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The San Francisco call., 1909-10-15
To the 100000 People Who vii!
Visit San Francisco Next Week

Conservatively speaking, 100000 people
from the interior of the State will visit San
Francisco next week. Probably every Wis
itor will, in some measure, combine business
with pleasure. There are some interesting
business facts that we want every one of
these 100000 visitors TO learn during their
soiourn here. We want every one of these
100000 people to know that there is new
method of Piano merchandising in San
Francisco, and that the new way is so far an
Improvement upon the old system that it
can not help but surprise every person inter-
ested in music
To begin with, it's worth while to know
that the biggest Piano store IN San Fran
cisco is that OF Eilers Music Company in the
Eilers Music Building. at 975 Market
Street, situated between Hale's and the En-
porium. The floor space here devoted to
the sale of Pianos is larger than that given
by any other Pacific Coast establishment.
Here are displayed more Pianos than can be
found in any store in the City. The Pianos
sold embrace more well-known lines twice
in San Francisco Here may be found the
oldest makes, as we'll as the most note
worthy makes of Pianos that are manufac-
tured in America today.
And now as to methods. The old-time
method of Piano selling, which unfortrn-
ately continues in most houses today, was
simply charging what the traffic will bear
The method of the future to be successful,
must be along lines that will popularize the
Piano and make it not luxury, but a neces-
sty of every home. We believe that when
the price of good Piano is fixed at point
where every home can afford it, the volume
of the Piano business will be increased inn
measurably. Our work in forty stores upon
the Pacific Coast has been to popularize the
Piano; TO make it a necessary part of every
household. To accomplish this, every un-
necessary expense has been eliminated.
While ours is the largest store in San
Francisco, no effort has been made to build
a luxurious Palace to overawe the buyer
While others pay enormous rents, we collect
rents. Buying for forty stores and supplying
many smaller dealers throughout the Coast
it stands to reason that we are able to pur-
chase from the manufacturer at prices that
other dealers can not secure. Shipping in
tremendous quantities by the most up to
date methods, we save largely in transporta-
ton charges. Only this year, through our
efforts, reduction of the Coast Piano rate
equivalent to 10 per cent has been effected
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-15
WOMEN MUST REMOVE
HATS WHEN IN CHURCH
Rule Made by Trustees for a
Stockton Congregation
[SpeeiGl Dispatch 10 The Call

STOCKTON, Oct. 1.-THE Portola
hat, the north pole hat and every other
kind of a bonnet worn by the MEM
bers of the fair sex must come of
when they attend the services here
after at the Central Methodist Epis
copal church.
The board of trustees has decided
that women must remove their hats
during the church service. The mat
ter was brought up by George Harris,
who presented the resolution to that
effect, Mrs. Grigsby seconding the
same.
When the women pass through the
church vestibuIe Sunday they will find
the notice informing them of the edict.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-15
MERCHANTS
TO FIGHT LICENSE TAX
Retailers Decide to Take Mat
ter Into Courts
(Sseciol Dispatch TO The Call

SACRAMENTO. Oct IA merry
fRht is to be waged between the city
trustees and the members OF the nc
tsu Merchants association over the
license tax which the city compels the
retail merchants to pay. The merchants
a. 2 recent meeting decided to refuse
10 nav the license after this year. Iney
viii eight the case TO the courts If
necessary. 1t was stated that Sacra-
naento stands almost alone IN requiring
its merchants to pay licenses
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-15
SACRAMENTO TO HAVE
NEW $4,000 HOTEL
w. Land Lets Contract for a
Structure on State House Site
ISpeoiol Dispotch 10 The Gall

Especial Dispotch 10 4 he Call
SACRAMENTO, Oct 1.-THE con-
tract for the construction of a s126,o00
hotel on the site of the present state
house was awarded today TO the Ran
some construction company by William
Land. the owner. Land proposes to
erect a four story building and Will
start razing the present structure on
October %.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-15
SACRAMENTO VOTERS
DECREASE IN NUMBER
Especial Dispatch TO The CALI

SACRAMENTO. Oct. 1.-THE regis
tration of voters eligible TO vote at
the coming city election shows an in
crease of us over last years registra-
tion. Sacramento. city now has 10,640
names on the great register, while a
year ago the city had 1925.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-15
PITTSBURG SYNDICATE
RIJYS ANOTHER BIG TRACT
Land to Be Irrigated and Sold
to CoIonists
TSn.cinI Di,potch 10 ~ q

