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The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23
Britt Dsappomts lis Admirers by Refusing to Fight Fitzgerald
BURNS AND O'BRIEN
SIGN ARTICLES
FOR FIGHT

Los ANGELES, Dec. 22.-Tommy
Durns OF Los Angeles and philadelphia
Jack OBrien to-day signed articles
Ior q twenty-round fight for the heavy
Meight championship of the world, to
axe axe place before the Pacific Athletic
C1uo OF this city on some date be-
sWeen May z and May IA. The fight is
Tor SO and 80 per cent of a purse of
Soo'oOo. James ]. Jeffries will act as
leIeree The men posted $4,000 each
as q forfeit They will appear in Los
angeles and begin training March IS
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23
BOXING BOUTS IN SACRAMENTO

SACRAMENTO. Dec. ga large
,-ovvd attended the Buffalo Club fights
last night Tom Barry won from Jim
Fradley in the second round; Jack Nc
T.aughIin got the decision over Ralph
Galloway; Kid Malone won the decision
from Johnny Murry; Young Gauiey won
from Willis Woods; Young Benz put
Kfd Of Alameda to sleep and Kid
George won from Jack Evans.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23

run In the F'rayer-Miller car. The
most of the distance will be made
through the park. This will make 1T
impossible to break the seven-day nom
stop. The drivers will be Albert HI.
Hayes, Andrew c. Dam and NJ Sardou-
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23

Mexico. 1t will be the third tour to
Mexico Mr.. Russell has made in
Franklin.
Hayes & Dam arc perfecting plans
for the 3500-mfle. nonstop exhibition
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23

co TO Roncovierf's. 1881 Fillmore ST.,
the handsomest candy store in the city.
Our italian chocolates are delicious.
Candy shipped In special tin packages >
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23
DEATH OF A RACING OFFICIAL

NEW YORK. Dec. 22.-News was re-
ceived today Of the death at Saranac
T,ate last night Of John Boden Jr. sec
refarv of the Brighton Racing Associa-
tion.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23

Tom Dillon for correct styles in hats
corner Van Ness and MeAllister ST
$3.50. $3.50, $500.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23

Sterling silver manicure pieces, 75c.
Neil O'Neil and Karl Eber, 174z Fill
more
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23

edy cures lost power. nightly emis-
sions, wasted organs, varicocele, gleet.
structures. kidneys. falling memory.
drains In the urine. gonorrhea. disease
terrible effects OF self-abuse or ex-
cesses, which lead to consumption and
death Positively cures the worst cases
in old or young Of that mo~tffying con-
dition, quickness Of discharge. Sent
sealed. 50 per bottle; bottles So. Guar
anteed cure any case.
Call or address orders HALLS MED-
ICAL. INSTITUTE s55 Broadway Oak
land, Cal Also for sale at 2376 9th
St. s. F. Send for free book.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23
w E AK M EN-

DR. HALLS REINVIGO-
RATOR stops all losses and
unnatural discharges In "a
hours. You feel an improve
ment from the first dose. We
have so much confidence In
our treatment that we offer
Five Hundred raurard for. nr,rr
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23

p. c. Huntington has finished a round
trip to Los Angeles in his 12-
horsepower Franklin. He reports that
the roads are In fairly good condition.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23

his Franklin to this city. He is in
the city and Will start on tour Of
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23

Will Moore, brother of Charles C
Moore and George p. Moore, arrived
from Miller's Siding. New, Frida,
and reported to R. r. Bray that hi.
EImore touring car has done splen
did service in the gold fields.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23

N H. Falk of Arcadia telegraphed
Friday for two Maxwells, which he
will use in the lumber district.
New-York tribune., 1906-09-07
HIT At PHILIPPINES.
Irrigation Congress Fears for Beet
Sugar Industry.

