The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 17, 1906, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1906 PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER DIRECTS THE DECORATORS Has the Flowers and Palms Arranged in the East Room to Sutt Her Own Taste. Continued From Page 1, Column 7. g or purse, the cross piece led with pr stones. , Embassador and Mme. Jus- bride a beautiful ostric ed on tortoise, with gold es of the Norwegian ge sent a Japanese of rare design. Panama Senora ful bouquet of flow- The into the rintended elt went airs ng s arrange thing t te. They had too m suit her. th t to be married r ? sevelt asked, as L ¥ farther back er view could y and. or- t the White . will be pl sent by Mrs. Mrs. ex- BRIDE'S BEAUTIFUL GOWNS. Miss Roosevelt Will Also Have a Dozen Paris Hats. NGTON, Feb. 16.—Among the jered Miss Alice Roosevelt a reception dress of vie. This of the the wed- the court without any draped cross- »d tabs over rless yoke an e is with mite The cc ace as the waistcoat. The w length, finished with a of the broche. At the front the front of the bodice, is a rhinestone Alice blue chiffon in . fch hang in straight low cut neck. The ced by a girdle | e color, which fastens roY h the blue chiffon, f whi ang to the bottom of the The sleeve is the regulation empire coats made for Miss Both back t coat are laid with soft b v from the ers n loose kimona ” he coat is lined throughout with und the collarless neck g down each side of the front to the bottom i @ trimming oth ‘embroidered in Alice bottom of the sleeve is a with this trimming at'is a soft, beautifully em- i green po e, made in the style Mandarin coat.” the effect be- uare a shapeless. The elbows are dered in a design done in gold. | at 1= lined througheut with white clouded with green ghiffon <t of the hats to be aworn by the ¥ ve not vet reached here. They aris. A milliner, who three weeks ago, wWas Roosevelt to order about & dozen to wns LIAN SCHOOL. GIFT FROM IT. Elnted With Miss Roosevelt's Letter of Thanks, Feb. 16.—Pride beams tace of every little child t attends the East Side 1 street, for they 2 letter of thanks for the wedding gift wets of Alice blue, the work of Tots NEW as the children call her, their hearts, for just one e President’s daughter visited left behind a lasting memory of More than that, the Roose- ¥ have been patrons of the er since its founding, thirty her presence. velt * fam itement prevailed when done up and dispatched, st a riot to-day when Great ex ng gift w: y e was there appeared a letter from the White H It read Roosevelt wishes to thank the nOAN‘BrrlLLS. KEEPING PROMISES San Francisco Appreciates Always When Promises Are Kept. time vou read about Doan’s s you are told they cure rm of kidney ill, from back- to urinary disorders. How are ses kept? Ask any citizen s tried the treatment, Ask the who makes the following state- E rd McDonald, boilermaker at ific Coast Boiler Works, resi- dence 2766 Bryant street, says: “Any who follows my occupation re- good strong back, and a year that back is weak and ains, life becomes almost a bur- advertisement about Doan’s lle induced me to try them. st box had not brought bene- ults T never would have pur- i a second, and if the second had not radically disposed of the troubles I couid not 1 the medicine.” recommend For sale by all dealers. Price. 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for the United States Remember the name—Doan’s—and take no other. “Keep b Graves’ Tooth Powder and use it twice every day. It preserves, brightens and whitens good teeth, and keeps the bad ones from getting any worse.” That’s what the dentists say. In bandy metal cans or bottles, 350 Dr- Graves’ Tooth Powder Co. ny s to | other. Be- the | the | be induced to publicly ychildren for her lovely wedding gift, | which she highly prizes, and also for the | love and best wishes that accompanied the gift.” — LONGWORTH HAS A RIVAL. Calls at White House to Marry Miss Alice. 5 WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Peter Carls- son, a Swede, who sald his age was 44 vears and his home in New York City, was taken into custody at the White House to-day on a charge of insanity and locked up. He had been walking up and down the pavement and had tried the gate at the east entrance of the White House when a policeman asked him what {he wanted. He replied that his_mother wis thé Queen of Swéden and that he ad come to Washington to-day to.see | Miss Alice Roosevelt, to whom he sald {he was engaged to be married. Carlsson jwas well dressed, carrfed a satchel and had considerable money. - | FAMOUS WHITE HOUSE MAIDS. Insame M Miss Roosevelt One of the Most Inter~ esting of AlL ‘While