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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-23

For this third week OF the Pail Opening,
Sale the sale news is confined wholly 70 tho Shiras'
weaves. They are exceptionally fine In texture
peculiarly rich, soft, pliable and, withal, very
durable. They are woven In the South Of Persia,
q section famous for O particularly fine grade Of
wool. The sizes shown are widely vared-you are
certain 10 find any standard size you want and all
most certain 10 find any odd sire that you may
think Is not to be had. excepting In a Rug woven
to-order.
Two thousand OF theml Only by purchasing
such an enormous quantity and importing them
direct are such low prices as these made possible,
sso AZ SELECTED SHIRAZ RUGS, sizes from
%" exc feet to 7xl0 feet; rich, deep toned
and reds, blues and maroons, beautifully
eos % blended; pile close and very fine; q num-
10" Der have medallion designs on ivory
grounds, with intricate Persian figures well defined.
AT AZ. se Choice Of ESQ fine PERSIAN SHIRAZ
RUGS, a triile smaller than the exc
ana foot size mentioned above, in colors
9 IA and quality exactly the same.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-16
OPENING NEW STORE MARKS
A FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY
Joseph Fredericks T. Co. Receive
Friends in Handsome Furniture
House on ELLA. Above Polk.

The opening of the new store of Jo-
seph Fredericks & Co. on the edge of
the burned district, at S19 to S35 Ellis
street, between Polk street and Van
Ness avenue, occurred yesterday, and
all day the elegant new home of the
well-known furniture firm was crowd
ed with visitors. The day chosen for
throwing open the doors of the new
establishment was we'll selected, as 1t
marked the fftieth anniversary of the
business career of the firm in this city.
No business was transacted during the
day, but the interior of the building
was profusely decorated with flowers
and vines and a musical programme
was rendered by an orchestra during
the evening.
The new store is three stories in
height, with a full glass front on Ellis
street and a well-lighted basement
The latter is given over exclusively to
Office and lodge room furniture, while
the main floor is devoted to the dis
play Of rugs, carpets and draperies
The stock of parlor, dining room and
library furniture occupies the second
floor and the third contains bedroom
furniture and supplies. The stock con-
sists only of the newest and hand
soonest patterns, but is complete for
both wholesale and retail custom.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-16
MEDIUM s VICTIMS
CALL ON POLICE

Dexter owen. who has reached the
ripe age of three score and ten. COM
planned TO Captain of Detectives Duke
yesterday that Madame Emma Greer.
the missing spiritualist medium. who
had sumptuous quarters at 1874 Suffer
street. had duped him and robbed him
of all his money. All he had left, he
said, was his home at 213 Ellsworth
street. This is the second victim that
has called the police for assistance
in locating the defaulting seeress The
other was Miss o. p. Miller of $50 Wal
Ter street.
Owen told Captain. Duke, that there
was no fool like an old fool, and that
the only thing he received for his
money was hot. air." 1t is thought
that the medium made a cleanup of
more than $4,000 from her victims.
Another victim of the spiritualistic
takers appeared before Duke yesterday
and told how he had been robbed of
$125. He gave his name as A. III. Lewis,
and stated that Victor Lorraine of 1928
Buchanan street had relieved him Of
S125 while teaching him the laws of
nature and psychic phenomena. He
was advised by Captain Duke to swear
out a warrant charging his instructor
with grand larceny by trick and device.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-16
BULLFROG LEDGEs STABLE
Their Lasting Quality Has Been DEM
onstrated by DEVELOPMENTS

