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The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
HONORS FFOOR MEN
WHO WORE BLUE
New Officers Are Elected
by Veterans of the
Spanish War.
FatherMcQ QuaideChosen
Chaplain of the Or
ganization.

LOS ANGELES, July s-The United
States Spanish War Veterans today
elected officers for the ensuing term as
fellows:
Commander. Edward S. Bean, San
Francisco; senior vice commander
Montgomery NJ. Moulton, San Diego
Inspector general b. 2. Baker, Berke-
ley. junior vice commander, T. 3
O'Brien. san Francisco; judge advocate
T. Z. Hill Fresno; surgeon general, Dr.
". J. Hanna, Sacramento; chaplain
Rev. Father McQuaide; delegates 70 ma
tional encampment next year at Wash
1ngtOn, D. c, General Robert Wan
koWski OF Los Angeles, II. Z. Speas OF
Sacramento. Newell Vanderbilt of San
Rafael
a council OF administration OF eight,
with 2. c. Mulqueeny Of Los Angeles as
chairman. was appointed. Votes Of
thanks to Mulqueeny and to Los An
geles and the press of the city were
taken. Resolutions were adopted pc
titioning President Roosevelt 10 pardon
John Kerr. a member OF Lawton Camp
OF Vallejo. who is serving one-year
sentence in a United States prison for
knocking down a sailor on the high
seas
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
TRAIN IS DEMOLISHED;
NOT A PASSENGER HURT
Wreck Of Saratoga Limited Due
to the Mistake Made by a
Switch Tender.

BALLSTON, N. Y, July s.-The Sara
toga limited on the Delaware and Hud-
son Railroad. the finest and fastest
passenger train running between Sara
toga and New York, was wrecked in
this village early today. Although the
train was demolished, not passenger
was killed or injured.
The train left Saratoga at 7:40 o'clock
with twenty passengers and crew of
seven men. AT the north end of this
village the Schenectady electric rail-
way connects with the steam railway,
and when the limited approached at
the rate of fifty miles an hour the
switch tender made mistake and
opened the switch, thinking it was the
local train to be sidetracked.
The entire train leaped from the
track. The engine parted from the
train and landed In a ditch on its side.
Engineer Ed Crane and Fireman VIII
liam Flannery stayed at their posts and
were not injured. >The four palace cars
followed the track for few feet and
then overturned and went into the
ditch.
The fact that the engine parted from
the train and went to one side pre-
vented telescoping and probably saved
a score of lives
Engineer-Crane said that the signals
were set right for his train. 1T is be-
lieved that the switch was turned just
before the train reached the junction.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
Franklin of Philadelphia Will
Not Tell Policy Toward
Assured.
Representative Says People
Have No Right to Ask
Questions.
Insurance Corporation Not
On the 'Dollar-for-D
lar" List.

OAKLAND, July 3.-w. D. Kellogg.
in charge of the affairs of the Franklin
Insurance Company of Philadelphia, said
today il is none of the public's business
as 10 how his corporation is treating its
San Francisco patrons and policy hold
ers who suffered as a result of the con-
hagration. When asked by The Call
the attitude of his company in settling
with its San Francisco claimants and
what progress was being made, Kel-
logg replied:
Il do not consider that matter to be
any Of the newspapers or the public S
business"
rs your company settling its San
Francisco losses. Mr.. Kellogg?"
That is our business and concerns
no one else"
What is the Franklin doing with it's
losses"
I must refuse to answer any ques-
lions or be interviewed about some
thing that is no affair of a newspaper
or the general public"
The Franklin is one of the companies
that is not listed with those that are
classed as the dollar for dollar" firms.
The liabilities of the Franklin in San
Francisco have been estimated at ST.
100000. The capital of the company
has been published as being $400, 900
and the surplus ais ss96.672.
Policies aggregating $4,000 that
were written on public school property
within the city by the defunct Traders
Insurance Company of Chicago have
been ordered Cancelled by the Board OF
Education. II has been decided TO di-
vide this insurance and place II with
the Home of New sYork and the London
and Liverpool and Globe, both Of which
are rated as dollar for dollar" corpora
tions. Three hundred and fifty thousand
dollars in insurance is carried on public
school property and the Board of Edu-
cation is closely watching the course
that is being pursued by the various
companies in settling with their San
Francisco claimants. Policies written
by companies that show themselves to
be scalers and welchers are TO be can
celed and the insurance given to COM
panies that are paying their San Fran
cisco liabilities on the, dollar for dollar
basis.
The office of the Queen. City Insur-
ance Company at 467 Tenth street was
entered and robbed sunday night. An
overcoat and s4S2 in cash were stolen.
Representatives of companies in
volved in the fire losses in Santa Rosa
will meet on Thursday morning at half
past 10 o'clock in Reed Hall. The COM
mittee Of FIVE appointed to collect data
as to the situation in Sonoma County
is to submit a report
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
DROP TEACHERS
FROM THE ROLL
Board of Education OF
Sonoma Surprises
Pedagogues.
Unexpected Shake Up
in the Department.
of Schools.
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

