The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 2, 1901, Page 32

BUSINESS 10T ARE I DEMAND Buyers More Numerous in Field Than Are | Sellers. Deeds of Week Represent a | Value Approaching One Million. Thomas Magee, In his Real Estate Cir- ! cular for June, says that there are more buyers than sellers for the best business properties. Warehouse property, especiai- ly where it faces the railroad tracks, is scught after and at advancing prices. Therc is not much doing at the moment on Pacific Heights. Last month there were seventy sales of fifty varas, amounting to $1,238,267; thirty sales of 100 varas, amounting to $301,26 nine sales of city slip and water lots, amounting to $200,150; one sale at South Beach, 500; sixteen sales in the Po- trero, $25,350; 105 sales in the Mission, $265,- B522; 138 sales in the Western Addition, $906,357; twenty-two sales in South San ¥Francisco, $78,527; seventy-six sales of out- side lands, $117. The total sales of the month num’ 467 and represented the value of $3,145 The mortgages in May numbered 4 amounted to $1,862,022. The releases numbered 248 and amounted nd to $1.217,412. Decds’ to realty put on record the past week in Sa isco represent a total valuation of $900,000 in round figures, the e falling only a few thousand dol- s short of that sum. The larger trans- actions embraced the foliowing: Maria Mocker to Oscar T. Luning, northwest cormer of Kearny street end Union-square ave- nue, $0:5x60x30x20x60:5, for $210,000; hell and lot of fhe Improved Order of Red Men's Hall As- on the north line of Post street, to Trust ' Company, the lot_being 175 Stockton street and 50x137:6 in for $110,000: Belle Curtis and Lizzie ard Hopkins, their residence on ne of Post street, 60 feet west from Powell, for §50,000; Peter Spreckels to A. b. Spreckels, southwest corner of Twelfth and Howard streets and other properties, for atherine Callahan to Henry C. Callaha the southwest line of Sixth street, from Mi and 25x80 on the a, 75 feet southwest from $70,000; from the Pixley estate to Al- southwest corner of Polk and Cali- s, for §70,000. the north 30 .Bmkers Make Reports. 4. J. Rich & Co. report the following sales corner of Franklin and Fulton hussler and J. Goldman, the for $45,000; the Jacob Stern ast line of Stockton street, 23:4x87 36, from Post, to O. M. for Sheyer, h'line of Grove street, be- for Felix Hahn to J. ast corner of Pacific , for the estate of ine of Geary street, be- e of Frank H. Wood, | s, for five years, the being $38,000. i hne reports the following re- ade | Clay and ._$8500; lot on the.| 100 feet west from and lot No. ) feet, $6150; lot on reet, 85 feet west f3 four tenements, $5 llister street, by Broderick, $8000; house Allister street, between Zx137:6 feet, $3000. { Properties Change Hands. H Beldwin & Howell report the following | seles: i ‘Three-story ick buflding and lot 20x137:6, south side of feet east or Dupont, for corner of Third , 127:6x157:6, with im- | east side of Nineteenth 5 0 and lot No 1 Broderick and Baker, side of Ninth avenue, south of H street, 25x 12, $100; southwest corner of Twenty-third street and Beach alley, 37:9x65, $2800; west side Of Nineteenth avenue, 200 feet south of H $1800; north corner of Seventh @nd Cleveland streets, 25x75, Wwith improve- | ments, $4000; west side of Folsom street, south | of Beventeenth, 24x122:6, $1500; morth side of Waller street, east of Plerce, 25xi37:, $2750; | east side of Tenth avenue south of M street, | 25x120, $600: east side of Third avenue. south of Californie street, 2%x120, for $1100; east side of Folsom street, south of Thirteenth, 25x96, $1850; mortheast cornmer of Eighteenth avenue and T street, 22:6x100, $1500; east side of San | Bruno road, north of Twentieth street, 25x100, | $350; north side of Dorland street, east of Do- | Jores, SGx1I5, $4000. | G. H. Umbsen & Co. have sold to A. B. | McCreery the Mrs. Laura Harrison place, | 27:6x¥7:6, on the north line of Sutter sireet, near Powell, for $21,500. | All Sections Moving. { Recent sales are