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1 | { | l LUNACY BOARD " HOLIS NEETIG |Semi-Annual Conference of State Commission Called to Order by the Governor INTERESTING REPORTS CHRISTMAS MCCllll'e’S ANNOUNCEMENT My Friend the Chauffeur g ma % i finish among the mountzins of Montenegro, there An automobile romance that rushes ail the way through on the third speed. From the start in the Riviera to the - Mont: - ‘L isno let up in the entertainment and excitement which this book affords. Thers are adventures without number on the '::n road, kj!?sh!::l ggsc;r;m: of mh ery in Italy and Dalmatia, and a triple love story, deliciously blending sentiment and comedy. Add that “ My Friend Chauffeur 3] bleman disguise and that he wins the heart of a charming American girl.. “It is airy, joily, refreshing, full of sunshine and fresh air.” M. Y. Mail. The Work of Our Hands H. A. MITCHELL KEAYS FURNITURE For Christmas Gifts It is readily granted that furniture is the ideal Christmas gift, sable to be particular about your choice. If you make I n at Fredericks’ you may rest assured it is a gift of that will give good service and be a constant remembrance. $7 ! Turkish Chairs....... $35 to $100 f.! Sewing Tables. . ..815 to $40 «The story invigorates and charms.* Boston Herald. Illustrated. $1.50. The Fortunes of the Landrays VAUGHAN KESTER o to $415 50 to $250 $ ns §20 t0 $125 | Card Tables. ..........$4 to $125 [ Superintendents of Various The responsiblity of the sich is the theme of this povel and e #he Gl Pever of "9—The Civil War— " - 3 | % . it i ina extraordin; rich juman - C‘b,s‘i;d\‘ ‘S/éiotéosié;; Plate Racks. .53550 to zzo Asylums Discuss Matters ::;qe::‘lopélmh' 31.;.’ o Lo £ i: Boom in Kansas—The Mormons—Great Indian abmnets ® | Morris Chairs. ...$12 to $90 Y 4 L = Fl Massacres. Cloth, illustrated, $1.50. - s REC T Bt el oiatiage | Concerning Institutions e ptory 1 goweripily tolil S the Eharacters o drswn “The book gives a powerful impression of the restless push Desks $7.50 to $175 | "3 4 with's ense/toath,” . CENGED CORENE A RIDOE BGEY . . - of the pioneer spirit with its resulting dreams and failures.” e . $10 to $15 | Book Cases... $12 to ;qéz | full of well md:vld'nlflze;imty::gm :hadnch: mcrel:peopl; % - y Chairs ..$10 to 875 | g_h{)na Ciosezs. . 3270 tl: éas Epecial Dispatch to The Call. q[o in real life than they o do in fiction.” M Y. oston (ongresationalist. a2 s | Tabourets...... ..75¢C to e e yibune. gRW?aLtla(‘;S T g;ifi | Tibrary Tables.....$3.50 to $325 f| SAN JOSB, Dec li—Tne seml-annual The Pang-Yanger ct Fold Screens. $2.0 to 30 | Hall Clocks......:"'Siaso to 525§ srieronce of ine Suae ey Sompns The Ancient Landmark NS SR Is 4 $4 to $40 | Dressers.... 12 to $500 o aL“:m F e g ETH CHERRY WALTZ An extraordinary tale of primitive love and passion, o . | roc e Agnew State Hospital for the ELIZAB AL Prer Cal $5 to $go | Nest Tables. $ra50 to 25 Nlainoe b miscitng ea catled 1o onder PETER ROSEGGER. sad itefensol whith 3 BER S e Reading Table.$5t0$7.50 | Shaving Stands..... ..$12 to $45 $a.50 to $15 | Triple Dressing Mirrors........ ...$7.50 to $75 [ ..$4.50 to $10 o Benches. ..812 to $20 ..$35 to $o8 Certzin to win appreciation will be a gift of an _Oriental or Do- mestic Rug, Draperies, Sofa Pillows or Fancy Cushions. Make your selections now and deliveries will be made at your and who mourn the recent death of the creator of that de- lightful and lovable character, will rejoice that Mrs. Waltz t least spared to complete this powerful and absorbing ro- m:e ufKen[t’ucky tife. Never has the old Bluc Grass been so faithfully and poetically represented in fiction. (loth, 7zmo, $1.50. Back Home EUGENE WOOD |at 10:30 o'clock t morning, and con- i!lnuel] until late in the afternoon. Gover- | nor George C. Pardee presided, and Dr. | N.. K. Foster was secretary. A lengthy report was read by A. J. Pillsbury, telllng of his investigation of ‘ihnkplla.ls and asylums throughout the | fl‘x’hg thousands