The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 4, 1904, Page 5

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CALL, WEDNESDAY, SECOND DAY OF GROCERS' MEETING BRINGS OUT IMPORTANT REPORTS Future Work Is Outlined for Convention---Arrangement Completed for Banquet, and Ladies Will Have Separat S e Hall to Enjoy Feast at Same Time Delegates Dinel and jollification jelegates to the Convention tollowing, re on hand out day day's pro- s that they wished a n across the bay, § pass ut to them in an bearing the following instruc- into any meet you u on the Italian-Swiss herald beyond parent be- iting, and ion of the ielegates and h seemed to interest was the banquet NOrrow night. was signed and on t words “and 1-2-3" were af- by delegates by those the sunny President Farlinger n to order and the n to business nei- idea what e equanimity conditions and h are one and the sent was made by u r of protest was rogramme of the en- 1 be carried wi l %l‘ll S BANQUET ALONE. o'clock the ladles are to as- the Mechahics’ enjoy themselves to They will have a ch will tempt The ladies ave the distinc- the first banquet, organization com- of balc of there ‘,-1“ held in the city sits at may that board partake of lifornia at that 3 know her son or legr 1 hailing distance t carts (who have the e of chaperons) may t are not far distant ¥ hoice. Such is the arrange- f he 1ittee on mittee has delegates the rder of business called the to order dent Farlinger, who asked of States through their m was represented by W. B. Birmingham, who reported in its work for the t of retail merchants’ asso- and that they were meeting c =s. As a whole, the associations in his to trading stamps ort of the committee on rules of business was read by E. of Ohic The report was read, but the convention the safety wvalve of “the| stion,” which wae inad-| mitted from the report, and debate can be pro- itely ting committee reported and accounts were excellent condition and worthy of commendation. CALL FOR STATE called upon for Kramer, president of zation, said the retail- s had been at a stand- the | tified to the fact | t gallery of Me- | largest merchants are harder to edu- cate than a 16-year-old child Joseph H. Stultz, president of the California Retail and Merchants’' As- | soclation, gave a detailed history of the retail associations of California. This §tate has the oldest retail asso- | ciation ‘in the Union. The laws which | | the retailers have succeeded in having | sramme, the chair took a catch-as- catch-can order and called upon Sol Westerfield of Chicago. The speaker | took the ground that the trading stamp !t‘\'il had becn encountered by the peo- {ple of Chicago. By united effort it | was agreed among the members of the largest firms that trading stamps Mhnuhl be sent to the basement and passed by the California Lemslaune;unui as fuel, and that the only proper were referred to to show what other| way to gain public opinion is to ap- States might do. It is the intention of | peal to the public and put down the the California associations to endeavor | trading stamp scheme. . to secure the passage of the Illinols v S z i law which makes the husband and wife WASHINGTON IN' LI} fointly liable for the necessities of lite.{ F. M. Spain, as the organizer of The future looks bright for California. ;lhe State of Washington, was called W. J. Galligan of Loveland, Colo., |to the platform as the representative president of the Retail Merchants’ As- sociation of Colorado, reported for his | State by saying there was unity of ac- tion in Colorado. The greater portion of his address was more of an essay on the ethics of associations than a report of conditions in his State. the assoclation in securing the passage of laws was recited. At the end of the fourth year of the State organization it can be said that the utmost success | has been accomplished. The South Carolina and Georgia del- egates arrived at that time and were greeted with applause. E. R. Moore of Indiana, representing President Fred Meyer, who could not attend, delivered a verbal report and cited the fact that a year ago the In- diana association was downcast, but this year it has money in the treasury, and that is practically due to the ef- forts of National Secretary Fred Mason. Though Indiana is only represented by three delegates