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THE N FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1900. E) vs before her. Thirty is a batile with menstrua- & ar “s “Of ORe woman rendrod escapes the which lie in wait from Fofn " Pinkham's Vegetable Componnd —_— e has restored a million women to health. Letiers from grateful wgmen are constantly beling arinted in this raper. Mrs. Pinkham has fifty thousand such letters. Her counsel is safe coun- sel. It always helps wo- men and it w¥ll help you. *Mrs. Pinkham’s ad- dress is Lynn, Mass. She will advise you free. e — AMUSEMENTS. GRAND OPERA-HOUSE Speciat SALE OF SEATS BEGINS TO-DAY AT9A. M. FRIDAY AFTERNOON N 1:45 SHARP, BENEFIT FOR THE WIDOW AND ORPHANS e T Th %, at JOHN E. of San Francisco. ATTRACTIONS FROM EVERY THEATER IN THE CITY, TREL FIRST PA MONSTER MINS T, N E BE L EVER GIVEN. RESERVED SEATS -- $1.00, OPERA HOUSE : Manager. of es THURSDAY MORNT MOND ENING XT, JULY 2 THE NEW FRAWLEY COMPANY. X 2 I's Famous Play, THE GHETTO.” ursday Morn- House and TICISM. T OF THE SEASON The Greatest Comedy Quartet in America. The Four COHA Presenting “THE GOVERNOR'S SO} TODD - JUDGE EAMILY OF ACROBATS, CARRINGTON. HOLLAND and GALPIN, 1. BERT and GILDIE, ~AL DALE. DEANE, GRAPE- cvs Wednes Saturday and Sunday. «TIVOLI» Another Sensational Success! A House Last Night ival of t HE GEISHA POSITIVELY EVERY EVENING AND SAT- URDAY MATINEE. Pack Witnessed the and Soc. H 9. POPULAR PRICI TELEPHON E BU FRR e IVERY NIGHT AT 8:10. FOURTH WEEK FLORENCE ROBERTS . ed by WHITE WHITTLESEY, in the T Fascinating Play, APHO! ONLY MATINEE SATURDAY. Seats st Box Office ¢ Days in Advance, zars of her h'ftzI WEENEY, NS, i | Morgue by the | | | i 1 | height & FEACES WILL BE LINITED TOTEN FEET I HEIGHT Ordinance Regulating Them | Becomes Effective in One Year. RELEE o Tax Rate of $1.127 Is Finally Adopted—Bids for Hay Rejected on Account of High Price. S R The ordinance limiting the height of fences used for advertising purposes to go Into effect July 1, 191, was finally passed at meeting of the rvis Booth insisted in nendment that the ordinance €0 into e immediately and that only existing contracts now held by the bl posters be exempted from its operation. “To have the ordinance go into effect next year,” sald Booth, “will only nul- lify #ts provisions and vitiate its good ef- fects.” Brandenstein said that Booth's amend- ment would involve the in igation of the books of the bill posting monopoly, which would not be feasible. D'Ancona submitted that the ordl e could be passed to take effect immediately, and that special permits might then be issued in cases where the contracts are already in_existence. Tobin expressed himself in favor of re- stricting fences to ten feet, but sald that the arguments of the pill posters had convinced him that they were entitled to some consideration. D’Ancona’s amendment that the nance go into immediate effect was lost, only the mover and Booth votng in favor of it. The ordinance was then finally passed to go into effect on July 1, 1901, Booth alone voting no. Brandenstein’s ordi and construc x on ng or other purpose: for adver fect was taken from the : and was referred to the judiciary consideration. Brande ordinance W pecially con- s and 10 reg- maintenance nces except those used for windbreaks during the in- terim when the ten-foot ordinance was in- operative. The ordi \ance providing revenue for the d. The ordinance was then signed Mayor and became a law imme- bids for hay for the Almshouse 5 Entergency Hospital submitted by cott & Magner were rejected, the fig- ure of $13 70 per ton being nsidered too high by the board. The invitation for proposals was ordered readvertised. Reed’s motion that a committee of be ain the amount of feed nece ind whether the cc be le a whole was carr] r appointed the judiciary investigate the matter. opted In accordance mmendation of the pointed fo n & L hic of this rable of _four matron fof the index copyists and order's office and , article XV end Sheri Coroner, two one meseenger for the R AL NS S o S S I S Yo g [J ApitaCream is not a ‘patent medicine” nor & simple cos- metic. Itisan already pre- pared prescrip- tion—g medi- cated cream that never fails to prove its efficiency. Anita Cream bas transformed hundreds of seem- ingly ruined sKins, and has made them beautifully clear and spotle: draws all impurities to the sur- face, removes the outer cuticle in invisibly small particles and re- stores the rosy blush of youth. Freckles, tan, moth blotches, pim- ples, liver patches, muddiness and all other discolorations disappear under the influence of Anita Cream. The treatment is delightful, quick and effective. Anita Cream con- tains no vaseline or ingredient that will cause a growth of hair. For sale by your druggist. -If nqs, send us 30 cents for fuil size jar or 2¢ for information and a free sam- E;; Anita Cream & Tollet Co. Franklin 8t., Los Angeles, Cal. A A FAR R AMUSEMENTS. COLUMBIA 5= EVERY NIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY. SPECIAL MATINEE WEDNESDAY