The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 19, 1895, Page 9

THE S FRA 5ISCO CALL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 189 9 SHOCKING CRIMES OF THE TERRIBLE TURK, How the Savage Kurds] Murder Helpless Chris- tians. mysteries of Oriental diplomacy and European indifterence. England alone, of all the powers, has from time to time when startling facts of wholesale robbery and murder have been brought to her notice remonstrated with the Sublime Porte, who, h the sublime duplicity of an Oriental despot, would in the same breath promise reform and incite his minions to further deeds of violence { and villamny. Said Mr. Burnett: _To carry out his diabolic policy of extermina- tion the Sublime Porte found a ready and tool in the wild, savage and bloo Kurds, who in suminer feed their floc! is in the high mountain pastures and in winter descend to the lower valleys and plateaus to billet themselves on the industrious thrifty Armenians, who unarmed and ss become their éasy prey. | Now the Kurds are a brave and warlike peo- | ple, who from prehistor, | the ain fastne | € the people below and platenus. They INCITED BY THE SULTAN. wdition of savagery as our Sioux and | es before they S { b on to reservations. To the natural {batred of a savage to u civilized people is 3 2 added the odium theologicum of a Moslem Greece Should Regain Constantinople | fanatic toward & Christian, for the Kurds are | devoted followers of Islam. and the Jews Return to Pales- | e armentans are variously estimated in tine and Syria. \ EUROPE’S DUTY IS PLAIN. Rev. E. L. Burnett's Graphic Account of the Armenian Atrocities. numbers from 1,000,000 to 2,000,000, living for the most part in in able small vil- lages and hamlets ttered ng the high e mountain valleys and g etching from Lake Va stward &nd northward to the Black are engaged mostly in agri cul w and in towns and cities hout doubt, the question of all | is the Armenian ques- | they form the mechanic and merchant classes. the Rev. E. L. Burnett, a| e Armenian living in cities becomes ver- satile and accomplished. He isa shrewd busi- clergyman, who is partic- | ness man and knows how to take advantage of | the markets and the dullness of his n erview with a CALL man yesterday. | He takes naturally to education, s Sei e ous languages and knows how to'turn his intel- Being requested to give THE CALL readers | jactual atininments to & material profit. oy are devoutly attached to their ¢ , and to the 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 & 5 g G g Sassoun massscres & year ago shocked outraged the Ch o incred- | were the horror: torture, lesale murder and bed in 1minds antiquity The ru the offices, medans bea Turk. Heholdsall Only Moham- 1 Christians have them ir utterly defens To inat L1210 asshee heir pol vet p t phases of newspaper rast array of details too We have a 3, but pre: horrible for public: orts of eminent tra aring the pas ss and blood: senting to the public i uniform. he lives stinns are v do what they will, oy, and no Turkish iew of pre- ide facts bearing on | the Armenian qu | call them to account for it. It may be assumed that the outlines of | 15 go from village to geography, topog and hjstory of this Ives on the inhal ancient and inter and peopie orses and food are generally know at seats of | for their hunger, and the Armenian peo: mountains and s 100 bl k and awful plateans of Western 1f resistance is made they shoot sources of the great rf cold blood all that tem_or the Tigris; t not to their wishes. Christianiz were a1 for & pe ed in the - : atra 1 of more 0 their becom nny and have raised the required sum to secure their release. A common method o fon is to arrest re trumped up and loathsoje of buried treasur pity sacrificed all t ase from the horrors of prison and torture. Bands of robbers in T uniform descend on the unarx Armenian_ villages, rob, pillage, plund pe, burn, driving before them a5 th eat flocks of sheep and herds i bevies of young women and girls. of homes ecn years & system of spo der and worse has be: rried on h armed bands and Tu s diers, tted by