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The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05
JOSE BALLADS
WARM HEARTS
OF AUDIENCE

Richard Jose sang Silver Threads
Among the Cold" the "Old Arbor
Tree" THE Angel at the Window, -
Too Late" and some other ballads at
Lyric Hall last evening to a large
house, and he was enthusiastically ap-
plauded after every ballad. Jose was in
his most sentimental mood, and gave
the songs of earlier days peculiar zest
by his earnest singing. The crowd went
TO hear Jose. That was evident when
ever he appeared on the stage. If he
had seen fit to continue all night there
is a probability that some one would
have remained to applaud him and ask
for more.
In the good old days when the bal
lad. with its pretty stories of love or
woe was the thing, fashion beat its
gloved hands and raised its voice in
With the fading of negro minstrelsy the
ballad has departed TO some extent,
and il is fair to say that Jose is its
principal male exponent now on the
stage. Those who heard Jose last night
knew that he was singing from his
heart. 1t was odd TO hear Silver
Threads for instance, this having
been practically dead for a generation,
but il was very tuneful once, and Jose
reveled in 1t last night.
Apart from Jose the feature of his
company is the all-around cleverness
OF the Fuhrer family as players on va
rious stringed instruments, and the
pleasing manner in which Miss Ruth
EsteIle Weston sings such songs as
The Land o. the Leal." The bright
particular star of the Fuhrer family
last evening was Bessie Rosamund
Fuhrer, who played a concerto by
Viotti with great intelligence, an abun-
dance of delicacy and precision and all
the technique that was required to the
full. Lucy Fuhrer supplied cello solo
and three Of the Fuhrers gave selec-
tions from La Boheme."
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05
IMP URE WINES
UNDER THE BAN
Health Board Orders Sale
of Condemned Brands to
Cease on Pain of Arrest
MUST LABEL BOTTLES
Chief Bigelow Says That
No Adulterated California
Goods Are Found in East

The Board Of Health yesterday sent
out notices TO the various dealers ham
ding wines which upon analysis were
found by Chemist Gibbs of the Board
of Health to, contain coloring matter
presefvatives and in some instances
arsenic. The notice contains the desig-
nation of the particular adulterant
used in the wine, and continues:
By order OF the Board or Health of the city
and county of San Francisco you are hereby
notified that IL you are to retain this wine for
the purpose of exposing 1t for sale or sell the
same you must change the label now used and
ingredients of that wine. This office will fur
nish you with a complete list of the ingredi-
ents in your wine. In the case where the sam
pie shows the presence OF arsenic you are
hereby notified that this particular wine is
hereby condemned Failure to observe this or
der will result In this adulterated lot Of wine
being condemned and criminal proceedings in
stituted.
Health Officer Ragan stated yester-
day that he has the authority Of Dr.
Bureau of the Department of Agricul-
ture, for the statement that California
wines upon the Eastern markets are
of superior quality and 1t is very rare
ly that any preservatives or coloring
matters are found, and no instances
of the occurrence of arsenic are on
record.
Concerning his analysis Chemist
Gibbs made the following statement:
OF the 100 samples analyzed those which
have been found TO be sophisticated and adul-
terated are. generally speaking. obtained in
bulk by small dealers and bottled on their
premises. The condition of adulteration Is al
most entirely Of local origin and Of a nature
readily corrected by the enforcement OF the
laws.
Small quantities of arsenic have been found
in some French wines, but this is the first
time that IL has been detected in American
wines. There number of sources arising
from ignorant careless handling of the wines
TO which the origin of the arsenic might be
traced in vineyards. wineries or bottling places.
The names of the dealers in alleged
adulterated wines, together with the
brands and. name of the foreign or
poisonous matter. were posted con-
spicuously yesterday in the Health Of
fee.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05
SLOW TO FILE
BUDGET ITEMS
Works Board and Depart
ment of Electricity Neglect
to Comply With Charter
WILL PRUNE ESTIMATES
Supervisors Prepare to Cut
Down Requests for Allow
ances Exceeding Income

