The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 8, 1898, Page 14

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 189s. fi/@O@(“@@(‘@"&“'@"@‘* aca il ol A il 4l Al o i g a 5969000009900 00000 & 57 pleces INCH ENG former price $125 a yard; 5aC 35¢ 50c 45 pieces 54-INCH FANCY damaged; regular price $1 a +8+ 0404 B4+ 8-04+04+8+0+B+8 37 pleces 5-INCH N special sale at 50c a yard; former price $1 a THE INSURANGE COMPANIES PAY THE LOSS! You Get the Benefit. : DODDOODOVOOOOHOO OPVVO OOV DEVODOO COLORED DRESS G00DS! LISH DIAGONAL SUITING, slightly damaged; will be offered at 55c a yard. NAVY CHEVIOT SERGE, slightly HeHDPEOODY @@@wew SCOTCH CHEVIOT CHECKS, ard; worth $125 a yard; damaged. will be offered at 55c a yard. + B4 BB IO AR E 75¢€ $1.1 90c; will be closed out at good value for $15! 500 yards BLACK BROCADED SATIN, 600 yards 27-INCH COLORED TAFFETA SILK, will be closed out at $110. 24-0+E+0+n4-u404+04e4+-8+ 84040 - ) 2] - G & - 2 a e a - H+E+E+E+EHEHEE Market, Jones and McAllister Sts., San Francisco. +E+E+ E+R+EHE+R +8+8+8+E+E+E+E+E+E+E+ BHR+a+ slightly will be placed on sale at 35c a yard. es 45-INCH FINE ALL WOOL FRENCH HENRIETTA SUIT- d; NCY MIXED ENGLISH COVERT SUITING, worth 65¢c a heavy quality; good value for | 5c a yard. Ll | very finest quality on {0.000000CI0000000CIO000000) To-day we present a few samples of the thousands of bargains that are drawing such crowds to our sale of the immense stock of CLOAKS, SUITS, CLOAKINGS and DRESS MATERIALS recently damaged by fire in M. SIMONOFF’S Cloak Factory, and which we secured at the TREMENDOUS DISCOUNTS noted above. The IMPORTANCE OF PROMPTNESS in attending this great sale cannot be too strongly emphasized, as in most cases the damage is hardly perceptible, and THE GOODS ARE GOING OFF WITH A RUSH at the omall PercetageotActualVlues o B+ E+E+E+ 0+ B+E+E+E+HE+HE+HE R+ R+ R+ SRR B R B R R §50,000 Worth of Cloaks, Damaged by Fire, Smoke and Water At 10c to 29¢ on the Dollar! led = pleces F AOC o0 il b e aion EalE e Tl et 300 rds 24-INCH BLACK FIGURED TAFFETA SILK, good value 5OC tor 75c; will be closed out at 50c a yard. > CK FIGURED GROS GRAIN SILK, good DRESS TRlMMINGS- will be closed out at 65c a yard. | s R e | [21¢ BLACK MARABOUT TRIMMINGS, all silk, 400 yards COLORED TAFFETA SILK, light and medium shades; extra | ' <2~ 1 inch wide; value 2ic; 75C quality; will be closed out at Toc a yard. 12%ec. | 25¢ —_— $8 50; will be placed on sale at $6. $| ()Q BLACK CHENILLE FRINGE, mixed with — . beads; value $4; will be closed out at $L. 56 (0 LADIES' HANDSOME SILK WAISTS, in *UY checks and plaids, waist lined all through; e ¥ egul ice $8 vill be placed al FEATHbR BOAS. ;g,\;;r price wi e placed on sale | — | = REAL OSTRICH FEATHER BOAS; value | 905 $1 50; will be closed out at 90c. | BLACK DRESS GOODS. iy | [Oc 5 pleces DOUBLE-FOLD ALPACA; worth $2 00 REAL OSTRICH FEATHER BOAS; value 20c; will be placed on sale at 10c yard. VU 52 will be closed out at $2. B | 25¢ zsooo yngds 3;s.l§ocu FRENCH CREPON; | i d 25¢ v RIBBONS. RIBBONS. imonoff’s price 5 sale price 25c yard. R 40 % Pleces 45-INCH FINE FIGURED ENG- | 25¢ EANCY RIBBONS, in brocade effect; value LISH ALPACA; good value for 75c; sale 75c; will be closed out at 25c. price 40c yard. 20 pleces 54-IN '8 s : PARASOLS. 50c pleces 54-INCH CHEVIOTS; worth $1; 50c 10 '$2 50 B+E+E+E+8+ B+ -‘-I+I+l+!+l+.+l+l+l+l+l E+E+E+E+E+E+E will be offered at BLACK MARABOUT TRIMMINGS, 2 inches will be offered at BEADED ORNAMENTS, wide, all silk; value 75¢c; 25¢. | 30 COLORED C inches wide; value $1 each; out at 30c. CHTLDREN‘S PARASOLS, soiled, value $1 50 will be closed out at 50c. LADIES’ $4.00 $5.00 $6.00 13 will be closed | LADIES' 35c¢ +E+E LADIES’ tight lining, made in the latest style; regular price $6; will be placed on sale at $4. LADIES' BLACK SATIN WAISTS, yoke, lined all through; will be placed on sale at $5. HANDSOME BLACK SILK TAF- FETA WAISTS, front of waist finished with fine tucks and knife plaiting; regular price sale price 50c yard. 25 pleces worth regular 75c; sale price 3sc yard. SILK WAISTS. FANCY PLAID SILK WAISTS, tucked regular price $7 50; 37-INCH ENGLISH CREPON; -+ B+ $1.00 75¢€ 95¢c $1.25 $1.50 $8.50 $6.00 | $5.00 $5.00 $7.50 % % FiF THE BIGGEST Always Go First SECURE AN EARLY CHOIGE. @ LADIES’ JACKETS! LADIES’ FLY FRONT JACKETS in tan Kersey, worth $350; will be closed out at $1 each. LADIES’ DRESS SKIRTS in fancy colors, lined and bound, worth $175; will be closed out at 75c each. percaline and bound with velvet; 96c each. with velvet; each. $850 each. LADIES’ BLACK BROC. silk, and bound with v LADIES’ BLACK FIGURED MOHAIR DRESS SKIRTS, LADIES’ DRESS SKIRTS in fancy checks, double lined, and bound worth $250; will be closed out at $125 each. LADIES' BLACK FIGURED MOHAIR DRESS SKIRTS, lined, and bound with velvet; worth $250; will be closed out at $1 50 LADIES’ BLACK BROCADED SILK DRESS SKIRTS, percaline, and bound with velvet; worth $12 5 ADED SILK DRESS SKIRTS, vet; worth $10; will be closed out at $6 each. SOOOP BARGAINS P RS DOOOPO00D velvet collars; lined with worth $175; will be closed out at double lined with will be closed out at lined with LADIES' SUITS. LADIES’ SUITS in brown mixtures, fly front Jackets, lined with silk serge, skirts double lined and bound with velvet; worth $10; will be closed out at $5 each. each. be closed out at $750 each. LADIES' BLOUSE SUITS in fancy mixtures, waists lined with fancy silk and trimmed with braid; worth $1250; will be closed out at $5 LADIES’ BLACK SERGE SUITS, fly front Jackets, lined with silk serge, skirts double lined and bound with velvet; worth $1250; will Market, Jones ané McAllister Sts., San Francisco. B+8+8+ B+ E+2+a+ e+ aHE+E-aH - u +I+I+I+I+I+I+I+I+I+I+I+I DECISIONS 0N AR DUTIES Important for Bankers| and Others. KNOTTY PROBLEMS SOLVED COLLECTOR JACKSON MAKES A CHANGE TN HTe RULES. Sold Out All His Stamps and Has Orders for Thirty Thou- sand Dollars’ Worth. The receipts at the office of Internal Revenue Collector Lynch yesterday were $14461 01, of which sum $6000 was for war duty stamps. The Collec- | tor eald that he could have sold $30,000 worth of stamps if the stock on hand had not been exhausted early in the day. At the close of business hours all the stamps he had left were a few l-centers and a small quantity of | doctimentary stamps of small denomina- tion. He expects to receive a supply from Washington to-day and to-morrow. The Collector has received from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue sev- eral decisions on the financial and bank- ing phases of the new law. They are in | answer to inquiries from leading bankers and financiers throughout the United Btates. The decisions are as follows: Manufacturing companies having on hand cash surplus, awaiting use in payment of divi- dends, which surplus meanwhile is loaned upon collaterals, are required to pay s 1 tax as banks under the act of June 13, 18 TREAS Otfice of Comm Gentlomen has been received, represent clients engage who, from time to time, have on hand a cash ADVERTISEMENTS. PLES CURED BY CUTICURA SOAP Before using CUTICURA SoAP, my face and hands were just as rough as could be and my face was all covered with pimples. I was un. fit to look at, but after using CUTICURA SOAP three weeks, my face was equal to velvet. Feb.6,1898. PAUL DUPRE, Chaler, La. I suffered with blackheads and pimples for two or three years until it became chronie. I tried everything imaginable, but it did me no good. CUTICURA SOAP cured me. Feb.20,’98. L.V.GILLIAM, OakP.0.,Va. 1 was troubled for eight years with pimples on the face. 1 commenced using CUTICURA 8oAr. In a very short time the pimples all disappeared and my skin is now in a healthy condition. JAMES FOSTER, Feb.17,1808. Dixmont, Allegheny Co., Pa. Sold mmEhmt the world. Price.2%¢. PorTEx Drve a¥p Ungy Coxn. & Sole Frope. Boston. entand Cure Pimples,” mailed fros | | waiting to | on the basis of this surplus (or capital) the statute. | that section, which provides surplus awaiting use for the p: nent of dhl- dends, purchase of supplies and other necessi- ies for the b While the surplus IS used it is Jloaned upon col- You inquire whether the making of lateral, such ns s the lender a banker within the meani section of the act of June 13, ‘what is to be regarded as the am ed, as, for example, in a casi tal of the e | company’ 1s'$16,000.000, ‘whil ned does not exceed In the opinion of this rage amount sffice the language of “that every per- having a place is advanced . bills of ex- * *+ % shall be a r under this act,” clearly subjects the person, firm or