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The San Francisco call., 1906-08-17
PRESIDE RECRUIT
LOSES FINGERS,

Private Pritchard, a recruit in the
Twenty ninth Company Of Coast Artil-
lery, accidentally shot the two first
fingers off his left hand while at drill
in the awkward squad yesterday
morning. Pritchard borrowed the gun
from friend and did not know that
it was loaded until it went off when he
lowered it to the ground a little too
hard. He was sent to the General Hos
pital, where 1t was found necessary to
amputate the shattered fingers at the
knuckles.
As son as he is able to leave the hos
pital Pritchard will be given a dis
ability discharge from the army, but
owing to the fact that all recruits are
forbidden to carry a loaded gun at
drill he will not be allowed to apply
for a pension.
Corporal John L. Garrison of the
Sixty-seventh Company of Coast Ar
tillery has been reduced to a private
and is now waiting trial before a gen
having raised a canteen check from so
cents to $3.50 and selling 1t to another
soldier for SIS. Garrison once made
poor attempt to commit suicide. AL
though he claims he turned the gas on
at IL o'clock at night, he was hardly
unconscious when found at 8 o'clock
the next morning.
Owing to the fact that every officer
on duty in the Yosemite Valley is
witness In the case of private in
company on duty there, a board of off,
GERS has been appointed from the Pre-
sidio to meet in the valley on August
22 to try the case. The officers de-
tailed on the board are: Lieutenant
Colonel Joseph Garrard, Fourteenth
Cavalry; Captain George B. Pond,
Twentieth Infantry; Lieutenant Oliver
p M. Hazard. Second Cavalry; Lieu
tenant John s. McCleery, Twentieth
Infantry; Lieutenant William C. F.
Nicholson, Seventh Cavalry; Lieutenant
Oscar A. Russell, Twentieth Infantry,
Judge advocate.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-17
NERVOUS WOMEN
Take Horsford's Acid Phosphate.
1t quiets the nerves, relieves nausea and sick
headache and induces refreshing Sleep
RAILROAD LAWYER IN
CAR WRECK.

Judge w. B. Cornish of New York
who as vice president of the Hartman
transportation lines acts as the chief
legal adviser of the railroad magnate
is due here today, a belated traveller
over the Shasta Route of the Southern
Pacific Company. Cornish is on his way
to San Francisco to confer with Chief
Counsel Herrin OF the Southern Pacific
relative to local railroad litigation and
various phases of legislation in which
the Hartman corporations are inter
csted. He would have arrived yester-
Gay but for the fact that his private car
was ditched on the road above the CAL
ifornia- Oregon line.
Among the many matters Judge Cor
nish will have under consideration
while in San Francisco will be the lit
igation in which the Southern Pacific
and Western Pacific are engaged over
rights Of way across the bay.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-17
Agent Taylor Arrives.

United States Secret Service Agent
Richard H. Taylor returned from
Washington and Colorado yesterday
to appear in the United States District
Court as witness for the Govern
ment against A. J. Raisch, indicted for
the Issuing of fraudulent naturaliza-
ton papers when a Deputy County
Clerk. Taylor has been engaged In
looking up the operations of the lum-
Der trust in the West and may be
called by the Government in the Fed
eral courts here when the Attorney
General orders prosecutions to be for
mally inaugurated.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-17
QU|NBY CONTEMP
CASE COLLAPSES.
Error in the Subpoena
Nullifies Proceedings
Against the Attorney
ACTION CUT SHORT

