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The San Francisco call., 1906-06-03

be placed on a footing that will enable
IL to at once assume control in
stricken district and relieve all distress
without delay. It could be organized
along the line of the army. at the same
time fully co operating with it. Depots
OF supplies could be established at
every important center and food and
tents held in readiness for an emer-
gency. a balance in the Red Cross
treasury at the national Capital would
admit of greater outlays without walt
ing for subscriptions in cases of un-
usual distress.
The Red Cross has always taken on
an international character. 1t is highly
possible that at one of the three big
international conferences planned for
the near future the subject will receive
attention. II may be that in the time
to come national boundaries will be
wiped out for the purposes of Red
Cross work. Surely, the offers of aid
to San Francisco from the four corners
of the globe render ta;s tcnjectarc
less visionary than would at first ap-
pear.
The Immediate appropriation by the
Government was rcade possible because
Congress was in session. Congress or
no Congress, law or no law, President
Roosevelt would have provided at once
for the needs OF San Francisco, but a
President of less energy might have
felt powerless to act In view OF this,
the future may see a new statute
allowing the President without Con-
gress to make emergency appropria-
ton of limited amount in cases of ma
tiopal calamity.
What would have been the fate of
San Francisco without the telegraph
and the railroad? Both were in some
degree impaired. Is there not in this
a call for a complete system of wireless
telegraphy, and docking further into
the future) for the airship?
Armies originally were for the pur-
poses of war. Has there not been in
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-03

the existence of the eight tubes point
ing upward from the bulwarks. This
had especially to do with aerial war
fare.
Having so powerful force at their
disposal, the warships naturally direct
ed the current against each other. Now
this was apt to destroy the equilibrium
of the ship so struck and to turn it
upside down--a situation sure to be
taken advantage of by the enemy's yes
sci to make an attack with its ram.
There also was the further danger of
being precipitated to the ground unless
the shutting and opening of the neces-
sary valves were quickly attended to.
In whatever position the vessel mi ght
be, the tubes pointing toward the earth
were naturally those through which
the current should be rushing, while
the tubes pointing upward should be
closed The means whereby vessel
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-03

On Sutter street a druggist. fearing
d water famine. had flied several tanks
on Wednesday morning. Later, when
the people with parched throats
streamed by his door. he displayed a
sign: Water here: and remained at
his store through two days and nights
giving il out glass by glass to. all who
paused. The supply exhausted, he gave
out mineral water, never counting the
cost. He remained at lis store until
the flames drove him onward witE the
throng.
A newspaper man hurrying to collect
data on the fire was accosted by a
greatly perturbed woman. who asked if
he had seen the proprietor OF a we'll
known restaurant.
II am a waitress there" she ex-
planned. II haven't a cent. Ny only
hope is to get part of my wages. The
newspaper man had Just 81 in his
pocket. He gave the woman SO cents
She burst into tears.
There was no distinction as TO class.
The most fashionable women in the
city gave what aid they could. For
days they served as nurses in the hos
pitfalls about the bay.
The wife of a millionaire on Preside
Hei ghts made a great vat of chocolate
She served it to the women as they
passed her home. More than that, she
took those whose strength failed into
her home and cared for them
A saloon keeper well known in the
city took $1,000 from his safe and dis
tributed it among. the needy.
These are but typical of a thousand
incidents. They show the breadth OF
sympathy created by the disaster
Maxim Gorky, in contemplating the
disaster. has been moved tO say:
Misfortune must teach us brother
hood. They must show us how we de-
pend on nature and. it's mysterious
bower. Misfortunes must unite us into
cone family in a family of lighters with
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-03

