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The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
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By Elizabeth Haight Strong

Dy IllLdOClll lolSill OliOllS
II ROM girlhood unused TO any but
l. the fluffy things OF life. to con-
tractor atop a pile OF debris shout
ing orders to toiling laborers. is a
chssm seldom bridged. Miss Carrie
Friedman OF this city, however, has
done il.
II Joseph Friedman, contractor, had
not been hurt by a beam falling on
him. inJuring him so badly that he was
confined 10 his bed for three weeks, he
would probably never have known that
his eldest daughter. Miss Carrie, is an
unusually capable business woman. il
is likely that Miss Carrie herself would
also be in ignorance OF It. In fact,
the knowledge OF her remarkable ex-
ecutive ability became known through
. series OF events-not triaing daily in
cidents, but the kind that have been
read about for months. To be brief,
the earthquake was the primary cause,
just as Il was responsible for many
other things. although, like the dog
with the bad name, not nearly so many
as it has been accused OF. However.
that was the FIRST round in Miss Fried :
mans business ladder. The second was
the fire that devoured so many sub
stantial proofs OF San Francisco's pros
perity. Her father unconsciously fur
nished the intervening rounds, and the
beam. as II wero. completed the ladder.
That beam, like many inanimate OBJ
5ects, was responsible for much. In the
first place. Il caused Mr.. Friedman
great physical pain. II necessitated a
doctor. and the invariable shadowing
bill in the second. not 10 mention the
anxiety his family felt until Il was
ascertained how severely he was hurt.
But nothing seemed worth considering
until the doctor decided that the In
5ured man must stay In bed for at
least three weeks.
But, doctor, that's impossible" cried
the busy contractor. My business Will
suffer. for I've no one 70 attend TO ft
for me. and it needs constant looking
after"
IF you get up I'll not be responsible
for the consequences" replied the ply
sician gravely. and SO Mr.. Friedman
despondently resigned himself TO the
inevitable.
He tossed on his bed OF pain and re-
fused TO be comforted. He thought OF
the contracts he had made 70 remove
debris: ne could see his gangs OF la
borers without an oyerseer, lettering
at their work; he was haunted by the
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vigilance. But always there was che
ready. cheerful smile of encouragement,
and a smile In those debris jungles
was almost as rare then as whole
window pane.
And those laborers! How they
worked! AS though they actually liked
It'll The sight was enough to turn a
rival contractor the color OF grass. 1t
looked as II every son Of historic old
ITALY was trying to do his fair overseer
personal favor, and as IL wages were
the last consideration in the world.
After the surprise OF the first day
those doing business in the burned
part OF the city watched with inter-
est as they passed by the block where
Miss Friedman was employed the rapid
progress she was making with her
work. and admired frankly the tact
fulness with which she handled her
men, Nothing seemed to daunt her.
The throbbing life around her became,
evidently, as natural an environment
as a ballroom scene. She never
screamed and fed when horse fell
over run. Not she. She and Chubby
tthat was the name OF the pony. and
q most appropriate one as far as looks
were concerned) Immediately investi-
gated the trouble, and never budged an
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The Tragedy of the Russian Embassy

