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The San Francisco call., 1906-06-14
BRYAN IN ST. PETERSBURG.
VIII Study Mt Close Range the Russian
Political Struggle.

ST. PETERSBURG, June 13.-Wil-
liam ]. Bryan and Mrs. Bryan arrived
here today from Berlin. They will re-
main here until Friday, when they
leave for Stockholm and Christiania,
on their way to London, where Mr.
Bryan will deliver an address on the
Fourth of July. He expects to witness
the coronation of King Haakon at
Christiania, and is due to arrive at
New York on August 2e.
Mr.. Bryan came to st. Petersburg e
to get a glimpse of the Russian Par
lament and to study at close range
the epoch-making political struggle
which is convulsiRg Russia, He has
arranged to visit the House tomorrow
and confer with the leaders of the
popular movement.
Today Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan were the
guests at luncheon, in the KIeinmichel
Palace, of ambassador and Mrs. Mayer.
NEW YORK. June 13.-William ].
Bryan Jr. arrived today from Bremen
on the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm II,
after having accompanied his father
on his travels.
Il was surprised" said young Bryan,
ito find how well my father was
known wherever we travelled. They
knew about him even in the wilds of
India and in China. They knew. too,
that he had never been President, but
that he had run
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-14
JETT DESCRIBES
THREE MURDERS
FullConfesSion Made In
Kentucky Feud
Cases.
Several Men Implicated
In Plot Which Led
to Tragedy.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, June ia spe-
cial from Jackson, KY, says; Former
Sheriff Ed Callahan and Elbert Hargis
were arrested here today on the
charge Of having murdered DR. B. D.
Cox several years ago. The warrant
was issued by Judge Taulbee on an
affidavit by Tom CockrilL Callahan
and Hargis were mentioned in the re-
cent confession of Curtis Jett.
JACKSON, KY. June 1S.-Hargis and
Callahan were immediaGly brought
before the court and put in custody Of
Sheriff Crawford. There is great eX-
citement over the arrests, and some
profess 10 fear an outbreak Judge
-I4argis was brought into court on a
motion for bail There is great
crowd in Jackson. attracted by the ap
pearance as a witness Of Curtis Jett to
testify against Hargis.
LOUISVILLE. Ky, June 13.-The
Courier-Journal this morning in dis
patch from Cynthiana. KY. prints the
confession of Curtis Jett, which gives
the details of the assassinations of
James B. Marcum and James Cockrill,
and also throws new light on the muir
der Of DR.. J. D. Cox. three crimes which
had been committed during the reign
Of feudism in Breathitt County. The
confession is authorized by Jett's at
torneys.
Jett says he. John Smith and John
Abner killed James Cockrill; that Rob
ert Deaton went after Abner and
Smith 10 aid in the murder and that
Elbert Hargis. James Hargis. Ed Cal
lahan. Jesse Spicer and Bill Britton
are the men who formed the con-
spiracy-
Starting out with these statements.
Jett enters extensively into details of
the murder and lays bare every fea-
ture of the conspiracy and the events
before and after the murder.
He then confesses TO the murder of
James 3. Marcum, which, he says, was
al the instance of James Hargis and
Ed Callahan, declaring that the pistol
with which he did the shooting was
furnished him by Callahan for the pur-
pose He says B. J. Even told the
truth about the killing.
Jett's statement in regard 10 the as
sassination of DR.. Cox is little less
sensational than his assertions in re-
gard to the other murders. He says
he was at the jail and heard three
shots, after which the telephone rang.
he went TO Alexander Hargis' house
and Hargis asked what the shooting
was Jett continues the story in these
words:
I said 1 did not know, and Uncle
Alex said: Let's go down and see If
Jim and any of them are hurt Uncle
Alex stopped at Jim's garden fence,
guess he was afraid 10 run in, but
was fearless and did not care, you
know. and I went into the yard, and
in the shadow of the smokehouse-
moon as bright as day. shall never
forget it-stood Ed Callahan. Jim
Hargis, Bill Britton, Jess Spicer and
Ebert Hargis with two shotguns;
saw no pistols"
Te+t closes his confession nv saving
that he had told the plain truth. moth
ing more and nothing less" He re-
lieves Alexander Hargis of any COM
plicity in the Cockriu and Marcum
murders, saying: He is an innocent
man."
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-14
DEMOCRATS LOOKING
FOR ISSUES To BE
USED IN CAMPAIGN
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.

