The San Francisco call., 1899-11-20
MANS COLLAPSE
AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR THE LADIES
Four Hundred Busy
Women.
POLICE ARE NOT LAUGHING
GOING TO CONGRESS NOTHING
LIKE a JOKE.
There Are Many Things in Oakland
Which Should Tend 10 Increase
the Fervor Of the Great
National Holiday.
POLICE ARE NOT LAUGHING
GOING TO CONGRESS NOTHING
LIKE a JOKE.
- - So Francl.co -.


-Ners, which type always wins ad-
fra'--1. commands respect and IS inva-
t.-4tt successful. The manner in which
e i-ocll has set about raising the money
taat library site has opened the eyes
t.e efai4 old men and the unambiti0us
-n- men. and has caused them 70
.afe me tre.ing cf The snail when 4 Is
.-.--.t iof Us shell The men worked
N,the ana then calmly acknowledge
..ttat They Gld nor even do this without
a .t-le raLlNolatllu-thc library trustees
were s-toenly induced o. think that Lac
- t.Lf square was tre place nature IN
..N-tl Tor Ca free library. and this de-
.....f. .t course. made II unnecessary Tor
.tf men 90 hurt b.uGly for tlat thirty
The ladies are going 70 win-;hey are
rHt Erlrs to g-it til they reach their fg-
lre. ar- f possible Wil 60 even more.
t.e library lt Funds Clr he obtained. This
Is as good as saying mat FUNDS VIII be
ie-eal n -0iil.i-eo-t iront man any
t-"usari - me tint-learted men OF
which rr.s r.-E boasts.
And naat ls very agreeable is the
rr.rErt rral rhe ladies are working sole
4. t.- -l. library and that no one Is seek
.r- me reward ot nomination for State
senator or iar Governor
N-s Emma Shaf,er Howard can say
-.rr pretty thiaEs. During the week
.e--.r -r0m her appeared in print in which
$40 Says About slN weeks ago gen
t-. .a. 10Y citizens. meeting was sent
..t Ri. consider The Carnegie gift 10 Oak
...a. There was "a sprlnkllng ~ men at
.tt meeting and hardly more than unit
.t women vigorous determination 10
meet rtc glft with The sum ~ $4,000 for
size Was the spirit of that meeting and
plans to tlis end were decided upon
-lat moment was our opportunity Tor
r.-..r. .rl-L.l as men and women. as clubs
and societies. L We had had the genius
-0 seize 50 The task would have been ac-
.te should acknowledge and regret u
enc cease this mistaking - fractions for
-e whole number IN this way We viii
e--a ant remember how 70 act IN future
Then there vll be hope for our growth
- teat measure ~ expansion. % which
1-r Davis - wisely speaks, an1 the mar
The recor orritior ~ the whole
A- rt Wllcl means taar the 'sprinklirg
q men are not 90 b. compared with The
"farllr more than "a unit ~ women
w-fn % comes 10 raising money for
library z.te, which would appear 10 be
u report ~ the discovery of dyna-
-I-e ~ West Oakland one q the local
newspapers said trat the suggestion that
rte dynamite was intended 90 blow up The
Standard OI Works Is laughed al by the
police. They s4g tlat tle dynamite 3nd
burglars tools had been simply hidden in
t-e lma aer pile for further use by She
n me 71lice really be laughing az each
desperate crime as N j. revealed the de-
rt--nent must surely be on the verge Of
rt Cf mysteries hy this time. The rob
hrrt ry masked men ~ Christe-so1's
saloon must have started the rlsih.e
rr1-s - the police; the Alameda rail-
-al safe AFFAIR must have produced
fa.f-.a-e1. The murder ~ John Thomas
tr rhe same hypothesis must have re-
suited .- "a G-GaW. weile the discovery OF
-rr dynamite ard fuse AZ the OIL works
=
frlrker When couple more murders
sre added ~ the list d may reasonably
o. expected that The police viii so into
Ncrifa e paroNysm y grinning FOR
r-r rar- ] wll say that ] have not noticed
De police doing much laughing lately
-reF pass lD ard OUT ~ the City Hall
81 tr "a very serious rnier. while the Police
ID r1rlissilners and possibly few citizens
90 a-Vr wondering n IL would not be sub
-t tCr laughter IL some Of the mis-
0rcsrts were landed In the tanks.
70 ever man went 10 Congress fully
p r-r-ci regarding the needs of his district
end The desires ~ his constituents that
uar ls Victor u. Metcalf Il has taken
.t' rre Cr two secretaries. % satisfy his
conscience that he VIII 50 70 Washingtou
E rrrarei 20 act as an intelligent Congress
uar. The amount of preparation made
l.e lsrrrished those who were inclined 70
rllrk that the Office of Congressman IS
. peri -nctrry sob. not great deal infe-
rirr t0 thai - a City Councilman. This
district includes seven counties. IN one cf
-l.r is the Mare Island naval station.
.r many months Mr Metcalf has been
- sting The various busy centers OF these
-a counties and gathering The oaia
-raf .s necessary 20 do justice 10 this
-ra ard important district IN the halls
0. Com gress. The Congressman Is as well
-tei IN The situation Al vallejo as ne
Fl I'D rre Oakland harbor question. and
r ..re seems not shadow OF doubt but
SIR Metcalf viii Justify all that was
med f1r him AZ his nomination. and
H.. -~rEe tls title 70 the confidence OF
10 .a t.E Republican majority that elected
re-. Alameda County has always been
arlrrI-c for a Young man of energy ana
: -sa frr Congress, and noN>she mas one
Rudolph Permien's experience IS a
unique charter ln the court history OF
oakland. one week he was convicted OF
. te..rT at The instance OF young lady.
q re following week he was discharged.
ard -fr Young lady was openly upbraioed
fr tre court. not only for her testimony.
~ also fnr hcr manner No one doubts
3 ~. wisdom ~ Judge Hall or of the Dis
--lrf Attorneys ONCE IN The premises
l.rrrIer is mCre ~ a candidate for
rafle asylum than A penitenlary. he
2 .eis a guardian.
The City Council needs rubber stamp.
l- shrui' read. no money for anything
hIs year. Counciimcn are assuming
ffnarorflF red hue that does them an
.r justice because a their enforced blush
~. Many rucs "A week the members
awe rH decline 20 put in resolutions for
t 'rwaIkr. crossings and other very neces-
rT improvements because there is not a
available tor such purposes. II Su-
rtrteIdcEt Miller were not close 70 the
H.rs flat made the tax levy I should
t.r The income ~ The city was placed at
fre present mark 90 cover him-like many
90 tlC streets-w.th mud.
AeEt week should see everybody re5oic-
r and although Oakland Is full OF pes
sts it might not be amiss 10 mention
Few ~ the things for which this city
should rejoice and be truly thankful. Car
rrE.e has given her SO o01. there Will soon
lr "a bridge az the foot OF Webster street:
t.e C.tv HaA has not burned down nor
tas if fallen down. there Is "a prospect Of
8 me time getting 4 harbor: there are a
ftu Jess silUrians than there were a wear
arl. they have moved 20 san Francisco
and other places. the City Council still
BIAS some vlgOr left 70 propose new meas
nros. and the bicycle ordinance r. being
strictly enforced. IL has also been proven
t1ar when the men ~ the city faint the
ladies can De depended upon 70 maintain
lniclral dignity and self-respect.
STUART W. BOOTH.
|
A Watertovn ~. " peddler has been
ycnt 20 1all for four months because he
kissed a child without permission being
Inst obtained.