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The San Francisco call., 1904-10-27
YOUNG WHITFIELD EXPECTS
HIS FATHERS BLESSING
San Francisco Youth Will Present His
Bride to His Father at the
Worlds Fair

ST. LOUIS. Oct. 26.-George Whit
tell, the multi-millionaire, of San
Francisco, arrived in st. Louis yes
terday to see the Worlds Fair. With
his daughter, Miss Whittell, he is stop
ping at the Jefferson Hotel.
George Whittell Jr., whose romantic
matrimonial experience was the talk
of New York and San Francisco for
weeks last summer, is expected here
III few days to join his father. With
him probably will be his young and
beautiful wife, who. before her mar
riage, was Miss Montgomery, a chorus
girl in Anna Helds company. They
returned from their European trip a
few weeks ago and it is presumed the
st. Louis meeting will be one of
parental forgiveness.
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The literary world couples its in
terest with that of society in the nup-
tials Of Miss Bertha Runkle and Cap
tain Louis II. Bash. which took place
yesterday at noon in the apartments
OF the brides mother, Mrs. Runkle, at
the Hotel Plymouth. Quiet and sim
plicity characterized the event that
was celebrated in the presence of only
dozen friends. The bride wore an
exquisite gown Of white lace and en-
broidered crepe de chine. Immedi-
ately after the ceremony the soldier
and his bride-fair as well as famous
left for a wedding journey that is to
be Of a fortnight's duration. At the
end Of the honeymoon they viii re-
turn 10 San Francisco, perhaps to be
located permanently, although Cap
tain Bash has not yet received orders.
Much pleasant entertainment awaits
the return Of the soldier and his beau
Iiful bride.
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-27
Issues License for New Rank.

The Board of Bank Commissioners
issued a license yesterday for the es-
of the Redwood City
Bank at the town Of that name. The
new institution is capitalized at $685.
600, which is fully subscribed. G. III.
Sheath has been elected president of
the bank, William Hughes vice presi-
dent and Charles Dugan manager.
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-27

LINOTYPE MACHINIsT WANTED. - The
United States Civil Service Commission an
nounces examinations on November IA for the
positions OF Linotype machinist and Monotype
20 years or over. Apply to the United States
civil Service Commission, Washington, d. c.,
or TO the secretary Board of Civil Service Ex-
aminers, Postoffce. San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-27
NIarslcano AGAIN Arrested.

p. Marsicano, owner Of the buildings
at 1923 Dupont street was arrested
yesterday afternoon by Policeman
George Collins on a warrant sworn to
by Collins before Police Judge Cabaniss
charging him with renting the premises
for immoral purposes. He was released
on $500 bonds. Marsicano was convicted
Of the same offense by Judge Cabaniss
on Monday and fined $780, with the al
tentative Of 125,days in the County Jail,
and an appeal was taken TO the Supe-
riOr Court It is the intention of the
police TO arrest him every day .he con-
tinues TO violate the law.
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-27

DEATH OF VAN CULIN JONES. - Van
Culin Jones, formerly writer for the press.
died in the City and County Hospital yester-
day. He had been found unconscious in his
room at Ia jackson street and was removed to
the hospital
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launched at Nice in the same year. The
Santa Annals leaden armor plates were
attached to her sides by bolts of brass,
and it was claimed for her that she
could 'resist the artillery of whole
army" and at the same time could
sail or row as fast as any of her un-
armored contemporaries. She was a
big ship, with six decks. a reception
saloon, a chapel. specially construct
ed powder magazine. and bakery.
She was present at the taking of Tunis
in 1885, and played an important part
in its capture.
Lead, it may be remarked in passing.
was not infrequently used at this Pc
riod for sheathing ships under water,
in the same way that copper is still
found so useful. Thus, the French
ship Grande- de-Francoise, launched in
1927, one of the largest and most fa-
nous ships of her day. was sheathed
with lead from her keel to the first
vale above her waterline.
According to a short paragraph in
Hayden's Dictionary Of Dates. "chain
netting of iron was suspended to the
sides of men-of-war. which were also
strengthened by plates in the time OF
Henry VIII. and Elizabeth" No au-
thority is quoted. nor is the material
of the pilates" specified.
The Spaniards attempted to protect
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DIR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

