The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 18, 1898, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1898.° LODGE DECLARES FOR EXPANSION ANOTHER NAVAL STATION NEEDED | Southern California Will iAttitudt America Should Get It. Assume. RECOMMENDED BY ENDICOTTiOREN DOOR IN THE FAR EAST WILL BE LOCATED NEAR THE SENATOR FAVORS BACKING UP TREASURY BUREAU’S INTER- MEXICAN LINE. ENGLAND. Chief of the Bureau of Yards and | Beljeves Uncle Sam Should Demand | Year Just Ended Makes the Lowest Docks Submits Estimates for the Next Fiscal That Chinese Ports Be Opened to the Commerce of the World. Year. Special Dispatch to The Ci D B Special Dispatch to The Call. Nov. 17.—Senator Lodge, in t the Boston Boot and Shoe quet last night, said: w to what I think the Govern- i | INGTON, Nov. 17.—In his an- to the Secretary of the|an g Chief Endicott of the Bureau of | Club 1d Docks makes a strong point | T co. of the nec y for ample docking fa- | mer c cilities, no ; for small vessels but P < nade it th r s, upon the waters ople of the principle are certain American en- ar Key West. Under the d of coaling stations the report tells what has been done ward securing a station at Pago- nd o ui Samc pect men to carry your hx d ‘f vTuux = amoa, extend your trade by es- that the United States has t elves in a distant portion fifteen acres of land at Swim- th unless you have a Govern- g Point and Observatory Point and iy to protect them at all ontracted for a steel pier, coal merce at the cannon's ind other improvements nece: we do it underwmg store 5000 tons of cos 2 | r an American is engage: e 5000 tons of coal and other | | ere he is to be protected, is a navy of the United bugh to guard him wher- go. Therefore, I say arge avy as a protection erce on the sea as well as on the states that the United e into possession of the an and a naval ai of the various nal. navy- | ol 3 onts us is s fiscal year are as - n“fr\'\xl"dfl \\‘Qfli the B, we are not an we hold those is- ; the greatest power - Ocean. We hold one en- & of that ocean ot the outlet | . ngland We hoid 2 way house in Honolulu, when the Are w stop t, as it will be. »w the ports of the e 1d open to Rus v alone? Or are we going to stand up i England and Japan, tae ports of China must be closed to all or > | they must be open to all? It Is going to be a struggle, in my judg- must b 0ing t to be closed a, France and Ger- last station, Puget | cott i ays if it b point. also- comments upon the and ut out from it that we should be I do not think that port hat 1o battle-ship or heavy- | ger of war anywhere if we are fa er has yet approached |ed enough to make known to the at Mare isiand. and says | Just what we want and just what we in- monstrated that thi | tend fo do. Let our Government have wis- P dom in its foreign poli nd its treatment of our merchant marine and the genius of American_ invention and enterprise will | do the re MATTHEWS GUILTY a navy-yard was a Attention is called to Oregon was com- iles north to Pus d While the Go € t ample dock AUGHTER ncisco Bay, this cloco, Ba, this OF MANSLAUGHT of the 7 e i " juite ashtmp[n:tlzintll Milpitas Constable Who Killed ation as on the Young Hopken Recommended r-t:r!'r lzzxieez Sound to Mercy of the Court. s thatal saN JOSE, Nov. 1T.—John Matthews, attention to the establish.| Who While Con: e at Henry Hopken, of manslaughter. a st ation near the south- the Pacific coast. a g aval | ment, between the maritime nations and | 2 good naval| o' on-maritime nations. It is going to by popula-|ye g struggle to see whether the people ed labor; 1o | who speak the English tongue are to go to and no direct rail-|the wall or whether they are to have their w a trunk line. |share in the commerce of the earth where- conditions, it is sald to be | ever they fly their flag. I believe that the be wise to build a large | United & is entitled to its share of 5 % &€ | the world’s commerce. I do mnot believe | 1898. isems some extremely interesting facts Milpitas killed | Parts of the world. . to-day found gullty | €Xports never reached $100,000,000 an- He was recommended | nually, save in the exceptional years | 000,000 line, save in the exceptional year estimates of the . to the mercy of the court. Judge Lori- cal year agmgm?”