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The San Francisco call., 1906-12-14
CHINESE PIRATES EXECUTED

Seven of the pirates who took part
in the attack on the river steamer Sal
nam were beheaded in Canton at noon
on September 10. The execution took
place in the presence of the British
vice consul and huge crowd of spec
tators, including several Europeans
The prisoners were brought on to the
ground in baskets, from which they
were Immediately released. They were
then made to kneeI in row, headed
by the murderer of Rev. Frederick Mac
donald. Promptly on the stroke of
the executioners took up their posi-.
tions in front of the doomed men and
cut off their heads in quick succession
to the accompaniment of loud shouts
from the Chinese spectators.-Japan
Weekly Mail.
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Crohan. a native of County Kerry. Ireland
Friends and acauaintances. are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral today friday.
at s:15 a. M, from the funeral pariors Of
Theodor Dierks & Co. 800 Devisadero Street
corner Of McAllister and thence to St Jo-
seph's Church, at Tenth and Howard streets
where 2 solemn requiem mass will De eele-
at 8 o'clock a. m. Interment strictly pr-
vate.
MORRIs-In this city, December 10. 1906. Hen
loved father of Jack H.. Dr. Emile, DIR. Roy
r.. .Addie and vernie Morris, and brother Of
Mrs. NJ a. cobe of Boston. Mass. and Mrs.
Michael Levy of Fresno. Cal; native oil ter
Friends and sicquaintances are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral today Fri
dence, 1898 Geary street, between Laguna and
Buchanan, and thence by train leaving Third
and Townsend streets at 1880 a. m. TO Hills
of Eternity Cemetery.
O'TOOLE-In this city, December H. 1906
James O'Toole. member of Steam Laundry
Workers Union No.. 26
Green & Co., corner of Sixteenth and Guer-
zero streets.
her late residence. 1902 Devisadero street
May Hume Potter. beloved wife of Winfred
W. Potter. and mother Of Helen and .Clar-
ence Potter, native of washington.
Notice of funeral hereafter
PRENTIss..In this city, December IL, 1905.
Lester, dearly beloved son of Charles and
Lloyd Prentiss. a native of San Francisco,
Cal. aged years 1 month and days.
QUIGLEY-In this city. December l., 1906 Ed
ward, dearly beloved husband of Jane Quigley.
and loving father of Elizabeth ouigley. Mrs ].
]. Murphy and the late Charles. Edward and
John Quigley and Mrs. Mary Vance, q native
of County Donegal. Ireland. aged Is years.
Friends and acquaintances are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral today (Fri-
day., at $50 a.. M. from the residence of his
daughter, Mrs. J. j. Murphy. III Fair Oaks
street near Twenty-second. thence to st.
James Church. where a requiem high mass will
be celebrated tor the repose OF his soul com
Cemetery.
SAMPsoN--In Oakland Cal, December 1a.
1905. Harvey W. Sampson. father of Mrs.
Edwin L. Sergeant and George O.. Sampson.
Friends are invited to attend the funeral
services at HIS late residence. 1863 Sixth ave
nue.; .oG East Oakland SUNDAY. December le'
sLATTERY--In this city. December IL. 1906.
AZ years.
invited to attend the funeral today (Fri-
day.. at $50 o'clock, from the parlors OF the
Henry J. Gallagher Undertaking Company,
1914 Webster street, thence to st. AIMS
Church, where solemn requiem mass will be
celebrated for the repose of his soul, COM
mencing at $50 O'Clock
STEIN-In this city, December 13. 1906. Sam
uel Stein. beloved husband of the late Yetta
Stein. and beloved father of Nathan and Louis
Stein. Mrs. Hannah Jacobs and Mrs. Bertha
Marks native of Germany. aged 20 years
at the garents' residence; 2762 Twenty-frst
street, Edward J., dearly beloved son of
George a. and Nora Sullivan, native of
San Francisco. CAL, aged years.
| SULLIvAN-An anniversary requiem mass will
be celebrated for the repose of the soul of
the late. Della Sullivan at St. James Church.
Twenty-third and Guerrero streets. tomorrow
Saturday, December Is. Relatives and friends
invited.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-14
WHERE BARK IS USED FOR SALT

