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The San Francisco call., 1903-12-07
FIFTY HORSES
PERISH IN FIRE
Stables and Warehouses
on Seventh Street
Burned.
Midnight Blaze Causes Loss
Estimated to Be Nearly
$4,000.

Fifty horses were burned to death
at midnight last night in a fierce fire
on Seventh street, between Bryant and
Brannan. Two stables and a ware
house were almost destroyed and a
tile warehouse was damaged. The
total loss is In the neighborhood of
$4,000.
The fire started in the stable Of
Charles Madison and soon the ware
house of the San Francisco Com
pressed Hay Company and the stable
of Frank Munson & Co. were afire.
These three buildings were almost de-
stroyed and the tile warerooms Of
Gladding, Mclean & Co. were slightly
damaged.
The origin of the fire is unknown,
but it is thought some one who was
sleeping in the barn dropped a lighted
cigar or cigarette stump in pile of
hay. 1t took but a few moments for
the blaze to spread and when the va
rious fire companies arrived on the
scene three of the buildings were en-
veloped in flames and smoke and the
fourth was threatened with destruc
ton.
The firemen at once turned their at
tention to rescuing the horses from the
stables of Munson & Co. and Charles
Madison. In all more than thirty ami
mails were taken out, but fifty per-
ished.
The fremen did excellent work and
kept the fierce flames from spreading
to many adjoining dwellings. Several
hundred tons of hay belonging to Mum
son & Co, Madison and the Compressed
Hay Company was destroyed, but the
damage in the storehouse of Gladding,
Mclean & Co. was slight.
A year ago four large stables and
warehouses on the same site were
burned to the ground. Many horses
were lost at that time, and the fire is
supposed to have started in the same
way as that of last night.
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Horse BOLD into Window.

Albert Titus, IA years of age, living
with his mother at 1904 Lyon street
was driving his cousin, Miss Lillian p
Crommelin, in buggy yesterday after
noon along Bush street when a colt
bounded from a yard near Scott street
and frightened the horse. Albert is
considered to be a good driver for his
age, but the animal became unmanage-
able and bolted. At the corner Of Bush
and Fillmore the horse dashed into the
plate glass window Of a fancy bazaar
kept by Lorenzo Adams and both Al
bert and Miss CrOmmelin were pitched
on the horse as it fell. They escaped
with bruises. but the buggy was
smashed and the horse injured. The
animal belongs to Joseph p. Casoly OF
243o Geary street,
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-07
SHELL FROM FORT
KILLS AN OFFICER
Fatal Visit of italian
Lieutenant to So
maitland.
Natives Refuse to Hoist His
Flag, He Fires and
Is Slain.

ALDEN Arabia. Dec 6.-Lieutenant
Commander Grabau. an Italian officer.
commanding an armed dhow. landed a
party OF friendly natives at Darbe. So
maitland. Africa, and ordered the Ital-
ian flag hoisted on the fort. The COM
mandant Of the fort refused to permit
the order to be carried out unless IL
had the sanction of the Sultan.
Lieutenant Commander Grabau there
upon gave the commandant two hours
in which to obey the order and. at the
expiration OF that time. the command
ant not having compiled. fired upon the
fort. The fort replied with shell. kill
ing Grabau.
The dhow then put to sea and was
picked ND by an Italian cruiser, which
landed the officers body here.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-07
ENGINE PILOT
SAVES A LIFE
Locomotive Cowcatcher
Picks Up Drunken
Wayfarer.
Befuddled Pedestrian Carried
Two Blocks Escapes
Unscratched.
Oakland Office san Francisco Call.

Ills Broadway. Dec. s.
Picked up by the pilot and carried
two blocks, while teetering on the edge
Of the insecure resting place, then es-
Gaping without a scratch. was the ex-
perience Of Frank Mckee, a laborer,
this morning in an encounter with a
Southern Pacific freight train at First
street and Broadway.
Mckee had been enjoying himself
during the early part Of the evening.
His dauiance over the beer that steams
and likewise cheers had put Frank a
bit to the wrong side. He had essayed
10 find his way TO lodgings at the lower
end OF town. but during HIS peregrina-
tions stumbled across the railroad
tracks along First street.
In the midst Of his efforts TO clear
the rails Mckee ran sfoul Of a freight
trains locomotive that was pulling and
pufing its way through the city. The
belated and beerladen wayfarer could
not dodge anything bigger than a peb-
bic. and barely that So the engine
struck Mckee. Instead Of grinding
him into mangled bits, this condescend-
ing locomotive picked UP the helpless
obstruction and laid him across the
cowcatcher. where Mckee was held
during a run Of several hundred feet
A train hand discovered the pilots pas
senger.
When the brakemen got 10 Mckee he
had been frightened into reasonable
state Of sobriety. He was plucked
from his perilous perch and sent TO the
Receiving Hospital. Steward Borchert
examined his patient ana pronounced
him 10 be unharmed. After that the
police took charge Of Mckee.
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Thrown From Bicvcle.

