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The San Francisco call., 1905-03-25
SAYS PEACE is CERTAIN.
Correspondent Declares Gar Is WILL
ing to Discontinue the War.

correspondent DccidrcS SldF Il VIII
= ing to Discontinue the War.
9 LONDON, March 25, 4:45 a. m.-The
Daily Telegraph's special correspondent
In st. Petersburg wires:
Despite the seemingly hopeless out
look, peace at last is in sight. make
this statement deliberately and cate
gorically, not as mere probable in
ference from signs and tokens OBJ
served In the last few days His Ma
jesty has been convinced. much against
his will, that a further continuation of
the war would be disastrous to Rus
sia, financially. economically. POLITICAL
ly and therefore conditionally is will
ing to discontinue it,
The correspondent says Russia is
willing to make substantial territorial
concessions, but the essential condi-
tion of peace is that Japan shall ask
no war indemnity.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-25
snailham and De Coursey Draw

SAN DIEGO, March 24.-Billy
Snailham of San Francisco and Billy
de Coursey of this city fought fifteen
round draw before the San Diego Ath-
Ietic Club tonight. Frank Fields of
Oxnard and Tom Costello met for a
fifteen-round bout. The fight ended
in the thirteenth round, when Fields
knocked Costello through the ropes.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-25
THINKS DIAMONDS WILL
BE FOUND IN CANADA
Professor of Geological Survey Be-
lieves Fields Lie Between Lakes
and Hudson Bay.

OTTAWA, Ontario. March 24.-Dr.
Ami of the Geological Survey is of
the opinion that diamond wealth is
hidden in that part of Canada between
the Great Lakes and Hudson Bay.
'All surveying parties and exp1or-
ers,' he said, should be on the look
out for anything that will show traces
of the precious white stone in this ter
ritory"
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-25
SPECULATION REGARDING
THE STEAMSHIP ESKASONI
British Vessel From Portland Last
October for Limerick on
Overdue List.

LONDON, March 24.-There is con-
siderable speculation in shipping cir
cles here regarding the fate of the
British ship Eskasoni. which left
Portland, Or, October 15 for LINER
ick. The ship has not been reported
since March 10. when she was off
Lizard Head premium of Is gum
cas- has been quoted on the vessel in
the overdue market.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-25
BArTLEsHIPs DAMAGED.
Unconfirmed Report of an Attack O,
Rojestvensky's Vessels.

PARIS. March 25.@The Mathis St
Petersburg correspondent sends an un-
confirmed report that Japanese tor
pedo-boats have succeeded in damag-
ing Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's bat
tleships Sissoi, Veliky and Navarin.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-25

OTTAWA, Ontario March 24.-Canadian
shipbuilders have asked the Government for q
bounty of $6 per ton for ten years on Canadian
built ships to protect the industry against
British competition
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-25
or INTEREST TO PEOPLE
OF THE PACIFIC COAST
President Gives Commissions TO New
Postmasfcrs for the Towns OF
Willows and Newark.

WASHINGTON, March 24.-John
D. West has been commissioned post
master of Willows. Cal. by the Pres
ident Matte Z. Bole has been ap-
pointed fourth class postmaster at
Newark. Cal. Newark will be a money
order Office.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-25
q NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA <
BRANCH OFFICES
OF THE CALL IN
ALAMEDA COUNTY

