The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 23, 1903, Page 5

THE SAN ERANEISCO CALL. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23 S CLUB MEMBERS HT A IS Portlard O"g mzatlon Proposes to Sue De- lirquents. Radic Action Causes a Stir | e Oregon Metrop- olis. R The Cal Portland ppetites for the deli- Members of who thelr 1 | 1 ALLEGED G00L BURGLAR LAND FRAUDS LOOTS A HOUSE |F.A. Hyde Answers Sen-lMakes Search of the sational Dispatches Rooms Regardless of From Portland, Woman's Screams. Oregon. PRRAL RIS S Says That the Charges Are, | | { | | Frightened Stockton Resident Keeps Vigil Until i 9 i False and Stale. ! Daybreak. — 24 | or: We read pericdically in the Special Dispatoh-to The Call. | ers of “gigantic land frauds” | gTOCKTON, Oct. 2.—Early ~ yesterday | attention for the day and \re forgotten. Those who wiite and 3”"‘“" a burglar ‘entered the home of e eh Carticles, nmot being trained Mrs. Danfel McCormick and, despite her lameers. are mot able to distinguish ' Screams, proceeded to ransack the house. speculation and fraud in dealing Mrs. McCormick ran upstairs and locked land, for one does not in all| the doors and the burglar remained in full :mply the other. . | possession of the lower part of the house morning’s papers, [ nd tele-| for some time, g ‘a'}i?;eh"".i‘;l; e %! About 1 o'clock Mrs. McCormick heard downstairs. Thinking that a blic hi ok Al ass @ noise - UjcEon, which 1 cannot allow 0 P8S2 coreen had fallen, she lighted a lamp to < t is allaged as follows ! investigate. As she entered the dining- « rst — ‘1hat the Government has been room she saw a man coming through the » uded out of millions of acres of 1and | kitchen window. Daniel McCormick, her - speculaiors who purcnased lands, pyspand, became insane only a short time hin forest reserves at low prices and | em at large profits. er—If this be a fraud, then 1 must ad gullty, for it js just what I have en doing since the passage of the act Congress of June 4, 189, ied that the owr of patented lands might = surrender the nment and select an nd elsewhere in lict pfl}v:‘ xrequenl]\ speak of fraud,” but, while the - act might be questionable, law, ana 1 for one will try the benefit I can therefrom —— BIG FREIGHTER METEOR HELPLESS IN THE SEA is alleged that two special Steamer Nome City Bea w onnm N G 4 Bears Mews of the -interior Department the Cor a of tland, Or., and nave un- ids of great magnitude, Craft the head of the ring is in San idied the careers of other world re- und have yet to learn 1o taking sieps against at preliminary e criminal it is customary to publish . T | A < Misdceds broadcast by means of the | Marriage of J. C. Bull'Jr. and Mrs. | daily press. Me Pugh and Burns Jessie Lewitt Occurs in have been on coast for severaly s months. Up to the time they went to Eureka. . Portland, ten days since, I know that| EUREKA, Oct. . 2—J. C. Bull Jr, a they had not discovered any fraud In my | leading citizen of thisicounty, was' mar- that they afd mot discover any whiie Tled this morning to’ Mrs. Jessle Lewiti. there. ve discovered that one J. H. Schneider whnich pru-, ago, and her first thought was that he | had escaped from the asylum. “Dan, is that you?"' exclaimed Mrs. Mc- Cormick. The burglar made no reply. The fright- | ened woman ran into the parlor, scream- ing for her son Frank. The latter, how- ever, falled to respond and Mrs. McCor- mick had to awaken him. She fastened | the doors so the housebreaker could not ! go upstairs. For several minutes she | heard him walking from room to rooin ‘nnd then he departed. Mrs. McCormick at on her bed. keéping visil until day- !1gh( When she ventured downstairs she found things turned ‘ topsy turvy. The drawers of the sidéboard were pulled’out and their contents emptied on the floor. —_—ee————— HUMBOLDT , CAPITALIST 1S CAUGHT BY CUPID The ceremony was performed at Christ B Sesva wt one 3. K. Schneldel! liff. The bride and groom left on the Po- M was caused | through dumm who deeded their lands | mona after the.ceremony. The -honey- Ning OF Sir ] ta Bamtbbly, that somebody or his|moon will be spent in San®Franeisco and she had | grantee conveyed to Schneider. vicinity. r ter had Ans [ find by my recoras that the 'he groom js a capitalist and leading n on the | total amount of land in Oregon deeded 1o | politician of this count He is president . - o | Schneider was a 1’1 ‘.(.