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The San Francisco call., 1907-01-11
APPO|NT TMENTS TO
BE MADE TODAY

1t is expected that the Mayor will
announce his appointments to vacan-
cies on commissions this afternoon.
Most of the Commissioners whose
terms have expired will be reappointed.
but it is likely that a shifting of Com
missioners will be made so that some
of those who are closer to the Mayor
will receive the four-year term. This
is likely to be done in the case of
Fire Commissioner Mario Bollo, who
will get the appointment which Fire
Commissioner Barrett would receive il
he desired it. The new man will then
secure the unexpired term of one year
which Bollo now has to serve
The same course may be pursued in
the case of School Director Boyle, who
may get the fouryear term and allow
the reappointment of d. J. Oliver as
School Director for Boyle's unexpired
two-year term.
No intimation has been given by the
Mayor as to whom he intends to ap-
point to succeed Fire Commissioner
Barrett, who does not want reappoint-
ment. or Park Commissioner Lloyd.
These are the only two Commissioner
ships about which there is any specu-
lation as to the Mayors choice. The
wise ones would not be surprised II
jeremiah Deneen secured the vacancy
on the Park Commission.
Horace Perazzi and Frank Conklin
would not refuse appointments to the
two vacancies on the Board of Super
visors.
The Commissioners to be reappointed
are W. II. Leahy. Police Commission:
julius Simon. Health Board: George
Duffey. Works Board; d. J. oliver Jr.,
School Board: T. V. Gator. Election Com
mission; Richard Cornelius. Civil Serv-
ice Commission.
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EK-CONVICT SUED
FOR DIVORCE

Verena Hess. wife OF Robert Hess.
recently released from san Quentin
prison. where he had served four
years sentence for perjury. fled suit
for divorce yesterday on the ground
provided by statute in cases where
conviction Of felony is shown. Hess
was a carpenter and the case which
led to his Imprisonment was one which
attracted considerable attention in
1903. in October OF which year he was
sentenced.
Hess had ouarreled with a neighbor
over a big dog and the trouble took a
sensational turn when Hess caused his
arrest on a charge that his opponent
had mea him on Sutter street and
thrown blue vitriol in his face. Hess
face was fearfully marked and he dis
played his clothing. which was stained
with the chemical II was later dis
covered that the alleged attack with
blue vitriol was purely imaginary, that
Hess had received his scalded face in
an explosion which occurred at that
time and had himself thrown the
chemical on his clothing. He was
sentenced TO four years in San Quen-
tin for perjury He has about $4,000
worth Of property and on request OF
his wife Judge Mogan issued a re-
straining order yesterday to prevent
g him from disposing of any Of it.
J. r. Holm, a real estate broker, is
seeking a divorce from Clara T. Holm
whom he accuses OF extreme cruelty.
He charges that she locked him from
his home, stole his clothing while he
was asleep and that in a At OF rage
she entered his Office and tore UP his
business papers He also declares that
she drove his horse and buggy to
? Oakland, left the rig in livery stable
; and that he employed a private detec-
2 tive for several days before he located
J the outfit. Mrs. Holm was arrested
I IN December on charge Of grand
, larceny brought by a roomer in the
house in which she lived prior TO her
marriage and the case is now pending
Suits for divorce were filed yester-
Gay by Richard Carnuffo against Mary
, Carnuffo. on the ground of desertion'
! Myrtle Staples against I. Fl. Staples
for failure TO provide; Annie Mckay
against Leland Mckay, for oesertion'
Josephine b. Smith against Joseph
. Smith, for desertion; Joseph A. J. Espi-
1 noza against Ruth Espinoza, FOL
adultery, and Lillian Mildred Butler
against Charles Sumner Butler, fol
cruelty.
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scHMrTz's LAWYERS IN ERROR
Petition for Writ Is Filed in Wrona
Court

Mayor Schmitz's petition for writ
of prohibition to prevent the Superior
Court from trying his case will not be
decided by the Supreme Court, but by
order OF Chief Justice Beatty, the mat
ter will go to the District Court of Ap-
peal. The order for the change was
made yesterday, and reads as follows:
by the Court This petition having
been filed in the Supreme Court, when
the matter is more properly cogniz-
able in the District Court of Appeal.
petitioner Is allowed 10 withdraw the
same without prejudice.
BEATTY. c. J."
The word allowed" in the foregoing
order does not mean that the change
was made upon the request of the at
torneys of the Mayor for the order
is in accordance with a rule adopted
by the court not to consider cases that
properly belong to the Appellate Court.
If the appeal had been taken from the
decision of the Superior Court it would
have been sent to the Appellate Court.
and afterward probably could be ap-
pealed to the Supreme Court. As the
matter stands the case is out of court
entirely, hut the petition probably will
soon be filed in the court to which 1t
belongs.
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MUCH PRAISE TO ALL
CUTICURA REMEDIES