WASHINGTON. June 1S.- Having
been deprived by Mr.. Roosevelt of all
their issues except that of tariff revis-
ion, after a manner which they COM
plainingly declare to be tantamount to
highway robbery, the Democrats in the
House have been seeking something to
add to their anti-tariff ammunition
when they meet the enemy in Novem-
Der. Five of the leaders believe they
have found a nit companion issue for
free trade and they will take it be-
fore the country in the early fall, pro-
vided their brother Democrats consider
il wise.
A movement, getting its initial force
from Representatives David A. de Ar
mond and Champ Clark of Missouri,
Charles A Towne and Bourke Cochran
of New York and Oscar w. Under
wood of Alabama-prominent Demo-
Gratis all--undoubtedly will result dur
ing the closing days of the session in
a party caucus. at which it will be
sought to have adopted resolutions
condemning the present rules of the
House and calling for a radical reform
intended to deprive the Speaker of his
powers by taking from him his right
TO appoint committees. If the Demo-
Gratis agree to that which the leaders,
barring John Sharp Williams, will
urge in the caucus, the matter will
enter the campaign as an issue and the
country will be told that it is the
intention of the Democratic party to
make the title of Gear" a misnomer
as applied to the Speaker, and to re-
store to the House its right to be
called in truth a deliberative body.
Not all the Democrats in Congress
are enthusiastic over the plan of the
men seeking to make the office of
Speaker simply that of a presiding Of
fcer-a mere moderator in an assembly
of legislators. Williams, the Demo
cratic floor leader, believes in his
heart that the siXtieth Congress is TO
be a Democratic body. and that he will
be its head. He complains on occasion
of the iron rule of the presiding Of
fcer, but he is by nature auto
cratic a man as any who ever sat in
the chiefs chair. and he would be the
last man in public life to yield will
ingly a single volt of the power when
once he became Speaker
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-14
SUB-TREASURY
To Be REPAIRED
Money Will Be Available
Soon for Work on
Vaults.
Thirty Thousand Dollars
to Be Allowed by
Congress.

CALL BUREAU, POST BUILDING,
WASHINGTON, June 13.-An appro-
priation of $4,000 to be Immediately
available for repair of the United
States sub-treasury vaults at San
Francisco is practically assured. @. c..
Bantz. deputy assistant treasurer of
the United States, who has recently
conferred with Sub Treasurer Jacobs of
San Francisco regarding the work
necessary TO put the vaults in proper
condition, today laid the matter before
Chairman Tawney and other members
of the House committee on appropria-
tions and urged that provision be made
at once for that purpose.
Bantz' statement, which was sup
ported by Senator Perkins, who accom-
panied him, was favorably received,
and the necessary amount will doubt
less be appropriated in the deficiency
bill soon to be reported to the House.
The conferees on the lighthouse bill
have stricken from that measure the
items inserted by the Senate providing
for light and fog signal on Red Rock,
San Francisco Bay, and a tender for
the lighthouse service in Hawaiian and
Pacific waters. An effort will be made
at the next session of Congress to
secure the passage of bills making
provision for these purposes.
The Secretary of the Interior today
withdrew from any form of disposi-
tion whatever under the public land
laws a strip of land extending around
Goose Lake in Northeastern California
and Southeastern Oregon in connection
with the Pitt River irrigation project.
The area withdrawn covers approx
imately 10000 acres.
Senator Flints bill granting rights
of way and other privileges to the city
of Los Angeles for water, light and
power purposes passed the Senate to-
day without opposition.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-14
EPIsCoPALIANs' RELIEF WORK
CONTINUES THEORETICALLY
Bishop Nichols and Mrs. Nichols Take
Active Part In AIlevinting Urgent
Needs.

The central relief station of the Epis-
copal Church is still located at the Off
cial residence of Bishop Nichols, 2515
Webster street, between Pacific avenue
and Broadway.
Mrs. Nichols is chairman of the COM
mittee of ladies appointed by the
various rectors having charge of the
work of receiving and distributing
clothing and other necessaries. The
Rev. Mr.. Bours has been appointed by
the Bishop to assist in this work.
Large supplies have been received
from all over the country and the
urgent need OF numerous people is
manifested in the large number who
have been and who are still being as
sisted.
The clergy of the city and bay cities,
under the direction OF Bishop Nichols,
are making a canvass of the permanent
camps to locate members of all parishes
and to give emergency pastoral care
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-14
SAN FRANCISCAN
DONE To DEATH
Clark Rice'S Body Found
by Track Walker at
Jersey City.

