The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 25, 1904, Page 4

! THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, WORK DAYS COME BUT SELDOM T0 AUTHOR OF "PRODIGAL SON’ Hall Caine Is in Poor Health Interesting Gossip Concerning Literary Ligchts Heard in English Capital. L INDON Now. 24.—Hall Caine that be has no idea when another | his pen may be expected. | , who came to London to | see his “Prodigel Son” through the press, is still here, and when seen re- | ently, said: “To certain proposals made to me within the past few days, | I have answered that I cannot possibly | mention a date. My books come Owing to uncertain health, and | ulty of eatisfying myself with I can write less than any | In response | subject, other author of the time.” to & further question the novelist de- be felt fit for writing only clared t pe day in five. Hall Caine always has refused to wear the bothersome dress—frock coat | and silk hat—which is so generally con- sidered the thing here. When inter- viewed he wore & blue serge lounge suft with a pair of russet shoes, and, | pufiing at a cigarette, looked like the most careless of Bohemians. He quite | evidently s not in robust health, but | one would believe him as old as| fifty. he is- A rather striking story of the origin | Hardy's “Tess” has just been told by Neil Munro, author of “John Splen- who is one of Hardy's Intimate friends. It seems that when Hardy as & boy he used to come into Dor-| hester to school, and he made the ac- | uaintance of a woman there, who, | ith r husband, kept an inn. She was beautiful, good and kind, but mar- a dissipated scoundrel who was rfaithful to her. One day she discov- ered her husband under circumstances hich so aroused her passion that she stabbed with & knife and killed him. She was tried, convicted and con- mned to execution. Young Hardy, with another boy, came into Dorches- ter and witnessed the execution from /| ked the ard ir Special Dispatch to The Call. which the gallows was placed. He never forgot the rustle of the thin black gown the woman was wearing as she wes led forth by the warders. A pen- etrating rain was falling; the white cap was no sooner over the wdman's head than it clung to her features, and the noose was put around the neck of what looked like a marble statue. Hardy looked at the scene with a strange {llusion of its being unreal, and was brought to his complete senses when the drop fell with a thud and his companion on & lower branch of the tree fell fainting to the ground. The tragedy haunted Hardy, and, at last, provided the emotional inspiration and some of the matter for “Tess of the D'Urbervilles.” COMMEMORATING AUTHORS. English-speaking countries could take a leaf out of the book of Con- tinental ones with advantage in the matter of commemorating dead au- thors. It was only recently that all France was recalling the memory of George Sand. Not long ago, all Nor- way joined in honoring Bjornson. Spain is getting ready to pay a trib- ute to the memory of Cervantes, and Switzerland hes just hit on a novel meang of celebrating the centenary of Schiller's death which occurs next vear. Every child in the republic will receive a copy of the poet's “Willlam Tell,” and those youngsters who live in the French and Italian speaking cantons will be presented with transla- tions In their own language. All the expense of producing and distributing | the volumes is being borne by the Gov- ernment. Marfe Corelli, who has been staying in London for the most part recently, went down to Leicester the other day end delivered a lecture there in aid of | a local charity, dwelling, in the course | of her remarks, on the unexpected sub- ADVERTIS Where you can depend on the quality of the instrument. Our Pia are . fle in This is our first CLEAR- ANCE SALE in San Fram- cisco. Beiow we quote some prices that will surely interest all plano buyers. $1250 Parlor Grand Wissner $6 §75 Baby Grand Packard; used Smail Grand Hardman; used $000 Small Grand Steck; used some .. $800 Baby Grand Chickering; traded in ......... $900 Small Grand Everett; used at concerts only $1000 Parlor Grand Conover; traded in; fine condition; a grra& bar- PR Note—We make a specialty of Fine exhibition on the second floer in our building. $750 Upright—Italian walnut Knabe. ht—Really a great bargai Kingsbury Mahogany Uprig! niy a lirtle. . $350 Smith & Barnes—Costly, expensive case, but discontinued style.... 