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TO KEEP OFFICIALS HONEST \
r is not Jong since a committee of amiable and public spirited
women of this city asked for a charter amendment providing
that the board of health should be made up of business men,
not physicians. The proposition was gravely, perhaps not
unnaturally, resented by a medical member of the board of super
visors. could not realize the special sanctity of." the. American
business man and he hurled back with scorn the, implicit charge
that the American professional man is incompetent/ irrelevant, and
immaterial. v
The Call c understands that there is much to-be said -for both
positions. This is chiefly a question of men, their capacity arid
their honesty. In Philadelphia — horrible example among cities!—
there was once" a board of health composed of two business men
and one retired professional man. To be specific, there was a
butcher, an undertaker and a superannuated minister of the gospel.
American history produces no more discouraging example- of
maladministration. It got so bad that it became funny:
Doubtless tliis extraordinary unicorn team of -laymen might
have been duplicated for, incapacity and graft among the profes
sional^ at least of Philadelphia, but for the present it holds the
record. There is no magic in hasty pudding legislation, no ready
relief for municipal ills, except the poker player's rule : Keep
them honest.
The collective wisdom of the League of American Municipali
ties, in session recently at Norfolk,. \ r a., devoted • much thought
to these grave problems and many of the leaguers declared their,
faith that the only way of salvation lay in the Galveston plan or
' '—the Dcs Moines plan, a modification of the same: idea of govern
ment by commission, drie municipal personage liked the : Dcs
Moihes plan best, because it retained effective power, in the hands
of the people. His ideas are worth reproduction :
A few extreme western states have within the last few years~done more
to advance the cause of better city government than ha*: been accomplished
by all the other states put together. The}-, have done this by granting to
cities the right to frame and adopt by a vote of the people a charter for
therasetves, and to have and exercise self-government. in' all matters of: a
purely local character. -While we have convicted a few. r of-the corrupt offi
cials snd an occasional political "boss," we have still failed to convict the real
criminal who is responsible for all our troubles— the bribe giver. It is : none
the less true, however, that the punishment of all 'these malefactors* will
% amount to but little until we remove the causes which brought them into ex
* i&tence 2nd render it impossible for othersHo repeat their offenses. By far
the best remedy I have yet seen suggested for these evils is* the Dcs Moines
form of city charter, which gives local self-government to our cities, makes
the people themselves responsible for the kind of government they have arid
places it within their power to correct any mistakes that- have. been made, to
recall any public official, who should not have bi;en elected, arid to initiate any
legislation which they may desire to have enacted into law. >
The speaker probably had not heard of what had been done
in San Francisco in the way of convicting the bribe givers, but
that may. pass. ' His most important idea is that any form of gov
. eminent may be good, whether by supervisors and a full set/of
municipal officials or by a commission, .provided; only we retain
the power to keep them honest by exercising,- if necessary, the recall.
It is the vice of politics that the official persuades himself, once
inducted, that the office becomes his private property, to be used
for his personal profit. \u25a0\u25a0V v ;
BONAPARTE'S LOGIC
A TTORNEY GENERAL BONAPARTE has^a vivid and cbm
l\ pelling sense of logic, as might be expected from a man; of
£~ \^ French lineage. It is the natural tendency of his mind*to
favor extreme measures. Thus he 7 told the prison con
gress, assembled in . Chicago, that society ought, in eelf-defeiise, i
to kill the habitual criminal. He argues: &£bBBk£BBBSBBM
The "habitual "criminal,". it must be remembered, is a product of modern
civilization; our. ancestors would have hanged him tor his; first. felony, or," if
by any chance he escaped this fate, he would have almost surely^ died of "sbme
of the maladies then epidemic in prisons, -while. awaiting trial for the second.
