davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-06
Germany's Drink Bill
Is $729,975,OOO

|" HE British Consul at Munich re-
ports that the brewing industry
of Bavaria is responsible for
about one-third of the entire pro-
duetion of beer in the German Empire.
There are over 10000 brewers in pa
Farta, who last year manufactured
392,402.200 gallons OF beer and exported
oS,609,4OO gallons The production and
the export were practically the same as
In the preceding year. Twelve of the
companies paid no dividends and the
average distribution of the rest was
about IA per cent. or one-fourth per
cent less than in the preceding wear
In the whole of Germany there are ass
brewing companies. whose production
Is 649.S75.10e gallons and whose aver
age dividend is z per cent In Mu-
mich the consumption OF beer is still
very large. though in the last seven
years IT has fallen from about 10 to
about 70 gallons per head. In the Ger
man Empire 1t is computed that tbs
annual drink bill amounts to s7es.s7s.-
600.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-06

Other articles are following suit.
There was a shortage this year OF
strawberries and yellow plums for jam.
and marmaIade. for some unexplained
reason. is also less in quantity than
usual The catch of sardines was much
below the ordinary this year, so that
the timed fish are also more expensive.
Then too, there is a diminution in the
supply of best bacon. farmers finding
that pig breeding is less profitable than
of old. Here is a list of the prospective
prices of some of these things ct
Christmas, as compared with the prices
at Christmas Of last year:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-06

looked handsomer than since her re-
turn.
Miss Josephine Hannigan. who left
shortly after the fire for Southern Cal
ifornia. where she has since been visit
ing friends. expects to return to San
Francisco in time for Christmas.
!. Mrs. Ives and Miss Florence Ives
expect to leave very shortly for South
ern California. where they will spend
the winter at Coronado.
Mrs. S. w. Mills. who accompanied
her daughter. Miss Carrie Mills. East
to school. will. upon her return TO
California. join her mother. Mrs. Wen
ban, and her sister, Mrs Shaw. at thu
Hotel Potter at Santa Barbara. where
ban, Mrs Mills and Mrs. Shaw have re-
turned recently from Napa County,
where they spent some time.
Among the navy affairs that have
been given this week was a dinner
aboard the United States steamship
Pensacola on Monday by DR.. Wallace
Smith of the navy DR.. Smith is
brother of DR.. Reginald knight Smith
and has already been the host of
number of delightful affairs since his
recent arrival here.
Mrs Philip Bancroft expects TO leave
shortly for Southern California wher4
she will spend Christmas as the guest
of her aunt, Mrs. Sims. and cousin,
Miss Josephine smith
The officers of the Twenty-second IN
fantry. who entertained last Friday
evening at a dance given at the dis
charge camp at Angel Island. contenn-
plate giving a similar anair every
month during the season. Last Friday
evenings affair was most enjoyable
and was largely attended by our bellies.
besides a number of Sausalitos prom
inent society girls.
Mr. and Mrs. George Heazelton let
during the week for Los Angeles.
Miss IsobeI Strong and Mrs. Franl5
Strong. who have been occupying the
home of Mrs Robert Louis stevenson
at Hyde and Lombard streets. will soon
leave for Mrs. Norris home on Octavia
and Geary streets.
The wedding OF Major Samson Lane
Faison and Miss Eleanor Kerfoot Sow
ers, which is TO take place IN Washing
ton, d. c.. on Wednesday, December
19, is attracting much attention in
army, social and club circles here. In
vitations were received here yesterday
from DR.. and Mrs. Sewers inviting
friends to the wedding breakfast. which
is TO be held at 1890 at their rest
dence, 1907 Massachusetts, avenue
After the wedding Major and Mrs. Fat
son will start for the coast and will
sail for Manila on the transport sched-
uled TO leave here January s.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-06


