The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 25, 1903, Page 8

The Sl Call. FRIDAY vesssensss.SEPTEMBER 25, 1903 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Rédress All Communications to W. S. TELEPHONE. Ask for THE CALL. The Operator Will Connect You With the Department You Wish. LEAKE, Manager .Market and Third, S. F. 217 to 221 Stevemson St. PUBLICATION OFFIC EDITORIAL ROOMS Delivered by Carriers, 20 Cts. Per Week, 75 Cts. Per Month. Single Copies 5 Cents. Terms by Mail, Including Postage (Cash With Ordes DAILY CALL (including Sunday), one vear. DAILY CALL (ncluding Sunday), 6 mont 4.00 DAILY CALL—By Single Month T3e SUNDAY CALL. One Year 250 WEEKLY CALL, One Year... 190 . $8.80 Per Year Extra { Dany FOREIGN POSTAGE...... { Sunday.. 4.15 Per Year Extra | Weekly.. 1.00 Per Year Extra | orized to receive | All postmasters are au subscrip: Sample copies will be for: change of addrsss should be AND OLD ADDRESS in order | rect compliance with their request. | D OFFICE. 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I'HE CROWDED SCHOOLS EW YORK CITY appropriated money to | N furnish adeguate school facilities, relieve | wercrowded classrooms and accommodate of ¢ Idren for whom there was no | new buildings were put promptly | nd were to have been ready for | beginning of the present school The building trade y the walking delegates Murphy | e work, and as a result 72,000 children are put on hali-time and for 3000 | ready , even for a fraction of a day. ] 39,000 children in that city of | provision for their education. are peculiarly the academy of the | of those who have not the means to spare | their children educational advantages else- | where in such schools. The well-to-do are in | 2 mic independent of the common schools, and | 1 to give adequate advantages they are | ¢ w them in private establishments. But | whe e children of the masses are shut out of the common schools they lose their sole chance for edu- the most serious disregard of the | ns of community life that brings | situation as that in New York. It is | an attack by the walking delegates upon the rights 1y 40,000 children, who cannot defend them- The alarming feature of it is that the union | hose children out of school knows i n for the strike that did it than that it | was ordered by the walking delegates. One may well ' be led to question the quality of citizenship of men who, without knowing why, consent to turn their | wholesome conditic about such selves labor which turns no other re: own children out of school and into the street be- | cause they were ordered to do so by a walking dele- | gate, who gives no reason for his autocratic use of | power. The oath which binds them to cbedience to such an order, with such a result, is one inimical to the interests of the people and dangerous to the Government itself. This attack on 39,000 school children in New York, and the refusal of the milk teamsters in Chi- cago to make more than one delivery of milk per | day. resulting in the death of thousands of children who would be alive if there had been two deliveries, are examples of labor union policy that may well disquiet the whole country. The beasts that perish | have regard for their young, and what must be said of men who in pursuit of any purpose whatever con- demn their own children to ignorance and death! I union labor is to be justified it is evident that | it must change its oaths and its management and come to realize its responsibility as part of the com- munity, sharing the responsibility for the things es- sential to community lifer An oath that puts the | authority of the walking delegate above law and re- ligion, and these evidences of slavish obedience to that oath, even to the injury of the families of the men who obey it, is an obligation imposed upon men for the destruction of all government, and is the essence of anarchy. A new factor has entered into the calculations of Old World diplomats in reference to the Balkan sit- metion. Servia has intimated, as far as her authori- tics are able to make a definite announcement on snything, that she will enter the field against Turkey if depredetions against Christians are not summarily suppressed in Macedonia. It should not be sup- posed, however, that because- Servian army officers have proved themselves adepts in murder they are in any way proficient in the brutalities of war. Our trade mission to Menelik, King of Abyssinia, has excited the deep concern of European diplomats, who see in our innocent venture a sinister