The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 18, 1898, Page 36

36 THE SA FRA SCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1 1898. good. Aguinaldo makes more speeches, the Filipino Congress passes rapidly through a crisis and several fits; the Filipino troops stay where they are until the last moment, when they get out as rapidly as they can and every- thing once more returns to its normal condition, This fs about all there real- ly is to one of those insurgent scares that are being continually flashed OVer the cable. We had one only a few days ago, and FUH SEHV'EE { had it resulted in anything the Califor- | nia regiment would have gone into bat- | tie under a new colonel. Colonel Smith | has been appointed to the temporary | command of the First Brigade, pend- THOUSANDS OF Ravages of Disease at £ | is supposed to be on his way here now Manila. aboard the good ship Arizona. Lieu- tenant Colonel Duboce has taken com- mand of the regiment, Brevet Lieu- <enant Colonel Boxton has the First ¢ Batt TWENTY SMALLPOX PATIENTS | Second, while Captain temporary command of the Third. The regiment has undergone a battalion re- | arganization, which changes the com- panies all around so that hardly a com- | pany now remains as a part of the bat- | talion in which it left home. I do not | know the reason for these changes, but I expect it was done to put an end to battalion and company jealousy, which at | for a time was rife throughout the en- | tire regiment. i Sickness still prevails, and from | what I can learn nearly a thousand COTS STAND IN TENTS DEEP WITH MUD. Wives of Many Officers Arrive Manila, and the Refreshing Sight of a Pretty American Face Is Often Seen. 5 twice that number are walking around totally unfit for active service. The California boys have been very lucky as regards disease. While many of | them—very many indeed—have been ill, the mortality among the lads from San Francisco has been proportionately small. | own BY CORPORAL F. A, HEALY. good sense, partially to the reat measure to the excellent care them by their members of the t About twenty patients now in the smallpox tents, or, rather, about twenty did lie there last night. How many remain this morning I am unable to s From what is told me I am in- clined to think that these tents mus him- example I of and side of hardly 5000 nized troops, yet 'yo he is having | h two tails. | the sufferers they are supposed d the other, all the ling mani- heat of the midday sun, nor is there any flooring to Keep out the water when » addresses, which | it rains. The consequence is that on fine, but which | & Pleasant day the heat is well nigh ot AR et | unbearable and the atmosphere stifling, & '\,” ‘”“‘ & while on a stormy day the water runs cares | in and overflows the ground, turning | the dirt of their floors into a slushy bed of mud two inches deep in which the cots of the patients stand. However, I suppcse such conditions cannot immediately remedied, or they would not exist. t dissatisfaction is expressed all s at being soldier his antics to the sh places. But once r enough to the quartered here ptly brought up 4 everal of these | through the regiment with the manner i s have occurred since we | in which the Red Cross people are con- and they invariably | ducting their establishment down here. W general | programme. | They certainly do some good—they hi could hardly do otherwise considering his out- S %o the city un. | the splendid manner in which = s the people at home have out- C close enough to the | fitted them and the generous way s {in which | they are backed. But C air the good ' they are accomplishing 5 £ business | is nothing in comparison with what | such an organization could accomplish | were the direction of its affairs placed | in competent hands, and the manage- ment of its funds entrusted to a man | whose brains were his recommendation and who traveled on his executive abll- ity and not on his glib tongue. The waste and extravagance that re- the : rumors blood-curdling k the cit The ame a notice to thdraw to a cater inc en- view. 1do | th h to wi sults from Schlott's incompetency would in itself be sufficient support | a hospital four times the size of the place he now runs and would almost | supply the entire regiment with the | | delicacies consumed by the compara- tively small number of sick. The best | men that the society sent out, such, for instance, as Waage, Lewis and Hark (now assisting Dr. O'Brien at the smallpox hospital), have become so dis- gusted with Schlott and his methods rating r die in the at- follows giving him day on which to either move or be put out and