The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 8, 1905, Page 2

AN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY "DECEMBER 8 Workmen Are Also Wearying of Revolutionary Policy and Civil War of Classes Is Threatened. Two Jewish Women Are Torn io Pieces by Rural Mobs for Spreading Anti-Government Propaganda. RUSSIAN PEASANTS SIDE WITH CZAR AND MAY RISE AGAINST AGITATOR LONDON, De t, lation GROUND. DE LOSING WITTE Public Confidence in the Russian Pre- mier Is Shaken. X $45,000,000. t perfectly ssessed ce its present thri flice e J to take bility collect taxes In men The strikers raid- the station and hammered off the echlocks of the rifles before they were scovered. At Moscow more than fwenty carloads of letters are undistributed. At Kharkoff it is reported 5000 soldiers agreed not to fire on the people, at Bostoff the Third Grenadier Ar- illery, consisting of 400 men, ng and formulated service demands has b rifles stacked outside. ed ve Sim! action, it is rumore n taken by the military engineers at Odessa troops in wveral places in the provinces, Russ demands the t m. al and the removal of the colonel of the Semionovsky regiment; at whose in- v Professor cholsky, the noted , delivered a speech to the regiment warmly praising the men for firing upon the people. e Ll PAYS PENALTY FOR Assassination of Sakharoff the Result of His Tyranny. RSBL 3, Wednesday, Dec. of the assassination eral Sakharoff, former , who was shot in the Palace at Saratoff on De- had beén preceded by the iorrible stories of the manner In Sakharoff had been repressing grarian disorders. He corraled sant them beaten with the soldiers’ whips. In so doing, Sakharoff’ pursued the system adopted by Prince John Obolen- sk former Governor General of Fin- land suppressing the agrarians in the vieinity of Kharkhoff, several years g0, when the Prince caused the peas- ts to be whipped by relays of Cos- and compelled them in turn to their comrades. The assassin of Sakharoff has not been identified. When the woman who committed the crime was arrested, she declared that she had executed a de- cree of the terrorists section of: the Social Revolutionists. The following Is a description of Sakharoff's arrival at Hovoanschina, one of the villages of the province of Saratoff: He came with Cossacks and ar- tillery. The peasants were surrounded by Cossacks and Sakharoff addressed them, demanding that they surrender their leaders. The village elder replled, but gave the general no information. The elder was immediately beaten un- til he lost consclousness. Sakharoff then retired to the court-house, leaving peasants at the mercy of the Cos- most of whom were drunk, and began torturing the peasants, pulling out their hair and beards and even tearing pleces of flesh from their CRUELTY. Mi ister vernor's the pe in in sac b faces, Thirty-three peasants were maltreated.” s Ak eTNR: ODESSA’S GRIM ROSTER. Eight Thousand /Persons ‘Killgd Since Beginning of Troubfe. the purpose of the ass A Ministry of the press VIENNA, Dec. T7.—Dispatches re- vy Do that the situ- cejveq here from Lemberg say . that . rnment had not greatly jarge numbers of Russian refugees are ' mical coming in daily. There are’ 800 ' of the X at Cracow. They all give ter- sy accounts of the occurrences in a. Many of the refugees formerw ly were men of considerable wealth and standing, but they left everything behind and now are almost reduced to beggary. The people of Lemberg declare that murders and rioting continue at Kieff. The refugees who- have ‘arrived - at ds sold to! poawoloczyska say that excesses lue in Feb- | zgainst the Jews have occurred at of the pos- 1ka and Serbinowow. No de- e given. An official statement shows that $000 | 2 matter of the en- tion In the cities and|persons have been killed at Odessa and, the tax on In-|gnce the beginning of the troubles. partial res means of vol- requires two policemen or h carrier. In the officials who can be spared n other departments with of whom areof high cess Obolensky, the Prin- the Countess Merinoff ess Ozeroff are sorting let- 1 the malling-room one mail station the strikers stole The guard of leaving @he b Chas. Beilus & Co. | Exclusive Figh-Grade Clothiers No Branch Stores and No Agents. THE MOST COMPETENTi MINDS THAT PRODUCE| ULTRA-PERFECT CLOTHES, BRINGING OUT THE EFFECT OF GOOD STYLE, ETC, MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE, OUR GROWING BUSINESS 1S THE REWARD OF EFFORT. CAN'T MAKE A SILK PURSE, Ete, Genuine Cravenettes made of fabrios of English and Scotch birth, tatlored and feshioned by pronounced experte. soaked in our Cravenettes, Yowll never get not even in price. 