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The San Francisco call., 1906-09-09
KILLS HIMSELF BECAUSE
OF HIS SONS DISGRACE
j. s. Wisner, Public Administrator of
Deer Lodge County, Montana, ENDS
Life When hoy is Arrested.

BUTTE, Mont. Sept. S.-J. s. Wisner.
public administrator of Deer Lodge
County and a prominent Anaconda cit
izen, committed suicide In a Butte
lodging house last night by taking
strychnine and morphine.
Brooding over the disgrace caused
by the arrest of his son for defaulting
to the extent of more than 500. 900 was
the cause of Wisner's act
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-09
M|zNER'S COUSIN
WEAK MINDED.
Aged Relative of Husband
OF Mrs. Yerkes Arrested
on Daughters Complaint
HIS IDEAS ARE QUEER
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
DETROIT, Sept s.-General Henry
r. Miner, a distinguished member of
the Michigan bar and prominent
Grand Army and military man, is men
tally Incompetent and is being cared
for at the sanitarium at Flint, Mich, as
a private patient.
General Miner is a cousin of Will
son Miner, of San Francisco who re-
Gently married the wife of the late
millionaire, George B. Yerkes. Cen
eral Mizner's condition has been such
of late that 1t was deemed inadvisable
to leave him at liberty and he was
taken to the sanitarum several weeks
ago, although it was not known that
he was in confinement until Saturday
when his daughter, Mrs. Julia Poillen,
filed petition in the probate court
asking that her father be declared in
sane and committed to the asylum
where he is now being cared for. Act
ing Probate Judge Mandell cited Gen
eral Mizner to appear in response to
the order September IL.
General Mizner is 70 years old His
more intimate friends have noticed re-
Gently that his mind was falling. His
daughter states that his mental trouble
has taken the form of melancholia In
recent months his friends have noticed
he has posed as a sort of censor of
public morals In this self assigned
capacity he has brought matters which
he considered needed correction to the
attention of the proper authorities and
he would give them no rest until he
secured a promise that the complaint
would be looked into Perhaps he
would be walking along the street and
find papers Uttered about. That would
mean a trip to the Board of Works to
insist on care being exercised in the
maintenance in cleanliness in streets.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-09
DOGS SPINAL CORD
Is USED FOR MAN
Doctors Patch Canadian
Engineers Broken Back
With Bones of a Canine
SPECIAL pIspArcH TO THE Cali.

MEDICINE HAT, Sept. S.-Dr. c. p.
Smith, assisted by Drs. Smyth and
Woodland, performed a most delicate
operation here yesterday when they
took out about two inches of a dogs
spinal cord and used it to take the
place of a portion of the spinal cord of
Engineer Glover, whose back was
broken in a Canadian Pacific Railway
wreck here last week. Only one previ-
Gus operation of the kind is on record
and that was unsuccessful. This even
ing Glover is reported to be on the
road to recovery and the operation un-
doubtedly will prove successful.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-09

EXPLOSION AT POWDER woRKS.-Blue-
field, W. Va. Sept s.-An explosion today at
the Dupont Powder Works at MinOurs Va.
killed g. d. Clark and fatally injured four 9TH
ers. The cause Of the explosion is not known.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-09
Good Thinrs

At Leonharts restaurant and cafe.
I934-1s3S Fillmore street Concert to
Il .. IN. Ladies Grill upstairs
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-09
COLLECTION AGENTS FORM
UNION FOR PROTECTION
Announce Tint They Propose to Pro-
tect Themselves Against Unscru-
pul0us Persons"

CHICAGO, Sept. S.-Announcing that
they were tired of chasing hopeless
"delinquents.' eighty-fve collecting
agents met yesterday and organized a
collectors union. They propose to
protect themselves against unscrupul-
Gus persons who refuse to pay their
debts"
1t was decided to prepare a list of
names of those who by various devices
postpone from one week to another the
payment of installments. At the regu-
lar meetings of the union, which will
be held every fortnight. the dead
beat" list will be revised and each col
lector then will start out with a memo
randum giving hints as to how different
debtors should be approached. 1t is
proposed later to afiliate with the Chi
cage Federation of Labor.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-09
ONE COURT BETWEEN
DIR. FORCE AND JAIL
Convicted President Of the
Northwestern Insurance
Company Denied Appeal

MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. S.-Dr. Jacob
A. Force, former president of the
Northwestern Life Insurance Company,
must serve three and a half years in
the penitentiary unless the Supreme
Court grants him a new trial. Judge
Brooks today denied a motion for E
reopening of the case in the Distri
Court.
DIR. Force was charged with havin
expended for his personal use larg
sums belonging to the insurance COM
pany.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-09

d. A. Curtin, 323 Monadnock build
4ng. Accounts collected everywhere.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-09
ADVERTISEMENT.
How 20 Fool a Lazy Liver
with Artificial Exercise

T VERY serious Sickness has small
"a beginning.
And, in nine cases out Of ten,
LIZ that beginning is made in the
Bowels.
Constipation is the beginning of most dis
eases. Il paves the way for all others.
Lack Of exercise, hasy eating, improper
food. are its first causes.
Lsziness. and postponement, permit it
TO grow into CHRONIC Constipation. which
means lifelong Discomfort.
Il isn't necessary TO be sick-a-bed, you
know, in order to be mighty uncomfortable.
Even slight indigestion affects the
nerves. dulls the mind. and obscures the
merry sunshine of Life.
The time to adjust the Bowels is the very
minute you suspect they need adjustment.
If your tongue is slightly coated.
If your breath is under suspicion,
-lfyour head feels trifle heavy or dull,
If digestion seems even little slow,
If Heartburn, Belching, Collie or Rest
lessness begin TO show themselves,
That's the time TO eat cascaret.
II acts as pleasantly as it tastes. tits as
congsnial to your Bowels as it is TO your
Palate.
It stimulates the muscular lining Of the
Bowels and Intestnes, so that they mechani-
csny extract nourishmeni from the food and
drive out the waste.
The only way to have Cascarets ready to
use precisely when you need them is to
carry them constantly in your pocket, as
you do Watch or a Lead pencil.
The ten cent box Of Cascarets is made
thin, flat, round-edged, and small, for this
precise purpose.
Be very careful to get the genuine, made
only BY the Sterling Remedy Company and
never sold in bulk. Every tablet stamped
"Ccc." All druggists. 7zo
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-09
STEVE ADAMS FREE
A FEW MINUTES.
Suspected Colorado Muir
derer Jailed Immediately
After His Release on Writ

BOISE, Sept. S.-Steve Adams was re-
leased this afternoon on writ of ha-
beas corpus. He Immediately was re-
arrested on a telegram from the Sher-
iff of Denver, charging him with the
murder of Lyte Gregory in May, 1904.
DENVER, Sept. S.-Lyte Gregory, for
whose murder the Boise authorities are
now holding Steve Adams, was employ
ed as detective and special officer by
a private Denver agency and had pre-
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-09

Large assortment of patterns.
large, well-lighted salesrooms; i'm
mense reserve stock, and facilities
for attending to all work promptly
mo wonder our carpet depart
ment is popular.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-31
The Presidents Tribute to Con-
federates.

I, his speech at Portsmouth yester-
day, President Roosevelt was more con-
servative than in some of his previous
speeches, upon similar occasions. lie
said nothing about the righteousness
of the war which the North weged against
the South. nothing about freeing the
slaves, nothing in terms about the bless
ing of the Nortll's victory The nearest
approach TO any Of these expressions was
a tribute In brief to tho men to whose
valor we owe 1t that the Union was pre-
served" And this was followed with
the statement that "the valiant dead who
fell in the C1vil War have left us the
memory OF tie great deeds and the SELF
devotion alike of the men who wore the
blue and of the men who wore the gray
in tho contest where brother fought
brother with equal courage, with equal
sincerity of conviction, with equal t1delt-
ty to a higher ideal, as It was given to
each to see that ideal.
In this tribute there Is no discrimina-
ton, and the sentiment does credit to
Mr.. Roosevclts head and heart. 1t IS
all that could be expected or asked OF
Northern man. 1t Is a complete Vine
dcation Of the Confederate soldiers II
my were needed, that n Republican
president should publicly acknowledge
that they fought for the right as It was
given to them to see the right; and the
tribute Is emphasized by the further fact
that Mr.. Roosevelt claimed no moro than
this for the men who fought under the
Stars and Stripes.
Tho South is equally generous to the
conscientious soldiers OF the Federal ar
mics. Hence 1t is that we are ever ready
or Memorial Day to decorate the graves
OF the Northern dead.
All the world loves a gallant soldier.
The men Of this day and generations
love the courage and the patriotism to
fight for country; but the soldiers Of the
war between the States are different In
that they stood the test. They have an
experience which the rest Of us have not,
ar experience which adds lustrer to their
name and glory to their soul, as the
gold which passes through the fire. not
only proves its character. but Is purged
OF Its dross and refined.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-31
. Merely Joking.

