The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 25, 1903, Page 37

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1903 37 DENIES CHARGE OF DESERTION Rev. Alfred Bayley Files Answer to Wife's Complaint. Elsie Prugh, an April Bride; Alleges Husband Is Cruel. Office San Francisco Call, 8 Broadway, Oct. 24. ifred Bayley flled an answer his wife's complaint for di- began suit against him yes- lleging that he had deserted her. is answer he denles all the allega- The dental is a general on of thelr respective 1l be considered spe- llegations in the com- by h on e against J. H alleges season she al for di- fera on Stream of am the ave been mar- no property UNION IRON WORKS' PRICE. Scotts Said to Have Received 3,000,000 for Plant. NEW YORK, Oct. 24.—Startling disclos- revelations of brought lic dur- United was San ceived $3,- sh for his closely tt has per- ed to-day | WILL CONSIDER THE FRANGHISES Alameda’s Attorneys to Meet Railroad Manager. Arrange for Conference With Kruttschnitt at His Office. RIS ALAMEDA, Oct. 24.—General Manager Julius Kruttschnitt of the Southern Pa- | cific Company, with City Attorney M. W. Simpson and E. K. Taylor, representing Alameda, will hold a conference at the of- fice of the railroad official in San Fran- cisco Monday morning for the purpose of discussing the terms upon which the City Trustees have offered to grant the two local railway franchises that the corpora- n has applied for. Simpson and Taylor will take with them copies of the substi- tute ordinances introduced at the session | of the municipal legislators last Monday | night. ] These ordinances differ from the original measures in the matter of the time for which the privileges are to be granted. he ordinance for the south side line | grants the franchise for thirty-four years | and the ordinance for the north side line | grants the franchise for twenty-five years. Whether these terms will be satisfactory to the management of the Southern Pa- cific is what the representatives of the city will find out There will be an adjourned meeting of the City Trustees Monday night, at which time Simpson and Taylor will report the result of the conference. City Clerk J. W. Glilogly has recelved maps from the Southern Pacific Company showing the main lines and spur tracks for which the company wants franchises. * —_— e POWER OF ETIQUETTE IN OUR NAVY In Some Instances Forces Men Into Unnatural and Senseless Situations. It has been said of the American navy hat the officers are more exacting in the of etiquette and the proper than those of other navies, and that the minute distinctions of punctili- ousness are more marked among the of- ficers of the navy than among the officers | of the army. However true this may be, | it is not to be denied that officers of the flitary and neval services are apt to be nore scrupulous and exacting in etiquette than are civilians, and there have been some humorous incidents related of this ctice of naval officers. t would seem, perhaps, that the smaller the vessel of the navy of half a century 20 the more emphatic or more exacting were the officers in command in what they considered was due to thelr rank and station. An incident of this character, related by one of the older officers a couple of evenings ago “‘at the club,” was that during the Mexican War the fleet in front of Vera Cruz was joined by several gunboats of the most diminutive WILL ADDRESS SUNDAY SCHOOL ON THE SIOUX INDIAN MISSION Miss Nellie McGraw, One of the Presbyter- ian Workers Among the Red Men, to Tell of the Religious Advance Made by Them | come up later. PAYNE SUBMITS | WOMEN INDORSE | DEATH GLAIMS BRISTOW REPORT| PLAN OF MAYOR BRIDE OF HOURS Findings of Postal In- quiry Are in Hands of President. Accompanying Exhibits Ag- gregate About a Mi'li Words. AR WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.—The Postmas- ter General this afternoon delivered to the President the report of Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow on the postal investigation. The report i{s very long. It contains | 110,000 words—about eighty columns.in an ordinary newspaper. In addition to the report proper there are 500 exhibits, all of which are referred to In the report. The average length of the exhibits Is five typewritten pages, or about 2030 words. The exhibits contain therefore about a | million worde. Published in the form of | the ordinary Government document the | exhibits alone would make 2000 printed ! pages. No time has been fixed vet for the pub- lication of the report, but it will be given to the public as soon as practicable. President