9 research outputs found
Periprostatic lidocaine infiltration versus transrectal lidocaine gel for local anaesthesia in transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy
No full textManagement of pain plays an important role during prostate biopsy. Various types of management of pain plays an important role during prostate biopsy. Various types of anaesthetic methods have been used. The present study aimed to compare the efficacy and complication rate between periprostatic lidocaine infiltration and transrectal lidocaine gel in transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy. All prostate biopsy patients were included except those with lidocaine, allergy, haemorrhagic diathesis, anticoagulation therapy, the inability to rate a visual analogue scale and inability to obtain consent. They were randomized into two groups. Group 1 received 20ml 2% transrectal lidocaine gel. Group 2 received 5ml 1% lidocaine infiltration for each periprostatic nerve block with 23-gauge spinal needle. After three minutes, prostate biopsy was performed with an 18 gauge 7-inch spring-loaded biopsy gun. Six biopsies were taken for each lobe. Pain during probe insertion, biopsy and immediately after the procedure was assessed using the Visual Analogue Scale. Any complication immediately after procedure, one day or after one week, was recorded. Mean pain score was lower after periprostatic lidocaine infiltration compared to transrectal lidocaine gel (3.1 + 1.9 versus 4.9 + 2.4, p = 0.027). There was no statistically significant difference in the complication rate. Transrectal ultrasound prostate biopsy using periprostatic lidocaine infiltration provides better anaesthesia as compared to the transrectal lidocaine gel application with no significant difference in complication. Thus, the use of periprostatic lidocaine infiltration in TRUS guided prostate biopsy is recommended
Nephrectomy for a case of intrarenal dermoid cyst: was it an appropriate decision?
No full textDermoid cyst in a kidney is rarely seen. We report a case of intrarenal dermoid cyst which mimics malignant renal tumour and discuss the dilemma in managing this disease
Extra-gonadal germ cell tumour – what about the testis!
No full textExtra-gonadal germ cell tumours (EGGCT) are rare. Therefore further investigations of the testis is aimed at sourcing a possible primary origin of gonadal tumour. Over the years, various case series on EGGCT have been reported questioning its true nature as in a majority of them, a primary source is found in the testis, thus representing a metastatic gonadal tumour. The testis pathology could be either a true germ cell foci, an intra-tubular epithelial neoplasia or an area of fibrosis, indicating a „burnt out tumour‟. We report a 39-year-old male who underwent laparotomy and excision of a retroperitoneal tumour. Histopathological examination revealed retroperitoneal lymph node of mixed germ cell tumour origin. Clinical and ultrasound examination of bilateral testis was normal. The patient refused orchidectomy or a testicular biopsy. He underwent four cycles of bleomycin, cisplatin, and etoposide with no evidence of tumour recurrence on follow up and remains disease free after 12 months of diagnosis. A literature review of EGGCT, its relation and factors relating with future testicular tumour is presented
Long-term outcome of patients treated with antithyroid drugs, radioactive iodine or surgery for persistent or relapsed Graves' disease
No full textBackground: The aim of this study was to compare long-term mortality, morbidity, and cumulative healthcare costs between antithyroid drugs, radioactive iodine, and surgical treatment for patients with persistent or relapsed Graves' disease.
Methods: Data on patients with persistent or relapsed Graves' disease between 2006 and 2018 were retrieved from the Hong Kong Hospital Authority. Hazard ratios (HRs) estimated by Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to compare the risks of all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, atrial fibrillation, psychological disease, Graves' ophthalmopathy, and cancer across treatment groups. The 10-year healthcare cost and change in co-morbidity status were also estimated.
Results: Over a median follow-up of 79 months (22 636 person-years), a total of 3443 patients (antithyroid drug 2294, radioactive iodine 755, surgery 394) were analysed. Compared with antithyroid drug treatment, surgery was associated with significantly lower risks of all-cause mortality (HR 0.40, 95 per cent c.i. 0.36 to 0.45), cardiovascular disease (HR 0.54, 0.48 to 0.60), atrial fibrillation (HR 0.11, 0.09 to 0.14), psychological disease (HR 0.85, 0.79 to 0.92), Graves' ophthalmopathy (HR 0.09, 0.08 to 0.10), and cancer (HR 0.56, 0.50 to 0.63). Patients who underwent surgery also had a lower risk of all outcome events than those in the radioactive iodine group. The 10-year direct cumulative healthcare cost was €14 754 for surgery compared with €17 390 for antithyroid drugs, and €17 918 for the radioactive iodine group.
Conclusion: Patients who underwent surgery for persistent or relapsed Graves' disease had lower risks of all-cause mortality and analysed morbidities. The 10-year cumulative healthcare cost in the surgery group was lowest among the three treatment alternatives.
