The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 29, 1898, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JULY 29, SHAFTER TELLS OF THE SICKNESS AMONG HIS MEN Over Four Thousand in the List, but Only Two Deaths From Yellow Fever. Secretary Alger Much Concerned and Plans for the Early Removal of the Troops to a Healthier Clime. WASHINGTON, July ment to-night posted the AGO T E CU United States Arm Con- total N 5 deaths— ny H, N Siboney, olunteers, Corporal Thc , 'Twenty-fourth Infantry, Si- fever; Private enth Infan- SHAFTER, Major General. Alger is deeply now en- outskirts of Santiago. orts show a surpr mber of cases of sickness, but s authorize the statement S isl ing in a uation " s they would seen to indicate. slightest P 1t of the most temporary nature to place a soldier's name on the which, in their present not distinguish between n mortal illnes 1 one of many of these cases in S mp are of a trivial nature, but well its grand total of sick and wounded. Notwithstanding this mitigating fact, S The War | going to remove fol- | BA, July 28.—Adju- | gays ago inspected a tract of land ad- inth | the Government as suitable for a large s Ralston, | Willlam H. | concerned | ingly | cretary Alger is ' up almost altogether of immunes. the soldiers at the earli opportunity to a more health- ful clime. The Surgeon General, under the direction of the Secretary, a few joining Montauk Point, Long Island, belonging to the Long Island Ralilroad Company, which has been offered to encampment. The tract is three miles square, con- tains an abundance of fresh water, a considerable lake, a hill 150 feet in | height and many other sanitary advan- tages, including salt water bathing. The necessary orders to equip this as a| camping ground will go forward imme- diately and every advantage will be taken of the experience gained of the formation of the great camps at Chick- amauga and Camp Alger to make the conditions as comfortable as possible | for the battle-scarred veterans in Shaf- ter’'s army. The time for their removal is left to General Shafter, the only lmitation | placed upon him being that he shall not delay the homeward sailing of his troops beyond the moment when it shall be safe for them to leave Santi- ago, having regard to the fever condi- tions. Meanwhile details are being made of troops to supply the force that shall garrison Santiago so long as it shall be found necessary to continue troops there. This force will be made NO WORD IS RECEIVED FROM GENERAL MILES Supposed to Be Advancing Toward San Juan—Five Transports Leave Newport News. O, July No word Miles to-day, and t assumes that he An cross the ) toward San Jjuan. are now d before ign there NEWS, V July 28.— m of the Fourth Ohio ond gade of the in command of Brig- iled for Porto o'clock. Gen- ff and the e on the aux- It is not likely ve Old Point be- , as there is or commanding the staff took passage . Louis. - The First Kentucky vanguard for the Third First Divisi Army arrived here y and is now Battalion of the ved late ed by the cky and the Sixteenth In- BATTERY D CAMPED AT BALLARD POINT Artillerymen in Expectation of Or- ders to Depart tor the Philip- pines. July at Bal re The quarters of t Point are com- occupied by Battery D, tillery, under of Cs 1 Charles Humphrey ants Bennett and Patterson h hed and assigned to duty temporarily, Captain one to perform the mani- it the post. It is believed that Third Regiment of heavy :ry D will soon be called to perform > actlve duty than guarding the mine flelds in the harbor by day, and that it be sent to Manila, where y to be much need of artil- There Is a great scarcity of artllery of- flcers in the army at present, as many of them have been drawn from the five old There hree men at the Bal- last Point post and three disappearin guns, and It Is proposed to have a fourt un m; imted on the bluff close to Point Loma, commanding the entrance to the San Diego channel. The War Department evidently explects Captain Humphreys with his men to look out for everything pertaining to his post without any ‘assistance from subordinates and quartermasters, but so long as they do not deprive him of his sergeants and s he hopes to maintain the effi- Lieutenant James J. gineer corps, marine mines at this dered to report to Majc Francisco in connection with the work of building a breakwater for San Pedro har- Meyler of the en- having charge of the sub- ace, has been or- Davis at San bor. The contract having been awarded, work will be started at an early day, and it will be looked after by Lieuténant Meyler. The sailing vessels Sea Robin, Hattie H and A been chased and captured by the offic of the patrolling steamer Corwin off Point Loma for running over the mines during the past week, after v had been warned to keep between the mine bu The masters of each ves- el were the Corwin and beir vessel city and tied up at the barge office wharf, AMERICAN CRUISERS SHELL TUNAS DE ZAZA Epectal cable to' The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, i$9, by James Gor- don Bennett . HAVANA, July 28.