L. marked increase in the cost or
living. according to a report re-
ceived at Washington from Con-
sui Hamm of Hull.
There is a simultaneous shortage IN
several kinds of household provisions,
and the result = that prices are al
ready on the rise. and by Christmas
they will have reached unusual heights.
Butter and cheese are two of the chief
articles in which there is shortage,
and the reason for the shortage IS
found in the continued drought or the
past few months, the effect being felt
not only in England, but in butter
producing countries like France. Can
ada and Australia. Apart from this.
many farmers arc giving up making
butter and cheese. finding il more prof.
table to sell their milk. The result
of these things is that there is scar
city Of both butter and cheese At
Christmas butter will cost cents per
pound more than at present and cheese
will increase by 2 cents a pound. A
leading London firm of provision deal
ers states that prices are even now
well advanced. Here are their list OF
present (per pound) prices and esti-
mated prices for Christmas:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-06
Gossip of Doings
of Railroad Men
Atlantic steamship lines held q
meeting yesterday afternoon in

meeting yesterday afternoon ir
the ferry building for the purpose
of forming an organization having for
Its object the harmonization of tire
various interests of the different COM
panies. S. r. Booth of the Cunard line
was selected as temporary chairman
and Frederick Prince of the Anchor
line as secretary. A general discus
sion was held with regard to various
matters and committee was appointed
to draft bylaws for a permanent or
ganization, which will be submitted to
a meeting to be held on December 10
In the past number of propositions
had come up on which the different
lines had taken different action, which
had resulted in friction. With an or
ganization these matters can be frank
ly discussed and harmonious action
taken.
S. F. Booth is general passenger
agent of the Union Pacific and F.
Prince is the city passenger agent OF
the Santa Fe.
The ella Valley Globe and Northern
was washed out yesterday by cloud
burst. but service, it is expected, will
be resumed within the week. large
force of men has been put to work TO
repair the road.
F. M. Thompson, general agent of the
Rock Island. who has been on bust
ness trip to Goldheld, returned yester-
day.
H. K. Gregory, assistant general
passenger agent of the Santa Fe, is
back from Bakersfield "I was in the
San Joaquin Valley" he remarked yes
terday. to look after our passenger SER
vice. The truth is our people have had
so much to do with taking care OF
freight and keeping it moving that
complaint has been made about the
passenger trains. This will be RENE
died. Bakersfield had a fine rain last
Friday night and the entire country
appears to be in a prosperous condi-
ton"
The business mems special made a
fine run from Sparks and the train
drew into the Oakland mole at 1:25
o'clock yesterday morning. The train
left Sparks at $40 p. m. Tuesday and
arrived at Sacramento at s:57 D. m. and
the mole at :25 a. m. The time from
Sparks to the mole was nine hours and
fortyfive minutes and the railroad
people say, considering the grades, the
curves and the stops, the time was
good.
Captain William Elsasser, who was
for many years a captain on one of
the river steamers belonging to the
Southern Pacific, has been appointed
the freight and passenger agent of the
San Francisco and Coos Bay line of
steamers, which was recently purchased
by the Southern Pacific. His head
quarters are in this city.
D. o. Clark, vice president and gem
eral manager Of the Union Pacific Coal
Company and superintendent of coal
service, with headquarters at Omaha,
arrived yesterday in the city from
Portland. Mr.. Clark's private car is
booked for MERGED.
T. A. Graham, assistant general
freight and passenger agent of the
Southern Pacific in Los Angeles, left
last night for home.
c. S. Fee, passenger traffic manager
of the Southern Pacific. and H. A.
Jones, freight traffic manager for the
same line, are at Reno attending to
transportation matters.
The Santa Fe Railroad expects to be
in its new quarters In the Monadnoclx
building on Saturday.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-06

of the boil weevl and the cattle fever tick
The Presidents old friend the stork fass notice
In smphed spelling he would weed the old stagers that lag
upeuous in the unwilling somebody else chance
Finally with gngey caution of approval Shaws plan
the currency, because this the subject the
range knowledge that Theodore Roosevelt is
afraid of.
God bless the President!
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-06
NOTE AND COMMENT

Apprehension possible Japanese invasion appears be
portions of the United fahest removed
any seaboard with the newspaper hanging
the Mississippi Valley
may able pen Lnger
his papers, but Roosevelt writes
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-06

Townsend's Cal gIace fruits and can
dies a. Emporium, Post and Van Ness,
and 1898 and 1920 Valencia street.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-06

- NGLAND is on the verge of
= marked increase in the cost OF
living. according to a report re-
I ceived at Washington from Con-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-06

Mrs. Philip Bancroft expects 10 leave
shortly for Southern California. wher4
she will spend Christmas as the guest
of her aunt, Mrs. Sims. and cousin,
Miss Josephine smith
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-06

Mr.. and Mrs. George Heazelton let
during the week for Los Angeles.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-03-23
THE BRICkLAYERS.
Waiting for Contractors to Act on the
New Scale.

