The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 10, 1904, Page 39

THE S FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY C 39 REYES TARRIES |ENLARGE MINING [N WASHINGTON| EXHIBIT SPACE Colombian Representative Is Professor Sammel B. Christy Awaiting Reply to His Last Request of Secretary Hay Officials to Make Concession KNOWS PANAMA IS LOST |APPROPRIATION NEEDED — —_——-— General Has Informed His | Land Grant Colleges of Coun- JGo-ernment That His Mission to the Capital Is a Failure b gk | WASHINGTON, Jan. $ —General| Reyes, the Colombian representative, | -night said he was yet hoping for | an answer to his last request that the correspondence be sent to the Senate d that he could not say definitely when he would leave Washington? - He added that when the time came for go- ng he would officially take leave the President and other officials with whom he had come in contact. In & long cablegram which Gener: = has d to General Ma: iewed the negotia ington and informed the roment that, after doing his power to save son the Purchase g Exposition Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, Jan. 9. Professor S. B. Christy of the Uni- | versity of California, director of ex- | hibits for the land grant mining col- leges at the Louisiana Purchase Ex- day after looking over the ground in behalf of the exhibits of which he has Professor Christy saw was interesting and wrestled with some problems that could only be de- termined by personal observation appeal. There still the largest tion to be solved, however, that of , and unless the board of re-| everything from t K. he has f e RS B gy. this annou with a w B £ e e a word of ad- | ;e Uiy of California will not his Government | 1, ropresented at the fair. /, he expects, in As it stands now there are 10,000 | ew of the high fecling prevalling ib | quare feet of space set aside in the 3 » that it will be very QMficult | gy, Building for exhibitions his people longer. Through- the by the land grant colleges of t gotiations Gene 9 . < i s }: S(%::‘ ms General Reyes |ynjteq States. The Government . S 5- et i ‘h§ pressure in his | pnpropriated $160,000 for the exhibi- g <% hrn '\»n; 4{ )u)nhne between | yjon of the land grant colleges, of 3 ashington and Bogota govern-|yyioy there are twelve. The activi- ments, and he is gratified that his peo- : °0- | tjes of all these colleges will be repre- ple have kept r word and not de- e = the agricuitural, the mining, | clared war while there was hope of : srtis i othern: tlement “_-" "'Pli DACY. Of this 16,000 square feet a portion ing failed, General 499 foet been set de in t feel that it is his mi a good location for the mining exhib- | sion further to advise the Bogota GOV~ | jtg of these twelve colleges. Originally | m its course. i only 200 square feet had been assigned time Gene: to the min but after s te Department, re- ' jjttle 1m his presentations of the . the allotment in- se be warded to the e feet. ! been answered. His e not much of an exhibit king this request were in this enlarged under considera- J Senate hostile to country, the Bo- ving the work at g [ esired that its side | the differe There will be | be presented. Gen- ' no attempt to exhibit specimens or at in this way hinery, as it would be impossible r able to reach FEE 1ts do not make a suf- for the mining of California in the land suggest no means Panama differ- poropriation t the Uniwv not be rer mining Buildin their those that re-| appropria will be repre- however, and it is my work to them. ave been Building 3 e exhibit in Caracas, who and whose in- 2 has been in- Venezueia, or ble 1e Colombia- were sent sented offered space in the djacent to the Cali- nd may be forced be to to to-day that General or Christy szid that he was es & mumber of adminis- | gonerally pleased with the plans for 1 s during hi the fair and that the site was particu- »ong » Lodge, Spooner and KEi- |larly fortunate. ~The California g puilding is three-quarters finished and M te armored crulser Hew York has | will be ready In ample tims for © the opening of the ved at Panama and will become the lass, command i. The train- ral Wise com- Pensacola for Guan- will rendezvous. Railroad Posts Signs, but Superintend- | ent W. S. Palmer Says They Have wlhaiss v ARMY CIRCLES IN STATE No_significance. G : 'SUAL EXCITEMENT| BERKELEY, Jan. 9.