The Board of Works and the De-
partment of Electricity are the only
two municipal bodies that have not
filed estimates of their expenditures
for the next fiscal year preliminary to
the adoption of the budget by the
Board of Supervisors.
The charter provides that such esti-
mates shall be filed on or before the
first Monday in April, and the time
limit expired day before yesterday.
The estimate of the Board of Works
is generally a voluminous affair, COW
ering requests for three millions of
dollars, more or less. to conduct its
various departments.
The Supervisors Finance Commit
tee will meet early next week to con-
slider the requests of the various de-
partments for their yearly appropria-
tions. That there will be considerable
pruning done to many of the requests
is certain. Already the departments
who have filed estimates have asked
amount considerably In excess Of ST.
100000. Add to this the usual $4,000
600 wanted by the Board OF Works and
1T means that the taxpayers will
be called upon to pay more than &c.,
100000 to pay the expense OF the
city government. AS the tax limit Is
81 per $100 on an assessed valuation
which will approximate $4,000. 900
this year, there will be but 5000, 200
raised by taxation. The revenue from
licenses and other sources will aggre-
gate $3.50, 900, making but $1,000:
900 to go around.
The Board of Education has asked
for s1,S43,000 in addition to the
$700,000 which will be received from
the State under the new apportion-
ment law. 1t is highly probable that
the School Department will have to
content itself with s750,000 from the
city. making total allowance OF
$1,450,000. Last year the allowance
from State and city sources was
s1,341,000.
1t is said that the Supervisors aim
TO approximate $1,000,000 for street
work and permanent improvements
and yet keep within the dollar limit OF
taxation.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05
JAPANESE ARE SEEKING
TRADE OF PHILIPPINES
Steamship Line Between Panama and
Manila Is Proposed to Run
When War Closes

thCA SlOccS.
The Manila, P. l., correspondent Of
the Pacific Commercial Museum in a
report just to hand refers to the in
roads made by the Japanese in the
trade of the Philippines and points
out a new menace to the trade of San
Francisco with the islands in the pro-
posed new steamship service between
Panama and Manila, operated by the
Toyo Kisen Kaisha Company.
An account in a Manila paper of
the reported new service is in part as
follows:
Kisen Kaisha Company has large plans for
retaining its share OF the trans-Paciie trade
in spite of the strong and close competition
which is promised Besides putting on new
vessels u the company n1ends to extend d its rs
known the Manila-Panama line. II is ex-
pected that this line Will be opened shortly
after the conclusion Of the war.
Meanwhile the company is building two fast
and up-to-date steamers They will be $4,000
tons and 20 knots. Only recently the COM
pany concluded negotiations to obtain a loan
Yokohama Specie Bank. According to this
loan contract the Toyo kisen kaisha viii be
five million yen at per cent interest per
annun,. to be repaid within hve or seven
years in installments The new steamers will
be built in Japan. the necessary materials be-
Ing imported from abroad. two years being
required to build the vessels.
The museums correspondent adds:
''You see, the Japs are looking to this
market and 1T will certainly be lost
to San Francisco completely IL your
houses do not go after the business
now. 1t Is here waiting for you and
you want to urge your people to get
after it before the new line from Pan
anna starts, for then the business will
be done by your Eastern houses"
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05
Nerbosity Is LOOsed During
Discussion of Policy of Alb
sorbing Another Club
NOMINATIONS ARE MADE
Ii Is Decided to Invite the
Outdoor Art League to
Enter Into the Fold
By LAURA BRIDE POWERS.


