The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 11, 1903, Page 9

AAIATAIN RAME OF ALMA MATER at Duty of Students in the After Years of Life. calaureate Sermon Deliv- ered by Dr. Clampett to Senior Class. - er Street, May 10. preached rec- te serm. w San Francisco, Spiscopal decorated, The mem- versity , baving \ging of e March, We Mark's vested t for his ser- “Till we come i the knowl- » a perfect stature of reason of the predisposed to e abundant t measures ? . f Chris . THE LESSON OF DUTY. er of the star shall_con- duty in an age ssege of Christ, words of the great, must come home deep down to the to build a strong ike ‘faith, to erect ti sur profession or gentle- gentleman a ¢-respect and bring third pillar that sup- ristian character, it ne of “‘annihilation. e The success your university ca- #s you have lost Now as you go forth vour life purpose, just as s process of self-annibila- ife work prosper. It abandonment and self- iy marked the life of ar upon which Christian char- reverence. We live In an age ¥ irreverent. To correct this n the home by teaching the for its parents and elders. As end women, cultivate rever- er and its officers, for uthority, and for the m niebers, POSTUM CEREAL. POOR DOMINIE. Be!w.een the Devil and the Deep Sea. A e man of Gresham, Neb., who ¥ Yyears suffered ‘ and from terrific e quit coffee. He says: en a very heavy user of coffee g and have seen its effects, so ! there is now no doubt in my g its injurious effects upon ystem. 1 coffee user I was unable to r hours after retiring at night, the other hand, terrific headaches ed if the regular hour for drinking passed and 1 did not get it, so I a miserable position. 1 found a firm friend in Postum Coffee and from the very time that tel Postum all these evil effects 1 now enjoy sound sleep’ and ved appetite and a decidedly clearer and 1 am convinced that bet- fre s general use. I have a friend en a user of Postum for sev- and the story of her recovery gia‘of the stomach simply by um in place of coffee seems wonderful to be true. Many was near death’s door and the doctors had frequently given her case up s hopeless, but she was entirgly healed v leaving aff coffee and using Postum. It = a picasure to say these good things about Postum.” Ce.. Battle Creck, Mich and by the up to | an | | while it MAINE NATIVE THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY. MAY 11, 1903 S 1O HOM GREAT REUNION IN JUNE Registers of Counties Are Being Searched for the Names of Those Who Have Left That State to Live A — in California WHICH IS SEARCHING FOR D ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE AMES OF THOSE WHO HAVE LEFT THAT STATE TO LIVE IN CALIFORNIA. STATE OF MAINE ASSOCIATION AKLAND, May 10.—The State of Maine Association is going to make its annuai reunion this year one of the largest events in the history of the Association. The date has been set for June 6, at Shell Mound Park, and committees are now at work making the arrangements, The State of Maine Association was or- ganized some years ago in this city, b has its headquarters upon this side of the bay, it is a State organization which comprises every person in Califor- nia who came from old Pine Tree State. While the ation has about 1500 of these upon its actual membership roll, it is proposed this reunion one that will include every one of the 4000 people from Maine who are now residing in v ac- th ar to make the | registers of all of the Central California counties are being searched and Invita- tions ued to the Malnites to gather on June 6 with the actual members of the assoclation. | The arrangements have been made with | the :ment of the grounds so that | mo liquors of any kind shall be sold upon speeches will be given. involves a great deal of work which is being performed by the officers | and special committees with the aid of | George W. Reed, one of the organizers of the association and one of its most enthusiastic supporters. The officers are: President, Andrew D. Smith; first vice president, A. Shorey; second vice pres- ident, H. L. Corson; treasurer, L. D. cess of the bay. To this end the greatd Brown and secretary, Willlam H. Wharfr, @i Bk amwaa } Y EMPLOYE WANT MORE P , May 10. More pay is want- { ed by many of the employes of the city | | { | 14 a lonzer life would be the" | 4 | salary er Ueman o gentle- | salary of a patrolman 3100 p and the campaign for the Increase is