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HE action of the people all over the country on TSunday in paying special honor to William McKinley on the first anniversary of his death was conspicuously honorable and gratifying. There was no difference in the warmth of this ascription to the memory of the dead, between the North and the South. In the South, on whose soil he first showed his quality in battling for the Union, those who were then the antagonists of the patriotic boy vied with those who were the companions of his peril, in doing honor to his memory. Not only this, but in the cities | of the British isles and of Continental Europe part of the day’s lesson from pulpits of all forms of faith was drawn from the life and career of the dead Pres- ident of the republic. There are some characters that men do not forget, some lives that survive themselves. These are 2 continuing influence in the world, and | serve to lift the race above all that is sordid and selfish and of the flesh. Americans feel kindlier to other mations and to other peoples, and the kinship of the world is acknowl- edged by a2 warmer- pulse, because of this well-nigh universal tribute to our great dead. Living, he wrought in the kindest and wisest way to exorcise the spirit of sectionalism in his own coun- try, and to bring his countrymen together in all the great purposes upon which depend the perpetuity of the republic. It is attractive to the imagination and an impulse to fellowship that this earnest and neces- sary and patriotic work is still his work. Dead, si- lent, at rest, the forces of fellowship which he put in motion still feel the motive power of his memory as freshly and fully as if he lived and uttered his benev- olent purpose to his fellow citizens. In the acknowl- edgment of this projection of his power there was no partisanship. Those who opposed his public policies and withstood him on the field of partisan battle were as ready and as sincere in preserving his memory and influence as were the companions of his strife. It is 3 moral spectacle the most impressive that this geperation has seen, and all Americans salute the world for its participation therein, e —— THE BRITISH ACADEMY, UR London contemporaries are by no means satisfied with the make-up of the so-called “British Academy.” They argue that in the first place the title is deceptive, since it inevitably suggests an association on the model of the illus- trious French Academy, whereas the new organiza- tion does not in the least resemble the French insti- tution, nor is it designed to cover anything like the same ground. Secondly, objection is made to the composition of the academy, inasumch as the mem- bership consists almost wholly of university profes- sors or persons closely affiliated with university life. The full title of the organization is “The British Academy for the Promotion of Historical, Philo- sophical and Philological Studies.” That title is of course too long to be used in full, and inevitably the organization will be known as the British Academy. That being so, there is just cause for complaint on the part of critics. So comprehensive x title should not have been taken for so comparatively narrow an organization. Complaints made of the membership appear to be less justifiable. The associa{ion, although incorpor- ated by royal writ, is virtually a privately organized body, and the men who founded it had certainly a right to decide whom they would ask to associate with them. It appears, however, that they were by no means brozdminded in selecting their colleagues, and as at present composed the academy is but little more than a select university club. There were fifty-one petitioners for the academy charter, but three of them died before it was granted, leaving forty-eight as charter members, One va- cancy has been filled by the election of Lord Rose- bery, so there are now forty-nine. Of these the West- minster Gazette says: “Every academician can be definitely associated with some university, while Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin account for forty- four out of forty-nine. Of these Oxford can claim thirty-three, Cambridge sixteen and Dublin five.” It does look as if such a body hardly merited the title of “British Academy.” Sfill it appears they have been busy writers, for the forty-nine are cred- ited with having writfen no less than 1076 volumes. As Sir Wilfrid Laurier says “the United States is a gigantic furnace,” he must bave struck the Eastern States during 2 hot spell THE COMMERCIAL MUSEUM. HE California State Board of Trade and other Taflili'atcd organizations are invited to participate in the fourth general meeting of the board of management of the Philadelphia Commercial Mu- seum, beginning October 9, and continuing three days. The purpose of this meeting is to consider the for- eign trade of this country. The great advance in the methods of transacting foreign