The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 16, 1899, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1899. CITY FINANCES CONSIDERED By THE SUPERVISORS Auditor Wells Gives His Views. REAPPORTIONMENT OF FUNDS | MONEYS PAID UNDER PROTEST | FOR TAXES TO BE USED, el e i | Excess Property of Estates Revealed | by Probate Court Proceedings May Be Added to As- sessment Roll. —_— The Finance Committes of the Board of | Bupervisors yesterday considered the mat- | of adding to the assessment roll sev- | sume in excess of the statements returned to the Assessor which were di- ged by the probate of the estates in © courts. The following estates are in- | ived tn the proposition Willam A, Piper, 356600 h, $8.155; H. C. Lathrop, mer, $03,94; ¥ cor s could now be add- ording to law ge was willing m the dcated. W nment of some paid un- suld FORTY-EIGHTH IS OUT OF QUARANTINE LEAVE FOR MANILA NEXT WEDNESDAY. WILL rt Hopkins, Late of Company First California, to Be ed by His Comrades. e T et AT e e et e et e e e e e e e s e ® ALY~ iment > on island and the sick men Under was no d as isolated, nal Cemetery, interred., Amity Lodge Social. | bekah No.16, 1.0O.0. F., odg and Hall of pite the istian, king for til midnight POSTUM CEREAL. " COFFEE THE CAUSE | of Heart Trouble. | of heart trouble that ! by stopping coffen “Three cases have been relieved and taking Postum Food Coffce hav come under my notic First, my own | case. 1 suffered greatly from palpita- tion and irregularity of the heart. M hysician ordered me to leave off cof- fee, and when I took up Postum Food ffee in its place the heart trouh .s soon entirely cured, and I find the Postum to be just as the doctor sail, | not only harmless, but very beneficial’ | “A gentleman friend had much the | same irouble with his heart. I sug- ted that he try Postum. After the t cup at breakfast, he sald: ‘I don't want any more of it." Inquiry provod} hat it had not been properly boiled, »o | prepared a cup for him, strictly ac- g to directions, and he pro- -d it ‘delicious’ and ‘better than Mrs, —— of Paducah suffered | ume way, and has had the xperience in recovering from | rt trouble by the discontinuance u{i e and taking up the use of Pos. . For private reasons, I request that you withhold my name from pub- lication.” =, Princeton, Kya ~ 1 Ince B . * - . - * - . o - * - . ® . o . P . I ¢ o * ] |MUNICIPAL LEAGUERS ELIZA MILLER FISH THEIR LABORS APPEARED AND THE PACIFIC / WOULD MAKE GREAT WATER <~ ALoNG THE INE SO ENER |MAYOR FATON DID NT MIND THE \"WET DAY.. & FHE Callfornia League of Municipalites finished at noon yesterday the labors of its second annual ses- #lon, choosing San Francisco as the place for the next 1l gathering. During the rhorning session amendments to the by-laws, intending to facilitate the business of the organization, were adopted and officers for the vention put stitutional am ing year were selected. In addition the con- 4elf on record as being in favor of the con- ment to be submitted to the voters at exempting State, county and municipal cction s from taxatic as guests of Mayor Phelan, the dele- around the city and enfoyed a spersing well satisfled with the afternoon gates took a tre lunch at the Cl their three W. H. T Trustees of v ride ed, chalrman of the Board o ? president m to order. Joseph Hutchi of a special committee es in the bytlaws of t amend taking annual meeting from the ¢ ‘ng it with the of the secretary and su providing for a San Fran- tuting for a committee of rovements a committee of five city & vice be referred municipal fmprove- questions; providing for the maintenance of head- quarters and support of the organ of the league, Califor- nia Municipalities; providing for the calling by the ex- ve commyttee of special meeting nt of bills, m cities of t and for the d providing for a scale of ual dues 3 ses as follows - citles the sixth class of the fifth class $30, for cit- fes of the fourth class $40, for cities of the second and third classes $50, for other cities $60. The amendments were thoroughly adopted election of officers for the ensuing year being the r of business, nominations for president of the pay- m discussed and unan- re were called for...C.