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The San Francisco call., 1909-10-12
FLINT DENIES REFUSAL
TO SEEK REELECTION
Senator Says He May Again
Be Candidate

LOS ANGELES. Oct. II.-United
States Senator Frank P. Flint. who was
quoted today in dispatches sent out
from this city as having stated that he
would not be candidate for re-elec-
ton in 1911, when his present term ex-
pires, said tonight to the Associated
Press that he had made no statements
Of this import
II am considering the matter at the
present time and viii announce my in
tentions in the matter later Al pres-
ent ] am undecided. but any statement
that ] have said that I will not be a
candidate is unfounded," he said.
Private interests and a desire to gain
4 competency through private law
practice was given as the reason for
the determination Of the senator to re-
fuse to take the Office again in the
statement sent out today
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-12
FIRE ALARM BUILDING
WILL COST CITY $50, 900
Electrician. Submits Estimate to
Oakland Council

OAKLAND. Oct. 11.-City Electrician
George r. Babcock submitted to the
city council tonight an estimate of
$4,000 as the cost of erecting and
equipping an unattached building for
the fire alarm and police telegraph
service. This proposed building will
be an item in the bond issue for con-
structing wharves and municipal build
ings.
Babcock's figures were: Glass A
building. $4,000; electrical equipment
for light and power. $4,000; metal Of
flee furniture. and fixtures, $4,000; shop
equipment, $4,000; complete fire alarm
equipment, $4,000; underground cable,
installed. $4,000.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-12
DOMINICAN PRIESTS GIVE
LEADER FOURTH TERM
Very Rev. Lawrence L. kearney
Reelected Provincial

WASHINGTON, Oct. livery Rev.
Lawrence L. Kearney, c. p, of Zanes-
Vile, o. was elected yesterday, for the
fourth time. provincial of the Domini-
can order in the United States. His
election was unanimous. No other
priest was ever elected to the Office a
second time.
At the same meeting the Very Rev.
7. P. O'Rourke. o. p. of this city, was
elected .socius to the provincial, in
which capacity he will accompany the
provincial to the chapter of provincials
of f~the world at Rome next May.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-12

rajo the new tuberculosis hospital was
blown down and many patients in
jured.
During the height of the storm a
small Spanish brig struck the wreck of
the old battleship Maine and remained
fastened to it until pulled off by tugs
Fears for Workmen
MIAMI, Fla, Oct. 11.-All efforts of
the officials of the Florida East Goa st
railroad here to get into communica-
tion with the men at work on the
roads extension on the keys of the ex-
treme southern peninsula lave been in
vain. Between $500 and 5000 workmen
are employed on the construction work
on the lower keys, where there is slight
opportunity for protection from the
fury of the storm. Grave fears are held
for the safety of these men, the appre-
hension being intensified by recollec-
tions of the hurricane of 1906, wien 140
men lost their lives and great damage
to property was done in that section.
1t is said that the construction camps
are better fortified now, and it is known
that the engineers on the work have
been preparing for a big blow.
Government Loss
WASHINGTON, Oct 11.-There is
some anxiety for the safety of govern
ment property along the path of the
Florida storm. The revenue cutter For
ward is at Key West. while two more
are west of the immediate storm zone,
the Winona at Mobile and the Window
at Galveston.
The life saving service lost many of
its boats during the last hurricane off
the gulf coast. and is watching the
progress of the present storm with
much concern.
The nearest establishment sand key
section is the Biscayne bay house of
refuge, more than 100 miles to the
north of Key West
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-12
Illness Keeps Archbishop Away

Archbishop Riordan was not specta-
tor Of last nights representation III
ness having constrained him 10 remain
al home lie will see the play IN tuii'
however. during its succeeding run.
Auxiliary Bishop O'Connen also was
absent. as he is in san Jose de too
Will see the play in full later Bishop
da Silva was present last night, now
ever. as was Rev. Macmillan Neu-
mann. O. F. N, pastor Of st Bonlface
church and president of the board OF
managers of the passion play; Rev
Thomas a. Mea CHER, s. J.; Father Cum
snings. chancellor of the archdiocese;
Father Cantwell. secretary TO the arch
bishop: Father Ramm, and Father Sa-
sis. superior Of the Jesuit order here.
Father Josephat kraus, the Francis
can friar. 10 whom ali praise for the
presentation IS due. spent the entire
evening behind the scenes, supervising
the tremendous task involved in the
staging Of the play. Fully 100 men are
employed in the work of scene shifting,
lighting and other matters of stage
craft
The audience would have been stlll
greater, II is thought. were il generally
known that tickets for one night per-
formances are sold at the Coliseum.
Some Of the well known San Francis
can women seen at the production last
4.--f-4
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-12
SHERIFF DETERMINED TO
CAPTURE WILLIE BOY
Indian Outlaws Whereabouts
Not Known Since Battle

