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The San Francisco call., 1908-09-22
DIR. GUTH UNDECIDED
ABOUT PRESIDENCY
Has Not Made Up His Mind
About Call to University
of the Pacific
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL


BOSTON Sept. 21.-"I have not fully
made up my mind whether will ac-
cept the presidency of the University
of the Pacific" said Rev. DR.. William
w. Guth tonight For various reasons
the offer calls for careful consideration
on my part"
DR.. Guth, who recently returned from
the coast. announced on Sunday to his
parishioners of the Epworth Methodist
Episcopal church. in Cambridge. that he
was considering call to the presidency
of the San Jose college. When Ques-
toned by the church committee as to
his probable resignation he said that he
had no intention. of resigning. for the
present, at least.
Tonight Dr. Guth stated that he had
received formal notification OF his
unanimous call and that nattering tel
egrams had been received urging his
acceptance.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-22
WAY TO GET RID OF
COL. STEWART FOUND
Exile of Fort Grant" Will I'm
dergo Physical Examination
for Retirement
SPECIAL DISPATCH 10 THE CALL

SPECIAL sDlSPA1tn 10 TIE CALL
WASHINGTON. Sept. 21.-The war
department has found q way to get rid
of Colonel William f. Stewart, "the
exile of Fort Grant" He was today
ordered before the retiring board here
to be examined as to his physical con-
dition. with view to his retirement
for disability.
The order was issued today by General
Duvall, acting chief OF stan. the surgeon
at Fort Huachuca. n. NJ, who examined
the colonel when he reported at that
post to take the riding test. having
reported that he had heart disease.
that his right eye is nearly blind ana
that the sight OF the other Is badly
Unmarried. Those are the CHIEF OF hts
physical disabilities. Inasmuch a.
Colonel Stewart is obnoxious to the
president there IL scarcely = doubt that
he will be retired By the board
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-22
SAN LUIS SNUBS
GOVERNOR GILLFTT
Republicans Of County Reject
Proposal That He Speak
There for Party

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Sept 21.-In re-
ply to the request OF p S. Teller, chair
man Of the republican state central
committee. that Governor Gillett speak
in San Luis Obispo. the republican
county central committee at meeting
this afternoon rejected the proposal by
a unanimous vote. The committee held
that the governors attitude toward To-
cal affairs and his friendliness toward
the Southern Pacific would prove detri-
mental to the interests OF the republf-
can party In this county.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-22
GOULD ROAD AGREES
TO USE SUNSET LINE
Traffic Arrangement Made Said
to Be of Material Benefit
to Both
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
GALVESTON. Tex. Sept. 21-Fol-
lowing the cancellation of the contract
whereby the Rock Island operated its
through trains into San Francisco over
the Southern Pacific from Ell Paso
comes the announcement that the
Gould lines will use the Sunset route
from Ell Paso to California
1t Is understood that Hartman and
Gould have formed combine or traffic
agreement mutually beneficial to these
two systems. which practically shuts
out the Rock Island Frisco system ON
transcontinental business
The Texas and Pacific cannon pas
senger train will under the new agree
ment. run through from ST Louis to
San Francisco via the Southern Pacific
Paso, as at present
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-22
ENGLISH COTTON MILLS
IDLE OWING TO STRIKE
Owners and Employees Dispute
Over the Question of
Wages

MANCHESTER, Eng. Sept e1.-More
than 400 cotton mills IN Lancashire are
idle today as result of the dispute
over wages between operatives and en-
ployers- This means that 40,000.0O
spindles are wholly or partially stopped
and that 140.000 operatives are with
out work and losing over 100000 In
wages a week
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-22
SHOTS FIRED IN A TENT

DANVILLE. KY. Sept 21-Seven
persons were shot. several dangerously,
at a tent meeting at Moreland last
night MARSHALL Ferreell was shot in
the arm and is in a dangerous condi-
diet. James Bracket. Marshall Edrine-
lon, Columbus Wheeler and Miss C1eola
Colran were wounded. and many men.
seriously hurt in the panic that ensued
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-22
DEsTIN CANCELS ENGAGEuExrs

BERLIN, Sept II = Madame Emmy
Destfn, the operate soprano. has un-
expectedly cancelled her immediate en-
gagements at the Royal opera house
here According to an announcement
made by the management this step is
taken because Of the madame's illness
following concussion of the brain.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-22
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALLS
TELEPHONE KEARNY SO
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER %, 1908
WEATHER CONDITIONS
NEWS TO-DAY

NESTERDAY-Clear; west wind; maximum
temperature, &C; minimum. 81
FORECAST FOR TODAY-Fair, with fog;
fresh west winds Page 13
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-22
Who .corns this stsrvss dessrvediy at
home.-Covper.