{g"?fi f;’l‘” gan will pronounce sentence on Novem- oo year aggregate $6,347,421 | ' og TV = crime was committed while REClPROCiTY TREATY unk and was a cold-blooded one. | ng was reatly stirred up over £ ¢ Matthews MAY BE ADOPTED Térms.Propcsed by American Com- missioners to Canada’s Rep- the g for 19. t ear- t ame across Hopken, 3 the neigh- was visiting in resentatives. old boy. who B | d. Ma accused him of tak- A 0¥ —The Anglo- This he denied. 1 on now in session here s, started to | St s between the Uni when the offic nim through thews claimed he merely the Ma helATa 1ane he sl fired to fright not generally believed. It he officer drove up along- \ without a word of ., and it loon on the | exceeded $600,000,000; in 1879 the-- coat were | more than $700,000,000; in 1880 more than officer ‘ $800,000,000; he | the $900,000,000 was reached; in 1892 the 1 the boy, and did not In- | year they were $138,190,515. | | sarily great by reason of increased pop- RAPID GROWTH OF OUR COMMERCE America’s Trade With the World. EXPORTS STEADILY INCREASE. ESTING STATISLICS. Record of Imports, With a Single Exception, Since the Year 1879. Special Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, Nov. 17. The tide of international commerce turned in favor of the United States in | the centennial year, 1876. Prijor "to | that date the balance of trade against us had been (beginning with 1789) $2,- | 236,405,610. Since that date the balance of trade in our favor has been $3,091,- 440,852. In the eighty-seven years’ ope- ration of the Government prior to that date it witnessed but sixteen occasions | in which the annual balance of trade was in its favor; in the twenty-three | years since that time it has witnessed but three occasions in which the an- | nual balance of trade has been against it. In the eighty-seven years prior to 1876 the exports amounted to $12,309,- 653,384, an average of $141,000,000 per | annum, while the imports amounted to | $14,546,994,000, an average of $167,000,000 | In the twenty-three years | 1 the exports amounted to| 344,445, an average of $811,000,000 | annum, and the imports amounted | 0,903,493, an average of $677,000,. 000 per annum. It will thus be seen | that in the twenty-three years since | 1875 our exports hav~ actually been | more than 50 per cent in excess of those | of the entire eighty-seven years prior | per ann since | to 1876, and that the average annual | exportation since 1876 has been nearly | six times as much as the average an- | nual exportation prior to that time. | A recent publication by the Treasury | Bureau of Statistics, entitled “Imports | and Exports of the United States, and | Receipts and Expenditures of the| United States Government,” presents | the figures of our imports and exports | running back to 1835, and the receipti and expenditures running back to 1856; and by supplementing these with ear- lier official data, the full record of the 110 years of our commerce may thus be had. Prior to 1835 there were but three occaslons in which the annual ex- ports reached $100,000,000, and but nine occasions in which the imports | reached that sum, so that the years| covered by the publication in question comprise the most important »eriod of our commercial history, presenting, as it does, the figures by years from 1835 | down to and including 1898, and by months from January, 1884, to August, A detalled study of these figures pre- regarding our commerce with other Prior to 1834 the of 1806 and 1807, while after the year 1834 they never fell below the $100,- 1842. By 1853 they reached the $200, ,000 line; by 1860 the $300,000,000 line; by 1870 the $400,000,000 line; in 1873 they passed the $500,000,000 line; in 1878 they were in 1881, for the first time billion dollar liffe was for