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Gfhce-Market Street in Faw Block
NEW YORK JOURNAL.

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GREATEST ON EARTH. /"
DR.. Miles, Restorative Nervine.

Mr. r. T. Caldwell, is book keeper in
the First National Bank of Fulton, Ky.
'T was completely run down, My nerves
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and worry that | felt sure would be com
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CENTENNIAL NOTES.

At the meeting of the State Fedora
ton Convention of Women's Clubs in
Memphis, Mrs. W. d. Beard, member
of the Woman's Board, and President
of the State Federation, made neat re-
sponse to the address of welcome. Mrs,
Van Leer Kirkman, president of the
woman's board, read an admirable paper
on "Woman's Part in the Centennial, "
which was a review of the plans per-
fected wereby wamen may exhibit eyi-
dences of their skill, industry and
progress in the arts.
The treasury of the woman's board is
in good condition, there being largely
over $4,000 on hand. This will be
needed in paying the expenses of con
crosses and other expenses connected
with running the woman's building
during the centennial.
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Since the burning of the capital
building of Pennsylvania, an agitation
has been created looking toward the
removal of the capital from Harrisburg
to Philadelphia This is probably in
the interest Of the lobbyist who prob
ably thinks that the influence of John
Wanamaker's bargain counter will have
tendency to mark down the price of
the average legislator from $500 to
$149. so. Bristol Times.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-28
Convict Barker BreatheS
Free Air Once
More.
Was Arrested on His Wedding
DaNAand Convicted Of
Assault.
Governor Budd COrnn1utes His SEN
tence From Six to TWO
Months.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SACRAMENTO, Dec. Ex-Governor
Budd to-day presented Charles H.
Barker of Placer County with a holt
day greeting which will, no doubt,
stand out in the memory of Barker for
many years as his most treasured and
most memorable gift. Christmas time
brings much pleasure and plenty of
happiness, but there are few this year
than the one conveyed to-day by a
stroke Of the Governors pen.
Barker's wedding day was two
months ago. Two months ago found
Barker behind prison bars, while his
young and beautiful wife reached
through the gratings of his prison cell
and wept for the man who had been
given her by an act of law in the morn
ing and taken away by an act of law
in the afternoon.
The records Of Placer County for one
day show a marriage license, a mar
riage certificate and a penal commit
ment, on each one of which appears the
name of Barker and on two of which
can be found the name of the Justice
who united Barker in marriage at high
noon and sent him to jail before sunset
The story is a short one, and. deals
with Barker's marriage, his subsequent
celebration and the meeting later in the
afternoon with the Justice who had
tied the wedding knot in the morning
Some words passed, blow was struck
and Barker's honeymoon was over, so
far as his participation went.
Six months is long time to postpone
such an event, and a county Jail is not
the most delightful spot in the world
wherein to contemplate the prospects
of the future. But that is where
Barker would have stayed had it not
been for the communication of his SEN
tence to-day from six months TO two,
and the fine of $1,000 to $50. Bankers
petition was signed by the Justice who
had interfered with his plans for
wedding trip, and when the story of
Barker was told and the misery and
sorrow of his bride explained there
was not man in Placer or Sacra-
mento county who refused to join in
the petition which was granted by the
Governor to-day
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-28
Passing of. the Theologian
and Statesman at Santa
Barbara.
Through His Efforts the College
Of California Was Estab-
liShed.
Presided Over the First Republican
Convention Held in This
State.
Special Dispatch to The CAN.

