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FIGHT OVER HOWARD
ESTATE INDICATED
Widow and Children of Late
Spring Valley Company's
President May Clash
Dead Man Tied Up Fortune in
Trust for Benefit of Sons
and Daughter

Indications Of possible conflict be-
tween the widow and children of the
late Charles Webb Howard. former
president of the Spring Valley water
company. over his estate were revealed
yesterday in the hearing of Mrs Emma
Shafter Howard's petition for letters
of administration. She was granted
the letters without contest. Howard
having died intestate, but the curious
fact transpired that there is an es-
tate of only $40 for her to administer
upon, Notwithstanding that Howard
was known to own stocks and real es-
tate worth more than $500, 900. This
is explained on the ground that How
ard, who was estranged from his wife
for more than 10 years. organized a
corporation known as the Howard in
vestment company and two or three
years before his death transferred all
his possessions to it. The stock in this
corporation was placed in trust with
the Central trust company for the four
children of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard and
for some other relatives, but Mrs How
ard was given no interest in the invest
ment company.
Some years ago there was a property
adjustment between Howard and his
wife. in which he settled upon her a
life interest in Point Reyes dairy lands
said to be worth $780, 600, and from
which she has drawn an income of $3.50
a month. She still has this income.
Upon the hearing of her application
for letters of administration yesterday,
her attorney, J. C. McKinstry. wished
to pursue an investigation into How
ards transfer of his possessions to the
investment company, but Judge Hunt
prevented him doing so. j. NJ Duke
of the Spring Valley water company,
who was Howard's agent In financial
matters. and who is secretary of the
Howard investment company, was sub
penaed by McKinstry and questioned
concerning the transfer. but declined
to answer until he could consult his
attorney.
McKinstry stated after the proceed
ings that he had not determined
whether or not proceedings would be
taken to compel the Howard company
to deliver the 100000 worth of prop
erty into the possession of Mrs How
ard to be administered upon. He said
that all his information was of a hear
say character.
Il have no reason to anticipate that
there will be any contest over the es-
tate of my late husband" said Mrs
Howard when questioned last night
There is no reason why there should
be. 1 myself have no information
about the Howard investment company
don't know what properties it has
nor what the value of the properties
are. But 1 have now got my letters
of administration, which will enable
me to find out about the company ]
will now proceed to get this informa-
ton"
The four children OF Howard, fol
whose benefit the greater part of the
stock in the Howard company is iT
trust, are Shafter Howard of New York
Maud Howard of San Rafael; Frederick
p Howard of San Rafael, and Harolc
Howard, Newburgh, n. Y. all of whom
| are more than q years old. 4
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California Promotion Committee
lORGANIZED 19021


-'PROMOIION-The act Of promoting. advance
Inent- encouragement ''--C Century Dictionary.
The California Promotion committee has for its
object the PROMOTING OF California as a whole.
II has nothing 10 sell. It's energies are devoted
10 fostering all things that have the ADVANCE
NENT Of California their object. It gives
reliable information every subject connected
with the industries Of California. II gives EN-
CDIRAGEMENI 10 the establishment OF new
Industries and invites desirable immigration. 1t
Is not Employment Agency. although 1t gives
Information regarding labor conditions II pre-
sents the opportunities and needs IN all neids OF
business and professional activity This commit
tee Is supported by popular subscription and
makes charge for any service rendered. Ar
hlisted with the committee are 16O commercial
organizations Of the state with membership
Of over $1,000. Meetings are held semiannually y
of state interest are discussed Headquarters
of the committee maintained IN san Fran
cisco in California building Union square COR
8ESPONDENcE INVITED
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automobile company from c. A. Berge OF y
record breaking trip from G0ldfeld to TonOp11
in the remarkable time OF 50 minutes actual
running time. Berse drove his Thomas from
this city and reported the roads in good condl-
tion- Frank H Johnson. the well known motor
ist. i again driving a Thomas FLYER. Johnson
probably uas owned mere ears than any Otner
enthusiast in the state. When a machine
does not work Just right the San Rafael mo-
torist gets rid Of il and buys another make.
This IS the second Thomas for Johnson.
s $. Freeman Of Alameda in bis Franklin
touring car reports marvellous success, havlUg
driven more than l. 500 miles over the roughesc
country without anF expense whatsoever from a
mechanical standpoint and with the original set
OF tires furnished with the car
The Consolidated motor ear company rep0I g
the sale Of both a Pope Hartford roadster aud
touring car TO J. C. Kubach Of Los Angeles AID
also Pope e-Hartford touring to Bert Ding
ley OF Modesto The company reports the sale
Of '0S Royal Tourist 10 R. c. Coleman 0f
this city-
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REFUSE TO BACK SWEENEY
Delegates of Democratic Club
Also Turn Down Mcguire