in the convention, she is full of enthusiasm. The present can- didate for Governor on the Republican ticket was named by the Retail Mer- chants’ Association. TIOWA HEARD FROM. H. Corinth of Jowa excused the ab- sence of A. M. Hough, president of the association, and, as there had been a misunderstanding regarding the date of meeting of the convention, he had no report to make beyond progress. F. G. Herald, who was referred to as the smallest man in the convention, as he only weighs 280 pounds ard is close to six feet in height, was appointed sergeant-at-arms Illinois, the oldest organized State in the union, was talked about by C. H Tebbetts. Illinols was the birthplace of the national organization and that | State has a pardonable pride in the Re- tail Groce: Association. An invitation was extended by Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce to | the delegates of the convention to re- ceive the warm hand of Southern Cali- fornia At the afternnon session W. E. Sulli- van of Missouri gave the report from | his State and said that the merchants | that take the tip from the merchants hod of doing busi- | 1 and won out on politics. of San Fragcisco, as the merchants of | Missouri havh, would be successful. Committee meetings delayed a num- ber of delegates who were spond with their reports. wvas the next State to be Mr. Schwab, representing said every effort had been Badger S chants should receive their righte in the line of justice. association has from the State trading stamps and in organizing sixteen retail associations. GRAY FOR NEW YORK. New York's regular representative was not present, but William Gray wa He said he didn’t know why the regu- lar president was not present but he was here like the crow, be-“caws.” In brief he told that New York was pro- hibited from admitting any one in its organization who was net in the gro- cery bu All members of the bus- iness organizations were admitted to membership o the State orgzanization, and in turn delegates would be sent to the National Association. “I favor this plan,” he said, “but the plan is not ripe yvet with such cities as Brooklyn and New York, for the grocer is the de- spised creature in the commercial world —he is isolated. The grocers of the | country have kept out of politics, grocers in our city have ously opposed department Wisconsin called upon. that State, recognition of seri- stores Our organiza- | tion secured a garnishment law to raise its | organization is con- | reporting for the State of Texas. the garnishment from 10 per cent on 1812 a week to $20 a week. This fact was the climax of the work of the New York Association. W. F. McAllister, secretary of San Antomio (Texas) association, livered his annual address, grammed for the afternoon, the de- pro- instead of He of f several months, but the|invited the delegates to take lessons wok f advancement was very|from the actions of Texas. atifyin Yet it is a fact that the| Ignoring the regularly laid out pro- N ADVERTISEMENTS. A A A A A A Cold Meats. MareriaLs: — Any kind neatly ed and garnished. Suitable for luncheons and teas when accom- panicd by a vegetable salad. Lea Q. Perrins’ Sauce THE ORICINAL WORCESTERSHIRE Seasoning :—n arranging the table be sure that 2 bottle of Lea® Perrins’ Sauce is within easy reach. When poured over the meat it will stimulate appetite and promote digestion. * JOHN DUNCAN'S SONS, Agents, NEW YORK. Toward the | close of his remarks the work done by, made in the | ate to see that the retail mer- | The | succeeded in driving | The | He was authorized to say Washington would pay its per capita tax for the National Associa- tien. And "I am further authorized to say that while our organization is but of Washington. statute books a pure food law. ington has done more for the National Association than any other State.” The convention applauded his re- marks. John A. Green, representing Ohio, took the ground that the garnishment forts of a national organization work- ing in harmonv? The national or- ganization is no longerfan experiment. Two weeks ago Ohio passed a law recognizing trading stamps, redeem- able in cash or equivalent. Vice President Lux of Minnesota re- ported in behalf of his State, in the absence of Simon Clark, the regular president, and quoted poetry to the extent of “Auld Lang