Roosevelt will go over it very carefully and when he makes it public 1s likely to supplement it with some com- ments of his own. In order to expedite the submission of the report to the President, Postmaster General Payne did not walt to prepare a letter of transmittal to accompany it, ac- cording to 1al procedure. Payne will write his letter of transmittal later. It will be a document of probably ten or twelve | typewritten pages, calling attention to a number of matters brought out by the investigation. Payne sald that the ques- tion of new administrative plans would Reforms have been insti- tuted from time to time, as necessl arose, and there was no need of legisla- tion for such changes as may be desifed. Bristow wilF begin the preparation of an abstract of his report in a day or two. His abstract is likely to be approximately 10,000 words, “All T have to say,” he said, "is that 1 have told the truth and the whole truth | just as 1 found it. I cannot say more.” A L BEAVER'S ARREST VACATED. Decides Action on ‘Washington Indictment Illegal. NEW YORK, Oct. 24.—Two decisions in I | | | | | | | | Judge {and who has appealed to them to take | women's suffrage movement in the East- Suffragists Declare in Favor of Municipal Improvement. i B AR Warren Olney Addresses the Annual Convention of Equality Clubs. —_— Oakland Office S8an Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Oakland, Oct. 24. The plans of Mayor Olney for civic im- provement received the indorsement of the Alameda County Political Equality So- clety, which held its annual convention to-day at the rooms of the Oakland Club, 416 Seventeenth street. Mayor Olney ad- dressed the members of the society in be- half of his recent endeavors to enlist the | women of Oakland in the crusade for | civic improvement and the beautifying of | the streets of the city, and the suffragists | heartily indorsed him. The opening session of the conventlon | this morning was devoted to the regular | routine business of the society, including election of officers, reading of reports and | discussion of plans for the work during | the coming year. | The following resolutions were adoptes Resolved, That the Alameda County Po- litical Equality Society declares itself in sympathy with the present movement | for civic betterment and hereby pledges | co-operation with Mayor Olney in his ef- | forts to improve and beautify the city of | Oakland, and furthermore it appreciates | | that he is the first Mayor of Oakland who { has publicly recognized women as fac- | tors in the civic life of the community their place by the side of men in the work of municival reform. Resolved, That It is the sense of this soclety that, with the ballot in the hands of women, their work will have its full and proper effect. Resolved, That this soclety hereby ex- tends thanks to all who In any way have | assisted in carrying on the work for which it stands. Miss Gail Laughlin addressed the con- vention on the subject of “The Open Door.” Miss Laughlin has been a mem- ber of the United States Industrial Com- mission, but her talk to-day was entirely on the subject of the progress of the ern States. California ranks fourth in the number of life members in the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Among the | residents cf the State who hold life mem- Mrs. Arthur M. Sheak- eley Is Summoned by Reaper. Fiance "'Who Hurried From East Barely Triumphs in Grim Race. —_— Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Oct. 24. Mrs. Ellen Pinkney, who yesterday be- came the bride of Arthur M. Sheakeley of Stockton as she lay on her deathbed, answered the reaper’s summons to-day, and the man who showed his devotion by hurrying from the East to wed the woman he loved before death could claim her tri- umphed in the grim contest by but a nar- row margin. The slight raise in the spirits of the pa- tient attendant upon having her flance at her side was followed by a gradual fail- ing, and she sank into unconsciousness, from which she only revived a few mo- meats before her death. The funeral wiil be held to-morrow at 2:30 o'clock. —_———— Counterfeits to Be Canceled. Chiet Wilkie of the United States se- cret service has called on the officers of the New York Clearing-house to assist his men in the detection of circulating counterfeit notes. The officers of that association have been asked to require all the banks overating under its rules to properly deface counterfeit money whenever it is presented. Chief Wilkie finds that a great many banks refuse to do this, for fear of offending patrome, and that as a result many a dangerous counterfelt goes back Into circulation aft- er its spurious character has been pointed ott. Chief Wilkle says that in tracing the history of ‘counterfeit notes it has been discovered that in many instances hold- ers of notes had submitted them to bank officers for opinions as to their genuine- ness; that the bank officers had described the notes as tounterfeit and them re- turned them to the holders without brand- ing them as “‘counterfeit’” or “‘worthless.