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Measurement invariance of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy—Colorectal quality-of-life instrument among modes of administration
No full textObjectives: To test for the measurement invariance of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Colorectal (FACT-C) in patients with colorectal neoplasms between two modes of administration (self- and interviewer administrations). It is important to establish the measurement invariance of the FACT-C across different modes of administration to ascertain whether it is valid to pool FACT-C data collected by different modes or to assess each group separately. Methods: A cross-sectional sample of 391 Chinese patients with colorectal neoplasms was recruited from specialist outpatient clinics between September 2009 and July 2010. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to test the original five-factor model of the FACT-C on data collected by self- and interviewer administrations in single-group analysis. Multiple-group CFA was then used to compare the factor structure between the two modes of administration using chi-square tests and other goodness-of-fit statistics. Results: The hypothesized five-factor model of FACT-C demonstrated good fit in each group. Configural invariance and metric invariance were fully supported in multiple-group CFA. Some item intercepts and their corresponding error variances were not identical between administration groups, suggesting evidence of partial strict factorial invariance. Conclusions: Our results confirmed that the five-factor structure of FACT-C was invariant in Chinese patients using both self- and interviewer administrations. It is appropriate to pool or compare data in the emotional well-being and colorectal cancer subscale scores collected by both administrations. Measurement invariance in three items, one from each of the other subscales, may be contaminated by response bias between modes of administration. © 2012 The Author(s)
E2VoIP2: Energy efficient voice over IP privacy
No full textDue to the convergence of telecommunication technologies and pervasive computing, voice is increasingly being transmitted over IP networks, in what is commonly known as Voice over IP (VoIP). Despite many advantages offered by this technology, VoIP applications inherit many challenging characteristics from the underlying IP network related to quality of service and security concerns. Traditional ways to secure data over IP networks have negative effects on real-time applications and on power consumption, which is scarce in power-constrained handheld devices. In this work, a new codec-independent Energy Efficient Voice over IP Privacy (E2VoIP2) algorithm is devised to limit the overhead of the encryption process, without compromising the end-to-end confidentiality of the conversation. The design takes advantage of VoIP stream characteristics to encrypt selected packets using a secure algorithm, while relaxing the encryption procedure in-between these packets. We evaluated experimentally the difficulty of conducting known plaintext attacks on VoIP by demonstrating that a sound recorded simultaneously by different sources results in apparently random encoded files. Regarding E2VoIP 2, experimental and simulation results show a substantial improvement in terms of the number of CPU cycles which results in a reduction of latency and a reduction in consumed power with respect to that of the SRTP. In addition, the proposed method is flexible in terms of the balance between security and power consumption. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Alexander AL, 2009, P95; Alton Everest F, 2001, P59; Barbieri BR, 2002; Baugher M, 2004, RFC, P3711; BJohnson Alan, 2006, Understanding voice over IP security; Brownridge Glen, 2006, Nortel Technical Journal, P3; Butcher D, 2007, IEEE T SYST MAN CY C, V37, P1152, DOI 10.1109-TSMCC.2007.905853; CHEETHAM A H, 1969, Journal of Paleontology, V43, P1130; Cherry Steven, 2008, IEEE Spectrum; Dantu R, 2009, COMPUT SECUR, V28, P743, DOI 10.1016-j.cose.2009.05.003; DElbayoumy Ashraf, 2007, International Journal of Network Security Sept., V5, P128; Ding L, 2003; Ehlert S, 2010, COMPUT SECUR, V29, P225, DOI 10.1016-j.cose.2009.09.004; Euijin Choo, 2007; Gibson JD, 2004, V2, P792, DOI 10.1109-MILCOM.2004.1494903; Gupta P, 2007, 20th IEEE Computer Security Foundations Symposium (CSFS20), Proceedings, P49, DOI 10.1109-CSF.2007.31; Han Jung Kyu, 2008; Herre J, 1999, P27; Jiang W, 2002, Comparison and optimization of packet loss repair methods on VoIP perceived quality under bursty loss; Juan L, 2007, IEEE INT C MULT EXP, P1778; Karapantazis S, 2009, COMPUT NETW, V53, P2050, DOI 10.1016-j.comnet.2009.03.010; Khan L, 2008, IAENG International Journal of Computer Science, P35; Levy H, 2006, IEEE ACM T NETWORKIN, V14; Mota Passito, 2005, IEEE Networks, P1; Palmieri F, 2009, COMPUT SECUR, V28, P433, DOI 10.1016-j.cose.2009.01.004; Park P., 2008, VOICE IP SECURITY; Patrick CKH, 2006, P2361; Prahithsangaree P, 2003; RAVI S, 2002, P 15 INT S SYST SYNT; Servetti A, 2002, V1, pI; Servetti A, 2002, IEEE T SPEECH AUDI P, V10, P637, DOI 10.1109-TSA.2002.804300; Servetti A, 2003, P668; STanenbaum Andrew, 2003, Computer networks; Swaminathan K, 1996; Talevski A, 2007, P2108; Wu CP, 2000, P SOC PHOTO-OPT INS, V4209, P284; Wu CP, 2005, IEEE T MULTIMEDIA, V7, P828, DOI 10.1109-TMM.2005.854469; Wu Min, 2002, P292; Yang YH, 2007, I C WIREL COMM NETW, P2923, DOI 10.1109-WICOM.2007.726; Zeng W, 2004; Zibull M, 20050
