The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 8, 1903, Page 6

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NE. corner Church and Duncan streets, open untll 9 o'el cond and Kentucky, open until 2200 Flllmore, cpen until 9 o'clock. | CROCKER OR SCHMITZ ARELY ha three-cornered muni con- R test so swi ped itself into a clear-cut definite is has this one. The campaign has barely begun— the Republican ratifica- ng has not yet been held—but already there i that the fight R ican party and the various fac- ve combined to form the Union Labor The Democratic party figures in the problem an publ! 1sciousness eput 31 that h known quantity whose relation to the rs is not yet clearly discernible. known that the election of Schmitz was a It well It 1 ult of a division of the conservative vote be- Tweer the Democrats and Republicans in the con- test. A similar division this year would have a simi- lar result. The intelligence of the voters perceives the danger and accordingly will be on guard against of good understanding are not going to hemselves to be caught twice in the same trap. This will not be a repetition ojgthe contest in the conservative vote was divid€d and the dis- conterted vote was united. This time the conserva- ts of the city will unite behind the Repub- lican arry the entire ticket to victory. It ht and fitting it should be so. Mr. Lane is a genial gentleman deservedly popular among his friends, who are numerous, but he is ab- unfitt the tive cleme ead, is of course solutely for the emergency that now con- i While it is to Mr, Lane’s credit that he is opposed by the Hearst faction of the Dem- ocratic party, ncvertheless the existence of that oppo- sition on the part of men who delight in the “stab in the back” cn election day renders his candidacy a forlorn hope. It is a political impossibility for him to defeat Schmitz. The common sense of the people fronts WHAT THE FiGURES SHOW. HE Examiner, in the course of its campaign to urge that the city incumber itself with a debt of $710,000 to try an experiment in business by /6wmng and running the Geary-street road, resorts to a public ownership publication in Great Britain called the “Municipal Year Book.” From this is ex- tracted evidence that government in/Great Britain | gets large profits by carrying on business enterprises, | Ii municipal government in that kingdom exist for | the purpose of conducting business for profit, it is on |a different basis from government in the United | States. Making bread and beer, building tenement !Jiouses and invading at many points the business field, are now considered by the British socialists as | among the proper concerns of government. doubt American socialists entertain the same views | steps that were taken in Great Britain. The effect there has been a large increase in municipal debt and | taxation. Yet the socialists are not impressed by [this, but urge English towns forward in the ksame |line and to the conquest of other lines of business. | The London Times, after submitting expert re- |ports on municipal trading, says: “The time has come for the British people to say whether or not they concur in the transfer, not only of great specu- |lative and often even experimental industries, but of |all <orts of minor trades as well, to municipal con- {trol; whether or not it is desirable that our towns |and cities should be changed into essentially socialis- | tic communities, where trade, industry and local gov- | ernment will all be conducted on socialistic lines; | whether or not the incurring of stupendous financial kliahi“(i!fi, the rapid accumulation of local debts, and | the increase to an almost unbearable extent of local | taxation, are consistent with the best interests, not | | only of the towns and localities concerned, but of the | nation at large; and whether, assuming that all these | things are right and desirable, the status of our local | governing bodies s being maintained at so high a | point that one may feel perfect confidence in their efficiency alike for dealing with questions of public health and of ordinary local government, for the con- | duct of so many great and varied industries -and en- | terprises, and for the wise and effective control of a | | huge municipal indebtedness, so that it shall not be- | come a menace to the welfare of the country.” | This raises the question of the political influence | of municipal employes engaged in the business en- | terprises under public ownership. This has already become a sore spot in Glasgow. In Birmingham it has grown to be such an abuse that to meet it it is proposed that all such municipal employes be dis- | franchised, because they use the franchise in utter | }dureg:rd of the interests of the taxpayers. All over Grezt Britain there is spreading a defensive “Prop- | erty-owners’ and Taxpayers’ Association,” organized to resist the exactions of the municipal employes. It will be seen, therefore, that in that kingdom a greater evil has taken the place of what we complain of here |as the influence of corporations upon our legislative bodies. It is a