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

THE SAN RANCISCO CALL, ERIDAY, OCTOBER or 1899. CAPTAIN AND CREW AT MERCY OF A DIABOLICAL SHIPMATE [~} ——— ¢ Set Fire to the ¢ George H. Stetson. ¢ All Hands Watched the Conflagration s From Boats. ' Skipper’s Wife and Child ¢ Behav:d Splendidly. s Two Days on the Open Sea. : EW Sfflr((‘fi_fi:.rimfl A? soa F‘!v]\'l’Ll nd drove whi they + o s, after witnessing + their ship, before o th + Stetson, 1700 tons, o « was bui D& was x’w: 2 s bound rd. High up in t gues of fire leaped, All 1 was abla: t Ky wife , who has been at ses @+04040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040+Q WILL WORK FREE CHURCHES FROM TAYATION The Congregational- ists Take Action. e LR A alifornia State Assoctation of Con- morning ot Rev s and of the \ taxa- was States where cited the of bur- compelled mit- a de- THE BURNING SHIP, HER SKIPPER, HIS WIFE AND CHILD. with him for five years, stood bravely by with her little two-year-old daugh- ter, unafraid and equal to any for- tune. The little girl, instead of show- ing signs of fear as might be ex- pected under such circumstances, viewed the whole flery sspectacle as something to be pleased a through the shouts and the nt she volced her enjc 1If an hour after the headed landward, the ship having it to take cargo v nd it took only the denoting the blowi skylight to it was There ination to headed for The curr here were Dr. C. R. Brown was ssociation for the tions Rev. 1 » from the business the per by years of ( ngregationalism in Cali Mrs. C. B In the read a paper Socleties 1 tssionary Women in Non-C Rev Dr: ClLiR I E “The Distinctive an- ity,” and a number al reports from ational council. At the ltken of P published repor Wednesday night 2 He intended no tion on tk when he said that he took c the future of California that he had buried man m. as that the old pion ay and with them w ndition of t gs tha > for P the the early days, t de form work and_religiou of the higher type so difficult. “I referred to ‘things,’ not ‘men,’ ”* said Mr. Milliken The woi the Sunday-School and Publishing y r cd at the evening sess nd of reports of the meeting of the Ame rd at Providence, R. L, were he “The final session of the association will be held this forencon, it having been decided to adjourn-at noon to-day instead igurate an aggressive of the committee on een made a s of holding an afternoon sessfon. ———— the s expression on Malt:Netiine puts life into the human frame, wak: (% ty. The wonderful pi ul concern, the Anheuser- Jrewing Ass'n. Sl Special Services at Richmond. Special services will be held in the Richmond Congregational Church, of nth a Clement Richmond, Rev.' L. D. new corner | street, m. i} 3 o'clock p. , D.D., LL.D., of‘M will preach a_special alia, ‘Hark, Hark! My 1 H h r, Rev o oy clans have Each all of the many to make a succ uates from the highest medical col in the land; all are devoted to the art of healing and restoring afflicted men; all are conscientious, careful and pains- taking. 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ALISTS. these physi- | thelr p t high standing. | wed by nature with are nec egular gre qualifications which ry clan. All are Dr. Meyers & Co. have learned by vast experience that it pays to cure their patients. One man who has been restored to health and strength Is worth more to the doe- tors, as an advertisement, than | many columns of newspaper space. Until they are cured. Any man applying for treatment who has the least doubt of their ability to If you cannot call, write programme for the afternoon | on, Rev. | burning vessel, which made a grand illuminatio; All the next day the smoke. ing which they sage on th crew of the S with its rosiny cargo. y could see the It took them two days, dur- an out of water, to h Tal-pi an, where they found iting them the small steamer that es monthly trips _between’ the nd and the ainland. Its officers seen the {llumination of the burn- ship and had awaited the arrival and crew. It took them “where they took pas- Sydney. one of the members of the tson was learned yes- v the 1 suspicion that rested nother of the salilors. he id, ““one of the men, it agasaki, From y ected, set fire to the Stetson. Why? Oh, crazy, I guess It isn't the first time su: cion iIn that dire n has been fa: ned on him. He was one of the ew of the Kenilworth when she was burned d he was on the John Bruce when she went up in smoke. “Do all the members of the crew <apr PATTON. suspect him? T guess not. TIf they did he wouldn't be on board this boat now to tell about it. The captain knows it, but i{s keeping mum about it. I know he reported his suspicions 10 the Sydney’s officers and they have had the man under survelllance all the way up.” Captain Patton refused to say any- thing concerning the report, more than that there was something en- tirely peculiar about the fire. What