The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 16, 1899, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1899, .DECEMBER 16, 1809 SATURDAY. D. SF RECKELS, Proprietor. _n] HN iress A PUBLICATION OFFICE. . .Market and Third, §. F. Telephone Matn 186S. EDITORIAL ROOMS. . <217 te 221 Telephone Main 1874, Stevenson St. Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Single Coples, 5 Cents. Terms by Mall, Including Postage: DAILY CALL (including Sunday), one year Per Week. DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 6 months .00 DAILY CALL (inclading $ 1.60 DAILY CALL—By Single Month.... - 63c SUADAY CALL One Year JEKLY CALL All postmaste Sample coples will be forwarded when requested OAKLAND OFFIC vesess D08 Broadway C. ORGE KROGNESS, Manager Forelgn Advertising, Marguette Build- ing, Chicago. NEW YORK CORR CARLTON. c c Square NEW. YORK RE PERRY LUKENS JR » Tribune Bullding AGO NEWS STANDS: we; P. 0. News Co.; Great North- Hotel; Fremont House; Auditoriom Hotel. NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; A. Brentano, 81 Union Square; Murray Hill Hotel. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFIC J. F. EN .Wellington Hotel Correspondent. BRANCH O 1CES—527 Montgomery street, cor- 300 Hayes MeAllister 6156 Larkin ck. 1941 Mission ck. 2261 Market rner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. ncla street, open until 9 o'clock. b street, open until 9 o'clock. Twenty-second and Kentuocky 19 o'clock. o'clock. Vaudeville every afternoon and n and Ellls streets pecialties. and Coney Island N £ Bay, Market street, near 3 Ass San Mateo County—Races. AUCTION SALES. December 16, at 11 o'clock, HE cor 1 of Thomas A. Kelly, former k of the Police Co who was indicted 1 g w bond upon which a v escaped from the City t of mile post on the broad nd corruption. 1as been a Police authorities have tem- years. Grand juries andals having straw police have protested he acceptance of such have occasionally n es the evil; but the case Police Court and the political to divide the proceeds of the more serious inter- ewspaper exposure. rvisors has been in- have been warned slice Court clerks persons ad. t of accepting straw bonds. But in b heeded. Year quiring wealth corruptly. that Kelly should be punished, was notorious and flagrant, but his late to be of reformatory 8 the new charter will do what lice Department, the Police press have struggled for years to do— rmanent end of the straw bond evil e power of corrupt officials to accept rather rder to procure posi- case fixers and their to the County Clerk, not to nd in no case will they be onds. That function has 1 to be called a “warrant vill be paid a good salary and This individual will trict Attorney; he must be e in all the courts of the his duty to examine the sure- epted in sums of less than A written report on their sufficiency forty-eight b after they are filed. He is keep his office open continuously, and for is allowed two clerks, who must His bond is fixed by the charter bility make e attorneys. However, notwithstanding all this, it is well enough d rsue the evildoers in the Kelly case. Judge 1g called attention to the perjury em- ployed in the defense of that individual, if the Grand now does its duty it will find several more in But the evil of accepting straw bonds will receive its deathblow on January 8 the case fixers will be without an occupation after that date. B — The Sultan of the Sulus has struck a hard bargain th Uncle Sam. The South Sea savage has prom- ed to protect Americans from assassination and America's guarantee that lavéry and polygamy shall be recognized. Expan- sion is playing some sad tricks with American ideas. piracy in exchange for | F. M. Righter of Campbell hit the nail on the head with a sledge-hammer stroke when in the discussion co-operation at the Fruit-growers’ Convention in San Jose he said, “We have had talk eflough on the subject; now let us have organization.” The local barber who tried three times in three days msuccessfully to carve his wife to death must have st that knack which sometimes makes his craft so inently uncomfortable to customers. 