SANTA BARBARA, Dec 27.-Samuel
Bookstaver Bell, DID, died this morn
ing at the age of so years. He was
born in Montgomery, Orange County,
n. Y, on September II, 1917. In 1915
he married Miss Sophia Walworth, a
member of Chancellor Walworth's fam
lily. While a young man he took up
the study of law and for a few years
practiced in the courts of his State
Subsequently he studied theology and
was ordained minister of the Presby-
terrain church.
In 1852 DR.. Bell left his native home,
coming to San Francisco around the
Horn in the clipper ship Trade Wind.
During this voyage the ship took fire
and the vessel and passengers were
nearly lost. A mutiny occurred as
well, and a white squall almost wreck
ed the ship.
1t was through the fundamentally
of DR.. Bell that religious college was
established at Oakland, and this be-
came the basis for the formation of the
University of California. DR.. Bell
served in both branches of the Califor-
MIA Legislature, and presided over the
first Republican convention in this
State. He was a personal and intimate
friend of Abraham Lincoln during the
Civil War.
DR.. Bell was a member of q Masonic
Lodge of Oakland.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-28
COMEDIAN DAILY
BADLY INJURED
Thrown to the Stage by the
Breaking Of Slack
Wire.
Sensational Incident During the PrOq-
ress of the Play "The Belle
Of New York"
Special Dispatch to The Gail.

