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The San Francisco call., 1908-05-28
MUST PAY $4,000
YEARLY FOR TRACKS
United Railroads Given Ultima
tum by Supervisors Re-
garding Outside Loop

II the United Railroads wishes to
continue operating trolley cars over the
outer rails In Market street from San
some street to the ferry landing the city
must be paid a monthly rental of
$1,000, and In addition the Calhoun cor
poration must stipulate that any other
line, wishing to use the tracks will be
permitted to do SO. Unless the COM
pany accepts these terms the super
visors will not permit it to use the
outer rails after June 1, when its tenn
porary permit wiz expire. This course
was decided upon by the utilities COM
mittee OF the supervisors yesterday,
when the United Railroads and the
Sutter street company. which holds the
franchise over the outer rails In Mar
ket street, refused TO OFFER the city any
terms for renewal of the permit
WOULD WITHDRAW BID
The United Railroads. through Thorn
well Mutually, renewed the request
made last week for permission to with
draw the bid made by George B. Will
cutt, secretary of the company. for the
Devisadero street-Mission cross town
line franchise. Mutually also asked to
be allowed to withdraw the $4,000
bond given by Willcutt when he filed
his bid. He said that the company
didn't care to build the line or accept
the franchise as amended by the SUI
pervisors, after they have discovered
several jokers in 1t. He presented
new form of franchise over the same
route on which he said the company
would be willing to bid.
The committee deferred action on the
entire matter until next week, SO
that the members may have time to
examine the proposed franchise A cur
sorry examination of IT yesterday
showed that IL contained little which
would be OF value to the city.
RULES ARE ADOPTED
The committee adopted a set OF rules
and regulations to govern the opera
tion of streetcars. The new scheme
of designating the different lines by
means of numbers was agreed upon.
The companies will be required to pro-
vide tenders for all cars, but no special
design was recommended. as the COM
mittee considers that the fender prob
lem Is still IN the experimental stage.
The committee will recommend that
$2,5o0 be set aside to secure necessary
surveys In connection with the Hetch
Hetchy valley water project City En-
gineer Marsden Manson estimates that
the Hetch Hetchy water can be brought
in to the city for $2o.ooo.o0o. This es-
timate does not provide for distrib-
uting system.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-28
SAN PEDRO'S OWNERS ARE
ORDERED TO PAY SALVAGE

The intervening claim of Charles p.
Doe against the Metropolitan redwood
lumber company. owners Of the steamer
san Pedro, 10 recover salvage for res
cuing the San Pedro. was decided by
Judge de Haven yesterday in favor of
Doe. Judge de Haven ruled that Doe
was entitled TO collect salvage from the
original value OF the San Pedro after
& was towed in port The San Pedro
coIlided with the steamer Columbia last
July. and the steamer George W. Elder
came to the rescue OF the former
The value Of the steamer after the
collision was placed at $500 and
Judge de Haven ruled that Does claim
for salvage should be the first claim
paid.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-28
DRUG0ED AND ROBBED
BY FRIEND, is CHARGED

Clarence A. Stiiweu, bar tender
out OF work, was arrested yesterday by
Detectives Wren and Riordan and
booked at the city prison on a charge
ot grand larceny The complaining
witness against him is E. J. Cava-
naugh. an Australian, who is stopping
at the St James hotel
Cavanaugh was at Ocean Beach on
Sunday when, Stillwell accosted him.
Cavanaugh says he was induced by
Stiiwell to go to the latter's room at
1850 Haight street, where he drank
some liquor and became unconscious.
Cavsnaugh did not recover his senses
tai late Monday afternoon and told the
hotel people OF his experience and that
he believed he had been drugged and
robbed of 800 bill. He supposed that
Stilweu had taken him TO his room in
the hotel. The police were notified and
Stiiwell was arrested.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-28
FIRE OMMISSIONERS TO
HONOR CHARLES MURRAY

