The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 18, 1897, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, e TP e mius et o APRIL 18, 1897. MONGOL BROTHERS COMMIT MURDER Two Folsom Chinamen| Fatally Wound a i Third. One Holds Their Foe While| the Other Crushes His Skull. Friends of the Victim Leave Him to Gasp His Life Away In Solitude. il 17.—1In a dis- ship of a pile of old FOLSOM, CAL., Apr cussion over the own. lumber to-day Ah Won and Anh Foo, two Chir dents, came to blows. A brother of Ah Foo joined succeeded in h Won d While Ah F, him his brother pounded his head body with a cobbie- stone until he believed his was ex- . They took the body of Ah Won and er a fifteen-foot bank into a de- claim and then fl=d. There was an onlooker to the fracas, | he huated up Constable Michael d informed him of the supposed The er hurried down | through Chinatown to where the fight hads | taken place and capt o Chinese | brothers and landed them in the lock-up. Ah Won was found to still have life in him, and after his injuries were attended to he revived sufficiently to identify his assailants. He was taken to bis cabin, where he was examined by the Chinese | and as they pronounced his ss he was carried down to an oid deserted cabin cn the river bank by the members of the company to which he belongs. They, sticking a number of burning punks into the earth at his | head and feet, deserted him and left him 10 gasp his life awa As the Di come up and conduét the preliminary ex- ict A Constable Burke took amenio and lodged sail. Had they been uld probably have been nds of Ah Won. amination to-da: his prisoners to tham in the Coun left here they w killed by the f Inswurance «gents Combine. SACRAMENTO, Carn., Avpril 17.—After the recent reor izatlon o re Insur- ance Underwriters' Association in San S S GET NO OTHER. California. PEEPARID ONLY ST CEIIISTS, | Vinohoppers Threaten the Destruction of | | noted specialist, visit Fresno and investi- torney was unable to | { oftices outside of the county's capital, be heard, 11 those of persons seeking { 'to be R of the Land Office. O'\| May 8 didates for the Bakorsfield | | | office are to be passed upon. CAIEGL L ECOFE TALLES AL AR TP C AL SO, Stomach) &!fl o1 and Vflble Laxative In existence. A compound of thejniem of Vegetablo Altesatives tudigenous to THE ZDWIN W. J0T COMPANY, None genunine witheut this signatares Francisco notice was sent to the city gents in Sacramento, Stockton, San Jose | and other cities that their commissions | would be reduced from 20 to 15 per cent As a matter of protection the agents have formed a State association of their own, | every member of which-is pledged to ac- | cept 1o less than 20 percent. Itisclaimed that the Sacramento agents retain 20 per cent of all policies written and forward the balance to the underwriters, and a grand row may resu! LS e PEST IN FRESKG VINEYARDS. the Season's Wine and Raisin Crop. | FRESNO, Car., April ists are alarmed over thrips, or vinehopper, on the growing ines this season. These little insects threaten at tie present time to destroy the coming crop of grapes. Already they have come forth in such great numbers | that they bave in places sapped the grow- | canes and fruit forms of their vitality. | do not feed upon the structure of vine, but sap its strength by sucking juice of the tender cane and leaf. The insects seem to be migratory. or rather the air isfull of them from 100’clock in the morning until night, and as a result the treated vines are immediately re- stocked with the pes A telegram was to-day sent to Professor Hilgard of the State University asking thatexperts come im v to study The vineyard- ravages of the he pest and devise means for tion. 1t is expected t the groand next wee be made to have Alexander Craw, the gate the exisiing conditions, which threaten the destruction of the wine and raisin crov. Reports show the vinehopper is far fewer in number and the damage least where vineyards are piowed early and deep. The depredations extend to rose- bushes, ete., and where they have done their dead. he leaf has a pepper- and-salt appearanc Distributing Paironage in Kern. BAKERSFIELD, CAr, Avril 17.