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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-01
MEN aualM4saEERS In
THE Tor he WORLD
MONIES

the contract. which was let July Is,
1899 The time OF completion was
about thirty-two months. but owing
90 natural difficulties and other causes
the work is only about one-fifth COM
rleted Some months ago the Golfer
dam tumbled in and the civil engin-
Ger reports that for many months no
progress has been made by the con-
tractors. The same firm had its con-
tract for the League Island drydock
cancelled after more than two years
vain efforts to do the work. The dock
was provided for in July. 1898; can
collation. of the contract Will compel
the Navy Department to readvertise
for bids or have the work done by the
department Of Yards and docks. What
ever decision is made. the dock can
not be completed within two years
from date under the most favorable
conditions. making 4 total period of
construction Of not less than seven
years for that which could and should
have been done in about two years.
Another evidence Of the necessity
Of establishing somei consistent and
rational pay for officers in the navy
has been presented by Civil Engineer
Assessor. He was retired January s..
1901, by reason of age, and went on
the retired list With Tie rank of rear
admiral and pay of S4125. He made
application for active service and as
the navy was short of civil engineers
he was kept at the Brooklyn. navy
yard at his former duty. When pay
he was losing money by this new. an
rangement and that he was receiving
only 1921 60 a. month-the active
duty pay of a civil engineer of over
twenty years service+while his: re-
tired. pay as a rear admiral was
SSa3 IS month. for doing nothing,
making a. sacrifice OF 1925 a" year.
Mr.. Asserson appealed to Congress for
rel{ef and "a favorable report has been
made by the Naval Committee. 1t is
one Of many instances. where rank.
/ pay and duty do not harmonic and
accounts for the fact that retired Of
ficers are unwilling to accept active
duty at a. money sacrifice.
The charge of rnutiny against six
teen sailors Of the L. S. S. Nina, sta
toned at San Juan, Porto Rico, has
been dismissed and the crew has had
Commander W. G. Cutter arrested and
held on a charge of illegally depriv-
ing the men of their liberty and
threatening them with deadly wea-
rpons. The story is briefly that the
Nina was loaned to the Porto Rico
lighthouse board, arriving at San
Juan last December with a crew whose
term OF enlistment had nearly ex-
pired. The men claim. and so proved
before the commissioner, that they
were induced TO sign a paper which
they were told by the captain was only
a signature for. pay, but which proved
to be an enlistment for one year in
the navy. When. the Nina was or
dered to Pensacola the crew refused
/ to work and were then driven to the
naval barracks at the point of bayo-
+ nets and locked up. A hearing before
a United States commissioner brought
out the fact that the crew had been
deceived and Cutter was made TO give
$1,000 bond for his appearance to an
1 swer the charges of shanghaiing.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-01
Enfranchised.

The official returns of the election in
the commonwealth of Australia show
that the newly enfranchised women
awaited themselves in great numbers of
their electoral privileges. Whether they
were mainly actuated by female curl
osity is not clear, but it appears that
their chief influence upon. the election
was in swelling the votes of all parties
without affecting the result. They
merely followed their husbands. fathers,
uncles and male cousins. But they
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-01

The republic of Panama has placed its navy for sale
in the worlds naval market Why doesn't shrewd
promoter try to sell the formidable affair Switzerland
If the little republic be shy purchase persuade her that
she at least well off Russia. If she can't her
fighting ships she will at all have the satisfaction
of knowing that she has them
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-01
The Ret1ISan,
corrupted

The Russian stranded battlesnip
Retvizan is caSled after a Swedish bat
tleship of sixty-four guns wnlcn
was captured by the Russians at the
battle of Wiborg in 1890. The word
Retvizan means Justice.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-01

Police Commissioner of New York summarizes his
impressions of the police force of Chicago in the opinion
that the peace guardians of the Windy City tolerate
gambling spend their time in saloons and in various
other demonstrate their palpabe unworth Isn't 1t
lucky for people that this New critic did not
travel farther West?
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-01

Students OF agriculture at the University of California
need properly equipped building so badly that thew
have set foot agitation secure it themselves
1t is incidents such as this that and fortify
belief in the worth of higher education BOYS that need
something badly enough to go after it themselves are
iustifying their course
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-01

