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32 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SU'N'DAY, AUGUST 9, 1896. INVESTIGATING GRADERS' CAMPS, Labor Bureau Officials on a Tour of Imspec tion. SAW FOUR COLONIES. All Kinds of Accommodation, From Cleanliness to Filth, WHY THE MEN COMPLAIN. Some Want Better Food, Some More of It, and Some Want Shorter Hours. When living in the rough, inconvenient manner similar to graders’ camps, comfort 1s a relative term, and the little neces- saries of more civilized life are not consid- ered, but the place can, at least, be kept clean, and that this is not always done is easily seen. The men at the camps are not all satis- fied with.their surroundings. They have been complaining, and in pursuance of their complaints C. L. Dam ana C. M. Grim, from the office of the State Labor Burean, have been investigating: On Friday they visited four graders’ camps, and to-day they will make report. Their report will lead to some improve- ment in at least one, for John Tuttle’s camp on Haight street, between Fillmore and Steiner, will not be spared in their report. A sand lot littered .with old wagons, broken wheeis and pieces of iron, sur- rounded by ramshackle buildings, in some of which horses live, in others men, and a pronounced “stable” smell, constitutes Tuttle’s camp. There are about twenty- five men in his camp, ail of whom take their meals in the cookhouse, and fifteen of whom sleep in the bunkhouses. There are thirty horses in the stables. The stables are cleaned out every morn- ing, but not so the rooms. The dirt on the windows and the floors and the walls | and ceilings has not settled since yester- day nor the day before, nor the week be- fore, nor last March, nor is the “human” poison-like smell a thing of a week or a month. The rooms are pooriy lighted from the dirt on the windows, there is no circnlation and the sashes look as if they were never raised, and the beds—they dis- courage any but distant inspection. These things the investigators took note of ana then passed into the cookhouse. It was not badly kept and the utensils seemed clean, but the place is small and stuffy. Some sleeping-rooms are in the same building as the kitchen and dining-room and the rooms are small. Three men are in one room, two in another and more are in other rooms. Another *‘bunkhouse’” is across the lot from the *“‘cookhouse,” and two more men sleep in a room off one of the stables. The men work ten hours a day ana say that they are not badly treated. The labor deputies will recommend, however, that Tuttle be given ten days to put his dormi- tories in proper condition or tear them down. A. E. Buckman’s camp at Steiner and Waller, where it was said typhoid fever was rampant, was found to be the cleanest and best ordered of those visited. The kitchen and dining-room are in one build- ing and the dormitory or bunkhouse is situated far enough away to secure com- plete isolation for each. There are fifty- five rooms in the bunkhouse, a8 window in each, and in each are two spring beds. Sheets and good blankets- are provided for each bed, and there is an attendant whose business it is to keep the rooms clean and in order. There were no sick men in the camp yesterday, nor had there been, the men said. Their principal cause for complaint was the food. Not the dinner, but the breakfast and lunch. They say those meals are not fit in quantity and quality for workingmen. Murpny’s camp at Harbor View houses thirty-five men in a rough redwood bunk- house. The bunks are of straw and the men can replace the straw when they see fit. The blankets belong to the men. A neighbor- ing hotel boards the laborers under a con- |* }EHUMBLIN_G__TU RUIN, tract with Murphy. The men complain that they are worked over