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every other camp in the city ere a
week passed, most of them meekly
bowed to system
Just as soon as the soldiers have
firmly stablished the system and
instructed civilians how to enforce it,
but military control will remain.
Already the card system is in ope-
ration and working like charm. Each
tent is certain number of a certain
street, ard it is furnished with a card
showing just how many persons 1t
shelters ard how much food they
are entitled to. In the matter OF cloth
Ing, too, strict record Is kept Of all
the garments issued to each tent, and
wren refugee applies for shoes he
must first show that he really needs
shoes and that he has not already
drawn and illegitimately disposed OF
shoes. If the system had been
earlier in yogu. the lady who drew the
thirty pairs of shoes for herself would
hove been prevented drawing more
than one pair.
That is what system means, and
that Is how the military are transfer
ring the relief work to civilians and
the civilians are reiinquisning it to the
military. Between the two putative
Withdrawals, however, greed is being
t't""ftled and chicanery made impos-
sible.
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have behind them a four-f1fths ma
jority Their tactics are to avoid
conflict at the outset N order to get
through their agrarian bill as a practi-
cal measure TO win and hold the sup
port of the peasants. Then. If the
Government is not ready TO yield, they
viii draw the sword and there are
many possible complications Of dead
falls ahead.
The prospects OF pacific solution.
however. are certainly brighter. The
Fnreror appears 10 be well disposed.
tt. words Of his speech at the Win
ter Palace. which are now known TO
have been by his own hand after re-
fecting all TIE drafts submitted by his
advisers. indicate that he is sincerely
desirous OF a rapp-o?nere with
Parliament. and what re said to Pro-
fessor Mouromtseff president Of the
House. yesterday. is distinctly on
lire with A wish to meet the expressed
Will Of the peop'e. Nevertheless, words
no lcnEer suffice The leaders of tn.
Constitutional Democrats. while thew
have displayed consun1mate ability in
restraining the Hots7urs. are strong
and resolute IN their determine tion 70
secure full Parlis smentary rights with
a responsible Ministry chosen from
the roafority under a constitutional
monarchy.
with the excepti,.- of forty r1e-7-
hers the entire pe7sant contingent
toir7eI the Constitutional Den ocT' rs
and IN a test vote yesterday for vice
presidents polled 3e1 out of 42s votes.
The radical tendency Of the peas
ants constitutes the greatest surprise
Of the week One hundred and twen-
tv-two of them voted not to attend
the banquet given by the City Coun-
eli last night in honor of the Parlia-
nent because they could not courte-
nance the expenditure OF $4,000 while
people OF the ration were on the verge
OF starvation. and because they would
not attend a function IN which mem
hers OF the Council OF the Er''nire. who
are under boycott. participated
General Trepoff. co->-~-ardsnt Of
the palace is now generally recoe-
n:zed as a secret and dsnFero-s i-Au-
ence at court. ard the Liberal news
papers have oyened a systematic cam
pslgn against HIM.
Should the P.mperor eventually elect
- wage war by declining TO Weld fur
ther the proietariat organizations Will
ases3n come to the front ss they con-
ststufe the only militant force cana
h.. Of fvhting the Government by the
mems Of a strike as weapc-. Until
ff,e fnal seci..cn of the Emperor
cones. the Social Democrats have de-
cicred a truce with the ma 'ority.
A meeting Of the secret congress-
of the party here to1av decided
- temporarily su.pe-d the boycott ~
the Parliament End give To further
encoura cement 70 tactirs NJ terrorism.
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COLDER DECLARES TWO MEN
TRIED TO HOLD HIM Us
PIars Thwsr->d BY Cuick Action of
Sentry, Who Narchss Prisoners to
Cuardhouee

