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The San Francisco call., 1906-10-29
DEMAND IMPROVED
CAR SERVICE.

Residents of the Mission district,
dissatisfied with the streetcar service
which is furnished by the United Rail-
roads, will appeal to that corporation
for immediate relief, and If it be not
granted they will hold a mass meet
ing to determine what steps to take
toward bringing about better condi-
tions. The residents declare that the
congested traffic has but little to do
with the new move, as the main
trouble lies with the continual block
ades, in which from twenty to fifty
cars are stalled and hundreds of pas
sengers delayed from two to three
times daily.
The company can at least install
new wiring, declared a prominent citi-
zen of the Mission, in an interview
yesterday. There is absolutely no ex-
cuse for this frequent swapping of the
trolley wires, which not only causes
a delay but which endangers the lives
of pedestrians. The defective metal
should be taken down. Several people
have already narrowly escaped being
burned by the wiring which has fallen
from it's hangings, but thus far little
If anything has been done by the COM
pany to improve, the situation and
probably will not until some one is
either killed or manned for life"
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-29
NEW PAY DAY ORDERED
IN THE LOCAL POsToFFICE
Return Receipts VIII Be Supplied for
Persons Sending Registered Mail
to Foreign Countries.

Postmaster Fisk announced Satur-
day that hereafter the third day of
each month shall be designated as pay
day for all postal employees, except
when the third Of the month falls upon
a Sunday or holiday, in which case pay
day shall be on the second.
Semi-monthly tags for those clerks
desiring to draw will be paid on the
18th, of each month, not to exceed the
amount actually earned In the interim
and only In multiples of $5.
Box rents must be collected at the
beginning of each quarter for the en-
tire quarter, but no longer. II a box
holder fails to renew his right to his
box on or before the last day of the
quarter the box shall be closed to him.
When mail addressed to persons in
foreign countries Is presented for reg
istration Q return receipt will be issued
to be sent with the registered article.
The fraud order dated September IL.
1905, forbidding the delivery of mail
and the payment of money orders to
the DR.. Hall Electro vigor Com
pany at Chicago, San Francisco and
Philadelphia Is suspended until further
notice by order of Postmaster General
Cortelyou.
The following promotions are an
nounced: John L. e. Sullivan, from
mailing clerk to chief mailing clerk,
at $1,000 per annum; William L. st.
Amant, mailing clerk to foreman, John
Greenwell, foreman to mailing clerk.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-29

restore the family fortune. They
argued that the medicine which was
SO good for their woman friends and
neighbors was equally good for the
women of the whole world.
The Pinkhams had no money, and
little credit. Their first laboratory
was the kitchen, where roots and
herbs were stepped on the stove,
gradually filing gross of bottles.
Then came the question of selling
it, for always before they had given
it away freely. They hired q job
printer to run off some pamphlets
setting forth the merits of the medi-
cine, now called Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and these were
distributed by the Pinkham sons In
Boston, New York, and Brooklyn.
The wonderful curative properties Of
the medicine were, to q great extent.
self-advertising, for whoever used it
recommended it to others, and the de-
mand gradually increased
In 1877, by combined efforts the fam
lily had saved enough money to COM
mence newspaper advertising and from
that time the growth and success OF
the enterprise were assured, until to-
day Lydia e. Pinkham and her Vege-
table Compound have become house.
hold words everywhere, and many
tons Of roots and herbs are used annu-
ally in its manufacture.
Lydia E. Pinkham herself did not
live to see the great success of this
work. She passed to her reward years
ago, but not till she had provided
means for continuing her work as
effectively as she could have done it
herself.
During her long and eventful expe-
rience she was ever methodical in her
work and she was always careful to pre-
serve record Of every case that came to
her attention. The case Of every sick
woman who applied to her for advice
and there were thousands--received
careful study. and the details, includ-
ing symptoms, treatment and results
were recorded for future reference, and
to-day these records, together with
hundreds of thousands made since, are
available to sick women the world
over, and represent vast cOllabora-
ton of information regarding the
treatment of woman's ills, which for
authenticity and accuracy can hardly
be equaled in anv library in the
world.
With Lydia E. Pinkham worked her
daughter in law, the present Mrs.
Pinkham. She was carefully instructed
in all her hard-won knowledge, and
for years she assisted her in her vast
correspondence.
To her hands naturally fell the
direction of the work when it's origina-
tor passed away. For nearly twenty
five years she has continued it, and
nothing in the work shows when the
first Lydia E. Pinkham dropped her
pen, and the present Mrs. Pinkham,
now the mother of a large family, took
it up. With womeI assistants, some as
capable as herself the present Mrs.
Pinkham continues this greatwork, and
probably from the Office of no other
person have so many women been ad-
vised how to regain health. Sick wo-
men, this advice is ''Yours for Health
freely given If you only write to ask
for it.
Such is the history of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound made
from simple roots and herbs; the ona
great medicine for women's ailments,
and the fitting monument to the nobls
woman whose name it bears.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-29
GENERAL FUNSTON
AGAIN AT PRESIDE
Will Depart Saturday for
New Post at ST. Louis and
Be Succeeded by Pershing

