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The San Francisco call., 1906-05-24
Marriage Licenses.

The following marriage licenses were
issued yesterday:
Felix Slane. 20, 2259 Geary street, and
Agnes Foley. 81, San Francisco.
Bruce u. Weatherhead, 2t, 732 Hayes
street. and Mamie Mccain, 421 Pierce
street
Edward Bauer, SO, and Annie Kunze, 49,
both of San Francisco.
John Sullivan, 20, u Collingwood street
and Rachel Jones, 2l, Il Colingwood
street.
Bernt Paulsen, 80. 500 Castro street,
and Olga Nasman, %, S03 Castro street
Thomas j. Chrstal, 81, 426 Twenty
seventh street, and Margaret e. Winter,
21, 2709 TWenty-first street.
Joseph w. Ricks, 26, 1873 Fifteenth
street, and Margaret E. Coleman, %, 1473
Fifteenth street
Daniel f. Crowen, 2s, 117s McAlister
street, and Agnes j. Thomas, %, 544 Olive
avenue.
Gust Erikson, %, 1851 Octavia street,
and Mathilda Rosgren, %. 1851 Octavia
street.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-24
LEVETT GOES TO HAWAII
TO SAMPLE SAKE BEVERAGE
If Case Is Lost, Government viii Be
Obliged to Refund More Than
$1,000. 600

B. A. Levett special assistant counsel
for the Treasury Department called at
the Custom House yesterday to confer
with Collector Stra tton with reference to
the duty on sake. or Japanese rice wine.
He is on his way to Honolulu to take tes-
timony upon the issue as to whether sake
partakes of the nature of wine or of beer.
If it should be decided that sake is beer,
the Government win be obliged to refund
little more than 81, 900 duty paid by
the importers under protest, the Collector
having taxed it as OF the nature of wine
at 90 cents per gallon. Should it be
shown to be beer, the tax will be only
at the rate of 10 cents per gallon. 1t con-
tains IS per cent of alcohol.
The United States Circuit Court of APP
peals at New York has decided adversely
to the Government, which had made out
a very meager case. 1t is for the purpose
Of getting more testimony in another case
now pending in the United States Circuit
Court, of Appeals in this city that MIR.
Levett is going to Honolulu.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-24
CHURCH LAWS
SHOULD RULE
Court Denies Injunction
in Restraint of
Merger.
Will Not Interfere in
Dispute of Presby-
terianS.

DECATUR, ILL.,. May 23.-Judge
Johns today refused the application
for an Injunction to restrain the unior
of the Presbyterian churches. He said
the case has no parallel in the juris-
prudence of the United States. He
treated the church as voluntary or
ganization, the acts of whose highest
| tribunal are binding on all members
and could not be interfered with by
the courts if the acts be fair and
honest.
AS to doctrine. the court held that
whether the doctrines of the Cum
berland Presbyterian church are wide
ly variant from those of the Presby-
terian church is an ecclesiastical
question solely upon which, having
been decided by an ecclesiastical
Judiciary, the civil court is powerless
to inquire" The decision adds:
"No court has ever enjoined an
ecclesiastical body from considering
what action it should take. This APP
plication is without precedent"
The Judges opinion was read in
the assembly DR.. Steele introduced
resolution that, In entering the
union, the Cumberland Presbyterians
do not surrender any integral part
of their doctrine. He read a state
ment made by the original Cumber-
land Presbytery. which said that the
question of fatality would not affect
the Presbyterian system of doctrine.
The resolution was adopted by 1872
to 106
DIR. w. n. Black. president of the
Missouri Valley College. the secretary.
read the report of the committee on
fraternity and union
The report on union was adopted
163 to 81. The anti-unionists filed
protest.
DES MONIES. May 23.-The cause
of unionism between the Cumberland
Presbyterian church and the Presby-
terian general church in the United
States, the latter being in session
here now, received a decided impetus
at today's session, when kilograms of
good Will and brotherly greetings
were exchanged. the Cumberlands be-
ing in session at Decatur. Ill.
The assembly adopted the report OF
the Board of Foreign Missions. en-
bodying a number of important
recommendations The question OF
polygamy came up and a resolution
was adopted asking the church in the
various localities to lend its infid-
Eence to the adoption of an amend
ment to the constitution of the United
States prohibiting it. Officers of the
Woman's Home Missionary Board
were selected and much routine busi-
ness disposed of. A resolution
memorializing Congress against APP
propriations OF the public money for
sectarian purposes was defeated
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-24
CAN PLACE BIC
ISSUE Of BONDS
Drummer Makes Offer to
Raise Money to
Rebuild.
Favors Financing to
Avert Burden of
Taxation.

