The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 9, 1904, Page 28

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1904 ADVERTISEMENTS. . ) CREDIT- 7 % -/“ L3y 'E r—':_.'_' =5 7 e went g N Dy vy Prices cut to the quick and Liberal Credit. for all. We must. double our sales before the winter comes. The roof is off where the carpenters are building more floors, and now that the heavy rains are here, all the fyrniture on our upper floors must - be sold or go back to the warehouse. credit. doubled, to double our sales. ' §35 China Closets Quarter-sawed, weathered oak.65 in high; French mirror b tice carv 825 ack ing: thi week, s §75.00 3-PIECE PARLOR SE beautif u 1 twisted A rich Set hogany panels, all bent and curved So we offer prices cut. to the lowest. and liberal This is the chance of the year. The cheapest yet; Oak backed Chair ease. Special, of hand-polished ma- finished broad Comfort for perfect $1.75 $35.00 3-PIECE BEDROOM SET ‘Of swelled French plate mirror. a neat Toilet Stand com plete the set. This week solid oak; the front Dresser has a upper drawer and A 4-4 Bed and $19.95 size; made like a chiffonier,| with high man- tel and swing- stem mahogar h, This week, $37.50 ing glass; cak. or, V $2.75 Trundle Crib A gen fine wi ing le bed iine Maple Crib mattress; put fold- under SCIENTISTS WILL STRIVE FOR EQUINE IMPROVEMENT | REDUCTION IN THE CABLE RAT TO ALASKAN POINTS Formulated for Experiments in American Carriage Horses. Tariff for Message Sent Over the New Route Is Considerably Lowered. EW YORK, the U ble from Sitka Dreeding Oct. 8.—The ited States Government ca- to Valdez, Alaska ave c profes: been announced and are considerably | agy e ndustry lower than those by way of the old : < 1 experiment- | route { The rate from New York to Valdez./ s $360 for ten words via the new. oute. The rate via the old route was 11 stations north of Valde rt P. Ke as been appointed post- | 8 Spokane County, | b vice George H. Curti re- visiting the World's Fair for th Isaac. S. Hurd as postmaster probably will remain a jat Stones, King County, Wash,, vice | Charles Schumann, resigned. Sc shapes t have made Sorosis the prettiest as well as the restful shoe know Among the wearers of Sorosis books) are Duchess Henry hess SOROSIS SHOES Are Within Reach of ALL $3.50 $3.50 Winners of the American River Contest : First prize. HERBERT O. ISHAM.. 1398 O'Farrell street, city. second prize, RUTH TEN EYCK, 1379 Geary street, city; third prize, WIT,- LIE ASHER. 524 Post street, city; fourth prize, J. 8. PELLEBIER. 517 Leavenworth street, city: fifth prize, MABEL GALVIN. 2204 Polk street, city; sfxth ‘prize. GRACE MECAMLEY, 361 Oak street, cily;'seventh prize. FLORENCE DU BOIS, West Park, Fresno County, Cal. * 216 POST ST <= SO0 THIRD ST. - rates | the tariff is $4 via the new rates varying from via the old route the section west from Central to St Michael the rate is now $4 50, against | ates varyipg from $490 to $6 50 while to Nome the rate is now $i against a rate of $6 90 for ten words | the old route. ————— Postmaster Appointed. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. $.—Rob- Continued” From Page B 25, Colunms 5 and 8. SpBecond annual flower show, to be given him secretar ‘“The | ascertain tr. termaster’s purveyor at the. dock,»was interested. My connection with these ‘| vicinity will enable the management t0 ' .\ 3. "0 14 a touching tribute to the | hoards “was that of a member, and the report or insinuation that my assign- | 8ive an unequaled floral exhibition. memory of Walter S. Melick to-day. | ment to a station in the Philippines was the result of these Investigations, | About 3200 will be distributed among [~ " & directly or indirectly, is without any foundation in fact. first prize winners, and ahzesdy the_ sple Siate. 