the troops are confined to march at a mo- i necessary to HUDY AN is the greatest remedio-treatment that has| ever been produced by any combination of physicians. It| cures prematurity. The HUDYAN | remed.o-treatment cures the diseases | and disabilities of men. It is a remed.o- | treatment for men only. It cures nervous weakness, spermatorrhoea, losses and pim- ples. HUDYAN cures depression of spirits. bashfulness, inability to look frankly into the eyes of another. HUDYAN cures headache, dim- | ness of sight, weak memory, loss of voice, HUD- YAN cures stunted growth, dyspepsia, constipation. HUDYAN cures weakness or pains in the small of the back, loss of muscular power, gloomy, melancholy forebod- | ings, HUDYAN can be had from the doctors of the HUD- SON MEDICAL INSTITUTE, and from no one else. You need HUDYAN when the facial nerves twitch, as there is certain to be an irritation at their centers in the brain. You need HUDYAN when there is a decline of the nerve force, because this decline shows a lack of nerve life, which may develop into nervous debility, and then pos- sibly into nervous prostration, If you have harassed your nerves, if you have knotted or gnarled them, if you have abused your nerves, the best thing for you to get is HUDYAN. You can get HUDYAN only from us. HUDYAN cures varicocele, hydrocele, dizziness, falling sen- sations, despair, sorrow and misery. Consult the HUDSON DOC- TORS about HUDYAN in their offices—thev occupy a building of thirtv rooms—or write for circulars and testimonials of the great HUDYAN. } POISON—In its first, second ry or tertiary form is sure to show thess BLOOD PR R RS S PSP GSSPTETee E CONSULT THE HUDSON DOCTORS : + CIRCULARS AND TESTIMONIALS + L R P T PP BLOOD POISON—bad signs: You will notice copper-colored spots, an itching BLOOD POISON—skin, irritated, dry, parch:d throat, sores in mouth, falling hair. BLOOD PO SON—You have to be quick to stop this disease. If you want to be | BLOOD POISON—cured easily, quickly and thoroughly consult the doctors of BLOOD POISON—HUDSON. Their great BLOOD POISON— BLOOD POISON— 30-DAY CURE BLOOD POISON—Is what you need. Call or write for circulars of 30-day cure, Hudson Medical Institute, ing the arrival of General King, who | alion, Major Sime is still with the | O'Nelll takes | men are seriously ill in hospital, while | This is due partially to their | | | excellent physique of the regiment, and | | col- | medical | lie | be anything but pleasant places for | to | Baray .| shelter. They stand in an open square | way and that; | ji 4 central part of the new city. No s them; sends|shade protects them from the fierce be | that they refuse to work under his au- thority and the only people who now look to him as chief are the few women whom he has brought with him tonurse the sick and teach the waltz in Manila. Such help as he has afforded the medi- cal staff has been wrung from him by diplomacy. In this good work all have heartily joined with the result that the regiment is now better off than most of its fellows, though its sick receive not nearly as much as they would from the expenditure of, say, $700 or $800 per month, placed in the hands of the regi- mental staff, to be used as those three gentlemen see fit. ‘With the arrival of every succeeding steamer the city takes on more and | more of an American appearance; new places—mostly bars—spring up, the old Spanish signs disappear and new ones, suggestive of a newer and more pro- gressive people, take their places. Wives of army and navy officers have arrived and the sight of a pretty American face {s not uncommon now on the Luneta, while the swish of American skirts on the Escolta is heard nearly every hour of the day. These sights and sounds, together with the appearance of the city itself, which* is gradually becoming more pleasing to the eye owing to the con- scientious work beingdone by the Health Department, tend to remind one more and more of home, with the result that a few are becoming contented with | their lot, while the many, realizing the Joys they have forsaken, are more homesick than ever. Social life is also beginning to blos- som forth; dinner parties and the ex- change of friendly visits are things of nightly occurrence, while ever and anon some one gets up a dance which is al- | ways a success, though the proportion of men to women is about forty to one. Clubs are springing up; two or three of a socfal character are already in a flourishing condition, and the pre- liminary steps to the organization of a parlor of Elks and a Masonic lodge are well under way. The great American prize ring is also an established fact. sporting club known as “The Ameri- can Athletic Club of Manila” has been organized and intends epening on No- vember 10 with the following splendid exhibition of fistic talent: Three round go—F. L. Owen vs. H. P. Sawyer. Both men belong to the First California, and both are.members of the San Francisco Cadéts’ Athletic Club. Three round go—Fred Long vs. W. B. Porter, First California. Porter is an old member of the Manhattan Athletic Club and a boxer of considerable repu- tation. After the conclusion of these prelim- inaries there will be two four round contests for a decision and a purse each, between William Monahan. 