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The Coconino sun., 1910-07-01

branding the past couple weeks. MT. Cox says they have made the largest branding in years. Calves are more numerous and prices of- fered for cattle are better than they have been in a decade. Range, considering dry weather, is remarkably good, with plenty of tank water to tide them over until summer rains set in.
 Kansas City Stock Yards, June 27, 1910. Last week was the sec .ond in succession in which cattle receipts were greater than the cor responding week last year, the excess being I5,ooo head each week, and this liberal supply in conjunction with heavy runs else wheres and lower reports from outside points, caused the biggest smash in prices of any week this year. The very best steers lost 25 cents, medium grades of na- tiVes closed 25 to 50 cents of, and lower grades and butcher stuff, lost 50 cents to one dollar. Grass cattle from native territory start ed pretty freely last week, owners in some cases acting before steers had the proper finish, and as buy CTS were especially alert for this kind, and avoiding them as pes- tilence, salesmen had a most un- pleasant week and owners suffered a great disappointment. In the previous week prices had held up pretty we'll and the hot weather had caused cattle to take an enorm- ous fill, resulting in extremely poor killing percentage. Buyers finding themselves loaded with this high costing stuff and with a rather dull fresh meat trade, had both the power and the mood to administer record braking drub- ping to the market. The wires and mails were busy with advices to owners to hold off this week, and the supply of 7,ooo head today testifies to the effectiveness of the advice and also its soundness, as the market is steady today in most cases, and while still sick, moderate receipts for few days will restore the bloom of two weeks ago.
 Prime steers are worth up to SS.25; bulk of steers S6.25 to $7.25 light grassers down to S5.z5; cows S3.a5 to SAYS; heiffers S4.oo to s6.a5; bulls $s.25 to S5.5o; calves S4.oo to g SO; extra quality stuff above these prices little; stock CTS $3.5o to S5.5o; feeders S4. 50 to 5000.
 The principal indicative straw in the hog trade last week was the increasing anxiety of buyers to get away from weight in their droves. Their inability to satisfy instruc- tions fully on this point is rapidly widening the spread between light hogs and the heavier ones and country shippers should demand a liberal discount on heavy weights. Packers say light hogs can be finished and put into trade chanels much quicker than the heavy cuts, besides finding a better demand, and that it is too great a chance to take on heavy hogs at present prices, when the market could easily drop one dollar per cwt. before the stuff
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-12
WIFE OF ATTORNEY
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Mystery Is Maintained, but Hus=
band Admits Having Spilled
the Poison

Mysterious circumstances based on
evasions and contradictions surround
ing the alleged attempted suicide of
Mrs. Carl D. Dorm, wife of an attor-
ney, at her residence, 212 Third ave
nue., Richmond, at $50 o'clock last
night. aroused the entire neighborhood
and presented to the police a problem
which, up to the present, they have
been unable to solve.
The first known of the affair was a
frantic telephone call sent to the cen
tral emergency hospital saying that a
woman had taken poison at PIP Third
avenue. Steward Lee Thomas, who
received the message, notified the park
hospital and an ambulance under the
charge of William Malone hurried to
the scene. Malone was met at the
doorsteps by Dorm, who declared that
there had been a mistake and that
nothing had occurred
Il was not quite satisfied with this,
said Malone, "as the odor of carbolic
acid could be smelled 100 feet from the
house. Dorm told me the residence
was that of Charles T. Barron.
ITO my questionings he finally ad-
mitted that his wife had attempted to
drink a quantity of carbolic acid, but
that he had kicked the bottle out of
her hand and down the front steps of
the house. While / was talking with
him Mrs Dorm appeared She heard
Dorm say that she had tried to commit
suicide and Immediately interrupted.
Why don't you tell him the reason
1 tried to commit suicide? she said to
her husband.
He quieted her and led her inside.
When he returned he told me that his
wife was I'm a hysterical condition and
had been drinking rather heavily of
late AS there did not seem to be any
need for the ambulance l drove away"
The telephone call, it was learned
later, was sent by girl employed in
the Dorm residence. She at first tried
to summon two nearby physicians, but
not finding them at home telephoned to
the central emergency hospital. The
news of the episode spread through the
neighborhood and a big crowd gathered
before the door trying to solve the
peculiar affair. Dorm was evasive in
his statements regarding the matter
He denied that his wife had attempted
suicide saying that the odor of car
bolic acid was due to a bottle of
the poison having been spilled in the
house.
An effort was made by the police of
the O'FarreH street station to clear the
case up. but without avail. Dorm
prohibited his wife from talking to
any one regarding it.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-12
CAFES MUST KEEP
NIGHT MUSIC LAW
President of Police Commission
Says That Rules OF Old
Board Stand

