The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 9, 1902, Page 6

6 THE SAN. FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1902. The— stesacCall. TUESDAY.................SEPTEMBER 9, 1902 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Lédress Al Communications to W. 5. LEAKE, Manager. TELEPHONE. #sk for THE CALL. The Operator Will Connect You With the Department You Wish. PUBLICATION OFFICE...Market and Third, S. F. EDITORIAL ROOMS.....217 to 221 Stevemson St. Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Coples, 5 Cents. Terms by Mail, Including Postages DAILY CALL (including Sunday), one year. All postmasters are authorized to receive subscriptions. Sample coples Wwill be forwarded when requested. Mall subscribers in ordering change of address should be to give beth NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order o insure & prompt and correct compliance with their request. DAKLAND OFFICE. ++.1118 Broadway C. GEORGE KROGNESS, ¥aneger Foreign Acvertising, Marquette Building, Chiesgo. Glong Distance Telephone *‘Central 2619.”) NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: STEPHEN B. SMITH. «+30 Tribune Building NEW YORKE CORRESPONDENT:! E. C. CABLTON..cccvvsssnssseessHerald Square NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: ‘Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; A. Brentazo, 81 Uniom Square; Murray Eill Hotel. CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: Ebermen House; P. O. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel: Fremont House; Auditoriom Hotel. MWASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE....1406 G St, N. W. MORTON E. CRANE, Correspondent. BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery, corner of Clay, open wntil 9:80 o'clock. 300 Hayes, open until 9:30 o'clock. 639 McAllister, open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open until Mission, open untll 10 o'clock. 2281 Market, corner Sixteenth, open untfl ® o'clock 1098 Valencia, open until § o'clock. 106 Eveventh, open until ® o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, cpen until ® o'clock. 2200 Fillmore, open until 9 p. m. e ADMISSION DAY, HE first news of the admission of Californja T enthusiasm that was different in fervor and in- tensity from the fecling exhibited by the people upon thé admission of any other State. There was a rea- son for this. Other States served a territorial pro- bation. They had had in operation all the general and local machinery of government. They were near touch with older States that had preceded them in statehood. of cout in Admission in their case was a matter and the fact was calmly received. But California was never erected into a Territory. She sent her chosen Senators to ask admission. The result was in doubt. Her admission must be effected by a2 compromise of a compromise. The Missouri compromise of thirty years before had fixed the line of 36 degrees 30 minutes as the Southern boundary of free and the Northern boundary of slave territory. That line cut across California in the middle of the San Joaquin boundary. To make this all a slave State ted the compromise against the interests of the North and freedom. To make it 2ll free was & violation against the interests of the South and slavery. In that emergency Mr. Clay’s compromise admitted the State and made its soil free. Asa bal- ance he gave the South the fugitive slave law. His policy was ably supported by Dr. Gwin, who won over enough of his Southern friends to pass the omnibus bill. Clay fondly believed that his compromise had se- cured the Union and made Civil War impossible, but it had existed only ten years when the bale-fires were lighted and his countrymen were fighting each other over the very questions he thought were settled for- ever. California was the child of the last great com- promise made by this Government between its antag- on sections. Since the Civil War the policy of compromise has been abandoned, and the policy of the Government has been the final settlement of all questions upon what is believed to be“the principle of equity. Since the rise of the Native Sons’ organization the anniversary of the State’s admission has risen to first importance as a holiday and an event to be celebrated by social and public gatherings and the utterance of high ascription to the great commonwealth. Local patriotism has in consequence risen and not receded. The names and deeds of the pioneers are honored, &nd the achievements of their sons and successors are inscribed each year upon the mind and memery of men. .This is worthy work. Pride in one’s coun- try, State and family influences the life and future of a people. A man’s city and his State concefn him. When St. Paul was beset he gained consideration and 2 hearing by saying to the