fs the name of the man you e annot say anything about that now,” he replied. After the captain got ashore he hurried to a telegraph office and it was said later that he had tele- graphed to Bath asking authority to incur the necessary expense to prose- cute the suspected incendlary. That individual, whoever he Is, was not detained on the transport. Captain Patton is one of the best- known skippers that ever left a ‘Pa- cific Coast port and is very popular in San Francisco. NARROW ESCAPE OF THE FRENCH Caught Fire at th Seawall Yesterday. of being destroyed by fire. to load wheat for Europe. the ship was to be ready stream to-mOTTOW morning. the fire was discovered. carpenter shop, and some one going ment was summoned. was alongside and had four streams water playing on the blaze. chocks. deck, so none of the water BARK BOURBAKI For a short time yesterday the French | bark Bourbaki was in imminent danger She was alongside the seawall taking in “stiffen- ing” preparatory to going to Port Costa About 2500 sacks of grain had been put aboard and to move up- The long- shoremen had laid off for the noon hour and the crew had finished their midday meal and retired to the forecastle, when There was con- siderable turpentine and paint oil in the there dropped a lighted match. The place was soon in a blaze and the Fire Depart- The Spreckels Towboat Company was also notided and in a very short space of time the Relief In the meantime, however, the vessel's side had got so hot that the paint was peeling oft in great flakes and the smoke was pouring out of the ventilators and Luckily the vessel had an iron that was THE EMPOLIUM. | THE EMPORIUM. PRPRERRRPPBRIR BB RPR SRR RR S ERE PR IR PR RFE N 3 21 Ibs. Vt" v ¥ $3.00 Fine Granulated [ @R! U Suits for Boys, Sugar for oold‘ni-“ B for $1.00. CAUFORNIAS LARGEST=AMERICAS.GRANDEST SToRE. $1:85 e ALL-DAY Sprciar SALESi—- Stylish Fans Half Price. All Day Friday and Saturday, if Quantities Last. A lot of 300 stylish Fans—Empire Fans in black, painted or spangled, with fancy wood sticks, regular prices from 35¢c to $3.85 each; Empire Fans in cream, regularly $2.75 to $4.85 each; handsome Ostrich Fans in Black or white, with fancy wood sticks, regu- larly $2.25 and $3.35 each; on spe- cial sale on Friday, and Saturday also, if quantities last, at half these prices. $2.45 and $3.00 in of o oured into the forecastle got into the ver hold, so the cargo is uninjured. It 1 not take long to get the Bourbaki y for sea again, and she will prob- sail next week. French ships are going to play a very important part in the commerce of San 404040404040404040404040404040 4040404040 404040404040004 04040404 040404040404040404040404040+0+0+9® Francisco next year. | second place. | cisco. rived, Next’ year at least fifty built 4 provements will visit this coast. ton for each thousand | 22 cents a_ ton. from Europe to San Francisco gets subsidy of a similar sum for the voyage home. | | | years. | for his share of the work. fore, no wonder that the | is_expected here in 1900. \ els cannot be and some of the lines Christmas goods will be poorly Esther R. Hind, the schooners Fjord, Robert Buhne, Lottie to load lumber and coal for the islan So many of them will be here bidding for the wheat trade that the British are liable to have to take Last year but ten ships flying the French flag came to San Fran- This year over twenty have ar- and ‘several more are on the way. French ships of steel and with all the latest im- This wonderful increase in the French merchant marine is due to the subsidy given by the French Government. Every | falling vessel built in France of French | material between now and 1902 gets for | ten years a subsidy of 35 cents per gross | miles covered. Every- year there i{s a reduction of about 1% cents, so that the last year of the ten | the vessel's subsidy would only be about For instance, a French Vessel of 2000 tons gross burden coming a 14,000 for the voyage here and For | this encouragement all the French Gov- ernment asks is that the vessels be built in France of French material and enter at a French port at least once in two Over and above this the builder of the ship gets a bonus of $13 a gross ton It is, there- French | shipyards are working night and day and | that a fleet of at least fifty French ships secured to carry the goods and merchandise required of ssorted in the Paradise of the Pacific this year. The ships Centennial and Charmer have been withdrawn from the northern trade and are both loading for Honolulu, while Otillje Benpett, Jessie Minor and Eva have been chartered ds. | The barks Martha Davis, Andrew Welch, | 2 ¢ P 4 ] + 4 ] 4 @ + ] + 2 ‘ & ON4RARNS RIRPR NRPRIRNERS ‘SYDNEY BRINGS SOLDIERS AND SHIPWRECKED CREWS N addition to ¢he forty-two sick and discharged soldiers, the ship- wrecked crews of the transport Morgan City, United States cable boat Fooker and ship