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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-09
A Reformed River.

Naturally, the fact which first riVets at
tention in the story Of the steamboat
steward who was arrested for throwing
the remnants or a meal into the Chicago
Rlver and thus communicating it is that
the story is true. The arrest was not
Joker 1t was official act performed in
sober earnest. The theory that the river
had been subjected to communicating in
luences calculated to lessen its purity
was not propounded in spirit of sarcasm
but as fact.
Considering that only two short years
ago II was not believed that there was
any known substance which could con-
taminate the Chicago River. it is now
possible to form some estimate of the
marvellous change which has been
wrought in that regenerate stream. Then
II was not the river but the thing that
went into ii that suffered contamination
il was simply impossible TO impair its
purity, because il had none Refuse
thrown into IL from shore was popularIv
believed to improve its general character
as a river. Taking note of the sweeping
l-ature OF the change which has been
made in so short a time. the possibilities
as 10 the future condition of the river are
not even yet foreseen. II is not wildly
Visionary 70 imagine day when vessel
owners VIII be forbidden to sail into the
harbor unless they have had their ships
thoroughly cleansed and treated with an
lSepllCS, and persons who fall into the
llNer VIII be fined on the charge of defil-
ing its purity.
the tune Tor derisive comment deroga-
tory to the character of the Chicago Riv-
er mas undoubtedly passed. Henceforth its
name VIII be a synonym for purity and
cleanliness and itself an object of envy
lor cities bordering on less pure and pei
lucl0 StreamS--DeDEer News.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-09
BONDS S|Sk|YOU
COPPER CLAIMS
Captain De La Mar Will
Develop the New
Fields.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

REDDING, Nov. S.-Captain De La Mar,
the multi-miIlionaire mining man, has
bonded the immense copper deposits
known as the McVey claims, at the head
of Joe Creek, a tributary of Elliott Greek
in the Siskiyou Mountains, near the Sta.e
line. The property is now owned by w.
ii. Hamilton. >. McVey, l.. +. Cooper an
q. B. ADAMS of Crescent City. the price
to be paid is 500, 900, and a deposit OF
$4,000 VIII be made on Monday.
This copper deposit was discovered
three years ago, and during the past sum
mer an immense lenSe-Shaped deposit OF
sulphide ore was uncovered on the prop
erty. 1t is located al an altitude of from
1900 TO 800 feet and is well situated Tor
mining purposes and the establishment o.
an immense smelling plant. The district
is at the present time attracting mucn
attention from copper miners, ana rella-
BILE experts pronounce IL one of the rich
est copper fields in the United States,
with every prospect of becoming a secon
Anaconda and rival of the Shasta County
Iron Mountain mine.
The natural outlet for these mines l.;
via Jackson and Josephine counties, ore
gon, they being on the west side of tn
Siskiyou Mountains. California interests
are now agiteting the building of roads
into the district in order to divert the
prospective trade of the locality from
Southern Oregon into Northern Califor-
mia.
Recent discoveries in the Joe Creek re-
gion have been of unusual promise. The
discoveries lacked money to establish
smelling plants and build railroads. Cap
tain De La Mar is a conservative oper-
ator. and the feet that he takes the I'M
tiative shows that the reports of his ex-
perts upon the properly must have beel
very favorable.
Already a rush to the Joe Creek coun-
try from adjacent mining districts has
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-09
STEAMER SINKS
WITH HER CREW
F'orty-Nine Men Perish
on the Tsurohika
Maru.
Only One Sailor of the Jap
anese Vessel Gains
the Shore.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

VICTORIA. B. c.. Nov S.-The steamer
Adelaide, which arrived from the Orient
to-day, brought news of the loss of the
2O0O-ton Japanese steamer Tsurohika
Maru, owned by Ohkura & Co. of Toxic.
All hands were lost excepting one man
of her crew of fifty, who was washed
ashore on the wreckage at F'ukuye and
who gave news of the disaster.
After taking on coal at Moji, the Tsuro-
hika cleared early on the 9Th for Keeling.
On the morning of the 7th she went ashore
on Mejima island, Goto Archipelago ana
became a total wreck
The cargo consisted Of two locomotives
for the Formosan Railway and a large
quantity of miscellaneous goods. Inc YES
sci was bought in February, last, Tor 1So'-
900 yen.
The scene of the wreck Is an island
about fifty miles from the Fukuye. Coto
island. There were no passengers on the
steamer Inc torpedo boat destroyer Mu-
rakumo left Sasebo for the, scene OF the
disaster The Sasebo naval station au-
thorities were awaiting intelligence IN the
signal house al Ose, Goto island, peIore
dispatching further assistance, when the
Queen Adelaide left Kobe.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-09
MASONS CELEBRATE
FlFTIETH ANNIVERSARY
Members of Eureka Lodge in Auburn
Gather for a Notable
Affair