the late disaster a suggestion that
their highest service lies in peace?
Some one has aptly suggested that the
new San Francisco contain in public
park statue in honor of the American
soldier. Such statue would not only
be a token of appreciation, but would
serve as an inspiring recognition of.
the noblcr purpose of the military.
The remarkable manner in which the
regulars of the American army assisted
in the stricken city has called forth
laudatory expressions, not alone
throughout the United States, but in
the capitals of Europe as well. 1T is
new triumph for the American army,
all the grander because there is no de-
feated foe.
The efficient aid rendered by the mill
tary under Generals Funston and
Greedy, by the National Guard and the
University Cadets took various forms
from guard duty and fire lighting to
the distribution of provisions.
In Germany the military has long
co-operated with the civil authorities
In the larger cities in doing police duty
and as fire fighting force.
Out of the disaster has been born
new patriotism, not the fireworks
Fourth of July patriotism. but a deep
feeling of mingled gratitude and rever-
ence toward the Federal Government
1t was the Government which first
came to the aid of San Francisco With
its bountiful appropriations it was the
agent of the Government who offered
the soldiery; it was the Government
which opened it's storehouses in the
Preside: 1t was the Government which
distributed tents on the reservation
slopes while the FIRE was still raging,
and It was tho Government which car
ried the fleeing thousands by boat from
the city shores. Men, who the night
before, on Dupont street, in hoarse
voices, preached the doctrine of an
archy and cried out against the repub-
lie sought eager shelter beneath her
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-05
ITALIAN GIRL MAKES
WONDERFUL RECOVERY
NEW YORK PHYSICIANS MARVEL
AT RESULT OF OPERATION
Shot Through splnar Cord, Abdomen
and Liver, Victim Is Now Able to
Walk Around and viii Suffer No
Bad Effects

NEW YORK, May A young Ital-
ian girl was used as an illustration of
the subject of laparotomy, which was
discussed at the New York Academy of
Medicine last night and excited the
greatest interest.
The girl last October was shot
through the spinal cord, abdomen and
liver. The surgeon who performed the
subsequent operation read paper on
the subject before the academy. The
girl now only shows slight hating
in the action Of the left leg and small
tendency to bend backward
The opinion was expressed that she
would eventually gain entire control
of her powers of locomotion.
This was declared to be one of the
most wonderful cures effected through
the medium Of American surgery. In
many respects the wound was like that
which caused the death of President
Mckinley and was identical, it was
said, with that which resulted more
recently in the death of Marshall Field,
jr., in Chicago.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-05
DEMAND TROOPS WITHDRAW
British Ambassador Presents uItl-
matum to Turkey Regarding
Egyptian Territory

