The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 1, 1904, Page 9

FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1904 -l- \ VUSIC "”"RF“NC PICTURE POWERS. + ATRIT .. whit | HENT OF THE FORUM CLUB, -WHO PRE- DED -AND. DELIGHTFUL RECEPTION OF SOCIAL. LEADERS. SIDED. AT- THE WELL ATTF\ THAT ORGANIZATION : OF PRUMI\ for it grew from the s of stringed instruments in’ TWCHYVITD € ioud as to inter- | ow, women af a . F at many is provided, a of ¢hat- it .~ BRANCHES JOIN is g was the f¢ orchesiral music & joy; Mkewise [ Plan -of h*dermtm for: the r s proverblally gopd Various Sections - of _the ng: And yesterday’s ie key, as were the ngs served there was a plethoric 18 sweet purijty | o | - PrTTSBURG. Nov. presénting . thé branches of the church .in this country, ecid ton' for ‘the varius church An: “z»x;s“u'x . Charles Mrs imate goal of -organic un- : J.°D. Steele, secretary of Mrs. L. Chareh Is -Decided I'p(m' 30.—The commis-| ed.to-day on a plan; ortant step yet taken to-| | | | 1 Glass the plan provides McFarlan ent of. a - council, | it ta Gar 5 h ‘will ‘be called “the federal coun- e ¥, Mrs. Fisht reformed churches in America | Ge Mi g the Presbyterian system.’ counctl will have no power over e ‘worship, creed or- government of| the - churches, " which. will remain the same ‘as they always have béén. y uncil, Dr. Steele says, ly & board of.arbitration. Miss Mrs Mrs. nah Mrs AT Andrew Rob! a It aymen from each -denornination sented, ‘with an additional minis- 1d eideér from each chureh: for each 200,000 communicants; over 200. - Accord- g to this- dgreement the Northern Presbyterian church, with about 1,000,~ 000 members, ‘will have sixteen repre- sentatives, and the other churches will a ter ppetite and aiges - ke Lash’s Kidney | pe represented in proportion. ————— In mission work the federation will be Mre. McCarthy ‘May. Die, a powerful factor. The constant aim of MeCarthy, ‘who | the federation will be to guard against sband in a Market- | duplication of agencies. Instead of hav- 2 se’ on September | ing missionaries from the Presbyterian, United Presbyterian and Dutch Re- formed churches in the same places, the federation will divide the. territory and assign various parts of it to the differ- ent churches. Each-church belonging ‘to the fedéra- tion will retain its own identity in- all things. The geven churches wWhich were repre- sented on the commission are the Re- formed Presbyterian church of the gen- eral - synod, America, the Présbyterian Church in n the Emergency Hos- f death for thirty | recarious condition On her re- ergency Hospital it ¢he might recover, r the worse showed it- She lost her eye- McCarthy is still Prison awaiting RECOGNIZED.—B. s -temporary - Con- byterian Church in the United States, the: United Presbyterian church, the Cumberland Presbyterian church and the Reformed -Church. in the United States. —_————————— ELOPEMENT FOLLOWED BY DOU BLE TRAGLDY Girl's - Stepfather . Kills. Brldegmom and His Father and Wounds His Brother in Texas. FORT WORTH; Tex. Now.: tion. | Grand Prize. Highest ossible Award 30.