In Addition to the Regular Matinee Saturday. Matinees Begin at 2 Sharp. CHARLES FROHMAN Presents HENRY MILLER —and a— SPECIAL COMPANY. This Week Only, Jerome K. Jerome's Brilliant Comedy Success, “MISS HOBBS” Next EDGE.” Monday—"THE_TREE Seats ready Thursday. OF KNOWL- THE SECOND WEEK BIGGER THAN THE FIRST. TREMENDOUS SUCCESS OF Dunne & Ryley's ALL-STAR CAST In Hoyt's A Milk White Flag ALL WEEK—-MATINEE SATURDAY, NEXT SUNDAY NIGHT—Hoyt's Latest, “A DAY AND A NIGHT. Appearance of MISS LOUISE GUNNING, the Famous Scotch Girl, In her original part, writ- ten for her by Chas. H. Hoyt. s FISCHER’S COXCERT,, HQUSE: Last Week of the LAMBARDI OPERA QUAR- TET AND SIG. ABRAMOFF in Scenes From “THE HUGUENOTS.” MABEL MARTIN, rano, and Isabelle Underwood. eserved Seats, 25¢. Matinee Sunday. SUTRO BATHS OPEN NIGHTS, en Dally From 7 a. m. to 11 p. m. thing from 7 a. m. to 10 p. m. ADMISSION 10e. CHILDREN fe. Pathing. Including Admission. 2c. Children 2¢. es of the municipal yvernment | the next fiscal year and fixing the | tax levy at $L121 on every $100 of an i valuation of § 000,000 was final- hree | at AFFECTING THE ¥s by the Board of Supervisors when as a board of equalization. 1 also rec- ommend_that the position of mortgage clerk in the Recorder’s office be discontinued until there will be again a necessity for it two months prior to the first Monday in March of next year, as the duty of this office, under the Politica’ Code, is to prepare a list of mortgages for the Astessor. The Mayor announced that the ordi- nance providing for the extension of the pound limits to the county line would not be taken up until next Monday. The joint committee on_judiciary and police, which Friday the district affected, reduced its report to writing. | not 3 but will do so in a few days. On_Reed's motion the San Francisco Gas and Electric Company was dire: to light the streets as it now lights th the 12 o'clock_schedule until the board determined on Monday what course it 1l pursue, Bids will be opened on that y for pubile lighting and it is expected on will insure lower rat to being ired his that compet City Attorney Lane objected d by committees that de: s communication Lane stated law governing the office of City ttorney provides that all requests for the opinion of the City Attorney shall be in writing and his answer shall_be in the same form. I shall be pleased to give you as carly an opinion as may be consistent with the duties of ‘this office upon any question of urgency.” The application of Joseph Kanal that he be released from his contract to fur- nish milk to the City and County Hospital at 11 1-3 cents a galion was denied. Kanal claimed that he was unable to furnish the milk as he could not provide a sufficient number of milch cows though he ad- mitted that he owned 150 cows, which yielded 120 cans a day and that the in- stitution only required thirty-fiye cans a day. Boxton explained that Kanal had put in such a low bid to spite two of his rivals and thought he should be reieased in justice to the inmates of the hospital. Miscellaneous Business. The petition of the seml-centennial Admission day celebration committee to string panners across Market street was granted. lumbia Athletic Club and the National Club were granted permission to hold exhibitions during the months of Au- gust and July, respectively. An ordinance was passed to print providing for the issuance of germits in the erection or alteration of buildings or other structures Within the city apd county, jmposing fees for inspection thereof and for certificates of con- struction and providing for the dlsposition of such fees. - The offictal bond of the Light and Water Inspector_was fixed at $19,000. L. R. Dempster was directed to furnish the city with forty-three coples of the California Decisions for $30 a month. ances were finally passed imposing s on dealers in junk and second-hand goods. The Comps 167 3¢ was approved and the corporation atement of the Market-street Raflway ny showing receipts for 1889 to be $482 quested to pay the sum of $9843 34 into the ty treasury, being 2 per cent of the recelpts. The grdinance imposing a lices on peddiers who_sell n stationary agons came up for f e, but was referred to the License Committee for further consideration, An ordinanc d imposing a license of quarte lessee or proprietor | biniara or per quarter on ileys except in cases where no ¢ de for their use; also ordinances fmy ded lizense on Keepers of hotels, boarding restaurants or places of persons engaged as caterers, house- lessees of inclosures where ball fed on. for the burlal of the Indigent awarded to James Hagan at $ 25 street was declared an open pub- except where it passes through The ordinance providing for the dedication of the Almshcuse tract, west of Dewey boule- v as the site for the new City and County as finally p d. nt of the n Francisco and n ectric Railway Company, howing anuary 1, 1895, to May 31, 1, based on 86 per cent of in San Francisco and San s approved. The corporation ¥ the sum of $6506 21 into the ng 2 