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The San Francisco call., 1909-09-20
GARDEN FETE GIVEN AS
BENEFIT FOR CHURCH
Sale of Fancy Articles Nets
Good Sum for Chapel

lSPeci0t DisPdicn 20 nc SouJ
MENLO PARK. Sept. 1s.-The garden
fete at Mrs. J. Leroy Nickers home
yesterday was the scene of much
generosity, the sale of fancy ar
ticles and refreshments being most
successful The funds that were
obtained, which amounted to about
$500, were awarded to Trinity
chapel, the little Episcopal church Of
Men1o Park. Among those who assisted
at the fete were Mrs. Nickel. Mrs. Fred
McNear. Mrs. VIII Taylor, Mrs. ]. B.
Launcey Lewis, Mrs. Silas Palmer, Mrs.
w b Weir. Miss Florence Hopkins,
Miss Beatrice Nickel, and Miss Lee
Girvius
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-20
The caIIfornIa promotion Committee
lThe State Cenfral 0rranizatior e-~-1--.

The state Central Organization orranized An
isoz-An association for the commercial and
industrial Development OF California
PROMOTION: The act OF promotion- advance
menf. announcement Century Dictionary.
TON Of California fnterests fr hss nofbsrs -
sell II fosters al things tending to the ADJ
vANCEMENT or California II is an authority
CouRAGES the establishment OF new fndusfrie.
and fosters those alrescy established IL invites
tunittes and needs OK ali fields Of business ana
professional activity lt Il supported By DopuIsr
rendered II has affiliated with 1t $50 CONNER
cirt organizations OF the state with q combIned
representatives OF these organizations are held
semiannuaIly In different parts Of the sfats
cuDeed. Headquaxters Of the committee ar,
maintained IN Merchants ExehnnGo building -
yrpneiseo< ConRxSPoNpBNc1 INVITED
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-20

Ladies-When you are thinking Of
getting a new hat or of having your
old one fixed over. or Of getting e new
dress making headings in the classi-
fed section. No matter what you want
you can and It in The Calls Want Ads.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-20
VOLCANO ACTIVE WITH
CRATER FULL OF LAVA

ceived here by wireless telegraph state
that the volcano Kilauea Is extraor-
dinarily active. Lava is rising fast
and is now only 100 feet from the rim
of the crater.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-20
COMPLETING EXTENSION
TO STANFORD CAMPUS
Cars Expected to BE Running
by October 1
rSpeciol Dispatch 10 The Call

PALo ALTO, Sept. 1s.-Steady prog
ress is being made with the work on
the electric line to the Stanford cam
.pus, and it is expected that cars will
be running by October l. The rails
have all been put down and the work
of ballasting the roadbed is now go
Ing on.
Agents Of the Peninsula railway COM
pany have. been at work the last week
securing a right of way for an ex-
tension of the local line in order to
give Palo Alto better service. The
plan is to continue the road from the
end of University avenue through the
Boyce addition and along Embarcadero
the present line at that point
If the company is successful the
new route will form loop and will
bring all parts of the city within a
few blocks of car service.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-20
Suburban Brevities

INQUEST OVER CAR vICTIM-Alameda.
Sept 19.-An inquest will be held Tuesday
morning by Coroner C. L. Tisdale in the case OF
]. L. Whitbeck. who died result of injuries
sustained a week ago, when be was struck by
an electric of the Oakland traction company
while walking along Webster street
TALK ON EMMANUEL MovEMENT-Oak-
land. Sept 19.-The mems league of the First
Congregational church will meet Tuesday even
ing at dinner. the guest Of honor being Dr.
Albert B. Shields superintendent of st. Luke's
hospital of San Francisco. who will deliver an
address on the Emmanuel movement
ARM BROKEN UNDER wAGoN-oakfand.
Sept. 19--Fred Rolat, an employe of slaught-
er house in Seminary avenue, Melrose. had his
lett arm broken late last night when a horse
which he was leading behind wagon got fright
ened and overturned the vehicle. The rig was
damaged and Rollat was pinned under 1t.
BOY REPORTED MIssING-Berkeley. Sent.
l9-The disappearance OF Spencer Miller. a IA
year old boy, reported this afternoon BY
E. II. Tienken Of 2221 Atherton street. where
the boy was lodging since his arrival here from
Ripon, San Joaquin county, few days ago.
He Is feet inches in height, Of light com
plexion and dressed in green suit.
WILL LECTURE ON ExcAvATIoNs-Prof.
Edgar L. Hewett Of Washington. D. c., VIII de-
liver an illustrated lecture. entitled Three Ex-
cayations at Puye." at the next regular meeting
of the San Francisco Society OF the Archaeologi-
cal Institute of America, which will be held in
A. E~frx hofo
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-20

