The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 12, 1903, Page 5

THE. -SA FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1903. SATS HUSBAND WAS PERSUADED Mrs. States Her Rea Objection to Se-| Bennett for p £ | lection of Bryan as Exeeutor 4 | sons ALLEGES HE HID FACTS| Charge Ts Made That Sealed| Letter Was Dictated and Written at Lineoln, Nebraska | » } Conn., Dec. 1 Bennett, widow of to-day filed a long of th reasons for the ap- from the decision Cleaveland in rela- In the ffl:‘rnal! appeal it was briefly an- anced that objection would be taken of the bequests in the will pro- ng for trust funds for educational | ses to be administered by Mr. and Wi n, and also to the appointment of Mr. Bryan as executor trustee. That statement was aborated in the document filed to- which, after repeating the clauses e will to which objection is taken, Bernnett's will £ th €, in effect, that Mr. and Mrs. Bry- “induced and persuaded Bennett to sign a paper addressed to William J. Bryan, and to copy a considerable portion of anoth paper, the said copy to be addressed to Mrs. Bennett The papers referred to are the sealed letter by which Mr. Bryan and family 300 by consent of letter, similar in an produced in were to be given $ Mrs. Bennett, a which Mr The appeal says it was then the in- of Mr. Bryan d his wife that the sealed addressed to nnett was to b ght to her vledge, “and that was for the pur- of inducing her to permit Bryar wil- to get the $50,000.” It 1s been the inten- Bryan not to paper_ad- My dear Mr ought to the addressed to this appel- Bennett, did not true arrangement Bryan had in- » enter into with t the children of yan are to receive Bennett's money was on the contrary, the sed to the widow ex- it William J. B: 1 is unwilling to re- himself, that he 50,000 among ed- able institutions, nd fact and in law| to Mr. Bryan istee for his wife d the s of $25,000 Mr. Bryan uld belong s wife and children of which nd his wife well knew.” which -ob- nd the sealed letter are de- red at Lin-| Bryan and his knowledge of Mrs. the knowledge > Mr. Bennett's ess associate: undue infiuence are the clauses ap- ues Mre or a tr M all DR. PIERCE'S REMEDIES. | Miles on Miles Are walked by the billiard player, as he moves around the table. That is the only exercise many a city man . It is this lack of exercise in the shut-in-life ter esting, belching, sour ris- ings and other dis- tressing symptoms, & prompt use of Dr. Pierce’'s Golden Medical Discovery will effect a speedy cure. In the most extreme cases of sease of the stom- ach and otber or- gans of digestion and nu will resuit plete cure in nine- ty-cight cases out acom- cs James B. Ambrose, 1 Street, Hunti: m, Pa. *1 was taken down with what our s2id was indigestion here and fo 1 wrote to you om blank to fill out and 1 took ‘.a:xd—‘lfx-z. symptoms of ga b or Indigestion now s T g 0 Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser is sent free on receipt of stamps expense of mailing only, Send ut stamps for paper covered | book, or 31_stamps for cloth bound. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. sir DR. JORDAN’S crear MUSEUE OF Lo X DR JORDAN & CO., 105] Market St..8. F. J Those suffering from weak- nesses which sap the pleasures 8 of life should take Juven Pills. 757 Ome bottle will tell a story of noervelous m‘mi{ ’Il'hh'-tdkim mm rejuvenating, vitelizing force than ever been offerea. Sent by meil in oaiy on recsivt of this adv, 0B SL. Do e e CRtoes —aig RO {to | 1902, | ucts for 1802 are considered. | cludea silver, copper, CALIFORNIA'S MINERAL EXHIBIT ALMOST READY FOR INSTALLATION| Collection Will Be Shipped to World’s Fair City About Janu Amador County Engage Mining Bureau The California collection of minerals to be sent to St. Louis, so reports State Mineralogist Aubury, is nearly complete. All specimens that have been received have been classified, repacked and labeled. Arrangements will be made for shipping the entire collection Louis about January 1, 1904 received in San Francisco St. Specimens { later than December 23 will run the risk of not being exhibited, for it will be impe e to make additional res- ervations of space. Nearly all the material for the im- composite arch of California mense building stones, comprising