+N., Kirkh n Mateo Mayor Snow of Oakland. M n of Mo- sto nominated W. H. Turner of Merces R. Briggs Redding nominated Mayor Sweet of § w nta Rosa. lleved it was the t Mayor Phelan should con- in the office, in whi belief he offered to withdraw. o had arrived just the minute befora, saying that as the interfor cities had t stake in the league than San co, he thought the presiding officer should come e of them, taken and Mayor Snow of Oakland was declared to be elected. The other offices were filled as follows without opposition president, Mayor Sweet of Santa Rosa; s2c- Mayor Turner of Merced; secret \: treasurer, F Bank 0; executive committee, In 3 A secretary, who are ex-officlo members—Mayor aton of Los Angeles, Mayor J. D. Phelan of San on of Palo Alto. Taylor, Alameda; W. R. Salinas; D. C. Druffel, H. Turner arose to say that he b of the convention th committee ; Charles Fra . lor Albin, Fresno. g mmittee—C. N. Kirkbride, San Mateo; R. . +! fetietietetietie et . REPAIRS TO HARTFORD of the are employed. PROGRESS SLOWLY Delegates as They Appeared at It looks now as If the Sec- co; M. Frost, Petaluma; Frank Olmst the Trolley Party. F. Robertson, los Gatos: Walter F. Haas, Los Angeles; J. N. Frank, San Leandro; W. A. Beasley, San Jose, Engineering committee—C. E. Grunsky, San Francis- d, Los Angeles; C. W. Moore, Santa Clara; J. W. Johnson, Riverside. Considerable friendly rivalry was exhibited by repre- sentatives of the various citles to have the honor next year of entertaining the convention. Mayor Sweet of San- ta Rosa invited the delegates to hold the convention in his city, with its beautiful water; Joseph Spinney asked them to go to Fresno, where they had wine stronger than water; Mayor Eaton of Los Angeles urged them to take the convention to his city. The gentlemen named offered various arguments in behalf of their cities. Other dele- gates were of the opinion that San Francisco was the best place for the next convention, and after three ballots this city was chosen, Los Angeles being neck and neck with her until Delegate O. A. Bennett of Yreka cast the deciding vote in favor of San Francisco. Resolutions were adopted thanking Mayor Phelan and the city and county of San Francisco for hospitality ex- tended; thanking H. A. Mason for his untiring efforts as secretary, without compensation, during the past year; thanking B. F. Lamborn for his work as league organizer, and providing for the appointment of a special commit- tee of flve, whose duty it shall be to investigate the mat- ter of the adoption of a uniform system In municipal ac- counts, to submit their report at the next annual conven- tion of the league. Just before adjournment Mayor Phelan proposed the following resolution: Whereas, a constitutional amendment will bs voted on at the next State election, exempting State, county and munictpal bonds of California from taxation. The jmposi- tion of this tax stmply reeults in preventing our citizens and savings banks from holding these bonds, issued at low rates of interest, and compels their sale outside of the Etate. which is a needless draught upon our resources; and Whereas, It is {llogical and unproductive of revenue for the State to tax its own indebtedness; Resolved, therefore, by the League of California Munici- palities, That the people of the State be urgently requested to vote at the next election for the constitutional amend- ment exempting from taxes all bonds lesued by the State and by the counties and cities of the State of California, In support of the resolution the Mayor sald that under the present system it was impossible to sell such bonds in the State, fur which reason they were bought up by bankers In other States, Instead of by citizens of Callfor- nia, who could find in them a safe and good Investment 1f they were not taxed. Mayor Eaton of Los Angeles sup- ported this view, and the resolution carried unanimously. After luncheon the delegates boarded two special trol- ley cars at Fourth and Market streets and were whirled over the electric lines of the Market Street Railway Com- pany for three hours. They were gulded through the Unton Iron Works, taken to the garbage crematory and the Lick School, shown all over the big electric power house on Sixteenth street, carried along the panhandle and pointed out the park extension, and finally were land- at the Cliff House. After enjoying a tasty spread to ort addresses by Mayor Phelan, Joseph Hutchinson of Palo Alto, Mayor Eaton of Los Angeles, “Sammy" Braun- hart, Frank J. €ullivan, D. O. Druffel of Santa Clara and B. F. Lamborn of Alameda, with three cheers for San Francisco and its Mayor the delegates took the cars back to town, thelr lahors ended. R R R A R o T T 1 > | ported and are at work on her, but none go to Manila with stores for the fleet there forty who quit work last month | @nd officers to join the several vessels in It ‘will probably be the first Several the Orient. of the vear before she departs, None of the Shipwrights Who Quit Work Last Month Have Been Re-employed. Dec. 15.