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The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
GOMEz's FRIEND
KILL GOVERNOR

CARACAS. Venezuela, Jan. 2S-Gen-
eral Luis Mata> y Illas, the Governor of
Caracas, was assassinated last night by
a crowd of intoxicated partisans of
Vincepte Gomez, the First Vice Presi-
dent of the republic
Among the assassins was Eusebio
Gomez, companion of the Vice Presi-
dent. They spent the evening riotously,
shooting pistols, drinking and crying
Long live Gomez"
General Matas y Has drove to the
cafe, where the. men went for the
purpose of demonstrating with him.
They. invited the Governor into the
cafe to drink with them. He continued
his remonstrances, when the crowd sud-
denly opened fire on him: The assas-
SINS who took refuge in the. mountains,
were captured several hours later
President Castro, who is ill., continues
to Improve.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02

Pleasure Junkefs
Prevent a Quorum
Assembly Quits Business
Until Committeeman
End Wanderings

SACRAMENTO. Feb. lone Of the
results of sending four Assembly junk
citing committees away at once is the
loss of Legislative day. When Speaker
Beardslee got busy with the gavel this
morning only thirty-six members were
present. This was five short of the
necessary number. Sergeant at Arms
Stafford searched the committee rooms.
but couldn't make up the shortage
OF the forty-three members absent
today, about twenty-five are on official
visits. The trail of the junketers ex-
tends from Chico on the north TO San
Diego on the south and from. the Sierra
Nevadas to the San Francisco water.
front Members of three of the visiting
committees will return Monday. but the
other group of mileage. consumers has
leave of absence until Tuesday.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
AssBMBLYMEN AT SAN DIEGO
Favor Appropriation for Annex to State
Normal School

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 1.-The Assembly
committee of public buildings and
grounds spent this forenoon investigat-
ing the needs of a preparatory school
for the State Normal School. The
visitors are Chairman Pyle. Vegel
Coghlan, Chandler. Bell, Hartman, Co.'S
ter Smith. Ludington, Fisher. Strohl
Johnson and Baxter. The need of
training school building was explained
by President Black and the committee
members declared themselves favorable
TO the appropriations. A class is being
graduated today and several of. the
committee spent: an hour or more at
the exercises. From here the COM
mittee will go to San Luis Obispo, San
Jose, Monterey and Chico.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
SACRAMENTO WOMAN SAYS
DOCTOR THREATENED HER LIFE
Ethel Fair, Who Claims to Be Daugh-
ter of James G.. Fair Jr.. Has
DIR. Steele Arrested

SACRAMENTO. Feb. Ethel Fair.
residing at Oak Park who claims to be
the daughter of the late James G. Fair
Jr., has sworn TO a complaint against
DR.. F. A. Steele of this city. charging
him with threats against life. DIR.
Steele declares he has met the young
woman only a few times and denies
her charges. asserting that she has
been prosecuting him by visiting his
office repeatedly and demanding that
he marry her.
Miss Fair aspires to go on the stage
and has been writing letters to Mrs. w
K. Vanderbilt with whom she claims
kinship. asking that she assist her in
her ambition. The charge viii be heard
tomorrow.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
BROTHER OF FRANK
NIPPLE ENDS LIFE

PHILADELPHIA Feb. Edward
W Nipple, a brother OF Frank A Hip
pie. who ended his life last summer
after wrecking the Real Estate Trust
Company of this city, OF which he was
president, committed suicide today.
Nipples family was at breakfast His
wife, hearing an unusual noise, sent
her son UPSTAIRS to investigate. He
found his father in his bedroom with a
bullet wound IN his head. He was
hurried to a hospital. but died on the
way. Nipple was about 20 years old
aid had been in the real estate busi-
ness. The police say they have not
learned the cause for the suicide, but
II is believed that he brooded over the
tragic ending of his brothers life.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
FAIL IN At TEMP
To HANG NEGRO

GLOBE, Arfz., Feb IA telephone
message from Roosevelt this evening
states that an attempt made to
lynch William Baldwin, a negro. sus-
'pected of the murder of Mrs. Morris
and her child. failed through the de-
termination of Sheriff Thompson to
protect his prisoner. The Sheriff left
Roosevelt at o'clock this evening for
Globe. A party of armed horsemen
started. to Intercept the deputies, but
the men drew their rifles and the Sher-
iff ordered them to return. They COM
Piled. but 1t is said. that another at
tempt will be made to- intercept the
party before Globe is reached. The
evidence, according to the District At
torney, who was on the ground. proved
conclusively that Baldwin is guilty.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02

