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MAYOR AND BOSS TO BE INDICTED Heney and Burns Hot On Trail of San Francisco Officials. Supervisor Sickened by Political Cor ruption Tells Whole Storj Writ ten Confession Impl cates Mayor Schmitz and Boss Keuf in Most Outrageous Graf.s. San Francisco, Oct. 25. That the evidence they have gathered is suffi cient to send Abe Ruef, Mayor Schmitz a dozen or more supervisors, a coterie of commissioners and a score or more of ptty officials to the penitentiary is the news which has leaked out from the inner councils of Attorney Francis J. Heney and Detective W. J. Burns, who, working in conjunction with Dis trict Attorney Langdon, have uncov ered graft in San Francisco on a scale that would make even "Boss" Tweed sit up and take notice. Trolley franchises sold for $700, 000; retail liquor dealers held up for thousands of dollars; theaters forced to give up a third of their profits; con tractors made to pay tribute; paving contractors allowed to fatten off the city treasury; wholesale liquor dealers compelled to pay monthly royalties; French restaurants mulcted for gigan tic "fees," and even women of the ten derloin coerced into dividing the earn ings of their shame. This is some of the moral rottenness laid at the door of the present city administration. It Is said that among the first indict ments lo lie asked will be one for Mayor Schmitz, who is now in Europe, with his wife, and one for Abe Ruef, the city "boss." "We shall get the crooks," they say, and then they add, "We are going to get the big ones as well as the small fry." First in importance of all the sub lets that the two men have investi- gated comes the trolly deal. Shortly dfver tho earthquake and fire last .April the United Railroads was given a blanket franchise by the supervision to convert its cable roads into an over head electric system. Before the fire the United Railroads was refused such a franchise. For the blanket fran chise the corporation paid the city nothing. Traction experts value the concession at $:..000,000. It is stated that Heney and Burns have secured confessions from mem bers of the Board of Supervisors ox posing a gigantic graft in this connec tion. The amount the United Railroads paid for the privilege of converting all its cable roads into electric lines is said to have been $700,000, and. ac eordinir to the written and signed con fessions of supervisors, said to be now in Heney's possession only $72,000 was turned over by Ruef for distribution among the 18 members .of the board. MOODY FOR SUPREME BENCH. Roosevelt Will Appoint Him Despite Sectional Objection. Washington, Oct. 25. While no of ficial statement is obtainable, unofficial advices confirm the report that the President will appoint Attorney Gen eral William IT. Moody, of Massachu setts, to the vacancy in the Supreme Bench, made by the retirement or As sociate .lust ire Henry B. Brown. The announced intention of the Pres ident to appoint Mr. Moody came as a surprise, as it was generally under stood that he eliminated the Attorney General from consideration in that connection because of the fact mainly that Massachusetts already had a rep resentative on the bench in the person of Associate Justice Holmes. Mr. Moody's nomination will be sent to the senate when congress convenes, but the general expectation is that he will not take his seat on the bench tin til about January 1. Demand Eight-Hour Day. Chicago, Oct. 25. The Brotherhood of Kailroad Trainmen, n beha f of its switchman, today pretenteel demands to all the railroads entering Chicago for an eight boui dav. The Bmtherho id's action follows t hat of the Switchmen' nnion, which preented similar de mands some time ago. The railroads will be obliged now to deal with prac tically the whole organized strength of the Switchmen's union. In this re ppect the movement io the most exten sive attempted by the railroad organ izations in many years. Missionary Association Finance. Oberlin, O., Oct. 25. The sixtieth annual meeting of the American M i eionary association began here today. The treasurer reported the total re ceipts for the year at $423,627; that the debt had been reduced during the year from $89,254 to 67,912; that the income of the Daniel Hand Educational fund for colored people was $71,413; that the reserve legacy account for cur tent work 1906-7 will he $65,723 and for 1907-8 will be $38,672. Forbids "The Clansman." Philadelphia, Oct. 25. Mayor Wea ver today issued an order suppressing the further production here of the drama, "The Clansman." The mayor's action was prompted bv the demonstra tion last night at the theater by several thousand colored citisens. THOUSANDS AWAIT SIGNAL. Automobiles, Launches and Horses Carry Filers to Mineral Fields, Thorne, Nev., Oct. 29. That the grossest kind of mismanagement has occurred in preparing for opening the Walker Lake Indian Reservation is the charge made by Frank J. Parks, spe cial agent of the United States Gen eral Land Office at Carson, Nev., who arrived at Thorne