The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 22, 1904, Page 4

TWO SITES FOR LIBRARY FIND PUBLIC FAVOR. RSl BT | Merits ofBoth Are Under Discussion One Lot Is That Recommended as “Civic Center” 1 the nd Utilities sors will, it the question {he new Pub- scussion that has rits of proposed | adde d it is prob 1st determine vhelmed by of lends that are weak at the same time considered in the able s for the librs are seeking to bring this ieion are found ral- ycks, one body in 1g the selection of Western Addition, | 1 Ness avenue, ve, n streets; the other urg- ern Addition nd Franklin streets. in the discussion has var ake that are worthy of deration, but, briefl the question seems to rest on erpretations of the ideas of the distinguished u r whose direc- being prepared for the an Francisc f the purchase by the ¢ the greatest stress t in his plans to beau- Architect Bur in Manila, pos m, The advoc city of bloc cn the claim site in his prop inciuding and lying direct 11, from which mag- dicated to the pub- e from the green of But they go beyond Architect Burnham has istrict described shall 1tet” of San Francisco, cases of official action be permitted to pre- | be the “civic ¢ and cite specif they rhou d BOARD When the B for a v SPECIFIED SITE. of Supervisors called ste of the people on the question fi new Public Li- & bonds for a f said before described estimated cost of the is $647,000.” The hal clause, the ¥, was for but hold the owners of 1 to the figure named in bond election, and in °d the abandonment 1 any other contingency block 67 further as been officially e within the sum r the purchase of the library t the fact that block 67 was the proposed in the call gives it the weight of pub- lic sanction; that it has been virtually ed by the architect and by the gineer and that it can be ac- the amount of the appro- without the necessity of con tion proceed which, they , would involve delay and uncertain expenditures gs Continuing, they say that block 67 is | accessible by four lines of street rail- ways, and fhat if accepted by the Board of Supervisors would not only be within easy reach of all the people, but | would establish at once a great struc- ture from which Mr. Burnham could extend his plans and would supplv a definite nucleus around which the new and beautiful city of San Francisco, as planned by that architect, could grow. But to all this argument those that | fevor block 78 have an answer. Favor- Could anything be nicer or more ac- ccptable as an Xmas ise to the whole family than a Piano? Yov'll have to hur- ry if you want one at thesc cul prices. The choicest of| Kimballs and Deck- ers and Hazeltons! and Leslers arc go- ing m THE POM- MER-EILERS RE- MOVAL SALE at prices simply un-| heard of herelofore. This remarKkable! opportunily to se-| curc a really choice piano al virtually your own pricc will| probably never be presenled again. Building operations involving in- vestment of something like two mil- | lions of dollars are held up awaiting | the disposal of these pianos. Everything in this retail stock must | be sold no matter what the sacrifice. Not necessary for you to pay all the money now. Euy terms of payment | for the mere simple interest will be extended to any family in this State. If you cannot come to-day, come to-might. Store open day and night | cow. Everything we sell we guar-| ree. street, between Palace Hotel and Ex- aminer building by Architect Burnham. joint Com- | ‘nn; u«yfl T. and Harry C. ing the choice of this block Public Library Trustees ciation for the Improvement and Adornment of San Franc 0, at the in- stance of which Mr. Burnham began his plans for the ador They say that the'a Burnham has definitely decided upon a ivie center” is based upon ormation. They say Mr. m has considéred not one If-dozen proposed civie cente that none of his plans have gone far- ther than a tentative state of prepara- tion and that he has committed him- self to no definite plan, but is working out a f-dozen ideas that must be passed upon by those that will pay for their execution before the final work of the architect can even begin. Block they further point out, faces on (he proposed extension of the panhandle—a proposed improvement once . submitted to the people and ratiied by them by a two-thirds maiority, but which subsequently failed of execution through a legal hiatus that