PROMOTION: The act OF promoting, ad-
vaneements ENCoURAGEMENT-Cen Dic-
tionary.
its object the PROMOTING Of California as "a q
whole.
1t has nothing to sell. =.
Its energies are devoted to fostering an things
that have the ADVANCEMENT OF California as
their object
: 1t gives reliable information on every subiect
connected with the industries Of California
II gives ENCOURAGEMENT to the estabJiah.
ment Of new Industries and invites desirable I'm
migration
1t is not an employment agency although II
gives Information regarding labor conditions
II presents the opportunities and needs IN an
fields OF business and professional activity
The Committee is supported BY. popular sub
scription and makes no charge for any service
rendered.
Animated with the Committee are one hundr. =.
and sixty commercial organiza tions OF the Sac
with membership Of over thirty thousand
Meetings are held semi annually In diTar.nt
parts OF California. where matters or State Inter
est discussed. A--.eA-
Headquarters OF the Committee are nainfasn..,
IN San Francisco in California Building Union
Square. '
CORRESPONDENCE INVITED.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
oAL1FoRNIANs IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, Feb. The following
Californians are registered at New
York hotels:
From San Francisco-O. Anderson
and wife, Grand Hotel; w, W. Chaplin.
Hotel Latham; ]. w. McKeeban, Hol-
land House; J. III. Aydelotte, Grand
Hotel; NJ Baggelby, Gilsey House; r.
w Mears, Hotel Belmont: Mrs. J. B.
Ritter. Grand Hotel; w. d. Gilmore,
Cadillac.
From Los Angeles. G. Carson, I'M
perial Hotel: M. A. Clarke and wife,
Grand Hotel; F. L. Judin, Ashland
House.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
TOOK FIFTEEN CENTS; FOUND
q GUILTY OF HIGHWAY ROBBERY
Conviction of Louis M. Hess, Who Held
UP a Vallejo Fruit Dealer in
Daylight

VALLEJO, Feb. Louis M. Hess,
the former San Franciscan who was
charged with having held up Joe Lava
roni, a well-known fruit dealer of this
city, in broad daylight, and received but
is cents for his trouble, was convicted
yesterday of highway robbery in the
Superior Court at Fairfield
Hess has had an adventurous career,
having been educated in France and
Germany, and, returning to his native
land, he enlisted in the army. He has
a medal for bravery in the Philippines
and record as sharpshooter.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
LABOR FAMINE AT NAVY YARD

VALLEJO. Feb. 1.-THE available list
of machinists for employment at the
Mare Island Navy Yard has been ex-
hausted and the Government officials
fear that they will soon face a labor
famine. as many OF the employees are
planning to give up their places and
return to San Francisco to work as
soon as the weather clears.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
GENERAL MAGRUDER,s SON DEAD

ROME, Feb Henry Magruder, son
of the Confederate general. John Bank
head Magruder, is dead. He had been
travelling in Italy with his niece, Miss
Buckler, who nursed him during his
illness. His father died in Houston,
Tex, in 1871.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
srxTY-FouR BODIES REcovEREp

CHARLESTON. w. Va, Feb. 1.-Six-
ty-four bodies of victims of the Stua
mine explosion have been recovered up
to tonight. About eighteen more bod
les are thought to be in the wrecked
mine.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02

Novel Oriental dishes that will surprise
yourself and friends. Chinese cooking.
original style, at the China, 1888 Geary. :
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
piles Cured I'm 9 TO IL Days

Pazo Ointment guaranteed to cure any
case itching blind. bleeding or protruding
piles TO 1zdays or money refunded Soc
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
TO Cure a Cold !. One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
Druggists refund money IL it fails. z.
w. Groves signature in each box Csc .
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
THE CALIFORNIA PROMOTION COMMITTEES
torganIzed 1900