NEW YORK. June 13-Detectives in
Jersey City. n. ], are Investigating
the death Of a young man whose body
was found yesterday near the track of
the Delaware. BackaWanna and West
ern Railroad in that city. The detectives
are working on the theory that he was
murdered. The body was found by a
track walker and removed 10 the
morgue. DR.. Converse, the county
physician. found a three-inch wound
on the back of the mans head and
decided that fracture of the skull
had caused death.
The man was poorly clothed. There
was no money in the dead mans pocket.
but the police found card bearing the
name Mrs. Leon NJ Bishop, No. 319
West Twenty-sixth street, Manhattan
Mrs. Bishop was notified and her bus
band hurried to the morgue late last
night, where he identified the body as
that Of Clark Rice, young man who
had recently been in this city on visit
from the West. Mr.. Bishop said:
The young man was the son of a
wealthy bag manufacturer in Kansas
City. He had formerly been in business
in San Francisco, but shortly after the
recent earthquake came to this city on
a visit. His family are old friends OF
myself and wife and the young man
naturally came TO as. About q week
ago ne 4eElQeQ ll1L ne NOulQ return
TO his home in Kansas City, where he
would remain with his family until
he could resume business in San Fran
cisco
When he left our house he was
plentifully supplied with money and
was in good spirits. He declared he
was going straight to his home. and
as he left I gave him one of my wife's
visiting cards, urging him not to forget
our address and to come TO US when
he again visited New York. / feel sure
that the young man has met with foul
play"
KANSAS CITY. No. June Is.-CIarlk
Rice OF Kansas City, whose dead body
was found yesterday in the Lacka-
wanna Railroad tunnel at Jersey City,
X. j.. was the son of the late Thomas
c. Rice, who at his death several years
ago. was manager OF the Kansas City
Bag Company. Young Rice went from
here TO San Francisco, thence to New
York His mother. Mrs. Mary A Rice,
IS visiting IN Colorado.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-14
BEGIN WORK CLEARING
OUT OF FAIRMONT HOTEL
Law Brothers Hope to HIVE Building
Ready for Occupancy Early I'm
November.

The Fairmont Hotel is now the scene
of busy action and life. Nearly two
hundred workmen are engaged in
clearing out the debris occasioned by
the flames that wrought such terrible
havoc to this beautiful building. The
exterior of the hotel was only slightly
damaged by the fire, but the flames
played awful waste with the interior
While there was no furniture in the
house for the fire to feed upon, the
gorgeous silken tapestries of the
walls and the luxurious silken hang
ings and portieres afforded ample fuel
for the flames
While the interior, so far as the dec
orations are concerned. is in a sorry
state of wreck, the building and it's
general structural supports are prac-
tically in as good shape as ever.
The Law brothers anticipate having
the building ready for occupancy in
November
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-14
New Railway Incorporates.

Incorporation papers of the San
Francisco and Great Eastern Railway
Company were filed yesterday with the
County Clerk. The road will run from
Marysville to and through Downieville,
a distance of six miles.
The capital stock is s3,000,000 and the
paid up stock 100000. The directors
and shareholders of the corporation are
Fred Stock, who has been elected treas
urer; j. w. Finney. w. s. Redding, w.
H. Hodgkin and Daniel Kelly The
Jacobson Saddlery Company filed its
articles of incorporation in the County
Clerks Office yesterday. The company
will deal in veterinary supplies. The
capital stock is $4,000. The directors
and shareholders are Emil jacobson.
Libbie Jacobson, H. Donegan, M. b.
kellogg and J. M. Downer.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-14
NEW YORK CORPORATION
IS BARRED FROM OHIO
United Stafes Investors Company VIII
Not BE Granted Right TO Do
Business.

COLUMBUS. June 13.-Attorney Cen
eral Ellis, in an opinion 70 Secretary Of
State Layton, has held that the kind
of business donc by the United States
Investors Company is illegal in Ohio
and advised him not to issue q certif-
1czte.
The United States Investors Company
is New York corporation and controls
q number OF subsidiary companies
engaged in mining. the stock of which
IS subjected 10 the payment Of share
OF its dividends into q pool out of
which dividends on theA holding COM
pany's stock are to be paid. Ellis
holds that this conflicts with the anti
trust act
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-14
senator Nelson Indorsed.

