The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 5, 1899, Page 11

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1899. WOULD.SELL THE CONTROL OF THE PANAMA CANAL M. Hutin to Make a Desperate Bluff at Washington to Save His Big Ditch. Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, By the time the House is ready to take up the Nicaragua canal bill the promoters of the Panama ington and make a last de: scheme endorsed by the Senate. M. Hutin, superintendent of the a to Amerioa with a propc ident and Congress for the s to the United States. He will week and will hasten to Washingt proper parties. When M. Hutin v ago, he learned enough to satisty was bound to ha He hastened back to stockholder: lay matters. he found them to the ruin stared them in the face. M. Hutin now States refuses to support his cause be turned over to a combination of France, Germany, Austria and Ru French owners of the canal that th nations. CO00C0000O000000C00C0O000000 CO0002000000000000000000000000000 perate be in New e an isthmian canal and he determined to make a deal with this Government; and further decided that he must not de- to selling the control to the United States, but were informed that if they did not do this, or secure the help of European Governments, comes loaded with backing can be obtained by turning the canal over February 4. canal project will arrive in Wash- effort to have their substitute Panama canal, is on his way from sition which he will lay before the le of the control of that property York the first of next on to lay the matter before the vas in this country a few weeks v himself that the United States France and presented the facts as s. The stockholders were averse threats that if the United the control of that property will European powers, consisting of ssia. It is claimed on behalf of the ey have assurances the necessary to these allied PO000000CCOOOCO00O000C0O0 coceo LONG'S ACTION ' DRIVING CONTEST CAUSES COMMENT Board to Report on| Schley and Sampson. 1 SECRETARY VERY CAREFUL| DETERMINED TO SHOW THE SENATE HE IS NOT BIASED. | One of the Officers Appointed Is Lieutenant Sears, a Known Par- | tisan of Rear Admiral Schley. to The Cal IW YORK, Feb. 4—A W: to the H has written a i the con- als ampson and he e war, and that this forwarded as soon as re- tment, Herald this of comment ted at ary _was as members of the ipated in the 1d that there might board was organized minist , it was deter- to membership a kn. Admiral Schley. H r 1 of the depar ed in the flying that nd the North Atlantic rs that after went to the ry over Admiral ( he was prevented from s A. Stauntc of Re pointed out to all dispatches mus NEW JOY IN STORE FOR QUEEN VICTORIA England’s Sovereign May Become a Great-Great-Grand- mother. and the New York 9, by James Gor- . 4.—The becoming likellhood a grandmother is no tion: She has g thirty-two gre grandchildre 0 will in_May record to her the confinement Reuss on the 30th ted. For svereign to have eat-grandehildren is unparallele great in histo: - ALICE ATHERTON DEAD. ry. NEW YORK, Feb. 4.—Alice Atherton, the burlesque actress, died to-day after a week's sickness of pneumonia. iss_Atherton, who was the wife of ‘Willie Edouin, the comedian, was old .and had been ill about four Her stage experience covered thirty ears. Miss Atherton was quite as popu- ar in London as in this city and she used to be a great favorite of the playgoers in the British capital. ADVERTISEMENTS. e Is Dr. Humphreys’ Specific for Coughs, Colds, Influenza and GRIP In the factory As a Preventive In a factory employing over one hun- dred hands, the management obliged each employe to take “77"” as a preven- tive during the epidemic, with the result that not a single one was absent on account of the Grip, while many es- tablishments were crippled by the ab- sence of employes. If you will carry a vial of “77” in your pocket and take frequently you will escape the Grip. “77” prevents Pneu- monia. At drugglsts or sent prepald; 25c., Sc. & $1 00, DR. HUMPHREYS' BOOK SENT FREE. Humphreys' Med. Co., Cor. Willlam & John Bts., New York. Be sure to get HUMPHREYS’. of | WON BY HOBART San Franciscan Takes the Huntington Cup. HORSE SHOW FEATURES SOCIETY AGAIN TURNS OUT‘ IN FORCE. Handsome Trophies Offered for the Competition in Feats of Skill Within the Tented Arena. Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS AN were cleared ; the wind was keen and cold. al weather | in this tropical climate did not deter a crowd from attending the horse show, | notwithstanding patched canvas and other inconveniences, owing to the late storm. The 3000 people who attended both performances enjoyed a meritorious programme. Like all crowds t have filled the big tent, it was a representative society gathering. The boxes were filled, and the juenesse doree was out in force. The principle feature of this afternoon’s programme was the four-in-hand driving contest for the cup offered by John I Sabin of San Francisco, who aiso offered the cup won vesterday by Mrs. Stillwell ta Barbara in the tandem contest. The exercises this evening began with | a parade of "draught ho: teams of | four, a repetition of the exciting tandem | driving contest of class Other_ fea- | tures the throwing and the | four- nd driving contest, class 37, for | wh . P. Huntington cup is to be | awared. There was a tandem driving | g contest; a parade of winners in the class for saddle horses; a parade for winnes he classes for horses in harness and car- ¢ horses; the judging of four-in-hand tries for the four-in-hand driv. ing contest w Two by Harkne ere eac six in number: h by L. V. ncisco. This_is H\vgmmgmn prize. The | contest was won Walter S. Hobart. | Among the awards are the following trophies: C. P. Huntington, solid sflver | er ladle, twelve goblets, valued at $800; four silver loving cups from ‘“‘Hororable James | D. Phelan,” according to the inscription; | handsome 'solid silver loving cup, beauti- fully engraved, donated by A. B. Spreck- d silver loving cup, special | Lester; solld silver loving kenbrecher; two solid sil- ver gold-lined loving cups, John I. Sabin; | solid” silver, handsomely _chas prize cup, August Belmont; by the horse | management, two silver loving cup: glass, silver’ mounted punch bowl , Byron ling dilver cream pitcher, sugar bowl z coffee urn; silver berry bowl and bonbon basket. | Among the occupants of the boxes Mr. and Mrs. Haas had as guests Mr. and irs. Willlam Carl est, Carl Ra rl Steinman. i J. A. Donahue occupie geat in a box with John Parrott and wi H. W. Hellma Mrs. Frida Hellman and Mrs. J: Hellman were in one of the boxes. . | and Mrs. A. M. Shields of San Francisco | | and Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Flint were | guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Johnson. PRINCE OF WALES TO | GET OVER A MILLION | It Is Rumored That He Will Be Bene- | fited Under the Will of the Late Baron Rothschild. Speclal Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1899, by Jamas Gordcn Bennett. | LONDON, Feb. 4.—The Prince of Wales | | Will benefit to the extent of $1,250,000 un- | | der the will of the late Baron Ferdinand | | | Rothschild. | It is rumored a bequest in that| amount is left in a will to Alfred Roths- child, Baron Ferdinand's cousin, who al- | ready is a multi-millionaire. Tt is sug- | gestéd this sum is intended for the Prince, | to whom a lega was not formally left | in order to obviate gossip about his finan- | | clal affairs, which the Prince detests, | Under the KEnglish law 10 per cent of | the legacy is the duty charegable to this be- | SIUBM ‘UMOUY [[9M SI I] ‘9IULLJ dYJ, “Isanb | | money badly, for although his alowance | 1as been increased by Parliament by $150,- | 000 a year to provide marriage portions for his daughters, he is obliged to make the Duke of York ‘a large allowance out of his private purse. Besides his own expenses are very heav - Oakland to Get One Wire Mill. TRENTON, N. J.. Feb. 4—The charter of the Merchants' Wire Company of $500,- 000 common and $500,000 7 per cent pre- ferred stock was filed here to-day. The incorporators named in the charter are Clement N. Biddle, Robert Biddle and William B. Knight, all of Philadelphia. Of the capital stock $200,000 is paid in, The main office will be at Philadelphia and mills will be at Philadelphia, Pitts- burg, New York city, Newburgh, N. Y.; Baltimore, Cleveland, Ashland, Ky.; East St. Louis and Chicago, Pueblo, 'Colo.; Oakland, Cal., and other points. Rain at San Diego. SAN DIEGO. Feb. 4—There have been some silght showers here this evening. A telegram from Alpine, twenty miles east, | reports a heavy rain there. | and | On this account | pos: | called YANKEE CUNNING WINS AT ATLIN Americans Get Around the Exclusion Act. HAVE FOUND A METHOD HIRE CANADIANS TO ACT AS THEIR REPRESENTATIVES. Attempt to Bar Aliens Has a Blight- ing Effect Upon the Cities of the British North- west. BY HAL HOFFMAN. Special Dispatch to The Call. JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. 