were sacrificed a little before o'clock
one morning in the early spring and
10 this day the origin OF the IRE re-
mains a mystery.
That famous piece OF statuary. "The
Greek Slave" by Powers, had been
brought TO this country during the nm
certain times OF war. or sudden its
whereabouts became a mystery. but it
was thought TO be somewhere in or
near Washington. The search for the
missing art treasure was diligently
pursued until public interest In the
subject was eclipsed by a sensational
report that a beautiful captIve-either
octoroon, slave or creole--was con-
fined In the redoubtable frame dwell
ting. Rumor asserted that this exauis-
lte creature was without clothing and
th4t her wondrous beauty was respon-
siaic fo- ner being kept a prisoner.
Just as Washington was scandaIized
to the point OF probing the mystery
the late W. W. Corccran OF Washing
.on' FOUNDER or the Corcoran Gallery OF
ATT, VINO had continued his search for
the Powers statue with unabated per
slstency, traced IL to the neighborhood
OF muddy Farragut square.
Ine mousse OF III omen was not a place
IN which. anything OF value was likely
20 pc hidden. but. performing a brill
liant coup. Mr.. Corcoran. in company
-. sin8lc MEMBER OF the police
1orces erected an entrance one niSht
and found the Greek slave in marble
and the reported beauty In the flesh to
oe one and the same piece OF perfec-
tfon.
The statue. as we'll as-fts owner. had
fallen victim to the inmates OF the
haunted house, and had not Mr.. Cor
coran's suspicious been aroused the re-
no"ned piece OF sculpture might not
- - IA
fractions In Washin gton's famous Knl-
lery OF art.
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fear that there would be no teams for
the hauling: there were collections to
be made. and money to be paid out:
every detail of his business became 20
his fererish mind distorted TO twice it's
usual importance.
But there was another brain in the
house that was also doing much active
thinking about Mr.. I7riedman's busi-
ness. 1t lay within the pretty head of
his eldest daughter. who had just re-
turned, few weeks after the disaster,
from four years schooling in Eastern
cities. When the news reached New
York of San Francisco's calamity, Miss
Friedman was preparing to return
home after completing a postgraduate
course in one OF the schools there Re
ceiving word that her family was safe,
she Immediately offered her services
to the California Club of New York.
and was OF great assistance in helping
TO collect contributions for the san
Francisco Infants Relief Fund" When
she felt she was no longer needed there
she continued her delayed packing and
started westward, arriving home the
latter part OF August. She thought
that perhaps she could work for the
refugees in San Francisco as she had
done in the East. Little did she dream
OF the life she would live the following
three months.
The beam took an active part in the
Friedmsns' affairs the first week in
September. 1t stunned the father tenn
porsrily, but IL quickened the wits OF
the daughter, and was the last OF the
sequence OF events that caused the
pretty young schoolgirl to make her
debut IN the business world instead of
society, as she had so confidently
planned. So frills and furbelows, chif-
fons and crepes were discarded for
more appropriate apparel. The ball
gown was put aside for khaki suit.
Then Miss Friedman divuiEed her
plans to her father. She would 60
down 70 the burned district herself and
oversee his gang OF laborers. She
would also attend to other business IL
he would instruct ana direct her.
The Girl and the Smile
The suggestion at first seemed alb
surd TO the sick man. He felt that his
daughters sympathies had outweighed
her Judgment. Still. he knew of no
one whom he could employ. and in the
meantime he was in danger OF suffer-
ing severe financial losses unless his
AFFAIRS were looked after. So. incredu-
lousy. he gave his consent. and thus it
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an addition to its architectural beauty
and the brilliant life for which IL
furnishes a setting. the Russian
embassy in 1 street. facing Farra-
gut square, is one OF the historically
interesting dwellings, in Washington.
Until the present owner OF the man
sion leased 1t TO the Russian govern
fnent curious superstition prevailed
that since the early days OF the civil
war the property has suffered from a
"hoodoo."
When New York city was young and
General Tracy failed to capture the
Mayoraity OF the city. as then consti-
tuted, there we're persons in Washing
ton ready with the Il told you So OF
defeat, who boldly asserted that the po-
liticai i'll luck was part of the mis-
fortune which overlook the General
when as member OF Benjamin Harri-
sons Cabinet. he decided to live in the
house which then occupied the site OF
the Russian embassy.
Though the Tracys were warned that
the property wes i'll fated. they re-
rarded the runor as a foolish negro
dence on the opposite side OF the fash
ionable and beautiful park which
fronted the home OF the late Senator
Hearst or California. and which h to-
day the home OF Vice President Fair
banks.
All went well for while and the
shaunt'' was ergotten--thought to be
laid" no doubt, by the gayety and
cheer that characterized the Secretary's
home And then one morning WASH
ington was horrihed by a tragedy that
annexed to the history OF the premises
a chapter OF disaster that was written
IN letters of dame- This was no other
Mrs. Tracy. Miss Tracy and one maid
perished. The house and it's victims
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She Fired Men Promptly

Sometimes yirgil'e countrymen looked
upon the cup that not only exhilarates
but also inebriates- The girl overseer
was equal TO what would ordinarily be
an embarrassing emergency. Without
a moments hesitancy she would say In
her fresh, girlish voice to the erring
one, Go get your pay" which meant
that Italy's wayward son, who had
looked too long upon the wine when
It was red, could work for her no
longer.
One day a driver made the mistake
of beating team OF little mules with
a heavy chain. Then, indeed, did the
dark eyes lose their softness and right
eous Indignation struggle with pity in
the, trembling voice Of the fair over
seer.
'Go back to the stable" she cried,
and the mortified teamster climbed into
his numbering. creaking wagon and
slowly drove his still auivering animals
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08
HERE'S A NEW COMPLAINT.
Resident of College Hill Says Cows
Are aSNuisance.