"I must give much praise to all the
CIficura Remedies. i usfd but one
cake of CuticUra Soap and one box OF
Cuticura Ointment, as that was al
that was REQUIRED TO cure my disease.
L was very much troubled with eczema
Of the head. and friend Of mine told me
20 use the Cuticura Remedies, which
/ did. and am glad 10 say that they cured
my eczema entirely. Since then we
nave always kept the soap on hand at
ali times. Nv sister was also cured
of eczema Of the head by using the
Cuticura Remedies. Another sister has
used Cuticura Resolvent and Pills and
thinks they are a splendid tonic. can
not sayexactly how long suffered, but
think about six months. Miss Edith
Hammer, r. r. d. No. 6, Morrison,
ILL.,, Oct. 3, 1906
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-11
FnEsNo RAIsINs ARRoAp

Among the interesting facts regard
ing California's industrial output for
the year 1906. the California Promotion
Committee has found that for the first
time Fresno raisins secured a consid-
erable market in Great Britain. II is
estimated that the product of raisins
in the Fresno district for the last sea-
son amounted to $4,000 tons. while the
price averaged 3% cents a pound. The
raisin crop Of Spain was complete
failure last year and as a result prices
in this country jumped from $65 ton
early in the season to $135 a ton in No
vember. Reports from all parts of the
United States and Europe where the
California raisin has a market state
that the Golden State raisin exceeds in
quality that of any other land
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ment available, viz: warm baths with
Cuticura Soap, and gentle anointings
with Cuticura Ointment. the great Skin
Cure. Cures made in infancy and child
hood are usually speedy and permanent.
Complete External and internal Treatment for
Every Humor of Infants, Children. and Adults
consists o. Cuticura Soap (25c) Cleanse the Skin,
Iuticura Ointment (50cl 20 Heal the Skin, and
Cuticura Resovent (50cD. fin the form Cf Chocolate
Coated Pills. 25c per vial Of COZ Purify the Blood
Sold throughout the world. Potter Drug & Chem
Corp, Sole Props, Boston. Mass.
af-Maileo Free. On Humors OF Skin and Scalp.
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fering, but because OF
the dreadful fear that
the designation is to
be lifelong, and mar
its future happiness,
and pros p Gritty
Hence il becomes the
duty Of mothers Of
such afflicted children
toacouaint themselves
with the purest and
,,,nr+ nEo-.t.r-n trnrt
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Selling agents for Congress playing
score cards for 500. whist. duplicate
whist and bridge whist. LIE Count,
Clark & Ormond. 220 Market st. and
9 California st.
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CONSPIRACY CASE DIsMIssED-omshs.
JAN 10.-HAe jury in the case OF A. r. Modi-
zett. H. C. Dale and ". c. SmOot charged
with conspiracy to defraud the Government OF
title to about Is. 900 acres OF land in Western
Nebraska by means OF Illegal homestead entries.
this morning brought in a verdict OF scquittal
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EXHIBIT RECEIVED
FROM ISLANDS

Through their special commissioner,
Hamilton Wright, the managers of the
Pacific Commercial Museum have Sc
cured a very desirable exhibit from
the Philippines, consisting of the vari-
Gus products of the islands. The main
OF forty-one wood samples, each six
feet in length and thirty-six inches
in width Some of the woods are rare
and valuable for ornamental purposes.
The shipment. which arrived on the
China, was the first of several that are
to come
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S|EMSEN IS GUILTY
Of MURDER

