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The San Francisco call., 1906-09-07
TWO NEGROES HANGED FOR
BRUTAL MURDERS OF WOMEN

PITTsBURG, Sept. 6.-Cornelius
Coombs and John Williams, negroes,
were executed in the Jail yard here
today. Williams. without apparent
provocation, shot and killed Mrs. Nary
Quincy. his nother-in-law. Coombs
shot and killed Lizzie Dickerson. a
negro woman with whom he boarded
in McKeesport.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-07
NO MORE USE FOR WAGONS.
Drivers of Vehicles the Only Ones Sorry
Strike Ia Over

Inc only people who did not rejoice
IN the return of the cars to the streets
yesterday were the industrious re-
sourcefuI energetic monopolists who
drove teams during the strike and
charged 25 cents for a ride of four
blocks. As the first car came from the
barns everybody rushed for Fillmore
street but two men who were driving.
They put the whip to their horses and
faded away in the darkness. On the
tailboat of their jolring conveyance
was the legend, '"To the Ferry. 25
cents. A small boy tackled on behind.
and when he left the % had been re-
duced to two units, the cents" re-
placed by "skiddoo"
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-07
STOCK AND BONDS ADVANCE.

Result of Ending of Strike shown In
United Railroads Securities.
AS direct result of the settlement
Oh the street car strike and the re-
sumption of traffic on the lines of the
United Railroads the company's per
cent oonds advanced on the local Stock
and Bond Exchange and both stocks
ana Donos were higher in New York.
In this market the bonds advanced
from sS4 to sS4.75eand they reached the
same hgure in New York. where the
opening quotation was $8350 In the
Eastern metropolis the stocks were
actively dealt in, common selling from
s65.12h up to SGT, while preferred sold
up to s17, advancing from $7450.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-07

ming and that business would pick up
gam IN all the small towns between
mere and the city. Few asked whether
.ne men had won and fewer cared
Ihey crowded the cars from early
morning and many of them riding up
ana Gown the line as IL to make up for
weeks
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-07

EXTERMINATE CATTLE TICK.-Wasbinc
ton. Sept. 6:-The work OF exterminating the
cattle tick in the Southern and some OF the
cording to- statement made by Secretary
Wilson today From California, Nevada Okla
homa and Texas, he said, the reports received
are encouraging
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-07

REFUSE TO AFFILIATE.-Savannah. Ga.
Sept. 6.--The seventh annual convention of the
National Association of Postoffce Clerks ad-
journed today TO meet next year in Peoria, ILL.,
after deciding not to affiliate with the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-07
Admission Day Excursion rates.

Sept s. 8 and 10 the Southern Pacific will
sell round trip tickets TO points where the
regular one way rate is not over $40 at from
and one-balf to one fare for the round trip,
according to distance. Return limit Sept IL
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-07
kdmtrr,ou Day at Del Monte.

Get away from the bricks and asaes and spent
Sunday and Monday al Del Monte by the sea
Tho golf links were never creener. t1ouno trii
rate inciuding DAYS board at the hotel $40
Leave San Francisco Friday or Saturday p m
return Tuesds- morning. Through parlor car.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-07

FIRE DESTROYS WIEE.--New York. Sept 8.
A cable dispatch 20 the Herald from Bordeaux
says The famous Celser winehouse was burned
here on Wednesday The vats explooeo ano
$500. 900 worth Of wine flowed into the streets
The books and papers OF the arm we're saved.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-07

D. A. Curtin, 323 Monadnock build
ing. Accounts collected everywhere.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-07
Calhoun and Garments Unions Sign Agreement
for Arbitration Of All Questions at ISSUE

m in Heeen d hy@ aF
d an d I IH Hn~ ~ board nMad three members
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-07
Polytechnic Business College

And School OF Engineering now IN session.
Oakland. Cal. (inc. capital stock E00.0oO.
CalIfornia's Great Business Universiy.
1000 8tuaentB. IDEAL climates home inausncsa.
Has dnest building and equipment In America
100 typswrifsrs: 50 teachers. individual instr
Enroils Grammar, High Sch. and Univ. Etudennz
Pittman and Gregg Shorthand Positions secured
Also CIVIL. Electrical Mining En<ineerina-
New Building Not Damaged BY Earthquake
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-07

Good intention goes a long way and
pays as 1t goes.
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KNOWLES, EDw., CO.. PrinterA 71s
Brodezick st. near McAllister.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-23
LOAFERS IN PERIL.

