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The San Francisco call., 1908-09-08
"A FAIR PRICE FOR THE cREMAToRY

the intention Of the board supervisors onscae the
OF the existing garbage this CITY and
reasonable price will be paid for the property same
time no hodup VIII be tolerated It if the of
the existing works asking much property The plant
Itself wholly out OF date the declare for the
does not effectively reduce the material Assuming
the OF that this judgment of the experts
rect the only property worth buying is the land which
installed For this property the city $3OOOO and it
appears TO be good price in the circumstances
1t IS the purpose Of the city install modern plant fully
equipped to handle and dispose of all garbage effective
and without creating nghborood nuisance from
smoke odors gases The present works do not fulfill these pr
poses.
he company IN possession operates under franchise
validity questioned If the prove con-
demnaon suit may be required but whatever nd
Gated the supervisors will have the support public sentiment in
resisting any demand for al unfair price.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-08
Gossip of Rdilwdymen

Did you ever hear the story of how
Hartman closed deal in California;"
asked well known businessman. Il
do not want to mention names. but a
certain fnancier called on Hartman
with the view of getting him TO buy
property in which he was interested
He started out in his most impress
sive way. He dilated on the beauties
of California. its health resorts. and
Hartman watched him with i'll con-
cealed impatience.
Then the financier began to unfold
a number of maps and photographs.
Harriman's anger suddenly gave way
and he almost screamed:
ITO the deuce with your maps and
pictures. What's your proposition?
You can imagine the dismay of the
stately gentleman, who Iabored under
the impression that his name carried
weight in New York, and to be prac-
tically sworn at took his breath away
for few seconds.
"Oh yes; Hartman got the property"
1t is reported that z. H. Hartman
has issued orders for the building Of
several more clubhouses on the lines
in California, Arizona, New Mexico and
oregon, especially in the remote re-
gions where train crews are without
places of rest or amusement The club
house at Rose<ille has proven a great
success, and it is Harriman's wish that
the lines in which he is interested shall
do all they can for the comfort and the
pleasure of the men. 1t is understood
that there is to be no delay in the
building of these clubhouses.
"A railroad engineer" observed one
who has built roads from Alaska to
Peru, should have a general rather
than a special education and, il pos
sible, he should take course in medi-
cine.
This is most necessary. for. do YOU
know, I once thought 1 should fall
victim to the insensate fury OF Indians
because / undertook. in all kindness of
heart, to doctor the chief of the Palouse
tribe and, alas, he died.
II was then building the Northern
Pacific, and some young Indians came
to me at my camp, which was at the
site of Pasco. and told me that Chief
Cezeaskutt was i'll and wanted to see a
white man.
Il consented to act as medical ad-
wiser. The medicine I prescribed was
bitter and in order to make it palatable
dosed it literally with Chinese gin.
told the favored wife to give him a
tablespoonful every hour and promised
to come back next day
when I did I found the old souaw
outside the wiclxiup with pair OF black
eyes. half her hair gone. and the old
chief dead as a herring. He got a
taste of the gin and demanded the
bottle. She fought against giving him
possession. He won the fight. drained
the contents and died.
The camp was in fright We sent
to Walla Walla for arms to protect our
selves But 1t was a false alarm The
son who had been wishing for his
fathers death for many years regarded
me as his best friend. brought me furs
and expressed his gratitude in a va
riety OF ways.
He told me that he considered me as
the greatest doctor living. begged me
to prescribe for his uncles and his
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abbreviate such as cant" wouldn't
and the like?
In writing letter a person should
use the best language at command.
The use of abbreviated words, while
correct; should not be encouraged.
GRAMMAR GRADE-Miss D. e. *.
Petaluma, Cal. Having just graduated
from high school would like to know
II there is any school which I could
attend so as to obtain diploma in
SIX months to enable me to teach a
grammar grade
There is no such school. From the
high You have to go to the normal
school and take the prescribed course.
BETS. W.. City. The corresponds
ent asks question and closes with
Be sure that the answer Is correct, as
this is to decide bet"
Inc department of answers to cor
respondents furnishes the best infor-
nation obtainable, from what is con-
sidered the most reliable source In
each instance, but it will not undertake
TO decide bets, because sometimes au-
thorities do not agree
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Answers to Queries

