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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-02-02

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rugged. 1narristic- g=orp Of roughly
5 clad men, who f'can.e to air their
grievances and to. defend the rights of
white labor The nightly scene is
splendidly described in "The Apple of
Discord'
: City Hall avenue aud the vacant
lots below it hustled with the activity
of an arriving circus Two bonires.
blazing fiercely. sent the cracking
sparks flying sl<yward and cast so
warm q. glow on the faces OF those who
approached them that even the small
boys who dared one another. to- feed
the flames shielded their eyes with
uplifted arms. and made their bows
before the altar of the god of FIRE in
reverse of the customary attitude OF
respect. q
"a wooden platform had been
erected near the lower end OF the tri-
angle. of vacant lots and a row of
gasoline torches blazed about it.
Groups of men were gathered here and
there about the sandy space, listening
to impromptux orators and arguing in
dissonant chorus over the significance
of the eastern riots or denouncing the
Chinese as the source of all Industrial
and social woes.
'aThe groups were in state of iux.
swelling where the voices rose loudest
and melting away where the discus
sion sank to a conversational mono
tone. But the most active elements of
the crowd were the bands Of young
men..s hardly more than boys. who
formed into gangs of 10 to 20 and
roughly. pushed and jostled their way
through the crowd with cries that in
dicated their disesteem for the. Chi
nese. their regard for sKeaney and for
the Pittsburg rioters and their espe-
cial disapproval of the police.
Behind the bonfires and torches, the
dark groups and eddying streams of
men rose the. half built new city hall
Touched here and there With the red
glow of the bonfires in front and
framed in Silhouette. by the dying SHIN
mer of the sunset behind, it looked
like some ancient. majestic ruin-far
different in outline from the ruin 1t
was to become, when so years later II
was racked by earthquake and swept
by mighty connagration. yet one
that furnished, "a striking BACKGROUND
for the turbulent scene enacted be-
fore it, 4
One thing AIR. Nalcott has done that
merits more than passing attention.
He has introduced the san Francisco
hoodlum into fiction. We have no
hoodlunls now Those young men who
lounge about street corners OF Sunday
afternoon. who stride along Fillmore
street late Saturday night, who on
holidays. sometimes drive at breakneck
speed through the panhandle. are not
hoodlums in the right sense of the
word. For the most part they are
steady. hard working young fellows.
who lead clean. decent but noisy lives.
and who, in their own good time. viii
become grave and reverend seisnors OF
our western commonwealth.
But the hoodlums. the genuine hood
lums of. the. seventies, were: quite diff
fersnt.s Born Of the. scum of the city.
their early environment exertcd on
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-02-02

them. debasiug sfreesssnf thsy. grav-
itated rapidly into fhe ways of ,.ss
and disorder. They were. vulgar and
unwasheds degraded and shiftIess. Or
ganized into bands. they roamsd the
city at night and seized upon any pre-
text for working havoc and destruc-
! ton. Naturally the Chinese were the
principal sufferers
Interesting and informing are those
parts of The Apple OF Discord' which
deal with the comings and goings OF
the hoodlums Here. for instance. is
description of south OF Market FIRE.
in which the hoodlums appear in stsl-
lar roles:
"The sound Of the irs bell and the
. Redeemed sky has been signal to
other ears and eyes than those OF the
vigilantes. Market street was hurry
ing stream Of men Rnd women and
children, carried along by a common
impulse. like wreckags on Hood waters.
Bands Of young hood1ums rushed down
the street with blackguardly cries.
rudely jostling those who neglected to
make 2. way for them A. sibilant
clamor of excited voices nllsd the air
hoarse shouts OF men. yslls from the
hoodlums and shriI clatter from the
women and children reused BY the
triIl of them.
A Shower of Stones
AT the corner OF Beale and Harrison
streets we were halted by a. denssIy
packed mass. Of people striving vainly
. to press forward to a point from which
they could get closer view OF the
confagration. now but block away.
The roar of flames could be heard
above the volume of rafting sound
that came from the masssd confusion
OF firemen. rioters, vigilantss and spec
tators. ruddy glare illumined the
great throng.s Waves OF heat reached
US even at this distance. and farther
down the. street we could see men pro
tecting their faces from the burnlns
.effuigence by holding their arms be
fore their eyes. The great furnace
sent up swift peaks of name that fell
as suddenly as they rose. sands gave
place to rolling clouds Of smoke stha
turned the blaze to a dull, red glow
- was watching with rup-
i conscious eyes the bold and <resoIrte- ef-
forts oft the fremen to- ngh back flse
flames when I was reused b. a-tlisht of
stones Two Of them struck the nesrr
est engine: one knocked the hat on
man Of my company; and aremm
was struck down. only to lump 70 his
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-02-02
By Will Scarlet