George H. Stet- son made up the passenger list of the United States army transport City of Sydney, which arrived In port yester- day afternoon, docking immediately after a quick passage of twenty-nine days from Manila, touching at Naga- saki and Kobe en route. Fine weather was experienced all the way across, except on October 15, when the trans- port got into the track of a typhoon, which. tumbled things about. One of the cabin' passengers, Lieutenant Vitale, an Ttallan military attache, who has been, in the Philippines, was knocked off his feet by the force of the hurricane and hurled from star- board to port, receiving several ugly HeLieBe e+ BB+ R R IBILI RO R RIBRIU I BB BB 5oK B BN NI R R+ R B+ 25+ BB cuts on the head, necessitating the at- tention of the ship’s surgeon. On board the transport are the bodies of Private Peor of the Ninth In- fantry, who died at sea October 23, and Private Jeremiah Quinlan, Ninth Cavalry, who dled October 14. Private Kellerman of the Fourth Cavalry, while Insane from disease, jumped through a porthole and into the China Sea. A boat was lowered and got very close to the soldier, who was swim- ming lustily, when he threw up his hands and disappeared. The body was not recovered. Captain 8. J. Hanlon and sixty-five of the cfficers and crew of the United States cable ship Hooker were pas- sengers on the Sydney all the way over. The captain was decidealy un- communicative of any information concerning the wreck of that vessel, NS LrBING ABOSED A5 Do which struck on Corregidor reef, just outside the entrance to Manila Bay at b o'clock of the evening of August 11 last. The Hooker was on her way from Manila to repair the cable be- tween that city and Hongkong at the time. A large quantity of the cable aboard bad been shifted previous to the start, and the theory is advanced that this may have affected the com- pass. At any rate, in the fog that arose that afternoon, Captain Hanlon mistook the reef for the mainland and was aground before he knew it. A little steamer, the Espana, which came up to glve aid, was battered against the rocks. No lives were lost. The men of the Hooker remained five weeks working on the wreck, but finally gave up the job of getting her off. She is badly battered. A contract to float her has been let to a wrecking firm for $125,000. Among the passengers on the Sydncy was' C. C. Higgins, a former well- known ‘druggist of this city, -who volunteered for the hospital corps in May, 1868, and has been in charge of the smallpox hospital at Manila. Father P. F. McDonough of Laverne, Minnesota, was another passenger. He is home from a vacation in the Philippines, most of which he put in in the islands. making observations On the way over he entertained the ship’s company with a lecture based on his notes. He will deliver several lectures during his stay in this city. All-Wool Cheviot in a medium shade that will not show soil, new style velvet coliar, silk-faced lapels, vest has an embroidered design on shield, trousers made with band and buckle; a real $3.00 suit. Another lot is made of very nearly All-wool Cheviot, has large sailor collar with six rows of braid,vest with an embroidered design on shield, trousers made with band and buckle; wou!d be a bargain at $2.45. Third lot is an All-Wool Cheviot in a light-colored pattern, coat has the new collaz, lapels are silk faced, the vest has a pleated buckle; a splendid $3.00 valus. made. Bargain Friday. Efder- down Szecques, 73c. This season’s $1.25 Eidardown Dress- ing Sacque, plain colors and stripes, crocheted edge, ribbon at neck, as- {3 sorted sizes, on | special sale_this day onlyat..73¢ we (ffer some of selected suojects, ‘Bargain Fridav. Fedora Hats, 77¢c M-n’sall fur Fe o- ra Hats in black, /f dark brown, gold- en brown, cedar, maple and otter sold by us regu- la ly at 9oc each; tats that compars favorably with the Sizes for Boys 3 to 8 Years of Age. For Friday and Saturday we offer the best values that we have ever been able to give in little suits for boys 3 to 8 years; there are 150 suits in the lot, in three styles: velvet shield with a row of velvet and two pockets, pants made with band and Friday and Saturday your choice of any of these three suits at..... Millinery Specials To-Day. Trimmed Hats, beautiful trimmings, elegantly designed, perfectly $10 Hats to-day only..$7.00 $£12 Hats to-day only..$9.00 $15 Hats to-day only. . 1. 0 \Pans, 37c. . $1.85 - Bargain Friday. 52-inch 90c Dress Cims Hairznl Fabrics, 63¢: c..i: Serge, the very newest fabric for the winter season, suitabls for tailor dresses, the new shades of tans, grays, navy and brown, czdet blue and army gray, our regular 85c ani 90c qua ity, sp-cial price Friday only, per yard... 630 AR SEBEEEE 66 S EEETEAERAEEEEEEAAEEEEEEEEEEEAEACEE R AL AEEER UG U A G SE R AR A EAREE G L B SELERD G SR o R L Bargain Friday. 