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FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JUNE 5 BIBLE STUDY THE FOREMOST THEME AT CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR SESSION Labors of Missionaries Are Described at San Diego. Delegates Devote Hours to Enjoyment of a Boating Fete. The crowded to 1 rning when the convention to Bible Ve which f t . 4 M rs. Band f O superi ed the over t the « Chy Di Rowing RN PLUNEES INTO b CREEK I Bridge Breaks and Five Men Have Narrow Escapes. bridge nt into the train w eer hardson g locomo- the seph £ St w also flung « the falling trair ph Oz h the éngine, sustain- d other injuries awled ¢ of the i and for a time he ing fa alding rescue of n efforts raised the him from a po- nd steam would soon ried to Sheb- The B Chas. E'x-clm 841 ve High-Grade Clothiers NO BRANCH STORES NO AGENTS. Do You See the Differénce?| The Highest Qualities Of Proofed Fabrics The Best Tailor’s Craft| In Making and [ esigning Are Put in Clothes Here. ‘We Don’t Guess at Prices. rd o g e ] 3 Z o Kearny Street Thurlow Block Presby- | him. | Keilus & Co.| | — 1 | ‘ 1 ‘ = 'TIVE WHO R ATES OF THE AVOR UNIOD CHURCH WHERE MEETINGS ARE NOW BEING HELD IN THE SOUTHERN CITY. — - — tary the Rev. Francis Reid, Paso asurer, Paul Brown, Los-An- his eve s sessio conven- the great tent thronged. Gene- ecratary J. E. White of n Francis- co presided. The following committees FOREST FIRES - OREEP DNWARD and Destroy Several ! Settlements. June 4.—Forest fires are Long Island. The south side between Amity- to the ex- have been al Islip and Brentwood, f several thousand acres, to-day from places in fires have broken out afresh in the from fires in this and neighboring State the | t of the State‘report that the | | | | ort and in the vicinity of | ack Mountains. Smoke and ashes ' les; Miss Mabel Ba ouse, Watsonviile; Miss Maude Johnson, Los Angeles. Auditing mmittee—F. W. Reid, Paso Robles, man; 1. S Rogers, Alameda E H Sacr#mento; Miss tine M Brant, Oroville; Ernest Dawson, Los Angeles. | ting committee—F. M. Harwood, Los Angeles, hairman; R, H. Young, San Diego; P. V. Carlson, Bacramento; Miss Jennie Part- ridge, San Francisco; ie D. Stark, Santa Rosa; Harvey dlands, Immediately journed this after evening the convention ad- the committee on | FEARS DISGAACE N0 ENDS LIFE Guilt and Then Drinks Acid. Special Dispatch to The Call. B. C., June 4.—Fearful posure for self-confessed defalca- and his pride { and women whose time for study is lim- | are enjoying their rest to struggle for an | chanics’ contribution to the wo | Egeberg, one on mining engineering | love | honor of the communits | by " Flames Spread Rapidly|Accountant Confesses|: wounded at being tax- | Wiace. ed with ais guilt, Willlam Kyle, account- | Mabel E | 1 MANY GRADUATES DBTAIN DIPLOMAS Commencement Exer- cises in Schools of the City. ‘—-—0—— Institutions of Learning Con- fer Honors on Successful Students. e i OUNG men and women,. the stu- dents and graduates of the Hum- boldt Evening High School, as-| sembled last evening in the Al- hambra Theater to participate in the exercises marking the close of their term of study. The purpose of the Humboldt Evening High School is to perfect in literary, sci- entific and language courses young men ited and who are compelled when others | ation. The Alhambra was packed | evening by the students of the col-| their parents and friends, and it | was a warm welcome the graduates re- ceived, The exercises of the evening were open- | ed by Superintendent of Schools W. H. | Langdon, who congratulated students and teachers on the results of the term just closed. An essay on the Wi gress in special and automatic machinery by Edward Loebner, an e engineering by Frank W. Colling say on electrical engineering by Elmer A. Fridley and an essay on nav architecture by Charles F. Hathaws were well received and warmly applauded. A barytone solo, “Good Night, Be- rendered in pieasing style by James Greenwell, was followed by the | announcement that Mayor Schmitz would | address