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The San Francisco call., 1907-06-27
LOSES BRIDE WHILE He
SLEEPS IN HER HOUSE
First Suitor Dreams and
Widow Elopes With
Another
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

WOODLAND, June 26.-John Shyrock
of Anderson. Shasta county, mourns
the loss of a promised bride this morn
Ing and cannot be comforted.
Shyrock became engaged to Mrs. Eu-
genia lie Giraffe. now of this city. but
former resident of Sacramento. She
was formerly a Miss wiseman. Shy
rock made occasional trips here to see
his promised wife and few days ago
came down to insist that the marriage
take place at once. To this the woman
iemurred. but yesterday consented
that the ceremony should take place
today. With that he retired last night
at peace with the world. making use
of a room in her house.
This morning Shyrock discovered
that while he slept Mrs. lie Giraffe met
Roy Pierce and arranged to fly with
him. buggy was procured and the
couple were driven to Davis. This
morning they went to Sacramento.
where they secured a license to wed.
He gave his age as 80 and she hers As
IS. Shyrock Will return to Anderson.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-27
SOUTHERN PACIFIC To
ABANDON PORT COSTA
Will Change Main Route to
Avoid the Marshes
Near Suisun

With the arrival IN San Francisco
today of Julius Kruttschnitt, director
Of maintenance and way, the Southern
Pacific company will begin preparations
to straighten and improve the main line
from Oakland pier to Suisun. Accord
ing to the plans which became public
yesterday the curves on the Alameda
and Contra Costa shore will be elimin-
ated and the transfer point at Port
Costa abandoned. Instead docks will
be constructed at Rodeo at Pinole point
and from there trains will be ferried
across to South Vallejo instead of Be-
nicia- In order to avoid the marshes
and sinks between Benicia and Suisun
the main line will be changed to run
from South Vallejo to Flosden, through
American canyon to Cordelia- where it
will join the Napa Junction and Suisun
road. connecting with the main line to
Sacramento and the east.
The contemplated improvements are
among the most important undertaken
by the Southern Pacific in recent years
have been running daily over the main
line between Oakland and Suisun. This
is the main outlet to Sacramento and
the east and is the most travelled line
on the Southern Pacific Vast 1lls VIII
be made along the bay shore to obviate
the curves, and millions of dollars win
be spent In improvements at Rodeo.
The is miles OF road between Benicia
and Suisun have been g source Of con-
slant worry to the railroad officials.
The line traverses the marshes and
during the winter months the roadbed
is often under water. 1t was necessary
last winter to defect trains down the
San Joaquin valley in order to avoid
the treacherous line through the
marshes AT q point between Cygnus
and Teal on the Benicia-Suisun section
of the road is what Is known as the
bottomless pit For several years the
company has been dumping dirt into
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Schmitz to Appeal
After Sentence Is
Pronounced

Eugene E. Schrnitz, until
recently mayor of San Fran
cisco, will be sentenced at 10
o'clock this morning to
state prison for the crime
of extortion. As punishment
for the offense the penal
code prescribes confinement
in the penitentiary not to ex-
ceed FIVE years. 1t is within
the province of Judge Dunno
to name the length Of the
sentence which Schmitz
must serve. With the impo-
sition of sentence upon
Schmitz Judge Dunno will
clear the way for the reor-
ganization of the city gov
ernment. 1t will rest with
him to send official word to
the supervisors that Schmitz
has been sent to state
prison and that it is within
their power to I'll the vacan-
cy thus created in the may
or's office.
1t was stated yesterday by
the attorneys for Schmitz
that they would interpose no
objection this morning to
the regular process of the
court. The prosecution an
nounced that it was ready
and there appears to be
nothing to stay proceedings
for Schmitz. After he has
heard the words condemning
him to a felon's cell his at
torneys will apply to the dis
trict court of appeal for a
new trial. Pending the de-
termination of their petition
Schmitz will remain IN the
county jail.
When Schmitz was con-
victed on June Is Judge
Dunno announced that he
would not pronounce sen
,
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Opposes Motion to
Set Aside Glass
Indictments