‘ u‘\;r 1)]\ tmxdl:;" ‘ of the Humboldt Transit Company and of | SicTes: oot g i ;{ the H. D. Bendixsen Shipbuilding Com- whether ge or small, he had a n..m £he-3 » sk v DS Sithes or 5t pany and vice president of the Bayside | lo purchase the land, elther for himself, 70 or Company and the Redwood Land | It seems that several of the “‘dummies” | and Investment Company. He has always were called before the special agents and | taken a keen interest in politics and is the A could remember mm they had sold | chairman of the Republican county .cen- In < L, 1 might|ra] committee, a . position to which he Khie e Y e dang | has been thrice elected. -The bride Is the | i Roticed | Widow of Dr. Fred Lewitt, a prominent | he Government seemed to | YOUNE surgeon; brother-of .Dr. W. B. dmitted that he Lewitt of San Franclsco, who died herev he had pald | several years ago * and Messrs. —_——————— ved the idea e Bande RELATIVE OF CRONJE jewing_purchas. DIES ON THE DESERT about the land, 5 to the business of se- Boer Searches for Gold and Loses His “what did you get for the If the answers were not sat- Life in Southern Cali- . ~ . they were classed as “dum- fornia. & I conceive that a man has the right to| SAN BERNARDINO, Oct. 22.—Hans sell what he owns, and if be hald no pre- | Cronje, sald to be distantly related to| contract, but was perfectly free 10| the famon @ POLITICAL CARDS | racs, St WA pes{ectly Seie ol ihe ]hmn: Boer leafler, has been found — S 1t is alleged that these pur-| 424 ‘“”'{"“’“ ”'“'“f‘". m;m‘ hl\:nsnh- c in Oregon were made in | George Plerce, a miner. who ha een a their }I.r(mz xmhlj?m“m | with Cronje nearly a month, stated that - €S, 2pd that & combinatlon | ihe man told him that he had come from was formed bétween the San Francisco | it Man fold B that Be hac come from prk and certain Btate eand Federal of | number of young Boers, intending to se- FOT‘ serves and secure their adoption by the | cure an asylum in this country for his Interfor Department people, but after they lad been here a Mav Answer » facts are that the Cascade | short time thev received word that the Mmayor Forest Reserve was created in| Boers intended to remain in South Africa. o forest lieu land law was passed | Cronje's companions returned to their nd my purchases of land there | native land, but he wandered about seek- g 1? h]\“""‘““ m‘, =“ ;tx"- ing to find a region as rich in gold as o any Kind. ANl of the large seserva | his own South Africa. He parted with tions on this coast were created prior » ten days ago and was probably | 1597, and why, therefore, would any ill as a result of drinking alkali uptly comspire to do _an act which W He realized that he could not live d be of no benefit? There is not & and placed his Bible in his coat, resting ] particle of evidence before any special his head on it. In this position he was agent of the department of any combina- | found. tion to create forest reserves, or to fix their boundaries, and the suggestion is . an absurdity. AnvEBFSEMENTS. My business in Oregon was perfectly | —— legitimate. I would do it again if 1 R bli the chance; and T wish I had the chanc l for 1 would go In on a bigger scale. epu ican Under the present policy of the Land| 1 . Office, special agents are swarming all Nominee over ihe United Stateg At enormous ox- pense to the Government, and they may send as many of them out here as they | please to work on my land business the | R rest of their natural lives. I Know the| . law, and k cannot do legally. I am used to the | methods of th special agents, and I| | pay but little attention to them. If they | wish to intimidate me, 1 would suggest that they take up some case that is not| as aged as the one they have in hand, and especially something in which the | United States is a party, for these special | agents have no more business investi-| gating the methods by which the States | sell their school lands than they have to| investigate the valldity of lransfnr; ot titles to city lots. | What they want is to create sensations, | | #nd being unable in my case to do so in a legitimate way, they leave a parting| shot, as they are returning from an un- { - successful trip. | It is shameful that persons in the pa\‘ | of the Government should be allowed to ’ For Tax Coueclor | circulate foul libels on cltizens, but after | | rience of thirty-one years in this| ness 1 think my reputation will with. | 4 Edward J. | stand'any such attacks. F. A. HYDE. | { ————— | » i‘HABBIMAN TO PURCHASE SMITH (ONCUMBENT.) Regular Republican Nominee I_IFnr Public Admlnlstmnr| illiam E. Lutz Republican Nominee For Asssssar: WASHINGTONDODGE Democratic