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The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-22

The son of William Waldorf Astor
has entered the British army on pro-
baton. The army does not intend
to make the mistake of admitting
him unreservedly until it knows
whether he has the habit of loosen
ing up.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-22

1t has been rudely borne in upon
young Mr.. Vanderbilt that all auto
mobilists look alike to the average
citizen of an Italian town.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-22

Mrs. Craigie told London reporters
she did not see "a single drunken man
during the three months she was in
America" How does she know they
were all married?
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-22

Count Boni declares that he will
never beg for bread. Is 1t possible
that the count would choose the dread
fus alternative of work?
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-22

A. Boston pedagogue in the past
FIVE months has administered 524
hoggings to an average attendance Of
500 boys. The regular course at
his school must be almost as excit-
ing as football.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-22

Three plumbers robbed man on a
Kansas City street car. 1t is not good
form for plumbers to rob people on a
street car
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-22

Edwin Markham's position is that
good government is simply good
housekeeping, and that women are
needed in it just as much as men.
Now why doesn't he put that in a
poem?
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-22

We fear that by heavy feeding the
Japanese will only make themselves
grow taller around the waist.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-22

The time is coming when it will be
the fashion to speak of any decayed
politician as that grand old war aut-
omobile of the party"
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-22

King Edward declares that he often
works twelve hours day. However,
he gets good wages.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-22

According to a female novelist.
THE Joy of living. after all, is not in
having thing. but in wanting it."
But will the world agree with her?
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-22

Count Boni will be content II his
wife settles the claims against him"
But that will equip him with new
line of credit
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-22

London Punch is to have younger
editor. Let us hope the retiring editor
has a copyright on the old jokes and
will retire them with himself.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-22

1t turns out that Johann Hoch died
from fracture of the transverse proc
ess of the second vertebra. However.
justice was done.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-22

A new speed war between three rail-
roads Is announced, but the long
hoped-for emulation in reducing the
amount of man-killing on the tracks
is not yet in sight.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-22

So the Chinese want a republic.
Took the cue from us this time, II
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-22

There's one thing about remorse-
it's a healthy come-down for a con.
ceited person. for somewhere in the
answer to why did l do IT." is sure
to be the reflection: II am fool"
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-22

1t is not true that New York's new
40-story skyscraper will have cap
tive balloon elevator service to the
upper story.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-22

In London a will of three words
stood the test of the courts. If it had
contained 5000 words the lawyers
would have found all sorts of flaws
In 1t.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-22

wu Ting-fang seems to maintain II
his native land the frankness thai
had been noticed while he was here
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-06
REMEMBERS VISIT
TO LOS ANGELES
Dinner Given in Bohemia by
j. G. Wilson to John B.
Miller of Southern CITY

Thursday evening at the Bohemian
Club j. c. Wilson gave a dinner in honor
of John B. Miller, president of the Edi-
son Electric Company of Los Angeles.
Other guests were William H. Crocker.
ThornweH MullalIy, F. w. Henshaw.
Rudolph Herold. J. d. Spreckels Jr.. A.
S. Mcdonald, Jack Atkinson. c. NJ st.
John. George Cameron. Thomas j. Bar
bour. Fred Beaver. Thomas s. Wilson.
Charles Rollo Peters. Wellington Gregg.
Dr. Huntington. Colonel Winn, u. a
and Enrique Grau. I'M
During a recent visit to Los AnxMs
Wilson was sumptuously entertained BY
Miller. Stories told in the Bohemian
Club of the lavish hospitality and
wonderful splendor OF the south re-
mind Bohemians of the narratives ae-
credited to the Queen of Sheba on her
return from a famous excursion
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-06
MANY PROMOTIONS
Of CUSTOMS men.