Thomas J. Weaver, carriage
painter, 70 years of age and residing
at 1927 Alabama street. was thrown
from his bicycle yesterday afternoon
in Golden Gate Park and sustained
fracture of the left hipbone and severe
decorations of the scalp. He was
treated at the Park Emergency Hos
pital.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-07
KING ALFONSO SEES
SHEPHERD SHOT DEAD
Act of Game Keeper on Hunting
Trip Deeply Affects Young
Sovereign.

MADRID, Dec. 6.-While King AL
fenso was hunting at Casa Campo a
gamekeeper fired, killing a shepherd.
The King was so affected by the in
cident that he returned Immediately
to the palace. One account of the af-
fair is that the gamekeeper suspected
the shepherd of an intention to attack
one Of the members of the Kings suite.
The gamekeeper, however. declared
the killing was accidental.
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POPE Plus COURTS
MExICo's FRIENDSHIP

ROME, Dec. 6.-Monsignor Zerihni
Benedictine. archbishop Of Sholetc. has
been appointed by the Vatican apostol-
ic delegate to Mexico. 1t Is hoped by
the Vatican authorities that this ap-
pointment viii lead to a resumption OF
the relations between Mexico and the
Holy See, interrupted since the execu-
ton Of Emperor Macmillan.
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Former Consul Passes Awav.

OIL CITY, Pa. Dec. 6.-Captain Da-
vid A. Moore died at his home to-day.
In 1859 he was United States Consul at
Nagasaki, Japan. A brother, Captain
James B. Moore Of Brooklyn, N. Y, is
a retired naval officer.
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win Be Towed to Acaintla

The tug Hiawatha, which was recent
lyspurchased here by Senior Mejia, win
be towed down to AcajutIa, Salvador.
by the steamer Abydos of the Kosmos
line. It was the original intention to
take the tug on the steamers bow. as
she was supposed to weigh but twenty
two tons; when, however, it was ascer-
tanned she weighed fifty-seven tons. it
was decided to tow her.
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Celebrated Composer Dies.

CHICAGO, Dec 6. - Frederick Grant
Gleason, one Of the most celebrated OF
American composers and director OF
the Chicago Auditorium Conservatory.
died here to-day of pneumonia, aged
"a years.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-07

Pen troubles disappear when you get a
fountain pen that fits your hand. Having
all kinds we can fit any hand. Prices
from $l.00 TO $500 each. Sanborn. Vail &
the Waterman" Regal" and 'Marshallo
fountain pens.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-07

1t is estimated that nearly all the pine
timber now growing in Minnesota (about
SO,000,00O feet) will be cut and marketed
within the next fifteen years.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-07

The practice of fencing has been re-
vived among young japanese noble
women.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-08-07
CHAPTER XI.