AUBURN. Nov. S.-Eureka Lodge. No.
10, Free and Accepted Masons, last night
celebrated the fiftieth anniversary with a
were Grand Master Wills and past Csrand
Masters Neff, Atkinson, Preston and
Davies. There were upward of 200 persons
IN attendance. Lieutenant Governor Neff
made by all the grand officers. hv tbe
local master of the lodge, w. A. Grower
by Judge Prewett, J. NJ. FulweiIer, P. w
and others DecA
Eureka Lodge was instituted November
{. 1901. George w. Applegate, who was
present, is the only living persons who
organized. Another noticeable feature ma as
tne OCCASION was the presence of four ex
SherlfIs Of Placer County, J. H. Neff. viii
nam sexton j. c. Boggs and B. D. Dis
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-09
Mexican Aristocrats.

The cultivated Mexican, priding himself
on his ''educacion' looks for its manl1es-
tations in the person who claims MS
friendship and intimacy He insists on
they may not pass his threshold; all the
more is he likely to insist that the Tor
eigner who would visit him be man OF
pCi.sh and with the ability to say and
dc things the right way.
A Mexican of excellent family was say
ing to me the other day that going to an
cienda where the men there assembled.
on engineering and other matters, were
not of his kind, and 80 l did not eat at
the same table," for they were not ca,
balleros" or gentlemen. Il demand
brains and good breeding in my asso-
cisites, or I live aloner'
This gentleman speaks English perfectly
and reads our best authors and he is
equally we'll grounded in other foreign
lar guages. He has none of that snobblsh
pride that offends, would not hurt an
others feelings and does not insist on
nicely of dress, but does demand Of his
associates that fine breeding and perfect
tact that characterize people who nave IN
herited the courtly traditions of old Spain.
1t struck me that he went too far, that
the technically trained men he met in the
country were quite good enough to asso-
ciate with but to all objections he would
reply: They We're not of my klnd:
the country, wealthy and of long resi-
dence abroad, witty, of linguistic accom-
plishments and much social experience In
Europe as at home, said:
II do not invite foreigners to my table,
not even diplomats. for they are too criti-
cal of the service, and here you know
that 1t is impossible to have such we'll
trained servants as in France or England.
1 have been hurt in my feelings at my
own table at the quiet amusement of
guests when something went wrong,
some blunder in service. And, as for
eigners will make no allowances for our
domestic shortcomings, l close my doors
to them. In Paris l should entertain for
eigners, for there l could be sure of my
servants. But we Mexicans do not want
to be laughed at, and that, perhaps. by
people who are not. at home, in their own
countries, of our class. One does not
know who they are or what is their origin.
The lower their extraction the greater
their presumption here"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-09
Branch Dead Letter Office.

More than 10000 letters mailed at the To-
al delivery at Chicago are sent to the
cead letter office at Washington every
month. The Postmaster Of Chicago-who.
by the way, has only been in the office a
lew mOnths-has Ventured to suggest to
The Postmaster General that the dead let
ter Office at Washington be decentralized
by the esta biishment of a branch dead let
ter ONCE in all the principal postoffices of
the country. We doubt very much Wheth-
CT the suggestion will meet with favor
able consideration There is no saving to
be effected by the scheme, but, on the
contrary, it would involve greater outlay
than IS now incurred by the Government
While il might enable the Postmaster
General to do away with a small part of
the force employed in the dead letter Of
nee, II would involve the employment of
additional clerks in every important post
office that would be designated as a
branch. The additional expense to be in
Cured could not possibly be offset by the
saving on pound rates paid by the Gov
eminent for the transportation of dead
ietters.-NashVille News
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-09
LOSS OF WATSONVILLEpS
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
Handsome Structure Destroyed by
Supposedly Incendiary
RIaze

