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The San Francisco call., 1897-02-19
EAGER To PULL
THE TURKS BEARD
Members of the Greek Colony
Are in a Warlike
Humor.
Proud of Their King and Their
Country and Ready to Die
for Both.
A Very Large Gathering Is Exp cted
on Sunday From All Over
the Pac fc Coast

A. J. Kosta, one of the leading spirits i'll
the patriotic movement among the Greek
residents of this City, is a man who has
seen some service in various parts OF the
world. By virtue of four years connec-
ton with the United States navy, as we'll
as by birth, he is fully entitled to speak
and to act in the name of a warlike cause.
Mr.. Kosta left his native city of Athens
more than twenty years ago, and worked
for some time on board the passenger
steamers then plying between England
and the East Indies. He joined the Amer
lean corvette Tlconderoga, Captain Crom-
well, at Cape Town, few years later, and
accompanied that vessel throughout a
long voyage, in the course of which he
visited nearly every port OF consequence
in the Eastern Hemisphere. He settled
on the Pacific Coast in 1882, and has lived
here ever since, and has thrived under the
stars and stripes. Though his naval train
ing and protracted residence in the West
have made him a thorough American in
sentiment. he, like the rest of mis- country
men in this parr of the world, has not for
gotten the ties of birth, and now that the
mother country seems destined to fight
he has pledged himself to don a military
uniform, shoulder musket and hasten to
her assistance should recruits be really
needed.
1--WE were overjoyed to hear that King
George had declared his intention of COM
manding his forces in person." said Mr.
Kosta last night. at needed but that to
decide every one of US here to defend with
our blood, if need be, the integrity of our
country. l am receiving assurances of
sympathy and assistance from all
over the country-from Los Angeles
Sacramento, Fresno, Stockton, Val
lejo, San Jose, from Portland, Or,
and from Seattle, and We expect that
many of our countrymen from all these
places will be present at the banquet and
speech making on Sunday evening.
Il have also received a letter from
Honolulu, where there are about hall a
dozen Greeks, pledgi every man among
them to Join our company when called
upon"
OF the six principal speakers, who will
address the meeting on Sunday, in their
native tongue, each man has selected a
separate aspect of the subject of which to
treat. Vanvaies, for example will ex-
Benevolence Society and its connection
with the movement, while Kosta himself
will review the history of the Cretan
crisis and the attitude of the Greek Gov
ernment toward ii. p. Vrettos who
served for many years in the Greek army,
Is regarded as the probable leader OF the
prospective expedition, thou b, as yet, no
final arrangements have been made to
officer the company. The younger mem
bers OF the Greek colony can scarcely con-
tain themselves in anticipation OF the
moment when they will, tiguratively
speaking, take the Turk by the beard.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-19
BURNS MONUMENT FUND.
Enthusiastic Meeting of the Members
of the Committee-Reports
AdOpted.


There was ali enthusiastic meeting of
the Burns monument committee of the
Caledonian Club in Scottish Hall last
night.
The committee on mode of procedure
and organization appointed at the previous
meeting submitted it's report which
was read by Secret ary Y. c. Lawson and
adopted clause by clause. 1t provides
that the officers shall consist OF a presi-
dent, Vlce-presldent, treasurer and secre-
tary; that the committee shall meet in
Scottish Hall every Thursday evening at
O'Clock and eight shall constitute a
quorum.
A supplementary report was adopted
recon mmending mode of procedure toward
raising funds, as follows:
That we first receive subscriptions from the
mem oers oil the committee. That we canvass
lhe Iead1ng members of the community for
SUBSCRIPTIONS in large sums. That we then
nave SUBSCRIPTION books circulated through
out the Pacific Coast and make efforts tn secure
popular subscriptions. That the committee
arrange during the year for one or two enter
talnments in aid OF the fund said entertain
ments 10 be arranged upon large scale, and
win the hope OF realizing a very large sum of
money; Ihat tnfs committee, wnile ack-
noWleuglng the many courteous offers made,
VIII accept NO benefits rendered until after the
eelebrations directly on its own account have
been held.
ID. K: Mcneil, president of the Caledo
man Ciuo, was unanimously elected vice.
president, and the committees on mode of
procedure and additional mem Ders were
amalgamated till the additional nineteen
mem bers are selected, when the executive
committee will be appointed. These two
com mlttees consist of James McNab, John
r. Kennedy, Secretary Y. {. Lawson,
PRESIDENT Colin NJ. Boyd, Vice-President
u. X. Mcneil, and Andrew Wilkie, presi-
dent OF the st. Andrews Society. Presi-
dent Boyd was authorized to name one
more to make the JOINT committee seven.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-19
NEW TO-DAY,
That hideous and deathfv