Methods of prediction and prevention of pre-eclampsia: Systematic reviews of accuracy and effectiveness literature with economic modelling
No full text© Queen's Printer and Controller of HMSO 2008. This monograph may be freely reproduced for the purposes of private research and study and may be included in professional journals provided
that suitable acknowledgement is made and the reproduction is not associated with any form of advertising.Objectives: To investigate the accuracy of predictive tests for pre-eclampsia and the effectiveness of preventative interventions for pre-eclampsia. Also to assess the cost-effectiveness of strategies (test-intervention combinations) to predict and prevent pre-eclampsia. Data sources: Major electronic databases were searched to January 2005 at least. Review methods: Systematic reviews were carried out for test accuracy and effectiveness. Quality assessment was carried out using standard tools. For test accuracy, meta-analyses used a bivariate approach. Effectiveness reviews were conducted under the auspices of the Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group and used standard Cochrane review methods. The economic evaluation was from an NHS perspective and used a decision tree model. Results: For the 27 tests reviewed, the quality of included studies was generally poor. Some tests appeared to have high specificity, but at the expense of compromised sensitivity. Tests that reached specificities above 90% were body mass index > 34, α-foetoprotein and uterine artery Doppler (bilateral notching). The only Doppler test with a sensitivity of over 60% was resistance index and combinations of indices. A few tests not commonly found in routine practice, such as kallikreinuria and SDS-PAGE proteinuria, seemed to offer the promise of high sensitivity, without compromising specificity, but these would require further investigation. For the 16 effectiveness reviews, the quality of included studies was variable. The largest review was of antiplatelet agents, primarily low-dose aspirin, and included 51 trials (36,500 women). This was the only review where the intervention was shown to prevent both preeclampsia and its consequences for the baby. Calcium supplementation also reduced the risk of preeclampsia, but with some uncertainty about the impact on outcomes for the baby. The only other intervention associated with a reduction in RR of pre-eclampsia was rest at home, with or without a nutritional supplement, for women with normal blood pressure. However, this review included just two small trials and its results should be interpreted with caution. The cost of most of the tests was modest, ranging from £5 for blood tests such as serum uric acid to approximately £20 for Doppler tests. Similarly, the cost of most interventions was also modest. In contrast, the best estimate of additional average cost associated with an average case of pre-eclampsia was high at approximately £9000. The results of the modelling revealed that prior testing with the test accuracy sensitivities and specificities identified appeared to offer little as a way of improving cost-effectiveness. Based on the evidence reviewed, none of the tests appeared sufficiently accurate to be clinically useful and the results of the model favoured no-test/treat-all strategies. Rest at home without any initial testing appeared to be the most cost-effective 'test-treatment' combination. Calcium supplementation to all women, without any initial testing, appeared to be the second most cost-effective. The economic model provided little support that any form of Doppler test has sufficiently high sensitivity and specificity to be cost-effective for the early identification of pre-eclampsia. It also suggested that the pattern of cost-effectiveness was no different in high-risk mothers than the low-risk mothers considered in the base case. Conclusions: The tests evaluated are not sufficiently accurate, in our opinion, to suggest their routine use in clinical practice. Calcium and antiplatelet agents, primarily low-dose aspirin, were the interventions shown to prevent pre-eclampsia. The most cost-effective approach to reducing pre-eclampsia is likely to be the provision of an effective, affordable and safe intervention applied to all mothers without prior testing to assess levels of risk. It is probably premature to suggest the implementation of a treat-all intervention strategy at present, however the feasibility and acceptability of this to women could be explored. Rigorous evaluation is needed of tests with modest cost whose initial assessments suggest that they may have high levels of both sensitivity and specificity. Similarly, there is a need for high-quality, adequately powered randomised controlled trials to investigate whether interventions such as advice to rest are indeed effective in reducing pre-eclampsia. In future, an economic model should be developed that considers not just pre-eclampsia, but other related outcomes, particularly those relevant to the infant such as perinatal death, preterm birth and small for gestational age. Such a modelling project should make provision for primary data collection on the safety of interventions and their associated costs.National Institute for Health Researc
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PALO ALTO. CALIFORNIaAwONDAY. APRIL 16. 1906
NO. 89
F CIVIL WAR
E WITH AXES
Two OR. Soldiers Employed in Chopping Wood Engage
Fierce Encounter.
in
William Voss and Joseph -Johnson, Inmates of
Yountvllle Home Have Quarrel Ending In
Death of Latter From Blow.