SANTA ROSA. July "a sensation
was sprung at the meeting OF the
Board of Education at the annual elec-
tIon OF teachers for the Santa Rosa
public schools last night Vice Prlncl-
pal Charles T. Conger of the Hlsh
School and Principal A c. McMeans
of the Lincoln School and several OF
the grammar grade teachers were
dropped from the rolls without any
warning. Principal George Mortensen
OF the Fremont School. who resigned
some weeks ago. and Principal w. l.
Worth Of Forestville and Principal
Leander Good OF the Sebastopol public
schools were elected to Ill the vacan-
cies in the Fremont and Lincoln
schools. There had peen no talk OF
shake-up In the department and the
dismissals therefore came as great
surprise.
Miss Nellie Emery resigned to go
to Monterey to reside and Miss Minnie
Cozad resigned to accept the super
visorship of music in the public schools
of Walla Walla-
Professor A. c. McMeans, who was
superseded as principal of the Fre-
mont school. was one of the best
known educators of Northern Cali
fOrnia and had been connected with
the school work of Sonoma County for
nearly forty years. For a number OF
years he conducted private normal
school mere.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
AGENT BIDS PUBLIC
MIND OWN BUSINESS
CHICAGO GIVES
HER SUPPORT
Commercial Association
There Demands Pay
ment of Losses.

Several new features of interest have
arisen in the insurance situation within
the last few days. Following in the
track of the National Credit Mems AS
sociation, that adopted resolutions con-
corning the action of delinquent insur-
ance corporations at recent meeting
at Chicago, the ways and means COM
mittee of the Chicago Commercial As
ISOLATION. large and influential body.
has prepared to institute an inquiry
concerning the attitude of the under
writer's doing business in San Fran
cisco.
copy of resolutions adopted at a
late meeting of the Chicago CONNER
cial Association has been received by
Commerce from Thomas ]. Stacey.
These resolutions demand a prompt and
equitable settlement of San Francisco
fire losses and declare that such action
is of vital Importance to the San Fran
cisco policy holders and to the business
world in general. Stacey also suggests
that all the commercial bodies in the
United States are interested in seeing
that fair play is accorded to San Fran
cisco.
Following is the text Of the Chicago
Commercial Association resolutions un-
der consideration;
Whereas, A prompt and equitable
settlement of the San Francisco fire
losses is matter of the most vital i'm
portance TO the San Francisco policy
holders and to the business world in
general; and
Whereas, Intelligent and organized
publicity will be a powerful incentive
10 the insurance companies to make
prompt and equitable settlements;
therefore be II
Resolved, That the executive director
of the association be and hereby is re-
quested to secure from the leading
commercial organizations of San Fran
cisco the names of the insurance COM
panies that are making prompt and
equitable adjustments of their San
Francisco losses and supply such names
to the members of this association.
Fifty additional loss committees were
appointed by the committee of fifteen
at the adjusters' bureau of the board
of underwriters yesterday in the ferry
building. The committee of five re-
Gently appointed at a meeting of the
dollar for dollar" companies was in
evidence. This fact was considered by
the insured as well as the insurers to
be of special interest Whatever the
differences of opinion that exist among
the insuring companies, no break in the
customary procedure took place. There
was a rumor that a disagreement was
impending and that climax was about
to be reached.
Possibly the agency of the committee
of five appointed by the dollar for dol
lar" companies may be sufficient to set
aside the conditions that have made
for liscord With the loss committees
appointed yesterday the total number
of such committees is now more than
1900.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
Sues Insurance Company.

Suit against the Williamsburgh City
Fire Insurance Company to recover on
a policy for $4,000 was filed yesterday
by The Crown Destileries Company,
by The Crown Distilleries Company,
goods valued at s255,696.45 in a brick
building at the northeast corner of
Mission and Beale streets. The stock
was insured for s250,00O and proof of
this loss, II is alleged, was furnished
the Williamsburgh company, which
carried $4,000 Of the loss. II is asserted,
however. that the company refuses to
pay the face of its policy or any portion
thereof on the ground that IL is pro-
tected from liability under what is
commonly called an earthquake
clause"
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
DoINGS OF "HOLY ROLLERS
ARE DESCRIBED IN COURT
Witness In Mitchell Murder Case Tells
How Sect Broke Up His
Home.

