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The Board of Bank Commissioners re
ported yesterday that the twenty private
banks of California are all nourishing:.
Several of these Institutions have com
menced business recently. The statement
of their combined resources and liabilities
on June 30 is as follows:
. Resources — Bank premise*. $74,828 29; other
real estate. $151. SOU 80; miscellaneous stocks
and bonds, $263,378 61; loans on real estate.
$587,763 54; loans on stocks, bonds and war
rants, $48,439 25; loans on other securities,
$02,882 14; loans on personal ' security. Includ
ing overdrafts, $1,216,019 37; money on hand,
$210,113 85; due' from' banks - and bankers.
$328,30* 72; other assets, $119,683 15; total
resources. $3,068,822 28.
Liabilities — Capital paid in coin. $658,802 80;
reserve fund and profit - and - loss, $294.6.30 61:
due depositors. $1,094,332 60; due banks and
bankers. 186.473 03; other liabilities. $35,
627 34; total liabilities. $3,068,822 28.
Twenty Private Banks of California
Are Reported Flourishing by
the State Board.
BANKS ENJOY A SHABE
OF GENEBAL PROSPERITY
fair to judge any man by a game to which he is un
accustomed, and it is clear the Eastern dandies
We must take reports from Kansas as they come.
There is no use trying to go behind the returns in
that State. Perhaps, however, the college athletes
may find a way to redeem their fame by challenging
the harvest maidens toAa football match. It is not
ONLY a short time ago The Call had occasion
to note with approval the merry rush of
college men from the East to the wheat
fields of Kansas, with the intention of spending their
vacation in the merry task of harvesting the golden
grain. As the stories came to us from many sources
in the East and seemed like the beginnings of a
series of beautiful idylls, care was taken to point out
how glibly the rural papers of Kansas had taken to
combining harvest items and society gossip in one
sweet and charming mixture of business and
pleasure.
Later reports from the scene of theTiarvest festivi
ties are not so attractive as those earlier glowing:
ones. It appears that harvesting is not the jocund
task it was in the days when poets sang of it and
when it was carried on without the rush of ma
chinery. It has now become something of a hustle,
and it seems the college athletes, so far from being
able to perform it lightly and with graceful ease, are
being laid out prostrate all over the fields.
It would have been sad to learn that the. aspiring
youths had failed under any circumstances, but the
Kansas papers make bad things worse by saying that
the athletes of the East cannot even so much as
match the native girls. A Topeka report says:
"College students from Eastern States who are
working in the Kansas wheat fields have found that
they cannot keep up with the farmers' daughters
with whom they work. Several of the young men
have been compelled to stop work during the hottest
part of the day, but the girls and young women rest
only at night. Two Swedish girls in Edwards
County are said to have tired out four of the em
bryo athletes who came from New York. The girls
keep up with the binders in shocking wheat, and
the footsore young men are ; obliged to rest every
few minutes."
COLLEGE H ARVESTERS.
Special Information supplied dally to
business houses and public men by too
Press Clipping; Bureau (Allen's). 230 Cali
fornia street- Telephone- Main 10*1 •
THE. Territory of Hawaii is in the enjoyment of
a high degree of self-government. It comes
high, but the people must have it. The appro
priations for carrying on the government amount to
$28 per head of population. For the government of
150,000 people the cost is $8,423,859 49 for two years.
The income to meet this is only $4,600,000 for the
same period. To meet the budget borrowing against
future taxes is proposed, but that is simply getting
income and outgo still farther apart. A tax of $28
per capita is probably the highest . levied by any
Government in the world. When local and municipal
taxes are added, annexation appears as the greatest
luxury on earth if measured by its cost. Neither
under the monarchy nor the missionary oligarchy of
Dole did taxation come anywhere near the present
figure.
