The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 3, 1903, Page 6

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In the cked with momentary 1d forget orders just given consistent with the first The War De- t nts of hospital administration, and the cause remained a mystery un- til 2 s nd orders that he remembered dis- obeyed by the steward and nurses and was confronted and issue others e and unsuited to the g s needs was stormed with compla with exactly It was known sc his own handwriting. e ago that military officers most extraordinary orders, injury inflicted by the vertical sun. ne tim issued the ary journals have commented se- pparent decline of military spirit sla As the custodians of pub- cers have acted with erratic dis- verely upon d foolishly appropriating it to t with a sane idea even of vice. To tees have not the training in honor that is the purpose of military schools. be admitted that in respect of the ob- servance of the proper rules of military conduct dis- honors are easy between the two elements. The matter is brought into prominent notice by the case of Lieutenant McCue, now under military arrest at Fort Sheridan. It is revealed in his case that he showed symptoms of erratic insanity in Manila after long and solitary service in Samar. The features in his case do not differ materially from a large number of others. The climate disorganizes men morally, mentally and physically, and it is not charity but common sense and common justice to seek first for that as the cause of many of the events which are used as a pretext for reflections upon the conduct of the army under that vertical and pitiless sun The American teachers who have been sent there soon feel it, and by and by we will begin to get re- ports from them which show the sad effects of iso- lation and climate. Many of them are at points re- mote from Manila or any place where white people live. They are in the midst of native communitie: the most of them know neither Spanish nor the na- tive languages. The opportunity for ready com- munication with those around them comes only when they have taught their own language to the people. All agree that that is a slow process. The effect of distance from home and inability to talk with those around them is almost as severe as that of solitary confinement. Add to this the busy climate that works every hour at the unstringing of nerves, de- struction of digestion and playing havoc with the whole human system, and there is present a situation appalling in its effect upon Americans. Mr. Fortune of Philadelphia has just returned from an inspection of the fitness of the islands as a home for American negroes, and it is said will make a favorable and quite glowing report. Yet the American negro soldiers who have returned with their regiments after a term of two or three years say that they have the same unfortunate physical ex- periences as their white comrades in arms. In fact, the American negro has become a temperate zone person in physical and mental constitution, and is no more immune to a tropical climate than the mem- bers of any other temperate zone race. THE SAN FRANCISCO ! THE IOWA REPUBLICANS. OWA has always held a high place in Republican l councils. Under the constitution of 1846 the last Democratic victory was the election of Stephen Hewstead Governor. When the break-up of the Whig party came the fragmentary political elements of the State comhine:’m James W. Grimes and made him Governor and then Senator, and the State has been steadfastly in the Republican column in national elections since its electoral vote was given to Fre- mont. As it is an agricultura] State its position on the tariff has always been of first importance to the party that has held its unswerving allegiance for forty- seven years. The “Towa idea,” which has been much discussed, was evolved by Governor Cummins, and became of importance more for its letter than its spirit. It proposed the reformation of all tariff schedules which become a shelter for trusts. In- tended as a subjunctive statement of a policy, this phraseology was seized upon by the free-traders as an admission that a tariff is a promoter of trusts, and in the last State campaign much was made of this interpretation. But the Republican majority was so large that the opposition seemed hardly in the race at all. Its strength in the Legislature dropped nearly to the forlorn figures of the Civil War, and the people reaffirmed their confidence in the party which had commanded the destiny and directed