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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-03-05

Vapor cubano Julia Estara
aqui del 6 oorriente proceden
te de la Habana y escalas.
Consig: Villar Co.
Vapor americana Carolina
Sdalra para N. York ell 9 CO.
rriente.
Consig: The N. Y. P. R. Ca.
Vapor americana Coamo
Recalara ell 20 actnal proce.
dente de y. York
Consig: The N. S. P. R. H.
Vapor americana S. Mateo
Sallo de N. York para esta ell
2e ultimo.
Consig: 1nsular Line.
Yapor frances Quebec Del
4 al 5 corriente recalara pro
cedente de :. Thomas.
Consig: Jose T. Silva.
Teleros della inca "Benner. "
B A II cos
ACCIONES
Banco territorial y ogricola $ 40
Id. de Puerto Rico - "43
-CEDULAS HIPOTECARIAS-
Banco territorialy agrscola.
Emisiones-3a. y 90. s 30
Id. -" Is y T." 100.
&C A NJ B IOS-
Londres-s 4S7 l.
n. York II "a ~ cts ID.
Paris a3 p. f ID.
Hamburgc ID.
Espaha a 8 t p. % D.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-29
ITALIAN CONTRACTOR
COMPLETES HARD JOB
Builds Tunnel Which Ruined
Five Predecessors

Among the passengers on the Japa-
nese liner Nippon Maru was A. Ghella.
an italian contractor who has just sue
ceeded in completing a job IN China
which ruined the five contractors who
tackled il ahead Of him. The task at
which he made good was driving a tun-
mel through Beacon hill at Kowloon.
The tunnel Is y miles long and runs
through a formation which for the most
part is granite. Scattered through the
rock many springs are encountered.
and it was in their efforts to control
this artesian water that Ghella's pre-
decessors ruined themselves financially.
Ghella says that trains will be run
ming from Hongkong to Canton in
about Is months.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-29
ROAD IMPROVEMENT IN
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
Highway Commission Secretary
Prepares Annual Report
1SnecinI Di.nnfch to The Call


STOCKTON, March 2s.-Secretary
Fred A. Eckstrom of the highway COM
mission has prepared his semiannual
report OF the progress of the improve
ment of county highways under the
good roads bond issue. The report will
be filed with the board of supervisors
next Monday.
Progress profile maps are OH file at
the office showing the extent of road
improvements. Ten miles of grading
has been done on the lower Sacramento
road and a small section has been laid
with asphaltum macadam. Will O'Brien,
who is installing the culverts, is work
ing In the vicinity of Forest lake and
is rushing the contract in order to have
the culverts laid before spring freshets
may interfere.
The Manteca group of roads have
been graded and Cy Moreing Sr. is now
engaged in placing the rock and rolling
the highways.
Grading is also being done on the
French Camp road and improvements
of highways are being made in all
portions of the county.
The commission has not as yet let
the contracts for the Improvement of
the last group of roads, comprising s3.5
miles. The bids are in, but are con-
sidered rather high.
The advisory board to the highway
commission, which consists of property
owners from all parts of the county,
has recommended rejecting five car
loads of gravel because of the inferior
quality of the material.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-29
New Drug Cures
Fever and Ague
tFrom the New York Graphic.)

OF all the prominent men gathered at
the medical convention last week none
attracted more attention than Prof. G.
w. La Torne, whose new kardene treat
ment for chills and fever and all forms
OF malaria has been so successful.
While kardene is known as blood
purifier and liver invigorator. its value
a. cure for malarial attacks was not
recognized until recently. Its use is
growing rapidly, not only because of its
wonderful merit. but also on account of
its low cost. You can make full quart
of kardene tonic by dissolving one
ounce of kardene and " teacupful of
sugar in " pint of alcohol and then
adding " pints of boiling water. The
dose is tablespoonful before each
meal and before retiring.
Kardene tonic is doubly valuable in
the spring, when the system needs tom
ing up. Taken regularly for a few
weeks it will do away with that tired
feeling, restore lost energy and ambi-
tion. correct deranged digestion, arouse
torpid liver and purify and enrich the
blood, enabling it to cast out of the sys-
tenn the impurities that cause sallow-
ness, blotches. pimples and similar
symptoms OF impure blood.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-29

