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The San Francisco call., 1906-11-02
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES

FUNDS FOR Y. M C. A. BUILDING
coma. Nov. I.--This city has raised $3.50 600 in
thirty day canvass for the Y. NJ. C. A
building.
ExoNERArED INSPECTOR REsIGNs.-chi
cago Nov. 1.-Police Inspector LAWN, who was
yesterday acquitted of the charges brought
against him by Chief of Police Collins, today
rendered his resignation
McRae Dods. whe lived alone In a cabin near
the line OF Napa and Sononla counties. about
morning by Alfred Sharp. neighbor. He was
50 years of age.
FREE COAL AIDS SHIPPING. No.
1.-The abolition of the export duty on coal
signal for the sailing this morning of hundreds
of coal laden vessels bound for foreign ports
No less than fifty steamers left the British
Channel.
ARRESTED AFTER FIVE MoNTHs.-Sants
Rosa. Nov. IA. Simmons wanted here for
some time past for beating board bin and
tured back to this city yesterday. Constable
Boswell recognized Simmons en- the street here
today and arrested him The warrant for his
arrest was issued FIVE months ago.
OPEN LARGEST LoDGING-HoUsE.- Boston
Nov. What IS claimed to be the largest
lodging house in the world was thrown open K
workngmen today. 1t Is known MS the People.
Palace and was erected ny the salvation Army
In the South End ht cost Of $240.000. 1t il
five stories in height. contains 2ST rooms, read
Ing and social rooms, swimming pool an,
REVOLUTION AFFECTS .IMPoRTs.-wash
ington, Nov. THE disastrous effect OF tn,
Cuban revolution on the importation Of suaa
from that island to the United States is treatet
in a bulletin issued today by the Department o
Commerce and Labor The imports fell in SEP
tember TO 93 600. 600 pounds. against 23O 900. 00
pounds In the preceding month and 112 900 00I
pounds in September, 1905.
BUNXo MEN .CAUGHT.--spokAne. nov l.
George Steeeher and e. il. Quick were ARRESTED
here today charged With having bunkoed locA
firms by soliciting advertisements in the nam.
Of the Switchmen's Union. The scheme whief
was denounced by the union authorities. is sal,
to have been worked In Joliet III. Denver an,
many other cities. but none OF the gang 4
known to have been captured Until today.
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mark of 22;277 doEen in 1902 TO 1924
dozen in 1905. Cotton umbrella goods
also showed decline the Jananases
sales here in 1902 being 42,76f pieces.
and only 11,1S9 pieces in 1905. These
hgures, as whole, show how thor
oughly Japan in only her infancy Of
INDUSTRY mas become a competitor for
Chinese. trade
However. Japan's entrance into the
piece goods markets and the increase
in her sales have been entirely mat
ter of the price of her products and
their quality is in no way GONNA ra bIe
with the English and American goods
and her ability to make further gains
VIII rest upon the advantages of her
proximity to the market and her pIen-
tiful supply of cheap labor. Yet i
significant trend is to be observed IN
the steady rise in the prices of lana.
nese goods during the later years of
the past decade. Take, for example the
T-cloths. quoted at 1.4s haikwan taeIs
in 1895. 2.S2 in 1899 and 3s4 in 1902
etael equals SOL cents)
One way in which the Japanese are
going to secure and hold an appreciable
element Of the Chinese trade is through
their ability to come here and open re.
tail stores on an equal competitive ba-
sis with the Chinese themselves. Such
they are now doing I'm Tientsin, and with
their high sense of what appeals to the
eye they are generally able TO make
their displays much more attractive to
the purchasers than are the native
merchants. Moreover, they have among
their household supplies many small
articles. which should gradually win
their way into the Chinese domestic
economy, and which can be laid down
here at Prices well within the range of
their usefulness. These sales will helm
to give stability to their business and
make possible the introduction of other
goods that compete with Western ex-
porters This participation in the re-
tail trade, as well as the general com
mercial progress. accounts very largely
for the boom in building and in general
development which is now so evident
in the Japanese concession.
One very important item of the Japa-
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BURGLARS ACTIVE.
ACROSS BAY.
AIHtNNIt.I NNhI

