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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-04-16
COAL WASHING PAYS
IN GREAT BRITAIN
Prices of Small Coal and Even OF
Slack Greatly Enhanced by Dirt
Being Removed.


1t is impossible to deny that Eng
lish colliery owners are indebted to
German manufacturers for the best
systems of coal washing. 1t is well
known that the coal of the Westpha-
liam and Prussian coal fields Is great
ly inferior to our own. being got from
a greatly disturbed area and thus
there are not only more bands of dirt,
stone, ETC., running through them,
but with highly inclined seams there
is a greater likelihood of shale and
other foreign matter becoming inter-
mixed during excavation and filing.
Hence arises the necessity for careful
washing, and the perfection Of me-
chanical appliances for doing it. On
the other hand, large proportion Of
British coal comes up large and clean
from the mines, requiring very little
picking before going into the wagons.
The small coal in many cases does not
contain any serious amount of dirt,
and SO for many. years coal washing,
which has been a necessity in some
countries, has not been looked upon in
this light here.
But recently a change has taken
place and the utility of washing coal
has been recognized. This is not be-
cause the good seams of coal referred
to are becoming exhausted, nor be-
cause there is more dirt and slack
than formerly; it is simply because
colliery owners are finding that thin
ner and inferior seams can be worked
TO advantage if good arrangements
are made for mechanically preparing
the coal for sale. At the same time
it is admitted that coal is now being
wished which formerly was cons d.
cred good enough for sale immediately
after screening, but this is due to the
fact that even fairly clean SLACK is
improved in price with washing.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-04-16

A connoisseur in good things said
the other day; There are only three
things 1 am a crank about-fine linens,
fine china and books You may have
all the rest. I believe I am as good
a Judge of linens as the King OF Eng
land is of women. / can stroll through
a hotel dining-room and tell at a
glance exactly where the napery was
manufactured. Here. for instance
we were in one Of the newer and cost
lier hotels at the time-.'you have a
German linen. 1t is presentable / adj
nit. but come across the street and
I'll open your eyes," In the other
house he said: Need l say anything
further? This linen is as white as
snow Made and bleached In ireland.
The other. German stuff. is yellow and
will always remain SO. They cannot
just as yet bleach linens in the father
land. German linens are cheaper than
Irish, but they don't last half SO long
and they soon look tawdry.'''-N New
York Press
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-04-16
SOPHOMORES STEAL TRAIN
CHARTERED FOR FRESHMEN
Efforts of Big Students to Spoil Ban
quet of Youngsters Meet, With
Defeat

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, April 15.-De-
claring that they were freshmen, Rose
Polytechnic sophomores secured pos
session of a special Vandalia train
which had been chartered to carry
freshmen to Marshall. ILL.,, where they
were to attend a banquet. The fresh
men, who were assembled at Third
street, where they were to have board
ed the train, realized when the train,
crowded with yelling students. rushed
past. that they had been tricked and
another special was chartered to carry
them to Marshall
In the meantime those in charge OF
the banquet, who had been informed
of the trick by telephone. refused to
admit the sophomores. BY leaving the
train outside the city and making a
detour the freshmen secured admission
to the banquet hall, where they bar
ricaded the doors and participated in
the festivities. Outside the hall the
Sherin and deputies patrolled the
grounds to prevent a possible attempt
on the part of the second class men to
obtain admission.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-04-16
MORGAN AS A LOBBYIST
IN BRITISH PARLIAMENT
American Financier EndeavOrs to Sc
cure Favorable Action on
Railway Scheme.

American Financier Endeavors to Sc
cure Favorable Action on
Railway Scheme.
LONDON, April 15.-During ]. Pier
pont Morgan's recent stay in England
he was frequent visitor at the houses
of Parliament and dined there one
evening as the guest of H. J.. Tenant.
NJ. P. he was looking after his Lon
don railway schemes and seeking to
accelerate favorable legislation by
means of his personal influence among
members of both houses. He is ex-
ceedingly anxious. that his projects
should go through during the exist
ence of the present Parliament. be-
cause he knows that when the Rad
icals come into power he will encoun-
ter strong opposition among those who
favor municipal as opposed to private
enterprise.
Although he has not so stated him.
self, it is understood among lawyers
and parliamentary agents that if he
does not obtain the necessary sanction
at this session he will abandon further
efforts and waste no more time and
money on London railway schemes.
After his projects were rejected last
year he told friend in the House of
Commons with whom he was discuss
ing British legislative methods that he
would find much more satisfaction in
bestowing on some charitable objects
the money he had expended in trying
to Americanize metropolitan transit.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-04-16
GOOD RECORD. MADE
IN REALTY DEALS
HOTELS TO BE ENLARGED
Contracts Are Awarded and Many
Transactions Stimulate Buying

