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staff Of workers. He thinks the rem
edy will be found In binding closely to-
gether the great central library of the
nation and those Of various states
Once such a national library system
was organized the different librarians
would be in constant telephone COM
munication, and the system Of inter-
library loans would make the resources
of all available at any time Or place.
At some central point a correspond
ence bureau, the fees of which would
make it self sustaining, would bring
the advantages Of these collections to
thoughtful or studious persons any
where.
Cost and Standard of Living.
The recent New York state confer
ence Of charities and corrections Great
ed special committee to report what
constitutes the essentials of a normal
standard of living and the cost of such
living for definite social unit at
this time in the principal cities and
towns. Lee K. Frankel Of New York
was appointed chairman of this COM
mittee
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Baer's Remarkable Speech.

Remarks made by President George
F. Baer of the Reading railroad at
the dedication Of the high school build
Ing at Reading, Pa, were to the effect
that because the education of all the
people must necessarily be limited it
Is dangerous and creates rash and SUI
perfcial thinking and unrest. He lik-
ened the man who protested against
industrial conditions to Jack Cade, the
leader of the peasant uprising in Eng
land during the middle ages.
Prnceton's Carnegie Lake.
Andrew Carnegie was the guest of
Princeton university for the purpose
of making the formal presentation of
the lake which he had caused to be
constructed near. the university cam
pus. Over the entrance to the college
grounds the students had hung a big
sign lettered as follows: "Welkum to
the Laird of Skibo."
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MISCELLANEOUS

New York's New Opera House.
A rival of the Metropolitan Opera
House,. e., the Manhattan-was dedi-
Gated last week with the production
of II Puritani" under the management
of Oscar Hammerstein, who intro
duced the famous Italian tenor, Bonci.
The house is said to have cost $1,000
900.
Hunting Seasons Victims.
A Chicago paper has made record of
seyenty-two deaths and seventy per-
sons seriously injured during the hunt
ing season.
More Pulajanes Killed.
A company of the Eighth infantry
had fight with party of politicians
in Leyte on Dec. 6, thirty of the latter
and four of the Americans being killed.
Accidents.
In food which swept the valley of
the San Francisco river, Texas, Dec. 5,
after the bursting of a dam, sixty per-
sons were reported drowned and the
town of Clifton was nearly wiped out.
An explosion of boiler in the Har-
ney Shoe factory at Lynn, Mass.
caused loss of 100000 worth of prop
erty and injury to eleven persons.
An explosion of dynamite in one OF
the East river tunnels at New York
killed three and injured twelve work
men.
Continued on page 1
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70 r EIGN
Lords Favor Labor Bill.

Lords Favor Labor Bill.
The trades disputes bill, which has
clause comforting on labor unions
immunity from prosecution for dam
age ON account of strikes, passed it's
second reading in the British house of
lords on Dec. 4. At the same time the
leaders made it known that they OPP
posed the measure, but would allow it
to pass because the general election
had given the government a mandate
to enact it.
Russian Famine Growing Worse.
Terrible suffering from starvation Is
reported in many parts of Russia, it
being estimated that 100000 of the
population was now included in the
famine stricken district. Thousands Of
peasants are living on weeds and hay
and are SO physically weak as to be
unable to perform any labor. indie
pendent organizations attempting to
distribute relief are suppressed by the
government because suspected of revo-
lutionary methods, but the govern
ment's methods are totally inadequate.
It is said that in some places the
wives and daughters Of peasants are
being sold into slavery to obtain
money.
To Remove Cuban Members.
Governor Magoon has issued de-
cree removing all members of con-
gress chosen at the last December
elections and ordering that the vacan-
cies thus created shall be filed by an
election under the provisional govern
ment
Lords Pass Education Bill.
By a vote of 1O5 to % the education
bill passed the house of lords, and the
tone of the speeches indicated that
compromise between the lords and
commons might be reached.
Old Age Pensions In England.
Premier Campbell Zimmerman told
deputation of Liberal and Labor mem
bers of the house that the matter of
old age pensions would soon be taken
up as one of the governments policies.
He thought that the scheme would ia
yor thrift and independence. Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer Asquith also
agreed to this proposition.
Deputies Snub Count Boni.
In the French chamber Of deputies
when Count Boni de CasteIlane enter
ed the debate on the Morocco question
fully half of the members arose and
left the chamber.
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COMMERCIAL
100000 900 For the Atehison.