—+The Hartford is in e dock and repairs upon her Bre She will not be completed until near the first of the year. Quite a number of shipwrights have re- larg retary of the Navy would not be In a hurry to again place these men upon the | East to take pa rolls of the navy yard, but the latter say t they had no intention of balking the | Government in its work. The tug Vigilant, which plies between the Naval Station at Goat Island and San Francisco, s at the yard undergoing re- paire to her boller and engine. Repairs to the United States steamship Scindia are rapldly nearing completion and she will be the next naval vessel to CAREER ENDED BY DEATH iE death of Peter E. Studebaker at the Hotel yesterd morning cut short what promised to be a brilliant literary career. foung Mr. Studebaker was the on of the founder of the famous at bears his name and the son of Peter E. Studebaker Sr., who is now the head of the carriage hause and who, with Willlam K. Vanderbilt, con- trols the automobile trust that is capi- talized at $200,000,000 oT‘ Born the heir to almost limitless wealth the ased was the victim of a most unkind fi An accident in early childhood resulted in his be- coming a cripple and =0 shocked an already delicate constitution that con- troubles added poor pain-racked sumption and other thelr burden to the frame that he was forced to bear through the world. But as a compen- sation for his physical ill nature gav him an intellect of a very high order, which it was his pleasure to cultivate in sclentific and literary pursuits. He Guite proficent in the various sclences, and when a short time ago he gave his attention to play-writing, he achieved almost instantaneous success re. ::‘m-s, was soon to be put on the boar Though young Studebaker had bee: plaints, the immediate cause of his de the weakness resultant on a severe at he had been suffering during the past the trip having been undertaken for family regarding its final disposition. father's fortune and one of the richest Btates. as a dramatic author. One of his recent pieces, “Sword and Scepter,” a ro- mantic drama of the “Prisoner of Zenda” order, was being prepared for ntation at the time of Mr. Studebaker's death, and another, “‘Friendly first birthday at the time of his death, and though he had been on the coast but a short time, he had succeeded In winning for himself a host of friends who will mourn his untimely taking off. The only relatives with him at the time of his death were his mother and sister, who had accompanied him to the Pacific Coast to look after him, worth about $400,000 in his own right and this will go to them. The body is at present at a local undertaking establishment awaiting the decision of the The death of her brother makes Miss Studebaker the sole helress of her ds by the Frawley company. n suffering from a complication of com- ath was heart fallure, superinduced by tack of nervous prostration from which week. He was barely past his twenty- the benefit of his health. He was young ladies in prospects in the United | Telegraph Company, which Intends to use officers are now on their way from the age in her. The Naval Hospltal is causing the Navy Department some inconvenience, as its completion 18 some distance off, whereas it wag thought that 4t would have been ready for occupancy long before this. It is now proposed to place in the wards metallic ceilings. The officers’ quarters are nearly ready for their tenants, Rear Admiral Louls Kempff {s making a very popular commandant of the navy yard. His personal qualities coupled wu;: is executive ability will result in a suc- (‘er:,ful administration of the affairs of the yard. WILL USE MARCONI'S SYSTEM. Wireless Telegraphy for the H waiian Island Group. HONOLULU, Dec. 8.