The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 26, 1901, Page 5

. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 26, .i901 3 SPEAKS THE OVERDUE BARK OLYMPIC NEAR KOKO HEAD Partially Dismasted in a Gale She Was Making for Honolulu When Seen by the Gaelic. AMERICAN FOUR. LIC OFF KOKO HEAD. ZEN TOPSAIL -MASTED BARK OLYMPIC AS SHE APPEARED WHEN SFOKEN BY THE STEAMSHIP GAE- SHE LOST HER FORE TOPMAST, JIBBOOM, MAIN TOPGALLANT MAST AND MIZ- YARD IN A GALE that arrived dental and Company’s Philadelphia c reports that M n M es Pollard, Cap- ta Smart, Rob- Melbourne, Aus a ur of the Orient. | is from Victoria, B. C owners could not get u nd, so they sent has been for some th American station and to go ck did not get away m. yesterday. She fantry, 4 surg n, wife of the popular su- transport service e Hancock learned to be a passenger n Barnesor d of the the officers of th eroom decorated in a ner with smilax, violets, flowers. When Mrs. her room she thought ke and was about n Hegrv Struve as- r a,.:{rxnr—m and that . a rise got up he sh Mrs. Barne- er at Honolu for the Company’s Sonoma er voyage to Austra- € to visit relatives. assengers who went away on the were Lieutenant Colonel M. P ant Colonel G. F. Sanger, Major n Capron and -— DIRECT LINE TO MANILA. Oregon and Oriental Company to Be- gin Philippine Service. has been wanting a di- amers to Manila for more | w the merchants 2 heart's desire. The Cham- serce has talked about the ne a line, the Merchants' subject. It to take the m-'ter he steamships Mon- and Curmarthanshire _are ake up the running. John be the general agent ir Manila agent has cided upon. The Mon- luied to sail from San nd the Carmarth- 1d the trade war- will be added tr thought that the tw) srate the movement will be = t. for & time at least. thshire is of 1571 tons met She was buiit ‘marthanshire ons net_bur- ng, 40 feet beam -2 Steamship Sonoma Delayed. ¢ Oceanic Steamship Company’s So- away for- Hawali, Sa- and Australia untfl at 2 p. m. She was scheduled rrow at 4 p. m.. but owing to 1 of the English mails at fling has to be postponed. a die & Co. t Alameda Point. She will Redwood and will be used in the trade sport Buford came off the dry- T and the Kilpatrick took rance rate on the British ship ran has reached 70 per cent. w out 119 days from Frazer Riv- iverpool. The rate on tre Johi McDonald, now out owned by J. net & Co., purchased by the Alaska Cod- Company and will be fitted up for fishing cruise. As soon as is which will probably require two =he will sail for the north. weeks Pollard Opera | cussed the situation | 40 feet 2 inches beam | v of Papeete, whi 2 | 1 NEWS OF THE OCEAN. al; the Jame Rolph, y for Suva, 57s 64, prior ; the Muriel, merchandise here for opaulofski; the Ruthwell, wheat at Port- {‘ land for Europe, 4ls »d, prior to arrival. | g Pe B Lol A Large Cargo for New York. The Panama Raliroad Company’'s steamer which salled Sunday Yor Panama, car- merchandise for York valued at| for Hamburg, §129% The ml’lo‘y E —714 bbie asphaltum. 6 cs as- 4851 1Us beans, 10,722 ctls bar- 23 Tbs_bone black, 4 cs casing, 80 bales 209 sks Lo 7 pkgs household | 19 sks herb: mber, 12 pkgs machin- ngs primavera, 14 bales , 310 cs salmon, 182,532 2 gals wine. €—16,506 Tbs salt hides, < peas, 106 old rubber, 276 bales ra s wool, 5 bbls | Notice to Mariners. | ALCATRAZ FOG SIGNAL STATION, | ce is hereby given that on or about April | 901, a 3000-pound bell will be established at this station on the northwesterly end of Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, to be struck by weather. | “The machinery during thick or foggy a single blow every six seconds. fog signal house is while, with a red | and is about fifty-five feet above sea is motice affects ihe “‘List of Lightd and % Signale, Pacific Coast, 101" page 14, N and the “List of Beacons and Buoys, Pa- Coast, 1961, page 20. y order of the Lighthouse Board. FRANC;S J. HIGGINSON, Rear Admiral, B. N, g el i Shipping Intelligence. ARRIVED. Monday, March 25 Stmr Brunswick, Andresen, 23 hours from Eureka; bound