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THE . SA RCGINALD VANDERBILT AND WIFE ENDOW ST \ Ha\en rur Little Sufferers in New York. The Call dec. 24.—In honor of daughter, Kathleen, stmas offering, street It will be known Vandert ening will t ward ke place ates of the hospital. one of the wupper a southern exposure. It is the best located ward in 1 of the usual up- furnishings and been installed. * It certain that the future £ this part of the hospi- never t for proper wa The fants, and provis- a larger number crobe proot walls of the ward. ratus and fittings are of character. the ward hl’”l are un- and Mr mother), and . ers of the Van a few intimate es t ress the 4 as tree ar‘i the to the tiny in- Vanderbilt the light- ther babies COURTY FREES PRISONERS. Dispenses Ante-Christmas Mercy to Fifteen Offenders. in g fifteen il. Af- of court to-day ¢ ed together the cou reporters who usually r d informed n of the r ad decided to name one| y Jail whose re- moment for the to make their porters GLOOMY CHRISTMAS. Strike in Fall River Spoils Yulectide Festivities, Mass., Dec. the ques cotton mi g the 1 No vote s been taken by th ns since the strike began two weeks ago upon the que: a gloomy Chr istmas season in Ithoug! make s possible 1 members. Several are co ng from Bos- Vahor leaders say it is food uffering operatives and chil- > Fall River need the most. — Toubet's Wife Makes Gifts. bu Dec. 24.—Madame Loubet, the President, celebrated evening by giving presents ren of functionaries of the ce and distributing $2000 widows who are supporting ADV l.RTlCl-I.\lE TS CONSTIPATION ““Por aver nine yours | & fered with chronic con stiaiion and during this 0 action on my bo *pi reta end today 1 am & well Duringibe oive years efars 1 “weed: Cascares ered coveid misery w, 50 30 4 aam froe Tromsiall cas wae tuis tn behaif of e e Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or N.Y. ey lllllll. SII.E. TEI IH.UOI NES Ma Jwvisir DR. JORDAN'S anrear (HUSEUM OF ARATOHY 1071 MATIEY 6T. bet. 6:ha%:d, 8.7.00), Anetomical M: ik Largest uscum in the 4. MAILED FREE. (A vaiuable bosk for mrn) N & CO.. 1061 Market st 8. F. DDV a mm;mu— 2 t Ward,” | with a Christmas | ard will ac- cell doors swung | WARD IN HOSPITAL AAS GIFT [N HONOR OF EIR INFANT DAUGHTER. e JUDGE ACTS |SAN DIEGO AS WOMANS | MISS PLANS - SANTA CLAUS| A SURPRISE ‘Divorce Granted|Parents to Learn as Christmas | of Weddingon Present. Christmas. (GIFT PLEASES HER|PRETTY ROMANCE —— Special Dispatch to The Call. CHTCAGO, Dec. 24.—The news of the Special Dispatch to The Call APPLETON, Wi Dec. 24.—Mrs. Alice Morris applied to Judge Goodland ! this afternoon for a divorce as a Christ- mas present. She was accompanied by her attorney, who had all the neces- sary papers prepared. Ind., San Diego, Cal., will be a Christmas was reheard and the decree granted on the ground of cruel and Inhuman treat- ment. With a choking voice the woman made public thanks in the courtroom | for her bountiful gift. . CHRISTMAS 1) for the purpose. onier. ties are in Colorado. then a student at Purdue College, wa a member of a prospecting party work- {ing in the Rocky Mountains. Mis: Randall was visiting one of her fath er's mining properties. It was a case of “love at first sight.” > The young man followed the girl of his cholce to her California home and told of his love. Recently, when he learned £he was in Chicago, he hurried ENGLAND. Fog Fails to Dampen the Ardor of v.hc‘ Britishers, LONDON, Dec. 24—The Christmas | spirit was abroad throughout England to-day, notwithstanding the continued | heavy fog, which normally acts as an extreme depressant. Not in years has | London had such a thorough dose of | to this city from Ligonier and persuad- that pea soup atmosphere for which the | ed her to agree g0 an immediate wed- metropolis is famous; but the popula- |ding. The marriage was performed | tion, which grumbled during the week | Without the parents of either being no- because of the inconveniences atten- |tified. dant upon the fog, changed its mood B | to-day, and, accepting the inevitable, City’s Water Supply Cut Off. prepared to spend a merry Christmas, PITTSBURG, Dec. 24.