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Steals Horse to Escape.

1t was the other who went to the
river. Near the river he came to a
campers tent. A horse tethered on
the plain offered a way of escape and
the youth was quick to take advantage
of it. He pulled up the tether pin
and mounted the horse, taking the
rope with him. Messrs. Cameron aud
Hicks were not far behind him. Cam
from his tent with a rifle to shoot the
fugitive, but the camper declined to
do this, probably fearing that he might
kill the horse.
Disappeared in Large Pasture.
With Cameron and Hicks in close
pursuit, the fugitive rode southwark.
Soon the chase was Joined by Under
Sheriff Knadler and Drayman Harnden
in the latter's wagon, Sheriff Reals
having started the drayman in pursuit.
The fellow was kept in sight until the
.Cowper place a reached, where Mr..
.Harnden Embarrassed his horses, he
mounting one and Mr.. Knadler the
other. The chase was to the south.
west, the fugitive, being on a younger
and lighter horse than the dray team
continuing to gain on the men. The
last seer of him he was in the Van
Buskirk pasture, still urging the horse
forward. Sheriff Reals returned to the
city from the tie plant.
Looking for One Left Behind.
Mr.. Cameron and others returned
to the scene of the escape of the fugi'
tive in the Third street yard, and re-
sumed the search for him. He was
not seen to leave the premises.
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Scope Of the Work.

In the preface to the three volume
occur this paragraph, which gives a
fairly complete outline OF the scope OIL
the work:
"3. In the selection of problems, to
touch the actual life of this country
at this time; to give correct Ideas Oh
the business cusoms of today; to EN-
body the mathematical principle in in
teresting and instructive groups Oh
problems; touch the genuine interests
Of pupils in the story of our national
resources and industries rather than
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Adams Fund Money.

The University Of Wyoming yester-
day afternoon received United States
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Three Books in Set.

The new series is in a set of three
Primary, Intermediate and Advanced.
The books are well printed and hand
somely bound in dark green cloth, the
paper being of excellent quality. They
were printed by CHM Il Co, at their
office at Cambridge, Mass, and pub
lished at Boston, New York, Chicago
and London. They were written by
David Eugene Smith, professor of
mathematics in Teachers college, Co
lumbia university, New York. The
primary volume contains 2SS pages and
a table of answers, the intermediate
has 267 pages and the advanced 2S2
pages, besides the" table of contents
and the answers to all the problems.
--
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Book for All Grades.

The Primary arithmetic Is intendeu
t o be taken up by pupils in h last
half of the second year and to be
completed with the end of the fourth
year. The intermediate includes the
fifth and sixth years, and the Advanced
arithmetic completes the seventh n
eighth year work in arithmetic. There
is little algebra, as a separate book
has been prepared for that branch of
science.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01

OAKLAND. June 30:--Dol tar or-d0l-
lar insurance coSnpanies that have
been forcing adjustments of losses in
San Francisco put another turn on
the screws today in their efforts, TO
exert pressure upon the adjusting
bureau loss committees. Following in
lire with their &ction last week in
naming a committee of: Eve TO devise
a plan for Fastening adjustments, the
thirty odd companies listed .fn the. doll
lar column met at. Reed Hall today and
decided 10 make immediate moves 10
secure adjustments: =: -
The report of its. committee Of i've
was adopted. This provides that q
competent man shall be employed to
collect ali Of the Information. which the
adjusting bureaus: committees: have: OBJ
teined and prepare that Information so
that the, losses may be speedily adjusted
p by the Interested: *eempa niesi Work
along this Ane VITA begin at once, =. =:
POINT or. DIFFERENCE.
The committee which. presented the
report IS composed Of w. n. :Bament: Of
the Home. E. c. Morrison. of the Aetna,
J. c. Corbett Of the Mort hern, A. R.
Hosford OF the Royal and. W. b: Sea
man OF the Liverpool ana -1-onden and
Globe <e# - s~:. =: = -, =
one OF the main points Of. difference
between the CDltaI- EOu4&ldtLtsS anu tue
''six-blts concerns. developed in the re-
fusal of the horizontal cut companies
20 permit the sub-cofnmi ittees on. ad-
sustmeat 10 take a definite hgiiSe on
earthquake or on. dynamite dana ges.
The reports which have been filed on
these items by the Sub committees do
not go further than to express an opin-
ion Of the sub committees his is en-
firely eX paEte and Is. given without
consultation with the policy -holeers.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01
WANT To FORM
4 new COUNTY
Petalumans Discuss Plan
= Which Means Much .
to. Egg City.
Promoters. Would Take
Slice Off Marin and :
Sonoma.