be- ing systematically waged by those directly concerned. The fifteen reguiar officers of | the Police Department are out for a raise of $20, which, if allowed, will make the month. They have petitioned the City Trustees for the increase and have backed up their petition with an indorsement bearing the | names of ninety-five prominent residents, some of whom are large taxpayers. The employes of the Street Department have requested that they be paid more than $60 per month, which is now their average earnings the year around. They do not specify how much they would like to have, being satisfied to leave that to the City Trustees. The Sewer Inspector, who is now drawing $65 a month for his labor, has given notice that he, too, wants better pay. The City Electrician has an- nounced that he will demand a raise over the $115 that he is now recelving. The salary of the City Clerk was recent- ly increased from $115 to $12 per month. On June 1 the pay of the members of the Fire Department will be advanced. The Chief will receive $125 per month, araise of $10; the steamer engineer will draw down | $%0 instead of $%0, as at present, and the drivers will be paid $80 per month instead of $70, the salary they are being paid &t present. The ordinance raising the pay of the men of the Fire Department was passed at the last session of the City Trustees. The petitions of the policemen, Street Department employes ane others are be- ing considered by the City Trustees. There is a division of opinion among residents and taxpayers whether it is wise at this time to grant any further increase in the salaries of municipal employes. Editor T. G. Daniells of the Argus does not believe it 18 good policy to increase the burdens of the taxpayers by increasing the cost of running the city. He asserts that the best advertisement th a municipality can give to outsiders and prospective res- jdents is to show them a low tax rate and an economically administered govern- ment. With respect to the raise sought by the policemen, Editor Daniells consid- ers that they are now well paid for the dutles they perform when their work is compared to that done by policemen in the larger cities. Editor Daniells believes that if the tax rate of Alameda is further increased it will result in creating a spirit toward annexing this city to Oakland. In their petition for more pay the police- men give as their reason for asking It that the necessaties of life are now cost- lier and that they belleve they are enti- tled to as much compensation as the offi- cers of San Francisco and Oakland re- celve. George F. Weeks, editor of the Encinal, is championing the cause of the policemen. He states that he believes better pay will result in getting better ..ar-e given by Postum men on the force and will tend to improve the general tone of the department. COUPLE UPSET OF BUTOMOBIL Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, May 10. While driving this afternoon on the San Leandro road, Mrs. M. Dearborn and her husband, residing at 116214 East Four- teenth street, were struck by an auto- mobile, thrown out and badly bruised. Mrs. Dearborn suffered a severe Injury to her left shoulder. Their buggy was smashed. Though the couple were hurled head- long into the road and only escaped very serious injury by sheer good fortune, the occupants of the horseless machineé trat escaped undamaged failed to stop, but ccntinued on their journey, heedless of { what had befallen the victims of the collision. The accident occurred shortly before 3 o’'clock. The buggy was headed east and was passing Saratoga avenue when the automobile, running toward the other vehicle, crashed Into it. The Dearborns were piled in a heap. Passengers on an electric car came to the assistance of the couple. Mr. Dearborn was able to help extricate himself and his wife, and they were taken to Warren's drug‘store Fruitvale avenue and East Fourteenth street, thence to their home, where Dr. J. H. Callen attended them. The phy- sician said the shock and jar was the most serfous result of the accident. De- scription of the automobile was taken and Deputy Constable Frank Dearborn, a %on of the couple, has begun a hunt for e chauffeur, whom he hol for the accident. e ————— Builders’ Contracts. Catherlne M. Atkinson, owner, witl Larsen & Bros... contractors, architast "o head & Coxhead, excavation, concrete and brick work for_additional store on