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The San Francisco call., 1895-12-01
DUMAS, Fills.
BY ALICE KINGsBURY-COOLEY

So the gentle, courteous Dumas is dead ;
he who so sympathized with the unfor-
tunate that he could be truly called their
friend; he who idealized the best of them,
so that the world pi.ies now as much as
condemns.
1 have played the poor, heart-broken
Camille and can recognize what posi-
bilities for great lesson for good her
sufferings teach, could all read the lesson
Alright.
In 1889, having just com mpleted the bust
of General Robert E. Lee, wished to
make panion-piece to the bust OF
Dickens 1 had made some time before.
So l wrote to Alexander Dumas Jr.,
inclosing a notice of the bust of Lee as
my only credentials. asking for some
photographs from which to make a por-
trait bust of himself, as there was no such
work of art for sale in this country-at
least had not been fortunate enough to
see any. In due time / received a cour-
teous reply.
With this note came two portraits. one
of which is a photograph and one an en-
craving. l was exceedingly pleased to
receive them and the kind letter in which
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THAT CALAMITY.

Mr.. Editor: In last Sundays CALL there
is a communication and also diagram
showing that great calamity will likely
befall this globe in 1901; that the planets
will be in alignment with the earth on
one side, and all the other planets on the
opposite side of the sun. think they will
be as greatly scattered in 1901 as they are
now. 1t is six years to December, 1901.
At that time Mercury, Venus and Mars
will be just where they are now, or nearly
so.
Mercury makes a revolution in eighty
eight days. In six years it will make
twenty-four complete revolutions around
the sun and thirteen days on the twenty
fifth revolution. 1t will be near where it
is now.
Venus makes a revolution in eight
months. In six years it will have made
nine revolutions, and will be near where
it is now in Decem ber, 1901.
Mars makes revolution in two years.
In six years it will have made three COM
plete revolutions, and III 1901 will be near
where it is at the present time.
Jupiter makes a revolution in twelve
years. hence in six years it will be Just
opposite where it now is.
Saturn makes a revolution in little less
than thirty years, and in SIX years it will
have advanced about Seyenty-two degrees
in its orbit or the one-twenty- ninth of one
revolution of 800 degrees.
Uranus makes one revolution in eighty
four years. In six years it will have made
one-fourteenth of a revolution and will be
advanced in its orbit about twenty-four
degrees.
Neptune makes one revolution in 1875
years. In six years it will have advanced
one-twenty. seventh OF its orbit or about
thirteen degrees. How an alignment can
happen under these conditions it is not
easy to see.
Hence we conclude that there will not be
calamity of the kind indicated in 1901.
But if the alignment should happen
another question arises. Does the COM
bined attraction of these planets produce
earthquakes? It is not necessary now to
discuss this question. S. B. McCoRMIcK.
Oakdale, Stanislaus County, CAL, Nov.
27, 1895.
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F|REMEN MUST RESIGN,
Six Men Notified That Their Ser.
vices Are No Longer
Required.
Superintendent Fleming of the Tele
phone Company Is On the
Retiring List.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. !
909 Broadway, Nov. so. {

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Six designations have been demanded in
the Fire Department and no one knows
where the ak may next fall. 1t is thought
that it will not finally be sheathed until
the long-looked-for change in the head of
the department has been made.
The names of the men whose resigna-
tions were asked have not been made pub
lie, but two of the unfortunates are known
to be Superintendent Fleming of the Tele-
phone Company and John Cuddy, West
Oakland politician.
For q long time the extramen have been
neglecting their duties and drawing sala-
ries while paying small amounts to others
for running to fires. 1t has generally been
considered that the extramen in the Fire
Department are given their positions on
account of political patronage, and it
rarely, if ever happens that they attend a
fire. So notorious hrs this practice be-
come and such great expense to the city
that Mayor Davie, in one of his recent
messages 10 the Council, showed how
money could be saved by employing few
trained tiremen at regular salary and dis
charging the large crowd of extramen
who draw salaries and very few of whom
work. The Mayor stated that he had
never seen the extramen attend fire and
they were simply lot of expensive orna-
ments.
Nothing more was heard of the matter
until to-day, when it became known that
reslgnations were in order. All the men
whose designations are asked are Republi-
cans, and as it is known that the full COM
plement of extramen is TO be retained, it
is said that the purpose of the Commits
sioners Is to find places for few of their
Popullst friends.
The personnel of the Fire Commission is
the same as the Police Com mission, and as
five policemen have been discharged
within the past week and another will
probably follow next Tuesday, it is very
evident that the machine is at work, and
the next turn OF the crank is being watched
with great interest by the two depart
ments.
If the Commissioners could have agreed
the chief of the Fire Department would
have been changed months ago, but that
is only point on which Wilson and Peir-
sol cannot agree, so Chief Lawton has
lived eight months under a Populist ad-
mjnistratiOn
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they were inclos ed, but neither answered
my purpose, for needed perfect profile,
front view, and, if possible, one taken
from the back, but 1 felt great delicacy
in writing again and asking for these par.
ticular views. necess itatlng three different
sittings and the expense thereof; also fear
ing, being unknown to him, that he might
imagine some one was writing merely to
get his letters and portraits. So tried in
the different cities visited to obtain such
portraits as needed, and time passed on
without my being able to procure even one
portrait of the great dramatist.
played with the great Matilda Heron
in Camille" when she was in the height
of her power and popularity. This was in
Pixies Opera-house, Cincinnati. What an
ideal performance it was! / had COM
plete change of costume in one act, and as
/ had pretty new pink silk gown in
tended to replace my cotton with silken
hose and sport fine slippers. but taking a
little too much time in dressing l slipped
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bERKELEYS FESTIVITIES,
Junior Day Celebrated in Fitting
Style by the Class
Of 81.
Hence the Hitch" Written for the
Occasion. Presented With Col.
1ege Cast.

