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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14
ST. MARY'S PARK.

= AGER the people are in this year of small
crops and taxes to avoid any increase Of
- municipal taxation, there will be universal ap-
proval of the action of the Board of Supervisors in
appropriatng $4,000 for the purpose of assisting in
the work OF transforming the haunt Of vice bounded
by California, Dupont, Pine street and St. Marys
place into public park. Indeed there would have
been serious objection had the appropriation been
made for the entire $Iooooo which is estimated to be
the sum required for the accomplishment of the work
The proverbial feat of making the desert blossom
the rose is nothing in comparison with the task
now undertaken in so many cities of transforming
slums into gardens where the residents of the neigh
borhood find pure air and sweet odors instead of
vice and atmosphere laden with germs of disease
1t is fitting that San Francisco should follow the
example OF older cities in this respect, for young
it is there have already grown up within its confines
many localities as subversve of public morals and as
dangerous to public health as the worst pureus of
the great cities of the East.
By reason of the location the dens of vice on the
site of the proposed park have long been among the
most offensive in the city From that position the
profigate and women who resorted to it Haunted
their debauchery and ubrcity in the very eyes of
ciety and of the churches. For time it almost
impossible for any one to attend St. Mary's Church
without having the eyes insuted by the disgraceful
scenes of the neighborhood on the opposite side of
the street. and residents of the select district along the
summit of California Hill were compelled to pass by
the disreputabe quarter the way and from their
homes and the stores and Offices of Kearny and
Montgomery streets.
For the benefits to be derived from the. improve
ment of the locality the thanks of the public due
to the members of St Marys Park Association, who,
after having begun what considered forlorn
hope conducted the struggle with treess energy and
after much expense of time labor and money have
now reached point from which they can see victory
in sight In what remains of their work to be done
they should have the earnest support of all good citi
that the desired end may be speedily attained
and St Marys Park take its place among the beauties
and attractions of the city
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14
MISS FLOODS MUNIFICENCE.

M ISIS CORA JANE FLOOD has given to the
University of California, unattended by ham
pering conditions, property worth at moderate
estimate $4,000, ooo The donor provides only that
the magnificent country seat and the area Immediately
around shall be kept in good order for fifty years
and the income devoted to some form of commercial
education.
In the presence of such individual generosity there
comes to the people of this State of gratitude
so profound as to be difficult of expression Miss
Flood could not have performed any act certain
to give her a lasting place in public esteem. There
must be satisfaction in knowing that the benefits be-
slowed will be immediate, and that they will extend
on and on past the lives Of the present generation
That the University of California is destined to be
one of the few great educational institutions of this
country is an assured fact. Already its standing is
recognized its influence widely felt and in point of at
tendance it has attained dignity. Among its in
structors are educators whose fame is not bound by
the limits of the Union.
That money is necessary to the development of
such university is plain proposition. The larger
its funds the more will broaden its sphere of useful
ness 1t can erect better buildings obtain per-
ent. So gift like that of Miss Flood cannot be
measured in dollars
1t is notable that the greatest benefactors of
the university in this material way should be women
The lberaty of Mrs Hearst has given promise that
the university in the future shall be housed in man
ner BETTING a great university To this she has
freely dedicated millions and now comes the sec
ond enormous gift and from a woman
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14
ADJUSTMENTS

Colunbia-"A Milk White Flag"
Baldwu-"Macbeth."
Alcazar-"A Tragedy and 1.-THE First Born"
Morosco's-"The Land OF the Living
Tivoli-" Carmen"
Orpheum- Vaudeville
New Comedy Theater-" woman's Wit"
Alhsmors, Eddy and Jones streets-Vaudevtlle-
The Chutes-Zoo, Vaudeville and Spanish Bull Fight
Oympia-Corner Mason and Eddy neutrality-suspicious.
kutro's Baths-Swimming
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14

Trunks, valises, ladies' pocketbooks, let
ter and card cases, alligator bags, travel
ing sets, lap tablets and Mexican carved
leather goods for fall trade have arrived
and are now on sale. Playing cards,
lowest prices. Sanborn. Vail 81 Co.. TAI
Market street
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14

CHARLIE REED. B. P, City. Char
lie Reed, the minstrel, did for time ap-
pear at the Adelphia on California street
near kearny
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14
"Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup"

Has been used over fifty years by millions of
mothers for their children while Teething with
perfect success 1t soothes the child, softens
the gums, allays Pain cures Wind Collie reg
ulates the Bowels and is the best remedy for
Diarrhoeas, whether arising from teething or
other causes. For sale by Druggists in every
part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs.
Winslows Soothing Syrup. 25c a bottle.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14

