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The San Francisco call., 1906-10-10
WOULD USE CITY HALL.
Board of Public Works Plans to Re-
model Part of Wrecked Building.

George Duffey, president of the
Board of Public Works. said yesterday
that he would start men to work to-
day to clean out the Hall of Records
so as TO get it in condition for occu-
pancy Duffey said that he was in
favor of putting the entire McAllister
street side of the building into condi-
tion for the accommodation of at least
few of the city Offices.
The commissioners will have a con-
ference with Acting Mayor Gallagher
at once and endeavor to obtain the
latter's consent to use the $4,000 ap-
propriated to build a temporary City
Hall in order to rehabilitate the sec
ions of the old City hall which
Eere not entirely destroyed This an
ouncement on Duffey's part was made
efore he had heard of Judge SeaweIl's
ecision that the. Public Library site
IN Van Ness avenue cannot be utilized
Duffey has all along advocated the
restoration of the old City Hall and
says he would be in favor of using the
$4,000 as far as it will go for the pur-
pose.
Commissioners of Works AigeItin~er
Eagan and Duffey made a tour of in
spection of the Improvements now go
ing on upon Fourth, Sixth, Mission
( Market, Taylor and Jefferson streets
and in other localities Duffeys said
conditions were decidedly bad and he
will take vigorous steps to better them
He secured from Manager Chapman
of the United Railroads. who accom-
panied the party. a promise that all
streets on which construction work is
now going on will be cleaned up at
once. Duffey informed Chapman that
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-10
MARY |. BOWEN IS
To FACE A JURY.

The trial of Mary Louise Bowen oa
an Indictment charging her with hav-
ing embezzIed S420. will be begun this
morning in the United States District
Court before a jury. The second IN
dictment. charging embezzlement or
SS2S, was dismissed yesterday for want
of evidence on motion of the United
States District Attorney The prison
er's accompIice was a printer named
Louis ". Baker. with whom she had
become infatuated. and who gained
sucn control over her that he was able
10 induce her to take money from sta
tion 1 OF the Oakland Postoffice. where
she was employed as a clerk. As soon
IS the shortage was discovered Baker
lied, leaving his sweetheart to stand the
brunt of the battle
Miss Bowen comes Of a respectable
family. and up to the time Of her ar
rest last spring enjoyed an unblek
fshed reputation. Her attorneys, ~
Church Samuel VI. Shortridge and Bert
Schlesinger. Will introduce medical and
other evidence TO show that the unSo--
tunate young woman was not Grim
inally responsible for her peculations
and that Baker got all the money that
was taken
The United States Secret Service
has failed to obtain the slightest clew
TO the whereabouts of the fugitive.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-10
SHOOTING FOLLOWS
ALLEGED EXPOSURE
Motorman Buys Pistol as
Result of Charges Made
by Young Stepdaughter

Detectives Burke and Smith of the
Mission station were sent hurriedly to
$40 Capp street yesterday in response
to message that Joseph ONell, a mo-
torman employed by the United Rail-
roads, had started to shoot up'' his
home. When the detectives arrived they
found O'Neill brandishing revolver
and his wife and children covering be-
hind doors. The latter said that O'Neill
had already fred several shots and
that he had vowed to kill them all and
then commit suicide
Mrs. O'Neill said that the action Of
her husband was prompted by charges
made against him by his -year-old
stepdaughter of attempted criminal as
sault. The girls mother was not in
clined to believe the story until assured
by her that an actual assault by the
stepfather took place twelve months
ago. Then she upbraided the motor
man, who is alleged to have gone out
and bought revolver and made the
threats which he had started to carry
out when the police were summoned.
O'Neill was locked up, charged with
carrying a deadly weapon without a
permit. The detectives are investigat
ing the charges made by the step
daughter.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-10
RAILROAD YARDMEN N
GIVEN MORE PAY.

AS a result of the conference be-
tween the grievance committee of the
Railway Trainmen's Union and General
Manager Calvin and District Superin-
tendents Palmer and Ingram, the
Southern Pacific Company announced
yesterday that the yardmen would re-
ceive an increase in wages. Under the
new schedule. which was made effect
i've September l, the foremen are to
receive a IL per cent raise. while help
ers' wages are advanced 10 per cent.
The committee and the railroad Of
ficials have beenSin conference for sew
eral weeks and the settlement is agree
abl to both sides. The rush OF work
has been so grea. within the last few
months that the yardnen were com
PEELED TO labor as they never laborcd
before. Last August more than 500 of
them, employed here and in Oakland,
struck. They asked that the Rocky
Mountain schedule OF 81 and 10 cents
an hour be put into erect. The COM
mittee and the officials discussed the
differences and a peaceahle settlement
was finally reached. The men will re-
ceive their extra pay on October 16
their next pay day.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-10