greater evil because corporate inter- ference in this country does not work a direct in- crease in our burden of public taxation. | In urging that the Geary-street bonds be made a lien on the road only, we have had in mind the avoidance of that crying evil which has compelled the British taxpayers to organized resistance. It is not true that to make the bonds a lien on the plant alone is a bar to public ownership and a hindrance to its administration. The late Governor Pingree of Michigan was one of the earliest advocates of the | public ownership of street railways in this country. While he was Governor he procured the passage by the Legislature of the McLeod Jaw, authorizing the | city of Detroit to acquire and operate street railroads, | which expressly provided that the credit of the city |sheuld not be pledged to obtain funds for that | purpose, but that all bonds should be a lien on the roads only, and their earnings alone should be | pledged as security. Pingree was undoubtedly im- pressed by the experience of Great Britain and de- sired to make it impossible for large bodies of mu- nicipal employes to compel legislation in their favor | :(o the oppression of the taxpayers. Even in Glasgow | the Lord Provost of the municipality has advocated a limitation of the franchise of the 15,000 employes | because they abuse their power in politics. e | The Examiner shows, from the figures of the Mu- No | nd are moving toward their realization by the same | 'ing.!he total for the year 3,138000 feet, valued at 1 $65,172. are cheering. The money. received for the cargoes will be expended mn California and largely in Hum- boldt County. The Standard says that the counties ! of Humboldt, Mendocino and Del Norte alone “can cut 890,000,000 feet of redwood each year, and the last year in the century will see as large a cut as the first.” Redwood is steadily gaining in popularity in the |has recently been formed in this city, including | the head men of all the leading redwood companies in California, with great holdings of timber lands, for | the purpose of extending the American mar!fiet for California’s unique wood. A large plant for hand- ling the lumber will be erected at Antioch, and it is proposed to there maintain a supply of between 20,000,000 and 30,000,000, feet for Eastern shipment. The plant is estimated to ecost nearly $1,000,000. }Disl ‘buting agencies will be established in large | cities. Tt is necessary to add to facilities for produc- Recently the local’ de= ing the marietable article. mand has been up to the supply. The Eastern mar- ket has made demands that must be met. Look in any direction that they may, the owners jof redwood timber are in a position to see bright | visions. The unparalleled growth of San Francisco has made it necessary to provide vast quantities of building material for use here. While business blocks and hotels, are more largely constructed of steel and brick and stone than formerly, the great array of apartment houses, family hotels and resi- dences that will be needed to accommodate the i growing population of this and other cities will keep mills busy on large orders. The signs in the East and in England have been outlined. There is probably no other man on earth so skilled in the gentle art of making enemies as is the incor- rigible Castro of Venezuela. He has instituted a ireign of terror at Ciudad Bolivar, paralyzing trade. !wlleding customs duties which have already been paid and otherwise inflicting insults and outrages |upon German and other resident foreign merchants. | His suppression has almost become a duty of seli- respect on the part of Uncle Sam. | RIVAL SOLOS. i AYOR SCHMITZ again declares that he is | M a credit to the city.. He has played another | solo serenade to himself and has put his hand on his heart and bowed his acknowledgments of the honor to himself. But he also declares that Mr. | Lane is not a credit to the city and that this. is so well understood that he will be third in the race. Then Mr. Lane again produces his bugle horn and blows on it a blast of hot and sweetened air for Lane, the popular favorite, the only righteous man, the fa- vorite of destiny. But he is of the. .opinion. that Mayor Schmitz is not a credit to the city! It places the plain and much occupied citizen in a very difficult position, more difficult than that of St. Paul when he was asked, “What is truth?” and, we believe, responded, “I ~don’t know.” Which; oh! which, of these well-dressed candidates is a credit.to |the city? FEach says he is and that the other is not. {It i a tie. Can they be made to draw cuts to settle it? - Mayor Schmitz has also ventured to explain that he has varied his regular stunt of being a credit to the city by going to New York to make speeches for William Randolph Hearst in order to aid labor. He says it was 3 pilgrimage of gratitude, and tbat his | oratory in the tenderloin was classified under the grateful head. We are glad to hear this—gratitude is so rare.in public life that it is above rubies. We are inclined to think that this explanation is a horse on {Lane. He did not