DULUTH, Mimi. June 13.-The Re
publican State Convention today, by a
rising vote, indorsed United States
Senator Knute Nelson for reelection.
A. L. Cole of Walker County was nomi-
mated for Governor and A. o. Eberhart
for Lieutenant Governor. Chief JUS
tice c. o. Stuart was nominated by ac-
ciamation TO succeed himself
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-14
Washington Democrats Boom Bryan.

SEATTLE Wash, June 13.-Wash-
ington Democrats. in meeting assem-
bled here last night, launched the
Bryan boom, and the name of Cover
nor George E. Chamberlain of Oregon
was suggested for Vice President. For
mer United States Senator George
Turner made the principal speech of
the evening, in which he paid an elo-
quent tribute to Bryan.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-14


and IN accordance with law and an order OF
the board of directors made on the 20th dav
OF February, 1906. so many shares of each
parcel OF such stock as may be necessary will
be sold at public auction at the Office Of the
company at 327 Market street Groom 4 sec
ENC 5oo1'' s1a. N the city and sonty Of San
April 23, 1906, at the hour of three az
elock p m, on such day, to pay such do
Lnquent assessment thereon. together with
H. w. THOMAS. SscreTarx. ,s
omee & ~ sne Company. 52z Market ST
City and County Of San Franc;sco.
State OF California.
PoSTPoSEAENT OF DELINQUENT SALE
Notice Il hereby given that the sales d.te -
1s sSoeS msntioned in the foregoing no
MONDAI, the twenty-hrst day OF May 1905 az
MO Mo ~ ~ ~ h8e nj ST. San Francisco. CafOr
By order Of the Board OF Directors
my II 10 Il FL. ". THOMAS Sec.
PosTPoNEMENT OF DELINoUENr s.rr
Notice is hereby given that the sales 5ara oe
deinquent stock mentioned In the foregoing 40
MONDAY, the eleventh day OF J,ne raoe ~ y.
2023 California St. San Francisco. esI f,ss
ess a ohnss % ct me company at the hour Of
BY order OF the Board OF Directors.
once Of the Company, 2oss caIiforaiss. cIiSfMais. Sec. Sec
san 11neiseo' Cal my 21-Jn u-tnc-
POSTPONEMENT OF DEIINnT1FNrr SAM
Notice is hereby given that the sales ,I,ta -
delinquent stock mentioned IN the fore,soir NJ. ~
Iee ~ hereby postponed 20 and viii Be held =.
1905 at 20z5 California street. San Franclsee.'
CallIornia tine present Office OF the comoanv9
at the hour OF two (21 O'Clock D. m
By order OF the Board q Directors.
H. W. THOMAS. Secretsrv
San Francisco. Cal eVs
in NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-14

When the votes on the rate bill were
counted, Foraker, Morgan and Pettus
must have asked themselves, when shah
we three meet again7"
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-14
DELINQUENT SALES.
DELINQUENT SALE NOTICE.
OCEANIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

Location and place of business, City and
County of San Francisco. State of California
NOTICE-There is delinquent upon the tol-
lowing desctbed stock on account OF Assess
raent No. 20, levied on the Goth day of Febru-
ary, 1906. the several amounts set opposite the
naines of the respective shareholders, as fol-
lows:
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-14

People who are always Growing are
often chicken hearted.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-14

to all the people. This canvass devised
by Bishop Nichols has received the
hearty approval of DR.. Devine of the
Red Cross.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-14

Smith, J. George, Original
Issue Stock Cert 3S77-
5 shares, equal to 10
Shares New Stock Issue
(not issucd)..-.-.......
Smith, ]. George, Original
Issue Stock, Cert. 3S7S--
S shares equal to 10
Shares New Stock Issue
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-14

Original Issue Stock,
Cert. $500 shares,
equal TO 40 shares
New Stock Issue (not
issued) ................
Thomas, H. W., Trustee,
Original Issue Stock,
Cert. 407i-5 shares,
equal Ito 10 shares
New Stock Issue (not
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-01-13
THE "FAST BLACK" ARRESTED
CLARA BELLE GORE, NOTORIOUS
NEGHEss, AGAIN IN rus rorL.
She and Two others Charged with
stealing From Berkeley hotel
Man Ftntd For Theft.