OAKLAND.
1915 Broadway.
Telephone Main 1cSS-
BERKELEY.
214S Center Street
Telephone North ~.
ALAMEDA.
1435 Park Street.
The Caucasian., 1905-04-16

ing the dispCtes referred to The Hague
| tribunal The Venezuelan dictator has
returned these favors by refusing to
submit to arbitration the controversy
between his government and the New
York and Bermudez Asphalt company,
thereby straining the friendly relations
between Venezuela and the United
States.
Since Castro won the presidency of
Venezuela in 1899 by organizing a sue
cessful revolution his peculiar methods
have made him conspicuous object in
world politics. On one occasion, it is
said, his soldiers reported to him that
three rich Caracas merchants were
boarding gold in their homes. General
Castro ordered that each of these men
be taxed $4,000 for support of the
government" On their refusal to pay
they We're tied to stakes so that they
had to face the sun all day and at night
fercely bright electric light Half
blinded and almost crazed by their
sufrerings, they at last yielded and
paid the tax" When Assistant Sec
retary Of State Loomis was minister to
Venezuela he once represented to Cas-
tro that the latter's conduct toward
the asphalt company was not such as
to encourage investment of American
capital in Venezuela. The dictator re-
piled:
"Well, Mr.. Loomis, those American
asphalt people are getting very excit-
ed. Take them to a saloon and give
them some ice cream to cool them off,"
In the present crisis in the affairs Of
Russia it is said that the car has
leaned heavily upon his mother, the
dowager empress, Maria Feodorovna.
She has always exercised a powerful
influence over her son and in affairs of
state has often persuaded him to ac-
cept her views against his own judg-
ment and inclinations. For the most
Of her life the dowager empress has
lived in an atmosphere Of apprehen-
sion and terror. Her own life has Of
ten been threatened. Her husband
was Alexander Ill, and his father.
The Caucasian., 1905-04-16

Alexander IL, was
killed by a bomb in
1881. AS a natural
consequence of the
violence Of his IA
theirs death Alex
ander III. on COM
ing to the throne
instituted a repress-'
i've policy, was in
constant fear of
assassination and
lived virtually a
prisoner in his pal
The Caucasian., 1905-04-16

senator elect had
never held public
Office up to his In
auguration as gov
ernor, two years
since. He was born
in Tennessee forty
eight years. ago, is
a graduate Of the
University of Ten
nessee and a law
yer. a His great
grandfather was a
member Of the first
constitutional con-
vention of Tennes-
see, in 1896, and his
father WAS an an
The Caucasian., 1905-04-16
A oismantled SUGAR Mill,


At Saginaw, one place where I lee
tured, ! was taken out to see a sad
spectacle, q result of the hothousc
1 process Of the Dingley bill. A great
sugar beet factory, having cost, in one
way and another, over 800, 900, had
been sold under mortgage for $780,
600 and was being dismantled to be re-
moved to Colorado. The good people of
the beautiful city Of Saginaw We're in
mourning as q consequence, and no
wonder. for the removal Of tai.s. sugar
mill to the Centennial State not only
means clear loss of four hundred
thousand Of the seven hundred thou
sand which they had put into it, but
means also that thousands of Michi-
ganders will be out Of employment.
Of course 1t is. to be hoped that as
many thousands in Colorado will find
employment by reason OF the removal,
but that Is small consolation to the be-
reaved citizens of Saginaw and the i'm
mediate vicinity. How did the mill
happen to be @.uilt? On the supposi-
ton that the exorbitant rates of the
Dingley bill wonld be kept on the stat
ute books foreyer-rates which Gov
ernor Dingley himself admitted were
too high and which he said were made
too high deliberately for the purpose
OF enabling us to make favorable bar
gains with other nations by reciprocity
arrangements. What Governor Ding
ley intended should be temporary and
for one purpose the people who put
their good money into. the sugar fac
tory ut Saginaw claim should be per-
manent and for another purpose. FOR It
Is popularity OF the beneficiaries Of
the tariff that If high rate IS ever
overestablished they hang On to 1t like
grim death and give 1t up only on COM
puision, though there exists no longer
. public reason for retaining 1t. Why
are they dismantling this mammoth
sugar factory? They say it is because
of the Cuban tariff arrangement, the
20 per cent reduction OF the Dingley /
rates on Philippine sugar ana the
threatened reduction of 30 per cent
more on Philippine sugars. Now. if !
the tariff system is such a 1e,icata |
plant AFTER more than q century Of hot !
housing as to be destroyed OF seriouslv !
injured by a threat to let IN Philinn,na
sugar at reduced rate or free of all t
customs duties. how long must We an. I
dure it before our manufacturers can
walk without government crutehes?
The people of Saginaw who are eneag-
ed In the sugar business treated me
handsomely. and ! like them, but they
mistake the reason why sugar produc-
The Caucasian., 1905-04-16