When Mrs. Cranceford returned
home early in the afternoon she told
the Major, whom she found pacing up
and down the long porch, that Pen
nington was up and walking about the
house. She told him, also, that he was
resolved upon taking Louise to Ala
bama, and added that she herself
would oppose this determination up to
the very moment OF departure.
The Major grunted. What right
have you to do that?' he asked. Why
should you NEEDLE with the affairs of
a man that is seeking to make a liv-
ing for his wife,"
John, you are laughing at me and
I know it Here lately you make light
of everything l say
The season was changing, he felt its
influence, and he shook with good
humor as he walked.
John, you are laughing at me and
| know 1t. Here lately you make light
of everything l say"
The season was changing, he felt its
influence, and he shook with good hui
NOR as he walked.
John, you are SO tickled that you
can't answer me-"
why, l could answer you very east
ly if I only knew what you want me
to say"
This broke her whimsical resent
ment of his droll p~layfulness; she
laughed with him, and taking his arm,
walked up and down the porch. They
talked of many things-of Loulse's per-
sistent s~tubborness, and of a growing
change in the conduct of Tom-his alb
straction and his g~entleness. He had
left uncut the leaves of a sporting re-
view, had taken to romances, and in
is room had found, sprawled on fool
zap, an ill-rhymed screed in raptur-
IS praise of soulful, eyes and f1axen
2ir. Mrs. Cranceford knew that he
lust be in love; so did the Major, but
- could not conjecture the object Of
) fervid a passion. Bnt his wife had
sttled upon the object and was o
ried, though Of her distress she had
not spoken to Tom, so recent had been
the discovery of the tell-tale blotch Of
ink. But she would as 70 as an
opportunity offered.
ut will soon pass" said the Major.
81 don't think he intends to marry
her"
Marry her!" his wife exclaimed. II
would rather see him dead than mar
ried into a family of white trash. She
may be a most amiable young person
and all that, but he shan't marry her.
It would break my heart, and l VOW
she shall never come here. Why. she
came from the pine woods and is q
cracker"
But the cracker may have a most
gallant and well-born origin, my dear"
the Major replied. "The victim OF a
kings displeasure is not insignificant;
he must have been a force
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about it: No longer ago than yester.
day that strapping ALI Joyner threw a
hint of this sort, and although he
meant 1t In fun. maybe, l snatched him
off the fence where he was sitting, and
walliped him in the road. No l can't
keep from showing how much l think
of her; there is so much of me-" he
added, with a smile, that l can't be a
hypercrite all over at once"
At this she smiled, but her counte.
nance grew serious and she said:
81 am sorry you have been com
PEELED to resent an insinuation." She
gathered up the lines. Bit perhaps
you may imagine more than is intend.
ed. 1t is easy and also natural that
you should"
Jim made no reply. She bowed 10
him. shook the lines, and the old horse
moved on. Just before reaching a
bend in the road, she looked back at
him. How powerful was his bearing,
how strong his stride; and with all
his bigness he was not ungraceful.
Everywhere, in the fields, along the
fences, lay October's wasteful ripe.
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garden, under a weeping willow tree,
were the graves of his parents and Of
his sister, a little girl recalled with
emotional night when a high wind
was blowing, for she had ever been
afraid OF a storm; and she died on q
day when a fierce gale up the river
blew down a cottonwood tree in the
yard. She and Louise were as sis
tiers. At her grave the giant often
sat, for she was a timid little creature,
afraid to be alone; and sometimes at
night when the wind was hard, when
a cutting sleet was driving, he would
get out of his bed and stand under the
tree to be near her. 1t was so fool
ishly sentimental of so strong a man
that he would o have dared to tell
anyone, but to the child in the grave
he told his troubles. So, on this morn
ing, when the wind was gathering its
forces as it swept the fields, as the
clouds were .thickening far away
among the whitish tops of the dead
cypress trees, he went straightway to
the weeping-willow, passed the grave
of his father, his mother, and sat down
beside the stone that bore the name
and the age of the little one. ~
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to him But he AYERS that he doesn't
want an ofice-wants only to see that
the blacks get what they are entitled
to-"
And about tho first thing that will
be done for him after he gets what
he's entitled to-" Jim replied, will be
the sending of his measure to a coffin
maker"
Il surmise as much, l assure you. l
didn't encourage him to prolong his
visit; indeed. I told him that l pre-
ferred TO be alone" %.
They turned out of the lane into a
wood, crossed q bayou. and pursuing
their way a short distance further,
Taylor halted, and handing the Eng
lishman his tub. pointed 10 a path
that crossed the road. "That will
take you TO the blacksmith shop" he
said.
"Ah. you are very kind" Low re-
piled, shouldenng his treasure. He
turned down rhs path. but after going
a short distance stopped and faced
about Il say. there!" he cried. "Ch,
Taylor. Jast a moment. wouldn't
mind having you over any evening,
yod know. You are q deviksh decent
fellow
IAN right; you may look for me
most any time. Take you out 'possum
hunting some night"
Low was now humping himself
down the path. and Taylor turned to
pursue his way homeward, when once
more As E~aasaishman faced about and
shouted: you AN very kind, I'm
sure. ] shall be delighted"
jim Taylor was master OF a small
plantation and sole fnhabitor of the
! house whsrsiR he was born In the
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-08-07

