The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 24, 1900, Page 7

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Madison Sauare, PHITA PAL NEW WESTERN HOTEL, EARNY AND WASHINGTON STS.—RE- modeled and renovated. KING, :I‘!o 35 weel:‘: 38 to $20 montfl. cold water every room: fire grates in every room; elevator runs all night, B was to be expected, the scare over the bubonic plague raised by the d of Health of this city has had its effect upon the business in- terests to such an extent that the s have decided they must put atter plainly before the country. At the time of the discovery of the first sick Chingman, it was then the desire of the press and the city officials, with the exception of the Examiner and the Board of Health, to let the matter rest until it was seen that the city was infected, be- fore such news was given out. The Ex- aminer forced matters, however, and the on of its startling headlines here ir reflection in the Journal in New York was that San Francisco was in- fected. As a matter of fact it is not and never has been infected, and this the merchants want the country to know. The matter has been taken up by the Board of Trade. Its first step will be to | call a meeting of the various commercial organizations to arrange for the wide dis- semination of the true facts of the case and a refutation of the false reports that reflect on the health of the city. A. A. Watkins, president of the Board of Trade, has the matter in charge. He MERCHANTS TO CITY’'S RESCUE They Will Tell the True Story of the Plague Scare Begotten by a Lust for Lucre. Big Meeting of Commercial Bodies to Be Held, at Which False Reports of San Fran- cisco’s Health Will Be Set Right, v says he hopes the newspapers and the news agencies will support the mer- chants in their endeavor to have the true state of affairs made known. President Nelson of the Chamber of Commerce and President Sbarboro of the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Association are both in favor of-holding the meeting, and they, | too, hope for the support of the news agencies, No date for the meellni has so far been fixed, and there is no definite plan of ac- tion except that something must be done or the reputation of the city will serious- ly suffer. It is possible, too, that before the meeting may be called it will have been decided to enlarge its scope so as to include all the members of all com- mercial organizations of the city. The general sentlment among the mer- chants is that the whole affair has been | a play to the grand stand and serious | oniy as it affects the business of the city. | Other contagious diseases, they point out, are taken to the Pesthouse without ceremony or sensation, but in the case of one suspect the whole town is practical- Iy quarantined, sensational reports are sent out all over the country and the mer- chants have to pay the bill. They believe | the game has gone far enough and they | are going to have some say in the matter themselves. |UNION LEAGUE CLUB NAMES A DELEGATION | Members Appointed to Represent | the League at Los Angeles | Convention. The Union League Club committeo on political action met yesterday afternoon to choose fourteen delegates to represent the club in the State Republican Leagus Convention, at Los Angeles, April 27. The delegates chosen were: Lieutenant Governor Jacob Neff, Speaker Alden An- derson, Attorney General Tirey L. Ford, J. C. Campbell, J. M. Gleaves, William M. { Abbott, Frank Coombs, D. E. McKinlay, | M. M. Estee, Thomas Kirkpatrick, Thom- as Flint Jr.. George D. Clark, Daniel T. | Cole ana Charles L. Patton. | | “A. G. Booth, president; S. J. Hendy, sec- | retary, and 1| W. Hellman Jr., treasurer, | of the’ Union League are ex-officio dele- gates. The delegation will therefore con- ren members. ord, chairman of the com- PAYMASTER DOWNEY ATTACKED BY INSURGENTS Beaten Back After an Attempt to Rob | the Pay Wagon on a Steep Mountain Trail. News was received yesterday from Ma- nila of an exciting fight between Pay- master George F. Downey and his clerk, | Jerome Clark, and a band of Insurgents, | who sought to rob the pay wagon. Ma-| | jor Downey, with Clark and an escort from Captain Davis' company of the | | Thirteenth Infantry of fifteen men under | a corporal, was on his way from Candon | to Cervantes to pay a detachment of the Thirty-third Infantry, which was near Cervantes. The paymaster had over ten | thousand dollars with him. The party | had passed Salcedo, where they were told | the country beyond was clear of insur- gents, and were proceeding up a steep | mouxtain trail, when from both sides of | the trail the insurgents opened fire. It was a complete surprise, but the es- mittee, predicted a big convention, as the | COrt deployed on either side of