IF you haven't a good cook
l serves you right. The
Call is waiting to supply you
with one-the right one.
Telephone a want ad to The
CaIl-Kearny 86-todoy-
have the cook tomorrow.
The good cooks are In Cali families
or would like to Be.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-22
FOREIGN

-Four hundred English cotton mills are idle
owing TO strike over wages. Page
Tales OF attempts TO sssassinste Cabrera are
denounced as false Page
Cholera patients overcrovd st. Petersburg
hospitals and hundreds of deaths re-
ported Page a
Grand Trunk railway opens line from winnI-
peg 20 Boat river. Page 2
Business in Paris is PROSTATE on account
Of the burning Of the Central telephone
building Page ?
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-22

Csntanusl . Pase ;, Column s
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-22
MARINE

United States steamship Milwaukee, which has
been cruising since July Ie. calls here for coal
on its way back TO Bremerton- Page 13
SOCIAL
Society folks pleased with winters program
Of functions. which win include many private
balls. Page 6
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-22

The yearly amount paid Tor light
ing streets and public buildings Is
over $500, 900, which sum IL collected
by taxation and would not be burden
to the taxpayer II this lighting Is made
an incident to the public ownership and
operation OF the Tuolumne source; or
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-22

Continues .. Fare 3. Column
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-22
COAST
EASTERN

mate Page
Nance o'Seil and Mckee Rankin are arrested
and released on bail Page
Colonel Stewart, the exile OF Fort Grant. will
be examined for his physical fitness and prob
ably will be retired. Page
Mrs. David Bispham is sdjudged in contempt
Of court Page 1
President Roosevelt cuts bis vacation short
and will return TO Washington today. Page 2
Divorce suits of two Of the Of the late
Jay Gould come up In same court on
same day Page 2
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-08-21
Lightning Kills Two Persons.

Butte, Mont, Aug. 19.-Corbin
Hickman, a cabman, was electrocuted
Tuesday evening during a severe cleo
trical storm by turning on a four-can-
die power incandescent light The
stableman heard him utter cry and
fall heavily to the floor, killed instant
ly. 1t is believed that just as Hickman
turned on the light an electrical wave
struck the wire and Hickman caught
the full voltage of it.
Seeking shelter from heavy down
pour of rain, Fritz Peterson, a flume
tender near Anaconda, ran under a tree
just at the moment that lightning
struck it. The bolt splintered the tree
and killed Peterson. Two companions
under nerbv tree were badly stunned.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-08-21

mercial club at Grangeville to discuss
the plans for the construction of an
electric line from Grangeville to Elk
City.
The postoflice department has deter
mined to establish a star route mail
service from Occur d'Alene to Monitor,
Lyondale. Del Cardo bay, Twin
Beaches will also be accommodated,
the mails to run six times a week.
Julius Kruttschnitt, first vice presi-
dent and director of maintenance and
operation of the Hartman lines, spent
several hours in Lewiston Sunday in
specting depot grounds and terminals
for the joint road built by Hartman
and Hill.
Dr. F. w. Mitchell of Blackfoot,
charged with performing a criminal
operation on Mary Robbs, a young
school teacher, from which the girl
died, has been bound over to await
the action of the district court under
bond of $4,000. The preliminary hear
ing lasted a week.
-OS" oAAN NiC SitJ VI OpOhduC
will be more closely drawn together
in few days, by which time the steel
rails Of the Palouse-Moscow division
of the Inland Empire system will be
laid into Moscow. On September
the company expects to have the line
electrically operated into Moscow.
Mr.. Kennison of Orofino has lost
his mind over religion. Mr.. Kennison
was a member of the White House
guards during the civil war. He kept
guard over President Lincoln and aft
erward drifted to California, where he
laid the first railroad rail out of San
Francisco, when the Union Pacific rail-
road was built
The annual meeting of the, state
board of equalization promises to be
or more far-reaching Importance this
year than any in recent years, and
has brought to Boise nearly every
county assessor in the state, an army
Of railway tax commissioners, and rep
resentatives of timber, telegraph and
telephone companies, who will spend
he week talking taxation.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-08-21
BRIEF NEWS NOTES.

