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The San Francisco call., 1905-08-01
WILLIAMSON'S NEPHEW
ON WITNESS STAND
Gives Damaging Testimony
in Portland Land Fraud
Case.

PORTLAND, July s1.-In the trial Of
Congressman Williamson, Gessner and
Biggs to-day, on the land frauds indict-
ment, Williamson's nephew, Ernest Starr.
testified that there had been an under*
standing between GeSsner and himself
that Gessner should pay $500 for Starr's
claim when he secured a patent from the
Government, Starr is the witness who
surrendered Saturday after being pursued
into the mountains east OF Eugene, Ore.
In the course of his testimony he stated
that he left Portland partly to escape
testifying against his uncle.
DIR Gessner was recalled to deny STAIRS
testimony and Marion Biggs verified tes-
Prosecutor Heney began his argument for
the Government.
Heney's argument was mastery and di-
rect. At times he grew caustic, especially
when he alluded to Congressman Will
hanson as the arch conspirator and ac-
cused him of having planned the whole
scheme. At the conclusion of the District
Attorneys argument court was adjourned
until tomorrow, when the argument for
the defense will be commenced.
Heney in the course of his argument
said at has been intimated in this trial
that 1 am after the big fish and not the
little ones, and let me say that while l
am. United States Attorney in Oregon I
shall keep after the big fish. The pur-
pose of these prosecutions is to deter 9TH
ers. tell you that Imprisonment of one
of the millionaire bribe givers has more
deterrent effect than sending to jail some
poor legislator who is induced TO take the
bribe by his poverty. We propose to make
an example of the people who have been
at the mead of this graft and stop 1t.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-01
CAUGHT In TRAP
SET BY HIS WIFE
Wealthy Man Arrested When
About to Attack
Spouse.
Special Dispatch to The can.

Los ANGELES, July Bill. F. Durand.
formerly superintendent of the Inter
state Steel Company of Cleveland, Ohio,
as a result of a trap set for him by the
officers. He was lodged IN Jail charged
with making threats to kill.
The action of the officers probably pre-
vented tragedy, for Durand had forciblv
seized woman whom he had followed
clear across the continent and whom he
had bounded until she appealed 10 the
authorities for protection. He saws she
is his wife and she admits that she mar
ried him, but asserts that she discovered
that ne has a wife and four children liv-
ing in New Jersey Instead of prosecut-
ing him for bigamy she left Ohio and ne
followed her
He found her in San Diego and there.
she says, he threatened to kill her un-
less she consented to return to him.
She fed to Los Angeles and he fol :
lowed and soon learned where she
roomed. Yesterday he attacked her on
the street, but she escaped from him.
To-day she received a letter command
ing her to meet him at the Westmins-
ter Hotel and saying he would kill her
if she did not come
She laid that letter -nd other sim
liar letters before the authorities and
a warrant was issued for the mans
arrest. The woman was told to keen
the appointment but twoesofficers fol-
lowed .Ier. When Durand met her. he
seized her and tried to drag her into a
side street, but the next moment he
was seized and handcuffed He prob
ahiv will be prosecuted for bigamy.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-01
HELD FOR OBSERVATION.
Four Children With Fever Are Taken
OF Steamer at New York

NEW YORK, July 31.--Symptoms Of
fever. the nature of which has not been
determined, was discovered to-day on
the steamer Proteus. direct from New
Orleans. At the end of the time limit
of five days in which the yellow fever
cases develop, the authorities caused
four children to be transferred to
Hoffman Island for inspection for the
cause of fever which had just appeared
Three adults accompanied them to the
detention hospital. The Proteus then
proceeded to her dock with the remain
ing passengers and all members of the
crew. Great care was exercised when
the steamer sailed from New Orleans.
Four cabin passengers were rejected
because they came from the Italian
quarter of the city and no steerage pas
sengers We're allowed on the ship. The
crew did not go ashore at all in New
Orleans.
One possible case of yellow fever
which has baffed the doctors for 36
hours was reported at the detention
hospital to-day This man is Vincent
Novo. stoker on the steamer Segu-
ranca-
Health Officer Doty announced that
the test in Novo's case would be COM
pleted to-day.
OF the seventeen persons taken off
the Seguranca all except Novo were re-
leased.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-01
New Orleans Health Authori-
ties Expect This Week to
Say Whether or Not They
Can Control the Epidemic
WILL NOT SEEK TO
REGAIN FRUIT TRADE
Crescent City People Prefer
Giving Up Valuable Busi-
ness to Risking Future
Yellow Fever VisitatiOns
Special pispasen to rhe can.