marble, pressed brick, terra cotta, palagonite, etc., has been received and will be ready for shipment January 1. This arch will be one of the most striking features in the department of mines at r represent Cal- ifornia building materials. Hundreds | of representative specimens of the va- | rious minerals found in this State will be shown. Special exhibits of clays, together with the various articles man- ufactured, will be exhibited. A large collection of cinnabar ores, together with the native mercury, and gold quartz specimens and nuggets from the hydraulic and placer mines will also be displayed. COLLECTION OF OILS. A comprehensive exhibit of Califor- nia oils, ofl bearing formations and the various by-products of petroleum will be exhibited. With the oils, the only complete collection in the State, will be furnished a chemical analysis of each sample, which will inform pos- sible investors of the properties con- tained. Sections of oiled roads, as- phalt paving, the concentration of ores by oil end many exhibits will be ar- ranged =o that the various uses to which o© can be adapted will be shown. Special features will be exhibits of tourmalines, chrysoprase, the new gem “kunzite,” turquoise and jewel- ers’ materials. The borax, soda and salt industries will be well represented. r will also be shown. Specimens of niter are now being secured from Death Valley. A large display of min- eral waters will also be made. Models of stamp mills, concentra- tors, cyanide plants, gold dredgers, guartz mines in operation, and meth- ods showing the manner of working hydraulic and drift mines are in the collection. A department of information will be established, where will be shown maps of a: the mining counties, with the Ildeation of each mineral deposit and a general description of the same, and names and addresses of the owners ,and photographs of all the prominent mines. The exhibit will be so arranged by Mr. Aubury that general information can be furnished about any mineral de- posit of which inquiries may be made. In this way, a miner seeking capital to assist in the development of his property, if representative samples are are furnished by him to the exhibit, may succeed in interesting the cap- ital he desires. Those wishing to donate should send them to Mining ment St. Louis Exposition, 29 Mar- ket street. Where the specimens do not exceed twenty pounds in weight Wells, Fargo & Co. will transport the same free of charge from any railroad point. Packages.above that weight the Southern Pacific or Santa Fe will transport free of charge. AMADOR IN EVIDENCE. Opportunely, as a demonstration of the mineral resources of Amador Coun- ty, a vegister of the county is issued by the State Mining Bureau. Amador fourth in gold production in the total county output being $1,629,151 in value. The total value of all mineral products of the county for 2 was $1,6709,113. Amador is eighth in rank when the total mineral prod- minerals Depart- ranked among the counties of California tion to go!d the mineral output in- coal and mar- ble. The copper bearing formations are described as similar to those of Calaveras Coufty. Several copper mines have been opened, but the lack of proper transportation facilities has hampered the industry Coal is being mined at several places in the low foothills near lone. This is a light variety of lignite. Large quan- tities of clay are shipped froni Ama- dor to the potteries in the bay region. The clay is of good quality and very abundant. Among the county’s prod- ucts are granite, sandstone and iron ore. A few diamonds have been found near Volcano and Oleta in the gravels of the ancient river channels that cross the county. Concerning the minerai | deposits the State Mining Bureau bul- | letin says: PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS. The principal mines are from ten to four- teen miles from ‘railroad points, four and a half hours from Sacramento and nine and a half hours from San Frarcisco. There are many large companies engaged in quartz min- ing in this county, and in some of thise depths of ove 2000 feet have been at ea. d one, the K>nnedy, at Jackson, has reached 2750 fest, vertical depth, below the croppings. The development of these mines has