—As the re- even welcoming the fog as a Christ-|sult of an accldent to the thirty-six mas gift and a friend of olden days. | In all the great homes in England the | water mains at the south end of the Sharpsburg bridge, where the -mains | Yule log is burning. From Sandring- | enter the city, the entire water supply ham to the humblest residence, rela- was cut off from 10 o’clock to-night un- tives who are scattered throughout the | til after midnight. This accident caused rest of the vear are gathering to spend | untold inconvenience to thousands on the Christmas. It is estimated that|the busiest Christmas eve in years. | 1,500,000 persons poured out of London | ———— to-day. To those who witnessed the| Will Cruise Off California Coast. | tremendous rushes at every station,| VICTORIA, B. C., Dec. 24.—The the wonder was that any person could | Victoria Sealing Company has be left to people London. But the exo- | cided. to send twelve schooners to | dus leaves no appreciable mark in the | cruise off the California coast in Jan- | stréets, which are thronged with mil- | uary to follow the herds north and lions of Christmas shoppers arld sight- | Jater eighteen vessels will go to Ber- | seers, though the fog limits the scope|ing Sea. Three vessels will be sent to of view to about forty feet. Japanese waters. Most of the Cabinet officers and diplo- —_—— | mats have left London. King Edward! confirms Sale of Cannery Property. | i £ 1 un:’i Que.en Alexandra with the immedi SEATTLE, Dec. 24.—Federal Judge ate royal family are gathered at| g = . s Hanford to-day confirmed the sale of Sandringham Palace, where Christmas 2 = | the Chatham cannery to George T | Will be celcbrated in the usual manner. 5 | Thei r p Meyers for $45,000, and of the Blaine { Their Majesties will clonely obaefve all | " O0 ™S c ¥ e & Duan #is | the Christmas customs. There will be | 4 s ° | $25,000. Both were former properties ; | a Christmas tree for the royal children | of the defuml Pacific-American Fish. around which three generations wiil | 2 RIS | eries Comps —— meet as privately as royalty ever meets | to enjoy a typical home Christmas.| wonay and Three Children Killed, GUTHRIE, O. T., Dec. 24—Wilhelm Embassador and Mrs. Choate are vis- | iting Baron Mount Stephen at Brockett | Hall, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, and Sec- retary of the Embassy Henry White has a number of guests at his country place. Consul General Evans with his| family has gone to Paris. Provision for the poorer classes has been: arranged on a scale even larger than usual and although there is an al- | most incredible number of destitute |and unemployed persons in London there is every reason to suppose that no one will be without some sort of Christmas dinner. | il s CHICAGO IS GENEROUS. his wife and three children are dead as | a result of a gasoline explosion in their { home near Guymon, O. T. The family recently homesteaded a claim in Beaver ' County, coming directly from Germany. —_————— Tobacco Trust Investigation. News to-day says: Government in- vestigations regarding the operations of the so-called tobacco trust are to be made in Milwaukee and other points in Wisconsin. sold In the city during the last ten days. Outgoing trains on the New York Central and New York, New Havén and Hartford railroads to-day were from twenty to forty minutes late because of the congestion of the trains due to the holiday traffic.. During the day thirty extra trains Were sent out over the Central while about twenty were dispatched eastward. Incoming trains were also late because of the heavy travel. Princely Sum Expended in the Windy City. CHICAGO, Dec. 24.—It is estimated that it will cost Chicago more than $22,000,000 to celebrate Christmas this | year. Never has money been expend- ed so freely in celebrating a holiday in the history of the city. Shopkeepers say that people began to buy Christ- mas presents in October, As the sea- son advanced the buying of presents became more enthusiastic. It did not cease for a day. While most of the sum mentioned went- for Christmas gifts, the sum spent for Chrisamas din- ners, trees and deeorations is taken into consideration in the following es- | timate, the figures being gathered from the best sources of information: Estimated Christmas receipts of ten large State-street stores, $10,300,000; Christmas receipts of other