WATSONVILLE, Nov. s.-The Watson
vile High School building, one of the
most modern educational buildings in this
section of the State, was destroyed by
fire early this morning. The fire is sup
posed to have been of incendiary origin
1t started in the principals office on the
floor below the laborator After COM
mUnica ting to the laboratory room the
flames spread rapidly, owing to the ex-
plcsions of the liquids and chemicals.
The loss on the building is S25.500, COW
cred by SIS. 900 insurance. The loss on H.
brary fixtures and children's school books
will be $4,000.
The School Trustees will take immedi-
ate steps toward the erection of a new
building which is likely to be built of
stone and brick and will exceed the cost
of the destroyed structure.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-09
SUGAR FACTORY
NEAR TEHAMA
Vast Tracts Will Be
Devoted to Beet
Culture.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

HhDDlNG, Nov. Sine people of Te-
mama county are congratulating them
serves upon the fact that a large beet
sugar factory is soon to be built near
1enama. The speculation and expert
iieH's OF the past year appear to have
crystaliized into action that will have
the factory complete in time to handle
me oeet crop of next season John Fin
heli, WHO, with his sons, owns the Finnell
tract of 10000 acres near Teha1na, is in
oan francisco, where he is said to be
concluding arrangements with the COM
pany that will build the factory. Con-
tractors are on the ground at Tehama
ih , on the construction of the build
| Hags; Ii is believed that Dwyer Brothers
CT the American Sugar Company are the
men men who will build the factory, because
n rd,eS Se e,a merely waiting for the Ala
Hleoa sugar Company to gather it's crop
cn the Flnnell tract and give up possess
sion before entering into a contract with
the FinnellS.
Inc establishment of a factory and re-
nnery in Tehama will be welcomed by
neariy all the northern counties, because
r II %iri open the lands of the farmers
dustry of beet culture With the factory
oHerlng fair prices, large tracts of land
ssiong the river southeast of Anderson. in
TTHha a county, will be planted to beets
ana beets grown in it contain an unusual
percentage of saccharine matter
DuIlng the past year the Alameda
sugar Company raised a crop on Is
acres of the Finnell tract. The harvest
amounted az to, l12,5OO TONS or an average
OF Of seven and a half tons to the acre.
This was not wholly satisfactorv Tba
crop 1t is said, would have gone from
nine to fourteen tons per acre but for
ms nlsnanagement in sowing and cultivat-
some OF the beets weighed TWENTY-FIVE
POUNDS; showing the adaptability of the
sou. several hundred men were en-
the crop. This was the first Experiment
en- large scale in Northern California.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-09
SANTA FE ACQUIRES
AN ARIZONA ROAD
Prescott and Phoenix Railway Prop
erty Is Transferred to Presi-
dent Ripley.

PHOENIX, Ariz.. Nov. s.-The Santa
Fe. Prescott ard Phoenix Railway was
to-day formally turned over to the Atchi
son, Topeka and Santa Fe Company
President E. P. Ripley of the Sarta Fs
accepting the former line from Frank
w Murphy president of the short road.
The presidents of both roads, together
with other officials including Third Vice
President Morton of the Atchison road,
left this morning on an inspection tour Of
the system.
The Atchison company. has obtained al
but Murphy's part Of the capital stock.
seventy-one shares, of the Santa Fe.
Prescott and Phoenix, and s., 600 of the
5 per cent second mortgage bonds. The
road is more than 200 miles long, reach
ing from Ash Fork to Phoenix, besides
a half-dozen branches. and is said to be
the second largest dividend-paying road
in the United States. The retiring own
ers of the road will build at once a road
from Phoenix to Benson, through the Salt
River and ella valleys, and tapping the
Southern Pacific at Benson, and then an
other line west, touching the Southern
Pacific again at Yuma.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-09
OCEAN TRAVEL.
Pacific Coast Steamship Co.

