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added one scant teaspoonful of CHINA,

added II scant teaspoonful OF CHINA
non.
For the late supper nothing will ap-
peal TO the aged guests than &
dish OF fiummery. Slice a stale loaf q
sponge cake. Put a layer in a deep
glass dish and spread il with current
or other bright colored jelly. Have
ready a rich egg custard. cold and na,-
ored with orange flower water vanilla
and sherry may be substituted if pre-
ferred). Pour some of IL over the cake.
Add a second layer with jelly then
more custard and 50 proceed until the
dish is filled, using enough custard to
o than soak the cake. Let stand
for several hours then heap whipped
cream owe the top and serve icy cola
with plain cream.
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Captain J. D. Bowen, who was seri-
ously injured in a. wreck On the Sea-
board Air Line last July and who is
still on crutches, has instituted suit
against the Seaboard. He will prob
ably ask for $25, 900 damages. 1t is
very doubtful if he ever ecovers from
the injuries sustained.
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TORPEDO. FLOT|LLA
lis Due TO Arrive at VIII
ningtOA Today.
DEFINITE INFORMATION
a Letter Received Yesterday by
Mayor A. M. WaddeII.

FIotiIIa Viii be Here not Longer Than
Fortnight Hours-Local Coal
Dealers Have Heard Nothing in Re
gard to CoaIinc the Vessels 80 Il il
Believed Tllut they NiIi put into Sa-
vannaIl-1I.ougilt That cenant
Commander Anderson WAS Allowed
to Put into This Port on Account OF
Its Being His Old Home.
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TERRIBLE TRAGEDY
7-YeaI Old Child Accidentally
Shoots Little Brother.
DIED IN k FEW SECONDS
Affair Occurred Yesterday on the
Syne Plantation.

Child Picked UP Gun Sitting i'm Corner
Observation-Disclosures Load Entered
Lower Part of Face and Neck of
His Younger BrOther-LiftIe Dewey
Clark Dropped to the Floor and in
"a few Seconds was Dead-Parents
Not IN the House When the Tragedy
Occurred.
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Mr.. r. ID. Waddell. formerly OF Sci.
ma, but who has been with the Coast
Line for the past few months. has &C
scepted a position with Messrs. William
ID. Springer & Company. succeeding Mr..
VIM. Hull Moore. who goes with the
Consolidated Company.
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Richard Haywood, colored, was be-
fore tn mayor yesterday under two
charges, assault with a deadly weapon.
and carrying a concealed weapon. He
vas bound over to the higher court
and in default OF a 5000 bond was CON-
mitted TO Jail.
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Schooner Crescent, $50 tons, arrived
in port yesterday from New York, with
4 cargo Of salt for interior points.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-01
THEY CAN BE ACCOMMODATED

TkTE may take that the given Washington con
NM corning the Japanese difficulty with the San Francisco schools
Wv is "semiofa" the European press would put
probably designed to elicit expression of popular sen-
The question much broader than school privileges
though the discussion hitherto has been confined that
the position that treaties the supreme law the land sound
then California will be compelled Japanese the
privileges Of citizenship by naturalization accorded aliens
law the Chinese exclusion acts invalid Other serious comp
cations arising from this doctrine easily be suggested
We do pretend offer opinion the validity
doctrine respecting the force of It raises difficult legal
questions, which opinions differ widely but of
quences clear For instance the doctrine would empower
reatymang machnerythe President and SEN
the national constitution particulars
nuy legislation by Congress and the States The proposal
fact revolutionary much conflict with precedent prac-
tice that it reduces itself to abslrdty
The position of San Francisco and of California this matter
has doubtless been reported by Secretary Meca President
II have any knowledge OF public sentiment the whole Pacific
Coast substantial with Francisco this
We regard the public schools OF the home
willing children should Asatcs
That is race prejudice and stand by it. The
tempted intrusion Of the Japanese peculiarly offensive because
their students who begging for free education for the
part grown such unfit for with children
We do not share the apparent apprehension which this clash OF
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-01

