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The San Francisco call., 1906-10-31
Hilbert May Join Mayor
Schnnitz in Europe.


rial body had made diligent effort to
bring boodlers to book and failed
Il realize full WELL" continued He
ney, that the public is tired of gener-
alities and that 1t wants to know some
thing definite about our charges made
against Ruef Schmitz and the Super
visors. 1 realize that in the past there
has been much talk of crookedness.
but no proof of violations of the law.
But the public will have TO wait. for 1
am managing my case to win. I can
not take the people into my confidence,
for that would be betraying our cases
to the men we are after.
Any one who has had experience in
criminal prosecutions and any person
who will stop. to reflect a moment will
see that I must keep my evidence in
the dark as much as possible until a
jury is ready to hear it. l say to the
people that I have the evidence TO con-
Wet and that is all I can say at the
present time.
Il have not undertaken these prose
cutions without knowing what I was
about. Mr. Rudolph Spreckels would
not be behind this cause were he not
convinced that we have things in tangi-
BILE shape. / have everything TO lose
in the way OF reputation as a lawyer
and not much to gain. / pursued my
own methods in the Oregon cases and
was successful. shall pursue the
same course here, and an essential fac
tor of that is the secrecy that must be
maintained as to the evidence.
II am much in earnest in this fight.
l will fool the criminals If / can catch
them. But 1 am speaking in absolute
good faith when / tell the people that
we have the evidence to convict many
of the grafters."
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-31
Ruef Shows Effect
Of the Great Strain
He Has Been Under

Abe Ruef is beginning to show signs
of the strain he has been under since
Heney came to town. When seen in
his Office last night he looked weary
and tired He was far less alert
than usual. For the first time since
the controversy he did not enthuse as
he spoke. Even his voice betrayed his
fatigue.
Notwithstanding his present trouble,
the pack is constantly at Ruef's door.
At least one hundred persons call TO see
audience. 1t is part of the game and
an absolute essential toward keeping
them in line. Ninety per cent of the
callers have favors to ask. One wants
employment on a certain job for him
self and his team. another has a friend
whom he wants made street sweeper
or member of the Police Commission.
Yes" said Ruef last night. Il am
tired-tired of their delay in not con-
fronting me with these mysterious
charges. The moment they bring any
thing against me I am willing to re-
sign and let the Mayor appoint a new
District Attorney
Ruef was asked to confirm the report
that Police Chief Dinan was to be re-
tired
"As far as I know, Dinan will re-
main,' he said. but then. of course, if
we all leave town and go to Honduras
1 don't know what will happen
And then Ruef smiled.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-31
Union MenWillDennand|
That Graft Be Ended.
coNr1NuEp FROM PAGE !. COLUMNS ANp. J.

The innocent man has nothing to
fear and the workingmen generally are
convinced that Ruefs desperate meas
ures are not to be interpreted to his
advantage. What is he afraid of if
he is not guilty?" is the question that
cannot be answered
Inasmuch as Ruefs agents have
been busy trying to create a sympathy
for the boss the union members feel
that it is incumbent on them to take
action that they may be placed in a
proper light before the public. They
fear that the meeting of Sunday and
the addresses of the leaders there will
be construed as placing labor unions
ers and boodlers from punishment. The
great rank and file of the unions
which has no political ak to grind
insists that the Grand Jury shall make
a thorough investigation Of the charges
that have been made. They are neither
for or against Ruef, but want a thor
ough inquiry. For this purpose they
desire to uphold Heney and Langdon
and will make formal declaration of
support.
Besides the union mentioned. action
favorable to Langdon and Heney is
contemplated by the Bricklayers' Asso-
citation, the Electrical Workers, the
Sheet Metal Workers. the Hosting En-
gineers and the Sailors Union. 1t is
understood that they will soon pass
resolution indorsing the investigation
of the grafters.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-31

