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The San Francisco call., 1910-06-17
Memoranda

Five river boats at mouth of Yukon river un-
able TO proceed on account of ice; no date given.
Per bktn Lahaina, from Newcastle, " s. W.
June 16-Sailed April Z; had light and battling
winds to the north end of New Zealand; passed
between the Fife and New Caledonia; was 20
days TO the equator. which we crossed in longi-
tude ITO east; had fresh NE trades from there
to latitude 2S north; bad fresh SW winds to
latitude 80 north, longitude 140 west; thence to
port strong NV wind; arrival at San Fran
cisco Captain Carlson was confined to his bed
having been sick several days. Lahaina and Koko
Head towed out side by side from Newcastle.
bound for San Francisco. but left the Koko Head
astern in four hours after.
Per stmr Excelsior, hence June 10 for Eureka
Returned to port June 16 account of valve TO
air pump breaking.
SEATTLE June 1G.-Adyices received here
today state that roadstead at Nome is still COW
cred with ice and stmr Victoria and UmatiIIa
are discharging cargo into barges, which are be-
ing forced through passages made in the ice; ice
at Nome and ST. Michael Is said to be worst in
wears: ST. Michael said to be frozen in solid
believe no vessel will be able to unload until
middle OF next week. two steamers now at
Nome and four the way from Seattle, have
large consignments of freight for up river points
they must discharge at st. Michael; believed that
their returning will be delayed
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-17
CURE REPORTED MIsSING-Mr

GIRL REPORTED MISSING-Mrs- T. Jacob
son. 81 Naples street reported to the police
yesterday that her daughter. Amelia, 10 years
of age. had disappeared from the residence
was employed. on Tuesday afternoon at )
o'clock and had not been heard Of since She
had been keeping company with John Heschel-
man, conductor on the San Mateo line.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-17


Mrs. Goodchild Miss C. S. Green
Mrs. W F. Gender Miss c. Miner
w Montgomery L. S. Blake
II. Z. Earle Miss A. Store
" J. Nahoney and wifeMrs. \. Davidson
Miss Clark Miss Bucklen
Miss +. Cutie T. II. Ulbygot
J. Sturgen B. c. Harris
y. Gray c. Brouce and wife
/. =. Stanley Miss 81. r. Tanner
Miss A. ID. Smith Mrs. n. Broshan
Miss L. Richardson Miss e. Dennis
Miss 1. r. Stanley ]. B. Rapp and wife
]. L. Gilbert and wife Mrs. A. MefIarvey
y. $. McNutt Miss n de Preference
". Cohen Mrs. A. Condrote
l. S Brooks Is. W. McDufe
Mrs. c. Wood Miss L. Nelson
Mrs. J. Donald Miss S. Christensen
Miss II. Donohue Miss Jensen
Miss c. Farnsworth Miss S. o. Baneon
Miss B. X Marks Mrs. h Rich
Miss A. NJ. Peterson Miss A. Rich
Water Front Notes
Receipts of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted to 100000 feet.
The steamer Excelsior, which sailed
Wednesday for Eureka, returned yes
terday on account of the breaking OF
the valve to the air pump.
The Pacific Nail liner Manchuria
sailed yesterday from Yokohama for
The Oceanic steamship company's
liner Mariposa, Captain Hayward. was
700 miles away at o'clock Wednesday
tomorrow morning.
Suit Against Steamship Company
Clarence B. Jacobs yesterday sued
the Oceanic steamship company for
S25, 900 damages for the death of his
son. George w. Jacobs, who on March
p. 1910, fell through chute from the
Filbert street wharf into the bay and
was drowned. Young Jacobs was en-
ployed as a helper in making repairs
to the steamship Sierra. 1t is alleged
that there was no light or warning to
apprize passers by of the opening al
the head of the chute.
Nome HarbOr Full of Ice
SEATTLE. June 16.-Advices received
here yesterday are that the roadstead
at Nome is still covered with ice and
that the steamships Victoria from Sc
attic and Umatilla from San Francisco
are discharging their cargoes to
barges that were forced through mar
row leads.
The ice at. Nome and ST Michael is
said to be. the worst in years ST
Michael is still frozen in solid. and it is
believed that no vessel will be un-
loaded there until the middle of next
week.
AS the two steamers now at Nome
and the four ships on the way there
from Seattle have large consignments
of freight for up river points that must
be discharged at St. Michael it is be-
lieved that the return of the vessels
viii be greatly delayed.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-17