BUYING A DISCHARGE Subscriber
City. Under certain conditions an enlisted
man in the regular army can purchase his
discharge from the service.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14

Special information supplied daily to
business houses and public men by the
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), $40 Mont
gomery street. Telephone Main 1912.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14

Hunters complain that there is certain deer in
the hills this who has habit of hornng the
insides out OF their valuable dogs The hunters do
not to reflect that the deer never invited their
dogs to be there. The deer has perfect right to
fare.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14

TRANSFORMATIONS, City. The rec
ord of shipwrecks and of disasters fail
to show that there was an explosion on
the Senator-on the Mexican coast fifteen
or twenty years ago.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

BRET HARTE-E., City. Bret Hartt
severed his connection with the Overland
Monthly in San Francisco to go East II
1871
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14

To bleach clothes white as snow, the
best agent is sunshine, and the most eff
cient drying ground a grass lawn.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14

The Examiner seems unduly excited over the find
ing of human arm in the water The grewsome
remnant is not an indication of crime, but it does
prove that medical student can be indecently lazy
when the time has come for disposing of Subject y
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14

EXPERIENCE IS THE BEST TEACHER.
Use Ackers English Remedy in any case of
coughs colds or Group. Should 1t fail to give
Immediate relief money refunded. At No Per-
centage Pharmacy.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14

The good work which TREY L. Ford did in Wash
ington for the Miners Association is being remem-
bered in his favor now.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14

You will find the latest things in wall
paper at Clark's. 653 Market street.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14

THOSE who seek relief from pain and weakness
should use PARKERs GINGER TONIC.
PARKERs HAIR BALsAM never falls to please.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14

In all probability the slayer of the Empress of Aus
tria will live long enough in solitary confinement to
wish than once that the law had been kind
enough to permit him to be hanged.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14

HOTEL DEL CORONADo-Take advantage
of the round-trip tickets. Now only $50 by
steamship, including fifteen days board at
hotel: longer stay 50 so per day. Apply at
New Montgomery street, San Francisco
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14

Some of the soldiers who have been stationed here
for months evidently beginning to spoil for a
fight
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14

At Bath a commercial traveller named
Lock has been fined Ell and costs for
employing two men to cut off the tail
of his fox terrier pup.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14

Several men have lately been guilty of driving
horses to death. A man who will be guilty of such a
crime is brute fool. Happily there are still
iails and asylums, not all of them overcrowded
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14

Only the best for the best only. Among the
Barrels, S63 Market st.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14

Probably when Admiral Cervera reaches Spain with
his good opinion of Americans he will have to recant
or submit to court-martial
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14

Mrs Botkin describes some of the people who visit
her "pettcoated pests" Concerning certain acts
OF the woman there may be question, but, as judge
of human nature and an adept at expression she
seems to be all right.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14

French Ministers are threatening to resign. If
their object is to strike genuine terror let them
threaten not to resign.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14

The secretary of the State Board Of Horticulture
and an Under Sheriff at Sacramento have been ar
rested for fast driving. There is faacous theory
that officials have certain privileges not accorded to
mortals not privileged to draw a salary The pres
ent is as good time as any for knocking it out
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14

DR.. Greth's scheme for the extinction of povert,
is beautiful, touching, ancient and wholly impract
cable. So long as there earth, some O
them will be poor. What the doctor is thinking O
is heaven
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14

The friends who supporting Roosevelt for
Governor in New York just paying him the
doubtful compliment of saying that he is acting wisely
in not talking politics. 1t is to be hoped the dis
tnguished Rough Rider is the kind of candidate
who has keep his mouth shut avoid putting his
foot in it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14

The death of Carl Smith is reported from Quebec
and will regret Smith able news
paper man, and while he lacked the faculty OF making
friends the worth of his work recognized. After
the death of Eugene Field Smith wrote daily
column for the Chicago Record, and though it was
not equal to the "Sharps and Flats thoroughly
identified with Field, it able, readable and marked
by touches more than talent. Smith was well
known in Omaha, and for brief season worked on
a San Francisco paper, but in department which
did not permit him to display his ability. With a
companion he was drowned while on a vacation
That his place will be hard to fill is true and this is
more than can be said of most journalists.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14
First and Second

Glass rates again reduced via the Santa Fs
route. Call at the ticket office 62S Market
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14

Agunaldo must think he is a Tammany Hall or
something.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14

Cal. glace fruit SOC per lb at Townsendss
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14

FIFTEEN-MILE RANGE-J W., Pre-
sidio, Cal. The gun to which you refer Is
undoubtedly one that was manufactv- I'd
by the Reading. Pa, Iron Company In
1888. The popularity Of the gun was a
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14

NOT HEBREWs-O. s., City, and E.
Fl, Los Olives, Cal. The late Colonel
Henry, who recently committed suicide
IN Paris, France, was not of the Hebrew
race nor is Colonel P1cquart of the
French army
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14
A BIRD SONG.