BERKELEY, CAL, Nov. 30.-To-dav
was Junior day at the university, and the
class of '99 celebrated it with the usual
farce. concert and promenade. The farce,
which was held this morning in Shattuck
Hall, compared somewhat favorably with
the one rendered last year, but the nom
appearance of the orchestra, and hence
the utter lack of music save the sin ging of
the '97 Glee Club, detracted much from
the success of the performance.
An opening nddress was given by Glass
President Craig, who told, after the man
ner of burlesque, of the many excel
lencies of the class, what '97 had already
done for the university and what they pro-
posed doing. When he had finished the
audience seemed at a loss to know whether
to take his remarks as joke or as if he
really meant what he said.
The play was entitled Hence the
Hitch" and was written by Miss Lena T.
Sher man and Miss Vida Redington. The
following was the cast OF characters:
Phillip Upperten, senior, James Bishop;
Charles Johke, junior, Dudley Dean; Mont
morenci S. Poone, soph., Henry Roeding;
Mary Smith. servant. Bernard Miller; VIII
liam Swaggert a senior, John Newlands
Samuel stringhnrt, junior, Clay Gooding
Margaret Montgomery, coed, Maud Sutton ;
Mrs. Ashchop, landady, Ethel OlDey; Marie
Smythe, cousin to Upperten. Agnes Herm.
In the afternoon, from until 4 o'clock,
the university band gave a concent in
Stiles Hall, at which this programme was
rendered:
March, "King Cotton" (Sousa); waltz.
"Murmur of the Breezes'' (SIoreno); cornet
solo, 1.-The Lily Polka" Casey, C. c. Davis, '38;
reyerie,. ''wayside Chapel wilson; march,
"The Honeymoon" (Rosey); barytone solo,
'Peerless" (Southwel), A. b. Anderson, '98 !;
waltz, "Visions of Paradise (BenneD; march,
'1ndependentia" {HalD.
The promenade in the gymnasium this
evening was by far the most successful
event of the day. Because of the limited
number of tickets issued the hall was not
overcrowded, as has been the case at many
Of the recent university parties, and every
thing was favorable to make it O gay affair.
Percy G. Mcdonnell served az floor mana
ger, and the reception committee was
made up of A. w. Ransome, w. l. Hupp,
n. K. Davis, N. English and W. w.
Everett.
Social Purity Meeting.
The women of Berkeley have taken up
the subject which has recently been dis
cussed by the women of San Francisco.
that OF the dangerous menaces to which
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Interesting Items From Important Points in Alameda County