—Signs tha oF ANINUNY S were posted at Berkeley and Dwight | Announcement of Promotions and W2V stations to-day revived the story that the Southern Pacific Company in- tends to begin charging fares between stations on its local line. The signs arn prospective pa gers that, they must purchase tickets before attempt- ing to board the trains. Superintend- ent W. S. Palmer denies, however, that | it is the present intention of the rail- | road company to charges fares. { He said to-night that the signs had | been put up in conformity with a rule the corporation, but that the charg- Reports of War News Jeep the Officials Busy Guessing. les were in a state of ex- ¥ over the announce- promotions and re- All day long the headquar- ng was besieged by officers the d ent posts around who had come in to,d! | tion and glean any ne as of the lower officers stood the of T B ing of fares is a matter for future con- " rotion of Colonel Alexander| ;g ,ion. Fares will ultimately be enzie 1o chief of Corps of Engin- | ;. geg, he said, but that may be a with rank of brigadier general, s perhaps the greatest surprise of It was a clean jump over the Jong time in the future. At any rate! there is no intention of charging fares i | beginning with next Monday, as re- | v heads of C C. R. Suter, Colonel : . < _,r,,?x Lydecker and “Olonflcl :y:os port had it to-day on the streets of | Stickney, all of whom ranked him. | Berkeley. | : —_—————— Colon Mackenzie was the senior CASTIGATES THE YOUTHS member of the board that recently re- - turned Honolulu, where it had | THAT SMOKE CIGARETITES: been engaged in locating military sites | the Hawailan Islands. General Frank M. Coxe, the only officer pro-! sted in this department, was besieged | all day long with visits of brother of- ficers offering congratulations, and was also the recipient of telegrams from all over the country. Rumors of war news also added to the gemeral! excitement n the Phelan bullding. First Lieutenant Charles E. Dority, ho has been laid up for five months n the General Hospital, has becn granted a three months’ leave of ab- sence and will depart on Monday to it his family in Michigan. Lieuten- Dority has been for the last four ars in the Philippines with his com- the Twenty-fourth Philippine ,uts. For a large portion of the ime the Scouts were located in the vi- nity of Coloocan. They are now un- der orders to go to St. Louls to partici- pate in the exposition ceremonies. or Willlam Stephenson left yes- - for a ten days’ trip to make an tion of the Nacimiento rancho, a view of selecting suitable ds for the establishment of a wange there and 2iso to report | 1 the advisability of laying out big at that place for general maneuver practice. The transport Sherman, which was from Morris C. James, Principal of the Berkeley High School, Gives Stu- dents His Opinion. { BERKELEY, Jan. 9.—Morris C‘! James, In delivering his annual ad- ! dress yesterday to the students of the | Berkeley: High School, took advantage | of the occasion to trounce verbally the ! youths of the school that spend a good | deal of their time out of school hours | smoking cigarettes. | “If this were a private school,” he | said, “and I had control of it, T would | | diemiss every pupil that smoked cigar- | | ettes.” | Smoking cigarettes is sald to have | become prevalent among the High | School students, who do not attempt | to disguise the fact at all. The habit | | has thus been contracted by some of | the younger students. | —_————— i ! Marriage Licenses. | OAKLAND, Jan. 9.—The foilowing | marriage licenses were issued by the County Clerk to-day: George E. Wil- | liams, 21, and Julia D. Swafford, 19, both of Oakland; Fred W. Carey, 24, Sacramento, and Stella E. Doan, 22, | San Francisco; John W. Rogers, 62, and Elizabeth Lovel, 50, both of Oak- land; William Marsden, 26, and Emma grounds Prevails on St. Louis Fair| try Are to Be Represented at: position, returned from St. Louis to-! charge. | much that | l SRS e oeerm scheduled to sail for Manila on Feb- ruary 1 with troops and stores, will not go as intended. Her place will be taken by the Sheridan, now en route home from Honolulu, from which port she sailed on the 6th. This should bring her here early on the morning of the 14th. This new order from Washington will leave the Sherman, Buford and Crook for any emergency call, The freight transport Dixie sailed from Nagasaki for San Francisco on January 4. Mrs. Carney, who was slashed by a colored cavalry man, was taken to the General Hospital vesterddy and had the stitches removed from the cut she M. Ducas, 23, both of San Francisco; Ben D. Robinson, 22, and Lyle E. Perkins, 17, both of Oakland; Burger Andreen, 21, and Ingrid Miesterlin, 18, | both of New York; Charles W. Jones, 25, and Martha A. Burghardt, 23, both of Oakland; Frank Gentoza, 21, and Angelina Vaniene, 16, both of Oak- land. — received. The gash is a long one, reaching clear across the side of the lower part of her face. The wound will leave an ugly scar, which she will wear through life. The slasher has not vet been found. o . i I EN GAGEMENT OF POPULAR YOUNG PEOPLE ANNOUNGCED John H. Robbins, Employed Now of Oazkland, but Fo | | H { OAKLAND, Jan. 9.