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The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19

stead or trying to calm me he became
enraged. Frightened. i grabbed the
two children and ran away. Deter
mined TO have nothing more to do with
him / brought an action against him
for divorce, My decree was not
granted
My suit for divorce seemed to
change the man entirely. 1t was az
though I'd never known him. latent
savagery began to show itself and 1
watched with wonder and an unnamed
dread a peculiar coarseness develop in
him. Although falling to get a di-
vorce I refused to have anything to
do with him, Every time he came to
see me my feeling of loathing grew
stronger, and 1t required all the self
restraint | had to keep him from see
ing it. But he felt difference In my
manner toward him, and became very
bitter
Thinking to compel me to return
to him, he went to the hospital where
our baby. little Della. was just recoy-
erlng from severe illness. He asked
to see the matron, and while the nurse
went In search of her he snatohed
Della from her bed and made his escape
with her.
"Is was Immediately notified, and,
nearly frantic with grief and alarm,
went to the police station. / tried there
to get an order for my baby, but / was
told that ! could not do this without
a good deal of formaIity, and. consid-
ering the circumstances, perhaps not
at all.
1T seemed for minute as though
| should go mad. ] told the police that
I'd get the child myself, If died in
the attempt"
The fragile little woman straight
ened in her chair and the lips that had
been tremulcus as she told Of her suf-
ferings, now snoothed themselves out
and closed nrrily upon each other.
She went on
Il went to our old home here in Los
Angeles. something telling me he would
take the child there An officer in plain
clothes followed Mr.. White was at
home, and little Della was on the sofa
crying. | opened the door quickly,
went in and grabbed the baby In my
arms before he realized what had hap
pened. He pursued me. of course. and
just as | got outside the door caught
up with me. He asked me to return
TO him. and when / refused. in my ex-
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19
LABoPs WAGE FOR REBUILDING CITY--I75 MILLIONS

much, so that the average cost would
be in the vicinity of forty cents a
yard Sixty million yards would cost
10000 1000, labor and all, the plaster!
ers getting at least ten per cent of thel
final cost under normal conditions
Labor conditions. however. are not
normal and the plasterer is making
from forty to fifty per cent more
than usual. so that his wages woIld
be in the neighborhood of Efteep~pe
cent, if not more. Thus there wIih be
100000 as the plasterers' share of
the reconstruction millions. -
Incidental to the rebuilding OF San
Francisco there are many industrial,
manufacturing and railroad enter
pTises under way that demand the
services of 4 separate army or labor.
ers. The Western Pacific Railroad
is now advertising for 10000 laborers,
for construction work on the tracks
running into San Francisco ferry ap-
proaches. Other big contractors who
are doing quarry work, the hsuli7g OF
sand and the digging OF gravel for'
footing and superstructural work IN
the new and greater city eau use
5000 more men than are at hand, Al
together the incidents to the recon
struction will employ $1,000 laborersl
during the period OF the next hve,
years. With the average wage. rate,
for these toilers estimated at S. a day
the daily payroll for incidental labor
will foot up to $3o.ooo. This IS $ISo.-
ooo a week or So,S6o,ooO year. I'M
Ave years this would add up to $46.-
100000. And adding it to the already
estimated two hundred millions, WEI
would get the ultimate total of S746, 4
500. 600 as labOrs earnings.
BARTON w. CURRfE
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19

will get out of the work of hod-
carrying and preparing the mortar
twenty-three millions
One billion feet of lumber will go
into the rebuilding. A few years ago
this amount OF lumber would have
cost less than fifteen millions. Now
it is costing much more. Whatever
the cost of Timber. there seems no
doubt that the carpenters and Joiners
will receive more than ten millions
of the money spent in the rebuilding.
As a rule. plumbing is estimated at
about ten per cent of the cost OF the
building Consequently the plumbing
in a brick building OF the sort | have
used for standard, presuming it TO
cost when complete $4,000, would
be $4,000. Ordinarily the labor re-
quired TO install the plumbing is esti-
mated at twenty-five per cent of the
cost of the material. so that the
plumbers would get S875 out of each
building. Then before all the 10000
buildings we're finished and ready for
occupancy the plumbers would have
received ten and one-half millions in
wages. This would be doing rather
we'll even for the plumbers.
Every permanent building that will
rise over the burned area must be
plastered, and there would be slapped
on the walls of four-story brick
building forty-hve feet wide by no
feet deep 5000 square yards of plaster.
In $4,000 buildings the walls would
be covered with sixty million yards.
Common scratch brown plaster
usually costs about twenty-five cents
a yard when on the wooden lath The
same material with plastcr-of-paris
finish. using metal lath on wood
stutifIing. costs more than twice as
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19

