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The San Francisco call., 1905-04-06
THOUSAND DOLLARS
AS GIFT TO HIS FIANCEE
Presented by Wealthy Man to Tele-
phone Girl Who Won His
Heart.

NEW YORK, April 5.-To be a tel
ephone girl, working for a small sal
ary, one day and to have a man hand
her a check for 100000 the next has
been the unique experience of Miss
Anna Bennett whose engagement TO
E. r. Whitney of Montreal was an
nounced to-day. Whitney gave that
sum to his fiancee. telling her to be
generous with the money in purchas-
ing her trousseau. He also told her
that he had ordered an automobile of
special design to cost $4,000, and a
large sunburst of diamonds as be-
uothal gifts.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-06
Fuller Reports From India
Tell of Great Loss of
Life and of Vast Damage
as Result of Temblor
HOMELESS PEOPLE
SLEEP IN OPEN
Intense Suffering Prevails
Among the Survivors at
a Military Station to
the Northwest of Simla

CALCUTTA. April Slater ac-
counts from various cities tell a tale of
severe damage to property arising from
the earthquakes on the morning OF
April 4, but it is impossible as yet to
estimate the extent Of the loss of life.
1t will reach into the hundreds. No
news has yet been received of damage
TO buildings at Agra. No loss of life is
reported from Delhi but many build
ings were damaged.
Visitors from Mussoree report con-
siderable damage to private property.
1t is a curious fact that the older
houses in Mussoree escaped with less
damage than modern buildings. The
only fatalities yet reported there were
two natives. Many houses were COM
pletely demolished. The assures in the
roads have been closed and repairs to
buildings have been started.
Dharmsala station, eighty five miles
northwest of Sinla. was destroyed. all
the houses in the place being leveled to
the ground and some Europeans and
many natives killed. Ladies and chill
dren are sleeping in the open air. Food
is not procurable, as the bazaar is in
ruins. The suffering of the survivors
IL lnlcnSc- OIScnl lOl IuSQlOdi
assistance have been sent to Lahore.
Reports indicate that Dharmsala felt
the full force of the shock. The deaths
include c. W. Loxton, who only the
previous day had assumed the Office
of District Judge, vacated by Captain
Elliott, who with his family left the
same day, escaping the shock. Mrs.
LOTIONS fate is not known. Others
who perished were F. NJ. Levi, c. T.
Young. T. Miller and F. Farleys, all
public officials; Captain Muscroft. Mrs
Robinson and the two Misses Robin
son. Colonel Robinson is believed to
have survived.
The hills show the effects Of the
shock, though information is very nea-
ger from some of the summer stations,
where telegraph offices have not yet
been opened.
At Frozur, forty miles southeast Of
Lahore Amtritsar, Tarana, Dehra Dun
and Srinagar many natives were killed
or injured.
Personal stories from Mussoree state
that the reverberation which preceded
the shock will never be forgotten by
those who heard 1t. The mountains
then three severe shocks, each lasting
a few seconds, were felt in quick sue
cessien.
Between 6 o'clock IA the morning of
April and midnight there were twelve
shocks. The day was fine and clear
and most of the inhabitants were al
ready up when the first shock came.
Those who were still in bed described
the motion as being like that of a ship
in a rough sea. while those on foot
found il impossible to maintain their
balance Many narrow escapes are re-
ported. The effect of the shock In
sickness and dizziness with many still
continues. A number of people slept
outdoors during the whole of last
night.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-06
SISTER LEAVES
HIN A FORTUNE
Special Dispatch to The Call.

REDDING, April 5.--Alex Letter, a
merchant Of Igo. a few miles from Red
ding, received letter yesterday from
Germany announcing that sister had
died in a small town near Berlin, leav-
ing him a fortune of about $250,o00.
Letter came<to America about twenty
years ago. after having been disowned
by his parents because he had refused
to marry bride whom they had Sc
lected for him. Since that time he has
not been in communication with his
relatives in Germany, and his good for
tune comes as great surprise to him.
He started to-day for San Francisco on
his way to the Old World to take pos
session of his new riches
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-06
LITTLE GIRL JUMPS ROPE
UNTIL SHE DROPS DEAD
Gains the Championship OF Her Dis
trict at the Cost OF
Her Life

NEW YORK. April 5.-LOuise z.
Rivers of New Rochelle. IL years Of
age, has sacrificed her life in success
full effort to become the skipping rope
champion of her neighborhood.
To jump the rope 200 times has long
been the championship record of the
district. The child had often tried in
vain to exceed it. When she began
jumping in her last attempt, Louise
Locked as we'll as usual As she ap-
PREACHED the 200 mark she was pale
and tired. but she doggedly kept on
jumping. At 21S the girl fell. scream
ing with pain and died shortly after
ward at the hospital. The doctors
found she had been attacked by acute
appendicitis.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-06
POLICE FORBID FUNERAL.

