The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 27, 1899, Page 5

T HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1899 THE PESTHOUSLE SCANDAL WILL NOT SUBSIDE Action Will Probably Be Taken by the Supervisors To- Day. Plans for a Permane Evil Must Give Way to Some Measure for the Temporary Relief of the Unfortunate Inmates. HE unfortunate condition of the inmates of the tumble-down old hospital on San Bruno road, known as the Pesthouse, will be thel subject of some legislation on the| part of the Supervisors this after-l noon. The miserable state of affairs | that existed during the last rain has | aroused sympathy on all sides, and | there is a general expression that| something should be done to make the hospital more like what it pre-| | tends to be and less like a prison. The Supervisors will appoint a com- mittee to investigate and report such | changes or repairs as may be possible to make the old place habitable un- til there can be some means devised for providing the permanent inmates, the lepers, with suitable quarters. | | Supervisor Holland has declared him- self in favor of repairing the old build- ing until the question of a new hospital | has been settled, and of then providing | 0 and dis- at the same patients eases. The h one that come the board within a weel apervisor Holland be- s the question of a pesthouse can led at the same time. Until then, the city should make the old as possible, and ton is also willing to stances will permit, errault deciares that 1 to bring about a ir As a medi- an injustice to such an unhealthy m for no offense ex- cted with dis he poor privilege ers when the one ave become unfit for on spital question will not be set- { year,” said Dr. Perrault, “for | ‘h an extens ¢ work and still keep within ar limit, to which we pledged our- selves. We will have to let all question of the hospital go over until the charter | has been put in force. It is a shame we unfortunates, do! éan do nothing for th but there is no morey in the building fund now and there is no chance of before next winter, so there being any bly do is to make such all we can po: Te Dr. Perrault will bring the matter to the attention of the board this after- noon, and so will Supervisor Holland, | and it 1 something will be done, although there is a chance of it being, for a while yet anyway, anything more than temporary repairs. There have been two plans broached, but as vet nothing has come of them. One of these was to have the lepers de- ported to the island of Molokai, where, under some arrangement with the Gov- ernment at Hawail, they could be kept at the expense of the State. The other was to make overtur: Government to > Island at the quarantine station, where d be made useful and their en- they coul forced isolation could be made less like exile. ex’l"ha Pesthouse was erected by the even then, over thirty nded only as a It was not ex- city in 1868, and years ago, it was inte temporary structure. \ | pected to last as long as a well-bullt | cowshed, yet it has housed the ty's | outcasts for more than a quarter of a | century, and still the end of its serv-| jce is not in sight. % s The lepers are not entirely helpless and some of them are quite as capable of earning their own living as many a one not condemned to the Pesthousze enclosure. Th are some of the in-! mates so slightly affected as to deceive any but the ined specialist, yet all these are compelled to take the poor shelter the city offers. A leper at any time may be confined in the Pesthouse. —— ADVERTISEMENTS. Pain Conquered; Health Re-| stored by Lydia E. Pink-| Vegetable ham’s Compound. [LETTER TO MAs. PINXEAM NO. 92,649] feel it my duty to write and thank you for what your Vegetable Com- pound has done for me. It is the only medicine I have found that has done mc any good. Before taking your medi- cine, I was all run down, tired all the time, no appetite, painsin my back and bearing down pains and a great suf- ferer during menstruation. After tak- ing two bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound I felt like a new woman. Iamnow on my fourth bottle and all my pains have left me. I feel better than 1 have felt for three years and would recommend your Compound to every suffering woman. Ihope this letter will help others to find a cure for their troubles.” — Mrs. DELLA REMNICKER, RENSSELAER, IND. The serious ills of women develop from neglect of early symptoms. Every A4 ache has a cause, and the pain au ‘ny; they give should not be disre- rol M:s. Pinkham understands these troubles better than any local phy- | and will give every woman free vice who is puzzled about her Mrs. Pinkham’'s