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The San Francisco call., 1906-08-04
OIL TRUST FUND
EXPENDED BY
AGENTS.
Rockefeller Officials Tell
How the Coin Contributed
for Refugees Was Utilized
HUNDRED HELPED
IN REFUGEE CAMP
Various Amounts Distributed
Among the Cities About
the Bay to Aid In Work
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.

n EW YORK. Aug. s.-In reply to
nj a statement telegraphed from
| San Francisco. setting forth the
desire of James D. Phelan OF the
relief committee to receive S130,000
more of Standard Oil funds out of a
subscribed total of 100000. this state
ment was given out at the offices Of
the Standard Oil Company today:
cit was not the intention Of the
Standard Oil Company to make any
publication at present in the San Fran
cisco relief fund matter. but the dis
ratch from San Francisco seems to
make 1t necessary. The only thing true
in the dispatch as to the disposal of the
relief funds is that the general relief
committee, Of which Mr.. Phelan Is
chairman, received $4,000 from the
Standard Oil representatives in San
Francisco.
The Standard Oil relief funds con-
sisted of 100000 given by John ..
Rockefeller, 100000 by the Standard
Oil Company. $4,000 by individuals
connected with the corporation, and
also 800 worth of provisions sent on
q hurry order by officials of the company
from Butte, Mont The Standard Oil
$4,000
cash was Immediately available and
was placed in the hands of Standard
Oil representatives in the stricken city
to dispose of according to their best
Judgment. In this way $4,000 of the
Rockefeller fund, like amount from
the Standard Oil fund and $4,000 from
the individual fund. in all $4,000. was
at once handed over to the San Fran
cisco relief committee, which had large
quantities of supplies and had been no
titled of large subscriptions, but was
short of cash, and the money was
doubly welcome. In the same way
$4,000 went to Oakland. $4,000 to
Santa Rosa, $4,000 to San Rafael, $4,000
to Alameda, $4,000 to Berkeley. $4,000
to San Mateo, $1,000 to Fruitvale, $1,000
to Martinez. $500 to Palo Alto and $500
to Richmond.
"A relief camp. known as Camp
Rockefeller, was at once established,
and there, from a few days after the
earthquake to July IS, from one hun
dred to a thousand individuals and
families were daily fed and taken care
OF. The remainder of the fund it was
thought best to expend in individual
relief of a substantial kind.
1T is not clear why Mr.. PheIan
should be ignorant of the general
facts"
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-04
BRADLEY EN- ROUTE
To THIS CITY

NEW YORK. Aug. 3.-E. C. Bradley.
formerly third vice president of the
Postal Telegraph Cable Company, has
left this city for San Francisco to ac-
cept an important place with the Amer
lean Bell Telegraph and Telephone
Company. which controls the service on
the Pacific Slope
Bradley handed in his resignation to
the Postal Company in June the resig-
nation taking effect on August 1. He
was succeeded by c. C. Adams. fourth
vice president. Bradley will stay in
San Francisco about three months.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-04
WORTH MORE DEAD
THAN ALIVE.
SPECIAL DIsPATCH TO THE CALI.

MILWAUKEE,. Aug. 3.-"Although
he is bankrupt and serving a SEN
tence in prison, E. E. Bigelow is today
worth not cent alive. Dead he would
bring 100000. If he should die the
stockholders OF the First National
Bank would be that much better off
and the stock of the bank would ad-
vance Is or 20 points above it's present
high price
This statement was made today by a
stockholder in the bank speaking in
regard to the final statements in the
bankruptcy cases The aggregate face
value of all of the insurance policies on
the life of Bigelow is 100000 and these
were secured by the bank for its stock
holders at about $780,
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-04

