The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 16, 1897, Page 14

14 TH E SAN FRANCISCO CALi, FRIDAY, JULY 1 189 AL HOPE 1§ NOW GIVEN [P Colonel Crocker Is Not Ex- pected to Survive More Than a Few Hours. PHYSICIAY HOLDS OUT X0 HOPE Took a Turn for the Worse Yesterday and Has Con- tinued to Sink. GEORGE CROCKER ARRIVES TO-DAY Summoned Last Friday, He Has Made | a Rapid Run From New | York. | SAN MATEO, CaL., July 15.—The at- tending physicians give almost no hope for Col. Crocker’s recovery, and even his selatives and friends, who have tried to be cheerful over the meager, negative en- couragement given t! em for the last five days by the doctors, realize that it is only a question of time when the sick man at Uplands will pass away. After the consultation of Drs. Gardner, | Chismore, MacMonagle and ‘W hitwell this | evening, Dr. Gardner practically admit.ed | that there was no hope for the colonel’s recovery. “The case is more serious than it has been,” he said, ‘‘and less hopeful. There is no clot on the brain and so far as the paralysis is concerned the case is not so serious. The Bright's disease is what is causing the trouble. Colonel Crocker is | growing weaker and iess rational. How- | ever, Le recognized me this evening at about 7 o’clock.’ William H. Crocker seemed very much discouraged when seen at Uplands.this evening and there were tears in his eyes | n he spoke of his brother’s condition. here is nochance of him getting well, and he cannot last more than a day or The poor boy lies upstairs there suf- ng—weli, no, I suppose he does not | fer."” | George Crocker, who left New York noutied last Friday of bis brother’s | is complet his journey across se cootinent on & fast special train and | | arrive here early to-morrow after- is morning Dr. Gardner notified Mznoger Fillmore of Colonel Crocker’s condition and toid him while re was no immediaie danger he couid | se his discretion about bringing George | r on a special train. Meanager Fillmore accordingly made ar- ements to bring George from Ogden J special. His car left Ogaen to-day at 1 0'clock, and will make about the same | run that William H. Crocker made sev- erzl days ago. He will arrive at San Fran- cisco about noon to-morrow, and will reach his brother’s pedside early to-mor- row afternoon. To-night’s bulietin is the first to indi- cate a change for the worse in the condi- | tion of Colonel C. F. Crocker. For six| days he has remained in almost the same condition at his residence a1 Uplands; for s1x days those nearest 1o him Lave tried to discern hopetul symptoms as each day for some days past, ihat the colonsl was | bolding his own. It was reported that the sufferer's mental powers were less active, and that it took more to arouse him when his attendants wished to ques- tion him. For some time before Colonel Crocker was stricken down last Friday it was known among a few of his most intimate as-ociates that he was in a very bad way. | He had been warned that he was suffer- ing from Brigh's disease and that he could not recover, aithough Jeath might be delayed. He seemed to think, how- | ever, that the danger was a long way in | the future and did not appreciate how serious his condition was. In fact very shortly before the stroke of paralysis he declared he felt better than he had felt ior a long time. This strcke, however, | according to the physicians, only aggra- vated a trouble which was itself fatal. SAN MATEO, Car., July 15.—At 11:30 o’clock to-night Dr. Gardner made the followine statement concerning Colonel Crocker’s condition: i *‘Colonel Crocker has not improved any to-day. His chances for recovery are less iayorable. We do not anticipate any im- mediate danger. At present he is resting well and taking his nourishment. His stu_or has somewhat increased. We think that uniess something unforeseen happens George Crocker will arrive before he dies.” A PLUCKY RESCUE. Two Young Men Save George Knoche From Drowning in the Bay. John Makowski and Thomas Egan, young men living at Nineteenth and York street<, pluckily saved a man from drown- ing yesterday afternoon. They were bathing in the bay at Fourth and Ken- tucky streets and saw a man, who was swimming, throw up his hanas and sink to the bottom. They dived, and after consiverable difficulty succeeded in rais- ing the drowning man to the surface and taking him ashore. They notified the police and the man was taken to the Keceiving Hospital, where he soon recovered. iHe gave his name as George Knoche, living at 14a Perry street, and said he was subject to epileptic tits. He took a fit while smim- ming, and if it had not been for Makow- <ki and Egan he would have been drowned. o Violating