Plars ThwsrArd BY Quick Action of
Sentry, Who Marches Prisoners to
Cuardhouse.
Two desperate looking characters. CIV
Ing thei- names as Sidney s-rithe and
John Burns and claiming 70 be Southern
Pacific tunnel laborers. were arrested at
by sentry al later turned orr to the
police. They are suspected of attempt
ing to hold Up a soldier who was on his
way to his tent.
ACCORDING to the story OF the soldier,
h. was wallsin- brislsly along near the
main entrance t. the Preside. when
Smith and Burns stopped him and asked
for a drink OF whisky. The soldier re-
piled he had none. whareupon the two
men demanded ...s 4cfn~co. He told
them he was CT -'-o. at whic'
they informe, b's Il have 10
submit to an O. The soi-
dier says that bo.4 led to grab
him.
ne ran in the direction Of the scntr,;
box. at the same time CRYING out for
assistance. The sentry heard him and
came to ms assistance covering Smith
and Burns with lis rife. They weYS
T-arched 10 the guardhouse and locked
UP for the night.
The military authorities teiephoned to
roice headnrarterE In the morning and
Detectives Tom Gibson and Harry Reyn-
took Smith and Eurns to the Park sta
tion. Both men deny they tried to hold
Up the soldier. They say they simply
asked him for some tobacco. Their pre-
linlinary examinn ton will take place this
CONSTANTINOPLE. May 13.-The
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seeker of definite enlightenment as to
where military control begins and
civil authority ends, and vice versa,
IN the feeding, clothing and sheltering
OF the refugees.
The truth of it seems to be that the
system aimed at and gradually being
attained is the performing of the work
by civilians under military supervis-
ion. That is to say, soldiers are show
ing citizens how things should be done
and citizens will eventually do them.
But at present neither soldiers nor
ci izens are monopolizins the labor.
A fair case in illustration is afford
Ell by the manner in which the refugee
camps at the Presidio are being "sys-
tcmatized." The four thousand home
less folks within the reservation
boundaries were originally divided
into six camps. each in charge OF 2
civilian medical man. OF whom there
we're hundreds to choose from. Little
BY little. however, the doctors author
ity has been lessened. although his
labor has not correspondingly de-
creased. Now the largest three of the
original camps-Nos. l, and 8, ag-
gre3ating a population of 1000 souls
are consolidated as camp No. 1, with
a cavalry captain in charge. He is
working in conjunction with the Ma
tional Red Cross digaitaries and their
ideas he transmits to the doctors.
Captain p. A. murphy of the First
tbo of7co-- in, oorfrol
he has Lieutenant II. s. johnson and
a troop os men to see to it that things
are done just as he directs.
This latest development of the "sys-
ten" was inaugLrated YESTERDAY
morning. and its effect was quickly ap-
parent. TWO troopers were detailed to
serve as inspectors of each tented
street. their duty being to enforce
proper sanitation and to prevent re
peating' in the drawing OF either ra-
tions or clothing. In their patriarch1l 1
position they are depen ied upon to be
constantly in touch with the inner life
of the people under their supervision
ard they have free entree to any i'm
pronnDtu home they may desire to en-
ter. That this right of entry is not
absolutely uncalled for may be in
ferred from the fact that in one tent
were discovered no less than thirty
pa;rs OF shoes. which its enterprising
feminine head had collected on requi-
sif4ons obtained under false pretense
That loot" and all other excess SUD-
piies were promptly confiscated, OF
otvrse.
Another evidence of the introduc-
tion OF system" was The compulsory
industry visited upon able bodied male
refugees by their uniformed guard
ians. Strong men who have partaken
OF the bread OF fdleness ever since the
day of the calamity were rudely
dragged forth from their habitations
md forced TO perform manual labor.
OF which there was much to be done.
IF you don't like to work in return
for the boarding and lodging OF your
self and family, you are at liberty to
abandon the camp" was the alterna-
tive given them. When informed that
they would find similar conditions In
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MUST CHOOSE
WAR OR PEACE
Majority in Russian ParIia-
meRt Puts Decision
Up to Gar.
Latter Seems Disposed to
Deal Honestly With
the Masses.

ST PETERSBURG, May 1ss-with
the new Parliament finally under way
there is distinct relief from the tre-
mendous strain OF the past few
months. Both sides expect a great
struggle between the crown and the
people. They realize that the real issue
Will not be joined until the answer Of
the Lower House to the speech from
the throne at the opening of Parlia-
ment is presented. Then the Emperor
must choose between war or peace.
The Constitutional Democrats have
effected a temporary combination
with the peasants and feel that they
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-14
CITIZENS OF SANTA ROsb
ARE TIRED OF LONG DELAY
Take Steps TO Force Insurance conps-
nies to Make Payments to the
Pollcyf1oiderS.