Brigadier General Frederick Funston
arrived from Cuba Saturday and Is at
his old post at the Preside. He was
accompanied by his aid, Lieutenant
Burton ]. Mitchell.
General Funston says that when he
was ordered to Cuba he went there to
take command of the First Brigade.
and temporarily to act for General j.
F. Bell, chief Of staff, until he should
arrive there. General Thomas H. Barry
was ordered to go out in command of
the Second Brigade, and General w. p.
Duva1l was ordered to go in charge of
the Third Brigade. However, as events
turned out. 1T was not necessary to
send either of these two latter bri-
gades to Cuba, hence when General Bell
arrived he assumed entire command, as
originally intended.
General Funston will depart for his
new post at st. Louis next Saturday,
and will turn over the duties Of his
command here TO General Pershing the
day before his departure.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-29
RELYING ON ROOSEVELT.
Japanese Feel That President VIII
Abide by Treaty of 1894

Abide by Treaty of 1894.
TOXIC, Oct. 2S.-There Is no sign
whatever of a growth of Ill feeling
against Americans in general since the
action Of the American Government in
the San Francisco school case has be-
come known. The public is becoming g
remarkably calm. The Japanese Gov
ernment stands on article 1. clause 3, of
the treaty of 1894. The ultra chauvin-
ism of the San FRANCISCO school au-
thorities is deemed to be a fragrant
violation of the treaty, but the consen-
sus of opinion, while fully sympathiz-
ing with the delicate situation con-
fronting the Washington Government,
confidently expects President Roosevelt
to abide by t3ie princsple of justice in
behalf Of the Japanese. Any apprehen-
sion of the boycotting of American
goods Is generally regarded as absurd.
The United States is the best Gus
toner for Japanese commodities, and it
Is known that any action that will
provoke the Americans would be sui
cidal. It is feared that emissaries Of
a certain power are active in starting
a movement against the Japanese by
exaggerating the indignation naturally
felt here against the San Francisco
school authorities.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-29
GUARDSMEN GIVE s0CIALs
AT NEW HEADQUARTERS
Enlisted Mems Club of the First Holds
Smoker and the Nationals
80 Informal links.

Enlisted Mems Club of the First Holds
a Smoker and the Nationals an
Informal JinIxs.
The Enlisted Mems Club of the First
Infantry Regiment. National Guard,
gave it's first smoker and high links
anan street Saturday night. ALI the
members of the several companies who
could get away from Saturday evening
work were on hand, as were also the
officers of the regiment
Quartermaster Levy, president of the
club, was the master of ceremonies.
The programme was made up of in
strumental and vocal numbers, recita-
tions and readings, interspersed with
short addresses by Colonel w. N. Kelly,
commanding the regiment; Major H. G.
Mathewson and Major ]. F. Eggerts,
the captains of the several companies,
and patriotic selections by the regi-
mental band. The committee in charge
consisted of Quartermaster Levy, J.
Won Staden, George Spooner, Sergeant
Strickland, Private Walten and Pri-
vate Barrett.
Companies B and C. First Coast Ar
tillery, had an informal opening OF
the headquarters of the Nationals on
Eddy street, near Laguna, and jinks
Saturday night. The new quarters are
almost ready and when they are there
will be a formal opening. On Saturday
evening it was merely an .assemblage of
the officers and members of the two
commands, with few talks upon the
possibilities of the Nationals Associa-
ton increasing its membership by the
admission of associate members and OF
making it a first-class military club
Short addresses were made by Major
Keesling. Captain ssrattan and several
other officers.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-29
COLLINS ARGUES FOR HIS
FREEDOM ON LAW POINTS
Contends in Federal Court That His
Conviction was Contrary to In
tent of Extradition Treaty.