There is no longer any question as
to the stability of the quartz Lodges
of the Bullfrog district. The mining
operations during the past two years
and the enormous amount or develop
ment done by the numerous mines nave
settled that question beyond doubt.
The lodges are large and true assure
veins and have increased both In size
and value with depth, until today some
of the older mines in the camp have
opened up very large bodies OF Nigh
grade milling and shipping ore
This matter has been thoroughly set
tied, and the question at the present
time is what kind OF mills or reduction
works shall be adopted to extract gold
from the orc. It is now known that
nearly every class of ore found can be
treated with the ordinary stamp mills,
concentrating and cyaniding at
minimum cost. Many who are. in
terested in building mills are now
looking over the district for the pur-
pose of deciding the most advantageous
place to build their mills. Water and
cation of mills and the cost OF de-
livery of the ore seriously enters into
the question.
Several parties who are about to
erect mills and who have taken this
matter up seriously have decided that
the best place for the most economical
reduction of the ores is at Gold Center.
There are several good reasons for
reaching this conclusion. The Las
Vegas and Tonopah Railroad is now
operating into Gold Center; the Bull
frog-Goldfield Railroad is building
south from Goldfield and will be COM
pieted into Gold Center soon after the
f1rst of the year, and the Tonopah and
Underwater Railroad. building north
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-16
LARGE MERGER PROPOSED
European and California Capital TO De.
velOp Goldheld Properties

Another large merger of Goldfeld
mining properties is contemplated, ac-
cording to the Goldfeld Tribune. In
formation has come to light" says the
Tribune, 'of gigantic merger of Cali
fornia and English capital with view
to forming corpora ton on the same
lines as the London Venture Company.
Articles Of Incorporation are now being
drafted by Attorney Brown of this city.
and the time when the company will
begin active operations has already
been set
1T is definitely known that experts
have been looking over number of
properties in this section in the inter-
ests of British capitalists, but the OBJ
ject of the investigation wa kept a
secret. 1t now appears that these Eng
lish experts were the representatives
of the promoters of the new concern.
poration now doing business in this
section.
The great London Venture Company,
as is known. paid the enormous sum of
$12.000,000 for the great independence
mine in Colorado, andaa like sum for
the Camp Bird mine at San Juan, Colo,
besides investing fabulously large
amounts in the development of num-
Der of Mexican mines 1t is said that
some of the same interests that helped
to promote this gigantic company have
now turned their attention toward the
Nevada section of the country with a
view to developing some of the proper
ties on as large a scale as the London
Venture Company's operations"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-16
SANTA FE PLAYING
HARTMAN CAME

Although the representatives of the
Santa Fe Company have been engaged
for number of months IN opposing
most vigorously before the Board of
Supervisors every petition of the South
ern Pacific for spur track privileges at
North Beach, where 1t is proposed to
extend a line through private property.
it is now applying for an almost iden-
tical privilege.
Accompanying the Santa Fe Com
pany's application for a permit to build
a spur track on Beach street is a-foru
of an ordinance granting the privilege,
which contains conflicting clauses that
will prevent other companies from
using the track should the ordinance
be passed by the Board of Supervisors.
The route of the proposed spur is from
Dupont to East streets, along a conve-
nient curve to Beach street. crossing
Stockton, Powell, Mason, Taylor. Jones
and Leavenworth. to a point 100 feet
easterly from Hyde street
One clause in the ordinance provides
that the privilege shall be granted un-
der the provisions of the spur track or
dinance. Another clause specifically
provides that all railroad companies
shall be permitted to use the spur
track while still another particularly
provides that no other railroad compa-
MES shall use the spur track where II
runs on private property. The various
clauses of the ordinance are so conflict
ing and so extraneous to the simple
granting of spur track permit that
it is not believed that the Board of SUI
pervisors will pass 1t in it's present
shape, and it will no doubt be amended
so as to make the involved points clear
or eliminate them
If 1t is true that the various railroad
companies have agreed to allow inter-
changed switching of cars on their spur
tracks it will be needless for the SUI
pervisors to impose a condition in that
regard, and the section of the spur
track ordinance which exempts spur
tracks on private property from joint
use by all railroads will necessarily be-
come nugatory and of no effect.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-16