abundant- Iy proven the great depth to which these gold- bearing deposits extend, and at more than 2000 feet in depth, on the vein, there is no minution in size of the ore bodles. Indeed, they sre Jarger in the Kennedy mine than those found at higher levels, while still con- taining values which insure a handsome prof- | it over working coste. ductive, chiefly because they were fll-ad from their incipiency, but offsetting these fail- ures great success has attended properly di- rected effort in some of the newer concerns. Among the notable examples may be mentioned the reopening of the Central Eureka mine after an jdleness of many years. This mine is now down over 2000 feet in depth: Is equipped with complete surface plant, includ! a forty- stemp mill. Near Amador Cit; Hill has been reopened in recent years by a local company, and is at present building a twenty-stamp mill, anticipating an increase in capacity within a' short time. North of the Bunker Hill is the Fremont Consolidated, which Mas been reopened within the past four years. A new mill has recently been completed to treat the ore developed in that property, which comprises several consolidated mines, opened to & depth of more than 1000 feet. In addition 1o these, there are other less prominent mines which are ip the development stage. but which promise well, and besidcs these there are @ number of enterprises in the Inciplent stage, which have a fair share of promise for the future, upon being properly equipped and de- veloped. Extending from the neighborhood of Jack- scn cn the south to Plymouth on the nortl mlonz the line of the iode, there have been and ‘still are mines which have made and mome stil] are making a phensmenal output. cast Tode, which Ties_ about ten ites east of the motLer lode, thers are several In addi-| the Bunker | prom- | prices. Open evenings. ary 1---Resources of ising mines, which have recently come into notice. . IMPORTANT VEINS. The mest important veins and ore shoots occur in fissures cuiting black clay siates and amphibolite schists. being in part contact vell The ore is practically carryin® from 1 tp per cent of sulphuYets, mostly pyrites. The work of miring and milling has been reduced from $3 50 to $2 50 per ton In the district. The aticn of the lode in this county varies | 1 800 to 1500 feet, uveraging about 1100 | f A Jarze amount of placer gold was | mined in this ccunty in the earlier days, hut the principal product for many years past has | been from quartz. On the mother lode in this | ragion the slate, rocks through which the veins pass often swell upon exposure to the atr, | making the sustaining of the workings by | timbering an expensive operation, and shafts sunk in these heevy fissures are a comstant source of expense. The mine managers have in mary instarces prfited by past experierice | and most of the new working & are now | sunk in the hard country rock at a distance | | from the veins lling operations are so well | | conducted_that usually the tallings issuing fror. | Amador County fter passing the can-'| vas slimes pla practically valueless, having beer deprived of their values by simpls | amaigamation and ‘concentration. Considerable information is supplied officially by the bureau's register of Amador County relative to the methods of mining that is of general interest to mining men everywhere. Each mill | treats ores in its own way, no two fol- lowing exactly the same method. The stamps are all heavy and drop from | five to six inches from 96 to 100 times per minute. Amalgamation is practiced both inside and outside of the batteries, | and the pulp is conveyed by launders to vanners and shaking tables for con- centration. The tailings from the van- ners in many instances go to slime plants. The suiphides are either treat- | ed by chlorination, being roasted in| reverberatory furnaces, with crude oil for fuel, or are shipped to the smelters. No sulphides are cyanided directly. RECENT OPERATIONS. The American Dredge Company is| constructing a dredger five miles below | Oroville on the east side of the Feather | River. ccording to the Angels Record the| ones mine will add forty stamps to | its milling capacity soon. | The Welsh gold mine, near Copper- opolis, has resumed. . The Millspaugh