SANTA ROSA, May 13.-Punlic senti-
ment has been aroused here against the
insura noe companies. At a largely at
tended mess meeting of policyho olders
last night in the council chambers Ii was
decided 20 urge prompt payment of all
policies where loss had occurred through
fire. II this be not cone without quibble,
those affected will appeal to the council
to pass an ordinance prohibiting all COM
pazies that demur or attempt to eva6e
payment from writing any more busi-
ness here. Alrea dy the business men
are trying TO secure the signatures of
all local agents to an agreement not to
do business for any company thst dces
not settle fairly.
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STAFF AT PARK HOSPITAL
HAS LAUGH orr DR.. BRADY
Horse, Lean and cadsverous, Gives Up
the Ghoet and compels MedIeo to
Haul III: Buggy.

The members OF The staff at the Park
Emergency hospital have the laugh on
DR.. Brady OF the Health Department.
An animal. nick a horse, which
rad hauled Brady al out the city dIr.ug
the exciting days following the fire. DO
ped dead wine on me wa TO the Al-.ls-
house. Brady promptly d.Senaaged l. .
cauaSer nom It's harness ana took his
pace letween the shafts.
DR.. Brady was engages in sanitary wo.
for the health Board He acquired an
animal. lean in appearance and unsteady
of foot. With the cadaverous equine
Brady was wont to sport up and down
the rue Sianyan. His rig equally ram
si.a ckie. followed the horse on shaking
wheels.
: A few days ago P-ady decided to go
to the Almshouse. The trip was a long
one. but Blacy was game; so was the
Horse. The three. horse. wagon and
Brady, started of at painful tot Al
went well until Sixth avenue and III
sueet was reached The horse which
had been showing signs OF collapse, re-
duced Its pace 70 a slow walk and nnallly
gave UP the ghost with sudden thud.
The death was so gradual and so like
the animals gait that Brady did not
know that his rig had come TO a stop un-
I'll he glanced ~head and saw the corpse.
Not at all nonplused brady dragged
his bu hack TO town
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SECOND CONCERT IN PARK
ATTRACTS LARGE GATHERING
With But Fart Of His Band, SteIndorfi
Renders Excellent Musi
cal Selections.

Paul Steindorff dispensed music at the
old stand yesterday. With tut half OF
his regular pls .-ers the band leader rem
dered sweet nLsic to 10000 people. The
turning oft Of people was not as large
as last Sunday. Those who Cd attend
came in gals attire and the music
grounds took on their old time appear
Ance.
A large crowd gathered long before the
scheduled hour for the concert and en-
Jjosed the part which YVES as green and
luxuriant as ever. The band players oc-
crpied chairs just in front. of the old
stand whtch ri,rered atlyf from the
severe shock Of the 18TH
The regrla- number OF selections was
rendered. Leader steindo-ff had a selec-
ton that was well calculated to buoy
ArD the spirits Of the jovial crowd that
made up the audience.
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MISSIONARIES PREDICT
REVOLUTION M CHINA
Peienp Government Garnet voueh for
the Loyalty OF the Imperial
1rccpo.

MINNEAPOLIS. May 13.-Bishop T. H
Dahl of the United Norwegian lutheran
Church has sent cablegrams to the mis-
sionaries OF thne church In China. order
ing them to leaye the districts in wh eh
they are engaged In case they consider
their lives In danger.
Bishop Dahl has received three letters
from missionaries OF the United Church
IN China who forecast trouble In the
nature Of new revolution According
to these letters the disturbance IN CEN
tered 'aroung Running Fc. of the Honnn
district. Rev. J. 8. Stockke. who wrote
one of the letters. dated in Apr l.. says
the Chinese are rising against their own
COVE Tnent in this district. and he aS-
serts that the oficers and the govern
ment of1cials themselves do not believe
pended upon. as they are receiving pay
LeTded upon. as they are rece wing pay
from the revolutionists. He says they
are constantly afraid the soldiers will be-
ay them and open the gate to the
enemy.
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"SySTEk" GETS
Good HEADWkY
How It Operates in the Great
Refugee Camps at the
Preside.
Greed Is Baffled and ChiCanery
ThWarted by the Officials
in Charge.