the first time crossed, and in 1898 the figures were $1,231,482,330. Thus the exports of 1898 are practically double those of 1887, four times those of 1878, and almost ten times as much as those of 1848, in which The growth of imports, while neces- ulation, has not kept pace with that of exports, especially in_the last quarter STORIES TOLD BY SCHOOL BOARD BILLS Ragan’s Brother to the Front. HIGH PRICE FOR A BUGGY TOO MUCH FOR EVEN WALLER AND BURNS TO STOMACE. Blacksmithing Comes High, but the Directors Do Not Hesitate to Invest Liberally Right Along. Those claims against the School Depart- ment now in the hands of the Auditor, | when carefully scrutinized, make some | remarkable disclosures. They tell of | favorites heavily played and invariably | winning at the expense of the taxpayers; | of evasions if not actual violations of | the law, and of charges for trivial arti- | cles that would put to blush the most | hardened convict wearing stripes. | It would appear from these clalms that | as determined an effort had been made m‘ bankrupt the City Treasury as the Mc- | Donalds and their pals made to loot the | Pacific and People’s banks; that the for-| mer effort was not as successful as the | other is due to the fact that the city's | funds were not as Hmited as the banks. | One of tue most suspiclous accounts awaiting settlement is that of Ragan & | Schlegal, carriage repairers and black- | smiths. The senior member of the firm is a brother of Dr. Ragan, the School DI-| rector, which relationship may have much | to do with the heavy bills the firm is con- | stantly gresentlng, not alone against the School Department but against the mu-| nicipal branches as well. There are several claims of Ragan & Schlegal now awaiting the Auditor’s sanc- | tion, and one of them bears evidence that even such members of the board as Wal- | ler and Burns considered the charge ex-i cessive. This claim is for a new buggy urchased for the department on October | ?‘ 7. Naturally, the first question that | in the mind of the investigator v the board should purchase a new | buggy from Ragan & Schlegal, wagon re- pairers and blacksmiths, instead of going | to some regular carriage repository where | it would be likely to save a middle man's profit. But no satisfactory solution of the problem presenting_itself, the searcher | turns to the price, $180, and reflects that the middleman’s profit was not to be| sneezed at. Tnen he notices that the| original price of $18%0 has been scaled to $165 by Messrs. Burns and Waller of the Finance Committee, and the mind be- gins to ponder on the freak that induced those two members to save the city $15. | Had the bill been increased that amount | it would seem perfectly consistent with | the record of the board, but to have them shave a bill is beyond comprehension and a vision of a $76 buggy, a bill for $180 and two conscience smitten- School Directors | presents itself. This vision becomes plainer when pro- ceeding with his investigation the search- er_finds another bill from gan Schlegal dated February 9, 1838 (less than four months after the purchase of the| buggy), for $28 25 for “repairs on tools and | buggy.” The itemized bill is as follows: | Jan. 22—Steeling 2 picks Jan. 26—Steeling 2 picks. Jan. 21—Setting 4 tires. $12, ‘will now go at..... tatlers for $13.50 and $15, will at ported Worsted, Serges, Thibets and Cassimeres; only In All-Wéol C made and tri manner and bargains price the lowest on record, only WHOLESALERS, 1] 8 T0-DAY AND SATURDAY. Men's Strictly All-Wool Suits in most stylish fabrics, equal to those sold by any retail store in this city at $10 and Men’s Most Fashionable Fine All-Wool Suits, cut, made and trimmed In an excellent manner, equal to those sold by exclusive re- now go Men’s High Class and Richly Tailored Suits in fine im- Cheviots, you’ll find ’em marked to sell at retail stores for $18; our price to-day and Saturday MEN’S PANTS. viots*and neat striped Worsteds, cut, med in a most stylish in any retail store in