dceS. 4ue clfcum-
stances of her life have not been such
as to develop the gentler and more
womanly side of the character Of the
dowager empress. She has become an
| enemy of reform and is considered the
heart and soul Of the reactionary ele-
ment surrounding the czar She is a
daughter of Christian TX. of Denmark
and Is sister of Queen Alexandra of
England, but has none of the latter's
sweetness Of disposition. She was the
Princess Maria Dagmar before her
marriage to Alexandel Ill, Nov. 8,
1863, and was baptized into the Greek
church as Maria Feodorovna. She is
in her ffty-eighth year and is still a
well preserved and handsome woman.
Captain Harry Leonard, who has
been ordered to Peking as military at
tache Of the American legation, is as
gallant as he is handsome Many per-
sons who attended the Pan-American
exposition at Buffalo in 1901 noticed
a one armed officer in charge of de-
tachment Of marines at the United
States government building and Won
dered how and where he lost his arm.
The Caucasian., 1905-04-16

AS ne was too
young to have been
in the civil war they
naturally inferred
that it must have
been shot off either
in Cuba or the Phil
ippines. Captain
Leonard has fought
in the Philippines.
but it was in China.
where he is going
as a legation at
tache, that he was
The Caucasian., 1905-04-16
People Made
Famous by
The News

r e S l D L N T
G A S L r 0 of
Venezuela has
not eXemplifed
the Saying that
one good turn
deserves anotll-
er in his rel;l-
tions with the
United States.
During the pres
iucntial term OF
Grover CieVe-
land this couu-
try did Nene-
zuela a great
service in con-
nection with the
settlement of
the boundary
dispute W i b
Great Britain.
When CaStrO'S
gov ern N e n t
was in serious
trouble with
foreign powers
three years ago
the L II i t e d
States saved it
from a drub-
bing at the
hands of Euro
The Caucasian., 1905-04-16
Not to Be- Sneezed At.

NoI 70 6e SneeZe0 At.
United States Senator William War
| ner Of Missouri must not be sneezed at
That's res adjudicata, fact which
one Thomas Caldwell will probably re-
member as long as he lives, certainly
during the twenty days in which he
VIII be In durance vile for not having
prophetic ken enough to know that he
must not sneeze at our newly elected
Republican United States senator.
alias the mysterious stranger. Mr..
Caldwell has one peculiar ACCOMPLISH
ment Of which he was proud and with
which he delighted his friends or an
noyed his enemies-just as fate or
fancy carried. That was to sneeze
whenever he chose. With most folks
sneezing is not only an unpleasant but
an Involuntary performance. The only
reason that any other human being ex-
cept Caldwell ever sneezes is that it
can't he helped. 1t is strange that it
was his faculty of voluntary sneezing
on which he plumed himself and for
which he was thankful that he was
not as other men that landed him be-
hind the bars. The place where he
sneezed so disastrously was Conven-
ton hall, Kansas City, Mo-, and the
time was the night Of the great Warner
joiiification meeting Mr. Caldwell evi-
oentiy made mistake in selecting the
psychological moment and the SPOT
where to shine by sneezing. A vera
clous chronicler says: LAS each Of the
speakers reached a climax In his ad-
dress Caldwell released a sneeze that
penetrated every corner of the build
ing. Every body near laughed, and the
speakers were embarrassed, but so real
was the sneeze that not until after the
seventh or eighth explosion was it sus-
pected that the sneezing was not in |
voluntary. Then Secretary Clenden- |
min Of the Commercial club had Cald- |
we'll arrested" Then some K. C. Dog
berry sent the poor man to Jail for /
twenty days, where he can sneeze ad |
libitum. No doubt Mr. Secretary Glen
DENIM Of the Commercial club will be |
entitled to a postoffice or something !
equally good for his heroic sauelching
Of Caldwell. The immortal sneezer
urged in mitigation that he was sneez-
Ing because he was there to hear the |
beloved Warner and him alone; that |
ne was weary of the other jawsmiths
and sneezed to give them notice that it |
Was time TO pull off the real show by |
the major. a plea contain
The Caucasian., 1905-04-16