address is y tass, Don’t put off writing until baalth is completely broken down | where pictures the place as com- | Jairs as the old building will stand.” | s to the Federal | have them kept onAngel | He has no redress and to object s use- less. Under one of its many laws the y or State may arrest a leper run- ning at large and he must forsake the home he ma and live und a rooms where carpets are unknown and and 11 paper are strangers; between walls whose shel- ter a piece of sarcasm and through which the winds play as they would through a pasture fence. And then when the disease-ridden patient grows tired of the draughts that whistle around him he may go out in the yard and walk from one angle of the enclosure to the other, for his world is bounded by the wall around the rotting old shell the city says he must call his home. There is no escape for him except through death, and he must sit idly waiting for the end with- eve-like roof, in out even the poor privilege of making The city has no I himself comfortable. money to spend on the Pesthouse. appropriation has been cut from y to vear to keep down the total other funds swelled, and now there is not even enourh to pay for an extra nurse. Last year when one of the in- mates lay almost dying the Supervi- for acting as nurse, but most of the sum was taken up in car- ing for some extra smallpox patients, ery one admits the place is a d grace to the cf Every one admits that as a hospital it is a sham and a mockery. No one likes to hear it called | a prison, and ret it is worse than one, | for there is no escape, no sanitation, no | comfort, no hope—nothing but a long, weary wait for the grave TO TAKE UP MORE fortunates have made for himself | sors added $500 to pay one of the un-| | + dressed in a pair of dirty blue jeans, a foot too short for him, and an old gray coat and slouch hat. 4 height and general appearance that attracted the attention | © of the officer, and when he accosted him he could not get | € an intelligible answer to his questions. As it was apparent that the big man's mind was unbalanced he was sent to the insane ward in the hospital, where he cried lfke a baby. When questioned later he said his name was E. C. Mer- n in Herkimer County, New York, He had been working at a logging when the Almighty and surrender himself for the i e came here and was prepared [+ Yo stand before his judges and be tried. He has a horror nt Correction of the !WO#O#O#WOWO*O#O*W ¢ TALL MOUNTAINEER : TA M | : MENTALLY [ 3 & E. C. Merry Came From Sierra County to & Make Amends for His Sins. 5% C. MERRY is the tallest man that has ever been & r——————— o patient in the Receiving Hospital. He measures § ¥ feet 3% inches in his stockings, but as he is not 2 ¥ stoutly built, he looks as if he were several inches {& taller than he really is. : 4 He was found wandering aimlessly along Kearny street © about 4 o’clock yesterday morning by a policeman. He was ry, and he was bor twenty-nine vears ago. camp in Sierra Count him to go to San Francisco sins he had committed. H + < of being hanged and imagines that he stantly before him. spoken to kindly bursts into tears. he has committe O centuated by his lonely life He arrived in the city without walked most of the way. His shoes Tud and the condition of his for several nights. He was & reveled in it. He wi ing and will probably be sent to [ + [ 3 2Wo¢ooo¢w&%owo+o¢o¢m He is as simple as a child and when It is not supposed that d any crime, but is a religious crank, ac- in a logging camp. a cent £ his clothes showed that he had not occupied a bed ven a hot bath yesterday afternoon and fairly 11 be taken before the Insanity Commissioners this morn- one of the asylums. 8 UNBALANCED It was his commanded sees a gallows con- O+0+ D+ 040404040+ O404340 40+ T+ O+ O 4040404 and sald he were covered with ke BO+O+040 ¢ MARE ISLAND 1S T0 HAVE A WOODEN DOCK |Why the California Navy Yard Lost. MR.HILBORN’S STRANGE WORK RECOMMENDATIONS OF DEPART- MENT ENGINEERS. The Dock Will Be a Weak Structure, Incapable of Receiving a Bat- tleship Without Endan- gering Her. aval appropriation bill approved In the r | May 4, a provision was made for | four docks, any one of which might be % ARDUOUS DUTIES ARCHDEACON J. A. EMERY RE- SIGNS HIS OFFICE. Rev. Douglas T. Forrest Will Suc- ceed Him as Rector of the Church of the Advent. Archdeacon J. A. Emery has resigned as rector of the Church of the Advent, his resignation to take effect April 15. On the second Sunday after Easter he will de- tver his farewell sermon before the con- gregation he has instructed during the past year and a half and then he will | Secretary | ducing Congress cease his