The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 31, 1905, Page 28

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1905. NEW PEFRESS | FROM ANERICA (Wife of Forbes-Leith, Who Was Lately Made a Baron, Had Her Home in St. Louis ENTERTAIN KING {Considered Likely That His { Majesty Will Be a Guest| | at Her Magnificent Castle | 1 e e 1 [MAY 1al Di: to The Call. LONDON, Dec By conferring a r ander John Forbes-Leith, | made another Ameri- | Before her mar- , Mrs, Forbes-Leith, | will continue to be known until E husband decides to what he will| flix title of Lord, was Miss Ma- | January of St. Louis, and her | her was the proprietor of the Joliet | Works. She has never been identi- | ed with the Anglo-American colony, and | the Jist of the King's birthday hon- | | rie Louisc | ors was published it was not generally | known that she was a daughter of Co- | | lumbia. (In fact, neither she nor her hus- | band, although they have a magnificent town residence in Grosvenor (‘H'S\:enl.‘ have been cou cuous in thessocial er[ striking commen- of distinction that the House of Lords | t of the only peerage | ymmemoration of his Ma- | | | of the metropol wha | =y § It is a som i |t A But now. that Forbes-Leith has h«-; ne a peer, he is sure not to be over- looked in future edjtions. He is really \ |t deserying of such notice than | | many folk whose claims to contem- | porafy fame are re recordéd. He For Preserving, Purifying ay is not even mentioned | Who,” where the name of | | every MBritishef who amounts to any- | s .supposed to find a place. | volunteers for the South African |- in wiich his only son, an officer 1 Dragoons, took part and the son of | a rear admiral and and H»aLUf\lflng Skm, in"the navy, but retired | Sc 'i\ LI d F d whilé still a lieuten. | | ant. to take 1 . He is a wealthy | Jhval ‘\ . an an an S |x buf how much of his .money he ! es to-his wife is not known. Any- | he found himself with enough of | | it after bis marriage ‘to purchase Fyv Cistle. in Aberdeen from Sir, Maurlce | | Duff-Gordor is d .fin¢ specimen of | ['Scotch ‘baronidl architecture and boasts | curse and = ghost which are | | d_to- considerably- enhance its [ : . ones are a contint cere g | AT F¥vie Mrs. Forbes-Leith Vinter weather. ' They will | PASSeS most €r time, findipg the Do yois know about Skiloh’ |-tranquil’ bl of couptry lifé much ; e £ ey her .liking - than the giddy ption e Lung Tetic, and | socfal. distractions that are | @t ha "*n-&r‘amun)‘ X is ead iato ‘the London season. A ly le rP'n'dy lor all | erself“with a-grandson passages in_chiitcen. | old, she is still,devoted rmless and pleasant to th Fyvie she ,ar,,‘j,,cmmymmonfl{ .parties to ‘boys and girls > he price is 25¢. per bole, ] 1 néighboring. villages and de- il dokeis 7o aindiins sl tiepr- with her. falry tales, .of | which she posse n inexhaustible S H I LO H | her husband’s fond- | forms of_putdoor life, and ated by b side on the bpx- in-hand or cruising with four y should be in every househeld, | <cit ¢ -ht is, equally at home. OWlL DRUG CO.,-1128 lé yvachtsman and is a e I Kt n most exclusive clyb, the R drom, which; reject New -Biail he is sihedule. 1, because. hier {s married to Calo- 0, is alde-de-camp to ¥ the’ Kin| s the -godfather « born of .this mar- | . Had Mrs. Forbes-Leith any ambifion to on Sat. | shine in soclety she could have done so s will ng-ago. for her husband has much -in- court. One of his near relative of° Sir Charles be “Willie” James of West of the: King’s most favored js probable that as “my Forbes-Leith will entertain + extensively ' than heretafore, ing expects the nobility, espe- wiy ated, ‘to set an ex- generous hospitality. It is prob- the King will sefore Jong be a’ guest at Wants Statue of Washingtom. PARIS, Dec. 3%.—An agitation is ris- eir “w ing for the reproduction and erection of the .full-length statue of o by Houdon In the vestibule e State Capitol of Virginia, which neh artists pronounce one of the t examples of one of the great- h masters. There are hints c press here that the would do a gracious ¢ return for Bartholdi’s s of Liberty If it were to present Paris with a bronze replica of Houdon’s Washington shter of Ex-President Weds. 3 ates 16 | | | lViuslin ‘Underwear i ! E : e L ; . E l Low Prlces CO MMENCES E“Tucsday, January 2 Tt Yol o S Cor.Post & Kearny Sts. | e {grown the custom of placing on each | | rection of which the streets might pos- Some one suggested | | livering the letters could be equipped .a person’living on John street to have |eight different John streets.in - 'Besides | compounds of John | have LONDON STREET NAMES CONFUSING Scores of Thoroughfares in British Metropolis Known by the Same Designat.ion’ STRANGERS ~ MYSTIFIED County Council Will Take Up the Question and Wifl Try | to Straighten Out Matters| Special Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, Dec. 30.