develop- ment of Uncle Sam’s imperialistic policy. Let the suspicious ones quiet their fears. We want only to clothe the naked and feed the hungry at market prices. We probably will sell only a few overalls and make advantageous dispgsition of a few missionaries.” A San Franciscan, on marriage bent, balked the other day just as the cementing words of the Judge vere being spoken. The new fledged benedict, ig- orant of his married future, mournfully remarked that marriage and suicide are synonymous. When will the world ever be able to understand the idiotic saprice which governs a woman's choice? | instance. | factional struggles for office and for the | excellent in every particular. | is more tolerant. 1 VICTORY IN SIGHT. ITH a good ticket, a good platform and Wa degree of harmony in the party that as- sures loyal support to every candidate, the Republicans of San Franciscos enter the municipal campaign with every prospect of a sweeping victory all along the line. From the time of the primaries down to the close of the tonvention every step taken by the party hgs been in the direction of good gov- ernment and honest politics. The opposing parties will find it difficult to discover a single point in the platform or a single candidate on the ticket upon which to center their attacks, while every Republican and every conscientious independent voter will find many self-evident reasons why the whole ticket should be supported afid elected from top to bottom. Rarely has the Republican party in San Francisco been so united and infused with such a spirit of harmony on the eve of a municipal election as in this While the opposition parties are torn by dissensions there is in the Republican camp a well nigh unanimous sentiment of loyalty to the plat- form and to the ticket. That fact in itself should be sufficient to incline independent voters to the Re- publican side in the contest, for it is certain that neither of the other parties could give the city a well ordered government. Should either of them by any possibility succeed in electing its candidates, the result would be a period of bitter partisan and spoils, On the other hand, the harmony which prevailed in the Republican convention and which prevails equally among the rank and file is in itself an evidence of the fitness of the party to administer the affairs of the city with businesslike efficiency and assured success. The almost universal feeling of loyalty in the party ranks, as manifested among the delegates to the con- vention in all the proceedings from first to last, serves to bring out with startling clearness the one exception that prevented the vote for candidate for the Mayoralty from being absolutely instead of al- most unanimous. The accidents of politics placed in the convention as chairman of the delegation from the Forty-fifth Assembly District a man who, while holding a place in the councils of the Republican League and representing the Republicans of his dis- trict, is yet serving an opposition candidate. That man, for reasons which he described as “personal.” declined to vote for the nomination of Mr. Crocker although there was no opposition candidate. His action of course foreshadows a further betrayal of the party during the campaign, for after refusing to vote for the party candidate in the convention it is hardly likely the double-dealing delegate from the Forty-fifth will support him before the people or vote for him on election day. The appearance of a single intriguer of this kind in the convention is, however, of little moment to the party or to the city. He managed indeed to mar the harmony of the convention, but his power jor evil goes little further. Whatever clique is behind him is | evidently small, for he could not bring a single man even of his own delegation to assist him in his oppo- sition to the nominee for Mayor. The incident may therefore he dismissed for the present, but every Re- publican should bear it in mind when next the un- reliable gentleman solicits a place Republican councils or election to a Republican convention. That issue aside, the people of the city, without re- spect to party, can review the proceedings of the convention with satisfaction and study the platform and the ticket with no little gratification. The party is pledged at once to economy and to progress, The declarations concerning the work of municipal im- provements are all that can be desired, and will have in | the support of the intelligence of. the people: The ticket speaks for itself. It is exceptionally Some of