120-132 BLearny $treet Thurlow Flock & Advices from Bucharest say the peo- ple of Moscow and Nikolaieff are suf- fering from lack of water, bread, Iight 1 meat. Almost all the factories nd Jewish homes in Rostoff have been destroyed. In a recent encounter at Odessa be- tween students and troops many.stu- dents were killed. Funeral services for_the students slain were held at the university building. z i 7 The test arrivals at Jassy. Mol- davia, declare that killings and plun- derings continue at Odessa by day and night. e TROOPS TO PROTECT JEWS. | Attempt to Massacre Moscow Hebrews Is Threatened. 8.—The correspondent of the Petersburg sends the following: raliroad strike has spread to Poltava, Kursk, Kharkoff, Kieft and Sebastopol. The troops ocenpying Okhta, near St. Petersburg, have been confined to_ barracks, owing to dis- orders among them. Passengers arriving from Kifeff report that forty of the inhabitants were killed during the mutfny there, It is an- nounced from Moscow that the troops there are being held in readiness, owing to the fears of a fresh massacre of Jews BUFFALO BILL MEETS WITH A HEAVY LOSS Special Dispatch to The Call. MARSEILLES, France, Dec. 7.—All the horses belonging to the Wild West Show of Colonel William F. €6dy were killed here to-day. Although the Gov- ernment veterinaries had certified that glanders had been entirely eradicated from the stud, Colonel Cody and his partner, James A. Bailey, decidéd on this radical measure in order to allay he fears of the farmers regarding he spread of the disease. ~- The saddles, bridles and other ar- ticles of the equipment,; as well as the clothing of the - stablemen. were burned, and the railroad cars beleng- ing to the show disinfected. g Colonel Cody is now il the United States engaged in purchasing a fresh PARIS, 'Dec 1 at St ! stud, - . PEACE CONDITIONS OFFERED BY HOTTENTOTS ARE REJECTED COLOGNE, Prussla, Dec. 7.—The Volks Zeitung to-day says it learns that Hendrik Wither, the Hottentot leader, who recently suc- cumbed to wounds recelved while atta: a German provision train on October m,“gfm his death offered as peace conditions that his men be allowed to keep their rifies, that they be supplied with 150 rounds of ammunition monthly, that their Jand and cattle be restored to them and that his (Witbers) pay as an officer of German colonial t; be_doubled. i terms.” the paper adds, ‘‘were nat- urally rejected. B Explosion on British Steamship. LONDON, Dec, 8.—A news agency says & telegram kas been received In London from Saigon, French Indo-China, that an ex- plosicn has teken place on the British steamship Caglisle in the harbor of Saigon, ——— Crowe Acquitted on One Charge. OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 7.—Pat Crowe, who has has held a | 1 by court- ry, who is boycotted by the stu- | of | with Cossacks and then had | WILL DISCUSS } BOND IS5UE itizens of San Jose to Talk About Improvements at Monster Mass-Meeting i Svecial Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Dec. 7.—To-morrow night big mass. meeting will be held Hall to discuss the pro- a i Turnverein | posed issue of bonds for $355,000 for numerous municipal improvements. A number of prominent speakers will set il'rvrxh the purposes of the bond issue. The election to decide: whether the bonds shall be issued will be held on December 12. he mass meeting was called at the instance of the Alum Rock Park bond committee of fifty, which was ap- | pointed by the Chamber of Commerce |two months ago and of which Harry | 3. Edwards is the chairman. This com- mittee has done active preliminary work: and has aroused lively interest in the forthcoming election. . J. O. Hayes has been selected to preside at the meeting, and the following will | speak: Judge M. H. Hyland, V. A. | Schiller, J. D. Radford, Rev. Mr. John Lally, Rev. J. Wilmer