w YHo is the mysterious Mr.. Nc
Cue, the man who has been
Wv trying 10 hold up various per-
sons who have claims against
the finance COMMITTEES? For many days
past il is said McCue has been ap-
preaching merchants and others and
telling them that if they pay his price
their claims will be paid, but If they
refuse no money viii be forthcoming.
Last Sunday afternoon McCue ap-
preached H \. Edlin, a grocer at the
corner Of Ellis and Devisadero streets.
Edlin has a claim of $4,000 for stock
Of groceries seized during the FIRE. Nc
Cue informed Edlin. so the grocer
claims, that he would fix it so that the
claim would be paid Immediately for
the small consideration of $500 spot
cash
Edlin spurned the offer. McCue's ire
was aroused at this turn OF affairs
and he informed Edlin that he would not
receive a cent from the finance com
mittee
4 stand on the inside with those
people" McCue is reported TO have
said. and viii see that they squash
your claim. I can fix it so that you will
get your money in full If you come
through with $500"
According to Edlin. McCue was a spe-
ciaI officer during the fire and on April
20 headed a band Of people who raided
tee grocery The place was in charge
OF Edlin's wife at the time and
when she insisted on making out bills
Mecue told her he had no time TO wait
but wanted the goods turned over i'm
mediately-
Edlin says he saw McCue around the
city several times since. but never
spoke to him till Sunday afternoon
when AIcCue. demanded $500 for the set
tIement Of the claim McCue told Ed
lin he lived at Sunnyside, but refrained
from telling what position he occupied
with the finance committee or upon
whose authority he was demanding
money TO square claims against the
committee.
According TO Edlin, McCue ap-
claims against the finance committee
McCue boasted that he settled several
OF these and that certain persons who
refused to come to his terms were cut
on without a cent Ediin says McCue
seems to know a great deal about the
inside workings of the finance COM
mittee and seemed very familiar with
the system in vogue.
Edlin says his claim for $4,000 was
cut down 10 $500 and passed upon by
the finance committee on June 2s. Since
that time he has been endeavoring to
collect his money, but for some reason
the claim has not been paid, though
E,dIin says he has been sent from enc
place to another till he is well nigh
disgusted with the situation
The mysterious Mr.. McCue has not
put in an appearance at Edlin's store
since Sunday.
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ELoPEs WITH HIS wIFE's
FoURTEEN-YEAR-o SISTER
CARRIED in EOman's Garments, Ffckle
Man Succeeds I'm Deceivfng His
Spouse.

DEs MONIES, aug. S.-Disguising
himself in his wife's dress, Arthur Mu-
nell OF Ira, Iowa, got into buggy,
went TO hs own home and CALLED his
wife's l4-year-old sister, put the girl
in the buggy and eloped with her He
came to Des Moines. where he changed
his attire to that of q man.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-04
RACKING
ISLAND OF MARTINIQUE
Four Strong Shocks Bring Terror to
the Inhabitants of Fort
de France.
ro,r ~ E,-~-

FORT DE FRANCE (dartinique).
Aug a. Four strong earthquake
shocks were felt here last night.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-04

of Grand Duke Nicholas to the post Of
commander chief, If made. will be
announced as "for the purpose of har-
monizing the activity OF all troops
without reference to political AFFAIRS
but Premier Stolypin is scarcely dis
posed to regard the nomination in this
high light.
DISORDER IS AVOIDED.
One element of possible disorder for
tomorrow has been removed by the de-
cision of the widow of NJ. Herzenstein,
the ex-Deputy who was murdered at
Terioki, to inter her husband at Teri
oki and to omit holding the services
here and at Moscow. The Prefect of
Police at st. Petersburg today appealed
to Nine, Hertzenstein to cancel the pro-
cession here. saying it probably would
result in great disorder, which he was
resolved to suppress at whatever cost.
After consultation with the Con-
stitutional Democratic committee,
Nine. Hertzenstein agreed to this.
The pickets of cavalry and infantry
We're the most conspicuous features on
the streets of st. Petersburg last
night. Business houses generally have
boarded up their windows, as they
did in the days of the great October
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-04
THE WEATHER.

For San Francisco and vi
cinity: Fair Saturday, with
fog in the morning; fresh
west winds.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-04

EW YORK, Aug. 3.-In reply to
statement telegraphed from
San Francisco. setting forth the
desire of James D. Phelan OF the
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Continued from Page 1, Column 8.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-04
Grocer Says "Mr. McCue"
Offered to Get His DIN
From Committeefor 5000
MERCHANT TURNS
DOWN THE OFFER
He Is Threatened With
Entire Loss of Pay for
Goods by an "Insider .

w YHo is the mysterious Mr.. Nc
Cue. the man who has been
Wv trying 10 hold UP various per-
sons who have claims against
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-04
Great Strike Opens at Russian
Capital and Woe Broods Ger All
SAARA Russia The Governor of this instantly killed today by bomb
~ head and
by the
Troops Hurry to Threatened
Points Prepared for Fray.


A ms was In
The Semi-weekly leader., 1906-03-28
4 SEVEN MILLION LEGISLATURE.

