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The San Francisco call., 1906-11-07
HENEY AND BURNS
SPEND BUSY DAY.
Election. Does Not Check
Preparations to Bring
the Grafters to Justice
CASE LOOKS CLEAR

Interest in the election cast the graft
investigation somewhat into the back
ground yesterday, but Heney and
Burns kept at their work steadily, the
former leaving the office only to vote.
Langdon spent part of the day with
Heney, going over papers in the cases
now pending in the courts.
In all 1.-the preparations at Heney's
Office for continuing the investi cation,
1t is taken for granted that Judge Sea-
we'll will make the order against Ruer
permanent. In fact. the men in charge
Of the investi cation are so sure of this
that they decline to discuss the prob
ability of it being otherwise.
While the first indictment will be d.
rected against Ruef, 1t is~not to be as
sumed correctly that Heney will throw
all of his strength into the first case
He will not disclose all OF his evidence
at once, but will hold the most impor-
tant part of it in reserve for later IN
dictments. 1t is not thought that the
counts against the Mayor will be
rushed. He will return by the first ol
the year and action against him car
wait until that time.
Other officials will be taken in turn
/ 1t is understood that certain members
of the Board of Supervisors will not
! be involved to any great degree. With
! Others however, 1t is different FOL
more than a week a report has beer
! current that there has been a split ir
! the board. This report gained added
! foundation from the failure of Super
visors Rea and Sanderson to attend re-
cent Sunday night caucuses Thai
I there is any trouble in the board is de-
! MED, however, by these Supervisors
! Rea explains his absence from the
/ conferences by the pressure of his out.
/ side business.
! Before Judge Graham today Heney
will proceed to complete the Gran6
Jury This should not require more
than two or three days. After this has
been done no time Will be lost in plac
ing before the nineteen men enough
evidence on which to base an indict
ment
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-07
HOSPITAL NURSES
ARE SCARCE.

In addition to the continued scarcity
of mechanics and laborers in San Fran
cisco, there is now reported great
need for more hospital nurses. A gem
eral complaint is made by the Relief
Corporation to the effect that nurses
cannot be obtained for the sick refu-
gees, and all effort to get more
from various sources about the city
are met with failure
6 Trained nurses are in such demand,
it is stated, that those available are
kept at work constantly, and many
sick are suffering for want of needed
attention. It is hoped to have the at
tention of nurses in other cities drawn
to the need of their services here and
thus obtain their aid
Among the refugees there is consid-
erable pneumonia since the recent rains
began. This is due to improper shelter
in many cases and much concern is felt
by those in authority for the hurled
completion of suitable cottages. There
are still some cases of typhoid. but 1t
IS hoped this disease will soon disap-
pear, as the rains have hindered it's
spread
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-07
WHITNEY SUBMITS
FINAL REPORT.

The insurance report, in which the
Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco
Will officially inform the world how
the insurance companies have treated
San Francisco in the settlement of fire
losses in this city. has been completed,
so far as the work of Professor Whit
ney is concerned. Professor Whitney
is connected with the college of com
merce of the University of California
and has made special study of insur-
-ance. BY reason of these facts the
Chamber of Commerce employed him
to collect all the facts and to submit
them in writing.
The manuscript of the Berkeley pro-
fessor has been completed and has been
handed to the Chamber of Commerce
This will be the basis of the report that
the chamber will submit to its corre-
spondents and to chambers of COM
merce, boards of trade and similar in
stitutiSns all over the world for their
information III.
In collecting the included data the
proceedings have not been ex parte.
First statements were received from
persons who had policies OF insurance
on properties in the burned district in
San Francisco. When the information
so gathered was reduced to writing and
tabulated representatives of the insur-
ance companies were invited to call at
the Offices of the Chamber of Commerce
and talk with Professor Whitney. All
information available is supposed to
have been gathered in by these two
methods
When the report is finally adopted by
the trustees of the Chamber of Com
merce, which may occur next week the
Chamber will prepare copies to send
-out in all directions. Thus the acts OF
the insurance companies, as they are
stated by the Chamber of Commerce
will become history. The dollar for
dollar companies and the welchers and
six bitters" have made up their rec
ords through their acts, and the result
of the Chamber of Commerce investiga-
tion ought to be interesting to com
mercial men and to insurance compa-
nies everywhere.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-07
COILS TIGHTEN ON
OPIUM SMUGGLER.
Prisoner Captured Here Is
Taken to Seattle to Give
Testimony Against Other
TRUNKS CARRY DRUG

