The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 12, 1902, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1902 “PLAN PENSIONS FOR EMPLOYES Santa Fe Railroad May Reward Years of Doctor’s Daughters’ SOCIETY DEVOTEES WILL ATTEND DOLL DISPLAY Entertainment to Be Brilliant Event, and the Interior of Al- hambra Will Present a Beautiful Scene Service, Four Directors Elected at| the Meeting of Stock- holders. ———— TOPEKA, Kans., Dec. 11.—The Santa Te stockholders this afternoon elected the fcllowing directors for the ensuing four years: Edward P. Ripley of Chicago, | | Charles Steele of New York, Byron L.' | Smith of Chicago and Howell Jones of Topeka. { he purchase of the following lines, | which has already been announced by the directors, was ratified: Kansas and | uthwestern, Sunset route (a short line ! | 1a Californ 2), California Eastern, Grand | Canyon line; Guif, Beaumont and Great | Northern; Santa Fe Pac Eastern Ok- lahoma; Kiowa, Chickasaw and Fort Smith; Guthrie and Western and the Eastern Rallway of New Mexico. Waterhouse & Co. were elected s ndent auditors for the company. Owing to the fact that Ripley, Mor ries §. Gieed of Topeka | only directors present the an-; | ing of the directors was not | President Ripley and General Coun- orawetz returned to their homes at | 4 o'clock this afternoon | There was over three-fourths of the en- tire stock of the Santa Fe represented at | | the meeting. The meeting was called to er by President Ripley at 1:45 o'clock | | rd the polls were declared open. Ed- | Wiider, treasurer of the Santa Fe, | | acted as secretary of the meeting. H \ | { President Ripley said after the meeting | that a n for pensioning Santa Fe em-| | ployes was under consideration. Both the | management and the employes of the road will contribute to the movement. | | OF INTEREST TO PEOFPLE i OF THE PACIFIC COAST | | Rocklin and Willits Postoffices Are | Raised From the Fourth to the | Presidential Class. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 11L—Post-| commissioned: Oregon—Lula M. | Grant; James Laird, Sitkum. Fourth class postmasters appointed: Califc J. G. Gomez, Machin, Marin C vice Paul E. Lepoids, resigned. ington—John B. Tarbel, Pennith, | | Stevens County, vice George H. Stiles, re- signed Fourth class postoffices advanced to class: California—Rocklin salaries of postmasters $1000 1100 respectively | e following pensions were granted: California: Increase, reissue, etc.—| | tchell Blair, Soldiers’ Home, Los An- geles, $8; James Dean, Soldiers’ Home, wze ESTELLE ') —AxEMAN —_— Los Angeles, $10; Abraham L. Fry, Ox- nard, $8; Michael Hoaltum, S8an Luis, $i4. Widows, minors and dependent relatives— J. Page, San Francisco, $8; Ade- Tobin, San Francisco, $8; Annie laide Greenwald, 8an Francisco, $8 (war with THREE PRETTY MEMBERS OF THE SEXTET THAT WILL BE SEEN AND HEARD THIS EVENING AT THE DOCTOR'S DAUGHTERS' VAUDEVILLE ENTERTAINMENT. + | Increase, reissue, etc.—Ira Phoenix, $10; Laurel Baugh, 12. Widows, minors and de- | relatives—Silvina Black, Eu- HE Doll Show and Christmas Vaudeville to be given by the Doc- tor's Daughters at the Alhambra | | 3— Theater to-day and to-morrow opens this afternoon at 2:30 with brilliant music by the Italian Band. The theater pendent g€ , 38 hington: Original—John J. Rees, rmington, $6; John S§. Harrison, Gif-| T S, etc—Samuel | wiil pe thoroughly heated for the com- e e, | fort of the guests and the floors are can- d so that light gowns may be worn with safety. The afternoons will be of spectal interest to children, as Santa Claus will be in evidence and will present each child with something from the Christmas tree, which is prettily trimmed and lighted yws, minors and dependent rela- | arah D. Clark, Oysterville, $8. ! ers—Captain M. R. §. Macken- ed from the cruiser New York to proceed home and await or- tenant W. H. G. Bullard is de tached from the cruiser New York, to lers. roceed home and await orders. Passed | DY €lectricity. The fish pond, with real ant Paymaster H. R. Insley is de- | water, should prove of interest, and a naval training station,| “Punch and Judy” show, singing and from the as 1 officer of Pensa 4 dancing will afford delightful entertain- ment while the doll sale goes on. Both evenings will be devoted to the vaudeville