To the Editor of the State Journal:
Out in the College Hill district of
the bailiwick of Topeka we humble
taxpayers think that we have a sub
stantial grievance in the shape and
substance of COWS.
Talk of dogs, cats and chickens de-
stroying our beautiful lawns, you
should see the COW infested district
of College Hill precinct. An army of
cats, dogs or chickens gamboling and
playing on our lawns can not inf1ict
the damage which one uneasy COW
can do. Out In our section we have
droves of cows going to pasture in the
morning, and floods of cows returning
from pasture in the evening" hungry
and tired after a hard days work
hunting for blade of grass in some
barren field.
Oh, how our lawns and grounds
groan and suffer beneath the tread
of the swarms Of cows that trample
the grass. the flowers and the dande-
lions
Why not amend the proposed dog
and provide that all cows running in
the streets of the city shall be
muzzled; or shall be securely fasten-
ed to ends of strings and led by their
owners; or. requiring each COW to be
placed in the hands of receivers and
safely locked and tagged.
Something must be done to curb
the gaily cavorting. COW, or the dream
of more beautiful Topeka never
will cryta1lize. E. GAYLORD.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08
ONE BULLET HITS TWO.
Shots From Ambush Kill One Man
and Wound Two Others.

Beaumont. Texas, May 5.-As the re-
suit of two attempts at assassination
from ambush at Orange last night one
man was killed and two seriously
wounded. The dead man is Major Boy
kin, negro officer, who was fired on
by unknown persons, as he was leaV-
ing a negro saloon. He was shot five
times, ali the bullets entering his body
and producing instant death. 1t Is
thought the shooting was done by ne
groes and several arrests have been
made.
William Hudson of Orange and o. F.
Woodfin of Center, Texas, were on the
seat of a cab that was loaded with
people riding in the outskirts of the
town when they were fired on. the
shot coming from a rife. The bullet
passed through the f1eshy part of
Woodfin's back and entered the arm of
Hudson. 1t is thought the shooting
was prompted by a spirit of revenge
against Hudson who killed a negro in
Orange about a year ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08
ROW in W. 0. W.
Daughter of the Founder Squabbles
With Head Consul.

Denver, Col. May S.-The controver-
sy between Mrs. Jessie Falkenburg
Falls of Los Angeles, only daughter of
F. A. Falkenburg, deceased, who
founded the Woodmen of the World.
and L. L. Beak, the present head con-
sui of the Pacific Jurisdiction, over the
question of ownership of the plot of
ground on which the Falkenburg mon
ument will be erected and the remains
of the dead founder inferred, has re-
suited in the Incorporation of the Falk-
enburg Memorial association by Mrs.
Falls and several of her adherents.
Mrs. Falls has secured the exclusive
right through copyright to the use of
her fathers name, bust, figure and
inscriptions for the monument, and will
institute injunction proceedings, if nee
essary, to carry out her plans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08

Union Gas and Traction company, of
Kansas City; Mr.. Kelly is a member
of the firm of Kelly & Kelly, bond
brokers, of Topeka, Kan; Mr.. Scher-
merhorn is member of the state board
of control. The directors are: H. B.
Kelly, w. G. Kelly, c. H. Pattison, A.
D. Kendall. E. B. Schermerhorn, w.
w. Mills, Charles Johnson, S. H. Will
son, B. P. Waggener, c. c. Quinlin,
NJ. Warren and NJ. Leitzbach. Offices
will be maintained in Kansas City
and Hum boldt.
The following other charters were
granted: Lyndon Mutual Telephone
company. Lyndon; Farmers Grain
and Coal company, Otis; White Lum-
Der company, Overlook; Tribune
Monitor company, Fort Scott; Gar
field Mutual Telephone company,
Garfield; Viola Mutual Telephone
company. Viola; Utica Grain COM
pany, Utica; Humboldt Portland Ce-
ment company. Humboldt; Western
Spirit Publishing company. Paola;
Warren H. Crosby Dry Goods COM
pany. Topeka; Palace Drug company,
Manhattan; Saxman State bank, Sax
man. Natoma st. Johns German
Lutheran Society, National Swedish
Evangelical Lutheran Mission church.
Ottawa; st. Elizabeth Methodist
Episcopal church. Utica.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08
STEVENSON TO BE FREE.
Governor Hoch Commutes Sentence
of Druggist Who Shot Negro.