chief captain, “I am a man which am a Jew of Tarshish, a city in Cilicia, a citi- zen of no mean city.” A Californian is a citizen of no mean State. This is the cherishing mother of a people who cannot ren- der to her too much bonor. *As the people of a com- monwealth exalt it, so is it exalted by all others, far abroad. California to-day is saluted by all her peo- ple and her crown is placed by the hands of her na- tive sons and daughters. She has wealth, learning, power. She is known in the arts and sciences, and the world reads, and reads again, her story as the romance of the nineteenth century. Bt is well to make this day a holiday and give it up to telling the story of the past, the gloty of the pres- ent and the prophecy of the future, e —— Emperor William has declared with characteristic flourish that he wishes to establish a relationship of harmony with the Poles. Can it be possible that he intends to treat these unfortunate people with hu- manity? To ask for harmony upon any other plane would be like playing with 2 toothpick to persuade oneself that he has dined well. The Porterville outlaw who returned to his home the other day to boast of his evil deeds, to recount his crimes and threaten new outrages may have reason be- fore he concludes his career to reflect that he who sups with the devil must needs have a long spoon. A Cloverdale man attempted desperately in three horrifying ways to kill himself the other day. Per- haps he knew better than any one else the necessity for persistence in 2 worthy cause, Two gentlemen of Reno fought a duel a few days ago and both are dead. It is unfortunate that neither is in 2 position to accept congratulations on the suc- cess of his campaign, into the Union was received by an effusion of | CUBA’S TROUBLES, UBA seems to be gathering the usual after- ‘ math of revolution in Latin-American coun- tries. The recent revolutionists were not all friends of good order and stable government, and bands of them are reported to be operating as ban- dits in the provinces. They steal whatever. can be taken without too much trouble, and take as prison- ers such people as can afford to pay a ransom. This condition is not unusual, and should not be alarming. It prevailed in Mexico under all sorts of government, from the revolution until Diaz became President. About sixty years of practically unre- strained brigandage had dignified it as a regular occu- pation, and the certainty of robbery of bullion and merchandise was taker into account as part of the insurance risk on all personal property. Diaz is a philosopher. When he became President he called a conference with all the robber chiefs, giving them safe conduct. From them he learned the average gzins by theft of their followers and offered them more to enlist as rural guards, to become the protectors of life and property. - The robbers were practical people. They figured on the proposition and found that they could make more on the salary offered than they could gain by stealing, and then they were furnished horses, uniforms and arms by the Government. So they accepted, entered the Government service, and since then the roads of Mexico have been as safe as Boston Common. The people were accustomed to the rule of these men as robbers and readily consented to its continuance when they became Government officials. President Palma is confronted by the same situa- tion. His robbers have some excuse. The men who are now playing Rinaldo Rinaldini were recently the patriot soldiers of the struggling republic. = They expected to be paid for their patriotic service, and have been disappointed. Their life in the field as fighters was hardly a school in good order, and was not primarily intended to imbue them with a radical respect for the rights of property. As revolutionists they had the spirit of freebooters, and nothing has happened since to increase their respect for the paths of peace. Had they been paid when the republic was proclaimed many would have been favorably affected. But they were not paid. Some of the gen- erals were soothed by subsidies, but the rank and file were expected to be satisfied, and indeed surfeited, by the precious gift of freedom. These have made the | discovery that freedom as an abstraction is not as good for three meals a day as is the abstraction of the property of other people. So they are on the road, living on the country that has just been bap- tized with liberty, taking liberties with the property and persons of other people. The island evidently needs policemen, rural guards and men in uniform to keep the peace. Therefore we suggest to President Palma that he absorb these fine fellows into the public establishment at once, after the example of Diaz. It will be well to do this before their numbers exceed the capacity of