this State at $3.50; our price a gift, only....... ceeenenes seceseannes Men’s Stylish Fine All-Wool Pants in rich, neat Cassi- meres and Worsteds, equal to those sold at retail stores for $5 and $6; our Store Open To-Morrow Night Till 10 0'Clock. ADVERTISEMENTS. America. $645 $8.85 and Saturday . $124 $1-85 $345 ESTABLISHED 1863. Lafayette place, New York City. HYAMS & CO., Manufacturers of Fine Clothing, Now Unloading Their Big Winter Stock at Refail, FINE CLOTHING SACRIFICED AT MAKER'S COST! The Finest Clothing Obtainable Must Now Be Turned Into Cash at Lowest Prices Ever Named by Any Reliable Firm in Men’s Fine Imported Beaver, Overcoats, cut in style, made and trimmed equal to those turned out by first-class tail- ors for $28 and $30 and better those sold at retail stores for $17.50; our price to-day and to-morrow only. Mail Orders Promptly and Conscientiously Filled. NOW RETAILING FINE CLOTHING AT WHOLESALE WAREROOMS, 25 and 27 SANSOME STREET, > ONE-HALF BLOCK FROM MARKET STREET. ALL OUR GOODS were made by “UNION TAILORS’’ within our own Faectory, ecorner Gt. Jones streef and R R e o - TO-DAY AND SATURDAY. Men’s All-Wool Blue and Black Kersey Overcoats with deep silk velvet collars, heavy Farmer satin and equal garments sold by exclusive retailers at $13.50 and $15; our price to-day and to-morrow only .... lined with to $8.85 MEN'’S IRISH FRIEZE ULSTERS — Cut 54 inches long with high “turn up” collars, lined with warm cassimere lining, thoroughly wind and rain proof; bargain. at $13.50; a your size to-day $8.85 Men’s Nobby Sem!-Box Overcoats in light mode colors, sleeves lined with Skinner’'s and a bargain at retail stores for $15; our price to-day and Saturday only satin 045 Kersey and Cheviot than §12.4 MANUFACTURERS. 10 boits 4 spok Repalring Repaliring shaft clips. 2 half rims. Setting ax 2 shaft fron: Crossbar in shafts. Steel bar... Sharpening 1 bar. HO FOR THE CAROLINE ISLANDS, THE HANDSOME Al IRON BARKENTINE RUTH ILL SAIL ABOUT DECEMBER 1ST FOR 49 9 k11 R2L2LR2ILIL Total ...---s- But if this bill makes a practical black- smith gasp, what will he do ~when he reads the items in Ragan & Schlegal's bill of January 7, 1888, which are as follows: Dec. 5—8 hooks, 1-6 bolts and washers. Dec. 13—1 hook. Dec. 245 irons and boits for gates TR & Kusiac, Ponape and Ruk, Caroline Islands, EDfRIE ateSgs 05| where our trading stations are. These islan Dec. 30—Handles for 10| are situated about half way between Hawail 1 19 90 | and the Philippines, and constitute part of what T:“: i ehit Do toiak reads v Ir one | U R bescmy AuEloe oolaaise. This ai 3 % will take the trouble to foot up the items FEReT WY be T e SR e e b Ba will find they amount to $32 90, or $§ 00 | datlons for & Lim pass. % e AN o thtal on the bill. . But one | and every opportunity will be given for & study o of these beautiful and fruitful islands, of whose does not mind a slight discrepancy like that in the totals when rapt in admiring contemplation of the various charges. Chesney & Co. have the contract for wealth of resources so little ls known. For | round trip, voyage about five months, $350. J. F. CUNNINGHAM CO., UNITED STATES BRANCH. STATEMENT ——OF THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS ——OF THE— MANCHESTER FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY F MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, ON THE 3ist day of December, A. D. 1897, and for the year ending on that day, as made to the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Call- fornia, pursuant to the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the commissioner: ASSETS. UNITED STATES BRANCH. STATEMENT —OF THE—— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS —OF THE— CALEDONIAN _INSURANCE COMPANY F EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, ON THH 31st day of December, A. D. 1897, and for the year ending on that day, as made to the Insurance: Commissioner of the State of Cali- fornia, pursuant to the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the commissioner: ASSETS. od that the | of a century. The $100,000,000 line in vork for the department, 14 Clay street, San Franesco. vernment was | | the import trade was passed as early gfiinfhf\‘?rgii's'e‘fo?:xgnx&flm they are to Opvdecs i Y Loans on bonds and mortgages 30 00 | Cash market value of all stocks grantin | | as 1801, and again in 1805, 1806 and 1307, | 45 all the work. At least it ought not, Cash market value of all stocks and bonds owned by company....