™ Similarly counterfeit notes detected in daily remittances were returned to de- positors unbranded. This practice mnot | only lengthened the life of the note in circulation but was a direct incentive to the holder to commit the crime of pas ing a note when he knew it to be coun- terteit SIOUX INDIAN GIRL WHO IS BEING BDUCATED AT THE GOOD WILL MISSION, SOUTH DAKOTA, AS THE WARD OF FIRST PRESBYTE- RIAN SUNDAY SCHOOL OF OAKLAND. =3 before the Pilgrim Fathers landed at Ply. mouth Rock. To-morrow, it is expected, will be a | busy day at the church, as there will be several interesting events added to the regular programme. The Presbyterian AKLAND, Oct. 24.—The First Presbyterian Sunday school of this city will hear to-morrow of | its missionary efforts among the Sfoux Indians of South Daketa. 3 have ap- t . vl sibah ( 3 " | type—impro affairs. that he re-| 4 " omcer of one of the larger vessels % @gr his plant. asion to visit one of the little fei- x s s involved in the his official capacity, and, ranging ® i S strong up alongside in his 'ge (which, by the - s ant that! way, was nearly as large as the vessel he ’ hers more officially visiting), he stepped over port quarter, when the lieutenant in 2 - command, in a tone of offended dignity, £ well-know d former y,formed the visitor, who was his su- r [ y of the Re-| perior by that his vessel had v t that Henry gangway arboard side, and s 2,000 of $2.- proper, but that the gangway might not be n sitor's barge, ~ scribed, that officers in rank should board voung officer added that, while his much bigger than the long as it was in com- An offering is made yearly by the Sun- day school for the support of an Indian girl at the Good Will Mission in South Dakota. Cora Johnson, a direct descend- ant of this fierce race of warriors who inhabited the plains in’ the early days, has been the special protege of the Sun- | | | to-morrow’s Synod of Californfa, now in session in San Francisco, has brought together all the pastors of the State, and Rev. Mr. Baker has secured two of the most bril liant of these to occupy the pulpit for services. The Rev. John Marquis, D. D., of Redlands will preach at 11 a. m, and the Rev. M. J. McLeod | | York District on a bench warrant calling mishes and re ck o a coal 1 it remains RECEIVER MAY BE NAMED. building Company’'s $10,000,- 000 Issue Declared Illegal. R¥ 2 World to- »ort of ex-Sen- of chwab and J. P. the United States which sold tc the corporati Morgan & Co. Mre. Hudson’s Will. OAKLAND Oct. 24.—The will of the late Axn . Hudson was filed for probate this afternoon. She Jeaves about $10,000 to her three daugh- ters—Helen M. and Edna E. Hudson and Mrs. L. M. George. The estate consists of realty at West and Tenth streets. —_—————————— Traveling Sand Hills of Peru. After passing another town of three or four mud huts, says a writer in Harper's Magazine, we enter the famous desert of islay, on which are what I consider the most remarkable natural curiosities to be seen on this globe, for we are now among hundreds—nay, thousands—of pure white gand crescents, on & plateau of 4500 feet above the level of the sea and fifty-four from the coast, where all else is of rk red or chocolate color. comes sand and why alw crescent shape? Professor Balley, whom ] afterward met at Arequipa, in charge of ‘ vard University observatory, told scientific men do mot agree as son why the sand always forms cved that the whirling eddies responsible; some, how- that such is not the case, ne of these crescents has an ard the northeast. At any circle is an almost per- of the finest pure white 2 the upper edges the cres- il gradually away on the out- They average twenty feet in height, having a diameter of some though I ‘have seen one at the re ame least a mi and a half in diameter, which was, however, not much higher than the average. These crescents move, it is es- * timated, at the rate of three inches every twenty-four hours; and when, on the siow journey, one comes near the rail- road, it becomes necessary to shovel the sand across the tracks, after which it travels on, forming new crescents or mingling with some of the others.