. -Flelschmanh "is 'l:by -his

'wife*?and gtwo'^frlends,'js?H.M M."£Ramseyand ;H.iK.vStephens.

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,!Ex-Mayor,'Jullus ;Fleischmann of Cin-cinnati ,", and .'party ;arrived j"yesterday,from/ the \Ba"st ;,In*a, %private ,'car>- andare %at the ',Palaces Hotel.^ Theykhavecome'i toV.the

'coast,*'< as ;. the :ex -Mayor"

says, , to -'see %!the i\.lmprbvements;'M< Inspeaking jof.? his jtour^ about

*tha fcity

yesterdayiafternoon jhe'sald: .'-r'

:iC'lfam 1'simplyiamazed: atJthe, 'wonder'-"fui:?newtgrowthfoff your^city.^l^can-not 5realize^ that -In'such Ishorts space_ofItime^you^po'ssibly/ could!h'ave| mada-such fiStrides. tf;,*San^ Francisco iiscertalnly;4destlned'v to be. more beau-"tifulUhan'; over."*.

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Julius' Fleischmahn and Party Are',With^lrnprovernehtsMade'

Here

EX-MAYOROF CINCINNATI^:. v-VISITS SANFRANCISCO

>Villian3 Surnmerville Falls * Seven:};\u25a0 Stories' Down an Elevator Shaft "

' -in a New Building. WilllanyiSurnmerville,, 18 .years i ofage, ;fellfseyenistories ;down "> the ,-ele-vator shaft -of .the building being; con-*structed fat 'the,' northwest -corner ofFourth;: and .'Mission? streets ,. yesterdayand •Instantly ,killed.v Summervillewas a| sheet 1metal -worker.",'JThIB ils/ithe-'sameibulldlngilnVwhichVabput sixvweeks

:ago, the kelevator/shaftdropped *;six}floors,"badly,-,injuring;! thefive;m*n>who(were passengers, .thioug-hnot* fatallyjgj^j^g|{f*'p((ff|gltffr''' ,

YOUNG:MANDROPS TO>/'"'•!•!. \u25a0;

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":-TOiINSTANT DEATH

•The same officers, having secured ab-solute^ proof of . the ,guilt,of vWilllaniPaylor, \u25a0"\u25a0:whom • they iarrested % Saturdayon< suspicion of,being the man .who",hadstolen four barrels of-grease from; acar; In\ the ,Kentucky,;street ;yards,' hadhis name vfrom ;' the, deten-tion -.book Atdi,the ",prison 'record:' ;He\u25a0was also charged with "grand :.larceny,the" artlclflfistolen being ;valued ;at $100.

Arthur Redgate.-acwised: by the offi-cials of the,; Southern 'Pacific Railroadoft having, stolen- a:case of shoea*ffomthe .' sheds of .that company at Fourthand Towni«enci ;:Btreetß .while "employedthere: as a "checking cleric, was '\u25a0'arrest-ed ;yesterday jby Detectives , Reaganand, O'Conhell^of -the Southern stationand Detective :iMadden of- the railwaypollce,yand; charged at the city prisonwith ;grand larceny. -_ V

Two Alleged Thieves Are Booked atCity.Prison. on Charge of

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Grand Larceny

MEN ACCUSED OF THEFT^FROM'RAILROAD INTOILS

/With the letter the President sent hisown check .for 1100. He calls attentionto the "literally unparalleled prosperityof /the country" and hopes thaf thepeople out;of-their abundance willgivegenerously on'thls occasion^ "His letteris \u25a0in ," reply,to 'one received from thecommittee calling his.attention to theurgent needof "assistance.

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> "WASHINGTON, March 4.—-Declaringthat- Russia had, been. a good friend tothe United .States ;In the past,dent Roosevelt In a letter to the Rus-sian famine relief committee of NewTork, made public today, appeals forcontributions , in behalf of \u25a0 the faminesufferers :In that country.

President Makes AppealPublic and Himself Con-. tributes $100^ 'S:

Rpifl ASKS AIO FORHER FAMINE SUFFERERS

ROYALTYIX'OCEAX DISASTER'VICTORIA,B.^C.. March 4.—The' Em-

press: of -China, ;\u25a0'which 'i' arrived -today

from: the Orient,,brought word that tthesteamer Deyanha,^upon. which: Prince>lushiml . of»Japan '\u25a0> and jsuite are 'jour-neying to i;England/ was .tin'- collisionwith the .Japanese, steamer. Shinshu. inthe Inland; Sea. oftJapan, the-,Devanhabeing obliged:, to- return .: to Kobe forrepairs." Four lives were -lost -on theShinshu.-: -' \u25a0 . \u0084 . ' ; -. ,

CONGRESS UOUIS ITSSESSION VERY QUIETLY

Minority Compliments Pre-siding Officer in

Each House

Contlnned From rage 1, Column 3

Schilling's Best is the standard In theAmerican tea and coffee market.

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CALIFORMAX IX PARIS

PARIS, March 4.—

Charles Josslynof \u25a0 San Francisco registered- at theCall-Herald bureau today.