—The engagement is announced of Miss Celeste Dlsnc}‘* of this city to John H. Robbins, the; eldest son of former Judge George Rob- | bl a pioneer jurist and attorney of} San Francisco, who for many years has resided at 8797 Telegraph avenue. Mr. Robbins s in the employ of a promi- nent real estate company of San Fran- cisco and is well known In this city, where he is prominent in church c"'i cles, being an active member of the | Christian E: Ccengregational Church. ! Miss Disney Is a native of Des Moines, | Towa, where her parents now reside. At present she is staying at the home of | Reed Taylor; vice president, R. B. Mo- | Mrs. A. G. Jones, 617 Eighteenth street. | | The date of the wedding has not yet been set, but it during the coming summe: —————— REBEKAH LODGES INSTALL | OFFICERS FOR THE TERM | Those Who Have Been Chosen to Rule | in Amity and Walhalla Are Inducted. | The officers of Amity Rebekah Lodge, | 1. 0. O. F., were installed by District | Deputy President of the California As- sembly Mrs. Flora Bergman. and her staff of assistants in the Odd Feilows’ | building last night in public, there be- | ing manhy persons to witnes$ the beau- | tiful ceremony. The new officers are: Kate Howard, noble grand; Ida M. Irving, vice grand; Alma Jessen, re- cording secretary; Lizzie Cummings, financial secretary; Sarah Moulton, treasurer; Laura Lowrie, right, and Sarah Hill, left supporter to the noble grand; Anna Knippenberg, warden; May Vincent, conductress; Sophie Vin- cent, inside, and William Randall, outer guard. Ada Z. Stites, the retiring noble | grand, was presented with a handsome- | Iy embroidered collar. The deputy was presented with a pretty silver souvenir spoon, and Christine Randall, who at the close of the ceremony performed a cornet solo, was presented with a mini- | ature gold cornet, to be warn as a watch charm. Then followed a short programme of song and music, after| which there was dancing for an hour. The officers of Walhaila Febekah | Lodge. the German lodge of this city, | were installed by Tistrict Deputy | Franz of Oakland. They are: Bertha Proll, rast noble grand; Fredia Peter- sen, .oble grand; Anna Reigge, vice grand; Dora Segelken, recording, and Georgiana Hencken, financlal secre- tary; Otillie Eging, treasurer; Ida Keil- from, warden; Mary Hocking, conducy tress; Anna Maurer, guard, and Emma Grenninger, chaplain. Mrs. Proll, the retiring noble grand, was the recipient | of a costly crystal berry bowl. Each of the -coming officers was presented with a great bunch of beautiful fra- grant flowers, after which a collation was served. The social branch of this lodge will give a leap year party in Union Square Hall on February 25. TO LEARN WHO DID DYNAMITING TRYING Boston and Montana Mining Company | Offers Reward for Apprehension of Murderers. + BUTTE, Mont., Jan. 9.—The Boston and Montana Company of the Amal- gamated Copper group to-day offered a reward of $5000 for information which will lead to the conviction of those guilty of dynamiting the Pennsylvania workings and causing the ‘death of Samuel Olson and Fred Divel on Janu- ary L. —— Governor Appoints Former Senator. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 9.—Governor Pardee this afternoon appointed ex- Senator E. C. Voorheis of Sutter Creek a Trustee of the Preston School of In- dustry at Iome, vice J. H. Dungan ‘Woodland, resigned. g ORNITHOLOGISTS | issued bi-monthly. | EAGLES by Prominent San Francisco Real Estate Firm, Will Marry Miss Celeste Disney, rmerly of Des Moines, lowa POPULAR YOUNG COUPLE OF OAKLAND WHOSE -ENGAGE- MENT HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED. %> HOLD MEETING Cooper Club for the Study of Birds Chooses Officers for New Year and Eajoys Banquet R Sl ALAMEDA, Jan. 9.