I would not have men hanged 'today for.a'triflirigtlieft, rrior, bur 'prisons dens
of filth and hotbeds of disease; but I would 4:ave' modern society fcease to'
. nourish and shelter its proved and inveterate enemies. -Some years since," in
a magazine article on^ certain defects . in our criminal ; law, I , suggested ithat
an^ attempt to commit ' a capital crime. ought to be'madfrjtself capital, -when
this should seem proper to the : trial judge,' and 'alsoV that: when a man has
been already thrice convicted of majorcrimes i upon his > conviction for • his
fourth offense of the like grade he should be /liable, again in' the 5 discretion j
of the court, to the death penalty. At the time': these: suggestions. appeared i
to grate upon thenerves of some among my critics, but}l have seen no reason
. to repent of them. . .-'.
All this is fair inference from the. axiom that the^object of
, punishment is the restraint of crime. It fails.of its purpose if it
simply- hardens the criminal in his evii>ways. Nevertheless, -Mr.
Bonaparte will riot^ be able to persuade a people of. Anglo-Saxon
or Teutonic race to convert strict logic into action. They will go
about - half way and then compromise. There is a natural; and
growing hesitation about killing any human being in cold bloods .7,
A JAPANESE PRESERVE
GONSTANT, recurrence .of trouble between . Japanese seal
poachers and v the United; States revenue cutters, in Bering
" sea calls^ attention to the anomalous and unfair* conditions
created' by the existing convention' 'or treaty between Great
Britain and this country •: on the subject of sealing. By: that con
vention British or Canadian vessels as well as those, of American
registry are prohibited, from killing seals, withinsixty miles of the
Pribiioff; islands, where; the^rookeries j and breeding '^places are situ
ated. The effect of this ; agreement isto create 'a sealing j preserve"'
I for Japanese poachers. : Under international law- they have the
'right to '; kill seals anywhere outside joi ;the,three miles from shore
liimit. : Tile treaty, therefore, gives; them exchisi veffishing- rights in
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the zone between 1 the three mile and the sixty mile limits.^ If they
were 1 content with these exclusive privileges there would be less
objection, -but they are not. /They are constantly poaching inside
the'; three mile limit •arid' sometifnes even raid the rookeries. Last
year some of the poacher's were; shot by guards on the; islands; and
this^ summer the \u25a0crews; of _• two "Japanese vessels caught in the act
of killing seals witHiri; the three 7 mile \u25a0 Jimit were ;by 7 the
revenue cutter -Manning, and; after trial before; Judge
at TValdez-were convicted and fined. : 7 7 V "
The conclusion that seems- to' be compelled by these condi
tions 'l is that "there is-:not much sense in maintaining va'"-; preserve
for Japanese poachers. . The r fur seal is 7 evidently , doomed ;to
extinction, in any event, and; .in that view 'American' and^ Canadian
sealers fought to be ,\u25a0 given an equal chance V with ;, the Japanese.' Of
course, if. the Japanese : couid; be decent about' it -they might sign
the treaty ! .that now binds Great Britain- and JtheTTJnited' States.;. >
THE \u25a0 strenuous dames of Burlirigame may be freely congratu
* lated on their enlightened resolve . to rid that • pleasant suburb'
-of: the monstrous and unsightly', billboards ; that disfigure and
• offend. .There is no reason why the mart who has things \tb
sell should be permitted to make himself a public nuisance., A
right smart tax Con the ; acreage of the * posters would fulfill "the
double purpose of making revenue and reforming . the ', manners of
advertisers'.; "7.J.." .; . ' . «_ ' 7/ : v t -" ;'
C It -is,', in any case, a worn out and thoroughly •discredited means
of publicity. .; Uncle Sam has .discovered that fact in the course of
business. There was . a time Syhen he imagined : that he; could
stimulate recruiting Tpy flosting 'the. dead walls; and hoardings with
romantic .pictures of the American man in his fighting clothes/ but
he found that - the . plan did not work. He could not persuade '" the
young American v that': the ' arm)';: or : the navy was ; any thing like .'; life
inacolored-supplcment. _.. \u25a0 : ; V: .