The government purchased at so high a price does
not seem to justify its cost by its quality, for it is
not a very good government. If affairs go on at the
present pace the islands are bound to go heavily in
debt. When a career of extravagance is once begun
it is difficult to arrest the pace. In Hawaii, as else
where, there are large numbers of voters who are not
materially touched by taxation, but who touch the
results of taxation beneficially to themselves. These
are appealed to by a lavish policy of expenditure,
and their votes can be counted on to continue in
power any legislators who have excessively liberal
views on public expenditure. By and by there will
be an insolvent dependency on our hands, and Uncle
Sam will have to put his hand in his pocket to pay
the bills of his youngest daughter.
Townsend's California glace- fruits and
candies. EOc a pound. In artistic fire
etched boxes. A nice present for Eastern
friends. 715 Market st, above Call bid*. •
HAWAIIAN FINANCES.
By the exercise of shrewd and patient diplomacy
the State Department has opened the door .of Man
churia to our trade. Washington should now polish
up the guns of our fighting ships as a necessary ele
meih in the splendid victory we have won and as a
wise precaution for the international rows which will
almost inevitably follow.
"WASHINGTON'. July 23.— Acting Adju
tant General Hall has been advised that
Major General Bates "Wade will relieve
Major General Georse "W. Davis of tha
command of the Division of the Philip
pines Saturday, on which day General
Davis will be placed on the retired list.
property at 521 Mission street; Margaret
McGlynn and James H. Tomkinson. his
two other children, to whom he> devises
the residue of his estate, subject to the
payment of the following: legacies: Roman
Catholic Orphan Asylum of South San
Francisco, $500; Hebrew Orphan Asylum.
$500; Protestant Orphan Asylum. $500, and
Patrick McAran, $500.
General Wade to Believe Davis.
We would urge the collectors to secure liberal
samples of all good products, and not be afraid
of quantity. The more you have of a good
thing, within reason, the better, and be sure
In your collections all products of the county
are Included. We want fruit, grain, grasses,
beans, peas, and seeds of alt kinds; all vari
eties of nuts, tame and wild; a full line of
vegetables; a full line of fibres, animal and
vegetable; samples of your wood (commercial
and ornamental); samples of your clays, lime
stone, coal, building stone, precious stones,
and other minerals; indeed everything you
produce of value.
When It Is known that the material Is col
lected and available, there Is no fear but that
ways and means will be found for getting it
to St. Louis and having It attractively In
stalled. Hence, we ask every county In Cali
fornia which expects to be represented at Bt.
Louis, and which has not already a county col
lector In the field, to take the mattor up and
provide for a collector at once.
Practical instructions to the counties of
California were sent out yesterday by the
California St. Louis Exposition Commis
sioners, over the signature of Secretary
B. B. Willis. The most important part of
the admonition is contained in a state
ment to the general effect that the coun
ties must hustle. They must employ col
lectors of samples to be" exhibited if they
wish to make a creditable showing. The
whole question of success or failure, so
say the .commissioners, depends upon the
employment of collectors. The counties
that have collectors are getting together
a lot of good material; those that have
no collectors are complaining of having
a hard time. A part of the circular of in
structions is as follows:
The California Bt. Loui» "World's Fair Com
missioners desire to Impress upon county
World's Fair commltteemen the urgent neces
sity of providing- for active and energetic
county collectors. There Is no expenditure that
can be made which will produce better re
sults finally than the employment of a first
class man. Impressing upon him the duty of
collecting liberal samples of all the material
products of his county. Of course the com
mltteemen of the different counties are well
advised an to the products of their respective
counties, and know the season when they can
be moHtf conveniently and economically secured,
and the work in hand at present is to see that
these things are got together when they can
best be had.
Our belief is that & rood man put in the
field right now, if you have not already such
I a one In the field, can do more toward In
suring a good display of the county's products
at St. Louis next year by four months' active
work than can be obtained by the same ex
penditure In any other way. You cannot rely
on voluntary effort. Such a collector should
be selected by the county JVorld's Fair com
mittee, and his work should be outlined by
them, and he sh<Ai!d be required to report to
them at least once a week, or oftener. if de
sired, so that they may know what he Is do
ing, and be prepared to replace him with a
better man If he does not do all that he ought
to do In the oremlses. .
