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The San Francisco call., 1909-07-26
MARSHALL PARL0R HAS
PICNIC ACROSS BAY
Fifteen Hundred Native Sons
on Outing at Fairfax

Fairfax park in Marin county was the
scene OF a merry gathering when 1900
persons crowded the park grounds yes
terday TO enjoy themselves at the pic
mic given under the auspices of Mar
shall .psrlor. y. s. @. w, of San Fran
cisco to assist to raise funds for the
celebration that the Native Sons will
hold at san Francisco in 1910.
The day was ideal for the outdoor
games, sports and dancing arranged for
the entertainment OF the picnickers.
Everything went of without a hitch and
the picnic was q huge success
The chief attraction of the day was
the dancing pavilion, and the polished
floor was covered all afternoon with
couples swa wing with orchestral music.
The games and athletic contests had a
representative gathering.
Marsnsll parlor has a fund of $1,000
laid away for use during the celebra-
the parlor TO purchase new uniforms
for the drum corps and marchers and
TO have made q beautiful banner de-
picting John Marshall in the act of dis
covering the first California gold in
Is4S 70 head the representatives Of the
parlor in the line Of march.
The officers Of the parlor are: Walter
Brown, president; Edward Scalamann,
first vice president; Edward Shaw, sec
ond vice president; Jacob Grass, third
vice president; Benjamin Cooper, mar
shal; Albert Doyle, inside sentinel; Jack
Wiesel, outside sentinel.
Those who acted on the committee OF
arrangements were: Joseph Rose. chair
man; II. Scalamann, John Saute, Edward
Shaw, Henry Seraroni and A. Nickel
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-26
POLICE HUNT IN
VAIN FOR FISHER
Holy Roller With Hypnotic Eye
Successfully Eludes Efforts
to Arrest Him

Despite all efforts of the police yes
terday no trace could be found of E.
G. Fisher. the Holy Roller, who was
accused by Miss Bertha Thomson, "a
Pope street, of having hypnotized and
imprisoned her.
More complex grew the mans char
acteristics on the police investigating
his case. 1t was discovered that he
frequented the cheapest lodging houses
in the city, but dressed in the fiashiest
of style. On leaving the lodging houses
he would appear as an aged farmer
On other occasions he would make up
as young man with black mustache
and hair. What is perplexing the po-
lice is the reason for the mans many
disguises.
No crime could be traced to his door,
and even the statements of Miss
Thomson were that, though she was
kept a prisoner by him, Fisher made
no attempt to use violence toward her.
The girl was once again examined
by the police yesterday, but her story
did not differ in any bearing whatever
from the one she originally told the
police. The Oakland police kept care
ful watch of the residence at Fifth
and Washington streets, where Fisher
was supposed to have imprisoned Miss
Thomson, but he did not put in an
appearance. The general opinion of the
police is that the man, scenting trouble.
has fed. Who or what he was the po-
lice could not find out. The only knowl-
edge they had was from Miss Thomson
and those who saw him at the meet
ings of the Holy Rollers.
To add to the difficulty of the police
locating the man. Miss Thomson could
not definitely state in which house she
was imprisoned. All she knew was that
1t was in the vicinity of Fifth and
Washington streets, but more than this
she was unable to recollect.
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-26
ONCE MISTRESS OF
WHITE HOUSE DIES
Daughter of President Zachary
Taylor Dies at Age of IS

WASHINGTON, July 25.-Mrs. Eliza
beth Taylor cambridge aged So. third
daughter of President Zachary Taylor.
died here tonight.
When 19 years old she was married
to Major William w. S. Bliss, a mem
Der of her fathers staff in the Next
can war, and who later became his
private secretary.
After her fathers inauguration
Mrs. Bliss, or Miss Betty. as She
was popularity called, became mistress
of the White Houe. 1t was said that
she "did the honors of the establish
ment with the artlessness of a rustic
belle and the grace of a. grand
duchess" She had a wide acuuaint-
ance with public men and was noted
for her beauty and charm and the
splendor of her entertainments.
After the death of her father 1s
months after his Inauguration. and
the death of her husband in 1854 she
passed several years in retirement.
She later married Philip p. pan
bridge, member of prominent vir-
ginia family, who died 2S years ago
Her sister, Sarah Knox Taylor. was
the first wife of Jefferson Davis. presi-
dent of the confederacy.
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-26
POPULATION INCREASES
1913 PER CENT IN so YEARS
Only Notable Decrease Is in
American Shipping