entertainment, a feature of in- readiness for orders to| nt Paymaster Ray Spear is San Francisco. which will be the sextet from “The S GARRA R | Stroller: presented by the following CUPID WINS IN SPITE | popular society young men and women: Miss_Florence Bailey and Roy Plke, Miss OF UNFRIENDLY UNCLE Lalla Wenzelburger and Philip Paschal, Miss Mabel Hogg and Harold Mann, Miss Estelle Lakeman and Du Ray Smith, Miss Helen Da- vis and Thomas N. Pike, Miss Belle Harmes and Dr. Sumner Hardy. The costumes of the sextet members will be very attractive and the twelve voung people will form a pretty picture as well as singing entrancingly. e Judge Makes Attorney Girl’s Guar-' dian and He Consents to Her Marriage. Dec. 1l.—Anna Schulz, aged in getting - married vigorous oposition of her | m Schulz, with whom sh ade her hgme at Reardan. Emil Rahtke called to see went out driving together. COMA succeeded The De la Montanya residence at 1524 Last Sundas : pretty home wedding last evening. Miss her and they Jennie de la Montanya, daughter of the Monday morning it was found that Miss | jate James de la Montanya, and Judge N. wiz had not returned. Her uncle sur-| 4. Dorn, Superior Judge of Mon: mised that the young couple would prob- County, were the principals. bly atiempt to get married, and accord- ! ingis vised the County Auditors of | Adams and neighboring counties regard- | ing her age, requesting them to refuse to | issue a marriage lice ’ Schuiz opposed the mat¢h on account of | nis miece’s youth and because she had been acquainted with Rahtke only a week The ceuple. arrived in Pavenport; Lin- coln County, Tuesday, and when they dis- covered the abstacles which had been thrown in their they promptly con- -five guests were bidden to the wed- ding festivities and the scene was a merry one. The handsome rooms were sl foliage by the Misses Worn and the ef- fects were most artistic. The happy couplé took their places beneath a bower of white chrysanthemum and foliage and | were made husband and wife by the Rev. Mr. Foute. The groom was attended by Romie -Jacks and Jesse Bryan. Misses Elsie and Ethel Dorn were bridesmaids. The bride was becomingly gowned in sulted an attormey, who petitioned Judge | white satin and point lace, with veil of Neal to appoint himself as guardian for | the same lace. She carried orchids and Miss Schulz. The petition being granted, | Jjljes of the valley. The bridesmaids the lawyer, as her guardian, consented mi wore dainty gowns of white chiffon over the issuance of the license, and the couple | pink silk with garniture of pink chiffon were married by a Justice of the Peace. | roses. Many congratulations and good Taylor street was the scene of a very | decorated with a profusion of flowers and | ol which an elaborate supper was served. After a year's sojourn in Paris and Egypt, Judge and Mrs. Dorn will reside in this city, where the groom will practice law. The bride is charming and accomplished and comes of excellent family. She was educated at Reed’s schbol in New' York and has been abroad for the last six years. Judge Dorn is a brother of At- | torney D. 8. Dorn of this city and stands high in his profession. -The groom has presided over the Superior Court of Mon- terey County for many years, but, owing to his contemplated wedding trip, has tendered his resignation. Many beautiful and costly presents were received. Sl Mrs. Walter E. DBan gave a- pretty luncheon at her apartments in the Pal- ace Hotel yesterday Ethel Keeney, whose marriage to Mr. Tomlinson of New York takes place on the 17th inst. The table was elaborately decorated in white flowers and foliage. Covers were laid for sixteen. Among those present were Miss Pearl Landers, | Miss Leontine Blakeman, Miss Ethel Hager, Miss Jolliffe, Miss King, Miss Keeney and Miss Helen Dean. I « s . Mrs. Gerritt L. Lansing and Mr: Charles L. Bent gave a large luncheon the University Club yesterday in honor of Mrs. Danforth Boardman. Covers were laid for forty-five and the predomi- nating color was red. Christmas berries | and foliage were prettily arranged in dec- | oration. | +The Papyrus Club held its regular meet- ing in Utopla Hall yesterday. The club is rapidly growing in membership , also in popularity. A Papyrus Quartet was | formed yesterday, with Miss