—The executive committee of the County Re- publican Central Committec met this aiternoon and decided on a plan of action with reference to the disposition of the ice “pap” within this county and eivership of the Land Office at Vi- The plan is for the committee to hear the claims of ell applicants; those making the best showing are to be recom- mended to Senator Perkins for appoint- salia. menton Anril 24 The claims of those seeking positions at Kern, Delano-and 3a , the mosi prominent three post- - Brakeman Killed. Wasi, April 17.—William ones, a Northern Pacific brakeman, ng as switchman at the Halfmoon vards, was run over and killed this ch engine. Tacom. TACOMA, A fr ovening by & Pe SIS | GET NO OTHER. ¥ | | | % | i { f | | M. J. DOLAN, Assistant Engincer of the Fire Department. ENGINEER DOLAN'S HERDIC DEED He Rescued J. H. Rulffs From Impending Death. Chief Eagineer Sullivan Recog- nizes His Great Bravery. He Is Recommended to the Commis- sioners for the Second Scan- nell Medal. Assistant Engineer Michael J. Dolan of the Fire Deparument, stationed at engine- | some dissension, but the majorit house 15, on California street, between | Laguna and Buchanan, has so dis- tinguished himself as to call for the ap- proval of the chief engineer, who recom- mends that he be given a medal of honor. The heroism by which Engineer Dolan distinguished himseli was at a fire on Buchanan street April 2, when a coal oil lamp was upset in a litile notion-store on Eddy street, slongside of the wood and coal yard belonging to John H. Rulifs. In consequence of the storage of several cansof oil in the rear of the store the flames were instantly communicated to | the woodshed and stables. In the stables | were some valuable horses belonging to Rulffs. He undertook to save them and in so doing he collapsed from the dense smoke and noxious fumes. In this condi- tion he fell prostrate and heipless. His moans were heard by Engineer Dolan, who had entered the stable for the purpose of freeing the nors ® At the risk of his life he struggled man- fully in dragging the helpless form of Ruiffs from the perilous situation. This was no small task, as the engineer is a small man, while Rulffs is large and heav. During the struggle Foreman William J. Keneally of Engine Company 14 saw tbe exhausted condition of his superior and assisted in dragging Rulffs into the air. After the rescue the brave little fireman turned to aid and instruct his men, wholly unmindful of the smarting burns about his face and hands, Chief Engineer Sullivan lost no time in reporting this act of bravery to the Fire Commissioners, recommending that the “Dave Scannell medal’’ be bestowed upon Dolan. Special mention was also made of the bravery of Foreman Keneally. ‘The bestowal of the Scannell medal on the proposed recipient will be the second presentation since the gift was provided for by the will of the late Chief. Asaist- ant Engineer John Wills was the first to be thus honore FRESNO CITIZENS TRIUMPH, Evangelist Johnson Causes the Last of His Suits for Damages to Be Dismissed. LOS ANGELES, Car, April 17.—The last of the numerous suits brought in the Federal courts hero against newspapers | ana citizens of Fresno by Evangelist I. T. Johnson was settled this forenoon by Johnson’s attorneys consenting to a judg- ment for the defendant citizens, and a stipulation that each side pay its own costs, This makes the third defeat for Johnson during the past two weeks, and leaves him without hope of ever recover- ing money for bis Jacerated feelings. Jonnson's last suit was against 2 num- ber of prominent citizens of Fresno who formed a *‘committee of safety.” which took every precaution to protect the preacher against the fury of an enraged populace after the evangelist had ques- tioned the chastity of Fresno women. The action grew out of the famous ‘‘eiti- zens’ meeting”’ at the Fresno National Bank, wherein Johnson signed a state- ment expressing regret for his utterance and his willingness to apologize. One feature of these trials is of impor- tance. It was clearly set forth in_the in- structions to the juries by Judge Weiborn in the cases against the Fresno Republi- can and Expositor that there is a limit to the acpersion of private character from the pulpit by preachers, which, if disre garded, renders them open to tion by the public press. @ STl PORTLAND WILL CONTEST FAILS. Million-Dollar Verdict in Favor of the Executors of W. 8. Ladd’s Last Testament, 3 PORTLAND, Ow.,.April 17.