: OAKLAND. Nov. IF. d. English,
1881 Grove street, reported TO the po-
lice this morning that burglar had
attempted to enter his home by forcths
a rear door with Jimmy, out was
frightened away before gaining en-
trance by a noise inside the house
English suspects that the attempt was
made by a man who called at the
house last Tuesday. Of1erfng 10 To-
pair damaged chimneys.
Charles Naylor. with offices in the
Bacon building. reported that the dOor
OF his office had been opened with
skeleton key by thief, who secured
sl3l in gold from desk
Theodore Sousa, 1858 Atlantic street.
reported to the police that the door
of his room had been forced at noon
yesterday and a trunk in the apart
ment broken open and SS2 In gold ao-
stracted.
B. Ralnere 1925 Union street. report
ed that his home had been entered
Yesterday by burglars. who turned
things upside down In their search
for vaIuables. but found nothing
The Rev Edgar F. Gee. rector OF StS
Johns Episcopal Church at Eighth and
Grove streets. reported that for the
second time within week tnfeVeS
had robbed the altar yesterday Fnres
yards Of valuable lace used as an altar
covering was stolen.
John Thomas. a dishwasher. arrived
in Oakland last night from BartietEi
Springs, only TO be assaulted and,
robbed few hours later by man
whom he had met shortly after ne
reached Oakland. The new acquaint-i
ance lured Thomas to the Eighth
street bridge and there knocked him
down and robbed him of so cents
a. Patrolman w I. Hodgkins of tho
Oakland Police Department. who was
shot and dangerously wounded by
fOOtpad whom he attempted to arrest
at Twenty and Webster streets
on October 1, appeared at police head
quarters today for the first time since
he was wounded. He will not resume
duty for some time.
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Japanese Are Reaching for
I rade of Northern China.
. oNsUL GENERAL JAMES W

~ oNsUL GENERAL JAMES w
RAGsDALE furnishes from Tien-
> tsin q report on. the Japanese
commercial operations in North
china. especially releting TO the textile
trade. as follows:
The figures Of japanese trade at this
port are accurate, as it is a direct
trade. Japan first entered. the COM
mercial arena Of the East after the
China-Japan war and took an ever in
creasingly important part. therein until
checked in a slight degree by her war
with Russia. Already this year she
has TO her credit a tonnage far greater
than that for any previous year, save
1902 and 1903. and she promises to
eclipse all annual records before the
twelfth month is run. In 1891 only
II Japanese ships entered Tientsin with
"a tonnage of $3.50 tons IN 1903 the
figures were III ships with l62,55S
tons burden The recent war inter
fered with japanese shipping, but the
restoration comes with a renewed vim,
the figures being for the first six
months OF 1906. l07 vessels entered
Tientsin and Of a total burden Of 133,-
00S tons
Japan did not enter the shirting
trade at Tientsin until 1898. when the
sales amounted 10 12o pieces. which in
1903 increased to S222, but declined in
1905 to 2640. In sheetings she entered
this market in 1895 with small sales,
increasing them TO 46,404 pieces in 1903
and 2OS,S56 pieces in 1905 The sale
Of drills was nothing in 1894. 1880
pieces in 1903. and SO. 2s7 pieces in 1905.
The first sales OF crimp cloth is re-
corded in 1909 with 46.15S yards. and
45.250 yards in 1905 Japanese cotton
blankets were also entered in 1903 for
the first time. the number being 343S.
and 54S9 in 1905 The towel trade
begun in 1894 with 6O57 dozen: it
amounted in 1903 TO 5O,353 dozen. and in
1905 TO l63. .9S7 dozen.
The cotton handkerchief trade
showed a decline from the high-water
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Los ANGELES BANKER DIES.
John G. Mossin Expires in Japan While
Trip With Wife.

Los ANGELES, Nov. John G.
Mossin, vice president of the American
National Bank of this city and for
years manager. of the Los Angeles
Clearing House Associa tion, died today
in Yokohama: Mr.. :and Mrs. Mossin
had been in Japan two months for the
benefit of the bankers health. Letters
received today. said that his condition
was improving, bit a. cablegram fol-
lowed with the story of his death.
Mossin's health had long been fail
ing, but he worked until his condition
made it impossible for him to continpe.
He was a leading member of the Cali
forf1ia' Club and also the Country Club,
and was we'll known socially.
Mosstn was born fifty years ago in
Milwaukee, and came here in 1884, en-
tering the Farmers and Merchants
Bank After several years he became
cashier of the California Bank, and
later its vice president, when 1t was
reorganized as the California National
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| rade With Costa Rica Is
Fast Increasing.

