The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 22, 1904, Page 7

THE SA FR%\CISCO CALL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1904. SKINNER TELLS | 0F ABYSSINIA | Results of the Novel Expe-| ! dition to the Realm of| King Menelik Are Published Splendid New Goods In Evcry Depariment. new Suits, | EXHIBITS FROM ETHIOPIA | ————— ! Monarch Proposes to Display| Products at St. Louis Exposi- | tion and Promises Good Will R L L Feb. 21.—How the! m\m{\ Wai department, of | WASHINGTON, United States has come into trade re- |lations with a new region containing 10,000,000 of people is briefly told in! rt to Mr. Loomis, the Assistant | of State, of Robert P. Skin- | American Consul General at eilles, France, on his highly suc- ul mission to Abyssinia last No- | ver for the purpose of negonatmg‘ with King Menelik a trade treaty and | fSfiire Closed A!l Day To-Day—Washington's Birthday | _Ncw Fancy Eton Svns $17.50 mmed with , the Ncw Indm Sxfi{ Wa 25.00. Ists $3 50 | | to collect information about the com- { tucks | va of this mission Mr. ted a treaty which, will secure for the United | ceptable, | States the most favored nation priv-| | ileges in Ethiopia and will guarantee | mod:- champagne, silver grays, cream | to American citizens and merchandise so -wéol ol and st { immunity from discriminatiop in rates | 75e B yul i | on all public roads and lines of com- | |snunication. New nlack S[lk chdlans SOC yard In addition Mr. Skinner prevailed | upon King Menelik to accept an invi- | An extra heavy iron frame weave in on for his country to participate the St. Lo exposition and pre- | hes; llent for $1.00 e value at | minary arrangements for a compre- | { hensive exhibit at St. Louis have been made. The King will send during the | coming summer a commission of dis- |tinguished and representative men | { who will have charge of the exhibit. | | Mr. Skinner, after narrating these | facts, says: { *Acting on the part of the Interiori | Department 1 have secured a cc]lec-‘ Ncw Sllks choice spring novelties in Fancy ing of figured colored silks, gun- e el Sl 25 Blacl( Taficla Sllks 89c yard ck Taffeta Sill tion of the seeds of the more impor- |tant crops peculiar to Ethiopia, a | number of which may be found avail- | able in the exploitation of the uncul- | tivated western lands of the United | | States, now being made available by | the extension of our irrigation system. | ABYSSINIA'S RESOURCES. | “I have also in hand material for a | report on the agricultural resources of Abyssinia. The Agricultural Depart- ment particularly desired to secure a collection of wild coffee seeds for ex- perimental purposes. These could not | be obtained during my visit, but have been ordered and ultimately will be Such a collection could be Kaffa, a remote province, | ch involves a long and ex- ourney. The experts of the ural Department have a theory degeneration of the modern | coffee plant is due to the fact that cof- | ulture has been based on seed orig- imported from Arabia, and that getting back to the wild coffee the habitat of which is in the e of Kaffa, 2 new variety may the value of which will be | y N sting ,ar; p :»U et kimonas, etc price, e men Ceql_cr Plcces, 25¢ cach per yarc 20c Curtam wass, 12/2c yard forwarded. plar | to secure a pair of| zebras for cross-breeding purposes was | also In vain. These animals are eneed-- rare and difficult to capture alive. CEORCE W. DAY [ FILLS A VoD | I have left instructions, however, in re- gard to this matter, and trust to be to supply two of these animals time in the future. | roughty humor- | “The presence of the mission in Eth- | Monologist That Heads Bill jopia has had the effect of turning her < attention toward the United States as, at Orpheum Is the Kind a probable source of supply for many of *Coon™ That Pleases 3 man#factured articles for which an