o. a.. demon of siCkness-constipa
ton, is an easy enough thing to cure if
you take the right medicine. Constipa-
ton is one of the conmonest things in the
world. 1t is really one of the most seri-
Gus things. Fully nine-tenths of all the
ordinary sickness OF mankind is due to
this one cause. If you place an obstruc-
ton in the gutter, it will stop the flow of
water, and gradually mass of poison
Gus, putrefying matter will accumulate.
That is exactly what happens in the
digestive organs when constipation be.
gins. Poisonous matter accumulates and
is forced into the blood 1t goes all over
the body and causes all sorts of sy1np-
toms. A few of these are dizziness, flatu.
lence, heartburn, palpitation, headaches,
loss of appetite, loss of sleep, foul breath,
distress after eating, biliousness and erup-
tons of the skin. These things are ur-
pleasant, but they are not serious. The
serious things come afterward. Doctor
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are for the cure
of constipation. They are tiny, sugar
coated granules, easy to take, mild and
efficient in their action. One is gentle
laxative, two mild cathartic. There is
nothing else in the world like them.
There is nothing that takes their place.
There IS nothing just as good, " although
lelng and unsCrupulous druggists may
sometimes tell you so for their own profit.
Do you want to lose your health so that
the druggist can get rich?
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-19
will Celebrate washington's birthday

Members of the American Protective Asso-
citation Will celebrate Washington's birthday
by an entertainment and dance in the even
ing at California Hall. 4 programme has
been arranged, the main feature OF which is a.
short address by George h. Fitch NJ D.. on
The Ten Lost Tribes OF Israel" Members OF
the general committee are Messrs Bachelor
Werner and kolmer; Mrs. Annie Hubbeu
Mrs Blancn Backman and Miss Mettie Ingen-
thorn. The floor committee consists OF Mrs
Z. F. Strong, Mrs. H. l. Howard. Mrs. Anna
Crosby and Mrs Minnie Clark.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-19
steIzner's Reply to JeFries.

In reply TO statement of j. J. Jeffres which
appeared in morning paper, Jack Stelzner
says that he stands ready 10 meet Jeffries at
any time sitter three weeks from to-day in
ten-ro und bout or in a contest to finish.
Jeffries stated that Stelzner had cold feet and
has warmed up the conqueror Of Van Bus
kirk, end he now hopes for a meeting with
Jeffries when he (Stelzner) is in good physical
condition.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-19
UNIQUE COLLECTION OF DRAW
INGS.
A Large and Valuable Private CoIIec-
tion Of Advertisement Sketches to
Be Exhibited

Be Exhibited.
The rapid development of the illustra-
tive feature in modern advertising will be
shown next Friday and Saturday at free
sketch exhibit in the Easterbrook build
ing, 2024 Geary street. This exhibit has
been arranged at the suggestion of many
business men, who are anxious to study
the most effective methods of advertis-
ing. The display has been loaned and
arranged by Wilder & Co., the advertising
specialists, and will include many of their
best pen and ink drawings, with reproduc-
tions in color, and an exhibit of cuts in
different stages, from the Photographic
negative to the completed z:nco and
electrotype in everyday use. 1t will be d
very thorough exhibit OF many things not
wholly clear to business men, whose needs
have created demand for this class of
work. The exhibit will be open day and
evening, and every body is invited to
view It.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-19
Broke His Left Ler

Fritz Kayser of the Coliseum saloon, go
Market street, attempted to eject two young
men yesterday morning who refused TO pay
for pool games. During the scuffle kaysers left
leg was broken. He was taken to The Receiving
Hospital in the ambulance.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-19

THEY are peers III their profession-binding
or printing. The Myself Rollins Co., % Clay
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-19
CrOSSIlal' S Specific Mixture

WIN tnS ieIneGy persons can cure the ID selves
without the least exposure, cnange OF diet or
change in applicatio on to business. The medicine
contains nothing that Is of the least injury 10 the
q botte.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-19

JEwELRY store. and Third street, removed to
sos Kearny street,
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-19
NEW TO-DAY.
SPECIAL s
CLOSINC-OUT
SAI-E;
MACKINTOsHES
UMBRELLAS!
TO MAKE A CLEAN SWEEP
of the entire balance of our stock
of Mackintoshes and Umbrellas
they are offered TO-DAY at the
following
Predictions Reductions!
PrOdigiOlS Reductions!