sight. About tw1
weeks after the
recent election the
doctor said to
him: Now, look
here! You are 60
ing to lose your
sight unless YOU
stop drinking"
ION his way
home this fellow
met one of his
friends and said
The Caucasian., 1905-04-16

pOintee Of President Andrew johnson
as judge Of the criminal court at Nash
VILE
While stumping the state during the
gubernatorial campaign of 1902 Gov
ernor Frazier entered the office of a
village hotel, where he discovered a
eorpulent German seated at a table,
writing. Suddenly the Teuton paused
In his task, frowned, scratched his
head, chewed the end of his pen and
looked so obviously worried that Mr..
Frazier good naturedly asked:
MY friend, can 1 be Of any service
to your
"Yah," was the prompt and relieved
reply; ''blease tell me vedder you puts
an e. behindt before"
1t was several seconds before the af-
fable candidate grasped the mans
meaning and gave the desired informa-
ton.
Baron Won Nolken, chief of police of
Warsaw, who was injured by bomb
a few days ago, was untirlng in the
execution Of the repressive and brutal
policy be was charged with enforcing
In the ancient capital of Poland He
took the precaution to keep himself
we'll guarded and usually remained in
the central police station. 1t was only
by concocting plot which involved
the sacrifice of others that the reyolu-
tOniStS were able to get at him. Nv
The Caucasian., 1905-04-16


was lying in wait for him. The baron
was severely hurt, but it is said the
revolutionist would have killed him
had it not been for the fact that the
bomb was thrown behind instead of
directly underneath the carriage.
Baron Won Nolken, who was sitting on
the side nearest the assailant, received
the full charge of the bomb, while
his companion escaped unhurt. The
coachman was thrown from the box.
and the carriage was smashed. Mean
while the police official accompanying
Baron Won Nolken saw the bomb
tbrower and pursued and caught u1
with him, but the man proved the
stronger and tore himself away. He
was afterward captured, but not until
he had done serious damage with his
gun.
The Caucasian., 1905-04-16

IIJ uiCN. DUI..-S Luc
Boxer insurrection of 1900. when the
allies assaulted and captured Tien-s:n
Captain Leonard volunteered to take
u wounded officer, Lieutenant Butter,
The Caucasian., 1905-04-16

throwing a bomb
into a suburban po-
lice station at Pra-
ga and seriously in
juring six police
men there they sue
ceeded in drawing
Baron Won Nolken
from his conceal
ment. On his way
to the scene of the
explosion he was
attacked by the
l.
The Caucasian., 1905-04-16

James B. Frazier, who has been cho-
sen by the Tennessee legislature to I'll
the seat in the United States senate oc-
cupied by the late General William B.
Bate, was last fall elected governor of
Tennessee for the second time. The
The Caucasian., 1905-04-16

w. rohn' Do YOU know
what the doctor told me if l did not
stop drinking: He said l would g.
blind
"'Well, what did you say" asked the
friend.
II said, Il have seen Missouri 60
Republican, and l guess l have seen
about all want to see anyway"
The Caucasian., 1905-04-16