Saturday night. Parks telegraphed to the General Land Office at Washington that hundreds of men have broken through the lines all through the territory and that the In dian police are unable to cope with the situation. He is in favor of hav ing the opening postponed 30 days, that the reservation may be properly opened under the supervision of gov ernment troops. Thorne, Nev., Oct. 29 The eve of the opening of the Walker Lake Indian reservation finds all ready to rush. All day long intense excitement prevailed in the village, but last night nearly all the st archers for mining claims had taken their departure to set up camp along the boundary of the reser vation. White flags mark the miles and miles of lines which the eager hunters are prohibited from crossing until noon today. Indian police and deputy sheriffs who have traversed the bound ary, conservatively estimate there aie at least 10,000 men ready to scramble for favored positions on the reserva tion. Hawthorne contributed about 3,000, while more than that number went out from Yerington. Hundreds of people left from various stations where they had been camped along the railroad. The race to points where the rich est mineral land is supposed to lie proves to be popular in the extreme. Automobiles, horses and all manner of conveyances will be used in making the trip around the southwest end of the lake?, while those coming from the east side of the body of water will use launches brought here from San Fran-1 ciaco. A ferry system wiu aisu ue established. At a mass meeting of miners held in the courthouse Friday night, it was reported that a number of launches were being placed in the water on the eastern side of the lake, contrary to the rules, and a number of deputies who were authorized to remove them carried out their instructions Satur day. Where they found the boats were too heavy to move they were tem porarily dismantled of some parts of their machinery, which will not be turned over to the owners until today. A half-hundred deputies also report ed at the meeting that in scouring the reservation they had found that 20 illegal locations had been made, and that they had destroyed monuments wherever they had been erected. The papers or location notices were re moved, and when these were read it was found that the names of a num ber of prominent people were attach ed to them. No arrest will be made of the people who had illegally secured locations, unless the offense is re peated. Creek Beds Show Gold. The principal points to which the rush will be made are- Dutchman, Wil low, Rose and Cat Creeks, either dry b.ds or llowing streams, limning into the southwestern part of the lake Spe ciuiens from claims adjoining these creeks show gold. A number of shooting affrays have been reported. The most trouble was caused on account of drunkenness, but in some cases pistols were drawn in dispute's over horses. Several men tri d 'o ride on wnn omeis jiwioi-b, but they were promptly brought to halt under cover of a revolver. New Engines for Northern Pacific. Tacoma. Wash., Oct. 29. Northern Pacific officials state that the railroad I rom,,:iny is doing all in us power io ,...ii,.v,i t ip car mortage, muugii uicj iidmit that the condition is much the t'lme n it was several months ago ,.....ii....i..tit All.ee stated that 12 or 1". new engines will be added to the eeiuipment of the Pacific division with i Hie next 30 days. As" is known, the engines have ..... ..rdered for some time," said Mr. All., e. "but we cannot tell just how much longer we will have, to wait w. i vneet 12 or 15 semie tin,,, .inrinc the next 3d days. Fur i h,.. -mure we are doing everything that can be done to handle the husi ness." Election Law for Philippines. Manila, Oct. 2:. Among the recom mendations tei the proposed election law by the ass, tnbly of Provincial (Jovornors is one that ine liovernors of the' provinces and delegates 'o the' asse nil.lv be elected by direct vote of the people: that the suffrage be wide ly extended; that the amount of taxes be reduced: that a qualification of the voter shall be his ability to read and write the dialect of his province, as well as Spanish and English. The law providi s fer the choosing of an assem bly the first of the year. Presidential Action Pleases Japanese. Tokio. Oct. 2!. The course of ac tion pursued by the United States h"- been somewhat ffecnve in smithing the feelings of the Japanese people injured by the San Francisco school incident and accentuating the ronfi- dence of the people in President Roosevelt, whose fairness Is praised on all sides. It is altogether unlikely and there Is as yet no sign, that the Japanese will Imitate the Chinese in boycotting American goods. I Without the Federal Scope Baltimore, Md., Oct. 29. Senator I Isador Raynor, seen Sunday in ref- - 1 erence to the exclusion of Japanese from schools established for white children In San Francisco, expressed the opinion that the federal govern ment had no right to interfere, the iiTirr. nit- matter being rntirelv one for