The fire commissioners yesterday or
dered that the name of Charles Murray
OF engine 4, who rescued George SEQ
vile from suffocation in the hold of the
Ceylan, be inscribed in the book OF
merit
A rule was adopted requiring ali new
members of the department to serve
five years in the district east OF Six
teenth and Market streets and east OF
Van Ness avenue. This rule was adopt
ed to prevent all possibility of new
members being shown favoritism by be-
ing assigned to easy berths in the out
side districts
1t was announced that the civil ser
vice examination for battalion chiefs
would begin on June II. The exami-
nation will be written and oral ond will
require three days.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-28
PSYCHOLOGISTS INCORPORATE

Articles of incorporation of the Cos
mic assembly. some Of the objects OF
which are ito develop practical study
Of psychology. economies, science and
philosophy" ito put into practical ex-
preston cooperative systems" and ito
assist in the deeper study and better
understanding Of psychology and So
ciology," were filed yesterday. The di-
rectors are DR.. A. c. Hicks and DR.. j.
E. Collinge OF San Francisco. Roselle
S. Robertson of Fruitvale, Henry T..
Curzon. w. H Powers. g.. o. Whistler,
Tena G. Hills. Ellen May Comfort and
Della 8. Rocket. of Oakland.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-28
SEEK TO ORGANIZE
CARMEN AT WORK

r1 Mrp Division No. 2o5
f7S1hT jl1Mosslc lcSSasGA of the carmen's un-
~1STc$STe ion is working
along the line Of
organizing a union with the men
now at work on all the city
lines OF streetcars. Last Tuesday
and yesterday the officers of the
division had several men and half
a dozen messengers delivering letters
to the platform men,. The United Rail-
roads company heard OF this and at once
sent. out a number of its men in plain
clothes to prevent the handing OF let
ters to the men on the cars.
The following is copy of the letter
which the company is endeavorins to
intercept:
To the Street Railway Employees Of San
Francisco-Greetipg
BY the authority and approval Of the ANAL
gamated association of street and electric
railway employees of America. the executive
tom to the following facts:
You are working for 25 cents an hour The
streetcar men of Oakland get so to AZ cents
You are the lowest paid labor in San Fran
CISCO
Street sweepers get s day 49, o.,,..
man; you pay the same for food and clothing
that the San Francisco workingman pays
Why are the San Francisco streetcar men
underpaid?
Because they are not organised
You should come into the union-Dly1s1on 2OS
for your own good and to do your fair share
in the labor movement. This Is not scheme
to get you to strike, but is legitimate EFFORT
to persuade you to get into the union.
The only increases in wages for etreetcar
men in this city were obtained by organization
and collective bargaining. This can be done
again when the men themselves get together.
The officials OF the union recognize the oppo-
sition and difficulties attending the unionizing
Of the streetcar men, and appreciating these
conditions it is planned that all preliminary
correspondence and discussions are strictly and
guardedly confidential.
Ii you are interested in restoring better con-
Richard Cornelius. S16 Fourteenth street. San
Francisco. Your name will not be disclosed to
any one.
-Four hundred and fifty of your fellow work
men have already enrolled in the union.
Your cost of living won't decrease and your
wages won't increase unless you have union>
We repeat we not organizing strike.
We are reorganizing our union on right lines
for legitimate purposes.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, CARMEN'S UNION.
The attention of the local bodies has
been called to the fact that the fif-
teenth general convention of the
united brotherhood of carpenters and
joiners of America is TO be held in Salt
Lake City, Utah. September Is. They
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-28
ANNUAL MEMORIAL MASS

A requiem high mass for deceased members
holy family of st. Johns parish viii be csle-
brated Saturday. May 80 at $3.50 A. m at ST
John the Evangelist church In St Marys ave.
nue.. Relatives and friends of deceased mem
bers have been invited to attend Rev
J. r. Cantillon is director OF the order ". c.
Weinholz is president. Il. J. Smith is secretary
and the executive committee consists of Pro-
fessor Taafe. 3. Burns Sr., John Tamony,
Thomas Meyers. Michael OConnor T. W. Cul-
len. Daniel 0Callaghan, John O'Grady and
T. Z. Huling.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-28
CHARGED WITH THEFT