business marks the marvelous progress of civilization, and its elements, in ocean cables, railroads, steamer lines, agencies and commission houses, express companies and banks, must be studied and accurately known by all men who have any interest in our foreign trade. This means that every American horticulturist and agriculturist, every manufacturer ‘and every workingman, is inter- ested in what is to be discussed at this Philadelphia meeting. . Nothing can make a plainer impression upon the California mind than the fact that during the season for shipping deciduous fruits from this State certain e'nterprising orchardists have been steadily shipping have gained an average profit of $100 per ton. This is achieved by accurate knowledge of the best and quickest means of transportation, and in the proper packing and handling of this valuable, but perishable, product, It has involved such study of transportation connections as to avoid delay, and to secure the land- ing of the fruit in London in the best condition for the consumers’ use, If modern methods can do this for California fruit, what must be their benefit to less perishable property? Every member of the advisory board is privileged to present a question for discussion, and each will be Considered in the light of the most practic:h)le manner in which the Commercial Museum can assist in effect- ing the end that is sought. Of course in the constituency of the Commercial Museum the East predominates by reason of her enormous commercial interests. This makes it of great importance that this State have representatives there. Many things conduce to the expansion and main- tenance of foreign trade. One element is the safety of seaports and the facilities they offer for deep water ships of all kinds. In this respect the seaports of this coast are much neglected by the national Government. Our system of lighting and buoying our Pacific Coast seaports is primitive to a degree. Our ocean trade is going forward at such a rate that this matter can be no longer overlooked. It has already been noted that the Lighthouse Board is cutting down these safe- guards to navigation instead of increasing them as trade increases, and their use becomes more neces- sary. s In other respects the attention of the country should be attracted to the fact that our Pacific Ocean trade is with Asia. The conditions of Asiatic trade, the possibility of its greater increase, the productive con- ditions and the consuming power of the nations with which we must have exchanges, all need discussion and study. The commercial treaties with Europe form a well-considered system, long in operation and frequently improved to meet new commercial condi- | tions. Turning to our commercial treaties with Asia we are embarrassed by the political power in all Asi- atic countries assumed by our European rivals. Secretary Hay has wrought for our coast trade with Asia with great intelligence and address. But we encounter not only European political power in Asia, but we to a perceptible degree encounter the same power in another form in our own country. European nations are willing to trade off commercial oppor- tunities to the eastern side of this country, to be enjoyed by the Atlantic seaboard, in Europe, for a more exclusive control of the trade of Asia to the detriment of this coast. It is a great issue that in- volves the laws of commercial intercourse, and also the selfishness of one part of our country. We hope that our commercial bodies will see that we have a representation of strong men, to uphold our view and care for our interests. The commercial development of this country should not be partial and one sided, but impartial and symmetrical, and it depends upon oursélves to see to it that our cause is urged and ad- vocated wherever the foreign trade is being con- sidered. It is said that no less than sixteen bears have been summer, and it would seem that the rise in beef had moved even the beasts of the woods to come in to GAY CAMPAIGNING, W HILE California, the home of romance, the ing to carry out a political campaign on old fashioned prosaic lines, having no gayety beyond al- of quartets or double quartets, the galliard folks of the great hog-raising States of Ohio and Illinois that keeps the whole atmosphere ceaselessly ringing with an air that the girls can dance to while the boys In Ohio Tom Johnson moves through the great State in greater state. He rides along the highways of Newport and is accompanied by a private secretary, a valet, a footman and a chauffeur; while from town carried ahead of him a mighty canvas fit to form the tent of the most mammoth aggregation of dazzling crowned heads and won the plaudits of the majestic monarchs of mighty empires. in this case as in so many others, yield to the superior | elegance and glitter of Illinois. It has been a long, while Ohio men have been more in the public trough than the men of Illinois, still the “Sucker” statesmen | reach. At the present time the biggest hog in the Illinois and while about_every man in the State is after it, the leaders in the contest, which varies from a foot- the demand of the spectators, are the world-famous Senator “Billy Mason,” and the local favorite, Albert Aurora” are invariably inserted after the name of the aspiring Hopkins'is not apparent, but there must use them, and there is never an illusion to Hopkins without notice of his Auroral domicile. ator Billy is conducting his canvass is clearly revealed i by the report that his meetings in the various towns killed within the city limits of Duluth during the past feed the people. land of youth, vigor and poetry, is proceed- ternating the flights of the spellbinders with the songs are campaigning with a spirit of bravado and grace march on and shout the warwhoops of the brave, in an automobile that would be the envy of the swells to village and from village to another town, there is and stupendous shows ‘that ever performed before Bright and gorgeous as is Ohio, howevu”, she must time since Cincinnati was a rival,of Chicago, and have ever been willing enough to take all they could political slaughter pen is a United States Senatorship, | race to a fist fight at the will of the contestants and E. Hopkins of Aurora. Just why the words “of be some significance in them, for friend and foe alike The manner in which the hitherto invincible Sen- our fresh fruits to London, and on such shipments. are invariably preceded by the following advertise- ment: “‘Senator William E. Mason, Illinois’ favorite -son, will soon visit your town. Kiadly invite all the neighbors for miles around and give him a grand welcome, as he is one of our nation’s best men. Be sure and bring the big and little folks, mothers, wives, sweethearts, brothers and sisters, and we will have a ‘hot time’ when Billic Mason comes to this town.” The argument for the man of Aurora is, we believe, unique in American politics. His friends point out the alarming fact that there is now not a single red- headed man in the United States Senate, and implore the people to hasten and elect a Legislature pledged to fill that long-felt want by electing the red-headed Auroran, so that whenever grave questions of critical import arise in the Senate the country may not lack the advice and counsel of a man whose head is lumin- ous with fiery locks. The Chicago Inter Ocean says that Illinois has been represented in the Senate by Douglas, who was about the smallest of Senators, and by David Davis, who was the biggest, also by Logan, who was the swarthiest, and therefore she should now send up a Senator who has the reddest head. e That is the way they are campaigning in the hog States, while the rest of the country is discussing pros- perity and the trusts. The intelligent foreigner now touring the country is invited to make special study of the subject as an illustration of what American politics is capable of in off years. If John W. Gates were really turned out of that London hotel he can console himself by the thought that if he wishes the place he can buy it and fire the fellows who fired him. W vince the people of California of the urgent importance of taking steps toward the pro- tection of our forests, it would be found in the reports that are coming to us from the fire-swept districts of Oregon and Southern Washington. The argument is blazing and burning there in a way that must be impressive to the mind of even the most indifferent. The dread disaster that is afflicting our sister States to-day may be afflicting some part of our own com- monwealth to-morrow. It is scarcely necessary to point out that the north- ern fires now holding public attention are by no means the only disasters of the kind which have occurred since the present dry season set in. They are more appalling than any other one blaze, but they consti- tute but a small part of the aggregate of all the fires that have wasted ouf woods and fields within-a period of two months. Their full significance can be per- ceived only when they are studied in connection with the general sweep of forest fires, and when their rela- tion to the whole vast destruction that occurs every year is noted. No calculation can do more than make a guess at the direct damage done by the annual fires in forests and fields of the United States. It would be difficult to approximate the damage done on the Pacific Coast alone. No one can tell exactly what the trees and pastures that have been destroyed were worth at the time, or what they would have been worth had they been permitted to live. While the direct damages are thus difficult to approximate, the indirect damages are absolutely incalculable. It is certain, however, that the annual loss in every one of the Pacific Coast States is much greater than would be the cost of ade- quate forest protection. It is true that our forests are vast and cover wide areas. It is