Cossaclxs Use Their Swords in Dis
persing q Warsaw Crowd.
WARSAW, April 6.-In anticipation
of the funeral of a girl who died of
wounds received in the fighting on
Sunday the workmen of all the fac
tories in the northern part Of the city
left their work yesterday afternoon
and crowded the streets. The police,
fearing q hostile demonstration, for
bade the funeral and summoned Co.'S
sacks who, using their knouts and
swords freely, finally succeeded in dis
persing the gathering.
A non-striking workman at the gas
works, whom the strikers had con-
demned to death, was shot and severe
ly wounded yesterday by a striker.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-06
soorr's EMULSION.
WHAT IS THERE
IN IT?

SCOTS Emulsion is a care
ful blend of the purest cod
liver oil, hypophosphites Of
lime and soda, glycerine and a
dash of flavoring. The COM
bination of these valuable
ingredients emulsihed as in
SCOTS Emulsion represents
the greatest remedy yet dis
covered for weak lungs, poor
blood, low vitality, child
weakness and all wasting
diseases.
Wei send you a sample, free
SCOTT & BOVINE 100 Pearl Streel, few YORK
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-06
PAYS FOR A FALSE
MURDER CONFESSION
Prominent Politician of Urbana. Ohio.
Found Guilty of SubOrnation
of Perjury.

URBANA. O., April 5.-In the case OF
Samuel Standish, charged with subor-
nation of perjury, the jury has re-
turned verdict of guilty. Standish
was formerly Mayor of Woodstock
and is at present justice of the peace
and "a prominent politician. He was
charged with having induced William
Wooley to make a false confession OF
the murder of Wilbur E. Latimer, the
Woodstock merchant, who was killed
more than a year ago.
Wooley made a confession that he
and William Nichols killed Latimer-
Wooley pleaded guilty to the murder
charge. When Nichols trial was
called. Wooley alleged that Standish
and Columbus Brown offered him $500
and his liberty if he confessed.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-06
WILL ERECT
BIG FACTORY
Special Dispatch to The Cali.

TACOMA, Wash. April 5.-James b.
Middleton of London, representing an
English syndicate, has arrived here
with letters of credit and authority to
purchase site on Puget Sound for a
million dollar sugar beet factory. work
on which will be started this year.
Middleton was here last fall investigat-
ing business conditions. Later he vis-
tied plants in Idaho and Utah. When
he reported in London that the Puget
Sound country afforded an opportunity
for the operation of such a plant q
syndicate was formed and the money
subscribed for the establishment of one
without delay. Beets will be raised on
lri,-ef .Sprrd and In Crnrnr,
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-06
Banker Accused of Fraud.

KEOKUK, Iowa, April 5.-Judge
Jaeger, aged 20, president OF the de-
funct Commercial National Bank.
which failed here last February, was
indicted to-day on three counts for
fraudulent banking. He is in the
county Jail.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-06
FOREIGNERS IN NO DANGER.
Groundless Reports OF Threatened
Rising of Chinese Fanatics.

WASHINGTON, April 5.-Russia
has been informed by the United
States, so far as the American Min
lister at Peking, Conger, has been able
to learn, that reported anti-foreign
movements in China are not unusual
in extent or character. The Russian
Government recently requested Sec
retary Hay to inquire into this mat
ter, which was a cause of some anx-
iety at st. Petersburg.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-06
AUSTRIAN ATTACHE MISSING.
Count Schertzizky Has Not Been Seen
Since Mukden Was Taken.