—London street names are causing almost as much trouble as the unemployed problem, or fiscal reform. Kven the postal authori- ties are beginning to be worried. As for strangers in the metropolis, it is practically useless for them to ask | their way about unless they can give | more dtailed information than the mere number of the house and name of the street they want. The reason is simple enough. There | | are literally hundreds of streets in Lon- don with identically the same name. Even such well-known places as Traf- algar Square are duplicated in name in several places; and there are exactly 106 streets named after Queen Victoria. To iuustrate the position, the story | of some Americ. women who recenuy | “wanted to know” might be cited. They were looking for Bond street, and fol- lowed the time-honored precedent of d:king a policeman. “How.do we gét to Bond street?” they | sald. Then the policeman asked a question: “Do you want Bond street, off Amwell street, Pentonville, North; Bond street, Vauxhall, Southwest London; Bond street, off Piccadilly, West; New Bond street, or Old Bond street—which? The ladies were staggered, but sug- | | gested that out of the five Bond streets, | rhaps it_was the one off Piccadilly, ‘where tli€ rings come from.” In addressing London letters most confusion exists; and thus the ut- has. London envelope some initials indicat- ing the point of the compass in the di- sibly be found. that even more exactitude could be ob- tained in the indication of letters by | points of the cor —something more than "the mere indicating inorth; “S. W.” indicating southwest; “E. C." showing the locality to be east central; and so on. It has been suggested that | letters could be addressed to Mr. So- | and-so, in such a street, “northeast hy 1 alf east,” and the postmen de- with a complete nautical outfit. But | shen even -this suggestion would scarcely work, for during the winter monghs it would be almost impossible- for a postman to “get the sun” and his observations would come to naught. It is not at all an -unusual thing for his letter go completely around the eir- | uit of the city—from north to south, | t and west and finally again north before it gets to him, for, be it known, there are no less than forty- this, there ‘are be: street. John Carpenter street, and John Camp- bell road, and Johns Tard and John's Mews, and the .changes e rung on Jahn .so much that if you, .. looking for. 2 man who lives anywhe. street’ with a’ John to it, ‘You may as well eniploy. a district messenger. to locate him first before you begin writ- ing. Then, for instance, if you wished in a your letter to reach him, you could ad- |4 dress it thus: | “John -Johnson, 16 John strest, east- | norih-east, half-way betwéen St. Paul's || Cathedral and the Guildhall, just oppo- | site St. Swithin’s. Church and around the corner from ‘the fire station, London.” Suburban estate builders have run the gamut of family names, one builder naming his streets after his daughters; another after his sons; a third ufter his deceaséd. wife's sisters, and so on. And thus, in London, the man looking for a | person in Albert street has just seven- ty-eight different Albert streets to se- lect from, London has thirty-six James streets; | twenty-nine ' Alfreds; twenty-four Thomases, eighteen Henrys, sixteen Alexanders, forty-two Elizabeths, four- teen Marys, nine Mary-Anns, five Em- ilys, flve Emmas, five Elizas and two Sophias. Even the names of great statesmen been honored in many -different parts of London in endless duplication. There are eight Gladstone streets, ten Palmerstons, eight Pitts, seven Beacons- fields and’so_on. Another, favorite expedient in street names is the adoption of the names of | flowers. There are twenty-four Rose | strects, eight Violet streets and a num- ber of Daisy streets. Not thie least of the tasks before the London County Council will be the straightening out of these repeated names. Just what plan will be sdopted: has not change that limits the use of one name to a definite area, and forbids its use or-repetition in that district, will cer- tainly be a welcome one both to the postal authorities and the unhappy citi- zens who have to live on streets with fifty or sixty duplicated names all over town. to | nere's || yet been decided, but the || KEEPER OF LIGHTHOUSE SIGNALS