State-street stores, $2,500,000; Christmas recelpts | from other than State-street stores, $3,000,000; money spent for Christmas turkeys and other poultry, $500,000; cost of other articles composing Christmas dinners, $1,000,000; gifts by corporations and firms to employes, $1,500,000; cost of shipping Christmas presents by ex- press, $500,000; 60,000 Christmas trees, $50,000; decorations, $50,000; charities and gifts, $50,000. Total, $22,050,000. e 5 e DINNERS FOR THE POOR. New York's Needy Will Be Well Taken Care Of. NEW YORK, Dec. 24—New York began its Christmas celebrations to- night and various hospitals in the city i had trees for the in their S en s et REBUKES “UNCLE JOE.” Anti-Saloon Leaguer Objects to Can- non’s Christmas Recipe, CLEVELAND, Ohio, Deo. 24—Rev. J. D. Willlamson of the Anti-saloon garding Speaker Joe Cannon's Christ- | mas receipt, viz: The taking of a drink_ of whisky with the Christmas dinner, said: ““Whether a man shall drink or not is not for me to decide, but I would not' advise the taking of even a single glass of whisky at Christmas dinner. Any | healthy man can do without it and| feel better for so doing. It is a bad, practice ‘for the rising generation of the country, this recipe of ‘Uncle Joe's,” as much as he is to be admired for his statesmanship and wisdom in general. He knows enough of the weaknesses of human nature to be aware that in- dulgence in even one drink often leads to serious results. If he had been as thoughtful in this matter as in those of state, T am convinced that he would children quoted.” wards. ’ —_—— For to-morrow and Monday the city Carnegie’s Christmas Gifts. had prepared a grand celebration for PITTSBURG, Dec. -24.—Andrew the little ones, and for the hungry in the poorer sections. The Salvation Army will feed 50,000 people and other charitable organizations will provide for double this numwoer. It is estimated to-night that-more than 350,000 Christmas trees have been Carnegie has presented to the Brad- dock Carnegie library and the Home- stead Carnegie library $35,000 each as a Christmas present. ’ —_———— A dream of pleasure, the new two for quarter size American, $2 75 box 25. * CISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, { wedding of Walter Draper of Ligonfer, | and Miss Bertha D. Randall of | surprise for the parents of the young| 2 couple. They were married in the par- | The woman had made a previous ap- | jors of the Stratford Hotel by Rev. W. plication, but it was denied. The case |y Martin, who came from Ligonier Draper is superinten- | dent of the electric light plant at Lig- | His bride is the daughter of a | millionaire mine owner, whose proper- | The young couple met while Draper, | de- | Schultz has been fatally burned snd| MILWAUKEE, Dec. 24.—The Daily ' League, when asked for his opinion Te-i . never have made such a declaration as; 1904, ADVERTISEMENTS. LEAVES BILLS AS MEMENTOES Pasadena Creditors 1\[0urnI Departure of the Princess; & Lili C. Von Bentheim‘ 8 CONSTABLE AFTER HER K ——— | — +|Tradespeople Say That in' Her Hurry to Get Away She Overlooked Their Accounts e Special Dispatch to The Call. PASADENA, Dec. 24.—Mrs. “’llllam{ | Boutley, formerly Mrs. Walter Cham- | berlain and by birth Princess Lili C von Bentheim, is being sought in Los | Angeles by Constable Harley Newell, | who desires to serve upon her and her ' | possessions some attachments on Pas- adena accounts which It is claimed she contracted and falled to settle be- fore leaving this city. The Princess, or, as she was then known, Mrs. Walter Chamberlain, first | appeared in Pasadena last July. She claimed to have been court pianist at both the Russian and German courts, and in addition to have toured the con- cert stage of both America and Fu- rope under the professional name of Lillian B. Peters. Her father, she said, was a Prince of the German empire, and her mother a Princess of Russla. On arriving in Pasadena she an- | ! nounced that she was going to give a | series of grand opera concerts, and would take new beginners and prepare them to sing Wagner in about three | weeks. This concert troupe she pro- posed to take to the World's Fair at St. Louls after doing stunts with her three-week artists here and in Los An- geles. On October 27 the Princess was