The eucalyptus is tree that does
well on any kind of soil Tt grows
more rapidly on good soil with plenty
of water. but fiourishes on thin soil
without any water. Stock will not
eat it. and fire does not injure after
two or three years. 1t is first-class
fuel tree and when cut down springs
UP from the roots or stump and makes
a rapid second growth. It is extern
sively grown for fuel purposes in other
parts of the State, and those who have
grown ii say that a grove of eucalyp-
tus. once established, will pay profit
of 5000 an acre every year.--Lakeport
Bee.
News has arrived in this city from
st. Louis to the effect that the Missis-
sippi Valley Trust Company. which has
the management of the Walsh estate.
will in the near future subdivide the
remaining portion of the Walsh rancho,
in Glenn County, near St John, and
upon which the new beet sugar town,
Hamilton City, now stands. 1t
is understood that 1T is the purpose of
the trust company to subdivide this
remaining $4,000 acres into ten and
fifteen acre tracts, and that steps will
be taken to colonize e portion of it..
The land is very productive and should
find a ready sale. Excellent opportuni-
ties will be offered to those who desire
to locate on this property as oppor-
tunities are Al for the profitable rails
ing and marketing of sugar .beets,
which industry has so recently sprung
into prominence in this section This
subdivision will mean much for the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-01
IMMoRALIr1Es OF MORAL IDIOT

THE establishment and indignation with which Mayor Schmz
regards Indictment bacna the promise of other
indictments Tor even more present
binary study official psychology. if five years in
Office enough make moral idiot An ungrateul
city he complains until my back is turned and then calls
tefn who saved the city from destruction That seems
overlooking burden of his soul He saved the city and
that license to steal During his Journey hthr across the CON
tinent he 5 quoted in these words
sapPosng that Of the things they are charging with are true
now all Could there not be justSe in the
might wiped Us: Yes again
make spes to the people justice forgiveness
Whether Schtz made these exactly quoted
unable say but they appear represent the general tenor Of
his is like talking himself and jusfying to
his which before the official faint had demora
led him would have appeared indefensible
Five years ago Scmitz musician, working hard for his
daily public knowledge goes, his income after
5000 year. but after four years power
find him spending money like millionaire building costly
mansion expensive neghborhood avhing money works
Of and furniture travelling princes travel spending at
years salary less than months This
until day New York
his friend Dngee him hint that such exavagan
pendlres constituted IN themselves danng indictment Hastily
The reservation OF the WaldorAora Hotel made by
cable the other side Cancelled and quick change
other to expedite the retreat SO happens that the second hotel
the Belmont which differs from the WadorfAstoria only
that IS expensive 1t recommended to Schmitz ct al
by the TACT that II not SO well known to unayeed San Fran
ocans and IN the mind OF public with luxury
higfpriced living
Schmz apparently unable understand without advice
from another that his lavish display OF money had gavey compo-
missed him. If he had grown rich in Office far beyond his due
penaon gratitude had cancelled the debt He the
San Francisco and money object
We would minimize all the service that Mayor schmitz
did those trying days OF April He may have saved the city
he may but he did fasten Ruef what left Of
Francisco feed caon-e the remains None but moral
idiot could admit responsibility for Rue and defend that sanction
the ground that he friend Friendship of kinds
i be and disnteresed and may be lively
obligations imposed for considerations passed
Mayors rapid wealth throw light the
friendship.
TO plead for forgiveness the breath that APP
proved thing make puden and defiant denial OF
another but either consistent with the theory of docy
the ncapacty realize the enormity of who
approve ndore and justify Ruef the sole ground that
friend hopelesy defective moral He escape
from the conclusion that Ruef the of Schrniz
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:. The Smart Set :.

at their home on Pacific avenue. To
the delight of her friends. Mrs. Robin
son is convalescing rapidly and ex-
poets to be able soon to go to Santa
Barbara for stay. She will probably
be accompanied by Miss Ethel Cooper.
If she RECEIVERS sullciently Mrs. Rob-
inson will go to Europe again late in
January to join her daughter. Miss
Elena Robinson, who is in Berlin.
Miss Sarah Redin gton arrived here
day or two ago from her home in Santa
Barbara and she and Miss Frances
Taylor will leave almost Immediately
for New York, whence they sail on
December s for Naples. Their sojourn
abroad will probably be lengthy one.
and they have no plans as to when
they will return.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Heazelton have
stay at Hotel del Monte
The vaudeville entertainment which
was to have taken place this evening
in Beivedere under the direction of
Fred Greenwood and George de Long
for the benefit of the Belvedere I'm
provement Club, has been postponed on
account of the death of Mrs. Stuart
Dunbar. the daughter-in-law of Mrs.
l.. L. Dunbar. who is the vice president
of the association.
Miss Marguerite eros has arrived
from Paris to join Madame eros, who
has been here for several months, and
is being gladly welcomed by her many
friends There will be quite bit of
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-01
In San Francisco