Syne.” The speaker took the position that Abe Lincoln took the wrong ground when he left his work unfinished, as * he failed to enact a national law abolish- ing the corner grocer, who l\lmm open ecighteen hours a day, gives inc im- inate credit, sells goods at cost and works with greater vim for the dear public than he does for his own fam- ily. ‘Born a man, died a grocer’ is the epitaph which placed upon the grave stone of a deceased grocer, who had lived seventy ye without | a holiday, who had never ridden on a raflroad train, who worked every Sun- day as hard and faithfully as on Sat- urday, who smelt tea, coffee and spices in the very air he breathed and who, if he ever attended church, sat in his was pew soliloquizing as to whether St Peter used sugar in his tea or what his chances would be t 11 his gro- ceries in the great beyond.” INSURANCE LESSONS. | B. A Tyler of Fargo, N. D., spoke on the subject of insurance, which in- | volved the merchant who was under | that protection. He gave figures to \ show why the merchants the inside of the ried the risks, should be on companies that Statistics upon statistics cai- followed statistics only insurance men can outline them. Political graft cuts considerable figure, according to | the speaker’s idea, in all insurance un less the question is controlled. Mutual fire insurance would never accomplish the good it does unless there be central organization and eventually national. | Such an organization was :-nmplnaml‘ in March of this year. | During Mr. Tyler'’s address, which ! was not limited to time, the delegates dwindled to sixty-seven members. As only twenty-five are required to con- | duct business a quorum was presen Mr. Tyler was ready to answer que tions along the line of insurance. Towa wanted to know how he secured forty | merchants in North Dakota in the Legislature, the speaker having claimed that number. He replied by saying it was an accident, but he hoped in the future to have that number there. Tyler explained the difference be- tween the contingent liability and that |of the old-line companies, and the re- | sult was that a delegate from Wiscon- | sin, who was evidently an old-line man, | took exception and went into the tech- | nical details of the results, Organization in New South Wales was explained by George Nesbitt of vdney, who has been identified with | organization of New South Wales. The greatest trouble among the country merchants has been from the traveling salesmen. This has brought about dif- ficulties between the wholesaler and r tailer. “We have seventy towns rep- resented in New South Wales. | have what you term your national association. A clause is embodied in tering into mercantile pursuits. We | are for the protection of the rural mer- chants in every respect. We own our own railways and have curtailed the parcel post, which i§ detrimental to the merchant. Chinese Invasion is op- posed in New South Wales, merchant is a politician, but he fails A rising vote of thanks was given the delegate from Australia for his ad- dress. president of the nationail association amtl the man who is In line for the presidency of the organization, was de- layed on Monday and did not have an opportunity to deliver his address on pure food as per programme. Yester- day he was assigned that duty by President Lott and delivered a lengthy report and essay on the subject of pure food in the United States, which will be read by health officers through- out the land with interest. His paper covered every feature of pure food, from the needs of such articles to the ultimate results of legislation. By the time Mr. Farlinger had con- cluded the delegates were anxious to prepare for the night's enjoyment at the pure food show. SIGHTS AND EXCURSIONS. Thousands of people strolled through the aisles of the lower floor of the pa- vilion and accepted all characters of samples and many of them made the rounds of the show sufficiently short four years old it has placed upon the | Wash- | law had placed in the pockets of the retail grocers the sum of $12,000. “If one organization can do this, what can the total organizations do in the matter of collections? If mer- | chants in organizations can do this, what will be the ult of united ef- We also ' the laws to prevent Chinese from mh‘ The retail | to act. The laboring man in Australia actually votes against his own con- | science.” A. R. Farlinger of Atlanta, Ga., vice | THE BDDMUH. § PRRPRY, That Mean PRRERERRERRRE PRRRER RERRERRRRRRRE RRRRey ifi!l’ R ERRRRRRRRERRY RERRRE, RONREY, M!P.R!RMBRM PERRRR RRRRRR B! the manutacturers entailed a heavy sell at 65¢. It is 38 inches wide, the year. To-day and balance of yours, per yard , and 51 25 q-vnl To-day and ba.ance of week a marked prices. All made of the best quaiity of art cushion tops that aiways sell tor soc or more, speciaily reduced to radically reduced for immediate sale. Walking and Dress Hats that were §8. 