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The San Francisco call., 1901-12-25
BURGLARS BUSY
IN THE MISSION
EOusebreakers Are Ply
ing Their Trade With
Much Success.
Miss Riley. Believes Thieves
Chloroformed Her Before
Looting Gems.

The residents of the Mission are con-
siderably alarmed over a series of bur-
glaries committed during the past two
weeks In nearly every case the house
breakers secured valuable booty, consist
ing principally of jewelry. Saturday night
the residence Of j. A. Riley, at 2733 How
ard street was entered while the family
was asleep and lot of jewelry, $3.50 in
coin and d lady's cloak were stolen. An
entrance was effected by prying open a
rear window with a jimmy. Miss Riley,
who lost heavily by the burglary, believes
that the burglar chloroformed her before
ranSa cking the house.
II am an unusually light sleeper" re-
marked Miss Riley last night when telling
OF the burglary, ''and the fact that | was
housebreakers chloroformed me before
they proceeded to gather what valuables
was awakened in the morning by one of
my relatives and informed of the visit of
the burglars l felt dizziness in my head
and at once concluded that some powerful
slept. Not a room in the house was over
looked by the burglars. They even en-
tered the kitchen and, strange to say,
stole roll of butter which had been left
on the table. Ny brothers shoes were
also taken from under his bed. After ap-
propriating my jewel case they took it
down stairs and forced 1t open. For some
reason they did not take valuable gold
buckle which was in the box. Altogether
they secured three gold and two silver
watches, a lady's cloak, $3.50 in money and
some other articles of value
Miss Riley is satisfied that the burglars
who robbed her home are the same men
who entered the residence of ]. Dowd, at
2713 Howard street. a short time ago and
got away with a lot of jewelry and cloth
ing.
Captain Seymour and his men are dill
gently striving to capture the bold house
breakers, but thus far their efforts have
been unsuccessful.
During the past two weeks at least a
half-dozen houses in the vicinity of the
home of Miss Riley have been broken
into and valuable property stolen. From
the clever way the burglars work the po-
lice are satisfied that they are expert
housebreakerS.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-25
BOY SWITCHES
W0MAN'5 8 Purse
Milton McGjllivray, Only
9 Years Old, Guilty
Of Crime.
Mrs. Sears, His Victim, Re-
fuses to Make Charge
Against Child.

A nine-year-old boy named Milton Nc
Gillivray, who gave his residence as 1911
Devisadero street, was arrested last night
on Linden avenue and charged at the City
Prison with purse snatching." Mrs.
Sears Of 604 Buchanan street is the COM
planning witness and Harry Chappelle,
who resides in the neighborhood, was the
one who effected the boys arrest
According to Mrs. Sears statement to
the police she was passing the Simpson
Memorial Church, when four boys grab
bed her and the lad under arrest pulled
the purse out of her hand. McGilliVray
ran away. Mrs. Sears screamed and
Chappelle, who was passing, gave chase
McGilliVray ran around to Buchanan
street and then down Linden avenue,
throwing the purse, which contained
about SIS, away in his fight. The purse
with its contents intact was later recov-
cred.
Mrs. Sears accompanied the boy and
his captOr to the City Prison She related
her story, but would not make a COM
plaint. The lad said that he had been
induced to snatch the purse by his COM
panions. He will be held by the police
until they are caught. A search of the
boys last night without avail.
In that vicinity complaints have been
frequent of the conduct of the gang of
boys that make the corner of Grove and
Buchanan streets their headquarters. The
police have several times endeayored to
catch them, but their means of escape are
so many and varied that they have in
most cases successfully evaded capture.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-25
Fireaies for uIunination.