us sit, UP and take notice when
we, are told that this or that book
has its scene laid in San Fran
cisco. Sardou's Cleopatra, listening
unseen to the Roman generals dis
cussing her frailties. Lady Teazle be-
hind the screen, the sAthenian sculptor
barking to the comments of the crowd
these were all prompted by personal
vanity-a very desirable thing. But
civic vanity is more desirable thing.
It is the stuff whereof heroes have
been made. the virtue-for this sort of
vanity is a,virtue-on which are based
the legends OF noble Romans and of
browny Scots, OF stolid Indian braves
and unforgottens fighters in historic
wars. The man devoid aof personal
vanity Is a freak; the man devoid of
civic vanity is monster.
Let us, then. make no apology for
!. rummaging through the formidable
heap of recent novels and selecting
four at the dictates OF our civic van
ity. Those four may not be the great
est books OF the year--not all Of them
have ranked among the six best SELL
crs; but wha. OF that? Those four
novels interest," us for the sole reason
chat they are stories of San Francisco;
that their characters live and move
and are against the background of the
city that was.
The four San Francisco stories are:
'The Apple Of Discord.'. by Earle ASH
ley Walcott; "The Lions Share by
Octave Thanet; 'The Heart Line By
Gelett Burgess. and Ancestors. by
Gertrude Atherton.
In Sand Lot Days
Mr.. Walcott's latest book. like its
predecessor. "Blindfolded," is the sort
of book every loyal San franciscan
feels in duty bound to read. Incident
ally, THE Apple of Discord'' is by far
the better of the two. and gives fuller
picture of San Francisco life. 1t is a
story laid in the days of Denis Kear-
ncy. and the sand lot agitation; in the
days wnen.. for practically Sthe first
time, the workers of San Francisco
banded together and shouted. THE
Chinese must go." Later on DR.. C. G.
o'Donnell took up the cry. with what
effect we who watched the progress of
municipal campaigns in the nineties
know full well.
Denis Kearney Mr. walcott describes
as "a drayman with a voice like a
foghorn and a gift of tongue :
There was something about the man
that drew second look, though at
first glance thought I had recognized
the symptoms OF the saloon politician
He had a bristling brown mustache,i a
siirewd mouth and a strong aggressive
. Jaw. little above the medium
height. with compact heavy frame and
broad shoulders that betokened
strength, he was the type of the sub
stantial workman.
This labor agitator of the seventies
used to hold forth almost nightly on
/. the sand lots in front. of the half built
city hall. The Lick staeuary was yet
to be and it's place was taken by a
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27
DIR. KIRREH ARRESTED.

As result of warning published in the Churchman. Dr. Justin Kirreh, the syrian who has been soliciting funds to aid In founding home for lepers in Palestine, has been arrested in Port Chester, N, r., charged with fraud. Kirreh when last heard of in Connecticut, was In Guilford. He went there to solicit for his Palestine pro- ject and received the endorsement of influential people who supposed that he was working for legitimate pur- pose.
 When charity organizations exposed Kirreh as being unworthy of assist ance the Guilford people dropped him quickly. and he left that town. Moth ing was heard of him until the news of his arrest came from Port Chester Superintendent s. o. Preston of the Organized Charities in this city learn cd of Kirreh's being In Guilford and immediately showed the people in that town who were inclined to help him a bulk of correspondence from organizations In different cities In Con- nectlcut and Rhode Island, in which Kirreh was declared to be a fraud.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27
ROOSEVELT TAKES
 PEACE PRESIDENCY
Continued from First Page.)