THAW'S CHIEF ALIENISTCONCLUDES TESTIMONY

Proves Match for Jerome inWit and Readiness

Nof Answer

MRS. WM. THAW NEXT

District Attorney Is at Seaas to Latitude in

Rebuttal

NEW TORK. March 4.—

A long strideforward In the trial of Harry K.Thawwas taken today when District Attor-ney Jerome announced that his ex-haustive cross-examination of Dr. Brit-ton D. Evans, one of the alienists forthe defense, had been concluded. Dr.Evans had been under fire sinceWednesday morning last. . He was Im-mediately succeeded on the stand by Dr.Charles G. Wagner of Binghamton. N.V., who accompanied Dr. Evans on mostof his visits to Thaw in the Tombs.Jerome indicated that he may concludewith Dr. Wagner tomorrow.

Mrs. William Thaw is expected to hethe next witness. With 'Mrs. Thaw'stestimony in, the defense practicallywill have completed its rase and it islikely that the State's case in rebuttaJmay be begun before the end of theweek.

District Attorney Jerome complainedtoday. In soekinp a broad interpretationof the rules of evidence by JusticeFitzgerald, that if he should ca.ll anyof the defense's alienists In rebuttalthey might refuse, on the ground ofprofessional privilege, to answer anyquestions put to them.It is not yet exactly clear to the

lay mind to what extent the DistrictAttorney can go in disproving Mrs.Evelyn Thau's testimony. He has ad-mitted that even ifhe could show Stan-ford White was out of the country atthe time of tlie alleged experience withKvelyn Nesbit In the Twenty-fourth-street studio he would not be allowedto disprove her statements on theground that Jt would be a collateralact. It appears, however, that theprosecutor may call any one to contra-dict Mrs. Thaw in cases •where she said

!*he made certain statements to a thirdparty. .In this connection Jerome hasindicated that he will call Howard Nes-bit to testify that his sister told him\u25a0Thaw hs<i treated her cruelly becauseshe would not tell lies about StanfordWhite.

Dr. Evans left th«» witness stand to-day, subject to recall for redirect *>x-

Rmination. Tlie witness protected Theinterests of the defense quite keenly!throughout his cross-examination andat all times appeared a match for theDistrict Attorney. Dr. Evans today,however, admitted that Thaw had anInsane knowledge of what he was do-ing in Maflison Square Roof Garden thenight he shot and killed Stafford

• In explaining Thaw's actions subse-quent to the shooting. Dr. Evans de-clared that as soon as the defendant ,ehot White the brain storm subsidedand his sense? began to reorganizethemselves, so that the man knew quiterroll what he was about. H*also knewhe was attacking Stanford White whenh« sliot. Dr. Evans admitted, but theknowing:* was that of an insane man.

Dr. Wagner also declared that ThawTiad Irrational knowledge of what wastranspiring on the roof garden. Dr.Wagner <-reat^d a stir in court by usingthe present tr-nse In responding to aquestion by District Attorney Jeromeas to what form of insanity Thaw "hasor had." Dr. Wagner" declared Thaw"is suffering" from symptoms whichlead toward a melancholy state and astste of dementia pra^f-ox. Dr. Wagnerdeclared Thaw's condition of mind a.tthe time* of the shooting was the re-sult of one of the Insanities of adoles-cence.

The District Attorney continued hissomewhat puzzling tactics. His ques-tioning of Dr. Evans Feem^d to havethe purpose of showing that Thawnever was insane 'to the extent con-templated by the New York criminalstatutes. Again with Dr. Wagner hepointed toward the same end and atone tjrne and another seemed desirousof having Dr. Wagner admit that Thawwas suffering from forms of insanitywhich might nr»t be curable.

Dr. Wagner was on the stand whencourt adjourned.

THAW GROWS INTERESTED'

.For FlrM Time Pay* HfH to Alienist

on Wltnrna Stand

NEW TORK. March 4.—

The formali-ties of 'postponing the March terra ofth* criminal bench of the Supreme

Court had to be gone through thismorning before the trial of HarryThaw was resumed. Thaw's c&se wasbegun In the January term and thatterm will be continued until it is dis-posed of.

Dr. D. B. Evans. tb# alienist, who wtu unflercrow-examination Wednewlay, Thnrtxlay andFriday lant. *-«• train placed upon the witnessrtand «o soon as Thaw waa called to tbe bar.

Tnaw afrain hroucht Into court nevwal bljt,brown -portfolio «»nT«>lopwi filled with lett«>ra.

H^enpaped his lawyers In earnest «vmf>.TMj<"<•hem ta^ took I.lf place taring tbe witn^s* andthe Jury box. He directed nia rrmarka especial-ly «t Peabody and McPlke. Tb# latter nepmwjdPßlrooa of avoiding the conversation, and drewhark nereral time* with tolerant coda if blahead. The defendant, however, was earnest,

and would not be denied. He continued to talkfor some minutes. Then be «at tiack and Um~tened to the first question addressed by DistrictAttorney Jerome to r>r. Eran*.It war the. first time he had paid any atten-

tion to the witness since be took the stand.Tnaw did not listen long, however, but turned,to Daniel O'Beilly. and began to talk rapidlyto him.

