The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 12, 1896, Page 7

| | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 1896. PWIN TH Dang ¥ T AMUSEMENTS. aily &t igitive The Man of recious Baby.” Haight street ark Band o-mrrow AUCTION SALE 2T CITY NEWS IN i that he was GREEK NEW It Is Celebrated resday Te BRIEF. the pastorate of g to launch a s City. s are much fity appointed telegraph et t d to answer e Campbell Wells, Oscar d upon ard of panted ¢ sanitation and County bach Com- ¥ ating damaged to the e YEAR. at Union-Square Hall With an Elaborate So- ciety Ball. The Heilenic Mutual Benevolent Society 8 versary ball celebrating tk 1 New Year at Uni The hall was corated with red, 1 flow h and Miss on-square F profusely and white and blue nd march was led by Miss Irene dith Coles and dur- | ing the course of the evening Miss Rado- vich xect The officers of the socie treasure Capilo; vules, secretary. I'he reception committee Vanvai N. Damiana inos, M. Barton, A. Simacopulos, ). Checures, A. Apostolo ar At midnight bounteous were served. ed several fancy dances. Athanasiadon recited in poetic story of the Greeks in Amcrica, ich elicited great applause. kes, Miss ty are: M. D. - Fundas,vice-presi- er, and M.V consisted of M. Kosta, C. Dakiriades, G r committee, C. Demetrak, D. . P. Pandazc rd P, Carvunos. refreshments 'j\\'hat Was Brought as a Test Case nance to stop | ed his post as A CONTEST A FEDERAL ORDER, | The Southern Pacific Com- | pany Inclined to Be Defiant. | ITS REVENUE AT STAKE. Exception to a Sweeping Ruling of the Interstate Commerce Commission, A LEGAL BATTLE IN PROSPECT. | | | | Proved a Most Destructive Boomerang. s now every probability that the on of the Interstate Commerce on in the case of the Colorado 1 iron Company of Pueblo, Colo., the Southern Pacific Company and other railroads engaged in interstate rce west of Pueblo is likely to pre- t legal battle between the Southern Pacific Company and some of the other Western roads involved on one and the Interstate Commerce Com- ssion on the other. When the decision was rendered a very ef synopsis of it was telegraphed to this —not sufficient for the railroad peo- ple to determine the full scope and effect of it—and the entire text was expected with much interest and anxiety. This has now come to hand and proves to be a most serious blow at the lines affected. It not alone orders a reduction of rates between Pueblo and San Francisco on iron and steel and goods manufactured from materials, but also between all inter- mediate points, ts decisions the commission does not decide principles so much as it does cases, ana therefore its de n in this matter ars upon the commodities in ques- com Bat a most vital principle is in- is expected t, a decision be rendered th will cover territory mentioned on all reight and all commodities. n adherence to the ruling of the com- on means a decided decrease in the revenues of the companies con- rned, as it involved heavy reductions. the lines have until January 15 to com- with the order. road that thus far ictions in ac- rdance with the de Pacific | pany 1t was hat the | of the cor 11 prob- | ability be disobeyed, or rather ignored. It is expected that charges will then be made when t. the whole There is 4 st the company matter will be taken no appeal, technicall from the decisions of the Interstate Commerce Com- mission, the only remedy lying in a dis obedience and consequent trial before a juaicial tribunal. : The complainant is engaged in mining land iron ore and in manufacturing Vrails, railroad fastenings, mer- and steel at Pu Y ned that ction of the act commerce; that | business of st lying fuel ustries and ot products 2 y aff depr ress in the The praye the defendants be 1 s fr cago to m the At- San Fran- | In the con tion of the case Com- missi r Clements, who heard it, said: | It was insisted on behalf of slainant | a that the T ueblo 1o | uld not e he comy Tom I eTn ing Te; resenta e such rates to the comm ong and short haul r um from Pueblo to points cen Pueblo and Sa Under such ruling or dants seem agreed thatTates to S > might, on ocea be made less rom the E: e the rates from Pueblo to n that they should not be & um rates o inter- medinte po not an application for relief from the operation of the fourth section of the law. Upon the request of complainant hearing was