labors as rector and enter into | more active duties of the office of archdeacon of the diocese. | Archdeacon Emery’s successor as rector of the parish of the Chuch of the Advent the | has been appointed, Rev. Douglas F. For- | rest being named to assume the responsi- bilities of the office. Immediately upon the stepping out of Archdeacon Emery, Rev. Forrest will take office. No time will be lost in the change, and much good will result from the liberation of Arch- deacon Eme: as he will be able to take up the important work connected with that A‘:oslllnll and prosecute it undis- turbed. As archdeacon of the diocese Mr. Emery will have in charge all the mi onary work ther: This labor is one of vast importance in this metropolis, a matter which is appreciated by Mr. Emery to its extent. Great industry has charac- terized Rev. Mr. Emery’s efforts as rector of the parish named, and doubtl | energy will be unabated in his new field | of effort. e FIGHT FOREIGN INVASION. | Rev. Dr. Wilson’s Address Before the Junior Order of American Mechanics. The Junior Order of American Me- chanics attended the evening service at the Howard Methodist Episcopal Church | last night. Both the subject of the ad- dress by Rev. John A. B. Wilson, the pastor, and the services were of a patri- otic nature. Dr. Wilson's text wa “Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our | people and for the cities of our God.” | “Patriotism is paramount to individual | consideration,” 'he said. “Forget your personal interests for your country’s, even at a personal sacrifice. The man that sacrifices himself may lose grosser comforts and possessions, but he gains nobler qualities. The part of the true patriot is to stand up against the invasion of this country by foreign ideas and cus- toms. Our quarrel now is to fight forelgn ance because we are no longer able to ilate it. We are coming to a domination of the loon and a profanation of the Sabbath. Furopean Influence has forced our work- men to labor on the Sabbath and we must fight against it with all our might. Our institutions are becoming Germanized. What means the ‘rushing of the growler’ but a foreign importation. We have to make the Sabbath a sacred day again.” i e P SRR LA FRENCH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY Board of Directors and Physicians Were Elected Yesterday. the French Benevolent Soclety was held yesterday afternoon and evening in Na- tive Sons’ Hall. The polls opened at 3 p. m. and closed four hours later. There were 662 ballots cast. Seventeen names appeared on the ballot for directors. Fif- teen were to be voted for. They were as follows: _Bergez, Berges, Bernou, Boc- queraz, Cames, Chartrey, Duvergey, Des- barats, Fabregue, Gerhardt, Legallet, La- coste, Lemoine, Reiss, Remond, Serveau and Vasselin. 3 E. A. Lemoine and J. Vasselin having the lowest number of votes were not elect- ¢d. The remainder will constitute the board for the ensuing year. Dr. de Chantreau was elected hospital physician and Drs. J. Masson and F. R. Orella were recommended to the board as city physicians. Until yesterday it had been the custom for the members to elect the city physicians, but just previous to the election the assembly passed an amendment transferring that power to the directors and giving the members the privilege of recommending them. The other candidates for city physicians were Drs. E. R. Berges, E. Caldéron, E. O. Jellineck, F. Levin, C. X. Parent and §. Sussman. —_—e—————— Creegan Sent to Folsom. James Creegan, the forger, who was sentenced to two yvears by Judge Dunne Saturday, was taken from the City Prison yesterday afternoon by Sheriff Martin " Writeat the first indication of trouble. | and started on his trip to Folsom Peniten- tary. The election of the board of directors of | his | | of | | | | | | Fi constructed of stone, the other three to be built of wood. It was left with the to choose the location of the and accordingly Boston navy- elected and the contract for that dock has been awarded and work be- gun. Mare Island, League Island, Pa. and Portsmouth, N. H., will get the wood- en docks. The plans of the wooden docks have thus far been delayed in the hope of in- to alter the provision specifying wood instead of stone. Wood, as a material for drydock construction, has been long discarded by all other na- tions because of its perishable nature and general unsuitability. The reasons why the United States clings so tenaciously to it form an interesting story. The advocates of timber docks, during the past dozen years, have been backed in Congress by a powerful paid lobby who have been unscrupulous in their en- deavors to defeat any