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The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29
FROG LEGS
NOT RATED
As TURKEY
Special Dispatch to III. Cali.

WASHINGTON, March 2S.-After
considering the matter for nearly a
year the board of appraisers of the
customs branch of the Treasury De-
partment has decided that frogs legs
are not turkey.
A year ago New York firm imported
a lot of frogs legs. AS the commodity
of frogs legs does not appear in the
Dfngley tariff. the Treasury Depart
ment ordered that they be classed as
turkey, and a duty of cents a pound
was laid upon them. The importers
demurred and appealed to the board of
appraisers. This board, at its recent
meeting here, decided that frogs legs
are not turkey, but that they are a
on-essential manufactured articles
and as such will pay duty of 5 per
cent ad valorem just the same.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29
Crops in the United States
Falling Off in Quantity
and Quality, Says Wilson
MUST HELP THE LAND
Secretary of Agriculture
Has OH Foot a Plan for
a Rotation of Products
Special Dispatch to The Call.

WASHINGTON, March 49, = Our
great wheat fields along the northern
border are refusing to grow wheat" :"
sand James Wilson, Secretary of Agri-
culture, to-day And unless Ameri-
can farmers change their method Of
growing this product there will be a
large increase in the price of bread
stuffs. The evil day canhot long be
postponed, notwithstanding the fact
that the famers of the Northwest be-
lieve they have solved the problem by
permitting their lands to lie fallow for
one year and thus growing a crop of
wheat every other year.
.At present the average production
of wheat to the acre is eight bushels.
while in Europe the farmers grow
thirty. Last year the American wheat
crop was sickly. and this indicates that
the land refuses to grow wheat any
longer on a profitable basis. In order
to save the wheat fields of the United
States we have sent an expert to the
northern part of Norway and Sweden
to find legumes which, will grow in cold
climates If the wheat farmers of the
Northwest expect to grow wheat at a
profit they must rotate their crops. At
present we have no leguminous plants
which will grow in the Northwest that
can be rotated with wheat.
with a continued decrease In the
yield In the Northwest the farmers of
Iowa, Illinois. Kansas and Nebraska
will begin to grow wheat again. but
they will not do so until they can get
at least dollar bushel for it."
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29
SCHOONER DRIVEN ASHORE
ON ISLAND OF LAYSAN
The @. Kennedy a Total Loss, but
Members of the Crew
Saved

HONOLULU, March 2S. - The
United States gunboat Petrol. return
ing to-day from Midway Island, via
Laysan, brought the crew of the
schooner c. Kennedy. The schooner
left here on February with sup
plies for the cable station on Midway.
but was wrecked on the island of Law
san. The crew and some of the cargo
of the Kennedy were saved, but the
vessel is a total loss
The wreck of the schooner oc-
Cured on March 5. the vessel being
driven on the reef at daylight by a
tremendous storm. Captain Schlem.
mer, his two mates and the crew of
six Japanese succeeded In reaching
the shore, after losing all their boats.
They were rescued by the Petrol
on March %.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29
FOILS A PLOT
TO BREAK JAIL

Los ANGELES. March 2s.-Acting
on information which he had received.
Under Sheriff Yonkin to-day frustrated
what might have been a very success
full Jail break by searching the cell oc-
cupied by Charles Schmidt, a prisoner
under sentence of eight years for bur-
glary. His search revealed a dozen
steel saws. small bottle of nitric acid.
another of hyGro-chloric acid. a small
pair of wire clippers and coil Of win
dow sash cord
Schmidt is being held in the county
jail on two weeks stay granted by
the trial court pending his being taken
to the penitentiary. With the material.
which had been furnished him by some
visitors, he would have been able TO
cut his way to liberty in short time.
and he probably would have liberated
a large number of other prisoners.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29
Find STARVING
CHINESE WOMAN
Bakersfield Officers I'm
earth Case of Brutality
While Searching for Den