Gresham, S. M. Keith, Dr. H. C. Brown, James P. Sex &nd H. D. Matthews. The proposed bond - issue Includes $100,000 for the improvement of Alum | Rock Park, $135,000 for sewer ex- | tensions and 345,000 for additions to | the public schools. The suggested im- provements at Alum Rock Parkfinclude a new bath' house, stone bridges and drives and an elaborate system of water works. It ig also proposed to extend - the sewer system throughout the city and to rebuild the main outlet near Alviso. The bond issue will include $35,000 | for rebuilding the city, fire engine | houses, which are in need of repairs, | and purchasing necessary improvements | for the fire department. SEQUOIA CLUB IS HOST TO GAY THRONG Not 4n the history of the Sequoia Club was there ever before 5o merry a gathering of the clans—the writers afid artists and other people—as there was last night, “the night dedicated to.the writers, good and bad. Mrs. Adolphus Graupner was the hostess of the big night, assisted by Miss Ina Dona Coolbrith, Mrs. Fremont Older, Miss Grace Liewellyn Jonés, Mrs. Elizabeth Gerberding, Miss Griswold, Mrs. W. C. Morrow, Miss Hittell, Mrs. Frank Deering, Miss Bertha Rickoft, Mrs. Morris Keating, Mrs. Ferdinand Pfingst, Mrs. Ashton Stevens, Mrs. Louis Long, M#s. Abbie E. Krebs, Mrs. Eu- | gene Lee, Mrs. Ella M. Sexton and Mrs. | Gertrude Norris. | As the guests began to foregather the courtesy of -the Cercle Francaise was extended to the Sequolans, through | Dr.'Chantreau, the president; the cour- tesy was promptly accepted, and the two main floors made a delightful | promenade and offered many a cozy nook for a chat. Among the _guests ‘of honor were | Joaquin Miller, General Lucius Foote, “harles Bailey Fernald, all of whom {came early and were plentifully petted. {Thls was notably true of the hooted poet of the Sierras, who In turn fondly | stroked ~the ladies, who appealed to | him—in fact, 'tis saild he—er—kissed them. . ¢ The ladies on tha reception commit- tee on being quizzed upon the poet’'s demonstrations of approval regretfully denied that they had been kissed. But the rumor was persistent,that the poet implanted a seraphic osculatory caress upon several cheeks and brows, but the kissed ones weouldn't own up. A central picture was the bard of the heights, his gray hair caressing his lofty brow; his mustachitos waxed a la Bmperor Wilhelm; his frock coat fold- ed neatly across a well-nourished frame, a flashing tie at his throat, and his frousers tucked into his boots. From 9 to 11 several hundred guests called- and distributed themselves over the two.floors of the clubrooms. During the early hours of the recep- tion' musical numbers were given in charming fashion by Mrs. Oliver Gale, Mrs, Kipple Shafter and Miss Rebecca del!Valle, accompaniéd by Miss Grace Rollins and Miss Julia Tharp. The following were among the vited guests of “Writers' Night' Gwendoline Overton, Elizabeth Higginson, Spence Depew, Herbert Bashford; Francls Charles, Geraldine Bonner, Ernest Thompson Seton, Jane , _ Chester . Balley Fernald, Chearles ‘StoAdard, * Adeline Knapp, i { | | in- Carr, ‘Warren ' Miriem Michelson, Henry Morse Stephens, Mrs, John R. Glascock, Julfet Wilbor Tomp- kins, John Vance Cheney, Elizabeth Knight Tompkins, Warren Cheney, Joaquin Miller, Charles Lummis, David Starr Jordan, Charles Mills Gayley, Mrs. Elizabeth Vore, Mary Aus- tin, W. C. Morrow, Peter Robinson, Emma CELESTINS 'Stockton Man. Arrested for W.E. CORE NI B FATHER Aged Sire of Steel Trust Mag- nate Says if He Were on Jury ‘He Would Vote to Send Son -to < Penitentiary RELATIVES ALL R IDE WITH WIFE Uniclé of - Husband Blames | Andrew Carnegie, Baseball | and _Football for the Family’s Marital Woes J 2 Special DI teh to The Call. ; PITTSBURG, Dec. 4—W. Ellis Corey, president of the United States Steel Cor- poration, has been practically disowned by his aged father, because of his alleged bad treatment of his wife. Arthur A. Corey of Braddock, town tax collector, | is.the father. He was. crushed to-day | when news of his son’s late doings was fareed ‘upon him. “The aged parent of the head ‘of the steel combine has been in ignorance of the scandal brewing in New. York and elsewhere; of the fact that his son had agreed to allow his wife geta