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The San Francisco call., 1907-02-08
STEVENS OPPOSES
CANAL CONTRACT
Engineer Says He Will Re
sign If Government Does
Not Carry on the Work
DECISION IN DOUBT

WASHINGTON, Feb. THE admin
istration has been brought face to face
with the alternative of rejecting all
bids for the construction of the Pan
anna canal by contractor or losing
the services of Chief Engineer Stevens.
An effort has been made to get Stevens
10 change his mind, but he has con-
tinued obdurate and the indications are
the administration will accede to his
request and that the construction will
be continued by the government, de-
spite the statement by Taft that indi-
Gates the contrary
This information caused some sur
prise, as Stevens had testified before
the Senate canal commission that he
favored building the canal by contract.
He now expresses the belief that the
canal can be constructed by the gov
ernment within ten years.
Following a conference of the Presi-
dent with Secretary Taft, Secretary
Loeb gave out a formal statement that
''the Secretary of War and the canal
commission will thoroughly examine
into the qualifications, experience,
business standing and chievements of
Mr.. Oliver and his associates and into
the responsibility of the sureties."
Secretary Taft informed Oliver later
that the President was very much In
clined to give the contract to him and
his associates, but that he would not
| surrender his rights to reject all bids.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-08
CoyyICTED OF AN AssArLT

Alfred kaufman was convicted yes
terday in Judge. Dunnes court and
sentenced to 80 days in the County Jail
for an assault with deadly weapon
on his wife. who is suing him for a
divorce. The assault occurred several
weeks ago. Mrs. Kaufman being Sc
verely cut. She refused, however, to
testify that her husband inflicted the
wounds, and the light sentence was the
result.
did not. after entering into this agree
ment with Hartman, build a complete
line between Los Angeles and Salt
Lake, but contracted to use certain
trackage of the Santa Fe between
Riverside and Daggett and of the
Southern Pacific between Riverside and
Cotton, which ii is using today. 1t
was shown by the agreement that Har-
riman obligated himself to secure the
latter concession from the Southern
Pacific in favor of the Salt Lake road,
and Attorney Severance inquired of
the witness:
Mr.. Hartman therefore negotiated with him
self TO induce himself TO grant your road the use
Of this certain trackf
We secured such a concession, said Clark
Clark was still on the stand when
the hearing adjourned for the noon
recess.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-08
EXPLOSION SHAKES
JAPANESE LINER
Sailor and Storekeeper Are
Dangerously Burned IN
Supposed "Opium Dive"
ACCIDENT A MYSTERY

Japanese sailor will forfeit ms lifs
and a japanese keeper Of the ships
stores is suffering from severe burns as
the result of fire in the storeroom IN
the PROV of the japanese liner America
Maru yesterday afternoon The liner
is in her berth at the Pacific Mail dock
The officers were on the second deck
when commotion among the Japanese
and Chinese called their attention 10
trouble below. An explosion had oc-
Cured in the storeroon. in the 'front.'
of the vessel. adjoining the cooks gal
lev. The ships own fire fighters quick
ly dropped a hose into the waters Or
the bay and the flames got no head
way. In the storeroOm were found the
sailor. Yoshida. scorched from head TO
foot. and Storekeeper Shirakuras scared
about the face. head. hands and MP
The sailor will die. The Storekeeper
will probably survive Both were
swathed in bandages on the vessel and
taken in an ambulance 20 the Haroor
Hospital They were accompanied by
Second Officer Takeyama. who learned
from one of the injured men that they
were working in the storeroom and ac-
cidentally dropped lighted mateh or
cigarette among the combustibles- Con-
sidering the quantity of paints and oils
in the storeroom 1t is miraculous that
the explosion did not wreck the Prov
of the liner. Agents of the company,
viewing the scene OF the blaze, were at
first inclined to the theory OF spon-
taneous combustion among the oiled
rags. Inspectors who heard the gossip
among the Mongolian crew advanced
the belief that the storeroom was a Sc
cluded place resorted to by such or the
ship's company as sought solace In
smoking opium
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-08
GIVES PROTECTION
TO HORSES