The will of James Tomkinson, the liv
eryman, was also filed yesterday. His
estate is said to be worth $100,000. The
devisees in his will are: Alice Tomkin
son, a daughter, to whom he leaves the
The will of the late "W. B. Hooper was
also filed. He leaves his estate to the
Central Trust Company in trust for his
widow and three children. Half of tha
property is devised to the children and
half to the widow, Eleanor C. Hooper.
Albert Clayburgh, the recently deceased
hide merchant, provides in his will, filed
yesterday, that his property shall go to
his seven children, in the following pro 1 
portion: To Delia, $1200; to Stella, $1000; to
Lee H.. $1000; to Bella, Etta, Carrie and
Louis A., the residue, share and share
alike.
He explains the smallness of the three
first bequests by saying the devisees are
already provided for. He also provides
that his son, Louis H., shall carry on
his business under the direction of the
executors of the will.
The will of the late Gilbert Palache.
senior member of the firm of Newhall &
Co. and well known pioneer, who died
here recently, wag filed for probate yes
terday. He disposes of his estate, which
is estimated to be worth more than $250,
000, as follows:
To Louise K. Jordan, a sister, $1000; to
Kate A. Palache, a daughter, $1000; to T.
H. Palache, a son, $1000; to the California
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children, $500; the residence to Margery
Palache, widow of the deceased, and
Sadie and Ida Palache. his daughters.
Ida and Thomas Palache are named,
respectively, as executrix and executor of
the will.
The members of the Retail Shoo Clerks'
Association will hold their first annual
picnic and excursion at Farrfax Park
Sunday. August 2. Tha usual sports and
games will be indulged In and suitable
prizes will be awarded to the winners in
each event. A special baseball match has
been arranged between the members of
Local 410 and the members of Local 432.
The pleasure party will leave the- ferry
on the 8- o'clock boat. The f allowing- com
mittee has charge of the affair: Frank
Flaherty, chairman: Max E. LJcht, A.
Rule, F. Haley, E. A. Levy. A. L. Mohon.
R. Rosenberg-, O. E. Barron* and J. B.
Krueger.
"Will Hold First Annual Picnic.
THREE WILLS
ARE OFFERED
FOR PROBATE
URGE COUNTIES
TO HURRY WORK
ON EXHIBITS
Special Dispatch to The Call.
WOODLAND, July 23.— Henry
Bush and Miss Nora Brown
ing: were married to-day at the
residence of the bride's parents.
The young couple will spend
their honeymoon In San Francisco and in
the southern part of the State.
The bride comes of the oldest and most
widely connected families In Yolo. She Is
the fourth daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.
W. Browning, cultured, beautiful and
ranks as one of the belles of the county.
Mr. Bush Is a prominent young- mer
chant. He Is the second son of Judge E.
R. Bush, at one time Judge of the Supe
rior' Court. He Is a popular member of
the local parlor of Native Sons.
WHEN first the announcement was made
that the President had decided to call an ex
tra session of Congress in November to
consider the reciprocity treaty with Cuba and finan
cial legislation The Call predicted that the financial
issue, though placed second by the President, would
constitute virtually the whole interest in the session.
That opinion has been confirmed by the tone of pub
lic discussion since the announcement was made.
Very little has been said about the treaty, but upon
the question of financial legislation there has been
a running comment not only from the press but from
statesmen of both parties and of all sections of the
country.
Secretary Shaw on his return to Washington from
a conference with the President at Oyster Bay de
clined to be interviewed as to what the President
had said during the conference further than to con
firm the statements of Senator Lodge concerning the
extra session. He went on to intimate, however, that
in his judgment the Fooler bill as presented at the
late Congress has no chance of success owing to
the widespread objection to permitting banks to is
sue currency based upon assets. The Secretary also
expressed a conviction that the other bills before
the late Congress would share the fate of the Fowler
bill, and that something new would have to be pro
posed if there were fo be any reasonable hope of
financial legislation during the extra session.