—Students of birds and bird life gathered in force | to-night at the home of Henry Reed ! Taylor, where the eleventh anaual meeting of the Cooper Ornithologica} Club tas held. Oflicers to act for the ensuing year were elected, several pa- deavor Socicty of the First | pers were read and a banguet was | served. Those chosen to manage the organization in an official capacity during 1904 are: President, Henry ran of San Luils Obispo; secretary, Charles 8. Thompson of Stanford Uni- ill probably take place | vorsity; treasurer, Joseph Grinnell of | Pasadena. Otto Emerson of Haywards read a paper on “The Feet and Bilis of Birds in Relation to Their Food Habits” and J. A. Anderson delivered a lecture on “Bird Islands in Cooks Inlet.” Wal- ter K. Fisher, son of Dr. A. K. Fisher | of the United States Department of Agricuiture was again selected to be the editor of the Condor, the official publication of the society, which 1s This magazine is regarded by ornithologists as the best of its class printed in America. There are now more than 200 mem- | bers enrolled in the Cooper Club and included in these are many of the prominent natural scientists of Cali- fornia and the Eastern States. ings are held by the society every two months. DA BN INSTALL OFFICERS FOR THE ENSUING YEAR lnthsung and Enjoyable Programme Follows Ceremonies and Worthy President 1s Honored. Installation of officers of San Fran- cisco Aerie No. 5, Fraternal Order of Eagles, was held Friday evening at Eagles’ Hall, 731 Market street, at which meeting some five hundred or more members were present. The State deputy grand president, Charles G. Nagle, presided as install- ing officer, ‘assisted by Thomas H. { Lindsay, acting as grand worthy con- ductor; James F. Cheetham, Judge John Hunt, Judge Thomas F. Graham, James Moffett, David Becker, Willlam Clack, J. George Crowley and R. M. Donnelly. The following officers were installed for the ensuing year: Harry 1. Mul- crevy, worthy.past president; Jerome A. B ofthy president; John S. Par; vice president; James L. Nagle, worthy chaplain; Gustave Pohlmann, worthy secretary (re-elected for the fifth term); Harry D. Pohl- mann, worthy financial secretary (re- elected); John T. Sullivan, treasurer (re-elected); Fred H. Everett, conduct- or (re-elected); John P. Reilly, inside | guardian; Thomas M. Ferguscn, out- | side guardian; Danfel E. Anglum (re- elected), Thomas J. Clancy and Ernest Bohlen, trustees, and Dr. J. J. Keefe and Dr. Ed Bunnell, worthy physicians. After the installation ceremonies re- tfreshments were served and an inter- esting literary programme was present- ed and thoroughly enjoyed. p A handsome floral piece was present- ed to Jerome A. Bassity by David Becker and Edward B. Jewell. Drill for McKinnon Benefit. The members of the Columbia Park. Boys’ Club, under command of Major Peixotto, have volunteered their ser- vices for the McKmnon memorial fund concert at the Mechanics’ Pavilion” on January 21. “The little fellows have ap- peared at numerous benefits and enter- tainments in this city and have always attracted a great deal of attention. you County have. refused (o ralse the liquor license to a . A lon Meet- | e FEAR DROUGHT ALONG “ROUTE” | Bibulous Citizens See Menace in Rupture Between Bar- tenders and Their Employers DAY OTFF IS DEMANDED| i, Diplomatic Relations May Be Broken at Any Minute, and Strike and Dry Spell Begun | —_— e Oakland Office San Francisco Call, | 1118 Broadway, Jan. 9. I There is likely to be a drink famine in | Oakland, and the “‘highball” and cock- | tail may go out of business, and all be- cause the mixers’ wnion is up in arms for a dap=®ff, while the proprietors are | threatening to close up their shops be- | fore they yield. ! The men who take their “morning’s { morning” and do the “route” at night |are aghast. The threatened war be- | tween Russia and Japan is ncthing in | comparison with the threatened break- | ing off of dipiomatic relations between the preprietors and the men who mix. As the matter now stands the bar- tenders have asked for a day off a week. A hundred proprictors of sa- locns met to-day and by an almost unanimous rising vote said “no.” The { reason argued is that on the bartend- er's day off his particular customers, with a highly developed taste, would be inconsolable. If a strange man were put behind one man's bar one day and another man's the next, taking the places of those who were off, the trade secrets would be iet out of the bag. The amount of cash that goes into the till and water into the barrel would alike be at the mercy of a loquacious itinerant bartender. The saloon men | cannot trust themselves nor their bar- tenders, and war has been declared. At the meeting held to-day the saloon men | appointed Pete Hanrahan and A. Bel- H tink to have a “confab’” with the unicn ' and try to call it oif. The matter, how- ever, has been put up to them by the ; union good and strong and is the talk of the town to-night. | ALL DEVOLVES “ERON REGESTS ‘] —— il’uiversily of California Will | Exhibit if the Board Will | | Appropriate Enough Money I | ‘Serkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, Jan. 9. { It now devolves upon the Board of ! Regents of the Unlversity of California i to say