The big Pacific Mail liner Mongolia,
which on the night of SEPTEMBER was
trapped on the coral reef surrounding
Midway Island, and which September
21 was fioated into deep water, arrived
here yesterday unescorted and under
her own steam. AS she swung to her
anchor in quarantine she looked very
much as she appeared when she left
here, except that yesterday no passen-
gers lined her rails, and out of her
starboard hawse pipe there splashed a
steady stream of water that had poured
into the forward hold through the
wounds made by the coral reef that
held her prisoner for five days.
Captain W. P. s. Porter, whose error
of judgment was responsible for the
accident, the only serious mistake he
has made during twenty-four years as
master, was the man who saved the
vessel from destruction on the reef and
who brought her safely home. The
Mongolia has always been famous for
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-10
SUES Her HUSBAND
FOR SU PORT.

Declaring that her husband, who is
a salesman at salary of S125 month,
has immense property interests in and
around San Francisco, Mrs. Sophia B.
Skellenger has filed suit for mainte-
nance, asking s100 a month, $500 for at
torney fees and S100 for costs of her
suit. An order to show cause and an
Sophia R. Stockman, his mother, from
disposing of any of the property were
issued yesterday by Judge Graham.
The property which Mrs. Skellenger
declares Harry D. Skellenker owns con-
sists of a one-fourth interest in ten
bonds of the Realty Syndicate. 200
shares of the capital stock of the
Union Savings Bank of Oakland, 412
shares of Oceanic Steamship Company
Water Company stock, 100 shares of the
stock of the First National Bank Of
Oakland, twenty-one bonds of the Oak
land Traction Company and thirty five
bonds of the Oakland Water Company.
She says he also owns half interest in
the Eng -Slxel Company, and has a
piece of property at 1899 Dolores street
and $4,000 in cash.
On June Is. Skellenger filed a suit for
divorce, but dismissed it three months
later She claims that prior to bring
ing it he transferred all his property
to his mother, in trust, in order that
none of it might go to the support of
his wife and children, and says that
the only money she has received from
him since April 26 is $50, which he was
ordered by the court to pay. She as
cuses him in her complaint of cruelty.
Louisa Tonkin filed an answer and
cross complaint yesterday to a suit FOR
divorce brought against her by William
II. Tonkin, whom she accuses of cruelty.
Morris G. Edwards secured an inter-
locutory decree of divorce from EfneCJ.
Edwards in Judge Hunts court on the
ground of willful desertion.
Judge Graham granted divorces to
Mollie Cavanaugh from Robert E. Cav
anaugh on the ground of cruelty, and
to Kate McHugh from Thomas ]. Nc
Hugh for willful desertion
suit for divorce was filed by Mar
garet g. Adams against William S.
Adams on charges of habitual intoxi-
cation, cruelty and failure to pro-
vide.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-10