Governor Hoch has committed
the sentence of Charles r. Stevenson
the Herndon, Rawlins county, drug
gist who shot and killed a negro
named John Tut who came into
Stevenson's store and threatened to
do him violence unless he could buy
whisky. Stevenson was convicted of
manslaughter in the second degree,
and sentenced to serve from three to
five years in the penitentiary, the
minimum sentence. Governor Hoch
committed the sentence to one to 8
years. which makes Stevenson eligible
to parole. 1t is expected that the
parole board will at once release him
from prison.
Another Communication of sentence
granted today by Governor Hoch was
in the case of Charles H. Beggs, SEN
fenced to one to five year term for
burglary and larceny in Cloud county
at the April, 1906, term of court.
Beggs got drunk, and while in that
condition, used the key of his room to
enter a store at the town of Glasco,
from which he took a number of ar
ticles. Previous to that time he had
borne good reputation with the ex-
ception of his inclination to drink too
much
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08
A FIRE AT INDUSTRY.
Large Store and Hotel Are Destroy
ed by the Flames.

Industry, Kan. May S.-The large
general mercantile store of Hammond
& Steinbruck and the hotel owned and
managed by r. W. Ryan, were burned
Monday night with an almost total loss
of buildings and contents. The stock
of merchandise destroyed was valued at
about $4,000 and the hotel building
and furniture were valuable. So far as
has been reported, there was only $4-
0OO insurance on the stock of goods and
$500 on the hotel property.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
The store was originally conducted
on the cooperative plan and the pres
ent owners have been in possession
only a couple of weeks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08
New Charters Granted.

A charter has been granted the
Humboldt Portland Cement company,
with a capital of $2,OOO.O0O.- 1t is the
intention of the company to erect a
modern plant at Humboldt, Kan. The
company has 500 acres of Portland
cement material besides owning their
own gas and fuel lands. The officers
of the company are: c. H. Pattison,
president; w. G. Kelly, vice president
and general manager; z. B. Scher-
merhorn, second vice president; c. c.
0uinlin, secretary; w. McCray, as
sistant secretary; W. w. Mills, treas
urer. Mr.. Pattison is president of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08
Dr. Nichols to Leave saIina.

Salira, Kan, May S.-Dr. Don w.
Nichols who has been connected with
the Kansas Wesleyan university in this
city for the past several years. has ten
dered his resignation. to take effect on
May 81, at the end of the present
school year. The resignation was ac-
cepted at a recent meeting, and DIR.
Nichols and his family will leave Sa-
lima shortly after June 1. DR.. Mich OILS
has been offered and has accepted a
position as field secretary with the
China Missionary centennial. His
Headquarters will be in Indianapolis,
Indiana.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08
SUGAR TRUST HAS STRIKE.
Employees Quit Work Because Wage
Advance Is Refused.

New York, May S.-The strike OF
tie employees of the American Sugar
Refining company in Williamsburg is
extending. The strike started Monday
when $50 mixers. platform men and
laborers, mostly foreigners. stopped
their work after an increase of three
cents an hour had been refused. An
addition of 1000 men has since been
made to the strikers ranks and the
men say they will close the immense
plant if their demands are not granted.
An outbreak occurred last night
when strikebreakers whom the COM
pany had employed left the refinery.
Many strikers were severely dubbed
by the police and several arrests were
made
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08
Francis s. Banks Resigns.

New York, May S.-Francis S.
Banks has rendered his resignation as
chairman of the Columbia university
committee on athletics and also as
graduate of the director of the Column
bia university rowing club. President
Butler has rendered the appointment
as chairman of the committee an ath-
letics to Albert w. Putnam, '97, an old
Columbia football man, and the latter
has accepted He will assume his
duties on July 1.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08
MANSFIELD is BETTER.
He Will Sail for Europe on Saturday to
Spend the Summer.

