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The San Francisco call., 1908-08-17

the accomplished composers and musi-
clans of the club have rearranged some
of the musical gems which were a
part OF the pleasure program at the
jinks in years past. There will be
many new selections which will de-
light the hearts of the lovers of music.
COMPOSERS AS LEADERS
H. J. Stewart will lead for his compo-
sitions two movements from an orches-
trail suite entitled Scenes in Califor-'
MIA" A nocturne, Under the Red
a Spanish dance, La Fiesta" will be
Stewards contributions to the concert.
Selections from the music furnished
for the forest play at last years jinks
in "The Triumph of Bohemia" will be
led by Edward Faber Schneider.
William ]. Mccoy will lead selections
from his opera Cleopatra" and the
solos from the beautiful scores of this
composer will be sung by his daughter.
Those who attended this years jinks
will have another opportunity to hear
selections from the scores as arranged
by Arthur Weiss. There will be a gen.
erous allotment of selections from the
music which was furnished for the for
est play this year, The Sons of Bal
dur
Theodore Vogt's ballad, Lady Jane
Grey Will De QlT6CleQ Dy himself ana
the solos will be sung by L. A. Lar
sen.
The Bohemia's Welcome Home"
written for this years jinks by Joseph
D. Redding, viii be led by Paul Stein
dorf.
FUNDS FOR NEW PLAY
The proceeds of this years annual
concert will be used toward meeting
the expenses of producing next years
forest play, which will deal with early
Irish history and the dawn of Chris
tianity in Ireland. The play will be
written by Professor H. Morse Ste
phens of the University of California
and the music will be composed by Wal
lace 1. Sabin.
The committee having charge of the
annual concert consists of Joseph D.
Redding, Willard T. Barton, John c.
Wilson. Edward H. Hamilton and Will
liam H. Leahy.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-17
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
Open WITH CROWDS
Large Attendance Taxes Capac=
ity of Thronged Parochial
Institutions

During the last week many of the
Catholic parochial schools opened and
all report largely increased attend
ance over last year. In nearly every
instance the complaint has been made
that the schools are overcrowded and
that more room is necessary. The en-
rollment has been enlarged day by day
and, according to the views expressed
by the different teaching orders, this
month and the beginning of the next
will find large additions in the enlist
ment
The high school and college course
of st. Ignatius college will open Sep
tember 1. Pupils of the preparatory
classes began work at the beginning of
the present month. Examinations for
entrance will be held at the college
August % to 81 under the direction of
Rev. Joseph C. Sasia, president, and
Rev. Dionysius Mahoney, vice president
AT st. Peters academy, in charge of
the Sisters Of Mercy, nearly 500 girls
have been enrolled. The opening wit
messed an attendance larger than any
thing heretofore recorded. At the boys
school. conducted by the Christian
Brothers, the same condition of large
classes prevails. In st. Peters parish,
presided over by Father Casey, there
are over 1000 children in the parochial
schools.
Sacred Heart school, with eight
grammar grades and high school
course, has resumed with a noticeably
increased enrolment. Sacred Heart
college for boys in the same parish,
under the direction of the Christian
Brothers, also had most auspicious
opening.
st. Vincent's school at Fifth and
Clementina streets, in st. Patrick s
parish, presided over by the Rev. John
Rogers, is experiencing great difficulty
in taking care of all the pupils that
desire to resume their studies
At st. Joseph's school for boys and
girls, conducted respectively by the
Brothers of Mary and the Sisters of the
Holy Name, there are more than 500
children in daily attendance. The same
number fiocked to the opening of st.
James school. conducted by the Broth
ers of Mary, and an increased enroll
ment was noticed at the school for girls
in the same parish, situated at Twenty
fourth and Guerrero streets Increased
attendance and daily accommodating en-
listments are the rule at ST. Charles
academy, in charge of the Sisters of the
Holy Cross. The Presentation schools
in the Cathedral parish and in ST.
Agnes parish also show gratifying at
tendances.
AT st. Bridgets school for bows and
girls there is an average daily attend
ance of nearly 1000 pupils. Notre Dame
at Dolores and Sixteenth streets opened
under the most fattering conditions,
and this is also true of the various day
homes situated in various parts of the
city under the direction of the sisters.
AT the beginning of the year a new
school. which is already under con-
struction, will be opened in the Star
of the Sea parish. Father Philip
Organ, the newly appointed pastor. is
the moving spirit behind the improve
ment. 1t will accommodate 500 pupils.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-17
BROTHER SLEW FRIEND
T. jenkins Hains Was Acquitted
on SeIf-Defense Plea


