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FRANCISCO CALL, 'WEDNESDAY oI -— TES CAOWTH NDER REVIEW of Board of Trade | Annual Reports Show- | the Year's Progress|]| 4 | \RGE FIGURES GIVEN —- | Frait Shipments Amount to | | More Than 100.000 Car-| vads in Twelve Months| 00D MINSTREL SHOW PROMISED George Primrose and Large Company to Appear at the Grand for Only minstrel era-house next Sun- umbers d an ot The ntire B. Croasman of t the Palace. He is eres u»d in mining and ofl n Alaska and Washington. Wilkinson of Binghamton, g £ H. Whitman of L are at the Palace. P pitalist of Chicago, wife, is at the Pal- Hester of New t the Pal- on Taylor, Miss of TUtica, N. Judge editor of the Port- St. Francis. wife, Mrs. J. six wife, will a weeks' ¢ identified in t accompa- at the St of the Company Francis. of the Home tHe St Fran- | Benson of —The fol- | in New York: —DMiss Barton, at Johnson and M. e e Imperial; G. H. at the Giisey; J. K. . at the Navarre; A. Goldberg, at the Herald Square; W. A. Krag and wite, he Imperial; Prnn | at the Grand; | Imperial. G. J. Symington, at the Ry saa Franciscans in Paris, PARIS, March 13.—J. Justice, Mrs. E. Tekaud and W. J. Regan and sisters, all of San Francisco, registered at the Herald bureau today. | —————— VISITORS FROM WASHINGTON Noonday Meetings. noonday Lenten meet- | o e Masonic Temple, | rner of Montgomer £ the King, 1 —_— r Christian | California State Board of Trade and the Promotion Commlittee Arrange to ————————— Entertain Party. People Reported Missing. l Two entertainments await the party notified yesterday of | representing the Tacoma Chamber of | Commerce, the Seattle Commercial e, | Club and the Spokane Chamber of | Ka: Commerce, 20on to arrive in this ecity. away from ‘73?’ ch §; Joseph England, he California State Board of Trade, missing since Mar 19 from 311 | assisted by a committee representative 8 Boone, 10 vears of | of other commerclal organizations in this city, will give a reception, similar | to the one extended to the Portland Commercial Club recently, in the Ferry | buflding. Manager Arthur R. Brigss has been instructed to make the ar- rangements. This entertainment will take place on the 20th inst. The California Promotion Committes will entertain the Washington tourists next Tuesday evening in the Palm court of the Palace Hotel. The excur- | sionists will arrive from the north next | Monday. On the following day they will be taken to the top of Mount Tam- | aipais. Wednesday the party will leave | for the southern part of the State. At the reception in the Palm court Wil- jiam J. Dutton will preside. Addresses | will be made by Governor Pardees, Mayor Schmitz and others. 3250 first | Directly due to coffee in many cases. Thinle not? POSTUM 10 days in place of coffee. a Week| with | A. L. Benorft, at | Los Angeles—W. O. Frankiin, | TO HAVE TWO RECEPTIONS | now going ferward, with wires. Thais is | called * bondlnz the rails,” | not the slightest slg nisicance to it, Th | and while BONDING RAILS FOR ECONONY President Calhoun Says the Work on Sutter Car Line Is te Save Electricity COST WILL BE SLIGHT R el ! Preparation Is Also Made| Thereby for Possible Fu- ture Change in Power o Workmen in the employ of the United Railroads are connecting the new rails which the company is laying on Sut- ter street, where cable constructfon is and is neces- sary for ca 8 an electric current. The fact that the road is being con- structed for cable and not for electric operation has caused some discussion | as tc the purpose of the United Rail- roads in connecting its rails with wires, or, as it is termed, “bonding” them. President houn wa | day and asked !f there was { to be attached to the fact that werc being laid with this wire, as il .the road was in- tended for electric operation PAXTON BENEFIT SNOW MANTLES A HUCESUCCESS, ENTIRE NOATH ¢ ol L d Programme