local civil authorities, directed in later years by the | Now th nds of fam purpose to destroy try. ian, and nothing to nee of Rus- h pol being c , indee y 50 long and so were subdued and | ghbors. | ‘ thousands seek safety by flight across the bor- ders into the Russian territories. But in ng so they must run the gauntlet between Kurdish robbers and Turkish armed bands, | and they are invariably plundered and beaten | and sttipped of their clothing and cast naked | over the line on to Russian ground. i The Turkish anthorities seem perfectly willing that the Armenian Christian should leave the country, but they must carry nothing with them but wounds and blo and the burning memories of plundered homes and outraged families, said Mr. Burnett, and the Sassoun mas- | sacres are simplv the culmination of & | long series of robberies and murders, ex- | tending over large areas and through | many years. During the nast five years this work of exter- mination has been expedited by the personal | | influence and suthority of the reigning Sultan. | Heissaid to be troubled with the big-head. He sishes to reign alone, notonly withousa ® | Grand Vizier, but he assumes to be Caliph. | spiritnal head of the Mosiem faith; and it is he | who has been inciting his coreligionists to | fanaticism and to acts of violence against the | Christians. Turkophils will tell you that the | movement against the Armenian Christians is | not religious persecution; has not grounds | in antagonisms of faiths, but is wholly a po- litical up! g to meet the tendencies of the to conspiracy, ¥y 1 that since the Berlin treaty, when the Christian powers assumed the protectorate over the Armenian Ckhristians, efforts have been made from time to time by Armenian patriots, refugees in various LBuropean coun- | tries, 10 arouse the Armenians to revolt, by | errculating among them inflammatory litera- | ture rehearsi tion, and telling over and over again the story of their wrongs and giving them assurance of assistance from the Christian powers, if they | would only rise up and throw off the hated | soke of their oppressors. . It is said that the American missionary schools among the Armenians have revived | their ancient love of learning and their hopes of national liberty ana greatness in the near future. 1f it be not religious persecution why should it cease against any individual the | moment he turns Mohammedan? Ordinarily the Armenian_Chris | dure robbery, torture and even death itself | rather than Tenounce their faith; but in some | instances, under torture or fear of death, or of that which to & pure woman is worse than death, they have feigned conversion to the Moslem {aith. Immediately torture ceases, the prison door is opened, the fear of death or of dishonor is taken away. They are hence- forth protected by ali the power of the Turkish Government, One of the men sent out to investigate the Snssoun massacres relates that he visited a cer- tain Kurdish chief who had been sentenced to h for robbing a Turkish official and violat- his wife. This man was the leader of a Kurdish armed band in the employ of the Turkish Government. He boasted that he had robbed and laid waste many villages, that he | fi had killed with his own band scores of Arme- | nian_ Christians, that he had personally rav- ished dozens of ¥oung women and girls; and | bhe seemed to think that he had done some- thing very meritorious. All this'he did at the connivance of the Gov- ernment; but the moment he carried his law- lessness ‘on the Moslem side and robbed a Turkish official, inmediately he was arrested and sentenced to death. This cese shows con- | clusively that the authorities are abundantly able to quell all this lawlessness whenever they choos . indeed it has been shown by abundant proofs that in actsof lawlessness and deeds of vio- lence the Turkish regular soldiery surpassed the Kurdish tribesmen. When the savage Kurds, satiated with blood and gorged to satiety with murder and plun- r, seemed 1o halt in their atrocities, the | Turks spurred them on by jeers and example to nameless and still more