Steamers leave Broadway
Wharf, San Francisco:
W&T For Alaskan ports-u a. m.
I kEBE Nov. 2 Z, r. II. % q. Dec. 2
I ~ AEYS%tA Change to company s steamers
4 &sM gEA Ma at Seattle.
\ E4AS&A9 For Victoria Vancouver Oh
4b<SSffSsa3 CT Port Townsend. Seattle.
~ <&tA Tacoma. Everett and New
VVhatcoIn (Wash.)-n a. m,
Nav > - ~ % o. Dec. 2. Change at
Seattle for this company's steamers for Alaska
and q n nv. at Seattle or Tacoma Tor y.
p Rv. at Vancouver to G. P. Ky.
For Eureka (Humboldt Bay)-4'SV p M wv
8 s 10 - o. 2S Dec. 8. -,
For San Diego, stopping only at santa Bar
bara. Port Los Angeles and Redondo Cos Ar
geIes)-Steamer Santa Rosa. Sundays. a m
Steamer State Of Cal. Wednesdays. y a. m
For Los Angeles calling at santa cruz Mon
terey San Simeon. Cayucos. Port Hartford tSan
Luis Obispo) Gaviota. santa Barbara, en-
tura Hueneme, East San Pedro. san Pedro
and Newport-Steamer Corona, saturdays
For Ensenada. MagdaIena Bay. San Jose del
Cabo. Mazatlan. Altata. La Paz santa Rosalia
and Guayrnas Mex 10 a. m. 9TH each MONTH
For further information obtain the company
folders.
The company reserves the right to change
steamers, sailing days and hours OF sailing'
without previous notice.
TICKET OFFICE a New Montgomery
street palace HoteD-
GOODALIA PERKINS & CO.. Gen. Agents.
10 Market ST.. San Francisco
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-09
Troops Ordered to Philippines.

VANCOUVER. Wash, Nov, SIN ac-
cordance " tn orders received from the
War Department to-day eight companies
of the Twenty eighth Infantry, together
with the headquarters, band, field and
regimental staff quarters, will leave here
next Tuesday for San Francisco to en-
bark on the transport Grant for Manila,
which sails November Is. The remaining
battalion of the regiment. consisting Of
Companies E, / and H stationed at Boise
Barracks, Idaho. and Companies F and
G at Fort Wright, Wash, are directed
to sail from Portland on the transport
Rosecrans for the Philippines.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-09
The Forbidden Fruit.

A fruit supposed to bear the mark Of
Ewes teeth is one of the many botanical
curiosities of Ceylon. The tree on which
it grows is known by the significant
name of "the forbidden fruit" or Eve
apple tree" The blossom has a very
pleasant scent, but the really remark
able feature of the tree, the one to which
it owes its name, is the fruit. 1t is beau
tiful and hangs from the tree in pc
culiar manner. Orange on the outside
and deep crimson within, each fruit has
the appearance of having had a piece
bitten out of it. This fact, together with
Us poisonous aea1tyi ieo t1e M3na h1a1
fruit of the Garden of Eden and to warn
men against its noxious properties. The
mark upon the fruit is attributed to Eve
it's mork is not known but as only one
piece seems to be missing its loss is
ascribed to the woman--Buffalo CONNER
cial.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-09
SAUSALIT0 COMES TO THE FORE
AS AN UP-T0-DATE BAY RESORT
Sea Serpent Of the Genuine Variety Makes Its APP
pearance. and Pursues Luckess Swimmer.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

Is o s nj
o ~
1t a n oman
0 a ~
tina ~ a d @ h arb tck fn the shore The
amng
to reach him
d people III Ian OF
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-09
President Ripley Denies Rumor.

LOS ANGELES, Nov. S.-President f.
P. Ripley of the Santa Fe Railroad said
to-day in reply to a query on the subject:
mo alliance exists between the Santa Fe
and the Pennsylvania Railroad and none
is contemplated. This alleged news has
made it's appearance periodically in the
last three years. There is nothing in it,
He and those in his party left Los An
geles to-day for Phoenix where they will
make thorough inspection of the Santa
Fe, Prescott and Phoenix.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-09
COMBINE OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA GROCERS
Form a Corporation With the Object
of Eliminating the Middle
Man

PASADENA, Nov. 81. d. Nash, gro
Ger. has launched a unique scheme for
eliminating the middle man. corpora
ton has been formed, with a capital of
$500 ,0O0 consisting of one retailer in each
large Southern California town. 1t will
have a store in Los Angeles and order
goods in carload lots from the East for
distribution among members of the COM
pany Los Angeles, Pasadena, Riverside,
Redlands, Pomona, Santa Ana and other
towns are in the combine. Established
wholesale grocers will be seriously af-
fected
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-09
Railroad to Nome.