true that sanguine optimists believe they can never be destroyed. It is also true that a com- prehensive system of forest protection will require a high degree of sagacity to devise and great executive ability to apply and to enforce. All those considera- tions lead men to hesitate and halt in the presence of the problem. It is easier to put it off until to-mor- Tow, or to the next generation, than to undertake it to-day. The objections to action, however, are by no means so weighty as the arguments in favor of it. In the first place the optimists are wrong. Men of their temperament once declared the forests of Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota were inexhaustible, and yet in those States the once rich lumber regions are now but barrens. Within the lifetime of a single genera- tion the supposedly inexhaustible forests have been destroyed, and the surviving optimists have been forced to shift the ground of their optimism to this coast. We are the greatest and most energetic of people, but we are also the most wasteful of people. In get- ting out the lumber of our great forests we have de- stroyed and wasted more than we sawed and fitted A BLAZING ARGUMENT, ERE any further argument needed to con- for the market. Year after year we get the story of woods, farms and sometimes even villages swept away by these fires, and still we neglect to exercise ordinary care and precaution. Surely it is time to put an end to such barbaric neglect of the forests of the land. The cost of preservation will not be great and the saving will be vast. The blazing ob- ject lesson in the north should arouse public senti- ment on the subject, so that we may obtain from the Legislature this winter the beginning at least of the legislation needed to save our woods from destruction and our fields from desolation. e ————— NOTICE TO VOTERS. RECINCT registration closes at 9 o’clock this Pcvening‘ Registration for the general election closes September 24. All"electors who have not registered since January 1 of this year must register before the 24th or lose the privilege of casting a bal- lot in the approaching election. All electors who have changed their place of residence since registering must give notice of the fact at the office of the Regis- trar of Voters, as precinct registration officers are not « authorized to make transfers of voters from one pre- cinct to another. It is known that a large number of voters have not yet registered. Many of them, despite their apparent indifference to political privileges and duties, are yet good citizens who can be relied upon to vote for good government when their attention is called to the sub- ject. It is therefore important that all who have not yet registered should be induced to do so. The re- sult of the elections is going to be a matter of serious concern to every citizen and particularly to every tax- payer, and accordingly those who have already regis- tered should exert themselves to get the neglectiul ones to attend to the duty. We ought to have a full vote this year. There is nothing but an unjustifiable lack of public spirit that can be taken as an explana- tion of a refusal or a neglect to register. : Bryan has gone to the assistance of Tom Johnson in Ohio, and as it will be remembered that he went to the assistance of the Democrats of Maine, the result of the Ohio election can be readily calculated, ¢ RAILWAY MEN PREPARE FOR THE STRUGGLE CEDAR RAPIDS, Towa, Sept. 15.—E. E. Clark, grand chief of the Order of Rail- way Conductors, to-day confirmed the statement that employes of all railroads in the West will make a united demand for increased wages. He, however, de- clared the present talk of a widespread strike to be unwarranted sensationalism. “No strike will occur,” said Clark, “un- til all other means have been entirely ex- hausted, and then only upon a two-thirds Vote of members of the organization in- Vvolved.” CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 15.—Grand Master P. H. Morrissey of the Brother- hood of Raiflway Trainmen to-day author- 1zed the following official statement: “The different \stories that are arising Dertaining to a movement on the part of the conductors and trainmen in the Western country for a raise in wages are In the main inaccurate and misleading. They probably grew out of the fact that & meeting of the general association of the Order of Rallway Conductors and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen for this territory was held in June at Kan- sas City, at which time the increase of Pay for men in train and yard service ‘was discussed. “It is the general belief among the men in these capacities that owing to the vast- ly changed conditions now as compared With those in existence at the time the Present wage standards were made they are entitled to some additional compen- satlon, and they are now considering the propriety of asking for it. But if any- thing is done