WANTS RETURN OF TAXESLEVIEDON ITS FRANCHISE

I*rfze Beauties' Charms

are best shown, in photos taken atIshiguro Studio, 1930 Fillmore.

ITALIANEMBASSADORNOT GOING TO RESIGN

DISEASEbiS REDUCEPJT6~- IMINIMUM-ON-ISTHMUS

Health rOmditions^There. Said to Bea&;Good as'They :Can BBy::e y: :",* \u25a0

MadeWASHINGTON*. April 24.—Health

conditions" 'In- 'ihd~—canal zone are-about as good now.as they ever •willbe,according »to "a \u25a0•report from ColonelGorgas. chief" sanitary' officer, for themonth of March, -Just received at theoffice of the' isthmian canal commission.Since last August the number of sickamong; the employes \u25a0 has steadily de-,clined. until It is 19.40 per 1.000. asagainst 33.72 in Augu6t. Among 5,400

Americans (white) employed, there\u25a0were only two deaths from disease dur-ing: March.

Among 1,200 American women andchildren living in the canal commis-ftion'e quarters there were no deaths andvery little sickness of any kind.

CUNNINGHAM IS GIVEN 5A TERM IN WORKHOUSE

Money by False Pretenses inSt. Louis, Sentenced

Ex San Franciscan, Who Obtained

"WelL.you'll get. plenty of It," thecourt replied; "100 'days on, eachcharge." .

"Icame here to get work."Cunning-ham told Judge Taylor.' .

ST. LOUIS. April24—Al P. Cunning-ham, also known as ', George Roberts,formerly of San Francisco, was sen-tenced today to 200, days' imprison-ment in the workhouse. He wascharged with carrying a concealedweapon, a Revolver, and with obtaining520 by false' pretenses from' MichaelHoward, former sergeant, at arms ofthe house of delegates.

VOLCANO STROMBOLI HURLS-. OUT INCANDESCENT STONES

Bitly Active for a Short Timeand Then Returns to Its

Normal StateCATANIA*. Sicily, April 24.—The

Btromboll volcano .was Ineruption to-day. There .was a series of > loud ex-plosions like artillery and an , enor-mous quantity of Incandescent stoneswas thrown out of the crater. Imme-diately.after this activity the volcanoreturned to Its normal state.* .

HOKSTEE PARDON PETITION— Kansas Citr.April 24.

—A petition to President RooseTelt

containing'thousands of names

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eskinz .tbat bepardon Cbarlra W. Anderson was 'forwarded- to-day ,to Senator ..William Warner at Washington.This hiicf appeal has N*»n prepared, since Fridayla*t, when Andpr*on. r respected business ,man,was arrested here < and returned -to \u25a0 the federalpenitentiary

'«t Fort

'Learet^worth, 7 turn:whlcb

be escaped elfbt yeu« ago.

With the pallium were three jewels,an amethyst, a topaz and a ruby, eachset In a pin for fastening the, insignaupon the archbishop's garments.. Con-trary to custom these jewels were notsent from Rome, but were gifts of anold -New Orleans family,- friends ofArchbishop Blenkr' "...

The pallium was brought here fromRome. Its sacred import was describedby Archbishop Glennon of St. Louis,who delivered the sermon.

'vested with the pallium. This, insignaIs the official recognition by the churchof the archbishop's succession '.to thefunctions and authority of the lateArchbishop Chapelle, who died duringthe yellow fever epidemic here twoyears ago. The ceremony took place Inthe old St. Louis cathedral.

NEW ORLEANS, April24—Before' adistinguished representation' of theCatholic hierarchy of the United States,Including Cardinal Gibbons, two 'arch-bishops and sixteen bishops. Archbishopjßlenk of New Orleans was today In-*

New Orleans Prelate Suc-ceeds to a High Church

Office'

ARCHBISHOP BLENK ISINVESTED WITH PALLIUM

\u25a0within the next month.