In resuming bla cross^xsmtnstion of Dr.Evans Jerome asked:

'•Doctor, reverting to the nirht of the shoot- 1

ing of Stanford White, does the fact that thedefendant walked deliberately away without*xcltei&rat after the ebootinjr appear to yojzto be aa important {act In determining whetheror oot the defendant was Insane T**,

"Ye*; It leads me to believe be was of nn-nonnd mmd

—that when telcea la connection

with tbe other Incident »,"The fact that at lie time Thaw's step was

fclow and measured and his manner somewhatdramatic, that be n>aaife*ted no agitation, andthat be walked away without any effort toescape, takes In conaectlon with the otherfacts. Indicated to th* witness that be didnot know he bad done anything wrong, that hedid not think he should shrink from his fellow-men or from the officers of th* law.

"Then hia attitude waa one of sttitfactionwith bis deed?""Iwould hardly go so far as that.**"When be walked toward bis wife did he

know in which direction be was going V."In view of the fact that be waJked toward

bis wife, it seems to me that be did.""Tbe fact." said Jerome, "tbat Thaw told

tbe fireman who seized him, 'be mined my wife,*does tbat Indicate to you tbat this defendantknew he had killed Stanford White?"

"It Indicated to me tbat this one thoughtwhich had weighed down npon him. bad beendevouring his nonl. was still with him. ThisIdea of bis wife being mined by StanfordWhite was still his foremost thought."

"Wbat mental prfyeßs in the defendant isconveyed to your mind by bis stating upon theroof garden after bis arrest when told by theelevator man that an officer had been sent for-•l've got to go down pome time; you mUrht aswell take me down in the elevator now Idon't want to cause any annoyance.' "•

"As to whether the man was sane or In-mb«." replied Dr. Evans, "the remark convey,nothing. Itmay elmply have meant that therewas a crowd at the elevator, ajid he did notwant to annoy anybody by obstructing tbe way *'

GAME IS ALASKA

BUI for ItsProtection Brlam Out SomeFacetious Remark*

WASHINGTON. March 4.—

SenatorBeverldge called up today a bMI forthe protection of game In Alaska, Thereading of the measure was demand-ed by Culberson. and he proceeded forfive minutes, when it was suggestedby Senator Carter that it would-beImpossible to get the bill engrossedbefore noon, even Ifit were passed./ "Iwish to call attention to the factthat the bill must necessarily beamended.*' said Senator Clapp. "Itgivesno protection to woodchucks, and thereis no exception against the penalty fortl* man who kill* ducks and prairiechickens in self-defense." ;>.>*."£

The bill was withdrawn amid

SIGNS JCDGESHIP BfLL*

Pre*!deßt Will Appoint W. C. Van Fleetto the Federal Bench

WASHINGTON. March 4.—lf therehad been an executive session of theSenate today It is probable that W. C.Van Fleet would now be a United StatesDistrict Judge for the Northern Dis-trict of California. The judg:e*hip billwas signed by the President this morn-ing and it is understood that VanFleet's nomination was made out ready

for transmission to the Senate when itwas learned that there would not be anexecutive session.

The President is expected to appointVan Fleet within a few days, and hisname willbe presented Uo the Senatefor confirmation next December.

RAILWAY EMPLOYES' BILL

Srnate Ajcrera to Confrrvnc* Report on

BUI Limitline Hour*

WASHINGTON, March 4.—

The Sen-ate today agreed to the conferencereport on the bill limiting the hoursof service of railway employes) asapxeed upon by the conference lastnighf. The House also agreed to thaconferees' report, and In both housesthe adoption was by unanimous vote.The agreement limits the daily serviceof railway telegraphers to nine hours,with a provision that the requirementmay be extended as to any particularcase when a proper showing is madeto the Interstate Commerce Commlß-tlon. .

MEDALS ARE PRESENTEDTO THREE SEA HEROES

"It.affords me great pleasure to offer aresolution which expresses the experi-ence Ihave had and Iam quite- surevoices the sentiment of every Senatorin this chamber, bearing testimony tothe courtesy, the fairness and the abil-itywith which our presiding officer hasdischarged the- functions of his office."

The resolution" tendered "the thanksof the Senate to Vice President Fair-banks for the dignified. Impartial andcourteous manner in which he has pre-sided over the Senate's deliberationsduring the present session." The reso-lution,was unanimously adopted.

PAIRBA.VKS' GAVEL PALLSThe Vice President then appeared,

and. replying to the resolution, said:"Ifthe chair has been able to convincethe, Senate of his impartiality in thedischarge, of the-dutles which devolveupon him and which are 'often delicate,and difficult, he is ggratifiesd s in fullmeasure. \

*"The chair desires to place upon the

records his testimony. in behalf of;thoseSenators whose service in.the SenateIb about to terminate, for their un-wavering devotion to the public 'inter-est while here and to wish: them: manyyears of further usefulness 'to theircountrj'men.

