The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 14, 1895, Page 24

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JULY 14, 1895. ONE OF THE OLDTINERS TELLS OF WHAT HE KNEW OF THE NORTH BEACH SECTION N THE FIETIES- “According to my observation there is| nothing that is more fascinating than | reminiscences,” said Colonel Reuben D. | Strong to me as we were strolling in the | vicinity of Black Point. { The colonel was a resident of this City | from the early days down to the time of the breaking out of the war, when he went Fast and did not return until recently. The remark quoted was made after the speaker had told of some event of the long ago, and he added: “When I look at San Francisco to-day I cannot contain myself, but feel that I must talk of San Francisco as I knew it before the sixties. AsI said before, reminiscenses have a peculiar fascination for all. They serve to recall things that were, which in the hurry of every-day life have passed out of mind, and they serve to instruct the rising generation as to what existed and what was done by those who preceded them, long before they saw the light of the sun in this the golden paradise of America. 1f the young feel an interestin knowing what was done in the days of ancient Rome and of ureece they certainly feel an interest in knowing about their own coun- try, particularly of their own City in which they are growing.”” “Right you are, colonel, and I'd like to have you give me some of your personal recollections.” *‘Glad to do that,” said the colonel, who glanced around him for some time before he uttered another word. Then he said: “Well, San Francisco has moved in a little C- STOCK-: turned the next day. There were two companies that delivered water in this rather primitive way. One had its carts painted a bright scarlet and the other its carts of a sky-blue shade. As the City began to assume extraordinary proportions | there waz a clamor for better water facilities. “John Bensley in 1855 or 1856 induced a number of prominent men to _join_him in a project to bring water into the City from Mountain Lake, some distance beyond the Presidio. After doing some work in the way of running a tunnel the work was abandoned and he turned his attention to Lobos Creek, near Point Lobos, from which nearly three millions of gallons of pure, fresh water, soft and clear as crystal, flowed daily into the ocean. In ’57the company I named was_organized. A wooden flume about five miles in length was built around the meandering course of the bluffs, across Fort Point and then to this place. Then the creek was dammed and the water which came from there was pumped by this engine into a reservoir at the cor- ner of Francisco and Hyde streets, the first ever built here. It had a_ capacity of 7,500,000 gallons, and from it pipes were laid to supply all the northern part of the City, except portions of Telegraph Hill. Those pipes also supplied down- town as far south as Market street. Shortly after that a second reservoir was built at Greenwich and Hyde streets, and from there connection was made with distribut- ing pipes to various sections. Thco&)flmp» ing station had a capacity of 2,100, gal- lons a day. “Do I remember the date of the turning on the water here? I do; forit wasan im- portant event. It wason the 27th of Sep- tember, 1838, so you see your water sys- | tem, of which this was the beginning, A EOUSE THAT DELIGHTED COLONEL STRONG. [Sketched on the spot by a “Call” artist.] over three decades during which I have | been absent, and she has moved, not in one direction only, but in every direction, | as I have notel in going from one | place to another. Shall I'tell you of North Beach as we walk along? As that is| agreeable, I'll do so. ; | “‘The fact strikes me that while a great change Las taken place in this part of the City, while its northern limits have spread out far beyond those of the ola northern shore line, that ran in an irregular course | from Black Point to North Point at the foot of Sansome street, and that most of the objects that were familiar to those who knew them in the fifties have disappeared, the advancement is not that which the eariy pioneers had predicted for North Beach. It was their idea that this would be the great commercial point of the then Towing city; that the great wharves would | e built ween the two places I have just named; that there the old line clipper ships, such as the Flying Cloud, the racer that made the voyage from New York around the Horn in 89 days and 8 hours, the San Francisco, the Golden Fleece and others of that class—those graceful models of naval architecture that were then so | much admired, but.which have been super- seded by the iron ocean carriers of to-day— would load and unload their cargoes; that the many blocks fringing the water’s edge would be covered with warehouses; that manufactories would spring up all