his treasury. Those enlisted now will readily understand that the permanency of their position and pay de- pends upon sternly preventing accessions through apprenticeship to the trade of stealing, and they can be relied on to sternly enforce honesty and respect for the rights of property. The proposition that the United States shall make | the appearance of these robbers a pretext for the military occupation of Cuba by our forces looks, at | this time, very much like folly. Such occupation would of necessity become permanent. There is nothing in the Cuban constitution that could make it anything short of a military invasion of the repub- lic. Palma may omit to enforce order with this very thing in view. When General Wood forced Palma's | election to the Presidency the natural order of events was violated and there were suspicions that the New | Yorker was selected as first President of a country 1 he had not visited for thirty years in order that he might be the last. We think the people of the United States have a surfeit of Cuba for the present and would prefer that Senor Palma do his own police duty, even to the ex- | tent of making policemen of his abundant population | of thieves. With a single tiny gunboat Uncle Sam protected the interests of Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia and Cuba while Hayti was pass- ing through the horrors of its periodic revolution. This would seem to indicate that Hayti is never much at peace as when she is at war with herself. GULLIBLE PEOPLE. W ally boasts of shrewdness. There is a wide- spread belief among us that we are the “smartest pecple” on earth. If the officials of the United States Postoffice are to be believed, however, we are as a people far from being level-headed on a trade. On the contrary, we have among us the lar- gest and most varied assortment of gullible people to be found on the globe. The postoffice detectives are kept busy trying to keep rascals from robbing us of our eye teeth, not by violence, but by the simple trick of advertising to give a gold brick in exchange for the teeth. In a recent review of the subject in the Philadelphia Times one.of the postoffice authorities is quoted as saying: “Notwithstanding the fact that we are gen- erally credited with being a newspaper reading na- tion, I am often tempted to believe that there must be many millions of intelligent persons in the United States who never so much as glance at even the headlines of a newspaper. At any rate, if those millions ever read a paper their gullibility must be so profound as to be unfathomable.” In illustration of his statement the official went on to cite a multitude of frauds carried on through the mails which could be successful only among the most credulous of people. In one case a man sent out circulars announcing he had formed a “turf bu- reau” and had private and absolutely certain methods of obtaining information as to the horses slated to win on every track in the United States. He was re- ceiving through the mails thousands of dollars to place on races when the postoffice interrupted his easy march to fortung. In another case a woman sent out circulars announcing her ability to cure any kind of disease by “absent treatment.” She, too, was getting rich when the Government interfered. Of her success it is said: “If I remember correctly this woman pulled in something like $200,000 with her scheme, and if she had really devoted five minutes of thought each day to each of her subscribers the day would have had to be about two months long.” The most successful of all frauds are schemes for stock speculation. The Postoffice Department Teceives a continual stream of letters from persons wha have been swindled by self-styled “investment agents” It so HEN the American boasts at all he gener- has been found impossible to suppress frauds of that kind, no matter how often they are broken up and temporarily interrupted. In explanation of the diffi- culty the writer says: “The game is too easy for them, and they are fully aware of the great difficulty found in convicting them. As soon as one ‘broker- age’ firm that carries on its business entirely by mail is smashed the men who have been successfully con- ducting it simply move down another block and open up another ‘brokerage’ office under another firm name. The shift only involves their getting out an- other batch of literature. The thousands and thou- sands of dollars which these sharpers take in year in and year out from people whose way of expressing themselves on paper makes it patent that they are educated men and women s a perpetual source of astenishment to me.” A very neat scheme for ridding the fool of his money was devised by a Boston man, who sent out circulars to the effect that he had obtained a number of “lucky stones” in