! IN appeared in the Detroit Free
Press while / was among the
Michiganders which furnishes much
food for reflection. Mr.. Factory In
spector Eikhoff states in his report
that there are Us many men out of en-
ployment today in Detroit as there
were in 1888. Carry the news to Hon.
C. B. Lands and General Charles Ii.
Grosvenor. those palpitating patriots
who are fond Of asserting that there is
not an idle man in America who can
not find work at remunerative wages
If he SO desires They 60 SO far as to
say that if within all our broad con-
Fines there is a man who wishes Il
job and can't find one where he is all
he has to do is to move into their dis
tricts and they will find it for him.
If they will insert that portion Of their
stump speeches in the Detroit papers
they will most probably find employ
ment in abundance at home without
gaduirg Off to Europe and the Philip
pines. OF course Mr.. Eikhof, whose
sworn duty it is to investigate labor
matters in Detroit, may be mistaken,
but the chances are that he is correct.
Indeed, the Free Press rather indorses
his statement editorially, though not
in terms, and drags out the old eX-
planation of enforced idleness-that
labor saving machinery is constantly
EEowing larger and larger numbers of
workingmen out of employment. But
surely the number thus thrown out
cannot be much greater now than in
the last two or three years. It will not
do to assume that Detroit is an excep
t1on to the rule Of the universal pros
perity which is so much vaunted. No
body to walk her beautiful streets,
gaze upon her splendid buildings and
think of her fortunate commercial To-
cation will believe for one moment that
she is tagging behind her sisters in the
race. The plain truth is, however un-
palatable it may be, that our prosper !
fty is sagging down. In his Buffalo |
speech President Mckinley said, ''We
cannot 60 Oh forever selling everything
and buying nothing" an utterance
which explains our drying up prosper
ity. OF course by jingoes this will be
regarded as leze majesty, but SO is
any reference to the gnawing deficit
in the treasury or, more accurately; the
growing deficit in the revenues. Both
the shrinking prosperity and the dwin-
ding revenues may be traced to the
same course-the high and exorbitant
rates Of the Dingley tariff bill.
In his report Mr.. Eikhoff also touches
Qnsthe fact that the number Of divorces
increases with unemployment Of Ia
boring men-not new theory by any
means, but one which is not sufficient
" reflected upon or adequately dis |
cussed. A growing marriage record
indicates prosperity the world over.
and growing divorce record indicates
Increasing adversely.
The Caucasian., 1905-04-16

to the rea. through the fire of the
enemy and succeeded in his task, be
ing praised for his conduct by the Eng
lish general .e-enforcements were
sadly needed in another part Of the
field. and Captain Leonard volunteer
ed to take them there. The movement
was made over swamps, burial
mounds, Il canal and a mud wall un-
der heavy fire from the Chinese. Cap
tain Leonard was leading his men
when a rifle ball shattered his arm.
Two officers undertook to assist him in
getting to the rear. The Chinese fired
at the three men perSistently. During
the dangerous journey Captain Leon
ard fortlel the canal, in which the
water came up to his chin. showed
bodies of dead Cinnamon ont Of his
way and scaled wall ten feet high.
As he dropped on the other sid" l:n
conscious relief came. Several days
later his arm was amputatel
During his recent trip to New York
Governor Joseph w. Folk of Missouri
told the following story:
There Was an Ole fellow-a Demo
crat-who was in danger Of losing his
The Caucasian., 1905-04-16
S. B. SIM0N'S
REAL ESTATE

AHu NOIeCt!On agency
Simon Building Shreveport, La.
THE MAN WHO SELLS THE
EARTH"
INVEST YOUR SURPLUS IN
\ GOOD HOME OR A PIECE
UI: SHREVEPORT REAL ES-
T.tIE, AND H.ANE \ REGU-
LAR MONTHLY INCOME -
WHERE YOUR CHILDREN
CAN GET THE BENEFIT OF
PUBL CEDUCATION.
WE ALSO BUY, SELL AND EN-
CHANGE FARMS, NEGOTIATE
LOANS on PROPERTlDAND
COLLECT RENTS.
MENTION THIS PAPER WHEN WRITING
The Caucasian., 1905-04-16