whether the university will be represented as an exhibitor at the St. Louis World's Fair, the faculty com- ! mittee appointed by President Wheeler | | having decided at a meeting to-day to accept the 1600 square feet of space as- | signed to the university by the fair of- cials. | | There seems to be some doubt as to the position the regents will assume in regard to the proposed exhibition. | 1t will take at least $5000 to make a | creditable exhibit and in view of the | recent disclosures with reference to finances, involving probably the loss of | | $55,000, the Regents may feel that they | would not be justified in appropriating ! such a sum for mere advertising. The whole thing wili be decided, however, on January 12, when the Regents meet | again; that is, If the McKowen scandai | does not absorb all the attention of the | board at that time. i | The decision to accept the allotted | space was made after the committee ! heard from Professor S. B. Christy, | ! who returned this morning from St. | | Louis. Professor Christy was largely | instrumental in securing the space and | was so familiar with its location and | advantages that he was enabled to give | a gcod accour: of it. Professor Christy found that there are a number of advantages about the | , place, particularly in regard to loca- ytion. The space is in one of the vesti- bules, where sightseers will be.coming and going constantly through the eight entrances. Between these entrances there is a large amount of wall space, | which may be utilized for pictures and | maps. The aisles, which will be fifteen | feet wide, will absorb considerable | floor space, but there will remain suffi- | | cient to make exhibits in cases along ' | the walls. A spage ten feet square will remain in the center for utilization. 1 The university will have the refusal | of this allotment until February 1. By | that time the Board of egents will | i have decided whether an‘appropriation ! wili be made. \UNIVERSITY EVENTS BERKELEY, Jan. 9.—Professor Thomas Walker Page and Mrs. Page returned to the university to-day after an absence of eighteen | months. Dr. Page comes back to the univer- | | eity to teach economics. During his absence | he has been head of the department of eco- nomics and political economy at the Univer- | 1 sity of When Professor Kendric C. | Babeock was recently called to the presidency | of the University of Arizona a vacancy was| created in the department that was hard to | fll and it was only after lengthy negotia- | | tlons that_Dr. "Page was prevailed upon to | return to California. He will resume his work With the reopening of the university on Mon- | dsy next. Hert C. Austin, *96, has been appointed to the i assistant_superintendency of the Onelda mme | Ji n. | TR0, 03, has received an appointment | as teacher in the Alameda High School, suc- ceeding S. Bruce Wright, '03, promoted to he peincipalchip of the Porter Grammar School of Alzmeda. | —_—ee—————— Joseph Knowland Improves. | ALAMEDA, Jan. 9.—Joseph Know- | land, the prominent capitalist, who | was yesterday stricken with conges- tion of the brain while in his cffice in | San Francisco, was resting easier to- night and the attending physician and mermbers of his family are now hope- ! ful that he will rally from the shock | and necover. —_—e———— OAKLAND, Jan. 9.—The material teamsters elected and installed the fol- lowing officers at the regular meeting Jast night: Chairman, C. G. Walker; vice p nt, F. Lewis; secretary, H. Manning; secretary- | Mitchell, for three vears: E. Williams, jfor two i years; C. Christensen, for one year. 4 i cated on the outskirts of . to be dead. I CLAIMS DEED 1S A FORGERY Aged Colored Woman Saysi Paper Purporting to Con- vey Property Is Fraudulent HER HOME IS AT STAKE| LIRSS, i Thomas Shorter, Now in Flori- | da Prison, Pays Lawyer With ' Land He Is Said Not to Own | | Oakland Office San Francisco Call, | 1118 Broadway, Jan. 8. Mrs. Lilia Willlams, an aged colored | woman, claims that 2 deed purporting | to convey a piece of property owned by her to ome Thomas Shorter is a forgery. Shorter is now in a Florida | penitentiary, to which he was sent for counterfeiting. The property is lo- East Oak- land. The deed was sent some days ago by mistake to ex-County Recorder Rod Church by George Hodges, a lawyer of Tallahassee. Fla., to be re: corded. Hodges said it had been given him by Shorter as a fee for defending him. 5 | Invest on 'showed that an al- leged deed purporting to convey the property mentioned from Mrs. Wil- liams to Shorier had been recorded several vears ago. Mr. Church com- municated with Mrs. Willjams and she said she knew Shorter hg¢re and gave him a home. He becameé acqyainted with the piece of land she owns x:!