Secretary. T^letcalf acted on this discovery with admirable
results as far. as the navy is concerned. He , has instructed • recruit
ing officers to use fewer posters andjto make >tneir appeal i. diiefly
through the newspapers; w ! These -results are .recorded thus :; "\u25a0:
Naval ;enlistmentsjhave iricreased\in; large ; proportionis, and;the r advance
may be attributediirvery matena.l;degree to the improved;^methods of laying
bef^e the ;public the advantages^fjthenayal^semceiai
men. » ln 'July* last; for.' example, the enUstments r reached theTtotalof 1,619, fas
against 900 ;foTj the^ame^nionth^; thety ear; pr^o^s7¥IrifAugust, this: year, the
'enlistmerits; totaled. 1,702, as 'against ;1, 157 in- August, . 1906. *
I ' Metcalf is yav good business man \u25a0\u25a0' and . lie 7 knows how to get
results. His deliberate action iir this regard : and its consequences
should be considered^ by /advertisers; - \u25a0 ; - „ '-\u25a0
"Duckt" \u25a0: said : the .' mallard ; '. "here
comes 'a : hunter 1",7 7 . .*\u25a0'\u25a0-.'/ ' ':. \u25a0'..'." "
- .Incipient r«volytions 7 in .r.Cuba^haye
delayed the . taking of ' the; census." but
it is not, thought? that "they •will;se
riously affect thti "result. -7. ,;
A • man •in Oakland ; ' and ; another; in
Los Angeles .tried to suicide
I onV Sunday '< because : : - of ' 16ve7 1 affairs:
uYet' the" eugenicsVtalk ;of inar
;riage on a scientific jbasis." : "'
, A ' New York ; wife * of ;;-' 17- has; »ued
her \u25a0 husband ' of, 20 f for a;- divorce) be't
"cause" they -can 'not -agree 7as: to* what
to name the; baby^V ; 7A\name jfor?the
parents is not hard_to. find. ..\u25a0 . 7*7
Two handsome "young, Italian; ; counts
who are 7visitii{gUhis7city;assert: that
their own J* modest) fortunes > are 'i suffi
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1 EADES-^-W.*RVTo'rkvine, Cal/ James
i ; Buchanan rEades;. LL. • D.;* the
enff Ineer7". was < bornj In ',1 LawTehceblsrg','
Ind/;; May /23 F s^lß2o;fand^ died?. March j;8,
; 18S7. His paren ts7tobk]himlt6 SiT- Louis,"
iMo.^in ,1833,^a.nd*slxiyearsjlater,iwhlle
clerk ; on^a: Mississippi j riyerjlboat^he "f ih^
3 ; diving Jbell|boatJ|and|witli£lt
r engag;«d'ilnfrecoverlng:lproperty;K|and
'raisingri steamboats feunkf in ithatTriver
and its; trlbutaries'in;iß42:;?.Three; years
, later J he ;;the'; first i7 f glass
I works fwest'i' of UhV? Ohio at
St. ;Louls.\" ? lnllß6l, : /after> several : coh
.feVences.wltjii>Presideht;LihcoltV-and f his
cabinet.ih^ifqrmedraipil^lto'defendfthe'
iwesternivrivers^/and^soon^ afterward
bulH eight : ; ironclad 4 '- «t«ajrnc;r»'" c . in sipd;
Stay: in 'MoiiF. Own Back f Yard
HOW TO GET RESULTS
NOTE AND; -COMMENT
» dent foir /them, L and that they are not
7 nuntiftg] heir ewe¥: v>That|mav] be; but
• when 'Jneifessesj'gOi hunting* them ;they
• will; find that ItaliahTdiploniacy; and re
\u25a0 luctancel wilier cut Tlittle figure. 77 7 •
: L iThe \u25a0 whaling \ captain ,who ; was fcoin^
*. pelled ', to > marry- an .'Eskimo^ young
\ lady ; r whqm he had abducted will pfotpi
• • ably 7 get even V by7 ; . whaling; her v until ;
•ishe blubbers. 7.7 , 7 ! 7<- ".'"-'^ .: ". i
7. "A> beautifully.? engraved .'• and; decor
a^edfsword: haslbeenVgivcn; the'presi
dent rb^af Japanese |jwrestler.7, But : no
doub tlh^j, wtll fcoii tiriue ) to] us e the ; big
stick 7-f 6"r7; busiriessi? purposes. 7 ; 7- '",77.-.
