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The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07
S|BER|A's CHINESE
CREW APPROVED.
Uncle Sans Inspectors,
Suddenly Appear and
Order a Fire Drill
R. P. Schwerin Offers
to Pit Coolies Against
Furuseth's Union Men

United States Local Inspectors Boiles
and Bulger, at the request of Acting
Customs Collector William B. Hamil-
ton, proceeded with him to the steam
ship Siberia yesterday morning with
out having given the steamship people
any previous notice and Immediately
sounded an alarm of fire. The Chinese
crew, that was engaged at the time in
handling cargo, at once took the posts
assigned them in the fire drill, and in
less than two minutes had twenty
seven streams of water playing over
the side of the steamship.
The crew was then ordered to man
the boats, Captain A. Feeder standing
on the bridge and giving the orders
by means of the whistle signals. The
boat drill was executed as neatly and
as promptly as the fire drill had been.
In fact, the inspectors said they had
never witnessed better drills than those
given by the Celestials.
An hour and a half later r. P.
Schwerin arrived on the scene. and
when he was told what the officials had
done he remarked that he would like
Andrew Furuseth to furnish a union
crew to go on board the Siberia in
midstream and compete with the Chi
nese in boat and fire drill. He said he
would leave to Furuseth and the press
the task of judging whether the Chi
nese were as competent as the white
sailors
AS the only test of the efficiency of
crews known to the inspectors is the
boat and fire drill, they pronounced the
Siberia's crew competent to handle the
ship.
Furuseth was absent, owing to the
fact that the officials did not invite him
to be present.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07
VERDICT Of GUILTY
IN REBATE CASE.
Chicago and Alton Lins
Convicted of Having
Violated Elkins Act
Two Former Officials of
Company Are Includ-
ed in the Decision

CHICAGO, July 6.-The Chicago and
Alton Railroad and John ". Faithorn
and Fred A. Wann. formerly officials OF
the road. were today convicted In the
United States District Court OF Illegal
Iy granting rebates to the Schwarz-
child & Sulzberger Packing Company.
No sentence was imposed today Dy
Judge Lands pending the arguments
for a new trial for the defendants
which will be heard tomorrow morning
> 1t was claimed by the Government
that officials of the railroad company
had allowed the employees of the pack
ing company TO travel free OF expense
by refunding TO them all money ex-'
pended for transportation 1t was de-
clared by the court that this did not
comprise a rebate. and he instructed the
jury that a verdict Of not guilty should
be returned as 10 two counts OF tne
Indictment which charged the giving
Of rebates in connection with the pas
senger's transportation
In the other eight counts or the IN
dictment, on all OF which the defend
ants were found guilty. two offenseS
against the BlkinS law were alleged
1t was shown by the Government that
the railroad company had charged ~
per car for handling the products OF
the Schwarzchild & Sulzoerser Com
pany at Kansas City and had then re-
paid the packing company 81 on each
The Government claimed and the court
held that the failure Of the railroad 70
publish in It's tariff sheet the fact that.
the 81 was repaid made, in fact. a
secret rebate
1t was claimed by the attorneys for
the defendant that the refund OF 81 per
car was free because the packing COM
pany owned the railroad track near
it's plant and compelled the railroad
company to pay that amount for track
age TO haul the cars away.
Under the law the maximum sentences
of the court may be a fine OF $4,000
for each of the three defendants No
Imprisonment provision appears in the
law There are two specific allegations
of rebatfng alleged in the eight counts
of the indictment upheld by the court.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07
STRIKE SITUATION ON
CITY FRONT UNCHANGED
Two Apprentices VIII Be Car
ried Hereafter on All Steam
Schooners.