the development of the State from its pioneer period. The Republicans have again met in convention and have harmoniously declared the position of the party and againggiven expression to its principles. On the tariff they say that ig is a policy intended to prevent { foreign control of our markets and also to forbid domestic monopoly, and is subject only to such )changes as are consistent with those two purposes, to effect which rates should be lowered when neces- sary or raised when necessary. As to trusts the Iowa Republicans utter no uncertain note. As industrial instrumentalities they are not to be destroyed, but their monopoly is to be sternly prevented and pun- | ished, and they are not to be permitted to strangle {mmpctiticn. In other words, whatever power for good is in them is to be preserved, and whatever power for harm is to be destroyed. As we have already noted, the Iowa Democratic platfcrm “deplores” and “deprecates,” is “alarmed” and “fears.” It is noticeable that the Republican platform rings with optimism and patriotism, is 2261 | flushed with hope, feels the impulse of the general prosperity and is entirely unconscious that there is any political oppoijgon at all, for it. makes no men- | tion of the Democracy or of Populism. It makes no | bid for the socialist vote, and stands resolutely by | the well seasoned principles of the constitution, | justly regarding the success achieved under them as the best argument against their destruction. The essence of free government being government by law, its equal and impartial enforcement is declared to be the mission of the party, since that means the up- holding of institutions. The gold standard as our | monetary measure is upheld, for it has established the parity of all our currency and made every dollar of it worth 100 cents in gold. In the convention, | after the platform was adopted, the chiefs spoke, each | giving in his allegiance and each his opinion of what | should be done if any of the contingencies appear for | which the tariff plank made preparation. | The feature of the convention was the ovation to Senator Allison, who drew the tariff plank. Mr. Al- | lison connects the present with the past, the prevail- ing peace and plenty with the strife and pinch of the Civil War. His public career began when he entered Congress in 1863. The Civil War was then two years old. Lincoln was President. Every nerve of the | country was stretched and every muscle tense lin the great struggle for the preservation of |the Union. He shared in the impressive re- sponsitilities of that high and mighty time. | He the ship of state weather the tempest, | and his public service has been unbroken until now. | When his term in the Senate expires in 1909 he will | be fourscore years of age and his service in both branches of Congress will have covered a period of | forty years. | He is the only member of the Senate who as a { Representative saw Lincoln face to face, the only one who officially assisted at his second inauguration, | and the only one who followed the dust of the mighty | President to its sepulture. He is a veteran of vet- | erans, and the party that commands his service is }happy in his undiminished vigor of mind and body, which gives to his leadership all of the courage and confidence that characterized his earliest service. What he approves in the economic policy of the | country stands in the strength of his years of expe- | rience and in the light of his career, which began be- | fore a majority of those who now vote the Republi- can ticket were born. The ovation which shook the Towa convention was well bestowed, and the thud of | it is felt frora California to Maine. | e o e <1 It is desired by the management of the St. Louis Exposition that an excursion be made up of our Native Sons and Daughters to go there for Sep- tember 9, which has been set apart as California day. As most of our people have heretofore loved their State too much to stray far from it, it might be well to take this opportunity to show that among Cali- fornia’s diversified interests her splendid young men and women are nct the least interesting. THE TERRITORIAL WORM TURNS. HE surprising news comes from Honolulu that T the Territorial Legislature proposes to bar out entirely, or greatly restrict, immigration from the mainland of the United States. It is said that the natives are now in the majority and that they pro- pose to remain so, at least until eliminated by race suicide, and that to effect this they will exclude