Since the Secretary's statement there has been a
growing conviction at Washington that the Senate
committee will report a new bill substantially on
lines reported in The Call a few days ago. It will be
remembered that by the plan as outlined it is proposed
to authorize the issuance of "additional currency"
by national banks up to 25 per cent of the amount
of their capital. On this the Government would
place a tax of. say, 5 per cent per annum. Because
of this tax banks would only call for the additional
currency in time of greatest stringency— that is, inter
est on loans would have to be higher than 5 per cent
to induce a bank to go to the expense of issuing ad
ditional currency. The instant interest rates dropped
below 5 per cent this currency would retire automati
cally.
The opinion prevails in New York that the Presi
dent is keenly interested in the currency problem and
is really much more concerned for financial legisla
tion than for the Cuban treaty. Neither Senator
Lodge nor Secretary Shaw has spoken for the
President, but each has directed attention to state
ments made by him in a speech at Quincy during
his recent tour. In the course of that speech he
said: "It is well nigh universally admitted that our
currency system is wanting in elasticity; that is, the
volume does not respond to the varying needs of the
country as a whole, nor to the varying needs of
different localities. * * * Our currency laws need
such modification as will insure the parity of every
dollar coined or issued by the Government, and such
expansion and contraction of our currency as will
promptly and automatically respond to the varying
demands of commerce. Permanent increases would be
dangerous, permanent contraction ruinous; but the
needed elasticity must be brought about by provisions
which will permit both contraction and extraction as
the varying needs of the several communities and
business interests may require."
Those statements are in harmony with the opinions
of the business world, and the fact that they have
been recalled by men who have, just had a confer
ence with the President is everywhere construed as
San indirect way of informing the public of the Pres
ident's attitude toward the issue. It may then be
taken for granted that the administration, while
standing impartial as to different, measures proposed
for providing for a flexible currency, will none the
less exert all its influence to procure the enactment
of torne sort of relief measure. The outlook, in fact,
is premising. The Cuban treaty will probably oc
cupy very little time for consideration, and there
wil! thus be ample time for taking up the financial
question and settling it to the satisfaction of the
country before the regular session begins.
THE CURRENCY PROGRAMME
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BRANCH OFFICES— 527 Montgomery, coiner of Clay, open
until «:S0 o'clock. 300 Hayes, open until 0:30 o'clock. 633
McAllister, open until 9:30 o'clock. 015 Larkin, open until
8:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission, open until 10 o'clock. 2261
Market, corner Eixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 1096 Va
lencia. cz*n until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh, open until 8
o'clock. KW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, open
until » o'clock. 2200 Flllmore. open until 9 p. in.
The industrial statistics, however, are much more
interesting than those 'relating to marriage. Setting
aside children and dealing only with persons of mar
riageable age, there are upward of 1,000,000 more
women than men in Great Britain, and as a conse- i
quence a considerable number of women must of
necessity earn their own living. The statistics show
that for every twenty-nine unmarried women* who
do not support themselves by work outside the home
there are thirty-two who do. Even among married
women one out of every seven earns her living by
work outside the home.
The result of this pressure for work among women
has been a steadily enlarging field s of occupation
open to them. The summary says: "A comparison
between these returns of women's employments in
1901 and the statistics give*n in the census returm
of fifty years before shows a striking change. In
185 1 there was practically no general occupation
open for women of the middle class except teaching.
Three hundred, it is true, were druggists, and 100
were engaged in literature. Now practically the
whole range of employment outside the army, the
navy and the law is open to both sexes *klike. Seven
thousand women now work as chemists; there are
nearly 300 women undertakers, 4000 work as butchers,
and three as slaughter-women. Fifty-eight of them
are bill discounters, twelve are shepherds and one is
the feminine equivalent of a woodman."
It appears there is no work too heavy for some
women to perform. Thousands of them work at the
pit heads of the mines, many more as blacksmiths
and in other metal trades, quite a number as barge
women and a considerable number as cokeburners.
