The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 28, 1903, Page 4

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OAKL ND OFFICE. 1118 Broadwa ...Telephone Main 1083 BERKELEY OFFICE. 2148 Cemter Street.........Telephone North 77 €. GEORGE KROGNESS, Manager Foreign Adver- tixing, Marguette Bullding, Chicago. ‘Central 2619.”) (Long Distance Telephone ¥ CORRESPONDENT: 406 G Street, N. W. REPRESENTATIVE: 30 Tribune Buflding CORRESPONDENT: Herald Square NEW STEPHEN B. SMITH NEW YOR €. C. CARLTON.. NEW WS STANDS: valdorf-Astoria A. PBrentano, 31 Unlon Square; y Hill Hotel; h-avenue Hotel and Hoffman House. BRANCH OFFICES—327 M until 9:30 o'clock. 3 . open until 9:30 o'clock. 633 McAlitster, o 9:30 o'clock. €15 Larkin, open until 9:30 o clock. . open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market, corner Sixteenth, open until § o'clock. 1098 Va- jencia, open until 9 o'clock. 108 Eleventh, open until ® ot NE. corner Church and Duncan sireets, open k. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, lock. 200 Fillmore, open until 9 o'clock MORE VARIELY 10 TnADE RADE showed veeks ast week th for ore vari The back nidsummer lethargy has been 1 by the regular fall movement, 1 we may expect less monotony and that he wever, negative than other- e getting cautious and that arp as it was a year ability of the mills and cliveries, whereas for sev- e buyers have been clamoring for . sther words produc- 17 tion. In fact in h but actually noticeable in iron and e or close i rkets from Against this, however, is to be y among the cotton mills and i factories, Another negative feature is the comparatively few complaints of car short hough it must not be forgotten that the corn and cotton crops are late and ve greatly added to their rolling The gain in rail- thus far in September is 8.7 per cent and 17.2 per cent over 190I. ilroad earnings bas undoubt- that the railroads stock during th road earuing over Septemb: The zenith edly been passed, for the volume of trade throughout the country is not as large as last year, nor is the e past two years in e T demand for all sorts of merchandise so lively and in- sistent for immediate deliveries. In fact announce- ments of a partial and often complete closing down of a line of mills or factories are constantly received from widely distant parts of the country and no more talk of a scarcity of labor is heard. It is beginning to be the other way. The bank clearings of the country decreased last week 24.0 per cent as compared with the same week last year, with about half of the largest cities on the wrong side of the exhibit were $1,774,717,000. The failures were 232, against 207 last year. quietness in general trade. The staples seem to have begun a downward cur- rent of late. Wheat, corn, cotton, provisions, live- stock and some minor staples have eased off more or less in price during the past few days, with quieter markets. Lumber and building materials of all kinds are also showing less activ in many parts of the country. The dry goods market is likewise reported quieter, though a fair trade is in progress, Like the merchandise market, speculation emerged from its hibernation last week, and with Wall street as the storm center became sensational. For one or two days prices declined with a sinister persistency that set the street trembling. On Thursday the market seemed to have lost its bottom altogether, but on Friday there was a partial rally. Just what caused the decline nobody seemed to know, but the wise ones when questioned shook their sage heads and uttered that portentous word, “liquidation.” It is a con- venient explanation to have in stock, ready for inmime- diate delivery, when one does not know what else to say. There were plenty of dark forebodings and remors to help along the decline, but none of them were realized. No dark cloud broke over Wall street, no gigantic failures were announced, no crazed finan- cier put a pistol to his worried head—nothing hap- pened. Whether it was a scare or actual liquidation it was impossible to say. It might have been the closing down of the steel mills to cuttail production, and many operators were inclined to this view. Any- how the market went down and was not slow about it either. On this coast conditions remain as heretofore. If business has become less eager and vast in the East this market has thus far shown little sympathy. True, the grain markets have gone down during the past few cays, but canned and dried fruits, hops, wool, butter and eggs and beans have either gone up or pointed toward a rise, so the net balance of the farm produce, on which we all so largely depend here, re- mairs about as'before. Real estate continues active and the stock of money among merchants, banks and the generz! public. seems as large and accessible as at any time cduring the past five years, so the inference is natura’ that no matter what is going on elsewhere we are all right, tgomery, corner of Clay. open | the general | The aggregate clearings | The city of New York reports notable | THE SAN FRANCISCO ‘CALI:‘. MONDAY., SEPTEMBER 28, 1903. FAT ARE THE PROFITS OF CONTRACTORS