con- tinental Americans as rigidly as we exclude Chinese. It is a novel proposition, and the lovers of noy- elty in the working of our system of government will thank- the Hawaiians for furnishing a curio. Under our system the Territories have been entirely under disciplinf nd control by Congress, and we do not recall anything in the organic act of the Territory of !Haw:ii that permits the territorial worm to turn against its disciplinarian. As it is desirable to find out every possibility that may appear in our relation to those recently annexed parts, we hope the Legis- ; lature will pass this exclusion law and give our Su- | preme Court a chance to say again in what' dimen- | sion and measure the constitution has been ferried to the islands. The constitution says that Congress shall make all needful rules and regulations for the territory and other property belonging to the United States, and it may also dispose of the same. There has been much juggling with that word “territory,” but the conclusion is that its use was derived from the ownership by Virginia of the Northwest Territory, which included Kentucky and part of Indiana, 1socialistic elements of the German people, they are SJALL, FRIDAY and Illinois, and was added to the cession lands owned by ethers of the original States, and the whole erected into the Northwest Territory by the ordi- nance of 1787. 3 There was for a time a struggle between “district” and “territory” as the name of domain owned by the Union but not in the enjoyment of statehood. Maine was a district owned by Massachusetts, and was the cause of the first fugitive slave law, because the Maine lumbermen would steal negro slaves from Massachusetts to work in the log camps. Vermont was a district claimed by Massachusetts, New Hampshire and New York. They all quitclaimed and Vermont became a State. Territory triumphed, and when Cass, Harrison and the other Governors of the Northwest Territory were set over it they were the Viceroys of a country larger than Europe and with a white population smaller than that of Monaco or Andorra. The government of that do- main, the carving of States out of it and its growth, is all the romance of history and is strung thickly with novelties. But among them is none quite as startling as the proposition of a Territory to exclude from its borders citizens of the United States. There- fore let us have it out in the courts. Whether or not whales have a delicate se\nse of humor has probably not been definitely decided, but if they have it is not always appreciated by the sailors in their neighborhood. A dispatch from Seattle states that this is the “playing season” for these leviathans and that in their pursuit of amusement they have a bad habit of scratching their backs against the bottom of schooners. In the specific case | of the schooner Mary, one became so tickled with | the performance that in his fun he not only nearly wrecked the schooner but gave the dory lying astern A GOOD SUGGESTION. smashed. IR THOMAS LIPTON has the three Sham- S rocks at New York, and the New York Yacht | Club has in the same waters the Constitution, the Columbia and the Reliance. The presence of the six competing champions has roused the sporting blood of New York, and an effort is being made to get the racing authorities to put the whole fleet into competition and make a race worthy of the great cup. . There can be no question but what a race of the three British challengers against the three American defenders would be much better than a contest be- | | tween Shamrock III and the Reliance alone. There would be more fun in it for the spectators and it would afford a better trial between the contending | | parties. | Some yachting enthusiasts grow rapturous as they | think of the pessibilities of such a match. Thus | the New York Press says: “Viewing the suggestion Isolc]y from the side of healthy sport, what a superb | | fleet this sextet of sloops would be! There are no { !single stickers in any other part of the world like : them. There is not another single-masted vessel afloat that carries such spars, such canvas, such rigging as | any one of them. Together, with all sail spread | and bending to the breeze, they would present a | picture of power and beauty that never has been and never again will be paralleled. - * * * Wouldn't it | be a race, though? The three best types of the Yan- kee ship-builder against the three best types of the British ship-builder, and' every skipper in the fleet | out to win not only against his own