NEW YORK. Aug. 16.-T Jenkins
Hams, or, as he was then known,
Thornton ]. Hams, was tried at Hamp-
ton, Va, in 1891, for the murder of
Edward A. Hannegan, great grandson
Of former United States Senator Ed
ward X. Hannegan and grandson of
Colonel Thomas c. Nelson, a noted
diplomat
its time General Peter c. Hams was
then a colonel Of engineers, stationed at
Fortress Monroe. His oldest son, John,
was a lieutenant In the army, Captain
Peter G. Hams JF- was cadet in the
navy and Thornton, or Tony" Hams
was young civilian just out Of col
lege-
unpopular young man. 1t was said of
him that fighting was his mania. that
he talked, thought and read of little
else and that IL was HIS custom to
even to dances and other social gather
fngs. He was very generally Stunned
by young men and women alike, but he
had one stanch friend and admirer,
Ned Hannegan.
Hains and Hannegan in the summer
Of 1891 went out In a government
canoe borrowed from Colonel Hams.
A squau came up and they were on
their way to the government anchor
age In plain sight of the shore, when
Hafns was seen to reach to the bottom
Of the boat, pun revolver from MS
coat which was lying there and shoot
Hannegan dead.
The deed was witnessed by several
nersous among them Commander
1now admiraD Robley d. Evans, who
was seated on the veranda of his quar-
ters a hundred yards away
After a long trial Hams was ac-
ol5ited on a plea of self-defense
Immediately after the acQuittal a
humber of largely attended indigna-
fion meetings were held and strong
disapprovsl of the verdict was heard
an an sides. Flaring handbills In
viting all citizens OF Elizabeth City
and county to attend the meetings
drew large crowds at which speeches
were made denouncing the killing of
lIannelran As cold blooded murder.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-17
FRENCHMEN GATHER AT
BIG PICNIC IN PARK
League Henri Fourth Celebrates
With Games and Dancing
in Shell Mound

League Henri Fourth benevolent
society of San Francisco held it's four
teenth annual picnic at Shell Mound
park yesterday and 1000 loyal French
men passed through the gates to do
honor to the occasion. The festivities
lasted until late in the evening.
During the afternoon races were
held for old and young and there Were
prizes for the winners. The fat mans
race was the principal event OF tho
afternoon. The big dancing hall was
crowded throughout the afternoon and
evening. -
of arrangements: President, John
Condos; vice president. C.. p. Roberts
secretary of the day. l.. L. Lacaze.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-17
DENIES cRITIcIsING RoosEyELr

DUBLIN, Aug. 16.-In an interview
today Richard Croker complained of
Misrepresentation that have been pub
lished recently respecting his views on
President Roosevelt and especially an
alleged comparison between the presi-
dent and King Edward and an asser-
ton that Mr.. Roosevelt was only at
home with his books.
Mr.. Croker denies having made such
criticisms of the president
David Bennett Hi, the former gov
ernor of New York. is on a weeks
quiet holiday with Mr.. Croker.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-17
MRS. HAMS DISAPPEARS
Father Declares Woman Seeks
to Escape Newspapermen
spHcIAL pIsPATCH 10 ZEE I'll

WINTHROP. Mass. Aug. 1s.-Mrs
Hains. who has been at her parents
house for nearly three months, disap-
peared so efTectually within a short
time after the receipt of the news of
the shooting of AnnIs by her husband
saturday evening and Sunday failed to
Weld any cIew to her whereabouts.
If developed today that she and her
mother had gone to New York Her
father. Charles H. Libbey. admitted the
fact this evening and explained it on
the ground Of tl1e odisinclination OF his
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-17
THE BEST INVESTMENT
THAT WE KNOW OF IS
Irrigated Land Planted to
Alfalfa

