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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-14
PASSENGER ASSOCIATION
MAKES SPECIAL RATES
Reduction in Fares for Persons Who
Will Attend San Francisco
CONVENTIONS.


ST. LOUIS, Dec. 13--The Transconti-
mental Passenger Association closed its
meeting in ST. Louis to-day after MAX
ing rates to the most important meetings
in it's territory. These rates for summer
conventions were agreed upon:
To the biennial meeting Of the Knights
of Pythias, San Francisco, August II 70
IA, 1902, rate of $50 a round trip from
Chicago, SAT so from ST. Louis, S45 from
Missouri River points. $40 from Colorado
points. $47 so from Cairo, Memphis and
New Orleans.
To the annual meeting of the Travellers
Protective Association, Portland, Or,
June % to Is, same rates and privileges as
apply to Knights of Pythias meeting in
San Francisco.
For the annual meeting OF the Mystic
Shriners in June, 1902, at San Francisco,
the same rates will apply as quoted
above, and the same course was taken
for the meeting of the Federation of We
mems Clubs at Los Angeles, May 1 to s.
The rates applying to the summer con-
ventions held in San Francisco will like
wise apply to Los Angeles.
The private car minimum rate
raised from fifteen full fares to eighteen
full fares, subject to the concurrence Of
the Western and Southwestern lines.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-14
Lincoln Monument Fund.

The committee in charge of the Lincoln
monument fund has under consideration
a proposition to secure site on the sum-
NIT of Twin Peaks and converting the
same into a park, to be ornamented in
the center with large monument IN
commemoration of Abraham Lincoln. The
matter has been considerably discussed.
and at meeting held yesterday the pre-
lminary steps were taken to arrange for
number of entertainments for the pur-
pose of adding to the monument fund
The committee received an offer from
the Caldwell College of Oratory and Act
ing to furnish all the talent required 10
produce a drama entitled THE Tfgress. .
The offer was accepted and the drama
lows Hall on the afternoon of Christmas
and repeated in the evening The proceeds
will go to the monument fund
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-14

new edifice is to supplant one that was
destroyed by fire four years ago. The
pastor has been working ever since to Sc
curt new house of worship that should
be commensurate with the needs of his
flock, and he is particularly grateful that
the ceremony of laying the cornerstone
shall be observed on the day he shall
have rounded out twenty-five years of
active service in the parish.
The exercises will take place at 3
O'Clock. An hour before that the Catho-
lie societies Of this city will leave ST.
Francis de Sales Church to march in SOL
emn procession to the site of the new edi-
ice. The organizations which will take
part are the Societa da Christoforo CO.
lombo. League of the Cross Cadets, St
Patrick's Alliance, Young Mems Institute.
Ancient Order Of Hibernians, Catholic
knights of America and the Junior rank
of the Young Mems Institute The band
Of the italian society will head the pro-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-14
MIDNIGHT RIOT
IN DANCE HALL
Drunken Soldiers Wreck
Pacif1c-Str
Resort.
Policeman Nelson Narrowly
Escapes Death at Hands
Of a Mob.

A mob of about forty soldiers of the
Fifteenth Cavalry, which is stationed at
the Preside preparatory to being sent to
Manila, went on a wild rampage on Pa
cific street shortly after Il o'clock last
night. They took possession of the Camp
Fire Dance Hall at 80 Pacific street and
completely wrecked the place. officer
Nelson, who bravely attempted to combat
the mob single-handed, had q narrow
escape from being killed.
The unrestrained soldiers in their drunk
EN- fury entered the dance hall and drove
out the proprietor Officer Nelson on
hearing the suproar, ran to the scene He
was surrounded by the drunken soldiers.
who We're too frenZied to be Quelled by a
single policeman, and forced back against
the wall. The soldiers struck at him with
broken billiard cues and broken chairs.
Only the arrival of number of policemen
saved Nelson from being killed.
While part of the mob held Nelson at
bay the rest completely destroyed the
furnishings of the dance hall. The bar
was overturned, bottles were broken and
the liquor spilled about the floor, billiard
cues were smashed and the soldiers pulled
the chairs to pieces so as to obtain clubs
with which to continue their wantOn
demolition. Nothing escaped their fury.
A young man who happened to be in
the dance hall and witnessed the plight
of Policeman Nelson ran for assistance.
He informed Officer Peters of the trouble.
Peters turned in the riot call A squad Of
policemen under the command OF Ser
geant Donovan were hurried to Pacific
street from the Hall of Justice. They sue
ceeded in driving the mob back and res
cued officer Nelson, who escaped serious
injury.
The officers piled their clubs with good
effect and very few of the drunken ma
RAIDERS escaped with sound heads. TWen-
ty-eight of the mob were arrested and
taken to the Hall of Justice. They will
be charged with disturbing the peace
Officer Naylor stood at the head OF the
steps leading from the dance hall and
used his fists in suppressing the soldiers
The dance hall after the mob had been
dispersed looked as though it had been
swept by a Kansas cyclone
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-14
REGENTS TO VISIT
CALIFORNIA CAMPUS
Will Inspect General Study on Col
lege Grounds of Revised
Benard Plans.