Wedge, $4,000: Jumping Jack, 10000;
Manhattan Cowboy, $500; Montana
Bullfrog, 10000; Red Top Extension,
24.000 st. Ives. $4,000. The move
ment up or down in these or of any
other stocks was not large.
The principal interest attached to the
Goldfield Mining Company's stock on
the board, because of the connection
that the company will have with the
other merged properties at Goldfeld
At the informal session Adams sold
at 20 Atlanta at So, Blue Bull at AZ,
Bullfrog Banner at 81, Columbia Noun
tain at s1.171a, Daisy at $40 for 1000
shares and 81 for 1000. Diamondfield
Triangle at 40 Gold Bar at $1.40, Golden
Anchor at So. Great Bend at $1.05 for
1000 shares. Jumbo at $685. for 400
shares and 1886 for 1000, Jim Butter
from s1.4T1s to s1.521a, Mayfower Con-
solidated at rs. Manhattan Dexter at
rs to so. Mcnamara at 76 to 70. Mont
eomery Mountain at so for 1000 shares,
Original Bulfrog at %. Silver Peak at
81 to 81. with sales of 1000 shares, st.
Ives from 81 to 81, West End from
$40 to $2.32k.
The closing prices for the Goldneld,
Tonopah, Bullfrog and Manhattan
stocks did not vary strongly from
those already mentioned. Laguna
brought bids of $3.50. Jumbo $3.50,
Goldfield Mining s1.35, Mohawk $14.26,
Red Top $3.50.
Additional mining companies were
listed yesterday in the board. These
included the North Tonopah Develop
ment Company of the Tonopah district,
with 100000 shares, having c. II. Balm,
A. NJ Mcdonald and Emery W. Eliot on
the board of officers: the Goldheld
Souvenir Mining Company of the Gold
field district, with 100000 shares, hav-
ing as directors C. A. Turner, f. B..
Spriggs. f. r. Dodge, John w. Wood
side and C. E. White; and the Original
Velvet Leasing and Mining Company.
with 100000 shares, the directors OF
which are ]. Mccormack, ]. L. Penning-
ton, l.. Schloss, C. w. Claybourne and
H Klingender.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-16
DETECTIVE TURNS
BOLD BURGLAR
Caught in the Act of En-
tering Cigar Store by Pc
liceman Patrolling Beat
BOOTY IN HIS ROOM

In order to ply the trade of burg
tive. who came to this city highly rec
commended by an ex-chief of police of
Chicago. secured a position as special
Waterman, through the influence of the
Morse Detective Agency, along the
water front. and perpetrated. according
to the police. a series of daring rob-
berries which completely baffied the To-
cal authorities. He was run to earth
early yesterday morning. however. by
Policeman Frank de Grandcourt. who
caught him in the act of entering a
cigar store at the corner of Front and
Market streets. When arrested the
spurious detective said that his name
was Harry Smith. Later he said his
name was not Smith. but Schaffner. and
that he had obtained his position as
special patrolman by presenting Gre
dentials signed by the ex-chief of po-
lice of Chicago and other prominent
men to the Morse Detective Agency. j.
X. Cleary. superintendent of the Morse
agency. was on the trail of the mystic
rious burglar. who had robbed many
stores. but he was not prepared to find
that individual to be none other than
the highly recommended Eastern man,
In the room of the alleged detective
at 1110 San Jose avenue was found q
large quantity of loot belonging to half
a dozen places whichshad been entered
Representatives, of the hardware firm
of Hughson & Merton and of the S. w
Swinyer Stationery Company identified
a part of the spoils as goods taken
from their firms. The robbery of Swim
yers place of business was particularly
vicious The thief, after gathering to-
gether all the stuff he could carry.
opened a large bottle of ink and threw
the contents over all of the exposed
goods.
The fact that the burglary was ac
companied with gross destructiveness
has caused the police to develop the
theory that Schaffner is possibly a
monomaniac on the subject of robbery
He considers himself a great detective,
and possibly figured that his shrewd-
ness was more than an offset for the
intelligence of the local detectives. The
accused is. an educated man. % years
of age. and he claims to have good
connections in the East
Captain Of Detectives Duke says he
has enough evidence to charge Schaf-
ner with at least half a dozen burgla-
ries in the wholesale district. The pris-
oner has not confessed directly, but the
admissions he has made are deemed
sufficient to convict him.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-16
SHOP ROBBERS GET
s. P. S|LvERWARE

Burglars broke into the shop OF A.
Merle. a silversmith. at Bay and Stock
ton streets, Friday night, and stole
enough silverware belonging TO the
Southern Pacific Company to start a
restaurant. 1t is thought the thieves
had a horse and wagon to cart the
loot away. as several hundred pieces
valued at $500 were taken. The loss
was not reported to the police until
yesterday afternoon. Policeman Will
liam Lambert was detailed by Captain
of Detectives Duke to make an inves-
tigation. AS all of the pieces of sill
verware were stamped with the fni-
tials of the Southern Pacific, the po-
liece believe that the tableware will
be recovered.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-16
ARGUES THAT STATE MILK LAW
APPLIES ONLY TO WHOLESALERS
Oakland Attorney Defends Restaurant
Men Charged With Violating stat
ute ON Food AdulteratioD.