50, $10.00, $12.50 and $15.00, now . Dressy Huts that wese formerly . $10. 50, $12.30,714 00 and up to $20.00, now Dress Hats, turbans, street hats, foliage hats, etc., that were up to j22.50, now . and envelopes, either linen finis regularly 50¢ a box of 24 sheets and 25 enve'opes; to-day . Sale Bed Sets ) 3 5 s 5 x for your summer home; ths prettiest kind Arabian Bobbinet sets, sale price, each . per paif Oriental striped tapestry, filied with best each . . Door Panels— Arab an color, ity nerting, 45 and 54 inch=s long; each \RBRRR RERRRE RRRRRY KRR R RY 153 5 | | | | | | § 3 | | PRER RRRRRE RRERRY RRRRRRRE ARRY Rich Pickings for To-Day’s Shoppers 1000 Piliow Tops Worth 50c, at 33¢ To-day and ba.ance of week, whi.e quantities last, a thoasand handsome pillow topsand backs. PBeautiful Floral Designs Fasanating Conventional Designs Quaint Dutch Smoker Designs Popular College Designs Millinery Repriced Every trimmed hat that was $8.50 to $35.00, Pattern Hats and our own exc us've nmel- ties, that were u> to €35.00, now . 315-00 50c Stationery 25c¢ 5000 boxes of Hurd’s high-grade writing paper linen lawn, paper, in all the leading colors, Sale Bobhinet Gurtains Zo-Day and Balance of Week. $2.25 Bobb'net Lace Curtains — 25 yardslong, soinches wide, renaissance insertion and edsc' just what you need curtains; at the very special price per pair . $7.00 Rufficd Bed S¢|, S:ven patterng of white and for full size beds, center of spread, deep Bonne Femme Valance; special Dentelle Arzbe Lace Curtains— Copies of the real Arabian cable netting, desirable_patterps, generous asiortment; .%2.50, $2.75, $3.50, $4.00 Covered Sofa Cushions—:4x:4 inch, . Motifin tfn’er, extra qual- $I.25, 31-00, 75¢ MAY | THE EMPORIUM Silk and Dress Goods Sales Big Savings You can buy an all-wool dress pattern to-day at 39¢ the yard. You can buy $1.00 silks, for shirt waist suits, to-day at . All-wool Albatross, 39g—The great value offered you in this handsome fabric at 39: the yard cannot bg made too emphatic. -89¢ The price we paid loss on their part, for it was made to the all-wool crinkly thread albatross, in all the leading co ors, and in material very desirable at this season of week, while quanmy llus. 39¢c Mistral Cloth, 9@ —A beaut mlI spring and summer hbnc. in the g1.00 n black,navy,green, blue, red,-etc. ; specially priced for to-day and ba'ance of week, if quantity lasts, yard . . 85c and $1.00 Silks, 5@¢ - Extra quality taffetas, in fancy shades; dainty striped pongees, 1or shirt waist suits; exceptional quiiity satin foulards in the leading go'orings for summer—tan, bue, navy, green, etc., with the «nobbe’” cffect runring throughout; all marked at one uaiform price to-day and ba'ance of week, if quantity lasts yard . Remnanis One-auarler mr 69c 59c¢ choice and very large coilection of silk and dress goods remnants—the accumu’ lation of short ends from our early spring business (miny px:cu ]lrge enough for separate skirts and chi'dren’s dresses)—all kinds, colors, etc., at one-quarter off regular . is large even for us. so t d:mm, the 33¢c now #2.50 Whisky Flasks . .$1.58 §2.75 Tea Caddies . . . $1.38 $6.85 | {7 i v 52.05 2. Puff Boxes. . . . . 98¢ $8.85 |1 e o 85e $4.00 Fruit Dishes . . .