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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-02-07
THE BELGIAN STRIKE.

MONS Belgium Feb 1.-The strike S
Mons the capital of Hanaut province, Belgium of
24955 inhabitants Yesterday strikes reported tenyone
coleres the city of Charleroi the province
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-02-07
ARMIES STANDING PAT.

TOXIC, Feb THE situation the Shahke
is unchanged.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-02-07
ARCHBISHOP ARRIVES.

MANILA, Feb. 7.-Monsgnor Agus has arrived
Archbishop A. Agu of Rome Apostolic Delegate Philip
pines his secretary, Mgr. Petreli passed through
OF the Mongolia January 4.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25

nal Revenue, was close friend, of both
Wright and Unger and was doing all
within legal right to clear both men.
Lynch is related by marriage to
Wright, and his efforts to help Wright
are said to have angered those engaged
in the prosecution. Lynch retaliated
No one of the officials who has
knowledge of the correctness or incor-
rectness of the reported attempt to in
f1uence the jury is in position to talk.
1t is foregone conclusion, however,
that the prosecution has been much an
noyed by the reports and has told the
jury to use the utmost care to avoid
discussing the cases. The jurors were
told that an indictment was insisted
upon by the prosecution, else Judge de
Haven would be asked to solve the
mystery of the Unger army of political
supporters.
George A. Wright, whose name has
been brought up in connection with the
alleged Grand Jury scandal, was for
merly Chief Deputy Internal Revenue
Collector under Lynch. He was ar
rested on November on warrant
containing four counts charging him
with embezzlement of sums of money
paid to the Government by local firms
for special revenue taxes
Following are the members of the
Federal Grand Jury who have the Tn
ger-Wright cases under considera tion:
Colin. NJ. Boyd. G. E. Ames, ]. D. Bailey.
Edward l.. Baldwin, Sam Booth Henry I :
Curtaz, A. d. Cutler, John j. Dempsey. A .
E. Drendell. Henry E. Footman Henry Han
son, M. S James, J. P. Jennings; e A.. Keii
J; F. Kennedy. D. M Kent, Byron Mauzy,
Rolph Jr., S. H. Taylor. Isidore Zeilerbacb bcfs
w. H. Snedaker.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
v ILL POW Err
As A CURE
FOR CANCER
Special Dispatch to The CAN

CHICAGO, Feb. 24.-Dr. William n.
Harper, president of the University CT
Chicago, spent restful night ana was
comfortable to-day. The indications
are that there Will be no complications
as the result Of the surgical operation.
The surgeons expect their patient to
he able to leave his room and attend
to a portion of his duties within a
month. It is reported that they do not
have any substantial hope that the *
ray will have favorable enect' on the
cancerous growth, except to mitigate
the pain somewhat.
DR.. Harper is said to have decided
that in his case the x-ray treatment
should have the most complete trial
rossible. DIR. Harper is possessed Of a
remarkable power of concentration.
and It is his plan to demonstrate at
least a partial mastery of the mind
over bodily Ills by directing his great
viii power toward this result
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
LIVES WITH
A WOUND IN
HIS HEART
special Dispatch to Tn. Call.

VICTOR, Colo. Feb. 24.-An autopsy
to-day by DIR. Campbell and DIR. Nc
Kenzie over the body Of Edward Fay,
who was shot in the Silver Bell saloon
on Saturday, February IL. showed that
the bullet which caused death entered
the right auricle of the heart, passed
through the lung and lodged in the dia-
phragm.
After the autopsy DR.. Mckenzie said
that the tenacity of life shown after
the injury to the heart was little short
OF miraculous How Fay lived for
twelve days is mystery. He was
powerful man, more than six feet +a1I
and weighing 240 pounds. He was one
of the proprietors OF the saloon Two
men who planned to rob ii were kiIlsd
and Fay and his partner morally
wounded .''
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25

INDICTMENTS against Cress Unger,
clubman and man about town, and
George A. Wright, accused Of en-
bszzlement of Government funds while
in the employ Of the Customs Service,
will undoubtedly be returned by the
United States Grand Jury next week.
As a result of the strenuous efforts of
political friends to assist both men
an ugly story has been circulated that
certain grand jurors have been ap-
preached by Unger's friends and an
effort made to influence them. Gov
ernmsnt officials engaged in the prose-
cutOn are not as yet in a position to
give out the facts, but it is conceded
that scandal is brewing.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
OPERATES
ON WRONG
SUFFERER
Astounding Mistake
OF a New York
Surgeon.
Blunder Due to the Care
leSSneSS Of Hospital
Attendant.
Woman Put Under Anesthetic and
Subjected to Treatment In
tended for Another.
Special Dispatch to The Call

NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-A feeling akin
to panic was created among the stu
dents of the New York Polytechnic Med
ical School and Hospital to-day when
it was discovered that, through a mis-
take, the wrong patient had been
brought into the amphitheater and sub
jected to dangerous operation intend
ed for another patient under the same
roof.
The patient intended to have been
operated upon was a woman suffering
from some intestinal trouble, the hospi-
tails officials allege. An attendant had
been ordered to remove the patient
from the ward and to bring her into
the amphitheater, under the influence
of anesthetics. ready for the operation.
A woman was brought in upon
wheeled stretcher, under the influence
of chloroform, with a card designat-
ing the ward and cot from which she
had been removed.
without a moments hesitation DR..
Goffe made an incision in the abdo-
men, at the same time explaining to
expected the operation would reveal
When the internal organs had been
exposed DR.. Goffe hesitated.
II do not seem to find here" he
said, with a puzzled air, evidences OF
the disease which my diagnosis had
led me to expect.
There was whispered consulta-
ton with the attendants, which re-
suited in the discovery that mistake
had been made. The woman is out
of danger and no harm resulted from
the operation, the doctor says.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
Cultured Woman Of
Denver Demands
Jury Trial.
Twelve Men Pass Upon Case
and Find Her to Be
Of Sound Mind.
Leading Colorado Educator Both Com
plainant and Defendant in Un-
usual Proceedings.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

DENVER, Feb. 24.-"Gentlemen of
the Jury, l desire to state that hid
out last night all night away from my
husband, relatives and friends to bring
a complaint against myself to have
these proceedings in lunacy brought in
this court this afternoon, SO that it
would be officially settled whether OF
not am insane, or so distracted that 1
cannot look after myself"
Such was the startling statement
made to jury in Judge Henry v.
Johnsons division of the County Court
to-day by Mrs. Jesse M. Martin, for
nine years principal of the Grand-ave-
nue. School.
Mrs Martin was a daughter of the
late William r. Scott. She has figured
in the newspapers before, because of
alleged peculiar actions. Drs. II. T..
Pershing and S. d. Hopkins, alienists,
testified that the woman was not ra-
tional at times, because of the position
occupied by certain muscles of the hips,
which press against the spinal column,
but added that the indications did not
point to her condition becoming such
to others. The jury declared Mrs. Mar
tin sane.
The woman comes OF q highly cul-
tured family and her relatives, dread
ing publicity, have upon two occasions
1eretofnrs ttenssted to have her con-
fined in private institutions where ner-
vous diseases are treated. She was in
the county institution in December and
remained ten days.
Jesse M. Martin, the husband, for
merly was Probation Officer of Teller
County, but three months ago, because
of the labor difficulties, lost his posi-
ton. Since that time he has devoted
almost his entire time to caring for
Mrs. Martin. However, he is financially
unable to continue this, but, as brought
out during the proceedings, he dare not
leave her because during his absence
Mrs. Martin does odd things, to the
modification of himself and family
Mrs. Martin is in many ways a re-
markable woman and her face is re-
fined and Intellectual
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
CROWD CHEERS FOR BABE
BORN IN A STREET CAR
Addition to New York's Population
Arrives Under Adverse
Conditions

NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-A woman
on Ffrst-avenue horsecar whispered
to the conductor and he to the driver
and the car jumped along by hops and
bounds. At Twenty-sixth street Po-
liceman Gallagher rushed into Belle
yue. Hospital for a doctor. BY this
time the woman was quite I'LL. The
window shutter was raised and the
doctor entered the car. Five minutes
later he emerged, his face wreatbed
in smiles
It's an eight-pounder and a girl !"
he whispered to the conductor and the
policeman. who were holding hack .
score or more of curious ones. The
woman refused to go to hospital and
she and the baby were bundled into
an ambulance and taken home. while
a cheer went up from the crowd.
Name her Bellevue suggested
some one.
The idea caught on and some one
proposed three more cheers for the
baby. which were given with will
as the ambulance drove off.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25

HURL BACK
THEIR FOE
Desperate Battle Is
Fought Below
Mukden.
Russian Detachment Com
PEELED to Abandon
Its Positions.
Kuropatkin's Attempt to Advance His
RsdoubtS Ends in Fresh
Disaster.

