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The San Francisco call., 1905-02-08
FAIR WOMEN
ASSEMBLE IN
LOS ANGELES
BY LAURA BRIDE POWERS.

Los ANGELES, Feb. lowing to
the terrific downpour of Monday night
the train bearing the delegates to the
Federation Of Women's Clubs meeting
did not arrive until 2:3O o'clock this
morning. Two hotels had buses to
meet the belated travellers. These and
two small street cars were pressed into
service to accommodate about 500 peo-
pie, mostly women.
1t Is natural to suppose some Ian
guage was used, particularly when 1t
was learned that rooms thought to
have been reserved were not to be
had FOR love or money-nor language.
Though retiring at five this morning,
the delegates and their friends, 250 of
them, were promptly on hand when, at
10 o'clock, Mrs. George Law Smith
called the convention to order in Simp-
son Auditorium. The morning session
was given UP to desultory discussion,
the real work beginning in the after
noon.
Tonight the smart event Of the week
is on hand-the reception to the visitors
by the club women of Los Angeles at
Cummoch Hall. Tomorrow will bring
out the real life of the weeks conven-
ton, when the election of officers oc-
ours. Mrs George Law Smith and
Mrs. Josiah Evans Cow1es lead for
the presidency, but 1t Is said that Mrs.
Smith will decline to serve another
year.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-08
RACING TOW Ard
A BIG DEFICIT
Houses of Congress Elimi-
nate the Word Economy"
From Their Lexicon
LARGE APPROPRIATIONS
Expenditures Will Exceed
Revenues at Least $50, 0,0OO,-
900 for Next Fiscal Year
specIal pt.patch 70 rns calI.

CALL BUREAU, POST BUILDING,
WASHINGTON. Feb. 7.-Congress is
riding headlong for a great deficit at
the end Of the next fiscal year unless
the President uses the veto power.
Thus far in the present fiscal year the
expenditures Of the Government ex-
ceed the receipts by $24,S14,55o So. 1t
has generally been conceded that the
escaping Of a deficit larger than that
which oonfronts the Government at the
end of the present fiscal year, on June
80, could be accomplished only by Con-
gress exercising scrupulous economy.
But economy is a word which Con-
gress seems to have cut out Of its lext-
con. Leaving out Of consideration the
river and harbor bill and other meas
bills" 1t Is clear that the approprta-
tions Of this session now in sight will
exceed those Of last session by at least
$40, 100000 That is to say, the appro-
prfations that have been practically
agreed upon will be that much In ex
cess Of the public money voted by the
last regular session.
1t now appears that the river and
harbor bill will carry at least ST.. .000,-
0O0 There Is a companion pork bill'
In the public building grab and 1t was
stated to-day that there was to be an
omnibus public building bill carrying
about $10,000,000 Then there is to be
an omnibus claims bill, which will car
ry, perhaps. s3,000,000 more
Here In sight Is an excess over last
years appropriations Of at least s40.-
100000. AT this rate the next fiscal year
seems likely to close not with q deficit
OF $4,000 900, such as is assured at the
close of the present business year. but
of $50 000 900 or S60 600 600 and Derhars
more.
Congress is deluding itself with the
hope that the lavish estimate of in
creased revenue for the fiscal year end
ing June 8, 1905, supplied by the Treas
ury Department, will be realized.
There does not seem to be much ground
for such expectation.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-08
SOININEN'S
MURDERER
A STUDENT
Assassin POpu-
lar at HelSing-
fOrS College.