NAPA. April IS— William Vosk
an aged member of the Veteran'*
home at Yountvllle. killed Joseph
Johnnon. another veteran, this morning at Cooper Place on the Dry Creek
road near Napa.
Voss and Johnson have been work
in« for a few days for. A. Chlrardi an
wood choppers. A quarrel arose be-,
.. i i.*-i An.8mg, a Chinese serving two year*
tween the two men and both picked ^ ^ q^^ for graa(1 ,trceny> „,„,.
•rands charged is the murder by poisoning of Albert N. McVlcar In n
lodging bouse In tbla city on the
54th of starch, following which the
body was forced Into a trunk which
the woman had taken to the station
but neglected to check.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
ip axes and engaged In a fight.
tor a fierce struggle Voss struck his
k opponent on the head with his axe
^snd Johnson fell. Ho died from the
"effects of the blow a short time afterward.
. Constable Naramore of Yonntville
, placed Voss undor arrfit and Sheriff
Dunlap and Coroner Kyser of Napa
lniM- gone up to the scene of the kill'
lng.
Coroner Kyser will hold on Inquest
today at Yountvllle and Vo» will be
brought to Napa this evening and
placed in the county Jail. There was
' u witness to the fight between the
Lgrf*©--veterans which resulted In Joh
I son's death.
I
|TROOPS <JKT ORDKKft
TO AIUIEST LYNCHERS.
>vernor Pulk Will Make Rigid investigation of Springfield Ootrage
JEFFERSON CITY; Mo.. April 16
—At noon Governor Folk Issued instructions to Adjutant General De-
Armond to direct Oeneral H. C. Clark
In command of the state troops now
In Springfield", to arrest the leaders
of the mob of Saturday night, put
them In Jail and surround the Jail
with troops for protection. The Governor stated that the militia will be
kept at Springfield until quiet and
order are restored.
MAXIM GORKY AND
COMPANION VANISH
Hstlnjcufeli'-d Rtt"ian Officer IHsap-
pcars ami It Is Believed that He
Is In Chicago.
NEW YORK, April 16-—Maxim
Jorky *nd his woman companion
re not to be found by newspaper
ten in this city. Their baggage, it
as ascertained, was shipped to Chi-
ISO on a Sunday train and there
'ss some reason to believe that they
dad gone on the same train with the
jaggagw. together with Nikolay Pis-
i-hoff, Gorky's adopted son.
I EMMA !,!■: DOUX
PLKADS NOT GUILTY
r Alleged - Murdercs
i Li i in- Itinm ■•■<•■'■
~nier ItuMmtwI.
of Stockton
of Killing For-
STOCKTON. April 16.—Mrs. Em-
^u Le Doux. charge**, with tha mur-
■ of A. N. ,McVlcar, was brought
|to court this morning to plead, sh*
wn arraigned several days
|fter the announcement thai
■rail had been associated as
far the defense, Mrs. Le
T* ordered to stand up. She
^nd In a clear voice pleaded
, hesitating only for an lig^vl
milted suicide in his cell Saturday by
strangling himself with k stout place ol
rope.
Three persons were killed and sis-
teen Injured, eight or them sorloosly,
in a panic which followed a cry of nre
In Si. i.udmllla's Church, Chicago, Sun
day.
The North Oorman Gazette's* Berlin
dlscuB«H, with warm appreciation
President Roosevelt's utterances u> th*
German vetorans last Thursday.
King Victor Emanuel of Italy suvs
decoraied Professor Matteuccl; dlrectr
o(the royal observatory on Mount Vt
tnvtos, with the rank of commander <-'
the Order of (he Crows,
W. W. CsJdf ell, chairman of tbe K.
publican County Orntral CommiUoe, ol
Clowd'county, Kas.. broke In the dooi
of a saloon at Conocrdla. Kas., last
night and smsaood^rhe bar, beer pomps
and bottled goods to plecus- He *e i
the saloon n complete wreek.
Three sealers of the schooner Zlllart
May have been brought to Victoria and
placed In jail for resisting tbe provincial police of Clayoqnot. The arrest
followed iin attack by sealers on the
Tillage Jail at Clayoqnot, where oae *>t
their number bad been arrested for be
log drunk.
