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i 7 QENERAL NEWS MitcclUneou and CUseUierl Adrertiaententa rnr mftiwixm dwnidt SECOND SECTION PACES 7 TO 14 roUNDBP 1805 SAN FRANCISCO OAL MONDAY SEPTKMIIKIt 18 1010 VOL CX NO OS BEGS POLICE TO ARREST SPOUSE Aged Mrs Nellie Follette Wants Husband Held on Abandonment Charge LACKS MONEY NEEDED Authorities Demand 60 Expenses Before Having Man in A Held Mr Nellie Follette an aged woman residing at lot Post atreet apart nnt IT begged the police yeaterday to arreat her husband A Follette a retired railroad man believed to be In LOs Angeles on a charge of aban donment A warrant wu Issued at her Instance for his arrest January lis was arrested In Los Angelea at tbat time It Is said but was later released upon promise to provide This she says he has failed to do rand asks that he be rearrested and held until she can reach Los Angelea As the warrant reaulres that he be brought back to this city when he Is arrested and at the expense of the complainant Mrs Follette Is powerless to act as she Is destitute Mrs Follette avers that her hus band deserted her a year ago for an other woman for whom she says he built a home at Whlttler near Los Anceles Both Mr and Mrs Follette nave been married before according to Mrs Follette She saya that her daughter by a farmer marriage Miss Frances Leslie Follette aged it has been almost her sole support since de ertlon but that even ahe la now without work My husband Intends to leave the State either today or tomorrow Mrs Follette told the police 1 naven i the money to bring him back but two railroads have offered me free trans portatlon Los Angeles It you will only hold him until I get there The police told Mrs Follette that they could not hold her husband In Los Angeles but could bring him back If she would pay MO expenses Fall of Span of Quebec Bridge Shown in Striking Photograph pX8ffim gWMjg BBJWBtwJss lw 1 WHMsssBssstsjJsVr XI ff 1zJms1 ssMM ijtx bj THE accompanying remarkable photograph ws snapped just at tba attended with elaborate ceremonies The big ttecl frame 140 feet lone Instant that the great center spin of the new bridge across the Md vHrhlna 6000 tone wu towed into place and waa being raised from pontoons when there was the orash of breaking steel and the scan with wrence Ter resuiung in tne los or th nlney or mor men who on It punged nto the TlTr Wch twelve lives The St Lawrence river was filled with boats at the time of about 200 feet deep at the spot where the accident occurred Tots waa the the accdent and hundreds lined the hills beside the river as the raising seconi sttempt to bridge the river the collapse of the first bridge In 1907 of tho great span Into place marked the completion of the bridge and was hiving taken a toll of sixty lives BR OE OF 10 DAYS 5 ST LL MISSING loElderly Groom Waiting With Open Arms for Return of Wife Frederick Gardam aged 87 pub Usher of a weekly newspaper In Ho nolulu continues to mourn his miss fiig bride aged 34 who went shopping Saturday afternoon with SJ50 of bis money and has not yet returned They had been married two days when she disappeared haven slept for forty eignt hours aald the groom last night I know she will come hack It may take years but she will come back 1 fell asleep In the batntuo about 4 clock Sat irda afternoon at the Hotel Dale says nardam who Is now at the Turpln when I woke up somebody had let the water out of the tub and my bride waa gone Oardam and his prospects bride llaMIs Jeanette Em Korb were pas ssengers logeiner anoarn Birmiii shin Sonoma wl irh left Honolulu September I for San Francisco Before the steamer docked Oardam had pro Hposed and had been accepted They were married last Thursday rollce Judge Morris Oppenhelm There will posllUely be no dl Irorce says Oardam There will re sly a patient waiting with open arms for my dear dear wire to re turn an Rafael Filling jl Up With Portuguese Convention of Begins 1 Thu Morning AN RAIAEL September 17 Por tuguese lodge women from through sat California are nooning i ere to dar for the opening days sesslopjFof the Qrand Lodge of ET rblcn will convene tomorrow morn fl The first assemblage of the week a convention will be tomorrow morn ling At 10 clock tne aeiegatee lied by the