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ch"ll Memorial at Nantucket Mass Mis-
lia'uhau Was for som" years me.
compui"r ~ IN" astronomical depart
IN" : Df Columbia I'liv"r-I'y .IrI H. now
gIr"''Or Of the Astronomical and Inath.-
NAUTICAL department 81 Woman : College.
South Carolina
Mrs Kate Trimhla wDolsev ~ koutrI~kv
~ said TO ~ N" first woman to pr..sid.'
AZ "A gathering Of noted SCIENTISTS
,Ih" has Just sailed for Bruss"- wh"r"
~ the delegate of the Tinted States ~"
will open the Internal ional Fra'. Thought
Congress on August - Nine cur" -
the only other woman d"l"ga'" tn" last
previous congress- was oT"n''d bv Pasisur
several hundred dsl"gdt.- VIII attend
the Brussels convention. representing
sci"ntist-. inventors and scholars IA all
parts ~ IN. world Mrs Mool-.y holds
a worlds record IN club membership
h..ing an artIve and honorary m"fnp.'r
~ -"v"rlty-fiye clubs in this country and
EIrDI.'
Miss Julia y Rogers Miss Anna
Gallup and Miss harriet u Walker ~"
among ~" temporary ofio'r- ~ th" newly
organized American Association for ~"
Planting and Preservation of City Trees
n" purposa Of ~" association ~ 10 estab-
lzh a movement FOR IN" planting and care
81 tre..- and shriIphsry ~ city sire-tS ard
~ the yardr ana about III. homes of cti-
pens In" dues are 81 year The work
~ 10 be- carried on by committees Miss
Rogers ~ director II the Brooklyn Natur"
cub and Mrs Gallup ~ curator Of the
Brooklyn Chldr"n's Museum
Miss Wiuifred Gtub~ - giving CnurS"
of hot weather l""tur"s on ~" recreation
piers Miss Gibhs ~ employed 10y the
Association for Improving the Condition
81 the Poor ~ New YORK 10 give these
talks To- mothers about the care and fsed-
ing ~ their hables The mothers are
told which foods Civ" strength which
give hash and which XIV" energy, h''-ids-
being shown how 90 pr''par' zach 80 a. Ia
gs't III" greatest food valI. for IN" least
money These lectures are To he gwen
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round cap shape crown sitting low and
clos. IN he head v.l- - rough. soft white
straw and 'h" uriru rolled closely back
upon n was faced with rr-'pnns M a white
ground over shIci quaint lovely con
yentiuua.iz-d flower d..- ~ m tones -
rose and green A. scattered
On the "ig" - ''r- trim - as ~" 'lnia~t
r.o-sIhl" I'm" - black. and On each =Id"
- the hat ur cap u A. a flat ruckad. formed
- tNo box piaItings - IN" 'r"tonn"
zach hordered hy the tine I'm" II black
and centred by black covered button
" l'h ~" hat vas = bug veil IA delicious
and t"rpmIug tone - rose chiffon So
arranged ~ ." sWathe the whole hat and
head
Exceedingly pretty outing hat shapes
ar" mad" up ~ white felt and straw
the crown - felt and prIm 81 straw. or
yIc- versa. pr perhaps ia" crown and