The directors Of the Atchison, Tope
ka and Santa Fe railroad have formu-
lated plan by which the capital is to
be increased to $3.50, 100000, thus aim
ing to provide for the roads needs for
many years to come. Notwithstanding
that there is no floating debt and that
they have $15.OOO,OOO in the bank, it Is
deemed necessary to provide for in
creased facilities in order to handle
the business.
Union Paeific's Success.
The annual report of the Union Pa
cif1c railroad showed an increase Of
nearly $S,0OO,OOO in gross transporta-
ton receipts, while the income from
investments amounted to $10,329, S15.
At the same time the fixed charges
were reduced over 100000 through
the retirement of bonds. The total sur
plus was ST., 232, 249 after allowing for
8 per cent on common stock and
charge to the reserve fund
Pennsylvania Sells C. and o.
The Pennsylvania railroad has sold
to Kuhn, Loeb & Co. all it's holdings of
Chesapeake and Ohio stock, amount
ing to 10000 shares of a par value Of
15,6o00O0.
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cation OF the rich" What be regarded
as the defect Of socialism was that It
puts upon the shoulders OF govern
capable Of doing" He admitted the
Ills of the wage earners, but said that
the captains OF industry must be made
to share profits.
Doesn't Blame Rockefeller.
Counsel Phelps for the state Of Ohio
I'm the Standard Oil prosecution said
he was not in favor Of prosecuting
John D.. Rockefeller because he re-
garded him as "a victim OF the spirit
Of greed developed by the competitive
system" He thought that society was
to blame for existing social and indi-
vidual ills and that the prosecution Of
individuals was only justified when 1t
becomes necessary to accomplish re-
FORMS
Unemployed In Boston.
Five hundred men, women and chill
dren clamored for first place before
the doors of the new Massachusetts
employment Office when it was opened
for the first time last week. The SUI
perintendent said that there were at
least ten candidates for every place.
The Jewish Home Colony.
A movement has just taken shape
among some intellectual Hebrews OF
New York city to create colony Of
inexpensive homes on Long Island for
1855 families. A large tract Of land
has been laid out as a model suburban
village, with space for a market place,
city hall and temple of worship.
To Syndicate Public Libraries.
A suggestion made by James Ell. Cam
field, librarian of Columbia university,
looking toward syndicate of public
libraries on a large scale is attracting
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nd that he must have implicit obedi