ex- | Jessie Gardner—who | panding market is certain to re- g e 1 d delicate- | sult upon the completion of the rail-| Of the g week’s ny of the|w and as a probable consuming| bill & ’ s George W. Da he other | market for such product as may be| » r s a mon- ng the above ' available for export.” I & ¢ Lew Hawkins used | e e $e i RECEPTION BY MENELIK. mond L the superfinous onler of en- | Mr. Skinner records in detail his ex- | | pedition to Abyssinia from the time he | left New York on October 8 up to the | day on which he set sail, January 15. the ly taking gave the audience leisure some of with a ese. His zontal bar work th He Is attention to the prompt facil- | rned tack, as scen for some time. | jties which the French Government of- | Day's Bowen, scheduled for the | fered for the progress of the expedi- king the ic moment before the bio- | tion across French territory. Mr. Skin- | Seant transposed to the middle this picturesque description | g ome of the best work of, ption by the Emperor: | me. Their is a; “Two hours after camping, acccm—‘ e and as funny as it is acro- | panied by M. Chefnux (Counsellor of\ | State) the mission set out for the; The Black 2d the holdovers | Aderach, or seat of government, ac-\ g i last week. Harry | companied by an Ethiopian escort of | g ;L‘ vor of the Bowery,” | 3000 men under command of a dis-| that does |20d the Werner-Amoros troupe, com- | tinguished general. Although our re- | grain of | Plete the with a blograph that |ception at Harrar had not been devoid | | military pomp, we Were astonished | and our appreciation of the picturesque | gratified by this glimpse of Ethiopian | troops upon a ceremonial occasion. Ar-[ | rayed in gorgeous silks and satins, with | n and leopard skin mantles, gold and | silver plated buckles, carrying lances | from which floated the national colors, | “Little Myrtle Barke mounted upon spirited horses, they gal- | is the apotheosis of all |loped into formation, the nrder of which | g that has ever appeared | was an apparent disorder, a scene as or other shores. She numbers | indescribable as it was memorable. A five years to her credit in this {band of shaw-players heralded our sphere, but one cannot help | coming with weird music, which has mbering on seeing her the lines | not been changed since the fall of Jeri- Sh “We look before and after, | cho. and pine for what is ngt.” She is of| “At the palace of Guehi, our escort that k’rnhardts and | fell back and the mission, always ac- made of. In size she|companied by the marines and blue- shoetops of the brawny | jackets, proceeded through a series of of the play: in effect she is|courtyards and after receiving a salute mong pigmies. | from a company of 200 native artillery- All the damp handkerchiefs that the | men under the command of an Euro- ymen wrung out silently under the |pean officer and a further salute of ats were due to the real touch of hu- | twenty-one guns in honor of the United of BLANCHE PARTINGTON. o il N Fathers and mothers who wish to arn to what state of mental develop- is a little baby | o e man nature that this real human chilq | States, we entered the Aderach, an - |added to the piece. There is a brawny | 2udience chamber of cathedral-like blacksn unjustly sentenced to |proportions. The Emperor sat upon - |prison: an unscrupulous woman, a | his throne, surrounded by his more im- | blind mother, a villain withstore-made | portant advisers, representing the ad- |clothes and a tramp who really should | ministrative department, the judiciary, | be better company. The® played |the army and the church. Back of the | out an old style drama inya common- | two rows of pillars supporting the roof place way, but the child was the play. | were massed several thousand of the ing people of the addisababa, all oliday regalia. Our reception was cordial but formal NINE DAYS' CONFERENCE. THAT MA'\J PITTS 1008 nl.nr ST. Above Powsll { An Kpjoyable Day Trip. Note new homes and The Etatiomer. other ymprovements Valley, Corte Madera, Sen Prancisco, Ca | Rose Vailey, San Anseimo, e Give sburian district near San Tranciscs 35| FOF Bine days Mr. Skinner was in e e " | minutes 1o one bour distant) rail elec- | conference with the Emperor and his s ;’:v, via Sausalito I:rr.