had only in respect to that part of the complaint relating to rates on steel rails, rail- road fastenings, bar iron, castiron water-pipes, pig iron and other iron and steel commodities Which take similar rates, those complained of on other goods being involved in another case. In coming to this conclusion. the com- missioner said: This ca: San Fran ts upon broader grounds than possible availability of competition by rail and weter routes. The disparily between higher rates for short hauisand lower oneson lon | hauls, the Intter involving greater service an ¢ se on the partof the carrier, is usually defended npon the ground, where competition of other carriers is set up, that unless the lower rate is made, the traffic will not move by the defendant’s line, but will be secured by his compe . Whatever may be the merits of this aelense, it would seem that better cause ists for lower rates where, under higher ones, the traffic is subjected to such disndvantage or prejudice thatit will not move atall. Such is the | situntion developed in the case under cons eration. The rates in force from Pueblo to San F :0 prohibit the movement of iron and steel articles from the former place to the latter, while greatly lower rates from other, though It is contended by the complainant that but | Reid, poraneously in force on like traffic rrom Chi- cago to San Francisco over any of the de- fendant roads. An order to this effect will be entered. The percentage relation fixed in the forego- ing order is confined to rates from Pueblo and Chicago, in expectation that the present rela- tion in rates applying to San Francisco from Chicago and other eastern pointscver the various routes in use, will not be changed in such manner as to resuit in new injnstice to Pueblo, but to guard against such a contin- gency this case will be held open for such fur- ther proceedings or action as may at any time ApPeRr necessary. The sweeping character of the+decision was entirely unexpected to the defend- ants. It was in reality a test case. having been brought on an understanding_be- tween the railroads and the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. Its purpose was to enable the Colorado company to come into the San Francisco market against Eastern competitors, and thus permit the railroads west of Pueblo to enjoy traffic that was largely moving around (_?;pe Horn. Instead, however, of reducing rates only from Pueblo to San Franeisco, as was asked, the commission has held that Pu- eblo-San Francisco traflic was not exempt from the long and short haul clatse of the interstate commerce act, and rtled that the Pueblo-San Francisco rate must be the maximum rate for intermediate points. LEAGUE OFFICIALS MEET. Charles S. Wells and Trainer Shaefer Arrive From the South. The board of officers of the North Cali- fornia Division, League of American Wheelmen, held an important meeting last evening at the rooms of the Bay City Wheelmen. Representatives were present from the Garden City Cyclers, California Cycling Club, Reliance, Petaluma, Bay City and Olympic Club Wheelmen and Terminal City Wheelmen of Stockton. Reports were heard from the good roads, racing, touring, transportation, finance and membership committees, which indi- cated that the league in thisStateisina prosperous condition. A committee from the Petaluma Wheel- men, consisting of F. K. Lippitt, L. C. Byce and Joe Steiger, addressed the meet- ing, requesting that the league meet of 1896 be awarded to Petaluma. They hand- ed in the applications of thirty-two mem- bers of the club as an evidence of good faith, and promised many more in the near future. The meet is usually held on the Fourth of July, and the features are a competitive parade in the forenoon, races in the afternoon and a ball in the evening. It was decided to leave the matter of awarding the annual meet until the next meeting, to be held Saturday evening, February 1. Charles S. Wells, the great class B racer, arrived here yesterday with his trainer, Dave Shaefer, from Coronado, where he has been trying for records. They found quadruplet pacing not fast enongh to se- cure the coveted records, and, while await- ing the arrival of a five-seated machine from the , decided to come north and take a look at the cement track at San Jose. Mr. Shaefer went there last night for that purpose, and will also try