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The San Francisco call., 1906-08-07
SCOTTISH UNION AND
NATIONAL FINE SHOWING
This Company, After Paying All San
Francisco Losses, Can Stand
Another Big Fire.
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.

OAKLAND, Cal, Aug. s.-A special
dispatch has been received by General
Agent T. ]. A. Tiedemann from the
head office of the Scottish Union and
National Insurance Company, giving
the latest statement of the company,
which is as follows:
Capital .............ss $50. 900. ooo. 90
Aesats Ia ffn,tci ct.tas-' '55979Saa9 ne
Net surplus in Z. S.. a'SsSo52S2
This fine old company was organized
in 1924 under the unlimited liability
laws Of Great Britain, Sir Walter
Scott. Bart, the distinguished author,
being its first president
Its net losses In the San Francisco
fire amount to $1,Soo.ooo, and of this
dollar-fer. dsdl,t basis and a6S oop paid by
paying all losses incurred through the
San Francisco conf1agration the Scot
tish Union and National Insurance
Company will have in the United States
alone a net surplus of over s2.000,00
sufficient to meet g. similar catastrophe
should such misfortune occur else
where.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-07
City Light Plant Report.

ALAMEDA, Aug. 6.-Superintendent
Joseph B. Kahn and Bookkeeper A. D.
Goldsworthy of the municipal electric
light and power department have filed
the annual report of the plant for the
year ending June 80, 1906 According
to the statement the total earnings of
the city's plant, including the cost of
lighting to the municipality, was s54,-
746 and the operating expenses $685.
455.11. The earnings from private
consumers was s34.151.55 as against
$28,S01.10 for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1905, an increase of $10,350.45
for the last fiscal year
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-07
MISS DAVIS ASKS POLICE
TO RETURN HER REVOLVER
Wants Weapon She Used I'm an Effort
to XIII State Senator
Simpson.
ALAMEDA Aug

ALAMEDA, Aug. 6.-Miss Isabelle
Davis, the haxen-haired telephone girl
and music-teacher, who attempted to
kill State Senator and City Attorney
Simpson by taking a shot at him in his
office after he had declared that he
would not make her his wife, has de-
manded of Chief of Police John Conrad
the return of the revolver she welded
when she sought to end the earthly
career of the lawyer.
Chief of Police Conrad has thus far
refused TO return the revolver to Miss
Davis, as he believes that 1t will be
safer for all concerned to allow the
weapon to remain in the police station.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-07
WIFE OF PROMINENT PIONEER
A VICTIM OF MELANCHOLIA
Mrs. Robert Efey, Spouse OF Former
Mayor OF Santa Cruz, in Oak
land Hospital.
OAKTAND Aug.

OAKLAND, Aug. 6.-Sufering from
acute melancholta, Mrs. Minnie NJ
Emey. wife of Robert Effey, former
Mayor Of Santa Cruz, is confined in the
Receiving Hospital to undergo an ex-
animation as to her sanity. The hus-
band. who is a pioneer Of Santa Cruz,
where he lived for thirty FIVE years,
says his wife refuses 70 sleep anu that
for the last three nights she has
walked the floor fearing that If she did
90 70 bed some one would kill her.
Susan Seawell. aged 20 years, who
was released from the State Hospital
at stockton on August 1. was also an
inmate Of the detention ward at the
hospital She formerly lived at 421
Baker street, San Francisco. She
was found wandering ainlessly
around the Santa Fe station at For
tieth street and San Pablo avenue this
morning and sent to the hospital to be
recommitted to the asylum.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-07
vaccination Blamed for Death.

BERKELEY, Aug. s.-In its attempt
to create sentiment unfavorable to
compulsory vaccination of school chill
dren. the Vaccination League has
promulgated an announcement that the
death of Harriet Fletcher Of the uni
versity class of 1904 was due to tuber-
culosis, contracted through a vaccina-
tion performed on her in 1902. The
authority for the statement is H S.
Fletcher, president of the Bank of
Watsonville, father of Harriet Fletcher.
Fletcher has written a letter. detailing
the facts.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-07
STREET CARS MAKE WORK
FOR OAKLAND HOSPITAL
Two Men Treated by City Doctors for
Injuries Received I'm Trolley
Accidents.

