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The San Francisco call., 1909-12-20
HOLIDAY SPIRIT CUTS
DOWN TRADE IN IRON
Railroads Fairly Active In PIac.
ing New Orders

NEW YORK. Dec. 1s.-The holiday
spirit was responsible for further cur
tailment of business in the iron trade
last week, and the undercurrent in
weaker.
Railroads have been a little more
active in placing orders for equipment,
including buying 1900 cars and 40 To-
comotives Nearly 5000 cars and rs
locomotives are now under negotia-
tions.
In fabricated structural steel orders
calling for 10000 tons of steel shapes
have beer placed. Wire products have
been advanced 81 a ton and another
equal advance is expected within 30
days.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-20
BAPTIZES NEGROES IN
HUDSON'S ICY WATERS
Leader of New Sect Threatened
by Converts Husband

POUGHKEEPSIE, n. Y, Dec. 49,
Charles Walker of Kingston, Jamaica,
has established new religious sect
among negroes here. He baptized two
converts today in the icy waters of
the Hudson. The converts were at
tired in loose robes and stood on the
wharf shivering for half an hour after
the baptism. A short time ago Elder
Walker baptized in the Hudson Mrs.
Pleasant Greene, who became violently
insane.
Preacher Walker describes his new
sect as the .church of God and the
saints of Christ His belief is that
all baptisms should be performed in
natural streams irrespective of the
temperature.
Pleasant Greene, whose wife was
taken to the asylum following her
baptism in the river, threatened today
to shoot the elder if he again preached
his religion to Mrs. Greene.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-20
OMAHA'S EARLY CLOSING
LAW TO BE ENFORCED
Mayor and Commissioners Are
Threatened by Governor

LINCOLN. Neb Dec. 19.-Governor
s,allenberger tonight announced his
findings in the complaint flied against
Mayor Dahlmsn and members OF the
5-(sr6 If fire and police commissioners
30 omaha. charging nOnenforcement of
fhe o'clock saloon closing law.
The governor says II is the opinion
Of fbo attorney general and himself
that = case has not been made against
the officials which would JUSTIFY nam IN
q sboginning proceedings 10 ousl thenl
rom Office.
AT the same time he announces the
matter is held in abeyance and that any
laxity in law enforcement in the future
VIII result in expulsion under the power
conferred Upon him by the statutes.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-20
RUNAWAY GIRL JAILED
ON LEAVING STEAMER

Miss Malvina Kinney, aged II years,
was arrested as she stepped from the
steamer Umatilla yesterday after trip
from Ballard, near Seattle. Her de-
from the girls mother, Mrs. J. Bone
steel
Miss Kinney came from the northern
city with James Farrell, a pile driver,
bat she declares that she was but seek
ing work in San Francisco.
The girl readily admitted that she
had run away before with man named
Rockwell.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-20
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The San Francisco call., 1909-12-20

The National Council of French
women, which has a membership of
more than $4,000, has been circulating
a monster petition in favor of woman
suffrage.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-20
MANY RACES GREET
ROOSEVELT PARTY
Former President in British East
Africa Where the Railroad
Reaches Victoria Nyanza
GAssooiatsd Press Correspondence