(i‘ says that he evidently forged her name to the deed and placed it on | record before he left here. When ar- rested in Florida he reprciented to Hodges, an attorney there, that he owned a piece of property here and gave him the deed as a fee for defend- ing him. | Mrs. Wiiliams claims she never deeded the land to Shorter and has re- tained counsel, who has brought suit to auiet titie to the land and have th deed declared a forgery. The notary, before whom it was sworn to is said ——————— JEFFERSON SQUARE "CLUB ELECTS ITS OFFICERS Members of New Organization Are ! Making Preparations for Its Opening on the 14th Inst. Officers and directors for the new Jefferson Square Club were elected yes- ! terday at a special meeting. William Greer Harrison Wwas unanimou chosen for president, Henry J. Crocker viee president and Frank H. Kerrigan secretary. Theé directors are Edward M. Greenway, J. R. Howell, Dr. Her- bert Gunn, Charles Elliott, Dr. James F. Pressley and Henry G. W. Dinkel- sp Immediately after the appoint- ments the entire party was entertained at luncheon by M. L. Rosenfeld in the blue dining-room of the Olympic Club. The table was made atiractive with a large centerpiece of red and white roses. The luncheon was informal, “many. funny stories were told and the utmost good ure characterized the entire affair. The host placed several automobiles at the disposal of his guests after the luncheon, as they desired to inspect the | final arrangements for the completion | of the new Jefferson Square C‘Iub,‘ ' which will occupy the entire second | floor of the Pioneer Automobile Com- | pany’s building at the corner of Golden Gate avenue and Octavia street. i The club directors gave their personal | attention to several details in the, equipment and furnishings of the club | and are enthusiastic over the prospect of bowling as a prominent feature, which will supply a long feit want t lovers of this sport in San Francisco. | Among other luxuries of the club will | be an excelient grillroom with private | telephones on all tables, a buffet, read-| ing and lounging room and biliiard and | pool tables, / ! The club will be open to members on | January 14 for the firsi time. The mem- bership, which has been kept very ex- . | country near Livermore, | nothing with the ! that ! to all subscribers. MOTHER PROVES T0 BE INSANE With Two Little Girls Mrs. L. Hill Wanders From Reno to Towns About, Livermore NOW RAVES IN HER CELL SR Imprisoned for Malicious Mis- chief She Develops Mania and Will Be Sent to Asylum Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Jan. 9. Mrs. Lena Hill, who was found wan- dering with two young children in the is insane. With two little girls, 10 and 12 years of age, respectively. she made her way f'sm Reno, Nev., to the small towns in the southern part of this county, where she was arrested for malicious mis- chief. She was sentenced to thirty days in the County Jail by Justice of the Peace Taylor at Livermore, and since her incarceration it has been determined | that she is insane. Deputy Sheriff Pete White, in charge of the County Jail, swore to a com- plaint to-day charging the woman with insanity. He states that they can do woman in the jail. She charges the pecple at Livermore that Have taken temporary charge of her children with trying to railroad her to an insane asylum in order to retain the custody of her children. Father Powers of Livermore has peti- tioned the court to appoint him guard- ian of the children. B A SO SIS WILL REPAY PORTION : OF MARTINIQUE FUND Committee Appointed by President to Return to Subscribers One-Half of the Money Collected. The persons that subscribed to the relief fund for the aid of persons ren- dered homeless by the recent destrue- | tion of towns and lives in the West Indian Islands by the eruption of a volcano on the island of Martinique are to have one-half of the sums they subscribed refunded. At the time of the disaster the ap- peal was so spentarieously answered in a short time the President notified all the committees to stop re- ceiving subscriptions, as all the money required for the purpose of aiding the sufferers had been received. The committee appointed by the President, after having fhade all the disbursements for aid which they could judiciously make, found that they still had on hand one-half of the total amount received from subscribers, whereupon notices were sent out to the different committees asking them whether they desircd the money col~ lected refunded to the subsecribers or whether they