The firm failed after the April disas-
ter and this matter was to have been
probed as well as the grating opera
tons
BY reason of the interest of Schmitz
and Ruef in the Hilbert firm the sa-
looms of the city were compelled to buy
their liquors from it and in a number
of instances the licenses were granted
by the Police Commission only on con-
dition that the administrations whole
sale house would be patronized. For
long period, MYRTLE Cert. who is
known as Ruefs collector" was the
salesman for the firm, and on the let
appeared in black type as the attorney.
FORCED TO y"sTAND IN,
In order to stand in with the ad-
saloon keepers to buy their liquors
was built up. 1t is said. however. that
the demands Of the administration on
the profits were so great that little was
left for the Hilberts.
The relations of Hilbert Brothers
with the administration and the harvest
of graft that resulted form one of the
most important cases that the new
Grand Jury will have to investigate
From the Hilberts it had been expected
to gain some big revelations as to the
operations of Ruef and the Mayor in
their hungry hunt for money.
MAYORS BOON COMPANION.
1t is a significant circumstance that
the boon companion of Schmitz in his
travels abroad is one of the Hflberts.
How the latter is able to maintain the
pace that the Mayor is going in the
European capitals is a matter of ques-
ton, taking into consideration that he
so recently pleaded bankruptcy. One
version is that Schmitz, out of graft
tude, is paying all the bills.
When Hilbert Brothers failed it was
found that the Western National Bank
had carried much of its paper. The
Western National has been the banking
place of the administration men. Many
other circumstances point to the close
affiliations of the Hilberts with Ruef
and Schmitz and Heney will be a sorely
disappointed man If the brothers can
not be made to take the witness stand
and submit to the Grand Jury probe.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-31
BIG LIABILITIES ARE
REPORTED.

At meeting of the policy holders of
the Transatlantic Insurance Company
last evening the substance of an Of
fer made by the company to its San
Francisco policy holders was made
known, the information being con-
tained in a long cablegram to the
Transatlantic Policy Holders Asso-
citation from Attorneys Gutsch and Shi-
land, dated at Hamburg.
The company wishes to retain enough
to continue in business and will sur
render the remainder of it's assets to
its creditors. so read the cablegram.
There was this proviso, however, that
80 per cent of the policy claims must
assent to the agreement to be made or
the company would withdraw the offer.
How much the company wishes to re-
tain is a question to which there is
no present answer.
Walter H. Linforth and r. L. Top
litz explained the situation to the pol
icy-holders. In addition to the cable
gram a long letter has been received
The latter contains a statement of the
assets and liabilities of the Transatlan-
tic Company. as far as they have been
ascertained.
The statement starts with the asser-
ton that the liabilities of the company
In San Francisco are $6,40O000. The
reinsurance is $500, 900. The capital
OF the company Is less than $4,000, 900.
The reinsurance is not available be-
cause there were two sister companies
of the Transatlantic with which rein
surance was placed and they are in
trouble by reason of the losses of the
Transatlantic, and more than $500, 900
of reinsurance money is tied up by
them.
There is s1.5oO.0o0 of reinsurance
due and collectable from American in
surance companies, but there is due to
other companies the sum of 5000, 600.
Altogether there is about $2000,000 in
assets, plus $1.000,000 in good rein
surance, with which to pay 6,400, 900.
Assets amounting to about $1,000, 900
have been tied up by the Transatlantic
Policy Holders Association in New
York by attachment suits. An account
ing will be made In Hamburg and the
policy holders will be informed what
the company wishes to retain and what
it is willing to pay over to them When
this is determined the policy holders
will have a chance to decide whether
they wish to settle or to fight
Linforth said that he had instructed
the attorneys in Germany to suggest
that settlement might be effected on
the basis of so per cent in cash and
the remainder in promissory notes No
action was taken by the meeting
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-31
Supervisors Will
Wait for Decision
in Injunction Suit


According to a statement made by
Mayor Gallagher yesterday, he does
not figure that the Board of Supervisors
will take any action toward removing
Langdon from office until the present
injunction suit against Ruef has been
permanently settled. He does not be-
lieve that he will take any part in car
rying the matter into the Supreme
Court in case the Injunction is made
permanent.
1t would not be proper for the board
to take any action in the matter at
present" said the acting Mayor. ct
would not look we'll for them to inter-
fere with the action of the courts"
When asked If he would take a hand
in bringing the matter before the Su-
preme Court in case the injunction is
upheld, he replied:
I have suspended Mr.. Langdon and
appointed Mr.. Ruef to take his place.
If Mr.. Ruef wants to quit and let Mr.
Langdon have the Office. it is no fault
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-31