BAKERSFIELD. March ga story
Of the brutal treatment OF a Chinese
woman came to light to-day with the
arrest OF two Chinese by police on
GERS While the officers were attempt
ing to locate an opium den in New
Chinatown they heard cries coming
from an outbuilding in a vacant lot
three blocks away. An immediate In
vestigation revealed an emacfated Chi
nese woman lying in undescribable
filth and on the verge OF starvation.
Her husband offered some resistance
to the officers. but was subdued and
arrested
A Chinese living in a neighboring
hut said that the woman had been con-
fined in the hut for at least a month
and had been placed there because a
devil was in her. He said she had been
given but few scraps to eat. She
was taken to the county jail and cared
for.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29
BUFFETED
BY HURRICANES

IPSWICH, England March 2s.-The
British ship Thalatta, from San Fran
cisco October 81. which has arrived
here, reports that during a hurricane
beginning March IA she was on her
beam ends for forty-eight hours. The
vessel and her cargo are much dam
aged.
LIVERPOOL. March 2S.-The British
bark Gunford, from San Francisco Oc-
tober 27, which arrived at this port re-
Gently, encountered a hurricane on
March Is and was thrown on her beam
ends. 1t was found necessary to jetti-
son a considerable portion OF the YES
sells cargo
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29

NEW YORK, March 2S That the
battleship Maine through an error was
destroyed by bomb of his manufac-
ture was the statement made by Cess
Ter Rosseau in the Tombs prison to-
day. Rosseau was convicted yesterday
of having sent explosives to the
Cunard line pier in this city in May.
1908. He made the following statement
to-day.
For several years while the Cuban
patriots were struggling against Wey-
Ter 1 watched the contest with deep in
terest and sympathy. l decided TO go
TO Jacksonville and do what l could TO
assist the revolutionists. l started
from st. Louis, where had been living
during the early part of 1897
Before taking a train for the South
] got together the material for the con-
struction of two exploding machines of
tremendous power, so arranged that
they could be wound up and left in a
selected place, with the certainty that
they would go off and cause terrible
destruction within a few hours.
AT New Orleans l rented a room
and put the boxes together, after
which I went to Jacksonville. There
became acquainted with party of Gu
han leaders, who were planning a fill
clustering expedition. They had en-
gagged the Destroyer, q small vessel, to
take them to Cuba, along with num-
Der of American and European adven-
turers, who were anxious to strike a
blow for Cuban freedom
Several of the leaders of the party
are men now well known. and 1 will not
mention their names, although / have
among my papers a list of them all.
Il suggested to them that they use
my machines to destroy Spanish war
ships in the harbor of Havana and in
other ports on the coast of the island.
They readily seized upon the idea and
when the Destroyer sailed with the fill
busters they took my two machines
with them. 1t was my intention to go
along with the party so as to direct
the work of sinking the Spanish war
ships, but they dissuaded me, urging
that I could be of greater use in Jack
sonviIle preparing other machines If
the first proved successful
1T was planned TO have some mem
bers of the revolutionary party join
the Spanish navy so as to get the ma
chimes aboard. If that failed it was
decided to fasten one Of the bombs to
the hull of ship under the water
line, for had constructed the ma
chimes so they could be exploded un-
der the water. That was late in the
fall Of 1897. The next spring the Maine
was DESTROYED. Only one man in the
secret Of the machines returned to
America I saw him some time after
the war with Spain had begun. He told
me he had had nothing TO do with the
boxes after reaching Cuba, but had
been told that a mistake had been
made.
The man who had been intrusted
with the task of destroying q Span
~
during the night to one of Alfonso's
warships, and blundered into blowing
up the Maine. ] was told that the man,
Immediately after learning of the error
he had made, committed suicide
Rosseau said he had attempted to
blow UP the statue of Frederick the
Great at Washington because he did
not wish to see the statue Of King
in America. He added that he was not
an Anarchist or a Nihilist, and that he
had made no effort TO supply expIod-
ing machines 10 the Russians.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29

health OF the organs peculiarly feminine
BY preserving the health Of these or
gsns, and relieving the system from the
oebilitating drains, ulcers and in1arnmA-
tons which sap It's health. 'Favorte
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natural change 10 come IN Natures way,
without the loss Of capacity 70 please
others or personal inability 70 enjoy life.
~Your 'Fsverfte Prescription brought me
safely through that difficult pcr1o9s called
change Of lfe.'" writes Mrs Mary Ensznin-
ger OF - (. Ankeny St. Portland oregon
this change made very unpleesanf os-
turbance through my entire sysoem nao
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Ny appetite was ftful end lor days was
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better Within two weeks the unpleasant
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the period without any more trouble can
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You may be willing that somebody else
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The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29
SHOOTING ENDS
A LONG FEGD

