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The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03
THEY'LL TRUST YOU FOR
CAR FARE IN MINNEAPOLIS
Company Issues Blank Notes for
Customers to Sign
I Social Dispafch 10 The Cain


MINNEAPOLIS. Jan. 2.--If you get on
Minneapolis streetcar and find that
you are broke or have $40 or $40 bill
that the conductor can not change you
will not have to get off and walk No,
indeed. the conductor will merely give
you little slip of paper which will be
a note promising to pay the street rail-
way company the amount of your fare
at the first opportunity.
Streetcar conductors were furnished
today with these slips. which read:
"This certifes that am Indebted to the
Twin City rapid transit company 5
cents. nonpayment of fare. 1 promise
to forward this amount Immediately to
the Office of the company
Passengers who persuade the conduc-
tor to trust them and then forget TO re-
nit may be sued If the company finds
1t needs the money that badly.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03
AFRICAN TROPHIES
FOR CALIFORNIA
Specimens of Game Shot by
Roosevelt to Go to State
University Museum

BERKELEY, Jan. "A large part of
the game falling before the rifles of
President Theodore Roosevelt and his
son Kermit during their African trip
will be placed in the new California
museum of vertebrate zoology. accord
ing to Edmund Heller curator in
charge of the vertebrate museum here.
Heller, who will accompany the pres
ident on his hunting trip through the
African iungles, will have complete
charge of the animals shot by the pre-
sidential rifle and that of Kermit
Roosevelt. His duties, as outlined by
the Smithsonian Institution, will be to
preserve the specimens for the collec-
tion at Washington, but large num-
Der will find their way to this coast
for mounting at the University of Cali
fornia
Heller is an authority on vertebrate
zoology and he will also point out to
President Roosevelt the big game
necessary to kill for the sake of
science.
Heller, who has been in the forests
of Africa and knows the country, was
recently appointed head of the depart
ment of vertebrate zoology, in charge
of the new museum which is now being
erected on the campus.
Special permission had to be secured
for him to make the trip with the
president. He has been drawing a
salary under the fund established by
Miss Anna NJ. Alexander of Oakland.
and he will occupy chair under this
fund during his absence by the special
permission Of Miss Alexander
In return, however, it is understood
that part of the animals shot by the
party will be brought here to add to
the collection given to the university
by Miss Alexander
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03
SAN FRANCISCO WOMAN
LEADS CAIRO SOCIETY
Lady Maxwell (nee Bonynge)
Proves Energetic Hostess
.pcoiaI Cable o ~ CalIl

lSpeoiol Gable 10 The Call
CAIRO Jan. LADY Maxwell Cnee
Bonynge) of San Francisco has greatly
eplivened Cairo society here by her
presence. She was one of London's
most animated and energetic hostesses.
Recently her husband was appointed
ssrdar Of the Egyptian army.
There is a friendly rivalry between
Lady Maxwell and Lady Gorst, the wife
df Sir Eldon Gorst. British agent in
Egypt.
Lady Gorst opened the Cairo season
with "a magnificent ball. which was at
tended by many Americans. The very
next night Lady Maxwell gave ball.
which proved to be more magnificent,
owing to the large number Of army
officers who attended
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03
RUFf, HARRIMAN'S
TOOL, SAYS HfNEY
Railroad Wizard Flayed by the
Graft Prosecutor in Phila-
deIphia Address
Special Dispatch 10 The Call

lOPcCidi OlSpGtCn 10 nc Adul
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. ABE Ruef
was never the political boss of San
Francisco, neither was w. F. Herrin,
the head of tie legal department of the
Southern Pacific railroad, Ruef's spon-
sor Herrin was a tool, Ruef the dis
bursting agent.
"E. H. Hartman was the boss, the
corruptionist, and he played that part
because he wished to exploit the Cali
fornia public for the purpose of achiev-
ing his own selfish ends" said Francis
J. Heney C San Francisco. prosecutor
of Abe Ruef, in a forceful arraignment
at the City club today just after
luncheon.
I'm the Pacific coast city all corrup-
ton flowed from two sources" con-
tinued Heney. "on the right hand we
had the public service corporations,
corporations that wanted something
from the public for nothing, and on the
left we had disorderly houses and dives
This strangely enough, although the
so called best citizens were at the head
OF the CoTporalloHs' these Two sinister
influences were Joined in a unholy
wedlock, the purpose of the union be-
ing a prolific issue of i'll gotten, dis
honest profit.
The political boss (RueO was only
an echo of the real boss, the business
man who wished to exploit the people
But even the public service corpo-
rations, locally, were echoes. Behind
them was the Southern Pacific railroad,
with w. F. Herrin at the head of the
legal department. And Herrin was
also a tool His boss was in New York ;,
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03
THIEF BEGINS YEAR
WITH VERY HEAVY HAUL
Los Angeles Coal Firm Reports
Loss of 100 Tons of Fuel