ana that he must have implicit obedi-
encN
Scientists Resent Attack.
Christian Scientists are greatly exer-
cised over series Of articles begun In
the December Mcclure, which propose
to tell the truth about the origin and
rise Of their organization. Alfred Far
low, head Of the committee on publfca-
ton, declares that the portrait publish
ed Is that of Mrs. Sarah c. Chevaillier,
who formerly lived in Boston and died
in California two years ago, and is not
picture of Mrs. Eddy taken in 1892
Women In Clerical Ranks.
The Rev. Daniel Steel, referring to
the statistics published in the Wesley
an Alumni Record, showing the gain in
the membership Of all professions ex-
cepting the ministers, proposes that the
Methodist denomination shall have a
ministry recruited by ordained women.
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en- by fifty years Of public praise.
In the senate the negro troops issue
was lorced into prominence, contrary
to the usual courtesy of doing moth
inc before the reading of the presi-
dents message. Two Republican SEN
ators Penrose of Pennsylvania and
Foraker OF Ohio, introduced resolutions
demanding from the president full IN
formation regarding his discharge OF
the battalion of negro troops.
Later the senate passed these reso-
buttons without the formallty or roli
cali, although there was some sharp
discussion over the customary prOy1-
sion eff in his judgment it Is COM
patible with the public interest,
which occurred in the PenrOse resO-
luton. but not in Foraker's. Senator
Foraker was particularly severe i'll
his remarks on the presidents action,
remarkfng that eff the president can
dismiss a battalion he can dismiss a
regiment Or the entire army" and
asked what was the use of congress
raising an army if the president could
with the stroke OF his pen disband 1t.
He also said that Major Blocksom's
report was the most f1imsy testimony
on which a conviction was ever based.
Defeat Of oIotase Bill.
Just as the house machinery was
fairly started, under the trained hands
of Speaker Cannon and his Republican
associates. and everything was moving
along smoothly, there came sudden
and unexpected jolt in the effort to
turn out bill which had been intro
duced by Litt1efeld to remove discrim-
fnations against sailing vessels in the
coastfng trade. The Seamen's union
was opposed to it, and, although it
passed on the informal vote, the roll
call disclosed 1874 against it and ITO
for 1t, much to the surprise and dis
pleasure of the house leaders. 1t
was generally regarded as victory
for organized labor.
Reveridge's Child Labor Bill.
One of the most interesting features
of new legislation proposed was the
bill introduced by Senator Beverage
to prohibit carriers of interstate COM
merce from transporting products OF
factories and mines which employ chill
dren under fourteen years Of age. 1t
requires that no products thus condi-
Hioned shall be transported until the
owner or agent Of the factory or mine
producing them shall file with the car
rier proof that the provisions of the
act have been complied with, and the
affidavit is to be renewed every six
months. The provision for violation is
a fine of from $1,000 to $4,000 upon
the agent of the carrier or imprison-
ime,t from one to six months Prior to
the opening of the session Senator
Bey eridge in a public address had de-
clared that child labor breeds blind
hatred and that if the evil continued
the country would be cursed with a
million Hooligans and that after thor
ough study of the matter and consulta-
ton with the ablest constitutional law
yers he was satisfied that his bill would
stand as law.
The Cabinet Nominations.
Another break with precedent was
the sending in Of cabinet nominations
on the first day of the session and be-
fore the transmission of the presidents
message 1t was also remarkable that
some Of the places for which noni1a-
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Chicago, is to
be dispersed, and
Overseer Voliya
will lead his fol-
lowers to tbs
new Zion. In hin
announcement of
his purpose Vol
iva says that no
unworthy person
shall be admit
ted to the new
Zion and that he
will begin an en-
ergetic crusade
against the wick
edness of the
world by com-
llland of the Lord
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SOCIOLOGICAL


