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The San Francisco call., 1906-09-09
Demand for Good Pictures.

Pictures are steadily being sold in
San Francisco in spite of the fact that
we are living in most strenuous times,
when anything and everything seems
more important than art. These pic
lures include all kinds that have usu-
ally been called for. The only differ
ence apparent in the usual proportion
is that there has been a little greater
demand for original paintings than
for a long time. Nearly every artist
who has remained in San Francisco has
sold something. A certain dealer sold
more original pictures last month than
he ever did before in the same length
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-09
Tailor-Made Novel
and Treasure Hunt
tBy Edpard F. CabilL.

~ he tailor-made novel OF COM
merce is as much the creature OF
fashion as the peek-a-boo waist.
The pattern varies with the
changing season. Not long ago it was
the historical pattern. the Odds
FISH" and "Gadzooks" procession with
.Nethinks, Miladi. It's only a pansy
blossom" or "Prythee. fair damosel,
Eoest thou for a nagon OF beer?' This
pattern was prosperous and fashion
able until il got on the stage.
Nr6member one night at the defunct
Gran6 Opera house seeing James Neill
obstreperously and single handed de-
flying with a sword and a three-legged
stool from the emfnence OF q staircase
six low-browed and bIoodstained ruff
fans He ut and they bled. he
rammed them and he jammed them
and he threw the furniture at them.
Oddsfsh, he lambasted them and he
prodded them like a Gentleman of
France that he was. When the muir
dering was over the curtain dropped
In a gale Of inextlnguishable laughter.
and the 5anitor swept up the dead
and wounded After that the pros
perity Of the Gadzookers and Aethink-
ers seemed 10 fade.
That fashion having worn out. its
place is taken by the treasure hunt.
The literary puddle is being panned
our with persevering industry in the
search for quick assets. They usually
come in doubIoons. but some prefer
gold bricks.
Frank l. Pollock. author Of The
Treasure Trail" CL c. Page & Co,
Boston,. likes the gold bricks best, and
he spins a stirring yarn with fights
and combats. shipwrecks and gun play
and all the furniture Of the treasure
hunt except the sea cook. We miss
the wicked and malignant sea cook
for such cases made and provided
ATre story. and a right good story,
too. concerns itself about a shipload
Of gold bricks from the Transvaal,
sunk of the coast Of Africa, and the
chase. strangely enough. starts from
Lincoln. Neb. There is something
wrong about this. Nothing but Will
liam Jennings Bryan ever started from
Lincoln. Neb. Your true treasure hunt
er should begin in Greater San Fran
cisco and proceed with many adventures
10 some tropic isle.
3 One suspects that Mr.. Pollock selects
his jumping of place with an silicon
cealed design to vindicate Nebraska
culture His heroine is introduced
tanning an ilI-mannered steed from
whose back she shoots holes in fly
ing tin can and then proceeds to quote
German, which the hero attributes TO
Wagner Now how is this for Ne
braska cultUre2
What a truly Western combination
horses. Wagner and gun play" re-
marked Elliott
'Of course it is. Where else in the
world could you find anything like it?
It's the Greek ideal-action and cul-
tUre at once
1t may be Greek. But I know it
would startle the Atlantic Coast"
I don't care for the Atlantic Coast.
Or--yes, DO. I'm going to tell you a
great secret DO you know what I've
vented more than anything else in
Il
Your father must be coming home
from the South Seas" Elliott hazarded
Dear old father, He isn't in the
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-09
Volumes Received
From Publishers

ENGLISH AUTHORS-By Mildred
Lewis Rutherford Franklin Printing
and Publishing Company. Atlanta. Ga.
Lewis Rutherford. Franklin Printing
and Publishing Company. Atlanta, Ga
THE ASBESTOS SOCIETY OF SIN
NERS-By Lawrence Daniel Fogg.
Mayhem Publishing Company. Boston.
THE BALANCE OF POWER-By
Arthur Goodrich. The Outing Publish
ing Company. New York
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-09

got down to painting again and al
ways had pictures in his studio in spite
of the fact that he has always sold
large numbers of canvases. But the
work was never just like the old. There
seemed to be something added or some
thing lost. However. people bought
the pictures, and as Hill never ex-
hibited in any of our local exhibitions
there was no opportunity of judging.
And besides, Hill did not seem to care
what people thought of his work. He
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-09

ing. But Hill is more in evidence than
people think if they will only look for
him in the proper place. That place is
the Yosemite Valley, or to be more
exact, Wawona, for that is really
Thomas Hills home.
a few years ago the veteran artist
was taken dangerously i'll so that for a
long time his life was despaired of.
But the healthy. outdoor life he had
led in the mountains stood him in good
stead, for he not only got well but soon
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-09