United States District Judge C. E.
WoIverton, sitting in the Circuit Court
Saturday, heard the arguments of
George D. Collins and Assistant District
Attorney William Hoff Cook in the
matter of Collins demurrer to the
Sheriff's return in the habeas corpus
matter. Collins quoted many authori-
ties to show that the State Off
cials should have first disposed of the
charge on which he had been extradited
from Canada before trying him for the
subsequent perjury, of which he stood
convicted and under sentence of four
teen years Imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary. That the extradition charge was
still untried and until it was disposed
of either by conviction or an acquit-
tai he could not be tried for any Of
fense committed subsequent to the ex
tradition.
Cook, in his reply, charged that Col
lins had misquoted some of the au-
thorities that he had read to the court
Judge Wolyerton ordered Collins to
file his brief on Monday and allowed
Cook five days in which to file a reply
brief.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-29

and investigating mind, an earnest
seeker after knowledge, and above
all. possessed of a wonderfully sympa-
thetic nature.
In 1s43 she married Isaac Pinkham,
. builder and real estate operator, and
their early married life was marked by
prosperity and happiness. They had
four children, three sons and q
daughter.
In those good old fashioned days IL
was conmon for mothers to make
their own home medicines from roots
and herbs. natures own remedies
calling in physician only in specially
perience mapy of them gained won
derful knowledge of the curative prop
critics OF the various roots and herbs.
Mrs. Pinkham took great interest
in the study of roots and herbs, their
characteristics and power over disease.
She maintained that just as nature so
bountifully provides in the harvest
fields and orchards vegetable foods OF
all kinds, so, if we but take the pains
to find them, in the roots and herbs
OF the field there are remedies ex-
pressly designed to cune the various
it was her pleasure to search these out,
and prepare simple and effective medi-
cines for her own family and friends.
Chief of these was a rare combina-
ton of the choicest medicinal roots
and herbs found best adapted for the
cure of the ills and weaknesses pecu-
liar to the female sex, and Lydia E. Pink
hams friends and neighbors learned
that her compound relieved and cured
and it became quite popular among
them.
ALI this SO far was done freely, with
out money and without price, as .
labor of love.
But in 1873 the financial crisis struck
Lynn. Its length and severity were too
much for the large real estate interests
of the Pinkham family, as this class
of business suffered most from
fearful depression, so when the Centen-
NAL year dawned it found their prop
erty swept away. Some other source
of income had to be found.
At this point Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound was made known
to the world.
The three sons and the daughter,
with their mother, combined forces to
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-29
Army Is Blamed for Delay
IN Militia Equipment.

has presented the enlisted mems club
handsome clock for the clubroom.
Captain Margo of the Fifth Infantry
has been elected an associate member
of the Officers Club of the First Infan-
try.
Considerable inquiry is being made
as to the whereabouts of the muster
rolls that were forwarded to superior
headquarters after the last inspection.
They have not yet been returned to the
companies. and many months have
passed since they were made.
Colonel Wilhelm, inspector on the
staff of the commander n-chief, has in
the past week paid a number of visits
to companies of the Fifth Infantry in
Alameda County. The inspector states
that the next inspection of the guard
will commence shortly after January J.
1907.
Company A. Fifth Infantry, Captain
r w H Petersen, and Lieutenant
Francis, range officer, went to San Ra-
fael on the third Sunday in October and
In the face Of a very strong wind had
target practice on Company DIS range
at the zoo, 800 and 500 yards distances.
AT THE RANGE.
Company B. same regiment. Captain
G. l. Holtum, stationed at San Jose
and Lieutenant Leonard NJ Farrell.
range officer thirty-hve officers and
men, went at Individual expense to the
range at Livermore for target practice
at the 200, 500 and 500 yards distances
Good scores were made, and while
proud OF that the men are not happy in
the thought that in practicing for the
benefit of the State they are forced to
pay their own expenses While in Liv-
ermore the visitors were the guests
Of Company / at a luncheon. Captain
Holtum is looking for a range in the
vicinity of San Jose. At a recent meet
ing of Company the officers and
members manifested their appreciation
of Captain Holtum's efforts in their be-
half by presenting him a valuable gold
watch
Companies A, F and G, Major Hunt
commanding, left Oakland Saturday for
an overnight bivouac and practice
march on Sunday.
Company I of Livermore went out
last week for a two days practice
march and bivouac in the vicinity of
that town. There was drill in advance,
rear guard and outpost duty, and last
Sunday the company was at the range
to practice at the three distances. The
members of this company recently at
tended the funeral of Clarence E. Beck,
a Lieutenant of the company, who died
from the effects of injuries received
by being. thrown from a horse The
service at the grave was attended by
Colonel Smith and Captain McKown,
formerly commander of the company.
The naval militia has removed its
battery from the main hall in the JEFF
ferson Square building to its storeroom
in the same building. Regular drill in
the manual of arms Will be kept up
until December
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-29
Labor Notes.