Millie Flynn | and Mrs. W. W. Briggs as sopranos and Miss Ella V. McCloskey and Miss Ger- trude Wheeler as contraltos. Arrange- ments were made to give at the January meeting an original character sketch by two of the members, also a musical dra- matic sketch by two other members. The annual meeting of the Sequoia Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, was held Wednesday at their chapter room, 1620 California street. The following offfcers were elected for the en- suing year: Regent, Mrs. George E. Mayhew; vice regent, Mrs, Wiillam Ashburner; corresponding secre- tary, Mrs. Arthur D. Cross; recording secre- | tary, Miss Gertrude Burnett; treasurer, Mrs. George P. Thurston; registrar, Miss Elizabeth M. Jones: historian, Mrs. Charles W. Farnam; R T wishes = followed the ceremony, after tor. irs. O W, ! curator, . C. Warren. Well Enown Jockeys Return. 25 NEW YORK, Dec. 1L—Four American B T T e 2t e e e T jockey=, who have been riding in BEurope, returned home on the steamer Kronprinz Wilhelm, which reached pert to-day. The best known of the boys is Ben Rigby, who, after a visit to St. Louis, his home, GRAND PRESIDENT KEITH VISITS ORINDA PARLOR Subordinate of Native Daughters of will return to France mnext season. Golden West Honors Head Charies Thorpe, who rode in France last phegg Ay season, will settle down Oh his farm| G ., pregigent Eliza D. Keith and R. Gray, another has ’;u. home :,:: Grand Secretary Laura J. Frakes paid an | officlal visit last night to Orinda Parlor, in Native Sons’ Hall. Grand Marshal Emma G. Foley, Grand Trustee Kathryne | McGough and Past Grand Presidents Con- rad, Wilkins and Baker were present. There were also many members of the order. The officers of the parlor exem- plified the ritualistic work by initiating several candidates,and for this they were complimented. There was an interesting address by the grand president, after which President Hettie Burke on behalf of Orinda Parlor presented to Miss Keith a beautifully decorated water jar as a tcken of sisterly love and admiration of her as a grand officer. Then there were short addresses by the other grand of- ficers, and at the close of the meeting there was an adjournment to an adjoin- ing hall, where a banquet was served in honor of the visitors. There flowers were presented to the grand president, grand. secretary and the grand marshal, after which there were responscs to toasts by the grand trustee and Past Grand Presi- dents Conrad and Wilkins. ——————————— Blind Will Entertain. near Geneva, Kans. the returned jockeys, San Franeisco. His work last season was for Von Egydi, the Austrian sportsman. He won sixty-three out of 209 mounts, be- ing second in twenty-five gvents. The last of the quartet is Eddie Jones, who wen distinction riding on French tracks for Baron Leonino, a brother-in-law of Buron Rothschild. AR JIwo Cycling Teams Gain a Lap. NEW YORK, Dec. 1L.—Two teams suc- ceeded in separatng themselves from the others in the six-day bicycle race to-day and by clever team riding took the lead. They were Newkirk and Jacobson and Leander and Floyd Krebs. The score at midnight was nearly 160 miles behind the record for that time. The scores at mid- night were: Newkirk-Jacobson, Leander- Floyd Krebs, 1706 miles; McFarland-Maya, Stinson-Moran, Bedell-Bedell, Butler-Tur- ville, 1705 miles and 9 laps; Galvin-Root, Keegan-Peterson, 1705 miles and 8 laps; Barclay-Franz Krebs, 1705 miles and 35 laps. DR G San Domingo Decree Stands. SAN DOMINGO, Dec, 11.—The Domini- can Government informed United States| The blind pupils of the Institution for Minister Powell to-day that it cannot|the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind will withdraw the decree now in force gov- | give.their annual sacred concert on Sun- erning the shipping charges collected at | day afternoon, December 14, at 3 o'clock, Dominican ports. This decree has a|in the assembly hall of the institution at strong detrimental effect on American | Berkeley. Friends of the pupils and of commercial interests. The political situ- | the institution are cordially m‘“ed to at ation here is quiet. ltend. NATIVE SONS ENTER ' NEW FIELD OF LABOR Work of Protecting Public Forests and Waterways Will Be Inaugu- - rated at Once. The. Native Sons of the State have en- tered