Judge Alton B. Parker of New York
is at Seattle attending the meeting Of
the Nationael Bar Association.
Governor Hughes has appointed a
commission TO investigated charges
against Sheriff Bradley, Jr. of Sarato-
ga county for alleged failure to enforce
the anti-racinfg gambling laws at
Saratoga.
By the explosion of the boiler of the
passenger steamer Lelanau, bound from
Iceland to Fouche, on Carp lake, Mrs.
L. LaBonte of Traverse City Michigan,
was killed and score of persons were
injured, Monday.
Eihgt men belonging to the cooking
gang of the Barnum and Bailey circus
were severely injured, two probably
fatally, when spreading rails caused
four menagerie cars to leave the tracks
of the Great Northern eight miles
south of New Westminster, B. @. Sun
day afternoon.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-08-21
IDAHO NOTES.

Spirit Lake has voted $4,000 for
a new schoolhouse.
AGA Van Wrinkle has been arrested
at Nampa on complaint of Pilot Rock,
Ore, people on the charge of passing
forged checks.
By the latter part of September the
Grangeville extension of the Northern
Pacific. running from Lewiston to
Grangeville. will be completed and
opened for traffic.
Company e. the Rathdrum organi-
cation of the Idaho national guard, are
at American Lake, Wash, where 1t
will participate in the national ma
neuvers at Camp Stanley.
o. G. Kinney of the Hogan mine,
near Elk City, will meet with the COM
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-08-21
LEPER's HUSBAND DIES.
General Wardwell, Loyal to Afflicted
Wife, Suceumbs.

Tombstone, Ariz., Aug. 1S.-General
d. X. Wardwell is dead while in quar-
antine with his leper wife. Her suffer
ings from the combined effects of lep-
rosy and the nervous strain following
the attendant notoriety of their case
have dethroned her reason, and she is
unaware that her husband is dead.
General Wardwell was a veteran of
the Mexican and civil wars. Efforts to
deport Mrs. Wardwell to the leper col
ony have brought out many complica-
tons, the federal authorities refusing
to act under the present law. 1t is
probable she will remain isolated here
and cared for until her death.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-08-21
MONTANA ITEMS.

James Boner, aged 101, believed to
be the Oldest citizen of Montana, is
dead at Virginia City
The Second Infantry band of the
Montana National Guard favored Spo-
kane with several selections during
their short stay in the city while
coming home.
Under the continuing act of congress
for the support of the national guard,
the state of Montana has been appor-
toned the sum of $11,77S.77 for it's
troops, for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 1908, and ending June 80, 1909.
OF this sum $SS34.0S is to be used for
arms, equipments and camp purposes,
and the balance for the promotion of
rifle practice.
e. II. Stage, aged about IS years,
was crushed to death between the cage
and elevator walls of the Monticello
apartment house on Broadway, Helena,
recently. The supposition is that he
attempted to board the elevator while
it was in motion and missed his foot
ing, being caught in the abdomen. He
has no known relatives, in the west
at least
The Montana national guard is at
Camp Stanley, American Lake, Wash.
The guard goes into camp the best or
ganized, best equipped and altogether
the best appearing citizen soldiery
thus far seen there. The little regi-
ment brings full military band of
2S pieces, each man a professional.
Interesting statistics are to be
cleaned from the returns of the vari-
GUS county assessors to the state
board of equalization, as well as that
body's assessment of the railroads for
the entire state. AS compared with
last year, the assessment for the en-
tire state will show a decrease of
about 100000, due to the falling off
in net mine proceeds of approximately
SIT ,000,0 900. This is occasioned by the
slump in metal values and the shut
down of several months in the great
copper mines at Butte. The mine pro-
ceeds eliminated, the total assessment
would show a gain of $4,000 900 in
round numbers.
Through railroad lines are assessed
at SIT, 500 a mile, with others varying
from $4,000 to $4,000. There are so
miles more sidetrack than last year
and $50 miles more of main line. The
railroads will pay taxes or $4,000, 900
this year.
The total realty values are $124,117,-
9SS and that of personal property $751;
7S9,SS7, which, with the railroads,
swells the grand total to $249, 9O7, $50,
as against 25S,OOO,OOO last year.
Freda, the 16-year-old daughter of
Conrad Bauer. living 10 miles from
Billings, was kidnapped recently by
two men, who held up Mr.. Bauer and
demanded his money. There is no clue
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-08-21
OREGON SQUIBS.

Farmers in the Umatilla country are
talking of using goats as a method of
Kidding their summer fallow of OBJ
noxious weeds.
Seth Garfield Brinn, ~ years old
son of James Nicholas Brinn of Yank-
ton, Ore, was instantly killed while
hunting recently He was shooting
birds and stood on log to load the
shotgun. He slipped and the left bar
rel was discharged. The entire side of
his head was blown Off
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-08-21
FARMERS INSTITUTE DAILY.
Each Night During Spokane's Fair a
Session Will be Held.