BY Associated Press.
LONDON, May 4.-The British am
bassador at Constantinople yesterday
presented a note to Turkey demanding
the complete withdrawal of Turkish
troops from Egyptian territory.
The note is practically an ultimatum
and constitutes Great Britains last
word on the encroachment of Turkey In
the Sinatic peninsula. The French and
Russian ambassadors at Constantinople
are supporting the British contentious.
Should the ultimatum fail to have the
desired effect the British Mediterranean
fleet will take the measures so often
employed by the powers in recent years
as the result of disputes with the sui
tan, and a naval demonstration, 1t is
anticipated, will quickly bring about
the evacuation of the Tabah territory
which Great Britain contends is un-
questionably Egyptian territory.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-05
INSURANCE MEN
ARE FRIGHTENED.
NEW YORK COMPANIES WANT
RIGID CONTRACTS
Heavy Losses at San Francisco sug-
gest Feasibility of Making Dif-
ferent Provisions in All
Future Policies
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 4.-The Tribune
today says:
Some fire insurance men, frightened
by the losses in San Francisco, started
an agitation yesterday to make the
form OF insurance contracts more rigid.
A president Of one of the big companies
was approached by man who wants
the contracts in the future to read
that losses caused not only directly,
but indirectly, by earthquakes cannot
be recovered. In other words, no in
surance would be paid on fire which
was caused by an earthquake.
II do not believe there is any chance
of such restrictions being placed in
contracts" said the president. "You
might as well except losses indirectly
due to tornadoes or blizzards. New York
might have burned up at the time of the
great blizzard, but II would not have
been right to have such a situation in
validate the insurance"
Predict 90 Per Cent viii Be Paid
Several kilograms were received yes
terday from officials and representa-
tives OF insurance companies who have
reached San Francisco. One expressed
the opinion that the companies would
not get rid of more than fifteen per
cent of their liabilities from the burned
district through the action of the earth
quake. Other estimates ranged from
that to forty per cent
Several representatives of foreign
companies are expected on the steamer
Baltic today. Nothing definite was de-
cided yesterday on the proposition that
the companies get together and pay
about sixty per cent of the claims with
In thirty days, rather than have long
litigation over them.
DO Not Favor Syndicate
Efforts are being made to induce
some of the big life Insurance compan-
les to assist In financing the rebuilding
of San Francisco Within a few DAYS a
leading business man OF that city has
been here ON that mission, but so far
as could be learned he has not been
successful. While the companies ui-
doubtedly will be willing to loan money
on individual parcels OF property which
may be considered good security, 1t is
not believed that any of them would
be willing to 80 into any sort Of syndi-
cate.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-05
BULLET ENDS RUSSIANS LIFE
Unidentified Man, Supposed to Be an
Anarchist, Killed Near
Paris
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
PARIS, May 4.-The body of an un-
known man of the Russian type of
features and having a revolver wound
in his head was found in the forest of
Vincennes today. 1t is believed he was
an accomplice of the two anarchists
who went to the forest with bombs
yesterday.
Following the bomb explosion Pre-
feet of Police Lepine ordered the arrest
of a number of foreign agitators
Twenty-nine have been arrested. M.
Lepine has also ordered the arrest of
all persons interfering with the liberty
of workmen.
Two dynamite cartridges were ex-
ploded at Lens today. causing much
damage to the houses of two nom
strikers.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-05
DEATHS OF THE DAY
James ]. Davis

James J. Davis
BY Associated Presa.
SACRAMENTO, May 4.-James ].
Davis, a former member of the city
board of trustees, died at his home in
this city this morning, after a short
illness. For many years he was en-
gagged in business here but retired in
1902. He was a native of Tennessee
and 68 years of age. The funeral will
take place next Sunday under the
auspices Of Sacramento commandery
No. 2. of which he was a member.
William =. Owen
BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK. May 4-Wiliam H.
Owen, Shakespearean comedian who
appeared In companies with Booth.
Mccullough, Forrest and Mrs Fiske,
died here today. aged so years. He had
been from the stage forty years.
- -
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-05
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with wings, pompons, quilts and ribbons;
a number of hats in the lot worth UP to
$15.00
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-05
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Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-05

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The gold leaf., 1906-01-04

An old German custom is always OBJ
served on New Years eve at Frank
fort-on-the-Main. 1t is a very pretty
way Of celebrating and means large
family gathering. All the members Of
a household join together and make
merry. Punch, champagne, cakes and
candies are served during the evening.
Every one contributes all he can to the
fun. and so the entertainment is most
delightful. When the clocks Of the
town begin to strike II all the win
dows of the whole city are thrown
open and the people drink each others
good health and wish one another and
everybody very happy new year.
When the last stroke of the hour has
ceased ringing the windows are all
closed again, and soon all the inhab-
itants are soundly sleeping.-Pittsbur
Dispatch.
The gold leaf., 1906-01-04

Philadelphia New Years Parade.
While New Orleans has her Mardi
Gras and st. Louis the Feast Of the
Prophet, which are held at other sea-
sons of the year. Philadelphia, in the
heart Of winter, midst snow and ice.
when indoor entertainments would
seem more in keeping, defies the cold
and welcomes the new year with a
glittering, gorgeous street pageant OF
fantastically garbed mummers-a pa
rade that from end to end, and it is
usually four or five miles long, is full
Of life and color. This New Years pa
rade is entirely a Philadelphia institu-
tion and had its origin in the dim and
musty past; but. unlike many old Gus
toms instead Of dying out it is con-
stantly growing in popularity .-Phila-
delDhia Press.
The gold leaf., 1906-01-04
HJ@WY ears
Mass For the
e AAlzljEA@l@
! y HE most poetical ceremony
IL that I have ever witnessed"