bullding at 723 and 729 Suiter street, and erection of three-story building adjolning same on § line of Sutter street, 137:6 W of Taylor, W 2313, 80, E 04, 8 & total, 8 10, B 22: e 22:11, N 13 me owner with Brode & Clark contractore, architects sarme, siructoral i pes for same on same; and steel and fire escaj lulsl-l. £3119. & me owner with Gulick & Wetherbee, con- tractors, architects same, pl ve G, Tof same on same: tocal $Eomg, "o oTIE Same owner with M, C. & P. J. - tractors, architects suibe, earpenter ml, T ning and sheet metal work, hardware, plaster. n;g. M?m“" etc., for same on same; total, Anna Taft (wife of Andrew Thomas Vodden, contractor, o')-'n:: mm‘z::: all work except mantels, gas fixtures and ‘front Hdewalk for 4 threestory ' frime building on ne_of teiner street, H Post. 276 by 1576 ol $9000. ot ohanna Cogan, owner,” with Robe; contractor, architect C. A; Meussdorften aii work except electrical work, mantels, shades and gas fixtures for a two-sf nt_and attie frame bullding (fiat) on S line of Bush 2 of Steiner, W W. A., 387; total, $5225. 51 e —_——— ROME. May 10.—Among other perso &H\'efl by the Pope to-day was Hi s ?K- ohlsaat of Chicago and Miss Kobl z —_———— 6, TOLEDO. O., May 10.—Former President Cleveland has arrived at Middle Bass Isiand for @ week's fishing. “ that day.. A dinner of beans, brown bread and coffee will be served free by the| assoclation to its invited guests, and In the afternoon a programme of music and oY STRIKE 15 AGAINST AGREEMENT Officials Claim Compact Was Made With the Boilermen. Superintendent Palmer Is Authority for Company’s Statement. Announcement of Two Weeks’ Delay Gives Time for More Complete Investigation of the Situation. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, May 10. The threatened sympathetic strike of boller-makers on the Pacific system of the Southern Pacific Company, ordered by National President McNeal to go intc effect at midnight to-night, has been stayed for fifteen days. Telegraphic in- structions to that end were sent out to all of the district presidents to-day, and a | similar message was received by H. J. Small, general superintendent of motive power for the Southern Pacific Company. Affected by this order are 50 boller- makers at various division points on the } Southern Pacific lines from Ogden, X1/ Paso and Portland, West and South. From the standpoint of the men, the strike was ordered on two main grounds. The first was an objection to “‘plecework’ in the shops and the second, though the controlling-one, according to the railroad | officials, was that the Southern Paciflc Company had been assisting the various ways to break the boiler-makers’ and me- chinists’ strike on the Union Pacific sy: tem, that has been in progress for a year. Since the order to strike was issued the various district presidents of unions | on the Southern Pacific system have been in conference in San Francisco with Gen eral Superintendent Small, in whose de- partment the boiler-makers are employed. They have, it is declared by the Southern Pacific officials, been urging the national officers to delay a strike call in the hope | that a satisfactory understanding might | be reached and a walkout averted. As a result of the conference the fifteen days' postponement order has been pro- mulgated. The order to strike at midnight, May 1 was sent out on Thursday. This the rail- road officials claim is a violation of an greement signed last November by the company and the various boller-makers' unions, by which thirty days notice shall be given the company In event of a| strike. .W. S. Palmer, superintendent of the Western division of the South Pacific Company, on which nearly boiler-makers are employed, gave out an official statement to-day of the company’s | position. MEN ARE MISLED. At the outsel he declared that the com. had in no way assisted the Union | p) in the prolonged strike on that | road and that he was positive the men on the Bouthern Pacific system had been misled concerning the status of the entire situation. In reviewing the matter, LI- n Superintendent Palmer said: DEATH AGAIN SOUNDS CALL AT STANFORD Student Succumbs to the Dread _ Typhoid. e —— % STANFORD STUDENT, WHOSE DEATH WAS CAUSED BY TYPHOID. Special Dispatch to The Call. TANFORD UNIVERSITY, May 10.