divorce, and that he probably would marry, the actress, Mabelle Gilman, with whom his name has been connected. He sald: SN It Dilis has declded to get a separation from his wife and it he has decided to take up with that actress, as I am told, I am through with him. Were I on a jury and such wag shown to me to be so I would vote to send Ellls to the penitentiary, even though he be my son. It is reported that he told Laura that she h8d not loved him. That is foolishness of the worst kind. When a woman works for her husband when he is getting but $40 a month- es for him, bears him children, raises those children and guides their foot- steps in the right path and then God so wills that_one of those, children shall bs taken, she hovers like an angel over that death bed and almost gives her life also s that young life goes out=—thgt woman loves the man whose children she-bore and Laura loved Bllis, Oh, my God!, Has FEllls gone mad? | J. B. Corey it was wlho first gave Ellis | his start in life. He hired him at $0 a month to qump coal and on this money the future head of the giant steel com- bine lived with his wite—the same wife whom he now seeks to divorce. J. B. Corey added: Mr, Carnegle 4id wrong in putting my nephéw at the head of such a big concern as the United States Stesl Corporation. It has ruined him, He did-not know what to do, He became suddenly rich and it turned his head. |34 J. B. Corey, head of the Corey Coal Company and uncle 6f 'W. Ellis Corey, sald to-night: Andrew Ouarriegls § fall of my nephew. football,iwrought his rul respopaIble. tor the dbun. . with baseball’ and - i y STEEL KING. it Fricnd" Snys Xotreas Mabelle Gilman . WIH Become Mrs. Corey. | 3 NEW. YORK, Dec. 7.—A close frjend of Mabelle ‘Gilman, the actress whose name is mentionéd in the Corey divorce case, to-day said: / “I have known Mabelle Gilman _ for five yéars and I know that Miss Gilman expects ‘to marfy: Mr, rey just as| soon-as ‘he s able to get a divorce, 1| was surprised to see that pbotograph of her ah@*Mr. Corey published, but I sup- pose Miss Gilman wants to bring a di- i vorce about, she has waited 'so long. “Miss Gf met Corey in Pittsburg when ‘The Mocking Bird' ‘was playing there. Mr. Ely, now a member of the ‘White Cat’.company, was one of the party. Sinte then he has‘dined with them many times, and Mis$ Gilman and Carey: have not been at all backward in talking about their plahns 6f marriage. “Why, Corey was crasy about Miss Gilman. I guess you won't have to talk to many theatrical people before they tell you what a forlorn looking girl, as far as dress was, concerned, Mabelle used to be. Her mother simply took bher salary every week and Invested it in’ real estate in Sullivan County. “Corey is the first admirer Miss Gil- man seems to have really cared about, although the Prince of Siam was crazy about her on his recent visit to Amer- fca. Miss Gilman has lots of letters telling of his love and proposing mar- riage. He gave her a toy dog from his royal kennels, with which he has just had her picture taken in London.” LOVER’S ATTENTIONS NOT A BIT WELCOME Sending Threatening Let- ters to Married Woman. STOCKTON, Dec. 7.—A. D. Hansell, a local jeweler, was arrested to-day on a charge of sending threatening letters to a married- woman In Maine. He gave $100 cash ball. The District Attorney has forty or more letters of the same sort and the friends of the young woman’s family declare they will malie a case with every one of the letters. The woman in the East is a Mrs. Norton, formerly Mrs. Lottle Dorr of Stockton. The story of | spurious five-dollar plece. MANY SPURIOUS COINS PASSED Gang at Work to Flood the City - With Counterfeits of Five-Dollar Gold Pieces CARMEN FALL VICTIM One Conductor Goes After| | the Offending Passenger, Who Takes to His Heels | According to the reports received by the United Ralilroads from their con- | ductors last night counterfeiters have descended upon the city, bent on flood- ing it with spurious five-dollar pieces. | Before midnight five of the bogus gold pieces had been turned in by con- ductors working on the Market street ines. Next came two conductors from the Powell street road, each with a A report was received from a conductor on the Third and Kearny streets that a $5 piece had been tendered .im that was spurious. He immediately discovered the fact, and when he started toward the passenger who had given it, the man quickly jumped off the car and ran. The base coin is an excellent imita- tion, and its spuriousness is not easily | detected in the casual handling. A few weeks ago the United Railroads found | that it had been paid many bogus $20 pieces, and it is believed the same gang | is now floating the smaller gold pleces. f UNITARIANS REPLY ? TO THEIR EXCLUSION BOSTON, Dec. 7.