Unhappy is the man or woman with
a bad back. No rest, no sleep, no
peace at all 1t begins in the morn
ing, when you get up from bed so lame.
sore and stiff that it is hard to bend
over to put your shoes on.
All day there is heavy, dull, throb-
bing pain in the small of the back, just
over the kidneys. 1t hurts to bend
over, to lift anything or even to get up
from chair Any sudden, awkward
movement sends sharp, darting
twinge through the sore spot.
When night comes the sufferer re-
tires TO fitful sleep, can't lie comfort
ably in any one position, or turn over
without painful effort.
Don't look at backache as merely a
muscular pain, that will pass away
with rest. There is deeper trouble.
Nine times out. of ten it is the kidneys
that throb and ache, and there can be no
relief until the kidneys are given help.
The kidneys have big work to do.
All the blood in the body is coursing
through the kidney filters constantly,
to be freed of uric poisons. 1t is a
heavy enough task when the kidneys
are well, but cold, chill, fever. or
some thoughtless exposure, or over
indulgence in liquor, tea, beer or coffee
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-29
TRAVELLERS MUST
PAY HEAVY DUTIES
Tax Demanded on All Articles
Not Necessary to Facili-
tate Travel

Travellers returning from abroad
must hereafter pay the regular duty
on every article bought in foreign
lands, curios and all, unless such arti-
cles are necessary to travelling. As
regards necessities. the old 800 free
entry list is still preserved. But the
traveller must convince the inspector
that these 500 worth of articles are in
actual use.
Collector of the Port Stratton re-
ceived this news yesterday from the
secretary of the treasury. 1t is rad
ical departure from the old rule with
its elastic $100 exemption, allowed
when the articles were not of mer-
chandise intended for sale. Travellers
have for many years had the privilege
of picking out the goods to be eX-
empted, choosing silks and others of
the highest taxed articles. At any rate,
it has heretofore been considered the
voya gers privilege to bring home gifts
for friends free of tax.
Under the new rule, the Inspector
must be shown all in the trunks and
estimate the needs of the wearer. Ats
tempts to escape duty by mussing up
or soiling clothes to make them appear
personal will make no difference with
the law.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-29
DAUGHTERS LOSE
BIG ESTATE FIGHT
Blake Property Left in Trust for
Granddaughter Goes to
Her Children

In a decision handed down by the
supreme court. sitting in bank. yester-
day, the property devised in trust by
the late Francis Blake to his grand
daughter. Ethel Pomeroy. now goes to
her minor sons. Beach Carter Soule Jr.
and Everett Pomeroy Soule. instead Of
to Alice S. Blake and Mrs. Helen F.
Witcher. daughters of Blake. This re-
verses the decision rendered in 1907 by
Judge Waste of Alameda county.
Francis Blake, who was a member OF
the pioneer paper firm of Blake. Moffitt
and Towne, died in 1883, leaving to his
two daughters and the granddaughter
half of his property. the remainder
being left to his widow.
He created a trust in favor of the
daughters and granada Hghter-
Ethel Pomeroy married Beach c.
Soule of Oakland. dying at the age OF
27 leaving her husband and two minor
children. Shortly after her death Alice
s. Blake, an aunt, who had in the
meantime become the trustee of the
trust, which involves property worth
$150.000. fled petition asking for a
distribution of the remaining third OF
the trust property, as If Blake had died
intestate. In this petition she was
Joined by her sister. Mrs Witcher.
Judge Waste decided in October, 1907,
that the trust property be divided In
equal shares among Miss Blake, Mrs.
witcher and the heirs of Ethel Pomeroy
Soule. The children and father took
separate appeals.
The opinion of the supreme court Sus-
tains the contention of the minors, cut
ting off the father and aunts.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-29
Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
FIX RAISIN MARKET
FOR NEXT 5 YEARS
Growers Will Receive 8 Cents
for Their Crops If Pending
Deal Goes Through
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

FRESNO, March 2S.-A deal is now
on by which raisin packers will take,
in case of consummation, the entire
crop of raisins this season at cents,
sweatbox, and will fix the price for
five years to come, at figures something
better than cents. 1t is understood
that the deal is being rapidly closed.
1t is stated that packers realize that
the business must be put on paying
basis for the grower and for the jobber
in the east. Both ends may be served,
1t is thought, by setting price, which
Will represent profit to the grower,
and an absolute guarantee of stable
market to the eastern buyer.
Among other things, such a scheme,
II put through, is expected to raise the
grade of raisins produced here. 1t is
pointed out that the rush for the early
market leads growers to pick out and
cure raisins which have not matured
well, and great unevenness results.
Another object of the move is to
avoid fluctuations which will frighten
on eastern buyers. 1t has been stated
by number of big brokers who have
recently come through this section that
the habit the raisin market has of late
years of taking sudden falls at incon-
yenient times, has resulted in making
jobbers very chary of having raisins
on their shelves
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-29
TEMPORARY CITY
HALL ABANDONED
Mayor Mccarthy Announces
That His Scheme Was Good
But Would Not Work

