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The San Francisco call., 1904-10-07

los rooms; rent only s. so per room; lons
lease; up-to-date downtown. modern house
electric lights, bells and elevator; all light
rooms. well furnished throughout; chance oi
lifetime to get hrst-class house that is clear
ing $3.50 to S450 at bargain; owner obliged tc
leave for EGrope to settle estate; max,
Offer; exclusively with US
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WANTED-By competent. refined woman po-
sition TO look after children, upstairs work,
seamstress or hOusekeepers no objections %
country Box "a, Call branch. 1881 Church
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-07

DRESSMAKING in families; ladies' tailor
made suits and evening dresses. only first
class work done. 1887 Webster 81.
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-07

A-CAMERON & CO.-Phone South 1850
3 Eddy ST. Market and Powell.
Headquarters for all kinds OF business chances
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-07

WOMAN wants work by the day washing or
house cleaning; 81 so and carfare. Call or
address MRS. OSGOOD 115 Hayes St
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BUSINESS cHArcEs-oontinued.

BOOK store with living rooms in rear; $500
cash; value in sight; splendid opportunity
Box 1921. Call office, Oakland.
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Publication Offce. e...-. Market and Tnird. > =
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The San Francisco call., 1904-10-07

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err centrally located: who has spare tins,
would like some outside work; copying or
dictated: owns machines charges reasonable
Box 1859. Call office
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A-s26cO: HOTEL in San Mateo County; Is
furnished rooms dining and bar room, bowl
ing alley and dance pavilion; rent 800;
horse, wagon and 3 COWS; 5-year lease. See
r. G. WILKE, 261h Kearny st.
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EMPLOYMENT OFFICES.
EMPLOYMENT wANrED-FEMALE.

A RESPECTABLE. capable woman wishes sit
uation TO take care OF child from / day Old
121 Dubcce ave. between Valencia and Guer-
SITS.
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OAKLAND OFFICE:
lOI6 Broadway............T Telephone Main loss
BERKELEY OFFICE:
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The San Francisco call., 1904-10-07

BY INVESTING 5000 and paying per cent
per anum on balance you can have 4 beau
tifully furnished, sunny. corner rooms rent
free; it's fine location; only blocks north
of Ma rl<et st.
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-07
EDuCArroNAL-Continuea

CLASSES in short story writing and f-u--.e
ism meet Mon. Wed. and Thurs. % -7
S33 Phelan bldg; terms very reasorshIs'
The leader., 1904-04-23
Mississippi State News
Killed by Touahs.

A terrible tragedy was enacted at
Ludlow, twenty-five miles east of
Canton, last week, in which Capt.
Young, who was commander of the
government snaghoat on Pearl river,
was instantly killed by Walter Nc
Duff and Jim Fitzhugh, two tough
characters of the neighborhood.
There was an oratorical contest of
the boys of the Ludlow school last
week and McDuff and Fitzhugh
were present, drunk and disorderly.
Mr.. Lee and two other gentlemen
put them out of the house; which
angered the men, who, after making
many threats, left for their homes,
but returned soon afterward, wait
ing outside until the speaking was
over. Capt. Young happened to be
the first to leave the house, when
he was fired on with a shotgun and
Immediately killed. McDuff and
Fitzhugh made their escape, but
were later apprehended. 1t is be-
lieved their intention was to kill Mr..
Lee. Capt. Young was from Madi-
son Station, fine gentleman and
highly thought of by every one. All
the parties are we'll known in Can
ton.
The leader., 1904-04-23
FLEET OF OIL STEAMERS.
OIL to Be Conveyed On the Lakes BY
Tank Steamers Specially Built
For the Purpose.