FOR ASSISTANCE Captain of lmll Steamshi; Possible Trouble on San Sal- vador Island. KINGST! - R. D. Davis & Co. The Modest Price Stor A Great White Sale Begins Tuesday Thovsands of Picces of Dainty Muslinwear to go at Bargam Prices We will show fully one-half more than at any previous sale. Each separate garment seems daintier, fresher and more artistic. and finishing is apparent this year. A remarkable improvement in the designs But after duly considering all these things, prices are still the great feature. Cotton is advancing every day and has been for some time. creased in market valuc 20 per cent. But we have not advanced the selling price one cent. We bought early and our stock has actually in- Every point is in your favor. The sale begins promptly at 8:30 Tuesday morning. You should not miss this, the most important muslin event of the year. Short Skirts at 48c Made of fine muslin with lawn flounce, finished with lace insertion and edging. 65c is the regular worth. Other Specials at 65¢, $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50 Introducing clusters of tucks, blind em- broidery. All great values. Gowns at 48¢ Made of fine muslin with ruffled neck and sleeves, flounce of tucks 2nd blind embroidery. Others at 89c, 98c, $1.25, $1.39, $1.48, $1.75 and $1.98 The most complete assortment we have ever offered. Nainsooi and cambric are used in these spe- cials. There are various styles of vokes. ished. choose from. SKirls al 75¢ Muslin is the material; the flounce is deep and is finished with three rows of lace insertion and lace edging. Others at 89c, 98c, $1.25, $1.48, $1.98 and up to $4.95 Twenty styles to choose from and a superior value is sure in every case. Many new flounce ideas are most successfully introduced. Fine Embroideries to go Embroideries, too, have been advanced accord- ing to the raise in cotton prices. Here again you are fortunate, for we purchased this lot many months ago. A wonderful lot of new designs have been developed of late and they are all represented here. ‘In the following items we put the saving very forcibly before you. It means a great deal when you stop to consider the number of yards you use in a year. Finest of Allovers--new designs 22%% inch Swiss, Cambric and Nainsook Allovers, in dainty lace and new English patterns—both blind and open’ work effects. By the use of these Allovers you - are sure of a waist ‘that is exclusive in pattern and design. All $¥i00: {03 ST ase Pittes PO ats.. ./ i tidi bt iasensssionn s ey, ORC All $1.25 to $1.75 Pieces go at... ... S5¢ All '$1.75 to $2.00 Pieces go at....... . 98¢ All $2.00 to $2.75 Pieces g0 at.ve.vvvnnnnan $1.19 Grcat Redvuction Sale of Corsets We have just taken a rough inventory of the cor- set stock, and have decided to discontinue many lines for the reason of their practical duplication in other models. Don’t gather from this that they are old ones. Every one is a late model—thoroughly in favor. They are made of the finest material— Coutille, Italian cloth, Batiste and all the rest. The best corset makers of the world are represented. $2.50 and $3.00 Corsets........81.50 $3.50 to $5.00 Corsets. .$2.90 $5.00 to $6.50 Corsets. .$3.90 $7.50 and $8.50 Corsets........$5.50 Clearance of Perrin Kid Gloves After a record season in Perrin Kid Gloves we find a cumbersome accumulation of some 400 pairs that have been mussed from display ser- vice and trying on. While they will be of just as good service to you, they have lost some in stock value. That is why we willsl 00 on Tuesday offer you $1.50, $1.65 and $2.00 gloves for..... . They are street styles in real kid and you will find every popular color and black and white. Two Greal Ribbon Specials Talk Ribbons to seven women out of ten and you'll talk about the Davis Store department. They will probably tell you these two every day specials: A 4%-!-&']: Black Tlfl!(l‘{ 18c: An extra heavy, fine finished firm weave taffeta, that brings 25c a yard everywhere. A 6-inch Messaline, 22¢1 A firm, high luster Messaline ¥n every. popular color, 35c is the usual price. Corsct Covers at 12¢ Made with the plain French back and waist draw string. They are neatly fin- Others at 23c, 29c¢, 48c, 59¢, 75¢, 89c and 98¢ Offering twenty-five different styles to Dainty yokes are features. R. 9. Davis & Co The Modest Price Store Cor. Geary and Grant Ave. SKirt Chemise at 8% Neat yokes, fine lawn flounces, are fea- tures at this price. $1.00 is our usual sale price for thia qualit Others at $1.25, $1.48, $1.98 and $2.25 At least 12 different styles to choose from. The needlework is a notable point. Drawers at 25¢ Children’s Skirts at 38¢c Four styles at this price. Tus- Ages 4 to 10 years. ters of tucks, lace insertion and Made of fine cambric with tucked edging combine to give them style. ruffle. s0c is the regular worth. Others at 29¢c, 38c, 48¢c, 59¢, 75¢, | Others at 50c, 35¢, 45¢, 65¢ and 95¢ 89c¢, 98c, $1.25, $1.50 and $1.75 Ages ranging from 6 months to The assortment is very compre- 3 years. hensive—choosi ill b Sy. Ftegon el e e Drawers, Special—23c to 43¢ The saving will average at least one-third, no matter what price Made of Canton flannel for agu you pay. 2 to 14 ‘years. Less Than Half Price al 20c Embroideries, 10c yd.