8225 small parlors, Wellington Upright—Mahogany case. price $300. Now Hardman—Weathered oak case, 1 Angeles. Hotel failed. Piano $650. Now Some Beautiful New Pianos—In mahogany, walnut and oak cases; double veneered; ivory keys; practice pedals. tinued case designs, but handsome styles. (No stool or cover free.with this lot). Everett—Mahogany case; discontinued design. Last one of i§s kind This one goes for #: R. 8. Howard—Mottled walnut case; used in our Player Depart- factory. and could not be duplicated. ment. Now..... A lot of good, reliable makes of Pianos. All Ivory keys. Modern styie. No Stools or Stool Covers free with this lot. Some Squares—All the way from $3.50 up. Some fairl only $12.50, and on up to $25, 835, $50, $75. Piano Players—Big, substantial reduction in price made on all Play- ers during this sale. Note This=-YOU MAY GET YOUR MONEY BACK{! On December 31st., at 11 o'clock, a check will be given to some one for all the money that has been paid on any piano purchased in our warerooms at 931-033 Market Street, between November 15th and the closing hour of this sale—December 3ist. issued, a drawing made, and the one holding the lucky coupon will : immediately recetve our check for whatever money has been paid If you have only paid $10.00 as first pay- on the piano purchased. ment on the piano, you will get $10.00. for one of our fine art pianos or 2 made to order for big hotel, Los Price cut, while they last, to $1000.00. We are going to make a present of any money that ma; have been paid on the piano to the lucky coupon i = ————— % Wiley B (llen G EM i, G | | some. .‘425"' some ..... 8475 .... 5625 SORRISHR 4 375 Grand Pianos. They are on Good as new $185 d for ...................... 8385 Very slightly used. Regular £135.00 not delivered. To order price, ................. Do 4466 These are discon- Made by a reliable Each..$150 383 brand new.slss y good ones i | of the Liffey. | was called Marley Abbey, | singing of the birds. 'THANKSGIVING Coupons will be If you have paid $1000.00 Grand, you will get a check for holder. 931-933 MARKET ST. ject of football. It seems that her lec- ture, which was on behalf of the Leices- ter Infirmary and Homes for the Blind, was under the auspices of a football league. Miss Corelli confessed that she knew nothing about football, but said she noticed that fair play was always insisted on, and supposed that was why It was such a national game. She said, too, that she did not belleve that | men who played football as Britishers played it would be capable of behaving after the fashion of certain Russian naval officers who are now on their wey to the Far Hast. Future American visitors to Denmark may have to forego the pleasure—which 80 many of their countrymen have en- joyed—of seeing ‘“Hamlet's Grave.” The so-called grave, which is at Ma- rienlyst, near Elsinore, is threatened with destruction by a new railway line, and it seems possible . to do nothing to preserve it. Great indig- nation at the desecration, as it is called, is felt in Denmark, although—in spite | of the fact that tourlists from all over the world visit the spot every year— there is no evidence whatever that the bones of Hamlet lie there. OELBRIDGE ABBEY. Literary associations of uncommon interest surround Celbridge Abbey, the anclent mansion in County Kildare, Ireland, whose contents are about to be sold at auction. It was at Celbridge that Dean Swift's famous admirer “Va- nessa” took up her residence in order to be near the author of “Gulliver's Travels,” and there that he visited and finally parted with her. ‘Vanes- ga’s" real name was, of course, Van homrigh—‘“her only ugly Celbridge Abbey must have been rather embarrassing to the Dean of St. Pat-| rick's when there was “Stella”—his other fair friend—just on the other side “Vanessa died in 1728, leaving directions in her will that Swift's rhymed account mance should be published. In Miss Vanhomrigh's time Celbridge Abbey it having been built by =a wealthy Anglican Bishop of that name. American readers may be interested in hearing the names of the six “best- selling” novels in-this-country at pres- ent. Since this list was drawn up a day or two ago Hall Caine’'s new ro- mance has appeared and probably leads in point of sales at the present moment. Previous to its appearance, however, | the six best sellers were as follows: Sod's Good Man,” by Marie Coreill “A Ladder of Swords,”” by Sir Gilber Parker; “John Chilcote, M. P.,” by K. C. Thurston; “Kate of Kate Hall,” by Ellen T. Fowler; “Double Harness," by Anthony Hope, and “Traffics and Dis- coveries,” by Rudyard Kipling. While inspecting a girls’ school in | her country the other day, Roumania’s | how she came to choose her pen name of “Carmen Sylva.” The royal poetess | said that as a child she used to roam | about in the woods and listen to the| These excursions | used to be her great delight and the | cause of long day dreams, which de- veloped in her the craving to write po- | etry. So, feeling that she owed her in- | spiration to the singing of the birds, she adopted her pen name in memory of | Carmen, “the song,”’ and Sylva, “the| wood.” HAYDEN CHURCH. DAY SERVICES ———— Continued ¥From Page Three. CHEER FOR YOUNG MEN. Christian Association Entertains Two Hundred at Thanksgiving Dinner. Following its custom, the Young Men's Christian Association enter- tained fully 200 young men at dinner yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock. The dinner was given by the woman's auxiliary of the association in honor of the young men, principally mem- bers of the association, who are with- out permanent homes in the city. Mrs. E. E. Kelly, chairman of the- suxiliary, was president of the day, assisted by a large corps of matrons and maidens, and young men separat- ed by oceans and continents from home and home ties were made to feel quite at home in the spacious dining-room of the institution. It was in all respects a most successful af- fair and great credit is due Mrs. Kel- ly and her co-workers for the delight- ful home entertainment these young men were provided and they will have occasion to long remember our na- tional day of Thanksgiving. The feast was opened by singing “America,” Mrs. H. J. McCoy presid- ing at the organ, and grace was said by Henry W. Davis, religious work di- ‘rector of the association. General Secretary McCoy presided, and fol- lowing the appetizing menu short ad- dresses were made by several mem- bers. It was ascertained that many nations were represented at the gath- ering, as were a large number of our own States. ) ST TR PRESBYTERIAN SERVICE. Dr. Hemphill Deals With Dutles of Citizens in Municipal Politics. There was a Thanksgiving service at the First Presbyterian Church, Van feature,” | Swift called it—and her presence at, of their ro- | | Impressive Services Held at Geary- Ness avenue, at which the Rev. John Hemphill, D.D., pastor of Calvary Presbyterian Church, delivered the sermon. Dr. Hemphill compared San Fran- cisco of to-day with ancient Tyre, say- ing they were both queens of the wa- ter and that San Francisco must be HICHLAND GARB NOW THE RAGE Young Bradley Martin Re- sponsible for the Boom in the “Kiltie” Trade SCOTCH TAILORS GLAD .Devoutly Hope All American Visitors Will Seon Follow the New Yorker’s Lead Epecial Dispatch to The Cail. EDINBURGH, Nov. 24.—Scotch tall- ors have an American to thank for a | sudden boom in a particularly well-| paying branch of their trade. Since| young Bradley Martin distinguished himself by appearing in Highland kilts | on his wedding day, quite a number of | orders have been received by makers of the national costume, who belleve a | real revival is coming and are corre- | spondingly elated. Fashionable kilts are expensive gar- ments. The materials employed are | costly and only skilled hands who have |served a long apprenticeship at the work are competent to make them. In consequence of the sudden ‘“boom” many workers In “tartans,” who for some time have had to content them- selves with poorly paid labor. in army clothing factories in London, where uniforms for the Highland regiments are made, have crossed the Tweed | again and are finding steady employ- ment at excellent wages in the fash- ionable outfitting establishments of Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Inverness. While the canny Scots openly ridicule the taste displayed by American so- Journers who insist on arraying them- selves In Highland garb, they have a shrewd appreciation of the money to be made by ministering to their folly and devoutly hope that next season every American who shoots over a Scotch moor will feel it incumbent upon him to wear glorified kilts. | The lavish and ostentatious display | of diamonds and other costly jewelry at the Bradley Martin wedding was seized upon by some journals, both Scotch and English, as a text for unc- | tuous discourse on the vulgarity of | wealthy Americans. It is a case of| those who live in glass houses throw- | ing stopes. Fashionable English wed- dings are by no means characterized by modest simplicity. Opinions may differ | as to the taste displayed in making | | elaborate semi-public exhibitions of the | | wedding gifts, but there can be no question that the custom generally fol- lowed of sending to newspapers for | publication detailed descriptive cata- | | logues of them, often with the price of | the articles attached, is atrociously vulgar. Rich English folk are just as fond as rich Americans of showing off | thelr wealth, and if the Americans| usually make the finer display it is be- cause they generally have the most‘ money. — and in taking up the point he said| !Kossuth. the great Hungarian patriot, | | when fleeing from Russia to Con-| stantinople, was offered asylum by the | Sultan on condition that he should re- | nounce Christianity and become a Mo- | hammedan. Kossuth in answer said: “f