the gathering. The students | greeted the Mayor with cheers. He said | that he was gratified that it was his | privilege to address a gathering of young | men and women who had proved their | special right to the support of the com-| munity, for, he said, it was only those| made of uncommon clay who were willing | to battle for an education after thelr day’'s work was done. EMULATE LINCOLN. Boys and girls of such material, he said were sure to produce a stronger and bet- | ter generation and were deserving of the He pointed to the struggle of the immortal Lincoln to gain an education and pointed out that they were but emulating the example set | this fllustrious statesman when they laid pleasure aside to fit themselves for the greater purposes of life and to aid in the advancement of the world. At _the conclusion of Mayor Schmitz's address an enjoyable programme was rendered. 2 2 President of the Board of Education Woodward awarded medals to the follow- | ing named: | Bridge medals— Bernard George Grover C. Willweber, Willlam Reed and Behrend A, Joost Denman medals—Eleanor Wallace and Ma- bel E. Craig. STUDENTS HONORED. certificates of special Diplomas and warded by Director mention were then Roncovieri as follow High school Diplomas: Herbert C. Carras- ommittee 30 Boal, | BlAse ML ssting: for 19 wenk ity ses Povenzo Dow Luck. Jease E. Milier, Fran- | o Sy g et sion. The claims of Paso Robles were | cis Shaughnessy. Laurance H. Simon. | tockton L. Tho the only ones considered. Rev. Mr. Reed | Special mention: tDrawing department, elec- Eprefa; Miss San ¥ran: | and others spoke In favor of that town. | trical enginesring—Eaward M. Blake win | . M. Bira, | Sacramento and Santa Rosa will be heard | E&bere. Fred A Wilton. Trapk Johnson | B ae Log, Anger | fosmorraw. | ugott. H. C. Sattler, r Hunell, C | ot o . ot 5 5 | Simms, Fra lins, Elmer A Fridley, oot ittimiimierieiesileiieleeilimielinieielm il ieinininimii= @ | C. H. Ramsden, B Miiler, Alfred Macouil® lard ‘Architecture—George H, Wiemeyer, R. Ac- i ton. Fred E. St John, H. Cramerding, J. W. | Johnson, F. Hutchinson | Naval architecture—John F. Allen, Toku ata, Freeman Fairclough, Fred Switzer. | Diplomas, ninth _grade—Simon Abi | Eleanor Alborelli Clarence Amberg. H Boukofsky, Joseph Brown, Charles Guenin, Fred Daniels. Landon Fellom Constant Harth, Oliver Hause, George Ellis Adams, Albert F, Blangy, Tee Butler Baptist Baglietfo. Charles Cooper, Wiilis J. Egan. George Floreine, tus F. Geppert, Samson jeorge, Fred Hansen, Raymond C. Jones, bert Hodge, Stanley Hodge, Denis Horgan cland Jesser, Nathan Laser, n, Thomas H. Lowe, Wililam } Lawrence Peirano, Wil- R 3. B, Jones, Behrend J. Lanthier 'Ignatius Lo Pres Marcus, Al Marchlo, Raymond er Miller, Louis Matthjessen, ng_Hiram M. Marks, Martin Riedell, Stuart Ross, win, Harry Stranahan, Iwarigo Ueno. Harry Voges a kefleld, Eleanor Wallace, Fanny A Willlam P. Streif, George Danfel C. White, Grover C. Willweber, muel W. Whitehead. Anna Knorre, Craig, Lea Poussou, Jennie Parsons. d- 3 John Flor- ant for the British Columbia Transfer| The programme concluded, the audience | Company, committed suicide early this|joined in the natlonal song ‘‘America,” a morning. | fitting conclusion to a term’'s work well B { Untii recently Kyle was a ticket agent | 400°- for the Northern Pacific and was well | S known here and In Seattle. Yesterday MISSION HIGH SCHOOL. : L ? J | afternoon he was accused by Manager| Many Attend Graduation Exercises | [ and Mayor Makes Speech. | 8 | livery driver named Harry | were the of peculiar atmospheric conditions about this city to-day. The sun was obscured and a pungent odo1 of { burning wood permeated the air. The haze hung over the river and harbor, omewhat impeding traffic, and the trol-| and elevated road service was slightly The same atmospheric conditions | prevailed at Utica and other cities in the central part of the State. HOULTON, Me., June 4.