almost every Presidential admin- istraticn has seen young people in the exccutive mansion, it is surprising when one considers how few real “daughters of the White House” there have been. Down to the present administration | there have been in the families of the Presidents not more than eight or nine young women who have assumed soclal responsibilities and enjoyed to the full- est extent, as Miss Roosevelt has done, the advantages of such a position. | The story of the debuts and balls and | weddings and social triumphs of the few | 8irls who were so fortunate as to have been the young ladies of the White House iis absorbingly interesting and full of ro- | mance. President Monroe’'s young dgughters were the first who figured to any great extent in the social life at Washington, and the first White House wedding was that of his eldest daughter, Marie, to Samuel G. Gouverneur of New York. According to the reports of the time the wedding was “after the New York style;” that is, only the attendants, relatives and intimate fricnds were present. Quite different was the wedding of daughter of President he belle of Washington soclety s known as “the young Ptincess.” Her marriage to William Waller of Willlamsburg, Va., was a grand affair, and quite the most impor- tant social event of her father's adminis- tration. REIGN OF “BETTY” TAYLOR. The fascinating *“Betty” Taylor, called by the newspapers of the day an agent of national interest, and so far the young- | est daughter of any Chief Magistrate | who had honored the Presidential recep- | tions with her presence, attended to the | formal duties of the White House during | her father's term of office. This was | because of the ill-health of her mother. | She presided, however, not as a girl but | as a young matron, for almost cotncident | with her father's inauguration she be- | came the wife of Major Bliss, and for | four years was mistress of | House, filling the position in spite of her. | youth with a charming dignity. Her immediate successor, strange to y, was another daughter of a President | who for the sgme reason took her moth- | er's place as head of the executive man- | sion. Mary Abigail Fillmore, the only | daughter of President Fillmore, was edu- cated, beautiful and so clever that the | world would doubtless have heard of her in other than a social capacity had sne lived. She was stricken with cholera and { died when only 22 years old, and most in- teresting are the long accounts of this gifted young woman that appeared in the newspapers at the time of her death CHARMING HARRIET LANE. Of all the administrations none has been of greater social brilliance than that of President Buchanan, during which his niece, Miss Harriet Lane, presided at the White House. Speaking of this regime, Jefterson Davis sald: “The White House under the adminis- tration of President Buchanan approaches more nearly to my idea of a republican court than the President’s house has ever done before since the days of Washing- ton.” The Prince of Wales, now King Edward VII, after his visit to this country, during which he was entertained at the White { House, spoke in the most complimentary manner of her charming qualities as a hostess. During Johnson's administration the executive mansion was presided over by his daughter, who, aithough married, was quite a young woman. She was the wife of Senator David T. Patterson, and it was the first and only instance of the daugh- ter of a President and the wife of a Sena- ving the position of mistress of te House. She It was who, in re- a remark made by a newspaper ply to | White House life, =aid: “We are a plain people, sir, from the mounta:ins of Tennessee, and we do not propose to put on airs because we have the fortune to occupy this place for & little while.” MARRIAGE OF NELLIE GRANT.® The story of Nellie Grant's life in the White House is almost like a fairy tale, | Her debut was a brilliant event. She traveled abroad and was received with distinction in Engiand and elsewhere, while the entire nation was an interested spectator. Her. wedding was the finest ever known in Washington, and was the theme of newspapér comment in Europe as well as in this country. For nearly thirty years she was the last daughter of the White House. | There were little daughters in the fami- lies of I'resident Haves, President Gar- field and President Arthur, but they were too young to take any part in the social life of their fathers’ administrations, while the Cleveland children and the Har- rison grandchildren - were mere bables. | Miss Roosevelt, therefore, had the distinc- tion of being a decided novelty when she made her debut, and she has without doubt added an interesting chnpter to the annals of her predecessors in “ho White House. e / WILSON MIZNER IS SAID Charles G. Yerkes Waxes Elogquent ‘When Asked Concernlng the Report. CHICAGO, Feb. 16.