"L«lan Tun Yen Is a highly capableofficial and won a reputation not onlywith the government, but with t^eforeigners in Tientsin." said Denby."He is a graduate of Yale, Is most gen-tlemanly in manner, a man .of im-portance in private affairs and,I''wasthe right hand, man of Alceroy ChangChih Tung at Hankow for many. years.He \u25a0was appointed to his present office5n 1504,— und«r--Yuan- Shlh Kal. .with\u25a0whom he was closely associated duringthe RuFso-Japanese- war."

Pir ghgtitrnig-Trill-ieave-Washington

I.lan Tun Yen. who will suceed SirChentung at Washington. Is new Inthe diplomatic service, but he has hada long record of important government\u25a0work. Charles Denby, chief clerk ofthe state department, who has beenpromoted as consul general to Shang-hai, knew the new minister IntimatelyIn China for several years.

The incumbent of the office 'whichSir Chentung Is to fillIs Tang Shao Y.\u25a0^ho will be sent to Manchuria as gov-ernor of Mukden. ..t the head of thenew form"of government Is Yuan ShinKal, the well known organizer of thenative military forces of north China,and viceroy of the province of Chill.The- • appointments are all being madeto allow of the issuance of an im-perial edict proclalmin(B*~a new form ofgovernment for Manchurta-

Sir Chentung Is to be made juniorvice president of Wai Wu Pu, whichIs next to that of the foreign ministerand Is really a high assistant secretary•f state with the duties of presidentef the board of foreign affairs andcomptroller general of maritime cus-toms. He will be succeeded as minis-ter to "Washington by Liangr Tun Ten.who is customs taotl at Tientsin, whichoffice is next to that of viceroy.

WASHINGTON*. April 24.—

The pro-motion of .ir Chentung Liang Cheng,the Chinese minister. It Is learned,hinges directly upon the re-entry ofManchuria by the Chinese governmentupon the complete evacuation of thatterritory by the Russian and Japanesearmies. . BSSI

SPECIAL. DISPATCH TO THE CALL

Liang Tun Yen Will BeNew Representativelit

Washington

ALSO OTHER CHANGES

Sir Chentung Liang ChengWill Be Promoted to

Secretaryship

Quite regardless of any- trust opera-tions on the MacDougald body by Fiskand McCarthy, .or the rejuvenation ofCrimmins, Senator Edward I.Wolfe hasdefinitely renounced the mayoraltyaspirations so generously ascribed tohim since early last winter. Wolfewas bo 111 during the last two weeksof the legislative session that It waswith difficulty that he maintained themanagement of the measures of .partypolicy Intrusted to him. His health hasnot improved as it was expected Itwould after adjournment of the legis-lature. He is able to give only a por-tion of each day to his private busi-ness," and says most emphatically thathis running for any office this year isentirely out of the question.

Meanwhile, the one^really active re-publican is:the late Phil Crimmins, whoas a'salaried employe of the SouthernPacific has not been permitted to en-joy even a look in at local politics. forseveral ..years. Crimmins has noavowed candidate for mayor. He ismerely looking for delegates. The dis-position of any delegates he might se-cure could, of course, be formally de-cided upon later by the legal depart-ment of the employing corporation. \>.£

The MacDougald boomers insist thatthe ex-treasurer's chances are greatlyenhanced by the Rooseveltian reformedspelling propaganda, and claim , thatthe famous letter McCarthy compelledhim to write will again, come to thefront'as a sizzlingly effective campaigndocument. ;^t^x.v y.""

John A. MacDougald, republican-

union labor candidate for mayor, bygrace of the coalition of those mightypowers, Arthur Fisk and P. H/ Mc-Carthy, is the substance of the latestdream evolved by the prophetu whovainly seek to bring something likeorder out of the local political chaos.

The resurrection and evolution ofMacDougald, candidate, is theoret-ically ingenious. Primarily, it is basedon the assumption that Schmitz willfind It Impolitic to attempt to force hisnomination by the union labor party.