HELSINGFORS, Finland, Feb. t.
The assassin of Soisalon Soininen, Pro-
curator General of Finland, who was
shot and killed yesterday at his resi-
dence by a young man dressed in an
officers uniform, has been identified as
Earl Lenard Hohentha1, formerly a
student at the Imperial Alexander
University here. Hohenthal, who lat
terly had lived in Stockholm, returned
To Finland on January 13. When con-
scious he maintains obstinate silence
under examination. Senator Akerman,
who has assumed the duties of Pro-
curator of the Senate, is directing the
investigation of the crime. The wounds
inflicted on the assassin by the son Of
Soininen are not of a dangerous char
acter.
The assassin was removed to-day
from the surgical hospital to the Rus
sian military hospital, where he lies
not fully conscious. 1t was at first be-
lieved that his conatose condition was
the result Of drug, but his head was
badly injured while he was being
dragged downstairs after the murder.
This latest political crime. following
the January demonstration, has caused
the police to redouble their precau-
tions. The journal Bjorsnbergs lid
ings was suspended to-day, but this
had no direct connection with the as
sassination.
Hohenthal's father was a pastor Of
Laiha. The assassin left the Helsing-
fors University a couple of years ago
without terminating the medical
course, and took I'D massage as q
means Of livelihood. He recently re-
turned here from Stockholm and went
to St Petersburg, where, it is believed,
he formed revolutionary ties. The uni
form worn by the assassin in order to
avert suspicion was an imitation Of a
Russian naval officers.
A press correspondent met a friend
of Hohenthal, who spoke in the highest
terms of him. He was popular among
his fellow students on account Of his
good nature, winning ways and pre-
dilection for sports.
The office of Procurator General is
one Of the highest in Finland. The
Procurator General is head Of the De-
partment of Justice of the Finnish
Senate. The Firms have the right to
petition the Procurator General in the
case Of any grievance in connection
with the administration Of justice and
the Procurator General can order a
new trial.
Soininen was 4s years old. His father
was a pastor Of Pedisbarvi. Young
Soininen studied law, was appointed
secretary Of the Department of Econ
omy in 1892, Senator of the Depart
ment Of Justice in 1900 and Procurator
General in 1901.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. s.-Emper-
or Nicholas has annotated the report
Of the Secretary Of State Of Finland on
Sentiments assassination with the
words "a shocking crime"
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-08
OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE
OF THE PACIFIC COAST
New Postmasters Appointed and Pat
cnts Issued to Residents of the
Golden State.

New Postmasters Appointed and Pat
cnts Issued to Residents of the
Golden State.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-Postmas-
ters were appointed for California to-
day as follows: Alexander McEwen at
Idyllwild; Absalom j. Erven at Cuya-
maca, San Diego County; Philip w.
Ellithorp at Lakeview, Riverside
County; James M. Doyle at Milford,
Lassen County; Eliza Sullivan at Mon
tague, Siskiyou County; Daniel A. La
venbarg at Rincon, Riverside County;
Harry Barrett at Stent, Tuolumne
County.
Patents were issued to Californians
to-day as follows:
Nelson F. Anderson, Los Angeles, Cal.
derson. San Jose. evaporating apparatus: J..
Walter Bell. assignor of one-ha1f TO L. F..
Edwards, assignor half to w. r. Young.
Stockton variable automatic exhaust; Clarence
Los Angeles. trolley pole controller: William
J. Griffin, San Francisco folding paper box
Luke Housee, assignor ne-half to c. J. Hur-
rie, Stockton. continuous heater for furnaces
of high temperature; Leon p. Lowe, San Fran
cisco apparatus for manufacturing gas; Leon
P. Lowe. San Francisco, apparatus for manu-
featuring gas and recovering by products:
Leon p Lowe San Francisco, apparatus for
cleaning gases; Adelpha c. Minghetti Los Ba-
nos. pin holder attachment for sewing ma
eic leaf turner; John A. Perou, Los Angeles,
tree protector; Francis s. Prouty, San Fran
cisco, apparatus for recovering minerals: Vic
tor Sjostrom. Los Angeles, bracket for show
case or the like; Robert Schorr, San Fran
cisco. stamp mil: George o. squier. San
Twftchell Dayton Heights, assignor to Brown
Winstanley Manufacturing Company. Los An
geles rotary engine Selah z. Walker San
Francisco, device for feeding blanks to can
making machines.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-08
STORM RACES
IN THE NORTH
High Wind Endangers Ship
ping on Puget Sound and
ArOuses Fears of Mariners