—Two American cruisers opened fire July 26 at 9:30 o'clock in the morning on Tunas de Zaza. They were obliged to retire un- der the vigorous fire from the Spanish batteries. The bombardment lasted thirty minutes. The American ships fired 300 projectiles — causing slight damage to some houses. The Spanish troops showed great enthusiasm. Their loss was two soldlers wounded and three bruised. The Americans landed at Palo Alto villas and united with the insurgent bands- in an attack on the heliographic tower near the town of Arroyo Blanca, — e—— Ex-Queen Liliuokalani Writes About Hawali and Her Hopes JIn Next Sunday’s Call. *[INACTIVITY CAU SES MANY DESERTIONS Demoralization of the Fifth Illinois | Regiment Attributable to Circumstances. WASHINGTON, July 28—It is re- ported from Chickamauga that because the Fifth Illinois Regiment was turn- | ed back from the Porto Rican expedi- | tion many men have deserted, the morale of the regiment has been de- | stroyed and the faflure to secure ac- tive service has been charged up to the secret efforts of Colonel Culver to keep it from going to the front. | It is said at the War Department that, as a matter of fact, the Colonel | has been the victim of circumstances over which he had no control. When | the Fifth Illinois had been ordered to Porto Rico a delegation of Indiana peo- | representatives of the three treaty pow- (GERMAN GRAB ~ |GRAHAM 0N N SAMOA Emperor William Defies Treaty Powers. CHIEF JUSTICE POWERLESS. AMERICAN AND ENGLISH CON- SULS UNITE IN PROTEST. President of the Municipal Council Detains a Royal Letter—Ger- man Officials Encourage Native Warfare. It is not only in the Philippines that Emperor William 1s trying to play his fa- vorite Teutonic game of brag. He is making a very strong bluff in Samoa, and | in consequence the friction between the | ers at Apla has become excessive. Both the English and American Con- suls are up in arms against Dr. Raffel, the president of the municipal Council, who is a German. Though appointed by | the three treaty powers Dr. Raffel seems to consider that he represents Germany only, and uses every means available to irritate and annoy the English and Amer- fcan residents. Fortunately the Chief Justice, who is an American, holds a su- perior position, so that it is out of Dr. Raffel's power to do any serious harm. Advices from Apia, received by the Mariposa on Wednesday, indicate the | latest phases of the difficulty. The Presi- | dent has come violently into contact with Mr. Gurr, a prominent English lawyer. Mr. Gurr was for many years native at- | torney for the Samoans, and is one of the highest authoritles on islana affairs. King Malietoa, who has great confidence in Gurr, wrote him a letter on public af- fairs. Gurr lent the letter to the pre: dent and, to his intense surprise, that | gentleman refused to return it, | In vain the lawyer stormed and pro- | tested. The German official had got the letter; he wanted it for state purposes; and, rightly or wrongly, he was going to | hang on 1o it. Then Gurr took his case | to the Consuls, and the representatives of both England and America remon- | strated with their .German colleague. It was in vain; the president was deaf to all appeals. He even refused to yield to the | authority of the Chief Just Conse- | quently there an open breach between these officials, and strong reports have | been sent to Washington -and London | condemning the German's benavior. | To further their own ends the Germa for some past every effort to undermine the authority of the Supreme Court. Judge Chambers, who is at its head, is a highly respected American lawyer, and the Germans know that as long as he occupies this position time have been making | their underhand work will not be allowed to pass unnoticed, In two actions lately brought against the president that official has denied the authority of the Supreme Court, and has refused to eome into court. This in the which express- gives the Chief Justice power to_try s of the kind. Judge Chambers has declared that If the president will not | vield one or the other must leave the ountry. | hus there is’every prospect of the live- | ple waited on the President and pre- sented the fact that although there ! were three Indiana regiments fully | equipped and ready for service, none | had been ordered to the front. It hap- | pened that of three Illinofs regiments | avallable two had been sent forward in advance of the Fifth, so that the | department felt obliged in order to! avoid a charge of discrimination to | substitute one of the Indiana regiments | for this Dlinois regiment. With this | order Colonel Culver had absolutely | nothing to do, and did not even know that it was in contemplation. et e REQUESTS THE RELEASE OF THE RODRIGUEZ French Embassy Protests Against the Beizure of the Merchant Steamship. WASHINGTON, July 28.