NEW ORLEANS, July 31-By the end
of the presert week the. authorities in
charge of the fever situation believe they
will be in such thorough toucn with con-
ditions that they viii be able to speak
with authority as to their ability to con-
troll and eradicate the disease in advance
OF the coming of the frost Daily the
system OF inspection and report is be-
coming more perfect and by that time
not only will it be possible to tell pre-
c1sely the extent of the fever, but
period will have arrived when no more
new cases traceable to the original infec-
tion may be expected.
Three deaths occurred in the Emergency
Hospital to-day, the number of patients
IN which has largely been increased. All
cases found with no relatives to care for
them are promptly removed to the insti-
tuition where the most elaborate modern
arrangements have been made for their
treatment.
President Souchon of the State Board
or Health received advices to-day that
the Wilmot case at Morgan City had
been pronounced yellow fever. Morgan
City is twenty miles from New Orleans,
ana the announcement of the case there
Will doubtless be followed by the bottling
up of the town. No other case in Louisi-
ana mas been reported in the last two or
three days.
1t is generally believed here that when
the present sickne SIS passes New Orleans
will not seek to regain the fruit trade
which has now been diverted to Mobile
unless the fruit companies are willing to
submit to regulations which will make
impossible the introduction of fever. 1t
is almost universally the opinion that, i'm
portant as this trade has become, it is not
sufficiently profitable for the city to run
again the risk of a recurrence of the
present experience.
. The mosquito ordinance will be passed
at the meeting of the Council tomorrow
1t will require landlords to screen els
terms. Fine or imprisonment is the penal
ty for failure to obey the ordinance. Very
few houses in the city are without els
terms and 10000 or $4,000 of them will re-
quire to be screened. The city Isl now
spending some SIG. 600 on a water and
sewerage system, which, when completed,
will require the abandonment of all cis-
terms. Is - !=
1t will, however, be two or three years
before this system is finished
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-01
WAR PARTY STRENGTHENED.
Czar's Martial Message to the oren-
burg Clergy Stirs Russia.

ST. PETERSBURG, August l-Emper-
or Nicholas martial message to the
Orenburg clergy. in which he expressed
his determination never to conclude a
peace dishonorable TO Russia or IN
worthy Of her greatness and which was
gazetted yesterday, is printed in every
paper in Russia to-day. Ii has struck a
responsive chord in many quarters, even
among the friends of peace. The EN-
peror's words, however, by no means
bear out the construction placed upon
them by the jubilant war party, nor do
they at all exclude the idea of a success
ful termination of the approaching
negotiations at Portsmouth, but they GER
tainly strengthen the militant spirit
aroused by the cabIed versions of the
Sato interviews and the cold figures rep
resenting the supposed extent of the con-
tribution to be demanded by Japan.
Subsequent explanations have failed to
efface this idea Of oppression entirely and
many voices have been raised to urge
the Government to resist too onerous
conditions For example the merchants
OF Moscow, who are largely old believers
and who control much Of the wealth of
the nation, are sending an address TO
General Linevitch TO express confidence
that the army viii defend Russia's honor
and that humiliating peace will not be
made.
While many influences tending to unity
the nation, if IL should be necessary to
continue the war, are evidently in opera
tion. no disposition is shown to anticipate
the result Of the peace conference or to
make the task Of the commissioners
more difficult and M de Whites appoint
ment to the mission is regarded as proof
that z basis OF peace will be found il
possible.
A significant thing in connection
OF the Emperors chosen councillors,
twenty-five in number, representative
both of the Liberal and Conservative
schools, as well as the Ministers,
which will be held tomorrow, a day
sooner than was expected, to pass
their verdict on the national assembly
project. The deliberation probably
will continue a week. perhaps longer,
but the Emperor wishes TO reach a
Grand Duke Alexis Nichoiaivitch, heir
TO the throne, August II, and a mani
festo generally is expected on that day
The promul cation of an acceptable re-
form project would make the accept
ance Of the decision of the peace con-
ference, either for or against peace,
much easier. 81
President Nikitino Of the st. Peters
burg Douma, a leading LiberGl member
Of the delegation which presented the
Zemstvo address to the Emperor. to-day
declared that a criticism of the project
before the publication Of particulars
would be premature and uncalIed for
and that such details as the form Of
representation and the extent of suf-
frage were unimportant as the repre+
sentatives of the people themselves
would decide which form would be best
when they meet
Several papers to-day comment on
the proposition 70 make the Baltic a
mare clausum. The question is gener-
ally regarded as one between Great
Britain and Germany, in which Russia
is 2 disinterested spectator.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-01
story of AdoIph and Anna.