135 pounds, First California and San Fran- cisco Athletic Club, and H. Jones. 13615 pounds, First California; and Private McGuire of the Wyomings, who will fight at 140 pounds, will try to whip | who will meet him at the same weight. | The event of the evening will be a | four-round contest between two welter- | weights, J. McMurry of the Colorados and Jim Kavanaugh of the Montanas, | who will spar for a decision and a per- centage of the gate receipts. Sergeant Joseph Maher of the First California is the manager of the new club, while James McQueeney of the same regiment has been appointed of- ficial timekeeper. On November 11 Tom Lynch of the Third Artillery will act as referee. The admission to this first prizefight in Manila will be $1 American or §2 Mexican. The entire army is deeply interested and the old cockpit, where the bouts will be fought, will be crowd- contest arrives. There is also some talk among our boys of getting up a neld day to be | held in the early part of next month. A football game for Thanksgiving is among the possibilities of the near future. There are enough men in the regiment to make a fair representation, both of the blue and gold and cardinnl, |and I venture to say that it will be turn out. to do their devoirs mahogany bleachers, crowde to bottom with Mestizo, Spanish and Filipino belles, each wearing the colors of her favorite college and rooting for its success. Of the boys themselves there is but little to say. They don’t take to gar- rison duty with the same enthusiasm as they do to active campaigning and figting. They realize that they must endure it, however, whether they like it or not, so they go along doing the best they can, than which no body of men can do more, and while waiting before d from top order which will deliver them from out this Oriental land of Egypt and house of bondage, continue to perfect them- selves in drill and in all else, particular- ly patience, that becomes a soldier. Sol Sheridan leaves to-morrow for | home via Hongkong. He has by his long association with the regiment come to be regarded as one of the boys. @;ers and men look upon his depart- a a regimental calamity. plain McKinnon accompanies Mr F. Sheridan as far as Hongkong. McKinnon takes this trip by the orders of his physician, as he has been so wern out by his numerous duties that were he to continue their interrupted performance he would be in danger of a total physical collapse. The regimental stocking is hanging at our open fireplace and every boy in the entire command will close his eyes Christmas eve praying that, when he awakes he may find, hidden in its depths, the welcome order home, ther CONTROLLER COLGAN'S BIENNIAL REPORT Coming Session of the Legislature Is Expected to Cost the State $125,500. SACRAMENTO, Dec. 17.—Controller Colgan to-day filed his biennial report with Governor Budd. The report shows that during the past two fiscal years expenditures have exceeded receipts by $827,055 79. The law of 1893 imposing a tax on collateral inheritances has. during the past two years, added $144,- 217 to the school fund. Attention is called to the fact that there is no provision for replacing buildings destroyed by fire except by a legislative appropriation, and the re- port recommends that a fund be ret aside which can be drawn upon for erecting or repairing buildings without waiting for an appropriation. It is recommended that a fund be created to be used in the case of the National Guard being called to suppress riot or in other emergency. The report concludes with estimates of expenditures for the next two years, It is estimated that the cominz Legis- lature will cost the State $125500. No les sthan $406,150 is thought to be necessary for military purposes. The cost of the State printing office is put down at $285,800. el AR Sentenced for Burglary. NAPA, Dec. 17.