Deputy United States Marshal Paul
j. Arnerich started for Seattle last
evening with c. E. Farnham, VINO is
wanted by the Federal authorities or
that port as a witness against an
opium smuggler recently arrested
there.
Farnham arrived here by the steam
er Spokane about a week ago and was
al once placed under arrest by the
customs authorities on suspicion OF be-
Ing member of the Seattle smuggling
gang No greatly damaging evidence
was found against him in particular,
owing to the fact that he had been
somewhat prematurely arrested. A
trunk which had been sent by rail to
this city from Seattle was opened by
the customs people and found to con-
tain about $500 worth of unstampeo
opium. Another trunk containing Sl20t
worth of the drug was seized at Seat
tie. The opium was taken from Vic
toria or Vancouver by the smugglers
and brought across the border into the
United States by rail, always in trunks
and as passengers baggage. There II
was sent to Seattle and thence by raj
to- this city
1t is believed that five men were
joined in the conspiracy. One of then
is under arrest at Seattle and Farnhan
is suspected of being member of the
gang. Special United States Treasury
Agents West and Charming "sweated'
| him severely. They declined to state
whether or not they had obtained val
liable information from him.
| 1t is thought that the smuggling o.
the band has been going on for severa
years.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-07
YOUNG COUPLES PLAN TO WE'D
Is STOPPED BY THE POLICE
Refugee Maiden of Jefferson Square
Starts for Oakland With Youth,
But Mother Intervenes.

Miss Adeline Toogood, nineteen years
old, and Joseph OFT, aged twentyone,
were arrested a the ferry depot yes
terday by Police Sergeant Campbell on
the complaint of Oliver Johnson, rep
resenting the girls mother. Johnson
informed Campbell that the young peo-
pie were under age and that they were
going to Oakland to be married con-
trary to the wishes of Mrs. Toogood.
1t developed that Miss Toogood and
her mother, with whom she resides in a
refugee cottage in Jefferson Square,
do not get along we'll The girl in
formed the police that she was the
victim of nagging and abuse by her
mother. and that it was to get her
away from this trouble that OFT was
escorting her to a friends home in
Oakland Johnson lives at the Too
good cottage and it is said that 1t was
owing to his Misrepresentation to Mrs.
Toogood that the police interfered with
the trip to Oakland.
After OBTAINING the young couple at
the police station for some time OFT was
given his liberty and Miss Toogood,
escorted by Policeman Walter Henne-
berry, was returned to the home of her
mother.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-07
POLICE OF MEMPHIS
CD ON STRIKE.

MEMPHIS. Tenn, Nov. "a mutiny
of nearly every member of the police
force of Memphis, headed by Chief
George T. O'Haver, occurred here to-
day. AS a result, this city has two
chiefs of police tonight
Mayor James H. Malone sought to
change the election day assignments of
the patrolmen Vice Mayor John T.
Walsh insisted that the regular as
signments of patrolmen be carried out.
Chief of Police OHaver said he would
not consent to the reassignment,
whereupon Mayor Malone suspended
the chief on charge of insubordina-
tion. The Mayor then appointed Police
Sergeant w. ]. Hayes acting chief
The patrolmen announced that they
would receive orders only from Chief
O'Haver. Mayor Malone visited sew
eral polling places and suspended more
than fifty policemen.
Vice Mayor Walsh and two FIRE and
police commissioners held a meeting
and passed a resolution reinstating e
O'Haver. The election was quiet and
orderly.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-07
PROMISES A GREAT
M|NT|NG TASK.

