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The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05
NOTED DANISH STATESMAN
HERE ON A PLEASURE TRIP
Jeppesen Borgbjerg VIII be Given Re
ception by His Fellow-Country-
men This Afternoon.

Jeppesen Borgbjerg, member for Co
penhagen of Folkethinget, the low&
house of Parliament OF Denmark. has
arrived in this city and will remain
here three or four days.
Borgbjerg has for years been identi-
fed with labor movements in his native
land and is the leader of the Socialist
wing of the Parliament. having been
returned consecutively for the last fif-
teen years.
Borebjerg came to the United States
as the guest OF the Danish American
Association, and has been delivering
lectures in the Eastern States Having
heard so much of California he decided
to visit this State before returning to
Denmark next month. His fellow
countrymen in this city have arranged
for a reception TO him at Hoover Hall,
1881 Fillmore street this afternoon at
2 O'Clock.
The distinguished guest will speak
on Denmark's progress during the last
twenty years. A banquet will be given
him In the evening.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05
YOUNG MEXICAN AT CORNELL
INVENTOR OF WATER SHOE
Walks on Lake Cayuga and Expects
to Start Sort OF Water
La Crosse.

ITHACA, n. Y, Aug. 4-Jose An
tonic Ostos. a Mexican student at Cor
nell University, walked on the water
Of Cayuga Lake yesterday. He wore
pair Of WATERSHEDS which he recent
ly designed IN the department. of me-
chanical engineering. He shot about
over the water in every direction with
little apparent effort.
The shoes are constructed OF tin with
four air chambers in each and a
separate compartment for the foot.
They are five feet three inches long
fourteen inches wide and nearly ten
inches deep Collapsible fans prevent
them from slipping backward. A large
crowd witnessed the test Mr.. Ostos
is prominent athlete in the univer-
sity, rowing in the freshman crew at
Poughkeepsie in 1908. His chief OBJ
ject IN having the shoes made Is to
start new form Of water sport at
Cornell, a sort OF water la crosse. He
hopes TO introduce the game in other
universities if IL proves a success here.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05
SUPPLIES APLENTY
ARE EXPECTED.
Contractors Figure That
Present Shortage in
Goods Will Not Last
GREAT DEMANDS

According to calculations OF con-
tractors the supply. of building mate
rial in San Francisco will soon be suf-
fcient 10 meet all demands Accord
ing to the Investigations OF the Cali
fornia Promotion Committee there will
be demand for 100000 bricks daily
by the end of August, but the yards
iH and around San Francisco will be
fully able to meet this demand. The
brick from burned buildings will mate
rally aid in making full supply.
Crushed rock is in great demand for
foundations, facings and other con-
crete work, and 1t is estimated that the
various crushers in San Francisco,
Marin and Alameda counties will be
able TO furnish all that will be re-
quired. These quarries have a COM
bined capacity OF between 5000 and
1000 cubic yards a day, and contract
ors think this amount will meet all re-
quirements for some time to come.
Cement is short in supply but this
will be overcome before the end of
August The big plants in California
are working night and day. and seven
cement-laden ships on the way here
from Europe are expected to arrive be-
fore September. II is thought that
from these sources the supply will be
ample
builders hardware and plumbers sup
plies, but as soon as the freight block
ade is lifted there will be an ample
supply for all demands.
Structural steel is coming from the
East in large quantities, and the big
plants at Homestead and Pittsburg are
working night and day to meet the
sudden demand.
1t is estimated that there is 10000
900 feet of lumber in the city, with
about 100000 in the big raft which
came 20 Mission Bay some two weeks
ago. In Oakland there is a good sup
ply which can be delivered in San
Francisco on two days notice. Three
RATS are now in course OF construction
on the Columbia River, two of which
Will be brought to San Francisco and
one, containing 100000 feet, towed to
Shanghai, China. The two which will
be brought to San Francisco are the
largest ever built.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05
NEW NEVADA ROAD.
NEEDS MAT TER|AL.
LasVegas- I onapah Line
Must Get More Ties
and Bridge Iimbers
STRIKE IS CAUSE