—August Neber was this morning found guilty of Burglary in the second degree by a jury in the Superior Court. He was charged with stealing a tent from Richards of the Stone Saloon. The jury was out fifteen minutes. Neber waived time for the passing of judgment and Judge Ham sentenced the defendant to serve two years at San Quentin. Be- fore the court pronounced sentence the defendant stated that he was innocent and convicted on false testimony, and in con- cluding asked the court to be lenient. —_————— California Calendars for 1899. “California Wild Flowers,” *‘Whist,” “Chinese,” “‘American Girl,” “Californi Misslons,” “Boys of '9%,” “Redwood” and Stockton, Market and Ellis Streets, SAN FRANCISCO - - . - = CAL. g?:‘ty-elx\:t other good calendars for 1589. | Private Henrie, of the Third Artillery. | ed to its limits when the night of the| something of a sight to see the boys| for the hour of deliverance and the | ONE-TWELFTH - ACT WILL BE THE REMEDY Teachers Will Begin the Battle of the Courts for Their Pilfered Pay. to Annul $63,953 for supplies by the Board of School Directors to the exclusion of teachers’ salarfes which are now due and payable for the month of November has aroused the community to a pitch of great excite- ment, and it is the universal opinion that something should be done to compel the shifty but solid eight to pay the just claims of the teachers, who have earned their remuneration by the faithful per- formance of their onerous duties. In- quiry at the law offices of Garber, Olney & Olney, who are representing the teach- ers In the present effort to compel the School Directors to pass their salary | warrants, failed to elicit any information | as to the method of procedure which they intend to follow, on the ground that it | would tend to forewarn the other side, and they argue that such a course is not good policy on their part. They are, ho ver, thoroughly confident that they have a good case, and that the teachers will be made happy by shortly receiving their salaries in full, a result which will be fully appreciated by them, especially at this season of the year. The first step taken yesterday was the filing of eight hundred claims for salaries duly sworn to and formally presented to Secretary Welch of the Board of Educauon. Inquiry in other quarters as to the legal remedy in the matter was made, and it was learned that there were three ways in which the desired result could be ac- complished. The first is to have a per- emptory writ of mandate issued on the School Board compelling them to sign the warrants for the salaries. If this be successful there would be no need of hav- ing recourse to the other two proceedings. These last are founded on questions of fact and hinge on the plea that thy de- mands of $63,93 for supplies which have been sent to the Auditor were all in- | curred during the months of July, August, September, October and November, and consequently the board had no authority | to pass them, as the appropriation had already been used up for those months | under the provisions of the one-twelfth act, That is the groundwork of the com- plaints which may be flled. It is then in order to have a writ of injunction issued on the Auditor enjoining him from sign- ing the demands, or failing in this an- other writ may issue preventing the Treasurer from paying them, But if these two remedies should fail, then the board may bg held responsible for passing the demands for supplies in violation of the one-twelfth act and would | be liable on their bonds. This last may, after all, be the most effectual method of bringing the unsavory majority of the | board fo time and punishing them for | thelr misdeeds. The one-twelfth act Is very clear dn the liability of officials who violate its express provisions and it will be relied on to reach the School Directors or any other officers | of the municipal government. Section 6 of | the act reads that *All Supervisors, as well as the Auditor or any other officer authorized or aiding to authorize or au- | diting or allowing any claim or demand | upon or against said treasury or any fund thereof in violation of any of the provis- | ions of the one-twelfth act shall be liable {in person and upon their several official bonds to the contractor damaged by such | fllegal authorization by reason of the non- payment of his claim.” | _The teacher comes under this category, | for he or she has contracted or. sworn to | do certaln work for a stated amount. ain section 7 of the same act says: he Treasurer paying any claim author- ized or allowed or audited in violation of ilhesc provisions shall be llable on his official bond to refund the same to the city treasury.” here is no question that the remedX is apparent if the demands were passed in violation of the act, and the facts