TT HOMAS HILL the veteran artist
Of California, now in his advanc-
ing years, is doing work that is q
puzzle to the connOisseurs who
have seen 1t. Is 1t good, or is it bad?
That is the question.
For the last few years Thomas Hill.
who was once the leader Of the art Of
the state. has practically disappeared.
People have heard almost nothing Of
him and q few have been under the
impression that he had given up paint
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-09

The prizes are awarded as follows:
First-(s15). Charles A. McCoun
(American News Company. Ridgeneld
Park. n. Y
second-Cs1O). N. W. Small Oe
Wolfe & Fiske Coz. Boston. Mass.
Third-(s5). S. NJ. C. Mowry Cd. H
Lloyde Book and Music Store(. Cham
paign, ILL.,
Mr.. Mccoun's concise and interesting
reply was:
Merit on the part the book.
Curiosity on the part of the public.
(Created by)
Advertising on the part Of the pub
supply on the counters of the book
sellers. The Broadside.
'Romola.'' George Eliots great novel
of Florence in the fifteenth century.
will be published in a new two-volums
edition by A. c. McC1urg & Co. during
the approaching autumn. enriched by
16O engravings of unusual historical In
terests, and with an introduction and
copious notes by Dr. Guido -Biagi libra
rian of the Laurentian and Riccardi
libraries in Florence. both rich in me-
morials of the Medici and the cinqus
cento. curator OF the priceless Michel
angelo relics in the possession OF the
Buonarroti family, and recently special
representative of the Italian Govern
ment at the Louisiana Purchase Expo
sition. The work will be published in
uniformity with Florence In the Poetry
of the Browninss." brought out year
ago.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-09
Gossip of Authors
and Their Books

In the midst of the confusion of nfov-
ing into our new offices at 81 Beacon
street, we were obliged to omit the
June issue of The Broadside. and this.
we trust, excuses the delay in an
nouncing the successful contestants for
the prizes offered to those giving the
best answers to the above question.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-09
Heroine Not Able
to Fill Her Role

Despite the assurance given us by
the author that Miss Isabel Turner,
heroine of "A Girl OF, Romance" by
Eyre Hussey, is a young person of re-
markable cleverness and charm. we lay
down the book convinced that she is
the very paragon of pores.
What do you think of a girl who
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-09
TIL Oz577R9720Y J9R0w
Sg ETi77H L. P0ZLAcE

refrain from drawing epigrams from
folk whose education and mode of life
make that kind of thing incongruous,
not to say impossible.
Moffat. Yard & Co. of New York, pub
fishers.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-09
lzzng Work of Thomas Hill the Painter of the Yosemite Vale

from such is the harm that creates a
prejudice against the use of the nude
model in its legitimate place. BY his
action, President Wheeler has shown
keen insight and a sound judgment as
to the fitness of things"
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-09
Notes From the Studios.

Sydney Yard is in Santa Barbara on
a sketching trip, where he will remain
for a short time. Yard has been very
successful with the scenery in that
part of the State and is sure to bring
back some good material. which we
win see at his next exhibition. Within
the last few weeks Mr.. Yard has made
several good sales at his studio in
Carmel. which. of course. Is encourag-
ing and should act as a stimulus to
others. for If one artist can sell pic
lures it is an indication that people
want pictures, and other artists can
also sell If they have the work to show.
But 1t is absolutely necessary to have
the work. a fact which. am sorry to
say, a few artists do not seem TO real
ize
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-09

Florence Lundborg has been appoint
ed teacher OF drawing and painting
at Stanford University and will enter
upon her duties at once. Miss Lund-
borg is we'll qualified for the work she
has undertaken. She has had the best
Of training and has put in several years
of practical work as well -devoting
considerable time to instructing-
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-09
New Rival Appears
for Captain Kidd
BY James Crawford.