LOS ANGELES. Aug. 4.-The build
ing of the Las Vegas -Tonopah extern
sion of the Salt Lake road has been
suspended for nearly a month through
lack of ties and bridge material, due
principally to the strike of the Sail
ors' Union at Pacific Coast ports. With
in a week. however. the company ex-
poets shipments of material from the
north, which will enable it to resume
work
The line will be completed it is ex-
pected, as far as Beatty within two
weeks and to RhyoIite by September
10.
1t is officially announced that the
prospective leal between Senator Clark
and James Brock for the latter's sur
vey between Rhyolite and Tonopah has
been declared off and that the Salt
Lake will make an Independent survey
Senator Clark is now in Butte, from
which point he will leave for New York
on August Z, and will sail for Europe
August Is for a two months stay. On
the occasion of this European trip the
Senator will for the first time see his
youngest son and heir, born there some
six weeks ago.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05
STEAMER BRINGS CHAGREs
FEVER TO NEW ORLEANS
Health Officers Direct That the Vessel
Be Indefinitely Held at the
Quarantine station.

NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 4. The
steamer Whitehall, from Colon, was to-
day declared a menace to the health
of all ports and orders were given
by the State Board of Health to hold
her Indefinitely at the Mississippi River
quarantine station. The Whitehall has
one of the worst fever epidemics on
shipboard in the records of tropical
shipping, having arrived here two days
ago with an outbreak of Chagres
fever
With the death today OF the steam
er's second officer. three OF her COM
plement of twenty-one men have al
ready died and sixteen others are in
the hospital.
Quarantine officials say that when
the Whitehall entered the Mississippi
River she had scarcely enough well men
to run her. and so great was the amount
of dirt and swarms of flies on her
decks that the nerves of experienced
physicians were shaken as they board
ed her. The steamer will not be per-
mitted to come to New Orleans under
today's orders, even after the fever is
cured.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05
MAZAMAS FAIL TO REACH
SUMMIT OF MOUNT BAKER
Overhangiing Crags and Perlous
Ascents Prove Too Much
for Mountain Climbers.

BELLINGHAM. Aug. a. - News
reached here today that the Mazamas
have been forced by the ruggedness
of Mount Baker to abandon their eff
fort to reach the summit. This de-
cision was reached on the return of
President Sholes of the club and F. H
Kizer. photographer. who made a pre-
liminary attempt to reach the top.
They were within 400 feet of the sum-
nit August 1, but could not go far
ther because of the overhanging
crags. At this place they deposited
the iron box and announced that any
one reaching it would be considered
Mazama.
Forty four members of the party
have signed a resolution to set out
for this point. In order to reach 1t
they will have to establish a camp
above the present headquarters. They
will start on the expedition tomorrow
afternoon.
President Sholes says that in all his
experience as mountain climber
he has never before encountered such
rugged and perilous ascents as he had
on the sides of Mount Baker.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05
Van Ness
Avenue
andSutter
Street
ITALIAN KIDNAPPED
FOR 4 RANSOM.
Pasquale Greco Is Kept
Bound In New York
Cellar Eighty Hours

NEW YORK, Aug. 4.-Pasqua1e
Greco, S5 years old, who was reported
several days ago to have been kid
naped by Black Hand gang, was
found today in a hallway on Eleventh
street. gagged and blindfolded and
with his feet and hands tied.
Greco told the police that since late
Tuesday night he had been prisoner
of several Italians, who had given him
neither food nor water in the eighty
hours of his captivity.
Attore Ricci was arrested Wednes-
day last on charge of accepting a
bribe of $500 to prevent the death by
Black Hand methods of Alfonso Schet-
tint, an Italian grocer. and his friend
Greco. RIcci then told the police that
Greco had been kidnapped and detec-
tives were at once started in search of
him. q.
Greco told the police today that five
men seized him at Bleecker and Sulli-
van streets about midnight Tuesday
and placed him in a cellar.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05
EASTERN ACTRESS
ASKS DIVORCE.
Alice Lonnon Alleges
Husband Once Tried
to Break Her Neck
CHARGES CRUELTY