—"1 am not inter- ested in Wilson Mizner, either here, in hades or in heaven.” Charles G. Yerkes, son of the deceased husband of the present Mrs. Wilson Mighat, :SOHWHY. _Mtw . Chaties Ty Yerkes. . Yerkes bad been asked if he had heard that young Mizner was writing a play. Mizner is registered at the Audi- torium Annex. He has been here for twenty-four hours and expects to re- main for several days. Mrs. Mizner is in New York. The young San Fran- hotel very much since his arrival in this city. He is said to be attending to private business matters for his wife, with whom he is in constant communi- cation over the long-distance telephone. the White] correspondent about the simplicity of the | cisco giant has not been around the | i f ' 1 < NODRS ATTACK FRENCH SHIP Gunboat of the Sultan Fires Upon a Steam Vessel and Then Chases the Fugitive e ORAN, Algeria, Feb. 16. —The Echo @'Oran says that the French steamship Zeuith left Oran on Wednesday evening, going to Marchica. On her arrival at that port she debarked five persons who visited Delbief, the chief of the Pre- tender’s staff. Toward noon, perceiving the Moroccan gunboat Turky, which had been anchored in the Bay of Melilla, leaving port and coming in his direction, the captain of the Zenith went on board his steamship, hoisted the white flag and steamed to- ward the Turky, with the object of en- tering into conversation with her com- mander. The Turky thereupon fired a loaded shell without hitting the Zenith, which put on full steam for the Zafarine { Islands, the Turky pursuing. The Pretender's shore batteries bom- barded the Turky, but without touching her, as she was out of range. The Zenith, having a good lead and being about to I’r?a(‘h the Zafarines, was brought up by a blank shot from the French cruiser La Lande and immediately stopped. Soon afterward the Zenith, the La Lande and the Turky arrived at the Zafarines, when explanations were fur- nished by the Zenith, which was ordered by the commander of the La Lande to return to Oran, where she arrived this evening. The passengers on the Zenith, who were left at Marchica, will be brought to Oran by the La Lande. PARIS, Feb. 17.—The Echo de Paris this morning prints an interview with its cor- respondent at Oran, secured from M. Oser, the owner of the steamship Zenith, who was aboard that vessel at the time she was fired on by the Moroccan gun- boat Turky. Oser's version of the affair is the same as that published by the Echo d@'Oran. Before leaving the Zaf- arines for Oran, the Zenith was subject- ed to a thorough search by the com- mander of the French cruiser La Lande without finding the slightest trace of con- traband. M. Oser holds that the Turky was guilty of a breach of the law in fir- ing on the vessel. The Zenith was en- gaged in a purely pleasure trip and car- ried no cargo. Her owner blames the commander of the La Lande in not inter- vening to enforce the respect due the French flag. The Echo de Paris says it is obvious from this that the La Lande’s conduct was most correct and that fears of in- ternational complications are baseless. Dr. Fryer earas That' China Is Preparing for Conflict Continued From Page 1, Column 1. Manchuria could soon be sent to re- store order, should real trouble arise. In an interview with the Hongkong correspondent of the Tribune a high Chinese official affirmed the existence of dangerous anti-foreign feeling, especially in the region between the Yangtse River and .Hongkong, and predicted that an. outbreak would oc- cur sooner or later. This official sug- gested concerted action by the powers to enforce reform in the Chinese Gov- ernment, which, in his opinion, was the only lasting remedy. a RUSSIA SUSPICIOUS OF JAPAN. Press Says Toklo Is Almost Opeuly Urging On the Chinese. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 16.—In view of recent events in China the Russian Government, like that of the United States, has found it advisable to take the necessary military measures to be prepared for all eventualities. Though the Foreign Office officially scouts the alarmist tone of the Russlan press, the Council for Natlonal Defense, which has been‘preparing to reduce the forces in the Far KEast to a minimum, takes a more serious view of the ‘situation and is revising its plans for the evacuation of Manchuria, in order to retain there a force “sufficient to maintain Rus- sia’s special Interests on a plane with the other powers.” According to the Slovo, the Govern- ment is in possession of information to the effect that China is making war preparations in which she is supported almost openly by Japan, and that an attack on Russia’s Ussuri possessions is feared. STCa e s SUSPECT CHINESE AND MOROS. Soldlers Believe Servants Placed Infer- nal Machines in Supply Chests, DENVER, Feb. 16.