The Cuban FREELY has been declared bv
two American professors to be the cheap
est form Of illumination yet discovered
The deduction from their Investigations
would seem to be that all present meth
ods of house illumination NAV in time
give way to that of utilizing the phos-
phorescence of insects. French scientists
have already been at work along the
same line, and it has been proved possi-
BILE to read by firefiy light.
The contention of Professors S. p
Langley and T. w. Very is that it is pos
sible to produce light without heat other
than that in the light itself. They say
that this is already accomplished by ma
ture's processes, and that these are
cheaper in economy Of energy and conse-
quently of cost than our industrial ones
in a degree hitherto unrealized They ex-
plain how the waste in Illuminating power
in present methods of lighting is very
excessive, exceeding in some cases 90
parts in the 100, so that for the energy
expended at least one hundred times more
light should in theory be obtainable than
we actually get by the usual methods of
illumination.
In their experiments with phosphores
cence the professors used the Cuban fire
fly. Pyrophorus noctilucuS. which has a
length of about an inch and q half with
a width Of half an inch, and is provided
with three light reservoirs-tWo in the
thorax and one in the abdomen
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-25
EDNA SETTLES
WITH THOMAS
Actress Arranges Her
Financial Affairs in
Chicago.
Brother of Hopper's Former
Wife Relinquishes His
Claim.

CHICAGO, Dec. A.-Thomas Wallace,
the only brother of Edna Wallace Hop
per, the actress, and a joint heir with her
to fortune of over $500, O0O to-day relin-
quished his claim to the estate for $500
cash and a promise of $1OO month dur
ing his life. The negotiations were car
ried on secretly at the Auditorium Annex,
and as soon as the agreement was signed
Miss Hopper, with her attorney, returned
to New York, just twenty-four hours
after they arrived in Chicago.
Thomas Wallace has lived in Chicago
for years and is engaged in the saloon
business. Mrs. Wallace, the mother, after
being a widow for many years, married
place after Edna Wallace was divorced
from De Wolf Hopper A few weeks
after the marriage Dunsmuir died, leaV-
ing his wife the entire estate.
Soon after Edna Wallace Hopper an
nounced she would never marry again as
she was preparing for a visit with her she
received word of her mothers death When
the will was probated it was found that
Mrs Dunsmuir had left the bulk of her
fortune to her daughter and $50,000 to her
son, to be paid to him when he reached
the age Of 45 years. Since the death of
his mother Thomas Wallace has fire.
ance.
Feeling that some kind of agreement
should be made with her brother Miss
Hopper came to Chicago, accompanied
by her attorney The party arrived at
the Auditorium Annex last night. Thomas
Wallace met them at the hotel and at the
end of a long conference a stenographer
was called and an agreement dictated by
which he relinquiShed his interest to his
sister for the consideration named.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-25
Ancient Egyptian CAMPAIGN.

That Egypt and France held intercourse
as early as 1000 B. c. is proved by the
marked resemblance of inscriptions found
in the two countries The excavations OF
Professor Flinders Petrie have brought to
light evidence of an extremely ancient
movement between the land of the Pha-
raohs and the countries bordering on the
Mediterranean.
This communication, like all other great
invasions of history, had it's origin in an
effort at trade extension. The great wars
of the eighteenth Egyptian dynasty were
provoked by surrounding nations Jealous
Of Egypt's growing wealth and power In
RETALIATION i1ts ito Egypt carried the campaign
the inscriptions mentioned, must have
pushed as far west as France.
Professor Petrie has in his possession a
series of figures found in Malta and
neolithic remains from Brassenpuoy in
France which are beyond chance of doubt
the work of Egyptians. They establish
intercourse long before the period which
is generally recognized as the beginning
of the history Of the countries of Europe.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-25
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

The following marriage licenses were issued
yesterday:
Albert Waller. IS. 553 Greenwich street. and
-l.llan n Corey, -, 1880 Mission street
antonio SenestrarOs 81 514 Pacific street
and Larna Deruencia, %. 514 Pacific street
GeoIee - White, 55 city, and Lucy E.
August Johanson, %. Menlo Park. and Fyu-
ma = Iusla1sOn, 80, PalO Alto.
Elton D. Nunn,- -. Great Falls. Mont. and
S-sLtoIIe Aornmeyer D. 323 Twenty-eighth
James H. Benedict Jr., 40, l1O1 Geary street
Jones streets.
David AIcCarty. 26, 115O15 Folsom street
ana Emily A. Smith, 25. 115015 Folsom street
Henry J. ROuTke. p. 720 California street
and Susan Brown, q, Golden Gate.
Cnar-es Il Jones, 81, city, and Janet z. c.
AruberE. 20. city
Charles D Edwards. p 205 Third street,
and annie j. Flynn, 19, 1872 Eighteenth ave
nue. South.
Frank IVY Cerr5sazl, %. 3Ol4 Tvyentv-aftb
stre-- 1->---ca N. Keegan, 10. 149 Juniper
sohn Campbell Al. city and Christian G
Larson, So WauDaca. Wis.
Edward A. Skillman, 49, Eureka. Nev. and
Henrietta Crumley. 80. Red Bluff
Julius =. Pausback, 30, Sacramento and
Mary NJ Linzee, 25, city
joseph n. Lind, city, %. and Ella V. Bronn
carl F. Andersen, "a. Fort Bragg, and Alice
Y. Frye, d WestDOrt
Gustaye 2. Miller, 46, city. and Ella F.
samuel N. Grim. p. 252e Howard street,
and Adelaide G. McCrosson, p, 634 Capp St
Walter Clark. 80. SD Howard street and
Eva ?. Gerber, %, SD Howard street.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-25
Yes. The Cypress is dead.

