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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-12-27
gQasbtngton Chat

The people all over the country are
evidently awakening to the fact that
the Government is paying exhorbitant
sums annually to the railroads for the
hauling OF the mails, judging from
the pressure that is being brought to
bear on Congress to investigate the
cost OF transportation. Strange to
cay, Congress has very little know
ledge OF how the money for this pur-
pose is spent but it proposes to know
more about the matter than it does
now, since the claim is made that
81 100000 can be saved each year.
The total appropriation for the
hauling of mails is $45, OOO, 900 an
nually, quite an item in'lhe earnings,
of the railroads. The basis for this
enormous outlay is the average daily
weight of the mails but it is declared
by some representatives who have in
vestigated the matter, that such an
average is false one aud that if pay
ment was made on a true average, the
saving would amount to the four
millions, perhaps more.
1t is likely a resolution will shortly
be introduced in the House calling on
the post-office department for complete
and detailed information, with refer
ence as to how the mails are weighed,
where the money appropriated by Con-
gress goes, and various other phases
of the subject. The railroad interests
are already worried over the prospects
and now have lobby here to prevent
any cut in their compensa alton.
1t is expected that early considera-
ton will be given by the Senate to the
general service pension bill, if the
plans of the committee on pensions
60 through. The bill has already
been passed by the House but parts
of it did not meet with the approval
of the Senate which amended it in
several particulars, one served for
ninety days, has been honorably
discharged, and who shall have reach
ed the age of sixty-two years, shall
receive pension Of SIP month, to
be increased to $l5 a month when he
shall have reached the age of seventy
years, and to 500 month after he
has reached the age at seventy-five
years.
1t is estimated that an additional
appropriation of $1O.714,OOO annually
would be required to pay the increased
rate provided by the bill to the soldiers
now on the pension rolls. It is pro-
bable that the bill as amended, will
come up shortly after the Christmas
recess and if indications count for
anything favorable action will result.
When the bill passes, the pension
Office is in excellent condition to handle
the details OF the work promptly,
which would mean that all soldiers
coming under the provision of the
amendment would derive beuefit with
out delay.
One by one the old land marks
around Washington are giving way to
the march OF progress. The latest to
60, or one nearly gone, is the old
Long bridge-that famous structure
across the Potomac which for years
has served as the s"gateway to the
South" Built in 1919, twas fired by
the British when they attacked the
Capitol in ,1S14. During the. cps it
figured in the Civil war and IN '9S]
seversl companies OF soldiers in the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-12-27
Cure for Sore Nipples.

AS soon as the cbi'l is done nurs-
ing, apply Cbamberlain's Salve.
w pc it off with soft cloth Def ore
allowing the Guild to nurse. Many
trained nurses use this with the best
results. Price Is cents per box. For
sale by Hanson s. Emerson.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-12-27
st. Cloud Business College.

The winter term of the st. Cloud
Business college will open Wednes-
day, January End, 1907. New classes
in all studies. Board and room only
SS.0O. The largest and best school to
attend. ~ No entrance examinations.
Students select their own studies.
Positions secured for graduates. Cato
logue free. ~ sss N 80
= 27.t s@s Lewis HssVath, Hxin.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-12-27
Shooting ARRAY at 1rafnerd.

On Christmas day Henry Towers.
foreman painter in the Northern
Pacific shops at Brainerd, shot and
fatally wounded A. l.. Hagerdon. :
stationary engineer. The shooting
was the result of quarrel. Il
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-12-27
Feeding and Management Of Live

Feeding and Management Of Live
4 Stock.
The lectures delivered by Prof.
Thos. Shaw, at the Minnesota. Agri-
cultural School, on the above sub
jects, are given away by the Gold
Coin Stock Food Co., through their
agent, Oscar Klonne. Il a
These books are used as text books
by many of the agricultural schools,
and the first edition sold for Us cts.
per copy. Call and ask about them.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-12-27
Broke HE Promise.