RENO, March 2s.-Joseph Reynolds
was shot and perhaps fatally wounded
this morning by Harry Butts. Butts
made his escape, but during the day
went to the Sherin's office and sur
rendered He is being held pending
the outcome of Reynolds injuries.
The shooting so far as can be learned
is the result of long feud. While
Reynolds was overseeing his gambling
games Butts called him to the side
walk An argument followed and then
the shooting. Reynolds wcs shot
through the leg, so close to the knee
Joint that amputation will be neces-
sary 1t Is thought his physical con-
dition will not Withstand the operation.
The affair has caused considerable
excitement among the gambling fra
ternity because of the prominence Of
the persons concerned.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29
PITTSBURG SLEUTH TAKES
EMBE.ZZLER BACK FOR TRIAL
Leaves Portland With Former Rail-
road Cashier Who Had Surren-
dered Himself to Police.

PORTLAND, March 2S.-Detective
Doman of Pittsburg. Pa, left here to-
day with P. E. Griffith, an embezzler
who surrendered himself to the Port
land police Griffith embezzled from
a railroad company for which he was
cashier in Pittsburg and later con-
tinued his crimes while employed by
a glass and bottle works in order to
make promised restitution to the rail-
road. He left Pittsburg when he
could no longer conceal his shortage,
and has since roamed in all parts of
the world.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29
TAKES HIS LIFE, FEARING
HE WOULD HARM FAMILY
Of Epilepsy Blows Out
Brains. With a Rifle.
Love for Dear Ones Prompts Deed
Special Dispatch to Tn. Cali

TACOMA. March 2S.-On his ranch
near Port Angeles Sunday night VIII
liam Bowers put the muzzle Of his
rifle in his mouth and pulled the trig-
ger. He died instantly. Bowers was
subject to epileptic fits. About a year
age he was sent to Steilacoom Asylum,
but was released at the earnest solicit
tation of friends.
Before committing the deed Bowers
discussed it's advisabiiity with his wife
and told her that 1t was best for him
to kill himself. as he was afraid that
in one of his spells he might kill her
and their eight children He took down
the rifle and commenced to load 1t. and
the poor woman ran out TO call neigh
bors. Before she had gone many yards
she heard the report of the rifle.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29

personal st tra c.
tivenesS Such
fears are largely
warranted By the
effects which this
change produces In
many women But
no woman need let
these fears fret her.
Those who have
used DR.. Piercs's
Favorite Prescrip-
ton do not suffer
from the change
of life either IN
face, form or feel
ings as do other
women. This fact
Is due 20 the in
innate connection
Of the general
health with the
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29
KNIGHTS. OF COLUMBUS
PLAN A TRIP To NAPA

VALLEJO, March 2S.-VaIIejo
Council, knights OF Columbus. is max
ing great preparations for a trip to
Napa next Sunday. A new council of
the Catholic order is to be instituted
there. The Vallejo knights are plan
ming to attachA a car to the special
train it has chartered for the MEM
bers of the order from San Francis
co and other bay cities
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29
Good Pictures for Little Money.

We have an immense collection OF
beautiful pictures framed in the newest
and prettiest styles on exhibition in our
new art gallery Visitors cordially in
vited to inspect this collection, whether
Wishing to purchase or not Sanborn,
Vail & Co. TAI Market st.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29
PLUMS ARE DISTRIBUTED
BY SECRETARY OF STATE
Curry Names San Franciscan as Chief
OF License Department and Makes
Other Appointments.

SACRAMENTO March 2S.-Secre-
tary Of State C. F. Curry has appoint
ed Charles Clear of San Francisco
Chief of the License Department. of
his office. and has selected the follow
ing staff to assist Clear. Joseph Hill.
of Placer County, Ray Waring OF Yo-
10; Walter Rickett OF Sonoma; Eugene
Jackson, Charles Metzner and Charles
McGreevy of San Francisco, and Glenn
Lowe of YOlO
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29
BROKERS' AGENTS AFTER
VALLEJO WATER BONDS
Representatives Visit Navy Yard
Town and Make Proposals for Is
sue Recently Voted For.