occurred between the dethroning of the old consolida- tion act and the crowning of the new charter. The extension of the panhandle, they say, is bound to come in time and point to the fact that in his report Architect Burnham him- self said that no better highway to Golden Gate Park could be devised [than to extend the panhandle, and such proposed extension would be in- cluded in his general plans. PROJECTS ARE DISCUSSED. The probability of the extension of the panhandle and the question of the establishment of a proposed ‘“Civic! Center” were both fully discussed by the library trustees and the Adorn- ment Association before they agreed to recommend the selection of block 73, the advocates of that site say. With a rough draft of the proposed Civic Center,” including block 67, be- fore them they turned to block 73, holding that as this parcel of land is only one block from Market street the erection of the library upon it would furnish a magnificent monu- | ment to grace the panhandle entrance if the extension plan is carried | through. It would also eradicate, they say, a number of shops that are any- thing but ornamental and if permitted to #nnd would greatly detract from the of the splendid entrance to Golden Gate Park that is contemplated. It is further asserted by the advo- cates of block 73 that block 67 was appraised; that it was an ad- joining piece of property that was appraised and the figures subsequently accepted by the owners of block 67. The- further say that block 73 can be purchased well within the appropria- tion and that the claim that block 67 cah be purchased within the appro- priation without the expense of con- demnation proceedings is one not to be considered, because the city would insist upon such condemnation pro- ings for its own protection and to .ipfln.wl\ establish- the value of the site by means of expert testimony. INTANGIBLE CONDITIONS, ~ As a further argument in support of their ad\ncacy of the purrr});le of | block 73 they say that as both the pro- | posed * Cx\ ic Center” and the extension f the panhandle are at the present time intangible conditions on which to base an argument, the balance should be in favor of block 73, because even if both of thes® projects fall | (hrnuzh the placing of the library on block 73 will insure it a comspicuous position, while, on the other hand, block 67 would r»legme the library to a position, unless the proposed “Civic Center” materialized, as inconspicuous as that occupled by the new postoffice, which they describe as a “buried monu- ment.’ It would be easler for Mr. Burnham to shift his proposed “Civic Center,” they say in conclusion, than it would be to move the new library to a con- spicuous site in event the people re- fuse to see the need of a “Clvic Cen- ter” and reject all plans that make block 67 the key of a scheme that now seems S0 picturesque—when the people are not being asked to pay for the en- | joyment of their contemplation. However the question rests with-'the Supervisors. They will determine the merits of these arguments to-morrow. Journeymen Barbers and Other Or- | ganizations Add to Their Roll of | Presiding Dignitaries, The various labor unions who change their presiding officers semi- annually are now engaged in the work of conducting their elections. The following unions have placed in | office the list attached: { Journeymen Barbers' Union No. 148—Presi- | 3. Franklin; vice president, Fred L. mith; treasurer, George Comninos; recording ' secretary, R. F. Dumont; financial gecretary, | Joseph R. Biefly: business agent, A. Gorfinkel: finance committee—R. E. Lindsey, H. S., Car- penter and L. F. Rock; trustees—N. Stein, Max Anthony and John ' J. Calish; guide, Daniel McGilvray; sergeant at arms, Lewis Regan; delegates ‘to Labor Councfl—H. A. Woife, G. L. Frankiin, J. J. Calish D, Tat- | tenham, A. Gorfinkel, Samuel Fromholtz and | E. Wallace. Steam - Laundry Workers' Union No. 26— Daniel Gorman: vice president. it % en: business agent, Harry Cluni secreiary. Miss Carrie Parimer; treasures Robert Ewing: sergeant-at-arms, A. Rober son ard John Robertson; trustees—Fred Boits, Charles Chfids_and ,Joseph Higgins: finance committee—E. W. Highes, Charles Scully and Edward ‘Moss; executive committee—Edward Moss, Harry Korts, Edward Flatley, Willlam Sulberg, Miss Annie Mullen, Charles Liniger, Patrick Lee, Philiy Shaefer, Joseph Ledger, and P. Milier: delexates to’ Labor Council— Miss Atnie Mullen, Mrs. L. C. Waiden, Miss Carrle Parmer, Miss Maggle Nanhern, Edward Howell, Harry» Clunie, Daniel ‘Gorman, Fred- erick_Grabam, L. A. Greenlaw, Robert.Ewing and Maurice Ryan: delegates to District Coun- cil of Laundry Workers—Mrs. 4. C. Walden, Miss. Carrie Parmer, Miss Anale Mulle George Macklin, Willlam Pefl Y, il of mer, Sheet Metal Worke: Presi James J. dent. Joseph Dennis; vige president, Kelly; recording secretafy, D. Cavanaugh; cor- | responding secretary, J. 