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The San Francisco call., 1906-10-19
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES

FRANCE IN NEED OF GOLD Paris, Oct.
1S.-The budget committee has reQuced maj
figures Of this years budget rem Ssoz' tVV; e ooo
Of SIC. 000, 900.
FIRE DOES GREAT DAMAGE.-Birmingham
Ala, Oct. ls.-The fire which broke out after
midnight in the six-story building of the Pro
well Hardware Company burned for six hours,
causing a loss Of about $500, ,00Q
sMUGGLERs PROMOTE sTRIFE.-W ashing-
ton. Oct. 1s-Smugglers are the chief promoters
Of political dissension in Santo Domingo. ac-
eording 10 reports received at the State De
partment concerning the unsettled conditions in
the little republic
VIOLATED EIGHT-HoUR LAW.-Boston,
Oct ls-A verdict of guilty was returned today
In q test case brought against William II. Ellis,
ing violated the Federal eight-hour law on work
at the Chariestown navy-yard.
TO IMPROVE HAVANA RAILWAY.-London,
the Western Havana Railroad today the chair
man announced the approaching issue Of 81, ,ooe.-
chase Of additional rolling stock.
TALKS OF SAN FRANCISCO FIRE.-Indian
apolis, Oct l6.-The National Association OF
Local Fire Insurance Agents today discussed
feature this afternoon was the address by W.
n. Bament on the San Francisco disaster and
FIRE loss.
SUICIDE REVEALS sHoRTAGE.-LatchfeId.
III. Oct. IS.-Dunean C. Best, for eight years
Circuit Clerk Of Montgomery County. committed
suicide in New York today by shooting himself.
seek a position. His accounts as Circuit Clerk
are reported short.
BETRAYED GERMAN ARMY SECRETS
Leipzig. Oct. 1s.-A named Shey, who
tried to sell to the French Government the
secret Of the manufacture Of the German nickel
coated cartridge has been sentenced by the
Imperial Supreme Court to four years in the
penitentiRry for treason
CONCUR IN RATE LAw.-Mexico City, Oct
1s.-In order that there may be no delay in the
selling of through tickets from points in the
United States to points in Mexico. every rail
road In Mexico has sent to the Interstate Com
merce Commission Of the United States a con
currence IN the railroad rate law.
ENDS LIFE WITH STRYCHNINE.-Colusa
Oct. 1S--John Shea. caretaker of the Tusor
ranch. committed suicide on Tuesday night by
taking strychnine. Rev. G. II. Powell. pastor
Of the Episcopal Church, received a letter OF
Wednesday from Shea telling him to come tc
the ranch. Powell went and found Shea dead.
STATE DEPARTMENT MAY ACT.-Chicago
Oct. 1S.-Chicago friends OF Miss Margaret Win
bafer of Creston. Iowa, who was dragged from
train in Russia recently because of defect
in her passport. have decided TO ask the State
Department in Washington to investigate the
case and secure the punishment of the soldiers
declared to have treated her cruelty.
ARMOUR POUNDS SCHOLARSHIP
Oct. 1S.-James ]. Hil's recent address at q
banquet Of the Chicago Commercial Association
impressing the necessity of keeping the boy or
the farm" has been responsible for an annua
donation OF $4,000 by J. Ogden Armour through
the International Livestock Association. fo
scholarships TO be competed for by the State
agricultural colleges at the livestock shows
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SAYS JACK LONDON
IS PLACARIST.
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO rHEc CALI

CHICAGO, Oct. 18.-"Jack London is
the most clumsy k1eptomaniac I ever
observed"
j. T. Bramhall, one of the executive
officers of the Chicago Press Club, to-
day sent this terse but expressive SEN
tence by wire to the publishers of
Eyerybody's Magazine at New York
The assertion was based upon what the
friends of Stanley Waterloo claim to be
a bald plagiarism by Jack London OF
Waterloo's book, The Story of Alb"
The first chapter of Jack London's
story of Before Adam" recently ap-
peared in Everybody's, and critics at
once saw such a striking likeness both
in plot and language of the two mar
ratives that the deadly parallel was
at once begun. Both stories deal with
man. in his earliest stage of develop
ment
Stanley Waterloo stalked around the
reception room of the club today and
laughed.
Il am not personally acquainted with
Mr.. London" he said. But I am con-
vinced that he is a clever writer when
he uses other peoples brains. He has
accomplished in six weeks what it took
me fifteen years of deep study and in
vestigation to produce. The Story of
Abb was my pet, and l worked on 1t for
fifteen long years. Jack London not only
starts out with the same proposition
based my work on, but he employs in
some instances practically the same
language"
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COINAGE OF BRITAIN
MAY BE CHANGED
In Response to Popular De-
mand Government MAY
Adopt Decimal System