the state and city to deal with, and outside of the scope of National affairs. TWENTY INCHES; STILL SNOWS Greatest Storm in Twenty Years in Western States. Whole Country Between the Rocky Mountains and Missouri River Is Under White Pall Sheepmen in Wyoming, New Mexico and Colo rado Suffer. Denver, Oct. 23. Snow, wind and cold have extended over nearly the en tire country between the Rocky moun tains and the Missouri river today, causing heavy loss of livestock and fruit. Telegraph wires have been pros trated and railroad schedules disarrang ed. The storm is almost unprecedent ed lor severity at this season of the year and takes rank, according to the weath er bureau, with the snowfall on April 22 and 23, 1885. Up to 6 o'clcck this evening about 20 inches of snow had fallen in Denver and indications were that the enow would continue all night. Locally but little damage was done. Shec-men in Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico, it is believed, will suffer heavy losses, as they were unprepared for Buch weather. There are hundreds o tens of sugar beets and thousands of uarrels of apples still in the epen in the northern part of Colorado and should the cold continue, the damage will be very great to the ranchers. Telegraphic service throughout the West is badly hampered and trains in definitely late. The blizzard which has been raging in Pueblo and vicinity eice early Sat urday afternoon is slightly abated this morning. Railroad and street car traf fic is badly crippled. The Rio Grande weBt of Pueblo has suffered most from the snow, which is unusually heavy along its line, ranging from 16 inches at Florence to 30 inches at Buena Vis ta. Trains from the East are generally from a few minutes to several hours late. Cattle and other stock on ranges suffered from the wet snow and cold. Colorado Springs reports that the bliz zard, which has been in progress for the past 48 hours, broke this morning. Trains are somewhat delayed. ine temperature in Colorado Springs this morning was about 15 above zero. WISCONSIN REMITS TAXES. Increase in Railroad Assessmeat sup plies All Funds Necessary. Madi3on, Wis., Oct. 23. All the state taxes, with the exception of the tchool tax, which was reduced to nan of one mill, were remitted today by the state board of assessors. There is al ready so much money in the state treas ury that none of the officials know wht to do with it. With the prospect of more than 2,- 500,000 coming in from this year s taxes, State Treasurer Kempt threw up bis hands in despair and said there was no way to Bpend it. Accordingly Gov ernor Dividson, Secretary of S'ate HouEer and Mr. Kempf met today and decided to remit the taxes. The railroads are footing the bills. That, in the main, is the reason for the action today, the first time sucn a sweeping move has been made in the history of the state. It is one of the results of Senator LaFollette's long fight when he was in the governor's chair. Under the new ad valorem law the roads pay about $2,600,000 annu ally, or one-third more than they did under the old license fee system. The amount of taxes remitted is $1. 818,235. Instead of raieing this amount from the taxpayers, the admin istration will deduct it fr m the gene ral fund of the state to meet cerain fixed expenditures. The school tax, amounting to $643,680, go's back to tho taxpayers in the support cf the public sclicols, Relief Fund for Winter. Washington, Oct. 23. The exe -utive committee of the Red Cross has finally approved the estimates of the Sin Francisco relief e-immittee for the con tinuance of the relief wirk in that city up to July 1 next. Originally placed at $6,000,000, these estimates have been reduced by a little more than $700 000. Most of the money is already in pight, as the San Francisco commit tee has a balance of $2. 382,000, with unfilled subscriptions subject to call of $900,000. The Red Cross prcpei liolds a little over $2,600,000. Blizzard Reaches Kansas. Ellis, Kan., Oct. 23. Colorado's enow storm is passing east, and pre a led today in Western Kansas. Ps snngers reaching here this morning on related east tound trains report a nJ "ow storm between Win ar..i D -nver, at some points assutiing Me proportions of a bliriird, with fcvir j inches to one foot of snow on the 1 gronn 1. The temperature is moderate, however. The snow is drifting badly at a good many points. Blizzard Coats Texas With Ice. Dallas, Tex., Oct. 23. Wind blow ing at a velocity of 60 miles an hour is sweeping acrosi the plains county in the Texas panhandle, with blinding sleet and snow. Grass is covered with ice, but cattle are in good condition and the loss will not be heavy. At Chan- . ... .. . u- T-1 nul , 1" territory the tetrperatnre has been I in the 70's, but ot midnight is falling. RASCALS AT BAY. Acting Mayor of San Francisco Re moves Accusers From Office. San Francisco, Oct. 26. Acting Mayor Gallagher Thursday afternoon suspended District Attorney Langdon from office and the Board of Super visees approved his action. Langdon was notified