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TUESDAY The San Francisco (Mil / \u25a0\u25a0 - - . • -•-•\u25a0\u25a0* ~ \u25a0 . \u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0 JOHN D. SPRECKELS. . . ...... .... . . • Proprietor CHARLES W. HO RN1CK ".....:. . . . . . . . .... Qeneral Manager ERNEST S. 51MP50N ........... • . •• • • ... Managing Editor Addrr«» All CoxaaunUcatlona to THE SAX FRAXCISCO CALL 7 Trlcphone «^Cearny SO" — A«lc for The Call. The Operator Will Connect Ton With the l>«-$»artsnent Yon Wl»k. . BUSINESS OFFICE Market and . Third Streets,- San Francisco Open Until 11 O'clock Every Night in the Year.'. 7 EDITORIAL. ROOMS •• • .Market and Third . Streets MAIN CITY BRANCH .1«S1 Plllmore Street Near Post OA.KLAXD OFFICE — 468 11th St. (Bacon Block) . .Telephone Oakland 1083 ALAMEDA OFFICE — 1435 Park Street ......Telephone Alameda; ss9 BERKELEY OFFICE — SW. Cor.- Center" and Oxford.. Telephone Berkeley 77 CHICAGO OFFICE — Marquette Elder. .C. George Krogness; Representative NEW YORK OFFICE — 30 Tribune Bldg. .S^iphen B.Smith. 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Sample Copies Will Be Forwarded When Requested. 7 - Mall subscribers In ordering changra of address should be particular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS i in order to insure a prompt and correct compliance with their request. 7 < 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 EDITORIAL PAGE 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 \u2666-- — — '"C". - ;* '\u25a0"'" "-*'.""\u25a0'. * 7."..'. '."'.'. . ;.V''.' 7 .\u25a0.-.\ :|M^ 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" , -\u25a0 /\u25a0 . \u25a0-.;\u25a0• ' -\u25a0\u25a0;.\u25a0-.• \u25a0', : •.. ' ; - ' ....-.' '"7 (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.'* : * • • ' 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. \u25a0\u25a0-.\u25a0.'• \u25a0 • ' • 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 ' \u25a0\u25a0','.:•-;\u25a0 'I.': " . •.\u25a0/.. •;_:\u25a0.•/ :/; 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 \u25a0'•\u25a0/ -\u25a0 ?• \u0084 :—:: — : — - — - — ? \u25a0\u25a0 : .. \u25a0 -'^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. "'• • . \u25a0 • -'. 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. \u0084•'\u25a0•. •»- . 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. • • •* • -- -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. \ * .•""'• -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 7". --'•'• •-.'• 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. \u25a0»\u25a0-• • 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. \u25a0.-.* . . • . 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.