SEATTLE, July SO. v. Hurt
father of Mrs. Maud Cref1eld and hus-
band of Mother" Hurt, was the star
witness today for the defense in the
trial of George Mitchell, charged with
the killing OF Franz Edmund Cref1eld,
the Holy Roller prophet Hurt oc-
cupied the stand all the forenoon and
was cross-examined this afternoon His
testimony was a recital Of the doings
of the Holy Roller" sect. claimed by
the defense to have caused George
Mitchell's mind, already unbalanced, to
reach that state where he believed him
rid the world Of Cref1eld.
There were a few Interruptions by
the attorneys for the State. Hurt was
allowed TO tell the story, of how his
family was broken up and his wife
and daughters led astray by the false
prophet and many other almost in
credible incidents Of the reign of
Crefheld in the town of Corvallis, Or.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
SAYS QUESTION IS NEW.
Oakland Attorney Declares Earthquake
Clause Does Not Free Companies.

Oakland Attorney Declares Earthquake
Clause Does Not Free Companies.
H A Sherwood, an Oakland attorney,
formerly an INSURANCE. adjuster. holds
that the earthquake clause in the fire
insurance policies that were issued to
cover losses In this city raises a ques-
tion that has never been before the
courts for a decision. Mr.. Sherwood
quotes the substance of the earthquake
clause, which provides that the in
surer shall 4ot be responsible for loss
caused directly or indirectly by inva-
sion, earthquake. insurrection, riot OF
civil war, by explosion of any kind
Cunless fire ensues), or the bursting
Of a boiler, or hurricane or lightning"
but direct damage by lightning may be
assumed by specific agreement.
Sherwood says that the question
arises whether the insurer intended
to provide for loss caused by FIRE ex-
elusive of the earthquake or intended
to exclude any loss from fire resulting
from the earthquake"
Sherwood also says;
The policy provides that the insurer
shall not be liable for loss by explosion
unless fire ensues, and in that case only
for the loss which the fire causes; II
also provides that the insurer shall
not be liable for loss by lightning, but
there is no question whatever that what
the insurer is liable for loss by light
ming when fire ensues. whether the
policy contains the lightning clause or
not.
The policy being a contract of in
demnity only, covers the interest OF
the insured in the property and not the
property itself. The term property
Insured as used in policy of insur-
ance. means the interest of the insured.
The peril insured against being fire,
and other exclusions such as lightning
and explosion. contained in the policy
similar to that of earthquake, which
the courts throughout the United States
have held TO be loss by fire, I viii not
believe that the courts will construe
the most fragrant case of the fire loss
portion of a structure of the contents
thereof in any other light than loss or
damage by fire. To do so would be to
make flesh of one and fish of the other.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
4DoL OF THE CAMP DIES.
Daughter of General Banks Passes
Away I'm the East.

MELROSE, Mass, July 3.-Mrs.
Mary Kinney Sterling, wife of Rev
Paul Sterling, rector of Trinity Church,
and known during the civil war as
the idol of the Union troops at New
Orleans, died today. She had been all
ing for a long time.
When the war broke out Mrs. SterI-
ing's father. Nathan p Banks, who
was Governor of Massachusetts from
1858 TO 1861, and who was Speaker of
the House. of Representatives in the
thirty fourth Congress, volunteered for
service in the army. While in COM
mand of the Union troops at New Or
leans, General Banks had his little 10
year-old daughter at his quarters.
Most of her time was spent among the
troops, with whom she became so pop
ular that she was known as ''the idol
of the camp
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
CHARGED WITH SWINDLING
HIS CLIENT OUT OF LOTS.
Prominent Needles Citizen Is Accused
of Taking Advantage of an
Tlliternte Friend.

Cubbage, prominent citizen OF
Needles. has been accused of taking
the property of Henry Meyer, an illit-
crate person of the Colorado River.
who had made Cubbage his confidential
agent Meyer had two lots before the
Southern Pacific Company asserted
ownership of the townsite. and in the
settlement he paid s75 for a convey
ance. Cubbage, 1T is alleged, took over
the property in his own name, and it
was not until five years later, or last
January, 1t is alleged that Meyer found
that his friend had betrayed him and
sold the property to the Santa Fe I'M
provement Company. Meyer began suit
today to recover the property, which
has grown valuable.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
PRIBILOF ISLANDS YIELD
SEALSkINS WORTH S5OO,OOO
Captain of Steamship Homer Estimates
That This Seasons Catch VIII
Amount to 5000 Furs.