MoraIization of the Rich.
In an address at Ithaca President
Schurman of Cornell said he believed
that law regulating prices in differ
ent sections of the country would be
enacted to prevent discrimination, fol-
lowing the principles of the common
law. He thought the time would come
when truth, honor and morality would
be as much part of Wall street as Of
the country village. The big task of
the future he defined. as 1.-The morali-
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communicate with their lawyers and
before the papers containing the.
charges against them had been made
public. Justice Harlan, who delivered
the opinion of the court, insisted that
there was no duty resting upon the
governor of Colorado to give such a
hearing and that it was not proper for
the court to inquire into the manner of
obtaining possession of the men. The
session and that their guilt or inno-
cence could be determined by trial;
also as to whether the accused were
within Idaho or not when the murder
was committed. Governor Gooding of
Idaho has issued long statement, de-
claring that the accused men will have
fair trial at an early date. He seeks
to counteract the widespread impress
sion that the state of Idaho had made
up case against these men and was
bent upon convicting them, innocent
or guilty.
Plots of Oil Trust Barred.
The interstate commerce commission
gained a hearing at New York Monday
of the charge made by Preston &
Davis, independent oil distributors of
Brooklyn, that the Lackawanna road
had refused to deliver to them kero-
brought about by pressure from Stand
ard Oil officers in order to injure the
business of the rival concern. General
Freight Agent Flynn of the Lacka-
wanna admitted that the trunk lines
have had an agreement respecting the
delivery of Oil at the New York termi-
mails in the interest of safety and that
when the Lackaw wanna began to deliver
tank cars to Preston & Davis Standard
Oil official called his attention to the
fact that it was violation of the
agreement. President Truesdale testi-
fed that the Rockefellers and other
Standard Oil magnates were directors
of the Lackawanna.
Chester Gillette Sentenced.
The trial of Chester A. Gillette on
the charge of having murdered Grace
Brown ended with a verdict of guilty
in the first degree, and sentence was
pronounced after motion for a new
trial had been made. The young man
retained his remarkable nerve and self
possession when the verdict was rem
dered It was reported that two guards
overheard him confessing his guilt to
counsel
Burned Trusts Tobacco Plants.
Discomfort over the low prices paid
by the tobacco trust for tobacco leaf
in the district about Princeton, Ky,
resulted in the destruction of two Of
the trusts tobacco factories by a mob
Of 300 masked farmers. The loss was
estimated at 100000.
Wall Paper Trust the Worst.
The circuit court of appeals at Gin
cinnati decided against the Continental
Wall Paper company, which had
brought suit against dealer of the
city to recover $4,000 for goods sold
to him, stating that this company was
the most complete and unjustly organ
lied trust that it knew anything about.
The local dealer had been compelled
to buy his goods of this company at its
own price, and the court held that the
trust being an illegal organization,
was not entitled to any aid or support
in pressing it's claim.
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pending trial on
the charge of
having plotted
the assassina-
ton Of eX-Gov-
ernor Steunen-.
berg in Deem
Der, 1905. The
plea had been
based largely on
the fact that
the accused men
had been extra
dited from Col
orado by special
train at night
without giving
~, 4s- -
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much attention.
Mr.. Garfield says
that the libra
rians Of all our
larger institu-
tons are over
burdened with
accu m ula tionS
which they cam
not possibly care
for, either for
shelf room or
handling in any
building less ca
pacious than the
library Of con-
greSS or with
anv nrdinarY
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effect that nei-
Their had any in
tention of re-
signing. Plat
was extremely
decrepit, but
Depew appear
ed as robust and
clipper as ever.
To a reporter he
remarked that
the two years OF
public a b u $ e
through which
he had passed
had greatly re-
duced the size Of
his head, swOli-
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1906-12-15
LEGTSL A TIVE
Opening of Short Session.

Opening OF Short Session.
With the customary formalities and
I'm the presence Of galleries crowded
with spectators the senate and house
OF representatives, comprising the Fiji
ty-uinth congress, assembled Dec. 3.
The message from the chief executive
was not sent in, however, until the
next day, aud the house adjourned ear
ly out of respect to the memory of
members who had died during the re-
cess The Temperatures of New York $
dtscredited senators, Platt and Depew.
confirmed the previous reports to the
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! resident Roosevelt's Heart
Talk With the Nation Laid
Before Reopened Congress,
Settling Japanese Crisis,
Projecting New Taxation
Scheme and Standing Pat
on the Tariff Senate Calls
For Negro Troops Dis
missal Papers Supreme
Court Against Miners
Leaders.
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To Abandon Zion City.
The community built by John Alex
ander Dowie known as Zion City, near
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-16
NOTICE.
Taxes Due Upon Assessments Made nv
the State Board of EqualIxafIon.
Controllers Department, state Of CALI
fOrnfa
SacramenIO. Oct. 8. l90e.