upon a new line of work and have taken up the project with determination. They will strive to do all in their power to preserve the public forests and water- ways of the State and will communicate with the State Legislature with a view to having that body pass special laws for the benefit of the forests and streams, . A committee was appointed to look into the matter at the last meeting of the Grand Parlor at Santa Cruz and now the work of organizing sub-committees has begun in earnest. There will be a special meeting at Native Sons’ Hall to-night in order to outline plans. The sub-commit- tees from this city are as follows: Charles/N. Janes, California Parlor; F. H. Dam, Pacific Parlor; Adolph Eberhart, Golden Gat= Parlor; W. W. Falirchild, Mission Parlor; John n, San Francisco Parlor; James W. Keegan, E! Dorado Parlor; L. H. Hagen- kamp, Rincon Parlor; W. D. Hynes, Stanford Parlor; Joseph L. Crittenden, Yerba Buena Parlor; Louls Hirsch, Bay City Parler; J. B, Keenan, Niantic Parlor; E. D. Knight, Na- tional Parlor; Lyman Fenn, Hesperian Par- lor; Charles’ H. Turner, Alcatraz Parlor; Emilio Lastreto, Alcalde Parlor; George Coyle, South San Francisco Parlor; L. M. Bannan, Sequota Parlor; James M. Hanley, Precita Parlor; H. 1. Mulcrevy, Olympus Parlor: F. T. Finch, Presidio Parior; Joseph Rose, Mar- shall Parlor; George Appell, Army and Navy Purlor; H. J. Mahoney, Dolores Parlor, and W. A. Wynne, Twin Peaks Parlor. —_————————— SAYS SHE WAS POISONED.—Mrs. Fred Stoll was treated at the Harbor Hospital last night at the request of her husband, Who says she was poisoned by three persons,’ who were arrested. The doctors say that Mrs, Stoll was [merely Intoxicated, ‘ 1 in honor of Miss | RUNAWAY CARS DESTROY LIVES Three M ners Are Killed in Pernsylvania Disaster. Warnipg Shouted to Them on Dangerous Slope Is Unheeded. WILKESBARRE, ;!-. Dec. 11L.—Three men losf their lives and one was serious- ly injured in No. 3 slope of the Kingston ! Company at Edwardsville, a small min- irg town near this city, this evening. The {men, who had just finished their shift, were walking up the elope behind a train of loaded cars. The slope runner decided to shift the cars and he notified the men to step aside. They did not heed the { warning and in shifting the cars a coup- Iing broke and the cars dashed down the | steep incline, plowing into the men and | hurling them with great force against | the roof and sides of the slope. When | picked up it was found that three of the ymen were dead and one badly Injured. | The dead are:. BENJAMIN DAVIS, miner. JOHN WASHKIS. PETER PEDO. | The injured man Is Anthony Zucke. i S BOILER-MAKERS DEMAND | LOANED ENGINES’ RECALL Threatened Strike on Entire Southern Pacific System if Request Is Not Granted. | OMAHA, Nebr., Dec. 11.—The Southern | Pacific Rallroad Company will have to recall the engines it loaned the Union Pa- cific several weeks ago or else confront a | strike of machinists, boilermakers and ! blacksmiths over its whole system. Tele- | grams were sent to-day by John McNeil, | | president of the Brotherhood of Boller- | | makers, to the heads of the Boilermakers’ | | unions on the Southern Pacific directing i them to inform each division superintend- | | ent that the men would go out on a strike | !at once unless the engines were called | | back without delay. No answers have | yet been received, but McNeil says there | is no doubt that the men will refuse to work unless the demand is acceded to. The Milwaukee road loaned the Union | Pacific an engine last Sunday, but it was ! recalled to-day as the result of a demand similar to_that made in the case of the Southern Pacifi B g ey Archbishop of Canterbury Weaker. | LONDON, Dec. 11.