were successful, but it was only after
thirty-e eight hours of hard work that
the victory was complete.
At Midway about 1900 tons of the
Mongolias cargo of 5000 tons was
thrown overheard. Some of the re-
naming cargo is damaged by water.
The cost of the Aongolia's little call
at Midway is estimated at about $780,
600. and it will be some months Before
the liner is again in commission. Cap
tain Porter's fate is in the hands of
Vice President and General Manager r.
P. Schwerin.
The officers of the Mongolia say that
the Japanese naval training ship did
try to assist them, and gave as the rea-
son for not doing more and for not
standing by until assistance arrived that
the war vessel was short of coal. A few
hours after the Mongolia was foated
there arose a storm which would have
insured the vessels destruction and
probable drowning of all on board had
the vessel remained on the reef.
All but one of the Mongolia's pas
sengers are coming up on the Alameda
and other liners. The one passeng ger
was Master H. " Burke, son of a Pacific
Mail employe at Hongkong. Burke
junior is about years old. His moth
er and sister died recently. and the
youngster was quite sick himself when
placed on board the liner in care of
the stewardess. When the Mongolia
arrived yesterday the solitary passen-
ger was in glowing health and very
10th to part with the good friends who
had been so kind to him.
The Mongolia's passengers. many Of
whom will be here today on the liner
Alameda, are:
For San Francisco-T. Akaboshi J.
w Bateman, Master H. V. Burke, Mrs
A. CoXhead.. Chew PAX Gin, H c. Da-
Wis, P. w. Gavin, B. eraser, J. Green
field, T. w. Haskins ]. NJ Howells, B.
Kobayachi, f. Murata, Mrs. Philip "
Lansdale, Mrs v. Latham, D. H Lee,
Mrs. Lee, Master F. W. Lee, Master
A. c. Lee, d. T. Lloyd, Lee Chow, Lee.
Loong Kin, Lin Fat, A. Maquarie, Mrs
A. Maquarie, Miss A Mathieson, S. Okla,
B. Komura. H. w. Robbins, Mrs. c. D.
Rutledge, Master Wee Kok Ann, Mas
ter Gerald Malcolm, Master Robert NAL
colin, n. Sato. E. B. Schultz. DR., H
Shultz, Miss B. S. Sidney Smith, Miss
H. Sidney Smith, c. Kurakawa, c. Vim
cent Smith, Mrs. c. Vincent Smith A.
w. Stanford, Miss A " Talbot, G. Tes-
seyra, Mrs. G. Tesseyra, M. Togawa.
N. B. Torrey, Mrs. d. n. Webster, j. c.
Wolff. Two Europeans and three Chi
nese in steerage Twenty-six Japa-
nese, ninety two Chinese and ten Brit
ish Indians in Asiatic
Remained at Midway Island to await
Restorer-George G. Ward, Mrs. George
G. Ward. Mrs. H. H. Hough, Maynard
Dodd.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-10
ACCIDENT REVEALS
PATHETIC TALE.
Baby Whose Home Is on
the Coal Barge Ludlow
Has a Terrible Fall
MOTHER IN ASYLUM

A 4-year-old baby tumbled through a
hole in the deck of the coal barge Lud-
low yesterday, and although he fell a
distance Of sixteen feet. escaped with
a broken leg. 1t is a bad break, the
surgeons at the Harbor Hospital say,
and the little fellow may be lame per-
manentIy. but that he was not killed
is deemed e miracle.
Henry Christiansen is the baby S
name. and he lived with his father on
board the Ludlow, Of which Christian
sen senior has charge. Baby Chris
tiansen's mother developed insanity
about a month ago and was committed
10 an asylum. Christensen. parted
from his wife by this terrible affiic-
tion. found comfort in the baby's COM
pany and kept the little chap on board
the barge intending to place him later
in the care Of some society, but post
pOning the step until he should feel
better able to stand the parting
Baby Henry, occupied his days with a
naaElinspike and a broken wheelbar-
row by way Of toys He played around
in the coal dust until the Sandman"
came. when he coiled up in a tiny bunk
and slept He was good company for
the bargeman, who found in caring for
his little son some surcease from the
great trouble that had come into his
life.
Yesterday morning Henry and his
wheelbarrow were automobiling around
the Ludlow's decks. He trundled his
toy past an opening in the deck The
wheelbarrow hid the bad place and
passed IL. but the baby stepped into the
hole and disappeared.
a month ago the baby's mother had
been taken away in an ambulance. The
little fellow has never spoken of his
mother since she left. but yesterday
when his father reached him in the
grimy depths Of the LUdlows hold the
little fellow said:
Ny yeg's hurted, dad Tend for
dc amalance."
Baby Christensen looked like a
pickaninny when he arrived at the hos
Inatron. had washed away the coal
dust the operation revealed Henry as
bOnny a BARN as IL he had been reared
among the buttercups and daisies, in
stead Of in an atmosphere Of coal dust.
The child was removed later to the
Children's Hospital He will stay
there until the broken bone has knit
ted whole. and then
We have no friends here" said the
bargeman. The babys mother is in
the asylum. I expect TO lose my job in
Z few weeks. I can get another job.
but not like this one, where I can have
the baby with me all the time, so /
viii have to turn him over TO some So
ciety."
He did not say this easily. and when
he had finished he was gently squeez-
ing his tiny's sons little hand in his
own thick. coal-stained fingers, and
there we're tears in his eyes.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-10
Big Liner Mongolia, Saved From Coral
Reef,Retuns Under Own Steam.

