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The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
HOW LADY FF,RENCH
WOULD SPELL HER NAME
Lord Sherborne Contends That Two
Small 'ffs' Is an Eyesore to
the Public

An extraordinary controversy has
been raging in the English press with
regard to the spelling of certain names
in the peerage and baronetage which
begin with a double consonant. the
question having been raised apparently
by Lady ffrench's (sic) donation of
money to the new cathedral at West
minister for the erection of an altar on
the condition that her name should be
spelt as in olden times, with two small
ifs instead of with a capital Of"
which has led Lord Sherborne to write
to the papers protesting against this
''affectatior," which he declares IAN
eyesore to the public and self
degradation"
The Trenches of Lord ffrench's fam
lily are, so far as 1 know the only peo-
pie whose names begin with a double
consonant who declined to use the capt.
tai letter.
The way that the use of these double
consonants arose-they are all double
"ffs'' and double 'lls"-is that in the
olden times-that is to say. in the early
days of printing-the capital "FN" and
the capital IL" were made by means
of duplicating small "fs' and small
Is" But of course the adoption of the
present capital IF" and the present
capital IL" as printed renders SUI
perfluous the use of the double letter
Some people, instead of using two small
consonants, like Lady french, are sat
isfed with nothing else than two capi-
tails, (and in the English army list
there will be found one or more officers
who write their name Lloyd" which
is just as much an affectation as that
of the french family.
/ may add that Sir Thomas french.
at the beginning of the eighteenth CEN
tury, abandoned the small IF. But it
was resumed by his successors and is
now used by all the members of the
family. The latter was founded by Ed
mund french Mayor of Galway, in
1906. The peerage was first conferred
upon Lady french of Castle french at
the end of the eighteenth century, with
remainder to her son. The present Lord
french makes his home at Buluwayo,
Rhodesia, in South Africa, his only
brother and heir living at Johannes
burg, in the Transvaal.-Baltimore
American
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
ROUGH CONDUCT
LEADS TO JAIL
Party of Gay Spirits Dis.
turbs a Wedding Ceremony
With Various Kinds of Cans
browns PREACHERS VOICE
DR.. C. Z. Ellis Swears to Com
plants Charging the Serenad-
ers With Disturbing Peace
Berkeley Office San Francisco Call,
PAS Center street, Feb. 13.

214S Center street, Feb. l 8.
A crowd of gay spirits from South
Berkeley made so much noise at
wedding in their neighborhood last
night that one of the victims swore to.
complaints this morning charging two
of them with disturbing the peace. The
complainant is DR.. c. z. Ellis of 1900
Prince street and the sufferers from
his wrath Harry Willis and T. c.
Streib. The last named furnished $40
bail when he was arrested, but Willis
is still hidden in parts unknown.
The trouble all started at the we'd
ding last night in DR.. Ellis home of
his sister. Mrs. Mary Clark, and Will
liam Black. Just in the midst of the
ceremony a good imitation of Bedlam
broke out on the outside OF the house.
There were tin cans and tom-toms and
screeches. 1t was so deafening that
the minister could not make himself
understood. 1t was only abated when
Dr.. Ellis went forth and threatened
something awful and sudden to the
Serenaders.
But even the noise was not sufficient
TO satisfy the desire of the crowd for
fun and something to eat and they
made repeated charges on the ice
cream freezer, though they were re-
pulsed as often. The sequel came
this morning. when the enraged victim
applied to the Justices Court for war
rants of arrest
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
FAIL TO MAKE
CHARGES STICK
Struggle Over Chsld Willie
Massie Ended in Court
To-Day by Judge Hall
ALLEGATIONS NOT PROVEN
Chase After Boy Unnecessary
and Court Holds Foster
Parents Are Entitled to Him
Oakland Office san Francisco Call,
Ills Broadway. Feb. 13.


The struggle over little Willie
Nassie and the chase after him from
this city to Oregon and back ended in
the Superior Court here to-day, when
Judge Hall decided that the charges
of cruelty preferred against John A
Massie. the foster father. by the So
cietv for the Prevention Of Cruelty TO
Children were not we'll founded and
denied a petition 20 have the child
taken from him.
Massie lives at 1915 Linden street
and is the publisher Of a new alleged
political organ called the Arrow.
The child is a cousin of his. and when
some years ago the father of the boy
was killed by shot from a pistol in
the hands Of the mother Massie took
The lad, then a baby, and reared II.
The fact that the child was seen
splitting kindIing late at night and
Massie. was seen whipping it on sew
eral occasions caused talk in the
neighborhood. the gossip finally find
ing its way to the society, which i'm
mediately took action in the matter.
The child was hurriedly sent out of
the State by Massie and then brought
back by Miss Massie to Antioch, where
the Sheriff seized him. The hearing
to-day proved that there was little
ground for the talk and no reason for
the attempted concealment of the
child.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
GETTING NEARER
SECRET OF LIFE
DR.. Jacques Loeb of the Uni
versity of California Makes
Very Interesting Discovery
TELLS OF EXPERIMENTS
Believes That 1t May Be Pos
sible to Apply Them Success
fully to Human Species
Berkeley Office San Francisco Call,
214s Center Street. Feb. IL.