Because of technical error in the
subpoena by which the name of the Dis
trict Attorney fails to appear. the en-
tire proceedings against Henry C.
Quinby. attorney for the Eagle Insur-
ance Company. in Judge Graham's
court are nullifed. The contempt case.
it is believed, must be withdrawn and
the bench warrants be declared of no
avail. If the Grand Jury desires to
have Quinby appear and give certain
testimony, if 1t wishes certain docu-
mentary evidence produced, it must go
through the entire case, as II there had
been no action.
Quinby did not put in an appearance
In court yesterday forenoon. Judge
Graham was about to postpone the
case, but Assistant District Attorney
Robert Harrison said that he was will
ing to argue the case without Quinby.
Harrison had put in considerable tes-
timony to prove that Quinby did not
know what documents were required of
him when Denman sprang the point
that abruptly closed the hearing. Judge
Graham continued the case until today
but will probably quash the subpoena
The objection made by Denman
struck at the very foundation of the
proceedings. He proved that the sub
pena was not properly issued. This
was admitted by the prosecution, and
the case collapsed. Judge Graham had
no alternative but to declare the entire
case irregular.
The proceedings were not without a
bit OF acrimony. When the assistant
prosecutor went on the stand to testify
as to what occurred in the Grand Jury
room opposing counsel required that he
be sworn.
Il do not wish to question Mr.. Har-
rison's veracity," explained Denman.
From beginning to end he has done
nothing but to vex, harass and annoy
these insurance companies, so that
many of them are now making ar
and make their adjustments in other
places. We have received instructions
to see that our clients are not required
to do things that the law does not COM
pei. and in pursuance of that policy
shall insist that this be carried out
according to the law"
In drawing up the subpoena that re-
quired the attendance of Quinby in
court Harrison attached his own name
as assistant District Attorney. He neg
lected to add the name of the District
Attorney or to state that he was work
ing by direction of that officer. There
fore the document had no legal stand
ing in court.
After the overruling of the demurrer
there was presented an affidavit from
Quinby, in which he stated that he did
not see the original subpoena and further
that he appeared before the Grand Jury
voluntarily and that the order did not
describe intelligently what papers or
documents were required.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-17
Gillett Paints
Rosy Picture
of Success.

- AKLAND. Aug. 16 Having
travelled over the State during
a five weeks campaign. Con-
gresham James N. Gillett ar
rived in Oakland today, confident that
he will receive the Republican nomina-
tion for Governor of California at the
convention which is to be held in Santa
Cruz on September 5. GiIlett tonight at
the Hotel Athens said:
Since 1 began my campaign for the
nomination 1 have visited almost every
county throughout the southern part
of the State and in the valleys, and l
am thoroughly satisfied now to sit
down and rest and await the action of
the convention. Wherever I have gone
I haye found hosts Of friends. both in
the Republican organization and among
the anti-organization faction, who have
expressed themselves in favor of my
candidacy, and / feel justified in sayin 6
that am as confident as 1t IS possible
for a man to be that I will be the
choice Of the convention on Septem-
Der 5.
While it is impossible at this time for
me to give any. figures on what my ma
jority in the convention will be, I am
certain that I will have a good work
ing majority. I have found that aside
where almost all the delegations have
been instructed for me, that my great
est strength lies in the south, and in
the valleys. While 1 have visited San
Francisco and have discovered that ]
have many friends there. have made
no effort to carry my campaign into
that city, nor will do SO. am through
with the fight now, and will walt for
the convention and incidentally take
a rest.
One of the reasons that I feel con-
fident that large part of my strength
will come from the south and from the
valleys is that both in the Senate and
in Congress have always taken an in
terest in their wishes, and have aided
them whenever it has been in my
power.
Gillett will spend his time between
Santa Cruz and San Francisco until
the convention assemblies.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-17
trustee WouId Prevent Graft

REDWOOD CITY, Aug. 16.-Trustee
Hynding of Redwood City created a
sensation at meeting of the Board of
Trustees by saying that he did not
believe the street contracting system
was being carried on correctly. He
demanded the right, as chairman of
the street committee. to let all con-
tracts and audit the bills. He refused
to state whether he thought there was
any graft in the system. but wished
to oversee all bills or be relieved of
responsibility.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-17
Make. False Representations.

