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The San Francisco call., 1908-07-27
THREE fires CAUSE
HEAVY DAMAGES
San Jose Property Valued at
Fifty Thousand Dollars
Destroyed
One Blaze of Incendiary Origin
Started by Enemies of
Hay Dealer
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

SAN JOSE. July 26.-Three fires of
unknown origin today destroyed prop
erty in this city valued at $4,000. The
losers are: Enterprise grocery COM
pany. Sl2.50O: NJ S. F. Marks, $4,000;
Southern Pacific company, $4,000; n.
Y Castro, saloon keeper, $4,000; Ed
ward Piercy, hay dealer, $4,000; Mas
sero & Deiz. $4,000; David Jacks, $500;
order OF Masons, $1,000; George w.
Rutherford, capitalist, $4,000.
The first fire, which is supposed to
have been OF incendiary origin, started
at 2.3O o'clock this morning in the
rear Of Edward Piercy's warehouse
on the Alameda, and before it was
brought under control wiped out half
q block Of buildings The district is
practically without fire protection.
upon his own responsibility and dis
patched an engine company TO the
scene, undoubtedly saving several
blocks from destruction.
Piercy claims that the fire was
started in his place by personal enc
mics, and says that he will have the
matter investigated.
At 1890 g. m. fire was discovered
in the Enterprise grocery. 1t was by
good work that Hales big department
store was saved. The Masonic lodge
rooms above the grocery store were
badly damaged.
The hremen had hardly completed
their work at the Enterprise store
when another alarm came IN, and they
hurried to the scene Of the fresh
blaze, a two story wooden building in
st. John street adjoining the south
wing Of the St. James hotel
The entire fire department was
quickly brought into service and man
aged 10 rrevent the hig hosteIry burn
ing. A Deiz, his wife and three babes
were in the frame building when it
took fire, but they were unable TO ac-
count for the blaze. Deiz and his wife
barely escaped with their babes under
their arms.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-27
AMERICAN CAR THE WINNER

PARIS. July 26.-It is announced as
practically certain that the American
car In the New York to Paris race will
be adjudged the winner, owing to the
noncompliance of the German COM
petitors with certain conditions govern
ing the race.
PARIS. July 26-The German auto
mobile in the New York to Paris race
arrived here this evening and was
greeted with loud cheers by the Sun
day promenaders as 1t swept up the
crowded boulevards to the finish post
and escorted by a large number of au-
tomobiles. as the German car had
completed the circuit of the world at
Berlin it's arrival here today was not
attended by any official ceremony.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-27
NAN FOUND MURDERED

SPOKANE, Wash, July 26.-with his
gray head beaten into almost un-
recognizable pulp by a length of gas
pipe found lying blood clotted near by,
his pockets rifled and his teeth knocked
out by an assailant, the body of Ira
Nessinger, aged 80 years, was found
today by fishermen on a lonely trail
leading from Medical lake to Clear
lake. Suspicion has been attached to a
missing soldier from Fort George
Wright
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-27
TWO FIRES IN MISSION
SUGGEST INCENDIARIES
Home for Bridal Couple Is De-
stroyed When Nearly Ready
for OccuDation

The destruction by fire of an unfn-
ished building at 81 Mullen avenue,
which was to exemplify the adage OF
love in a cottage for John S. Long,
and the burning down OF building
in FELTON, street between Hamilton and
Bowden, near the San Bruno road. have
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-27
MANY KINDS OF ANIMALS

About $500 different kinds of animals
are known on earth--tfiat is, warm
blooded. milk giving creatures, like our
common domestic animals. To avoid
confusion with other creatures one
ought to call them mammals, meaning
milk giving animals.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-27
CURTrss MADE BRIEF FLIGHT

H. Curtiss made a flight of $50 yards
today in the June Bug" during which
he attempted to turn, but was only par
TALLY successful. Lieutenant Selfridge
three short flights, each of about 16O
yards During the latter's second
flight the machine rose after touching
the ground about 100 yards from the
start and then few 100 yards farther.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-27
AGED GREELEY CoLoNrsr DIES

GREELEY, Colo, July 26.-William
Mcclellan, 80 years of age, descendant
OF Peregrime White. said to have been
Plymouth Rock colony, Mass, died to-
day. He was born in Maine and was
pioneer of Illinois and Wisconsin,
making a fortune in lumber in the
latter state. He came to Colorado with
the Greeley colonists in 1870.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-27
DURHAM STEVENS SLAYER
WILL FACE TRIAL TO-DAY
|. Wang Chang's Defense to
Murder Charge Is Based
on Patriotic Insanity