How long are we to be afflicted with
a cumbersome copper coinage instead
of small nickel one? If DIR. Asouith
wishes to merit the appreciation of his
fellow-countrymen during his tenure
of Office he will do away with this relic
of barbarism, which dates from Lycur-
gus and from which most other coun-
tries have emancipated themselves. The
penny and the half-penny are merely
tokens and do not represent intrinsic
value. Copper has risen from an aver
age of f50 per ton to above $50 per
ton. The token must cost us nearly
twice as much as 1T did a few years
ago. The only objection to the nickel
coinage is that 1t is little difficult TO
distinguish II from the silver coinage
of the same size. But this might be
got rid of my making the former in
rings-N E., with hole in the middle
of each coin-and this would have the
additional advantage of effecting saw
ing in metal. No further copper coins
should be coined. All existing ones
should be exchangeable for the new
coins at any postoffice. In effecting
this change Mr. AsGrith might com
Twelve pence might be exchanged for
ten nickel coins or for twenty of the
value of halfpenny, or in order to
lead to the exchange being speedily
made, of twelve or twenty-four new
coins In addition to the penny and
halfpenny there ought to be vast
number of new nickel coins of the value
of one-tenth of a penny. This would
be great gain to very poor people
who make little purchases AS it is
they often pay more proportionately
for their small purchases than others
When once step is taken toward
decimalizing our coinage, that of our
weights and measures will soon follow
hope that 1T viii not be long before
both are effected, for no country that
has ever adopted the decimal system
has regretted it. Not only for purposes
of calculation but for all commercial
transactions 1t is better than any other.
The French system of weights. meas
ures and coins is a perfect scheme. and
1t has the advantage of being in use in
all Latin countries. All that is needed
is for US to rally to it.-London Truth
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MANCHURIAN COAL MINES.

The Fushun coal mines in Man
churia. which is to form a part of
the Japanese Government investment
fn the South Manchurian Railway, is
believed 10 be one of the richest coal
fields in the world 1t is not an easy
matter TO even approximate the value
Of the deposits, but some idea of its
value can be formed from the fact that
~ strata extends from 100 70 120 feet
~ depth, running about ten miles in
breadth The quality Of the coal is
said TO compare favorably with the best
output Of the Buzen and Chikuzen
coal mines. There is also every facil-
ity for transportation. both by rail and
By the Lao River. The price at which
the coal is TO be sold is not announced,
but the cost Of the article in the
Shanghai market is estimated at
$50 yen.-Japan Herald.
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INCOMES OF ENGLISH DocroRs.

The English doctors are on the verge
of financial ruin, for, according to the
British Medical Journal published in
London the day before yesterday the
incomes of English doctors have fallen
off 25 per cent within the last six years.
Among the causes for this decrease in
income are the disappearance of the
epidemic of Influenza and other sick
nesses and the decrease of winter all
ments attributable to the mildness of
recent winters. But it would be more
honorable to the distinguished profess
sion to attribute the decline to the inn
proved sanitary arrangements, organ
lied for the most part by the medical
profession, and also for the increased
understanding regarding the conditions
OF health which has been brought about
entirely by the study of medical sci
ence. If the doctors in London are
starving they are starving honorably.-
New York Globe.
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WOULD TAKE VOTE
FROM NEGRO.

CHICAGO. Oct. 1S.-Announcement Of
a carefully planned campaign to secure
the repeal of the fifteenth amend
ment of the constitution of the United
States, that which gives the negro
equality with the white man as citi-
zen, was made by Governor James K
Vardaman of Mississippi, who was in
Chicago today attending the Railway
Surgeons convention.
Governor Vardaman, who is seeking
election to the United States Senate.
declared that If he won a membership
in the upper house of Congress he
would make his fight on the floor
of that body, believing that he would
have the support of the entfre South.
He insisted that crisis in the rela-
ton of the races in the Southern States
was at hand, and that the problem of
white supremacy or black domination
should be settled at once.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-19
WEBB IN SAN DIEGO.
Attorney General Shakes Hands With
Friends and Predicts a GiIIett
Victory With Large Majority.