THE GEARY-STREET ROAD. HE advocates of the municipal ownership of the Geary-street road have finally been driven to make the following statement: “We believe, however, that if all the money pro- posed to be paid into this enterprise is to be lost the bonds still should be voted for.” This is a gandid statement and informs the tax- payers of the real nature of the movement for the ac- Quisition by the city of public utilities, namely, that it is a socialistic movement, whereby socialism is to enter into our form of government and in time drive out that individualism that has made this country so | powerful and its people so prosperous. In other words the taxpayers are asked to vote to burden Ethemselvn with a mortgage of upward of a mil- | lion dollars, in order that the city may undertake an | enterprise that it is officially informed by its own ‘expcn will cost it a loss of about forty thousand | dollars a year, and possibly a loss of a million in |all, an enterprise that private capital stands ready “xo undertake and pay the city for the privilege. The advocates of municipal ownership further say that if the Geary-street road under municipal jmanagemem should prove to be a losing venture, fth: road with its equipment can be sold in a single ] fdzy for more than it can possibly cost. ! | We would be very much obliged if any one can | show us how this solution of the question can be [ accomplished. I | Under the charter the Board of Supervisors are | laurho zed to sell at public auction personal prop—! | erty unfit or unnecessary for the use of the city and | | county. If the city should wish to sell any of the personal property connected with this road, such | as wires, machinery and cars, no one is insanei | enough to believe that any one would pur- chase second-hand material for as much as its origina! cost. No one in even a municipal govern- ment would be guilty of such an absurdity. After any one had purchased this equipment, such person could not use it in operating the road until he had obtained a franchise under the charter. The | charter provisions provide as compensation for such a franchise the payment of a certain percent- | age of the gross receipts. No other compensation |is authorized. The same result would follow if the | city, ivstead of selling the equipment, should lease | the road. In either case it would not be able to | sell that which cost much money to acquire, namely, the road itself. We doubt the power of the Board of Supervisors | The charter provides for leas- ad only when the road has re- i s0 to lease the road ing a street rail verted to the city upon the expiration of a franchise. | This wonld not be that case The therefore, could neither sell nor lease it. The utmost it could do would be to grant a franchise to a private corporation to oper- ate it. No private corporation would bid more than | is requisite under the charter, which would be not | to exceed ei or nine thousand dollars a year. | This with taxes would not exceed $20,000 a year. In the meantime the city would remain liable under its bonds. It would have to pay annually in interest and sinking fund 2bout double the sum it would re- ceive. The utmost benefit it could hope for would be that its receipts would eventually pay the interest the road | city, The net result would be that it would | on its bonds. { certainly have to raise by taxation the entire cost of the road In no event can the acquisition of this public utility | | be considered an experiment. From any point of view it is bound certainly to cause to the city a loss |and therefore an additional burden upon the tax- payers. What compensation is offered to counterbalance this certain financial loss? The city does not promise | a better road, as it has based its estimates on the fact that it can use the present road, converting it from a cable road to a conduit electric road. This would | | be done by any private owner under the franchise. | | It does not promise cheaper fares and cannot do so | because upon the basis of the present 5-cent fare the | City Engineer has based all his estimates, and yet upon such estimates there would be a financial loss. | It cannot promise better service than a private owner would furnish because such service is not fur- | nished in any department of municipal, State or Fed- | eral government. | In asking the people to vote for the issue of bonds for public improvéinents, such as parks, school- | houses, streets, sewers and hospitals, the people are | asked to tax themselves for purposes of exclusively governmental nature such as must be constructed |and furnished by the public generally or not at all. | In asking the people to vote for bonds to construct or operate a street railroad the people are asked to | tax themselves for the purpose of enabling the mu- nicipal government to go into a business that pri- vate capital stands ready to undertake and which the people have no business to undertake in view of the | universal incompetence of government to conduct any business economically and efficiently. There is no department of government, municipal, State or Federal, that could