Chicago, April 1.-THE Chronicle
says: A feet of oil steamers, with spe-
cial docking facilities at all the i'm
portant ports on the great lakes and
an immense wharf at Whiting, Ind,
for the expeditions handling Of the oil
vessels, are improvements now being
placed in service by the Standard Oil
Co. The purpose is to lessen the ship
ment of oil by rail and avoid the anti
rebate laws.
Five vessels of the oil fleet already
have been constructed, and will make
their first trip this season. AS many
more will be ready to be put in service
by the opening of next season. These
oiLsteamers are ingenious structures
Of steel, divided into compartments to
prevent injury from the churning of
the oil. They were built at cost Of
$250,000 each. Each is great floating
oil tank, constructed something on the
whaleback order, and holds more than
a whole train of oil cars.
The oil feet is to ply between Chi
cago or Whiting and all the great lake
ports, and will travel even as far as
New York. As the steamers are all
owned by the Standard Oil Co., they
will reduce to the minimum the cost
of transporting oil between Chicago
and eastern points, and the company
will be nearly independent of the rail-
roads.
The leader., 1904-04-23
IN ACCORDANCE WITH WRIT
Charles n. Meyer win be Produced
Before Colorado Supreme Court.


Denver, Col, April H.-Att'y. Gen.
Miller is authority for the statement
that Charles H. Meyer, presidentsof the
Western Federation of Miners, will be
produced before the supreme court next
Thursday in accordance with the writ
of habeas corpus issued by that body.
He will be brought from Telluride in
custody Of the military authorities by
whom he was imprisoned, and their at
torneys will resist any motion for his
release on bail pending decision on
the questions involved in his case. Both
sides profess to be DESTROYS Of oh
tanning from the supreme court a de.
cision as to the rights of the governor
to declare martial law, imprison and
deport citizens without warrant and
disregard writs of the district court,
as has been done during the past. six
months in Teller, San Miguel and Las
Animas counties.
There will be no difficulty nor de-
lay interposed upon the part of the
militia which will hinder the produc-
ton Of Mr.. Meyer before the supreme
court" said Gov. Peabody.
II shall be very glad to get an opin-
ion of the supreme court If 1t will tE
any way hasten the settlement of all
the contentious now disturbing the
business and welfare of the state"
The leader., 1904-04-23
THE RECENT PENSION ORDER
Commissioner Ware Makes n State
ment Designed to Correct an
Erroneous Impression.

Washington, April ITO make
clear the actual effect of provisions of
the recent age pension order of Com
missioner Ware, about which a large
number of inquiries are being made.
the following official statement is
made:
There appears to be an impression
among many of the old soldiers that
allowances of pensions under the age
order of the commissioner of pensions
are in addition to the pensions allowed
heretofore. This is an erroneous idea
of the order. The law prohibits the
payment of more than one pension to
a person for the same period, and the
effect of the order on those having a
pension already only will be to increase
such pension up to the age limit if the
pension already drawn is below that
amount.
The leader., 1904-04-23
HADN'T THOUGHT or THAT.
There Were Obstacles to the Free
Movement Of Doors That
Opened Outward.

There was man who had read that IL
we. safer tc make the doors OF all houses
open outward instead of inward, says the
Chicago Tribune.
He remembered it, and when he built
house of his own he had all the outer
doors hung in accordance with that idea.
One bright morning in March he moved
into his new home.
Late in the evening OF the same day IL
began to snow, and it kept on showing UNI
ill the ground was covered a foot deep.
Then the wind blew and piled the snow
In drifts.
After which it began to rain.
The rain later turned to sleet and the
mercury sank 20 degrees.
And the next morning the neighborS
were astonished beyond measure at the
sight of frenzied man with his head thrust
out OF second story front window Of that
house, gesticulating wildly to boy on the
sidewalk and begging him for heavens
sake to go and call the fire department
and have. the ice and snow blasted away
from his doors so he could open them and
get out OF the house!
The leader., 1904-04-23
Exhanstad the Font.