Portuguese band of Mill gVallav will march from the meeting hall to St Raphael Church where high mass will he ceieoratea in tne ievenlng a reception to the grand off leers and delegates will be held In Hall Rafael Summary Vengeance Takes Man to Jail In Wilsnn RreaVs Windows of Women He Accuiei of Robbery Ula ITaIah RrAan ant Uill fttP Caret Wilson respectively 17 and IS 1jl va In Iha ntv Prluin nn ye wm a charge of having stolen 4M from Jtnit Wilson eaturcay avening aom women live at tne uoroi iy Apart in the police that after a abort visit wltn fnam inissea nis mwi ie sought rsvenga by breaking all the wlnnowa an the vround floor the apartment house and as a consequence is in Jan on a cnargeoi maUlous mischief McEVOT HAT ENTEH RACE FOR BOARD IN BAIT MATEO nfnwrknn riTT aitinibr IT MM 4wVeBVTa awesssw vmar mm av a conildtrlof oppolng 8uprvlor John UI asna ava If IC lfallattt bV at SB ww wi Uri nJrttr th primrU but th Uw will prmtt UetSvoy to run as wrll rsnaiosii ot cld4 to run th prlmttrUa a fw tfs alantlAn Klif Tevlf tadrsBW kr 0 found It wu too UU to hiW hl nawo op ipo TociVW CMAHITY BAIL as1 1 mAim nlsf HA4lalV oohUod will vU 1U annual rtoor III ball TUtaF fnin nvTtwwi tV a aaawt aaaaiaslaa tttaa ha Thai ft A Bio I aa sassBrsmelllll I ft COIHAMM 2ut oar of Uo aocUtf CONGRESS HEARING SET FPLSEAHLE United States Inspectors to Begin Hearing Today Into Fire in Steamship Specie Match to The Ceronlele SEATTLE Wash September 17 Officers members of the crew and passengers on the steamer Congress which caught fire off Cooa bay Thurs day afternoon will be questioned by Captain Harry Lord United Stites Inspector of Boilers and Captain Blon Whitney United Statea Inspector of Hulls at a hearing on the cause of the fire which begins at 10 clock tomorrow morning In the Federal building In the event the facts show that no one was guilty of negligence or violation of regula tlona the hearing will be final Cap tain Lord aald today although court proceedings might be instituted by Individuals The hearing will be prl vate CONGRESS IN HARBOR HER PUMPS RUNNING MARSIIFIELD Or September 17 The hull of the steamer Congress which was burned oft this port last Thursday waa towed Into the harbor here today and anchored to await temporary repairs preparatory to taking her to Seattle under her own power Steam was kept In the vessel boilers today and her pumps were kept going She showed a slight list The Cpngress grounded soon after entering the bay but was floated at high tide Her upper decka have been entirely burned away and her in terlor gutted but the hull and en glnea are In fair condition PORT COLLECTOR FROM NEW YORK BAGS BULL MOOSE Dudley Field Malone Arrives in Sajo Francisco Following Vacation in Wyoming Big Game Field I a good enough Democrat to be glad I waa able to take a bull moose Into camp That is the may Dudley Field Ma lone Collector of the Port of New York who arrhed In San Francleoo yesterday feels about bagging the biggest bull moose of the season In Womlng He indignantly denied the insinuation thst he pussyfooted his way Into range of the animal This Is the first vacation Malone has had In five ears He left Man hattan five weeks ago and for three weeks has been big gan hunting In Wyoming fifty miles from Cody The bull moose he shot said Ma lone weighed 1100 pounds and Ita horns I ad a spread xt fifty four Inches Two big elk also were bagged by the Collector Malone is stopping at the St I ran cts Hotel and will remain In the city several daya before returning to New York Motorman Settles Fight on His Car Lays Ont Combatants With His Controller Bar A motorman on a Ream street car settled a little dispute between two passengers with a controller bar early yesterday and when the dls putants came to they found them aelves In the Harbor Kmergency Uos pltal with lacerated acalp wounds The passengers were Frank Talte laborer of SIS Elisabeth street and Olaf Akerson laborer of 141 Uuhoce avenue As the car neared Bush street the two entered Into a heated argument which led to blows The motorman was called upon to act as mediator He ilMled this office by laying out the combatants with his controller bar The do not remember what car It was or what motorman Wireless Telephone Is Installed in Butte Co