MIRRORS-F. W., Dunsmuir, Cal.
Mirrors can be produced of any size
to which plate glass can be cast.
plate of glass to be converted into
mirror is polished on both sides, then
laid on a perfectly level table of great
strength and solidity. usually of
smooth stone, made. like a billiard
table with raised edges. A sheet or
sheets Of tinfoil sufficient to cover the
upper surface of the glass are then put
on and rubbed down smooth. after
which the whole is covered with qu
silver, which Immediately forms an
amalgam with the tin. The superfiu-
Gus mercury is then run off and a WOOL
en- cloth is spread over the whole sur
face ard square iron weights are ap-
piled. This pressure is continued for
a day and night. then the weights and
cloth are removed and the glass placed
on wooden table with a movable top.
which admits Of gradual increasing in
clination until the unamaIgamated
quicksilver has perfectly drained away
and only the surface of the perfect
amalgam remains. coating the glass,
and perfectly adherent to il.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-01

EGGS-E. W. r., City. If you viii go
to the Golden Gate Park museum and
there see the professor in charge. of the
pathological department you can. OBJ
tain from him all the information you
may desire in regard TO birds eggs.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-01
Marqus Ito has been decorated with THE order Of the

MARQUIS Ito has been decorated with the Order Of the
Plum Blossom. The event honored by fitting
pagan ceremony and the customary oriental redundaice
of sentiment. It's up to the Mikado present his
premier of fighting sailor men, Admiral Togo with the
peach No other emblem will do justice to his char
acter..
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-01

General Kuropatkin, hero of Russians and heralded
of the Japanese has arrived the front Is
much for the world that the first round
this Eastern begin? The attack on Port Ar
thur has ceased to be subject of eatabe gossip
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-01

|. COAST OF ENGLAND-G. F. NJ.
City. The language spoken on the
coast Of England is English, but in each
province there is a difference in the
pronunciation which gives the impress
sion that there are a number of dia-
lects.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-01
Ars7oerS to Queries.

POULTRY. B.; Freestone,' Cal
Poultry to the value Of. SIS is exempt
from execution in California :.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-01

BULL FIGHTINe+M. ]. K, Oak
land, Cal. Bull fighting is recognized as
"a sport in Madrid, Spain, and In some
of the South American states.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-01

Special information supplied daily to
business houses and public men by the
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's). 230 Cali
tfornia street. Telephone Main 1o42.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-01

Townsends California Glaze fruits ard
choice candies. in artistic fre-etched
boxes. ~ nice present for Eastern friends.
us Market street. above Call building .
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-01

LAND LAW CHANGES D. L.,
Healdsburg, Cal. For information about
changes in the land laws of the United
States address a letter of inquiry to
the General Land Office. Washington,
d. C.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-01

MILITIA LAVA Subscriber, Santa
Cruz, Cal. The present law Of Con-
gress in relation to the militia, COM
monty called the Dick BILL" provides
that whenever. the United States is in
vaded, or in danger of invasion from
any foreign nation, or OF rebellion
against the authority of the Govern
ment of the United States, or the Presi-
dent is unable. with the other forces
at his command to execute the laws Of
the Union in. any part thereof, it shall
be lawful for the President to call
forth, for a period not exceeding nine
months, such number of the militia OF
the State or of the States or Terri
tories or of the District of Columbia.
as he may deem necessary to repel such
invasion, suppress such rebellion, or
to enable him to execute such laws for
that purpose, to. such officers of the
militia as he may think proper" When
so called out the militia shall be sub
ject to the same rules and articles Of
war as the regular troops of the United
States.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-01

The difficulties attending the build
Jig Of the drydock at Mare Island
have reached such a stage as to COM
pei the Navy Department to cancel
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-01

CORDELIA BOTKIN-Old Subscrib-
er, Sisson, Cal. Cordelia Botkin, charged
with murder, was arrested at Stockton
on August %, 1898; was convicted OF
of murder in the first degree on De-
cember 81, 1898, the jury fixing the
penalty at Imprisonment for life.
Since that time she has been de-
tanned in the House of Correction, now
known as a branch Jail of San Fran
cisco.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-01