'D. ry; financlal secretary, George McGrath; treasurer, George | Engler; conductor, H. Castle; warden, James | Doyle: " trustees—Jjoseph Murray, T. Fitzsi monk and A. J. Green; delegates to the Bull ing Trades Council—Willlam Comerford, Reynolds and T. J. Carroll. | PASSES AWAY SUDDENLY. Clark W. McAfee, a prominent real ! estate dealer of this city, passed away suddenly yeSterday morning his | | home, 2821 California street. Apoplexy | -mu the cause of his death. He was his office on Tuesday, as well as 'ewr to all appearances. At & o'clock yesterday morning he complained of being ill and Dr. Berger The pa- | { was immediately summoned: tient sank very fast and died two hours after he wis first taken ill. McAfee was welle known .in real! |ertate and business circles here an | Ex LAWYERS HONOR JUIDGE PARKER They Formally Him to Bar of New York! at Well-Attended Banquet | VOICES. HIS PLEASURE High Tribute to Recent Candidate for Pl LU 2 NEW YORK, Dec. 21.—Alton B. Par- | ker, former Chief Justice of the Court Appeals of New York and Demo- cratic candidate for the Presidency in the last- campaign, was fhe. guest of konor to-night at a dinner at the Wal- dorf-Astoria. The dinner was given of by.the bench and bar of the city of | New York and Republicans and Demo- crats alike were present to honor the| Justice’s return to the practice of law. Among the 450 who attended were many of the most prominent members of the legal profession in this city. Former Justice D. Cady Herrick was also a guest. Justice Morgan J. O'Brien pellate division of the Supreme Cdurt was the presiding officer. The speakers included former Governor Frank 8. Black, former Secretary of War Elihu Root, Willlam B. Horn- blower and Judge Parker. Judge Parker was the center of a group of well-wishers during the greater part of the evening. Before the speaking began Francis B. Harrison, the defeated candidate for Lieutenant Governor, and M. Linn Bruce, the suc- cessful candidate, approached arm and arm to greet him. They had not met before to-night. Judge Parker had never met Bruce and they chatted pleasantly together. When the Judge rose to speak the diners arose, waved handkerchiefs and cheered.. Judge Parker expressed his gratitude to his hosts for the cordial welcome extended to him in becoming a member of the bar in this city. The notable absence of jealousy and the readiness of its members to recog- nize and applaud the worthy perform- ances of each other were conditions, he said, that have always made the practice of the profession of the law in the city of New York exceedingly attractive and many have come here from other places, not only in anticipa- ticn of the substantial rewards they might meet with and in -the hope of a wider sphere of active usefulness, but also to be associated”with the tra- @itions of the bar here and with the/ ambition to be enrolled in the ranks of its members. Flihu Root said in part: “Upon the observation and experi-| ence of a practice which must seem long to any but my leader, Mr. Par- sons, and out of a full heart and friend- | ship and warm regard for the guest we honor, it is a pleasure to add my | voice to the expressions of esteem we give him here. I can say that no in- terests when committed ~to Judge Parker's hands have not hfd just and upright consideration. We welcome him to our bar; we are proud of him of | and proud of our bar.” —_————————— hA"DRS ENTERTAINED AT SEAMEN'S I‘\STITUTE —_— Songs and Athletic Exhibitions Are ! Some Features of an Enjoyable Programme. The members of the Seamen’s Insti- | tute, 33 Steuart street, were enter- tained last evening by St. Mark’s Boys’ Club of Berkeley, who, under the di- rection of Professor William Smith, gave some remarkably clever and agile performances and exhibitions on the horizontal bar, went through pyr- amidal