SAN DIEGO. Oct. 1S.-Attorney Cen
eral Z. S. Webb, candidate for re-eIec-
tion on the Republican ticket, was an
arrival this morning on his regular
canvass. He devoted the day to call
ing on political friends. In the course
of a conversation he said:
OF course we will keep up the cam
paign until the campaign is over, but
the result is already known. Gillett
will be elected by majority that viii
surprise even his friends. His own
Congressional district will return a
vote for him such as he would receive
if he were alone in the race. The
south will be strong in it's majorities
for him and the central portion of the
State will take care of itself Gillett
will come pretty near carrying Bells
own county. though if Bell has any
strength it is to be found in the Sec
ond district
Webb leaves tonight for the north,
and will speak at San Pedro tomorrow
night.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-19
CASH ron TRANsPopTATIoN.

The decision of the Interstate Com
merce Commission that nothing but
money shall be accepted in return for
railroad transportation, precluding an
exchange of advertising for mileage.
was doubtless made on the theory that,
in advance of a legal decision cover
ing a mooted point in the statute. is
the policy of the administration of
ficers of the Government to claim
everything" If the Government were
to waive the possibility of this inter-
probation of the law there would be no
one to bring the question into court,
and so the phraseology of the existing
statute would fail of judicial construc-
tion.-Boston Transcript
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-19
GRASS Grows IN 4 TREE.

One of the sights of Washington not
down in the guide book is the sycamore
tree at the southeast corner of Penn
sylvania avenue and Eleventh street.
northwest In the trunk of the tree.
about ten feet above the sidewalk.
there is an aperture about six inches
long and two inches wide, from which a
tuft Of grass is growing. The grass
looks something like the species that
made Kentucky famous. and it is
blooming and growing to al lremarkable
extent. No one in the. neighborhood
could volunteer any information as to
how the grass seeds became implanted
in their novel bed.--omaha Bee.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-19
Gossip of Doings of
Railroad Men.

Charles S. Lee, passenger traff1c man
ager, and James Horsburgh Jr., gen.
eral passenger agent of the Southern
Pacific are in New York looking into
prospective winter excursions to Cali
fornia and making arrangements for
new train service.
II. r. Judah, assistant general pas
senger agent of the Southern Pacific,
who has been i'll all summer, is greatly
improved in health. He will soon tour
Japan and China, sailing next week.
He expects to return before the first
of the year.
Roy A. Murray has postponed his de-
parture to Washington, D. c.. until
next month, when he will marry Miss
Isabelle Dillon, and not Miss Stern. as
was reported.
Jay Adams of the Nickel Plate has
returned from a trip to Los Angeles.
He says that there are as many people
coming into the southern part of the
State as there were last year The
hotel men, he said. were preparing for
a big influx of visitors and from what
he could learn many of them would
visit San Francisco before returning
home.
w. Murray, chief clerk of the passen-
ger department of the Union Pacific,
and E. P. Buckingham, general super
intendent of the Ocean Shore line, Wis
tied Mount Tamalpais yesterday and in
the evening left for the East.
Charles Jones, an engineer OF the
Sierra Valley road, was arrested at
Beckwith last week for having set fire
to some grass. Jones claims that he
was not in fault, as the confiagration
was caused by a spark from his loco
motive. The people of Beckwith say
that they will take stern measures to
protect the country from such fires
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-19
REpuor1oN WORKS PLANS READY.

MANHATTAN, Oct. 1S.-Engineer
Wolf. in charge of the reduction plant
project of the Tonopah Exploration
Company, is In this camp, and gives
very agreeable news of the plans of
the company. The plans have been
completed in Denver and are either in
the hands of the directors of the COM
pany in Tonopah or on their way, and
1t is hoped that within few weeks
the contracts for the machinery will
be let. Mr. Wolf believes that the ma
chinery plants will be able to deliver
within ninety days. Work on the pipe
line is progressing steadily and the
company now figures that the water
will be flowing into camp by November
1. Excavation on the mill site will take
no great time owing to location, and
that the mill will do we'll is assured
by the success of the experiments made
by Professor Bosqui.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-19
GRANNY COMPANY AcrryE.

MANHATTAN, Oct. ia new en-
ergy has seized the Granny Company
of this camp and work has been start
ed on the new ledge that was discov-
cred some time ago by Frank Naugh-
ton of the Wolftone Company. The
property is believed to be directly in
line with the trend of the ledge that Is
being developed on the Consolidated
ground and 1t is thought likely that the
new ledge is an extension of that ore
body. 1t is reported that the Granny
Company has informed Mr.. Naughton,
who is directing the prospecting of the
new ledge for them, that it is planning
to erect a hoist and mine buildings of a
substantial nature in the immediate
future. The results of the prospecting
will locate the big working shaft that
is to be put down. 1t is also reported
that development will soon be started
by the company on its other estate,
the Northern Lights group, near the
Broncho, which is well located.
Drot the drought in Maine. Icemen
are already marking up prices on next
summer contracts.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-19
RAILWAY TRAVEL.
California
Limited
To Chicago in3Days
Leaves daily at 0:30 a. N.
With Diners and Sleepers.