Glfo. OeillcT SlISSl, req. d.
Professor jacques Loeb has achieved
such results in his experiments with
the fertilization Of the egg of the sea
urchin with the sperm of the starfish
that he now ventures to, say that it
may be possible to apply these prin-
ciples to the problem of infection and
immunity in the human being. This
sweeping statement he. makes in bull
letin he issued at the university to-
day under the title of Further Ex-
periments on the Fertilization of the
Egg of the Sea Urcfin With Sperm of
Various Species of Starfish and a
Holothurian."
In the event that DIR. Loeb's hy-
pothesis proves correct on further in
Ivestigation it will rank as one of the
greatest achievements in biological
science.
DIR. Loeb's latest Investigations have
been to determine under what condi-
tlons the eggs became fertilized. He
found that it depended upon the pres
enSe or the absence in the surrounding
solution of very minute quantities of
certain substances. This led him to
believe that the main variable deter
mining the entrance Of the spermata-
zoon into the egg may be in the ma
ture OF surface tension or a function of
the latter. The point is strengthened
by the fact that there are great indi-
vidual variations in the sperm of the
starflsh of the same species in its
power of fertilizing with the eggs of
the sea urchin
These facts" he says, may have
some bearing on the problem of infec-
ton and immunity. Especially that
which we call the predisposition for
an infection may depend on equally
slight variations in the constitution of
the liquids of our body as the varia-
tions on which the fertilization of the
sea urchin egg with the sperm of the
starfish in sea water depends. If our
supposition be correct that in the lat
ter case the controlling variable is of
the nature of surface tension it stands
to reason that the variable in the case
Of individual predisposition for infec-
ton is also of this nature
DR., Loeb intends shortly to publish
his conclusions. from these investiga-
tons in More comprehensive form.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
Marriage Licenses.

OAKLAND. Feb. 13.-The follow
ing marriage licenses were issued by
the County Clerk to-day: Ragnar Pc
terson, &c. and Theresa Johnson, %,
both OF San Francisco; Mathew La
sldo. 6s. Centerville, and Maria A
Siiveria, 43, Oakland: Joseph Con-
molly, %. and Kittie Jordan, Is, both
OF Oakland: Henry H. Powell, 40, San
Francisco. and Marie J. Davis, 80, Sc
attic; Charles 2. Johnson, S3, and
Mary Z. Yates, 33. both of San Fran
cisco; Charles 7. Haslam, as. and
Mary NJ Govern. IL. both of Oakland:
Simon SuperviIle. SS, and Marie Forte,
s5, both Of Fruitvale.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
HEAVY COST OF ONE
ACT OF INCIVHITY
PoIiteness Is Always Good Policy and
Reverse Action Often Proves


William Travers Jerome, District
Attorney of New York City, in speak
ing of the necessity. of public men ex-
ercising. courtesy to anybody and
everybody, told the following story:
81 want to say, in the first place.
that what 1 am about to relate is not
told in order to emphasize the need of
politeness on the ground of mere poll
ICY. but rather to show that an un-
gentlemanly action is pretty sure to
act as a boomerang. Some years ago
a reporter called on man of wealth
and prominence, whom / will call Mr..
Blank, in order to interview him in
regard to the latter's alleged political
ambitions. He was shown into the
library.
Well said the great man.
THE reporter presented his card
and explained his errand. Mr.. Blank
glanced at the pasteboard, deliberately
tore it in two and threw it into the
waste basket.
Nothing to say he growled; and
that was all the visitor could get from
him.
$50 the reporter departed. with II
flush on his cheek on his cheek and q
burning desire in his heart to thrash
the discourteous Mr.. Blank.
Several years passed, and Mr..
Blank was a candidate for high
municipal office. Meanwhile. the re-
porter had been made political editor
of a journal whose views were oppo-
site to those of Mr.. Blank. In that
capacity he again called on Mr.. Blank,
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
HOW DARKY PREACHERS
TWIST THE TONGUE
An ''Exhauster's' Naive Comment on
the Miracle of the LOayes
and Fishes.