the nominees have been tried in office and have proven themselves faithful, sagacious and efficient. The record made by them is one of the best guarantees of the ability of the Republican party to give the city not only an honest but a capable, progressive and economical administration. All the candidates are men of high standing in the community and are representative of our best citizenship. Each and every one of them merits the support of the people, irrespective of party. Their election would mean an era of muni- cipal government marked by a genuine devotion to the public welfare. In fact, the time has come to have an improved San Francisco, and the Republican party has nominated men upon whom the citizens can safely place the responsibility of carrying out the improvements. To their support all independent voters should rally. Let us have an administration in thorough accord with the popular aspiration for harmony, progress and economy. —— Butte County has banished siot machines on the ground that the deceptive machines of the gamblers drain the county of its ready cash. San Francisco It has the undesirable reputation of being the most gullible of American cities. The ex- citement of losing our money to bunko men, va- riously disguised, seems to compensate for the loss. THE BRITISH CRISIS. F Mr. Chamberlain leave the British Cabinet he will add to his spectacular record its most painted feature. His entry into public life as Mayor of Birmingham was iccompanied by a show of red fire, and ever since he has been mindful of time and pose in selecting the surprises he has given the British public. His desertion of Gladstone and the Liberals to make his political bed with the Tories was the wonder of the empire; but let it be admitted that he proved himself something more than a turncoat and political jump-jim-crow, and brought to the Tories their most vigorous and masterful intellect. He alone made the South African war, faced its perils, excused its enormities, softened the burden of its cost and deftly concealed the price of peace which his country- men must pay. Grant the charge of his enemies that his superb activities have wrought for evil, they were superb, and perhaps in the long run the peo- ple forgive the evil. 4 His accession to the Tories put new marrow into their bones and new blood in their veins, but it also tempted and led them into enterprises which have in- creased the debt and decreased the trade of the em- pire. So the sad results of his own policy furnished him the opportunity for another remarkable turn in his political career, and he proposed to meet the increased debt and to stay the decline in trade by a sudden reversal of England’s time-honored policy of free trade and an immediate plunge into protection. Balfour tried to dance to the new tune, but failed to catch the step, and immediately Mr. Chamberlain took offense, a long premeditated offense, and an- nounced his intention to leave the Cabinet and of course the party. Trade will go on falling, the debt will go on ris- ing, and the Cabinet, whether Liberal or Tory, will THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1903. Chamberlain, from his seat in Birmingham, will sol- emnly intone, “I told you so,” and the perplexed kingdom will finally begin to long for him to come again, and he will come, either as the dictator of one of the existing parties or as the, creator of a new party with “Protection to British trade” as its motto. His political coat may be of as many colors as the garment of his ancient namesake, the son of Jacob, but as long as he is in political life he will get the glory of the fat years and leave to others the burden of the lean The pecple of Denver, by an overwhelming major- ity, have refused to adopt a city charter which was submitted to their consideration. Somebody must have informed them thoroughly of our experience and they took advantage of our predicament. It is always well to know that our neighbors profit by our example, even if it is unfortunate. —————— OUR MERCHANT MARINE. NE of the gratifying features of the political outlook is the cordial indorsement given to O the demand fer legislation in favor of the American merchant marine by Republican conven- tions in every State where State conventions have been held this year. Even in Nebraska, where the people have been supposed to be more or less in- different to ocean shipping interests, the declarations of the party have been notably direct and strong, and it is thus made evident that the grain-growers of the