Boise City. Idaho. Sept. 6.-Ths committee on
resolutions OF the National Irrigation Congress
day recommended the following resolution in rela-
ton 10 the tariff on sugar from the Philippines
lnasmuch the sugar beet industry in irrigated
America returns 10 our farmers an annual revenue
OF more than S0Oo0G0. and the production at
home OF the sugar import from the tropics
would afford farmers additional annual
market for nearly SlV0 90 OF beets, and il has
been urged that the United States Congress fur
ther stimulate the industry OF the Philippine
Island TO produce all o. portion Of the sugar We
OF arid America had hoped TO produce,
Therefore, protest against further legislative
that legislative agitation and attacks the sugar
production OF this country cease, that this great
Industry OF arid America may be fully developed
minority report by Oregons and Utah's repre-
sentatives voicing demand that the federal gov
eminent authorize the issuance Of per cent bonds
running twenty years 10 enable the reclamation
service 10 finance and carry out all practicable
irri alton projects IN the United States, tabled.
Congressman ReedeT, OF Kansas. opposing the
minority report. said the Eastern Congressman
would resent H. He said they had little faith in
the success Of the reclamation law being put
trial In this connection he quoted Speaker Can
non as having said. ten minutes after the passage
Of the reclamation act;
''Reeder. that's the biggest and slickest steal I
have seen since I have been I'm Congress"
Senator Dubois OF Idaho. said that but for the
personal efforts OF President Roosevelt the reclama
tiOn act could nor have been passed
resolution was passed expressing appreciation
OF the interest shown by President Roosevelt in
irrigation end reclamation work
New-York tribune., 1906-09-07

Price asked By Steel Trust appears
EEtOrtiORdtf.
From The Tribune Bureau. .


Washington. Sept. s--A perplexing problem
confronts the Isthmian Canal Commission the
result OF an apparent effort the part of the
Steel Trust to practise extortion. and il may be
necessary TO appeal TO the President before a
final decision IS reached. 1t appears that the
commission advertised for five thousand tons Of
steel rails for use on the isthmus and the United
States Steel Products Export Company. OF New
York, a subsidiary Of the Steel Trust. was the
only bidder. The price asked for the rails is
s29 IS a ton +. o. b. Baltimore $40 20 laid down
in Colon.
These prices are regarded extortiOnate and
1t is recalled that when Congress- passed the
Aldrich resolution providing that materials for
the canal should be purchased in the United
States II expressly stipulated unless an attempt
at extOrtion was made by American bidders. 1t
remains, therefore. for the commission finally to
determine If its impression that this price is ex-
toruonate is accurate, and II so II may be neces-
sary 10 go into the foreign market. where the
same rails made by the same trust could doubt
less be purchased at a materially lower figure.
stances will be made before any award is made
and, as indicated IL may be necessary TO submit
the facts to Secretary Taft and 10 the President
before decision is reached
The commission also advertised a the same
time for forty mOgul locomotives. and the Bald
win Locomotive Works proved the successful
bidder, its price being S45S.6O0 The Baldwin
company Will receive the award as against two
higher competitors
New-York tribune., 1906-09-07
FOOLS JAIL OFFICIALS.
Expert Quickly Gets ont of Cell
and Into 4nOfbPr

Harry Houdini. who goes around the world break
ing out Of JAIL succeeded in fooling the authorities
at the Yorkville Jail yesterday afternoon II took
him just fourteen minutes TO get out OF the cell
into which he put and get into another in
which his clothes had been locked. When the test
was made Houdini confined by the belt in
which all violent prisoners put. and was hand
cufed BY the adjustable handouts used Although
nude. he was thoroughly searched before the test
was made. and the court officers who made the
search were unable TO find anything resembling a
key or the implements used by a lockpicker.
Houdini was searched in the presence Of several
newspaper men. who acted a committee. and it
anything. though he admitted that such the
case Then he filed in ths time before the main
exhibition by swallowing the greater part OF a
package of needles IN lots of three four at a
time. These he followed by a long piece OF thread.
A few seconds later he pulled out the thread with
The needles attached 10 it,
There was some trouble when IL came TO locking
IIogdni up. Warden Lynch and his assistant were
pretty certain that lie imposter, who was
going 10 be exposed, and they inclined 10
Try TO block the trial. The presence OF Deputy
Commissioner Meyer Of the Department OF Corree-
tion stopped this, however, ana Houdini was locked
In d cell about ! o'clock.
IL alleged by who said they saw the
actual breaking that Houdin! used wire TO get
out OF the cell. but these people We're unable 10
explain how he got out o. the belt and handcuns
or whore he concealed the wire
HOudini Is showing his proves IN getting out
atre Al Union Square. and will he thers mex week
New-York tribune., 1906-09-07
HOMES OF WEALTHY DRY.
Broken Nam IN East T'hirty-Sirth
Street Causes the Trouble.