Adolph, an Austrian artisan, adored
Anna, an aristocrat. And Anna adored
Adolph. Another aristocrat, Alfred, an
Ambassador, adored Anna. Anna abhor-
red Alfred. Alfred addressed Anna, ad-
mitting admiration. Anna assumed
amazement Alfred abjured Anna. Anna
;.dmonished Alfred. Alfred adopted ag-
gressiveness. Alfred's audacity alarmed
Anna. Alfred attempted abducting An
na. Anna, afraid and agitated, acquaint-
ed Adolph Adolph accused Alfred. Al
fred, angered. abused Adolph awfully.
Adolph answered Alfred. Alfred attacked
Adolphe Anna, aghast. aided Adolph.
Adolph and Anna almost annihilated
Alfred. Alfred abdicated absolutely. An
ma accepted Adolph. Adolph and Anna
abruptly absconded and abandoned Aus
tria altogether, arriving at Antwerp
and always abiding abroad afterward.-
Town Topics.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-01
PRESS TO WAR
ON Mr.. BRYAN
Powerful Syndicate Will
Establish Twenty One
Newspapers in Nebraska
HOPES TO WIN STATE
Would Suppress the Demo-
cratic Leader by De-
feating Him at Home
TO WIN STATE
special Dispatch to The CAN.


OMAHA, Nebr., July 31.-A newspaper
trust to defeat w. j. Bryan in any polit-
ical aspira tions he may cherish is being
formed in Nebraska. with E. z. Brown
OF the Hastings Observer as the active
promoter. The scheme is a part of a
wholesale campaign of education. in be-
half of safe and sane politics. with no
especial reference to the interests of any
political party.
The plan, as outlined to-day by Omaha
people, who are in close touch with the
intentions of those behind the deal, con-
templates the establishment of twenty
one papers in the leading towns of Ne
-braska-mostly weeklies-to encourage
the anti-Bryan sentiment now existing
The move is prompted by the fear that
another wave of Bryal popularity may
develop as a result of recent disclosures
of graft in the big financial and political
centers, and Nebraska is to be made the
hotbed of the campaign, on the theory
that If the great silver leader can be de-
feated in his home State, his strength
will be shorn elsewhere in the country
During the next Presidential contest
Brown and his newspaper trust are to
have the financial backing of James E.
Eccles. ex-Comptroller of the Currency;
Paul Morton, president Of the Equitable
Life, Thomas f. Ryan, the Wall-street
king, and Edward A. Cudahy. the Omaha
packer.
1t is said the plan is to make Omaha
the headquarters of the chain of papers
and to this end an option has been Sc
cured on the Omaha Commercial, weekly
business paper, from the National Print
ing Company, it's present owners. The
Commercial, 1t is further said, will be
turned into a daily and the Observer will
be moved from Hastings to Lincoln.
Brown, who was in Omaha on Saturday
looking after some of the details Of the
organization, left for Denver last even
ing. He is expected to return in few
DAYS
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-01
DISCOVERS THAT HIS
WIFE is NOT A LADY
New York Man After Eleven
Years Asks Divorce ON
Peculiar Grounds.
Special Dispatch to IN. Call

NEW YORK, July a.-One Of the most
remarkable charges ever contained in a
legal document Is that made by Abra-
ham Leakin, tailor, against his wife,
Dora. The Leakins have been married
eleven years. Now the husband makes
affidavit that his wife of eleven years Is
a man.
Leakin swears, In papers prepared by
his counsel, that his wife never was a
woman" He, nevertheless. injects more
mystery into the case by refusing to
state whether she was man or woman.
Mrs. Leakin is tall and slim, her shoul-
ders are broad. her hands are large and
strong, and strength is dominant char
acteristio of her features.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-01

ENJOYS to the Washington peace con-
ference. was guest to-day of the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt at lunch
con. He remained at Sycamore Hill for
several hours, but during only part
of that time was he in conference with
the President.
The ambassadors visit to the Presi-
dent was for the purpose of making
arrangements for presenting, infor-
mally. NJ. de Witte who is expected to
arrive in this country from Europe to-
morrow evening or Wednesday,. 1t was
arranged that NJ. de Witte should pay
his informal call next Friday.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-01
STATION is CROWDED.
Many Passengers From Infected Ports
Are Detained at Havana.