go to New York. He did not love his neighbor William Randolph Hearst as him- seli. In fact, he had no affection for him at all; any- way, if he had he concealed it as carefully as Lord | Byron did his club foot. In the emergency presented by these two candi- dates we can see nothing for the people to do except select for themselves a Mayor who will be a credit to the city by electing Henry J. Crocker. e e PROTECT THE PRODUCER. These indications of growth in the foreign demand | Atlantic Statés. A company with capital of $1,000,000 | COMMISSION REPORTS ON BIG BASIN PARK ——— The State commission having in charge the Big Basin Park met in this city yes- terday and audited bills. These showed that all the expenditures of the last year | to date have amounted to $320. This in- cluded the salary of the guardian, the construction of a road about two miles long from ‘what is known as Slippery [ Rock to the Governor's camp, the ex- pense of putting out a big fire that burned over the surface of 200 acres, the subsequent conversion of burned trees i into marketable firewood, the construc- tion of fire trails and all other costs. The members of the commission entertained the idea that the park can be maintained for $5000 per annum. There is on hand $1800 for use up to July 1, 1904. During the year the sum of $100,000 was pald over to the parties from whom the park was purchased by the State. This amounts to 40 per cent of the cost price. The remainder is $130,00. The commis- sloners say that next season the park will be open for campers. Fire tralls for back firing will be put around the eligible camping places. The fire of the past summer did not injure any of thé red- wood trees. To make the park more pleasing it is proposed to stock it with game birds, but | this does not mean that shooting will be allowed in the park limits. On the con- trary, the park warden is instructed not to permit visitors to bring in firearms. Nevertheless, some way will have to be devised to rid the park of mountain Hons and wildcats, of 'which there are many among the ridges about the Big Basin. Parties may be especlally authorized to clean out these beasts. Wildcats would prevent the successful stocking of the | basin with game birds. The commissioners made the road from Slippery Rock to the Governor's camp ! fourteen feet wide. The cost of the road, | including map, profile, etc., was but $2100. —_——— | Bvery American city that has at- |has failed in the experiment. Failure | wounld meet the efforts of this city to op- | erate the Geary-street road. Vote to- | day against the proposition. RERSONAL MENTION. Dr. E. A. Ulsteen of Dixon is at the Grand. A. Marks, a merchant of Ukiah, is at the Lick. Rev. P. J. Clyne of Nevada City is at the Lick. at the Lick. Rev. E, R. Hermiston of Shiloh, O., is at the Occidental. 8. Ewell, one of Marysville's merchants, | is staying at the California. James D. Schuyler, a merchant of Los Angeles, Is at the Palace. { Petaluma, is at the Grand. Samuel Rucker, a merchant of San Jose, is registered at the Palace. E. F. Floyd, a mining man of San Andreas, is staying at the Grand. E. T. Duhring, an attorney of Sonora, arrived at the Occidental yesterday. F. H. Buck, the well-known frult- grower of Vacaville, i at the Palace. merchandise business at Madera, the Lick. Dr. E. J. Grow of the navy is down | from Mare Island and staying at the Occidental. is at the navy is among the latest arrivals ‘| at the Grand. J. Poundstone, a merchant of Grimes, is spending a few days in this city and is registered at the Grand. Dr. Oronhyatekha of Toronto, head of the order of Foresters, arrived in the city yesterday and has apartments at the | Oceldental. —_——— McNUTT FILES WILL OF ISABELLA D. CLARK Testament Is Holographic and Was Made Day Before She Com- mitted Suicide. The long looked for will of the late Tsa- bella D. Clark, who committed suicide DR. has been since the day previous to Miss Clark’s death. It was made twenty-four Isaac Bird, a merchant of Merced, is Colonel D. B: Falrbanks, a banker of | N. E. de Yoe, who is engaged in the Lieutenant-Commander C. L. Laird of at McNutt's Hospital on the 10th of last | month, was filed for probate yesterday by | Dr. W. F. McNutt, in whose custody it | JOHN F. DAVIS IS TO CODIFY STATE’S LAWS : 4 WOMEN PLEAD FOR YOSEMITE’S PRESERVATION Edlor The Call: I have just seen the re- port of the Yosemite Commissioners’ meeting as given out In the dallfes of Tuesday, tember 20. As it contalns a Very incorrect account of our statements to them I beg leave to make a more e t repourt of what was put before the commission. The ladies who appeared at the meeting With me were membars of the Women's clubs }in this city. Many of them bad lately visited the valley and had seen a great deal going on there which was a libel on the culture and intellixence of Californians and was only pos sible In the remote fastnesses of her moun- tains, 1. We therefore attended the cummission- ers’ last meeting and stated that there had been willtul and gross newiect of forest fires this umer in the little Yosemite Valley and ‘n the lionette Canyon, while the third one near §l Capitan had been very budly man- aged and that xreat injury to the valley had Tesulted from this nexlect. 