the Fish Laws. J. A. Mogan, Fish Inspector, with Police | Officer George Brown, yesterday arrested A. Paladini at 515 Merchant street for having in his possession 170 pounds of sturgeon, the possession of which is prohibited from April 1 10 September 1. The fish was found under about a ton of ice. A. Fedora ot 2 and 8 San Francisco Market on Clay street was arrested for having quail in his possession. This is prohibited between March 1 and October 1. Louis Shiatter of 33 and 35 O'Farrell street was arrested for having bass under three pounds in w s § ALONGTHEWATERFRONT Narrow Escape From Instant Death of Michael Dunn, a Longshoreman, He Went Down a Chute on the Doric With a Bucketful of Coal. Michael Dunn, a longshoreman on the Pacific Mail dock, had a narrow escape from instant death yesterday, He was engaged in the work of discharging coal from the bark Rufus E. Wood into the steamer Doric when one of the chutes be- came choked. Duann jumped on the mass of coal in an endeavor to force it down. While he was thus engaged the men in the ship’s bunkers were hard at work shoveling the coal away in order 1o clear ike glut. Without a moment’s warning the entire mass collapsed ana Dunn went down with it. When he reached the hold of the ship the big mass of coal which fol- lowed struck him on the base of the skull, fracturing it and laying the scalp bare for a space of nbout three square inches. He was picked up in an unconscious condi- tion, the ambulance was sent for and he was taken to the branch Receiving Hos- pital on the water front. Everything pos- sibie was done for him, and the doctors i!.lxiuk he hasa very poor chance for his ife. passed. Friends of the colonel have called to| cheer his family, teiling them tnat he would sonn be abie to be out on the porch | enjoying the ba'my air and beautifal | scenery, which make Uplands such a| cbarming retreat. William H. Crocker has remained among the most hopeful, | and each evening upon his return from the City he has almost tried to wring: from the lips of the physicians assurances | that bis brother’s condition was im- proved. ! To-day for the first time the physicians were willing to acknowledge a retrogres- | sion in the patient’s condition. They could not report, as they have reported NEW TO-DAY. Our competitors—rthe high class tattors. Haas BROS 27-37 Kearny corner Post We are stayers. Most of our customers are too. Want them all to be. That’s why we don’t sell the cheaper grades of cloth- ing; they do not give satis- | faction, nor last, nor look well. Specials for to-day and to- morrow : For $2.15, suits for boys of 8 to 15 years. Double breasted, rolling collar. Last week they were §2.50 to $3.00. Children may not need overcoats just now, but you'll find it quite worth while to see those formerly sold at $3.50 to $5.00 and now only $2.15. * : For boys of 3 to 7 years we have new style reefer suits, heretofore $2.50 to $3.00 and now $2.15. The sale of men’s suits at $10.80, $8.25 and $6.40 continues. Agents Brokaw Bros’ and Rogers, Peet & Co’s Clothing, New York The American bark St. James got in yesterday after a verv lengthy passage of 167 davs irom New York. Nearly a fori- night ago she was spoken outside by the British sh p Craigmore snd she has been expected daily ever since. The captain says thatin tue last turee weeksthere has been aimost & dead calm outside of the Fara- llons. During his entire run from New ork he ounly encountered one decent ale, and during tnatv the ship losi her foreroyal-yard and a couple of sails. As the merchandise on beoard of the St James was urzent'y nee led she was taker direct from sea to a bertn at Howard- street wharf and at once began discharg- i ng. Captain Henderson, who has been so long connected with the four-masted schooner Go den Shore, is about to resign his command. He will take the vessel to Puget Sound, where he will turn her over to Captain Rasmussan, late of the schooner John G. North. Captain Ras- mussen bad bought an interest in the Golden Shore and thus secured the com- mand. Itissaid that the maie of the Ha- waiian schooner Muriel will succeed Cup- tain Rasmu-sen of the Jonn G. North. RABBI HYERS COMING, It Is Expected to Do Great Things for the Bush-Street Temple. His First Leoture Will Be on the Subject, “Genuine Jewish Hand- shaking.” Rabbi Isadore Myers, the newly elected minister of the Bush-street Temple, is ex- pected to arrive in this City from Canada about the 28th of this month. He was married at his former home on July 4tb, and his bride will accompany bim to his new field of labor. He comes with a high reputation for eloguence, learning and general ability in his chosen profession. His advent is