The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 2, 1896, Page 5

MANY THOUSANDS HAVE PERISHED. Thé Worst Fears Confirmed | by the News From Japan. VICTIMS OF THE SEA. Coast Towns and Villages En- gulfed in the Rushing Waters. COMMUNICATION CUT OFF. List of the Number Drowned and the Damage Done on the Eastern Seaboard. ’ VANCOUVER., B. C, July 1.—The steamer Empress of China arrived here last night with Yokohama dates to June 12. Regarding the earthquake wave the i away; many persons and animals kille‘d; telegraph office washed away. Miyako—Much injury to life and prop- erty. Kuji—Ditto. Hachinoye-Minato — Eleven persons killed, two missing; school-building de- stroyed ; bridges swept away. Hashikami Mura — Buildines swept away, 300; deaths, 400; wounded, 100. Quani Mura, Motoyashi district—Ninety buildings swept away ; deaths, 400. Koidzumi-Murad—Deaths, 1450, Utatsu-Mura, Motoyoshi district—Build- ings swept away, 600, there being abso- lutely nothing left; deaths, 600; wounded, 250. Okachihama, Momo district—Buildings swept away, 40; deaths, 31; wounded 5. Among those who lost their lives at Oka- chihama were 8 jailers and 7 prisoners. Nemuro—Feeble shocks of earthquske continued all day; inhabitants very anx- ious, anticipating another disaster. Sendai—In the three districts of Motoyo- shi, Ojika and Momo, in Miyagi prefec- ture, the most disastrous damage done by the tidal wave was during the night of the i5th inst. According to the report of the authorities of the district of Motoyoshi alone the deaths were 1030 and the build- ings washed away 560 2 & Morioka, June 17.—During the night of the 15th inst. there were repeated earth- quakes. The eastern coast of Iwate Ken was washed by a tidal wave. The damage done was sad beyond description. The worst was experienced in the three towns of Kamaishi, Miyaho and Sakari. Aomori—All employes of the ule.ntn | office at Kohiro-Hama were drowned by | the tidal wave. The office at Yamada was swept away. | From the Governor of Iwateken, June 17.—By the tidal wave of the night of the 15th the number of persons who either lost their lives or were injured is 2000 at Sakarimachi, Kesen district. Excepting Yokohama Mail has the following: It will be some time, doubtless, before tne bluff of Kamaishi, the whole town was ! completely swepnt away. | Sapporo, June 17.—The tidal wave the THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1896. lation live on the lowiands along the sea- coast, and so were involved in the rush of the tidal wave which followed the land disturbance and sweot both sides of the islands of Niohon and Yezo for more than 150 mile north and south of the Tsagam iy f Ji rding to Profe This pari of Japan, according rofes- sor Joh':: Milne, who has been a resident of that country for years and has given much tinie and attention to the study of seismic disturbances, is more subject to earthquakes than the southern part of the islands. There is an average of over three per day during some years, and in 1880 there were as many as 1200 distinct shocks reported and recorded. The tidal wave, which in this instance seems to have caused the most destruc- tion, doe« not always accompany the land disturbance to a degree that brings it to notice either in Jlgan or elsewhere. Out of 15,000 earthquakes obterved on coast lines only 124 were accompanied by large waves, and of 1098 recorded on the west coast of South America only 19 are said to have been accompanied by movements of the sea. Until late years no accurate in- formation has been gathered in regard to earthquakes in Japan, but many instances pretty well authenticated lead to the con- clusion that destructive tidal waves have been more or less frequent in the region just visited. On the occasion of the great earthquake of 1737, whose effects ranged from Yezo to the northern part of Kamtchatka, the tidal wave, according to Fuchs, broke over the coast at Cape Lopatka to a height of 210 feet. That the sea disturbance was very intense in this instance is shown by the fact that the tidal wave came all the way across the Pacific,c more than 6000 miles, to the harbor of Acapulco, though no indications of it were noted in this harbor. This tidal wave and the later accounts of the disaster indicate that the focus of the commotion was on the Pacific side of the islands, instead of the other, as at first thought, and this is in accord with previous observations by Professor Milne and others, who have shown that by far the greater number of shocks originate 2 iz q Map of Portions of Japan Visited by the Recent Earthquake and Tidal Wave. The Light, Unshaded Parts Represent the Lowlands, Subject to Inundation. full particulars reach Tokio of the cruel disaster that has overtaken the people living along the coast of Rikuzen and Rikuchu. At intervals, happily long, Japan is visited by earthquake waves which devastate her shores and sometimes bury whole viliages permanently under the sea. Traveling by