—A reply to their ex- clusion as Unitarian delegates from the inter-church conference on federation, at New York, has been prepared by Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale, former Gov- ernor John D. Long and Samuel A. Ellot, president of the Unitarlan Association, and to-day this was forwarded in the form of a letter to the pastors of all the Unitarian churches of Boston. It will be read from the pulpits next Sunday. The delegates who had been eleoted by the Unitarfan National Conference were debarred from the privilege of taking part in the inter-church confer- ence on the ground that their denomina- tion is, from the standpoint of the con- ference, non-evangelical. The address says in part: Wo were refused admission to the meeting on the ground that Unitanans are not Chris- tians. Our characters were not impeached, but our bellefs were condemned as heretical. In pite of the protest of the most distinguished Christian scholars and leaders of other de- nominations than our own, this exciusion has now been confirmed by the action of the con- ference Itself. The Unitarian churches are definitely omitted from the list of the Chris- tlan bodies entitled to representation in the Federated Council of the Churches of Christ in ‘America. We make no controversy over this actlon, which puts not us but it promoters at the bar of an enlightened public opinion. The Unitarian churches of America and all who desire to promote pure Christianity in our land should be glad to be confronted bv a stimulating challenge, Whatsoever good things these other denominations propose to accom- plish. and we deeply appreciato the good they do_ 4t is-munifest that, as represented by this action, they are both unwilling and unable to commit themselves to the great Christian prin- eiples of fréedom and brotherhood. By fearlessly proclaiming the .ideals of = etmple and rational Chmsuan faith and of spiritual high mindedness, by living lives of ublic spirited service and widespread charity, PV increasing the power and usePulness of our liberal churches and upbuilding our institu- tions we shall help to keep in Christian discl- pleship those who have been alienated from all religious connections and best promots the cause of truth, freedom and righteousness. ‘When the good time comes that our brethren in other Christian denomipations know us bet~ ter they will find us ready most cordially to co-operate with them and with ail other re- liglous bodles in and being the kingdom of God on earth. —_———————— SANTA CRUZ NATIVE DAUGHTER! AND SONS ELECT OFFICERS Men and Women Who Take Tnterest in the Orders Are Rewarded by Members. SANTA CRUZ, Dec. 7.—Santa Crus Parlor, Native Sons of the Golden West, has elected the following officers: President, W. A. Lynch; first vice president, H. C. Lucas; second vice presidént, W. C. Foster; third vice president, Fdgar Blalsdell; recordins secretary, R. H Pringle; financial secrerary, Willett Ware; marshai, Frank Flelsig; trustee, Edward Dau- benbis; surgeon, Dr, F. E. Morgan. The Native DJaughters nave efected the fol- lowing: President, Miss Grace Baldwin; first vice president, Miss Edna Scott; second vice president, Mrs. Mary Severm; third vice pres- ident, Miss Lois Nichols; marshal, Miss Arista Swan; recording_secretary, Mrs. Daisy Plant; trustees, Miss Stella Finkeldey, Mrs. Belle Hobron and Mrs. Kate Miller; inside sentinel, Mrs, Florence Roberts; outside sentinel, Miss May Rosser. ——— e ADJUTANT GENERAL WARD OF INDIANA IS IN DISGRACB INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. T.