The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 5, 1898, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 1898. THE STEAMER CENTENNIAL IS Was Condemned by Both the Brit- ish and the Japanese Governments. The British Steamers Whitgift and Ning- chow Purchased for Transports by the Government. Army officers had a busy time of it | vesterday among the transports. The | h steamers Whitgift and Ning- | w have purchased and by nday will fly the American flag. The | nial was inspected and turns out » be a white elephant. Captain Long the quartermaster’s department is | of the opinion that in the purchase of somebody blundered. Work on the | been alandia has progressed so far that | Gover ent began sending Fl')l‘ESi to sterday, and a corporal's | guard was detailed to see that nothing | t ed with. On the Colon a | key s being put in place, | . will probably be ready to go stream with the Zealandia on | On the China everything s | nd sevens. The work of coal- | till going on and no one hen it will be finished. The of bunks was held in abey- | > for awhile, but yesterday a gang | penters was put to work putting uplicates of the make-belleve ac- commodations that were provided for the soldiers on the Peking. The Centennial was a great disap- | | and the medical board of | chow and Centennial. A FRAUD She then wandered under the Danish flag and now comes under the stars and stripes as a first-class troopship. The sale of the Centennial was engi- neered by a syndicate formed on Puget Sound and the members of it were de- lighted when the Danish flag was haul- ed down and the stars and stripes took its place. Seatile was jubilant over the nsaction, and the Post-Intelligencer devoted nearly two columns to the event and a description of the steamer. The facts of the case have been tele- graphed to the authorities at Washing- ton, and Antil they are heard from lit- | tle or nothing will be done to the Cen- tennial. In the meantime Captain Long examiners | appointed by General Merritt are pre- paring exhaustive reports. The Government is going to have more difficulty in getting competent en- gineers to man the Whitgift, Ning- The men have English licenses, but as the steamers are now American vessels the engineers must have American licenses and be | American citizens. Frank Bragg, sec retary of the Marine Engineers’ A ciation, has the matter in charge and will see to it that all the vessels are properly manned. The steamer China has still a por- | tion of her Chinese crew employed. The | then removed to his room in the lodg- | She was arrested by Detectives Gibson STABBED IN EALOUS RAGE Wm. Walters Wounded by His Paramour. SHE CLAIMS HE WAS FALSE MAY STEWART, A NOTORIOUS WOMAN, THE ASSAILANT. His Injury Is Serious and the Knife- Wielder Has Been Locked Up in the City Prison. ( A lovers' quarrel prompted by jeal- ousy resulted in William Walters be- ing stabbed by his paramour, May | Stewart, at the rooms of the woman et 122 Post street late yesterday after- | noon. Walters' wound, which is quite a dangerous one, was dressed by Dr. | Lord last evening and the man was | lives. | where | ing-house the woman and Wren and was locked up at the | California street station charged with | assault with a deadly weapon. Walters is employed at the Temple | Bar as night porter and has been con- | sorting with the woman for some time. According to his version of the | affair the woman had been drinking | heavily during the day, and when he | went to the room about 5 o’clock in the | evening she accused him of being un- true to her. She attacked him, and in | the struggle bit his finger, and after- ward took a dirk he always carried | and stabbed him in the right breast. | He left the place, and a couple of hours WILL OBEY HIS COUNTRY'S CALL. The French Government Makes Requisition on a Noted Pianist for Service in the Army. AIME LACHAUME, later while in a restaurant on Pine street he met Dr. Lord and asked him to dress the wound. Walters went up to the rooms of the doctor, where it was found that the dirk had pene- trated to the depth of four inches, in- TWO MORE TROCP S The British steamers Whitgift a nd Ningchow were vesterday purchased HIPS. by the Government. To-morrow or Tuesday they will be turned over to Uncle Sam's representatives