hours, but be- yond that they are content. Frank Seminaris, better known as “French’” Frank, has a camp on Geary and Fillmore streets. Only three men sleep at the camp, and their bunks form the second story to the stable stalls. Bat they, too, are content. Those conditions will form the basis for the Deputy Commissioner’s reports to- day. They will also be brought to the at- tention of the Board of Health, and that body, too, may take'a hand jin cleaning camp surroundings. In response to a courteous letter from Contractor Buckman asking the Health Officer to visit the camp, Dr. Lovelace sent & curt reply to the effect that he was satis- fied that the camp was in bad sanitary condition and that he did not deem any further investigation necessary. He stated that his authority for the allegation that typhoid patients had been taken from the camp to the City and County Hospital was the word of Superintendent Stahle of the hospital. CONVICI-MADE GRAIN BAGS. "What the San Quentin Jutemills Have Done This Year. The State Board of Prison Commission- ers was to have met yesterday, but the meeting was postponed owing to the un- avoidable absence of several of the mem- bers. At the next meeting some atten- tion will be paid to the grain-bag industry and the jutemills. From January 1 to date Warden Hale has sold 2,951,000 grain bags, although the season did not start until March. The July output of the mill was 257,600, besides 59,000 sugar bags for the Bandwich Island trade. There are now on hand 2,578,000 grain bags. It is expected that at least 1,000,000 bags will be ordered by the farmers, as there are several localities where the threshing will not be in full swing until the middle of September. Orders are still coming 1n from the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys, while in the Siskiyou district threshing has just begun. i We Are I 4l ready store for Fall. has produced thus far. of new ness. Always Ready. A full-and=-plenty Summer stock up to the last moment of wanting time. Our big receiving room bubbling over with new stock. Not a dozen or a hundred bolts, but thousands. time to come expect to find here a constant array e INTRODUCTION OF No guesswork here. Presto! . A full-and= Daily for several weeks WE have been showing advanced styles in Fall Dress Goods And on our counters to-morrow you will see nearly everything new and fashionable that the season Daily for a long - NEW TO-DAY. SPECIAL LINEN SALE THIS WEEK. is The time will never come when you’ll pay as much for linens here as they cost you in other stores, becau;e we gather them direct in largest quantities and with least expense. Prices are at the last ditch. Ahead there’s a chance - to pay more. Housekeepers and hotel in the linen seHing this week at HALE’S. Housekeeping = Linens. men have an interest AFTER-CLEARANCE IN CLOSING PRICES IN Fall Dress Novelties. No small assortments. Cloaks and Outerwear ‘Wrappers, Cloaks and Capes at after-clear~ ance prices. Notes from SAN FRANCISCO'S BUSIEST CLUAK AND WOMAN'S OUTER~ WEAR DEPARTMENT. We cannot guaran- SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS— Notions and Novelties Special inducements next week in our Fancy Furnishing Goods. The balance of the Kraker stock and cle: ance sale. Greater vaiues even than week. Some lines that were missed by clea ance. Enough 10 keep every business woman st Thousands of bolts. Hundreds daily arriving. | Goods, Veiling, Ribbon and Laces. A few tee sizes to last on advertised goods, so come | hustiing for & week. '# {| Receiving clerks and draymen rushed by Fall | leader from the Big Bazaar. Some clearance carly. LADIES' COTTON HOSE “‘ Dress Goods importations. laggards. inall a week of exceptional offerings. e e R 59 DIES COTY y;rungsh,”g‘:;lem.:i 1 17 PLAIN