attempt to change from wood to stone. This weli organized body has labored in- cessantly in the Interest of certain build- ers of timber docks who hold patents on structures and with whom all con- stone dock, ard was thes tracts for such docks must of necessity be placed. Another potent influence upon which the lobby has counted with suc- [ has been the indorsement of the chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repairs, whose name has for years ap- peared conspicuously in reports and let- ters favorable to timber dock builders. The Secretary of the Navy has long since been convinced that it was but a waste of public money to build timber drydocks. In this view he is sustained by all experts in this country and abroad. These docks have within ten years cost $600,000 in repairs and their average cost of maintenance is over eight times that the stone drydocks. The present wooden dock at League Island leaks at the rate of 1700 gallons per minute and a duplicate pumping plant has been in- stalled to keep it measurably dry. It was necessary to remove the battleship Massachusetts _hurriedly from a timber dock at New York, the structure imme- diately _thereafter suffering partial col- lapse. Rupture and upheaval of the floor have occurred with the dock at Port Roy- al. The battleship Indiana was docked in foreign territory docks were unfit to receive her. At League Island, when a ship is docked, it is necessary to shore up the abutments to_prevent inward movement. The limit of cost of each wooden dock was fixed at $800.000. In the naval appro- priation act, which became a law on March 3 last, a provision was inserted by the Senate increasing the limit of cost 1o $1.100,000 ard stipulating that all docks should be constructed of masonry. When the bill was in conference (composed of Senators Hale and Gorman and Represen- tatives Boutelle, Hilborn and Cummings) three of the conferees held out firmly for stone, while Representatives Hilborn and Cummings stood out steadfastly for wood. At first neither side would yield and for a time the entire bill was in great jeopardy. nally, last resort, a compromise was effected which resulted in two of the three docks heing constructed of wood at the original estimated cost of $500,000 and the other of stone at a cost of $1,100,000. It is remarkable that in the face of the earnest advice, even in the face of the strongest opposition of such able men as the Secretary of the Navy, the Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, the Chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering and of the greai American Society of Civil Engineers ‘of the United States, these wooden docks were recommended. Even Secretary Long and his bureau chiefs time and again assured Congress that un- less stone was used in the construction of the docks they might better be left un. built. It is also remarkable that Mr. Hil- born, then Representative from Califor- nia, should recommend the construction of a wooder dock at Mare Island, even when Senatcr Perkins opposed that idea, it is sald, both in the committee rooms and on the fioor of the Senate and finally in_the conference. The next s fon of Congress will doubt- less be asked to reverse this action and have stone substituted for wood with an additional appropriation of $300,000 for the increased cost of proper material. In the meantime the excavation and pile-arivin, which will he necessary for either woo or stone can proceed, so that no needless delay may result by reason of the change, It is_for “dr. Hilborn to explain wh when California might have had a mag- nificent structure costing $1,100,000, she is largely thrcugh his efforts to have an $800,000 structure at Mare Island, where the excuse will always be made by the Navy Department that it is afraid, and roperly, toc, to trust one of the great gntfleshlns a weak wooden dock for fear of the collapse of the structure and the probable destruction of the vessel. The Bureau of Yards and Docks of the Navy Department is now busily engaged in preparing plans for the three new dry docks. Much of the work of design has already been accomplished, and it is ex- | da because our timber | pected that bids for their construction will be invited in a short time. Conse- uently the opponents of the wooden | structures will be compelled to act| promptly. INTERESTING COMPILATION. What the Weather Bureau Knows; About April. The following data for the month of | April, covering a period of twenty-eight | vears, have been compiled from the| Weather Bureau records at San Fran- cisco: TEMPERATURE — Mean or normal temperature, 55; the warmest month was that of 1889, with an