—The fourteen milis of the Bangor and Aroos took Railroad and reports from various | sections indicate that two small settle- | ments h been destroyed. At least | twenty-four sets of farm buildings have |'been burned and the fires, which had al- most abited last night, were increasing to-day Before a brisk wind. The settl ments burned are Sherman and Crystall Sherman has a population of %0 and a valuation of $167,142. Crystal ‘s property valuation of $73,739. At gSher- | man every building was burned. | ST. JOAN. N. B, Junt 4—Word was received in this city to-day from the sea- t villa of Musquash that forest fires vesterday and to-day swept that place, leaving but three or four buildings stand- ing. There are 200 people homeless and | destitute. The financial loss- will aggre- gate more than $100,00. Reports from all | over the province indicate that fires are { rushing through the woods and that vil- lages and communities are in' the path of | the conflagration. N | MONTREAL, June 4.—Reports from | various parts of the province state that | fires are still raging in almost every di- rection where the country is wooded. The | villages of Astor and Forestdale have | been completely wiped out. Scores of towns and villages are in danger of de- struction. MOUNT HOLLY, N. J., June 4.—Forest fires burning: along the Ridgeway | branch of the Central Railroad of New Jersey between Lake Hurst and Lake | ' Wood. The flames are making rapid pro- gress. all attempts to extinguish them having proved futile. —_——— BELGRADE, Servia, June 4.—The only foundation for the seport that King Alexander's French cook bad committed suicide at the palace after having been detected in an at tempt to poison Queen Draga is that a scul lion employed in the palace committed suicide a week ago on account of a love affair. e VIENNA, June 4.—The speed trials of the new Austrian second-claes battleship Arpad at Pola proves her 1o be the fastest battleship in the worid. -Her maximum speed is 20.12 knots an hour and she made an averaze of 10,65 knots in a six hours” run. 1 A and has a population of 291 and | forest | fires in Arcostook County have destroyed | MacDonald of the Tran; having embezzled sev He er Company with . with a de- svstem of false entries, chiefly on coal elivery receipts, been taking from $15 to $3) a week for some time. Kyle tried to beg off to avoid prosecu- tion, and the manager agreed to come back to the office with him last evening to straighten out the accounts. In the evening Kyle did not appear and a war- rart was issued for his arrest. Early this morning He was found lying in his bed lifeless. He had swallowed prussic acid. Wolf, his accomplice, was arrested and, appearing in the Police Court this afternoon, was remanded. The suicide caused a sensation, for Kyle and his fam- ily were well known. ’ ————— Sonoma County Maid Weds. SANTA ROSA, June 4.—Miss Ella Col- lins of this city was wedded this after- noon to G. Lloyd Hendrix of 8an Francis- co at the residence of her parents on So- noma avenue. The Rev. L. D. Rathbone performed the ceremony in, the presence of immediate relatives of the contracting parties. The bride wore a handsome cre- ation of gray silk poplin, trimmed with a wide applique of ecru on the skirt. Dur- ing the ceremony the youthful couple stood in a window recess which had bheen banked with La France roses and ferns. After a wedding luncheon the newly wed- ded couple departed for the metropolis, where Mr. Hendrix is engaged in business and where they will reside. The bride was one of the prettiest of Sonoma Coun- ty girls. Wolf, had by | | on a pleasing programme. The Mission High School graduating s held its exercises last evening in the auditorium of the school, at Dolores and Eighteenth streets. The hall was crowded with friends of the successful scholars, who warmly applauded all the numbeml Schmitz made a short address and Thomas P. Woodward, president of | the Board of Kducation, distributed th diplomas. The list of graduates follow: Graduates of December, 1902*-Ethel Baldwin, May Olive Boyle, Caroline Brown, Lucy Cormack, Mary Flynn, Eugene Hackett, Rose