Mining and Milling | Company’s plant at Millspaugh, Inyo | | County, is making progress. The Karma mine, near Mojave, is in-i stalling a twenty-stamp mill and also ai cyanide plant. The Zeibright mill, in Nevada Coun- ty, will have five additional stamps. The report is circulated that' the| Marguerite mine, near Auburn, Placer County, will resume operations. The Nevada County Miner says that| work has been resumed -at the Old| Home Consolidated mine, at Mount| Vernon, near Blue Tent. The Osceola | mine, in the Rough and Ready district, | is being reopened. A two-foot vein of coal is reported to have been discovered near Vacaville. | The Teresa Quicksilver Mining Com- | pany has secured a deed to 325 acres| of land in Santa Clara County, near | Edenvale, south of San Jose. Location notices, says the Mining| and Scientific Press, were filed one| week recently in Trinity County for five lode claims and elght placer claims. In view of the hopes entertained for | thé extension of the niter industry in | California some figures contained in a report of United States Consul Mans- | field at Valparaiso relative to the out- put of nitrates of Chile is of interest.| The produetion d control is in the | hands of a syndivate, reports the of- ficial mentloned, and this syndicate has | issued a circular from which it appears that for the year 1902-03 the exporta- tion quotas amounted to 1,668,486 tons. On March 31, 1903, the’ stock on the coast was given at 269,923 tons, and that abroad at 518,136 tons—a total of 755,059 tons. In course of half the year | five new works joined the association, | making in all twenty-four "otficinasf’; or producing plants, operating under; the combination. The total exportation | | for 1903-04 has been fixed at 1,625,000 tons. { s e S Iroquois Club Elects Officers. The Iroquois Club elected the ffl]-‘ lowing officers for the ensuing year | | last night its s regular meeting: | President, Willlam H. Kline; first vice | president, William J. Locke; second | vice president, D. Gilbert Dexter; cor- | responding secretary, H. L. Bienfleld; | recording secretary, E. R. Zion; finan- | ial secretary, A. D. Pratt; treasurer, | liam A. Asmussen; board of trus-; tees—Willlam J. n, Louis Metz- | ger, S. S. Bayley, J. Macks, James | Creegan, M. C. Hassett and J. V.| A communication from At-| r General U. 8. Webb was read, | in which he denied the Iroquojs Club the power to sue John A. Drinkhouse, | the Police Commissioner, to oust him | from his place on the board. ———————— To-Day's News Letter. | The second installment of the revelations | about the® workings of the local Chinese Bu- | reau appears in to-d issue of the San | Francisco News Letter, and will make .even more of a sensation than the first article. The political article by *Junlus’ is a severe ar- raignment of the manpner of making political ents. Governor Gase’s errors are Governor Pardes for B! comes in much criticism. In the Locker On department most am@sing story is told of the Duk: of Roxburghe's adventures in South Africa, and an account is given of the selling of bogus Hawaiian porcelain here, besides many anec- dotes of local people. The ignorance of the Marquis of Dow ire on money matters is the subject of a very amusing article. The In- surance department continues to be the tal of everybody on the street, the literary and dramatic columns are most readable, as also the automobile section, and the editorials are timely and vigorous. The soclety columns are full of readable gossip. . e e Sloss Pays $25,000 for Lot. Superior Judge M. C. Sloss has pur- | chased the lot on the northeast corner of Broadway and Broderick streets from John W. Van Bergen, the whoie- sale liquer man, for the sum of $25,- 000. The lot is one of the best sit- uated in the city and has a fifty-foot front and a depth of 137%- feet. The price paid gives $500 a front foot, which is considered a good price for real estate in ‘that section of town. Judge Sloss has,ordered his architect to prépare designs for a $50,000 house to be erected on the 16t in the near future. The deal was consummated through the agency of Senntag Bros. —_——— Buyers of Christmas Presents Should visit Andrews’ Diamond Palace, 221 Montgomery street, under Russ House, and