Using the same cases re-
lied upon by the defense,
Special Prosecutor G. w.
Cobb submitted yesterday
the states argument in op-
position to the motion TO set
aside. the indictments against
Louis Glass.
The argument presented
by Cobb and a prolonged if
not improbable examina-
ton of Foreman Oliver of
the grand jury by Delmas
consumed what is again
promised to have been the
next to the last day to be
frittered away in the subnis-
sion of the motions.
Cobb's argument was
neither so fluent as the effort
of Coogan nor SO polished as
has been the every utterance
of Delmas, but it was clear
and comprehensive and
showed an exhaustive re-
search of the law and au-
thorities touching challenges
to and disqualihcations of
grand juries.
The striking feature of
Cobb's argument was the
manner In which he used the
cases cited by his adversaries
in support of their conten-
tions to refute those conten-
tions. He confined himself
almost entirely TO an answer
of the chief question ad-
vanced by Coogan, who
claimed that the Oliver
grand jury had ceased to ex-
ist by operation of law prior
to the return OF the indict-
ments against Glass.
The special prosecutor ar
gued that the sections of the
code relied upon by Coogan
TO prove a definite term for
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-27
Weak Showing
by Witnesses
for Haywood
State Turns Them
to It's Account
in Crossfre
BY Oscar King Davis

BY Oscar King Davis
BOISE, Idaho, June 26.-Four
witnesses were called by the de-
fense in the Haywood trial today.
Two of them were torn to pieces
by the cross examination of the
prosecution and from the others
testimony of decided importance
to the state was elected. Three
OF them were witnesses upon
whose testimony Attorney Rich
ardson of the defense had based
formal impeaching questions pro-
pounded to Orchard and denied
by him. These questions had
been based and to that extent the
defense fulfilled its object in cali
ing them. But the cross examination
utterly discredited two of them and
left the others in the unhappy situa-
ton of having contributed more to the
state than TO the defense.
The four witnesses examined were
Mrs. Lottie Day. keeper or Cripple
Creek lodging house; John NJ o'Neili,
editor OF the Miners Magazine; John
T. Elliott, the man who says that he
held a remarkable conversation with
Orchard on a train between weiser
and Caldwell in November. 1905; and
w. F. Davis, the union man so fre-
quently implicated by Orchard in the
violent doings about Cripple Creek
during the 1908 strike
Davis and Elliott were the two COM
pletely undone on cross examination
Mrs Day stuck to her story about the
threats Orchard had made against
Steunenberg while talking to her. but
contributed the new information that
on one occasion while she was talk
ing with him in the Belmont hotel In
Denver. where she knew him under
the name of Dempsey. Haywood came
into the hotel looking for him. Demp-
sey introduced her to Haywood and
went TO his room for a private talk
This was the first testimony brought
out from any witness except Orchard
that directly linked Haywood with Or
chard and coupled the secretary-trea-
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-27
WOMAN MISTAKES OIL
FOR COFFEE AND DIES
Puts Can of Gasoline on Stove and
Is Enveloped in Flames Fol-
lowing Explosion

Los ANGELES. June 2s--Mrs. Louise
Rohan, wife of f. 6. Rohan. and mother
of four children. was burned to death
by an explosion of gasoline at her home
at Sz5 Tennessee street today
Mistaking can OF gasoline for q can
of coffee. she put 1t on the stove. She
was enveloped Immediately with flames
and SO badly burned that she died a
few hours later.
Mrs Rohan was married two months
ago to her second husband.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-27

TESTERDAY-Clesr; maximum temperature.
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brisk westerly Page II
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cALIFORNIANs IN PANS

PARIS. June 26-A- E. Yates of San
Francisco and Mrs George B. Ellis and
family of Los Angeles registered at The
Call-Herald bureau suday,
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-27
Order Consigning Ex=Mayor
tOPrisOn Will Clear Way
for New Regime

Following this Eugene Schmtz
prison of extortion Judge Dunno win
supervisors thar the Office OF
vacated and that body ouf
plans graft municipal houscIranip1
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-27
Eugene Sc Convicted Of Extoron VIII Be Sentenced Today
Police Board May Get Rid of Dnan and Make Wilhelm Chief

Sketches in apa
a Special Prosecutor ". c dhHgae and dopmt 4 eLaDr
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-27
Impertinent Question No. S
What's fhe Difference Between Bnbe and Fee