WANTS MORE POLICEMEN-Alameda Sept.
l0.-Chief Of Police John Conrad has nled re-
four more patrolmen and two more detectives
The request has been referred to the city council
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-09-24

covering long dis
tances in quick
time. No army in
the world. perhaps,
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-09-24
YNE pY0/q<NO Drill At /OPT HYxR /SP

were told to make the best time possible WITH
out killing their horses. The men were on
their mettle. They made the distance, 14O mnes
20 miles of the way being through loose shnd'
in 22 hours the actual marching time being IL
hours and 80 minutes. At Fort Warner they
rested one day. and returned to Harvey on the
same horses a, the uniform rate OF go miles
day. Capt Edward G. Fechet started at mid
night for the relief of the Indian scouts who
had been sent out TO arrest Sitting Bull, and
who, after killing that chief, were beleaguered
in a small hut by his followers Fechet took
an ambulance wagon and a Hotchkiss gun with
him. The gun carriage broke down and he
was compelled TO fasten the trail Of the piece
TO the tailboard of the ambulance and thus
drag it along. Notwithstanding this handicap
he made the first 40 miles in less than seven
hours. He fought and drove off the young
Sioux bucks, then secuted the country for ten
miles, gave his troopers some breakfast and
returned to the fort. Fourteen hours were
consumed in covering 80 miles of ground.
The cavalry horses of the American army
have undergone these endurance and speed
tests carrying weights of more than 200 pounds
and without any training other than that re-
ceived In the ordinary course of frontier
scouting and daily drill evolutions The great
est military ride record, as It appears on pa
per- is that of the Austrian Count Stahrenberg,
who rode one horse $50 miles in II hours
The animal, however, carried only the counts
weight, 12S pounds; It had been specially
trained for months to undergo the endurance
test and during the whole time OF the ride Il
was kept up on stimulants. The horse died
within "a hours after the completion of its
task Col. Dodge, in his summary OF remark
able rides. tells of professional express rider
whom he personally knew, who for many
months carried mail from El Paso TO Chihau-
hau through hostile Apache country. This
man on one horse. a broncho. regularly made
300 miles in 60 hours, and then resting his
mount for four days. made the return trip. As
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mounting horse ne started southeast To the
wilderness to look death in the face.
His course took him close to the scene Of
the Custer massacre. where less than two
weeks before 5000 Sioux had gathered for the
killing lie travelled only at night, and all day
long he lay hidden In the timber or In the
gulches of the foothills.
Two hours after sunset on the second night
ne left his days hiding place and set his
course southward along range of low hills.
He turned aside To skirt bit of timber. and
as he came 10 the edge of the trees his mount
showed symptoms of uneasness
He'll dropped from his horse and stole for
ward lie saw not more than 100 yards ahead
of him war party oi fully 80 Indians making
preparations to camp for the night They had
come apparently from direction opposite to
that taken by the courier. for he had not