sce the large stock of dfa- monds, watches and jewelry at low:lt | In the like week of 1902, 233 in 1901, 247 in | noma County | ety, greater than ever before. The poppy, HOLIDAYS MAKE - BUSINESS 600D Cold Weather Gives Stimulus to All Branches of Industry in All Parts of the Country STOCKTAKING HAS EFFECT Manufacturing and Wholesale Trade Is Light, but General Aetivity Is Shown in South — NEW YORK, Dec. to-morrow will say: Distribution along consumptive lines grows'in volume with the continuance of _cold weather and the nearer ap- proach of the holidays. Jobbing dis- tribution also feels this !tlmulu! in re-| orders_to fill depleted stocks. -Whole- sale trade generally is quiet as usual at this period and industry shows slack- ening in some lines. The improvement | in crude iron apparently holds, judg- ing from small price advances at sev- eral markets. Eastern shoe manufac- turers are still shipping heavily on win- ter account, have an average spring business booked and report falr orders for next fall. Railway earnings are generally good and will show a gain of fully 5 per cent over last November. ° / Seasonable conditions, stock-taking or adjustments to lessen the demand are all assignable reasons for the quiet- ing down of outdoor activity, such as building, or for reduced running time or suspensions in a variety of industries employing large numbers of hands. Wheat (including flour) exports for the week ending December-10, aggre- gate 4,607,617 bushels, against. 4,421,504 last week, 3,761,007 the same week last year, 3,890,786 in 1901 and 4,785,577 in 1900. Corn exports for the. week aggre- gate 641,945 bushels against 1,098,951 last week, 1,301,296 a year ago, 278,307 in 1901 and 4 58 in 1900. Business failures in the United States for the week ending with December number 241 against 239 last week, 247 11.—Bradstreet's 1900 and 211 in 1889. In Canada failures number 7 against 23 last week and 17 in this week a year ago. R. G. Dun & Co's. to-morrow willi say: Developments are not encouraging as to cotton ‘spinning, but there is evi-| dence of better conditions in the iron and steel industry, while retail trade feels the usual impetus as the holidays approach. Idieness among New England| lumber mills is offset by Increased ac- tivity in the South. Owing to pres-| sure of grain there is still delay in handling freight promptly at a few| ‘Western points, but ag a rule the traf- fic facilities are adequate and railway earnings for November show an aver- age gain of 4 per cent over last year. Faflures this week number 331 in the| United States against 269 last year, and 20 in Canada compared with 30 a year ago. review of trade ———e—— —— OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Postmasters for Three States Are Commissioned and One Office in California Ts Discontinued. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—Post- offices discontinued December 31: Cal- ifornia—Integral, Trinity County, mail | to Castilla, ' | Postmasters commissioned: Califor- | nia—Wilbur W. Ayres, High\{Grove: John F. Schilling, Stella; Margaret Betroff, Stowe. Oregon—Athel L. Hathaway, Har- lan. ‘Washington — Mary Eastbound. Fourth class postmasters appointed: California—James C. Ryordan, Cuba, Lassen County, vice H. G. Roberts, resigned. Navy order—Lieutenant Command- er H. Gage goes to the New York as chief engineer of the Pacific squadron. —————— Diphtheria Patients Are Improving. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Deec. 11, During the last two dayvs no new cases of diphtheria have been report- ed and the patients who were pre- viously taken to the detention hospital are rapidly recovering and being dis- | missed. Six suspected cases and two | actual cases were dismissed from | guarantine to-day. Those dismissed were C. T. Paine of Redlands, H. J. Morrison of Denver, G. Stevens of Benicia, J. S. Giles of Oakland, N. K. Carpenter of Palo Alto, J. B. Hqlly of Dixon, T. B. Hunter of Palo Alto | and Stephen Taber of Richmond, Va. | H. H. Chandler of Selma and G. M. Godfrey of Santa Barbara, who were taken to the hospital, have developed cases of diphtheria, but their afflic- tion is of a light nature. ————— Medical Men Elect Officers. SANTA ROSA, Dec. 11.