II accepted Harry last night"
-. Then no didn't keep his promise p
me-" ,., essI IS
what promisef"
''When rejected hin MEAT beieeo
last he proaissd h wouldn't d ~
Ting despsFAaG.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-12-27
Beautiful Robes

May be made at small expense from
horse, COW. deer and other hides. Last
lifetime. Write for free particulars
70 Foster Robea& Tanning Co.. 1893,
9Th st. 8. E. Minneapolis. Mimi.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-12-27

Chambe!IaIa's eeueh Remedy
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-06-21

lhool house, and under the
|play grounds happy chill
sndelicn stems and weave
4; tow hundred feet to the
ilacksmith's forge whence
! sound of ding-ding-ding-
lest, within twenty feet
Iroans its remonstrance to
trade, whose passengers
the edge of the embank-
marble slab, eight inches
showing but six inches
bward. That marks the
place of Ann Cooper Whit
miles to the westward is
house, and the same beam
& sun that glints upon the
b Delaware at her former
|heced on the corner of
bnument.
b in all his state, illumes
|estern skies;
passed thro' Glory's gate,
alks in Paradise.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-28
LARGE STRUCTURE
MAY BE BUILT.

NJ. H. de Young at present is nego-
tiating with an Eastern firm as to the
disposal of his property, which runs
through from Geary street to O'Farrell
street. It will be remembered that
de Young owned the Alcazar Theater
on O'Farrell street and also the build
ing which was occupied by the firm of
Cordes & Co. on Geary street. The
land on which the two buildings stood
Joined each other, giving De Young a
frontage of SIS feet on Geary street.
with depth of 1876 and a frontage
of 75 feet on O'Farrell with depth OF
1876, or total depth of 275 feet.
The negotiations which are now
pending deal with the construction of
a large building by De Young on a
long lease, and it is understood that
the Eastern firm desires to make a
lease for about fifty years at a rental
which is said to be enormous.
De Young has not made up his mind
as to whether he will agree to the
proposition and the belief is expressed
that he wants the other party to build.
The size and the value of the build
ings that are being put UP on Union
Square makes de Young incline to build.
but he is holding off in the hope that
the Eastern party will come to his
terms and build upon his land.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-28
MRS. OELR|CHS IS
GIVEN PAPERS.

Special letters of administration or
dered in the estate of the late Her
mann Oelrichs and the letters of ad-
ministration for the estate of Charles
L. Fair were issued yesterday to Mrs.
Theresa A Oelrichs in the probate de-
partment of the Superior Court. Mrs.
Oelrichs appeared in person at the
County Clerks olice yesterday morn
ing accompanied by ]. S. Tobin and
Thomas Magee, and the necessary for
malities were quickly disposed of and
the documents turned over to Mrs.
Oelrichs.
The special letters of administra-
tion in connection with the estate of
Hermann Oelrichs were ordered grant
ed by Presiding Judge Graham on the
request of Mrs. Oelrichs that she be
given the authority to care for the
estate of her husband during the pend
encys of the probating of the will In
New York, over which it has been per-
sistently rumored there will be con-
test The bonds of $4,000 required of
Mrs. Oelrichs were executed by ]. s..
Tobin and Thomas Magee, as were also
the bonds of $4,000 required in con-
nection with the Fair estate.
Mrs Oelrichs' petition to succeed
her husband as administrator of the
estate of her brother. Charles L. Fair,
was granted by Judge Carroll Cook.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-28
Harriman,s Plans.

There is an article of absorbing in
terest, with illustrations, in this week S
Town Talk, explanatory of the maneu-
vers of the great railroad magnate at
North Beach. The writer tells of the
motives of the transportation COM
panies respecting this city and dis
cusses the factor that insures the pre-
eminence of the metropolis. Among
the editorials is "A Plea for Higher
Pulpit" that should impel reflection
among the clergy The Spectator tells
why Wizard Burbank is doomed; also
of a scheme to sidetrack General Smith
in the Philippines rd7t he presents pr very
Herrin and tells of that gentleman's S
genius as an organizer and purifier of
machine, politics Miss Ide, the hancee
smart society. In the Social Prattle
department there is an amusing story
of the romantic manner In which a
society girls engagement was dis
closed. One of the features of the
paper is a very clever short story.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-28
RIVALS PLEAD FOR
SAME DIVORCE.
One Wants to Rid Herself
of Husband and Other Is
as Anxious to Get Him
JUDGE P1EASES ALL