2. ‘That we had seen prodixal waste of the beautiful oaks of Yosemite, which were con- stantly carted about the valley for firewood— Sep- DISTINGUISHED JURIST WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED CODE COMMISSIONER. * Former Senator Is Appointed Code Commissioner by Governor. Special Dispatch to The Cail. ACRAMENTO, Oct. T7.—Forme: Senator John F. Davis of Amador County was this afternoon ap pointed by Governor Pardee to the and might be seen there any day piled up in stacks of 8o meny cords to so many dollars - at the same time the whole valiey was strewn with dead branches and fallen timber—sult- able for stovewood and presentink the only real menace to the safety of the valley i case of_forest fire. Our next point was that the beautiful flowering shrubs of the valley were cholce and ornamental n their nature, that were fit adornments of a public park the homes of the aurioles, red-crested wrens. robins and many other bifds, and the shelter of the squirrels, etc.. all of which add greatly to the' natural beauty and interest of Yosemite. Had there been time I wouid also have re- minded the commission that these beautiful accidental fire an every possible way. 4. We next spoke of the extensive fenced pastures already existing in Yosemite for the purpose of grazing the stock of coucessioners, and objected to the practice of letting the animals out of these pastures to feed in svery nock and corner of the valley, thereby ex- terminating the flowers which would otherw: stand in perpetuity to delight coming gemera- tions. We finally claimed: First—That 0o more pastures should be fenced in from this inalienable public reserva- tion. Second—That _the stock of concessioners should be kept within the pastures assigned to them. Third—That the caks being one of the most exquisite park-like features of the valley aod being only sparsely scattered over it, should remain_there. That from this day not ome more should be cut down for the ignobie pur- of stovewood or any other reason. Fourth—That the flowering shrubs shouid remain for taelr usefulness in preventing firs and as the homes of the birds and other wild creatures of Yosemite: also on account of their fitness and beauty as ome of the rare park- like features of the valley. Fifth—That the deadly fire promoters, the way of dangerous r fallen branches and trees, should be gradually cleared up for stove. c ' o camy fires. office of Code Comaalomer, | N i That as coal ofl and electricity wers which pays $3600 per year. “Some\urprise | pon of them less expensive for cooking than was expressed In political circles at the appointment, as Senator Thomas H. Sel- vage of Humboldt County had aspired to the place and his friends were active in his behalf. The bill creating the office of Code Com- missioner was framed by Senator Selvage at the last session of the Legislature and he was instrumental in securing its pas- sage. The act repealed the former law, under which three Code Commissioners served. The three Commissioners who wi nacted accomplished a great deal of work toward the revision and codification of the laws and submitted this work to the Legislature in the form of a number of bills, but these bills failed to pass both houses. leaving the laws In practically the same shape as before. It is thought probable that Judge Davis will avail him- self of much of the material prepared by the former Commissioners. The new Commissioner served in the Senate for two sessions of the Legislature prior to the last, once occupied a place on the Superfor bench and was a Republican candidate for Congress. He took a prom- inent part in the last State convention, ‘which nominated Governor Pardee, and was frequently called in consultation by the Governor last winter with respect to | bills awaiting the approval of the execu- serve for two years from May, 198, and shall have authority to appoint a sten- ographer, who shall also be secretary of the commission. —_———— | If operated by the city, victims of the maladministration of the Geary-street road would have no redress. This is but one reason why you should vote against the scheme to-day. —————— Sues for Heavy Damages. James A. Scully, who was knocked down by an electric car while he was crossing Connecticut street on the 13th inst., sued the United Railroads yesterday for $20,830 went out of office when the present law | the cutting down of trees there was not the slightest reason—on any count whatever—to continue this mutilation of the great valley. Seventh—That it should be the duty of swome trustworthy emoloye to see that any fire tarted accldentally or otherwise sbould be at once extinguished in order to prevent the re- currence of the wiliful neglect of this last summer. I would now add that we women of San Francisco have seen enough of what these so- called exverts recofimend, in the doings of jast summer, and do not want any continuance of the plans advised by them. Their measures all tend