—There was a lar'gely attended meeting of the So- Medical Society last| night gt Elks’ Hall in this city. The annual election of officers was the at- | traction. Dr. J. W. Jesse of Santa | Rosa was elected president, Dr. | George Ivancovich of Petaluma vice | president, Dr. G. W. Mallory of san.i ta Rosa secretary, and Dr. J. H. Mc-\“ Leod of Santa Rosa treasurer. Dr. | George Ivancovich of- Petaluma and Dr. E. M. Yates of this city were ‘elected delegates to the State Medical Society, with Drs. William Barmore and R. M. Bonar as alternates. A pa- per on “The Emotions In Their Re- lation to Disease,” by Dr. Richard A. Forrest, was enjoyed by those in at- tendance. ———————— California calendars in splendid vari- E. Stowers, poinsettia and burnt redwood are the! dars show values in the city. & Porn, Val & Co. 141 Market street. + —_———————— Deserters From Navy Are Caught, VALLEJO, Dec. 11.—Three desert- ers from the navy, who were arrested in Los Angeles, were brought here yesterday and turned over to the naval authorities.~ An apprentice boy who had “jumped ship” was also brou‘hf back to,the yard. departmen o 5 8 s Wnd EiI Company, 415 Post street | Chipman gracefully yielded. | men the committee recommended that Gasgteam, the new heater, is now on FRUIT GROWERS (LOSE SESSION President Chipman of State Board of Trade Takes Issue With Pessimistic Delegates i MANY REPORTS ARE READ | Agents Who Were Sent East to Secure Help Report én the Difficulties Encountered FRESNO, Dec. 11.—The Fruit Grow- ers’ convention s a thing of the past. The last day's sesslons were busy ones. N. P. Chipman, president of the State Board of Trade, attended and took is- sue with those who have given utter- ance to pessimistic opinions regarding the State’s frult industry. He referred especially to the address of President Cooper. Press of business forbade the delivery of an extensive speech and George C. Roeding fellowed with a paper on the “Future of the Fig In- dustry in California.” Frank E. Kellogg, who by heredity and experience is in the cultivation of walnuts what Roeding is In the culti- vation of figs, read a contribution on “The Walput and Its Commercial Prospects,” in which he went at length into the history of walnut production, the marketing of the product and its importance to the horticultural devel- opment of the State. C. J. Berry was on the programme for a paper on the citrus fruit industry in Northern California, but was ab- sent, so his paper was read by Secre- tary Isaac. The general conclusion reached after receiving the report of the agents who went Fast is that the agriculturists of the Eastern States are experiencing as much difficulty in obtaining efficient help as are those of California, and in- stead of endeavoring to secure young inducements be offered to families to come to California by the sale to them on the most reasonable terms of small tracts of fand upon which they may settle, being willing at the same time to assist in the orchards and vineyards when needed. During the year the com- mittee received applications from would-be employers for 1903 hands for work in harvest fleld or vineyard. The committee, through its office, placed 911 persons in positions. Many more were induced to come to California and se- cured work, of whom the committee has no record. Most of the help want- ed was asked for in August, September and October, but some of it was want- ed for the year. ¢ At the afternoon session H. P. Sta- bler spoke on the subject, “The Fruit| Grower and Orchard Help.” “How Shall We Preserve the Fertil- ity of Our Orchards?” was the subject of an address by A. D. Bishop. r Professor 8. F. Woodbridge spoke on the subject of “Fertilization.” —————— UNION PAJIFIC TO EXTEND ITS LINES INTO TACOMA President Harriman Says the Road Will Be Built From Portland After Presidential Election. TACOMA, Dec. 11.