to se- cure Otto Ziegler for his racing team, in which regard he thinks he will be suc- cesstul. Wells is in splendid form now and feels sure he can secure the records he wants if his pacing is fast enough. The wheel he is now riding has a 102 gear and 64-inch cranks, but Wells is a heavy, strong rider and can make fast time on it. T. A. Griffiths, E. Languetin, T. S. Hall, A. Goddard, A. L. Holling, Archie S, B. Vincent anc A. J. Menne of the Bay City Wheelmen will start at 7 o’clock this morning to ride 100 miles around the bay. They are all hardy rond riders and hope to lower the record for the course. THE PASTORS AND WOMEN Mrs. Clara M. Partridge Writes an Open Letter to the Rev. Marshall Law. H A Scathing Criticism of Mr. Law’s De- termination to Permit No Women to Visit Him. Mrs. Clara M. Partridge, wife of Samuel C. Partridge of Haste street, and a teacher in the Columbus School at West Berkeley, has written an open letter in which she attacks Rev. Marshall Law of Oakland in a most scatbing manner on account of his announcement from the pulpit that he | will hereafter see no woman except at his home, ‘“where Mrs. Law can keep us company,” or “‘by appointment and when her nusband or some one else is present,’”’ this decision on his part having been b it about by the recent troubles of Dr. Brown. Mrs. Partridge in her letter makes the following statements: “It certainly is true, as Rev, Mr. Law states, that there is a sort of unhealthy sentimentality between some of the ladies of some churches and some pastors, but because one or two, or even half a dozen instances of injudicious friendliness may be named, does ‘it follow that all women are to be shunned and treated as villainous schemers, and all men, especially ministers of the gospel, to be isolated because they are too weak to meet women without losinz 'hei?r moral dignity and probity of charac- ter? “Is it possible that you, as a woman of business, 1, as a schoolteacher, young women students, mothers with bici chil- dren, daughters who can earn their livings at the bookkeeper's desk or typewriter's table, cannot meet the men of our com- munity to transact business without being accused of sinister designsand immoral tendencies ? ““With all due respect to the ministry, which in these days is too often harsh{y criticized, I, in the name of the thousands of good women and true, protest against Mr. Law’s implications, and against one in his position lending his influence to the building of & stil! more unhealthy senti- ment between men and women. Would it not be more fiiting for him to use his best efforts to cultivate in the mindsand hearts of men and women alike a true concep- tion of manhood and womanhood, and of Ihe_irl;:uut\]fil responsibilities, moral and soc hose in high places, whose duty it is to mold public opinion, should take wise counsel among themselves before they say that which will in any way lessen the faith men ana women have in each other's integrity, and it seems to me that Mr. Law has cast an imputation upon his sex as well as upon woman that is unworthy of him and unwarranted by the case in consideration. CrLARA M. PArTRIDGE.” Dr. Voorsanger to Young Men. The Young Men’s Christian Association has arranged & series of special addresses to young men ifor Sunday afternoon, to be given by for the obstructive position taken by the South- ern Pecific the rates complained of herein would not have been 8o high, and some of the testimony teads to show that it may be for the fnterest of the Southern Pacific to encourage iron and steel traffic via New Orleans so as to obtain for itself a longer rail haul and greater compensation then on such traflic routed via Ogden and its Central Pacific division. However this may be, discriminations and prejudices, both as to rates and facilities, have sometimes been found to result from the ap- | parent interest of carriers to secure freight at | points situated with reference to the place of | destination, so as to give a long haul, though | at lower rates than amuch_ shorter one at higher rates, the former yielding greater ag- gregate revenue. Inequality of treatment of shippers and localities having no other justifi- L‘u!)un than this end is indefensible. { Taking all the facts and clrcumstances into | | 1 | farmore distant, points prevail. | { | consideration and making due