crossed their trail lie stole back remounted
and made a detour, passing the Indian en-
campment on the right and without awakening
their suspicious.
Notwithstanding the rough nature Of the
country through which he was passing and the
necessity of sparing his horse Bell made 40
miles In that second nights ride. When it
was within two hours of sunrise ne struck
small creek with a bottom of sand and peb-
blCs lie knew that II the war party which
he had passed the night before should find his
trail that Il would be followed, ana that the
reds would not spare their ponies In the at.
tempt to overtake the wilderness messenger
For two miles Hell led his horse down the
bed of the creek. thus completely obiteratng
his trail, but he knew that the hoof marks
showing where he had taken to the water were
teltale witnesses of his subterfuge
He reached part of the creek where tho
banks were heavily overgrown with bushes. lie
pushed the green growth aside from right tc
left and sent his horse through Then he GOV.
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empty cartridges at their sides, telling mutely
the story OF a desperately heroic defense. The
detachment had joined Terry and the story OF
the Custer massacre told.
The whole country to the northeast and
the south was swarming with the Sioux not
yet stated with slaughter. To the southeast
200 miles away. near the headquarters of the
Powder river in the Territory OF Wyoming,
lay the command OF Gen. Crook IL inn
peratively necessary that the situation of af-
fairs just south of the Yellowstone should be
made known to the general commanding the
southeastern forces.
Between Terry and Crook was an unbroken
wilderness inhabited only by wild animals and
wilder men. With Terrys column We're six
tried scouts and plainsmen. They knew every
inch of the country every trail, every hiding
place In the mountain spurs and every patch
of timber on the plains To these men were
intrusted the dispatches of the commanding
officer, with instructions to carry them south
eastward to the camp OF Crook. The scouts
started on their journey. Inside OF eight hours
all of them were back and the report to Terry
was that no man could attempt the journey to
Powder river and live
In Company of the Seventh infantry was
private named James Bell. He had acquired
a knowledge Of the country in the campaigns
in which he had served against the Sioux. His
knowledge. however, was but a 1.-THE of that
held by the plainsmen, and his acquaintance
with the ways of the Indians was as nothing
10 theirs, yet Private James Bell went to Gen.
Terry's headquarters and volunteered to carry
the dispatches through the heart of the hos
tile country and TO deliver them to Gen Crook
or else. II 1t must be. to forfeit his life.
Terry asked the man If he knew fully the
danger of the undertaking Bells answer was:
The scouts came back" In the four words
he expressed the whole thing for the scouts
never before had turned in their tracks.
Private Bell took his rations. full supply
OF ammunition. his rifle and his revolver. and
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-09-24
STIRRED
BY GUILLOTINE
GUiLtoTlNING OF PARIS PATRt
eide PRESENTS A DRAMATIC
SPECTACLE.
TROOPS LINE THE STREETS
Execution Had More Resemblance to
Clever Disappearing Lady In Music
Hall Than to Real Tragedy
EHeeutioner Perfect In Duty.