PORTLAND. July S.-The steamship
Homer, Captain Donaldson, arrived to-
day from the Pribilof Islands, near the
Alaska coast, where she carried sup
plies in April for the natives engaged
In sealing and trapping there for the
North American Commercial Company.
She made the trip down in eight days.
portion of the cargo was left at
Dutch Harbor and the balance distrib-
uted at stations of the company on ST.
Paul and st. George islands. Although
he left too early to form an accurate
estimate, Captain Donaldson said that
the seal catch this season will probably
amount to about $4,000 skins. These
will be brought down on the next trip
of the Homer and will have a value of
something like 100000. The skins will
be taken direct to San Francisco and
shipped thence to London. The Homer
is scheduled to leave Portland for the
north on the second trip July 27.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
DASHING BOSTON WIDOW
QUICKLY WEDS ON DARE
Mrs. Grace Adams Luker Becomes
the Wife of Clubman of
Colorado Springs.
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.

DENVER, July 3.-Mrs. Grace Adams
not pass dare, and hence is Mrs. Will
liam H. Ryer, wife of a prominent Col
orado Springs clubman. Both attended
a function last night. During the con-
versation Ryer said he was going East.
Mrs. Luker remarking jestingly, Wish
1 could go along"
You may" said Ryer.
Howe" she asked.
'As my wife," he replied.
Embarrassed she did not know what
to say. Quickly Ryer said, II dare you
to become Mrs Ryer''
She would not be bantered and he
called minister, and they were mar
ried before the guests at the function.
They left for Chicago today.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
COURT DECIDES INDICTED
MEN MUST GO TO OREGON
Prominent Los Angelenos Accused OF
Completely In Land Frauds Case
Lose Legal SkirmIsh.

LOS ANGELES, July 3.-Eight Los
Angeles men indicted for Oregon land
frauds lost their fight against removal
to Oregon this afternoon in the United
States District Court, but execution
of the order sending them north for
trial was postponed one week. In the
meantime the defendants, who are
prominent business and professional
men, vii carry the fight to the United
States Supreme Court. The >defenda uts
are Warren Gillen, A. H. Hedderly, r.
w. Kenny, W. d. Gould, David NJ.
Goodwin, Richard Hynes, Lee H. Myers
and George l. Stearns.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
ished those delightful couplets W

ished those delightful couplets which
his brain had evolved in the country
lanes.
When he died in 1774 he was much
Indebted to his neighbor ins the Tenn
pie, Edward Bott, who thereupon be-
came possessed of most of his eff
fects, including the chair. Its history
since then is well authenticated.
Those of religious turn will be still
more impressed by the relics of John
Wesley which will be brought un-
der the hammer at the same time.
Among them is the mourning ring worn
by the founder of the Methodists in
memory of his father, the Vicar of
Epworth. This grim 'memento mori''
contains a shaped crystal un-
der which is the tiny form of a skele-
ton, with a diamond at the head and
another at the feet. At the same sale
there will be sold barrel shaped mug
of old Sheffield plate which once be-
lonEed to Lord Byron and is engraved
with the arms of the Byron family.
Admirers of England's greatest
sailor will have an opportunity to bid
for q pair of razors with which Lord
Nelson was wont to shave himself.
They are of silver steel inciosed in a
red leather case and engraved on the
ivory handle of each is the inscription.
admiral Lord Nelson
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
MILLION DOLLAR ESTATE
MAY GO TO SCHOOLS
Officials Claim to Have Evi-
dence knocking Out
Alleged Heirs.
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.

SEATTLE, July 3.-That John Sulli
van. the deceased pioneer. was not the
son of Peter and ABBY Sullivan nor Cor
nelius and Johanna Sullivan is the
startling statement made by Deputy
Prosecuting Attorney Prigmore In affi-
davits filed in the Superior Court this
afternoon on behalf of King County,
which Is claiming the Sullivan estate.
Through one of these two couples all of
the alleged heirs of the Sullivan prop
erty trace their relationship to John
Sullivan. If the county can prove, as
Prosecuting Attorney Macintosh and
his deputies believe, that John Sullivan
was not the son of either of these
couples, then none of the present claim
ants has a shadow OF a title and
John Sullivan's property will go 10 the
common school fund of King County
for lack of heirs. The estate is valued
at more than million dollars.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
RAILROAD MAY AGAIN
BE FORCED To MOVE
BY THE SAL TON SEA
Southern Pacific Rails in Path
Of Slowly Spreading
Body Of Water.
Supposed Permanent Track Is
Menaced by Great Inland
Sheet.