Some new and even more start
ling figures than were furnished
about three weeks ago were pre-.
pared and presented by the House
yesterday afternoon BY Secretary
Of State Power, showing that the
appropriations at this session oi
the Legislature will amount to not
less than 1000, 600, against
$5, ,822, 900 for last session, an In
crease Of about 81 200, 900.
The appropriations to date
amount in exact figures to Sc, $685.
404, with the Vicksburg and
Natchez hospitals, together with
the University and Agricultural
and Mechanical Colleges, left yet
unprovided for. According to
the amounts granted at the last
session to these institutions, they
will sum up $40, 1857, making a
total of $6, ,798, ,961, which, with
the $4,000 added Thursday for
continuing the session, amounts
in all to SIS, $40, ,961. This is ex-
elusive of what it will cost to have
the new code published, making
a 81 ,0o0,0 900 legislature an assured
fact.
The revenues last year fell
Isl, 100000 short of what was al.
lowed by the legislature of the
preceding year, which added to
the excess of the funds Of this
session, will leave the State with
a debt Of $2,50O,000 to provide
for. Clarion Ledger.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1906-03-28
Susan B. Anthony.

Mrs. Hala Hammond Butt, edi-
tor Of the Clarksdale Challenge,
and one of the strongest editorial
writer's of the South, pays the
following fitting tribute to the
life and works of the late Susan
B. Anthony:
The long time friend of wom-
en-, the tireless toiler for humani-
ty, the Jealous advocate for re-
form, Susan B. Anthony, known
the world over as the pioneer in
the woman's cause, has passed
from her labors; the fruits of
which, generations yet unborn
will pluck and eat. A woman of
convictions, these she has exem-
plified in her life. Not alone be-
lieying; not merely theorizing ;
not dreaming of the possible, but
laboring for it, she has given
eighty-six years of service to the
apothesis of those principles
which tend to the betterment of
the human race through the wom-
an side of it. Her life is an in
spiration to the believers in JUS
tlce; her creed the nucleus about
which should cluster and be reyiv-
ed the countless inspirations, aims
and ardent desires of thousands of
her sex, discouraged, dismayed
perhaps by the unequal conditions
confronting them in the struggle
for life. She knew no obstacle;
she admitted no defeat, but with
face steadfastly set toward the
future she went out, her soul
illumined still with the dauntless
courage of the hero, Frightening
even into the perfect day of real
ization of consummation. Peace
to the ashes, and more light on
the one-time mysteries that pnz-
zled but never perplexed the
courageous soul of Susan B. An
thony."
The Semi-weekly leader., 1906-03-28
Wednesday, March Is, 1906.
THE pINEY WOODS COUNTRY.

What is commonly called the
piney woods country of South
Mississippi is destined to be most
populous, rich and prosperous of
any portion of this State. just
now large saw mills are engaged
in demolishing the pine forests
and converting them into lumber
at a rerunerative profit to them
selves and their employees, bring
ing large sums of money annually
into local circulation. New rail
roads are being constructed and
projected in all directions in this
section, and wherever a railroad
is built it brings more money and
more people and develops the
country through which it runs.
The lands after being denuded of
their timber are readily converted
into farms and are remarkably
productive. Most of them have a
good clay subsoil and are capable
of being brought up to high
state of fertility, so that they will
produce bale of cotton or SO
bushels of corn to the acre. The
editor of The Leader never goes
out into the country in Lincoln
county that he is not struck by
the wonderful capabilities of her
pine lands, mostly level or only
slightly undulating, with their
fine clay subsoil and easy adapta-
bility to agricultural and horticul-
tural purposes. But a small per-
centage of these lands have ever
yet been cleared and brought un-
der the plow, and large portion
of the farms under cultivation
have not yet been developed and
the lands brought up to their
highest degree of productiyeness,
though many now make bale of
cotton or more per acre and other
crops in proportion. The coun-
try is we'll watered, free from ex-
tensiye oyerfows, the health and
climate equal to any in the world,
and complete crop failure is un-
known.
We repeat there is a great fu-
ture for our South Mississippi
country and Lincoln county will
be one of her special garden spots,
because none of the plney woods
country possesses more of the
natural advantages we have men
toned than does this county, and
none is ahead of her in the moral,
educational and material progress
of her people.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1906-03-28


The guy what runs the Search
light at MeadviIIe, after searching
round in the corners of his peanut
brain-if he has any brain at all
has come out an give us what
Sherman says war air. He says
we don't exist noway & that the
editor of another paper air Writin'
our Editorials. Now we just sized
him up an LET it GO at that. Pre-
haps The editor Of the Search
Light has swiped some more g.
10. d. booze e it air chat that's
talkin'. Ifhe has be has got more
nerve than d government mule,
for he air still under indictment
for q similar oifense. Franklin
Dark Lantern.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1906-03-28
That SuperfIuous Investigation.