PLAISTED-A. H., City. Was Oracle
Plaisted. actress, ever the wife Of Fer
ris Hartman?
Never.
POPULATION-M j.. Ukiah, Cal.
What was the population OF San Fran
cisco at the last census?
342.7S2.
PORTUGAL E. W.. Aptos. Cal.
What was the population of Portugal
at the time the last census was taken?
5.423,132.
CRIBBAGE-A. J. c.. Canine. Cal. In
a game of crib A plays 6, B s. A and
3 z. How much does B count?
He is entitled to 4 for the run of
5, 6, Z, 8.
INSURANCE-A. N Y. S. What is
the difference between an insurance
company and an assurance company ?
None, as to the object for which es-
tablished.
WRITING LETTERS-A Y. G. S..
City. Is it proper, in writing letters, to
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-08
Seeking Coal on an Island

Although coal has been found in
great quantities in the nearby provinces
of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton and
successfully mined for years, none has
been found in Prince Edward island.
Geological study by scientific scholars
has developed the theory that coal must
be found on the island, but at what
depth has hardly been suggested. Diff
ferent places have been named by
geologists as the locations where it
would probably be found at least
depths, but no serious undertakings
have ever been made along the line OF
its discovery. The dominion parliament.
acting upon the urgent request of the
Inhabitants of the island. made through
the lieutenant governor, the premier
and their members of parliament has
made a grant of $4,000 to be spent in
explorations of coal on Prince Edward
island. Borings will be made at a
number of different places to a depth
OF 1000 feet, If satisfactory results are
not obtained before.
1t is expected that the work may be
commenced this season, and will be I'M
der the direction of an expert agent of
the department of mines. The island
ers are very hopeful of the results
Should beds of coal be discovered at
reasonable depths. there would be. no
difficulty in financing the enterprise of
their development. The consumption
of hard coal. which comes from the
United States, is about 5000 tons ner
annum; that of soft coal from Nova
Scotia and Cape Breton is about 1900
tons. The retail price of hard coal on
July is at the wharf was about s6 per
short ton. Undoubtedly the prevailing
opinion that soft coal for domestic pur-
poses is cheaper than hard coal because
of the difference in price is being over
come by practical experiment and use.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-08