mar- ' ried to William Routley, a jeweler of Providence, R. I 1 ———————— i }(‘HOR]STERS HAIL THE ADVENT OF CHRISTMAS | Vested Choir of Cathedral Mission Makes Its Annual Visit to Local Hotels, | | Following an old time custom, the vested choir of the Cathedral Mission of the Good Samaritan visited the downtown hotels last evening and sang old Christmas carols. The thirty choristers, robed in cassocks and cot- tas, attracted large crowds wherever they went. Among the selections they vendered were ‘“Listen, Lordlings, Unto Me,” “Adeste Fidells,” “Three Kings Have Come From the East, “Now Over White Mountains,” “Now the Deep of \u;hl Is Sleeping” and “From Far A Buses from conveyed the the different hotels choir about town and near midnight returned them to the Occidental Hotel, where they sang , several songs and then repaired to the hotel dining-room to partake of a | supper prepared for them by Man- ager Hooper. e — Court Reporter Resigns. J. J. Maginis yesterday tendered his resignation as official court reporter ' in Judge Sloss' court, which position he has filled for four years. R. H. | Flder has been appointed to succeed VISITS N\\ TR A\l PE- RU NA—THE SANTA CLAUS OF HEALTH MILLIONS OF HAPPY HOMES him. Mr. Maginis has been an official !stmcgmpher for twenty-five years and | | will be missed by a host of friends. | His letter of resignation, which Judge Sloss ordered spread upon the min- utes, was in part®as follows: | | “The cessation of this relation is, as you know, due to your own kindness iin aiding me to secure another em- i ployment, which, in justice to my fam- | ‘1]) I could not decline. No other cause would have led me, voluntarily, to leave my present position.” —_—— PERSONAL. R. B. Spence of Monterey Is at the Occidental. I. G. Stitt, a business man of Kern, is at the Lick. Attorney Arthur Levinsky of Stock- ton Is at the Palace. D. J. McFall, a mining man of Ne- vada City, is at the Grand. | ®W. H. Devlin, one of Sacramento’s | | leading lawyers, is at the Lick. Pres L. J. Rose Jr., the well-known Ox- sifient, Vsmaramisice; Diss. ‘nard capitalist, is at the Palace. WASHINGEOM &+ Devi. 36-—Senor L. Jones, a cattleman and rancher ' ! Don Manuel de Aspirose, the Mexican 0‘ Modeslo, is staying at the Lick. | Embassador, accompanied by Senor!| giate printer W. W. Shannon and Don Gambo, the first secretary of the | yjfe are doewn from Sacramento and ! Mexican embassy, called on President | | registereqat the Lick. ifluose\'elt to pay their respects and to| Harbor Commissioner J. D. Macken- | present to him the official letters an- | 5io of San Jose arrived at the Palace nouncing the re-election of President | vesterday and will spend Christmas Diaz of Mexico. The President re- day in San Francisco. quested the Embassador to convey to | Prince Fushimi and his party of dis- President Diaz his cordial congratula- | tinguished Japanese departed yester- tions and to express to the people of day for Monterey, where they will re- Mexico his felicitations upon the re-| o " no to-morrow. e—--—-——-—.—.___lecuun St Dl | J. 8. Leeds, manager of the Santa Fe [ | Company’s refrigerating car ser\lce,l ADVERTISEMENTS. arrived from Chicago yesterday and is | registered at the St. Francis. WRONG IDEA. F. W. Wilmans, who has been prom- Don’t get the wrong idea iInto you inently identified with mining on this oast for a number of )enr: méd is :W - | operating a property in the Cascades, hemn‘-‘nt starvation 1s g00d for dya-| D e e State of Washington, arrived in It's not. i this city yesterday with his wife to: Those who have not studied the sub-' spend the holidays. They are staying | | Ject very deeply, or with trained sclen- | .¢ipe palace. tlflchm flndt!