Judge Weller. from the Police Court
bench, declared yesterday that in the
future teamsters charged with cruelty
to animals would be dealt with even
more severely than they have been In
the past After inspecting a team OF
horses driven by Fred A. Cook. the de-
Iendant In cruelty case, the Judge
fined the driver $40.
Il sincerely regret that / cannot fine
you more said the Judge, after he
had determined the guilt of the de-
1endant. The bail for such offenses
should be set at 500, and in such cases
as yours the offenders should be
given the extreme punishment. Should
any further complaint come to me
about, you I'll see that you get what
is coming to you"
The horses driven by Cook were
found to have large running sores be-
meath their collars.
fore him yesterday Judge Weller
demonstrated that not only drivers OF
lame animals, but also the owners OF
them would be held responsible. Ed
win jackson, driver for contracting
firm, testified that he had asked for a
new team, stating that the one he had
been driving was unfit for work, and
that he had been told by the foreman
of the barns that he could either drive
the team he had or quit his job. By
the order of the court a warrant was
issued for the arrest of the foreman
and the two cases will be heard at this
mornings session of the court
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-08
SHARP WILL CAUSE
Of LEGAL FIGHT

provision of the code that codi-
ell to will which bequeaths any part
OF an estate to a charitable institution
is invalid If it is made within thirty
days prior to the death of the maker
of the document is causing bad en-
tanglement in Judge Coffey's court,
where the estate of the late Mrs Hon
ora Sharp is being contested in pro-
bate.
Honora Sharp, the widow of George
Sharp. a well known attorney. died in
January, 1905, leaving an estate valued
at $500, 900 and naming Samuel Murphy
as executor. The will bequeathed $4,000
to Charles Gildea, $4,000 to Margaret
Tojetti, 100000 to Reuben H. Lloyd
and Adolph Spreckels to be used in
erecting a memorial arch in Golden
Gate Park in nonor of George Sharp
and $4,000 to the Kings Daughters
Home for Incurables. There was also
a codicil, made a few days before Mrs
Sharp's death, annulling the latter be-
quest and providing that $4,000 be
given to this home and $4,000 to the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals.
Since the destruction of property be-
longing to the estate in the April fire
there is not enough left to satisfy all
beQuests in full and the executor ap-
piled to the court for instructions.
It is claimed by the attorneys for
the other heirs that the Home for In
curables is cut off because of the code
provision concerning the drawing of the
codicil within thirty days preceding
death. The Kings Daughters claim
that it does not affect the bequest, as
theirs is not a charitable institution
There is also a contention as to whether
the provision relating TO the making
of bequest refers also to a revocation
of bequest, and consequently whether
the Home for Incurables is entitled tc
$50. 900. TO $4,000 or to nothing at all
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-08
HELD Up IN CANYON

Senator W. A Clark and associates
Joined with r. c. Kerens and associ-
ates OF St. Louis in purchasing ter
minal facilities at San Pedro and later
the same parties Incorporated for the
construction of the line between San
Pedro and Salt Lake. Mr.. Kearns of
Salt Lake and associates also Joined
in the enterprise. The survey for the
proposed road proceeded from both Los
Angeles and Salt Lake. In the Meadow
Valley wash, a large canyon in Nevada.
which the witness testified as abso-
lutely necessary TO build through in
order to get from Salt Lake to Los
Angeles. much opposition was encoun-
tered from the Oregon Short Line. This
company owned about 100 miles of old
grade at this point, which the Salt
Lake road attempted to appropriate,
but on which point they were defeated
in the courts.
Later the survey. which had been
interrupted, began again and was once
more stopped, this time by the Utah,
Nevada and California Railway Com
pany, a subsidiary corporation of the
Oregon Short Line. which instituted
suit to maintain control of the canyon.
This canyon was about 100 miles long
and so narrow that the surveys of the
two roads crossed each other twenty
six times in passing through ii. The
canyon, il appeared from the testimony
of Clark, was the key to the situation.
severznce-was it your plan at this time TO
build your road Independently Of any other road
and operate itf
Clark think so.
Did you foresee any entanglements with the
Hartman or other roadss
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-08
CASE
CAUSES A CLASH
Senator Warren Refuses to
Be Rebuked by Chairman
: in Committee Inquiry
SOLDIERS ON STAND

