The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 17, 1905, Page 75

THE SAN FRANCISCO ©CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1905. '‘NEWS OF THE COUNTIES ABOUT THE BAY WILL TAKE PART [CLUB ARRANCES (DEVLIN READY A LOOSE PLANK LIES AS A DEATH TRAP Thomas Bell Hurled Down Two Stories in Oakland and Terribly Hurt INJURIES ARE PROBABLY FATAL S | OAKLAND, Dec. }6—With & ory of | =pair Thomas Bell, superintendent of | construction of the Market Btreet | School, plunged to-day down two | slories of the bullding, now in course | f construction, and was terribly rt by his fall He received in- ries that it e belleved will cause his eeth, He was in the employ of ti 7 Board of Education, overseeing e construction of the mnew school- ouse, which s going up at the corner of Market and Twenty-ninth streets, and stepped on the end of a plank which weas not nailed down and which tiited up and let him slip into the &pace beneath Workmen heard the cry of the man &s he fell t0 the ground and horror stricken as th to the floor below. They went to his essistance as Quickly as possible and found bim etill alive, but in great egony. The police ambulance was summoned and he was removed to the ecelving Hospital, where he was ex- ined by Dr. L. L. Rige, who found e SAYS HUNTED MEDICO DIED Authorities Get a Clew in Case of Dr. Calvin Sharp, a Fugitive From Justice OAKLAND, Dec. 16.—The flight of Dr. Calvin J. Sharp from this city several years ago upon the bringing of an In- dictment against him by the Grand Jury for causing the death of & young woman named Anna Johnson was his left arm was broken, both ahove and below the elbow, his upper jaw, left hip and two of his small ribs fractured and his nose smashed, be { sides which he was suffering from In- | ternal injuries. Word wes sent to the Bell home at 1519 Twenty-fourth avenue in Hast Oakland and he was afterward re- moved to Fablola Hospital, where his D. Bell, took charge of is €1 years of age and has & nephew, Dr. H. him. He & family, WOULD NOT STAND WOMAN'S BANTERING French Baker Fires Shot to Prove His Weapon Is Trustworthy. OAXLAND, Dec. 16. e baker of Victor Dieudonne, rench bread, tried to prove ttat he was also an ex- n & young woman of his shotgun. ourt to a charge g firearms within the city those who were Fred 5 in the house Mansell, Mrs. Miss Ethel Carr. was_exhibiting were prove his the smoke had clear- John Cox was upon Fren man was soon K THEATER. 16.—Mr. Charles ginia G cisco, the sodr & »f Oak- A e st, will t c” in the k Th this after- by Cho- by H impressive s will be fol- \8s by Miss Goodsell will sing Mother bids me bind my ne Bong by Grieg, and etude * by Mr. Metcalf him- ic will be welcome. The trances will be closed at 4 ock. It is requested that late-com- or those obliged to leave re end of the programme shouid use r exit the rear of the thea- rs from San Francisco should o'clock fe from the foot street. L MAKES DENIAL. | Dec ot Police ived -day from | Hayhurst, a Justice of eace of Temuka, Dro of Canterbury, Ne 1y at Franc an iscc David 2 opinion Attorney »dy here, is no other tha or of Temuka, o under a cloud 1l refuses to rough attor drich, denies tha ed of any offense Atesa e ERE TS, WANTS PAY FOR PLANS. he his OAKLAND, Dec. 16.—The question of $625 for architect’s fees for the draw- ing of plans that were never used was pertly threshed out to-day before Judge W. H. Waste in an action| rought by A. Dodge Coplin against Mre. Kate F. Keys of 28 Atherton street, Berkeley. 83 The plans were for a 00 epartment-house and Mrs. Keys swer to the suit is that Coplin’s pay | was conditional upon his getting the ney from the bani to build the-house. application to the Oakiand Bank of vings for the loan was denied. ettt s i RECTOR DECLINES CALL. | OAKLAND, Dec. 16.—The Rev. W.| odgkins, who was ecalled to the re rehip of the Church of the Advent has declined the call, owing to HI health. The parish has chosen the fol- | Jowing vestrymen: W. S. Goodfellow, A. L. White, Charles Henderson, Edward Hough, Dr. A. K. Crawford, Dr. H. I. Jones and Norman Ellis. Charles Hen- derson has been chosen junior warden; A. L. White, treasurer, and Norman | Ellis, clerk of the vestry. —_——————— READY FOR ANNUAL CONCERT. OAKLAND, Dec. 16.—The deaf and| nd pupils of the California Institute ¥ t the Deaf and Blind have com- eted arrangements for their an- ual sacred concert, which will be given at the home in Berkeley to-mor- »w afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The en- tertainment will be given under the di- tion of Otto Fleissner, director of musle, and Miss Bertha Butlar, vocal instruetor at the institution. ——— AVOID BAD POULTRY. 