The next meeting of Janitors' Union
No. 1o,367 will be held in the Labor
Councils new building, Fourteenth and
Mission streets, the first Sunday next
month. The union is reported to be
in a prosperous condition. 1t is the
intention to ask the Labor Council
for a boycott on the Central Theater
If the matters in dispute are not soon
settled.
Three union men in Napa who were
arrested and charged with battery by
an imported strike-breaker were ac-
quilted of the charge by a jury The
evidence went to show that the strike
breaker was the aggressor. The trou-
BILE was the outcome of the deplorable
conditions brought on at the cement
works at Napa Junction, where men
have struck for 20 cents an hour, an
increase of 2 cents. The manager of
the works has endeavored to break the
strike by importing the professional
strikebreaker, with the usual result.
After a spirited debate the Cleveland
United Trades and Labor Council has
zen, the organ of organized labor In
that city, and not let it fall into the
hands of private interests.
1t has been announced that a 10 to
25 per cent increase in wages has been
made to employees of the American Ci-
gar Company at Detroit, to take effect
in the company's factories throughout
the country at once. ALI classes of
workmen, both skilled and unskilled,
will benefit by the order.
Carpenters Union of Conneaut, Ohio
made a demand for fat wage of 35
cents per hour for nine-hour day. At
present the pay of the members is $3.50
for nine hours. The contractors of the
city have agreed to the increase, which
will take effect April /, 1907.
President w. D. Mahon of the Inter-
national Association of Street Railway
Employees and General Organizer Beh-
ner have been in Cleveland for some
days comforting with the Cleveland
Electric Company as to organizing the
employees into union. There Is every
reason to believe that President Mahon
will be successful in his mission. He
generally carries his point about such
matters
The Reading Railroad has decided to
increase the wages of It's engineers,
firemen, conductors, brakemen, yard
men and other employees of that class
on all divisions from to 10 per cent.
The raise will be dated from October l..
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-29
SOUTHERN CAPITALISTS PLAN
UP-To-DATE APARTMENT HOTEL
Report Is That the oliver VIII Rise on
OIn Site Pine Street,
Near Powell.

A representative of capitalists of a
Southern California city is in San
Francisco to look over the ruins with
a view to rebuilding the Hotel Oliver
on the site of the old apartment
hotel destroyed April IS. The Hotel
oliver was one of the first apartment
houses of the city to be built on Mob
above Powell.
The former owner of the Hotel Oil
yer is E. Forest Mitchell, who is af-
fliated with Congressman Needham
and other Californians. Rumor has it
that he has succeeded in interesting
moneyed men of Fresno in plan to
build a modern apartment hotel.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-29
RADER NAMES pIREcToRs.

At the conclusion of the sermon in
the Central Theater yesterday morn
ing Rev. Willim RAIDER announced that
the Central Theater congregation
would be incorporated that it might
be better prepared to carry on any
work which may be later undertaken.
He named as directors of the organi-
cation Frank McGowen, P. c. Hunting
ton. Mrs Lou Mcdaniel, William Stadt-
field, E. 3. Shepard. j. T. Wilson, T. P.
Shufi1eton, Edward Jones, Mrs Julia
NJ Edwards and Miss Helen Vining.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-29
WHO SHE WAS
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LYDIA E. pINKHAM
And True Story of How the Vegetable Compound
Had It's Birth and How the "Panic of '73" Caused
it to be Offered for Public Sale in Drug Stores.