south; put in to land passen- | gers, pitmr Coronado, Johnson, 61 hours from San Pedro. Stmr Bonita, Nopander, 59 hours from New- port Samoa, Higgins, 16 hours from Caspar. % hours from Eureka. Stmr Eureka, Jessen, I3 hours from Eureka. | _U'S stmr Philadeiphia, Meade, 2 days from San Diego. | _Nor stmr Thyra, Edvardsen, 33 days from . Nagasaki 22 4 Titania, Egenes, 82 hours from Br stmr Gaelic, Finch, 20 days 7 hours 43 minutes from Hongkong, via Yokohama 19 days 12 hours and 5 minutes. Br stmr Eulomene, Zeal, 11 days from Royal Roads. Schr Lizzie Vanee, Olsen, § days from Grays Harbor. CLEARED. Monday, March 2. Stmr Bonita, Nopender, San Pedro; Goodall, Perkins & Ce. Br stmr Beigian King, Bruce, San Diego; Cal & Ortental SS Co. Schr Uranus, Pedersen, fishing; C E Whit- ney & Co. SAILED. Monday, March 2. U € stmr Hancock, Struve, Manila. Stmr Brunswick, Andreson, Stmr Washtenaw, Zolling, Tacoma. mr Alcazar, Martin, Grays Harbor. r Noyo, Johnson, — Stmr W H Kruger, Krog. Schr Henry Wilson, Johnson, Grays Harbor. SPOKEN. Per Br stmr Gaelic—March 18, 7:20 2 m, off Koko Head, bark Olympic, with ioes of ‘fore | topmast, jibboom, main topgallant mast, miz- zen topmast and upper main topsail yard ap- | parently fished. March 5:40 a m—Four-mastef schr show- ing letters K P H L. MISCELLANEOUS. LONDON, March 2-—Ital ship Francesco Ciampa, from Shields, for San Francisco, ar- rived at Glbraltar in a leaky condition. TELEGRAPHIC. POINT LOBOS, March 2, 10 p m—Weather hazy; wind NW, velocity 36 miles per hour: DOMESTIC PORTS. | EUREKA—Arrived March 25—-Stmrs West- port, Pomona and Chas Nelson, hence March ed March 2%-Stmr North Fork, for San | Francisco; schr Ida McKay, for - | cisco; schr Lottie Carson, for San Pedro; stmr San_Pedro, for San Francisco. REDONDO—Sailed March 2—Schr Laura Madsen, for Grays Harbor. Salled March 23—Stmr Aberdeen, for San Francisco. PORT LUDLOW—Arrived March 2%—Schr iled March 24—Schr Mary g , for San Francisco; schr Gotama, for San Francisco; schr Glen, for San Francisco. Arrived March 24—Schr Abble, hence March 12. March 25—Schr Monterey, hence March 2L Arrived March 2—Schr Western Home, hence March 14 FORT BRAGG-Salled March 2—Stmr Se- quola, for San Francisco, SAN DIEGO—Arrived March 2%—Stmr Ho- mer, rence March 2 Sailed March 2—Br stmr Carlisle City, for Hongkong. GR. HARBOR—Arrived March 2—Schr Hanson, hence March 13. March 2— Esther Buhne, hence March 3. | “Sailed March 2i—Schr Lettitla, for San | Francisco; bktn Monitor, for San’ Francisco; bktn Tam o' Shanter, for Manila. PORT TOWNSEND—Arrived March 25—Br stmr Teenkal, from Shanghal. SEATTLE-Arrived March 24—Stmr Chas D Lane, hence March 20. | “Safied March 2¢-Stmr Farallon andeBr stmr_Victorlan, for Skaguay. March 2—Stmr Rainjer, hence iled March 25—Stmr Hyades, for San Fran- | cisco; stmr Leelanaw, for San Francisco. NEAH BAY—Passed in March 25—-Nor bark Prince Arthur, from Coquimbo, for British Columbra; schr Okanogan, hence March 16, for Port Gamble. | P oRr HADLOCK—Saiied March ~ 2%—Schr | Duxbury, for Cooks Inlet. | SAN PEDRO—Arrived March 25—Stmr Pasa- | dena. from Bureka: schr Salvator, from Port | Blakeley: schr A M xter. from Ballard; schr Lotile Bennett, from Tacoma. : ASTORIA—Arrived March 25—Nor stmr Nor- {man isles, from Shanghai; Br ship Kate Thomas, from Jquique. ISLAND PORTS. HONOLULU—Arrived March 13—Stmr Sferra, | hence March 7; Br stmr Coptic. hence March Br stmr Miowera, from colonies; H B M Victoria. March 15—Ship Jabez u:-':;.muim(nm Tacoma; sehr Metha Neteon. hience Feb 25 March 16—Br stmr Warrimou, kS Victoria; schr Defiance, from Ne Ar::': Br stmr Gaelic, from Yokohams. castle, i bktn —— e Skagit, from Port Gamble. March 14—Schr Bertie’ Minor, from Eureka. Safled March 12—Bark Carrollton, for Port Townsend. March 13—Stmr Slerra, for Syd- ney. March 14—Br stmr Coptic, for China and Japan: Br stmr Miowera, for Victoria. March 1o—Brig Galilee, for Honoipu. March 16—Br stmr Warrimoo, for Sydney. March l4—Schx Olga, for Mahukona. March 16—Schr Robert Lewers, for Puget Sound. To eall March 16—Ship