company to whom you refer to special tax as banker. The amount of special tax to be paid is re- qQuired “to be estimated amount ot capital used in the business. f any manufacturing company of its surplus (a: in doing a bani in special tax lia son, firm or company of business * ¢ or loaned on st upon the en- | sald Schedule B, tire amount of al employed by it in its manufacturing business. It is held, therefore, that it s not this amount, but simply the amount of surplus on | hand for the purpose of making loans, that is to be taken a basis for estimating the | amount of special tax It is not the average amount loaned within the year, but d out of which loans may be made. Return should be made to the Collector of the district for the computation of the annual tax “*for as provided for by yours, the preceding fiscal year,’ R Parsons, Shepard & Ogdep, New York, Certificates of deposit bearing interest, sub- | dect to tax of 2 cents when for a sum mot ex- also ceeding $100, and every additional to same tax for ction thereof. In reckoning amount of special tax required to be paid by banks, the surplus should be taken as including the undivided profits. TREASURY DEPARTMEN ; as follows to the various questions submitted to this office by Mr. M. L. Williams, vice president of the Com- mercial National Bank of Detrolt, in a letter dated the 15th instant: Checks, notes, etc., made and fssued prior to July 1, 1888, do not require a stamp under Schedule A of the act of June 13, 1538, although paid after that date A certificate of deposit bearing interest though payable on demand is subject to a tax of 2 cents when it is for a sum not ex- ceeding $100, and for each additional $100 or fraction thereof in excess of $100 2 cents. In reckoning the amount of special tax re- quired to be paid by a bank, the surplus should be taken as including the undivided profits on hand. Respectfully yours, COTT, "Commissioner. Mr. Charles Wright, Collector First District, Detroit, Mich. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Office of Commissioner of Internal Revenue, WASHINGTON, June 25, 1898. Sir: I reply as follows to_the series of ques- tions submitted by W. R. Grace & Co. of New York, in their letter to you dated the 23d inst., which you have referred to me: 1. For the incidental bank.ng business which théy state they do for the convenience of their various correspondents throughout South Amer- ica they are required to pay special tax as bankers under section 2 of the act of June 13, 1898. But, In estimating the amount of this special tax, the entire capital of their house, which, they say, 1s $3,000,000, ‘“‘employed in the | steamehip and merchandize business,” s not to be taken as the basis of this estimate, but only those funds in their hands from the proceeds of merchandise sold, which they hold or make use of for the purpose of doing any of the business of banking as defined in that section. If the funds thus held and used have not ex- ceeded $25,000 in the preceding fiscal year the amount of their special tax s $0. 2. On a charter party the tax is required by the act to be paid on the original charter party only and the stamp affixed thereto for the en- tire tax. Stamps are not required by the law on copies of the charter party. 3. In the case of a shipping recelpt issued, which, they say, is afterward presented at the office ‘and a bill of lading issued in exchange therefor, the tax of lic is required to be paid both on' the shipping receipt and on the ‘bil of lading, and e requieite stamp must be affixed to each. As to bills of lading or re- ceipts for merchandise to be exported, it {s held that no stamp tax is required to be pald on coples of such bills of lEdln! ‘The bills of lading' on which and on ‘‘each duplicate” of which tax is required to be paid are those only which are referred to in the eighth clause of schedule A as requiring “a stamp of the value OCT o 4. As brokers they are required to pay a tax of 10c only on each contract of sale, and noth- ing on contract of purchase. The; n obtain from the Collector of the Second District of New York, Charles H. Treat, Nassau and Spruce streets, New York, the stamps required by them. Respectully yours, N. B. SCOTT, Commissioner. Hon. Charles G. Bennett, House of Repre- sentatives. Customs