castle, y. S. W; 1856 tons coal to Hind, RoII
d Co.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-17
Tir,ne Ball

United States branch photographic office, Mer-
chants Exchange, San Francisco June
I6, 1910.
| The time ball on the roof of the Fairmont
hotel dropped today exactly at noon Pa
cifc standard time (120th meridian) or at Sh
com. 00s. Greenwich mean time.
J. It. MCMILLAN,
Nautical Expert, in charge.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-18
CENTENNIAL or FREE MEXICO
checkersd, hut Progressive History
OF Our Nsfghbortng Re-
public.

The beginning OF free Mexico was on the
18th OF September. Ai0. the centennial OF
which dats uill be celebrated in the City
Of Mexico with imposing ceremonies.
The centennial will ba the occasion, for
several DAYS. OF a national fete. to be held
IN the federal district: great Latin Amer
can festival in which viii be displayed not
only the gag iife OF ths capital but the
serious side sf Mexieos progress as a mod
ern state. And this progress has been a
marvel OF even these stirring times. In B76
the country was bankrupt. infested with
nriEsnds. harassed By civil war. a land OF
unsafe rails and isolated villages, "sioth
In the mari and schism within the temple.
ptaz. with hiE strung hand and inflexihie
viii, created military police. who made
the country internally safe, and by def
mite policy ~ railway building RAISED in
twenty eight years the miIeags rum 80 to
over 1000 DiEz has compelled Justice and
good order and stimulated Investment He
has made over al the cities in the republic,
or AZ least has policy has gwen them reason
10 MAKE themselves over Antique toWna
with their hOrsemen ana mule trains ana
their lazy pizzas. are now up-to-data. hiisx-
ling places with fine shops and public
buildings. asDhalted streets. electric iEhts
and trolley Cara
The forsiEn capital az work In Mszicn
watch was $4,000 when piAz became prssi-
dent IL naw q. Aono.0a0 Modern acess-
sores and cgnvenieuces are everywhere
slectTic lighting plants. mndern drainage
systems and WatefWorka. schools are uni
vsrsal, and the people have bssn taught 50
we'll 10 value tranquility that President
piaE may say, a. ne aid IN an Interview
Z have waited patiently far tho day when
tas people 0f the AexiC4n rsDGblia would
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-18
Postal Savings
Will Soon Open
Government Banks viii Be Ready
System is Figured
Out.

WASHINGTON, Sept. r7.-tSpeciai to The
Zee. )-Before congress opens the postal saw
ings hank system will have been inaug1-
rated. These first banks viii be in the
nature OF experiments. naturally, for while
a study has been made Of the English sys-
tenn. conditions here are so different that
an entirely new system will have to be
built. II was at first intended 20 start
the banks in about twenty-five Of the big
zest cities Of the country. but this plan has
been changed. II Ia now decided To pick
out twenty-five or fifty sections Of the
country where industrial conditions are
varied. This will be done for the purpose
Of tasting efficiency OF the new banking
system and OF determining the response
which may be expected on the part Of the
different classes OF people served.
An Improvement in the continental sys-
tenn Of issuing pass books to depositors will
be inauEurated by this government In
stead Of the book, as provided by the pri-
vats banks. a card viii be issued to the
depositor showing by perforarion the
amount OF money deposited
This card will be a duplicate Of a similar
one perforated az the same time and kept
in q postoffice. the latter TO furnish an
absolute record OF the funds receipted for
duplicate may be obtained upon application
to the office issuing the original.
II will be made perfectly plain these
cards ara nnn-transferzble ami non-negu-
table. They cannot be traded in or passed
about as legal tender. They must be held
by the party making the deposit and pre-
sented by that party when IL is desired 70
withdraw any or all of the funds deposited.
A machine similar 10 cash register. in
operation. viii be used TO punch the deposit
cards. This means that the record will be
mechanically accurate. and since both the
iepOsilGf > aETd ald that held by the Epv-
eminent are punched by the same act, no
discrepancy can possibly exist.
IN the course OF time IL Is arranged that
the whole system shall be self-sustaining
Only per cent interest viii be paid ON de-
posts and the banks and trust cumpan-
les, acting as repositories for the funds
collected by the government, will be r.
qtiired under the law to pay "a per cent IN
terest The quarter OF per cent will repr
sent the only profit the government wi
make and this VIII go entirely towards
maintanence and will likewise so az re
serves.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-18
She's Old, but She Can
Spell With the Best Yet