What's fhe Difference Between Bribe and Fee Z
For the most original wittest answer to this ques-
ton-and the bnefer the better-The Call will
pay FIVE. DOLLARS. For the next FIVE
answers The Call will pay ONE DOLLAR each.
Prize winning answers will be printed next Wednes-
day and checks mailed to the winners at once.
Make your answers short and address them to
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Time 70 90 something about land frauds P.
Some ethics Of clothing and climate. Page
Il let's nothing get away Page
A partnership OF crime. Page
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INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALLS.
NEWS TODAY
TELEPHONE TEMPORARY SIS
WEATHER CONDITIONS
NEWS TODAY

THURSDAY. JUNE p. 1907
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The San Francisco call., 1907-06-27
SUBURBAN

Prominent Oakland eli
who was struck by his
Pyrotechnicsi display
Lake Merritt VIII be fe
brstion OF the fourth.
DR.. MeTaggsrt, an
osopher, declares befor,
professors his belief ths
animals Of e higher o.
immortal.
Wife Of Oakland man
plant that husband be
night
Alleged Russian not
accused Of trying 10
ssvluTu.
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GRAFT
STRIKE SITUATION

Grand jury indicts nine men for commit
assaults On strike breaking carmen. Pag'
Telegrs piers claim company shipped MESA
TO Oakland by rail but officials say they
only slightly crippled Pag
CITY
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Contfnued on Page 8, CeIuma .
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-27
NEW YORKS FIRST CAPITOL.

The pending measure for the purchase by the
state of the old courthouse property at White
Plains as the birthplace of the State of New
York" seems cOmmendable, from the point of
view of historic and patriotic interest There
is little danger that we shall ever become too
familiar with early American history or pay too
much attention 10 the preservation of old land
marks. On the contrary, there is much danger
not infrequently realized. OF our neglecting such
matters until an irreparable loss has been suf-
fered. 1t would certainly seem. then, that the
state should afford the small sum necessary for
securing this truly memorable site
For the quoted description of 1t is historically
correct. In Revolutionary times New York had
a series of governments and multiplicity Of
capitals But White Plains seems indsputabIy
entitled 10 the distinction Of having been the
first capital of the state as distinguished from
the colony or province, and the property in
question the site of the first State Capitol
Down to July, 1876, the New York legislatures
were called provincial congresses, but IN that
month the fourth such congress- in session at
White Plains, transformed itself into The Con
ventiOn Of Representatives of the State of New
York" and framed the first state constitution
The convention did not remain there long.
but was compelled to retire before the British
advance The first so-called Legislature Of the
state met more than year later at Kingston
and owing TO the exigencies OF war, had a
troubled career, sometimes at Kingston, some
times at Poughkeepsle and sometimes at Al
bany. Quaker Hill, too. IN the long disputed
"Oblong," was at one time seriously considered
as site for the permanent capital But none
"f these circumstances can deprive White Plains
Of the distinction OF having been the place nj
which the Province OF New York was officially
and permanently erected into the State of New
York 1t will be well for the Empire State to
preserve and honor Its birthplace
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-27
GOVERNORS ouARRELS.