DELIGHTFUL dance took place
~ at BIithedaIe Saturday evening
~ and was attended by about so OF
: = the Younger set of Mill Valley
and Ross, as well as a few from TINS
side of the bay. Masks and fancy cos
tunes were the order of the day and
thoroughly enjoyable time was spent by
all who attended. Among those pres
ent were Mr. and Mrs. Francis j. Nc
Comas. Mr.. and Mrs. Whittle, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Thompson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Sidney B. Cushing. Miss Eleanor
Cushing. Miss Amy Porter, Miss Grace
WhfttIe Miss Bessie Whittle. Miss JcSS-
pf.ine Hannigan. Miss Ysabel Brewer.
Miss Marie Brewer. Miss Elena Brewer,
Miss Margaret Thompson, Miss Media
Brenkenfelt. Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Sears
Bates, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Hannigan, Al
len Taylor. John Cushing. Harry Evans,
Albert Bates. Albert Whittle. Ralston
White, John ireland. William Falley.
Ralph Bundschu, Everett Bee, Mr.. Ec-
bert and several others.
Letters from Mrs. George Ashton and
Miss Helen and Miss Bessie Ashton
keep their friends here in touch with
the pleasures that they are enjoying in
Europe. Recently they spent a week
at Lucerne, where they arrived at the
same time as Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Hammond and Mrs. Hammond's sister.
Miss Julia Langhorne. Mr.. and Mrs
Hammond and Miss Langhorne plan to
sail for home on October 5. This viii
be the first glimpse that San Francisco
has had of this attractive young couple
since their marriage more than a year
ago.
Miss Grace Hammond has returned
to town after most enjoyable sum-
mer spent in the mountains.
Mrs. George Anson Herrick will be
hostess at a card party this afternoon
at her charming home in Pacific avenue.
Bridge will be the game played and
about 80 guests will compete for the
dainty prizes. The honored guest on
this occasion will be Miss Johanna
Volkman, who with her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. George f. Volkman. and Will
lam and Daniel volkman. will start for
Europe in the near future.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sears Bates are
spending the summer at Blitheda1e,
where their attractive home is the
scene of much informal entertaining
They had as their weekend guests
Miss Media Brenkenfelt. Paul Jones
ed the fancy dress ball which took
place there Saturday evening.
E. W. Hopkins left his Menlo Park
home on Saturday for a short business
trip to several eastern cities.
While the tennis tournament at Del
Monte has attracted much of the atten-
tion of the social world of San Fran
cisco, those that did not so down 10 it
are watching with interest the tourna-
ment which began yesterday at the Pc
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aunts, and especially his mother in law
Il declined to be medicine man and I
refused ever after to treat an Indian.
The risk Is too great
When man has acquired the habit
of being doctor he can't shake il on
he continued 1T grows on one 1 was
in Peru building the Chfmbote road
when one OF the natives came TO me
and complained OF being 'mncho malo-'
Our chief engineer. who was an
eminent steel bridge builder, had
brought with him from New York a
medicine chest, with a book telling
what the different medicines were.
Well, that blessed book was locked I'D.
and as 1 did not want to appear un-
gracious l gave the peon lot OF pills
from the first bottle handy and a big
drink Of American whisky.
When told the chief he was horror
stricken
You may have killed the man. he
cried.
We rushed to his place and were
much relieved to learn that the man
was well and working and had expe-
rienced great satisfaction with my
treatment
We looked up the medicine and
found them to be pills given to children
TO quiet them when teething.
When learned that the average
PeOH tniiiAS IL IS 1dlr play TO Kill a doc
tor when a patient dies under his care
decided never to treat Peruvians."
Since Hartman took hold of the Erie
railroadmen report that there has been
great change in the management
there being fewer complaints or de-
lays than at any other time for wears
The company has established also a
system of private policing on its right
or way, which has diminished the num-
Der of accidents to trespassers and add
ed TO the safety of its patrons.
1t is also reported that Hartman will
spend at least $4,000. 600 on the phys
ical Improvement of the line. His in
tention is to put the Erie in condition
10 compete aggressively for through
heavy freight tonnage. and to secure
this he viii straighten out the line
build additional branches. also a 3oub1s
track tunnel and three viaducts one
$500 feet long and 1913 feet high. an
other 3.120 feet long and 145 feet high
and the third 1890 feet long and $50
feet high Much important work Is
being done at Jersey City. where a
four track cut Is to be made through
Bergen hill so as to take care OF sub
urban business.
According to the latest advices from,
the Western Pacific engineers in Nevada
the line of road Is now eight miles from,
Humboldt Wells.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-08
Cost OF Gas in Birmingham

Consul Albert Halstead writes tbaf
the recommendations OF the gas com
mittee or the Brimin CHAM city conrri1
lot reouction IN the price of gas in
douoIediy be adopted With the dis
count Tor cash. consumers who use les
tnan SV.OVV cubic feet per quarter will
the price for power purposes win ~
ABOUT S61s cents per 1000. There a.
$1,000 automatic (penny in the slofS
gas meters IN use In Birmingham ar6
to these consumers 42 00o cr,-,t-s u -
stoves have been issued NNs
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-08
The Smart Set