—The Archbishop of | Centerbury, Dr. Temple, who was over- come while speaking in the House of | | Lords on the educational bill, is now rap- | | idly growing weaker. — ———————— | CREDITORS WILL GET BACK PART OF MONEY The affairs of the People’s Home Sav- ings Bank, which has been in liquidation | since 1833, must be settled before March | 15, 1903, according to the edict issued by ! the State Board of Bank Commissloners | | yesterday. There has been paid out to | dépositors about 40 per cent of the money | invested and the total amount recovered | will not be greater than 60 per cent. | 'here yet remains about $80,000 worth of real estate, which will probably be sold at | auction. Several suits for amounts | aggregating about’ $75,000 are also- pend- | ing against the stockholders of the bank. The Commissioners decided yesterday also to extend the time of liquidation for the Union Savings Bank of San Jose to January 20.1%03. | Albert Brown, wgo has acted as receiver | for the defunct Bank of Mendocino of Mendocino City since September 1, 1900, has been allowed a salary of $200 a month | for his service i | [ Memorial’s Ladies’ Night. Memorial Lodge of the Anclent Order of United Workmen had a night for la- dies in the Laurel Hall of the Shiels building last evening. There were many present who accepted the invitation to enjoy the programme, which was purely musical, the several numbers being by Charles Morey, W. J. Hynes, Frank R. Thompson, W. W. Brackel and Miss Xenia Roberts, after which there was dancing until midnight. The affair was under the direction of the lodge's socal committee, C. S. Hoffman, N. Weisen- ‘\ hulter and Herman Schaffner. * ———— Drummers Will Make Merry. The San Francisco Commercial Travel- ers' Association will hold its annual bene- fit entertainment at the Tivoli Opera- { house on Tuesday, December 16. The reg- { ular Tivoll stock company will render the old favorite “The Idol's Eye.” The drum- mers’ annual entertainment is always considered a big event, and a large crowd is sure to be present. The following com- mittee has been appointed to take charge of the affair: E. Dunn, H. H. Becker, W. T. Rancell, M. Marisch, W. T. Holling, A. D. Whitehead and B. Fredericks, —_———— Furniture Men Organize. The new and second-hand furniture dealers of this city met last Tuesday | night and formed an organization to be | known as the New and Second-hand Fur- | niture Dealers’ Protective Association. The object of the organization is to fight the new ordinance relating to the pur- chase of second-hand furniture. —_———— Licensed to Marry. OAKLAND, Dec. 1. —THe following marriage licenses were issued to-day: Ar- thur G. Bray, aged 25, Alameda, and Kit- ty M. Banks, 18, Oakland; Edmond J. Thi- bault, 29, and Anna J. Paynter, 28, both of Oakland; Joe E. Garcia, 28, and Mary L. Sylva, 18, both of Haywards; Manuel Josephs, 22, Oakland, and Minnie 8. Rose, 18, San Lorenzo. HJITEL ARRIVALS. NEW WESTERN HOTEL, 7 Morgan & wf, Mt V(W D Marshall, Lakept L Widden & f, Port!ad|J O'Brien, LaKeport Mrs Pattain & c, Ptld|W_Davenport & wite, Mrs Tully & c, Los A| Highland Springs Byrne, Los Ang |E Salisbury, High S G W Tae, Tos Ang |T Donglass” Bemssines G Jones, Los Ang [P J Kernan, N Orleans E C Snell, N Dak__|I Power, Manila Miss L Lemons, N Dak|P W Fresh, Willits Mrs Blackburn & f,ND'G Schmidt, ‘Sucto Miss L Bourns, N'Y [C West, Fortland J Blackwell & f, L A[D D Babeock, Seattle G I Thompson, I Ang|G R Eddy, Los Ang G Meyers, Sta Barbara|H Davis, Los Ang Mfss Graham, Oakland|Mr Smith & wt, Oakld Miss Donoghue, Oakind[N Drake, Oakland. Mrs Drysden & f, StaR|J Meyers, Vallejo Miss Cummons, 8 Rosa|W Newell, Flagstaff J C Baker, Sta Rosa |I' Delaney, Carson City C Murtha, San Rafael J Button, Port Orford Miss Murtha, 8 Rafael|C B Bousquit, Manila J Burnham, S Rafael |J S Walsh, Detroit J Turner, Willets |T Delaney, Detroit M Dickenson & f, Wils —————————— Late Shipping Intelligence, DOMESTIC PORTS, R};ORGTLAND—BI«HM Dec 11—Schr Olga, for londo. Arrived Dec 11—Fr bark Marie Monmorne, trom San Francisco; stmr George W Elder, from San Francisco. ASTORIA—Arrived Dec 11—U § stmr Man- zanita, from Puget Sound. OCEAN STEAMERS, LIVERPOOL—Arrived Dec 11—Stmr Celtic, A SRR PPV 1y 4 __Siar Belgeniana, from Philadeipin, foe Birt erpool, and proceeded. ‘ROTTERDAM—Sailed/ Dec 11—Stmr Ams- terdam, for New York, via Boulogne-Sur-Mer. YOKOHAMA—Arrived 10—Stmr Vie- toria, from Tacoma and Victoria, B C, for Hiogo, Shanghal and Hongk ong. ‘the sodality will hold its annual election C MUNICIPAL MEASURES ARE FULLY DISCUSSED Delegates to the League Now in Session in San Jose Exchange Views and Decide Upon Some Legislative Recommendations I | agreement is rea 9 REICHSTAG BUSY ON TARIFF BILL Measure Passes Second Reading With Little Debate. Leaders of Majority Parties Will Confer on Its Final Form. BERLIN, Dec. 11.