At $500.
CHILDREN'S S MACKINTO SHE'S in navy
blue and mixed colors. value SO, will
be closed out at 81 each.
At $3.50.
LADIES MACKINTOSHES in navy and
black, two capes, value S., will be
closed out at So so each.
At $500.
LADIES' MACKINTOSHES, in one cape.
value $3.50, Will be closed out at S.
each.
At $3.50. A
LADIES MACKINTOSHES, I'm two
capes, in navy and black, value SO,
will be closed out at $6 so each.
At $3.50.
TAN MACKINTOSHES in two capes.
velvet collar, plaid lining, value S12 So
will be closed out a SO so each.
At $1,000.
LADIES' MACKINTOSHES, in one cape.
extra quality and finish, in navy and
black, value SIS, Will be closed out at
$40 each.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-07

The London Metropolitan Asylums
board has ma de an important report on
the use of an itoxin for the cure of
diphtheria in 1896. A comparison was
made with 1884, the year Immediately
preceding the Introduction of antitoxin,
and the one IN which the lowest NOR
tally had SO far been recorded. The
percentage Of mortality to all cases was
29.6 in 1894, and POS in 1896; in cases
of infants un der five years of age, AZ. 4
and 302 resp ectively; laryngeal cases,
$40 and 1915, and tracheo tony cases,
704 and Al o. Evidently here was grea
gain. To what extent the remedy is
responsible for bad after effects yet
remains to be demonstrated. If it can
be proved free from these, it must in
deed be reck oned, as the Board says,
of greater value in the treatment OF
diphtheria TIN an any other known rem =
edy.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-07

EARLY.

Tommy-"Who We're the early Chris
tians,' map" Psychological beings,
who got up to build the fire for their
wives" Belfast News.
Poor Lots wife turned to salt. alas!
Her fate was most unkind.
No doubt she only wished to see
How hung her skirt behind.
Kansas City World.
Mother-Now, Johnny, are you tell
ing me the truth?
Johnny--If / amt, why do you want
to make me tell another lie by asking
me such a question as that?--Boston
Transcript.
A Convincing Circumstance He is
very poor judge of human nature"
remarked Miss Cayenne thoughtfuliy.
What leads you to that concluslon?"
He has such good opinion of him
self. "-Washington Star.
The Fond Everybody says
he is such pretty baby! I'm sure the
poet was right when he said that
Heaven lies about us in our infancy !"
The Uncle (unfeeiingly)--" But he SHOULD
have added, so does everybody else. !"
Life.
Her Clever Device" Flossie didn't
have to write much of a graduating
essay" What was it?" 1T was
Whence Does the Human Soul Derive
the Remarkable Power of Investigating
External Circumstances with the Lurid
Hue of Its Own Feelings? '-Chicago
Record
How do the children Of the school
take to the idea of contributing their
pennies TO send the teacher away?'
asked the superintendent. "Oh, they
are enthusiastic over it, The farther
away the better they say replied the
assistant. Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune
Little Teddie-I guess Sister Laura
likes you pretty well, Mr. Twiddle.
Charles Twiddle-Indeed? Come now,
my little man, what makes you think
so?
Little Teddie-When Sue Dollyers
and her was talkin' about you yistady,
she just kept calm you the sweet thing
all the time. "-Cleveland Leader.
Still Greater Odds.-"How foolish!''
said the good old minister. do you
not realize that the chances are $4,000 to
l against you?"
"Of course, do" answered the young
man who had bought lottery ticket.
And yet my hopes are not half as
ridiculous as those you raised in the
hearts of the Sunday school boys when
you told them that everyone of them
had chance at the presidential chair.
Indianapolis Journal.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-07
DETROIT EDUcAroRs AGr1ArED,