with one woman earnestly insisting
that she be granted a divorce from a
husband who had deserted her and with
another woman in the courtroom just
as anxious for the decree in order that
She might put into execution her ex-
pressed intention Of marrying the man
in question. Judge Graham yesterday
had little choice but 70 grant the com
bined plea and so make three people
happy.
The action was brought by Mary
Sullivan against John Sullivan, to
whom she was married in 1900, but with
whom she has not lived for. five years
She named Minnie Lamkie as the
woman who succeeded her in her hus-
bands affections and declared that Sui
livan had taken UP his abode with her
rival in refugee camps ever since the
fire and had even gone so Tar in his de-
votion as TO introduce the interloper
as Mrs. Sullivan.
Mrs. Sullivan, DO you know this
Minnie Lamkie?" inquired the court.
Certainly: that's her sitting over
there" and Mrs. Sullivan pointed to a
woman in another corner of the court
room.
Are you the woman referred TO
here2" asked Judge Graham in sur
prise. addressing the woman desig-
7 am. but Mrs. Sullivan was not sup
posed TO tell that I was here"
Would you like TO make state
ment?"
NO. don't want to make any state
ment. 1 just came TO see that the case
went through all right She wants a
divorce, so I want to see her get it
so that you can marry her husband,
] suppose?" suggested the court.
Yes, that's it. But I think she wants
10 marry another man about as bad as
90 Jerry"
Mrs. Sullivan denied this and de-
cree was granted by the court. Sulli-
van did not appear to make any con-
tradictions. Mrs Sullivan was accom-
panied by her little four-year-old girl.
Mary Buhiert was granted a divorce
yesterday by Judge Hunt from Jean
Buhlert on the ground of cruelty She
claimed that he had drawn a revolver
on her and threatened her life.
Catherine G. Empey was given q di-
vorce from Lister H. Empey by Judge
Graham on the ground of cruelty.
Lena O'Donnell yesterday filed suit
for divorce from Harry P. O'Donnell
for desertion. She claims that he is
possessed Of property worth about $10,
600. consisting Of al interest in a sa-
loon and cash in several banks. A re-
strsiaing order TO prevent the disposal
OF any Of this property was issued by
Judge Graham.
Mary E. Bobkiewicz charges in a pc
tition for divorce filed yesterday that
among other cruelties practiced upon
her by her husband was that of soaring
her flesh with a red-hot iron.
The following applied for divorces
yesterday: Mary Mccarthy from James
Mccarthy. for failure to provide; Will
lam .. Prince from Mary J. Prince, for
desertion: c. w Jeans from Annie
Jeans for desertion; Josephine NJ
Stevens from Frank NJ. Stevens. for
cruelty; and Anna K. Vessel from Hen
ry 7. Vessel for habitual intemper-
ance.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-28
INJURED BY THUGS
OR BY CAR !? !.

Charles Husband. driver for Kelly's
livery stables, Pine and Franklin
streets. was found unconscious on Sut-
ter street, near Laguna, last night, suf
fer1ng from a basal fracture of the
skull, which may cause his death.
Whether the man Is the victim of thugs
or received the hurt by falling from a
Sutter-street car Is a matte rof con-
lecture that is puzzling the Police De-
partment. Husband will probably die
without regaining consciousness.
About o'clock last evening the man
left Kellys for his home at Webster
and Sacramento streets. He went
from Pine street to Sutter and Frank
lin, intending to take a car there A
half-hour later DR.. Albert ]. Athens of
1909 Franklin street found him lyin 2
near the Sutter-street car tracks. Hus-
band was givenstemporary treatment
at drugstore at Sutter and Laguna
streets and was thenstaken to the
Central Emergency Hospital, where
Chief Surgeon MiI1ar and Dr. Frank
Tillman discovered the fracture The
surgeons give no hope. of the Injured
mans recovery.
Husband is married and has a family.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-28
STOPS STREETCAR
BY STRATEGY.