-' vl?g't‘ng:i::q:: Among the arrivals at the St. Fran- All specialists in stomach and diges- | cis yesterday were J. W. Harriman, a tive disorders know that It is best for relative of President Harriman of the dyspepsia to be well fed. | Southern Pacific Company, and a party | ‘Why, dyspepsia is really a starvation jncluding Mrs. Harriman and Miss and | Master. Harriman and Mr. and Mrs. disease! Your food doesn’-feed" you, | Edwin Dodge and daughter of New By starvation, you may give your York. The party is touring the West bowels and kidneys less to do, but that' YOrk- ° doel not cure your digestive' trouble— in a private car. B bl mply makes you weaker and sicker: | .Hamilton Wright, chief of the pu 'leu likely to be permanently cured cation bureau of the California Promo- ; than ever. | tion Committee, leaves to- night for { No, the only right way to permanent- oy york in connection with a project ly cure yourself of any form. of dyspep- | now under way to have several of the ) trouble, i | . ;?ar?fi,r ‘2‘;“:!1“3; foog that sy;: ;:; more prominent Eastern magazines !l'll!l best agrees with you, and help your sue special numbers :dvertluln? s | digestion to work with Stuart's Dys- | State. He will also stop over at some ! pepsia Tablets. liable method_of treatment, which will | never fail to cure the most obstinate | cages if persevered in. Stuart's Dyspepsia. . Tablets . have a gentle, tonic, refreshing effect on the secretory glands of the .entire digestive tract. They gently force the flow of fresh ‘digestive juices. ! nla articles in the newspapers. axiht < i Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—The follow: ing Californians are in New York: From San Francisco—D. S. Lach- man, at the Algonquin; M. Mullany, at { ment the result of his investigation of | of the leading cities with a view to ar-| This is a safe, certaln, scientific, re- ! ranging for the publication of Califor-} REPUBLIC THE RIOTERS CONDUCTOR AND BRAKEMEN SHOT BY A PAS OVERTHROW OF OBYECT OF ER Strange Report Concerning Disturb- ances in Rio Janeiro Made by Police Chlef. RIO JANEIRO, Dec. 24.—The Chief of Police has handed to the Govern- Train Crew Used for Targets by Man Who Objected to Being Put Off. GALLIPOLIS, Ohio, Dec. 24.—An exciting battle occurred at Evergreen, about five miles west, this evening on the North Hocking Valley passenger train. Conductor James McBride was shot through the left arm and shoul- der and Brakeman Spencer was shot through the left breast and ankle by Edgar Grover. The crew had at- tempted to put Grover from the train. Sheriff Mannering and a posse of the recent disturbances. He says the object was to overthrow the repub- lic. It was proposed, according to the report, that Senator Lauro Sodre should be dictator until the re-estab- lishment of the monarchy. The revo- lution was to have begun October 17, but failed in consequence of the vigi- lance of the police. | officers have gone in search of the This report is considered strange, as | fugitive. all the heads of the movement are | b known as good Republicans. | war. The Supreme Court has denied | The. Senate, according to the re- quest of the Government, has author- ized the trial of Sodre by a council of the habeas corpus presented in favor of Sodre and Deputies Vareta, Bar- bosa and Lima. ADVERTISEMENTS. $5 For this genuine HORNBACK Alligator Bag, leather lined and mounted with the best brass trim- mings, good value at $8.00. $6 50 for this splendid sole leather suit case; . leather lined, best brass trimmings, extra heavy nvets and cornerpieces and strong spring lock; worth They contain, themselves, many of | the - chemical constituents of these | juices, thus when dissolved they heID ! to dissolve the food around them in | stomach or bowels. They therefore quickly relieve all the | symptoms of indigestion, and coax the glands to take a proper pleasure in do- ing their proper work. They coax you back to health. No other medical treatment of any sort nor any fad system of “Culture” or “Cure,” will give you the solid, per- manent, - curative results, that will Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets. ‘Write for a free Book of Symptoms. F. A. Stuart Co., Marshall, Mich. \lhe Herald Square; W. M. Rogers, at | the Astor; F. T. Strop, at the Impe- rial; G. S. George and W. George, at the Rossmore; Mrs. Joseph Hoffman J. Ferris, at the Rossmore; P. F. Has- and Miss L. Traub, at the Astor, and G. W. Moore, at the Marlborough. ————————— SENT TO ASYLUM.—Oakland, December 24. Mrs. Ellen Ambrose was sent to the Stockton Asylum by Judge lHall to-day. She is an aged inmate of the County. Infirmary, and Imagined persons were trying to do her harm. | I and L. W. Knight, at the Earlington; | kell Jr., at the Albemarle; H. S. Traub ! $10, our price 56.50 AB.3S 116 ELLIS ST., NEAR POWELL. ITH GO,