—It is believed by the officers of the Twenty-ninth Infan- try, now at Fort Logan, that the ex- plosion of a supposedly infernal ma~ chine in one of the chests of Company B, Becond Infantry, in San Francisco, was due to the accidental packing of a large can of smokeless powder while the troops were preparing to leave. Among the enlisted men, however, there is great feeling against the Chi- nese and Moro boys who acted as ser- vants to officers in the Second Infantry while at Fort Logan. They were brought to the United States as pri- vate servants. The enlisted men say these servants plotted to put infernal machines in the company’s chests and had- many opportunities. —_— Fire on the Minnesota. YOKOHAMA, Feb. 16—The Great Northern Steamship Company's big TO BE WRITING A PLAY | steamship Minnesota, Captain Rinder, from Seattle for Nagasaki, Shanghai and Hongkong, arrived at this port to- j day and reports that during the voyage This statement was made to-night by fire broke out in the cargo in the third hold of the ship. The cargo was badly damaged. A survey was held aboard the vessel and it was recommended that the cargo be discharged. e S L May Be Future Ruler of China, PEKING, Feb. 16.—A son has been born to Prince Chun, the Emperor's brother. It is belleved that the child is ‘most likely to be designated as suc- cessor to the throne. An imperial de- cree bestows upon him the name of Pu. Stimulating Sunshine and Henaling ‘Waters at Paso Robhles, u:f:nm“ and mineral water baths; every ent known to sclence In magnificent new day to Monday ot mfi"«’.‘ \nohudiag o days' stay at hotel, §12 Ask Southern Pa- cific asent, 613 Market street, for TELLS STORY - OF THE WRECK Second Ofl‘ic_er of Valencia Believes That Many Lives Might Have Been Saved TESTIMONY IS DAMAGING Witness Refutes Testimony Given by Those Who Were in Charge of Rescue Work LI N Y SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 16.—Testimony refuting the statements of Captain Cousins of the steamship Queen, Captain Peterson and Captain Cann, who were on the steamer City of Topeka, and all the other masters and pilots commanding the rescue fleet, was brought out to-day in the Valencia investigation by United States District Attorney Frye in his ex- amination of Second Officer Peterson of the wrecked vessel. Peterson was on the stand for three hours yesterday and for | three hours to-day. | Peterson, in answer to questions put to | him by District Attorney Frye, stated that he belleved the passengers could | have been taken off the Valencia by | proper use of the lifeboats and outlined a plan which, according to his mind, would have saved those on board the vessel. According to Petérson, he would have divided the lifeboats into two divisions, taking the passengers off the wrecked steamer in the large boats, and trans- ferring them when outside the breakers to the small boats, and thence to the steamers lying outside. District Attorney Frye then asked him if the boats could have reached the Va- lencia, to which query Peterson replied that it could be done with competent men at the oars. Thomas Shields, one of the sailors of the Valencia, gave testimony before the commissioners which goes to prove that at 9:30 o'clock on the night of the wreck the soundings taken indicated the true position of the ship. Shields testified that he was taking soundings at that hour, and they read 180, 170 and 165 feet. Just oft Cape Flattery there are similar soundings, and it is evident that the Valencia was at the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca at 9 o'clock. Had the ship turned to the right she would have headed in the direction of Victoria. Instead, Captain Johnson kept straight ahead and hit the rocks on Vancouver Island. The speclal Valencia commission will leave Seattle to-morrow afternoon for a trip down the sound on the lighthouse tender Columbine. They expect to exam- ine the Vancouver Island coast line at the point where the Valencia was wrecked and will also visit the lighthouses on the American side, The Columbine will crufse off Tatoosh Island to determine how far the fog sig- nals may be heard. Testimony will be taken from the lightkeepers. The witnesses examined this afternoon were Willlam Dougherty, a fireman; Wil- | llam Goslin, a sailor, and Frank J. Camp- bell and Tony Brown, passengers. Fur- ther testimony will be taken in the morn- ing. - Goslin has had fifteeh years’ experience as a seaman and he declared 100 yards to seaward of the wreck any sea-goin vessel would have been §afé.” 