Negligent and inefficient government
clerks VINO soldier" on their jobs Will
be dismissed. as orders have been given
10 all bureau chiefs TO make "a report OF
all clerks whose records Tor efficiency
fall below the standard. 1t IS proposed
10 weed out the incompetents.
President Roosevelt desires 70 put tho
executive department on n better work
ing basis. and he took up this question
with tho Keep commission. The result
OF the ensuing discussion has been the
issuance OF orders by number of bu-
reau chiefs bearing on the law OF 1890.
which requires the heads of departments
10 report 10 congress each year the num-
ber OF employees I'm each bureau who fall
below the standard OF efficiency and
their salaries.
been repealed, but Il has not been en-
forced and very little OF the so-called
dead timber has been weeded out OF
the departments. Recent activity In the
departments has revived this law and
there are indications that II Is 10 be en-
forced I'm something Of the spirit congress
intended. d.--Philadelphla Press.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-23
BIGGER ARHY POSTS

decided by Secretary Taft put
immediate effect his plan for the concentration Of the
army large posts thus doing with the many
company battalion posts scattered all the
Under the order of things only Will whole reg
concentrated single force from 5000
will assembled under command OF general
officer
The belief Is thaarge brigade be maintained
economically than the old battalion
regimenta posts and that they will he conclusive to
training and drill officers and Not only
will regiments OF the OF the service be assembled
posts but all branchesnfantry, cavalry
field artlerywll be gathered together and I'm that
various OF the military service will be able to
practice how to together and
relation which each bears to the other in actual
in the field.
army OF United States has foe been
scattered small of from
four companies regmental the exception
10 rule while garrisons of two regiments
there
unsettled condition along the western from
tier that of scattered and small posts
but that longer exists the other hand the
concentration larger will improve It's
troops all times for prompt service
in any part OF the country.
Establishment of big army posts will not of course
terfere artillery, which will remain as
the various forts and batteries along
these garrisons Will In the OF time
be OF the forts Is suhicienty
manned a. present be entirely effective in tine OF
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-23
AS TO COLORS.

Certain colors of hair look well in
certain styles" said the hairdresser.
80 the way you wear your hair ought
to depend somewhat on the color OF It,.
"For instance, there is great DIFF
ference possible in the dressing OF
black hair and blonde hair. The latter,
IL very light. permits Of an apparent
carelessness OF arrangement II should
never be worn smooth and plain, but
must be made fluffy and finished with
little ringlets and curling tendrils. The
more careless IL looks, the better.
BLACK hair, on the other hand, Is
at It's best when plain 1t looks bad
II kinky. 1t lends itself admirably TO
the 1860 style-a middle part, with the
hair rolled back on the sides. i always
dress black hair very simply, II the
face Of the wearer permits.
But you never see red haid look
well II drawn back perfectly plain. do
you? No. indeed red hair demands
to be done In a fluffy aureole around
the face. 1t simply must be waved
"As a rule. too, you will find that the
girl with hair of these colors usually
has a face permitting OF it's arrange
ment according to the rules l have
mentioned"
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-23
MUNICIPAL ICE PLANT.

The heat Of the summer. with the in
-creasing scarcity and advancing price of
ice. reminds one OF the great role ice
valescent persons. Not long ago we re-
ferred TO the question of water meters In
New York. Municipal governments have
seen the wisdom Of owning water reser-
volrs and supplying their citizens with
this great necessity OF life. The supply
should not be stinted; each household,
even the poorest. should have ample IA
cilities for bathing
Hardly less important are the produc-
tion and delivery of plenty of ice, at a
moderate price. TO every household In
such great centres OF population as New
York. Chicago Philadelphia and Boston
Il is absolutely necessary to have enough
Ice TO preserve articles OF food. not only
In the stores Of the purveyors, especially
the retail distributors. but also in the
rantries OF the housewives. Some Of the
great hospitals have their own ice plants,
but ii is impra cticable for ordinary
hcuseholders TO have them. II member
Of family should become sick. ice Is
often as much called for as drugs As
the price OF ice stands at present, II
seems TO have become a luxury.
1t is questionable II our cities should
not build their own fee plants and sell
the product at a price which Will pay
only the interest on the Invested capital
and the cost of manufacturing and deliv-
ering. Other cities have proved the pos
sibility OF operating street cars, light
plants etc. and the neighboring city Of
Mount Vernon Is taking steps toward a
municipal ice plant. New York is at
present experimenting with the manage
ment OF n ferry.
Even the best laws In reference to the
trusts are not able to cope with these
combinations. The meat trust can be
curbed only by United States laws. and
the ice trust Is neither better nor worse
than the beef octrpus. An ounce of pre-
vention is worth a pound of cure. The
"videant consules ne quid res publica
detrimenti capiat" may be applied to our
ice question and should stimulate the
governing bodies Of our cities, especially
New York to investigate this important
question and act upon it.--New York
Medical Journal.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-23
DISEASED CHILDREN.