Ask an army man how the estab-
Iishment of system in the relief
work is progressing and he will an
swer in words to this effect:
"Splendidly. We are rapidly getting
it entirely into the hands Of civilians,
where it properly belongs"
Put the same query TO any citizen
conspicuously identified with the
elelnosynary campaign and his reply
will admit of only this construction:
Beautifully. We are gradually get
ting the entire task in military hands,
which are much more competent to
regulate it than we are
All of which is confusing to the
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THOUsANHs OF SIGHT sEERS
CROWD THE TROLLEY CARS
superintendent Hlbbs of United Railroads
Puts on auxiliary Line on Page

Many thousands of sightseers visited
this cftv yesterday and taxed the ca
pacity of the street car system to tho
utmost. They crowded the cars and
tie. streets in the burned district from
early morn until gas time. and the, e
wss much foot travel along Valencia
street ana Howard street between Seven
teenth and Eighteenth. where the grour d
sank tvst over the filed in bed of an old
creek that flowed from Valencia down
rhgnteenth to the marshes on the bay
shore.
General Superintendent F.. D. Hitbs
of th~ United Railroads yesterday placed
IN Commission ar auxiliary trolley line
on Page and Oak streets to the Chutes.
There was no Sunday for him yester-
a., the day being spent in unravelins
railroad ''troubles.''
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or for Tahiti.

This Is a good time to send ones
family on a vacation. especially de-
lightful for the chIldrsn. The g s.
MARIPOSA will sail for Tahiti
TUESDAY, May 22 and the round trip
rate for this voyage Is s125.o0. BOOK
ING OFFICE. 100S Broadway or Pier
No. Z. foot Pacific St. San Francisco.
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t,syashi Entsrs Japan's Cabinet.

TOXIC. May 13.--The newspapers here
assert that viscot-nt Hevashi. Emba ssa-
dor TO Great Britain. ..as accepted tho
foreign ministry and Baron Komura, the
post OF ambassador at London. There
has been no ofieiaI announcement pend
ing the arrival OF Premier Saionf who
with return to Toxic on Monday from .
tour OF investigation In Manchurfa-
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Insurance Companies Of
New York Give Out
the Figures.
Foreign Corporations
Share Heavily in
the Risks.
Estimates Are Made of
What Each Company
Must Pay.

ALBANY, n. Y, May I3.-The State
Insurance Department tonight made
public the following figures showing
the losses in the recent California con-
dRgratlOn OF the fire and marine insur-
alce companies doing business in this
State ana reporting 10 the department
as given in reports OF the companies
called for IN the departments circular
OF April 23. They show estimated
losses 70 be total OF SI13.44l,5e5, di-
K-iSed az follows:
1Sew York State 5oint stock fire
and nrc marine companies. SIS, 944, 900
.Iaiat STOCK fire and FIRE marine
companies Of other States. ~ S21, ,499
Foreign fire insu. ance compa-
nies-United States branches as. go, ,oe6
MUTUAL fire Insurance companies
81 other States. No loss.
The report shows that IN most cases
en- impairment Of capital VIII be
maze good by the directors or stock
holders. The New YORK state compa-
mes report losses as follows.
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vcsuvIus Is in sncht Eruption.

NAPLES, May IS.-Professor MAI
teucci. director Of the Royal Observatory
on Mount yesuvius. tsiegraphs that the
volcano Is In slight eruption. Thick va
rcrs and sand are being expe i'd and
the electrical phenomena continues The
situation IS rot grave.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-14

When barber has -occcsion, 10 fet.er
a baldhcaded man he asks him II he
doesn I want . haircut.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-14

Doubtless, the average Chicaro,n
doesn It understand yet how he was arle
to break himself Of tho moving habit.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-14
Miners viii Resume WORK.

~
SCRANTON. Pa. Nay 13-Work vi
be generally resumed tomorrow at ptAs<i-
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Many q man s credit is good only be-
csuse. il n in his wife e name.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-06-22
A Kindly Smile.