Special PletisUh tu The Clirnnlele OROVILLB September 17 Butte county now boasts of a commercial wireless telephone Installed by the Great Western Power Company be tween Ita power houses and various substations The system will not replace the regular telephone service but will be used in case the wires are blown down by storm or connections can not be made for other Reasons lialetead received the first message yesterday from the Las Plumaa power house and after that music and messages wer distributed liberally around the circuit Auto Driver Collides With Safety Station An automobile driven by William Kreeer of 1S Turk street and occupied by three others besides him self crashed Into a safety station on Market street near Jones early yes tsrday morning Vraser escaped Injury Ills com panlons Waldorf Perry an usher re siding at iit Bush atreet Qeorge Alios a musician of Ol Second avenue and Edward Bally a musician of SSt Ninth avenue wer considerably bruised Followtag treatment at the Central Emergency Hospital they war taken to tbelr homes in CBNTRAL rOHBRI SINK 11 SHIPS BE II UN September IT via wireless to Bayvllle During August saya an official Admiralty statement Issued today lit hostile merchant ships were destroyed by the central powers and IhlrtyDv neutral merchant ships carrying contraband cf war to ene mm McMAB WILL MCCTUHH Footsteps of trnplre will be the subject til a lecture by Jean I Nab at a meeting of the Beresa Bo isty la Calvary Church Fillmore and Jackaoa strtsta tonlgaV POLICE ALL WAVE STRIKEJVERTED Master Shipwrights Offer a Compromise Wage of 450 and Waive Concessions Indicating Somebody Higher Up When Asked About Raid on Frank Daroux Siler as fsr as Saturday a gam bllng raids In which 232 were ar rested reigned over the Hall of Jua tlce yesterda It was the calm after the storm of escltement that aroae when Police lief Whites flying squadron swooped down upon an al leged gambling joint in which I rank Daroux politician of the Tenderloin A threatened atrlke of the four unions affiliated with the Pacific Coast Maritime Builders waa averted yes terda when the members met in the Building Trades Temple and voted to accept a compromise wage scale of 14 50 a day on all new work The unions affected are the Ship wrlghts Ship Calkers Ship Carpen ters and Joiners and Boat Builders representing about 100 men The wage controversy had been go Ins on with their employers members of the Master Shipwrights Assocla tlon for about a year and a half The demand of the unions waa SS a day on new work The regular wage scale waa 4 a day on new work and SB a day on old work The men contended that they should get aa much for new work as they dl 1 for the old which usually consists of re pairing Last Monday night a committee composed of Oeorge fisnfacon Qeorge Olbson Charles Jsntsen William Munfrey and A Sexton repre sentatlves of each union met with the Master Shipwrights Association to see if an agreement could be reached The Master Shipwrights As aoclatlon offered the compromise wage of 14 50 on new work but asked a number of concessions in regard to apprentl es Later It removed these concessions which resulted In the action taken at yesterday afternoon a meeting Boycott Favored for Dogs With Crop Ears ONCE IN A WHILE A LETTER SHOULD NOTBETORNUP Bnde to Be Puts Herself to All Sorts of Inconvenience by DestroyingDestroying an Important Missive From Him Local A Starts Campaign to Suppress Practice Far cropping of dogs to suit the whins of breeders of certain breeds district is said to be Interested The par currrnt of Our An raid took place late Saturday even lm mcii nubllontlon of the Ran Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cf lelty to Animals Tie society aaS It haa obtained atatementa from a number of dog fai clern who are opposed to ear cropping and will attempt to Influ ence the American Kennel Club to bar all dogs with cut ears A boycott on all shows In which with cut ears are ahown Is one She was a little nervous when she entered the St Francis Hotel and added Miss Donston Annapo Us to the scrawls on the register There was a blush on her cheeks when a little later she asked when tiie steamer Samoa would arrive from Honolulu lor It developed she was expecting him to