Forty million dollars worth of Phil
ippine pesos will be brought to this
city to be recoined at the San Fran
cisco mint Superintendent Frank a.
Leach does not know when this viii
happen, but it may be soon, he
said yesterday. The United States
Government is considering knottg
problem. When solution is reached
a great task will come to the Mint.
The Philippine pesos are to be re-
coined simply because the unforeseen
rise. in the price of silver has made
them worth more as bullion than as
money They would probably find
their way into melting pots in the
Philippines If the Government had not
provided a way to prevent 1T.
regulation has also been adopted
that limits the number of pesos that
any person may take out of the coun-
try When this was done the emerg-
ency was still sufficiently pressing to
suggest the issue of certificates OF
paper for the pesos. BY this device
the Government has gathered in most
of the coins. supposedly, and is there
fore in position to proceed to some
line of action when the advisable
course is finally discovered.
Prior to Admiral Deweys advent at
Manila and after the American occu-
patton and possession of the islands,
htne COINS IN ClICuldIlOH uHOci tiC
name of peros were not of uniform
bullion value nor uniform in material.
Some of them were made in the sew
enteenth century. A medium that was
uniform was desired. The United
Staes Government caused the old
coins to be called in and recoined.
In their stead the Filipinos were given
brand new coins, to the value of about
$40. coo, 900, all of which were made
| fp Co NJ ~ then n
posed that the silver money question
of the Philippines was settled for some
time.
General prosperity. so Superintend-
ent Leach says, is probably responsible
for the higher price of silver. At 64
cents an ounce the peso and the silver
that 1t contained were about of equal
value The economists figured out
that the relation would continue sat
isfactorily between coins and silver
bullion on the established basis They
were mistaken.
Silver has been purchased recently
by the Treasury Department of the
United States at 1927 and the London
market has taken the white metal at
II. The local mint has S5,0OO,0Oo
worth of centavoes to make for the
Mexican Government. This will fill
in the time with other work until the
early part of 1907. Perhaps the peso
will leave the islands If the price OF
silver continues to advance, but that
is not in immediate prospect.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-07
MAX P0PPER BACK
FROM EUROPE.

Max Pepper, not looking a day older
than when he was one of the shining
lights of the Democratic party return
ed to the city yesterday after an alb
sence of two years and seven months.
Pepper has Travelled the wide world over
since he left here. He has been every
where and he can talk as glibly of the
streets of Rome and of Amsterdam as
he once did of the streets of San Fran
cisco when he held the street-sweeping
contract.
1t is true that Peppers mustache is
as white as the driven snow and his
hair is as snowy as his mustache. but
he is as blithe as ever.
II am agreeably surprised" he re-
marked. "at the aspect of the city. 1t
is much better than what / was led to
believe from the remarks I heard. It
is one of the busiest places in the
world No. I have nothing to rebuild.
All my property was outside lands. l
was in Amsterdam when / received the
news of the disaster. 1t was rather ex :
aggerated and the story was not In
Amsterdam until 8 o'clock of the even
ing of the day of the fire The report
was that 1000 had been killed.
do you know that my father was
the first white man who suffered by an
earthquake in this city? He was build
ing on the southeast corner of Third
and Mission and the shock. which took
place on Sunday. October 8. at ! p. M.
threw down one of the walls My
father rebuilt the building with the
old brick, which called forth some sa-
tirical comments fr<al Mark Twain,
who was then a reporter on a local pa
per. who likened him to Ajax defying
the elements"
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-07
DONATELLI'S BAND
TO GIVE MATINEE
Special Programme Is Ar
ranged for This After
noon at Grauman's Rink

There will be a special ladies' mat
inee this afternoon by Donatellis Ital-
ian Band at Grauman's, corner Page
and Fillmore streets Music lovers will
be treated to one of the best pro-
grammes prepared In San Francisco
since the fire. as special care has been
taken to make this concert a drawing
card.
1t is due TO this band that Grammar 5
new rink has received so much pop
ularity since its recent opening. The
concert this afternoon Will begin
promptly atf2 o'clock. The programme
will be divided into two parts and will
contain many of the most popular
classic selections.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-07
RAILROAD STATISTICS SHOW
GREAT INCREASE IN MILEAGE
Poor's Manual for This Year Gives
Figures Denoting Immense Gains
In DEVELOPMENT of Traffic.

NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-There were
217.314 miles of completed railroads
in the United States at the end of 1905.
according, to the figures compiled by
Poor's Manual for 1906, of which the
advance pages have just been issued.
This Is a net increase of railroad mile
age in 1905 of ~4716 miles.
The capital stock represented amount
ed to s36,741, ,956,825. according to the
same authority, and the bonded debt
to S57425 261, ,901. The total liabili-
ties of the lines aggregate S16,292,8S0,-
S2S, as against SIS, ,495. .504,651 in 1904.
The cost of the roads and their equip
ment is figured as s12,494, 1858. 1876
against s11,664. .191,134 in the previous
year.
The total traffic revenue was S2,112,-
1870. with operating expenses OF
s1367.549574 The passengers num-
bered 445,446.641. and they were car
ried 23,406. 420,66S miles.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-07
WOMAN GUILTY OF HOMICIDE.

