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The San Francisco call., 1906-08-09
EN-YEAR-OLD MISS
KILLS A DEER.

Little Jean Boalt Wheeler. the 10
year-old daughter of Attorney Charles
stetson Wheeler, has distinguished
herself as a markswoman by shooting
a deer at 100 yards straight through
the heart. Little Jean was up ar her
fathers country home. The Bend. on
the Mccloud River, with her parents
and BENJAMIN Ide Wheeler when she
made the remarkable shot.
The party started from The Bend
at 4 o'clock last Saturday morning on
horseback. AS they rode up through
the forest little Jean asked that she be
allowed to lead the way Her father
consented and little Jean. who was
dressed in knickerbockers and boots
to the knees. went forward as the ad-
vance guard. she had only gone a
short distance when she suddenly
brought her horse to a stop.
Three hundred feet ahead of her she
saw buck standing with head high
in air. The beast turned suddenly and
was about to bound away into the
woods when little Jean raised her rife
and fired. She shot the animal straight
through the heart and it fell dead as
1t turned.
The deer weighed ninety pounds
after it was dressed. The skin AMI
head were brought to the city yester-
day and are now in the hands OF the
taxidermist.
The Wheele1s have spent part of the
summer OF every year at their home
on the McCloud River for the last ten
years. This year their stay there has
been short. During the sojourn there
this time c. S. Wheeler shot six-point
and Benjamin Ide Wheeler four point
deer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wheeler and Professor
Wheeler returned home on Tuesday
Little Jean and hor brother. c. 5
wheeler Jr.. are still at the McCIoud
looking for more game.
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ANXIOUS To HANG
FOR HIS CRIME.
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.

SAN QUENTIN, Aug. S.-william ].
Trebilcox. a miner. who murdered his
wife I'm Grass Valley on March IA. 1905.
is anxiously awaiting the hour set for
his execution. He will be hanged
Friday at 1920 o'clock. When Trebn-
cox appeared for sentence he asked the
Judge to fix an early date, saying he
was sorry for his crime and wished to
pay the penalty as soon as possible
The Judge asked him to name the day
and the murderer answered Friday
august TO-" The Judge proved more
agreeable than Trebilcox expected and
fixed Friday as the day. The miner
seemed grateful when the Judge an
nounced the time. saying the best in
forests of the world would be SUBJ
served by his removal, as he had been
a wicked man.
Yesterday morning he went into the
death chamber, where he will pass his
last hours on earth under the vigilant
eyes of Alvin G. Kelly and F. E. Arm
strong. the death watch.
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COSTLY SOUVENIRS
co To OFFICERS