expected to impart fresh vigor to the congregation which he comes to serve, and a rapid in- crease in memoership is confidently an- ticipated. “Genuine Jewish Handshaking'’ is to be the subject of his first lecture, which will be delivered at the Bush-street Temple on Saturday, the 31st inst. On the foliowing day he will discourse on “‘Judaism and Paganism.” Rubbi Myers has had a wide experience in both the pulpit and on the rostrum, and wherever he has appeared, whether in Canada, in Europe or in this country, bas invariably made su enviable impres- sion on his auditors. ——————— Sued the Chronicle, Laura Cuonningham hassued M. H. de Young for $50,000 damages. The article which caused the complaint was published by the Chronicle on July 25 of last year. 1t was headed: *“Half a Thousand Cuses of Crualty— The Record of Four Months—Two Children With Heartiess Guardians—A Giri Child Starved and Terribly Beaten—Rescue of a Kidnnged Boy.”” The article was in accord Dab bos, 117ured by the PULIOSOL toTas tent of $50,000 3 e Pl HONDREDS READY 10 COLONIZE The Unemployed Pleading for a Chance to Work. SOME CHARACTERISTIC LETTERS Many of the Applications Re- ceived From Fathers of Families, MEN OF ALL KINDS OF PURSUITS Residents of San Francisco Will Be Given the First Opportu- nities. Preliminary work on the establishment of a colony for the unemployed in this State is progressing in a satisfactory manner. Delay is now being caused by the indis- position of Claus Spreckels, who is com- pelled to absent himself from the City 1n order to re-ain his health. It is the de- sire of ex-Mayor Ellert and Major Win- chell, the members of the sub-committee which has the details of the project in hand, 10 have a final conference with Mr. Spreckels relative to securing land for the enterprise. All other arrangements are now virtu- ally completea, and as soon as the land is secured the sub-committee will make 1its report to the main committee, and within a snort time thereaiter they will be ready to locate the colonists. New applications are beng received daily from men and women who are desirous of securing the opportunity to work and to eventually earn a home. Itis the purpose of the committee to give the first opportunities to men of fam- ilies now residing in San Francisco. Resi- dents of the State will be given the next chance, ana then, if there is land enough to go round, those from outside of the State will be located. The first requisite, however, will be the ability to engage in the work of raising sugar beets, and the reputation for - dustry of the applicants. Each appli- cant’s qualifications will be investigaied, as it1s realized that the success of the scheme will aimost entirely depend upon the ability and in tustry of the men placed on the iand. A general meeting of all the applicants will be called as soon as the land is secured. That there are many willing and even anxious to engage in the work it shown by the letiers that have been received by those who have the matter in charge. Here is one from a surveyor residing in this City: I hereby teke the liberty to ask it there is any hope for me to get the sur ing of the colony land and to be one of the fitst settlers ov it. Aiso how long it will be before I can start the work. If there is no show for me, please let me know ai once, for Imust get work shortly or starve. Here is one from a widow of Newcastle, Cal.: I would like to zet a home in your colony. I am a widow with four children.” The oldest is a boy of 17. If yon will let me have five acres anda cow and some chickens, aud & spot where I can raise a garden, I feel sure that I can muke a living and pay for the place in & reasonable length of time. I will agree to con- form to a:l the rules of the colony. Piease let us have aplrc- nt your earliest convemence, for Iam working for only $3 a week and am living in a terrible old nouse. We suffered here last winter und I dread another. From Oakland a man formerly promi- nent in business circles writes as follows: Iam a father of a lurge family, thoroughly educated, and have been a large business man, Am reauced now to such an extent that I will do anything honest 1o give bread to mr fam- ily. Iam tired trying to find employment, although we have never complained. 