around, and that Stockton and Powell streets would be the great avenues leading to the southern part of the City. At the timeto which I refer the district south of Bush street and west of Montgomery was still a waste of sand covered with scrub oak, lu- pin and yerba buena, with here and there an isolated shanty occupied by some strange being who wanted to be away at night from the busy din of the City; when | 2 high bank of sand obstructed Kearny | street just south of Sutter, and from which a trail led in a southwesterly direction to the Mission Dolores, and when there was only one house west of Dupent street. It was a solitary structure, on the course of Powell street, nearly on a line with Clay, ‘and it was generally remarked that the oc- cupant had selected a home out in the country. “This large red brick building, which was not standing when I leit San Fran- cisco, is, I see by the sign upon it, the Pio- neer Woolen-mills, which read in a re- cent issue of THE CALL had been sold after Daving been idle for a long time.” ‘“Yes, that building was put up after you left, and for a number of years after it was opened, the company that owned it having started business in 1862, gave employment to hundreds of workmen,” I replied. “Right down below us,” continued the colonel, ‘I recognize the engine-house of the San Francisco Water Company—'" “You mean the Spring Valley Water Company, don’t you?”’ “‘No, sir,” replied the colonel, with a de- ree of positiveness that carried with it the information that he knew what he was talking about; *‘I mean just what I said. Those are the pumping works of the San Francisco Water Company, of which John Beunsley was the president, and it is the plant that first supolied the City with water on an_extensive scaie, but I notice that it is not in operation, and that it has the appearance of being deserted. Has it been discontinued ?’ “The rains of last winter washed away the flume that supplied it, and as the dam- age has not been repaired the works have been shut down.” “I suppose,” resumed the colonel, “that there are a Ercan many people of to-day who are under the impression that the present water system has always been | the water system, but that is not so. Be- | fore this plant was put in operation the | early San Franciscans obtained their water for drinking and household purposes from wells sunk on the premises occupied b them or from artesian wells, one olp whicg was on Sansome street, near Pine. The water from these wells was taken in large water-carts, that 1s large barrels fastened on two-wheel carts, from house to house and delivered in eight-gallon pails at so much a pail, or so _mucg, a month to regular customers, the prices varying according to the amount con- sumed. Every fipuseholdcr and eyery storekeeper had his barrel, not as that word is used nowadays in a political sense, but his barrel as a receptacle for the amount of water he might require from ‘the time the waterman came until he re- dates from that time. From whatI have learnad since my return, Spring Valley furnishes all the water now, and I presume this source of supply has gone to that company also. “In thiscove there used to be a con- demned and dismantled old vessel of the | United States that had been emploved in the revenue service as a cutter. It wasihe James K. Polk, and for a number of years was used as a State marine hospital, a lace for the treatment of poor sick Jack, until the Marine Hosvital at Rincon | Point_was opened in 1854. They didn’t have fine hospitals in those days, nor fine asylums, nor strong prisons, but old hulks were made to answer all purposes. For instance, there was the Cadmus, that was used as a _place of confinement for the insane, and the brig Euphemia, that was used as a prison, with Captain James Mec- Donald, the uncle of R. H. McDonald Jr., who I'noticed by the papers elped to wreck the Pacific Bank, in charge as E{rison-lmeper. By the way, is the Marine ospital at Rincon Point still running?” “Not as a hospital. The building was abandoned shortly after the big earth- quake of October, 1868. The building was shaken up some, it was condemned as un- safe for habitation and the patients were removed 10 a new hospital by the side of Mountain Lake. Since then the building has been used as a sailors’ home and is still standing and likely to stand for a great many years, a monument to the bad judg- ment of those who condemned it. *“Well, I never supposed that that build- | ing would ever be condemned, for it was built of the best of material and in the beet manner, as strong as a fortress. “0dd as it may appear, the contractors who put itup did not use all the money that had peen appropriated for its con- struction and then call for more. Further, it was finished within contract time. But if the Marine Hospital is a wreck, what is that wreck down there?”” And he pointed to the frame