unmis- takably bear out that assumption. Injunc- tions in the cases of swelling the substi- | tute list with thirty new teachers and the abolishing of the business evening school | were successful, and they should be | equally successful in the present teachers’ fmerguncy of the non-payment of salar- es. The ‘“open door” policy inaugurated in the financial system of the Board of Edu- cation by the startling opinion of District Attorney Dunne was taken advantage of vesterday when Attorney Powers carted out of Secretary Welch’'s office at the City Hall supply claims aggregatin, 000 and over. "He took them to the of- ficegof Auditor Broderick and left them wit him for his necessary signature, though none of them had been signed by either Superintendent Webster or Presi- dent Barrington. It was the first ag- gressive step taken against the teachers since the passage of the resolution rob- bing them of thelr November salaries, It is also the first step taken toward robbing them also of their pay for De. cember. At the end of this month there would be enough money and to spare in the treasury to pay one month’s salaries, were the Directors so disposed, but dis. posed they are not, and as fast as bills can be brought in and sent downstalrs without the Superintendent’'s signature they will be audited. It is no matter of choice with Auditor Broderick. He has not the right of pref- erence. That lies with the Board of Ed- ucation, and upon it be the blame. So long as the claims that are brought to him, be they of merchants or pedagogues, are within the provisions of the one- twelfth act, he is obliged to audit them credit. The injunction issued by Judge Belcher on Frigay against the Directors has left them in 3 gquandary, though they will use every effort to have it annulled. Tt was the programme of the board to en- list the legal services of eminent and re- utable attorneys and to appear yester- ay morning before Judge Belcher with an application to have the restraining instrument dissolved, but Director Waller went off half cocked, and with Jake Samuels in tow, appeared before the Judge yesterday morning and made per- emptory demand upon him. Judge Belcher looked up from the work on his desk before him and said, “What is it you want, gentlemen?’ “We want to gpeak with yvour Honor upon a matter guavely. *“A restraining order most un- just has been issued against one of the most important bodies of this municipal- ity and we wish to ask your Honor to withdraw'— “Law and motion day is on Friday, sir; if you wish to make a motion come here then,” brusquely retorted Judge Belcher, and the premature Waller and suave Samuels retired discomfited. “I can see our finish,”” said Waller later. “ We'll go in there Friday and he will take our motion under advisement for a week and then we will be out of office.” Director Ragan is more firm than ever in his intention to see that justice is done to ex-Teacher Stanton when he arrives in this city for the purguse of presenting his knowledge of the School Board before the Grand Jury. Director Ragan, who had the recently quashed indictment for extortion found against Stanton in the first place, was In consultation yesterday with his attorneys, W. W. Foote, Reel B. Terry, J. J. Dwyer and Andy Clunie. They have advised him that he has a good case ainst his man and on Monrday morning r. Terry will appear before Judge Car- roll Cook to ask that the indictment be re- stored against the ex-teacher. He will base his refiuslt upon the gyounds stated in The Call of yesterday morning. Dr, Ragan is ver{ bitter at the allegation, that Stanton has made against him a is resolved to make him prove his assér- tions and to also pay the Yenn.lty for his alleged attempted blackmail. ert Lyser, g‘rlnclpll of the John Bwett Grammar 8chool, expressed himself in no uncertain terms against the pay- ment of contractors’ demands and the ce list mailed on application, Christ- mas s as usual. Sanborn, Vall & Co., 741 Market street. ¥ consequent total ignoring of the teachers' claims for salaries. He said: Z “I do not like to antagonize the mer- against the moneys to the department's of gravest importance,” replied Samuels | Director Waller Appeals to Judge Belcher His Rigorous In- junction. The passing of claims to the amount of ; chants on this score, but the bills for these supplies were contracted previous to the month of December, and it is pro- to take the money from this month’s appropriation to pay them. Now if the one-twelfth act means anything it | means that these bills of the merchants should be ordered paid within the month | in which they were contracted. I want to disclaim strongly on behalf of the teachers any antagonism to those mer- chants or any opposition to the payment of their just claims, for 1 believe them to be just and that they should be pald. But they should have been paid as the teachers’ salaries are, from month to month, and ought not to be allowed to ac- cumulate until they eat up the legal ap- propriation for an entire month, so as to prevent payment of the teachers’ just earnings. 