1 OAKLAND, Dec. 16—The Board of| Health has issued a bulletin advising | purchasers of poultry, the sale of which will be materially increased during the holiday season, to buy only fowls that have been drawn and thus avoid poul- iry in which decomposition has already set in. The bulletin quotes from one of the same character recently issued v the State Board of Health. —————— Iu a recent warm week in Munich, £50,000 gallons of beer were consumed, en average of two and one-half gallons to every man, woman and child in the city. | the employing of a physiclan. | called to the attention of the authori- { ties to-day by a communication re- | celved from his brother, Fred G. Sharp, to find out the whereabouts of the for- gotten medico. The letter reads: “ROCKWELL, Iowa, Dec. 11, 1905. | Clerk of Courts, Oakland, Cal.—Dear | 81 ‘Will you please Inform me by re- | turn mall if one Agnes Gray Sharp has got a divorce from her husband, Calvin J. Sherp, as I am a brother of C. J. Sharp and have heard that his wife got a divorce from him, and as my brother is dead I am appointed administrator. I must find out these things as soon as possible. Please keep this inquiry to yourself and oblige, yours truly, "RED G. SHARP. “P. 8—I am unable to say anything about the time the divorce was granted, if at all. Tt might have been any time during the last four or five years. Hop- ing you will look this up for me and let me know as soon as possible, I will nk you in advance. . G. 8" p was indicted in this city with Howard in January, 1897, for per- forming the operation and Howard for rg been the cause of the girl's con- n and having been implicated In Sharp fled and has never been heard of, while Howard, with the girl and doctor gone, stood trial and was acquitted. Shortly after the trial Howard mar- ried Hulda C. Johnson, the sister of the £irl he was charged with having mur- dered They left here and Went to Tu- lare County, where he was convicted of being implicated in the coyote scalp frauds and sentenced to a term In San Quentin. His wire_remrm-d to hie city and was granted a divorce from him in 1903. The records fail to show that the doctor's wife ever got a divorce from hin. aitio e —— BOX OF CHINAWARE STIRS CUSTOM OFFICERS Secretary of Tre: ry and Collector of Port of New York Asked to Investigate. Believing he was overcharged for the importation of a box of china dishes, after which he had looked for a friend, C. Wheeler Durham of this city has for two days been warming things up for the customs authorities and for Custom-house brokers. Reams of cor- respondence are already on file and Mr. Durham has been invited to step for- ward and become principal prosecutor in an investigation. The dishes arrivéd on May 3 on the steamer Advance from Colon, and were consigned to Miss Holmes, of No. 404 West One Hundred and Forty-fifth street, in which house Mr. Durham lives. Mr. Durham volunteered to see the importation through, evidently not realizing the endless red tape attached to government business. He thought | all he would have to do would be to sign a paper and get the package. He was wandering about in the red tape entanglements in the Appraisers’ stores in Washington street, when he met an amiable young man supposed to be an official, who took him to the office of Snow’s United States Sample Express Company, 671 Greenwich street, where he made arrangements for the company td act as his brokers. The package was dellvered on May 9, but on learning that the charges were $6.50, which was fifty cents more than the valuation of the dishes, Mr. Durham de- clined to accept the package. Heated correspondence ensued, and last week the package was taken from the express company after Miss Holman had pald an additional seventy-five cents for storage charges. i Mr. Durham first, however, had called on the Collector of the Port to request him to direct the express company to remit the seventy-five cents. He also had addressed a communication to the Secretary of the Treasury, in which he detailed all the circumstances. A copy, of the complaint was sent to the Col- lector of the Port here, and Mr. Stran- ahan sent in reply the results of a spe- | clal inquiry which he had made. “As far as dissatisfaction with the charges made for the service of brok- ers,” said the Collector yesterday, “is concerned. I can do nothing. I have no urisdiction. I have, however, requested Mr. Durham to accompany a represen- tative of this office to the Appraisers’ stores and there to identify the person | who recommended the express company to him. It is against the rules for any government employe to recommend any broker or carrier. If I find any clerk or officlal is guilty I shall discipline him. We are waiting for Mr. Durham.” It was sald in the office of the ex- press company that the person who had assisted Mr. Durham was not an em- ploye of the government, but a clerk of the company. The china was appraised at $6 and a duty of sixty per cent was levied on it. The government fee of fifty cents was paid, a broker’s entry fee of $1.50 and an express charge of fifty cents. It ‘was explained that, although the brokers' fee was seldom less than $3, and steps are to be taken to see if the | | statements made are true or if possible, {a well-known vineyardist WHISKERS MAKE [BABE'S' CRIES FUEL FOR IR Girl Impersonating Santa Claus at School Has Nar- row Escape From Death TAPER SETS HER ABLAZE Merry-Making Is Changed to Mourning When Shadow of Death Hovers Over Hall BERKELEY, Dec. 16.