arrive on the boat And then they were to be married The search for the desired Informa tlon was immediately on mployes of the St Francis scanned steamship folders snd phoned to various companies of the ilty But Uiere waa no steamer Samoa Then the cables hummed with sev eral messages to Honolulu for She had torn up the letter from him that told the name of the steamer he would arrive on and she could not remembr the name nor the date of arrival The next day she left the hotel and It Is still a matter of spec ulatlon how the little drama ended AIDA STARS PAY VISIT TO Director and Singers Take Part in Pilgrimage to San Juan Bautista MUCH INTEREST SHOWN Proceeds of Ewing Field Performance to Perpetuate Revered Mementoes General Coxe to Have Military Burial oo oo oo oa oo Death Closes Distinguished Career Tbla place la the Berkeley Hotel at 342 Sutter atreet The po lice arrested 177 men at the resort At the Ienox Hotel US Taylor atreet the squadron garnered fifty five more alleged gamblers The very mention of the name Pa roux about the corrldora of the Hall of Justice yesterday wi sufficient to strike awe Into the hearts and coun tenances of policemen The higher In of th methods considered by ths ranK mey siooa tne more vague were rlety through which the practice their memories None of them knew ba abolished anytnmg sdoui anyming mat iney had the faintest suspicion would lead up to the subject of the raid Fvery body waved an Index finger akyward Indicating that there was somebody higher up At the City Prison ths sergeanta ahowed traces of their evenings la bor In booking SS prisoners The bond and warrant clerk kept a watchful eye on a bag containing nearly 15000 which represented the ball to which ths arrested men owed their freedom The entire group will be given a hearing In court thla morning 9 1 We Agitators Refuse to Move On All Refuse to Aecept Bail When Taken to City Prison Refusing to break up thslr meeting and move on when commanded by the police nine I agiutore were arreated esterdsy morning by Fo llcemen Orsen Thomas Con nell and Jamea Connor at the cor ner of Qreen street and Columbus avenue While each wts plentifully pro vldsd with money all refused to ball themaelves out or permit their friends to do so Among the nine captured was Louis Parsnts whom the police say Is the rloaJeader or the crowd The others wer Louis Dlbarl Ml chael Chendrool Michael Domblno John Chlara Jossph Clrlo Joseph 8gal Ali Bolt and Jacob Tori AutoLst Arrested For Reckless Driving A 7 Warmonth Held for Hours is Baa Kateo Jail RKDWOOO CITY September IT A Warmouth lilt Howard atreet Kan Francisco was arrested by Tram OQcer Draws today on a charge of reckles driving aad passed iw ral hours la th Baa Mat County Jalt It I charged that Warmouth ran lata several car cut th butt Highway today whfl tram was heaviest and anally crashsd Into a poet by rodU Br fitlmoot City Hall Is to Be Path of Gold Feature First Official Housewarnunt of Building Set for October 5 The tint official housewarmlng at the new ty Hall will take place on the evening of October the sec ond dsy of the Path of Oold fes tlval preceding the great fireworks display and the masque ball In the exposition auditorium Both City Hall and auditorium will be brilliantly 1 ghted Thornwall Mullally who has su pervlsed the Ball of All Nations and othsr similar succeeses Is In charge of the arrangements for the bait A feature of the evening will be PArcy Kyan a brilliant pageant the Parade of the Light of Ages Elks Consume Large Quantity of Oysters Fifty Thousand Not Enoujh for Gatherint at Coyote Point BAN MATEO September IT Tb flan Mateo Loda of Elks want on Ita annual oyster bust today and aldd and abetted by visiting brothers from Uan rrenclsco and other bay pelnta broke all local 8tate and world re ords for oyster consumption Klfty thousand bivalves bad bn provided for tb festivities but th supply ran out and there war cries for mora As thsr wer about 1000 la attendance the average consumption must hay been more than two dosen per Elk Tba animal oyster bust take plac at Coyt Point i PREsiDbrr or china mail LINE ENTERTAINS EMPLOYES Look Tin Kll presldsnt of th China Mall Bteamshlp Company was bosvt more then Ofty of bis employee ye terdsy la an