In fighting the denominations of cor
ruption in San Francisco Prosecutor
Heney has followed his old rule of
striking at the top. In Oregon he raked
the States delegation in both houses of
Congress. In San Francisco his first
shot brought down the Mayor of the
city and the lately omnipotent boss
On November 3 the Grand Jury in
dicted Mayor Eugene Schmitz and Boss
Abraham Ruef on five counts This
particular set of charges dealt with
extortion from the proprietors of GER
tain French restaurants which have an
international reputation for the ex-
cellence of their cookery and the
liberality of their morals. But this is
only the beginning. II is understood
that Ruef and Schmitz, with their asso-
ciates, have drawn revenues from every
possible source of Illicit profit to an
extent that makes the old Tammany
gangs in New York. the Durham gang
in Philadelphia and the Butler gang
in ST. Louis seem like artless ANA
teurs.
1t is an interesting fact that while
Ruer is notorious as perhaps the greedi-
est boss that American politics ever
developed, grave doubts are expressed
Francisco as TO whether it will be pos
sible to convict him of crime The
reason is that he has followed from
the beginning the course the st. Louis
boodler told Mrs. Steffens he would
follow himself IL he had his life to live
over again--he has been a lawyer and
taken fees instead of brides. He has
been careful to receipt for every dirty
dollar as payment for legal services.
And it is a curious illustration of the
prevailing standards of legal ethics
that while his professional cloth like
the old benefit of clergy. shielded the
boss from outraged Justice. it does not
seem to have occurred to the respect
able lawyers of San Francisco to take
that protection away by securing
Ruef's disbarment and professional
outlawry. Ruef has shamelessly levied
toll on all sorts of enterprises in San
Francisco, legitimate and illegitimate
He is charged with demanding and re-
ceiving heavy interests in shady re-
sorts as the price of allowing them to
do business. Yet he is lawyer in good
standing, and sells his influence as
other lawyers all over the country sell
their consciences. He is exhibit X in
the case of the People VS.. the Legal
Profession.
-ACOLLIER'S WEEKLY
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FHE event of this afternoon will
be the large tea to be given by
Mr.. and Mrs. Timothy Hopkins at
the Paris Tea Garden in honor
of their daughter. Miss Lydia Hopkins.
who Will on this occasion make her
formal debut Hiss Hopkins has been
out but little as yet, but there are
many waiting to entertain her. both
on account of her mothers popularity
and of her own charming personality.
The pretty room will be attractively
decorated and there will be bevy of
matrons and maids assisting in re-
ceiving.
There are to be several dinners given
tonight preceding the Saturday even
ing dance, which will take place at
the Paris Tea Garden and which bids
fair TO be a charming event
Mrs NJ p Huntington. who has re-
Gently arrived in New York after
spending the summer abroad. will not
return here quite as soon as was an
ticipated. but will remain in the East
ern city until nearly Christmas. With
Mrs Huntington is her daughter, Mrs
Gilbert Brooke Perkins. who viii come
to California at the same time
Mrs James Robinson. who has re-
Gently had an operation performed on
her throat and who has been quite i'll
at a sanatarium, has recovered suf-
ficiently to leave there and Us now the
zuest af Judge and Mrs. ]. A. Cooper
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-01
EDIl OK IA1 II a II T. DtotNBfKLr0O
Humors of the Town :.
BY James Crawford