Down near Oxon HILL said an en-
ploye of the street cleaning department.
''the colored brethren of the Methodist
denomination were holding a series of
revival meetings. A young fellow who
was called an 'exhauster, or, more
properly, an exhorter. occupied the pull
pit of the church one evening and was
telling the congregation about miracles.
He related number of Biblical stories.
and finally began to explain the miracle
of the loaves and the fishes. He evil
IDENTIFY. had not looked up the subject
for some time, and he twisted the story
around in this shape. He said:
!" Brethren, take the miracle of the
loaves and the fishes. Theer were 5000
loaves and 1000 fishes and only twelve
people there to eat EN-. and the miracle
is dat dey didn't all bust. +"
An employe of the sewer department
then related an incident which occurred
on a ferryboat between Washington
and Alexandria. He said.
There was a large number of coll
ored people on board the board. bound
for Alexandria to attend the dedication
of a new church in the Virginia city.
Stading near the railing of the boat. a
few feet away. from me, was a we'll
dressed colored man wearing kid gloves
and a chrysanthemum on the lapel of
his coat. Another brother spied the
well-dressed man and came up to him
with outstretched hand. saying:
Haven't 1 sen you down at Mount
. church,
That's wheer saw you replied
-
that service in Bethel when the Rev.
Mr.. x. preached?'
Yes, indeed, replied the we'll
dressed man.
Say. couldn't that man talk? I
never heard his equal Why. that man
Just picked up the English language
and throwed it down again. and then
Just analysed her. Washington Star.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
Criticism of Bill of Fare.

In front of cheap eating house up
in Kensington, a suburb of Philadel-
phia-they don't call them restau-
rants up there's sign more con-
spicuous than the others. reading:
Been Soup To-day
The other night patron ate bowl
of the been soup" and then went out
side. and. with the aid OF piece of
chalk. transformed the sign to read
as follows: n
Has Been Soup To-Day. God Knows
What II Will Be To- Morrow"
New York Tribune
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
LEAVES HIS ESTATE
TO FIVE CHILDREN
Late Christopher Lagos Disinherits
Divorced Wife and Bequeaths
Adoptcd son "A Pittance

OAKLAND. Feb. 13.-The viii of
Christopher Lagos. who committed
suicide Monday in the basement of his
home at 56s Thirty-third street, was
fled for probate to-day. His estate is
valued at about s20, GOO and consists
of real estate in Sacramento.
He leaves his property to be divided
among his five children, share and
share alike.
Lagos had some difficulty with his
divorced wife over property and it is
supposed that this and ill-health
caused him to kill himself. He stated
in his viii that he Intentionally omits
his ex-wife from any share in his
estate and leaves Henry Lagos, an
adopted son. but IS.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
Profits by Patriotism.

OAKLAND, Feb. 13.-Because he
wished a chance to enlist in the Jap
anese army Walter Mysutani. Japan
ese, accused of an assault with a
deadly weapon on K. Ota, a fellow
eountryman. succeeded in having the
charge reduced TO one OF battery. to
which he pleaded guilty in the Police
Court to-day. He was sentenced to
twenty-five days imprisonment. at the
expiration OF which he-states. that he
viii sail for Japan to enlist in the
army.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
YOUNG PEOPLE MARRY
But KEEP 1T SECRET
Charles VI. McGreer and Miss Freda
Young Go to Redwood City for
the Ceremony.

BERKELEY, Feb. 13.-Charles NJ.
McGreer. a young man well known in
South Berkeley, and Miss F'reda
Young Of Ogden were married on De-
cember 10 in Redwood City. but the
news OF their wedding did not become
public until to-day.
The young people feared objections
on the part of their parents and so
slipped of to Redwood CITY where
they were married. When they came
hack to Berkeley they went to their
homes and said nothing to relatives or
friends. The bride is the daughter of
Frank Young Of ogden and has been
stopping with relatives in Berkeley for
several months past Mr.. McGreer is
q son of Mrs. Ella McGreer of 1888
Harper street.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
Richards Wants Divorce.

OAKLAND, Feb. 13.-Harry Rich
ards, the singer, who is opposing a suit
for divorce brought against him by
Florence Fawcett Richards, flied a
cross-complaint in the action to-day
and accuses her of being unfaithful to
him and unduly intimate with George
D. Cotton. He says she is unfit to
have the custody of their children and
asks that he be given a decree.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
a Digestion of ouantitx.