the wago: opening gun of the Presidential campaign | Major Powney and Clark drew their re- | in California would be fired at Los An- | Yolvers and joined the troops, and for a | | geles on April 27. | few minutes there was some lively | | "H." Z. Osborne of Los Angeles, chair- | fighting. | man of the committee on transportatisn, d that the rate given to the Kmizhts mplar would apply to delegates to the onvention. This is a one and one-third rate for the round-trip. ey L. Ford presided at the session of smmittee. e members attendin M. M. Estee, C. F. Bassett, J. ) ves, J. C. Currier, A. G. Booth, Paris Gle Kilburn, Alden Anderson, J. H. Neff, H. Z. Osborne and T. L. Ford. ADVERTISEMENTS. Serious fiis of Women the female organism that breed all kinds of trouble and which ordinary prac- tice does not cure, are the very things that glve way | usual discharges, back= aches and painful s | —these are the ills that hang on art:] wreck health and happiness and dis- position. hkas a wonderful record of absolute cures of these troubles —a constant| series of successes for thirty years. Thousands of women vouch for this. Their letters constantly appear in this paper. NOT A RIVAL IN SIGHT! The beauty of our laundry work makes s justly proud, and we feel like crowing every time we see the superb color and finish on the shirts, collars and cuffs done up by our methods. United States Laundry, Offio> 1004 Market Street. Telephone South 420. oakland Office, 514 Eleventh St Corner Market, CAFE ROV 2 our Speclal Steam and Be.. The derangements of | L. Park, 1 S 1z, promptly to Lydia E. Plnk~ | ;J.,‘ Key, J%’.msamff.ifm’, 6. 1, Lesiie, Samuel ullivan, ronin, N. Sulll- ham’s Vegetable Com- ...\ 7" D' #. Vekoe. M. Farrell, - }.5}} Seanue: 3 'HFWE‘;A ard, He - | 3 MeManus, 3. H. ward, Harry Uterine and ovarlam |’ ., .. of te school census wil be troubles, kidney troubles, | commerced on April 16 next and will ve Complated April 30, cerations, rs Mhes B. Bykes was temporarlly re- ul, ti y BUMOrS, UR= | Jinc B S o e of the Sprive | "The escort had no cover, nor could they | | get any, for the insurgents occupfed the | rocks and underbrush on both sides of | the trail, but in spite of that they all| | escaped without injury. The fu:‘lllade] came to an abrupt end by the wl\lr] drawal of the insurgents. hey carried | | their wounded with them, but they left | five dead by the trail. The paymaster | and his pariy proceeded on to Cervantes | without further molestation. i Major Downey is well known here in | San Francl He is a volunteer officer | | who was assigned to duty with the head- | quarters of this department in June of 1808. He served here for thirteen months and then in July of 1899 he was ordered to Manfla, where he has been since. His clerk, Jerome Clark, is also known here | as an employe of Wells, Fargo & Co. | While here he was a noted shot with a | rifle and revolver, and it is probable he | joined in the fight with a willingness that | had its effect upon the casualties. 'SCHOOL CENSUS WILL | BE TAKEN NEXT MONTH | | | Board of Education Appoints Forty- Three Marshals—Sykes Made Vice Principal. The Board of Education vesterday ap- pointed R. E. Lame chief deputy to Cen- sus Marshal Elbert and the following as- sistants: . J. Harrison, Charles Fiynn, Willlam J. Ferris, William Page, John A. Fay, L. Cooper, F. Molloy, Willlam Magner, james Flynn, W. 3. Miller, Joseph F. Plunkett, W. J. Donlon, | F. 1. Foster, J. R. Rochford, Phillip Wand, | Frank Magner, James A. Code, John Foley, Daniel Ryan, T. E. Preble, W. Bauman, Rob- L. Popper, Wliliam | Valley Evening School and appointed to | the vice prlncipalah.lyp of the Horace Mann | Grammar School. J. H. Foulkes was ap- pointed to succeed Sykes. —_————————— An outfit for Cape Nome s not complete | without a fur blanket. H. Liebes & Co., furriers, 133-137 Post street, will furnish )'o;l with the proper article at modern.te price. —_—————————— Nobmann Family Disturbance. John C. Nobmann, Deputy Sheriff in De- partment 4 of the Superior Court, was ar- | rested yesterday on a warrant charging ! him with disturbing the peacc. The com- plaining _witness is Mrs. Hannah Nob- mann, fi?‘mmore and California streets. She {s the defendant’s stepmother, and on Thursday night he is sald to have gone to her house and raised a disturbance, She is the beneficiary under the will of her deceased husband, and his children have filed a contest to the will. —_———————— In the Divorce Court. Judge Hebbard yesterday ordered An- drew L. Hall, captain of the steamer Walla Walla, to pay his wife, Margaret A. Hall, alimony in the sum of $60 a month ending the disposition of her action for ivorce. Sophie A. Becker has sued George F. Becker for a divorce on the ground of desertion. BEECHAW PILLS The Best and Safest Family Medicine Bilious and Nervous Disorders Sick Headache, Constipation, Weak Stomach, Impaired Di- gestion, Disordered Liver and Female Ailments. The World’s Medicine Annual Sale Bxceeds 6,000,000 Boxes. 