GENERAL KUROKPS HEAD
QUARTERS. Tuesday, April 4.-The
Japanese army has been making a
fruitless search for information as to
the fate of Count Scheptzizky, cap
tain in the Austrian army and the
military attache of that Government
with the Russian army in Manchuria.
Count ScheptziZky has been missing
since the battle at Mukden. He is
not among the prisoners or wounded
in Japanese hands. 1t is possible,
however, he may have escaped into
Chinese territory. If killed, he prob
ably was buried as Russian, among
the dead of that army.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-06
SEEKS WIFE IN ST. LOUIS.
BUT LANDS IN AN ASYLUM
Hurd Galbraith of San Francisco Says
That He Is Being Perse-
CVTfR6

ST. LOUIS, April s. At the request
OF his wife, Hurd Galbraith, lately OF
San Francisco. was taken into custody
by the police and later removed to the
observation ward at the City Hospital
He said while in California a year ago
he was informed that his wife. from
whom he had separated. intended to re-
marry In ST. Louis. He returned and
attempted to effect a reconciliation.
Shortly after his arrival here he was
placed in an asylum from which he
was released ten days ago. He says
he is not insane, but Is being perse-
cuted by people who wish him out Of
the way.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-06

GIFT FROM ASTRONOMER. Berkeley
April 5.--The Puikova Observatory of Russia
through It's director. Professor o. Backlund
has presented 10 the University OF California.
Ter the use OF the studentx' observatory, an
almost compete set of its valuable publca-
uons. The set includes twentp-six large
quarto volumes. Dr. Backlund. who is one
of the most noted theoretical astronomers of
the world. offered the Gift OF the publications
10 Professor Leusehnor r. -. L.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-06

NbN YORK, April 5-Three small credi,ors
have hieo a petition IN bankruptcy aesirsf .h
International Mahogany Company orca nized
sixteen months ago with a capital sfock ~
$500 Ooo 70 exploit large tracts Of rnahoTany
nnper n Cuba and Mexico Judge Holt ~
the United States District Court appofnted Toh~
=. Lord receiver Of the assets O"n
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-06
Bowen's Estate Large.

The inventory and appraisement OF
the estate OF the late Edgar j. Bowen,
proprietor of a large seed establishment
at 815 Sansome street, was flied yester-
day. The value of the estate is placed
at So33 57e 50
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-06
RUSSIAN LOSSES ENORMOUS.
Final Returns Show 107, 1000 Men
Missing Since Mukden Battle.

HARBIN, April 5.-Complete re-
turns received at headquarters give the
total Russian losses in killed, wounded
and prisoners at the battle of Mukden
as 107, 900. The wounded are being
taken away from here over the Sibe-
rian Railroad as rapidly as possible
in order to free the hospitals prepara-
tory to the renewal of the fighting.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-06
MoBs CoERCE THE PRIESTS.
Force Clergymen to Proclaim Fealty
to Their Cause.

TO Ihe1r Cause.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 6.-Of-
flcial advices report continued dis
orders in the Caucasus. Within the
past week peasants have looted and
burned public offices in many villages
in the Gore district, sacked schools
and private estates, cutting down trees
and threatening to kill the police if
they interfered. and forced priests to
go with them and take an oath of
solidarity with their cause.
At Kishinef "Wednesday night an
unsuccessful attempt was made to as
sassinate Assistant Police Commission
er Kirigh1i.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-06

GENOA. Italy April 5-Secretary and Mrs.
Hay. who are stopping at the Hotel Isotaa,
again took a drive to-day. Hay Is looking bet
ter every day and says the bracing air Is
strengthening him.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-06
"DIED OF GUNSHOT WOUND
WRITTEN ON HIS CASKE1
Strange Development in Case of Sup
posed Victim of Rail-
road Wreck.

HOLLAND, Mich, April 6.-A mys-
tery has develored here with the ar
rival from Las Vegas, N. NJ. Of the
body of Charles Defeyler. Relatives Of
the young man understood that he had
been killed in a railroad wreck When
the body arrived the words Died of
gunshot wound" were found penciled on
the rough box inciosing the casket.
An investigation has been started.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-06

Forest. Fish and Game Exhibition.
Vis't the Art Gallery and get an art
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-06
TWO NEGRO MURDERERS
SING ON THE SCAFFOLD
They Render "OId Time Religion
just Before the Drop
Fails

NASHVILLE. Tenn, April 5.-An-
drew Hibbett and James Schudder.
negroes, were hanged together in the
jailyard here to-day. Schudder MUIR
dered his three -year-old crippled son,
and Hibbett killed his mother-in-law.
Both men sang "Old Time Religion"
just before the drop fell.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-06