Sacramento, Oct. g. 1905.
eeS0 ssSs Of Win TIN tss PToyiSi0ns
notice is hereby given that / have re-
ceived from the State Board OF Equal
izasion the ~BuPlicats. Record of As
cate Record of Apportionment OF Rail-
way Assessments, containing the as
sessments upon the property of each
of the following associations
or corporations, as hxed by said State
Board OF Equalization for the year
Central Pacific Railway Company,
South Pacific Coast Railway Company,
Nevada and California Railway Com
pany, Southern California Motor Road
Company. The Atchison. Topeka and
santa Ee Railway Company. Caiifornla
of the San Francisco and North Pacific
Railway, North Shore Railroad Com
Lake Railroad Company, western Pa
cifc Railway Company, Boca and 10y
alton Railroad Company, Nevada Call
fornia Oregon Railway Company, Sier-
ra Valleys Railway Company, Sierra
Railway Company OF California. Pacific
Coast Railway Company. PaJaro Valley
da County Narrow Gauge Railroad
Company. Lake Tahoe Railway and
Transportation Company. Empire Red
Mil Railway. and the Pullman Com
The state and county taxes on all
State and county taxes on ali real
property are now due and payable,
and will be delinquent on the last Mon
day In November next, at s o'clock D.
m. and unless paid TO the State Treas
ure- at the Capitol prior thereto.
per cent will be added to the amount
thereof; and unless so paid on or be-
fore the last Monday in April next
at o'clock p M. an additional 5 per
cent will be added to the amount there
Of The remaining one-haIf OF the
state and county taxes on all real
property will be due and PAYABLE az
any time after the first Monday In jan
uary next. and will be DELINQUENT on
me .ast N.onoay AZ IN Hprii next az
State Treasurer at the Capitol prior
thereto, percent will be added to the
amount thereof.
e. P. COLGAN. State ControIler.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-16
THEATER OWNERS ACCUSED
OF EVADING BUILDING LAWS
w. p. Altvater Asks to Have j. Bauer
and Others Enjoined From Erect
ing Mission Street PIayhouxe

William P. Altvater, who has just
completed the erection of an $4,000
building on property which he owns on
Mission street, near Twenty has
brought Injunction proceedings against
j. Bauer and others. whom he accuses
of erecting a theater on the adjoining
lot, constructed contrary to the fire and
building ordinances, and OF such nature
that it threatens his own building.
Altvater declares that for some time
the defendants have been conducting a
theater in a tent and are now wNerecting
a building which does not comply with
the law governing structures for use
for theatrical purposes. He says 1t is
not a class A building that 1t is minus
the fire walls, aisles and exits required
for a building OF its kind, and that it
is placed on wooden girders without a
foundation. He claims that his own
building is in danger of fire because of
the proximity of this structure and
that the rates of his insurance have
been raised consequence He asks
to have the new theater declared a
nuisance and ordered removed.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-16
MAY FORCE RIVAL
LINES TO AGREE.
Merchants Find Provision
in Rate Law Calling for
Interchange of Traffic
TO ASK AID OF LANE

The rapid growth of the Potrero as
a wholesale section and the increasing
business of the merchants who have
located there have brought to head
the question of the interchange OF
freight between the rival railroad lines
which have terminals in San Francisco
The Southern Pacific refuses to handle
the Santa Fe cars in it's yards here
and as a result the merchant who
brings in goods over the Santa Fe is
often compelled to have them hauled a
long distance by teams over the city
streets, whereas. by an interchange OF
traffic, the Southern Pacific could land
these goods at the merchants door.
The Santa Fe has given careful con-
sideration to the subject, but is not
prepared to enter into an active fight
with It's rival on this point. Some OF
the wholesalers, however, have discov-
cred that under the new rate law such
discrimination is prohibited. 1t is
stated that unless the two railroads
can reach an agreement. complaint will
be fled with the Interstate Commerce
Commission. This complaint will be
based on a section of the new law,
which specifically provides that rail-
roads may not discriminate against any
point.
Such a complaint would be made
against 10th roads and an endeavor
made to force them to arrange for an
interchange OF traffic. The Santa Fe
people state that they are ready to
enter into such an arrangement, but
that their overtures have been turned
down by the Southern Pacific.
To support the claim OF discrlmina-
tion it would be shown that the Santa
Fe, the Southern Pacific, the Salt Lake
road and the Huntington electric lines
have an agreement for the interchange
of traffic on the streets of Los Angeles.
In fact, it is stated that San Francisco
is the only large city in America where
the railroads have no such agreement.
This matter was called to the atten-
tion of Franklin K. Lane when he was
City Attorney. The municipality, how
ever, had no power to act. Now that
Lane is a member of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, the local whole
salers believe that he will press the
matter as soon as 1t is officially placed
before him.