nations. that Is, their territory and soverelngty and at the same time pro- vide for the arbitration of all other questions upon this guarantee, as safe foundation for International jus tlce.
 Tho approaching North Carolina peace congress will take place at Greensboro october li-l6, at which time the city will be celebrating It's centennial. This will be the first peace congress in America at which the advo- cates Of national armament and inter national arbitration stand side by side on the same platform as mutually help ful opponents of the two correlative and inseparable agencies for securing peace and justice in the international realm"
 Announcement was also made to-day of the plans of the League of Peace, another organization which proposes to unite the eighty nations of the world. as are the states of the American In lon, The nations will be pledged to ln- ternational arbitration with the per- manent International court at The Hague as the judiciary department the nterparliamentary union, composed of all the members of all the national par llaments of the world, as the leglsla- tive department and world executive with the title of peacemaker An elect oral college made up of about 100000 of the intellectual leaders of the world, is to choose the peacemaker, the bal lot being taken by mail. and the same to be opened, counted and confirmed by the first full session of the united par llaments, following tho coming meet ing of the Interparllamentary union In Berlin next September. Those inter- aataI In thu Ion fhaN ha1iara tb a choice for th worlds peacemaker will rest between Andrew Carnegie, Presl- dent Roosevelt. King Edward of Eng land and Emperor William of Germany.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27

(Contnued from First Page,) made to reach Medical Examiner Bart lett AS the latter was at his summer home in Woodmont the coroner took charge of the case and hurried over to the hospital
 Coroner Mix stated that he found the boy in so serious a condition that he was unable to take any statement at all regarding the occurrence. Ae- cording 10 his information the boy was thrown by some turn of the car over the front of the car he was in and caught by the rod which carries the car along.
 The mother went to the hospital with the boy and naturally was completely broken up about the accident so that she was unable to control her feelings at all. The father, Edwin G. Lindstaedt, who Is employed by the Pond Lily Co. in Westyllle, was notified and he came to the hospital as quickly as he could get there He was also in a very agi- tated condition.
 After the coroner had visited the boy and ascertained his condition an oper- atlon on the broken leg was undertak- en. The leg was taken off just below the thigh.
 The auto in which the child was placed at Savin Rock, broke down at the Allingtown hill and the first auto passing was held up to continue the ,,t1 It ta Iar rif n, and he and his party cheerfully yielded it to the emergency call so that the trip to the hospital was quickly resumed. The child kept his courage up well even after he was taken into the operating room at the hospital.
 Death came to the little lad shortly after he had been removed from the operating table after having his leg amputated.
 The Kriss Kross was built in the White City last year by the Noventa Amusement company at a cost of near ly $25,OO0. It is a thoroughly new out door amusement device and was de- signed especially to get away from the form of amusements containing the element of danger" as people in that line of business express 1t.
 At no time up to last night has a single person received so much as q scratch and it Is estimated that 50,0O0 have ridden upon 1t. One of it's strong features is it's safety and it was thought about impossible for anyone to be seriously injured. Children have al- ways been accompanied by some older person to prevent their stepping from the cars while in motion and, it is said, had anyone been with the Lindstaedt child the accident could not have hap pened
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27
RIVER MURDER MYSTERY
Man Found in New York Waters With
 Flagstone Tied About Neck.