State have a clear conception of the importance of having an efficient merchant fleet upon the ocean to carry their surplus grain to foreign markets. The Democrats of Ohio adopted a long platform dealing mainly with State issues, but they did not fail to note the growing demand for an enlarged mer- chant marine, and with their customary obstinacy they proceeded to denounce and condemn it. The issue therefore becomes in that State a partisan one, though it should not be so, for a merchant marine serves equally all the interests of the people, and Democratic as well as Republican farmers, merchants and workingmen profit by it. Still, having been com- mitted to a support of free trade, the party doubtless feels itself bound, for consistency's sake, to oppose any sort of legislation that tends to protectand ad- | vance any American industry, whether on land or sea. The issue is an old one, and the public is familiar with the arguments which sustain the cause of those who advocate the adoption of an efficient system of protecting our ocean going merchant service. It is known that one of the main causes of our inability to compete with foreign shipping is the difference between the rate of wages that prevail here and that which obtains in European shipyards. Many sta- tistics have been published from time to time showing by official figures that even were the European lines unsubsidized they would still have an advantage over us by reason of low wages. The opponents of an American merchant marine have sometimes denied the validity of such statistics when they could no longer evade them, and it is therefore worth while to direct attention to a new testimony on the sub- ject. There recently appeared in the London Times an article by “An Ulster Workingman” giving the ex- perience of a fellow workman with respect to wages in Great Britain and the United States. In the course of his letter he says: A fellow workman and I were in receipt of 30 shill- Ings per week each some time ago. My fellow work- man decided that he would abandon his country and the flag and to g0 to a country that would do better for | him, so he went to the Unitdd States and received 60 shillings per week right off. When he was in this country, at the wage of 30 shillings weekly, his expedi- | ture was 27 shillings.. which left 2 shillings of a margin: now, while his wages have increased by double the amount he reccived when in this country, he assures me that his expenditure has increased by only one-third, | thus: In this country his re- (In the United States of ceipts were 30s weekly.30s | America his recelpts | His expenditure was, are, woekly........c0ps.4 608, weekly ..21s | His expenditure is, saving .. 38! weekly Margin of power weekly. His margin of saving | power, weekl. .28 Or, in other words, for every shilling he used to save | in this country, he can now save eight shillings in the | States, besides having better educational facilities pro- | vided for his chiléren. That is the story of the personal experience of a workingman in shipyards of the two countries. It contains by implication a story of the cause of the | failure of the United States to hold her own as a ship-building country in competition with Great Brit- ain. In this country we have sought to establish an industrial system which will permit the worker to have a considerable margin of profit over and above expenses when maintaining a comfortable standard of living. In Great Britain under the free trade system the aim is to reduce wages as low as possible so as to be able to build ships more cheaply than any other nation. We cannot and we ought not to try to compete with the British in that respect, and accordingly we must either abandon all expectation of having a merchant marine on the deep seas equal to our needs, or we must give to our ship-builders and our ship-owners a protection equal to that given to American industries on land. It is to be borne in mind of course that the question of the wage rate affects the manning and operation of a ship as well as that of building one. The American seaman gets better fare, better pay and better ac- commodations of all kinds than the foreign seaman. It is right that he should do so, for the American people do not expect sailors any more than other classes of American workers to compete in cheap- ness with underpaid foreigners. Protection to the American merchant marine is therefore an imperative issue of the day, and the people have a right to de- mand it of Congress at the cdming session. President Castro of Venezuela certainly has the most persistent and ingenious press agent in the world. The latest insult offered by the dictator of the southern republic to foreigners by inspiring newspaper attacks on all creditors of the nation has done harm to nobody. It is a gratuitous exhibition of cheap blackguardism, but it has called Castro again to the notice of the world as the bad man par ex- cellence of the Western Hemisphere. It requires more brains than Castro has given evidence of pos- sessing to present a man thus to the earth’s public.