1880 AM. For Stockton. Merced, Fresno,
Hanford, .Visalia, Bakersfield
500 P. M. and intermediate points.
$50 A. M.-Ca1iforniae Limited, 3 days
to Chicago. Leaves every day Direct
connection to Grand Canyon.
$50 A.M.-Valley Limited for Stockton.
Merced, Fresno, Hanf0rd, Visalia,
Bakersfield and points on Sierra
Railway.
1855 AM.-For Stockton, Riversbank
Oakdale and points on Sierra Rail-
way.
400 PM-F,or Stockton, Fresno and
intermediate points.
800 PM.-Overland Express forN DEN
yer, Kansas City, Chicago and Grand
Canyon.
TICKET OFFICES-Ferry Building
San Francisco; 1112 Broadway Fortieth
ST. and San Pablo ave. Oakland. Uni
versity ave. and West ST., Berkeley.
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BEvERIDeE ron REVISION.
Senator says Some Changes should Be
Made In Tariff.

LOGANSPORT, Ind. Oct. 17.-Senator
Beveridge spoke here today before a
large audience, making his first politi-
cal speech in the Indiana campaign.
The Senator devoted most of the ad-
dress to a discussion of the tariff He
made a plea for a. limited tariff re-
vision.
He said there should be changes in
some tariff schedules. because the con-
ditions those schedules were made to
fit had changed and because it would
be better not to imperil the whole pro-
tective system by putting off admit
tedly needed changes until so many of
them accumulated that their combined
force would compel a general revision.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-19
VANISHING HUMAN VOICE.

no longer be charmed by the sweet
tones of the tenor and the soprano. The
present fashion of violent sport is hav-
ing a most disastrous effect on the
singing powers of the lungs, and it is
probable that our descendants will
never be able TO enjoy the operas OF
Verdi or Rossini owing to the dearth
of singers.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-19
DUcHEss, MOTHER VERY III.

NEW YORK. Oct. 1S-Mrs. Antonio
Yznaga, mother of Consuelo, Duchess of
Manchester, and Lady Lister-Kaye. and
grandmother of the present Duke of
Manchester, lis seriously i'll with pneu-
monia at the Hotel Marlborough in this
city.
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GESERALE TRaNsArLAETIOUE.

DIRECT LINE TO HAVRE-PARlS
Sailing every Thursday instead of Saturday.
Morton st.
First-cIass to Havre, $40 and upward. Sec
oud class to Havre. $40 and upward GEN
ERAIs AGENCY FOR UNITED STATES AND
CANADA. 32 Broadway Hudson Buildingl.
New York. J. r. FUGAzI manager Pacific
Coast $50 Montgomery ST.. San Francisco. Tick
cts sold by all Railroad Ticket Agents.
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This Government should see that
steps are taken toward keeping from
Cuba as much information as possible
concerning the way they have been be-
having in Atlanta lately.
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OAKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE.
Morning Session

OAKLAND. Oct. 1s-Following were the sales
aed closing quotations today on the Oakland
s sck and Bond Exchange.
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The Government ownership of rail-
roads also means easy picking for a
few more claims commissions.
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OCEANIC S. S. co.

LULU-S. S. Ventura sails d. m. Oct.
25. Christchurch international Ex-
hibition) and return, first $29S.50.
second $22S.5O.
HONOLULU only-S. S. Alameda sails
IL a. m. No. 8. Round trip, 4.rst
class, S125.
TAHITI, SOUTH sEAs-S. S. Mariposa
sails at IL a. m. Nov. %. First class
round trip S125.
j.. ID. SPRECKELS & BROS. CO.,
5S Clay Street, San Francisco.
Phone Temporary 1231.'
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NORTHSHORERAI

Via .Sausalito Ferry.
FOR SAUSALITO. MILL VALLEY, SAN RA-
FAEL-WEEk DAYS AND SUNDAYS
TOO, s7:45. S:25. sS:15. $50, II 100 a. m
1920 Il As, s3:15, ABS. 5:15. $50. $50.
7:15, 800. 10.15. I1:35 D.
sRuns to San Quentin
7-45 a M, daily, for Cazadero and way.
S-15 p. m, Saturday only, for Cazadero and way
5:15 p. m, daily. except Saturdays aud Sundays,
for Point Reyes and way stations.
-Ticket Office-
Union Depot. foot Of Market ST.. San Francisco.
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CAITFoRNI
THE MoRLp.s wHEAT CROP.