monstrous crime Recent outbreaks in_Betlis and aiso in Con- stantinople indieate that the area of violenc is spreading westward and that the fanatical element in Islam is being aroused to continue the work of extermination nearer home. The Sultan bows sullenly to the ultimatum of the Christian powers and promises to stay he tide of persecution. But unless the aamin- ation of the Government is placed in the nds of men approved by the commission no reforms will follow; and the work of extermin- ation will go on as before. Mr. Burnett says he sees no hope for the Armenian Christians unless they follow the mple of the Servians and Bulgarians— make successful revolt, call to aid the Christian powers and be set off as an inde- | pendent state. It has been suggested that the five Armenian provinces be formed into one, over which shall be placed a gov: ernor approved by the powers, but he would receive no support from the central edition and revolt. | their former greatness as a na- | ians will en- | authority, and there would be a large ele- ment in the province hostile to any re- forms. My judgment is that the only practical method of reform i for the powers to detach the five Armenian provinces, erect them into | one, and establish a local government under the protection of the powers to become in time an independent state. In eny case the Armenians must be armed for seli-protection. So long as they have no means of defending themselves they will con- tinue to be the easy sre)‘ of their enemies. 1f they were once armed with repeating rifles the lawless Kurds and Turks would soon develop & growing respect for their rights of person and property. For more than half a eentury the TPurkish empire has been bolstered upand kept from falling to pieces by the jealousy of the Chris- tlan powers. 1f the Turkish Government were left to itseif it would fall to pieces of its own rottenn: ARl el Why is this wild Turkish horde still per- mitted to camp in the fairest lands, in the midst of a peacetul and long-suffering people? | If they had proven themsclves capable of eivil- ization—if &fie.\‘ had improved the condition of the people whom their arms had conquered— there might be some excuse for their con- tinued existence. But for 400 years they have remained a barbaric horde in the midst of Eu- ropean civilization, still living by plundering the peaceful people among whom they are en- camped. the natural gateway to her dominions, the { Bosphorus and the Dardanelles; but the politi- | ealand religious intolerance which she has shown of late years proves too convineingly the Oriental trend of thatempire, Both the missionaries and the native Chris- tian population of the Orient fear the Russian more than they dread the Turk, For with the iron rule of Kussia there wouid be no longer hope for either civil or religious liberty. 1 have suggested & possible solution, not alone of the Armenian question, but aiso of the Eastern question, namely: the restoration of the Greek empiré as 1t ‘was before its over- throw by the insufferable Turk. The modern Greok is European and Western in his mode of thought and life. The Greek language, as pure as in the days of Pericles, is spoken to-aay by millions of people. The daily papers of Athens appear to-day in the same langunge that was spoken and writ- ten 2400 years ago. The Greek people have a natural right to the territories on both sides of the Bosphorus and the Dardenelles which the Turks wrested irom them 400 years ago. The peaple of Macedonia end the dwellers around The coasts of Asia Minor are largely Greek to this day. Let the powers dethrone tne Sultan and transfer the Government irom Athens to Constantinoy | “Letthe G rd 50 as to include what re- n Eurove, and in Asia as far &, and southward as far as | the northern shores of the Mediterranean and | the northern boundary of Syria, and let the | five Armenian provinces be érected into one ider the suzerainty of the King El g £ = E] Thi | sure of autono | pendent deve | control of Syr: ) tries eastward the borders of India. She must eventually secure the possession of these | countries in order to preserve her Indian em- pire. | PR need have no scrunles about the partition | of the Turkish empire. It has existed for fiity | Vears only by the tolerance of the Christian | powers. There is no possibility of reform in | Firkish rule. The history of their dominance in Europe and Asia is the record of the decline and fall of civilization In these countries | which they have cursed with their misrule. | Thus the Greek people will be restored to their just rights and they will have room given them to expand and revive their ancient glory. Thus the Armenlan people, who next to the reeks are the most_capable people in all the Orient, will aiso be restored fo liberty and to the peaceful enjoyment of their lands, which | their ancestors have inhabited and ruléd over ever since the dawn of history. And thus Palestine and Syria, under the benign rule of England, Mr. Burnett be- lieves, will invite the return of God’s an- cient people, the Jews, who are already coming from the eastand from the west ive the Armenian people o me: vand an_opportunity of inde. pment. Let England assume | and from the north and from the south to | dwell in the land promised to their fathers | forever and ever. i 1 | | The Great American Privilege. Portiand Oregonian. The joy of the approaching Thanksgiving season is somewhat dashed by the thought of | £ated Jands need less water eve the avalanche of puns in connection with the carving of Turkey, some of which are already | tO appearing. 1 once thought that Russia should be left | free to solve the Eastern question by securing | i | SAN JOAQUIN' IRRIGATION, Work of the Stanislaus and San Joaquin Improvement Company. CHANGE IN THE DIRECTORY. John D. McKee of the Tallant Bank Is Elected President—Work to Be Extended. An important meeting of the Stanislaus ment Company was held at Stockton last Saturday. The original plans of the company have been practically carried out, and the many hundreds of thousands of dollars k kingdom be extended north- | and Palestine and the coun- | since its inception is realized. In fact, the affairs of the corporation have been brought to such a successful issue that the only thing which remains to be done is to gather ap the loose ends and rest the whole on a thorough business foundation. The first step in thatdirection was taken last Saturday, when the company through its directory elected John D. McKee, cash- | ier of the Tallant Bank of this City, as president. The directorsfelt the need of a thorough financier and astute business man to take the helm, and in the person of Mr. McKee they have made no mistake. The company has had considerable busi ness with the bank of which the gentle- man in question is the cashier, and several wWeeks ago he made a thorough _investiga- tion of the works, with the resuit that the company determined to secure his services | in a position where his scientific knowledge and well-known business capacity would prove most valuable. At the meeting last Saturday the two Ledbetters, who have been connected with the company from the first, withdrew be- cause of other enterprises in which they wished to engage, and their interests were protected by Messrd. Cowell & Harrold and Mr. Harrison. General H. I Willey and | John D. McKee were elected to their places on the board of directors. General Willey is also the chief engineer. = The valuation of the corporation’s prop- erty and irrigating plant is safely estimatea at half a million dollars. the Stanislaus River, six miles above Knights Ford, and the sole water right. | The minimum supply is 200 cubic feet per | second, or 10,000 miner's inches. The ca- pacity of the ditches isaoout 400 cubic feet, | or 20,000 miner’s inches, per second. The | main canal is forty miles in length, an- | other twenty miles and another ten miles, | or about seven” | ing short laterais. The company 18 now having a branch constructed to the new town oi Escolon, on the line of the new San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley road. Water is run- | ning through the Farmington branch and | the company