Nominee, For Sheriff wPETER J. CURTIS Chairman Street Commitiee of Present. Boars of Supervisors Democratic Nominee Calon Labor Party Nemines. | “Oranges awoke Munch whiie the latter Third — The special agents are said 0| Eyiscopal Church by the Rev. Mr. Shurt- | | i | | { | | | | | i i ] S s THE EMPORIUM. N | | § | | | § | 2 | | é | 5 | 850c ‘rtol_vpes‘37c Friday only, 22x28 standard ar copies of the works of celebrated artists, a hundred popular. subjects, .r 50c each, will be offered at special sale for . . . [ Lawn Tab Collars; * turn-over choose from, only - Men’s 75c and $ madras, corded percales Fnday and Saturday only: breasts, \vmgs and tips, very specially priced; ea Finc Dress Hats— (one style shown trimmed with ostrich tips a dozen of new shapes, in blue, black; wvery moderately price dainty, pretty hats; each . . School and College Girls'’ Hats—Of satin binding, trimmed with satin; each . . . .« nd Firkin Creamery Butter—The best the two days, per Ib. . . . price; for the two days, Ib. . 3| Ex sortment, 6 packages . . . £ | Milchner Herring—New, fat, best quality, 7 0. P. S. Whisky—Very o'd, bott'e . Good Sauterne—Usual $1.00 quality, gal. Vermouth — French or Ital'an, bottle . Holland Gin — Ouf own bottling . - 37¢c Sale Imported Coats and Model Gowns, at «ne-thiri to one-half off. Sale entire stock Frcnch Lingeite, at one-th'rd off. Sale Indian Baskets and Curios, at « ne-half off, ends Saturday. Annual sales medium and fine grades Furniture and Carpels continue. Unprecedented Below-Value Saics Women’s Neckwear Neckwear Worth up to 75c On Sale to-day for 23c. totypes, egularly CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST- collars, embroidered, Hemstitched, black, white, and black and white stocks with ornament, etc, etc., { made of fine quality Oxford cloth —hundreds of different styles to neckwear worth 50c, 65c, 75c, to-day 23c The ideal Rainy-day Shopping Place. thing 1o eat, drink, wear or use under one roof. sold by most stores at 35.30; here for 4.00 “Kingsbury” Hats— Guarant>ed a year 13.00 AMERICA'S GRANDEST STORE. | “The Wexford” —Bast mad= for s $2.00 Sale End Stocks; lacc ‘collar and cuff se's; jabots; fancy tab end collars, Saie Mew’s Hats Friday and Saturday only, men’s exra value $3.00 Biack Derby Hats, and new Fall sty’es of raw edge Fedoras in biack, brown ‘2 39 - and pearl; on special sale each John B. Statson Co—Light weight, flexble Deby Hats Every- N eckwear Wo:-th up to $1.75 On Sale to-day for 48c. etc., etc. Very ncbby styles—a collection of novelties suitable for street and evering weuir, worth each, jl 00, 4sc $1.50, $1.75, to-day only, each . . . . . Friday and Saturday 45c. popular shirtings, in stripes; small figures, etc. Most of them with separate cuffs; and $1.00 values; on special sale $5.00 Jet and Chiffon| Skirts, cut full and long, good Tri demi-train, neatly flounced and flals T,rlmmEd ready for immediate adjustment to any skirt, a with tips and! good g6.00 value; marked for s 4.25 velvet, with jet] Fridavony. . . . L ornaments; also a preity line of mobhair braid hats trimmed with $5.00 tion), made of velvet and chenille braid, es, Liquors #llrday Java and Mocha Coffee—None better at any 28¢c tra Special—Uneeda, Uneeda Milk, Zu Zu or Oysterette Crackers; an; as- 1.00 Shirts and in fact all the regular 75¢ - 48¢ A Special Saie of Silk Drop Skirts About 125 choice black Taffeta Drop New Flanncl Waisls ”c—Good warm ones for fall and winter wear, in black, green, b'ue, tanor red, neatly tucked and ' corded, worth 98 C $1.25; and special bargain at . . F.eece Back Flannelette Waist—In blue, with dainty white dot, or small-black and ‘white checks; would be good value at goc; the Emporium 69 price . Sale of Petticoats For Winter Wear Ladics’ Black Mercerized Petticoals—Made with in illustra- nd ribbon; white and d for such . .00 deep bias accordeon pleated flounce, finished felt, with with tucked ruffle, trimmed with black and quills and white plaid bands, full underruffle; $1.50 value; special Friday . ... .99¢ Ladics’ Black Petticoats — Fine mercerized sateen with deep flounce, Waving wide knife-pleat- ed ruffle set on, finished with rows of strapping - - $1.19 Ladies’ Black Mercerized Cloth Pellicoals—Having wide bias flounce, with ruffle set on, finished with fine- dainty tucks and underruffie -- . . $1.39 hdlcs' Blncl( Merccrlud lnllnn Cloth Petticoats— Wide bias flounce, made with Van Dyke accordeon pleated. ruffle set on, finished . $2.25 quality, for L1 2¢ Extraordinary Sale Men’s and Boys’ Shirts Read This Remarkable Friday and Saturday Offering. Boys’ Excellent 75c¢ Shirts Friday and Saturday 45c. Hundreds of boys’ fancy laundered Shirts, new natty effects in fine quality percale, ina full range of sizes from 12to 14. These shirts are made right and look right, and instead of 75c each, we are going to sell them Friday and Saturday at . Boys’ Long Panis Suits—Sizes for 13 to 19 years. 