COLORED BOUCLE STRIFE LADIES' COLLARS—Made of Point gallooyslzes 52 and 34. Ahum- O | black for tan ahsdex*"Sikin ‘ot Y 8U. NG, FAL —A van- £ . . .ac] ichelieu ribbed, high - spliced to i de Venice sorted patterns. , high - splice uard for fall fashion; all staple e 2 heels, doubl spe- A R datts BOC | Wun b ddmdnsen b oFc LADIES BACK oiFEs top cape @1 75| S = 216 o5 e 25¢ i rice. ar o N and velvet collar, to throw over — > i Fn‘jfl R gtte. Ask us how. Specisl...... Bach yourshoulders fn'a Jifty. Cutto ~ Eaah | LADIES WOOL CASHMERE HOSE, "Y AN rOUS 2 e v, wide ribbed, natvral M STED SUITING—42-Inch. s fabric BUREAU SCARFS—Stamped _duck, EXTRA PERCALE, WRAPPERS— gray . or_biack, double merise 20C i W o, vk b el 7B | "t pest e Rl B 00 TiheShnhi WAIEE @1 oo . Bodh o itipehlinas ™ “2% yyp i Introduction price...... .. Yard| eyery particular. To close........ Each gl;e;'_'f.’f'“f‘_{" D LAI;ID);E)%’ BLACK CASHMERE HOSE, it " et e Bt T 75 | PENCIL TABLETS-Our celcbrated TAN AND GRAY MIXED TWEED =oligedyhoal; ‘double’ tae, spectil SSHC " ) 8 N 'AB price Bl o Pair tion, all large désigns, 42-inch. C | inch-thick Jumbo Tablet, x84 SUITS—Jackets silk lined, skirts ’ : SR ‘“ Our introduction price............ Yard inc::s, 1815 u:‘clzlper for hule é'(i THE GREAT LINEN SALE. ";“ffi wide, full ‘lined. velve,$ o5 LA%%SEDWH‘I"]IALXQ;EQ“r\e;(;m;? ‘“ #1f Faxcy Two-roNED CHEVIOTSUIT- g DN R w~ (See Window Display). Oning, were solf for 88.50. PO | trimmed coliars, large full sleey 29 i ING NOVSETIRS Br s Tenit i LADIES' SATIN BELT HOSE-SUP- Thousands of yards on exhibition. The Greatest Linen Sale i) 3 sizes 34, 36, 38, 4 ¢ &JIC “‘ iy heavy, 44-incn. Tntrodnation 85¢ PORTERS—Button clasp. Wecall 1O San Francisco has ever known. The result of weeks of preparation. u%lgg’m Tg_og&fl;sm BICYCLE SanRAR08. b “‘ W price R T Yara/jf pactiiiec Neleatonile gublng BLEACHED DAMASK NAP- | GLASS DOYLIES, little beauties, o i X e LADIRS PERCALE. WAIST, with " egular 35¢ pair. Now.. P B T K7, e g et 9g¢ | " 4717 nohes,oiored siripe o 43 Leggins and Cap, all t6 match: laundered collar snd cuffs made N el O0C Tmdr i el 201 Sl Ratl L St iat ey o Exmirs et asc I ice.... i v 3 MA! 2 1€ 10 M 0] a ual ; sizes 3% B, H i F\\f?::w?;gf‘f;‘;‘::é:‘;;:‘i” Yard| tarnlsh. Anovelty... s Eaeh e They Jusk came in; An@]:60| towelforiso insnmingrie... Eech CURTAINS AND PORTIERES. o closs . Each I “INGs—Hardly unpacked, 40-inch, CHILDREN'S SCHOOL HANDKER- OF Vage, out ien saie price oy " Dogen | HUCK TOWELS, a big thing, 18x NOTTINGHAM LACE CURTAINS— LADIES’ EGYPTIAN COTTON V "' heavy raised figures of black Mo- CHIEFS—anlcyIpfiiu(ed ‘Ilmrders; [of ggumflfil!fie?lm fringe bor- ] ()C f,fi,’d}fo}:fi,‘;{‘fg k‘;‘;fi: :":g:: $ _50 good heavy quilil's, fleeced; H. '" I e s T R T Tl e i b fines sale price.. | Bach| cislvalue. Askforihem......... FPalf| ribbea, arawers iomatehisecr 20C Il ‘" duction price. Yard | SOAP DISHES—For fi"fifi:f:‘fifi ”NE{“Q‘&“E‘”,“{,“K‘BH .'rob}v_ 20(: IRISH POINT CURTAINS—A com- o Garment “’ NOVELTY MOHAIR SUITING—A fall g bl d N : . 28x54 Inahes, great, big, panion leader with above item 75, |~ black sateen, closely boned. two =7} A} importation, 42 intes wide; sk ] 25| Tramps. diade of wire, The lot E5‘3h O™k dood Guails. Tinon sale DOU| Intore, oo smie pricecro. Eech| fhesearsd yards bygd0 inche $2‘p‘.fi side ‘sieeis fancy Siik siiched, 7§§ i S " 5 L to close.... ac! e ey al 3T ac e D ek THEOGRE,\T M SEAMLESS STO sL:H:: .......... 3 TR 5 D e feingad colored. bordbre, 4 @ 15 | TAPESTRY PORTIERES—3 yards b e EKI“:}.