The Penitentiary Board of Con-
troll, on the motive of the able.
member who wanted to wager a.
thousand dollars on the Sandy
Bayou decision, has decided to in
vestigate those things about the
management at the Oakley Farm
that didn't need any investigating.
The following by correspondent
of the Vicksburg Herald express
es good deal in a short space:
notice in your paper today,
where you try to fathom the mys-
teries of the movements of our
Board of Control. | cannot un-
derstand their reason for this call
as they and their friends, the
Jackson papers, have insisted the
whole thing was only "thrashing
over old straw, = SO you will read
lily see if they had this same testi-
mony and would not even remove
Mr.. Jackson but permitted him to
resign (when Gov. Vardaman and
Mr.. Bradley tried to fire him) and
reelected DR.. Berry the 'distin-
guishedo son-in-la law of Senator
McLaurin, at SIS per month with
mileage and the Lord only knows
how many other per he got, how
can you expect them to take a
back track now2 My opinion,
from news around here. and past
acquaintance with their tricks, .
lis that the McLaurins and their
friends after matured delibera-
tion, have decided on this plan
hoping to minimize the effect of
the penitentiary investigating
committee which they have SO far
failed to shake.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1906-03-28

1t air true we air under indict-
ment with three hundred other
good citizens of old Franklin for
conspirin' to run a few kinky-
headed niggers off of government
land, but one thing air certain, we
has never yet been indicted for
breakin' into any body's house
and confscatin' a lot o. G. o. D..
liquor, which is hanged sight
more than the editor of one measly
sheet we know can say. And that
amt sayin' we don't love booze
neitherl-Franklin Dark Lantern.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1906-03-28
CIVIC VIRTUE.

w. II. Berry, a prominent office
holder of the State of Pennsylva
MIA, recently made an address IN
Baltimore on Civic Virtue. !"
A striking feature of the occasion,
was the presence of Cardinal Glib
bons, who congratulated Mr.. Ber-
ry and frequently applauded him.
Among his optimistic utterances
are the following:
"AIl over the land," he declar-
ed, there is a rising tide of civic
virtue. 1t is a tide of conscience,
determined to insist upon new
standard of public morals. Our
public men, many of them, have
had one standard for their private
conduct and an entirely different
one for their public conduct. In
private life they would scorn to
| do dishonest or unscrupuious
things, but in public life nothing
is too dishonest or too unscrupu-
lous for them to do. Ii not will
ing to do the dirty work them
selves, they will employ some one
else to do it, which is just as bad,
or worse. The time has arrived
when the people propose to rele-
gate to the rear the DR.. Jekyll and
Mr.. Hyde type Of public official,
and the men who contribute to
the church on Sundays and are
crooked as a rams horn on cleo
tion day are no longer to be toll
Grated.
What | am going to say now, =
he said, Il had better preface by
saying that | say it as a Democrat;
but believe that the attitude and
conduct of President Roosevelt
has had much to do with stimulat-
ing the people of this country to
| the reforms which have been car
lied out in some sections. But
put it down to whatever cause you
will, it is there. 1t is epidemic.
It's in the air. Folk, a Democrat
from Missouri that State where
you have to show them came to
Philadelphia and addressed a Re-
publican meeting made up Of
Republicans who never drew any
thing but Republican Ereatb,
and be got an overwhelming oya-
tion. The kind of demonstration
he received was significant. II
Ibid not mean that those Republi-
cans indorsed bis Democracy.
Oh, mol they would not stand for
that. But It did mean that they
recognized an honest man and
appreciated one when they met
him.
.The people will stand for just
so much and no more. The clean
ing up of the old ring in Pennsyl-
vania was due TO q great reyulsion
of feeling, and was, in my judg-
ment, reflection of the wave Of
public sentiment that seems to be
sweeping over the country. a
mighty low standard Of public
morals had been reached BY some
|of our public officials. When the
public woke up to what was really
going on, they threw the rascals
out.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1906-03-28

james R. Tate killed Peyton B.
Raper ID Clarks pool room III
NaIcbez one day east week Tate's
plea of self-defense was not srs-
tanned BY the evidence adduoed at'
the coroner'a Inquest and the jury
returned verdict charging him.
with wilfui murder. Tate is q
son-in law Of Mayor Benbrook
The Semi-weekly leader., 1906-03-28