Aiways.-Asslstant: What shall put
under the brides picture? She's homely
MS mud fence" Editor: "In that case
we always say accomplished. ''-Amer-'
lean Spectator.
the Hens Little Joke.---.'He eliot" said
The farm dog. observing the hen In tho
coal bin, what are you doing there?"
90" cackled the hen II thought this
was a good time to lay in coal."-Phil-
adelphia Press.
Back TaIk.-'I notice you've got new
paper in your hail. said Mrs. Nexdore.
yes" replied Mrs. Pepprey. how do
you like the styleSof it, 1T seems to
me It's rather loud" Yes. that's why
we selected it. We thought It might
drown the sound Of Your daughters piano
g,"-Philadelphi Press.
The General.-Haymore: Saay, this is
about the twentieth saloon we've passed
where It says General Ticker inside 8"
Grasscedes: 'B' gosh! 1t beats all haow
some Of these military chaps kin drink
so much and get round 80 all-fired live
.ly!"-Brooklyn Life.
ooh. / say! Goodness gracious, We'll be
smashed up In q mlnute!" motorists:
Gan right, my dear fellow. Don't excite
yourself. The firm bought this motor
from have agreed to keep 1t in repair
for a year."-Tit- Bits.
Explaining lt.--Miss Cutting: Il saw
you in the car on your way home from
the Office last night" Mr.. Hogg:
Strange, didn't see YOU" Miss Cut
ting: mot at all was standing Just
In front Of where you were sitting
Philadelphia Press.
sure cure.-''why don't you induce
your friend Lazenbee to consult Dr.
Price Price?' 20. he isn't actually Ill
The only thing the matter with him Is
that he has so much money he doesn't
have to work, and its made him slug
gish" "Nvell. DR.. Price-Price Will re-
move the root of the evil In pretty
short e."-Philndelphia Press.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-31

Z ~ y d Il i
disabled. though not Killed. The owner
put In n claim against the railroad for
$50. The case was referred to two arbi:-
traitors, one OF whom was the commits
sloner OF revenue for the district.
The owner. testified that he had paid
$40 for the COW. but claimed that she
was then wortl, more than when he made
the purchase.
After the evidence had been heard,
the other referee asked the commissioners
at what val,r the COW was assessed. The
commissioner Glanced to have within
reach the cow.owner's list, which had
Just been returned. Upon referring to
1t he found that the $50 COW was assessed
at SO.
Is this an extreme case, or is 1t fair
sample Of the Virginia assessment sys-
temp
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-31
Growth of Richmond's Trade.

The Richmond. Fredericksburg and
Potomac Railroad Is charging Its facll-
ties for handling freight In the city OF
Richmond. It has increased the capacity
OF its freight yards within the ctty limits
and greatly increased the yards at Acca,
SO that there is now accommodation for
eight hundred cars at that point. Tie
company Is also preparing to build stor-
age tracks SO that consignees. If they
desire. may have their freight lie over
two or three days. Other improvements
are being made, the entire cost OF whlch
Will be more than 100000.
The Southern Railway Company has
recently purchased an extensive prop
erty In the vicinity OF its freight depot.
and will more than double Its facilities
for handling freight In Richmond.
These facts are In evidence OF the
growth and development OF Richmond
trade, and they also speak well for the
enterprise and public spirit Of the rail-
roads.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-31
Whom We Delight to Honor.

Another noble monument has been
added to Richmond's noble collection.
The commanding figure OF William
Smith. twice Governor OF Virginia. and a
gallant soldier OF the Confectionery, now
graces the Capitol Square and COM
memorates the craftsmanship. courage
and devotion OF one OF Virginia's most
famous sons. He served his State in
peace and IN war and did gallant SER
vice AS commander OF heroic troops. But
his best and most trying service was
as war Governor which was SO patheti.
cally described by Judge Keith IN his
eloquent address at the unveil!ng.
1t was then, said Judge Keith, tina,
'the cry OF his soul to God was that he
might serve his people,"
Governor Swansons tribute was tina,
the State never bestowed greater care
and truth upon any OF her sons, ant
never was trust tried more faithfully ant
beautifully discharged.
II is meet that such man Shout,
have d monument It Is an inspiration t,
the men Of this and the generations /,
come
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-31
A Story With a Lesson.