* L 2R Honduras and Nicaragua are bristling for war again like two bantam roosters. While their troubles are of no moment and the world feels hardly a languid interest in them, they certainly possess an historical value as the preliminary absurdities which will make necessary a permanent, peace-enforcing federation of Central American states. It is strange how fate entwines good with evil and- evil with good even in the unexpected things of life. 1Awuthmnofthfidtynmmty’,finbeirtomim- mense fortune upon the single condition that he pay lgo on blindly struggling with adversity, while Mr. { his mother-in-law $125 a monthfor the rest of her life. PAPYRUS CLUB ¢ ENTERTAINS MANY GUESTS The Papyrus Club entertained yester- day in Utopia Hall and as is usual with this coterie of clever women offered a programme that reflected the breezy per- sonality of the club. About 100 members and guests gathered to listen to a few clever stories that are always on tap, to hear the sweet voice of Madame Semin- ario and, among other things, to hear what Mr. John McNaught had to say about “Woman's Clubs.” 5 The programme as rendered was as fol- ows: Wit and humor, by the ub members; g0~ prano solo, “Serenade’ (Wallace), Madam Ida de Seminario; a short talk, ‘‘Woman's Clubs,” Mr. John McNaught; readings, (a) “Letter Scene from Macbeth’ (Shakespeare): (b) ‘‘He Tried to Tell His Wite” (Anon); () ““Tom- my’ (Anon), Miss Helen Kelleher; barytone solos, (a) “A Deer Lady Mine”’ (A. L.); (b) “‘Death_and Life" (Gerard Barton); (¢) “If I Were King (Louis Tipton), Mr. . Homer Henley: ‘accompanist, Mrs. Helen Sutherland, arranged by Miss Eila P. McCloskey. Six members told the very best storles they knew, created or borrowed—in any case they were well told. In this phase of development women are agaln en- croaching upon man’s domain. The solos were dedghtfully rendered, as were the readings by Miss Kelleher. The address by Mr. McNaught was quite the event of the day. To be sure, he sald | he believed clubs to be good institutions; that they were powerful alds to devel- opment, and many other nice things, but no man would have had the hardihood, to say otherwise, But the ladies were con- vinced of the sincerity of his declara- tions and voted the talk the very best they had listened to by a ‘‘non-eligible” for a long time. The next meeting of the club will be for members only. oiihiam The Foruth Ciub had a delightful ses- sion on Wednesday afternoon, Mrs. Hen- Ty Payot presiding. Several delightful numbers were given by friends of the club-and a trip through Rome—on canvas—was the event of the afternoon. Henry Payot was the cice’ rone, who in charming manner carried the ladigs through the palaces, ruins and libraries of the ancient city and through the Vatican. Mr. Payot has given liberally of his store of knowledge of the Old World, and interest in his talks is augmented by the fine views In his possession of every building and site of note. e e The wedding of Miss Elizabeth Young, daughter of Licutenant General Samuel | B. M. Young, to Lieutenant Henney of | Fort Crook, Neb., will take place on Oc- | tober 7 at St. Elizabeth's Chapel, Wash- | ington. A small reception will follow at his father's residence, 22 Jackson street, to which many California friends have been bidden. The groom-to-be, unlike the fair bride, is comparatively unknown to San Fran- | ciscans. He is sald to be a handsome | fellow and a good soldier. He is in line | for promotion, which, in the ordinary course of events, should occur within a | year. —_——— FOUR FLATS ARE BURNED BY SUDDEN CONFLAGRATION Flames Ruin a Quartet of Homes on | Pine Street and Are Subdued ‘With Difficulty. Fire almost completely gutted the inte- rior of four flats at 2035, 2037, 2039 and 2041 Pine street yesterday afternoon and did considerable damage to the two buildings, especially in the interior. The building at 2035-37 Pine street i» owned by Austin McNamara, an umbrella dealer at 7 Bat- street, who resided in one of the| Alex