ST PETERSBURG. Feb 25.-A dis
patch from Sachetun. dated February
"a. says:
forced the Russian detachment at
Tsinkhetchen to abandon it's base at
Beresneff HILL The battle has been
desperate on both sides. The result is
not yet known
The engagement was precipitated
by the Russians. who last week sent
out two divisions and occupied well
advanced positions The Japanese at
tackled these positions in force. the
Russians retired slowly, lighting. and
on Thursday evening were driven
within their fortified line.
TSINKHETCHEN. Feb. 23.-There
was lighting along the whole line
IN this district to-day. The Japanese
continuing their persistent and syste-
matte advance. drove in the Russian
vanguard posts and came into touch
with the Russian fortified positions A
stubborn combat is expected. to-mor-
to attempt to drive the Russians, out
and capture their redoubts. The Jap
anese are circling eastward
SHENKING, MANCHURIA, Feb. "a
1t is reported here that the Japanese
are closing IN on the Iussian east
flank. AS a result of this movement IL
is possible that there win be either
a general ensasensnt or at least a
counter movement by the Russians
along some part OF the line especially
If. as is believed, the. Japanese have
returned to their original tactics Of
making hanking movements from the
mountains The early advent of spring
now makes possible operations in and
from the mountainous districts.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
BORIS A GOOD FELLOW
Thus Asserts Actress Who Started for
War With Grand Duke.

NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-Heloise Tit
comb. the South American concert
hall singer, who was one of the gay
party of actresses that Grand Duke
Boris started to take with him when
he was ordered to the front by the
Car, was a passenger on the Baltic
which arrived here to-day. The de-
scriptions of Miss Titcomb have not
been exaggerated She is very beau
tiful. Miss Titcomb said to-day:
You Americans have had very ex
aggerated account Of Grand Duke Boris train
I want to tell you the facts. Grand Duke
Boris IL a very good fellow. fond Of a good
time and especially attached to theatrical
folk He Is great friend OF mine and of
a great many other stage women. and when
he was ordered to the front we said we would
20 part of the way with him. He liked the
idea and ordered a special for US.
There were fifteen OF us the train and
on our way, however, before accounts OF the
trip reached St. Petersburg and the Grand
Duke was ordered to send all back and pro-
ceed 10 the front alone.
There was nothing to do but obey So We
bads the Grand Duke farewell and came back
The report that we went clear through with
him Is false, and It Is also untrue that We
ever contemplated going to the war with him
The whole thing was got up as lark and
Of the way. We would have gone much farther
than we did II the Government hadn't stepped
In but, as IL was, we had fine time The
Grand Duke saw that had all that
wanted to eat and drink, and there weren't
any slow moments, can tell you.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
RAILROADS
FEAR TRUST
UPHEAV Al
Will Be Drawn Into
Prosecution Of
Packers.
Managers Now Eager to
End War Against Com
merCe Commission.
Executive Officers Summoned to Coun-
Gil in Chicago to Discuss the
Situation.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

CHICAGO, Feb. 24-The executive
officers Of the Western railroads will
meet here next Wednesday to discuss
the coming prosecution by the Govern
ment of the beef trust for violating
the antitrust law. 1t is no secret that
the railway managers fear they will be
involved in the suit through their con-
tracts to use private cars owned by the
beef trust. If not in other ways more
damaging. 1t is alleged that Govern
ment officials have evidence to prove
that the railroads entered into con-
spiracy with the beef trust to shut out
competition.
Last month the Interstate Commerce
Commission, after an exhaustive inves-
tigation, made a ruling that the Great
Western, the st. Paul, the Northwest
ern, the Rock Island and the Monon
roads were discriminating unjustly in
making rates on livestock higher than
on packing house products, following a
contract made between the Great
Western and the big packers for cer-
tain rates on their products for period
of seven years from August, 1902
After that decision of the commission
was rendered the executive officers of
the railroad met and agreed not to
abide by it. but to fight 1t in the courts.
Now 1t is apparent that some of the
railway managers have changed their
minds and want to reduce the rates on
livestock in carloads to at least as low
basis as carload rates on packing
house products.
This question will be discussed at the
Wednesday meeting of the executive
officers, and from present indications
they will agree not to- fight in the
courts the Interstate Commerce Com
missions ruling that livestock should
be reduced.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25