In Lapland they have no SALT and
the bark of the fir tree is used as a
substitute. The Lapps peel the bark
from the trunk of the tree, carefully
remove the epidermis and then divide
the inner bark into quite a number of
very thin layers. During the brief but
extremely hot Lapland summer the
layers are exposed to the sun until
thoroughly dried; then they are torn
into narrow strips and placed in boxes
made of fresh bark taken from other
trees. Deep holes are then dug in the
sand. and the bark boxes are buried In
them, where they are allowed to re-
main for about three days. The second
day fires are made over places where
the boxes are buried and kept burning
briskly for several hours. The heat
penetrates deep into the sand, turns
the fir bark a deep red color and gives
to 1t a pleasing taste and odor. Finally
the boxes are unearthed, the fir strips
are pounded or ground into a coarse
powder. and the Lapps use ii just as
we do salt, only much more sparingly,
because il is so troublesome to pre-
mare.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-14
sCorr,s LAST PILGRIMAGE

The neighborhood Of Douglas Castle,
to which the King is now paying a
visit, has acquired a classical though
melancholy interest as being the scene
Of Sir Walter Scott's last pilgrimage In
his native land. His own reference to
the visit may be looked in his preface
70 castle Dangerous" his last ro-
nance. Such was the name he called
Douglas Castle by Sir Walter Travelled
by Yair, Innerleithen, PEBBLES and Dro-
chill Castle on to Douglas to see the
ancient stronghold of the race he had
so profound a respect for. There-fee-
bic and very lame, and leaning heavily
on his stick, and supported also by a
trusty retainer-while looking on the
ruined castle a thousand memories
rushed on his brain, and in tears he
broke forth in the words Of the dying
Douglas at Otterburn, feeling, perhaps,
that the soldiers case was his own:
my wound is deep, fain would sleep;
Take thou the vanguard of the three
And hide me by the bracken bush
A That grows on yonder lilye lee
n bury me by the bracken bush
Beneath the blooming brfer,
Let living mortal never ken
That e'er a kindly Scot lies here"
The EarIs of Douglas did not reside
much at their ancestral castle, though
the dust Of a number of them crumbled
in the hardly less famous Kirk of st.
Bride, close by.-Glasgow Herald.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-14
LITERARY HEROINE
REAPPEARS
Harriet Jay Has Emerged
Once More Into Publicity
With Diverting Comedy
ANONYMOUS WRITER
FROM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.