seventy-seven years young and the best
speller in an old fashioned spelling match
at Sunday school picnic recently held at
Stella Is the record OF Mrs. Samantha A.
Thomas The spelling match was con-
Quoted Just as were these popular affairs
in the girihood OF Mrs. Thomas. with a
captain on either side. but was impromtu.
and as there were no books on the picnic
grounds the words were taken from news
papers. which had been used 70 cover lunch
baskets, Mrs. Thomas laughingiy declared
she used to, could spell the spelling book
through" and IL looked like II when she
spelled down high school graduates
Mrs. Thomas was born IN Boone county
Ind. March IS, ISS3 Her tnther who was
a physician after her birth moved TO Month
CELL. H. Here the mother died when Mrs.
Thomas was ten years OF age, and the
father took his little daughter 20 her grand
mother at Atrica. Ind, where she remained
until hts second marriage Her father. DIR.
Kills. on the return journey from AtticA 10
Monticello, hauled tnmbstunss in his car
riase to place AT the graves of his wife and
a SON The distance was LOO miles and the
time before the railroads
The mind OF Mrs. Thomas Is rich in
pioneer experiences. After her fhther's sec
ond marriage he moved N Marion county,
Iowa. near Knoxville. Mrs Thomas among
some old papers. has the following record,
From Indiana TO St Louis. we came On
the Highland Mary No. p and from there
on the Pike No. to Keokuk ami Burling-
ton. and then by team 10 Knoxville. Not
long afterward father was elected state
senator I taught school two terms in a
log school house near Knoxville"
a pleasant "reminiscences is a visit 10 her
father when he was IN the senate. The
capital was then AT Iowa city. Before
teaching in the log school house she spent
three years in school at stay ette. Ind
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-18

until has death oecurr~i in Stella In nos.
F7ftern years they had hotei az C1rning,
No. az which place ther golden wesidinE
vas celebrated. lust about ne close u the
civil was they came to Nehreska For a
tme they lived at Aragu. a Missouri uver
town IN this counrT. DURING a scuurge Of
cholera At Arasn. both heipei to nurse the
sick
ny. Thomas nov makes her home In
Stella with a daughter, Mrs J. H. Over
man. wife of the postmaster. She Is a dear
old lady and the gifts Of flowers and fruit
she - constantly recriving attests the love
ard sstsen IN which she 10 hsid
Stella. Nsb. EI-NICE HASKINS
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-18
FIGHT ON THE WHITE PLAGUE
Next International Tuberculosis Com
Eress to he Held I'm Rome
In septemberr 1911.