has contracted for the sale of | 20,000 acres ot water at $230 per acre. Where twenty-five contracts are made the | farmers pay 80 cents annually on the con- | tract, 30 cents interest and $1'50 rent. Ac- cording to the contracts the irrgator can use as much water as he needs, but no | more. After two or three yearsthe irri- v year and the company has all the more with which supply new lands. | President McKee said yesterda; ‘The and San Joaquin Irrigation and Improve- | fruition of the scheme that has cost so | Tts valuable | | holdings comprise the immense dam on ve milesin all, includ- | 1 work is practically completed, and_the | company 1s ready to settle down to busi- | ness—that is to say, make its contracts, | furnish the water for thousanis of acres, and see that portion of the fertile San Joaquin blossom like the rose. We all know how rich is the soil of the San Joa- quin, and this practically inexhaustible supply of water makes it certain to be- come one of the garden spots of this gar- den State. No, this new position wiil not interiere in the least with my duties at the bank. The bank has no interest in the | company, but in time it is likely I will | find it to my advantage to be more thana | There | | FIVE DOLLARS TO PORTLAND. A MERRY WAR OF RATES, Further Cuts Made by the Rail- road and the Steamship Company. | business and financial supervisor. are great things in store for that county and for this company.” PACIFIC BANK SALE. Pacific Coast Steamship Company Takes a Hand—Eastern Roads May Have to Come In. Suit to Compel the Transfer Brought by the Continental Insurance Company. The Continental Insurance Company of New York is suing the People’s Home | Savings Bank to compel it to execute an | agreement of sale entered into by the two | war over rates to Portland between the | parties to the suit. The agreement was Southern Pacific and the Oregon Railway made on November 6, 1895, and was for the | and Navigation Company. Yesterday trn1:>fer of lh‘(‘l ‘;)1_‘1 Pi‘k;“lctfl-‘lf"k P‘”Ope":i)'jnnemoon the Pacific Coast Steamship on Sansome and Pine streets for a consid- | S i i eration of $130,000. Of this $10,000 was to | 1“’““’”“1’ was compelied "" °°L“e i f"; e put up tipori the acceptance of the offer | fear of losing passengers for the soun and the balance afterward upon the execu- | and reduced its rates from this City to Se- tion of the deed. | attle from $15 to $8 for first-class and from The $10,000 was duly put up, the plaintiff | §7 50 to $5 for second-class passengers. | a:erfi, ‘“l‘.d ‘he];“;‘“‘t‘t:"“ sl;iU,UOO ‘511‘93‘_“); | The latest rates announced by the South- at any time. Bu e bank people wi ifio . ;i | not execute the deed, and so thopiusumnce o Pac_:fi;, i S;m I"_m“c;’.m;,o. Por”at'l‘d | company is suing to have them compelled | OB Special trains leaving this City on the to do 80 according to agreement. days on which the steamers sail are $10 for first-class tickets, including a sleeping- | berth, and $5 for second-class. The Oregon Ruilway and Navigation rates are $5 and 1 $2 50 respectively for first and second class | passengers. St | There were a great many applicants for . tickets at the office of the steamship com- The Railway Magnate Is About |pany vesterday,and the steamer Colum- \ | bia, which goes ont, to-morrow, will carry Ready to Start for the a heavy load of passengers. The Southern | Pacific Company is also doing an immense East. business. People going to Portland are i | waiting for t6-morrow’s train, and it is | probable that it will be necessary to run it | Congress Is About to Meet—There in two sections. Tlhe rlcdgnlu.{ trai e - ing pass h rates wil - | Will Be No Annual Banquet Eésfzfl?,gfirs ::t e :t hs “C sk i he Pacific Coast Steamship Company LS NG found thav_passengers could go by the PRI | Oregon Railway and Navigation Com- C. P. Huntington will start East this | pany’s steamers to Portland and by rail to | week. What day he will take his de- gesn{e for slslwfiz'»qv\'lul»t t!