The Spokane fair management has
planned to give a comprehensive
series of Farmers Institute talks on
each night during the fair, commence
ing Tuesday night, October 6. These
talks will be given in the large tent
which is used for stock judging. Com
Portable seats have been provided and
every arrangement for the convent
ence of those attending.
Speakers of national prominence
will be engaged and the various SUD-
jects relating to the agricultural IN
dustries of the northwest will be dis
cussed by experts in each line. Lee
lures in regard to different breeds Oh
live stock will be illustrated by STOCK
on exhibition at the fair, and stere-
opticon views will be used in empna-
sizing many of the lectures.
In addition there will be an exniDlI
and series of lectures by the Unlleu
States forestry department, which Will
be given daily in a building especlaiiy
provided for this purpose.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-08-21
BUYS FROM CAPT. BALDWIN
FOR WAR PURPOSES
During Trial the Craft Navio,..s !.
Air Over Two Hours, coverlro
Distance of 80 Miles, in PreseDe. :.
Large Crowd of Army and N,,,. :
ficers-AlI Were EIated.

On Monday Uncle Sam became =,
proud possessor of his first dir;n, Inc
balloon. ieiole
Captain Thomas Baldwin who ..
two weeks has been making evrau wi
mental and official flights with HE III ~,
airship, completed the tests satursas
night shortly after dark. fulsn,a
every requirement specified NV .s
army signal corps. This test wac soS
endurance. Under the terms Of A.
contract with the government Raldw,'
was required to remain in flight Co.
two hours at a speed not less than
seventy per cent of that ATTAINED -
the final speed trial, which was mad
the night before.
The daring aeronaut and his ono,
neer, Curtis, navigated the craft for
two hours and five minutes. maxine
seven round trips between Fort Mavo.
and Cherrydale, Va, approximating
distance of thirty miles. The balloon
was launched shortly before 6 O'CLOCK
in the presence of a large crowd os
army and navy officers, in addition to
the signal corps balloon board who
kept tab ON the distance covered and
the speed.
Augustus Post, secretary of the
Aero Club of America, who was one
OF the spectators, was enthusiastic
over the result accomplished. He
warmly congratulated Baldwin and
his companions and afterward said. az
consider this the greatest aeronautic
feat ever performed in America II
surpasses anything the Wright broth
ers or Farman has ever done. l am
glad the United States government Is
70 become the possessor of this won.
derful craft"
81 want a drink quick" were the
first words that Captain Baldwin ut.
tered as he stepped off his airship
after the test. His thirst could not
Immediately be assuaged, but the
captain bore it philosophically When
one of the soldier helpers handled the
craft little roughly he was imme-
diately admonished by the captain:
Look out there, that airship is gov
eminent property"
The signal corps balloon board sets
the price to be paid Baldwin for the
airship. The amount will depend upon
the exact number of miles covered
III the speed and endurance tests
The board calculated that the air
ship had maintained an average speed
of 1875 miles an hour while in the air
two hours, this speed being more than
the requirements. He will receive
$5737.5O.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-08-21
to the perpetrators of the crime.


Freda is now in Jail at Billings, to-
gether with Ernest Funston and Jack
Howard. She says she is in love with
Funston and run away with him. She
was in mems attire when arrested.
Hunston and Howard refuse to talk.
II. l.. Frank, for the past 30 years
one of the most prominent men OF
Montana died Monday night in Cincin
natl. He was 81 years of age and a ma
tive of Ironton, Ohio. He was never
married. Mr.. Frank was Mason OF
high degree, and at the time of his
death was grand master of the grand
lodge of Montana and inspector general
of the SD degree.
Sam Cone arrested last Monday 13
men ON charges of having sold liquor
to Indians on Flathead reservation.
Jack Chisholm, charged with assault
upon Miss Rihcards at Fortine last
September, was sentenced at Kalispell,
to term in the penitentiary to five
years at hard labor.
Joseph Fracas, TIE 11-year-old son of
Mrs. Fracas, living at Kalispell, fell
into pond and was drowned last Mon
day.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-08-21
BANDITS HOLD UP TRAIN.
Rob Mail Car About Ten Miles East
of Spokane.