PETALUAfA; June 30.--Pursuant to 4
call issued by ]. L.tCanm of the Peta-
luna Chamber of Commerce. and upon
he~request of a number of prominent
citizens, meeting was: held here last
night for the purpose of discussing the
advisability of fnaugurating a new
county movement, The council cham
bers were crowded, and: the. project Of
forming a new county, with Pateluma
as the county seat, by taking that .por-
tion of Sonona5 county; south from
point north of Sonoma, including Penn
Grove, Bloomfield, Valley Ford and
Bodega, and taking that portion of
Marin County lying north of a straight
line running westerly from San. An
tonia Creek to the ocean, including the
town of Tonlales. was freely and ear.
nestly discussed. Assemblymens Crom-
we'll, III. p. -Brainerd, "A. Kahn, j. Olm-
stead j. Armstrong, "A. Robinson. Mayor
Drees.: j. w. Horn,iL. Bryce, Superin-
tendent Van Frank of the electric road.
Thomas Macklay and others took part
In the argument, -
. While the majority favored the
proposition, others objected to. taking
such step now, owing TO the recent dis
aster suffered by Santa Rosa. The fol-
lowing COMMITTEES was appointed by
Chairman Camm to consider the mat
ter in all its phases and possi bilfties:
E. e. Drees, +. e. Olmstead, F.: A.
Cromwell, G. Hogan. L. g. Bryce. A.
Kahn, I'll: p. Brafnerd, J. w. Horn, "A:
w. Horwege, Arthur Robinson, d. w.
Ravenscroft and Thomas Macklay.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01

any action hereafter commenced In any
court Of this State, by citizen thereof,
against a foreign corporation or COM
pany doing Insurance. business in this
State, such corporation or company shall
such action to the United States Cir
cult Court, the right1of such corpora
tion or company to transact Insurance
business BUS . N this, state shall thsreupS1, g !,
the Insurance Commissioner shall i'm
mediateiy revoke the Ger rtificate of such
to DO % business @ IN this state and PUB
lish such revocation daily, for the per-
iod of two weeks, in each of some two
daily newspapers. the one published in
the city of San Francisco and the other
in the city of Sacramento
The decision referred to was rendered
by the Supreme Court of the United
states on May IA last. In con solidated
Life Insurance Company VS., Henry e.
Prewett, Insurance Commissioner of
Kentucky, and the other the Travellers
US. Henry e. Prewett, Insurance Com
missioner OF Kentucky The statute OF
Kentucky on the subject contains the
same provisions as ours above quoted.
The court holds that the statute is
valid and not obnoxious to oonstitu-
tional objections, Among other things
it says:
"A State has the right to prohibit a
IoTeiSH CoFpQrattoH from doIuB puSl-
ness within its borders unless such
prohibition is so conditioned as TO vio-
late some provision OF the Federal con-
stitution. - - Having the power
TO prevent a foreign Insurance. COM
pany from doing business at all within
the State we think the State can enact
q statute such as is above set forth
Quoting the Kentucky statute)
The State may compel the foreign corr
poration to abstain from the Federal
courts or to cease to do business with
In the State. 1t gives the company the
option. This is justihable because the
complainant Company has no consti-
tutionai right to do business in that
State. Thai state has authority at any
time to declare that it shall not do bus
mess there. This is the whole point
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01
WOULD IGNORE THE QUAKE !.
CLAUSE THEN, WOLF SAYS
Believes if They Saw How Small Is Percentage Of Damage
Done by Temblor They Would Pay in Full
Lays Most Of the Blame to Fake Pictures and Store
= That Gave Wrong Impression Of Actual Situation