' : Theipublic may * take; comfort out
of re fl ecti g g ". that '< the [danger , of ; s tr e et
car^accidents^will^cease as: soon;"as
the cars 7 have ? succeeded- in j smashing
each (6th"er3 into : : kindling: wood.";.' 71' V7 I V
days, v following- ;.' these'- iii ; 1 862 ; with 7 a
number ;f of 0 Ironblad^: gun X mortarV
boats, t; which" t {took J part '<_ In v^ numerous
I lmportahtfenKagernents^and; lnltheTcap"
|tureXof;Mobilejbay.^DurihK|lß67.-74^he
H^sLen&asedUnlbuildingtthe^reatrsteel
sbridgeSacross^the |MiSßlssippi * , at : St.
i Louis,'! havinsr/atltlmtltlme } th©l ldniest
'arches fand£deepest|foundati6"najof^ariyi
simllarjetructurelinlthe^world^ilri^the
\u25a0later; year" h^made'a proposition; t6 T c6ri*
JgfessjtoideepenfandtlmprovoitherchlanS 1
jnelfatfthejiriouth^of 1 -; the}Mlssisslppi
. rivef, ? g^aranteeirigrtb7se'cure rand-maintalnlaichann"el|pfjfr6rnlß!tdl3oSfeet'ibyr and-main
talnlaichann"el|pfjfr6rnlB!tdl3oSfeet'iby
rmeans(qf?jettiesTatiaXcost|of?ss,2so,ooo.'
'His^planslwerelstrio^ngrlysopposedJJ
United ; S tategT BDjsrineexfl/ j put 'conarresß
Personal Mention
'-.{ F. » X. . Casselln of Oawson Is at the
Imperlal.7 y " ,
"T. M/c Roth i Ifl . at 1 the St. James from
Pasadena.
'R. S. Roberts is at the Imperial from
Los -Angeles. - "t^^^^^^^S^^^
James Conlon is at the Grand Central
from Vallejo,
J. \u25a0 W. . Potts ot '\u25a0 Redding: Is at the
Grand Central. •• : ..\u25a0«
. Isaao < Bird, a cattleman of Merced,
Is at ] the r Dale.
i \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0- M.X 8. \u25a0 and Mrs. Duffln of Merced are
atUhe .: Majestic. "^ -.
„ K. >M. Bchoo t yof .Chicago is a - gtfeat
at : the St. James. \-"- - ""
F. W. t Oentle of Janesvllle, Wis., , is
at> the" Baltimore. /
7 W. iL. Durham of v Seattle registered
at', the ,; Jefferson -
, \ Q.i BY«- and \ Mrs. / Rlchman of Manila
are ' registered ' at , the Hamlin. . '
E. I* .^ : and^-Mrs. briscbll of
Livennore are at 'the Dorchester. "
„- Nell f D:\ Gunn ' and \u25a0 Mrs.x Gun ri "are ; at :
thej Dorchester; from Pacific J Grove.' 1 .« ;
"\u25a0\u25a0 a B. RelnhartrarrivedkCthe Jeffer- i
son yesterday.: f rom- St. Joseph,- Mo.
Al . Henshbeok and Mr«. Henshbeck
of Gridley are at the Majestic annex. ;
S.,- W. - Georgesbn, . a .banker* of
Eureka, Is a guest at the St. Francis.
'&i H. t Q.'[ Hlsdee," '*a ; ; banker of * Petal uma,
and ' Mrs. . Hisdee are » at '; the St. I James.