Some Russian sympathizers condemn
the good will which the white nations
are showing for "a yellow race" True.
the Japanese are yellow. but they are
frankly yellow, while in the opinion of
most. people the Russians have broad
streak which they are trying to hide.
Take your choice.-Indianapo Jour-
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14

and found him suave and silky. The
editor did not forget the torn card.
The incident ranked within him.
SO it came about that he made
such a tremendous fight against Mr..
Blanks election that, mainly through
his efforts, he suffered an overwhelm-
ing defeat.
"A single act of unnecessary rude
ness :. cost him position and power
Success.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
Receivers From operation.

OAKLAND. Feb. 13.-Frank n.
Buteau, brother of DR.. S. H. Buteau.
is convaIescing from. an operation for
appendicitis performed on Tuesday
last at Fabiola Hospital. DR.. Lilien-
erantz.. assisted by DR.. Bnteau, per-
formed the operation.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14

The funniest halloween story comes
from Beatrice. .Nebr. The boys there
took up headstones at the cemetery
and swaDped them around. A widow
doesn't know in Beatrice If she is
weeping over her husbands grave. or
if she should have a chaperon because
stranger
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
Honest CcrIon.

II IS time 70 Cease Singing IN de-
probation % the spicy breezes that
blow softly Ger CeyIOn's isle:
Where every prospect pleaseS.
And only man is vile.
Man is very honest in Ceylon, as we
learn from the interesting pOstoffice
magazine. St. Martins le Grand.
There was. in fact. only one mai
robbery throughout the year. and this
was committed By an assistant post
master. who. however, subsequently
confessed his guilt; and the depart.
ment recovered the plunder." Perhaps
Ceylcn viii oblige with few heather
issionaries.-London Daily ChrOn-
ieIe-
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
o1 NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA 70
BRANCH OFFICES
OF TIE CALL. IN
ALAMEDA COUNTY

OAKLAND.
Ills Broadway.
Telephone Main 1888.
BERKELEY.
214S Center Street.
Telephone North -.
ALAMEDA.
f435 Park Street.
Telephone Eagle 5O2-
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14

Couches. bed sofas. parlor suits Clearance
sale Corner ilth and Franklin streets. II
ScheIlhsas, Oakland
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14

50. e9 iron bedstead. Furniture at remark
ably low prices. Corner store. H. SchelIhaas.
Oakland
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-01-07
Freight on Live Stock In 1904.

A recapitulation which eXem-
plifies the magnitude Of the bust
ness done at the National Stock
Yards is in the total amount of
freight collected on live stock du.
ring the year by the railroads on
tering the ST. Louis market. 1t
is shown that the aggregate of
freight collected from shippers
was SD $50, 30G.0G During the
first eleven months of the year
the total SB,302, 600.
The highest amount of freight
collected by a single road was by
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
railway, which was n few thous-
and head greater than the amount
collected by the Frisco. Third
in order was the Missouri Pacific,
which was some $4O0, 900 short
of the amount which went to the
Katy.
Nineteen roads having direct
connection with the market are
represented in the comparison.
OF the number three collected
over $500, 1000, three over 800. 600
and five from 5000 to $75, 900,
The fact that the Katy and FRS
co stand ut the top of the list
does not signify that they brought
in more cars of stock than all
other roads, and their great show
ing is due in a large measure to
their having had much longer
hauls than other roads whose
operations are chiefly confined to
native territory.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-01-07
CATTLEMEN GET NOTHING
Commission Men Pay Shippers Moth
ing for Animals Killed lin Trans
pOrtatiOn.

"What are you going to do with
my dead cattle?" is the question
asked the commission men by
shippers when their dead animals
are thrown out of the car on the
ground.
"Giye them to the packers" is
the only reply that the commlss-
ion man can give.
"What You don't mean to
say that | get absolutely nothing
at all for my dead cattle?" the
shipper will say.
Eyes, that's the only way We
can get rid of them here" says
the commission man.
1t is nothing unusual to find
one or two dead cattle in a car
load, and in some instances as
many as sixteen have been pulled
out of car dead and crippled.
OF course, the shipper is often to
blame for overlooking his car, but
1t frequently happens that the
railroad company has held the
cattle over at siding or some
other place, and is directly the
cause of the shippers loss. When
the railroad company can be
charged with the loss, the shipper
receives every cent of the worth
of his cattle, as rule, but IN case
the railroad company is relieved
of the responsibility the cattle
man loses not only the dead cat
tie and the cost of shipping, but
receives not cent for the hides
or carcasses.
If the cattle are crippled o
classed us ''crips," the shipper il
charged for yardage just the same
: us for other cattle, although TIT
"crips" never leave the dock
until taken by one of the packer
for n nominal sum-much les
, than is paid at any other marke
that is, Chicago, Kansas Cit,
and St. Louis.
"Is it right that packers shoul'
, take dead cattle and not pay
! cent for them?" asked an inter
= ested shipper of a Record man i
! discussing the situation yestel
, day. "Why can't the packers pa
for the dead stock at this marke
Z as we'll as at any of the norther
markets? They find use for a
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-01-07