KISUAIU, British East Africa, Nov.
17.-Kisuma, or Port Florence. where
Colonel Roosevelt and his party are
to spend at least day. is situated on
the shores of Victoria Nyanza lake at
the end of Kavirondo gulf 1t is the
terminus OF the railway and rises $500
feet above sea level. Kisuma possesses
a drydock the altitude of which is the
highest in the world.
AS the train nears its destination
the wonderful beauties of the huge
inland sea are disclosed. The water
stretches for 40 miles to the mouth
OF the Kaviro9do gulf and on all sides
are huge mountains.
MIXTURE OF MANY RACES
An extraordinary mixture of races
win be there to welcome the Roosevelt
Europeans in smart ducks, In
dians. Goanese, Eurasians, half breed
Europeans and Indians, Swahalis.
Arabs, Nanci, Lumbwa, Kavirondo,
Wakamba and others too numerous to
mention. The arrival of the train is
a triweekly event of great Importance
and passengers it Will carry on this
particular occasion make it doubly so.
There are two curses in Kisuma, the
sleeping sickness and Intermittent out
breaks of bubonic plague. Europeans
seem TO be immune. as so far there
have been no reports Of Europeans
suffering from either disease at this
place.
NATIVES BARTER FOODsTUFFs
The native market is an ever present
source Of interest to the traveller and
il is a wonderful sight to see the hun
dreds of naked men and women en-
gagged in ardent barter. The foodstuffs
are not always Of the best. and at times
the odors are almost unbearable
The Kisii country is only IA by 10
miles in extent and forms part of the
vast Kisumu province. This small area
was little known until after a punitive
force had been sent up there in Janu-
airy, 1908, to settle with the natives
for an attack made on the district
commissioner when hut tax collecting.
The country is densely populated by
a tribe which appears to be an offshoot
Of the Nasal race. interbred with the
Kavirondo tribes. They are fierce and
practically unciviized.
CONQUERED BY BRITISH
In 1905 the government sent an
armed patrol of $50 Kings African
rifles through the country under COM
mand Of Major General Atkins. Before
that time the Kisii had hardly seen a
white man. They attacked the patrol
in camp and charged right UP to. the
zareba with reckless daring, despite
the terrific fire from the troops. Scores
Of the natives fell and the patrol was
permitted to finish its survey of the
country.
Numerous attacks have been made in
this region up "a British officials Last
year one. accompanied by six armed
police. was speared by a warrior. who
was hiding behind a bush. Later it
was learned that a witch doctor had
ordered the native TO spear the official.
as she wanted TO see the last of the
wifite men in her district
Editor Praises Roosevelt
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-20

A. Andrews Diamond Palace, Dia-
naonds, Watches. Jewelry and Silver
ware. so Kearny street. Open even
ings daily till Xmas.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-20
Editor Praises Roosevelt

PARIS. Dec. 19.-The Temps. ex-
tolling the election of Theodore Roose-
velt as foreign associate of the Acad-
enly of Moral and Political Sciences,
pays high tribute to Rooseyelts poIiti-
cal and moral creed and his insistence
that neither individuals nor nations
have the right to shirk their duty
The Temps concludes:
Peace is praiseworthy, but its de-
sira bility has been unduly exaggerated,
II aspired by fear Roosevelt recalls
&c our age that War is an evil, but
not the greatest of evils
Especially as the messenger of ma
tional idealism. he merits the eminent
distinction conferred upon him by the
Institution
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-07-22

able comment is maze on the bright
ness of your child? Education is
not entirely confined to the school
room, many of the great lessons that
we learn come from contact with
the world and its people. Should
we not assist our children in learn
ing those things which they ought
to know? Would it not make it
easier for the teacher when she gives
the lesson to the pupil to have the
mind of that pupil in such a state as
to receive understandingly. When
your child asks a question, 'ansyer
it. II will not take but a moment
and the good that it will do the child
be Observation-Disclosures.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-07-22

Many parents are too prone to put
aside the question that the little ones
ask and thus unwittingly discourage
the child from learning things which
may be of use in after life. The
natural impulse of a child, whose
mind is active, is to note things
which are strange, and to try and hnd
out all about these, to them, curious
things. 1t is easy for the adult TO
a out many things by COM
parison but the knowledge of a child
will not permit this because of the
lack of experience in things which
would give them a basis on which to
work. You may be tired from the
labors of the day, but do you not owe
it to your offspring to give them the
best that you have; is it not their
right to be as well informed as you
are, and are you not proud if favor
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-07-22

Germany for the first time has a
Chancellor who is a commoner. All
of DR.. Won Bethmann-Hollweg's pre-
decessors in this Office have been of
the higher nobility-von Hobenlohe,
indeed belonged to a reigning house.
Nor is the Kaiser's appointment of
the latest successor of Bismark,
Caprivi, Won Hohenlohe and Won Bue-
low remarkable only for the modest
rank of the appointee. The circum-
stances of the succession are equally
remarkable. Chancellor von Buelow
resigned practically in consequence
of an adverse vote in the Reichstag;
his successor is a person who is be-
lieyed to have the confidence of a
majority in that body. The principal
of Ministerial responsibility may not
be internationally recognized by the
Kaiser, but his actions accord there
with.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-07-22
SOME INSURANCE
INFORMATION
STATE COMPTROLLER ISSUES
COMPLETE LIST OF ALL COM
PANIES AUTHORIZED TO DO
BUSINESS IN NEVADA.