CALL BUREAU. POST BUILDING.
WASHINGTON. Aug. st is said that
the. investigation into the alleged irreg-
ularities in the Government workshops
in the Philippines now being conducted
by Colonel Wood. inspector general Of
the islands, viii go to the bottom. no
matter what is hit.
Although the War Department pro-
fesses 10 have no advices from Manila
On the subject, there is a growing feel
ing here that almost every officer Of
the army and almost every American
Of prominence who has served in the
islands in a civil capacity viii be
touched before the inquiry is COM
pleted.
Extending over nearly the entire
period Of American occupation of the
islands, the irregularities are said TO
include almost every general officer
who served in the archipelago, as well
as governors and vice governors and
commissioners. In addition to the work
done for officers. for which they should
have paid, but did not. II IS said there
has been a steady stream Of costly
souvenirs Of the islands made in the
Government shops crossing the Pacific
for officers and their friends
Some OF the officers now pressing the
Investigation, who believe it is i'm
portant the whole truth should come
out. have been benehciaries Of the sys-
TEN
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T EW YORK, Aug. s.-New and
M important evidence. providing a
plausible motive for the mur-
der Of Stanford White, has
lately come into District Attorney
-Jerome's possession. The inkling Of the
facts was conveyed 10 the District At
torney Indirectly from Florence zieg-
feldt, q theatrical manager. who is the
husband OF Anna Held. and who is at
present living in Paris
The story is that Stanford White
sent a note and a basket of flowers to
Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw the after
noon Of his murder, and that the
tragedy grew out Of the thoughtless
mischief Of three chorus girls.
VISITED WHITES STUDIO.
The tragedy occurred some days
prior 10 my last trip from America %
said M. Ziegfeldt. and I was full of
IL on my way over. Among the pas
sengers was a young woman very well
known TO the amusement-loving New
York public who was a prominent
member Of the chorus in one Of my
productions. Naturally we chatted.
and naturally the Thaw tragedy was
touched upon. I knew that this girl
was one Of whites acquaintances, and
drew her out. I found that she knew
something which the District Attorney
would give q good deal TO know. She
ss5S thst ,te -0earrpanied tive
other members of my old company 70
pay z farewell visit to Nj White in
the tower OF Madison Square Garden
the night prior TO Mr.. Whites death.
They were to sail in a few days. Mr.
White was not there. and as they were
leaving the place an attendant asked
what names he should report to Mr.
White as those of his visitors.
On said one Of the girls. laugh
ing. Say that Mrs. Harry Thaw
called
SENDS NOTE TO MRS. THAw.
''Next day, Mr.. White, according to
this girl. sent neat little note TO Mrs.
Thaw. expressing his regret at his ab-
sence st the time OF her call and dis
patched a basket of roses to her ad-
dress.
Ny informant believed that Thaw
saw the roses, read the card attached
10 the basket, and perhaps read the
note which accompanied them She
was inclined 70 believe that White
owed his sudden cutting of to the whim
Ct q chorus girl"
II is known this young woman is
now in New York, having returned, it
is said. at the request Of Mr. Jerome.
It is believed that she will be one OF
the most important witnesses for the
people
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Sell Oafbs.

These experts will first investigate
the methods and acts of H. H. Yard
Then they will proceed to take up
other cases and inquire into various
vast ownerships of Government lands
that have been acquired by the simple
expedient lof entering thousands OF,
acres as placer locations.
The announcement will cause great
excitement in Plumas County, where
land grabbing has been a vastly
profitable industry for some years and
where the Government has parted
with areas of royal size to see them
all pass into the control of something
like a dozen individuals and corpora
tions.
Perjury in Plumas County on an
unparalleled scale is alleged Men
are reported to have taken oath in
aid of land grabbers at the rate OF
S. per oath, which is considered to
be very low when perjury is likely to
land the perJurer IN a feion CELL
The pending investigation results
from a recent decision OF Secretary
Hitchcock OF the Interior Department
that he will, in every instance, when
proper complaint has been made by
the forest service. notify mineral
locators to appear before the local
land Office and show cause why their
locations should not be declared in
valid. The Secretary of the Interior
has also agreed to detail to the forest
service capable geologists to gather
evidence as to the validity of mining
locations that have been made in the
forest reserve
Hundreds Of thousands Of acres OF
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Mineralogist Bring. Suit.

SAN BERNARDINO. Aug. S.-George
A. Bailey. prominent mineralogist. to-
day began suit against Joseph N Nell
son 10 collect 10 per cent commission
on the sale of the Copper King group
of mines in this county Bailey al
leges that he made an agreement 10
sell the mines on commission basis
last. March
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-09
THEATRICAL FOLK WHO LOST
BY BIG FIRE RECEIVE AID
Madame Sernbrich Deposits With Ac-
tors Union $1,000 Collected
for Their Use

NEW YORK, Aug. S.-President
Harry de veaux of the Actors Ma
tional Protective Union announced to-
day that Madame Sembrich. the prima
donna, had deposited with the union
S11, 900, collected for chorus singers,
actors and others, who lost their ward
robes during the San Francisco disaster.
The money will be deposited as soon as
demands are made
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-09
Grent pnmage br FIood..