u writes 4 correspondent OF fhe
New York Herald, "is the SO
called messe des animauX, or animals
mass which takes place every year
On New Years eve in the French de-
partment of the Cevennes or the
Back Eso:nouze' The scenery of
tAe@e sup mountains, which in itself
l. extremely romantic, iends peculiar
charm to THIS simple and truly pasto-
raj festival. gwen in honor of the herds
of cattle winch constitute the greatest
riches of the Inhabitants.
II shall never forget the impression
created OH my mind by the scene which
presented itself to my enraptured eyes
ola the New Years eve when. accom-
panied by some friends who possess
Aunt :lg lo,.ge i'll the Espinouze. l stood
iht.ei 'he portico Of a tiny graystone
church and watched the fiocks being
ett Gp tie eteep incline toward the
plateau Whe"eon the modest edifice is
Dui.t The church was a poor little
iGinhledOwn place. with lichen grown
Vas and square, ungraceful steeple,
the cracked bell of which was tolling
traEtica.ly.
The etIiiice ewaS crowded with stalwart
nountlineers clad in their festive at
tire, each of them holding a lighted
candle of coarse yellow wax, glimmer-
Ing Ike tiny stars. and every man and
woman singing the old Cevennese
hymn beginning with the words, Night
more beautiful than day
In the meantime column after col
umn of cattle advanced toward the
church and, marshaled by their driv-
ers, took their places in long files on the
The gold leaf., 1906-01-04
Painting China Red.

The Chinese paint the whole country
red, tiguratively Speaking. on New
. Years day in more senses than one.
Red is the color which with them de-
notes good luck and prosperity. and
all the New Years cards and Invita-
tioDs are on paper Of that color Every
child gets its New Years present
wrapped In red paper, and red in
scriptions are pasted over the doors OF
the houses. These inscriptions bear
characters praying for good fortune.
wealth and happiness. and they are
posted on each side of the outer doors
Of the houses. New pictures Of Chi.
nese generals are put on the front
doors, and the houses are secured and
made clean
The gold leaf., 1906-01-04
THE kiLTlES' NEW YEAR.
Picturesque Custom of King Ed.
wards Highlanders.

~ IlctuTcsquc SuStOm or h1nE Ed.
wards Highlanders.
A curious New Years custom Is that
observed by the highland regiments in
the British army.
At five minutes before II on New
Years eve the regimental band, pre-
ceded by Father Time, the oldest SOL
dier in the ranks, in costume, with
hourglass and scythe, plays ON the
square and out Of the barracks gates
the strains Of "Auid Lang Syne," thus
bidding farewell to the old year. At
the hour Of midnight knock is heard
at the barrack gates, and "Who comes
there?' is the challenge, to be followed
by answer, The glad New Year"
advance, New Year. All is WELL" is
the reply. The gates are then thrown
open. and the New Year, represented
by the youngest drummer boy in the
regiment dressed in highland costume
and preceded by the piper of the band,
makes tour Of the quarters, ending
with the officers barracks, where
great feast is spread.-London Globe.
The gold leaf., 1906-01-04
COLuMBIA's COURT.
The President's New Year Reception
at the White House.