groupings, Indian club exer- cises and ever so many other acts, which were applauded again and again. The bright little chaps had ri- vals in two pretty misses, who also did wonders on the bars. There was singing, too, and the sail- or boys gave, the breezy ‘‘chanty,” In which all the brawny seamen and the visitors joined in hearty fashion. The room in which the entertain- ment was given was crowded and in the assemblage were many represent- ative men and women of San Fran- cisco and the surrounding cities. Re- freshments were served and the audi- | “Auld | ence, before varting, Lang Syne.” The Rev. Winfield Dig- by, chaplain of the institute, looked after the comfort of the sailors and sang | their guests. There is to be a tea'and social at the institute on Saturday evening. —————— TIVOLI HAS SOMETHING IN STORE FOR JUVENILES During Each Performance Next Week | Has Planned a Novel Scheme of Entertaining Youngsters. A Christmas surprise is in store for juvenile friends of the Tivoli Opera- | house next week. Beginning Saturday evening King Dodo will hold a royal carnival. A beautiful series of trans- formation pictures has been arranged, illustrating ‘A Child’'s Dream of Christmas,” at the end of which a real Santa Claus and a huge Christmas tree laden with every manner of sparkling ornamentation will burst into view. The “Christmas transformation scenes will be repeated at all performances of “King Dodo” during the holiday week. e it O Sherman, Clay & Co. are offering a good mandolin for $250. They should be seen t day. . ———————— Note Is Worthless. The Supreme Court says Samuel C. | Meyer waited too long to begin his suit for $360 against J. J. Gottlob and the theater man consequently cannot be compelled to redeem a note he in- dorsed for Ned Foster several years ago. Foster gave the note to 8. H. ‘Ccmns. who passed it on to M. H.. Wascerwitz for collection. The suit was instituted by Meyer, the next pos- sessor of the now worthless paper. e ———— Change that sallow, pimply face to a clear, clean one by using Lash’s Bitters.¢ . PRIAEEENE T CSERANGNS 1 s o EE FREE PLUM PUDDINGS i MINCE MEAT. WITH SUNDAY CALL SMALL ADS. ARMOUR ) PACKING COMPANY’S 'FAMOUS BRANDS. FreerthEnry&m!lAdm unqudl. SeeSmll mforlfiu‘thu‘ . Welcome | ecretary Root Pays a| President | the | | { Don’ t Worry About the Money A Dollar or Two Deposit Will Do. Balance in 1905. No. 5. cumumeus.ms14.asup.m- No. 7. Birdseye Maple * No. 1. Weathered Oak Settee $12.50. Big leather seated weathered oak chairs as low as . $9 No. :l :)kouble Door B:okuu, quar- tered oak, leaded throughout- $36. Otherstrom . o 89 up No. 3. Dressers at almost all prices. This one in golden oak $l2 50 No. 4. Large Turkhh Easy Chair. Coveredin genuine leath- er or French tapestries... $31.50 one in golden or weathered oak with lnded top and mirror back $60 No. 6. Davenports from $22.50 up. This one, mahogany finished and cov- 5 cred in Gobelin tapestries,. SO0 A\ J\\\(&\\\m& THE CREDIT HOUSE SZL7S This m$60 No. 8. I.Rfu-y‘l'alhlimfiup.'!‘hh L. “Seead T 827 L\ 233 237 ‘()\T ST. No. 9. Morris Chairs. A line of them a block long. All kinds, all woods: Prices low, and deposits within the reach of everybody. This 86 85 unc special No. 1 Music Cabinet. Mahogany finished $6.95 Scores of designs to choose from. No. 11. from $4.35 to $C5. This Imperial couch in - carved oak and fine springs $9.75 TOUNG GOULD MUST EXPLAIN Police Commissioner McAdoo Says He Has No Right to Carry Gun Without Permit i | | NEW YORK, Dec. 2L.—Action is to be taken BY the Columbia University authorities in the ¢ase sof <Kingdon Gould, the freshman student, who yes- terday thwarted the purpose of five sophomores who sought to kidnap him, by shooting a revolver over their heads. | ‘An investigation will be made at once with & view to suspending the hazers of the young freshman. President But- ler, it was announced, had written to Professor Frederick R. Hutton, dean of the school of applied science, asking him to institute a thorough investiga- tion of the affair and inclosing a list of the names of the men President But- ler had thought had been most promi- nently identified with it. Dean. Hut- ton has requested these sophomores to meet him at his office to-morrow. Police Captain Nally was ordered to- day to investigate the shooting by Kingdon Gould yesterday. Police Com- missioner McAdoo said: “I