LONDON, Nov. 30.-After many years
of silence Miss Harriet Jay has
emerged once more into the light of
publicity. Twenty years ago, in her
early teens, she awoke to find herself
one of the literary heroines of London.
Miss Jay has had remarkable career.
She has just written and helped pro-
Knights Were Bold" She is the sister
of Mary Jay, the deceased wife of the
late Robert Buchanan.
Harriet Jay first dawned upon the
literary world with an anonymous
novel, MY Connaught Cousins" This
was attributed to Charles Reade. He
afterward spoke of the attribution as
''the greatest compliment ever paid to
me by the critical press" Two other
novels, both published anonymously,
followed. They were 'The Priests
Blessing and Two Men and a
Maid" Then the secret leaked
out, and Miss Jay became famous
in a moment. For a long while,
however. critics were incredtlous. They
could not believe that girl in her
teens could produce such books.
Miss Jay forsook the pen for the
stage and created the part Of Lady
Jane Grey in Buchanan's tragedy. "A
Nine Days Queen" Then she created
the heroine in the Drury Lane drama
"A Sailor and His Lass" The hero was
played by the late Sir Augustus Harris
1t was his last appearance as an actor
on his own stage.
After this the authoress left the foot
lights to collaborate with her brother
in-law in several plays. The most
notable was The Strange Adventures
of Miss Brown" This ran for eighteen
months at the Vaudeville and Terry'f
theaters. On the death Of her sister
and her brother-in-law she definitely
retired, but evidently the desire &c
write more plays proved too strong to
be resisted.
The plot of her piece, when Knights
Were Bold" is more or less original as
modern comedies CO. 1t circles round
the love affair of a man and maid
In the first act, very twentieth CEN
tury one, the hero, despite the pro-
nounced encoura cement of the heroine
fails to screw up his courage to the
proposing point. When alone he car
declare his love manfully enough, but
in the maids presence he becomes as
shy as an early Victorian school miss
AS the curtain falls he writes himseli
down an ass, takes big drink, smokes
| a cigarette, and-dreams.
Act II represents the dream. 1t is
the medieval age-the age of chfvalry
of bold, bad barons and gallant knights
An ancestor of the hero is one of these
! latter. His love story is depicted vivid
| ly. There is nothing lackadaisical about
the lovemaking The bold knight final
" seizes the maiden in his arms and
carries her off bodily to the altar In
the face of strenuous opposition. In
act III the twentieth century again ap-
pears. There hero wakes up and fol-
/ lows, so far as modernity will let him
the example of his ancestor shown him
! in the second act
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-14
California
Limited
ToChicagoin 5Days
Leaves daily at 800 A. N.
With Diners and SIeepers

500 M For Stockton. Merced. Fresno.
Hanford. Visalia, Bakersfield
$500 PM and intermediate points
9:20 A.M-CaIifornia Limited. Three
days to Chicago Leaves every day.
Direct connection TO Grand Canyon.
Merced, Fresno Hanford, Visalia.
Bakersfield and points on Sierra Rail-
way.
10:45 A.M-For stockton, Riversbank.
Oakda1e and points on Sierra Railway.
400 P.M.-Stockton Local
500 P.M-Overland Express for Den
Canyon
TICKET OFFICESL67s Market ST..
Ferry building. San Francisco; 1112
Broadway, Fortieth st. and San Pablo
ave-. Oakland; University ave. and West
st. Berkeley.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-14
MARRIAGE LICENSES

The following marriage licenses were issued
yesterday:
Edward A. Laweeek. 20, West Berkeley, and
Gertrude Mfllsap, IS, city.
sigmond Koronko, 46, city, and Anna Pet
John Fell. "a, 116i Ellis St. and Flora
Lesser o6 l170 McAllister st.
Bernhard Greenberg, p, 7o7 San Jose ave-,
and Sophie Singer 10, To7 San Jose ave.
Alice J. Dunno. o. 1919 Post st.
James F. Morris :s.I. 81 sa9A Alabama ST., and
James c. Scott 26. 2605 Post ST., and Dolly
W. Coffee, 16. 2605 Post ST.
OAKLAND, Dec. 1s.-The following marriage
licenses were issned today:
Claude Z. Warren, 81, Berkeley. and Dora
L. McNeilI, 81. Berkeley.
Frank II. Mason, "a. Oakland, and Charlotte
G. Habishaw, 10. Oakland.
Charles e. Price. "a, Oakland. and Ida A.
John swain Il. Alameda and Nellie p.
Smith, 35, Alameda
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-14
PETS OF BRITIsl- SOLDIERS

The British soldier is inordinately
fond of his animal pets, and has also
the reputation of coveting those of his
neighbors particularly dogs and mon
gooses. Parrots he simply adores and
it is calculated that their strength in
the service is in the proportion of al
least six birds per Tommy. He is sup
posed to teach them to be personal in
their language, but, as a matter OF fact
Tommy is. for some unaccountable rea-
son, very emotional man, and his
birds as often as not have to submit
to a sound musical education, hymns
being as often taught them as the
comic songs of the day.-Allahabad
Pioneer.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-14
NORTH SHORERAILROAD