Mann, a flower dealer on Polk | street, owned the buflding at 203941 and occupied the top flat. The other flats| were occupied by T. G. Elliot, a lawyer, | and A. M. Allardyce, an employe of the telephone company. The fire started in the area between the two buildings and is supposed to have been caused by children playing with matches. It had attained considerable headway before an alarm was turned in. | The blaze ate its way into both houses | and was raging flercely when the Fire Department arrived. It was a difficult | fire to handle and an immense amount of water was poured on it before the blaze was subdued. As a consequence the interior furnish- ings of all the flats were practically ruin- ed. The damage to the buildings them- selves probably will not amount to more than $1500, which is fully covered by in- surance. The furnishings were uninsured | and will be practically a total loss. They were worth about $5000. The occupants of the flats were forced to flee without saving anything further | than their money and jewelry, so rapidly | did the flames spread. Mrs. Allardyce ran out leaving behind her a large sum | of money and some valuable jewelry in the dresser. These were recovered in- tact after the fire, although the dress: containing them was badly scorched. —_————— Dr. Tyndall’s Lectures. “What is Clairvoyance?” is the subject chosen for Dr. Alexander J. Mclvor-7yn- dall's psychological lecture at Steinway Hall Sunday evening. The interest in these subjects, as propounded by the fa- | mous psychologist, is constantly fncreas- ing. Each succeeding Sunday night finds large audiences gather at Stelnway Hall. Clairyoyance is a subject that is little un- derstood and one that has never been given a logical, scientific explanation. That there is a peculiar psychic. faculty that can see Into the unknown is some- thing that seems to be warranted by facts, although there are many who claim that all so-called spiritualistic phenomena | can be elucidated on strictly materialistic lines. The truth regarding this myste- | rious subject will be fully exemplified at the lecture Sunday night by Dr. Mclvor- Tyndall. The lecture will be {llustrated by demonstrations and experiments in the powers of the Invisible forces. —————— Allowance Refused the Bells. ‘The petition of John B. Carson, guard- fan of Reginald and Eustace Bell, for an allowance for his wards out of the estate of their father, Thomas Bell, was denied in Judge Coffey’s court yesterday. It was refused because of the objections to the allowance by the creditors of the estate. — e Issues License for New Bank. The Board of Bank Commissioners is- sued a license yesterday for the estab- lishment of a savings bank at Whittier. The new tastitution, which is capitalized at $25,000, will open its doors for business on October 1. Washington Hadley "fi been clected president of the bank an Amos C. Maple secretary and cashier. e b i Last Reserved Seat Excursion. ' The North Shore R. R., that has met with such success with its reserved seat excursions 1o Casadire Refwods 4ad ihe Bussien River, announces the excursion will be run this coming Sunday. $1 50 round trip entitles you to a_re t. Tickets on sale only at 626 Market st., S, F. . L4 Music at Trinity Church. The choir of Trinity Church, under the personal direction of Mr. Eaton, will ren- der “Light of Life” at the services next '“gg:{ evening. The public is cordially invi to attend the services. The choir has been reinforced for the occasion to forty members. ) —————— Cameras and Supplies. If you want to retain in memory a picture of some ir event, spap it with a camera “l'.fw t of Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 WILL GO EAST TO WITNESS TROOPS DRILL 4 ! o+ E } OFFICER OF THE NATIONAL GUARD WHO WILL ATTEND MANEUVERS. 5 <+ APTAIN FRANCIS V. KEES- LING of Battery D, First Artil- lery. N. G. C., will leave for West Point this morning to represent the National Guard of California at the joint maneuvers of the United States troops of the Department of the Lakes and Missouri and the entire Na- tional Guard forces of Ohlo, Indiana, Ii- linois and Kentucky. This maneuver division is a beginning of the joint maneuvers between the reg- ulars and the National Guard forces, as contemplated by the Dick bill, passed by the last Congress. California will not be represented other than by an officer de- tailed to be present—by invitatlon of the Secretary of War—at each of the maneu- vers to be held at West Point, at Fort Riley, Kans., and elsewhere. The mem- bers of Battery D, in appreciation of the honor conferred upon the battery and the First Artillery, tendered a banquet last Tuesday evening at Cafe Zinkand, and Captain Keesling was presented with a | souvenir appropriately engraved. ‘.