boat tfrom Kanazawa to Kamakura, for example, one passes over a spot once crowded with habitations, of which no trace whatever can be seen through the clear water. Between 8 and 8:20 . M. on June 15 & violent seismic disturbance stirred the ocean which bathes the northeastern coast of the main island. Accounts thus far received place the center of dis- turbance in the vicinity of the celebrated island of Kinkwa-Zan, but that idea re- quires verification. Between Kinkwa-Zan on the south and Hachinoye on the north, a distance of about 170 miles, practically the whole coast was swept by the wave, and as at the times of the disasters occurring at Minato on the extreme north of devastated Lit- toral and Kinkwa-Zan on the south, differ by only 30 minutes at most, it is scarcely concetvable that the genesis of the dis- turbance can have been in the neighbor- hood of the latcer place. Such velocity is out of question. Another fact militating against the supposition that Kinkwa-Zan was the center of the seismic energy ‘is that the shock was barely felt at Sendai, which is only thirty-three miles from Kinkwa-Zan. What seems more probable is that the sesmic force bad its origin a good deal further north than the Kinkwa-Zan coast, and thedirection of the force being north- ward, only the convex of Littoral, be- tween Kinkwa-Zan and Hachino-Ye, was struck by the waves. Following the coast line northward from Kinkwa-Zan we find these reports from various places on the beach: Onogawa, Futahama—Lives lost, ani- mals destroyed and houses inundated, but no definite number stated. ‘Washigami—Forty houses destroyed; several deaths. 4 Okatsu — Fifty persons killed; thirty houses washed away ; prison doors thrown oven, but several prisoners supposed lost as well as some of the warders; a quantity of mail matter swept away. Motoyoshi (or Shizukawa) — Eighty | night of the 15th swept along the whole | coast of Sapporo. Along the road from | Bapporo to Surumura eight deaths oc- currecd and eight buildings were destroyed. | Four sampans are missing and three are | wrecked. | Sendai, June 16.—The whole eastern | coast of this prefecture (Miyagi Ken) was was washed by the tidal wave at 8 ». M. of the 15th. A number of houses were swept nwtay(" and a heavy deathroll in antici- pated. Miyadzugawa Motoyoshi district—More than seventy houses were carriea away, involving the death of over seventy peo- ple. The Governor and police inspectors are now making diligent investigations. Bendai—The tiaal wave devastated the districts of Ojika and Motoyoshi this morning. About 500 houses were washed away and 1000 people drowned. The Gov- ernor, police inspectors and other officials bave hurried to the spot. Aomori—The tidal wave swept Shiro- gane, in the Minato-Mura Sannobe dis- trict, at 8 o’clock last night. Many build- ings, including one school, were washed away and three persons drowned and two are missing. Many boats and fishing im- plements were destroyed. Two heavy earthquake shocks were felt last night and this morning. There were thirty feeble earthquakes. Akitad, June 16. — Repeated earth- quakes felt here during the night. Seoul, June 16.— An insurrection has broken out in Chung-Chong-Do. One regi- ment of royal guards, with Russian ?fl'lgsrs, was dispatched to that district o-day. Kobe, June 15. —The steamer Kawa- noura Maru collided with and sank the }io‘zm Maru oft Hiroshima, 178 lives being ost. Some accounts speak vaguely of thou- sands of lives lost and 500 houses swept away on the coast of Ojika and Motoyoshi alone, but that seems to be an exaggera- tion. There does not appear to have been an earthquake of injurious force. One statement is to the effect that thirteen shocks were felt in the neighborhood of Ishimaki, but they must have been com- paratively slight. “Undonbtedly there has been lamentable loss of life and mpertg, and doubtless large tracts of rice fields have been inundated and destroyed. The latest dispatches in regard to the earthquake in the northern part of Japan give the loss of life at 30,000, thus multi- filying the first returns by thirty. There but little room to doubt that the true number far exceeds the last estimate, and that it will in all probability double if not treble it. The news is as yet very meager, tele- graphic communication with the devas- houses swept away; seventy-two corpses recovered up to 1 . M.on the 16th. Kamaishi—Over hall the town swept tated district being cut off for most part. 