The delegates of the San Francisco
democratic club refused to indorse the
candidacy of either John We Sweeney
or James G. Mcguire for congressman
from the fifth district at their meet
ing held last night in the Arcade
building in Fillmore street. John Al
len. one of the delegates to the local
convention, attempted to force an in
dorsement of Sweeney.
Allen declared that Sweeney was the
only candidate that had any chance of
defeating Hayes He said that the la
Dor forces would all turn out and cast
their vote for Sweeney.
Harry T. Sullivan, who acted as tenn
porarys secretary of the evening, disap-
proved of the Endorsement of any can
didates. He advised that the proposed
Endorsement of any congressional can
didaue be referred to the delegates to
the state convention exclusively. Al
len and Hugh L. Delaney fought the
motion They wanted Sweeney in
dorsed-
The conferees became excited and
personal encounters were imminent
when Harry Bocchio, secretary of the
club, moved to adjourn Delaney was
on his feet in an instant He declared
that Bocchio was attempting TO gag
that has kept the democratic party in
the background all these years. he
said You wise politicians never will
get next If this motion to adjourn
prevails the state delegates may as
well go to Stockton and vote the Nc
Nab program" Quiet was restored by
G. W. Eastin, president of the club,
and argument on the question of the
Endorsement of candidates was re-
sumed.
Many of the delegates were in favor
Of nominating Judge Mcguire in the
fifth. The delegates conceded that he
had no chance of heing nominated in
the fourth district. but were of the
opinion that he could carry the fifth
against Hayes.
c. w Eastin was elected chairman OF
the anti -McNab delegates to the state
convention and Harry F. Sullivan sec
retary- Hugh l.. Delaney was made
chairman and Charles Lightner secre-
tary of the local insurgents
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NELSON BIDS FOR SENATE
Points to Work in Cow Hollow
as Proof of Strength

Johnnie Nelson, otherwise known as
'Budgy," is once more a lively bidder
for the senatorial nomination in the
twenty fifth district. For a time it
was. thought that the nomination
should go to the forty-first district,
which outvotes the forty fifth. Nelson's
bailiwick, and Lester G. Burnett was
talked Of as part Of the Herrin pro-
gram.
But Nelson considers that he has SUI
perior claims TO the. nomination He
Hollow" the lower end of the forty
first, as proof of his strength. and con-
tends, with some show of plausibility.
that without his services the district
would have been lost TO the organiza-
tion.
There was some talk of providing
Nelson with job on the water front.
thus leaving the senatorial nomination
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FoREsTERs Plan oUTING

Blaine No. 207, Foresters of America
have organized themselves into the
James G. Blaine club for the purpose
of joining with James G. Blaine circle
of America, in an outing to Fernbrook
park next Sunday. Following is the
committee in charge: VIII J. Bora
F. w. Newbert. John Fitzsimmons. w
O. Cullen, Kate Boradori. Isabel MUIR
ray. Annetta Stewart, Mary Fitzsim-
mons and Lucy Farrell.
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Trout Are Biting

At Lake Tahoe. Go up and catch one
Join Southern Pacific's excursion Au-
gust %. Round trip from San Fran
cisco, Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley,
SO. Tickets good until August 81. More
rates from other points. Inquire of
agents. Ticket offices, SS4 Market
street, II Powell street, Market street
ferry depot; and Thirteenth and Frank
lin streets, Oakland
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GREAT AUTO COyyENIENcE

real pleasure l have obtained from my Warner
autometer. regulated TO kilometers. while on
my present European tour said A. R. sat
tuck of the Automobile club of America lately
Il had this instrument fitted and got rid Of
the question of miles. which really required
on former trims to make Of myself rapid
firing mathematician. giving me headache
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-20
los ANGELEs REpUBLICANs NAMEp

lican county convention adjourned last
tonight after completing the county
ticket as follows:
ervisors-Second district, II. d.
McCabe. Los Angeles; fourth district,
q Nails SawfelIe. fifth district r.
w. Pridhanl, South Pasadena.
Superior judges, Curtis b. Wilbur,
Frank r. Willis, Charles Monroe and
N P. Conrey.
incumbents Tonight's session was de-
voted to a spirited contest, in which
Judge Conrey was chosen over Judge
William H. Jamison, recently appointed
term.
r. w. Pridham. one of the nominees
for supervisor, was a candidate of the
Lincoln Roosevelt league.
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open to Burnett, but the signs point to
a switching of the program. Nelson
would regard nomination as a vim
dication against the aspersions cast
upon him for that Otis vote. Besides,
Burnett is not overpopular with the
organization men, So there is reason
to believe that Nelson may go on the
ticket again.
Louis Strohl has been spoken of as
the most likely candidate for assem-
blyman in the forty fifth, but a new
candidate has been put into the field
in the person of Frank Marini, the un-
dertaker Marini is a close friend of
Nelson and is willing to admit that he
might consider the nomination if Nell
son urged il upon him.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-20
YOUTH MAKES A REcoRD