11 is announced that the nickel-in-the-slot telephone ordinance has been hung up in the Supervisors. Mhat else could you expect of a telephone ordinance? Call Like Othello, | TELL THE TRUTH. ENATOR CHANDLER has not done well in moving to table the Pettigréw resolution, and the Senate did worse in adopting the motion. The resolution asked for information, for the use of Congress, upon the extent to which the Filipino gov- ernment, organized by a proclamation written by Consul General Wildman, had been recognized by the army and navy of the United States. This in- quiry is amply justified by the official statements of Wildman now in his reports in the State Depart- ment, and by the more recent testimony concerning the action of our naval authority in the affair at Subig In his public addresses and in his message the | President has left the disposition of the Philippines in the hands of Congress. That body represents directly the people and the States. It is influenced by public opinion, and that should be based upon full knowl- edge of all the facts. The people of the country wish to be just. With the facts before them they will de- cide what is just. We can rise superior to any na- tional misfortune. In the course of our history this country has been invaded; its Capitol has been burned; its soil has been desecrated; the union of its States has been dissolved and re-formed; its Presi- dents have been murdered, and it has survived it all and emerged from misfortune stronger by reason of the difficulties it has mastered. But it has never been guilty of injustice and dishonor, and will not be un- less intrigue and deception lead the instincts of the people astray. Senator Chandler has not explained how Congress can act intelligently in the grave matter referred to i* by the President unless all the facts are before it. The summary suppression of this resolution of in- ns and locks the door upon all the facts are material. The same Senate, when it rati- fied the treaty of Paris, qualified that act by its reso- lution disclaiming any intention of our Government to permanently annex the Philippines. Whether that disclaimer were wise or otherwise it was the solemn act of the treaty-making branch of Congress. It is known that without that qualification the treaty could | not have been ratified. This disclaimer was made in | view of the disclosures of Wildman's official reports and the reports of our army and navy officers. The suppression of this inquiry into further facts in the same line will be taken by the country as a confession that these facts exist. It would be taken as an ad- | mission that under Pettigrew’s resolution | would disclose the formation of a Philippine govern- ment under Wildman's proclamation, the exercise by i Il the powers of government, civil and military, | ng the hi st right of nationality in the parole of prisoners of war, and that it had a flag and an army to follow it and a fleet that sailed under it. Necessarily following these is the admission that | the fc islands were surrendered by Spain to that ent, with the exception of a small strip of itory around Manila Bay and the city of Manila. | It will be seen, therefore, that suppression of the in- | quiry makes no part of the situation any easier for | those in ty, but rather tends to increase their The people of this country are not chil- | dren, to be chidden for asking questions. They are the final authority and have a right to know the rea- | son for all things done by their Government. They | are not going to be frightened by any disclosures. | They are not afraid of the dark and surely do not | ink from the light. | We regard it as extremely unfortunate that the | Senate refuses to seek the facts. Admiral Dewey | talks about shooting Aguinaldo when we catch him. 1 quiry s which action ies. We can do that. Spain shot Rizal. The Filipinos are giving us a guerrilla fight, as they did Spain, and it is proposed that when we take prisoners we shall execute them as Spain did. But then things are not to be done by 1 Span n the same way as by Spa t is not republican. y in the sl the wholesale butchery of guerri Cavite. But when we imi: act We who meet around Americ The | The people ighter of Rizal and as in the plaza of te those things it is the are sure that the freemen n firesides, in whose name ment of death is pronounced on the other side of the world, will want to know that the sentence is just, and they cannot know if their ser- vants summarily stippress the information upon which |- alone the righteousness of the penalty can be deter- mined. in. ish Gover: had no responsibili our people. the aw ——— e m— AMERICAN EXHIBITS AT