wished to appropriate the same for the relief of suffering Filipines. The executive committee of San Franecisco met at the Mayor’s officeand after considering the matter decided to return the unexpended money to the original subsecribers. Cornelius Bliss, treasurer of the fund in New York, was notifled, and yester- day A. Sbarboro, treasurer of the fund in San Francisco, received a check for one-half of the amount subscribed in this eity, which will now be refunded Checks will be mailed to all known subscribers, and others will be paid on the presentation of receipts. The national committee reports that it received subscriptions from nearly one thousand persons. San Francisco sent donations from one hundred and thirty subscribers. PERSONAL MENTION. J. L. Bryson. a mining man of May- fort, is at the Lick. Edwin E. Nieol. an attorney of Steckton, is at the Lick. clusive, includes members of the Uni-# J. O. Hestwood, a mining man of versity, Bohemian, Cosmos and Family | clubs. Every effort will be made to keep the club attractive to both ladies! and gentlemen, admitting the wives| | and sisters of members by cards, which! will be specially issued. i —_—e————— | Words—and a Wedding. i His Mafjesty’s approval of the en-| gagement between Prince Alexander | of Teck and Princess Alice of Albany | is thus notified in 2 supplement to the | London Gazette, which was issued’ last night: ; “At the court at Buckingham Pal-| ace, the 16th day of November, 1303. “Present. | “The King’'s most excellent Majesty in | council. | “‘His Majesty was this day pleased | to declare Lis consent to a contract of | matrimony between her Royal High- ness the Princess Alice Mary Victoria Pauline, daughter of his Roya! High- ness the late Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Albany, and his Serene Highness Prince Alexander Augustus ¥rederick William Alfred George of Teck, which consent his Majesty has caused to be signified under the great seal and to be entered in the books of the privy council.”—London Ex- press. —_— Canvassers Do the Business. The big realty companies in New | York have seen their business under- | go surprising changes in the last or eight years. Before that time peo. ple who wanted to build modest homes would go to the companies’ | offices. This is changed now. The! lcts arg sold. more and more, by can- vassers. One of the leading men in a | concern that buys up large tracts in . New Jersey and seclis them raid the other day that the sales he now makes | in the office would not keep the busi- | ness afloat a day. Canvassers dispose of the property, for, if the people will | not come, they must be sought out.— | Sam. is at the Grand. as Ewing, a prominent mining mangpf Los Angeles, is at the Palace. A. R. Diamond, an insurance man of Portland, Is staying at the Palace. Arthur H. Steil leaves to-day for New York, where he will remain for a month. Bank Commissioner Guy B. Barham and wife of Los Angeles are staying at the California. Robert H. Turner, a member of the City Council of Nevada City, is regis- tered at the Lick. T. E. Gerald. A. W. Whitney and { Arthur Wilson, insurance men of Port- land, arrived from the north yester. day and are registered at the Ocei~ dental. | Charles E. Randail 8f Chicago, Asses- !sor of Cook County, Illinois, and his | wife and & party of friends arrived at | the Palace yesterday. They are here | on a pleasure trip. ————— [ ‘Wayne MacVeagh's m‘.‘uy. : In sending to a friend asvefutation ! of an error, while noticing that the | promulgator of the error had him- | self corrected it, Wayne MaeVeagh ; remarks: “But retraction, however ! full and honorable, follows falsehood but lamely and never quite catches up with it, for it is fleet of fobt and won- sixv derfully elusive., as its parentage en- | titles it to be.” We are glad that Mr. MacVeagh is so orthedox— it may be that he affects orthedoxy in order to conciliate the orthodox, to whom he sends his speech before The Hague tribunal. We are entire- ly certain that the retainer would have to be extremely large which would make a devil's advocate out of him, and that he would try.to have the case removed from the devil's do- main—to Philadelphia, for instance.— Brooklyn Eagle. New York Letter. 1932 Grove street, during the absence of the family this afternoon, secur- ing valuables to the amount of more than-$250. Entrance was effected by tearing\the screen from a pantry win- dow, which had been left open. The articles stolen were two gold watches, a gold watch fob and three gold rings, one of which was set with a diamond. ——e————— At the burial of a South London man z.&u-.dnm i ¥ -