SAN BERNARDINO. Oct. II.-sherin
Rslphs this morning again received
permission from the county supervisors
10 go after Willie Boy, the double mur-
derer, and lost no time in organizing
a thorough expedition that will be out
fitted to keep up the chase after the
Indian for a month If necessary. Not a
word has been received of the desper-
sdo's whereabouts since he was last
sA~- at the battle of Rock corral
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-12
ST., 100000 LOSS BY FIRE
AT NARRAGANSETT PIER
Beautiful Home of Former Cow
ernor Sprague Destroyed

NARRAGANsETT PIER. r. l., Oct.
11.-"Canonchet," the home of former
Governor William Sprague. one OF the
most beautiful estates in Rhode Island,
was destroyed by fire early today. with
all it's contents.
The total loss Is estimated at 81 1,O00.-
600, with no insurance. Mr.. and Mrs.
Sprague escaped without injury.
large item in the loss was the
antique furniture and many valuable
works of art
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-12
S20,OOO,OOO Loan Pending

WASHINGTON. Oct 11.-With nego-
tiations for participation in a fourth
of the Chinese $40, 100000 loan still not
quite concluded the United States will
have opportunity to secure from
China a s20oo0,00 loan all to herself
within the next half year. according to
apparently reliable information.
The loan will be placed by China in
pursuit of her recently announced
policy of rehabilitating her army and
navy at a total expenditure of $780,
600, ,000.
The first cost in thisA wor kof re-
habilitating will come from the pur-
chase at short notice of $40 900, 900 in
munitions of war and naval supplies
including battleships. Where these
supplies will be purchased will almost
certainly, it is believed here, determine
the commercial center in which the
loan will be placed.
Baron LANG. son of Sir Chentung
Liang Cheng, former Chinese minister
here. is on his way to this country at
the head of an imperial committee to
investigate the advisabilty of making
the purchases from American shops.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-12

the lights were switched on to glare
down on the audience. and then there
was some stirring about and subdued
discussion. When the darkness lasted
through an interim ssion, however. the
house sat quiet. hardly a movement
roticea bic among the 5000 people
there.
Many Of those present had seen the
passion play OF Oberammergau given.
and they compared the production pre-
scented by the peasants in the fields 10
the spectacle here, brilliant with
scenery, gorgeous in costuming, yet
grave with the same religious devotion
that has made the performance on the
Ammer the mecca of thousands me
opinion was that Father Josephat
production eNcels the Obera mmergau
play in every way. Among those who
had seen the European spectacle was
DR.. J. f. Gibbons David Starr Jordan,
president of Stanford university, also
had seen the famed performance ana
he will attend the passion play mere
Ia c0mnare the two.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-12
CRANE AFFAIR IS
LEFT WITH TAFT
Belief That Secretary Knox Has
Passed the Matter to the
President
China May Soon Place a Loan
of S20,0O0,OOO in the
United States
Continued from Page 1


work. He did it in note to each
of the governments, in which he
stated that each power having
leased territory or so called
spheres of interest in the Chinese
empire, having accepted the pro-
posals of the United States, all con-
ditions imposed had been complled
with and that this government
would consider the assent as final
and dehnitive.
Each of the powers was supplied
by Secretary Hay with a copy Oh
the acceptance agreement by the
other powers, conditional only
upon joint action. The powers
party to the agreement were the
United States, Great Britain
France, Germany, Italy, Russia and
To
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-12
May Know Fate Today