outing at th Big Treea Prldsst Ell chartered a private ob aervetlon car tor th trip Lunch and a good time wer enjoyed during th afteraoon hTa party returned la Baa Crancls lata fait night a u4 By WALTER ANTHONY It was more like a pilgrimage than a picnic or a party when Alda visited Ban Juan Bautista yesterday There was Stage Director Spelts for Instance lie Is engaged Iq producing Alda at Kwlng Field He produced Alda when It was given Its open air performance th the pyramids of Fgypt aa his sal ent scenic fea turea silhouetted against the backdrop of the Egyptian sky From the oldest of lands to tho newest he haa come from the land of the Shepherd Kings to the land of gold He was shown the best we can do in the way of antiquity the home of Castro the old barracka and the mission with Its relics of more than a century ago Th party was arranged through the enterprise of Mrs Jamea Mils Tucker who represents the enthusl sstlc league of those pstriotic women who seek to restore thn mission at in Juan and to preserve Its ancient ementoes of the cradle of California Part of the funds which will be raised at the huge performance of Alda on Saturday night September 30 will be devoted to thle work of preservation and Mra Tucker and her coworkers conceived it a good plan to take aa many of the artlats as have already arr ved and who will appear In the erdl masterpiece to see the ancient mission sense Its his tor and breathe the atmosphere of gentle San Juan The famous Russian tenor Leone Ztnovleff was one of the Interested sts Neither Mme Destlnn nor Julia Claussen 1 ave yet arrived but Pierce Joslsh Zuro who will direct the production and Arturo fepeltatwere present aa were alao the Count and Countess de Balasar rep resenting the ancient Interests of Spain and most Interested spectators in the souvenirs of a picturesque pe riod that Is past FRIEND MISTKEN FOR BURGLAR IS BADLY WOUNDED Joseph Robert Laborer Is Shot by John Sherry Whom the Police Are Holding for Investigation Mistaking his friend for a burglar John Sherr laborer of 1487 McKIn non avenue ahot and seriously inded Jo eph Robert laborer of 16J Oakdale avenue yesterday morn ins It seems that Robert went to Sherry home about 1 clock and knocked at the door Whos there asked Sherry It received no response Again I re peated the question without answer Then he sent a revolver ahot through the panel of the front door It took effect In Robert a chest bherry is held by the police for investigation Roberta Injury ia not believed to be fatal aSSBHatM SSSSSSSL iSSSaa53sTsSSSS bbVHsKS IsIsSbB srTsWilSR bkJjbV9 aBSaWav SSSSSSKaaVisESsVssisSBB llalSSDcKfrSWfwaK NjasaweHCsxaaKLfwsLClSSl GENERAL COZE ELK IN PARK ZOO DEFIES BARRIERS IN LOVE AFFAIRS Reno Splendid Antlered Monarch Clears Eleven Foot Fence to Rejoin Favorite Doe in the Divided Paddock Debt to Grocer Is Paid After Years DIESATAGE0F91 George Washington Dennis for Many Years Messenger at Ferry Passes Away Oeorge Washington Dennis familiar figure about the rerry building for a generation messenger for tl Board of Harbor Commissioners for the past twenty two years and the oldest col ored plonser of California died at his home 1507 Bush strset Saturday nigl Had helived six months longer la would have reached his ninety second birthday Dennis Is survived by two daugh ters Mra Benston and Mrs Downs and five sons William Andrew Alexander Julian and Joseph Dennis Dennis was born a slave In Ala bama He waa brought to Han Iran Cisco June SO 1149 as a chatel by I a coterie of gamblers who opened a Solano Treasurer Is 10 Richer Through Man Honesty VALLFJO September 17 County Treasurer Qeorge Wenlger of Solano county has had his faith In human nature renewed and incidentally ia SI0 richer as a result of ths honest of a former patron of his grotery One day last week a man gave Vtenl ger 110 saying It was for an old debt contracted when Wenlger kept the grocery He said at that time he was very hard up but alnce hia affaire had Improved and he waa now making good money Wenlger waa surprise I having forgotten that the debt ex tsted Hughes Starts Today On His Second Trip He Will Speak in Illinois Indiana Ohio and Wisconsin MCW TORK September 17 Cbarle Hughes came to New York tonight from Brldgekampton prepare