of those who read and loved “Pa Gladden” (Aurpentuinpfison,nndex sentence of death, seeks con- solation in writing what seems to him the real story of Jesus ;hdn. His account of the Gun Cabinets. . Bastern States. A report along similar pleasu ; | lines was read by Dr. E. W. King, super- Events of the Saviour's life is Sis' Open Evenings, commencing Saturday, December 16th. ltscate it B arrcacing PeaEEs e The moment you take Eugene Wood's homely and colloquial, and the -t 'n’.fl you will L 05 Frederichs & [[0. led to a general discussion of current importance, in which The papers | matters of the variou nts joined. Dr. | Charles Keane, te Veterinarian, | spoke on “Dairies,” with special refer- | ence to the requirements of State institu- tions in this regard. Those present at the meeting were: “Back Home” in your hand, off you go, right back to the little old viliage where you used to live when you were a boy, where you went gleefully to the swimming hole and reluctantly to the little old red school- house. George Ade writes: “It is just as good Pas a return trip to the days of my boyhood.” Illustrated by A. B. Frost. $1.50. author approaches the subject with all reverence, and makes teller, If there it an uplifting and inspiring gl#dden ita heart story. Sixillustrations, in color, o """‘u drawn by C.K. Linson. Cloth, Sixty illustrations by 12mo, $1.50. others. $2.00. Governor Pardee, Secretary of State C. F. 34-50ELLIS STma%Wer — Curry, Attorney General U. S. Webb, Dr. 8. — = W. Hatch, General Superinte McCuicheon’s Cartoo A g o T S f the Stete 2 LIFE BECAUSE OF FEAR »AYS FOR APPLES WITH BAD | TAKES LIF . - x . | B . superin- AN O CHECK AND 1S ARRESTED HE HAD KILLED A WOMAX | f: Whitam THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER i - e |2 mt_of 'ths ‘Fasble, A humorous and satirical record of hi: hat has bee: i i | Mariner Who Attempted to Do Murder r. Elmer Stone, rous ‘history ¢! n making during the last few years—is what we have in the collection of 150 by America’s n'-:d"r ‘rr ‘&:;u:elp:;l:_ :‘; Have Fires Fatal Shot at lll;‘f"‘lfli‘ftl)r cartoonist, “ The Doo"ley of the Pencil,” John T. McCutcheon. For a Christmas present you could not find a fufler and more v book than Pfh Pass T ens ckton State 1 Passed Wo! mm_c"‘_4 el n D e Mysterious Stranger.’ Bound in boards. Size of \yage, 9x12. $1.82; met, §1.30. .. 14.—Swen Sw a- L. Pard, WHAT THE NEWSPAPERS SAY: q-a handsome volume, furnis! as much entertainment as fifty ordinary books.” N. Y. Globe. “They will make you feel good all over; at peace with yourself and your neighbor. It's a good world, after all, and McCutcheon helps to make it so.” (leveland Leader, *“They are well-springs of honest good humor and all that is best and most humorous in American life to-day.” New Orleans Picayune. Bible Hisfory PROF. XAVIER KOENIG ed suicide at friend, in n a woman named Bap- but succeeded only in| T ion was continued late into the 2d after firing | evening. To-morrow a meeting of the ng he had killed | committee of superintendents will be held n fled to Long | for the purpose of discussing a schedule ed his life with |of dietary the institutions. | LANDSLIDE UNCOVERS RICH GOLD DEPOSIT y of the Sta vs Trustees O. nd Dr. Isaac Upham. Partington School of Tllustration. An exhibition of the work of the stu- helsl as x {British Columbia Indians| ¢ This book contains « scrien of ity lessons ea the OId Tes- u | FN z tament viewed in the new light indisputabl istorie Work All Summer at i pondieindeds nl bl vy | Picking Up Nuggets. The matter is so arranged that the book may be used for D students of from ten to twelve years upward. Special Dispatch to The Call. CQloth. Postpaid $i1.07. Net $1.00. TACOMA, Dec. 4. the interior of Biition CUluGibA? Rer: the' Alagkan Goldwin Smith Rev. Washington Gladden Martin Hume boundary an immense landslide last . 