33. S.V Russell -of % Los Angeles and
C; H. Laumeister of ' Selby; are at the
Dale. ;7 \u25a0 :-:*' - :.'- * ' \u25a07 ' \u25a0 :; >'" ' "\u25a0' ;~; ~ ' '
-'';; Dr. : Carroll Fo3T: of the . marine • hos
pital ; service " and • Mrs." Fox < are at • the
Majestic.
i. \u0084:.O.' :\u25a0'\u25a0 L.'- Wood-ward, ; a - mining man -of
Tuscorora,- Nev., : and Mrs. :VWood ward
arejatrthe^Hamli^ H
.: Spencer : T. St. . George ; Carey, v" a
pr omlnen t "-. fruit a of : Auburn,' is
visiting > friends : at, Oakland. „
. ;Max ; sDlnkelsplei, r : a "prominent at
torney: of New,; Orleans, ' is at the Fair
mont ;. wlth_ Mrs. \u25a0 DinkelopleL
1 > H. : H. Abbott 'of London ' and : R. : Bow
man : of \u25a0 Berlin, who \u25a0 are ? tour-
Ing . CaUf ornia, are at j the Hamlin.
. tR.;T.-Haitef,;. a jminlngl engineer of
Chlcago/i who > Is ' going <to Bantan : coal
fields, P. L, is staying at the Baltimore:
C. ./ H. ;, Goddard, " ? secrotary, of- the
American 1 : t druggist Z syndioate, \ - regis
tered : yesterday at the Fairmont ; from
New;:York."v7- : ,;:--.l:.- i \u25a0\u25a0 -> ,7. './ -,
*'} David "VTassarmann, - a large 'dry
goods merchant of i'- Sacramento,-' and
Mrs. -Wassermann,\ who ;ar«- touring 1 the
state i In an automobile, are at ; the Fair
mont^MlHlHKi '
f By The(3airs jester -
- BtT; Feter--fltep ! right ov«r. there and
I get yonr.i halo.: 7 ;!":".,' " : '.''\u25a0
I Lady Shaded— Have you any Imported
ones? I couldn't think of wearlng'any
thing else. - . 7 V"
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(3AUSB EJfOUGH ( 7
r.i he«r : that Clerkley ; had : to' change
I to}: a 7cbeapl. lodging house.". |
> *^That ! so? .-;.; Boss :. cut '< his "• salary?*,' -
! 7 "No. : He went ] to^sleep In . a ; barber's
chair and was given the complete tfeat
meht." : , : :;; . -j~: • : - ': •,- ; - ,- -" ;
OP .I COURSE
- "That's 'a Plymouth rock hen,',' -' said
the j farmer's 7 .wife, ;•.; "and the other" is
a Cochin China. I1 '' : .: :
r : "Oh, "i that'B - ; th'e ;bne;.that lays \u25a0 the
China eggs -you- were' showing me the
other day," gurgled' the visitor. from the
cityX;, : ;; :: ;;7' ,7.1: \u25a0;^77-;;--. \u0084'':';;7'7 - : .- ;;'
passed a 5 bill £ authorizing ?. him to at -
!tempt|the>;imprijyement|atsthe|south*
.west ; pass \u25a0bar.^HeVbegan^work Jln'June, 1
j 1 87 &fi secured a> depthfof , f roni ?Bjto ~ ! 1 3
tf cist lint nine] months ?and|ofJ3o ' 5 feet jby
* July.1 1 87 9,3, and*! al minimum 1 depth "of 73 4
ffe«t!inTJuly^lßß44?lntlßß7, l a^few7weekß
,bef orel .his] ; death^congresa i ; passed [a! bill
ito^eriable . lilm\to' build a ship railroad
'acroßs|thelisthjnusfofiTeh"uantepec.lHe
ff eceiy ed ItheTdegreelof f Lli> D.I f romtthe
;Uniy ersltyi'of I Missouri ] in% 1 8 74 : and j the
Albert f medal of S the" Royal Socle tv "of
Arts!inllßß4',->; \''--C i .]: "'•' ; -\; ; ;: -v,-.-.