TNIE steamship MONGOLIA deep Captain Porter who
he eoncd Ib d from kigd d have
for and heroic rendered by engineers department
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-10
sTREET CARs TIEp UP.

work car Of the United Railroads
broke down at the foot of Market
street early last evening and for four
hours the entire Market-street system
was stopped. Cars making ferry ter
minals were unable 10 run and the
Eddy-street cars were forced TO dis
charge their passengers at Powell
street. leaving them 70 continue their
way as best they might. while the
company wrestled with its small
wreck. In the afternoon the traffic on
Park lines from Devisadero to Hayes
streets south and west was tied up
through failure of current
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-10

in future the company will be allowed
to tear UP only two blocks at a time
and these must be completely restored
before two more blocks are torn up.
When the inspection party returned
Duffey went to the corner of Mission
and Sixth streets. where a huge Gdver-
tising fence stands on the sidewalk in
front of property belonging to Frank
]. Sullivan Duffey himself posted up
a notice that the fence must come
down and the sidewalks in front of the
lot be built forthwith.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-10

a POSNER. ladies' tailor. IS4oA SUIT
ter ST.. formerly 5S7 Geary ST
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-10
TO OPEN WALKER RESERVATION

WASHINGTON. oct. 9.-The Presi-
dent issued proclamation today fixing
IL o'clock noon on the 29th inst as
the date for opening the Walker Indian
reservation in Nevada to settlement.
There are 26S. coo acres of land TO be
disposed of and the law permits its ac-
QUESTION under the general land laws.
The reservation is in the Carson City
Land District
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-10
Preside Heights pye Works

At 1888 Sacramento street were not
burned out: are now running full force
Country patrons promptly attended to.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-10

A. C. RuIofson sheet Metal Works.
Office. Monadnock building Factory, Eighth
our Speciality. four styles freproof metal win
dows. skylIghts eornices, metal ceilings. build
ing fronts Best work. Estimates furnished
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1906-12-01

through 100 stumps in 10 hours.
with all the rest of our improved
machinery. we might have some
time to white boxes at the
store and talk boil weevil.
Brother far mcr, do not cut the
goose out because be gives you
some trouble, for he can work
when the ground is so wet that
you can't stir aud he kills grass
too, FOR every bite that be gets
bold OF goes to his gizzard, and
know it is dead all days alike.
wet or dry.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1906-12-01
Hogs

The brood SOW should have
plenty OF exercise and a good
dry bed.
Hog manure is very rich and
in good condition for immediate
plant food.
Sows should be in fair flesh at
narrowing time, bat avoid too
much facilitating fat.
Succulent feed makes cheap
pork and healthy hogs. Give
them an abundance of pasture.
Hog raising and ~dairying go
we'll together. Skim milk a
scarcely be used to better adj
vantage than for hog feed.
Impure water is the cause of
much disease among hogs.
When this is generally recog-
nixed fewer losses will be met.
4 large number Of milk Civ.
Jog tcats r highly desirable on
a brood SOW. They should be
evenly spaced. beginning well up
towards the irout legs.
palatableness of feed has
much to do with keeping hogs
thrifty. What - relished is
pretty sure of being we'll di-
gested, turned to good account.
made into bonc or meat. % no,
try to force any feed on hogs
they do not like.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1906-12-01
mature on the vines.

mature on the vines.
cultivate the above acreage
with two mares and two mule
colts. breaking the colts at two
years of age and selling them
when three years old. l try to
raise two colts every year. /
keep grade Merino and Cots
void sheep, Poland China hogs,
grade Jersey cows. and Barred
Plymouth Rocks for family use
and produce something to spare.
By following the above plan, |
have never bad to buya bushei
of corn, 4 pound of meat or lard,
or a gallon of molasses since |
commenced far ming in 1852.
Editorial note: Can any man
doubt that most OF the income
from such far ming is clear profit
or that the land will grow 10 fer
tility every year? II one ource
of income is cut of any year by
unfarorable weather. the others
are pretty sure to make the loss
felt but little.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1906-12-01
The Way Shown

bad several orders for tur.
keys the tirst week nv ad came
out. expect to ill an order for
seven Monday. Gazette is the
best paper al! around. II you
have anything to sell ust adver-
tise il in the Southern Farm Ca.
.ette. Mas. a.. l.. koGEs,
Hrooksyille, Miss.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1906-12-01

J. n. McL.endon, Mattel, Ala.
EDITOR GAZETTE:
Allow me TO tell Miss Annie
Kline how to keep weevils GU, Of
her corn. Have the crib built
50 when shut up there wilt be no
light at all ia the house. II re-
quires heat and light to hatch
the weevil egg 10 the grains of
corn. II light is excluded the
germ in the grain OF corn will
never enter 4 living form. Barns
thus constructed should be VEN
,ilated 40 air can pass through
the corn but no light. A SINH.
lar arranged house will keep the
skipper ay away from bacon
hanging up ID the smokehouse.
Try it. Miss Annie. and repor,
results.
Editorial note Mr.. McLen
don must have some basis tor
bis assertion that ligh, is nee.
essary to hatch the eggs. but
elevators from which light is
excluded are bothered with
wecv,l. Also. If clothes are put
into dark irunks and wrapped
with paper. whatever moth mil
Ter eggs may have been deposit
ed in them will hatch. The fact
tina, weevil .in grain causcs the
moss trouble Along the sides OF
the bin may be An argumen, IN
favor of Mr., McLcndon's view.
Reports from others are invited,
and Mr.. Mel cndon may be able
TO throw more ligh, on the sub
lect.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1906-12-01