India and was willing to dispose of them for $1 each. He found lots of buyers. Money was almost raining on him when the postoffice inter- fered. The people who are gulled in this way are not ig- norant, neither are they poor. When the “turf bu- reau” man’s office was raided it was found that hun- dreds of intelligent people were sending him money to bet on the races, and in some cases the sums amounted to as much as $500 for a single'bet. An account-book found in his office disclosed that he had taken in mearly $465,000. A good deal of difficulty is found in convicting the more clever of the rascals because they take great precautions in drawing up their circulars. It is said that careful reading of some of them discloses the fact that they promise nothing to the investor after all and therefore are not legally deceptive or fraudulent. It is not pleasant to think of the American people being so easily duped, but the facts are indisputable, The greed “to get rich quick” blinds the eyes and the minds of thousands, and it would seem they would believe anything and risk money on it if it promised them a bonanza for a shoestring. e — An Towa Justice of the Peace having been called upon to decide what should be done with a baby eleven months old having no relative to take care of it decided after due advisement that under the law of the State the baby is a vagrant and he sent it to the House of Correction. Evidently the tramp problem is becoming more and more complex in the corn States. S summer at Saratoga, but nét for his health, nor yet for the gayeties of the famous springs. He has been doing politics in combination with William C. Whitney, David Bennett Hill, ex-Senator Murphy and other distinguished visitors to the noted resort. As a result of their consultations and silence our New York exchanges with one accord declare they have agreed to get behind Judge Alton B. Parker and push him to the front as candidate for the Democratic nomination for the Presidency in 1904. It is said that Gorman desired the New Yorkers to nominate Parker for Governor this year and try him out, but they could not be induced to do so. Hill, in explanation of his course, said that while he would willingly support Parker for Governor he would not ask him to run as he now holds a good position on the bench and would have to sacrifice it to make a race which, to say the least, would be a hard one with the odds against him. Hill's view may have been strengthened by the fact that Parker announced in an interview that he would under no circumstances run for Governor. Thus the candidate of the big leaders is to stay safely stabled on the bench as a dark horse and will appear before the Democratic convention with no political record to speak of, but with a good repute as a jurist and a man of scund common sense. It is believed the candidate will be acceptable to all factions of the party. He is conservative enough to win back the gold men, and as he supported Bryan to the extent of voting for him, it is believed he will hold the silver men. His personal influence is evidently strong, for he was elected to his present position as chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, the highest tribunal in the State, by a majority of 60,000 the year after McKinley had carried it by 270,000. A Democrat who can capture that many Republican and independent votes is evidently something of a man and a leader of mien. Moreover, the record is so good it is not to be wondered at that he prefers to stand pat on it rather than try to improve things by making another run this year. It will be the aim of the supporters of Parker to redeem Democracy from the radicals and extremists who captured it under Bryan. He will represent the opposition to Tom Johnson of Cleveland, who. seems to have been selected by Bryan as his heir. It will be a contest between the man of judicial tempera- ment and the man who, to use Mr. Cleveland’s words, follows “gaudy issues.” It is to be regretted that he is not to make the race for Governor, for the country would be glad to hear from him on the stump.. Still from his point of view he is doing the best he can for himself in keeping silent. Just at this time the wisest Democrat is the one who keeps his muzzle on and lets the other fellows do the talking. A BOOM FOR PARKER, ENATOR GORMAN has been spending the — The New York Sur reports that a ‘few days ago two Chinamen were traveling on a Sound steamer when they overheard some white men using the words “ping pong.” They complained to the captain that they had been insulted by the words, and when the captain refused redress they attacked the man who used them. Tt seems that “ping pong” are fight- ing words in China, so people who wish to avoid in- sulting Mongolian dignity would better be careful