Delights a Large Audience and Fully $2000 Is Raised for the Family ARTISTS to All but Narrow Strip on Southern BEST APPEAR | CONDITIONS I}I-PROVL\'G Meteorologist Thinks That State Will Have Varying Weather Throughout Day Praise Due to Mrs. Camille| D’Arville Crellin and to Those Who Aided Her Success, artistic at every point, and in | “This is the most remarkable condition a financial way far beyond expectation, | of which I hive Xnown in tem vears' marked the ';esflmonifll condert given 10 | service a: San Franeisco,” said Professor :{"-‘5:5* 10‘:1"“‘3»:;‘:“'::‘;:“; ::;‘e‘f;j'; | McAdie vesterday in mfking his report of afternoon. Members of soclety flocked to,| LN¢ Weathef. hear the delightful programme that had | 0Wn from the Hudson Bay country is been prepared for them by Mrs. Camille | held responsible for the unusual meteor- @Arville Crellin, to whom mest of the |oloBical disturtances.” Snow has fallen credit for the tremendous success of the | throughout the northern part of the affair must be given. When the total re- | tniteq States from Pofkland, Maine, to celpts were fisured up it was found that | a fund of fully 32000 was ready to relieve | f:";;:f;gw?"fg{:“on’;:°“i,l‘:“""m§2:§ | e D asement o ™€ | northern California and even Tamalpais ORI b A AT fleme;r!:emde’h'gh teq1 | are covered Wwith a snowy mantle. The s | rains n the central and Southern parts of | Programme, selecting her numbers With & | . “srate were heavy bit Intermittent. dainty nicety. She seéursd the assistance o S = v 1n Son raneieco, ana |Hell fell In San Francisco and some of B wi g | the residents even thought they had seen woren did everything to | -1y OSSR CHER 4O ey e A “No," is nominal tirely unnece cost of b it sary for round conduit I would be necessary it the people should in the future desire to have the cars on Sutter street operated by the over | the ()(en! of saving current tle redd is rm(nr lir “Wherever place there intersection takes n amount of cu rent that pas: m the electric line | to the rails on cable road. By | bonding the ble road | it enables apes fron: the electri rried over to the next crossed by the | cable r returned to the power- trec inter- sected 5 { the bonding of the s or | road is advisable, even if | street road is never to he used as | a trolley. | o plendid | H. Strong | er, Miss Hun- | | yesterday. PUBLIC OWNERSHIP LEAGUE TO DISCUSS WATER srm’u'; B | | | Messrs. Livernash and Waicott, Dock- | weller and Weinstock Are Invited to Address the Members. The second open meeting of the Pub- Ownership League will be held at | hall of the California Academy of ces, 819 Market street, next y evening at § o'clock. The e gressman Edward J. Livernash. He will give an address on public owner- ship, with particular reference to San | Frar s water supply 2nd the diffi- | | culties encountered by the city offiglals in their endeavor to acquire the Tuol- | umne water shed. | Mr. Livernash was serving in Con- gress at the time that the application | | was made by the city officials for the { Tight to take over Hetch Hetchy Val- | ey, { 11shed facts about the Federal Govern- and he will present some unpub»] ment, local officials and the water sup- | ply for San Framscisce. A large audi- ence should greet him on Friday even- ing. The Public Ownership League an- nounces that Earle Walcott, H. Wein- stock and J. H Dockweiler will speak at subsequent meetings of the league in the hall of the California Academy of Sclences. | et S CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ASKS | THAT FRANCHISES BE GIVEN Bills Providing for Lighthouse and Revenue Vessels Are Also Fa- vored in Resolutions. Senate bills, for which Senator ge C. ‘Perkins stands as sponsor at gton, were favored by the trus- tees of the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco in quarterly meeting The first provides ior the filing