—The French Embassy has called the attention of the State Department to the circumstances connected with the seizure of the French merchant steamship Olindo Rodriguez, and has requested the im- mediate release of that steamer. This action was taken simultaneously with a protest from the French Transat- lantic Steamship Company against the seizure. The State Department has submitted all the papers in the case to the De- partment of Justice with a view to get- ting an opinion on the legal questions involved. The grounds of the representations made by the embassy are that the Rod- riguez was engaged in ordinary mer- cantile pursuits and also had on board the official mail of the French Gov- ernment destined to the French Min- ister at Port au Prince. It is sald that her manifest shows she was not intending to enter a blockaded port. The representations are those usually made in behalf of the French interests, and there is no disposition at the State Department to regard them as other than a friendly inquiry. | Pl b FROM CAVALRY CAPTAIN TO INFANTRY COLONEL Officer Promoted for Gallantry Dur- ing the Terrible Fighting Around Santiago. . WASHINGTON, July 28.—The Presi- dent has appointed Captain Thaddeus ‘W. Jones of the Tenth Cavalry to the vacant colonelcy in the Tenth Volun- teer Infantry (immunes). This officer was promoted in recognition of his meritorious services while in command of a company of the Tenth Cavalry during the terrible fighting around San- tiago. The regiment of which Captaln Jones is, appointed colonel is composed en- | tirely of colored men, recruited in the | South, and is booked for speedy service in the West Indies, either at Santiago or Porto Rico. Captain J. M. Lee of the Ninth Infantry, who originally was appointed colonel of this immune regi- ment, declined the commission, as he preferred to remain with his old regi- ment. COLONEL ROOSEVELT HAS A TENDER HEART Sends Money and Little Delicacies to Sick and Wounded Rough Riders. NEW YORK, July 28.—The wounded Rough Riders now being cared for in the barracks and hospital on Gover- nors Island have been visted by Major Brodie, He gave each of them a new $5 bank note, by instruction of Colonel Roosevelt, to pay for minor expenses and such little luxuries as the men may wish to buy. Major Brodie also inform- ed the heroes that Colonel Roose- velt would give more mgoney to them if it were needed. The wounded cavalry- men were pleased. One of them said: “That's just like Colonel Roosevelt; he’s continually doing things for his o \ liest kind of row breaking out in Apla. | Worst of all, the Germans have been tr: ing to stir up a native war. The rebe held a meeting recently and the majori of the chiefs w e found to be in favor of peace and reunion with the Govern- ment; but a small section, urged on by German agent: insisted on war. The Germans hope that a native disturbance will give them a pretext for intervention and possibly for the occupation of the islands. They tried the same tactics in 1889, but the presence of an American | fleet in Apia checked them. Evidently | the Bmperor thinks that America, being | busy with Spain, will have no time to at- tend to his little freebooting scheme. BLOCKADE OF HAVANA PROVES INEFFECTIVE Prominent Merchant Says That Food of All Kinds Is Plentuul in the City. ST. LOUIS, July 28.—August Grupe, one of the foremost merchants of Cuba, who has lived in Havana for twenty- four years, stopped here to-day en route to Germany on a visit. In an in- terview Mr. Grupe said: “When I left Havana two weeks ago, the inhabitants were not in the slight- est fear that the city would be bom- barded. In fact everything was going on the same as usual. The theaters, dancing halls and business of every character were flourishing, and but for the presence of troops in the city you would never know a war was in prog- ress. “The blockade of Havana has thus far not proved very effective. The farms around the city furnish all the supplies necessary. The soil is so fer- tile that crops can be produced in thir- ty days. There is no scarcity of pre- visions in Havana, nor has there been any perceptible advance in the price of food. There are 40,00 regular soldiers and 25,000 volunteers in the city. About 3000 men are working night and day strengthening Havana's fortifications under the personal direction of General Blanco. A few days before I quitted the city, the Captain General told me Hav- ana would be well-nigh impregnable and that talk of fits fall after six months of bombardment was sheer nonsense.” MISCHIEVOUS RUMORS DEMIED AT TANGIER Americans in Morocco Charged With Bribing Kabyles to Raid Span- ish Territory . Specinl cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1898, by James Gor- don Bennett. TANGIER, July 28.