Aged Edward Ewald. known as the
Mayor of Sunset, was before Police
Judge Mogan yesterday on charge of
obstructing the tracks of the United
Railroads at the corner of Sixteenth
and Dolores streets. The offense he
is accused of committing was the stop
ping of one of the cars he wished to
board. The means he took. however.
are not permitted by law, hence his ar
rest.
Ewald said he had waited on the COR
ner until four cars had passed To his
signals the motormen paid no atten-
ton. Exasperated by his inability to
board a car. the Mayor" piled a num-
Der of tin cans on the tracks, compell-
ing the next car to make a full stop.
The determined passenger then mount
ed the car and prepared to ride as far
as he liked, but he was prevented from
carrying out this purpose by being ar
rested.
Judge Mogan suspended judgment
after warning the defendant not to
repeat the offense.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-28
St. FRANC|s LOOTED
BY JUNK MEN.
Valuable Brass Stolen and
Damage Done to Plumbing
Throughout the Building
POLICE ARE INACTIVE

Unusually daring junk thieves have
succeeded in stealing from the st.
Francis Hotel valuable brass plumbing g
connections. Not only have they made
away with this property, but have done
great damage to the plumbing in
taking it.
Property owners in the business sec
ton of the city. especially in the vicin-
ity of Union square, are complaining
bitterly of the lack of police protection
that is being afforded them in guard
ing their fire-scourged buildings. Night
after night, and at times right under
the nose of patrolmen, bands of thiev-
ing junkmen. who are infesting the
locality mentioned. are stealing valu-
able iron and steel material from the
ruins and carting it off to secluded
places, where it is finally disposed of
at the prevailing market prices.
The braZen manner in which these
bands of crooks operate after nightfall
was evidenced two nights ago. when
one gang, which usually meets on
O'Farrell street near Stockton, shortly
after dusk to plan its nights work
boldly stole big steel girder from in
front of a property on Grant avenue,
near the junction of Market street, and
carried 1t away on a truck up Grant
avenue and into Geary street. where
two policemen were standing, appar-
CiitiJ iliuiliciCnI " w was SOIHS
on around them.
The robbing of the ruins has been
going on for months without police in
reference. Not many nights ago a
band Of these thieves was working on
the ruins of the Academy of Sciences
and the old Pioneer buildings and Sc
cured hundreds of dollars worth of
plunder, which the pioneers and. scien-
lists were contemplating salving later
Lately, apparently realizing that
there was no fear from police interfer-
enee,- the thieves have been entering at
night many of the partially rehabili-
tated buildings and stripping their in
teriors of valuable metals.
One of the boldest of these gangs has
succeeded in getting into the st. Fran
els Hotel, which they have plundered
in a most ruthless manner In their
search for brasswork the thieves ma
liciously destroyed much of the
plumbing of the hotel, which is being
overhauled, and they broke hundreds
of dollars worth of bathtubs on diff
ferent floors in trying to loosen the
coveted portions of the brass fittings
Almst every night, from o'clock on
to. midnight, the thieves can be seen at
work in the burned district north of
Market street, hauling away wagon
loads of plunder and passing patrolmen
on their way out.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-28
POLICE MAKE RAID
ON RESTAURANT 7.

Charles Carlson. a restaurant keeper
at 355 Presidio avenue, has been hailed
before the Police Commissioners to
show cause why his liquor license
should not be revoked. He is accused
of selling liquor at the hour of 1:2O
o'clock.
Policeman A. H. Johnson and John
w. Malcolm are the complaining wit
nesses. According to their statement
filed with the Commissioners, they had
been suspicious of Car1son's place for
some time. Early Wednesday morning
the policemen stationed themselves so
as to see what was going on inside the
restaurant. Several customers were
standing at the counter. Carlson is
alleged to have opened three pint bot
ties of beer and to have placed the bev-
erage in front of the customers. At
this juncture the policemen entered and
satisfied themselves that the law was
being violated.
The evidence was written out and
the report of the alleged breach of the
liquor law forwarded to Chief of Po-
lice Dinan, who in turn made a report
to the commission.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-28
.HILGARD ISSUES
A BOOK ON SOIL
Noted Berkeley Professors
Latest Effort a Great Aid
to the Scientific World

The event of the season in the Ag-
ricultural Department OF the Univer-
sity of California is the appearance OF
the new work by Professor Hilgard on
soils. This noted scientist announces
that he is ready to give to the world
his latest work, the one which he as
well as his associates consider the
most remarkable of it's kind ever writ
ten in California.
The book is devoted exclusively to
soils, their formation, treatment, char
acteristics and culture. 1t is divided
into four parts, namely, the origin and
formation of soils, physics of soils,
chemistry of soils and soils and vege-
tation. Although a scientific work. the
writer has succeeded in making 1t
adaptable for the masses. as he is pos
sessed of breezy style of writing that
invariably proves interesting reading.
For nearly a third of century Pro-
fessor Hilgard has been connected
with the faculty of the University of
California. During all that time he
has made the study of California soil
his speciality. Therefore this latest
book should prove a most valuable
volume to the world of science coming
as il does from the pen OF man who
has made the subject a lifelong study.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-28
ALSACE-LORRAINE SOCIETY
WILL HOLD A REJINION
Attractive Programme Prepared for
the Gathering at Green Valley
Park Next Sunday.