OAKLAND, Aug. 6.-L. Coma. an
italian laborer, was struck by an cleo
trio car at Fourth street and Bfoad-
way late last night and injured about
his head. He was treated at the Re
ceiying Hospital. He was on his way
TO his home at Third and Market
streets and was attempting to board
one car when another, going in an
opposite direction, struck him.
J. Green of 4315 Grove street, an
empIoye of the Oakland Traction Com
pany, was also treated at the hospital
for injuries received by being caught
between two cars on Broadway. His
left leg was crushed, but amputation
will not be necessary.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-07
Brlner Bnck n wndcnt storr.

OAKLAND, Aug. s.-Harry Borchert,
steward Of the Receiving Hospital, re-
turned from a trip to Eastern Oregon
today with 2 story about being chased
by wildcat that would shame
Ananias. Borchert says he met the cat
on the wild slope of a mountain and
had fired two shots at the beast when
Il sprang at his throat Borchert
turned and fed and the wildcat chased
him all the way back to camp. Bor-
ebert tells the story with a straight
face.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-07
VIII poubIe-Track Line.

ALAMEDA, Aug. 6.-The Southern
Pacific Company is preparing to double
track its North Side local system, from
Everett street to the Fruitvale-avenue
drawbridge across the tidal canal The
railroad corporation already owns a
right Of way between the points
mentioned, but between Everett street
and Broadway this right Of way is not
wide enough for two tracks and the
company is negotiating with G. W. Hall
for the purchase of a stri pof eighty
70 widen that portion Of the right Of
WAY
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-07
Hosnttnl for universitr.

BERKELEY, Aug. 6.-Altera tions
are being made in the Meyer house, on
the campus, preparatory to turning the
structure into university hospital.
The hospital will be fully equipped and
ready for use in the near future The
gymnasium fee has been increased
from S150 to 81 to cover the expenses
of running the hospital after 1t is
equipped. The payment of the $3.50
fee insures every student the best
medical attention and hospital service
in case of illness while at college.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-07
Milittamen,s Benefit.

OAKLAND, Aug. 6.-The members of
Company A of the Fifth Regiment, Ma
tional Guard of California, will give a
benefit for the company Thursday aft
ernoon and evening at Idora Park A
large number of special attractions
have been prepared by the committee
in charge of the affair. The commit
tee is composed of Captain Fred w.
Petersen, Lieutenant M Hermann,
Lieutenant L. C. Francis, Sergeant A.
Jones. Sergeant Boas, Corporal j. Bow
den and Musician ]. Stock.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-07
Aped Guardsman Stricken,

OAKLAND. Aug. s.-At the Central
Hospital hope is now held out for the
recovery Of Sergeant Charles Ellis Of
Company Of the National Guard, who
recently suffered an attack Of paraly-
sis. lie lay all night on the floor Of
his room, conscious but unable 70 move
or call out. The next evening, when
found, Ellis was in a pitiable plight.
Ellis is said 70 be the oldest guardsman
IN the State.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-07
Obscene Letter writer Fined.

MARTINEZ. Aug. 6.-Herman SAT-
from Of Point Richmond was taken
into custody Saturday on a charge of
having written obscene letters to Miss
Marie Carter. 16-year-old girl of
Point Richmond When taken before
Justice J. l. Kennon he admitted his
guilt and was fined 500, which he
paid.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-07
sar. There Wa. Neplirence.

OAKLAND, Aug. &c. c. Thurber, a
painter who fell into an excavation at
Thirteenth and Washington streets
April u, today sued the Oakland Gas
Light and Heat Company and the
Hutchinson Company for $500 for per-
sonal injuries received IN the fall
Thurber says the Hutchinsons were lay
ing the gas company's pipes under
ground and failed TO have the proper
lights and signals at the excavation.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-07
HOUSE FALLS on MACHINIST
WHO IS TRYING TO MOVE Al
Matthew Wiegand OF This City Meets
With Sudden Death i'm
san RafRel.

SAN RAFAEL Aug. 6.-Matthew
Wiegand, formerly a machiniSt at the
Unien Iron Works in San Francisco.
was killed instantly by a house fall
ing on him this afternoon.
Wiegand came here yesterday to
move the house, which stood on Marin
street and belonged to his aunt. He
was lowering the dwelling when the
blocking slid and the dwelling pinned
him to the ground.
Doctors were summoned, but il was
useless. as life was extinct when the
house was raised of the body. VIE
gand's assistant narrowly escaped the
same fate.
The remains were taken to the
Morgue. where an inquest will be held.
His chest was badly crushed He was
% years of age.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-07
San Mateo Free From Disease.