NEW YORK. Nov. 6.-Miss Fiorinda
Illario. who has been on trial in the
Somerset County court at Somerville,
N. j., charged with the murder of
Alexander Dipoalo, was found guilty
of nanslaughter by the jury last night.
She was convicted of having shot and
killed Dfpoalo last June. 1t was
brought out during the trial that
Dipoalo had squandered all Of her
money The defense contended that
the. shooting was accidental. Sentence
was deferred.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-07
LEcruRE ON LOCAL p1sAsTER.

Members of the To Kalon Society and
guests were entertained yesterday
afternoon by a lecture on The San
Francisco Disaster and It's Relation to
California" delivered by DR.. Clarence
Z. Edwords, chief of publicity of the
California Promotion Committee. The
address was illustrated by more than
100 stereopticon views. some of them
being panoramic. Starting with scenes
of San Francisco before the fire. the
lecturer then depicted the disaster, the
ruins and refugee camps. Views OF
Yosemite and other parts of the State
also were shown.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-07
BULLETS FAIL To
STOP ROBBERS.

OTTAWA. III. Nov. 6.-The two rob
hers who secured $1,000 from the
Farmers and Miners Bank at Ladd,
made their escape last night after an
exciting chase of forty miles and after
numerous battles with farmers who
attempted 10 intercept them After
holding up the bank. the robbers drove
10 Peru and al the point Of a revolver
compelled the liveryman to furnish
another rig. The robbers drove through
four county townships with police
armed with rifles in close pursuit.
In Wallace township lively exchange
OF shots took place. but the robbers
secured a new team and escaped TO
Sheridan. where they abandoned the
horses and caught a train for Chi
cago.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-07
MRS. ROOSEVELT NAMES NEW
CHRYSANTHEMUM "LOU DILLON
ChriStens Another Flower the "Chry-
seus" In Show Where Forty New
Varieties Are Exhibited.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.--Mrs. Roose-
welt today named chrysanthemum
after Lou Dillon, the famous trotter.
The plant is a new variety which was
shown today in public for the first
time at the annual chrysanthemum
show at the United States District of
Agriculture. 1t is a large white bios
som.
Forty new varieties of chrysanthe-
NUNS were shown and two of them
were named by the First Lady of the
Land" The other variety christened
by Mrs. Roosevelt is the Chryseus,
named because of its rich gold color.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-07
CAsTELLANE PLANS VICIOUS
ATTACK ON WIFE's WITNESSES
Counts Attorneys Seem Convinced That
All Hope for Forcing Reconcflin-
tion Has Vanished.

PARIS, Nov Sensational develop
ments are anticipated at the hearing
of the Castellane divorce suit tomor-
row. Convinced that all hope of a
reconciliation has gone forever, 1t ap-
parently is the intention of the Counts S
attorneys to open a vicious attack on
the Countess witnesses. The hearing
tomorrow will be private. Helen. Gould
is here giving support and comfort to
her sister during the ordeal.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-07
DISCUSS CHURCH AND STATE BILL.

PARIS, Nov. 6.-The debate in the
Chamber of Deputies on the church
and state separation bill was continued
today. War Minister Picquart, who
mounted the tribune for the first time
to answer an Interpolation regarding
the bill reducing the term of service in
the army to two years, was greeted
with a burst of applause from the left
party. The extreme left demanded
that the transfer of church property
take place December IL, 1905, instead
of December IL, 1907.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-07
INJURED BY AUTO IN FRANCE.

PARIS, Nov. Especial dispatches
from Monte de Marsan say that Justus
c. Strawbridge of Philadelphia, who
was injured in an automobile accident
near Biarribe yesterday, was pinned
under the machine for two hours, ow-
ing to the delay In obtaining assistance,
causing him to suffer greatly before
being released
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-07

Old Jonas Lie the most beloved
Norwegian writer. has returned to his
native land after twenty year soJourn
in Paris. He is 70 and almost blind.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-07

ADRIFT IN DISABLED LAUNCH Chicago.
Nov. G.-After drifting about Lake Michigan
since Saturday afternoon in gasoline launch
without gasoline Louis Wright and William
/ Thornton of Michigan City were today picked
up by the steamer Glenn and brought to this
| city.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-07

ARRESTED FOR CRUELTY. E. Beebe. a
teamster was arrested yesterday at the Six
teenth street dumps by Secretary MeCurrie. and
officer Edwards OF the San Francisco Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty TO Animals. Beebe
beating his mule with a piece of iron pipe.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-07
ARREgTrn rop cRI

Ladies' department Burns Hammam Baths.
SIS and SIT Eddy street. Will DC open III ABOUT
two weeks Mems department now open.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-07
pre.,d,o Heights Dye Works

At 1888 Sacramento street, were not
burned out: are now running full force.
Country patrons promptly attended to-
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-07
100000 Frog.