per cent of the gross | Mateo count | was directed ty D treasury, bell esolution wae adopted approving the ac- of the Hosp! nd Health Committee in refecting certain bids for supplies found to be exorbitant in comparison with market values. New bids will be invited. The ordinance imposing a license of $75 per quarter on billposters was indefinitely post- poned on recommendation of the License Com- mittee, Chairman Comte explaired that the high rate would shut out all competition, which was deemed undesirable. A resolution providing for amending the charter to include telephone and telegraph com- panies within the regulation of rates by the Supervisors was referred to the Committee on Amendments to the Charter. The appointment of a stationery clerk at | 1% per month as an assistant to Clerk Rus- sell was authorized. The Mayor was requested by resolution to appoint a committee of three to Investigate the st of maintaining minors in the Home for Feeble-minded Children in order to reduce the expense if possible, so that the appropriation may not be overdrawn. The Mayor was requested to appoint a com- mittee of three to reduce the mumber of tele- phones in use by the city government, so that the cost of the servic 1l not exceed the sum of $7000, the amount appropriated for the fiscal year 1800-1901. The petition of owners of 4643 feet frontage on Third street for the removal of bulldings and other obstructions upon the road¥ay of the street along the water front block between Berry and Channel streets was referred to the Street Committee. The Spring Valley Water Company was re- quested to furnish the patrons of the Visita- cion Water Company with water, the pipes of the latter concern having broken ‘down. The City Attorney was requested to advise the board as to the earliest date on which amendments to the charter may be submitted to_the people. The invitation of the Erand marshal of the Fourth of July celebration for the board to participate In the parade and exercises was accepted. Referred to Committees. The following communications_were referred o committees: Market-street Rallway Com- pany with a_statement of gross receipts for 1899; Robert Carr, complaining of the imgpass- able condition of the sidewalks at Chestnut and Vallejo strects; P. H. Jackson & Co., with notice of claim of $3%9 11 against Bateman Bros. for material used in the Hall of Justice; George H. Young for permission to keep a sidéwalk elevator in front of 10 Sutter street; Sanitary Reduction Works for permiseion to construct @a temvorary track from its works along the east_side of De Haro street to Sixteenth and De Haro for small grading cars, drawn by horses; property owners and residents, for the placing of electric lghts at Twenty-first and Worth streets and &t the corner of Twenty- second and Douglass. The man who always remembers his wife’s “irthday anpiversary and presents her with some little token of esteem sel- dom has cause to seek a divorce. Silk vests—blu> and red dots on black— with collar—or crash vests with silk stripe and no collar—both pretty—three dollars; or Silk vests—like plc- ture—checks—no col- lrr—modest. — A.J.PRAGER & SONS - 'MUNICIP FIGHT BETWEEN -~ NON-UNION AND UNION PRINTERS Supervisors Enjoined From Awarding City Printing Contracts. s ey Comte Irritated at Frequent Hall of Justice Delays—Tobin Will Be Acting Mayor During Phelan’s Absence. ek That there s trouble ahead for the Board of Supervisors in awarding the contracts for municipal printing was manifesteq yesterday by it being served with a restraining order against accept- ing the blds of certain firms on seventy- five items and by the filing of several protests against any action being taken in the matter of making awards. This means a struggle between the union and non-union printing shops, which will be settled in court. The Stanley-Taylor Company, at whose instance the injunction was served, filed 4 communication demanding that it be awarded the contract for doing certain printing. The demand is made upon the sround that the firm had complied with all the conditions upon which the pro- posals were called for and was the lowest bidder -for the contract of furnishing printed forms and blanks. Phillips & Smyth protested against the award of the contract for printing to J. H. Barry of the Star and the Commerciai Publishing Company. George Spauid- ing also demanded that he be awarded the contract for printing, claiming to be the lowest bidder. The three communications were referred to the Printing Committee, as the awards had not been made when they were read. the Booth explained that injunction which had been served on the board af- fected the printing only and no interfer- ence had been attempted on books and stationery. The bids of George Spauld- e Stanley-Taylor Company had been rejected because the bidders did not have the right to use the label of the Allled Printing Trades Union. The pro- test of Phillips & Smyth against Barry and the Commercial Publishing Company is based on the fact that certain items had been