'as populous by provin “one-third as the southern but the major part of the popu- The portion of the island visited 18 not | ** on the eastern side of the islands or the adjoining ocean. The exception is for a shock to come from the west side. The accompanying map, which shows the elevated position shaded and the low land in white, will give some idea of the extert of country subjected to the worst effects of the land disturbance as well as the overwhelming of the sea waves. The town of Kamaishi on the north- western coast of Nippon, reported as utterly destroyed in this instance, has been the center of destruction on former occasions, and there is every reason to be- lieve that the whole low country alougthe coast, from there to Kumashiri in the northern part of the Island of Yezo, has been swept by the inrush of the sea, and that both sides of Tsugaru Straits and the west coast of the islands north and south have been also subjected to the viclent and destructve effécts of the disturbed waters. These low parts along the coast are lined with towns and villages which are for the most part entirely cut off from any means of quick communication. he town of Aomori,on the bay of the same name, opening into Tsugaru Straits, is the northern terminus of railroad com- munication with Tokio. It has cable con- nection with Hakodate, in the Hakkaido mining region of Yezo, but only by an oc- casional vessel with other towns along the coast. It is more than probable that the full extent of the loss of life will not be known for some time yet and that it will be ap- palling. Funeral of a Knight Templar, A special assembly of Golden Gate Com. mandery No. 16, Knights Templar, is called by Eminent Commander Charles H. Murphy to conduct the funeral services of their late fra- ter, Sir Cherles W. Wilson of Galesburg Com- mandery No. 8 of Galesburg, Il o'clock this afternoon. Members a. fraters are cordially invited. ——————— An Incendiary Fire, A fire was discovered on the second floor of tne Crown Distitlery Company’s new building at 53 Steuart street at 11:30 o’ clock last night and an alarm was sounded from box 34. The damage was about $150. How the blaze started could not be learned, but it is supposed to have been set by an incendiary. P L R S, John Laydon Poisoned. John Laydon, a laborer who lives in a lodg- ing-house on Minna street, near New Mont- gomery, was sent to the Receiving Hospital at an u:)“l’ hour this morning, suffering from poison. —————— The Saxe Estate. Rollin Peter Saxe and Homer Polk Saxe have applied for letters of administration on the es tate of Sarah Klltl?flna. ‘which estate isvalued .. " The le of London are computed to spend EL 20000 aally.™ *** P |THE TAX LEWY AND THE CHARTER Discussed by the Asso- ciated Improvement Clubs. HOW TO CUT EXPENSES. A Special Committee Make a Thorough Study of the Matter. SUPERVISOR TAYLOR EXPLAINS Says Vicious Legislation and Not Men Is the Cause of the Trouble. The Associated Improvement Clubs met last night in full delegation and discussed with much animation and force the ques- tion of the tax levy and the proposed new charter. An elaborate report of the former subject, prepared by the commit- tee especially appointed, was read, and, on invitation, a reply was made to this by Supervisor Taylor, chairman of the Fi- nance Committee. The Committee on Parks and Streets recommended the purchasing of the old Jewish Cemetery property for a park, pro- viding the price be not too exorbitant; also the placing of a sustamning wall along the western side of Buena Vista Park. The Committee on Public Utilities advo- cated the placing of arc lights in Golden Gate Park, the expense to be liquidated by special appropriation, and the light to be furnished by a plant to be placed in the park. The committee on the tax levy re- ported that it had made a thorough study ofa printed list of expenses furnished it by the Iinance Committee of the Supervisors and cited to the meeting how a saving of $350,000 in total might be effected. Salaries they believed shouid be greatly reduced, as well as the expense of cleaning the City Hall. The committee further advocated abolishing the offices of Fish and Game Warden. At the conclusion of this report Presi- dent Phelan asked of Mr. T aylor, “How do these figures strike you?” “I have been paralyzed,” replied Mr. Taylor, *‘by figures for some days.” He then said that, although there were many valuable points mentioned in the report, there were others that were overlooked. “Vicious legislation,” said he, ‘‘is the cause of all”our trouble. The Supreme Court has said that salaries must be paid, and the men who bid for contracts for supplies will be the losers. ‘1f the Supervisors are not permitted to aliow the paying of salaries it will cause the depletion of the general fund.” Dr. Rottanzi, as chairman of the Public buildings and works committee, advocated the placing of the Pesthouse on some site rem ote from any community. The high school committee recom- mendea that a high school class be placed in some already establisied school build- ing in the Mission, E‘nare followed a heated discussion re- garding the passage of the “‘rattler test’” ordinance for street-paving rock. A special committee, consisting of Ellis, Hubbs and Van Duzer, was appointed to wait upon the Supervisors on th proposi- tion, including as it does the merits of red rock and blue rock for paving purposes. President Dohrmann of the Merchants’ Association then addressed the club on the new churter. He recounted the his- tory of theinstrument, and said that above all things it appealed to the people as something clean and honest. Becretary Freud of the Merchants’ Asso- ciation then followed as follows: 1. Legislative Tyranny vs. Home Rule.