WILLOWS. Oct. 1.-THE Pittsburg
syndicate. which has purchased 100000
acres Of land in this vicinity TO be
nlsced under irrigation, has just closed
, deal for 900 acres more.
The land was purchased from Fred
Quijint and the consideration Is said TO
Be sl5O.0oo.
The Pittsburg syndicate proposes TO
irrigate ali the land and put it on the
market TO colonists.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-15
NEVADA CITY MAN is
ACQUITTED OF MURDER
Trial Brought About by Fight
in a Saloon
[SneciaI Dnpateh q ~ CaIII

ISpccIdi DUpdIch 70 TIC NU''I
NEVADA CITY. Cal, Oct 14.-Louis
Dulnaane. son OF g local hotel pro-
prietor, was acquitted in 40 minutes
-. evening of the murder of Cyrus
McMath.
The two fought in the barroom OF
the hotel. McMath dying several days
later al a hospital.
IT was contended by the state that
the beating he received caused ms
death. The defense asserted that
death was due to excessive drink
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-15
pLAcERyILLE ATTORNEY
IS SERIOUSLY INJURED
S,.,;,fDapotch 10 The Coll]

pr.acERvILLE. oct. l4.-Attorney
II pray was probably fatally in
s,,rsS in q runaway accident today near
snortsmen's hall. - miles from here.
Percy Anderson. who was with him In
the rfg at the time. escaped with slight
Injuries. Bray received two broken
ribs and was hurt internally.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-15
TOWN OF WILLOWS HAS
THE ANNEXATION FEVER
Special Dispatch 70 The Cali

fSeecidI DLspdtch 70 The CoiiI
WILLOWS, Oct. IA movement
for a greater Willows has been started.
sections about the town proper on the
east. north and west want sewers and
End they can get them only by coming
INTO willows An election will be called
shortly 70 vote on annexation. If the
entire district comes in the population
would be increased to about 5000
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-15
TWO MINERS FALL
DOWN DEEP SHAFT
One Man Makes Misstep and
Pulls Other With Him

loPeciol DLsPdlc" 70 nc N0''I
RFDDING. oct. 14.-Fidelo Com and
r Ana. miners at the Reid mine near
Whttehouse, fell 75 feet down the shaft
today and may die. ALTA has three
broken ribs and is unconscious. Com
has a fractured skull. The two tried
10 pass on a narrow ledge. One made
a misstep. and in falling pulled the
other with him.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-15
COSTLY BIT STUCK
FAST IN NINE DRILL
Especial Dispatch TO The Call

KENNETT, Oct. IA diamond bit
worth $500 is stuck fast in the drill in
Summit mine and can not be removed.
Workmen have been trying for four
days to loosen the bit, but to no avail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-11

years. was brilliant man, but both were
clear-headed and full of calculation. Mr..
Culberson. the present minority leader.
owes his place to his solid qualities.
In the second place, Mr.. Bryan would
have to adjust hts shining qualities to
an atmosphere unsuited to mere bril-
liancy. The Senate will not tolerate
what in campaigning circles passes for
eloquence- The member who flies high
soon finds himself out of the sight and
hearing OF his colleagues. They refuse
to follow him. Their interest is in things
nearer earth. Mr.. Bryan would either
have to clip his wings, or, INDUCING In
full sweep of pinion. take his flight simply
for entertainments sake. And while
some senator's are entertainers between
sessions of the Senate, few care TO DO
such in the chamber itself.
Mr.. Bryans gifts are OF that cfarac-
ter, and his success with them has been
such that 1T seems to be the presidency.
or nothing for him in politics. He has
tried the House to small purpose. He
had only a qualified success there, and
left of his own accord. He would find the
Senate quite as little to his taste, and
neither the goyernorship OF a state nor
cabinet office would afford him the swing
he needs to exhibit his strongest powers.
He is re-eminently an agitator. and has
done service in that field SO long now he
could not with comfort to himself or
profit to his cause tie himself down to
public affairs on a limited scale in what
he would consider a subordinate post.
Senator Bryan. or Gov. Bryan, or Score
tary Bryan would show Splinter In
hobbies
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-11
Lincoln's Clemency.