kduty was put on. shoes TO protect the
kllonle manufacturers, Of which there are
two in San Jose
= Since January 1. 1906, there has been
IA large increase in both imports and
exports. The increase in imports has
been in railroad materials for new lines
now being built TO connect the interior
with the Pacifc-ffteen miles between
Santo Domingo and Esparta and nine
miles between Alajuela and the Pacific
line at the nearest point. These con-
meeting lines will be completed and
ready to be opened to the public within
a few months. The increase in exports
is due to the great production OF ba-
nanas, which was 1000, 600 punches
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nese trade does not appear under a
separate heading in the customs figures.
1t is their timber. Already this year
twenty steamers have come laden en-
tirely with logs. railroad ties and mine
poles, which Hokkaido, the most north
ern of the large Japanese islands, floats
down her streams to supply the attract
i've market in this country. which has
used up it's timber. An idea. of the
relative Importance of this trade is evil
denced by the fact that fourteen of the
steamers. whose accounts were closed
before July /, paid duties aggregating
2O.623 taels, or more than one-eighth
of all the duties, import export, coast
trade and tonnage duties credited to
the japanese flag during the six months
Almost daily lighters may be seen un-
loading their cargoes along the Japa-
nese water front in the junks or to
form RATS for transportation inland,
while considerable quantities are also
landed for local consumption.
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BANk oLEARTNGs INCREAsE.

80 san Frapcfsco's clearings for the past
week show that the banks are doing a
splendid business above what was done
during a corresponding period last
YEAR, when the c{1y was at the high
tide of piospeEityT: For the week end
.3hg Thursda y nOon,* November J. 1906
accQrding- to fguEes secured by. the Cal
ifornia Promotion: Committee. the bank
clearings @of- sam sF,ranc{sc6 :: :totalled
s41. .535. 601s63. and for: the same week Of
gives an Increase. for: the present year
OF 1907 per cent. During: the past
week the bank. clear rings = of Oakland
amounted L q s 5ss6l-5.2 21. and, as Oak
land. banks last E-ear we re clearing
through san EFancisco. this, added to
spectacle sum. s. IL 95521 =: Dur
ing last +week.SaR Jese,. which: has .es-
tabished al clearing gzhppse@ since. the
FIRE. showed. q 1gtaI4of S52S.069 = .s..:;.,.:
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WIFE OBJECTS TO
SALE Of LAND.
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

LOS ANGELES, Nov. II r. .vogel
stated tonight that he has sold the
northwest corner of Seventh street and
Broadway for $3.50, 900, through
agents, to an unknown purchaser.
Mrs. Vogel created scene by exclaim-
ing. Il swear to God if the sale is
made I'll get divorce" She declares
she'll never sign the deed
Vogel says the deal will be made
without her signature and that her di-
vorce threat will not deter him. The
property cost him $4,000 eight years
ago, and this will be the banner sale
of the year If 1t goes through. A sky
scraper is to go up on the corner.
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RESTRICTING HOURS OF SLEEP.

The belief that the hours of sleep
should be artifcially restricted is con-
trary TO ordinary: good sense. If the
human body does not need sleep for the
upbuilding. of it's tissues it will not call
for it. A rule of health which cannot
be wrong is to sleep If possible as long
as any inclination for 1t exists. The
erroneous view on the subject is UNI
doubtedly due to the fact that when
the;mind and body are thoroughly rest
ed lit fs often difficult to arouse the
mind FROM its. comfortable lethargye
On the other hand. the man who is un-
der. a. mental STRAIN and sleeps only FIVE
or six hours at night is keen and alert
soon after awakening. But.it is an un-
healthy activity. His nerves are at a
high tension. He is on edge, so to
speak. Such a strain, long continued,
results fnevitabl in nervous break
doWn.-Cleveland Leader:
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ESTATE LEFT ny GARDENER.

OAKLAND, Nov. 1.-Attorney Abe p
Leach today filed for probate the will
of Thomas Wootton, for many years
gardener of the Convent. of the Sacred
Heart and later gardener for z. G..
Lukens. father of State Senator G.
Russell Lukens. Wootton left an es-
tate valued at 10000 He left $1,000
to his brother James and the residue to
his sister Ann, stating that he knew
that the sister would provide for their
aged mother. All the devisees live in
Hereford, England For forty years
Wootton was well-known character
in Oakland
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WOMAN STRUCK BY TRAIN.