and the American flag will be run up at the peak. Both steamers will be turned into troopships examining boards who went over her yesterday. She was supposed to be ready to go to sea with €30 troops as soon as the stores could be put aboard, but instead of that she cannot be got dy 1 She is pointment to the ‘only provided ith a small icehouse and has no refrigerator. Yet it is claimed she is ready to carry troops through the tropics. There is no blower in the 'tween decks, she is not equipped in the steward’s department to handle | & crowd and the cooking appliances are very meager. The sanitary appliances sre wretched and the sleeping quarters of the men have already been described in The Call. * Captain C. Miner Goodall and Frank Bragg, secretary of the Marine Engi- neers’ Assoclation, assert that the Cen- tennial was condemned by the British Government. She was then put under the Japanese flag, and after a time the Government of Tokio condemned her. ADVERTISEMENTS. Wild WithEczema Hands and Limbs Covered with Blisters and Great Red Blotches. Scratched Until Almost Wild. Burned Like Fire. Sleep Impossible. | Cuticura Brings Speedy Relief, and a Permanent Cure at a Cost of $2. | T was a sufferer for eight most distressing of all dis tried some of the best physicians in the | country, but they did me little good. The | palms of my hands were covered, and would become inflamed; little white blisters at first would appear, then they would peel off, leav- ing a red, smooth surface which would burn like fire and itch; well, there is no name for ft. On the inside of theupper partof both my limbs, great red blotches, not unlike hives, would appear, and assoon as 1 pecame warm, the burning and itching would begin. Night after night I would lie awake all night and scratch and almost go wild. I heard of CuTI- CURA REMEDIES, gota box of CUTICURA (oint- ment), a bottle of CuTIcURA RESOLVENT and gave them a thorough trial, and after a few Spplications Inoticsd theredaeassand fnfiaim, mation disappear; before I had used one box there was mot a sign of Eczema left. 1 can truthfully assert that $2.00 worth of CUTICURA REMEDIES cured me. J. D. PORTE, 1115 Carson St., Pittsburg, Pa. Itching bumors, torturing, disfiguring eczemas, and every apecies of tching, burning, scaly, crusted, snd plmply akin and scalp diseases, with dry, thin, and fall- ing hair, instantly relieved by a single application, and #peedily and economically cured by CuTiCURA Reuz~ Digs, When all else fails. IxsTANT RELIEF AND 8P Evear How v CuRe TREATMENT FOR ol SOLVENT, greatest of blood purifiers and humor cures. | owned by the China Mutual speedily as possible. | coal-passers are at work trimming the | coal as it comes aboard and they will | remain by the vessel until the white crew is signed on next Wednesday. In the case of the City of Peking the Chi- nese coal-passers remained by the ships until the white crew was signed on. The British steamer Whitgift was purchased from Houlder, Middleton & Co., of London, England, ,through Meyer, Wilson & Co. of this city. The purchase price Is not given, but it must have been a good round sum, as the vessel had a $20,000 charter to take a general cargo from Portland, Or., to "ladivostok. She arrived here on May 11 from Calcutta with a car; nies and jute, and on May ready for sea. The negotiations for her purchase began on that date and were completed yesterday. The Whitgift was built by J. L. Thompson & Sons of Sunderland, Eng- land, in 1895, and is a fine steel steamer of 2925 tons gross and 1880 tons net register. She is 312 feet long, 41 feet broad and 20 feet deep. She is a good carrier and could be fitted out to ac- commodate about a thousand troops. Captain Bowling and his officers and all the engineers have their belongings | ashore and will start for England as | soon as the steamer has been handed over to the Government. The British steamer Ningchow came here from Comox, B. C., with 2825 tons of coal, arriving on May 24, and went direct to Mare Island, where she is at present. Negotiations for her pur- | chase were begun when the vessel was still on the Sound and they have now only been completed. She is a some- | what similar vessel to the Whitgift, | but ten years older. She was bullt in 1884 at Glasgow by