1 wil feel deeply grateful if you wili kindly give no- tice to my application. A *‘poor man” from far-awav New Or- leans makes this appeal to Major Win- chell: This morning’s Times-Democrat of this city says » homestead plan is on foot in your State and mentions your name and ex-Mayor Ellert &8s being interested in it. I would like to know if it is for the benefit of Ca.i'ornia’s pec- ple sione or if a poor man from New Orleans can get a chance also. Iwould like very much 10 secuer a homestead, but have no money— that is, not enough 10 buy outright. A willing carpenter makes the following application from Emeryville: I was compelled a year ago to ask charity in San Francisco, but have since been able (o earn a living for my family. Butthe prospect is so discouraging that I a<k if [ might be one to have s chaice to earn & little home. Iam a cnr‘)enler and can build some of the heuses to help pay for my share, and can support my- seif until i can raiseagarden. Ihavea family | consisting of & wife and three children. Have had fifteen years’ experience farming in the East. From Chico comes this: Please tell us s to location and terms on which a poor men can secures home. Wuat kind of labor will there be to do and at what price? Tprefe: carventering and painting, but won’t lie idle because 1 can’t get whatsuits me. Am willing to do anything to make an nonest lving. A would-be colonist writes from Merced to William M. Bunker: Inotice that you are connected with the committee that is trying to colonize farmers on some of Mr. Spreckeis’ sugar beet land near Salinas. I would like to have one subdi- vision ot this land. I haven’t means ei.ough to pay for it,but I have a team and imple. ments and means enough o improve i;, and would like to make a contract to raise beets on it and turn them over &t a stipulated price to Mr. Spreckels till the land is all paid for. am also willing to bind myse { to Ull the soil industriously, for I think Mr. Spreckels is right in requiring this. I have & wife ard three small children, and we are all willing to work. Ihave aneighbor who would like to have & subdivision of the land on similar terms. Petaluma has a farmer-inventor who wants to join the proposed colony. He writes as follows We came here last fall from Oregon. We are & family of four—my wife, two children and myseit. " We bave a wagon and team, but 10 money. 1work atanything I can get'to make #n honorable living in Petaluma. I have been trying to introduce n brooder that raises chickens without artificial heat. It might be that your company would furnish me the money to get the patent tnrough for the ben- efit of your proposed colony. From Reno an application came from a physician. All the applications are placed in the bands of Major Winchell for reply. It is proposed 10 place ten acres at the disposal of each accentable colon - munities will be formed and much of the work performed on the co-operative plan. Olympic Club Larcenist. Frank J. McCormick, the young member of the Olympic Ciub arrested Wednesday for stealing money and valuables from fellow- clubmen, appesred in Judge Joachimsen's court yesterday morning. He pleaded guilty to petty larceny and the Judge sentenced him losix months in the County Jail. MecCor- mick’s father is a respcctable mechanic_and his mother is an inmate of an insane asylum. The proprieior of the Langham Hote: nts it understood that McCormick never lived in his bote.. The marked three hali-dollars were found in one of the toilet-rooms, where Mc- Cormick had secreted them. NOTES OF THE THEATERS. Enastern Visitors Continue to Swell the Audiences at Most of the Houses. The New York Lyceum Theater Com- pany has nearly ended its engagement at the Baldwin Theater. To-morrow even- ing “The Prisoner of Zenda” will be per- formed. “The Mayflower” will form the bill to-night. At to-morrow's matinee a special prozamme will be given, consisting of “The Late Mr. Castello,”” preceded by the balcony scene from “Romeo and Juliet.” in which James K. Hackett wili play Romeo and Mary Mannering Juliet. Afier to-morrow night the Baldwin Theater wili remain dark for two weeks. The Frawley company’s performance of “Christopher Jr. to patrons of the Columbia and profitable to the management. Next Monday the bill will be changed to ‘‘Pudd’n Head Wilson,”” with Theodore Hamilton in the title role made famous by the late Frank Mayo. The repetition of last week's bill at the Alcazar Theater is still filling the house. Next week ““A Victim of Circumstances” and “The First Born” will give place to “‘Rosedale.” A sensational story of Russiain the days of seridom is being told at the Grand this week in “‘For Her Sake.”’ The staging of the piece is picturesque and the members of the stock company enter with energy into the interpretation of their roles. &"The Isle of Champagne’” has met with a success equal to that of “Wang' at the Tivoli Opera-house. Edwin Stevens and the supporting members of the Tivoli Overa Company are excellent in their roles and the chorus and superior or- chestra are able assistants. “The Isle of Champagne” will be continued until fur- ther notice. Lew Dockstader continues to be such a drawing card at the Orpheam that it has been decided to retain tiie monologist for another week. John Perry and Maurice Burns, the Irish comedians, have made a decided hit, and the excellence of the rest of the bull is attested by large houses. The International Ladies Orchestra iy still the attraction at the Oberon. The fourteen-round Corbett-Fi zsim- mons contest is still a sensation at the Olympia, STATE PRINTER AGAIN. The Matter of His Shutting Shop Referred to Mr. Creswell, An Appropriation Asked For to Buy a Yard for the Polytechnic School. At a meeting of the Board of Education on Wedne:day a communication from Su- perintendent of Public Instruction Sam- uel T. Black was read, giving notice that the State Printer has closed the State Printing Office with the exception of the textbook department. Orders for :chool blanks, including school registers, were filed with the State Printer some months ago, but he has been anable to fill them. The Buperintendent sugrests that the board consult immediately the proper legal authority us to the legality and ad- visability of having the local government provide at the expense of the City and County such blanks as may be immedi- ately necessary. The board decided to refer the matter to the City and County Attorney. The Finance Committee reported a rec- ommendation that the Board of Supervis- ors be asked for an appropriation of $55,000 for the purchase of a lot fronting 64 leet on Btockton street as a recreation ground for the Polytechnic High School. Director Heaa objected. He said he had not heard of ihis, which he consid- ered a very important matter. Members of the board were not supposed to be real estate experts, and he did not know whether the lot was worth the money. Chairman Waller of the Finance Com- mittee said 1t would do no harm to ask for $55,000, and the Board of Supervisors could expert the maiter themselves. It was not deemed wise to do this, and the recommendation was amended 80 as to ask for an appropriation—the sam not named—for the purchase of the lot. Superintendent Webster reported con- cerning the distribution of medals in all but one or two schools. One of these was the night school in charge of ex-Superin- tendent Babcock. Mr. Babcock said the superintendent had paid no attention to the circular addressed to him in this mat- ter. He bad, in fact, answered but one circular addressed to him since he (Web- ster) had been superintendent. Upon motion of Waller, Mr. Babcock will be requested to explain why he did not answer this circular. By motion of Superintendent Webster, a special meeting of the board will be held next Wednesday evening to consider the course of studies which has been pre- pared by the superintendent. .- DIAMOND ¢TUD STOLEN., J. H. Courtley, a Pickpocket, Charged With Appropriating 1t J. H. Courtley, a pickpocket, was booked at the City Prison yesterdav by Detective Harry Reynolds and Policemen J. P. Welsh and P. Sullivan on the charge of grand larceny. The complaining witness is George W. Doll of New Orleans, who is living at the Martinet House, 1101 Geary street. He was at the Chutes on Wednesday night, and it is alieged that Courtley and a com- panion pushed against him and one of them stole a diamond stud from his shirt front. Courtley was arrested, but on being searched the diamond stud was not found tpon him, and the police suppose his con- federate has it. They are looking for him. Courtley was implicated with *‘Kid” Devine in a recent diamond robbery in Sacramento. He has served terms in the House of Correction for picking pockets. EE A SR ADJUDGED INSANE. Christopher Mitchell Seffer, a Cook, Sent to the Ukiah Asylum. Christopher Mitchell Seffer, a cook, who is under the hallucination that the Fair estale owes him $300,000, which he loanea to the deceased miiilonaire, was yesterday ordered to be confined in the insane asy- lum at Ukiah. l:l'e was arrested about a week ago by Policeman Wagner, after a desperate atnuéle, for rai:ing a disturbance in the City Hall and for carrying a concealed weapon. The cases were heard by Judge Conian Wednesday and Seffer was con- victed on both charges. He made such wild statements in court and condueted himself in such an irra- tional manner that the Judge ordered Po- liceman Wagner to swear to a complaint charging him with being insane. Yester- day morning he was taken before the In- sanity Commissiouers, who sent him to 1 the Ukiah asylum. s proving entertaining | LEATHER TRADE IS VIRY ERI WHEELS OF COMMERCE [N MOTION So Say Representatives of Various Branches of Trade. Wool and Hides Bring Good Prices and the Demand Is Increasing, BANKS