Hizar, | Helen Lane, Clarence Laumeister, Elizabeth | Marshall, Daniel Murphy, Joseph' Raymond, | Ruby Rendell, Alvin Thornton and Robert | Woodward Graduates of Juné, 1903—Andrew J. Bran- | agan, Emma Louise - Teresa Cella, Dwight Lancelot Clarke, Emilie Adelaide Dearin, Ruth | Marguerite Duncan, Amy Rozina Fisch Fdgar C. Gorham, Martha W. Hahn, Edna Hampton, Harloe Hubert Hamilton, ‘Annar Klein, Eva Ruby Loveland, Mary Ethel Maggs, | May ‘A, McCarthy, Alice Anna McDonald, | Florence Lucy McCoy, Hattie Meincke, May | L. Murray, Mary Loretta Naughton, Archibald | J. Neflson (djed May 8, 1903, but his work was | Vesta May Parker, lda H. Schmitt, | Myrtie Stone, Grace Ethel Sturges, Bertie B. Tobey, Clara Gertrude Wepfer. e GRADUATE AT ST. JOSEPH'S. Large Crowd Is Present at Com- mcncement Exercises. The closing exercises of St. Joseph's School, at Tenth and Howard streets, were held in the school hall yesterday afternoon. The assembly-room was beau- tifully decorated and the attendance was large. The programme was as follows: Conferring of graduating honors on Mi: Established 1823. - WILSON WHISKEY. THR £ : That’s All} | Annie Forsythe Awarding | Angels ' programme was render | of the graduating cla: f | pupils were awarded their diplomas. ADVERTISEMENTS. MILLTo MAN LOOPER Clothe the Little Ones With Serviceable Garments SUITS FOR ALL AT PRICES THAT TALK “ Mill-to-Man ”’ clothing means the “best’ all through— cloth, buttons, linings, thread. Garments that please and wear. JAUNTY SAILORS As pictured. BOYS’ THREE-PIECE SUITS Ages 10 to 15. Neat and nobby. Makes the boy feel like papa. Latest colorings, patterns and fabrics. ' WHOLE- SALE CLOTHIERS 121-123 SANSOME ST, Ages 3 to 10. $2.00 $3.00 ' Open Saturday night until 9:30. Make no mistake—Get the right store. BROWN S &C0. RETAILING * DIRECT TO You nd Miss Inez Herndon. mmar grade certificates to . Emily Lally, Nellie But. . Katie Sharkéy, Margaret Rose Bohan, Minnie ~ Flanigan, be Cusanovich, Lolo Hoffman, Nellie Hur- Rose Ratto, Katie Kelly Gold medals for C! ed by the pastor, of G ed to the following grades_Miss Inez He Clair Fisher, sixth grade, Cousi Honorable mention—Cella Kathleen Slaven, Lillan Healey. Fifth grade, 1. Honorable mention— Theresa Dolan. Fourth ¥, Honordble mention Foley hird grade, ble mention h Dower. Second tan doc- e, awarded houn, Gold _med: sented by the ded to Mis Corbett 1d medal for proficiency in studies. eighth grade, presented by the Sodality of the Holy No. 1), awarded to Miss Mary Brod- erick. Gold medal grade, pre Angels (N Cann. Gold medal grade, pre Childhood. ney in. studles, sixth ality of the Holy " awarded to Miss” Kati€ Me: for profic ted by S for proficlency “in studies, fifth ted by the Sodaljty of the Holy awarded to Miss Annie Corbett. Medal for proficiency in studies,’ fourth grade, presented by Mrs. J, Lyons, awarded to Miss Mary Finneran A musical programme was also renderd. Pl e CROCKER GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Seventy-Three Pupils Are Awarded Their Diplomas. The graduating class of the Crocker Grammar School, held closing exercises at the classrooms of the school yesterday rnoon. The school was crowded with a large number of relatives and friends of the children. A musical and literary 1 by, the children Seventy-three Fol- luates: , Lizzie Brickw lowing is a 1 Maud Arnol a Cohen, yma_Daniel Diez, Edha Duffey. Gi n ing, Ruby Green, Sylvia Gendotti, o 2 G a_Hetlfron aesar, Kittie Kavanagh, Martinstein, Georgia Rhoda | Mec Beatrice ntoinette Mik- lau, Golda Myer, herty, Russel aham, ray, 5 x Goodrum, Ernest Illing, Alfred Lowenthal, Cilf- ford Martin, Fred McKinnie Réuben, . A erdinane W ikkelsen, James H. Slizabeth Emma ¥ Agnes C. C Tsabelle E. Fowler, E dine Lin- | forth, Maud nette Isabel More, Hilda Os: lith Ella’ Pence, Elaine M. Standish. RS St. Charles Academy. The closing exercises of St. Charles Academy drew 1000 people to Bintracht Hall yesterday afterncon. The pro- gramme was of unusual excellence and varied in character. Diplomas and gold medals