'he teachers are very much | wrought up over this question, as they | fear the stoppage of the December sai- aries, with no certainty of ever getting the money. The matter is of sutlicient importance to necessitate arousing the community to a realization of the great injustice being done to them. “The difficulty comes not so much from the excessive bills for school supplies as from the overcrowding of the schools | with unnecessary teachers, the number of whom is startling. By those I mean the floaters,’ or unassigned teachers. We have too many day, evening and High School substitutes. "The substitute list is | agnarently depleted, but this is caused by | the %:eat number of teachers in schools | who have no visible occupation, and who | are really not needed. ““When School Director Waller made the statement that the John Swett School had been furnished with $3000 worth of furni- ture I fear that he was greatly mistaken in his figures, for I saw every piece of it and consider that less than half that amount showa have covered the cost. “I do not know just how the teachers’ attorneys will gmcced in the matter of | compelling the board to pay salaries, but | I understand that they are actively en- gaged in formulating their plans, and I have no doubt that they will be entirely | successful.”’ FUNERAL OF THE LATE EX-SENATOR C. S. BRICE Services Held in New York and the Remains Shipped to Ohio for Interment. NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—The funeral of ex-Senator Calvin S. Brice of Ohio took place to-day in the Fifth-avenue Presby- terian church. The edifice was crowded. The Rev. Dr. Wallace Radcliffe of | ‘Washington was in the pulpit when the | remains were brought in, and the choir | in walting began to sing “Sun of My Soul” as the casket was borne up the maine aisle. It was placed on a bier and partly covered with' lilies of the valley and carnations. At the close of the service the body was carried out before the congregation dispersed, while the choir sang ‘‘Abide With Me.” fl):U:U&flfiflfit{)&t(flfiflfififififinfifififififififl)2!fiiflfi)fi(fl}ififififinfifififlfifififififififififififififififi L6300 0% 306 308 306 0% 30 306 306 30K 30 308 30X 30 30K 30K 30 306 X6 308 06 308 06 30K 306 XX M W M ;X A large delegation of members of the | Ohio Moclety were present. Among the | prominent persons in the church were | Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll, Senatorl Mark Hanna, General T. H. C. Collins, | General Anson G. McCook, H. H. Red- | way, General Henry L. Burnett, George | R. Sheldon, Colonel Arthur W. Soper and | Richard Croker. The body was taken to the Erie Rail- road terminus, in Jersey City, where it was placed on a traln for conveyance to Lima, Ohio, where it will be interred. et it STEAMSHIP GOVIN FOUNDERS AT SEA Crew of Unfortunate Vessel Picked Up by the Danish Vessel Thingvalla. LONDON, Dec. 17.—The Danish steamer Thingvalla, bound from New York for Christiania, passed Dunnett Head to-day and signaled that she had on board the crew of the British steamer Govine, which foundered at sea December 1L The_Govine, Captain Dickinson, sailed from Leith on November 25th for Balti- more. _She was built at Sunderland 1n 1852, Her dimensions were 287 feet length, 37 feet beam and 27 feet depth. She was owned by the Columbia Steam Navigation Company of Sunderland. SOUGHT TO TUNNEL FROM SAN QUENTIN Two Convicts Detected While Drill- ing Into the Floor of Their Cell. SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Dec. 17.—Two Russians confined on charges of burglary attempted to escape from the peniten- tiary last evening by drilling a hole in the floor of their cell with the intention of sinking a shaft and tunneling their way to the bay shore. They were detected while at work by Captain Edgar and his assistants and both placed in solitary con- finement. who is The two are J. Borniatorsky, serving twenty f;‘enrs for a burglary com- rancisco, and “Ax Joe,” mitted in San who was sent from Santa Clara County for one ?rear on a similar charge. The real name of the latter has never been learned. Borniatorsky worked in the Jjute mill, where he contrived to fashion a rude auger, which was smuggled to his cell in | the southern bundmf. The convicts had the iron floor of thelr cell nearly pierced when discovered. The stupendous nature of their task is manifest when it is stated that to reach the outer world they would have had to tunnel nearly 2000 feet. 10S ANGELES CHOSEN. National Educational Association to Meet in California. CHICAGO, Dec. 17.