\FIP[ black sa! m A N g “M. ik - CK- ACHED TABLE DAMASK, size, fringe colo lers, & . yards by ered wi eavy ack sateen, ‘“ m)gvk fi",‘,‘fi‘;‘ -;l ”‘.SG;{“‘: INET DRESS SHIELDS. Try them. 86 inch, all pure linen. our llue £,()C value to introduce, linen ulo$1—- 50 inches, satin faced and tin- strong lining, linen tape at walst, ‘“ Checkbd o, S 1 Chos WALE, LEAGE values can best be appreciated PEICB isidesns. e sesene - KO seled, elegant designs, heavy 50 triple back wires, boned with 00 m bl Ty g‘x‘xf;};?ge:‘i’éx‘:”:l’?sfl?xé$]-5° o 5::: by inspection, linen sale price.. Yard| . o, wep TOWELING, 17 10 knotfed fringe top aad bottom. $4.2 Both Jonc, bug o exio Jore W Ae 1w ‘“ new colors. Introduction price.. | 7c pair | GLASS CRASH, 17 incheswide, @10/ . fnches v;ffi.'.‘e '1'1’3::{.'1:%;‘"' ;[zd Special value. 4 Pair waist, 5 or 6 hooks, special price.. Patr “ et = go0d for 10 cents—enough— a ) 7 ‘" linen sale price. T . ! DOMESTICS. DOMESTICS. R i m CROCHET BEDSPREADS, 80x80 | EIDERDOWSN FLANNEL, 27 125(: m I Iockies,ths doubie-bed wts, exiza (3 7:35 | tnoh, piain colore 18 dhades i heavy Marselles paiierns, sve-D L | pick from, special. it X - "' ar FANCY FLANNELS, 27 inches 25C ‘“ o HEMMED SHEETS, ready to use, wide, all’ wool, daik grounds, O 4 e xtra quality, equ: 0 pequot, plenty patierns, spe = lN Rp RAI torn by hana, dry ironed. Ao “' co o ED. 72x80 fichm, COMFORTERS, full size, sateen 1.’5 INCORPOMED “‘ 81x80 inches. covered, filled with purs white: — W 937, 939, 9 il _ an Francisco. amount to $124,000. A part of this hlal been expended for jute, but there is $70,- 000 now 1n the revolving fund. It will take $30,000 more to fill this fund, after which any excess may be used for im- provements in and about the prison. The desire of the directors recently .to dispose of a large quantity of the surrluu bags on hand was to prevent beingobliged to draw on the general fund to pay the running expenses of the jutemill. Oue of the newspapers recently made an unfavorable comment upon the quality of the pags produced, but the Warden is in receipt of many flattering testimonials, showing the bags to be of excellent mate- rial and construction, in fact, superior to the bags made in Calcutta. C. A. Sperr{. manager of the big Patterson ranch in Stanislaus Connty, writes that the bags are of the first quality, while the annexed letter from Senator Boggs of Colusa County speaks for 1tself: PRINCETON, Colusa County, Hon. W. E. Hale—DEAR SIR: Iinclose here- with my check for $630 to pay for 15,000 wheat sacks. The 30,000 sacks you sent me in June are the best I ever used, and I congratu- late you on turning out the best sacks ever made at the prison or anywhere else. Another season, if commenced in time, with a good, active agent to canvass the country, and you will have a good_demand and find sale for all you can make. Yours truly. JouN Boeas. ——————— Emma Ashley Arraigned. Emma Ashley was arraigned yesterday be- fore Judge Bahrs for assault with a deadly weapon. Through her attorney, Robert A. Freidrieh, she pleaded not guilty and will be tried August 28. Emma fired a shot atE. J. Baidwin in Judge Siack’s courtroom July 2, during the hearing of the case brought by her sister Lillian against Baldwin for damages for betrayal. Two-Story Building on Third Street Loses a Sustaining Walil. Timbered Up With Huge Joists It Seems to Be Resting Upon Stilts. On the northeast corner of Third street ana Bherwood place stands a two-story wooden structure which in its present condition isa wonder to the mneighbor-| hood. The entire south wall of the lower story is gone so that one side of the npper story would fall were it not for half a doz- en sky-scraping joists which are braced up by the curbstone on the south side of Sher- wood place and which are notched at their upper ends. Into these notches the floor timbers of the upper story are fitted. The whole building has been getting readv to fall for some time. The lower story began to buige, and, while the upper story kept an upright position