REDWOOD CITY, Aus 6.-TEe re
port OF the chief of the Health De-
partment read at the meeting OF the
Supervisors of San Mateo County to.
day shows favorable conditions cx-
listing in all districts Few cases OF
contagious diseases were reported II
is probably due TO the determination
of the mosquito that SO few cases OF
fever have been noted. A special cam
paign has been conducted against this
pest.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-07
would Protect the Doves.

BERKELEY, Aug. 6.-Dr. ". W
Underhill of Berkeley, president of the
Audubon Society of California, has is
sued circular to the people of the
State in defense of nesting doves. The
circular contains a protest against the
practice of killing the doves at this
season, when they are either learning
to fly or are caring for younger doves
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-07
wants Salt water system.

OAKLAND. Aug. 6.--An ordinance
providing for the establishment of a
salt water pumping plant and distrib-
uting system in this city for street
sprinkling and for better fire protec-
tion was introduced in the City Coun-
ell tonight by Councilman B. H. Pen
dleton.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-07
solano,s Fruit Crop Light.

MARTINEZ, Aug. 6.-Fruit shipments
from Northern Solano County still con-
tinue light, being something like 200
cars short of last seasons output The
greater portion of the peach crop is be-
ing dried. Plums and prunes have pro-
duced large crops. The pear crop is
also large. The first crates of muscat
grapes were forwarded to San Fran
cisco SATURDAY.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-07
Given Year for stealing saOo.

SAN RAFAEL. Aug. e.-Charles
Campbell, alias 'Scotty." will serve one
more year in States prison. This time
il is for appropriating 5000 in green
backs. the contents Of a Wells-F Fargo
letter addressed to the Hilbert Mer-
camille Company Of San Francisco, that
had temporary Offices here for q few
days after the earthquake.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-07
Lnhnr pnrtr In MARIN

SAN RAFAEL. Aug. IA labor party
has sprung into existence in this coun-
ty and a county convention has been
called for 3 p. m. Saturday. August IA
for the purpose of nominating a county
ticket The executive committee con-
sists of Louis F. Dunand. A. F. Irwin
]. Louis Morrison, j. w. Maloney Will
liam Marshall, ]. N. Hoey and j. F.
Hueston.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-07
switchman Killed.

OAKLAND, Aug. Cd. t. Bruner, a
Southern Pacific switchman, was fa-
tally crushed this afternoon between
cars at the West Oakland yards. Bru-
ner died on the way to the Fabiola
Hospital. He was formerly a Traction
Consolidated motorman.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-07

WOULD ADMINISTER ESTATE.-oakIand.
Aug 6-Miss Lille Taylor has applied for Iet-
ters of administration on the estate Of her
sister. Rose M. Taylor. a prominent Christian
worker. who died July a. The estate is valued
At $500
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-10
A BON VOYAGE LUNCHEON.

A particularly original and pretty
luncheon was given by Mrs. Charles
w. Fairbanks for a friend going abroad.
The table was decorated in white asters,
In the center was ship of the flowers
resting on a round mirror. On the fly
ing remnants was the name of the ship
in which the guest of honor would sail
A bouquet of the asters lay at each
plate. At each plate also lay decorated
postal cards already to mail and adj
dressed to the guest of honor. On
these the guests were to write some
sentiment and then mail them as
steamer letters The menu was the
regulation luncheon menu, bouillon,
creamed fish, fried chicken, salad; the
ices were served in miniature paper
trunks. bearing labels of London, Paris,
Vienna. and the different cities which
were included in the trip, and sailed
nuts and bonbons in the tiny valises.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-10
A GRAPE LUNCHEON.

Nothing could be prettier nor more
appropriate for a luncheon than grape
luncheon. If possible, have the design
of your lunch cloths in grapes, and use
a pyramid of purple and white grapes
for the center of the table Lay per-
feet lunches of grapes tied with Iaven-
der ribbon on the cloth for decoration.
Serve grapes in some fashion with each
course, singly, in tiny punches, or the
leaves decorating the plates. Mold
your gelatine in a grape mold and
color with grape juice. Use white
grapes for the salad and grape juice to
drink. Serve grape Jelly with the meat.
A very pretty table decoration for a
school girl IS luncheon is to have cen
ter bowl of pansies. Around the bowl
mass white tulle dotted with aspara
gus fern. Carry the tulle to the corners
Of the table and tie in big butterfly
bows.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-10
A SIMPLE MENU.