From the New York World.
He tried to fit penalty to the man rather
than the offense. His soul revolted at the
thought of shooting child of sixteen for
sleeping on post. even though pardon
might in the eyes of martinets be en-
couraging laxity. He was unwilling to
dismiss a great general because of COM
plants that he drank too much. He ante
dated by forty years the modern ideas Of
probation and parole. He saw that So
c!ety had better use for fairly we'll mean
ing men than to disgrace or execute them;
and Of all things he found easiest to for
give abuse or criticism of himself and his
policies. since these he seldom adopted
without first seeing clearly the opposing
view. Undoubtedly Lncoln's clemency and
broadness were often imposed upon to his
and the nations hurt. But the public
value OF these qualities outweighed their
disadvantages. 1t was better that he
should be Father Abraham in all the
army striplings' eyes than that a few
sleeping sentries should be shot as exam
pies. The process of reconstruction. had
Lincoln lived, would have been immensely
softened by his sympathetic insight into
southern mems difficulties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-11
The Normal School.

When the House passed the District APP
preparation bill it refused to include pro-
vision for a new normal school building.
for which the board of education had
submitted an estimate as one of the most
urgent needs of the local school system.
The Senate wrote the item into the bill
with a somewhat reduced cost limitation.
but with an immediate appropriation OF
S1COo COO to start the work. That item is
now in conference between the two
houses 1t should by all means be re-
tanned in the bill.
The normal school is vitality important
feature of the public school system. 1t
supplies the needs Of the teaching force
by its training of recruits. and it main
tains the standard of efficiency. 1t has
been, however, unaccountably neglected
in the annual provisions for the school
needs 1t has never had a home OF
its own, although it long ago outSreW
the quarters assigned to it in the Franklin
building. In the course of time 1t has eX-
banded until 1t occupies four rooms and
Il part of a corridor. In order to pass
from one Of the class rooms to the one
most remote, it is necessary for the
teachers and students to ascend no less
than ninety-six steps. The training
classes are congested and scattered. The
kindergarten class set apart for normal
school work is In detached building,
formerly a private dwelling. In short,
the normal school is working under the
heaviest possible handicap, and the Won
der is that it can maintain Its high record
and do the good work it accomplishes.
If the normal school were given an ade-
quate equipment. such as this item in the
District bill insures. it would be of far
greater service to the school system than
it is today. 1t would turn out even bet
ter teachers than 1t does, excellent as are
its present products. The physical ener-
gies Of its teachers and students would
be conserved. Less time would be wasted,
less friction ensendered by the days
work.
The fact that the normal school has
been maintained SO long without the
proper equipment. but with good results,
is no warrant for continuing as in the
past to force this essential department OF
the local educational system to struggle
along under its burden. There is no more
worthy proposition in the entire District
appropriation bill than that which the
Senate has added to relieve this condition.
and the Senate conferees should in
sist unyieldingly upon retaining it in the
bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-11

the President and the Vice President. was
in a generous mood, recognising that it
was itself by no means free from fault in
the matter of clerical peccability.
However. this little incident OF the count
should serve as a warning, to be needed
henceforth by the officials of the states.
to be extremely careful in the matter of
preparing the electoral certificates. The
country has had its fill OF uncertainty
regarding the selection of it's executive
officers and wants no more electoral COM
missions to keep it in doubt until the
last hour before Inauguration. The
electoral college is now only a form,
but it should be formal beyond ques-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-11
TO INLAND AUSTRALIA
FOR YOUR HEALTH
ROUND TRIP ONLY Sl.OO.

III YOU are d catarrh, asthma or hay fever S,if-
ferer. what would you say il the above oher
Was made 10 you:
How would you like To go To the mount a nous
forests Of pine and eucalyptus, where catarrh and
asthma do not exist Where people 30 not hate
to hawk every morning. to spit OUT the LUMP az
disgusting mucous. Where the healing. ami.
septic balsams purify the air and kill all germs
You can't 10 this ideal spot. OF course.
You haven't time and possibly not money.
Ask Henry Evans about Hyouei. the Austral.
ian dry-air cure. Get OUTFIT which includes
inhaler. for 81. breathe the same air that yun
would find in Australia. aud If il does heal
the raw membrane and You Of eatsrrn.
snuffies cough. cold asthma you have your
money back.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-11
Judge Taft's Task.