ninsula hotel. San Mateo. Those who
assembled yesterday TO watch the
opening contest were Mrs Thomas
Driscoll. Mrs Philip Lansdale. Miss
Amy Brewer, Miss Nora Brewer. Mrs
George Parsons. Miss Kathleen Finne-
gan, Miss Afleen Finnegan, Mr. and
Mrs Charles Green. Mr. and Mrs Noble
Eaton. Miss Frances Howard. Mr.. and
Mrs. George Howard. Mr.. and Mrs Ed
ward Howard. Edward Tobin. Boyd
Van Bsnthusen. William Jackson
Frank McCoppin Brewer. William Car
son, Arthur Phinney. Dr. Walter Child
ester. starr King. VIII King, Eldredge
Green and several others
r. and Mrs Sherwood Hopkins who
have recently returned from Bocs.
where they spent the summer months
at their mountain home, viii shortly
close thcir MEMO Park residence and
pass the winter months in san Fran
cisco.
Otto Barcan. who has spent the last
few years at Oxford. has returned to
his home in San Francisco
Miss Josephine Hannigan and Miss
Ethel Shorb are among the latest TO
have deserted san Francisco for Del
Monte They went down Sunday with
party of friends and will remain until
after the close OF the tennis tourna-
ment-
Philip Westeott and A. II. Nickerson
are the guests for a few days OF Miss
Amy. Miss Nora and Frank McCOppin
Brewer at San MateO.
Mr.. and Perry Eyre. who have been
touring Europe for some months. ac-
eompanied by Miss Cora Parker. ar
rived at their Fair Oaks home on Fri
day Much of the Eyres' time was
spent in motoring about the continent.
and they report having had a most de-
lightful trip
Mr.. and Mrs. Clement Tobin recently
had as their guests at their home in
FL Cerrito, San Mateo. Miss Gertrude
HYDE Smith and Baldwin Wood The
engagement OF this popular girl to the
we'll known cluhman was announced
several months ago. 1t Is probable that
the wedding will take place shortly
before Christmas. although no definite
date has as yet been set
Mr.. and Mrs. Sigmund Stern. who
have been occupying the home former
ly owned by Mrs Richard Stephenson
at Fair Oaks, have returned 10 their
San Francisco home for the winter
They are planning the construction OF
a magnificent country home on Ather-
ton avenue IN the near future, and on
it's completion will reside at Fair Oaks
the year round.
Another San Francisco family that will
shortly join the country colony at
Fair Oaks are Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton
They have been living in the Perry
Eyre home for the last few months and
have now decided to build on their
Menlo property.
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lmpertinent Question No. 81
What's a GenfIeman?

For the most original west to this queston-sh-
briefer the better-The Call will pay FIVE DOLL AIRS
For the next FIVE The Call will pay ONE Dol
LAX EACH Prize winning answers will be printed next
Wednesday and checks mailed the winners at once MaL
your answer short and SEND 1T ON A postal
GARD to
IMPERTINENT QUESTIONS.
THE CALL
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Mr.. and Perry Eyre. who have been
touring Europe for some months, ac-
companied by Miss Cora Parker. ar
rived at their Fair Oaks home on Fri
day Much of the Eyres' time was
spent in motoring about the continent.
and they report having had a most de-
lightful trip
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-08

Philip Westcott and A. H Nickerson
are the guests for a few days OF Miss
Amy, Miss Nora and Frank McCoppin
Brewer at San MateO.
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Another San Francisco family that will
shortly join the country colony at
Fair Oaks are Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton
They have been living in the Perry
Eyre home for the last few months and
have now decided TO build on their
Menlo property.
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Miss Josephine Hannigan and Miss
Ethel Shorb are among the latest 10
have deserted San Francisco for Del
Monte. They went DOWN Sunday with
a party of friends and will remain until
after the close OF the tennis tourna-
ment.
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there were no superfuous ministers.
ittest applied to ecclesiastical polity
unweeded garden that runs to seed.
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Otto Barcan. who has spent the last
few years at Oxford. has returned TO
his home in san Francisco.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-03
THREE LAPS IN JAIL
Bail Refused to Those in Murderous
 Attack in Vancouver.

Vancouver, Jan. 2.--In the police court to-day II. Nakashei K. Tangus- ii and M. Taneweyo, Japanese, appear ed on charge of attempted murder In connection with the stabbing of the three firemen on New Years day.
 The accused were remanded, bail be- ing refused.
 Reports from the hospital this after noGn, state that Richard Frost and George Anderson, two of the fremen injured, are doing well, but will not be out of the hospital for several days The third firemen, Alexander McDon- aid, was only slightly cut in the neck and is able to be about There is no excitement in the city over the occur renee, it being recognized that one of the firemen pushed another against the window of a Japanese boarding house in spirit of new years frollc and broke several panes of glass. The Jap anese, hearing the breaking glass and believing they were to be attacked. rushed out and in great excitement att tack ' the firemen with knives.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-03
HUMAN DYNAMOS
Physician Says Life Can be Prolonged by Generating Electricity in Body.