—Balti- more American. —_—e.————— The secretary of the Aeronautical So- clety of Great Britain expects the Kkite to be the base of the future instrument of serial navigation, the nt shape, although it is | nd he 2s in command he did not propose to have any of the usual rules of etiquette disregarded. The vis- itor fully comprehended the intent of the rebuke, and he at once returned to his| barge and went around to the starboard and was recelved by the of the boatswain's mate. ppened t this same lieutenant | was subsequent rebuked by his own son, soon after the latter recelv his first commission. The son was on duty. at the New York navy yard, and the father was in command of a vessel that had t been put into commissfon, and he was anxious to get his provisions and stores on board that he might get away his crulse. Going through the nav) yard to call on the commandant of th tation, the captain saw his son in uni-! orm walking toward his headquarters in f the storehouse, and he shouted *Henry BERKELBY, Oct. 24.—Horace % two or three fimes, without getting any | was the hostess at an informal tea t0-d8Y 1n | \adreas the Agricultural Club next Friday| WASHINGTON, Oct. 24—The case of honor of Miss Bernie Drown of San Franclsco. | morning at 11 o'clock in the agricultural butld- | Iopold J. Stern, the Baltimore con- re _Finally the son turned about id in 2 dignified tone: “Are you Unfortunately Miss Drown was unable f0 ¢ | ing " His subject will be “Modern Millin g d . - present owing to the severe lliness of her| The university has taken the first steps Xen replied the father; “I sent in a mother. Barring the disappointment over her [%,uarq building the great Heatlng apparatus reagsition for my stores, and I wish YOU absence, however, the afternoon Was & mOst | na jo designed to heat all the bulldings by | podi, hur it throuhy mo that I Can | Lol one Mise Garber was amisted by | Lol of S o one bl furmce, Thie 1t | possible, for 1 am anxlous to get to sea.” | siss 148 Gibbons, MUS ETWIS Smith, Mrs. | the removal of the stables now on Strawberry | “Very well,” replied the young officer, “I will look into the matter; but please | d that when I am on duty I| addressed as mister or by my y when I am at home or at official affair 1 am Henry or any please.” / That the father recognized the propriety of the rebuke by his son was shown by his often telling the story afterward at his own expense. “Henry or anything you —— please” is still alive, and is yet in the nav ew York Tribune, e License Won. | Oen morning, as Judge C of N County, | Va., was starting for the town, he was ! approached by one of his negroes, who | with more or less confusion asked: “Massa, when yo' goes to the co'thouse will yo' git me a license? I'se gwine to be mar'ed.” “Married, are you, Sam? All right,” | called the Judge as he hastily drove off. Arrived at the courthou: he spent a very busy day, and it was mot until he | was preparing to leave that he rememp- | bered Sam’s license and realized that ‘Za i hladtnm been told the name of the bride elect. | . “The old idiot, he never told me whom he wants to marry, but, of course, it's Lu- cinda; he’s always making eyes at her.” | 8o saving he returned to the courthouse and had the license made out in the names of Sam and Lucinda. Sam was the first to greet him upon his return with the in- my license, massa *Yes, Sam, you old fool. You didn’t tell me whom you want to marty, but I re- membered how you're always hnn.ln" around courting Lucinda and got the li- | cense in her name.” “Lawd, massa!” exclaimed Sam, * ‘taint | | Lucindy, it's Kyarline. What's T gwine | ter do, massa?’ “Well,” said the Judge, “the only thing | will be for me to get another license to- | morrow. | *Massa,” said S8am, “did yo' pay any- “Yes, 8am; a dollar and seventy-five cents more,” replied the Judge. After scratching his woolly pate for a few minutes, Sam replied: “Well, massa, I done axed Kyarline an’ she sed ‘Yase,” but fo’ de Lawd dere ain't no dollar an’ seventy-five cents difference in dem two niggars, so I'll jus’ take Lu- cindy.”'