—“The Union Pacific’'s extension into Puget Sound means that the road will come to Ta- coma from Portland as well as to Se- attle,” sald President Harriman this afternoon in this city. “The road will not build at once from Portland. Heavy expenditures recently and the fact that the uncertainty preceding a Presidential election affects the money market and makes this unad- visable until after the election. “But the increase of population and business in this section make it nec- essary for the road to extend its sys- tem from Portland to Tacoma and to other Puget Sound cities just as soon as possible.” This last sentence was spoken in answer to a question regarding the probability of using the Northern Pa- cific tracks. A Chamber of Commerce committee visited President Harriman by ap- pointment and at his request furnished him with maps of the tide lands and proposed Government improvements. Harriman visited the water front and the immense wheat warehouse. The party is making the entire trip to Portland by daylight in order to view every possible bit of intervening ter- ritory. —_———— HOPPER-DUNSMUIR WILL CASE DRAWING TO A CLOSE San Francisco Coal Merchant Testi- fies That He Always Found Dece- dent—Able to Conduct Business. VICTORIA, B. C, Dec. 11.—Fur- ther evidence was given in the Hop- per-Dunsmuir will case of excessive drinking and incapacity of the late Alexander Dunsmuir to-day. Edna Wallace Hopper, plaintift, re- called, said Dunsmuir had received a paper from James Dunsmuir which he refused to sign. Cross-examination brought out that it was only a dec- laration of ownership in the lost steamer Bristol. George Frith, a coal merchant of San Francisco, then gave evidence that he had considerable business with Alexander Dunsmuir and had always found him sane and able to carfy on his business intelli- gently. e e Will Publish a Poultry Journal. SANTA ROSA, Dec. 11.—At a meet- ing of the board of directors of the Sonoma County Co-operative Poultry Association held in this city to-day H. Graff of Petaluma was elected president, W. H. Creighton of Penn- grove secretary, J. Lawson of No- vato treasurer. It was decided to limit the lability of members of the association to 1 per cent of the gross receipts for poultry and eggs and to start an official poultry journal to be published in this cityc It is to be a weekly, called the California Co-op- erator. H. Murray, late organizer of the association will be the editor. It D. Preesey of Petaluma was appoint- ed official State organizer. Dec. 11.—Charles SALINAS, PRAGERS bpm this evening and every evening until Christmas. y 1238~ 1250 MARKET | Clearance Sale of Season’s Newest, Millinery. E morning. VERY hat, trimmed and untrimmed, in our stock has been re- duced nearly ONE-HALF and will be placed on sale this We intend to get rid of all stock in our millinery de- partment and have marked ths lowest sale price at the commence- ment of the clearance, so that every one of our customers will have equal chance for a fine bargain. Our millinery department has gone through a most successful season and the workmanship and excelled or even equaled by any other store in this city. hats turned out by it were not We had splendid importations, a few of which are still in stock. We don’t want to carry anything over the new year and have made it an ob- ject for you to visit our rooms. 6.98 satin ribbon. ELEGANT BLACK GAINSBOROUGH HAT. with long black plume and trimmed with black Black ribbon bandeaux. Worth $10.00. SHIRRED BLACK VELVET TURBAN, Empire shape; pom- pon and aigrettes complete trimming. Regular $8.350 value. JET HAT WITH HIGH CROWN, finished with bunch of Prince of Wales tips and velvet trimmings. Regular $10.00 hat. FANCY BRAID TURBAN, trimmed with swansdown pompon and velvet. Worth $8.50. HANDSOME SHADED TAN BEAVER: Continental shape. It has a white and tan pompon and brown velvet trimming. Valued at § and trimming of satin braid. o' Worth $6.50. WHITE ASTRAKHAN GAGE HAT, Valued 2t $6.5 BLUE CHENILLE AND FELT TURBAN, Regular $6.50 hat. and cream velvet. blue_military pompon. G.C0. BEAUTIFUL WHITE MALINE HAT with long white plume Worth $10.00. WHITE FELT GAINSBOROUGH. with cut ostrich pompon and cream satin ribbon. trimmed trimmed with wings 0. trimmed with ELEGANT GRAY FELT, trimmed with gray tips and shades of old rose velvet. Worth $6.50 MISSES’ CASTOR BEAVER, trimmed in two shades of red. Worth $6.00. RED FELT, s l '9 Poke shape. trimmings of pink silk. Very A bargain. pretty. Children’s Hats. with red satin ribbon. Tan velvet shape with trimmed UNTRIMMED HATS. 75¢—Children’s sailor hats 50c—Untrimmed hats. #1.50—Untrimmed $1.98 _TFancy Braid shapes. $2.98 _Fancy shapes in black and pretty colors. Il colors; these hats were All colorss. velvet shapes; three styles. soldsat $1.50 Worth $4.50. $1.00—Black felt untrimmed shapes. ] | SACRAMENTO BOY WILL INTERPRET THE MASTERS ettl Orchestra Recitation at Alhambra Theater. On Monday night, December the Minetti orchestra will give its first concert of the season at the Al- hambra Theater and the soleist will | be Albert Elkus, a composer and plan- | | Albert Elkus Will Be Soloist of .