The list below comprises all the
Companies that are authorized to
transact insurance business in this
State: also names of persons on
whom service of papers may be had
in case litigation should arise be-
tween the insured and the Company,
has been issued from the office of
the State Controller. Any person
doing business for an unauthorized
company is subject to fine and i'm
prisonment.
FIRE.
Aachen and Munich of Aix-La-
Chapelle, Germany. T. r. Hofer.
Aetna of Hartford, Conn. Frank
l.. Wildes.
Agricultural of WATERFOWL, New
York. Frank J. Peck,
American Central of ST Louis, Mo
Lee j. Davis.
Atlas Assurance of London, Eng
land. T. r. Hofer.
Caledonian of Edinburg, Scotland
State Controller.
California of San Francisco, Was
hoe County Bank.
Citizens of St. Louis, Mo. G. H
Peters.
Commercial Union of London
England. F. l.. Wildes.
C%oncordia of Milwaukee, Wis
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-07-22

r. Hofer.
Union Central of Cincinnati, o.
Sam P. Davis.
Union Mutual of Portland, Me. ].
D0ane.
SURETY AND CASUALTY.
Aetna. Indemnity of Hartford,
Conn. State Controller.
American Bonding OF Baltimore.
Md. State Controller.
Empire State Surety OF New York,
N. Y. State Controller.
Fidelity and Casualty of New
York, N. Y. State Controller.
Lloyds Plate Glass of New York,
N. Y. Lee j. Davis.
National Surety of New York, N.
Y. State Controller.
Pacific Coast Casalty of San Fran
cisco, Cal. F. w. Hurd.
Title Guaranty and Security of
Scranton, Pa. State Controller.
U. s. Fidelity and Guaranty of
Baltimore, Md. State Controller.
United Surety Of Baltimore, Md.
State Controller.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-07-22

So many men have invented nylns
machines lately that one cannot help
wondering why some of them did not
make their inventions a good while
ago. Nearly every day some new
man appears with a machine on
which he flies five or eight minutes,
at the end of which time something
goes wrong with his machine. Ii
the inventors shall be as simultaneous
In ~perfecting their inventions as
they are in bringing them out, we
shall have as many sorts of airships
as we now have of automobiles.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-07-22

Three times as many Immigrants
arrived In this country in April as
compared with the same month a
year ago. The Bureau of Immigra-
ton records show 1864 arrivals
of whom 80, 042 were men and 27,-
712 women. Since 1920, 26,109,9 37
immigrants have been admitted into
the United States.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-07-22

The glass blowers, who have mace
energetic protest against prohibition,
are apparently mistaken as to its eff
fects on their labor. The more con-
trabrand whiskey the greater the
need Of General Washington TASKS
and other bottles for carrying the
fiery fluid.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-07-22

It's a long lane that has no turn
ing" Congress has kept the country
on the tenterhooks for the last three
months. But the country will have
the Congressman on the girdion for
three months before the next Con-
gressional elections.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-07-22
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.

NJ. Castro is willing to waive all
claims to the Presidency If Venezuela
will be kind enough to let him die in
his native land. But the practical
question is: Will he give a bond
not to get well?
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-07-22

The Smithsonian Institution is to
locate a meteorological and astron-
omical station on Mount Whitney,
Cal, $4,000 feet high.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-07-22

Brigadier General w. S. Edgerly,
now i'll at Fort Riley, Kan, has been
ordered examined for retirement.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-08-19
SAYS INNER VOICE
MADE HER A THIEF
GIRL "RAFFLEs" DECLARES KLEP-
TomANIA THwARTEp AMBl-
BlTIoN FOR STAGE.
STEALS FROM BENEFACToR
Pretty Florence Albright, Arrested IN
Reading, Pa, Has Morbid I'M
pulse to Take Everything
She Faneies.