Percy a vttlsge of 200 people la in
dlana. was the scene of a gold star*
ptde last week. In three days Ove
mining companies were formed and
options taken on hundreds of acres o:
tsjsd for mining purposes. The excite
mwit began when a drill which was being sunk In a gravel bed brought u[
particles of sbinlng metal that were at
once proaoaoced to be gold by a local
Jewetsr. It was afterward* dlsoovervd
that tho metal was brass, and so the
hops* of many a Pcrcyite was thu*
pat to a sudden end.
U.S.AID FOR BANKST;
Fear Typhoons May Wreck Dock.
Washington, April 16.—The Navy
Department official* are now fearful
that tbe dry dock Dewey will encounter typhoons before reaching Ofong-
apo. The Dewey was hostleu away
from .Chesapeake bay without complete prcperatloa In order to h sure
tor arrival In the Philippines be'ore
the typhoon season.
Long delays en route have brought
the dock to tbe time when typhoons
may occur in the Indian ocean, ir in?
paaaago through the Sue* canal Is
made as expected. Extraordlnat y
authority has therefore boon given
to Commander Hosloy, In charge of
the Dewey, to meet tbe dreaded emergencies.
MARTLXKLLI FINDS
CATERPILLAR HEMF.DY. |
8HAW ADVANCES GOLD FOR USS
PENDING ARRIVAL OF SHIPMENTS from'eurcpe.
i\t.. . . „, April lfl.—Aunounc. .ii.-.:i
that Secretary -Treasurer Shaw bat
permitted the Natknal City Bask tt
draw gold Irani the United State*
Treasury Department, pending th*
arrival there of gold engaged by tbii
bank for Import from l-ondoo wai
made Saturday. Tbe bank was a!-
lowed the use of th'ti Government gold
npon depositing bonds sufficient t-
cover the amount of tbe Import. Goia
engaged by the National City Hank ten
importation from London amounts u
over |l«,(MHl,tMI0.
Tbe gold advanced by the Treasar)
Department Is to b« returned by lh«
bank Imraed ately upon receipt of tiu
European gold. Secretary Shaw
speaking of the ground for this action
which is a new move on tbe part
of the Treasury Department, made
the following statement la tbls city:
•The price of exchange having
reached 11 point whore gold ought te
have been Imported and-believing the
reason why It was not engaged to bf
the loss on Its use during transit, tb*
Sub-Treasury at Now Ycrk was an
thorlxed 01? Thursday afternoon to ac
cept bonds avsllable as security ol
Barings banks and to increase __
deposit of any national bank destrtsa
to Import gold to any amount not
exceeding |5,iMj(l """ to any one.bank
the same to be returned Immediately
upon the arrival of the gold. On
Friday the limit wai removed author,
txlng the acceptance of security and
to Increase the deposit to atry amounl
when assured that the money would
be Immediately used in thu engage
ment of gold for shipment to the
United-Stales. Twelve million dollars
have been thus distributed."
Secretary Shaw called attention to
tbe ract that In this way the banks
will be .able to Import gold without
losing it* use during shipment. For-
aserly the baaks were permitted tn
count u Their reserve gold in transit-
Thls rul« has been changed and the
sew rale Is cow adopted of advancing
the money on proper securities, to be
returned Immediately upon the arrival
of the gold.
An engagement of lG,ooo.<WO in Lon
don for Importation to tbe United
States was announced by tho Nations!
City Back.
ilAN WITH
THE MUCK RAKE
PRESIDENT'S \1HH;I -■> IK THK
MA»\ FKATritF, OF THK CKH*
FMONY,
tnaucuration of (he Mnuitltlrent New
Build I tm for the Mesnben of the
Hi.ut.,
JAPS TO BUY OCEANIC MISERY FOLLOWS
AWFUL ERUPTION
Washington, April 16.—Tlie laying cl
the oornerrtonc of the cfflce biilldlnj
ol the House of Representatives wire
sr.temn Masonic ceremonies Saturday
afternoon wus made notable oy thu
•resence of the President of the Unit J
States and many of his CablneL bj
the Supreme Court, by the representatives of foreign governn.c3t, by the
Senate and House of Representative:*
and a large proportion of Washington»
population.
Upon the arrival of taw grand lodge
of MasonB of the I)lstrTc\of Columbia,
with Walter A. Brown, grand master.
at£h*tr bead, tbe ceremony of laying
thftcornerstone began. A hermetic-
■UjSssIwI coppor box containing an
Hisja* copper box- with glass top war
then placet! In possltlcn so that thf
luse would completely envelop n
The box contained numerous srtlrlctt
books, p'ctures, autographs, etc. a;
the slone wjis toweicd on Its foundation the marine band played the in
termexzo from Cavstlcrta Rustlcsn::
! The corn, wine and ell were then 'ti
turn poured upon tbe stone by thf
grand master according 1o anc
custom, white ait octette of mai«
voices ehanted..