Sir Samuel Sims saw sweet Sara Samp-
son swimming. Suddenly she seemed sink
ing. Sir Samuel stood stunned. Striding
seward, spurning shingle, Sir Samuel
swiftly SWAN Sarawards. Sir Samuel
skillfully supported swoonlng, Sara. SWIM
ming shorewards Sir Samuel successfully.
succored Sara. Seeming somewhat shaky,
Sir Samuel sampled some spirits-special
Scotch. Sara saw Sir Samuel's self-sac-
rifcing spirit; Sir Samuel saw. Sara's
sweetness. Sir Samuel eoon sought Sara.
Striding slowly, Sara sighed softly. Sir
Samuel seemed speeches..
Say something, Sir Samuel" said Sara.
"Say Sam, Sara" said Sir Samuel.
SARA Sally" stammered Sir Samuel.
"Sweet Sara-sweetheart!"
9 Sara solemnly surrendered.
,Pleace ctop THO. We are chort of eccec.
IPrinter).-N. Y. News.
The leader., 1904-04-23
THE U. S. GUNBOAF PETREL
Her Officers Report Some Record
Breaking Target Practice With
Her Old Style Guns.

San Francisco, April 1.-THE gun
boat Petrol, under command of Capt
Tappan, has arrived in port from Pan.
ANA. While there the Petrol had tar
get practice, making a record of 1.34
hits per gun per minute on a target
with her old-style six-inch or gravity
return guns, the showing being prob
ably the best in the navy, considering
the guns.
On her way up the coast the Petrol
discovered shoak some miles north
west of Magdalena bay, showing a
depth of only ten fathoms, where more
than 300 fathoms are shown on the
photographic charts.
After brief stay here the Petrol
will proceed to the far nothern coast
for a summer cruise in the Arctic.
The leader., 1904-04-23
Want Renudlated Bonds.

Several New York brokers, on the
strength of the decision of the
United States Supreme Court in the
case of South Dakota VS.. North Car
DINA, touching North Cardinals re-
pudiated bonds, have written the
secretary Of State asking for infor-
nation in regard to Mississippi's re-
pudiated bonds, aud where they can
be located. These bonds are scat
tered over the world, but most of
them are held in London and in
the Peabody fund. The recent de-
cision of the United States Supreme
Court does not affect the Mississip-
pi bonds, as pointed out. The facts
in the case are different, and the
Mississippi bonds have been held by
a Mississippi court to be legal, but
payment was refused by the legisla-
ture.
The leader., 1904-04-23
WAS DONE UP QUICKLY
Herbert r. Mellen n Prominent
Denverite, Sent to Prison On .
Charge OF Embezz1ement.

Denver, Col, April 17.-Herbert r
Mellen was sentenced to the state pen.
itentiary for term of four to five
years for embezzlement of funds of
the International Trust Co., for which
he was a teller He was arrested on
a bench warrant, pleaded guilty when
arraigned before Judge S. L. Carpen-
ter in the criminal court, and was i'm
mediately taken to the prison at Canon
City.
The amount embezzled has not been
definitely ascertained, but is known to
be between $4,000 and $4,000. Mr..
Mellen has been one Of the most prom
inent society and clubmen in the city.
He is a bachelor.
The leader., 1904-04-23
win Establish a Town.

A new town is to be established
four miles north of Grenada by r.
Howard, a prominent real estate
dealer. The town will be located
just adjoining the big tie manufac-
turing plant established by the Illi-
nois Central road, which is the larg-
est concern Of its kind in the world,
having arranged to employ 600 la
borers, and representing an invest,
ment of $750,0Oo. The plant will
treat the ties with a creosote pro-
cess, and by this method it is claim
ed that sap pine ties will last as
long as oak timber.
The leader., 1904-04-23
Personal AND POLITICAL.