—Reports that American agents in Morocco are brib- ing Kabyles on the frontier to raid Spanish territory are absolutely false. The British warship Illustrious has ar- rived ‘here. il Al SPANISH TRANSPORTS \ /" GIVEN SAFE CONDUCT don Bennett. CADIZ, July 28.—Washington having authorized Mr. H. J. Sprague, United States Consul here, to grant them safe conduct the Isla de Panay and Isla de Luzon will start for Santiago de Cuba to-morrow. P SR Engineers Ordered to Porto Rico. ‘WASHINGTON, July 28.—The First Regiment Volunteer Engineers, now rendezvoused at Peekskill, N. Y., has been ordered to report to General Miles for duty in Porto Rico. R . ‘Will Order a Fresh Inquiry. PARIS, July 28—Edouard Lockroy, Minister of Marine, has decided to order a fresh inquiry into the loss of La Bour- gogne. If it is found that any of the crew failed to do their duty they will punished. i . n | will take up the affair. THE WARP Goes‘Gunning for a Cor- respondent. HE WOULD CARVE A HEART ENRAGED BY THE EXPOSE OF HIS CROOKEDNESS. Loot of the San Jose Treasury by the School Trustee Will Probably Be Officially Investi- gatad. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, July 28.—Trustee Graham did not like the article in this morning's Call exposing his crookedness in school affairs, and, after filling up on bad whisky, he started out gunning for the paper’s correspondent. He failed to find him during the day, as the corre- spondent was attending the trustees’ meeting at Agnews Asylum, and this only added to his rage. ‘When Hugh Mcl. Porter, the corre- spondent, called at Trustee Graham'’s residence this evening to get a state- ment from him in regard to the shady transactions Graham was in an ugly mood. Porter had no sooner rung the doorbell than Graham appeared. With him was a revolver and with it he tried to annihilate Porter. Graham placed his hand on the gleaming handle | of the revolver in his hip pocket and threatened to fill Porter full of holes. He declined to make any statement about his {llegally drawing $15 a month | from the city for the rent of a school building, under the name of J. N. ‘White, but really admitted such was the fact. Graham asked for no correc- tions, but demanded blood. He sald The Call must retract the statement or he would kili the writer on sight. Porter saw fit to withdraw at this time, and thus saved his body from be. ing made a sieve. Graham followed him | some twenty-five feet, giving vent at each step to an oath and threatening to shoot. After this episode Graham went around town bragging of his achievement. The article in this morning’s Call at- tracted widespread attention, and the shady transactions of School Trustees Graham and Wemple will likely form the subject of an official investigation. Besides this. the grand jury probably The public is loud in denouncing the methods of the old board and its ways of doing busi- ness will be brought to an abrupt end before long. Trustee T. O'Neill, a pronounced anti- gang man, and a member of the finance committee of the new board, in speak- ing of Graham's case to-day said no such pilfering would be tolerated by the new board. He said that instead of buying groceries of a harness maker it would purchase ‘direct from the grocer. No trustee would be allowed to draw money from the school fund for the rent of a building for school pur- poses. If any trustee was illegally re- celving money from the city O'Neill W see that a stop was put to it S methods as were cited in Gra- ham's case ought, he said, to oust any member from offics LANDS ARMS AND FOOD IN THREE PROVINCES Wanderer’s Second Expedition for | the Relief of Cuban Insurgents a Success. NEW YORK, July 28.—A Key West special to the Herald says: The aux- iliary boat Woodbury, Captain Rogers, which has been on blockading duty off the northern coast of Cuba for the last three weeks, arrived here a little be- fore sundown this evening. “She brings information regarding the expedition of the steamer Wanderer, which left here last Monday on a second attempt to land arms and ammunition and sup- plies for the insurgents in Cuba. After leaving Key West Monday afternoon the Wanderer returned to the north coast of Cuba, succeeding in landing part of the expedition a short distance west of Havana, in Pinar del Rio province, near the point where she driven off last Saturday. The Wanderer then went eastward and a second landing was effected at a point about twenty miles east of Eavana. The third expedition was landed near Cardenas. Considerable reticence is manifested, but from the little that can be gathered it is evident that the Wan- derer's cargo has been successfully landed and taken possession of by the insurgents in Pinar del Rio, Havana and Matanzas provinces. MONITOR AND CRUISER SAIL FOR PORTO RICO Other Fighting Ships Now Coaling at Cape Haytien Will Leave That Port To-Night. Spectal cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 189, by James Gor- don Bennett. CAPE HAYTIEN, Hayti, July 28.