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Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-22
Chinese New Year Celebration.

Last night was a gay and noisy one. The many representatives of the Celestial empire were celebrating the birth of a new year that their Ameri- canized calenders do not show. Fire crackers galore and fireworks without end. kept the good people of this city awake long after their usual time. Quite a few Americsns accepSed invi- tations 10 supper. and showed their opinion of their yellow friends cook ing by fasting through the feast. Some of them had to extend the,r fast into the next day. as several servants did not show up this morning.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-22
cuRRYrs RECOMMENDATIONS

Recommendations contained in Gov. Curry's message 10 the New Mexico legislature are as fellows: A memorial to congress urging ac ton on statehood right away.
 A more equitable system of assess ment and taxation for all classes of citizens.
 A repeal of the law allowing mer. chants with a S30,0OO stock of goods to do a banking business, without au- thority of the territorial law.
 Hearty support for the common schools of the territory and liberal treatment of the higher educational institutions. A territorial good roads commission and the use of convicts on public road building-taking the place of the brick making industry in the penitentiary which has been found unprofitabie. A new form of commission to have charge of penitentiary affairs.
 The pcnitentiary for those found guilty of violation of the election laws and representation for all parties on local election boards.
 Local option in regulation of tht Hduor traffic. and q territorial commis sion 10 have charge of all liquor T. censes.
 The abolition of the death penalty and the institution of the system O indeterminate sentence an5 parole. The rlacing of the coal oil inspec ton system upon Q basis of reason able compensation and profit to thu ltaxpayers.
 The creation of a territorial railwa! commission.
 The creation of territorial railway commission.
 The creation cf Q commissioner o immigration.
 The most rigid economy in handlins all public moneys and equally rigi' economy in the matter of Legislative | employees.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-22

be beneficial to the country is not a question of doubt.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-22
CELESTIALS CELEBRATE
 NEW YEAR
Cananeans Kept Awake By Fireworks and Shouting Of Chinese lnhabitants-WiS- we'll New Consular Agent.

LA CANANEA. Mexico. Jan. 2i.-- Charles Wiswall received notice today that he had been appointed Consular Agent for Cananea. This post comes under the Nogales Consul. NIT. Lee. and has recently been changed from fee-department job to salaried propo' sition. wiswall has been acting con sular agent since Colonel Breathit' resigned two months ago, and Is em inently fitted for the place He was forwarding agent for the Cananea Con solidated company at Naco for several
 years. resigning that position to be come secretary of the Cananea Realty company. which situation he still holds.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-22
AUGUSTA IS cHEsTY
 OVER TAFTs COMING

AUGUSTA. Ga. Jan s1.-Augusta s proud of the distinction conferred upon her by MT. Taft fin selecting this city as his winter residence. and to show her appreciation of the honor a magnificent banquet is to be given at Hampton Terrace tonieht in honor of the president-elect- The affair has been arranged by the Augusta Cham her of Commerce. and from all indica- tions 1t vii rival in brilIiance the sim liar function recently given In honor |of Mir. Taft in Atlanta.
 kn imrosing array of distineuished guests win be present. Among those
Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-22

invited to attend are the governors of Georgia and South Carolina, to- gether with the seDadors. representa- lives and other public men of those two states. Special cars have bees engaged to convey the guests to and from the hotel. The management o' the hotel has made elaborate ar rapeements for the banquet The decorations of the large dining hall win be principally American colors ord red. white ard hire carnations and vioiets will occupy prominent places in the decorative scheme. The banquet vii he preceded by an open-air address by Mr. Taft
Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-22
Baseball Dope.

Several local fans In commenting on the article in yesterdays Review, while confident that the local boys could wallop the Douglasites as they have done so many times in the past, are of the opinion that it Is best not to start playing until the proper time comes. In this way the pent up en- thusiaSm of the winter months would be lost through the entire season. and not grow stale before the trees are green. If Douglas will held some of those fast men over there for the com ing year, they y1ll do something that will boost their town more than g dozen mining congresses. Hold on tS them. Douglas. and you'll be glad oi it by and by.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-22

For a while the fight between Win
 sor and Johnny Robinson was
 fierce affair, and both men were going around with scalps hanging to their belts. but now all Is past and forgot en, and the two men, both of whom
 are highly capable and worthy gentle men, are working together in a way that shows that Arizona never in US history had two more efficient clerks Tn the council In fact, Arizona will l always Nave room for such men as Johnson. Clark alJ Winsor.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-22
GRAPHIC SKETCHES
 0F OUR sOL0NS
Characteristics and 0oings Of Tenitoy'S SoionS and At
 tacheS at Capitol.
Phoenix Democrat)

Every indication points to this being the ablest legislature ever assembled in Arizona. This shows that year by year Arizona improves and that with it improves public sentiment.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-22
Purchased Barber Shop.