Edward O'Dea was booked at the
O'Farrell- street station yesterday on a
warrant charging him with obtaining
goods by false pretenses. He is ac-
cused by Eugene ]. Healey Jr. of 1911
Laguna street of obtaining from him
On August a barrel of whisky valued
at s121.50 and three gallons of grena-
dine valued at $4.05 by falsely repre-
senting that he was an agent for Roth
& Co., wholesale liquor merchants.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-17
STATE TREASURER
IN QUEER DEAL.
Truman Reeves Figures
in Syndicate With
No Tangible Assets
BANKRUPT'S TALE

=: In trying to explain to Milton J.
Green. referee in bankruptcy, what had
become Of his assets B. Warner Rice
yesterday disclosed some queer meth
DDS used by himself and others in pro-
noting and disposing OF stock for COM
panies which had no property.
=. The Pacific Syndicate Stores Com
pany Of Oakland, of which he is man
ager and promoter, he says, was or
ganized by Truman Reeves, State
Treasurer of California. together with
Captain Kane Of Seattle, T. x. Stateler,
! Kugeler and himself His eXamina-
tion will be continued Tuesday.
- IN June Rice filed a petition in bank
ruptcy, stating that his liabilities Were
$500 and his assets nothing. A pro-
test by his creditors caused Rice TO be
placed on the witness stand to explain
> matters more fully. Gavin McNab,
Frank H Gould and r P. Whiting ap-
pkared for the creditors and S. c. Den
son and J. r. Akin appeared for Rice.
Rioe testified that in forming the Pa
ciic Syndicate Stores Company Of Oak
land he went TO Nevada and secured
the names Of some men TO act as dunn
my directors. He did not remember the
names OF these men. The capital stock
was 100000 and for his services in
organizing the company he received
100000 worth Of the stock. Two
months ago he began to draw a salary
Of $500 q month. The company had nc
stores or other property, but the sale
OF stock is still continuing.
Rice told also about the organization
of the American Mutual Investment
. Company, with Offices in the Grant
building. The company was capital
lied for 500, 900 and Rice as organizer
and promoter received 81 per cent OF
the capital stock. These certificates
were destroyed in the big Ire. He sold
stocks with a face value Of $50, 900 to
J. Anderson, secretary of the company
and by resolution subsequently the
directors voted $4,000 worth of the
stock TO Anderson to be used in pro-
noting the concern.
Rice was president and manager OF
the company at a salary Of $3.50 pei
month. This salary he spent in living
expenses. After the fire he went into
the relief service with his automobile
and received from the relief committee
$500 for the damage to his machine
He didn't remember what he did with
all this money. but believed that he
spent the greater part Of it in Los
Angeles.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-17
Petition. In Insolvency.

Charles Herbert Diamond of Oakland
a broker, filed a petition in insolvency
yesterday in the United States District
Court. He owes s11,610 and has $3.50
solvent credits His largest creditors
are Eliza Adele Diamond, order of court
New York, $4,000. and the Humboldt
Lumber Company, Oakland $1459. B.
R. Larkin, an Oakland merchant, also
filed a petition He owes s129S and has
$3.50 assets.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-17

Soap every day and used about six
or seven boxes of Ointment. l was
thoroughly cured of the humor in three
weeks and haven't been affected with
It since. / use no other Soap than
Cuticura now. Iremain, yours respect
fully, H. ]. Myers, U. S. N, u. S. S.
Newark, New York, July s, 1905.
"P. S. Publish if you wish"
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-17
De.mord a BenedicIx.

B. j. Desmond of soup kitchen fame
is Benedick He entered the blessed
state yesterday afternoon at ST Johns
Church, on Eddy street His bride was
Miss Alice Creighton Of 129 Baker
street
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-17

the steamer Topeka, was stopped bv
two men on Wednesday night at East
and Merchant streets They asked him
where he was going, and when he toll
them they knocked him down Cheat
ham jumped to his feet and showed
fight, whereupon his assaiIants ran
away.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-17
Japanese Company Incorporates.

Articles of Incorporation of the Mi
yoko Company, organized for the pur-
pose of conducting a general mercan-
tile business. were filed yesterday with
the County Clerk. OF the capital stock
of $4,000, $1,000 has been subscribed.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-17

did me no good,
50 I tried Cuticura
when my limb be-
low the knee to the
ankle was as raw
as a piece of beef.
All / used was the
Cuticura Soap and
the Ointment. /
bofhed With 4ba
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-17
Wilson Admits His Guilt.