VANCOUVER Feb, IA heavy
gale here to-day caused considerable
damage along the water front A num-
Der of yachts and tugs were blown
ashore from their anchorage and sew
eral vessels which started from the
port were obliged to return to the har-
bor
A house in course OF construction was
blown down and part Of the roof OF the
courthouse was blown Off
TACOMA, Wash, Feb. IA severe
storm is raging on the straits. at the
entrance to Puget Sound, and all ship
ping has been suspended. The British
steamer Peleus was unable to make
the port of Victoria this morning. and
put in at EsQuimalt for shelter
BELLINGHAM, Feb. lone Of the
worst gales Of the season prevailed
over northern Puget Sound this morn
Ing. So far as reported no serious dam
age was done to shipping, although
anxiety is felt for small craft In ex-
posed waters.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-08
CALIFORNIANS
HURT IN WRECK
Golden State Limited, on the
Way to the Coast, Derailed
Near Carizozo, New Mexico
EIGHT PEOPLE INJURED
Three Chicagoans in Serious
Plight, but Westerners
Suffer to Slight Extent

SANTA FE. N. NJ, Feb. THE
west bound Golden State limited train
on the Rock Island system was derail-
ed to-day Aear Carizozo, Lincoln Coun-
ty, N. M. Eight persons were injured.
put none fatally. A transfer service
mas been arranged until the track can
be cleared.
The injured;
Mrs. Mary Sawyer and son, B. M.
Sawyer, Los Angeles.
Mrs. Al SER, Milwaukee.
J. w. Pierce. Ell Paso.
Charles Harding. Redlands, Cal.
Mrs. Charles L. Alger, Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. Culver, Chicago.
The Chicagoans are seriously hurt
put the Others are only slightly injured.
Ihey will be brought to Ell Paso for
treatment All except the Ell Paso pas
sensers were bound for California.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-08

ed In strike disorders there to-day,
while at Skarzysko twenty-four were
killed and forty wounded. Grave trou-
bic is reported from Kutno. Troops
have been sent to kutno from here.
Several men were killed here to-day
by strikers IN bakeries and other
places where attempts were made to
resume work. Many arrests have been
made. The price of provisions has gone
up. The peasants are afraid to bring
in their produce. Strikers to-day at
tempted to bring out the employees of
the electrical plant Of the asylum for
lunatics, but the doctors succeeded in
pacifying the men.
The Catholic Bishop Of this diocese
has issued an appeal to the strikers to
attend the cathedral tomorrow and
definitely state their claims. The pu-
pills Of all the schools here except two
refused to-day to return to their classes
until the Polish language shall have
been introduced.
LODI, Russian Poland, Feb. THE
factories were opened to-day, but
scarcely any Of the workmen appeared
At one factory the men worked until
luncheon time and then left and refus-
ed to return, saying they did not want
to be killed by bullet from the street
fired through the door, The situation
appears 70 be growing worse and a
critical time is expected February 8, the
date on which some of the largest man
ufacturers have decided TO pay their
employees the balance OF their wages,
dismiss them and shut down the mills
indefinitely.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-08
TRAFFIC RUSH IN SOUTH.
Ten Crowded Trains Pour Into Los
Angeles From East.

len Crowded Trains Pour INTO Los
Angeles From East.
LOS ANGELES. Feb. Ten over
land trains from Chicago reached Los
Angeles to-day at half-hour intervals.
causing an unprecedented congestion
of mail and express business. The
trains are the first to arrive from Chi
cago since Saturday. They were de-
layed by washcuts caused by the re-
cent storm. which after drenching
Southern California, passed eastward
through Arizona and New Mexico
flooding tracks, washing out fills and
making it impossible for the railway
companies to move trains with any
speed. On the Santa Fe, no trains had
reached Los Angeles since Thursday.
All the trains were heavily loaded
and the rush of business to the hotels
was greater even than that during a
big convention. Mail, which should
have been delivered last week, will not
find the persons to who it is addressed
probably for two days. There II such
a quantity of mail that every man In
the postal service here worked all day
and most of them remained on duty
all night. Wells-Fargo & Company
hired a dozen extra wagons to handle
the express and packages are piled al
most to the roof of their depot build
ings. Beginning tomorrow regular
traffic will be resumed on both trans
continental lines
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-08
POSTAL CROOKS
TAKEN TO JAIL
Machen and the Two GrOffs
Placed in Penitentiary
for Defrauding Uncle Sam
BEGIN THEIR SENTENCE
Plea of Illness to Cause a
Delay Does Not Avail
With District Attorney