—Cambric and nainsook edg- ings and insertions, 275 to 4% inches wide. Patterns are. all iew and dainty—not a piece has been shown before, 30c Embroideries, 14c yd.—The widths are from 3 to 7 inches. The body materials are cambric and nainsook and the patterns ‘wonderfully varied. This value will surprise you. 35¢ Embroideries, 19c yd.—o to 12 inches wide. You will wonder how it is possible to offer such rich patterns on such materials evenat the regular price. This is a great lat. soc Embroideries, 25¢ yd.—Any width from 3 inches to the regular corset cover.size. This means a dainty corset cover for 4dc or a skirt reflounced for $1.00. Some inser- tions are also included. 75¢ Embroideries, 35¢ yd.—i8 and 20 inch flouncings and corset coverings in Swiss and nainsook. At least twenty different designs will be shown 8s5c Embroideries, 48c yd.—They are 20 inches wide The elegant needlework is the strong feature, although the <plend|d qualx!) of the matena]s is no( to be ove ookel The entire second aisle—full length of the store—will be given over to the-display. Plenty of sales people—nlenty of room—plenty of barxams. $1.50 Fcathcred Hats for 75c And $1.50 is the special price we put on them in a former sale. They are really worth $2.50. There are all colors and a good assortment of shapes. Untrimmed Shapes 25¢ A wonderful a: rtment of stylish shapes in good materials. $1.00 to $1.50 is the. regular value. Great chance, thi Misses’ Schobl Hats 50c $1.00 is the regular price. The assortment is good, both as to colors and styles. $1.50 values for 75c is another special in Misses’ Hats. Violels 19¢ a Bunch PercltShapeSfioSO A sale of the thousands of bunches Colors are black, navy, plum, used in the holiday decorations. | champagne and gray. There are They are not harmed in the least. | both shapes and flats. You can have 25c is the regular price. another winter very easily. $9.50 Silk Pctlicoats $6.50 Our January Clearance Special. But the best of it is, the lot Is & new one—a special buy—and vou are not asked to choose from odds and ends. ‘The taffeta is the kind that looks, feels its quality and shows it in wear. There is every popular color—some changeable—in fact, all colors but gray. $9.50 is a falr estimate of their value. Girls’ $12.50 Coats $7,50 Good, well-made Coats for school wear. The styles are the latest, the cclors the most practical and ser- viceable. The reduction is a big one, the opportunity rare Come Tuesday, sure. a one. Gomfinm TAKES ACTION IN NEBRASKA LAND CASES Cashier of a Bank amd a Farmer Are CONSPIBACY CHARGE IS NOT SUSTAINED , Jamaica, Dec. 30—rhe|Cireuit Judge Exonerates Indicted for Subormation of Perjury. NEW YORK PRINTING FIRMS GRANT THE EIGHT-HOUR DAY Two-Thirds of the Larger Houses Ac- cede to the Demands of the - Typographical Union. SILVERWARE AND EXPRESS PACKAGES THIEVES Station and Office at San Martin, Near Gliroy, Are Visited by Burglars. BOOTY | hamas, on December 26. The Dordogue | ing to lack of a landing place, but the captain of the British steamship Dor- dogne, which arrived here yesterday | from Baltimore, reports that he saw the signal, “T am attacked,” flying from the lighthouse on San Salvador Island, Ba- was unable to send a party ashore ow- | captain promised to report the facts in the case to the Jamaican Govern- ment, and has done so. Later a cable dispatch was sent to the Governor of | the Bahamas asking him for details of | the incident. The German steamship Sarnia, which arrived here to-day from New York December 24, reports th . when she passed San Salvador Island a couple of days ago she saw no signals. The captain of the Dordogne believes that a disturbance occurred on San Sal- vador Island and that the inhabitants besieged the keeper of the lighthouse. e Finds Dog Lost Forty Years. GENEVA, Dec. 30.