Henry Drummer, cashier of the Cen
trail Trust Company, has written to
Mayor Schmitz that it will be possible
to place 4 per cent bond issue OF
the city and county of San Francisco
abroad, and offers his services to act.
He sets forth that the Central Trust
Company. with its new connections in
the French American Bank of Paris,
is in a position to take up bond is
sue of $10,000,000 for San Francisco.
He estimates that the sum mentioned
will be sufficient to rebuild the burned
school houses, Hall OF Justice and City
Hall. The text of Rrunner's letter
is as follows:
When the awful disaster overlook our
beloved city of San Francisco / was in
Paris, and my only thought from the
moment l received the news was how to
come back quickly and help in reorganiz-
ing business and do my part III building
up Greater San Francisco
In looking over the situa ton We are
confronted with the great destruction of
the public buildings. schools, Hall of Jus
tice and the City Hall. 1t would not be
judicious in my opinion TO attempt the
recons tructon of all these buildings by
taxation. Under ordinary. conditions a
bond issue of the city of San Francisco,
at reasonable rate of interest would
be quickly absorbed to the advantage of
every one right at home, but at present
we can make better use of our money in
| this city.
l therefore offer you my services to
place per cent bond issue of our city
abroad. The Central Trust Company,
with its new connections in the French
American Bank in Paris, of which l am
the general manager, is III position TO
| take up an issue of 10000, 600 OF the
| bonds of this city, which amount, in my
opinion, would be sufficient to rebuild our
schoolhouses, Hall of Justice and City
! Hall.
Ii YOU wish a conference with me on
this or any other matter pertaining to
the welfare of our city / am at your
command
Mr.. Brunners offer is made with
the approval of the directors of the
Central Trust Company, who are
Frank ]. Symmes, Senator George G.
Perkins. O. A. Hale, F. W. Dohrmann.
Henry Drummer and Mark Gerstle.
The proposition is based on informa-
ton that has been secured by cable
grams. In Brunner's opinion a loan
for $25, 600, 600 on per cent bonds
can be marketed abroad.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-24
MASCOT KILLED
BY MOTORCYCLE
Misery" the Dog,
Meets End Near the
Park Hospital.
Canine That Cheered
Camp for Sick Is
Run Down.

Misery" is dead. Misery was a
dog, the mascot of the Park Emergen-
cy Hospital He joined the hospital
staff when things were rustling and
stuck till the death. Last night he
was killed by a speeding motorcycle
and the attendants at the home for
the sick in the park mourn his sud-
den demise.
Along during the first rushing days.
when chaos reigned and the surgeons,
nurses and others at the improvised
hospital were busy as bees, a scraggy
little nondescript dog of doubtful ped
igree f1oated serenely into the camp.
He was yellow haired and unkempt
of coat. He just fioated in and cast
his lot with the rest.
Misery took to his new home with
as much ease as a chairWarmer takes
to coZy saloon. He ate at the first
table while things were good and
waxed fat as long as DR.. Millar had
charge of the commissary. He romped
and barked about the grounds and
seemed extremely happy. One day
something akin to tear was discern
ible slipping down Misery's face. DR..
Millar called in Drs. McGinty, Till
man and Hill and a consultation was
held. No active cause for the drop
ping tears was fathomed, so 1t was
tCOIcluuSQ IndI the lOOu Qlu lOt agree
with Misery The blame for the yell
low dogs morose condition was laid
at the door of the new commissary.
The 'low down" was that Misery
couldn't stand the GRUB"
Miss Sheehy and Miss Cummings,
the nurses, took the little canine un-
der their care and with diet of sliced
pineapple and chocolate waters Mis-
cry regained somewhat of his former
self. but all attempts to get him into
excellent form failed. 1t was opined
in medical circles that his alimentary
tract had been ruined from contact
with hash, stew and other labor saw
ing devices in cooking.
When the commissary was entirely
abandoned. Misery wore his old-time
smile and once again romped after
the ambulances. He kept the late
watch at the surgical tent and as
sumed an inquisitorial attitude when a
stranger essayed to work into the
camp, after his own fashion. Every
body knew Misery. He was the life
of the camp and his sudden taking off
is more than keenly felt.
Last night Misery got in the path
of a motorcycle. He was terribly
mangled. An autopsy revealed an
upset stomach as the contributing
cause to the fractured skull that
brought about his non-existence. They
shot him to put him out of his pain.
A little mound of green sod marks
where lies all that is mortal of Mis-
cry and the camp has lost its luck
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-24
WORKING OVER
A NEW BUDGET
Mayor and Committees
Talk Over Finan-
cial Items.
Would Confine the Tax
Rate to the Dol
lar Limit.