how they talk of the game. A New York millionaire named Friedman was so impressed by Prince Henry’s statement that the Mil- waukee girls are the prettiest in America that he straightway went to that city in search of a beauty. He found her selling ribbons in a big dry goods store one Tuesday, and on the following Sunday he mar- ried her. That is but one of the results of entertain- ing Princes, and by no means the worst. —_— The Finns have met the Czar’s suppression of their ancient constitution by organizing a movement throughout all Russia to demand local self-govern- ment not only for Finland but for every European province of the empire and now the Czar's troubles are worse than ever. Kaiser Wilhelm has told the Poles of Posen that if they will only become Prussians he will forgive everything, and now the Poles are trying to figure out whether the forgiveness is worth the price set upon it, _editor and stopped his paper. MISS VIRGINIA DARE ENTERTAINS FRIENDS IN HONOR OF BIRTHDAY ot ISS VIRGINIA DARE enter- tained a score of her friends yes- terday afternoon at her home, Clay street. The affair was iven in honor of the birthday of the young hostess. Cards were the fea- ture and progressive hearts was the game enjoyed. The drawing-rooms were deco- rated prettily with carnations, the color scheme being red and white. Dellciou? refreshments were served at the close o the game. Among those present were Miss Lilllan Aitken, Miss Marguerite Stmpson, Miss Mabel Ayer, Miss May, Miss Benjamin, Miss Croone, Miss Bur- gess, Miss Seaton, Miss Bewar, Miss Friten, Miss Romaine, Miss Hammond, ‘flls} Ellis, H(ul.Mor:e and Mrs. Coburn. R The newest engagement announced in society is that of Miss Virginia Rodgers Nokes and Lieutenant John Burke Mur- phy, U. 8. A. Miss Nokes is a daughter of Mrs. M. L. Nokes and granddaughter of Augustus F. Rodgers. The groom-elect, Who is stationed at the Presidio, is a son of Major John Murphy, U. S. A., retired. Both of the young people have been ex- tremely popular in society for some time and their friénds are glad to learn of their new-found happiness. No date has been set for the wedding. > Miss Marv Shepardson Adams, of the Rev. George C. Adams, pastor of the First Congregational Church, will marry Guy Dunsmore Edwards on Thurs- day in the church over which her father presides. The groom-elect is a resident of Seattle, where the couple will make their home after the wedding. The charming bride-elect has many friends in this city. daughter e ol ] The marriage of Sam Wertheimer of Salt Lake City add Miss Ruby Marks of Portland, Oregon, will take place to-mor- Tow evening at the bride’s home in Port- land, Or. The couple will leave immedi- ately for a tour of all the large Eastern cities, ta be gone about four months. On their return they will reside in Salt Lake City. S e Miss Maud Elwood Naylor and Dr. Wil- liam O. Aten of San Jose will be the prin- cipals in a pretty home wedding at the zftsideuce of the bride's parents in this 5 s % At a whist party given by Miss Ida Precht on Saturday the engagement of Miss Viola Kleineberg and Charles Pea- body Huff, ¥. S. A, was formally an- nounced. The decorations were military. 5 General William R. Shafter, U..S. A., retired, and Mr. and Mrs. William H. Mc- Kittrick left yesterday for the East to at- tend the wedding of Mrs. Alfred Corning Clark and Bishop Potter of New York. They will be the guests of Mrs. Clark for some time. T S The Walter Hobarts will leave for Europe on November 1. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Crocker are already on their way to New York, whence they will sail eastward to remain. two months. Kiw e Mr. and Mrs. Byron Mauzy and family are at Del Monte. They have as their guests Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Batkin. & wiie Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Newman and Miss Jeannette Newman have returned from their trip abroad and are again located at their residence, 2320 Clay street. SR ey Among the people at Byron Hot Springs at present are United States Senator George C. Perkins, Miss Pansy Perkins, Mrs. Henry Williams, ex-Supervisor Rob- L B R e SO SRS SR M) STOCK OF GOLD FEELS VALLLTS OF TREASURY ‘WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.