—Lippincott’s. ——————————— *“Did you hear about that member of the Legislature who wants to pass a law spokesman and give an interesting count of the work that is being done among this wild race of people. dress will be to the Sunday school pupils who have been subporting with their con- o e e of Pasadéna at 7:30 p. m. i The initlal appearance of Miss Louise E. Feldheim of San Francisco, a con- tralto of marked ability is looked for- ward to with more than usual interest by the music loving members of the church, as it is rumored that she may take the regular position as alto soloist formerly held by Mrs. Grace Morel Dick: man. Miss Feldheim will sing the offer tory in the morning, rendering “Hear Us, O Father” (Handel). day school, and the photograph shows her as she appears after several years of training in the mission, Miss Nellle McGraw, a among these Indians, will missionary act as the ac- | t Her ad- tributions the cultivation of this scion of the people who Inhabited North America ieffrieleietoi b @ UNIVERSITY EVENTS Davis will EVENTS IN SOCIETY OAKLAND, Oct. 24.—Miss Juliet Garber Creek, near the agricultural bullding, where | and cosmos were artistically blended in the ng fur dem lcense?"” iths and party, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Watson, “Yes, Sam; a dollar and seventy-five Mrs. Ro; Mrs. M. Canning, i Ay-aye Me. “ana Mrs Jsmes Tyion. the don . . - £ tolpses, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert " 'Will another license cos’ anyt'ing?” Maude Edith Pope, Mr. and l(n.c‘zl?‘l::m‘%: Mrs. Harry East Miller. . The luncheon given by Mrs. Frank C. Wat- son yesterday in honor of Mrs. J. Loran Pease (nee Gage) was one of the very delightful af- fairs of the week. Pink sweet peas, carnations decorations, the sweet peas alone being used in the dining-room. A dainty centerplece adorned the luncheon table and the name cards bore water color sketches of pink blossoms. After luncheon the guests enjoyed several “five hundred,” prizes being won by Mrs. Watson's guests were Mrs. J. Loran Pease, Mrs. George E. de Golla, Mrs. Henry Rosenteld of San Francisco, Mrs. E. J. Cotton, Mrs. Louse Allender, Mrs, Lee Cole Burnham, the Misses Carrie and Belle Nicholson, Mrs. A, A. Long, Mrs. James Tyson, Mrs. Roy Mau- Vals, the Misses Alma and Adah Brown, Mrs. Frederick W. Morse and Mrs. A. 8. Larkey. § Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kayser celebrated their silver wedding on October 20 at their residence on Linden street. The whole house was bril- lantly illuminated with eleotricity and pret- ted. An orchestra supplied music per was served. The the reciplents of many beautiful presents. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. F. Kayser, San Jose; Mr. and Mrs. George Kay- ser, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Kayser, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kayser, Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Wankowski, Mr. and Mrs. F. fer, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kaiser, Mr. and Mrs. A Aug Drossel, Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Wiebe and Fritz Schoettler, San Francisco; Mr. and Mrs. Phil Conradi, Mr. and Mrs. F. Sonderlelter, Mr. and Mrs. G. Schmidt, Mr. and Mrs. Paul TUth and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Reimers, Oak- land; Mr. and Mrs. Otto Niehaus, Berkeley, and Mrs. A. Bchllb:fl. ?Ikllnd. : The coming Duss-Nordica concert at the Macdoncugh Theater next Wednesday promises to be £s brilllant an event as a first night at the opera. Many of the elite of Oakland—and some from San Francisco—have signified their intention of hearing the peerless Nordica, and as the soclety women of this city are noted for their handsome gowns the assemblage of beau- tifully dressed women will present a_brilllant scene not common in theaters this side of the bay. Among the members of the social set in Oakland who will be present are the Requas, the Chabots, cey Brayton, the George H. Ismonses, Chariea Adamses, Mr. and Mra Fr C. Havern . Lowndes Kluegel and part; . C. leford, Mr. and Mrs. J. Walter Scott, the E. L. Dows, George H. Collins and Mrs. E. C. Hagar, the W. W, many ers. £ i Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Bal has urned their daugh- 3 Bailey, o Rev. Mr. reunll:lnc a g:y,-'iefl-n'- certificate before | expected nd shortly for a brief visit. people can kiss?’ said Maud “Yes,” answered Mamle; “I think it's Mm'mu e‘wmhmmhuw" ety time they made a man produce proof that he is sane before they let him into the Legislature.”—Washington Star. two weeks' sojourn at Catalina the southern part of the State. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Curtias are home again, the plant will be installed. It will cost $50,000, The junior day farce will be given at the Central Theater in San Francisco. It was in- tended to present It at the Grand Opera-house, but that place could not be secured on ac- “Ben Hur." The , or the Two Pop- pers,” is now being coached under the direction of Milton Schwartz. The Skull and Keys annual “‘running” s due to take place on the last Friday of this month, though the date may be changed. In the morring the initlates will do outlandish things and in the afternoon there will be a parade. ————————— Coroner’s Jury Disagrees. OAKLAND, Oct. 24.