—In the United States District. Court Judge Bel- linger to-day dismissed the bill of com- plaint in the suit of D. Albert Hiller and Sarah F. Huller of San Francisco vs. Caro- line A. Ladd, William M. Ladd, Charles E. Ladd and John W. Ladd, executors of the last will and testament of Wiiliam 8. Ladd, deceased. The decision, covering every phase of the contest, is necessarily lengthy, but is clear-cut, snd forsver clears enuncia- | the name and memory of W. 8. Ladd from the aspersion cast upon it for the time be- ing that Ladd had manipulated his brother’s estate to his own advantage and the detriment of the widow, Mrs. Sarah F. Hiller. This suit was brought to recover sums | Fourth Ward, W aggregating nearly $1,000,000, which Mrs. Hiller, widow of J. W. Ladd, and re- married, claimed were diverted from the estate of her first husband through the fraudulent and deceptive handling of the | estate by W. S. Ladd. The principal item of the estate to vhich fraud was charged was the manipu- lating of a biock of 7600 shares of Oregon and Navigation stock in the lard deal, which, with its cpnse- quent boom, brought a spasm of feverish vrosperity to Portland. This stock, Mrs. Hilier alleged, with the exception of 950 shares, was converted by W. S. Ladd to his own use and profi oo et STOCKTCN'S FUSION TICKET. Democrats and Republ.cans Eff:ct a Com- bination for the Municipal Campaign. STOCKTON, Carn., April 17.—Business was almost suspended to-day,so great was the interest taken by Stockton’s voters in the conventions of the Republicans and Democrats to nominate municipal tickets. For the first time in the history of Stock- ton these two factions united. Probably there was never in the State so harmo- nious an arrangement between the old par- ties. Inihe Republican ranks there was of the delegates were heartily in favor of fusion, and the opposition found its efforts futile. The Democrats were for fusion to a man, and when the Republican committee came into the convention to announce the candidates it bad named, the old-time rivals of the Democracy were greeted with rousing cheers. The joint ticket putup by the old parties is made up of the follow- ing candidates: m Inglis, Republica: Superintendent —T. B. Mayor—! Street 0. Littleton, Tke Robinson, Republican. Surveyor—il. T. Compton, Damocrat. Treasurer and Tax Collector—L 8. City Assessor—Captain William Bruce, Demo- crat. Councllman at large—Bruce Harrison, Demo- a crat. Couneflmen—First Ward, J. J. Quinn, Demo- Second Ward, Williams, Repub- Third Ward, L. J. Wagner, Democrat; tller, Republican. Bogne and E. W.S. Clare Davis, at School Diréctors—A. Woods, Democrats; Mrs. large, Republican. Library Trustees—Frank D. Nicol and Dr. N. Cross, Demoerats; Sewall Gower, Fred West and George Buck, Republicaas. In the Republican convention several ot the delegates walked out when the fusion ‘was ratified. 8. M e SPEED UF 1HE GULDEN GATE, The Revenus Cutter Averages Fifteen Miles an Howr. BEATTLE, Wasu., April 17.—“She is the smartest boat of her size I ever stepped aboard of during thirty-three years’ sery- ic Such was tbe comiment of Chief Engineer A. A. Boyle of San Francisco, machine inspector of all Pacific Coast Government revenue catters, to-night, after the speed trial of the harbor reve- nue cutter Golden Gate. With a new crew, inexperienced in the use of Roslyn coal and unaccustomed to handling the Ward water-tube boiler with which the vessel is supplied, the Golden Gate for six kours, over a course to. Port Townsend and return, averaged 13.13 knots, or 15 miles an hour. The contract specifies that it shall make only Il knots an hour. Under favorable conditions Chiet Boyle lbelu:vea the vessel can make 15 knotsan hour. — Crime of @ Chico Negro. CHICO, Car, April 17.