— The monitor Puritan and cruiser Mont- gomery finished coaling and left to- night for Porto Rico. The Amphitrite will coal to-morrow and with the tug Leyden will leave to-morrow night. CERRUTI CLAIM CASE GROWS VERY SERIOUS Report That the Spanish Admiral Has Received Orders to Bombard Cartagena. NEW YORK, July 28.—A dispatch from Colon says: “The position of the Cerruti matter is now extremely seri- ous. Three Italian warships. are in front of Cartagena and the Italian ad- miral has received orders to bombard the city. Great Britain and the United States are intervening.” i b o X7 For a European Conference. LONDON, July 29.—The Vienna cor- respondent of the Dally Telegraph says: The project of a European con- ference regarding the Philippines was brought forward long ago, and there is every prospect that the conference will meet in Paris. ———— Cleveland Harness Races, CLEVELAND, July 2.—Twelve thou- sand people were at the Glenville track this afternoon in anticipation of the fiue sport that comes next to the last day of the meeting. The weather was fine until 3 o'clock, when a bad storm came uj In consequence only two races—the z:g trot and the 2:08 pace—were started and finished. 2:23 class, trotting, purse -Direct: Kelly won, True Chimes second, Befle M l.hl“n'f Poh e el $2500—Searchlight on, Chenalia Secona, Sally Toler third. " Hest e, 2:f . 1898. ASKS FOR BUT Tax Agent Ryan Before the Equalizers. SOUTHERN PACIFIC'S APPEAL LINE TO SANTA CRUZ UNDER CONSIDERATION. Believes the Assessment of the South Pacific Coast Railway Should * Be Very Materially Decreased, Special Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, July 28.—E. Black Ryan, Southern Pacific tax agent, ap- peared to-day before the State Board of Equalization. The agent applied for but one reduction, that in the case of the South Pacific road. He said that last year the board reduced the assessments of the counties 10 and 16 per cent, while the railroads were as- sessed to their full cfsh value. As a consequence the Southern Pacific Com- pany was obliged to pay additional taxes to the amount of $45,000. He de- sired the board to take this into con- sideration in making the assessment this year. The tax agent asked that the South Pa- cific Coast road's assessment be reduced from $13,000 a_mile of last year to $10,000. He claimed that this narrow-gauge road was assessed 40 per cent over and above other narrow-gauge roads in the State, Equalizer Chesebrough inquired whether Mr. Ryan had figured the | benefits his company received because of the reduction of the county assessments. Mr. Ryan replied that in mmgarlsun the benefits were light. He sald that in Ore- gon the company was assessed 150 per cent less a mile than in this State. In Siskiyou County, adjoining Oregon, the road had been assessed at 317,408 a mile while across the line in Oregon the ro: was assessed last year at $10,000 a mile. Previous to that year the assessment ay- eraged $4500 a mile, which was raised to | $10,000 on account of the action of the board of this State. The railroad com- { Dun]y has enjoined Oregon from the col- lection of the taxes on the Increased as- sessments. Equalizer Beamer sald he had been in the county of Oregon on the line of the road adjoining this State, and obtained the figures of the Oregon assessment of | the road, and that he had made compari- son with the railroad assessments in | other States with that of the Southern Pacific Company, and as a result he was more than convinced that the railroads in_California_had been well assessed. Chairman Morehouse sald that there | was no doubt that the California rail- roads were higher assessed than roads in other States. In view of these facts, the question was, Who was right_and who was wrong? He thought the South Pa- cific Coast road was assessed too high on account of the unused spurs to the Al- maden mines. 1t developed that by the terms of its | charter the Central Pacific will receive no | money - from the Government for carry- | ing the soldiers and munitions of war to | San Francisco. Read About the Wonderful Prehis- toric City Just Discovered in Mexico In Next Sunday’s Call. Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese Minister at Washington, Writes About the Prospects of American Trade in the Orient. In Next Junday’s Call. e e FUNERAL OF REV. DR. GIBSON Will Be Held This Afternoon at the First United Presbyterian Church. The remains of Rev. M. M. Gibson, D.D., pastor of the First United Presby- terian Church of this City, who died last Tuesday morning at Albany, Or., arrived here yesterday morning on the Oregon express, accompanied by the widow and Mrs. Percy Young, only daughter of the deceased. They were met at the ferry by the trustees of the church and es- corted to the undertaking parlors of Na- thaniel Gray & Co. Yesterday afternoon the casket was removed to his late resi- dence, 1518 Fulton street. The funeral services will be held to-day at 2 o'clock at the First United Presby- terian Church, corner of Golden Gate ave- nue and Polk street. The services will probably be conducted by Rev. Dr. MeCor- mick of Salinas City, who, next to the ! late Dr. Gibson, is the oldest United Pres- byterlan minister on the coast, having preached here for the past twenty-five years. Dr. Gibson had been here thirty- two years. The interment will be at Laurel Hill Cemetery. —_———— BROUGHT BUT LITTLE GOLD. from St. Michael and Unalaska last even- ing. and contrarv to expectations brought but little gold with her. Five boxes of bullion, consigned to the Alaska Com- mercial Company, comprised her store, “and these contalned in the neighborhood of half a ton of the yellow metal, aggre- gating about $200,000. Captain Lindquist made the run down from St. Michael in twelve days and eigh- teen hours, and that from Unalaska in eight days and twenty-two hours. He re- ports that on the 16th inst. he sighted the steamer Tillamook, with the Rideout in tow, just off St. Lawrence. On the 18th the steamer Navarro, towing the State of Minneapolis, was sighted ten miles north of Unalaska. When the Portland left Dutch Harbor, on the 19th, the steam- ship Brunswick, the tug Holyoke and three barges were in port. The schooner H. C. erght arrived there on the 16th of last month. Fortieth District Republicans. A large number of enthusiastic Repub- licans met at the residence of Thomas Eager, 1616 Lyon street, last night, for the purpose of taking preliminary steps toward organizing a Republican club to represent the Fortieth Assembly District in the coming campaign. The meeting was presided over by William ‘Wilkinson of the County Central Com- mittee, and the following committee was appointed to formulate plans for per- manent ganization: Jesse Marks, W. Simpson, David Short and Willlam Wil- kinson. Due announcement will be made by the committee when the next meet- ing is to be held. —_—— Mechanics’ Library Closed To-Day. The trustees of the Mechanics’ Institute held a special meeting yesterday after- noon and decided, out of respect to the memory of the late A. M. Jellison, Ii- brarian_of the Mechanics’ Institute, to close the library to-day between the hours of 1 and 4 p. m. e — Explosion in a Mine. SEATTLE, July 25.—Meager particulars were received here of an explosion at the Coney mine near Skykomish. Two men were killed—Charles Walters and R. W. Robinson. Two others were slightly wounded. The explosion was caused by the premature discharge of dynamite. CASTORIA For Infants and Children, %M- sigature, Lo ADVERTISEMENTS. BUSSON ATH| ONE REDUCTION | clean=up to-day at Hal grand program at concert Saturday. Souvenir programs given away. S ‘Such items as these have a winning way with economical women—clean-up prices tell the tale ; other items equally good will be adver- tised to-morrow. worsted All of our worsted suft- ings, 37 inches wide, which formerly sold for suitings 30'00 TN o S signs, eight mixtures in 123c yd. B8 e e e e combinations, we have cut to 12lc }mrd, and these are specially adapted or school dresses. The_balance of 35c and fancy oo fancy wool choviots, n ree color combina- wool tlons In check and fancy mixtures, nches wide, cheviots T v Rdiced o i IQC d yard; these are worthy Yd. ot vour special notice; see our window display. 2500 yards Fancy Mesh fancy Velling, single width, in A plain, mesh and chenille veiling Bl &5t rown and 5c yd. navy. useful articles for 200 yafds Fancy cotton lace &2, Lace, 2 inches wide, n 2cyd-4 white and assorted patterns, 8000 yards in this sea- apron son’s apron gimi'h:xms‘ i in blue an brown, ginghams3 0 i patier distinctively attract- i 4ic yd. i cleaning up to- a 2500 yards Dimfty and Lawn, wash 3 3255 hes wide, i & large ariety of patterns, 200ds3IES TS e, "olaning 5c yd_up to-day. four=in= An item for gentle- men—Fancy Silk, light hand tiesflnd dark colors, large 124c 2%c. schoolboys schoolgiris f slates, notebooks, exercise books, composition books, satchels and school bags, straps, slate and lead pencils, pencil and lunch boxes, baskets, rulers, inks, erasers, sponges. These are our emphatic instructions to our advertising dept. ¢ veverything advertised must be truthfully and honestly de-” sscribed—Hale Bros, & Co. recognize this as absolutely” essential in order to WIN and HOLD the confidence of” “the public.” 