Not all the Governors are getting along with
their legislatures with as much promise Of sue
cess as Governor Hughes is with his. Governor
Woodruff Of Connecticut has deemed It neces-
sary 10 make an appeal 70 the people" In
strong and rather sensational language. and
Governor Folk Of Missouri, after waiting in
vain through the regular session for the pas
sage of his reform measures, has called a spe-
cial session Of the Missouri Legislature Gov
ernOr WOOdruffs remarks were probably as
sharp as any ever made by a Governor regard
Ing legislature OF his own party. He said
The General Assembly has been called and
counted and the lobby still dominates too many
OF It's members. / am a business man, and If
my business were conducted on the lines oner-
ated by the state and the General Assembly it
would go 70 pieces, and I would be robbed Of
my rights as partner in the concern. look
upon the government as a plain business prop
osttion, In which the state puts men into office
20 attend 20 the peoples affairs. The Governor
and the General Assembly are servants of the
commonwealth acting under its constitution
and they are responsible directly 10 the peopIe
for the way they carry on the states business
Would you keep men In your employ who were
Would you engage men TO manage your business
VINO were under the influence Of other men and
other interests directly opposed 20 your concern
I guess not
THE people want 10 know" he said. "whV
'it is that legislation that is clean and leglti-
mate is antagOnized and defeated by the mower
that hides behind the General Assembly and
dictates its vote" II they really do. If the
Governor is the voice Of public sentiment. then
doubtless we shall see some interesting han
penings in Connecticut during the remaInder
OF the session or afterward. II NOT. II the neo-
pie are really satisfied with their IegisIatpre
then the Governor has shot his bolt. .sTbe
Hartford Courant," which should know. saws
that so far as the public shows any interest
at all IL Is In sympathy with fha ,o,-o. >,
We need not go into the reform programme 90
Governor Woodruff Most Of his measures aim
at improving the business methods OF the state
government Some are TO correct corporation
abuses. such, for instance, as that providing
Tor Trial by jury Of damage cases against cor.
| poratlons
Governor Folks quarrel with the Missouri
Legislature raises also the question how far
ne uoo speaks as the voice Of public opinion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-27
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE. SATURDAY. APRIL 81 100

This may be a reason why It seems like a
psychological moment TO let The Bronx hear
about tine refusal and the commission heSr from
The Bronx before talking terms of com
promise.
We have never looked with favor upon the
third tracking Of the Second and Third avenue
roads. If, however, this privilege is to be
granted TO Mr.. BelmOnts company as an induce
ment TO build a subway on the West Side below
42d street and on the East Side above that
street, there should be a handsome quid pro quo.
The franchise for additional tracks will be an
exceedingly valuable franchise, and it is not
lightly 10 be given away II the Interborough
should. in consideration of the elevated fran
chise, undertake to build the new subways as
planned, but without use Of the city's credit, 1t
would not be paying excessively for a valuable
elevated franchise practically in perpetuity, and
the city would gain the additional subways with
out tying up its credit or approaching its debt
limit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-27

A large part OF the reform programme he pro-
posed in his message goes to the Legislature In
special session. There are public service rate
regulation, excise reform, provision for the re-
movai of derelict local officials and the sup
preston Of racetrack gambling. All of these
topics received consideration during the regu-
lar session and were either rejected outright or
JuggleG with in committee. Some of the meas
ures asked by Governor Folk would centralize
the state government and greatly add to the
Governors powers.
Apparently the need of greater efficiency in
state government is creating a new conception
of the duties of a Governor He represents,
or tries TO represent. or poses as representing,
the people no other state elective officer does.
Standing for the whole state he speaks for
public opinion and may use his strength with
the people TO hold the Legislature up to doing
its duty or doing his will. The legislators, rep
resenting districts mostly carved out so as to
be politically secure no matter how the state
goes, are naturally rather Indifferent to the SEN
tment Of the whole state. They may be as re-
spOnsive to the lobby as Governor Woodruff and
Governor Folk say they are, and so long as
they do nothing particularly offensive to their
own districts the state cannot hold them re-
spOnsible The modern Governor whose am
bition 1t is TO improve the government of his
state meets his first obstacle in the Legislature,
ana his task IS 10 make that body responsive
to the popular sentiment for better government
We shall see how far Governor Woodruff sue
ceeds through his sharp and candid criticism
and how far Governor Folk through his expedi-
ent of forcing the Legislature to consider his
reforms in special session. Both methods have
been suggested as necessary in this state
Though the Governors may fail now, If there is
real popular demand for the reforms they pro-
pose legislatures will probably return in
more chastened spirit next year At any rate
the American Governor is becoming a potent
and interesting figure and legislatures are find
ing him troublesome.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-27
CREDIT TO WHOM CREDIT IS DUE,
The Huguenots of France FOrerunners Of
Civil and Religious Liberty.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: I note IN your issue OF the sd that the con-
sensus OF opinion at the Union Theological Sem
mary meeting on the cd was In favor OF the
theory that modern progress starts with Calvin
and that his theology living. vital force IN
the world" and according to Or. Eliot. "a by
product OF Calvin's work is political freedom
Now while all this may be quite true. what shall
We say OF the Huguenot's place In the great move
ment for liberty OF conscience and freedom, both
civil and religious? The Waldenses and Albigenses
and Iefevre and his cOIleagues-were they not
Huguenots in spirit and lovers OF human freedom
before the name itself known. Calvinists be-
fore Calvin. Lutherans before Luther. Wyclifites
before Wycliffe?
In few brave hearts OF Picardy and Dauphiny
in France God had deposited the first principles OF
this mighty movement before It had been declared
in any other country OF the globe Not TO Switzer-
land nor TO Germany belongs the honor of having
been first in the work. but to France and the
Huguenot
Was 1t not the voice OF Lefevre. Of Etaples,
France-that man of genius and great nobility Of
souI-which was give the signal of the rising Of
this morning star of liberty? Was II not he who
taught Farrell the great French TefOrmer and
master builder with Luther? And again. Is II
not for us who united in the late peace con-
ference to remember that It was the brave yet
wise and propose plan for a permanent court OF
arbitration TO which all the peoples Of Europe
culties? AS one OF the HuguenOt stock: l take
pride in recalling the fact that those heroic Shsm-
cry was God and my country, were the inaHgu-
rators Of mighty struggle whose inevitable V out
mocracy OF Christianity. The HuguenotS old not
like the DptGh S Snd tS Sse stand they made agas
the tyrannieS OF mOnarOhs years oeEOfe Luther
time among the arst OF the worlds most heroic de-
tenders of human freedom IG51Arz r pTrrpE1Iv
New York. April "a. 1901
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-27
WOULD MEET FRESH AIR WORKERS
DR.. Devins, Manager of Tribune Fund, to
Speak at Goddard House on Monday.