VALLEJO. March 2s.-The city of
Vallejo is preparing to receive bids for
the purchase of the $4,000 worth OF
bonds recently voted by the citizens
of this city to improve the city water
system. The bonds pay per cent
and run for twenty years The agents
Of several brokerage firms have sent
their agents to this city to make pro-
nosals for their purchase.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29
WIDOW OF INGERSOLL
AWARDED LARGE SUM
Judgment Against Estate of Rich
Mine Owner Given Her
for SOC. 900.

BOSTON, March 28.-Judgment for
Mrs. Elva Ingersoll. widow of Robert
G. Ingerson of New York, in the sum
of $4,000, with interest, against the
trustees of the estate of the late An
drew j. Davis, a wealthy mine owner
of Butte, Mont, was ordered to-day
by Judge Putnam of the United States
Circuit Court. Suit was instituted by
Mrs. Ingersoll to recover fees for SER
vices, which she claimed were render
ed by her husband to the estate.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29
CaIifornians in New YorL

NEW YORK. March 2s.-The fol-
lowing Californians have arrived in
New York:
From san Francisco-G. NJ. Ballard
and L. Selstonstall, at the Martha
Washington; J. c Ryan, at the Ma
ne Antoinette; NJ I. Calm, at the
Imperial: Z. Solomon and wife. at
the Hotel Astor; W. z. Bade, at the
St Dennis; J. Dummy, at the Hotel
1mperial.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29
ARABIAN INSURGENTS
CAPTURE MORE TOWNS
Last Word From Sanaa Says That
the City Is Still Holding
Int

CONSTANTINOPLE, March 2S.-
According to a dispatch from Hodei-
da. dated March 25. the town of Sa-
naa, capital of Yemen province, Ara
bia. was still holding out when the
message was sent, but Yama and Ane-
yesa, south of Sanaa, had fallen into
the hands of the insurgents and the
mountain fortress of lib was sur
rounded.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29
UNCONSCIOUS, HE CLINGS
TO CABLE AND is SAVED
Man Hoisted Over Thousand Feet
From n Mine and
Revived

VICTOR. Colo, March 2S.-Uncon-
scious, but clinging with death grip
to the cable, Fred Blend was hoisted
1850 feet at the Blue Bird mine and
was revived after reaching the sur
face. With two companions he had
been overcome by carbonic acid gas.
Charles Jacobs was dead when taken
out of the mine. His brother Edward
was rescued alive.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29
Once Noted speculator Bankrupt.

ST. LOUIS, March 2S.-Thomas J.
Cleage Jr., a prominent grain COM
mission man of ST. Louis, who has
several times "cornered' the market
and is reputed to have at one time
made and lost a million dollars in one
day. was to-day declared a bankrupt.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29
ARMY ORDERS.

WASHINGTON. March 2s.-Army
orders: The board of officers at San
Francisco for the examination of Of
ficers to determine their fitness for
promotion s. dissolved
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29
CENTRAL LUTHER LEAGUE
MEETING IN SAN JOSE
Thirty Delegates From Various Parts
of the Golden State Attend

San JOSE. March Is

SAN JOSE. March 2S.-The Central
Luther League, comprising the Luth-
eran churches of all the Central Cali
fornia counties. began its session here
to-day. Thirty delegates are present.
church tonight.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29
DR. sPIERcE's REMEDIES.

When life's autumn comes, women, worn
O1t By the burdens OF motherhood, yet
shrink from that second change Of life
which will Danish these burdens forever.
They fear 3 change in form, IN feature, il
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29
COLONEL DUGGAN WILL
TAKE FUNSTON'S PLACE
He Is to Succeed to the Position of
Commander of the Department
of the Lakes.

CHICAGO, March 2s.-Colonel
Walter T. Duggan, First United States
Infantry. will succeed Brigadier Gem
eral Frederick Funston as command
er of the Department of the Lakes,
with headquarters in Chicago. Colonel
Duggan will come from Fort Wayne,
Mich, within ten days. Brigadier
General Funston will leave to COM
mand the Department of California on
Saturday.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29

Ask for Log Cabin Bread at grocers' and
branch bakeries: wholesale. 300 Dolores ST.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29

Behavior is a mirror in which every
one displays his image.-Gothe.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29
20 ROCKEFEILER'S .MONEY.