fear not the gibbet nor the scaffold, | literary Queen told for the first time but cursed forever be the tongue that proposes such to me.” | Dr. Hemphill called upon his hear- ers to let the same spirit animate all their dealings—to prize honor above all else. | The second point he advocated was | the strenuous life and said that Presi- | dent Roosevelt had shown how the | strenuous and the simple life can go | hand in hand. { Then he dwelt on the importance of religious men taking part in municipal politice and said that through the carelessness and Indifference of reli- gious men in municipal affairs the peo- ple of New York and St. Louis consider | themselves virtuous as compared with San Franciscans. The Rev. George G. Eldredge, pas- tor of St. John's Presbyterian Church, | offered the prayer and the Rev. Mr. Stephens of the Franklin-street Pres- | byterlan Church read the President's Thanksgiving proclamation. Al s HEBREW THANKSGIVING. Street Temple—Rabbis Officiate. Thanksgiving services were ob- served at Geary-sireet Temple, at which the rabbis of the synagogues of San Prancisco officlated. Rabbi Nieto | of Congregation Sherith Israel, in an impressive manner, offered a beauti- ful Thanksgiving prayer, and Rabbi Kaplan read the lesson, after which Rabbi Voorsanger delivered a sermon, taking for the basis of his discourse | the 72d Psalm. He made the senti- ments expressed therein regarding the | attributes'that constitute a wise mon- arch applicable to the American peo- ple. The rabbi held that the mate- rial prosperity which they now enjoy | can be made permanent if the attri- butes of righteousness and justice are | inculcated into the rising generations | of Americans. Rabbi Isidore Myers then invoked God's blessing on the country, its peo- ple and administration, after which Rabbi Levy led the large assemblage in singing the national anthem. The | musical part of the service was con- ducted by Cantor Rabbinowitz. —— VETERANS ARE FEASTED. Customary Thanksgiving Dinner Is Served at Yountville Home. YOUNTVILLE, Nov. 2{—Happiness reigned supreme at the Veterans' Home in Napa County to-day. As is the cus- | tom here, the usual holiday dinner was served. There were fine California tur- keys with the accompanying cranberry sauce, graham and wheat bread, sweet potatoes, celery, mince pies, oranges, bananas, cheese, tea and coffee. There were 609 veterans served in the main dining-room and 164 in the hospital, making 773 in all, The only difference made in the hospital dinner was the ad- dition of raw oysters. NOVEMBER 25, | p#ses to encourage and direct 1904, NOMADIC LIFE FOR THE SICK Novel Scheme for the Bene- fit of the Weak to Be Tried | by Southern Pacific Road LIFE IN THE OPEN AIR/ Company Will Furnish Cara- vans to Carry Invalids and Others Through Texas Epecial Dispatch to The Call AUSTIN, Tex., Nov. 24—The experi- ment of establishing open air sanitar- iums on a large scale is to be tried in the healthful, semi-arid reglon of ‘West Texas, under the ausplees of the Southern Pacific Railroad. The novel plan is to be followed by the estab- lishment of caravans for health and pleasure-seekers who will carry with them a full and complete camp equip- ment. These nomads will use their own pleasure, guided largely, however, by the advice and discretion of the physi- clans and attendants who will accom- pany them, in moving about from place to place. The railroad will provide a supply of good horses and wagons and the rec- reation and health seekers may rove over the country in true cowboy style. | | The temporary tent cities will provide shelter for those who prefer periods of rest. There are scores of cases of persons having been cured of varigus ailments of the body, particularly 10g trouble, by coming to West Texas and leading an open-air life on the ranches. This is just what the Southern Pacific pro- on a large scale. All the camp equipage, horses, food supplies, physiclans and in fact everything needed will be pro- vided by the railroad and the traveler will be charged only a nominal sum to help pay for the expenses of conduct- ing the open air sanitariums, This project is in the personal charge of John T. Patrick, who is looking after the industrial development of Texas along the line of the Southern Pacific. Patrick’s headquarters are now Houston. He is busy making arrange- ments for the inauguration of novel enterprise. He says out early in January. The party made up. It will be headed by Dr. J. J. Kindred of Long Island, N. Y., pres- ident of the River Crest Sanitarium. Dr. Kindred is greatly interested in the open air sanitarium idea and he be- new venture of the lieves that the Southern Pacific will prove a great suc- cess. ———— SEVENTY-SEVEN PERSONS PERISH IN A SHIPWRECK {Hope for the Safety of the Greek Steamship Elpis Is Aban- doned, CONSTANTINOPLHE, Nov. 24.