—Merrymaking by the puplls of Miss Head's fashionable school for girls was very nearly changed into mourning last night. During a Christmas entertainment at the school & false beard worn by Miss Corinne Walsh, who wae impersonating Santa Clau caught fire, the flames threatening her with death. Miss Walsh is a daughter of an Eng- lish capitalist residing at Victoria, in British Columbla. She is one of the most popular members of the exclusive coterie of girls at Miss Head’s school, and was chosen by acclamation yesterday when the selection of a leader to be the Santa Claus at the evening’s entertainment was being made. The girl pranced merrily through the assembly-room while the gayety was at its height waving a big staff, which sig- nifled -her authority. Her head was cov- ered with a snow-white wig, and long, luxuriant whiskers concealed the feminine features of the young woman. A blazing candle set fire to Miss Walsh’s false beard as she pirouetted through the room, her swinging form coming for just a second within the range of the burning wax taper. Instantly the flames shot through her wig and on down to her film- sy gown, completely enveloping her. The schoolgirls shrieked, most of them stand- ing horror-stricken, while the frightened young woman, who seemed likely to be the victim of her own gay spirits, sped through the room, herself so bewildered that she had apparently no thought of trying to extinguish the flames. Miss Head grasped a rug and with the assistance of a mald caught the flying girl, smothering the flames. Miss Walsh was but partly conscious while being re- moved to her room. A physician was summoned. It was found that her head and shoulders were severely burned, nearly all of her hair having been scorched by the flames. for many years the marks of her thrilling experience of last night. Mrs. 8. Evans of British Columbia, an aunt of Miss Walsh, arrived several days ago to chaperon her niece on a tour of the world. The aunt will remain to as- sist at the burned girl’s bedside. Dr. George Reinhardt is attending Miss Walsh. DISTINGUISHED MEMBER OF BAR PASSES AWAY OAKLAND, Dec. 16.—Columbus Bart- lett, ploneer attorney, former Regent of the University of California and disti guished citizen, died to-night o'clock at his residence, 1223 St. Charles street, after a week’s illness. He was stricken with paralysis several days ago. Columbus Bartlett was born in Georgla seventy-one vears ago, and in early life followed the profession of a journalist, which he gave up to read law. His legal ability and business acumen carrled him to the fore as an attorney, and during his long period of practice at the Califor- nia bar he represented numerous im- portant interests. EE AT SEPARATED SHORT TIME. STOCKTON, Dec. 16.—J. C. Zignego, and wine man, passed away this morning at his home in West Lane, just north of Stockton, at the age of 85 years. The deceased was a pioneer resident of this county and accumulated quite an estate, Besides a son, J. C. Zignego Jr. of this city, he leaves three daughters—Mrs. M. A. Devol and Mre. Loulse Mullin of BSan Francisco and Mrs. Eugenia Mat- tessi of Stockton. He survived his wife but a few months. R i Death of a Fleet Surgeon. HONOLULU, Dec. 16.—Medical Inspec- tor David Oldham Lewis, fleet surgeon of the United States Paclfic squadron, who arrived here on the crulser Chicago, died this morning of apoplexy. He leaves a family in San Francisco. L B Judge Ham Dead. SANTA ROSA, Dec. 16—E. D. Hani, former Superior Judge of Napa County, died here to-night after a long illness. ————————— SAN DIEGO REALTY SELLS FOR $650,000 Half a Dozen Valuable Pieces of Land Bring Big - Sum Epecial Dispatch to The Call. SBAN DIEGO, Dec. 16.