ou'sid" hrim NAV Do. 81 felt and only 'h"
hfim facing e straw Two Pretty models
II this class ar" illustrated her.
On" i m delightful -had" - pink.
IN" crown and outer hrim II PINK felt.
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Ranars hilv y - 80 suasvMa--
- tns r@siin aaalsfFsa 80 essI - 1slaa
~ 80 rssv 49, su-- 20 -sets#y - 80
in So 1893 Hasts~asisf =se~sm@s sss-
itrf-s--t ~ 80 --~s aasi SO ae,ss~
a--r=~ 49, fssss-rlr ausaaa~sf ~ 4a~e
so -sr--s-~ ~ 80 tnss fs-f saat
ssat--s--ptas s-a~fafiy As<- ~ q CO.
- fsssfy - as- ssslss $50 assai q . 60
~ 49, @tfa - sssas e h--sss~s . a.
-~--sts ssss--ts ~ hsv- - $780, - $685.
ssFt-s q. % ~ssh eco rhfna - ~
snnarsnr- - . ~tf= fs,aafaa 80 H-sa -
siifti 4s-ans sh~s 80 --s@fw~s maNlss
frssn - -s-srn-sy fhas H,ftt~r Ssil a.
90 shrsztahs~ls "a. -hais r-sr 80 aa9 .
salf --afs = sssstast fhsa - nmSnimm
ran-s s@iis 49, 'has - I-@mss 80 anmnsnsa
O-rrtanr sui1~a harvw~ - So arssv o.
sas - sir.hai H~~T aasi aassh~s haa Nesa
rat.~si tin= -~at . eNiissm ~ ba~s
aflliast - go tan ~ h~@F WkaHhma anss
fripl~sf IN nrtrs FF.rv assneusels a4rwnaf
70 h-Tiia . irsls~sf AMI alass fsr~tnnsss
sss ,. - - ., ss1- x ''i,s . ,ss. :.
~hiis Os~run.asss -hs Ens@ ths 80 anasts1-
ally 80 haf rhts saasnp, ~hi~h %.
forassfv av@ cents. . No sis ~~aam
Ca9~- has sn-s~~~s't ~ pfa. - ~ e~sss,
= e.''s.i' b,,ssss : go o a.sssss - sad
~ VfE q unansl~i 90 eaRsD rhswma~ssf
~rvants have nur~4s~-t ffssa . = 10
nmarha q nanmah
rhs r,aan eslns> - shas sssts - snnlsn %
asnsrallv hett 81 - Enc ~ap~nstvs aFusv
ana navy fsr Whtoh (hsrrmanv aas hmr-
roS~ft c1l1asal sunas thla year. ana . mt
v~rsai caaass fnv ths hiah@r prtrs % foosa
= The fa-t thaa all clam-~~ 49, n@sesr fDosl
r~tuir. t-tssr c,soa "a hasf ADD uasssana ena
n~tt@s as~st m n~nsra1 than fsrsnsriy
a 9r~ae @oslFes ~ enpmmss 81 ths fovwtansr
y his lara % aA1aptabtiity. instead, fsr
esainphs. % ths sch wartn hrui- tblank
br~adi. WASH % not 80 blarh e. u - palnss.i
bot mostly gray. Amsr,-ans require
uhtts br~ad Shich n G-ytnany h q nn-
uFy wspsnaive ant not anarittosR. Thsn
the pric~ "a board b Aumn~ntsd. In 60
tAbliahm~nta wh~rs hoaryisrs are tAhsn
not Tor insorn~ but a. . matter % assnrn~
mediation % for~tgnsr.. sush % the
Am~rtcan Woman = Club. II has hsea foSnd
absolutely nec~~sary ~ Aak higher rates
This psopls IN Germany hardest hia are
naturally the poorer vOghing clAaaaa and
thoss Nth small fasd tncoms.. partisu-
lArly the vast army Of psnatoasrs from ths
army. navy and Gov~rnment services
The evil 90 the working glasses has bssa
mitigAted by Q general advance In vagss.
though not in the same proportion -
the Incrsass I'm the ooss % living.
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sas~evS 20 ssHn e~ns~a pausls ~ ms
msasnasr mnnmammnnmn