‘xielr J}ntes to 5 a < 5 ;11 | Seattle were . So_yesterdaj ey an- parture is not determined, but it will | Beattie Wers Blo. L0 YO8 A e for probably be to-morrow or Thursday. Con- | second-class tickets to the sound by the gress meets on the first Monday in Decem- | Walla Walla, Umatilla and City of Puebla. ber, and so it is time that he was getting | But the Oregon Railway and Navigation back and preparing for his legislative | Company is not satisfied with one fight on duties. It was hardly expected that the | its hands. The Alice Blanchard has been | departure would be taken so hurriedly, | running opposition to them in carrying and it will be somewhat of a disappoint- | freight, and in order to drive her out they ment to those who had been looking for- | yesterday offered to take freight to Port- ward in expectation of the usual annual |land for $1 a ton. banquet on Nob Hill. But there will be| Before it is over this rate war may no banguet this year. reach much greater proportions and 1n- Mr. Huntington was very busy yester- | volve other and bigger contestants. Some day preparing for his departure, and will | of the Eastern roads may come in. The start as soon as he can dispose of the busi- | rate of $5 for second-class tickets to Port- ness requiring his immediate personal at- | land makes a cut via Portland to St. Paul. tention. No reason is given for the de- | The rate via Ogden is $47 90. cision to leave so suddenly. However, the The rate from Portland to St. Paul is | president of the Southern Pacific has been | $40, and with $5 added from San Francisco | out here now nearly two months, which is | to Portland the total is $45, a cut of $2 90. | aslong as his usual annual stay in Califore | Or by steamer to Portland and rail to St. nia. | Paul the cut would be $540 on_ second- | He, with his fami will travel by |class tickets, Then the Santa Fe runsa | special train, of course, and only during | through car to St. Paul via Kansas City | the daytime. I Angeles and will inspect the pier at Santa | $4790. The question is are they going to | Monica. He will go also to Riverside and | stand idle and see people go by the cut | San Bernardino, and may possibly go to | rates? The chances are that they are not. | 8an Diego. He will then go on direct to| Then again rates to points in Montana | New Orleans, unless he decides to_stop at | are cut on second-class tickets. This | El Paso and take a trip over the Mexican | amounts to $5 on tickets to Butte and Gar- International. In case he goes into | rison and §5 05 to Helena for passen- | Mexico he will travel no further than | gers going via Portland, as against those | Torrean, at the junction of the Mexican | going via Ogden. This upsets things in | Central and the ‘International. He will | the ticket offices, of course, and in a few | not go to the City of Mexico. | days things may become very lively. CLOAK DEPARTMENT! LADIES’ JACKETS. At $5.00. LADIES' DOUBLE-BREASTED JACKETS of black and navy blue beaver, with triple stitched seams, very full sleeves, bone buttons, worth $7 50, will be offered at $5 each. At S87.50. LADIES DOUBLE-BREASTED JACKETS of black and navy Berlin twill, coat backs, notched collar, tailor pockets, bone buttons, worth $10, will be offered at $7 50 each. At $10.00. 1ADIES' DOUBLE-BREASTED JACKETS of black and navy boucle cloth, lined throughout | with twilled silk, mandolin sleev offered at $10 each. ripple skirts, bone buttons, worth $15, will be At £12.50. LADIES' DOUBLE-BREASTED JACKETS, of black bouc surah, full mandolin sleeves, notched collar, ripple $12 50 each. irts, worth §17 50, will be offered at At B15.00. LADIES* DOUBLE-BREASTED JACKETS, of black and navy boucle cloth, half lined with silk, velvet notched collars, ripple skirts, mandolin sleeves, triple-stitched seams, worth $22 50, will be offered at $15 each. LADIES’ CLOTH AND PLUSH CAPES. At $5.00. LADIES' DOUBLE CAPES of black and navy melton, trimmed all round with satin band with rows of silk stitching, rolling collar of velvet, worth §7 50, will be offered at $5 each. At £7.50. LADIES’ FULL CIRCULAR DOUBLE CAPES of black and navy Roanoke beaver, trimmed all round with several rows of worsted braid, worth $12 