Especial Washington letter.
ECENTLi ! was on lecture
tour through Michigan. An item
appeared in the Detroit Free
Dtos.e. 1,.l,ilo [ 11-ac. a1aaan.r tho
The Caucasian., 1905-04-16

Fire Chief Croker Of New York tells
story about a fireman with a long
and honorable record who died in the
service. He had many friends, and
his funeral was an elaborate one, espe-
cially as>to flowers. The place of hon
or, however, was given to an elaborate
emblem, reproduction some four feet
high Of ireman's badge in white,
the following startling motto: admit
Within Fire Lines Only"
The Caucasian., 1905-04-16

| in MlcllSan. Inc real reason is Iudt
| the Germans can raise twenty tons of
suy," bccts to the acre, whereas the
MichiyunGers can raise only eight tons.
1t WIS never intended that our cOun-
Try should raise everything. If SO, the
climate would have been the same
from pole to pole l would like to see
beet sugar making profitable in Michi-
gan. tut im unwilling to see my own
constituents taxed cents a pound for
sugar in order to foster the industry.
Trust Busting In Earnest.
Certain philanthropists and reform-
ers are after the tobacco trust with a
brand new plan. which # it would
work would not only bust the tobacco
trust, but if extended sufficiently
would act as squelcher on every
trust in the land, a consummation de-
voutly to be wished This scheme is
simplicity itself-to induce people to
quit using tobacco in any form. The
theory is all right, but what about the
application? 1t is not 50 easy as it
might appear to persuade millions of
men to change their habits. Ever since
Sir Walter Raleigh first taught the
paleface to toy with the weed a cru
sade has been waged against it, and
yet last year more than S2OO.OOO.OOO
was expended for tobacco in this
country alone, to say nothing of what
was expended in foreign countries.
There is no use to argue the question
as to whether the tobacco habit is an
unmixed evil. Good people differ as to
that and will continue to differ as long
as tobacco seed sprouts. But if the phi
lanthropists and reformers aforesaid
could kill the tobacco trust they would
deserve the eternal gratitude Of their
countrymen, for out OF the 5000, O,0OO,O00
expended last year by Americans to
crafty their appetite for tobacco the
trust pocketed more than $5O,OOO,OOO in
profits. Their experiment in destroying
the octopus will be watched with inter
est. But why stop with the tobacco
trust? If people can be induced to
eschew tobacco, thereby killing the
trust, why cannot the sugar trust, the
coal oil trust, the beef trust, etc, he
disposed of in the same way-by re-
from using their products? OF
course it may be argued that beef, coal
oil and sugar are necessaries. Many |
persons rate tobacco in that class. AS
a matter of fact, none Of them is a
necessary. Poultry can be substituted
for beef; sugar and coal oil may be
absolutely dispensed with, and still the
luman race may be propagated, live
and flourish Not long since, while the
committee on ways and means was
having hearings on the Philippine tariff
Dill. was greatly surprised, as were
many others, to learn that the Chinese
ire just learning how to use sugar. but
did not learn, although l intend to,
what they have been using in lieu
hereof all these centuries. If they all
ret to using sugar, one Of two things
must happen-either the sugar output
must be greatly increased or the price
will soar sky high, for there are some
Chinese. They will bull the
ugar market to beat the world.
The Caucasian., 1905-04-16

ing much sense, but not appealing to
Justice Dogberry, before whom he was
hailed. If man may not relieve his
pent up emotions in this country by
sneezing, how can we make mouths at
Russia, Turkey and other despotic gov
ernments: What are we coming to
anyway?
The Caucasian., 1905-04-16

The public mind is becoming badly
muddled as to Mr.. Secretary of State
John Hay. One set of scribes have
him on the verge of the grave, while
another set make him out sure win
ner for president Let US hope that
both sets are wrong.
The Caucasian., 1905-04-16

LEVI COOPER.