PROMOTIONS: The act OF promoting ad
tonary.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-10

say is merely matter Of time in It's
passing.
Two-thirds Of human woes are men
tai; at most they are chimeras of the
mind, and a healthy condition of the
mind drives them forth. The charlatan
knows this; he prescribes hygienic diet,
as would a doctor; he encourages quiet
mental states, as would a physician,
and he then concocts some such trump
cry treatment" as a blessed kerchief
or the laying on of hands to inject the
needful element of the mysterious
and 10, he has a reputation as a
prophet Of Cod endowed by the AL
mighty with the interposing of his
own self between that God and his
creatures. Isn't It absurd when ana
lyzed2 In the clear light of human
reason can any one justify the fact
Of Dowieism or it's hundreds of kindred
cults?
Disease and sickness come to human
ity; they ever have and doubtless ever
will. A healthy state of mentality
AN0uNVo AiSiiif tlo uOtS u N6dlNtiy Hy
giene. Sometimes these ailments are
purely imaginary and can be cured
by determined opposition to them.
Again they are actually physical, and
nothing but the proper drugs, skill
fully administered as antidotes by
trained practitioners, will have effect.
And at still other times comes mans
appointed day to die, and all the powers
of earth and sea and sky and hell
cannot prevent it.
The faker may exercise mental
malady, possibly; 1t is not yet proved,
one way or the other. He may not cure
a physical one-that is obvious. He
dare not predict that he can turn aside
deaths hand, even from himself Dowie
couldn't; and Dowie was the greatest
faker Of the age. Not even his own
life could he save; the bubble of his
reputation was pricked by the first
touch Of the skeleton fingers of Father
Time. How soon will other cults be
similarly blown away with their found
ers' dust and ashes?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-10
PASSING OF A FAKER

John Alexander Dowie, self-styled
Elijah of the reincarnation, head of his
own created Christian Catholic church
in Zion, is dead. He passed away yes
terday after long illness, though he
declaimed fiercely that he was never
to die. And today thousands of his
deluded followers are wondering "where
they are at"
Dowie was a charlatan; no one gain
says that. He rose to position OF
power and influence as leader of a sect
which he formed, not because of his
inherent worth, not because he had a
new message from God, but because he
was a supremely clever faker, and an
enthusiast who had the ability to en-
dow his followers with a measure of
his own fierce fanaticisr And, more
than all else, because he claimed to
cure human bodily ills and to drive
suffering from the world.
People generally are obsessed so by
pain and i'll health that they will turn
to any means of relief, no matter how
conclusively by the horde Of quacks
who prey on the human species as so
many parasites, and by the bogus med
icines which are hawked about, even
in the streets, as curealls. Let any
man or woman proclaim that he or she
has means of healing the nations
and there are scarcely to be counted
the followers who will flock to pay
tribute to the swindle. Schrader,
Schlatter and their ilk, who blessed
greasy handkerchiefs, had their day;
the peddler who sells specifics on the
street corner has his; Dowie simply
had a greater nerve and a more colos-
sal influence; that's all. The human
physical woes, was eager for some
means of relief; he professed to offer
it and to make Cures" He set up a
religious establishment as an auxiliary
and coined money out of a semi
soeialistic colony which he established
in connection, but the basis of his whole
vast system of chicanery was his boast
ed claim to cure. That, and that alone,
gave him hold on the hosts Of his fol-
lowers.
1t is singular how the human mind
sane in all else, will turn aside from
the paths Of known science and invade
the domain OF the shyster and the
ouack, for the mere purpose Of sur
cease from pain. The burden of i'll
ness is so tremendous over the whole
human family that any form of allevia-
ton, no matter how repugnant to COM
mon sense or how far from sanity
will attract goodly throng. and other
wise well-balanced persons will desert
their standards even Of moral right and
wrong and will deny their Bible ant
their God merely that some ache ol
pain may be conjured away-som'
slight III that skilled physician would
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-10
MISPLACED AFFECTION

A Fool there was and he made his prayer
Even as you and /;
What matter the color of eyes or hair?
Just fix that yourself, for you've all been
there:
Now he wanted kiss-but he didn't dare,
Even as you and l.
So he asked for one-such foolish
thing
But he didn't even try;
And the maid was thinking about ring.
And a wedding-perhaps-in the coming
spring.
And she said to herself, "I'd like to sing.
But she gave little sigh.
For the Fool had ventured to call her
Dear
Even as you and 4;
But the maid showed never sign OF fearI
Tho II truth be told he was rather near
And he sought her lips-but he kissed her
ear.
-" - The Bohemian.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-10

Governor Gillett was wise in vetoing
the present child labor bill, because ii
did not permit youngsters to work in
the citrus fruit industries. Few chill
dren are better off than when out In the
orchards picking oranges ana lemons;
the work is healthful, diverting and in
spring. and u was foolish to try to
cripple the industry and harm the chill
dren by including 1t in the bill Now
let the legislature try again; califor-
mia needs child labor law, but not
that sort Of one.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-10
A Costly PROJECT