A ripple of rhythm trilling a tune
Cadenced and caroled to colors of June,
Shaded with vistas of shadowy dreams,
Rhyming and timing to singing of stream
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-11
Spring and Summer Suits
SIS, $40, $22 and $500

, cially tailored rcady-to-put-on cloth
ing.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-11

Jour window seats high up that are
furnished with wooden boxes for win
dow gardening. The s~cant-colored
print curtains drawn across the upper
panes show that the occupants of the
rooms are not burdened with worldly
fiags are planted In the earth-iiled
boxes on the window sill. About the
Intel of the main door of the house
below a nag Ia draped. and from top
to bottom the shabby tenement o
patriotic. 1t IL located on n of those
curiously irregular out-of-the-way COR
ners on the lower west side, where
streets that were straight and disci-
plined enough owe toward Broadway
seem to lose all sense Of decorum to
trip each other up In h scramble to
get to the river. Opposite the old
wooden house Is a double-doored sta
BILE with bales of yellow hay choking
up one entrance. and the hagstones In
front Uttered thick with wisps of clean
straw. The neighborhood Is poor. but
not squalid.
One afternoon lately a bevy of chill
dren. nearly every n armed with a
toy nag. danced to u street organs
music on the straw-strew pavement:
Comfortably dressed. bright-faced
youngsters they were. The organ was
not up to date enough to render The
Star-Spangled Banner but the prim-
tive, jolly cas- of Yankee Doc
de suited the children quite as well.
and the stableman, watching from MS
seat on a bale Of hay in the stable
door. threw the grinder a coin to keep
him in humor and prolong the FUN.
OF all the displays OF national feel
ing and interest, and all the patriotic
emblems put out from window and
fiagpole and door frame. a certain bla-
comment in Jane street Is quaintest.
To go and buy a nag all ready to put
out Is one thing. and to make a ma
tional drapery with ones fingers
and at expense of time n intelli-
gence is another. A certain basement
lodging in Jane street must receive
precedence I'm matters patriotic.
Draped across from one window sill
to the other. duly tackled and plated
to keep IL in place. Is an ample flag
home made, the white stars cut out
and sewed, quilt fashion. laboriously to
the blu ground work. and the long
stripes of red bunting. with the edge
turned in. stitched neatly in prim ma
him stitching to the white ground.
The machine stitching is not regular
and the white stars are not any two OF
them alike, either in shape or size. Ii
Is possible that the differing glory and
geography of the various states in the
constellation was borne In min by the
cutter and sewer.
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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-11
THE STREET SNOW OF FLAGS.
Varied Expressions of Patriotism to Be
Seen About the City.

seen ABOUT tue lily.
From the New York Sun.
You can look down almost any side
street i'm town now and see flag oat
ing from the house fronts. the dimen-
sions and texture of the stars n
stripes varying i'm accordance with the
means of the inmates. In streets where
incomes are all on a comfortably pros
porous basis the flags are uniformly
of large size. the red and blue of dye
that neither sun o rain will effect.
and the texture of sufficient body n
substance to ripple boldly when the
wind strikes IL. and neither cling to-
gether I'm a limp string nor Irvine itself
haplessly about the Flagstaff. in streets
where the moderately well-to-do n
the INDECENT are quartered miscellane-
ously a discrepancy Is noticed I'm the
flags. Some are of cambria thin enough
to see through. with the colors neither
strong nor we'll marked. the blue field
merging into the stripes, the stars un-
even. the red of a mint candy pink,
feeble and tswdry. In n house you
will see that yard-wide strips of
starred and striped paper cambri
have been utilized for window cur
tains. the heads of the women and
children inmates looking ont from a
veritable bower of patriotism. This
window-curtain idea obtains chiefly in
poor and crowded quarters. and has
the advantage of preserving the bunt-
ing from the elements as well as of
Keeping IL within familiar touch and
sight of the domestic circle.
Many flags on slender toy poles are
stuck in the shutter hinges of windows
or in between the blind Stats of high
tenements. Others of these modest
emblems are planted I'm the earth Of
window boxes, making a brave SHOW
either when the sash Is closed or
raised. Three or four foot-sauare flags
ranged thus I'm an upper window sug-
gest the children of the family. who
own them. n make daily delighted
voyage to the street to see how their
particular nag conducts itself when
the breeze attacks IL. A big OGDEN
building on a lower west side corner.
with the customary shops below on the
street front and the customary parti-
tioned-up living quarters above. rs all
ablcom just now with - of different
! sizes md shades. bAUe are three or
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-11
MAY HAVE BEEN INSANE
No Clue 20 the Identity of the
Mother of the Murdered Babe.
HER STRANGE ACTIONS
II Anybody Knows the woman's Iden-
tity He Is Keeping 1t Very Care
fully Concealed From the
Proper Authorities.