not be more economically and ef- ficiently conducted by private enterprise, and yet the Government must conduct it. The same reason does not exist for the Government conducting any enter- prise not governmental in its nature. [ 1i partisan reports be accepted as true, both the United States and Canada have already won decisive victories in the arbitration proceedings over the Alaskan boundary. Why not let the affair rest where it is and both sides will be supremely happy. A QUESTION OF WINES. . R. W. H. WILEY, chief of the bureau of D chemistry of the Department of Agriculture, who has just returned from Europe, where he has been investigating the export of adulterated or falsely labeled foodstuffs to this country, has man- aged to start a nice little controversy immediately upon his arrival. In the course of a talk on the sub- ject of wine imports he was reported a saying: “There are no chateau or vineyard wines shipped to the United States. The Americans drink nothing but labels.” The statement naturally aroused the in- dignation of wine dealers and wine consumers in New York. Prompt refutation was called for and was forthcoming, so the conflict began. Ong of the leading wine mer in New York is quoted as saying: “The American people are not fools, and they know what they are drinking. At least 80 per cent of the chateau and imported wines are genuine. There may be 20 per cent of inferior and adulterated wines shipped as chateau and vine- yard. But the drinker of French wines can tell the difference. Of course a greenhorn may be fooled. Put a glass of California and French claret before me, and I can tell the difference by the color. There jare fifty importers in New York who handle the | proved on inquiry that he had been a criminal ever | spent most of his days as a convict. | the league and will be considered at a meeting of the | proceedings. l‘gall rather than in his brain he asks to be granted | asking Washington for a leave of absence while nego- real chateau and vineyards. They may also be ob- tained from some grocery firms and big restaurants that have agents on the other side.” Perhaps the consumers of French wines in the East may be comforted by the assurance that they drink only 20 per cent of falsely labeled wines, but there will remain a suspicion concerning the char- acter of every bottle of such wine so long as one in every five is adulterated stuff instead of genuine vin- tage. It is curious, however, to learn that the bureau of chemistry is finding some difficulty in de- ciding which is spurious and which is genuine. A report says: ‘“‘Chemical anmalysis will not determine whether a particular consignment of claret has been given the label of some famous chateau or whether a Scotch whisky is a blend. Aifter consulting with experts, including the man in charge of the spirits de- partment of the army and navy stores in London, Dr. Wiley has determined that the only way in which false labeling of this character can be guarded against is by stationing experts attached to the con- sulates at the principal ports from which these eines” and liquors are shipped and requiring them to keep so in touch with the situation as to be able to certify whether or not the wines or liquors in question are what the labels describe them as being.” As it stands the controversy is interesting, and itis to be hoped the people of New York will have sense enough to perceive the true moral of the situation IN THE NAVAL YARDS OF GREAT BRITAIN HER COAL CAPACITY. THE VESSEL'S LONG RAM FORMIDABLE ENGINE OF WAR. and recognize that the only sure way of getting good wine and pure wine is to purchase that of California. e e e A middle-aged man who was caught in this city the other day in the commission of a daring offense | since he had reached years of discretion and had What a shame | it would be to interrupt the course of a career so deliberately chosen and so consistently pursued. REQUESTS A FURLOUGH. OMETHING new in politics has been fur- S nished by the versatile Abe Ruef. Finding himself insecurely balanced on a slender rope | of his own manufacture stretched across the chasm that separates the Republican party from the Labor party, he has had the happy thought of applying to the Republican League for leave of absence until No- vember 3. His letter is in the hands of officers of | advisory council this evening. The request embodied in the letter will doubtless surprise the council. It will certainly present an alto- | gether new issue in political tactics and political forward honesty of the American people has required that a politician either support his party ticket or bolt | it. He has had to take some such honest, above- | board course or get out of politics. Ruef hasn't the | honesty or the manliness to do either the one or the other. He is a member of the Republican League, he has shared in its councils, he was a delegate to the Republican convention and took part in all its Now he purposes to betray the party, but with a cunning that surely was engendered in his | . . { morals. In times past the common-sense and straight- fi i opportunity to commit the betrayal while enjoying a leave of absence. The possibilities of the new trick are numerous, Why should not the league take into its councils all the Democratic and the Labor party bosses during H off years, give them a voice in every arrangement made for the next election, permit them to sit as dele- gates in the nominating convention of the party and | then when the lines are drawn and the campaign and the canvassing are about to begin graciously grant | them leave of absence to fight the ticket? H If Benedict Arnold had had the gall of Ruef he | !