MARTIAL LAWN. A. NJ, City.
None of the histories of the Civil War
and none of the chronological records
of the events of the war show that the
city of Washington, D. c., was under
martial law between April Is, 1865, and
July, following.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-01

DEPTH OF OCEAN-X. Y. T., Fort
Baker, Cal The greatest depths of
ocean are: Atlantic, q, 1856 feet; Pacific,
$4,000 feet. These depths were ascer-
tanned by Murray, in charge of the
expedition on the Challenger, 1S72-74.
to circumnavigate the globe for the
purpose of deep-sea sOundings. =.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-01

SOAP-An Old Subscriber, Pinole,
Cal. This department does not adver-
tise any business place, therefore can
not publish where. a certain soap
agency is now located. Questions, the
answer to which amount to an adver-
tisement, will be answered by mail il
the correspondent will incrose with the
question addressed and stamped
envelope.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-27
Church Movement.
Continued rrom p&ge one.)

tives each and OF the other bodies
officially represented at the Pittsburg
meeting the Dutch reformed, the Re-
formed Presbyterian general synod
the United Presbyterian and the Cum
berland Presbyterian would have four
representatives each. making In all a
membership of Sc in the council. Other
Presbyterian bodies believed likely to
join include the Christian Reformed
the Associate Reformed synod of the
south, the Reformed Presbyterian sy-
nod and the welsh Calvinlstic, which
would add four representatives each to
the council.
1t is provided in the plan OF fed
Grafton that the council shall have
power to deal with differences which
may arise among the several churches
Of the federation in regard to matters
within the Jurisdiction of the council,
which the constituted agencies Of the
churches concerned have been unable
to settle and which shall, therefore.
be referred by the supreme judiciaries
of the churches Of the council.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-27
PERSONAL MENTION.

William Lloyd of Skamockawa is in
the city.
John Held of Grays River was in the
city yesterday
w. T. Scholfield visited friends at
Cornelius yesterday.
NJ. J. Kinney left for Portland Sun
day night on business.
Miss Elizabeth White Is visiting
Peter Jordan Of this city.
Ole Nelson of Chinook was in town
yesterday visiting friends.
Erik Olsen Of Grays River was a
visitor in Astoria yesterday.
Mrs Timothy Richards of Skomak-
ava was in the city yesterday.
Keith Lackey of Portland spent
Christmas with friends in Astoria.
S. X. Dieble of McMinville is in the
city, the guest of DR.. o. B. Estes.
Captain Burkholder and wife passed
Christmas with friends at Cathlamet.
C. r. Morse of the Morse department
store has gone to Spokane on a visit
Oswald West, state land agent. is
down from Salem to spend the holi-
days.
Mrs. |. Cohen and son Edmund left
this morning for nwaco to visit with
friends.
Miss Francis Estees is home from
school to spend the holidays with her
parents.
Robert Gray Of Hammond was in
Astoria yesterday in attendance on the
football game.
John H. and A. NJ. Smith went to
the Clatsop lakes yesterday on a hunt
ing expedition.
John Humble, who is confined at the |
Good Samaritan hospital at Portland,
is reported as convalescing.
R e. Paisley, with Foard & Stoakes
Co, left yesterday for Aberdeen to
bring his family to Astoria.
V. Hackett Of Portland and Wallace
Duncan of Olney spent Christmas visit
ing the family of Jacob Butts.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-27

Dan Ramey. an old pioner of Clat.
sop county, who has resided at Knappa
for over 80 years. is in the city, the
guest of Harry Twilight.
Frank Jordan spent Christmas as the
guest Of his Brother. Captain Charles
Jordan OF Cathlamet. Miss May and
Elizabeth White Of Portland are also
visiting Captain Jordan.
r. v. Marien. who has been spend
ing the holidays with relatives and
friends win leave Thursday for Point
Roberts. where he is at present located
His wife will remain in Astoria until
after the holidays.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-27
Supposed to Be the Act Of an
Ex.Employee,
BELTS CUT AND BOLTS OUT
Sheriff Makes Trip TO Warrenton and
Gets a clew 10 the Man Who Did
the Joh-Millmsn Escape
Without Injury.