Official announcement OF the seventh in
ternationau congress On tuberculosis was
made today from the American heIduuar
tiers BY the National Association TOR the
Study and Prevention Of tuberculosis. The
congress will be held IN Rome in 1911 from
September "A 70 % rbis gathering. vhieh
meets every three years. and was last held
in Washington. D. c., in lsas, Will be under
ths direct patronage OF the king and queen
Of Italy. The seerstary-gensral Is Pr0t
Vlttnrio Ascoli and the president Prof
GuidO Baccelli
II is expected that an American commit
tee Of one hundred viii be appointed as
the official body representing ne Cnt.ed
States. Estimating on the present rate q
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-18

Increase. the National Association for The
Study and Prevention OF Tuberculosis an
nOunees THAI the American COMMITTEES viii
be able to give a most dar1er1ng report at
the congress. They will be able to an
nounce that the number of tuberculosis
agencies in this country has trtpied in the
three years since the last International con-
gress ana that more than twice as much
money is being spent in the Eight against
consumption by private societies and In
situations. and also that the appropriations
for tuberculosis work ~ federal, state. mu-
nicipal and county authorities have quad
rupled.
The congress at Rome will be in three
sections, that on stioioEy and causes OF
tuberculosis; on pathology and thsrapeu-
tics. both medical and surgical, and on the
social defense against tuberculosis. The
names Of the presidents Of these sections
VIII be announced in the near future.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-18

Some Of these jewellers are accom-
modztin lot" remarked the young man
in the light suit. Il went N the other day
to buy diamond ring.
FOR a LADY, the clerk asked me-
told him IL was.
An engagement ring he asked me
further.
Yes I toId him, getting a little bit
peeved, but I don't see what business II
IL OF yours what I intend To do with the
ring after I've paid for IL out OF my own
private funds
Don't be offended" says the clerk, in
a conciliatnry tone. Il was Just going to
suggest that II IL was simply a present,
with no engagement going with IL, you go
in for size rather than for quality, and
when the girl comes in TO inquire about the
value wen lie $50 or SO worth for you. but
" It's an engagement ring, L would advise
you 10 get the best quality you can find
even II IL does mean smaller stone. Just
as a matter Of sentiment you'll want %
know that IL Is right. and then II YOU ever
get IN hard luck. you can pawn the good
thing for tWo-thirds OF it, vaiue-Clevelaud
Plain Dealer.
The key 10 the situat:uH-1ee Want Ads
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-18

This town waits q chnnery ana wants
a. nadly- Nf you q cnnnerYman OF
experiences you can Gene 70 this place and
make . stake. The country Il ready tor
you. NOL CAN CONF HERE AND TIE
RAPID SETTLEMENT or TH1 C,OUN-
TRY will mRlEs q FORTUNE FOh. rOu.
Buhl Idaho. - the mari<et point Tor
$4,000 acres Carey Act land, the rinhent
cheap electric power gained from the
falls OF tie anaka river. There are oceuns
OF farm prodnG8 ~ every desert pIion.
Ersrything u tavor1bIa PlssHs WRITE
Ma At ONCA
You can satisfy Yourself about
this II You Will write % me AZ anca-
can send you Z booklet showing Jler
WHAT THIS SECTION HAS To IE-
PEND ON. Just WHAT IT Will -
FOR YOU. Write for the booL - coats
n0thsnE and mag mean a forums % T0@
q u MoouoWH. nsurStAry BUZZ coMs-
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-18

Many strange accidents happen IN con-
nccuon with an automobile IN the course
Of a year. but a new type IS reported from
Pumghterpsfe A chauffeur was initiating
a ura and Thought that ne noticed a weak
nsss In u 80 stopped over TO examine 4
closely. lust then the ure blew AZ. The
mans nose ard Jaw were broken and his
head ard chest badly cut. He was blown
quite across the garage IL Is thought at
this hospital wherr he was taiyen that he
may recover Others should profit by his
experiences. Keep away from the tire when
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-18

n - Brfrr inGafrd with anything murs
nawereful than the ordinary pump. Spring
isld Republican.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-18

A gentleman vac struilinH Across a larTe
estate when he came upon a nan t.ahiuh.
What sort OF FISH 40 yuu catch here
he said
MOSTLY trout" replied the man.
How many have you cauHhtf
About ten or twelve. sir
what 81 ahuut the heaviest you nave
caught continued thu gentleman.
Well T don't kuow the weight. but ne
water sunk two thru feet when pulled
u ont. '--hiCngn Journal
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-18
A Fierce attack