Alice Lonnon. leading woman in the
New York. Boston and other large
cities along the Atlantic seaboard,
wants a divorce from her husband,
Harry Gettus Lonsdale, who is playing
comedy, although he has been an op-
cratic star Alice Lonnon, who is Alice
Perkins Lonsdale off the stage. alleges
that ever since their marriage Lonsdale
has been cruel. and that on one occa-
sion he attempted to break her neck.
Miss Lonnon is not at present in San
Francisco, according to Louis Sonntsg,
her attorney. He states that she
makes her home in this city, but that
at present she is in another part of
California, awaiting not only the ter
mination of the divorce suit but the
commencement of her theatrical sea-
son, which opens in September.
According to the complaint, the actor
end actress were married in New York
City March Il, 1893. Their honeymoon
seems to have been short. for Mrs.
Lonsdale alleges that between Septem-
Der / and May 81, 1902, her husband
was abusive of her, and upon one occa-
sion said:
II have taken you out Of the gutter
and made you what you are. You Will
sink to where you came from II L
don't look after you.
She also accuses him of opening be-
tween 800 and 400 sealed letters that
were addressed to her, reading the
contents. Some of the letters COM
mented on Lonsdale's conduct and he
took umbrage at them.
After January, 1900, up to April Of
last year, at which time she left her
husband, he continued his abuse and
would compel her TO await his return
before she ate her meals. This, she
says, would frequently be an hour or
so after the regular meal time. In
Boston and in Canada she accuses him
of having drunk a considerable amount
Of liuuor. The complaint says further
that Lonsdale was a constant gambler
On other occasions, when they We're
living in San Francisco, Mrs. Lonsdale
saws that her husband insisted on tel
egraphinE his wifes relatives for
n.cney. much to her modification and
in spite of the fact that they were both
earning good salaries on the stage.
She accuses her husband on one oc-
casion of having attacked her in New
ark N j. and alleges that he attempted
to break her neck by thrustinS her over
a chair. He at that time accused her OF
uufaithfulness and said that as soon as
he found the man who had supplanted
him he would kill them both
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05
ALICE HEGAN rice AUTHOR
OF ANOTHER GREAT HIT
The Lady Of the Decoration,
From the Pen of the Girl Who
Wrote "Mrs. Wigs .
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Aug. 4.-JJnex-
pectedly and quite by the merest ac-
cident the compiler of that pretty lit
tie life romance, The Lady of the
Decoration" has come to light and
proves to be no less a person than
Alice Hogan Rice, whose rise in the
literary armament dates back to five
years ago, when she gave to the pub
lie Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. =
The Lady of the Decoration" was pub
Hshed several months ago in London
with the title page blank. 1t made an
immediate hit. It was published at
the same time in New York under the
pen name of Francis Little and became
popular at once throughout this coun-
try.
The material was published by Mrs
Frances Caldwell MacAuley of Louis
Vile and was compiled by her niece
who is none other than Mrs Alice
Hogan Rice. The Lady of the Deco
ration" is the story of the trials and
triumph of an American missionary to
Japan. who describes herself as "A
widow who was not sorry" The let
ters dated at various cities in Japan
and Russia-the period that of the
Russo japanese war-cover a period of
five years. Plainly they are personal
letters not originally intended for pub
lication. Into them is woven thread
of romance which reaches a climax in
the marriage Of The widow who was
not sorry" to a young American.
Miss Frances .MacAuley was a beau
tiful girl of prominent family in the
blue grass region. She married j. D.
MacAuley of Louisville when quite
young. After few years there was
a separation and divorce. In the mean
time 1T is currently said the fortune
which she inherited had been spent.
Five or six yearsAago Mrs. MacAuIey.
who was well known socially in Louis
Vile, accepted an appointment as
kindergarten teacher In Japan under
ive-year contract. She is now on her
way to America.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05
JURY PANELMEN CITED
FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT
Twenty-One Absentees Must Explain
TO Federal Judge de Haven or
BE Jailed.

When United States District Judge de
Haven yesterday called the roll of the
panel out of which a United States
Grand Jury was to be selected she found
that twenty-one of the persons sum-
moned were absent. He accordingly
postponed the drawing until next Sat
UrGay morning al 10 o'clock. He also
issued an order commanding the fol-
lowing named absentees to report to
him at that time and show cause why
they should not be punished for con-
tempt: Z. z. Bergin, Marshall Fair
field. s. G. B. Groth. Ed c. Kalben.
William d. Mccain, George A Pope.
Thomas A. Wiseman. c. W. Burgess, w.
NJ Field, George II. Halpin, F. P. lie
Count, Marshall A. Newell. A. c. Tetzen,
c. ~ Wolfe, A. B. Davis, Conrad Fink,
William II Harrelson, II. D. Morton,
james NJ. Patrick, G. Wempe, w. A.
woodward
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05
FORTUNE LEFT BY SAGE
NOT UP TO ESTIMATES
Instead of S150,oc0,O00 the Estate of
Financfer VIII Barely Reach
S0O.O00.OOO Mark.