10 cents gnd 25 cents, at all drug stores. mmflmhnthemru innwhh mhu o0 achieved 2 Without the publication of testimoniais | Mornin THE SAN FKANCISCU CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1900. HIGHLAND LIGHT DISMASTED IN A HIGH CROSS SEA Bound for Nanaimv for Ha- waii and Put in Here in Distress. et sat Missionary Barkentine Morning Star to Run to Cape Nome—Steamers Gaelic and Carmarthenshire Sail for the Orient. S e There has been some heavy weather | along the coast during the past fortnight, | and in consequence several vessels have made port the worse for wear. The steam | schooner Tillamook was among the num- | ber, and she is now repairing damages in Oakland Creek. About the time th steamer was In trouble the bark Highland Light was catching it off Humboldt Bay. A fresh easterly gale was blowing and a very high cross sea running. There was in consequence a great strain on the standing rigging and the foretopmast backstay carried away. Almost immedi- ately the foretopmast went by the board and took everything attached with it. The main from the topgallant mast up fol- lowed the foretopmast, leaving the bark ractically dismasted. Captain McLure | geclded to run for San Francisco in order | to make repairs and after much maneu- | vering reached port yesterday afternoon. | The Highland Light was on her way from Nanaimo, B. C., for Lahaina, H. L, with a | cargo of coal. | The American ship A. G. Ropes Is ready | for sea and will probably sail to-day. There is a great scarcity of A. B.'s on the coast and in consequence the Ropes had | to pay an advance on the regular deep | water rate in order to secure a first-class crew. From here to Honolulu, where the Ropes goes to load sugar for 'New York, the rate is $25 a month, and from Hono- lulu the rate to New York is or was $20 a month. The_ Ropes pays $25 a month clear to New York, and in consequence Captain Rivers secured the pick of the men on the beach. The missionary barkentine Morning Star has changed hands, and instead of sailing BIOGRAPHICAL ST BY CHARLOTTE BREWSTER JORDAN VI CHARLOTTE CORDAY. (1768-1793.) Marie Anne Charlotte Corday d’Armans, known to history as Charlotte Corday. was born at Orne in 1768. Her life was devoid of incident; her history lay in the events leading up to ber self-chosen death. An example of cne of the many abnormal accidents of the unnatural conditions en- gendered by the French revolution, she would probably long since have been con- igned to oblivion were it not for the ro- mantic interest aroused by the appealing | portrait painted a few hours before her execution. The artist, Hauer, privileged to paint this' portrait upon. which the later idealized pictures have been founded, bears willing testimony to the digniiled simplicity of character and sweetness cof soul which irradiated a countenance nat- urally beautiful. There is no doubt that hers was an unusually lovely type of beauty, quite different from that inva- riably ascribed to all sensational hero- ines who pay the death penalty. It is probable that her most popular portrait, painted by C. L. Muller, representing her in the white mob cap made especially for | L4 ? } i ! for the southern seas with a band of mis- slonaries next month she will leave for | Alaska with gold hunters. She has been | purchased by Captain Sherman, late of the whaling steamer Thrasher, and with her the ex-whaleman proposes to make for a new diggings in the frozen north known to him alone. Captain Sherman has been very lucky as a whale hunter, and now he boldly asserts that he s going after something better than blubber and will come home a millionaire. | The Morning Star is an auxillary bark- | entine, the mainmast being hollow and | serving as a funnel. A larger vessel is | required by the missionary societa’, so the | Star has been sold and a new vessel bullt in the East is_now_ almost | ready to take her place. The Morning | Star is In Oakland Creek, and Captain Sherman intends to begin at once getting | her ready for the voyage to the frozen | north. The schooner Bowhead {s going to Nome, The old whaler has been pur- chased by Captain W. Newhall, and he is going to take a party to the gold fields | in her next month. ! ‘Three blg ships to _exceed the Arthur | Sewall, Erskine M. Phelps and Edward | Sewall by 500 tons are to be built by the | Sewalls next year and put into the New | York-San Francisco trade. The new clippers will be of steel throughout, and | the contract for the material has already | been let. | The Oceidental and Oriental Company’s Gaelic and the