allowances therefor, we think the rates from Pueblo to San Francisco should not exceed 45 cents per 100 pounds on steel rails and railway fasten- ings, or 374 cents per 100 pounds on bar iron, castiton water-pipe, pigiron, billets, blooms, rivets, nails and spikes, nor should 'the rates from Pueblo to San Francisco on such traffic or on other iron and steel articfes be greater at any time than75 per cent of rates contem- prominent clergymen, for & course of three months. The addresses will be upon topics of vital fmportance to young men. The first address of this series will be given this afternoon by Rabbi Voorsanger, D.D., of the Temple Emanu-El. His theme ' will be “Motives of Human Life and Conduct, 8 serious study of present conditions.” The ad- dress will begin at 3 o'clock, and all young men are in —_—————— Ladies’ Bicycle Tournament. A ladies’ bicycle tournament, open to all California lady riders, will take place at the Mechenics’ Pavilion on the nights of February 3 to February 8, beginning at 8 o’clock on the night of February 3 and ending at 11 o’clock on the night of February 8. Riding to take place between the above-named hours each night. One thousand dollars in cash prizes to be distributed during the week. The startin and scoring to be under the management of some well-known club, to be mentioned later. Ladies desiring to participate will please com- municate with the undersigned. For hall space and grivileges and programme, advertis- ing and further information inquire of CHARLES A. WIKIDEL, rooms 2 and 4, 1049 Market street. . ANHOURWITH «CHIMMIE" The Author of the Famous Bowery Creation Gives a Public Reading. BRIDAL TOUR OF THE DUCHESS. Successful and Enjoyable Entertain- ment Under Auspices of the Mer- cantile Library Auxiliary, Chimmie Fadden, his Duchess, his ‘“wot t'ell” and his other quaint Bowery vulgarisms delighted a large and cultured audience in the auditorium of the Young Men’s Christian Association yesterday. It may be remarked also that Chimmie Fad- den’s author was present, and this added greatly to the interest and the pleasures of the event. Chimmie Fadden’s authoris neither an Apollo nor a Beau Brummel. In truth he wears glasses and has the ap- pearance rather of a studious sort of fel- low, albeit one that can appreciate both a good dinner and a good joke. Hisname is Edward W.Townsend, and as Samuel M. Shortridge said yesterday in introduc- ing him, ““he went from us and hasre- turned with laurel on his brow’’—also with more flesh on his bones it may be added. The entertainment was given under the auspices of the Mercantile Library Auxiliary, and it opened—somewhat after the hour set—by two vocal numbers by Mrs. J. B. Birmingham. She sang “When | You Are Here, Love’ (Kate Varmah) and “To-morrow” (Meidlinger)—and sang | them splendidly and was roundly and justly encored. Samuel M. Shortridge appeared jnext as the forerunner of the bright particular star of the evening, he who discovered “Wot t'ell.” Mr. Shortridge’s address was commendably brief, but every sentence counted and paved the way for the splendid reception accorded the author. “It was a pleasure, refreshing and gratify- ing,” said Mr. Shortridge, ‘‘to steal away from the he: nd the dust and the con- tention—vyes, and sometimes anger—of the courtrooms to this beautiful temple dedi- | cated to music and letters and their | kindred arts to welcome one who went‘ from us and has returned with the laurel. “And in winning alaurel wreath for his own brow he has added one to the pure and spotless forehead of our State.” Ina few terse sentences Mr. Shortridge then discussed Mr. Townsend’s place in litera- ture. He had notindulged in speculative | or abstruse treatises, but had followed in | the path of the immortal Dickens and touched the hearts of all the people by finding his poetry and comedy and drama in_ lowly walks of life. Doubtless Mr. Townsend had | seen the stars at might and had been thrilled with the poetry of each flower | that turns its face to the sun, but he had | looked deeper into the hearts of men, and had found the diamond sparkling in the tawny grass. Nevertheless his service to literature as great as though he had written of the most learned subjects. *“We | at home, sceing him so near, did not | realize his true proportions, tiough we | knew he had genius, and like so many | others