New York, July 26,-The body of n man with piece of blue ilagstone tied about the neck was taken from the East river today and the police believe that the discovery means that they have a murder mystery confronting them. They say that the wounds upon the body, knots tied in the rope that held the stone in position and bricks found In each pocket or the coat upon the body make the case very different from that of an ordinary foater' talk en from the river,
 The dead mans face is mutilated be- yond all possible chance of identiiica- tion, but the general appearance of the corpse leads the police to believe that he was an Italian, The body had evidently been in the water for two or three weeks and there were no articles In the clothing to give the police clue as to tho identity of the dead man, The police believe that the dead man may have been q victim of "black hand" as- sassins.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27
HEARST PLATFORM
 GOES ONE BETTER
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from the eastern states being propor- stronger than from other parts of the country. It was con- hdentially asserted that when Mir Hearst as temporary chairman, begins his address tomorrow night, fully 900 delegates will be in the hall.
 It is asserted on all sides that the contest for the nominations will be free and open, Of the candidates now in the field, Thomas l.. Hisgen, of Massa- has a strong following and he is apparently In the lead W. NJ Howard, of Alabama, has many friends who are making strong fight in hls interest, Other candidates are John Temple Graves, of Georgia, and How ard S. Taylor.
 William Randolph Hearst arrived to-day and after spending several hours with friends returned to the Auditorium Annex tonight to begin work on ilis speech.
 Mir. Hearst to-day reiterated the statement he had made in New York. that he was not candidate for the presidential nomination and that he would adhere positively to his decla- ration that he must not be considered in that light
 On the question of presidential nomination, Mir. Hearst declared he had no favorlte but that he would support any strong man who might be named by the party
 At Q conference held early in the evening 1t was decided that Charles A. Walsh should be the permanen, chairman of the convention, and MT Walsh, following the example of Mir Hearst, immediately secluded himself for the purpose of writing his speech
 Thomas l. Hlsgen, whose candida cy for the presidential nomination ls strongly favored by many delegates arrived to-day. He made the asser- tion that there was no possibility oi fusion with the democratic party and continued:
 There are many of us who like MT Bryan personally, but we cannot agree with him on some things he adyo' cates. nor do We fancy some of tho men upon whom he seems to lear most strongly. Personally l lost m. interest in the democratic party wher it failed to nominate Mir Hearst foul years ago at St. Louis, l am fnll O confidence in the future of the inde pendence party and know that 1t wil be more virile and more aggressive than either the democratic or the re publican organization"
 The national committee will mee tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock {, make the final preparation for tn convention.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27
FIR. KENNEDY APPOINTED
Danbury Priest Chosen to Act on Hi-
 bernian Scholarships.

Indianapolis, July 26.-Although the national convention of the Ancient Or der of Hbernians adjourned Saturday, the new board of directors continued in session today. At a short session of this board 1t was decided that the order should provide fund for the erection of monument to the 12,00O Irish im- migrants who perlshed during the fam inc in 1S41 at Gross Isle, thirty miles below Quebec. This matter was left with the board by the national conven- ton.
 President Cummings could not say today how much would be provided for the monument, or just how soon the step will be taken. "If 1 live" said he, Tit will be done before the next nation al convention at Portland, ore, two years hence"
 The directors appointed Rev. D. J., Kennedy of Danbury, Conn, P. T., Moran of Washington, D. G., and E. T., McChristal of New York, as sub committee to have charge of the com petition for the Hibernian scholarships to Catholic schools and universities.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27
TO WELCOME SHOOTERS HOME.

New York, July 26,-Experts and enthusiasts in markmanship are plan ming a royal welcome to Gen. James A. Drain of Washington, president of the National Rife Association of America and the sharpshooters who won the worlds championship at the Olympic contests in London lately. The rinemen will arrive here on the steamer New York on August 8 and they will be greeted down the bay by a joint committee of members of the national rifle association and members of the national board for the promo ton of rifle practice.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27
ITALIAN ATTACKS SEVERAL.

An Italian by the name of Michael Nescasso made himself so obnoxious around the vicinity of Franklin street and Grand avenue that he was finally arrested and charged with breach of the peace by officers Ferdinandus and Tracy of the Grand avenue station. In the morning it is claimed he struck q young boy with his fist, and in the af- ternon he went up t6 a man and his wife and struck both of them. Then he was placed under arrest Nescasse lives at l2 Franklin street.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27
FELL FROM TROLLEY CAR.

While riding on trolley car in Meadow street just after o'clock last evening, Harry Barker of 70 Center street. Wallngford, fell from the car and was slightly injured. He was pick ed up and taken to the New Haven hos ptal In the police ambulance. There 1t was found that he was suffering from slight scalp wound and from a eau pie of cuts on the head, but the inju- rles are not serious. The accident oc- cured while the car was In front of the Commercial house.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27
TAKEN WITH FIT IN STREET.