The trial of I. Wang Chang the Ko-
rean charged with the murder OF Dur
ham Stevens, diplomatic adviser of the
Japanese government In Korea, has
been SCI. to begin today. Chang's de-
tense Will be based on the ground
that he was suffering from patriotic
insanity at the time Of the murder.
Chang and NJ. w. Chun were the two
Ferry building on March "a. Chun was
wounded by one of the shots. It was
at first believed that he was the MUIR
derer, but Chang was afterward
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-27
wATCHMAN BADLY BEATEN

Gus Reiper, a watchman living at
Main and Howard streets, was so badly
beaten in the Monogram saloon aat 1gS
East street last last night by Fred
Brucker, a sailor on the lighthouse
tender Madrona, that he was taken to
the harbor emergency hospital suffer-
ing from a fractured skull. Brucker
is held at the central police station on
the detinue book pending the outcome
of Reiner's injury.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-27
oFFERED ATHLETC GRo1rNns

The San Francisco building trades
athletic association held another meet
ing in the council hall yesterday morn
ing and received several new offers
for locations of grounds. Grounds are
TO be secured as soon as possible and
the work of erecting bleachers and a
fence begun. The Wanderers football
club has signified its intention of
alllllatlng with the association, this be-
Ing the first band of athletes TO take
the field under the new auspices.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-27
POLICE BELIEVE MAN MURDERED

DENVER. July 26.-James Hogue OF
Neodosha. Kan. was found unconscious
in his room Thursday night and today
died 10 the county hospital A clot of
blood on the brain was the cause OF
death. and the police believe he was
murdered. In his pockets were found
bank books showing deposits in sew
eral Kansas banks and more than
$1,000 in the Metropolitan bank and
ters show his wife to be In Junction
City, Kan.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-27
NAPA REPUBLICANS AT WORK

NAPA, July 6.-Republican county
central committee held a meeting in
the courthouse here last evening with
r. L. Coombs in the chair and w. T.
Rutherford at the secretary's desk. The
necessary call for primaries to select
delegates to the county convention was
discussed and action on the date for
holding the primaries and also the
convention was deferred until next Sat
urday.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-27
FIRE DAMAGES NICKELoDEoN

A fire about midnight last night
caused 500 damage in the nickeIodeon
conducted at 389 and 391 Haight street
by Gus Cohl The fire started after the
place closed for the night and its cause
is unknown.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-27

CEMENT WORKER DIEs-George Barnaby, a
noon IN stable In the rear Of his home. ITO
Dore street. Heart disease caused death. The
remains were taken In charge Ry the cement
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-27

Valparaiso is only about 5000 milea
from New York, but 1t requires from
20 TO 80 days to get a reply to q busi-
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-27

100 People to See Yosemite without Cost
Trip free, all expenses paid, for 100
people to see Yosemite during August
SCHOOL teachers and clerks preferred
For full Information write. to o. w
Lehmer, trafnc manager Z, ". r. r,
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-27
w. HESS. Notary Public
PROPOSALS

PROPOSALS. win be received at the Bureau Oe
ington. D. c.. until 10 o'clock a. m. Au~nst
IL, 1908. and publicly opened Immediately tSsrs-
after. to furnish at the navy yard. Mare IaIand
Cal. ETC.. qnanclL OF naval supplies. a. fol-
lows: Sch. 81: Hose, pipe. redwood fank
pnmp.-Sch. 9S. Platform cars.-Sch o.. Coro,
duit and nttings.-Sch. 0S: Copper Apulir.
tlons FOR proposals should designate the nrbsS-
ules desired By number. Blank proposals. VIII -
furnished upon application to the navy DaV ~.
dee. San Francisco. Cal. or to the Burear n R .
ROGERS. Paymaster General q 8 D,
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-27
INSURANCE AGAINST RAIN

Insurance against rain was happy
thought that occurred to the men pro-
noting the recent race meet at Elk
wood Park, n. j., July A. BY paying
nearly 25 per cent premium, a policy
was taken out with Lloyds, under the
terms of which the Elkwood Park as
soclation was to receive a money com
pensation ir case of rain. 1t was stip-
ulated that if one-sixteenth of an inch
OF rain fell before the start of the
races the association was to be in
demnifed to the extent Of $500 to
cover the expenses of the meet prepa-
rations, and this amount was promptly
paid.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-27
SHOOTS A BUCK
FROM AUTO SEAT
6. A. Eastman Experiences the
Sport of Hunting Deer in
a Motor Car
New Jersey Men Are Lucky
in Securing Insurance
Against Rain
By K. K. PH0mmedieu