FORT WORTH. Tex, Aug. s.-Re-
ports from the foods in the Territories
indicate that the damage Will be great.
Conservative estimates place the loss
UP to this time at sl.000.000. suffered
mostly BIZ the railroads.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-09
Over Half Million Dollars
In New York Seized for
San Francisco's Assured
POLICY HOLDERS
READY TO FIGHT
viii Garry the Battle for Just
Treatment Into the Courts
Of the German Empire
.HE s5s5.OOO depogited in New

THE s5s5,OoO deposited in New
York by the Transatlantic Fire
Insurance Company of Ham
burg has been attached by the
policy holders of San Francisco to pre-
vent the German corporation from
withdrawing from the United States
and skipping across the water with this
big fund.
The attachment was made yesterday
in New York by agents Of Attorney
Walter H. Linforth, who acted in the
name of a few policy-holders whose
claims total about 100000. The entire
deposit, however, is a trust fund for
the benefit of all of the policy holders
in this country, and in case the courts
declare the claims of the assured just
this money will be distributed proper
tionately among all.
The Transatlantic's policy holders
met yesterday afternoon and decided
unit for their rights. The battle will
be waged in the German courts. An
attorney conversant with the German
language and laws, in all probability
Gustav Gutsch. attorney for the Ger
man Consul in San Francisco. will be
sent to the Fatherland to prosecute the
actions against the Transatlantic.
EXPECT A SETTLEMENT.
It is believed that after show of
fight has been made IN Germany and
the exact ssitustson II San Francisco. on
April Is explained before German court
the Transatlantic Company will offer
to pay all just claims on an equitable
basis. If the corporation should refuse
TO admit liability after the first trials
then individual suits will be brought by
all of the policy-holders. The expense
of sending an attorney TO Germany will
be borne by the body of assured
Headquarters will be opened for the
policy holders this morning at 100
O'Farrell street. The policy-holders
will register their names there so that
the attorney to be sent to Germany
may be given all information necessary.
FINDS TWO DEPOSITS.
1t was Attorney Walter H. Linforth
who first discovered the assets of the
Transatlantic in New York These as
sets seem to be the only attachable
goods of the company in America. Two
hundred thousand dollars of the sum
found in New York is deposited with
the Insurance Commissioner The re-
naming s3e5.000 is in the hands Of
three trustees. z. c. Hults. Paul Lich-
tenstein and Joseph Andrews. This
-.1oney was placed in the hands Of these
trustees as a safety fund. 1t was done
by the Transatlantic for advertising
purposes to help its United States bust
ness. Being a trust fund il must be
divided among all the creditors of the
corporation.
It has been learned that the assets of
the Transatlantic, including the rein
surance, amount to nearly 5000, ooo
This amount viii amply cover the San
Francisco loss of about s4,000,o00 A
big controlling interest in the stock is
held by the Blumberger estate, an old
German estate worth many millions of
dollars. The personal liability law of
Germany is similar to that of Cali
fornia.
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Forger Jailed I'm Petaluma.

PETALUMA. Aug. S-Constable
James R. Sullivan of this city arrested
Rio yesterday on a charge of forgery.
Walker did not deny passing the
papers, but said another man had given
them to him.
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Washington to Inves-
tigate in Plurnas
and Butte.
High Officials Order
Thorough Inquiry
Into Frauds.

~ EPRESENTATIVES of the
x Secretary of the Interior and
4 " the Attorney General of the
United States, of the Chief of
the General Land Department at
Washington and of the Director OF
the Geological Survey will prosecute
an investigation in Plumas and Butte
counties, California, to determine to
what extent frauds have been COM
mitted in the acquisition of mineral
lands by placer entries in the counties
mentioned.
H. H. Yard alone has located
36s,ooo acres in Plumas County as
placers.
B. Walker and others have taken
up as much more in Plumas and Butte
counties. There has been a demand
for an investigation ever since Iooz
State Mineralogist Aubury has been
officially informed that the Federal
Government has finally resolved to
learn all the facts and to proceed
without delay.
Three quarters of million acres Of
land are the immediate subject OF the
inquiry. The conduct of hundreds Of
men in Plumas and Butte counties
who helped Yard and Walker and the
others to gef>such vast tracts of land
will be brought into review and pris-
ons may be opened TO receive per-.
jurers by the score.
Experts TO Arrive Soon.
Every tract Of land entered BY par
ties who are suspected or who are
accused of grabbing the public do-i
main illegally will be visited by men
from different departments OF the
Government Skilled geologists will
with practical mining men decide
what lands are rlineralized and the;
general extent of such naturalization,
to determine whether the entries as
placers are justified.
Miners will report whether tho
proper assessment work has been
done to justify the holding of mineral
lands on placer locations. A repre-
sentative OF the Attorney Generals
Office at Washington will look into
the legal phases Of the several trans
actions that are under question and
evidence will be acquired that may
be very useful is prosecutions are
ordered
This information is given out by
State Mineralogist Aubury, to whose
persistent efforts, extending through
a period of four years. the pending
extensive investigation is due. Aubury
has been in communication with the
Secretary Of the Interior during many
months. He was informed yesterday
that a party Of experts was about TO
start for California and would arrive
about the Ist of September to begin
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-09