While Walking in Washington ave- nue near Gold street early last even Ing Hyman Sprack eighteen years of ago of e52 Cedar street. fell and when picked up seemed In such serious con- dtion that he was sent to the New Haven hospital in the police ambu- lance. At the hospital 1t was stated that he might either have been over- come by the heat or more likely taken with a fl. He was not in serious condition when received at the hos pital, 1t is said.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27
GET DESERTER HERE.
Three Charges Made Against Walter
 Edward CoIyer.

On three charges that he deserted from the United States navy Walter Edward Colyer of this city was arrest ed yesterday afternoon by Letective Sergeant Lennehy and Is beld to he taken to Philadelphia to be surren- dered to the naval authorities there. + is charged that Colyear left the U $. S. Idaho first on May 2S, at Mare Island navy yards He is charged again with assertion from Philadel- phia and there Is a third charge against him also. Colyer enlisted from this city November 6, 1907.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27
PRESIDENT A SITTER.
His Profile Will Go on Medal to he
 Bestowed on Canal Workers.

Oyster Bay, N. r.. July 25.-Presi- dent Roosevelt to-day gave sitting to Victor l.. Brenner of New York city, a medalist of note who is designing a model for the government The model is to be known as the Panama medal and on one side will be q profile of President Roosevelt. The medal is to be used in connection with the Pan anna canal service and will be given to men who have served q certain length of time in the canal zone in the service.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27
TEXAS PROBABLY DRY.

Dallas, Texas, July 26.-To-night's returns from the democratic primary election held yesterday accounts for less than half of the vote boiled. Gov ernor Campbells majority over Will Hams apparently will be in the neigh borhood of 75,000 State wide prohi- bition has a very narrow lead, with the result not yet apparent.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27

Lincoln, Neb., July 26.---Lincoln democrats will make an effort to have the Taft banner, which is hung over the main street, taken down on the day that Bryan is formally advised of his nomination. The banner which proclaims that Taft will carry Ne- braska, has been an eye sore to local democrats since it was hung. A week after 1t was placed, the banner was burned and partly destroyed It has since been replaced.
 To-day it developed that a deter- mined attempt will be made to have the emblem removed on the date of Bryan's notification, as many demo- crats will be in the city and municipal tact requires that visitors be not re- quired to look at the banner.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27
CHILD MEETS DEATH

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The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27
STEVENS ASSASSIN ON TRIAL.

San Francisco. July 26.-In the su- perior court in this city morrow. before Judge Carroll Cook, In Whang Chang, Q Korean, who on March 23. ia - tally shot Durham White Stevens, ad- wiser to the Korean emperor at Seoul. will be placed on trial, MT. Stevens was shot as he was about to board a ferry boat in this city on route to Washington. Chang, the assassin, was captured on the spot.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-09-25
PLEASANT VALLEY.

Our public school has again reopen
ed with fifty-one scholars enrolled,
with Miss Miraud Nusbaum as princi-
pal and Miss Anna Hahn assistant.
Cider making and apple butter cook
ing are yet in progress and 1t looks
as though the season Is not near at
an end.
Miss Sallie Lawyer, formerly Of this
place, but now living in Baltimore,
has sold her property there to Henry
T. Wantz.
Edward Strevig has purchased Jos.
Helwig's farm near here.
The uneven row in an ear of corn
has created great comment, but IL an
ear Of corn Is not disturbed 1t will
grow even rows every time.
Henry T. Wantz, OF our village, haul
ed load of wheat of 80 bushels to the
N. I. Gorsuch & Co. loose in West
ern wagon bed. MI. Wantz is an up
to-date farmer and wants to be UP
with the Minnesota farmers. This b
the first load Of wheat that was ever
hauled to Westminster loose in a
wagon without losing a grain.
Henry Wantz has an apple which
measures fifteen inches in circumfer-
ence and weighs one pound, OF the
Wolf River variety. These apples are
very light for their size.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. F. Myers enter
tanned on Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Miller and three daughters, Hattie,
Carrie Bell and Alice, of New Wind
sor; Mrs. Dennis Smith, son John and
daughter Margaret, of Wakefield; Miss
Cora Miller, of Finksburg; Charles
Collins. of Baltimore, Milton Powell
and others for dinner.