The woman W ho murdered her new
born babe in an old shaft southwest OF
the city Saturday afternoon has not
yet been ~apprehended. and there is a
possibility that she never will be, un-
less those who are familiar with the
facts. and who are evidently shield
ing and protecting her. will furnish
the officers with the necessary Informal
ton. The sheriff yesterday announced
that he would pay a suitable reward for
any information that will lead to the
identity of the woman who was seen
at the scene of the horrible crime on
Saturday by Edward Metlander.
Under Sheriff Murphy made further
in quiries among the residents in the
vicinity of the shaft where the muir
dered babe was found. and discovered
one lady who saw the m come
from the place and walk east on Por-
phyry street. MIR. Murphy's informant
said she paid particular attention to the
woman. because she appeared to her
to be insane. The lady give a more
particular description of her than did
Metlander. h said she was a wom-
an fully so years old. and wore a black
cape. brown skirt and a straw hat with
~ ihSh ioNs ~ l'ssNt 80 -
feet of the lady who gave the sheriff
the information. but she kept her face
averted. She walked very slowly and
painfully. Her shoes were unlaced.
and her stockings were hanging down.
while within sight of the witness she
several times mad attempts to conceal
a bundle of some clothing. bu; finally
placed IL under her right arm and con-
tinued her slow walk eastward.
Further details of the crime were
gathered yesterday by Mr.. Murphy.
and they add not only to the horror of
II, but create astonishment at the en-
d%urance of the m 1t Is evident
that she walked a considerable distance.
and that her preparations for the jour
ncy. judging by the fact that her shoes
were no; laced were made hurriedly.
She must have been familiar with the
old shaft. and proceeded directly 10 u,
where she rave birth to the child,
crushing its skull with "A rock. buried
IL under a pile of stones. and then re-
turned to her home. Metlander and
the lady referred to saw her walk al
least four or five blocks after she had
disposed of her child. and IL Is likely
that she went much further than that
The sheriff's officers have two theorie:
about the case. one Is that the WON
an is unmarried and committed the
crime TO hide her shame. and the Other
Is that the woman was really insane
n not responsible for her actions. IN
which case her friends would naturally
now shield her.
Coroner Tremblay will to-day hold al
inquest on the body of he child.
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Fitx lie. at Appornat,ox.

From an tNtldngt.
Here IL one OF Consul General Lees
good stories. told On himself: W had
surrendered at Appomattox and | was
riding slowly across the desolate country
toward my home. Ny heart was heavy.
my thoughts we're sad. Rounding a curve
in the road, | saw an old man -'low'n=
close TO the fence. As ] approached him
he inquired eagerly of the news at the
front. 1T il bad-very bad ! replied.
General Lee has surrendered. What is
that you're sayinT almost screamed the
old fellow. General Lee has surrendered
and all is over For fully a minute ne re-
garded me. and then said with great con
tempt: That's an you KNOW ABOUT u.
Lee mout have su~rrendered: but Uncle
Robert2-No. Stree. never. Gee up,
Bees.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-11
From n Moral standpoint.

From Inc Independent.
The moral position Of the United States
Is very strong. We are not asking for
Cuba for ourselves: we have no desire
to annex the island: we are not cismoring
for any material advantage whatever: we
have no quarrel with Spain on other
scores: we have no desire to fight for
glory. or to fight At all unless driven to
IL: our sole desire il that the awful strug
gle In Cuba. with all Its attendant hor-
rors Of death by starvation and disease
among the innocent non-combatants. shall
cease. Tue appeal is tofour hxmonaty, and
our huwaoity compelsuo To oct-
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Sateen U~nderSkirtS

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sweep. patent band, worth
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II must fit perfectly. the fabric must
be exclusive to avoid commonplaceness.
The tailoring of every detail must be
equal in every respect to high-class
merchant tailor clothes. This is ex-
actly the kind of nan we are catering
to. Men who are in the habit of hiv-
ing their clothing mad to order shou,d
inspect our