Mayor Mccarthy retreated with all
mand that his administration furnish
the city with a temporary city hall In
a formal letter to the board of super
visors read at yesterdays meeting he
declared the plan sound business poll
ICY" economical" but mot feasible
The scheme is off. And it's all the
fault of the old board.
Mccarthy also announced that he
hoped the new assessment roll would
permit of a bond issue being squeezed
within the Is per cent limit and that he
would direct the board of works to pre-
pare plans for permanent city hall on
the old foundations. This, Mccarthy
announced, he hoped would be ready
for use by January I. 1912. ''or soon
thereafter"
In part he said:
I'm line with sound business policy
and an economical administration of
governmental affairs. as we'll as the
convenience of the public in its bust
ness with the various municipal de-
partments, 1 have endeavored to bring
about the concentration of the various
departmental headquarters under one
roof in the shape of temporary city
hall.
After a full and thorough 1nVeStlSd-
ton of the subject due to the follow
ing reasons, / desire to report to your
honorable body that the plan is not
feasible.
"The city of San Francisco is disburs-
ing annually approximately 100000 in
rentals. OF this amount about 100000
is paid in rental for those departments
which will be domiciled In the hall of
justice, now in course of construction.
The balance, of $71,000, is now paid an
nually for rentals of those departments
which will be domiciled in the city hall
when the same is rebuilt
s'In order to save considerable por-
tion of this latter amount investigated
the matter of providing a temporary.
city hall and find that the plan could
be put into operation by the leasing of
land and the construction of tenn
porary building, or the leasing of one
building in its entirety close to the old
city hall, at a saving of many thou-
sands of dollars to the tax payers, were
it not for the fact that our predecessors
in Office entered into certain leases for
the housing of different departments.
These leases will not expire for at least
10 months from date, and require an
annual payment from the city of $46,-
000 Consequently the construction of
temporary city hall would not be a
saving unless these leases could be
cancelled
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-29
GROCER DECLARES CAT
SET FIRE TO HIS STORE
Investigators Look With Suspi-
ciOn on Explanation

Il have often heard of rats and
mice being blamed for causing fre
by chewing matches" said Fire Mar
shall Towe yesterday, but. this is the
first time I have heard of cat being
blamed
The fire marshal had investigated a
suspicious fire at the grocery of Louis
Melmon, 1892 Golden Gate avenue,
which occurred about 4 O'Clock yester-
day morning, causing damage OF
about $500.
Melmon said the cat had been play
ing with matches near coal oil tank
and one of the matches must have ig-
nited That was the only explanation
he could give.
When the firemen arrived they found
oil running out of the faucet OF the
tank and the oil blazing. The hre
marshal found that Melmon had pur-
chased the stock about two months
ago for $500 and had it insured for
$4,000 in different companies About
20 people were asleep in a lodging
house above the grocery.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-29
COLONEL FINLEY TO
VISIT hot SPRINGS
Well Known Army Officer De-
parts for Federal Hospital
i'm Arkansas

Colonel Walter L. Finley. chief of
staff of this department. left yesterday
for the army and navy hospital at the
Arkansas Hot Springs. He has been
laid up at the general hospital at the
Preside for two weeks with severe
attack of lumbago. He will probably
be away about six weeks.
The Army and Navy club will go into
it's new quarters in the Cordes build
ing Friday. April I. Carpenters and
decorators are working day and night
to have the rooms ready for occupancy
by that time. The bedrooms on the
sixth floor will not be ready for use
until April 10.
Four well known army officers reg
istered at department headquarters yes
terday. They were: General Jesse NJ.
Lee, who came with his wife from CAL
weston. Tex. to say gOodby TO their
daughter. Mrs. Rethers. wife of Cap
tain H F. Rethers, who is to sail for
Manila on April 8; Colonel Abner Pick
ering. Ninth infantry. who was sta
route to the Philippines: Colonel
Thomas /. Raymond, medical corps, u.
s. A, and Colonel r. L. Billiard
Eighth infantry, at Monterey.
The following army orders were ts5.
sued from Washington yesterday:
Major George Pickett is relieved from
duty in the department OF California and
will proceed ON the transport sailing from
San Francisco about July for Manila for
assignment to duty.
Major Charles z. Stanton is relieved from
duty In the Philippines and will proceed on
the transport sailing from Manila about July
adjutant general for orders
Captain Harold Hammond is relieved from
duty In the Philippines and viii proceed on
the transport sailing from Manila about
August IS for San Francisco. Proceeding
thence to Omaha. Neb.. for duty.
Captain Fred c. Doyle Is relieved from
duty In the department Of the Colorado and
will proceed to San Francisco and take the
transport sailing about July for Manila for
duty.
Lieutenant Russell James is transferred
from the Eighth infantry to the Ninth in
fautry and viii remain on duty at the Preside
of Monterey until such time II may be
necessary for him to proceed TO San Fran
cisco to join the Ninth infantry upon its
rival at that place.
Lieutenant John c. Walker Jr. is trans
ferred from the Ninth infantry TO the Eighth
infantry. and will remain duty with the
Ninth infantry until the arrival Of that
regiment at San Francisco. and will then
proceed to join the regiment to which be Is
transferred.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-29