TACOMA, Nov. S-Final surveys of the
Nome-Council City section of the road
which the Alaska-Siberia Railroad Com
pany last summer announced it would
build, from Cook Inlet to Boring Strait
have been completed and construction is
to be commenced soon after the opening
of Bering Sea to navigation. The infor-
nation comes from G. S. Garfield. a pas
senger from Nome, who had charge of
the survey work.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-09
Baptists Denounce Mob Rule.

CHICO, Nov. S.-The State Baptist Con-
vention this morning adopted the follow
ing resolution:
tallized in anarchy; mob violence is rrowine ~
oegree OF danger and running our Christian
land especially in the South; therefore be il
Resolved, That this convention denounce both
acts as un-Christian, un-American and in every
way destructive to our great institutions
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-09
Memorial Tablet at Stanford.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Nov S-A
memorial tablet bearing the inscription.
ITO the study of ornithology this room is
dedicated in tender memory of Barbara
Jordan, who knew and loved the BIRDS"
has arrived at the university and will be
placed in one of the new buildings The
work was designed by Professor Bolton
Colt Brown. after which 1t was sent to
Japan and very perfectly chiseled in
bronze by q japanese artist
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-09
Wins the Autumn Cup.

LONDON, Nov st Simpson Jays
Floriform won the Liverpool autumn cup
Of 1900 sovereigns at the Liverpool
autumn meeting to-day. Lord Stanley's
Pellison was second and Colonel H Me-
Calmont's st. Maclou was third. The dis
lance was one mile and three furlongs.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-09
sproul Not Guilty of Murder.

SANTA ANA. Nov. S.-The jury in the
case of Atwood P. Sproul. charged with
killing Fred Lutz, returned verdict of
not guilty last night. Lutz was stabbed
to death during a street fight in this city
on October last. The trial occupied but
three days. the defense making a strong
plea of iustifable homicide.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-09
Not Discharged by Bankruptcy.

Two courts, one in Illinois and the
other in massachusetts,. have recently de-
cioeo that alimOny TO a divorced wife is
an obligation that cannot be discharged in
bankruptcy proceedings. The Illinois
Judge lays down the matter succinctly
and convincingly in the following words:
"Alimony cannot be regarded as a debt
owing from the husband TO the wife.
which may be discharged by an order in
bankruptcy, whether the alimony accrues
before or after the bankruptcy proceed
ings. The duty which the law imposes
upon husband and father to support his
wife and children is not such a debt as is
contemplated by the bankruptcy act. 1t is
liability; il is founded upon public policy
and is for the good Of society. Newark
News.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-09
Believes He Was Libeled.

SACRAMENTO. Nov. S.-Henry Hebb,
a down river farmer, this afternoon
brought suit against a neighbor, J. E.
Crew, for $4,000 damages. because Crew
told him he was the meanest man OIL
earth and ought to have been dead and
buried long ago..
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-09
Flames Raze Old Landmark.

GEYSERVILLE, Nov s.-The old Field
meyer building was destroyed by fire yes
terday. The structure was erected in 1875
from the lumber made from single red
wood tree and was a well known land
mark.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-09
Smallpox in Eldnradn

SACRAMENTO, Nov. Sword has
been received here that several cases OF
smallpox have appeared in the little towr
two or three cases of the disease in ont
family. The victims have been quaran,
tined '-'-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-09
togo KISEN KAISHA.

g TEAMERS WILL LEAVE WHARF. COR
- er First and Brannan streets. at p. m
Kobe (Hiogo), Nagasad and Shanghai and
connecting at Hongkong with steamers for
day OF sailing.
SS- HONGKONG MARU......................
Saturday November Is 1901
SIS. NIPPON MARU.........-.........
.............-. Wednesday. December IL 1901
SIS. AMERICA MARU-............-..
Saturday. January 4. 1909
Round-trip tickets at reduced rates For
freight and passage apply at compaay's once.
421 Market street. corner First
W. H. AVERY. General Agent
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-09

Charity and hRokbinders cover a multi
tude Of faults.
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land and Sydney. Thursday Nov IA 10 a. m
5. 5. ALAMEDA. for Honolulu .............
................ Saturday, Nov q. 2 D. m
5. s. AUSTRALIA. for Tahiti.
NOV. ~, III a.
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Sen Passenger Offcs, S43 MARKET st. Fsr TO- z paes s.