$1,98.538 25 fis SUES FOR A DIVORCE |and at intervals unttl 1344 when the| for there is a statute requiring the board DR. MEYERS & CO., Tonds owned by company 1,846,517 50 | Cash In company's office Lim e total of $102,604,606 was followed by a | to advertise for bids for all work amount- | gpecialists for All Diseascs of Men. gu: :: \;o‘x::)lz:n s office. e gg e X = . |rapid growth, the $200,000,000 line being | ing to 3200 or more. It is an msplrlng : HESE SUCCESS- | 1888 (8 P30S ihd “acerued on all ' stocks and loans .. 23,734 13 Sequel to the Romantic Marriage, | pagsed in 1851, the $300,000,000 line in | String of claims pregemfd 27 Ches?ey & ol 2 t ul physiclans [ JOterest QU e . ! 798750 | Premiums in due course Desertion and Subsequent 1656, the $400,000,000 line in 1866, the | Coyon July 24 last that IRRCS BU8 (AN have the most exten | riorest due and accrued on bonds allom o e, 1613004 Reconciliation. $500,000,000 line -in 1871, while 1872 eX- | thjs respect, or if it has found a neat B e ik 5 il 20| “for fire and marine risks... 404 05 t < ceeded ' $600,000.000, 1852 exceeded $700.- | means of evasion by which it can play | o 236,506 18 | Due from other compenies . 17.—The filing of &1 000000 and 1891 passed the $800,000,000 | favorites. These claims of Chesney & Bills receivable, not matured, taken insurance on losses already paid. 538 88 . orce in the King County | jine the high water’ mark of imports| Co. are as remarkable as any to be cific Const. They have | BIct i (ha “marine. risks...... ... m e o ) o uel to the celebrated | peing reached in 1893, when the figures | found, for this reason: There ate six of guch * confidence I8 | pue from "other companies for re- Total assets 12,212,278 28 e case. In danuary last Con|were $566,400922, while the year just|ihem. all of the same date, and all for their _ abllity, that | D eurance on losses already pald... 3,170 %0 LIABILITTES, uties. If th o married his present wife and | ended, 1398, makes a fower record of | 197 and $198 just WILRRLIRE S SME Cor thent depont the prics | otal asgets .....ooveecinieiins o Losses adjusted and unpald -......§ 100565 34 1 is made by Canada ¢ .09n%CS- | ater went to the Klondike. He returned | imports than any year with a single ex- | could pertorm stx separate jobs for the ks i LIABILITIES. o suspenss 54,243 00 1, Who is looking after | On the first trip of the St. Paul to San | ception since 1879. department at the same time and all for house or newspaper | 1 .coq adjusted and unpaid 72,229 43 | Losses resisted, including expense: 18,256 68 interests of Great Britain, it is said | cuere he was joined by his| The figures covering the receipts and | the same amount. There Is nothing to in San Francisco, to | Ossed FUIRC SN0, ‘odjustment of b Gross premiums on fire risks ru iprocity list probably will be agreed her they jm,meyéd to | expenditures are equally interesting. |show where the work was performed,con- be pald to them when In suspense 130 32 ning one year or less, $1,005,051 o % o soan: ised Hr R d| Prior to 1800 the total net ordinary re- sequently it is only natural that the sus- the cure is effected, |y o SPNCC o including expenses. 