THE INSIDER
fells of terrible' sufferings of Explorer ; in
who predicted failure of Wellman's
Airs Kip: Expedition from bitter^expefience
Contiell Predicted /S.. United States' signal, service proved
:•"., Wellrnah's Failure himself a- prophet v wW~ne told The
Call correspondent in San Jose a few weeks ago that Walter Wellman would
Wot Teach; the pole this .season by alrthip. If anybody, would know what la
the best: season , to attempt a; polar expedition that one^is Sergeant Connell.
He is one of the survivors of the Greely expedition, rescued atCape Sabine.
Hewas-one of the two members of that expedUlon who-reached what was
then the farthest north. Connell, as he related his-story when he returned
here 'to i resume JUetolc^ harness in the service, was Nearly dead of starvation
\u25a0and:exkaustlon*when'the Schley relief corps found the .camp: He, by the
"way; was one of ;tliose who started with Brainard and Lockwood on their
trip ; that reached the highest latitude.
' .When the Schley .party reached Cape Sabine Connell was down,»uncon
scious- and : apparently dead.- The fallen tent pole rested' on his che3t. and,
as he* expressed it : "I was dead to the waist. , Death had me by 'the he<»
,when you gentlemen came and hauled me out by the head." I remembeA
that -Conneli had the good word for his companions: "Brave men, who kept^
up their spirits to the last. Nothing daunted them, and^they died nobly and
blamed nobody for their deaths." B^HBPSMi
' Connell related how they' passed some of the dull hours during the two
winters the. Greely party had headquarters at Lady Franklin bay. Snowahoe
races with tobacco for stakes and . wagers , were a favorite diversion, and
another, was setting a lighted' lantern 200 yards off in the dark and holding
target matches. One' of the most valued treasures was a little CTank
organette— you may. remember them, in the early_^eighties, not much more
melody than tin cans. - This helped them to keep up their knowledge of
music'aa it reeled off "John Brown's Body," "Sweet By- and By" and hymna.
said Jthe men might have acquired a lot of Intormation If they
had hot' been so cold and hungry. They used to plan about the* menus they
would eat through when they returned to civilization, and he "was quite sura
he would enjoy any kind of decent food if there were enough of It.
_ . *,• - •>»\u25a0» ' A well known school teacher, of thl3 city
SCnqOlmaamAJives came out victorious the other nlglit In an'
Footpad a Spanking encounter with a. footpad, although she had
always declared that in the event of meeting a gaspipe man she would make
no resistance, it being better, she. said, to yield up what ferfr cents a school
teacher would -have to risk- one's life. On this particular night she was
going home on "'foot and alone from a friend's house.. As she was passing
through a lonely r part , of town, an it^sal place for robbers, a voice . came
from'behind a huge pile of lumber. V "Throw upr your hands'l" said the voice.
She threw.. them . up, dropping sundry bundles, - and at the same time con
gratulating: : herself that her nerves were steady- in - spite of her perilous
position. Then the robber, stepped into sight and repeated his admonition. T£j|
school* teacher took *one look at him. Down came her hands, and she made*
a dash for the footpad. Grabbing him, - sheihrew ' him over her knee with
the dexterity born of long practice, and gave him a" tremendous spanking.
The uproar he made attracted the attention ofra policeman, who came run
nlnglto see who was being murdered. He • found , a school • teacher with an
8 year old boy across her lap, and the spanking was still in progress.* Whea
she "thought he /had enough to prevent him every again trying 'to imitate
grown' up robbers she turned him, with his mask and pistol, over to the
grinning and admiring officer. . . *
The Smart Set
MRS. \ MICHAEL O.CONNOR and
\u0084 Miss O'Connor* arrived 7in the
city Saturday "evening last and
have takena suite of. rooms at
the Fairmont* hotel, where they will
remain for the present. They were
accompanied by Mr. ; and Mrs. Charles
de - Cazotte and their little son. Mr.