—Tom Clark (colored) made a murderous assault| upon his wife with a knife last evening and cut her quite badly. Mrs. Clark, who had spent the evening at church, was met on the way home by her husband, who was in a jealous frenzy, and had it not been that ner cries for help brought im- medinte assistance she would undoubtedly bad been killed. Clark is locked in the city prison, charged with assault to com- mit morder. —_—— Fatal Accident at Sausalito, SAUSALITO, CaL, April 17.—Charles Stewart, the son of well-to-do parents'in Liverpool, died to-day from the eftects of a fall on the British ship Osborn, lying off Sausalito. Stewart was an apprentice lad, about 17 years ofage and a general favorite with those on the vessel. On Thursday night he fell down the fore hold and sustained serious injuries. He was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital in San Francisco, where he died to-d gt S oy Sacramento Footpad Foilod: SACRAMENTO, Cawn., April 17.—At a late hour last night a footpad attempted to hold up Captain Siddons, one-of the best-known pioneers of the State, as he was on his way home, but the promptness with which the old forty-niner drew his revolver blocked the highwayman’s job and the fellow lost no time in getting away. o aee Warships Go to San Pedro SAN DIEGO, Car, April 17.—The United States steamers Monterey and Monadnock leit to-day for San Pedro, where they will remain for a week during the Los Angeles Flesta. ‘Why Adum Never Was a Baby. A Sunday-school superintentent at_the close of an address on the ereation, which he was sure Le had kept within the com- p.ehension of the least intellizent of the scholars, smilingiy invited questions. A tiny boy with a white eager face and large brow at once held up his hana. ‘'Please, sir, why was Adam never a baby?"” The superintendent coughed in some doubt as to what answer to give, but a little girl of 9, the eldest of several brothers and sisters, came prom ptly to his aid. “‘Please, sir,"” see said -mur(By. ‘‘there was nobody to nuss him ! d- Bits. —————— ADVANCES made on furniture and pianos with or without removal. Noonan, 1017-1078 Missien. NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS Leprrirrprrirsiasfrsfasirsirsiasirefrshrefraienieniriasirsircirsirefrshraieshrnienircfasirsfrstenteconiacirefrelr SALE AT THE MAZE TO-MORROW! We are next door to selling out—offering our goods without profit to ourselves. At the price we sell goods we should be packed all day long. than any house in town, for we know others could not exist on our earnings. of this will appeal to you when visiting us. + down means a quarter to th: 10c a yard less than any one else. % 2 e good of your bank account. To-morrow we start the sale of our Dress Goods Department. We are going to clean it up, and offer every yard in it at a loss to us. Downstairs, in our Wash Goods Department, we offer you anything we have from Ic to Walk downstairs, it won’t hurt you, and every step SELLING CHEAP TO-MORROW. We think we sell cheaper The truth WE WILL SELL TO-MORROW— Crepons at 50c a yard that sold for $1. WE WILL SELL TO-MORROW— Silk and Wool Dress Goods at soc that sold for $r. WE WILL SELL TO-MORROW— The Highest Art Novelty Dress Goods at $1 that sell from $1 50 to $3avard. These are Pattern Suits, to $30. WE WILL SELL TO-MORROW— French Printed All-wool Challies at 25c and 35c a yard that sold at soc and 75¢. WE WILL SELL TO-MORROW— Novelty Checks and Mixtures at 25¢ and 35¢ that sold at soc and 6Goc. We want to move our dress goods Ztmk, and these prices we hope will o it. BLACK DRESS GOODS. WE WILL SELL TO-MORROW— At 35¢c—46-in. Black Figured All- wool Novelty Dress Goods that we sold from s0c to 75¢. At 65c ‘'we will sell the Black Figured Dress Goods we sold at $1, etc., all the way through. At 75¢ we will sell Black Dress Goods that formerly sold at $1 25. BLACK SILKS CHEAP. At soc—Stripes and Brocades that are bargains at 75c to $1. At 75¢—Black Satin and Gros Grain Figures that are awful cheapat $1 25 At $1—Black Figured Silks you'll never buy again under $1 s0. LININGS CHEAP. 1214 grade Silesia for 614 125¢ Rustle Lining for 1215¢ Grass Cloth for 6:4c. 123;¢ Linen Canvas for 614c. 35¢ Fiber Interlining for 15¢. 