WASHINGTON, Feb. Five wit
nesses were examined in the Browns
vile inquiry in the Senate military
committee today. All were members of
the discharged battalion of negro SOL
diers except former Sergeant Luther
Thornton of Company B. He testified
that when aroused by the firing on the
night of August Is he was under the
impression that the barracks were be-
ing fired upon by the people of the
town.
He told of the call to arms and of
the inspections. He was cross-exam-
ined sharply about the possibility of
a soldiers getting out of the reserva-
tion In the night without being de-
tected, and said that this could be done.
But he did not think that the man could
get his arms and escape. 1t was point
ed out that the men might already
have had ammunition in their possess
sion, but the witness replied that this
ammunition had to be accounted for
before an inspection and that If any
were used the loss would be discov-
cred
Sergeant Fraser was recalled and
corrected his testimony. of yesterday
by saying that he had surrendered his
ammunition at Fort Reno instead of at
Fort Brown. He said that he had no.
ticed his error in a newspaper report
of the proceedings. Senator Warren
pressed the witness closely as to the
paper which published the report, and
Senator Scott, acting chairman, de-
clared Senator Warren unfair. Senator
Warren replied that he was not pre-
pared to take lecture, especially an
unjust lecture, and then followed a
general discussion as to the manner of
examining witnesses. It was generally
agreed that the Senator'S should pro-
ceed as they pleased.
The next witness called for by Sem
ator Foraker was Winter Washington,
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-08
MOWRY HALL CASE
AGAIN IN COURT

The second trial of the suit brought
by the Occidental Real Estate Company
against Norris Levy and the Board OF
Supervisors to oust them from posses
sion of Mowry Hall, the present meet
ing place of the board, was commenced
yesterday before jury in Judge Mu-
rasky's court and continued until Mon
day after the taking of small amount
of testimony.
A former action in unlawful detainer
was tried before Judge Hunt. but the
case was dismissed before it reached
conclusion because of certain techni-
cal legal flaws in the papers fled In
connection with the suit.
The Occidental Real Estate Company
is the owner of Mowry Hall, which was
leased to Levy shortly before the fire
at a monthly rental of s100, for use
as a gymnasium and clubrooms for the
Hayes Valley Athletic Club. The lease
contained a provision prohibiting Levy
from subletting the premises. but
shortly after the fire the Board of Sup
ervisors obtained the hall as a meet
ing place and has retained it until the
present time, paying Levy $500 month
for its use. Levy claims that he did
not sublet the premises and that even
if he did so il was not a violation of
his contract, as the latter referred TO
the premises asa whole and not merely
to-one portion of them.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-08
SENTENCED FOR FoRGERY

Michael j. Lyons, a former boxer and
son of Cornelius Lyons, the strange
character known for years in San Fran
cisco as the champion bootblack," was
sentenced to a year and a half in San
Quentin for forgery by Judge Lawlor
yesterday. Lyons pleaded guilty to
having forged a check for $40 and
passed it on a man named Martin
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-08

Opera seating, folding chairs and church furni
ture The Whitaker & Ray Co.. 141 Grove st.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-08
EyECTED LoDGER RETALIATEs

NJ Ostrafsky, an aged man who was
turned out of the house occupied by
E. Fenberg. Twenty-first and Valencia
streets, last week, swore to warrant
yesterday charging his former landlady
with larceny and asking for a search
warrant to obtain $50 worth of furni-
ture, which he claims belongs TO him
and which is being kept in the house
Ostrafsky alleges that his ejectment
was for the purpose of obtaining pos
session of the furniture in question.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-08
FORCED INTO AGREEMENT

Then the reason you entered into the traffic
agreement with the Hartman interests to main
tain rates into Southern California territory wsf
because you could not get through the Meadow
Valley wash without it,
Yes; we probably would have been there yet.
Was a contract made by the provisions OF
which you were allowed 10 build through this
70. not exactly.
Yet you got through by the terms Of the con-
Not absolutely. but that was the result. No
road could have been built but for the agreement.
The questioning of Clark upon the
subject Of the acquisition Of the Harri-
man holdings in the Clark road, of the
division of the directorate and of the
full and complete agreement as to
traffic rates, routings and preferentials,
was long and searching. Attorney
Severance went deeply into the details
Of the negotiations and at times Clark's
memory did not serve him we'll He
failed TO remember at whose sugges-
tion many of the important stipulations
OF the agreement were incorporated.
HARTMAN TAKES A HALF
This agreement was the ninety-nine-
year contract entered into between
Hartman and Senator Clark in New
York City, the details of which have
been disclosed in previous hearings of
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Clark testified that negotiations to this
end We're carried on in both New York
and California Several officials OF
both roads participated. including Sen
ator Clark and Hartman. The wit
ness had had interviews with Harri-
man on the subject. The negotiations
resulted in Hartman securing a hold
ing of a half interest in the Clark road,
and the directorate was equally di-
vided between the two interests. II
was also shown that the Salt Lake
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-08
and senator ovsrman asked if he said