Collector Jackson has issued | | | entire amount of surplus on | the following circulars, certain provisions of the act of interest to brokers and merchants Referring to previous orders regarding the stamping of proprietary articles mentioned in schedule B, of June 13, 189, I now inclose circular No. 125, one copy only of which has been received by this office, and from which you will percelve that the customs authorities are relieved from all responsibility in the mat- and that the only stamp required to be d to articles before delivery from custody are those ex!sting prior to June 13, 1898, such as taxes for cigars, snuff, tobacco and play- ing cards. Consequently all previous instruc tions respecting articles covered by Schedule B _are revoked. Here follows the important part of the circular referred to: In order that the practice at the several ports shall be uniform, officers of the customs are instructed that with the advice of the pro- visional Commissioner of Internal Revenue it is held that inasmuch as section 24 of the war reverue law provides that every person, excepy as otherwise provided for, who offers or exposes for sale any article or thing provided for in whether the article was of- ferred or exposed as of foreign manufacture o imported or of domestic manufacture shall be deemed a manufacturer thereof; and as the penalties prescribed in the sald law are incuy red by any manufacturer who shall sell, send out, remove or deliver any article or commod- ity’ before the tax thereon shall have been fully paid by affixing thereon the proper stamj therefor importers are made amenable as man- ufacturers to the requirements and penalties of the law. The practice of designating certain packages for examination by the appraisers under the ons of section 2001, Revised Statutes, and livering the remainder of the importation to the importer after the duties have been paid or secured to be pald will be co tinued by chief officers of customs without re- gard to the stamping of the contents under the war revenue law, the enforcement of the latter belng distinct from the collection of customs dues and devolving upon the officers of the Bureau of Internal Revenue. The ex- ceptions to_this rule are found in the proviso at section 24, which s as follows: ‘‘Provided further that internal revenue stamps required by existing law on ‘mported merchandise shall be affixed thereto and canceled at the expense of the owner or importer before the withdrawal of such merchandise for consumption, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the affixing and canceling of such stamps not inconsistent herewith.”’ The stamps which, under the law existing prior to June 13, 1885, were affixed under cus- toms supervision, such as the taxes upon ci- gars, snuff and fobacco, will accordingly con- finne T b atfxed and canceled under the present law before the withdrawal of the mer- chandise for consumption. Deputy Collector Farley addressed the following to Thomas H. Craig, entries and clearance clerk: All shipper’s manlfests must show _the names of the actual shipper of goods exported, Manifests showing as shippers the names of employes of individual firms or corporations known to be engaged in_the exporting business will not be accepted. In the case of brokers or employes of firms or corporations who make in their own names entries for benefit of draw. back, withdrawals for export, or entries for warehouse and immediate exportation, suen brokers or employes are considered to be the actual shippers of the merchandise covered by said entries, and withdrawals and shippers’ manifests may be accepted accordingly. Wines for Peru. Senator Perkins has sent to Hugh Craig of the Chamber of Commerce a letter received by nim from Hon. John A. Kas- son, relative to reciprocity with Peru, in which Mr. Kasson says: Peru wants a 20 per cent reduction of our duties on_sugar, brandies and wines, the prod- ucts of Peru, and offers certain concessions in return on products of the United States. In 1897 we imported from Peru only three dozen bottles of wine, valued at $15; of brandies, none. Under these circumstances, it is pre- did not suit the American taste or trade, and that a concession in the duty might be safely made without harm to our native product. California