Dr. Alexander +. MacNichol has been max
ing study of diseases among the school children
of New York and if the conclusions he has reached
are correct conditions not merely disturbing,
but absolutely alarming.
He declares that OF 10000 children in the pub
lie schools whom he examined IS per cent. have
diseases OF the heart, per cent. defects OF the
spine, p per cent. tubercuous 90 per cent. are
anaemic and Is per cent are sufferers from
neurosis
He makes this further startling statement: so
common organic and functional dsetses among
school children in New York that should the facts
already secured hold good the entire city, and
those affected be excluded from attendance, two
thirds of our schools would be compelled to close
from lack OF attendance"
These figures appear almost incredible yet it
is to be assumed the investigator is stating only
actual facts, astounding as they may be. 1t is
needless to picture the seriousness OF the future
they presage for the coming men and women OF
Americas greatest city.
Naturally reveament of this sort prompts
speculation as to what would be the result il in
vestgation equally searching made as to the
physical health OF the pupils in the public schools
OF Providence.
However there is confidence that nothing so
appallingly bad would be shown. Providence has
her slums but they not so deadly as those OF
New York
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-23
SNOBBISHNESS.

In Tacoma, Wash. the managers OF a
public dance refused to admit to the hall
I'm which the merrymaking was In prog
ress a decent. clean and sober young
man because he wore the uniform or a
petty officer In the United States navy.
Very appropriately. this elevating ana
patriotic incident occGrred on the eve
ming OF the Fourth of July, the excluded
young man being a member Of the crew
OF the United States cruiser Chicago,
which had gone to the city on the invita- p
tion OF the municipal government TO as
sist In the local celebration OF the day.
Rear Admiral Goodrich. in command
OF the Pacific squadron. characterizes
the action OF the exclusive citizens OF
Tacoma as 'unwarrantable snobbish-
ness" The admiral Is not too severe.
Yet unfortunately, their conduct is not
without precedent The army and navy
uniform subjects IT'S wearers 10
many snubs and sights, no matter how
unexceptionable their behavior may be.
President Roosevelt and Secretary
Bonaparte have called attention 10 the
hardships inflicted on the enlisted men
in several public utterances. Patriotism.
good sense and good manners alike con
denim the distinction made against the
nations uniform. What explanation can
be put forward by those who pretend TO
see In II n badge OF contempt?-New
Work Sim
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-23
AN AUCTIONEER'S WORK

II is said OF william II. Norman. the
auctioneer who died week ago, that he
was responsible more than any other
man for stripping the South OF It's old
furniture.
His auction room was a clearing house
for ancestral mahogany from below Ma
son and Dixon's line. aud 10 look about
while sale was in progress was TO bring
10 mind all the glamour OF before-the-
war hospitality. Merely 20 estimate the
number OF sideboards and highboys. the
Dutch tea tables and "ladder-back' din
ing chairs. the wine coasters and giran-
doles disposed Of there I'm a decade, Is TO
stagger the powers Of computation.
There the choicest herlooms Of the old
South found a temporary lodgment while
I'm transit TO houses Of newer wealth In
tho West and North.
These sales accomplished missionary
work by the Influence they exerted on
taste I'm house furnishing. BY making
buyers familiar with the simple lines OF
the cabinet makers OF n former century,
the Chippendalas and Shearatons and
Hepplewhtes. they encouraged demand
which furniture manufacturers found 10
profitable 90 meet with reproductions.
In a measure this and other auction
rooms for old furniture thus brought
about a revolution In American house
hold decoration only less important in
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-23
The Feminine Sex and
of Interest to Them