ish He divided his argument into
three main propositions.
These propositions, which he pro-
ceeded to attack, were the only as
sumptions on which the bond issue
could be considered legal, and he de-
clared that the assumptions were false
They were:
First-The assumption that there ex-
lists a power in the municipality to
issue bonds, which power is constltu-
tionaIly conferred and operates whether
the bonding proceedings are valid or
not.
Second-The assumption that the pro-
visions of the constitution confer a
power on the municipality to issue
bonds for street railroad construction.
Third-The question whether mu-
nicipality may by charter provision
have power conferred on il to issue
street railroad bonds.
FREQUENT CLASHES
Brobeck's speech was frequently in
terrupted by Haven, and when there
were interruptions Horace Platt would
put in his word.
Brobeck contended that it was rule
of law that there should be a strict
construction of the powers of govern
ment when a municipality undertook
an unusual work.
"The construction of a street railroad
by municipality is out of the direct
range of it's powers" he said.
But II is becoming increasingly US
ual," commented Haven.
Not numerously So" replied Platt.
"Yes. numerously so," insisted Haven.
The closing part of Brobeck's argu-
ment was a discussion of the danger
that the city might not operate the
line after it was built, but under the
provisions of the charter might lease it
- tfrra Of of,ne l,1
might have designs upon it as the basis
of trunk line"
1T is altogether probable that the
city never contemplated the operation
of the line" said he.
ZFie pointed out that such a purpose
would render the bonds invalid be-
cause it would mean that the road
would be constructed as an extension
of municipal credit, which is illegal
APPROPRIATIONS ILLEGAL
Brobeck pointed out thst the super
visors had at various times appropri-
ated s1,370,000 for the construction of
the Geary street road. This argument
will be destroyed by the city attorneys
on the facts that the money once ap-
propriated has been declared to have
been illegally set apart. Part of it
has been paid back by the city to the
tax payers and the balance is now in
the courts.
Brobeck talked from behind fortifi-
cations of law books and he frequently
drew upon his arsenal In the opening
part of his argument he contended ear
nestly for the continuance of the tenn
porary injunction until the case came
to trial on its merits. He feared that
there would be expensive lithographers'
bills contracted If the Injunction was
withdrawn
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-29
ONLY ONE WAY TO SHAKE IT OFF

is likely at any time TO irritate, inhame
and congest the kidneys, and interrupt
the purifying work
Then the aching begins, and is usual
ly accompanied with some irregularity
of the urine-too frequent passages.
sediment. in the urine, scanty, painful
passages, or blood in the urine
Thousands testify TO the wonderful
merit of Doan's Kidney Pills, rem
edy for the kidneys only, that acts
quickly, cures the kidneys. regulates
the urine, and drives backache out for
good.
SAN FRANCISCO PROOF.
Joseph Calvert, 929 Pine ST., San
Francisco. Cal, says: II first used
Doans Kidney Pills several years ago.
while living in San Jose. and found
them exceedingly effective in relieving
pains in the back and other kidney dis
orders. Whenever l caught cold my
trouble was aggravated and / was feel
ing miserable when I began using
Doan's Kidney Pills. After had taken
the contents of two boxes I could see a
marked Improvement and gradually my
aches and pains disappeared. When
ever I have felt the least out OF sorts
since then I have taken Doan's Kidney
Pills and they have always brought re-
lief. / had advised their use to many
of my friends"
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-29