OAKLAND, Dec 15.-Attorney A. F.
St. Sure. in his argument on the de-
murrer in the case of Owens & Starr.
proprietors of a restaurant who are
charged with having served cream con-
tanning boron, a preservative, without
properly labelling the same, commended
today that the law was applicable only
to wholesalers. st. Sure declared that
IL restaurant owners were to be COM
PEELED to comply with the law as set
forth in the statute, they would be
compelled to label every pitcher Of
cream and every other article contain
ing the cream or milk which was served
at the tables. After hearing the ar
gument, Police Judge Samuels took the
demurrer under advisement, and viii
render a decision on December %. He
intimated his opinion In favor of the
contention
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-16
WONDER PROMISES WELL



S. F. Palmer. the superintendent Of
the Vulture Company of Wonder, is en-
thusiastic over the prospects in the
Churchill County camp. To a Tribune
reporter he said:
IT have been In most of the big min
ing camps in this country and have had
some experience in the mining districts
of other countries. and can honestly
say that for the amount of work done
Wonder is the best camp have ever
been in. The Wonder. Jack Pot and
Spider and Wasp are big mines already.
and there are a dozen others that give
promise~of turning out as good.
II would venture the guess that in q
few more months the Vulture will be
recognized as one of the best mines in
tho entire district. / am working a
force of ten miners, and if there are
any idle miners here I would like to
find them. We have opened up pay ore
in Ave different places on the ground.
One outcropping ledge shows from one
to three feet of pay rock for distance
Of 200 feet that runs in silver and
gold" -Cioldfield Tribune.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-16
For RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS

Wheeler OF the State University an
nounced today that qualifying exam
nations for the Rhodes scholarship in
California will be held on January Il
and Is, 1907. at the University OF Cali
fornia, at Stanford University, and in
Los Angeles at a place TO be hereafter
announced 1t Is expected that all can
didates for the examination will
present their names to President
Wheeler, the chairman of the commit
tee in charge. on or before January 1.
The competition is open to the students
of Occidental College, Pomona College,
Santa CLARA College, st. Ignatius Col
lege and the University of Southern
California, as we'll as the universities
of Stanford and California.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-16
WIDOW WANTS TO SELL RANCH

OAKLAND, Dec. 15.-An inventory OF
the estate Of the late David Tyson. who
was a juror at the first McNulty trial
and met a tragic death on March 80 of
this year by falling into the flood wat
ers of Alameda creek, near Niles, and
drowning before the eyes of his wife
was filed today. The estate is valued
at $5167 and the debts and expenses OF
administration are $5009.s4. The widow
Kate Tyson. asks the court to allow
her to sell the ten-acre ranch belong
ing to the estate near Niles. She says
this is worth $4,000. and it is the prin-
cipa1 asset of the estate.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-16
SECURE YOUR BALLOTS

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Daily Sunday or the Weekly Call. said
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subscription TO The Call, and desiring
to place new contestant in nomina
ton. or vote for some contestant all
ready enrolled. may do so by filing out
the following blank and forwarding il
with the remittance to the Contest
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-16
FINDS MINERAL WATER WELL

Monterey to obtain a supply of water
for household use, J. OConnor struck a
remarkable flow of mineral water,
which has been analysed and found to
contain some of the most healthful
ingredients. O'Connor has. been ex-
perimenting with the water in his own
family and expects shortly; to begin
bottling it for market purposes.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-16
Half a Million Shares
Sold on Exchange
Three More Nevada Companies
Placed on List by Board