through these organizations in this direction it will be along orderly lines and in accordance with the long es- tablished policies and laws of the bodies affected.” PERSONAL MENTION. Colonel John T. Harrington of Colusa is at the Palace. W. J. Mahen, a merchant of Bakersfield, is at the Lick. W. J. Hawley, postmaster of San Jose, is at the Occidental. Dr. 8. Southmounth of Carson City, Nev., is at the Grand. P. L. Flannigan, a well-known mining man of Reno, is at the Grand. J. K. Brown, a well-known resident of Honoluly, is registered at the Occidental. Truman Reeves, State Treasurer, is here from Sacramento and is registered at the Grand. Licutenant Commander W. S. Hughes, U. 8. N, is at the Palace, accompanied by his wife. John Finnell, the well-known fruit- grower of Tehama, is among the arrivals at the Palace. A. J. Bradich, chief of the detective de- partment of Los Angeles, is at the Grand, accompanied by his wife. ‘W. M. Russ, a well-known merchant of Eureka, is here on a short business trip and has made his headquarters at the Lick. O. E. McMillan, proprietor of the South- ern Pacific Hotel at Yuma and who has been spending a few days in this city, returned to his home yesterday. Joshua K. Brown, U. 8. Inspector-in- charge of the Immigration Bureau at Honolulu, arrived on the Ventura yes- terday, seriously ill. He was taken to the Occidental Hotel, where he is receiving medical attentio; —— Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Sept. 15.—The following Californians are in New York: From San Francisco—J. H. Hutaff, E. Lastreto and G. W. Schlichten, at the Hoffman; E. L. Koklberg and wife, at the Navarre; F. Stark and wife and M. Schick, at the Union Square; T. Binney and M. Hill, at the Holland; M. F. Bode, at the Belvl- dere; R. S. Browne and R. N. Carson, at | the Imperial; M. Christiansen, Mrs. W. H. Gibbon, Miss A. G. Jenkins and Mrs. H. McCrum, at the St. “Denis; C. M. Goldaracana, and R. H. Patek, at the Broadway Central; W. D. Gundelfinger and C. Hirschfield, at the Herald Square; Miss G. L. Hall, at the Victoria; W. H. Hamner, at the Plaza; L. A. Hedges, at the Grand; Mrs. A. Knox and M. Sanders, at the Grand Union; Mrs. Mooers, at the Gerard; A. McD. Riddle, at the Norman- die; J. S. Robbins, at the Ashland; S. Sharér, at the Cadillac, and E. Thomp- sou, at the Continehtal. From Los Angeles—B. B. Baker and G. H. Cochran, at the Park Avenue; Mrs. B. Johnstone, at the Savoy, and W. E. Mac- Coy, at the Manhattan. TSI 5 A Californians in Washington. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 15.—The following Californians registered here to- dsy: Arrivals at the Raleigh, O. N. Hall; at the Arlington, Fred P. Winchester and Horace Wilson, all of San Francisco. —_————— OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Several Changes Are Made in the Postal Service and More Pen- sions Granted. . WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 15.—Post- office discontinued Sept. 30: California— Quail, Los Angeles County; mail goes to Neenah. Postmaster commissioned: Ore- gon—Ida E. Bohannon, Chase. Rural free delivery will be established November 1 at Cheney, Spokane County, Wash. These pensions were granted to-day: California: Original—Mitchell A. Minor, Ramora, $; John W. McMillen, San Francisco, $ (war with Spain). In- crease, reissue, ete.—Ole Trousep, Oaklard, $12; Xavier Ruez, Soldler® Home, Los Angeles, 3$10; Willlam H. Weirbach, Downey, $12; William H. Kelley, San Francisco, $10. Widows, min- ors and dependent relatives—M. Farreil Cahill, Marysville, $8; Kate Phelps, Berke- ley, $8: Clara Cornell, Pennington, $3 (Mexican war). Oregon: Original—Jona- than A. Young, McMinnville, $I1 2%. In- crease, reissue, etc.—Frederick W. Brown, Welterville, $10; William M. Sincla: Portland, $6. Washington: Original— James K. McKeighan, Collins, $8; Bert Thompson, Spokane, $10 (war with Spain). Increase, reissue, etc.—Willlam Grady, South Bend, $10. Naval order—Chaplain W. G. Isaacs is detached from the Pensacola Naval Training Station at San Francisco and goes to the Kearsarge. Army orders—A leave of absence has been granted Chaplain Barton W. Perry, artillery, for two months. Colonel Ernest A. Garlington is relieved from -duty in the Department of the Lakes and goes to the Department of California as in- epector general. Lieutenant Colonel Jokn L. Chamberlain, inspector general, is re- lieved from duty in the Department of California and goes to the Philippines. —_———————— Game Law Violators Are Caught. Deputy J. E. Vaughan of the Fish Com- mission arrested J. Greenan at Santa Ana | Saturday for killing quail during the close | season. Justice of the Peace Wilson of that town fined,the offender $25. Deputy 3. G. Chapman arrested John Bonomi at | Los Angeles on the same day for having | in his possession a deer hide. Justice of the Peace James imposed a fine of $25 on the defendant. —————— Petitions in Insolvency. Petitions in Insolvency were filed yes- terday in the United States District Court as follows: James Leslie Brown, restau- rnnt-keepwa lmmnflmc , liabilities 74, no 3 Her . Curran, farm- 2 Wooalana, liabilities 1 0, m‘r:tla{ DECIDES ON MGR.FALCONIO FOR DELEGATE ROME, Sept. 15.