D. and W. Hender- son & Co., and is 2708 tons gross and | 1735 tons net register. She is 350 feet long, 41 feet 8 inches broad and 23 feet 5 inches deep. The Ningchow was | Steam | Navigation Company, Limited, of Lon- | don. She will carry about the same number of troops as the Whitgift® and will make a good transport or coal ship. | Captain Cross and his officers and all | the engineers will leave the steamer as | soon as she is turned over to the Gov- | ernment and will go back to England. | The Iroquois Club is going to present the Government steamer Iroquois (late the Fearless) with a handsome punch | bowl and set of drinking mugs. The colors of the club are also to be pre< sented to the vessel. —_——— A Defective Indictment. - A demurrer to the indictment charging | J. W. Pearson, a stock broker, with per- jury was sustained by Judge Cook yester- day morning. The indictment fafled to | allege the falsity of Pearson’s testimony. and for that reason the court ordered it dismissed. He instructed the District At- torney to secure Pearson's reindictment | by the present Grand Jury. —_————— Death of a Washington Supervisor. OAKLAND, June 4.—John Peterson, who was picked up unconscious on the side- walk in front of the Overland House last | evening, suffering from the effects of an overdose of morphine, died at the Recefv- | ing Hospital to-night. It is not known whether the morphine was taken with sul- | cidal intent or by accident. Peterson claimed to be a road supervisor of Cowlitz County, Washington. —_——— oo it the world. PorTar Deve Axp Cumat. YAl tia Blood, Skin, and Soalp,” malled froe. Ladies' tatlor-made sults; latest designs; we &ive credit. M. Rothschild, 211 Sutter, r. 6 & 1. Ly flicting a serfous wound, which had to be closed with three stitches. After having his injury attended to Walters determined to have the woman ar- rested, so he notified the police. May Stewart is a notorious woman, who formerly conducted a disreputable house at 316 Stockton street. While she would say very little in regard to | the cutting, she acknowledged that she had stabbed her love: She claims that Walters has been abusing her for some time and that she but recently got rid of a black eye which he administered to her about a month ago. Yesterday afternoon, she says, Walters came to her room and they quarreled. She was eating an apple at the time and had a knife with which to cut the fruit. Dur- ing the quarrel he struck her in the mouth, whereupon she swung the knife around and stabbed him. swollen lip substantiates this the woman's story. A friend of Walters says that both the parties to the affair have been drinking hard and that there have been frequent quarrels between them. He says they had trouble early yesterday morning and that the woman was struck by the man. Later Walters went back to the room and demanded money from the woman and the talk ensuing from his request resuited in the stabbing. Walters was resting easily last even- ing, and while the wound is serious it will probably not prove fata part of JOINS THE NAVY COWARDLY ACT OF A SON OF AN OHIO MAYOR. After Writing Farewell Letters and Causing Great Sorrow Among Friends and Relatives, He Enlists. For several days relatives of E; Baker, son of the Mayor of Geness. s, have been searching for his supposed . mains at the Morgue, as he'ls reported ty have sent a letter to Miss Leona Spencey of Healdsburg to the effect that by the time her eyes fell upon it his lite woulq be closed by an act of his own hand. At the time of the writing of the letter he also stated that he had left a trunk at one of the hotels at Healdsburg. He at the same time forwarded Miss Spencer his old valise and willed her his trunk, mak. ing pathetic references to the fact that life was not worth living. Inquiry at tha recruiting office, 20 Eilfs street, shows that the supposed suicide. the man who so carefully manufactured | what he probably deemed conclusive evi- dence that he had made away with him- self, enlisted in the naval servine “:n MaykZU. 