- and anothier seriously’ wounded by J. M. Williams, a farmer, near the town of Alvarado. Stephen McKinney, a young farmer, who had been paying attentions to the stepdaughter of Wil- hams, failing to win his consent to the ‘marriage, ran away with the girl and married her. McKinney and his bride returned home and the bride- groom went to- work on his farm. Wiilllams went to the town of Al- varado and bought a rifle. Then. rid- ing out to the field where McKinney his father and brother were at work, the enraged man without a word of warning opened fire. The elder Mc- Kinney rushed to the rescue of his boy and was himself shot dead. The brother, too, was seriously wounded. Officers have started to arrest Wil- liems and further trouble is antici- pated. has been granted to ' Hunyadi Janos Natural Laxative Water.. WHY? Because it is the best! s ——————— < FORTY . THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR LOSS OF HUSBAND Staten Island Widow Awarded Dam- ages From an Electrical Com- pany by the Court. NEW YORK, Nov. 30.—A verdict for $40,000 damages has been award- ed in the Supreme Court to Mré. Anna Morhard, widow of a Staten Island physician. Her husband was killed a year ago in the cellar of his home by an electric shock. The defendant company supplied the current that illuminated Dr. Mor- bard’s home and the suit was brought on the allegation that the transformer used to reduce the electric current be- and Beonomical fere it entered the house was out of Sk Sherwood, Pacific Coast Agts, | OT4°T- “When the doctor touched an ool & ’-—0%— incandescent bulb to turn on the cur- vent it was asserted he received a death shock from 2400 volts. ———————— Commissioner for Porto Rico. MADISON, Wis.,, Nov. 30.—Graham L. Rice, former Rallroad Commis- sioner of Wisconsin, received word to- day of his appointment as Commis- sioner of Immigration to Porto Rico. No Breakfast Table complete without EPPS'’S The Cream of Cocoas. COCOA The Most Nutritious CUTLERY BLADE will be. Hiposed of four ministers and the Reformed Church in| _1 | | the United States of America, the Pres: | Two men have heén shot ‘and killed]| - 1 Chokl-s on - (,hnnk of Bcelnea.k Wl'.h ——————'l- COURT TO NAME | THE GOVER\OR l{e~ult of -the Election ni‘ (olorado to Be De.clde;l by. the Tribunal’s. Ruling ISR G E . | DENVER, Nov. 30.—The State. Su- | preme. Court to-day heard argument an a motion which' has an important bearing upon the result of the election | of Governor and members of the Leg- | islature in this State. Attorneys rep- resenting the Republican’ party have | asked the Supreme Court, which has | assumed original jurisdiction in' the |- local election. cases, to order the Den- | ver Election Commission to throw out | the entire vote of a precinct in which | it is alleged the courts order relating to watchers was violated, without an | investigation to ‘determine the number | of legal votes cast and without open- ing the ballot’ box. Should the court order the vote o this precinct thrown out the attorneys for the -Republicans will -‘demand | similar action in respect to about flny’ precincts, in which it is’ charged that | the court's orders were violated. All these precincts gave majorities for | Alva Adams for Governor, and-by throwing out the returns the Repub- lican mnianagers' hope to o6vercome | Adams’ majority of about 11,000 in | the State ‘and continue Govemor Pen body in office. 5 The control of the the Senate n]ao appears to hinge upon.the decision ‘on | this mauer \ gl | | St S WATSON MAKES: A - PBEDImON 1 Foresees ' Bryan's- ’l'hlrd and Third Detent. CRAWFORDSVILLE, G Thomas E. Watson, recentl; of the People’s party for. President, to- day. addressed 4 large.crowd at this place, the former home 0f Alexander | H. Stevens. = His address was. received | with -cloge attention, . but with - no | marked enthusiasm. ' He Apoke in'pu‘( as follows: “I make this predlcmm Brynn wm‘ ‘be.. the ‘candidate of the Democratic‘ party-ih 1908, said "Watson, “and I. msake this second . prediction: When Bryan runs Yor President: in 19808, as the candidate of the Parker-Belmont- Cleveland-Gorman combine, he will be a worse beaten man.than Parker was.” | ——————— - T. \IDOR S APPETITE C. '\l SES HIS DEATH Which He Sought to- Aw © Hunger. . CHICAGO Nov. 30.