48 Calitienia: Tosk. what “My transfer 1o the Philfppines Was contemplated long prior to the in- . competition for space has become Very o ... .o \on "ai0q one of its best stitution of the investigation of the transport service in issue here and was | keen. The premium list calls for five = "0 0 ™ o0 1o There seen any foreign land service. way we are to e - By anthority of the depot quartermaster, the first of which was dir facts in connection with certain irre ort branch of the depot, the second board being ordered to investigate matters relating to the transport sertice, and in which Harry T | due to the fact that during my six years’ There were two other qu ferred to duty in the Ph#lippine Islands in the same or lieve officers there who have seen their | the islands and are entitled to home stations.” army I had rtermaster r, and in t terms of ser et investigating boards referred to in your paper were duly ordered *ted to larities said to exist in_the Scott, quar- not trans- regular ice in PLAN TO INCREASE THE TEACHERS' ANNUITY FCND" Meecting of Contributors Will Be Heldj { To-Morrow to Consider Pro- | posed Project. | Acting Superintendent of Schools | Macurda issued a circular yesterday | to principals and teachers containing a notification that to-morrow after- neon, at 4 o'clock. in the Girls'| High School there will bajgpeetiog | of all teachers who contribute to the annuity ‘and retirement fund, to con- sider an important project.to increase | the fund. The circular continues: i ~"In order that this office: may be of thé greatest pos | tedchers in the ences with ents will be confer- the deputy superintend- arranged” on such prob- lems or topics may be suggested by chers. Such requests should be t once in order that the work i may be properly planned.” { The Manual Training ahd Drawing | Teachers' Association will meet Octo. | ber 15, 1904, in the United Arts and | Crafts building, 2203 Central avepue, | near Clay street. The programme,will | be:* 10:15 a. m., drawing in the East- | ern States, drawings from Massachu- setts will be exhibited; 12 my, baske lunch; 1:15 p. m, manual training. | domestic science and arts at the St. | Leuis Exposition (Dr. David S. Sned- | den of Stanford University will"lead | the presentation): 2:45 p. m., arrange. ments for the December meeting at | | San_Jose. : The great value and importance of | good trajning in reading is so much to | | be desired as to lead to the request | | that even greater attention than has already been given this subject be de- | voted to it: —————— Car and Wagon Collide. Dummy 59 of the Sutter-street line, westbound, collided with an express i wagon laden with furniture at 12 o'clock yesterday at the crossing of Grant avenue. - The driver of .the wagon, a colored man, made an un- successful attempt to cross the track just as the car approached. His error lof judgment resulted fn the dummy hitting’ his left forewheel, throwing Frank Wilson, who was seated alorig- sfde of him, to the stréet. Wiison re- celved a lacerated wound on the left side of ‘his head: An ambularice con- veyed Him to the Emergency Hospital, . where Dr. Kucich dressed the wound. department | Fifth, | the _evening, " cost ol [SAYS HUSBAND WAS KILLED BY WRECKING OF HIS HOME Mrs. Bertha Wegner Sues Piloperty Owner and Agents $25,000 Damages. finding that and its for Shocked had been by torn un his home contents thrown into confusion, Julius Wegner is said to have died of cerebral hemor- to rkage on June 23, and yesterday his widow, N 'tha Wegner, sued recover § damages from Emile E. Kahn and A. J. Rich & Co. Kahn owns a three-story buflding Minna street, between Fourth . a and. rented the - lower Wegner and his wife. while they were ‘absent, to 20 Rich on nd flat On June & Co., according to the allegations, foreci- bly entered the house to make repai They tore up the kitchen floor, the stove and cooking utensils in other room and piled and a quantity of lumber in ign. When. the Wegners returned ys the complaint, t husband was of “his hom unconscious later. that and died three ——————— The