Of malaria, liver arrangement ana kidney
trouble is easily cured by electric Bitterz
the guaranteed remedy. 5oo- For sale BY
Beaton Drug Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-18

be prepared 70 change their government at
every election without danger OF armed
revolutions and without injury to the ma
tional credit or interference with the
tiona progress. I believe the day has
come. San Francisco Chronicle.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-18

samantha Kills and Elijah P Thomas
were married in Iowa in H5L and travelled
ufe's pathway tugett1er for fifty-four years,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-18

MURRAY, Utah. Sept. r0.-rhis picture
Of the Commercial club Of Murray. Titan.
Indicates the enterprise Of the business men
here in the intsrm0untain vest. Murray.
Utah. is a manufacturing suburb. eight
miles from salt Lake City, on the direct
line Of three transcontinentaI railways. 1t
has two BANKS and a number Of business
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-18

IN. Key TO me sftuasssn--Bss want Ads.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-18

houses. and within the tast few weeks over
SIX factories have been established at Mur-
ray. The people OF Murray are making spe-
cial Inducements TO the establishment OF
small and large factories BY offering cheap
sites. water and electric power. They arr
determined to make their city the manu-
featuring town Of the first importance IL
the new west The Murray COmmerci1l
club maintains a secretary in the person OF
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-18

The key TO the situatsun-1se Want Ads.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-01-13
) nuns N THE WI: DERNESS
SIX DEVOTED SISTERS WILL RE.
SUME CHARGES IN FAR NORTH.
Will Trave! With Dog Train Over
Snow-Clad Plains and Ice-Covered
Rivers.

Winnipeg. Jan, 10.-Six devoted sis
ters Of Grey Nuns, from Montreal, left
via the Canadian Northern railway for
Prince Albert, whence, by horse con.
I>yance and dog train, they will trav
i5e 800 odd miles to the Isle of La
Crosse mission in the northern wilds.
There the sisters will resume the1l
charges of conducting school and
CHER mission work, which seven years
ago they transferred to the Sisters OF
ST. Joseph. The reason that the mis-.
son, which has been conducted for *
years, was given UP was that there was
nothing in the wilderness which the
sisters could do to support themselves,
and though they are now going back in
response to an urgent call, they are
still uncertain as to how the mission *,
to be maintained.
The Sisters of St. Joseph, who lett
last fall, had built new school 100
feet long.
TO reach their destination the Sis
ters will travel over a snowclad plain
through heavy brush and over ice Gov.
cred rivers, and after the first few
nights, being beyond a pale of settle.
ment, must sleep in the open.
Sister Superior St. Nazaire was for.
merly at the old mission. Sisters
Elisee and Baudin have Manitobian ex-
perlence, while Sisters Adelin, Yvonne
Ind Allsee are new in the West.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-01-13
CARDINAL SATCLLI DEAD.
First Apostolic Delegate To United
States Passes Away.

Rome, Jan. 10. - francesca Satoli.
one of the five cardinal bishops of the
Catholic church, is dead, after an Ill
ness of three weeks, of nephritis.
Cardinal Satolli was II years old.
and was raised to the cardinalate in
1895.
The pope was greatly distressed ON
learning of his death.
Cardinal Satolli was born of noble
family in Marsciano, July r21, 1889. >.
In the course Of hist DISTINGUISHED
career he made three memorable Wis.
its to the United states.-S sHe~,came
first as papal representative to the
Catholic congress and celebration O:
the centenary of the, Catholic shier-
archy in November, 1885, His ne1::
visit was in October, 1892, when he
represented the pope at the Chicago
worlds fair, under appointment as
first apostolic delegate to the, United
States. It was during this visit tina;
he was appointed cardinal His third
visit was in June, 1904. w %.Z}*s
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-01-13
HARRY Sj||LB|ERBERG
SLIPS HIS LEASH.
NOTORIOUS SWlNDLER EVADEs
ARREST IN LONDON AND is
AMERiCA-BOUND. ~
OUT OF CLUTCHES OF DETECTIVES
Law.-Social Lion and Wizard of
High Finance Going to
denver.