Bride.-The following dinner prepar-
ed by a woman who does her own work
may help you. First was served fruit
soup made of the juice of red and black
raspberries thickened slightly with Ice
land moss. In it were bits of pineapple
and two or three branded cherries.
This was in cups with bits of ice and
on the table when the guests were
seated. The main course was fried
chicken with cream gravy, potatoes and
peas, beats boiled whole, covered with
cream sauce. With this was served hot
rolls, fresh strawberry jelly with bits
of fruit in it and pickles. The salad
was head lettuce with a thin mayOn-
naise in which were currants. With
the salad were served waters with dots
of melted chees. The ice cream was
made with Strawberries and pineapple.
The cake was squares of angel food iced
and black coffee
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-10
WHAT THE PRESIDENT EATS.

The following is the menu for a din
ner of ten courses given by President
Roosevelt:
Huitres sur Coquille,
Croutes panachees,
Potage Consomme Brunoise,
Olives, Celleri frise, Amandes salees,
Terrapin Ia Baltimore,
Filet de Boeuf Hambourgeoise,
Capon 'Ambassadrise,
Petit pois, Sauce Supreme,
Asperges, Sauce Mousseline,
Punch,
Sorbet Imperial,
Canard Canvasback Roti,
Hominy, Salade de Saison,
Liqueurs,
Glaze,
Petits Fours, Cerises Fondantes,
Marrons glaces,
Cafe.
The following is the menu of an
ordinary family dinner at the White
House:
Blue Point Oysters, Half Shell,
Consomme Royal,
Bouches la Refine.
Turkey, Cranberry Jelly,
Potatoes Duchesse, Stewed Celery,
Terrapin la Maryland,
Lettuce Salad, Plain Dressing,
Mince Pie, American Plum Pudding,
lee Cream. Tutti-frutti,
Lady Fingers, Macaroons, Waters,
Apples, Florida Oranges, Bananas,
Grapes, Pears,
Black Coffee.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-10
HousEKEEPER's HINTS.

Onion sandwiches are said to have a
fine effect on the complexion and are
good for schoolgirls Slice the onions
very thin. salt and place between small
slices of bread and butter A bit of
parsley. it is said. will remove the odor
from the breath. Currant jelly is the
basis of currant punch. Boil a cupful
of sugar in three quarts of water for
five minutes. Remove from the fire and
while hot dissolve in it two one-half
mint glasses of currant Jelly. Slice
three oranges and three lemons very
thin and add. Chill and serve in
glasses with crushed ice.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-10
A FRENCH RECIPE.

A French chef gives this recipe for
chicken en- casserole. Take a tender
broiling chicken, wash, dry, and cut in
to four pieces. Put into an earthen
casserole with generous lump of but
ter on each. Put on the cover and
stand the dish in the oven for an hour,
having the oven very hot. Have ready
as many potatoes as win be needed,
scooped into little balls with a vege-
table cutter. Fry them a golden brown
in deep fat. Make mixture of chop
ped chives, chopped parsley, salt, red
and black pepper and tablespoonful
of kitchen bouquet. A few minutes be-
fore serving remove the chicken from
the casserole and turn in the potatoes
the seasoning mixture and wineglass
full of sauterne, Madeira or sherry. Stir
thoroughly, reTurn the chicken to the
casserole, haste it thoroughly and cook
it for five minutes. Serve it in the
casserole in which it was cooked.
A friend serves such particularly de-
Iicious fried oysters that I asked her
the secret. She dips them in mayon
naise before rolling in cracker crumbs.
TRY it.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-10
SAYS CAKES ARE ALL RIGHT
They Wont Hurt You a Bit if You
Just Chew the Syrup!

Do You know why griddle cakes
hurt you?" demands the high apostle
of Fetching. - Because the syrup is
allowed to pass into the stomach with
out being properly mixed with the
saliva, which makes it digestibie
As soon as it enters the stomach it
becomes acid and interferes with every
thing it meets. Had the cakes been
properly masticated and mixed with
the saliva, the cane sugar would have
become grape sugar, and in this form it
is easily digested.
''Why is it that stout people are adj
vised to avoid starc.y foods? Potatoes,
eaten too hastily, when not craved by
the appetite, supply the system with
a superabundance of fat inducing
starch.
Potatoes are supposed to produce
fat; but if your appetite Graves potato,
and you properly masticate it, eating
only as much of it as satisfies your APP
petite, the system absorbs it all, leav-
ing nothing to produce fat. IN. Y.
Sun.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-10

fiavors as well as he does their names
and never makes a mistake
To the onlooker the system presents
a greater difficulty than even the
phraseology of short order restaur-
ant waiter. In the latter case there is
some resemblance between the real
names and the invented, but at the soda
fountain the real names disappear, and
the thirsty patron sits in wonder when
he hears the order. not knowing wheth-
er he is to be served with a porterhouse
steak or couple of boiled eggs.-In-
dianapolis Star.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-10
PRIZE SUPPER MENU.