=" z y s-Hu you d sdl1PIel lIee
SCOTT BOVINE. 4as Pearl sssss4. New YORK
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-11-30

d Michigan farmers on their beets is
proposed to be reduced $50 per cent by
the arbitrary actions of the Republican
majority Of the board of appraisers.
AS the value Of beets in Canada is
about SO a ton, the present duty being
70 per cent ad valorem, the amount paid
upon imports would be about S1.25 per
ton. 1t is now proposed to reduce this
to 80 cents a ton.
Does not all this show the plumber
ing OF the farmers by the tariff. under
the guise Of protecting them, when the
real object of the tariff is to protect the
trusts: Ihc average tariff and trust
tax paid by a family Of five persons is
not less than S75 a year, and, as the
trusts have increased prices, it now
greatly exceeds that sum. The farm
ers have been fortunate that good crops
IN this country and a failure in Russia
and elsewhere have allowed them to be
able to pay this large tax, but that that
tax has been largely increased by high
trust prices is the best of reasons why
the tariff law should be revised. That
to reduce the profits made by the trusts
very materially will not ruin them is
proved by their selling their products
cheaper abroad than here. If there are
any trust bargains going our own peo-
pie ought to have the first chance Of
purchasing them.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-11-30
Antiquity of SOAP.

The origin of soap is a mystery, but
we have many evidences Of it's antiqui-
ty. 1t is mentioned at least twice in
the Bible under the name of borith at a
period corresponding to several centu-
ries before Christ. In the Louvre in
Paris there is an interesting old vase
of Etruscan manufacture whose age is
computed at about $500 years. 1t is
interesting in connection with our sub
ject as bearing a group of children in
relief who are engaged in blowing bub-
bles from pipes. Though we must not
overlook the fact that certain vegeta-
BILE juices are capable Of being used in
blowing bubbles, it is for many reasons
o probable that soap Of artificial
manufacture was employed for the
purpose. In the unearthed city of Pom
peii, the preservation of which has
been he means Of revealing to us many
antique customs, there is to be seen a
soap mandatory, with all the kettles
and other paraphernalia pertaining to
the business; also a quantity of soap,
evidently the product of this antique
"soapery.' The memorable volcanic
eruption, while removing a city from
the face of the earth, preserved to us
the evidences of a high civilization.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-11-30
A Kind Voice

There is no power of love so hard to
get IN to keep as a kind voice. A
kind hand is deaf and dumb. 1t may
be rough in flesh and blood, yet do the
work of a soft heart and do it with Il
soft touch. But there is no one thing
that love so much needs as a sweet
voice to tell what it means and feels
and it is hard to get and keep it in the
right tone. One must start in youth
and be on the watch night and day, at
work and at play, to get and keep a
voice that shall speak at all times the
thoughts Of a kind heart. 1t is often in
youth that n gets a voice or a tone
mat is sharp, and it sticks to him
through life and stirs up ill will and
grief and falls like a drop Of gall on
the sweets of home. Watch it day by
day as a pearl Of great price, for It will
be worth more to you in days to come
than the best pearl hid in the seas. 4
Kind voice is to the heart what light 10
10 the eye. 1t is a light that sings os
well as Shines Elihu Burritt.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-11-30

result in a republic only in name, but
in reality a corrupt oligarchy will take
the place of the republic. The honest
voters-and, thank goodness. the great
majority are honest-must see that this
Republican depravity is ended by re-
fusing to be led by those Who notori-
ously use corrupt means and especially
those who, like Babcock, show no sign
Of shame at the fearful disclosures.
It bodies i'll for honest legislation for
controlling railroad rates or tariff revi-
sion when the party in power is so cor
rupt hat it's leaders acknowledge the
receipt of tainted money and openly
boast that their only regret is that the
amount was limited. 1t is difficult to
escape the inference that those who So
licited, received and expended funds
which should have been sacredly pre-
served for the purpose for which they
were paid have also received cOntriDu-
tons from railroad and other orpora-
tons interested in congressional action.
How can a congressman who receives
favor from the corporations refuse to
vote as they dictate in return?
President Roosevelt, if he desires to
make a clean fight against the orpora-
lions, must demand that the contribu-
tons paid by them to the national con
%gressional committees be returned, so
that there may be a square deal' all
around. Will he do it?
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-11-30
The Duty on Lumber,