Reading. PAT don't know why |
cant help stealing pretty things" sob.
bingly confessed pretty Florence Al.
bright, the girl "Ranles." at the House
OF Good Shepherd, to which institu-
ton she was committed by Mayor
Rick after her arrest on the charge OF
having committed numerous petty
thefts.
The girl appears to be klepto-
maniac, having a morbid impulse to
steal everything she fancies She Is
only IA years old, though she looks
older.
Il was never happy at home In
Reading" said the little prisoner.
"and ] wanted to get out into tho
great world and make a name for
myself had an ambition to go on
the stage and took a position In
Reading until could get enough
money together to see me through
a few weeks in New York, while
would be looking for place as a
chorus girl, az ] knew would have to
begin at the beginning.
We'll. I found a place at doc.
tors house on North Fifth street.
where | was waitress and answered
the doorbell, II was big house and
they had lots of pretty jewels and
brica-brac, and every time looked
at them, something within me seemed
to say to me:
take them
81 resisted the impulse to steal them
for that's what call It; plain steal
ing; even though folks do call me a
kleptomaniac-bu at last couldn't
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-08-19

at by his favor TO the American people. but
except in a few instances this query took the
form OF good-natured curiosity rather than OF
resentment.
On the afternoon Of January 10, 1905, an
attempt was made TO blow up the statue OF
Frederick the Great. No serious damage re-
suited and there were those who thought that
a practical joker had been at work. but the
force of the explosion was such as to show
that the Joke II joke IL were was decidedly
serious matter. Threats had been made from
time to time by anonymous letter writer's TO
blow up the statue. but little attention was
paid to them. The tenor OF the written threats
was to the eject that no monarch ought to be
remembered in the capital city OF republic.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-08-19

stand it any longer, and just took
them-some lovely diamond pins,
couple of watches and some pretty
clothes-as much as | couJt put to-
gether and conveniently carey. Then
| skipped out.
Il decided to go to Atlantic City
and try my luck on Broadway, but
on my way | stopped to see a friend
at Pottstown. ard there / was caught
by a policeman and the doctor. who
came down from Reading in the doc
tors big automobile. | was taken
back to Reading and given hearing
by the mayor, who was a very kind
and good-looking gentleman. but the
doctor was kind, too, and he actually
took me back to his house and decided
to give me another chance.
What did l do but return evil for
good by stealing again. Oh, just
couldn't help myself when that voice
said: Take them. seemed to reach
out involuntarily and appropriate
whatever attracted me. Most of the
things / took this time were articles
OF clothing. l finally succeeded In
getting away without being caught.
and went to Philadelphia. / got
place at hotel in Camden through an
employment agency. l was there only
four days. when, while busting the
landlords room found two big fino
diamonds on his. dresser.
Take them the voice inside me
commanded. and take them did.
But / ran away then. l couldn't
bear the thought OF being arrested
again, like at Pottstowu. went to
a restaurant on Seventh street, in
Philadelphia, and there / took some
pretty dishes. though had no earthly
use for them. and then l went 10 the
New Bingham hotel as a chamber
maid after aspiring TO be chorus
girl! II was all because hadn't will
power enough to conquer tempta-
tions.
II was cleaning room when I came
across lovely lorgnette of pearl. and
| took that. A jeweler said Il was
worth $50. Then came back to Read
ing and was arrested. They say my
father wants me to be kept penned up
here TIL ! am "a. That means four
years of II. but am satisfied With
he help of these kind sisters ! hope
10 be able to resist that queer smalh
voice inside me by that time"
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-08-19

fee, chief OF staff; Maj.-Gen. Gillespie, of
the general stan and master OF ceremonies.
and by Lieut.-G Gen. Won Loewenfeld. one Of the
special commissioners sent to the unveiling
by the kaiser. An address was also made by
Charlemagne Tower, American ambassador TO
Germany.
Seldom has the national capital witnessed
a more brilliant and distinguished assembly
than that which gathered on the esplanade
OF the army war college around the pedestal
of Emperor Williams gift On the presidents
stand were seated the president and the mem
bers OF his cabinet. the German ambassador
and Baroness Speck Won Sternberg and other
distinguished persons. On the stand TO the
right and left OF the statue were the officers
OF the army and navy In full dress uniform.
members OF the supreme court, members OF
congress and q number OF distinguished In
vited guests.
Gsrmany's gift created considerable un-
favorable comment throughout the country on
the part OF the foreign population with no
particular love for the emperor The Poles
were especially critical and Polish societies
throughout the country met to protest against
the United States accepting the present from
royalty. The local Polish societies Joined In
the protest. There were many others who
wondered what Emperor William was aiming
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-08-19
WARRIORS
DIX copreeHr sr mANsrJreR,o~