—Un- der the consolidation act San Francisco has been and is largely governed by the Legisla- ture snd Governor of the State. Under the new charter there wiil result municipal sover- eignty, independence and home rule. The new charter will restore self-government to San Francisco in the following notable in- stances: (a) The Police Commissioners will no longer be appointed by the Governor or hold office for life. The !l;or will appoint four Police Com- massioners. Their term will be limited to four years, one retiring each year. No:more than iwo Commissioners can be of the same politi- cal party. All thcemun whoarein the Department w will be retained. (b) The Fire Commissioners will no longer be partly appointed by the Governor. The Mayor will appoint four Fire Commissioners for four years, one retiring each year. Notmore than olice en the charter goes into effect two of the same political lrlg. The Fire De- pertment will be fully pai equipped. (¢) Election Commissioners.—The present defective system of creating the Elec- tion Commissioners snd the Registrar of Voters, all of whom may belong to the same rty, will be abolished. Four Election Commissioners, not more than two of the same political party, will be ap- pointed bx the Mayor for four years, one re- tiring each year. They will appoint the Regis- trar. Thorough provisions are made to secure proper registration of electors and safe and promg!oumnt of the votes polled. (d) Board of Health.—The present partisan method of appointing four members of the Board of Health for five years will be abolisbed. Three regular thllalsn!, eight {e-m residents of the City, will be appointed the Mayor for two-year terms as the Board of Health. 2. OfficiakChaos vs. Fixed Authority.—Under the present consolidation act officials shirk and shift their responsibility. The municipal government is therefore uncertain and cha- otic. The new charter places accountable au- thority and fixed responsibility in every municipal department. (a) The Mayor.—Year by year the powers of the Mayor have been usurped by the Legisla- ture and the Supervisors under the consolida- tion act. He has tharefore become a mere figurehead and cipher in the City government. Under the new charter, however, he will be vested with executive power and official re- sponsibility. He will be accountable for the conduct of the City government, as well as its officials. The objection most frequently raised against the charier is the claim that it confers exorbitant powers upon the Mayor. Let us see exactly what are the powers of the Mayor under the new charter. He will appoint the City Attorney, Public Administrator, Board of Public Works, Park Commissioners, Library Trustees, Police Commissioners, Fire Commis- sioners, Board of Health, Election Commis- sioners and Civil Service Commissioners. All other officials of the City will remain elective under the constitution and gen- eral laws of the State. Until such time as the constitution shall have been changed by the people all other officials will therefore be elected by the people as hereto- fore, with the exception of the Superintendent of Streets and Surveyor, who are abolished under the charter. Examining, theretore, the list of lpgolnuea of the Mlsor, it will raldl‘lfi eppear that the Mayor under the charter w appoint but two officials who are at present elected by the people. These two officials are the City Attorney and the Public Administra- tor. All the other Commissioners and trus- tees appointed by the Mayor are now either niypolnud by the Governor or hold office for life or are newiy created. Therefore, the Fle are not deprived of their prlvflb‘g of - ing officials, as at present, except in the case of the City Attorney and Public Administrator. While the Mayor who is in office when the charter goes into effect will appoint all these Commissioners, subsequent Mayors will ap- })olm but two of them, as they go out of office n rotation and the term of the Mayor is lim- ited t o two years. 3. Political Patronage vs. Civil Service.—The consolidation act is the boon of political gntmnu- and unscrupulous political bosses. h: new ch:rurmh ‘{1 44 “’ft’lu:‘lebopo“uw ronage and an; ate political bosses. der the consolidation polif tronage rules every depart- ment nlmclgmmnm'. It creates and breeas political bosses, the bane of municipal progress and prosperity. It produces incom- petency, dishonesty and corruption. With the new charter, however, will come a thor- ough system of civil service. All clerks, em- ployes and laborers in the service of the Cit; will be governed by civil service rulesan lations. & (b) Examinations.