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Two bandits held up the N. P. pas
senger train 10 miles east of Spokane
Friday night, and have not been cap
tured. The entire force of the sheriff S
Office and railroad detectives are
securing the vicinity of the holdup,
trying to find information which might
lead to a capture.
The robbery equalled in daring the
lone attempt by Roman at Naples.
Idaho, recently.
The holdups climbed into the cab
of the engine soon after the train
pulled out of Rathdrum and forced
Engineer Fred Whittelsey to keep
going at full speed. When near Moab
the train was stopped, and while one
holdup covered the fireman the other
took the engineer back and uncoupled
the mail car The engineer did not
work fast enough and the robber fired
two shots into the ground to hurry
him.
The car was then taken past Trent
to a rockcut only nine miles from
Spokane, where a stop was made and
the registered pouches rifed.
The bandits took the keys and watch
from G. H. Raymond, mail clerk, and
ordered him to tell where the rest of
the registered matter was, but he
claimed there was no more.
The bandits then ran the engine
and car a short distance and left it,
From the point where they left the
train all trace of them has been lost.
1t is believed by the postal authori-
ties that the loot taken would not
amount to $1,000 There were only
two or three packages in the Chicago
Spokane through pouch and about 10
packages in the st. Paul-Seattle pouch,
which is made up en- route.
The presence of mind of Clerk Ray
mond saved local registry matter,
which the clerks do not put in a pouch
but handle as they go along. When
stop Raymond suspected something
was wrong, so he put this registry
matter in a paper sack and threw it
among lot of others.
AS soon as the bandits were gone
the trainmen returned to the engine
and back to the balance of the train.
In the meantime the Spokane Office
had been notified from Trent and a
special car with detectives was sent
to the scene.
The bandits are described as both
young men of medium height Both
wore SLOUGH hats and old clothes. It
is believed they are railroad men. as
they handled the engine with the ia
miliarity of old hands and knew the
ropes well.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-08-21
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Thought to have been crazed uPon
religious subjects, William hl'ely,
aged 30 years, shot and wounded n''
sister, Mrs. Louise Henstone ,and con-
mitted suicide. The woman Will
cover. :.
Safe-crackers dynamited the SAFE -
Loves pharmacy on the east sue .
Portlandlast Wednesday. The roDpolt
got $3.50 of postoffice money and T TSOus
$50 of the drug stores funds lH'''
is no clue.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-08-21
LINCOLN DEBATED so YEARS AGO.
Anniversary to be Celebrated in Hi
nois, Commencing Frday-Pisns
of the cities Complete.

Beginning Friday, and continuing
until the middle of October, Illinois
will live over again the days of the
historic Lincoln-Douglas debates. 1t is
the golden anniversary of the celebra-
ted controversy, an dthe Illinois His
torical society has planned celebra-
tions in each of the cities where the
debates were held. These places are:
Otto, August Fl.
Freeport, August 27.
Jonesboro, September 10.
Charleston, September IS.
Galesburg, October Z.
Quincy, October 10.
Alton, October IS.
There were but seven of these noted
debates, all occurring in 1858. In Quin-
cy, where the political giants pleaded
their cause, granite stone marks the
spot. For ages this stone has rested in
ravine in Melrose township, Adams
county, about six miles southeast of
Quincy. 1t is SO inches thick, 60 inches
wide and 20 inches long. 1t weighs
about six tons.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-08-21
BOY BLOWS HIS OWN HEAD OFF.
After He Accidentally Kills His Girl
Cousin.

Saluda, S. c., Aug. 15.-Handling an
"unloaded" shotgun, Ernest Rowe
shot and instantly killed his cousin,
Bessie Rowe, in this county. He threat
ened to kill himself, but no attention
was paid to him. He left the house,
went into the yard, and moment later
the report of gun was heard. He
had placed the muzzle of the weapon
under his jaw and blown his head off,
dying instantly.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-08-21
Crime Wave Strikes Boston.

Boston and eastern Massachusetts
are undergoing a "crime wave" Half
dozen murder mysteries are I'M
solved by the police. The undeniable
wave of crime is credited to the fact
that many foreigners are out of work
and are attempting to adopt the meth
DDS of European bandits.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-08-21
Natatorlum Park, Spokane.

For the week beginning Monday,
August II, Natatorium park was the
Mecca for all members of organized
labor in Spokane, the labor temple
carnival being the big attractions at
the park for the week. An old fash
toned barbecue was the attraction on
Thursday afternoon and evening.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-08-21
Sankey is Dead.

Ira D. Sankey. the singing evange
list, died at his home in Brooklyn
Friday. Mr.. Sankey was 6S years old.
Five years ago he was stricken with
blindness and since that time he had
lived in retirement in Brooklyn. He
received a large income from his pub
locations and had acquired a consid-
cradle estate.