Crichton, F. Rothchild, Emma A. Moore
and F. Palmer.
At the eighteenth annual meeting of
the Italian-Swfss Mutual Loan Associa-
ton Secretary A. rSbarboro reported
that the association has assisted ZIG OF
it's members to procure homes; that the
loans have amounted to s638,007 81, that
of this amount $50 loans, representing
$554007 81 have been repaid, and that
there are only sixteen of the loans re-
naming unpaid, upon which there Is
due Ss4, 1000, which is being paid off in
installments. Wage earners have paid
into the association by monthly install
ments s644,392, and s563,586 of this
has been withdrawn, together with
$157,679 90s in earnings. The secretary
was authorized to open the books to is
sue 1000 shares of stock of the nine
teenth series. The following were elect
ed officers: President, P. c. Rossi; vice
president P. Barbieri; treasurer, A. j.
Merle; secretary, A. Sbarboro; assist
ant secretary, A. E. Sbarboro; attor-
ney, D. Freidenrich; directors-P. Bar
bieri, A ]. Merle, C. A. Malm, A. Sbar-
boro, P. c.. Rossi, A. e. Sbarboro, d.
i
Two contracts for the construction
of the Hale Bros annex have been
recorded during the past week. repre-
senting an outlay of s121.642.
Shainwald, Buckbee & Co. report
that James P. Burns and Edward F.
Burns have leased the premises at 112
and ia Geary street from Kirk. Geary
e Co. for ladies' shoe store.
Through the agency of Thomas Ma
gee & Sons. Thomas Magee Jr. has
sold to Mrs. Edward Cook 20x57:6
feet and three-story building on the
north line of Lewis street. for $500.
SUBURBAN PROPERTIES.
The c. NJ. Wooster Company will
sell in tracts from 100 to 500 acres
each $4,000 acres near Red Bluff, In
the Blossom ranch, for the California
Realty Trust Company.
Florin L. Jones & Co. have sold the
Jeffries Hotel, near Wrights, to V. W.
Miller, for $4,000.
Hoag & Lansdale report the sale OF
country lands as follows: In Fresno
County, 100 acres for Isabel de Wolf
and Samuel Colt, for $1,000; 16O
acres in Alameda County for D. o. Mills
to Peter Bartf1e, for s1440; block M OF
Ell -Cerrito Park to Robert G. Hooker
of Hooker & Lent. for $4,000; three
lots in FL Cerrito Park for the Ell Ger
rito Land Company to Kate I. Dun
canson, for $1,000; lot in Ross Valley
Park, for Sidney NJ. Smith to M
Meyers; two lots in the Bush tract at
San Anselmo for the Civic Land Com
pany to F. H. Jermyn, for $4,000.
Baldwin & Howell have sold more
than $780, 900 worth of property in San
Matoe Park in fifteen days. Among
the sales were the following: To l.. B.
Doe three lots, 240x350 feet, at Pop
lar and Occidental avenue. for $3.50;
to Albert Cooks. 220x350, at Clark's
drive and the county road; to Louis
Jensen, 175x200, at Warren drive and
Nottingham avenue; to John Diet
helm; lot 1877, for $1,000; to A. L.
Sanderson, lot 116, for 5000; also, in
the western addition to San Mateo,
for Charles Herbat to Isabelle Price,
lot for $1,000; to William F. Taylor
for c. H. Shaw, northeast corner of
Railroad and Tilton avenues, for
$3.50.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-04-16
MANY LARGE BONDS
PLACED ON MINES
Transactions in Nevada County Convince
Miners That Boom Is at Hand.
Big Dredging Scheme Is interesting People
Who Live Along Yuba River