Fslis-taa srs ssuss - 10 sns~ss.
rad, ~ psspil@ a hish s-hsal IN fhi-
p@rt q N@w rora ssaaa y, qu-~sisas ptlt
- thsnn IN 10 r.u~ats suarntaAtion
"politaral rtmhss ere c-wsMia tights
srnnt-a salv e~vtafn ess-s
Ne hifsssif having sziv&ne~a. eaashs
- ne go rasis fsrr-. - 10 en~uavs
- dstsy n shs Casnai@zsss-v - Asrt-
e'ils'frs . ~ conslssss sssnsseatsoa for ths
bsss-r'r-ss q asrsc,ilsars
n T'ssram 10 Q plAss m q arns city
whsrs a-n ant oshss Arr. Gid sninnal~
AFs hsps
-rAs Rough RAasrs -sss sporty men
riding On hosssbach-
-was-~ a0-tns from Q roes d0~n n the
ground 70 call->i . was~r~hsa
An elevated piece % land uhich has
slipping .id~s upon which tho satsr r,Ina
10 called q wAtsruhsh-
The rehef % . country h uhsrs another
country tAkes u away fron the country
70 which 10 bsloagsd'
Tbs relief % country means that uhsn
ne winter has p~ssed and warmer ~sathsr
The PATRON system vas that any one
that came over here could have 10 miles
Of water or ~ miles % land.
Tbs patrcon systssn was where one
could have i.soo miss on one AIDE 81 a
river OF sD miles on both
According ca the patroon system Q
man could have ,. acres % land along the
river y miles
"A monsoon 10 . large travelling area
Of Wind
Lava IL q mas % heated SCOT
"a liter 10 paper or dirt scattered about
-HAlos are caused BY MIXING light with
COMPRESSED ar and dust particle
The voyage Of Columbus resulted In
the founding Of the Orenoco River
laundering ~ extensively carried on
in the United States. when they cut the
trees they catch the sap and make sugar
OF Ia
-Japanese appears very dark com.
plectsd. They dress very peculiar with
their hair down their back in q brads
Some Of them dress very gay They
dress very differently from Ne do
IF you ever came In contAck with some
fierce Indiana you must endure a. much
pain AZ possible.
Dewey vas commander Of Asiatic
China
1T vas the aim Of the Indians to get all
the skulls they could and pus them in their
eelts.-
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the movement 10 get wum"n aimItts@
a. int.rr'S into tn" larger hospitals al
Ne~ York There al" rAIi Ia ~. a. pre-
en' orly two small hospitals IA GrrAt"l
N"w York wh.r. wOtn-r maiIcal gTa IN
ate, A." admit'"t as b. t"rr., DT
Glasgow was gra Iual"i from Corr 81
Me ticEl College. a. after tryI4g ~ val
Ia get into "A N"W York hospital ~"
10 Boston where women ar" a!Ultt"
~ u.t.rua- al 'hn New England Hos
pital for Women and ChIliTeu.
Que"n Alexandra has received letter.
- Conioleuce from trai ct nurses al
over the world II ~ SAL that from h"r
first arrival H. IN CLAN! she has taken
an active Interest ~ -" Work IT III.
iurs.- whom she recDgI ne 49, her ls-~t
c0aI tutors ~ IN. bath" HygI' - sick s-.-
AID Dov"rty ~" wa tir"i'.-- o. G~iaH
ll-hI' y tho ROYAL NsiIyl ~ ''. sion Fund
for Nurse For ma years au am uaI
81 f-rtaii n"ni Was giv"l ~ Marlborough
House for nurses.
Miss Harriet -. Pore. who Is sarvin <
her second term "a school trustee ~
G".-ya y ! has Just been elenr"i a
rn"rnt"r II the boari II trustees of Hobart
COl."g"
n" women - Sagiraw. Mich 'n the
mum ~ ~ s57 Registered recently on a
SATURDAY In order to h.~ofna eligihl..
70 vot" Tn" subject that cal.i fo.:h
this actiCA was the issu" 81 tifpUD in
bonds To build water aud filtration
plant.
Mrs Ma" BigRer- ha, econ nomiuated
by the Oklahoma Republicans for stat"
Commissioner Of CharI'I'., Mrs Rigg.rs
u the pr',l tent - the Oklahoma Woman
mn 49, saf Ia
nArd. ~" present commission ,.r has
her cardi.ituy tor reelection
and also the fact that M. = opJD-,.I To-
giving m" talbot 20 Wofn"n.
Miss Florence T. Harpham. Pm u
has charg" this summer Ut N" pnS"rva
tory on the grounds 81 the Maria Nit
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Queensland OpaIs.
From M London Giobs