Star of Bengal, for Puget Sound. March 16—Stmr Centennial, for Kahulul. $ FOREIGN PORTS. NEWCASTLE, Aus—Sailed March 23—Schr Wm Bowden, for Honolulu. March 25—Ship Paramita, for Honolulu. YOKOHAMA—Arrived March 20—Ger stmr Evya, hence Feb 1 Sailed March 1—Ger ship Nereide, for Ta- coma, R VICTORIA, B C—Passed out March J1—Br stmr Palatinia. from Moodyville, for China; Br stmr Athenian, from Ladysmith, for China. NANAIMO—Arrived March 23—Br stmr Mil- ton, from San Diezo. Sailed March 24—Stmr Mineola, for Port Los, Angeles. Arrived March %—Nor stmr Kvarven, hence March 20, Sailed” March for San Francisco. AUCKLAND—Sailed March 2—Stmr Ven- tura, for San Francisco. MONTEVIDEOSailed March TYangtze, for St Vincent. SHANGHAI-Arrived prior to March 22—Jap stmr Nippon Maru, hence Feb 19. Sailed March 14—Br ship Vimeira, for Ore- son. ANTWERP—Sailed March 22—Br ship Aus- an. 2%—Br stmr Milton, Br stmr Arrived March 25—Ger stmr 1, for Hamburg; Br stmr E fled March 24—Br ship Glenogil, for Birkenhead: Br bark Inveramsay, for Westpagt; Br ship King George, for Hull} Fr bark Chie Gounod, for —. OCEAN STEAMERS. MARSBILLES—Arrived March 2—Stmr Bo- livia, from New York, for Leghorn, Naples, "OPENHAGEN—Arrived March ~ 2—Stmr Norge, from New York. YOKOHAMA—Sailed March 2—Stmr Em- press of Japan. from Hongkong, Shanghai, Nagasaki and Hiogo, for Vaucouver, B C. ST VINCENT—Arrived March 20—Stmr Ha- thor, from San Francisco, via Valparaiso, for Hamburg: stmr Kalsow, from Portland, Or. GIBRALTAR—Sailed March 24—Stmr Trave, from Genoa, for New York. g Sun, Moon and Tide. United States Coast and Geodetic Survey— Times and Helights of High and Low Waters at_Fort Point, entrancé to Sai Francisco Bay. Published by official au- thority of the Superintendent. NOTE—The high and low waters occur at (Mission-street wharf) about twenty-five minutes later than at Fort Point; the helght of tide is the same at both places. TUESDAY, MARCH 2. Sun rises Sun sets.. Moon sets (first quarter) NOTE—In the above exposition of the tides the early morning tides are given in the left hand column and the successive tides of the day in the order of occurrence as to time of day; the third time column gives the last tide of the day, except when there are but three tides. as sometimes occurs. The heights given are in addition to the soundings on the United States Coast Burvey charts, except when & minus (—) sign precedes the helght, and then the number given is subtracted from the depth given by the charts. The plane of reference is the mean of the lower low waters. Steamer Movements. TO ARRIVE. Steamer. From. Du: Mar, 26 Mar. 26 China and Japan |Hamburs & Way Poris| -|Valparaiso & Way Pts - | Humboldt Srescent City. TO SAIL. Steamer. Destination, Salls.| Pler. . March 26. .{Grays Harbor ... Pler 2 Ptld and Coos Bay Pler 2 China and Ja 1 M Bureka..s... State of Cal.. ghr 1 Queen... i Robert Dollar Pler 11 Pier 2 | Humbold pie ‘| Panama & Way miPMSs. Coox Bay Pler 12 e 2 Humboldt i Newport Dier 11 Eydney & e & [ Humboiat eer 3 cnm"fiq e P and Japan.. MBS Seattle &' Tacoma. Pler Point Arena.:|Point Assma o 5 DnIEler § Santa Rosa.. April 1. Walla Wella 'Puget Sound Ports.ill am|Pier § \TER ORBIRANCE AGAN DEFENTED Supervisors Fail to Agree on Phelan’s Favorite Measure. —_— Funds Are Appropriated to Cleanze Chinatown—Bill Imposing Fees for Building Conmstruction L Is Defeated. The ordinance fixing the water rates for the next fiscal vear was again defeated on reconsideration yesterday by the Board of Supervisors. Before the meeting a se- cret session was held "with a view to swinging recalcitrant members into line for Phelan’s pet measure which makes no reduction to consumers but reduces the allowance for fire hydrants from $220,000 to $80,000, holding out the rosy promise that the saving of $140,000 will be expended for public improvements. The members could not agree, however. The board then filed out to the assembly chamber, where the ordinance was taken up in public.” Comte’s motion that reconsideration of the ordinance be postponed for one week