Y oS ANGELES. Aug S.-Seated on
the hillside in the underbrush of
"a lonely canyon two miles above
Santa Monica. the body of an un-
known woman was found this after
noon. She was bent slightly forward,
with legs crossed and hands in lap.
The indications are that she had been
murdered and had been dead at least
month. Blood on the soft blonde hair
and wound on either side Of the head,
just back OF the temple, indicated the
probable course of a bullet and told of
a canyon tragedy that will unquestfon-
ally prove difficult of solution.
The woman was slight of build, be-
ing about FIVE feet two inches in heigh.
and probably in life weighed not to ex-
ceed 10 pounds. The hands are frail
and the body delicate. The hair was
dressed in a fashionable style and held
in place by the ordinary shell hairpins
and back comb.
CLOTHING INDICATES TASTE.
The clothing was all of fine material,
indicating the wearer to have been L
woman of good taste, although the alb
scription would lead to the belief that
she was not person of wealth, unless
the purpose of the murder was robbery
and she was stripped of her gems after
death. There was neither hat nor wrap
The waist was Of white material, en-
broidered. the skirt of changeahle red
silk trimmed with white embroidered
braid. and the shoes of good quality
of the blucher cut, the marks thereon
having beer ebIiterated, except the
word ''Pingree." No filings are OBJ
served in the teeth. but one or two
front teeth. both upper and lower. are
missing.
The body was discovered by Thomas
Horton while driving through the can
yon. When about 300 feet from sthe
mouth of the arroyo he stopped for a
rest. Unhitching his horses, he started
through the underbrush in search of a
place to, water his animals. While on
this quest his eye was attracted to a
piece of silk cloth lying among the
bushes. 1t seemed of good quality and
excited his suspicion. Looking deeper
in the underground he saw what he
thought to be a woman sitting on the
side of the hill. Approaching he was
Mortified to discover that what he had
presumed was a picnicker was a corpse.
She hands and face were fleshless. The
ground in the immediate vicinity
looked as though it had been soaked
with blood, although there were no in
dications of struggre.
NO WEAPON IN THE VICINITY.
No weapon was round, although 9
diligent inquiry was made in the vi
c1nity The absence of a revolver pre-
cludes the theory of suicide.
The identity of the woman is mys-
terry. There are no records of any one
missing from this section who in any
manner answers the description of the
body found today Who she may have
been, how she happened to be in the
canyon when she was killed and by
whom and why will be inquired to-
morrow morning by Coroner Trout.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-09
THE WEATHER.

For San Francisco and Vicinity:
Fair Thursday; fresh west winds;
fog In morning.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-09
Murdered Woman Found
in the Lonely Glades of
Santa Monica Canyon
IDENTITY OF THE
VICTIM UNKNOWN
Found Seated Where She
Died. a Bullet Hole
Through Her Skull

n OS ANGELES. Aug S.-Seated on
the hillside in the underbrush of
a lonely canyon two miles above
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-09

~ REPRESENTATIVES. of the
* Secretary of the Interior and
4 " the Attorney General of the
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-09
Jerome Has Evidence That
a Chorus Girls Prank
" Moved Thaw to Homicide I
MASQUERADED AS
EVELYN NESBIT
Architect Fell Into Trap
and Wrote Note That
Enraged the Husband
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.

EW YORK, Aug. S.-New and
important evidence. providing q
plausible motive for the muir
der of Stanford White, has
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-11-08
HOLDS OUT LITTLE.
GOVERNMENT SERVICE NOT
CALLING TO BE DESIRED.
Salaries Small and Promotion Slow
Work Units Men for Business
Life in the World.