he went East and there won that | found. The man must have been in the water about ten days, from all appearances. BACK FROM SIBERIA. Noted Russians Who Have Been for Some Timé in the Wilds. C. M. Grunwaldt of St. Petersburg, agent of the Russian Fur Company, own- ing concessions on the mainland and islands of Bast Siberia} arrived here yes- terday from Vladivostok, en route home. He has been absent in Siberia for a good part of a year. & ‘With Mr. Grunwaldt is Captain Paul Lemascheffsky of the imperial navy, Cap- tain Errickson of the merchant marine on the coast of Siberia, and N. N. Kalikanoff, a Russian merchant of Vladivostok. Captain W. W, Walker, till lately com- mander of the Belgic, arrived here on the Peru yesterday. He went at once to his home'in Oakland. Z Dr. C. F. Stokes, son-in-law of Captain John Bermingnam of this City, and for three years past resident naval surgeon of the United States in Yokohama, returned here yesterday. 3 The Rev. R. R. Williams, a missionary of India, and his family arrived on the Peru yesterday. THAT TOTTERING TOWER, The Tall Landmark of the Mid- winter Fair Is Doomed to Fall. Blasting at the Foundation and Tug- ging at the Top of a Finan- cial Failure. San Francisco has its leaning tower, but unlike the famous tilted pile at Pisa, Italy, it is not destined to remain an object of interest to the wondering gazer. That tall steel structure that marked the center of the main court at the Midwinter Fair grounds and had at its highest point a great electric searchlight that flashed over all the City and far out on the bay, has cea sed to be an object of pride. It must like a dead giant of the forest be uprooted and felled to make room for something more useful and ornamental. All yesterday afternoon nearly a score of men were at work either tugging at a windlass to which was attached a double steel cable reaching to the top of the tower, or were drilling holes for blasts 1a the solid concrete foundation in which the four corners of the steel and iron super- structure are imbedded. Little by little the framework responded to the strain upon the cables, but the twelve blasts exploded in the ten-foot cubes of cement failed to crack and crumble the foundations sufficiently to cause the 225-foot tower to loosen at the base, totter & moment and then come down with a mighty and impressive crash of 110 tons of metal. People stood at a respectful distance and bent their necks far back as they looked up at the dismantled skeleton, strinped of its elevator and of the few furnishings that had once made each of the several platforms attractive stations to the patrons of the electric tower. The Park police were on duty at long range waving and gesticulating to foot- passengers and bicyclists to keep out of the imaginary circle of possible death. Little groups on the miniature hillsides and along the level stretches formed.a big ring, and all the faces were turned toward AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO OVERTHROW THE TOWER. [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] world-wide_recognition that is'the just tribute of civilization to genius.” Mr. Shortridge then said a few kind be- coming words on behalf of the auxiliary, after which the father of “ChimmietFad- den” stepped out upon the platform and bowed. Then he opened ‘“‘A Daughter of the Tenements,” and read therefrom some de- seriptions of the Bowery—this as a preface to his chapter from ‘“‘Chimmie.” He chose the bridal tour of “Chimmie” and the Duchess, and it is scarcely necessary to say that his audience was kept in” an almost continual roar of laughter that, at the conclusion of the reading. was merged into most hearty and prolonged applause. There were two other numbers on the programme, both of which were heartily enjoyed and warmly encored—Bernard Mollenhauer in a violin solo and Donald de Vere Graham in a vecal number. H. J. Stewart was the musical director. The entertainment was deservedly successful, because it was one of the most enjoyable afternoon events of a public nature that has occurred in San Krancisco for many a day. Body Found Off Black Point. Boatman Irving of 432 Kentucky street found a body on the beach off Black Point at 11 A. M. yesterday. Apparently it was the corpse of a boiler-maker, as a burnt rule such as the boiler-makers use and some business cards