BOSTON, Dec. 27.-Dan Daily, the
well-known comedian, was badly in
tured at the Park Theater tonight by
the breaking of the slack wire upon
which he was performing. Mr.. DAILY
was rendered unconscious, and is at
the Massachusetts General Hospital in
a serious condition. The surgeons at
the hospital say that he will recover in
few weeks, If nothing happens to
change his condition He has concus-
sion of the brain.
The famous comedian went on the
stage to perform his act in 1.-THE Belle
of New York" a few minutes after 8
o'clock. About 1926, while Daily was
completing one of his many funny
out warning. The audience was hor-
rified to see the performer hurled to
the floor. By a superhuman effort
DAILY managed to land on his feet with
terrible force, and then fell to the
ground on his side. Many Of the fairer
sex who were present screamed and
several tainted when they saw DAILY
unable to rise.
Several attendants were at his side In
minute. and he was carried to the
wings, where surrounded by the mem
bers of the company, the comedian was
unable to speak, and several messen-
gers we're dispatched for physicians.
When they arrived they thought Days
skull was fractured. An ambulance
was summoned and the comedian was
driven to the hoSpital
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-28
SUPERINTENDENT THE
TWELFTH FEDERAL CENSUS.
E. j. North, Secretary of the National ASso-
citation of Wool Growers, May Get
the Place.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-The Presi-
dent is considering the qualifications
of several men for the position of Di-
rector of the Twelfth Census, but as
yet has not indicated whom he may
appoint. Z. j. North of Boston, secre-
tary of the National Association of
Wool Manufacturers, who was identi-
fed with the eleventh census and is a
statistician of ability, is one of those
whose names are under consideration.
1t is understood the directors of the
National Association of Wool Manu-
facturers are 10th to relinquish the
services of Mr.. North and have indi-
Gated to him that they will make it a
financial object to him to remain with
them. Mr.. North has discussed the
matter with the President, and despite
the increased salary offered him by
the wool manufacturers it is believed
that his final acceptance of the direc-
torship Of the census hinges on the
placing of the clerical force of the CEN
sus bureau in the classified service. Mr.
North, it is understood, does not desire
in the event of his acceptance of the
position to be hampered in any man
ner by the distribution of places in his
department.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-28
WILL BE ASKED TO AMEND
INTERSTATE COMMERCE LAW.
Congress Called Upon to Give the People
Relief From Exactions and
Determinations.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-"Congress
will be called upon at this session to
amend the interstate. commerce law"
said a member of the Interstate Com
merce Commission to-day, 'as the lat
est annual report of the commission
states the first section of the interstate
commerce act declares that all rates
shall be just and reasonable, and the
third section that there shall be no dis
elimination between persons and To-
calities. The twelfth section declares
that the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion shall execute the provisions Of this
law. The report attempts to show that
the commission has not at the present
time power to secure to the people the
protection which the law contemplates
and that 1t cannot have without certain
amendments TO the law. The principal
one of these amendments would give
the commission power not to make the
rate but to supervise the rate-that is
to say, when the commission deter
mines, after full hearing, that a partic-
ular rate is reasonable it should have
the power to compel the carrier to put
in that rate for the future
This is said to be a new power for
which the commission is now asking
for the first time. In point of fact that
is not SO. The commission has always
exercised this power, upon the theory
that it possessed it under the interstate
commerce act until the United States
Supreme Court decided on the oath of
last May that the commission had no
such power"
In consequence of this decision. the
commission will be obliged to stop the
work that 1t has been doing in the past
and will be unable to grant relief in
cases which are now pending before il.
The amendments asked for are to sec
lions 6, Is and 16 of the act, but in
substance they come mainly to this one
thing-the power to supervise and cor
rect an unjust rate-and in no other
way can the people obtain any real
relief from unjust exactions and dis
ordinations
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-28
Paralysis Ends the Career
Of the w ell-KnOwn
Actor.
Made His Professional Debut
With a Stock Company
at Stockton.
Was for Many Years a Prime Favorite
With the Theater-G Going
Public.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-E. J. Buck
ley, for many years one of the best
known actors on the American stage,
died to-day at No. "A West One Hun
dred and First street. He had been
paralyzed for several years, and had
calmly awaited the end. He was 81
years old. The funeral will be held at
1:3O o'clock tomorrow afternoon, and
the interment at Calvary Cemetery.
Edward Joseph Buckley was born in
Australia, and came to America with
his parents when a child. He made
his first appearance on the stage as
an amateur in Victoria, B. c., in 1864,
in the part of William in "Black-Eyed
Susan. He became a professional
soon afterward, opening in Stockton,
Cal, in a stock company, in which
Amy Stone was the star, taking the
small part Of. Etienne in "Fanchon."
A week later he assumed the leading
role of Black Donald in THE Hidden
Hand. That same season he Joined
John McCullough's company as the
walking gentleman" When the CAL
ifornia Theater was opened in 1869, Mr.
Buckley became a member of the great
stock company that Included John Nc
Cullough, Lawrence Barrett and John
I. Raymond. He remained in San
Francisco until 1875 when he went to
Chicago, returning later to the Pacific
Coast with Hooley's Comedy Company,
in which William H. Crane was the
leading man.
Mr. Buckley was next engaged by
Tompkins &, Hill to play the principal
parts in the Boston Theater. He made
success as Captain MolineauX in
The Shaughran,' and for three years
he remained a favorite in the Hub. He
supported Mary Anderson on her first
appearance in the Fifth Avenue
Theater in New York City.
When Edward Booth and Lawrence
Barrett starred together Mr.. Buckley
success. His Mark Anthony was wide
ly commended. After William j.
Florence's death he took the part Of
Sir Lucius O'Trigger with Joseph JEFF
ferson in THE Rivals" His last pub
lie performance in New York City was
about five years ago in Nat Goodwin's
company. in THE Gold Mine"
He was great athlete and his fine
physique was known to most theater
goers. He had a stroke of paralysis
of the face while he was playing the
leading part in I'm the Ranks in
Montreal Since then he had several
strokes, and for two years he had been
absolutely helpless. Mrs. Buckley has
been a most faithful attendant at his
bedside, and she is left physically pros
trated by his death. He leaves one son
and two daughters, all members of
the profession Of which he was so dis
tinguished a member.
Critics and former associates declare
that Z. j. Buckley was in his day one
of the greatest performers of Juvenile
parts ever seen on the American stage
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-28
FEAST SUPPLIED
FOR THE POOR
How Sacramento Charity Was
Extended to the City's
INDECENT.
Nearly q Thousand Persons Dined on
Turkey Given by the Salvation
Army.
speoia! Dispatch to The Call.