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.--TomorroW
probably will see the determination OF
the question whether Charles X. crane
will be requested to resign his recently
acquired office of minister to emma OF
will be permitted to resume In lnal
capacity the journey to Peking.
Silence surrounded the situation To-
day. Secretary Knox was inaccessloie
and other state department onclais uls :
claimed any knowledge of the state OF
affairs. and Crane would not discuss
the matter.
1t came at last to be believed that
the whole business had been referred
to President Taft. 1t was supposed
that kilograms had been sent TO the
president last night after the extended
conference at Secretary knoXs house
which followed upon Cranes arrlVal
here from San Francisco. 1t is as
sumed Knox informed the president of
all the material facts in Cranes case,
together with his own views upon the
subject.
There remains apparently the ques-
tion whether Cranes diplomatic discre-
ton has suffered so great an injury in
the estimation of the officials under
whom his delicate mission at Peking
would be performed as to destroy his
usefulness there.
dental to the Crane affair regarding the
possible effect upon the relations, espe-
cially of the United States and Japan.
of the premature announcement of a
possible protest of this government
against the material concessions which
in the new treaties China has given to
Japan in Manchuria.
Students of the situation pointed out
that there could arise no conflict with
Japan in this matter, since there was no
thought of any protest by the United
States alone; if made at all, it would
be in conjunction with the other lead
ing powers interested in the Chinese
future.
Crane returned to his hotel shortly
before midnight after passing the even
ing in company with Walter l.. Fisher,
Chicago attorney Crane declared
nothing had occurred during the day to
alter his plans for sailing on the Korea
for Peking the goth, and that he fully
expected to do So
Asked if he believed Crane would go
to his post at Peking, Fisher said:
You know it took a great deal of
pressure from the government and
much consideration on Cranes part be-
fore he decided to accept the minister
ship to China, L do not think. there
fore, that it makes much difference to
him whether he goes to China or not
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-12
KEY WEST FEELS
FIERCE HURRICANE
Storm Leaves City a Mass of
Wreckage and Martial Law
Is Declared
Great Damage in Havana and
Western Part of Cuba Is
= Devastated

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The National tribune., 1909-11-04

of the Second Corps. Nov. 20, 1852, he
was promoted to Major General of Vol
unteers, and in April. 1863, assigned by
| the President to the command of the
| Eleventh Corps to succeed Sigel. His
corps received the brunt of the at
! tack at charlottesville and also was
cut up terribly at Gettysburg on the
first day. He received the compliments
of Gen. Meade for selecting the field of
battle at Gettysburg and for holding
the superior force of the enemy in
check after the death of Gen Rey-
nolds until the rest of the army CAME
UP. Congress also voted him thanks
for this service. His corps and the
Twelfth Corps were sent to reinforce
the Army of the Cumberland and
fought the victorious little battle of
Wauhatchie, for which he received the
thanks of his commanding officers.
When the army was reorganized he was
appointed to command the Fourth
corps, made up by consolidating the
Twentieth and Twenty-frst Corps of
the Army of the Cumberland. and with
THESE ne accompanied ten. sherman on
his march 20 the relief of Knoxville
He was commissioned a Brigadier- Cen
eral in the Regular Army Dec. 81, 1864
He continued to command the Fourth
Corps upon the Atlanta Campaign and
was brevetted for gallantry and meri-
toriOus service at Ezra Church and
during the campaign. After the death
of Gen. Mcpherson, Gen. Howard was
assigned by the President to the COM
mand of the Army of the Tennessee,
which he held during the rest of the
campaign, the march to the sea and
the march thru the Carolinas On the
march thru the Carolnas he was as
signed by Sherman to the command of
the right wing. May II. 1865, he was
assigned TO duty as Commissioner of
the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and
Abandoned Lands, which great charge
he administered with the highest in
tcgrity and ability for seven years.
Part of his work was the establishment
The National tribune., 1909-11-04
GEN. JOIN c. BLACK.

Past Commander-in-Chief John C.
Black, President of the Civil Service
Commission. left Washington on Tues
day for an extended Western tour He
attended the meeting of the Army OF
the Tennessee at Columbus, Ohio,
Wednesday, making speech at the
banquet to the toast: "Aut Pax, Aut
BeIlum"
On Friday, Nov. 8. he will address
the Knife and Fork Club at South
Bend, Ind, on THE Civil Service"
On Monday, Nov. s. he will meet the
Western Society of the Army of the
Potomac. at the Palmer House. Chi
easo, and speak on The Navy"
Tuesday, Nov. 3. he will attend CO.
lumbia Post Campfire.
Wednesday, Nov. 10, the Commander
and Past Commanders of Geo. H.
Thomas Post OF Chicago. will tender
him banquet.
The National tribune., 1909-11-04

he took part in all the fighting until al
Fair Oaks he received two wounds In
his right arm and had two horses shot
under him. He was awarded a Medal
of Honor for distinguished gallantry.
He went home to recover from the am
putation of his arm, but only remained
there two months and spent most OF
the time in raising volunteers. On his
return to the field. which was in 80
days after Fair Oaks, he was assigned
to the brigade formerly commanded b.
Baker, of California, which he led at
the Second Bull Run, receiving many
compliments for his skillful and OBJ
stinate fighting. He commanded his
brigade at Antietam until Sedgwick, his
division commander, being wounded,
he succeeded to the command of the
division and exercised it until the end
of the battle. He commanded the di-
vision at the assault on Marye's Flights
and was put temporarily in command
The National tribune., 1909-11-04