A newspaper man chat doesn t
get cussed' Ito his back isn't
worth cuss z for he never says
anything worthy Of notice. else
there would be somebody ready to
find fault with him. Newton
Recoid.
The honest editor, who tries to
do his t'uty, expects to make enc
mics. It is q part Of the business.
But the conscientious editor will
make friends among that class of
men who appreciate honesty of
purpose and fidelity to principles.
Greenwood Enterprise,
Both correct. Go to the head
of the class
The Semi-weekly leader., 1906-03-28

and Is the synonym Tor
strength and purity. It is sold
in almost all the civilized coun-
tries of the globe.
If the cod fish became extinct
it would be a worldwide calam-
ity, because the oil that comes
from its liver surpasses all other
fats in nourishing and life-giying
properties. Thirty years ago
the proprietors Of Scott's Enul-
sion found a way Of preparing
cod.liyer oil SO that everyone can
take it and get the full value Of
the oil without the objectio
taste. Scott's Emulsion Is the
best thing III The world for weak,
backward children, thin, delicate
people, and ali conditions of
wasting and lost strength.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-01-09

Americas, Ga, Jan. s -Livtrpool
seemed to have become bewiidered by
the intricate method of calculation
adopted by the National Ginners As.
ISOLATION and apparently looks for q
very bearish bureau tomorrow. Since
cables speak of the depressing eff ct
which Q census figure indicating q
growth of 10, 500 900 bales would have
on lprices, 1t now seems probable not
over 8, $50, 900 bales were ginned to jan
uary LIST, this could not be considere d
as indicating any such final outcome
and we must therefore assume that
Liverpool looks for report of fully
9,990,OO0 AS is well known, sharp
collspses invariably proceed from fore
ed liquidation of weakly margined in
terests, and it follows that with few,
il any, weak accounts still left on the
long side, there is very small danger of
any serious decline. The Southern
Cotton Association has made an ex
haustive canvas of the cotton belt and
estimates that up to Jssuary the
amount ginned was 97.55 percent and
that 9S. 80 percent of the crop had
bsen already picked, Therei is grow.
ing belief that these figures are not far
from the truth, and that the next cen
sus report on January Josh will round
up the whole CROP, barring some scatn
terlng odds aud ends. Liverpool is
due to come higher in the morning.
j, s MoREE & Co,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-01-09
FRIED ON ONE SIDE
FOR A QUICK MEAL.
Little Tales Cut Short In a
Hurry.
a MIRROR OF DAILY EVENTS
Happenings in the City and Suburbs
of Local interest to Be PsFused
Over WhiIe:Muffinsssand:c offeesare
Cooling.

Blank Books and office Supplies to
suit all kinds of business.
HoL1IDAY's BOOKSTORE.
The holidays are over and people are
settling down to work again. The bill
collectors have never been more in
dustrIous
The county schools, more than sixty
in number, opened yesterday with q
large attendance for the spring term OF
four months.
No matter what the bureau figures
today the bull talent here insist that
every bale will be needed ere another
crop is raised.
Mayor Hawkins held aloft the scales
in police court yesterday. and few
stray dollars squared all accounts for
Saturday night.
Thus far Americas has escaped q
solid freeze, and only f5w times this
winter has it been cold enough for
thin ice to form.
In dc zsns of flower yards in Ameri-
cus fall roses are still blooming as
luxuriantIy as they did in The glorious
Indisn summer.
Mr.. J. M. Cocker, who had q stroke
of apoplexy Saturday morning, con-
tinues to improve and will doubtless
recover very soon.
Americas is going to build more
houses this year than in 1905-that liz,
If investors are not frightened away by
adverse conditions.
The police are gong to round up the
horde of idle and vagrant negro women
who infest the streets nightly, q me-
mace to all decency
Yesterday was Christmas day-in'
Russia, but as the scene of cele bratIon
was rather remote Americus did not
with ess the fireworks,
As0Fs - L = w hHuAhWS WHO WAS Chll6u
recently to Colorado, has been tender
cd vacation OF month and may
spend some time there.
The courthouse is now the Mecca of
the brother in black, and I'll of him,
charged with crap shooting, etc, were
anchored there yesterday.
The "week of prayer" in Americas
begins this evening at Z O'Clock with
services at the First Baptist. Services
nightly throughout the week.
A procession of eleven wagons, filled
with household effects of negroes on
the move passed through the city yes
terday to other plantations.
The cotton bales now brought to
town have the appearance of having
been packed for months. V-ry little
cotton remains to be ginned.