lory to lealng early tomorrow for the second trip of his campaign II will deliver the first speech at Peoria III Tuesday morning Ilugats will be gone two weeks The Journey will I take him through Illinois Indlsna Ohio and Wisconsin Mra Hughes will accompany him The party will opened gambling I all In a tent on the site now occupied by th Hall of Justice Dennis aaved enough from his earn inrs to buy hla own and his mothers liberty Dennis son Oeorge Dennis now dead was a delegate to the Demo rratlc convention tbat nominated James II Budd for Governor Aa a reward Governor Budd appointed Dennla messenger for the Board of Harbor Commlaelonere a Job he re tained for twenty two yeara He worked until a week ago when ill health forced him to quit Th funeral aervlces will be held tomorrow afternoon at ottock 700 Vessels Added To American Fleets Now 3135 Ships of 2194470 Gross Tonnafe WASHINGTON September 17 More than 700 vessels have been added to the fleets fllng the American flag In foreign trade In the two years ending June 0 ISIS The IM partment of Commerce announced that In June ll thero were S40S such veaaels of I 7 1S gross tonnage and two years later there were Silt ships of 1S4 470 gross tonnage Nearly half the tonnaae 1 S74 S7S In SS vessel sails from New Tork city travel by special train Love will find a way This sounds like tie title of the thrilling movie action of some golden haired heroine and her handsome lover However it might also be ap piled to a romance of the Oolden Oate Park animal kingdom and In thla case It Is Last vteek keepers at the Park too decided to separate the big elk herd and aa a consequence built an eleven foot fence the length of the paddock liana and Reno the big bucks were each allotted a section of the now dl vlded paddock and with them wer placed an equal number of the doea Now Reno called th handsomest specimen of his kind In captivity had long been making eyes at a pretty llttle brunette In the big paddock who In turn delighted to bask In his smiles and reign In the envy of all of her other alsters who were not so fortunate When the division of the paddock waa made however unsympathetic keepera failed to place Renos little sweetheart In hla section True he had his choice of aa fine a little bunch of doea as ever graced a mountain side but he was not satisfied Angrily he butted his head against tha big fence which aeparated him and hie lady love but without avail Her coolngs on th other side only urged him to greater effort Although auch a feat had never been heard of before as being accom pllshed by one of his type Reno Sat urday night decided to Jump over the barrier and Jump he did clearing the eleven feet with the exception of a rear foot which brought a part of the fence with It Such an Injury bothered him not for was ha not again with his favorite and waa ah not glad to ar him and fawn over him only as one of her kind can do Keepers got the surprise of their lives yesterda morning to And Reno proudly strutting about in the other pen Hans alwas a quiet sort of a fellow and likewise having a certain amount of respect for the sis and atrength of his former co ruler was showing no disposition to molest the latter The reason for the return waa easily seen and when the fence Is repaired a certain little beauty will be aent along with her handsome lover In order to keep peace In th family ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED BY THE IRISH VOLUNTEERS Company A Irish olunteers of San ranclsco celebrated Its twenty fourth annlveraary yeaterday at bhell Mound Park A large crowd enjoyed military tournament athletic game and a aham battle The committee In charge comprised Lieutenant liar nedy Corporal Kelly Corporal 1 McArdl OConnelU William laul A OConnor Kelleber Drilan llurton and Sergeant 0Sul llvan Retired Regular Officer Entered Army in 1863 and Won Way to Star Insignia BRIGADIER CENTRAL rrsnk Morrell Cose IT a A retired who died Friday morning st Mount Zlon Hospital following an operation for appendicitis will be burled this afternoon with military honors In the National cemetery at the Presidio Previous to th burial ceremonies which will be under th auspices of th Loyal Legion and th A of both of which organisations he waa a