The great trouble with the modern
elaborate public school systems is that
they don't teach "the three RS" as
they ought to be taught. And many of
the educators" who live on and in
the systems suffer from a strange lack
of common sense and common exper-
fence The educators" of Detroit are
just now agitated by a discussion as to
whether the children should be taught
vertical or an oblique system of pen
manship. They have been taught a
combination of the vertical and the
Spencerian systems, the result being
described as fairly symmetrical writ
ing. Now the proposition is to teach
the pure vertical. Some sound sense is
injected into the discussion by the De-
troit Journal, which asks for style of
penmanship which will insure legibility.
Ignoring entirely the argument that
the vertical system is superior for hy-
gienic reasons, because it requires q
| natural and healthfuI posture of the
child at the desk, the Journal COM
plains that the system leads to freak
penmanship and all sorts of idiosyn-
crasies in writing. 1--WE want our chill
dren to write plainly it says, $50
that what they write may be read by
| others without their assistance or the
assistance of professional decipherers.
| The system that teaches that kind of
writing is the old clerkly round-hand
style, so-called. The child that learn
| to write by that system will be able
| to transcribe on paper what he thinks
or wants to say so that it can be read
by anybody able to read writing We
! know the merit of the round hand style
| of writing from hourly contact with it
in the daily grist of copy that goes into
the newspaper hopper. While we are
perplexed, and often ingloriously de-
feated, in our attempts to read the
products offered by vertical, back
hand, and other freak penmen, the
round hand is easily read, even though
the copy be extremely unworkmanlike
and crude"
! If the children of Detroit can be
taught to write plainly their "educa-
tors" will be doing well. Much better
than they would do in teaching the
children to write vertically and blindly.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-07
FROM GLORY TO GLORY.

During the recent investigation Of the
newspapers that didn't get the fat adj
Vertisement it appeared that the poor
old charter of the City of New Haven
wasn't well treated in it's dying mo-
ments. 1t also appeared that one of
the General Statutes of the State of
Connecticut didn't receive that consid-
GRAFTON which many think is due Gen
eral Statute. But it did not appear
Connecticut had been ignored or tram
pied upon. 1t now appears that it has
remained for the Board of Finance,
which was investigating the news
papers that discovered the ill-treatment
of the charter and the lack of consid-
GRAFTON shown General Statute, to
complete the grand rounds by hitting
the Constitution of the State of Connec-
ticut in the neck. That noble old docu-
ment says in Article XIV. of the
amendments: Neither the General
Assembly nor any County, City, Bor-
ough Town or School District shall
have power to pay or grant any extra
compensation to any public officer EN-
ploye, agent or servant, or increase the
compensation of any public officer or
employe, to take effect during the con-
tinuance in office of any person whose
salary might be increased thereby, or
increase the pay or compensation of
any public contractor above the amount
specified in the contracts"
If this means what it appears to
mean it appears that when the Board
of Finance kindly voted the other eve
ming to allow extra. compensation to
two faithful and hard working janitors
for services rendered during the inves-
tigaton it didn't consider the Constitu-
ton. We know that the Constitution
doesn't amount to much among friends,
but it is fairly good joke among
friends if committee set to investigate
an alleged violation of charter and a
General Statute has knocked out the
Constitution.
We notice that no appropriation has
yet been made by the Board for peanuts
| for the skillful and efficient pilot of the
| City Hall elevator. This is unjust dis
| elimination. Five cents worth of pea
| nuts wouldn't hurt the Constitution
/ much more and we might as well be
| sheepish as lambish. We hope the ap-
| preparation for the peanuts will be
! made and then the whole affair speed
| lily closed up. If there are many more
| meetings we don't know what may
| happen to the Revised Statutes and the
/ Constitution of the United States. Per-
| haps they should be taken in until our
| folks get through thrashing around.
We can't afford to have them damaged,
| nor can we afford to make the burnt
| offering on the Green too expensive.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-07

the production Of tobacco has been as
severely and disastrously affected as
has that of sugar. He speaks Of the
suffering Of the people in nearly as
strong terms as the American consuls
use. The difficulty in getting money is
Very great and the Cnbans are repre-
scented as being all sellers and no buy
ers. Loans are impossible and even
pawn-brokers are unwilling to make
short and small loans even at ruinous
rates of interest, The troubles are in
tensifed by the / rredeemable paper
money which is all that there is on the
island for the purpose of doing bust
ness.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-07
rNArnnN.4L INNnnlNon.