At the general election next year the
voters of California will decide the
question whether Sacramento or Berke-
ley shall be the capital city. The bill
passed by the legislature and signed
by the governor makes such provision.
In case the removal project carries. a
new capitol building will be erected in
the San Francisco suburb and the pres
ent structure at Sacramento will be
abandoned.
Consider what this proposition inn
plies in its physical aspect, although
that is far less important than the
moral consideration. The latter has
already been discussed superficially in
The Herald.
When the capitol building at sacra-
mento was completed, in 1874. it was
accounted one of the handsomest pub
had cost s2,6OO,OOO, a large expenditure
for the young state Two years ago the
legislature appropriated s352. 800 for the
repair and renovation of the structure,
That work has been in progress about
year. 1t will be completed and the to-
tai appropriation will be expended long
before the vote on the removal PROPOSE
tion.
1t is said by experts that It would
cost not less than s6,O0O,000 to dupli-
cate the capitol building. That figure
forms a basis for consideration of the
cost Of such a structure as will be de-
manded in case the Berkeley scheme
succeeds.
Remember, in the first place, that the
town of Berkeley cuts no influential
figure in this matter. The place is
known. only as the site of the state uni
verslty, and it's chief line of business
is the operation Of boarding houses for
students and San Francisco business
people who cannot afford to own their
suburban homes.
1t is San Francisco, not Berkeley, that
is demanding the removal of the capt.
tai. The suburban town could not have
controlled a dozen votes in the legis-
lature, probably, in favor of the re-
moval bill. But the political powers of
San Francisco, as all close observers
know, have completely dominated the
legislature throughout the present ses-
sion. Every bill backed by those pow
ers has slid through the legislative mill
as if it were creased, and every one op-
posed thereby has been promptly killed.
If the voters of California decide to
erect new capitol building at Berkeley
they will practically place the job in
the hands of the notorious gang of San
Francisco grafters and looters that
have disgraced not only the name of
their own city but that of the state as
WELL With that fact in mind, what
might be expected in regard to the cost,
to the people of California, of such a
structure as those grafters and looters
would erect at Berkeley?
The examples of capitol building in
other states give an idea of what might
be expected at Berkeley, although no
other state, probably, is infested by
such brazen banditti as the class who
would loot the treasury of California If
given a chance at capitol building. 1t
is a safe guess that, instead of the
&c. 900, 900 representing the present value
of the capitol at Sacramento, Berke-
ley substitute would cost the state
nearer $4,000, 900. That would be about
$50, on the average, for every family in
the state.
An interesting prospect, truly, for the
people of California to contemplate.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-10
NIGHT

highland the mystic beauty of the lake,
The low long stretch of ripping blue;
The hazy outline of the distant hills,
I The meadows sprinkled Ger with glis-
tening dew.
highland the silcence of the stars;
The cold calm beauty of the moon;
The wavelets tapping on the silvery
strand;
The distant, plaintive calling of the
loon.
highland the quiet rustic of the pines,
Silent, lone, guardians of the shores,
Stirred by the gentle southwest wind,
'Tis night in Gods own out of doors.
j. e. Rockwell in The Cutters Book.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-10
WARPED WISDOM


When In love man gives, but a woman
forgives.
OF two evils many choose both.
A kiss is as good as a smile-and +be,,
some.
If you can't get what you want. dome
want what you can't get.
When little, girls cry for dolls: when
big, for dollars.
Crooked paths also lead to strait
Jackets.
Not even a burglar can break a dead
lock.
Clouds may have a silver lining, but
they don't often turn inside out.
Remember that the steam that blows
the whistle doesn't turn the wheels.
Many a train is wrecked in ball room.
too
Woman is the most prominent figure Of
speech known.
Music hath charms to fill grand opera
chests.
Dead men tell no tales, but their friends
make up for their silence.
When she's blue, woman cries; but a
man, blue, Smiles
A good enemy is better than a, had
friend.
Uneasy Is the tooth that wears a crown.
The heart may be willing but the pock-
eloook weak w. H. c.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-10
P1 LINES AND PICK UPS

emperor's young daughter was told to
move on by a Berlin policeman. II these
things keep on the imperial family will
know how It feels to be just like other
folks.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-10

Only seven weeks until the Shriners
begin to arrive for their conclave and
the great Fiesta. That's a narrow
margin for Los Angeles to pave some
of it's streets and clean up. There is
a mountain of public work to be done
in that short time, and it is hoped the
municipal authorities will begin this
week to show signs of activity.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-10
HENRY ACCEPTS.