Promotions in the customs service
were made as follows yesterday by Col
lector Stratton:
$500 per annum, promoted to cashier
of customs at $2500 per annum; c. L.
Brown, clerk at $500. clerk at $4,000
per annum; George p. Clough, clerk at
clerk at $1,000. clerk at $3.50; John
Frace, clerk at $140O, clerk at $500;
Charles c. Myall, assigned as chief
clerk to the deputy collector in Oak
clerk at $1,000. clerk at S1400. in charge
of customs bureau parcels post at post
office; Arthur l. Norton, storekeeper,
at s12Oo storekeeper at s140o; A K
Sheats, clerk at $1,000. clerk at $1,000;
George P. DimpfeI, clerk at $1,000, clerk
clerk at $1,000; Hans H. Meier. guard
ing officer at SO per diem, discharging
inspector at 81 per diem; Henry G..
Shaw, guarding officer at So, discharg-
civil service eligible. appointed Custom
house chauffeur at $500 per annum
Joseph W. Stapleton, reinstated as
storekeeper at s1400 per annum and
house; Joseph O'Donnell, opener and
packer at $40 per annum, promoted to
night inspector at So per diem; Timothy
S. Sheehan, opener and packer at $840.
promoted to night inspector at 50;
Clare G. Williams, opener and packer
at sS4o, promoted to night Inspector
at SO; James L. Linn. civil service eligi-
BILE, appointed opener and packer at
$S4O Joseph G. Lean, civil service eli
gible, appointed opener and packer at
$780, William H. Spilman. civil service
eligible, appointed opener and packer
at s840; John Costra, John w. Hilton,
David N Knowles. A. P. Gularte Jr., w.
H. Solinsky appointed laborers at s840
per annum.
In addition to the continuance of A.
Hollywood as deputy collector at Oak
land at $500 per annum and the ap-
pointment of Charles c. Myall as chief
clerk to deputy collector at Oakland at
A. witty weigher at 1900; also Charles
j. Evans. examiner of merchandise at
$4,000: also additional laborers. George
w. Cook Jr., E. H. Warren and Thomas
Deasy at $S40 per annum- Other ap-
pointments in the same line are short
ly TO follow
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-06
Council Wants Julius KahnOff
Union Labor Party Ticket.
and Lawlor Condemned

cleaned within one week The other
streets will be cleaned as fast as it is
possible to do so."
Acting Mayor Gallagher says notices
viii at once be put up in front of
properties on Market street requiring
owners to clean away the debris with
in forty-eight hours. If they fail to
need the notice the city will proceed
with the work and assess the cost to
the property. No building permit will
be issued for any property on which
there is an unpaid assessment.
They may say that we have no legal
right to force the cleaning of streets
by having the city do it and charge it
up to the property" said the acting
Mayor, but we will do il just the
same. We will enforce the cleaning of
the streets. and the question of right
can be argued afterward"
Duffey's bond in the sum of SIS, 900,
yesterday morning was approved by
the acting Mayor and Auditor
Duffey will be inducted into office at
a special meeting of the Works Board
at IL o'clock this morning He will be
elected president of the board Duffey's
successor as Supervisor may be Frank
Conklin.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-06

Congressman Julius Kahn, Judge
Frank Murasky and Judge William r.
Lawlor were the marked men at the
meeting of the San Francisco Labor
Council last night A resolution was
adopted instructing the Union Labor
name of Kahn, who had been nominal
ed for Congress by the party, and in
sert in its place the name of D. S.
Hirshburg, who already has the nom
ination of the Democratic party and
the Independence League. President
Samuel Gompers of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor has Kahn rated luke
warm on the labor movement, and 1t
was Gompers' word which actuated
the Labor Council.
Tt developed at the meeting last
night that the local body is not re-
ceiving as quick obedience from its
national president as it accords, for no
answer has yet been received by the
council to its request that Gompers
use his influence with Hearst to have
Langdon withdrawn from the guberna-
torial race Neither Hearst nor Com
pers has yet replied to the appeal which
Secretary McCabe sent last Saturday.
The ,Murasky and Lawlor injunction
ghosts staIked before the council. With
Murasky it is an old story TO have his
candidacy assailed.
At meeting a week ago the council
laid the consideration of the Murasky
matter on the table, but the Judges
opponents in the Walters Union
brought the matter up again last night.
The walters claimed that it was In
keeping with the dictates of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor to oppose per-
sons who issued injunctions against la
Dor organizations. Murasky. has rec
ord of twenty six.
1t was asserted that If the Labor
Council did not condemn Murasky the
twenty-six unions comprising the Pro-
vision Trades Council would act inde-
pendently. At last, by a vote of 54 to 5,
Murasky was condemned. The sting
was. taken out of the resolution. how
ever. by the adoption ofSa motion to
reconsider introduced by Michael Casey.
There was no relief to the harshness
of the resolution condemning Judge
Lawlor.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-06
SUPERVISOR WOULD
LICENSE MOTORMEN