—Joha. Haaa, a tailor, was ravenously hungry to- day and he. cooked ‘a big steak .for himself, and, being alone’in his apart- ments, he proceeded to make a silent meal of it. In a little while a negro passed that way and at the window of Haas’ shop he saw a man acting wild- ly. He was rolling his eyes, geaucu- lating" and making contortions. The negro was frightened and went'his way, and later reported the case to a policenian. ‘When the policemnn lnvem;sted he found Haas dead upon the ffoor and reported it as _.a ‘case of apoplexy. Coroner’s Physician Springer found that the tallor. had choked to death on a strip of meat four inches long and two Inches wide. ° % e . Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Nov. 30.—The follow- ing Californians arrived in New York to-day: From San Francisco—J. D. Barne- son, at the Cadillac; M. Bourdon, Mrs. €. A. Brannan and Miss 8. Brannan, at the Martha Washington; T. C. Grant, at the Plaza Hotel; Mrs. B. Gutzert, at the Hotel Savoy; J. Hare, at the Hotel Seville; Mrs. L. Schwa- backer, at the Savoy; W. Best Jr, at the Hotel Astor; R. Cohen and I. N. Cohen, at the Herald Square; C. Doo- little and Mrs. J. H. Doolittle, at the Earlington; H. Downing, at the Bar- tholdi; S. Joseph and G. A. Mattern, at the Hoffman House; B. 8. Donohue, at the Imperial; E. R. Jordan, at the Everett House; Captain W. F. Joseph, and wife, at the St. Denis; G. G. Sanchez, at the Grand Union; R. E. Truegone and wife, at the Everett. From Los Angeles—J. J. Duffie, G. M. Lesler and D. W. Murphy Jr., at the Herald Square. —————— ISPUTED LAW I8 SUSTAINED.. ~T‘ omuflummmy of the law making it a felony to his wite bdx an ln:- M-hl in the mate of a mmuuu. Court Fred Mead, will have to serve a term penitentiary. ORUM I?ECtPTlON SMART AFFAIR MAY GET PLACE © * ON COMMISSION )Iei-chants Much Intereste(l in Succession to Position Held by Yeomans of Iowa COAST IS CONCERNED. Efforts for Representation of Pacific Trade May Be Made in San Francisco On. December 31 the term of Inter-. state . Commeérce Commissioner Yeo- mans of Towa will expire. The busi- ness men of. San Francisco are inter- ested in his successor, for they want- to see a Pacific Coast man get the place. the Interstate Coniinerce: Commission | was passed has (he Paclflc Coalt been represented. ; .The conditions pecul!ar to this coast | ‘are so different from those existing elsewhere that it has been x_-epeatedly’» urged that recognition should be | given to the Pacific States. A strong ! fight .in behalt of William R. Wheeler | was made a few years ago. ing vacancy -insures that a Democrat shall be qelected under the terms ol:i ithe law. The preserit commission is represen- ! tative of sections in ‘which the trans- portation c nduwns are similar and in.’ which. the’ sea competition that -cuts so largé a. figure in’ adjusllng tariffs for the. Pagific Coast is less essentia Commissioner ~Kndpp is from Ne York, Prouty. from Vermont, Clement from Georgia, Fifer trom Illlnola and .. | Yéomans from Iowa. g The local commercial” hodles believ that the Chicago member of the com- ‘mission must necessarily represent the Chicago