pany has been organized to operate the
Independence gold mine near Angels
Camp. The old company exhausted
the money received from the sale Of
stock after doing a large amount Of
work and as the stock was non-asseSs-
able it was thought Desr to reincor-
porate under the laws Of California
with the same amount of capital stock
as the old company had.
A transaction of some interest in re-
gard to the Lappin mine in Trinity
County is reported by the. Redding
Searchlight. James ]. Chambers had
working option on the mine. which
is at Deadwood. He took out guam
tity of ore and milled It. He then be-
came financially embarrassed and gave
the miners that he had employed per-
1T reduced, that they might recover the
wages that were due them. After they
secured their wages in this way the
miners, acting under the advice Of
Chambers, turned 1920 over to Mrs.
Paulsen, the proceeds Of the ore above
the amount that was required TO satisfy
their claims. Then the owners OF the
mine, M. A. Brady and others. sued to
recover from Mrs. Pauisen and Cham
beers the $1,000, Chambers having failed
to meet his obligations TO them. The
Superior Court has decided that Mrs.
Paulsen shall retain the money that
was paid her during the life of the
working option on the mine.
The Davis quartz mine. near Sugar
Pine, Tuolumne County. has been
bonded by Dr. Allen Of Los Angeles
The Beals quartz mine has been deed
ed by Nathanial Screech and A j,
Blackwell to the National Park Elec-
trio Company.
The Amador Ledger says:
At meeting Of the directors Of the Del
Monte mine an assessment OF 10 cents pei
share was levied upon the capital stock. This
assessment Is for the purpose Of meeting obi
VI the property, which falls due IN June The
prospecting operations at the depth OF 500 feet
have developed an ore body. at one point carry
grade with a small mill such the mine Is
now equipped with. The anagement has faith
that further exploration upward will lead to
the uncovering of good ore. such as was en-
countered In the upper levels.
The aim of the American Mining
Congress to establish permanent head
quarters at Denver has at last a fair
chance to be realized. The directors
have outlined plans for the construc-
ton of a permanent building TO be
erected in Denver. 1t is proposed to
collect in this building a complete COM
mercial exhibition Of the mineral prod
ucts of the United States and also an
extensive library devoted to mining
complete organization to work fol
mining legislation by State and Ma
| tional Governments are also included
| in the ambitious plans. The entire
subject will come up for final ratifica-
ton before the Mining Congress al
the next annual session to be held al
Ell Paso in September
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-04-16
INTERESTS
OF SACRAMENTO VALLEY
Members of Development Association
Hold Annual Meeting and
Elect Officers.

SACRAMENTO, April 15.-At the
annual meeting of the Sacramento
Valley Development Association, held
here to-day, GeneralW. I. Green OF Co.
lusa was unanimously reelected presi-
dent, and the following vice presi-
dents, who will constitute the execu-
tive committee of the institution,
were chosen: Tehama County. c. F.
Foster; Glenn. w. H. Morrissey; So
lano, Edward Dinkelspiel; Colusa, j.
w. Kaerth; Butte. DR.. R. M. Green;
Shasta, not represented; Sacramento,
Morris Brooke; Ell Dorado, not repre-
scented; Placer. ]. H. Wills; Suffer, H.
P. Stabler; Yuba, Frank Aaron; Yolo,
J. Reith Jr.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-04-16
LADY CHEYLESMORE SAVES
COUPLE FROM EVICTION
American Peeress Pays Rent for Aged
Pair and Restores Them to
Their Home.

American Peeress Pays Rent for Aged
Pair and Restores Them to
Their Home.
LONDON, April 15.-Lady Cheyles-
more's kindness of heart was illustrated
afresh by an incident which happened
recently. The American peeress has
done much practical work for ameli-
Grating the condition of the poor of
Westminster since her husbands cleo
ton to the civil honor made her the
Lady Mayoress of the ancient borough.
Leaving Westminster Hospital. where
she had been visiting some of the pa
tients-the other day--she ordered her
coachman to drive down some Of the
side streets at the back of the Ameri-
can Embassy In Victoria street. This
quarter abounds in wretched slums.
and it's inhabitants, though surrounded
by wealth and luxury. are among the
poorest in London, and here many of
Lady Cheylesmores personal pension
ers live.
the tenements a motley collection of
decrepit furniture she stopped the car
rage and started in to-. make q per-
iSOQal lnVeSllSdllUll VI Tic lIdtleT. W6ll
she knew that the presence of the
household goods. on the sidewalk indi-
Gated that one Of those tragedies Of
the slums-an eviction-had taken
place. What she wanted to find out
was whether the victims of it were de-
serving Of her assistance. She learned
that they were a worthy old couple
who in summer contrived to make
precarious living by hawking fruit and
flowers, but In winter had to exist on
the scant outdoor parish relief supple
mented by what charitable neighbors
could afford to give them. She paid up
the arrears of rent.
She left a guarantee with the land
lord that she would be responsible for
its payment for the next six months.
She gave the old couple enough money
to provide them with sufficient food for
some weeks to come, and promising to
look them up when she next came that
way, took her departure. the aged
couple showering blessings upon her.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-04-16
SEVRES VASE Is SOLD
FOR $4,000 IN LONDON
Curios Disposed OF at Auction Bring
Unusually High Prices After
Exciting Bidding.