she tries one. AS soon as kerchief
or a collar is soiled, into the bag IL
goes, and when wash day comes there
is no skurry about for the soiled cloth
ing.
The best and the cheapest bag is
the one that can Itself be Iaundered.
Take two lengths OF linen scrim, what
ever length the bag is 10 be, sew them
together at the bottom and almost TO
the top. Wind. with phite tape. two
embroidery hoops. over these hoops
hem the upper hens Of the bag. Line
the scrim with a washable color or
plain white. If ribbon is used for the
winding the hoops match IL 10 the color
OF the lining and make four tiny bows
TO ornament the top.
Then the rings are separated the
bag should open wide enought to take
in a good-sized garment 1t is an easy
matter to close the bag by hanging
the rings over a hook.
The bags lined with color are par
ticularly pretty for the baby's cloth
ing.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-23
ELECTRIC HEATING.

Whether the cost Of gas or electric
cooking will be reasonable or not depends
vastly more upon the handling Of the
equipment than upon the actual cost per
thousand feet or per kilowatt hour.
Other things being equal gas at 81 per
thousand feet requires a rate of about pa
cents per kilowatt hour for the same cost
Of cooking With a low residence rate Of
9 cents per kilowatt- hour. electric heat
ing will cost four times as much as gas,
relatively speaking, but this is not the
end of the matter.
4 man OF means can go seven miles
to his Office in an open trolley car for
cents, against anywhere from 90 10 so
cents I'm his automobile. allowing for all
the charges; but the operating cost OF the
la atter is a small matter TO the man who
can afford g. I'm proportion 10 the comfort
and enjoyment secured
There is no reason why the comfort or
electric heating should not be worth more
than the actual difference In operating
cost as compared with gas The relative
difference may be considerable, but the
actual bill may be very small. even with
the more expensive method.
The customer who handles his trial
electric heating apparatus wisely VIII
probably find that his pills are not very
seriously increased. euppose small urn
for heating one pint or shaving water in
five minutes daily 10 a temperature OF 200
degrees is taken on trial for a month at
10 cents per kiowatt-hour.
The cost for the entire month viii be
only l6 cents Suppose a 200-watt fiat
iron IL placed on trial for month at the
1O-cent rate. II Il Is used FIVE hours per
week the total cost for the month Will be
but 40 cents, and the convenience OF the
device will I'm most cases establish II per
rnanently In the consumers favor-The
Electrical Age.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-23
THE COMMANDER -IN-ChIEF

Another private been elected commander in chief
OF the Grand Army Republic He is just plain r.
Brown any handle" TO his name He served In
the and most of the time since
has been the editor o a country newspaper in Ohio.
o choosing it's commanders does credit
to the Army Early in it's career II was still under
the spell glamor of the shoulder strap IT didn
seem comrades they could be commanded
by any save men held high rank In the service
and II possible. distinguished in civil life
A. Logan the commander chlet
for three successive Then cape Generals Burn
side Hartranft all OF whom were reelected
Gradually however democratic idea came TO pre-
vail until served only in the ranks during the
prominence later had been only tn the
councils frequently chosen iore-
over there has not been reelection
II seer also old men are at a discount IN
organization Of civil War veterans The kids
now command-the who by patriotic prevarication
as 10 their ages getting chance to follow
the flag Chief Brown enlisted at the age
Of sixteen representing himself Of course as eighteen
Now at 81 he easily in the prime of life
There thousands of boys like him sttl in the
grand army Naturally enough TO them is assigned the
laboring oar elder comrades and naturally also
they get to the top the national encampments Their
is cheering assurance thai tho Grand Army
will continue an efficient body for many years
10 come in spite OF industry of the Great Reaper
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-23
FRENCHMEN MUST DINE.