to promote the growth of rain h and the profits accruing therefrom. and. as | consequence, fhe extinction of the pari-lik: features of Yosemite, Enormous pastures already exist in the val- ley and we feel that grain hay can also be grown elsewhere. In Golden Gate Park we Would scarcely like to see the cutting down of oaks for stovewood and the clearing away of shrubs for pastures. Why then should we | tolerate such things in a park of uagaraileied grandeur placed in our hands as 4 trust—net belonging exclusively to us—but at the same time bringing in to the State a continually in- creasing ratio of enormous material returns. An expert might tell me fifty times that by cutting off my nose I would improve my ace. 1 should still keep my nose. Afid so is with our beautiful park in the heart of the Sierras: these experts cannot persuade us t it will be improved by remcving its sparsely scattered oaks and destroying its park-like features. We pref In Yoseniite Valley we natdre, by those who know the names of these beautiful piants and trees and what they are worth, and, instead of the present destructive and barbaric forces in its mahaxement, we tering and loving care. b g5 7 EMILY A. HUTCHINGS. | tive. He is a native Californian and a| gan Franeiseo, Oct. 7. lawyer of recognized ability. The act —————— provides that the Commissioner shall Did Not Want to Buy Salt. Thomas Herman, who is well known to the police, walked into the office of the Golden Gate Salt Works, at 59 Mont- gomery street, yesterday morning, and as he was acting suspiciously Policeman P. J. Keyes was notified. Keyes arrested Herman on a charge of petty larceny and a hat was booked as evidence against him. ———————— Townsend’s California glace fruits and candies, 60c a pound, In artistic fire- etched boxes. A nice present for Eastern friends. 715 Market st., above Call bldg. * —_——————— Special information supplied daily te business houses and public men by the s fac it s = & hours before she took her life. 5 5 o recognizes that fact, and acmrd_mgl,\ some o‘i the | nicipal Year Book, a profit on the public ownership HE State Board of Trade has authorized effi- | With the will was filed McNutt's peti- :‘:;‘;?;:s He claims the car crew was mc:g:el{m ?.‘ii;;‘é..‘.‘“.::a;"fl“-“ closest personal s well as political friends of Mr. | of sreet railroads in Great Britain of $1,405,876 cient measures looking to the protection of the | tlan for appointment as executor, he be- Lane will on election day cast their vote for Mr. | Profit on what? IRt 4 ing named as such in the testament. Crocker in order to assure the city of an efficient businesslike administration. It is gratifying that the dominant issue in the cam- paign has been thus clearly formulated at once, and with such plainness that all citizens can see it and un- derstand it. It is now a three-cornered fight in name only. Virtually it is a contest between the forces that have mismanaged the municipal government for the past term and the forces of good citizenship ranged under the banners of the Republican party. The prompt development of that issue simplifies the struggle and to a large extent relieves it of doubt and uncertainty. San Francisco is normally a Republican city, having a political sentiment in harmony with that of the State and of the nation. It therefore fol- Jows that if the rank and file of the party remain true to its traditions there would be a victory for Mr. Crocker and his colleagues even without indepen- dent support. That a portion of the normal Republican vote will go to Schmitz, or Temain at home on election day, may be conceded; but it is certain that defections of that kind will not seriously imperil the ticket if the independent vote come to its support. The indepen- dents are already aware of that fact and will act ac- cordingly. They could not elect Lane even should they vote for him solidly, but they can elect Crocker. Hence the movement of the independent vote of the city will be steadily toward Mr. Crocker from this time on. Next to the swift development of the trend toward the Republican ticket the most salient feature of the campaign is the recourse of the Examiner to “mud- slinging” as a political weapon. Not liking to dance to McNab's command, nor to support for Mayer a man whom it denounced only a short time ago as an enemy of labor and a creature of McNaby it turns to its familiar tactics of slandering everybody in sight. Such tactics are of course disagreeable to the public and disgusting to the intelligent, but it is not likely they will help Lane. They are much more likely to help Crocker by driving all decent Democrats into a camp where decency prevails and where the only tac- tics to be employed are those of straight politics and of honest men. Russia, it is announced, is somewhat disturbed over the military and naval activity of Japan and views, with suspicion the mobilization of troops in Korea. If Russia is disturbed at this demonstration | cargoes from Eureka to England at the correspond- it would be interesting to know how to characterize the feclings of Japan if the Czar