reported by Lyon & Houg_ss follows: | west line of Shrader street, | Between Wailer and Beulah, Wwith three new | flats, for W. B. Wilson to 1 S. R._Tevendale, $9000; from the Keal Estate and Development Company to Mrs. E. Williams, lot on the east | Jine of Missouri street, 25 feet north of Eight- | ‘eenth street, 2x100; with two flats to be bullt 20 order, $4500; Jot on the west side of Baker street, 27:6 south of Golden Gate avenue, 2x $6:10, $2000; lot on the south line of Filbert gtreet, 187:6 east of Steinmer, Z5x137:6, $§75; lot on the south line of Clay street, 135 feet west of Cherry, $1675; Iot and a six-room cottage on the west line of Missouri street, 100 feet south of Nineteenth, 25x100, $2650; Iot on_the west fine of Steiner street, $7:6 south of Union, 2x 300, $1100; 10t on the west line of Steiner street, 57:6 south of DUniog 30x100, -$1300; southwest corner of Utah and Mariposa streets, 37:6x100, with improvements, $2§00; lot on the north line of Clay street, 81 feet south of Baker, 25x105, $2500, to J. L. Wilson, who will build _three | Bats: ot on the west line of Twenty-fifth ave- | nue, 275 feet south of Clement, 25x130, $400; lot on the west line of Noe street, 173 feet north of Twentieth, 25x125, With new cottage, $260; ; Jot om the west line of Minnesots street. 27 | feet morth of Twenty-second, 25x100, $1200; lot | ©n the west line of Ninth avenue, 250 feet north | of K street, George F. Lyon to J. E. Hill, §750. | The following sales are reported by A.! M. Speck & Co.: For Charlotte H. Foulkes, lot 25x20, with two-story frame building, on the south line of Minna street, 123:4 feet east from Fifth, for $500; for F. Bernard of Pasadena to Hugo | Bizzi, 32:6x137:6.and two eight-room flats, on | the west line of Hyde street, 137:6 feet north | from Jackson. for $5000. | A. M Speck, as administrator of the | estate of Klizaheth Hetherington, has ap- | plied for permission to sell the flats, stores | and lot at the junctin of Market, Castro | { and Seventeenth streets. Sbainwald, Buckbee & Co. have leased | 1o C. Sidney Shepard & Co., manufactur- | ers of tin and enamel ware, the brick' ‘warehouse at 224 and 226 Beale street and running through to Fremont for five jgars, the total Tental for the term being Thomas Magee & Sons have sold 103:4x on the south line of Brannan street, between Eighth and Ninth, to a draying company for $1550. Also the northeast corper of Frapklin and Union streets, 24;4x370:6 feet, for $25,000. The sale of the Mocker property on the porthwest corner of Kearny street and Union Square avenue to Oscar T. Luning for $210,000 was made through the agency of Shainwald, Buckbee & Co. Realty at Auction. The auction sale held by Easton, El- aridge & Co. during the last week result- ed in the sale of all the ten parcels on the catalogue. The prices are reported as follows: No. 178 Market street, 34:7x124, $15,800; 847-49- §1 Bryant street. 28x75, $2350; northeast corner and O'Farrell streets, 62:6x95, $10,500; 1358, 1160 Elils street, 21:6x137:6: $15,000: corner Buchanan and Ful streets, -$7:6x84, $1L600; northwest corner Twentieth street and Lexington avenue, 30x85, $7800; north- west line of Bryant street, 48x90, $3075; east corner Point Lobos avenue and Cook street, 40x1%5, $2000; south line of Twenty-seventh street, 80 feet east from Noe, 114x160, $2400; east line of Boyce street, 75 feet north from St. Rose's, §500. Buildings Are Planned. & A M will erect four buildings, each to contain two flats, on Sixth ave- nue. between C and D streets, near Golden Gate Park entrance. The cost will be ,000; THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE g, ) Hale’s. | Hale's. | 1901 Hale’s. e *’C—’%fi\ % Dur The mean‘ing, the scope and magnitude of this effort can be summed up thus: Why? the next few days than we will money. Goods” buyer is sure to buy again. [Who?