In his report relating to secret or fra
ternal societies Insurance Commission
er Belts does some plain speaking, but
none too plain, as recent events have
shown. He points out that 1.-The word
fraternar may be made to cover a
mass of ignorance and fraud; and the
ease with which such societies may be
created without any deposit or capital
to guarantee the good faith or capacity
of organizers has already multiplied
the number in existence beyond stand
ing room. That many of them will
have to wind up, to the great loss of
the families of those members who have
become uninsurable, requires neither
gift of prophecy nor expert knowledge
to foresee,"
But it is true, as the Commissioner
says, that the larger and better man
aged Of the fraternal societies have rec
ognized the imperfections of their
methods and are earnestly endeavoring
to devise a system of reform. They
have difficult problem to deal with.
two solutions to the problem which
will keep the number of assessments
either to advance the basis of assess
ment to the rate for attained ages as
the graded rate at entry by an increas-
ed (double) number of assessments
TALLY approximate to the old-line re-
serve. Many notifications and COM
principles have been proposed, the most
feasible of which is attained age rates
with a partial reserve accumulation
based on age Of entry in such wise as
to limit the increase OF attained age
rate to sixty-five, and achieve a level
rate thereafter. Although the Friend
ly societies of Great Britain when con-
fronted with the same problem twenty
years ago adopted the full reserve
method as a successful way out, it is
thought that the Fraternal societies of
America are not well constructed for
the purpose of managing the enormous
| accumulations Of reserve which their
greater amount of insurance would Ill
timately require; and therefore the
weight of opinion leans towards pure
term insurance with deferred annuity
to. cut off any Increase of premium af-
ter sixty-five.
OF course there is and will be some
| opposition to the efforts made by the
| managers of the fraternal societies tc
make their insurance safe But a
change will have to be made, and made
soon, if the members of those societies
want to be safe rather than sorry.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-07

The ruin OF Cuba is the subject of a
renort made by the British consul gem
eral to LORD Salisbury, He says the
prortracted and desolating insuTection
is fast reducing the once prosperous
and importan Mt Island to a desert" He
also shows that the sugar industry is
being totally wrecked, pointing out
that while the production of sugar in
1896 was ], OO4. COO tons it was in 1896 225,-
900 tons-a loss of per cent, in one
year. Since the last date it is probable
that practic aIly almost the entire pro-
duction of sugar has been cut off, while
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-07

but having gotten herself up in a nat
ty and modest way, all the require
ments of appearances are met Bright
colors are almost too conspicuous, but
black is even worse, and now that the
weather is warm shirt waists are worn
by many riders. For a jacket to wear
over a shirt waist, new design is
shown here. 1t is boxed back and
front, slashed at the hips and finished
with stitching. In this costume it was
tan cloth, and the skirt was brown
and divided at the back only. Boots
laced to the knees, which have replac-
ed last seasons horribly wrinkling
leggings, showed below it.
Shoes for outing wear are now of
interest, and new sorts are offered.
White canvas shoes made with all the
care that would be given to leather
are suitable footwear for a duck or
white rig. White patent leather does
not wear WELL and though white leath-
ers are offered none are satisfactory
except suede, which shoe is voted I'M
suitable for outing or yacht wear.
In dress shoes last winters fancy
for high shoes finished beautifully arch
ed gracefully and buttoned so snugly
that the trim ankle seemed trimmer
than ever is repeated in satin slipper
1t fits perfectly and is so deliberately
ornamented that the becomingness of
the new footwear and its possibilities
are at once apparent. Spangled stock
ings may be snowy, but it is not nice
to wear a stocking that is not suitable
for the wash tub. A satin shoe follows
the outline of the foot as perfectly as
does a stocking, and without reproach
you may allow the shoe to be a glitter
ing twinkle of jewels and sparkles. The
cost? Oh, well, they are worth it.
E'LORETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-07

The people of Chicago vote to-day
upon the adoP ton Of the new Torrens
land-transfer act, and majority of
the votes cast will ratify or reject it.
The recent act. which was declared I'M
constitutional by the courts, was rati-
fled by a vote of eighty thousand In
the county, it having little or no oppo-
sition. The new act avoids the fatal
defect In that one, and will be operative
in any county in the State when rati-
fed by vote OF its people.