Supervisor James Kelly was busy
yesterday preparing the draft of an
ordinance providing for the licensing
of motormen. gripmen and chauneurs.
The ordinance will be presented at
next Mondays meeting of the Board OF
Supervisors. and by its terms any per-
son will be prohibited from acting as
gripman. motorman or chauffeur un-
less he has passed an examination
demonstrating his ability TO fill either
position.
The Board of Supervisors Is empow-
cred by the ordinance to appoint an ex-
amining board. consisting of three
members, who shall each receive a sal
ary of $1,000 a year. They Will be au-
thorized to appoint clerk at a salary
of 500 month. whose duty it shall
be to keep the record Of those to whom
certificates are issued by the board to
act as gripmen, motormen or chauf-
feurs
The examining board will be required
to meet at least twice a week for the
purpose of examining applicants as 20
their fitness to hold the position. The
proposed ordinance makes il unlawful
for any person TO act as a motornan.
gripnan or chauffeur unless he has Sc
cured a certificate from the exanaininz
board The license fee will be s5
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-06
FAVOR FIRE MAN S
FUND PROFFER.
Policy-Holders' Committee
Prepares Statement Ad-
vocating Plan Submitted
BANKS ARE SIGNERS

Henry T. Scott, Joseph D. Grant, E.
R. Lilienthal. F. w. Van Sicklen,
Charles HoIbrook, /. W. Helman Jr. and
Percy T. Morgan, the advisory commit
tee of the policy holders of the Fire
mans Fund Insurance Company, have
issued a statement, which will be sent
to every policy holder of the company
advising acceptance of the company S
offer of settlement The statement is
in part, as follows:
After careful consideration this COM
mittee is unanimous in believing that
the plan of settlement proposed by the
companies will produce better results
for policy holders than insolvency. par
ticularly as the officers of the cOmpa-
nies have indicated a willingness to
meet our suggestion that all policy
holders are entitled to receive as a
direct payment whatever share of the
contingent profits may accrue to the
Fireman's Fund Insurance Company
from the transfer of its outstanding
business to the Firemens Fund Insuf-
per cent in cash and the stock appor-
tionment already provided for and what
may develop under article ~ OF the
agreement.
claims filed policy-holders represent
ing 20 per cent have now signed the
agreement of settlement. Should the
remaining policy holders still be of the
opinion, Notwithstanding the recon-
mendation of the executive committee
of the Policy holders League and of
this committee, that the proposed plan
of settlement is not for their best in
terests and refuse to cooperate, we
shall reluctantly be obliged to cause
insolvency proceedings to be instituted
against each of the companies. which
will result in great expense and long
delay in final settlement.
We desire therefore to impress upon
you that time is an important factor
and immediate signatures are impera-
tive.
In the list of those who have signed
the plan of the company are included
the commercial organizations of the
city. thirteen banks and a large array
of leading business houses.
The Policy-holders' League has ap-
proved of the plan of settlement offered
by the German Insurance Company OF
Freeport and the German National In
surance Company of Chicago, which is
at the rate of so cents on the dollar
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-06

In q letter sent yesterday TO Acting
Mayor James L. Gallagher in regard to
his removal as chairman Of the Board
OF Public Works. F. A. Maestretti de-
-ciared that the step had been taken
in revenge for his support Of Mayor
schnlitz at the Santa Cruz convention,
and that the grounds on which charges
OF ineficiency had been brought against
. him were attributable 10 Gallagher
himself rather than to any other per-
son.
The letter recites that the writer
understanding of the stated reason for
his removal is his failure for more than
FIVE months TO clean the debris from
some Of the most important streets OF
the city. and in answer he calls at
tention 10 the fact that. in spite or the
necessity caused by the fire, the nnance
committee of the Board OF Puohc
Works. Of which Gallagher was chair
man. was largely responsible for the
reduction in the Board of Public WORKS
appropriation TO $621.0O0. OF TINS
amount Maestretti states that $2lO'oOO
was allotted TO the street-cleaning de-
partment He also charges Gallagher
with having cid up the bills OF the
department and says that 1t is noto-
rious fact that such bills are not palo
is paid 10 some person"
After scoring Gallagher's recent can
didacy for Associate Justice of the Dis
trict Court OF Appeal, Mastretu con-
tinues:
Nv attempted removal from the Board
Of Public Works is a part OF the petty
revenge fnstigated by an unsavory boss
for the purpose of punishment OF any
person who refuses 10 prostitute hlm-
self to vicious candidates and vile
methods.
7 regard myself as a member Of the
Board OF Public Works Of this city.
shall not. however, take any legal steps
to maintain my legal rights until the
Hon. Eugene E. Schmitz, the Mayor of
San Francisco. has had an opportunity
10 officially brand your actions as un-
worthy of any person holding the po-
'sition of acting Mayor Of this city.
At the Santa Cruz convention l IA
vored the nomination of Mayor SchmitZ
for the Office Of Governor of the State
of California It is alleged that the
entire San Francisco delegation had
been sold for the paltry sum of $4,000
cash. paid in advance to the unsavory
boss Of San Francisco An attempt was
made by the same boss to sell the San
Francisco delegation TO a candidate
from san Jose for S25,00O The Thirty
ninth Assembly District delegation re-
fused 70 be a party TO either sale or
attempted sale and announced weeks in
advance of the convention that it ia
vored the nomination of Hon. Eugene
T. Schmitz for the office of Governor
Of California. Such action was unsat-
isfactory 10 the boss whose weakling
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-06