For the calcium effects of the first act

the row between McCarthy, and "WalterMacarthur Is produced. The ..fight be-tween McCarthy and Macarthur is to

be a fight for political supremacy. Mc-Carthy is to win by reason of thenumerical strength of -the organiza-

tions with which he is Identified. Thenhe Is to take up MacDougald. not be-cause he likes the sometime treasurer,

but because MacDougald is strong withlabor, and because Fisk, who has beenstruggling with the equitable title to*MacDougald since the split of theMacs. I« to be relied upon to deliver arepublican machine nomination as anaccompaniment. .;.

MacDougald was formerly held in alimited partnership by McCarthy andFisk. McCarthy represented the laborstock and Fisk the republican half ofthe •\u25a0. MacDougald combination. Mc-Carthy let go of his Interest, but Fiskhung on to the republican share. It|is. now claimed that he has consultedthe legal department of the SouthernPacific and has been advised to perfect

his title, by incorporation. It is ad-

jmltted' as obvious by the seers thatMcCarthy -.cannot pick up his rejectedstock save by indirection. MacDougald

would have no first person dealings

with McCarthy, but they could be madepolitical bed fellows through the good

offices of the assuming partner, Fisk.

George A.Van Smith

Looking for Delegates WhoMay Be Used by the

Southern Pacific

CRIMMINS TO FRONT

Arthur Fisk and P. H. Mc-Carthy Would Head Tick-

et With Ex-Treasurer

Thus, according to Marshal Brew-ster, has the effete athletic culture ofthe far east penetrated a country whichat one time had to - fear nothing lessdeadly than the scalping knife of a warpainted Apache.

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• Japanese who flock across-; the Mex-..lean line into Texas and Arizona, and,_who, when captured, employ the dras-tic art^ of • jlujitsii ;on the federalguards, .are the :chief woes of thV.au-'thoritles along: the Rio Grande, accord-ing to Colonel C.G.Brewster.: UnitedStates :marshal :for: the -southern dis-trict of Texas, who came to this cityrecently "with 39>Chinese to be do-portetl. ; ;. / '•Colonel Brewster was seen at theHotel Hanillh yesterday and told of theathletic brown men who \u25a0 are %• beingsmuggled Into the Lone Star state atthe' rate of -200 a month.' \u25a0

"The Japanese who enter, over theMexican

'line now far outnumber, the

Chinese smuggled across 'the border,"..he said./ "They are brought to -Mexicooriginally,' and after working 'in-the^silver mines for a while find, that theircondition is little better than it wasin'their native land. Then they startfor the States.. At first they wouldboldly attempt to cross; into this coun-try,.and we would "meet them at; theline 'and drive them back into Mexico.Now they are shrewder in their tac-tics. There are not'a great many Jap-anese in the southwest,^and^it ,is nothard to detect the men who/ comethrough. But there is an organizedgang of Japanese contractors aidingthe newcomers. The ;:Japanese ; .aremore intelligent than the Chinese everdared to Up, and are harder to copewith. They are dangerous to handle,too, as they use the art of /jiujitsuin fighting their captors. 1

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Gang of Contractors -HelpsSubjects of Mikado to

Cross Border

WISER THARCHINESE

United2States Marshal ofTexas Tells of Tactics;

of Brown Men

SMUGGLED JAPANESE USEJIUJITSU ON OFFICERS.

EVOLVE DREAM TO RUNMACDOUGALD FOR MAYOR

CHINA WILL SEND NEWMINISTER TO AMERICA

GRAND JURORS ATTENDPOKER PLAYERS' TRIAL

CONTINUE THE CASES

Police Courts Are CrowdedWith<Gamblers and

> Tlieir/Friends

Ten Discharged Because of~ . Lack ;of;Sufficient >;'

The, police court rooms were crowdedyesterday morning with,gamblers andmen; who frequent the .tenderloin dis-trict.-'•;The "cases of the poker playersarrested by

'Captain ?Mooney and his

men for playing poker' in- a ; publicplaco were* on the calendars' for trial.