Cazotte will ,be connected with the
French consulate' and s he and his wife,
who was Miss Mary O'Conbor, will make
. their,, home There . for. some years. .The
party', came : straight through from
Paris,- stopping 'only a few days in New
,York.'* :
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A wedding of interest to San Fran
ciscans was: that^of- Miss "Roberta Rob
bins,: daughter, of' Mr.: and Mrs. H. R.
Robbihs of San 1 " Francisco, to Desmond
Cosgrove of^y'sw York, ij It took place
.very, quietly; on; September 3 in "Wash
ington, _D. C.,' only, a few relatives and
intimate T friends: being -present. Mr.
and Mrs. ; Cosgrove .will ; make their
newjhome in/NewYork, but may visit
California \u25a0 In ' a"iweek or two \u25a0while^ on
their;. wedding ; Journey, y
At the new. church of. Notre.Dame In
Bush i sjtreet - Miss , Amalle, Dumont arfd
Mr.'Marcel Tanron .will ; be quietly mar
ried Saturday , evening at - 8 \ o'clock.
Miss 1 Dumont, iwho: has . lived for the
'past 1 year t in% San? Rafael, will ; be at
tended ; Miss! Almee .Du
mont,7 as- ma^of: honor, and by Miss
Fellcle TanronTis bridesmaid. - Mr.,Tan
ron > is ; well.k nown In - batikin s " circles
here,*; and after '*^ their marriage :the
young/ oouple ; wfir make their home in
San Francisco.
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Sunday.next Miss. Ellen O'Sulllvan
will leave- San, Francisco for Los . An
geles, where "\u25a0 she .; plans to spend three
weeks . with r, her :' sister. .-' Mrs. , , Patrick
Bolarid, before starting /or. a year's
travel-! in Europe. '• She .will be Joined
in New York -.by ; Miss Mary Grant, who
will '\u25a0 sail . for ' Italy about the* middle" of
November. , '- \u25a0 ', \u25a0 s \u25a0 '
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:/; Mrs. Milton Latham lJrias secured an
apartment' at "the Alta Loma in Pa
clflclavenuer wljereshe .will be" tor the
winter '* and spring. V r
Dr. rand 7 Mrs.- George Harker,:',who
have been : ; traveling;- in the eastern
states ; and : Canada ; for some months,
left New York for Italy about a month
ago and ; are [now.: ' staying with .- the
Chester .Bailey Fernalds Vln'vthe flat
ter's i. villa" oh v the JRoinan . road. They
do", not f expect %to return ; to - California
until late In the spring.'T
; After'a Jlong illness: in Tthe" Adler
sanitorium, Miss '\u25a0 Margaret' Mcc is con-"
vaiescent, and ..will return this week <. to
her home In San -Rafael. ";•
There 7 will be . a . combined i hop and
bridge J. party v- ( at ."Mare .island : Friday
evening; in s honor.^ of -Admiral / and Mrs.
Lyons, • whose , ; approaching i departure • is
generally^ regretted at 7the»,yard. Sat
urday, night Dr. and Mrs. Anderson will
entertain about 60 guests at cards, also
:in7 Galif cw^riia
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-'^Th'.C^e^^'^otioa ccminitte6>ixed the^oUo^ing to its ««ten» bur^u la »,w
York yesterday: > '.y, : \u25a0\u25a0 i . „ a
. California temperatures for tlte.Uat 24 hours:
.JiureKa :...._...-. ...Hiaimam' 54.... ..Haziaont SS
. s *?v Fr * Il <*! C0 .•;....\u25a0;".....\u25a0..... *"..:..;'.J«a1aittm .^.liKisiinum 89
>\u25a0 AT- Btla ' ? ! ?f- 0--V0 --V ' ••••;•-•'- • •-•••• •'• v • J7. . . .JOalmam 56. V . . i.Jlwtimam 70
;,\u25a0.": Duties on Voi<i. received itjthe custom house to Saa' Francisco durias" thi week,
$146,637.37. ; .\u25a0 '
.The Fresno rrower* «a experisMing" a remariaWq success -with: the Thompson »»ed!«s«
Srapss..«hipi»d now /orthe first ; time to cistern "points"". ' The~jr*s« airiTai in tood *<xmdi- r
t fcs-***;,*! 1 »S» I .tki slower from |2,000 to 55.0C0 a f c»rlo*d " more than tlw Xihfii,' which
have. hejretof ore been the shipping 'jrape^ • ~ '
Thi heavy steel t ranie of the Schroth Iraildinj ~< *t " Stockton str«et and XTaion Square
avenue;;Ban _ FrancUco^nnishW.^This isa 10 stoi^ clas»;A ; Jtractnr«," wi a frouad ; sit* \u25a0
60x70.-, It willbe faced with tsrrVcotta "'and the cost will oe $300,000.. .