\nn-] | ! ist, who has already distinguished | himself in both directions. i Elkus was born in Sacramento | eighteen years ago and graduated | from the Sacramento High School and has been attending the, University of California. At the age of 13 he gave a piano recital here, at which he played a number -of original com- positigns and improvised on given themes in a manner that aroused ad- miration. Shortly afterward the boy | played for Rosenthal and Sauer while they were concertizing here and they | pronounced him a genius. Edward MacDowell also examined | some of the boy's compositions with the result that the distinguished com- poser sent for young Elkus to tell him personally that he found the composi- | tions genuinely original and of great beauty. This, from the acklowledged | greatest of American composers, was | a significant compliment. During the last two years several of Elkus’ songs have appeared upon the concert programmes of our profes- sional singers and a trio for -violin, cello and piano was performed pub- | licly at Steinway Hall two years 850\ By three of our best professional mu- | sicians with great success. At the age of 12 the boy began to write for orchestra, though he had then no systematic instruction in orchestra- tion. He wrote a number of pieces for full orchestra, one of which has | been publicly performed. Young Elkus is a pupil of Hugo | Mansfeldt. His playing is temperas| mental and he commands an unusu- | ally wide technical resource. At the | concert on Monday*night he will play | “The Lady of Shalott” and “Cleopat- ra” of his own composition and “Le- zende St. Francois Marchant sur les | Flots,” by Liszt. | —————————— i The forty-five national banks of .\'ewi York City hold from $409.000.000 to | $500,000,000 deposits of other banks. 1 | | HARMONY CHAPTER GIVES FINE MUSICAL PROGRAMME Anna Cummings Badger, Press Club Quartet and Others Sing at Year- " Iy Installation of Officers. Harmony Chapter No. 21, Order of the Eastern Star, held its installation of officers last night at Golden Gate Hall. The hall and approaching stair- way were prettily decorated with a profusion of greens, giving them a striking effect. An elaborate musical programme was interspersed with the installa= tions. Anna Cummings Badger rem= dered in fine voice a contralto solo, entitled “Hosanna. She has a rich dramatic voice of excellent range and volume and the rendition of the se- lection brought forth an encore from the assembled crowd. The Press Club guartet sang seve- eral songs and Mrs. J. M. Hunt, R. A. Hunt, Clarence Krone, R. E. Keene and George R. King assisted with vo- cal solos. The .affair was an enjoy- able one and musieally a treat. The reception committee was as follows: John M. Klein, M. J. Kelly, C. W. Gould, John Kimball, W. E. Lucas, John W. Lewis, Mrs. Annie M. Johnson, Mrs. Robert Carson, Mrs. J. M. Klein, Mrs. Emma Carter, Mrs. C. Wetjen, Mrs. Elsie Jensen, Mrs. A. H. Millberry. The officers of the chapter are: Worthy matron, Virginia Lee Lewis; worthy patron, Frank Henry Kerri- gan; jassociate matron, May Francis Carter; secretary, Eva May Garrison; treasurer, Ruth Chandler; conduc- tress, Carrie Louise Lucas; associate conductress, Emil Harriet Crackbon; chaplain, Dale Warford; marshal, Estella May Leland; organist, Alice Eva Severance; warder, Anna Ruth Cornehl; sentinel, Annie E. Emerson; Adah, Viela Hauser; Ruth, Emma Charlotte Krone; Esther, Nettie Cator Mangrum; Martha, Cordie Wetjen Stunenberg; Electa, Lila May Kim- ball;. installing officer, Elizabeth Vir- ginia Gould. —_———— Light Rainfall at San Diego. SAN DIEGO, Dec. 11.—A light sprinkle of rain fell here this after- noon and there are strong indications that there will be a heavy fall during the night. . e ADVERTISEMENTS.