$2.85 ' $10.85 $5.00 Mustard Pots. . . $1.07 £4.00 Sugar Bowls . . $1.95 satin or “25¢ orium prices. P 3 of bedrdom . $1.55 Motif in or outing wear . . . © —The new chimpagne color, - $5.00 quzli() Poss; - 980 CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST- RRRRRE RRRRRE Sale Wash Fabrics-~- 25¢c Zephyrs 1ic Our buyer made a clean-up purchase from one of the largest mills of 12 cases of the regular 25¢ mer= cerized zephyrs—each case different in style— some plain with fancy borders, others woven fig- ures, others fancy scroll designs. the economic buyer can have her choice of the en- tire lot, beginning this morning and during balance of week, while quantity lasts, yard Silverware Sale The finest quality quadruple-plated goods, made by the Meriden Britannia Co., manufacturers of Roger Br And many, many other articles. - These Summer Oxfords $1.65, $2.50 and $2.85 Three dainty, new, up-to-date styles in women's Oxfords at Em- A —Dark tan vici kid, with light turned soles, high heels, well werth §2.00 pair; here for. B - Russet calf lace Oxfords, with welted exte: heels; a sens'ble cool mlkin; lhoe, heels; exclusive shoe stores charge $3.50; our pric: @ D D5 Sample Silk and a Thlrd Oif Regular To-day another one of the series of remarkable offerings which has made this the busizst season we- have known in our ment. also if ful), $27 $40. Uitra Stylish Walklng Sults 8i7.80, $22.75 It has been years since the Eastern markets knew such a dull reason. Makers were glad to sell their stock at a sacrifice. were to blame. and our customers are now reaping the results. Mixture Coat Suits— Very natty and cheap at . Mix‘are Eton Suits— Prettily trimmed; $30.00 values . silk Shirt Waist Suits— Prettiest model in town; come in shepherd plaids, checks, changeable Compare them with the $30.00 suits elsewhere; our price. . $285.00 and figured taffetas. The quantity o quickly dispose of them 11c “1847" ware. $25.00 Tea Sets . . $14.35 $3.50 Spoon Holders . $7,67 65c Napkin Rings . . . .33€ $10.00 Candelabra . $40.00 Water Sets . $4.15 Fish Sets . 3 4. 50 Butter Dishes . . 82425 $2.25 Oyster Ladles . . $1.40 gate. room, scenes, inche min §1.60 n soles, low military suitable for ¢ty $2.50 - vici kld hce Oxfords, with French Martini, AMERICA'S GRANDEST STORE. A Traveler's Model Etons, Blouses and Hall Length Garments, in Tallclas, Pcau de Soics and Pongees—No two styles alike, ' therefore description is impossible. Suf- "l fice to say that to-day and Thursday we will sell: $7.50Coats . . . . $12. $15. §22. Bflv Supply andkerchiefs at 5e¢, 8c or 10c each A thousand dozen, 200 styels—where eise such quantities and such varieties from which to select—daintily embroidered handkerchiefs, plain hemstitched, broidered corners with insertion, etc., etc. the collection are handkerchiefs that can be used for corset covers, pin cushions, collar and cuff sets, etc., 2nd they are worth from half as much again to double the to-day and Thursday’s sale prices: Furniture 20% OfF Special Sales Carpets Choice of any piece of furniture in the store at 30 per cent off our regular prices, which thos: who have compared them will assure you are 15 to 20 per cent less than exclu- sive furniture stores charge for the sams qualitie:. are contemplating furnishing a room or a home, Iflvutl— 60c Linoleum this week, square yard 41c 80c Tapestry EBrussels, this week . $2.00 Bigelow Axminsters. ayard . Framed Pictures 32c¢ They wou!d be a big value at 75¢— These pretry sitting- dining-room or types of landscapes, figures, animals, fruits and marine framed in handsome gft inside measure, only, choics for The Grocery Sale Wednesday and Thursda Bacon—Best Eastern, pound . Corn Meal—Best Eastern, yellow, xo-lh, ~aek . .22¢c Good Table Salt—Five-pound sacks . , . . . . . §@ Good Table Salt —Ten-pound sack . . . . . e Corn Beef— For picnic lunches, 1-1b. tins, 2 fm 250 Sardines— Choice imported, 3 tins . . ..280 Beans in Tomato Sauce—W. G. M., 3 tim . . 25@ Vanilla Extract— Burnett's, z-ounce bottles . . . 2“ Force, Cero Fruto or Malto Viia—2 pukage- 25 Port or Sherry —Extra $1. 50 wines, Hires' Rootbeer—C. o Orange Cider — Bes: summer drink, 2 bottles Club Cocktails— Vermout! bottle. . . Kentucky Bel'e Bourbon — Fall quarts, bott Sauterne or len; Five-year-old table wines, !ilYon Coats Half immense suit and cloak depart- quantity lasts (which is doubt- 0COMI. « ¢ cot vue 00 CoME ¢ ¢ sse 000 o & sogam. o oo e .S'g-gg SOCHMS o cavie ses's . 6o Coats . 20.00 ‘Weather conditions We have bought liberally scalloped edges, lace edges, em. In 5¢, 8c, 10c If you . 