1t made a brave struggle for existence,
but finally had to succumb, and this is the
last issue. (Sobs from office cat)
j. Faunt Leroy, who for the past five
months has been furnishing the necessary
gray, matter for its columns, got dis
heartened or a job last week, threw up
his lease on the plant and left suddenly
for the city without providing a successor.
The undersigned, who, with wife and
baby, was dreaming away delightful
vacation amid historic scenes, fragrant
flowers and bright sunshine here by the
sea, and escaping the rigorS of a Penn
sylvania winter, was enlisted to take
ments could be made.
No one was found brave enough to
tackle the job of infusing new life in The
Cypress, after its experience under the
management of the parties to whom it
was leased, so it was decided to diScon-
tinue its publication after this issue and
remove the plant hence. (More sobs
Twelve years ago the paper was started
with fairly bright prospects; and under
MeSSrs MichaeliS and Mr. Browns man
agement proved a success. During The
past ten months. however, frequent
changes in editors have, taken place, and
finally the paper reached a point where it
could not pay expenses.
Despite the fact that one Of the hardest
business enterprises to kill is a country
weekly newspaper. in this case a new
uncertain journalistic sea could not be
found, and The Cypress is allowed to Join
the ranks or so many more of Monterey's
past enterprises that have fiourished for
a time only to wither and fade away,
leaving behind the memory of hopes de-
ferred and ambitions and aims unrealized
(Sobs)
To the friends and patrons who have
stood by the paper through every emer-
gency it is q pleasure to extend sincere
thanks and wish them lifelong success
and happiness.
The enemies are left to square them
selves with their own consciences.
All subscriptions paid in advance will
be refunded. Bills for amounts due on ad-
vertising, subscriptions and job work will
be presented and prompt settlements are
requested so that the business can be
closed up forthwith.
Let us cast a rose and drop a tear on
the grave Of the defunct Cypress, and re-
member it for the good it did do and
would have done had fate been more kind
JOHN c. HANCOCK
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-25
KINGS HEAD ON NEW COINS
WILL LOOK TO THE RIGHT
British Mint Designs for New Sover-
eign's Coinage Must Be Reverse
of Previous Reign.