forbid a white person to marry either
negro, mulattO, quadrOon or OctOroOn.
Hut there are the children. Such
as he is. he is their father. / don't
want to have the marriage declared
null and void on their account What
an, l 20 dc? If il weren't for the two
children I'd put an end TO my unfor-
tUrate life"
She wrung her hands and the tears
flowed at last.
Il can't let the children bear IL alone.
! brought it on them and I'll do my
duty by them. Why. if they hadn't me.
they might descend to the level OF their
fathers family on. the shame of it,
For such a sorrow there were
no words We left her with her face
in her hands. silently sobbing. as Al
bert whites two children came into
the room. The boy Osmund d.. Is 10t
years Old and little Della S. They are
beth light of complexion like their
mother. with blonde hair. They do not
show the slightest trace of eororedl
blood. although their features reSem-
BILE those of the father.
White himself refuses to discuss.the
case. and will neither deny nor admit.
that he is a negro
Mrs. Whites lawyers say they have,
discovered that White was in constant
communication with colored friends In
the South: that he met them surrepti-
tiously. or when he left home Ostsnsi-
bly, ON business trips. lie told his rel,
atives that he had married "a pretty
W mite girl who didn't suspect"
Such is the strange story OF one
wOmaps life.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19

CONTINUED from Front Page
tanned /by much figuring. Mathematics
does not offer a romantic >astime. but
it obtains totals OF wide interest as
touching city passing through an
epoch that will always be important
to the worlds history
About 1900 buildings were, de-
stroyed by the fire and all OF this
number will eventually be rebuilt.
They will be rebuilt of permanent,
type and of better material than COM
posed them when laid waste by the
flames. 1t is safe 10 say that at least
$4,000 structures will be built of brick
and concrete. Four thousand tempo
rary structures have been hammered
up since the disaster at an. average
cost of about $1,000, aggregating $4,-
100000.
Under ordinary circumstances ar
chltcctS and structural engineers esti-
mate that III wooden structures labor
amounts to nifty per cent of the, total
cost. This percentage has not OBJ
tanned during the past few months
because of the increase in the price
of lumber. The raise in carpenters
wages. even when figuring in over
time and Sundays, has not kept pace
with the boosting of the price of
lumber Approximately, however, the
labor in the erection of four thousand
wooden and galvanized iron buildings
that have been provided for the tenn
porsry shelter of commercial enter
priscs has. cost from thirty-livc to
forty per cent, or about $I.5oo.o 600
Rnfnrn fcrnrnrarv bi,iidin,r h.s
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19

wants Niger oaoy. anyway
II nearly dropped little Della.
What are you saying, Albertg I
screamed.
'''You want a divorce he went on
with an ugly sneer. Why don't you
get IL on the ground that you're mar
ried TO a colored maE?'
The way he said it made me start
and look at him closely. Something
too. that the negro F'itzpa trick once
said TO me. burned upon my memory
My overwrought feelings. my husbands 5
strange conduct. Fitzpatrick liberties
all these flashed through my brain. ex-
planned at last. But 1 refused to be-
lieve. IL didn't seem possible that any
thing go awful could happen TO me.
had endured poverty and hard work.
but disgrace had never visited me-
Say it's not true, Albert; say it's
not true,'
Il found myself slipping to my knees
e Find out. he laughed. and went into
the house,
Mrs. White stopped sobs Were
crowding out her utterance. After a
time she concluded:
Il went to see my lawyers and asked
them to find out for me all about Albert
White. Their Investigations have
proved my worst suspicious Mr.. White
Is Tennessee quadroon. His real
name is John Fitzpatrick and he is n
full brother. of the negro Fitzpatrick
who lived with us I could have my
marriage annulled on the ground of
his being coiored. for the laws of the
States OF Arkansas and Kansas. in
which our two marriages took place,
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19