were award- ed to Misses Mary O'Keefe, May A. Rior- dan, Nora P. Thornton and Mary C. Leahy. The gold medals of 1901 for pro- ficiency in instrumental music was re- newed and still is retained by Miss Agnes Morton. A gold medal for improvement in music was awarded to Miss Ethel Grazer. Certificates for having finished the | grammar grades were awarded to Misses Jeannette Donnelly, Frances McCona- logue, Loretta Mulcahy, Mary O'Sulli- van, Isabel Brennan, Helen Noonan, Rita Murphy, Anita Koch, Thomas Jordan and Joseph Sala. The diplomas were presented by” Arch- bishop Montgomery, who made quite a lengthy speech pertinent to the ccca- sion. RSy Exercises at Burnett School. The graduating exercises of the eighth grade of the Burnett Grammar School were held in the school Wednesday after- noon. After appropriate exercises diplo- mas and medals were presented by Dr. Howard, Deputy Superintendent of Schools., The following graduates re- ceived dfplomas: * Hilda Anderson, Annie arrere, Cather- ine Carrere, Josephine Hodre, Maggie Mc- Laughiin, Regina MacConnell, Rita O'Day, Zel- ma Olofsson, Grace Paul, Elmer Hubacher, Al- bert Klein, Willlam Mahan, Robert McCormick, Joseph Portello, Joseph Salles, Clarence Wag- ner, James Zimmerman. Bridge medals were awarded to Albert Klein and Willilam Mahan and Denman medals to Josephine Hoare and Catherine Carrere. eSS 3 FRANEKLIN GRAMMAR SCHOOL. The graduation exercises of the Frank- lin Grammar School were held yesterday afternoon in the assembly hall of that institution. The graduates were as fol- low: Fred Blucher, Francis Carrasco, - sares McCook, | William ?‘wmnm mer, es Thomas O'Neil, Edward Penaluna, Henry Ra- phael, Eugene Richards, William 'Vocke, Ed- mond Welch, Thea Amorsen, ida Mae I Alfleen Birkenstock, Marguerite Henrietta Blos, Lucy Blos, Fannie Brown, Grace Belden, Hattie Baker, Alma Bohenberger, Selma Herlin, Louise Huppert, Mary Hubbard, GUARDIAN N ) MEAPPOINTMIENT The closi xercises o « one : s e el exercien o6 (e Webnond [ The Yosaniite 'Conitals- tondanes of pns: o mere mana 2% 2t | sioners Retain Stevens in Office. Mae Himes, Effie Kenned: tta Kroll, Mas Lawless, Mary McGovern, Sadie Movinsky, Mae Shearin, Goldie' Samuel, Mary Tlerney, Millie Weinberg. (Bridge medals—Thomas O'Neil and Fred Blu- cher. Dénman medals and Millie Weinberg. Jutta Kroll, Ida Bernard tendance of parents and friends. An ex- cellent programme was rendered. The graduates were: Lena King, May Hunt, Hleen McCabe, Georgiani Beal, Fred Azeroth, Gustav Bauer, Frank Collins, Harry Lang, Her- bert Holmes and George Hunker. ———— Gt Special WAWONA Alumnae Banquet. Stevens wa The members of the Alumnae Association | meeting beld by the | sioners. It was a great of ‘St. Vinecent's School held their an- nual musicale and banquet last evening in | the parlors of the sehool bullding. The | there I the people, a ition to him pe halls and parlors were ‘beautifully deco- | - secret se rated with flowers and the school colors, | RUles were oy The seventy-five young ladies spent a |2IMOSt eve g most _emjoyable evening. -Four | newly | \N& Views in the valle § rgised. from elected members were admitted into the | 340 0 $20 per annum B. M. Leitcw, assoclation during the festivities and of-| WNo oversees the Mar g P ficers were elected . as follows: ‘Mrs. C. P. ]\\‘-L-nnv,r g . g Kenneds. presidents Mise A Code. vies | tified that hereatter instead of $ for preside Miss M. Rattigan, financial | PEFMit it would b The stage c N etar s orrecpond. | PANY Was informed that next year g rrespond- | charge of 50 cents would be made on each | tourist carried Into the valley WA R & | The rest of the week will be devoted by gust W | the Commissioners to having a good tim free delivery service of the Postc | in general and the firing of the firework .‘,,l,'.; (v‘\yh‘;my.« charged w ”,'m?»m”l,ni. v | that were brought in to celebrate Presi- e B rcomnection | dent Roosevelt's arrival, but which he | would not permit to be fired off. 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