erased in their bids and the claim is made that such procedure invalidates the whole bid. The Printing Committee presented a res- olution requesting the approval of its ac- tion in awarding contracts for printing to those firms only that were entitled to use the label of the Allied Printing Trad Consideration was postponed u: til next meeting on account of the in- Junction served on the board. Attorney Ruef dddressed the board on the subject of erasures in bids and held that the charter specifically provided that bids €0 altered must be rejected even if there was but a single er: re. The whole question was finally weferred to the Judiciary Committee. A number of resolutions were then adopted rru\'lding for awarding contracts for supplying cit v and books. The City Attorne: requested to appear for the city in the injunction pro- ceedings. A resolution was introduced by Comte, asking the City Attorney for an opinion as to whether the city might proceed ‘to accth and occupy the Hall of Justicg and Morgue building before the claims of the creditors were adjusted. ““We ought to take some measures in order that the building ntay be accepted immediately,” said Comte, vehemently. It seems to me that an end should be put to the vexatious delays which have characterized the slow progress in its con- structfon. It seems to me that the city should be put in possession of the struc- ture and that the claims should be adjudi- cated later.” The resolution was unanimously adopt- ed. The Mayor was granted a leave of ab- sence for sixty days from June 29, to at- tend the Democratic National Convention at Kansas City, the resolution being in- troduced by Supervisor Curtis. The char- ter does not provide that the Mayor shall be granted permission to leave the State but the bill was adopted as a measure of safety. Supervisor Tobin was unani- mously chosen as acting Mayor during his Honor's absence. Curtis explained that it was customary for the chairman of the Finance Commiitee to be so honored, but Bupervisor Jennings had pleaded that his private business would not allow him to act. HAD NO AUTHORITY TO PUT UP POWER WIRES Market-Street Company Illegally Erected Poles on Bush Street Be- tween Sansome and Kearny. The Board of Public Works reported to the Board of Supervisors yesterday that it had never issued any authority for the putting up of power wires on Bush street, between Kearny and Sansome. The communication says: There is submitted herewith a copy of a letter from the superintendent of the Market street Raflway Company. It appears there- from that he acted without specific authority in stringing power wires for operating street- cars on Bush street, between Sansome and Kearny, In the communication, signed by Su- perintendent of Construction H. H, Lynch of the Market-street Company, it is ac- knowledged that the corporation never had the right to operate electric cars on the two blocks mentioned. He says: The two blocks referred to form a nec connecting link between the electric lines on Sansome and Kearny streets, and it was erally understood that the Bush-street ll; would be used as such connecting link, though by some oversight it was not inch in the resolution of the board relating to said lines. The Market-street Railway Company sough! from the abutting property-owners jeave ti attach their supporting wires to the buildings on each side of Bush street, which was cheer- fully granted, and the wires have, in accord- ance with such permission, been so attached. They are doubly insulated and securely an- chored, so that no danger to the buildings can result therefrom. The communication was referred to the Street Committee. While the property owners may have given permission to at- tach the wires to their buildings, it is certain that the company has never re- ceived the privilege to use the two block: of street, and unless the Street Commit- tee recornmend to the board that -such {nrlvflege be granted the wires will have 0 come dow! ——e—————— MANUAL TRAINING FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS \ Board of Education to Establish Four Central Stations for That Purpose. The Board of Education is going to see to it that every pupil of the public schools has a chance to secure the benefit of manual training. With this end in view they have appointed C. T. Burke of the manual training department to make a report on the matter to them. As the plans of the board stand at present therc are to be four central stations for tech- nical education. The Clement, the Frank- lin, the Pacific Heights and probably the Horace Mann are the schools in which the lants will be installed. The manual train- ing will be confined to pupils of the eighth e and upward, as the board does not think children less advanced fitted for undertaking the work. To the surprise of those concerned In the movement they have met with much opposition from the parents, which they think is attributabie 857-859 MARKET ST, — OFPOSITE POWELL —— 1 in large measure fo the influence of the various trades unions, The