The California Club had a beautiful
session yesterday.
Il was something like summers
day in the East-first sunshine. then
clouds, then thunder. followed by an
electric storm. then sunshine again
blessed, blessed sunshine.
And you may bank upon it that there
were no dull moments during that
seance. for il was nomination day, and
a dav Of many deeds; wise and other
wise.
Speeches were made that were work
ing models Of perspicuity. precision.
and politeness, and others. we'll
some weren't
Women are garrulous on the prin-
ciple that the greater the volume Of
words the weightier the argument
now, don't get cross, ladies; you know
Il the truth Then own up.
Whew. How women can chatter
when they really get busy, And yet,
judging from the turbulence in two
Well-knoWn mems clubs. il would seem
that ebUlltiOns are not essentially
feminine performances These verbose
proclivities seem 10 belong 10 the hu-
man biped, male and female pretty
much alike. and there's some comfort
ia that.
Now, the whole story hinged upon
the proposition Of inviting the Outdoor
Art League 10 come into the club as q
body. 10 form what the advocates
termed The Outdoor Art League De
partment"
While il was unanimously agreed
that the personnel Of the League was
charming and altogether lovely and
valuable, IL was not clear that the
merging would increase the working
values Of either organization And be-
sides. there were men in the Outdoor
Art League-think of it-men-
But when the idea percOlated into
the brains Of the opposition. that the
men were only associate members and
as such wouldn't bar the California
Club from State federation privileges
and that the men individually and
collectively were so perfectly splen-
did" then the storm subsided. And
when the ballots were counted and the
opposition lOst-and lost rather cheer
fuIlv-the matter became a forgotten
Incident, almost
So Il is agreed TO invite the Outdoor
Art League 10 become an organic part
~ the California Club, for better or
f0r worse for richer or for poorer"
And peace be 70 the unioni
AS for the nomination, the following
names were duly offered:
For president Mrs Aylett Cotton. incum
bent first vice president, Mrs z l. Baldwin
Mrs A. W. Scott Mrs c L Hovey; directors
blrs Z. p Schell Mrs. A. l. HeyWards. Mrs
L. A. Mann. Nine Emilia To5etfi. Miss Mel
cole Mrs 81 J. L Macdonald Mrs. II. n
Fassett Mrs y. P Angelo Mrs C. r. John
sqn. Miss Bird Wilson. Mrs S. s Palmer
Mrs. T. c. Grant, Nine Grothweli Mrs. J
g. Crawford Mrs. Thomas Hill, Mrs. J. J
ecoviIle Mrs Y s. Bradley Mrs MiltoT
Eisner. Nominating committee-Mrs Loui
Hertz Mrs. A. C. Kellogg Mrs. J. 3. Mitchell
Miss Nel Cole. Mrs H S. Treat. Mrs. G. z
Billings Miss Crswley-
And thus the storm broke. the cloud:
cleared and sunny love feast fol
lowed over the tea-cups.
Fine
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05
Wants C1in Road Surveyed.

Park Commissioner Lloyd yester-
day requested City Engineer Wood
ward to make a new survey Of the
Cliff House road, which the former
believes will result in giving much ad-
iitfonal land to Golden Gate Park
The present survey which forms part
of the official map of the city did moi
follow the lines laid out by the or
dinance of the Board Of Supervisors
Instead of following along the beach
at right angles an elliptical line was
SURVEYED, which took away a consid-
erable portion of the park 1t Is with
a view to getting this land back fol-
the city that the new survey will be
made,
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05
TAXPAYERS ARE
STILL MULCTED

A number of angry property owners
appeared yesterday at the Tax Collec-
tors office and threatened to bring to
the attention of the Grand Jury the
firm OF 1. Franklin & Co., money brok-
ers, who are doing a land-off1ce busi-
ness in the collection of rebate taxes
for schools and hospitals paid in 1902.
The firm has constituted itself agent
for many taxpayers who have called
at its Office in response to postal cards
which had the appearance of having
been issued by the city.
The Call, two weeks ago. called at
tention TO the questionable methods of
the concern. which is charging a COM
mission of fifty per cent on the amount
of taxes recovered from the city. Not
withstanding the publicity given to the
matter hundreds of property owners
have gone to the firm, which has Of
fees in the Callaghan building, and
turned over to it their tax bills for
collection of the rebates. It is said
that the firm has cleared many thou
sands of dollars.
The firm is now sending out it's pos
tai cards calling on property owners
TO come and collect their claims with
the words Final Notice" placed there
on with q rubber stamp. 1t appears
tiidl "ACti 1CiAioiito al Z iCoof III The
Auditors Office postal cards are sent
to the property owners apprising them
that they can collect their money In
the meantime a postal card may be re-
ceived from the Franklin concern and
the taxpayer hies himself to the office
of the firm instead of to the City Hall.
The property owner is handed half of
his claim and then signs a receipt
which is in effect an assignment of his
claim to the brokers. who then collect
the full amount of the claim
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05

for some time; head has ached and
back also; has slept poorly, been quite
nervous, and nearly tainted once or
twice; head dizzy, and heart-beats very
fast then that bearing-down feeling.
and during her menstrual period she Is
exceedingly respondent. Nothing
pleeses her. Her doctor says: Cheer
up: you have dyspepsia; you will be
all right soon."
But she doesn't get "all right" and
hope vanishes; then come the brood
ing, morbid, melancholy, everlasting
BLUES.
Don't wait until your sufferings have
driven you to despair. with your nerves
all shattered and your courage gone,
but take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. See what it did for
Mrs. Rosa Adams, of sIs 18th Street,
Louisville, Ky, niece of the late Gen.
eral Roger Hanson. CS.A. She writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
"I cannot tell you with PEN and ink what
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
troubles, extreme lassitude, the blues
nervousness and that all-gone feeling. was
advised to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and it not only cured my female
arrangement, but it has restored meto perfect
health and strength. The buoyancy Of my
younger days has returned, and do not SUI
fer any longer with dependency, as 1 did be-
fore I consider Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound boon to sick and suffering
women"
II you have some arrangement Of
Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, for advice.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05
War Causes Litigation.
Russo-Japanese