buildings at the foot of Hyde street that are crumbling to pieces, and from the midst of which rise two tall chimneys. “That is the ruin of the Selby smelting works that were put up in 1867 by Thomas H. Selby,the man who built the shot tower at the corner of Howard and First streets,” 1 replied, for I have a pretty good memory for old times myself. ‘It was a_pretty busy place during the mining excitement on the Comstock. Many a ton of ore from there was reduced at this place before for- tunes were sunk in and around Virginia City in building reduction works. Since its abandonment several years ago, the works have been operated at Port Costa.” We moved around to the little bluff south of the deserted smelting works and from there the colonel tock another view of the surroundings. ‘‘Hallo!” he exclaimed after a little while, “there has been a great alteration. You've got a seawall, the ground has been extended to the north, and so many thgnEs do I miss that I must take time to think. Below and a little to the left of us there used to be a big pond which was a favorite place for the small boys to visit and sail in small boats or rough rafts on its surface; there were alsoa number of shipyards at the foot of Jones and *Taylor an Mason streets. Gone, too, I see. If 1 am not mistaken they used to build schooners and ferry-boats there, and it was right near the foot of Taylor street that the old Cadmus, of which I spoke a while ago, was high and dry. After she had served her purpose as an insane asylum she was run ashore here and placed in charge of a keeper, but after a time she was abandoned altogether and the relic-hunters came to secure pieces of ber, and then the small boys came around to carry off what they could for firewood. When Ilast saw her she was a badly broken up hulk, herblackened timbers proving that for along time she was cradled in the hosom of old ocean. The reason that people took relics was not because she had once been the home of the cranks, but because it was the vessel that carried Lafayette on his last visit to the United States in 1824. In the days of the mining fever in ’49 this ves- sel, like many more, was pressed into the service to carry passengers to California, and after she reached here her crew de- serted to the mines, and there being no one to man her on the return trip, her owners allowed her to be used for the pur- pose [ have stated. ““This white sand bank which runs along Ahem," continued the colonel, pointing to it, ““belonged to Michael Reese. I presume you have heard of him ?” “Yes, I have heard his name.” ‘“This same Michael Reese, I heard while I was away, died in Germany while on a visit there. He was one of tile first, if not the first, of S8an Francisco’s millionaires. My first recollecticn of him goes back to 1854, when he was a commission merchant and had an office on the second floor of a house on California street, between Leides- dorif and Montgomery. He was a shrewd fellow, always on the lookout to turn a few hundred dollars with profit to himself, but that was not the way he made his fortune. During the Fraser River excitement in 1858, when this City was filled with reports of the new gold mines discovered on the banks of that river and in the surroundm;i country, the people believed that an El Dorado greater than California had been found, and every one who could get away believed it his duty to rush to the new mines to take up a claim. They all got the fever bad, although many had been taken in during the Gold Bluff and Kern River gold excitements in the earlier days. Why, I can recollect that during the Gold Bluff excitement mechanics who were carning from $12 to $16 a day threw ufy their positions to go to that place to learn that it was impossible to make a landing and that if there was any gold at the base of the bluff, as rep- resented, it would cost three dollars for every dollar obtained. Well, as I was saying, they got the fever so bad they al- most fought at the offices of steamers and sailing vessels for places on the north- ward-bound vessels. Everything that could {float outside the bar was turned into a passenger craft and fabulous prices were paid for pas- sage to Esquimalt Bay. One of the steamers, the Orizaba, that had accommodations for 600 passengers, carried away on one trip 1800 fortune-seekers. Some of these poor fellows, I aiterward learned, who had paid for cabin passage, never got down further than the hurricane deck during the passage of seven days, there being no chance to get below, and if they got there they would have found that some other fellow had jumped their claims. The people were crazy to_get away; they offered their businesses for anything they could get for it; realty was offered at less than a half of its value, spot cash; every- thing was sacrificed in order to get out of San Francisco to the new land of gold. *‘But Michael R; was