Tie homes of dozen wealthy New Workers
we're without crop OF water last night beca use
o. Tie repair work being done on a broken main.
Although d large force OF rlen are working on the
broken mair lr East Seth street. between Fifth
sna Madison avenues II is not likely that tho
water " be turned on again unu late this after
noon.
lne broken main flooded the cellar OF the hons
o. Dr William 81 Polk, al so. East seth St The
physician and his wife are IN Boston, and yesterday
oAe o. he maids went 10 The cellar She found
io-F ieet CT water there Patrolman Ferguson, OF
tne Ienderloin station. vas called iu. and the
hsier Department Informed Several inspectors
..aae aae "a Investigation and found water rapidly
then TUNED OF
The tne houses Affected on the north side Of the
P eP.oeA sEe those o. Mrs :. A. Robbins. at No. .
49,. 49, p q street; Robert Hoe a. No II; j. u.
S1teAanaer al No. ls, ana ~. h Jillett, al No j.
80 houses without water on the south side OF
~ "a street are those OF a.. r. Flint at No (; Mrs.
= = fe.l 81 No q. II. j.. Sloane. al No. S; Charles
n n weed a. No. =; samuel KRiper a. No. "A.
r. ." Haynes a. No. l6. and George BagdeR. al
-: -: q me break lu tle main also affected the
@ @Ms.sI supply or u. Flerp0It Morgan at the north
49, NNfitE OF .tin street and Madison avenue
New-York tribune., 1906-09-07
NAVAL VESSELS TO BE SHIFTED.
Cruisers to Replace Battleships on Asiatic
Station.

Washington. Sept. 6.-The Navy Department has
decided to concentrate all the battleships in the
navy the home stations. and TO replace those
on the AsiatIc station with armOred cruisers, In
accordance with this policy the battleships Ohio
and Wisconsin. which have been IN Chinese waters
for several months past. have started back to the
United States. The Ohio sailed from Chefoo yes
terday for Hampton Roads She viii stop at
Cavlte and then sail across the Indian Ocean and
through the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean
Sea. Her place flagship Of the Asiatic station
has been taken by the auxiliary cruiser Rainbow,
When the Ohio has been Overhaulsd and repaired
she will be added the battleship division OF the
Atlantic fleet The Wisconsin is returning by the
Pacific route and Will be added 20 the Pacific feet
for service on the Western coast. She arrived at
Kobe. Japan, yesterday. and from there will sail
for Honolulu. She is bound for the naval station
In Puget Sound for repairs and cleaning
The armored cruisers West Virginia. colorado
Pennsylvania and Maryland viii take the places
OF the Ohio and the Wisconsin on the ASlatc sta-
tion. They will sail from New York in a few days
and will follow the Suez route, .
Orders have been issued at the Navy Department
to place the cruiser MaTblehead out of comnls sslon
at the Mare Isand Navy Yard, California. and 70
transfer her officers and crew 10 the gunboat YORK
town Commander Milligan, who commanded the
Marblshead on her recent cruise to the west coast
OF South America, In the course OF which she was
uSad for the negotiation OF the treaty OF peace
between Guatemala, Costa RiCa and Salvador. viii
have command of the Yorktown
New-York tribune., 1906-09-07
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE B. R. T.
Net Earnings of More than $S,O0o,oOo
This Year.

