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The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20
GERMANS INTRIGUE
IN SOUTH SEAS

VICTORIA, B. c.. Jan. 1s.-News was
brought by the steamer Moana today
Of German Intrigue in the New He
brides. German agents sought to pur-
chase q large estate in the islands to
give their countrymen further foothold.
Australian newspapers state also
that German agents sought TO secure
Tanning Island, where the Pacific cable
has a station, and that a convention
for joint control In the New Hebrides
by Great Britain and France was hur-
ried through in consequence OF the
German intrigues.
The Sydney Morning Herald says that
only the prompt action by the British
Colonial Ofice saved the situation with
regard to flaming Island.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20
MANY FIRE HOUSES
ARE RESTORED
Chief Shaughnessy Bringing
Department Back Rapidly
to It's Former Standard
FUNDS ARE LIMITED

The rehabilitation of the Fire De-
partment houses is being accomplished
rapidly under the direct supervision of
Chief Engineer Shaughnessy and Fore
man John Doyle, according to a report
fled yesterday with the Fire Commits
sion. In a short time all the engine
houses destroyed in the April fire will
have been re-established.
Considering the limited appropriation
Of s6S,O00 for the purpose at the dis
posal of the Fire Commission, the
work of rehabilitation has been car
ried on remarkably we'll Shaughnessy
prepared plans for the engine houses
himself, and not a dollar of the appro-
priation was paid to a contractor
Practically the entire amount available
was paid out in wages to the firemen
who cleaned off the Sites and to civil
service carpenters, plumbers and gas
filters Had architects and contractors
been engaged the work would have
cost more than double what it did, and
consequently only half of the
houses could have been erected.
While the houses are not of an elab-
crate character, they are substantial
and Shaughnessy's main idea was to
get the firemen, apparatus and horses
under temporary shelter Immediately,
as they were located in stables, on the
SIT6GlS nave
not been painted. but will be, and will
also be made comfortable by sheathing
their interiors, next July, when the
appropriation for the next fiscal year
will be available.
MERCHANTS AID GOOD WORK
The merchants in the new Wholesale
district in the Potrero have aided in
the rehabilitation of the department by
paying $4,000 for a house for engine
company g. and citizens have built a
house for chemical at the corner
OF Twentieth and Connecticut streets
at their own expense.
In addition to the houses already con-
structed, Shaughnessy is. waiting for
Chairman Gallagher of the Supervisors
finance committee 10 purchase lot on
Geary street, between Scott and De-
visadero, to give better fire protection
to the Fillmore street merchants. An
engine company will be put into serv-
ice there again as soon as the house is
built
Shaughnessys report shows the fol-
lowing companies now in commission
in their temporary quarters:
Engine II, Battalion Chief Wills
commanding, Mint avenue, near Fifth
street. cost $4,000.
Engine 8, Stockton street near
Broadway. Chief McC1osky. $4,000.
Truck and chemical 4, Chief Max
well, McAllister street, near Polk, $4,000.
Engine 8, chemical and water bat
terry, Pine street, between Polk and
LarSin, $4,000.
Engine So, truck s and chemical /,
Chief Fernandez. Bluxome street, near
Fourth, $S345.81.
Truck 2 and chemical 5, Broadway
near Stockton street, $424017.
Engine IL. corner Commercial and
Drumm streets, S3130.2s.
Engine 8, Main street, between Fol-
som and Harrison, s3220.90.
Engine s, Pacific street, between Van
Ness avenue and Polk street, Chief
O'Brien, S6025. 90
Chemical Q. Jackson street, between
Davis and Drumm. Chief Cook, $250o.
Firemen are at work cleaning off the
site of engine and truck l on How
ard street, near Third, on which a two
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20
JEWELRY THIEVES
MAKE A HAUL

Burglsries were reported to the po-
lice yesterday by Mrs. y. s. Cray, 300
clayton street, and Nicholas Delaney,
75s Fillmore street. IN each case $500
worth of jewelry was stolen. In the
Gray residence pearl earrings, valued
81 Sl00, were taken, besides other jew
elry. An entrance was effected by the
use OF q Jimmy between the hours Of 5
o'clock and s o'clock in the evening.
The robbery of the Delaney home
was accomplished by the thief enter
ing the front door during the absence
Of the family and ransaoking all Of
the rooms. A Jewel box containing
$500 worth OF gems was taken
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20