5k . Baker is about vears of age, and i of medium height and weight, and gza; be known by a scar on the left side of hiy face. It is not known why he made an effort to create the idea that he had com. mitted suicide. He was certainly short. sighted, for a list of all recruits is kept in such a manner that it would be impos- sible for a man to be lost in the shuffie unless he should register under a false nn&ne and carry out the deception to the end. A badly | @00000000000000000000000000000000000000 O | speaking, has delighted the mus! oving public he owes allegiance and will leave for tary or naval service. a soldier's equipment. to Americ ner. have evaded soldier duty United States he is legally bound to will go of my own volit in high-class pantomime, will be well play. fort during the period of my vates.” 1010) IOJOJOJOROJOROFOJOXOOJOXOKC WHEAT HAS BEEN A DISAPPOINTMENT RESUME OF GRAIN TRADE FOR THE WEEK. The Crop of the United States and Canada Will Be the Largest Yet. California the Only State With a Shortage. The past week has been one of disap- pointment to wheat producers and bull element. Liverpool operators, fear- ing heavy movement of new wheat to French markets, caused a general sell- ing of futures to hedge out spot wheat held in store. The enormous shipments of wheat from Russia, regardless of re- ports of famine from the interior of Rus- sia, seems a quandary to the speculative interest. The Russian press claims wheat being exported in large quantities when ople in many sections are without food. The big prices paid by French and Eng- lish importers has put wheat out of reach of the poorer classes. The rye crop, which is -~ of the staple foods of the Russian peasant, was short last year. The price of this commodity has also gone bevond the reach of the poor. Reports from other wheat growing countries are on. tne whole favorable. The wheat crop of France will be an av- erage one, against a half crop last vear. India continues to export large quanti- ties. The Argentine is not lacking in lib- eral shipments. The tail end of their crop is nearly reached. The crop of the United States and Canada, basing an estimate upon present conditions, will exceed any previous year, California’ being about the only State showing a crop failure. The prospects at present point to a crop of 400,000 tons— some think 500,000 tons. The latter ugure appears unreasonable, To offset Caiifor- nia, Washington and Oregon will raise more than enough in _excess of their usual crop to make up for California’s loss. Tast of the Rockles crop experts place the growing crops at 650,000,000 The largest crop heretofore harvested was, according to the Government Bureau of Information, 612,000,000. This amount took in the Pacific Coast. The almost exhausted stocks of all wheat producing countries is a matter of no small importance. The very high prices prevailing, more particularly during the past three months, has drained every farm of its surplus. These supplies have found their way to market, and, generally into consumption. There fis now in the visible supply less than 23,- Monsleur Aime Lachaume, the distinguished planist and composer, who apprised through the French Consul located called on him for military duty, and Lachaume, who has a loyal spot in his heart for the land of his birth, will answer the call of the country to which a concert tour in the southern part of the State. When Monsteur Lachaume was inter intended to pursue in the affair he said cided to return to my native country and serve the regulation year in the army. It is the conscription, you know, established all citizens of France are 20. This is, as you know, a compulsory enrollment It was established during the French revolution, be- fore which period the armies of my country had been tary enlistment, just as they are in this free and glorious United States “I left France just before I reached the age of 20, for I was at the criti- cal point of my musical education at that time, and to_have joined the army would have been disastrous to my musical future, for pianog are not part of 1 consequently escaped the conscription and came where I pursued my musieal studles in an uninterrupted man- But France has lately been rounding up those of and unless one has been ever make a visit there they could make it very disagreeable for me, so I and have the ordeal over. “My wife, known as Mme. Pilar Morin, who has achfeved great success she has accepted a lucrative engagement with May Irwin in the latter's new 1 will leave for