‘might have made his little treason quite safe by [ tiating the surrender of West Point. It has been the custom of Americans to make short work of bolters even when they break away in an open and manly fashion. When the silver question disturbed the country in 1896 Republicans did not grant leave of absence even to so honored a states- man as Senator Teller; neither did the Democrats | grant leave of absence to Grover Cleveland. In each case the bolter was read out of the party. Why should there be a more lenient dealing’ with a man who with- out honesty enough to stand for his convictions tries to sneak away under pretense of a leave of absence? | There is but one dignified and simple course open to the advisory council and that is to expel the traitor. The granting of a leave of absence in a case of this kind would be to turn politics into a farce. Ruef is either a Republican or he is not. If he be not a Republican, if he has been intriguing against the party all the time he has been holding a place in the councils of the league and a seat in the con- vention, then he should now be let out by being kicked out. T — The divorce courts have ever been the stage for the presentation of arguments dark and devious by which mismated couples seek the relief afforded by their original state of single blessedness. From the petty to the dignified, from the humorous to the tragic, reasons are given for the slipping of the gall- ing marital knot. But the limit was reached a few days ago when a local citizen pleaded that an oyster had come between him and his wife and supplied just cause for separation. A little further inquiry might perhaps uncover a clam in the affair. Sir Thomas Lipton has sold the Shamrock I and the Shamrock II. The commercial spirit of Sir Thomas is evidently too strong for the sentiment that would make one cling even to an inanimate thing in which one’s hopes and pride had been in- | be fixed for release of the land, that he made on an average | | %ot 250 tons, | crulsnig capacity to 13,000 miles at 10 knots speed. | form in the | flcials. | | DUPUY DE LOME, A FRENCH ARMORED CRUISER, WHICH IS TO HAVE LIGHTER BOILERS. TO INCREASE AND PECULAR FEATURES MAKE HER A MOST — OME of the Government contractors in Great Britain | derite enormous profits on their work. A gunsmitia at | ‘Woolwich, whose property was wanted by a rnllwa)“ company, testified in court, where compensation was to | S @ profit of 15 to 200 per cent on contracts with the nrwnmw On articles of his own invention he made as much as 50 per | cent. An article known as the “simplex” wind gauge, '\'hl(‘h} cost him 322, he sold at $1350, while on another article, with a small turnover, the profit worked out at S00 per cent. The Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve as crcated by the | recent naval force act provides for the,enrollment of dlvla-‘ fons of not less than 0 men each at the most important ports. They are liable to serve anywhere with the under- standing that their services shall not extend bevond home | waters and the Mediterranean. This volunteer force will be under the order of the admiral commanding the C: astguard | and Reserve, and will take precedence immediately after the | Royal Naval Reserve. Each division will be under the com- mand of a Heutenant and under him there will be two sub- ! lleutenants and one midshipman for each of the five com- panies composing the division. A capitation allowance of | 387 annually will be granted to each member and additional premiums, ranging from 3730 to $2 annually, to such as may | obtain certificates of proficiency in gunnery, engine-room work, electricity, signaling and telegraphy. An order headed “Slackress and Inefficlency” has been posted at Davenport dockyard by Rear Admiral W. H. Hen- derson, admiral superintendent, which reads as follows: “A | list is to be sent to me on the first of every month by each department of men who show themselves slack or inefficient | and whose services in the interest of the country it is not desirable to retain. 