Hunting deer in an automobile is
great sport" said c. A. Eastman.
coast, manager of the White company
yesterday upon his return from hum
boldts and Mendocino counties, where
he spent a week with a party Oh
friends. William Wagner was at the
wheel nearing the Mendocino county
border line when Eastman, who was
on the front seat, spied big buck
and shot him.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-27
AUTO DEALERS RETrRN

The members of Automobile dealers association
VINO made the TO Del Monte Saturday re-
turned late yesterday. The weather all the
way up until the Fourteen Mile house was
reached was more than pleasant.
PRESIDENT Max Rosenfeld and Charles S. How
ara, chairman of the and tours committee,
heId conference at Hotel del Monte before
starting for the city and decided to commence
preparations today for the big to Los An
geles, which will be held September 1. The
committee decided TO require an entrance fee
from all those who sent in entry, which will
This action was considered best. so that the as
ISOLATION could be protected. it will have to
guarantee the accommoda tions in some of the
places where those on the run will stop.
Among the schemes for the rendezvous Will be
a conference Of the local dealers with the south
ern dealers concerning good roads The officers
of both organizations are desirous of framing
law that will bring out state highway from
the northern to the southern boundary.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-27
NOTES OF THE AUTO

w. L. Kellogg of Oakland left Thursday for
He is TO be absent until Monday and expects to
spend perfect week end The party includes
Mr.. and Mrs. Kellogg. Miss POhlman and r.
Biben.
Switzerland, long notorious for its anti-motor-
ing tendencies. is considering a proposal to pro-
hibit automobiles from using any of the Swiss
use roads, lanes and byways freely without be-
ing disturbed by the national bugbear What
makes the proposal most remarkable is that
Switzerland has to count on It's influx OF visitors
for large share of its existence
Frank x Murray, racing driver and demon
strator for the Howard automobile company, has
returned from 10 days stay in Colusa county
where he demonstrated of the four cylinder
40 horsepower Buick touring cars. He sold two
ears of this model to residents Of Grimes land
ing. Murray left Grimes at Z o'clock in the
morning and reached Vallejo at 1 p m. He re-
ports tho roads in excellent condition with the
exception of those travelled through Solano coun-
ty. The jurney to this city was concluded by
boat from Vallejo.
L. H. Bill. head of the local house Of the
Thomas B.. Jeffrey company, has received word
from the home office that letters received from
200 Rambler owners in 43 states prove that this
car is reliably built in the largest automobile
factory in the world. that the cost of upkeep
is reduced to a minimum and the convenience
and pleasure of owning Rambler car are easily
within the reach OF any man OF moderate means.
Nearly every one of these owners is driving his
second, third, fourth and fifth Rambler, and
all say IL they bought again 1t would be a
Rambler. In computing the cost of upkeep
from the summary, gasoline may be rated at
20 cents per gallon, although the cost is not
that In all localities. The cost of tires is
estimated at about 16 cents a hundred miles.
Following is a summary Of averages covering
the cost of maintenance: Number Of states
43; average mileage Travelled per
car, II 254; average mileage per gallon of gaso-
line, 16.2 and average cost of repairs per car,
excepting tires, $30.42.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04