"What we ought to do is to get UP q
big excursion for fire insurance presi-
dents. of course, don't mean that this
would give MS an opportunity to wreck
the train. III should be a bona fide edu-
catiOnaI excursion. We should gather
all the fire insurance presidents to-
Eether, bring them out here and show
them what small per cent of earth
quake damage was really done ON April
is. L believe that all of them WHO could
would pay dollar for dollar and quit
yelling, Take of some for the earth
quake every time policy fs presented d
to them for ymeht..-Statemenf by
Insurance Commissioner e. Myron Wolf,
Commissioner Wolf lays much of the
trouble with the:reinsurance. companies
and the line companies to the earth
quake bugaboor that was quickly
spread through the United States and
Europe: Il have. been informed by fn-
surance agents." he said yesterday
afternoon, that the officers Of their
cpmpa nies believe that the earthquake
damage in San Francisco was at least
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01
THINKS INSURANCE PRESIDENTS
SHOULD COME. AND VIEW RUINS
DOLLAR CONCERNS DEMANDING
IMMEDIATE ADJUSTMENT.
EXERT PRESSURE ON LOSS COMMITTEES
Competent Man to Be Selected to Compile Information Gathered
by Bureau That Settlements May Be Made at Once &

= -
The dollar companies demanded. that
the earthquake and dynamite damage
be included in the reports. Failing: to
gain this concession they organized
and decided TO formulate q programme
by which that information could ;be
obtained. !:
WORK Is OUTLINED.
p. This work. was outlined by the COM
mittee@ Of five. 1t viii proceed as
rapidly as possible and will enable the
dollar companies TO adjust their large
losses with the policy holders with .ex-
peditiop. It places them in a position
to get in touch at:enca from all points
Of view of adjustment.
Nothing is done by the adjusting
bureau committees so far as acG
tual adjustment is concerned, Their
line of operations: has been to collect
all. OF, the information ;attainable as to
values and salvage, with the exception
of earthquake and dynamite damage,
and report back to the several COM
papies involved. Adjustment follows
between the company: direct and the
policy holder. What has greatly re-
tarded the companies that desire to
clean up on a fair basis of settlement
has been the diiatorX action OF the sub
committees. Further, even after their
reports have been made they have been
IN many instances necessarily incom-
plete, as they do not touch upon the
dollars and cents damage by dynamite
or earthquake. The dollar companies
committee of five has corrected this so
far as they. are concerned and win now
be able TO meet their large policy hold
ers as. promptly as they have: settled
with: the smaller. ones whose losses
have not been subject TO the investiga-
ton by the adjusting bureaus suB-com-
naittees '-}.+ -.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01


90 per cent. The fake pictures helped
this idea along. 1t is probable that
many Of the insurance officials were
ready to believe the genuineness of
these falling. building scenes that were
SO universally pictured. 1t is hard to
convince them now that the earthauake
did not do more than 8 per. cent dam
age at the most"
1t is missioner Wolf:s opinion
that the San Francisco disaster will
mark the end of reinsurance business
in the United States. At least, he
thinks, 1t will, end outside reinsurance,
even If the treaty companies weather
the storm. If reinsurance perishes a
new system must be devised whereby
the insurance of the big cities can be
placed. Even with the abundance of
reinsurance companies 1t has been hard
for many big firms of this city to place
all the. insurance they felt. should be
carried ON their goods and buildings.
Wolf has devised surplus line law for
California on the lines of the New
York law.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01
MAY SUE FOREIGN COMPANIES
IN COURTS or THE STATE
Lawyer Says Their Attempts to Take
/ - Cases TO Federal Tribunals
May Work Forfeiture.


Hundreds of pDlicy-holders who are
contemplating taking action in the
State courts against the foreign insur-
ance companies which have SO far re-
fused payment of their claims may do
so without great danger Of having their
cases transferred to the Federal courts.
according TO an opinion of ex-Judge
Edward E. BeIcher.. His statement on
the rights OF the poiicy-hofders is as
follows:
Many of our: citizens who have
causes of action against foreign fite
Insurance companies and would like to
commence action against them in the
State courts, will be glad.'to know that
an attempt by a foreign insurance conf
pany. TO SO remove a case from State
court would at once subject such COM
pany to the forfeiture OF its license to
do business in California. Doubtless
the statute on the subject is not gem
orally known. A definite decision on
the precise point was handed down by
the Supreme Court OF the United States
only q few weeks ago, and il you will
kindly allow me little space I will
briefly quote the statute and the de-
cision referred to for the information
of your readers.
Section 5s5 of our Political Code pro.
vtdes as follows: That If In
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01

SENTENCED FOR ASSAULT William Rob
erts was yesterday sentenced TO serve ninety
days in the County Jail for assault. Fl q.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01
POLICY-HOLDERS' TRUSTEES
ARE READY TO BEGIN WORK
: Continued From Page 81. Column. L.