"The chair wishas for those .remain-ing in the and "now /enteringupon their vacation After* arduous pub-lic duty health and safe return. Theyhave well earned the approving Judg-ment of their constituencies; by:theirintelligent and complete consecrationto the public service. . : »- ,

"The Senate of-the United States, haswell vindicated Its claim. to, the popularapproval, by Uts wise,". careful 'and?pa-triotic consideration of many, question*of large concern "to the, Government andthe people. Each passing session Jus-tifies the wisdom of the s fathers -whoestablished the Senate: as 7:one ;Of theessential safeguards to American in-stitutions and; one "of the assurances

'of\u25a0

the political.welfare of the; people.,-The :hour * which by law.terminates

the second session of: the:.Fifty-ninthCongress having arrived. '•> the "chair'de-clares .the Senate adjourned withoutday."

- :Skate on. the^ roost perfect floorilhra.F.'at the; Auditorium. Fillmore"& Page.*,

L EL,I,PASO,'; Texas, t March 4.—As £ theMexican ,Central >"passenger,' trainIwascrossing .the Rib]Grande com-ingAn

-.from Mexico,:;;Senor <*;Manuel

Marleu, a;= musician \and "composer.^ fa-*mous iin

•Mexlco.^breathed \his \last. T-He

was en*route '<• to\Californla;*tov.visit/aBori'/»n'd- twas -llK.when>he';left' San Luis

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COMPOSER DIES ON' TRAIN

WASHINGTON. March 4.—The -Su-preme • Court

'today .denied;- the iapplica-

tion of;John B: Chanler; of New Yorkfor a writ;prohibiting" the New Yorkofficers -from'arresting 'him' while '.oniacontemplated; visit,'to;New;i.York^ fromSouthiCarolina.'^ whichiCbanler,f desiresto make forithe'purposelof prosecutinga suit which he has> instituted to securethe Irestoration rof;his

"property' now4 in

the jbands of;Thomas T.1!Sherman.^ Theproperty :is /estimated to be worth$1,000,000 and .was .turned;Over^ to"Sher-man ten

'years :ago ,as ;the iresult of;the

proceedings^ to; test Chanler's; sanity.; ;>

les tation Is Denied

John B. Chanler's Application to Su-preme Court to.Prevent •.Mo- '•.<

CANNOT EVADE ARRESTDURING VISIT'TO GOTHAM

Men of the City of PanamaWho Rescued Fellows

Are Rewarded

TThen Second Officer C. A. Modeer,Quartermasters Harold Jones andThomas Brown, with two ordinary sea-men, were cast off Ina small boat fromthe City of Panama, December 31, torescue three of th*>ir fellows who hadbeen sw*»pt overboard on a frail llferaftin >a tremendous sea just below SanFrancisco harbor, they probably reck-oned .that they were merely doing theirduty. But . yesterday they were re-warded for their heroism with a heavygold medal each and a set of resolutionsdrawn \up by the passengers of thePanama. who,witnessed, with-hearts Intheir .mouths, the almost superhumandaring* of ;• the men. \u25a0 The medal pre-sentation vwas mad« by A. J. Frey,assißtftnt to the general manager of thePacific :Mall Steamship Company, towhose /office the men were invited." C.

*AJ Modeer and Thomas Brown werepresent,; but Harold Jones "was on hisway to China and' willnot receive hismedal until his. return. The two sea-ra«n who Joined the rescue party andshared the fearful peril have left thecompany's service, and their • where-abouts were unknown to the. passen-gers, who wanted to present them, too,with ,medals. The sailors themselveshave doubtless forgotten that incidentin the life of a sailor. ; '',;;\u25a0_ .\

Captain A. W. Nelson's masterlyhandling of the ship, which he broughtsafely through ', the gale, was, also re-membered/ Through the ,efforts of Dr.Henry Waldo Coe. a Portllmd physjeianwho was on board the vessel', at 1thetime. President Roos«velt's attentionwas called to.the thrillingincident, -andever quick to recognize valor and man-hood Uie Chief Executive sent a letterof congratulation' to the captain and ahandsome photograph, nicely'mounted,

of himself. Inscribed -with the Presl rdent's autograph.

Both the letter from the. Presidentand the set of resolutions from the pas-sengers ;were 'read at the formal pre^sent&tion yesterday. .. But . ithe ;\ threemen, who did not* hesitate .when thelives of fellows .were .-jimperiled onanjrry '\u25a0 seas, , were mightily \ uncomfort-able when they

i•were:'asked i,to

'face

the combined focus "of*three

'cameras.

UEITHDCE TO «<COLIC CURE"LOS ANGELES. March 4.

—Fred Hirch

died today at the Receiving Hospitalhere after several; hours of suffering,and the authorities attribute bis 'deathto opiates contained in a bottle of coliccure, which he had procured in a localdrug store.

, TRACXWO&XER IKJVRED—Oorp* Jogs,employed by. the Cnlt«J Railroads a* trarkwork-px, tinf thrown from a Flllmore \u25a0 street car; yes-terday at Setter, atreet and painfully bruised.

Soon thereafter Cortelyou was swornIn as Secretary of the Treasury, suc-ceeding Leslie M. Shaw, -who goes toNew Tork |to become president of atrust company.

After the close of the Treasury De-partment this afternoon some twenty-

five of the high officials of the depart-ment called on retiring Secretary Shawat the Arlington and presented himwitha large mahogany case containingtwo dozen handsome silver service tableplates. Commissioner of Internal Reve-nue Yerkes made the presentationspeech. In response Shaw showed thathe -was deeply affected by this evidenceof the regrard In which he 1b held.