—An inquest held on the remains of Daniel Rogers, 103 years old, who sustained fatal injuries from being knocked down at Third and Townsend streets in San Francisco, was held this evening and resulted in the bringing in of a divided verdict. Eight out of a jury of nine decided that Rogers had died of pneumonia, while the ninth man stated that he believed that the man had died from the effects of the injuries sustained through the negligence of the Southern Pacific Company. Rogers had only ar- rived here recently from Watsonville on a visit to his daughter. —e————— Sleeper Never Awakes. OAKLAND, Oct. 24—An unidentified man was found dead in his bed at the Model lodging-house at 916 Franklin street this evening. He went to the house last night and rented a cheap room. This morning the attendant was unable to arouse him. This evening the room was again visited and it was found that the man was dead. There was nothing in his pockets to disclose his identity and on the book of the house he was registered “John Dope.” He evidently had been dead for hours. The Coroner was notified and the remains were taken to the Morgue. e e e e e o ) They have been spending the last two weeks at the Lawson Adamses picturesque home in Belvedere. Mr. Adams has been quite {ll, but 1is now wllvllolch!.‘. ‘Word comes from New York that a son has been born to Mr. and Mrs. J. Alfred La Farge Horton, Mrs. Horton was fomerly Miss Lena Brigham of this city and & well-known musi- cian. She i# a sister-in-law of Mrs. Frank | Brigham of OQUIEA. . Thel; Mr. bert Curtiss, and Mrs. R. % ‘The Wheelock Club will meet next Wednes- Uiy ot he eesiderce. ar Mrse Pant Lopa Webster street. s Mrs. John L. Cosmos Club next Vernon Helzhta will Monday a o t her residence on | the case of George W. Beavers, the in- | dictea postal official, were handed down | to-day by Judge Holt. In one, the appli- | | cation of Beavers to have United States | { | District Attorney Youngs of Brooklyn and Miss Amy Wren, his stenographer, | punished for disobeying a subpena of Commissioner Hitchcock, is denied. The application for a writ of habeas corpus and certiorarl asked in behalf of Beavers in the second charge against him based on the Washington indictment is | granted, and the arrsst is vacated. The Judge holds ‘that a second arrest made on the Washington Indictment when Beavers was already in court the Brooklyn indictment was illegal. If this decision is applicable to the other hree Washington indictments, it will re- sult in his arrest on all four indictments returned against him ° by the Federal | Grand Jury in Washington being vacated pending the final decision by the Federal | Court of the New York District on the | roceedings in the pending indictment. ' Beavers had been arrested in the New on for his removal to the Brooklyn District to be tried on this indictment. He had demanded examination here and had glven bail when he was again arrested | on a warrant calling for his removal to Washington for trial on the first Wash- ington indictment. At first he demanded | examination and gave bail, but later his surety surrendered him, and his attor- neys swore out a habeas corpus on the ground that his simultaneous removal to Brooklyn and Washington was impos- sible. “If the two proceedings for warrants for removal,” saild Judge Holt, “resulteq in an order for removal, it is obvious that such orders could not be complied with at the same time. My conclusion {s that the arrest on the second warrant | will be vacated.” | sl T R S Profited at Government’s Expense. | | | tractor indicted in -connection with the postal investigation, was continued in the Police Court to-day. Postoffice Inspector Mayer testified that there were on file at the department several telegrams from Stern asking for a supply of the “lambs" straps which were bought by the Gov- ernment and furnished to him without charge, although his contract included the straps. Mayer sald he knew of no receipts being given to the Government by Stern for the straps, but that the de- partment had possession of the receipts which Stern gave the lamb concern. The hearing will be tontinued on Monday. —_—————————— THE TIMES WHEN ONE’'S NERVE FAILS Emergencies in Which Men’s Self- Possession Deserts Them. It s a curious thing, and one that re- mains a standing puzzle even to those connected with the business all their lives, that tightrope, trapeze and other daring