LONDON, April 15.-Excited bid
ding has resulted in some unusually
high. prices for curios at Christse's.
The sale was attended by a large
crowd. including many well known
dealers In England. France and Amer
lea.
A superb Chinese oviform vase en-
ameled in silver with birds and flow
ers sold for $4,000. A magnificent
old Sevres oviform vase and cover.
the companion of which is in the roy
al collection at Buckingham Palace.
was bid up to sci. 900, at which figure
it was sold The precious article
stands only sixteen and three-quarters
inches high and was made in 1853.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-04-16
BIG MICHIGAN PRIVATE
BANK CLOSES ITS DOORS
Advancement of $4,000 to Firm In
Which Head OF Institution Was
interested Causes Failure

OWOSSO, Mich, April 15.-The prt-
vate bank of Nj. L. Stewart & Co. OF
this city. one Of the largest private
banking institutions of the State, closed
It's doors to-day. A notice saying that
the concerns affairs were In the hands
of the Detroit Trust Company was
posted. The banks deposits have been
estimated at more than 100000. Ralph
Stone, secretary Of the Detroit Trust
Company, said:
1.-The assignment was caused by the
institution advancing to a carriage
company in which c. d. Stewart. the
head of the banking firm. was stock
holder, sums aggregating $4,000. This
indebtedness the carriage company
was unable to meet"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-04-16
emperor Extends sympathy.

VIENNA, April 15.-Emperor Fran
els Joseph this afternoon called on
Arch Duchess Maria Theresa and con-
doled with her on the death of her
brother. Prince Henry of Bourbon This
disposes of the aiarmist ors on the
Paris bourse to-day regarding the En-
peror's health.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-04-16
Marshals search for Schcmer.

ST. LOUIS, April 15.-United States
deputy marshals and postofIice in
spectors are searching for NJ Havlin.
charged with having been the head of
the Keystone Commission Company of
East ST. Louis, which is alleged to
have used the mails in an alleged
..get-rich- quick scheme. The offices
of the company are closed.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-04-16
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
DEBATERS ARE CHAMPIONS
Sustains Contention That Preservation
of China Is Not for Best Inter-
ests of Civilization.

CHICAGO, April 15.-The University
of Michigan won the annual intercolle-
giate debate against the University of
Chicago, thereby earning the title of
champion of the Central Debating
League. The question was. Resolved,
that the preservation of the Chinese
empire is for the best interests of civil
ization.' Michigan had the negative
side OF the question.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-04-16
DISPUTE OVER LAND
CAUSES FATAL BATTLE
Three Men Are Killed in Fight al
Ten-Mile Creek in
MiSsOurf

POPLAR BLUFF. Mo-, April IS
Three men were killed in a battle at
Ten-mile Creek, ten miles west of
here, resulting from a land quarrel.
The dead: H. S. ADAMS, WILLIAM
HEICH and RILEY HENSON.
Circuit Clerk L. M. Henson, brother
of Riley, who witnessed the shooting,
but declines to give any particulars,
has been placed under arrest.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-04-16

The man who says he can drink or
he can let it alone is so busy demon
strating the first proposition that he
never gets around to the second.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-04-16

Only a woman can talk huently on
a subject without the least knowledge
of it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-04-16
JEFFERSON IS WINNING
FIGHT AGAINST DEATH
Reports From Bedside of Aged Actor
Tell of improvement In His
Condition.

PALM BEACH, Fla, April 15.--Jo-
seph jefferson has rallied from his
precarious condition of Friday night
and is reported better to-day. He is
In a very weak state, but his condition
is not considered dangerous at this
time
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-04-16
roNoPAH MINING HNCHANCM.

Following were the sales on the San Fran
cisco and Tonopah Mining Exchange yesterdays
a.9O a m Session. "
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-20
Big CannaI Projected.