Delineator for Noves Those who follow every caprice of rs. put an- the furniture confa- in he ocked at “the wreck he was rendered days de- the ing as.well as those who have only the usual pear becomingly dressed, will find Delineat eptionally interest gestive, while in the matter of fiction ed. The second part of exquisite dream tale, contalng some inimitab Iyt hy Ethel Watts Mumford, ane Coclidge, ‘Lone Turkey of containing many elements of and orizinallty. ~W. Jay Mills has procured material for a most interesting chronicle of 80! s and personages of Oid New Y ven in this numi icl and published. of the trial nd herolsm of the ure an equaliy high standard ics, | 8nd there ie also a curious tale of the Western and a short Pi- interest | the the | T of the magazint llustrated with photcgraphs never before W G. Fitz-Gerald tells the story woman mis- slonary abrcad in an article that is graphically illustrated, ani the romance of Mozart an. Constance is_related in the ‘‘Compose: vies. Dress in jts relation to health eussed by Dr. Grace Peckham Murray, there is a delighttul paper in the “‘Joy ing" series, while for the young people, his | se- is die- and af Liv- Clara Marris, Ada Marje Peck and Albert Bigelow Paine contribute pleasant and instryctive, read- ing. The interests of the home are treated thoroughly, with regard for the mands of the Thanksgiving season. o spectat de- WHEN SEEKING Modern Flats and Up-to-Date Houses at Moderate Rates you will find our Flat and House to ~Let Columns a convenient ref- ererce, . Melick Dead PEACE CONGRESS |"a'ter COMMO END Death Claims Secretary of Board of Examiners ' Gathering of One of the Most | Remarkable Educational | Influences Everin America | | MEETS AGAIN IN 1905 ‘ i V8 . | One of TIts Last Acts Is to Rec- ommend Inquiry by Powers | Into Congo Free State I ST BOSTON, Oct. 8.—There were two | ! aspects memorable in their nature, ac- | cording to the delegates themselves, | which made a pronounced impression | | during the deliberations of the Inter-| | ! national Peace Congress, which was | brought to a close to-day after many | meetings extending throughout the week. One of these was that the con-| | | gress, together with the numerous + [TO DEA BRIEF SESSION OF CONVENTION Delegates to the Episcaopal Conference Devote Aftep- noon to Pleasure Trips L WITH DIVORCE Troublesome Question Will Be Taken Up and Thor- oughly Disenssed Mond: O R BOSTON, Oct. 8.—The greetings of the Anglican church in Canada transmitted to the Convention at a L n by Right Rev. Charl op of Ottawa; I michael, Bishop ¢ under its auspices, constituted one of | the most remarkable educational in- | luences ever observed in America. The second aspect or conviction was | that this year's congress should prove | of vast. efficiency”toward the attain- ment of universal peace, if an aroused | public sentiment and a thorough ex- position of the absurdity and horror of warfare was to be of any avail | whatsoever. | The congress was adjourned to-day, to continue its work in 1905 at Lu- cerne, Switzerland. Besides adopting nouncing war and creation of international grbitration treaties, - the public gatherings which were held | | | resolutions calling for the obligatory corigress de- | | and Dean Evans, al Bishop Hamilton tho United States might well the methods of which were where the ties had to d . passed upon specific conditions o | One of its last acts was to recom-| | WALTER §. MELICK, ST ! mend an inquiry by the powers into | i E\IT' f;f(s_:‘b*‘F';,j‘"E" YES the Congo Free State, which is at A present under the personal rule of | , King Leopold of Belgium. The pres-| LOS ANGELES, Oct. $.