—The Vatican has defl- nitely decided to send the Most Rev. Dio- mede Falconio to Washington as papal delegate in the United States. Monsignor Falconio is now an apostolic delegate for the Dominion of Canada. The Archbishopric of Manila and the three vacant Bishoprics in the Philippines will not be filled until Monsignor Guidi, the apostolic delegate, arrives there and reports ta the Vatican on the subject. Replying to the request of the French Embassador to the Vatican, who wished to secure for a French newspaper man an interview with the Pope, the papal secre- tary of state, Cardinal Rampolla, in ex- plaining the impossibility of so dping, said: “The Pope resolved months ago not to utter a word himself and ordered us not to utter a word which might be inter- preted either for or against French pol- icy or serve the interests of party poll- ties.” E —— — _§ ANSWERS TO QUERIES. RAILROAD—N., City. Work is In pro- gress on the Salt Lake, Los Angeles and San Pedro Rallroad. VALUE OF COINS—M. H., and a dozen others. Correspondents who desire infor- mation as to the value of coins should inclose in letter of inquiry a self-ad- dressed and stamped envelope for reply by mail. UNITED STATES MINTS—H. D. J., Berkeley. There is but one United States mint; that is the parent mint at Phila- delphia. The others are United States branch mints and are located at New Or- leans and - San Francisco. The branch mint at Denver, Colo., and the one at Car- 4 son City, Nev., are now conducted as as- say offices. THE CABINET—H. D. J., Berkeley, Cal. The members of President Roose- | velt’s Cabinet are: John Hay, Secretary of State: L. M. Shaw, Secretary of the Treasury; E. Root, Secretary of War; P. G. Knox, Attorney General; H. C. Payne, | Postmaster General: W. H. Moody, Sec- retary of the Navy; E. A. Hitchcock, Sec- retary of the Interior, and J. Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture. COPYRIGHT—Mrs. L. D, East Oak- land, Cal. In order to secure copyright a printed title of the book must be de- livered to the librarian of Congress or de- posited in the mail within the United States, prepaid and addressed to such li- brarian at Washington, D. C. This must be done on or before the day of publica- | tion. The printed title may be a copy of the title page of such publication as have title pages. In other cases the title must be printed expressly for copyright entry with name of the claimant of copy- right. The style of type is immaterial and the print of a typewriter will be ac- cepted. The legal fee for recording each copyright 1s 5 cents and 30 cents addi- tional for a copy of the record. Blank forms of application will be furnished on demand to the lbrarian of Congress. B OLD HERMIT'S SPLENDID COLLECTICN OF CURIOS | Prefers a Life of Poverty to the Sur- render of Any of His Treas- ures. TACOMA, Sept. 15.—D. W. Owen, a her- mit, living on the bank of te Columbia River near the center of the Yakima County desert, has demonstrated what a lifetime of patient effort will accomplish along any line. Early in life Owen de- termined to collect curios. For more than forty years he has kept at it day and night, winter and summer. He lives little four-room cabin, which comprises Lis museum. It contains more than 10,600 rare articles representing every depart- ment of sclentific research. Indjan relics from every part of Western America, to- gether with mastodon bones, whale skele- tons, rare shells, eggs and birds, are some of the features of Owen's wonderful coi- | lection. Expert collectors have traveled lorg distances to view Owen's museum, and | he has refused large sums for it. He| lives on a small income, but might have | iches if he saw fit to sell”his collection and enjoy what it would bring. All of- fers of thi$hkind have been declined, Owen saying that his curios form part of kis life and he could not live without them. He is nearly 60 years old and lives alone on the sand plain, with only a dos, a cat and a horse for companions. —_—— AUDITOR BAEHR FILES HIS FINANCIAL REPORT Document Shows Value of All Prop- erty Within Limits of City and County. Auditor Baehr filed his financial report of the city and county and the value of all property within its boundaries with the Board of Supervisors yesterday. The report contains the following figures:™ Number of acres of land, 27,000; value of real estate other than city and town lots, $2.