Chicago, Jan. 2.-Dr. ]. c. Siebel. a physician of this city announced to- day before the American Association for the Advancement of Science, that he has discovered Q method of gener- ating energy within the human body. He asserted that electricity stored in the human body can be released and made to do work. This work. he said is the prolongation Of life through the additional vitality supplied to the hu- man body working as it's own electric generator.
 Dr. Siebel announced that nutritfve dement's such as alcohol sugar and fats ring their consumption by the hu- aan body, act as generators of elec- cicity in the miniature batteries th a 0mprise the muscular structure of th@ human frame. He declared that he has succeeded in the construction of bat cries on a working scale, in which the utritive element necessary to form the 7nnection between the batteries and he system has been created
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-03
COUNT BONI IN
 A STREET FIGHT
(Continued from First Page)

church. far from Count Boni, and when he left, as the service was concluding Boni and his brother followed him out. As he reached the steps of the church he was seized by the shoulder, ana wheeling around he found himself face to face with Count Boni. who, with the words this is Christmas present, my children" spat towards him.
 When they closed. he said, after the first exchange of blows. his foot caught in his long heavy overcoat' He ripped l and fell on the curb and it was then that Count Boni and his brother bounced upon him, kicking and beating him with their canes. As it was evil dently a concerted attack upon him he | lodged a complaint.
 To prove the animosity of the Cas- | tellanes against him, he declared that even the Marquis De Castellane, Count Bonis father, who followed the party f to the police station, said in the pres ence of all:
 T wish I had been there too, so I could have hit you.''
 Prince Helie said he regretted the incident personally because the name of Mime. Gould had been dragged in.
 "If the Count De Castellane's attack
 upon me was caused by my visits tc
 Mme. GouId,' ne said, Tt seems strange that he objects to these visits now when he did not object before the divorce"
 The prince emphatically stated that he was not engaged to Mme. Gould He said that he would willingly fight a
 duel if there was honorable provoca-
 tion, incidentally mentioning his pro- . ficiency as swordsman but under tn, circumstances he contended to allow
 the law to take its course. While there has been an estrange
 ment between him and Count Boni h said he had no reason to anticipat . to-day's attack. "If Boni desires to ge . me out of the way" he said. fin orde : to effect a reconciliation with Anna that is his affair, not mine"
 The affair has created great sensa
 ton in Paris on account of the notori
 etvt and the high family connections o the parties concerned. and especially , Count Boni's prominence as an anti
 republican and an opponent of tn, : governments church policy. Prince Helie De Sagan Is the grand , son of the famous duke, who for year. , set the fashion in Paris, and concern
 ing whom a hundred droll stories havt
 been told. He Is brother of the Duk,
 De Dino. and has figured extensivelN in public gossip in Paris. A few year, ago he attained notoriety by slappins
 Maitre BarbouX during the trial of
 damage suit brought by a prominen
 society leader. because 1t was publicl,
 asserted that the painting Nude Won.
 an in Mask exhibited at the Sal6n
 was her portrait.
 [ According to current gossip in Paris
 Count Boni and the entire Castellant
 family are now convinced that Prime, Helie De Sagan in spite of the opposi. } ton of the Gould family is seeking tc F marry Mme. Gould II is stated that , only recently Count Boni abandoned tho ! hope of reconciliation with his former , wife.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-03
HARDEN SERIOUSLY ILL.
Incapable of Appearing in Court to
 Testify in Own Defense.

Berlin, Jan. 2-The closing scene of the Harden-Von Moltke libel suit was not enacted to-day, as had been expect ed, because Harden was again too i'll to make his appearance in court. Pro- lessor Eisenberg said that Harden had a high fever and had spent sleep- less night and was consequently in- capable to make his final speech in his own defence. The court dispatched its official physician to Harden's house to verify these statements, and this doctor, upon his return, said that Har- den was unable to leave his bed.