ecution was at a standstill, the com
pounding Of felony went unchal-
lenged and he was reinstated.
Unger wrote long explanation to
Washington in which he said that the
shortages were not the result of his in
discretion but were handed down to
him by another person whose sins
Unger felt called upon to cover up and
forgive.
The second charge of embezzlement
found against Unger was when Secret
Service Agents Charming and West re-
ported to Collector Of Port Stratton
that the clerk was $500 behind in his
accounts. Stratton notified Washing
ton and United States Attorney Wood
worth. Political influence seemed again
to be with the clerk. He offered to re-
sign and his friends gave him strong
support in bringing pressure to bear at
Washington to allow him to retire aft
er making good the losses the Govern
ment sustained through his actions.
Collector Stratton and Attorney Wood
worth stood by their guns and prosecu-
ton of Unger followed.
All manner of rumors were extant In
the Federal building during the weeks
following the prosecution of the clerk
Many of them were wild exaggerst tions
of the persistency of Unger's friends in
attempting to clear him and there was
also talk of Corporation inf1uencen
that could not be ignored beins.
brought to bear on the Treasury De-
partment
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25

MANKATO, Mimi. Feb. "a
Through the ingenuity of Justice of
Peace Graubart. Torrance Flanagan
outwitted the father of his fiancee.
Heloise O'Toole, to-day. O'Toole OBJ
jected to his daughters marriage and
kept her locked in the house. This aft
ernoon Flanagan applied to the JUS
tice for a writ of habeas corpus to OBJ
tain possession of his lady love. but
was informed that the Justice had no
authority to issue such writs.
After some consideration, however,
the Justice decided to issue writ of
replevin for the lady as the property
of Flanagan. wrongfully detained
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
WINS BRIDE THROUGH
A WRIT OF REPLEVIN
Minnesota Suitor OutWits Irate
Father of His Fiancee.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

from him by her father. Contable
Langbein had to break in the door to
get the girl, but under the authority of
the writ he did so and carried her off
to court.
O'Toole rushed into the Justices Of
flee and demanded his daughter, but
was informed that the only way to
obtain her release was to supply bonds
to the constable and himself. He went
out and tried to get bonds, but the
sympathy of the neighbors was against
him and he returned dejectedly to the
court. confessed Judgment, released all
claims to his daughter and paid the
costs, 50 rs.
Justice Graubart then performed the
marriage ceremony.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
MAY BE A SKELETON
OF PREHISTORIC MAN

Santa Fe On1cial Makes an Interesting
Discovery in Southern Part
of State.
SAN BERNARDINO, Feb. 24.-W.
H. Oliver. assistant engineer of the
maintenance of way department of the
Santa Fe, has found between here and
Redlands in gully near the railroad
track skeleton which Is supposed to
be that of prehistoric man. The
skeleton was laid bare by the recent
rains. 1t was evidently not buried,
for it was lying on its face with the
knees turned up. There is nothing to
indicate it to be that of an Indian.
The skeleton is still partly imbedded
Thirteen feet below the surface of the
fields. in clay formation, which is
held to be prehistoric. There are no
hills or canyons near to explain its
burial by a landslide.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
oUTPosrs FORCED BACK.

Russians Retreat Before the Advance
OF Japanese Columns.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 22-A
telegram from Huan Mountain, Man
churia, dated to-day, says:
The Russian reconnaissance in
force in the Tsinghetchen district
compelled the japanese to bring nine
battalions and twelve guns into action.
A gradual advance Of the Japanese in
that district continues, causing our
outposts to withdraw, fighting. to their
main positions. On February % two
of our officers and sixty-two men were
wounded. All is quiet elsewhere at
the front, with the exception Of the
usual exchanges of Shots
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
AIleged Army Frauds I'm Japan.

TOXIC. Feb 24.-The Diet Las
been investigating alleged frauds IN
connection with contracts signed May
last for the construction of barracks to
be used as a depot for the seventh di-
vision at Hokkaido. In an address to
the throne. Chief Quartermaster
Tonatsu takes the responsibility OF
the contracts. although his predeces-
sor awarded them privately and with
out tenders
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
Promotion for Railroad Man

CHICAGO. Feb. 24.-Announcement
was made to-day of the appointment
Of F. B. Houghton to be assistant traf-
fic manager Of the Santa Fe system.
to succeed j. E. German, recently made
freight traffic manager. AT present
Houghton is assistant general freight
agent of the coast lines Of the Santa
Fe, with headquarters in San Fran
cisco
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
MACKAY COMPANIES OWN
STOCK WORTH $76,6O2, ,547
Trustees Make Public Report in
Which Announcement Is Made of
New Gables Under Construction