King Edward VII must look to the
right. That is the law of the mint. His
mother of glorious memory looked to the
left, and British gold coins are alterna-
tive in designs. William " looked to
the right on the pieces the mint issued in
his reign, George " to the left, George
III to the right, and so on back through
many royal reignS.
The mint says also that the monarch S
portrait must be in profile. The rest, so
far as choice in designs goes, is left TO
the soVereigns taste, with the particular
reservation that he or she may not wear
the Wreath of Victory until the army or
navy wins laurelS for the reign. William
" heads do not show the wreath. Will
liam's commanders had not the precise
opportunity while he was on the throne,
but both George III and George " wore
it on their coins, and so did Victoria the
Good until the Jubilee of 1887, when the
designers substituted the veil and the
crown.
Whether Edward VII heads may wear
the wreath or not rests at present with
Kitchener. If he brings South Africa to
order before the mint has prepared new
designs to put before the King his
Majesty shall have a wreath He shall
wear a crown at any rate, if he SO
chooses, for that is point quite at his
Majesty''s discretion. And the tails
side of his pieces shall be as he decides.
The King may have an opportunity to
make his influence felt in the interest of
the decimal system. Already the London
rial the Mail says:
I'm almost every country of the world,
certainly in every progressive country
outside the British Empire, the decimal
system long since has replaced the
clumsy and elaborate duodeeimaI of
other days. Several even among our col
onies have anticipated the mother coun-
try in the part of monetary reform Can
ada, for instance, has had the decimal
system for more than forty years. Eng
land, however, with that curious con-
servatism for which she is so famous
and which led her to set her face against
electric traction automobiles and the
cheap telephone uptil her competitors had
gained an immense lead, still lags be-
hind.
''The advantages of the decimal system
are obvious; it's disadvantages mainly
sentimental It's adoption would simplify
arithmetic immensely and the keeping of
accounts. Surely the example of the
whole civilized world must lead us to
feel some doubt as to the wisdom of
clinging obstinately to our duodecimals.'
Even Russia, it seems, which almost is
prehistoric in some things, is to have the
decimal system of money in operation
soon. st. Petersburg, Moscow and other
large cities in the Cars domain are Just
beginning with it, and in five years the
Minister of Finance intends it shall be in
operation throughout the empire
Any change will come slowly, however.
for the present circulation of Victorian
coinage is tremendous, far beyond the
possibility of a general "calI in" The
pieces will disappear gradually as they
wear out.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-25
Beet Sugar in Spain.

Since the loss of her colonies Spain has
made rapid progress in the DEVELOPMENT
of her home industries, especially in the
production of beet sugar. Consul Hughes
of Coburg reports that Spain in 1898 i'm
ported 49, ,724 pounds of sugar, but that
in 1899 she received from abroad only
e, ,346 pounds. In 1900 she imported prac-
tically nothing in that line, and the prob
ability is that she will soon be an ex-
porter. And this is reminiscent of the
claim that the extensive growing of sugar
beets in other countries is about to glTt
adds: THE European producing lands
are Germany, Austria, Russia, France
Belgium. Holland, Sweden, Denmark
Servia, Burgaria, Roumania, Switzerland
Italy, Greece and Spain. Persia is lust
entering the field; Egypt is realizing that
her soil is adapted to the cultivation of
the beet; the United States is pressing
them all, with Argentina and Chile try
ing to follow in her footsteps
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-25
FOLITICS AND RELIGION
IN NORTH CAROLINA
Colored Brother Expelled Appeals to
the Courts for Rein
cfota71oonf
statement.

A strange case has been brought before
the Supreme Court of North Carolina by
a colored citizen of that State, who seeks
to be reinstated as a member of a church
which had expelled him for voting the
Democratic ticket. The plaintiff pleads
that the offense charged was not of a suf-
ficiently heinous character to justify such
a serious form of disciplining. He asks
that his standing in the church be re-
stored and that precedent be thus es-
tablished which would clearly define the
political rights of church member
No doubt the petitioner makes a strong
case, though of course from this distant
point of view we can scarcely estimate
the enormity of the offense as charged.
1t may be possible that from the stand
point of the North Carolina colored breth-
ren voting a Democratic ticket is the
eighth deadly sin. If SO, it is difficult to
understand why this expelled sinner
wants to get back into such a hostile
camp. They can never feel the true broth
erly love for black sheep whom the law
forces back into their select fold.
In short, if this North Carolina plaintiff
is looking for trouble of the livelfest and
most persistent sort he will find it ready
for immediate harvesting if the Supreme
Court grants his petition.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-25
ENGINE CRASHES
INTO A WAGON
Fatal Accident on the
Narrow Gauge Near
Grass Valley.
Little Son of Railway Super
intendent Loughridge
Among the Injured.
special Dlspatch to The calI.