1 hold the officers down through all | | grades responsibie for the efficlency of their workmen. * * * Care is to be taken that no men discharged for misconduct from the navy, marines, army or ang public service are to be entered in the dockyard During the recent British naval maneuvers four ships in the three fleets were equipped with the Cody system of aero- plane or box kites. The kite conslsts of a bamboo frame, over which is stretched a materfal like silk alpaca. On the | Bachante one kite was gent up as a pllot and another took up an aerial wire, which was connected with the wireless | telegraphy apparatus cn the deck of the ship. The kite was carried to a height of 300 feet and messages were sent and received for a distance of 110 miles. The use of the kite gave a considerable advantage, the usual distance of ship =“om- munication is about sixty-five miles. g The number of vessels to be lald down during the present fiseal year in the French navy totals seventy, but fifty of this | number are torpedo-bbats and sixteen are destroyers, leav- | ing only four fighting ships of heavy class to be built. Of the | latter one is an armored crulser of the Ernest Renan type, to be built at Brest. The new crulser’s dimensions are 528 feet 4 inches in length, 71 feet 2 inches breadth; the displace- ment is 13,644 tons; the engines are triple screw, of 36,000 horse- power, to give a speed of 23 knots. The destroyers are to be of an improved Stylet type, of tons and 7200 horsepower, with a speed of X knots. The torpedo-boats are 126 feet & inches in length and of 26 knots speed. The French armored cruiser Dupuy de Lome, the first sea-going naval vessel fitted with triple screws, is to have her Normand botlers removed and Fox boilers substituted. It is claimed that this change will effect a saving in weight which, given to coal, will increase the ship's! The French Admiralty has abolished the full dress uni- navy except for general officers and high of- It aims at greater simplicity and saving of expense to the poorly pald lower grades. Wedding Anniversary in Vallejo. VALLEJO, Sept. 27.—Mr. and Mrs. Jef- The “blue book.” contalning the regulations governing the United States navy, Is constan being changed, so much as to make the edition of March 1900, pra y Since 1865 the Navy Department has is compilations of navy regulations, o 1893, 1596 and 1%0C. That of 1888 was script of the British navy regulations related to discipline. as It is almost time for another edition, as the additional rules amd changes made nearly equal the 1519 In so far contents of the 19%¢ issue. Our Navy Department might fol- low the plan of the British Admiraity with benefit to the per- sonnel of our mavy, which con in printing pay tables and other regulations, differing from those originally established in 1579, in the quarter!y published navy list. In our navy the navy register is issued in January and July and the addition of new laws and regulations made in the Interval would be much more convenient to the persons interested than the present method of intermittent publications on loose sheets The latest changes -In the navy regulations amend prior metheds of appointments in the navy and marine corps. Ap- pointments to the lowest grade (ensign) of the line shall be made from those midshipmen who successfully compiete the six vears’ course at the Naval Academy, and there may be not exceeding tweive promotions during each calendar year from the boatswains, gunners and -warrant machinists. No warrant officer over 35 years of age, or who has served less than six years as a warrant officer, or who is not recom mended by the commanding officer under whom he has served, shall be appointed an ensign; nor shall such promotion be made until he shall have passed a competitive examination. The law of March 3, 191, provided for the yearly appoint- ment of six warrant officers to the grade of ensign, but thus far only two gunners, Soule and Martin, have become en- signs from July, 191; others have tried and failed, decause the commanding officers have not recommended their promo tion. The great majority of Naval Academy graduates op pose the entry of warrant officers into the line upom the ground that such would-be line officers, while they may be professionally, physically and morally qualified, still lack the social attainments requisite in a wardroom officer, and thus law becomes inoperative through the passive resistance of regular line officers. Officers in the marine corps are t be selected: First, from four years' midshipmen at the Nava Academy as far as practicable; second, from meritorious non-commissioned officers of the marine corps; third, from civil life. Appointments from the second and third of above classes must, when appointed, be between the ages years. ary Moody administers a severe rebuke to the two naval courts which acquitted Ensign Ward K. Wortman of the charge of negligence at the time of the explosion of the eight-inch gun on the battleship Massachusetts, which r sulted in the death of nine sailors. In accordance with the usual customs of the navy a court of inquiry was held, and this court recommended that no further proceedings be tak- en, but the Secretary nevertheless ordered a court-m. The latter acquitted Ensign Wortman and he was conc aliy returned to duty on March 17 last. Secretary Moody's review of the case, rendered September 15, is quite lengthy it refers to the responsibility resting upon officers, and con cludes as follows; “After a careful review of all the evidence, 1 am of the opinion that the accused failed to exercise the care which was required of him: that in giving the order to open the breech of the