—One of the largest real estate deals ever consum- mated In San Diego was concluded to- day, when Colonel A. G. Gassen pur- chased half a dozen valuable parcels of property In this city, from U. s. Grant. The sale includes the Bancroft block, at Fifth and G streets, the Meth- odist Church block, at Fourth and D streets, the southeast corner of Sixth 2nd E streets, the southwest corner of Sixth and G streets, and the east half of what has been known as the H street Park. The price pald by Colonel Gassen for the combined properties is a less amount is charged when the | value of the shipment is below $100. The manager of the express company sald he thought the service had been performed for a’ moderate amount con- sidering that the operations for getting the package out of the stores and to the address in Harlem were just as much involved as it the value of the dishes had been many times that set upon them in the invoice. The Collector declined to take any action with regard to the broker's fees. '—New York Herald. o ————————— The youngest master of foxhounds in the world is Lord de Clifford, who is 18, and has been master of the Dalgan pack In County Galway, Ireland, for two years $650,000. In connection with this deal, Grant this evening announced that work on the new U. S. Grant Hotel will be started on the first day of the new year. The hotel is to be construct- ed of reinforced concrete at a cost of $450,000 and will be nine storfes fin height. : e e LEWIS SHIPPED NORTH. OAKLAND, Dec. 16—Frank W. Lewis, who created excitement about Stiles’ grocery store at Fruitvale about a week ago by keeping a crowd of people caged in the store by threaten- ing their lives, was taken from th County Jail this morning by Constable Tom Carroll and put on board a boat for Beattle. His wife was given her final decree of divorce from him yes- terday. ——— Highwaymen’s Victim Dies. PORTLAND, Dec. 15.—Thomas Flem- mings, the aged sallor, who was shot by highwaymen in the Centennial Hotel in last night, dled this afternoon of his injuries. No trace of the murderers has been found. e ; She may carry | | saloon of the orth Portland | SCARE THIEF Burglar Tries to Smother Infant Who Fights for Air and Arouses Family PORCH-CLIMBER ESCAPES Frightened by Wails of the Little One After Securing Watech and Diamonds OAKLAND, Dec. 16.—In an attempt to prevent a babe’s cries from arousing the household he was robbing, a porch-climb- er last evening almost smothered the in- fant of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Campbell at thel? home, 1410 Franklin street. The thief thrust a heavy oloth over the babe's face, but the little one fought for air and threw off the cloth, and its cries brought Camp- bell and his father-in-law, Judge E. M. Gibson, to the room. The thief made his escape. It was while the family was eating din- ner, at about 6:20 o’clock, that the porch- climber entered through a rear window of the second story. Judge Gibson heard a noise, but after looking through the lower rooms his suspicions were allayed. Then the baby's cries in an upper room caused the family to rush upstairs. The little one was found with a heavy cloth partly over its face. The thief, ewidently frightened by the cries, ransacking only one room, but he made away with a gold watch, $2 25 in money and three dlamond rings valued at $140 which Mrs. Campbell had left in a bureau drawer. His muddy footprints were found on the lace curtain of the window through which he had entered, and a box beneath the rear porch showed how he had gained the balcony. —_———— PLAGUE DEATH ROLL OF VAST PROPORTIONS Great Britnin Accused of Taking Inadequate Measures in India. In 1903 the number of deaths from plague in India was 853,000; in 1904 it was over 1,000,000, being 1,040,000. Of the 1,000,000 deaths more than 350,000 oceurred in once province, and that province was the Punjab, the one from which some of our best Indian soldiers are recruited. Consider the possible significance of a fact like this upon the efliclency of our Indian army. The Punjab is not a large province, its ac- tual population being about 20,000,000, or only two-thirds that of England, and yet the deaths in the Punjab during 1904 from plague amounted to 260,000 in the course of twelve weeks only. 5 We believe that these figures, which have been published before, have never been contradicted, though they seem in- credible. What would be thought, said or done in England if in the course of twelve weeks over swept off by the disgase? Burely there would be something 1iké a paniec. And If this destruction threatened to be an annual one would not any inactivity on the vart of the authorities in whom prevention is vested be deeply re- sented? The English public has, of course, not realized the position, and though we are not playing the alarmist with any special relish for the office, we think that the policy of concealment of the absence of policy that has necessitated concealment—has gone on long enough. The small number of deaths from plague in Hongkong and the Mauritius is regularly published every week in the daily papers, and presumably the information comes from official sources, but the mortality whicly occurs in India from the same disease, and which by its magnitude is a danger not only to India, but to the world, is never pub- lished—it is not considered wholesome reading. The public is not aware from official information of the terrible tragedy go- ing on in one part of the Empire—in that part which is always termed the brightest jewel in the