—The at the that the first caravan will probably be started to make the initial trip hasalready been | L TELLOW FEVER SCARE DERIDED [Report of Presence of the| Dread Disease in Cuba Is; Denied by Havana Expert | CRITICIZES STATEMENT Marine Hospital Service Is Taken to Task by Head of | the Department of Health | —— | HAVANA, Nov. 20.—“We challenge| the United States marine hospital service to point out, as alleged, that several cases of yellow fever have appeared in various parts of Cuba,” was the re-: eponse of Dr. Carlos Finlay, chief of | the department of health and sanita- tion, when shown a dispatch from | Washifigton to-day assigning that as a | reason for the instructions of the| | United States to Minister Squlers to | call the attention of the Cuban Govern- ment to the unsanitary conditions at i‘santhgo and elsewhere in the island |and his prompt and thorough remedy of | these conditions. | Dr. Finlay, who has a high reputa- tion as a yellow fever expert, asserted | that there was not a single case of that | disease In Cuba. It was an impossibil- ity, he added, that half a dozen marine | hospital inspectors should have discov-| ered cases which the thoroughly or-| | ganized health department of Cuba had | | falled to discover, and more than im-| probable that they should know of such | cases and yet fail to call the attention | of the Cuban department to them. | Dr. Finlay reiterated that the only| case originating in Cuba—more than three years ago—was that of the Amer- ican, Scott Fuller, at Punta de Sal, which was extremely light and of ques- | tionable authenticity. Suspicion at-| tached also to Fuller's attendant, bu!‘ the disease had not developed. Health officers at all Cuban ports treat all fever symptoms in arrivals from Carib- bean and South American ports as sus- | piclous, and also all others that are in the least questionable. These are In-| variably detained and isolated until they die or are cured. Dr. Delgado, a Cuban, who is in the | United States marine hospital service at Havana, disclaimed any knowledge of yellow fever cases this year except in six cases who arrived from Mexico | and which were immediately isolated. | | Of these, two died and the others re- covered. Cuban officials unreservedly admit | and condemn the bad sanitary condl- tions in some of the eastern cities. | | —_———————— | The Original Tittle Beneficencia Pub- | lica Company of San Franciseo, | ORGANIZED SEPTEMBER. 1803 SPE AL NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. Owing to the fact that numerous schemes | are placed before the publie from time to time, | we would respectfully call the attention. of purchasers of tickets to buy only fren sible agents and to see t thelr as follows: THE ORIGI PUE! | A A COMPANY OF R , 1808 4 initials M. & F Greek steamship Elpis, long overdue, Each coupon has the on the | is now regarded as lost. It is believed | face and back of the ticket! | The following are the capital prizes, as de- she sank in a recent gale in the Black | Sea and that her entire crew and a THE BENEFICENCIA PU number of passengers were lost, a total ‘52500, sald 1n of seventy-seven persons. a 1. No. 38482 s sold in isco, Cal.; Nos. | —_——————— 24218, 55484 66103 each wins $125, | Cotton Gin Boilers Explode. sold in 3an Francisco, Cal | The following ecapital prizes were paid by | & F. Co. for October 27, 1904: in % Truck, San’ Fran- | Market st., San A. Bowman, 342 | Frank VICKSBURG, Miss, Nov. 24.—By the explosion of the boilers in a, cot- ton gin in the town of Walters, a sub- urb of this city, two lives were lost | Tehs San Franciseo, Cal., broken and head crushed. —_————— Deputy Sheriff Kills Poacher, BUTTE; Mont., Nov. 24.—A special from Bonita, Mont., says that Frank Brady, an alleged poacher, was shot and killed about twenty miles from Bonita to-day by Peputy Sheriff Wy- man, while resisting arrest. ——— Robbers Blow Up a Bank. LA PLATA, Md., Nov. 24.—A num- ber of men blew up and destroyed the building of the Southern+ Maryland Savings Bank to-day and secured $3000 cash. Nitroglycerin is sup- posed to have been the explosive used. —_—— Steamship Stord Is Safe, ST. JOHN, N. F.,, Nov. 24.