and Senator Overman asked il he said
Booker Washington.
NO" saidesForaker, Booker Wash
ington is t4o busy attending to his
senatorial duties to come here" He
referred to the interest of Booker I.
Washington in the question of having
a negro appointed to a federal position
in Ohio, patronage which has been re-
garded as belonging to the Senators
from Ohio.
Washingtons idea of the Browns
vile ARRAY was that Mexican greasers"
and Texas cowboys had done the
shooting in order to make trouble for
the negro soldiers.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-08
wILMERDING FOUNDERS DAY

Founders day will be observed at
the Wilmerding School of Industrial
Arts from 9 a.. m. to 4 p. m. today. In
the morning the student body will be
addressed by Livingston jerks, one of
the directors of the Mechanics Insti-
tute. In the afternoon the general
public is invited to see the school in
operation. 1t has always been the pol
Icy of Principal Merrill to make the
day, not one of vacation or exhibition,
but of inspection in order to let the
public see the methods used in conduct
ing the institution and hear its criti-
cisms. if any
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-08

INTENSE COLD IN sPAIN-Madrid. Feb. Z.
The intensely cold weather which has prevailed
in Spain recently has destroyed the winter
crops in several provinces.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-08

For your valentine see those beautt-
full slippers at Radke's, van Ness ave.
and Bush st.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-05-14

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vantage oyer the catalogue house. for
80 almost eye-s sase he can sell the
sane grade of merchandise cheaper
than the catalogue house can sch r.
Iais n not mere theory but state
ment 81 fart. for the reason that the
country merchants business IA oyer
afed ct zery much lcss expense than
that of tho mall order merchant.
There are 4 thousand and one items
u expense which the city merchant
has 70 meet that are entirely unknown
% the country merchant
The time IL rapidly approaching
when De0pIc who DatFonize mali order
houses VIII BE- looked upon ae so0n.
err" by the solid and influential citl-
zens of al commemorative and viii
suffer ostfacigm al their hands.
Cities and towns are baiit By com
bined efforts of the residents thereof;
not by foreign capital. 81 too are our
churches and gchoolhonges built II
may be true that IN many Instances
eastern capital has been employed 10
make improvements IL TIE vest, bit
always With good round interest to
the lender 0f the money. No one ever
heard Of case where an eastern man
Or firm contributed 70 western enter.
priee for tho fun OF the thing. Nor
ala you ever hear Of a care where any
mall order or catalogue house ever
contributed to any church building
fund. Nor yet dld they eyer build Or
help to build any Of our achoolhouaea
You never heard Of case of this kind.
and you never will. All these eastern
sharks care for Is your dollar, and
you know II, and when they have eot.
ten that they have no more use for
you Then why should you patronize
thcng You can ga 70 your home mer.
chant any day III the year and II you
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time furnish the sanis grade of goods
at the same Or even at q less PRICE.
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annually ssnf ~ mall or9ef houses by
ne people n the United gtatss.
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question uDDeruost IN ne minds of
country merchants for several years
past. gof0s advocating one plan and
some smother. There are several plans
which might b. presented 70 induce
No farmer 70 buy " home. In the
fftt place his pride might b. appealed
70. There are very few farmers Who
own their own farms but that would
be interested IN building W hia own
locality. Ige realizes the fact that II
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fafmed IN the most scientific manner
ana all buildings, fences. etc.. must be
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the towns than fl tho country for tho
reason that where the population Is
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property 70 The amount Of territory
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collected for school purposes. and a.
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-05-14

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Tea II ID made wholly of Herbs. For
constipation, LIVER and kidney deranze-
fneDts, aick-headaebe, bili0u9ness and r.
digestion.