At meeting of the Steamship As
sociation of San Francisco held yes
terday morning it was decided that
hereafter two American born appren-
tices would be carried on every steam
schooner owned by members of the as
sociation. The boys will have quar-
ters of their own and will receive $50
a month, lessons in navigation and
instructions in such seamanship as is
involved in the coastwise trade
The object of this innovation, say
the steam schooner owners, Is to open
the seafaring career to American boys.
The future officers of coasting vessels
will be picked from the ranks of these
apprentices and in about five years the
owners hope to have on this coast the
nucleus of an all-American personnel
for the coastwise merchant marine.
Andrew Furuseth. secretary of the
Sailors Union. said, when he learned
of the move, that his organization had
always favored the apprentice system
and that he was pleased to know that
the ship owners at last had come to
his way of thinking.
There was no development in the
strike situation yesterday. Several
members of the United Shipping and
Transportation Associations executive
committee are out of town and until
they return, next week, 1t is likely
that affairs will remain as they are.
Each side claims to be satisfied with
the situation.
Mayor Schmitz wrote a letter to the
Shipowners Association yesterday re-
newing his efforts to bring about ar
bitration. When seen last evening the
Mayor stated he did not consider the
letter of public interest as yet, but as
soon as he receives a reply from the
association he will make both letters
public.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07
FAGAN SAYS HE IS VICTIM
OF FRAUDULENT CONsPIR A(,y
Sues His Sister, Her Husband md
Charles G. NagIe for Return
of Properfy

Charging that his sister, Ellen r
Lentz; her husband. Charles w. Lent
and their attorney, Charles G. Naele'
conspired and succeeded in defraudfng
MIN out OF properly worth s20,s00,
Thomas H. Pagan filed suit yesterday =
TO set aside deeds executed by him IN
favor Of his sister TO a third interest
in property on Jones street and a lot
on Sanchez street
Pagan says he was left the property
by his sister, Mary Jane Fagan, at her
death in July, 1905, and that the de-
PENDANTS in the case told him he would
save trouble and expense If he gave
Mrs. Lentz gift deeds to his interest
that she might administer on decedent's
estate This he did, he says. and now
is unable to secure a return of the
same.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07
TRADE CONDITIONS
ARE UN|MPA|RED.
Fall and Winter Orders
Indicate a Large In
crease in Business
Late Reports Show that
the Crop Prospects
Are Very Favorable
DIRK, July -6.-Bradstreet's

NEW YORK. July 6.-Bradstreet's
tomorrow will say:
1t has been between-seasons week
in general trade and industry, but more
than the usual seasonable business is
doing despite seasonable influences
Great prospects continue unimpaired
Fall orders are coming forward in good
volume. Crop conditions on the whole
are very favorable. Business failures
for the week ending July number>134.
against 146 last week, 127 in the week
of 1905, 172 in 1904, 154 in 1903 and 1876
In 1902. In Canada failures were 23 as
against 20 year ago.
Wheat, including -four, exports from
the United States and Canada for the
week ending July (San Francisco and
Seattle not reported) are 1,3S5,343 bush
els. against 1,050.644 this week last
year. From July /, 1905, to June 80.
1906. the exports were 34,746.917 bush
els. against 63,484,3S1 last year.
r. G. Dun & Co.'S weekly review of
trade will say tomorrow:
Seasonably quiet conditions have ap-
peared in many commercial depart
ments. the first week of July invariably
being the minimum of activity of cer-
tain occupations, but preparations for
Unprecedented fall and winter trade
increase with the maturity of the crops
Failure returns for the first half of
1906 show pronounced Improvement in
every department except one embracing
occupations chiefly of speculative ma
ture. Railway earnings thus far avail
able for June show gains of 81 per
cent over the figures of 1905, while for
the last week at this port foreign COM
mercial returns exhibited increases OF
$3,541,09 in imports and S756,36 in
exports.
Failures this week were 1873 in the
United States. against 160 last year, and
13 in Canada, against 81 last year.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07
HASN'T Heard of conflnsration.

Alfred Franks of Malmo, Sweden. is
not yet aware of the fact that San
Francisco's City Hall emerged from
earthquake and fire stripped of every
thing that would burn Judge Trout
received a letter from Franks yester-
day in which he said he had been
shipwreclsed and had lost his citizen
ship papers He informed Judge
Trout that If he would be so kind as
to go to the County Clerks office he
would find that the writer had been
naturalized in May. 1904. Franks re-
quested that certified. copy of nat
uralization papers be sent him. He
will be informed that before he can
secure his papers he must return here
and prove his right to the same, for no
way exists to determine the question
without his presence.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07
SAYS NATION HAS
DEGENERATED.
Amherst Professor Sees
a Menace to America
in Country's Climate
Asserts We Are Unable
to Eat Mince Pie at
Night Like Ancestors