| derclothes—all trimmed to match. made. Because you want us to. % We are always studying to give you what you want when you want it. Then we want more people to know what “Good Goods” means—the natural way is too slow for us. | Dollars will come afterward—a “Good We will make more trade in The June Bride—For her our strongest efforts are Silks for her gown; her hat, her suit, her para- sol are interesting features of the sale. isn’t complete without a five-piece set of muslin Her trousseau un- It starts te-merrew June Summer Sale- The Summer Girl—She’ll reap a harJest of good things during this summer Her outfit’ will be smarter and more complete than the same money sale. would get at any other time. The Summer Cottage—We've thought ahead of what you'd need—what'll brighten and freshen your summer home. Prices for the next few days will be especially tempting. What? £ 20D, Undermuslins; wash goods; lighter woolen stuffs; thousands of yards of bright new waist silks; fancy rib- bons galore (hali-price, and styles, too, never shown be- fore): millinery (trimmed and untrimmed); silk and wash waists; dress skirts: embroideries and lace curtains. Everything for summer! il - Muslin Underwear, First and Primaril New Beauty and New Economy Marks Every Offering. ‘We do this every six montl;nls—would do it oftener If we coull get enough good f /'( l((l Writing Paper. 26c a Box. Cream white note paper and envel- opes—24 of each to a box. were especially bought to sell during this summer sale at 26¢. Royal’ Velvet Cream Note Paper 20c Ib ¢ acksge. It is an extra fine, heavy paper, es- pecially put up for us—20c 2 pound They | underclothes below their worth. Makers and ourselves have come to see that it's better for both of us to do busi- ness on a closer basis a couple of times a year—keeps us healthier. ‘We clip our profits. They clip theirs. gether. So we get to- While it lasts it means Prettier and Daintier Underclothes 'Way Under Regular Prices The aim is to raise the standard of style and guality; to give daintier and bet- ter made garments for less money at this time than any other. It's a campaign to popularize good goods—nothing does it so effectively as little prices. Gowns, Lace and Embroidery Trimmed, 48c. $1.50 Gowns for $1.00. Embroldery trimmed. $2.00 Cambri¢c Gowns, $1.25 Richly trimmed “in embroldery and Good muslin—2 styles—with yoke, bias lace and embroidery inser- tion—the other with bias yoke of fine tucks and embroidery insertion—ruffle trimming on collar and cuffs. 75c Gowns for 58c. Soft muslin—in 3 styles—high, square or V necks—some with saflor collars, embrojdery trimmed, some with em- broidery ruffles round yoke and neck— cuffs trimmed with lawn ruffles. $1.00 Gowns for 75c. 5 styles—some with hemstitched col- lars and cuffs, fine tucked yokes, some with solld_yokes of hemstitched ‘tucks, others with lace and hemstitched ruf- fles round yoke. Ladies’ Drawers. 25: Drawers at 18c. Made of good muslin, trimmed with embroi- dery ruffle on bottom—3 tucks above—sale price 8¢ a pair. square lace. €8: Lrawers at 22c. Two styles—made of good soft muslin, deep | hemstitched cambric ruffle on bottom—other | style with 5-inch flounce trimmed with embroi- | dery—sale orice 22c a palr, 50c Drawers at 35c. i | | Made of g0od soft muslin—cut wide—trimmed at bottom with 6-inch ruffle and embroidery— i sale price %c a pair. Well astenish the city again with AnetherSale of fancy Sec hew wide they are— and bewfirct:t'y— and new! Now buy your summer ribbons! for a half and third what you'd pay in 2lc. Others you can't buy from regular We'll sell you man, the usual way. stock under 35c and 3%c are marked 2lc. Other styles up to $7.50. Ribben y of the most beautiful styles and colorings produced this season - Think of getting the swellest 45c ribbon ,Vou‘vg seen this season for Not a Yard Has Ever Been Shown Before. Just as new and fresh as if you went right to the looms for them. The shades and you'd hit on if you chose from a factoryful. SEASON. ing doubly interesting we'll sell So different from a lot of odd patterns and off colors that fre styles are the favorites—those IT'S THE MOST FORTUNATE OF FERING OF FANCY RIBBONS THIS equently go to make up