average of 39; the coldest month was that of 1893, with an average of 52; the highest temperature | was 8§, on the 14th, 1885; the lowest tem- | perature was 40, on the Tth, 1891; average date cn which first “killing” frost oc curred in autumn, December 10th; aver age date on which last “killing" frost oc- curred in spring, January 2th. PRECIPITATION (rain and melted | snow)—Average for the month, 1.9 inches; average number of days with . of an inch or more, 7; the greatest mont ly precipitation was 10.06 inches in 1880 the least monthly precipitation was .10 inches in 1875; the greatest amount of precipitation recorded in any twenty-four | consecutive hours was 2.21 inches on the 19th and 20th, 1880. CLOUDS AND WEATHER—Average | number of clear da. 5,512: partly cloudy | cloudy days, 6. WIND—The prevailing winds have been from the west. The highest vélocity of the wind was 47 miles from the north- west on the 23d, 1871 Station, San Fran March 23, 1899, co. Date of issue, G._H. WILLSON, Weather Bureau. Killing frost before December 31 has oc- éurred but six times since the beginning of observations. Killing frosts have been observed in ten years out of the whole number that observations have been taken. THINKS THE TEACHERS CAN STAND ALONE J. C. O'CONNOR OPPOSES COMPRO- MISE WITH MERCHANTS. Teachers Can Fight as Individuals | and Win Under the One- Twelfth Act. There is still a great division of opin- fon among the teachers regarding the | compromise question. Referring to this J. C. O'Connor, principal of the Mission High School, speaks as follows: I anything was made clearer than another by ~the address of Mr. Creswell at Monday's meeting it was that the only hope for the payment of the November and De- cember salaries lay In the adoption of a con- stitutional amendment. I understand that the proposed amendment brought forward by the Legisldture for that purpose will not be ap- proved by the Governor, but, be that as it may, I fail to see how the turning over to a | trustee of my clalms against the city will help | the passage of the amendment or how it will in ' any way further the payment of those claims. Neither can I see how giving the merchant creditors a lien on my claims to help to make | good their outlawed claims Is going to make my equally outlawed clalm any better. It is agreed that the One-twelfth Act Is in force. If so all claims in excess of the unex= pended balance of $35,670 for the first term of this fiscal year are void and the Auditor cannot allow any claims for that period in excess of that amount. In view of these facts it seems to me that the Auditor's quandary in regard | to legal and illegal demands is simply his own | affair; that he cannot without breaking the law | and at his own risk allow one cent on the claims of the months preceding January in ex- cess of the amount standing to the credit of | these months, and _therefore all the arguments | suggesting a further loss of salary to the teachers are—well, let us say groundless. I attended the meeting on Monday hoping that the discussion would enlighten me regard- ing the proposed compromise. I heard only one side of the case, the affirmative, but the | letters and speeches in favor of the compro- mise showed me clearly how we stand and proved to me that such a compromise could | do the teachers no good and most likely would destroy any chance they might have of being recouped by a_kindly disposed Board of Su- pervisors in connection with the Board of Edu- cation. I believe the merchants should be paid. T am perfectly willing that they should take the whole’$35,000. I said when this controversy was so suddenly sprung upon us that the only sen- sible thing to do was to let the merchants be paid, %o far as the available funds would per- mit, and thus enlist them as our advocates for an Increased appropriation for the next fiscal vear by means of which our claims could be pald. This could have been legally done had we not ‘“‘gone to law'' and In our anxiety to find where we stood discovered that we are not statutory officers. Now, however, I be- lieve it is better that we stand alone. We can recover only by the favor of the public, and to me it looks Iike {mpudence to say to the good people of this city, ‘‘Whatever you do for us you must also do for these merchan ‘There seems but one way now left by which our claims may be satisfactorily settled, and that is that public opinion should permit the Supervisors to appropriate for the School De- vartment such an amount, within the legal maximum, as would enable the Board of Edu- cation to increase our monthly salaries for the next fiscal year by an amount equal to one- twelfth