~H—H-i+l—1—l—H—H—H-H-H-H-H‘. BOARD OF EDUCATION IS FULLY SUSTAINED Supreme Court Defines Position of Superintendent of Schools of San Francisco. The Supreme Court deciared vesterday that the work of the Board of Education of San Francisco could not be done through deputies. The Guestion arose in a suit brought by ex-Superintendent of Schools Webster against the Directors. The School Superintendent is ex-officio a member of the Board of Education. Webster did not want to attend the de- Iiberations of the body himself and sent his deputy, W. D. Kingsbury, instead. The board refused to admit the deputy, and the superintendent petitioned the Su- perior Court for a writ of mandamus. Tha board was sustained and an appeal was taken to the Supreme Court. The last named tribunal holds that the Superintendent of Schools may have depu- ties, but that no member of the Board of Education can be provided for likewise. It is declared that Webster, as Superinten- dent of Schools and as ex-officlo member of the Board of Education, held two dis- tinct and wholly separate positions. B — A set of six Chippendale mahogany chairs, with open backs, fetched £53 10s in London recently. | ASSESSMENT INCREASE AIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY The raise of 30 per cent on the assessed valuation of this city and county by the State Board of Equalization will result in increasing the lpuropl’llllo? for the Public Library by exactly $17.700. When the Beard of Supervisors reduced the municipal tax rate from $L0T to 84.4 cents In order 1o provide the exact reve nue contemplated im the budget, it did not change the rate allowed the Publl Library, because the charter specifically provides what that rate must be. ‘The charter provides that the Supervis ors shall annually levy a tax for the support of the Public Library which shall not be less than 1% cents nor more than 214 cents on every $100 of assessed valua tion. In fixing the levy last June, the Board of Supervisors adopted the minimum rate of 1% cents for the library. This rate on a total assessed valuation of $i22,000,000 would produce the sum of $3.300. Wheu the lower tax levy was adopted last Mon- day the Board of Supervisors was obliged to reaffirm the minimum rate of 1% cents previously adopted. Calculating this rate on a total assessment of 3$540,000,000, which includes the 30 per cent raise made by the State Board of Equalization, will give an apropriation of $51,000 for the Pub lic Library. The library trustees will therefore have an additional sum of $17.700, which they may pu: to any use they may desire. Some of the money will be used for the purchase of books. The trustees asked for $69,428 last June and as they recelved but $63,300 were compelled to largely re- duce the item of $10,000 for the purchase of books. They will also be in a position to furnish the new branch library on Sixteenth street with additional funds. B — LADIES’ AUXILIARY OF A. 0. H.L WILL ENTERTAIN Robert Emmet Branch Prepares a Fine Programme for the First Annual Event. The members of Robert Emmet Branch of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Ancient Order of Hibernians will give their first entertainment and dance at Mangels Hall, Folsom and Twenty-fourth streets, to-morrow evening. All arrangements have been completed by the committee in charge and the.affair promises to be a decided success. A splendid programme has been ar- ranged for the occasion. Some of the most talented amateur performers in the city have volunteered their services Among those who will appear are X Katheryn Millerick, Miss Anna Buci and the Misses Allen and J. O'Ce The opening address will be deliver: the president, Mrs. Daniel Fitapatric The following committees will charge of the affair: have Arrangements—Mrs. Thomas Minehan, Mrs. O'Dea, Mrs. Windholtz, Mrs. E. O'Connor. Miss McMahon, Miss Brady, Mrs. Lee Mrs M, O’Connor, Mrs. Burns and Mrs. Mallett Reception—Misses F. Minehan, Kate M Keon, Lulu Curley, Annie McKeon and May McCarthy; Messrs, William Lee, Henry Hu ling, Ben Burns, Paul Windholtz and Willlam ©O'Dea. Floor—Major Joseph Westplear and Thomas O'Dea. P No Blame for Boy's Death. An inquest was held yesterday on the body of Peter Condenca, an S$-year-old boy, who died at the Central Emergen Hospital on September 4 from injuries