Now hor real business-four years Of it
at least and maybe eight.
This Is not 10 say that Judge Taft has
been an idle man since election day
Those were pleasant weeks he spent in
Virginia, and as pleasant were those he
spent In Georgia. Golf. conversation,
automobile rides and banquets kept him
in good shape and in good humor There
was a sort of rest even in the Strenu-
osity.
But questions of state were not barred,
and some importa OF ones were considered
inauguration day has been close enough
at any time to cause the President-elect to
bear ii in mind.
The trip 10 Panama. willie important.
had its restful side. Nearly two weeks on
the sea must have lbeen delightful
But now the burden will begin to press
down The time before the 4th Of March
will all be consumed in preparing for that
day, and from that day business will have
the right Of way.
How will Judge Taft bear his new bur-
den? His nature is hopeful and buoyant
He likes company, and attracts persons of
hts own temperament. His duties In the
Philippines were new and very trying.
but he discharged them apparently with
ease-certainly with great success. And in
the War Department he showed the same
ready grasp Of questions, and carried his
load without stoo1ng.
Judge Taft as President will be under
a new trial. Not only will his duties be
manifold, but many OF them complex. A
President must see all sorts and condi-
tons Of men. pass upon all sorts of
claims. distribute patronage of the high
est value, politically and otherwise, inves-
tigate matters of both national and inter-
national moment, and II possible keep his
head clear and his spirits up through It
all.
Mr.. Cleveland in the White House was
q hard worker. In fact some of his near
friends complained and told him. that he
worked too hard. He charged himself
with too many details-matters which
clerks might we'll have attended to. To
that was ascribed his occasional spells
of crustiness. which sent callers away
surprised and sometimes wounded.
Gen. Harrison neglected nothing, but
had a system which did not load him
down. He bore the burden very well.
The four years Of Mr.. Mckinley were
full OF anxieties, but they carried much
comfort for him. His success was SO
pronounced, both as respects domestic
problems and the management of the
Spanish war, and there was such general
appreciation of 1t that he had lift
with his load in that way.
Mr.. Roosevelt has described his cxpe-
rience in the White House. He has had
"a corkins time" Every hour has been
crowded. He has touched upon all oues-
lions. lin the heavens above, in the earth
beneath, and in the waters under the
GARTH and asked for legislation on most
of them. But he has not once shown
WEAKNESS
Judge Daft is robust, philosophical. sys-
tenatic, and experienced in handling pub
lie business, and expectation is that he
viii walk straight and keep pleasant un-
der his huge pack.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-11
Clerical Errors and Public Business.

When the tellers named by the Senate
and House of Representatives yesterday
proceeded to perform their duty OF eX
amining the votes of the electors selected
by the people of the states to choose a
President and a Vice President they
found every certificate to be in correct
form, with no sign of flaw or irregularity
except one. The votes of the electors of
Wisconsin had been cast for William H.
Taft Of New York for President and
James s. Sherman of New York for Vice
President. The error was promptly re-
ported to the joint session and, mas
much as 1t was perfectly plain that Wis
ccnsin's electors had intended to vote for
William II. Taft of Ohio for President
and especially as the thirteen votes Of the
state were not necessary to insure Taft's
election to the presidency, it was unani-
mously agreed that the error should be
forgiven and the vote recorded as In
tended
But surprising the election had been so
close that the thirteen votes OF Wiscon-
sin would affect the result. Would that
clerical error have been forgiven by the
joint session? 1t is easy to imagine
the democratic minority entering a Wig
oIOuS Diolest, cNCu scchiUS
prevent the formal recording of the re-
suit. and maybe appealing to the Supreme
Court to interfere with IL writ. All sorts
of complications might have resulted
from the carelessness OF some clerk and
the oversight of officials whose duty IL
was to scrutinize every detail of the GER
tificate.
1t would seem that so obvious q blunder
would have been caught before the GER
tificate of Wisconsins vote was sent TO
Washington. But often the more obvious
an error the more likely it is to slip past
all examiners. In this case the minds
Of the engrosser end the official readers
moved in the same groove Of subcon-
s,ciousness. without painstak1ng or ques-
ton Just SO the other day somebody
failed to catch the palpable error in a
local bill before it went to the President
for signature. and it became a law with
the absurd result of describing a GER
tain lot of ground as beginning at its
own northeast corner and running thence
a certain distance eastward a palpanle
impossibility. Typographical and cIerica al
errors have frequently s-ept into appro-
priation acts, with embarrassing conse-
quences. Possibly this is why Congress
yesterday. sitting as the federal can
vassing board to proclaim the election of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-11
California,