I'm debate at the capitol concern
ing the employees of the civil branch
of the government stress was laid
upon the eagerness with which these
positions are sought by the public at
large; that they were positions en-
failing no work, and they were upon
the whole referred to In uncompli-
mentary terms" remarked a veteran
employee Of the treasury department.
1T is to be regretted that these
structures upon our civil employees
cannot be replied to at length and in
detail, but permitting a general denial
to suffice, allow me to call attention
to this act: 1t was thought to be re-
markable because there are 80 many
applicants for government positions.
Men who have a knowledge of the
employment Of other men know that
these applications are about in pro-
portion to the number of vacancies to
be filed, and that this same rule
holds true as to railroads and the
employees in other eallings, Thus, 1t
is an acknowledged fact that where
one railroad man is killed or dis
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-11-08
Impoverished Soil

impoverished soil, like impov-
erished blood, needs a proper
fertilizer. A chemist by analyz-
ing the soil can tell you what
fertilizer to use for different
products.
If your blood is impoverished
your doctor will tell you what
you need to fertilize it and give
it the rich, red corpuscles that
are lacking in it. 1t may be you
need q tonic, but more likely you
need q concentrated fat food,
and fat is the element lacking
in your system.
There is no fat food that is
so easily digested and assimi-
lated as
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-11-08

charged there are so ready to step
into his shoes An advertisement for
help in certain trades and businesses
will bring hundreds of responses.
"And as to the desirability Of gov
eminent clerical work as a life occu-
patton let me say that although men
seek these positions, 1t is a calling
which should be the very last for any
young man to enter who has ambi-
lions higher than graded salary. To
those who feel that comfortable liv-
ing will answer their life demands 1t
is a good occupation to go into in the
lower grades and to work up to the
higher on due course of promotion.
In most occupations the financial
limit of human attainments is not cir
cumscribed, above the purely clerical
level, but in the government civil SER
vice about $1,000 year is the aver
age limit to the yearly income, per-
haps it is even less tnan this, and l
would not be surprised that it is. The
positions paying $500 can almost be
counted on the two hands in most Of
the departments. There is little
more liberality in the $1,000 grade, a
shade more in the $1,4OO grade, but
the great bulk, the thousands and
thousands of clerks and employees are
in the 5000 and $1,000 grades, or
lower
"As compared with Farmland labor
this is liberal pay, but in many of the
trades and manual callings it is not.
In ordinary course of promotion to
the average clerk it takes many years
to get up to the $1,000 grade, where
he fingers for many years more, and
often stops there for good, as the
small number of places in the three
next succeeding grades of necessity
limits their filling When the aver
age clerk reaches the $1,40O grade
the percentage of a promotion to the
two very limited upper grades is in
proportion to their number very
small in proportion to the great high
bank of the thousands of lower grades
behind them.
1.-THE whole character of the gov
eminent work has changed within
recent years. 1t is now very exact
ing and combining with great deal
to do; the day Of the government
snap passed several years ago.
There is now q constant strain and
pressure, under which the work is
put out. The rules are very rigid,
and every day are becoming more
so. Some officials lie awake nights
planning ways to cut down the cubic
breathing space of their forces Every
year spent in government service
makes a man the more untitled to go
out into other pursuits, for the reason
that the knowledge, and it is know
ledge that he acquires while in office,
is as a rule worthless in other call
ings. I repeat that it is not an occu-
patton with possibilities beyond mere
ly fair OF good wages depending upon
whether one is in the upper or lower
grades"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-11-08
Can't Get Too Much.

For the sake of few bucketfuls
If diamonds a mass Of hard blue vol
canic earth that would form cube
overlapping the mightiest cathedral
is annually quarried, trucked and
washed in the South African diamond
mines. Very high expert opinion es-
Inmates the loss in the worlds total
production Of not more than five per
cent. in a hundred years, so Jealous
~ are diamonds treasured. The
South African fields, Gardiner F. Will
liams states in the National Geograph-
ic Magazine, alone have contributed
$4O0 100000 to the worlds stock; yet
the desire for the imperishable jewels
is scarcely satisfied with the yearly
fresh supply.