The annual report of the chamber of
commerce, soon TO be issued, contains
many interesting comparisons of 1908
with 1858. two years which were pre-
ceded by disastrous panics.
In those so years the population of
the country has increased 1913 per cent
the wealth of the country 563 per cent,
the public debt 1875 per cent, the per
capita debt from $1.51 to $10.76, bank
deposits 3,460 per cent, receipts of the
government 1,1S6 per cent. war expen-
ditures 329 per cent navy expenditures
745 per cent, imports per capita from
1885 to s13.75, exports per capita from
1914 to $21.04, and the consumption of
wines and liquors 266 per cent, or from
6.43 to 1888 per capita gallon.
The only notable decreases relate to
American shipping. Foreign commerce
carried in American ships decreased
1906 per cent.-New York World
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-26
GIRL BANDITS
HOLD UP FOUR
AU TO is IS
Two Fair Robbers Level Big
Revolver at Men in Car of
the GIidden Tour
Road Agents Get $I93 and
Then Race Away on Their
Speedy Horses
SD Dispoleh % az Canl

DENVER Colo. July 25.-~stop
right where you are. Hand over your
money"
That was the command addressed to
four motorists who were coming to
Denver Saturday morning in the Glide
car by two girl bandits, declared Clark
NJ. Babbitt. a Buffalo broker, who ar
rived at the Brown Palace hotel with
the Glidden tourists last night.
And when one of the girls covered
US with a big revolver you can bet
we didn't stop to argue. but promptly
produced our cash. Babbitt went on TO
say; that is. two of us forzed over
A. Y. Bartholomew, who was driving
the car. and myself. We were both
sitting on the same side of the car,
and after the girls got our money they
wheeled their horses around and
dashed back up the road at breakneck
speed I lost about ss3 and Bartholo-
new nearly 500 and his gold watch.
The girls waved to us first" said
Mr.. Bartholomew, and taking il for a
Some few words passed between US,
when oen of them said, Hold on there
4 minute, I want to tell you some
thing In the meantime one Of them
was covering US with a gun"
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-26
FEAR POPE'S CATHEDRAL
CHURCH WILL NOT LAST
Rebuilding of ST. Marks on
Old Foundations Half Done

The rebuilding of the campanile of
st. Marks Venice, the present pope's
former cathedral church, which was
begun in 1902, is proceeding satisfac-
torily. 1t has now attained the height
of so metres. rather over 162 feet-half
the proposed limit-and the architect
hopes to have it completed by May,
1911.
Time alone will show whether the
weight will press too heavily on the
foundations, which are built upon very
uncertain soil. The sinkings observable
in the cathedral justify some misgiv-
ing on this point, for according to a
Paris contemporary, in three places a
subsistence has been noticed.
On the left side of the nave the
foundations have sunk ten centimetres
nearly four inches, and the pavement
is displaced by the enormous lateral
pressure.
Our contemporary takes pessimistic
view of the state of things, and goes so
far as TO say that the years of the
cathedral are numbered, and that there
must be no illusion on the subject
London Globe.
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-26
6 KILLED AND Sc
HURT IN WRECK
Death Toll Large When Train
Plunges Into River Near
Kansas City
Woman Physician Proves to
Be Heroine in Treatment
OF Passengers

KANSAS CITY, July 25.-Six lives
lost and sc persons injured. three per-
haps fatally, is the result of the wreck
of the Wabash passenger train No. 4
when it plunged into the Missouri river
80 miles east of here last night. The
dead:
CHARLES FLOWER, engineer, Kansas City.
H2ssY sGNR HcRERf EsREffm1bn nSssnaz g.
DANIEL KING, year old son Of E. T.
Ai9A CHARLES RaEIdss' aN+HoNY. M labor.r
JESSE OLDHAM, laborer.
Seriously injured,
MRS. @. T. MOORE of Pueblo. Colo, suf-
FRAax GAaDSEs, anSss Mount 40a V V.rsS1' rso1s' g.
MISS IRENE DoRToN.' laSa or4ioE. Mo No.
The train left Kansas City at 9
o'clock Saturday night and was due
in st. Louis 10 hours later. or the
eight cars which made up the train
five and the engine are now In the
river with the water covering all of
them except one end OF the Des
Moines sleeper.
A deadhead Pullman, mail, baggage,
day coach and sleeper followed the en-
gine into the stream. The chair car
and two Pullmans also remained un-
injured.
In the Des Moines sleeper E. T.
King was holding his little son when
the crash came. The child was in
stantly killed and Mr.. King was un-
conscious when found.
DR.. Turner Lochveck, a woman ply
sician of st. Louis, was the heroine of
the wreck, according to railroad off,
cials and passengers. In 80 minutes
she gave temporary treatment to %
injured persons, several women pas
sengers assisting her by preparing g
bandages.
1T seemed to me that every woman
there tore up her skirts for dressings" "
said DIR. Lohveck Everything was
freely given by the uninjured. and
many emptied their baggage of wear
ing apparel. The eight mail clerks re-
fused treatment until all the passen-
gers were attended to. Soon after all
the injured had been given temporary
attention relief came"
Thirty-one of the injured are now in
Kansas City.
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-26
GfRMANIA CLUB
HOLDS OUTING
Schuetzen Park in San Rafael
Is Visited by a Thousand
Members and Friends