a sale. To make the offer- The Entire Lot at One Price---21c. These few details may help. Note carefully the variety and popularity of the shades. NO. 1—21c—Beautiful Plaid Ribbons OFFER stylish colorings. lieved with %-inch satin stripes. binations of navy and white, 4 Inches wide and worth actually 45c. OFFER NO. 2—-21¢c—A striped center and border stripes. We have such shades as pink, turquoise, lilac and cardinal. swell of white light NO. 3—21c—Elegant Gros Grain_Silk Ribuons, OFFER both sides exactly the same; the plain The plaids are 3 inches wide and are re- You'll find them in com- Y black and white, white, pink and white and blue and white; ribbons are fully ribbon with hair-line It is double faced and is a trifle over 434 inches wide. in swell cardinal, violet, brown and OFFER 3% inches wide; turquoise, cardinal, ground and colored blue, cerise, leghorn, 8% inches wide, colors; here and beauties; grounds are relieved with stripes of different shades; corded stripes; also solid white. sell for 80c—21¢ is our price. OFFER NO. 5—21c—Satin-Faced Polka Dot Ribbons; patterned in two solid stripes of different there are white polka dots; they are little very stylish; pink, cardinal and maize with white. the grounds are blue, cerise, card folet, pink, malze, which are set off with self-col- as ‘we ack and white stripes; 35 e splendid value at 3c; marked now 316 o nehes wide: a NO. 4—21c¢—Pretty Brilllant Taffeta Ribbons, charming, up-to-date styles; such grounds as light blue, lilac and pink, with white It is a ribbon that ought to come in combinations of lilac, navy, andthea DD 0dClET1€S~ 50,000 Y S Anether big mill purchase brings prices dewn a hali- Another embroicery outpouring—the fourth of our brilifant series this.season. ure to us as it is to you. We've sold already this spring in addition to the regular stock as much embroidery as we've 1 seasons. to us. Such wonderful successes create as strong impressions among makers as with u We don't ally with skimpy lots or any cheap making. = 52 Every Yard Here Is Perfect This is as great a surprise and pleas- .eretofore sold in two Embroidery bargains now come -All Designed for Present Use Not 2 bit of it a season old. Fact s most of them arad duBllcate! of what you've been buying from regular stocks at full prices. But_this manufacturer is winding up his spring takes a sharper loss Lo do it in one stroke. usiness. Five lots—Plenty of every width up to 10 inches. R larly 7c to| Regularly 10c to| Regularly 12%. -3 log—izgginss up to 3% | 15e—KEdgings up to 32|16 2-3(’:‘—"Eflsinsf 58 ni?‘c‘:'fixsfig %pdtfi 3%)“ec—‘fl')‘i:]d.;llnguy "\,xscto tl% Inches wide; insertions | inches wide; insertions|to 6 inches wide; inser- inches wide; inser-|inch ids % up to 3. and beadings up to 2%.!tions up to 5. tions up to 5. e S ale: Goon Goops 75Cs ocC. treat. He is willing to lose Art lovers will be delighted with this, as wi If you see nothing but these new et now to clean up his surplus— I3C. it 18c. But when we add to these already unusual bargains The Stock of an Eastern we've a muslin underwear attraction that baffles Manufacturer for Third Off the trade and will prove one of the strongest buying incentives San Francisco women ever had. Our six stores in the State share it. cambric and muslin, When these big feliows Hale's. We've an enviable trimmed with pretty inserti bt bons—none of it chéap or put on for show O 1ACeS: get in trouble they must go to a big concern for relief— name in the New York market for that sort of philan- ad. 4300 pieces came to us. Garments of lawn, embrolderies and rib- throny. After all, you profit by it, not us. 8c Bach. 2 styles, made of good muslin, or low square necks. 15c Each. plain high 2 styles—high neck with embroidery, or V neck with hemstitched cambric ruffles tipped with lace; regular price 2ic. Exceptioral Values in Corset Covers. 