68¢c . $1.65 hall petures; beautiful color frames, size 10%14 to-day -15¢ rbonated, 3 botties . Mmhzrv:n, - 58e ARRR AR ARARRA ARIAAN RAARARA AR D AN AATARA AAAAAE AR AGALAAAR AR AAARANE RRARAE WAL RARAWAWER WRAAR R WARARR CRRARRARARAAR AR RDARAR AL DR AT AR AT aaan aaaan p into the grocers® information where claret punch and lemon- booth, ade were as free as water. During the evening music was fur- nished by Bennett's band and upon several occasions the Knickerbocker quartet sang popular songs. To-day is to be the great day of rest. That is, it is to be rest for the officers of the organization, as no busi- ness is to be transacted, but two ex- ons are tc¢ be enjoyed. The one considered the most impor- tant is the trip to Asti as the guests of the Northwestern Railroad and the Italian-Swiss Colony. Only delegates from the East and the local committee expected to participate in that xcursion, Up te 11 o'clock last night, 50 tickets had been issued for the trip. The second choice is the extensive trip to Alameda County, in which the local organizations afliliated with the zrocers’ association will participate. Both excursions will be back in the I city by 5 o'clock, allowing ample time for preparing for the theater party at the Chutes. The boat will leave Tiburon ferry for Asti promptly at 8 o’clock and the ex- cursion for Oakland will leave the main entrance of the ferry station at 9 a. m. are ASSOC BE GROCER! | WILL Delegates to the National Organiza- tion to Visit Oakland With ‘Their Families, OAKLAND, May 3.—The delegates | to the National Retail Grocers' Asso- ciation will pay a visit to Oakland in company with their families tp-mor- row. As soon as they arrive on this side of the bay they will pe received by the Alameda County Retail Gro- cers’ Association and will be the guests of the latter organization during the day. A trip will be made to Berkeley, Haywards and Alameda and the visit- ing grocers will be shown everything of interest about Oakland. The, committee in charge of the | day’s entertainment is made up of Ed- | win Stearns (chairman), C. H. Taylor, R. P. Bromley, J. S. Wixson, G. A. Russell, H. D. Cushing, F. Sinclair, F. | M. Ferguson, Wilber Walker, H. G. Williams, C. E. Miller, Ed Beardsley, W. J. Hopkins and Ludwig Warnke. e Yosemite and the Big Trees. The new route to Yosemite Valley es- tablished by the Santa Fe takes passen- gers directly through two groves of the famous California Big Trees without side trip. It is also the short, quick way. Yosemite is now open. Folders and information at Santa Ie office, 641 Mar- ket street. ———— ATLANTIC City, N. J., May 3. —The steam. ship Craigneuk, from 'Matanzas (reported ashore on South Brigantine Shoals), was float- ed to-night and left for Philadeluh! PRIMARY ELECTION DAY LEADS TO CONFUSION Avold Possible Complications Judge Cook Decides Not to Pro- ceed with Soeder Trial. There was some confusion at the Hall of Justice yesterday, the Judges being undecided whether or not to hold court. When the’case of Leon Soeder, charged with the murder of Joseph Blaise, his brother-in-law, was called, it was suggested to the Judge ! that a continuance till this morning might be advisable, as it was under- stood the Mayor had proclaimed that the day be observed as a legal holiday. The Judge referred to the act pass- ed in 1901, which provides that when a primary election is to be held the governing body shall have the ‘power to make the day a legal holiday. The Judge instructed his bailiff to tele- phone to the clerk of the Board of Supervisors and ask whether the board had proclaimed a legal holiday, but there was no answer. Both sides agreed to continue the case till this morning to obviate any cause for dis- pute. Judge Lawlor Impaneled a jury to {try the case of James Moody, charged with an assault to commit murder, and then adjourned out of respect to thé memory of the late Judge Rix. Judge Dunne went through his cal- endar continuing all cases. Judge Ca- baniss was the only Police Judge to make his appearance, and he contin- ued the cases on his own and the other Judges' calendars. ———— BRAVE PATROLMAN INJURED WHILE HALTING RUNAWAY To The bravery exhibited vesterday af- ternoon by Patrolman George D. Men- gola probably saved many school chil- i dren from serious injury. The patrol- man succeeded in stopping a runaway horse as the animal dashed along Franklin street, near the John Swett Grammar School. Scores of school children were passing and had not the officer checked the frightened steed many of the little ones would surely