must take cognizance of this case. Young Gould | has no more right to carry a pislo! without a permit than any one else.” Ifidignation at the action of Kingdon Gouid and the desire to secure a large contingent of freshmen for the sopho- more dinner to-night was the cause of a remarkable display of inter-class ani- mosity at Columbia University to-day. More than 300 freshmen and sopho- mores engaged in a flerce struggle about the subway station at Broadway and One Hundred and Sixteenth street. Young Gould himself did not appear at college to-day, but the sophomores | were determined to take revenge for his action yesterday. A number of fresh- men, attempting to spirit away Presi- dent Holbert of the first-year class in the sciences, were intercepted by the waiting sophomores at the One Hun- | dred and Sixteenth-street subway sta- tion, and the fight rapidly centered about there. Surface traffic was stopped | for more than an hour and the subway station was wrecked, its glass doors be- ing demolished. Holbert finally escaped | | from the crcwd and boarded a down- | town subway train, but the fight con- tinued fiercely. — e The Original Little Loulsiana Com- pany of San Francisco. Established January 1887. SPECIAL NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. Owing to the fact that numerous schemes are placed before the public from time to time, we would respectfully call the attention of purchasers of tickets to buy only from re- sponsible aents and to see that their tickets reud as follows: ¥ THE ORIGINAL LITTLE LOUISIANA COM- PANY OF SAN FRANCISCO, ESTABLISHED JANUARY, 1887. Each coupon has the initials “M. & F.”" the face and back of the ticket. The following are the capital prizes -as de- cided by THE HONDURAS NATIONAL COM- PANY, December 17, 1904: No. 73202 wins | #7500 60, s01d in San Franelseo, Cal.; No. 90214 | wins $2000 00, sold in San Franciaco, Ci No. 53047 wins $1000 00, sold in San Franclsco, Cal.; No. 85185 wins $500 00, sold in San Fran- | cisco, Cal.: Nos. 50497 ana 96773 each win $250 00, £old in San Francisco. Cal. The lolluv\lnx capital prizes were paid by the above M. H ‘Whalan, plumber, 317 Minna street, San Cal’, one-half of first capital prize, $7300. 00, W, Schacter. patner. 131 Bolk street San Francisco, Cal., one-half of first capitai prize, $7500 00: E. O. De Pledge, 566 Eleventh street, Oakland, gonl. one-half of second capi- { on F. Co. for November 12, 19041 tal prize, $2 J. Campbell (heating and ventilating). 813 Twentleth street, Oak- land, one-half of second capital R — Another Highwayman Caught, Nateo Zatasso was arrested early this morning by Detectives McGrayan and Davis.’ Zatasso is wanted in Amador County for highway robbery. He is accused of having assaulted a man, robbing him of $180. He is said to..have robbed. a store in Oakland. Antone Tolome, a companion of Zat- asso, was also taken into custody. The police have no evidence against him, but they believe he is connected with several recent robberies. In his pos- session was f---2 3 loaded rev.iver. ———————— The friends of a selfish man are gen- erally put to good use. | | i DARING GIBE AT THE KING Sir Wilfrid Lawson in His Verses Takes ‘a Fling at Kdward and the Reerage RS Br B, LONDON, 8op, the apostle of ‘temperance and o= cial reform, in conjunction. with F. Aar- ruthers Gould, the caricaturist, has just issued a volume of illustrated verses entitled “Cartoons in Rhyme and Line. It is dedicated “To the best of wives from the worst of poets.” So far as the poetry is concerned, it suffices to say that Sir Wilfrid lives up to the reputation which he gives himself. But he does certainly put gall and wormwood into his doggerel. And he does not care a bit'whom he stings. Of that the best example is this quatrain headed, “From Lord Burton to the King.” ‘Twas beer, your Majesty, strong beer, Which, as you know, made me a peer; If you will only learn to brew, God knows what it will make of you! The point of this reference lies in the fact that when the King visited Lord Burton recently he turned a switch that set in motion the machinery which brewed a lot of ale. The lines are as daring a reference to the King as any- thing ever seen in print in England. 