The Speaker, walvc-l his band to
silence the audience, said: "L':tizea-
It is my privilege at this time to Introduce to you oneHwho n<- la r.<i inn- -
duct ion, The:>dore Itoosovclt, Presi-
dent of the Ualted Stater.".
The Pre«'.dent was In splendid voice,
and throughout the nddress hearty
sn long contlaied anptaase grcetei
his words. He said In psrt:
*'ln 'PllgTlm's Progress' ths mse
with the muck rake Is set forth ss th,
oxsmple of him whose vision Is fixed
:'pon carnal *nitcsd of upon sp'rltnal
things. Vet he also typified the man
who In this life consistently refuses
to see aught thst Is lofty and fixes hi*
eyes with solemn Intentness on Unit
which' Is vile and debssm«> Now, it Is
very necessitr}1 thai wc should not
flinch from seeing what Is vile and de.
hasinr. There Is filth on the floor,
and It must he *eraped up with tin-
OCEANIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY
WILL PA88 INTO HANDS OF
BROWN MEN.
San Francisco, April !«,—That U»
Oceanic Steamship Company will
go out of business, that tbe last steam,
ships flying the American flag In the
southern hemisphere will be sold to
Japan If Congress defeats the subsidy
bill, was corroborated- Saturday if
Frederick S. Samuels, manager of th:
foreign shipping department fcr John
D. Spreckeh*. When Eugene F. Loud
made this declaration Friday at Waste
Ington bcrore the House Committee on
Mercbsnt Maries ho announced the exact Intentions of thu Sprockels. It »
the contcntloB of tbe company that It
is Impossible to opcrntc between this
port and Australls without tho government Increase the subsidy to the
corporation to 1500.000.
It Is freely admitted by those ropre.
sentlng the steamship people that the
loss of the trade between the United
States, and Australls will be a great
blow to transcontinental railroads.
This trade, amounting to |3d,t>0O,0O0
a yoar, n.usl be carried on by way ol
Canada providing tbe pay received
from tbe present figures of (28.1,000 an"
oualty. The cost of operating. It Is
urged by Mnnnger Samuels, Is too
compete with the conditions, arising in tbe OrtSjBt, Tbe wage scale for
labor, tho price or coal Tor operating
and the great stretch of ocean with
but one stopping pin re, are advanced
as some of the many reasons com pen
mg the retirement of the Oceanic
Steamship Ctm.pany. It Is claimed the
company has been operating at a loss
for years, and as.a proof of thb they
dlrecl attention to the vsluj of tbe
stock of tbe corporation. Tbe directors have decided to stcl) out and tho
only way to continue a 'rank line from
America in the southern seas, operated
by Americans, will be the passage of
the measure by the House of Rcprnsen
tativos.
liFt'tJVKKV OF ItKAIt FROM DK-
11RIS fiOKH ON, Willi.C THOU- ;
SAXIM ARK HOMKLEKH.
KntOXobed In Huln* for tilx Day* Imt
Found Alive—Salvage Work
Amur:: Tv.fsted Mmjum**.
Naples, April it'..—The somewhat
threatoolng condition of Mount Vosn
Tins Saturday night having subside* ,
with the ejection of enormous cloudl
Of sand sod asbes, the elements havi
begun u> settle slowly, again onvelop
tag tbe mountain In a thick base sac
cutting oO the view from Naples, only
Utt outline of the base being visible.
Professor Matteuccl, director of thf
Royal Observatory on tbe mountain,
last night issued the following bulletin:
"My Instruments sre now most
calm. Tho emission of sand oontlnuet
In abundant quantities, and I 11 wail
serenely a sstlsfacory termination oi :
the eruption."
Tho sudden renewal of alarm Sat j
urdsy nlgbt gave way yesterday to the
celebration of Easter with unusual j
fervor. The festival Is always plo '
tureaque In Naples, but yesterday II j
was doubly so. Cardinal 1'risco, Arch' '
bishop of Naples, celebrated an slab- I
orate thanksgiving mass In tbe cf>|
thedral, while along the strceu|
crowds prostrated thomselves befon
sacred Images.
Tbo gravity or the
now shitted to Otlojansl
Giuseppe, where the recosT
dead from the debris flDful
tbe misery of tbousas4a of 1
refugees.
Drops a Gun snd Is Killed.