Mayor Schmitz and the committee on
revenue and taxation, together with the
finance committee Of the Board Of Su-
pervisors, spent several hours yesterday
morning in looking over the budgets OF
the city for several years past and study
ing the Auditors reports, with view OF
presenting budget at the earliest OPP
portunity and outlining plans for the as
sessment of the city from the present
date.
1t is the intention of the authorities to
keep the tax rate for the city and county
within the dollar limit if such thing is
possible and practicable and they say
1t is.
The reports of the Auditor pertaining
to the valuation of city property for the
last year was studied closely. The
budget as presented by the Supervisors
for many years past was also looked over
and the figures compared by the COM
mittees Mayor and several experts who
were present.
The proposed appropriation for the i'm
provement and Identification of the city
was discussed and it is the object of the
committees and the Mayer to arrange the
tax schedule and pare down the unneces-
sary expenses of the city that they
will not fall too heavily upon the tax
payers in general.
The advIsahiiity OF cutting down the
expenses of the municipality will be an
important question to be decided. Many
of the committee are of the opinion that
the city will be in position to do away
with a great deal of expense that it now
incurs.' This will be one of the first
questions to be taken up at the next
meeting, which will probably be held this
morning at Century Hall.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-24
FAMOUS MONTERREY SUIT is
THROWN OUT OF COURT
Original Complainant. Gore, Dies in
the Interim and Time for APP
neal To Circuit Court Ianses

peal to Circuit Court LapSeS.
The recent earthquake and fire figured
yesterday in the United States Circuit
Court when Judge Morrow dismissed
motion for an appeal to the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals Of the case OF
]. c. Gore Jr. VS.. the United States of
America and the Pacific Improvement
Company.
The petition for the appeal is made by
Hamilton Gay Howard. the surviving
complainant. Gore having lost his life on
April Is. The suit had been brought to
recover the Hotel Del Monte property. and
large tract of land. including the fazl
nous seventeen-mile drive in Monterey
County. The Anal decree on demurrer
dismissing the bill of complaint was made
on June ?. 1904. and on the 25th of the
same month an appeal was allowed to the
Supreme Court of the United States by
Judge de Haven. sitting as Circuit Judge.
On December 4. 1905. the suit was dis
missed for want of Jurisdiction. Howard
set forth that the proceedings in the pro-
bate of Cores will had not advanced suf-
fciently far to enable the af1ant to pro-
ceed with the appeal Judge Morrow held
that the time for appeal had lapsed and
dismissed the whole matter.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-24
VETERANS OF CIVIL WAR
IN ELECTRIC CAR WRECK
More Than Seventy Old Soldiers Attend
Ing Grand Army Encarpment in
Indiana Are Injured.

LAFAYETTE. Ind, May 23.-One man
was killed and nearly seventy old soldiers
were injured. some seriously. in a coll
lision on the Lafayette battle-ground elec-
trio road today. Both cars We're crowded
encampment.
The collision occurred at a switch. One
car was coming south to the city from
battle-ground. loaded with veterans. and
the other was outward bound. carrying
old soldiers.
Charles ROudebush. motornnaa of the
south-eound ear. was killed. Both cars
were demolished.
A dozen or more surgeons were sum-
moned and the injured were brought to
this city in special cars and taken to st.
Elizabeth Hospital. II is believed ali wiH
recover
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-24
students to Be Expelled.

ANDOVER (Miss.). May 23.=Be-
tween fifteen and twenty boys. stu
dents at the Phillips-AndOver Acad-
emy, Will be expelled from the school.
II was announced today. because OF
their participation last Friday night
in plot which resulted in John NJ
Stewart. the proprietor of Phillips
Inn, being roughly handled and
thrown into a pond. This action was
taken because the boys believed that
Stewart had reported one OF their
number to the school faculty for vfo-
lating the school regulations. More
than loo students were in the crowd
which marched to the inn. bat. ac-
cording to Principal Stearns. only nf
teen or twenty actually handled Stew
art or were involved in the mix-uD
pond.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-24
ORIGINAL BLOCK BOOK, MADE
IN 1860, SAVED FROM FIRE
Recorder Nelson Finds It Among Volumes
Taken From His Office After
the Disaster.

Recorder John III. Nelson has found
among the books saved from his office
the original block book. giving the 50-vara
and 100-vara lots. The book was made
in 1880 and was filed In the Hall of Rec
ords by William P. Humphrey in 1871, who
was then City and Codnty Surveyor of
San Francisco.
Recorder Nelson gave the book to City
Engineer Thomas p. Woodward TO make
use OF it in the present emergency.
The block book is of great value at
present as it shows the boundary line of
all the so and 100 yara lots and the blocks
in which they are situated
Recorder Nelson has also saved all the
city maps that were in his office. showing
the division line OF real estate in this city.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-24
THE SAFE DEPOSIT BOX.