working highly and effectively for the
general good.
Gen. Howard was born at Leeds. Me-.
Nov. s, 1880, of Puritan ancestry. His
father was Rowland Howard, farmer.
Showing strong military inclinations,
after graduating from Bowdoin College
he received an appointment. in 1850.
to West Point and graduated in 1854,
fourth in class of 46, of which Gems.
n Henry L. Abbott, Thomas II. Ruger,
NJ. r. Morgan, @. d. Greene, Stephen
III. Weed, George A. Gordon, Benjamin
F. Davis, Charles G. Sawtelle, and Zenas
r. Bliss, of the Union army. and Gems.
G.. w. Custis Lee, James Deshler, John
Pegram. Charles G. Rogers, ]. E, =.
Stuart, Stephen D. Lee, VIM. ID. Pender,
John B. Villepigue, and John T. Mer-
Ger, of the Confederate army, were
members. After graduating he entered
the Ordnance Bureau and served in
Florida against the Seminole Indians
He was returned to the Military Acad-
emy as Assistant Professor of Mathe-
matics and held the rank of First Lieu
tenant of Ordnance when the rebellion
broke out Desiring to return to his
State to lead her volunteers, he resigned
his commission in the Regular Army
and was selected as Colonel of the Sd
Me-, which he formed into the mag
nificent fighting machine that it be-
came. In organizing the army for the
Bull Run Campaign Gen. Mcdowell
placed him in command of a brigade
consisting Of his own regiment, the 4th
and 5th AIe. and the I'd VT. He showed
great courage and capacity in the bat
tie; was promoted to Brigadier-Gen-
eral of Volunteers, Sept. 3, 1861, and
assigned to brigade consisting of the
s1st Pa, 6tst and Gath n. Y, 5th N.
H., 4th r. l.. and 45th n. Y. The two
latter regiments were soon detached,
leaving him only the four first named.
He commanded his brigade in the first
movements of the Army of the Potomac
toward the Rappahannock and then
went With it on to the Peninsula, where
The National tribune., 1909-11-04
DEATH OF GEN. O. O. HOWARD.

Alas, we can no longer say that we
still have an Army Commander and
four Corps Commanders yet alive.
Without any premonition or warning,
Maj.-Gen. o. Q. Howard passed away
at his home at Burlington, VT. at 1920
p. m, Oct. 26. He had been apparently
in his usual health and had concluded
Ia course of lectures on Abraham Lin
coin. in Ontario. His last public ap-
pearance was in London, Ontario. on
Saturday evening. He returned home
to Burlington Monday, and Wednesday
evening while sitting in a chair at
home he was attacked by heart disease
and was dead before the physicians
could reach 'he house. Gen. Howard's
death not only makes a great gap in
the ranks of the war veterans, but it
leaves a vacancy which will not soon
be filed in the ranks of philanthropists,
Christian teachers and those who are
The National tribune., 1909-11-04
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE BILL.
The following the bill THE National will urge Congress
to pass at the coming session. q
AN ACT

AN ACT
To Amend the Act of $780, the Act of April 49, 1908 and
Other Acts.
ne enaed By the Senate and House Of Representatives. of the
Onted States Of Aanerca in Congress assembled:
SECTION That who in the mil
eta ry or naval service Of the United States during late civil
o days IN the with Mexico and who honoray dis
charged and who has reached the of 60 over
SMALL making proof of such facts according
@ as the Secretary of the Interior provide be placed
upon the roll and be entitled pension as follows
In case such person has reached the of 62 years. month";
10 years $50 month"; 70 $50 per month"; years over $40
month"; and such pension shall the date of the
filing of the application the Bureau after the
and approval of this Ac POud that pensioners are G2 wears
OF and who under existing
laws whose claims pending the Pensions y
application to the Commissioner of Pensions he
prescribe the benefits of this nothing herein con-
tane shall prevent pnsoner person pension
from prosecuting his claim and receiving pension under Dv other
general or special act ProUded that shall
sion under any other law at time the period that
he receiving pension under the of Act: Provad
further that who receiving hereafter
greater pension under other general special he
would entitled to receive under the provisions herein be
sionable under this Act. ~ - f-
That rank the service shall considered in appca
tions filed hereunder. - "fF
SEQ That the clauses In the Acts Of June $780, Nav 1900
and April 49, 1905 denying soldiers sailors
and marines who married their husbands subsequent to June III
are hereby repealed.
The National tribune., 1909-11-04