they get, and turn them into cold
cash. The packers certainly make
more than enough out Of the cat
tie to pay q man TO haul them
from the dock to the packing
house "A distance of not more
than a block.
"At some OF the northern mar
kets where cattle are bought, they
have to be carried a mile or more.
/ think that the packers will buy
the dead stock if the commission
men will only stand up for the
shippers rights. OF course, they
will take them for nothing as long
as they see that there is no COM
plant. / don't blame them. If |
were in their place, l would do the
selfsame thing.
"When other packing houses
come to FIT. Worth, and more cat
tie are needed, then the cattleman
will receive something for his
dead animals. But what is the
use of waiting? The packers will
have to pay for dead cattle sooner
or later, and it may just as well
be right now.
ga cattleman feels blue enough
when he finds several head of dead
animals in his car, but when he
receives something for them the
feeling is not quite so bad as it is
when he gets nothing at all.
II have been there, and, there
fore, | know what | am talking
about. have been stuck time anc
again right here on the FIT. Worth
market. FIT. Worth is market
and should be managed on the
same plan as other up-to-date sell
ing places.
81 am informed that all deat
hogs are paid for. Why SHOULD
the packers pay for hogs and no
for cattle? Because the market i
supplied by hogs from Kansa
City and Wichita territory, If th
shippers do not receive fair treat
ment they will ship their hogs t.
J the old market - Fort Wort
Record.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-01-07
Warm Drinks for Live Stock.

Mike Wehinger left town today
with large galvanized iron tank
which he will use for warming
water for his stock during the
winter. The tank is ten feet
square and three feet deep and is
fitted with heating apparatus
or fireplace in the center.
BY adoption Of this method of
watering stock in the winter it IS
thought much better effects will
be achieved than follows their be-
ing obliged to rustic icicles and
snowballs. Besides having an
open tank to which cattle can re-
sort for water even in the cold
est weather 1t Is a well establish
ed fact that with other ANIMALS,
as with man, the food is digested
only when the stomach Is warm.
AS range conditions now go, in
the winter time cattle are obliged
to travel many miles for water
and for days go without it until
they reach an open water hole
In this condition they will drink
an undue amount to slack their
only natural and yet unnatural
thirst and the result is they will
load up with an unwholesome
amount of ice cold water which
will make digestion impossible
for long time with correspond
ing detriment to the weakening
of the animal to which the mat
ter of strength and endurance III
winter time here is of prime inn
portance. - Yellowstone Journal
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-01-07
STOCK NEWS.
Market Letter.

Special to The Press
Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 81, 'O3.
The shortage of cattle of cattle
incident to the holidays brought
out the fact that packers needed
more cattle than were in sight,
and competition has been much
more keen than any other time
this month. Prices advanced
rapidly, and are 40 to 10 cents
better than a week ago. john
son Bros Norman, Oklahoma,
sold eight loads of steers at 81. 10,
weighing around ll70ibs, yester-
day that would scarcely have
brought $3. 7Oa week ago. The
$3.50 COWS and heifers to-day sold
by Johnson aud Co of Chicka-
sha, were 20 TO 30 cents higher
than last week. Bulls have sold
this week at 81 rs, and II few
stays brought S3.OO Light weight
steers. $50 TO $50 lbs. have sold
from So 30 TO S3 60. Not much
she stuff has been in the quaran-
tine division, and hardly any
Gamers. One bunch of Gamers
sold at $3.50. Veal calves are
not to be had IN quarantine di-
vision.
Hogs have lluctuated in price
somewhat this week, but the
trend has been upward, Il net
gain of Is cents having been
made by heavy weights with light
weights gaining little less.
Top to-day Sl.724, bulk $3.50 to
$40.
Sheep and lamb prices are
highest of the season just now,
and 80 to 20 cents higher than
ten days ago. Fed yearlings
bring 81. 40, lambs So. 10 to So 65 ;
ewes $3. % TO S3 so; aged wethers
around SD. 80. Scarcely anything
doing in stock and feeding sheep,
prices steady at $500 to 1925 for
wethers and 1913 for lambs.