Across one side of the big room in
the Salvation Army barracks on Fill
more street, which has been converted
temporarily into a courtroom for Judge
Cooks department of the Superior
Court, hangs emblazoned in large let
ters the Biblical motto. The wages of
sin is DEATH" while near it is COM
panion inscription reading, BE sure
your sin swill find you out"
Yesterday, with his eyes fixed on
these words staring him in the face
like an avenging declaration from
heaven, John Siemsen, gaspipe assas-
sin. listened without display of emo
tion to the verdict of the jury finding
him guilty of the murder of M. Mura-
kata, the Japanese banker. On a brain
not completely deadened by brutality
of thought TO the lowest degree of
human sensibility the words of those
quotations would have been indelibly
burned, yet the swarthy defendant
turned from them unshaken. to hear
the rendering of the verdict which
means that he must expiate his crimes
on the gallows.
What if they bring in a verdict of
guilty?" asked one of Siemsen's guards,
turning to him with a CLEAN of pity
in his eyes as the jury filed from the
room.
L suppose II goes lHdl ABOUT all,
answered Siemsen with a shrug of his
shoulders. and then he raised his
manacled hands to light a cigar and
turned to laugh at a remark made by
one of his attorneys.
VERDICT REACHED QUICKLY
At 4:32 o'clock the jury left the
courtroom for deliberation: twelve
minutes later the court was notified
that a verdict had been reached But
one ballot was taken after the jury
retired and but two questions were
propounded for consideration. The
first was as to whether the defendant
was guilty, and every juryman voted
Yes" Then the question of degree
was put. and each of the twelve bal
lots had written on it. Murder in the
first degree" The decision was mat
ter of but a moment or two, and the
jurors took time to finish their cigars
before returning to the courtroom.
Attorneys Wheelan and Greeley for
the defense excepted to the finding
and demanded poll of the jury. which
was taken without change of result.
They announced the intention of max
ing motion for new trial on Janu-
ary Is, which was the date set by
Judge Cook for sentence, and asked for
additional time to prepare argument.
The extension of time was refused.
During the entire day the courtroom
was packed, but Judge Cook ordered
that only those who could find seats be
allowed to remain in the room. and a
large crowd collected on Fillmore
street to await the result of the trial.
When Siemsen was led out finally and
placed in the Sheriff's van for removal
to jail a thousand or more people
swarmed about the entrance to the
courtroom and the police were forced
TO fight the crowd back to open lane
for the prisoner and his guards. Be
yond few catcalls, no open demon
stration was attempted. however. and
the van moved quickly away without
interference.
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HEINzE HEADS RANK.

HEINzE HEADS BANK--New York. Jan TO-
F. Augustus Heinze was elected president OF
the Mercantile Bank of this city YESTERDAY
This bank held 10 be dominated by Edwin
Gould and his associates prior TO its coming
under control OF Heinze. Thomas and Morse
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TWO WITNESSES HEARD

But two witnesses were called by the
defense in Sien1sen's behalf. One OF
these was Sergeant of Police Eastman,
who has charge of the district in the
neighborhood of Pine and Franklin
streets, and whose testimony was taken
in an attempt to impeach that of James
Bischoff. The last named had declared
that he saw Siemsen and Dabner leave
the Japanese bank on the day of the
murder. and timed his arrival at the
bank by stating that he heard the whis-
ties blow at five minutes OF IL as he
left the corner of Pine and Franklin
streets Eastman declared that he
knew Of no whistles in the vicinity.
The other witness for the defense was
John Byrne. who was a fellow prisoner
of Siemsen at the Bush-street station,
and who declared that Siemsen had
been threatened by the police.
The prosecution closed its case early
in the forenoon session, after the in
PRODUCTION of four or five minor wit
nesses. District Attorney Langdon
made the opening address to the jury
and was followed by Attorney Greeley
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-11
EVERY CHILD
Afflicted with Torturing
Disfiguring HumorS

Becomes an object Of the most tender
solicitude, not cnlv because Of its suf-
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-11
TWO SISTERS HAVE
ECZEMA OF HEAD

Two Illinois Girls Suffer from Scalp
Trouble Another Sister Needs q
Tonic-Friend Suggests Cuticura
They Use It and Now Give
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in behalf of the defendant. Assistant
District Attorney James Hanley closed
the case with a short speech in rebut-
tai, and Judge Cook occupied but a
short time In delivering his instructions
to the jury.
CLAIM DABNER is INSANE
1t was announced yesterday that an
insanity plea would be attempted for
Louis Dabner, Siemsen's co-defendant,
who entered a plea of guilty to the
murder of Banker Murakata. 1t is
claimed that years ago Dabner was
shot in the head while hunting near
Petaluma that the bullet is still in his
brain and that its presence there has
affected his sanity. Attorney Hall is
preparing aff1davits which will be filed
with Judge Cook before sentence is
passed, and, If permitted by the court,
expert testimony is TO be introduced to
prove that the young criminal is ire
sponsible for his acts.
Judge Cook will be asked to appoint
a commission to investigate Dabner's
sanity and in case the defense sue
ceeds in its purpose 1t may be neces-
sary eventually to bring him to trial
or the murder charge or at least to
postpone the passing of sentence.
Bad tea and coffee ought not to exist;
the good are so good-Schilling best
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ASSAULTED IN COURT