—The tariff bill passed its second peading to-day by 184 to W6 votes on 4Baron von Kardorff's motion taking the bill as a whole, without debat- ing it by paragraphs. This motion and the parliamentary question growing out of it caused the violent scenes of the recent weeks. The motion embraced a number of amendments, the result of the compro- mise agreement between the majority par- ties and the Government. Yet the bill is not considered to be in its final shape. The Reichstag does not meet to-morrow in order to give the leaders of the major- ity parties an opportunity to arrange the final form of the bill. The Reichstag will meet agalng Saturday, and if an ed wiil then proceed to pass the third reading of the bill. Chancellor von Bulow's speech to-day was disappointing. Both sides of the house corsidered it too vague and as failing to outline definitely the Government pro- gramme In the midst of the present con- fusion. Herr Bebel somewhat violently attacked | the majority parties arbitrary methods. He said the Chancellor's omission to dis- approve them indicated that he favored | them. After further speeches by Edward Muel- ler and Gothen, to which the majority re- fused to reply, a motion closing the debate was carried by 19% to 113° votes. RUNNER BRINGS RUMOR OF MAD MULLAH'S, DEATH Reported That He Was Assassinated in Somaliland While at His Prayers. ADEN, Arabla, Dec. 11.—A rumor has has reached here of the assassination of the Mad Mullah in Somaliland. The report was brought to the coast by a native run- ner from Carrereo via Berbera. The Mul- lah fs said to have been killed by a spear- thrust in the stomach, inflicted while he was praying. e g Gold for South America. 3 NEW YORK, Dec. 11.—Of the $1,000.000 gold engaged for shipment to South America this week only 3$500,000 was with- drawn _from the subtreasury. The bal- ance was presumably taken from the Clearing-house by ome of the associated banks, which have at this time about §74,~ 000,000 on deposit there. i =T d Dot | ADVERTISEMENTS. MAYOR FRARY OF SAN DIEGO, WHC READ AN INTERESTING PA- PER BEFORE THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA MUNICIPALITIES REGARDING MANNER OF NOMINATING CANDIDATES. | What shall We BT B 3 | o o, D e vuath e e o ceitie. mae L TRV E TUR PERSOR N dent Snyder named Messrs. Robertson of Los Gatos, Catts of Stockton, Brown of San Jose, Ey of Santa Ana and Stevens of Fresno on the committee. A paper on “Should there be a law reg- ulating the nomination of candidates for municipal offices by what is known as the larger attendance and more inter- est shown in the sessions of the League of California Municipali- ties to-day. Several delayed dele- gates arrived, and a large number of resi- dents of San Jose attended to listen to the deliberations of the offictals in whose hands the care of the larger towns and cities of Califernia has been placed. The general subject to-day was “Legis- lative Measures.” The first discussioft was on the question,.“Should there be a law looking toward the establishment of a uniform municipal aceounting system and the publication of reports and sta- tistics?’ The discussion was opened by Secretary H. A. Mason of Santa Clara. He sald he believed in a uniform account- ing system, as deficiencies could be more easily found. The printing of statistics was a good thing, he argued, and awak- cned the interest of citizens. The suggestion was made by him that the league send a delegate to a conven- tion to be held in San Francisco shortly to devise a uniform set of schedules or reports, and that at least ten cities in the league be represented at the meeting. The suggestion was generally favored. Delegates Turner of Merced, Kennedy of Chico, Davidson of Santa Barbara, Frank of San Leandro, Thompson of Berkeley and Tedford took part in the discussion that followed. “Should there be amendments to the Jaws governing the disposal of fran- chises?” was the next topie. City Attor- ney Matthews of Los Angeles was down to lead the discussion, but he was ab- sent, and Mayor Snyder took his place. Mayor Snyder said the present law was drawn by a corporation attorney of Los Angeles and fathered by a representative from the south. He sald it was made for the benefit of a Los Angeles street rafiroad. “In my opinion,” said