—A shepherd boy passing by the foot of the Rochefort Glacier perceived the body of a dog embedded in the ice, and, on arriving at Courmayeur, recounted his adven- ture. Among his listeners was an Italian guide named Barolli, who recognized from the lad's delcr}ptio‘n a dog which | he had lost down & crevasse in the | glacler forty years ago. An expedition was formed and on arriving at the spot pointed out by the shepherd the dog was discovered sealed up in the trans- parent blue ice and in a portact state of preservation. Members of Kansas City Counecil. KANSAS CITY, Dec. $0.—Judge H. L. (\McCune, in the Cirguit Court here to- day, rendered a decision holding that there was no cause for the charges of conspiracy recently filed agalnst the City Council, which threatens to pass over Mayor Nef's veto &n ordinance granting ‘a thirty years' franchise to furnish the city with natural gas. ‘But he issued a temporary order restraining the Council from passing the ordinance in its present form and from passing any ordinance containing an extension provision,-which ‘the court held to be illegal. The Council ‘had: threatened to pass an ordinance granting to the holders of the present artificial gas franchise a franchise to furnish natural gas. The ordinance covered a period of thirty years, but stipulated that in case the supply of natural gas gave out, the company was to have the privilege of returning to the use of artificial gas. This latter clause is held by Judge Mc- Cune to be illegal. The company already holds a thirty- year franchise to furnish artificial gas at $1 a thousand feet, and the new or- dinance provided for 25-cent natu gas. Judge McCune gave the City Coud- cil the right to pass an ordinance with the objectionable clause left out. el gt The American Cigar, 2 for 25¢, beats | the world, Mattheas & Co., distributors.® OMAHA, Nebr., Dec. ‘IO.——H. C. Dale, NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—The official SAN JOSE, Dec. 30.—The station and cashier of the Stockmen’s National Ban': of Rushville, Nebr., and William C. Smoot, Government farmer at the Pine Ridge Agency, were to-day ar- rested, charged with subornatior of perjury in connection with the land frauds. The defendants are alleged to have secured fraudulent homestead en- tries for two of the wealthiest cattle- men in Cherry and Sheridan coun- ties. They were arraigned before United States Commissioner Hoyt at Chadron and each gave bonds for $3000 to appear before the Federal Grand Jury. ——————————— A Rare Opportunity. Buy your robes and blankets now. -We are e Leibo kin st., opp. Hall. ————— : Bankrupt Clerk. G. B. Borchers, a clerk of Sacramento, filed a petition in Insolvency yesterday in the United States District Court. He owes $1573 and has no assets. ROOSEVELT BEARS IN NEXT SUNDAY’S CALL. tin announcement was made at the head- quarters of the Typographical Union yesterday that 4900 printers will be granted the eight-hour day. express office at San Martin, near Gil- roy. were entered by burglars last night | and a quantity of silverware and sev- eral express packages stolen. Officers The following firms granted the de- | are on the trail of two men who are mands yesterday: American Litho- | At the i graphic Company, Francis Press, Mar- fRoliatag fe Rave Committed th Brown Company and Munsey's Magazine Company. The union officials declared that two- | thirds of the employing printers in this | city would grant the eight-hour de- mand and that it would be necessary for only 1100 men to strike. —_—ee—————— BONES OF GIANT ANIMALS IJNEARTHED IN SANTA (BUZ l‘-'lcvel of W Discover Re- mains of Beasts While Dolng Excavation Work. SANTA CRUZ, Dec. 30.—Southern A tiny, chocolate coated tonic laxa- | tiwe tablet, that gives GOR and health to the STOMACH, LIVER and BOWELS, thereby curing— Sick Headaches Biliousness Pacific workmen while excavating for S:Iln' Complaxlon TDrDId Liver the grade of the new road discovered Jaundice the petrified remains of huge animals. | }‘"o'::!’:"'&’:pfl"e ge;:;tlz;xm Teeth and bones and a piece of a tusk| Sour Stomach Dizziness four feet in length were taken out. ——— New Woman’s Paper in France. PARIS, Dec. 30.—A movement is on foot to found a new weekly woman's paper. The new paper, it is stated, will not occupy itself either with politics or religion, but will be exclusively devoted | to the development and propagation of | women’s interests. A large part will reserved for international woman- philanthropic works. Navsea Foul Breath “Take only one “VIGORET” at bed time and they will move the bowels gently, yet thoroughly each day and permanently cure— CHRONIC CONSTIPATION ! They cool, clcanse and i h blnod and ::a‘;l?‘ :ly all J:fl:é.’...‘ in m(flh‘ub ets) and 10c trial Never sold in ifll.