381 (by steamship Al-Ki to Seattle, Feb. 4).— They did not know anything about the exclusion act at Atlin Lake diggings up to a week ago yesterday, which is the latest date on which anyone left there arrived out. sons other than the law shutting out aliens. A deputy gold commissioner, representing Gold Commissioner Gra- ham, who has made his headquarters for this winter at Bennett, arrived at Atlin and proceeded to enforce the law requiring a logger’s license to cut timber; also exacting 25 cents stump- age, and 25 cents a cord for wood used as fuel. The man who told me this to- day, said complainingly, that he sup- posed by this time everybody had been compelled to take out a breathe. The immediate effect of this action ‘was to stop the construction of cabins | and all other buildings except those be- | ing erected by companies or persons | having plenty of money. Scores of cabins and small stores remain stand- ing in various stages of completion. This deputy is said to have temporar- ily stopped real estate transfers. As most of the buildings, and active operations in general, are being built or backed by Americans, when the news of the exclusion act becomes known there it expected to have, at least temporarily, the effect of a cold shower. But he is a poor Yankee whose in- genuity does not arise to the occasion— who does not know more than one way to skin a rabbit. American claim hold- anadians to represent them shares after the clean-up. The difficulty about this encountered up to the present time seems to be that there not Canadians enough up here or in tlin to go around. Americans to Canadians in Atiin or Alaska coast cities is about ten to one. nany are thinking of going down to Victoria and Vancouver to find Canadians to become nominal owners of their claims, and some have already arted. Atlin City is now a camp of about thirty buildings and still growing. is not thought that the present setback in building will be any more serious than a temporary thing. It is under- stood there and in the coast towns that aliens may engage in any and all busl- ness except mining. If this proves to on Building operations | | are at a standstill there, but for rea- license to| | | | here and at Skaguay are looking | | for C: only | The proportion of | It be true, there will be a large and lively | camp at Atlin anyhow. The question of which place, Atlin or Discovery, is to be the metropolis of the Atlin Lake region, seems to have been pretty well determined already. There are almost | four times as many buildings at Atlin City as at Discovery, and a proportion- ate amount of all-round activity. Skaguay has just received the first severe shock to her pride and promise. The exclusion act did it. I have just returned from a trip of inspection there, and the difference is apparent to { a careful observer as he gets uptown. The railroad and occasional trains run- ning on Broadway look quite metro- | politan, where a little more than a year | ago was a howling wilderness dotted | | with tents, and the depot is large, com- modious and lofty. There are many cities in California twice the size of Skaguay which have not as good rail- road stations. But business at the present time is comparatively at a standstill, and merchants are complain- |ing. They stand mutely appalled at the depressing effect. The general impression in all Alaska is that the exclusion act, in view of the opposing general sentiment in Canada and the United States against it, will shortly be repealed, or, anyway, it will not be enforced. The effect in Juneau is not so visible, as the bulk of the travel to the interior is by way of Skaguay and White Pass, but this will bly change, as the availability of the Taku trail becomes more widely known. A serious demonstration against the exclusion act took place last Saturday evening before the American Deputy Collector of Customs. Considerable feeling was shown, but there is no dan- ger yet of a serious outbreak. About forty teamsters and packers working between Skaguay and White Pass on Deputy Collector Andrews and protested against the Canadians’ horses packing outfits and other pack- ing property used on the trail and asked him to take action with the object of forcing them to