was lost, only he and Jennings voting in mvo:.j leg'hg motion to reconsider at once rev: , Comte’s vots prevalled mte's vote being the only one The reconsideration of the vote by which the ordinance was defeated showed eight votes in favor—Booth, Boxton, Braunhart, Cennor, Curtis, Dwyer, Hotaling, Stat- ford; and seven against—Brandenstein, Comte, Jennings, McCarthy, Reed, Tobin, son, Braunhart changed his vote and gave notice of reconsideration. “The constitution and the charter make it incumbent upon us to fix the water rates in February,” sald Braunhart, “and | we have failed to do so. These rates were predicated on the investigation and unless the ordinance is kept before the board it is certain that the Spring Valley Com- any will use the point to test its legal- P ity. Rules Are Suspended. Brandenstein held that the bill could be reconsidered only once. Braunhart asked that the rules be suspended to allow him to give notice of reconsideration at the next meeting and the motion was carried, Brandenstein, McCarthy, Comte and Jen- nings voting no. Reed then submitted his original ordi- nance fixing water rates on a valuation of $20,000,000 and providing for the pay- ment of §1000 per month for hydrant ser- vice. He sald that the large consumers of water paid much less than the cost of water, while the small consumers paid much more and thought there shoula be something done. He offered his bill as a compromise, but said that if it were not accepted he would vote for Phelan’s bill. D’Ancona’s resolution providing for an appropriation of $6000 out of the urgent necessity fund for the purpose of placing Chinatown in a sanitary condition was passed to print, Hotaling and McCarthy voting against it. The funds are ‘to be expended by the Board of Health, but the resolution was referred. to- the Finance Committee for investigation, : The ordinance granting the San Fran- cisco and San Joaguin Railroad a fran- chise to operate a steam car line on Illi- nols street was finally passed by a unani- mous vote. for the payment of back claims against the citv out of the surplus fund was de- ferred one week. Tobin moved to amend the ordinance to allow the payment of interest at 5 per cent, which the City At- torney holds to be mandatory. Other Business Transacted. The ordinance providing for the expendi- ture by the Board of Health of $2500 in caring for contagious diseases was passed to print. An ordinance providing for_the repav- ing of Front street between Washington and Jackson with basalt blocks at a cost of $397> was passed to print. The Evenlnf Post was awarded the con- tract for official advertising at 29 cents per half inch for each insertion. George T. Marye addressed the board in opposition to the nroposed narrowing of City Hall avenue by four fect on each side for' the purpose of ‘“parking” the strip. He asked that the ordinance be rescinded, as the property owners had not been con- sulted. Brandenstein's bill repealing. the ordinance was defeated and the original ordinance stands. The ordinance requiring amateur ath- letic clubs giving boxing exhibitions to become members of the Pacific Coast Am- | ateur Association was finally passed. The City Attorney was directed fo ad- vise what steps are necessary to lgmvmc ggr |flhe deficit in the Police Relief Pension und. Chief Hewitt of the department of elec- tricity was requested to furnish a state- 4 2 | ment showing the points to be used as common crossings for overhead wires. The resolution appropriating $3000 out of the urgent necessity fund for the erection of a firehouse on San Bruno avenue, near Twenty-fifth street, was referred to the Finance Committee. An ordinance traps- ferring the lot from the School to the Fire Department was finally passed. T?le ordinance authorizing the appoint- ment by the Police Commission of fifteen additional police officers was recommitted to the Police Committee. The Tax Collector was authorized to ap- point thirty extra clerks for a period of thirty days. Consideration of the ordinance providing | ) THE FIRST OF