—The sum of gold now in the United States treasury exceeds that of any previous time in the history of the country, and with one pos- sible exception it exceeds that of any country in the history of the world. The single reported exception is that of Rus- sia about eight years ago, when thal country was preparing to resume gold payments. At that time Russia Is said to have had in its treasury $598,000,000 in gold. Last Saturday the vaults of the United States treasury contained $573,936,- 194, an Increase since July 1, 1901, of $79,- 087,897. This stock of gold is now being added to at the rate of $200,000 to $300,000 a day, with no immediate prospect of a ces- sation in the rate of deposits. This condl- tion of things is eminently satisfactory to the treasury officlals, who regard it as the best possible evidence of prosperity and of confidence in the financial ability of this country. The gold now coming in is being re- placed by gold certificates, United States notes and silver certificates, the former being supplied where the denominations wanted are $20 and over, the United States notes for tens and silver certifi- cates for fives, twos and ones. PERSONAL MENTION. J. O. Hayes of San Jose is at the Pal- ace. Truman Reeves, State Treasurer, is at the Grand. 8. D. Cohen, a mining man of Carson City, is at the California. A. H. Bar, a merchant of Etna, among the arrivals at the Grand. Amos Lander, Under Sheriff of Stanis- laus County, is in the city on official busi- ness. Harry Morehouse, a mining man of To- nopah, is among the arrivals at the Cali- fornia. B. A. Packard, a wealthy cattle dealer of Bisbee, Ariz., is among the arrivals at the Palace. # John A. Gill, representative of the Van- derbilt lines on the coast, has returned from a trip to Seattle. Fred Mattison of Santa Cruz, who is a candidate for the State Board of Equal- ization, is at the Grand. M. H. Flint, superintendent of the United States mall service at Los An- geles, is among the arrivals at the Occi- dental. General E. E. Howard is here from Chi- cago, accompanied by his wife, and is registered at the Palace. ———— Don’t Stop Your Paper. Once upon a time a man got mad at the The next week he sold his corn for four cents be- low the market price. Then his property was sold for .taxes because he didn't read the treasurer's sales. He was ar- rested and fined $8 for going hunting on Sunday, simply because he didn't know it ‘was Sunday, and d $300 for a lot of forged notes that d been advertised two weeks and the public cautioned not to negotiate them. He then paid a big American with a foot 1iké a forge ham- mer to kick him all the way to the news- paper office, where he paid four years in advance and made the editor sign an agreement to knock him down and rob him if he ever ordered his paper stopped again. —_——— Riverside’s New Courthouse. RIVERSIDE, Sept. §.—The County Su- pervisors to-day adopted plans for the new courthouse. It is to be a one-story ‘buil £ - SRR S Sl e of erobtet is g O = X3 POPULAR MEMBER OF THE YOUNGER SOCIAL SET WHO CELE- | BRATED HER BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY BY GIVING A CARD PAR- TY, WHICH WAS GREATLY ENJOYED BY A SCORE OF FRIENDS. | ‘ - ole ert Day and Senator J. Russ Lukens, who is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Lukens. | D e | Mrs. Eleanor Martin is at Burlingame. | Miss Millie Friedman returned last! e JUDGE SCORES AUTHORITIES OF LONG BRANCH FREEHOLD, N. J., Sept. 8.—The men arrested in connection with the raid on alleged gambling establishments at Long Branch some weeks ago were arraigned before Supreme Court Justice 3. Frankiin Fort to-day for sentence. Ernest Witte of the Casino and Graham Woedward of | the Hollywood Hotel wiil stand trial and | their cases went over. The other men who were indicted by the Grand Jury pleaded nen vult to the charge of keepirg | disorderly houses. Justice Fort imposed a fine on each. In each case the court announced that if the accused were again found guilty of similar practices a sen- tence of imprisonment would be imposed. The following fines were inflicted: William P. James, David Johnson and Sam Emery of the New York, $2000 each; Phil Daly Jr. of the Pennsylvania Club, $1000, and William H. Hallowell, keeper of the restaurant at the Pennsylvania Club, $5000. o Justice Fort was very severe upon the | local authorities of Long Branch. He said | it would be a much more pleasant duty if the court were about to pronounce sen- tence upon those who had been guilty of | misconduct in office. He said that gam- | bling had been carried on at Long Branch with the aequiescence, if not with the ap- proval, of those who were sworn to up- hold the law. OF INTEREST TO PEQPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Several Changes Are Made in the Postal Service and More Pen- sions Granted. WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.—Postmasters ccmmissioned: Oregon—Samuel E. Hea- ton, Susanville; William C. Dalton, Tula Lake, Modoc County, late in Klamath County, Oregon. These pensions were granted to-day: California: Original—Isaac N. Hudiburg, Santa Barbara, $8; George E. Sly, San Diego, $8; Abram L. Matthews, Wildomar, $3; John A. Neill, San Francisco, 38; John Hetherington, Lakeport, $§; John G. Ren- fro, Watsonville, $6; John E. Davis, San Francisco, $6. Increase, reissue, ete.