—Free, public, competitive examinations of a practical nature must be taken by all applicants, who must be citizens of the United States. Examinations must in- clude physical tests and manual skill wherever mnecessary. No question shall relate to politics or religion. (©) Appointments, Dismissals and Promo- tions.—Out of the three highest in the civil service list the appointee must be selected. The appointment will therefore depend upon ability and merit, and never upon politics. No dismissal can _be made for any reasou ex- cept dishonesty, inefliciency, insubordination or habitual discourtesy, proven after & fair and impartial trial before the Commissioners. Promotions will depend upon faithfulness and lel:igth of service. (d) Salaries.—Salaries will be no higher than are paid for similar services in_ business houses, and the City Hall hours will be irom 8:30 A. M. 0 5 P. . () Corruption.—Any officer or employe of the City under the new charter who promises or pays anything for his nomination, election or appointment forfeits his position and is per- manently disqualified from holding any maunicipal office. _ 4. Extravagance vs. Economy.—The loose, jumbled and defective methods of the consoli- dation act invite aud encourage extravagance and corruption. The rigid system ot finance and revenue in the new charter will necessi- tate honesty and economy. (@) Tax Levy.—Under the present consolida- tion act the limit of $1 on the $100 of assessa- ble property is completely destroyed. The result has been exorbitant rates of taxation. The tax levy for the fiscal year jast closed re- quired a tax rate for City and County purposes of $1 56 on the $100 taxable pro erty, involving an expenditure of $b400008. The new charter will restore the tax rate to within $1 on the $100 and make the limit $1 07 for City and County purposes. This will be possible under the provisions of the new charter. (o) Finance and Revenue.—The general fund will be abolished. Twenty-four specific funds will be provided under the charter. All rev- enue will have to be kept in separate funds and cannot be tranferred as at present. This system is a vast improvement upon the pres- entloose method of raising and spending the people’s money. At present one fnnd draws upon another, and when exhausted they all draw upon the general fund. Appropriations are therefore made for one purpose and spent for an entirely different purpose. For exam- glc, $150,000 was appropriated for the past scal year for sweeping and sprinkling the Eubuc streets. As the streets were not sprin- kled at all by the City, and the sweeping was curtailed, there was’in reality & surplus of some $30,000 in this fund at the expiration of the fiscal year. This surplus has been diverted to other funds and_purposes. (c) Liabilities—There will be restrictions upon the liabilities of the City government under the new charter. Liabilities can never be incurred in any fiscal year exceeding the revenue of that year, nor in any month exceed- ing one-tweifth of the revenue of the year. Each expenditure will have to be provided for in its proper specific fund. No fund can be exhausted, because the liavilities caunot ex- ceed the appropriations of each specific fund. 5. Decay and Dryrot vs. Progress and Pros. perity (he consolidation act has enabled co ons to enthrall the people, and re- trogression and decay have overtaken the City. Great public improvements in the streets, roads, sewers and pavements will re- suit from the new charter. i The new charter will allow no exclusive privilege or monopoly in any {ranchise for weter, gas, electric light, telegraph, telephone or steam power. one year after the charter takes effect, every ublic franchise not in actual use will be ior- feited to the City. Every public franchiss hereafter granted must be in operation within six months from its creation. One year will be the limit upon any City contract ior gas or electric light, and the price shall never exceed the lowest charge to any consumer. (b) Railway Franchises.—Street;railway fran- chises will be sold to the highest biader, and atleast 2 per cent of the gross receipts will go to the City. Upon the expiration of street rail franchises, their roadtracks and road- beds revert to the City. The new charter em- poyers the Board of Supervisors to “tix, estab- ish and reduce the rates of iare upon ail strest railroads in the Ctiy and County.” All trans- continental or other raiiroad companies mean- ing business will have free entry into San Francisco. (¢) Public Improvements.—The charter will abolish the City Hall Commission and the offices of Superintendent of Streets and Sur- veyor. Three Commissioners of Public Works will be appointed for & term of four years, who will manage and conduct all public works, re- pairs and improvements. Any contract in which any person in the Department of Public Works is interested shall be void. It will nor be possible to levy assessments upon any prop- erty aggregating over 50 per centof its as- sessed valuation. No streets will be allowed to be torn up by ‘private parties. A thorough and systematic system of arainage will be adopted. The public streets will be uniformly swept, cleaned and sprinkled by the City, giv- ing preference to hand labor and to perma- nent residents. Bonding of the City for neces- sary permanent public improvements will be valid, safe and certain, (d) Municipal Ownership.