—The Interisland the Marconi wireless telegraph between the islands here, has incorporated for $100,000, with all the stock subscribed. Work on the system will begin at once. — ‘Washington Chosen. CHICAGO, Dec. 16.—The officers of the National Woman's Christlan Temperance Union have decided on Washington, D. C., as the location of the next convention. v‘;&e convention will open on November 3), e Brumby Is Better. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1i.—Lieutenant Brumby is reported to have rallfed som what and to be better to-day. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. SPeloldy e e General Debillty, Overwork, Exhaustion and weakness from whatever causes prevented and cured by Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiske, It is the greatest known stimulant and toni- Al and grocers. Avold substitutes, they dangeroms Duly's hak & on each boti . 1 ybur dealer cannot. S hotcie wil be e, preg gayrecelpt of $ro. m- Yaluable’ - DUFFY MALT WHISKEY CO., Rochester, N. Y, MADE DEFENSE Admitted Criticizing Judge Coffey. HER CONTEMPT PALPABLE AS SHE IS A WOMAN SHE WAS SPARED BY THE COURT. palle g Ry mise of a Claim and More’s Es- tate Will Soon Be Settled. e In answer to the citation issued by Judge Coffey, Eliza M. Mijller, adminis- tratrix of the estate of the late Alexander P. More, appeared in court yesterday morning to show cause why she should not file her final account. Mrs. Miller was called to the stand and the court imme- diately called her to account for state- ments she had made reflecting on his con- duct in the case. Mrs. Miller admitted having expressed her opinion of the ac- tions of the court as published, whereupon Van R. Paterson arose and demanded her suspension as executrix on the ground that her prejudice and evident misman- agement of the estate were resulting in Frenl damage to other heirs. Judge Cof- ey said that she was plainly in contempt of court, but as she was a woman the court was indisposed to punish her. Judge Coffey also said that he would not sus- pend her, as it would only complicate matters and she was allowed to remain in power. Mrs. Miller then presented an answer to the citation requiring her to render her final account as administratrix leged that it was fmpossible for her to . such settlement was prevented by a suit pending in the Supreme Court, by which 1. Clifford More, as administrator of the estate of Lawrence W. More, sought to recover $13,670 14 from the estate of More. The attorneys representing the heirs then stipulated that the claim be compromised for 50 per cent of the sum. The case then went over till next Wednes- day, and in_the meantime an effort will made by Mrs. Miller to reach an agree- | ment with the claimant. Mrs. Miller denies that Helen K. Rowe's share of the estate, which practically con- sists of one-twenty-fourth_of Santa Rosa Island, can be distributed to her without loss to the estate, and this application for | gl.flrlbuflon will also be heard on Wednes- ay. @k Ak Ak Ak AkA KKK Kk hk kk hkk k@ —_————— STANFORD'S FAIRY NIGHT. Children of Members to Entertain and Be Entertained in a Par- lor of Native Sons. | the Golden West, will on the night of | Tuesday next have an evening with the ilermed “‘Stanfords’ Fairy Night.” §8 | and their wives, children and lady rela- 4 | tives. The committee—A. F. Schleicher, 8. /0. Stanyan and F. H. Jung—baving 4 | charge of the affair proposes one of the most lnter(‘sllnf the parlor has ever given in the line of !a night at which ladies can attend. In | this the committee will be assisted by Walter Murphy, chairman of the commit- tee on good of the order. With one ex- ception the entertainment for the even- ing will be entirely by the children of members, ranging in years from three | and one-half to eight. The grnnmmme will_include the American Highland fiing, by Mildred McCarthy; plano solo, Alfred Roncovieri; vocal solo, Jennile Metzler; recitation, Hardle Lewis; cakewalk by little Ruth Brophy, aged three and a palif | years, and Harold Borchers, aged four; recitation, Edith Dick; Polish military dance, Lolclia Folsom; song, Master Jack ' Robertson; buck and wing dancing, Eliza- beth Lefbert; “Lover's Rose,” a specialty, by Leonie Trautvetter and Jennie Metz- ler; piano solo, Miss Rucker, and another cakewalk