in of the old quarantine sta- tion at Honolulu. The others provide for the construction of a tender for the lighthouse seryice in the San Francisco | gistrict, for construction of a revenue cutter of tk st class for use at Hono- | lulu and the construction of a tender | Fran- | for the engineers’ service in the San | Francisco district. The trustees also asked the Super- visors in resolutions to give a fran- chise to the Ocean Shore Railroad Com- pany to Twelfth and Mission streets, while safeguardireg the interests of the eity in the matter. A franc | Parkside Realty Company to enable the | 4 Witner | | | company to build a raflroad into the Parkside district was favored. e Accused of Embezzling Potatoes. W. M. Richards, commission mer- chant, 901 Post street, obtained a war- | rant from Police Judge Mogan yester- | day for the arrest of George Baker, a drayman, on a charge of felony embez- | zlement. He alleges that he gave Baker | an order on February 28 to take eighty | sacks of potatoes, valued at $80. to his store, but Baker sold them Instead of | delivering them. E Brandreth s Pills’ | Encouraged by Department of Agrical- e for the | ) | prano solo. charm the great audfence that was gath- - ercd. There was hot (oo mmich of any- |‘o°R fest in depth at Summit ¥he {hing nor too Httle, There was nothing to | D3remeter shows d raise to approximately bor o 3 evervthiie Geer e Ricl 1o normal conditions. The temperuture de- B o Tt Sy T obun. | scended to € degrees in this city and to | ot S ";e‘j“ S bur. | 3 degrees in the San Joaquim Valley. At R ee i Lt aib it ot T [Po tland, Oregon, the merciry went to | e terad abot o hetanten | nifie degrees’ Below the freexing pofnt. | | The storm has been circling over the | Hynes contributed e the whofe BE6- | £2C | the | eaat. damage was reported to the Wi reau as g result of the coid = slope for three days, but last night | indications were that it would 9| All danger gf frost is over. No! ther Bu- 2p. Pro- e scemed to appreciate most of the songs of Camille o arville, whose | Ee 1ias nof frefl Penp. i ‘?“b“"d’“‘fm | fessor McAdfe says the wind alone is re ‘;‘"’“fi“‘ i it Do o m“;“ (’; _:“ Gae | sponsible for saving the fruit crops. | St A o i ondle Cordon, e % | Colorado will receive the brunt of to- | 8 Theb. Bor-tor aeiive: e ¢'s storm aceording to the forecaster. | rnate showers and sun- | 1 = broke Into “The Honeysuckle :i:“f Alifnenis. « 1l be experienced if so hing She was dolightful and een by the meteorologists does nat e fairly clamored for more. | ed once again with another ; traneply CTop E After the Bath a :zhmglv. BRe Verse of this rollicksome *coon” th ADVERTISEMENT, IS EXTR “, m-v FAMILY pg turned a deaf ear to furrher ap- . h Kenzie Gordon sang four Scotch ngs. His first Seotch bailad caught the idience, and had he chosen he could | have sung the rest of the afternoon, such a favorite was he, The first number of the programme was o the violin, 'cello and piano b: essrs. Heller, Regensburger and Meany. n | 3 The call for “encore” was loud. Mrs. Pt taft v Aretlh Tbve song and then 5 7 | cainty summer song for her encore.|§ give the baby a gentle rub with § | 1 came next with an aria for Pond’s Extract. Strengthens the muscles, invigorates the ¥ | bedy, and wards off colds. As a positive preventative and cure for rash, chafing, irri- tation, and all skin eruptions, for bruises, burns, cuts, scalds, § | sprains, severe bleeding and every emergency, Pond’s Ex- d was followed by the Harmony basso Quartet, er of the evening will be former | Madéden, Mise Mabel oyd. Arthur Cunningham delightful as of old, and Mrs. McFar- lane, a we! known society woman of Honolulu, was tumultuousiy called for an encore after her song, “Sing. Sweet Bird.” Herman Heller rendered the second con- certo of Vieuxtemps, and Dr. Arthur Re- gensburger gave the Andante of the third concerto on the "cello. 