wines are marketed down the coast and might perhaps enter Peru. Be pleased, as representative of the California interests. to give me the benefit of your views on the sub- Ject, and oblige. The letter has been referred to several of the local wine men for them to dis- cuss. —_———— Refuses to Work. Stephen McLaughlin, a big, lazy man from Bay View, was sent to the County Jail for six months by Judge Mogan yes- terday, on a charge of vagrancy. He has a wife and family, but refuses to work to support them, and his wife has been compelled to go out and beg. The Judge expressed his regret that he could not sentence him to work six months on a rock pile. explanatory of | REMAINS OF ANAVALHERO Captain Gridley’s Ashes Arrive Here. THE RIO DE JANEIRO IN PORT MORE TROUBLE ON THE AMER- ICAN SHIP MAY FLINT. A Ridiculous Story About the United States Gunboat Monocacy De- nied by the North China Daily Mail. The Pacific Mafl Company’'s steamer City of Rlo de Janeiro arrived from Hongkong via Yokohama and Honolulu vesterday morning. She was behind time, having been delayed by head winds. She brought up twenty-four cabin and nineteen European steerage passengers, besides seventeen Japanese and a hun- dred and sixty-nine Chinese passengers. While the steamer was in Hongkong there was a ridiculous story current about the United States steamship Mon- ocacy. It was to the effect that on Dec- oration day a party was given aboard the gunboat by the officers and that a Spanish flag was spread on the gangway for the guests to walk over. The silly yarn was denied by the North China Daily News. The notorious American ship May Flint was In trouble again in Yokohama while the'Rio was there. As soon as the vessel reaches port the saiflors complain about i1l treatment from one or the other of the officers. On this occasion Peter Bonavie, an A. B., was arrested at the instance of Henry Johnson, the boatswain, for dis- playing a revolver aboard the ship. From the evidence it appears that the captain and boatswain were beating the sailors and he drew the gun in self-defense. The United States Consul took the pistol and gave it to the captain for safe keeping and ordered Bonavie to be put aboard the ship again. If he goes to sea in the May Flint on her return voyage thefe are sure to be lively times for him on the trip. The Rio de Janeiro left Honolulu on June 29, shortly after the Brutus and Monterey. Outside she found both ves- sels at anchor, as one of the collier's jour- nals had got hot and it had to be cooled before she could proceed. The ashes of Captain C. V. Gridley, sumed that the brandies and wines of Peru | late of the cruiser Olympia, were brought over on the Rio. It will be remembered that after the battle of l.anila he was invalided home and died aboard the steamer Coptic at Kobe, Japan. From there his remains were taken to Yoko- hama and cremated. On the Rio a state- room was set apart for the casket. As the vessel did not dock until late the Navy Pay Office was unable to take pos- session of the remains. To-day they will be turned over to it and will at once be forwarded to the widow. As the steamer entered port and steamed up to her dock all her flags were set at half mast out of respect to the illustrious dead. Among the Rio's passengers were W. Donovan, gunner’s mate of the Monterey, and F. Stevens, who have been sent home as incapacitated by old age. Seven of the volunteers also came back from Honolulu on_the sick list. They are: H..C. How- ard, B. F. Fannon, Paul A. Miller, W. F. Malone, C. A. Thaler, Charles Butler and Leonard Stafford. The latter was a ser- geant of Company E, Nebraska Volun- teers, and has rheumatism. The Occidental and Oriental Company’s Coptic sailed for the Orient yesterday with quite a number of passengers and a very large cargo. Among those who | went away on her were the wife of Lieu- tenant Parmenter, now with his ship at Manila, and Miss Irwin, a relative of Rear Admiral Irwin, retired. The ladies will remain at Hongkong until it is safe for them to go to Manila. While moving from under the coal bunkers at Beale street yesterday the | ship Lucille parted her hawser and drift- ed over to Main-street wharf. She very nearly crushed the schooners Katie S and Mabel and Edith. There was some lively skirmishing