Redding. April IS.—William J. Weed
of Modesto was accident ly killed at
I o'clock yesterday afternoon while
driving up the Reld ferry hill, two
miles from Redding. His shotgun
dropped from tbe high seat or his
four-horse wagon, struck the dashboard, broke the hammer and discharged the weapon, the load of buckshot tearing a hole under his arm pit
and knocking him to the ground.
Mrs. R. D. Lyons, driving horn? to
Buckeye, found him helpless and
bleeding to death. He had barely
strength enough left to explain ho*
the accident had occurred. He died
sltfain ten minutes after Mrs. Lyon
had round blm. -
Leap From Blazing Automobile.
Berkeley. April 16.—With their automobile spouUng flame from a broken
engine and threatening every tcoment
to envelop them. In the burning gasoline, Mrs. Paul Need ham and Miss
Olive MorrlBb yesterday afternoon
lamped Trom the tonneuu to the pavement on Center street, while tbe ma-
muck rake, and there are times and j chlnv urali- :•■<'■ the crowds of students
plsce where the services are tho gathered to witness the sight,
most needed of all rue services thst i The car. which was driven by a.
can be performed. But the man who' White, turned Iota Cental street and
never dors .anything else, who never | was running slowly when the engine
thinks or speaks or writes, save of his broke and the gasoline was fired from
feats with the muck rake, speedily bo- the pilot Are. The flames burst from
comes, cot. a help to society, not sn the front of the machine and were
Incitement to good, but one of the mos1 blown hack over the tonneau, envelop.
potent forces for evil.
"There are in the boiy politic, economic and social, many and grave evils,
and there is urgent necessity for the
Tell Plan To dslie Santo Domingo.
Nc* T01K." April lfi.—"Had the cat-
partsnee succeeded, the United Stater
Government would httve secured a Dssj
minims coaling station in return '.at
\ Oie assistance rendered. That was ths
| programme, so far as It waa unfold-*,'
j to me. and I do not think I was mis:
f fcifcrOMtd. Had the expodltan succeed
! ed. ths United Ststes'wontd have obtained a foothold In Santo Domingo In
stead of Porto Rico—and the price paid
for it would have been millions of dollars."
This was a statement made yester
day by Mrs. May Hnnbury Fischer as
she sst In the studio of her sculptor
husband, R"land Hlnton Perry, and
told how sn.0 backed the Morales-Jim'
Inez flllbusierlng expedition to SaaCD
Domingo a\id nearly entangled the*
United StaieV In seriout^compllcatiossl
with a friendly republic. ../
log the two women ,c Ore. The chaur
reur succeeded In escaping unbarmod.
epsjJCfl for T
April 16.—A
Must Psy Fines.
Santa Rosa, April 16.—The Suporlor
Court Saturday affirmed the decision
Of tho lower court In tbe ease of Will.
lam Huasler et al., charged with violating the asU-gambllng law. This
means that tho dofendant, a Petalum*
business man, will nave to pay Justice
Latimer ol Windsor bcrore whom the
case was tried for operating slot machines. Several others arrested at the
same lime are atfoctcd by Saturday's
decision, as they agreed to make it a
test case.
sternest war upon them. There should
be reloutlcss exposure of snd attacks upon every evil man, whether
politician «r business man; every evil
practice, whether in politics, in bust-
ness or In social llfo
"It Is Important to th's people to
grapple with the problems eonnected
with the amassing of enormn'is for
tunc*, and the use or thote fortunes.
both coritorato and Individuals. In hus<-
ness. Wo should discriminate tu the
sharpest way between rortunes well-
won and fortunes ilt.wnii; between
those gained as an incident to pen-
forming great services to the community a* a whole, and those gained
In evil fnshion by keeping Juki wlthja-
the limits of mere law honesty. Of
coarse, no amount of charity In spend*'
Experiment* With Kerosene and Water Show Hon Pent Mjiy lie Ksully
KII led.
S. Martlnetll, who has been cxper'
Imenting In an eflort to'find some
remedy for common vegetation pests,
has made a discovery which he claims
means certain doath to the common
tree caterpillar. His preparation
consists of kerosene and water, one
part'oil and fifteen parts water. Several successful experiments have boon
nuido by blm, and In order to prove
that his remedy would do the work,
he carried on tho test In tho presence
of witnesses. He took an ordinary
h'jnd spray pump and sprayed s smalt
■Ma*\l.l.l\ll..*ia.lilM
Rev. J. J. Smith Taken to Prison.
San Jose, April 16.—A deputy sheriff left for San Quentln Saturday
with Rev. J. J. Smith, who will servo
a term of ono year ror fraud In connection with the sale or mining stock.
Senators to Attack Rate Bill.