50, will be offered at $7 50 each. At $7.50. LADIES' FINE PLUSH CAPES, newest styles, trimmed with Baltic seal, worth $10 50, will be offered at $7 50 each. AtSB12.50. LADIES' PLUSH CAPES, double and single; Double Capes, prettily trimmed with fur; Single Capes, handsomely trimmed with jet; worth $17 50, will be offered at $12 50 each. At £15.00. LADIES' PLUSH CAPES, full ripple, prettily embroidered with braid and jet and trimmed with thibet; worth $22 50, will be offered at $15 each. CHILDREN’'S JACKETS. At $4.50 and $5.00. CHILDREM’S DOUBLE-BREASTED JACKETS, varying in size from 4 to 14 years, made of fancy e mixed cloaking, square Tevers, velvet collar, bone buttons, very full sleeves, worth 6 and §7, will be offered at $4 50 and $5 each. NEW FUR CAPES. We are showing a magnificent assortment of the latest styles in LADIES' FUR CAPES, in- cluding Coney, Etectric Seel, Japanese Seal, Wool Seal, Marten, Opossum, Astrachan, etc., at prices ranging from $7 50 to $65 each. MACKINTOSHES AND GOSSAMERS. We are showing a complete new stock of LADIES’, MISSES', MEN'S AND BOYS' MACKIN- cloth, lined throughout with silk | arrive. — OO | Notwithstanding the fact that our trade to date has been the heaviest of any Fall season in years and goods in all departments have sold very rapidly, THEY MUST GO STILL FASTER to make sufficient room for the VAST STOCK of Holiday Goods now in transit and beginning to Consequently the following and many other lines that we are particularly desirous of reducing are offered this week at |Figures That Will Command the Immediate Attention and Patronage of All Discriminating Buyers. HANDKERCHIEES ! At 5 Cents Each. 11000 dozen LADIES’ SHEER WHITE LAWN HANDKERCHIEFS with Va- | lenciennes lace edge, Ladies’ Hand- | Embroidered Initial Handkerchiefs, Ladies’ Colored Bordered Hemstitched Handkerchiefs, regular value 10c. At 15 Cents Each. 1500 dozen LADIES’ WHITE SCALLOPED EMBROIDERED SHEER LAWN HANDKERCHIEFS, regular value $3 | a dozen. At 3 for 50 Cents. 300 dozen LADIES’ WHITE HEM- | STITCHED ALL-LINEN HAND-EM- BROIDERED INITIAL HANDKER- CHIEF>, six in fancy box for $1, regu- | lar value 2j¢ each. At 25 Cents Each. | 200 dozen LADIES’ WHITE SCALLOPED | EMBROIDERED SHEER LAWN HANDKERCHIEFS, guipure effects, regular value $6 a dozen. NECKWEAR! NECKWEAR! At $1.50 Each. | LACE AND RIBBON COLLARETTES, yoke of insertion and ribbon, with ruf- fle of Russian or Oriental lace, regular value $3. At $2.50 Each. LACE COLLARETTES, Vandyke points, trimmed with net-top guipure lace, is\;ory or butter shades, regular value, | At $3.00 Each. CHIFFON COLLARETTES, Point Venise squares, trimmed with Chiffon ruffles, regular value $5. At $3.50 Each. LACE COLLARETTES, Russian Van- dykes, trimmed with net-top Point TOSHES, GOSSAMERS AND RUBBER COATS, at the lowest prices in the city. Murphy Building, Market and Jones Sireets. Murphy Building, Market and Jones Stregts Venise lace, regular value $6 50. HOSIERY AND UNDERWEAR! At 15 Cents a Pair. CHILDREN'S BLACK RIBBED COT- TON HOSE, double knees, neels and toes, seamless, guaranteed fast black, regular price 20c. - At 25 Cents a Pair. LADIES’ BLACK MACO COTTON HOSE, white feet, nigh spliced heels and toes, Hermsdorf black, regular price three pairs for §1. At 83y Cents a Pair. EGYPTIAN COTTON HOSE, double knees, spliced heels and toes, Herms- dorf black, sizes 6 to 914, regular value 50¢. At 50 Cents a Pair. LADIES IMPORTED CASHMERE WOOL HOSE, high-spliced heels, double soles and toes, natural gray, black and tan shades, regular value 75¢. At 75 Cents Each. LADIES' JERSEY RIBBED WOOL MIXED VESTS, high neck, long sleeves, white, natural and black, reg- ular value $1. At $1.60 Each. LADIES' FINE AUSTRALIAN WOOL VESTS, high neck, long sleeves, and high neck, short sleeves (drawers to match), warranted non-shrinkable, regular value $3 50 a suit. At $1.75 a Suit. LADIES’ JERSEY RIBBED 00L MIXED COMBINATION SUITS, ex- tra fine grade, high neck, long sleeves, guaranteed non-shrinkable, white and natural, regular value§2 25, CORSETS. CORSETS, At $1.00. 