Continued From Page p, Column L. .
opportunity to have: the advertising
plan fully considered. .W3sen II was
decided to infrust the formation or the
plan OF procedure 20 the trustees: to be
appointed ne idea: Of the standard
California poIicy. for use in all fire. In
sUrance business in this state. also
went over Without discussion until
such time as the trustees. could. take
1t up. - '...:.. :: II g. -. -.
CONSENT TO ACT. = =
Several trustees were secured early
N the week k}I..9j1it two consented
later 20 serve the policy holders in an
executive ga apaCity-. The. remaining two
members of the: board agreed yester-
day TO act. No understanding on any
point has been reached. by the trustees.
when q majority were: named il: was
not considered wise te frame the
slightest detail Of policy. antil all the
trustees could be esseIhhled for bust
ness. Consequently the entire work
OF the trustees. is ahead, -: -
Chairman Weinstock was out OF the
city yesterday. 5ut will return 10. San
Francisco this. week and VIII call a
meeting Of the trustees. at once, that
ne time may be lost. No more i'm
p0rtant work has ever been undertaken
in san Francisco for the benefit OF the
community N a financial. way
no opposition. has been. manifested
by any of. the men who have been
named as trustees 20 advertising the
unfair fire insurance. companies. Some
Of the trustees baNe expressed the
opinion that II will. be wiser TO first
see what can be done with the insur-
anee men and discover all the facts
relating to their proposed settlements
ard their ability: TO dfscharge their
financial oblIga tions before extreme
measures are taken. +.::...... -.
One OF the speakers at the. meeting
Of last Monday said that there was moi
enough. good. insurance. in San Fran
cisco 70 go around and he did not wish
70 drive away any good Insurance
company, The fact indicated by this
statement is that every fire insurance
company places an. arbitrary limit tC
the Insurance that It Will undertake in
any block. No agency ventures TO ex-
ceed this limit but when business. is 1r
81 ght there is strong temptation To pass
the business around and to apportfon
Il among companies that are at liberty
70 divide the amounts among them
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01

of the case, and without reference to
the injustfce,, the prejudice, the wrong
that is alleged to exist, must determine
the question. No right of the COM
plainant company Under the laws or
its exclusion from the State, is. in
frfnged, and that is what the State now
aecomplishes. There is nothing; there
of this court. = The effect of
the statute is simply. to place foreign
insurance companies upon par with
lucky =" The mere enactment of
a statute which In substance says, If
you choose to exercise your right to
remove case into a Federal court
your right to further do business with
In the State shall cease and your per-
init shall be withdrawn. is not open
to; any constitutional objection.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01
MRS. 7HAW GATHERING EVIDENCE

Continued from Page 81, Column 8.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01
SAN DIEGO WILL ISSUE
BONDs AND BUILD SCHOOLS
Southern City Is to spend sI2o,OoO on
improvements to Its Edu-.
catfOnaI System.

SAN DIEGO, June 30.-Today the
San Diego school district voted to issue
bonds to the amount of $4,000 for the
construction of three new schooihonses
and for improvements to several of the
old ones. The schools will. be located
In different portions: of the city where
they Will relieve the congestion that
has been felt for more than q year
past, The board is preparing to go
ahead with the construction. of the
buildings just as soon as the bonds are
sold. A proposition to sell certain
school real estate which is not used
submitted to the people was defeated
by large majority.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01

Holders Protective Association to do
the least injustice to any insurance
company or to make unreasonable de-
mands. 1t is not the desire of the as
sociation to needlessly fnjure the in
'terests or to hurt the feelings of any
underwater. The companies are over
wheImed by the condition and It will
require patience on the. part of the
policy holders before many claims are
adjusted. The insurance companies
must protect themselves against the
dishonest among the policy. holders and
the poiicy-holdets must be protected
from the unfair underwater.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01
CONSERVATIVE. POLICY >
weinstock Says Trustees VIII Proceed
With Care.

With Care.
SACRAMENTO, June so.-colonel
Harris weinstock. president OF the Pol
ICY Holders Protective League, organ
lied last Monday in San Francisco, to-
night briefly stated to a representative
of The Call the general aims Of the new
organizations.
1t Will be the aim of the eleven trus-
tees. who are composed of thoroughly
safe and reliable men, representing 8
great commercial interests of San
Francisco, to pursue a very conserva-
tive policy. It VIII beth be tnsil aim to.do
good or bad but to confer with the
Leading insurance men of the State in
the hope that some way will be found
claims where companies are solvent.
1t IS not the desire of the Policy
Arizona republican., 1906-11-26
IN MAILING DISTANCE
 Or THE WHILE HOUSE
The President is Expected to Arrive ir Washington Tonight From His Fly ing Excursion.