bg Juveniles. This will be sup- plemented by an Amazon march by a number of ladies who are related to mem- bers of the parlor. This, the committee says, will be the most stunning march that has ever been seen on the profes. sional stage or in the amateur drawing- room. After the programme there will be the Hlfiprlng of the Christmas tree, when Stanford’s Santa Claus will hand out the presents. It has boen stated that the delicately fremed and sylph-like Henry 8. Martin, the high sheriff and grand treasurer of the Native Sons, will take the part of Santa Claus. —_——— Useful Christmas Presents. Traveling sets, valises, bags, pocket- It is e ReNIN IR RN N RN eNeNe NN eNeNe NN NN +%N+0+%+0 *eet e eNeN e NN books, billbooks and card cases are nice | resents for efther lady or gentleman. settered in golfl free of charge when bought from Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Mar- ket street. ® ———e—— MILITARY EVENT. Forty-Fourth Annual Reception and Ball of the Nationals. The members of Companies C and G, the Natlonals of the National Guard of Cali- fornia, gave their forty-fourth annual re- ception and ball in the assembly hall of the Ellis-street Armory last night. Never has that hall been more artistically decorated than it was last evening. The prevailing s were silver-spangled iight blue and white. There were a num- ber of American flags displayed where they produced the best effect, while ferns, peim leaves and living plants helped to make up an artistic arrangement. It was an evening dress air, but few of the members of the two companies ap- pearing in uniform. In the grand march there were more than a hundred couples. It was led by Captain E. C. Sutliffe and Miss Fdith E. Henderson. The dance pro- gramme was made up of thirteen num- bers, with three extras. The following named were in charge of the ball: Floor director—Sergeant P. J. Neumann. As- sistants— Serge: . N. Ross, ocporal M Noonan, Sergeant A. 8. Hatfield, W. H. Shaw, k H. )Tmr. Heception committee—Major Tilden, Captain C. P. Le Breton, Captain Sutliffe, Captain J. 'W. Dumbréll, Lieu- ‘Goodell, Lieutenant T. W. rowe. George J. Petty (chalrman), Lieutenant W. N. Swasey. Serzeant A. E. Anderson, George T. Phglps, Hervert C. Stewart. ———— CHINESE MUST GO. Collector Jackson Determined to Clean Out the Detention Shed. Customs Collector Jackson took sum- mary measures yesterday to clean out the detention sheds at the Mail Dock in which Chinese immigrants awalting a landing have been kept. He found eighty-five claiming to be natives of the United States who had been in shed long enough to present their proofs of nativity and he called upon their attorneys to do so. Thirty responded and placed the required affidavits in possession of the Collector and fifty-five failed to present the proofs asked for. He thereupon denied a land- ing to the fifty-five, and they must be taken away on the next steamer unless their attorneys carry the matter into the United States District Court on habeas corpus. The papers of the thirty will be examined by (he Collector within the next faw davs. % Attorneys Stipulate for the Compro- | She al- | gettle the estate at the present time, as| A P.| X ¥ Copies of The Call's great ‘ « Christmas Edition, wrapped :; ¥ and ready for mailing, can i be obtained at all news deal- x ers’, or at The Call business * | * * | | % office. Please place your or- » i der at once, as the supply ¥ x will be limited. : OXXXXXXXXNNXXXEXANXXD Stanford Parlor No. 76, Native Sons of | children of members, and this has been | to be strictly for members of the parlor | to make this | events that | A STUDY BY MISS B Contributors to this course: Mrs. Helen Kate Gannett Wells, Mrs. Loulse E. Hogan, Miss Emily X. THE HOME IN ITS RELA- TION TO THE STATE. Every one, or almost every one, unites in praise of the family and the home. It is the original unit of the state and the | ultimate test of its soundness. On the one hand good conditions here are the abso- lutely necessary prerequisites of good so- cial conditions generally. On thé other hand happy home conditions are the inti- mate object of most human endeavor. James Russell Lowell says in one of his delightful letters: *“You say that life seems to be a struggle after nothing in particular. But you are wrong. It Is a struggle after the peaceful