not one of those | who caught the fever. He wanted gold. | but he did not want to dig for it. He placed his right forefinger to the side of | his nose, as he had a habit of doing when in deep study. and said to himself, ‘This is anotber Gold Bluiff and Kern River hum- bug, and they’ll all come back, so I'll buy their property and keep it until they want it. “It was not long before the bubble did burst and sure enough the disgusted for- tune-seckers came back. They wanted stores to go into business again, and Michael Reese lease them at an advanced rate of rent. They wanted business property and he sold it to them, getting three times what he Snid for it, and thus he made money, so rapidly that he hardly realized that his fortune was creep- ing to the seven-figure mark—in fact he became a miilionaire without hardly an effort. He was sharp and close, and kepta strict watch on his affairs, as he did not believe in trusting his business to oth- ers. As a resultof that prudence, there never was a-defalcation in his oftice. For many years he was in the habit of coming where the Dolphin boathouse is now. He would come here, rain or shine, for his bath, and he told me many times that there was nothing to keep a man in good condition like a salt-water bath at early morn. And I believe he was right, for al- though pretty well advanced in years, he was stout, hardy and as rugged asa cow- boy of 25.” Colonel Strong turned his gaze in the direction of Bay street until his de- lighted eyes rested on an old tumble-down shanty-like structure that looks as if it was standing because too tired to fall. “Ah!” he exclaimed joyfully as he caught sight of the venerable wreck, *‘that’s one of the old-timers that reminds me of old days. Not quite so nice as those they build to- day, but in the way back it was pretty com- fortable, I tell you.” OFF TO OAZADERO. The ’Cross-Country Club Planning a Unique Trip Next Sunday. The 'Cross-Country Club of this City has recently inaugurated a new enterprise. It is the systematic arrangement of excur- sions to attractive sectionsof the State, which the public generally is invited to participate in, and as the club is not in the movement as a money-making scheme it is able to secure popular rates from trans- ortation companies, which thus far have Been less than one cent a mile, and which the people are allowed to profit by, the club actually giving the same rate to the public as is accorded it by the railroads. The next_event under the direction of the club will be a grand family excursion to the redwood section along the Russian River, leaving this City via the 8 A. ». Sau- salito boat on Sunday, July 21. A special first-class train will be in waiting at Sausa- lito, which will be rushed through on fast time to Cazadero, where between two and three hours will be enjoyed, and then, on the return, the train will stop at many of the most_picturesque localities along the Russian River. It will start from How- ards on the homeward trip at about5 ». m. and arrive home at about 8:15 p. ., allow- ing the excursionists altogether over four hours for sight-seeing away from the train. Notwithstanding the superior service which will be provided, the extremely low rate of $1 50 has been secured for the round trip of 174 miles, with a half rate for chil- dren. The train will be, under the personal management of J. E." Locke, president of the 'Cross-Country Club, and every effort will be made to make the trip enjoyable to all who go. The sale of tickets will be lim- ited to the seating capacity of the cars, and the first applicants at headquarters, 119 Powell street, will be favored with tickets. —————— QUIET IN OHINATOWN. Officials Say No Highbinder War Is Im- minent at Present. The fears that another highbinder war is imminent, which were entertained by many after the shooting of Chong Wai in Chinatown two days ago, are apparently unfounded. There have been no further acts of violence and the police believe there is no danger of a re-opening of hos- tilities between the Chinese societies. It is the theory of the police that the shooting was the result of a sort of ven- detta existing between certain of the so- cieties Eeculmr to the race and that when a member of one society is killed the score must be made even by killing a member of the opposite society. It is the theory of the police that the score is now even.” At the Chinese consulate no fears are enter- tained relative to another outbreak, al- though precautionary measures have been taken to prevent any possibility of such an occurrence. g END OF THE LICK TRUST. Release of Mortgage to the Soclety of California Pioneers Placed on Record. _The James Lick trust was formally ended vesterday by the recording of the release of mortgage on the Pioneer building on Fourth street to the Society of California Pioneers. The mortgage which was raised from the trustees to