to appear before the Bfjard one week from today to show why he should not be removed from office. Then Gallagher announced that he had asked his friend, Abraham Ruef, to accept the office of District Attorney and that Ruef had consented to do so. The suspension of Langdon follows his appointment of Francis J. Heney as assistant District Attorney for the purpose of securing indictments of officials alleged to be guilty of graft ing and malfeasance. It has been openly announced that Heney and Secret Service Agent Burns have been investigating matters with which Mayor Schmitz, Acting Mayor Galla gher, Abraham Ruef and the Board of Supervisors were connected. Langdon is at present a candidate for Governor on the Independence League ticket. The suspension of Langdon was done for the purpose of securing the dis missal of Heney as Assistant District Attorney. Gallagher gave 12 reasons for sus pending Langdon, the chief of which was neglecting his duties in absenting himself for more than thirty days, from the county to go on a campaign tour, while the city was suffering from an invasion of and depredations by criminals. WRECKED NEAR POINT ADAMS. Four-Masted British Bark Ashore and Going to Pieces. Astoria, Or., Oct. 26. With three of her masts gone and lying broadside high on the beach, the big four-masted British bark Peter Iredale is wrecked in the breakers about three-quarters of a mile below the old Point Adams lighthouse, south of the Columbia River jetty, with every indication that her bones will bleach in the sands, although there is a bare possibility that she may be saved. The bark went ashore during a strong gale about 7:30 o'clock yester day morning. Her masts went over board soon afterwards. All on board were rescued by the life-saving crew. Captain Lawrence, master of the bark, and his officers remained by the vessel all day. Tonight most of them are at the Point Adams life-saving sta tion. Twenty members of the crew were brought to this city all safe and sound. DRIVEN MAD BY SUFFERING. Five Survivors of Florida Hurricane Drifted All Day on Frail Craft. Norfolk, Va.. Oct. 26. Counting the minutes, which seemed but few be tween them and death, five men were adrift nn a hit of wreckage off the Florida coast, when one of their com panions. whose sufferings had driven him mad, threw himself into the sea to death. Not long afterward a ship saved their lives. The five survivors were landed here bv the British ship Heatherpool, which arrived from Liverpool. Thev with about 150 others were constructing a concrete viaduct for the Florida East Coast Railway through the Florida Keys, and were aboard houseboat No. 4. which lay an choree! off the coast when the great, hurricane struck. About 1 o'clock in the morning of October 18 boat No. 4 broke adrift and was dasneei to pieces by the waves. Su men lashed together two timbers. They lived on this raft until rescued. Greely's Report on Earthquake. Washington. Oct. 2C The War De partment Thursday made public the special report of Major-General Greely on the relief operations conducted by the military authorities of the Tnite-' States at San Francisco and other points at the time of the earthquake and f.re at San Francisco. The report is accompanied by many documents, including the report of General Funs ton telling of the steps taken. The re port is very profusely liuisirareci. con taining photographs of the relief work in progress. ..r Machinery for Cold Springs Da-n. AVasl .inj.ion. Oct. 20. The Secretary of the Interior has authorized the pur chase ef four 10x1 0-inch locomotives of SO-inch gauge, at $.1,000 each from the American locomotive Company: also 41 yard dump cars at $10S.T") each: S5 tons of rails at $.14 per ton. and 12r tons of rails at $33 per ton. and also has purchased from the Ernst Weiner Company, ten switches at $35 each. This equipment is to be used in the construction of the Cold Springs dam, Umatilla irrigation project. Morgan Outbids King Edward. New York. Oct. 26. In competition with King Edward, of England, who sought it as a memorial to his mother, the late Queen Victoria J. Pierpont Morgan has secured the original Cluny Bible, in illuminated text on parchment, the work of the Cluny monks in France, and more than 200 years old. He also obtained an illum inated copy of the original order of arrest for John Bunyan on a charge of heresy. HurHcan Sweeps Japan. Tokio. Oct. 2.