James R. Garfleld of Ohio, who relin-quished the office of Commissioner ofCorporations today, will succeed EthanAllen Hitchcock of Missouri as Secre-tary of the Interior tomorrow.

WASHINGTON, March 4.—-GeorgeBruce Cortelyou relinquished the Post-master General's portfolio" to Georgeyon L. Meyer, formerly United StatesAmbassador to Russia, today. After theoath had been administered to the newPostmaster General, Cortelyou intro-duced him to the various chiefs of de-partments.

James R. Garfield to BecomeSecretary of Interior

Today

TOKEN GIVEN SHAW

Former Postmaster GeneralNow Head ofTreasury

Department

WASHINGTON, March 4.—The shipsubsidy bill, which has been beforeCongress In a more or less prominentway for the past two years, and forthe past two days in, a more' acuteform, finally received Its quietus in theSenate at 11. o'clock today, when"Sena-tor Galllnger rose and finally an-nounced his decision not to prass "itfor.further consideration. Before mak-ing this announcement, he made a lastrequest for a vote, whereupon Carroackexpressed his regret, "that the- billwould still lead to extended debate."

Thereupon Gallinger made the finalannouncement that he would notfurjther press the measure during this ses-sion. Before, however, he came to thisstatement, he entered Into a furiousargument in support of the 'bill. Twodays of "frivolous debate," he said,' hadoccurred upon the measure and he feltit to bo his duty to call attention tothe salient points Involved in connec-tion with the subject. " •, .

"Nine per cent of our commerce iscarried in American, ships," said Gal-linger. "The remaining. 91 per cent iscarried In foreign ships. "We pay thoseforeign Bhips $200,000,000. annually, andthis sum is distributed among the peo-ple of foreign' nations."

This condition. Galllnger .predicted,would not always last. The Americanpeople, who lead the world In agri-culture and manufactures, ho said,would not be content with this con-dition when, It was well understood.Concluding,. Gallinger said that in giv-ing up the fight for the bill at thissession he did so without any feelingof hostility or unklndness.

"With this," he said, "INarn content

to let the matter rest for the present.ButIwant here and now to give noticeto' my associates in this chamber, andto the citizens of this republic that solong as Iremain In public" lifeIshallnot remain silent, but shall exert my-self to the utmost to sefeure leglsla-.tion on this important subject.".;,"

He expressed the opinion that withthe support of the Democratic members,of which he had been assured, he wouldget action on a measure practicallyalong the* lines of the present bill atthe next session of Congress. Gal-linger concluded at 11 o'clock, with-

;drawing the billat that time. .",

Announces That.He Intendsto Resume Battle at

Next. iSession "

WILL TRY IT AGAIN

Withdraws Measure WhenAllHope of

is done'

. And now. In pursuance of the requirements ofthe constitution. Ideclare the House of Repre-sentatives adjourned. without day.

Ithank you., gp.nUemen, for tout kindness Indeed and words of this day: but even more cor-dially do Ithank you for your unwearying andconstant friendship during every, one -of thelaborious ,and eventful days of ;the Fifty-ninthCongress. Some Congresses have done their workunder the stress of national', trial, and \u25a0 evennational disaster; It has been our good fortuneto .do our work in a period of •prosperity .soabounding as to surpass all the » lmaginings '.ofthe past. The statesmen of the days of stresswill always, have first place tn the affections ofthe people,- but the men who with. loyalty,*-anddevotion, strive to keep. a mighty nation In thepathway-, of prudeo<"« and common sense whileprosperity abounds on every corner have troublesnot always understood ,or .sympathized with bythe people, but' which you well know of." \u25a0. -

In the \u25a0 two years •now'closed

—years eventful

In the ,precedents set .in these legislative 'halls,and -we hope and believe eventful for the goodthat may come to;the ipeople- therefrom

—your

fidelity to your, own duty and your intelligentappreciation of duty, even when it has crossedsome of your cherished \u25a0 purposes,' have had ,mycons Tint encouragement and support. In biddingyou farewell.. 1 wish to express my. appreciationof this testimonial, and v to wish you•In .futureall success and usefulness In 'your chosen walksof life. • . \u0084 ..

Then he said of the Speaker: "TheSpeaker, whom every one loves for hisbig brain, big heart and impartiality."

Williams presented .a" resolutionthanking Speaker ICannon ]for/the in-telligent,"'consistent and impartial man-ner in which he had., presided. . Cannon,was thereupon 'escorted :--yin while thechamber rang with applause] ,With atremor: in his voice," the

'Speaker .said:

'The Speaker, called Clark of Missouri

to the chair. "Williams of Mississippi,tue minority leader, rose .and said thatanother Congress --was about to? die;that the work performed by the Fifty-

ninth Congress wou,ld stand as the bestwork that the nation has had in manyyears. -; :

'v .--' •*,/

"WASHINGTON, 'March'4.—"My Coun-

try, 'Tis of Thee," rang out',..in the

House as the cloqk was turned back

fifteen minutes In order that; the;billlimitingthe hours of labor for railroademployes: might be; enrolled. ;A [recesswas ordered and the songs began. Hun-

dreds of waving flags in the hands ofthe members made a stirring picture.