LOS ANGELES. Jan. "A Los An
geles thief began the new year with
what is doubtless the heaviest haul.
weight considered, ever made in this
state. He got away with 100 tons
of coal, valued at $1,000. from the yards
Of the Black Canon coal company in
South Alameda street between IL
o'clock last night and O'clock this
morning.
The greater part of the coal was for
the use of blacksmiths and valued at
$3.50 per ton.
It is said that no less than 20 wagons
would be required to get away with
that amount of coal. President Mur-
ply of the coal company offers $500
reward for the capture of the thief.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03
PROSECUTOR OF NIGHT
RIDERS is FIRED UPON
Attorney General of Tennessee
Escapes From Assassin

UNION CITY, Tenn, ian. Am at
tempt to assassinate Attorney General
Caldwell was made at $3.50 o'clock to-
night near his home here. The assail-
ant escaped. Caldwell was followed
from the depot by a man who shot at
him twice.
newspaper correspondent walking
near the attorney general fired twice
at the assassin, but missed him.
Caldwell also fired at his assailant.
but none of the bullets took effect.
Militiamen and citizens are hunting for
the man.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03
Captain of Welsh Steamer Describes
Experience in MeSSina Strait
During Fatal Earthquake
QUEEN HELENA INJURED WHILE
HELPING THE STRICKEN PEOPLE

APLES, From Afonweu
who the Mina when earthquake couvulsed
Sicily graphic of the
He
1T have been about o'clock the when heard
growing Suddenly
leap The ship from the of the
though lifted bodily by The anchor
chains snapped and started drifting shoreward
From the land sounds falling of
buildings The low thunder which had heard
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03

in
darkness nstncvel this
tidal dashing the raj
~Now the agitated
rising The ship
heeled angle 5 that could scarcely keep
feet
For 35 minutes touch and Once wall of struck
with such thought all miracle
through The howled
opened
80 The first appeared Hvid
vithf foam.
"A tidal had tried what
had befaen
visible could
NIessin had beendes destroved
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03

Nasi the
connected with public
accompanied by
citizens o Trapan
Even the OF Nas who the idol Of scian
nuse life the population
1t stated that the Pope decided Catholic
bishops throughout world obtain
generosity ngE
Yesterday family going
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03

from the which their unquionaby
ceased, walls that been leveld pitfalls
broken and from disease.
The injuries suffered by the resulted from
of the trembling
earth rmbng
The caught the rush OF patients who phtrken,
seeking the The queld
which
aten
Dispatches received from ali
earthquake
of whom number rising
suppressed
The Srombo volcano showed great activity damage
and
fearing that further
The of Genoa will He
al in kof
Sicily
duke will
whom he in
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03
Occupy Separate Apartments at
the ST. Francis and Dine
at Opposite Tables
Husband Evinces Much Alarm
at Expensive Gowns and
COnfers With Lawyers
Friend of Wife Says No Court
Proceedings Have Been
Taken, but May Be