—Foster Ely Brackett, '03, dled of typhoid fever in the temporary hospital at Encina Hall this morn- ing after suffering for several weeks. Brackett was a student in the Latin department and registered from Wash- ington, D. C. A member of the senlor class, he would have received his bacca- laureate degree on the 27th of this month. He was the son of Dr. Brackett, a promi- nent medical man of the nation’s capi Funeral services were held in Memorial Church this afternoon, at which a large number of students and others gathered to pay their respects to the dead student. His remains will be taken to Washington for burial. This latest death brings the total num- ber up to six fatalities among the stu- dents as a result of the fever epidemic. No new cases have been reported and further Infection is not anticipated. L e e o S e S e S e e S S ] INTERCOLLEGIAN COVERS WORK OF ALL COLLEGES California Publication That Will In- terest University Men All Over Country. BERKELEY, May 10.—The Intercolle- gian, the new college annual which has just made its first appearance on the uni- More than a year ago the machinists and boller-makers on the Union Pacific Company's system went on strike, demanding a 10 per | cent increase In wages, absolute recognition | of the unions, non-employment of non-union | men, shop rulés which were practically on the same lines as those of the San Francisco cai men's demands, and that no man be di ged without. the consent of the union. The jon Pacific, having a short time before the lemands were made ralsed wages 10 to 15 per than the scale in force on other nt more. roads in its territory, refused to grant the unjons’ demands. The strike followed Since then the company has bought new | ipe, taking back In many struck, and as a general | proposition the strike has become an almost | dead issue. In fact the sympathy of the other | departments of the road In the matter is prac- | tically ended. The strike {s a matter of the past. | It has been claimed by the boller-makers that this strike issue was a question of opposition to plecework Instead of a flat day's wage. On that they have asked the sympathet action of men on all other lines. But the plece- | work issue was not introduced until - four | months after the strike wids called, and tRen it was done to confuse the situation among men who had gone into the shops. by the boiler-makers that the Southern Pacific Company has been lend- ing engines to the Union Pacific; that we hdve been doing work for them, and have been ren. | dering assistance In other ways to help break | the strike. As A matter of fact no such as- sistance has been given, unless an absolutely erroneous construction be put on what was done. At the time the Union Pacific strike was called we Were renting a number of en- gines from the Union Pacific, paying a large r dlem for their service. 1 do not know per, dtem tox_ner service { 5 or’ uow These were at,Sacramento when I was there, The Union Pabific sent for all of the rented engines and they were shipped to their home. That was all that was done. No work was done on our lines or in our shops for the Union Pacific, AVOIDED MIX-UP. Our people were very careful not to do any. They did not want to be mixed up In any way with the strike. We are operating under | a different board of directors, a different man- | agement, and all we bave in common with | the Union Paclfic 1s & community of interest | by reason of the fact that we are the Western connection for that system. Our relations with our own employes are amicabie, They have absolutely no grounds for @ strike 8o far as we are concerned. Last November _the boiler-makers' representatives met our officials, and & new agreement was Made by Wwhich wages were menerally in: Creased over the system. The agreement covered shop rules and every detall as be- tween the men and the company. In that agreement was a provision under which tha en pledged themselves that there would be no change in existing conditions without 30 days motice to the company. “Fhe first intimation our people had of this sympathetic strike was on the. evening of May 7, when General Superintendent of Mo~ tive Power H, J. Small received a message from McNeal, grand president of the Roiler- makers' Unions of the United States, stating hat @ strike had been ordered on the lines of the Pacific system of the Southern Pacifie Company, to be effective May 11. That we take as an absolute violation of ‘the agree: Tent ‘ot last November, and it can be looked at from no other point of view. 