complete the building amounted to $300,000. - The assignment of two minor mortgages to the society was also recorded. R FURNITURE moved, stored, packed and shipped at low rates by Morton Special De- livery, 8L Geary street and 408 Taylor street* MRS R i i Six Months for Wife-Beating. Judge Campbell sentenced William F. Mur- ray 10 six months' imprisonment yesterday for wife-beating. . ———— THERE 1s an article on the market seldom equaled and never exceiled—Jesse Moore Whis- ky. Moore, Hunt &Co, guazantee its purity, * to this place to take a salt-water dip near | NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. G Coast, but for cash only. Here are some of them. Dress Goods ! Better values or more generous Assortments were never seen at a clearance sale in Frisco. STRIPE AND CHECK TAILOR SUITINGS, 45 inches wide, the entire line of high-grade novel- ties that early in season were $1, $1 25 and 1 60, now. 75° Yard FRENCH NOVELTY SUITINGS, 45 Inches wide, our entire line of all-wool and_silk-and-wool beau- ties that began the season at 1:00 $1 60, $1 75 and 32, now Yard SCOTCH MIXED CHEVIOT SUIT: ©30 INGS, 37 {nches wide, all wool, B) our entire line marked down to.. Yard ALL-WOOL MIXED CHEVIOT BUITINGS, 38 inches wide, in tans, blues'and gray mixtures, & value at 85c, but sale price only.. 20¢ Yard Silk Specials! Prices, qualities and quantities will gratify this week’s silk shop- pers. Hero are six very special bar- gains. FANCY TWO-TONED CRYSTAL SILKS, 20 inches wide; there are about 10 different color glects, a 50° and they were 31 25 and Yard $1 yard, now.. COLORED FAILLE SILKS, extra two_lots, 20 and 50° Yard SATIN BROCADES, black and col- ors; theyare 21 inches wide, ex- tra’ heavy twill back, and the color assortment unusually good ‘was $1 25, now.. FANCY CHANGEABLE SILKS, 20 and 22 inches wide, four bro: ken color lines, worth 81 to § sale price only 50° Yard 50° Yard ALL-SILK LUXOR AND DUCH- ESS SATINS, in black, 22 inches 1:30 wide, extra heavy quality and = worth $2 25, very special at. Yard BLACK SATIN DUCHESS, our (.00 $8 50 quality, will be on sale this )& — ‘week at the very special price of. Yard Shawl Specials. If you need a shawl here are two specials at much less than half price. GRAY MIXED SINGLE SHAWLS, only 6 left, 72x72 inches: coarse, and some of them sheli-worn, but extra heavy, warm _and serviceable; reduced from $2 50 to... 4= HEAVY DOUBLE SHAWLS, just 27 left; black and also gray wool mixtures; just what you need if you are golng on a journey; duced from $3 to e #/(mcomom'sn). y 987, 939, 941 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. ISSUSPREUEUTY SECOND WEEK ET ON BOARD FOR BARGAINVILLE—AT ONCE—DON'T WAIT. that you won’t have to cling to a strap or stand out on the platform all the way downtown. START EARLY to get first choice of the hundred new bargains added to the sale to-morrow. Summer goods have been reduced enough in price to insure their immediate sale. Dry Goods Bargain Center of San Francisco. sell goods cheaper than any other house on the Clearance Sale prices are 25 per cent below regular prices at least. START EARLY so All Our store is the We Fancy Goods. Some dollar qualities at Dime rices. Here are a few of the many argains to be found on the center tables. FANCY RIBBONS, stripes and ©XC laids, all pure silk; 21z to 7 &0 nches wide; were 50¢, 0OW....... Yard No. 22 SATIN AND GROSGRAIN ]9LC RIBBOY, all silk. in large assort- -2 mentoflight colors; was 35¢, now. Yard No. 9 SATIN AND GROS-GRAIN 1c light colors for 2 fancy work: now Yard FANCY DUCK DOYLIES, round or C square, stamped in colors, size 8x8 < inches, value 8Yc; price Each BUREAU SCARFS, Momi linen, £()C fringed ends and stamped in pretty patierns, size 16x70 inches; only. ach Bazaar Specials. Toilet Articles, Perfumes, Soaps, etc., at much less than drug would ask you for same qualities. Books, Stationery, Toys, Cutlery, etc., at less than exclusive Bazaar prices. For example: 1188 LEATHERETTE LUNCH BOXES, with leather straps and handles, reduced from 25¢ to. Each SLESCOPE LUNCH BASKETS— 415x714 inches, rednced to. 7Yzc each 51),x9 inches, reduced to. “1vceach 6x10 Inches, reduced to ‘15¢ each HOYT'S GERMAN COLOGNE, two QC s l-ounce bottles 19¢, and g-ounce bot:les. .« Each WHISK BROOMS, plush - tipped 6° ndles, would be cheap at 10c. 2 Each NOVELS BY POPULAR AU- THORS—Such wilters as Richard Henry Savage, A. Conan Doyle, Ike Marvel, J. M. Barrie, N thaniel Hawthorne, W. Clark etc. We will close out ent stock of 10¢ novels af T 6x9 inches, 300 shes ts, reduced to. 6x9 inches, 150 sheets, reduced to. GARDEN SETS—Not toy sets for children, but full-sized sets such 50 as_hardware-stores charge $1 50 ] for—shovel, hoe and rake for. Set CHILDREN'S GARDE. 