The great mass of them are of course employed in
some kind of domestic service, but the better edu
cated are rapidly making their way in all forms of
professional life and in the civil service of the Gov
ernment.
The darker side of the statistics shows that up
ward of 77,000 women are in the poorhouses and
that about 45,000 of them formerly earned their own
living in some definite employment. Of these un
fortunates one out of every three was once a do
mestic servant. The report adds: "Nearly 13,000 of
these workhouse inmates were once charwomen or
laundresses. Four of them were once artists, four
photographers, 162 worked as women teachers, and
no fewer than 624 were once sick nurses. No woman
author seems, yet to have^come to the workhouse.
There is not a single actress or woman writer among
the 2844 women in the prisons to-day. No women
teachers are in prison, although twelve male teachers
are, and no women doctors, although sixteen male
doctors are incarcerated."
Dark as are the figures showing the proportion of
failure and poverty among the women workers of
Britain, it is evident that their situation is much bet
ter than that of their predecessors. They have won
recognition in the industrial world and are getting
better wages than in former years. The pace of im
provement may be slow, but it is nevertheless steady,
and the British working woman has no reason to be'
dissatisfied with the record she has made during the
last fifty years.
A SUMMARY of facts regarding woman and
her work in Great Britain has been recently
issued by the compilers of the census of 1901
and shows a number of interesting evidences of the
progress made by women in establishing themselves
as independent factors in the industrial world. In
cidentally it also reveals by statistics that when men
marry under 20 years of age they generally marry
women older than themselves; between 20 and 25
they marry women of about their own age, but after
that they nearly always choose a woman much
younger than themselves. ,
THE BRITISH WOMAN.
One member of the "Big Four"* has been indicted
on a charge of dishonesty in connection with the
failure of the firm of'which he was the responsible
head. This probably is all the public will receive to
persuade it that American morality excludes a justifi
cation of fraud and thievery, conducted under the
mask of legitimate business methods.
In the July 15 I«m« of Printer*' In^
Geo. P. Rowell. publisher of the, American
Newspaper Directory, prints a Hat o* the
best 36 newspapers In the Unite* States.
This list includes the San Francisco Call.
RefeVence to it will show that in Mr.
Rowell's opinion advertisers desiring t*
cover tha entire Pacific Coast territory
with the smallest possible number or pa
pers can best accomplish their purpose
by the use of five dailies:
SAN FRANCISCO CAil*.
sax FRANCISCO EXAMINER.
POIITLAXD OREGON AX.
SEATTLE TIMES.
*OS AXOELB* TIMES.
California is left to The Call. Examine*
pnrt T*aa Angeles Times,
"be opinions of Mr. Rowell th. "Ltttla
Schoolmaster" of the Art of Adverti.ln|.
have been sought for years by the lead
lne advertisers of the country. It is.
therefore with special ratification The
Call acknowledges the compliment paid
to It by so eminent an authority on puo
liclty
Page 43 of Printers' Ink Is as. follows:
Three Dozen Dailies.
NEW TORK HERALD— (Morning
"NEwVoRk TIMES— <Mornl,»*rn»d
SU NEW ) YORK WORLD— (Mornin*.
E^EwS"nK 1I PO d ; rT'2l<Eve«in«).
BROOKLYN EAGLE (E^enin* w»«l
S "ROCHi3STER DEMOCRAT A^TD
CHRONICLE—^Mornins; and »««*•*>
Ul'KFALO NEWS — tlSvenina; and
'".NEWARK NEWS— (BTenln. and
Sll HHLADELPHU RECORD—(Mom
ln ?HILADELlllVA B nXETO-(ET«.
"hartfohd times— <ej« «*»*>•
PROVIDENCE JOURNAL—(Mom
ln §OSTON GLOBE— (Morning, E^en-
SPRINGFIELD BEPCDUCA5
(Mornlnc and Santoy). , . f
MANCHESTER UNION — (Morning
"BALTIMORE* NEWS— (Evening).