4 e . IRISH HISTORY and the THE THE WIVES . ed s 1 ledges cgptain- OF If you never wore a pair of King Calf Regals, tudded with pure ol In- IRISH QUESTION NEW IDOLATRY HENRY VIIL ns have been picking up the there’s a lot of shoe-comfort still coming to Indi A brilliant treatment of the Irish question in d all summer and Will come down f ; g 2t 2 A you. n River next.spring with = their :;efl:lght of the lessons ufl'ordelczl byh;%g ln;t:ry This volume, which includes the fa- Another fascinating work of popular history by 7 is tann vhich bably will gregate _the past relations between Eng] and her mous protest against “ Tainted Money,” is a the author of “ The Courtships of Eliza- Koy Cglffls : fif d for Regéls only, eral milllons, . “Chilkoot, Jack” has :mhb;’rfl; w‘;‘h";‘b‘: r e and elent splendidl eppeal for a revival of ethical idealism beth,” and “The Love Affairs of Q“uuy“nQu:; 1 hn a fsk]_n d Sitka frgm upper Stickeen where 8 and T insistence wi i & e om & e > went last sufimer with Btickeen In- places upon natural rather than political causes in our gationat Hife. Oug.of the.mast. Stalie of Soges.” that all Europe can produce. s to trade with the Interlor tribes. for Ircland’s suffering. Cloth. Net $1.50. books of the year. Coth. Net $1.20. IDiustrated with portmaits. Cloth. Net §3.75 ed farther than waters of the d thence down a small stream eek. Twenty miles from nd interior Indians all off immense quanti year they pene 1 going to the King Calf does these things: It wears like iron, it fits your foot like glove leather, it resists wet and holds its shape, it takes a quick polish and keeps it. G. Lowes Dickinson Author of “ Letlers from a Ohimese Official?” A MODERN SYMPOSIUM THE GREEX VIEW OF LIFE q“A masterful discussion of social S. N. D. NORTH <A memoir of an old-time professor at an old-time college. Dr. North was professor of Greek at Hamilton College, whence his so- briquet “Old Greek” which was an expression of the mingled affec- tion and reverence with which he was regarded by his students in the old ideals ; one of the leavored to keep the location secret, notable new books.” le | but the visiting Indians managed to dis- things: It neither breaks nor cover it ; % x ‘ it P 7 o - days, when the personal contact between teacher and taught was closer Republican, “A royal treat.” Sa#f Lake ideals and habits of thoughe, of wrinkles, nor “flakes” in the s TS than it is to-day. A delightful picture of a passing phase of education. Zribuue. Cloth, small 12mo. Postpaid $r.07; Tuflgy Cloth, rzme. Postpaid Sm creases; it does not “peel” like SONOMA ENRICHED Cloth, Svo. Postpaid §3.71; net §3.50. wet $1.00. 400, kid, nor grow dull like ordinary ¢ 7 1 Calfskin. It never chafcs | | BY RAID OF POLICE Pastor Charles Wagner George Edward Woodberry and it never gets hard— | Petalumans Arrested for Vio- JUSTICE THE GOSPEL OF LIFE SWINBURNE THE TORCH heat orcold, wetordry. § | latine Gambline Laws Mr., Wagner points out in this little [ Here Mr. Wagner refers to this vol- After 14 years of tan- R S e volume that it is not only necessary ume as the note-book of his life,in ] The most recent volume in the Con- “This book is generslly regarded as ning King Calf and Pay Heavy Fines. to live the simple life, but also to live which he has jotted down opimions on temporary Men of Letters Series, Woodberry’s Y “EARL"” o 'y o — the upright life; and that we must con- all questions of conduct and thought and the best estimate yet made of the It breathes not only an intense love of 5 . e rlgakl:lg lt. up into Special Dispatch to The Call, sider justice not only in regard to our ::::have interested him. He has done world’s greatest living poet. Clofh, but an equally deep e <o egal shoes we SANTA ROSA, Dec. 14.—Sonoma Coun- | fellow man, but also in regard to our- an interesting and humen way. smeld r:mo. Fostpmid 33 cemis; met with Cloth, rzme. m" ': 3::.,‘,.;.,,.”,',.“. ;,:m, know exactly tyq ?s\'?;?ew!r:} s;na ncccho}- as ‘Z?.Z"’rlsufi“flz selves. Postpaid §r.07 ; net $1.00. Postpaid $r.07; net $1.00. 