possession of the crown, for whose welfare we are nationally responsibie, and for whose possession and maintenance some of the noblest British blood has been shed. We have commeuted in the Lancet upon the inquiry undertaken jointly by the Lister Institute of Preventive Medi- cine, the India office and the Royal So- ciety, the frst fruit of which is to be the dispatch of two bacteriologists to the Bast, and while allowing that the idea of the inquiry is a sound one we have pointed, out that we do not think the measures to be undertaken really meet the case. Three and a half mil- lions of people have died from the plague in India since 1896, and the pro- posal to send out two bacteriologists to look into the causes of the tragedy strikes us as inadequate, however capa- ble and distinguished the gentlemen connected with the joint inquiry may be, and indeed are.—London Lancet. —_————— Largest Civilized Nation. The United States is by far the largest of all the civilized nations except Russia, which has about 130,000,000 inhabitants. The German empire has 56,000,000, Austria- Hungary 47,000,000, Japan 47,000,000, United Kingdom 42/000,000, France 33,000,- 000, Italy 82,000,000 and Spain 18,000,000. China has 850,000,000, but she does not count in a calculation of this sort. Owing to the rapid growth of the United States, the English language is now spoken by more persons than use any other clvilized tongue. Charles V sald he spoke German to his horse, French to men, Italian to his lady friends, and Spanish to God. In his days, three and a half centuries ago, Spain was a land on which the sun never set, England was only a small spot on the map, and the English language held only a minor place in the civilized tongues. To-day 130,000,000 of people speak English, 100,000,000 speak Russian (for not ail the people of the empire talk the natfonal tongue), 75,000,000 use German, 70,000,000 employ Spanish, including the inhabitants of the Latin-American countries, and 40,- 000,000 speak French, % Moreover, the lead for English is rapid- 1y lengtiening. Nearly two-thirds of all the people who speak the English tongue are in the United States.—Leslie's Weekly. - RATE OF POSTAGE " oN THE CHRISTMAS CALL Domestic 8c had fled after over | 50,000 persons were’ the N CONENTIN Stanford Professors Are to Attend Annual Meeting of Teachers’ Association PLAN “CARDINAL DAY” Campus and Buildings of the University to Be Open to isitors on the 28th Inst. S Special Dispatch to The Call. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Dec. 16.— Btanford University will play a more important part in the annual meet- ing of the Teachers’ Association, which is to be held at Berkeley on December 23, than it has heretofore. Presidevt David Starr Jordan has been requested by James Carr, the acting head of the assoclation, to appoint a commirtee for the purpose of securing the attendance of as many educators connected with the Htanford University as is possible. | Thursday, December 28, will be “Stanford University day.” On that afternoon the buildings and grounds of the Palo Alto University will. be open to the visltors in spite of the fact that the day will fail in the midwinter recess. A speclal excursion train from Sar Francisco to Palo Alto has- been arranged. The library, museum and Memorial Chapel will be open from 1 to 6 o'clock. In the chapel a special programme, arranged by Dr. Blodgett, the university organist, dered. The introductory address at tha con- i vention will be made by President Ben- jamin Ide Wheeler of California Uni- versity. His topic will be “Relation of the Parts to the Whole in California Education” The other speakers who will tako part In the convention are: Superintendent L. D. Harvey of Wis- consin, editor of the Journal of Educa- tion; Dr. A. C. True, director of ex- perimental stations, United States De- partment of Agriculture, Washington, D. ; Luther Burbank, the eminent Santa Rosa horticulturist; W. H. Max- well of New York and Dr. Frank Me- Murry of the Columbia University. —e—————— NEW WORLD’S HIGHWAY ACROSS MEXICAN ISTHMUS | Transcontinental Route Between Te- huantepec and Coatzacoalcos Be- Ing Built. United States Consul Moe, Ireland, reports to the State Department that considerable interest has been aroused in the development of the trans- continental route between Tehuantepec and Coatzacoalcos in Mexico by British capital and enterprise. The British pub- lic conmsiders this prospective new route as an additlonal outlet for their Pacific trade, and are pleased to think that it will be something of a rival to the more southerly canal at Panama. The press discussions have been numerous, but it is only recently that the subject has come under notice in Ireland. “Tne new world’s highway,” as the Te- huantepec route is termed, is a railway 1% miles long, and is to be reconstructed by