'As 1 have said, none of our men has any grievance against the company, and = there Ste very few of them In favor of a strike. $ut it ‘one were ordered they would ot earé to be placed in the position of disobeying their grand officers. They all arranged to go ot to-morrow, but the order delaying _ the Sirike has been issued. The postponement comes in order that there may he opportunity for & more thorough investigation of the situa. tion. On Friday and Saturday the "alstrice s were % t g e evident, they do not G wdgient taken on the company, nor do Ja0ET o be plnced In the position of haviny Violated @ solemn agreement, a contract . en tered into only six months ago. CAUSE OF ORDER. strike has been ordered on the TR, ecework: 18 | contrary *to the pend of unionism, and that the Southern Pa. fic Company has materially aided the Union cific_in its troubles. AS our agreement eoa ers all with relation to wages, we are {rusting that the men will appreciate that sit uation, There is no piecework on repair work in the shops at Oakland or Sacramento. The system s only used in certain construction worl The company believes that the conservative men In the shops feel that this whole situa- tion has been ted to them; that they do not desire a sympathetic strike, and that, worst of all, a strike would be a violar tion of solemn compact, to do which would :;“ a serious hlaz to uryun.luen labor. The ithern Ampan not opposed to o labor, but it is just such attempted on_agreements as this one that de- ve with men in our.shops who have been there for a quarter of a century. They . Sheir homes, have reared are It is also claim want " snap | comprehensive volume. versity campus, Is the product of the ideas and work of University of Califor- nia men. It is designed to review the work and events of all the leading col- leges of the United States ’eh year, but niversities of more particularly of the California and Stanford. On account of the lack of time and some great disad- vantages, the editors are unable to carry | out their plans in full this year, but the be an ambitious and It 1s proposed to make such a book as will appeal to the patriotic sentiments of all college men, who will not only read about thelr own alma mater, but about what the other colleges are doing. The first book, however, contains a great fund of information. There are con- tributions from the pens of Presidents ‘Wheeler and Jordan of California, Judge J. G. Wilgus of Michigan University, Henry S. Prickett of Boston, Professor H. Morse Stephens and Professor H. E. Clif- ford of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; many college scenes, short storfes, athletic pictures, reviews and other interesting things. The staff con- sists of: Editor, Leslie M. Turner; ath- letics, Carleton H. Parker: traditions, J. A. Brewer; associate editors, Robert Hoedel, W. N. Murray, W. J. Hale; staff artist, Robert Lanka; manager, Benjamin F. Kierulff. issue for 1904 will CALL FROM DENVER FOR CLEMENT ROWLANDS OAKLAND, May 10.—Clement Row- lands, leader of the First Presbyterian Church choir, bas received an invitation to a similar position in the First Presby- tertan Church of Denver, of which the Rev. Robert F. Coyle, formerly of this city, is pastor. Mr. Rowlands’ reslgnation is in the hands, of the church board to take effect June 1, and the church is making a strong effort to retain its very efficient leader. —_—————————— n the spring the fancy of the prevari- caltor llgh'yly turns to thoughts of fish. @ il el @ | useful citizens. I know they do not want trouble over this matter, and. I should deeply | that any arbitrary action such as is e femplated in this strike order should bring n them. e ¢ b::fi‘;:’ of the boller-makers at this time cripple the company, but it wouid o eas afinoyance, & nuisance and a blow at the excellent status in which our relations men exist. W ey ot them have been trylng to get Infor- O ncerning the true state of affairs e aden. . There, in the ‘midst of the Union Troubles, emploves in our shops have ::fn‘ucn lefters to friends In Oakland declar- Tt oAt there was nothing in the rumors that ing that nern Pacific was mixing In the Union e o ivike. We want our men to thoroughly P and. the entire situation before they understand e such as is contemplated In & Eympathetic strike. HANNA WANTS TO ARBITRATE. OMAHA, Neb., May 10.