Joseph d. Spero and Leslie Phillips.
rested yesterday by Detectives Ryan
and ODea and Policeman H. L. Cook
on q charge of grand larceny. They
are accused of stealing a set of ivory
billiard balls valued at s75 from the
billiard room in the St James hotel
on May %. which they are alleged to
have sold for $40.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-28
Luther Burbank

Luther Burbank and his new en-
vironment, by e. J. Wickson of the
University OF California, is the title
of an articlesin in the June Sunset dealing
with the wizards success with the
spineless cactus and his work under the
patronage of the Carnegie Institute. >
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-28

are informed that General Secretary
Frank Duffy OF Indianapolis recently
visited the city chosen for tho conven-
tion and made all arrangements for
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-28

holding the meetings there. A large
and comfortable hall has been secured
In which to hold the sessions and hotel
and railroad rates have been obtained.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-28
PosToFFICE RoBBER HELD

Henry Stapf. the young ranch hand who con
fessed TO robbing the San Ardo postodice wal
ordered held for trial by United States Com
missioner Heacock yesterday in $500 bail.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-28
NoRTHwEsT LEAGUE GAMES

At Tscoma-Tacoma /. Aperdeen o.
At Seattle-vancouver 3. Seattle 2.
At Butte-Butt Spokane game postponed.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-28
4 TEACHERS WILL
. Be sent TO LONDON
Board Of Education Selects
Delegates to Attend
Convention

s
Tho board Of education yesterday Sc
lected Miss Agnes Regan, Mrs. C. r.
Pechin, Joseph O'Connor and James
Ferguson as delegates OF the San Fran
cisco school department to the conven-
ton of teachers which will be held in
London in September and October.
L. F. Hammer, secretary of, the plny-
ground association of America, ap-
peared before the board and discussed
the advisability Of organizing athletic
leagues in the primary and grammar
schools. Tho NTH, sixth and seventh
grade classes Of the Sherman evening
school were ordered consolidated and
placed under the charge of Miss Kate
Lahaney.
A resolution was passed authorizing
tho secretary to draw demands in be-
half Of high school teachers, for the
balance due them for services per-
formed In the fiscal year 1867; the
money is to be taken from the surplus
fund OF the present year. The resigna-
tion Of Mrs. C. M. Schulenberger as a
teacher IN the department was accept
ed. Mrs. Tessis Bell was transferred
from the Fairmont school to the unas-
signed list. The secretary was ordered
to prepare advertisements calling for
sealed proposals for the removal Of
garbage and refuse from the schools.
The following transfers and assign
ments were made. to take effect June 1:
Miss j. Rea, Lincoln school; Jennie Red
mond. Lincoln school; Charlotte Estes. Lake.
view primary; May g.; Murray. Cooper pri-
De Witt, Holly Park primary; Selma Laurent,
Irving primary; Marion Parker, Cooper pri-
mary; Elizabeth O'Flaherty. Lakeview. primary:
Bessie Rea. Cooper primary: Katherine Barrett,
Oriental primary; Edith Austin, Oriental pri-
mary: Mary Hawthorne, Richmond grammar;
Kate Lahaney, Sherman evening school.
The following teachers were ordered
placed on the day substitute list. They
secured the highest grades In the COM
The evening world., 1908-02-18