The second annual picnic and family
reunion of the Alsace-Lorraine Society
will be held next Sunday at Green
Valley Park. This reunion promises to
be we'll attended. An attractive pro-
gramme has been prepared by the
managers. The officers of the society
are Jerome Miliy, president; Gus Wick
ersheimer Sr., vice president; Paul e.
Mertz, secretary: Charles Gander.
treasurer; Justin Werle, Martin kun
fer, Joseph Kilhoffer, trustees; Phillip
fischer, inside guard; Joseph Zuech.
outside guard.
The following. committees have been
named to take charge of the reunion
Arrangement-Joh ohm Deschler Marcel
Willie, Joseph Wilhoffer, Celestin Kief-
fer. Charles Gander, George Holl.
Refreshments - Gus Wickersheimer
Jr., John Latscha, George Hoerter.
Frank Kilhoffer, Charles Ehlinger.
Justin Werle, Frank Ketling, Charles
Block
Lunch-charles Gander, John Descii-
Ter.
Printing-Marcer Willie. Joseph Kill
hotter.
Prizes-Jerome Milly. John Deschler,
George Holl
Floor Manager. Weller.
Bowling Alley-Mathieu Weiss
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-28

The Southern Pacific finished the final
locating survey of the Sacramento
Southern railway yesterday and will
begin today the purchase of what right
of-way it has not already secured, so
that it can begin at once the compile
tion of the roadbed and the laying of
the steel. With the announcement that
the surveys had been completed the
southern Pacific made known it's own
ership of the Sacramento Southern, set
ting finally at rest all rumors to the
effect that this line would be run as an
independent electric road from Sacra-
mento TO tidewater.
The Southern Pacific will rush the
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-28

road to completion. The line will run
from Sacramento, along the bank of
the river to Antioch. where it will con-
meet with the Fresno line, over which
it will run to Oakland. 1t has easy
curves and slight grades 1t will obvi-
ate the long delay at Carquinez Straits,
and, although it is a few miles longer
than the present Port Costa route, it
will be possible to run faster trains
from Sacramento to San Francisco over
its rails.
Hartman intends to use the Sacra-
mento Southern as a freight line. AS
such 1T will relieve the crowded condi-
tions in the Sacramento yards and will
give an easy grade to the new transfer
at Dumbarton Point. 1t is said that a
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-28
MORE WITNESSES TESTIFY
IN SAILORS UNION SUIT
Employees of the California and Ore
gon Steamship Company Tell of
Trouble With the Seamen.

A mass of testimony tending to
strengthen the contention of the Cali
fornia and Oregon Steamship Company
that the operation of its vessels was
hindered by the Sailors Union during
the summer was introduced yesterday
in the trial of the case of the Califor-
MIA and Oregon Steamship Company
against the Sailors Union of the Pa
cific.
j. D. Jacobs. W. c. Ragan, Herman
Backstein and John A. Wright, all en-
ployes of the company, were on the
stand during the day, their testimony
being similar to that given by the
other witnesses who have testified dur
ing the past two days. The case was
continued until Monday at 2 o'clock
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-28
SCHOOLS TO OPEN
ON MONDAY.

The city schools win open Monday.
The Board of Education met yesterday
afternoon and perfected all the neces-
sary arrangements. Itnis announced
that all of the schools destroyed by the
fire have been temporarily replaced and
that every district in the entire city
will have SUFFICIENT school accommodate
tions. The work Of constructing tenn
porary buildings was carried through
with great energy. A new assigpment
lof teachers and principals has II cen
made by the board. TO go into eEect
Monday.
President Altman Of the board COR
rected an impression which prevails
among teachers that the vacation they
are now enjoying is one without par.
The present holiday season Is the reg
ular midterm vacation and does not
carry with it any penalty in the way of
reduced salary.