VIA sAUsALITo. MILL VALLEY. SAN RA-
FAEL-WEEK DAYS AND SUNDAYSL7.O0
s7:45, s:25. s9:15. $50, HOO a. m: 1920
'1:45, .3.15. 4.35. 5:15s $50. $50. 7:15 300
1915. II :35 p.
sRuns to San Quentin
7:45 m. daily. for Cazadero and way
315 p. M. Saturday only. for Cazadero and way
stations.
5:15 p. M. daily, except Saturdays and SUNDAYS
for Point Reyes and way stations.
Ticket Qffce-
Union Depot. foot Of Market ST., San francisco
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-14
sTiburon only

sIiburOn only.
STAGE CONNECTIONS
Stages connect at GREEN BRAE for San Omen
tin: at SANTA ROSA for White Sulphur Springs
and Mark West Springs: at FULTON for Blrke's
Sanatorum: at LfTTON for Lytton Springs: at
GEYSERvILLE for Skaggs' Springs: at CLO-
yERDALE for the Geysers. Boonville. Philo Elk
and Greenwood; at HOPLAND for Duncan
Springs Highland Springs. Kelseyville. New
Carlsbad Springs Soda Bay. Lakeport Bartlett
Springs; at UKIAH for yichy Springs Saratoga
Springs Blue Lakes. Laurel Deb Lake. Witfer
Springs Upper Lake. Pomo. Potter Valley John
DAYS Lierley's. Hullville. Orr's Hot Springs
Handley Half Way House HOPKINS. Comntrss
Nendocino City. Fort Bragg. Westport and Csal.
at WILLITS for Hearst and Sawyers; at SHER-
WOOD for Fort Bragg Laytonvflle westport
Coyelo Cummings Bell's Springs. Harris Hub
bard Fruitland, Dyersville. Garbervflle, Pepper
wood Camp 3, Scotia and Eureka
Boats leave Tfburon Ferry. foot Of Market
street and connect with trains at Tfburon
General Office.
FERRY BUILDING. SAN FRANCISCO
JAS ALGER. General Manager
R. x Ryan, Gen. Passenger and Freight Agt
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-14
PRACTICAL DEMoNsTRArIoN

The IMPORTANCE Of athletics for
younS women is again demonstrated in
the accounts of the fire in the young
ladies' boarding school at Defiance, o.
Two of the young ladies saved them
selves by lowering a clothes line from
their window and sliding down it-a
feat which would probably have been
impossible but for gymnasium prac-
tice.-Indianapolis Star.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-14
OCEAN TRAVEL
C0MPlGNJE GENERALS TRANSATLANTIOUE

DIRECT LINE TO HAyRE-PARIS.
Sailing every Thursday, instead OF Saturday.
Morton st.
First class to Havre, $40 and upward. Sec
ond class to Havre S45 and upward. GEN
ERAL AGENCY FOR UNITED STATES AND
CANADA. 1872 Broadway Hudson Buildingl.
New York. y. f. FUGAzI manager Pacific
Tickets sold By all Railroad Ticket Agents.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-14
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS

Birth, marriage and death notices sent by
mail will not be inserted. They must be handed
in at either of the publication offices and be
indorsed with the name and residence of persons
authorized to have the same published. Notices
restricted simply to the announcement of the
event are published once in this column free
of charge.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-14

A genius is a man who is not much
Kood at anything else-
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-14
MARRIAGES

DExTER-MOORE-In this city, December IL
1906, by the Rev. r. Logan. Charles Hunt
Dexter and Elizabeth Nettie Moore.
OLACE-ROCKwEI.L--I this city, December
H. 1905 by the Rev. James M. McElhinney
Gilbert J. Olace and Bessie M. Rockwell, both
of San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-14
BAY AND rNrERURBAN ROUTES
RAILWAY TRAVEL
CALIFORNIA NORTHWESTERNRY
Boats Leave Tiburon Ferry. Foot OF Market st.