John Wilson pleaded guilty yester-
day to burglary in the second degree.
He will be sentenced this morning.
The crime took place in February OF
the present year, when Wilson broke
into a vacant house at 256 Turk street
to steal the lead pipes.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-17
Gillett and Governor Pardee Are
Each Confident Of Victory.

il OF
will nominated the first ballot Pard
"
o wret the from
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-17
Jeweuerx and Opticians.

Sorensen Co.. 715 Market st. Branches
1855 Fulton and 2593 Mission st. Full,
complete stock diamonds. jewelry. cut
4 glass, silverware and optical goods.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-17

italian Captain Calls Upon Mayor.
Captain Gugliemo Capomazza di Cam
polattaro of the Italian cruiser DogaH
accompanied by his aid and the local
italian consul, made formal call upon
Mayor Schmitz yesterday morning.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-17
LIMB RAW AS
PIECE OF BEEF
tIIN Hi Hi tH
Suffered For Three Years With
j. Itching Humor-Doctor Did No
GOod-Cruiser Newark, U. S. N.
Man Cured in Three Weeks.
SPEEDY CURE BY
CUTICURA REMEDIES

"1 suffered with hunor for about
three years, of and on. / finally saw
8 doctor and he gave me remedies that
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-17

OBJECTS TO PLANNING MILL.-The fire com
mittee of the Board of Supervisors yesterday
heard the protest of James Denman against the
establishment Of planning mill by D. G. Talbot
at 115 Main street.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-17
BEATS HIS AGED MorHER.-Rich

BEATS HIS AGED M0THEH.-Richard
Humbsar. laborer. living at 134 Second avenue
was arrested last night by Policeman King for
drunkenness and disturbing the peace. Humbsar
aged mother threw her down a flight OF stairs
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-17

Cooper & Co.. the stationers, AZ years
on Market St, now 1927 Fillmore mr..
Ellis. Full line blank books&stattonerys
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-17

gle in the Democratic convention will
be therefore not on the executive nomi.
nations, but on the organization.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-17

SUPERVISORS FATHER DIEs.-supervisor
Res yesterday received news that his father c.
Emanuel Res, had died in Minusio, Switzerland
Mr. Res was s. years Of age.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-17

Assault on Water Front.
Thomas Cheetham. second officer Of
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-06

year made a trip to the Philippines
brought. back with him Filipino
youth, whose mental alertness had
made quite an impression upon him.
The Oriental was installed. in the
Chicago mans Office as a clerk, and
he did very we'll, Notwithstanding the
fact thR he was tlifle shaky Us to
his English.
One day the Chicagoan handed the
Filipino bill for some goods pur-
chased by customer long time
previously. "As this gentleman seems
to have no intention of settling this
account" said the business man, II
want you to typewrite a letter to him,
stating that an immediate adjustment
of the Indebtedness will soon be ex-
pected."
In a few moments the Filipino laid
before his employer the following
effort:
"My Dear Sir-This is to advise you
that if you do not instanter send us
the money you owe us, we shall be
compelled to take measures that will
cause you the utmost establishment"
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His Prize.

A Pittsburg widower, while away
from home on business trip, met and
married lady who, though famed for
Fer goodness of heart, would be
spoken of even by her friends as
plain" The man believed that she
would be kind mother to his two
children, however, and as she was
also possessed of fair amount of this
worlds goods, was not inclined to ex-
pect the beauty of the peach in a no
tato.
After his marriage, he telegraphed
to the eldest of the children, a girl of
fifteen:
Have won a prize. Am married.
Will be home tomorrow"
When the bride and groom arrived,
the children were watching at the
door, and at sight of their future
mother gave little gasp of con-
sternation.
The second child, boy, nudged his
sister and whispered:
Say, Nell, that must have been the
consolation prize that pa got!"
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MONDAY EVENING. MARCH s. 1906