The datto HaSsen, who wounded
Major H. L. Scott during an engage
ment in SuIu in November last, has
been killed by pursuing troops. All
the other dattos aided the troops in
locating Hassen.
The second biennial Legislative AS
sembly of Puerto Rico closed a some
what uneventful sixty days session
three days ago. The budget will stand
for 19O4-1903 about the same as for the
present fiscal year, $1,200,000.
Ladrones attacked surveying party
ten miles north of Calamba. in the
Philippines. A. S. Perkins, who was
in charge of the surveying party. was
wounded, and one private of the con-
stabulary was killed and one wounded.
The Philippine Government has at
tached the funds and revenue license
of the Union Surety and Guarantee
Company, of Philadelphia, at Manila.
owing to it's failure to pay the bond Of
former Treasurer Bartlett Sinclair, Of
Rial Province, whose accounts were
short.
General Leonard Wood reports from
Mindanao that he captured without
loss the extensive works and fifty
cannon Of Datto Ali, who was defying
the slavery law in the Cotabato dis
trict.
Samuel Gompers, President of the
American Federation of Labor, sailed
from San Juan, Porto Rico, on the
Coamo.
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WESTERN MAIL ROBBERIES
Operators in Two Big Raids Obtain
More Than $5O,00e.
First Haul Made Near Poplar Bluff, Mo-
Where Pouches Laden With Paper
Worth $4,000 Were Taken.

Washington, D. C.-The Postoffice
authorities are greatly concerned over
the operations of gang of mail pouch
robbers now operating in the Middle
West. Already the gang. in two daring
thefts, obtained more than $4,000 i'll
cash, drafts, money orders and checks.
The first successful haul was report
ed to the department on February %.
On the preceding night two mail
pouches. probably containing regis
tered matter. were stolen near Poplar
Bluff, Mo. No trace of the thieves has
been CLEANED. The pouches were routed
from Memphis to st. Louis. by way
Of Hoxie, Ark, where transfer is
made.
Postoffice inspectors who have been
at work upon the case report that the
pouches reached Poplar Bluff all right.
but that no trace of them is obtainable
after they left that point. Soon COM
plants Of lost money orders and
checks, drafts and currency, began
to pour into the inspectors Office. 1t is
now known that over $4,000 worth Of
Hard upon the heels of the robbery
at Poplar Bluffs came a report of a
like robbery at New Lisbon, Wis. The
gang operated in the same mysterious
manner, the first intimation of the loss
coming to the Washington authorities
in the shape of complaints from the
losers. Two pouches were abstrac cted,
and they were the richest in the car.
This last robbery is understood to have
occurred week ago. So far about
$4,000 worth Of currency and paper
has been reported missing.
These are not the only robberies in
which the gang has been concerned; !;
but in other cases they missed connec-
ton and got comparatively little. It
is believed that employees of the de-
partment are accomplices, abstracting
the pouches while in transit and throw
ing them off the trains to confederates.
In ordinary mail robberies the Of
fenses are committed on the same run,
and the detectives are able to discover
the thieves by process Of elimination.
But this gang seems to choose differ
ent route and a different section of the
West.
Postofice inspectors in Washington
are reticent. Several of the best and
keenest operators in the Secret Service
of the department are now in Missouri
and Wisconsin, closely scrutinizing all
department employees connected with
the railroad mails and the transfer ser
vice. .u.t
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DOMESTIC.