—The executive com- mittee of the National Educational Asso- clatlon was in session at the Great North- ern Hotel to-day to determine upon some suitable place for the next meeting of the national conference, which is to be held July 10, 1899. The entire afternoon was devoted to the discussion of the mat- ter and it was finally decided to hold the convention in Los Angeles. —_——— Democrats Lose Control. SUISUN, Dec. 17.—When the successful candidates at the recent election take their official positions after January 1, some noticeable changes will be observed. For the first time in fifteen years the Board of Supervisors in Yolo County will be Republican and the Solano Board of Supervisors, which had a Demo- cratic majority for a similar period, wiil, after the next monthly meeting, consist of three Republicans and two Democrats. The administrations, too, of several offi- cials who have held office for many years will close. In Napa County George 8. Mc- Kenzie, who has held the office of Sheriff for ten years, will retire. Charles Schir- mer of go]ano County, who has acted in the capacity of County Assessor for twelve years, will also vacate his posi- tion. S o Fail to Find a Leper. WOODLAND, Dec. 17.—Another thor- ough but unavailing search was made by thg officers on Thursday night for the leper in old Chinatown. The officers have concluded their informant has been a:'nlfl‘:x" om imagination. i ADVERTISEMENTS. ;@:fifififififlfi’fi#fififlfiflfifi#fififififlfififififififififina THIS WEEK’S GREAT OFFERINGS w0 eOF e HOLIDAY GIFTS! DRESS GOODS. Novelty Dress Putterns in very lat- est stvles in Cheviots and Silk and Wool Novelties. Special from $3.00 to $7.50 a suit. BLACK GOODS. Novelty Creponne and Periola Suit- ings in rich Mohair raised effects ; very latest styles. Special from $6.00 to $15.00 a suit. SILK SKIRTS. Best quality Teffeta Silk Petticoats, plain and fancy; in various styles; with deep accordion plaited and Span- ish flounces; all latest colorings. Spe- cial from $5.00 to $15.00 each. MOREEN SKIRTS. Best quality of all-wool Moreen Skirts, with a deep Spanish flounce and three Moreen and silk ruffles; in new shades of cerisse, purpie, new blue, green, turquoise and black. Spe- cial trom $3.50 to $6.00 each. COMFORTERS. Extra large siz: Sateen and Silk cov ered ; In very latest designs ; filled with best quality down. From $5.00 to $10.00 each. BLANKETS. Large size Caii.ornia_ All-Wool Blankets, made of extra fine quality Wool. Silk bound in very pretty borders. Special at $3.95, $5.50 and $7.50 per pair. UMBRELLAS. Ladies’ and Men’s Umbrellas, made of best material, steel rods ; with lat- est Dresden and Natural Wood Han- dles. From $1.50 to $7.50 each. HANDKERCHIEFS. Children’s Colored Bordered Initial Handkerchiefs, in very dainty borders; 3 in a box; put up in fancy boxes. Special at 25 cents a box Ladies’ Hemstitchea, Pure Linem Hond Embroidered, Initial Handker- chiefs ; fine quality ; the best value in thecity. Special at 15 cents each Men’s Hemstitched Al! Linen Hand- Embroidered Initial Handkerchiets; fme quality; the best valus in the city. Special at 25 cents each Ladies’ fine Scalloped and elegantly Embroidered Pure Linen Handker- chiefs, with lace edge, from 25 cents to $1.00 each. FANS. Richly Decorated Empire Fans, with sticks of Pearl], Ivory or Wood, from 75 cents to $7.50 each. GLOVES. Glace, Pique Kid Giloves, 2 clasps, excellent quality, fine fitting Gloves; embroidered backs ; in all the new fatt shades; every pair fitted and guaran- teed, at $1.25 per pair FEATHER BOAS. Real Ostrich Feather Boas, in 18, 27, 36, 45 and 54 inch lengths; Black, Natural and White; ranging from $2.75 to $20.00 each. STERLING SILVER NOVELTIES. Dressing Combs, Hair Pin Cases, Match Boxes, Memoranda, Darners, ¥ Tooth Brushes, Brushes, Paper Cut- ters, Pen Wipers, Book Marks, Stamp Cases, Pencil Tips, Pen Holders, Pin Trays, Salve Boxes, Pungents, Mani- cure Scissors; from sse STORE OPEN EVENINGS... SEE WINDOW DISPLAY. COUNTRY ORDERS RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION. 25 cents to $1.50 06106 106 308 00 306 30 100 0 X 00 300 X0 0 0K 00 0 00 00 0008 408 108 300308 306 30K 30K 30K 30K S0 X0 10 30K 30K 308 308 308 308 308 30K 30% 306 306 306 30K 306 308 308 306 30% 30 30K 108 06 100 