ErpuhItau party with trying To pay
.,.,i'f..- t,f.. 60. hin
40 man from New York viii rep.c
sent that city r ne votes against th
u,..,lrrl NJ. bY.ven. .pHcinpulh
Nssemblvm.u tuvllar l,rnuur,u Mr
Mrrrltt's motion t. r,c"ntmIt as a
hrlZcu disc"urtrsN - 'r" majority ni
rrp,it IN. h.l' raylr1nl, NIr 'u,tHl.:
l's, rttA kcd The l. lbu service Com
mission He lid it had snert hun
dr,l. of thousands OF uNIILss and had
nn, Ion, any:hing 80 itnp'ov0 ne rnnIi
transit conditions of the city.
..WnN. he asked has the r"mmis-
sion waited over u wear tu AXE up Q, ,r
,cney Island fare proposition car W.
nov expect any relief from it, dom
think So.
Assem- .ublvmlr : hutz sail that 4 vu.,.
in favor of the motion to IrrnlHDiit wa
- vote tr kil the bill lie a.so srilin.,
Tho Public SegviS" Commission. H
asked whether rhar commission is
The evening world., 1908-02-18
KING Of SPAIN
SAFE FROM BOMB

MADRID Fob 1s-There is no truth
iu .he report current in Paris las night
that King Alfonso had been assassi
-lted The rumor probably was an out
growth Of the bomb explosions a Bar
celona yesterday. which now appear
{, Rave been the work Of anarchists,
King Alfonso is at present al Seville
The evening world., 1908-02-18
BATTlE-SHIP FLEET
is NEARING CALlAO.

LIMA. Peru. Feb. IS. 1870 A. MA
wireless despatch las Just been re-
ceiyed here from the fleet OF American
battle-ships under Rear Admiral Evans
/, is dated TUESDAY 945 A. M, and
says tha, al that hour the vessels we're
$50 miles from Callao.
According to the elapsed time and the
distance covered since leaving Punta
Arenas on Feb S 1t is evident that the
American battle-ships are proceeding
al the rate OF about ten knots an hour.
Al This rate they should reach Callao
about midnight OF Wednesday IL is
possible however, that they VIII SLOW
down and enter the harbor early Oh
Thursday morning.
The evening world., 1908-02-18
WOMAN MEETS DEATH IN
FIRE TRYING TO SAVE CHILD.

NpHk. Pa. Feb S Two deaths re-.
.,itci fruu "a nrr 'o-daN IN IA. uomc ~
l>HH. Harrington, agent 10" the Penn
.. i>.uii Railroad IN tIis cay. Mi
Harrington started The kitchen irs.
: ortly after O'Clock and stepped out
etn" frmpc"rily Nhen he returned
tle house was pnlaze.
Mrs tisrring rushed upstairs 10
rescue granichild sleeping there Sne
was overcome hv smoke and SufYocated
ll.r body wss taken out ny firemen
Tna rni'd was a SO suffoCate1
The evening world., 1908-02-18

fSnacial 70 Tho Evening VI Grid
ALBANY. Feb. lS.-The Al sembly to-
d,v taking its c,,e from tb.. Broolt,yn
-, 49,, ,,,.,. .. ,.,.,.,
a0'i'a"y N''ieu ''e e''
,Coney Island Fare bill hy sending 1t
hack IN the Railroads Com ni,tee The
o.
'o'e was . " "'
The entire Democratic contingent in
the House. supported bv the following
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iie Assembly, me" 4'o.t u'ed'e' new
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on the o~dar of so,,,,d 49,, -. p,'' was
ing. Assemblvmaa Merritt onaned fba
attack by moving TO refer the measure
back to the Railroads Committee.
. Assemblyman Wagner protested Wig
forously. saying ulat the purpose of rhe
ACT was to secrre hVe-cent fare 10
,oneE hslahu ana that II aHected New
.,u, on'E-
E. 'u 'ni''e 4'esAN i'iss on Liiis OH
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w. NV" wy
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fls"' ~ 4O "e''e' 4o' '''' ''p
toney lsiS hd' Inc PieSeh' t"" No''
not apply to Old steam Fa'lroaa IRAN
chises, and therefore the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit has the right TO charge
10 cents.
"To overcome this technicaIity and
a. carry ON. tine original intent of the
raiIroa5 Iav nropose by my bill TO
or.p, tho law so that no more than
80 80 can he charged. This
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The evening world., 1908-02-18
Republicans Play Politics.