Shorty Smith. the Sonora Hotel tonsorial artist. has purchased the D. & A. barber shop. which he viii con duct in the future
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-23
Man ELfCTROCUTFD
ON STATION ROOF
Sixty Thousand Volts Pass
Through Contractors Body
at Power Plant


OAKLAND, Oct. 22.-Sixty thousand
volts of electricity passed through the
body of HjaImar Ibsen, a gravel con-
tractor living at 952 Twenty eighth
street, who was electrocuted at 3
o'clock this afternoon on the roof of
the Great Western power company sub
station at Fourth avenue and East
Twenty-seventh street in Trestle glen.
On the roof when the contractor was
laying new gravel roof. Ibsen was
the contractor for the job. His pres
ence in the dangerous place was not
noticed by the other men until the
tremendous voltage entered the gravel
mans body with loud report and
binding fash
Ibsen had a business establishment
at Alameda point. He sold gravel,
rock and sand. i He got the contract
to put a new gravel roof on. the Great
Western power station and had come to
the building in the glen with load of
the material. He criticised the ma
teria1 in the first roof and to prove a
point to the overseers went to the top
of the snbstation TO get handful of
the old gravel.
lifted the burned body to the ground,
where it was immersed in water in an
effort at resuscitation. DR.. E. A. Majors
was called. but the contractor was dead.
Ibsen was 33 years of age. His
widow, and two children respectively
years and s months old, survive.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-23
ATTORNEYS CLASH
OVER FAT ESTATES
Bad Faith Charged and Blows
Narrowly Averted in Dis
pute About PIums


OAKLAND, Oct. 22.-An excnange of
blows was narrowly avoided in the
county clerks office today during a
violent alteration between Attorneys
Clarence M. Reed~and George H. Rich
ardson- The pair clashed first outside
the Office. and inside again turned upon
each other in hitter dispute.
Reed accused Richardson of bad
faith in taking advantage of his abb
sence and of the substitution Of a
judge unfamiliar with arrangements in
the probate department.
Richardson for two years has had
the work of appraising collateral in
heritance taxes. assigned to him by
Judge Ogden. The assignment is a
bit of patronage held by the probate
Judge and is generally supposed to
continue for year before change
is made.
Reed was next in line but during
Judge Ogden's absence Judge Wells
sat for time in the probate court
and Richardson was accused by Reed
of having Is schoice estates assigned
to himself at. that time.
/ Their loud voices as they hufled
epithets and hard names attracted the
occupants of the Office about them
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-23
GREAT FUTURE IN
STORE FOR CHINA
Consul General Wilder Pays a
Tribute to Thrift and Per-
severance of Chinese

BERKELEY, Oct. p. =, That the
American who visits the cheap theaters
and nickelodeons or thinks of nothing
but bridge whist and wearing expensive
clothing can do no better than have as
an example of thrift and perseverance
the stolid Chinese. who is now awaken
ing to his own worth, was the declara-
tion of Consul General Amos p. Wilder
of Shanghai, China, in an address to
the students of the university at their
meeting this morning.
Wilder said that there seemed to be
growing weakness in Americans for
the cheap theater and for dress. The
Chinese. however, showed no such evil
dence of decay, he declared, and the
China OF the future would be a great
and powerful nation.
- Prof. Alexis Lange, acting president.
introduced the speaker and mentioned
that talking too much was not sup
posed to be trait of diplomat of the
far east. His reference to the recent
CIane incident caused Wilder to smile
broadly.
The speaker told of the wonderful
strides being made in education and in
dustrial conditions in China and said
that the oriental was only held back
individual has in the past been the OBJ
| ject of Chinese education. The Chinese,
| he said, need the development which
| the Japanese have provided for them
selves. He continued:
Railroads and education systems are
1.-THE two great facors in the upbuilding
| of the new China. The hope of the
horiental is the higher education and the
complete amalgamation. of the race"
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-23
ASK ALAMEDA PASTOR
TO RETAIN HIS POST
Members of Congregation Vote
Against His Resignation