territory, Which extends to | the Missouri River. On this coast are questions of differentials and .carfoad . and less [than ' carload: lots. These problems. are_vital to the continuance in business of wholesale houses on the Pacific -Coast- and these are.under- stooed very little in the E: —ee————— | SOLF.MN EXERCISES HELD | _AT- ST. IGNATIUS (‘Hl'RCH Retreat, in l’l\:'purllllon for Juhflee of the Immaculate (‘oncep(lon Com- | ducted by lr‘alhcr ‘Biever. [ ‘A_retreat in ;vreparnllon for the ju- * bilee -of -the’ immaculate- conception began jast. night at 'St. Ignatius Church. At’ 7:30 o'clack the rosary | was recited and was followed sermon by the Rev. Albert Biever, S. J:, rector. of .Loycla College, New Or- leans, after which there was the ben- ediction of the blessed.sacrament. The ‘sermon treated of “The End of . Man,” -being the first of the spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius. During the ' retreat, which will close on Thursday | evening, Décember 8, the Rev. Father Biever will continue the service. Each . ] morning there “will be mass at 5:50 o’clock, followed by an instruction by ; the, Rev. Father Joseph Landry, and | m 9 there will be a sermon by Father Bls\er. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon- | there will be the way of the cross. 5 3 s ‘ A chronic ‘kicker is mever out of.a job. . ADV‘ERTISEMM “My son;” said Mrs. -Golden -Gate; ‘‘remem- -'ber that you are one of ‘the Golden Gate:family; -that you represent 54. years’ successful coffee' / experience of J. A. Folger & Co.; that the ‘reputation of ‘the largest coffee house in the West is back of you.’ ““Wherever you go a royal welcomé¢ awaits you.” 3 i Nothlagd do with GOLDEN GATE COFFEE t tafaction. No o crockery. tight tins. Never sold in bulk. J. A. Folger @ Co. _ Established half a Century s San Francisco ny’s LIGHTENS THE BILL. In fact, it lightens two bills—the kitchen billand the bill of fare; greatly reducing the amount of the former, and adding brightness, variety and attract- iveness to the latter. Never since the act creating: | The com- |- - | GOLUMBl - The Christma*“ ENTURY FIRST CHAPTERS OF THE NEW SERIAL NOVEL Nmaed by W. L. JACOBS. OPENING ARTICLE IN “SAN DY” BY THE AUTHOR OF “MRS. WIGGS” To continue for six mooths, AMBASSADOR WHITE’S STORY OF HIS - GERMAN. MISSION, 1897-1902 theq:emhéemutothepcmhydhcaunEw . Snperb Color Reproducflons of Paintings by George Inness, Winslow Homer, . Boutet de. Monvel, Maxfield Parrish, Annl Whelan Betts, Jncobn, Honhll exquigite pictures in tint. ‘ Five Christmas Stories a ;relx Chrhimu feut of By well-known' writers, art and literature. OIher Serial ‘will come durin Novels by MRS. HUMPHRY WARD and KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN 1905, with stories by' ford, Jack London, Anthony Hope Booth 'ruhn‘ton, and a great list of ¢ Bny the Chnslmas Number — or omrbasors Subscnbe for a year ($4.00) beginning wnth the Christmas number and let as send you the Novembct number lree. All dnlers, or THE CENTURY co,, Union Square, New York. SAN -FRANCISCO'S LEADING THER2E - Seats Now Ready for Remaining ELEV:N PERFORMANCES. This. and Next Week. MATINEES SATURDAYS. ' CHARLES B. DILLINGHAM Presents MAXINE ELLIOTT In the Clyde Fitch Cormedy, =~ . HER OWN WAY Fn.nd-y Night, “IM Dec, 4.