REPORT LARGE BUSINESS. Merchants Generally Say That the Future Is Very Bright for California. Merchants, bankers and business men of all classes yesterday confirmed the statement made in vesterday’s CALL that the revival of buasiness was not of a chimerical, evanesceat character or mere- ly an anticipation of the future, but say that it is already a fact. Especially from the hide and leather business were the re- ports of a gratifving nature, and the feel- ing that commerce, in all its branches, has awakened from its long slumber, seems to pervade the business community. Following are expressions from business men whose opinions are considered au- thoritative in their various lines: S. M. Frank & Co., leather-deal- ers—Business is brilbieny, is large. Our orders are immense from Iowa, Ne- braska, Missouri, and, in fact, from all over the Middie West. Money s very easy, which encourages speculation, and speculation, owing to the improvea condition of affsirs generally, is active. The feeling in trade is a feeling of cer- taintv, of large transactions, and they are large alrendy. The market is very active. The Norton Tanning Com- pany—O0ur saies lor May sna June are the best we have had for ten years. We certainlv have no occasion to find any fault. Yet this is generally our dull time. We never have seen the time when our bills bave been more promptly paid than thev are now. Bissinger & Co., leather- deal- ers—Hides and .eather nave advanced (o a considerable extant owing to the tariff legislation and scarcity of raw material. There seems to be a healthy demand for all kinds of leather, and the eanufacture of boots and shoes in ihis City seems to be increasing. Collections are geod. Money is easy. Wool has taksn a very strong upward movement. Prices are very firm and steady. The whole indus- try has very bright prospects ahead. Tue only thing which seems to retard busi- ness is ihe slowness in passing the tariff il At the banks the reports were very flat- tering, and irom Lhe savines banks, doing business mostly with small depositors, ti.e accounts were particuiarly bright. William Alvord, president Bank of Calit rnia—Bu iness is a good aeal bet- ter. The general feeling is much im- proved. Money 1s plentiful. Collections are good. Wells, Fargo & Co.’s Bank—Busi- ne s nas veen :eiting Lel.er right along. Everything is looking toward improve- ment. Co leciions are fairly good. Igmatz Steinhart, manager Anglo- Cahiornian Bank—Business appears to be much more active, with good prospects of further improvement. Many of our clients, particularly in the interior, report collec- tions much better than heretofore, and re- ports generally from the country indicate fair crops, which will assist materially in the way of improvement in the condition of trade. The uiceriainty of the situa- tion connected wi h the tarft still acts 1o a certain extent as a check on business, President German Savings and Loan Society Lave been counected w.th this bank for many years and the number of small depositors hus never been greater than it is now. This has always been an indication to me of the situation among the ordinary people. ‘We are agreeably surprised at the number of people coming in, especially on Satur- day nights between 7 and 8 o’clock, mostly laboring men who have no other oppo! tunity to make their deposits. Our b ness 1s generally with the poorer or worl ingc ass. Cashier San Francisco Sav. ings Umion—There huas been a ve.y Breal haprovement and there is no antici- pation of further depression. There is no scarcity on money and there is a hoperul- ness that has not obtained heretofop . The people from the country are going io pay their interest this year better than they have done for four or five years, That is assured. The number of small deposits has greatly increased, showing there is no depression among the people bere. Cashier 'Tallant Banking Company—_here 1s u very much be.- ter feeling than there was before election. The demand is very good for money as far as we are concerned. We are very hopeful and the situation is certainly bet- ter than it was last fall, Adam Grant of Murphy, Grant & Co.