8ir Wilfrid inherited a baronetcy, and, well content with his seat in Parlia- ment, has no desire to be elevated to the House of Lords. Peerages have been conferred on several rich brew- ers, but there is no instance on record where any man attained to that lofty honor by the advocacy of teetotalism. CURRENT FICTION IMPROVING. Richard Whiteing, of “No. 5 John Street” fame, has confided to an in- terviewer some lnterestlng opinions on current fiction. ““This is not an Augustan age of li- terature,” he says, “but in all our art there is a far higher standard of me- diocrity than there ever has been in the | past. Our mediocre novel is better than the old mediocre novel. Our time shows a marked excellence in averages. The | sheer force of competition has com- | pelled novelists to make a serious study | of technique, and there are many | moderns who show a mastery of it never attained by writers of the past. I mean more especially that direct study of nature and character resulting in the perfect conversation which you find in our best novels. For down- right excellence of character-drawing, for forcible likeness to nature, you would find it hard to beat three or four modern novelists whom in certain other respects k- cannot always admire. “Of course, we are plagued with titled heroes and social snobbery and arritating conventionalities, which there is no getting rid of, The real- istic has succeeded the romantic age. We have been brought cloger to na- ture. Dickengg himself was not so clese to natul 4s Pett Ridge, for example. This serious study of tech- nique—we have learned a good deal from the French—means that the average novelist is a better novelist; he is more workmanlike; he is better all-rcund than he used to be. But I think that there is one defect in our fiction—it wants big themes, it wants great subjects, it wants lifting into a finer atmosphere.” ‘With books excelling as never be- fore in ‘“perfect conversations” it would seem strange at first thought to account for the decadence of conversation, which many declare to be among the lost arts. But, on second thought, perhaps, that is the very thing which most accounts for it. Pooks contain such excellent comver- sation that we no longer go to our iends for it. And authors themselves resefve their witty observations and biting epigrams for their books. They don’t give their best away for nothing. CARMEN SYLVA’S BURDEN. Carmen Sylva has found that one ot the penalties of successful authorship is top heavy to pay, providing the au- thor happens also to be a Queen, with :hl:t h’:‘- mut duties to l::k after. So sent out a circular asking young authors to stop sending their Dec. 21,—8ir Wilfrid’ Law- |- manuscripts to her for critieism. “Her Majesty,” says .the circular, “though working from 8 o'clock in the morning until an advanéed hour of the night, ‘cannot discharge ajl the tasks | as sovereign, as phllzmthmplst and as| a woman of letters.” Carlyle’s books are far ‘less widely but interest in the man -himself and the things he said continues unabated. Some delightful ghmpap« of him are contained in a volume of ‘‘Retrospects” Professor- William Knight, which | has just been published. What, for in-| stunce, could 'Be more characteristic of the molt intolerant of sages than this: ‘He was once speaking about Darwin g!he broad. Scottish dialeet. inte which r:hfilldlhen conversing with a Scot:mau. He said: ‘I think that) they sclenteefic men must expect God Almighty to come_to them some fine mornin’ and gie them a patent to make a warld, they seem so_ curious to know how this one was made.” “I humbly ventured to say that I thought him unjust to Darwin and was trying to explain what I considered the chief point in Darwin’'s magnifi- cent theory. cer; they're a’ magneeficent asses When told that family worship was less common in his native country than | it used to be, Carlyle remarked: “So much the worse for Scotland.” He lapsed into a long praise of Cal- vinism and when Professor Knight ventured to suggest that there might be another side to the question he said sternly: “There is no other. It's Calvinism that makes heroes. It made Oliver, and there neve. waé a greater herc than Oliver.” SNEERS AT GLADSTONE. It is well known that he entertained a poor opinion of both Disraeli and Gladstone, as well as of most contem- porary politicians, though it has been observed that he never spoke disre- spectfully of the former after he had offered him a title. Professor Knight quotes him as saying: “T don't know