67,870 85 | reinsurance 50 per cent... 502,525 38 ithout the abolition of preferential gL L L Sl fclon should arjse that Chesney & Co. or will take monthly | Gosses renstes. I e - Gross premiums on fire rates to Great Britain the opinion is ve don, carrying away a con-| ceipts of the Government never reached | b "} een given some job amounting to | W | NI installments 1t the G708 BTEM UES T8, o 052,597 14 hing more than one positively expressed that & reciprocity ot Con’s $%.000. He fol- | ag much as $10,000,000, practically the | eomething fike $1100 and the bill split up in | Established 17 Years. P at1len ¢ boofers | reinsurance 50 per cent........ s26,s 57| , B4 3T Teimsurance pro rafa....f MeTT 48 agreeme; e reached. her and a reconclliation ensued. | entire sum then being collected from | this fashion to hoodwink the casual ob- Thousands cufed 4t | Gross premiums on fire risks run- j Aikoten demiads ER At 2. PR he American Commissioners feel that Ay pelhd - and arrived in | SHUES U o Tanged steadily up- | server into belleving that the law had | home. ~Advics and private book frec,) Jriret| ning more than one year, #1050, pany. oo : hey can succeeed in having this Brit- e e ward from that time until by 1826 they | been duly respected. confidential” DR, MUTH 2 186 530 zeinmoauan. procrkin 525,864 98 | rotal Labilities ish preterential Btopped it willbe greater rce be granted| ward from, (ol mo00.000 line, b 1861 | - These are some of the minor clalms tho | Bt Sen Francheo, 2. Dtis TEnd i« EisTiios sE e R = R issioners to believe that they bodily Injury that| 000 line, and in 1863, for the first time, | 53y as do the larger claims. Use and pany 60,511 37 3 will. suc in having this preferential ophe, States (hat|passed the $100,000,000 mark, increasing |~ And there are many more of them, blg Total labllities T, 81 e el X The court 1s | Tapidly by reason of the necessary col- | and lttle. Faclal Soap Faclal Cream. INCOME. all other sources asked to order that - he patd $1000 in | lection of war revenues, until in 1866 TR T TWO LIVES LOST ON order {6 conduet the they were $519.949,564, dropping again A NOTABLE BANQUET. Net cash actually recelved for fire. . ._| Total fncome . Monday next has been fixed as the date | below the $300,000,000 line after the war, — — S i o Aniaent o A and EXPENDITURES. A SINKING SCOW for Van Alstine to show ca why he | but ranging from $300,000,000 upward | Pacific Parlor No. 10, N. S. G. W.,| If anything alls your sun, Scalp, Comples, | Recelied, for 1nt . 1000 | Net amount. paslt For fire Tosses giepiapmoticonyly, Wit biw gemand; since 1880, the average receipts (aside Celebrates Its Seventeenth o e GDBURY. 127 West 42d st.. New | Received for interest dividends Pald or allowed for commissi 9 OB S O i v "s | on bonds, stocks, loans and from brokerage . - from war revenue) at present being York, 163 Btate Chicago. Use Woodbury's e o 9,69 50 | Paid for sal — - Alaskan TAKE FRENCH LEAVE. Argonauts Perish in a Yukon Ri i ?ilf‘;erm?llsaswr at Payday Causes Homesickness at the it yl' ;h D Benicia Barracks. 1 7.—The Dirigo has e (D, Nov. 17.—We y W ed from Alaska with ninety passen- D “(dnosargu;:; payday at the Benicia barracks. the evening twenty or twenty-five soldiers left camp without leave. Among the number were elght or nine members of the Colusa company. Captain Ford sur- mised that his men would probably take a trip home, so he went to Davisville, and at that place found siX of the men, Who, it seems, went to Sacramento Wednesday evening, and when inter- cepted were on their way to Colusa. from Dawson. They tell of ow near Fifty Mile, by fifty tons of pro- ie river ‘i‘.?”sl}lll open, = steamer Wi v t up from Dawson. S ill-fated scow left Bennett on Sep- ember 21. There were four men on here er owners, Smith & Galloway of Skag- | 1y, and two Drospectors, whoss names | were never learned, but who, according to Galloway, halled from Caiifornia. The | They were turned over to the Davisville | yoyage went smoothly until White Horse | officers for temporary keeping. In the rough usage at one of his Rapids were reached craft got by those troublesome waters s parted and she had mlal'm red before those on her managed her. Repairs were made to her journey down the river was re- Captafn Ford learned t! men was on the Knights Landing train. He came to this city, and was rewarded for her trouble by finding another man on the Colusa train and also by overtakiny the soldier who left the Knights Landing train at this place. He returned to Be- nicia barracks with his prisoners this afternoon. One of the soldiers complained of the treatment received at the barracks. He said the boys were refused furloughs and determined to take French leave and visit their homes. He also sald that about 100 men left in that manner Wednesday even- ing. ———— WILL EXTEND TO OMAHA. CHICAGO, Nov. 17.