of the sum due to each of us. Mr. Creswell says this could not be done under the law, but Supervisors have the right to make appropriations and School Directors to fix sal- aries, and this was done, without objection, if I remember right, in the case of Mr. Yoder and Miss Ball. Mr. Broderick, T undetstand, still thinks we are statutory officers. But it might be well to consider the propriety of appealing to the Supreme Court on that point. There has been a great deal of silly talk off and on ainst teachers who fafled to join in this movement, and a sort of assumption that the majority ‘rules. A moment's reflection should show that our claims are all individual claims. No majority, for example, has any Tight to assign my claim to any. one, and, of courge, no majority or commtfttee acting for them could make any arrangement by which wome of those to whom salary is due could be paid and others not paid. but although I am satisfied that the action taken without my con- sent and later on against my earnest advice has cost me two months’ salary, yet I think the attorneys employed should be paid and for the credit of the department I am willing to contribute my share toward that end, and I further think that we all should be as will- ing to pay them as though they had succeeded. They should be paid and discharged as soon as poasible. ————— California Commandery. Last Friday night the Red Cross de- gree was conferred on several candidates by the following named officers of Cali- fornia Commandery No. 1, F. and A. M.: J. S. Frazer, commander; J. Tonnin; generaliesimd; H. B Ream, Senfor Ll rank W. Titus, captain general; Edward B. Church, prelate; Thomas Morton, treasurer; . T. Graves, recorder; Charles Bone, sword bearer; J. F. Ilogan, warden; George W. Perkins, sentinel; C. ‘W. Taber, standard bearer. After the ceremony there was a ban- uet, which was partaken -of by more has afty sir knights, livered a very eloquent address on the work of the corps and paid a most de- serving tribute to the noble women who had successfully carried on the work which had been commenced fifteen years before. This was followed by a short programme of entertainment which was made up of vocal selections by Miss Zelia ‘ Cook, Mrs. Powell and the singing of a song dedicated to the corps by Mrs. Alma E. Keith, in the singing of which Miss Emma_Keith, daughter of the composer, led. There was also an agdress of con- gratulation by Colonel C. Mason Kinne of Lincoln Post, after which there was pro- gressive euchre in one hall and a donkey party in the other. During the evening | there was presented to the corps a beau- tiful flluminated address of good wishes prepared by H. W. Mortimer of Lincoln Post, chairman of a committee composed | of the gentlemen named, C. J. Hanley, C. | Mason Kinne, W. M. Hilton and George H. Stevens, and subsequently an immense | | crystal punch bowl with silver ladle and | | six dozen lemonade glasses from Lincoln Post. The celebration closed with the serving of a toothsome collation. POSSE BATTLES WITH OUTLAWS A Valuable Cargo for Vladivostok. | Wreckage Sighted by the Co- quilie River—Transports Renamed. APPRENTICE BOY ACCIDENTALLY KILLED AT SEA Shot by a Shipmatein the Mate’s Room. SHIPYARDS ARE ALL BUSY FLEET OF STEAMERS AND WIND JAMMERS BUILDING. Fight in a Washington Forest. There was a peculiar fatality on the British ship Haddon Hall during her voy- age from Puget Sound to Yokohama. It is the old story of “Didn't know it was | loaded.”” a tale of which rarely if ever comes from the sea. The Haddon Hall | arrived in Japan prior to the saliing of | CONFEDERATES SAVE UJE FROM the Doric and the story of the tragedy | is as follows: CAPTURE. The Haddon Hall sailed from the Sound last December and all went well until the | vessel was passing through a group of | islands known to be infested by pirates. | Chief Officer Thomas Jones had no gun, | so Captain Pritchard loaned him a re- | volver with which to arm himself in the event of the ship being attacked. The mate put the pistol in a drawer in his room and there Harry Hartog, a 19-vear- | old apprentice boy, found it. He had | pever handled such a weapon before and | was delighted with ‘“‘the plaything.” He | showed it to William Hughes, another ap- | prentice boy, who said the revolver was | not loaded, as the mate had drawn the | charges. Hartog began snapping the pis- | tol at Hugles and the third time the ham- mer fell it went off and the bullet struck | Hughes in the neck. Captain Pritchard | and Mate Jones did everything possible | for the lad, but he bled to death in twenty minutes. The Haddon Hall went from San Francisco to the Sound