," HAT Mrs. Charles T. Paxton,
wife Of the wealthy stock
broker and clubman. usually
dimes on one side of the white
and sold dining room of the st.
FRANCIS. while her husband Occu-
pies = remote corner. by the oppo-
site wsn. mas been the topic OF much
comment about the hotel since before
the holidays. The report is now cur
rent that within a short time the hand
some. woman, who was Miss Dsrneal Of
Alameda. and her prosperous husband
-NIll be seated at contending tables in
divorce department of the superior
court
Have Separate Rooms
3 The sorry comedy of tables IS made
snore Interesting TO the lobby of the
3otel by the fact that the couple occupy
Separate: apartments in the botel-that
several lengths OF dividing corridors
make the estrangement the more con-
spic1ous
samuel n shoriridge, attorney for
Airs. Paxton. was reached by telephone
II AIS horne at Menlo Park last even
ing and asked concerning the case.
-H is a matter / can not discuss,
replied the lawyer. as ! do not believe
that ii is. proper for an attorney TO dis
cuss the private affairs of his clients. y
tits believed that Shortridge is treat
ing with Paxton in his clients behalf in
an effort 70 secure a settlement for the
wife before the rupture is exposed in
court
Mrs Paxton. in addition 10 being a
woman Of great beauty. is the wearer
OF exquisite gowns. and it is reported
THAT the stock broker has viewed with
apprehension his wife's investments in
millinery and other adornments and has
<rsken steps to prevent her from plac-
ing the expenses Of the wardrobe on
lis purse.
Part Before Christmas
q. shortly before Christmas it was no
t.eed about the ST. Francis that the
I5axtons had separated The breach
was as open as could be while The two
remained in the hotel. Each went an
independent way and dined at different
hours and places. Paxtons anxiety
over his wife's costumes assumed such
an acute phase that it could not fail to
he noted by friends of the couple. The
frequent consultations between Mrs.
Paxton and Samuel NJ Shortridge, her
attorney. caused comment.
A friend Of Mrs. Paxton. in dfscuss-
ing the case last evening. said: Amy
talk Of divorce is at present premature
IL might be true that they are sepa-
rated-thst there is an unpleasantness
in the family. but frequently such trou-
bles are healed and a reunion IS effect
ed. NO papers in divorce have yet beer
prepared. Of that I am sure will not
deny that a divorce IS contemplated.
The present Mrs. Paxton is the sec
ond wife OF Charles Z. Paxton. The
first wife met a tragic death in the
waters OF the bay during the Spanish
American war. II Charles Paxton fl
sued for divorce Il VIII be no novelty IL
his family His brother, Blftz Paxton
the Santa Rosa banker, was divorced
BY his wife and subsequently, was sued
for support by his two children, his
blind son and his daughter. then Mis-.
Roma Paxton, now the bride OF Mid
shipman Lawrence Austin, Z. S. N
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALLS
NEWS TO-DAY
TELEPHONE KEARNY So
SUNDAY. JANUARY 3. 1909
WEATHER CONDITIONS
NEWS TO-DAY

YEsTERDAY-Cloudy;. .Os Of an inch of rain;
south wind; maximum temperature, 5s; mini
mum, %.
FORECAST FOR ToDAY-shOwers; light
south wind Page 81
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03
KING AND QUEEN SUCCOR UNFORTUNATES

ROME Jan 2The danger which king Of Italy
their noble of Sicily
today when
Helena had injured
involving the death their maesties
Not has shown fsacrhce than
queen,
giving Anxiety
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03
RUIN WROUGHT IN ITALY


tas srophe
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03
MARINE

Pacific Mail liner Acapulco carries victims
Of Cabrera's cruelty between lower coast
ports Page 81
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03
SPORTS

Tom Longboat again takes measure Of Dorando
Pietri, who quits in nineteenth mile OF Marathon
race. Page "a
Improvement in fight game may be wrought by
new clubs with promoters. Page 81
Australian amateur football players 10 meet
three Rugby teams in California. Page "a
Bitter war between baseball leagues on coast
promised. Page "a
Shell Mound rife and pistol club viii in
uugurate annual program and compete for many
handsome trophies. Page n
Interesting soccer football games scheduled
for today and leaders will battle for su-
premacy. Page 81
Glorlo wins feature, seven furlongs, at Area
dIa. defeating Meelick and Gemmeli. Page az
Surprises occur at Emeryville. Passenger. luke
warm choice In baby" race, being only win.
ming favorite. Page 80
Connolly turns professional and challenges Do
rando 10 Marathon race here. Page 81
MARINE
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03

Pasadena would reform Los Angeles Page rs
Spring Valleys defiant mood. Page rs
Sea level or lock canal. Page IS
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03
FOREIGN

Father John Of Cronstadt, the noted priest
answers deaths call Page IS
China deposes noted grand councelor ans
Manchu plot feared Page IL
News from the orient tells Of murder
and mutilation Of survivors of lost Japanese
ships. Page 81
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03
IEARTHQUAKE STOCKS STILL MENAcE LIVES

,Overeign IS increasing in Rome
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-12-07
CATCHING Monkevs

Ringtailed monkeys. which rank
among the most valuable. commercial
ly speaking. of the small animals. are
caught in an interesting way. A CO.
coanut is split in two and banana
with piece Of wood running through
1t placed lengthwise through the nut.
the two halves of which are drawn
together by wires. Then a hole is cut
just large enough for the monkeys
paw to enter. The monkey spies the
tempting nut from his tree. He hops
down. looks it over. sees the hole and
smells the banana inside He is fond
OF bananas. Putting his paw in. he
grasps it. but the wood prevents it
from coming out. Then the catchers
appear. and the monkey runs for a
tree. But he cannot climb because Of
the cocoanut on his paw. and he will
not let go Of that. so he is captured.
paving wildly at the tree trunk
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-12-07
Peculiar superstitions.