Mayor Rose, of Milwaukee, Wis, for
a fourth time. was nominated by the
Democrats to head the city ticket.
The warehouse of the Deering Har-
vesting Machine Company, at st.
Louis, Mo-, stored with farm machin-
cry and twine, was destroyed by fire,
with a loss Of $150,0O0.
Seven persons crossing the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad near Wilsonburs,
w. Va. were run down and three Of
them were killed, one other bring
fatally hurt.
After trying for several days to get
an audience with Governor Peabody,
the miners expelled from Telluride
have abandoned their appeal to him
and will return home under armed
escort.
William E. Chandler, a barber, en-
tered the telephone exchange whe
his wife was employed at Temple.
Texas, and shot Ter to death. He then
shot and killed William Mclaughlin,
manager of the exchange.
After twenty years Of vain searching
lOE SOlu, lEOu DIlllSA SOiub'Uld :"
Mexico, and just shortly after he had
discovered a mine which was sold for
100000, Edward M. Sturgeon died
suddenly at Ell Paso, Texas.
Fire at San Angelo, Texas, destroyed
business property valued at S20O,O00.
The hotel was filled with guests, but
all escaped safely.
Two earthquake shocks were felt at
Seattle, Wash, the first of five seconds
and the second of fifteen seconds dura-
tion. The vibration ratified dishes and
moved chairs.
In a furious storm enough Snow fell
to make the total for the winter break
all previous records in Chicago. The
season several weeks ago was officially
declared the coldest ever known there.
Emil Waltz, who has been OH trial
for six weeks on the charge Of mur-
dering four-year-old Alphonse Veins.
was found guilty at Detroit, Mich.
The police claim that Waltz was con-
nected with a similar murder Of boy
in Rockford, Ill.
A Vermont jury awarded Claude r..
George. a student at Montpelier Sem
mary, $1,000 for physical discomfort
and injury, which he received with a
coat of tar and feathers. He was the
victim of haGing in 1905.
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MINOR EYENTSOF THE WEEK
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

The Chinese Exclusion treaty expires
this year. and the Government Of China
has given notice that it is not to be
renewed. Minister Chentung is en-
gagged with Secretary Hay in the prep
aration of new treaty, which will be
on more liberal terms than the old.
Representative Dayton, Of West Eir-
gina. introduced a bill allowing two
months extra pay to enlisted men OF
the Navy who served outside the
United States during the war with
Spain, and one month extra to those
who served within the United States
during that time.
The condition of Mrs. Nelson A.
Miles. who was dangerously ill, is con-
siderably improved
The President has granted pardons
to two Filipinos. Arturo Echelar and
Elias Mendoza, who were convicted be-
fore a military commission of the muir
der of a native corporal Of police.
". T. Nichols has been promoted by
the President to be Secretary of Ari-
zona to succeed Isaac T. Stoddard.
Mr.. Nichols is Chairman Of the Terri
torial Republican organization of Ari-
zona.
The Senate in executive session con-
firmed the nomination Of Charles IL.
Robb, to be Assistant Attorney Gen.
eral in the Department of Justice.
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Marriage Service Blunders.

A Hampshire clergyman relates some
of the blunders he had heard made in
the marriage services by persons of
the class who have to pick up the
words as best they can from hearing
them repeated by others. He said that
in his own parish it was quite the
fashion for the man when giving the
ring to say to the woman, with my
body thee wash up. and with all my
hurdle goods l, thee, and thou" He
said the women were generally better
up in this part Of the service than the
men. One day, however, bride star
tied him by promising. in what she sup
posed to be the language of the prayer
book. to take her husband Ito ave and
to old from this day fortni't forbetter-
er horse, for richerer power, in sig
gerness health, to love cherries, and
to bay" What meaning this eXtraor-
binary VOW conveyed to the woman's
own mind, the incumbent said, it baf-
fed him to conjecture.
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STATIONARY
GARBAGE PAIL
Cannot Be Stolen, and Always "Out"
For the Collector.