The following menu for cold sup
per won a five dollar prize in a recent
contest. The points considered were
the ease with which all the dishes could
be prepared, the simplicity and economy
of the menu and attention paid to
dishes which would harmonic The
menu is:
Cold Veal Roast. Currant Jelly,
BINS and White Bread. Brick Cheese.
Tomato Salad,
Sliced Pineapple and Oranges,
Hot Water Sponge Cake,
Iced Tea with Lemon.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-10

Sailing Food
Useless?

While salt is absolutely necessary to
The animal organism. enough of it for
] eur needs is contained naturally in our
ordinary articles of food, so that the
addition of it as a continent is super
! tiuous, writes NJ. Refine Lafeur in
What-toE Eat Magazine.
The desire for salt is certainly uni
Versal. 1t seems TO have been used
everywhere al all times and in all civil
cations. The same salt seasons today
| the miserable portion of the Soudanese
negro and the choice dishes of Euro
pean tables. The need of salt is not
limited to man; many animals seek il
with avidity So general prediction.
so imperious a desire should not be re-
garded as a single incident, that is Ger
tain; but do they correspond to an un-
avOldable necessity?
Is it not curious that the chloride of
sodium should be the only salt that we
take from nature to add to those con
tanned in our food itself? Other mineral
substances play "A much more important
part in the constitution Of the tissues.
the salts of lime and the phosphate Of
soda, for instance. When we use these
by themselves it is as a medicine.
The taste for salt is not innate nor
instructive; it is required. The mothers
milk contains very little salt Cows
milk has at least four times as much,
but even in this amount the adult who
should live on milk alone-say three
quarts a day-would take more chloride
than he needs.
Man in state of nature does not salt
his food Primitive people who lead
pastoral and nomadic life do not add
salt TO what they eat. The same is true
of animals. Dogs and eats do not like
salt Even the domestic herbivorers get
along very well if salt is not added to
their food.
There is no truth in the tales of i'll
ness from the diseontinuance of salt.
The French soldiers who were said to
have suffered from lack of salt in the
siege of Metz did so simply because
they required it to hide the taste of the
spoiled meat that they were forced TO
eat The story of the Russian serfs
who are reported to have fallen i'll
when deprived of salt by their lords
bears on its face marks of its falsity.
Among the chief morbid symptoms
said to follow the lack of salt is edema,
or swelling, but nowadays a diet with
out salt is prescribed for this trouble
and has been effective in curing it.
Our food. provided it constitutes
proper regimen in the physiologic sense
Of the word contains in itself, and with
no necessity of adding to it from out
side, sufficient salt for our needs.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-10
AN INEXPENSIVE COOKER.

All women who want to 60 away and
spend the day without the bugbear of
having TO get dinner upon their return
hanging over them will be interested in
this cooker which settlement worker
has evolved and which is success. This
is nothing but a washhoiler, some air
tight fruit jars, an asbestos-lined bcx
and a board covered with asbestos
Meat and vegetables to be cooked are
cut into small pieces, places in the fruit
jars and covered with boiling water,
three-fourths full. salt being dissolved
in the water. These jars are then
placed in the boiler, covered with
water to the tops of the jars and put
on the stove till the water boils VIC
lently. They are then removed, placed
on the sbestos-covered board, the as
bestos box IS placed over all. This
keeps the steam N. and when the
mother who has bean out at work all
day returns. her dinner is cooked.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-10
DRINKS BY NUMBER.

Cup and down, up on three and both
ways on five
s not roulette game, nor is it a
country dance, but merely glib little
girl in certain downtown drug store
shouting her soda orders across the
counter. The .'ierker.' without fur
Their comment proceeds to draw a
chocolate soda, a sundae Of the same
brand. a strawberry soda. a pineapple
soda and a pineapple sundae. No other
words are necessary The well trained
q jerker' knows the numbers of the