received by being run over by an elec tric car on Sansome street, between Broadway and Pacific. The jury reported that death had been caused by shock fol- lowing amputation of both legs and frae- ture of the pelvis, but that sufficient evi- dence had not been presented to enable them to fix the blame. e e Devol Awards Contraets. Major C. A. Devol, general superintend- ent of the transport service, awarded con- | tracts yesterday for repairs to the Sher- man. The work will be completed so that the vessel may sail for Manila October 1. The W. S. Ray Manufacturing Company will make the repairs to the saloon and galley for $131. The California Machine Works will do the engine, boiler and hull work for $§75. Contracts were awarded to the lowest bidder in each case. —————— Townsend's California g candles, 50c a pound. etched boxes. A nice pi friends. 715 Market st., n . artistic fire- ent for Eastern bove Call bidg. * — e Special information supplied dally to business houses and public men by the Pirss Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 280 C: fornia street. Telephone Main 1042 2 TOROROROROH ORCHOTOROICHC! OAOROROIORCE OHORORCH QSO CHORCHORORCH CRORCRCHORONCY CRCRORORCACH CHCHORO OILiCH The Only Thing That Interests Everybody ID you ever stop to realize what it is in life that really interests you the most—outside of eating, sleeping and being merry, of course? Is it the mock heroics, the polished gentility of a dead and gone age, or isn't it life itself—tense, & things that the other fellow does that you do yourseli? Just take note D of the following: way the strongest kind. stood before the superintendent’s" de: but—is it? it came out?, No. the lives of those about us—the r first for Frank H remarkable series. Of course you're read And of course you're reading “Oracle of Mulberry Center” and Parson,” and the “Dainty Maid." ing of Children,” by William Tariffs.” b{ of Peace,” by George A. Maxw. sociation. that has just held “Fables for the Foolish.” etc., etc. them next Sunday. Don't “The job of front-end brakeman on a mountain division is no great stake for a man ordinarily, but it was one for me just then. when we went into the superintendent’s office that somebody was to get fired; the only questior was who—the train crew or the operator? Our engine crew were out of it; it was up to the conductor and to me. - Had the operator displayed red signals? The conductor said no, I said no, the operator said yes, but he lied. We couldn’t prove it; we could only put our word against his; and, what made it the worse for me, my con- ductor was something of a liar himself. “I stood beading in a_cold sweat, for I could see with half an eye it was going against us. The superintendent, an up and yp railroad man every inch and all business, but suspicious, was leaning the operator’s “There wasn't another soul in &e little room as the three of us There’s a situation which at first blush mi, Perhaps you've been in the same but it always will be to the man who has the experience time, and oh, what awful possibilities it portends. i every man who works constantly stands in awe of. But you want to b know. That is the curiosity—sympathy—or what all know—the most absorbing subject imaginable. Y i if you will, but there is not the shadow T Spearman’s thrilling Trainmaster’s Story” in the next Sunday Cal g “Lees and Leaven,” the famous #uthor of “Chiminie’ Padden,” ChE o aohins: aosend. ten strike even in the Sunday Call's comprehensive li i i 1nd 360 the hest novels af the day by the very Bak e bn i O o And then there are the two full pages of the most fascinating literary craze of the hour. “Philanthropic Whisper.” by Edwin Lefevre. Reflections of the Bonanza Kings \TNhhom Fi.é:;k o Siptions and World,” and the “Letters of a Seli-made Merchant t 7.” and the * Colonel Kate, and cor Gl Marnes” by Mudge lg:u"e’ b B vell, chairman of the National Irrigation As- its convention in Ogden, Utah, and And have you seen the cats? Funny, miss those & er, pulsating life—the very We knew ht seem ordinary enough, x yourself. It is not new, for the first It is a situation’ that you guess how “You will that makes you e flesh and blood men and women w: > l: d:ubt that yor w‘in look W ¢ narrative of “The {" It is the second in thi: which is nothing short of a best writers in_the world. "Half—Hom!nSlorites." And there is also “The a of Gold Around the o His Son™ and the Good Men Go Wrong,” by “The A M M GUM. P g e and “The Victories the aren’t they? There’s more of e-ows of a Kitty:” § % § § | | a 5 | i 1 a