WASHINGTON Feb August W.
Machen. formerly general superintend-
snt of the free delivery postal ser
vice, and Diller B. Croft of this city,
both under sentence Of two years i'm
prisonment and a $4,000 fine for con-
spiracy to defraud, to-day surrender
ed themselves to the United States
Marshal and were placed in the cell
room Of the City Hall. Samuel A.
Grof, whose counsel sought TO have
his removal to the penitentiary defer
red because Of illness, was ordered
brought into court and later was placed
In the cellroom with the others
The case came up to-day IN the Grim
tnal Court on receipt OF a mandate
handed down by the Court OF Appeals
directing the immediate execution Of
the sentence OF Machen. DR.. Lorenz
and the Groffs.
Attorney Maddox, for Samuel A.
Croft, produced a certificate OF two
physicians saying that he was not In
condition to be moved from his house.
District Attorney Beach insisted
upon the immediate appearance Of the
prisoner, and he was sent for. Nothing
has been heard to-day OF DR.. Lorenz.
who is reported TO be Ill at his home
in Toledo, Ohio. Machen and the
Groffs were taken to the MoundsvilIe
CIV. Va-) penitentiary this afternoon.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-08
Army and Navy Orders.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-Orders of
the War Department: George w. Mo-
ses. paymaster, Is relieved from duty
at Kansas City and will proceed to the
Philippines on the transport to sail
from San Francisco about April /.
Captain Moses will proceed at once
to San Francisco and take his station
at that place on temporary duty.
Electrician Sergeant Tobias L. File,
at the Preside at San Francisco, will
be sent to Fort Miley for duty.
Orders to. naval officers: Assistant
Surgeon w. e. G. High is detached
from duty with the marine service
on Midway Island to the naval train
Ing station at San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-08
With Teeth and Claws a
Wild Beast Viciously At
tacks Six -Year-Old Boy
SCREAMS BRING AID
Encounter Occurs Near the
Spot Where a Babe Dis
appeared Last August
special Dispatch to The Cali.

TACOMA, Feb. 7-At New Sweden.
on cambridge Island, yesterday the 6
year-old son of Adolph Peterson was
attacked by a cougar, which tore out
the child's right eye with its claws and
bit off two Of his fingers. The boys
breast was badly torn. He was un-
conscious this morning, but 1t Is be-
lieved he will live.
No one saw the animal make the at
tack. When his screams had attracted
rescuers the boy declared he had been
attacked by bear, but from the de-
scriptfon Of the animal his parents are
convinced that 1t was a cougar.
The child was attacked two miles
from the spot where Prewit Baker dis
appeared last August. At that time 1t
was claimed there were no animals of
the cougar family on Bainbridge ISL
and. This contention dispelled the be-
lief Of many that Prewit Baker was
carried off by a cougar. Yesterday 8
occurrences has revived the theory that
the Baker child was carried off by wild
animals.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-08
WANTS TO SEE If GOAIPERs
WEARS UNION CLOTHING
Tailor Raises the Question, but De-
ciines to Make Investigation
When Urged,