i .BOoKS VI
The eGentlenan
Ragnnan
400 KA
Bp ilbur Nesbit

This Is story told by a boy
in a country town. 1t IS a funny
story IN spite of itself. but the
fun is only one part of it,
There is an amateur boy de-
tective In it who is a humorous
wonder. And girl poet.
The way things work out Is just
the way things went when most OF
us lived In country towns. Except
that perhaps we never saw lot OF
nice girls try the barefoot kneip
cure IN a stubby field.
If the man who can make
other people laugh is blessing to
humanity. there ought to be a
statue erected to the author of The
Gentleman Ragman.. 1t should
be literally and hilariously a
'howling success. '-Nep York
i in7es
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-31

of mine He can fight his own bat
ties
After further consideration. however,
the Mayor stated that. while he had no
intention at the present time of taking
a hand in bringing the case before the
Supreme Court. he could not say what
The Mayor was in a congenial mood
yesterday and showed less evidence of
worry than at any other time since he
appointed Ruef to be his own prosecu-
tor. He denied having heard anything
from Mayor Schmitz since the latter's
departure. &
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-31
TRACE ABSCONDER
THROUGH WOMAN
Shortage in Accounts of
Dakin Grow as Experts
Uelve Into Firms Books

Charles w. Dakin. the absconding
bookkeeper and cashier of the Long
Syrup Refining Company. has been To-
Gated by detectives through woman
with whom he disappeared from San
Francisco a year ago. His arrest, it
was said last night, would orobebl
be made in few days
Dakin's accounts, 1T was said at the
Office of the company, show that his
shortages involve a much larger
amount than was first suspected, and
date back to comparatively long
time.
Experts engaged by the company
were going over his accounts when
Dakin learned of the fact and disap-
peared last Friday
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-31
Prosecutor Heney
Says Byington Had
Evidence of Graft

The Andrews Grand Jury was in
possession of evidence on which it
could have made out three or four good
cases against the grafters in the ad-
ministration," declared Francis J. He
ney last night, but they had District
Attorney who didn't understand how to
stand to the guns
The reference is to Lewis F. Bying-
ton.
ply to a statement that that inquisito-
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-31
CURE FOR SLEEPING SICKNESS.

MARSEILLES. Oct. 30.-Letters have
been received here from Saigon. French
Cochin-China, saying that two French
doctors have discovered that the hith-
erto fatal sleeping sickness can be
cured by means of thymoL One hun
dred and fifty patients have been treat
ed with this remedy and a large ma
jority of them have recovered.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-31

Jere Burke Suspected Of
Taking a [ land.
Daniels Too Eager to Seroe

oft challenged
Attorney FIeney yesterday, Judge
crowded there demonstration
Of his paromen the deputy
sherifs did less rough work
of which he is
nsicns nf firriai
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-31
Their First
Formal Call

By Grace MdcCoDdn CooRe
Illustrated bp Peter Mcneil
The laughable story of two
country boys who go to make their
first real cali on the girls. One
of them has prepared for the or
deal by a close study of book on
etiquette. but it fails them at every
turn. The story is cleverly told
and ludicrous in the extreme.
Peter Newell contributes fourteen
characteristic and very funny pic
lures to the volume-the first of
the seasons gift books.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-31

the remarkable scene was witnessed
of the three mounted policemen salut-
ing man who is threatened with trial
for felony.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-31
STATEMENT
OF THE CONDITION AND AFFAIRS OF THE
North British and Mercantile
INSURANCE COMPANY

OF LONDON, IN ENGLAND ON THE S1sT
day Of December. A. D. 1905. and FOR the year
ending on that day Published pursuant 70 the
Provisions OF Section 611 OF the Political Code
and compiled from the annual statement He'd
with the Insurance Commissioner OF the State
OF California.
CAPITAL
Amount Of Capital Stock, paid up
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-31

Net amount Of Risks
written during the
year .........
Net amount Of Risks
expired during the
year ------.------
Net amount In force
December 81. 1905.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-31
ASSETS.
LIABILITIES.