while the three ves- sels were mixed up in the slip. The steamer Czarina back from Puget Sound, where she was engaged for a time in the Klondike trade, and will g0 back on the Coos Bay run. On April 19, last, while discharging cargo at the wharf in Juneau, the steamer Dirigo ran into the Czarina and knocked a four- foot hole in her. To save his vessel from sinking Captain Seaman had to run the Czarina on the mud flats. Temporary repairs were made and ther™ on April 22, Captain Jansen, (ho pilot, ran her on a rock in Wrangel Narrows. It took two months’ hard work to repair her at Seat- tle and to make her as good as ever eighteen new plates had be put in her bottom and three others on her starboard side aft. The Harbor Commissioners discussed the free market question yesterday. It was practically decided to set aside Pa- cific-street wharf for the purpose, but nothing dt‘fmi{e will be done until a con- ference been held with the Produc- ers’ Association next Wednesday. D. McPartland was granted the news stand privileges in all the waiting rooms of the new ferry depot. The ticket offices of the Southern Pacific will move into the new depot on Sunday, and the work of removing the old wooden shanties will begin at once. The luxuriantly furnished river steamer Mary Ellen Galvin Is to have her trial trip next Sunday. Wednesday the Cali- fornia dry dock people attempted to put her on the ways, but as the preparations were_all made for a keel instead of a flat bottomed boat the Galvin nearly came to grief. The vessel was put back into the water, and then the dock peo- ple refused to handle her unless the own- ers would be responsible for any damage that might be done to the hull. The Gal- vin will be fixed up without docking. FLUSHING THE SEWERS. Olympic Salt Water Company Will Be Kept to Its Franchise. The Street Committee of the Board of Supervisors met yesterday to consider the | matter of flushing the sewers during the | summer months. The Spring Valley Water Company has a contract with the city tb do that work at a cost of $ a hydrant, but it was feared that owing to the dry winter the water supply for living purposes would be reduced by the flushing process. The Olympic Salt Water Company, through its representatives, reported that it would take the flushing contract on the same terms as those granted the Spring Valley Water Company. Dr. Willlamson spoke in favor of the proposition of flushing with salt water, as he believed salt water a far better purifier than fresh water. t was decided to defer action on_ the matter until the Street and Finance Com- mittees could meet in joint session. After the meeting adjourned Clerk Rus- sell looked over the terms of the franchise granted_the Olympic Salt Water Com- pany. For the use of the streets to run their mains the company stipulated to furnish the city, free of cost, five times a year such water as might be needed either by the Street or Fire departments. It is now gmblble that the Olympic Salt Water Company will be called upon to live up to the terms of the franchise and furnish the water necessary for flush- ing purposes free of charge. —_————————— Edwin Ogle’s Complanit. Suit was filed yesterday by Edwin Ogle against A. B. Forbes & Son, general agents of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, to recover $30,000 for alleged libel. Plaintiff alleges that he was a solicitor for Beaver & Kilgarif, Pacific Coast agents of the company, an while employed in that capacity he went | to Watsonville. While there the defend- | ants, it is alleged, issued a circular charg- ing Ogle with being an untruthful per- son and warning all persons to refrain | from doing business with him. Ogle claims thescharges are false, and, in con- ;fiquence, asks that damages be awarded | m. i —] WITH THE RED CROSS. State Public Meeting Will Soon Be? Held—Other Interesting | Notes. As the State Society will soon hold a | public meeting, secretaries of auxiliaries | throughout the State are requested to for- ward immediately reports of work accom- | plished by them, so that they may be | read at the meeting. The following ladies helped to make the sup- per given by the Berkeley Red Cross Society on the evening of July 4 a success: Mesdames F. V. Paget, chairman; E. Brockav w. | Kellogg, J. B, Woolsey, James