London sets the styles In dress for men
and Paris sets them for women. Never
have / seen such costumes as those worn
by the Paris women, and one must come
here to realize the literal meaning OF the
word chic" says the Baltimore News.
il is not altogether the cut OF the clothes
OF the Frencbsoman and the quality that
counts. She knows-ah! so well-how TO
wear them. Her success I'm blending col
ors and combinations makea her the envy
OF the feminine world and the admra-
tion of the masculine. Truly. she con-
tributes her full part to French art.
But the Frenchman, with all OF his po-
likeness and little niceties. is not good
dresser He is nowhere near the class
OF the London man. nor can he equal the
Baltimore man who gives thought 10 his
wardrobe. This, OF course, applies 10
generalities There are exceptions where
the Frenchman is a model Of the tailor's
and haberdasher's skill.
As a rule, however, there are other
things that mean much more To him than
mere Clothes" For instance he likes
10 dine. Every Frenchman i'm the proper
sense OF the word, dimes I'm the evening
He prefers highly seasoned food II he can
get II. and service OF a corresponding de-
gree OF excellence. But dine he must and
dine he will. II not good dinner. then
a poor one. He must have his soup. his
fish. roast, an entree some salad, des-
sert and bit of cheese. With this he
has wine, the vintage regulated by the
size OF his bank roll His coffee. In the
summer time. he will take outside with a
cigarette or cigar. and his enjoyment Is
not complete unless he hears the strains
OF an orchestra
He is not. perhaps. so passionately fond
OF music as the German, but still he likes
II, and will have IL If he can afford II. lie
is gay and happy In the evenings, Is the
Frenchman. and his cares, whatever they
are, he dismisses temporarily He rises
late and dimes late. Nine o'clock is about
the proper hour for the coffee, after he
has paid his respects 10 the various
courses Then he is ready for the gay
life. When London is going 10 bed, Paris
is just beginning to warm up.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-23
MAYER OUT OF PLACE.

Attorney General Mayer was not on
hand at Albany on Friday to attend the
conference agreed upon for the purpose
Of taking measures TO submit as quickly
as possible TO the court Of appeals the
question OF the right of the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit company TO charge a dou-
BILE fare TO Coney Island.
Nothing can be done without the con-
currence of the attorney y-general. but he
does not care TO Interrupt his vacation
even TO prevent riot and bloodshed
Nothing better than this indlnerence
could be expected from an official OF
Mr.. Mayors calibre and character. Hls
powers are quite unequal 10 the large
and responsible post which he holds. but
cannot fill. With the best intentions IN
the world, he would be lamentably OUT
OF place where he is. and good intentons
are not conspicuously characteristic OF
Mr. Mayer.
To oblige a corporation or boss he
will show industry. but when the mat
ter which calls upon him Is merely one
affecting the public rights. New Yorks
queer attorney general can see no res-
son why he should come out or the woods
and 20 to work.--New York American
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-23

lieving he must be drefully lonesome The fact
is the taxpayers are Systematically mulcted and
MIXED for the enrichment of the ring and its favor
ties. If the letter OF the law is observed its spirit
is outraged.
Nor will there be change until the taxpayers
themselves bring il about. So long they con-
tinue the ring in control of affairs at the city hall,
just so long will they be pucked and plundered.
Heavily burdened as they now are they may
expect TO see that burden increased il the ring
is given another lease OF power They may eX-
pect also to see further and more glaring
waste of public funds than is involved in the fla
grant jobbery in connection with the Technical
high school improvement.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-23
FAME AND RICHES.

The following suggestive inquiry is
made by Frederick Trevor Hill I'm an ar
ticle on THE Dollar Mark and the Hall
Mark Of Fame" in the September Every
body's:
But II fame means fortune. is IL not
strange that among the 40 names now
recorded I'm the aforesaid Hall OF Fame,
not one can be found representative OF
wealth? The jury that selected those
names was composed of we'll Uniformed
men. drawn from all parts Of this coun-
try. and yet In the list upon which they
agreed only two rich men will be found
Cooper and Peabody. whose names are
associated not with wealth. but with
great philanthropic enterprises. The rest
OF the honor list is made up of men OF
little or no property. Truly remark
able showing for nation supposedly
given over 10 the worship OF wealth..
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-23
THE TOWN BAROMETER.

OF Uncle Bill he takes chair
An all day long keeps sittin there.
III anybody wants TO know
Which way the wind is goin' to blow
or what the weather's goin' 10 be,
OF Uncle Bill Jes' rubs his knee
An tells 'em what the prospect Is.
He knows IL by his rheumatic.
Some strangers look at him an say
He's merely idlin' time away.
But he amt lonesome; not a bit.
Fur all he has TO do Is sit
In peace. while people rich an poor
Come calm on him 10 secure
His information. Goes TO show
We're all OF us down here below
Washington Star.