establishment of schools where girls may learn to ook is also on the board’s ALITY. L e 2 Qg el educational programme, though no defi- nite action has yet béen taken in the matter. —_———————— PLAN TO IMPROVE THE HOSPITAL PARK LOT Property-Owmers in Vicinity Or- ganize Improvement Club to Collect Subscriptions. A number of property owners in the vicinity of the Hospital lot bounded by Steiner, Scott, Ridley and Waller streets, which was recently dedicated to park purposes by the Supervisors, organized a club last week to be known as the New Park Improvement Club. The officers are: President, E. C. Priber; vice pres| Major Charles Boxton; secretar Perkins; treasurer, C. B. E. Treac & finance committee—T. E. s Ohnger, E. W. Hinkle, . Stetiing, J. W. Stetson, Major Boxton and I. Anderson. H. C. B An vement fupd is in course of a proviso of the dedication be- ing that' the property owners pledgs themselves to defray the expenses of im- proving the lot. At the last meeting the following named signed the subscription list, in addition to the officers named: Captain_John Seymour, Captain C. C. Morse, E. Walters, W. J. H. White, E. G. White, H. G. Moore, M. Hart, M, Harder, A. Ruef,” A. W. Furst, J. J. Flinn and T. P. Robinsen. Est issued hy the club an- A circular nounces that the members are meeting with success in their efforts to secure the new park in the vicinity of their homes. Many have already pald thelr subscriptions, but not nearly enough has been received to justify the Park Com- missioners in ordering ghe Superintend- ent to commence the Work. In order that proYert) owners and oth- ers interested may learn the exact condi- tion of the fund, another meeting of the club will be held at the store of Henry Van Cortebeek, corner of Waller and Por- tola streets, this evening at 8 o'clock. The water color sketch of the new park show- ing the plan of footpaths and rock adorn- ments will be exhibited and explained by SuPerhltendenr. McLaren of Golden Gate Park —_————— DISTRICT ENROLLMENT _ OF THE REPUBLICANS When the Clubs Are\Organized Spe- cial Attention Will Be Paid to Registration. The enrollment of Republican voters in their respective Assembly districts of this city is progressing in a manner that sig- nifies active interest in the approaching primary election. As soon as the clubs are organized special effort will be made to induce every unregistered voter of the party to register. The law requires com- plete new registration for the general election next November. istering should be performed at once by the voter, so that his right to vote at the primary election on August 14 cannot be questioned by any stupid or overzealous election officer. Since every elector must register anew In order to vote next No- vember, it Is obviously the better plan to register in time to participate in the Aug- ust primary election. Seth Mann, chairman of the outzoing State Executive Committee of the Demo- cratic consisting of James H. Budd, J. J. Dwyer and R. M. Fitzgerald, to prépare a form of petition to be filed in the office of the Sacretary of State, as required by the pri- mary election law. The outgoing Democratic State Central Committee will meet at the California Hotel to-morrow to receive the report ot the committee and take such action there- on as may be necessa e ST. MARY’S PARK FUND STILL REMAINS INTACT Judge Hebbard Hears Argument on Brooks’ Motion to Dissolve the Temporary Injunction. The legality of permitting the so-called St. Mary's Park fund, which aggregates $125,000, to be used for gemeral purposes was in issue before Judge Hebbard yester- day. The writ of injunction {ssued against Treasurer Brocks on the petition of former Treasurer Christian Reis was called for argument on a motion to dis- solve. The facts of the case are the same as those involved In the Patek mandate case, recently decided by Judge Seawell against the park promoters. Garber, Creswell & Garber, Garret Mc- Enerney’ and George D. Shadburne ap- peared for the plaintiff, and William Rix of Bishop & Wheeler appeared for Treas- urer Brooks. Mr. Shadburne asked for a continuance. but as the court refused the same a motlon made by Mr. Rix to dis- solve the injunction was ordered argued. After argument Judge Hebbard stated that_in his opinion the case belonged to another department of the court, and, in addition, should have been brought in other form. The case was finally submit- ted, however, and an early decision is ex- pected. —_—————————— NATIONAL BANK STOCK MAY BE TENTATIVELY ASSESSED Judgé Morrow Refuses to Restrain the Assessor for Prydential and Wise Reasons. United States Circuit Judge Morrow handed down an opinion yesterday refus- ing to issue a restraining order against Assessor Dodge to prevent him from as- sessing the shares of the capital stock for the fiscal year 1900-1901 of the First Na- tional Bank of San Francisco, the San Francisco National Bank, the Crocker- ‘Woolworth National Bank and the Ne- vada National Bank. Judge Morrow expressed the opinion that the Assessor should be allowed