III IShS NShSStSi.
Women have made comparatively
few mechanical inventions, most Of
their inventive efforts being confined
to wearing apparel. articles pertaining
to domestic economy, personal orna-
ment or convenience. A st. Louis wo-
man has been studying the possibilities
of Improvement in garbage pals with
considerable advantage to the COM
munity. A recent patent discloses the
result of her investigation, which is
both novel and practical. She proposes
a stationary garbage box, permanently
attached to the fence. whether this be
of the continuous wooden or iron rail-
ing type. By this construction it is
hoped to avoid the annoyance incident
to the stealing or straying Of the u.s.
ual portable pals. AS shown in the IL
lustration, the bucket, or box, proposed
protrudes through the fence, with an
opening on the inner side for deposit
ing slop and an opening on the other
side of the fence for the removal of
slop by the garbage collector. The
box is given a slant sufficient to per-
NIT the liquids present to be retained.
instead of leaking out through the
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inc boats and various classes OF tor
pedoeS, built Il steam frisate Which he
called the Demologos,' or Voice OF
the People" but which is sometimes
known as the Fulton l. This, the first
steam warshp ever constructed, Lad
her sides no less than thirteen feet
thick of alternate layers OF oak and
ash wood q thickness absolutely i'm
penetrable by any gun then ailoat. In
1929 this vesse! was blown UP by ac-
cident, and was succeeded in the
American Navy by the Fulton II. a
ship which appears to have been pro-
tected by some kind Of iron armor.
Various proposals were made to use
iron plating to protect the sides OF ships
of war from this time forward, but
until the French constructed Num-
Der of arnOr-plutcd batteries for use
in the Crimcan War, nothing practical
came Of the suggestions OF inventors.
Their success at the bOmbardment OF
KinDurn demonstrated the value OF
armor plating England at once fol-
lowed suit with others Of the same
kind, some Of which are still doing
duty as hulks. Then came the French
La Gloire. the British Warrior. the
ironclads and monitors Of the Ameri-
can war. and henceforward the steady
evolution of the armored fighting ship.
which has provided US with the ma
jectic battleships of tie present day
Scientific American.
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their galleons of the Invincible Arma-
da by building their sides four or five
feet thick, but the heavy English guns
dashed them through and through"
But now at last we arrive at real ar
mored ship in the present day accept
ance of the word. Not only IN armor-
clad, but a real irOnclad. This was
constructed in Antwerp in 1855, with
a view of breaking through the lines
Of the Spanish army under Alexander
of Parma. which was at that time
closely investing the city. 1t was a
large flat-bottomed craft, with CEN
trail casemate or battery built Of thick
balks of timber and plated with iron.
1t was intended to be, and very likely
was. impenetrable to any artillery that
the SpaniardS could bring against it:
and in hopeful anticipation that their
ironclad ship would raise the siege
and put an end to hostilities, the men
of Antwerp christened hHr the Finis
Belli. In addition to a heavy battery
OF guns, the Finis Belli carried large
body Of musketeerS, some of whom
were stationed aloft in her four fight
ing tops, while the rest were we'll pro.
tected by the loopholed bulwarlls on
the upper deck. Unluckily for tie be-
sieged Dutchmen. she ran aground be-
fore she had effected anything at all,
and fell into the hands of the Span
iards, who nicknamed her the Caran
jamula, or as we would say, ''Bogey."
They contrived to keep her aflOat and
brought her down to the camp Of Alex
ander Of Parma. where she became
great attraction to the sightseers of
the period. AS for the Dutchmen in
the doomed city. they henceforward
only referred to their fruitlcsS expert
ment as the "Perditae Expensae,' or
Wasted Money" Ten years previous
to this. others of the Dutch patriots
had built Il somewhat similar contriv
ance. which very possibly was also ar
mored. This was the ark of Delft"
a twin vessel supporting floating
fortress. which was propelled by three
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TENACIOUS HAIRPIN.
Simple Expedient of Adding Extra Leg
Prevents Falling Out.