performers who chiefly work in the open air at galas and so on are far more llable to ‘“stage fright,” if it may be so called, than are their fellows who only show their prowess under a roof. Another fact equally well known is that once a woman performer has heard the ringing shouts of an applauding public, once she has learned some dangerous feat, she will run risks and quite fearless- ly perform tricks that no male in the same line would ever dream of. The wo- man athlete has not to be urged on; she has to be restrained, more often than not. It may be sald at once that few among the public know how near death such people occaslonally are. ‘. As {llustrating both the facts stated above, the writer can never forget seeing a woman tightrope walker whose rope had been left too slack. She was per- forming at a great height, and when she got to a certain distance along the rope the latter sagged so that she could neither advance nor retire. The public knew nothing of the danger until the manager in an agpny tried to get two immense ladders, tied together, up to the rope. But this arrangement fell short, and even if it had not done so no one would have dared to rest it against the swaying rope. At last the ladders were held bodily up- right by strong men till the topmost rung just touched the rope; then a gallant young fellow, a sailor, went up, while the ladder swayed about as though in a breeze. He snatched the woman on the rope and held her, just as she fainted and dropped the balancing pole.—Tit-Bits. ———e Tess—Mr. Brusk is nice looking, I ad- mit, but he's not much of a talker; never seems to be able to say the right thing in the right place. Jess—Oh, 1 don’t know. He sald the right thing last evening, although you may not think it was in the right place. ‘Where was that? her ring)—In our par- Press. Jess (displaying lor.—Philadelphia While a section of the Federal statutes provides that officers of national banks shall brand counterfeits as ‘“‘counterfeit’” berships are Mrs. Emma Shafter How- ard, President David Starr Jordan of Stanford University, Mabel Craft Deer- ing, Frank P. Deering, Albert H. Elliot, Karl Howard, Maud Shafter Howard, | Miss Fidelia Jewett, Lillle J. Martin, Mary Wood Swift, president of Natiénal | Council of Women; A. R. Faulkner, Mary E. F. Gould, Miss Clara Schlingheyde and Miss Carrie A. Wheelan. The following officers were elected at | the business meeting this morning: Mrs. C. L. Wood of Alameda, president; Mrs. Thomas H. Speddy, Mrs. E. E. Green- man. Mrs. James A. Waymire, Mrs. Em- ma Shafter Howard and Mrs. Frances A. | Williamson, vice presidents; Mrs. Ella | Mitchell, secretary, and Dr. A. J. Patter- son, treasurer. —_————————— Bullet Maims Him. OAKLAND, Oct. 24.—Because he thought {or “worthless,” it has been found that the national banks m some instances ig- nore this provision, while State and pri- vate banking institutions habitually dis- regard it. The reason for this is that a bank which rigidly enforced the law us- ually found that the owner withdrew his account and put it in some dank where the officers were less particular in this regard.—Express Gazette. —e An Astonished Porter. The woman with four children who had come through from Denver was nearing Detroit. The porter had finished brush- ing them, each one of whom had de- | manded attention every fifteen minutes, when the mother turned and sald: “You have been very attentive to us that a 22-caliber pistol was not loaded, E. Lancaster, a l5-year-old electrician’s ap- prentice, living at 330 Fairmont street, will go through life with a crippled left hand. He went home from work this evening and picked up the pistol, and not knowing 1t was loadéd pulled the trigger. The bul- during this trip and I wish to reward you.” ‘Yes, "um.” “What is your name?" she asked as she took out a pencil and notebook. “Willlam White, mum." She wrote for a minute on one of the ! was dressed at the Receiving Hospital. let went through the first finger of his left hand and into the little finger, breaking the bone at the first joint. His wound ———————— New Quarters for Bank. OAKLAND, Oct. 24.—Colonel J. C. Me- Mullen, representing the State Savings Bank, has purchased the property now | occupied by the Women's Exchange, on | Thirteenth and Franklin streets, from | the McLzughlin estate, and as soon as the | necessary alterations are completed the bank will move into its new quarters. The building has a frontage of 100 feet on Thir- teenth street by 50 feet on Franklin street. The purchase price is understood to be $45,000. — ee————— Marriage Licenses. OAKLAND, Oct. 24.