Snyder, “the law is the most dangerous ever put upon the statute books, for it stifles com- petition by putting all franchises into the hands of rich corporations. There Fhould be competition. That is what we wan't in all our cities. Then we get good serv ice. 1 believe the law should be repealed. FRANCHISE LAW IS BAD. Mayor Catts of Stockton also denounced the law as bad. He said a franchise has i ckton for $300 that was been sold in Sto Ryl oo by Mayor Frary of San Diego. W. H. C. Ecker of San Diego had written the paper, but he was unable to be present. The writer took strong grounds in favor of direct nomination. while good, was sure to be changed. It was declared that whether delegates are chosen by primaries or pgt conventions are subject to the boss #hd the will jof the people is thwarted. The use of ballot machines next came up for consideration, and H. A. Clifford exhibited a machine. A paper on ballot- of Voters of San Francisco, was read by Secretary Mason. The writer -claimed that the machine insured secrecy, accur- acy, unnecessary recounts and a quick return of the votes. It was the senti- ment of the convention that machines be adopted, and the matter was referred to the legislative committee to draft a bill to be presented to the Legislature. STREET LAWS CONSIDERED. As to whether Boards of Trustees of the sixth class should be given power to appoint adrhinistrative officers was treated of San Mateo. A lengthy discussion fol- lowed. The sentiment was that marshals should be appointed, but clerks elected. The convention decided that burning was the only proper way of disposing of garbage. Laws for the maintenance of streets ‘were discussed. The law of 1901 was con- sidered favorably~by a number of dele- gates, but it was agreed that contractors would bid lower under the Vrooman act than the new law. A State Library Commission was advo- matter was laid on the table. The making of yearly contracts for lighting of cities was brought up. The law limiting the time of contracts to one vear was pronounced pernicious and the convention voted in favor of its abolish- ment, as it shut out competition. The delegates decided that licenses should only be placed on saloons and places of business which require regula- tion. legate worth thousands. Del P ce | This evening the “Progress of Sew. Vi ‘ranchise gress of Sewage Watsonville told of t:r‘a})“‘b" Disposal in California. by Septic Process’ in his town selling 1 was treated in a paper by Councilman - ‘Attorney Partridge of San Jose “!;‘:Drgéu;n amendment to the law. Deleé gate Robertson wanted the law changes g0 that a city “may” sell a franchise instead of “‘must” sell. A motion to this effect was carried, and a committes of five was appointed to consider the mat- pi e e el b @ >'q fered greatiy from lack of wats d GBNW;N'S SOOBI;;I:":E FEAST | f000. There were twenty-uvene:ie:t:s —_— among them in the three days. ————————————— embers to Go to Communion Sun- » day Morning and Hold Elec- " NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. tion in the Afternoon. The Gentlemen’s Sodality of St. Ignatius BOSTON’S BARBER REGULATIONS Church will celebrate the feast of the| Board of Health Orders Sterilization ymmaculate conception with special devo- of All That Barbers Use on tions next Sunday. T:-e“ G b o Customers. Blessed Virgin, and the :fut'{.e"i;m?uxm conception is always ]m“‘_'t‘;"l’;l‘; & u.‘?\‘mlm?ef:t::'u;"i solemnly observed by its many members. | jations of the Boston Board of Health as The sodalists will meet in the chapel on | to barber shops: ‘““Mugs, shaving brushes Hayes street before the 7:30 o’clock mass | and razors shall be sterilized after each and will march In a body to St. Ignatius | separate use thereof. A separate, clean and wb. where they will receive the holy | towel shall be used for each persor. Ma- e hen_ they will recite a “Te | terial to stop the flow of blood shall be communion. ot eeayers for | Used only in powdered form and applied Deum” and offer up special pray on a towel. Powder puffs are grohl ed.” the benefit of the sodality. ‘Wherever Newbro’'s “Herpicide” is used In the afternoon they will assemble at for face or scalp after sl vmf or hair the chapel at 2:30 o'clock. 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