mat the SURRENDER OF IIt Sdl0
Schmitz to me was as l am informed
and believe, for the purpose, and for
the sole purpose, Of laying the basis
for the writ (of habeas corpus) and
lasted no longer than was necessary
TO file the writ and procure the said
order"
Such a frank statement Of the un-
denied fact did not suit the ways of
the grafters, and Fairall called to
Heney:
See here, Heney: You don't want
this in the return"
7 don't see why you should under
take to instruct the Sheriff in this
matter" Heney replied.
4 am not talking to the Sheriff.
am talking to you" hotly retorted
/ FairalI
THE District Attorney needs none
Of your advice" answered Heney.
What do you mean by talking to
me that way? 1 will slap your face, "
was the response.
Very well. Go ahead" Heney said.
you brought it on by butting in
lwhere you had no business"
You little blufferi ] will slap your
/ face and pull your nose"
In cold print the words provoke
laughter. but those who heard them
and saw the suddenness with which
/ Heney caught himself are of the
opinion that it was at this juncture
that he realized the consequences if
! he had been led to strike man who
/ has but one hand with which to defend
himself AS 1t was. he answered
/ calmly:
II am big enough to take care of
myself anywhere and at all times"
Then Fairall hit him in the chest
and pushed him backward. Even this
assault did not lead Heney TO fall into
the trap, and the bottled-up denuncia-
tions of the other lawyers of Schmitz
I If such there was, is still uncorked.
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Attorney Fairall Threatens to
Pull Francis j. Heney's Nose
Billingsgate by the
Lawyer for
Mayor

"You little buffer! I'll slap your
face and pull your nOse!"
with such dire threat of violence I'm
the very shadow of the Supreme bench.
Attorney FairaII of Stockton opened
the proceedings yesterday for the
grafters. Francis j. Heney was the
object of his wrath.
IL WIS not an alteration of house
maids. nor yet a misunderstanding of
street urchins, as the phraseOIOgy and
voca buIary indicate. IL WAS a verbal
aSsauIt upon Frank Heney by one of
the attorneys for the Mayor in the
courtroom where he had come 10 plead
for an 19immediate trial" According
10 the view which the prosecution
takes of the matter, il WAS a deliberate
attempt TO provoke HenPy TO strike a
man whose physical defOrmity could
have been exploited in subsequent de-
nunciatiOns intended TO create SYM
pathy for the defendants at the bar.
Nor did the prOvOcatiOn end with
threats, for FairalI followed up his
outburst by violently placing a hand
upon the prosecutor and showing him
back.
Honey fortunately controlled his
temper. and hts hands were In his
pockets throughout the incident.
Schmitz and his attorneys were
seated in the court awaiting the entry
the Justices. The return which the
Sheriff was to sign had been prepared
/ by the District Attorneys Office and
had been given to ONeil to sign.
T O'Neil showed it to Fairall, and as the
attorney read he came upon this para
graph which was the cause of the
trouble:
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IARIE ES H. FAI2ALL shows bad of Supreme
~ Heney refuses draw Sheriff liking; but Neil
indicted official and the hearing postponed
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O'NEIL MAKES ERAsURE

O'Neil then scratched the trouble
some phrase out of the return and
signed it, after which he handed it to
Heney.
Immediately the door of the Judges
chambers opened and the seven JUS
tices took their seats on the bench
The calm of their austere presence
heralded by the white-haired court
crier, made the I'll slap your face and
pull your nose" incident seem remote
as childhood from age.
Heney arose and said to the Justices
that IL would be necessary TO prepare
another return, and that as he had to
go TO Arizona in the afternoon to try q
case before the Supreme Court of that
State, he would be compelled to ask for
continuance. Campbell responded
quickly for the eager to- be tried
Mayor that postponement suited the
defense to a nicely, and the hearing
was continued until one week from
Monday.
A FORMER DECISION
AS IT appears the grafters have nc
motive other than delay for this latest
move before the Supreme Court, as that
body has already decided the point
they raise and decided it adversely to
their petition. Chief Justice Beatty
himself writing the opinion from which
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Bad tea and coffee ought not to exist;
the good are so good-Schilling' BEST
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-05-18

Methodist church will take place on
Sunday, June 26, at o'clock in the
afternoon. The Rev. j. w. Blackard
viii preach the dedication sermon.
Next Friday evening, May "a, the
Rev. G. w. Banks, pastor of the
Trimble Street Methodist church
will deliver his lecture Through
Palestine on Horseback" at the
Little Cypress for the benefit of the
Ichurch.
Saturday, June 1, grand rally
will be held at the Oakland Metho-
dist church. Dinner will be served
on the ground and excellent services
will be held all day. The Rev. w
IT. Boiling. of the Broadway Metho-
dist church, Will preach. Excellent
music will be feature of the day.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-05-18