home of the soul in a natural and loving state of life. Men are mostly unconscious of the object of their struggle, but it is always connect- ed In some way with this. If they gain wealth or power or glory it is always to make up for this want which they feel but scarce know what It 1s.” Nevertheless, when so much {s sald in a general way of the importance of the home remarkably little attention seems to be pald to it in the concrete. Whenever | the need is felt of ‘“‘doing something,” | whenever a want is detected, any agency rather than the home is resorted to. Edu- cation must be made more complete, and the school is instituted. The little child must be taught to occupy itself, to ob- serve, to adapt itself to others; happy and wholesome moods must be made habitual | to it, and the kindergarten takes in the | little one. Religious training must be | made as far-reaching as possible, and the | Sunday school spreads over the land and in large measure substitutes fitself for home teaching. There is felt to be a lack | girls’ ana boy | schemes are started. Mothers no longer find time to read as they did—let them | torm reading circles and read together, | or clubs and study and debate together. | From religion to whist, the tendency s to organize groups of persons, selected for their common Interest in some one matter, to exercise or indulge themselves together in a special direction, meeting on only one side of their lives, | themselves more or less all of one class and with a corresponding narrowness of experience to be got from one another. | AIl this s the direct opposite of the | conditions of home life, where a small | number of persons of both sexes, unlike in age and generally in tastes, but united by | close personal tles, meet, not for one spe- | clalized kind of activity, but in the muitf- | farious unclassifiable activitles of home | | 1te. It 1s obvious that the tendency to cr- | ganize in groups, cutting across the family | group, is natural and inevitable. It is also | obvious that it brings about very great | advantages. It is equally obvious that it | tends to take from the duties and activi- | ties that find their place within the fam- 4y circle, to lessen the scope of the family life, which is the object of so much en- thuslasm. This change, it is interesting to notice, | is quite in accordance with the trend of | the development of the famlly as far as | we know its history. In early Rome the state was essentially a federation of pa- triachally organized family groups. Each family contained not only the immediate family, as we understand it, but a much more extended circle of relatives—uncles, cousins, married sons and grandchildren— besides the slaves. These were bound to- gether by the common and absolute authority of the patriarch head of the | tamily (paterfamilias), who had the right to even kill his children or to sell them as slaves. This group was bound togeth- er, too, by the worship of its ancestors and the sacred ceremonies of the hearth, which gave it its chief sanctity and im- portance. Many of these features reproduce them- selves more or less exactly In the most | diverse nations and dlverse times. Tpe | patriarchal family of the early Hebrews, | the Chinese family to-day, with its an- | cestor worship and intense filial plety, are amples. exSur:: a family may be studled from many different aspects, as & body of kin- dred, as a household, as an economlc com- munity, 2s a religlous group or as a po'it- | fcal unit (whether independent, as a clan or an imperium in imperio, a state within the state). In all these aspects the tendency has | been similar—to reduce the family group, to simplify it, to give over its various functions, as they develop, to be carried on in new ways and In a more highly or- | ganized form outside the family. The typical family comes to contaln only the parents and unmarried children. The rites | of religion are observed not mainly with- in the family, but in public worship. The family authority not only extends over smaller group, but its scope is constantly lessened by the growth of public author- | ity, of law, of the state. This family law had two sides—the au- thority of the family, vested in its head, over its own members, and, secondly, (he duty of the family to protect its own members from