hours yesterday afternoon and morn
ing on account of an accident to a
huge truck on which was being moved
the old vaults of the San Francisco
savings union.
German g. Thomas, safe movers, un-
dertook to transfer the vault from the
old quarters to the new building at
O'Farrell street and Grant avenue, and
after successfully placing 1t on the
wagon were stopped for more than one
hour when the wheels of the dray sank
through the pavement for about two
feet.
In releasing the wheel one of the fire
hydrants was broken. and it was sew
eral hours before that was temporarily
repaired. The dray was blocked again
after 1T had been taken only 90 feet
farther UP California street. Ten horses
were required to get the heavy load up
the hill
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-29
BOOST STANDARD
FRUIT MOVEMENT
Committee Meets Horticultural
Commissioner and Prepares
to Carry Out Plans
Especial Dispatch to The Call

NEWCASTLE, March 2s.-The COM
mittee of Is appointed by the Placer
County fruit growers association, re-
Gently organized, met here today with
State Horticultural Commissioner ]. w.
Jeffrey and completed details for
carrying out the plans adopted at the
last meeting of the society.
a committee consisting of George d.
Kellogg Charles Carlson, w. II. Tuds-
burg, II. E. Butler and Gerald Gerald
son was appointed to secure signatures
of fruit growers to the agreement to
pack only the best fruit and to abide
by the bylaws of the association in
every regard.
It is probable none but standard
fruit will be shipped out of this coun-
ty this summer.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-29
GIRL WIFE'S STORY OF
CRUELTY WINS DIVORCE
Tale of Husbands Treatment Is
Unfit for Publication
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

STOCKTON, March est took Judge
c. w. Norton but few seconds this
morning to make an order granting
Mabel r. Patterson an interlocutory de-
cree of divorce from Pete Patterson
and awarding her $50 a month alimony.
The girls story-she is only II years
of age--was unfit for publication and
was recital of extreme cruelty on the
part of her husband.
Mary Arata was granted an interloc-
utory decree from Joseph Arata, and
also the custody of her minor child.
Failure to provide was the ground urged
for the separation.
Desertion and failure to provide were
the grounds upon which the court
granted Hazel Mcmillan an interlocu-
tory decree from Frank Mcmillan.
A final decree was granted Sarah J..
McElroy in her suit against George A.
McElroy.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-29
MARYSVILLE ELKS
TO ERECT BUILDING
Clubhouse Will Cost $50,O00,
$4,000 in Stock Being
Already Subscribed
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

MARYSVILLE, March 2s.--The Elks
will erect $4,000 clubhouse here this
summer. Stock has been subscribed in
the sum of $4,000 already and pledges
have been secured which make certain
that the other $4,000 will be raised.
The new home will be erected on
lots purchased year ago in D street
adjoining the new theater. The build
floor being devoted to business rooms.
The clubrooms and lodgeroom will
be on the second floor, while the third
will be for lodgings for members of
the Society.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-29
MARRIAGE LICENSES
ISSUED AT SAN JOAQUIN
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

Especial Dispatch 10 The Call
STOCKTON, March 2S-Marriage
licenses were granted today by the
county clerks cupid deputy" as fol-
lows:
Elisha Randolph Laurence, aged 2s,
and Gertrude Shackford, aged %, both
of Manteca.
Arthur Franklin Williams of knights
Ferry, aged 81. and Lulu Mccarthy of
Stockton, aged 81.
Rose NJ. Bidwell, aged IS, both of
Stockton.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-29
MRS. FAYARD GIVEN
$500 ALLOWANCE
Judge Graham Makes Amount
More Than Asked For

Mrs Victorine S. Fayard, widow of
Jean B. Fayard, got more money than
she asked for when she applied TO
Judge Graham yesterday for a widows
allowance of 500 a month from the
estate.
Judge Graham voluntarily changed
the order so as to allow Mrs. Fayard
$500 a month. remarking that as the
entire estate was willed to her she was
entitled to a generous income.
Fayard died at San Jose February
13. 1910, leaving an estate worth
$4,000.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-29
FARMERS OBJECT TO A
DOUBLE WATER RATE
Are Also Expected to Keep Sup.
ply bitches Clean of Rubbish
TSpecioI Dispoich 10 The Call

Especial Dispaich 10 The Call
Ell DORADO, March 28.-Farmers of
this vicinity have made formal COM
plant to the Sierra water company
against the excessive rates to be
charged for water this summer, in
comparison with former years. The
rate is almost twice what it was for
last season. The farmers are expected
also to keep their supply bitches clean
this season, whereas the company did
this before.