SYDNEY PATERNosTER con-
& tributes The Cruise of the
Al Conqueror' to the long cat
egory of sensational fiction
that offers scientific possibility as ex-
cuse for its being. Jules Verne has
had much to answer for since he set
the pace in that kind of stuff.
The Conqueror is a motor voat whose
commander holds up the liner Dunster
Castle on the high seas by firing a
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-09

Another artist who has made sew
eral successful sales is Richard Par
tington. He spent the summer sketch
ing in the vicinity of Monterey and OBJ
tanned several canvases. One OF these.
have been told. he sold for $500.
which is certainly very good for these
times
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-07
HEROES OF SHILOH.
Wisconsin Men Who Fell in Battle
Remembered BY Monument.

Pittsburg Landing. Tenn, April T.
The handsome monument erected to
the memory of the Wisconsin troops
who fought and fell on the battle
field of Shiloh was unveiled and dedi-
Gated today with impressive cere-
monies in the presence of a large
delegation of state officials. veterans
and other prominent men from the
Badger state and a number of citizens
from this vicinity. Captain F. H.
Madgeburg, president of the Wisconsin
Shiloh monument commission, presid-
ed over the exercises. and Judge Jacob
Fawcett, a private in the Sixteenth
Wisconsin volunteer infantry and now
a resident of Omaha. delivered the
oration OF the day.
The Wisconsin monument is one of
the handspmest of the state memorials
erected on the Shiloh battlefield. 1t
consists of colossal bronze figure of
wounded soldier bearing a flag, and
a woman bending over him tenderly
removing the flag staff from his grasp.
The figure is of heroic size and Of
great beauty. 1t stands on a massive
granite pedestal, the sides of which
are adorned with appropriate inscrip-
tfons and the rosters of the Wisconsin
which participated In the
battle of Shiloh.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-07
To e quip Mines With
The Wireless System
sallI

touch with the situation, as the Do
Forest commercial station will soon
be in operation here.
The only obstacle to the speedy
equipment of the coal regions with
wireless telegraphy seems to be that
the De Forest company may be unable
to furnish the equipment in time be-
cause of pressure of orders. A shin
ment was made few days ago to In
dia for dozen stations for the British
government, which required night and
day work to complete 1t in time. Ad-
ditional contracts for ocean vessels
and inland coast stations, together
with a rush order for the Arctic re-
gions. make it doubtful II the coal
equipment can be prepared in time
1t Is understood that IL absolutely
necessary the company will lend few
stations to one of the great coal roads
which is very anxious to have them.
The De Forest company expects also
to shortly establish stations of it's
own at Lancaster and Scranton, as
we'll as other Pennsylvania points.
Through them and the coal stations
the press and public will receive the
latest information of the progress OF
the strike. Wireless bulletins" are
already published several times daily
In half a dozen cities.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-07
D0W|E AND PARTY
arrive SAFELY
IN TEXAS
Though Somewhat wearied
From His Journey He is in
Good Health.

Associated Press to The Evening Tines.
Laredo, Texas, April Alexander
Dowie and his party arrived here to-
day on schedule time from Mexico
City. Dowie and his followers, num-
herring five. occupied. the regular Pull
man coach. John Lewis is Dowie's
first lieutenant and has SUPERVISED all
matters connected with Zion's busi-
ness affairs in Mexico. Upon the ar
rival of the train at the International
bridge, U. 8. Marine Hospital Surgeon
DR.. Hamilton, also an immigration
official, were admitted to Dowies
drawing room and after the usual
questions and answers retired. In his
response to the immigration Official
Dowie took the oath that he was an
American citizen. He especially en-
phasized the fact that he had taken
out the final papers by remarking: "I
am an American citizen and l am
proud of it," Dowie was somewhat in
disposed as the result of his tedious
journey, but is enjoying on the whole
very good health.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-07
Land Grab bbers, Plot
III Alaska Exposed