outside aggression. The origin of our own penal law is in the tribal codes of retribution whereby one family could exact from another damages for in- jury inflicted by one of its members, In place of the otherwise obligatory . evenge, Wwith the endless counter revenges of a blood feud thereby entalled. It rested also with the fomily to punish its own offend- ing members, whether for injuries with- in its own circle or for injuries to out- eiders entailing general cost to the group. It was a momentous change when the state took from the family (and from the individual) the right of revenge and the responsibility for defense and undertook to preserve order by public rules and by public power—a step In civilization which i{s not yet accepted, to our shame, in all parts of our country, whether among Georgla lynchers or Kentucky feud fight- ers. Equally momentous was the other side of this change, when the state took from the hand of the father the right to punish the grown son, thus bringing about the direct relation between the state and the individual citizen which characterizes modern civilization. Nowhere, perhaps, has the disintegra- tion of the family gone further than in this country, where children so early seek independent lives, where parents are so little disposed to exert authority. Some radicals not only prophesy bmt desire a further movement in this direc- tion. They criticize family life as econ- omically wasteful and unsatisfactory, as dwarfing and stultifying to the individual, as breeding a family selfishness which s as harmful to soclety as personal self- seeking. To most of us, In spite of the element of truth In these criticisms, the family geems to have a raison d'etre which is so fundamental, so far-reaching that it s, like all the deepest things, almost impos- sible to prove or to analyze. The fact that the tendency has been for thousands of years to simplify the family group, both in its composition and its activitie: does not In the least mean that there Is a tendency to do away with it. On the con- trary, the essentials of the family may be only brought into higher rellef by being thus separated. Balch, Miss Lucy Wheelock and others. of means of recreation, and sociables and | clubs and other organized ALCH OF WELLESLEY. Copyright, 1899, by Seymour Eaton. HOME SCIENCE AND HOUSEHOLD BECONOMY. amp [ il Mrs. Margaret E. Sang: s Anna Barrows, Mrs. Mary Robert, Mrs, mith, The family has functions which cannot be taken from it without unspeakable loss. It gives to the future citizen that early education, that education which is largely preconsclous which Is the most important of all. and it educ its members, as done in no even, way, on the intimate personal side. No education in the world compares with that recelved by the parents in bringing up a child. The seifish become unselfish, the frivolous earnest, the careless responsible, the foolish wise, at least in a degree. Here, in an intensely individualistic soci- ety, a limited communism s practiced, which keeps alive the ideal of fraternal dealings. Here the parent realizes that he has a stake In the country exceeding the span of his own lifetime and his own Interests. The way to strengthen the family is not mainly to organize socleties to study or improve it, but for each individual to bring his own family life to the highest possible plane, to create a home atmos- phere where family affection does not mean Indifference toward those outside the family group, where intimacy is con- sistent with respect for individual privacy, where diverse Interests add to the rich- ness without detracting from the unity of the home life, where familiarity does not breed ennul, where a sense of mutual responsibility and family pride (in its nobler sense) does not lead to a desire to enforce conformity to family standards— in short, to creats a home which can strengthen afresh and mutually educate all its members, so that the state, dealing with the individual, may find the indi- vidual at once individualized and social- 1zed, exercised In the small circle of the | home in the qualities which on a larger scale make the public spirit of the ideal citizen. dia s Seae Wellesley College. ———— NATIVE DAUGHTERS' XMAS. Festivals Last Evening by Alta and La Estrella Parlors in Native Sons’ Hall. Last evening Alta Parlor