The work OF vandals at the Warren
ton mill yesterday morning nearly
caused a serious accident, and as !,
was the damage which resulted cost the
mill owners a good deal Of money and
some delay.
sheriff Tom Linville responded to a
telephone call and went to warrenton
and examined the place. II was found
that the big it-ineh belt had been cut
nearly In two with knife. and bolts
from the bed plate OF the engine wers
removed TO allow the engine TO pull
Itself from place.
No one was near the belt at the time
II broke. and no one was hurt. though
this was only piece of good luck
The crew that came on In the morn
Ing did not notice what was done. and
their first intlmation OF Il was when
the big belt broke after making a few
revolutions,
The sheriff has a good clew to tha
perpetrators of the act. and thinks he
will arrest them In day or two.
The mill owners say they can think
OF no one who would have a motive for
damaging their property and endang-
ering the lives of the employees In this
manner. but the sheriff has learned that
the engineer force has recently been
changed and new men put in.and II may
be that one OF these men did the deed
through motives OF revenge. None.
however. has made any attempt to
leave town.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-27
LoNDoNER LOSES.

Takes Walsky Two Minutes to Put
Him Away.
Salem, Mass, Dec. 26.-Jlmmy Walsh
of Boston knocked out Harry Brodi-
gan of London in two minutes and
thirty seconds tonight. The men were
to fight ten rounds for a decision, but
the Londoner was far from being fast
enough to stave off Walsh's rushes, and
his end was in sight after the first
minute had gone.
Brodigan stood high In the English
pugilistic world.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-27
HOTEL ARRIVALS.


Chas. Langwill, Portland.
]. W. Midwell, Ft. Stevens.
Bill Hoover. Fl. Stevens.
W. Wilburn, Portland.
Fl. Johanson.
John Baslie, Ft. Candy.
H. e. Mitchell, wife and child, U.S.A
Harry Colvin, Portland.
Fred Angle, Portland.
VIM. Hendrickson, Portland.
]. K. Boyd, Eugene.
Thos. Jones, U. S. S. Perry.
B. A. Sadborg, Seattle.
VIM. Jones, Portland.
]. Connant, Ft. Stevens.
]. H. Dippold, Mist. Ore.
E. S. Alderman, City.
Benz. Sweet, Milwaukee, Wis.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-27

Our headache tablets will quickly
gently and safely cure you. no matter
how violent the headache. II they
fail return bottle and get your money.
Charles Rogers.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-27
CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT.

Reopensd Under New Management.
John Blasich has leased the califor-
MIA Restaurant and oyster House and
Is now prepared to serve the public.
The best oysters and meals In the
city Family trade supplied Good
cooks. polite walters and prompt ser
vice
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-27

There Is only one place In Astoria
that carries the genuine Old Georgia,
Moonshine, corn whisky. p. T.. Pet
erson of the Mirror. has received a
consignment direct from the distillery.'
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-27

The occident tonsorial parlors and
bath facilities are equalled by none.
Everything modern and up to date.
See Peterson.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-27
NAN IS GLOOMY.

She Passed Up an elaborate Christ.
mas Dinner.
New York. Dec. 26.-Nan Patter-
son passed a gloomy Christmas In the
Tombs. Miss Patterson was sent an
elaborate dinner by one OF her cunsels,
but she ate little and wept continuous
ly. She was somewhat composed later
in the day by long letter from her
mother.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-27

Closing out sale Of toilet and mani
cure sets at woodheld's Art Store will
commence today and continue during
the week.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-27

Today Zapp & Co. will sell you IS
Solid Oak Morris chairs for 1896.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-27

Best meals in town at the New style
Restaurant.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-07
THE CASE OF LIONEL LAWRENCE