h n .5 d 4 . . j. .
Shall, duri1g said period Of posting and
@ 4 oE t wifnla ana siM months
adverse claim, and shall. within. sixty
days after the filing thereof. begin an
S .le within The d dstpiet
The case is analogous with the
HansbrOugh amendment about which
so much has been said. That amend
ment provided that where the COM
potency of either party to hold mining
property was duly questioned the
matter Of citizenship of the parties
might be brought into the district
court for determination instead of be-
ing sent to-, Washington, 1000 miles
away, for adjustment, because it must
be perfectly clear that while the case
was being heard in Washington the
party in possession could extract the
gold from the ground and leave the
country, thus defeating the rights of
adverse claimants. 1t subsequently
transpired that this very thing did
happen. A band of land grabbers had
covered most Of the placer ground
abont Nome with alien locations, and
to have the question Of citizenship re-
ferred to. the Washington Office would
give them ample time to take out the
gold. The same thing was going on
In other parts Of Alaska. and the COM
plants that prompted the introduction
of the amendment came from almost
every mining camp in the territory.
The amendment was talked to death
in the senate at the instigation of the
land-grabbing syndicate, and this syn
dicate subsequently got possession Of
the mines under the alien locations,
the adverse claimants being unable to
make the trip to Washington and re-
turn before the aliens had transferred
their alleged rights to the syndicate.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-07
by e. C. Snyder.

Washington, April About dozen
applications have been received by the
American De Forest Wireless Tele-
graph company at its New York office
Tor wireless apparatus to be used in
the coal regions during the strike. On
other similar occasions miners, arous-
ed to a pitch of desperation, have at
tackled and burned breakers and other
buildings and destroyed costly ma
chinery. Preliminary to such attacks
they have cut the telephone and tele-
graph wires, leaving the point to be
attacked without means of communica-
tion with the outer world This would
not be possible with wireless tele-
graphy, as, of course, there are no
wires to be cut. The plan of the coal
operators is to establish central sta
tions at each group of mines, with
small wireless plants and operators at
various outlying points All points
could thus be in communication with
the central station and with each
other and at the appearance of mob
at any one place, assistance could
speedily be sent. BY the De Forest
system the stations can not only be in
touch with each other, but with the
outside world, as the De Forest COM
pany has commercial stations at Phil
adelphia and New York, as we'll as in
a number of other cities and works in
connection with the government naval
stations at Washington and elsewhere.
Should an attack be made on breaker
thus equipped, the coal central"
could be notified and the operator with
one sending could convey the intelli-
gence to half dozen cities regardless
of weather conditions or the attempts
of the strikers to interfere. Through
the naval station at Washington, Presi-
dent Roosevelt would be in constant
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-07
BY e. c. snyder.

% b. y 3 . r .
!. Washington, April 1.-THE amend
ment offered to the Alaska code bill in
! 1900 and which has been made the
basis of much sensation and no small
amount Of politics, receives new justi-
{ lication In q telegram which has Just
been received by the secretary OF the
interior. The telegram is as follows:
Revised statutes should be amended,
aapplying to Alaska an extension Of
time sers; tS adverse apPlication for patent
tracts covering many hundreds; of acres
/. OF mineral ground. It Is reported that
been delayed until
Juneaa within within sixty ftahnss days eahnos reaen
This telegram was sent by United
States Attorney Hoyt from, Nome,
Alaska, March %. 1906. Here We have
what Is evidently a combination of
land grabbers seeking to prevent ad-
verse claimants to rich mining prop
erty from asserting their legal rights.
Juneau. the nearest land office to
Nome. is 2200 miles away by water
and HOO miles by land. The Nome
schemers have purposely delayed fl
Ing the required notices, affidavits,
ETC.. with the register and receiver at
Juneau so that the adverse claimants
cannot reach Juneau by mail or other
wise within the sixty-day period In
which the necessary public advertise
ment must be made. In this way the
adverse claimants would be deprived
of all or any opportunity to protect
their rights. The secretary of the in
terror recommends legislation extend
ing the time in which adverse claim
ants may appear. The recommends
H. a = -.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-07
MAIDEN TRIP. OF A
GIANT LINER IS
BEGUN
The Empress of Britain Starts
Across Atlantic Amid Cheers
of Multitude.

A.sociated Press Cable to The Evening
Times.
Liverpool, April 7.-Whistles blew
deafening blast. ships dipped their
colors and the crowds on shore cheer
ed wildly as the giant liner Empress
of Britain steamed out of Liverpool
harbor today on her maiden trip
across the Atlantic. The liner was
built for the transatlantic service of
the Canadian Pacific railway and the
president of the company, Sir Thomas
Shaughnessy, is among the ,passen-
gers on the initial trip
The Empress of Britain was launch
ed last November and is sister ship
to the Empress Of Ireland, now near
ing completion. Her actual measure
ments are: Length, $50 feet. breadth
65 feet, and dephth to the upper deck
40 feet Her registered tonnage is
14,500 and displacement about 10000.
Everything that science and art of
shipbuilding has devised and the COM
fort and safety of passengers could
suggest has here been embodied The
accommodation for travellers is both
luxurious and extensive.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-07
NORTH DAKoTANs AT
THE CAPITOL CITY
BY e. c. snyder.