A furniture maker Of Grand RAPIDS
has taken a fling at the tariff, says the
New York Post. To an interviewer in
Washington he said recently: 1.-The
furniture makers Of the United States
would be glad to see the 50 tariff on
lumber abolished, as it does nobody
any good, except those who have vast
stumpage possessions. BY the way,
there is reliable authority for the state
ment that twenty-eight individuals
own 80 per cen of all the standing
lumber in the United States. The duty
on lumber, therefore, is in the interest
Of a mere handful. It's price is already
sc high that the producers of furniture
cannot begin to get their legitimate
profit out Of manufacturing goods"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-11-30
GL0RIES IN ITS SHAElE
Republican Graft on Life Insur-
ance Companies.
CHAIRMAN BABCOCK WANTS MORE

Money of Widows and Orphans Used
For Partisan Politics Republican
Congressional Committee Distr;b-
utes the Swag With Purpose Of
C~orruptinS Voters.
And now comes Chairman Babcock
and only wishes the graft had been
greater. While MI. Cortelyou, chair
man of the Republican national COM
mittee, is discreetly silent and Treas
urer Cornelius Bliss has conveniently
retired into his shell, Nj. Babcock,
chairman of the Republican congress
sional committee, openly declares, with
the bOldness of a pirate, that he would
like to have filched from the widow
and orphan fund Of the life insurance
companies a much greater amount Of
money than he did receive. At the time
NJ. Babcock was at the offices of the
insurance companies demanding Il
share of the Swag he must have known
that money to corrupt the voters was
unnecessary Cor a Republican majority
in congress was assured.
What did Babcock need all this cor
ruption fund for, and what did he do
with it? Did his pals get a fair li-
vide? Was most Of the money used in
his own Wisconsin district: The vot-
ers there We're bent OH defeating him,
and, in spite of all the money !e could
spend, nearly did SO, reducing Il normal
majority of over 5000 TO a few hun
bred. 1t is said that corruption was
rampant there in every county, and the
voters who were susceptible to the Bah
cock style of campaigning We're salts
fed with the arguments that the life
insurance cash furnished.
The Republicans in congress are said
to be proud Of their chairman. He
knows how to FRY the fat" out of the
corporations and how to furnish 1.-The
dough- that raises minorities to ma
jorities. The Republican voters are
themselves to blame for this political
depravity-at least those OF them that
knew what was going Oh and stood by,
%consenting to the purchase Of their fel,
low voters. The chairmen of the con,
gressional committees in the different
districts, the chairmen of the county
city, town and ward committees, who
expended the swag, are accomplices-
particeps criminis-in receiving the
money iilched from the widows and or
phans dependent upon the outstanding
Of the of the life insurance
companies.
This ~debauching Of the voters pol
lutes the political stream at It's source
Republican politicians may be venaI
and the republic yet exist, but II the
voters nra dcfilcd this era Of graft vii
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-11-30
Trust Prosecutions.

The protests of the people that the
department Of justice bestir itself in
prosecuting he beef trust has borne a
small mount of fruit. One of a firm
of packers has been fined $3.50 for
conspiracy in accepting rebates from
railroads. This is a step in the right
direction, but it does not help decrease
the high price of beef to the consun-
ers-in fact, it may lead to another
advance, so that the offenders can get
their money back. This prosecution
has nothing to do with the Ease against
the beef trust, which is still dragging
along.
But how about the railroad managers
who paid the rebates? Are they to 20
free? Their offense is more heinous
tina that of the firm Of beef packers
who have been fined, for there is an
express statute against rebates, and
there could have been no conspiracy
unless the railroad managers were a
party to it.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-11-30
Appeals From Verdict.

be1ore the supreme court last week
the case of Ellen Pyke against CITY
OF jamestown was argued and submit
leu. me case was appealed to the
nlgner cour from an order denying a
Judgment Notwithstanding a verdict in
V OF the plaintiff in the district
court. Ellen Pyke, a trained nurse,
1eil on a defective sidewalk in James.
town. March /, 1903, and received
such injuries that the nervous shock
rendered her insane, and for several
months she was n patient at the in.
sane hospital, and has never fullv re-.
covered her mind, according to her
ooa'Pla'h', She sued the city for 80,
wv ana a district court jury gave a
verdict against the city for $4,000.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-11-30
THAT WABBLY TARIFF
General Appraisers Change 1t to
Suit Trusts.
THE CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS

Taxes Increased on Various Articles
by Putting Them In Il section OF the
Law That imposes u Higher Duty.
Scheme OF the Bounty Fed Beet
Sugar Combine.