President John S. Shaw and the
board Of directors Of the Lake Erie
and OHIO River Ship Canal Company,
accompanied by q number Of engineers
and other advisors, startt d from Pitts
burg, Pa, Friday on q two days. trip
to examine the two routes proposed
for a ship canal connecting the E.ie
Lake with the Ohio river. At Ashta-
bula, Ohio, the Pittsburg party will
be Joined by the cheers Of the Ohio
and Pennsylvania Ship canal Comp
any, Of which Joseph II. Cassidy, of
Cleveland, is president, and the two
organizations will continue the trip to.
gether. One Of the two routes Is from
Ashtabula, Ohio, to Pittsburg, the
other from Erie to Pittsburg. Each
route Is about 105 miles long, and the
cost of either would be about $50, OOO,.
600. President Shaw Is of the opinion
that the work could be completed and
the canal opened to traffic in the sum.
mer OF 1911.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-20
Leaps from a Window.

In New York, rather than face
trial on the indictments charging him
with fraudulently taking money from
the We!ssel estate, Armitage Math.
ews, lawyer and secretary Of the coun.
ty Republican committee, committed
suicide today by jumping fro m a win.
dow IN his apartment to a stonepaved
courtyard. He struck on his head
f%racturing his skull, and died in a
short time. Mathews, who was a
young man, had advanced rapidly,
both In the practice Of his profession
and In. politics. He was q friend OF
Former Governor Black and Of Abra-
ham Giuber and they we're loyal to
him IN his trouble, acting as legal ad.
visers and Going all they could to aid
him to obtain the change OF venue
from his ccunGy, for which he appeal
cd. The change Of venue was denied
Wednesday and the trial of the case
was set for Thursday before Justice
Davy In the criminal branch of the
supreme court. Early Wednesday
morning Mathews received q special
delivery letter. After reading it his
housekeeper heard him go to a bath
room and open a window. A few sec
onds later he jumped to his death.
Several tenants In a house in the real
OF Matthew'S apartment saw him
jump. A doctor was hurriedly sum
moned, but could do nothing and
Mathews died in a few minutes.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-20
Roy Would Succeed.

If a boy Is to succeed in life's battle
for bread and position among those at
the top he must be alive, says an OK
change. If he is a cigarette fend he
will never be anything or anybody but
u common drudge. Success tells what
a yIunR man must do to win: No young
man car hope to advance rapidly who
lacks an enterprising progressive spir.
1T. Indeed, enterprise Is a reQuisit to
employment. No one wants to employ
o youth who lacks push. He must be
alive to and in touoh with the spirit
OF the hour, or he Is not wanted any
where. The enterprising employer
wants every employee to share his spir
1T. The unenterprising business man
feels all the more keenly the need Of
assistance from those who can mako
up for his falling. Force, push, dyns.
mic qualities are everywhere in eager
demand, while the dawing, incompe
tent, un~progressive wait In vain for a.
start or for promotion.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-20
TEN THOUSAND
Fearful Work or tho T. phoon on the
Coast Of China

The steamer Tartar, which arrived
at>Victoria, b. O on list Wednesday
night from the Orient, brought news
from Shanghai that the loss OF life
among the native Of the island at the
mouth of the Yangtse River as a re.
suit OF the typhoon at the beginning
Of September was tremendous. The
North China Dairy News, of ShanR.
hal, says:
To the east Of Tamagmlng, two
Islands, n calling Yawoshwa, the
other S~hthiousha, distant about TWEEN
ty miles from Woosubf, have suffered
muchfrom the typhoon, nearly all the
Inhabitants having been swept away,
The islands have only been inhabited
for q short time, comparatively speak.
Ing. as they are of recent formation
and are not much above high water
mark. It's reported that nearly TO-.
600 people have been drowned on these
two islands and the smaller islands
adjacent. Tamagming itself has not
suffered much, being well above the
high water making"
The Shanhat papers say that the
damage to the Canadian Pacific Liner
Empress Of Japan by the ty phoon will
necessitate the expenditure Of 500, 600
for repairs. During the stom the steam.
er Pechili, formerly the Rio Grande
du Ssl, fouudered near the mouth of
the Yangtse. Her crew Of 81 were saw.
ed by the German steamer Albepgo.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-20
Rcfusod q Room

William S. Brown. OF Wakefield,
N, j., fled in the United States cir.
cult court at New York a suit for 80.
600 damages against William @. Mus.
chenhelm, proprietor Of the New AS
tor hotel. Browns says that on the
night Of August 6 he attended the
theater In New York with his wife
and was delayed SO that he missed his
last train home. He went to the hOtel
and applied for q room, but 1t was re.
fused to him. The hotel clerk. he says,
lntimated THAT Brown was with q lady
not his lawful wife and refused him
Accommodations in the presence Of q
number OF guests in the hotel lobby in
such a manner as to cause him &c..
600 worth OF damage to the feelings
OF his wife and himself.