by the conductors commanding voice.
Move up there. please. and make room
for these passengers" Then the Jaw
would tighten
Climax was precipitated by the sud-
den stopping Of the car To take on
more passengers As the mariner
wiped his shirt bosom with a new
bandana. amid the coarse laughter Of
all behoIders OF his plight, he shouted
loudly enough for the entire human
cargo to hear;
sal. hain't none o. you b1oomin duff
fers got an 'ome Z go to? D'yo halso
heat an sleep on this blawsted tram
For reasons which may be obvious
I withhold from publication the name
OF the Oakland Young lady who was the
subject Of the Pacific Mail pursers
yarn
when she came aboard 70 inspect
the ships accommodations before pUr-
chasing her ticket" he said. she in
sisted on my seeing TO it that nc other
person take possession OF stateroom
which I regarded as dinky when com
pared TO other rooms obtainabls for
the same price. I tried 20 explain It's
disadvantages. but she would not be
persuaded I know that every pas
senEer aboard will want this dear
little room she declared and depend
upon you 10 save il for me-
Well she got the room-nObody
else tried to get it-and before We
had cleared the heads she came TO me-
with tears in her eyes. I want some
other room than that little hole you've
put me in she sobbed- That you've
put me in was good, but ! let IL pass
I ceased arguing with women some
years ago. What's the matter with IT.
I asked writing her name opposite
the comfortable room had secretly
secretly reserved for her Every
thing was all the information could
obtain just then
Before we reached Honolulu. how
ever she told me all about the reason
for her selection of the dinxy room
and her sudden desire 70 abandon IL.
While the ship lay in port the room
had a southern exposure. and the girl
never calculated on the ship turning
around"
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entertaining IN her honor. This at
tractive French girl was a great belle
during her last visit here and there
is great rejoicing over the fact that
she is to spend the winter here.
There is great regret over the news
that the Count and Countess Fabbri
are shortly to leave San Francisco and
will go to Pittsburg, where Count
Fabbri has been appointed Vice Consul
by the Italian Government, which he
has represented here. They have both
been favorites in San Rafael and have
been extensively entertained.
Miss Alice Rooney is spending a few
days at Burlingame as the guest of
friends.
Invitations have been sent out to the
Southerners' ball, which is to take
place on Wednesday evening, Deem
Der II. Iat Jefferson-square Hall. on
Golden Gate avenue. under the auspices
of the Robert E. Lee Camp of United
Sons OF Confederate Veterans for the
benefit of their benevolent fund.
The committee in charge consists Of
Charles B. Whilden. Ray P. Saffold, DR..
]. w. Stitt. Dr. F. N. Rose and James
s. Osborne and the patronesses are Mrs
J. de Barth Shorb, Mrs. N. d. Rideout.
Mrs. Ynez Shorb White, Mrs. w. T.
Baggett, Mrs. Andrew NJ Davis, Mrs. NJ
w. Denver, Mrs. F. A. Berlin. Miss Nora
A. Queen. Mrs Frank Walker, Mrs
William NJ. Gibson, Mrs j. W. Pinder,
Miss Frances A. Darcy. Mrs. E. c.
Dozier. Mrs. j. J. Burt. Mrs Mary
Ingle and Miss Rebecca J. White
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The death of President Spencer Of
the Southern Railway is regarded by
the railroad men in this city IN the
light of a calamity. Spencer was the
acknowledged authority on transpor-
tation in the United States. and there
were few men in any country who had
made such a study OF railroadlnS IN
all it's branches.
Edward Chambers, assistant freight
traffic manager of the Santa Fe, said ;
spencer was not only great rail-
road man practically. but he was a
great orator and had also great legal
mind. He was unanimously selected
by all the executive heads of the dif-
ferent railroads in the country to rep
resent the transportation interests be-
fore the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion in the matter of the new rate
bill. Spencer was also a clear and
forceful writer. and his papers on rail-
road affairs are looked upon as author
itative-
discussion Spencer published a
brochure on the railroad side of the
question which attracted much com
ment on this continent and also in
England When ]. P. Morgan started
out 10 secure control of all the roads
in the South he selected Spencer as the
man best fitted for the task OF solid
1IY1QS THESE NdIlcQ 4ltCECoeS-
The loss of Spencer'is to be greatly
deplored and the question is, Who viii
Morgan get TO succeed him? His death
means much TO all the. South. as the
Sout hern Railway controlled practic-
ally every road in the South Spencer
was a great builder and under his fos-
tering care he would have seen a
great development in the Southern
States"
Spencer's death is referred to in
such terms as the foregoing. by the
magnates of the different lines, but it
is equally interesting to note the COM
-ments of the men who have not
climbed. so high on the railway ladder.
They say that the death of Spencer.
they feel. Is directly attributable TO the
fact that train dispatchers and men
holding like positions are seriously
overworked 1t is true. they allege.
that they have number of stated
hours to work, but the claim is made
that when trains are late they have
to keep right on working. All schedules
are disarranged, and the men harassed
by the want of rest and by the natural
mental strain are apt TO make mistakes
No excuse is offered for the conductor
or the engineer who overlooks his or
ders, but sympathy is always forth
coming for the train dispatcher.
The fact that this is the first time
a railroad president has been killed
in a wreck inclines them to believe
that some Improvement in this service
will be made.
c. H. Corse Jr., rate clerk in the
local freight Offices of the Union Pa
cific, has resigned to accept service
with a big corporation in Chicago.
Charles S. Costing. advertising agent
of the Santa Fe, reports a big travel
to the East and TO foreign ports dur
ing the past few days. There are
more mechanics and laboring men
going to the Atlantic seaboard to
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-01
Personal Mention