—The steamship Stord, from Sydney, C. B., | with coal, for whose safety fears were felt, arrived to-day. PERMANENT SEPARATION AND STATE and several persons Injured, two of ich (waiter), 814 Third them seriously. The dead: West Smith | Cal, $1250; W. 8. Chand- and Henry Hebron, both colored. Se- | B e o o | riously injured: Luther Hebron, in-| rashington st., San Francisco, | | ternally, and Andrew B. Land, leg| g * ] OF CHURCH French Premier Combes Says He Is Determined to Suppress the Concordat. PARIS, Nov. 24—The Chamber of Deputies to-day voted by large ma- jorities the details of the budget of | public worship as drawn up by the| Government. The feature of the de- bate was Premier Combes’ declaration “in reply to motions to suppress or reduce the budget.”” The Premier sald he was determined to suppress, and not reform, the concordat, and there- fore asked Republicans to be patient and not complicate matters by partial | modifieations, but to await his bill for the separation of church and state. —_—————————— Intuition often enables a woman to reach a wrong conclusion quickly. EXPOSES FRACUD ON GOVERNMENT —_— Witness for the Proseention Gives Damaging Testi- mony in Oregon Land Cases GOES OVER TERRITORY A e Says He Found That Home- steaders Did Not Attempt to Make Improvements PORTLAND, Nov. 24.—Link by lnk the Government is forging the chain of evidence by which it is hoped to prove the existence of a conspiracy to defraud the United Statesg out of thous- ands of acres of its public lands. United States District Attorney Hall and Assistant Attorney General Henry bent their energies to convince the jury by the testimony of A. W. Barber, a clerk in the Gefleral Land Office, that the claims in the now notorious “11-7" district, by which homestead patents were issued, were never improved or resided on by any of the claimants to whom they were awarded, and that the issuance of patents was upon testi- mony false from beginning to end. Barber was the only witness ex- amined by the Government this fore- noon. He testified that he was a prac- tical surveyor and had conducted ex« aminations of surveys in fifteen alr- ferent States. Last June he had pro- ceeded to township Il south, range 7 east, on written instructions to examina into conditions there. Four men ac- companied him: They went over the territory in question and found an in- accessible forest. His instructions were to examine a list of twenty-two claims as to Iimprovements and residence. Barber read a list of the claims ex- amined, among which were the follow- ing names: Harry C. Barr, Henry Young, Joseph Wilson, Emma Porter, Maud Witt, George W. Pettls, George A. Graham, Nellie Backus, Zenas K. Watson, Frank H. Wolgamot, Thomas Wilkins, Chris- tle E. Langham, Albert O. Austin, Mattle 8. Lowell, Alexander R. Brown, John F. Foster, Willlam MeLaughlin and James A. Taylor. Twelve of these claims, the prosecu- tion contends, were deeded to Emma L. Watson, among them that of Emma Porter, whom the Government claims is none other than Mrs. Watson her- self. -Barber’s evidence differs in detail | from all the sworn testimony given by the alleged homesteaders In making proof. The witness said he found that the homestead law had not been complied with in any respect as regards resi- dence, improvements and cultivation. The country is mountainous, there wers no roads, no houses, no fences, no fields, no barns nor any of the other homestead appurtenances of which tes- | timony is made tn the proofs. —_——— | EASTERN MANUFACTURERS WANT SPACE FOR EXHIBITS | Announce Their Intention of Making a Big Display at the Lewis and Clark Exposition. PORTLAND, Or., Nov. 24.—Forty Eastern manufacturers who have dis- plays at the St. Louis Falr want space at the Lewis and Clark Centennial. As they cannot obtain as much space as they wish to have in the Manufac- turers’ Bullding they have apoplied to the chief of the exhibits department for ground space for am exclusive manufacturing building, in which Eastern working exhibits, embracing pen making, hat making, shoe manu- facturing and various other forms of | manufacturing, can be earried on. The manufacturers will utilize the prod- ucts made up while on exhibition on the grounds by returning it to the jobbing houses for sale. —_——— Son Is Searching for His Mother. SAN DIEGO, Nov. 24.—Edward Kennedy of Sacramento has asked the Chief of Police of this city to assist him in a search for his mother, Mary Bridget Kennedy, whom he last saw in Auckland. New Zealand, eight years ago. He belleves she is in Cal- ifornta, but he has been unable to find her, v ——————— Members of Grange Go on Excursion. PORTLAND, Or., Nov. 24—Mem- bers of the National Grange went to Seaside to-day, having left Portland for a flying trip to the coast. The convention will adjourn to-morrow afternoon. ADVERTISEMENTS. Purchase your holiday purchasing early, you our vast stock byt bears YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD. ‘“NUF Dressing Table ts now.. We store free of charge, till wanted. the crowd, and get a better selection. No the stamp of quality at always lowest prices. article CED.” Made of quarter sawed oak, golden finish, bevel plate mirror, roomy drawer. Price, Ladies’ Desk Solid oak, % ' made and highly polished. olden finish, well Price,