One of the many valuable the Importance
Of the safe deposit box Most ALL of the safety deposit vaults
the local banks have been opened and practically every
has been found the condition before
midst of that fierce confagraOn when ordinary fire burglar
proof safes bent warped sprung open
valuable contents destroyed
of money watches and jewey into sapeless
citizen who had his documents and family relics in
safe deposit box felt anxiety concerning knew they
practically safe they turned which
every citizen should heed in the future
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-24
FISK PROMISES NORMAL
SERVICE BY NEXT SUNDAY
Obliged to Cripple His Force by
Lending Seventy Five Men to
Oakland POstoffice

Postmaster Fisk said yesterday that the
fire had seriously hampered the efficiency
of the postoffice in this city by destroying
large number of stations and their
equipment. This loss compelled the office
to devote all its resources to the handling
of frst-class mail and to keep second and
third class matter waiting. Added to this
handicap was the fact that the Postmaster
was obliged to assign seventy-five of his
force to Oakland to assist in handling the
increased mail there, caused by the aug
mented business consequent upon the fire.
He added that by Sunday the San Fran
cisco Office will be in full working order
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-24
Report Losses Of Vehicles.

Gus Suhr. proprietor of livery stable
at 1889 Eddy street, reported to the po-
lice yesterday that horse and buggy val
ued at S175 had been stolen from him. He
said the rig had been hired to Nelson
Johnson & Co., real estate agents, and
last Saturday young man called at the
stables for the rig. representing that he
had been sent by the firm. The rig had
not been returned. and Nelson. Johnson e.
Co. said the young man had not been sent
for 1t by them
Fromer & Fisher. 307 Church street, re-
ported that on May 21 three young men
had stolen business wagon belonging to
them from a vacant lot at Filbert and
Greenwich streets. 1t was valued at $500.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-24
BUSINESS FIRST.

In times of pressing need the practical should precedence
everything else The present difference Of opinion
the business and the Burnham committee for Identification
Of the city is fOrcb presentation of this principle
1t urgent that should
delay Our banks and merchants
conditions restored and they
ton committee whose needs
few days without committee
should reard this resumption of business any way
which the business necessary granted
and for the time being the committee avoid
O trade
get business beautiful and ornamental can
be considered later on
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-24
NEW LINE TO THE COAST
WILL SOON BEGIN WORK
San Francisco, Idaho and Montana Rail-
road Said to BE Gould or Hill
Project

BOISE. Idaho. May 23.-The San Fran
cisco, Idaho and Montana Railroad Com
pany, which proposes to build line from
Butte, Mont, to Winnemucca, New. was
reorganized here today at a meeting of
stockholders. Donald Grant of Chicago
was elected president, and Henry Myer
cashier of the Hamilton National Bank,
Chicago, was elected treasurer. The di-
rectors are Eastern capitalists 1t is
stated that the construction OF the west
ern section of the line will begin within
thirty days. 1t is believed here to be a
Gould or a Hill project
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-24
OPENING OF THE BANKS.

With the opening of the commercial banks the
suspension Of business for the thirty
Checks be freely drawn and cahed money
circulate freely Merchants banking
replacing their destroyed Stocks be balanced and
credits resumed The free cnkng of gold will
heard The bread lines will vsby diminish exchanges
viii all their regular daily within the
FIVE days. the Grain Exchange has already
viii probably business full swing reached
the beginning of the of the suspension which
everybody viii be thankful
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-24
Picnic Organizations, Notice.

All organizations which have made contracts or
arrangements with the Southern Pacific Com
pany for excursions TO New sunset Park. Farm
brook Park. Sshuetzen Park at San Jose or Bay
View Park at Martinez VIII please adyise the
General Passenger Office. Ferry building. if it
is their intention to fulfill the same IL no adj
vice is received before Thursday. May n.
1906. contracts will be considered cancelled.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-24
Santa Clara Valley Fruit Crop.