'The line o breakers was at the bow of the wreck, he said. Goslin admitted that he had been in far worse seas while fishing in a small boat. The eviderce of the other witnesses was practically the -same- as previously testified by them. B Frank J. Campbell-criticized the Cham- ber of Commerce and other local public bodies for not coming to the assistance of destitute passengers from the wreck. “They have caused this Inquiry to be made,” he declared, “thus keeping a num- ber of persons waiting here doing noth- ing for several weeks, but not one came forward when these witnesses were turned out of their hotels and offered to provide for them. Frank F. Bunker, one of the survivors of the wreck, was the only one who gave them any assistance.” ASHES OF HER BODY TO NURTURE A PLANT Dying Woman Thinks Only of Rose Bush on Her Son’s Grave. NEW YORK., Feb. 16.—Mother's love, that defied the grim" king 'of shadows himself and slipped across the boundaries of the strange land whence no man re- turns, has left behind a curlous poetic symbol, endowed with the beauty which a simple mind and unquestioning faith can read into the deepest secret of ex- istence. Mrs. Christina Barbara Hoch laid her dearest son, Carl{ to rest a dozen years ago In Woodlawn Cemetery, Newark, N. J. She gave herself up to no morbid grieving, but with her own hands planted upon his grave a sturdy rosebush. The seasons came and went, the roses budded and bloomed and faded, only to renew themselves again and the mother-hunger was satisfled. Death had lost its sting. Mrs. Hoch died last Tuesday. Her dying thought was for the rosebush and she bade her daughter, Emelle Hoch, with “whom she had lived for several years, to remember her cherished wish that after death she be cremated and the ashes of her body be used to nurture the plant she had tended. The cremation took place to-day. POPE PIUS OPPOSES RECKLESS CRITICISM Much Literature of the Sort Being Circulated in Ttal ‘ROME, Feb. 16.—Pape Plus has decided to take up the question of the spread of irresponsible criticism of the church among the Ttallan Catholics. There is much literature of this kind in circula- tion, and a pamphlet, alleged to have been written by a “famous English Cath- | olic professor of anthropology” has, in particular, been widely read. * The Holy Father welcomes true prog- ress in critical science, which, he awers, ‘“‘contains no threat against the perpetu- ity of the sacred book,” but he will oppose “those which are more concerned with catering to taste for novelty than with following the teachings of the church.” His Holiness will organize a campaign against the propagation of religious un- rest throughout Italy. ———————————— Treasury Official Resigns. WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Horace A. Taylor, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, to-day tendered to the Presi- dent his resignation, to take effect on June 30, 1906. It was accepted. The President assured Taylor that he “fully appreciated the very efficient services” he has rendered since he became Assist- ant Secretary at the beginning of Presi- @ent McKinley's first term. Taylor ex- plained that for a long time he had had in mind a European trip, which would occupy a year or possibly two years, and had decided to sail during the com- ing summer. ¢ . —and accept it. as with joyous hearts and smilin; how conducive to health bottles of one size: only. ToFvery Home - %faces they romp and play—when in health ; [ the games in which they indulge, the outdoor life they enjoy, the cleanly, regular habits they should be taught to form and | the wholesome diet of which they should partake. How tenderly their health should be preserved, not by constant medication, but by careful avoidance of every medicine of an injurious or objectionable nature and if at any time a remedial agent is required, to assist nature, only those of known excellence should be used; remedies which are pure and, wholesome and truly beneficial in effect, like the pleasant laxative remedy,é the California Fig Syrup Co. rup of MANY WITNESSES Alleged Briber Offers Testi- mony as to His Reputation for Truth and Honesty Special Dispatch to The Call SACRAMENTO, Feb. 15—Pbliticians were much in evidence this morning when the defense in the trial of Frank French, charged with bribery. opened. There was a swarm of character wit- nesses, principal among them being Abra- ham Ruef and Charles H. Spear, presi- dent of the State Board of Harbor Com- missioners of San Francisco. Ruef testified that his name is A. Ruef, that he had known French fifteen or twenty years.and that his