Mrs. Coke has the same kindly greet
Ing for every one, whether he be the
miner, blackened with the CRIME and
dust of the mine, or in higher sta
ton of life She suggests to the parent
that in the home there should be i'm
portant training of the children, but
the idea is never advanced excepting In
spirit Of kindness and Of the broad
est kind Of sympathy. Her love for
the masses is not simulated; 1t Is the
Joy Of her heart. She has paid the rent
for many widow and orphan; has
helped out so that the little ones may
attend school, and has provided the
mother with employment 50 that the
home may be kept together.
Mrs. Coxe's home, like her life, is the
paragon Of modesty; she leads the
Simple life" in all its real simplicity.
Her chief aim seems to be to assist the
poor and needy. She has no pet phil
anthropics; there are no endless calls
upon her time from society folk; there
are no wonderful gowns, no costly mill
linery; no splendor Of jewels, laces or
sables adorn her person. It Ia not
after all, the charity which she dis
penses that has won for her the love
and admiration Of the toilers of the
mines, and that Of their wives and lit
tie ones. but it is the purity of her
character that constantly teaches a
beautiful lesson, not only to the mining
town, but to the world at large which
may study to its own improvement the
generous, unselfish, sacrificing life OF
this noble woman.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-06-22
BASEBALL At WASHINGTON.
Games Played Before Cabinet Off.
GERS. Diplomats. and Congress.
men.


At the base bali games in Washing
ton, the learned Justices Of the United
States Supreme Court, law makers Of
both Houses Of Congress, members of
the Cabinet and the diplomatic corps,
Sit side by side with the merchant,
artisan and government clerk, all
keenly enjoying the national pastime.
The big men of this and other nations
in the capital are base ball fans of
the highest degree, and are glad to
eschew court decisions, railroad and
other legislation, national and inter-
national topics for the less weighty
decisions Of the diamond. AS soon as
business can be transacted at the
Capitol and in the departments it is
customary for these distinguished
base ball enthusiasts to betake them
selves to National Park for an after
noon of enjoyment, roofing for their
favorite teams and resting from af-
fairs of State.
The different teams throughout the
country like to visit Washington for,
the privilege of playing before the
most distinguished spectators to be
found in any country on the globe.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-06-22
II was an old shark fisherman, hav.
no caupht many Of these monsters In

II was an old shark fisherman, hav'
ing caught many Of these monsters In
the Mexican Gulf, and had taken a
Florida Jewish and tarpOn; and ]
saw that work Of similar kind was
before me now. The line jerked
heavily in my hand, then began to
run steadily. When about 6 feet had
gone over the gunwale stopped, gave
a glance at the coil to see that all was
clear, and when the line came taut
jerked the hook into my first Jewish.
II have every reason to believe that
the latter was astonished, as for a
single second there was no response;
then came jerk that almost lifted me
from the boat, and the line went hiss
ing over the rail like living thing,
playing d merry horn Jipe of it's own
composition. Nothing could stop such
a lsh, and I simply waited, while Joe
pulled up the anchor. When the latter
was in, I grasped the line and braced
back for the fight. The light boat
whirled around like a top, and away.
we went, like tug surging through
The water, an ominous wave Of foam
rising high around the bow.
"A 1O-foot shark never pulled harder
than this gamey fish, and for minutes
it was question who was master.
took it in with the greatest difficulty,
gaining 10 feet, only to have the fish
rush toward me and then dash away
with an impetus that was more than
irresistible. Then / would stop him
again, slowly making foot by foot,
hand over hand, taking turn on the
cleat, Stacking and pulling, in attempts
to tire the monster-tactics that for
while were of no avail.
Zone of the tricks Of this fish was
to stop aid jerk his head from side
to side violently, proceeding that pro
duced an effect equivalent to striking
blows at the holder of the line-tre-
mendous jerks that came, one, two,
three! then one, two, three!-then the
line would slacken as the fish rushed
up. And if took the line in quickly
enough to prevent turn, well and
good; if did not. the fish would turn
and dash at the bottom, making every
thing hum and sing.
Giving and taking, hauling and cas-
ing off, for 20 minutes, | was almost
satisfied that / had done my whole
duty in the premises, when suddenly
the fish rushed up, and recov~ ring, I
took in slack, and with final effort
brought the black giant to the surface.
For moment | saw pair of eyes
as large as those of an OK, rich chest
nut black, and then, with tremen,
dous heave, the fish threw itself over
deluging me with water and half cap
sizing the boat. 1t was the last
struggle. I kept my hold, and with
another haul had the king of Pacific
coast at hand's-length, where it rolled