Dancing in the downtown tenderloin
cafes at any time and music after
o'clock in the morning in coast or
city limits stands tabooed for all time.
Incensed by an initial infraction of
the unrepealed rules of the old board
of police commissioners. President
FIannery of the new commission last
night announced the attitude of the
new board in unqualified terms.
"The rules of this commission re-
garding music after 1 o'clock and
dancing in downtown cafes have not
been revoked, nor will they be- he
declared vehemently. The rules are
plain They may dance on the beach
and in the Barbary coast section under
permit. and they may have music in
these districts and downtown as well.
under permit. until l o'clock, but not a
sound afterward.
so far as am concerned these
rules will stand as they are. 1 have
commission and they feel the same
This might just as well be understood
now Any infraction of these rules
will be punished and punished
severely
Sandy McNaughton. proprietor of
"The Breakers at Eddy and Mason
streets, was the first to dare A test
of the tenderloin's construction of the
meaning of "a wide open town." In
the face of the prohibitory rules of
the police commission. there was dane
ing at 1.-The Breakers both Wednes-
day and Thursday nights. 1t was an
open invitation to the police commits
sion to put itself on record. and Elan
merry accepted it.
Flannery ordered Detective Tom
Burke and Policeman Toutenberg to
visit The Breakers" Thursday night,
investigate and report. This was done.
A warming was given, but McNaughton
ignored it.
I'm not violating any ordinance" ="
said McNaughton yesterday. 1T is
simply rule of the board. and the
board won't stop me. Well probably
have some more tonight
There was more dancing last night.
Likewise there were more policemen.
In the meantime Flannery had said:
Il have not sseen the report from
Thursday night as yet. but one thing
is certain, and that is that if there
have been any infractions of the rule
after the first warning was given some
body will be cited to show why a
license should not be revoked
other tenderloin cafes and the Bar
barry coast resorts had planned music
after / O'Clock next Sunday night
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-12
DOCTOR WANTED MISSIVES
KEPT FROM OTHERS EYES
HisLetters
Offered Coin

Follc z are copies Of two
letters written by DR. W. p. Burke
to Lueua Smith in 1906. The first
was. written from 2527 Sutter
street and addressed to Miss
smith at 2722 Derby street.
Berkeley:
san Francisco, Oct. 10, 1906.
My Dear Girl: Your recent ia
vOr from Berkeley is mine. When
YOU realize that all is One and
thnt One is good, you will sec
there is no evil. no wrong, moth
ing out of place, but all working
for the purpose intended.
am glad You are at work il
you can not work with me and
wish you aIi Joy and peace, which
know you will have ere long.
Yours truly, DIR. BURKE.
The second serves TO show the
friendly relations that existed be-
tween the two and was written
from Oakland to. Miss Smith
while she was IN Madison:
Oakland, May %, 1906.
Ny Dear Lou, Madison, Cal:
Your recent favor is mine.
Things are picking up "A little
at the sanatOrium. Mrs. Duke
went home with Mr. and Mrs.
Freeman last Wednesday for
stay-untiI we should need her.
Miss Moore came home last night.
Mrs. Boone is getting real well
10 work for quite while yet.
There are no other changes that
can think of.
The quake and fire did us all
much damage, but better day is
coming
forgot 10 say that Mrs. Derrig
went east last Tuesday.
hope you are getting little
fatter, If NOT fat, than you were.
DO not hesitate to let me know
if you need money. The banks
are opening and / will be 80 /
can send you some most any time
now. with best wishes, ann.
Yours sincerely, DIR. BURKE.
Address me here. My letters
are all opened ut the sanafOrium
by Alfred and AEEie, and IL IL
none of their business what is
going on between us; no, nor no
one eISe's.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-12
VETO OF THE LORDS
is TO Be LIMITED
Premier Asquith VIII Announce
Cabinet Appointments as
Soon as King Approves

LONDON, Feb. 11.-According to an
authorized statement tonight. the cab
met council early this week arrived at
mentary program. This statement was
the outcome of numerous rumors of
serious cleavage among the ministers
regarding the policy to be followed.
1t is confirmed that. after the pass
age of the budget a bill limiting the
veto of the lords will be announced as
the chief legislative work of the year.
1t is understood that Premier Asquith
has completed his cabinet appointments
and only awaits the kings approval
to publish them
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-12
HOPES TO CURE LEPROSY
WITH X=RAY MACHINE
Denver Physician Goes to MoIo-
kai Colony to Experiment