Because it is a safe investment,
a sure income payer and is bound
to increase in value. We are sell
ing on unusual easy terms OF
payment 1000 acres of the best
sediment soil, planted by US for
you to alfalfa, under irrigation, in
Glenn County, in the famous Sac
ramento Valley, the soil of which
is acknowledged by experts to be
superior to the Valley of the Nile.
We sell ten acres for ST go, SIS
down and SIS a month. We
credit the net proceeds of all the
alfalfa raised on the land on ac-
count of the purchasers contract.
We estimate that the alfalfa will
do more than twice as much
toward paying for the land as the
purchasers monthly payments.
We personally conduct an excur-
sion to this land every Saturday
afternoon, leaving the office at
l 80, returning to San Francisco
Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. The
total expense OF the trip is SOLO.
We invite you to join us on our
next excursion. Booklet giving
full particulars may be had upon
request or it will be a pleasure to
tell you about the land if you will
call at the office
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-17
FIRST MEETING OF TERM

BERK ELEY, Aug. 16.-The sopho-
more. junior and senior classes of the
university will be registered tomorrow.
At IL o'clock the first university meet
ing Of the term will be held in Harmon
gymnasium, with President Wheeler as
the principal speaker.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-17
TO ADDRESS CHURCH GLUE

President C. w. Austin of the San
Francisco democratic club will address
the members of the mems club of the
Westminster Presbyterian church this
evening. The subject Of his talk will
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-17
RAILRoAD NINE WINS

The Transportation nine invaded
Yountville yesterday afternoon and
took the country nine into camp. by a
score of to after an exciting game
The score:
r. H. E..
Transportation club. b............. 9 <
Yountville NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 2 (
Batteriees-JeDkIns and Grimmelman; Eby and
Rockstrau- "
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-17
TURKISH WAR ,IINIsTER DIES

CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 16.-The
cabinet suffered a great loss today in
the sudden death of the war minister,
Redjeb Pasha, from apoplexy. Redjeb
Pasha's death occurred while he was
istry.
Several of the officials raised suspi-
cions as to the manner of the war
mortem examination has been ordered.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-17

be "why a Young Man Should Vote the
Democratic Ticket"
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-17

daughter to become the object of raid
Of newspapermen all day Sunday. He
her mother. left home before II o'clock
on Saturday and departed for New York
on the midnight train, with the inten-
tion Of remaining away from Winthrop
wears off.
He intimated that his wife and
daughter are not likely to remain in
New York, but probably Will travel
further south
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17

lation. practically denying the right
of consideration by the house.
The proposition Of Mr.. Hepburn to
have the speaker name one-third Of
the committees, the party caucus to
name the second third and the minor
ity party to name the other third
strikes at the real seat Of the trouble
in the house at present. It would de-
prive the speaker of two-thirds of his
power in choosing members of the
committees and deprive him wholly of
the power to name chairmen. who
would naturally be favorable to his
legislative program. These PROPOSE
tions OF change are radical, almost to
the extreme, and 1t is doubtful II.
they car all be effected, but the APP
pearance of an effective sentiment for
revision of the rules promises some
corrective measures by the new con-
gress.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17
POINT

OMAHA, Dec. 15.-To the Editor Of
The Bee: Your reference TO the dis
closure that the state bank examiners In
Illinois have been doing extra work for
compensation from the Institutions they
examined, and your remark about similar
practices elsewhere. are apt and timely,
but do not go far enough. You know, or
you ought 20. that here in Nebraska
salaried officials are constantly accepting
employment on the outside, which they
would never get except for the fact that
they are public officials. This p~rsetics
ought to be stopped all along the line
~ b. G. II.
Our correspondent makes a good
point and one that will strike a popu-
lar chord. The trend of public senti-
ment everywhere. is against the old
idea that a public Office is to be re-
garded, If not as an instrument of
graft, as a means of promoting private
interests elsewhere.
without going into specifications, it
is notorious that here In Nebraska,
state and local officials of all political
parties have greatly abused their posi-
tons by making them merely a base
of operations for private activities. In
many cases the public official has per-
suaded himself to look at his salary
as merely a retainer, emitting the peo-
pie to his time and attention only
when no n else wants It or he has
nothing else to do. Schemes are pro-
jected and employment accepted
whose financial success depend upon
favor procured In an official capacity.
That this is all wrong and should
be stopped is perfectly obvious, but
how to stop it is not SO clear. If the
salaries we pay our officials we're on
a scale by which we could rightly de-
mand their exclusive services, all out
side work could be prohibited. Under
present conditions and in this day of
publicity, perhaps the abuse could be
obviated by requiring all these sal
aired officials to record publicly all
private business engagements during
their terms Of office and make sure
that they do not conflict with their
public duties.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17
CONGRESSIONAL aADAM-GoDs.v