J6hn?Eoiber,- who -'was arrested atthe Northern clubM7l2.O

;Farrell street,

appeared -for;'trial.1 Among the ;inter\ested',7- spectators^ were .Grand" JurorsOliver.' Rothenbefg," Block/.BurnettandYoung/;^/Attorney >Greeley,: on behalfof the'defendaht. asked leave -to:with-draw.the.plea^of not 1 guilty,as he de-sired, a.trial/by jury, but the -judgerefused.- During "

the progress of thetrial Greeley 'entered many "objections,and at- one tirno -the judge threatened-.to send him to Jail.> . '.Policemen Mitchell and Cornelius de T

scribed-the game v that was being

played in; the room while they weretheresfor a few minutes.^' and; Mitchellsaid that, after; the raid he saw playershanding 'chips to; a man behind thecounter, and getting, money .in .returnfor-them.;' Frank Wolfert, ,one of ;themen arrested, .appeared to testify forthe prosecution, -but he proved an un-willing?witness, declaring that he wasreading i'a.i newspaper all' the time hewas intheToom.

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\u25a0This closed the case for the prosecu-tion and Greeley > moved for a dismissalwhich -the" judge :denied. ,Greeley (thenasked Ifor a continuance, which- wasgranted."." *\

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In\JudgftShortaU's court 10 men ar-rested in Tod McDonald's

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resort at 2008Sutter, street were- discharged on theground ,- that there* was 'not sufficientevidence; to convict. In. the cases- ofnine men- arrested in the .Solano clubat 1815 Post street, run by John Peters,three failed to appear,' and the judgedeclared their bail forfeited -and or-dered'bench -warrants issued for theirarrest. •/'\u25a0'. _ \u25a0-.. \u25a0'

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"Attorney .Whelan x for the other, six

demanded a trial by jury. The Judgeordered them into Custody and 'raisedtheir bail from $10 each to $50, butlater rescinded the order as, he said,they,had a legal right to demand a trialby Jury. The cases were continued. ','..

Ten men arrested at Franchini-s. 133S

Eddy street, failed to appear. Theirbail was declared forfeited and bencAwarrants ordered issued for their ar-rest. • "-v \u25a0

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HUJfGRT MAX STEALS FOOD

John E. Madigan entered the houseof.W. P. Kingin McAllister street earlyyesterday mornins: and was caught by]Policeman .P. J. "Mangan. Whensearched,' six doutrhnuts." three hardboiled eggs and a tin of sardines werefound in his pockets, which he had |taken fronr the Jvins residence. Madi- jBan said hhre

r was hunsrry "and enteredthe house to get something- to eat. Healso said lie always carried a prayerbook with him, which was found -in.his pocket. He was charged with bur-glary. ?';.• ——— ;

Removed from Emporium to 1250 Put- iter St.. near Van Ness aye.. Townsenrt's jCal. Glace Fruits "and Candies. Weship everywhere. . . ' •

SHASTA POWER LINE TOCROSS V/ALKER'S LAND

Jury Ignores Defendant's'Contention

That Condemnation Was Soughtfor a Privats Use

In the case o" the Shasta power com-pany against Thomas B. Walker Inth« United States circuit court yester-day the jury returned a verdict infavor of the plaintiff and fixed thovalue of that part of the defendant'sland sought to be condemned at $742.

The suit was brought to condemn ari^ht of way for a pipe lino throughthe lands >f tho defendant. Walkersought to th'.vart the condemnationon the plea that the proposed pipo linowas for a private, not a public use, andthat the remainder of his land would,be damaged to the extent of $2,130.

WAJTTS CITY TO BUT PAHK—The MlsrtonPromotion association yesterday petitioned tb»saperrfsors to acquire the block h<mn<i-)d byTwenty-ninth. Thirtieth. Castro anrt Xoe itrfft*for a public park under 'a l»>oi| iwip. Tl»e pe-titlou Mtat-s tn«t th«>r* are at present oiuy s<>acres of parls area «outh of Twentieth atre^tand the Nee valley aatl Fairmount districts aregreatly in nee<l of a puMic pleaanre crouml.