areonsut ....z.s5 5.oocent Eureka. 90 100
Bunker Hin. lao
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-04-07
Three MILLION
FOR IMPR rowing
AND DEVELOPING THE MIDLAND
VALLEY RAILROAD.
And EXTENDING THE line
From Arkansas City to Mcpherson,
Kansas, and Then Will Go South
To Gulf of Mexico.

The Midland Valley Railroad com
pany will keep up with the procession,
no matter how fast the pace may be
set. AS their expansion, extension,
and improvements are all directly or
indirecIy tributary to the welfare Of
Tulsa, Tulsa citizens will be pleased
to hear the following:
Three million dollars has been set
apart by the officers and stockholders
for the express purpose Of extending
the line from ArkansasCity to McPher-
son, Kas., there to connect with the
Union Pacific. This money has not
been borrowed in any way, and it will
not be expended for rolling stock. 1t
is for the road bed and other equip
ment.
This is not all. The company will,
as soon as able, turn their faces south
ward and will carry their line from
Fort Smith, Arkansas, to deep water
at the Gulf.
Already a large business has been
done with Southern points by this
road. In April alone, for instance,
1900 car loads of Texas cattle were
brought into the Territory by the
Midland Valley, unloaded at Foraker
and Myers, dipped into the watts and
turned loose ON the rich grasses in
the Usage country-there to grow fat
and get ready for market. These cat
tie came from Brady, Sandown, Com
stock, Sweetwater, Odessa and SanAn-
gelo, all in Texas.
There is an immense territory north
and south of Tulsa from which the
Midland Valley can draw the richest
resources and it will not be slow in
extending so as to capture all in
sight.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-04-07
STATES AGAINST THE DEMANDS
Trustee of Big Devlin Coal Mines Is
sues Manifesto.

Topeka, Kas., April IL. +. Hur-
ley, general manager of the Santa Fe,
and one Of the trustees of the Devlin
estate, issued statement today
against granting the demands of the
miners, which is of unusual, impor.
talce. as he speaks for one Of ihe
largest consumers as we'll as one of
the largest producers of coal in the
Southwest.
The statement says: "lt is regret
ted that there are disturbed relations
between the operators and the miners,
and that there may be a necessity of
managing the mines with other men.
The demands made by the miners
would mean, as | compute it, a net III
crease of approximately thirty per
cent per ton in the cost of mining"
The statement reviews the condi-
tions prevailing in the Devlin mines
and says that they are operated at a
loss.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-04-07
DOWIE IS VERY WRATHY
N
sHoUTssHIs FURIOUS ANGER
AGAINST HIS "DEPosERs."
Newspaper Man, No Longer "Unclean
Devil, Hears Hot Stuff in PRO
phet's' Private Car Today.

San Antonio, Texas, April IA
Scrpps-McRae man rode with Alex
ander Dowie, the avepging angel Of
Zion, from the Mexican border to
San Antonio this morning. Dowie
does not call newspaper men unclean
devils now, but welcomes them in his
Pullman. AS he spoke, his rage mas
tered him time and time again, and
he roared out statements which re-
sounded through the ear. He said:
81 will drive my wife and my son
from the city Of God. They are un-
natural and possessed Of devils. The
love Of God has died in their hearts.
| have been true 10 every trust placed
in me, and to God alone am | ac-
countable, and not to those | placed
in stewardship. The charges of ex-
havagance are foul, and the mouth
ings Of curse. That | taught poly
ShHll 10 a. utNlI DNlH ne. i lub J. nave
been guilty Of improper relations with
youthful proselytes is a SANDER that
the might Of a just God will avenge
upon the high priests of iniquity who
longed for my death. My people have,
twenty-one million dollars, and the
debts of Zion are as a mole to noun
tain. The receivership curtailing of
my commands the their illegal acts,
and in the courts, as well as with my
land, | will smite them and lay them
low. Women may prove downfall
to the prophets Of old, but they can
cast no spell upon modern phophets.
1t is lie to say that lost millions in
Wall street, lie which will choke
my accusers as their souls depart with
the lustful letters purporting to have
been written by me, which will prove
by putting their creators beliLd pris-
Cd fSrs."