ever gets real mad. | What is the capital borrowed? What rate of interest does it bear, and what increase in taxation does it cause? The Royal Statistical Society of Great Britain, to | whose reports one must resort for accurate statistics, shows for five years an average net profit on muni- |cipal railways of only one-half of one per cent, allowing oniy one-eighth of one per cent for depre- ciation. An cxpert actuary makes returns for thirty- five English towns that operate street railways, and in twenty-one of these no provision is made for de- iation, and no repair and betterment fund is put [ The effect of borrowing upon the public credit is best illustrated by Glasgow. In 1806 the 314 per cent bonds of that city were at 139. Now they are 118, Her 2}4 per cents were 103. Now they are 86. Here we are just proposing to enter upon a policy that in Great Britain has forced the taxpayers to pro- pose a limitation of the franchise, and that has pushed taxation to the limit of endurance. We agree with Governor Pingree that the taxpayer shall be left free, and that public utilities in public ownership shall carry their own bonds. A gentleman of this city, otherwise reputable and in the complete enjoyment of the good will of his fel- lows, has been sued for divorce because he smokes a pipe in bed, expectorates without a thought of the customary restrictions designed for the feelings of others, and is not particular in deference to the rules and regulations governing the bathing habit. The aggrieved husband ought to plead that his wife has fmade an assault upon the constitutional privileges of an adult, white, male citizen of the United States. ] dard that there is a2 marked increase in the Eng- lish demand for California redwood, as indicated by the shipments from the port of Eureka during the first ten months of the present year. Five fully laden vessels have sailed from Humboldt Bay for England, carrying out cargoes valued in the aggregate at $104,- 613. The lumber s.shipped is 4,000,000 feet, in round figures. Two vessels are under charter to ar- rive and load clear redwood lumber for England dur- ing the present season. There were cleared only two vessels with redwood EXTENDING OUR MARKETS. T is pleasing to learn from the Humboldt Stan- ing date in 1902. They carried 1,766,000 feet, valued at $33,844. Later two other cargoes went out, mak- fruit planters of this State against the robbery and rapacity of middlemen who handle their products. The consumer pays a good price for California fruit products. If that price, less freight and commissions, reached the producer, the fruit in- dustry of this State would be the most profitable rural occupation in the world. But the producer is robbed in the home market, and in every market from San Francisco to London, by the dishonest practices of the middlemen. Cur fruit product has no superior in the world. In prunes, raisins and every description of dried and canned fruit we equal or lead the world in quality. Consumers eagerly seek our products, and “Califor- nia” on a fruit package is a trademark commanding respect everywhere. Yet the producer is abused and brazenly cheated out of the profit that should reward his toil and enterprise. During the discussion of the matter by the Board of Trade prac- tices were disclosed that ampunt to stealing, ‘larceny under the statutes. Such practices are not confined to the distant market, either. They prevail right here in San Francisco, where every country shipment is looted. We have no doubt that the Board of Trade can secure evidence of these dishonest practices that will make a case for criminal prosecution. The producer is almost helpless. His property is perishable. It has to go forward to market on the hour, lest it spoil. He is working hard at home and cannot fol- low his shipment to the city, and has to take what- ever return is sent to him. One producer did follow his shipment and, being unknown, bought the whole lot of the commission man, paying a good price and taking a proper bill of sale. He removed the prop- erty from the warehouse and went home and waited. In due time came a return, showing the property sold for a nominal price, reporting it in bad condition and 3 bringing him out in debt to the commission man on the shipment. He followed the matter up and com- pelled a disgorgement of the stolen profits. It is to be regretted that he stopped there. He would have protected himself and others by criminally prosecut- ing the robber. 3 It is the intention of the Board of Trade to go to the bedrock in this matter, and it should have the assistance of the producers all over the State. It has the power and the resources to wholly expose the system of robbery that has its dishonest hand in the pocket of every fruit planter in the State, and we are persuaded that when its work is done there will be fewer robbers standing between the producer and | consumer grossly | The will is a holggraphic document. reads as follows: This is my will. All that I die possessed of I leave to my sister Grace, except the Na- poleon books and Boydell Shakespeare, which are for Dr. McNutt. I appoint Dr. McNutt executor without bonds, and ask him to see that 1 am cremated without any fuss. The estate of the deceased is estimated | to be worth almost $300,000. She is sur- vived by three sisters—Grace E. Stronn, the legatee inder the will, residing at La Grange, Tl.: Alice A. Hart of San Jose, and Mary E. Carter of Parls. —_— ee———— LAND OFFICE MAKES AN IMPORTANT RULING Grants Protection to All Who Have Filed in the Eureka District Forest Reserve. EUREKA, Oct. 7.