The Russo-Japanese war has
plunged Rufus P. Jennings into liti-
CATION Jennings had contracted to
deliver fifty tons of Japanese peanuts
to Medardo Garcia and Charles Mag
gini and twenty-five tons to L. Sea-
tena He had just about half filled
his contracts when the war in the ORR
ent broke out and his agent in Japan
threw UP his hands. said everything
had been blocked by the opening of
hostilities and not peanut was to be
had. The result was that Jennings
was unable to fulfill his contracts So
Maggini, as assignee of all the par
ties of the second part, filed suit
against him to recover 1896 so.
Judge Murasky heard evidence yes
terday as to the difficulties surround
ing the filling of orders In Japan
since the war broke out and will de-
termine the merits of the case proba-
blv to-day.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05
SONS OF VETERANS
ELECT NEW OFFICERS
Division Encampment Ends Its La
bors and Adjournment Is Fol-
lowed by Dinner.

Division Encampment Ends Its La
bors and Adjournment Is Fol-
lowed by a Dinner.
The Sons of Veterans met in the
Division Encampment In the Red
Mems building yesterday and con-
cluded its labors. The election for
officers resulted in the choice of the
following:
G. w. Conart of Los Angeles, di-
vision commander; A. L. Longfellow
of Oakland. senior vice commander;
j. Cook of San Jose. junior vice COM
mander; E. E. Gerring and w. E. Law
renee and c. Hagg, division councillors;
F. B. Wilson of this city, treasurer, and
Z. ]. Hromada and j. Cook, delegates
at large to represent the order at the
national convention to be held at Get
tysburg.
The reports that were presented
show that there are fourteen camps
in the jurisdiction of the division,
and that during the past term one
camp was mustered in at Myrtle
Point, Or There was but one death
in the order during the year. The
mem bership at this time is a little in
excess of 500. There were no changes
in the local laws. but several resolu-
tions affecting the existing national
laws were adopted. and these will be
presented at the National Encamp-
ment at Gettysburg.
The new officers were duly installed
by Commander in Chief Dusin, after
which the encampment adjourned for
one year.
In the evening there was a dinner
at the California Hotel to the national
commander. Senior Vice Commander
Gels and to the new and outgoing d.
vision officers.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05
sues TO Get Her Child.

The argument on the application Of
Mrs. Jennie L. Fisher for q writ Of
habeas corpus to recover possession of
her little girl from c. F. Rea. parent
by adoption. was partly heard before
Judge Lawlor yesterday afternoon and
was continued till tomorrow. Mean
time the child was ordered into the
custody of Rea's housekeeper with in
structions that the mother could visit
the child at any time. It was inti-
mated that the charge of child-steaiing
against Mrs. Fisher would not be
pressed in the Police Court.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05
onIooker Defeats Fate.

August Kaeding staked his life on
the drawing of straw yesterday and
attempted to commit suicide when fate
decided against him. He was observed
nv G. w. Wilson of 1913 Mission street,
who prevented the man from plung-
ing into the bay at the ferry building.
Wilson saw Kaeding sorting long and
short straws and curiosity led him to
keep watch. Kaeding was taken to
the detention ward. where the doctors
will pass upon his sanity.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05
no Tel Iof Var Experiences.

General J. J. O'ConneH will deliver
2 lecture on Experiences in Cuba
under the auspices Of the lecture bu-
reau Of Division No. 3, A. o. H, az
Knights Of the Red Branch Hall, 1888
Mission street. Friday evening, April
2s General O'Connell. lately retired.
has been in active service from the
time Of the Civil War. He was ali
through the campaign in Cuba and
.sfterward served in the Philippines
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05
To Celebrate the Fourth

The festival committee of the Anci-
ent order of Hibernians held its first
meeting last evening and plans were
outlined for a great celebration on
July 4. Schuetzen Park has been en-
gagged. 1t is the intention to introduce
many new features and there will be a
liberal outlay to make the festival a
great success.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05
Gavin Wins Case.