to load and both boys were well known in this port. | Hartog was tried before the British Con- sular Court in Yokohama and acquitted. There is a big demand for vessels for | the coasting and island trade, and In con- | sequence the shipbuilding yards from San Francisco to Puget Sound are all bus Hind, Rolph & Co. are having two schoon- | ers and a barkentine built for the island trade; C. A. Hooper & Co. will shortly add a barkentine to their fleet of lumber v sels; J. S. Kimball & Co. have contract, f steamer to be built on Puget y & Mitchell will 11-knot vessel on the coast early in Jul and haif a dozen other firms in the city have ordered vessels A. Hooper & Co.’s new barkentine | has been named the Manila. She was | launched on the 1lth inst., and will soon | go into commission. She was built at | North Bend, Or., and will carry a million et of lumber. ' As there is a great de- | mand in Australia and South Africa for Oregon pine the chances are that the Ma- nila_will make her maiden voyage to one | or the other of these places. Gray & Mitchell's new steamer is to be named the Dispatch. She is being built | . and will be 193 feet on the keel 5 over all, 38 feet 6 inches beam, | 15 feet 6 inches draft and will carry 700, 000 feet of lumber or %0 tons of general | cargo. She will come here with a load of | lumber, will be engined by the Fulton lron | Works 'and will be ready to go into com- | & mission on July 1. A description of the | other vessels being built has already been published in The Call. s 1f shipping and shipbuilding is good in | the United States it does not seem to be | equally so in England, judging by the | prices offered and accepted for shares in vessels at a sale in Liverpool recently. For an eighth of the Miltonburn $17,500 | was offered and refused, for an eighth’ of | TWO DESPERADOES WOUNDED | Hold the “ursuinc Officers at Bay and Succeed in Gaining a Hid- ing Place in the ‘Woods. Special Dispatch to The Call TACOMA, Mareh 26.—Four masked robbers raided a store at Montesano on Thursday night. On Friday night they | blew open the safe in the postoffice at | Shelten, forty miles away, and obtain- ed $800 of Government money. A large | posse was formed yesterday and track- | ed the bandits through the Mason County forest. The posse is headed by Sheriffs Vogtlin and Huss of Mason | and Chehalis counties. Last evening | part of the posse came upon the robbers | near Kamilchie and a fight ensued. The | Deputy Sheriffs and robbers jumped behind trees and shot at each other for half an hour. The Deputy Sheriffs had the advantage in numbers and succeed- ed in shooting two robbers, one of whom was captured. The other limp- | ed away, and was protected by his com- panions, who held the officers at bay. | Going a short distance, the robbers | seized a hand car on the Grays Harbor | branch of the Northern Pacific Rail- road and would have escaped had not | | an_approaching train stopped them. | The posse was largely increased to- | day, and every road through the dense | forests of Mason and Chehalis counties is being guarded. Both Sheriffs are determined to continue the hunt, until hunger brings the robbers out of their hiding place. | The captured bandit is not danger- | cusly wounded. He is now in the Shel- ton jail. He refuses to give his name | or reveal the identity of his confeder- | ates. ADVERTISEMENTS. | and it was refused. vT'wo sixty-fourths of | the Drumrock were sold for $2200. Forty | $200 shares in the Helenslea brought $550. | Twenty $25 shares in the Frances Fisher | brought $250 and twenty $25 shares in the | Beechdale brought $2 All these vessels | are well known in this port, having been 7 here on many occasions from either Eng- land with general merchandise or Austra- lia_with coal. The captain of the steam schooner Co- SPR[NG T[ME AND SAR= i quille River, which arrived from Co- | quille yesterday, reports that on March SAPARILLA 2% between Cape Mendocino and Point Arena_he passed through a large quan- tity of lumber and shingles. There is a || Go nand in hand. At this s:ason of the year nature tells us that our sys- || tem requires attention. We have the || big fleet of lumber-laden coasters on its way here and the chances are that one good old etandard remedies at cut- rate prices. of the schooners lost her deckload dur- TODD'S SARSAPARILLA. In’% the recent heavy weather. he schooner Alibion, which arrived HOOD'S SARSAPARILLA. AYRES' SARSAPARILLA from Coquille Saturday, lost her jib boom while crossing the Coquille River bar on COOPER'S BLOOD SPECIFI SWIFT'S SPECIFIC. March 1 The Chilean ship Temuco, which put in CUTICURA RESOLVEN here in distress on the