Apparently not satisfied with the or
dinary means OF killing citizens at the
disposal OF traction companies, the
United Railroads has added 10 fits death
roll two persons who were drowned in
pool of water which had formed I'm
the street torn mp by the corporation
Lying face downward I'm q foot of
muddy water between the tracks of the
4 nftcd Railroads On Eighth street, be-
ssveen BraBnan aad Townsend the body
Of Joseph NJ, RiOrdaH, a vallejo saloon
keeper, was found AT sac O'Clock yes
terday morning.. RiOrdan WIS the Sec
oRd victim Of the cnreiessRess of the
n aited Railroads on that street within
six weeks. death in each case having
occurred in the same manner I'm the
Same pool Of water.
Eighth street was torn up several
months ago for the laying OF tracks by
the railroad company. and in spite OF
the fact that the rails have been in
place several weeks. the street has not
been restored 10 its normal condition.
Piles Of material line the curbs and
Ereat bitches run through the middle
Of the thoroughfare. The tracks are
submerged
HEAD STRIKES A RAIL
Yesterday morning, while Walter
Percen was on his way TO the Long
Syrup Refining Company's offices at
Efehlh and Brannan streets, he saw the
body Of Riordan lying partly sub
merged in the water between the
tracks. Thinking the man had fallen
recently and was only stunned Percen
hastened to pick him up, but upon lift
ing the victims head out Of the water
be found that Riordsn was dead and
probably had been for many hours, as
the corpse was stif and cold.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20

Percell called for assistance and the
body was removed TO the Morgue. The
theory Of the physicians who examined
the remains is that death must have
occurred about 1890 Friday night.
Riordan was evidently crossing the
street in the dark, when. in picking
his way through the muddy lake left
by the railroad companys men, he had
stumbled, his head striking a rail,
which rendered him unconscious Death
was due directly to drowning, although
the blow on the head must have been
severe
When Purcell lifted the body he no
ticed that the hands were in a position
indicating that Riordan had tried TO
shield himself from the fall. The fea-
lures We're convulsed and IT appeared
that before losing consciousness COM
pletely he had attempted, IN a dazed
way, TO hold his face out OF the water.
but had been overcome in HIS desperate
struggle with death.
NOT CASE OF ROBBERY
Any theory that the man was sand
bagged for the purpose Of robbery is
made untenable by the fact that upon
the body were found q handsome gold
watch some diamonds, $50 in cash and
deeds 10 about thirty pieces of property.
Eighth street, at the point where
hlordan was found, is Veritable death
trap A large pool OF water, about 100
feet long and filing the middle of the
street, has been formed by the heavy
rains of the last two weeks.
d. Coleman was drowned on Decem-
Der 81 in exactly the same manner a
few feet farther down She street from
the point where Riordan stumbled to
his fate
President Duhfsy Of the Board Of
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20
THEATER BOAT ron rIBr-RON

Beginning next Thursday residents of
Yburon and Belvedere are 10 have a
once-a-Week theater ferry service A
boat viii leave the Ferry building at
tie foot Of Market street, at 11:40 p. M
The Northwestern Pacific Railway has
arranged for the special boat, and IL
will be in operation every Thursday
night Full fare must be paid by each
passenger on this boat, as commuta-
ton tickets win not be accepted.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20
rH1RTY-FIvE INoHps oF Snow

LA NOME, Cal. Jan. 19.-Thirty-
FIVE inches of snow has fallen at the
mill camp of the la Moine Lumber
and Trading Company, altitude $500
feet, six miles from La Moine. The
snowfall continues. Not in eight
years has so much snow covered the
ground in this section.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20
NURSE FOR BABY FRINGE

LONDON, Jan. 19.-The Madrid cor
respondent of the Standard says that
Queen Victoria wants to nurse heI
coming baby herself. but will not be
allowed to do so, because 1t is oon-
trary to Spanish etiquette. An En-
gIish nurse has been engaged.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20

story frame building, to cost ssooo,
will be erected. The companies will be
put in service again by March l.
Shaughnessy is building also twenty
five additional stalls in the Fire De-
partment stables at Tenth and Division
streets at cost of $500, to shelter
horses that are exposed to the ele-
mentS.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20