OAKLAND, Nov. Mrs. NJ. ..Wilf.
residing at 721 Center street. mar
rowIy escaped death at Seventh and
Center streets about 8 o'clock this
morning, when she was struck by an
eastbound Seventh-street local train
and hurled nearly twenty feet from
the track The injured woman was
taken to her home. where II was found
that she had escaped with three broken.
ribs and a number OF painful cuts and
bruises
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MRS FREuD,s WILL FILED.

A petition. for the probate of the
will Of Mrs Tiny. Freud. who died at
Santa Barbara October 81 at the age
of so years, was ffed yesterday for
probate by Mrs. Rosa vogelsdorf, a
daughter. of the deceased, who is named
as eXecutriX. The Will bears date of
December "A. 1905; and disposes of an
estate worth about 10000. Mrs. Freud
was the mother of the late J, Richard
Freud, a prominent merchant former
secretary of the Merchants Association,
secretary of the charter convention, and
we'll known in other lines. :.
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Bad Teeth of German
School Children.

"He result OF an examination OF
the teeth of the pupils of a school
at Hochheide. in Germany, reports
ed by Consul General Richard
Guenther of Frankfort. is very sugges-
tive Of the 1920 children examined.
4S2 were boys and 5SS girls. The boys
had 1926 defective teeth and only
2116 sound ones. Only nineteen of
the boys had perfectly sound sets. of
teeth, 397 sets were unfit for chewing
food, and with 192 boys disturbances in
their general condition were observed.
due to decayed teeth. OF the teeth
of the girls I5.747 were found defective.
and only 931 sound. Only sixteen girls
had perfect sets of teeth; 205 girls
were suffering In their general condi-
tion In consequence of decayed teeth.
The total result showed that go per
cent of all the teeth examined were
defective; only thirty-five out of 1920
children had sound sets of teeth In
396 children a poor bodily constitution
was due to poor teeth The result
shows that carries, OF decay of the
teeth, has extremely noxious conse-
quences.
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JoKERs NEARLY CAUSE DEATH.

ALAMEDA, Nov. Halloween
prank players nearly chOked j. A. Sut-
ton OF 1872 Park avenue to death last
night The practical 1okers after fast
eniRg. long wire to the bell OF. the
front door OF the Sutton house hid be-
hind a fence and rang the bell re-
peatedly. Sutton went to the door and
showed his head out TO greet the ex-,
pected caller. The jokers pulled the
door. almost shut and caught Suttons
neck between the door and the frame.
Like "a rat In a trap the man was held
in the uncomfortable position until he
was weak from want of breath When
Sutton was released from hts danger.
Gus predicamsnt he notified the. police,
who made search of the neighbor-.
hood, but failed to find the prank play
SrS
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standard optical Co.

Formerly located at Kearny street. near eut.
ter has now opened a complete and up % date
establishment at 806 Van Ness avenue. Their
record and reputation for the last twenty years
are sufficient TO warrant excellent treatment to
patrons OF this old-established firm which Is still
under the management OF Mr. A Nordman,
president and manager
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~ ONsUL: CHESTER DONALDSON
Of Port Ltln15lrr e furnishes. hes the fol-
u lowing report: on: the imports
into Costa .F3ica.for: the year 1905:
The total Imports amounted to S.
25s. AZ Of .Ey-il icii.:the- United: States
supplied articles :valiaed: at S2.706. 06S ;
Great Britain: rSg40, s69; Germany. s6l5s-
1Ol. France. s24s- -SzT.. spanish America,
s262. .S37s Spain. .sls2. .S22;. Italy, s154; 79O;
Belgium. S22.a04,z and: all%other< coun-
tries. s164. 67.7-f:. - -. j.:
The following: sfafeure Mt gives the
total value of, txvent9~zdEee a articles and
the value Of each, from the. four lead :
-h6 co4Lti-es- -. :.
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American. shoes. are:very.: apopUlar and
al the Imports come from the United.
States. but have fallen: OF eonsfdera bly,.
since the duty has been. raised. TO: about,
s. a pain thus Increasing tho. cost:
from $3.50 10 Sc a. pair This high.
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ONTARIO bank LOSES, s1.5oo. o.ooo.