Turning the Hose ON Warm Members
of the Lower House.
william Allen White in Emporia Gazette.
THE members Of congress who quietly
cut off the appropriation for the Secret
service men are now insulted because the
president told the truth about their mo-
tives. He said that the members of con-
gress objected to being watched in their
dishonest transactions. They are now prov
ing that he was right. They have appointed
a whining committee to bewail the presi-
dents language.
What stupid donkeys they are-these con-
gressional Adam Gods who think they cam
not be harmed, who regard them as
prophets and who believe that they are
immune from the processes of law and the
course of justice as it follows other men.
These congressional Adam Gods, ignorant,
arrogant and not above approach, will
have the same experience that Adam God
Sharp had in Kansas City. When the bull
let of public wrath hits them they will
see how their faith is all wrong. They
will see that no honest Congressman can
object to the presence of secret service
men in the country. They will see that
no honest Congressman can vote to rebuke
the president in doing his duty; they will
find that the people will watch the vote
in congress. and that the man who votes
to ebuke the president cannot get behind
the fact tina he voted with the majority
of his party, or that this or the other
Congressman also voted that way. The
~roll-caIl on that vote will go before the
people Of this country. and the way to
keep off that roll-call at the next election
is to get off that r~oll-call when the matter
comes to a vote. -
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17
THE JOY RIDBRs.

Minna Irving, in Leslie's Weekly.
We slipped from the dark garage
3 At ten of n moonless night,
And we had the muffler on, you bet,
And lit but a single Hight.
But we opened up the final notch
The minute we got outside,
And away we tore with a BAN and a roar
.And for the JOY of a midnight ride
We grazed. the front Of a trolley car,
And tumbled a pushcart down,
And bumped the end OF load OF coal,
It was barrels Of fun to watch folks run
AS we merrily whizzed along,
With a frenzied toot, or a scornful boot,
Or a snatch OF a jeertng song.
We shrieked with glee as we tried to see
How fast2the machine could so.
And we burst the tires, but we laughed the
For. they were not ours, you know.
The auto Jumped, and 1t bumped and
And a cop or two gave chase,
But we lost them all Xix the leaves in
For they could not keep the pace.
Whenever we saw a gilded sign
We stopped for a round OF drinks,
And we hit a boy, but were out Of sight
In less than a couple of winks;
And then we met with another car,
i A monster painted green.
And we challenged 1t in sport terms
To a race with our machine.
We let It out till we went so fast
That the road was like a streak,
And / could not bear, and 1 could not see.
2 And I,could not even speak.
Then a screw or a spoke or something
broke,
And we cannoned against a tree,
And out We crashed. and the car was
smashed,
NmHA #a
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17
THE CENSUS ENUMERAroRs.

Congressman, republicans and DEM
ocrats alike, have Joined in rejecting
the recommendation OF President,
Roosevelt1that the enumerators to be
employed in the taking of the next
census be a%ppoined only after a com
petitive examination. The charge was
made in the course of the house de
bate on the question that the repub-
leans and democrats were to share
alike in the appointment of enumera-
tors, thus placing the distribution of
patronage on a "pork" basis and Sc
curing the votes OF all who expect to
share in 1t.
The bill as agreed upon by the
house provides that the enumerators
in the several congressional districts
be selected by the congressman, Ieav-
ing the director of the census no OPP
ton but to appoint the men thus
named. AS there will be about 5000
additional clerks appointed for the
service in Washington and a good
many thousand enumerators for the
work In the field, this will give the
congressman the largest volume of
patronage they have had for years.
The present director of the census
and all his predecessors have pro-
tested against this method of appoint
Ing clerks and enumerators, insisting
that the work of the Census is de-
layed and is efficiency impaired by
the failure of congress to provide
men selected by merit rather than by
personal influence or political pull.
Apparently we have not yet reached
the stage where our congressman will
voluntarily forego the filling of a few
jobs with political camp followers,
even though the census work suffer.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17
THE CONGRESSIONAL INSURGENTS