THAT last was pretty. Dune" he
called. Play 'er ag'in.''
The willing musician complied. and
Behman rose to his feet. He could
not sit still under that music, and he
took a few nervous turns up and down
the deck.
He came to rest beside the rail. so
close that he could reach out and
touch the giTl had he desired.
She had removed her glove. and one
bare hand rested white against the
white of the rail- Her face was turn
ed from him. and she was looking out
across the sound, pretending an inter-
est in one of the winking beacons
whose lights she could rot see through
her tears.
The young musician ended his tune
and without pause began to play an
other, farewell song that had been
familiar to Behman since his child
hood
He knew that it was favorite of
Nell's. and he wondered IL the song
would make her speak. There was 4
lift to the fragile shoulders. as though
she was holding back her sobs. but she
gave no sign of being aware Of his
presence.
The music paused abruptly in the
middle of n strain. as the mother of
the player came to call him to bed. and
with 4 shout the little party hurried
into the cabin.
Nell parsed 4 moment. then turned
as though; to go, but n hand rested
over her own and held the slender fin
gers firmly with Il grip that panied.
Don't go. Nell" pleaded Behnan.
'Stay herr and make up."
II thought that you would not even
compromise" she said uncertainty.
Compromise be hanGedr he cried.
81 don't care what you think Of me-
I'm tired of waiting for you to be the
first to speak. VIII you be friends.
dear:"
He fel. the relaxation of her atti-
tude, ans! he drew her within the cir.
Gle of hi: arm.
rs that the way you treat your
friends?" she demanded. with Il laugh.
That: the way treat bad little
girls" Ie explained. 1--WE been bad
too. If You want TO punish me. Why
He parsed suggestively but Nell only
tapped MS bronzed cheek with her
hand.
'fIt was punishment enough to have
to break your no compromise declara-
tion." sEa said lightly.
'That was not Il punishment" was
the ferv'nt assertion. 81 enjoyed it.
Tn, r1ati 7 found If o,,t hooaTSo pou,
after were married there1l be no need
Of compromise"
"Thercll be no need for making up"
promised Nell as she slipped her arm
through his.
Chapped hands are quickly cured by
applying Chamberlain's Salve. Price,
% cents. For sale by all druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04
Urging the Commission Plan.

Springfield is another city that has
found the system of governing by a
council complete failure. 1t is prob
ably the worst governed municipality
in the state, having gone steadily from
bad to worse. Naturally the people
are looking for something better. The
Springfield News urges an lnvestiga.
ton of the commission plan, saying:
Here in Springfield various city
councils have been making futile eff.
forts to run the city for a good many
years. They have run the town hope
lessly into debt and have made it one
| of the most notorious hotbeds of dis
regard for the laws of God and man
in the state of Illinois-a town where
white slavery flourishes, where gam
| bling and picll-pocket concessions are
granted with immunity, where wine
rooms and hell holes pursue their ne
farious business unmolested; boss
ridden, graft-infested town, without
government and without the power to
enforce obedience to its ordinances.
Long experience with the present
system has demonstrated that it is a
fiat failure. Whether the commission
plan is what is needed here, we are
not prepared at this time to say; but
it Is certainly worth investigation
We would suggest that a committee
of public spirited citizens pay visit
to Des Moines to find out how the
system is working out there"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04
METHOD T BISHOPS ARE ASSIGNED
TO PRESIDE OVER THE CONFERENCES

Indianapolis, Nov. 3.-The sessions
of the semi-annual meeting CT the
board of bishops of the Methodist
church here yesterday were devoted
to the assignment of bishops to pre-.
side over the various conferences next
spring to be held in all parts of the
United States and in foreign countries
In which the Methodist church is es.
tablished. The recommendation of the
last general conference, held during
the summer in Baltimore, that each
bishop preside at conferences located
in contiguous territory so far as pos
sible. was followed in making the as
signments.
No changes were made i'll assign.
ments for the missionary bishops.
The assignments follow:
H. W. Warren, Porto Rico mission
and Delaware conference.
d. A. Goodsell, New York, east ana
Vermont.
Earl Cranston. St Johns river, Flor
ida. and European conferences i'll
Italy north Germany, Denmark, Nor
way, Sweden end Bulgaria
ID. H. Moore, Wilmington, Dell;
New Hampshire and Wyoming.
j. w. Hamilton, Philadelphia. GEN.
trail Pennsylvania and Baltimore.
j. F. Berry, Washington, New Eng
land and Troy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04

T. would be rather stern ut first.
tie. but in the end he would be mag
unanimous and would forgive her ON
her promise not TO offend again.
For her own sake as well as his, for
the sake Of their future happiness,
there must be no compromise. He had
limited as much to Bob Wheaton when
the latter had offered his services as
peacemaker between his sister and
Behman.
So engrossed was Behman with his
thoughts that he did not hear the light
football on the canvas covered deck
nor realize that his solitude had been
intruded upon until Nell Wheaton
stood beside the rail and looked out
across the foam capped waves.
| She did net sec him until she had
| taken her stand beside the rail, and
then she was too proud to beat re-
treat. She stood quietly looking down
upon the water, one hand clasping the
rail, the other clutching her hat
! On the lower deck the boys had piled
! into chairs, and now one of them was
playing on the mouth organ. He was
father skillful and PLAYED with express
zion bits of popular songs and snatches
from current musical productions. Bch-
man found this concert more musical
than the efforts of the poorly paid
band within doors.
/ Then lie music changed from new to
old, and the boy was playing some of
the songs that Nell had softly sung in
the weeks just gone as he had pad
died the canoe or had drifted with the
current
In the dark of tie night Behman
could see the river again. with Nel's
sweet eyes looking into his through
the soft Moonlight
He wondered if she. too, recalled the
scSne and If her eyes We're illed with
tears now. His own were moist as he
listened, and when the boy struck up
the song that had been their favorite
bis teeth met together through his eli
| gar. and he tossed it over the rail.
| This was a simple little southern air,
half mournful. wholly musical, and she
had always sung it as they had come
in sight of the landing.
1t had been their good night song.
and as they had trudged up from the
boat stage to the hotel she had always
hummed it softly to herself He won
dered if she was hummipg it now. She
might be. The wind would carry the
song away from him.
The boy stopped, and the spell was
broken, but another lad broke the ST.
lence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04
Making the Ofense Worse.