55c¢ Dripping Birgain Friday. For [gor8e, Selccted t8is [Enameled H Y |Drippin, O0.iographs, 24¢. ..;;" "% pretty 0.iographs, s wo han- mounted on 3i-inch dark olive green|y mats, siz» 20x26 inches, an assortment | regularly 85c| each, at the very special price...24 | - —_— i ';Jl:th "l?;'-ade |Comforters, $1.18. les, reg- ularly 55¢ each, special to-day at.37¢ For this day only we offer a large Linen lot of AllLinen Trays, 8¢. . coins 19ty 82 inches, they are made of fine half- bleached linen and stamped with a numbar of pretty flowers and designs, the regular price 12%c each, speciil for to-day 8c Bargain Friday. ordinary 51,50Fe‘- Bed Comforters covered with figured doras; on special sile for two days,| gilkoline on both sides, liberally filled Friday ani Saturday, each.-......270| ith high grade Cotton, hand tufted, BRI NIRINRININIRN IR RNIN IR eR+R 4R +R+RERHT+RIDIRIRR454R0 0205050 +0 NN R | ReReRNeR 0 % @N+R RPN RIRHRS NIRIRIRIR RN R | consequence, w. be the first to go in this new order. Bargain Fridas. Ladies’ Ladies’ $2.50 Box Calt Shoes, $1.10. . and Lace Sho:s, up-to- : date toes and tips, the ba'- ance of our $2.50 Box Calf Shoes in size3 814 and 4 only, if you can wear either of those sizes you will save just $1.40 a pair 2 at to-day’s special price...... L T T T L LT T Er U SRR PR PRSP P A S P TP ST T ST PR S D S N TP TS T T T S T 12 T LT f DT T |Bargain Friday. Bargarn Friday. Ladies’ Hose, 14c. $EGESEEEERERCHEERBEEEEEBAESEHEESAISEESHER Legal Cap, 8c Quire. a serviceable $1.50 bed covering, on special sale this day only at...$1.18 Ladies' Imported Hermsdorf Black Real Maco Cotton Hose, silk finish, medium weight, double heel and toe, our regular :Oc Hose, for this day oaly, per pair........... These Hose per dogem, $31.65. First quality Le- gal Cap Paper, rezularly 15c a quire, on special sale to-day the 24 sheets for........8 @ e 44 AR SRR R E R A E 0 G 664G O 6 6 6 8 X Diamond Head and Annie Johmson, barkentines W. H. Dimond, 8. N. Castle, Planter and Quickstep and ship Fa.is of Clyde are all loading or chartered, and vet there is a call for “more ships,” and there are no more to be had. Freights have advanced with leaps and bounds in d owners are now going n after the many lean years ear of plenty. s call the trans- and Manauense retu ave preceded this ated In yesterday Tartar, Newport orts gnvh{)r(‘d in the stream Wednesday night and went to sea yestérday morning. The City of Peking will take out a regiment Saturday and the Ben More will go out The Senator will be ready to ember 3 and the City of ~ydney than will follow her in rapid suc- cession. el\fll‘hm:‘l Hughes of 36 Clay street had a narrow escape for his life Wednesday morning. He would have bled to death had not Dr. Holmes heard him fall 1gainst the side of the Harbor _lospital. flughes went to a free clinic on Howard street and had a big ulcer cut out of his neck. The artery was “nicked” during the operation and the surgeon overlooked the fact. In the night the artery burst and Hughes had just presence of mind enough to go_to the hospital. When he reached the door his strength gave out and he fell in a heap against .t. Dr. Holmes heard bim and got him on tne operating table just in time to save his life. ‘Word was received by the Merchants’ Exchange yesterday that the schooner Coquille had arrived at Bandon on the 25th inst. without the mate. He had been washed overboard. % P AT Y. M.C. A. ARMY WORKIERS. In recognition of the splendid work of the United States army and navy depart- ment of the Young Men's Christian As- soclation which has been accomplished, the War Department has recently made a special request of the international com- mittee of the associations that one of their secretaries be sent out on every transport leaving this country for the Phll;pplnas during the next six weeks. . Frank Gloeckner has been selected to Monday Debs to Lecture. Bugene V. Debs, the well known labor leader, who is touring the United States in the interest of organized labor and the Social Democratic party, will deliver an address in Metropolitan Temple Tuesday night, October 31 b right Prospects! The reports we receive dafly from our experts in Contra Costa con- vince us we are in the greatest ofl- producing belt in the State. We have bored to a sufficient depth (00 feet) to know the abundance of oH will make our stockholders wealthy. Then, too, we are only nine miles from market. The board of directors have de- cided to dispose of only $00 more shares at $; then the price will be advanced. At this figure men of small means have an opportunity to make investments that wiil make them more money than any enterprise now on'the market. You're invited to come in and ask questions or send for report of the TFuel Committee of the Mfrs.’ and Producers’ Assn. American 0il & Refinery Co. ROOMS 322 & 323 PARROTT BLD., SAN FRANCISCO. 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