The galleries Joined in the chorus vandmade the chamber ring.

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Session of tHe/ House EndsWith Waving of Flags

and'Singing \ t

PATRIOTIC OUTBURST

Williayns of MississippiiSpeaks^in Praise of .t.

t

.^*P^ Speaker

.Representative Livingston,'preseht-

ing J the .views of the minority.on -thesubject, agrees to the 'total,, which hesays >is \u25a0"an increase ,of. $'40,639,544 .overthe appropriations made for "the jcur-rent fiscal year' and ;557,266i193 over 'theappropriation ;for the fiscal[year ,1899,

made at. the first regular :session of theFifty-fifth \u25a0;Congress, ; which • coveredsubstantially the entire expenses of themilitary and. naval; establishments onaccount of trie- war .wlthrSpaJn. "..Con-tinuing, he said: '._..;

,'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0', Enormous as 'are \u25a0 these . appropriations \u25a0for 'thenext fiscal year, * there ishould be added -to themthe further snms of. $25,000,000 ]on account ofcontracts authorized In*. the .naval :bill for:ad-ditional -'.warships, and ,: for -• which * no;. moneyswhatever >are yet appropriated, and the sum of$49,829,849 for contracts authorised in the riverand :harbor appropriation hill.In addition ,to theappropriations made in that act.'-.

• > ,:/ :•.'There, sums added; to the session's ;total .ap-parent appropriations, make the tremendous sumof $994,778,020, .carried ,either in direct .appropri-ations lor authorizations at this

'session

'of Con-

gress, establishing a new \u25a0record 'for Federal ap-propriations/ approaching the

'prodigious' sum >ofa \u25a0

billion dollars-foria single session - of

'Con-

gress. / '.' .' -r. \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0.-;. y- „\u25a0.-.\u25a0 • ' -. :. --"\u25a0-'

The highest estimates placed :on the probablerevenue of the from 'all sourcesduring|the coming. fiscal year -indicate

-that they

willbe'at' least- one :hundred million dollars be-

low the appropriations and authorizations for ex-penditure chargeable to.the session of Congressjust .closed. ;.'..-.'. .'•:•; • , \u25a0

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\u25a0 The >Increase 'for the"army •over last.year ?is$6,718,118: increase for the navy over lastyearis- $21,?67,000, with, the- authorization for twonew ,ships ; increase for ,\u25a0 fortlQcatlons, $1,544,-000: • increase for *pensions." $5,691.000. .. If themilitary;spirit and extravagance is to continuethe • ways and .:means ,committee had jbetter getbusy.and provide for a \large increasea se 'in,therevenues. '. *y. *..

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•Livingston concluded .with < this re-!mark: .;'•,-' ;

>!\u25a0 wish to heaven, that.. we;.could give thePhilippines to Japan 'and get out of that coun-try, the cost 'of which-to us 4no one -can :evenpredict. I'receired.a letter, the iother day froma debating society in \u25a0; my district asking •myopinion;whether ;Cuba *should be

*annexed. '..To

that question .I\u25a0 want to reply:right here; , Wehave got enough of that krnd of rats now.

'

For the.army,' $6,700,000; for'fortifications,

$1,800,000; legislative, executlTe and .Judicial.fc.\400.000; postal serrice,' $590,000,000; pensions,$5,000,000. \u25a0

\u25a0 f\u25a0. \u25a0

- - - . \u0084"\u25a0-\u25a0 .\u25a0WTille the river and

'harbor bill carried ap-

proximately $83,000,000. the expenditure underIt TTonld be but $27,000,000 during 1908. t

The appropriation'for the Panama canal was

Increased orer that during. the Fifty-eighth Con-jrress by $69,500,000. During the same, timepostal needs increased $50.000.000...

Analyzing 'the \increased . appropri-ations for the year 1908 'over.;the

-cur-

rent fiscal year,",the total of which isgiven as $40,000,000, the; increases aredistributed ,in[part as :follows:: follows:'I

;WASHINGTON.1March ;4v^Statementswere 5made to the

"Senata %and iHouse

today.by.Senator ;"Allison1-and "Repre-sentative ,Tawney,;ohalrmen, ,.respect-ively/ of the'approprlatlons committees!and ,;by^V?Representative:"; Livingston,ranking minority:member /of;the" Housecommittee, jregarding -appropriations

*of

the session/ .'The' following.is a ***umeof the; statements":- .>*. '__>. ,.

-•The' *appropriations ?•• aggregate , $919,-

,P4S.6SO, of which $756,622,674 U tor the an-nual expenditures -for the. fiscal year 'endtneJune SO..1908. The \u25a0balance of' the graad totalIs to be used as follows: $12,439,655 for emer-gencies, anJ deficiencies on account of the nsoalyear \u25a0 1907 and prior |year*;I51,000,000 jfor • mis-cellaneous \u25a0 objects, \u25a0 such as prirate \claims andthe Ulre authorized In special acts, and $149,886for

'permanent \u25a0 annual appropriations \u25a0' to meet

the Interest <charge on'the •> public ;debt, .the re-quirement* of,» the sinking fund, expenses of.collecting the rev*nue from cltlzenf, redemptionof national bank notes and- other purposes.• The revenues -of the Government for 1908 are

estimated at $850,000,000,: which will\leaie asurplus of $20,000,000 and not a deficit.