Members of the Germania club of San
Der of 1000 made merry in the groves
and shaded avenues of Schuetzen park
at San Rafael yesterday. the occasion
being the thirty-fifth annual outing Of
the society which since 1874 has been
organized to assist it's sick and to pro-
vide social life for its members.
The outing was a success both social
1y and financially and neat sum was
netted to be turned into the sick and
death benefit fund, which now totals
over s2S,0O0.
The picknickers arrived early, many
bringing their lunch baskets full of
dainties. In the afternoon the last
trainload of picniekers entered the
gates and the program of the day
started. Among the men the bowling
alley proved likewise great attraction
and rivalry was keen among the con-
testants for the prizes offered for high
est scores. Dancing was also enjoyed.
One of the features of the day took
place early in the afternoon, when 40
pounds of candy in attractive boxes
was distributed among the children.
Another attractive feature of the day
was the wheel of fortune and the rattle.
The officers of the organization are:
President, John Ehlen; vice president.
Henry E. A. Buttelmann; recording sec
retary, William Jebe; financial secre-
tary, John Steffens; treasurer. Henry
Lennerman.
Those who acted on the committee OF
arrangements were: Chairman, Fred
Eggers. Karl Witt and William Won der
Mehden.
The floor committee was headed by
George A. Bertram, and he was assisted
by Henry Soltan and G. Won der Wall.
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-26
RESCUED FROM
DROWNING >
AMSTERDAM, n. T..
Nav 90. 1909.

Mr.. Walter Janvier, 365-367 Canal
Street New York City, New York
Dear Sir: want the Fulton people to
know staunch friend they have in
Mr. William Wilson Jr.. the druggist
at Amsterdam, New York
Rarely has 1t been my privilege to
talk with more enthusiastic friend.
and his interest is all the more re-
freshing because actuated by human
itarian and not a monetary motive.
Whenever a serious case of kidney
disorder is brought to his notice. not
only does he recommend the Renal
Compound. but, If the party is in poor
circumstances, he provides them free
OF charge.
The satisfaction of saving a human
life means more to him than the accu-
mutation OF dollars and cents. and
there are men and women in Amster-
dam today whose lives he has saved
Just as truly as though he had rescued
them from drowning. for they had
been given up to die when he heard or
their condition ond provided the Com
pounds which restored them Very
truly yours. KENYON A. PALMER.
Our work seems to attract the kind
hearted druggists of the country, for
1t is not unusual for US to hear that
druggists, upon being convinced of the
genuineness of this treatment. have
given it away to patients who could
-aot AFFORD to buy it. For instance. Mr..
Grant W. Brock, our Meadville. Pa,
agent, had a poor woman afflicted with
kidney disease struggle into his store.
She had given up and the physicians
had pronounced the case hopeless
Brock told her of Fulton's Renal Com
pound She said she didn't have the
money to buy II. He thereupOn gave it
to her You can IMAGINE Brooks graf
ifieation at the fine recovery that fol-
lowed.
And may be you think that woman
didn't do some loud talking-our books
show that Brock has sold several gross
of our Renal Compound.
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-26
NEW MYSTERY IN
CARRINGTON CASE
Psendo~ Lord Has Not Been
Heard of in Six
Weeks