Ovon D. Heath, who gained some no
toriety years ago through his explora-
tons of South and Central America
died, on the 18th, at his home in Kan
sas City, Kas., aged CT years. He was
a brother of DR.. Edwin R. Heath, also
a well-known traveller and explorer.
Former Mayor Albert A. Ames, OF
Minneapolis, Mimi, was rearreated on
the 14th, on an Indictment charging
him with accepting bride, Decem
Der Is, 1901, from Bessie Lee.
The president, on the 14th, sent tc
congress message recommending
appropriation of $4,000 to compensate
William Radcliffe, a British subject
for loss of property by mob, in Colo
RADIO, in 1901.
On the 14th the nomination of Col
Albert r. Mills, superintendent of the
military academy at West Point to be
brigadier-general, was favorably acted
on by the senate committee on mill
tary affairs.
In the circuit court at Richmond
KY, Judge Benton had thrown out
on peremptory instructions of mentaI
incapacity, all the various wills left
by the late Gen. Cassius M. Clay. This
leaves the generals property to his
natural heirs, and cuts off Dora Clay
Brock, who at one time received con
siderable notoriety as the youthful
wife of the aged statesman.
Robert M. Snyder, local capitalist
Of Kansas City. Mo, has. formed q
corporation to pipe natural gas from
independence, Kas., to Kansas City
furnishing the towns along the route
distance of 100 miles. The com
pany, it is stated, has already re
ceived options ON several wells In
southern Kansas.
Among the archives of the federal
court at Richmond, Va, the original
indictment of Aaron Burr for treason
has been found. It was long supposed
to have been lost. 1t is signed by Jno
Randolph, of Roanoke, foreman of the
jury.
Andrew Carnegie has created a trust
fund of 100000 for the benefit Of
the dependents of those losing theiI
lives in heroic effort to save their fell
lowmen, or for the heroes themselves
if injured only"
On the 18th bronze tablet, said tc
be the first memorial to John Pau
Jones crested in this country, was UNI
yelled at the school building bearing
his name in East Boston
On the 18th Samuel Andrews, father
of Horace e. Andrews. president of the
Cleveland Electric Railway Co.. and
formerly partner of John D. Rookie
Teller in the oil business, died, at At
lanttc City. N. j.. of pneumonia, after
a weeks illness.
On the 18th Fritz Idle Won Ingel-
helm, who claims to be q scion of one
Of the Oldest and noblest families Of
Germany. and himself heir TO Immense
estates and noble title. son of cab
met official under Emperor William I
was sentenced to three years and SIX
months in states prison, at Milwau-
kee, for forgery.
The leader., 1904-04-23
FIRE IN HOSPITAL.
At |ND|ANAPOL|S
One Life Lost and Several Injure1
in Panic That Ensued.
LEAPED FROM FOURTH FLOOR
Am Tcmployc of the Hospital Leaped
From the Fourth Floor to the
street Below-When Picked
Up Was Dead.