Armed with search warrant, se-
cured upon information furnished by
Proprietor Martin. of the Berkeley
hotel, officers last night went TO the
home of Clara Belle Gore, the notori-
GUS neeress, known In police circles
as the fast black, :. and searched the
place for goods said to have been
stolen from the Berkeley hotel during
the time Clara and her mother work
ed there. A basketful of dishes were
found, and Clara aud her mother
were placed under arrest. Another
colored woman named Mary Corner,
who also formerly worked at the
Berkeley, was placed under arrest up
on info nation furnished by the other
women, who stated that some of the
dishes had been given them by the
Corner woman.
For several months past Mr.. Mar
tin has been missing articles from the
hotel, sheets, napkins, dishes and
other things turning up missing fire.
quently. Suspicion fell upon the
fast black" and her arrest followed.
1t is said that a.search of other places
! will also be made.
Clara Belle is one of the most OBJ
jectionabe characters in Martinsburg,
and he's lond mouth, vulgar language
and brazen conduct on the streets
havs been source of annoyance for
years. If she Is. convicted on the
charge now against her. it will mean
good riddance for some time. The
women will be given hearing BY
Justice Thompson.
FINED FOR THEFT.
Jim Murphy. workman at the
quarries. pleaded guilty ip Justice
Thomp.on's court last night TO the
theft of a couple of bed comforts
frsan u roommate, and was assessed
80. 90, which he paid.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-01-13

Chief Clerk of Tax Bureau Accused
of Discrimfna nation.

of DISCRIMINATION.
ALBANY, n. Y, Jan. 10. Acting on
| the advice of his attorneys, former As
sistant District Attorney James w. Os-
borne of New York and former Cor
poration Counsel Thomas s. Pagan OF
Troy, Frank w. White of this city,
who preferred charges against John J.
Merrill, chief clerk Of the corporation
| tax bureau in the state comptroller
department, withdrew from the invcs-
tigation of those charges begun by At
torney General Mayer. The charges
against Merrill, which allege that he
had shown favoritism in the admins.
tration of the affairs of his department
and had reduced the corporation taxes
on alleged favored corporations, were
made to State Comptroller Kelsey by
Mr.. White and We're referred by the
comptroller to the attorney general for
investigation.
When the investigation opened Mr.
White secured an adjournment TO con-
suit with his attorneys on a course Of
procedure. At the reopcning Of the
hearing Mr. White withdrew with his
attorneys, giving several reasons for
his action. He claimed that the attor-
ney general had no jurisdiction to CON
duct the investigation. no power to adj
minister oaths. issue subpoenas, require
the attendance of witnesses or the pro-
duction OF papers and that his decision
would have no more force or effect
than that of a private individual.
He alleged that the comptroller had
the power to investigate the charges
personally and come to a conclusion
which might satisfy his conscience and
which he could carry into effect. A
general investigation. Mr. White held.
could not be made either by the attor-
ney general or the comptroller and only
by a committee of the legislature He
suggested that il the comptroller had
wanted general investigation he
should have called upon the legislature
to act.
Mr.. Osborne said later:
AS far as this information is con
cerned we are finished Any investiga-
ton which the attorney general may
make should be interesting in its way,
but il won't be- official He has no juris-
diction"
The representatives OF the corpora
tons were called. and they denied hav-
ing had any collision with Mr. Merrill
relative to the fax levied on their eorpo.
rations. Some oil them said that Mr..
Merrill had been oyerzealous III secur-
ing for the state more than What the
corporations believed was justly due II.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-01-13
MR.. cLAPP PROMOTED
Is Made Travelling Freight Solicitor.
Of Cumberland valley.

General Freight Agent Fl G. Cley-l
enger, of the Cumberland Valley rail.
road. announces the following. which
has been approved by NJ. G. Kennedy
vice president and general superinr
tendent. Charles y. CLAMP has been
Hnpointad travelling freight solicitor
10 Tux effect from January 10, 1905.
This is new Office and one that
will place the Cumberland Valley
railroad in touch with the business
world on the same basis as other big
railroad companies. Recent improve
,nents and increased facilities has
made the Cumberland Valley an Inn
portant line and there. has been n.
steady increase In traffic.