—Walter S | ent Russo-Japanese Wwar was treated | Melick, secretary of the State Board of by a resolution calling upon the Em- | Examiners and owner and editor of the perors of the two countries to end the | p, oqana News, died at Pasadena this | | conflict at ence, or, that failing, for Several days ago the powers to exercise the authority | MOTPINg at5 o'clock. Seve | granted by asticle 27 of The Hague |he underwent an operation for a se- | treaty and intervene, so that the war | rious stomach trouble, and he never might be terminated. | rallied from the shock. He was one of In this connection the congress sug- the best known politicians and journal- | | gested to the powers the adoption of ' ists of the State, having served several | a_ positive peace-making and peace- | terms in the Legislature and held vari- | insuring treaty under which all war ous offices of trust. will be possible but for a short period.! Funeral services will be held in the One of the most practical acts of First Methodist Episcopal Church of the congress was to favor the estab- | this city at 2:30 o'clock to-morrow aft- fishment in the leading cities of the ! ernoon. Governor Pardee and other world of branches of the International State officers will attend, arriving here Peace Bureau at Berne, so that the about noon to-morrow. masses of the people might be brought | Walter S. Melick was born in Blooms- to the understanding that inter- | burg, Pa.. in 1863. He came to Califor- national harmony among all people nia in 1886, locating in Antelope Valley, was the sane and natural principle of where he became editor of the Lancas- life. ter Gazette and epgaged actively in ————————— local county nolitics. He lived in An- WOMEN OF SAN MATEO telope Valley for nearly nine years PLAN A FLORAL SHOW | when he was induced by Senator B. W e | Hahn to come to Pasadena and take an Civic . Improvement . Club Arranges jnterest in the Pasadena Daily News. Event. That. Will Rédound to Credit of Ladies. He has been editor of that paper ever | ! sinee. He sérved in the State Legisla- | 1399 Pardee appointed State Board of SAN MATEO, Oct. 8.—A coming event ture through the sessions of 1897, Governor of {of wide interest in lacal Society is the and 1901. the under the auspices of | ‘Auxiliary Civic Club of San Mateo on Friday and Saturday, October 28 and ! 29, in_the spacious auditorium of the } athletic club building. San Mateo iS|Governor Pays Touching Tribute to} rich in greenhouses, and the profusion Walter S. Melick. and varieties of flowers grown in the| o o AACTE S | the Women's Examiners in PARDEL HOCKED. 1S Oct. 8.—Governor servants. classes of exhibits. f Sigg I . never was a time when he did not do | ; ‘omen's Civic Club includes D¢ ¢ Zps . Vomsen'a. Clv! 5 his very best and his best was always many of the most prom:inent ladies of Leagas o the . community, and, their labors for, 5¢0d- He was always just. but never civic improvements have done much ' Unbendingly severe. 'H(‘ was ,31“‘335 to beautify the town. The proceeds of mest industrious, but never impatient. T “Person 1 feel his loss as I i will be devote . the present enterprise Will e devoted ;" ¢ of one of my own family. 5. se. Following is the % Committes of arrangements: Mrs, Al. OMcially. I know that California never fred B. Ford, president; Mrs. John had a more loyal and patriotic citizen Johns, Mrs. Charles E. Green, Miss I.|2nd official.” PR~ % I L. Tebbetts and Mts. J. H. Doane, secs| ' o0, of Former Senator Ransom. PRSI s g aw Sy | GARRYSBURG, N. C.. Oct. 8.— HEAVY RAINS FLOOD Matthew W. Ransom. formerly United | SANTA F RAILWAY TRACK | States Senator from this State and | i once American Minister to Mexico, Repaired Roadway Between San Mar- | died suddenly at his residence in| cial and Socorro Is Washed Out Northampton County to-day. To-d and Traffic Stops. was his seventieth birthday. The JOUE. 5 v | cause of death was heart failure. ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. Oct. 8.