SACRAMENTO, Dec. 27-That Sac
ramento takes good care of her poor
and needy there can be no doubt. Not
a single human being went hungry on
Christmas day. Better than that,
there was not a family or individual
who did not have turkey and cram
berry sauce and plum pudding. In the
basement of st. Paul's there was a
scene long to be remembered by those
who Witnessed it, and longer still by
those who participated as guests at a
Christmas dinner provided by the
people of Sacramento and arranged for
by the officers of the Salvation Army
and Rev. c. L. Mel. the pastor of st.
PaUIs Episcopal Church. Great, long
tables extended from one end of the
basement to the other, and upon these
tables We're spread a meal fit for
king.
Many a poor wayfarer Joined the
crowd which thronged beneath the
portals of St. PauPs and enjoyed re-
past that could not have been dupli-
Gated in any of the cheaper restaurants
of the town. Two tables were reserved
for women and children, and at these
the mirth Of the hungry children
air Of pauperism. The men who gath
cred there wore grateful expressions,
but We're bowed with humility, and the
women were sad. The children, how
ever, We're as joyful a lot as gathered
around any dashboard in the city.
Before night came nearly 1000 men,
women and children had enjoyed the
hospitality of Sacramento's generous
people, and went on their way with
their hearts full of gratitude toward
the soldiers of the Salvation Army.
The army folks had worked all the
night previous, and Mr. Mel said, with
a twinkle in his eye: II understand the
people living in this fashionable neigh
borhOod heard many strange noises all
night"
Il shouldn't wonder but that they
did" replied Captain Reed. I'VE sang
and prayed until the morning dawned. -
The good work by no means ceases
with the Christmas dinner" said Mr.
Mel to The Call correspondent as he
led the way to the church storeroom,
where thirty-tWo sacks of -four were
piled, besides barrels and barrels of
beans, and one locker after another
bullying with provisions for the poor.
In another room great stacks of cloth
ing were piled. In another We're toys
and children's shoes and stockings
Tonight the Salvation Army Christ
mas tree with it's loads of presents was
stripped, while every little waif in the
city received some gift and remem-
brance Of one of the brightest holiday
seasons the Capitol City has ever
known.
There are other charities busily en-
gagged in looking after the comfort and
health Of the poor. and before New
Years there will not be a family nor
an individual in Sacramento who,
worthy and entitled to aid, will not
have received it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-28
Five Million Feet Of Lunn-
Der Will Be lowed to
San Francisco.
Portland Company Does Away
With Transportation by
Steamships.
If Successful the Experiment Will
Be Repeated From Time to
Time.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

PORTLAND. Or, Dec. 27.-Portland
will send a raft containing 5000, 900 feet
of lumber to San Francisco. The enter
prise of some of her business men has
taken a new direction, and one whose
originality and daring will attract
attention over the entire country. This
is no less an undertaking than to
transport lumber from the Willamette
River to San Francisco by means of
huge RATS, the first to contain 5000 900
feet and to be 396 feet long and SO feet
wide
1t is difficult to realize the immense
quantity Of material represented by
these seven little figures, though a
comparative idea may be gained by
considering the fact that the large
ocean vessels seen in Portland's harbor
have an average capacity of little over
100000 feet. The contents of this one
raft, if cut into inch boards and laid
end to end, would make a foot walk
from New York to Chicago, with
enough over to build several houses at
each end.
The idea originated in the fertile
brain of John Poulsen of Inman, Poul-
sen & Co., whose attention was at
!
! of engaging vessels to take lumber to
San Francisco to supply the extensive
yard jointly operated in that city by
the concern of which he is a member,
and the North Pacific Lumber Com
pany, also of Portland.
Rats of piling and spars have for
several seasons past been towed from
the Columbia to the Golden Gate, but
nothing like the present undertaking
has ever been attempted. Poulsen has
drawn his designs from a scientific
standpoint, and after careful consider
alton of all the difficulties to be en-
countered, so that it will be practically
impossible for the lumber to become
dislodged Doubters will scott at the
idea of transporting lumber in such a
form, but the long years spent by the
designer in the lumber business have
included experience in rafting on East
ern rivers and lakes, as well as on the
Baltic before coming TO America,
which was of great advantage in the
present instance, though, of course, an
ocean trip of 500 miles necessitates the
strongest method of construction.
Everything is now in readiness for
the commencement of work, and it will
require several weeks to complete the
strange craft. BY the time 1t will be
ready to put to sea the weather should
be propitious, and the probability of
encOunteI1ng violent storm reduced
! to O minimum. The raft will project
very little above the surface of the
water, and this greatly increases the
/ chances of it's making a safe trip, as
the waves viii wash completely over
it, encountering little resistance, in
stead of expending their force in bat
tering 1t to pieces. This is a principle
used in the construction of the famous
whalebacks, and one which experience
| has demonstrated 70 he correct IF
seen from a distance at sea the raft
would be more likely to be classified as
a monster of the deep than as a great
/ freight carrier.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-28
BURGLAR MAXRELL'S DEATH.