FROM MARCH T0 -THE END OF MAY Are The Months That Try The Nerves and Derange The Blood. Pe-ru-na Is Known The World Over as an Ideal Spring Tonic and That March, Why Is It &3 are so trying to the nerves and so sure to produce blood derange- ments? The fact that it {s so is known to nearly everybody. But why it is so is not s0 clear to many. 4 Some of the reasons are that the brac- ing air of winter is-a thing of the past. The enervating nearness of the spring equinox is felt. The gathering heat of the tropics begins to send premonitions of its approach. The reaction of lassitude that follows the nerve tension’of winter insidi- ously threatens everybody. Hence the prevalence of nervous diseases, flagging energies, depression of spirits, tendency to weariness and a continuous sense of tiredaess. The tonlc that restores without stimu- lating is Peruna. Unlike the bitter tonics of quinine and strychnia, Peruna does not key the nerves up to a high tension, but refreshes and restores them with a lasting exhilaration which only natural strength can bring. Peruna is not a quick, flashy, temporary prod to the nervous system, but a gentle, AGAIN SUMMONS PRESIDENT HAYS Harriman Wires Him to Rush to New York at Once for Mesting. The three big “H’s” of the Southern Pacific Company—Harriman, Huntington and Hays—are to have a pow-wow in| New York before the annual meeting of the company, which takes place in New York, April 3. Late Saturday afternoon President Hays recelved a telegram from Harriman, in- | structing him to reach New York with | the greatest dispatch. The matter was kept a profound secret around the big | yellow building and the news of Hays' de- parture for the East on the overland Sun- day morning was not generally known in the railroad departments until late yes- terday afternoon. It has transpired, however, that the ob- ject of Hays' hasty call to New York was that he might meet Huntington and explain verbally to him ideas on the run- ning of the Southern Pacific railroad, and what policy would be used in the opera- tion of the road in the future. Should these plans be endorsed by Huntington the two railroad men will appear at the annual meeting together, and Harriman will receive the full support of Hunting- ton. It is also expected that Huntington | wili still retain his position as first vice president of the road, but all executive | responsibility will fall on the shoulders | of President Hays. A. G. Wells, acting general the Sante Fe Iway, has replied to the ofl men of this State, through the Rail- road Commissioners, explaining the lack of ofl tank cars. Wells, in his letter, sa: that the Santa Fe Railway Company fuily | appreciates the importance of the ofl in- | dustry and that 100 new tank cars are be ing constructed and when completed they will immediately be placed in service in the Kern County oil district. anager of Crew Thought Her Insane. When the steam schooner Coronado ar- rived from Port Los Angeles yesterday Captain Johnson reported at the Harbor Hospital that he had a trazy woman aboard. A doctor told him she was fit to | travel, or else he would not have taken | her as a passenger. Dr. Murphy of the Emergency Hospital examined the woman and found that she was hysterical from worry. She told Mrs. Kane. the matron of the hospital. that she had been a mil- liner in Portland, but that her husband ran away with another woman and that broke up her home. She was taken sick and went to Southern California to see if the change would do her any good. On the passenger list of the steamer she went down as Mrs. Oliver, and that is the name she gave at the hospital. After being ‘aken to the central Emer- geucy Hospital Mrs. Oliver was confined in one of the detention cells at the City Hall. She was very indignant at the idea of being locked up in a cell among crazy people. She stated that she entrusted $35 to Captain Johnson for safe keeping which amount she had not received. Blood Purifier. rejuvenating tonic, that restores the ner- vous system to a perfect balance. i Why is it