were found in one of the pockets. A ,odging-house key, numbered 67, was also the center in momentary expectation that another explosion would raise a cloud of gray dust and scatter broken fragments of cement, or that the straining cables would suddenly precipitate the spectacular fall and crash. But the tower would only lean a few de- grees to the west, and, in that threatening position, it wiil probably remain to-day and until some time to-morrow afternoon. More blasts will be put in the concrete to- morrow forenoon after holes shall have been drilled. : When the tower falls it will be unjointed and broken up into convenient pieces, so that it can be removed and piled some- where awaiting a sale as old iron. 1t is estimated by the Park Commission- ers, under whose orders the work is being done, that the material will not bring enough to pay for the labor of destruction. At any rate, the Commissioners say they offered to let any one take the tower down for the material in it, but no one would at- tempt it. The electric tower was a white elephant to the men that invested their money in it. It did nutfl[luy and nearly every part of it, even to the concrete foundations, it is said, is the subject of some legal claim. The owners were given a whole year to remove the obstruction, for such the tower has been considered (to the work on the extensive new concourse) and the present action is the result of the Commissioners’ determination to wait no longer. ALONG THE WATER FRONT, The Brig Percy Edwards to Carry the Gilbert Islanders Home. RETURN OF THE “ BLACKBIRDS.” [ Notable Passengers by the Steamship Peru—A Bill Against the Ed- ward O'Brien. The brig Percy Edwards, owned by Cap- tain James McKenna, which has been lying up in Oakland creek for two years, will probably be purchased for the Central American trade. Several wealthy persons from the Gilbert Islands are here trying to secure the vessel, ana if they succeed her first mission will be highly creditable to herself and her new owners. She will pro- ceed to San Jose de Guatemala and carry home the “blackbird’’ Gilbert natives who were kidnaped some years ago by the trampsteamer Montserrat. It will be re- membered that Captains Blackburn and Ferguson engineered the scheme of sup- plying the Central American coffee plan- tations with cheap island laborers and landed a steamer load of the simple natives at Guatemala. This slaye trade soon fell into disrepute even on the Spanish-American coast, and the Montserrat went into other business, | flooded and filled with smoke. has been fitted up to take her place on the bay ferry route again. FIRE IN A FACTORY. The Eagle Collar-Pad Company’s Es- tablishment Damaged to Con- siderable Extent, The manufacturing portion of the City was visited by a fire last evening which succeeded in destroying about §5000 worth of property before the flames gave in to the many thousand gallons of water which were poured upon them. It is supposed that the fire broke out in the Eagle Collar-pad Company’s establish- ment, which occupies the second floor of a two-story brick building at 132 Main street. At 9:45 P. M. the neighborhood was startled by what appeared to be an explo- sion, and 1n a few moments the rear por- tion of the building was a mass of raging flames. Special Patrolman Detwiler, who wasamong the first to discover the fire, immediately turned in an alarm through box 265, but after a few moments, no an- swer being received, another alarm was turned in through box 51. The fire patrol was the first to arrive at the scene, and be- fore the engines were ready to begin throw- ing water had succeeaed in covering the goods and machinery in neighboring es- tablishments, thereby eliminating the loss which would have 1nevitably resulted had the flood of water which was turned on the flames been allowed to go where it pleased. The heaviest loser from the fire is the Eagle Pad Company. It is estimated that the damage done to its stock will amount to about $2000, which is fully covered by insurance. Theé Union Machine Company, which occupies the first floor of the scorched building, will probably lose $1500, as its establishment was thoroughly The ma- chine company carries a stock valued at 25,000 and $8000 insurance. The stock carried by the Davis Collar Company was damaged to the extent of THE BRIG PERCY EDWARDS UNDER