- value of improvements thereon, $380, 400; fe of city and town lots, $189,157,000; improvements, $96,251,390; total value of reai estate, $191,804,510; improvements, $96,631,790: personal property, $89,859,78%; money and sol. vent credits, $41,682.7 grand total, $419,97: 831 Value of railroads, $376,710. Total vaiue of mortgages, trust deeds, etc., $43,690,039- sessed value of mortgages heid by University of California. $337,340. et Shake-Up in Rock Island Office. There has been a gemeral shake-up in the office of the Rock Island Railway at Los Angeles. B. F. Coombs, who for many years has been commercial agent of the Southern Pacific at Santa Barbara, has resigned his position to become com- mercial agent of the Rock Island at Log Angeles: E. Smith, whom Coombs succeeds, has been made traveling pas. senger agent of the Rock Island, with headquarters also at Los Angeles. Frank L. Miller, formerly of Philadelphia, will be the district passenger agent of the same road, with headquarters at Los An geles, while T. J. Clark, who formerly MISS MERRILL’S ENGAGEMENTHAS BEENANNOUNCED The latest engagement to interest so- efety is that of Miss Gladys Merrill and Henry Sears Bates. Miss Merrill is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Merrill, while Mr. Bates is a son of Mrs Albert Gerberding, a well known liter: woman. It was not the intention of Merrills to announce their daughter’s er gagement for six weeks to come, but t! secret has leaked out and the couple ar3 receiving congratulations and gocd wishes from their many friends. Miss Merrill went out Informally last winter and would have numbered among the de- | butantes of the coming season, but has changed her plans. Miss Merrill was for- merly a student at Mjss West's school In this city and afterward attended Miss Ely’s in New York. She has been inter- ested with her mother in hosfttal work. The groom-elect is connected with the firm of M. A. Newell & Co. He was edu- cated at the University of California and is a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. No date has been set ror. the wedding. .. < The Daughters of California Ploneers’ Society held an interesting sesslon yes- terday at 3 o'clock in the drawing-room of Pioneer Hall. A mausical and literary programme was rendered and an informal reception completed the affair. Dalnty refreshments were served. The pro- gramme consisted of monologues by Mrs. Fred Hanson, selection from il Trov tore” by Harry Trican Maurer and Miss Berenice von Gelder and other musical numbers. . . orosis Club assembled e roema yesterday gaftornoon and listened to an interesting and structive discourse by Henry Payot. M | Payot's theme was “The Land of the Midnight Sun.” Ugon the conclusion of the entertaining programme an informal reception was held. . . At a quiet home wedding on Sunday | evening Miss Lea C. Stamper became the bride of Irving H. Frank. The ceremony | was performed at 8 o'clock In the even- | ing at the restdence of the brife’s mother, 1340 Pine street, in the presence of thirty- five guests. Rabbi Nieto officiated. The bride was handsomely gowned in whx'? chiffon over white silk, with garniture of pearls. She wore a long vetl of thinnest tulle and carried a shower bouquet of lilles of the valley. Mr. and Mrs. Fraak :rn from their wedding trip in a 1 reside at the Knfeker- bocker in this Mr. and Mrs. John Landers gave a din- ner Sunday evening complimentary to Mrs. Hancock Johnston of Los Angeles. Yellow was the color scheme of the ar- tistic table decorations. Covers were laid for ten. The party comprised Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Landers, Miss Pear! Landors, Miss Berenice Banders, Mrs. Hafcock Johnston, Hanceck ston’ Jr. and Harry H. Seott. . Jack Johrsten zave a luncheon at the Palace Hotel Sunday. These present ware eand Mrs. Willlam J. Landers, M Miss Derenice Lande and Walter Leeds. . | | | . | | Mr. John Landers, | Miss Pearl Lander: 8. A.. will sal for October 1 instead of the 16th of the present month, a$ was ex- pected. Dr. Collins left for Fresmo yes- terday afterncon, where he will pay a brief visit to friends there for a day or two. o et . i Allan Wallace expects to leave for New York in g, fortnight. . Dr. €. C. Coll the Philippines cn .« . Miss Irene Stephens, whose wedding i3 to take place In Los Angeles during the present week, was a guest of honor at a | pretty luncheon given by Mrs. Harry Co- burn Turner in that city a few days ago. Among the guests were the Misses Crel- lin, Miss Ella Clark and Miss Bessie Bon- | sall. . Mrs. John T. Dare and Miss Virginia Dare will be at home to their friends on the third Fridays at their residence, 2422 Clay strest. The members of Company L, League of | the Cross Cadets of Mission Dolores par- ish, are making extensive preparations for an entertainment and darce to be given in Mission Parlor Hall, Seventeenth street, near Valencia, Thursday evening, September 25. Mae C. Stolz has returned to the city from Lake Tahoe, where she spent her vacation. Miss Mazie Crowley of San Rafael, who has been extensively entertained while visiting her cousin, Miss Barrett of Port- land, Or., is expected home this week. Mr. and Mrs. N. W. 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