During 1905 the Union Bricklayers
of Lincoln mad scale calling for 55
cents per hour for eight hours work a
day, but during the entire season the
men :ecIved from 60 to 65 cents. On
January J. according to custom the
Bricklayers met 10 frame d new sched-
ulc for 1906 and the scale was in
creased to 60 cents per hour and the
contractors sc notified.
The new scale was to take effect
March 1, but the contractors gave no
sign until few days ago, and then
they insisted upon the same scale as
prevailed last year The Bricklayers
stood pat for the new scale. There is
scarcely a doubt but what the matter
will be amicably adjusted. The mat
ter is now being discussed by joint
committee, and arbitration satisfactory
to both sides is almost sure to result.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-03-23
the REASON WHY, AGAIN.

Again The Wageworker has been
asked why it devotes considerable
space' to the Lincoln Overall and Shirt
factory and none at all to Hermann
Rros. and the Inter-Ocean concerns,
both of which are as bad industrially
as the Lincoln Overall and Shirt fac
tory. And again The Wageworker
takes occasion TO give the reason why
Hermann Bros. and the lnter-Ocean
neonle make 40 pretenslons or being
wonderfullv concerned about human
nv They make no hypocritical pre-
tensions of charity, brotherly love,
kindness and affection for the toiiers,
They did not open their factories with
,r.ver and soft speeches. In short,
,hev reveal by their actions that they
oro ont for the dollars, and propose 10
,et them even If their employees nave
n work for scant wages. the gentie-
80, who manages the Lincoln over
n, and shirt factory is Jealous
church member, he processes 10 DE
.reatIv concerned about the welfare
~ humanity. and he deplores in mourn
o., ,,nas the wickedness and vice SO
terribly rampant all over the country
Ana then he pays scant wages. works
bic employes long hours. opposes un-
,or,sm and coldly discharged work
inc girl because the check for s2.42
a4|
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-03-23
CLARA MORRIS AND IRVING.
The Retired Actress Tells First I'm
pressions Of Great EngIishman.


Now at MIR. Days last long-drawn
out "Aa-ah'' anent Mr.. Irving's win
ming applause without words, believ-
ed an idea, new and novel, had sprung
into his mind. while his present rapt
manner would tell anyone familiar
with his ways that the idea was rap
idly becoming a plan. | was wonder
ing what it could be, when a sharp
'Well?" startled me into swift and
beautiful obedience
You see, Mr.. Daily, L knew abso-
lutely nothing of the story of the play
that night. The Bells were, 1 sup
posed, church bells. In the first act
the people were rustic-the season
winter-snow flying in every time the
door opened. The absent husband and
father was spoken of by mother and
daughter, lover and neighbor. Then
there were sleighbells heard, whose
jingle stopped suddenly. The door
opened-Matthias entered, and for the
first time winter was made truly mani
fest to us, and one drew himself to-
gether instinctively, for the tall, gaunt
man at the door was cold-chilled,
just to the very marrow of his bone.
Then, after general greetings had
been exchanged, he seated himself in
chair directly in the center of the
stage, a mere trifie in advance OF
others in the scene, and proceeded to
remove his long leggings. He drew a
great colored handkerchief and brush
ed away some clinging snow; then
leaning forward with slightly tremu-
lous fingers, he began to unfasten a
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-03-23

which he paid her for weeks work
found its way into the possession of
the editor of this paper without her
knowledge or consent.
The Wageworker contends that
such institutions, managed by such
men are a menace to the industrial
life of community. The others are
menace. too, but not SO much as the
one presided over by gentlemen who
are pointed to as pillars of church and
society. If every Institution employ
ing wage earners We're to be conduct
ed on the same lines as the Lincoln
Shirt and Overall factory, paying the
same rate of wage and working the
same hours, Lincoln would be an al
mighty poor business town and the
merchants would be far from enjoying
the prosperous conditions they now
enjoy. Good wages and reasonable
hours have built up Lincolns retail
business. and The Wageworker is
striving to maintain those conditions
in the face of the influences of fac
tories that work long hours, pay starv-
alton wages and are presided over by
gentlemen who make a great pretense
of humanity and brotherly love.
We hope that we have made The
Wageworker's position clear.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-03-23
To the Beloved.