1 C pleces, 25¢, 20c and . Set Linens. What think you of these three linen prices? Dozens more equally as good value in this popular de- partment. UNBLEACHED TABLE DAMASK, 84 inches, alwost white, every 920 thread linen, a good line of patterns, &40 regular with'us 35¢, now. . Yard BLEACHED GLASS CRASH, 18 inches 71C wide, all linen, a nice fine quality |2 from'10c to. . Yard BLEACHED TURKISH TOWELS, 21xdy inches, larze soft, white @] .25 and nice, worth $175 o’ dozen, QL — selling at.. . " Dozen Hale’s Clearance Sale. TELEPHONE, SOUTH 665. il = X\ Iy All Market-Street Cars Stop at Main Entrance. Sweaters, 75c. STRICTLY ALL-WOOL ATHLETIC TEES SWEATERS, in black. white, s thém as a bargain at $ [55) remaining at Each (Other grad Men’s Furnishings. MEN'S BAUBRIGGAN HOSE. heavy | ()C i s 1s and ‘quality, se double heels A soes, all price. Pair MEN'S CAMEL'S HAIR WOOL UN dertwear, light weight, good quality, ’90 fine finish, all sizes, regular at $1, O sale pric.. : ..., Each MEN'S MERINO UNDERWEAR, white, silk-bound neck and front, 3()0 good Lieavy quality, sizes 32 to 44, shirts and araw re 50c, now.Garment EL SHIRTS, <9 stripes, medium price.. “Each in ] 50 Each MEN’S DOMET FLA good quality, ian and light colors, sa! BOYS' WINDSOR TIES, all silk, pretty patterns, were 25¢, now Ho—s;e?y. We mnever have any complaints about the wearing qualities of our Hosiery; so, guess they must be about right. Colors are guaranteed to us to be fast, and alnost every grade we carry is made with double soles, toes and heels. herewith. Four specials S FAST BLACK COT. ] 50 N HOSE, narrow rib, sizes 6 [3) , regular at 25c, special at.. Palr BLACK COT- 0 Pair LADIES' BLACK LISLE HOSE, plain or Richelfeu ribbed, Herms: €)=C dort dye, fine quality, just g O price for these, now Pair LADIES' BLACK COTTON HOSE, | (C extra fine quality, Hermsdorf dye, this week instead of 25¢..... Pair Ladies’ Underwear Dep’t. LADIES' ECRU COTTON VESTS shaped, low neck, no slecves, ©OEC heavy quality. They were b0c, Lo and are now. 5 ! Each LADIES' EGYPIIAN COTTON 5()C VESTS, very fine quaiity, silk crochet front, were 31, sale price. Each WHITE AND ECRU COT- VESTS, low neck, round 300 crochet édge, were 80c, sale price will be.. . Each LADIES’ MUSLIN GOWNS, liberal quantity of good muslin, turn 4()C down ruffled collar and rufiled front, sale price. S . Each LADIES' MUSLIN AND CAMBRIC GOWNS, fine make and finish. We will close out balance ot 8 or s ] .00 10 different styles worth $1 50 tod L' — 83,8t ccune. Each LADIES' MUSLIN DRAWERS, ORC g0od heavy muslin, ruffied and open or closed pattern, sale price. Each LADIES' SOFT-FINISHED MUS- LIN"AND CAMBRIC DRAW. ()0 E torchon lace trimmed, sold everywhere at $1, our price now.., Palr LADIES' CALICO WRAPPERS, full backs and sleeves. ruffie over 7’C shoulder and waist lined, blue 3] only, to close out Each LADIES' WHITE LAV 15° 36 inches square, fancy- ) were 25¢, sale price Each Domestic Counters. Splendid Values all along the 150 feet of counters given up to wash oods, muslins, etc. Here are just a ‘ew of them: NICE FRIZZY FLANNELETTES, in tiny checks, small stripes, fig- 6° ures, etc., light or dark, reduced from 102 to... BEREGE NCY GINGHAMS, the regular c grade, black and white and all kinds of plaids, 710 stripes and checks. Commen 2 Monday w Yard ciosed out at . NOVELTY PIQU with dainty pinkorbiue siripes, just the thing 7 ()C for children or for onting dresses, reduced from 15¢ t0. Yard 44 UNBLEACHED MUSLIN, a RC substantial A1 fabric, now selling ) at... Yard 9-4 BLEACE HEETING, ares ] T1C ular 25¢ quality, strictly firsi- 2 class, reduced t Yard 4 FLAN- rmC NEL, [ this week. . Yard 86-INCH PERC. the regular 10c quality, of a broken EC line, some impertect, _O now... : Terd FIGURED SATEENS, the best 25 quality, about 100 pieces of pat- terns that didn't take, will be 1‘)[() closed ¢ exactly’ one-halr 1Lz price. .. Yard House=Furnishing De-= partment. Top Notch Qualities—Lowest Notch in Prices. 12-4 WHITE BEDSPREADS, Mar- T5° seilles patterns, large enough for double bed, regular at $1 25, now Each NOTTINGHAMLACE CURTAINS, £)C good patterns, full 3 yards long, ior small windows, were 90c, now Pair $ 1:30 Pair CHENILLE PORTIERES, 3 long, extra heavy, beautifully patterned—red, light blue, old gold, terra cotta and olive—worth, $3 50 to $4 a pair, now. $3:00 Palr THE CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR, San Francisco Will Probably Have the Conventlon of 1897. A Vote Favorable to Our City Has Been Passed by the Committee at Boston. The grand Christian Endeavor conven- tion that is now being held in Boston, in the remarkable number of its delegates and visitors, is attracting the attention of the whole country. That this same convention is not now meeting in San Francisco is due entirely to the fact that at the time when the matter could have been arranged and decided upon the various transportation com- panies whose lines lead to the coast paused and considered over the matter of rates until it was too late, and Boston was decided upon. The