in itself, it was ready to sag over and go down wuh a crash whenever the lower story let go. The progress of disintegration ha% been steady for a year, at least. Very lately the building began to give signs that it was ge&ung relady tc;idrop soon. n the lower floor is a saloon kept E. P. Modry & Co. On the upper flo‘g are tenements. Some tenants moved out a few days ago, but the saloon people re- mained, as they have a lease. The wall bulged and finally either dropped or was pulled out. Then workmen came with the sky-climbing joists and jacks and screws and propped the building so that some tenants of the upper story returnéd to fihsir Euurtfu. s ow the saloon has only a tem; wall of muih boards, in ilcty only .Pm on the south side. - Notification has been received that the premises will be repaired. This practically amounts to rebuilding the south side of the lower story. The owner of the property livesin the East and is The returns on the bags sold so far | represented by a local agent. 90x90 inches. odorless cotton, our special price = Each 41,043, 9045 Market Street, ke A WE CLOSE SATURDAY EVENINGS AT 6 O’CLOCK. e e e e e = = = e e e ] Eéfiffi&%&%&%fié&é&éfi!fiEfi%g 937, 939, 941, 043, 945 Market Street, San Francisco. CHARITY IN A FESTIVE GUISE Grand Promenade Concerts Projected for the Autumn. PLAN OF BENEVOLENCE. Funds to Be Raised to Recon- struct the German Hospital. HANDSOME EDIFICES OF STONE They Will Be Erected on the Latest Improved Pians—Festival Com- mittees Appointed. 1t is the avowed purpose of the German Benevolent Society to reconstruct - the buildings now comprised under the gen- eral term of the German Hospital, by re- placing the present structures with hand- some stone edifices. The matter has been under consideration for some time past, but, owing to the period of depression which came in with the OCleveland ad- ministration, the project was held in abeyance and not made public until now, when the first great step toward that end is about to be taken in co-operation with the German Ladies’ General Benevolent Bociety. During the coming autumn a monster musical festival will be held at the Me- chanics’ Pavilion, the proceeds of the same to be set sside as part of a special fund to be used for the purpose mentioneal Shortly after it was decided to abandon the idea of erecting at once the new build- ings the constitution of the society wi amended so as to create a special fund out of all donations, bequests and other sums of money that come to the society outside of its regular sources of revenues. This special fund is to be applied to the great work of reconstruction on the latest and most improved plang of all the hos- pital buildings. It is to this fund that the &r&c‘:d: of the projected festival will be At a recent meeting of the society a fes- tival eommittee was appointed by Presi- dent B. Broemmel to arrange for the grand event. It comprises the following members «f the two societies named: Mrs. Regensbe , Mrs. . Kreutzmann, Mrs. Bowman, C. Uhlig, W. Hermann and C. Goecker. % This committee at a meeting held on Wednesday decided to hold the festival on the evenings of the 17th and 18th of October next in the Mechanics’ Pavilion. It will consist of two grand promenade concerts, to continue from 8 to 11 o’clock on each of the evenings named. The music will be furnished by a brass band under the leadership of Gustay Hiurichs. The following committees were ap- inted to arrange the details of the af- ir: . Finance—C. Goecker, F. Siebe, Hugo Wal- deck, A. H. R. Schmidt, R, Herold, Mrs. L. Goettig, Mrs. . Hildebrandt. Louis Zeiss, Refreshments—C.. E. Hansen, William E. Lutz, Cari Hess, Richard Finking, Mrs. Muesdorffer, Mrs. Pogdent, Mrs. Michal- gnchko, Mrs. Bundschu, Mrs. Westhoff, Mrs. ueser. Music—C. Uhlig, Mrs. Broemmel