Los ANGELES. July 9.-Because OF
the rising of Salton Sea the Southern
Pacific Is reported to be about to move
its main line In that vicinity for the
fifth time. The waters are now ap-
preaching the track, and it is thought
it will be necessary to create the new
line within sixty days. Four times
within the last year the railroad COM
pany has been compelled to retreat
before the flood and the last time the
road was moved far enough, IL was
thought, to be away from all danger.
On the last occasion the road was built
on permanent basis, but it now seems
certain that another move will have
to be made. The water is pouring into
the sink through the canal intake
from the Colorado River and raising
the water in the Salton Sea at the
rate of more than two inches daily.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT
FOR THE POSTAL UNION
British Ofiicials Do Not See Way Clear
To TwO-Cent Rate With
America.

LONDON, July 3.-''There is no na-
tion with which we would rather see
the facilities of communication extend
ed than with the great republic on the
other side OF the Atlantic" said Chan
cellor of the Exehequer Asquith this
afternoon TO a deputation of members
of Parliament who called on him and
on Postmaster General Sidney Buxton
relative to the proposition to establish
rate.
Asquite added frankly that he had
no money TO give for the purpose and
that there was no evidence that the
United States Government was desirous
Of making the proposed change.
Buxton remarked that IL was en-
tirely a question of money, so far as
he was concerned. IL wOHld cost S5,000,-
600 yearly to make the change.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
RAILWAY WANTS A PERMIT
TO USE RED BLUFF STREET
Northern Railroad Company Asks for
Franchise TO Enter City by the
Main Thoroughfare

RED BLUFF. July AT the last
regular meeting of the Board of Trus-
tees of Red Bluff the Northern Rail-
road Company made application for a
franchise enabling 1t to enter Red
Bluff. Through the application, which
is signed by Henry A Buffers, the
company asked for the right to use
Main street throughout its entire
course part of the interurban rail-
road now being constructed from Oro-
Vile to Chico and thence on to Red
Bluff. Action on the franchise was de-
ferred by the board until Monday,
July l6.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
RED MAN SHORT IN HIS
ACCOUNTS COMMITS SUICIDE
Ends Life Rather Than Face Disgrace
Brought About by Alleged
Embexxlement.

Los ANGELES. July 3.-Rather than
face the Improved Order of Red Men, in
which order 1t is alleged that he is
short in his accounts as treasurer,
Frederick Koch committed suicide at
his home last night. While his wife
and daughters were asleep in an ad-
Joining room Koch took several grains
of strychnine. The members OF his
family were aroused when the husband
and father, writhing in his death pain.
fell from his bed to the floor. Koch's
shortage with his lodge is estimated
at from $50 to s16O.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
LINER DEUTCHLaSD LEADS
N RACE WITH La PROVENCE
Captain of French Steamship, How
ever, Reports That He Is Gain
ing on German Rival

NEW YORK, July Son her voyage
from Antwerp and Dover the Red Star
Line steamship Kroonland, which ar
rived in port this morning. established
communication by wireless telegraph
with the steamships Deutschland and
La Provence, which left New York last
Thursday about the same hour and are
reported TO be racing 10 Lizard Head,
England. The captain Of the Deutsch-
land. with which the Kroonland came
into communication first. reported that
his ship was leading La Provence by
fifty miles. Later the Kroonland. re-
ceived signals from the French steam
ship. whose captain reported that he
was gaining on his German rival
II was last Friday that the Kroon-
land received the wireless message.
The two swift liners are now close TO
the finishing point Of their race, Lizard
Head.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
DESPITE PROTESTS TRUSTEES
ISSUE LIQUOR LICENSES
Grant Many Applications for Permis-
sion to Sell IntoxicantS in Red
Bluff.
RED BLUFF. July AT IL

RED BLUFF, July AT last nights
meeting Of the Trustees the matter of
granting licenses for saloons came. up.
The ordinance compelling Sunday
closing. after being In force about two
months. was repealed. A large num-
Der Of ministers attended the session
OF the board last night and raised the
question as TO the legality Of publish
ing notices OF application. but notwith-
standing their objections all licenses
applied for were granted. The saloon
question has become an issue In Te-
hama County and win have consider
able influence in the political fight this
fall.