RERKELEY, Dec. 13.-According to
tho directions of the Regents at their last
meeting, work of stalking out general
st1ldv of the two revised Bernard plans
was begun this afternoon on the Univer-
sitv of California campus. Town Engl-
neer c. l.. Higgins and assistants are
doing the surveying under the direction
Of Architect John G. Howard.
No construction stakes are being placed,
as the detailed plans OF the buildings
have not been drawn, but the grounds
are being surveyed so that the Regents
NAV look over available locations for
buildings when they visit the university
for that purpose on December n. Two
general schemes are being laid out.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-14
NOTICE TO PATRONS.

Owing to the large size of The
Calls Christmas Edition to be issued
Sunday, December Is, and the great
volume of extra advertising already
received, no advertisements of any
description will be accepted for pub
LEGATION in that issue after $50
P. m. Saturday. The Christmas
Call will be the largest, finest ami
most deliberately illustrated holiday
edition published on the Pacific Slope.
Send copy to your Eastern friends.
Ready for mailing cents per copy.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-14
SABIN RETURNS
FROM CHICAGO
Tells Of improvements
in the Telephone
System.

John J. Sabin. who left this city last
April to assume the presidency Of the
al -hicagO Telephone Company, arrived
ZONE last night to spend Christmas with
bis family During his official career IN
the Windy City President Sabin succeeded
in effecting many important improve
nents in the Chicago telephone system.
Under his supervision the system was
greatly EXTENDED ana the conolton OF the
operators improved. He VIII return 10
Chicago after Christmas.
In spea king Of the Chicago telephone
system last night President Sabin said;
The Chicago telephone field is unsurpassed
by any in the United States There are 4V,OOV
phones in use there at present ana prepara-
lions have been made Tor increasing that num-
Der 70 10. 900 within the next Two years In
The Chicago and Central Union Telephone sys-
TENS Ksauhfn the last seven months there has
been a net gain Of $4,000 telephones, or an
Increase equal 10 the entire number o. phones
in use IN san Francisco.
I have 700 stations under my charge;
10000 on the Pacific Coast. 10000 in the Chi
cago Company and 100000 in the Contra! Union
In Illinois. Indiana and Ohio
The service IN Chicago Is uneXcelled- e
naturally look after the welfare OF our operat-
ors as il Is through them that the company
comes in contact with the public regard
by the education Of the people In Chicago
We are introducing the telephones into restau-
rants and other public places. / believe the
time viii come when the phone will be con-
sidered indispensable to home OF to bnsi-
ness house
People are gradually being educated up to
Tie etiquette Of the telephone. When the
bicycle and the automobile first made their
appearances people did not know how to re-
cefve them They did not know what rights
u way 70 assign 10 them on the public streets.
= as the public became accustomed TO these
r. YlS5ern improvements in locomotion 4 learned
The proper way to treat them. SO II Will be
with the telephone. The time will come when
a patron viii not think Of making a poor tel
tDhone girls life miserable because she hap
pens TO make a mistake in a switch He will
treat her politely as he would girl who
serves him IN a store.
In Chicago we make 500, 900 switches in a
dsv and only about 500 mistakes are made.
C,onsfdering the vast number Of switches that
are made i think that IL is marvellous that so
few mistakes are made The record is about
as near perfection as man can make H.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-14
WANTS MUNICIPAL
BOARDS ABOLISHED
Mayor Barstow Offers Some Ideas
Upon Reconstruction of the
CITY Government.