+. B. Glenn, planter of Jacinto, and
wife and daughter are at the Palace.
E. w. Hale, one of .Sacramentos lead
ing merchants. and wife are at the St
Francis.
Fred Swanton and Henry Wiley of
Santa Cruz registered yesterday at the
St. Francis.
Captain Charles j. Badger of the u.
S. cruiser Charleston is guest at the
Dorchester.
w. G. Mcpherson of Portland is at
Nhe Majestic.
a.. H. Hewitt of Yuba City is spend
ing a few days in this city and is reg
istered at the Dorchester.
Jules Pages, the well-known Califor-
MIA artist. who has been living in Paris
for several years. is paying his old
home a visit. and during his stay is
living at I34S O'Farreu street
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Answers to Queries

CALcUTTA-G. C. Alameda. Cal The
population OF Calcutta Is. according to
the latest census. t.1si. St4 The dis
lance from San Francisco to Calcutta
is. by mail route: San Francisco 10
New York. $3.50 miles: New York ~
London. 3740 miles. and frem that eitv
to Calcutta. 1880 miles, total. f4.a7O
miles.
HORSE LATITUDES-Reade Citv
Horse attitudes Is a name given bv
sailors TO that belt OF Gains in the A.
lantic ocean extending from so degrees
to 35 degrees north latitude. GENERALLY
where sailing vessels are often DELAYED
for days for lack OF wind. Years ago
large numbers Of horses and mules
were shipped from the northern part
Of the United States TO the West Indies.
in part exchange for sugar. rum and so
FORTH 1t frequently happened that be-
Gained vessels had many or these ami
mails die on board for want OF water
to give them to drink. and the animals
had TO be thrown overheard. until the
ocean in that region was dotted with
carcasses. From that the name OF
horse attitudes" arose.
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hey were burning tobacco in
front of the Colonial Theater last
Wednesday evening when one OF
= them remarked that Schmitz was
due to arrive at midnight
And it strikes me-" he added, that
a guilty man would not have FASTENED
home to face his accusers as he has
done"
did you ever hear of the answer.
said another smoker, that the Scotch
widower gave to the lady who rendered
condolences while he was in the first
stages of his bereavement? No? Weel.
she groaned, sac puir Jeannie,s nae
mair. Waur she willfn' tae gang? 1
dinna ken how willin' she waur tae
gang he replied. but / dae ken thot
she jist had tae.
And I'm inclined to think" the ra-
contour concluded. throwing away his
cigar-stump prior to re-entering the
playhouse. that Genes coming is just
about as voluntary as was Jennie's
going"
1t was during the next entr'acte
sojourn on the sidewalk that the tale
of the tobacco-chewing sailors mishap
on the street car was told and laughed
at
When he boarded the car at the
ferry the man or the sea was attired
in his full shoregoing toggery, tnclud-
ing a lowcut vest and white shirt
newly Numbered, and within one OF
his Jaws large guild Of plug was COM
fortably stored. All the seats were oc-
cupied and many passengers were
clingfng to straps Joining the latter
he munched his quid in contentment
until the car had conveyed him far up
Market street. when he found it be-
coming necessary to expectOrate. But
by that time the passenger list had
been greatly augmented and was so
tightly damned on all sides that there
was no visible floor space where he
could bestow salivary Offering
So he stood and swayed and suffered
as his store of tobacco-juice increased
Every time the car stopped which 1t
frequently did, his fervent hope that
the crush would be relieved was dashed