cnnes to Make Investigation
When Urged.
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. Feb. r.
When Samuel Gompers. president of
the American Federation of Labor,
nnished speech Of thirty minutes to
the national convention of tailors,
Delegate Herman Nehaus of Pittsburg
arose and said that there was some
doubt as to whether Gompers was
wearing clothes with the union label
ana moved that committee be ap-
pointed to investigate.
Inc motion caused a storm of pro-
test but Gompers quieted the dele
gates and suggested to the convention
that Nehaus be appointed a committee
OF one TO investigate. The convention
shouted its approval, and Gompers
advanced to the front of the platform
ano, pointing to Nehaus, urged him
TO come forward. at the same time
opening his coat as If to display the
label. Nehaus remained In his seat,
and the delegates yelled In derision.
Gompers then explained that every
article of clothing he wore bore the
union label.
The Journeymen Tailors of America
to-day voted down the proposition
submitted by the socialists in the
form of preamble to the constitution,
which was an Endorsement of the Ma
tonal Socialist party, the vote being
102 to %.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-08
OLDEST ODD FELLOW DIES.
Alexander Roux, Veteran Of the Or.
der, Passes Away.

Los ANGELES. Feb. 7.-Alexander
Roux. said to be the oldest member
of the Independent Order of Odd Eel
lows in the United States. died at his
home in this city this afternoon He
was 81 years of age. He was na-
tive of Ohio. Sixty-four years ago he
Joined the Odd Fellows at Covington.
KY, and had been a member In good
standing ever since He passed
through all the chairs Of the subOrdin-
ate lodge and then moved to Illinois.
where he became a member of the
Grand Lodge and was for many years
an officer Of that body. He was also
a member Of the Sovereign Grand
Lodge.
Roux amassed a fortune as an arch
itect and contractor and came to Los
Angeles in 1889. He leaves two
daughters, Mrs. ID. NJ. True OF Los
Angeles and Mrs. j. w. Prendergast
of San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-08
TRAINS GET THROUGH.
Santa Fe Overland From the East
Reaches Bakersfield.

BAKERSFIELD, Feb. THE first
through Santa Fe train from the East
arrived here to-day. 1t was the first
overland to reach this city in five days.
Three passenger trains passed here
this afternoon and as many more ar
rived since dark. They were DELAYED
in Arizona by the heavy rains and
washouts.
The passengers showed little signs
of fatigue and many stated that the
railroad company had provided them
with good meals and showed kindness
in other Mays.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-08
SANTA CLARA SUPERVISORS
Make MANY APPOINTMENTS
Members of Board Name New Officials
for the Various County
Institutions.

SAN JOSE, Feb. 7.-Appointments
of officials and employees for the vari-
Gus county institutions were made by
the Supervisors this morning. Almost
a complete change was made. The
appointees will take Office the first OF
March and continue for one year
They are as follows:
County Health Offcer-Dr. William Simpson
Superintendent of Inf1rmary-O. n. Reynolds
Physician to Inflrmary-Dr. H. B. Gatea
Superintendent Of sAlrnshouse-James 8
Carson.
Physician to Almshouse-Dr r. A Whiffen
Physician to Indgents OF San Jose and
Vicinfty-Dr ]. 7. Harris.
Night Watchman of Courthouse and Hal
Of Records. p Higgins.
Janitor Of Courthouse-W. ]. May.
Janitor Of Hall of Records-John Lowell
Gardener of Courthouse-Philip Lark.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-08
WOMEN THRASH
CLAIM JUMPER
Two MatrOns of Goldfleld Use
Horsewhip on San Fran
ciscan at. Mining Camp

RENO, Feb. 7.-George w. Haight,
a resident Of San Francisco, was
driven from Goldfield yesterday by two
women. Haight went to the gold camp
a few days ago and located on the
property of the two women. They de-
manded their rights, Haight demurred
and the result was a horsewhipping
The incident was witnessed by a large
crowd. The women used buggy whips.
Haight, after being driven from the
premises, surrendered all claim to the
property and left town.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-08
Schooner Makes Big Catch.