The people Of Kulu are extremely
superstitious and go in extensively for
demonolatry. Many trees are held to
be sacred and have tiny temples dedi-
Gated to them. The demons are popu-
larly supposed to live at the tops of
trees. and if tree falls ia such a way
that it is possible to pass under it. as
is often the case OH the mountain sides.
every man before going beneath the
trunk will place Oh it stick or stone
to propitiate its guardian spirit. Ger
tain streams are also sacred. and no
one is allowed to wash dirty clothes
in them. One year some strangers
came into the valley and happened to
pollute the water Of q river in this
manner. 1t CHANGED to be year of
extraordinary RAINFALL and the peo-
pie implicitly believe that the ex-
cessive rain was sent by the outraged
''deota" of the stream rs punishment.
Wide World Magazine.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-12-07

Among the best things that have
ever been written are the Aesop's ia
bles, which date back to the sixth CEN
fury b. G. They present human ma
ture as it always has been, is and
probably always will be. Take, for
example, the story of 1.-The Fox With
out Tail:''
A fox was once caught in a trap
by his tail and in order to get free
was obliged to leave 1t behind. He
knew that his fellows would make fun
of his tailless- condition. so he made
up his mind to induce them all to part
with their tails. At the next assem-
blage of foxes he made a speech or
tho uselessness of tails in general and
the Inconvenience Of a fox's tail in
particular. declaring that never in his
whole life had he felt so comfortable
as now In his tailless freedom. When
he sat down sly old fox rose and,
waving his brush, said, with a sneer,
that If he had lost his tail he would
be convinced by the last speakers ar
guments. but until such an accident
occurred he fully intended to vote in
favor Of tails"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-12-07

The veterinarian was bandaging the
leg Of a French poodle when the tele-
phone rang. SO be asked the visitor to
take the message.
please tell the DOCTOR" said wo-
man at the other end of the wire. that
King Charles is dead and we would
like death certificate right away"
The visitor transmitted the news of
royalty demise. then added something
about the ''tomfoolery of getting a
death certificate for dog"
1T may be tomfoolery," said the
veterinarian, but lot of people with
pet cats and dogs are guilty of it, IT
a real King Charles was dead and l
was making out a Certificate to file
with the board of health should take
no more pains than l shall for that
family that has lost dog. His age
and the date of death will be recorded.
and the disease that carried him off
will be described in detail. OF course
the owners of valuable animals are
most likely to ask for death certif-
Gates, but very often the possessor of
an ugly little cur that has crept into
bis affections wants one too."-New
York Sun.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-12-07

Pat Kelly. the owner OF the only
jaunting car IN the village. went on a
spree and was sentenced to a fine of
20 shillings or seven days in Jail. Kel-
~ chose the latter.
Now, the prison was ten miles away.
and the only possible means of getting
a prisoner there was by driving. AS
Kelly himself had the only car in the
place, there was nothing to do but to
hire it. For some time the constable
and his prisoner haggled over the
terms.
Kelly stuck out firmly for 80 shil-
lings. TO be paid in advance. and at
last the constable had to consent to
the extortion. Accordingly they drove
off and without any misadventures ar
rived at the prison. When they had
alighted Kelly suddenly informed his
companion that he had changed his
mind. as the prison wasn't decent
looking place. and would pay the tine
He thereupon drew out the 30 shil-
lings he had received. counted out the
20 shillings and paid tnem over to the
inspector. Then, jumping on bis car.
he drove away. leaving the constable
to walk back.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-12-07

Miss BayIey told me that Mr..
Phipps the ocniist, told a gentleman,
who told her. the following anecdote
of the late Duchess of Devonshire:
Mr.. Phipps was sent for to Chats
worth to operate upon the duchess
eye. He stayed there some time and
at parting received from the duke a
fee of $1,000. Just before he stepped
into his carriage message from the
duchess brought him to her chamber.
She hoped the duke had done what
was handsome by Mr.. Phipps. The
gentleman protested:
Eyes, and more than handsome"
ut isran awful thing" continued her
grace, ito ask. but really am ut this
moment in immediate want of such a
sum, and if you could. Mr. Phipps.'
What could the oculist do? He pro-
1uced his 1900. took his leave and
never heard Of his money from that
day to this.-From "Recollections of a
Long Life" by Lord Broughton John
Cam HobhouseI.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-12-07
A House In Pompeii.