75 cents. g net $rae. the business man's shoe, the profes- hos—a ghoe Double sale of what it will stand and we stand back of it without reserve. Quarter Sizes! Seventy-five Regel Styles—end the regular price, right through the whole list, is $3.50 as usual. S e i ot oo Shat o Couls e o e s Bap T s aterss Ll ot o lashers | the raid on slot machines at Petaluma last week by the officers under the direc- tion of District Attorney Charles | Pond. Three of the men arrested at that | time and charged with violating the | gambling laws appeared in Justice Atchinson’s court here and entered pleas of guilty and paid fines of $100 each. Al | Newberg, a clerk, and Tony Mego, a bar- | ber, plead guity 'to a charge of conduct- | ing a roulette table and R. B. Ayers to a charge of running a slot machine. There H | This delightful novelette, which has been a popular favorite since the ds decorated and illustrated in color, it makes a most pleasing Christmas book. The Beautiful Lady BOOTH TARKINGTON Lustrated im colors, $1.25. ay of publication, still remains the most exquisite gift book of the season. Beautifafly “ As perfect in conception and as dainty and at the same time as thorough in execution as was ‘ Monsieur Beagcaire” N. Y. Bvewing Fost. The Forest The Complete Golier Send for Style-Book Mail Orders Promptly lfllle'd Sk eerh Sorn 5 . ; were eleven others to be arraigned this 55 the worid. 10 siores 5 rimcipe ctes ot Tonon 5 s Framsiscn morning, but thelr attorneys seoured a SREVARS FDWAkD WHETE AR YARDON fl __...—y ‘I If you would make some friend supremely happy on Christmas *It is paying high but well deserved praise to Vardon to sxy OFFICERS ARV ELECTED BY present him with a copy of this delightful book of the out-doors by that all sincere Jovers of the game will enjoy Bis book on THE MASONS OF BEACH CITY the author of “ The Blazed Trail” The book is fresh with the golf as much as they enjoy seeing him play. _ He has accomplished s odor of balsam; pure with the breath of the great Northern forests.” what has o often been called the impossible.” AL ¥. Fimes. g Jolin Severio I Chosen High Priet Louisville Courier-Journal. Jilustrated. Net $1.50. 50 Diwstratiens. Net$3.50; posipaid $3.65. of the Santa Cruw Tfi@ S[H]@ Ohipies. « % WMcCLURE, PHILLIPS @& COMPANY E THAT PROVES SANTA CRUZ, Dec. 14—Santa Cruz NEW YORK - hapter, Royal Arch Masons, elected FOR MEN AND WOMEN the - following officers last evening: SAN FRANCISCO WOMEN’S STORES High priest, John Severio; king, A. A. et 820 Market Street 17 O'Farrell Strect Oakland Store, 22 San Pablo / 17 O’Farrell Street Cox; scribe, I. Lorenzen; secretary, N. H. Bias; treasurer, Frank Matlison. —_——— Ship Leaves Captain Behind. VICTORIA, B. C, Dec. 14—The steamer Hounslow, which sailed to-day | under charter to the Mexican Govern- ment to run in connection with the Tehuantepec Raflway, left her master, Captain Ashmead, in a hospital here WOULD CLOSE THE SHLODNS ized and will fight the issue which is to come up before the Town Trustees at its January meeting. WIRELESS MESSAGE CONTAINS SAD NEWS Mare Island Advised of Death week by John Condon, alias Welch, and Harry Sheehan, allas Frank Hastings, is in a serious condition at St. Joseph's Hospital. Blood poisoning has and Dr. Hawkins, who is attending notified the police yesterday morning t in im, of his condition. Condon and Sheehan are the two desperate thugs who were chased and captured last Monday morn- ing by Policemen Ward and Casey after they held up and robbed E. N. Winslow in the doorway of 404 Eddy street. suffering from a broken ankle. The . chief officer of the Twickenham, load- of Santa Cruz Boy on Go East With a ing on Puget Sound, replaced him. Report of Tehama County Craiser. fiflndfafllel"s or Hfl“ CIWkS Thro’ Condvctor who Knows the Route OND'S EXTRAC THE ouLb FAMILY "fll:'rg. THE PUBLIC ISAFFECTED much more than the manufacturer by adulteration and substitution. Grand Jury Recommends a Reduction in Licenses Special Dispatch to The Call. RED BLUFT, Dec. 14.