PARIS. ENJAMIN D. WOODWARD, United States B Commissioner to the Paris Exposition, gave in the course of a short interview just before his recent return to Paris a good deal of interesting in- | formation concerning the prospects of the American exhibit there. It appears from his statement that we will surpass the world in the departments of machin- ery and of engineering, and yet we will not be able to make complete display of our work in those lines. | The reasons why we shall fall short of showing all | we can do or have done is curious. In the first place i the prosperity of the country and the activity of in- | dustry have constituted a handicap in an unexpected : Many of our manufacturers have actually been so rushed by the work of filling orders they could | not prepare exhibits. Mr. Woodward is quoted as | saying: “All American industries are crowded to the utmost extent. In many cases manufacturers are working night and day to fill orders. It is difficuit to get materials. Many exhibitors who took space and desired to exhibit find it impossible to use it. They cannot get ready. There will be no carriage exhibit, for instance. It has always been in other exhibitions an important exhibit, and the manufac- turers were very anxious to get space, but when they start building a vehicle for the exposition it is sold before it receives the first coat of paint. A customer comes in and finds it to be just what he wants, and | immediately he demands it. I have finally had to give | | up the idea of getting a carriage exhibit.” = 1 Another obstacle in the way of obtaining exhibits | has been the rapid absorption of manufacturing plants | by trusts. By reason of these movements toward larger organizations individual manufacturers or ex- isting manufacturing companies stop all their plans | for making exhibits, and the trust organizations are | not effected in time to undertake them. We have | thus the curious paradox that we shall make an in- | complete industrial display at the expositién because of the very activity of our industry and the magni- tude of its enterprises. | In commenting upon the State displays Mr. Wood- ‘:w:rd gives the first place to Ngw York by reason of | | the magnificent exhibit it will make of engineering | work. Of our own commonwealth he says: “The | | State of California has prepared at great expense a | | large relief map of the State; also maps and models of the largest engineering work on the railroads of the State, and of long-distance electrical transmission, which is an important thing. California’s appropria- tion is being expended very judiciously. They are doing exactly what we wanted them to do.” Finally it may be noted the Commissioner is san- guine the exposition will be thoroughly ready for the | | L W Jopening day. “We shall make it a matter of pride,” he said, “to be ready on time, and the French and others will do likewise. Our first material was shipped on the Prairie—a Government transport. We have completed all the contracts for all of our four annex buildings to be finished on the first of Janu- ary or February. ture, liberal arts, marine and forestry.” Thus it appears that while- our display will not be a comprehensive one showing all we can do, it They will be devoted to agricul-~ will still be one that will astonish foreigners, and in” most respects at any rate will be in good shape when the first visitors see it. Our Government has not voted so much money for the exposition as other great nations, but private enterprise has made up the deficiency, and Americans at the great world competi- tion that closes the century will have well founded reasons for pride in the work of their countrymen. THE CHINESE @GAIN. IEUTENANT NIBLACK of the navy, after six months’ service in the Philippines, has de- termined upon a complete reversal of our policy toward Chinese labor. . He says: “The Chi- nese, of all the Asiatics, are individually ‘the most trustworthy, commercially the only honest, and as employes the only faithful people who are at hand as the true instruments to use in making these islands a veritable treasure trove. To restrict them in any way will be a political blunder and commercial sui- cide.” It is announced that Admiral Dewey is in thorough sympathy with this view. The other members of the Philippine Commission are not 4s marked in their ap- proval. We have no doubt that, as an economic