Boats Leave Tiburon Ferry, Foot OF Market ST
From s. F. for Tiburon, Belvedere and San
Rafael-week Days-7:40, 9:15. I'll 100 A M
l2:35. $3.50. $40 $50 p. NJ Sundays: 40
9:15. '11:00 A. NJ, 12:35. $3.50, $40 e:se
p. NJ
From San Rafael for s. F.-week Days-s.1s
T:40. 1855. 9:25. f1:f5 A. NJ, 1850 3:40
500. $40 P. NJ Sundays-s:15. T:4O, 7:55
From Tiburon for s. F.-week Days-6:45. s:17
9:55. 1876 A. NJ, 1:10. 4O5. 5:45 p M
Sundays-6:45. SIT. 1856. IL :35 A. M In
4:05. 5:45. 6:55 P. NJ.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-14
BIRTHS

BIRTHS
LEvy-In this city. December II, 1906, to the
wife of Fernand Levy, son.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-03
PRESIDENT FREE
 FROM ALL CARES
A SECRET SERVICE MAN IS AR RESTED FOR STRIKING A PHo- ToGRAPHER WHO WAS TRYING
 TO GET PICTURE OF PRESIDENT

Oyster Bay, N. Y, July 2.-President complete relaxation from official cares since Congress assembled last December. All work was barred at Sagamore Hill today. The routine of official business was conducted at the executive offices in Oyster Bay by Secretary Loeb without ing the direct telephone between his desk and the library at the President s house. The President was not disturbed by callers, his Oyster Bay nelghbors con tenting themselves with the promise of a speech on the Fourth when they will then extend their summer welcome.
 James Sloan, chief of the President secret service corps, was placed under arrest this morning as he came from duty on Sagamore Hill. Jack McQuade, the village constable. served the war rant which had been sworn out by Clar- ence Legendre. a New York photogra- pher, charging Sloan with assault in the third degree. An appearance was entered at once before Squire Franklin and Sloan was released on his own recognizance to appear for trial next Monday. The ar rest was the result of interference by the secret service men yesterday in an endeavor to photograph the President as he entered his carriage at the station. Le- gendre claims Sloan hit him in the face after the photograph was taken and the President had driven away.
 The secret service men say that they have previously had trouble with Legen-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-03
|C, & A, OFFICIALS
 UP FOR RELATING
It Is Charged That They Gave Back $1.o0 on Every Car of Meat Shipped
 By SchwarzschiId & sulzberger.

Chicago, July 2.-John N Faithorn and Fred A Wann, formerly officials of the Chicago and Alton railroad were placed on trial today in the United States district court on the charge of granting illegal rebates to the Schwarzschild and Sulz- berger Packing company of this city.
 A jury was secured in a short time and the court was informed that counsel in the case had agreed upon the facts covered in the first eight counts Of the indictments and that only small amount of evidence will be necessary under the remaining two counts.
 The indictments charge the defendants with granting a rebate of $1 on every car of meat shipped from it's plant in Kansas City The defendants claim that the money was paid for another purpose The last two counts of the indictments charge that the employees of the pack ing company were carried by the railroad free of charge because after purchasing tickets in the regular way they would be given receipts and later the amounts would be returned by the railway to Schwarzschd and Sulzberger and that this constituted a rebate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-03
zloNIsTs IN SESSION.
Max Nordau Arouses Enthusiasm By Appeal for Palestine institutions.

Tannersville, N. Y, July "A letter from Dr. Max Nordau, containing a strong appeal for the support of the already established Jewish institutions in Pales- tine aroused much enthusiasm at today S session of the Federation of American Zionists. The commission recommended the organizing of commercial, industrial and agricultural syndicates. for the ex- plotting of resources of Palestine
 Dr. H. Perria Mendez, president of the American branch of the Jewish territory associations, startled the convention by declaring that the report of the commis- sion, which comes at a critical moment of Zionism, proved that there Is no need for any other organization to undertake relief work for Jews, or for other activ- ties elsewhere. Palestine must come first he said. The statement was regarded by the convention as notice of the early dissolution of the territorial movement. which Is an offspring of Zionism, and aims to secure a grant of land for Jewish autonomous state anywhere in the world where the right to establish such a state may be obtained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-03
WHITE HOUSE IN
 NEED OF REPAIRS
THE PRESIDENT AND FAMILY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO RETURN TO THE STRUCTURE UNTIL LATE IN OCTOBER.