Mining Company stock the leading attraction
This ally of the Nixon
ST AZ in the regular session OF the San
Exchange Board with sale OF 100 shares On
500 dropped S140 Nine thousand shares
sold at the informal session Sl4 At the close
the asking price was Sl4O
The compared with many exciting days,
was large disposed reported the official
of the Comstock which transactions were hight
amounted than 5OOOOO
represented by sales OF shares between 20 and
q Black 5000 Gold
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-16
WILL DISCUSS ANNEXATION

OAKLAND, Dec. Instrumentation and
city and county consolidation will be
discussed Thursday evening at meet
ing at Piedmont clubhouse. The joint
committee on annexation of the Cham
Der of Commerce and Merchants E.x-
change has issued a general invitation
to Piedmont residents TO attend.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-16

from Ludlow on the Santa Fe, will be
completed into Gold Center by March
of next year. These roads will be in
competition for hauling fuel to the
mills and reduction works.
The next question of Importance is
water, which is to be had from the
Amargosa River, within a few hundred
feet of the location of the mills and
reduction works, the only expense be-
ing the cost of very short pipe line
Tonopah Miner.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-16
WILL FORM ELKs. LODGES

OAKLAND, Dec. 15.-Judge Henry A.
Melvin. Grand Exalted Ruler of the
Elks. will journey through Nevada in
January to establish lodges of the or
der at various points in the State.
Particular attention will be paid to the
mining towns of Tonopah, Goldfield
and Rhyolite II conditions are favor
able lodge will be organized at each
place
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-16
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Subscription Rates

For periods OF more than one year
the voting power of the subscriptions
will be as follows: Daily Call 5000
votes for each year; Sunday Call, $50;
Weekly Call, 500.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-16
CONTEST PERIODS

The contest Is divided into three pc
RODS. constituted as follows.
FIRST-Novemb Der I9 to January 13.
eight weeks.
sECoND-January 1s TO March 3,
seven weeks
THIRD-March to April IA, six
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-16
Total Income ...........

Net amount of Risks
written during the
year ...-..-.----i
Net amount OF Risks
expired during the
year
Net amount in force
December 81. 1905. |
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-16

JAMES NICHOLS, President
b. R. STILLMAN. Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me. this 11th
day Of January, 1906.
FRED SEYMOUR. Notary Public
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-16

Business Directory Of
San Francisco Firms
ATTKEN & ArTKEN, ATTORNEYS ara
Eddy ST., between Franklin st And
Van Ness ave- Tel Franklin 1850
AMERICAN TYPE FOUNDERS CO.,
Offices and stores {05 Eighth ST. Oak
land. and Ais Jackson ST., San Fran
cisco, Cal; warehouses. San Fran
cisco and Oakland.
e. f. LORQUIN. taxidermist. 142 uI-
ton St. below Van Ness ave.
MARYLAND CASUALTY co. OF 3sitt
more-H- B. WINDSOR & CO. gent
agts.- Mutual Saw. Blk. bldg Tel 1913
MONTAGUE, w. w. a Co., stoves re-
frtgerators, house furnishing goods
Turk and Polk SITS
REID BROS, architects, 2325 Cough
81. Tel. West 6001
o. #. WILEY a CO.-Carriaees bust
ness wagons. etc. 10 Fell ST
CHEAPEST in tho world. The Weekly Can. a
per year.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-11-05
SENTENCES BOY TO BE SPANKED
Justice DEGREES Whipping in Public
by Father as Penalty.

Fond du Lac. visa spanking ad-
ministered by his father in public
court is the sentence pronounced on
Guy Higgins. a 15-year-old boy, by
Justice of the Peace D. +. Blewett.
The boy attended a baseball game and
he. with other boys, threw grass and
sticks at the visiting players. After
the game was over and the visiting
team had boarded a street car he
threw a stone through the window OF
the car at one Of the men.
Mayor T. L. Doyle and his little
daughter were on the car and the mis-
sile just missed them and struck one
OF the players on the arm. cutting it.
The mayor jumped OF and arrested
him.
The mayor appeared against the boy
on a charge of disorderly conduct.
Justice Blewett found him guilty. but
said he would suspend sentence If the
boys father would administer a good
spanking.
The boy thought he would earn
money enough to pay his fine. but his
parents thought differently.