•as ;hasbeen predicted laisome Quarters. \u25a0 . '•-''During the.fifty-ninthiCongress *as . a. whole

$198,000,000 has been appropriated In excess of,the total for the Fifty-eighth Congress.

Island Possessionsas "Rats"

Describes People. ;of the

DEMOCRAT TALKSOUT

Chairmen and Taw-ney Give 'Resumes of

Big Increases--' .

GALLINGERGIVES UP INFIGHT FOR SUBSIDY BILL APPROPRIATION VERY

NEAR THE BILLIONMARK

KIND WORDS FOR CANNONFROM DEMOCRATIC SIDE

MEYER ENTERS CABINETCORTELYOU IN NEW POST

Three Changes Made in the Official Family of the PresidentMeasure for Building Up the Merchant Marine Suffers Defeat

. TONOPAH. March 4.—Louis Sloss,secretary. of the Kewanos Company ofGoldfield one of the heaviest stock-holders in that company, had a narrowescape from death recently at thehands of Charles Atphin. one of thaproprietors of the Butler -Theater.Slos-s, who , was in thl.s. city to meetthe Kewanos stockholders coming fromthe coast on their recent Inspectiontrip, was staying with a friend .namedO'Keefe. Late at night Sloss deter-mined to go to bed. and, securing thekey to the house, started to find theO'Keefe residence, where .he was tosleep. Sloss became confused as tothe house and, finally picking oat onethat looked right,' he tried th« key.which worked, and walked in. Hawent through the first room and opened

the door of the second, when he washalted by a sharp command to boldup his hands. He did so, but beforehe could speak a bullet passed bis earand burled itself in the wall. Notcontent with his bad pistol practice,

the outraged householder sprang fromhis bed and beat Sioss in the facewith his fist. Sloss bro£e away andrushed to the door, which he slammedafter him. and ran down the. street-

This tale did not get out in Tonopahat first. Alphin, the man whoso bed-room the mino owner had so uncere-moniously entered, told of havingrouted a robber, but who that "robber"was. did not develop until Sloss toldthe stbry yesterday in Goldfleld. Bothmen were congratulating themselveson lucky escapes today, Sloss be»cause he is still alive and Alphin,be-cause his poor marksmanship savedhim from taking the life of an Innocentman. Alphin used an automatic pi3tol

and it had but one shot Init. To thisfact Sloss owes his life.

SPECIAL DISPATCP TO THE CALL

Charles Alphin Glad HisPoor Marksmanship

Saved Intruder

HAS NARROW ESCAPE

Louis Sloss Wanders Intc•v . Wrong House and Is

Fired Upon

MINING MAN BECOMESTARGET IN THE DARK

!{\u25a0 "WASHINGTON, March 4.—When ,thetrial,, of Representative ;Hermann ofOregon, "charged with the ... destructionof -public .records .while he: was Com-missioner; of .the General Land Office,wasv.resumed

"today, witnesses were

examined • to '.determine the method ofhandling the mail in* CommissionerHermann's office..

Horace Wilcox, a clerk In the LandOffice, ~who was :a -.messenger of the.Commissioner at. the time Hermann was.in office,

'testified that all.stamped let-

ters addressed ;to.Hermann -from Ore- ]

gonvwere -Bent to the Commissioner's:desk without being opened. ..The restof the;mail was opened either by thechief \u25a0 clerk or ;by somet>ody else. Hemade it clear that all Oregon mail wentto. the Commissioner direct.

Several :other .employes of the Gen-eral Land Office were examined by Dis-trict-Attorney Baker, with a view to:showing that the letter press books de-stroyed -were ..Government .records ,andnot merely personal property ,of Her-mann. "\ln. each instance the District'Attorney submitted to the witness let-ters from the office, some of which wereidentified. ••

;'\u25a0 The witness indicated that in. theinatural course of business answers toithe letters would be prepared by/theCommissioner, but .no record of . theanswers could be found. .The DistrictAttorney, was by this evidence laying afoundation of'proof 'that the answerswere contained in the destroyed, books...:\u25a0' Senator C. W. Fulton o£ Oregon, re-sponding to an inquiry as, to Hermann'sintegrity and honesty, .said: "So far asIknow, his reputation is excellent."

He further said that he had heardother people speak highly of Mr.Her-mann and gave the names of some ofthem.-^SS@ . i

Books Burned Contained theAnswers Written by

'

Commissioner

tANDV GLERK HEARD

New Evidence Bearing onCharge of Destroying

; Public Records

ALL OREGON MAIL WENTTO HERMANN DIRECT

THE SAN imNCISCO^ 03

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Special Care Taken Trith Dcposttloa*«j»d AU L*sil Doeaußcmta.