—The Illinois Central has decided to extend its lines to Omaha. 1ed At the Fifty Mile Rapids, however, more trou E ted the heavily laden Whaue she was rushing through the raplds she foundered, her seams having again parted. Seelng that the scow was a com- plete loss, the four men sprang into the {cy waters and made for the river bank. Smith and Galloway reached the shore in fety, but the two other unknown min- were swept to death. Some of the Klondikers who came down on the Dirigo say that when they left Dawson on October 20 it was thought that two men and a woman had been burned to death in the big fire of October 14. The two men, whose names Tne Call's informants were unable to give, have been missing since the conflagration. et and the construction of some 175 miles of new track from Fort Dodge, lowa, to Omaha,; will begin early next spring. General Graham Improving. NEW YORK, Nov. 17.—At Fort Hamil- ton to-day Major General William J. Gra- ham, U. B. A., retired, was reported to have improved since yesterday when his iliness from typhoid pneumonia was made known. His family now believe that th danger point has 'n passed. R tral a valuable Western terminal and will greatly increase the importance of the vestern end of the road. . —_————— Sending the Christmas Box to Manila, By Alice Rix, In Next Sunday’s Call. 1 This extension will give the Illinois Cen- | All the preliminery work has been done | claimed under forged checks. | l $365,000,000 per annum, or a million dol- lars a day, while the average expendi- tures (omitting war items) are about the same. WITNESS IN CONTEMPT. Sensation in the Nevills Extortion Trial—Prosecution Has a Strong Case. The trial of Elsie Williams, Grace Loose and Myron Azhderian, charged with ex- tortion, opened yesterday morning with a scene that was little less than exciting. Judge Cook discovered that, notwith- standing his orders that all witnesses in the case should remain away from the court room until called, J. Azhderian, a :;ro(’t‘le’r of ll‘;e defendant, had remalined n the room during the first two d the trial. Judge Cook lmrl:ledla.(el‘;ysdgS clared the disobedient witness in con- tempt of court and fined him $100 with an alternative of 5 days in jall. Counsel for the prosecution addressed ¥he court on be- ;:g[df gg;mlrdeflm.ts:nu‘ng that his action a en Innocent in intent, Copk revoked nis order, * - 10, Judke aptain Nevills then took the sta; completed his story of his 1nt1mac;‘vdvmg Elsle Willlams, how he had paid her $200, and advised heér to get rid of the ¥Arme’ pian,’ meaning Azhderian. Willlam . Nevills Jr. was next called. He corrobo- rated Captain Nevills’ story, and told how Azhderian had told him that if Dolan had not squeeled Captain Nevills would have been ‘‘disposed of,” and his property hen witness left the stand the case was ch‘: tinued until 2 o’clock to-day. Railway Meeting. At a meeting of the directors of the Cal- ifornia Northwestern Rallway Company esterday A. W. Foster was elected presi- ent of the company, vice G. Palache, re- uléned. eorge A. Newhall was elected directo: in place of J. H. Isham. ’. Anniversary. Pacific Parlor No. 10, N. 8. G. W., cele- brated Its seventeenth anniversary right royally last evening in the banquet hall of the California Hotel, which was magnifi- cently decorated for the occasion. President Leonard Stone welcomed the uests in fitting terms, and during the iscussion of an elaborate menu the fol- Faclal Soap, Factal Cream, Facial and Tooth Powder. Sold everywhere. NERVITA Restores VITALITY LOST VIGOR, lowing toasts were reseponded to: ‘“The Past Year,” by D. E. Ryan; “Our Grand Brings the pink glow to pale cheeks e Parlor,” by George Clark; “Our Future,” | stores the fire of youth. mail 500 per by Joseph E. Hawkins; “Our State,” by DY age Hahrs: “The Boys,” by John Grea. | ney; “Our New Members,” by W, . Langton; ‘‘Our Boys at the Front,” by ‘money. Wervita Medica! Co., CHnton & Jackson sts., Chicago, WALLER BROS., 33 Grant ave., San Francisco. Total income .. Net amount paid for fire losses (in- cluding $112,428 13, losses of pre- $ 650,452 85 vious years) ... 