have n injured. He was badly in- jured while performing the brave act. The horse was hitched to a milk wagon and took fright while its driver was absent. The animal dashed along McAllister street to Franklin and in its mad flight started another horse running. Mengola gave chase and suc- ceeded in stopping the horse after being dragged for almost a block. He was badly injured and was removed to the home of Dr. T. J. Crowley in the vicinity and later to the Emer- gency Hospital, where it was discov- ered that his nose was torn away on one side and he was suffering from internal injuries and a nervous shock, which may prove fatal, ACTION OF MUNICIPAL OFFICERS 1S UPHELD Contract for Fire Alarm and Police Telegraph Systems Is Valid. JThe Supreme Court declared -yes- terday that the Board of Trustees and Mayor Clark of Sacramento acted legally in June, 1900, when they con- tracted with A. J. Coffee for municipal fire alarm and pqjice telegraph sys- tems at a monthly rental of $690. There were no available funds in the city treasury at the time and subse- quently the Trustees and the Mayor dectded to pay Coffee’s claims from the Fire and Police Department funds. F. F. Doland, a taxpayer, brought suit for an annulment of the contract on the ground that the action of the city officials in agreement made the whole préceeding illegal. The lower court decided in | favor of Doland, but the Supreme Court reverses that, d ion. — et————— Clerks Must Be Paid. The Supreme Court decided yester- day that County Clerks must be paid the legal fees before they can be com- pelled to make certified transcripts of records and proceedings in Superior Courts in cases where writs of review or certiorari are granted. The. laws do not expressly provide that fees in.such cases must be paid, but the Supreme Court holds that proceedings of this kind are like other civil suits in that respect. The case was brought by the I X L Lime Company against Clerk H. Miller of Santa Cruz County. T | Supreme Court Holds Sacramento’s correcting their firsw| }LF.AG('E OF CROSS BAND ! GIVES PLEA CONCERT Large Crowd Throngs Golden Gate Hall and Enjoys Varied Pro- gramme and Dance. The League of the Cross band gave {an excellent concert last night at | Golden Gate Hall under the direction of its leader, Ernest J. Williams. The band rendered several classical and popular selections and the programme iwaa highly appreciated by the large crowd that filled the hall. After the concert a few well known amateur entertainers appeared in some of their various numbers and were well received. The evening en- tertainment concluded with a danece. The affair was given for the benefit of | the band fund and was voted a big success. Following is the programme: ““John Howard" (Rodman): overture, \' ' (Polichank); serenade, “Love in * (Macbeth). intermezzo, ‘‘Ramona’” | (Johnson); characteristic, ‘An Arkansas | Huskin’ Bee” (Pryor): concert waltz, “Land lof My Dreams” (Booth); two-step. “Unele | Sammy" (Holzman); contralto solo, Etta Da- vis: speclalties, J. Maguire; song, Miss M dancing, Arnold Grazer; temor | 5. solo, J, O'Brien. Sneak Thieves at Work. The police were notifled yesterday ithat a newly erected house at 3425 Sacramento street had been entered on Monday night and a quantity of tools stolen. They belonged to George Wes- sel and C. C. Sayre. The room of M. F. Fitch in the Van Ness Hotel, 1812 Market street, was entered on Monday evening and two suits of clothes, an ulster and a pair of shoes were stolen. Entrance had been effected by means of a false key. ADVERTISEMENTS. Woman’s Nightmare No woman’s happi- ness can be complete without children; i¢ is her nature to love and want them as much so as it is to love the beautiful . and pure. The critical ordeal through which the expectant mother must pass, however, is so fraught with dread, pain, suffering and danger, that the very thought of it fills her with apprehension and horror. There is no necessity for th or dangerous. The use of the coming e great and wi remedy is nlwayl appliedexternally,and has carried thousands of women through the mnu w:thnm nfl‘mng. o e Tl Toei e drwlics The Bradfield Rogulater Co,, Atianta, 6a. Mothe: e reproduction of life to be either painful 's Friend so prepares the -y!tp for t tlnt it is safely passed without any danger. Thl