stop operations. These horses are undenlably Canadian and are used chiefly in competing with American packers and pack trains in carrying Canadian goods in bond to the lakes. Every American horse which goes over the summit and beyond the Canadian customs post there must pay duty. The drivers of pack trains are a determined lot of men when once aroused and trouble may occur at any time unless their employers, the owners of the pack trains, keep them in check. The deputy collector told the delegation that he did not see what he could do for them or what the department could do, but said he would lay the matter before the Collector for Alaska, J. W. Ivey, who is now in Washington, D. C., looking sharp that his official scalp re- mains in place. And thus the matter rests at present. Frank Grey, accompanied by “Path- finder” H. W. Powell, has returned from an inspection trip of the Taku trail, from Juneau to Atlin. Mr. Grey represents Canadian capital Invested in stern-wheel steamboats and in horses which did not operate on the Stickeen River and trail from Wrangel last win- ter owing to the failure of that trail. He is from Vancouver and is an expe- rienced packer. Mr. Grey has been over all the trails to the interior and he says that the Taku is the easiest of all, There is no summit to cross, and with a broken trall he says that a team can haul three tons on the ice all day long, the ascent being scarcely perceptible. He proposes to establish relay posts from the mouth of the river to Atlin. where fresh horses can be had for pack trains, by which means he expects to be able to haul goods into Atlin in two days. The company also expects to run the steamers on the river in the spring when the ice breaks up. There is plenty of grass on the trail for horses in the summertime. Small steamers now leave Juneau every few days with parties for the Taku trail. The Miller party, which started in two weeks ago with several SAN RAFAEL CHURCH WAR GROWS BITTER| p||NGF T0 DEATH Deacon Woodard Disciplined for Hi S Forcible Objection to Gig- gling. SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 4—The “hoodoo” organ of the First Church of this city has supplied Dame Grundy with some delectable mor- sels of scandal and all kinds of interesting storles are being wafted about. The quarterly conference of the church, presided over by Elder Gale, was held this evening and it is rumored Deacon Woodard was called to task for his hasty action in the case of the two young ladies whose propensity for giggling caus- ed the open breach between the two factions. Miss Annie Pfaff, the young lady who left her seat at the organ because certain per- sons she disliked were Invited to sing in the cholr, is authority for the assertion that Woodard shook his cane menacingly at Miss Ther- ese Smith and her companion, School Superintendent Turley tak- ing notice of the affair because he was courting Miss Smith's sister. The explanation given for the ©00$09090P0$0®»050» 040404040 M 0 young ladles’ laughter is that they ® were amused at the faclal move- O ments practiced by Evangelist &' Thompson in his exhortations to b ;hos‘c negleclful of thefr soul. It s o further declared that at one time & _the evangelist and Pastor Marshall MISS THERESE SMITH. O “were at outs over the cholr, the visiting divine Insisting that he would have ‘g singers, and the pastor that he was “running the church” and would not & have a choir under any circumstances after what had happened. Rev. Mr. 0 Marshall stuck to his guns and won the day. © Another member named Silas P. Stimpson was the target for verbal bullets O to-day, on the ground that he had encouraged Miss Pfaff to take the stand & she did and cause all the trouble. & As matters now stand a pronounced schism exists and the conference will O O have its hands full In dealing with the charges hurled back and forth. None & @ of the offended members have entered the portals of the church since the g trouble and the revival has proved a *“frost.” ° o M®000804060 909 06090P00P0P0 @000 0H0® 06040 0404060400l Methodist | o 090H»0P0H0P0P 0P090 ®0H0P0H0HP0H0P0P0S0P0: tons of supplies for Atlin, has been heard from by letter. They report good progress over the trail GRAND ARMY LOSES ITS COMMANDER Colonel James A. Sexton Passes Away at Garfield Hospital in ‘Washington. - WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—Colonel James A. Sexton, comander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, died at 3:15 this morning at Garfield Hospital In this city. James A. Sexton was born January 5. 