HAVANA, July eight
arrivals to-day from Mexican and
Southern State ports again increased
the number of passengers detained at
the Triscornia station and the authori-
ties are considering the advfsability Of
taking some of them to the Mariel sta
tion, where there is abundant room.
OF nineteen passengers on the Excel
sior from New Orleans. IA were sent to
the Triscornia station, as well as were
all the % passengers on the Martinique
from Miami, Fla.
The Yucatan. bound from Vera Cruz
for New York, brought one feverish
patient who was isolated and taken to
the Las Animas fever hospital.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-01
Jerome wants Another Term.

NEW YORK. July 31.-District At
torney Jerome tonight issued for
NAL statement in which he declared
that he is a candidate for the Office of
District Attorney and that he does not
desire to be a candidate for the office
of Mayor of New York. This decIara
tfon sets forth that If there are 1000
electors in the county of New York
who desire him to run again for the
ONCE of District Attorney. he will
cause a petition to be filed nominating
him for that Office"
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-01
MAKING PROGRESS WITH TREATY.
New AngIo-Japanese Compact VIII Be
More Comprehensive Than Old.

LONDON, July 31.-Considerable pro-
gress is making with the new Jap
anese-Anglo treaty alliance. Some de-
tails have not yet been fully settled,
but it can be definitely stated that the
terms will be decidedly more compre-
hensive than those governing the pres
ent alliance. The British Government S
presumption l. that its advice will be
asked by Japan in the course of the
peace negotiations and that il will then
gladly offer what counsel may seem to
be best calculated to assure a perma-
nent peace.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-01
PRIZE COURT TO BE IGNORED.
England Insists Upon Compensation
for sinking of Schooners.

LONDON, July 31-In reply to a
question in the House of Lords tonight
Lord Lansdowne, the Foreign Secre-
tary, said the Government had inti-
mated to Russia that claims for COM
pensation TO the respective owners and
crews of the British schooners Kilda
and Ikhona, which were sunk by Rus
sian auxiliary cruisers after the bat
tie of the Sea of Japan, would be
pressed irrespective of the findings of
the original prize court.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-01
RojeStvensky Is Improving.

TOXIC, July 31.-Admiral Rojest-
vensky's condition has made satisfac-
tory progress since the operation that
was performed on his forehead He
was able to leave his bed and sit in
chair yesterday. Pains in one foot,
however, prevented his walking freely,
but no cause for uneasiness exists. The
admiral has expressed his sincere salts
faction at the treatment accorded him.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-01
CASE IN MISSISSIPPI.

Yellow Fever Appears at Lumberton,
but Patient Is Recovering.
NEW ORLEANS, July 31.-A special
to the Picayune from Lumberton, Miss,
says:
ed case of yellow fever here yester-
day evening. The patient. who is an
Italian, is doing we'll and will soon be
up. The reported killing of two Ital-
ians and wounding of three others
while attempting to escape from the
detention camp here, was erroneous.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-01
WILL STAMP OUT FEVER.
Minister to Colombia SanEuine About
Isthmian Health Conditions.

CHICAGO, July 31.--John Barrett, Min
lister to Panama until month ago, and
now Minister to Colombia, declared last
night that the yellow fever will be driven
out of the Isthnus, He has arrived here
en- route to the Portland Fair. From
there he goes to his new post in Colom-
bia.
The fight against yellow fever is like
great battle he said. Every effort is
made. to stamp out the disease. The peo-
pie of the United States must not be i'm
patient If the progress of the canal 10
slow. They must remember that the
scene of operation is 1000 miles away from
the base of supplies"
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-01
Japanese Obtain Korean Concessions.

SEOUL, Korea, July 30.-Japanese in
fiuence has finally secured free coast
and lnternavigation privileges in Ko-
rea- The concession was passed by the
Cabinet after several weeks consider
alton. Several Cabinet Ministers who
were unwilling TO grant the conces-
sions resigned and thus shirked an un-
avoidable responsibility
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-01
DIES IN PANAMA.

WASHINGTON July 31.-The Panama
Canal Commission to-day received ca
bic from Governor Magoon reporting the
death from yellow fever of Steele Cor
telyou, a typewriter from Muscotah,
Kans., who was employed in the auditing
office at Panama There were no addi-
ticnal cases. d. C. Lively, an American
non employe at Panama, has recovered.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-01
Married In San Jose.