— Lamanson Brink, Santa Cruz, $12; Morris Sharpe, San Francisco, $12. Widows, mi- nors and dependent relatives—Matilda J. Tracy, Lodi, $8; Emma A. Woodwards, San Diego, $17; Clementine de Sylvia Har- ris, Los Angeles, $3. Oregon—Original—Benson Harrls, Sweet Home, $6. ‘Washington—Original-William H. Tid- well, Dayton, $8. Widows, minors and de- pendent relatives—Minor of Beldin Spence, Republic, $10. Navy' order—Lieutenant F. B. Upham is detached from the Mohican and gees to the Qregon on the arrival of the latter at San Francisco. American Druggists in Convention. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 8.—The fiftieth annual convention of the American Phar- maceutical Association began here to-day. More than 700 representative chemists and druggists from every section of the country are in attendance. The proposed memorfai to William Proctor, who is known as “the father of American phar- macy,” is one of the most interesting subjects to come before the convention. Mr. Proctor dled in this city in 1784, and it is expected that the convention will take action to provide a suitable memor- ial in his memory. - The golden jubilee session will be held Thursday. Six Forest Fires. DENVER, Sept. 8.—Advices to-day from Longs Peak are that fully six forest fires are burning in that vicinity and are be- trol. areas have already T Surncd over and milons of Toce o¢ Valuable eatroyed. timber d il Tt fefrefe el week from a four weeks' vacation in Los Angeles and Sarta Monijca. . 4. Miss Theresa MeBride of Tacoma, Wash,, s the guest of Mrs. B. Sherry of 3335 Clay street. MAKE SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST TRUST COUNSEL NEW YORK, Sept. 8.— A brief was filed in Newark, N. J., by the complainants in the action of J. Aspinwzall Hodge Jr. and others against the United States Steel Corporation ‘to prevent the retirement of $200,000,000 preferred stock and the lssue of $230,000,000 by the corporation. The brief filed oppeses a moticn by the corpora- tion's attorneys that the suit be dismissed as a comspiracy. The brief filed by the attornevs for Hodge accused the United States Steel Corporation and its attorneys of tamper- ing with James H. Lancaster, a witness for the complainants; of being afraid to examine Hodge; of intimidating would-be complainants and of attempting to delay a judicial decision on the merits of the case. “As the pesition of those professional majority stockholders becomes more safe from ordinary attack their boldness in | violating equity and gocd morals propor- tionately Increases,” his lawyers. In conclusion the complainants ask for an early decision on their motion in the injunetion to restrain the proposed retire- ment of stock and issue of bonds. says Hodge, through RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL MAY END IN TROUBLE Clergymen Make Violent Allusions to the Closing of the Unauthorized Schools. PARIS, Sept. 8.—A dispatch from Les Nevin, Department of Finisterre, says a religious festival which is being held at Rolgeet is becoming an important cler- ical manifestation. Thirty thousand peas- ants from all parts of Britanny attended an open-air service to-day. The Bishop of Quimpere and 300 clergy, headed by a cross and banners, marched from the church to an altar erected on a plain and decorated with French flags. A priest, who preached in the Breton language, after violent allusions to the recent clos- ing of the unauthorized schools, conclud- ed with saying: *“The Free Masons are seeking to drive God from the schools. They will soon send the priests to the scaffold. Never will Bretons be such Frenchmen. They wili prefer chains, prison and death.” s bt Blaze in a Mine Quenched. BRAMWELL, W. Va., Sept. 3—The fire in the west shaft of the Pocahontas col- Heries is practically extinguished. The company has offered $1000 reward for in- formation that will lead to the identity ot the parties who set fire to the mine. —_—— Prunes stuffed with apricots. Townsend's.* —_——— Reduced—Best reading glasses, specs, 100 to 40c. 81 4th, front barber and grocery, * —_—— Townsend’'s California Glace frutt and candles, 50c a pound, in artistic fire-etched A nice present for Eastern frien: S8 Market st. Palace Hoter bnudnug* ——— Special information supplied daily ta business houses and lanbnl:a men by the Press Cli) Bureau (Allen's), 230 i e s et Mau Cai 'Tis a Pleasure To lose if you are playing cards with the new art backs. See them at the station- ery department. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 74 Market street. . Dr. M. E. Koonee, a a. Rampart, Alaska, Ve 1200 miles in a dog sled on his way to attend the Pres- byterian anniversaries held in New York recentiy. ———————— ' Dr. Sanford’s Liver Invigorator. 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