3 | The Hawalian Glee Club completed the tract is the good old houschold § | programme with four soft, soothing mmedy. island airs. Patl Steindorff assisted Witch Haxel is not the same thing. | On analysis of sewenty samples of Witch Hazel— often c]:nd as “‘the same thing —fifty-two were shown to contain wood alcohol er formalde- throughout the programme at the plano. — e —-————— WILL PLANT PISTACHE TREES EXPERIMENTALLY IN STATE ture, C. M. Wooster Will Try ‘to Establish Important Industry. C. M. Wooster will try to establish the pistache industry in California. The hyde er both. Te avoid danger of ™ Agricultural Department at Washing- 3 L8 FAMILY ton has determined to ascertain what peisoning use can be done with the pistache nut in n ns EXTRAE this State and has been in, communica- | tion with Mr. Wooster. The immediate’ UNITED COPPER COMPANY | outcome of this Is an arrangement to Merch 12, 1006, send 10,000 pistache nut trees, natives of the Nile region, to Mr. Wooster. The directors of the United Copper Company, | Five acres will be planted to the | having zet aside the entire amount uecessary | {(“ he at San Mot Samta Clarg | for the payment of the regular dividends on the pistache a Ma B 8 preterred stock during the year 1908, have de- County, and five acres at Lindsay, Tu- | ciared from the profits of the company the reg- The value of the pistache | ular quarter'y dividend of 1% per cent and The | an_extra dividend of 15 per cent on the common stock, payahie April 30, 1906, to stock- iders of record at the close of business March 20, 1906, The stock transfer bocks of the company | cloge for the pasment of this dividend at 3 lare County. nut is from $1.25 to $1.30 a pound. nut is used in making flavors by con- fectioners and others. Mr. Wooster says that he belfeves that the experi- ment in this State will prove to be a success. 1908, and reopen at _————————— 3rs. Dakin Buys Property. Chief Syllivan and President Wreden of the Fire Commission yesterday con- summated the purchase of two flats at | | | | THE LADIES GRILL AT THE Polar Surge Brings tormst Boundaries The polar surge that came || i | morrewr (Thurs.) and Sun—All Ses COR. GRANT AVE. AND GEARY ST. As the Popular Reorganization Sale Works its way toward a successful finish the bargains grow greater and greater. The last slash at prices—due to the clos- of the corner store for the installation of the new cloak and suit department and the concentration of the stock in Nos. 31 and 33 Grant avenue—gives this sale a genuine, right- ful supremacy over all others. Now Comes the Lace Special Ecru Point Venice Festooning - -25¢, 35c and 50c Nottingham, white, 4 to 6 in. wide.15c, 20c, 25¢| yo Point de Paris Festooning, Galoons and Bands 15¢c to 35¢ CHANTILLY LACES $1.25. Black Chaal $1.00 to 5O¢ 3!.25 $2.00; $5.00'ta “.SD WHITE VALENCIERNES LACE and Allover Vnfim Bndlnp brcot-l covers, iomfly $1.10, 1.50 48c l‘b” h&hflvfl‘. RMM to Z3¢; $2.00 10 $1.00; $4.00 to BLACK CHANTILLY INSERTING, Wide Bands, Galoons and m-mss Formerly 23c, 35c, 40¢, 50c. NOW _ ... Formerly 65¢. 75, 85c, $1.00. NOW 3¢ Inserting and Budmgs Mlcm 23¢ to 12¢; 35c to 18¢; 4% to 20¢; 50c to 25¢; 75¢ to 38c; $1.00 to 50c. 50 HAND-EMBROIDERED WAIST PATTERNS . $5.00 Each Formeriy §T.30 Recently arrived and up to date in every particular. Consisting of embroidered fronts, collar and cuff bands, with sufficient ma- terial to make the waist. AJIVSI:IBH“ "szstic EVERY NIGHT THIS WZFK MATS. THURS. SAT. AND SUN. Bishop's Comedy Players in The Bold Sojer Boy. An Irish-American Military Comedy-Drama. DONALD BOWLES as LIEUTENANT ADAIR (Formerly Played by Andrew Mack) and 23c. Mat. 2Se. “Pop’* To- Seats Seats—15e, &0c Kights, Com. In., Mar. 19 EXTRA 4 Seats Ready Thursday. FAREWELL ENGAGEMENT OF NELLIE STEWART And Musgrove's Australlan Players In Sweet, Nell of Old Drury THE _ FINEST PRODUCTION _EVER BROUGHT TO THIS COUNTRY. Prices—$1.50, §1. 