Minneapolis, Jan. 10.-Harry SLIDER
berg, the international high finance
swindler whose operations four years
ago in Minneapolis were the sensation
of the hour, has once more succeeded
N freeing himself from the meshes OF
the police this time the famous Scot.
land Yard sleuths in London, where
be was arrested few days ago as he
was about to consummate $60,O00,O00
Chilean railroad deal.
This information has been received
by Pinkerton detectives in New York
and transmitted to the various agen.
cies throughout the country. SLIDER.
berg is said to be on the high seas
headed for New York, with Denver as
his ultimate destination.
AS Silberberg's Chilean railroad
grant and his dealings with the promi.
nent Englishmen in connection with
the colossal deal are said to be just
within the law, no charge will be pre-
TERED against him on that score, hence
ais arrest in New York is not probable.
Pinkertons Tip Of His Hand.
While Supt. Rindal of the St. Paul
Pinkerton Office will not admit it, it
s said the Pinkertons were responsible
for the expose of Silberberg to his
London associates by sending Silber-
5erg's American record to Scotland
Yard detectives. On this record ap-
pears the notation that Harry Silber-
berg, alias J. Coleman Drayton, jumped
his bonds in Minneapolis, MIMI, where
he is under Indictment for swindling
Silberberg also fleeced Minneapolis
millionaire, M. J.. Scanlon, out of large
sums of money besides running away
with his step-daughter." ri
Silberberg assumed the name of the
New York multi-millionaire, J. Cole
man Drayton, about II years ago. =.
Silberberg has a remarkable faculty
IT ingratiating himself with big men
md one can readily understand how
he fell in with the president of Chile
md got the railroad grant with he was
trying to palm off in London. -
Silberberg has many influential
friends in both America and abroad.
His best friends are women of wealth
and social standing, among them being
cce known as the Countess Media
ourosoff Of Russia. He also has
among his patrons leading society
3latrons Of New York, Boston and
Cnver. = go
I So far is is known there is no charge
il the United States pending against
him, unless it be. one here in Mime
:--olis, Which would warrant the au.
It,-oritiosR arIsesting him 9.s
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-01-13
The ! J /
Can1pead0r's
D0nkey-Ma11
By Harold Bi5.dLOSS
Copyright by Short Stories Co.. Ltd.)

copyright. by Short Stories Co.. Ltd.)
The pitiless rays of the tropic sun
beat down upon the Campeador's iron
decks, as, with complaining engines.
she shouldered her way at four knots
an hour over a flaming sea.
She had not been a handsome yes
sci when she first took the water, and
now she was very old, while the pres
ent owners had bought her in difficult
ties among the Philippines. They ran
her as free-lance tramp, prowling
among the islands of the Southern
seas until the WORKOUT engines gave
serious trouble, and when they an
chored to repair them under a man.
grove-shrouded coast, her crew went
down with malaria, and even worse
things still. Then one night, when
the most sickly had gone to recruit
inland, a sudden typhoon blew her out
to sea, and there being no navigator
were left could not find that island
again.
Perched up on the broken skylights
of the engine room, gaunt skeleton
clad in dungarees alternately laughed
deliriously, and hurled incoherent in
vective at some one below. This was
all that fever had left of the chief
engineer, and he was there because,
being the biggest man on board, none
of the sickly crew felt fit to take him
away. Conroy, the little donkey-man,
lay spread out in the shadow by an
open gangway, splitting contemplative.
]y at the gray shape which fitted
without apparent motion through the
lap of transparent swell.
There was a growl from the hollow
eyed seamen who lounged about the
deck, for all of them were hungry
and most of them were sick, but the
bos'n pointed vaguely toward the hori
zon, There must be islands yonder;