PALO ALTO, July 31.-Augustus D.
Krause and Miss Alice Tricknoo, both of
Palo Alto. were married yesterday in San
Jose by Rev. Father James. The young
people are well known here, Mr.. Krause
being a prominent business man.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-01
Marine Engineer Drowned.

SAN PEDRO, July 31.-Thomas Souls
by, aged SO. marine engineer of San
Francisco. was accidentally drowned last
night by falling from the Southern Pa
cific wharf. Hi: body was recovered. 1t
is believed Soulsby was member of the
crew of the United States lighthouse ten
der Madrona-
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-01
RosEN VISITS OYSTER BAY.
Arranges for the Presentation of De
Witte TO the President.

OYSTER BAY, l. L, July 3l-Baron
Rosen. who recently succeeded Count
Cassini as the Russian Embassador TO
the United states. and who is associat-
cd with NJ. de wftte. chairman of the
Committee Of Ministers. as one of the
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-01

ST. PETERSBURG. July s1-Ths Govern
msnt is instituting trials OF American car
couplers on the ST. Petersburg and Moscow
Railroad. Director Notion OF the Moscow
Kazen line who equipped train OF eight cars
with these couplers, Is an enthusiastic advo-
cate Of their
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-01

Sometimes we set hard tasks for the
want ads, but they rarely fall down"
For example. when girls for housework
are really SCARCE, still the want ad.
finds them-unless the supply for that
particular day has been exhausted.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-01
Postmaster at Baird.town.

WASHINGTON, July 81. - Llewellyn
Baird has been appointed fourth-class
postmaster ar Bairdstown. Los Angeles
County California, vice Samuel A.
Kenison.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-01
Decker Sent to Asylum.

LOS ANGELES. July S.-George Deck
er, the once famous first baseman draw
ing 5000 a year. was committed to the
State Hospital at Patton to-day hope
lessIy insane, with homicidal mania
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-01

declared a quarantine for this State
against all places where yellow fever ex-
lists.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-01
Quarantines Against Fever

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, July 31.-The Ar
kansas State Board of Health tonight
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-01

Continued From Page 1, Column 4.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-07

The question is frequently asked
by eastern people who are unfanil-
lar with conditions in the irrigated
sections of the west if the health of
the communities is rot affected by
the numerous water bitches. Others
are anxious to know if rheumatism
is not prevalent, or whether a
rheumatic tendency is not aggra-
waited by a residence il an irrigated
country. 1t can be stated as fact,
susceptible of proof, that irrigation
causes neither malaria1 disease nor
rheumatism. Nor are those who
are subject to rheumatism more
likely to suffer from the afliction
in the irrigated than in the non-ir-
rigated districts. 1t is true how
ever, that in one locality where ir-
rigation is extensively carried on
there was an epidemic of typhoid
fever. The cause was found and
removed and the health of the COM
munity permanently restored. There
are only two causes for such a con-
dition, and neither of them is prop
erly chargeable to irrigation, as
such. One is poor drainage in the
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-07
Concert and Ball at PascO.

The band concert and ball given
by the Kennewick brass band in
Pasco will be remembered by all
who took part in it as one of the
most successful and enjoyable af-
fair. of the kind in the history of
the twin cities. The hall which is
one of the best ball rooms in the
country was comfortably filled with
citizens of both places, and the eve
ming was enjoyed from start to fin
ish.
The band gave an open air con-
cert on the streets for an hour before
going to the hall where they gave
a concert consisting of selections
by the band and solos, duets and
quartetts by the various members.
After the concert the floor manager
took charge of the hall and started
the ball. As is usual Pasco turned
out en- masse and gave the people
from this side Of the creek a hearty
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-07
welcome and all thoroughly ell
Joyed the occasion.
Another Business Change.

Another change in our business cir
eies took place this week and us re-
suit we will be the loser by one good
citizen. Last Tuesday w. r. Lamb
sold his business property on Seeolfd
street to c. C. Powell who viii conduct
confectionery and ice cream parlor
there. Mr.. Lamb has decided to 90 to
the new town that is being laid out on
the Columbia river near the mouth of
the Yakima. He had the lumber for
his new building shipped up this
week and the carpenters will begin
work about the first of next week.
Mrs. Powell will conduct the new
business here and MIR. Powell will
continue to manage the Kennewick
Club.