: ALAMEDA, Oct. 22.-Rev. L. P. Rus
sell, pastor of the First Baptist church.
is expected to give his answer Sunday
as to whether or not he will withdraw
his resignation filed this week with
the church directorate. At a meeting
of the members of his congregation
held Wednesday night "a voted that the
pastors resignation be not accepted,
and IA voted that it be accepted. 1t
was decided at the meeting to request
Russell to withdraw his resignation.
and he now has the request under con-
sideration.
1t is said that among the objections
to Mr.. Russell by some of his congrega-
tion are that he has continually urged
his flock to contribute more literally to
the support of missionary work.
Rev. DR.. Brunstead of the First Bap-
tfst church of Berkeley who presided
at the meeting Wednesday night. is said
to have upheld Mr.. Russell and to have
censured the dissenters for the attitude
they have assumed toward their pastor.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-23
WOULD JAIL ALL
SPEED VIOLAT0RS
coroner's Jury Scores Chauffeur
for Oakland Wreck

OAKLAND, Oct. 22.-Besides severely
censuring Henry G. Gischner the auto
mobile demonstrator, who pileted the
car which was wrecked in the scenic
boulevard last week, with the resulting
injury of seven occupants and the kill
ing Of two, a ceroRer,s jury recon-
mended today that the punishment for
violation of the speed law be made im-
prisonment without the alternative
of q fine. The inquest, held at Fruit
vale, was over the bodies of Marcy
Anargyros and Mrs. n. C. Edwards. the
dead victims
The jurymen were r. E. Reeves, w.
w. Beck, Julius II. Adams. W. C. Jami-
SON, B. Scherhage and Manuel Lelly.
The finding they returned follows:
That death was caused by internal
injuries. due to being thrown from an
automobile driven by II. G. Tischner,
who, while driving said machine at a
high rate of speed. lost control thereof,
causing said machine to collide with a
hydrant, throwing the occupants vio-
lently to the ground; and we censure
said H. c. Tischner for his gross and
wanton careIessness in operating said
machine and recommend that all vio-
lators of the speed laws be imprisoned
without the alternative of a fine
The case against Nargy Anargyros,
charged by NJ. Katsanos with obtain
ing money under false pretenses. which
was set for trial today, was stricken
from the calendar. !.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-23
SUPERVISORS WIN IN
FORMER SHERIFF'S SUIT

OAKLAND. i Oct. ga demurrer to
the suit by which former Sheriff Harry
Morse sought to compel the supervisors
of Alameda county 20 refund S19S.572
was sustained by Judge Wells today.
The demurrer alleged uncertainty in
the wording of the complaint. and
Judge Wells took that view.
Morse alleged that the money hal
been illegally expended from the
county general fund for the construc-
tion. maintenance and lighting of the
foothill boulevard, and that the money
should have been taken from the funds
of the various road districts through
which the boulevard lies.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-23
STUDENTS
MARRY IN NORTH
Miss Marguerite Daniels Be-
comes Wife of Harold NJ. Hall
in British Columbia

BERKELEY, Oct. 22.-At the home
of the brides grandmother in Vancou-
yer. B. c.. yesterday. the wedding Of
Harold M. Hall of Oakland and Miss
Marguerite Daniels of this city was
solemnized. Accompanied by her two
daughters, both former university stu
dents. Mrs. Daniels returned from
abroad month ago. and she was pres
ent at the wedding.
Mrs. Hall Is well known on the cam
pus of the university in dramatics and
society circles. She was the leading E
lady in class junior farces and was
also identified with literary activities.
She is a member of the Gamma Phi
Beta society.
Hall is mining engineer and a
graduate of the university with the
class of 1907. He won high scholarship
honors, and is a member of the Tau
Beta Pi and Sigma xxi societies. He is
engaged in his profession at Corte Ma
dera, where he will make his home
with his bride.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-23
NEWS OF OAKLAND BERKELEY ALAMEDA HAYWARD AND LEANDRO
WOMAN AWARDED
LITERARY PRIZE
Miss Sara c. Ashby of Senior
Class Writes Best Story for
California Book