proposition, Niblack states the truth. He is backed by the: fact that no tropical country has ever im- pressed the world’s commerce with its surplus pro- duction without using some form of servile and do- cile labor. White men cannot work in the Philip- pines, and it is proved that the natives will not work beyond supplying their simple necessities. Our dream of wealth, therefore, is to be realized by the exploitation of cheap coolie labor from China. This labor is to produce such a surplus of hemp, sugar and tobacco as to make the islands a treasure trove. We are told that betweeh them and the United States commercial intercourse is to be free. No pretense is made that coolie wages in the islands can be raised to the American white standard. If it were pretended no one in California would believe. Out of an abundant experience we have learned that Chinese | coolie labor here, instead of going upon the white standard, established here the coolie standard for white labor, and for that reason we demanded the ex- clusion of Chinese. But why exclude them here if | they are to be commoners under our flag in the Phil- ippines? From there they can continue a still more dangerous competition with the American wage-worker. white They can really make the islands a treasure trove for the few who have the capital to | exploit cheap labor, but the white labor of this coun- try will be more vitally smitten than ever, It is a settled element in the protective policy that to admit free to our markets the products of servile labor which compete with the products of white labor here is the equivalent of domesticating servile labor in this country to compete with white labor face to face. We call these matters to public attention now. Others say this country will cross that bridge when it comes to it. The same men will say, when the bridge is reached, that it is manifest destiny; the flag will be waved and white labor will get a stunning blow in the name of Fate and Patriotism. THE POSTAL PROBLEMS. HEN reviewing a few days ago the recom- mendations of the Postmaster General The pointed out that his plan of getting rid of the deficit in the postal revenues by restricting the amount of matter carried as second class mail would have the immediate effect of reviving the cry for a reduction in the rates paid to railways. It is con- ceded by impartial students of the subject that either of the proposed remedies would be sufficient for the | evil, but up to this time it has never been possible to get a majority in both houses of Congress to decide | which one to take. There is no reason why both remedies should not | be applied. The abuses of second class mail privilege should be checked, and at the same time the exces- sive payments to the railroads should be stopped. By that process the postoffice would not only be rid of its annual deficit but would have each year a hand- some surplus to turn into the treasury or to be ap- plied to postal improvements of one kind or another. It never seems to occur to anybody in Congress, however, that both economies might be practiced, and consequently the advocates of each are just about strong enough to defeat the advocates of the other whenever that other gets a bill before the House. In the last Congress the action of the House on the subject was a farce. When a bill to put an end to the second class mail abuses was to be voted on a majority of the members, without regard to party, vowed they would never restrict second class mail privileges so long as the greater evil of railroad ex- tortions was permitted, so they voted against that bill. A little later, when a bill to reduce the postal payments to railways was under consideration, a majority vowed they would never impair the effi- ciency of our railway mail service by a false economy so long as frauds were tolerated in the second class mails. So nothing was done. Every Congressman, however, had made a record which he could show to his constituents to prove that he had endeavored to put an end to extravagance or fraud in postoffice affairs. The Postmaster General has given his indorsement to the proposed restrictions upon second class mail privileges, and now comes a representative of the National Board of Trade and urges in place of that plan a reduction of railway payments. He is reported as saying 0o per cent of the mail is carried in railway mail-cars, the railroads