a British company under a partnership arrangement with the Mexican Govern- ment. It crosses the Isthmus of Tehuan- tepec from Salina Cruz, on the Pacific, to Coatzacoalcos, on the Atlantic. When reconstructed it is sald there will be no better railway in the world. There has been expended already $9,733600 on the road itself and $29,199,000 is being devoted to the ports, which will be perfectly equipped. The railway company has come to an ‘agreement with a steamship com- pany by which the train service will be fed by eleven boats, averaging 10,000 tons. The vessels will sail, of course, in both the Atlantic and the Pacific. “This is going to be one of the greatest routes of the world,” said Sir Weetman Pearson, in a recent interview, “and it will divert traffic that now goes round Cape Horn and by the Suez canal. It will compete, t00, with the American trans- continental railways, for we shall be able to convey goods from the Pacwuc to the Atlantic coast of the United S$tates in twenty days, which is less time than is occupied by the express freight trains of some of the railways. The Panama ca- nal will not, he thinks, injure this big en- terprise. TMe railway, with all its ap- purtenances, is 1200 miles north of Pana- ma and 800 miles south of New Orleans. “Here, then,” he says, “is the natural highway to the Atlantic. —_—————— SMOKING ON THE STAGE STOPPED BY ORDER Mexican Authorities Arrest Actors a Actresscs, Who Are Compelled to Pay Fines. The law against smoking in theaters is being strictly applied and there is no respect of persons in the matter. On Tuesday night almost.the entire personnel of the actor folks of the Renacimiento Theater were marched off to the comisaria. , The play for the evening was “Zaza.” In the first act Zaza, who is a play- actress seen behind the scenes, is in- structed In the book to light a cigar- ette and to smoke as if she was used to it and enjoyed it. The other actors, taking their cue from the leading lady, alzo light up, and a halo of smoke rises over them. Heretofore they have carried out the stage directions in this regard to the letter. When the Governor of the Federal district, Guillermo de Landa y Escandon, recently ordered the strict enforcement of the law against smok- ing In theaters, even by the actors on the stage, Senor Cardona, the manager of the company, feared that the stag- ing of “Zaza" would be hurt to some extent. He' states that he therefore applied for a special permission in this case, promising that all due precautions would be taken, and understood that the written permission was to be sent him. # As soon as the whole party had be- gun to smoke on the stage on Tuesday night the police officer who was on guard went behind the scenes and an- nounced that at the end of the play he would take them all to the comlisaria. When the hour came, however, an exception was made for Senora Vir- ginia Fabregas herself on one of the others promising to pay her fine. Benores Cardona, Haro, Calvo, Solares, Pardave, BSanchez, Carillo, Junquera |and Cervantes weré all brought to the Third Precinct police station and were let go only when each had paid his fine.—Mexican Herald. ———————— “Does the baby talk yet?’ asked a friend of the family. “No,” replied the baby's disgusted little brother; ‘“‘the baby doesn’t need to talk.” “Doesn’t need to talk?"” will be ren-* at Dublin, TS [TINERARY Student Minstrels of Stan- ford Will Spend Entire! j Vacation Touring State MANY TOWNS ON LIST Vocalists and Instrumental- ists Will Make First Ap-| pearance in Garden City% fpecial Dispatch to The Call. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Dec. 13.— The itinerary of the Glee and Mandolin Clubs of the Stanford University has been completed. The college minstrels will leave the campus at the close of the pres- ent semester, next Friday evening. The first stop is to be at San Jose. Here the twenty-five young men will sing befors an audience which will contain many fellow classmates. This probably will be | the only opportunity the students of the « university will have of hearing their own glee club. The entire vacation will be consumed by the tour, the clubs returning January 9, the day preceding registra- tion. The {tinerary is as follows: Friday, December 22—Leave Palo Alto .: arrive in San Jose 7:05 p. m. December 2—Leave San Jose arrive in Santa Cruz 12:20 p. m. | Monday, December 2%—Leave Santa Cruz 11:15 a. m.; arrive in Pajaro 12:10 p. m.; leave Pajaro 12:3 p. m.; arrive in Salinas 1:5 p. m. Tuesdly, December 2—Leave Salinas 2 p. m.; arrive in San Luls Obispe 6:15 p. m. Wednesday, December 2—Leave San Luis Obispo 2:50 a. m.; arrive at Santa Barbara 7 a. m. Thursday, December 23—-Leave Santa Barbara 7:30 a. m.: arrive Ventura 8:30 a. m. Friday, December 2—Leave Ventura 8:30 a. m.: arrive in Los Angeles 12:01. Saturday, December 