20c Imitation Hair Cloth for 5c. Lining Cambrics for 4c. 4-yard piece Binding Velveteen, sc. SMALL WARES CHEAPER THAN ANY ONE. Black Hose Supporters, 1 Ladies’ worth 20c. 1adies’ Leather Belts. 10c, worth 25c. Celluioid Hairpins. 8c dozen, worth 20c. .zen tor 10c, worth_20c. airpins for 5¢, worth 1214¢. 1c a paper, Worth :c. as Boing, 7c, worth 1234c. Sheet Music 3 pleces for be. Soup, 8 cakes In & box, b, cheap at 10c. Parker’s - ewing Cotton, 3¢ a spool. Black and W1 ing, 9-yard piece 8. 18, all colors, 5¢, worth 10c. n's White Mulle Bonnets, 10c, sollea, worth 35c. !\:;?lll y Lo ‘Ssngrqer Gmpa &TAYLL Ts Mfl’a SRN E;co. o and were originally sold from $12 50 | Millinery. 1f you want the Swellest, Prettiest and Cheapest Millinery in San Francisco you'll | find it at The Maze. We have knocked competition silly. Our prices and styles speak for themselves. We are doing the Millinery Trade of San Francisco. It's style and price that do i | Violets, 24 in a bunch, with foliage, 1oc, worth 25¢. Bunch of six velvet Pansies 25¢, every- | where soc. | Moss Rose and foliage roc, everywhere | s0¢. Twelve Poppies in bunch 25¢, every- where s0c. Branches of Marguerites, Daisies, Ap- ple Blossoms, silk Poppies, Roses and Buds and other flowers 25¢, anywhere soc. | Two Rosesand 2 Buds 15¢, anywhere 25¢ Sailors trimmed for ladies or children 25¢, worth 50c. 3 Sailors trimmed for ladies or children soc, anywhere 75¢. Untrimmed Hats soc and 75c, every- | where 75¢ and $1. Trimmed Walking Hats 39c, every- where 75¢. Trimmed Dress Hats $5 and $7 50, | with more style and value to them than {vou’ll find for half as much more any- | where. Untrimmed Hats and Materials | for less than they are sold at wholesale. | Cloaks and Suits. Don’t do anything here until you've | seen us. We will save you a barrel_of | money.” This is the worst season San | | Francisco ever saw. It’s skirts and waists only. Now we will our Jackets, | Capes and Suits, all this season’s goods, or less money than you can buy as good anywhere in town. We will lose big | money, too, for we will have to do it in | the end. Here are some of our prices. | Come and see the goods: | Tan Kersey Capes $2 50, worth $5. i Black Kersey Capes $5, worth $10. | | | @ Navy Kersey Capes $6, worth $12 s0. Ladies’ Tan or Green Jackets $5, worth | $7 50. . / | Ladies’ Empire Jackets $7 so, worth $12 50. La’dies’ Kersey Jackets $12 50, worth $20 | Ladics’ Imported Capes, no two alike, | ‘being an importer’s samples, all colors, | from $10 to $25 apiece, and being only 4oc | | on the $r1 of first cost. | Children’s Jackets, 4 to 12 years, 81, | | worth g2, | | Ladies’ Black Silk Dress Skirts $4 03, | worth $8 s0. | _ Ladies’ Black Figured Skirts, $1 30, $2 50, $ i } bargain: Ladies’ Black Skirts $1 50, worth §2 s0. | These are three extra special Toe Hasrburger Gpos (% KET &TAYLo, 3 MAR SEN Ei(ke. | and 20c. Boucle and Diagonal | > Ladies’ Tailored Suits $5, worth £7 50. | 2 WASH 600DS DOWNSTAIRS. Don’t be foolish—let your curiosity take you downstairs if your better judgment doesn’t dictate it to you. We are money-savers and world-beat- ers on Wash Goods. = See the array of Wash Goods at 5¢; 6ic, 75 and 8ic that we have on sale—hundreds of pieces and from 1ic to 63 a yard less than any other store in town. Get our priccs on Linens and Dra- peries on ‘Nindow Shades, and you’ll be in the basement every time you have anythingto pur- chase in the line of Domestics. Delphine Suitings come in blue and black, and the newest designs in printings, sc, made to sell at 1oc. . Dress Ginghams, 5¢, the 10c qual- ty. Organdie Duchess, 7:4c, an Ameri- can Organdie in beautitul colorings. Other stores get 1234¢ for them. Pretty Printed Dimities, 735c. No one will sell you this quality under 10C. French Printed Piques, 8¢, worth 5C. Clover Flannels, 8:4c, a bargain at Toc. Silk-striped Challi, 8:4c, originally 25¢. Guipure Lace Printed Lawns, 814c, cheap at 1234¢. Mona Lace Stripes, 84c, worth 1244C Fine Striped Batistes, 8:4c, worth a}apet Mulls, 12)4c,everywhere 15¢ Tissue Broderie, 25¢c, everywhere 29c¢ to 4oc. French Dotted Dimities and Or- gandies, 45¢, nowhere under soc and as high as 75¢. SUNDRIES IN OUR BASEMENT, 914-inch Berry Bowl, 10c, worth 20c. 9%a-in. Glass Water Bottle, 10c, worth 20c, 7-inch Fancy Japanmed Teapot, 10c, worth 20c. 14-inch Siiverine Tray, 10c. worth 20c. 500 sheets Roll Toilet Paper, 3c,worth 10c, Box of Note Paper and Envelopes, be, Child's Carpet Sweeper, 25c, worth 50c. 4-inch Dress Doll. “B¢, wor.h 50c. 5\\'!:011 full of Building Blocks, 12¢, worth . 