Where has Lord Darlington gone,
the man who two months ago was
styled an imposter and jailed for de-
frauding an automobile owner and for
his incapacity to pay a bill for two
weeks living at the st. Francis?
Nobody has heard of Darlington for
the last six weeks. His baggage is
still being held at the st. Francis. 1t
is known that he had no money and
that he was without friends in this
part of the country.
The peculiar conditions surrounding
his disappearance, so complete and
mystifying, have brought his case once
more to the attention of the police
and the hotel management, and the
question is asked Has he come to an
unfortunate ending or has he been
spirited away by those whom, because
of their relations with him, the pseudo
lord" might bring into the tolls of
the law
Darlington was captain in the Brit
ish navy. He came to Vancouver on
furlough with $4,000 to his credit. In
Vancouver he met a man named II.
Roseweene. who had entry to number
of clubs and who entertained him. A
mining deal was opened up to Caring
toms eyes by Roseweene, in which it
was naively stated that great fortune
was to be made. He persuaded Car
rington to advance $1.S00, money which
he was to use on trip to England,
where the stock would be fioated and
capital obtained.
Before leaving for England Rose
weene introduced Darlington to his
wife. Later Darlington, Roseweene
and the latter's wife were involved in
an alteration at the Union hotel in this
city. AS a result of this incident it Is
declared Darlington was put to heavy
expenses and was unable to meet his
obligations some tine later at the st.
Francis.
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-26

the north side White way and the
South Chicago district, embracing .the
strand"
READY TO CONFESS
Some of the individuals alleged to
have been served with subpenas were
reported as being ready to make con
fessions' about the collection of graft,
as the Frank brothers, Louis and Ju-
lius, have done in the Desplaines street
district
As new stories rejecting upon him,
rehearsed by keepers of resorts and
their friends, came to the ears of Nc
Cam today he only smiled and pre-
served the calm manner with which
he has met every charge concerning
his levying of tribute on the owners of
the dens of vice in the Desplaines street
police district. Let them go as far
as they like; maybe they'll hang them
selves" said the accused police OFF,
cial.
COLLECTORS DENOUNCE McCANN
Louis Frank, who told the grand
Jury that he collected monthly dues
from the keepers of resorts and turned
the money over to McCann, displayed
unusual eagerness to tell all he knew
about the alleged collection of graft
money. Charley Genker - Monkey
Charley''-who is scheduled to tell all
he knows of graft conditions on the
west side to the grand jury today was
also loud in his denunciation of Nc
Cam, who, he said, held UP every one
on the levee."
Mike Heitler, known as Mike the
Pike" is also due for a line of ques-
tionfng before the grand jurors, but
he was the silent man of the levee
during the day.
II know nothing" he told a reporter.
ITO tell you the truth, l don't even
know McCann, except by sight. I never
talked with him."
Frank asserted that Heitler was one
of McCann's right hand men and said
he had seen the two riding in the dis
trict in an automobile together.
SAYS WOMEN ARE AFRAID
i've nothing to hold back" Frank
said. This man Mccain wouldn't let
any one live in the district without
paying tribute if he was connected in
any way with a resort Not only did
Mike the Pike collect for him, but so
did Peter Cohen and Louis Marks and
his brother, Ike, and a lot of bad
women and worse men went to the
station and settled with Mccain in
person. l tell you every one had to
pay. If I am lying 1 hope that 1 never
see my four children again and that
1 die in my tracks.
IF these women were not afraid of
their lives they would tell stories that
would raise the hair of decent citizens
of Chicago on end
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-26
More Charges Against Mccain,
The Chicago Police Inspector
Collectors Confess to Turning Money Over to
Man Now Under Many Indictments
Especial Dispatch 10 The CALI

CHICAGO, July 25.--With a torrent of
fresh accusations against Police In
spector Edward McCann of the Des-
PLANES street district, already under
tenfold indictment for bribery and mall
feasance in Office. swelling in volume
almost hourly, and with hundreds of
subpenas falling like a Sunday snow
storm in the vice centers of the city,
the reopening of the graft investiga-
ton of the Cook county grand jury,
scheduled for tomorrow morning. be-
came tonight matter of acute specula-
ton.
While attaches of the state attor-
ney's office worked all day and until
late in the evening giving finishing
touches to indictments" the conviction
spread that State Attorney Wayman
has completed his plans for gorging the
grand jury with stories of bribery and
corruption in the respective levee dis
tricts of the city all this week.
WAYMAN is SILENT
The sustained silence of Wayman as
TO what he expects to accomplish with
all the witnesses he has summoned and
is summoning was looked upon as sin
lister in.circles where conversation large
ly runs to protection and ''men higher
up" After being absent from his house
on some mission which will not be made
public, Wayman turned up a night with
sealed lips. which were difficult for an
interviewer TO pry open long enough
for the most brief answer to his ques-
tions
When shown the statements of In
spector McCann and his friends Way
man volunteered only this statement:
The cases against Mccain are now
pending in the criminal court, and it
would be beneath the dignity of my Of
fee and unprofessional for me to enter
into any public discussion of them with
the defendant or his friends"
Assistant State Attorneys Thomas
Marshall and Victor P. Arnold, who
are in charge of the Indictment depart
ment of the prosecutors office, were
at their desks in the criminal court
building all of the afternoon A bat
terry of stenographers was busy in an
other part OF the building The assist
ant state attorneys were as noncommit-
tai as the chief, but from a Trustworthy
source it was learned that the indict-
ments being fixed up were to fit
cases of alleged graft in which true
bills were voted by the grand Jury
Saturday.
Persistent reports from persons in a
position TO know stated that Wayman
already has received a list of names
of alleged civilian collectors" of graft
in the respective vice centers of the
city. Collecting syndicates" were
talked of as having been discovered in
the Twenty-second street levee district,
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-26
FAyORITE DOGS OF KINGS
AND OTHER NOTABLES
King Edward Likes a Brache
and the Gar a Greyhound