arrangements and practices of the society are such as to require that the places of meeting be named two years in advance. The movement looking toward having one of the assemblies held in San Francisco was begun in 1892. The dele- gates from the Pacific Coast, some eighty- five in number, that attended tbe conven- tion at Montreal 1n 1893 presented an in- vitation to have San Francisco named for 1895, which proposition was received so favorably as to cause the trustees to agree to accept, provided favorable railroad rates could be obtained. The committee here went energetically to work to arrange mat- ters, endeavoring to prevail upon the rail- road companies to grant the desired con- cessions. Their efforts were unsuccessful up to the time of the closing of the con- vention held at Cleveland in 1894, the trustees of which held off until the last moment, when other arrangements were made, W'a.thingzan being chosen for 1896. Nothing daunted, the commiitee again began to press matters for 1897, and with such success that it is more than probable that San Francisco will be selected for the above year. The enerlgetic provisional committee composed of Rolla V. Watt, chairman, an J. 8. Webster and C. Z. Merritt, all busi- ness men, and who look at matters from this standpoint, are leaving no stone un- turned to accomplish results. That every assistance should be extended to them by the community regardless of faith is apparent to all. t is understood in an unofficial way that the desired reduced railroad rate will be conceded and that the probabilities of suc- cess in 1897 are very flattering, as the com- mittee at Boston have decided by a vote of 18 t0 3 to come to San Francisco provided | the rates are arranged. San Francisco was not alonein her invitation, Seattle, Port- land and Los Angeles each endeavoring to gain the coveted plum. _Mr. Watt, the chairman of ihe provi- sional committee, was very enthusiastic when seen yesterday, saying: I regard this International Christian En- deavor Convention, from & purely secular standpoint, as one of the most important bodies that could be brought to this City. We believe we can bring to Ban Francisco 10,000 people, of whom 5000 will come from the other side of the Rockies and 5000 from the Pacific “onst States and Territories. With 10,000 out- siders the meetings held in this City ought to have an attendance of 20,000 dnfi)’. which would exceed anything of the kind ever held in this City or on the coast. It would be particularly advantageousto have | these people come because they are mostly young men and women just out of school or college and ready to engage in the activities of life. Many of them have not determined their ?rmanentpla(‘e of abode or their avocation. ‘hey are for the most part clean, intelligent, enthusiastic young people of the middle cla: the very Kind of people we would like to ha; setttle in California, being young. Even if they Go not stay with us they will re- turn to their Eastern homes to sing the [;rnises of California for years to come. More impor- tant,however, than the secular side of the gues- tion isthe moral and spiritusl upliftwhich issure is sure to result from the presence of this body of devoted young people. Such a convention is necessary to strengthen and encourage those engaged in moral reform, and to show the peo- ple that nothing, not even the political conven- tion, the Grand Army of the Republic, the Sir Knights, or any other organization can bring together so large & number of people as a purely religious convention. There are no offi- cers to elect, the convention has no legislative powers, each society being amenable only to the church of which'it is a part. Under these circumstances, with no selfish or personal interests to conserve, the size of these gatherings are the more remarkable. It ahofl1§ not be forgotten that the convention will bring to San Francisco more noted orators than were perhaps ever within her borders at one time. ‘We are hoping that both, or at least one of the great political conventions will come in "96, and that the people will build & decent conven- tion hall, so that we can use it in 1897, Among the most earnest advocates of the movement, and who appreciates to the fullest the busiess as well as the spiritual benetit to be derived from this convention, is Rev. Dr. Mackenzie, who said: The Christian Endeavor movement is no longer an experiment. The fifteen years of its existence have seen constant progress in ac- tivity, in wisdom and in loyalty to the churches to which the young people belong. It is one of those surprises which God in his providence reveals from time to time in hours of matured eed. At a time when we are sagely told that evan- elical beliefs have lost their hold and that the ible is no longer up to date, lo! 75,000 young hearts—the arbitrators of the next generation— march along the streets of