\“ leave at 7:00, | chjefs of staff. At the farewell audi- W = . 5 z’n' 545 ence the Emperor received the entire ; Mot |U;p .mw 1:‘ g'llgr;lhz); expedition and bestowed decorations upon all the officers of the expedition, and presented medals to the marines. To Mr. Skinner the Emperor gave two Some people appear to think that they | young lions and a pair of elephant should be able to stop at a hotel dur- | tusks, together with a personal letter ing a convention by saying “Hello!” to | of friendship and good will addressed | th® hotel clerk.—Chicago News. to the President, which he gave as tes- If it's a Chicago hctel the guest is|timonials of his friendship and good fully justified in versing the exclama- | will to the United States. Of the na- tion when the clerk hands him the bill. | tion’s resources Mr. Skinner said: “The empire holds out no attractions =" North Shore Of- onevery hp 85¢' —Cleveland Plain Dealer. | the treaty. | Carmack, Daniel, Morgan, Blackburn, | except to the President and his ad- | | will be pressed before the present ses- | | the present guillotine operator in par- | | ticular. | writer had taken the trouble to make | inquiries he would have.found out| | strongly dlwappru\m of capital pun-| : | ishment. “But,” he adds, with a yet| Of Halpruner Medical Mfg. Co., b more sardonic humor, “one must| 28 California St., S. F., sent by [ o Bt e idon Db Taeerapn mail or express. People cured | “Have you heard the latest? Brown's, free of charge from 1 to 4 p. m. C A I ,l FORNI A wife has run.off with his chauffeur.” | a purchaser at an exorbitant figure. On | PATTOSIEN’S. [STHMIAN WORK T0 BE HURRIED Senators Will Ratify the Treaty and the President| Wil Name * Commission | SRESeT Ay BRISK ACTION FOR CANAL Legislation Is to Be Pressed to Insure the Construetion of the Great Waterwa)“ P Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, — Final| steps will be taken this week toward beginning the construction of the isth- mian canal by the United States Gov- | ernment. The treaty will be ratified | by the Senate on Tuesday and the| § commission announced by the Presi-! dent on Wednesday. According to the latest poll, made vesterday and to-day, ;there will be seventeen Democratic Votes against | These are: Senators Bailey, | Teller, Gorman, Newlands, Culberson, Bates, Martin, Pettus, Overman, Du- bois, Tillman, Patterson and Mc- Laurin. The Democratic Senators who will vote for the treaty are: Simmons, Ba- con, Mallory, Money, Stone, Berry, McEnerny, Latimer, Clay, Taliaferro, McCreary, Cockrell, Clarke (Arkan- sas), Foster and Gibson. According to present indications and the belief of all the majority leaders| there will be no Republican vote | against the treaty. | Only three members of the Canal Commission to be announced on| Wednesday are known to a certainty, | visers. These are Rear Admiral John G. Walker, General George W. Davis | and Colonel Frank G. Hecker of De- troit. Colonel Hecker's appointment was urged by the late Senator Hanna and before his death President Roose- velt promised Mr. Hanna that he would appoint him. While the ratification of the treaty is the last important step teward the building of the canal, other legislation proper level. immense store will close. From that day to pay double the prices you can now carpets for at PATTOSIEN’S GREAT sion ends giving to the Canal Commis- sion proper authority over the strip of | PATTOSIEN’S MIGHTY HAND tz] Store Opens 