From h6 London Globe.
Queensland is celebrated for its opais
4 particularly brilliant set the finest ever
brought together in Queensland. has lately
been assembled Numbering Just over
thirty pieces the set IL valued a. consider
ably more than l.? OO and comes entirely
from Queensland Fields In some Of the
sp",ime N" Nividne~s and peculiar blend
Of the UOlOrs are almost dazzling, even IN
the dulleEt ltght one ESPECIALLY fine block
81 the harlequin pattern opal pr~sents the
arpea ran'e % a mO-.tIl done IN all the rOlOrs
~ the rainbOW while another. an oval
-uar.d stone. graduates ia color from a
glorious amethyst blue AZ one end 10 a
fa-s mating combination Of fully twenty
different colOns and shades At the other.
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Mileage % Bissd Circalatisa.

wow Ns tNlcdCo TTabuRs.
The mileage Of the blood circulation re-
veAls some AstonishinG facts. 10 has just
been cal uiated for Instance that assuming
the heart To beat SIXTY nine times q minute
at ordinary pressure the blood goes At the
an hour s,f miles A dAy and ~ 600 miles a
year
II a man - years old could have but one
single blood Corpuscle floating in hia blood
all his life II would have travelled In that
time nearly 900 600 miles.
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UHU UOUEN arr DOTNG.

Hawley Crn-sett has declined
iiat" for president Of the or
the next annual convention
... York stat" Equal Sufrag"
% vnch - Ia b" held AT Niagara
...'pt,"r Mir Cross..tt has
l terms az president Of the
IS Fe-sand"n Of Boston -
... rului' IN the CniverualIst
ii.Iiarusss y " for the
Each year she has been
r".pI" ~ IN. town "a occupy
u CLamplin 81 Brooklne.
.H Irsolutnly TO charities
'.F charities ur the ter
...'' IN ~" estates ] he
.. 90" numerous Episcopal
.fIhl" organ Ia'lpns ~
.r'y
oboe rInI" Fairgrounds ~
d. CANNED INTO squads
.'' 'HiupotItivo games ar"
r... " Ofnan directors hay"
'lr work. and th"y de-
...- ~" showing A. much
.Hi ~ self government
IL principal pasiIns=
ANS and folk dances
% go %" 'pul p..ritivs festival
1'.u lf.I"- will 10 awarded
..r.--
|.- q woman suffrage are
-.t' -'a,'rpu ~ the fact that
f..'" women can legally
rt agaily hold pfiic,. you
..'.. ~r-iIuE tD DO either
mi % \'w Hampshir~
Ft"re women can legally
.pTDus campaign ~ being
en- In ''" first state
'.u-"- who wants to b..
.r ~" second state by
led -.ubIng for Congress-
...-r'
~sDw II At the bead Of
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rhe GsaAry's Ears.
FROM Sc NsAoias

below its eyes They are not hard to
fnd when one has learned whsrs 70 look
There 10 no outer ear. such a. animals
have. but simply a ANAL opening which
prising that birds should poesesa the very
acute hearing which they do while lacking
the n@shy Zap which enables the animals
to catch sounds
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rr HATS WORE VARIED
90 V0Bf No sfBf =
stff 0E 90 tFE
lees Nsft fttsH ~ fs~fatt
fHH uFffsi o rsvsss= ev@tsy
Fsss tfssf @frsss . ssst-
f.asf fav FptssssititH