037-939-041-0432045-047 Market Street. CATHEDRAL COUNCIL ENTERTAINS LAVISHLY Brilliant Gathering of the Young Men’s Institute—A Pre- sentation. The members of Cathedral Councit No. 50. Young Men's Institute, entertained their friends last night with an ice cream social in Shasta Hall, Native Sons’ build- ing. Several musfcal numbers were inter- spersed with the dancing. The most not- able of these was a ballad of the war, “Keep a Place in Your Heart for Me,” the words and music of which were by Joseph B. Carey, the well-known local composer. It was admirably rendered by Willie Finnie. Miss Daisy V. Keane sang “Old Glory” and *‘You,” while Harry Byrnes and W. J. O’'Brien also contributed solos. During the evening Past President Wil- liam F. Humphreys was presented with a gold badge by the members of the coun- cil. The presentation address was made by Charles McCarthy. The recipient was taken entirely unawares and found diffi- culty in framing a reply. The officers of the council are: Past president, W. F. Humphreys; president, J. D. Mahoney; vice-president, Charles McCarthy; second vice-president, C. Keogh; recording secretary, Walter A. Hoffmai financial secretary, John M. Hyland; corresponding secretary, Edward L) Milan; chaplain, Father Prépdergast, Y. G.; treasurer, Charles Canfleld; in’ side sentinel, John Ross; outside senti- nel, Willlam Radigan. S PARDEE TURNED DOWN. His Friend Breed’!’Motion Ignored by the County Committee. OAKLAND, July 28.—Just before ad- journment to-day, the Republican County Committee gave Dr. Pardee a quiet but effective turning down that escaped notice at the time, but is the talk of the town to-night. About a year ago the people of the section between Oakland proper and Berkeley, with the exception of Emery- ville, voted in favor of annexation with Oakland. This section will, in time, be- come a part of the Second Ward (in which Pardee has great hopes), but the matter is still in abeyance. Stricker moved that the political lines remain as they are until the county convention meets, his purpose being to settle whether he or Breed, the committeeman from the Second Ward, should arrange for the primaries in the district. Pardee was sitting beside Breed a immediately urged that gentleman to c test the motion and seek to gain con of the district himself. Breed did so, b the committee was in no mood to bo Pardee’s interests and adopted Stricke motion by a decisive vote. And so Par dee was sat upon twice by the c committee, Favor Metcalf’s Candidacy. ND, July 25.—The etcalf are making a ha ¥ campaign in Third District Congressional Two meetings were held which steps were tagen to m ough canvass of Oakland in his About forty of his personal fr sembled at the residence of W. V. witch- er, on Telegraph avenue, Willilam Moller presiding, and appointed several commit- tees to thoroughly organize the Second Ward in Metcalf's behalf. A similar meeting w eld dence of Willilam H. Chicke teenth street. there ' “ing a ance of Metcalf's themselves to take ‘Ward for him. Third A SLOW REGISTRATION. Registration for the Gubernato elec- tion will close in this city a week from next Tuesday, and unless more activ! displayed by the citize ward and qualifying themselves t several thousand will be deprived of t L electoral franchise this year. Every one must be registered afresh, whether they voted at the last election or not, the Great Register having been canceled. The total registration yesterday only 1046, making a grand total of leaving more than 30.000 voters un: tered up to date. There remain eleven days yet In which to complete the rolls, and the average registration should be from this time on_at least 2725 per day— more than twice the number that applied for registration terday. in coming for- - ¥ —_———— ‘Warning to Teamsters. The police have received instructions to enforce a recent ordinance passed regard- ing bituminous pavements. It prohibits vehicles from being driven with one wheel on a car track, where such exists, but both front and rear wheels must ba kept on the rails. Arrests will now be made of any drivers who violate the or- dinance. ADVERTISEMENTS. IN THE SWIM! The dressmaker, the preacher, also the merchant’s clerk Like 10 per cent discount, but we can’t make it work. 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