OAKLAND, Dec. 13.-Mayor Barstow
has made a new suggestion relative to .
proposed change in the method of select
ing the Board of Public Works and the
Board of Police Commissioners. He adj
yocates an amendment to the city charter
that will give the Mayor power to appoint
three commissioners one of whom shall
SUPERVISE the street and other public
work. second to control Police Depart
ment affairs. and a third to be at the
head of Fire Department matters. The
Mayor would have, such appointees re-
sponsible only to the appointing power
He argues that the present conditions
could be radically improved under an abo-
iition of the boards as they are now con-
stituted.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-14
Takes His Life While 1ntoxicated

recently discharged from the steamsr
Alameda. committed suicide early vester-
day morning in the Adelphia House aoa
Kearny street, by shooting himself in tbs
head. Stanley retired to his room in an
intoxicated condition and shortly after
ward a pistol shot was heard. The donr
of the room was forced open and STANLEY
was found lying across the bed with :,
revolver clutched in his right hand and
a bullet wound IN his temple
Shaniey was snot and severely wounded
rel with w. Cordes in a Pacifie-stre,sr
dive 1t was thought at the time that H.
would not recover. He had been drinkin.S
heavily of late.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-14
LITTLE GIRL WHO SAVED
HER MOTHER FROM DEATH
BY SUICIDE.
watched by the bedside until this morn

watched by the bedside until this morn
ing.
Josie is a pretty child, well grown,
we'll nourished, with Zig brown eyes.
She was born on ranch in Pruneda1e,
Monterey County and although only
years old when she said goodby to the
country, her recollection of certain events
is particularly vivid.
I'm afraid of my father" she said.
HE killed Jessie and Bessie
This startling accusation was modified
when Josie explained later on that Bessie
and Jessie were pet lambs that had been
her constant playmates through one
happy summer.
Josie attended the Harrison-street
Public School, where she was in the high
first and where, she says, she once
stonshed" the teacher by spelling
California fright out before the whole
class"
She has laid aside school for the pres
ent however, ito look after mamma In
addition to her mother she has in her
charge an original collection of wonder
fully made rag dolls and a large follow
ing of vagrant dogs.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-14
BICYCLE RIDERS FAIL
TO APPROACH RECORD
Julius Sustains a Fractured Collar
bone in a Collision With Other
Competltors.

NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-Still far behind
the record established by Miller and Wal
Ter for a six-day bicycle race, nine teams
only of the original sixteen starters IN
this wears event are left on the Madison.
Square Garden track During sprint to-
night McEachern, Mclean, Julius and
Fredericks cOllided. They all went down
in a heap. with Julius underneath. He
was taken from the track and examined
by doctors. who found his collar bone had
been fractured Lawson will be allowed
o clock score was:
Butler and Mclean. 2221 miles; Newkirk and
Munroe 2221; McEachern and Walthour. 2221 I:
MAYA and Wilson, 2221; Babcock and TurVille
2221 King and SamuelsOn. 222O miles LAPS:
Hall and McLaFen. 222O:3; Fredericks and
Jaak 1920; Lawson and julius. 2161:S The
leaders are 1873 miles laps behind the record.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-14
LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
DOMESTIC PORTs