A hairpin that will be cheap to man
ufacture and which will possess some
of the characteristics of the hump"
hook -and-eye has been the aspiration
of many inventors. One of the latest
attempts to solve this knotty prob
lem is illustrated herewith. 1t consists
of single piece of wire, bent to form
three legs, instead Of the customary
two. The central leg is shorter than
the other two, and has corrugated
and plain section, the latter near the
extremity. and having slight bow or
hump. This construction gives
smooth entry into the hair, as the
hairpin is pushed in, and the hairpln.
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we lost 200 men for erery thirty Of the
English put out of action"
This system of armoring was. how
ever, soon adopted by the French, as
in Lescallier's "Vocabulaire des
Termes de Marine Anglois ct Fran
co.'s" published in 1777. we find the
following:
"'Blinder un vaisseau,' to cover the
ships side with tenders Of old cables
to preserve her from an enemy's shot,
when employed to defend harbor,
etc"
The Spanards endeavored to i'm
prove on this. and in 1882 hoped great
things from the celebrated floating bat
teries employed at the great siege of
Gibraltar by the Duke de Crillon.
The fate of these experimental ar
morclads offered no inducement to the
naval constructors of the day to make
further researches in the direction Of
protection, so that till comparatively
recent times we find our sailors de-
pending only on their wooden walls
to resist the projectiles of the enemy.
In the fight between the Glatton
ffty-six-gun ship, and four French fri
gates, brig, and cutter. mounting
go guns between them, their twelve
and twenty-four Founders failed to
penetrate her sides, and she beat them
all off with great loss at the cost Of
one officer and one man wOurded.
But the Americans, from the very
commencement of their existence as
a nation. set themselves to make i'm
provements in naval warfare. David
Bushnell constructed practical sub
marine boat in 1913. Torpedoes were
used by him and others in the war
with this country. and for the purpose
of towing these contrivances alongside
our ships, they invented and built. in
1914, a paddie-propelled turtle-backed
boat lying low in the water and COW
cred with .'half-inch iron plates, not
to be injured by shot"
About the same period the celebrated
inventor, Robert Fulton, who had al
ready constructed one or two submar.
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vices to protect its ships in the eigh-
teenth. According to French writer,
the sailors of his country were aston
ished at the perfection to which the
English had attained in this direction.
"Old cables" he writes, "held in place
by pieces of iron, barricaded the whole
length of the bulwarks; mantIets Of
old rope hung over the ships sides to
diminish the shock of our cannon balls,
and beneath a thick rope netting,
stretched from poop to bowsprit, the
English fought under shelter, maneu-
wiring without ceasing out of musket
range, so as to riddle our detachments
of fusileers with their cannon shot! So
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his reign in 1916. covered two of the
largest ships of his teet with leather
before sending t against Charles Of
Anjou.
These, by the way, were not the first
"leathercladS." We have already seen
that leather. probably in the form of
rawhideS, formed a portion of the ar:
NOR of the Saracen dromons. while
Conrad Of Montferrat. at the siege of
Tyre, in 11S7. either invented or at all
events caused special class Of leath
er protected vessels to be built, which
were called "barboteS" or "duckbackS."
They would now probably be called
"turtlebacks." They would appear to
have been small craft covered with a
strong leather protected domed roof,
through portfolios OF openings in which
the archers and croS<bowmen could
fire without exposing themselves. They
proved very effective against the Sar-
acens, and in 1918 the entrance of the
Nile was forced by seventy of these
little arnorclads.
But in the meantime the Saracens
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yoy That is Ours.

DR.. A. T. Pierson says regarding the Joy
that is ours in the contemplation OF eternal
life: "Do you know what eternal life Is:
One of the grandest conceptions ever put
before the human soul is the idea OF crltl-
cal life. 1t is much more than immortality,
which is by no means synonymous with
eternal life. Eternal life has no beginning,
and it has no end. If you love, God and
serve Him you shall partake of the eternal
past of His being, as we'll as the eternal fu-
ture. Just as when you put scion into.
tree the scion begins at once to get the
benefit of all the past years of that trees
life, as we'll as its present vigor and power
and fruitfulness, so if you are. migrated
into God all the eternal past OF God con-
tributes to your present security, yoar
present strength and to your future victory
and glory Eternal life is bliss; eternal life
is power; eternal life is glory; eternal life
is holiness, none of which things are neces'
sary in Immortality
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FOREIGN.

The bubonic plague has been dis
covered in the Indian coolie section at
johannesburg. South Africa. Thirty
deaths have occurred since Thursday.
1t was at first supposed the outbreak
was one of pneumonia, but the nature
of the disease is now officially ad.
mtted.
A dynamite Internal machine was eX.
ploded outside the house of the Com
missioner of Police, at Liege, Belgium.
Seven men were injured, four of them
seriously.
Astronomer Wolff Of the Koenigs-
stuhl Observatory, near Heidelberg.
Germany, has discovered by means Of
photography two new small planets,
which belong respectively to the
twelve and twelve and i half orders
of brilliancy.
Lord Curzon of Kctlleston. the Vice
roy of India. will sail from Bombay
homeward bound on Il holiday trip.
April ;.
Nine. ThereSe Humbert has notified
the French parliamentary Investigate
ing Committee that she prefers to
maintain silence regarding her vague
threats to expose many high officials.
The Kaiser arrived at Gibraltar and
received General Sir George White,
the commandant. They had luncheon
together.
The House of Lords and the House
of Commons debated motions censur-
ing the Government for admitting Chi
nese into South Africa. IN the House
of Lords the division stood - for the
motion and 97 against it, while i'll the
House Of Commons the vote was "a in
favor to 900 against.
The Minister of Public forks has Pc
titioned the Spanish Parliament for
funds sufficient to send 100 working
men employed in various trades to
America for two years training.