There are 1,000 toaa of "steel in. this franTe^-400 more'thaa in7the average VtruotHrw'o*
its siie. This extra weight is with a yiewto, adding *ei»ht •"more stories at a later tim*.
OCTOBER 1,1907;
in honor of -the commandant and his
wife.' Admiral Swinburne I was host
on Sunday-last at ; a farewell luncheon
on the naffsh f p''Charle'stbn,,:hi3 guests
being . eight . in number , and including
Admiral and Mrs; Lyon, Captain and
Mrs. Underwood, Miss Margaret Thomp
son and some of the officer* of the
. Charleston.
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Genuine sorrow Is" felt by a wide cir
cle of friends over the suSden death of
Mrs.; Arthur Cheseborough. which took
place ,in Ross Valley last Saturday.
.Although Mrs. Cheseborough's .health
had been In a grave condition for ions'
time, nothing Immediate was feared.'
and- the news of her death 'came as .a
shock. Her rare personality and charm
had won her, many, close. friends.
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News come from London of tha syi
rival there of Mr. and * Mri Charle*
Shainwald, who left San Trandsco
about a year '< ago. They will spend
several weeks at, the" English capital
and afterwards plan a leisurely tour of
southern "Europe, Spain. Italy and Por
tugal, spending the late winter and
spring with friends near the Nile.
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-After a stay of three weeks In the
; lake country, Brigadier General and
Mrs.Funston and their two boys have
returned to San Francisco.'
BBSB^^' * * ' •
Mrs. Herman Powers and
Ml3s Ruth Powers will leave San Rafael
today and go to Detroit,* .where they
will be the guests of Mrs. Edward R.
Chapman, who was Miss Katharlno
Powers. Mrs. Powers will spend . the
winter with her daughter, but Miss
Ruth will go \on to »N-ew York, where
she is to study music for a year or two.
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-The first meeting of the Monday •
Night skating club, under the manage
ment of Mrs. ,Ynez Shorb White, will
take place at the . Collsenm rink In
Baker street next Monday night
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A change of plana will bring Miss
Marie Christine de Guigne back to Cal
ifornia early In November,' and society
folk.here are, rejoicing.. that v she is to
be here this winter , after nearly a
year's absence. She has been with her
while in Paris, and !t Is probabla
that the Viscount- and Vlscomtesse de
Tristan will return with her to Cal
ifornia.; Mr. and Mrs. John Parrott and*
the: Misses Parrott are in Parla also 1
and M^s." Parrott's health- is reported '
as being much Improved by her, trip.
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Mm. Henry ciarence Breeden left
Santa Barbara n tow days ago In her
motor .car, with which she-has been
touring. some of the prettiest parts of
southern California. . She was joined at
Paso Robles by Mr. Breeden,' from
where they went to Hotel del Monte.
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A recent arrival here was Miss Lilly
McCalla, who has been spending the
summer ; with ;. relatives : on . the eastern
She went -to her parents, '\u25a0« Ad-.
miral and Mrs. McCalla, In Santa Bar
• bara for a few 'days, but is . no w in this
I city, where she Is staying -with -friends.