Harry HOFFMAN. the II wear old son of Hug0
HOFFMAN of Los Angeles. drove his father
Los Angeles to Yosemite and return last week
without mishap. The lad is proud Of the
feat. In the car were his mother brother and
sister and he drove the car TO the beautiful
valley. and over the very steep grades with 4
perfect score. and without even a puncture
On the road home the same record was main
tanned and the not injured in anv
way and had the same air In the tires that
they started ont with.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-20

reduced to kilometers- With this Warner II
has been possible for TO travel right along
understandingly for IL speaks a different lan-
guage TO me than the old one. II is Il fact
that it is a convenience
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-20
SAN DIEGO DEMOCRATS NOMINATE

SAN DIEGO. Aug. 19-At the demo-
cratic county convention which was held
here today E. E. Capps was chosen
chairman 1t was decided 10 make
only one nomination for superior Judge
thus practically leaving the field clear
for r. l. Lewis. present incumbent.
who is one of the two republican can
didates. There were two candidates.
w r. Andrews and Albert Schoonover.
The ballot resulted: Andrews 90.
Schoonover 81 A. F. sDodson was NOM
mated for the assembly from the
the following were nominated. J. p.
Burt. S. Brown. Arthur Jones. Cyrus
Puricf
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nIPROyED CONSTRUCTION

Broken records in nearly every event Of the
Algonquin hill climb ar Algonquin. H., FriGay
bore witness 10 the marked Improvement in
automobile building last year Fifty-two con-
testants we're entered IN the contest, which
was one Of the largest hill climbs ever held.
The contest was divided into two parts In
the morning the climbed Perry hill.
short but steep and snaky road The afternoon
events were run on Phillips hill. a long incline.
with one sharp turn. The time made by zach
car on both hills was averaged. The best time
Of the meet was made BY Lelands big sly
cylinder Stearns which climbed Perry hill in
:26 3-5 and Phillips hill in % So averaging
81 seconds.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-20

NOTES Of THE AIIU
Word was received yesterday by the Pioneer
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led as complete education as posi-:

need as complete education as posi-:
ble."
1.-THE race has a dozen great nation
al organizations: The National Bap-
fist Convention (much larger than any
that exists among the whites), the
Methodist General Conferences, the
publishing houses sending out thous-
ands Of pages of religious literature,
and then, there are the .FreemasOns,
Odd Fellows, Pythians, who are COL
lecting and distributing thousands of
dollars in charity,-how could they
do without men of higher education o"
IN regard to race riots, Mr.. Taft
said: "They are of the most fiendish
cruelty, manifesting itself in the
blindest and most unreasonable as
saults upon perfectly innocent people,
simply because of their color"
1T is impossible to read accounts
OF this sort without having ones
blood boil with indignation at the
knowledge that there can abide in the
human breast such a savage and
beastly impulse and motive"
We hope Mr.. Bryan will review that
speech.
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1908.
TAFT'S CINCINNATI SPEECH.

Allen Temple is one of the finest
Afro-American churches in the city of
Cincinnati, and recently Mr.. Taft was
escorted thither by a deputation of
the ministers of the Ohio Conference
of the A. M. E. Church, and made an
address, from which we give a few
extracts:
He was there he said, "to express
his sympathy with the Afro-American
in his struggle for better things" "A
sympathy he said, (which 1 have had
from the time I was a small boy. for
l Inherited it from my father, Alphon-
so Taft. The Afro-American never
had better friend than my father"
The writer of this article can at
test, from personal knowledge, that
such was the fact.
1t is pleasing to note Mr.. Taft's
reference to education for the race.
He said:
"But, while I advocate with all the
energy and confidence possible the
spread of primary and industrial edu-
cation, am far from minimizing the
Importance of opportunity for higher
education for the Afro-American. The
race needs leaders, and the leaders
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DO NOT BE DECEIVED.