Banta Fe Company's Car- marthenshire sailed for the Orient yes- terday. Both vessels had all the freight they could carry. The Kosmos liner | Hathor was to have sailed for Europe via Central and South America, but was de- | tained until to-day, owing to the non-ar- rival of some of her contract freight. She takes away every ounce of cargo she can carry. The collier Ben Mohr, which struck on an uncharted rock in Oyster harbor while on her way here, went on the drydock yesterday for an overhauling. ANOTHER HOLE KNOCKED IN THE NEW CHARTER| Judge Cook Decides That the State Law Governs Issuance of Bail Bonds. San Francisco's new charter is begin- ning to look like the bottom of a colan- der. Still another hole was punctured in the local organic law yesterday by a de- cision handed down by Judge Cook, in which he held that the provision of the | charter making it mandatory for all bonds | for the release of Sersuns charged with | crime to be secured by property in this | city and county and for the same to be ac- | cepted by the bond and warrant clerk be- fore the prisoner could secure his release | was null. M. Less, charged with obtain- | ing money under false pretenses, appeared | before Judge Cook yesterday on a writ of habeas corpus, sworn out on his be- half by a friend. His attorney, C. C. Na- gle, said that he had presented a bond to the bond and warrant clerk for the re- lease of the defendant, but the same was refused on the ground that the bondsmen qualified by virtue of their possession of property in the State, but not in the city and county. Argument on the writ fol- lowed and Judge Cook decided that the State law, which makes valid all bonds legal and sufficient on which those quali- fying own property of sufficient value anywhere In the State superseded the pro- vision of the charter and bonds in such cases could only be accepted by the com- mitting magistrate or other Judge of equal or superior jurisdiction. Judge Cook Instructed Nagle to present the bond in question to a court of competent juris- diction and in event of its non-acceptance ! S * ® 0 1 s 1 : *P-¢P-*¢ ® 3 4 . (.4 . ® 34 P CHARLOTTE CORDAY. [ Baie ot ol ol o e o e o e o o her execution, with quill in hand looking | out earnestly from behind her prison bar: has done much to hold popular judgme in equilibrium. Was this sad-eyed, pure- | faced youns girl who deliberately took the life of Marat a murderer or a heroine? | She would undoubtedly have figured as a classic, a feminine Brutus, in “‘the glory that was G The grandeur that was Rome. But in this unimpassioned twentleth cen- tury, looking coldly back upon the fever heat which burned itseif out in France 100 years ago, who shall say whsther Charlotte Corday was sent by God to avenge her ccuntry? In other wurds, should the heroes of history be judged by the standards of the day In which they lived or gauged by modern criteria? The youth of Charlotte Corday, like that | of Joan of Are, was of the kind that fos- ters lntm!%ectlon. feeds imagination and prolongs childhood indefinitely. It was not ‘'mid her flocks on the hillsides, bur in the cloistered seclusion of the abbaye— Aux Dames—founded at Caen for the daughters of the gool’ nobility by Matilda, wife of William the Conqueror, that Char- lotte Corday's mystic self-communings took on that personal shape which beck- | oned her to her doom. Here she devoured whatever books came to her hand, abscrb- ing greedily whatever savored of patriot- ism and equality of rights. While her mind was in this vortex of fll-chosen reading news reached her of the increasing in- famy of Marat. Marat, head of the Mountain, the ed- | itor of the revolutionary press, upon which so many republican 0] been founded, the incarnation o was evil in the French revolution, had by means of unparalleled atrocities raised himself to the highest power in his party. Danton and besplerre, the other members of this terrible triumvi- rate, were unable to satisfy Marat's un- quenchable thirst for blood. Incorrup- tible in money matters, he was neverthe- less one of the vilest of mankind. No lie the writ would issue as prayed. was too monstrous, mo atrocity too san- Later In the day the bond was present- inary, to debar his hideous progress. ed to Judge Mogan, who accepted the|His brain was turned by his immense same and réleased the accused from cus- | power. Even his adherents abhorred his tody. feprou- body and livid leer, refusing to S | sit near the blood-crazed demoniac whom TOMMY CHANDLER MISSED A CHECK But Was Paid His Expense Bill on Another Voucher Just as Good. The trial of the suit of the Government to recover $16,000 from Stanley Willey and Henry Farmer, bondsmen for O, M. Wel- burn as disbursing officer for the internal revenue service In this division, occupied the attention of United States Circuit Judge Morrow and a jury yesterday. It is expected that the case will go to the jury to-day. Thomas Chandler, a deputy collector, was shown a check for $12 30 as expenses for the month of November, 1594, and drawn in his favor. It was indorsed “W. H. Dillard.” Mr. Chandler swore that he had never received the check nor any money upon it. His expenses for that month were paid on another check. Clyde Welburn testified that his absence n{mmol}a tha.