Not sir heifaneral of Henry Ward
Beecher erhal ls the most gifted cler-
gyman WI b evef presided in an Ameri-
can pulp3 has there been one SO no.
table in rookf I'M as that of Mr.. Nc
Carren. fhe absblute honesty of the
man, feafIess ahdfconsistent, compelled
the admi<MionEof, those who were Bit
terly oppffed p him. and on this oc-
casion thxzplairs unpretentious little red
brick hoiAls whkre McCarren lived with
his aged snothkr.s was the scene of a
gathering of people of all races and
shades of political opinion. The dead
Senator's old foe, the leader of Tam
many. Murphy, brushed against August
Belmont. Timothy L. Woodruff, John
Raines, Mayor Mcclellan, and Justice
Maddox, were mixed up with the large
delegation from Tammany which had
come, like the others, to nav heir re-
spects to McCarren as q man irrespec-
tive of anything else. Outside the little
house stood a silent, respectful crowd,
evidently tmbued with the same spirit
as those who had entered that door. ont
OF which the dead Senator wouId newer
again pass. His mother. now aead AZ
remained with her sons body until a
few moments before the funeral guests
We're admitted, then went to her own
room Sne mas been made the sole heir
OF McCarrsns estate valued at some
$4,000.
The National tribune., 1909-11-04

We arc now to have in New York
an American Radium Institute, de-
voted 10 the treatment cancer and
,sihlilar diseases. 1t will he conducted
on much the same plan as similar ones
in Paris and London. Experts viii be
placed at the head of the chemical,
physical. medical and botanical dIvi-
siOns. and radium will be obtained from
Colorado and other places in the West
where the extraction of radium is now
going on 1t is said that there is no
commercial purpose in the work. but
that 1t will be strictly scientific, several
of the experts not only giving their
services free, but contributing from
their own means TO the fund
The National tribune., 1909-11-04

a curious invention is that of meas
cring ships distance from the shore
by taking advantage of the difference
between the veIocities of sound and
electric waves. A bell rings on shore
ated simultaneously on the ship. The
electric waves arrive instantaneously
and set in motion stopped clock. The
distance is computed from the number
of seconds indicated on the dial when
the sound of the bell is first heard, and
tables facilitate this calculation
The National tribune., 1909-11-04

1t is very annoying the way that prac-
tice has of disputing theory in almost
every department of human effort. For
example, it is found that the oId-fash-
toned, deep-keel, narrow-beam English
cutter named Bloodhound has been
scoring some most remarkable victories
over the scientific cutters built after
the intense studies which have been
made of late years of racing yachts.
The yachtsmen are saying out boldly
that their designers do not know their
business, after all the fanfaronade
there has been made by them
The National tribune., 1909-11-04

The devotion to Arctic exploration
shows that the knightly self-sacrifice
for ideals is far from being dead In the
world. Evelyn Briggs Baldwin is now
preparing to make another trip to the
Arctic, and go with the ice drift over
the apex of the earth. 1t will be 1000
miles to drift, and as the progress of
no more than two miles a day can be
made, the journey viii require four
years. Think of man giving up four
of the best years of his life TO such a
purpose.
The National tribune., 1909-11-04

John~N. WHY'S. President of the
Overland Automobile Company, re-
ports that as the result of tour in
Europe the motor machines are max
ing much more rapid headway in the
European cities than in this country.
There are hundreds of motor busses.
most of them double-ieckers. while all
the cities are fairly alive with taxicabs,
The motor taxicabs, drays and delivery
wagons are fast crowding out the horse
draKn freight carriers
The National tribune., 1909-11-04

Mrs. A. d. Winship, Of Racine, Wis,
certainly puts most Of us to shame.
This lady. altho in her 18th year, has
no idea whatever of being put on the
shelf. She has always had an active
brain which. as she has grown older
she has not allowed to go to rust, as SO
many do. but has kept on with her
studying just as she did when a young
woman. Psychology and literature
have ever been her special pets, and
she has now become a regular student
at the Ohio State University, where she
has begun a course In these studies
which she calculates will keep her busy
ana out OF mischief until she reaches
her Goth birthday. Would there were
more like her in the country.
The National tribune., 1909-11-04

Aviation has now taken the place OF
an acknowledged science in the Uni
versityIof London arranging for spec
iaI course on aeronautics. This will
be conducted by A. P. Thurston, one
of Sir Hiram Maxim's engineers.