receiving an average of $35,040 annually for each of the 921 cars allotted to this work, whereas for passenger cars the receipts amount to only $10,528. He advocated a horizontal reduction of 25 per cent in rates paid railroads for carrying the mails, and charged the Postoffice Department with discriminating in the interests of the railroads. He expressed the opinion that a cheap parcels post could not be secured until this ceased. The statement that we cannot expect a cheap par- cels post until railroad mail rates are reduced is sig- nificant. Tt is known the express companies are fighting against the establishment of a parcels post. | The railroads will of course fight any attempt to re- dice their revenues from the postoffice. The two forces will naturally combine, and as a consequence postal reform at this session is hardly to be looked for. It will take a long fight to overcome an oppo- sition of that kind 3 Patriotism seems to be in disfavor at the fational capital. The House of Representatives has declined to be represented officially at the unveiling of a statue of Daniel Webster which has been erected in Washington. THE SAME OLD ASS. i T N I S I e 4 .-0 AROUND THE CORRIDORS A. Robinson, a mining man from San Andreas, is at the Lick. Joseph R. Ryland, a San Jose capitaiist, is registered at the Occidental, J. F. Parke, a wealthy mine owner of Jackson, s staying at the Palace. Sidney N. Hodgkins, a traveler from England, is a guest at the Palace. District Attorney Carl E. Lindsey of Santa Cruz is a guest at the Grand. W. A. Bowen, a well-known business man of Honolulu, is at the Occldental. A. Trebelli,"the singer, is at tne Palaco. | He arrived from Australia on the Mari-| posa. R. H. Gaylord, the Pasadena capitalist, is at the Occidental, accompanied by his wife. | Arthur H. Flemming, one of the leading | business men of Pasadena, is a guest at the Palace. Mr. and Mrs. Garrett have come down from tHeir home in Marysville and are staying at the Lick. Rev. Dr. Murphy, a prominent clergy- man of Baltimore, Md., is registered for a short stay at the Grand, Edward de la Cuesta, a wealthy cattle dealer of Santa Barbara, i{s among the recent arrivals at the Lick. Frank 8. Johnston, a well-known fruit man of Los Angeles, is registered at the Lick while on a short business trip to this city. F. W. Macfarlane, the Honolulu mag- | nate, is one of those who arrived in the city yesterday on the Mariposa. He Is at the Palace. . and Mrs. Edward Chambers, ac- companied by their daughter, have come up from their home in Los Angeles and are at the Palace. D. H. Davis and G. Schumacher, two wealthy fruit buyers from Chicago, are registered at the Palace while on a busi- ness trip to this city, Arthur Patterson, a traveler from Lon- don who 1s making a tour of the world, arrived on the Mariposa yesterday and went to the Occidental. C. Schraeder, paymaster of the German crulser Geler, g at the Occldental on his way home to Germany after having been detached from his ship. A, H. Harlin, W. H. Newman, R. Has- lom and J. J. Tully, & quartet of Stockton business men who are visiting the city on pleasure bent, are at the Grand. Mr. and Mrs. McClanahan arrived In the city yesterday from Honolulu and regis- tered at the Occidental. Mr. McClanahan is one of the leading attorneys of the isl- ands. —_—— ‘On account of the time neces- sary in the preparation of the Christmas edition of THE CALL, to be issued Sunday, December 17, NO ADVERTISE- MENTS for that issue will be received AFTER 9:30 P. M. SATURDAY. —_——— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. r_‘AHH D e e o C*O1 4434540000000 000009 HIS OWN SON—Amella, City. The man who, pointing to another, say; “Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man' father is my father's son,” alludes to his own son. ILE DU DIABLE-J. H. W,, City. Tle du Diable, on which Dreyfus was con- fined, is one of a small group of three isl- ands off the coast of French Gulana, in 4 north latitude and 53 west longitude. The group known as “les Iles du Salut" are a part of French Guiana,on the north- eastern coast of South America, 31 miles northwest from Cayenne. They are called Ile Joseph, Ile Royale and Ile du Diable. A SIGN—W.,, City. If a widow desires to practice dentistry, and wants fo place a sign at the door of her office, it would be in good taste to use the following: Helen Blank, D. D. 8.; that would