TORONTO, Ont. Nov. 1.-The loss to
the ontario Bank through the peeula-
tions or Charles McGill. the ex-man-
ager, is omclally stated as being ST..
5Ge,000.
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a japanese company with a capital
OF S5,oO0,0O0 has started codfishing af->
ter the American. method in the Ok
hotsk SA--
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sP..EN NrI.Is.s. IN ..NcTrRE FArrAL.

-AE-A1II1Isk.5 1s.5k l..z- Blood poisoning
resulting FRO IA lin ter tli at pnnct1red
the sole Of Ajs.Eigli L feots caused tn e
death last: u gllt.+ eleven year-old
Elmer Sun5iy5 son of Mr" and Mrs. s.. b.
little attention. WAS: paid. TO. the INJURY
when II was. tnflcteds two weeks ago,
as il was .consid dered. slight 4: =
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PROPOSALS.


SAN FRANCISCO: Cal. October 3. lsOs2sealed
proposals. In triplicate. will be received here
until ii a. m. November g. 1906 and fhen
opened, for furnishing all material and erect
ing laundry building at the Z. s. Army Gen
eral; Hospital. Preside OF San Francisco. Cal
according to plans and specifications on ale *
this. office The Government reserves the richf
TO reject any or all bids Preference given 10
articles OF American production. condftiona ~
price and quality Including in the price -
foreign productions the duty thereonl hein~
equal. All information furnished ON annItrss
tion TO The Office OF the Chief Cuartermsaf.-
Department OF California. Presidio OF Sa,
Francisco, Cal JNO. l. GLEN Asst O AZ
Gen'l. U s. A. Chief Quartermaster
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. Oct. 3, l9o6--ses7-s
proposals. In trtplicate. viii be received 49,
until IL a m. November 3, 1905 ana fne~
opened for furnishing all material and erect
ing wharf with iron standard piles AZ Al
catraz Island. CAL, according to plans .na
specifications on ale in this office The Co..
eminent reserves the right TO reject any or ei1
bids Preference given to articles of Amer.
ican production conditions OF price ana orsi
ity Including in the price OF foreign produc-'
tons the duty thereonl being equal All fn
formation furnished on application to the
Office OF the Chief Quartermaster Deosrtnene
Of California. Preside OF San Francisco. Cali
mo l. CIlEN. A 9, NJ g., T.. 8 kts ~
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more than last year. For the months
sof April and May the exports of ba-
nanas reached 1,OOO,o0e punches a
month, and for the year ended June 40
1906, they = viii run to 10000. 600
bunehes, valued at 100000
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-11-11

being entirely out of the ordinary, and
a great attraction.
The Blue Ribbon Girls" take a con.
spicuous part in the show this week.
They have practically all the parts in the
minstrel show, which is the opening act
of the production, and furnish the sing
ing, dancing and many of the stories that
go to make up minstrel show. The.
Kaufman Brothers are introduced in this
act and take the end places, singing sew
eral coon songs with special stage set
tings to accompany them. This pair is
said to be clever and they are assisted
in the songs by all the girls.
In the vaudeville part of the bill are the
Eight English Bellies, dancers and sing
ers who were brought to this country
by Manager Hyde. At the head of this
organization is Miss vi Holmes. said to
he one of the prettiest of the English
dancing girls. and also one of the best
acrobatic dancers ever brought to this
country.
Adams and Drew offer unique talking
and singing act; Sam Bennett and COM
pany will present an original act that is
said to be a great laughter producer;
Brooks and Janette appear in speciality
entitled ION the Main Street." and the
last act in the vaudeville bill is Ned
Bennett, coin manipulation.
The Worlds Comedy Four, comedians
q SPVNlai pace On lue Dlll anu
will offer something in the way of a
novelty. They are said to be four eccen-
trio comedians who manage to keep the
audience laughing all the time
The burlesque at the end of the bill will
be known as Seeing Coney Island A
number of excellent comedy situations
are said to arise in this part of the per-
Torrance. The visit to the famous resort
permits of many unique things. including
the Introduction Of some new songs and
plenty of comedy and dancing.
The company opens Monday afternoon
at matinee and there will be a perform
anee every afternoon and evening during
the week. Special prices are made for all
women and children at the matinees, and
more and more of both are going to the
Gayety
Hyde and Behman who owns the Beh-
man shows which were at the Gayety
last week, are partners in business and
every year the firm or the individual
members produce number of large
shows The show last week was some
thing new and different, and the indica-
tons are that the bill for this week will
be different also