SAN DIEGO--Arrived Dec 13-Str,- s..
of California. from San Francisco. ale
Sailed Dec 13-Stmr st Denis, for Ensenado i.
stmr State of California, for San Francisco
PORTLAND-Arrived Dec 13-Bark lean
Bart from st Nazaire: ship Tarpenbek from
Hamburg; stmr Knight Companion. from Yo-
koharna.
PORT LOS ANGELES-Arrived Dec r..
Stmr San Mateo. from Nanaimo.
ASTORIA-Saied Dec 13-Stmr Chico fo,.
San Francisco.
OCEAN STEAMERS
GLASGOW-Arrived Dec 13-Stmr B,Ieno.
Ayrean, from New York
LIVERPOOL-Arrived Dec 13-Stmr New
England, from Boston. Owing to unfavorable
weather did not touch at Queenstown
GENOA-Arrived Dec 13-Stmr Trave from
New York, via Gibraltar and Naples.
SJJEZ-ArriVed Dec 13-Stmr Yangtse from,
Seattle and Tacoma, via Hiogo, for Shanghai
and Manila etc. for orders, supposed to Lon
don or ANTWERP.
SEATTLE-Sailed Dec 13-Stmr Coronado.
for Grsys Harbor: stmr Manzanila for
Destruction Island.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-14
Twice Attempts Suicide.

Herman Valbracht, who tried to put an
end to his life last month while in the
German Hospital by severing an artery
in his wrist and afterward by swallow
ing dose Of carbolic acid, made another
attempt at suicide yesterday. He went
out among the hills at Forty-third ave-
nue. and opened an artery in his wrist
with a razor and took a dose of carboiic
acid. He was discovered struggling from
the effects of the poison and was taken
TO the Central Emergency Hospital, where
prompt action saved his life He Will be
to-day.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-14
Hartman orders improvements.

The result of Chief Engineer Hoods
flying trip to New York was made public
yesterday, when it was announced thar
the Southern Pacific Company was pre-
pared to receive bids for the straighten-
ing of seventy-iive miles of the Central
Pacific Railroad track east of Wadsworth
New. Engineer Hood went to New York
with julius Kruttschnitt several weeks
ago and had a conference with President
Hartman. 1t is supposed that Hood then
advised Hartman that the only possihlo
way for shortening the time between
here and Ogden was by Strengthening the
track. This is one of Harrirnan's 6r-t
steps toward Improvement, and it is RI
mored that many others are to follow
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-14
AcOnite Kills cigar-Dealer.

E. Z. Van Inwegen, one Of the owners
of a cigar stand at the southeast corner
of Kearny and Pine streets, died suddenly
yesterday from the effects of what is be-
ueved to be an overdose of aconite which
he had been taking for an affection Of
the heart. His partner, E. c. Reene,
went to the stand at $3.50 yesterday morn
ing and found Inwegen sitting in a chair
in the back room unconscious. A physi-
clan who was summoned worked upon
Inwegen until II o'clock, when the I'M
conscious man died. He was 40 years old.
Unmarried and resided at All Stockton
street An inquest will be held.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-14

w City has been solved. The
woman whose determined effort
at self-murder sent thrills through the
passengers on the Gas trip from San
Franklin street, Oakland. The little girl
whose presence of mind prevented the
tragedy was her 6-year-old daughter
Josie.
According to the Respondent woman. her
husband Frank Kantz, employed up to
last Monday by the Contra Costa Water
Company, deserted her and their child
last Saturday. Hearing that her husband
was in San Francisco, Mrs Kantz, ae-
companied by her little daughter, crossed
the bay to find him. Unsuccessful in their
errand they were returning to Oakland,
when Mrs. Kantz made determined at
tempt to commit suicide by jumping over
board through a window in the ladies'
dressing-room.
What Josie did she tells herself as fol-
lows:
Mamma was nearly through the window be-
fore thought what she was trying to do. I
jumped on her back, caught my arms around
Mamma said Don't Josie can't live this
way TIL be better off out there"
Then l stamped my foot and told mamma to
be 'shamed of herself; that it was dark and
cold and wet; that ] was too little girl to
be left alone and she Just must 1,, come st home
around and kissed me and tried again to get
through the window. l took hold OF her skirts
and lust screamed and hollered till lot Of
ladies came in and just made mamma go into
the saloon.
home Mamma tried twice to jump off the
train but Mr.. Carr just held her.
Mrs. Kantz was hysterieal when she
reached home, but was soothed and COM
forted by her little daughter. who
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-14