part of the defense. Yesterday Detective
Charles Foster, who has also been working
up evidence against the prisoner, was sub
penaed by the defense.
An Editors Ignorance.
Editor Wilson of the colored organ, the
Elevator, was in the Police Court to-day
to be sentenced for libeling Thomas Pear
son, the City Hall gardener. The editor
hied an affidavit for a new trial, saying
that he thought, when he waived a jury,
he was merely going to have preliminary
examination, and did not understand he
was on trial. His case will be decided
next Wednesday.
Bassett Is Back.
Councilman J. NJ. Bassett returned home
to-day from Eureka. He says that sur
veyors are now at work on the proposed
new railroad from Red Bluff to the coas t
and that subscriptions are coming in at a
lively rate. He reports the prospects for
the road as being very promising and
owners along the route very generous.
Siedentopf Is Free.
W. N. Siedentopf was acquitted in Judge
Ellsworth's court last night of the last in
dictment brought against him by the
Grand Jury last year, for misappropriating &
public money. After brief argument the
case was submitted, and in a short time
the, jury agreed upon verdict OF not
guilty.
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upstairs in my stocking feet with my
"silken hosen" and pretty slippers in my
hand to see when l should be wanted, and
10, the curtain was up and the stage was
waiting for me. The callboy had forgotten
his call" Hastily dropping the silken
hose / slipped my feet In the slippers as
the comedian came to the center door and
called gruffiy:
"Come on, come on!" And / went on,
minus the city stockings and bouquet l
expected to have.
One day 1 did not go to rehearsal, as no
"caiP' for me was up. The next day the
genial Matilda said:
why were you not at rehearsal yester-
day?"
81 was not called, F" l replied.
"Well, if owned theater l would pay
You to come to every rehearsal for your
sunny face" she answered.
Now was not that kind, from the great
actress to the struggling beginner? liked
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many Young girls of to-day are submitted
They propose to hold an open mass-meet-
ing tomorrow afternoon ,at 3 o'clock in
the Trinity Methodist Church, at which
the question will be discussed. The audi
ence will be addressed by Mrs. S. C. San
ford OF the Oakland Humane Society and
also by Mrs. DIR. Kellogg Lane.
Mrs Bangs, local secretary of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
said tonight: "Our organization, as we'll
as the suffrage and political societies, have
been discussing this matter more or less
ever since the movement against the evil
was started in San Francisco. The meet
ing tomorrow will be the first public one
we have held, and we hope that out of it
will grow series OF other such meetings,
which we are very certain will be fruitful
of much good We have no concrete cases
upon which to work, but the session was
called for the purpose OF publicly express
Ing our sympathy with the great move
ment."
May Change Management.
a change OF management in the Berke-
ley Electric Lighting Companyis is pending
For some days past j. j. Mason, Berke-
ley real estate man, has been engaged IN
buying up all the shares of the company
which were on the market The shares
were originally valued at So each, but they
are now gong dU 9l. Oo III MT. mason mas
secured 1886 shares.
The assessment of 81 per share which
was levied on the stockholders some time
ago, becomes delinquent on December 10,
at which time a meeting of the directors
will be held, and in case the
men for whom Mr.. Mason has
been making the purchase of stock
succeed in obtaining a controlling
interest, it is expected that an entire reor-
ganization of the corporation will take
place. The present officers OF the com
pany are: President, W. E. Sell; vice;
president, Anson Blake; secretary and
manager, w. E. Topham; directors, G. C.
Judson, General Theodore Wagner, j
George Gardner, A. S. Blake and W. E.
Sell.
Letters Testamentary.
Mrs Mary J. Storck has applied for let
tiers testamentary upon the estate of L. C.
Storck. In his will the deceased leaves
everything to his wife, Mrs. Storck. The
estate is valued at about $1,000.
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DIR. SHORES COLUMN.
$500 PER MONTH
Is all It Costs for DR.. A. J. Shores New
Treatment for the Cure Of Catarrh and
Chronic Diseases. Why Pay More!
MEDICINES FURNISHED FREE.
This Is the Season of Year When
That Cold Needs Attention-Don't
Permit 1t to Develop Into Some-
thing More Serious.
CONSULTATION AND EXAMINATION FREE

The intermittent rains and changeable
weather of the past week have been pro-
ductive of colds, which are but forerun-
ner of more serious troubles. Most cases
of Catarrh and bronchial troubles can be
traced directly to bad cold-neglected
and allowed to take care of itself. DR.. A.
]. SHORES, the eminent specialist. is
daily in receipt of expressions of regret
from patients who have at some time con-
tracted severe colds and done nothing to
relieve them, finally awakening to reali-
zation of the fact that they have Catarrh in
one or another of its various forms. The
time for treatment is NOW, before the
trouble reaches a chronic state. DIR.
SHORES is daily curing scores of patients
who have for years suffered from Catarrh
or ot her chronic diseoses
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supposed to Be Boevitcb.

The body of an unknown man vas found by
Boatmen J. McAvoy and Michael Fay yester-
day afternoon at the foot OF Lombard street.
From the coincidence that it was without hat,
coat and shoes, it is supposed the body is til at
jumped Into the bay from Howard-street wharf
3 on the 10th inst
HoME-sEEKERs may find a home at Britain
ranch. Auction December z by McAfee Bros. >
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her, SO painted for her white camellia,
and she gave me couple of large Roman
pearls from her necklace, that wore after
ward as earrings when l, too, played
Camille" and made people weep at my
sorrow.
that Queen of Bohemia, Dora Shaw, a
beautiful poetess, but no such actress as
the Heron, whose little daughter, Bijou,
saw years afterward play Juliet with the
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The women of Berkeley have taken up
the subject which has recently been dis
cussed by the women of San Francisco,
that OF the dangerous menaces to which
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-01-23
Oh, WHAT GALL!