Attention, policy holders, German Of
FreepOrt. Have new plan whereby
swift justice can be obtained and prac-
Hcalfy without expense. II you want
10 collect your insurance more rapidly
you may send your address, stating
trade or occupation, and ] Will explain
how to proceed. Address ID. Stoltz
1875 Fillmore street.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20
Eat Folks

reduced my weight 20 pounds, bust
6 inches. waist inches and hips IA
inches, in a short time by guaranteed
harmless remedy without exercise or
starving will tell you all about 1T In
close stamp. Address Mrs. e. Call Rich
ards, 912 Sixth St, Riverside, Cal.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20
HOUSE CONSIDERS CLAIMS

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-The House
today went into committee OF the whole
for the consideration Of bills on the
private calendar relating TO claims.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20
TWO SCHOOL GIRLS
FORsAKE HOMES
Parents and Police Search
for Ellen O'Reilly and Ida
Kimple, Who Ran Away
FAMILIES SHOW FEAR

Ellen OReilly of 1921 Twenty-frst
street, and Ida Kinple Of S23 Laguna
street, schoolgirl chums, have disap
peared from their homes and the police
have been asked to aid in finding them
1t is claimed that neither girl was in
clined to be wayward, and their rela-
tives and friends are alarmed lest some
harm has befallen them
Ida Kfmple left home early yesterday
morning, telling her mother thu she
was going to see some OF her girl
friends. She did not return, and none
Of her chums saw her during the day.
Thursday night the O'ReiIIy girl pre-
pared supper for her father, then left
home. 1t is believed that she and the
Kimple girl are together.
Ida Kimple Is IA years of age, but
looks at least two years older She
has blue eyes, light red hair and is
slender. Her height is feet inches.
She wore when she left home a light
Tam O'Shanter. blue skirt. blue coat
and black 1eggings The O'Reilly girl
is Is years old, feet inches tall, has
dark red hair and blue eyes She wore
a boys telescope hat with blue and
gold ribbon, light skirt, long gray coat
and new patent leather shoes
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Quoting of business.
The officials of the railroad COM
panies having tracks on the public
streets were granted until tomorrow
morning to begin the work of tearing
up the tracks in compliance with an
order issued recently by the Board OF
Works.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20

The skeleton of a megatherfum has
been dug up by excavators In the Ave
nue. Bosquet. Paris.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20

Your grocer returns your money if you don't
like Schilling's Best
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-10-08

shat is born Of woman is Of few days
and full Of trouble. He cometh forth
like a flower and Is cut down. He
neeth also as q shadow and continusth
not"
what il more changeable1 We are
It'd that the chameleon assumes In an
hour many colors. The sea Of the
Bripus has an evil name for its many
changes, and the moon takes every
day its own peculiar form. But what
Il all this compared to the changes Of
man? What Proteus ever assumed so
many different forms as man does ev-
Ggy hour? Now sick, now In health;
now content, now discomfort; now sad,
now Joyous; now timid, now hopeful;
now suspicious, now credulous; now
peaceful, now recalcitrant; now he
wishes, now he wishes not, and many
times he knows not what he wants
In short, the changes are as numerous
as the accidents In an hour, so that
every one of them turns him upside
down. The past gives him pain, the
present disturbs him, and the future
causes him agony.--Luis de Granada.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-10-08
An Ancient Tree.

Some time between 1862 and 1870
a gentleman made a grand tour, In
the course OF which he visited Leb-
anon. There be obtained seed Of the
famous cedars, which, on his return
20 London, he give to his old teacher,
DR.. Uvedale OF enfield. who planted
It In his garden. The schoolmaster's
name has almost persisted, and his
garden is now nearly covered with
Oats, but the tree survives and Ia
the oldest ia England. Its trunk, at
eighteen inches from the ground.
measures nearly twenty-five feet In
circumference In the storm OF No
vember. 17O3, that destroyed the Ed
dystone lighthouse eight feet were
blown of from the top, and another
tempest In the same month ninety-two
years later did II much mischief.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-10-08
FOR THE CHILDREN
The Maoie Penny.