In the exclamation of Ponpeii one
house was discovered which was evil
IDENTITY being repaired when the vol
canic storm that overwhelmed the city
hurled it to the ground. Painters. dec
orators and cleaners must have been
busy at the very moment of the catas-
trophe. Painters pots and brushes
and workmen's tools were scattered
all over the house. TeIltale spots of
whitewash starred wall and floor.
Such domestic implements as pots and
kettles had been bundled up in cor
ner all by themselves. There was a
bronze dish in waiting before the oven
and on the dish a sucking pig ready to
be baked. But the oven was already
engaged with its full complement OF
bread. So the pig had to wait. 1t.
however. never entered the oven after
all. and the loaves were not taken
out. They had remained where placed
to bake. it is calculated. close upon
1000 years. There were twenty-three
of them, rather crusty. of course. and
somewhat dark colored. but otherwise
perfectly preserved.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-12-07

Cindy was an old black southern
Hmammy. with all the lovable traits
and Inconsistencies of her kind. For
many years she was cook in the War
rem family and gave faithful and sat
isfactory service
One summer the entire family were
away for two months. and Mr.. War
rem gave CinGy real vacation by
paying her full wages for that time
and giving her the keys to the well
stocked storeroom
A few days after the return of the
family Cindy came bristling into Mrs.
Warren's sitting ROOM
Il wants mo- wages she announced.
Why, Cindy." exclaimed the sur
prised mistress. you are getting bet
ter pay than any cook know of III a
family the size-of ours. You have a
nice. comfortable room and good treat
ment. Think how kind it was of Mr..
Warren to give you a long vacation
with your full wages"
Oats it" grumbIed Cindy. MIR.
Warren paid me dat money fur dom
nuthin' An now all you folks is come
back fur me to cook fur an wait on.
An / gifts more money or leaves"-
Lippincott's.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-12-07

The house in which the master bard
was born is located in Henley street.
Stratford-on-Ayon. England Wash
1ngton Irving said OF this famous
abode Of genius: 1T is a small, mean
looking editice of wood and plaster, a
true nesting place of genius. which
seems to delight in Matching its Off
spring in by-corners. The walls of its
squalid chambers are covered with
names and inscriptions in every Ian
gnage by pilgrims of all7nations. ranks
and conditions. from the prince TO the
peasant. and present a simple but
striking instance of the spontaneous
and universal homage of mankind to
the great poet of nature"
Several years ago the house was
purchased by subscription with a
view to the careful preservation of it
and of its contents for the inspection
Of future generations.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-12-07

The difference between the play
house in which we see a drstna OF
Bronson Howard's today and the play
house in which Sheridan's comedies
were originally acted is greater than
the difference Srsween Sheridan's
Drury Lane and the. house for which
Congreve wrote and in which Better
ton acted. And that restoration play
house was very unlike the Elizabethan
theater for which Shakespeare wrote
and in which Burbage acted Even
more apparent is the difference be-
tween the theater of Dionysius at
Athens and the Roman theater at
Orange. These theaters are sharply
distinguished from one another by
their size, by their shape, by their
methods of Illumination, by the abb
seace or presence of real scenery and
by the arrangement of the seats for
the spectators, and as we study these
successive changes we are confirmed
in the conviction that these physical
conditions must have exerted a pow
erful influence upon the dramatists
who followed one another down the
centuries.-Brander Matthews in Cen
fury.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-12-07
Rebukina a ereenhorn.

A whist expert discussed at dinner
those overconfident and foolish per-
sons who think they can learn whist
in year or two.
such persons should be called to
order" the expert said sternly. Il for
one am always glad to see them called
to order. A young greenhorn stood
behind my partner during a game one
night. At the end of the hand the
greenhorn said:
why didn't you lead hearts?
That's what Id have done
My partner smiled and answered:
"'Ah. but you. my young friend.
hare the world before you and none
but yourself to consider. You have no
wife and family dependent on you for
bread. and II you lose heavily no one
suffers but yourself. With me it is
different; hence 7 led spades.'"