that the blood gets out of order in the spring? This is directly due to the almost inevitable indigestion of | spring. During the winter months much more food is required to protect the body | against the vicissitudes of the climate. Digestion has been prodded to-its utmdst. | As spring” approaches the system re- quires less, and soon becomes clogged by excess of nutrition. This loads the blood with unnecessary nutritive material. Very quickly the digestive organs themselves become deranged. Except by the strictest dlet this cannot be avoided. A catarrhal condition of the whole o3 gestive tract very quickly results. Peruna restores digestion by bringing the mucous membranes of ihe stomach and other di- gestive organs into a normal condition. This Immediately clears the blood of all superfluous material. ) To cleanse the stream, the source of the stream must be cleansed. The source of the blood is the digestion. To cleanse the blood the source must be cleansed. Peru- | na makes perfect digestion. Peruna cor- rects impure blood by correcting the fou: tain from which these Impurmewr‘.nm No medicine can cleanse the bl that does not produce perfect digestion. The dyspeptic, with his coated tomgue. loss of agpeme. depressed _spirits, has only to take a few doses of Peruna to be amazed at the change that occurs. Peru- na quickly dissipates the host of symp- toms that attend blood and nerve derange- ment of springtime. ‘We Mave thousands of testimontals from people In all walks of life attesting the virtues of Peruna as a spring tonle. Gov- ernors, Senators, Congressmen, Consuls, diplomats, foreign inisters, bishops. preachers and church dignitaries, college presidents, professors and tutors. musi- clans, public speakers. society belles and housewives, the farmer and the mechanic, the humble and the arrogant, the classes and the masses, all give willing and unso- licited testimonial that Peruna is the goring togic and blood purifier par excel- ence. Peruna operates with almost magical promptness and the cures are permanent. In taking Peruna as a spring remedy should any one fail to realize an imme- diate beneficial effect he should at once address a letter to Dr. Hartman, president of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio, stating the facts in his case, and a free letter of advice will be sent. Bach case is considered separately and treated strictly confidential SEMBRICH CLOSES HER SEASON HERE Physician Orders Indefinite Retirement From Oper- atic Stage. | PRREOL SR S i | /’ Madame Sembrich may never sing in | public again. Her physician, Dr. Hopkins, has advised the famous operatic soprano | to cancel all her engagements and to re- tire to her home In Dresden for a- rest. | This heroic treatment is the only ons open to her. She leaveg to-morrow for Europe. Manager Graff hks disbahded the | company and tHe entire organization will | return to New York. | Madame Sembrich was attacked with | severe throat trouble in Salt Lake and on | her arrival in this citv there was no im- provement. She insistea in appearing t opening night, however, and since that | time has been confined to her rooms at the | Palace Hotel, and has been gradually growing worse. Musica! critics and voeal | instructors afirm that Madame Sembrich had taxed her voice to n unusual degre=. Since last December she has appeared in thirty-six performances in this country which is considered a remarkable feat The only chance of her ever recoveri her voice is by a.long. rest and perfect re laxation from strain of the vocal chords. Manager Graff was seen last evening at | the Palace Hotel, He said: “The company was disbanded to-day, | Owing to the breakdown of Madame Sem- | brich it would be impossible to continue | the season. The company. which consists | of over a_hundred members. will be sent back to New York. We had a successtul | season in the East and it was my inten- tion to return by easy stages, playing re- turn engagements. I am sorry to disap- Kolnt. the San Francisco music lovers and ope to return some day under