stopped the carpenters will undoubt-
edly receive anofher million. BY that
time there will be ample demand for
them III the permanent buildings that
will gradually rise and crowd out the
shacks.
The best way of calculating the
cost of the reconstruction of the city
is to take some standard building as
a gauge and figure from that. En-
gineers with whom | discussed the
subject declared that a four-story
brick building on a lot 44xIIo feet is
as good standard as could be taken
Experts who know the rebuilding sit
uation say that using such 4 standard
it is safe to figure on 10000 perma-
ncnt buildings.
In the construction OF four-story
building of the type mentioned 548.-
900 bricks are used. Ten years ago
1000 bricks could be bought and laid
for SII. Today in San Francisco it
costs almost as much for the labor.
A bricklayer can lay ten hundred
bricks in seven hours and at the pres
ent rate of wages he makes S7-s cents
ing 1000 bricks cost S6I2. Then there
is almost S. for the hoGcarrier and
other labor to figure in on the work,
bringing the total up to about $Io =
thousand. Thus the wages OF labor in
erecting s4S.ooo-brick building
would be about $500. In $4,000 such
buildings the grand total would be
more than sixty million dollars
If, as has been estimated, 6,576,-
600, 900 bricks go into the rebuilding
of San Francisco. the aggregate earn
ings of the bricklayers alone en-
ployed on the work will be something
lie fnrtv-six millions Other labor
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19
DlfOlded in u1c diyOrC
Cua of MrG Albert
White Of Loo AngelcG

he sensational disclosure that
Mrs. Mary H, White has been
compelled to make public in her
efforts to secure a divorce from
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-23
FARMlNGToN.

Pennington, Jan. 20. - Mesdames
Minnie Westcott and Mayme McQuil-
lin entertained the Evening High Five
club Wednesday evening at the home
of Mrs. McQuillan.
Mrs. Cena White has gone to Zanes-
vile, Ohio, to visit relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Spurgeon, of
Iowa City, and daughter, Mrs. j. B.
Keaster, Of Creston, are visiting at
the home of Mr.. Surgeons sister,
Mrs. May zigler.
Mrs. Kate Flood has returned from
Greencastle, Mo.
Mrs. B. F. Ketcham. Of Bonaparte
spent Wednesday with Pennington
relatives
Miss Maggie Hughes, of Eldon, is a
guest at the home of her aunt, Mrs
Byrd Waste.
Harry Masters has gone to Texas on
a business trip.
Afternoon High Five club on Thurs
ent and the color scheme was pink
and white. The dining room was dec
GRATED with smilax and pink and white
carnations. The place cards We're very
dainty with hand painted pink carna-
lions on each one, and the ice cream
and cake were also pink and white
Miss Mayme Reckmeyer assisted Mrs
Folker in serving and these women
were charmingly gowned in white and
wore pink carnations. Miss Margaret
Mulvihill was the fortunate winner
of the prize, which was beautiful
pink and white vase. Each Of the
guests were given carnation as a
souvenir of delightful afternoon.
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RELEASED ON BOND.

From Mondays Daily.
Pearl M. Sutton, the Belknap barber
charged with assault with intent to
kill, furnished bond for 81 900 Satrr.
day evening and was released. His
hearing was set for next Saturday
Sutton is charged with stabbing Frank
Vance, colored, with knife. The af-
fair occurred on Smoky Row" Friday
afternoon, and, 1t is alleged that the
colored man first assaulted Sutton and
his friend, Frank Martin, a wealthy
Davis county farmer. The wounds of
the colored man are not considered
dangerous.
Buck William pleaded guilty to dis
turbing the peace before Judge E. M.
Campbell Saturday evening and was
sentenced to thirty days in Jail. Will
liams was charged with fighting and
using profane language on the Sheri.
dan avenue street car on Christmas
eve.
In the police court this morning
Sam Racey was given thirty days for
intoxication. julius Drescher, w
Van Dyke anG L. Ward were given
three days each. Five dodgers and
one plain drunk were released.
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kEosAuQUA.