DENVER. Feb. t1.-Believing that
certain rays of the x-ray machine may
cure leprosy, DR.. George H Stover. a
Denver physician. started for Hawaii
today with the intention of making ex-
periments at the Ieper colony at Molo-
kali Doctor Slower took with him a
small but especially constructed ap-
paratus supplied with new feature of
his own invention.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-12
$4,000 BALM FOR
WOUNDED HEART
Mrs. Agnes HendriCk Wins Suit
Against Laura Biggar Ben
nett, Former Actress
Especial Dispatch 10 The CALI

NEW YORK, Feb. IA jury in the
supreme court in Kings county returned
verdict late this afternoon for SIS, 900
against Laura Biggar Bennett in favor
of Mrs Agnes May Hendrick, who was
suing the former actress for the aliena-
ton of Doctor Hendricks affections
The suit was for 100000. The judg-
ment is one of the largest ever given
for such an action
When it was announced Mrs. Hen
drick, who was surrounded by a hun
dred or more friends, fell off her chair
in faint. Her friends made a DEM
onstration, one shouting "Hurrah"
In the clerks room Mrs Hendrick
came out of her faint, crying. "Oh.
Charlie, I love you 1 love you 1 want
you back"
Laura Biggar Bennett is now living
in Los Angeles. Doctor Hendrick was
there also until recently. He has re-
married and now lives at Albuquerque.
n Mex
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-12
FLAGS TRAIN WITH
BURNING $40 BILL
Stock Raiser Saves His Life by
Sacrificing Currency

LAKE CITY. Ia, Feb. 11.-while on
his way home late last night along a
railroad. Stewart Dunbar. stock
raiser, fell through a cattle guard in
the Northwestern tracks near here
and his foot became firmly caught.
Hearing train approaching. Dun
bar frantically tried to free himself
in vain. and with a match lighted the
only paper he had to warn the en-
gineer of his danger. The paper was
$40 bill
The train stopped a few feet from
him. Dunbar was picked up in faint
ing condition, the last edges Of the
bill still clutched in his fingers.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-12
FRUIT GROWERS PLAN
TO IMPROVE BUSINESS
Committee to Regulate Weight
and Standards

STOCKTON. Feb. 11.-At large
meeting of the growers this afternoon
at Lodi committee of Is was ap-
pointed to standardize the pack, regu-
late the weight and suggest improve
ments in the shipments of grapes and
fruit The session was called by Hor-
ticultural Commissioner jeffrey. and an
effort will be made TO impress upon the
growers and shippers the Importance
of improving the quality of shipments
and making them uniform TO secure the
best prices in the east.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-12
MISSIONARY BISHOP
BIDS TAFT GOODBY
Will Garry Christianity to North
Coast of Africa

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.-Bishop J. G.
Hartzell. missionary bishop of Africa.
who intends to sail for Algiers next
Wednesday, today bade Farewell to Ia.
president.
The bishop has been in this country
for some time endeavoring to raise a
missionary fund for the conversion to
Christianity of the Mohammedans of
the north coast of Africa.
The bishop has been assisted in this
work by former President Roosevelt
and President Taft.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-12
DAVENPORT'S STOCK
SENT TO CALIFORNIA
BIooded Horses and Cattle
Shipped From New York
[Seecial Dispatch 10 The Cain

lSeecial Dispatch 10 The Call
MIDDLEToWN, N Y, Feb. 1.-THE
Arabian horses, cattle and other live
stock owned by Homer Davenport, the
cartoonist, which have been on ex-Sen-
ator Richardson's farm near Goshen.
Orange county, were shipped to Cal
ifornia today
The lease of one year which Cartoon
ist Davenport had of the Richa rdson
farm has nearly expired and it is not
believed it will be renewed
Owing to the action for divorce in
stituted by Mrs. Davenport it is not
believed that the cartoonist will return
to New York. He has been in south
ern California.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-12
OPERATED IN STOCKS
FROM CELL IN TOMBS
Charles w. Morse Made Fortune
After Imprisonment
Especial Dispatch TO The Call