30—Pasadena. Monday, January l—Leave Los Angeles 2 p. m.; arrive in Santa Ana 3:09 p. m. Tuesday, January 3—Leave Santa Ana 9:53 a. m.; arrive In S8an Diego 12:45 p. m. ‘Wednesday, January 8—Leave San Die- g0 8:3% a m.; arrive in Riverside 1:10 p. m. Thursday, January 4—Leave Riverside 10:07 a. m.; arrive in Colton 10:25 a. m.; leave Colton 10:32 a. m.; arrive in Red- lands 10:56 a m. Friday, January 5—Leave Redlands 1 p. m.; arrive in Colton 2:13 p. m.; leave “oiton 2:45 p. m.; arrive in San Bernar- dino 2:57 p. m. Saturday, January 6—Leave San Bernar- dino 1:5 p. m.; arrive in Colton 2:05 p. m.; leave Colton 2:17 p. m.; arrive in Po- mona 3:22 p. m. Sunday, January T—Leave Pomona $:36 | a. m.; arrive in Los Angeles $:45 a. m.; | leave Los Angeles 11:30 p. m. 1 Monday, January $—Arrive in Bakers- field 7:40 a. m. Tuesday, January 9—Leave Bakersfleld 7:30 a. m.; arrive in San Francisco same evening. —_——— CHINESE QUARTER IN TOWN OF WILLOWS PARTLY DESTROYED Fire Sweeps Over Greater Part of the District Occupied by Celes- tials. WILLOWS, Dec. 16.—The greater part of Willows' Chinatown was burned last night, also a large barn belonging to the racing club. The ‘Willows warehouse caught fire, but was saved. - The buildings destroyed were of little value. —_———— MEMORIAL CHAPEL SERVICE. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Dec. 16.— Dr. Sattihainadhan, the eminent scholar of India, will occupy the pulpit of the Memorial Chapel of the Stanford Uni- versity to-morrow morning at the reg- utar 11 o'clock worshlp. The follow- ing musical numbers will be rendered: Organ prelude; hymns; selection for chanting, “Venite Exultemus” (Boyce); hymn by choir, “To God on High” (Mendelssohn); anthem, “How Lovely Are the Messengers” (Mendelssohn); organ cadence. The customary vesper service will not be held, but in its place the last of the serjes of oratorfos will be held. The music will be a selection from Handel's “Messiah.” —————————— MAILABLE SOUVENIR POSTAL CARDS Popular Misapprehension That Makes Many of Them Unavail- able. A law was enacted by Congress a few years which provided that cards of the samz&he and weight as the ordinary postal cards might be sent through the malls as ordinary postal cards provided a 1-cent stamp was affixed. Many of the printed cards sold as sou- venir postal cards meet these require- ments and can be written upon and sent through the malls with a l-cent stamp affixed. The trouple is, however, that not all, or indeed most, of the souvenir postal cards do meet the Government re- quirement. Many of them are much big- ger than the owrdinary cards and they are made of leather and wood and almost | everything else. - All of these cards are mailable as mer- chandise at the rate of 1 cent an ounce, but if anything is written upon them they require letter postage, which is 2 cents an ounce. The leather cards, which are so popular this season, are of about the same size as the ordinary cards and would be mailable if not written upon if it were not for the fact that they are much thicker than the ordinary postal cards. This bars them from the mails ex-; cept as merchandise, and if written upon letter postage must be pald. The wooden souvenirs are generally much larger and heavice than ordinary postal cards and generany welgh more than an ounce. Upon theses if there Is any writing, 4 cents in stamps must be affixed. - These few facts cover the Government regulations, and if everybody,was famil- far with them and obeyed them they would save much trouble and more sou- venirs would reach their destination. But the trouble Is that to many people all souvenirs “look alike” and they affix 1- cent stamps to big and little, write their messages on the back and dump them into the letter boxes. The great majority of them do not reach their destinations and then there is sorrow and disappoint- ment.—Portland (Me.) Press. —_—— He Forgot Something. Johnny was a good boy, but he loved to fight. He had been reproved over and over again, and at last h had promised to battle no more. That very evening he returned from school with a cut cheek and swollen nose. % “Johnny.” said his mother, “you promised me this morning that ' you would net fight again.” o fighting, ma. “Yes, ma. !mmfluc‘ Tommy 1 forgot to hold his feet."— Tribune. 10 PROSECUTE Will Not Allow Former Posi- tion as Lawyer for South- ern Pacific to Be Hindrance AWAITS INSTRUCTIONS Distriet Attorney Deeclares He Will Do His Duty in Any Case Against Roads Special Dispatch to The Call. FOLSOM, Dec. 16.