Procure a small round box about an
inch deep, to which fit accordingly a
penny. Line the box with any dark
paper-crimson, for lnstance-and paste
some Of IL on the side Of the coin, so
that when it lies In the lower part OF
the box II shall appear like the bottom
of the box. This penny is concealed
In the hand. and before performing the
trick II will helghten the effect IL a
number OF single pennies are hidden
about the room In places known to
yourself. Having borrowed a coin
you dexterousIy place this on one side
and substitute the prepared one anc-
putting Il gravely into the box. ask all
to be- sure they have seen II enter.
When the lid Is on, shake up and
down. The noise betrays the metal.
Nov command II TO disappear and
shake laterally from side TO side. As
the penny Is made to fit accurately, no
noise is apparent. The coin seems to
be gone, In proof OF which you open
the box and display the Interior. The
paper ON the coin conceals II, while
you direct the audience to look into a
book or pair of slippers for the miss
ing penny The prepared coin can be
slipped out and the box handed round
for examination. In which, OF course,
nothing will be found. This trick may
be repeated two or three times with
the greatest success and Is so simple
that nobody guesses the manner Of
naFformanCe.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-10-08

There was once a crow which had a
very grand funeral. PlIny has told Us
the story. This bird on account of its
extraordinary accomplishments had
been the pet of all Rome. So angry
were the Romans with the man who
killed II that they had him executed
for the crime. The crow was honored
with a public funeral. Its body was
placed on a bier and so carried in state
to Its grave. 1t was preceded by a
band playing a funeral march and was
followed by a crowd of mOurners.
This curious incident occurred in the
reign Of Emperor Claudius.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-10-08
rhe nanasr q soap.

when q man goes TO some thermal
springs TO ''boll out" all the old Satan
that q IN him he quickly learns one Of
the more important lessons Of life and
civilization that Ii, hc acquires SUI
preme Contempt fer soap. When he
takes his nEst tub, at % to l02 degrees.
twenty minutes In the water 10 soak,
the attendant gives him a terrible
acrubblng. using a sharp soap and a
loofa. After that first bath no more
soap Ia used. The man continues to
soak daily In water Of the same tenn
peFature for twenty minutes and Is
rubbed with the lOofa. but no soap.
SOAP" the expert attendant will tell
zen. ''cl0gs up the pores Of the skin.
Our object IL to keep 'sm open. We
cure all diseases BY giving the pores
Q chance 70 breathe and excrete,
Your hands chapf Wherefore2 Be
cause when you last washed them you
neglected 70 rinse them thoroughly.
R0n lsft the pores cloRged with soap
Your complexion h muddy. Where
forsS Yoa forgot to wash the soap
eG your cheeks. Hereafter rinse
rinse, rinse. Keep ON rlnsing Con
tinuAlly rinse. = 81. Louis Post-DIs-
patch.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-10-08

The action Of the city council In
ordsring oemant walks on Sheramn
aud Fourth streets through the bust
nsas district, 10 the right beginning in
that direction and the policy should
be confined until ell the more thick
~ populated portion Of the city Is
improved With cement walks, even
thongh MF. Moon does contend that
''wOoden walks are good enough. "
The improvement is needed and will
add more than its cost to ell proper
81 whsro IL 10 made.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-10-08

The names of the ''three fates'
were Clotho, Lachesis and AtrOpos. To
express the influence which they were
believed to exercise on human life
from birth to death they were shown
as spinning thread Of gold, silver or
wool, now Tightening. now slackening,
and at last cutting IL off. Clotho, the
youngest, put the wool around the
spindle. Lachesis spun 1t, and the aged
Atropos cut 1t OF when a man had to
die.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-10-08
over the Garden Wall.

II this game Is played upon a tennis
court the net makes good wall, or II
played in the parlor strip of muslin
stretched across the folding doors or
room will answer Then select two
captains, who In turn select their sides,
each side taking position on either
side OF the wall. Each captain has a
soft ball, and at the count Of one, two,
three. they toss the ball over the wall,
at the same time calling the name OF
the opposite player, who Is expected
to catch II. III In the excitement the
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-10-08

NN7'10NT
This Is the great misfortune Of life
that 1t Is changeable and never remains
In the same state. Man" SAYS Job,
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-10-08
RiddIsa.