—Marcus A. Han- ma and the National Civic Federation have requested permission to arbitrate the differences between the Southern Pa- cific Company and its shopmen who strike. m;:nt:: fixennphea last Saturday from his home in Cleveland to the heads of the shopmen’s unions requesting them to re- frain from striking and to await the ac- tion of the federation, which would hold a meeting Wednesday, May 13. % ———————————— Dead From Chair. BERKELEY, May 10.—Mrs. Caroline Story, Tl years of age, died suddenly this ‘morning at her residenice, 2309 Hilgard avenue. She dropped from her chair and died in a few moments A postmortem examination held this afternoon showed heart disease to be the cause. She was living alone with her servants at the time. CONDEMNS SHOW OF AFFLUENGE Rev. B. Leavitt Tells of “The Vulgar Rich” and Social Danger. Says the Poor Will Suffer a Through Trying to Imitate. The Rev. Bradford Leavitt, pastor of ’(he First Umtarian Church, delivered an | | address yesterday morning at s church. | his subject belng “The Soclety Column of the Daily Newspapers.” Mr. Leavitt said that the sins, the follies | and the shortcomings of the time were af- | fecting us all alike. Temptations, he said, came to all with equal force, and at the same time he disowned tnat what he had | to say applied to those of his congrega- tion, whose lives were plain and whose homes, he said, were simple. Still, he said, temptation toward extravagance was growing and was affecting our civiliza- tion and therefore affecting us all. The soclety columns of the dally news- papers were a fallacy, sald Mr. Leavitt, and were resorted to by the “foolish rich.” In place, he said, of the simplicity | and beauty of the old-fashioned life to- day they had in their mode of living a display of extravagance and ‘“vulgar os- tentation” which, declared Mr. Leavitt, made the Americans *“the laughing stock of the civilized world. The poor and unfortunate, he said. moved restlessly in full view of the mis- | use of wealth, and he ventured to say | that no people believed in wealth as did the American people at the present time. The social restlessness, he said, was not due to wealth but to the shamelessness of its indulgence. The ostentation of the wealthy, that of the wealthy to whom wealth brought immorality | and degradation, bred anarchy and caus- ed the uneasiness in the lower classe: while the mjddle classes, he said, in at- tempting to emulate the wealthy brought social and moral disaster upon themselves and their: There was a great and grave social change arriving, said Mr. Leavitt, and the hope of the people rested with the restor- ation of simplicity in their mode of life. The “‘Society Columns’ were an aggravi tion he considered to the poor. | DOINGS OF “VULGAR RICH.” | They recorded the trivial doings of the “yulgar rich,” he said, and all conditions of men read and saw the chronicling of insignificent social detalls. It was not, he sald, in human nature to read of lav- ish expenditures of money on mere luxu- | ries, tor the killing of time with more | money and not have emotions roused which it were better should slumber. He condemned what he called the inor- dinate desire of a class to advertise to the masses what they ate and the games at which they played. this respect he did not blame the newspapers, for said Mr. Leavitt, the pa- pers supplied what the public demanded. The masses, he sald, need not read the idrl\'?l which was served up in the so- clety columns] but the more that sort of | thing was indlged in the nearer the dan- ger grew and discontent deepened into bit- terness. Those who encouraged discon- tent in others merely aggravated envy into a condition of hostili Quoting | from an authority on social matters, Mr. | Leavitt said that should this condition | grow into violence, the whole economic tructure would be overthrown and all would be involved in ruin. Mr. Leavitt | said that the ‘gociety columns” were harmless, but as a symptom they were | dangerous. There were certain papers which, he said, gave shamelessly shock- | ing, prurient details of suspected scandals. | OSTENTATIOUS WEDDINGS. | The speaker condemned those who were politically blatant in profession of ervlb-’ licanism, while supporting what he calle “the flippery-floppery” of the “noblmy”j | of the republic. There were morning and | evening papers, he said, that made us ap- | | pear more like a great village, never deal- | ing with