.Vartbweit corner of Suttee aflasl 'Stelaer

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\ BUSINESS DIREOORY of SAN fRANCISCO HRMSMARYLA.VDCASUALTY CO. of Balti-more

—H. B. WINDSOR & CO4 Ken'l

agts:. Mutual Say. Bk. bldg.Tcmp.3394

REID BROS, architects, 2325 Gou*hSt., Tel. Weat BQOL

O. F. \VILLJEV dk CO^—Carriages. bu*i-?\u25a0£ ness wagons, etc. ":19;Fell st.

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THE CALIFORNIA PROMOTIOJI COMMUrEE(Orsranlzed 1902)

PBOMOTION: Tbe act or promoting, adraae*-ment; KNCOCEAOEUKNX.—Ontaiy Dictionary.

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\u25a0'The- 'California

'Promotion >Coznmlttee .has

-for

Its object tbe PKOMOTIXQ of Califoral* v twhole. •«-\u25a0\u25a0 »\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 v»^.- >̂: -•?.,: '\u25a0 •;

\u25a0\u25a0-• It Uas cothlaz to sell. -bS&USBQBIts energies are deroted to foctfrtn? all things

tbat'bare tbe 'ADVANCEMENT,of CalifornU aa

tbelr object. >iii|'Mll^'Wsss*p»MßslWaaaßP«B«|MfIt riretiireliable \u25a0Information

-on overy sabject

connected with the Industries •(Califoral*. .*\u25a0,.•

'-.» It gives:ENCOURAGEMENT to.tbe establish-ment 'of new; industries

'and \u25a0inrites desirable lxa-)Mitrmtta^*»irtß(yWßWßBWßatortWBßaß>**agßy»^M»\u25a0 •It is - not' anietnploTineßt "

agency/: although Itgifes lInformation \ regardiur :labor ,oondltloc*. -.-•\u25a0•. It presents the opportunities and rn-edi In allfields of business and sroteesk>n*r actlTltjr.

' -,-.iTheiCommittee, •la*sopported \u25a0 by popular , sub-

scription aad;makes no ;chars*:for any serric*rendered. \u25a0 ".-'t •t/'fii>y|ll|flaW>**ltsy«BsMWsdfcU»H*<

;.' \u25a0; AfBllated •.with;the Committee ;ar« ense hundredand slxtys commercial' organizations of tlie \u25a0 State,wltb a memb«-rshU» of over thirty.thousand. \u25a0 -. ;

Meeting* are t Deld-'seml-annnally.'-ln • differentpart* >.of s Califorals, wberu :matters :oX .'State

-in-

terest are dlncussed.—

' ..\u25a0- Headqnarten* of the Committee are maintained'

la-

San-Francisco

-la:California \u25a0BuiIdlac fOnioo

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A ..-•-. OOBEE3PONDSSCB ISVITKD.

Antah started out to hunt bearwith a popgun. 'Xan't afford arifle/ he said, "Costs, too much/*v

He found the beat ||His funeral cost his friends

\u25a0Tli^same mistaken idea of values, the samefalse economy as that which prompted the bear

\u0084 hu.ntertb go cheerfully to his death, applies to•

'many1people in the selection and purchase of a

piano:.:Dependable pianos only are found on our

floors. \ Pianos that are of reputable manti-; facture, o? standard value. 'of workmanship of

the highest class, the product of the greatest fac-tories of the world. Pianps musically, structur- .ally and. architecturally perfect are the founda-tion of our commercial success, the mainstay of j

."the reputation of the Allen House..Piano selling is a science with us, founded on ,

an knowledge of the cost ofproduction,of supply and demand, on an ability to buy in

.greater quantities, than any dealer on the Coast,and on business methods which enable us to sellpianos at smaller selling expense than is else-

o where possible. This knowledge and this abilitywe offer to you inpiano values, at more reason-able prices, on more satisfactory terms than haveever been sho\vn, safeguarding you and your pi-ano with an absolute guarantee and withthe rep^

mutation of thirty years of honest and progressive'business methods.

;Our easy payment plan is worthy of investiga-tion and available for the asking.

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Stand Alone.Standing, out in':bold • relief, ail alone,.an 4• as ;a conspicuous example ;of open,-

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*and:skin

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Dr.' Pierce feels that he can afford totake the afflicted into his full confidenceand; lay all.tho* ingredients "ofrhis'medKcines'freely .before vthemtbecauEie'. these*ingredients, 'are' such- as are endorsed andmostrstrongly/.pralsed", by

**scores Vofnthe

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;diseases, yfjit."-^.-;;•.*Afglance J at *the3printed^ formula • oheach bottle willshow that no alcohol andno harmful or habit-forming drugs enterinto • Dr.^Pierce's imedicines,itheyibeingwhoUy fcompounded^ ofrglyeerie ]extracts,of;theIroots(of.? nativeA Americans forestplants.^ ? are ?best fand t safest

"for

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the ;cure voftmost* lingeringVichroniC'dis-*eases. 1-;.Dr.*R.f«V;-Pierce can be;consultedFKEE.'iby '~ addressing 7him Vat iBuffalo *

N.' Y-land %all*communications are; re-garded' as \sacredly_i confidential;',^ ;

v.-j,vllis as feasyitoisbe wellJas *ill—

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