Keosauqua, Jan. 20.-Fred Ramsey
and wife, of North Dakota, are in this
place visiting with Sheriff R. P. Ram
sey and family.
G. D. Morse and family, of Eldon
recently visited in this place with
relatives.
Harrison Blackledge has purchased
the Curtis McClurg residence near the
court house. This is new house and
will make Mr.. and Mrs. Blackledge
a pleasant home. Mr. and Mrs. Nc
Clurg will go west about the first OF
February for the benefit of Mrs. Nc
Clurg's health.
Mrs. G. D. Streeter of Keokuk, was
q recent visitor in this place at the
w. c. Cheney home.
John L. Therme, Of this city, has
taken party of land seekers to New
Mexico to view that country with the
view of making purchases.
Fred Roberts, OF Bloomfield. visited
in this city, with his parents the first
Of the week, Mr.. and Mrs. A. W. Rob-
erts.
The jury after being out all night in
the case of e. H. Rockwell VS.. town
of Pennington, returned a verdict this
morning in favor of Rockwell for the
sum of $3.50. Mr.. Rockwell is the pub
Usher of the Pennington Herald and
his claim was based on claim for
printing the revised ordinances of the
town and also for damages for the city
cutting off the water from his water
motor belonging to hiB press.
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OBITUARY..

Concerning the death Of Claud L.
Bowen. son of Mr.. and Mrs. H. A.
Bowen Sr of Yates Center, Kan, the
Woodson County (Kan.) Advocate had
the following obituary notice:
"Died-at the parental residence,
corner Of South and Green street, on
Tuesday afternoon. January 16, 1906,
of tuberculosis of the bowels, Claud l..
Bowen, youngest son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
D. A. Bowen ST.. aged 81 years,
months and 26 days.
"Claud L. Bowen, the subject of this
sketch, was born at Highland Center,
Wapello county. Iowa, April 20, 1884
where his young life was spent until
he was IL years of age when his par.
ents moved to Ottumwa, Iowa, where
they lived one year. They moved
from Ottumwa to Yates Center in
1896, where he has resided with his
parents most of the time since.
"Claud has virtually grown up in
Yates Center and during his school
days was one of the brightest schol.
ars in the public schools Of this place.
always in his young days being deserv'
eddy popular with his young school
mates. AS he grew in years his popu.
larity grew with the young people, SO
much so that the most Of the social
gatherings of the young people was
not considered complete without
Claud While quite young he engaged
in the grocery business in which he
was engaged until succeeded by his
brother, G. 3. Bowen in 1904, when he
went to Caney Kan where he wa q
engaged in the clothing and gents
furnishing business until the fall OF
the same year. when he purchased an
interest in the mercantile house Of J.
Il. Martin. Later, the balance Of the
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Martin interest was purchased by his
brother. G. e. Bowen and the firm has

Martin interest was purchased by his
brother. G. E. Bowen and the firm has
since been known as Bowen Bros.
"In the early part of the past year
he begun to feel badly but was not
considered in critical condition. In
the fore part of the summer, feeling
that he was not improving but gradu-
ally growing worse under the advice Of
his physician, he went to Hot Springs,
Ark, to seek relief. After a short
stay he came home and has since been
confined to the house the most Of the
time. fighting that terrible scourging
disease-tuberc ulosis-until the end.
"The deceased leaves fond and
ers. g. E. and D. A. Bowen of this
county and H. o. Bowen Of Seattle,
Wash. and one sister, Miss Iris Bow
en-, who is at home with her parents,
to mourn his death.
eve all know as soon as we come to
the age of understanding that sooner
or later death must come to us in
some form or other. In our estimation
the; saddest deaths are those Of the
young men or women, who are just
entering manhood or womanhood, as
the case might be, their education fin
ished with a bright future and the
world before them, it seems almost a
pity that they cannot live to finish
their career. Yet our Heavenly Father
knows best and as our Bible teaches
us, not leaf falls unnoted by him. it
is our duty to acquiese.
Funeral services were held at the
Methodist Episcopal church Thursday
January Is, at 2:30 p. NJ, Rev. g. w.
Bailey officiating. Burial took place
in the Yates Center cemetery. Out of
respect for the family all Of the bust
ness houses were closed during the
funeral services.
/, 1.-THE Advocate joins the many
| friends of the family in sincere SYM
pathy with them for their irreparable
loss.
1.-THE family feel very grateful to the
! friends for their kind assistance and
moral support during the sickness,
death and burial of their beloved son
and brother"
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OAK RIDGE.