the important questions of ure,] | but retailing the small doings in the next | | street and the next block. Among us, he | said, was a class ever exploiting thems | selves in the newspapers, seeking to| have their likenesses reproduced in the | columns, and accounts recorded of the | { minutest details of their lives. There were florid accounts of social functions, he | said, and of ostentatious weddings, giv- | ing lists of the extravagant presents | which in quantity were enough to stock | a store. He ridiculed the stories in the papers of the wealth of dlamond gifts | which, when spoken of in the journals, | were said to require the employment of San Francisco detectives to guard them. Mr. Leavitt spoke of a recent wedding | in New York where the wedding presents | were described as being of fabulous value, of the costly flowers which covered the tables of the extravagrant decora-! tions and of the numerous trunks of the | bride which required a whole baggage | car fur their transportation. He con-| demned the plctures Which appeared, | | | showing to the public even the bride’s clothing; and, indeed, he sald, nothing was kept back. Mr.* Leavitt then condemned what he | called the ultra-extravagrance of dress on the streets and on the cars, the wear- ing of diamonds out of place, and quoted the surprised remarks of a distinguished | writer from abroad on the subject. Such extravagrance of dress and adornment was bad enough when seen at the opera, he said, but when it was indulged and overdone in inappropriate places and at inappropriate times he considered it was barbaric and cruel. | EMULATED BY THE POOR. | In San Francisco, said Mr. Leavitt, | there were those who even carried the extravagance to a higher pitch than in | New York. It was certain, he said, that | there were American women who attired | themselves not like real Princesses, but like Princesses in Fairyland, which, he said, for the gratification of personal pride, was as vulgar an attribute as could be possessed. Mr. Leavitt then quoted from the book of Mrs. Van Vorst, in which she portrays working girls she | has met living on the li#htest and most inexpensive diet while clothed in expen- sive costumes, all showing the tendency of the working class to emulate the ex- travagance of the wealthy, which he considered the danger to the well-being and happiness of the people. Divorces and other domestic troubles, he said, came from this love of inordinate ex- travagance. . Owing to such extravagance it was get- ting harder for women to buy a moderate- made dress, and, as for the dressmaker, ' the charges had become so high that there existed another trouble, because women who wanted a fashionable gown had to pay dearly for its make, which seriously affected limited incomes. The exaggerated idea of the American woman, he said, as to dress was com- mented on abroad. The visitor here re- marked the overdressed woman with ner train trailing the dirty streets. Bishop Potter in his last book, sald Mr. Leavit:, had dealt with the subject of extrava- gance. A woman at a function is described by the Bishop as being ‘“smeared with dia- monds,” and the comment of Bishop Pot- ter, said Mr. Leavitt, is that such a con- dition is wanton. All this tended to the Pitiful records of the divorce courts and | of Smith, | cared for his sister, Knauth's wife. | brothers-in-law | questions concerning himself, | similar employment. QUARREL LEADS 10 A GUTTING Brothers-in-Law Meet in a Lively Family Mix-Up. Poker Wielder is Slashed While Warding Off a Knife Thrust. p SR TRa T et Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, May 1% During a quarrel this morning C. D. Knauth, machinist, 2% years old, was badly cut in the right hand while grah- bing a long butcher knife from Lis brother-in-law, William Smith, 19 years old. The fight, which occurred at the Smith home, 654 Jackson street, was short and vicious. Knauth went to the Recelv- ing Hospital and the police took charge but released the youth after investigation. The injured man went to the house this morning, after an absence of four months, during which time Smith had The bad some words because Smith took the homecomer to task for having produced only $4 as the result of his four months’ labors. “I've supported your family all this time,” declared Smith, “and $4 1so't enough for you to give up.” After more words Knauth, who is a stalwart