1844, in_Chicago. At the outbreak of the Clvil War Sexton enlisted in the three months' service and went out as a pri- vate. At the expiration of that time he was appointed sergeant and authorized to recruit Company 1, Fifty-first Volunteer Infantry. In June, 1862, he _was transferred to Company E, Sixty- seventh Illinois Infantry, and promot- to a lleutenancy. ‘Within three months he was elected captain of a com pany recruited under the auspices of the Young Men’s Christian Assoclation of Chicagc which became Company D, Seven! cond Illino He commanded this regiment in the battles of Columbia, Duck River, Spring Hill, Franklin and Nashville, and throughout the Nashville campaign. In 1865 he was assigned to staff of General A, Smith, Sixteenth Army Corps, acting as_provost marshal, and served until the close of the war. At Spanish Port his left leg was broken by a piece of shell, and he recelved gun- hot wounds at Franklin and Nashville. The Seventy-second Regiment took part in seven battles and eleven skirmishes, being under the enemy's fire 145 days. The regiment went to war with 97 men and officers and came back with 332. Dur- ing its three years' service it recruited 234 men. At the close of the war Colonel Sexton bought a plantation in Alabama and tilled it until his return to Chicago, two years later. He then engaged In the foundry and stove business and built up one of the gest manufacturing concerns ago. He retired from this company only a few months ago. Colonel Sexton was appointed Post- master in Chicago by President Harrison In 1889. He served five years and instituted many reforms. CANADIAN CABINET MEETS IN NEW YORK Holds a Conference With Members of the High Joint Commis- sion. NEW YORK, Feb. 4.—Almost a full meeting of the Canadian Cabinet took place In this city to-day. The Canadian members of the High Joint Commission came from Washington and from Otta- wa arrived David Mills, A. C. Blair, ‘William Fielding and Clifford Sifton, members of the Laurier Cabinet. J. S. | Tarte, another member of the Cabinet, is expected to arrive later. The Min- isters from Ottawa met Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the High Joint Commis- sloners at the Waldorf-Astoria and a long conference was held. It was said that the matter under discussion was connected with the proceedings of the international conference, and it was presumed that Sir Wilfrid Laurier, be- fore deciding upon some possibly im- portant point, desired to personally confer with his Ministers and had adopted the plan of meeting in New York as being more convenient. The conference will probably extend over until Monday, when Sir Wilfrid Lau- rier and his fellow-members of that commission will return to Washington and the other Ministers will return to Ottawa. PROBABLY A PLAY FOR RAPPROACHMENT An Incident on Board of a German ‘Warship That Is Made Much of by Frenchmen. . PARIS, Feb. 4—Two German training ships, the Charlotte and Stosch, are at present in the Mediterranean, ~visiting Algerian ports. Some surprise was created by their putting into Oran the o;her day. At present they are at Al- glers. It looks as though Germany is also making a bid for rappoachment, for when a pilot boarded the Charlotte at Oran and began to give his directions in English her commander, Captain Vuillers, stopped him with the observation, “They only speak two languages on board our ves- sels—German and French. This looks like a pin prick for England. The French papers chortle over the in- cident. After all, as the eloiguement took glace on land, rapproachment may well e attempted on sea. —— Stanford Loses at Baseball. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Feb. 4— Stanford lost the baseball game to-day to the Fireman's Fund Insurance team; score 4 to 0. Both teams showed up well, but Stanford was weak at the bat. Lana- an and Scherer twirled for Stanford. nagan did fine work, holding the visi- tors down to four scattered hits in the six innings he pitched. Scherer, a fresh- man, was then given a trial. He is a “’south paw,” and has good speed, but was rather wild. Krug, for the visitors, did good work In the box, allowing but five hits off his delivery. Stanford's freshman third baseman, Wright, will prove a good man for that position. With proper coaching Stanford should be able to put up a good team against Berkele: in the intercollegiate games next Aprlfl e Advances made on furniture and pianos, with or without femoval, J. Noonan, 1017-1023 Mission. in Chi- | SALMON CANNING TRUST ORGANIZED Will Control the Puget Sound Output. lEXPENDS A MILLION DOLLARS i | | THIRTY-FIVE FISH TRAPS 1 ALREADY PURCHASED. | | Immense Cannery Will Be Built at | Fairhaven, Wash., to Handle the Entire Catch. Special Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, Feb. 4—A speclal from Fairhaven, Wash., says a trust is being | | formed to control the salmon output of Puget Sound. Already thirty-five of | the best-located fish traps in Whatcom and Skagit counties have been pur- chased, and others are being negotiated for. The deal has been conducted so secretly that nobody suspected what | was in progress until to-day. The pub- lic has not yet heard of it. Options on fish traps were secured thirty to sixty | days ago by R. Onffrey and E. Bartlett ‘Webster, representing themselves and | capitalists of Chicago and New York. Ten days ago the options were taken up and the first payments, due Febru- ary 1, were promptly met. Over $1,000,000 is said to be {nvolved in the deal, three-quarters of which | will be spent in acquiring fish traps and other sources of supply, together with appliances. An immense cannery will be built at Fairhaven and, as far as possible, the trust will can the entire catch of its traps. For the past four years the salmon canning business of Puget Sound has been growing by leaps and bounds. The new Canadian regulations are driving Frazer River canners to American waters and it was expected many new canneries would be erected this season. The formation of the salmon trust will change these plans. Since the new canneries must obtain their supply from the traps which the trust has purchased, the trust will hold the key to the situation so far as salmon can- ning is concerned. Together with the Alaska Packers' Association, owning immense canneries at Blaine and Point Roberts, it will be able to dictate the price of fish and, consequently, the price of canned salmon. The traps secured by Onffrey and Webster include the most famous money-makers on the lower sound— traps which have fairly coined money for their owners during good seasons, Among them are Wright's, Pike's, Kil- dale’s and Alsop’s. It is believed the purchasers are connected with Booth's fish trust, recently organized in Chi- cago, and having for its object the con- trol of all important sources of fish supply In the United States. A COLUMBIA RIVER COMBINE. Twelve Canneries Consolidated in One Large Trust. PORTLAND, Or., Feb. 4—The Co- lumbia River salmon cannery men who had executed options for the transfer of their properties to the Columbia |River Packers’ Association have ar- rived at an agreement. It is said all necessary papers were signed to-day, consolidating these canneries into that association. The association consists of seven of the most extensive salmon packers, controlling twelve canneries in all, and representing about 75 per cent of the total pack of canned sal- mon on the lower Columbia River. None of the packers of upper river fish are members of the association. The capital stock of the new organi- zation is $2,000,000, all of which has been paid, either in cash or cannery properties. A meeting of stockholders will be held in Astoria on Monday next for the election of a board of directors. It is said the present plants will be en- larged in order to increase the output the coming season. Snow in Marin County. SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 4.—Snow fell for over two hours yesterday throughout a large y:rtlol Marin County and in some spots the fall was an inch in depths Th d?stric( included Whites Hill pand th: strip of country twenty miles broad lyin, between that point and Olema. Kas Thursday there was a light fall of snow on the summit of Mount Tamalpals. The weather has been very cold for three days and the low lying districts have suf- fered considerably from frost. A fall of ar;:w in Marin County is unusual at any e. PETER W, NEU Chicago Capitalist Acci- dentally Killed. TRAGEDY AT LOS ANGELES TALLY-HO OVERTURNS WITH ITS OCCUPANTS. The Victim of the Disaster a Member | of the Firm That Is Building the San Pedro Break- ‘water. Bpeclal Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4—Peter