France probably at the end of this month, and the very first thing that I will do when I arrive there will be to give a grand benefit concert, by which means I hope to make enough monev to keep me in com- enfore that the life of a private in the French army is far from pleasant, and as to the food—well, your American soldiers can French dinners compared to the eatables the | with his masterly plaving, has been In this city that France has France shortly after his arrival from fewed in regard to the course he “Yes, it is true that I have de- According to the law as at presept liable to the conscription at the age of of individuals for mili- volun- recruited by her subjects who made a cidzen of the comply with her decrees. Should I provided for during my absence, as ed enlistment, for I can a ure you consider furnished to their rations as the French pri- 0000000000000 0000000O0O000000000000000 O ®O® o OJOJOJOROXOKOXT) 000,000 bushels. the visible supply, making in all 33,000,000 bushels to last forty-five days before any new wheat is ready for millers’ use. The dally consumption of the United States 000,000 bushels per day. This show . the countr; to the new ciency of 12,000,000 bushels. are the lowest ever a very largely increased crop this year to | fl up the many holes made necessary by the depleted carry-over stocks. The spring wheat crop Is far from being se- cured; there remains much time in which damage may overtake the crop. The situ- ation at present indicates a declining ten- dency in wheat prices for the next sixty days. June and July are generally known to the trade as bear periods. While the spot situation on paper is strong the sen. timent which is the chief factor in making prices is against any material advance. A bull market may be looked for after July liquidation has taken place. There is 1o reason to expect extreme low prices, Conditions do not warrant any such pre- dictions. It is altogether reasonable for producers to anticipate reasonable returns for their Wheat this year. Those who are looking for fancy prices will meet disappoint- ment. The foreign situation will dispel such ideas. Barley remains dull. Oregon and Wash- ington are selling old stocks freely. The tendency seems downward. R. E. MULCAHY. ———— The exhibition of Hungarian ponies, sired by the imported Hungarian stallion Carlisle, at the yards of Messrs. Killip & Co., corner of Van Ness avenue and Mar- crop, or a defi- June 7, the property of Mr. A. W. Foster of San Rafael, is a feature of enterprise in the breeding of high-class stock for which Mr. Foster is entitled to credit. The public will remember th?s;s hibition of these beautiful and valuable animals at the recent horse shows. This sale is the first by Mr. Foster, who owns a_herd numbering at the present time about eighty. ——— e ‘Will Conduct a Novena. A novena, preparatory to the feast of the Sacred Heart, will be conducted at St. Ignatius Church., commencing next ‘Wednesday .evening, by the Rev. Father Calzla. The entire course of instruction will also be given by him personally to the members of the League and Confra- ternity of the Sacred Heart. —_— e DAUGHTERS OF JUDAH. A grand entertainment and ball will be given by Ruth Lodge No. I, Daughters of Judah, I. O. B. B., in B. B. Hall, on the evening of the 22d Inst., for the benefit of the Red Cross Soclety. X N & SECOND FLOOR FLOOD BUILDING. PPN s T : 809 Market Strect, Corner Fourth ADVERTISEMENTS. TR SIS N 4 d \kix&j?{ 3 U RECEPTION ROOM—:‘o. kg CONSULTATION-FREE. Extracted FILLED CROWNED : Bridgework WITHOUT PAL.. OUR SPECIALTY—Crown. Brid, and PAINLESS EXTRACTION. ¢ Work The Clinic is always_ahead in Advanced Dental Science. No Students Emploges For the Next 30 Days Our Prices Will Be : FULL SET OF TE]"‘J(TH for. GOLD FILLING . CLEANING TEETH A Physician Always in Attendance, SKILLED OPERATORS—LADY ATTENDANT PHONE DAVIS 564. DR. T. E. STRONG. Office Hours—9 . m. to 10 p. m.; Sundays, 92 m. to 2 p. m. - < It is a fair estimate to | say there is not 10,000,000 bushels outside of | ket street, to be sold at public auction | 000,000 bushels of wheat to carry | Millers' stocks | It will take POILVOVIVIOVDDVOPPVDED HIPPDODDEVDOVDDVDOOIPHDIDORO & ADVERTISEMENTS. FIVE SPECIAL VALUES IN SILKS, SURAHS, CHALLIES, ORGANDIES AN DIMITIES. 