They brutaan that
and in
how morally may good
dozen OF them succession if he chooses
Lawrence New Yorker, built idol lines
Ing goodkng much pick ouo
crowd lie married Miss Cummings 1881 there divorce
has forgotten the his first wife, He married Dorothy
in
married Edith
Winfield violin
declares that Lawrence has been from her Lillian
1t like that of Lionel
They that marriage institution, peman
They that IN
only be considered experiments;
n this home dissertation
Nasty isn't it! Sounds lot than the testimony Pa
OF the Mormon church.
But remember this thank God for
Where will OF men
to
last until the end that this could
Where find who is fool mistake
will andp
grandmohs,
Men like n the sin
unsefsh. sympathetic, human
WAS AND NEVER WILL BE A PERFECT
UNION OF A MAN AND WOMAN.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-07

Mrs Terry went to church the very first
Sunday. She took Mr.. Terry with her
Everybody thought they would go and
everybody in Togtown wore his best clothes
everybody but me. | wouldn't do differ
ent Just because stranger was going to
be there. | don't care what "they" do as
much as some folks do. When Mrs. Terry
came in | couldn't see her, and / wouldn't
stretch my neck at anybody the way some
of the women did at Mrs. Theodore Terry
| But | went out right after the sermon and
was in the lobby when she went through
She had ON the simplest church dress I
ever saw | wondered if the women who
| had logged out so were not ashamed The
dress she wore was a tan-colored camels-
hair made up with velvet of a deeper
shade. Around the bottom of the skirt
was a series of velvet medallions set under
the goods, and several rows of stitching
made pretty trimming around the medal
lions The Elton jacket was of camelshalr,
with fitted band of the same stitched all
around the edge. The over-sleeve was fitted
in as ii it were part of the Eton; the eff
feet was almost like a deep bertha The
bodice was of the deeper shaded velvet;
crushed, fitted velvet belt was fastened
blindly at one side. The skirt was shirred
neatly just below the belt. The sleeves of
velvet fell in soft folds, and | knew that
Mrs. Terry was wearing one of the new,
cool, lightweight velvets. Her hat was Of
scarlet roses, the petals shading to a dainty
rose pink There wasn't anything but
| flowers on the hat. 1t was her Easter bon
net. And the chiffon bow under her chin
was rose pink too, just the color of the
rose color in the hat, and her gloves were
the color of her gown. Martha told me
afterward that She caught sight of some
thing embroidered in tan-colored silk on
the left cuff. She said it made her think
OF the little bit of red she saw on Mrs.
Terry's raincoat collar. | didn't see that
| wonder what it isa coat-of-arms. maybe.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-07
A WOMAN AND $40, 900 A YEAR

X Harrison sphinx and 500 which the salary
New York. and comfortable stipend Harrison
called human clam but that would not be a
X Harrison has H.
for fifteen In all that time she has talked things
permitting
king whom the king did o se.
S to because
l. It,
positions literally thousands
who work and be trusted.
N
he doesn't think Of the possibility her false her
In
that know the details If they would
hint to
their letters,
the
world.
while bank prodouk
lions n deals, might rich
work sits her typewriter and pounds
Not often is she tempted Perhaps heard of biaying
1t thing that happens seldom that the the efficient
oil 5
THAT EVEN CAREFUL BUSINESS
A
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-07
THE NAGGING WOMAN 'rA A4 MERE

To Cynthia Grey IF there is any one
nuisance on earth which could cause one
to doubt the wisdom Of the Creator and
which every mere man detests above all
other unavoidable evils, it is the woman
who nags
There are some things cursng human CO
istenee which are bearable, some that are
remedable and some that are excusabIe,
but the nagging woman is none OF these.
She is the one nuisance above all others
that ought to be suppressed, and the one
OF all others that can't be-
You can't kill her, because the law won't
let you, and there is precious little conso-
lation in contemplating the injustice of the
law.
The nagging woman is at once a suicide
and murderer, shortening, insidiously but
surely, her own life and that Of the poor
devil shaekled to her, and hopelessly
dwariing the moral mental and physical
growth OF her unfortunate offspring, if she
have any
Usually she is childless, for Nature is
wise in her laws ii mankind is not.
1t is the peculiarly of the nagger enor-
mously to eXaggerate even ii she do not
invent her grievances If the husband be
healthy, il he is not afflicted with highly
nervous temperament that breaks down in
insanity, what happens?
One of three things.
The strong-willed man talks back and
holds his own, but his life is shorn of all