BERKELEY. Oct. 22.-Miss Sara
Canterbury Ashby member Of the
senior class and wei known in literary
circles at the university, has been
awarded first prize for her Yesterday,
a Toast in the short story contest
for the California Short Story Book,
which win be published junior day.
November 25. Prof. C. w. Wells ard
Doctor Smithson of the faculty. Rich
ard Walton Tully. the writer, and Miss
Christina Krysto and Francis Steele
were the judges of the contest
The book. which will be issued with
Miss Margaret Ogden as, editor. viii
contain short stories by former uni
versity students and undergraduate
who have attained prominence in their
profession or studies. The stories will
be selected from those written while
their authors were undergraduates.
Values by Marguerite Ogden
3ernice, Patriee and Clarice." by
Elizabeth Young. and "Billiken's OPP
portunity." by Jean Macmillan, re-
ceived honorable mention In the con-
test OF the 25 stories submitted
fhese received special recognition:
Little Prexie" by W. c. Parry and
L W. Wigmore; 'tAnOther's Standards"
by Vera ConnaI; "'Fhree Hundred and
Sixty-sixth.@ by Lytle Gillespy. and
white Elephant" by Laura Robson.
With a good floor and lively music
the training table dance was given i'm
Harmon gymnasium tonight. The
dance was given for the benefit Of
the varsity training table, which will
be set Monday and funds were added
to the student treasury.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-23
AUTO RACERS ESCAPE
INJURY IN ACCIDENT
Car Plunges Over Embankment
at Death Curve

OAKLAND. Oct. 22.-Harold. Hall, a
driver for the Bixby Motor car COM
pany. together with his mechanician.
Henry Machen, had a close call from
death, and their car, a Sunset racer.
was damaged today in the second ac-
cident to chauffeurs training for the
Portola races tomorrow. Their ma
chine was catapulted off the roadway
at death curve" where Hopkins street
enters the scenic boulevard.
The curve there is in the shape of a
letter S. Hail. who was learning the
course, took it at too high a speed and
a rear tire was torn off. Before the
engine could be stopped the racer had
plunged off the roadbed, overbalanced
and scareened down an embankment
The other rear wheel was snapped and
the auto struck against the bank OF
earth, pitching the two men nearly 20
feet. The sod saved them from being
badly hurt.
A driver named Fleming met with a
similar mishap two days ago ait the
same curve while training for the races.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-23
REMOVE POLES FROM
STREETS IN OAKLAND
Power and Light Companies
Work in Third District

OAKLAND, Oct. 22.-overhead wires
and poles are being removed in the
third downtown district established by
the first ordinance ordering wires un-
derground. The district Is south of
Eleventh street, extending to Eighth
and from Washington street to
Webster.
The work of removing the overhead
wires and the poles is to be gradually
carried out, in accordance with an
agreement between the Oakland gas
light and heat company, the telephone
companies, the water company and the
telegraph companies. Mayor F. K Mott
originated the movement, ana the city
council has passed two ordinances
which provide-fo the removal OF wires
in the entire downtown section in
three years
The streetcar companies are I ex-
empted from this improvement. as the
franchises held in the city are all for
overhead trolley wires.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-23
JUDGE SUSTAINS
STATE UNIVERSITY
Milk Dealers Fail in Attack on
Retailing of Milk Produced
at Dairy School

OAKLAND. Oct. 22.-Sustaining de-
murrer without leave TO amend the
complaint, Judge Murphey today threw
out of court petition by the Alameda
county milk dealers association to en-
join the University OF California from
the sale of milk from the college dairy
farm at North Berkeley.
The association alleged that the uni
yersity was in active competition with
its members in peddling milk and
cream at Herkeley, and that favoritism
was shown to members of the faculty
against the ordinary residents of the
town An injunction was asked on the
ground that the university charter did
not provide for retail commercial
activities.
Judge Murphey. after hearing ex-
tended arguments, held that the milk
and its sale constituted an incident re-
sulting from the legitimate instruction
of students in scientific dairying, and
that the delivery of milk was part of
the course. An appeal will probably
be taken.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-23
HUSBAND CHASED FROM
HOUSE WITH SHOTGUN
Wife Warns Girls Parents and
Secures Divorce

OAKLAND, Oct. 22-Chased out of
the house with a shotgun where he had
wooed Miss Ruth Baker as a single man
proposing marriage, Fred McAliister. a
book keeper, bitterly reproached his
wife, Florence, for telling Miss Bakers
father.
Mrs. McAllister testified that Meal
lister continued his attentions to Miss
Baker for three years and that she only
discovered his intentions through love
letter which she found in his pocket.
Mrs McAllister secured an interlocu-
tory decree of divorce today.
Hansiae C. Nilsen divorced Obert MIL
sen today. for cruelty extending over
many years.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-23
PREPARE FOR RETURN
RALLOONING RACES

OAKLAND. Oct 22.-rhe Oakland
aero club announced today that ball
loon races postponed from last Sunday
will take place Sunday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock from grounds at Sixty
third street and Telegraph avenue.
The Greater Oakland and Queen Of
the Pacific will be used. J. C. Mars
will pilot the Oakland balloon and, ac-
cording to the announcement, will be
accompanied by Miss Marguerite Miller
of this city.
Miss Geneva Shaffer OF San Francisco
will make the trip with Ivy Baldwin.
representing the San Francisco aero
club. so the statement is made.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-23
News Of Society
Across the Bay