53 1 Paid_or allowed for commission or brokerage ... ... 269,483 67 Paid for salaries, fees, and other Ccharges for officers, clerks, etc.... 110,013 Paid for State, National and local taxes . snasT 6T All other payments and expenditures 76,603 59 Total expenditures Losses incurred during the year . charges for officers, clerks, etc Paid for State, National and local taxes .. 5 . sonss All other payments and expenditures. 70,009 48 Total expenditures .. $1,165,500 64 Fire. Losses incurred during the vear....§ 707,088 92 Risks and Premiums. |Fire Risks.|Premiums, Net . amount _of risks 7 Written during the, year ... 15 150,659,290!81,685,873 41 Net. amount of risks _ expired during the year| 157,693,679( 1,771,936 94 Net amount in_force De-| ~ cember 31, 1897 170,019,667| 1,901,776 08 Herbert Dam. Instrumental music was furnished by an orchestra of fifteen pieces, and vocal solos by Messrs. Desmond, Hib- bard and Grodjeng, and the singing of sev- | eral selections by the Knickerbocker FOR BARBERS, BAK. ers, bootblacks, bath- houses, billlard tables, BRUSHES artet rounded out a memorable evening | brewers, bookbinders. tandy- makers. pnera Szuthe history of the parlor. g, .y'n. flourmvlls, fopndries, laundries, paper- . 5 Bangirs DRl Pt "llor. ete Visiting Laundrymen. | stablemen. (o8 O ANAN BROS., Among the prominent laundrymen | Brush Manufacturers, 609 Sacramento st brought to this city by the recent meet- ing of the Laundry Association at Sac- ramento, are’J. H. Kiefer, of the Troy Laundry, Los Angeles; J. B. Leaman, Red | Star Laundry, Jose; A, E. Messerley, | ‘Anchor Laundry, Los Angéles; C. B. An-, drus, Marysville Laundry, Marysviile, ang | N. Bonfilfo, Excelsior Laundry, Los An- | geles. After a final meeting at the Bald- | win Wednesday morning, they lunched at | the Clff House, and put in'the rest of | wrl[hfs Imlla]l vegfltflmfl P]llx the day in sightseeing. ledged by thousands of persons who The Bear Club, ATy ™ themn. for over Torty years to cure 1 1 The Bear Club held its first meeting | SICK HEADACKE, GIDDIN CONSTIPA- sitics-ithe: wection’ Jast ‘SYARTIE Sug. for| TIONy Derpid Liver, -Weak BoEack:, Fiidiies b gathering was naturally a very happy one, | and purlfy the Gs several of the members of the club | - for " : Grossmans Specidc Nixturs them- ex| change ot BETTER THAN PILLS went into office at the b, Todsiide. Prosident Colling revicwns|Saa work of”he lub since tne'opening ot tne cam] L, an anke heir good £ B remedy _percons can_cure NORE, least —_————— ) tion to business. The Read About Dreyfus on Devils Tsland, | Sieioine staine oching ot the.jeast nfury to the mnntat‘.lm Ask your for it Price §1 & bot In next Sunday’'s Call. Risks and Premiums. |Fire Risk of ount during risks| the cember 31, 1897 185,644,763/ 2,108,003 77 GEO. W. WENSLEY, U. S. Manager. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 2th day of February, 1898 ROBT. L. WENSLEY, Notary Public. L. B. EDWARDS, Manager Pacific Coast Department, 823 CALIFORNIA ST, S8AN FRANCISCO, CAL. DR.PIERCES GOLDEN DISCOVERY OR T Bl_.OOD.llVEléwNGS; CHAS. H. POST, Manager. N. A. McNEIL, Assistant Manager. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 2Sth day of February, 188. H. E. FRANCK, Notary Public. " L. B. EDWARDS, Manager Pacific Coast Department, 323 CALIFORNIA ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. el By o R E'J::":'n‘.' Mones. Circular ;&' ek ALTM! 0., 834 Dearborn St., Chlcage