21c Each. cambric—4 styles, soft cambric, high necks with embroidery edge and in- sertion; other styles V neck with em- broidery or lace; regular price 35c. 35¢c Each. 6 styles made of fine cambric, high neck with embréidery insertion and rib- bon; others with round and square necks with lace and ribbon; then the V necks with embroidery and ribbon; regular price &0c; sale price 3c. White Petticoats. Skirts 50c. Made of good muslin, with yoke band and | 6-inch flounce around bottom—trimmed with torchon lace—extra dust ruffle—sale price bee. $1.25 Skirts at 88c. Made of heavy soft finish_muslin, deep lawn flource on bottom—trimmed with é-inch ruffie of embroidery—sale price Ssc. $1.50 €kirts at $1.00 Made of fine soft finish muslin, deep cambric flounce on bottom, richly trimmed with wide ruffle of embroidery—dust ruffie—sale price $1. This Summer Sale brings yeu remarkable effers in L fi CC CUI' t('ljfl,g' We don’t remember when you ever had such lace curtain opportunities: when you could get so much style and beauty for so little money. Better yet. sirable pair—not a curtain but that is worth its full price if any curtains are. We buy so many from these folks they are glad to help us out when we want to hold a sale. NO'TTINGHAM CURTAINS. We have a reputation for the largest variety and the best reliable people. COTTAGE CURTAINS. others with neat edging and insertion to match—all the newest bed room ef- In many attractive designs—ruffled, fects and can be daintily draped. Reduced to 47c—> lain Swiss—60 pairs only. Reduced to 65c—Lappet Swiss—40 pairs. Reduced to 85c—l.appet and Plain Swiss—47 pairs. Reduced to $1.00——Plain ard Figured Swiss—70 pairs. | Reduced to $1.25—Colored Swiss, very dainty—50 pairs. BOBINET CURTAINS. Startling Reductions. They are plain white, quite suitable for bed chamber windows or draping canopies on metal beds—130 pairs at these new $1.35, $1.75, $2.00, $2.25, $3.00. prices: so much of it—and all of it so new! Not lace values which will be They are the broken them down thus: 30 pairs at $3.50. 39 pairs at $4.00. Matchless efferings ef Silks ¢ Dress Geeds-: These Fancy Silks 590c. Stuffs worth in the regular 00 and $1.25. They include popular stripes, cords and G They are just right for waists—19 and 20 inches wide. ¢ now instead of a dollar. $1.00 Fancv Silmks 65¢c designs are smal! but effective—12 shades from which to se- lect—all of thcm the most popular Spring colors—19 inches Specially priced for this sale. way $L brocades in _a full line of new shades. That popular flannel silk brocade wide. 27=in. Colored Taffetas 75¢ A beautiful soft finished stuff in a full range of all the best shades—in the ordinary way it would sell for §1.25. Styvlish Wash Silks 45c. Best shades in heavy cords, stripes, checks and plaids—quite the thing for fancy shirt waists—shewn in a full line of deli- cate tints—19 inches wide. FREE ART EMBROIDERY LESSONS BY MR. McCU 10 TO 12 IN FORENOONS, 2 TO 4 IN AFTERNOINS, ell as the great spread of pretty things we make on the second floor this week. Don't miss this flects {n shadow tones you'll be repaid for comin g. wide, plain _colors—the stead of 25 cents. 37 inches wide. For Men. - Haadkerch’efs 7c (usually 10c). Fancy bordered and hemstitched, also plain. white and hemstitched—an unusuul value for this sale, only 7c. Band Bows 12¢ (uswally 25¢). Dark ard light colors—some 25 dosen. All we have left are the ends of our 156 line, Buy them this sale at haif price, 120. Half Hese 12c. Blacks or tans—medium weight—spliced Leels and toes, guaranteed fast dye—our fa- mous “iron thread’ stockings for men an old-style pattern, not an unde- They are all bright and pretty—made by strongly emphasized this week. We have made three new prices for this summer sale: T2c a pair—8 yards long—120 pairs. $1.19 a pair—3 to 314 yards long—=210 pairs. $1.49 a pair—314 yards long—180 pairs. They are in ecru or white. IRISH POINT CURTAINS. lots of many of our best selling lines. For excitement this week we have grouped them and mar! 27 pairs at $4.50. 