gun, under the circumstances which the evidence proves, he was negligent; that the death of nine men resulted from his negligence, and that In what he did and failed to do in the premis he was gulity of culpable inefficiency in the performance of duty. * * * The finding of the court is disapproved. There is no power to set aside the verdict of acquittal. * * * Ensign Wortman is hereby fully restored to duty.” The best course for Wortman to take would be to resign from the service in which his. useful- ness as an officer has ceased. t | @uintidein e e 0 PERSONAL MENTION. Cameras and Supplies. If you want to retain in memery a feris of Oakland yesterday celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage at the home of thelr son-in-law and daugh- ter, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Fitzgerald, 429 Monterey street. Mr. Jefferis is an old em- plove of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and his children all live in Va- llejo. Mr. and Mrs, Jefferis were married {in Philadelphia, Pa., September 25, 153, | and shortly afterward came to California, where they have since resided. Three deughters, one son, thirteen grandchil- dren and one great grandchild, together with many tried and true friends of the happy couple wished them many more years of life together. Mr. and Mrs. Jef- feris were assisted in recelving their old friends by their daughters, Mrs. J. A. | Fitzgerald, Mrs. Albert Hodges and Mrs. J. Corwin, and their son, E. P. Jef- | Mr, Jefferis is an old memeber of | the I. O. O. F. and is identified with their work both in Vallejo and Oakland. He is | past grand of San Pablo Lodge, Vallejo, of which lodge his son, E. P. Jefferis, and his grandson, C. A. Fitzgerald, are also past grands. ————— Club Climbs Tamalpais. The Itallan Touring Club, recently vesterday, Mount Tamalpais. In commemoration of | the ascent, the climbers deposited an en- graved piece of’ marble on the summit of West Peak. The club members partook of a luncheon on their descent to the valley and a cable message was sent to the parent organization in Italy. Among those who ciimbed Mount Tamalpais were Count Grimani, actins Italian Consul; E. D. Agostini, president of the club. Calegaris, vice president; G. Almagia and E. Patrizi, editors of ‘ L'Italia”; Dr. Bar- sotti, L. Mastropasqua, Professor Gentile and H. Berniere. ———————— According to a German paper, out of 3000 soldiers recently mustered into rank and file In Breslau, Silesia, only 184 had good teeth. The number of bad teeth of the other soldiers was no less than 26.3%4. P NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. RING WORM AND DANDRUFF. They Are Each Caused by a Pestif- erous Germ. Ringworm and dandruff are somewhat similar in their origin—each is caused volved. The two yachts should have possessed for their owner something more than that intrinsic value which attaches to second-hand goods. A prominent business man of the East, a cousin of the Goulds, tried to kill himself a few days ago be- cause of business worries. And many thousands of other men want to kill themselves because they can't worry over business affairs which they have not. Human contentment is evidently not dependent upon what one possessgs or upon what he does not. A local man is seeking divorce on the ground that his wife compels him to do the family washing. This is probably the first case on record where the wash- ing of one’s dirty linen is made the pretext for a public action in a court of justice. Privacy in such matters has been made by convention a civic virtue. a parasite. The germ that causes dandrui digs to the root of the hair and saps its vitality, causing falling hair, and finally baldness. Without dandruff thera would never be baldness, and to cure dandruft it is necessary to kill the germ. There has been no hair preparation that would do this until the discovery of Newbro's Herp- icide, which ml'l‘;.lvely kills the dandruff :-Hl ys ng umanu; air gl and soft as silk. Take no sub. stitutes. There is nothing “just as l:-l:‘:!‘ ludln:fld 2 5 or sample t, Mich. CASTORIA formed in this city, had its first outing | when the members climbed | { i George Stewart, a cattleman of Crows Landing, s at the Grand. State Senator Thomas Flint Jr. is up from San Juan and is registered at the Palace. Charles A. Holland, superintendent of the Columbian mine, in Tuolumne County, is at the Grand. A. M. Dueber, a member of one of the big watch manufacturing establishments of Cincinnatl, is a guest at the Palace. R. H. Pease, who has been in Portland and other Northwestern towns for the last two months looking after business matters, has returned to this city. General Manager A. G. Wells of the Santa Fe road arrived from Los Angeles yesterday and Is registered at the Palace. James W. Abbott of the United States Department of Agriculture is here from iniclur! of some interesting event smap it with a camera from the photographic | department of Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 | Market street. . ———tcen | Mrs. Davis’ Condition Is Improved. BUFFALO, N. 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