—John R. Ward, Adjutant General of Indiana, resigned to-day on the demand of Governor Hanly. An in- vestigating committee claims there Is & short- age of $676, which it is alleged was secured by General Ward by padding the totals on his requisitions for the pay of the forty-four companies of the Indlana National Guard and on warrants for supplies for the troops. Gen- eral Ward was adjutant of the One Hundred and Sixty-first Indlana Regiment in the Span- Ish-American war, of which regiment former Governor Durbin was colonel. The alleged shortage discovered extends back to Decem- ber, 1908. ———— British Gulana Strike Is Ended. ' GEORGETOWN, British Gulana, Dec. 7.— The strike of wharf laborers ended yesterday and/ the strikers are eagerly competing for employment. There 1s no further intimidation. urrender of the strikers apparently i ADVERTISEMENTS. friends of her widowed mother, who is now a resident of San Francisco, ‘is that Hansell was in love with the young woman when the family lived here sev- eral years ago, and is still forcing his unwelcome attentions. —_— Charles Keeler, fmumse Bierce, CURES Dyspepsia and v Stomach Troubles m Ti»';:unih'- is al- ‘wa) bottles = like this FATE OF HISTORIC FRIGATR 1S IN HANDS OF CONGRESS Secretary, of the Nayy Bonaparte Is Personally in Favor of Preserv- . Ideal Buying Imagine a city with 422 stores where yom:ld freely in this city with the . 1absolute assurance that you would not be swi ot D ed or dosed— : vm a wonder- World” theadvertising pages of McClure's Magazine 10c, $1 a ies are | solidation members were vallantly repre- | These suggestions will Book Cases—Mahogany finish, golden oak, weathered oak and early English, from..... . $12 up China Closets—All woods ... $20 to $260 Chiffonfers—All woods .. o ............... $7.50 to $415 Magnzine Stands — Weathered oak and maimgan'; Tables—All woods .... $L50 to $250 Chairs—All woods .... $12 to $90 Comfort Rockers—All woods. . ................ ...84 to 825 Parlor Divans—Mahogany fin- ish Yeses to Parlor Morris Tos It 34-50 Furniture Hints of Permanent Value Permanency of value in a Christmas gift is ob- tained when furniture is selected as the means of conveying best wishes at Yuletide. furniture is of superb quality. guaranty that the recipient will never have reason to be other than delighted with the gift. Fredericks’ Its selection is a interest you: 048 .....s #4 to 8128 ods .. Card Tables—All wo Ladles’ Desks—All woods e - -$7.50 to TS and ma- $12 to 820 Large Turkish Chatrs—Uphol- stered in leather..$35 to $100 Plate Racks—Weathered oak 350 to $20 Costumers—All woc Plano Benches—Oak hogan . y $10 to §15 Sewing Tables—Mahogany .... ‘ Wi 24 $15 to $40 Parlor Cabinets — Mahogany finish, Vernis Martin ana Gold Leaf......817.50 to $265 Pedestals. . .... ... 84 to $40 Orfental and Domesile Bugs. Draperies. Sofa Pillows £ and Faney Cushions. cderichsso. ELLIS STREET NENBERS VOTE 10 CONSOLIATE ] 1 The much respected Mercantile Library will be merged into the Mechanies' Li- brary should there be no legal fight to upset the majority vote which was cast yesterday for consolldation. ! The voting on the matter of the amal- | gamation began In the morning and ran | along at intervals until 8 o’clock in the | evening, at which hour David E. Miles, | president of the Mercantile, declared the | poll closed. | ‘When the count was made it was found | that 231 had voted for consolidation, 128 ; for the continuance of the Mercantile and | but five for its being taken over by the, Free Public Library. The total number | of votes cast was 364 ! On several annual occasions this matter | of consolidation has worried the loyalists who' stand by the institution on Sutter | street with warrlor-like persistence and | cannot see a way to agree with the argu- | ments advanced by those who support the 1dea of taking the valued collection over | to /Post street. { § isiais Throughout the.long day the’anti-con- sented by Edmund Marks, Dr. Samuel O. L. Potter, Edward E. Perley and At- torney Charles F. Crosby, each of whom is filled with sentiment for the Mercan- tile. So keenly was the fight waged that white haired and very old gentiemen, who had watched the library grow from its swaddling clothes up to an age when some think it best to merge it into an- other institution of its kind, stood stead- fast and sternly against . any change whatever. Bvery possible argument