..#. t.a.f Zee F.s......f,..,
.'aHHH. .H.H
."rH r'-F.s. ~
.Hus ..-r1rs
sHHrrsrf
.tH.r o. ~
r. --ra 1-
HI "H'~H1a=I .H-
TO- .H.a 30 sssffsFHI
" HHF- tEHn .H
800 r .f.Hr f.HHF
.'. ss...r sH..F
.a.H a-aa.n .=HfalH
t r.TfHT .sf HHT- .-
.i...r r1s1t.i- sF.Hh
n.f . s.,i'h ~ HsifH
f" frd -v-~v -afuan
r' aH fHfn 10 -
.'~s' ssslurs ~ -Ft-H
rr .~as-f ti-1Ir't ant
a.r ..'"r-'i H'I' -iiar-- s-r-
60 "H.- 70 -ifnpue~si ~.
'HH uf1ruffv 80
'H''i-
ns ~i eli 'hat <aiiHr
"I u" and h~v ar rrn.
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a. various piers through the summer and
ar" a continuation Of the course carried
IN hy Miss i'lbh- last winter IN the East
sd. home.
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"avor hats in the darker tones.
- ., gays green's. browns. &c. These
.'... -ufr orpwn. which may be crushed
.- any -naf.. desired and brims Of mod
= d't -tiFened by stitching yet
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4 soft fold 81 ELK or hand Is trimming
enough though often there are ChoTN OF
na' ruckades a. ia" -d.'- ahov" the ears
On much III" same lines vas a d"l""taNle
littl" motor ha' seen last week IT,"
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Mis- Florence D. Harpham Ph u
has charg" this summer IT N" pn~"rva-
tory on the grounds 81 the Maria Nit
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4 Cs"Staskaec
~ DRY GooDs-CARPETs-UPHo 70
Store closes at P Saturdays At
Women's Goats

EARLY AUTUMN STYLES FOR MOTOR AND TRAVELLING
TAILORED COATS n Mannhh no en- m ~
Mixtures blue and black, cow oS.oO' cow
TRAVELLING COATS. pons... and English r~.ed.. 2250
LINEN SUITS tn. remaining stock, 1880 and % so
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a.~s"~ II At the bead Of
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-26
BANK CLEARINGS INCREASE

Bank clearings for the week in this
city show the extraordinary increase of
S5.3 per cent over the corresponding,
week of last year, the weeks clearings
having been 665,149.74 This gain
has been maintained for the last three
weeks and is considered significant of
the steady increase in general business
and notably the Improvement in the
real estate market.
James A. Johnson, member of the
board of trustees of the First Methodist
church. announces that the property at
Fourteenth and Clay streets is on the
market. The asking price is 100000
William NJ. Buffers Jr has sold the
northwest corner of Fourth and Web
ster streets, lot 50x75 feet, with rein
forced concrete building, containing
stores below and rooms above. for s27,
500 cash. This establishes a new value
in Webster street frontage below Sew
enth street. The purchaser was Albert
;. Day. well known investor in Oak
land real estate. The transaction was
closed through the Office of D. f. Min
ney, who represented both buyer and
seller, and reports that he has several
other large deals pending in the
vic
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-26
lVERY POL .CfMAN
TO Be A LAWYER
Chief Vollmer of Berkeley Inau-
gurates Course of Instruc=
ton for Peace Guardians

BERKELEY, Feb. 25.--Chief Au-
gust Vollmer intends to make every
member OF the Berkeley police force
his own lawyer. The policeman will
then be armed with the double edged
sword of authority and technical
knowledge and it will go hard with
offenders
Follmer says that he has the most
up to date police department in the
country. He has the golden rule"
Bertillon system of Identification and
a complete card index of police affairs.
Now he intends to make his men law
yers, and for their instruction he has
engaged number of we'll known at
torneys to give lectures on the law
after the weekly drills every Friday.
This afternoon Phil NJ. Carey, chief
deputy district attorney. spoke on
General Principles of Evidence" Other
lectures scheduled are: March 4, City
Attorney Frank D. Stringham, "Ele-
meptary Rules of Evidence;" March II,
former City Attorney r. c. Stats,
Evidence on Gambling and Liquor
Cases March Is, Earley Craig. Quail
hcation, Rights and Duties of Wit
nesses in Criminal Cases." March 25,
Curtis Hillyer, Health Laws and
Their rcement-Procuring of Evil
dence;' April S, Christopher Reuss,
Treatment of Juvenile Offenders
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-26
CLUB ORGANIZED TO
OBTAIN IMPROVEMENTS
San Leandro Residents Want
Avenue Widened