After nine hours of deIiberation yes
terday the jury in the case of William
Raisch, charged with making and SELL
ing fraudulent naturalization certifi-
Gates. disagreed. Judge de Haven, in
the United States Circuit Court, charged
the jury at noon. At O'clock the
talesmen sent word that they could
not agree on a verdict, but Judge de
Haven advised them to consider the
case few hours longer. At $3.50 they
agreed to disagree. The retrial has
been set for October 16.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-06
BAPTIST LADIES PLAN FAIR,

At Emmanuel Baptist Church on Bart
lett street, between Twenty second and
Twenty-third, a bazaar to be called the
"Whitem Park Fair will be held on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of
next week. A pleasing programme will
be presented each evening. commencing
at S:15 o'clock. From $50 to each
evening the ladies will serve their
famous dinners. Articles for use and
decoration will be for sale.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-06
NEW GASOLINE MOTOR
IS PUT INTO COMMISSION
Union Pacific Is Running Car Between
Beatrice and Lincoln and officials
Say 1t Is a Success.

w r. McKeen's gasoline motor has
been put into commission and the
Union Pacific has issued a time table
as to the running of this car. 1t makes
two trips day between the towns of
Beatrice and Lincoln, and the success
of the car is not only pleasing to the
inventor but also to the officials of the
Union Pacific.
This car was invented about one
year ago by the general superintendent
of motive power for the Union Pacific
and was subjected to a number of
severe tests. 1t was finally adopted and
is the forerunner of many other cars
which will be put in service on branch
roads. Its principal claim is cheapness
of operation and speed. On the run be-
tween Beatrice and Lincoln no baggage
is allowed and this will be the in
variable rule wherever these cars are
operated.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-06
SAYS HOUSE IS RESPECTABLE.

A. Cameron, who conducts lodging
house at 634 Golden Gate avenue, says
his place is a respectable and first
class one. In. the vicinity of Gamer
ons place are several houses of ques-
tionable .repute and Cameron says that
his reputation has been in grave dan
ger because of published articles that
referred to his place as one Of evil
repute.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-06
AUSTRALIAN WOMAN TRAVELS
AROUND THE WORLD ALONE
Mrs. f. VI. Silver Spends Brief Time
in San Francisco and Then De-
parts for the Antipodes.


Mrs. F. NJ Silver proves that the
American woman is not the only woman
in the world who can take care of her
self and can wander the globe over
unattended by man. Mrs. Silver is an
Australian by birth and she has spent
the last three years in touring the
world in a leisurely manner. She has
been in the four corners of the universe,
and she admits that though she has
seen some strange sights in her travels
she has never seen a city which was
supposedly destroyed and yet so full
Of life as San Francisco.
Mrs. Silver, who has been staying at
the Dorchester. is the wife of a rich
mining man and her home is in Mel
bourne She intended to be away a
longer time. but she suddenly expert
enced a sense of homeSickness and
hastened her journey to the Antipodes
leaving yesterday on the Sonoma.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-06
WANT ONE THOUSAND MEN
TO CLEAN THE THOROUGHFARES
City Officials Expect to Have Debris
Removed From Market Street With
in Week After Work Commences.