60 pieces BEST QUALITY F warranted fast colors, ON EXHIBITION I 75 pieces NEW WASH SURAHS, best quality, large variety of styles and colorings, full 24 inches jn width. 50¢ Yard. 22 pieces EXTRA QUALITY PLAID TAFFETA SILKS, 21 inches wide, all new styles, Swiss manufacture, $1.00 Yard. RENCH PRINTED CHAL- LIES, light and dark grounds, latest importations, 3756 Yard. 150 pieces PRINTED FRENCH ORGANDIES, elegant floral designs, all new goods. 25¢ Yard. 200 pieces PRINTED IRISH DIMITIES, very latest styles, 72750 Yard. ALL THE ABOVE LINES OF GOODS ARE N OUR DISPLAY WINDOWS. m, u3, us, nr, n9, 121 POST STREET. Tailor Suits. Our elegantly made and fine - Fitting Tailor Suitsareacknowledged best value. Tailor Suits fr@ jlfl fo $40. Black Dress Skirts. New Designs at $3:%° New Designs at $5:2 New Designs at $7:2° Over 100 Styles to Select From. Shirt Waists. Lawn, Silk, Wool ana Sateen. THE BLAGK GOODS HOUSE 1106 Market Street, Turk and Mason Streets. % DOPPPPVPOP @ CASH OR LITTLE-AT-A-TIME. A HARDWOOD CHILD'S CRIB, BRASS TRIMMINGS, SIZE 60x30 INCHES—A SPECIAL FOR NEXT WEEICR T o $3.50 WE HAVE A COMPLETE LINE OF BABY CAR- RIAGES, CHAIRS, CRIBS, ETC. J. NOONAN, Complete House - Furnisher, 1017-1023 MISSION ST. Phone South 14. Open Evenings. P 90OPOIPPDVIODOVVDODLDIPVOPDOD GDVPVOOOODDOD- ? | We Rent all Makes Few partly used for Sale cheap. Send for rices. Samples and Prices anpER Agonts SMITH PREMIER STATEMENT OF THE CONB!TION AND AFFAIRS OF THE FIDELITY AND CASUALTY COMPANY F New York, in the State of New York, on the 3ist day of Dacember, A. D. 1897, and for the year ending on that day, as made California, pursuant to the provisions of sec- tions 610 ‘and 611 of the Political Code, con- densed as per blank furnished by the commis- sioner: CAPITAL. Amount of capital stock, paid up in cash ... T $ 250,000 00 Reserve, reinsurance deposit (cash in company’s possession) - 4% 48 Total assets LIABILITIES. Losses known or not filed ..... 15,470 07 Losses in pre suspense e 105,252 45 Losses resisted, 3301475 of whic for the insured ............. 333,643 57 Gross premiums on risks running one year or less, $2, 16 reinsur- ance 50 per cent . . 1,420,037 06 Gross premiums on risks running more than one year, re- insurance pro rata’ ... i Due and accrued for salaries, rent, &0 s g 3 Total Habilities .. INCOME. Net cash actually received for pre- miums ......... i 2,944,245 29 Recelved for interest and dividends on bonds, stocks, loans, and from all other sources 66,240 18 Received for rents g .ossame Recelved for profit on assets sold.. 11853 50 Total income +$3,080,560 15 EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for losses -$L.453,501 13 Dividends to stockholders 45,000 00 Paild or allowed for commission or brokerage ...... gy ... 763,924 04 Paid for salaries, fees and other charges for officers, clerks, etc 131127 11 Paid for State, National and local taxes ... . 5023118 All other payments and expenditures 480,165 37 Total expenditures ... 2,923,949 38 GEO. F. SEWARD, President. ROBT. J. HILLAR, Secretary. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 34 day of February, 1 E. A. RABE! PACIFIC COAST DEPARTMENT. S, C. PARDEE, Manager and Attorney, MUTUAL LIFE BUILDING. San Francisco, California. R, Notary Public. TREMENDOUS SACRIFICE —OF— Genuine ORIENTAL GS BY AUCTION ——ON— TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, June 7th and Sth, at 2 P. M., at 106-108 GRANT AVENUE. MR. L. BABAYON, who has brought this fine collection, having struck the city at the wrong time, is forced to sell his Rare Rugs at any sacrifice before departing for the East. H. H. REED, Auctioneer. SLEDS, BOATS' ETC. ARCTIC sleds, Arctic dogs, pllot maps to the Klondike, outfits, steam launches and stern-wheel steamery, with bolers suitable to burn wood; 50 boats be Youkon boat Alaske e 110 MONTGOMERY ST, S. F.. CAL. seen at salesroom. G. W. KNEASS, 18 st. "Phone Redmflfl. to the Insurance Commissioner of the State of - ASSETS. Real estate owned by company...... $ 558,442 T8 Cash market value of all stocks and bonds owned by company 1,649,852 50 Cash in company’s office 38,801 00 Cash in banks 5,019 78 Interest accrued o loans ....... 3 2,016 67 Rents accrued ..... < . 164080 - Premiums in due course of collection 400,221 58 : el