CHICAGO, July 6.-America's climate,
regarded by scientists as the prime
factor in the country's marvellous
growth from colonial days. may be the
cause of degeneracy, according to Pro-
fessor John Mason Tyler OF Amherst
College.
Every decade" he explained to stu
dents at the University of Chicago yes
terday. opening a series OF lectures,
our climate has been drawing the
strings on our nervous systems tighter
and tighter until now they are ready
to snap. Physical degeneration is no.
.ticeable now in the children of the
business and professional men. The
strain of modern life, the desire for
wealth, for comfort and luxury, is ter
rible. 1t falls on the nervous system.
not on the muscles. for we are chang
ing from a life in the open, a life OF
the brain. This tendency is going to
continue. and we cannot help 1t.
Americans a hundred years ago lived
on pork and doughnuts to a great eX-
tent. Before going to bed they were
not satisfied unless they ate piece OF
mince pie. We say today. What bar
barous bill of fare! We who cannot
stand anything stronger than tea and
crackers.
Children a century ago went to
school on the average twelve weeks a
year. Sixteen weeks were an extra
long term. Forty weeks were spent on
the farm in open life, studying nature,
physical needs and the world. That
surely was the grandest system. the
best system we have yet had. Ten
months are spent by the children today
in school. And there are many of US
urging vacation schools just to take
the children off our hands for the other
two months"
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07
Beaten on Water Front.

Robert Teller, who says he is a
miner from Death Valley, was badly
beaten on the water front yesterday
as he was leaving the steamer Hilonian.
on which he purposed' taking passage
70 Portland AS Teller walked out
through the Howard-street wharf shed
he says he heard somebody say.
There's the man that wanted TO hire
me" Just then two men who looked
like sailors grabbed Teller's arms and
held him while others pounded his
face. After being treated at the Har-
Dor Hospital Teller returned TO the
scene Of the attack for the purpose of
thrashing his assailants, but was un-
able 10 find them. Teller says he is in
no way interested in the strike and
would not work on steamer for 800
q day.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07
PROPERTY-O OBJECT TO
WESTERN PACIFIC FRANCHISE
William Ellis and Others Declare 1t
VIII Depreciate Value of Hold
ings and Shatter Nerves.

William w Ellis of 527 Connecticut
street and eight other property-own-
ers residing near a portion of the
lands over which the Western Pacific
Railway Company is seeking a fran
chise yesterday filed protest against
the granting of the franchise across
Twentieth. Twenty-first, Missouri and
Connecticut streets. The petitioners
allege that it will be necessary for
the railroad company to tunnel under
some of the property and the constant
noise of passing trains will affect the
foundations of the buildings, shatter
the nerves of the people and be a
menace to health.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07
Wnter Frort Noter.

The new steam schooner Svea is at
the Risdon Iron Works having her en-
gines installed.
The British ship Muskoka sustained
damage to her rigging when leaving
Hamburg for Oregon. She returned to
port. was repaired and has resumed
her voyage.
The Oceanic Steamship Company's
liner Alameda arrived July 5 at Homo
lulu from this port.
The steamers Enterprise and Amer
ica Maru, both from here. arrived yes
terday at Honolulu.
The Pacific Co1s. Steamship Com
pany's steamer Curacao, homeward
bound from Guaymas. left Ensenada
last night.
The Pacific Mail Company's steam er
Acapulco viii sail at noon today for
Panama and way ports.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07
Junk Thieves Cnurht.

John flaming, eKpressman. James
Smith, packer, and John Kane, team
ster, were arrested yesterday by Po-
licemen MCGOWAN and Tracey and
charged with the theft of a large brass
drum from the corporation yard on
Sacramento street. The loot which
was recovered by the police had been
disposed Of for $40. The men are
charged with grand larceny.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07
Pioneers to Celebrate

The Society OF California Pioneers
will celebrate the raising of the Amer
lean flag at Monterey on Saturday
evening. A banquet will be given IN
Jefferson Square building, 925 Gold.
en- Gate avenue, at 6 .. m Goyerno,
Pardee, Mayor Schmitz General
Greedy, Brigadier General Funston
Hon. w. H. Beatty. Professor Henry
Morse Stephens, Samuel Shortridge and
others will be present
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07
Learns Of VIE. Death.