of the Native Daughters of the Golden West held its (hrm'mms festival In the banquet hall of the Native Sons’ building, and it was at- tended by a very large number o ladles, gentlemen and children, the latter receive ing candles and toys from the gayly dec orated tree, which was in charge of Santa Claus, represented by Mrs. Lizzie Meyers, & member of the parlor. There was an auction sale of articles sultable for Christmas presents and a programme of dancing. The festival was_directed by . J. A. Steinbach, Miss Lizzle Doug- lass, Mrs. J. J. Griff,'Mrs. H. W. Fraser, Miss Faulkner, Mrs. E. Trittenba Mrs. M. Marshal, Miss A. Mcintyre, M M. Richter, Mrs.' H. Meyer, Miss M. M L@rréhy(nhn-ll Mis )‘lnh«l Miller. e Christmas festival of La Estrell Parlor, Native Daughters, heid in Shasta Hall of the Native Sons' bullding last night, was a pleasant affair, for there was a good attendance, good music, an excel- lent programme and a fine Christmas tree illuminated With many colored electric lights. The presents from the tree wers distributed by J. B. Whittemore, who en- acted the part of good Santa Claus. E. Mcinerney, Miss Bertha Mamle Johansen, Miss Alice Boldemar Mrs. Harrlet Hail, Mrs. A. Nichols and Miss A, Panella were the committes on entertainment, —————— ARGUING THE FRENNA CASE. Attorney for the Defense Claims the Barber Was Justified in Shoot- ing Turner. The Frenna case will not go to the jury until Monday. All day yesterday coun- sel for the defense were arguing on be- half of the accused barber. Attorney J. A. Hosmer made tae opening argument for Frenna, and cilated on the alleged fact that the dead man had repeatedly threatened to kill the man who slew him, and that he made a motion as though to draw a revolver on that fatal morning in the Crocker bullding, which latter fact, the attorney clalmed, was sufficient justi- flation for Frenna to shoot. Attorney W. 8. Barnes followed Mr. Hosmer, and Monday morning District Attorney Mur- phy will make the closing argument for the people. The Judge's charge to the Jury will follow, and it s expected that speclal Instructions will be submitted to the court by counsel, with a request that they be embodied in'the charge. In fact such a request has already been made, and the instructions are already being prepared. Frenna maintains his usual air of confidence, but it is evident that the strain is beginning to tell on him. —_——— A Popular Lunch. Zinkand's continues to be the popular for a first-class hot lunch at noon. —_—— OFFICERS ELECTED. Market-Street and Eureka Improve- ment Club Meet. The Market Street and Eureka Improve- ment Club met last night at Seventeenth and Market streets for the election of offi- cers and delegates to represent the club for the ensuing year. The new officers are: E. B. Morgan, president: J. McDon- ald, vice president: W. E. Dubols, secre- tary; M. E. Gumpei, treasurer. Executive committee—Dennls Barry, Hernard Joost, J. B. McDonald, G. A. Clough, W. M. Mor- gan. The following were elected delegates to the Federation of Mission Clubs: M. E. Dubols, A. B. Morgan and W. J. Cuth- bertson. ——e— LAND BUYERS LOSE. Illegal Sales of Government Tracts in Hawaii. HONOLULU, Dec. §.—The full text of Attorney General Griggs’ opinion regard- ing the sales of local Government lands after annexation has been received here, and does not make any change in the sit- uation. It is generally thought that the only hope of the purchasers who paid large sums Into the Hawallan treasury for lands is in special legislation by Con- gress. There wil be claims for money pald for land and if the land ‘is finally taken away, as gmvmed by Griggs' opin- fon, the present holders who have erected bulldings will want reimbursement for their losses. P Fire at a Penitentiary. LINCOLN, Nebr., Dec. 15.—Flre at the penitentiary to-day consumed the manu- facturers' building and caused loss to the building and contents amounting to between $75,000 and $100,000. The prinetpal part of the loss falls on the State, which owned the building and the machine shops, which were together valued at $50,- 000 and were uninsured. Aside from the State, the principal loser is the Lee Broom and Duster Company, $25,00 on machinery and stock; fairly well covered by insur- ance. Dlace . ————— 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,