Losses adjusted and unpaid
Losses in process Of Adjustment
or in Suspense.
Losses resisted. including expenses
Gross premiums on Fire Risks
running one year or less, rein
surance so per ent.......-....
Gross premiums on Fire Risks
running more than one year; re-
ina,Ira0ca n-o rora
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-06
MGR. sYNNoTT.
Distinguished Title Given to Con-
 necticut Man.

Distinguished Title Given to Con-
 necticut Man
 Catholic clergymen in this city yes- terday received information from Bish- op Tierney announcing the elevation of Vicar General John Synott of this dlo- cese to the rank or domestic prelate, or a member of the papal family.
 By virtue of the honor conferred the vicar general is now entitled to. be called Monsignor Synnott. This digni- ty is altogether distinct from that of potonotary apostolic recently given to all the vicars general by the decree of Pope Plus x. Besides entitling the re- cipient to be called monsignor and right reverend it gives him the right to wear the purple cassock, and other robes, called the rocket, the mantelietta and the black biretta, with purple tuft.
 The Rt. Rev Mgr. Synnott, V. G., is forty-eight years of age, and was born in Ireland. He was ordained at the College of Foreign Missions in Paris.
 He cameto the United States in 1881 and became connected with the Hart ford diocese.
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Due 1884 Interest February and August Present issue s5ooo all the cities
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 Jar and  Guaranteed by Endorsement Each Certificate by Canadian Pacific Railway Co.
  l. which issue of certificates the balance The 
 
 
  $e,1o5, 900.
 Offered to net oper cent
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The rvnnthetae of the state me.

The Typothetae of the state met Wednesday evening at the Hotel Garde and the reports from the organizations in the various parts of the state were read, showing that the members are still holding out against the demands of the union successfully There has been practically no change in the situation throughout the state, but the master printers are able to fill all their con tracts. Two new strikes were reported one in Bridgeport and the other in Stamford.
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$225,OOO
Ontario TransmIssion co. 1 St Mtee. 5s.

Due 1945 Whole redeemable to May November
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$225,OOO Auousta Union Station Co. st Mtge. As.

Dated August 1905 Interest Jan and July Due Jan lS0S Deposit Go, Baltimore
   should and  R. Louisville Nashville R. and the inter Southern Railway Atlantic Coast Louisville Nashville ses the Ga R. R) Charles
     the upon bondsa $S.O00. Price ee and Interest, yielding A.1o per cent
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Dated 1.
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Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-30
OMAHA'SLEADING
GROCERY
ALWAYS POPULAR WITH rcoroMI-
CAL HoUsEKEBPERS.
TRESH AND RELIABLE GOODS.

Benefits Cap 4 An
itol Flour, sack. f4V
And one hundred green
trading stamps.
Benefits Bre ak fas [
esn S1nee' 2-lO' 49c
And forty green trading
stamns.
Teas, all RQo
KINGS ...........O W.
And one hundred green
trading stamps.
GRADUATED SUGAR
DOUBLE G r f. f. N
TRADING STAMPS.
Honey, pure, 0Ec
mint far GOA
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-30