9 a. m. Closes 5 p. m. Corner Sixteenth and Mission Streets. Has kept the prices of furniture and carpets down to its On May Ist this hand will be removed and this A on you will have buy furniture and RETIRING SALE. A WORD TO THE WISE 1S SUFFICIENT. land through which the canal will be | has sent, through a process server, a dug. e ——————— | ADVERTISEMENTS. ] AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. The Headsman's Defense. | e | E BV IR P e Deibler Jr.. who has succeeded his | 1 "OPERA coLuMBI SAR FRANCISCO'S father as public executioner of France, | i HOUSE. LEAN Thesag Rheumatism Neuralgia which he con- The | letter to a journal by siders that he has been libeled. newspaper had attacked the principle of capital punishment in general, and Special Matinee To-Day, 'uhhnn'l Birthday. POSITIVELY LAST WEEK ; of the ¥nprecedented Success, When Johnny | Comes Marching Home SECURE S MATINE! Monday, Peb. 29—THE GYPSY BARON The remarks in Deibler's let- ter are quite worth quoting. He ob- serves that the journal has fallen into | Malaria the common mistake of coupling the functionary with the function. If the| Positively cured with D"-_H“' | pruner’s Wonderful Medicine, or your money returned, Price, 50c. and §1.00 per bottle. For | | sale by all dealers and at office | TS IN ADVANCE! SATURDAY. * that, in this instance, the man and the institution are to be considered apart. As a matter of fact, Diebler himself, “Mercy, what a pity! TO-NIGHT He was such a | | good chauffeur! Brown will never be | f W. C. NANKEVILLE'S able to replace him.”—Smart Set. | Successful Melodrama, | fi | to the commercial adventurer with | IMPROVED g " " limited means. Too many of Euro- H An Idyl of the Arkansas Hills. peans now in the field are of that class E ] Iasses b ” and the Emperor, with just reason, is - Next Sunday—James A. Herne's weary of the constant clamor for con- cessions from all sorts and conditions { of persons whose only object is to find Famous Comedy, SAG HARBOR Tnder the Personal Direction of Mrs. Herne. and i Spectacles the other hand, enterprises planned with skill and backed with sufficient capital may be undertaken and carried out with every assurance that property ‘ | interests will be respected by the Gov- | ernment and that promoters of such | enterprises will be welcomed with a | catholic spirit.” i | sy | | sPECIAL SUN AND SNOW | see the beautiful | Sometimes Help the Hair to Go. | COURT m | Pilson and Errol; Girard and Garda In any changeable climate the hair is | foom, t53 | @George W. Day: Morris and Bowen apt to become brittle and to break off | PARLOR, the Eight Vassar Girls; stubby here and there. This makes a | PALM ROOM, the hair-dressing almost a neces: LOUIS XV PAR. cially to ladies. In using a hair-dressing | LOR, and the LA- why not get the best, one that combines | | with it the efficiency in killing the dan- | gg%s"‘.wmnno | a druff germ, the germ that eats the hair | off at the roots, causing what is called | falling hair, and in time baldness. Ne bro's “Herpicide” Is that kind of a ha dressing. You have no idea how delight- ful your scalp will feel, and how stylish | your hair will appear, after an applic tion or two of Herpicide. Tt is certainly | MATINEB TO-DAY (WASHING- TON'S BIRTHDAY), Look at the Names! Werner-Amoros | Troupe; Harry Thomson, and Orpheum Motion Pictures, Illustrating Longfel- low’s “Hiawatha.” Regular Matinees every Wednesday, Thurs- Saturday and Sunday. Prices 10c, 2S¢ 50¢ Hotels Prescriptions 34,406 and 7. GUARANTEED CURE FOR MEN. e eacian “Soty falp anti- | A RMLESS INJECTION. Curesordinary | TheE of A atain i Ren 180 B Aot \fn:a,i’,';,’f’ cases in a few days. Warranted to cure Fath Our ple to The Herpicide Co., Detroit, Mich, | WOrSt cases. NO OTHER TEEATMENT | ather Country :| REQUIRED. Prevents and Cures Stric- | c A sT OR I A | turcs. PREVENTS