—There 1s improvement. Prospects are good for the future. I think every- thing will be all right as soon as the tariff is sottled. I do not see any reason lor howling calamity at all. On the con- trary, I think things ara looking much better for the future generally. Neustadter Brothers, wholesale clothiers— Business is 1mprov.ng. Col- lections are good and prospects are very bri-ht. Cahn, Nickelsburg & Co., manulacturers boots and shues—Business is improving. It is much better tnan it was at this time last year. Collections are fair and business is particularly sound just now. There are some peop e who would kick no matter how good business was. We have no cause for complaint. Baker & Hamilton, agicuitural implement:—Business is zetting betier constanily. Our June basiness wus becter than usual. Collections ure very fair and we feel that things are going along 1n the right direction. As to the future we feel very much encouraged. €. E. Whitney & Co., com- mission merchants—I toink tbere is a pretty goo i life to trade over last year and the year b fore. Dairy producs real- ized better prices right through the spring than they have for three years p: Farmers are doing better on everything. We feel quite sanguine and think we will do better than we have for four or five years. In the manufactures of Great Britain alone the power which steam exerts is es- timated to be equal to the manual labor of 4,000,000,000 0 men, or more than double the number of males supposed to inhabit the globe, NFW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. —IXXINT DRESS RIBBONS HOSIERY 2 U GOODS, , GLOVES, NDERWEAR! Our Great Sacrifice Sale of S the following samples of urplus Summer Stock daily af- fords UNPARALLELED BARGAIN OPPORTUNITIES as witness T0-DAY'S TREMENDOUS REDUCTIONS: —100 pieces DOUBLE-FOLD SCOTC 25¢ a yard, on special sale at 10c a 10¢ GLOVES, 1n tan and slate, regular (odd sizes). 4@ 19, dozen LADIES 8 BUTTON C” GLOVES, in black ouly, regular val 514 only). RIBBONS! 20 —85 dozen LADIES’ TAN HOS. 15¢ 10— dozen ECRU COTTON VESTS, | G suitable for summer wear, good val COLORED DRESS GOODS! H MIXED DRESS GOODS, former price yard. GLOVES! GLOVES! 40,‘-—“'5 dozen LADIES 8-BUTTON LENGTH MOUSQUETAIRE SUEDRE v value $1, will be ciosed out at 40c a pair LENGTH MOUSQUETAIRE SUEDE iue $1, will be closed out at 40c a pair (size RIBBONS! —100 pieces ALL-SILK, BLACK SATIN AND GROS-GRAIN RIBEON, two 10¢ ineres wide, value 20¢, will be off-red at 10c a yard. LADIES’ HOSIERY! 10 —150 dozen LADIES’ TAN COTTON ]{OSE. extrs heavy, double heels and I soles, worth $2 50 a dozen, will bs soid at 10c a pair. 1917 dozen LADIES' TAN AND RUSSET COTTON HOSE, Richelieu ribs, regular price $3 a dozen, will be on sale at 1! 214¢ a pair. , in light and dark shades, extra fine gauge, good value at $3 a dozen, will be offered at 15c a pair. LADIES’ UNDERWEAR! ow neck and sleeveless, Rembrandt ribbed, ue for §2 a dozen, will be sold at 10z each. MURPHY Market Stregt, San Francisoco. BUILDING, Corner of Joues, OUR SYSTEM The City and Coutity Sur- veyor Calls Attention to Its Faults. Several Extensions Necessary to Avoid Damage From Fall Rains. Thinks the Block Books Should Be Copied Entirely to Prevent Their Loss. City and County Surveyor Charles 8. Tilton yesterday filed his wnaual report with the Board of Supervisors, which contains some adyice and warning with | regard tc the City’s faulty sewers. He said: I take occasion to briefly urge upon your honorable body the necessity for the construe- tion and extension of certain sewers, the neglact of which will probably result in & con- sidernple damage (o proparty. ior which dam ‘ge the City may be held liable. The first and least costly of the required sewers is the extension of the Cole-sireet sewer across the park pazhandle. When the Fell-street sewer Ivas constructed it was desigued and made of | sufticient size to carry ail of the drainage of the | large watersi.ed to the south, much of which is now delivered at the crossing of Cole and Oak streets. 5 The Fell-street sewer is now terminated at the grossing of California street on the north- orly?xde of the park, leaving a gap of 310 feet between the sewers, which should be con- structed before the fali rains set in. If this matter is not attended to tne increased flow in the time of storms in the Cole-street sewer, due to the filiingin_ by grading of the larger pond in the Pope & Taibot tract, which has acted as & storage reservoir for the storm Waters, will causc flooding and damage along Oak sireet. The Oak-strect »ewer, which now relieves the Cole-sireel sewer, cannot remove the increased flow. 5 There is & somewhat similar state of affairs at Union and Lyou sireets and on Baker street north of Chestnut stireet. The City has, ataconsiderable expense, just constructed u sewer througn the Presidiv reservation as an outlet for the district immediately 1o the south, a1d awards of coniracts have been made for the extension of this sewer along Lyou street to Chestnut, theuce to Devisadero and thence to an outlet at the bay. This sewer is also designed to intercept all of the flow from the south which is now de- livered at Chestnut and Baker streets, thus relieving the pressure in the Baker-strest sewer to th» north, where bieaks have oc- curred in the past and damage resulted. How- ever, the work on this extension for some rea- sou is not progressing. 