Apropos of the dog show in Paris, a
contemporary in a chatty article on the
dogs of the great informs its readers
that the favorite dog of the king of
England is superb brache known as
Nick. The czar's favorite greyhound is
Lafki, and the kaiser's is a war dog.
Frantz.
This recalls the mastiffs of Bismarck.
M. Fallieres, M. Loubet and M. Felix
Faure come under the category of low
ers of dogs. The Empress Eugenie's
favorites were pugs.
Ra1zac loved Manche, Dumas Mouton
Zola Pinpin, Coppee La Truffe. GYMS
favorite is La Trouville, Saint-Saens'
his griffon Lisette and Mistrars Pain
Perdu.-London Globe.
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-26
MARK TWIN MAY
ACT AS TAFT'S PILOT
Presidents Itinerary on Missis-
Sippi River Is Planned

ST. LOUIS. July 25.-The president s
itinerary on the Mississippi river has
been completed and includes stops at
St Louis, Cape Girardeau, Caruthers-
Vile. Cairo, Memphis, Helena and
Vicksburg.
An invitation has been extended to
Mark Twain to pilot one of the prin-
cipaI vessels. The humorist was asked
to guide one Of the steamboats, down
the river during former President
Roosevelts trip from Keokuk to Mem
phis but was unable to accept.
Friends of Clemens declare he will
agree to pilot one Of the boats this
time. as he has great personal regard
for President Taft
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-26
SWAIN GETS RING BACK
WHEN HE is JILTED
Court Holds Girl Has No Right
to Symbol of Conquest

Justice J. NJ Denning has held that
girl who refuses to marry a man
must return her engagement ring
without question.
The court gave ]. D. Mcfarland, a
young hotel steward, judgment for a
$50 diamond ring against Miss Lulu B
Short, who, Mcfarland declares, Tilted
him without cause.
The girl appealed for jury trial on
the ground that it was not an engage
ment ring, but a Christmas gift. JUS
tice Denning said young men don't
give $55 diamond rings just for Christ
mas presents.-New York World.
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-26
ESCAPES FROM NAPA;
EN- ROUTE TO THIS CITY
Police Are Notified to Arrest
Fugitive From Asylum

The police were notified last night TO
watch for the appearance in this city
of John HelIberg, who escaped from
the Napa asylum yesterday and is
thought to have started for San Fran
cisco. A description Of the man was
sent and Captain of Detectives Ander-
son has notified all his men to attempt
10 pick UP the man today.
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-26
MANY LIVES LOST in
ACCIDENTS ON SUNDAY
Yesterdays Record of Violenl
Deaths:

Burned to death at waitsburg.
WASH;
JOHN FREY, Cottage Grove.
GEORGE BURKHARDT, Redwood.
FREDERICK KITTLE, Los Angeles.
Drowned by capsizing of boat
at Billings. Mont:
JOHN STAFFELL of Billings.
PRESSIE WEST, aged 16.
MINNIE WAGNER, aged Is.
UNKNOWN CHILD. aged 6.
Crushed I'm trolley car Mt Los
Angeles
AN UNKNOWN PASSENGER.
Drowned i'm effort to rescue
women at Seattle, wash;
JESSE w. BISsETT of Hillman City.
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-26
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purpose.
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The San Francisco call., 1909-07-26
Telegraphic Brevities

TRANSPORT FITZPATRICK AT NEW YORK
NEW YORK. July 25.-The United States
army transport Fitzpatrick. with the Tenth regf-
ment of United States cavalry. arrived today
after two months voyage from the Philip
pines.
BELGIUM is INTEESTED-Paris, July 25.
A special dispatch from Brussels says King
Leopold in an Interview declared that Belgium
was keenly interested in the United States poll
cies in the opening up of China