To the LIGHT:
Having seen several filings at the
present city administration in the
Express in reference to the dis
charge Of men averse to Mr.. FL
mendorf. l wish to make few
remarks on the attitude Of our
former mayor Mr.. Callaghan to-
ward the employees Of the city. l
do this not in defence of Mr..
Elmendorf because he may not
need any defense, what Is said of
him is perhaps the vaporings Of
some ward politician or disappoint-
ed pie hunter. But did not Mr..
Callaghan present the san o
course that Mr.. Elmendorf 8
accused Of? Was it not notori-
Gus fact that just before an cleo
ton a large force Of MeXicans,
with a sprinkling Of other nation
alities, was put to work on the
streets and in in other capacities
and their names placed on the pay
rolls until after the election and
then dropped a few at time, until
the force was reduced to normal
standard. These things were so
barefaced and of such recent &C.
currence that | almost wonder
at the cheek of these fellows.
but worse still did not the
old administration leave the
city so stranded that even
her banker would not any longer
extend them credit when an out
ragged people turned them out neck
and heels. Now, Mr.. Callagban, a.
ter credit has been restored and
100000 voted for public improve
m .nts, comes forward and offers
himself as the savior Of the city,
me only safe man to whom we
can commit the city's w, flare
Holy Moses! Did anybody ever
near of such presumption?
But the best part OF the feast
comes when Mr.. Oscar Bergstrom
criticises the present administra-
ton for not letting the sewer con
tract to tho lowest bidder. That
was rich, what we call meaty. Just
think Of the lowest bidder in our
block pavement contract and the
beautiful way in which the city
hall matter was handled Oh! but
Mr.. Callaghan and his fellow work
men done things up in fine style
and when they went out OF office
our sinking fund and in fact all
ether funds WIRE sunk.
Another thing: What has the
street improvement force to do
with paying the school teachers?
Not dollar of the school fund can
be used to pay for anything other
than the teachers, and it Is wilful
Misrepresentation to hint or say
otherwise. Let the opposition con-
fine themselves to facts and the
EImendorf crowd has nothing to
fear. SIXTH WARD.
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Many stubborn and aggravating

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its continued use ipsures an effect
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DOING BUsINE IS

At the old stand lO2 f. Commerce
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proper" and family liquor dealers.
We cater for the best Of trade and
keep the goods TO prove our claims.
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not be the one at the head of the
important contract Of building
the sewers. However the election
next month will tell.
STRANGER.
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Pensi IN certificates adjusted. Many
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Arizona republican., 1895-05-25

Now THAT the flower festivals which
have been raging in various California
towns since May Day have closed. the
world can resume its wonted course
around the sun. Newspapers, big and
little, have run largely to flower festiv-
als during the last three weeks and
their pages have been mainly orna-
mented by portraits of scores upon
scores of Queens of Festivals crowned by
popular election. The queens were pre-
suma bly, chosen with reference to their
superior beauty. Now that the festivals
are over and the queens deposed and
no longer in power we may observe
with safety and in truth that either the
newspaper artists are inferior or that
feminine beauty is at low ebb in
California. In order that next years
festivals may lack nothing of success
California should import her queens
from Phoenix.
Arizona republican., 1895-05-25

names no names. There is some
plausibility in this idea, for much that
has been mischievous in Mr.. Cleve-
lands political leadership came from
that quarter. Not little that has
been disastrous to Democracy has orig
mated in small group in the New
York Reform Club. If any circle or
syndicate of powerful thinkers is cap
able of evolving the idea that the flu
ture of American institutions depends
upon the continued presence of Mr..
Cleveland in the Executive Mansion,
this fsmall group in the New York Re-
form Club" is up to the job.
Arizona republican., 1895-05-25
BURNING QUESTION ATTUcSoN.

BURNING QUESTION AT TUCSON.
Tucson is torn asunder over an al
legged utterance by. Rev. David R.
Francis in an opera house of that city
last Sunday night, A part of the popu-
ulation say that the reverend gentle
man declared that "TScson ought to be
wiped off the face OF the earth" Others
deny that such recommendation was
made. Both sides have gone into print
about it and ahidavits and counter aft
davits cum Der the columns of the news
papers CT Tucson.
The main question seems to have
been quite overlooked. 1t may be as
sumed to get at the foundation OF
the matter that the preacher said
go. Should Tucson be wiped off
the face OF the earth? If so
the inhabitants had better begin to
make other Improvements than laying
sidewalks. If on the other hand
Tucson still deserves position
on earth so proudly and honor
ably maintained through 800 years it
really makes no difference what the
reverend gentleman said.
Arizona republican., 1895-05-25

SINCE Don NJ. Dickinson made his
''jingo" speech at Detroit the Spring
field Republican expresses surprise that
somebody has not nominated him for
president on some such platform as
this: ga fight, and an army and navy
for fight" The Republican intends
this for sarcasm, but it would be a
much more popular platform than the
Cleveland Gresham platform of sur
render and hauling down the American
flag.