NEW YORK. Feb. 11.-The activi-
ties of Charles w. Morse in Wall
street did not cease even after his i'm
prisonment. In the last few weeks
that Morse was in the Tombs before
he was sent to the federal prison at
Atlanta, he made much money in
stock deals. In fact in one transaction
alone he contends he made profit of
s26.000. This was revealed today in a
suit brought by Morse against John
Wallace & Co. for an accounting. He
alleges that the firm never gave him
a statement of his transactions and
converted to its own use stocks valued
at more than 100000 put PIP by him
as collateral
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-12
Special Dispatch 10 The CALI


q ANITA ROSA. Feb. lin spite of
suIIen resistance on the part of
the ssnatorium officials to a thor
ough Investigation of the explosion at
Dr. willard 2. Burke's health resort,
which almost cost the lives of Miss
Lucia Smith and her ilIegitimate in
fant son, the mystery is being slowly
unraveIed and the authorities are COM
ing into possession Of important docu-
mentary and oral evidence which prom
ises a solution. Each succeeding day
more firmly convinces the authorities
that murder was attempted. and it is
probable that radical action viii be
taken very soon.
Reinforced ny an attorney summoned
hurriedIv from san Francisco. the
hospital authorities are exerting every
enou 10 prove thar the explosion was
planned as means Of self-destruction
o. Miss Smith. on the other hand
District Attorney Clarence T. Lea ex-
presses his firm conviction that murder
was attempted. and although he will
only discuss the subject in a general
way. it is known that he has secured
additional evidence whereon to base
- l...lfnf
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-12
Extensions Not Profitable

"These extensions would not in any
event prove a profitable investment and
no experienced railroadman would con-
slider their construction from an invest
ment standpoint They would not pay
vested, let alone pay back the capital in
the 25 years of lifetime. The only pos
sibility of any profit from extensions is
in the fact that they might tend to
build up the population of the section
through which they run, thus increas-
ing the number of passengers. But for
the Geary street stand the United Rail-
roads would have been willing to have
made this undesirable investment, on
account of the possibility of the in
crease in population which would give
us legitimate profit.
",rhe United Railroads can not con-
sistently be expected to invest one dol
lar further. or build one block of line
until we have some assurance of the
future We have to feel that we will
have an opportunity of realizing on our
investments.
Thus. having been kind enough to ad-
wise the meeting of how he stood Cal
houn started to throw out tentative
hints OF the advisability of not building
the Geary street road.
He pointed out to the meeting that
there was no grant in the city charter
or an act of the state legislature per-
hitting the municipality to construct,
own or operate a street railroad
Having kindly chided the community
for it's hardness, Calhoun closed the
address by speaking OF the benevolent
attributes of the United Railroads.
Talks at Mccarthy
Calhoun all during his speech looked
at Mccarthy, talked at McC arthy and
when he sat down it was with a smile
at Mccarthy Having laid down his
hand he waited for. Mccarthy to follow.
The mayor did so Immediately. .The
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-12
Announces Appeal

Los ANGELES, Feb. 11.-Mrs Laura
B. Bennett, who was known on the
stage as Laura Biggar. and who now
is resident of this city, today received
telegram announcing that judg-
ment for $4,000 had been secured
against her by Mrs. Charles K. Hen
drick of Brooklyn, in New York
court.
Il do not know anything about the
case except what is contained in the
telegram, which is from my attorney
said Mrs. Bennett tonight. He tells
me the case Will be appealed.
Il have not $4,000 with which to paw
Judgment, and L have never aIienated
the. affections of DIR. Hendrick. He has
been both my medical and my legal
adviser"
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-12
New Proof Strengthens Belief
That Anna Jensen Met
Her Death on Mount
TamalpaiS
DESCRIPTION TALES
WITH MURDERED GIRL
RumOred Sweetheart of Missing
Woman in Oregon at Time
OF Her Mysterious
Disappearance
MARIN COUNTY SHERIFF
DISCOVERS NEW CLEW

wv AS the girl murdered on Mount
w Tamalpais Anna Jensen, the
domestic who had been en-
ployed at Mrs. Helma Carlson's
boarding house, 1757 Union street,
For two days the question has been
asked, and there has been but one
answer received-that Miss Jensen
was very probably the victim of the
crime on the slope of the Marin
county mountain, as was published
exclusively in The Call of yesterday.
Two persons who might be able to
throw light on the identity of the
girl are out OF the state at present.
They are Mrs. Carlson. who con-
Quoted the boarding house and is
now in Oregon. near Marsh6eld. and
Willis Foreman, who was probably
the girls closest friend, who is in
Portland Ralph E. de Ouine, a master
mechanic, an intimate friend of Fore
man, said yesterday that Foreman
was out of the city when the girl
disappeared, being engaged with him
on construction work for the Southern
Pacific company in Siskiyou county.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-12
Puts Direct Question