30c and 25¢. Thurs. “Pop™ Mat., $1 to 23, - Stars of Distinclion! MARSHALL P. WILDER; Thox. J. Keogh and Company: Sallivan and Pasquelen: Watson and Mor- risey: Lilllan Burkhart and Compa- ny, Presenting “Jessie’s Jack and Jerry™; The Four Plecolo Midgets; The Enehanted Grotto; Agmes Malr; Mile. Chester's Statue Doz, and Or- pheum Motion Pletures. Regular Matinees Every Wadnesday, Thurs- day, Saturday and Sunday. Prices—10c. e and J0c. 2 T SOLURIBIA 5o THIS AND NEXT WEEK. Nightly, focluding Sunday. Matinee Sat. 1528 Waller street for Mrs. Charles i Dakin, whose husband met his death ALACE OTEL YARDS and with FHoseman Hennessy in a fire on % | YARDS of the transport Meade recently. The Will Open for LAUGHTER. price paid for the property was $3000. LUNCH The MARCH 8. money with which the purchase was made is part of the amount secured through popular subscriptions for the families of the dead firemen. —_——— Lecture on “Florence and Venice.” - e and Venlce” will be the subject of the second illustrated travel lecture at Trinity Presbyterian Chureh, corner of Capp =and Twenty-third streets, tomarrow evening at $ o'clock. Edwin H. Hadlock. Ph.D., will be the lecturer. Mrs. F. G. Kenneth will open the evening's entertainment with a so- THURSDAY, Perfect Ventilntion. Beautityl Chandeliers. Handsome Decorations. Unsurpassed Cnisxine. Mrs, Mary Vodden was the seller. Entrance at Corner of Market and Annie Streets. Ammunition, Hunting agd Sperting Goods, rgest stock. Lowest prices. Bend tor catal HREVE & BARBER co., 73D Market st. and 521 Kearny st. AMUSEMENTS. AGADEMY OF SGIENCES HaLL Market st. between Fourth and Fifth. The Cal Prometion Committee’s ON CALIFO LECTURES ?A, Datly from 2 to & p. m. (except Bunday). m-m:nu by M-nmfln Stereonticon icws and Moving Pictures. Five Minutes After Each Lecture for Audience to Askc Questlons. | e LARtare . thare mas ST other coun- ties o h}-‘ nud at the. omnmmec: Hegdquar- ters, 25 Fer askat March h 12, ANTA CLARA COLN yn.-n(ed by M. I gx.munh mm % o 2:30 Presented by Rev. R. X. Lyncn from 200 0 & SRAIDIBGO COEN m‘ to 3:30. S TSAatN' mu'sfl bR R n—cnnahn:rol from 3:30 to 4 ’mflm‘&x EA john €. I nfla. Presented by o G Thursday, Friday o . OAKLAND RACE TRACK -;;r» ”n"“‘“.‘. THOMAS H. WILLIAMS, Presidest - PERCY W. TREAT, Secretary. 1$.3 PFRFH(.‘I’ JOHNNY | JONES 1t Jo hnny Jomes Don't Make You Smile YO GOT A MEAN_DISPOSITION. B1G. CASToBEAUTY CHORUS. Cn thelr Way West—'The Helr to the | Hoorah,”” Gerdrdy; "The Lioa and the Mouse.” PHONE S0UTH 918 Direetion B. w. BismoP t ERNEST E. ! A PAN A For TAE BLUES. CENTRAL b i PMUNE LJ&T 18 77 Corner of Eddy and Jomes Streets Belasco & Mayer, Proprietors. TONIGRT AND ALL THIS WEEK. -A'fm !‘mA" AND Im". THE CHHISTIAN — ANUsSEMENT, 00 TIVOLI EVENINGS £T 8:10 SHARP. THE TRIPLE XEJINKS OF SUCCESS, Isle of Spice EVENING PIITE!. 35e, BOe. TBe. MATINEES | SUNBAY SATURDAY and 25¢ amd 530c—NO HIGHER. 'SALE OF SEATS —FOR— KUBELIK MATINEES MARCH 21st, 234, 25th BEGINS AT SHERMAN, CLAY & CO.'S TOMORROW MORNING AT 9 O'CLOCK. CHILDREN'S MATINEE SATURDAY THE SLEEPING ’ BEAUTY AND THE BEAST | Barney Beraard, Isabelle Underwood NEXT SUNDAY MATINEE— GEO. H. PRIMROSE BIG MINSTREL COMPANTY, CHAS. P. HALL. Preprietor and Manager— BUSH SI'REET Phone Main 127. ENXJOY A GOOD LATUGH! TONISHT—ALL THIS WEEK Matinees Every Tuesday. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Wililams and Burns Present the IMPERIAL BURLESQUERS In a New Musical Comedy in 3 Acts, Entitiel | *“AN EYE OPENER" Beauty Chorus! S0, T3c. all reserved; Next— THE. AVENUE GIRLS." ALCAZAR’ 'Iol(lfi'l’—-‘ lflXEl" SAT.AND SU* . Langtry's Brilllant Comedy, MRS. DEERING'S DIVORCE e admirable a IMWIB' as any N et Rore ~—Chrontele: Sun., 25¢to NEXT MONDAY—First Time in Stock, don Chambers’ Bmotional Play, Belasco & Mayepy P-w.mn-.. Y