45¢ 0vercoat Sale C $11.50 This long, loose swag- ger style overcoat, in black or Oxford grays, medium weight, all wool material, lined wi Farmer’s satin sleeves with silk; gar- ments that would be ex- cellent values at $15.00 are marked for special selling, Friday and Sat- urday only . . . $11. 50 Men’s Suils, $15.00—We believe them to be the best values at this price to be found in San Fran- cisco. We know that they are the equal of any suits regularly sold for $15.00 in any first-class clothing store in America. The cheap tailor cannot produce their equal in style and fie for $25.00. The assortment includes the new single and double breasted coats, in both the ex- treme styles for young men, and the more con- servative styles for older men. The materials are fancy mixtures of all sorts, and plain blue and black effects. Examine these suits care- fully and we believe that you will agree with us that they are the best you "5.00 ever saw for . Either the double or single breasted sack coat, made of standard Cedar Run Whisky —Regularly $2.50 ga'., for . fish . . 25¢ with narrow ruffles and bands of strapping, . $2.056 full underruffle and dust ruffle . . $2.2. . $1.10 | Black Tallcta Silk Petticoats—Good quality, with .65¢c accordion pleated flounce, finished with .. .86c narrow ruffle and full under- . 65¢ ruffle of near silk, for . ‘5-00 RAILROAD IN OREGON | Three Million Dollars May Be Paid for Astoria and Columbia Line. PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 22.—According to private advices from New York negotia- tions are in progress for the sale of the Astoria and Columbia River Raflroad to E. H. Harriman. It is understood that the owners are willing to sell for $3,000,000, but the precise | figure cannot be ascertained here. The road has a bonded debt of about $40,000 a mile and is eighty miles long. One-sixth of the bonds and the capital stock~ is owned by'A. B. Hammond and five-sixths by Geperal Thomas N. Hubbard and’ H. E. Huntington. ———— Dying Man Found in Wood. CHEHALIS, Wash., Oct. 22.—A man giving the name of Harry Powers was brought to Chehalis this morning from the North Fork of the Newaukum River in an almost dyving condition. Powers had been lost in the woods since October 2. Auring which time he had no focd ex- cept huckleberries, snalls and a lizard. He had started through the timber and could pot find his way out. i —————— | Prison Will Hold Oranges. | STOCKTON, Oct. 22.—G. Oranges, can-1 victed of assault to murder Albert Munch; owing to a disagreement over a horse trade, was this afternoon sentenced to two and a half years in 8an Quentin, Shoes DO NOT MISS THIS CHANGE to buy the BEST SHOES in this city at the LOW- EST PRICE, The cr:zditors must turn this stock into cash quick- ly. That is the reason why we are selling this fine stock at greatly re- duced ‘pries STORE OPERS AT 9 0'CLOCK H. L. PASCH, Receiver.. was asleep in his wagon and- ghot him. Previovs good character saved hlm a beavy sentence. | LATE GENERAL CLAY'S HOME SOLD ‘AT AUCTION Grandson of the “Sage of Whitehall” Bids in the Entire Estate. RICHMOND, Ky., Oct. | the home of the late General Cassius M. Clay, was sold at, public auction to-day | to Warfield Bennett, a_grandson of the “Sage of Whitehall.” The estate proper, containing 350 acres, was sold for $29,225. That part of the estate which is separ- ated from Whitehall and known as the Ann Clay Crenshaw property, containing | 210 acres, was sold for $20.375." The Belle- | vue portion of the cstate, contalning 3% acres, will be sold to-morrow. The five wills left by General Clay, mostly in favor of his former child wife, Dora Clay Brock, are still being con- tested. On the last will, on which the principal contest is being centered, Gen- eral Clay provided that Whitehall should become the property of the United States Government and that on its site a na- tional park should be founded, DEMENTED MAN WADES INTO A RIVER WHIRLPOOL Foreman of a Mine Believed to Have Been Drowned in the Colorado. BAN BERNARDINO, Oct. 22.