to de- termine the elements of the assessment and make an official record of the amount of the tax, and that the issues raised should be fully determined while the As- sessor had the power to act, so that the city and county might not suffer any loss by reason of an injunction. The temporary training order heretofore made in the case was_dissolved, with the proviso that the complainants should have an opportu- nity of making further application to the court before any attempt was made to en- force the collection of the taxes. “Could Not Get a Warrant. The secretary of the Board of Public Works sent a complaint to Mayor Phelan yesterday that he had been unable to ob- tain a warrant in the police courts for the arrest of Frederick Raisch, contrac- tor, for tearing up a sidewalk without ob- talhing the necessary permit. The war- rant was made_ out for Judge Mogan's court, but the Judse refused to, slgn it, as he was a friend of Raisch. Judge Fritz as asked later to sign it, but declined on the ground that it was not in his court. Judge Conlan had adjourned court when the warrant was agplled for. The Mayor was asked to see that the practice of re- fusing to issue warrants for just cause be stopped. ———————— Fallon Gets Judgment. - James J. Fallon was given judgment against the city and county by Judge Cook yesterday for §300. Fallon, who was formerly Fish and Game Warden, appoint- ed under an act of the Legislature, was denied his salary for the months of Octo~ ber, November and December of last year. The court finds that as a statutory officer he is entitled to the remuneration for his services sued for, and judgment was en- tered accordingly. —_————————— ‘Wants a Bid Recognized. Harrison Barto has sued the Board of ‘Supervisors to restrain them from enter- ing Into a contract for stationery with any firm other than the Stanley-Taylor Company. Plaintiff alleges that the Stan- ley-Taylor Company was the lowest bid- der but is being discriminated against by he board. ———— /Troops Will Arrive. Four troops of recrults to the Sixth Cavalry will arrive in this city to-day from New York. In all there are §S men and thirteen officers. They will 1 on the Grant for Manila. . V Kéenan; | The duty of reg- | arty, has appointed a committee, | i L S S O o R O EARLY FRENCH DISCOVERERS AND EXPLORERS Copyright, 1900, by Seymour Eaton. ———— DISCOVERERS AND E XPLORERS OF NORTN™ AMERICA. T For a quarter of a century after the death of Jacques Cartier comparatively little was added to the information al- ready acquired respecting the river St. Lawrence and the gulf of the same name. | Fishermen from France and also from orted to the rapidly in- they seldom other European countries resc Newfoundiz - nks” in but as creasing numbers, sought land except for shelter or sup- plies they did little either to supplement what was already known about the coa line or correct the prevalent misconcep- tions of geographers as to topographical detalls. France was during the latter half of the sixteenth century in posses- sion of the whole of Acadia and Canada as the result of Cartier’s expeditions, but, on account of religious dissensions, po- litical strife and actual civil war in that unkappy country, nothing was officially done either to extend her American pos- sessions or make use of those already partially explored. A more fortunate era came In with the advent of Henry IV to the throne. The publication of the edict of Nan by proclaiming réligious tolerailon, removed the chief cause of paralyzing civil war, and national activity was soon redirected toward the new world. Its fur trade had gradually been.coming into prominence e e e e e o e e o P @ Qe eiedeiedeiedei e through men and the Indians, and when any tempt was made by the F! King, in accordance with the usual practice of those times, to grant a monopoly of it, the consequent restriction on their free- dom was bitterly resented by the hardy adventurers who were the s in traffic that is still of considerable com mercial importance. At the instance of a_ personal friend, the Governor of Dieppe, He oly to any one who would undertake to settle a French colony in New France, and the first attempt in_ that line was made at the mouth of the Saguenay in 1600, It was a failure, owing to the un- suitable character of the locality, though Tadousac long continued to be a fur- trading post for the dians who dwelt inland toward Hudson A much more rational effort at colo- | nization was made in 13 by a fellow townsman of Jacques Cartier, a rich mer- chant of St. Malo, named Pontgrave, who had with him as brated Samuel Champlain. The latter was a native and resident of Brouag on the Bay of Biscay. He had served as a soldier during the_ e w and had visited the West Indies in a Spanish ship. He was doubtless acquainted with what had already been accomplished in the way of discovery and exploration, and he was fortunately able not merely to record his observations with fair skill but to illustrate his_descriptive nar- rative with drawings and maps, When Champlain