—The local land office received the following telegram from ‘Washington yesterday: WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.—To Reeister and Receiver, Eureka, Cal.: Deny the right to make proof and payment, subject to right of appeal and also subject fo the right to make | proof and payment under pending application. if the lands applied for A hereafter restored ity Actinz Commissioner. The telcgram refers to the lands re- cently reserved from entry. Under this order proof and payment must be refused upon any lands included in the forest re- gerves, subject to the right of appeal. Those who have made application for lands included in the reserve are protect- ed. Should the land subsequently be thrown open to entry, they have the prior right to prove up and make pa ment for it. This ruling is extremely i portant, as many of those who have ap- plied for lands are due to prove up about this time. Under this order they will not only not be required to prove up but will not be permitted to pay their money over to the Government, and thus they will take no chance of losing it. —_————— It Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Oct. 7. — The following Californians are registered at New York the ington, A. Sutro at the Square, H. T. Weil at the Hotel Man- battan, Mrs. J. Zweig at the Hotel Na- varre, W. Moran at the Astor, W. L. Pierce at the Herald Square. From San Jose—Miss Kirk and Miss E. Kirk at the |* Murray Hill. From Love, Honor and ? Obey. FEW days ago a famous and stunning beauty abruptly termina- ted her own wedding ceremony by refusing to reneat the word “Obey” after the officiatin is ~tilP unmarried and her a the discussion pro and con (and the women have taken) Father John Talbot Smith of the He has given his dictum in no uncertain words. church was .appealed to. “To tell the truth.” he said, “I tion at all, this one of eliminating t! things that the man should comm:. ter how many statut: to command and a woman likes to ritual. her husband. “That is where nature is stronger than ideas. provisions you make, simply because a man likes “What is the use of statutes against a natural proclivity or condition? You can see the wisdom of the church in omitting this word from its g clergyman. In consequence she ction has set the East by the ears. In it is truly remarkable what stand Catholic do not think it is a practical ques- he word obey. It is in the nature of and and woman should obey. no mat- obey. “A woman who refuses to obey might please her fancy by the mere declination to follow a custom. yet she might be the quickest to obey Ideas may begome fads, existing { r a short while, but nature goes right on. “I notice that men are glad to get the women they want to marry and the women are equally glad to marry, cbey or not, regardless of all fads and fancies.” There are so many who differ with the reverend father that what they have to say'forms one of the Sunday Call. most interesting pages in the next It is almost that very same quality of circumstance that forms the theme of Robert Barr's great romantic story, and by perhaps a strange coincidence the way in the fourth and last installment of _ best novel, “Lees and Then there is a page of “Half- problem from quite a different point of view. Ther: Leaven,” which will appear next Sunday. famous creator of “Chimmie Fadden” a B arnsation o pearing as a writer in the Sunday Cal The King Investigates,” lem is solved in a novel W. Townsend’s latest and The has made a big sensation since ap- Hour Storiettes,” which treats the e you have four of the cleverest and most touching romances ever written, “The Voice and the story that you will never forget. Then there is one of Frank H. railroad stories, “De Molay Four,” Violin” especially and “The Grammar of Love” as well. which is a rman’s wonderful two-page which, if you read it (and of coutee you will), will constantly recur to your mind with a strange thrill every time you see the moon. Why? and the moon wouldn’t be in it if i Because Frank H. Gotte 1 it were not dramatic. s And now harken to a few other special features, which can only be mentioned in brief because there are Sunday Call. First, the “Me-ows of a the fourth talk to parents on ter,” by Dr. Richard C. B by Madge Moore; “Recollections and which will tell you things didn’t know before, and. explain to you some of the reasons why were whipped dnf not deserve it, when vou were young, Crig by when you did deserve it: “The Effect of I so many good things in the mext fiw" (are m_!w&hin those cats?); ldren.” which will when yeu and why you were not_thrashed .; “The ¢