GRASS VALLEY, Dec. PA probably
fatal accident occurred on the narrow
gauge railroad between Grass Valley and
Nevada City this afternoon. A wild en-
gine ran into a wagon at street cross
ing, and as a result little son of Super
intendent Loughridge is lying in a pre-
carious condition with a fractured skull,
while several other persons are nursing
injuries of a more or less serious charac-
ter. The disaster was caused by a too
daring driver, who fooishly urged his
horses across the track in front of a
swiftly approaching locomotive.
Railroad Superintendent Loughridge
and his little son, in company with Eu-
gene Clark and James brennan, were
riding on the cowcatcher of the engine.
When the point was reached where the
county road crosses the track at Gold
Flat, the locomotive ran into a brewery
wagon, throwing the men and boy off the
engine.
Little Kidder Loughridge was the most
seriously injured. He is said to have
been hurled a distance of thirty feet over
a fence. and in falling he struck on his
head. Clark was not badly injured.
James brennan received a bad cut over
the eye superintendent Loughridge was
severely bruised.
The man who was driving the wagon
was employed by the Hieronimous Brew
cry in Nevada City. He was considerably
bruised.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-25
WERE OFFERED TITLES
BUT REFUSED THEM
Men Who Elected to Leave the Be-
stowal of Their Honors
to Posterity.


Not all Englishmen are seeking titles Of
nobility At least there have been many
subjects of the crown who might have
worn coronets, but declined to accept
them for varying reasons that were at
least sufficient to themselves, says the
Chicago Chronicle. The late William
EWart~ Gladstone was a notable example
of the latter order of humanity, for the
peerage which time after time was held
out to him was always rigidly rejected. 80
SWinburne might have had Sir be-
fore his name had he chosen to accept the
barOnetcy which was offered him some
years ago, but with true democratic in
dependence he refused to accept a title
which, after all, could do little to en-
hance his fame.
Similarly Mr. Watts, R. A, whose pic
lures are known the wide world over,
could have ranked with Lord Leighton
had not he stoutly asserted his objection
to titles and elected to remain as he was
Lord Tennyson, when first approached
on the question of accepting peerage,
was strongly opposed to the idea, but
eventually succumbed to the offer on the
ground that his son would inherit the
title and that he was therefore justified
in taking it.
It is rumored that the late Professor
Huxley was offered knighthood by Mr..
Gladstone-an offer which was politely
but firmly declined. A similar honor was
proposed to his distinguished contem-
porary. Professor Tyndall, and was also
declined without hesitation.
1t is an open secret tnat CharleS Dick
ems might have added the word Bart
to his illustrious name had he chosen to
do so.
A few years before the demise of Verdi.
the iliustrious composer, the late King
Humbert sent for the maestro and Of
fered him a dukedom in recognition of
his services to music. Verdi refused the
gracious offer with dignifed courtesy,
whereupon the King admitted that he
was quite right.
For said his Majesty, "all the titles
in Italy could not make you greater than
you are"
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-25
GENERAL LYTLES POEM
I AM DYING, EGYPT, DYING
Was Written in 1858 and Not Oh the
Eve of Chickamauga as
Often Published,

1t has been often published, and is gen.
orally believed, that the famous poem, be-
ginning, 81 am dying, Egypt, dying, was
written by General w. H. Lytle, the night
before he was killed at ChiCkamauga in
1868, and was found on his body at his
death. According to the Courier-Journal
this is not true.
At a. meeting Of the FilsOn Club, a his
torical society, in Louisville a short time
ago, Colonel Durrett, the president, stat
ed that he remembered to have read the
poem in the Cincinnati Commercial in
1855 Colonel ]. Stoddard Johnston re-
the battle of PerryVille, where General
Lytle was wounded. Captain Pirtle,~who
was within arms length of General LytIe
when he was wounded at Chickamauga,
heard from him an account of the cir
cumstanceS under which it was written.
"It was first printed in the Cincinnati
Commercial on July 20. 1858"
This settles the story as to the well
known POEMS having been written and
found at Chickamauga, but the discussion
brought out another fact which explains
the persistent story. A poem was found
in General Lytle's pOcketbook after his
death which has never been published
tain Pirtle read it to the Filson Club re-
Gently. There is no doubt that this poem
has been confounded with the earlier one
1.-THE incident" the Courier Journal re-
marks, shows the usefulness of such organ
izations as the Filson Club. where histori-
cal papers are subjected to rigid discus
sion, and all the information Obtainabie
upon a given point is brought out when
necessary to correct erroneous state
ments."
If the Courier-Journa1 pleases, we sug-
gest that it use it's influence now to have
the club determine, finally. and beyond
'Ali is quiet along the Potomac" and
when3