NEW SduieS CHucF OOnSufuctlO0.
NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-The first re-
port of the trustees of the Mackay
companies was made public to-day. 1T
shows. that the Mackay companies
own the entire capital stock of the
Commercial Gable Company and 1912
shares in other cable. telegraph and
telephone companies, representing a
total value of S76.602.547, from which
holding dividends were received from
1904, amounting to s1,643.676.
The report announces that fifth
cable to Europe is being laid by the
Commercial Gable Company and that
the Commercial Pacific Cable Com
pany is perfecting arrangements for
laying a cable to Japan from Guam
and China from Manila both of these
cables to be put into operation during
the present year.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
Collisions Of scouting Parties.

TOXIC, Feb 24--Manchurian r.
norts to the Army Department say
that the shelling of points in the vi
cinitv of the Shahke River and col
1isions between scouting parties of
both armies continued on February
% and 23. Commencing at 1 O'Clock
on FEBRUARY 23. a Russian battery of
heavy guns posted west of Litajentun
began shelling Papatai and its vicinity.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25

The charge Of crime against Cress
Unger, ex-seizure clerk at the local
Custom house, has had its many start
ling developments, political and other
wise, but none more surprising than the
scandal that has followed the alleged
effort of certain unknown persons to
influence the United States Grand Jury
In Unger's favor The story that sew
eral Of the Grand Jury had been ap-
preached in Ungers behalf was COM
mon talk about the Federal building
yesterday, but the United States At
torney, Marshall B. Woodwork. and
Assistant Attorney Charles NJ. Fickert
were not in a position to give any in
formation on the subject.
The report was that a few days ago
certain members of the Grand Jury
were approached by friends of Cress
Unger and George A. Wright and So
iicited to ignore the charges of theft
and embezzlement preferred against
the defendants. Unger's indictment
seeming TO be certain, it is alleged that
political friends made desperate efforts
TO save him and that these persons
OF the Federal prosecutors with po-
liticaI extinction if they did not ease
up on the accused clerks.
Attorney Fickert, who has had
charge of nearly all of the cases of the
character Of the Unger and Wright
cases, is said to have cautioned the
fury against allowing itself to be in
fiuenced in any manner whatsoever in
Unger's favor or otherwise. He is said
TO have warned the jurymen to indict
Unger else he would officially inform
United States Judge de Haven of what
he had heard.
FRIENDS MAKE THREATS.
Attorney Woodwork was then ap-
preached by friends of Wright who
boasted Of more or less political in
fiuence and who said that the political
wires would be pulled in such a way as
10 render it difficult for Woodwork to
be reappointed. Woodwork ordered
that Unger and Wright should be in
dicted to the fun limit of the charges,
which in Unger's case contain about
seventy counts. The Indictment of
Unger is certain and may be made in a
very few days. The Wright Indictment
may not be filed for week or more.
There has all along been a mystery
in the power behind Unger. His club
friends are said not to have given him
more than moral support during the
early days Of his second trial, but of
late have cut very little figure with
him. However, the mysterious infiu-
ence that saved the clerk during his
threatened arrest soon after the death
of Seizure Clerk (. B. Jerome, to
whose position he was elevated, was
behind him I'D to the time of his sec
ond offense against honesty a few
months ago.
No complaint was filed against Unger
for the shortages discovered in his ac-
counts soon after he had taken Office as
seizure clerk When Unger was pro-
Ynoted TO Jerome's place Henry Farmer
was given the position of assistant TO
finger. Farmer found, after a super
6cial examination, that something was
wrong with the books. Upon more
careful inquiry he discovered that GER
fain payments had been held back by
Unger and that there was shortage
of $500.
SHORTAGE MADE GOOD.
The powers behind Unger commenced
20 work their mysterious influence and
he was permitted to make good the
money he had appropriated. This he
did by mortgaging his home. The pros
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
Raiders Destroy a Bridge.

MUKDEN. Feb 24--A daring Rus
sian raiding party under the COM
mand of Colonel Slensmidt completely
destroyed with explosives bridge
south of Haicheng and about ten
miles east of Newchwang on Febru-
airy 81, blowing up seventy feet of II
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-25
Mexican War Veteran Dies.

BEDFORD, Ind, Feb. 24.-Major
James G. Carlton. president of the Ma
tional Mexican War Veterans Associa-
ton. is dead of paralysis. aged 73
years.