ascended the St. Law- rence on his first voyage he found that the Hurons of Stadicona and Hochelaga had disappeared. They had been driven out by their relentless kinsmen, the Iroquois, and had taken refuge far away in the depths of the wilderness lying between Lake Simcoe and Georgian Bay Champlain found at Hochelaga a few A gonquin Indians of nomadic habits. The told him In a vague way of rivers and lakes beyond the Lachine rapids. but find- ing these impassable he spent some time in exploring the Saguenay and then re- turned to France. In 1604 Champlain made his second voy- age to America, this time in company with De Monts, a French nobleman, who had secured a monopoly of the fur trade and whose alm was to establish a colony. By a strange fatuity the beautitul An- napolis Valley, which had been first vis- ited, was neglected, and the place selected for winter quarters was an unsuitable isl- and in the mouth of the St. Croix River. The experience of one inclement season was fatal to the success of the enterprise. Meanwhile Champlain, whose restless energy had prompted him to explore the New England coast in the summer of 1606, was again chosen by De Monts to conduct a colonizing expedition, this time to the St. Lawrence. The spot selected was the abandoned site of the Huron village, Stad- icona, and there in 1608 Champlain laid the foundation of the present city of Quebec, which has had a_continuous history till the present time. The first winter was one of extreme severity and anxiety. Cham- plain had to contend with disaffection amounting to conspiracy, and the latter was finally suppressed only after the ring- leader was convicted and executed. The ravages of scurvy made serious inroads on the little settlement, but the courage, resource, energy and persistence of Cham- plain overcame all obstacles, and the sum- mer of 1609 saw him again busily occupied in his favorite work of exploration. The founder of- Quebec has not put on record the motive which prompted him In that year to enter into an alliance with the Huron and Algonquin Indlans agajnst the Iroquols, but he was probably mMis- taken as to the strength of the latter, and it was certainly to his interest to cultivate the friendship of the Algonquins, who con- trolled the region of the upper Ottawa, his best waterway Into the interior of the con- tinent. Whatever his object was, the im- medlate result was a victory for the Al- onquin-Huron alliance, won by the aid of rench firearms. Later on. and for more than a century, the Iroquois amply avenged themselves for this iptervention by Champlain, as they were fasily able to do when they became possessed of fire- arms and ammunition by trading with the British to the south. From a geographer's viewpoint the incident was equally im- portant, as it made the French acquainted with the lake which still bears Cham- plain’s name, with the Richelieu River, which is its outlet to the St. Lawrence, and with the portage which affords ac- cess from Lake George to the upper waters of the Hudson River. This great thoroughfare from New York to Montreal has figured prominently in every great war on this continent. Along it passes and repassed many a British and French hos- tile expedition prior to 1759. It was used for the same purpose in_the revolutionary War, which began in 1775, and it was de- voted to a like use for the last time during the war of 1812-15. i Passing over the struggles of the little French settlement during the next few years and the herolc efforts and un- wearied energy of its founder and ruler, who made several voy: to France in its interest, we come to his next import- ant attempt at exploration. While in Paris in 1612 he saw a map which purported to reoresent the great Inland sea overed SAMUEL CHAMPLAIN. intercourse between the fisher- | ry IV offered such a monop- | ailing master the cele- | iterary | v Henry Hudson, and fter him—Hudson Bay. About ime there arrived from Canada a rchman named Vignau, who informed Champlain that during the pre- ing winter he had gone northward with a party Aigonguin Indi and had while with them visited a salt-water se: on the shore of which they had found the remains of an English ship. The circum- st ity of the story seems to have out- welghed improbability with Champ- lain, and he resolved on his return to ture of the Ottawa Valley. Taking with n Vignau and four other Frenchmen h an Indfan guide, he voyaged b canoe up the Ottawa, passed the Rideau and the Chadulere falls, near the site of the present capital of the Dominfon of Canada, and finaly arrived at Allumette Lake, an expansion of the Ottawa River. From the Algonquing of this locality he learned that Vignau's story was a concoe- tion of falsehoods, which the lying rascal admitted to be the case. Champlain, how- ever turned the incident to good account, for he acquired much geographical infor- | mation that was afterward useful to him, 1 he further strengthened his hold om the esteem and confidence of the Indlans. Two years passed before Champlain again attempted the