-—(ierntan !’errow:nnnc IM’ WEISSEN ROESSL.” At the White Horse Tavern.) Sinday, Dec. 11—A CHINESE HONEYMOON. | OPERA GRAND R5g852 m'r THREE NIGHTS ‘E‘. Show Glrl.. ...Note...; | DON'T FORGET THE - - | willtams .and Walker SEAT ‘SALE BEGINS THIS RNING—BE SURE AND i /CURE YOUR SEATS. AMUSEMENTS. TONY LUBELSKI.. -General Manager A Mountalh of Novelties—The Whole City Flocking to See the Winderful Acts. SURPRISES FROM START TO P’I\ISK. EOPLE’'S . j OPULAR 10c and 20c—no higher. Greatest Vaudeville Performance for the prices in’ the world. Children, to any part of | the theater, 10c. * Performance every a{ternoon | | RICES at 2:30. Ewery evening at 7:30 and 9. Con- tinuous Saturday and Sunday Matinees from 2 to 5. Comtinuous Saturday and Sunday Even ings froni 7 to 11. Ten high-class ‘‘Headll ers.” tures. Startling hew -European moving pic- Change of Programme Weekly. SURPRISESand NOVELTIES | SAM ELTON | “THE MAN WHO MADE THE SHAR LAUGH"; Marguerite LeRoy and Sig. Gulielmo ! Ricci; Josselin Trio; Clement de Lion, | and Orpheum Motion Pictures, Show- ing “The Lost Child” and Other Novel- | - tles. - | Last Times of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew; Webb's Seals; DeWitt, Burns and Torrance, and Tyce and Jermon. Regular Matinees Every Wednesday, Thurs- day, Saturday and Sunday. Prices—10c, 26c and S0c. 119 EDDY &T.. LYRIC HALL ‘Above Mason, -‘The Chnstnns Phy, The St.ar of Bebhlehem The beautiful story for old and A Literary Curlosity of Our Foretathers The first specimen of comedy in the Eng- lish language is blended with the Tragedy of Herod and the exquisite poetry of the Christian. Natiuity. ©Old Music_ Christmas Hymns and Carols. EVERY NIGHT THIS WEEK AT 8:15. TO-MORROW (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON, (Especially rranged for conver- students.) at 3 fenc.. of . SATURDAY MATINEE AT $180; $1, Toc, Speclnl rates for students. LAST WEEK ilF THE BEW GREET PLAYERS. (Absolutely Fireproot.) | H. W. BISHOP.. -Lessee and Manager | TO-NIGHT P . aiss s, 25¢-MATINEE TO-DAY—25e Oliver Morosco Offers . Howard Gould—J. H. Gilmour And the Majestic .Fheater Company in The Unabridged Production, According to the Author's Script, of Augustus Thomas’ . Great Play, ‘IN MIZZOURA” REAPPEARANCE OF -ADELE BLOCK. c Next—'THE' SENATOR." A new Tivoll tri- umph, at popular prices, ‘of the great Com!e’ Opera Success by Pixley and Luders, in three acts, called: KING DODO To-Night With a great TIVOLI CAST: . Including: Willard Simms, Teddy ‘Webb, Edwin Clarke, Willlam Schuster, Ben Dil- lon, Ireme Outtrim, Edith Mason, Dora de Fillippe, Bessie Tannehill. Seats Always Selling—Reg. Tivoll Prices. REGULAR MATINEE SATURDAY. GENTRAL 2 * Market st., near Eighth. Phone South 533, TO-NIGHT—ALL WEEK. Mats. Saturday and Sunday. The greatest Eastern success of recent years, first time hers of the excellent comedy GMS ans TO-NIGHT | ‘ t ever seen in minstrels: THIZ UTTLE CHURCH AROUND THE CORNER A tale of real life! Humor! Pathos! Wit! The Insane Asylum at Blackwell Island The Fight.in the Tower. & and the blizzard. POPULAR PRICES—Eve. 10c to 50c. Mats. 10c, 15c. 28e. Next—"THE SUBURBAN." ————— MISCELLANEOUS AMUSEMENTS. . BASEBALL. oacie. | LOS Angeles vs. Tacoma POST-SEASON CHAKHO 3 AT RECREATION Eighth_and Bnrrllu THURSDAY, mm\! and SATURDAY, uxmflrm-ro- ru!'DrnmAr. Advance Sala of Seats at § Stockton at. Belasco & Mayer, Proprietors. E. D. Price, General Manager. | ALCAZA TO-NIGHT—Mats. Saturday and Sunday. ! A Powerful: Drama Powerfully Played | MISS LAWRENCE as GLORY QUAYLE. | MR. CRAIG as JOHN STORM. Eve., 25¢ te T5c. Mats., 25c to B0e. ° 'Dec. 5.