SAN JOSE. May 2S.-The present con-
summarized by the county grange from
reports of members. is as follows: April
cots. almost failure: prunes. spotted
so per cent of good crop; peaches. Muirs.
good, Crawfords and Fosters fair, Sal
ways almost a failure; cherries. black
varieties one-half crop. white varieties
fair
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-24
SOCIETY IS TOLD
0F THE BETROTHAL
OF MISS PIPPY
By Sally Sharp.

co,ora, and Mrs. George Fl. Pippy
a,nonnce the engagement or tnelr
daughter Florence TO Jonn a. tha
Plant of St. Louis. MT HidnC ,. - ne.
general manager Of the FOlsOli
velopment Company
The artists coterie viii be greasyy
astonished to learn of the sudden anu
romantic marriage on TUESDAY 4ar
noon of Miss Grace ROllins' eno pes. p,e[
ist. and a clever young ne"sP@NeA
man, w. S. Hunt. ,,<a IN
her studio at Merchant and Montso1l-
erv streets-but therei-hadn we
termined to eliminate hard lucH
tales? At any rate, Mr.. Hunt WaS
galIantly in at the rescue, anu '"0
denouement happened on Iuesuayr. NJ
Wiley and went over 20 .ns
Rafael for a brief honeymoon
Miss Noelle de Cola and Chalien
Rogers Parker were quietly nldrlise ~
last evening at the nome
brides parents, Mr.. ana Mrs OaI~
de Cola on Harrison street
land. The affair, which originally va va
intended to be elaborate. lncluoo
only the brides intimate IrlenoS % %a,.o
members of the younger set. Mss MISS
Clarisse Lohse was maid OF honoa a.
sinpIv gowned in white. carton
Parker served his brother as pest
man. Rev. Alexander Alien OF oe-
PauPs Episcopal Church onlciateo.
DAINTY decorations of pink, wnits
and green were used tnrousn tno
house. an informal reception ionJn .Ire,-
ing the service. Mr.. and Mrs. FaTkeE
are away for a fortnight. after WhiSn
they will make their home with NAr'
and Mrs. de Cola
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Bayne,
whose pretty home at washington
and HYDE streets was destroyed Dy
the fre. are guests in the home or
Mrs P. Fl. Russell and MISS Susie
Russell at SO5 Laurel street
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Walton TUT
lv will sail for Europe in December
Miss Annie Tully is leaving Saturday
for New York to be the guest OF her
brother in the meantime she VIII
accompany Mr. and Mrs. Tully. re-
manning on the other continent Tor
lengthy period to study music.
The withrow home. at 201s Pine
strees. Is about to be leased TO the
press Club. Miss Marie and Miss
EVELYN Withrow will soon leave TO
spend the summer out of town.
Mrs. G.. t. Deane, VINO Is ulrectOr
| of the Old Ladies Home, lost her
Washington-street home. filled with
beautiful brfc-a-brac and curtOs OF
| the old world. Mrs. Deane was the
only director who was allowed the
privilege of the Home after
/ losses. She has been most conform
ably located and is preparing TO go
to her country place at Bakersneld
for the summer.
Mrs Hull McCloughry, wife OF
the assistant postmaster. was guest
at the Santa Anita ranch. near Los
Angeles, at the time of the earth
quake. She will return to town
shortly and occupy her Haight-street
home, which was unintured-
DIR. Philip Mills Jones has gone
East on short business trip con-
cerning the California Medical Jour-
nal of which he is editor. Mrs. Jones
viii remain in Los Angeles several
weeks.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-24
Three Lives for One.

HONOLULU. May 23.-Three of the
five Koreans who recently were convicted
of the murder of two of their countrymen
were hanged today. The sentences of
the other two were commuted by Acting
Governor Atkinson to fifteen years i'm
prisonment each.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-24
Maharalah of earoda Visits Senate.

WASHINGTON. May 23.-The Senate
numbered among its spectators today a
Prince of India in the person of the Maha-
ra jah or Gaikwar, of Baroda, who occu-
pied seat in the gallery assigned to Sem
ators and their families The Prince was
accompanied by his WIFE
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-24
Cheap Round-Trip Rates East Via North
crn Pacific, Railway

Chicago and return. sSe: st. PanI aud retura
$40: also special rates to New York. RtSfpn 81
Louis, Kansas City and Omaha and rcfurn on
sale June q. 4 July ,. ). August 4 5. q Sept
5 and TO- Make reservations now. Do not for
get that side trip into Yellowstone Pars Write
or call FOR information. T. n Stateler General
Agent, lila Broadway, Oakland Cal.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-24
paeo RobIea Hot sprinos

You Will be surprised how improved you feel
after few days here. Pleasant surroundings
fine hotel, 100000 bathhouse just completed.
Three trains each way every day.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-24
Editor IS AOOoInt.a cor,,,..,,....

BOSTON. May 23.-Stephen O'Meara
formerly editor Of the Boston journal
today was appointed Police Commissioner,
has been newly created
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-24

Townsend has full stock of California
glace fruits and choice candies at his
residence. 1920 Valencia street.