Mrs. Mues- dorffer, Printing and ' advertising—E. C. Priber, ;Vnh‘-m ierrmnnn, C. Goecker, Mrs. Regens- erger. Reception and floor—W, Herrman, E. Keil, .Dr. Morse, Dr. Kreutzmann, Dr. Dresel, Dr. Baum, Dr. Solomon, Dr. Weil, Dr. M. Regens- berger, Dr. Newmark, Dr. de Vecchi, Dr. Montgomery, Dr. Martin, Dr. MacMonagle. Decorations—E. Kollofrath, Dr. A. Bry, E. A, Otto, Mrs. Kreutzmann, Mrs. J. L. Bowman, All the committees were given the privie lege of adding to their members. efore adjourning a letter was drafted calling the attention of all local German clubs, societies, lodges and other organiza- tions to the proposed festival, and request- ing them to refrain from holding any form of entertainment on the nights set for this occasion, and also asking them to join in making the affair a grand success. Copies of this letter will be sent to all the German organizations in the City. ELMHURST SURPRISE. FRIENDS oF Miss EDWARDS CELE- BRATE HER SIXTEENTH ANNI- VERSARY. Elmhugst soclety turned omt in force last evening and rendered an agreeable surprise on Miss Emma Edwards, a popular and accom- plished young lady of the pretty little town, in henor of her sixteenth birthday. The affair was the social event of the season at Elmhurst, and the surprise party the young lady was the recipient of when just “&weet sixteen” will long live in her memory. After retiring for the night thinging what a cold birthday she had passed with not one word of consolation from her friends a knock ‘was heard at the door and two score of smiling and happy faces, equipped with the good things of life, announced that they had come to celebrate Miss Edwards’ anniversary. Although taken completely by surprise the young lady got up and acted the hostess of the occasion most gracefully and & right gooad time was had until the “wee sma’ hours” of the morning. Games, singing, oratorical and musical se- lections were indul, in until midnight when the party repaired to the spacious an highly embellished dining-room and did jus- tice to the ample repast set pefore them, while the martial strains of music from a stringed orcnestra stationed in the hall served as a healthy appetizer. Selections were given by the following: Miss Irene Rice, vocal solos; Mrs. Gilbert and Mrs. Martin and the Misses Keating, vocal solos; Miss Edwards, piano solo; Jesse Swalley, songs and jokeg; William Cotter, recitations; William ‘A. McGrill, songs and recitations; Swan Besser, comic songs. Amon; ose present were: Mr. and Mrs. Btehm, Mr. and Mrs. Heaseley, Miss Irene Rice, the Misses Cotter (Mgzie, Josie and Eva), Miss Nellie Noonan, Miss Jennie Nicholson, Miss Lizzie Nicholson, Miss Lilian Swalley, Miss Metta Peterson, Miss Gertie Lammon, Miss Sadie McGrill, Mrs, Martin, Mrs Gilbreth, Miss Emma Edwards, Miss Maud Scott, Miss Ella Keatiug, Miss Katy Keating, Miss Lonise Herrier, Ed Ballard, ‘Horiey Bajfard, Ed Hol: land, James Hamilton, Charles Hamilton, Pete Martin, Jesse Swalley, Fred Pern, Russell Lin- coln, Guss Morlock, {im Dnmfi. ‘Will Cotter, A A rilt, George b wm’f"n , Swan Besser and John Vassberg, e ———— TO KEEP HIs GRAVE GREEN. Pasquale Breschini Did Not Forget Himself in His Bequests. Pasquale Breschini left $100 to have his grave kept green. His will was filed yes- terday for probate. His estate was valued at $6245. which goes to members of his family, the real estate to Giovanni and Domenico Breschini, nephews, and the rest, excepting $100 for masses ana $100 for preserving his grave, was bequeathed to Breschini’s brothers and sisters. The will of Terence bndrnboqmth— ing $4000 to his widow, Mary Landry, was filed; and also the will of Levi Burr, giv- ing $3668 75 to Margiana Sammis and Grace Emily Pray. i e iy Good morning, have you read Thomas