-A hurricane swept nithwestern Japan Wednesday. S?v - Southwestern Japan Wednesday, eral hundred coral fishing boats are re- j ported missing. Each boat is manned by at least two sailors. WELL. HIRE IS "Five hundred English school teachers will come to America to In spect the higher branches of Yankee schools." News Item. Marvelous, j J Quaint and Curious. Martin Lntber'a Tankard. This Interesting relic of the great Re former is of ivory, very richly carved, and mounted in silver gilt There are six medallions on its surface, which consist, however, of a repetition of two subjects. The upper one represents the agony in the garden, and the Savior pray ing that the cup might pass from Him ; the base repre sents the Lord's Supper, the center dish being the incar nation of the bread. On the lid, in old characters, is the following inscription : "C. M. L., MDXXIIII." This drinking vessel, which, Independent of its ar tistic merit, was no doubt highly valued as a mere household possession, brings to mind many recollections of the life of him who raised himself from a very lowly position to one of great power and usefulness. Martin Luther, who was the son of John Letter or Lauther (which name our Reformer afterwards changed to Luther) and Margaret Lindenen, was tK.rn in the little town of Islehern, in Saxony, em November 10th, 143. His father was a miner. Luther died in l.-.4i", and princes, earls, nobles, and students without number, attended the funeral of the miner's son in the church of Islehern. On this oeeam, Malane- thou delivered the funeral oration. Tomb of (neellla Metella. Of the tombs of Consular Rome noth ing remains except perhaps the sarco phagus of Seipio ; and it Is only on the eve of the Empire that we meet with the well-known one of Crecllia Metella, the wife of Crassus, which is not only the lust specimen of a Roman tomh now remaining to us, hut the oklest building of the Imperial cty of which we have an authentic date. It con sists of a bold square basement about TOM 11 OF CAKCII.IA METEI.LA. UNI feet square, which was originally ornamented in some manner not now Intelligible. From this rose a circular tower about t4 feet in diameter, of very bold masonry, surmounted by a brace of ox-skulls with wreaths Joining them, and a well-proriled eornhv: two or three courses of masonry anove tnis seem to have belonged to the original work; and above this, almost certain ly, In 'the original design rose a conical roof, which has perished. The tower having been used as a fortress In the middle ages, battlements have been aeldetl to supply the rlaee of the roof, and It has been otherwise disfigured, so as to detract much from Its beauty as now seen. Still we have no tomb of the same Importance so perfect, nor one which enables us to connect the Roman tombs so nearly with the Etrus can. The only addition In this Instance 1 that of the square basement or podium, though even this was not nn- h earl!er ponM. as for iKmw" . , . . ! Instance In the tomb of Aran. The . exaggeratou ne:Km .i . U also remarkable. Here It rise to 7 "EXHIBIT A." be a tower Instead of a mere circular base of stones for the earthen cone of the original sepulchre. The stone roof which probably surmounted the tower was a mere reproduction of the orig inal earthen cone. A POCAHONTAS MEMORIAL. Monument to Be Brected Soon to First Great American Woman. The first great American woman 19 soon to have a handsome monument erected in her honor. Pocahontas, daughter of the mighty Indian chief tain, Powhattan, she who saved the life of John Smith, surely deserves the title of "first of the ne-jp world's women to achieve for the grod of humanity and to take a place in history as the earliest example of the aborigine who mastered the ways of civilization. The story of early Virgin, n is one of the world's classics. Artists have pictured that dramatic scene when the 12-year- POCA HO.NTAS. old daughter of Powhattin placed het own body between that of Smith and the war club that hung over him ready to deal the death blow. That was only a little short of 300 years ago, and Po cahontas, who did much for the set tlers of the new world, has waited lone for her memorial of stone, but will finally be done her la a j i superb art work. The Pocahontas Memorial Associa tion, of Whshlngton, has the movement in charge3, and the distinguished Amer ican sculptor, William Ordway Part ridge who has to his credit a number of superb pieces, has been selected 10 make the monument Most of the women who are promi nent in the movement ar descendants of Pen-aheuitas, fur tho Indian princess became the ancestor of some of tha best families in the Smith. Put Poca hontas' descendants are not confined t. Yirdnia. Pennsylvania has one In the person of Miss llarriette ele I'.enne viile Keim. of Reading. She is on of the vice presidents for the Pennsylva nia division of the Pocahontas Seeiety, and is lending effective aid toward th memorial. Wealthy tilrl Thin. Patience She has a dandy colleo tiou of love letters from the first man she ever loved. Patrice lid she marry the man? "No." "Then why does she keep the letters. I understand she's been married to four other men? "That's right, and divorced all four. he used the letters In all of her db vorce proceedings rTonkers State man. Foolish Mas. "Man Is an Illogical animal." -How so?" lle leaves his home for a vacation and pays twice as much as his house hold expenses to get all the comforts of home at a country hoteLM Houston Post Wnrr1mnl. "You say that wealth brings you only worry?" "Yes." answered Mr. Bullions. What kind of worry?" -Worry for fear some of It will gel away." Washington Star. mfmx 1 i! - y