Dcs Planches Denies Juniorand Talksof Visiting

3"^California -r

\u25a0FPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL-

WASHINGTON. April 24.—

BaronMajor dcs .Plancnes, the. Italian em-liassador,'Vaid today that the currentMimprF as to his oft heralded resigna-tion- were absolutely without founda-tion. PPS9raßß^

Speaking of h!s intended trip through

the.'western states. Baron Mayor saidthat it was his Intention to visit Cali-fornia some time next month., .Having

received an invitation from the SanFrancisco chamber of commerce, hisoriginal plan was to visit that city onthe 18th instant, the anniversary of thegreat fire, but his visit had been post-poned on-accoynt qf kthe opening of theJamestown exposition: w

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"IfIhad: gone th«.re sooner,"' theembassador. stated. "Iwould not havehad a good opportunity to1visit tomeof the California colonies."

The Baron Ibcj able to goto San 'Francisco before the 15th or36th of next.month

—Returning by easy

stages an'd""«topplhg"ln "several of*

thelarger cities he will go to New York,

and thence sail to Italy,,where- he willsummer. __ ~

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THE SAN JTIAXCrSCO "CALL,.-.' THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1907.

Foresters DecorateMrs. E. E. Murphy

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unusual honor ha« been1 conferred upon

'Mm.*;E. E.

Murphy, wife of Hl*h ChiefRanger I. P. Murphy,';.of theHleh Court of ;Foresters of Call-

fornln. by.the supreme body of theorder, in voting' to her the' ipoldgrand crow of merit In recogni-

tion of her services to the orderIn this rtty during the period of,nine -weeks follow Inp.- the 'fire.

She is the first of her sex toTchom thin decoration has beenvoted and It confers upon her. therank of .past high ;chief , ranger..

As noon as the crosx reaches thincity it ivlllbp_ presented to her, ata public meeting.

Colonial Bath«, 1745 O'Farrell Street25c

—Best tub baths in citr—2sc. •.

... The company contends- that the as-sessment is illegal, because it owns nofranchise In San Francisco nor in Cal-ifornia, under the interpretation giventhe word in the constitution. Itsays,too. that the assessment was madewithout any rule or principle of valua-tion and the assessor did not take intoconsideration the fact that the com-pany had more than 4.000 offices in thestates and- territories, including Cali-fornia, and paid tax-s on its propertyat all of those offices.

Wells, Fargo & Co. Sajrs City Col-lected on. Assessment Which '-

Was Illegally Made_,Wella.-Fargo &Co sued the city andcounty yesterday for the return ofJS99 in taxes paid under protest forthe fiscal year ending June 30 next.The tax was assessed on a JsoK>oo;val-uatlon "agafnst the* company's fran-chise-as a. common carrier.

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A wholesome cream ,of tartarbaking powder. Makes the finest,lightest, best flavored bisciiits hot-breads, cake and pastry*

Royal Baking Powder is freefrom alum and phosphatic acids

ROYAL BAKINQ POWDER CO., NEW YORK,

PH. PIKRCE'S .' REIIEDIKS

Do You Want to KnowWhat You Swallow?

There is a growing sentiment in thiscountry infavor ofmedicines or kk'owkcoMTOBmox. Itis but natural that oneshould have some Interest in the compo-sition of that which he or she is expectedto swallow, whether itbe food, drink ormedicine.

Recognizing this growing dispositionon the part of th« public, and satisfiedthat the fullest publicity can only add tothe well-earned reputation of his medi-cines. Dr.R. V.*Pierce, of Buffalo, N. V.,has "taken time by the forelock," as itwere, and is;publishing broadcast a list!of all the ingredients entering into hisleading medicines, the "Golden MedicalDiscovery "

the popular liver invigorator, istomach tonic, blood •purifier ana -heart iregulator; also of his "Favorite Prescrip- !tion