The case of James c. Gavin VI. the
Southern Pacific Company was given
to the jury yesterday afternoon In the
United States Circuit Court. The ac-
ton was brought to recover $4,000
damages alleged to have been sus-
tanned by Gavin in December. 1901.
i'm a train wreck near Mill City, New.
About o'clock the jury returned a
verdict awarding the plaintiff $4,000.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05
~Parsifal', Lecture.

A large audience heard the sParsi-
faT' lecture given by Mrs Mary Fair
weather yesterday afternoon at Lyric
Hall. The talk was illustrated at the
piano by Fred Maurer, whose play
ing of the score was handsomely
cbara cteristic and sympathetic. The
lecture will be repeated this even
inR
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05

MASS MEETING AT ALHAMBRA THEA
TER-The principal address at the mass
meeting be held of young men at the Al
hambra Theater next Sunday afternoon will
be delivered by the Rev Frederick ". Clam
petit rector OF Trinity Church. His subject
viii be Message TO Yeung Men The Knick-
erbocker male quartet will render several Sc
lections,
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05
wedding Invitations

And all that is exclusive and best in So
cial engraving for weddings, receptions
snd visiting cards. Correspondence pa
pers in exclusive brands. Prices always
reasonab BILE Sanborn. Vail & Co, 74l
Market street.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05

SHEFFIELD. Ala. April 4.-The Sheffield
rolling mills have broken all records in the
United States by making 5000 pounds Of iron
from two coal furnaces.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05

Expel harmlessly. through the natural
channels, all impurities from the system
(or cfrculation) with Lash's Bitters
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Cure For The Blues
ONE MEDICINE THAT HAS NEVER FAILED
Health Fully Restored and the Joy Of
Life Regained

When a acheerful, brave, hght-hesrted
woman is suddenly plunged into that
perfection of misery, the BLUES, it Is
. sad picture. 1t is usually this way:
She has been feeling "out of sorts"
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05
NOTE
GRAND CONCERT
STABAT MATER

Seat sale opens To-MoRRow. Prices:
Orchestra and Dress Circle. So 90. $500; Fam
lily Circle. $50; Top Floor. 81 All seats rs-
served.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-05-05

ness, faintness, lassitude, excitability,
irritability nervousness, sleepless-
ness, melancholy, "all-gone" and
want-to- be -left-alone' feelings, blues
and hopelessness, they should remem-
Der there is one tried and true remedy.
Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound at once removes such troubles.
No other female medicine in the
world has received such widespread
and unqualified endorsement. No other
medicine has such a record of cures of
female troubles.
The needless suffering of women from
diseases peculiar to their sex is terrible
to see. The money which they pay to
doctors who do not help them is an
enormous waste. The pain is cured
and the money is saved by Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Ex-
perience has proved this,
1t is well for women who are i'll to
write Mrs. Pinl1ham, at Lynn, Mass.
In her great experience. which covers
many years, she mas probably had to
deal with dozens of cases Just like
yours. Her advice is free and conf
,.1
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-05-05
Lydia Compound others Fail

clearing the land raising grain and other
products necessary to sustain her grow
ing family, until the early part of the
year III.
Soon after it was known by the settlers
in this region that war existed between
England and her colonies here, it was
thought best that the inhabitants, so few
in number in this vicinity, should either
remove to the southern part of the state,
where the population was more Dense
and where they could better protect
themselves from the hostility of the In
dians, or return to their former homes
which were mostly in Connecticut, and
there await the issue of the war But
Mrs. Story being able to use the musket
to good advantage on necessary occa-
sions, as well as the axe and lever,
Though it is not probable that she was
ever particularly distinguished in the
use of fire-arms), concluded to remain
with her children, and undertake the
risks of completing her settlement. even
among the dangers of time of war, and
did remain on her farm until most of the
settlers had left this part Of the country,
and then she went no farther south than
the northern part of Rutland, and that
only to spend the winter season, for it is
believed she returned to her farm occa-
sionally, and continued the work of
clearing her land and raised some crops
nearly if not every year during the war.
Mrs. Story was a woman of profound
integrity. What she said might always
be relied upon as the truth The writer
lived a neighbor to her from his infancy
to the time of her death, and can vouch
for the scrupulousness she always mani
tested for the truth of her stories, (of
which she used to tell a great many,
concerning the times of the American
revolution.
She has frequently remarked that she
was the first white woman who was
known to have passed a night in Sails
bury or Middlebury. That first night
was the one succeeding her arrival from
Rutland, and was passed at the hut of
Mr.. Smauley, when she made her first
visit to the grave of her deceased hus-
band"