Washington. April 16.—The Bmoot
ease Is to be made the basis of a grand
Senatorial filibuster attack against the
rate bill. Such U a story now afloat
la Senatorial circles.
Vslencla Commission Report.
Washington, April 16.—The report
of the Federal Commission sppointed
to Investigate tbe wreek of the steam.
Sbjii V^ii:^--- -- - - ■
Andy Carnegie is swakened every'
momlng by tho dulcet notes of an organ. If Andy were property loyal to
old Bcotla 'twould b* a bagpipe.
bcgnnlng In the direction o* ssassm
effort to settle some of Utave eeooo-
mlc problems by railway rale lsglssi
tlon.
"The :',:• 1 requisite In th^pubUc servants who are to deaJ in this shape
with coropra1' n*. v.-hclBs* as lec'.sls
lonnor easoativta,- Is Jinnesty, This
honesty pan be no reswefor of per.;
sons. Tuere can be ro inch thin? n?
unilateral honesty. The danger s nui
really from corrupt corporal fcns: it •
sp'rtoita fton, tlm corpora! ■■ :x itself,
whether exercised Tor or ega'nst cor '
pom t ions.
"Tho men rf wealth of te li-y nr- :
rnt the rewisttOD andj
r business In the Inter- j
Ic by the prar>*- Covers-'
ss, will not eur.caed. In j
becking the progrosv'
Jr.lted Ststts Prep«stTfer Troubsfc,
San Francisco,"'April 16.—A naval
6ase haa been selected by tbe government on the coast of China where the
United States fleet will atoooAUe In
Usa, event of a demciiBt ration against
tb CfahoM- on account <A an outbreak
or trodbli- ns/he j»'u'V of the boycott.
Tho news l bin the IJnJ'ed States has
been carry I ni; >n extensive pressors-
ftons for war wlihiChln* was brought
by offiren. who arrived on the irnns-
por; Sheridou last ««««,' ai^i at Uw
vessel was at N«ga*ski eoaditions had
reached «uch art acute stag/, that the
offlcers of the Twentieth Infantry ex.!
peeled to be seat to Bh.inghsi wtui
thulr reejtoents instead'of oomi'Ittinr
the voyage.
lng such fortunes In any way con>
pensstes for misconduct tn nuking trying to
thorn." control of
"As a matter of personal convfo Sft of the
tion, and wlthctit pretending to djs. nsent anthoi t■-■■■
euss the details or formulate Oie trys- WF JudgJncnt. in t
tem. I feel that we should ultimawir rt the sjovrntenr.
have to consider the adoption or seme The building iiedlciiled Saturdny w.i;
such scheme a* that ot a pncro^alt* ha class lc>;, .!r,ifa. It suggtsU In it»
tax on all fortunes beyond a certain general diH;;i r ■: part:; the Hard*
amount, cither given In life or* de- Heurd*. on HhKI'h'v >'.<■ !a Concorde
velsed or bequeathed upon death to ; Parisl shllo the p*.
and Individual—11 tux ko frame^ as on/thtfle of the C: >:i • de louvre
to put It out of the powr of the -aretttt'-cturally !>■> front Is divided Int
owner of one of these enormous for/**0 P»rts. the loi.-t-r co-.eipanrjkin '"
tunes to hand on more than s ctf- ** "rst alary < 1 the buil-lin«. eonsl
Uln amount of any one indlrfdw; toting * 'rusticated' banc on which,
the tax, of course, to be Imposed h/the egtendtng through the second a:d
National and not the State govern <hlrd stnr'e*. Is the oJoa-fle, soi
men't. Such taxation should, of ooaras' toOWW'd by Its cntnbtature and
be aimed merely at tho inhofUaB** « balusi.'t
transmission, in their entires* of those. Bon;<- ldei of its size is given by
3trike of tailors Jn the South Feared.
l/3t Ancstse; April 10 - shipping la.
tercsts of Sarr^sdro and other Southern California ports profess to be
alarmed over the prospects ofS,
by the Sailor*' Union of
California, on Xprtl 20th. The
cause of tho" ej(peciJiI trouble Is ths
declaring by the Sailors' Union of
Santa Karbara. Port Los Angelns.Re*
dondo and Newport Beach to be "out,
side ports": that U, ports without
harbor protection, and tbe union sailors remand an extra J", a month when
shipping aboard vessels entering those
ports.
I'm Red Shirt Gordon,
San Francisco, April 1G.—''Haa
Shirt" Gordon, who beaded and organised the desperate murderous out
break of convicts from Polsom prison
la July, 1903. bold op a street ear conductor on the San Mateo ftne on Saturday night, at the point of a ptatoi. and
robbed him of some «» h>_