con- vey the Information that she is a doctor of dental aurierw. If she should use, Dr. Helen Blank It might lead the reader of the sign to believe that she was a prac- ticing physiclan. The most comprehen- sive sign she could use would be, Helen Blank, Dentist. A LIST OF COINS—Subscriber, City. | Of the long list of coins submitted, there is but one that commands a premium; that is the three-cent piece of 1365, for which from 25 to 50 cents s offered. The selling price of the others is from 20 to 50 cents advance over face value. The selling price of a half dollar of 183 is from $2 50 to $5. The selling price of a $10 gold f 1842 is from §I3 to $15. The Mint does not stand for Ohio, but for New Orleans. HOMING PIGEONS—H., Alameda, Cal. If you have picked up & homing pigeon that belongs to the United States Navy {Iou had better communicate with the avy pay office in the Phelan building, San Francisco. In California a pe 'n LT who picks up an estray is entitled to ?:w- sonable compensation for the care of the same, b:ho ‘gu‘l rewwlir& ’H%mln‘ plgeons ma registered . Barnes, secre- fary of the Caliornia os Club, 163 Tremont avenue, Gunn"nm LAUNDRY JOURNAL—A Subscriber, City. The answer given last Saturday rel- ative to a laundry journal was based on o R n of San Francisco that there is such r{ e e s aaas ] 4 R R i 1 [ e S S publication as the California Laundry- man, and the name of that publication does not appear in the list of class jour- nals printed in Rowell's directory of pa- pers published in the United States: but since tnat answer was published this de. partment has been furnished a co y of a perlodical issued in this eity bell’rnl the title of the California Laundryman. FRATERNAL ELECTIONS San Francisco Camp of the Woodmen of the World has elected the following-named officers for the ensuing term: W. B. Wilson, consul commander; M. J. Merryfleld, advisor Meuten- ant: J. W. Mallady, banker; H. J. McClintock, clerk; E. Gordon, escort; A. V. Bartholomew, sentry; N. B. Frisble and J. W. McDonald, managers. ) Mount Morfah Lodge of the Fres and Accept- | ¢d Masons has elected the following officers: J. C. Kimball, worshipful master; W. C. Hacke, senlor warden; Frederick Craumer, funtor war- den; J. D. Richards, treasurer; Theodore Fro- lich, secretary; H. L. Davis, D. M. Richards, George C. Hickox, trustees. The Installation will be on the 20th inst, Hermann Lodge, 1. O. O. F., has elected the following named as its officers: Ernst Nebner, noble grand: John Kuehn, vice grand; M. R. Jager, secretary; Jacob Altman, treasurer; Wi liam " Roeckner, ‘Willlam Reuter and J. Breckwoldt, trustees. The following named are thoss who has chosen to preside over Sequoia Parlor. X G. W., for the ensuing term: Henry Scheper, : James B. Tyson, president; Dr. . H. Cranz, Jehn H. Dumbrel and Harry Pohlmann, vice presidents: Richard D. Barton, recording ‘secretary; Charlgs E. Torres, finan- clal secretary; Lewis Bannan, treasurer; A. Gudehus, marshal; H. T. Senstacker, F. Lyons and Mathew O'Brien, trustees E. F. y. 'n‘urwmn: 8. A. White, ird of rellef, N, I F been H. Goodwin, directors of the 8. G. W. The officers will | be installed January 7 by Charles Heverin of | San Francisco Parlor, district deputy grand president. Golden Gate Parlor, N. 8. G. W., has elected the following named as its officers for the ensu- ing term: Fred Suhr Jr.. past president; Julius Blebesheimer, president! Fred Craumer, Louts D. Souriau and Louls Siebe, vice presidents. Adolph Eberhart, recording 'secretary; David Wilson, financial’ secretary: J. R. marshal: A. H. Blakely, trustee; Dr. A, J. Fitzgibbon, Dr. 8. Howard and Dr. J. L. Arbogast, surgeons, Young Ladies’ Institute No. 7 has elected the following named for the ensuing term to serve as its officers: Kate Buckley, president: Josie Shea and Mary Daly, vice presidents; Kittie Burke, rding secretary; Celia Young, finan- cial secretary; Mrs. W. C. Bones, treasurer: Kate Daly, marshal: Nano Mahoney, Mary Mogan, &le Mogan, Mrs. A, Lewis and | Mrs. J. Fogarty, trustees; Florence Dempsey, organist, and Dr. Wendele, surzeon. Ivy Lodge of the Knights of Honor has elected the following named as its officers for the ensuing term. which will end on the 31st of December, 1900: Frederick W. Gillman, dictator; Thomas Corbett, vice dictator; Nel- son R. Norton, stant dictator; Isaae On- yon, reporter; e C. Berg, financial re- porter: Charles W. Ives, treasurer; James Han- sen, chaplain: Henry Schwarz, ' gulde: Cronin, guardian: A. G. E. Barthold, sentinel; Louis Zeiss, James Hansen and Nelson R. Norton, trustees. Lincoln Lodge. Friends of the Forest, has elected the following as its officers for the next term: Mrs. Susan Tryon, president;: Mrs. Bertha Mackrett, vice president; Mrs. Mary John | {1|| WHERE BRYANIS ‘ HAS LED DEMOCRACY | \ Not a Democratic Governor of any Northern Srate. Not a Democratic Senator from any Northern State Both houses of Congress Republican. New York lost by 260,000 New Jersey lost by 80,000. | Connecticut lost by 50,000. Indiana lost by 18 000. | Old leaders deposed Populists in control Nothing left to lose. and 1| +E+0 00900t eies e . RO 1340 > et d 3 . . . - . > . . * . > . . . —New York Herald. . 00+ 00 ettt edes® | Waldo, chaplain: Mrs. J. A. Duncan, treasure Mrs. A N | . L. Craig, financial secretar Carrie cording secret | Annfe_Sha : Mary Burr den; Mrs. Ro0t, inside gua . Duncan, outside guard: Mrs mond, organist: John Rinner, Mrs | all and H. B. Burlingame, trustees i Christmas novelties at Townsend's. * —_———— | | Fine plum pudding at Townsend's. * | ———— |, Time to send your Eastern friends | Townsend's California Glace Frufts: in fire-etched boxes. 627 Market: P —— Specfal information supplied dafly business houses and public men by | Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 510 gomery street. Telephone Main 1042, ) No waiting at Townsend's; heip. Thousands of package Glace Fruits and Candies pa to hand out. 827 Market str plenty f Cautfornia ed all ready ot —_——— | . Great bargains—Closing out children’s | bocee, games and dolls, cheap. Sanborn, | Vail & Co., 741 Market street . —_—— | Goodman's Will Contested. Adolphus Henry Scott, a grandson of the late George Goodman, who died De- cember 31, 1538, leaving an estate valued at $20,000, filed a contest to decedent’s will yuurd-Jv, He alleges that the deceased was unduly Influenced by his children, Duereasso Goodman and Lucretia Thomas, and also that he was of unsound mind at the time the will was executed. —_—— Tourist Excursions. Personally conducted tourist excursions, v n Santa Fe Route, with latest vestibuled, was it upholstered sleeping cars, through from Call fornia to Boston every Wednesday, St. Paul | every Sunday, and Friday, to St. Louls every Sunday, and to Chicago and _intermediate po every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday Call at ticket office, 625 Market street for full particulars. ————— Letter Carriers’ Association. The San Francisco Letter Carriers’ Mu- tual Aid Association will celebrate the twelfth anniversary of its organization b | & ball in Native Sons’ Hall on the night of | January —— The California Limited On the Santa Fe Route | | | Conneeting train | leaves at & p. m. Monday, Wednesday. | and Saturday. One day to ses Los An beahitiful Pasadena If desired. All meals ser in Harvey's dining cars. Finest equipped tr and best track of any line to the East. Get full particulars and handsome folder at ticket otfice, 628 Market street —— e | Radgesky Again Sued. | _Mary A. Henarle, by her attorneys, | Rogers, Paterson & Slack, has filed another suit against Louls D. Radgesky to recover title 1o an improved lot of land | on Haight street, near .Broderick, which | she alleges Kndm»:k{’ induced her hus- | band, the late D, V. H . through | undue influence & fraudulent repre- | sentations. to convey to-him. Mrs. Hen- | arle also demands an accounting. ceen AN INNOVATION IN A composite phot: of the Madonn: ture of the age. he Mark Twain, THE LEAGUE OF TEN, by A FAITHFUL SERVANT, by FOUND IN THE SNOW, by CHRISTMAS IN CALIFORN! Yorke. CHRISTMAS OF THE VET- ERA CHRISTMAS AT THE FAR- ALLONES. THE COUNTRY CHOIR. most artistic and .mu Issue The Sunday Call’s GREAT CHRISTMAS ISS! CHARACTER AND QUALITY. Note the Great Features : KITCHELL'S MARVELOUS MADONNA. raph of the famous beauty MY FIRST LIE AND HOW | GOT OUT OF IT, by THE KISS OF NINITO DIOS, by Hester M. Stows. CAME, by Msjor Jose Ramon Pico. THE RECORD OF MY *“WANDER-YEAR," by Father CHILDREN'S GAMES FOR CHRISTMAS. r expense nor time has B-u [ and the Sunday Call, mummm,;.-!m. Out December 17. most strikingly beautiful pic- Madge Morris Wagner. Ouida. Mary E Wilkins, IA BEFORE THE GRINGOS THE FUGITIVE'S CHRIST- MAS. STORY OF A HAUNTED HOUSE. CHRISTMAS AT MANILA. Intere: In Am-rica.