Boston consecrated both to these beliefs and this Bible. The church of the next century is guaranteed in its character and activity by this Endeavor movement. It is the most practical form of Christian union the world has ever seen. It cuts the red tape and meets in union of fundamental belief and activity—not & Utopian and theoretical unity of outward forms, but of practical union of Jove and service for a common Master. California has seen many famous scenes, but this City has never witnessed anything like what that convention will be twe years hence, They will do us good, we will do them good. What is more important than that fifty or seventy-five thousand Christian citizens and voters should see for themselves this Western Emrlre. whose destiny may '{e: pass under their intelligent action at the ballot-box or in the halls of legislation? Thereis & civic gain in such a prospect that should enlist the un- alloyed interest of every citizen of the State and prompt to a full-handed purpose of giving | that convention a hearty California welcome. Rev. Dr. Case, an enthusiastic supporter of the movement, also took a business as well as a spiritual view of the matter. Among other remarks he said: It will bring men of all denominations from the East,and will be a very great benefit to California in every way. The coming to our shores of thousands of | young people, ripe for impressions and, ready | for the battle of fte, will result in much good 0 us. Father Clark, the founder of the Christian leavor, will ank as one of the great men of OANADIAN PACIFIC OHANGES, Its Passenger Agents on the Coast Transferred for Business Reasons. General Agent Stern of the Canadian some changes his office in connection with the company’s northwestern depart- ment. P. K. Gordon, formerly ticket agent of the company in this City, tendered his resignation and entered the service of the Southern Pacific’s passenger department. ‘W. F. Cline, formerly ticket agent of the Canadian Pacific at Seattle, was appointed to his position. W. F. Carson, who used to be traveling passenger agent of the line in California, was transferred to Tacoma to cake charge of the Puget Sound territory, and was succeeded by J. F. Calder, who came down from the Sound where he had been acting as passenger agent of the Canadian Pacific. The transters were made with a view to the fitness of agents for the different dis- tricts, and the inauguration of a fight for more passenger business over theline from Vancouver. As may be expected, these agents will make special efforts to secure passengers all over, this State and the Northwest for the Empress line of steam- ers. —_———— THESPIANS ON THE WATER. The Tivoli People to Have a Joyful Sunday on the Bay. The reorganized Tivoli Opera Company will have a joyful outing on Sunday, the 4th of Angust next, under the special management of Al Palmer, who has always handied such affairs for the house. | The strong tug Fearless has been char- i tered for the day and will leave Folsom- street wharf at9:30 A. . All points of interest will be visited be- tween this City and Mare Island. A landing will be made at McNear's, where the celebrated bean lunch will be partaken of as prepared by Mr. Palmer himself. R D — Choked and Clubbed. John Logue swore out a warrant yesterday for the arrest of Frank Sinmart and wife, cor- ner of Fillmore and Eilis streets, on the charge of battery. Logue stated that he had been working for Sinmart, who owed him $4 or $5. He called at the house Friday night 10 coilect the amount, when Sinmart grabbed him by the throat and commenced to choke him, while a(:;‘.lglmfi;n bel-bclblsd'gim overthe hi:ld Wity 3 was gla el awa. house, more degd fh:n nUvse. et | Pacific Railway in San Francisco bas made | NONTGOMERY & GO, GROEERS. For the ensuing week we quote: San Jose Raspberry Jam, per jar..... Shrewsbury Tomato Catsup, per bot..250 Best Queen Olives, pint jars, each....20c Best Queen Olives, quart jars, each...35¢c Best Queen Olives, half-gallon jars, each Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder, B e R POEE O S ...300 Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder, 34-1b tins.. .15e French Sardines, per tin. .10e Goods delivered free to all parts of the City and suburban towns. 31 Sixth Street. 118 Third Ntreet, 1645 Polk Street, SAN FRANCISCO. N. B.—Stores close every evening at 7 o'clock, except Saturday. STORES Each and every pair of Royal Worcester Co; have the full name stamped nside on the 1inen tape at the waist. If the full name is not thers they are not geunine Royal Worcesters. The place to buy them is a the fitting-rooms, 10 Geary st. up stairs, corner of Kearny, where they are fitted frec. e can fit any forin a: any price and Very pair. If you have not woi v should try a pair. S on ke CHESTER F. WRIGHT, 10 Geary st., cor. Kearny. 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