Between his teeth the Briton held his
straight-stem pipe, and on his shoulder
he carried a bath tub.
"Moving?" Taylor asked.
"Ah, good morning. No-not NOV
ing. An outrage has been committed.
During the night someone punched a
hole In the bottom Of my bath. Don't
know who could have done it; most
extraordinary, l assure you. One of
those u~ngrateful blacks, I warrant.
Going this way? I shall be glad OF
your company. All, do you happen to
know a tinker?" he asked, as together
they walked along the road.
"A what?"
"a tinker 80 mend mp bath7"
Haven't any such thing about here,
but l guess the blacksmith can mend
your tub. Here, let me carry 1t for
you a ways. You must be tired of it
by this time"
He protested, but Taylor took the
tub. THANK you. You are very
kind I'm sure. l would have sent it,
but these rascals are so untrustworthy.
All, how long do you conjecture 1t
would take one to make his fortune in
this community"
at depends more upon the mar than
the community" Taylor answered. II
now one that never could"
"And by Jove, l fancy have a very
intimate acquaintance with another.
But l rather like it here. you know.
have plenty Of room and no n is
much disposed to interfere with me
except those ~rascally blacks, and upon
my honor / believe they tried to ruin
my bath. Don't you think you'd bet.
ter let me take 1t now?"
mo; I'll carry it. Wouldn't have
known l had it if you hadn't remind
ed me-"
You are very kind, I'm sure. All,
by the way, a very singular man called
on me yesterday. Mayo, l believe, is
his name"
Eyes, we know him down here.
Came very neal getting a dose Of rope
once. He tries to be a Moses among
the negroes, but instead OF leading
them out Of the wilderness he's going
to lead them Into trouble"
II dare say as much, if they listen
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p X.

Jim Taylor, too humane to impose
always made his visits on foot, and
this day while trudging homeward, he
met Mrs. Cranceford. She had of late
conceived so marked a sympathy for
him, that her manner toward him was
warmly gentle.
Taylor stepped to the roadside and
a buggy. With a sorrowful reverence
he took off his hat, and she smiled
alphabetically; and the Lazy old
horse, appearing to understand 1t all,
stopped of his own accord.
Good morning. Jim. Have you
been over to the house?'
"Yes, man, just left there"
"How Is hep
$50 much better that l belive he's
going to get we'll"
you don't say so! Why, l am
she was about to say that she was de-
lighted to hear it, but on the giants
face she thought she saw a deeper
shadow lying. heard in his voice a
softer not Of sorrow; and consider
ately she checked her intended utter
ance. Then they looked at each other
and were ashamed.
HE was up dressing himself when
l left"
"You surprise me-"
"And he has surprised us all, nam,
l don't believe he's got consumption;
his cough has left him. Why, he's
thinking of taking a place in a college
over In Alabama"
"He is? But l hope he won't take
Louise so far from homo.
He shifted his position and sunk his
hands deep into his pockets. 81 guess
he thinks she can't be so very far from
home as long as she Is with him."
But it makes no difference what he
thinks" Mrs. Cranceford persisted.
"He must not take her over there.
Why, l should think he could find en-
ployment here" Jim looked far away,
and she added: "Is your cotton turn,
ing ont well?"
"FirsJ-rate. and l want to sell 1t as
o 10 as | can. I've got to go away"
go away!- she repeated. you
don't mean it?"
YES, nam, l do II he gets well
they won't have any more s for me
and | might as well go OF somewhere
and take a fresh start; and besides,
/ can't keep from showing thar love
her, and no matter how cool she might
be toward me 1t couldn't help but
pain him. And there are people in
this ~neighborhood mean enough 20 talk
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-08-07