1 wouid urge tae mat- ter be inken up AL once and ihe work pushed to completion. This is nescssary to provent the de - ruction of a portion of the work just constructed and toavoid flooding and damage on the lower portion of Baker street. The Army-street sewer, te:minating as it does at fan Bruno avenue, has pecome an al- most into.erable nuisauce, os hns the Bran- nan-street sewer terminuting at First street. Thave now in haud tne preparation of plans which Lshall scon submit for the exieusion of both uf these sewers. The construction of these extensions shouid be started st once so lha{ may b: completed be.ore the full rains setin. During the past year Balboa boulevard has been opened end the greater part of it has been graded. The grading of Seventh avenue, which is 10 be » part of the boulevard systen, has also ! een in progress. The work now ex- tends as far south as L Streel, where it s e croaching upon the waste pond which has been a storage reservoir for the drainage of the large water-shed which lies to the south- erly. Further grading of the avenue would destroy this reservoir, and the fuil volume of the storm-waters would flow at once down onto the park and the laud adjecent thereto OF SEWERY and do much damage, there betng now no provision for its removal. The main sewer of th s water-bed, which lies immediately south of Golden Gate Park and east of avenue, should be constructed nto L'eve th s district from the inconven damage from which it is now suffering, and t avoid the much greater damage with which it is threatened. The Surveyor took occasion to again | call attention to the deplorable condition of the block books of the office. “They are the official records of Lhe location of street and property lines of the City,” he said, “also the official record of ail lot surveys made since 1866. By thirty vears of constant use they have become so worn i and 1attered that if action is not taken at once to make copies of them these valua- | ble records will be entirely lost. A com- plete new set of books should be mage.”’ NEW TO-DAY. T has been held that con sumption is hereditary, and the fact that one son,_of a family had died with consump tion was considered a sure sign thal others of that family could not escape it This is partly tru¢ and partly untrue. A man with weal Jungs is likely to transmit that weakness t¢ his children. But there is no reason in th world why the weakness should be allow: to develop. There is no reason why the lungs should remain weak. Weak lun, predispose a child to consumption. They ?ravidl a place for germs to settle, Thal 0 s necessary. Once let the germs f disease gain a foot-hold, and they in crease with a deadly rapidity. the blood is full of them, and healthfulness and its strength-giving quali ties. If the weakness is in some othet organ, the disease will show itself in that organ. The germs will get into the blood, f'ust the same, and the body will begin tc ose strength. We speak particularly of consumption because it is most common— because it causes more than one-sixth of all deaths in the world. If there is a weak and crumbly spot in the foundation of a house, the owner clears out the decaying material, supplants it with new, stroug stuff. That’s all there is to do, That’s 1 that’s necessary. That is exactly the thing to do with the lungs. Keep them full of rich, red, whole. some blood, and the weakness will disa; pear. Decaying tissues will be thrown off. and new material will be added until the lungs are well and perfectly strong again. ‘This is the thing that Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery does. This is what makes it cure g8 per cent. of all cases of consumption where it is taken according ta directions, It searches out disease germs wherever they may be in the body. It ex. terminates them completely and forces them out of the system. It supplies the blood with rich, life-g g properties. It makes the appetite good, digestion perfect. It supplies the needed nutriment to all the tissues and makes sound, healthy flesh. There are some interesting facts about it told in one chapter of Dr. Picrce’s great work, ** Com- mon Sense Medical Adviser."” This book of 1008 ra res will be sent free on receipt of twenty-one 21 only. one-cent stamps to_cover cost of mailing sociation, No. 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. Address World's Dispensary Medical As- $75.00 oow' L] ROOMS FURNITURE PARLOR GECROOM. 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