—J. M. Barrie’s Excellent Comedy, m mnuon’l W“ STORY. # CALIFORNIA THIS WEEK! . ‘The San Francisco Favorites, 'GALLAGHER & BARRETT In the Evergneen Success, FINNIGAN'S BALL NEXT SUNDAY MATINEE The Willizm H. West Minstrels A Great Organization Including FREDERICK V. BOWERS The and poser, author of * ete. Featured with the great Kiralfy Spec- cle at the St. Louls Fair. Biggest High-Class_Specialties Every Afternoon and Evening in the Theater. TO-NIGHT! ELECTRIC FOUNTAIN DISPLAY —And— GALA AMATEUR PERFORMANCE, ——Concluding_With—— NEW LIVING PICTURES. DON'T FAIL TO SEE THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD The Relgning Sensation of Coney Island ‘and the World's Fai A NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN SPECTACLE | ADMISSION..... .10c | CHILDR! . When Phoning Ask for The Chutes. | facmg’ New California OAXLAND Commencing SATURDAY, November 12. Racing every week day, rain or shine. Races start at 2:15 p. m. sharp. modumy atter the last race. OMAS PEACY W, TREAT WEEKLY CALL - 16 Pages. $l per Year Lk C. HUGHES, charges .Paid for State, N Taxes | s ADVERTISEMENTS. ' U.S..BRANCH. 'STATEMENT : —OF THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS —OF THE— ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY QF_ LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, oN THB 3187 day of December. A. D.. and for the year sndink on that day, &s made 1o the I surance Commissioner -of the State of Caiifor- nia, pursuant to'the provisions of sections @10 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Commissiomer: S ASSETS. eal Estate owned by Compan; Loans on Bonds and Mortgages. . Cash Market Value of all Stocks .$2,174,460 43 321,000 00 and Bonds owned b Com ot ?;:'”“" y pany. . 4.468.153 %8 Cash in lnétml due 1"3’71 » tocks, and Loan Intereat due and accried on s and Mortgages. . Premfums in due course of Col- et lection 885,222 97 Rents due and accrued . nsen Due from other Companies for Re- s insurance on losses already paid 43,299 98 Amount receivable under Pe mount x erpetual resisted, includin; Grose premiuma on Fire Rin Ing one year or less, $3,439,- 203 93; reinsurance 50 per cent. 1,719,601 98 Gross premiums on Fire Risks run- N 905,758 15 33.207 12 5 Ree.lv.d for interest and amd-nd- Stocks, Loans, from. all Other sources. Received for Rents. 83192 a1 . = EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for Fire Losses (including $550,222 52 losses of jous b Paid for Salaries. Fees nth-r s do for officers. ety Ger 308,280 37 i et o4 -$4.191,004 90 Potal Expenditures . Losses incurred during the year..$2.456,351 84 - Fire Risks. | Premiums. amount _of| TRistes written| during the year. §668.008,928 84 Net amount of] Risks expl: duricg the year.. Net amount in force December| 31, 1908 .........| 502553908 04 4,326,302 74 E. F. BEDDALL, U. 5. Manager. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 234 oy of Jumaney, MUND Hu!m Notary Publie. Head Office Assets. 967,351 00 Fire Premium Income, 14,241,704 00 Agents Throushout the Woeld. Pacific Department: Royal Building, cor. Pine and Sansome Sts. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. ROLLA V. WATT Manager JNO. T. FOGARTY, Asst. Mgr. F. B. KELLAM. Branch Sec'ty. Risks and, Premiums| 308,711 08 713,006,432 56| 7,018,157 30 DON'T FAIL TO DIRECTORY OF RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. ubgmnndl’riul.il.m on Application. mu’nflmn. BOYES & CO. Clay- o Matn 12900 LEAXY ROOFS AND SKYLIGETS. mmd. Giobe Sheet Mstal Works, lll‘—lln -l-k!fl st. Phone Main OILS. RICATING mu LEONARD & ELLIS, u"ns Front st., Phone Main 1719, 811 Sensome st., & ¥,