mechanic, grabbed a poker ard made for his youthful and slender relative. Smith seized a knife from the kitchen table and met the attack. To save himself, Knauth reached for the keen edged utensil and slashed himself in the right hand. He likewise suffered a laceration of the other hand, which bhe claims was done by Smith’s teeth. After his injuries were dressed Knauth verified his brother-in-law’s story and re- fused to prosecute, so Smith returned home. The police say the knife-wielder i3 an industrious boy. L ———————————— WANDERS IN MENTAL DARKNESS ON STREETS Middle-Aged Man’s Identity Par- tially Hidden by Failure of Nor~ mal Brain Functions. OAKLAND, May 10.—Suffering from an aphasia that has destroyed his memory and unable to give answer to simple Abraham Cronk, about 5 years of age, was picked | up early this morning on lower Broadway by Policeman Cockerton and sent to the City Prison for safe-keeping. It was only after most strenuous effort that the wan- derer’s name was gleaned. Fragmentary and incoherent as the wayfarer's answers were, it was ascertained that Cronk has a son at work In some Oakland stable, and that the father was at some time in The police were un- able to find the son, if one exists. From indications, the sojourner at the prison has suffered almost complete loss of memory. His actions pointed toward an understanding of the querles put to him, but in spite of an evident mental struggle, Cronk could not give the police any information about himself. He was clad in workingman's garb, was weather- beaten and bore all external evidence that he was a hard worker. Unless friends or relatives claim Cronk by to-morrow, the police will turn him over to the hospital authorities. ————————— Cholera Epidemic Spreading. MANILA, May 10.—The quarantining of transports bound for San Francisco has been resumed on account of the cholera. The epidemic is making slight gains in Luzon. —_— At Home on a Visit. BERKELEY, May 10.—Donald Wheaton, | who has been away from home for some time, is in Berkeley visiting his parents. Weather Report. (120th Meridian—Pacific Time.) SAN FRANCISC, May 105 p. m. The following are the seasonal rainfalls to Qate, as compared with those of same date last season, and rainfall in last twenty-four hours: Last This Last Stationsa— 24 hours. season. season. Eureka . 00 5046 4983 Red Bluff. . 00 23.15 N Sacramento .00 16.62 San Franeisco .00 18.28 Fresno ..... L0 5.50 Independence .00 2.34 San Lauis Obispo. 00 1849 Los Angeles. Py .00 19.28 San Diego. 11.64 THE COAST RECORD. F] ] 729281 p 8553 g2 g o 43 223ERBERRAE2EER2L3 2842 82298922338855582s0s R8RS FEEER PR PR ‘Winnemucea Yuma . WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL FORECAST. PREEINZERNSRARLERLTERERYLE wzz Generally cloudy weather prevalls over the North Pacific Coast and plateau region and fair weather in Calffornia. Light rain has fallen over Washington, Oregon and Idaho. The pressure has fallen over the plateau re- glon and risen in other districts. An area of high pressure is central off the Washington coast and the lowest pressure is reported from Arizona. The temperature has fallen in Washington and Oregon and risen siightly in other dis- tricts. In the interior of California it is from 13 to 16 degrees above the normal. Forecast made at San Francisco for thirty | hours ending midnight. May 11: Northern _California—Fair Monday; light northwest wind. Southern California—Cloudy Monday; fresh west wind. Nevada—Cloudy Monday. San Francisco and vicinity—Fair Monday; light northwest wind, changing to frosh west- erly. G. H. WILLSON, Local Forecast Official. @ el e @ domestic instability among the middle classes. 0 Mr. Leavitt said that it had been asked what was to be done with the poor man, but, said he, the time was close at hand when the poor would be asking what wera they to do with the rich men. These foolish, ostentatious, vuigar rich. he said, would bring a curse on the wise and gen- erous rieh. The trouble, he said, was tas undisciplined and irresponsible use of wealth, and it was on those who so used their wealth, he said. that the responsi- bility rested for the tendency, which we hear, toward social revolution. They ‘were responsible for the threats of revo- lution. Mr. Leavitt spoke as to the right of colossal fortunes to exist among iis and said that the time would come when the community would regulate the mattes of inordinate wealila