= has been rurcib-E done. / Szy. Il has
been largely done through Illicit and in
--uitous control ~ railways Standard Oil
nas never ceased . use this power II this
way Il IS using = to-day as effectively as
Il ever did-
Mr Rockefeller may deny that rebates are
ncw given to the Standard OH but the
Standard OF nov csutrels about two-chirds
o1 Tie railroads OK this country and its power
is eNerted In nNi1g the classification OF freghts
IN such 9 way tax Z can Kill competition.
Rebates are no longer necessary Thus this
stu1enlous power. which owes its existence
u z shameful prostitution Of agencies created
able % lay IT'S parslyzing hand upon all the
Industries Of the nation and 70 force them
tc contribute 20 its enormous revenues
And this Is the money which is offered TO
the American board. We have no right 20
take H. Il does not belong TO the man who
offers n. Il belongs 70 the people from whom
Il has been extorted-
Z is often assumed I fear that we do
not need 70 be overscrupulous about money
which We can use in doing good" That
Indifference IS deadly. The good that is
done BY lowering our ethical standards might
better be LETT Undone- Shall the young men
and women OF the missionary colleges be
taught 70 regard Mr. Rockefeller as a great
benefactor? The colleges might better be per
Usnently closed
The American board also has re-
ceived a communication from Rev. A.
II. Bradford of Montclair, n. J., for
uer moderator Of the National Congre-
gatiOnsl Council and president Of the
American Missionary Association, who
favOrs the acceptance of Rockefeller's s
gift.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29
PASTORS TAKE
SECRET ACTION
Withhold Until To-Day the
Decision Concerning Rock
efeller'S 100000 Donation
GLADDEN. FILES PROTEST
Claims the Foreign Missions
Board Has No Right
4 to Accept the Money

BOSTON. March 2s.-Positive action
was taken on the question of accept
ing John D. Rockefeller's gift OF
500. 900 to the American Board Of Com
missioners for Foreign Missions at q
meeting this afternoon Of the pruden-
tisl committee OF that organization.
but the nature Of the action was not
disclosed. The committee announced
officially, however. that a statement
reciting the decision of the committee
would be given out tomorrow after
the report adopted. which is in the
form Of resolutions, had been officially
communicated to a committee appoint
ed at a meeting of Congrega gational
clergymen Of Boston and vicinity TO
protest against the acceptance of the
Rockefeller gift.
Dr. James L Barton, foreign secre-
tary OF the American board, said to-
day that already Sz1. 800 Of the gift
was in the treasury and the question
to be decided at to-day's meeting was
therefore whether this amount should
be returned or whether il should oe
retained and the balance accepted.
o Before the meeting OF the committee
the opinion was expressed at Congre-
gationsl headquarters that the gift
would be accepted It was said that
the amount already drawn from
Rockefeller had been apportioned by
the American board for colleges in
japan. India and Turkey.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29
DR- GLADDEN'S PROTEST.

DR.. Washington Gladden's protest to
the American board against the ac-
ceptance OF the gift Of 100000 from
John D. Rockefeller is as follows:
I must ask the privilege OF expressing as
explicitly I can my surprise and regret
that the officers OF the American board have
accepted large sum ot money from John
.. RockefelleIa I object 70 this. because the
long 70 the nan who gives Il; II has been
nagirously acquired and al the world
knows IL
Il may be difficult in many cases to Judge
O. the methods by which wealth has been
gained. The operations are complex and We
nay be IN doubt respecting their honesty.
Thus il is no doubt imDracticable TO under
take the investigation OF the sources OF all
gifts that are offered But when the in
Nestigation has been thoroughly made and the
case is clear ere bound 10 guide our
conduct By the facts made known.
In this case the Investigation has been
thoroughly made and the facts known
courts have given the reading people OF this
country the materials for a Judgment upon
the methods OF the Standard Oil Company
and there never was day when their minds
were clear this subject they are
now. They know that this great power has
been built up by injustice and oppression
they know that its immense gains have been
made by forclbly despoillng citizens OF their
honest gains and shutting the doors Of op-
UCrruUlrT them