3 F % % % % % % 1 % 3 % 1 % % = % + + ] % % % % ] % 2 & % % % % 1 F i 3 % 1 % % + % 1 % + F F - % + a- 1 + % % B S THE ACCIDENT T0 THE OREGON Not Difficult to Locate the Blame Where It Belongs. The Commander of the Ship Is Probably Nat Respon- sible. An Incldent That Happened Some Years Ago at the Mare Island Yard. VALLEJO, Car., April 17.—The accl- dent to the Oregon is one for which others than the captain of the ship would seem to be responsible, and it should not be at all difficult to locate the blame where it properly belongs. The naval station, Port Orchard, as it is named in earlier re- vorts and is still designated by the chief of bureau of yards and docks, or Sidney, as it was termea in the Navy Register up to 1897, when it was changed to Bremer- ton, has had a line officer as commandant since February, 1893, and a civil engineer since May, 1894, and the drydock was completed and tested in April last year it is natural to infer that the water in front of ths dock was dredged to the requisite aepth to allow ships to enter. In the report of the bureau of yards and docks of October 1, 1896, the following statement 1s made under the subject of dredging: A channel 100 feet wide has been dredged from the entrance 1o the dock for a distance 0f 800 feet, and theuce widening at an angle of 15 degrees on each side of the axis of the dock. A depth of thirty-six feet atlow wa has been secured. Now unless the ship got out of its ‘proper course to a considerable extent the rounding of the Oregon, which draws ess than 26 feet, can only be accounted for by assuming that the work of dredg- ing was not thoroughly done and thata bank of clay and other material from the cofferdam was not removed. If this is so it would appear that some one in author- ity is responsible for not having the proper soundings made. An accident similar to that to the Ore- gon would undoubtedly have occarred at Mare Island ten years ago, when the dock there was ready for service. dam was removed in April, 1886, ing the s month a trial of the pumps uro i|'took place. In March, 1837, the civil en- gineer reported to the commandant that the dock was sufficiently completed 10 re- ceive ships, and the commandant ordered the naval constructor to render a reporc aifer due inspection of the dock. The naval constructor luckily did not confine himself to an inspection of the dock and appurtenances, but had in:s made over alarge area of the water front where the ships woun!d tie up to the wharf, and also of the entrance to the dock. By meansof a sweep ora small chain fastened at one end toa pile and with the bight dragging on the bottom, three piles were located, the tope of which were only six to eight feet below high water, and those piles were in close prox- imity to the Wharf near the entrance of the dock where the ships would make fast | after leaving the dock. The bank in front —some fifty feet out—only gave twenty feet at high water, and on March 26 the constructor furnished the commsandant with the above facts in writing. Strangze as it may appear t e commandant pro- fessed to be highly indignant, and with the civil engineer questioned the accuracy of the report, asserting that the submerged piles were a myth. The constructor in- vited the commandant to come down to the water front and see for himself, but to this proposal he refused to listen, and contented himself with saying there were no submerged piles. On April 5, however, the civil engineer, having apparently become convinced that the piles were Lot a myth, came down be- fore bell ring, and with a luff and tackle worked by four yokes of oxen succeeded in pulling up the sunken piles, one of which, twenty feet long and fourteen inches in diameter, stuck sixteen feet in the mud. Subsequently a dredger came up from San