This remarkable woman, whose
maiden name was Estes, was born in
Lynn, Mass, February eth, 1919, COM
ing from good old Quaker family.
For some years she taught school, and
became known as woman of an alert
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-29

SOLDIER RoBs CoMRADE.-oakland, Oct.
2S-E. Olsen, a member of the Twenty-ffth
United States Coast Artillery, stationed at the
Presidio, reported to the Oakland police that
he had been robbed Of plain gold ring by
Charles Clarkson, also member Of the Coast
Artillery. The ring was engraved with the
name ''E. Olsen, Manila"
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-29

SAYS BABE IS NEGLEcTED-Alameda oct
2S-Dr N. J. Hosford has notified the police
that Charles Wood and his wife, who live at
2315 Alameda avenue, are neglecting their three
nsontiss-old babe and that the little one is in
danger Of death from want of proper care and
nourishment. Woods was recently arrested for
fntoxication.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-29

Artists materials, good stock of ev-
erything In the line at Rabjohn &
Morcom's new art store, 536 Van Ness
4O8 18th st. Oakland.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-29

Chancellor Day says the man who
smokes is a fool Chancellor Day talks
like a man who smokes
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-29

Keith exhibition, vickery, Atkins &
open.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-29
AN OUTING POSTPONED.

The outing Of Companies B and D at
BoIinas, which was to have taken place
last Saturday, was postponed until next
Saturday out Of courtesy TO the enlisted
mems club, which had arranged for a
smoker and jinks last Saturday.
A request has been made for three
electric lights on Buchanan street. in
the vicinity Of the provisional armory
Of the First, so that the men may see
what they are doing on drill nights
The Quartermaster OF the regiment
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-20
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.

Unless you have tried Mounts you
do not know the best pickles
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-20
TRADE CONDITIONS
ARE SATISFACTORY
There is Decided Improvement in
Promptness With Which Co..
|eotions Are Made.
RAILROAD EARNINGS GREAT.
seventy five Per Cent Larger Than for
October Last Near-Mages Vol.
unfairly Advanced.

New York. oct l9--R G. Dun &
Co.'S Weekly Review OF Trade tomor-
row will say:
The advance season has broadened re-
tail trade In staple lines, while whole
sale and jobbing departments make
satisfactory returns, and there is def
mite improvement in the promptness
with which mercantile collections are
made. Current distribution is scarcely
more general than the demand for dis
tant delivery, indicating that conf
dencc In the future remains mistaken.
Industrial operations are on an unpre-
cedented scale. Prices are well main-
tanned. the general level showing a NET
gain since the month opened Many
voluntary advances in wages are noted
and 1t is hoped that scarcity OF labor
will be less disturbing when farm work
Is finished.
Railroad blockades stIll delay ship
ments. yet earnings for October thus
far surpass last years by 70 per cent.
Domestic hides are a little weaker OH
the whole, with only moderate sales.
while Latin American hides have gained
further strength and European markets
are firm In response to high prices at
the German auction sale
Narrow grain markets have prevailed.
crop prospects continuing favorable.
and no new influences appear TO affect
the situation.
Liabilities of commercial failures thus
far reported for October amounted to.
A,56l,2ll, of which s2,s20.l77 was in
manufacturing, $1,61i 1888 in trading and
s6i,i0l In other commercial lines. Fall
ures this week numbered 1856 in the
United States, against 233 last year.
and IL In Canada, compared with 80 o
year ago.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-20
BUSINESS NOTES.

In the local stock list the feature Of
the week has again been the sugars,
the principal advances having been In
Utah common, Idaho and Western Ida
no. The former is sought for at $3.50.
and that figure was freely bid, but not
many transactions took place. The fin
al call on the Western Idaho sugar
stockholders Is made for Nov. 1. Opera.
tons are running smoothly at all 10
factories, except that at Lewiston,
where the trouble with the machinery
continued up till last advices. The re-
vised estimate Of tonnage for the Utah
and Idaho companies Is 100000 tons
During the week Y. c, NJ. l., Deseret
National Bank, and State Bank of Utah
paid their regular dividends, The
statements Of the condition OF the pri :
vate banks, most of which appeared IN
the News during the week, show all the
local institutions 10 be heavily loaded