~ AKLAND, Oct. 22.-Mrs- j. p. Ne
willie sent out cards today for one
~ of the large bridge parties OF the
early winter. including two score
friends in her invitation for Thursday
afternoon, November 4, at her ne"
home in Claremont. This us the nrst
of a series of affairs which Mrs Ne
vile has planned. Cards will be out
within a week or SO for another aIler-
noon at bridge, over which she Will
preside Wednesday, November ~. Inc,
third card party in December VIII IN
clude a large number of the younger
set The Nevilies have recently taken
possession of one of the most artistic
homes in the hill district. giving up
their apartments at the Country cllb,
where they spent the last year.
The wedding of Fred Snowden and
Miss Carolyn Palmanteer, the eldest
daughter of Mrs. sPalmanteer and the
late William G.. Palmanteer, has been
set for an early January date. IL viii
be one of the notable events after the
holiday season. The betrothal which
followed a long friendship, has been
no secret among the closer friends. OF
the young couple. although no lormai ma
announcement has been made. Snow
den and his fancee are exceedingly
well liked by the smart set with whom
they have been popular Miss Pa1nlan-
teer is one of the most strikingly beau
tifuI girls of Oakland. She has trav-
eled extensively and possesses that
ease of manner which comes from broad
culture. The Palmanteer family is one
of the oldest and most prominent on
this side of the bay.
In honor of Miss Ruby Richards, a.
charming Berkeley girl, Miss Elsie
Campbell has sent out cards for a large
tea Thursday afternoon, November 4, at
the family home in Webster street. 1t
will be one of the delightful affairs OF
the early month";
Miss Anne Mcclure is planning for
one of the more ella borate of the hal
or more friends in her invitation for.
an informal hour at the Mcclure resi-
deuee in Twenty ninth street Saturday
evening.
Mrs. Reginald Foster, who was the
house guest Of her mother. Mrs. Brace
Hayden, for several months, left this
week for her home in New York, after
a delightful visit on the coast. 1t was
at tea given in Mrs. Fosters honor
that bhe engagement of Clarence Shuey
and Miss Sevilla Hayden was announced
late IN the summer.
Mrs D.A Proctor will entertain the
dozen Piedmont matrons of one of the
most excfusive bridge clubs of the WIN
ter on Monday.
:
Mrs. William Bacon, formerly Miss
Alice Maurer, whose marriage was a
notable event early in September. will
be the guest of honor tomorrow of Miss
Gladys Emmons, who has invited a
number of friends for the afternoon.
Mrs. Bacon was one of the feted girls
of the summer season, and since she
and her husband, Doctor Bacon. have
returned from their honeymoon in< the
Hawaiian Islands, she has inspired sew
erai of the more elaborate affairs of
the fall.
Saturday evening, October so. Mrs.
Harold Bray Perry will entertain two
score or more. friends at her. home in
Alameda, asking them to celebrate
with her the halloween festival. All
the time honored customs will be OBJ
served. the feast of pumpkin pies and
cider rounding out the evening of fun.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-23
no. Ear Mexico.

Only a few days left for you to join
the great personally conducted ex-
cursion, leaves October 26th. from
Southern Pacific's Third and Townsend
Streets Depot; round trip $4,000. Choice
Santa Fe. Stopover at Williams for
side trip to Grand Canyon, $3.50 addi-
tfonal. Write or phone our agents,
Southern Pacific Company Santa Fe
and Mexican Central.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-23
DOG DISFIGURES FACE
OF A LITTLE GIRL

ALAMEDA, Oct. 22.-Ruth Weigandt.
"a years of age. daughter OF Mrs. Ida
Weigandt OF 1735 Buena Vista avenue,
was attacked last evening by a vicious
dog.
The canine laeerated the face of the
child in frightfuI manner. infiicting
injuries that the physician who az
tended the little patient says will dis
figure her countenance for life.
The dog strayed into the yard of
Mrs. Annie Larsen, a neighbor OF the
Weigandt family. Little Ruth play
fully threw her arms about the neck
of the animal and in an instant the
beast sank his .fangs into her coun-
tenance.
FAIRBANKS LEAVES MANILA-ManiIa Oct
22--Forner Vice President Fairbanks Ieft
here today for Hongkong the steamer Min
nesota en- route for India