—Thomas Reynolds, a foreman of the Sflver Crown mines at Berryman, in this county, is supposed to have been drowned in the Colorado River while demented. Last Sunday he wandered away from camp after dark. As soon as his absence was noted several of the employes went in search of him, as he had been acting queerly., The rch continued all night, but the trail was not found until the next i !E%e)nnldl was traced to the Colorado River, where he had evidently taken a drink. Then going some thirty yards down the bank of the stream he had sat down ‘and after taking off his shoes he waded into the river at a point noted for its whirlpool and treacherous bottom. No trace of him has since been found and it is belleved that he perished. —_—————————— BODIES OF DEAD SOLDIERS COMING BACK ON TRANSPORT WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—Bodies of 163 soldiers who lost heir lives in the Philip- pines are being brought -home by the transpory Sumner over the Mediterranean route and probably will arrive at New York ahout the middle of November. All of these bodies claimed by relatives or. friends will be sent to the late homes for interment and all those unclaimed will be brought to this city for burial in Ar- lington Cemetery. The list of dead on the Sumner includes the names of Colonel R. N. Eskridge, retired: First Lieutenant Robert A. 'Caldwell, Philippine Scouts; Acting Assistant Surgeon Charles St John, Captain F. M. Keep, assistant sur- geon, and Captain LI l. Clarke, nlnc eomtabnlnry - 22.—Whitehall, MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES GREETS CHINESE REFORMER Liang Chi Chao Is Given Enthu- siastic Welcome in the South. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 22—Unusual hon- ors were accorded Liang Chi Chao, the Chinese reformer, who was a guest here to-day and to-night. The distinguished fugitive and his suilte were met at the depot by the prominent local Chinese, who turned out in flowing silken robes, and the civic and military dignitaries of the city joined in the welcome. The Mayor and committees from the Chamber of Commerce, General Prescott and Major Lovett of the National Guard and Homer Lea, who holds a commission as general in the Chinese army, participated and a detail of the signal corps acted as escort. A crowd that was almost riotous frf its efforts to see and hear all that transpired followed the spectacular procession to the Chinese quarter, where speeches were made. The guest was dined at the Ange- lus in the afternoon, and to-night he spent in Chinatown, where a throng heard him speak in his native tongue in the interest of the cause he represents, He will remain in Los Angeles ten days. —————— One Dollar the Jury’s Verdict. SANTA ROSA, Oct, 22.—Damages in the sum of $1 were awarded this morning by a jury in the action of the Italian Swiss Colony against Joseph Purrington et al. The colony brought suit to recover the difference in a price at which they had contracted for the crop of grapes and the price at which the defendants sold them. Purrington refused to deliver the grapes to the plaintiff, alleging there was a verbal agreement by which he was to have the benefit of any rise in the market price of grapes in 1%2. The price did raise, and when the plaintiff refused to give the advance over the contract price with Purrington, '$24 per ton, the latter disposed of his crop elsewhere. He sold a portion of the crop for $2850 and the remainder for $30, making a difference of $444. The plaintiff sought to recover this sum, but was only awarded a dollar. A jury was selected to try the case from a special drawn venire. e President Pardons Thieving Banker. WASHINGTON, Oct, 22.—The President has pardoned Joel L. Tyler. formerly tel- ler of the Safety Fund National Bank of Fitchburg, Mass., who has served two and ‘a half years of a five-year sentence for temporarily appropriating several thousand dollars to his own use. Tyler pleaded guilty and made the money good. The District Attorney and sentencing Judge a year ago recommended a pardon on the ground that the prizsoner had been sufficiently punished. —_————— - Freshmen Have Quiet Election. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Oct. 22.