VICTORIA, B. c., Feb. IA tele-
gram received here from Buenos
Ayres reports that the Victoria seal
ing schooner e. B. Marvin has arrived
there with 1000 sealskins taken off
Halifax In September. The skins will
be shipped to the London market
from Buenos AYres
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-08
PLEADS GUILTY TO CRIME
LIKE THE WEBER TRAGEDY
Pennsylvanian Admits That He MUIR
dered Wife and Her Niece and
Then Burned Bodies


Then Burned Bodies.
TOWANDA, Pa, Feb. Tn court
to-day Bigler Johnson pleaded guilty
to the charge that he murdered his
wife, Maggie B. Johnson, and her
niece. Annie sBenjafnin, 10 years old,
In September last, and afterward
burned the bodies. The prisoner made
his plea Of guilty and signed a state
ment without the faintest indication
Of nervousness. He Is 26 years old,
and his wife was 40.
In December his older brother,
Charles Johnson, was convicted of
murder as an accessory. His mother,
Mrs. Sophia Merritt, and his sister
and brother. Nancy and Alanson John
son, were put on trial for the same
crime to-day. The five members of
the family, it Is charged, went to Mag
gle Johnson's house in the night and
killed her and the little girl with an
ak, sprtnk1ed the premises with kero-
sene and set the house on fire.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-08
DIR. Miles
Anti=Pain Pills

VIII bring such relief quick and sure.
That is not all. They will prevent and
cure all kinds Of pain-NeuraIgfa- Back
ache, rheumatism, Menstrual Pains,
Stomachache, etc.
Gen. A Jacobs, merchant, Lima, Ohio
recommends DR.. Miles Anti-Pain Pills
es follows:
Il am anxious that all should know the
virtue OF these pills I have used them
for years, ana consider them marvellous
n their instantaneous relief of head
ache and all pain, while they leave no
oisegreeable after-effects"
Sold under q guarantee that first pack
age VIII benefit or druggist viii return
your money.
25 doses. 25 cents. Never sold in bulk.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-08
KANSAS SENATE FAVORS
A STATE OIL REFINERY
Passage of the Bill Aimed at the
Standard Company Is Rec
onnended

TOPEKA, kans., reo. THE Kan
sas Senate, sitting as committee of
the whole, to-day recommended for
passage the bill providing for the es-
tablishment of q State oil refinery, at
q cost Of 100000. to compete with
the Standard Oil Trust.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-08
Canal Salaries Too Small.

PANAMA, Feb. 7.-Several canal
employees have resigned, giving as a
reason the eFinsufficiency of the sala-
ries. Yesterday some engineers re-
signed, but they were Immediately en-
gagged by the Panama Government for
supervising the construction Of ma
uonal railroads.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-08
OLD SOLDIER BELIEVED
TO HAVE TAKEN HIS LIFE
Body Found Near Alviso Is Thought
to Be That of Trooper From
Monterey Barracks

SAN JOSE, Feb. THE body
found floating in a slough at Alviso a
week ago is believed to be that of
Sergeant Miller Of Company D, Fiji
teenth Infantry, stationed at Monterey
Barracks. The sergeant had over
stayed his leave and would have been
posted as a deserter. He had served
twenty-four years in the army.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-08
COVEIO WOMAN MOTHER
OF SEVENTEEN CHILDREN
Mrs. Connor Firmly Establishes Her
Reputation as an Enemy Of
Race Suicide.

COVELO, Feb. Mrs. Mel Connor
yesterday gave birth to her seven
teenth child, SON. Mrs. Connor is
AZ years old. All the children are
living.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-08
ADVERTISEMENTS.
If You Knew

You could be relieved of that periodic or
chronic, nervous or sick headache in
few minutes, would you continue to suf-
fer2
Especially when you are assured of the
fact that the remedy is perfectly harm
less. and win have absolutely no Other
erect, except to relieve and cure the
main N''N
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-08
TO TURN OUT SILVER COIN
FOR REPUBLIC OF PANAMA
Mint at Philadelphia to Run Full
Force for a Time ON New
Contract

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. Sixty
women employed by the United States
mint, as adjusters, resumed work to-
day after an idleness which began on
January /. There was no work for
them because the supply Of silver bull
lion had been exhausted The mint
recently received a rush order for
100000 worth Of silver coin for the
republic of Panama This order will
keep the full force of the mint en-
ployed for at least three weeks.