In opposition to thgse who favored consoli- dation was used. SENTIMENT RUNS HIGH. Men and women were almost implored not to vote away the cheristed property. Friends of half a century held argu- ment and fell out. That shows how keen was the contest and how strong the prin- ciple on either side. After the result had been made known by President Miles, that gentleman sald to a representative of The Call: /This means that a_committee of five’ will be appointed from each library to arrange the matter of consolidation, legal or otherwise. The committes will be appointed by me on Saturday at 2 o'clock. There is absolutely nothing in the two- thirds vote argument because the vote to con- solidate with the Mechanics’ Library has & majority over both of the other propositions. 1 really hope it Will be taken to the courts, which would be the means of settling the question definitely. C. F. Crosby, a member of the Mercan- tile Library, and who opposes consollda- tion, said: The first obfection to consolidation ie that the purposes of the two corporations as set forth in their articles of incorporation ot allke, the Mercantile Library being Iibrary assoclation and the Mechanics' stitute an educational institution formed ° the purpose of the promotion of mechanical in— Qustries and economic sciences.’ The second objection is that if eftber cor- ration Is to be considered as & non-profit Boroperative business association. then section 033 of the Civil Code governs the consolidation and the agreement in Writing signed by two- thirds of the members {s necessary. Failing this, the trustees of eithér corporation are not empowered to congolidate. TALK OF INJUNCTION. Some of the old members declared that if the attempt should be made to con- solidate “in deflance of the law” an In- junction would be immediately applied for. Livingston Jenks, chairman of the con- solidation committee for the Mechanics’ Institute, was present during the counting of the ballots, and when the result was made known said: The vote shows that a majority of the mem- ‘bers took a seneible rather view of the situation, Library Assoclati Institute, but also to our city. vr;l;r‘l' Mercantile members will advantages chanics’ Institute, tures, have all theie continued and enbanced by the ad- of membership'in the Me— with ts classes, lect ete, “Mechanics'. -hlflh‘. such that be no great delay In the erection of thiy PROSPERITY The people who prosper In this world are the people who save their money and put it away In the Savings Bank. a savings account at this Bank By opening you will acquire the saving habit. A profitable habit. California Safe Deposit and Trust Co. Californic and Montgomery Sts. San Francisce, Cal. WORK ON CUT-OFF PROGRESSING RAPIDLY Santa Fe Has Large Foree Overcoming Engineer- ing Problems. LOS ANGELES, Deec. 7.—The work on the big Belen cut-off on the Santa Fe line in New Mexico Is progressing rapldly, and it was stated at Santa Fo headquarters to-day that constructlon work will be completed about Janu- ary 1, 1906. Tt will be several moni later, however, before limited r’ will be operated over the new routa through New Mexico. “ventually this cut off will reduce the running time between Los Angeles and Chicaga to about fifty-seven hours, which will make Los Angeles the nearest Pacific Coast point to Chicago in the matter of days and hours. - It is stated that 2000 men and half as many teams are at work in Abo Pass, New Mexico, where the work of overcoming the en- gineering problems has been going on for the last two years. It is esti- mated that the shortening of the Santa Fe line by way of the Belen out-off when completed will have cosi $10.000,000. X ——— Man, who “wants but little here be- low,” ought to get that littla before it depreciates in value too greatly. You can get your “lttle,” with deferred dividends, by going after it want ad. way.” e ——————e Officers Golng to Far East. VALLEJO, Deec. 7.—Paymaster Rogers, as- sistant general storekeeper at Mare Island Navy Yard, will leave Saturday Wisconsin at Cavite. He has heen hece oo months and is a very popular officer. J. J Luchsinger Jr. son of Postmaster J. J. Luchsinger, will be assistant paymaster logers. Columbia Records Are Best 3 ‘This 1 H } i i