W. Neu, junior member of the well-known Chicago contracting firm of Heldmaier & Neu, met with an accident this after- noon that caused almost instantaneous death. Neu, in company with his fore- man, J. S. Anunsen, Hancock Banning, president of the Banning Coal Com- pany and owner of the Catalina Island summer resort, and a dozen others, made up a tally-ho party which enjoyed a few moments of the pleasures of the horse show which is being held in this city. At the conclusion of the after- noon performance the party drove through various parts of the city. When the tally-ho reached the corner of Grand avenue and Washington street, at 5 5 o'clock, the front axle broke, causing the tally-ho to lurch to the left side. The occupants were thrown to the street, landing in a heap. The seats of the tally-ho were eight feet above the ground. Neu occupied one seat removed from the center. As the occupants were Neu’s head struck a post which is used to hold the trolley wires of the street cars at the point where the accident landing on the left side of his head, received a fracture which Dr. M Arthur says extended from the left eye | for several inches beyond the left ear and undoubtedly caused dislocation of | the spine. Pedestrians hurried to the scene and rendered all aid possible. Neu was heard to mutter, “Help me out, help me out.” Then, quickly turning his head to one side and throwing one arm forward with full force, he quietly sank | n ambu- | to death. Neu was taken in s lance to the California Hospital by a doctor who had been summoned. A hurried examination was made, life be- ing found extinct. The remains were taken to the C. D. Howr; parlors by the Coroner, an inquest to-morrow. Foreman Anunsen's legs were badly sprained. Aside from minor bruises and Neu came here early in January from Chicago to take personal charge of the work of constructing the San Pedro harbor breakwater, the contract for which had been awarded to his firm for nearly $2,000,000 by the Government. The firm has spent up to date $300,000 and had just begun the construction of barges to hurry the work. The body will be shipped to Chicago. | SIX NEW CASES OF SMALLMOX REPORTED Rigorous Measures Taken to Sup press the Epidemic at Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4.—The official re- ports of the smallpox situation to-day show that six new cases were discovered. The cases are in such places as can be easily quarantined, and all persons who are known to have been in contact with the disease are to vaccinated at once. All the patients will be sent to the pest- house as soon as possibl ADVERTISEMENTS. Home RMure Gure, Marvelous Blessing to Those Who Are Ruptured. Cures Reported That Almost Defy Belief—Thrilling Words From Those Who Recover. Dr. W. S. Rice of 418 S. Main St., Adams, N. Y., has the distinction of perfectly curing even the most difficult ruptures of long standing. He does this without causing the patient one bit of MR. N. E. SMITH. pain, absolutely without danger, and also with- out the loss of a moment's time from the daily occupation. - He uses no knife and sends his method and treatment direct to the sufferer's home, where it can be easily used without assis- tance and brings immediate comfort and relief. It requires from t.ree to ten weeks for the ruptured opening to heal, at the end of which time the patient can pitch hay, lift a barrel of flour, plow In the fields, or do any kind of hard work without any danger of the rupture coming back. Dr. Rice has cured hundreds of old men Who had been ruptured 30 and 40 years. They write him letters that a few years ago could not have been possible since never befora has there beeh a certain cure for rupture. N. &, Smith of Mound City Kan., is one of the men whom Dr. Rice has restored to perfect health: Mr. Smith savs: ‘‘Although pretty well along in vears and with an old rupture that mighi have ended my days at any time I am just as glad to be cured as though I had my life to liye over again. 