When the schooner Orient arrived
yesterday from Port Gamble Captain
F H Sanders, the vessels master, was
informed Of the death Of his wife on
July 4 at his home. 225 ColIingwood
street, this city.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07

MONEY is POURING IN.-When the Audi
tors office closed last evening total Of about
S65 900 taxes on unsecured personally had been
taken in The Tax Collector reported that he
had also taken in about 100000 in two days on
licenses. salOon-keepers contributing the greater
portion of the sum. Collections will continue for
many days vet.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07

summit-Maximum 50. minimum IS; wind
east clear; several feet of snow in CANYONS
- Forecast for San Francisco and vicinity
Cl9ndy saturday, with fog and fresh west wind.
or sacramento Valley-Fair Saturday; posi-
oi{ tnunderstorm in Sierra; light south wind
tor san Joaquin Valey-Fair Saturday: CON
tlnued warm: light north wind W.
light west wind. a'uiua'
A G. McADIE. District Forecaster.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07
ASKS NEWS q

ASKS NEWS OF AN ITALIAN.-Coroner
Walsh received a letter yesterday from Consul
General Of Italy Naselli asking for informa tion
as TO Pietro Serunattei, who was reported as a
victim Of the IRE. There is no such name on the
Coroner's list Of the dead.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07
Memoranda.

LONDON. July 6.-Br ship Muskoko. for Or
egon, in leaving port of Hamburg had rigging
much damaged by having been in collision; will
be surveyed
LONDON. July 6-Br ship Muskoko before
reported, has proceeded.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07
Signs Building Ordinance.

Mayor Schmitz yesterday signed the
building ordinance passed by the
Board of Supervisors and returned it
to the clerk of the board
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07

CHECK FOR FIREMEN.-A check for s5o bs
been received by the local Fire Department from
the Montgomery Hose and Steam Fire Engine
Company OF Morristown. Pa
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07
sHTPPTNG INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVED.
Thursday. July s.
sohr seouOia, Huffman. days from Willapa.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07
Chartered for wheat.

TIE Norwegian ship Prince Robert is char
tered for wheat from this port 10 Europe at
R2s Cd.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07
Movement of Steamers.
Destination.

TO SAIL FROM SEATTLE.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07

united States Coast and Geodctic Suryey-TIme
and Heights of Tides at Fort po,nr i,or r,.v
Front CMission-street wharf add rs minutes.
, 1906-11-07
BOTH SENTENCED.
StensIand and Herring to Serve Terms
at Joliet Prison.

Chicago, Ill, Nov. Paul o. Stems
land, the former president Of the Mil
waukee Avenue State bank, who was
arrested in Tangier, and Henry w. Her,
ing, cashier of the same institution,
were sentenced by Judge Pinckney in
the criminal court to indeterminate
terms in the p%enitentiary for embezzle-
ment and forgery.
The sentence may run anywhere
from one to ten years. The sentence
given Stensland today will not length
en- his term of Imprisonment, as the
new sentence is concurrent with the
old. Stensland had been brought from
the penitentiary at Joliet to give evil
dence against Herring, who it was I'M
derstood would make a fight, but Her.
ing changed his mind and decided to
throw himself upon the mercy of the
court. S%tensland, however, took the
stand and told of how the bank was
wrecked.
, 1906-11-07
Bodies soIidly Republican.

Both the new board of county com,
~missioners and city council will be re,
publican, the democrats having lost a
member of each. Messrs. McGill and
Broadhurst will succeed Messrs. Jones
and Corthell, the latter being the dem,
ocratic member of the board of county
commissioners, and Mr.. Schwatke will
take the place of Councilman Phillips,
the only democratic member of that
body, at the beginning of the new
term. Another democrat will be re-
placed by a republican in the state
senate from this city, Senator Bramels
term of Office expiring with the close
of the present year. The Albany coun,
ty delegation will be solidly republican,
Senator Johnson being the holdover
member of the state senate.
, 1906-11-07
First and Alone.

The Republican was again first and
only" in getting news of the election
to the people, a full page extra being
issued at s o'clock this morning, Civ.
ing the result in a number of states,
in Wyoming, in Albany county and in
Laramie. hTe paper was delivered to
regular subscribers, was sold on the
streets and newsboys met the incom-
ing trains, d~isposing of large numbers
to the passengers, who were anxious
to know the result of the election. The
result announced in the extra at s
O'Clock was not materially changed by
later reports. The election of Hughes
in New York, Buchtel in Colorado and
Hook in Kansas was confirmed by later
reports, and the result in the county
remains practically the same as at
that hour. 1t is still believed that
Sheriff Reals has an even chance with
Mr.. Bath of winning.
, 1906-11-07
Receiving Congratulations.