The Presidents New Year Reception
at the White House.
Washington is never more spectacu-
larly interesting than on the one day in
the year that Columbia holds her court.
Every New Years morning, bright
and early, men and women belonging
''the dear common people" swarm in
hundreds before the White House
gates. They are there to catch q glimpse
Of the ENJOYS Of the worlds nations on
their way to pay their respects to the
president Of ID An ted St.ites. OF, as
the crowd Itself would put it, to see
the diplomats go By 1t is invariably
good natured crowd, all elbows, nudges
and exclamation points.
When the various military escorts
come to d hat Oh the street before the
gates. It ap liuds If band strikes up,
It cheers The mounted police come in
for fire Of audible comment, and the
always present wit who breaks out In
to something clever is rewarded with
a spontaneous gush Of Infectious laugh
ter that only a jolly crowd can achieve.
Finally q carriage WhirlS up and
causes rustic of expectancy The
diplomats have begun to arrive. 1t
takes only an instant for each equi-
page 70 fash through the gateway, but
the crowd Will have caught burst Of
bright co.ors gold embroideries and
gag p!umes, and after this feeting
show OF miscellaneous gorgeousness is
over will resolve itself into "the public"
and join the square long procession Of
citizens in the often disappointed hope
of shaking hands with the president
later in the day.
Before 2 o'clock thousands of men
in every station in life will have had
a handshake with the president. The
tramp, tramp Of soldiery will have died
in the distance, the White House
grounds will be deserted, and Colum-
bias court will be ended.-New York
Tribune
The gold leaf., 1906-01-04
New Years Toilets In Jspau.

In Japan on New Years day the la
dies are up early and making most
elaborate toilet. The toilet of Japa-
nese woman is always a refined one,
and the sweetest of cosmetics and the
for her Identification. But the New
Years toilet is something specially fine.
On New Years day the Japanese belle.
like the Chinese one. wears no old
clothes. Everything from her flowing
silk outer garments to her delicately
woven underwear is all new. Her ia
vorite color is pink, and her robes are
gorgeous in colors of pink and red.
The gold leaf., 1906-01-04

frozen turf in front of the wide open
portico They approached slowly, pom
derously aE'l :solemnly, with quasi be-
wiidered expression at being turned
out of theil WARM stables to face the
bitter coliness of the bleak December
night The oxen came first, followed
by the cows, sleep and goats in con-
tinuOus stream. >.nd the rays Of the full
moon, which S,ittered high above us
over the Caik slopes of the mountains,
sLone Oh the :ulg. polished horns and
tawny hides of this strange congrega-
ton Mass was celebrated with the
customary pomp by the cure, white
haired and very venerable man, who
appeared almost majestic in his heavy
brocaded vestments, which must have
been several! hundred years old.
When he at last had spoken the
usual 'Ita missa est indicating that the
sacred ceremony is over, instead Of re-
firing TO the vestry he once more lifted
the host from the altar and. followed
by the entire congregation, marched to-
ward the portals. chanting the Mag
nihcat' as lie went, Upon reaching
the steps of the church the old priest
haltel and. holding the sacred host
high above his head, pronounced some
words of benediction in q low but en-.
phatic voice The drivers and shep-
herds all fell upon their knees and with
while an acolyte, armed with a holy
water sprinkler. walked through the
ranks Of the now believing cattle,
sprinkling them with the holy fluid.
Whether the animals realized the So
lemnity of the occasion or not, all those
which had hitherto been lying down
arose to their feet, as if to listen to the
short but impressive allocution address
ed to the drivers by the venerable cure.
MY children he said. God, in his
great goodness and mercy, sends his
unworthy servant here 10 bless your
uocks so that according to an ancient
"ustom of ~. mountains. the ANNALS
which he'p YOU to live should be asso-
..ared n the religious rejo!c:ngs herald
ng :he advent II Il new year Let US
,L.-etor- ..ng together loud ho-
>anna ~ praise Of the Lord. who Is
eve. so uerciful and Ienient TO us poor
sinners
Like peal Of thunder the grand
melody echoed from hill to hill In the
clear night air, sung by hundreds Of
throats, and rolled majestically to the
very confines of the horizon. The star
tied animals beloved louder and unit
ed their powerful voices to the concert
1t was grand and weird beyond de-
scription. AS the last note died away
the cortege began to move. the priest
re-entering the church while the animals
slowly wended their way toward the
valley In the same order as they had
come"