1 was a little bit doubtful about Dr. Rice's claims. ve seen so many fail- ures of trusses and treatments that while the plan looked wonderful I had my doubts. He cured me all right, and I am willing to believe that he will any ‘one. T don't care how bag off they are.” It will pay any ruptured man or woman or the parents of a ruptured chilg to write to Dr. Rice for a copy of his book Which he sends free to all. And If you know of any one else Who is ruptured tell Dr. Rios to also send a book to hi 2 Don’t delay in a matter Investigate suaranteed importance. marvelous mg s to cure supture. ethod that is ADVERTISEMENTS. QURSHODEPRITES TE\A“ER§ L ARE x »* The success of such a sale as thrown forward | occurred. Neu, who weighed 260 pounds, ! being thrown from such a height and | ours has been is only possible when the special offerings made are genuine bargains. The im- mense stock we carry has en- abled us to prolong these offer- ings up to this time, each week calling your attention to quota- tions that are wonderful examples of great values at low prices. | * | French Kid Button Shoes, cloth and kid top, latest style coin toe and patent-leather tip, fl sewed eoles; our own make. To m $l.75 closed out at.... Titjan Calf Foxed es, welted sewed stylish, up-to-date W 1400 pairs Ladies’ 1200 pairs Ladies Fine Kangaroo Top Lace soles, stitched edg walking shoe, g ne and unusually good; worth . . 1500 paire Misses’ and Children’s Fine Paris Kid Button w square toe or coin toe; also la coin toe; flexible sewed sol es § to 8, DOc; 8% to 11, $1.00; 1% to 2, d = $1.25 Box Calf Lace sale de welted, sewed soles, cHhal Tries ot 8300 * | THE BARGAIN COUNTER IS STILL THE GREAT | ATTRACTION. [ «+.+« MONDAY... | | | We will fill the counters with another lot of even more surprising values than || those shown during the past week. NOLAN BROS., 812-814 Market St., | | Phelan Building, San Franeiseo. | MAIL ORDERS FILLED. Sano-Bio THE HOME REMEDY .= | for FEMALE COMPLAINTS wrong. Fer all these pains, irregularities and diffl :;‘r:»‘i’.““f:;‘.?g,Sano-Rio A e : . o Abu\rl:nlely llnnr‘.lnk One 50 cint box will ISII I US fili'l'iUPTAE"Sl for mated i e 1S TS of price by Sold by Owl Drug Co., S. F. and Oakland. vigorous regular. and Complaints, Displ Down - (Cheera the spirits and Vit the whole frame. The Perfeeto Co.Caxton Blde. Chieago Dr. Wong Him, Nos. 115 and 117 Mason street, Ban Francisco, Cal.—This is to certify that I have been for several years & great _eufferer from Bright's Disease of the Kidneys, a tumor in the left side and other dls- eases incidental to fe- males; that I have for weeks' and months at a ) WM' iime been totally unable to attend to my domestic affairs, and much of the time confined to the bed. Nothing could be done for me that afforded more than tempo- rary relief. About three months ago I was a vised to place myself under your treatment. On my first interview, after feeling my pull you described my condition more accurately than I could have done myself. After using our medicine and following your advice since IRt fime = am very happy to say I have ser tirely recovered my health; am fully able to fulfiil all my dutles as the mother of a large family of children; indeed, for the past 15 or 30 years I bave nof enjoyéd as robust health. MRS. HETTIE E. LOWE, 8871 Z4th street, San Francisco, Cal. October 18, 1898. DR. MCNULTY. VHIS WELL-KNOWN AND RELIABLE OLD Specialist cures Private, Nervous, and Blood Dis- eases 0/ Men only. Book on P iseases and Weuknesses of Men, free. Over 20y'rs’ experience. Patients curedat Home. Terms reasonable. Hours9 to3daily;6.30 to 8:30 ev'gs. Sundavs, 10t012. Consul- tatlon free and sacredly confidential. Call,oraddress P. ROSCOE MeNULTY, M.D. 26} Kearny St., San Francisco, Cal. Baja California DAMIANA BITTERS 1s a powerful aphrodisine and specific tonio for the sexual and urinary organs of betn sexes, and a great remedy for diseases of tha kidneys and bladder. A~ great Restorative, Invigorator and Nervine. Sells on its own Merits; no long-winded testimonfals necessary.: NABER, ALFS & BRUNE, Agents, 323 Market street, S. F.—(Send for Circular.) Y‘EL P DR. HALL’S REINVIGORATOR Five hundred reward for any cass We cannot cure. This secret remedy £tops all losses in 24 hours, cures Emissions, Impotency, Varicocele, Conorrhoea, Gleet, Fits, Strictures, Lost Manhood and all wasting et fectsof self-abuse or excesses. Sent sealed,$2 bottle; 3 bottles,$5; guar~ anteed to cure. Address HALL'S MEDICAL IN- 8T} , 85 Broadway, Oakland, Cal. Also for sale at 1073% Market st., 8. F. All pri- Yate diseases quickly cured. Send for free book. | — Z MAC'S Infallible Pile Cure! Cures all cases of blind, bleeding, itching, protruding piles. Cases of years' standing cured by single 50c box. A. McBOYLE & C0., Druggists, 504 Washington Street, San Francisco.