QUINCY, Dec. 27.-Lowell Maxwell.
the burglar convicted of having robbed
the Wells-Fargo express office of $4,000
last October, and who slashed his alb
domen with razor yesterday with sui
cidal intent, died late last night.
Maxwells criminal career began in
1884, when he killed a man named
Rabe in saloon row in Greenville. For
this he was not entirely to blame. but
he was sent to prison for ten years.
After serving six years he was par
doned, and conducted himself well for
a time, but again started on a Grim
maj career. Fear of going back to
prison was the cause of his suicide.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-28
No Receiver for This Company.

SEATTLE, Dec. 27.-According to
newspapers received from Juneau,
Alaska, it seems that an error has
been made in reporting that the Now
ell Mining Company has been placed
in the hands of a receiver. A receiver
has been appointed for the Berners
Bay Mining and Milling Company, the
Northern Belle Gold Mining Company,
the Seward Gold Mining Company and
the Ophir Gold Mining Company,
which are practically owned by Thorn
as NOVEL; and associates. No receiver
was appointed for the Novel; Mining
Company.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-28
MILES STATION FARMER
ACCUSED or MURDER.
Charged With Having Enticed an Enemy to
His Cabin and Taken His

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Dec. Gloon
stable George Knapp to-day arrested
Charles Wilson upon the charge Of
having murdered Samuel Thurston
Wilson summoned several friends to
his cabin at Miles Station, near this
city, and told them that Thurston was
lying inside dead from wounds received
upon the head as the reSrlt of a fall
against the sharp corner of the door
The story seemed very improbable,
and as the house bore every evidence Of
q struggle an investigation was made
1t resulted in the finding of a shotgun
with a blood-stained stock. Other cir
eumstances which seemed to prove
Wilson guilty Of the murder were
found, and he was arrested.
Wilson and Thurston are known to
have exchanged bitter words over the
ownership of cabin upon a Govern
ment claim owned by the latter. Late
IN the evening the two men, both be-
ing intoxicated, went to Wilson's
house and retired. 1t is alleged that
Wilson enticed Thurston to his cabin
in order to murder him
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-28
SAILING RECORD BROKEN
BY THE SHIP GLEKcL OEA
Trip From South africa to Tacoma Com
Pieted by the Vessel in Eighty
One DAYS.

TACOMA, Dec. 27.-The four-masted
British ship Glenclova has completed
a voyage from Cape Colony to Puget
Sound in eighty-one days, breaking
all previous records from South Africa
to Pacific Coast port In conse-
Quence Captain John Low is the hap
piest skipper who has arrived here in
many days. Ordinarily 240 miles in
twenty-four hours is considered q very
good gait for sailer, but a reference
to the Glenclova's log shows that on
her banner day she skipped over the
ocean 331 miles. Following in close
succession were other single-day runs
as follows: S26 miles, 1926, 31S, S01, 295,
29O and 2SS. For thirty-one consecu-
tive days she averaged 220 miles with
every setting of the sun.
The gales were terrific, but as good
luck had it the wind came from the
right quarter, forcing the ship for
ward in her course at a sprightly pace
After passing Pitcairn Island unusu-
ally heavy northwest gales and seas
were experienced, the wind eventually
shifting into the southwest and blow
ing with great fury. The Glenclova
left Cape Town on September q. and
for eighty days, until Cape Flattery
came into view land was not sighted
In the fall of 1895 the ship Aneurus
sailed from Cape Town TO San Fran
cisco in eighty-five days, which was
it was beaten by four days by the
Glenclova, which has come 300 miles
farther. In Captain Lows cabin is
found a small conservatory of tropi-
cal plants on which thrives his pet
chameleon from Africa's shore.