A Massachusetts court has just i'm
posed a sentence of six months i'm
prisonment on an automobilist charged
with dashing recklessly through crowd
ed streets-with 80 days extra con-
finement because he was intoxicated
at the time. The defendant is said to
have pleaded that the liquor he had
taken did not know what he was about.
The court apparently regarded this as
an aggravation of his offense.
The principle is sound one to fol
low wherever it is proved that motor
car operator has taken his machine on
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04
The Election.

The election is over and the repub-
licans have won another great national
victory. Nobody knows how it hap
pened or why it happened, but it hap
pened
A united democracy, united as it mas
not been before since 1892, has gone
down to defeat. With a matchless
leader, a popular idol standing on a
platform that represented the ideals
of American government, sustained
by organized labor the party has
nevertheless met defeat at the
hands of party which has the EN-
dorsement OF such protective tariff
beneficiaries as John D. Rockefeller
and Andrew Carnegie. And so it hap
pened.
In this government, however, the
people are sovereign. 1t is their will
that it should be so, and that settles it
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04

drunk to see clearly, steer straight, or
observe the rules of ordinary pru-
dence. There is reason to think that
no slight proportion of the accidents
which occur are due to fuddled brains
behind the hands that hold the guild.
ing wheel.
1t is distinctly in the interest of the
sane and decent men who form the
vast majority of automObilists that the
law should sharply punish every indi
vidual who imperils the lives and limbs
of others by undertaking to drive 6
car when his judgment is unbalanced
and his nerves unstrung by drunken
Ness
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04

Henry ,SpelImyer, Arkansas. Little
Rock and Mexico
w. F. Mcdowell, New York, north.
ern New York and Maine.
J. w. Bashford, conferences in China
William Burt, central Alabama,
French mission and south Germany.
L. E. Wilson, New Jersey, New Eng
land, southern and east Maine.
T. B. Nelly, upper Mississippi
Louisiana and Newark.
w. F. Anderson, st. Louis, Lexing
ton (Indianapolis) northern Indiana
tIndianapolis).
I ]. L. Nuelsen, Lincoln, southwest
Kansas and east Germany.
w A. Quayle, Kansas, south Kan.
sas and eastern Sweden.
c. w. Smith, Hawaiian mission.
w. s. Lewis, conferences in China
E. H. Hughes. northwest Kansas and
central Missouri.
Robert Mcintyre, Mississippi. south
Florida mission and Florida
F. NJ. Bristol, conferences in South
America.
J. T, Hartzsil and L. B. Scott. con.
ferences in Africa.
NJ. c. Harris, conferences in Korea
Bishops Warne, Oldham, Robinson
conferences in Indiana and the Philip
pines.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-04
ROOSEVELT WRITES MESSAGE
Last Words to Congress Will Recon-
mend Some important Reforms.


mend Some important Reforms.
Washington, Nov. "A large part of
President Roosevelt's final annual mes
sage to congress was dictated yester-
day. 1t is being written, it was stated
at the White house, as if the president
were going to continue in Office for
another four years. 1t is to be full of
vim and vigor. Every live topic here
| tofore mentioned in messages again
will be fully treated.
| Among the things which will be rec
commended are more power for the in
terstate commerce commission, the in
sertion of the word reasonable" in
the antitrust law, SO that it will for
bid only unreasonable restraints of
commerce between states, conservation
of the forests and tariff revision, the
latter because the platform pledged the
party to it.
The idea underlying the message
thus far written is that Taft is to car
ry forward the policies of the outgoing
administration.