CONTAGION. Harm- | less. $1.00 per bottle, expressed. For sale only F. S. KELLY'S PHARMACY, 102 Eddy. For Infants and Children, The Kind You Have Always Bought GUNS Would Have Pald Ten Dollars it He Could Have Seen | ROLY POLY | COME TO THE EE THIS \}TER\OOX. Ammunttion. Hunting asd | MATIN SHRUVE . BARBE! co,, %39 Market st. and 521 © | DL, T. DILLON Bears the Kearny st. NLLEN TURTIS, HELEN RUSSELL, Ner: | Sigunature of AST“MANOLA Monday, March THE ROUNDERS.” Matinees, Saturday and Sunda AIHAMBRA WiLL GCREENBAUM THE KILTIES Greatest Concert Band in America, Combined with Scottish Vaudeville— SINGERS, DANCERS, m m vommencing To-Morrow Night ,.0cs'y%,, Mats. Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Reserved Sea Q&t- fie Box Oftice To-llay n .\mm aan Rest of Eng: Sherman, Clav & Co.'s. 1s the only cure for Nervous and Bronchial ASTHMA. Your nrunm or at 598 HAIGHT ST. San Franclsco, Cal. L] visitr DR. JORDAN’S crear WUSEUW OF ANATOMY 1051 MARXZY 6T. bat. Srba7eh, 8.7.Cal, “n. Lazgest Anstomical Museum in the o, Voo o 2y comeacied Spd.lh on the Comst. Egt. 35 DR. JORDAN—D!SEASES OF MEN Consatntion free and sticty private ‘Weak Men and Women S HOULD USE DAMIANA BITTERS, THE Great Mexican Remedy; gives health and oldest OAKLAND RACE TRACK NEW CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB, Commencing February 22. Racing Each Week Day, Rain or Shine, Six or More Races Daily. Races commence at 2:15 p. m. sharp. e special trains stopping at the track take S. P. Ferry, foot of Market street, at 12, 12:30, 00 130 oF 2 0 clock. . No smoking in 1ast two , which are reserved for ladies and their escorts. Returning trains leave track at 4:10 and 4:45 and immediately after the last race. THOMAS H. WILLIAMS, President, PERCY W. TREAT, Secretary. Comlng. AROI.D BAUER, Pianist ERCE'S FAVORITE ) AY’S has stood BADW. READY RELIEF unrivaied before the public (or 40 years as a Pain Remedy, It instantly relieves and quickiy I_Colds. Sore Th: n cures all iroats, Influenza, Bron- ehitls, Pneumonia, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Headache, Toothache and all Dllfl. Internally for Malaria and ail Bowel Paia. 'THE Beginning TO-NIGHT. OTE—During ment Perform- Including Sun- ud Farewell Appearances I]ENMAN THOMPSOAN (HIMSELF) In the Greatest of All Rura! Plays, THE OLD HOMESTEAD OPERA HOUSE ~c ....MATINEE TO-DAY The Young Singing Irish Comedian THOMAS J. SMITH AND A COMPANY OF ABILITY In Con T. Murphy's Comedy Drama GAMEKEEPER REGULAR MATINEE SATURDAY PRICES Erenin Matinees ALCAZAR Opening Wllh !peclll Belasco & Mayy Propristors; ¥ Prlc-. | HOLIDAY MATINEE TO-DAY The Hilarious Farcical Comedy, The Wrong Mr. erght BRIMFUL OF MERRIMENT. Evgs., 250 to T5e. Mats., Sat. & Sun., 250 to 50¢ NEXT MONDAY—J. K. Jerome's Comedy. As Played By MISS HOBBS Annte Russell. IN ACTIVE PREPARATION—PARSIFAR. CENTRAL==¢ MAYER Market Street, Near Eighth..Phone South 333 WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY MATINEE TO-DAY. First f_n TO-NIGHT—ALL THIS WEEK. Regular Matinees Saturday and Sunday. The Mammoth Orfental Spectacle. KING OF THE OPIUM RING A Stupendous Production! Gorgeous Scemery! Panorama of San Francisco Bay!' The Opium Dens of Chinatown! Human Ladder of Acrobatic Chinks! PRICES Evenimes Matinees Next—A BREA rnR LXBFRTY Ziska and King, Kelly and Violette, Irving Jones wnwAND A GREAT SHOW..... Every Afternoon and Evening in the Heated Theater. AMERICAN, CHINESE AND PHILIPPINE BABIES IN THE INFANT INCUBATORS. FIREWORKS TO-NIGHT In Honor of Washington's Birthday. ¥ Admission, 10c; Children, Sc. When Phoning, Ask for “The Chutes.” MISCELLANEOUS AMUSEMENTS. GRAND EXHIBITION OF SUBMARINE TORPEDO BOATS UNDER WATER AT RED ROCK MONDAY, February 22. Steamers SUNOL and COLUMBIA Leave Washington-st. Whart, Pler 3. at 10:30 Round Trip $1. NAPA EXCURSION POSTPONED. WEEKLY CALL, $1.00 PER YEAR