Washington. July 2-Since the adjourn ment of Congress 1t has developed that extensive repairs will have to be made to the White House before President Roose- welt and his family return to 1t next autumn While no definite determination of the matter has been reached, it may be that the President will not return to Washington until late next october. in- stead of arriving here from Oyster Bay about the first of October as usual.
 Congress was asked at it's recent ses- sion to make a considerable appropriation for extraordinary repairs at the White House. Some reluctance was manifested by Congress in making the appropriation, but a sum of $35,OO0 finally was author ized to be expended. Practically the whole of this amount will have to be used in making the repairs necessary.
 It is curious circumstance that the discovery of the necessity for the repairs on the White House was made almost coincidently with the murder by Harry K. Thaw of Stanford White, one of the firm of architects which directed three years ago the remodelling of the White House. Some of the work done on the White House at that time has failed. It has been found necessary to replace the roofs on both the east and west terraces, either because of faulty material. or be- cause the work was rushed to such an extent that early frosts subsequently, damaged it.
 How long 1t will take to make the re pairs is not known, but the work will be pressed rapidly as possible It prob ably will be done under the superintend- ence of Col. Charles S. Brownwell super intendent of public buildings and grounds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-03
Midsummer in Whittier's Country

From the Boston Herald.
 Out of sunny Alabama comes this month little book of tender appreciation for the White Mountain country The subtitle is "A Little Study of Sandwich Centre" Advance Press, Birmingham Ala.) The word study Is not quite the one for this bit of poetic expression, this group of dainty, alluring, refreshing sketches. If the reader were making a would surely be of service as whimsical sprightly guide to the inner meaning of the mountains; and if the reader Is, per chance, town tied, 1t will serve to set his soul free from brick walls and asphalt streets for perfect hour of wild ad- venture in the uplands of fancy It Is the merest morsel of a book little gray and white volume, with decorative pen sketches by the author. The table of con tents is informing It reads: From the Little Path on the Apple Hill Tn the Red Sunset Caravans of the Old Days Pass. The Little People of the Village l Lean My Heart Against the Day, and Indian Legends Float in the Freezes Much of the book is written with sweet whimsicality as where the author says
 q felt as though l were about to en- ter into some terrible but sweet adven- ture-some divine rendezvous. Shadows have such fearful delight l lay in them until I was too frightened to get up'
 Still other parts of the book are as inspirationally descriptive as a water color from "a master in this medium, oi as boldly sung as Morse saga Two quotat tions are indicative, though it is dangerous to trickle this vintage toe lavishly. Here is Ossipee
 Although Israel is mighty and much beloved. Ossipee sings to the heart witt a womans love song. It's fair brow, golc crowned. the rising sunlit dome, like the one burning breast of an Amazon girl the long grace of its firm lines-the sweet. ness of the little clouds-its winged chil ent, blushing wonder of it when the twi light falls"
 And here Is chocorua:
 The way grows steep and bare. The pines are dwarfs, the rocks are giants The earth begins to recede. the promise is about to be fulfilled. The regions o the sky are here. With very trumpet blast the wild wind charges down, ar mored in black rocks, with boughs oi the leaning pines his lance and battle axe, spray of the green pine his bright pennon-over all white plumage of the clouds-laugh of Die Walllure The jeust is on-the tournament of rocks and wint and sky. Laissez aller! A valiant step up, ward-a shouting in the very air-beholt the break, Chocorua!"
 The writer, Ethel Armes, is a young newspaper correspondent and magazine contributor She was for some years ol the Washington Post, and later removed to Alabama, since when her articles have been appearing in the National Maga' zine. This is her first book and its charm suggests that the next volume will bt Stevensonian romance, or poetry pure and simple.