— The freshman class held 1ts second elec- tion ‘yesterday afternoon and succeeded in getting.a full quota of officers for the | ensuing semester. At the last election, held last week, a sophomore purloined the WHHRARAAAR AARAATAA AR ARAA AR AU A ARA AR AASARS SRR AR AAR A AN AR AR R AR R AR TA AR HAA AR ! ballot-box and the 1907 youngsters were unable to tell on whom their choice had of Santa Clara; Butterfield of Cupertino. President Brennan was a member of fabrics such as fancy tweeds and cassimeres and blue cheviots, excellent n»lonng, perfect fitting, and temptingly priced at . . ‘5.00 Boys' Overcoats—For size 7 to 16 ynn, in dressy Oxford grays or fancy mixtures. These stylish overcoats are cut long and loose, with belted backs, are thor- oughly tailored, two grades, $5+00 i S 7850 WA WHARA AR AN AAARAAEA AAAR AR AR ARA SRAAAA AARAAA A QAR ARARRR AAAAARRA ARRRRRRAR A ARRARE AR AR AR AR AR ARG AAAAR AARAES AR AARA AR T AAAR L AR A ARTAAR AMAN A SRS AR A the victorious freshman eleven and played a plucky game at right half. Butterfleld, fallen. The officers elected yesterday | the sergeant at arms, also played on the were: President, J. F. Brennan of Santa | ‘07 team_ his position being right tackle. Barbara; vice president, C. L. Geer of S it tyi—— Campbell; secretary, Miss I. L. Johnson| The borough of Fulham, London, by the use of its garbage In the furnace of the municipal electric lighting plant makes a profit of $3442 a year. sergeant at arms, H. P. B | e The Welrd Elephant Spiril. HUNDRED yards distant rusty masses of ironstone preceded an undulation in the flat country, and toward the base of one tall block Lord Winstone descried an object which made him rub his eyes with frank amazement. “Near the foot of the rock. his back agamst it, and shadowed entirely from the sun’s light by a natutal grotto in the stone.’sat ‘an erprmous man or ape. Its stature was colossal, though smaller by far than the natives of Mapora had described; its naked body was bright green; its -hands were folded over its breast; its misshaped head was bent for- ward, and wild, snaky hair. also of vivid green, fell luxuriantly around it, while pressed upon its crown was a wreath of flowers. “In the midst of this strange kingdom, silent, motionless and alone. with uncouth face and distorted limbs, reigned this huge green monster in mortal shape. “Lord Winstone got out his field glasses, without which he never hunted, and trained them on the grotto. He stared awhile, and then his breath left his lungs in a gasp of surprise, as he returned the glasses to their case and pushed forward.” Without doubt the reader will gasp with equal amazement and no less curiosity that such strange things can exist even in the Africa of to-dav. but Eden Philpotts knows absolutely whereof he speaks when he made the great Elephant Spirit of the Dark Continent one of the big features of his new novel. “The Golden Fetich,” now running in the Sunday Call the second installment of which will be published next Sunday. It gives you Africa as it really is now and as it has not been shown since the wonderful explorations of the great Stanley. But unbelievable as the foregoing extract may seem, stranger things are being found right here at home. Look in the next Sunday Call for “Fitch’s Mine of Mystery.” It tells of the discovery under the very feet of civilization in California, only a few months’ ago, ‘of a mine of fire that has utterly baifled the best scientists in the world. Chunks - of this wonderful mineral that has a flame which cannot be destfoved have been taken from Fitch’s mine, ground into . powder, assayed by every known process. tested by every possible standard, and still it remains a mystery—and still it glows on with undiminished brightness. Tt cannot be destroyed and it cannot be extinguished. Wonderful as is ‘the newly discovered radiume of which there is less than one pound in_the whole ot world and which costs a fabulous sum for a single ounce, Fitch's new : mineral is even more astounding and by far more puzzling. And to X think that the earth in California is just full of it, but—read next Sun- ; day’s Call. ; There you will find other absorbing thmxs “A‘ Daughter of the I Aurora,” by Jack London; the big two-page railroad story by Frank -+ H. Spearman. “The Dispatcher’s Story”; “a_full page of Half-Hom‘ i Storiettes”: “The Unsclved Mystery of the Tinian Monoliths.* by Cap- tain H. F. “Tower, whlch is something that Uncle Sam has recentlv ac- i gr eer islands: “Elmmno-n the Negro's urner; a full page of “Gems from the Photographer’s Exhibit.” to be held next week at the Mechanics’ Pavil- ion. (You'll watch for those pictures.) “The Picture Coat.” which is something so new that no woman who cares a pin how she looks (and what woman doesn’t?) will even dream of missing the next Sundav Call quired along w:th a whole_ sea of Only Salvation,” by Bi ho H. M. e .aH-