The chairman of the meeting, r. II.
Swayne, put the question directly to
Calhoun:
"Will Mr.. Calhoun" he said, kindly
advise the meeting if the United Rail-
roads is still ready to proceed with the
five extensions which are badly needed
and which the company offered to con-
struct some time ago?'
Calhoun was kind enough to advise
the meeting of the exact status of
affairs.
The answer to that question" he
said, involves the entire transportation
facilities of San Francisco. 1t is abso-
lutely out of the question to ask private
capital to invest in transportation COM
panies in the face of the action of the
city in taking over the Geary street
line with the ayowed intention of us
ing it as a nucleus to establish a COM
plete system. the idea being to take
over all lines as their respective fran
chises expire. Under these conditions
all properties of street railroad COM
NAMES revert to the city
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-12
KING GUSTAV is NOW
RAPIDLY RECOVERING

STOCKHOLM, Feb. 1.-THE i'm
provement in the condition of King
Gustav. who recently was operated on
for appendicitis, continues. He is con-
stantly gaining in strength and re-
covering his appetite. His temperature
tonight was 99.3 and his pulse 81.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-12
Develops New Theory

Sheriff Taylor of Marin county has
returned from his leisurely hunt,us
trip to learn that a dead girls bones
have been found on TamaIpais and he
has Immediately developed fresh
theory. which. however. he has not yet
divulged to a waiting and curious
world. Whether he arrived at that
theory while in his sylvan retreat and
delayed his return to his official duties
until his propaganda would be fully
developed sheriff Taylor does not say.
The only information available is that
the sheriff stroHed into his Office I'VE
or six days after the remains had been
found and was informed by his dep
uties that there was another murder
mystery in the county He appeared
in time to take up the work where the
san Francisco police let it sag
While five San Franciscan have ex-
pressed strong belief that the mur-
dered woman was Anna Johnson. a
san Francisco girl. the local detective
force has not yet taken any of the
possible witnesses to San Rafael 20
view the relics of the dead
Miss Bertha Campbell of 1908 Castro
street, Oakland. a friend of Mrs. Carl
sons. said that there was Miss Clara
Hansen at the Carlson boarding house.
and suggested yesterday that there
might have been confusion in the
name
James Wood. the United States pub
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-12
Description Fits Dead Girl

De Quine knew Miss Jensen well. and
he said yesterday that the description
of the dead woman's clothing and jew
elry fits closely with that worn by the
girl he knew at Mrs Carlson's boarding
house. His description Tailed in many
particulars. even down to the peeuhari-
ties Of the feet of the victim Of the Ma
rim tragedy.
Thomas F. Ambrose. a governments
employe who also lived at the Carlson
boarding place. said yesterday that
there were many points of resemblance
between the remains and clothing found
on Mount Tamalpais and. the clothing Of
the girl who served as a waitress at
Mrs. Carlson's. Ambrose pointed out
that Miss Jensen's upper teeth were
false. while her lower teeth were firm.
The skeleton found on tn hogback trail
included the lower set Of teeth. which
were unusually firm and hne. but the
upper jaw and teeth were missing
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-12
Startling Testimony

Significant as are me letters written
by Doctor Burke to Miss Smith, which
indicate more than friendship the tes-
timony Of people who were present on
the ground on the night of the occur
renee and were witnesses to the ac-
tfons Of those most prominently con-
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-12

of street railroad extensions promised
by the United Railroads some time ago
was thrown down by Patrick Calhoun
and the challenge Immediately ac-
cepted by Mayor p H Mccarthy at a
meeting of the joint executive COM
mittee, representing % Improvement
clubs, held in the assembly rooms of
the Merchants association yesterday.
No Extensions to Be Made
Calhoun emphatically pointed out
that so long as the sentiment of
municipal ownership, as exemplified
by the approval of the Geary street
bonds, holds sway in San Francisco, no
extension would be made,
Mccarthy replied that as soon as
the legal tangle is cleared away work
on the Geary street road will be
opened. The opinion of the members
of the committee. after hearing both
Calhoun and Mccarthy, is that the
promised extensions will be long in
materializing.
The streetcar extensions five in num-
Der, We're promised by the United Rail-
roads more than a year ago, but no
effort seemed 90 have been made to
carry out the promises The meeting
yesterday was to find the reason for the
delay and present at it We're Calhoun.
Mayor Mccarthy, Joseph Rotchild. at
torney for the Civic league. and George
Skaller. identified with the now aban-
doned Stockton street railroad project.