that Dizzy has got a conscience. Gladdy has a conscience. but he just turns it any way he has a stomach to, and immediately thinks it a call from God!” What an infinite pity it is that Car- lyle never had a Boswell! As contain- ing an answer to Carlyle’s sneer against him these observations made by Gladstone to the author are worth quoting: “People talk of a change in opinion | as if it were a disgrace. To méit is a | sign of life. If you are alive you must change. It is only the dead who re- main, the same, and of all charges breught against a man or party, that of inconsistency because of changed opin- jon. leading to a change of front, is the most inept. As trumped up against a political opponent, it is usually a mere party trick. I have changed my point of view on a score of subjects and my convictions as to very many of them.” - JURY DISAGREES.—The jury in the Gun- ther case found it impossible to come to. an agreement and late last evening they were dis- charged. Seven stood for acquittab and five for conviction N SR ‘When a husband and wife are both of Oxen and sheep fatten better in com- pany than when left alone. that devolve upon her in her capacity | read than they were twenty years ago, | He at once inlerpnsedli ‘Maister Darwin is no better than John Mull (Mill) or Maister Herbert Spen- | MINNESOTA SETTLERS HARASSED BY INDIANS | Found Necessary to Form a Vigilance Committee to Check the Outrages. DULUTH, Minn., 21.—TIncensed over the large number of murders ar rcbberies that have been committe lately by Indians in the northern par of Itasca County, near the intern ticnal boundary, the settlers an | homesteaders, according to E | Leighton, s ttler,. wheo was her v, have formed themselves-into nce committee for the purpos venging the deaths of some their comrades. The latest tragedy In the northern | country which 'has. come to~light that of a settler, Thomas MeKir ‘nzed 80, at Pelland was attacked by two {dians. In order to protect himself old man fired, killing one Indian. other fled across the line and informed his fellow braves, with the result that McKinsley's life is now menaced. He has applied to the authorities for pro- tection. Dan Cameron, a fur trader, Was shot to death several days ago mnear Mine | Center and Wak! Tahorse, a Dominion | resgrvation Indian, is now held at | Fort Francis, charged with the crime. ———— GOVERNOR N SANT OUT FOR THE SENATE Speech of the Minnesotan on Freight Rates Taken to Indicate His Candidacy. ST. PAUL, Dec. 2l.—Governor Van Sant to-night addressed a large audi- | ence at Hastings, Minn., on “Freight Rates” and his speech 18 regarded hete as his entry into the Senatorial com- test for the seat in the United States Senate now occupied by Senator Clapp. The Governor said: “A freight rate is a tax on everything which enters into the life and com- merce of the country. Unreasonabie rates are charged and discriminations are common. These evils exist and should be remedied. To admit that we are helpless is to declare that constitu- tional government is a failure. I am ready to join hands with'&ny man, or any body of men, to carry on the cop- test. Before joining battle, you wou better take time for reflection. Do you know the power of corporate wealth” Do you fully realize the vast influence it wields? Do you Know how merci lessly it punishes those who stand In | its way and oppose its will? I do. And I enter into this fight with the full knowledge of thede facts.” —_——————— Fewer Students at Harvasd. CAMBRIDGE, ‘Mass.,, Dec. 21.—The Harvard University catalogue for 1904 05, issued to-day, shows Harvard’s reg | istration this year, exclusive of the summer sehool and Radecliffe College, to be 4138, as compared with 4328 last year, or a loss of 192. The figures including Radcliffe and the summer school make the loss for Harvard even greater. This year the total, including these two de partments, is 5550, against €040 last year, making the loss 190. —_——e——————— Truth isn’t stranger than the twen- { tieth century brand of fiction. | Dee | whe while alone in his eabin In he | GOING | NEWBRO'S NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. A ““HAIR-SAVER'* that grows in popularit; GQING ! GONE 1 R A NG INST, -.“ 0. Dept. 4, Detrait, Mich., for 2 sampie. HERPICIDE The ORIGINAL remedy that *'Kilis the Dandrutt Qerm.** APPLICATIONS AT PROMINENT BARSER SHOPS.