Paris.-The French mind being pre-
eminently logical. there Is a demand
for change In the method of exc
cutting death sentences. The law pro.
vides that they DE performed in a pub.
lie place
In practice DO member Of the pub
lie strictly speaking. saw anything Of
the recent guillotining, the only eye.
Witnesses being l5O journalists, =
dozen mounted gendarmes, and ~
policemen.
The difficulty OF finding place for
the guillotine since La Roquetto
prison was pulled down always has
been preferred as an excuse for the
practical abolition of capital punish
ment which Paris enjoyed or suffered
I'm the last decade
That this difficulty no longer exists
was shown when the guillotine was
Sante prison
Opposite the wall are the grounds
OF huge, unoccupied convent, so that
nothing overlooked the spot. The only
drawback was that ,bere was no door
to the prison ON this side, and there
fore the condemned, leaving by door
In Santc street az right angles with
the boulevard Arago. was driven
some seventy yards along this street
and then $50 to the place of death.
Some 200 soldiers were ON duty,
barring every road around the prison.
They assured that no one approached
except those possessing police passes.
About 3:45 n. m. EXecutioner Deib-
ler's men began erecting the guiliO.
tine. Without the soAnd of a hammer
and without spoken word OF com
mand, the machine was put together
by the light of a candle Hickering in
an old-time lantern
The lantern only was used when
Deibler wished TO test by water
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-09-24
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cred the marks of the passage well as he
could. and finally crawled up on the bank him
self. covering his own trail
He found hiding place for the day in a
ravine about 800 yards from the bank of the
creek and after feeding his horse, and eating
HIS own breakfast he put all thought OF sleep
vicinity OF the creek.
Bell believed that the reds could not have
found his trail, II they had found 1t at all. un-
I'll near sunrise and he knew that II they fol-
lowed him it would take them the better part
of the day TO reach his hiding place and that
by that time his horse would be fresh and
their horses jaded
At three o'clock In the afternoon he saw
something that set his heart beating brave
man though he was. The war party was
breaking through the underbrush on the bank
of the creek and Bell knew that his trail had
been followed and that he had but moments
time TO save his life and his message
He ran down the slope, vaulted on to hia
horse and shot out into the open around the
base of the hill
The reds chased the courier for five miles
firing now and again. but he distanced them
and after two moro nights Of peril he gave
Terry's message into the hands of Crook
James Bell was given medal of honor.
and for five years he was a messenger In the
headquarters of the department of the lakes
In Chicago. Few people realized that the quiet
uDassuming "errand man" in the Pullman
building was the courier who had taken on
himself a mission that tried plainsmen had
not dared TO attempt to fulfill
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In the year 1879, when the Utes succeeded
In getting some United States troops into what
was afterward known as Thornburg's rat
hole" several mounted couriers succeeded in
slipping through the circling line OF savages.
All Of them reached Merritts column 10 miles
distant in less than "a hours The exact time
was not taken. for. as Col. Dodge puts 1t. res
cue was OF more Importance than records"
1t must be understood, of course, that all
these American rides were made without
changing horses. The steed at the start was
the steed at the finish The best rider. accord
ing to cavalry experts, is not the man who
takes hvebarred gate or who can ride stand
ing, but the man who by instinct feels the
condition of his horse, and, though getting the
most out Of the animal knows best how to
conserve his strength.
Gen. Lawton in the year 1876. rode from
Red Cloud agency Nebraska, to Sidney in the
same state, distance OF 125 miles, in 26 hours.
He was carrying important dispatches for Gen.
Crook, and though the road was bad his mount
was in good condition when Lawton, looking
five years older than he did the day before.
handed over his bundle OF papers 10 the black
bearded general.
Gen. Merritt has a forced march record that
has no American parallel when the conditions
of his Journey are considered. He was ordered
in the fall of 1879 to the relief of Payne's
command which was surrounded by hostile In
dians. Merritt's command consisted of four
troops of cavalry, but at the last moment he
was ordered to add to his force battalion OF
infantry. The dough boys" were loaded into
army wagons drawn by mules, and with the
cavalry at the tanks the relief column started.
The distance to be traversed was 40 miles,
and It was made, Notwithstanding the handi-
cap OF the wagons and trails that We're muddy
Snd sandy by turns, in just Sc hours. AT the
nd of the march the troopers went into the
i,ght, and in the entire command not one horse
howsd lame leg or a saddle Sore
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this was not n cavalry
achievement II is not used
for purposes of compan
son. Touching the per
Torrance. however. the
military writer says. that
excepting the ass. there
is perhaps no creature on
earth so stubbornly endur-
ing as the brOncho."
Col. Dodge does not
think that II tests were
made there would be much
difference between the
records which English
and American soldiers
would register. lie says
that q composite picture
made of 500 british and
Of 500 American troopers
would show that the three
lines which establish the
seat" of the rider are
practically the same. and
that upon this and the
proper care OF the horse
depend largely the mat
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-09-24
The Hons.