Among the best pleased people of
the city are the friends of Hon. c. D.
Spalding, whose gallant race for mayor
resulted in his election over one of
the most popular democrats in the
city, Councilman Phillips. Mr.. Spald-
ing was at his office at the bank this
morning, receiving all corners and
their hearty congratulations, his mod.
esty causing him to blush. The three
members-elect of the council, Messrs.
Hansen, Cameron and Schwatke, were
also looked up and congratulated.
Hugh Hynds, who ran a swift race and
left Mr.. Stickney so far behind that
the latter declines to own up to it, and
Dad" Kinnear, who is to succeed him
self as constable, were on the streets
today, each giving and taking in the
matter of congratulations. The city
and precinct fight was eminently sue
cessful.
, 1906-11-07
BURDlck PLACES HIS
PLURALITY AT FROM FIVE
THOUSAND TO SIX THOU
SAND IN STATE.
Many Republicans Did Not Vote, Their
Places Being Taken by New Com
ers to State and BY Members of
Other Parties AIignlng Themselves
With RepubIicans-carbon County
Elects Entire Ticket.
Special to The Republican.

Cheyenne, Wyo., Nov. 1.-THE
entire republican state ticket is
elected by majorities ranging from
5000 to 5000. The republicans are
polling practically the same vote as
they did two years ago. Many repub-
licans did not vote, the increase in the
republican vote being from new com.
ers TO the state and those of other
parties who have aligned themselves
with the republican party"
Increased Plurality.
The foregoing statement was given
out by the republican state chairman,
Hon, c. w. Burdick, at 1 o'clock this
morning, at his headquarters in this
city. At that time returns had been
received from G1 precincts out of 1863
in the state. These give a vote of O.
426 for Brooks and 1.069 for Keister,
as compared with 1888 for Brooks
two years ago and 1918 for Osborne.
Brooks plurality in these precincts at
the present election is 1857, as against
a plurality of 1,120 two years age, an
increase in the republican plurality of
237.
As Great as Two Years Ago.
In addition to the definite figures re-
ceived from the 81 precincts, reports
were received from nearly all of the
counties Of the state, indicating the
way the votes were going, and all going
to show that the republicans scored as
sweeping a victory as that of two years
ago, and that the estimates of Chair
man Burdick of majorities of from 5000
to 5000 for the entire ticket are very
conservative.
, 1906-11-07
Illinois Not Slow.

Washington, d. c., Nov. THE re.
publicans increased their majorities in
some states and lost in others. Illinois
goes republican by over 1O0,0 00. The
territories all go republican. They
will frame the constitution for Okla.
homa. The south is practically demo.
cratic, H. Clay Evans failing to carry
Tennessee, as was expected.
Wyoming on Good Side.
Nebraska Inc the Pacific coast, with
Wyoming, are safely republican. Ohio
holds fast in the old column and Long
worth was reelected to congress by a
large vote. Due to local causes, Hoch
may be defeated in Kansas and Cum
minis in Iowa, but the legislatures will
be stoutly republican.
Landslide in Pennsylvania.
New Hampshire and Rhode Island
close, with returns favoring the repub-
licans. In Pennsylvania there was a
veritable republican landslide, Gov
ernor Stuart winning by 10000.
The president expresses himself
great, gratifed with the result, except
in New York, which he hoped would
overwhelm Mr.. Hearst.
, 1906-11-07
First Edition Reports.

Denver, Colo, Nov. THE follow
ing summary of the returns from yes
terday's election was sent to the morn
ing papers by the Western Press asso-
citation and printed in their regular edi.
tons and in the extra editions of the
afternoon papers:
Massachusetts, Increases Lead.
Rhode Island is in doubt. The leg
islature is republican, but by a small
majority, enough, however, to return
Wetmore to the senate.
Massachusetts has gone republican
by an increased majority, Moran being
badly defeated. New Jersey is repub-
hcan as usual, and Dryden will be re-
turned to the senate.
Ohio is safely republican. The
fighting governor of Kansas, Hook, is
probably elected but running behind
his ticket. The republicans have lost
heavily in Kansas, the democrats at
Topeka claiming the election of Har-
ris.
suchteI in Colorado
Buchtel is elected governor of Colo
RADIO by twenty thousand and the legis-
lature is probably republican, insuring
a republican senator in place of Tom
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