Grove Johnson and his friends discovered
that they were not so much at war with
Japan as with popular sentiment in the
United States. They were endeavoring
to put California into antagonism with her
sister states OF the Union. The protest
against their course voiced by the New
York legislature and in Massachusetts
would have been adopted all over the east
had time allowed and the effort been
made. The people OF the United States
want no war with Japan, and California
could not do a more reckless or foolish
thing than to antagonize national senti-
ment in any appraisement of local in
terestS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-11
4r. Bryan and the Senate.
Says the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Mr.. Bryan has been proverbialIy I'M
fortunate-if that Is the word-in his polit-
1ca1 career In never being In a position to
get the benefit of his occasional partial
victories. Thus in 1906 and 1908, when he
Won the vote OF his own state and car
ried the legislature with him to victory.
neither of the Nebraska senatorships
was due to expire. while in 1900 when
lative ticket likewise was lost, a senator
ship was at stake. Had he won then and
carried the legislative ticket with him he
would In all probability have been chosen
senator In place OF c. II. Dietrich. Or,
had the legislatures elected In 1896 or
1903 been empowered to elect a senator.
the chances are that the Lincoln man
would have been given the toga Will
Mr.. Bryans luck change under the Ore
son law, or will he remain the one emil
men, figure In American political HISTORY
winch the lightning always manages TO
avoid striking"
Unfortunate? On the contrary. Mr.
Bryan has been most fortunate in es-
Gaping election TO the Senate. Had he
been elected senator the winter follow
ing his first defeat for the presidency. his
national leadership would have been
brought to an end and his party left al
liberty TO look about for it's candidate for
1900. And IL the present Nebraska legis-
lature had a senatorship to bestow and
bestowed 1t on Mr.. Bryan. the democratic
problem for 1912 would be greatly simpli-
fed.
In the Senate Mr.. Bryan would be out
OF his element. and therefore at q d.sad-
vantage. He could not lead. and 60 would
simply be one member among many. 1t
may be granted that no would be an in
teresting member. but principally SO to
the galleries. On the floor his influence
would be small.
In the first place. in the opinion OF even
his own party friends in the Senate he
lacks balance. And balance in the Senate
counts. The leader OF the majority must
have il In an eminent degree, and the
leader Of the minority finds use for q
good deal Neither Mr.. Allison nor Mr..
1.arnan, who opposed each other for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-11
Clearings Tell the Story.
From the Philadelphia Record.

If business isn't booming quite as was
hoped for. there Is no question about the
radical Improvement of things since Il
year ago. One evidence of this cited by
Duns review. is that the bank clearings
in 40 cities were $14O03. 261 453 last
month. against only Sill 1886. 4Si, $50 in
January, 10OS-an increase of more than
% per cent. In many of the cities the
clearings were larger last month than
they were in January, 1907, when BUSH
ness was at its height But for the great
shrinkage In stock business in New York
the clearings of the country would have
run above those of two years ago. If
there is still some idle machinery the VOL
ume OF trade must be very nearly normal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-11
A Candid Reminder.

Go along. OF Winter; we done had dat
Christmas glee;
Yves ready fob de robin to come singin'
in de tree;
Yves grateful foh de holidays dat you's
a-passin' round,
But we'd like to see de VIII flower come
a-springin' rum de ground.
Ev'y time a sunny day come peekin' FUN
de sky
Yves lonesome foil visit FUN de yaller
butterfly,
Who prowls aroun' de blossoms kind o
Lopin' he kin see
Some sweetness dat was overlooked by
OF Mis- Honey Bee.
Oar ism any question dat you does de
bes you know,
VIII yoh pictures on de window and yeh
trees all draped Wit snow,
To keep US interested while de clouds
hang round about,
But go along. oil Winter: you done wore
yoh welcome OUT