—| Rains the past two days have again s .t fiooded the lowlands along the Santa _ Free for a Few Days ! Fe Rallway track from Belen to Rin- :}:“Ih "‘l‘;y'“i"l"\”“"| lr""‘"" A l."f n:r ; Ak 3 2 hoice old wines and liquors a 1-1b. pac con, The repaired track between San|,go of delicious California figs, ”f‘”nn Marcial and Socorro was washed oul or "seeded raisins Rathjen Company, again in many places, and conditions | 139 Mason Phone, South 893. = south of here are as bad as they were e well Concert. the marvelous | a week ago. Train service in that adi- rection is again interrupted. Passenger .+ = trains from California are again tied | Y'UNE pianist, gave his farewell con- up here, and owing to the new wash- cert yesterday afternoon at the Al- | outs south_they cannot be sent out to [ambra Theater. The programme was be detoured through Texas. jup to its usual standard, the young Josef Hofmann, . genius receiving many encores. De- PP BT " w0 | spite the bad weather, an immense EIGHTEEN M DPROWNED | crowd listened to him. IN GERMAN COAL MINE 1 | Chopin | President Orders Supplies Sent, The business session the conw: tlon was ended at noon for the week the Archbishop of Capterbuxy, th Bishops and ¢ uties and the women's auxillary devoting the afternoon t sightseeing and a trip to Cambridge. The Ar > of Canterbufy wi preach in Trinity Church to-morrew and the other scopa its of the city will b ed othe prominen urchmen It is an. inced that the divérce ques- tion will taken up by ti tion on Monday. Richmond, V favored by many delegates for the conven- tion of 1907, and it is understood that a J. P Mor committee chairman. The fund r ilary for amoun church w UNITED Not STATES COURT WTLL GIVE UP JURISDICTION General Metals Bankruptcy Case of Company Cannot Be Yo Transferred to New DENVER Hallett in th Court Joseph M and Rus to relinqui ruptey Comp: the T Oct its pri orado in b comy indebte bert Ro by t When charg hands and the ma N York courts. S m— w The Farewell Sunday Popular Coneert by Josef Hofmann. tai; Moskow opula will ng - Seats morr comp COPPER RIVER NOT IN NEED OF FOOD but Army Office Suffer Reports Rumor of 1z Untrue. WASHINGTO. Oct. 3.—Several | days ago it was reported to the Pres- | ident that the Copper River Indians i in Alaska were starvin He gave or ders to the military officer command- ing at Fort Liscum to supply rations to the Indians wh Yes terday the follow ceived from ( manding officer “Indians net in | at Copper Center. ———— Marriage of Ogden Codman Ju, NEW YORK Oct. $.—The mar riage of Ogden Codman Jr. and Mrs Walter Wells took place to-day Scarborough. W er Floods Pronerty Near Koethen and Bodies of Victims Cannot l Bo Fecovered. | DESSAU, Duchy of Anhalt, Ger- | I'many, Qct. 8.—It is now known-that | all of the eighteen miners imprisoned by a sudden inrush of water and mud in the Leopold Brcwn coal mine, near | Koethen, on Thursday, are dead. The | bodies of the men cannot be reached. e Victor Blank, who keeps a lodging- house at 120 Eleventh street, was ar- | rested last night by Sergeant Blank | and charged at the Mission station | with criminal assault. It is alleged | that he decoyed Annette Fitzgerald, a six-year-old girl, to a room in the house owned by him and there at- tacked ‘her. Blank is'a man of about 50 years of age. The child’s condition | is serious. . She is the daughter of Mrs, May Fitzzerald, a widow. ——— Takes Too Many Tablets. | Winnie Little, rooming at 208 O'Far- “ren street, took too many cough tab- lets yesterday and suffered from the ‘effects thereof to such an extent that she had to be treated at the Emergen- cy Hospital by Dr. Kucich. The wom- an declined "to, give any reason: for taking’ the overdose. She had been tald the tablets are injurious if taken in large quantities, X $1.00 the entire 6th and 7th floors lowest quoted elsewhere. 114-122 P PER SQUARE YARD An early inspection is invited. W.&J.SLOANE & CO. “FURNITURE-CARPETS - RUGS - DRAPERIES OST »ST..S.F. STAINE'S INLAID LAID For one week only we offer this celebrited Inlaid Linoleum at this greatly reduced price. Qur carpet assoriment is the largest in this city, and oce cupics Prices always as low as the