Indianapolis, Ind, April 18.-While
the city fire department, reinforced by
companies from the suburbs, was being
taxed to its utmost, fighting the Occi-
dental hotel FIRE Sunday morning, an
alarm was turned in from st. Vincent'S
hospital. When the first fire company
arrived, one life had been lost and sew
eral were seriously injured in the panic
that followed
The Dead.
Harriet Leahy, jumped from the
fourth floor and instantly killed.
The Injured.
Miss Kate Beach, believed to be IA
tally injured by falling from third
floor while trying to escape by means
of rope made of clothing.
Sister Superior Stella, seriously in
jured by shock following a surgical
operation.
Sister Nordica, seriously injured by
shock.
William Schneider, patient, who,
at the time of the fire, was undergoing
an operation.
Henry Nichols, Connersville, just
operated upon for appendicitis, ran
down stairs.
Several other nurses and attendants
were more or less bruised or their en-
deavor to escape from what they
thought was instant death.
For a time it seemed that the flames,
which started among pile of rugs at
the east stairway, and found their way
to the upper floors, would result in a
frightful holocaust.
At every window on the third and
fourth floors were crowded the panic
stricken men and women screaming for
help to those on the street below. who
were, for more than twenty minutes,
prevented from entering the building
by the dense smoke The panic that
ragged on the third and fourth floors
continued until long after the fire had
been quenched. Patients who had
just undergone surgical operations
rushed from their beds to the windows
and attempted to throw themselves to
the ground.
Leaped from Fourth Floor.
Harriet Leahy, an old employee of the
hospital, leaped from window on the
fourth floor, and when picked up was
dead.
In the rear, men and women we're
making ropes of bed clothing, by which
they escaped to the ground below.
Katherine Beach, less fortunate than
the rest, lost her hold, and fell from
condition from the internal injuries
sustained. AS an unusual number of
surgical operations were performed in
the hospital on Saturday, many of the
patients, carried from their beds by
the rescuers, were in a critical condi-
ton, and the physicians in charge fear
that many fatalities may result. The
patients were carried to the male ward,
which is In the first floor, and was not
seriously affected by the panic which
ragged in the upper floors. Improvised
cots aud mattresses. were brought into
use, and general call for medical as
sistance sent throughout the city.
Within short time, about hundred
physicians arrived, and the patients
were cared for.
Owing to the fireproof construction,
the actual loss on the building will not
exceed $1,000.
That there was no greater loss Of
life is due to the prompt and efficient
action of the firemen and attendants.
The leader., 1904-04-23
A Nurseryman's Experience.

.Tarlton, Tenn, April lSth.-Mr. E. J.
Morton, proprietor of the Tarlton
Nurseries, has given for publication some
of his experiences, which, no doubt, will
interest a great many people who are try
ing to overcome similar difficulties. Among
other things he says:
Il will answer all inquirers who enclose
a stamp for reply and will be pleased to
tell them just how l cured myself of a
serious case of Kidney Urinary and Blad-
der trouble which had tortured me for
over three years. l had fearful burning
sensation when urinating and was in very
bad shape till commenced to use medi-
cine called Dodd's Kidney Pills
I'm very short time l found | was
getting better and I.kept on till | was
completely cured Every symptom of my
old trouble is gone and, besides being cured
of this. particular trouble, my general
health is better than it has been for years.
l feel like a new man and am ready at all
times to testify to the wonderful curing
powers of Dodd's Kidney Pills"
The leader., 1904-04-23
MOQUOIS no Be REBUILT.
New Play House to BE Rebuilt ON
Site of Inflated Chicago
Theater.

Chicago, April 1s.-The Iroquois
theater. in which nearly six hundred
lives were lost during fire last De-
cember, has been sold to Rich & Har-
ris. of New York and Boston. The
play house will be reconstructed. re-
furnished and opened early next fall
as vaudeville theater under another
name.
The leader., 1904-04-23
FIRE IN OCCIDENTAL. HOTEL.
For q Time the Whole Retail Dis
trict Was Threatened.

For Time the Whole Retail Dis
trict Was Threatened.
Indianapolis, Ind, April 18.-Fire,
which for almost two hours threat
ened to destroy the principal retail
district, was discovered at an early
kour Sunday morning in the Occidental
hotel. Every fire company in the city,
as we'll as those from the outlying SUBJ
urbs, was summoned. The house was
filled with guests. and panic was
narrowly averted. There were many
narrow escapes from the flames and
suffocation, the inmates being COM
PEELED to leave the building clad in
their night robes.
The hotel. which fronts for half a
block on Illinois street, south of Wash
ington, is valued at 100000, and is
Quilted. The loss is estimated at $15,-
600.
The leader., 1904-04-23
pecatur On 4 Boom.