—“T will not hesitate & moment in prosecuting any rallread in my distriet which has been guilty of giv- ing rebates contrary to law,” sald United States District Attorney Robert Devlin when discussing the recent order issued by the Attorney General and addressed to all United States District Attorneys. “I have not yet recelved my letter of in- struction and do not expect it until the middle of this week. Until it reaches me I cannot tell just what I will do. The Grand Jury, however, begins its work on Monday, and we will be glad to get any evidence which will show that a rebate has been given by any railroads of our district. If I can get hold of such infor- mation I will begin Immediate prosecu- tions.™ It may be that in the letter of instruc- tions from the Attorney General evidence | of a sensational nature against the rail- roads opefating in California may be in- closed. Last June James A. Garfleld of the Department of Commerce and Labor called upon District Attorney Devlin and i told him that if during the following six months certain men called on him he was to give them every assistance that he could. Garfleld told Devlin that these men would be In the employ of the Government, hired for the purpese of gathering evidence. Devlin promised to give all the assistance in his power. Months passed and the men did not call at the office of District Attorney Devlin. He Is in a quandary. He does not know whether they have been working along secret lines, and did not communicate with him for this reason, or whether they decided not to make an investigation. “I do not know what this letter from the Attorney Gemeral will contain,” he said last night. “Strong evidence against the railroads may be inclosed. I cannot tell. On Monday I will know just what has been done and what steps I will take.” One difficulty which falls to District At- «torney Devlin in the prosecution of the rallroads is the fact that the head men of the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe do not live in his district, but in Eastern cities. It may be that he will be sent out to gather evidence to furnish to certain District Attorneys in the East. “I have received no information,” Dis- trict Attorney Devlin said, “of rebates having been given by any raflroads in this district. I have no reason to believe that any have been given, for this reason, and so I believe that none have been given. Rebates are, of course, a hard matter to Investigate and some may-:ex- ist without my knowledge. Once infor- mation of rebates com to my office, however, we will not rest until we have seen the prosecutions through.” Devlin was questioned about the rebates alleged to have been given to the fruit company in which Lieutenant Governor Anderson is a heavy stockholder. Devlin said that he knew nothing of the affair more than that he had heard that re- bates had been given by the refrigerator company which owns the cars in which the fruit is shipped. “I cannot tell until I get my instruc- tions from Washington,” sald Devlin, “whether or not refrigerator car com- panies can give rebates and yet be with- in the law. I do not know whether this law that applies to the railroad compa- nies holds when brought against a refrig- erator company. If I find that it does I will Investigate any evidence that-can be obtained against Lieutenant Governor Anderson’s or any other company which received rebates from a refrigerator car company.” Devlin declared in positive words that his long connectlon with the Southern Pacific Company as its attorney would have no influence on him should evidence gainst the railroad be brought to him. I am not working for the Southern Pa- cific, I am the United States District At- torney,” he sald, “and as such I will prosecute any Infringement of the law by any company. I think that the peo- ple know: this by this time. If evidence comes to me or I can discover any wrong- doing I will not hesitate a moment about commencing prosecution. —— e———— CITY TRUSTEE OF PETALUMA CHARGED WITH LAW BREAKING With Several Others Is .Accused of Operating Slot Machines In Place of Business. SANTA ROSA, Dec. 16.—Frank A. Ward, Willlam Ditman, E. A. Hausler, J. C. C. Willlams, R. Rolla and Edward Garginer of Petaluma ap- peared before Judge Atclilson Here to- day to plead on the charge of conduct- ing banking games by running slot machines in their places of business. Demurrers were presented and over- ruled after which the case of E. A. ‘Hausler was set for trial for Januarv 8, and the others were continued to that date to be set. Hausler {s a mem- ber of the Board of City Trustees of Petaluma. ——————— ACCUSED OF FORGING ORDER FOR PASSAGE ON RAILROADN Officers of Santa Rosa Looking For Man Wanted On Two Serious Charges. 2 SANTA ROSA, Dec. 18.—The officers are looking for H. B. Sutton. who Is wanted on charges of embezzlement and defrauding an Innkeeper. It is charged that he collected $78 eash here and. in Petaluma for the Trades Union Herald, conducted by J. G. Lawlor, and forged an order for $115 worth of transportation over the Union Pacific and Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Rallroads. . —_——— MORE YUBA RIVER LAND SOLD TO DREDGE MINING COMPANY