Ist inst., tried to SOLE AGENTS FOR THE TESLA ELECTRIC BELT. come back again on account of a foul an- WE GIVE TRADING STAMPS. chor. The Temuco was on her way from Iguique to Victoria, B. C., with a load of - A = BYERYS S % Z nitrate when she was partly dismasted Z 949-951 MARKET in a gale and had to put in here for re- | o MEXT TO HALE BROS. — airs. She will probably get away to-| day. The names of the United States trans- | ports Scandia and Arizona have been changed. The former is now called Warren and the latter Hancock. The Warren was formerly a German tramp steamer and the Hancock a British pas- senger steamer. The transports Charles Neison and Zea- landia_will_sail for Manila on Wednes- day. The Nelson will take away about 900 tons of supplies and 100 soidiers and Red Cross nurses, while the Zealandia | will carry about 600 soldiers. The ship Lucile, which sailed for Vladi. vostok, Siberia, last Saturday, took aw: the most_valuable cargo that has ever | left San Francisco for that port. It con- sisted of flour, tallow, bieycles, salt, | hardware, agrieultural implements- and | other goods valued at over $67,000. The | bark Wilna is at Howard street loading | THE & MUNYON'S GUARANTEE. Strong Assertions as to Just What the Rcmedies Will Deo. for the same port. Frank Mighell, son | Munyon _guarantees of the managing owner of the Vi that his Rbeumatism will make the round trip on the V Qure will cure nearly for his_health. all cases of rheuma- The British sealing_schooner Geneva | tism in a few hours; put into Fort Ross the other day with | that bis Dyspepsia Cure will cure indigestion and il stomach _troubles; that his Kidney Cure will cure 90 per cent, of all cases of kidney 1243 skins, all taken on the coast. The | captain réports all well | he revenue cutter McCulloch is be- | ing repaired at Mare Island and there are no quarters for her crew. The cutter ; v Rush has therefore gone to the navy yard Fopanre Gl B and the McCulloch's crew will live Catarr Do matter how Iong standing; that h Headache Cure will cure any kind of headache in aboard her. The Thetis is coming down from the yard to be repaired here, and while work is being done on her the crew | will live aboard the Bear, which is to | a few minutes; that | come down from the yard and anchor in | his Cold Cure will | the stream for that purpose. quickly break up any | torm of cold and so on through the entire list of | remedies. At all druggists, 25 cents a vial. 1f you need medical advice write Prof. Munyon, 1505 Arch st.. Phila. It is absolutely free. VITALIS THE NEW FRENCH. REMEDY. A CRYSTAL ANNIVERSARY. Lincoln Corps of the Woman’s Relief ‘ Corps Celebrates Its Fifteenth snorco Birthday. ity Last Thursday Lincoln Corps No. 3, Woman’s Relief Corps, an auxiliary to k the Grand Army of’the Republic, was fifteen years old, and in the evening the | 13$Ds7 \ members of the corps, members of Lin- | fi“." D and a number of | friends of each assembled in the upper | RESULTS. 1iqui hall of the B'ne B'rith building to cele- | Nightly Emissions, brate the cl(-‘ysl;_;l ‘annlxvcrsary. The corps is composed of loyal women who have tion. Cures when all others fail. Insiston having for_their object the aiding of all soldiers | o cther. Can bo carried in theest posker By Vi AL g and sailors Who served in the War of the | Jerpackage orsix for 85,00 with « guarsntee fo Cure oF Rebellion, irrespective of the fact that | Ggrpais cOREce Gus bree. Adiress they are not members of the Grand Army 884 Dearborn St., Chieage of the Republic; also to aid the families| Sold by Owl Drug Co., S. F. and Oakland. of such. ]{r?’ml}hfhlntm%uc!on' address | 3 by Mrs. H. J. Holbert, the president of | the corps, on Thuraday might. it appeared RUPTURE, that in the fifteen years of its existence USE NO MORE IRON the corps has distributed a little in ex- Hoops or Steel Springs, cess of $13,00 to those who come under Rupture retained with eass | their care, and that does not include and comfort, and thousands radi- clothing, groceries, coal and provisions | cally CURED by DR. PIERCE'3 Magnetic Elastic Truss. £ Call at cfficeor write for New Pamphlet No. L distributed to,the families of the heroes MAGNETIC ELASTIC TRUSS Co., of '61-65 during that period. Mrs. E. d'A. Kinne, past national presi- 620 Mariet st., opp. Palace Hotel, San Francisce, 30th Day. y & surely removes Nervousness, Impotency, ¥l Dreaica Wasting Divcases and all effecs of self-abuse or excess and indiserction. Restores Lost Viiality, Powe: and Failing Memory. Wards off Insanity and Consumyp- dent and first president of the corps, de- ADVERTISEMENTS. 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