DIR. John Bancroft Devins. who has succeeded
the Rev Willard Parsons manager of the Trtb-
Fresh Air Fund. will deliver address on
fresh air NJ the Warren Goddard House, No. 2iS
East 34th street on Monday afternoon at O'Clock
At the meeting DR. Devins wants TO meet all the
fresh air workers in the city who wish 10 send
children to the country through the Tribune Fresh
Air Fund.
The fund is making preparations 10 carry on
under it's new management work of the same char
acter that IL has been doing for thirty years Last
year the fund sent TO the country for a two weeks
outing nearly eight thousand children. some Of
whom had never been to the country before. and
all of whom we're sadly in need of the invigOrating
influence OF fresh air and wholesome surroundings
II is hoped that this year the contributions from
the friends of the fund will be enough to enable
the management to do much or more than u
has previously accomplished. A careful eXauntl-
conditions In the city has shown That Wt1le
the work has been most beneficial to those that
have been reached, there are still thousands OF
children who In the greatest need or Such a
boon as the fund bestOws whom IL has been iInpos-
sible 10 help for lack of funds. For Its work the
fund is dependent entirely on voluntary cohtrlou-
tons
Preparations for the summer have already been
under for several weeks Persons IN the couh-
try who have received children in former years
have already begun to write to the management or
the fund asking that one or two little guests he
sent 10 them this wear. Ministers in country towns
have begun among their parishioners the WORK OF
obtaining homes to take children. From one
theological seminary thirty students are going out
for their vacations preaching message TOT lteSh
country town where he will point out the needS or
the children OF this city.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-27
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
IFrom Ne Trthune Bureau. ]

IFrOm Tribune bureau-I
Washington, April 26-Mr and Mrs James
Pinchot have issued invitations for lecture TO be
given at their home tomorrow night. the subject
being Alaska"
Admiral and Mrs. COwes will leave Washington
tomorrow. accompanied by the Hon.. Maud Paunce-
fote. for Biltmore, the North Carolina estate Of
Mr. and Mrs. George w. Vanderbilt The Secre-
tary Of the Navy and Mrs. Metcalf and several
other Washington people will go TO Biltmore from
jamestown tomorrow.
Mrs Barclay Henry. of Philadelphia. will come
to Washington next week to be the guest of Nine.
Jerome Bonaparte. Mrs. Henry and Countess Won
Moltke Huitfeldt who is with her mother,
Nine. Bonaparte were close girlhOOd friends, and
they always spend much of their time together on
the visits OF the countess to this country.