—The charter pro- vides for the permanent acquisition and municipal ownership by purchase, condemna- tion or construction of water works, gas works, electric-light works, steam, water or electric pouaer works, telephone lines and street rail- Toads. Ninety days before each election the Board of Pubiic Works must estimate the true value of street railroads and water works, telephone, gu and electric-light plants and all public ranchises. These exact estimates will be sub- mitted to the people at the ensuing election by resolution of nine Supervisors. Municipal ownership of any public utility will be acquired by a two-thirds vote of the Jeople at the estimate established by the oard of Public Works. Public utilities thus acquired by the City will be managed and operated by the Board of Public Works for the benefit of the entire public. It was decided to appoint two delegates from each of the individual clubs and five from the associated boay, to attend the charter convention on August 5. The meeting was adjourned until two weeks from last night, when the discus- sion on the charter will be resumed. READY FOR THE FOURTH, Socialist Bodies Will Turn Out and Parade in Full Force. The committee of arrangements of the Socialist Labor party met last nightat the Turk-street Temple and completed arrangements for Saturday’s demonstra- tion. Organizations having a total mem- bership of 3000 will be in line under the charge of Grand Marshal Hermann Sah- lender. The column will be headed by a fife and drum corps and will contain dele- gations from the following organizations: State executive committee of the Socialist Labor party, County Central Committee 8. L. P, Central Trade and Labor Alliance, Fraternity of Hotel and Restaurant Em- ployes, Bakers’ Union No. 24, Confection- ers’ Union No. 42, Amalgamated Wood- workers’ Union, Carpenters and Joiners 0. arbers’ Association, Liberty branch 8. L. P., Jewish branch 8. L. P., German branch 8. L. P., French branch 8. L. P., American branch 8. L. P., Socialist Mannerchor, Tageblatt Publishing Com- pany, Socialist Singing Society, citizens and sympathizers with the socialist cause. The procession will form at the Turk- street Temple at 9:30 o’clock Saturday morning and unite with the main body of the procession on its march through the principal streets to Van Ness avenue, where it will be reyiewed and dismissed by the grand marshal to afford an oppor- tunity to those participating to attend the mass-meeting and exercises with which the socialist party intend to conclude the day’s celebration. Bierra County's Celebration. Louis F. Byington, a grand officer of the Native Sons and a memper of Niantic Parlor, leaves this morning for Downie- ville, and will be away for about a week. For years the residents of Sierra County have been in the habdit of celebrating the National holiday in the towns in their immediate vicinity, but this year the peog:e of the different Hartu of the county, wishing to surpass all previous event: have combined to hold a grand general celebration at Downieville, the county seat. From the preparations that have been going on for the last week or two and the eldborate programme, got up under the auspices of the three Nati~e Sons parlors of Sierra Conne{. there is no doubt that the celebration will be a success. Mr. Byington, who is a native of Sierra County, l:as consented to deliver the oration. New Mining Company. La Suerte Gold Mining Company was yester- day incorporated by M. A. Laveaga, Rudolph Herold Jr., Frederick Hfi L. S. Rose and Alex T, Vogelsang. The capital stock Is $10,000,000, Wiihin | ” Closed Day and Evening, Saturday, July 4. Open for Business Friday Night. Concert Friday "Evening at 8 o’Clock by the Emporium Orchestra under Mr. Joha Marquardt. A RAR TAPESTRY OIL PAINTINGS. SAN FRANCISCO, July 2, 1896. E COLLECTION OF ‘“Art Imitates nature’’—in the world’s greatest store to- morrow night. will charm the senses. Music and Art together ‘in the Great Rotunda The Greatest Exhibition of Tapestry Oil Paintings yet made in San Francisco—For the first time—By Eastern and European artists—The figures life size. These Tapestry Oil Paintings will be sold by the Emporium regardless of their original value. They will be seen to- -morrow night for the first time on this coast, and will un- doubtedly attract great 1gbt's Reflection JT\gze u‘lrcmij;lfin Dream Hope The Monogram Love’s Congquerors Love’s Wooing Psyche Jolly Cavaliers Saxon Belle The Tryst Belle and Swan Alone Grecian Princess In the Wine Cellar attention. 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