World has started an endless dis
cussion of the question what is a
Democrat?" Now. we find that the
party press Is equally divided on the
subject of zoology. Mah'se Henry
Watterson has a dark horse" can
didate for the presidency, and the
Nashville Banner, commenting on
the fact, declares II wants no more
mongrels." Our information is that
a mongrel is a dog, and that is a
horse of another color. A dark
horse" is creature one tries before
he knows how it will run. The dog
is that portion Of the human family,
on which public performances are
tried before they are submitted for
the final verdict We agree with both
the esteemed editors. Democracy
would do better with a dark horse"
with no record, and would gain pres
tige by ceasing to use the public for
the dog"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-05-18
EVANSVILLE RIOT
ONE DEAD AND SIX INJURED IN
INDIANA CITY.
Street Car Traffic Is Now Completely
Suspended After Terrible
Accident.

Evansville, Ind, May 1S.-After I
day of rioting, violence and accidents
the second day of the street car strike
ip this city ended with one man dead
six persons injured and all street
Car traffic completely suspended.
the dead man is James Gates, aged
80, strike sympathizer. Late last
night Mayor Boehne called a specia
meeting of the board of safety and
ordered 200 special policemen sworn
in.
A street car manned by non.
union crew going at full speed jump
ed the curve at Eighth and Walnut
streets and crashed into a two-story
Office building partially destroying
the building, killing one man and
injuring four others, including a
baby Is months old.
The street car company claims the
strike sympathizers boarded the car
and after knocking down the motor
man and conductor threw on the
power to the limit causing the de-
railment Of the car.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-05-18

Palmer-P. II. Johnston, Lebanon;
G. H. Cox, Greensboro; b. Wertheim-
or, Cleveland. o.; Rid Reed. Smith
land; w. H. Gopher. Marion; Charles
MeIchar, New York; Alex Patterson,
Des Moines; G.. w. Abel. Huron, S.
D.; B. B. Mann Chicago; w. w.
Scott, Pleasant View, Tenn: l.. C.
Riker. Harrodsburg; q. NJ. Cox. Bos-
ton; Sam p. Jones. Louisville.
Belvedere-F B. Justice, India
napolis; w. 0. Butt, Chicago; r. w.
Thompson, Chicago; w. III. Fudge.
Morristown, Tenn; Jason Futrell.
Nashville; G. S. Cardwell Chicago;
K. L. Bishop, Loves; B. F. Key, May
field.
New Richmond-J. L. Firth,
Brookport; w. M. Potts, Humboldt
Tenn. II. Kowerman, Kevil; Her
man Cox, Metropolis; VIII Thomas,
Mayfield; G. H. stinbreaker, Blythe
vile, Ark; ]. B. Strother. Cottage
Grove, Tenn; II. Brown, St. Charles;
II. T. Lee. Findlay. o.; H. c. Jones,
Kuttawa; H. A. Tolley, Hampton; C.
A. Field, st. Louis.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-05-18
HOW TO MAKE
THE BEST REMEDY
Relieves Rheumatism and Kid
ney Trouble
Fix Il Up Yourself-Relievcs Nearly
Every Person who Tries It;
and Is Not Costly.
LEAVES NO AFTER EFFECTS

A large Eastern publication tells
its readers of number of simple and
safe prescriptions that can be made
at home. The following, however, for
the cure of rheumatism and kidney
and bladder troubles receives the
greatest praise, viz, Fluid Extract
Dandelion, one-half ounce; Com
pound Kargon, one ounce; Compound
Syrup Sarsaparilla, three ounces.
These simple vegetable ingredients
can be obtained at any good prescrip-
ton pharmacy at little cost and are
mixed by shaking well in a bottle.
The dose for adults is a teaspoonful
after each meal and at bedtime,
drinking a full tumblerful of water
after each dose. 1t is further stated
that this prescription is a positive
remedy for kidney trouble and lame
back, weak bladder and urinary diff
culties, especially Of the elderly peo-
pie, and one of the best things to be
used In rheumatic afiictions re-
ducing swellings in just short
while.
A well known local druggist states
that the Compound Kargon in it
does the work. 1t is the drug which
acts directly upon the ellminative It's
sues of the kidneys; cleanses the
sponge-like organs and gives them
power to sift and strain the poison
Gus waste matter and uric acid from
the blood which is the cause of rheu-
matism.
Cut this out and hand to some
sufferer which would certainly be an
act of humanity.