1t was related in our news columns
yesterday that a petition from prominent
citizens OF Lynchburg, headed by Con-
gresham Carter Glass, editor of the
Lynchburg News. has been presented to
Governor Swanson, praying him to par
don negro named John Payne, who was
sent to the penitentiary in 1898 for muir
der. The evidence shows that the crime
was committed under heat Of passion
and without malice prepense. Payne
had previously borne good character.
and the white men Of Lynchburg think
that he has been sufficiently punished.
For these reasons they are interesting
themselves In the discharge Of the col
orcd man. now that he has served six
years OF his sentence, that he may have
his freedom and another chance.
We know nothing of the merits OF tho
case. but 1t serves to Illustrate the fact
recently stated in these columns that In
the South each and every negro is esti-
II this negro convict had been bad
negro. the whites Of Lynchburg would
have let him serve out his sentence
without interference. But as they know
him to be a negro Of good general char
acter. and as his one and only crime was
committed in hot blood. they have, taken
1t upon themselves to mako an appeal in
his behalf to the Governor of the State.
The story carries It's own lesson.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-31

take up agricultural work. In doing that.
Won will be doing only what the best.
the most Intelligent and most advanced
white people are more and more growing
to do
Agriculture and Science.
"The growth Of agricultural colleges
and their development has been one OF
the significant features Of education for
the white race In most all Of the States
of this Union, because ore and more
have people grown to realize that the
child Of tho farmer must be developed
scientifically, his abilities be given fu!l
play, as they can only be given through
the aid of education and science
So that. on the one hand, the pFoles-
attractive to men Of brains and intelll-
gence, and so that. on the other hand,
! It, shall be recognized more ana more
as being tho one profession, me 1allure
tto develop which In this country Would
mean that tlla development OF al the
rest of the professions would count Tor
thut little. Our whole civilization Is going
~ tend more and more toward recognize
ing the capital part played BY the man
guai worker, the vital part played by the
man who actually works with his hands,4
whether in the workshop or on tho farm.
More and more things are going to shape
themselves so that he shall have the
fullest recognition. !.
It Is the work Of the man that works
with his hands that counts in the end for
{ the most provided that hand work IS
directed by an intelligent brain, ana
instead of striving what we have SO often
done In the past, divide the work OF the
brain from the work Of the hand, more q 9
and more our effort must be % keep tle
hand worker as hand worker. but to
develop his brain to guide his hand work.
so that the most inteligentsof our peo-
Pile will naturally turn to hand work.
4 hut will do that hand work In genuine.
ton with the best kind Of intellectual
development.
Be the Best.
want to see the colored an'an snare
can share in it only by becoming the best
kind OF a handworker himself, and above
all by becoming tina thandworker on.
the farm, for others first but ultimately
for himself. The next thing Is to re-
member that the greatness OF the nation,
the greatness OF, success Of the people,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-31

Tho struggle for better health admin
s,stratton has made excellent progress oE
shccr force OF the reasonableness of It's
objects From the outset 1t was ne'tHet
pleasant nor popular to attack the
nreseat methods in use in Richmond pl''
conditions demanded change with suca
s,nsis.ence that the report a the special
subcommittee has been adopted practi-
cally without amendment by the JONI
comnlittees on Finance and Health, ana
the Board Of Aldermen. It would seem
that this endorsement, backed IS u is
~ widespread popular demand, would
rave been enough to insure the requi-
site twenty-four votes IN the Councli.
Ominous whisperings OF opposition are
being heard, however. even though nc
clear cut ground Is given. Apparently
the objections all flow, not from Inherent
defects in the plan proposed which is
excellent, but, from personal sources
This Should not be. Richmond needs new
methods in dealing with her health prob
LEM The proposal of the special sub
committee supplies the best known
scheme of administration for cities Of this
size and it should be adopted without
delay.
The duty and the responsibility of the
Council and Board OF Aldermen cease
with the election of the Board Of Health
1T Will be unwise and impractcable for the
Council to attempt to determine in ad-
vance who shall and who shall not be
appointed by the Board OF Health. The
prime object Of the whole movement is
4 to place In the hands of a board elected
a4by8the Council sufficient power to make
that board responsible for Its own acts.
This cannot be IL the Council is to at
tempt to dictate appointments If the
Board OF Health errs In that particular
a sufficient remedy is at hand. To delay
In establishing the board from any such
motive is to continue intolerabe condi-
tons Personal reasons in such an jim
stance are absolutely out OF place. and
the Council should follow the example
OF the Board Of Aldermen.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-31
Tell the Truth About the Packers.