~ AKLAND. Dec. BIN celebration
IA IN Of the silver anniversary Of Sa-
II cred Heart parish the cornerstone
~ Of the new church. which is In
course Of construction on For
tieth street, near Grove. viii be laid Sun
day afternoon at 3 o'clock Archbishop p
". RiOrdan of San Francisco will Of
blciate, with the assistance of the Catholic
clergy from both sides Of the bay.
The event VIII be made the occasion for
a dual church festival. for on the day sc
lected the parish will celebrate twenty
five years Of life and the quarter-century
OF service Of its pastor, the Rev. Law
renee Serda.
The church members selected the ami
versary day as particularly appropriate
for the cornerstone laying, because the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-14
Held for Rohheru

William Grissett was held to answer he
fore the Superior Court by Judge ca
baniss yesterday on the charge of rob-
berry in $1,000 bonds. He held I'D John
Badnastz, a miner from British Columbia,
Fourth, early Thursday morning and
took 81 from him. Badnastz held on to
him till Policeman p. j. Mitchell arrived
Percy Schreiner, bartender who was
arrested the same time as an accessory,
was released.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-14
whittlegey's Heavy shortaga

SEATTLE, Dec. 13.-The total amount
of the shortage in King County's treasury
incurred in the four years incumbency
of Charles F. Whittlesey as Treasurer ia
placed by experts at $4O,O4S SO. The last
balance was struck this afternoon. Whit
tlesey's second term securities will i'm all
probability be notified tomorrow.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-14
POSTAGE on Christmas Fdi+ior

The great Christmas edition of The
Cali, issued December Is, 1901, con-
tains 70 pages and will weigh II
ounces. The rates Of postage on this
edition will be as follows:
Domestic. ..............5 cents
Foreign. .............9 cents
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-14
NEW ADvERTIsEMENTs.
srER1L1zED BARBER SHOP.
A Famous Shop in the Carrollton
Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland.

The barber shop in the Carrollton Hotel.
Baltimore, sterilizes everything il uses in
the shop. The sterfIizing is done by heat.
The towels the razors, the strops. the
soap, the combs and brushes are all
sterilized before being used on custom
er. Where there is no sterilization have
tss barber use NeWbro's Herpicide- It
Irls the danoruf germ, and it is an anti
~ tic for the scalp, and for the face
after shaving. All leading BARRIERS every
where appreciate these potent facts about
Herpicide and they use it. Destroy the
cause, you remove the effect"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-14
Cresceus to Try for Record

Los ANGELES, Dec. 13.-Cresceus. the
king of trotters, will be driven tomorrow
against his record of 2:O21l at Agriculture:
Park. The track is in first-class condition
for the attempt and the great horse is ex-
ord
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-14
Licensed to Marry.

OAKLAND, Dec. 13.-Licenses to marry
were issued to-day to Joseph B. Perry,
aged So years Redwood City, and Mary
Z. Peters, %, Oakland; Isaac N. King, Is.
Bakersfield, and Sarah K. Schran, As, Min
nesota; Victor A. Strom, 81 and Vivian
Williamson, 10, both of Alameda.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-14
Decides Against Mrs. Aldrich.

to-day decided against the claim of Mrs.
Minnie C. Aldrieh, widow of the late w
H Aldrich, for 1884 80 from the estate OF
William Aldrich, the deceased Hawaiian
capitalist.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-14
Dobbs Throws Up sponge.

BALTIMORE, Dec. 13.-Bobby Dobbs'
seconds threw up the sponge in the four
teenth round of fight between Dobbs
and Joe Cans tonight under the auspices
of the Eureka Athletic Club
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-14
wERsTER.s DEMURRER s1rsrA1NrD

wEBSTER's DEMURRER SUSTAINED
The demurrer interposed by Superintendent Of
Schools r. H. Webster to the petition of VIII
liam Denman for a writ of mandate was sus-
tanned by Judge Seawen yesterday. Denman
applied for writ to compel Webster to sign
Denman's claim against the city for legal SER
vices he rendered the Board of Education
EVOLUTION OF INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY.
Professor Austin Lewis of the University OF
London will deliver a lecture on the '.Evolu-
ton of Industrial Society tonight at the
Academy of Sciences building, $40 Market
street That non-believers and others NAV have
an opportunity of gaining knowledge on this
subjecs open discussion will follow at the
close of the lecture.