more favorable circumstances.” | MAHONEY’S BLUE BLOOD FLOWS CALMLY AGAIN| The Three Policemen Who Failed to Salute Him Make Satisfactory Explanation. Sergeant Pat Mahoney's cutraged feel- ings caused by Policemen Merrick, Butler and Harris not saluting him last Thurs- day were somewhat mollified yesterday afternoon when the offending officers, ac- companied by Policeman John MacLean, appearea before Chief Sullivan and gave an explanation to the Chief that was con- sidered satisfactory. The sergeant was resent and also Captains Spiliane and Vittman. The three officers explained that they did not see the descendant of Irish roy- alty, ctherwise they would undoubtedly have saluted him in the manner pre- scribed by the rules of the department. Policeman MacLean was the only one of the four who saw him and saluted. They said there was no ill feeling in the mat- ter, and they would not fail in future to honor the punctilious sergeant. That end- ed the conference and the officers retired. DECAMPS WITH PATIENT'S CASH George Falls of Hospital Corps Rcbs General Shaiter’s Driver. George Falls, o private in the Hospitai Corps, on duty in Ward F, of the General Hospital, Presidio, is numbered among the missing, as is also $00, tne property of John Gates, a patient m the ward. Falls approached Gates Sunday night, knowing that he had in his possession several hundred dollars, and told the sick man he had been sent by Colonel Girard to bring his valuables to the colonel's of fice for safekeeping. Gates ylelded up his coin, ‘which was in a belt around his waist. The Hospital Corps man has & been seen since, though every effort nas been made to locate him. Steward Engle- hart and three hospital corps privates were detailed early vesterday morning to search the city for him, but up to a lats hour, were unable to locate him. The police were notified, and furnishea with a description of the thieving soldi-r. A warrant for his arrest was granted by Judge Morgan Gates is a civilian empioye of the quar- termaster and bas been acting as coach- man for General Shafter for some time. He was admitted to the hospital a few days ago, and is seriously {il. His condi- tion is such that it has not been deemed advisable to inform Mum of his loss. SOLDIERS BENEFITED BY INFORMATION BUREAU Southern Pacific and Santa Fe Com- panies Establish Quarters at Presidio. A force of ten clerks employed by the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe Railroad companies were installed yesterday in a new building on the military reservation. They are there to dispense information to the thousands of soldlers who are being discharged weekly at the Presidio, there- by giving the soldiers the privilege of ob- taining knowledge without a trip to the downtown offices. The soldiers, in addition to recelving the “soldier rate” on Western lines, are now given a reduction on the lines from Chi cago East. Formerly the “soldier rate™ extended only as far as Chicago, but the new arrangement entered into by the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe gives them the benefit of a rate of 1% cents per mile East from Chicago, St. Louls, Memphis and New Orleans. The men are allowed to select their own routes and are given the same privileges en route that are enjoyed by civillans who purchase tickets downtown. By means of this rate a soldier is en- abled to pocket the difference between 13 cents per mile and the 4 cents per mile travel pay allowed by the Government. Percy Jacobs of Company G. Fourteenth Infant: died yesterday at the Genmeral R I Bound hand and foot to household drudgery, scrubbing and rubbing day in and day out, doing your tléaning in the hard old fashioned way—woman, why do you do it? Break away and use Washing Powder This famous cleanser has proven the emancipation " of thousands of other women—why not yours? Let GOLD DUST ) more of the work, you do more of the play. For greatest economy buy our large package. THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, Chicago, St.Louls, New York, Bostom, Philadeiphia.