The close fight In the house over a
resolution looking to change the re-
port of the committee on rules fur
'nishesAan illustration of the growth
OF the sentiment among members for
a modification of the existing system
of conducting the business of that
body. This fight is now being made
as a matter of principle and not as a
display of personal opposition to
Speaker Cannon, While opposition to
the speakers reelection has practically
subsidized, the sentiment in favor of
placing important limitations on the
excessive power lodged in that office
is growing rapidly, with PROMISE of
real results when the new congress
comes in with e considerable number
of its first-term members pledged to
"a revision of the rules. Congressman
Hepburn of Iowa. who has always
been classed as a close supporter and
personal friend OF Speaker Cannon, is
leading the movement for reorganiza-
ton of the rules. Jis program, ae-
cording to a published statement,
Would confer on the speaker authority
to appoint one-third of the members Of
each committee, on the party caucus au-
thority to name another third, and on
the minority authority select the remain
ing third. He would delegate to the
committees so selected the right to
elect their own chairmen. and would
make II obligatory on the speaker
to call the committees once or twice
a week so that they could present,
without the permission Of the speaker,
measures on which they desire action by
the house. Mr.. Hepburn would also
abolish the rune which makes IT optional
with the speaker. whether or not he
shall recognize a member who addresses
the chair. a
Some action of this kind would do
much to restore the house to greater
freedom of action, and make 1t nearer
an open forum for discussion. 1t is. of
course, necessary that an unwieldly
body like the house s-ould have its
order OF business arranged in advance.
it's time assigned for bills and speak
ers recognized by agreement, but it is
evident that the program should be
made up after.a more general eonsid-
Grafton by the membership of the
house, instead OF having It firmly and
definitely fixed BY the committee on
rules, dominated by the speaker. This
Ecommittee now really exercises abso-
lutte power OF life and death oVer legis-
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17
A Crop showing that Enlivens he
Channels of Trade.
Me-, vovi, Trthrna

The farmer evidently knew of the panic
last year only from the newspapers. He
alone Of all the producing class had no ex-
perienee OF a contracted demand and les
sened profits, but, on the contrary, enjoyed
the most prosperous year in his history,
making $3.50, O00. 1000 more than in 1907, his
most prosperous previous year. and reach
ing the enormous grand total of 81, 7s, 900, 900
for all his products.
The prosperity of the farms has been
steady, the value of farm products rising
without Interruption from year to year.
Secretary Wilson's report shows that, TAX
ing the value of the farm products in 1899
at 100, the advance has proceeded thus:
1903, 125; 1904, 131; 1905, I34; 1906, 14S; 1907, 159;
1908. 165, a gain of 65 per cent in nine years.
1t has not been Affected by general business
conditions, but has expanded steadily with
out regard to the slight business contrac-
tion of 19OS-O4, or the severe business dis
turbauce OF 19O7-'0S.
Farming, of course, is subject to the I'M
certainties of the weather, but in every
other respect 1t is an extraordinarily stable
industry. Prices of farm products are
steadily advancing-the increase in the
total value OF cereal crops in five years,
for example, which increased in that time
only 2 per cent in quantity, has been 80
per cent-and they are more likely to con-
tinue to do so than to recede. Farming has
apparently reached a condition of stability
which It did not lave in the days when
the gradual opening Of the west constantly
brought the products of newer and more
fertile areas into competition with those Of
older and less fertile areas-to use the
economists phrase, constantly reducing
h had been rent lands to the position
OF mo rent lands" That process Is over
and the tendency is in the opposite d.
~rection, which is doubtless the explanation
OF the present movement back to the
land" Such figures as those in Secretary
Wilson's report immensely stimulate ma
ture love-"