Asscmblymau DIVER Of ManuHttiu.
,Npressed surprise that the motion to
ri. ,ommit should have been made by thu
.ader OF the majority He charged the
The evening world., 1908-02-18
F|VE-CENT FARE
BILL GIVEN DEATH
BLOW |NASSEMbLY
Majority Bow to B. R. I. and
Citizens Union and Bury
Bill in Committee.
s. AGAINST THE PEOPLE.
Republican Leaders Force War
on Nickel Ride to Cofley
& Island.
s. AGAINST THE PEOPLE.

Here are the members OF ASSEM-
bly, from Greater New Va rk who
voted against the hill fog i've
cent fare to Coney Islap IL. Re-
uiemb her the names;
Bennett. Colne.
y Francis. McCabs
G. 4. Murphy. SurDless,
II. II. Robinson. NOss
Weber,
The evening world., 1908-02-18

White Lawn Waists. with pointed or
square effect vSkeS OF tiet medaIlions
inserted between with Val lace and
tucks
White Lawn Waists. with six rows
of Val lace down front. finished in
centre with 10 rows of Val lace torm-
ing vest effect; attached trimmed
collar
The Washington herald., 1908-07-02
BIGGEST FLEET IS MOBILIZED
British Collection of War Ships
Excels Worlds Records.
Admiral BereSford Has 3O1 ships
and 6s,OOO Officers and Men
in Fleet NaneuVers.

London, July 1.-The mobilization in
home waters Of all British war ships
available for immediate service was COM
pleted to-day for the annual naval ma
neuvers. and Admiral Lord Charles Beres-
ford finds himself in supreme command
OF a total Of not less than 3r ships with
an aggregate complement Of 6S, 900 officers
and men.
Local pride In the record size Of the
fleet Is pronounced. and the newspapers.
while they proclaim that the array OF
such a force Il, the North Sea is in no
manner connected with Germany, do not
fail incidentally 20 compare this. the
greatest fleet ever assembled in the his
tory of the world, with the fleet OF sixty
two vessel Is with which Germany recently
carried out her North Sea maneuvers.
Officially all thought Of reproducing the
sea operations that might be expected in
the event Of difficulties with Germany is
repudiated. but from the general charac-
ter Of the instructions issued il appears
that Admiral Beresford. with the Channel
feet and the First Cruiser Squadron.
based at Aalbek Bay. at the extreme
north Of Denmark. IS 10 enact the part Of
the enemy and essay a descent on the
eastern coast Of Great Britain. which Ad-
miral Bridaernan. commandments Of
the home fleet, with it's base in the Firth
Of Forth, has 10 defend
The Washington herald., 1908-07-02
BORDER WELL PATROLED.
state and War Departments VIII
Maintain Neutrality on Rio Grande.

Plans were perfected az the state De
partment and the War Department and
the Department Of Justice yesterday for
providing an efficient patroling force
along the Mexican border to preserve neu-
trality. A conference was held in Secre-
tary Tafts Office on the Mexican situa-
ton, at which border regulations were
discussed. Those present were Robert
Bacon, Acting Secretary Of State: Robert
Shaw Oliver, Assistant Secretary Of War.
Mai Gen J. Franklin Bell, chief Of staff
OF the army and Secretary Taft. Earlier
in the afternoon Attorney General Bona
parte had a conference with Secretary
Taft and with Mai. Gen Bell in regard
to cooperation between the United States
marshals, who are patroling the border
and the troops which have been ordered
out.
Brig. Gen. Albert L. Myer, command
Ing the Department Of Texas. notified
the War Department that four troops of
cavalry had been sent from the maneuver
camp. at Leon Springs, Tex, and from
Fort Clark to Del Rio.
II was explained at the State Depart
ment that there was little likelihood that
the Yaqui Indians. who have been on the
warpath for some months. will be able to
Join forces with the revolution!sts in their
light against the Mexican government
The Yaqui Indians, 1t was pointed out.
are in the State Of Sonora, which is more
than thousand miles from the scene of
the present disorders. The government
troops now chasing the Yaquis, however.
VIII have 10 be withdrawn from that
duty and sent against the revolutionists
Senior Don Jose F. Godoy. charge
d'affaires OF the Mexican Embassy in
Washington, was at the State Depart-
ment yesterday and had a conference
over the situation with Acting Secretary
or state Bacon. Mr.. Bacon informed
Senor Godoy of the steps that had been
taken to insure the neutrality Of the bor-
der. The State Department has been off1-
cially advised of the return to the United
States of Ambassador Creel When he
will arrive in Washington, however is
not definitely known.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-02
KERN FOR SECOND PLACE.
Indiana MHn Believed 20 De Favored
by W. J. Bryan.