Why is a pig with a curly continue
hon like the ghost of Hamlet's fatheF7
Because he could a tale unfold.
What is the newest thing in the
stockings? The baby's foot.
Why Is a coward like a leaky bar
rel7 They both run.
When does a dog become larger and
smaller? When let out at night and
taken In In the morning.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-10-08

Some industrious deliver into things
has called attention to a curious asso-
citation between the letters sn and the
nose. The following words. beginning
with those two consonants, all have
some connection with that organ:
Shout, snar, sneeze, snast, snore, snub,
snarl, snuffy, snort, sneer, snin. snig-
ger, snuff, sniff, shuttle, snooze, SHAME,
SWIVEL.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-10-08

wrong one catches the ball, he or she
goes on the other side. The player
who catches the ball hastily passes 1t
again TO his captain, and the former
rule is repeated until one side out
numbers the other to seine great ex-
tent
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-10-08

For some time Il has been evident
that conspiracy existed in the east ,
with headquarters In Washington, to
defeat Wan. ]. Bryan for the demo
cratic presidential nomination. The
scheme has been working quietly aud
10 to divide the democrats of the
country on ''favorite son" candi'
dauss end unite them In convention
against Bryan, That such bureau
EXISTS In Washington thu Press has
ample evidence.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-10-08
rho FIrnt Written Munlo.

1t Is quite as impossible to say who
wrote the first music notes as it would
be to say who wrote the first sentence
Of any kind on papyrus or parchment
II IL generally understood that the
scale as we know 1t today was put into
shape by Guido Arento Q05O and sub
seQuently added to by lie Marie.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-10-08
sathloss Rural England.

Actual facts upset many scientific
theory. Theoretically, nine-tenths Of
the rural population ought not to at
tR4n maturity; as In fact, they arc
the longest lived community In the en-
paEe. We ought to vary our diet, and,
II not sworn vegetarians, take 10
much meat to so much vegetables and
the rest. But the countryman does
not take meat-or hardly ever. He
cannot AFFORD It, His wages are high
or than his fathers were, but then,
meat is proportionately costlier than
was formerly the case. He is for the
most part a vegetable feeder. He
should frequently battle, but he does
not battle at all. "How is it, then,
that these men live so long and 80
rarely experience illnessT one Of the
kind was asked the other day. "Well.
you see, sir" was the answer, I'VE
don't need no baths. In the summer
we sweats so at our work that that
serves for all the year roundv' Ru-
raj England does not battle. Colliery
England and chimney sweeping Eng
land do.-St James Gazette.
Austrian Boys Extraordinary Grit.
A fourteen-year-old boy of the name
Of Tucek has astonished the promi.
nent surgeon Baron Won Eisleberg by
the remarkable grit he displayed In un-
dergoing an operation, says a special
cable dispatch from Vienna to the
New York Sun. Tucek's arm had to be
amputated. He refused to take All
anaesthetic because he wanted to
watch the operation. He resisted all
the persuasions of the surgeon, who ul-
timately yielded. The boy did not
vince and made no sound throughout.
but watched the surgeons work with
keen attention. He said afterward the
sight was so interesting 1t was well
worth the pain. DR.. Won Elsleberg rec
Ognized his pluck BY givAg him q
watch.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-08-18

coiesbe y retires
IN as nbrar In of the
Saturday, Miss Eva
Pentering upon her dudes as
VI Monday A number Of new
have just been received and win
Yublished elsewhere. The library
is ia a hourlshing condition finn-
cially, through the efforts Of the re-
thing librarian and The directors and
that It may continue to thrive is
earnestly to be desired A city is
largely pledged by the culture OF les
citizens and large ana popular Ii
brary is an evidence always that the
city is on a sound Intellectual basis.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-08-18
WHERE THEY WILL co.


A partial list of the Brunswick
young people who VIII attend school
elsewhere this year and their respec-
tlres colleges are: Agnes Scott, Mis-
SOS Leah Brown Winnie Mckinnon'
Dolothy Bur.ord, Ruth Atkins, jessie
Kate and Marguerite Br1ntlay bfe-
nau, Misses Maudo Elliott Ru b
Drage, ethel Mason George WasAins-
ton University Washington, p =
Wm. G. Brantlay Donald Fraser De
catur; Thomas Hopkins, d. b. Ar
mold. Porter, Charleston $. g.; Alfred
wood, University OF Georgia; Linton
Allen FRED Allen, Ralph Atkins, Mix
Brown, Wesleyan; Misses MayJoe ana
Gertrude Lott