We are now open for business at 1347
Golden Gate ave. near Fillmore, Try
one of our special French dinners. rea-
sonable and perfection
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-07

A. c. Rulofs0n Sheet Metal Works.
Office. Monadnock building. Factory. Sth and
Brannan sts Telephone Temporary 1918. Oul
speciality four styles hreproof metal windows
skylignts corrices, metal ceilings. building
fronts Best work. Estimates furnished.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-07

ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTS NoTHER.-New
York. Nov. 6.-While taking apart his revolver
50 that IL could do no harm In the house Henry
Stedner, IS years Of age. Of College Point. L.
!. accidentally shot his mother. She is dying
and the boy viii lose his reason as a result
Of the tragic accident.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-07

Olsen & Lutterkort. tailors, 2456 Mar
ket mr.. Church. form. Phelan bldg.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-07

Sow your seed in ruts. and you will
not be bothered by q harvest.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-19
MARRIES A PEER
Pittsburg Woman the Bride Of Lord
ElIenborouoh.

London, Dec. 19.-The newest Ameri-
can peeress Is Hermione, daughter Of the
late E.. w. H. schenley Of Plttsburg, Pa,
who was married in London this after
noon to Lord Peterborough, a retired
commodore of the royal navy. The bride
wore robe OF white velvet draped with
old lace, and q white velvet toque. The
bridegroom, who had long been regarded
as confirmed bachelor, participated in
naval operations in the Baltic so long ago
as the Russian war OF 1856.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-19
CHINESE JOINS FRAT
-pr -. nj ~: u :
Chicago s'U' Student Is Admitted to
%s~ Phi Beta Kappas. 4satHa5EEt

Journal Special Service, E, 3
Chicago, Dec. 19.-In connections with
the convocation exercises ct the Uni
versity of Chicago this week, announce
ment is made of the election Of J. Yui-
Bong Lee, a Chinese student in the
science department, to the Phi Beta
Kappa society. {
Election to this national society is
on the basis of scholarship, an excep..
tionally high standing during the en-
tire college course being necessary for
qualification
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-19
Souvenir Playing Cards Issued no
Great NorfIIAfn Railmn.r

The Great Northern Railway ana
Great Northern Steamship companies
have lssued:-a new edition Of piayinr
cards az They are printed on exception,
ally fln I. stock, and are better cards for
me price =, asked than can be had else
where. The advertising, consisting Of
the trademark, is worked into an org
entail design and is confined entirely to
the back of the card. The steam
ship card is the more elaborate Of the
j tnwo, ap g i finished with gilt edges.
cents per pack. Steamship cards TWEEN ven.
'tystive cents per pack. \ Mailed to aIy
address on receipt Of price,
..'.z - -- A i. Craig,
Passenger Traffic Manager, ST. Paul.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-19
Accidents for: the Year.

ume OF freight traffic has put a severe i,
stIaln upon employees, and this has
often been made. the Justification of or
excuse for working men unduIy lonp
hours, and has led to the employment
OF many young and inexperienced ner-
sons: In the matter Of long hours the
acc1dent reports have shown instances
OF even worse conditions than exiated
In former years.
In the item Of passengers killed =,
collisions and derailments the record
Tor 1905 is not so bad as that Of 1qo5
me only real Indication of the fionres
is that the number and savar;tH -
great disasters has diminished me
cost Of collisions as reported hv +he
companies, excluding damages To Mon.
erty and indemnities paid fo 'or - op pio = =
c9nnk OF persons killed or injured, Is
greater than IN 1905. s"s-'7 So 49, :
The statistical tables only serve to
connrm : the serious and pressing char
acter OF the .three=fold problem which
1As peen eathe. chief feature Of this
uepaarImen OF the last two or three an
nual reports the Inv estigation Of
accidents; CD the requirement. by law
Inag the block Il syst TENS shall 5be used on
passenger Incl, and the regula-
ZION Dy governmental authority Of the
evil ct overWork by trainmen.. signal.
men, and telegraph operators.
Inc n law requiring carriers to make
montnly reports of accidents should ha
amended 81 50 that the monthly reports
shat include accidents of every kind
s1Hu - an classes of persons. =