Only three months ago ]. Ogden Armour
was describing in detail the irreproach-
able system Of inspection which protected
the public from all diseased, impure or
unhealthy meats. But that was before
Upton Sinclair iba published The
Jungle or President Roosevelt, had or
dered special investigation of the meat
packing industry. To-day the packers can
no longer wave aside as sensational fabri-
cations the current reports in the news
papers of conditions surrounding the
preparation of meat for sale. The details
that have SO far been given are SO
disgusting and revolving as to be u,l-
printable but the peoples eyes have
been opened TO nauseating possibilities
and SO much publicity has been given
4 this subject that in fairness to the
cattlemen, the packers and the consumer
a full investigation ana report should be
made.
The United States has an enormous
interest in raising cattle and preparing
meats for domestic and foreign consump-
ton. BY the beneficent action of a pro-
tective tariff the home consumer are
freed from all danger of competition and
are obliged to pay price that is almost
purely arbitrary, Foreign nations. how
ever, are not SO solicitous for our vel
fare. and Australia, Canada, New Zealand
and the Argentine Republic all compete
with America for the markets OF the
world.
Heretofore the United States has been
the dominant factor in this field, and the
result has been to give wider market
Ito the caitleman and farmer
q But Germany has been fighting our
hogs for the past ten years and the
recent exposures have already been used
against American meats for export. I'm
+ lees these charges can be disproved, or
4 these conditions remedied. our foreign
meat trade will be seriously and pern,a-
ncntiy impaired. President Roosevelt hal
loosed a whirlwind, and his only course
\ Is to ride out the storm. He SHOULD lay
a committee. and should require the pack
ers to answer those charges and give
\ their side OF the case. Apparently this "a
not what, the packers desire, Dut 1t Is
what the people propose, and It Will
sooner or later be done.
Whether the Beveridge rider Ia proper.
Is worded or not, IT Is q step In the
right direction. by seeking TO give the
federal government an eycient super
vision over this industry that so nearl,
touches the lives of a great part. of Ike
citizens, and such legislation should b'
enacted at once.
The Times, Dispatch. however Is Of th'
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-31

must always depend In the last analys3a
on the kind of home life, OF the family
slfe, that can be found In the average
fumilygroup. II we have got the right
typo OF average family, this nation
will be great every race sue
cessful and Of we have not got the
right type of family llfe. nothing else
can take Its place. Most important OF
all is character. Character is not thing
that depends upon race characteristics
any more than the ability to perform
manual labor well. II you are good
man. you are good man no matter Whae
Scur color. And II you are a worthless
man, you are O worthless citizen ana !
draw this ono distinction, remember, that
While the good man OF your race may
be a help to other races just as mueh
as to yours the bad man OF your race
Is Infinitely worse for them than Tor any
other, 5
The negro criminal, no matter at whose
expense the particular crime may be
committed, is a. hundred-fold more dan
3pcrous to the negro race than to the
white. because It tends to arouse the
bitter nnimosities, the bitter prejudccs
for which, not he alone, but the whole
race, Will suffer, IN the Interests OF the
coored folks. see to It you colored men
here, that you war against crlmlnallty ~
your OWN IdCoi. aWitH l'dil@Culul ASet1t
because that erimnallty Is In the ultl-
mate analysis a greater danger to your
race than any other thing can he ]
ask that you coored people show the
same virtues which white people must
show II they arc to become good citizens.
j ask you to remember mat 1t is good
thing to have trained mind; that it Ia
IA better thing to have a trained body
which II work under the direction Of q
Ntra1 Oa1 ,,,tpl hot matt hor oatn
character" III
At tho conclusion Of the address the
President and party Wero conducted to
the institute church, where the students. 4
at the Presdent's request sang several
characteristic songs, The President then /
visited the various departments OF the
school, expressing deep Interest in the
practical nature OF tho work done,