The annual report OF the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Company Issued yesterday showed gross earnings
OF SIss72S2g for the year ended June 81. The net
earnings were SSOSls5O The surplus was S10I0S62
In 1906 the gross earnings were A6S5S.ii4 and the
net ss52s574 The gain in gross earnings was
ss or 1910 per cent. and the increase in net
earnings SL502,376. or 2 per cent IneIe vas 7"
decrease IN operating expenses of SO per eenl' ,
Tie company operates 81 miles Of surface ana no
elevsted Track There is a total bonded DEBT Of
SIS 6s0640 while the outstanding stock OF the JON
lyn Rapid Transit Company IS SSygV,33 eaSraof
convertible elevated motor cars have peeh auue1
IA tbs lie IoTk OF rebuilding steam coaches for cleo
trical operation has been completed ano the Sss
waited passenger equipment now eolslsSs ~ t,re1
and 80 closed trailer The motor cars aIe
equipped with two l50horsepower motors hiu1'iI'o
train control ana autotnauc an nIahiti s,,r
Two hundred and twenty-five coINeitlDste -
face passenger cars have been IecelNtd aulIns Si
year and ia additional remain 70 pe @ ,t,s5
hundred and sixteen closed cars have been eQulppeu
with vestibules and Si7 additional sets nave DSea
cars In operation during the coming winter CP-
ward OF 1000 surface cars have been equipped WIN
Snow pioaEhs box cars and gondola cars have
been ordered 10 be delivered this month. Addl.
ysrioils power stations. The report declares that
work reinforcing elevated structures Is makhs @ R
satisfactory progress ano the statlon palloflils on
various lines have been heightened TO provide Tor
scar trains. -, -
Regarding the finances OF the company the re-
port shows the following transactions;
There were IN thu treasury. unsod. at The be-.
ginning Of tie hseal yesT bTooklyn Haiid
5-tse4s were issued during the nsoal year
count % construction expenditures q that year -,
preceding H"-o'
OF ths.s there were during the 7ss20'o
Leaving on hand 80. 1906 s..----..-... s9ssoco
In addition there had been expended to June 80.
5ss 81 b l7s s for which bonds may be issued. but
erraAn
New-York tribune., 1906-09-07
THE 4RROW WRECKED.
L. Il. Whitneys Record Breaking
Yacht Hits Log-Sinks at Wharf.

The ARROW. the record breaking steam Yacht built
by the Seabury company. OF Morris Heights for
Charles r. Flint. and sold by him TO Z F. whitney
was wrecked near Blackwelrs Island yesterday
morning by hitting large log She was going at
fun speed when she hit the log Her propeller was
badly smashed. and hole was torn IN the thin
plates OF the hull.
MI Whitney. who is a partner OF J. T. Morgan.
was on board at the time OF the accident Captain
Packard told him the aid Of several tuqs ,bo.
gathered about would not be needed He besde6
The yacht for the New York Yacht Club float AZ
fsth street The Arrow filled fast on the wav ana
sank 70 her deck as she reached the wharf Then
81 MI Nhitney's order. she towed to the Erie
The Arrow IS credited with covering n measured
mile on the Hudson in minute IS seconds and fire.
Queptly has easily beaten the Atlantic IIigbi. a
flyers Monmouth and Sandy Hook
The yacht was tOwed 20 the Morse Iron Worlrs AZ
tsth street, Brooklyn. where il was learned that
her shaft had been broken. ~
New-York tribune., 1906-09-07
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