member funeral ear vlcee will be held at 1 oclock at Oray chapel Dlvleadero and Oeary streets General A Woodruff A retired will deliver a eulogy of 1 th deed soldier at th chapel ser vlcee Oeneral Cose had a long and honorable military career beginning as a Second Lieutenant In th Eighty seventh 8 Volunteers In ISIS Hs was one of four brothers who fought on the Union side In th Civil War He reached a captain rank and was brevetted Major and Lieutenant ColonelColonel in ISIS for meritorious services during the war 11 LAST CIVIL WAR BATTLE After the war he continued In tb Army transferring to th pay department In rSTS In which branch of the service he contlned until his retirement Ip 1S04 Hla service was constant and varied both during tb Civil War and afterward an Incident being that he took part In th final engagement of the war near Whit Ranch Tex After the cloee of the great struggle he waa on construction duty In varloua part of the Mouth for i the next ten yeara having refused an offer from Baker Pasha of high rank In the Egyptian forcea Oeneral Cox took the position that he would rather hold a Junior commission In the United States Army than exalted rank in another countrys establishment He was with Oeneral Miles In th Oeronlmo campaign and Oeneral Leonard Wood a first experience In military life In Arlsona waa when he arrived a civilian medical officer and Oeneral then Major Coxe drove the newcomer some miles to camp Gent eral Wood a military career really datea from tha day that Major Cox met him with th ambulance COMMEXDED BT McKINLttT At the time of the Spanish American War Lieutenant Colonel Cox waa chief paymaster of the Western Department and remained on th Coast when Oeneral Shaffer was ordered to Cuba Hla handling of affairs In connection with the transfer of troops to and from tha Philippines earned him the commendation of the War Department and President McKlnley It was due to his efforts that returning troops were sent to Angel Islsnd and through him with the co operation of President Murphy of th First National Bank that final payment were promptly made to th oldlers thus keeping many of them out of the clutches of loan sharks Another commentary on hla administration la the fact that many of tha green volunteer paymaatera who received their training under his supervision In 1SSS and list afterward received commissions In the regular establishment and are highly efficient officers In fact Colonel Coxe handling of th entire pay problem both In San Francisco and the Philippines was such that he received wires both from the Secretary of War and the President commending him and promising him later consideration Thla came when he waa afterward offered the poet of paymaster general of th Army He declined It however a owing to th Illness of Mrs Coxa he did not want to lire In Waahlngtea and requested retirement aa a Brlga dler General which waa granted hint June 1S04 Oeneral Coxe I survived by a sen Charles and two daughters Mlaa Mabel Coxe and Mra EIlsvM Enetslnger POLITICAL ADVKSTIIKHKNT CARTERS ITTLE IVER PILLS Bamdk the Blues aai ralsrrs Coxutifattom lr LsrasusuJ Liver wilk Carters XattL LiW P3U BEESBBSBESBESGt 19 MORE DAYS in which TO REGISTER Tsj raa rsbtrr at aaj af la faUawIar nUeasi KIIZOLARAUI RKAL SCSTATB orriCte Celaaabaa snaae aad allele WVLSKA a rllARMACV Elclw teeaih aad Caetr I reel ST FRANCIS Oeary aad wU streets FALAtSS IIUTKU Market atreet TUB KMrHIHIlM Market atreet UPPStlll TmslfetresI aad Miss tv a OWL UsUO COSSrANl Oearr aad Flllaaasev rstsBsioio mauksbt tbu avenue and Clesaeal ROMISVa MaHKKT SMI Halght atreet rsiAOKSta Jeae sad Market atreela san rstANciiro civic ckju TKR S3 rt rt Also at thm city ualu Open 9 A to 5 TONIGHTS THE NIGHT Get YOUR Costume ready for that Fancy Dress ICE CARNIVAL SOrYEMUS CITE Greatest Amusement Novelty Ever Presented in San Francisco Portola Louvre Cafe Powell and Market PALACE HOTEL SAN FRANCISCO SJaTera Meat Reaaeiaabt Taa Seeeal reseiusi rASUMOIT VHOatst NAMaCKMKNT PALACE HOTEL COMPANY 5 1 Hotel St Francis McnV Luncheon Sanrtd to Grill Cents Diaciaa Eftr Kftatay Est taasat la It Kaat Ukseua Ora4 DROPSY an uXa JChi am eeel wsim hi Irm eeesx kkMw Mr srpei fmnm i kUl ve ietkx fcai ew tW Tmimi 4 Iss Beaea 6 pe at ideaii.