Francisco, and with much difficulty removed the bank of biue clay and dredged the entrance to a depth of 28 feet for a width of 100 feet. But still the troubles were not over. Near the lower or east side of the dock was a small wharf jor the landing of material. The intervening space was too small for any ship-of-war, hence no atten- tion was paid to it. On October 21 the scow-schooner Alameda, owned by Com- modore Philip Caduc, loaded with brick tied up to the wharfside nearest the dock in woeful ignorance of submerged piles, During the night ‘the scow .became im- paled upon one of these monsters through the falling tide and sunk, and it took several days fc relieve the craft of her predicament, when she was hauled up on ihe ways and repaired at Government ex- pense. Pailip Caduc subsequently began a lsuit for damages with unrecorded re- sult. These incidents coupled with the acci- dent to the Oregon point _strongly to- ward neglect of the officers of the station. In the event of non-removal of the sub- merged piles near the Mare Isiand dock a ship of more than eight feet draught of water would surely have become spitted, and the captain of the ship could not in justice be blamed for the gross neglect of the officials of the navy-yard. = ! “DRY’ SUNDAY FOR TACOMA. Chief of Police Hoge Declares That Hs Will Cicse the City’s Saloons To-day. TACOMA, Wasa, April 17.—A row which stirs the entire city is on between the Popo-fusion leaders in the municipal government. Chalrman Teats of the civil service commission takes the ground that Tacoma is a wicked city, and he has threatened to file charges against Chief of Police Hoge, who got into office through the commission. At 2 o’clock this morn- ing Hoge called in all policemen not on duty and led a raid on gambling-houses, resulting in the arrest of twenty men al- leged to have been gambling in four sa: loons. More important still, Chief Hoge has anncunced his intention of closing every saloon on Sunday. The saloon men de- clare they will fight, and all are likely to be arrested to-morrow. 1t will be the first “dry’’ Sunday in Tacoma’s history if Hoge makes good his word. In the Municipal Court to-day John Sullivan, proprieior of the Paragon gam- bling-rooms, was fined $20, and the other cases went over unul Tuesday. Sullivan took an appeal. Two weeks ago the zamblers were fined $25 each, such fines being practicaliy regarded 'as license money. ety Poor John L. Can’t Fight. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 17.—Frank Moran, John L.s old manager, is indig- nant over the fact that Sullivan has chal- lenged Fitzsimmons. ‘John in no shape to fignt,” said Moran; “he’s verv fat and can't go upstairs without stum- bling or enter a carriage without trip- ing. Fitz is right in ignoring the chal- enge.” Sharkey in w York, NEW YORK, N. Y., April 17.—Tom * Sharkey and Manager Lynch arrived to- day o arrange for a fight with Maher, They will meet the latter's backer here next week gl W ¥ CUT-RATE (&, DRUGGISTS. WE ARE AGENTS FOR RAYMOND'S FLORAL PERFUMES ! All the Popular Odors. 1-ounce Rottles, regular price 50c, cut to 35¢ bottie 2-ounce Botles, regu.ar price §1. cut to 60c bottle 4-ounce Boutles, regular price $1 50, cut to $1 bottle Raymond’s Olive 0il Complexion Soap! Contatning Lana Oil, Buttermitk end_Gl; Price per cake, 10¢; per box § cakes, 256, T *" A SPECIAL DKIVE IN OUR STATIONERY DEPARTMENT. Ou e-pound package of “Valley Field” cream- laid Wrlting Paper, regalar price 250 a ..._package. cut to. a pound package One-pound package " Linen Writing Paper, worth 25c a package, special at. - - .10c a pound New Goods in Ladies’ Pockethooks. American Seal Combination Purse, silver cor- ners. . 5 New Shades Monkey-skin, with double clasp. . 75¢ Genuie Alligator Purses, with steriing ini tial... No char, i price is $1 or over. 60 styles Purses, new shades. $1 2510 84 San Francisco—1128 Market Street. Oakland—Tenth and Broadway. Los Angeles—320 South Spring Street. —————— T PTUs Bfreet. GREAT BARGAINS —IN— SECOND-HAND BICYCLES Of All the Standard Makes. Don’t delay, but call at once and secure a “‘good thing.” LEAVITT & BILL, 303 Larkin St., San Franci ) H