Bunnell, J. | Crawford, J. Calki Metcalf, W. Rising, | Clinton DA\ J. N. Pierce, F. Slate. Subscriptions were received as follows by the local branch yesterday: W. L. Patham, 50c; memberships, $2¢; J. H. Jacob: 31; Dr. Agnes Winzelt, $4; Picific Mail Dok, 121 @ R. S. Soclety, §200; employes Kilmer, Bred- hoft & Schultz, $1 D. Jewett, §20; | rs. Miss Hausler, second donation, 50c. The Red Cross hospitality quarters at the ferry have been moved to a room opposite, which the Harbor Commissioners have fitted up, and will remain there as long as the war lasts. i Twenty-three recruits from the District of Columbia for the Engineer Corps were enter- | tained at the ferry yesterday morning. Donations were received at 16 Post street | trom Miss Jordan, Mrs. _Hagaman, Miss | Mrs. O. James, Miss B. Rumwe),\ L rs. A. S. Townsend, Mrs. A. | Iriea T "Dospe, Sies Snock.” Mra: | Willlam’ Teason, Mrs. Klink, Native Daughters Red Cross Aid from Bureka. Mrs. A. S. Townsend sent 125 sacks of onfons which were distributed at Camp Merritt and Presidio. The_following subscriptions were received at the State headquarters: Colusa Red Cro for badges, $: lita, tor badges, $5; A meda, for badges, $2 Red Cross Society, same for badges, 1 initiation, $10: Marysvil s Newcastle, $10; Rathbone st Temple, Winnemucca, Nev. Rocklin, for badges,” $1250; Los Angeles, m, Pescadero, 100. Colonel Loper of the Ohio Regiment has prom- | ised the use of his band for the great French national celebration to be held at the Chutes | on July 1. The celebration s to be day and night, and it will be held for the benefit of the Red Cross Soclety. Literary exercises, a con- | cert, fireworks nignt and day and a grand ball | will’ be the attractions. A military promenade for the benefit of the | sick soldlers at Camp Merritt will be given next Tuesday evening between the hours of 8:30 | and 11:20 o'clock at Mission Parlor Hall, on Seventeenth street, near Valencia. The reeep- | tion is under the auspices of the ladies of the | Thomas Aquinas Reading Circle, who are do- ing thelr utmost to secure its success. Mrs. E. W. McKinstry of the State depart- | ment is in receipt of donations from Roseville, | Oakland, Martinez, Courtland, Redwood.Elmira | Circle, W. C. T. U.; Mrs. of Hermione Atmore of Santa | Paula and a large consignment of fruit from an unknown person, as no card was placed | within the box. A large corps of workers at 16 Post street | is now engaged In making surgical night- | shirts, having obtained an excellent pattern from the Mill Valley Red Cross Soclety. All people interested in the cause are asked to | call and inspect the pattern, so they may uplicate it. THall players are very much interested in the ball game to be played on Sunday, July 10, at Sixteenth and Folsom _streets ~between the Olympic_Cyclers and Olympic Club Wheelmen for the benefit of the Red Cross, Donations were_received by the San Fran- ciscg Red Cross Society from Miss E. E. Lit- tle, Miss Weber, Belmont School, Hiram Marks, Mervin Lipman. A. Fleishhaker. Mrs. P. Hirll- man, Miss Brierly, California Women's Hospi- tal. 'Anna Price, Mrs. Max Marks, Milbrae Dairy. Hazel Holmes, Mrs. Adolf Mack, Na- tive Daughters. A_very beautiful old fan, the gift of Messrs. McCann, Belcher and Allen, is being raffled by §hr?va & Co. for the benefit of the Red Cross Soclety. ————— Estates in Probate. The will of Emil Rosendorn, who died on the 2d inst., was filed for probate yes- terday. All of the realty of decedent, together with insurance policies aggregat- | ing $12,000, is bequeathed to the wldowl of the testator. Small bequests are made | to the sisters of the decedent. The will | of Kate E. Vollner, who died May 7, was | filed yesterday. An estate valued at $§7000 ' is bequeathed John Bonner, the well- known journalist, who was the adopted father of the testator. Leaving San Francisco July 10, passengers nificent scenery of Puget Sound, coast of Brit- ish Columbia ‘in daylight, Aleutian Islands across Bering passing Kings Island, | cliff dwellers, en route to Kotzebue Sound. The final landing will be made at Hotham Inlet at the mouth of Kowak River, and on the return trip the steamship Brixham will stop at St. Micha ! and Dutch purposes. 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