‘n :h{;e months in 1896 gms charged againsi e vacations to whicl: fe was entitled for 159 and 1905, he ot having taken any vacation in 1895. 0. M. Welburn occupled the stand dur- ing the whole of the afternoon. With ref- erence to the allegations that he had kept C. W. Alken's name on the payroll when Captain John E. Youngberg was do'ng the work, the witness said that Special Agents llcu\lfllln and Thomas knew at the time that that was being done. They All Go There. TLadies on shopping expeditions, business men and out-of-town visitors are always found at Zinkand's; best meals, service and music. * — e Serious Illness of John Allen. John de Witt Allen, the prominent capitalist and clubman, is seriously {ll, and it is feared that his mind is affected. He has been removed from his quarters at the Pacific Unl:s‘ Club to a private sanitarit Alam County. Mr. is a nn“«l:nl the late General z’nn’-nfi'“fi: herited a large estate. ——————————— “Just_fine!” says every lady who uses Anyvo Theatrical Cold Cream, Druggists.. they had raised to power. He it was who urged the immediate execution of Louis XVI and called upon his constituency to kill 200,000- adherents of the old regime. He even wished to reduce the convention, the republican organ of the Government, one-fourth by this same cruel measure. The Girondists, who had forced Louis XVI to become a constitutional king, had been entirely superseded by Marat's ul-! tra-revolutionary party, known as the Jacobins. And now Marat's venom was turned against the Girondists and he an- nounced in his journal that 300,000 of their heads were necessary to consolidate the libertles of France. Surely if it ever were right for men to usurp God's prerogative o(‘!ummonlnx a soul to the other world, such a scourge upon mankind as Marat would seem to justify the deed! Upen the ‘suppression of the convents by the national convention Charlotte Cor- day returned to her home at Caen. Well read in anclent history and versed in the more modern principles of political econ- omy, she had expected the Girondists to bring about an ideal pure republic. When Marat expelled them from the convention Charlotte Corday, at the head of the voung girls of the city, went out to meet those returning to Caen, and presented them with crowns and flowers. With her father she attended their indignation meetings, but was disgusted by their pusiilanimity. Volunteers were called for upon the field of Caen to lead an Insur- rectionary movement against Marat, but so_intimidated were they by Marat's lim- itless power for evil that but thirty re- sponded to_the roll of the drum. Then arlotte Cord&}' realized for the first time the terrorizing power of the head of French Government. If he could make so nerveless these men whom he had wronged, he must rule by right of terror alone, and she, Charlotte Corday, who knew no fear, would rid her country of this law-murderer, and justice and succ would return. It is said that at rst she debated with herself whether ce should be relieved of Marat or of g‘;‘;‘u ierre, but the call of the former for 100,000 ore guillotine vietims, com- bined with the testimony which the scribed Girondists brought back to Nor- mandy, determined her to seek out Marat without delay. ToFadd (o shoot Mara M\slo 4 b ly. carry out her intention before HEROINE OF THE REIGN OF TERROR. Copyright, 1900, by Seymour Eaton. —_—— UDIES FOR GIRLS. in the plays of her great-great-uncle, Pierre Corneille, she decided to purchase a new weapon with which to dispatch him at his home, for Marat was too ill to o any more to the convention and ad- | mitted no visitors. After buying a sharp knife of a cutler she persuaded one Du- perret, a Girondist, to take her to Marat's house; but both were denied admission. She then wrote two notes to her vietim, declaring with the abnormal cunning which the most simple-minded seem to develop upon occasion that she had im- portant secrets to disclose to him. Re- turning in the evening, she gained admit- tance while Marat was in his bath. Re- ferring to the Girondist Deputies of her neighborhood, he said that he would have them arrested and execyted the same day, whereupon Charlotte (brday plunged the knife, which she had concealed in her | neckerchief, into his heart. Having achleved what she achieved