countrymen, but | | against those not of his own soil!” The only thing against the suggestion is that it is | too brilliant to have much chance of being realized. | Still it will be werth while for those who like it to get in and work for it. There is a chance for a record-breaking yacht race, and if it be lost the present generation is not likely ever to see such | another. Two professors of music are to meet in Chicago | on a wager to test their endurance at piano playing. | One claims to have endured his own playing for twenty-eight hours continuously. It might now be | in order to make a side bet to test the endurance of | the ncighbors, to say nothing of the endurance of | | the poor, inoffensive instrument. | S have resulted in much the same way as the first. The Socialists won twenty-five seats, and these, taken with those gained in the first contests, will give them eighty-one members of the new Reich- stag, as against fifty-seven in the preceding House. Thus the result of the whole series of contests shows an increase of 43 per cent over the Socialist vote of { 1808 and a corresponding increase of power in the | imperial Parliament. While the victories are undoubtedly pleasing to the GERMAN SOCIALISTS | ECOND ballotings in the German - elections by no means alarming to the Conservatives, who still hold a strong control over the Government. It is a striking illustration of the inequalities of the Ger- man system of suffrage that while the Socialists polled upward of 3,000,000 votes out of a total of 8,000,000 they win but eighty-one seats, while the Centrists, who polled less than 2,000,000 votes, won upward of 100 seats. Berlin authorities estimate that on the present basis of voting the Socialists will have to cast 5,000,000 votes before they can elect members enough to control the Reichstag. It is. that fact that gives comfort to the Conservatives and enables them to look at the successes of the Social- ists without fearing for the consequences. There is one feature of the situation, however, that gives to the Socialists more encouragement than the victories of the year. It is the evidence that social- ism is spreading from the cities to the country and from North to Southern Germany. Some of the most surprising successes obtained by them in the elections were in Saxony, where hitherto they had but a comparatively small following. It is evident that if the rural districts can be won over to the Socialist party they will be able in future elections to return a much larger number of delegates in pro- portion to their votes, so that it will not require 5,000,000 out of 8,000,000 voters to give them a ma- jority in the Reichstag. 1Tt is in that hope they are now exulting. Not long ago the Kaiser referred to Socialists as “fellows without a country.” Perhaps he may see them laying claim to all Germany before many years and contesting with him the question to whom the country belongs. B The Brussels carpet in the :din:tinl-rwml of the United States Mint in this city was taken up Fri- day for the first time in six years. This is enough to give a good housewife heart failure. But when she learns that after the carpets were burned a lump of solid gold worth $9000 remained, she might be Obhio | partially restored. \ - such a love tap with his tail that it was completely d | tage, JULY 3, 1903. WILD BEAST DROPS IN ON THE BOARDERS Special Dispatch to The Call. REDDING, July 2.—The deep snow on the Salmon River or Caribou Mountains, in Trinity County, is causing bear, deer and other large game to frequent the low- er altitudes to the great discomfort of miners and others living in the neighbor- hood of that mountain range. Tuesday evening at the supper hour a mammoth panther strolled leisurely into the boarding-house at the Strode mine and struck terror to the hearts of the in- mates. There was a general stampede and the animal had sole possession for a time. Finally a couple of dogs caught scent of the panther and made an attack upon him. There was an interesting fight for a few minutes, when the panther turned tall and escaped into the woods. The same day, while George L. Carr's folks were going over Trinity Mountain, they encountereds two large cinnamon bears in the road on the divide. At first the bears seemed Inclined to maintain their possession of the right of way and make the Carrs go round. They thought better of the matter, however, and scam- pered off into the forest. PERSONAL MENTION. Dr. E. J. Grow of the navy is at the Occidental. Dr. A. N. Van Pelten of Chicago is at the Grand. T. L. Darden, a merchant of Eureka, is at the Lick. T. M. Fay, a fruit man of Los Angeles, is at the Palace. J. A. McIntyre, a mining man of Sacra- mento, is at the Lick. Dominick Tarpey, the well known min- ing man, is at the Grand. E. C. Merritt, an attorney of Santa Rosa, is at the California. J. 8. Whitmore, a merchant of Ceres, is registered at the Grand. A. L. Redlick, one of Fresno's prominent business men, is at the Palace. J. Craig. proprietor of the Highlands Springs Hotel, is at the Grand. Dr. R. Roca of Hollister is among the latest arrivals at the California. Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Robertson of Liver- | more are guests at the California. G. Turner, a hardware man of Fresno, is among the guests at the Grand. Robert Sherer, a contractor and builder of Los Angeles, is stopping at the Grand. Albert Gallatin, president of the electric company of Sacramento, s at the Palace. F. J. Caughey of Ukiah, Auditor of Mendocino County, is registered at the Lick. Othman Stevens, former secretary of the State Lunacy Commission, is at the | Lick. J. M. Gardner, who is connected with the electric company of Santa Cruz., is at the Grand. Gavin McNab, the attorney and politi- clan, left on last evening’s train for Lake Tahoe, where he will spend the Fourth. H. L. Pearson of Sacramento, who is connected with mining and railroad enter- ! prises of which H. H. ¥ard is the head, is registered at the Palace. — Californians in New York. NEW YORK, July 2.—The following Cal- ifornians are in New York: From San Francisco—C. B. Kaufman and A. H. Whitney, at the Manhattan: L. J. Me- Kinnon, at the Herald Square; J. Benson, at the Grand Union: L. Goven, at the Marlborough; Miss M. J. Holland, at the Empire; W. W. Tregr, at the Ashland; L. F. Adams, at the Grand; C. W. Calla- han, at the Hoffman: J. E. Cook, at the | Darlington, and M. Hoplich, at the Broad- way Central. From Los Angeles—A. Chapelle, at the Imperial. e Californians in Washington. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 2—The fol- lowing Californians registered here to- day: At the Shoreham—Mrs. Venter of Los, Angeles; at the National—E. Tompke of San Francisco: at the Metropolitan— A. H. Jones of Los Angeles. —_—————— STOCKHOLDERS AUTHORIZE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS Ratify Action of Directors of San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Road. SALT LAKE, Utah, July 2—At a meet- ing of the stockholders of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad, held in this city to-day of 4 per cent fifty-vear gold interest-bear- ing bonds was authorized. The action of the directors in creating the bonded debt was ratified and the board was authorized to make the necessary provision for the transfer of the Oregon Short Line track- age and rolling stock. POSEEI AP B S Stork Visits Home of Princess. LONDON, July 2.—Princess Charles of | Denmark, daughter of King Edward, gave ! birth to a son to-day at Appleton Cot- Both mother and Sandringham. child are doing well. —————————— Appointment of Embassador. BERLIN, July 2. — The semi-official North German Gazette to-day announced that Baron Speck von Sternburg had been | definitely appointed Embassador of Ger- many at Washington. e The average railroad rate acrcss the | American continent in carload lots is §15 & ton; the rate on similar goods from Lon- don around the world to Seattic is $10 a ton. — NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. UNHAPPINESS DISPELLED. Men and Women Unanimous About It. Many women weep and wail and refuse to be comforted because their once mag- nificent faded. Many men incline to cause the flies bite througl thatch on their craniums. It wil news to the miserable of th sexes to learn that Newbro’'s Herplcide has been placed upon the market. This is the new scalp germicide and antiseptic, that acts by destroying the germ or microbe that is the underlying cause of all hair destruc- tion. Herpicide is a new preparation, made after 2 new formula on an entirely new principle. Any one who has tried it will !eltlf{ as to its worth. it your- e leading the thin 1l be good self and convinced. SoldT;’y druggists. Send 10 cents in stamps for ;:lm}?h to The Herpicide Co., Detroit, ich. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the ART GRACE, A COMBINED. an issue of $0,000,000 | tresses have become thin and | profanity be- LONG TUNNEL ON COAST LINE IS PROJECTED SANTA BARBARA, July 2 high autherity it has been that the Southern Pacific Railroad Com- pany has determined to run a tunnel through the San Luis Obispo mountains, by which it will be possible to save about two hours in time between San Francisco and Los Angeles on the coast line. For several weeks the railroad com- pany’s engineers have been making an investigation as to the feasibility of run- | ning a tunnel and it is sald that they have filed reports favorable to the pro- ject. The same authority stated that work on the tunmel will be commenced | within a few weeks and that it will cost them?ommy in the neighborhood of $2,- There is a very heavy grade for several miles on the coast line crossing the San Luis Obispo mountains and many curves, which makes slow time necessary. By the cutting of a tunnel about three miles long, which would be the longest in the west, the company will be able to avoid the worst part of the grades, thus re- moving the necessity of two locomotives. It 1s understood that the company has other improvements on the coast line in contemplation which will enable it to cut down the time between San Francisco and Santa Barbara to eight hours. ANSWERS TO QUERIES. TO UKIAH—-A. F.. City. excursion rate to Ukiah and 1902 was $2. The lowest return in A Tuxedo should be worn at an Infor- mal function at the club, at a stag party and at a home dinner. SECRET SERVICE-S. 8., City. Appli- cations for positions in the secret service of the United States should be filed with the Secretary of the Treasury, Washing- ton, D. C. MARRIAGE—J. O. C., City. The laws of California prohibit marriage between | whites and negroes and between whites | and Chinese, but do not prohibit mar- riage between cousins. GENERAL CANBY-—Inquirer, City. General E. R. S. Canby was treacherousiy shot and killed by Chief Jack April 11, 1873, while negotiating for the removal of the Modoc Indians from Northern Califor- nia. PINKERTON—P., City. Allan Pinker- ton, detective, died in Chicago of a para- | lytic stroke, July 1, 1884. At the time of death his family was his wife, two sons, William A. and Robert A., and a daugh- ter, the wife of William J. Chalmers, Chi- cago. CAN VOTE—A. C. T, La Cananea, Cal. | A son of Chinese parents who was born in the United States has the right. when he attains his majority, to register and vote, | just the same as the sons of other foreign | residents who were never naturalized. NO SUCH PARLOR—A. C. T, La Can- anea, Cal. There is no parlor of the Na- tive Sons of the Golden West composed of Chinese born in California. There is an associfation In San Francisco composed of Chinese born in the State calling itself the Native Sons of the Golden State. CALLING ON A LADY—G. A, City. A gentleman who wishes to make a formal evening call on a lady, and wishes to be in style. should be attired as follows: Chesterfield or skirted coat, black single- breasted vest, trousers of the same ma- terial as the coat and vest, high hat, | white shirt and cuffs, standing or poke collar, broad end white ue, pearl colored gloves, patent leather shoes and pearl studs. POLL TAX—Subscriber, Alameda, Cal. | There was a time in California when members of the National Guard were ex- empt from the payment of poll tax. When the present constitution went into effect the following section was incorporated and is now the organic law on the subject of poll tax: “Sec. 12. The Legislature shall provide for the levy and collection i of an annual pell tax, of not less than $2, on every male inhabitant of this State over 21 and under 6 years of age, ex- | cept paupers, idiots, insane persons and Indians not taxed.” MERMAID—A. C. T., La Cananea, Cal. There is no California fish called the mer- maid. In fact, there is no such creatur as a mermaid, half woman, half fish, ex- cept in fable. Sir James Emerson Ten- proach in writing of the dugong or sea- cow has the following: “The rude ap- proach to the human outline observed in the shape of the head of this creature, and the attitude of the mother while suckling her yourg, holding it to her breast with one flipper, while swimming ( with the other, holding the heads of both | above water and when disturbed suddenly diving and displaying her fishlike tail— these with her habitual demonstration of maternal affection, probably gave rise to the fable of the mermaid.” In the old and vulgar superstition, the mermaid was a being of supernatural powers who was | capable of human loves and hates, and | of being wedded to a human lover. The so-called mermaids that have been ex- | hibited all over the world are manufac- | tured in the Orient. | | | { | SAN FRANCISCO GIRL AND NOME MEDICO TO WED —_— The engagement of Miss Helen Richard- son, daughter of William A. Richardson, and Dr. Edward Grigsby of Nome has been announced. Both have many friends who are showering messages of congrat- ulation on them. The groom-elect has spent a great deal of his time in this vi- cinity, having a sister in OQakland, Mrs. Charles Palmer. Dr. Grigsby is a gradu- ate of the universities of California and Pennsylvania. He is at present practic- ing medicine in Nome, but may reside In this city after the w.eddl'l\l. . Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Murphy (nee Hop- kins) are at Monterey. » Mrs. Arthur B. Foster, wife of Captain Foster of the Nineteenth Infantry, gave an informal card party Wednesday eve ing at her quarters at the Presidio, whera a number of officers and their wives wers pleasantly entertained. P The Misses Bender gave a pretty lunch- eon at their home on Green street Tues- day. Those present were Mrs. Josephine Morris de Greayer, Mrs. Gaston Ashe, Mrs. Harry Gray, Mrs. Mark Gerstle, Mrs. F. Deering, Mrs. D. A. Bender, Miss Cherry Bender and Miss Ella Bender. ¢ o -d Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Blanding leave this week for Tahoe. . Miss Katherine Selfridge has been giv- ing a delightful house party at her coun- try home. Her guests included Miss May- lita Pease, Miss Mattie Milton, Miss Flor- ence Cole, Miss Middleton and Miss Wer- e o The officers of the U. S. 8. Alert re- turned from a trip to Monterey and were welcomed by a dinner at the Cosmos Club on Tuesday evening. Covers were laid for ten guests. Dr. D. E. O’Connell and J. R. Reynolds were the hosts. The news that Lieutenant Gilmer and Lieutenant Pettingill have been detached from the Alert and ordered East is received with regret on all sides. € o'e Miss McCloskey and Miss Ella McClos~ key are spending the summer in San Ro- fael. P Dr. A. J. Knox is spending his vacation with friends in Yosemite Valley. LETTER-CARRIERS PLAN THEIR ANNUAL OUTING Members of Bay C.ty Forces Will Spend Next Sunday at Shell Mound Park. The joint picnic of the Letter Carriers of this city, Alam¢da, Oakland and Berke- ley will take place at Shell Mound Park next Sunday. All arrangements for the event have been completed and the com- mittees in charge hope to see it the most uccessful ever heid by the carriers of mail. Everything has been done for the ac- commodation of the guests. There will be games and all kinds of sports for young and old. Valuable game and gate prizes will be distributed. A fine band will render music for dancing in the large pavilion. Following are the committees in harge: Arrangements—Charles de La Fontaine, chairman; J. J. Hughes, secretary; L. E. Boi- | min, treasurer; George Ahrens, B. F. Heywood of Berkeley, Percy R. Fox of Alameda, Thom as P. Tierney, W. J. Hanekamp, D. A. Cam- eron, T. F. Mclntyre, 1. Hola, William Mec- Graw, M. J. Whelan, J. W. Bennett and Harry F._Logan. Floor—George Ahrens, manager; F. B. Hey- wood, Percy R. Fox. H. Hamma, H. H. Wil som, P. J. Buckley, Frank Tyrell, James Hick- ey, W. C. Forsyth Jr. F. A. Boyton, J. E. Lower, Guy Sawtelle, M. C. Lorigan, J. Ches- ter Hickok, F. H. Spink, T. J. Fion, James P. Muthern and H. R. MeCarthy. Games—H. F. Logan, chairman; H. M. Locke, Joseph Spiller, Thomss Nixon, Willlam J. Phelan, J. J. Larkey, F. H. Stanley, R. S, Logan, R. T. elsh, E. J. Jarratt and Charles Bevan. Raffle—W. J. Hanekamp, chairman; M. J. Whelan, F. W. Fahrenhols, W. H. Barry, Frank Code and B. F. Herrschaft. Gate—I . chairman; Charles McAuliffe, §. F. Stevens, J. F. O'Connor and E. C. Fletscher. Reception—George W. Yost, chairman. Fred H. Stanley will be marshal of the day. e R Rt Silver Is Elected President. The new board of Bank Commissioners held another meeting yesterday and elect- ed Herman Silver president for one year. The bond of the secretary was fixed at $10,000, although no one has as yet been ppointed to the position. Miss Mabel Boch was appointed stenographer of the board. e e Look out for 81 4th (front barber and grocer), best eyeglasses, specs, 2c to c. * e The Farmers' Improvement Soclety of Texas, which recently held its seventh annual convention, is composed of 3000 negro farmers, who now own 30,000 acres of land, 8000 head of cattle and 7000 horses and mules. f Townsend's California glace fruits and candies, 50c & pound, in artistic fire- tched boxes. A nice it for SHiends. 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