In certain parts of the country, the
Democrats are offering inducements
in order to catch the Afro-American
vote. Such promises amount to
nothing-they will be forgotten as
soon as the election is over. Our
advice to Afro-American voters is for
them not to be deluded by any such
bats. AS Hosea Bigelow once said:
"'Taint a KNOWN kind of cattle
That is ketched with mouldy corn -
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WHAT TO EXPECT FROM BRYAN

The Democrats of West Virginia
met IN state convention recently and
adopted resolutions in favor of the
Acknowledgement and jimcrowing of
the Afro-American. And. forthwith.
Mr.. Bryan telegraphed his approval Of
the action of the convention. This
was done at just about the same time
that some Afro-Americans of no little
prominence were trying to make over
lures to Mr.. Bryan with a view of
delivering to him a fraction of the
Afro-American vote, and is a most
convincing showing of what the race
may expect from Mr.. Bryan, should
he be elected.
Mr.. Bryan we'll knows that thou
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sands of Democrats in the south have
no appetite for him, however, prepared
for their digestion-baked, fried, on
the half shell, or scrambled. They
have merely been whipped into the
traces, sorely against the stomach of
eheir sense. So, he must use every
effort to concilate these recalcitrant
elements himself in the dust
to keep them in good humor and pre-
vent a revolt So he dares not go even
so far as Mr.. Watterson has publicly
done.
Bryan so far as the Afro-American
is concerned is very little better than
Vardaman.
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CAMPAIGN JlNGLES.

The Peerless One on his long-eared
beast,
joys doggedly on, his face toward the
East,
And he shrieks as he prods that faded
mule,
Shall the people rule? Shall the PEG.
pie rule?''
The perennial candidate smiles with
glee,
Both hands are winners; so what
cares he?
If he can't be president, he surely can
Be well-paid and honored "also ran"
This year the honest voter,
In auto rides in state;
Next year perchance an airship
His pleasure will await.
The Lesson of the Flowers.
The flowers bloom in the springtime,
They fade and die in the fall;
Like the flowers, we, too, shall wither,
For Death claims one and ALL
The flowers are bright and beautiful
In the morning of their life;
Let us make our presence sunshine
To the weary and worn in strife.
The flowers scatter their gladness
All through the long, long day;
Drive away all care and Sadness
Is what they seem to say.
We, too, must think of others,
When we, ourselves, are glad;
For life hangs hard and heavy,
On the shoulders of the sad.
So, let your life be very full
Of deeds both kind and true;
And show to the many others
The lesson the flowers teach you.
Margaret b. Adams.
st. Paul Mimi,
September, 1908
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During the next four years many
cases involving the rights of the race
will come before the Supreme Court
of the United States. With the pos
sibility that some of the present JUS
tees may be retired and their places
fllled-in the case of Bryan's election
by men of the Tillman, Vardaman
John Sharpe Williams type, it is easy
to infer what the decision would be.
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We do not care continental Am
sterdam about Whittier. Old
Whittier. That fierce old. ever
fighting zealot John Greenleaf Whit
tier.-HOuston Post.
The foregoing clipping is another
evidence of the complete departure
of sectional feeling from the minds
of our Southern brethren. They are
still enthusiastic for the old flag and
an appropriation.
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Anything the Matter With Your
C%@x,oo

Then call on the St. Paul Stove Re-
pair Works, 1876 w. Seventh street
Fix everything, water fronts, stove
putty, fire clay, mica, stove polish.
stove bolts, shakers, etc. Repairs of
all kinds made on short notice. New
and second hand stoves for sale
Whatever you wish to know about
call on us. Telephones, N. W., 1906
Ii; Twin City, 242.
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IF the white man is not willing
to meet the Negro, in any contest
whatsoever, without plugging the
dice, then he is not the superior but
the inferior of the Negro Ray
Stannard Baker.
There seems to be a good deal OF
truth in the above quotation but we
doubt it's being, by the white brother,
generally accepted. Still. it will do
no harm for him to think it over.
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In, the Democratic state of Georgia
a few of the Atlanta rioters were in
dicted; in the Republican state of
Illinois III Springfield rioters have
been indicted. That's the difference
between Democratic and Republican
governments.
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At a recent Democratic meeting one
speaker declared: "The niger has
no more right to ballot than
two-year.old child has with a pistol"
That's straight Democratic doctrine.
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1hoLegg legislature
St. Paul, Mimi, May LIST, 1908.

St. Paul, Mimi, May LIST, 1908.
Hon. Julius A. schmahi, Secretary OF
State
Sir: AS required by Section 25 of the
Revised Laws, as amended, have the
honor to furnish you herewith state
ment of the purposes and effects of the
respective amendments proposed to the
Constitution Of the State of Minnesota by
the Legislature of 1907, and which are
to be submitted to the electors of said
State at the General Election of 1908.
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THE VALET TAILORING co
NO. l54-l56 E. Sixth street. The
most up-to-date establishment of its
KIND in the city. Clothing made to
crder,, sponged, pressed, renovated
and repa'rea, Goods called for and
delivered. Four suits pressed for ST.
Ihey also conduct a laundry business
and are prepared to give best service
at lowest rates. Smokers parlor at
tached and best brands Of cigars and
tobacco, etc, on hand. Tel. N. w.
848-J2., Twin Civ 297g
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The AfrO-American can never be
charged with ingratitude. He realizes
what the Republican party has done
for him and will stand by the party
in this campaign as he has done in
the past.