ffttsburg. Sept S.--Cornelius COombs and John
Williams Negro murderers. were executed by hang
ing in the jail yard here to-day
LYONS. y. Y, Sept. Sired NJ. Kreutzer. a law
yer. found dead Of heart disease in , his home
cuse Courier and The Dubuque Register"
ChiIncothe Ohio. Sept. Sire supposed TO have
been of incendiary origin to-day destroyed an en-
tire square OF buildings at Lesburg. Ohio ffteen
s75,so @5',s ''1'' VI ''
Los Angeles. Sept. S,-The Santa Fe passenger
strIoyed bv IRE to-day. f. NJ Carter. a conductor,
and Priscilla Bastian' waitress were ~ ~ouLneG %
death Several other persons were severely burned
Bar Harbor Me. Sept. 6.-Eight battleships which
took part in the naval review IN Long Island sound
on Labor Day arrived here to-day. James F. Grant.
Was struck by a falling bucket Of ashes and in
stantiy killed.
Providence Sept. 6-I'he annual reunion to-day
of the descendants OF Roger Williams. the founder
Of the colony OF Rhode Island In lSso brought 10
gether several & hHHGTSa ,c,t and some from more
distant points
scbnsctadv. n v Sept G-While attempting TO
:; uS.Ie,,.iiie near this city benjamin BerninE was
Shot through the back BY Airs Theuner lie is now
No arrests have been made
birmingham. Ala. Sept 6-Four cases Of dyna-
mile and Us pounds OF black powder exploded 10
1,Eli 1S{ as Ala Killing J. + Bell. miner. and his
Wife and inturing Edward BELL W. 1,i ., gI apS
IHY Bell Several neishbOrs also were injured
Louisville. Sept e.-Harry b. Pyns. Of Harry ,aS -
F,tns a Co machine manufacturers coinmltteq
Suicide In the presence OF his wife and seyefst
o,IsTs al his home to-day by cutting MS thI0at
wiz a razor and then tearing the wound apart win
MS fingers He hTst tried 20 shoot hliilseI- h'
was in III health
Detroit Sept. e-Ths steamer Mlwa1kss. OK tne G
yIostarn TJne hit the steamer Nelson Mills In ~.
clair River near St Clair, this arternoohii a me
Mills sank Immediately. and It Is IepSTHed Ia
three of her crew were drowned The MiiwaGkes in ne
"a a modem steel fTeighter, while the Mlis was
an OLD type Of wooden cTdft-
Nav, Orleans Sept. 6-Miss Florence bston was
ms rrsss last saturday 20 Eugene Durabo The Ssrs
mony was performed on tugooat in tHs e USii a. %
WsXfco In marrying Mr.. Durabo Miss Eiston, Eist,qr5 ~
aeJ Droyfsions OF her grandmOthers Wll sas1
v.tIl prevent her from inherting one or ths HiS@'
orange groves in LOUISIANA
Grand Rapids Mich, Sept. 6.-Chist RePHg @
IYn,,sd States Marshal ODonnel has returne1 ,.i
White Lake. where he served summons on e.. ~ !.
Isra Dowis wife Of John Alexander Dowle-
rsaIired 10 appear In the federal court ln ~
ssntannh.r IL in connection with thu trSStse'"P VI
the affairs OF Zion City
SapdusISv Ohio Sept 6.-Nineteen men had nsr-
row escape from death last night when the
Homer Warren and her tow. the baTse, /" Imam nam
Grossfbwaite were in collision on Lake Erls near
Keliey's Island. The barge went down W. m..nan
short time after the collision. and bss e~~~ 49,
pAoksd " by u0ooand sssAmAs
New-York tribune., 1906-09-07
PORTO RIC4N ROADS.
Loan of SI,0OO,OOO by Legislature
for Their Improvement.
IFrom The tribune Bureau. J


Washington, Sept. 6.-Porto Rico has espOused tho
good roads movement in earnest and It's Legis-
lature has authorized loan OF 100000 the pro-
ceeds OF which 10 be devoted 20 improving the
Porto Rican highways. Under existing conditions
Porto Rico IS hampered in dispOsing Of her valuable
products because OF the difficulties encountered in
getting them 10 market, and especially TO the sea-
ports. Careful estimates have shown. however.
that by the expenditure OF 100000 great improve
ments IN this respect be effected. and as soon
as the bonds are disposed OF the work will be un-
dertallen.
George Cabot Ward. auditor OF Porto Rico. Is in
Washington for the purpose OF efecting the sale OF
the bonds on a satisfactory basis. and has sought
the assistance Of the Secretary of the Treasury
who, by making the bonds available as security for
Treasury deposits do much toward enhancing
their value. Secretary Shaw Will do all IN his
power, the securities gilt edged. and II Is
pected that they will bring handsome figure when
placed on the market
Mr. Ward. who has the interests Of Porto Rico
much at heart, has already perfected system
OF auditing in the island which. IT is believed.
VIII ht the young men in the auditors department
20 take positions corporation bOOkkeepers with
the most up-to-date knowledge the subject, and
the earnestness with which he is prosecuting his
present mission the United States augurS well
for the outcome OF his work.
New-York tribune., 1906-09-07
SEEKS RETURN OF HIS DIAMONDS.
Woman After Receiving Gift Postponed
Wedding, Texan Declares in Court.