Slater’s sdvertisement for men on page 47 WILLEY FORCED 10 SURRENDER, A Pioneer Merchant at the Mercy of His Credi- tors. BUSINESS WAS SLACK. Few Sales and Small Profits Eat Up His Assets. Too ONLY HIS STOCK TO OFFER. Creditors Hold a Meeting, but Defer Action Pending an Investiga- tion. Otis F. Willey, one of Spn Francisco’s pioneer merchants, has been forced to acknowledge his inability to meet his obligations and has offered to surrender his assets for the benefit of his creditors. This move was precipitated by attachment proceedings, instituted by H. H. Baboock, ar Eastern wholesaler, who is Willey’s principal creditor. Willey, under the name of 0. F. Willey & Co., though the *‘Co.”” was a commercial fiction, has been doing business as a dealer in buggies, carriages, harness, etc., in this City for nearly forty years. For several years past his establishment has been located at 317 Montgomery street and he was considered to be perfectly sound. At a meeting of his creditors, held at the office of Freidenrich, Naphtaly & Ackerman, the debtor’s attorney, yester- day forenoon, Attorney Naphtaly, stated that Willey had been losing money at his business for some years. Asa result the business had eaten up everything he had, and with liabilities of $34,000 he had practically’nothing to offer as assets but his stock. This had cost him $17,000, but it would be difficult to state what it would bring at a forced sale. Willey has some property on California street, some on Third and one or two outside lots, but they are so effectually covered by mort- gages as to be unavailable in an emer- ney. . ..’l‘ho creditors, who were mainly Eastern parties, decided to place the matter in the hands of H. H. Babcock, he being the heaviest creditor, to investigate and re- port next Monday at 2 o’clock, when an- other meeting will be held. All of the creditors expressed themselves as lpfiflkd with Willey’s statement of his condition, and it may be deemed wise to allow him to proceed to unload his stock. Among the local creditors are the First National Bank, the Ne Bank and Christopher Buckley. 7. The indebtedness to local parties is ‘mainly for money borrowed. The claims of Eastern creditors, which constitute the major portion of the obligations, are for | P. Connor, Miss Lizzie Markeil, Miss Ora Ford, stock purchased. Among local business men Mr. Willey has long been esteemed as a straightforward solid busipess man, and hisembarrassment has occasioned sur- prise and much sympAthy among his as- sociates. CLOVERDALE. The social success of the season was the invi- tation party tendered by the Dry Creek Social Club to members and friends of the Orange City Social Club and the Ladies’ Cotillion Club at Union Hall, on Friday night. Abouteighty couples were present, many being summer so- journers, whose homes are in San Francisco, ; Osklang, Alumeda and other bay cities. Brad- ford Bros. of Cozzens furnished the music and Attorney G. W. Hoyle was floor managér. The | inner man was refreshed at midnight by an | excellent supper at the City Restaurant. The | first rays of the morning’s sun almost caught the weary but happy “trippers of the light fan- tastic’’ as the last waltz came. The following are the members of the D. C. 8. C. w20 were present, viz.: President Morris W. Smith, Vice-Presidents M. P. Ferry and Dr. H. P. Smith, Treasurer J. P. Ferry, Secretary Carl Yordi, F. Ferrv, L. J. Otis, G. C. Mathews, W. Johnson, M. W, Scott, Charley Johnson, George J. Smith, F. Murphy, Robert McConuin, | T. and_Mrs. F. O. Waite, John Schrader, A." N. Waite, A. Montieth, H. Brobeck, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Smith, Miss Josie Ferry, . Patton, F. Patton, C. W. Hill, J. Murphy, Al Yordi, Charles Adams, John Caldwell, W. | B. Caldwell, Owen