NEW YORK, Aug, 4.-Among those
interested in the will of the late Rus
sell Sage there were intimations today
that other and more serious defects
than those mentioned so far might be
discovered in the instrument when it
is offered for probate September 81.
Until that date no one, not even the
lawyers in the case. will be allowed to
see 1t. Surrogate Thomas is guarding
the will with unusual diligence He
keeps it in his personal custody, and
to all who request an examination of 1t
he gives the same answer-that 1t
will not be examined by any person
until the day set for probate.
1t was stated today that a $ the in
ventory of the estate progresses it is
indicated that the Sage fortune will
not reach the figure, s150.o0o,000. which
has recently been given by some. Es-
Inmates today placed the entire estate
at $4,000, 900 to s9o.ooo.oo0.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05
Chinese WEDS SLAVE
IN ORDER To Land HER
Claims Admission for Her as Wife
: of American Citizen, but She
Confesses All.

~ m Bing Shee, husband Of Looa
She. was chagrined yesterday when
Iaited States District Judge de Haven
denied HIS petition for a writ OF habeas
sccrpus on behalf Of his wife. Looa Shce.
aSraiting deportation. The admitted
tacts were that Tom was native
american citizen, and that he and the
.w c.raD were married in Mexico lasi
March. They arrived here on April lG
et tile steamship Acapulco, two iavs
before the earthquake and the big IRE.
ParadoXical though IL may appear.
ms warmth OF their reception chilled
the woman'S ardor 10 become a resident
Of Greater san Francisco. and sli5 ad-
mitted 10 the immi grafton officials that
she was slave girl; that the applicant
D ad married her in order to remove the
Obstacles 10 her mission, and that he
had informed her that she was being
imported for immoral purposes.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05
GIGANTIC TELEPHONE
DEAL is CONsUMIATED
Illinois Company Arranges to Connect
with Independent Lines of
United States.

CHICAGO. Aug. 4-The Illinois Tele-
phone Construction Company the teIe-
phone end of the Illinois Tunnel Com
pany, has completed arrangements to
make connections with all the long
distance independent lines in .ile
United States.
President Albert G. Wheeler said this
long pending deal had been made. For
two years the Illinois Tunnel people
have been trying to get connections
outside Chicago with the Independent
Telephone Association of America. This
system extends from Maine to Mexico
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05
Need Supplementary Readers.

The School Department finds itself in
serious need of supplementary readers
and high school textbooks. Some
$4,000 worth of such books were de-
stroyed in the fire. Thus far Ii has
been found impossible to replace them,
and the Board of Education has in
voked the assistance of the relief cor
poration. asking an appropriation for
the purchase Of ths necessary books.
$4,000 being asked fH. While the mat
ter Is under consideration persons hav-
ing such books are requested to send
them to the Superintendent of Schools
at the corner of Pine AMI Larkin
streets.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05
CounferfeIters Arrested.

A dangerous gang Of counterfeiters
has been broken UP by the arrest Of
OTTO Parcinni, Harry 3. Barnes and
John IL Bryan at Red Bluff by United
States Secret Service Agent Harry VI.
Nofitt last Friday. The prisoners had
been engaged in making and passing
counterfeit dollar coins in the vicinity
OF Nina and other places in Tehama
County. Deputy United States Marshal
A. / Dingley viii start this morning TO
assist in escorting the prisoners to the
Alameda County Jail.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05
INDIAN RESERVATION LANDS
DISPOSED OF BY LOTTERY
wyoming Man Draws a Homestead In
the Shoshone Holdings That Is
Worth $4,000.

: LANDER, Wyo.. Aug. 4.-Hans Ber-
lin of Laramie, Wyo., drew No. 1 here
today in the lottery of Shoshone In
dian reservation homesteads. The
drawing was in charge of Commissioners
General w. A.. Richards of the General
Land Office, with Judge S. Maginnis of
Billings, Mont, and Colonel w. r.
Schnitger of Cheyenne, Wyo.. as ref
ell ees.
Hans Berlin, OF Laramie. Wyo, who
drew No. 1. will have first choice of all
the homesteads offered. The statement
has been made that this privilege is
worth $4,000 to the lucky holder. 1t is
also said that any number up to twenty
is worth anywhere from $4,000 to s10,-
On0
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05
LANE COMMITTED FOR TRIAL
ON CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER

LOS ANGELES, Aug. A. E. G.
Lane, the young butcher who caused
the death of John a. Smilde, a chauf-
feur, on the night Of July 81 by strik-
ing him a blow with his fist which
broke his neck, was held today at his
preliminary hearing for trial in the
Superior Court on charge of man
slaughter. His bail was fixed at $4,000.
The physician who performed the
autopsy testified that Snilde was
struck on the chin and that the blow
broke his neck. Lane confessed hav-
ing struck Smflde in an alteration on
the street following quarrel over
woman.
Mrs Smilde left last night with the
body of her husband for Grand RAPIDS,
Mich, their former home.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05
seattIe's Mayor Is Slightly Improved

LOS ANGELES. Aug. 4.-The condi-
tion of William Hickman Moore, Mayor
of Seattle, who is i'll in the California
Hospital with an attack of la grippe,
complicated with an abscess of the
inner ear, is slightly improved.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05
August 7th. sth and 9th

Are the next back east excursion dates. Tick
cts now on sale. Kansas City, $50; Chicago,
sT2 so: st. Louis, $3.50; New York. S10s. 80.
COrrespondingly low rates to all Eastern cities.
Tickets sold at these rates are good until Oc-
tober 81. They are good on the California Lin
ited. leaving at $3.50 g. m. Write 10 or call
upon Santa Fe ticket agent. ferry building, San
Francisco. for illustrated folders and full In
formation.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05
More cavalrymen Reach Camp Tacoma.

TACOMA. Aug. 4.-Three troops OF
the Fourteenth Cavalry reached Camp
Tacoma this morning after an over
land hike from Vancouver Barracks.
The engineering corps has the water
plant established and all drinking
water is now coming from driven
wells. There is not serious case
of illness in the camp
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05
Must Serve UnaduIternted MIX

CHICAGO, Aug. 4-The State Food
Commission issued a formal notice yes
terday that hotel and restaurant keep
ers who served watered. skinned or
otherwise adulterated milk TO their
customers would be prosecuted.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05

DENVER. Aug. 4-J- X. Mullfn, the
wealthy -four manufactures. who was
whipped in his home last Sunday by
Attorney Tyson s Dimes, after a con-
troversy with Miss Virginia Dimes
over the use OF q party line telephone.
filed suit in the District Court today
against Dimes for $4,000 damages.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05
DOUBLE TRACK FROM THIS
CITY TO Los ANGELES
Southern Pacific VIII Begin Important
Improvement on Coast Division in
the Near Future.

SANTA BARBARA, Aug. 4.-From
an official source it is learned that the
Southern Pacific Company will begin
the work in the near future of double
tracking its entire coast division from
Los Angeles to San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05
IntoIrent Farmer.

James n Devine. farmer at Wood
bridge, filed a petition in insolvency
yesterday in the United States District
CourE He owes sl4l5 and has no
assets.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05
Hammersmtth & Field.

M ern jewellers, corner Van Ness
avel1ue and Eddy street. We have a
new stock Of gold 5ewelry and silver
ware OF all descriptions.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05
Manicure Requisite.
Sue. Man Who Gave Him Beating.

The finest line in the city now on sale
at Stolz's. 1885 Fillmore. above Suffers
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-30
GLASS
AND GLAZING.
e. g. WELLS. 10 e. INTENDENcIA.

the strip should overlap little and be
pasted or glued together. Make the
cover Of the box in the same way, but
the merest trifie larger, SO that it will
fit nicely. Put in large bullet whose
diameter Is nearly equal to the width
of the box, put ON the cover and the
thing Is done.
Now prop up piece Of board or a
slate or large book-an atlas-in a
steeply inclined position or get some
body to hold it that way; stand the
box on the top of the inclined plane on
one end and turn the other end down
until it rests on the plane and at once
let go. If the inclination is steep
enough the box will roll down the
plane, but it will roll very differently
from a round box. 1t will rise slowly
on end, tremble, go over quickly, with
q slap, rise on the other end, and so on.
and 1t is likely to stop in any sort Of
apparently impossible position.
You see, before it makes turn it
has to wait for the bullet to roll the
length Of the box, and the bullet is so
much heavier than the box that when
1t Is at the bottom end the upper part
Of the box is so light in comparison
that the least inequality of the surface
may leave the box balanced on one
end, not vertically, but pointing in al
most any direction and looking as Il It
ought to fall.