Henry Hanks of this place, living
about two miles out on the Wilton
vile road, has accepted a position as
section hand on the Burlington. We
hope Henry will do we'll and by faith4
fulness get to be a valued employee
Hilton Qowa) Gazette.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-10

When George w. Perkins personally
restored to the New York Life Insur-
ance company the sum he paid on be-
half of that company to the Republican
campaign fund he thereby established
a conscience fund that ought to pile
up many millions for the widows and
orphans in the course of time.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-10

The treasury department is right in
saying that limitations of money shall
not be made in Los Angeles any more
even for advertising purposes. Los
Angeles best advertisement is the real
money that is made here every hour.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-10

LOS Angeles will never be a great
city," says the San Francisco Bulletin,
without reason. The wish is father
to the thought. More argument for
state division.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-10

That reckless autoist, it seems, is q
won't affect the amount of rock he
will break while serving the fifty days
coming to him.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-10

Diamond cutters want their wages
ticeable evidence of the present high
prosperity they naturally wish to share
in the outcome.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-10

There are fifty detectives at work
on the Chicago sub-treasury shortage.
And the guilty feel now that they are
perfectly secure.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-10
NEGATION

I sing a song to numbness,
A song to the left behind:
Poor insignificant dumbness,
Heartless. deaf and blind.
To the hearts that were strong and
fearless,
And have dwindled slowly away,
Till nothing Is left of the peerless
Strength of another day.
To the graceful minds arrested,
That sleep in a dreary bed
Sleep in the hour they're tested
For practice, to learn to be dead.
M. Crowell in Lippincott's.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-10

And now they blame the women for
the Panama canal mixup. OF course;
did anything ever hapen that some
man didn't say The women did it?"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-10

Dolphin M. Delmas, Soloquitor)
You may talk o. Whites an Thaws
From now on without a pause.
In sentences that make the papers
glisten;
When it somes to filth and slaughter,
CThough they really hadn't oughter)
everybody but the jury wants to listen.
Now in spotless New York town,
Where this case has been set down,
And the critics, even, can't stand for
OF all their cock-sure set
Why, the keeneSt man I've met
is their young district attorney, Billie
You idol of the peepul. Billie 'Romer'
Hi! Dippy! Whittier, say o,
Friend Of alienists, do they go.
With the idol of the peepM, Billie Rome!
(The next two stanzas are omitted by
request of the postal authorities).
Fl will dot an carry one,
Till e sees our line is done,
An e doesn't know the use of women's
tears.
You can bet this bloomin' mutt
Is a-waitin' there to chaw our bloomin'
With Fitzgerald at is back
E will parry our attack
A An ~ wstch us till I, the 5urymen retire;
An makes the aujience for to admire.
1t is "Rome! 'Romel 'Rome?'
with the artists maxim pictures out at
When the evidence gives out,
Then the interviewers shout,
HI! Copy boys" an ''let us at 'je
'Rome!"
| I shan't forget the day
| When we made Doc Wiley's play
With the hops, an our nut-boxes full o.
foam
e was coclky' trim an tight,
But the man that trimmed i'm right
Wuz the peepuls. blessed idol, Billie
'Rome
| E let's i'm go to first,
An when 'e's done Is worst,
Then e goes an throws the beggar out
at 'ome-
Twas a harnsome an alert
| Way to handle a expert.
An I'm grateful for the lesson' Billie
Il was Rome! Rome! Rome!
| Ere's beggar got paresis in is dome;
,Es pneumogastric nerve
In paranoic CURVE
'Rome!"
But I'll meet i'm bye-and-bye
An ed better mind rs eye,
| When @ cross-examines little Eve-Ivp-
| some;
'E ii be wary an polite
An e won't do naught but right.
| Or I'll swat i'm 'twixt the watfies IN,
the comb! comb! eombi comb! S''
You idol of the peepul, Bile Rome,
Ihough you bats me an you plays me.
By Old Papa Thaw! (who pays mel '''s'
I'm as good a man as you are Billie
-chas. t. Moore in Louisville Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-10

BY the time that Tennessee lumber
millionaires son gets through doing
nifty days time on the Los Angeles
chain gang for auto speeding he will
he content to go slowly hereafter.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-10

Eastern Republicans appear to be
grooming Governor Hughes fof New
York for the presidential nomination.
And William ]. Bryan will bury him
under millions of votes.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-10

If you are carrying a $4,000 bill
about in your clothes you are an object
Of suspicion now. One is missing from
the Chicago sub-treasury, and as
every one in the United States is listed
there is danger in accepting one in
change.