: Washington, April 7.-E. La.
: Moure Of Towner, N. d., enter.
3 tafned Ken" Wiley and wife and
: John Chrlstfanson and wife at one
: 0f the leading theatres and. after
: the performance the party partOok
: Of.;a little midnight luncheon. MI
: The North Dakota railroad com.
: missioners were Introduced to the
president by Senator Mel Cumber.
There we're also with the party
) "Keno Wiley and his wife and the
: wives Of Chairman DeasOm and
: Commissioner Christianson. C. C.
Hammond, secretary of the com.
: mission was also Of the party.
] The president, as usual, was ade.
! lighted and It goes without saying
J that the North DakOtans were
plealed With their call upon Nh.
J Roosevelt. After leaving the ex.
! ecutiye Offices, where tho president
! receives his callers during busI.
: ness hours, the North Dakota par.
. ty were permitted' to roam at will
through the many private parlors
Of the White House proper which
are not open ito the average visi.
: tor to the executive mansion.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-07
CALL OF LABOR TO
THE POLLS IS
i. . ISSUED
Convention of Trades Unions
Being Held in Chicago for
Organization.

Associated Press to The Evening Times.
Chicago, ILL.,, April IA convention
Of representatives OF trades unions
and progressive societies will be held
tomorrow to effect permanent or
ganization of the recently formed
United Progressive organizations of
Chicago. Steps will be taken by the
convention to prepare a plan Of ac-
ton whereby all voters belonging to
labor unions and progressive asso-
Citations will take a half holiday on
judicial primary day, April %, and
go to the polls to select delegates to
the convention of both the democratic
and republican parties who will sup
port the nomination of candidates fav-1
.orable to the cause of unionism. The
capture of one or both of these politi-
cal parties, it is declared, is the only
practical method of bringing about
changes in conditions now complained
of by unionists.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-07
POSTAL CONGRESS
IN SESSION At
ROME
Many Nations Send Delegates
to Discuss Postal tai Laws
and Regulations.

A:socfated Pres. Cable to The Eyening
Rome, April THE sixtl mSssinx
OF the International Postal Cpngres1
was formally opened In Rome today
with delegates present from all the
countries Of the civilized world Com
4 spicuons among those present were
Edward, R1sewater of Omaha and
Capt. N. NJ. Brooks of Washington, the
official delegates from the United
States. Captain Brooks is the chief
of the bureau Of foreign mails of the
United States postOffice department,
and as result Of his many years of
service and wide experience he is
regarded as one of the foremost au-
thorities on postal matters in the
world.
!. The International Postal union, un-
held, was organized originally about
forty years ago by a few Of the lead
ing nations of the world, it's first con-
gress being held at Berne, which city
still remains the Headquarters and
clearing house of the union. At the
present time. sixty-two nations are by
treaty connected with the union,
Afghanistan being the sonly country
not member. Il Vi
The present congress, which is ex-
pected to be In session several weeks,
will consider all those questions in
volving foreign mails and their trans
portation and postal appliances One
of the principal questions to come up
is that of the rate for foreign postage,
which at present is cents for each
ounce, first class. It is the general
opinion that this rate is too high for
the weight allowed. It lis. probable
that the congress will decree one Of
two things-that the rate Of foreign
postage be decreased to 8 cents, or
possibly 2 cents for each half ounce
OF first class mail, or that the weight
OF first class mail permitted for five
cents shall be doubled. Y,
The question of 'devising better
system for the transportation of for
eign mails will receive attention and
the adoption of universal postage
stamp will also come up for consider
alton. In connection with the last
named subject the congress will con-
slider the system recently adopted by
the Dutch government, namely, the
scheme of keeping on sale In the post
Offices of the principal towns "a sup
ply of stamps corresponding to the
value of five cents of the principal
countries of the world, which are sold
at very slight advance on the face
value. The plan enables a writer in
sending letter to foreign country,
to enclose postage for reply when
desired. = RI.