Washington. Nov. 25-A wireless message received by the navy yard announces that the battleship Louis jana. carrying President Roosevelt and party. was 500 miles off Cape Henry at eight o'clock last night. The vessel Is expected to reach the Virginia Capes at nine tomorrow morning.
 The president Is expected to return to Washington this evening. after one of the most remarSabie journeys ever undertaken by an American chief exc cutive. He has traveled thousands of miles by sea, crossed the narrow strip of land which separates the Atlantic and Pacific where the two Americas meet. inspected the work of the great Isthmian canal and incidentally seat tered the American tradition that an American president must not, during his term of office. visit any land except his ownA
 During the trip to the ISthmus. the president visited the republic of Pana- ma for time under the protection Of the Panama flag. on the return voy- age he made q brief call at Porto Rico.
Arizona republican., 1906-11-26
A CRIMINAL ASSAULT
 ON TUCSON WOMAN
The Town Greatly Excited by a Brutal Attack by an Unknown Masked Man.

Tucson, Nov. 25.-(Special)-A crim- lnal assault was made last night upon Mrs. Frank Cox. the wife of a brick layer of this city within a quarter of a mile of the center of the town. Mrs. Cox who had been in town until late in the evening when she started to her home on the opposite side of the santa Cruz. When she reached the bridge across the river she was accosted by a man who had his face covered with a cloth. She asked him what he wanted and he replied by seizing her by the throat. Mrs. Cox Is a large and strong woman and a desperate struggle was begun. Finally the assailant succeeded in throwing Mrs. Cox over the side of the bridge to the dry bed of the creek and he followed her by climbing down the rough abutment By the time he reached her she had recovered from the shock of the fall though she was still daxed. The struggle was resumed and Mrs. Cox fighting and screaming was dragged under the bridge.
 Finally the assailant evidently think Ing he heard some one coming gave up the fight and started away. turning to the woman saying. "If they ask who it was tell 'em. Joe" Mrs. Cox dragged herself away to the nearest house about 900 yards distant. She was badly hurt by the fall and her face and throat bore the marks of the violence to which she had been subiected.
 She was unable to give any descrip- ton of her assailant. She said that when he spoke to her on the bridge she thought he was a negro Out while they were fighting under tho bridge she thought he was a white man. A search for him was begun at once but this evening no clew has been discovered. The town is greatly excited over the affair as this Is the first criminal as- sault upon a woman ever committed in this city.
 Mrs. Cox is about thirty-flve years of age and the mother of four children. She has been resident of Tucson for seven years. Before coming here she lived four years in Phoenix.
Arizona republican., 1906-11-26
FRENCH SCHOOL SHIP
 BURNED Al T0Ul0N
All But Three of the Crew of 500 Are
 Believed to Have Been Saved.

Toulon, Nov. 25.-The torpedo school ship Algeciras stationed here was totallyNlestroyed by fire late this even ing. Five hundred men aboard whel the fire started are believed to be near ly all saved. The burning of the ves- sel created the greatest alarm through out the city. The news was conveyed by the firing of cannon. There was terrible anxiety until the authorities announced that everybody had been taken off by boats with the exception of three who failed to answer roll call and are presumed to have been burned. The warshipS and other vessels in the harbor assisted in the rescue. The discipline aboard the Algeciras was ex- cellent. A majority of the men were cool and collected. A few were forced to jump overheard and swim. Six tor pedoes aboard exploded while the men were leaving. The origin of the flyo is undetermined.
Arizona republican., 1906-11-26
LOWER DtAlh uSI
 IN FOOTBALL GAMt
The Record to Date Shows a Falling of in the Number of Casualties Ao- eordins to the New Rules.

Chicago. Nov. 95-Eleven dead and fourteen severely injured Is the record of the football season of 1906. accord ing to the Tribune. These figures are compared with those of 1905 when eighteen were killed and 150 were severely injured. The decreased cas- ualties are especially marked among high school players In 1905 eleven were killed and forty-seven injured. In the season just closed seven were killed and twenty-five badly hurt. The Tribune carries interviews with a number of college presidents anu coaches who express the general opin- ion that the new rules have achieved the elimination of much brutality and danger to life that characterized the game in former years.