SAN LEANDRO, Feb. 25-In order
TO secure the widening and macadam-
izing of Callan avenue property own
ers along that street have organized
an Improvement club. From Hayward
avenue TO Harrison street the avenue
is 46 feet wide. while from the latter
thoroughfare to the eastern limits of
the city it is Sc feet in width 1t is
desired to have the avenue made the
uniform width of 56 feet The club Is
to circulate a petition among the prop
erty owners calling for this improve
ment, and after it has been signed il
will be presented to the board of trus-
tees.
Hayward avenue property owners
have organized an improvement club
with the following officers: A Z. Pei
ton. president; w. r. Locke, vice pres
fdent; Charles Stockford, secretary.
The Joaquin avenue Improvement club
recently organized, has presented a pc
tition to the town trustees asking that
sidewalks be laid in the street, that
fire hydrant be placed at Joaquin and
Hayward avenues and that the name
Joaquin be retained in the proposed
remaining of streets.
Property owners in Maud and Juana
avenues are also planning to organize
Improvement clubs.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-26
IOFF[RS TO BUILD
BRIDGE FOR ROAD
S. P. Company Makes PROPOSE
ton to the Trustees of
San LeandrO

SAN LEANDRO, Feb 25.-F. W.
hooyer. industrial agent of the South
ern Pacific railroad company, held a
conference with the members of the
BOARD OF trustees last night in regard
10 the extension OF the electric line
from Melrose to this city and HAYWARD
Inc company has secured its right of
way to Estudillo avenue and Santa
cara street, where the station is to be
built.
provided that the trustees will open
up Santa Clara street to the San Lean
oro creek the railroad company, ac-
cording to Hoover, will build a con-
crete arch bridge over the creek. so
rect in width, with 10 foot overhanG-
ing sidewalks on both sides. at a cost
or $4,000. The company has secured
an so foot right of way from Moss
10 Dutton avenue. which it intends TO
give 10 the city as a road. The COM
pany has been unable to secure land
through the property of F. Fl. VIII
liams and Paul T. Johnson IL the
street is not opened the company will
merely erect a single track railroad
bridge.
The opening of Santa Clara street
by the trustees will provide an addi-
tional line of travel between Oakland
and this city. The trustees expressed
themselves in favor of opening the
street and an interview will be sought
with Williams and johnson.
Hoover said that it would probably
be nearly two years before the electric
line 10 San Leandro would be in oper-
alton. This line will be later extended
to Hayward and possibly to San Jose.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-26
Sunday Services in Churches
of Alameda

ALAMEDA, Feb 25.-First Baptist church,
santa Cara avenue near Benton street. Rev. L.
ject. Christ and His Work
I;3o 'elock-Evening song and sermon, The
Lie Of Christ In Picture, Song and Story. =
presenting the Life Jesus" By Hofmann,
the celebrated German ainter. from birth to
passion. The entire program is prepared with
his approval. Stereoptieon and colored lantern
slides VIII present the paintings in pictures 10
feet square. Miss Mabel Bennett will give the
bible story to each picture.
The choir will sing the songs presented in the
pictures follows:
Come Unto Me- quartet.
Light of Heaven, soprano solo (Gou-
nod.
3-Christmas CAROL. quartet.
Messiah.
81 Heard the Voice of Jesus Say" quartet
cation.
7-Andante, opus 2s, organ tBeetboven).
deb.
:. Quartet-Soprano Mrs. G. A. Leroux: alto
Mrs. Ida Troteller: tenor. f. c.. Abenaroth; ;
bass. Clarence woodin
orzapist. Miss Myrtle Ward.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-26
VETERAN DETECTIVE TO
CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY
Denis Holland Approaches His
Sixty-seeond Anniversary