Everything that l made 1 used to bring
you.
Was it song. why. then twas a song
to sing to YOU.
Was it a story. to you I was telling my
story.
All, my dear. could you hear mid the
bliss and the glory?
Did any one praise me. to you said it
all over:
My laughter for you: how we laughed in
the days past recover?
My tears and my troubles were yours.
did any one grieve me.
l carried it straight to the love that was
sure to relieve me.
Q my dear. when aught happens, to you
l am turning.
Forgetting how far YOU have travelled
this day from my yearning.
There is nobody now to tell things to-;
Your house is so lonely;
And still I'm forgetting and bringing my
tale to you only.
The old days are over: how pleasant they
were the fine weather.
When youth and my darling and I were
at home and together!
And still I'm forgetting. ochone, that no
longer you're near me,
And turn to you still with my tale. and
there's no one to hear me.
Pail Mall Gazette.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-03-23
LACE SCARF AS EAR TRUMPET.
Elderly Lady Has Discovered 1t Acts
as Sounding Board.

With advancing years a dear old
lady has found that her hearing has
become somewhat affected. She has
not found it necessary to use an ear
trumpet as yet, but it is difficult at
Anything said in an undertone is COM
pletely lost to her-that is. it was I'M
til she hit upon novel idea.
While visiting friend recently the
hostess had pitched her voice almost
to the straining point and her vocal
organs We're getting tired, when Aunt
Sis" as she is affectionately termed,
interrupted her by saying: please,
dearie. hand me my lace head scarf"
do you feel draught?" anxiously
inquired the hostess, handing over the
mantilla.
Not the slightest" said Aunt Sis
as she adjusted the head covering.
Then why do you wear it? 1t will
make your head tender"
ooh, l think not. You see, the scarf
acts as a sort Of sounding board. 1t
keeps out all other sounds except
those of the human voice. When
wear this l can hear even whisper.
| can't explain why it is, but it is SO,
nevertheless. l have had lots of fun
over it, too. My boys have been TAX
ing advantage of my infirmity to whis-s
per to each other. I didn't hear them
before l began to wear this scarf, but
now I know lots of their secrets and
they don't know it, It's a good joke
on them
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-03-23
New CITY for Euypt.

Suakin, on the Red sea. has proved
an unsatisfactory port and is to be
superseded by brand-new rival
which has been built up out of coral
work and desert sand by the Egyptian
authorities The rival is Port Sudan.
the latest addition to the cities of the
British empire, and an enthusiast says
that it is destined to be a place of
magnitude and Importance in the days
when cotton shall have made it the
New Orleans of the east. The place
has hitherto been called Mersa Sheikh
Barud. 1t is about $50 miles south of
Suez and is capable of holding a
dozen vessels of moderate size. The
entrance is 600 feet across. and the
land around is six feet above sea
level
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-03-23
DON'T GROW EXCITED.

There is a whole lot of foolishness
about this hue and cry over the arrest
OF the officials of the Western Fedora
ton of Miners. We are satisfied that
the officials were Illegally taken from
Colorado to Idaho, but just now that
is not the question at issue. The ques-
ton is. are the men guilty of the crime
charged against them? If they are,
they ought to be hanged as high as
Hannah. If innocent, they will be ac-
quilted. All that organized labor
should insist upon is that the men
should have a fair trial, and unionism
has everything to gain and nothing to
lose by keeping cool and lending every
assistance to the enforcement of the
law We know that the Citizens AL
lance of Colorado and Idaho have been
guilty of horrible bruta1ities, and that
they have defied the law. We are sat
isfied that the membership of the
Western Federation of Miners lacks a
whole lot of measuring up to the an
gelic standard. But even if the Citi-
zens' Alliance is guilty of everything
charged against it, that does not war
rant union men in resorting to the
bullet and the bomb.
Until last week we have entertained
high opinion of Eugene " Debs, but
If his recent call to arms represents
his sentiments we have done with him.
A man who will yell for a million men
with guns to fight the battles of the
wage earners is daffy, and his mouth
ings only serve to make the cause of
labor ridiculous. We have had too
much of that sort of thing. What we
need now is common sense. When we
get enough OF that commodity we will
begin casting our millions of votes as
one, and that will be the solution.
In the meanwhile do not become ex-
cited TO the point of frenzy over the
Meyer ayward-St. John affair. Just
keep cool and exert every energy to
seeing that they get a1fair trial. The
case has become too sGominent in the
public eye to permit the men being
railroad to the gallows. If they are
innocent that fact will be proved. If
they are guilty they ought to hanged
twice-once for their crime and once
for bringing the holy cause of labor
into disrepute. And right here The
Wageworker wants to assert it's BELIEF
in the innocence of these men insofar
as the assassination of Steuenberg is
concerned.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-03-23
STELZLE INVITED.
The Noted Presbyterian Minister May
Visit Kansas City.