Lincoln. Nebr.. July 1.-The tip from
Fairview visitors to-day is Kern for Vice
President. Kern is coming here Thurs
day, with other members Of the Indiana
delegation, and will have a talk with
Bryan.
jerry Sullivan, Of Iowa, another second
place possibility, viii be here Sunday.
sullivan is a great friend Of Bryan. but
Iowa's proximity to Nebraska is regarded
as barring him.
Gov. Swanson. Of Virginia. and Ollie
James Of Kentucky, two others who
have been mentioned for the Vice Presi-
dency. will also be here on their way to
Denver, and will call on Mr.. Bryan.
Mr. Bryan was asked by reporters to-
day II he had anything TO say regarding
the Vice Presidential selection. He gave
this reply: THE situation is not as yet
sufficiently defined TO show where the
band wagon is on Vice President. OF
course. ] don't want TO make the mistake
Of attaching myself 10 the wrong boom:
so I have nothing to say for publication
on that matter"
He insisted on being jocose when asked
about how the platform was progressing.
lie said: The newspaper men are pre-
vented by conscientious scruples and the
state Of their finances from specUlating
on the board Of trade. l have no objec-
tion to their speculating In the political
field"
Brya-l is not worrying over the story
from Denver that Alton B. Parker is TO
lead the fight for conservative plat
form. He feels confident that his friends
will control the resolutions committee,
and that the platform will be to his lik-
ing.
a recapitulation Of the count OF dele
gates made at Bryan headquarters is the
basis for claim that he now has S17 in
struCted and pledged delegates
The only remaining convention. that Of
Montana, will be held tomorrow. and 1t
will he fOr Rrvan
The Washington herald., 1908-07-02
A Simple Test Which Any
Reader of this Paper May Try.

Do you know whether you are inclined
to. or have kidney trouble?
Have you ever tried the simple test of
setting aside your urine in bottle or
vessel for twenty-four hours?
A sediment or settling in the urine in
dicates a diseased condition.
Science has today furnished proofs
that all the purifying that your blood
needs. in fact. all that can be done. must
be done by your kidneys.
They are the most important organs,
because they filter and purify the blood
The kidneys strain or filter out the inn
purities in the blood-that is their work
When your blood is impure, nothing
can purify it but your kidneys.
To overcome these troubles take Dr.
Kimers Swamp Root. the world-famous
kidney remedy. In taking Swamp-Root
YOU afford natural help to nature. for
Swamp-Root is the most perfect healer
and gentle aid TO the kidneys that has
yet been discovered.
If you mention our paper and write
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for a sample bottle. they win send il free
by mlil-it will convince any one. You
VIII also receive a booklet Of valuable in
formation. telling all about the kidneys.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-02
MAINE NAMES FERNALD

Bangor, Me-, July 1.-The Hon. Bert
NJ. Fernald, of Poland. was nominated
for governor by the Republican State
convention Tuesday afternoon.
The candidate was named by acclama-
ton upon motion OF William T. Haines
of Waterville. who had made a canvass
for the Office. but decided at the last
moment to withdraw.
Asher c. Kinds, clerk at the Speakers
table at Washington. presided. Charles
2. Hatch was nominated as State auditor.