OAKLAND. Feb. 25--Detective Denis
Holland will celebrate his sixty-second
birthday next Sunday. For 80 years
he has been connected with the Oak
land police department.. and for 25 he
has been a member Of the detective
corps.
During his career on the force he has
Investigated thousands OF crimes, and
he is noted for his keen analytic mind
and broad knowledge of human nature
Despite his advanced years Detective
Holland is still a very active man and
the burden of time rides lightly upon
his massive shoulders. A number of
his friends in public and private life
are preparing to signalize the ap-
preaching anniversary of his birth in
manner beftting his career.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-26
COMET DISCLOSED
BY OPERA GLASSES
HALEY Visitor Can Be Discerned
by Low Power Lenses, AS
trOnOmer Announces

BERKELEY. Feb. 25.-Halley's ceIe-
brated comet. which Is about TO call on
the earth after staying away for more
than "a years. may be seen with the
aid OF opera glasses and will soon be
visible to the naked eye. according to
an announcement made today by W. F..
Meyer of the faculty of the department
of astronomy of the university.
Meyer has made dia gram of the
direction of the comet and its course
through the heavens. He says that the
celestial body is visible by sighting
Algenib. known as Gamma of the star
of Pegasus, which is 1 hour and 16
minutes ahead of the sun in rising and
crossing the meridian.
technical description OF the loca-
tion of the comet has been made BY
Meyer in a bulletin which he issued to-
day, as follows:
Perhaps the easiest way of To-
eating the region of the sky is to
look for the well known so called
square OF Pegasus of which the
star Gamma forms a corner. Then
Alpha Piscium and the group OF
stars Alpha. Beta. Gamma, ArietiS
may be identified Within the
triangle formed by Gamma Pegasi.
Alpha PiScium and the stars in
Aries. two streameTs OF faint stars
may be traced commencing with
Alpha PiScium.
Above the lower Streamer is the
path of the comet. which may
readily be picked up with refer
ence to the faint stars in the lower
streamer for any date TO March 26.
For those having telescopes with
setting circles the following more
accurate positions for Greenwich
meridian noon may serve:
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-26
EVENTS THE COUNTIES BORDERING ON THE OF SAN FRANCISCO
COURT TO DECIDE
BUFFERS CONTEST
Judge Wells OverruIes Demur-
rer of Proponents of Oak
land WOman's Will

OAKLAND, Feb. 25.-The circum-
stances under which the late Lucy
Beebe Buffers made the will that some
OF her children are trying to break
will have to be shown in open court.
Judge Wells overruled the demurrer OF
the proponents OF the will today, and
an answer to the contest will be filed
soon.
The, proponents of Mrs. Buffers will
are her children, Lucille E. Bray, Da-
vid s. Edwards and Henry Buffers Jr.,
and DR.. Alexander Garceau, f. A. Bray
and j. c. McKinstry, executors OPP
posed to it are her other children, J.
Paulding Edwards. Mrs. Georgiana 3.
Cook, Mrs. Victor ". Metcalf and Mar
guerite Buffers.
Mrs. Buffers will gives the bulk of
her large estate to her youngest son,
Henry Buffers Jr. The contestants al
lege that when Mrs. Buffers made her
chief beneficiary to please her husband.
Henry Buffers. who was estranged
from her. Her other sons were by a
former husband.
The contestants say that she was
much infatuated with Buffers. grieVed
over his leaving her to such an extent
that her mind was not wholly sound
and made the will while she was so
strongly under the influence of the de-
sire to win him back that the making
of the will was not the result of her
own volition
The demurrer was based on the con-
tention that il was uncertain from the
face OF the contest whether her love
for her husband had persuaded her to
draw up the will in the way she did,
or whether he unduly Influenced her.
Judge Wells decided that this was
question that the trial court would
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