to be a commendable action, she refused all opportunities of escape and calmly await- ed arrest. She was not only willing but anxious to sacrifice her life for the good of her country. She was alarmed, how- ever, at the attacks of the infuriated mul- titude, who would have undoubtedly torn her to pleces had she not been ably pro- tected by the Chief of Police. “Not that I feared to die,” she said, “but it was re- pugnant to my woman's nature to be torn to_pleces before everybody.” Before the revolutionary tribunal she showed the same calm and modest dig- [ R iaa e ol o ol o e o o +o+®+®~0—0+@+o+0+@+0+0, & e kS a2 R R AL o e e e U e e S et Y nity, losing her innocent seremity but once, when Fouquier-Tinville insinuated that she could not have killed her vietim so successfuily had she not been accus- toming her hand to it. *“‘Oh, the wretch!" she exclaimed, in an astonishment that took the courtroom by storm. ‘““He takes me for an assassin!" When the president then asked how she could reach the heart at the very first blow, she replied: “In- dignation “had The presi- e Corday’s counsel to plead insanity, but she urged premeditation so strongly that the presi- dent again tried to save her by omjttin in his charge to the jury the clause, “witl criminal _and contra-revolutionary de- signs.” He was arrested and tried for this suppression a few days later; but his efforts were unavailing, for she was con- demned to immediate execution. While M. Hauer, the artist, was painting her portrait the gendarmes entered with the red robe which murderers wore at their execution. She displayed no hesita- tion in putting it on. There was nothing of the savage virago or coward about her, for she was uplifted by the thoughe-that by sheddingthe blood of one man and giv- ing up her own in penalty therefor she had saved the blood of thousands of her countrymen. Robespierre, Danton and Desmoulins, who had stationed them- seives on the road to the ‘fuillollne. were amazed at her peaceful and majesticcalm- ness. so unlike that of other victims, who had not aualled before the guillotine, yet had Xept up their spirits with patriotic speeches and songs. A deputy from May- ence lest his reason—no uncommen thing during the relgn of terror—at sight of her red-robed Leauty, radiant in tha sunset, aud requested to be executed immediately afterward thai he might join “the woman greater than Brutus” in another world. Ilis request was granted, but Charlotte (_;on!u)' never knew of his singular devo- thon She re the same unflinching calm on the scafio!d and showed no emtion ex- cept that ¢f wishing to hurry the exacu- tioner after he had arranged her clothing for the guillotine. A minion of Marat's struck her face a blow when the execu- tioner held it up to the mob, and it is a well attested fact that she blushed and looked with amazement upon his imper- tinence. Charlotte Corday’'s sacrifice did not bring about the results for which it was made. Upon the death of Marat, who would have died in a few months of his loathsome diseases, the blood of France flowed more freely than ever; in fact, it was followed by some of the worst atrocities of the reign of terror. David's portrait of Matfat with was exhibited on an the Louvre, and then in the convention, and kept streams of blood flowing “to the shades of Marat.” For four dreadful months the ax, grapeshot and drowning “purged society” of thousands of its mem- bers. Finally friends and foes combined to overthrow Robespierré and the end for which Charlotte Corday had given her life was reached at last. Of the wisdom of her deed there are many grave doubts: of her beauty, sincerity and purity of character there is no question. Transvaal National Hymns. As one means of ralsing money for the benefit fund for widows and orphans of Boers who have fallen in battle against the British the Transvaal committee in this city has procured the publication of the Transvaal national hymn, the words being translated into English by Charles D. South. The hymn has been sung i San Francisco by Miss Sannie Kru, o, a . & niece of Oom Paul. The song is olmnr- est because of {ts historic character and merits coasideration for itself as well as for the cause in which it s now being sgld. Mr. South's version of the words is s ng and vigorous and well the patriotie fervor of the original, pinmoadar B B o hn i b-3-8-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-F- In next Sunday’s Call will appear a full page of repro- ductions from the best work of San Francisco artists— scenes that they consider the most beautiful bits of local color. This page will prove a gem for all who appreciats the artistic efforts of Califor- nia’s talented painters. RRMAARARRARREER S f=8~1 O 10 00 206 106 108 108 10¢ 10K X, o o =3 -3 o o o o = -