WASHINGTON STAR — (EvMilngV
ATLANTA JOURNAL — (Erenlng
"MEMPHIS^COMMEIiaiL APPEAL
-^^"^"V^NER^^renlng).
CINCINNATI TIMES-STAR—(E^en
lD CL*EVELAND PRESS— Opening ».
PITTSBURG PRESS— (Evening and
SU DETOOIT NEWS (Erenlng).
DETROIT TRIBUNE— (Morning ex
•'cHI^AgS^NEWS— fE^ent-*^
CHICAGO RECORD-HERALD — •
(Morntnsr and Snnday).
CHICAGO TRIBUNE — (Morning and
Sa ST. a pAUL DISPATCH— (Ereninf).
MINNEAPOLIS TRIBUNE—(Morn
'"PORTLAND M O d REG o1fl5N_aiorn- n
ln^ E \ n TTLLf d TI T MES-(E^.nlng and
Sn SA* 7) FRAXCISCO EXAMINER
(MornlDR and Sunday).
SAN FRANCISCO CALL— (Morning
""lOS^mTeLES TIMES— (Morning
and Sunday).
KANSAS CITY STAR— (Evening
and Snndar morning).
INDIANAPOLIS .\EWS— (Erenlnjy.
Geo. P. Rowell & Co.. advertising
agents, recommend advertisers to use the
dally papers axd believe the list named
above is as good a selection, so far as it
goes, as can be made.
IN the course of. its work of advertising the re
sources, industries, attractions and possibilities
of the State the California Promotion Committee
has' compiled, and published a new and timely
description of the 'State, under the title "Cali
fornia To-day." The volume comes as near
fulfilling the object aimed at as is possible
in a volume sufficiently compact to be eas
ily handled and read. , It will therefore serve as
a useful text-book in the important campaign of
education that has been undertaken to enlighten the
Eastern people with respect to California conditions.
Within the space of 192 pages the work reviews
every feature of California life from the achievements
of industry to the accomplishments of art and educa
tion. The volume is therefore fairly comprehensive,^
though of course the space <loes not admit of full
accounts and details of any particular section or
phase of life. The task of the writers has been sim
plified somewhat by the aid of artists, who have
contributed a series of photographs showing repre
sentative scenes in every section of the State. These
pictures not only ornament the work, but add to its
value as a medium of education, since they reveal
at a glance something of the beauty and the richness
of our landscapes that could not well be presented by
literary description.
The introduction to the volume justly says: "No
book of this size could do more than to satisfy in
terest in briefest detail; to point the way to knowl
edge that may be had for the asking; to refer to and
quote men whose authority in special lines is rec
ognized the world over; to give figures of Govern
ment and State officials; to tell of things from the
standpoint of the writers' experience; and last, but
above all, to present by finest reproductions of pho
tographs scenes of natural beauty, of industries, of
houses, of lands, factories, horses, cattle, dooryards,
dairies, racecourses, irrigation ditches, poultry yards,
business blocks, buildings in the chief cities, parks,
steamships, railroads, the thousand things that mean
much to one whose face is turned to the Farthest
West— all this is here attempted and accomplished in
reasonable measure."
That the work will at first impress the uninformed
Easterner as something of a glittering exaggeration
may be taken for granted. The most carefully mod
crated statement of California conditions must al
ways appear to those who are accustomed to the
lands and the climates of the East as a poetic descrip
tion of a fabled Arcadia. Still the general statements
of the work are so carefully backed up by definite
and specific facts and statistics as to reassure the
mind of any reader who gives the subject proper
thought and attention. These bear witness that if
the generalities of California life are glittering it is
because they have a right to glitter. There is no need
to attach glowing adjectives to them to adorn them.
The simplest statement of the facts, the plainest ar
ray of statistics, presents to the mind an idea of
wealth and of promise that no other land can
match.
Tlfe reader of the book is first called upon to note
that California is larger than all England and Scot
land combined; that all of New England, New York
and Pennsylvania may be "laid out in California's
giant area"; that the people who have settled
within its borders and laid the foundations of 'its
civilization are among the most progressive of Amer
icans and have achieved much not only in the way
of producing material wealth, hut in art, science and
letters.