"One of my first official acts will be
to advertise for 1000 men to clean the
streets of San Francisco" said George
F. Duffey the newly appointed Com
missioner of Works. yesterday after
noon. Each man must bring his own
shovel, and will start him to work
on Market street. which l hope to have
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-06
Maestretti Says Support of
SChnnitZ Caused Removal.
Writes Gallagher That He Will Be
Reinstated When Mayor Returns.

you are, and since that convention he
has endeavored in every way possible
He was not able to find any grounds
for such removal and was obliged TO
wait until Mayor Schmitz had left San
Francisco to find tool to carry out
his nefarious purposes and consum-
mate his small political revenge. Yours
respectfully, F. A. MAESTRETTI.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-06
sLEUTH BUR

Secret Service Agent William J. Burns the
crack sleuth. who worked up the timber land
fraud cases against Hyde and Benson, will re-
main in this city about two weeks. gathering
evidence for the trial. which will take place in
washington D. c. shortly
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-06

PRENTICE APPoINTED.-John A. Prentice
appointed yesterday a Aeld deputy United
States marshal at Eureka. vice George w
Roger. resigned
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-06

Murine Eye Remedy is a Tonic
for the Auto Eye
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-06
RAIsCH JURY DIsAGREEs.

A POSNER, ladies tailor, 1S4oA SUIT
ter St, formerly 5S7 Geary st.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-06

The size of your $Izso depends on how much you can
get for it Place alongside hat for instance and it looks
mighty big Stick next to Yankee Doodle Sack Suit and
simply way of showing you that Yankee Doodle
worth whole lot than $Iz5o. We wouldn't say so it
wasn't We plenty of nerve, enough lie in our
advertisements
The daily tribune., 1906-11-17
Wants Reinstatement.

New York. Nov. 1.-THE announce.
ment WAS made today that Col Alex.
ander l.. Bacon, son Of J. D. Bacon,
attorney for the Afro. American
council, bad been employed by the
soldiers Of Cos B O aud d Of the
Twenty fifty infantry who were
ordered to leave the regular service
Of the U. 8. A. without honors
The companies are taking steps to be
reinatAted and will not have their
rights thrown away. 1t is stated that
= number OF white aud black people
are putting up the money to carry on
the case.
The daily tribune., 1906-11-17

OHIEFTAIN DISHES -Sabsoribe7s
TO the Pueblo Chieftain who secured
. set Of dishes for subscription to the
paper. are wondering where they
are ut. Some time sRo the agents
visited Florence and II Is alleged that
they represented that II = subscriber
agreed to take the paper they would
be given . sat Of dishes. The dishes
we're delivered in due time. Now
some OF the Subscribers claim that
there was no particular time ses In
which they must take the paper reRu.
iaFly. bot II has since developed
that they have signed for . year.
This hes osussd dissstisfAosion among
OhieftAin readers and many Of them
The daily tribune., 1906-11-17
No Trace of Forty.

Portland. Ore. Nov. IA repre-.
sentative Of the Morning Orsgonisn.
who Ia now In the food d Uowlitz
disrtic.. wiressshis paper that the re.
port that 40 people were msrooned
on 40 Island at the Cowlitz and
the Columbia rivers cannot be con
frmed. though . systemato search
for the little band Of people wss con
Quoted all last nisbt and today.
The daily tribune., 1906-11-17
Senator Platt MAY Retire.

New York. Nov i7-Thomss O
Plstt's resi- gnatiop frcm the United
States senate is said to be ready
for filing with Governor Higgins.
Senator PlAtt. 1t Is reported. has
decided to retire altogether from pub.
lic 70.
Recent disclosures oon cerping the
senator n domestic troubles added to
his increasing age are declared to have
forced him to the decision to relin.
Quish his office.
The daily tribune., 1906-11-17
CHARGE SMUGGLING OF
JEwELRY FROM GERMANY

Ell Paso. Tex. Nov. II Customs
Collector Sharpe has seized e6Os worth
Of jswelry f,om Aaron Rosenwald's !
family At Albuquerque. N. NJ. charR.
ing II was smussled from Germany
into TIE United States on the Kron
Prins Wilhelm. landing At New York
Aug. 2s. The boxes in which the
jswelry WAS originally purchased ar
rived later BY mail. empty. The
customs officers ns th.y then found the
jewelry In the Roser vi aid home.
One of the seiz d articles il = pearl
necklace which Miss Rosenwald I'D.
mitted she wore and did not declare.
The daily tribune., 1906-11-17
HEARST AND PULITZER
MIX THINGS IN ST. 10

ST.. Louis. Nov. i7--s. H. he,rst
and Joseph Pulitzer. Jr.. son Of the
proprietor OF 'hs New York World,
had personal encounter IN the Off &C
OF .he st. Louis Post Dispatch. n
Pulitzer paper. Either party to Che
combat refuses to go into details. II
appears VAT Hearst Came In IhurSda,
night o1 his way to Mexico and stoppe
in Is, t'Is editorial rooms CT the paper
This swr men differed and the tight
io.i.Uwed