Miss Helen Abrahamson, who nves in Harlem.
was summoned 10 appear before Magistrate Fine
lite IN the TOmbs police court yesterday 70 ex-
plain her alleged retention OF some valuable dia-
r,ouds which Max Meadlowitz a Texan rays he
gaya her after they became engaged a. the result
of a meeting through a marriage agency
Meadlowitz testified to having met the girl in
n q Few days and that. at her request he gave
- - q, number OF diamonds. When she had tham
80 lleDt postponing the wedding. he said
The reason the engagement was finally broken
- Ia NeadIOwitZ, that he discovered that
Miss Abrahamson had been engaged 10 several
Htt- -,.t one or them a friend OF his T'hs girl
9llfI IN his statements about the presents " fen
Hell's 49, ne stand saying that the diamonds were
sio scoi. OF reception given h,yh 49,
- 49, when the engagement was announced
Letters written Sowing 70 I that Meadioww.s wsFs put IN
@ arsvS the engagement even after ths sum
IONS was issued. The case was adjourned 70 this
morning.
New-York tribune., 1906-09-07
sCHoCHTERs' STRIKE TIES UP SHOP.
Bishop Not Trying to Do Business for Fear
of Offending Rabbis

The strike OF the schochters or kosher chicken
killers in Charles Bishops market No. 40 East
81 street, tied UP his business yesterday He said
that not a chicken had been slaughtered In mis-
place as he did want TO get into Il conflict with
the rabbis. who supporting the schOchters. The
Schochtim or league OF chicken killers. will not
meet until next week. and IN the mean time has
appointed agents 10 see that none OF the other
dealers Kill chickens for Bishops market
The dealers including Bishop. brought a charge
against the rabbis who are schochters OF allowing
kosher killed. When SigmUnd Moses, one OF the
dealers made this charge to Harris Bonner, presi-
dent OF the Schochtim, who is a rabbi, the latter
said the charge might be true, this is big city
and there are not enough schOchters.
New-York tribune., 1906-09-07
TO JOIN SWEETHEART IN DEATH.
italian Sails TO Commit Suicide on Her Grave
in Home Country.

T,,,ss t,ontaur4nt an Italian. sailed yesterday
Ia Provence with the avowsd object OF killing him
self on tie grave OF his sweetheart In the little
village OF Ieooo. Lombardy. where she killed her
..lr soms wesk. ago. despsrins OF ever getting the
r,,.s,t n. her psrents 70 her marriage with Con-
tsnTfni There was an affecting scene on the pier
wien COntanrini's brother W ~l3 ives ~
from sailing "a. h-.,.. II, -.
-. - ~ "a c.o,,a here 20 make his fortune four
years ago and vas doing .svaa VEs; grn
Until about q month ago ne recs4soo a lsttsr tIoh
Ia swseths4rt telling him ot ner inte1ton 70 COM
ra,t suialds calling on Hiin ~ s Lax u os~s-
New-York tribune., 1906-09-07
GAS CoMPANY's MOTION DENIED.
Consolidated Asked for Rehearing in Man
damus Proceedings Brought by Shearn.

Justice Giegerch in the Supreme Court yester-
day denied the motion Of the Consolidated Gas
Company FOR a rehearing IN the mandamus pro-
cee6lngs recently brought by Clarence = Shearn
for Dionegi Rebecchi. u compel the company 10
supply gas 80 cents q thousand feet pending the
decision of the consttuuonality OF the ~ cent gas
law passed a the last session or the leglsld ture
The motion for a argument was made oy
Carl A Mead, of counsel for the gas company, ana
Was based on the amendment Of the answer to the
original proceedings on which writ OF lnandainus
was granted. Justice Giegerich he4d thst the heN
was eth insufficient 1t was declared lhat tho
torice fixed bv the act did allow fair profit on
The investment OF the gas company, but X was hel9
by the court that this matter OF law, ana
that assertion OF the company was not sullcleit
10 prove the truth OF the allegation,