Smitn, Mrs. Helm, the Misses Maude and Edna Helm, Miss Boyer, Miss Brobeck, the Misses Mollie and Jennie Smith, Minnie Caldwell, Alice Calawell, the Misses Laura, Lillie and Clara Greenwell, Miss | Millie Todd.. Miss Maude Grgham. Others resent were: Miss Ludy Pation, Miss Lillie oward, Miss Nellie Owsby, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Brush, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Thelo, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Humbert,| Mr. and Mrs. G. Cameron, Mr. and Mrs. Wil- | liam Caldweil, Mrs. P. Smith, Mr. and Mr<. F. | Miss Bertha McCray, Miss Louise de Hay, Miss Alice de Hay, Miss May Lile, Misses Mal 1 and Nouie Schufu. Miss Gallagher, Miss Vincent, Miss Effie Hill, Miss Pearl Howard, Miss Alpha Cook, Miss Clara Chepman, Miss Kittie B ret:, Miss Stella Greenwell, Miss Della C well, the Misses B. and E.Smith, Miss J. E R. E. Baer, M. B. Kelly, J. D. Silvia, E. Cran- deil, J. A. Remers, H. Wilheim, Dr. M. L. Pettit, F. W. Stuart, J. F. Baker, George and Charles Reiner, John James, E. H. Porterfield, William Furber, J. W. Howard, C. L. Doming, Lloyd Hiatt, A, F. Domine, T. Mitched, Mr, and Mrs. Oscar_ Greenwell, Ed _Heald, sr. and ts. S. D. Fowler, F. L Shaw, L. Bee, Jake Mitchell, Professor Lyons, George Brush, Mr. and Mrs. G. V. Hoyle, C. H. Trembly, F. L Brott, 0. Mulford, Lyman Sholes, L. Haney, George Hoadley, H. Fred Domine, Russ Cam- eron, W. E. Hiait, Dr. E. C. Armand, J. 8. Con- mer, W. W. Martin, Paul de Hay, Johin Plasket, Carl Hache, Charles Cooley, W. Dresback, Dan ‘Wambold, Dr. d Mrs. R.'S. Markell, Gra- ham, C. Witham, Thomas Lunny. LOUIS ZEH, 1330 Market St., Opposite Seventh, CUTRATES T e DRUGS, PERFUMERY, PATENT MEDICINES, RUBBER G00DS, . TOILET ARTICLES, FINE WINES AND LIQUORS, - HIGH.GRADE CIGARS. DO YOU SMOKE? 4 i It’s Expensive, But Here's a Snap: Belmonts, 12140 size. La Rosa, 1234csize . Sanchez & Haya, 1234¢ size. Kl Telegrapho, 1214¢ size. General Arthar, i0c straight. (General Burnside, 10c straight. Figaro. 5c straight’ qu;l. BSc siraight. RETAIL AT WHOLESALE PRICES, OUR SPECIAL CASH SALE THE TALK OF THE TOWN. » THIS WEEK WE WILL SELL; 40 Ibs Choice Shredded Wheat for $1.00 6 Ibs Shepp’s Shredded Cocoanut : (worth 35¢ a Ib) for, - - . $1.00 Burke’s Irish or Scotch Whisky per bottle - - - $100 3 Bottles 5-year-old Port or Sherry did el = eis - $L00 3 Gallons 6-year-old Claret (very fine) for e 35 Ibs Best Eastern Rolled Oats for $1.00 Cigars, formerly $1.50, $1.75 and $2.00 and $2.25 hoxlof 50, thisweek - . . .. . $1.00 25 Cans Good Sardines in oil for $1.00 45 Ibs New Crop Pea, Pink or Bayo Beansfor - . . - . . $1.00 1 Gallon Can Absolutely Pure Maple Syrup, worth $1.50, this week $1.00 6 Ibs Eagle Chocolate for - . $1.00 42 Bars Best Bleaching Savon Laun- dry Soap for - - - - - $1.00 22 Packages Pearlinefor - . $1.00 10 Cans Finest Imported .French Sardines for $1.00 15 Ibs Choice Eastern Lard for - $1.00 16 Ibs Choiee Sugar-Cured Pienie Hamsfor . . - . . - $1.00 5 Ibs Good Quality Tea or Coffee for $1.00 4-Ibs Extra Fine Quality Tea ors 1.00 Coffee for - : 25 Ibs Good Quality Raisins for - $1.00 4 1bs Best Grade Chewing Tohacco for $1.00 We ship everywhere. Send for monthly cata. logue. This week we invite every one to our store, 88 we have an exhibition of Germea. Demonstra- tion and samples free. WMCLINE Wholesale and Retail Grocer, 949-951 MARKET ST, BET. 5TH & 6TH. SAN FRANCISCO. makes the whole fam- ily happy. Send five two-cent stamps for ‘WOMANKIND three months and receive FREE the Woman- * kind Cook Book, filled with tested recipes of practical housekeepers. You'll like the paper. It's able, bright and clean. Address, WOMANKIND, MENTION THIS PAPER. Springfield, Ohio. JRON BEDS, BRASS BEDS, FOLDING BEDs' - Ln;l‘ 1ini o tresses, W:pd ng