could be opened at the northern end
and turned into the Red.
Like dams would probably be con-
structed on other tributaries of the
Red so as to hold back practically all
the, spring freshet waters, and send
them out during the dry season.
Several advantages are to be de-
rived from this plan
One is that a navigable stage of
water could be maintained in the river
practically all the time, and the river
could thus be utilized as a great water
commerce route.
river water would be greatly improved
by being always fresh.
Probably the greatest advantage is
its direct effect upon drainage itself.
The most serious question that has
confronted these who are studying the
scheme has been the disposal of the
waters in the north before they reach
Lake Winnipeg.
The lower portion of the river re-
naming frozen Ions after the flood
waters have poured into it in the
north, prevents the carrying away Of
the water even at the present rate of
overflow If this be increased the
difficulty is augmented
Pouring this flood water in when
the ice is out in the summer will not
only cause no injury but prove Il
genuine blessing.
The plan is expensive in that it is
not self-supporting, and will always
require care and attention. The break
ing of a dam means ruin to the coun-
try below as was proven by the fear
full havoc wrought by the breaking
of the dam at Johnstown fifteen years
ago, the debris of the wreck being
still visible in the valley
However, there will always be far
more benefit than expense in the
scheme, and it will probably be the
l.lan finally adopted.
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DRAINAGE BY DAMS.

The proposed dammins Of the rivers
that furnish the overflow for the Red
river and The holding OF these waters
i'll check until the low stage of the
river in summer will permit the carry
ing away of the water without over
charging the river channels, while a
gigantic scheme is certainly a feast
he one.
The dams need not be of immense
size or strength OF those erected by
the British government to prevent the
flooding of the Nile and also to pro-
vide for the irrigation of the valley.
Nature, when it was forming Agas-
siz lake, did much and had not the
later changes by which the southern
the Red river valley, been elevated,
the Red river would have continued
to flow south as the upper waters of
the Minnesota, and the question of
Drainage would hardly have been
worth considering.
But with the changes even some I'M
Lortant benefits We're left.
The present plan involves the low
ering of the outlet of Red Lake a
distance OF about four feet so that
the material lowest stage of the
water Of the entire lake surface would
lie corerspondingly lowered, and then
ly the building of dam across this
outlet, raise the surface four feet
above what it is at present.
This would permit the storing of
eight feet Of water depth over the en-
tire lake surface and would probably
be equal to the entire inflow of all
the inlets above the dam, so that all
the spring overflow in that river would
be what is gathered between the lake
and the junction Of the river with the
Red.
This storage water would be gradu-
ally let out during the dry season
while the river would be able to carry
It off without inconvenience.
The part that nature has done in
the plan was the formation of heavy
rapids in the river just below the lake
80 that the lowering can be done with
Gut heavy cost.
Another part of the entire scheme
is the damming of the head waters of
the river at both ends of Lake Trav-
erses SO that during the spring the
water could be turned south through
a constructed canal into Big Stone
lake and into the Minnesota, while
during the dry season, the reservoir
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M0OdlAnd.

The young women who appear in the
Peacock SeXtette" in Woodland"
are beyond doubt the most extensively
garbed feature" girls on the stage.
This honor was originally held by the
various as we'll as the numberless
original" members of the -'Florodora"
seXtette. Then they were known as
Show Girls" The days of the "Show
Girls" are gone anu forgotten, SO these
young women in Woodland are
known as feature girls" Their cos
tunes are truly regal. They are male
of heavy blue material, trimmed with
steel, jet, glute and foil, all of which
tends to initiate the irridescent plum
age of Juno's bird.
Woodland" as complete in every
detail as when it was originally pro-
duced in Boston, will be presented
here by Henry w. Savage for the first
time at the metropolitan March s.
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Prepared to Take Life Easy.

"The civil SERVICE" said Senator
Knox, lis not what it used to be.
Merit counts in it as in business now,
and industry and intelligence are the
qualities that bring success.
ut was not always so. 1 remember
meeting a man on Pennsylvania
avenue one morning many years ago.
1t was late. He was all dressed up.
Plainly he was taking day off.
WELL he. said, as we conversed,
I worked mighty hard during the last
three months trying to get a civil
service appointment, but I'm going to
take it easy now.'
Failed through lack of influence,
suppose?' said l.
No, no. said he. I've got the ap-
rointment.'
And he resumed his pleasant
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