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
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"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.
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