Oak Ridge, Jan. 19.-Mrs. S. j.
Parker, of Jefferson, North Dakota,
visited with friends and neighbors in
this vicinity last week. She left Sat
urday on the Milwaukee for Farson
to visit her mother, Mrs O. j. Harris.
Miss Eva Hills visited for few
days last week with her friend, Mrs.
Rhoda Mcdonald, of Ottumwa.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Kirkpatrick
spent Sunday at the home of their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. K. Kirkpat-
rick.
Mrs. Nord is still on the sick list.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Horn spent Sun
day at the home of NJ Klinert.
On Wednesday, Jan. II. Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Hills celebrated their silver
wedding anniversary at their home
east Of the city. On Jan. II. 1881, at
st. Peters church, Clapton, Northants
England, Miss Jane Hankins and VIM
Hills were united in marriage. This
being their twenty-fifty anniversary.
To this union four children were born.
three of whom are living and assisted
in the celebration. They are
Reginald G., Hettie and Flossie
About twenty relatives and friends
were present and partook OF
the sunptuous dinner that was
served. Thos present were Mr.. and
WI .. 1ooiSe Hills eiiu uadShtSi, AIs.'
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Johnson and chill
dren, Ruth and Ernest. Mr.. and Mrs
Fred Hern, Of Ottumwa; Mr. and Mrs
Will Eakins and daughter, Mamie, OF
Bloomfield; Mrs. Melvin and daugh-
tiers, Helen and Marian, of Ottllmwa
Miss Nina Stevens and Mr.. and Mrs
Fred Roush. The afternoon was very
pleasantly spent in music and sing
ing and old time "reminiscences. They
were recipients of some very pretty
silverware.
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!EDDYvILLE.

Eddyville. Jan. 22.-The Yeomen
night. They had secured the use of
the Pythian hall, and from until IL
o'clock they had public entertain
ment of music, etc., which was at
tended by nearly 200 persons. J. E.
Van Wrinkle, prominent worker of
the order, formerly Of this place, but
now of Des Moines. was present and
made an interesting speech. The
degree team of the Des MoineS lodge
came down on the $3.50 train, and en-
tertained the gathering with some
we'll executed floor work. The lodge
opened a private session at II o'clock
and initiated a good sized class of
candidates, after which suppSr was
served.
Mrs. Emma Lhost returned Ito her
home at Ottumwa Thursday after
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DAVIS COUNTY LINE.

Davis County Line, Jan. 1s.-Mr
and Mrs. Lige Rum and Vaughn
Micklin and wife visited Wednesday
with Mrs. Carrie Helm.
Victor Diveley visited Saturday and
Sunday at the Jacob Hamm home.
Rev. Ambrose closed series OF
meetings at White Elm Tuesday even
ing.
Saul Bales made trip to Selma last
Friday.
A large crowd attended services al
White Elm Tuesday evening.
Rev. Olmstead, of Chicago, was
present and preached very interest
ing sermon.
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AGENCY.


Agency, Jan. 22.-Mrs. Cuba shad-
ford entertained her friends at a
house picnic Friday afternoon and ev-
ening. An enjoyable time was had
by those present.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Hopkins have
returned from a few weeks visit in
Texas.
Amos Stephens left Saturday morn
ing for Carson on a business trip.
Miss Jennie Dixson, of Mystic, is
here visiting friends.
John Roberts is sick.
Warren Rifle Is i'll.
A. ]. Reynolds left Saturday for
Omaha to visit his sister, Mrs. Stebins,
who is sick.
Fred A. woodward sold his 40 acre
farm northwest of town to Mrs. VIM
Cole recently. Consideration, $s5 per
lacre.