reputation for truth, honesty and integrity is good. He was then turned over to District Attor- ney Seymour for cross-examination. “You testified that your name is Abr: ham Ruef and live in San Francisco Seymour inquired. “My name is Abraham, but I testified that it is A. Ruef,” was the reply. “Well, so far as you know, there fs only one Abraham Ruef in San Fran- cisco?” It was during the cross-examination of Charles H. Spear, president of the State Board of Harbor Commissioners, that French made the first show of emotion since his arrest. Seymour by questioning brought out the statement by Spear that French resigned his position with the Btate Harbor Commission voluntarily, saying he did not want to embarrass |the administration and would not seek to regain his place until his skirts had been cleared. When Spear related this French showed some trace of emotion and his eyes became suspiciously moist. Sey- mour asked if French's resignation had not been requested of him or suggested by somebody, but Spear declared French's action was wholly voluntary. Other San Franciscans who testified that French's reputation for truth, hon- esty and integrity is good were Jacob Levi and Samuel Sussman, wholesale grocers; C. E. Wilson, attorney at_law; J. J. Greif, former County Clerk; Senators J. H, Nelson and J. D. Tyrrell and Sec- retary of State C. F. Curry. At the afternoon session W. H. Minor, W. J. Dutton, Charles McCrystal, Michael Loftus, former Assemblyman Willlam Gleason, Charles' Metzner and Senator R. J. Welch, all of San Franecisco, testi- fied that French's reputation for truth, honesty and integrity 1s good. An adjournment was taken to Monday morning, when the ‘defense will proceed with the case. COMSTOCK MINER GO ON GHOST HUNT Alleged Visitors From Other ‘World Cause Considerable Annoyance. Special m:,_;é__u-'n. caln. RENO, Nev,, Feb. 16.—Residents of the Comstock are very much wrought up over the queer antlcs and strange per- formances of alleged spooks. The “ghosts” seem to Inhabit the deserted shafts in the old mining district and each evening terrorize the people in that vicinity by their weird cries and by run- ning, clad in white robes, from one shaft to the other. So much trouble has been caused by the ghosts that a posse of citizens has ‘been organized for the purpose of either capturing them or making them quit the locality. The more sober-minded resi- dents of Virginia City are of the opinion that jokers are trying to see what the superstition of some of the residents will lead them to do. A few others are firm in the belief that the ‘“‘ghosts” are the departed spirits of former comrades who have crossed the Great Divide. —_————— Robbers Are Sent to Pemitentiary. SANTA CRUZ, Feb. 18.—John Ro- mando and John Romaris, convicted of robbing a Japanese at Watsonville, were each sentenced this morning to four years' imprisonment at Folsom. To Cure a Cold 12-:-:.:-, B RO TR i & on calh vex. B T0 BERESTORED Mission San Juan Capistrano | Will Be Soon Rebuilt by the Franciscan Fathers% T | Special Dispatch to The Call. \ LOS ANGELES, Feb. 16.—The Mission San Juan Capistrano, ance the noblest of | the Franeiscan Missions in California, | but ndw. a_picturesane. pile-of xuins, is to-| be restored. i After a lapse of many years the Fran- | ciscans are again to occupy the place, | which was their seventh mission point in California, and which occupies an im-| portant position in the annals of that ever fascinating period—the establishment of the Christian religion among the Cali- fornia Indians. | Thousands of dollars are to be spent by | the Franciscans in the restoration of the church, chapels, shelters and long—aruhed‘ walls on the plans -of the original struc-; ture. | Like a dream come true, the opportu- | nity so long awaited has been placed at | the doors of the Franeciscan order in this State, and the leaders have eagerly ac-| cepted the task. They will make of San | Juan Capistrano one of the notable places | of Southern California, a place for pil grimage for devout Catholics, a place of great historical interest to Protestants. Again San Juan Capistrano will have an important place in the affairs of old mother church, as within its portals stu- dents for the priesthood will receive their instructions, and thence will go ,out teachers of the faith and disciples of the devoted St. Francis of Assisi. Bishop Conaty officially announced to- day that the restoration of the mission had been decided upon and that the work will be begun as soon as the material ean be purchased. Two priests and one brother will be placed in charge at once and there will soon be instituted daily services. It is intended to make of the mission an Institution similar to that at Santa Barbara. As rapidly as the work can be handled by the Francisean order, the entire establishment will be restored on the original lines. OFFICIALS REMOVE ALL OVERHEAD WIRES Hope to Convince Corpora- tions That Law Must Be Obeyed. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18.—W. A Woodls, & deputy In the office of Street Superintendent Hanley, and a force of men from that department cut down all the telephone and telegraph wires on Hill street between First and Seventh streets. These were overhead wires and existed in defiance of the city ordinance that com- pels all wires on the downtown streets to be placed in underground conduits. The crusade was undertaken on the advice of City Prosecutor Frederickson, who by this means hopes to convince the cor- porations owning the wires that he means to enforce the conduit ordinance. Between fifteen and twenty wires wers cut down. These belonged to the Western Unlon Telegraph Company, the Los An- geles Gas and Electric Company, the Au- tomatic Sprinkling system of the Coulter Dry Goods Company, the Home Tele- phone Company and the Sunset Telephone | Company. ] —_——————— ‘Will Erect New Beacom Lights. VALLEJO, Feb. 16.—Contractor Pet- tus of this city is preparing to establish new beacons and small lights marking | the waterway of the bay and river| steamers between Pinole Point, in San | Pablo Bay, up through the Straits o(l Carquinez and as far as Suisun. All of | the old beacons and buoys will be| blasted out and new foundations lald. —_—————— Accldentally Shoots Himself. SAN JOSE; Feb. 16.—Deputy Tax Col- lector Thomas Bodley was accidentally wounded in the leg last night by a bul- let from his own reveolver. The weapon fell from Bodley's pocket and was ex- floded. The bullet entered the right eg above the ankle and glanced along 'the bone. The wound is not serious un- less blood poisoning results Figs, manufactured by for Syrup of Figs has come into general favor in many mllllqns of well informed families, whose estimate of its quality and excellence is based upon personal knowledge and use. 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Every family should always have a bottle on hand, as it is for the parents and the children, whenever a laxative remedy is required. ...~—® o FRENCH CALLS HISTORIC RUIN firinciples of Syrup of Figs, obtained, nown to them to act most benefici- %_enuine Syrup ig Syrup Co. equally beneficial Granted a Stay of Execution. SALEM, Or., Feb. 16.—A stay of exe- cution has been granted In the case of Jasper Jennings, who was sentenced to be hanged March 31 for the murder of his father. An appeal to the Supreme Court will be taken. CAPITAL,SURPLUS & PROFITS $ 3.000,000.00 A_successful merchant ex- tends to his customers every courtesy and personal atten- tion. This policy, combined with conservative management, has contributed to the success of this Company. We sclicit savings checking accounts. CALIFORNIA Safe Deposit & Trust Company California and Mon “ Sts. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA ASSETS OVER TEN MILLION DOLLARS and WAHA IRRIGATION SYSTEM. ‘ LEWISTON, Idaho, Feb. 1, 1908, Sealed proposals wiil be received at the office of the Waha-Lewiston Land and Water Com= pany, at Lewiston, Idaho, until 3 p. m., Feb- ruary 28, 1906, for the construction of 18 miles of Flood water, Catchment Ditch, 4 miles of Main Supply Ditch and 2 Storage Reservoirs, situated on Cralg Mountain, Nez Perce County, d: work involves the handling of some 810,000 cublc yards of earth, 208.000 cubio yards of rock and construction of about 18,000 cubic yards of concrets and other masonry, and about_ 4000 lineal fest of tunnels. A certified check, or a Trust Company's Proposal Bond, for & sum equal to § per cemt of the amount of the bid must accompany each bid, and the successful bidder will be required to enter into a contract at once and furnish satisfactory bond In the sum equal to 40 per cent of the amount of the contract as a antee of the proper execution of the com within the time specified. the right to reject any company reserves and all bids. Bidg will be received (1) for the construction of the ditches, (2) the reservoirs and (3) the tunnels, or for the entire work. Plans and spectfications are on file at the affice of the company at Lewiston. Idaho. Additional information furnished upom ape lcation. » WALTER H. GRAVES, Engineer. “ARROW CLUPECO SHRUNK—QUARTER SIZES CLUETT, PEABODY & CO. MAKERS OF CLUSTT AND MONARCHM SMIATS HOTEL ST. FRANCIS Will be served in the white and gold room every Sunday Evening at 6:30 o'clock. $2.50 per plate. Huber's Orchestrs Reservations may be made with the Maitre d"Hotel VICHY CELESTINSR