308 308 306 306 308 30 30K Y08 30K 0K 308 30 306 308 308 108 300 10 30 306 108 X0 30K 30 308 0% 106 308 306 30 10 30 30 30 3o v X 6k gfi)fififififlfifififififififififififififififififinn -3-1-3-1-1-1- % e ————————————————————————————————————————————————— NEEDS OF THE MEDICAL BRANCH OF THE ARMY General Sternberg Appears Before the House Committee on Mili~ tary Affairs. WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—Surgeon Gen- eral Sternberg of the army was heard by the House Committee on Military Affairs to-day concerning the proposed increase in the army. In the main the hearing Was confined to the bureau needs with reference to the recent war. General Sternberg said the medical branch of the army at no time had been adequate, even in time of peace. Now that it was pro- posed to expand the army fourfold, the medical branch should be expanded at least threefold. He urged that the most essential need of.the medical corps was to have experienced men quickly available for emergencies The want of experienced medical officers had been the main trou- ble in the recent war. The surgeon general, he believed, should be given the rank of major general, al- though he hardly expected this to be done. He was ready to go on until retirement on the present basis himself, and merely urged the rank as a matter of proper or- ganization. He approved the appointment of trained pharmacists. The subject of complaints and the San- tlago campaign was brought up by Mr. Hay of Virginia, who asked a num! questions. General Sternberg said the military situation was responsible for what occurred. General Wilson, chief of engineers, was heard on the needs of that branch of the service. He kept closely to the work of the bureau, declining to be led into dis- cussions on the conduct of the war. He golnted out the extent of the work done y the army engineers, covering not only army operations, but also the vast river and harbor improvements, lighthouse boards, Mississippl and Missouri river commissions. S CEREE Sonoma Election Contest. SANTA ROSA, Dec. 17.—Gallant Rains, Democratic nominee for Supervisor in the Fourth District at the last election, has begun a contest for the seat on the board decided by the official count to belong to David Walls, Republican. According to the vote as canvassed by the Supervisors ‘Walls had 17 majority, but Rains alleges in his complaint that he has discovered evidence o lllefia! voting in uvera.!d;ro- cincts which will change the result. - the decision of the case depends whether the next Board of Superyisors of Sonoma County will be Democratic or Republican. foxcxcXoxosoXoXoocoXoXoRoFOROROROROIORS JOROLOJOJOJOJOJOJOROICIOROJOYO) *‘WE CUT THE PRICES, PRESCRIPTIONS " QWL 1228 Market St, . “What Shall and economicaily solve it. The whole thoughts. ATOMIZERS. The dregsing table I not_complte without an atomizer. We have them as low as.... 25, One like cut, Bohemian glass, with raised_gold flower decorations..$2.90 Cut Glass ~Atomizers, pold everywihere else ot Bohemian Glass Atom-, tzers at 80c. Toe, 81,00 LEATHER DS — | Pocket-books and purl:m‘ Th have the ! P Plcklnl. satisfactory to all. We make no charge | for stamping on orders of a dollar or over. | A MAN IS ALWAYS WANTING SOME- | THING HE CAN'T GE’ WAYS GETTING SOMETHING HE DOES WANT. WE HAVE LOTS OF © THINGS FOR “HIM. [SEOJOROXOROXCHOROROXORORORCROROKO) [OXOORCHOJOROJORORCHORONOXOJOROOROROYOJOROROROXOROROXOROROXONOROROXOROXO] CUT-RATE DRUGGISTS, This is the question of the day—but a visit to our store will easily, delight/ully Don’t wait until the last day or you will be caught in the terrible whirl of the busiest days of the year. You know what that means in this busy store ; jt's bad enough in any store. Come to-morrow ; look as long as you like be: of without buying—it will be our fault if you don’t come again. | AUSTRIAN BISQUE AND IS AL-| P oJofoJofofoY oY oYoXoFoYoYoYo Yo T o) NOT THE QUALITIES OR QUANTITIES." FILLED AT THE RIGHT PRICES. DRUG <eany SOUTH 356. e Bet. Mason and Taylor, S. F. fii;ve for Xmas?” [N ROJORONOROJOROKOJOJO] store fairly sparkles with Christmas fore buying ROMAN GOLD BRIC-A-BRAC. Clock, something very neat, good time- plece ... X Fancy Jew- elry Boxes on brass base ... 50¢ Little Lace Dolls, ainty 25¢ Perfum ottle Holder or Candles sticks, in the form of roses, made of bisque ...........35¢ Our stock is com- plete and prices to Fult everybody. Full line of Toflet' Articles, Waters, Soaps h brands erfumes; suc Gs iris-Biancs Roger & Gallet's, R : q Lubin's, Ed. Pln-ud'le{::ll :b'th Lmanv ces Just a little lower than others, [oICXoFOXOICROROROROROROROROROROROROXOROROROROROXO)