"for weak, . over

-worked, 'broken-" I

down, nervous and invalid;women. :This bold and out-spoken movement on

»he part of Dr. Pierce, has, by showingexactly what his well-known medicines.-.re composed of, completely disarmed allharping critic*who have heretofore nn-iustJy attacked them. Alittle pamphlethas been;compiled, from the -standardmedical authorities of •all the severalschools of practice, showing the strongestendorsement* by leading medical writersof the several ingredients which enter intoDr. Piercefg medicines. A copy o( \u25a0 thislittle book is mailed frer, to anyone de-siring to learn more concerning the valu-able, native; medicinal plants whichenterinto th« composition of Dr. Pierces med-icines. Address Dr.*Pierce as above. 1.;Dr.'Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are tiny.*u*r-ar-coatea -

antl-blllous .crranoles." They ;rer-

ulat« and iarjforato*Stomach, Lirer 5 and

Bowels. Do not beret the "pillhabit";butcur* constipation. One or twoeach day fora laxatire and recnlator, three or four for anactive cathartic. Once tried always Inta-ror.

J^ri^itllOf^NfAWAY.In/copies' oif*P*ffM¥¥,Tha Peofc»l«*s Co«mon BenaeMedical Adriser. a book that sold to ths ex-tent :of\u25a0 600,000 »~ copies •aifew .^^j^^Tears aro, at f1.60 per copy. S^^so^Last year wef."rave: away SaiSSCO.OOO worthof these inralua-We books. This year we shijl ftffi.rlre ivtr 150.000 worth of *^3V urn"ithem. Willyon share Inthis t«» B«*ibenefit ? » If,«o. send;only;Sii \J> \u25a0*Srone-cent stamp*. tocorercoct' '""- ;- y

of matllnr only for book In ',' *: \u25a0>\u25a0ttff paper corers, or 31 staaips '\u25a0£&;for cloth-bound, v Address Dr,> '.%H| t^LdIU. V.Pierce. Buffalo;K.Y. - {^w^Ty

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\u25a0 .we inaugurate a special sale of trimmed hats that in point ofI J: - MJS^^W^l ';:V value-giving is far ahead of anything offered this sea

\u25a0 'i^^^^^m^' i^^^^f* Beautiful dress, hatsand street hats-twenty styles-four of which

I^K^B^^KM^^^^^^^ we illustrate today, are offered at six dollars and twenty-fivecents. There's little need to tell you the regular value. You

* r'^jg *p j£*"^^^" can easily see that they are not cheap hats and that they should

I,|"^ W^M frrin2 a deal more money than this special price. But be

K^^^C^Ww'- tHat aS k may' they're here for your choosin 2 from now until

J f^CTH|te<'" y/N'V. Among the pretty mbdels are the popular "Columbia," the® 1^ most sought after "Liberty," the "LillianRussell." TheseareP beautifully trimmed, as the illustration shows, and have that1 aS^ an^ sty^e tone usually only found in the most expensive

$1-50 Waists Gauze Maeo HosieryJ !ttW -

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iMerrimen's famous Maco stockings— r^7?'sV".I Beautiful lingerie ..waists" of*,sheer lawn, the greatest 50c value in America at A: SlffSK .

0 tastefully trimmed with embroidery, -thirty-five cents. Merchants know that /? v\

1 W&l'Z* ?I!SK Valenciennesjnsertions and lace edged these stockings cost just thirty-five / • - —^A

I* Wh :- *C'fflßJa \u25a0 collar and cufts. -Further embeUished cents to land inSan Francisco, and pm- /—

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iucks< Re Sular $Ls

°dent shoppers will wonder, why we I : ¥p- "-1

i®^«P^P ,'waists-todayc:only ;\u25a0 ofeer them at this price.; It?s done* with I\ J |§| ,;:f\W«^^ IS >' c illustrate one of four beautiful ••;'• but one object— an incentive to popu- I JMTt ;sr<-/* •'•\u25a0^^Bfe^ ' ' st3 rles. There, are but twenty-five dozen larize our hosiery department. \ <;^|4'* /

I SKffl^^^Kfc^ day's selling,; so we advise you to come / thin gauze and medium weight. \ >/I I ®li!||^pli^ ; i1i11vtiiemorning or early inthe afternoon ; '

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