ascent of the Ottawa River, but in 1615, in fulfillment of a prom- to' aid the allied Hurons and Algon- quins against the Iroquol he made an extensive roundabout journey of which the ! part. passage up the Ottawa. formed but a The purpose of the expedition was b4 B R e e o o S g i P b b eI edeedeiese@® to reach and destroy Onondaga fort, nea: Oneida Lake, in what is now the State of w Y Instead of passing directly the St. Lawrence to Lake Ontario, the ilied Indians preferred to ascend the Ot- awa and Mattawa rivers to_the vicinity of Lake Nipissing, descend French River | to Georgian Bay and skist the eastern hore of the latter to the Huron settle- nent alrea: rred to. This long jour- "%y was successfully accomplished two French attendants and amplain, | eight Indians. Though this expedition was a fallure as litary sion, it led to some very important results. It enabled Champlain to 1 a_clear conception of the geo- graphical relations between some poin already well known to him individuall It made him acquainted with the gre: canoe route of the Upper Ottawa, which ined to be for many generations of communication with the Hud- son Bay on the one hand and the head of Lake Superior on the other, Mattawa being the point of divergence. Lastly, it brought down on the Huron settlement s later a_ terrible revenge. ailed by the Iroquois, the Trent River route its members in different di- ome of them were conducted and scatte rections by way of Nipissing and the Ottawa | River to Queébec. Others fled toward Sault { Ste. Marie and passed thence southward to the neighborhood of Detroit. disappearance of this once powerful tribe the French settlements fell for many years an easy prey to the powerful and revengeful Iroquois, until their own pow- er was broken by Governor Frontenac to- ward the close of the seventeenth cen- With the a_cruel frony of fate, Champlain, whose life purpose was exploration, was debarred from ever again_undertaking an exploratory expedition. The fur trade monopoly, which was revived from time to time, hindered the development by re- stricting the commerce of the colony. To the latter he felt constrained to devots all his time and labor, and even these did not suffice to ward off misfortune. For some years {ts very existence was serious- Iy threatened by the Iroquofs, who wera encouraged and aided by the British colo- nists to the south. Tt <became clear to Champlain that the struggle for suprem~ acy between the French and the British had begun, and probably he felt fnstine- tively that it would have to be fought out to the bitter end. One episode of it was the capture of Quebec in 1629 by a British flect under Sir David Kirbe. For three years it remained a British posses- sion, but it was restored to France in 1632. The administration of the colony had meanwhile been intrusted, along with a monopoly of the fur trade. to the “Hun- dred Associates,” and with powerful back- ing from this company Champlain began with his old energy to carry out plans of development. It Soon appeared. however, that his life work was done. Om Christ- mas day, 1635. he died from a stroke of , and, though his memory has ince_been revered by his compatri- ots, the exact.location of his grave has long been a matter of dispute. Judged by the extent of his settlement, the statistics of its population, its means of defense. the practice of agriculture, or any of the usual tests of material pro. gress and prosperity, Champlain’s quarter of a century of effort at Quebec may ba pronounced a _failure; but he set an ex- ample of heroic endurance wijeh counted for much in the subsequent history of the French colony. For his high-minded hu- manity. for his keenness of insight, for his perennial interest in geographical science, and. above all, for his success in the ma: agement of men, both French and Indian, he stands easily first among French-Ca- nadian governors, and he is the only one of them whose memory is cherished by @anadians of English blood as worthy of unquaMfied admiration, WIT.LIAM HOUSTON. MacMaster University. WILL LECTURE TO AID INDIAN FAMINE FUND fum Being Raised for Relief of the ‘Hindoo Sufferers Is Steadily Growing. On Sunday evening, June 3, Frederick W. @'Evelyn, M. D.. will give a_lecturs at the Metropolitan Temple in aid of the Indian famine relief fund. The lecture will be under the auspices of the Lon- don Mansion Fund of San Francisco. Dr. @Evelyn's subject will be “The Trans- yzal,” and the lecture will be lavishly fllustrated with 100 new plates just Te- ceived from the seat of the present war. The personal experiepces of Dr. d’Evelyn in Africa will enabl him to speak with authority on this interesting topic, and his powers of entertainment are most fas vorably remembered. The California famine fund mmm met yesterday at the Y. M. C. A. = ing and with last week's receipts turned in $230 to the fund. The treasurer, I. J. Truman of the Columbia Bank, reports the total amount of the fund now as $1419, Mr. Truman will be picased to re- ceive any further contributions. . \ l