—After being in sesslon ten days the Grand Jury to-day brought in its report. The report is not very lengthy, but deals with conditions in Special Dispatch to The Call. SANTA CRUZ, Dec. 14.—A word has been received from E. Gordon Peckham, U. 8. N, at Mare Island, that he was advised by wireless telegraphy that Richard M. Green, gunner’s mate on the United States steamship Chicago, which left San Francisco for Honolulu on the 2d*inst., had dled very suddenly and was buried at sea. Green was a son of A. A. Green, formerly of Bella Vista For Christmas Gifts Built of light or dark Oak, Walnut, Mahogany, or in old Mission style, some severely plain, others richly carved and all perfect specimens of art-craftsman- Especially is this so when witch § | straightforwara manner. The county | vineyard. ship. e 2 hazel i urchased in: ‘ead offices are in a fairly good condition, but You will find such a man in ch B _p of ; S ol : u d s arge of £ § a few recommendations are made. vertisers can only be cer- The finest chime the quarter hours on & each of the POND'S EXTRACT, a tried § | Among them 1s one advising the | tain of their ads. appearing in Sunday’s a Burlington’s personally conducted tourist excursions leaving San Francisco every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for Chicago, and every Thursday for St. Louis. If you care to know more about this personally conducted feature, and true extract of hamamelis, and the only one of standard strength and purity. CAUTION. Witch Hazel is not “the same thing™ as POND'S EXTRACT. On analysis of 70 swmples of witsh hazel, bought of Joading wholesslls snd ‘setail druggists and building of a new county hospital. Four indictments in criminal cases have been returned. The most startling work of the Grand Jury is that concerning the regulation of saloons in the town of Red Bluff. The jury recommends that an ordinance be adopted by the Town Trustees to enforce the closing of all saloons in Red Bluff from midnight until § o’clock in the morn- ing, also all day on Sundays. Further in- crease of saloons is opposed and a grad- ual system of reduction recommended. Call — Christmas Edition — upon the early delivery of their copy at this of- fice. No ads. will be received later than 7 o’clock Saturday night. P Murder Charge Dismissed. SAN DIEGO, Dec. 14.—The charge of murder against Danlel E. Bowman, who killed James Woods December 5, was dismissed after a preliminary exami- nation, there belng no evidence to show that the shooting was willful or pre- meditated. Bowman was the only wit- sweet toned tubular bells in addition to striking the hours. These range in price from $250.00 to $200.00. Those which only strike hours and half hours range from $20.00 to $190.00. We also have a splendid assortment of mantel, desk, wall and traveling clocks at very reasonable prices. please ask S 00w 5:_ contained ”(’:-d Publicity in the matter of securing li- | ness for the defense. (poison) or ‘ormaldehyde - censes is advised, wit rovision for pro- ki Sia). ot otk wl bk e o b 181 [} | Ioets Rasino T B Box Papers and Papeteries, STORE OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL CHRISTMAS g -“l IORN, General Agent, was up to the required standard of strength '-l;:u District Attorney is asked to prose- | The l}';‘"-"““l'd‘" of papeteries you have ever . o a cuf . ; illuminated boxes; paper and Market Street, San Franelsco, The peril of these poisons may be avoided [ | gambiing 15 conmuorens’ alon those coar | thed with dainty ribbona: prices S0 to §2 5 by the exclusive wse of ducting the games. The Supervisors are | i g SE o Vall & en "8 hrostier = asked to make the county saloon laws | ket street. 3 5 . DN EXTRA more stringent as soon as the municipal- ity of Red Bluff takes action on the jury’s recommendations. . The saloon men have recently organ- —— France in Serious Condition, 8. France, 513 Potrero avenue, who was held up and shot in the arm last “ ¥