fence he stood dreamily looking across
were bobbing between the ows The
scene was more dull than bright; to
a stranger it would have been dreary,
the dead level, the lone buZzard away
owe yonder, sailing above the tops Of
the ragged trees; but for this mar the
view vas overspread with a memory
of childhood. He was medltating up
On leaving his home; he felt that his
departure was demanded. And yet he
knew that not elsewhere could he find
contentment. Amid such scenes he
had been born and reared. He was
like a deer-would rather feed upon
the rough oak foliage of a native for
est than to feast upon the rich grasses
of a strange land. But he had made
up his mind to go. He had heard Of
the charm of the hills. the valleys
and the streams in the northern part
Of the state, and once he had gone
thither to ~acquaint himself with that
paradise, but in disappointment he had
come back. bringing the opinion that
the people were cold and u~nconcerned
in the comfort and the welfare OF a
stranger. So, with this experience
fresh in his mind, he was resolved not
TO re-settle In his ewn commonwealth.
but to go to a city, though feeling his
unftness for urban life. But he
thought, as 80 many men and women
have been forced 10 think, that life In
a crowd would invite forgetfulaess,
that his slow ~broodings would find a
swift flow into the tide that swallows
the sad thoughts OF men.
A sudden noise in the road broke the
web Of his musing, and looking about
he recognized Low, the Englishman.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-08-07


In the stately home of many a multi
millionaire there are costly antiques
for which there have been paid fab
ulous sums. II the truth were known
1t would show that they were manu-
featured by clever Partisan artisans
who grow prosperous on the desire of
the rich for curios.
How ~cleverly these artisans work
may be illustrated by one incident. An
%antiquary sent n of them a block of
marble with instructions to initiate an
object which he sent along. The ar
tisan made the imitation and made it
look more genuine than the original.
AS a joke he sent the imitation to
the antiquary as the original. After
wards he carried back the original as
the imitation. The %antiquary looked at
the original and declared:
Its a bit faulty. To be frank, it's
a botched job. l hardly care to take
it." ,
Inc dlllSdH lOOhSu at ulh anu
said:
why, its the piece you gave me
to copy"
And the antiquary became furious.
AS soon as he could 0 his COM
posure he informed the artisan that,
of course, he had known it all the time
and that he had permitted the decep-
ton to be carried on simply to see
how far the artisan would go with
his i~mpudence."
This same artisan showed plainly
what craft is employed to manufac-
ture these limitations. He explained
thus:
with wood you can do what you
please. You can make it worm eat
en- and put dry rot into the carved
parts. A chisel cannot work on dry
rot. This defect can be used as a GER
tifcate of authenticity. One of my
friends bought a bahut. He paid
three experts to examine it and they
certified it to be genuine. Some time
after he had it taken down to shift it
to another room. In moving it a panel
got broken and he sen it to a Picard
TO be repaired. Goodness mel cried
Picard, it is the bahut that l made
a few years ago. The cabinetmakeis
who work for aEtiquaries now use the
oak which has been employed in the
beams and rafters of old houses. For.
tunes have been made by knowing
people who bought old tumble down
houses in Orleans and other provin-
cis. towns. Phey sold the rotten wood
to manufacturers of ancient furni,
ture for more than the house cost, and
had the ground for nothing. | have an
other acquaintance who manufactures
t~imepieces for an a%ntiquary at the
price of $4,000 apiece.
And for what does the dealer sell
them? He alone could say. Such
things are counted invaluable. The
a~ntiquaries sell them to dealers, who
sell them to Park lane millionaires
and Americans. There are now only
these two classes of purchasers. Here
ard there a French millionaire springs
up and wants to distinguish himself
as a collector. One should leave to all
such their illusions. The forged thing
is as good as the genuine. Not long
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-08-07

The United States Mint at Philadel-
phfa has Just turned out a new lot of
coins for the Philippines, some of
waich have reached ST. Louis.
The coins range In value from half
a cent to 81. O peso. The half centa,
vo, or half cent. ana the centavo are
copper, and the zen centavo, twenty
oentavo, fifty centavo and peso are
silver. The five centavo is nickel,
With the exception of the two lower
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-08-07
y A Few Suggestions for the Household

New stockings are made dur
able by being washed before they are
worn.
Tucked chiffon. when crumpied and
shabby looking. may be easily fresh
ened up by passing a hot iron over the
wrong side Of the material. This will
make the tucks have the raised ap-
pearance they had when new.
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WHAT Do you approve Of it?' she
demanded, pulling away from him. 1T
it possible that you would not oppose
his marriage into such a family as
hers muGt be?"
II don't think, my dear, that her
father was in the pe~nitentiary."
John, that Is unworthy of you. ]
was grieved at Louise's marriage, and
you know It."
ITO be continued).