Ample stress, too, is laid upon the important fact
that "Northern" and "Southern" California aro
geographical terms merely and do not mark any
sharp distinction of soil or climate or product; that
the olive, the orange, the fig and the prune are grown
in the northern counties as well as in the south; that
the winters of Northern are as mild as>
those of the southern section, while the southern
summers are as pleasant as those of the north.
The industrial features of the State naturally form
the chief theme of the volume, for it is designed to
bring workers and investors to the State, but other
attractions are not overlooked. In fact, as has been
stated, the work is a valuable addition to our de
scriptive literature and merits a wide circulation.
It is to be hoped the people generally will assist the
Promotion Committee in circulating it wherever it
may do pood.
FAIR BELLE OF YOLO
A SUMMERTIME BRIDE
Miss Nora Browning, Daughter of One of the
Prominent Families in the County, Weds Henry
Bush at Pretty Home of Her Parents in Woodland
knew so little about wheat fields that they did not
understand what they were going to tackle. Mean
time the Kansas girl is in her glory. It is her turn
to sound the loud cymbal and sing of victory and
joy. .
CALL IS ONE OF
THE BEST OF
NEWSPAPERS
CALIFORNIA TO-DAY.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALIj, FBIPAY, JTJLY 24, 1903.
Principals in a wedding which was held yesterday at
the woodland home op the parents of the bride, a
popular society lady of yolo county.
The doings of local society celebrities . at
Lake Tahoe. Read thla week's Wa^p. * ,
I
The enterprising but unfortunately obscure town of
Sour Lake, Tex., aching its slow way to a plane of civic
morality, has decreed that all gamblers within the
city gates must leave. Somebody must have betrayed
us and informed the Sour Lake crowd that on the
map San Francisco is a glittering Mecca for anybody
thrown out beyond the pale of decency anywhere else.
George H. Nelson, a roof tinner and con.
tractor, died In Taylor's Hospital yester
day morning from injuries caused by a
fall last Monday from the roof of a build
ing on ' the corner of Post .' and ; Franklin
streets. Nelson resided at 16X9 Thirteenth
street, Oakland. . t ¦ ;
Nelson's Injuries Fatal.
The opening of the Republican | State Convention of
Kentucky recently was characterised as spectacular.
This must have been from the Kentuckian. point of
view and in contrast to Democratic affairs of similar
import as there was not even a single murder to en
liven the proceedings nor the suggestion of a riot to
illumine the occasion. Kentucky . has fallen upon
Municipal authorities are again discussing plans
for an adequate sewer system for San Francisco and
have announced what it will cost to give the city this
all-important adjunct to good health. The' subject
has been considered so often and failure has followed
so persistently that something more definite than dis
cussion will be necessary to prove to the people that
they are to enjoy the privileges of civilized sanitation.
6
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THE LOVING HEART
Here Is Something So Truly Out of the Ordinary That It Will
Make You Gasp. The Pictures Alone Are Stunners.
Just Watch for Them in the
NEXT SUNDAY CALL
The Superfine Printing of the Best Modern Photographs Obtain*
able Is Not the Only Thing That Makes the Sunday Call
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These Features:
"THE GIRL WHO LOVES"
By "Colonel" Kate.
"WHY YOUR PHOTOS ARE BAD"
by Charles M. Taylor Jr.
"Why China Is Now Sitting Up and Taking Notice"
By a Titled Oriental Potentate, Who Is Now Paying Nearly $3000
Every Day Just for His Hotel ZUlx Alone and Making
Things Hum Generally From New York
to San Francisco.
"Ode to the Summer Girl" "The Bear In the China Shop"
By Edwin Markham. By Edgar Saltus.
And the Best Novel of the Hour, Which Shows the Cause of Ec-
centric Extravagance in the Bich, the Impudence of
Titled Foreigners and Why Americans Are
the Greatest Money-Makers
of Any Age.
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