standpoint of comparison with the army,
postal clerks are in action every day
they are on duty, while soldiers often
serve lifetime without going into action.
Salary Proposition.
Now as to salaries. Why is It that
postmaster at a third-class office is paid
from his first day as much. and in many,
many cases more, than a postal clerk gets
after years of service, IL ever? A post
master begins to draw his salary the first
day he gets into office. He can go to
Washington, lobby around for legislation
and stay ten days or longer. still drawing
his salary.
IF a postal clerk is of duty he cannot
arrange with one of his fellow clerks and
substitute and pay cash from his pocket
to protect the run. say that the post
master is drawing the peoples money just
as much as the postal clerk, and he has
no right to any more liberties. His respon-
sibilities are not one iota more.
Postal clerks handle infinitely more in
value than do postmasters. They have to
study constantly to keep astride with dis
tribution changes. They are examined on
postal laws Now, out of postal clerks
pockets come their expenses on the road.
The law provides that these expenses shall
be paid. but they have never gotten IT..
They have TO furnish their own equipment
in the way of rubber stamps, pads writing
paper, ink. pencils. ETC. Postmasters are
! furnished every conceivable convenience;
| even the calculations are computed In a
book. All they must know is the amount
and rate, and the furnished tables do the
rest.
ION retiring from the service 1 was de-
prived OF one days work. remained over
the first day of the month as an accommo-
dation at my own expense to protect my
run until relieved. When pay day came l
was informed that only thirty days made a
month. 1 was absent thirty days In July,
therefore had nothing coming to me.
Young Men Do Not Go In.
Young business men of the country,
don't go into government service. You
are at the mercy of a gang of political
schemers, against whom you are power
less. AS such you are a machine. Your
brain can make you more money other
wise. Stay out Of 1t. They claim basis
OF merit. This is farce and 1 can prove
1t. I got a few things myself by pull. and
can cite others who did the same thing.
Unless you have pull you'n never have
any cinch on your Job any longer Than ray
day,
These things, are facts and 1 defy the
postal officlals to contradict them. Young
man, how would you like 80 he placed in
postal car, with a negro over you to give
you orders7
This is what you can expect II you en-
ter the postal service. have experienced
It, They are putting more negroes into
the service every year. 1t lH an exception
in the service where there is a line where
! there Is not negro working on equality
with white men. and many. many times
the negro is In charge.
''The best men are year by year leaving
the service, and many more would do so
had they not spent their best years IN It,
and now. bound by ignorance OF any other
means OF making a living must endure
this 'state.-st Louis Republic
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-30
POSTAL SERVICE SLAVERY
B. P. Larrabee Declares Railroad Nail
Department Rules Almost Unbearabls.
EFFORTS AT REFORM ARE SUPPRESSED
Business Man Tells why Appii-
cants for These Positions Are
Scarce and Youth
stays Out.

senjamin p. Larrabee, credit man for
John T. Milliken & Co., chemists, who re-
Gently resigned from the railway postal
service. said yesterday it was no wonder
the government is having trouble obtain
ing men to accept positions in that depart
ment.
Mr. Larrabee is emphatic in his asser-
tions that the regulations of the service
are almost unendurable and that the men
are prevented from seeking the aid Of their
congressman In instituting reforms He
says the service is like q prison.
The strict rulings, poor pay. danger in
a railway car. the refusal of the govern
ment to provide fos orphans and widows
and the necessity OF working under negro
supervisors, are given by Mr. Larrabee
why applications for positions are scarce
In speaking of the matter yesterday Mr
Larrabee saidi
Until last July I was a railway postal
clerk. In which capacity l served the pub
lie for seven years. until luck came to my
door and invited me out OF this veritable
prison. which government employment. In
my opinion, certainly is Let me state that
have a record In service to which ]
can point with pride / am not smartins
under any discipline. for such never re
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-30

ceived during my seven years service ex-
cept demerit of two points from time to
time for leaving of some piece of red tape
in making reports Other than this,
have never had any trouble.
Anxious to Disclose 1t.
"I resolved during my service that II I
was ever in a position to let the public
know of the way postal clerks are treated
/ would do so. First, l charge that the
postal service regulations are nothing short
Of one phase of peonage, only worse. Men
are deprived OF asking their congressman
TO use his efforts in getting such legislation
enacted as would provide for the men and
their families One occasion 1 can cite,
which is only one of the many times their
mouths have had a gag placed over them.
mot many months ago, after wrecks
had rendered many a wife husbandless
and many children fatherless, the men un-
dertook to submit to their respective con-
gressmen a petition insisting on legisla-
ton by congress requiring the use Of the
block system by railroads. The depart
ment found It out and we were not al
lowed to raise our voices to our congress
men, AS a mater OF fact, the railway
mail service Is the poorest paid branch OF
the government service.
met dollar for retirement not a dol
lar pension to widows, whose husbands
have been ground into a pulp in posta
car when the train is wrecked. / know one
case, a friend Of mine-in fact / know Of
many, but this one take for example. H,
was head clerk at 400 a year. His trail
| was wrecked. He drew pay for one year
or until he sent in his resignation. Hi
back was so injured as to threaten paraly
sis and he was compelled to use a stick t
| walk with. The department let him go
and not one cent did he set as pension.
'"rhe danger in postal car is something
terrific Hardly q clerk escapes in a seri
GUS wreck The engineers and firemen''
places are preferable. Considering from 6
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-30

pint jar. ......... @CS
And twenty green trading stamps.
Diamond c Soap, OEC
ten bars observation-disclosures. &oS