The citizens of Decatur, the coun-
ty seat of Newton county, have ap-
pealed to the railroad commission
to have the Mobile, Jackson & Kan
sas CITY road come nearer to the
center of that town. Decatur is
on boom as a result of the rail
road. A new bank has been estab-
lished, new mercantile ventures are
being planned, and the town has
been thoroughly awakened after a
slumber Of more than fifty years.
The leader., 1904-04-23

An insurance paper is authority for
the statement that Bodam Wanamaker
is the most heavily insured man in the
United States, and that his father,
John Wanamaker, is next on the list.
The former, it is said, carries $4,000, 900
insurance on his life, while the latter
carries $1,5OO,oO0. Only one New York
man, George w. Vanderbilt, is insured
for as much as 100000, his policies
aggregating that sum.
The leader., 1904-04-23

There is great breaking out of
Japanese girls in New York since the
war in the far east began. The shop
keepers are selling all kinds of Japan
ese things, particularly kimonos, fans
and oriental hair ornaments. Some of
the women are even buying little rec
caps for their husbands to wear about
the house. Of course, the fez is not
Japanese, but it is oriental, and this
helps the effect around the house.
The leader., 1904-04-23
Confessed 10 Conspiracy.

The negro girl who attempted to
poinson John L. Hudson, in Mar
shall county last week, by putting
strychnine in waffies, has confessed
to plot duplicating four negroes,
three men named Pinson and a wo-
man named Sally Jenkins. The ne
groes supposed there was consider
able money in the house and planned
to get Mr.. Hudson out of the way
and easily overpower the ladies. The
girl was induced to confess by her
sister. who visited her.
The leader., 1904-04-23
Willie Baxter Pardoned.

Gov. Vardaman has granted a
pardon to Willie Baxter, of Wins
ton county, who was serving life
sentence in the State penitentiary
on the charge of rape. The pardon
was granted on the recommendation
of the trial judge, as well as the
jury and many prominent citizens,
on the showing that the woman
whom Baxter was, charged with as
saulting was a public character.
The leader., 1904-04-23
Crop Damage in Yazoo.

Yazoo county planters are COM
planning of the cold weather of the
past week, and say the seed is not
terminating as they should. Frost
fell in the county last week, and
the thermometer was exceedingly
low for the season of the year.
The leader., 1904-04-23
Want Price to Run.

There is a movement on foot
throughout some portions of the dis
trict now represented by Mr.. Cand-
Ter to induce the Hon. Walter Price
to run for congress. He is from
Noxubee county, and is magnetic
stump speaker, and will make things
interesting If he enters the race.
The leader., 1904-04-23
Lynchinq Condemned.

The strong resolutions of the W.
R. Barksdale Camp of the Confed-
crate Veterans, of Grenada, con-
demning the practice of lynching
and appealing to the people of Mis-
sissippi to put ''stop to the bar
barrie, unlawful, inhuman and I'M
godly crime of burning human be-
ings" have been adopted by several
of the Confederate Veterans camps
throughout the State.
The leader., 1904-04-23
Collins Wants the Road.

A citizens committee has been
named at Collins to submit prop
osition for the proposed Mississip-
pi, Louisiana & Texas road, to pass
through that place. This line has
been surveyed from Pensacola to
Texarkana, having connections
through to Guthrie, O. T., and
thence through Kansas to Denver
The people of Collins have proposed
to float a $1,000 issue Of bonds to
secure the construction of the road.
The leader., 1904-04-23

1t is rather amusing to note the
straits to which the sensational press
is being reduced in order to print
sufficient amount of war news to make
a showing. All sorts of rumors are
published as facts, only to be contra
dicted later on, and sometimes in the
same issue, and the most trivial incl
dents are magnifed into matters of
Importance solely because there is no
news to be had from. the seat of war.
The leader., 1904-04-23
Inspection Finished.

Maj. J. R. Dowdy, of the United
States regular army, inspector of
the Mississippi National Guard, I'M
der the provisions Of the Dick bill,
has completed his inspection of the
three regiments, and is now engaged
in the preparation of his report to
the war department, which will be
forwarded within the next week or
ten days. Maj. Dowdy states that
he has found the National Guard
companies generally in excellent
shane.