a detailed statement
of the interview with President Roos-
evelt and the plan Mr.. O'Brien SUBJ
mitted to him and give 1t to the news
papers, saying he believed 1t was news
that, all policy holders would be glad
to hear.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-11-21

New York, Nov 21.-Information
will be laid before Attorney General
Mayer that Tammany leader drew
$4,000 In one dollar bills from n bank
on the day before election, says the
Herald. Clarence ]. Shearn, counsel
for William r. Hearst. said last night
he would make known to Mr. Mayer
the name of this leader. the bank
from which the money was with
drawn. and all other details
Mr.. Shearn said that he will give
the attorney general specific infor-
nation of the withdrawal from banks
of large sums of money the day be-
fore election, in the case of other Tam
many leaders.
Alderman Gaffney, Abraham Levy.
Henry w. Unger, Charles p. Dillon
and George w. Simpson will be exam
ined by the grand jury tomorrow in
the matter of the disappearance OF
John Krup, who was under $4,000 bail
on charge of illegal voting. Proba-
bly, application will be made before
Judge Dickey, in Brooklyn, today to
open a ballot box from the annexed
district of the Bronx where fraud is
charged.
Regardless of the decision In that
case, Mr.. Shearn will apply tomorrow
to have n ballot box from a district
either in New York or Brooklyn OPEN
ed on the ground that fraud has been
perpetrated.
That is what we have been work
ing toward from the beginning" he
said last night. I'VE have not expect
cd to reverse the result by an in
spection of the void and protested bal
lots, and comparing the tally sheets
with the inspectors returns"
Judge Dickey will this morning be-
gin an inspection of the void and pro-
tested ballots cast in Richmond.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-11-21

Assessor C. p. Strain has received a
letter from the executive committee
of the Oregon State Grange, asking
him to attend to the circulating of pc
titions in this county to initiate bill
for the taxation of express, telephone
and telegraph companies doing busi-
ness within the state. At recent
meeting of the executive committee 1t
was decided to take up the matter of
getting law taxing those corporations
and the work of circulating the petit
tons has been left with William Girls
enthwaite of Oregon City
At present there is no tax upon ex-
press, telephone or telegraph COM
panies In Oregon. and as a result they
pay very slight taxes. No tax what
ever is paid in this county by the ex-
press company. as the only tangible
property that they have In the coun-
ty consists of few office supplies and
a delivery wagon. Also, the telegraph
and telephone companies escape with
a light tax also, as the material value
of their lines is far from being in pro-
portion to the earning power of the
company. Should state tax be i'm
posed upon such companies they
would be assessed according to the
earning power OF their businesses, and
thus considerable amount would be
derived from them every year In the
opinion of Assessor Strain $4,000 or
$4,000 year would probably be de-
rived from a state tax on the three
classes Of companies; whereas but a
trifling amount is now paid to the diff
ferent counties.
The petition fer the bill to establish
such tax as above indicated must be
on file with the secretary OF state by
February 1. Consequently, there will
be little time for delay should the mat
ter be carried through this year. As
SCISSOR Strain stated this morning that
he would take charge of the petition
in this county. and that he will furnish
blank petitions to those who circulate
them.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-11-21

trate and a member of Tammany, took
the stand. He said he was employed
In the Equitable real estate depart
ment He added he didn't do much"
and in reality was employed as a go
between the Equitable and the city de-
partments. His salary for several
years was $4,000. then was reduced to
$500.
When Senator Plat took the stand
his steps faltered. He was supported
by counsel and needed assistance in
reaching the witness chair. Plat said:
"The republicans have received con-
tribuuons for campaign expenses
from insurance companies. partlcu-
larly the Equitable, for about 10 years.
We kept no record. We get about
$4,000 yearly: for state campaigns
always, never for the city.
They brought in the cash by spe-
cial messenger. 1t was turned over
TO the treasurer of the committee. We
didn't solicit contributions" So far
as he could recall, the New York Life
had never contributed to the state
committee. When the companies
contribute they expect to call upon
those to whom they contributed, for
aid. They never called upon me. We
could not control legislation, but
might influence It.
In the contributions the question
was involved of whether the compan-
les contributing do not expect the Leg
islators to be under moral obligations
not TO attack them"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-11-21
WASHINGTON MEN MAY LOSE.
Irrigation Scheme in Arizona Ma,
Prove Improbable.

Walla Walla, Nov. 21.-Former Sem
ator Turner is in Washington city in
the interest of a number of farmers
of Lincoln county Wash. who have
invested almost s5O0.OOO in irrigating
works near Yuma, Ariz.
When the government adopted its
scheme for work in that locality It
appropriated private company's
right of way, and offered $4,000 as
compensation. This offer was re-
fused by Senator Turner, on behalf of
his clients, and unless the interior de-
partment consents to the payment of
larger sum an effort will be made
to obtain relief through the courts.
1t is probable the farmers will have
to go into the court of claims to pros
ecute their suit
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-11-21

RIGHT Of WAY
Forest Reserve No Longer an
Obstacle TO the Umatilla
Electric Power Company,
WAY NOW CLEAR TO DEVELOP
POWER FROM THE UMATILIIA.

Original Scheme Was to Put In the
Power Plant just Above Bingham
Springs Where the Company Owns
Forty Acres OF Iand-An the Pre-
liminaries We're Marshaled In Or
der Ere This Except the Right OF
Way Which the Government Now
Grants-Capital Is $4,000 for the
Development OF Light and Power by
Electricity Several Objective
Point.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-11-21

At a meeting of the board of fire
men OF the Pendleton fire department
held last night, nominations for the
fire chief and assistants were conclud-
ed and the ballot arranged for the
coming firemen's election. The ticket
as named is as follows:
For fire chief. T. Brown. pres
ent incumbent, and ]. L. Vaughan.
For first assistant-Ed Stansbury,
j. NJ. Scarborough and Claud PEN
land.
For second Observation-Disclosures Barn.
hart.
This ticket will be voted upon at the
annual firemen's election, which is
held on the first Monday in December.
and which will also be the day for
the city election this year.
The selection of foreman by each
of the fire companies will be made on
January /.
Tonight a meeting Is to be held in
the city recorders office for the pur-
pose of organizing hose company No.
s, which will be stationed Oh the high
school hill The petition for the es-
tablishment of this company has been
signed by IL young men of that neigh
borhood, and after the company has
been fully organized its district will
be designated by the council.
Although the new company will be
known as No. S, it will be the ninth
fire company in the city. there being
eight hose companies with the new
one, and one hook and ladder COM
pany.
With the coming election Of fire Of
ficials and the prospect OF securing
new hose for some of the companies,
considerable interest has been arous-
ed among the firemen, and It doubt
less will result in bettering the de-
partment.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-11-21
NICHOLS took
CARE" OF THEM
As Attorney for Mutual and
Equitable Was Depended on
to QuietJKnockers.
FORMER EMPLoYE BLED
COMPANY FOR ANNUITY.

Plat Took the Stand at Noon
-Co-operative Movement Started to
Enlist All the States to Compel the
Greater Insurance Companies TO Put
business on a Safer and More Eco
nomical Basds-Insurance Commits
sioners Governors and Attorneys
General Expected 10 Take Part
Roosevelt Goes on Record as Fa-
vOrabIe to the New Scheme.