EDITOR GAZETTE:
4 lot IS being written about
geese ia cottor. II 10 al old plan.
/ have seen geese ia cotton 20
years, a. Am !, years old and
my dady had geese 10 bis cotton
patch when | was quite small.
/ can remember when that spite.
ful old gander used to catch me
by the dress and pound the noise
out of me when | would chance
10 get outdoors ia costing time.
You bet / would squall for
many; aud when she would
come At last my nose would be
bleeding and there would be
grca, big blue spots On me.
She would declare Vengeance
agains, the old gander and tell
pap when he came 10 dinner tha,
he would ust have 10 do some
thing with that old gandcr.
When he asked her what the
goose had done. she would tell
him and he would laugh aud say
the boy was 10 blame. that he
ough no, to have gone out there.
Sac would FIRE up 4 little add
say If il happened again she
would take oil the gentleman
head. but | can state righ, here
j, did not happen any more that
year, for | helped to watch for
the ,roub bic myself.
The reason dad thought 50
much OF the old gander was be-
cause he would look GU. for the
brood and jump on anything
that would do the little ones
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1906-12-01
MlLCH COW WANTED

Want good high grade mich COW.
thrce.tour:h~ or ~~cv-n-cights. Would
like aoistein ard Jersey mixed.
Fsgr {. WILLIAMS.
Cleveland, Miss.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1906-12-01

n@iu' except a shower of rain.
lie would stand out in II till the
last costing was drowned. But
lay all jokes aside. the goose i. a
help to the cotton farmer if he is
fenced on the cotton patch en-.
tirely. IS head will keep y
acres of cotton so clean that the
hoe is of no use except to thin
the cotton and cut the weeds.
a dozen geese can't live on the
grass that will grow ou a o-acre
cotton patch if properly plowed.
Another thing we always did
was TO raise our heiier calves in
the cotton patch. The frat
year OF their lives they can stay
ia the cotton all the time, but in
the fall OF the second year we
have to remove them on account
OF their eating cotton. II does
seem to me that the cotton man
has lust a. good time now a. be
used to have when laber was to
be bad for a gallon OF 1asses or
4 oushel OF corn for \ days work.
He does not have to hau al his cot.
ton FIVE miles to the gin a. he
used TO do. nor IS miles to mar.
ket: and when he used TO get
there. the fellow would say, 1T
is of! some this week. il is ~.
cents per pound cow. but il you
bad come last week | could have
given you -. cents a pound"
We love the advantages OF more
railroads and telephones and
good light wagons aud ia moss
cases good teams and better
roads. add we get of much light
er than we used to.
/ can state right here tia, the
cotton farmer has 40 better
friend than the goose when il
comes to raising cotton; but
geese are like everything else.
they require some assention.
They need some feed oil the
year round. because they can't
keep up on grass alone any bet
ter than the pillow mule can GA
sheIlcd corn alone. So give Mr..
Coose 4 chance TO help you and
don't look \, his faults all the
time. He has them. | will ad-
nit, but faults are com mon ia
everything living.
So. when we have made peace
with Mr.. Goose and given him 4
place on cur farms and keep
him in i, us. like II nulc and
cow and hogs. learn to take care
of all our tools, keep them in
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1906-12-01
Breeders Cards.

Under this heading. ads will be in
serted for is cents a word for one year
ID cns a word for ssx months: Il
IA a word for three months Name,
numbers and Initials IA A. words.
No advertisement accepted for less
than Onc Dollar. Count the words
carefully and Send Cash with
the Ad.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1906-12-01

For sale cheap several hundred
Lcghorn chickens. Airiic Farms,
Nafchrx. Miss.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1906-12-01
Good If Well Handled

" G Sims. Denny. A,...
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1906-12-01
Weevils in Corn

J. Il. McLendon. Mattel. Ala.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1906-12-01

Registered Poland China hogs and
Barred Rocks for sale. W. u Tr,h.
bic, Iciat ttutt. MIS-.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1906-12-01

Pure bred Polond China~. Pig.
eight weeks OLD s. each. K r. But.
Ter. Knoxville. Miss.