—The following mar- riage licenses were issued by the County Clerk to-day: John J. Carey, 29 years old, and Emily V. Fitzpatrick, 24, both of San Francisco; Joseph J. Bilderback, 35, and Emma Ditton, 35, both of Oakland; Albert E. Larrabee, 2, Oakland, and Mae Mur- leaves of her book, and then tore it out and handed it to him with the remark: “A colored man who Is ambitious to get along will always find friends.” A passenger caught him in the vestibule two minutes later and asked to see the paper. It read: “Mr. Pullman—Your man, William ‘White, has been very attentive to me and my children, and I would recommend that you raise his salary and let him know that you fully appreciate his efforts. “MRS. S. B—." It was read aloud to the porter and then the passenger looked at him. He turned a sort of y and gasped for breath, and it was a long minute before he could ejaculate: “Befo’ de Lawd! but I dun thought dat was a $15 check on some bank in Colo- rado. Hu! Shoo! Wall. of all de dele- terious obnoviousness I eber did dun meet up wid in all my life dis captivates de pinnacle!”"—Detroit Free Press. —_—— The Russians are experimenting with a “water-clad” battleship, which has an up- per deck of cork and a second deck of armor. The space between the two can be filled with water; then the ship floats a foot under the sea’s surface. phy, 23, San Francisco; Carl O. Dahlgren, over 21, Rodeo, and Marguerite Trainer, over 18, Alameda. The Wonderiul “Whizzers. AVE you ever seen the new “whizzers” and felt the almost mad- derniing thrill of seeing them go flying by like meteors? The sensation is strange beyond description, as strange as the new “whizzers” themselves, which are monsters of the most freakish sort—monsters the like of which never were seen before. And how they sing as they go! And with what terrific speed they cleave the air! Just think of annihilating distance at the rate of less than a mile a minute! That is how the “whizzers” go. Long, lean and low like a gray wolf come of them are, while others speed on their way like ghgstly wraiths— but with such catapult swiftness that the senses are first bewildered and then intoxicated. It is a sensation that nobody ever escapes. If you do you will be as superhuman as the new “whizzers” themselves. Of course you haven't felt the thrill yet, for the new “whizzers” have not yet reached San Francisco. But they are coming—coming fast now —and next week the town will be full of them. And if vou don’t know what a “whizzer” is like it is a foregone conclusion that you will buy the next Sunday Call, which will print two full pages telling you all about them—where they come from, why they are here and where they are going and, best of all, what keeps them always in such a tremendous hurry, and why they sing so as they go. Indeed the new “whizzers” will simply fascinate you. Almost as remarkable as the “whizzers” is the new artillery drill now performed by Uncle Sam’s boys in blue stationed in the West. Just think of seeing a battery of light artillefy go clattering and bumping over the ruts of a stubble field and after careening madly around a shock of new-mown hay come into action, shoot holes into a dense fog and knock into smithereens the kneeling figure of a man four miles away, which they could not see by a good two miles. And yet it is not so much what they do as the way they accomplish such remarkable shots that makes the new field drill truly wonderful. Just see the pictures in the next Sunday Call. - . And still there is more to interest you. For instance, there is the third installment of the “Golden Fetich,” which tells you more of the Africa of to-day than has been reyealed by any explorer since the great Stanley gave his discoveries to the world. Then there is “The Cough in -Lower Seven,” by Frank H. Spearman, which is as fascinatingly myste- tious as t! title itself. and—but of course you know what excellent ra_nlm,?d sfories Spearman writes. Then msre are the “Me-ows of a Kitty,” clever, witty, charming little bits that you will quote to all vour friends—and your lover. And the “Drawing-room Gowns for Winter” and the beautiful “Child Model.” (This is a full-page picture that will make the same strange appeal to you that it does to everyone else who has seen it.) But—and here is ine news for you—do know about the bi; golden jubilee of the Catholic Church that will be celebrated in !:l- city next Sunday. It will be one of the most notable events in all the of the church in this State. This article has been written e specially nlnd exclusively for the Sunday Call. @ deliiitiieis e O . ”