75 dozen LADIES' CORSETS, made of fine English coutil sateen, striped, long waist and high bust, with patent loop eyelets, fit guaranteed, black and drab, extra good value for $1 50. Murphy Building, i Market and Jones Stregts. Murphy Building, MISSES’ FINE RIBBED BLACK | GLOVES! GLOVES! At 90 Cents. 2000 pairs 4-BUTTON KID GLOVES (large buttons to match gloves), colors brown, tan, mode, slate, navy, green and red, regular value $1 50, will be of- fered at 90c a pair. At $1.00. 2000 pairs 2-CLASP PIQUE KID GLOVES, black embroidered back, colors cream, pearl and English reds, also white, reg- ular value $1 50, will be offered at $1 a LADIES WOLEN WAISTS! ) wo%},slv"i?é'rs, extra full sleeves, box-plaited back, full front, finished with belt, in black, navy and red, will be offered at $1 50 each. At $2.00. LADIES’ ALL-WOOL WAISTS, yoke back and front finished with braid, plaited from yoke, full sleeves, madein the latest style, regl:xlar price $2 75, will be offered at $2 each. RIBBONS ! RIBBONS! At 5 Cents. 300 pieces No. 5 ALL-SILK, SATIN AND GROS-GRAIN RIBBOX, assorted col- ors, will be offered at 5c a yard. At 10 Cents. No. 12 2.INCH ALL-SILK, SATIN AND GROS-GRAIN RIBBON, assorted col- ors, will be offered at 10c a yard. NEW DRESS TRIMMINGS ! JET TRIMMINGS, in Edgings. Insertions and Vandyke Points, also in Jet and Colored Spangle Insertions, in all widths and lowest prices. JET AND COLORED BEAD YOKES, in Chain and Epaulette patterns, compris- ing the newest combination effects, in a great variety of patterns, all colers, and at lowest prices. Murphy Building, NOW IS THE TIME T0 BUY DRY GO0DS! HOUSEFURNISHINGS, Etc. SPECTAL SALE INGRAIN UNION ART CARPET SQUARES, new styles, and at about half | actual value. Sizes 3x3 feet, 50c each; 3x5 feet, 75¢ each; 9x6 feet, $2 50 each; 9x7}4 feet, $3 25 each; 9x9 feet, £3 75 each; 9x10}4 feet, $4 25 each; 9x12 feet, $5 each; 9x13)5 feet, $5 75 each, . BLANKET DEPARTMENT We have BLANKETS in all grades, from the common Eastern to the finest California makes. We have the best line ever offered on this Coast. | We strongly recommend our San Francisco products as being better and cheaper ultimately than any other. SEE THEM. At $9.50 a Pair. FINE-GRADE GOLDEN GATE MILLS LAMBS' WOOL WHITE BLANKETS, 134 size, value for $12 50. At $7.50 a Pair. 300 pairs FINE-GRADE PURE LAMBS’ WOOL WHITE BLANKETS, These sre extra size, being 84 inches wide, value for $11 75. At $5.75 a Pair. 175 pairs FINE 12-4 LAMBS' WOOL BLANKETS, extra size, value for §7. At $5.00 a Pair. 100 pairs LARGE HEAVY WHITE CALIFORNIA BLANKETS (some are soiled), fully 73 1 inches wide, value for $7 50. At $4.00 a Pair. 250‘p¢1$r; 1;-4 FINE WHITE BLANKETS, our “Household” make, 66 inches wide, value or 75. At $1.15 a Pair. 1 case FULL-SIZE EASTERN WHITE BLANKETS, solid, heavy fabric, value for $1 50, LINEN DEPARTMENT At 85 Cents a Yard. 2 cases HEAVY BLEACHED IRISH TABLE LINEN (Double Damask), 68 inches wide, value for $1 10. At 80 Cents a Yard. 25 1;iecen SERVICEABLE BLEACHED TABLE DAMASK, IRISH LINEN, 64 inches wide, valag or 75¢. At 45 Cents a Yard. 2 cases HEAVY BLEACHED IRISH TABLE DAMASK, 56 inches wide, value for 60c. At 25 Cents a Yard. 1 lot NICE GRADE TABLE DAMASK, bleached or unbleached, value for 40c. EXTRA SPECIALS! About 50 pieces FINE PRINTED SILKOLINES, full yard wide, suitable for Drapery or Comforters, value for 12}4c and 15¢, on sale at. 500 pieces EXTRA FINE FLANNELETTES, closely woven and new colorings, worth 12i4c ; eeteeriereiserienso..0n sale at 834c a yard About 500 dozen (Samples) BLEACHED TURKISH TOWELS, some soiled, at nearly half value About 200 LADIES’ BLACK AND COLORED SKIRTS, in all grades (manufacturer’s sam- DlE)...ccucerecionirancoss 2 at 35 per cent off regular price £@-Our New lllustrated Catalogue Is now ready for distribution to our c&uu'rnv patrons ONLY, to whom it will be malled free on recelpt of al ress. * Murphy Building, Murphy Building, Market and Joues Stregts, Market and Jones Stregts Market aud Jones Streets, | Markel and Jones Stregfs. There is no cessation of hostilities in the - From here he will go to Los | for second-class passengers and the rate is_