New York, May 8.-Richard Mans
field has so far recovered that his
physician, DR.. Floyd Crandal, has adj
vised him to sail for Europe on Satur-
day on the steamer Minneapolis. Mrs.
Mansfield said that they had leased a
summer home in Sussex, England, and
would spend the summer there. She
said Mr. Mansfield might be sufficient
ly recovered in the fall to resume his
work. at least for a short season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08
u. A. I,owther Reelected.

Emporia, Kan, May SIN four min
utes the board of education organized,
re-electing Frank Kenney president of
the board and L. A. Lowther superin-
tendent of the schools, in contradistinc-
ton to last year, when it took the board
as many months to organize. The an
tagonistic spirit of a year ago was al
together absent and everything was
harmonious.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08
TO RUN AN EXCURSION.
The Leavenworth Turner's Will Visit
Topeka on June list.

Leavenworth, May S.-The Turner's
met in regular monthly session here,
at which matters of interest to the so
ciety were discussed. 1t was decided
at the meeting to select different COM
mittees for the purpose of sending a
delegation to the funniest to be held
at Topeka June 1. 1t is the plan to
have this committee make arrange
ments for running an excursion from
this city to Topeka on that date.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08
Rountv on Wolves and Crows.

Emporia, Kan, May S.-Seventy-six
dollars and seventy cents was paid out
by the county clerk last month for
bounties on crows and wolves. The
crow bounty was $26-1O, and $50 was
the wolf bounty Forty dollars of the
amount paid out for wolves was paid
for whelps. 1t seems to be the senti-
ment of the board that the bounty on
whelps or young wolves should either
be annuelIed or greatly lowered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08
VIII Go to Enrone

New York, May S.-The committee
appointed by President Roosevelt, Vice
President Fairbanks and Speaker Can
non, to investigate all the phases of
the problem of immigration has de-
cided to extend it's work to the leading
emigration cities of Europe, and has
made arrangements to sail from Bos-
ton May Is for the Mediterranean on
the steamer Canopic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08
CARNEGIE SAILS TO-DAY.
Manager of the Standard a Passenger
on Same Ship.

New York, May S.-Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew Carnegie and H. H. Rogers
and Mrs. Rogers will be passengers on
the steamer Baltic scheduled to sail
at 8 o'clock today.
This is Mr.. Carnegie's annual migra-
ton to his Highland estate. He will
return in the fall.
Mr.. Rogers has not figured on
passenger list for years. 1t Is under
stood he will be gone until the last OF
June.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08
Lewis and Gardner Sign.

round boxing contest between Harry Lew
is and Jimmy Gardner, at the Coliseum in
this city on May q, were signed today at
the office of the Denver Times. The con-
testants are to weigh in at 40 pounds at
p on the day of the fight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08

brick but went ahead and as the rail-
road didn't object the city is the richer.
The brick will be used in putting in
sidewalk intersections.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-08
Local Option BIN Passed.

Springfield. I'LL, May S--The house today
now goes to the governor for his action.
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81 years. ought to induce every
body to at least sample it.

The cities hide many country girls
and boys who secretly sigh for a
cup Of good coffee ike mother made.
Mother probably used the old
original Arbuckles' =" the first roasted
packaged coffee.
See that you get the sealed
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-12-06
EQUAL 70 THE OCCASION.
This Servant Girl Was Evidently .
Person Of Resource.

AS a source of humor the Irish Q r
want gill has long since fallen from
her high estate, a result probably due
to the better class Of young women
from the Emerald Isle who come here
annually to help confuse the eternal
Servant girl question" But now and
again one of the old. naively ignorant
sort turns up in a New York house.
hold, as was demonstrated the other
day to a caller at a house on the West
Side.
The girl who responded to the bell
was asked If her mistress was at
home. To this inquiry she surprised
the caller by putting her arms behind
her back and replying in a rich
brogue, as she thrust her face toward
the caller: Put tn tickets In me
mouth, ma'am, an I'll 60 an see. Me
hands is wet."--N. Y. Press.