Visit Kansas City.
The Rev. Charles Stelzle, who is in
charge of the department of church
and labor of the Presbyterian church.
may visit Kansas in the near future.
Sunday the Industrial Council in
structed Secretary Joseph R. Franklin
to invite the Rev. Sickle to visit Kan
sas City and, if possible, to so time
his visit that he can address the In
dustrial Council at one of it's regular
meetings.
The Presbyterian ministers have
also extended an invitation to the
noted speaker to visit Kansas City,
Kansas City Labor Herald
The Wageworker hopes that Rev.
Mr.. Stelzle will accept the invitation.
He will do the cause of unionism in
Kansas City world of good. If we
had a thousand preachers doing the
work Rev Mr.. Sickle is engaged in,
labor would be extremely fortunate.
Kansas City unions should never let
up in it's efforts until it gets this splen-
did man to visit and address them.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-03-23
Gov. paIe's Small Potatoes.

Ex-Gov. George N. Dale of Island
Pond, VT. had an account against a
Frenchman named Felix, for whom he
had rendered some legal service The
account had run long time. Felix
meeting the governor one day on the
street, dunned himself in the follow,
ing manner: ''Meester Gunner. l owes
you beeg bill. When I dig mar per
taters mex fall, bar gar, pay you"
Late in the fall the governor was
riding in the neighborhood of Felix
home, and again met him. Stopping
his horse, the governor said, Felix,
how about the potaties?"
Bar gar, Gunner, those pertaters
dond turn out SO beeg's you 'spected
bar darn sight"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-03-23
HOW ABOUT 1T?
Is There Union FRESHMAN Guilty Of
This Crime?

The Wageworker has lit on what
seems to be the best of authority that
a pressman who carries a union card
and is employed at the Woodruff
Collins printery, is logged out in
suit of working clothes manufactured
by the Lincoln Overall and Shirt Co.
The union man who would be guilty
of this ought to take something for his
unionism, and if he won't take it his
union ought to make him take it, and
make him like it.
The Wageworker mas no desire to
''bawl out" anybody, but If pair of
union-made overalls do not replace the
aforesaid "scab" overalls by this time
next week there will be doings. That
any man connected with the allied
printing, trades should be guilty of
this crime against unionism is a re-
Election on the entire allied crafts.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-03-23
Fate of the Old Presidents.

In the autumn of 1901 Mrs. w of
Roxbury spent a few weeks with her
daughter in Nova Scotia, returning
home shortly before President McKin-
ley was shot, bringing her niece, Bes-
sic F., aged years, home with her.
or course the child heard a good deal
of talk in the house about the shoot
ing of the president.
One day Bessie said to her aunt:
"Aun+ Minnie, who is king of the
United States?" Her aunt replied :
1--WE have no kings in the United
States Ike you GO in your British
country. We have presidents. We
have an election every four years and
elect a new one"
ooh, yes" the child replied; "and
then they shoot the old ones, don't
they?'-Boston Herald.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-03-23

top buckle. Suddenly the trembling
ceased, the fingers clenched hard upon
the buckle, the whole body became
still, then rigid-it seemed not to
breathe! The one sign of life in the
man was the agonizingly strained
sense of hearing! His tortured eyes
saw nothing. Utterly without speech,
without feeling he listened-breath-
lessly listened! A cold chill crept
stealthily about the roots of his hair.
clenched my hands hard and whis-
pered to myself: Will it come, good
God. will it come, the thing he listens
for?' When with wild bound, as if
every nerve and muscle had been rent
Dy an electric shock, he was upon his
feet; and l was answered even before
that suffocating cry of terror-'The
bells! the bells!'-and under cover of
the applause that followed l said :
Haunted Innocent or guilty, this
man is haunted Clara Norris