the purposes OF re-
remembrance OF
the nations great.
The statue OF
Gen. Sherman. an
equestrian memo
rial. was unveiled
five years ago. II
faces the Treasury
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-08-19
9sBB NATIONS eIsRIBUTB
on of

on behalf Of the em-
peror by his personal
envoy, the German
ambassador. Presl-
dent Roosevelt made
the principal address
OF the day. accepting
the bronze figure on
behalf OF the Ameri-
can public. other ad-
dresses were made
by Lieut..Gen. Chat
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-08-19

building from the south.
and 1t is one of the most
notable public memorials in
the city of Washington. al
though 1t is true that fault
has been found with a few
minor details of the execu-
tion.
Sheridan's statue. repre-
senting Little Phil" as he
appeared ct the battle of
Winchester when rallying
his troops to turn again to
the attack, stands in a lit
tie green circle on Massa-
chusetts avenue. The Sher-
idan memorial has been in
place less than a year. The
widow of the Shenandoah
campalgner lives in a house
the windows of which over
look the memorial of her
husband.
1t Is curious perhaps that
the memorials to the three
greatest generals of the
civil war who fought on the
side of the north were not
erected until many years
after soldiers of less fame
had been remembered. The
statue OF Gen. Mcpherson
has stood for years in the
public square named for
this soldier, who was killed
in the battle OF Atlanta
Gen. Thomas "the rock of
Chickamauga," was remem.
bered in bronze nearly 30
years ago. Admirals Far.
ragut and Dupont have rem.
resented the sea service of
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-08-19

@1ASHINGTON.--ln the fall the Grant
INV monument In tho Botanical garden OF
- Washington will be unveiled and ded-
ls&}ISI icated. II is to be the most impos-
ing statue in the capital city, ht. 1t is
said. TO do full justice TO the memory of the
foremost soldier who fought on the side of the
Union.
The pedestal for the Grant memorial is al
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-08-19

.neir country In memorial form in Washing.
ton ior years. The statue Of John A. Logan.
.ne CIVILIAN soldier. has had place in the ma,
tons capital for long time. Hancock was
not forgotten and neither were some eight or
ten other officers whose fame was bright. but
wnicn never shone with ths extraordinary ius-
ter OF that OF Grant or Sherman
There are scores of memorials OF various
KINDS IN Washington. Foreign nations are rep
resented. In Lafayette square are the statues
OF the Frenchmen Lafayette and Rochambeau.
VINO came to the aid of the colonies in their
struggle against Great Britain.
Before long there will be two other statues
In the square. one TO the honor OF Pulaski and
another to Steuben. When these memorials
are In place Lafayette square will contain five
bronze figures. Lafayette. Rochambeau, Pu-
laski Steuben and Andrew jackson. The Jack
con statue stands in the center OF the park,
while each OF the Frenchmen has a corner to
himself. The other corners will be coupled
by the Pole and the German.
Emperor William about six years ago pre-
sented to the United States a statue Of Fred
erick thu Great. II was dedicated with impress
sive ceremonies Nov 10. 1904. 1t was unveiled
by the Baroness speck Won sternberg, wife of
the German ambassador. and was presented
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-08-19
RepresentatIv Barthold

Representative Barthodt OF Mis-
souri, at the next session OF congress VIII
champion a measure intended to change the
name of Lafayette square to independence
square and he will ask that the memorial to
Gen. Jackson, which stands In the center OF
the park shall be replaced by one OF George
Washington. Mr.. BaTtholdt thinks that the
name Lafayette square gives too much promi-
nence to a man of one nationality. while there
were men of other nationalities also TO be re-
membered by statues In the park who gave
lust as much service to the struggling colonies-
The Missouri congressman thinks that In Q
sense Lafayette square makes an invidious
distinction. Lafayette holds a peculiar place
In the affections OF Americans, and though II
may be without right OF reason. he is known
much better to the people than either Steuben
or Pulaski There will be opposition to the
change In the name of the square, but as La
fayette is remembered In bronze at its most
commanding corner II may be that Mr.. Bar
tholdt is right In contending that the double
honor is too much to give one man.
General Steuben's service TO the American
patriots hardly can be estimated. II was not
SO much his aid In actual battle as his teach
ing OF drill regulations and tactics and his i'm
parting to the revolutionary officers Of the art
Of n aintainng efficient discipline that brought
him fame and the honor OF the leaders Of ths.
revolutionary cause.