Home and home life must never become
commonplace The little surprises. the re
membranes of the birthday. the unexpected
treat the pleasure earned for one by the sac
rihce OF another-all these belong under ouI
head of spiritual exercises. Nor is there any
scene of our life which so demands such ex
ercse as this familiar scene of home, which
has to be reset every day.--EdwaIu Everett
Hale.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-09-24

level that everything was exact.
Within an hour one of his assistants
extinguished the light and all was
ready. The knife was run up to the
top, but no test drop was made, so
confident was Deibler in his men sssfsl
the machine.
The dawn OF summer day re-
vealed the maroon colored wood Of
justice" Its position among trees
robbed II of much Of It's terrors.
Shortly It was fully daylight. The
prison van came round the corner up
the boulevard and stopped opposite
the guillotine. Two men let down the
back, which formed steps from the
vehicle, down which came first the
prison governor, then a priest, and
then a figure which. might have been
Lazarus coming from the grave. "
had its hands fastened behind it's
back and loose covering hanging
from its shoulders. The body was
naked except for linen trousers. Over
enough TO allow the features to be
visible.
The code prescribes that patricides
must be taken 90 the scafold with
bare feet and veiled head
Duchewin, the condemned, was 2S
years old. but the livid face might
have been that OF man any age over
go. II was the face Of a man without
the consciousness or feeling OF any
kind, "A man for whom the bitterness
Of death already had passed.
Deibler's aids seized the cloak and
veil and cOnd8ctesl the condemned
three PAGES between the van and the
machine, laid him I'm place, and the
knife fell. The body was pushed into
basket.
Within 10 seconds from the time
the prison van stopped the knife had
fallen.
San Francisco.-A huge stiff collar
nearly cost the life of Edward Lateril
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EsmSN teTs of distance accomplished and speed
= maintained
one of the longest and most perilous
rides ever made by an American soldier that of
private in Company of the Seventh infantry.
Early July in the 1876 the forces OF Gen Terry
were in the field at junction of the Big Horn and
rivers the Territory of Montana Only ten
days before and his squadrons of the Seventh
cavalry had perished at the hands OF the sioux under
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$. A., collected the Of
ficial records of long dis
tance cavalry rides, and
has made them public in n
book so that they may be
compared with the per
formances of the soldier
horsemen of other nations.
Col. Dodge declares spe-
ciiically that he has re-
jected all "hearsay rides,
of which there is no end"
and has accepted only
those proved by official re.
ports. Col. Dodge says
that Capt. s. +. Fountain.
United States cavalry. in
the year 1891. with a de-
tachment of his troop,
rode 81 miles in eight
hours. This record is
vouched for. and it is bet
ter than that once made by
the Natal Mounted Rifles
by about four hours, the
distance being within one
mile of that made in South
Africa. For actual speed
this forced march stands
perhaps at the head of the
American army record,
though other rides have
been more remarkable
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Sitting Bull. A detachment of
troops pushing forward in search
OF the "yellOw-haired white chief
had found the mutilated bodies OF
the slain. with the little heaps of
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has had the same opportunities TO test the en-
durance oi cavalry horses as has the small
regular force of the United States.
The long, level stretches of the plains and
the activity of the marauding Indian mounted
on his tireless broncho have been the condi-
tons which gave to Uncle Sans cavalrymen
his matchless chances for long forced mount
ed marches Col Theodore Ayrault Dodge. u.
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San Francisco.-A huge stiff collar
nearly cost the life Of Edward Lateril
of this city 1t cut an artery in his
neck while he was playing baseball.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-05-19

Notice for Publication. Depart
ment of the Interior.
U. S. Land Office at Glasgow, Mon.
tana, April 10, 1909.
Notice is hereby given that
MRS. HATTIE l.. SITZ
formally Hattie l.. Armingt on,
of Malta, Valley county, Mon
tana, who on May 20, 1902, mad e
Homested Entry No. 2O75, Serial No.
O3795, for VIZ ne14, se4 nw14, lot 1,
section 10, township 80 H., range 30
e., M. Meridian, has filed notice of
intention to make final Five Year
Proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before Robert M i.
Reichel, United States Commission
er, at his office, at Malta, Valley
county, Montana, on the 3rd day of
June, 1909. Claimant names as wit
nesses: Thomas Johnson, Martin A.
Duffy, CORTLAND W. Powell and
Edward Pierson, all of Malta Mon
tana.
Truman M. Patten, Register.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-05-19
CONTEST NOTICE

| Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office, Glasgow, Monta
ma, April 10, 1909.
"A sufficient contest affidavit having
been filed in this office by
LEOTA l.. PARKS,
contestant, against Homestead En-.
try, No. 2547, made July 8, 1905, fol
SEA seq, Sec. 10; SWA of NWA
and Wa SWA, Section II, Township
81 NJ, Range 80 E. NJ. Meridian, by
George Miller, contestee, in which it
is alleged that the said George Miller
has not cultivated the above de-
scribed land for the past two years
and has left for parts unknown; that
he has wholly abandoned said tract;
that ne has changed his residence
therefrom for more than six months
since making said entry; that said
tract is not settled upon and cult
waited by said party as required by
law; said parties are hereby notified
to appear, respond, and offer evil
dence touching said allegation at 10
O'Clock a. m, on May Goth, 1909, be-
fore Robert M. Reichel, United
States Commissioner, at his office in
Malta, Montana, and final hearing
will be held at 10 o'clock a. m. on
June Z, 1909, before the Register and
Receiver at the United States Land
Office in Glasgow, Montana. The
said contestant having, in proper af-
fidavit, filed April -, 1909, set forth
facts which show that after due dill
gence personal service of this notice
can not be made, it is hereby ordered
and directed that such notice be CIV
en- by due and proper publication.
Trumen M. Patten,
Register and Receiver.