FULL SAIL. [She was under charter to bring South Sea Islanders back to the Gilbert group.] and was mysteriously lost about a year | ago on the northern coast. The Iluckless islanders have been leading a wretched ex- istence under their Guatemalan taskmas- | ters ever since, and their deplorable con- | dition has moved their countrymen to | purchase the Percy Edwards for the pur- pose of taking them back to the Gilbert | group. | The Pacific Mail steamship Peru arrived yesterday, twenty-five days from Hong- | kong and fifteen days thirteen hours from | Yokohama. The voyage was a pleasant one, she having escaped the gale that almost overwhelmed the cruiser Balti- | ore. Among her passengers are two United | States naval officers from the Asiatic | squadron, Surgeon C. F. Stokes and Lieu- | tenant M. F. Halsey. Captain W. H. | ‘Walker, late of the steamship Belgic, was one of the cabin passengers. He was sus- | pended by the Oriental and Occidental Steamship Company for running his ves- sel aground at the entrar~: of Yokohama harbor, and has returried to lay his case | before the company’s officials. Viscount | Tamura of Japan came over on the Peru | on his way to enter the United States | Naval Academy at Annapolis. He will | serve his four years’ cadetship, and, after graduation, will return to his native land and receive an officer's commission in the Japanese navy. R. Mino, a Japanese naval engineer, with four assistants, also arrived in the Peru. They are en route to Glasgow to bring out the new cable steamer which will be used to lay the submarine tele- raph line between Japan and Formosa. E‘nc other cabin passengers are Captain Paul de Lemascheffsky of the! Russian navy, Mrs. C. F. Stokes, H. A. Young, W. B. Jones, Rev. R. R. and Mrs. Williams, Miss Alice Williams and four children, N. Ualikanoff, C. ‘Grunweldt, U. Taunua, Mrs. M. E, Geason, Mrs. E. M. Woodward, Mrs. M. L. Loud, Miss Claussen, Captain J. M. Erikson, A. H. Butler, A.' Legawa, U. Juabara. Chief Wharfinger Root has a little bill against the ship Edward O'Brien for mov- ing that vessel and her revolver-armed first mate out of the fairway. Day before yesterday, when the Harbor | Commissioners attempted to notify that officer, who is the son of Uaptain Oliver of that vessel, that his anchor was digging | up the Oakland cable, he manned his six- shooter battery ana drove the State offi- cials back to the wharf. The ship was finally moved by a tu§ and a gang of steve- dores, and the bill of over $200 is charged against the vessel. The steamer Corona has been repaired and fitted up to take the place of the Mex- jco on the San Diego route. The Queen | and Topeka and probably the AL-Ki will | run to Alaska. If the latter vessel should | not be found available the Mexico will take her place. The steamer Soutn Coast will run in opposition to the Alice Bianch- ard to Humboldt, and will probably be as- sisted by the Coos Bay. The Sausalito Joy’s| JOY’S| Is the Ratio of Other Prices and Ours. | HOT-WATER BOTTLES. 1 Qrt. 50. 2 Qrt. 55. 3 Qrt. 60. 4 Qrt. 65. SARSAPARILLA. Joy's, Hood’s, Ave Syrup ot Figs. Scott’s Emulsion...... JONES JOY'S JOY’S JOY’S weeeeaB8C Dr. West's Brain, Nerve and Blood Remedy re- stores and completes man- hood. Prevents & prema- ture condition o the body. It builds, restores, | sustains, JOY’S JOY'S JOY'S UNDER BALDWIN HOTEL. Market and Powell Streets. | on duty at the City Rece about $500, which loss is covered by insur- ance. A portion of the floor at 132 Main street is occupied by the California Gas Eng Company, and they will probably about $200. This company carries $600 in- surance on its stock, which is valued at several thousand dollars. It is not known how the fire started, but it is presumed that it was from a cigar or cigarette stub being carelessly thrown among the grass-stuffed collar-pads, which were as dry as tinder. ——————— A New Interne. Dr. Joseph Badilla, & recent graduate from the medical department of the affiliated col- leges, has been appointed an interne at the City and County Hospital. The doctor has been ing Hospital, and it is mainly in recognition of hi: rvices at that institution that he has been promoted to the | 1arger field afforded by the I'wenty-third street hospital. NEW TO-DAY. WINTER CLEARANGE SALE BEFORE STOCK-TAKING. 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