42 pairs at $5.50. They are all white, 3% yards long and 50 inches wide. 50c Covert Suitings 32c. The favorite goods for outing wear, comes in all the new fancy mixes and in the latest up-to-date shades—38 inches now 32¢ instead o 3 £ 50c. \ 25¢ Fancy Suitings 163c. A worsted goods In two designs, small Stripes in all the new colcr cffects—splendid wear; 34 inches wide—summer sale makes it 16 2-3 cents In- checks and narrow for children’s This Granite Cloth Now 50c Something entirely new and very desirable—has a hright peb- ble surface, is extra heavy. The new shades Include such as gray, tan, mode, brown, reseda, hunter’s cardinal and black— Silk Finished Taffeta Lining 1oc 36 inches wide in black, mx'_ray. brown and tan—a fine worthy stuff—this summer sale 10c. ~ Market Street, Near Sixth, Opposite Golden Gate Avenue. Y=l= LUKHERATH NOT THE MURDERER Satisfied of His Innocence Police Release e ——e Lukherath, the suspected murderer of Robbie Hislop, was released from cus- tody yesterday, as it was evident to Cap- tain Seymour that he had nothing to do with the awful crime. When told that he was free to go where he pleased, Lu- kherath smiled and adjusting his collar and necktie, which had become disar- ranged, he left the Hall of Justice. “I'm glad to be free once more,” he said in his native tongue to a friend, who met him just after he was released, “While I don’t blame the police for hold- irg me in jail I was all along satisfied that they would see that I was innocent and release me. “It was my appetite for liquor that got me into this trouble. Had I been sober the night I went to the Hislop residence looking for & letter addressed to me, I would not have gone there, and perhaps would not have been arrested on suspi- cion of being the murderer of the' poor boy. However, I hope the police will catch the right .man and that justice will be swiftly meted out to him.” Looking for Owner of Hatchet. All the policemen in the city were yes- terday ordered by their superior officers to visit all the houses on their respective beats and inquire if any hatchets were missing. ~The persons reporting the loss of hatchets will be taken to po- lice headquarters and shown the one found in-the lot near the Hislop resi- dence on the morning of the murder. By these means Captain Seymour hopes to clear up the mystery surrounding the ownership of the bloody weapon. In ad- dition to trying to find an owner for the hatchet, the head of the detective depart- ment has a number of men engaged in gfiing a trace of the pin stolen from the islop residence by the assassin, It is on ordinary gold pin and is worth very little. Captain Seymour is inclined to be- iieve that the murderer, finding that the pin was almost valuel threw it away after leaving the house, rather than to run the risk incident to disposing of it. As far as the Hislops know the pin was the only article stolen from the house. 1 day yesterday a mumber of school children, friends of the murdered boy, searched the streets and vacant lots in the vicinity of the scene of the murder ‘2'18’& pin, but without getting a trace o Schoolboys Turn Detectives. Angious to see the brutal murderer of their unfortunate companion suffer for awful crime, the former school mates of the dead boy have constituted them- selves “detectives,” and are doing all in their power to f{inravel the mystery. ‘Whenever a detective shows up at the Hislop residence the anxious school chil- dren gather around and ply the sleuth with questions about the murder. One little tot met Detective Ed. Gibson and rushing up to him anxiously inquired if he had caught the murderer. hen answered in the negative, the child com- menced to cry. ‘‘Please arrest him, Mr. Detective,” she tearfully pleaded, stroking the officer’s hand. “You know, we are trying to help you find him. On belng assured that everything was being done to land the murderer in pris- on, the child suddenly dried her eyes and kissing the hand of the detective ran across the street to tell her waiting com- panions of what Gibson had said. The Japanese servant who was dis- charged from the residence of Attorney McCloskey the night before the murder and upon whom a mornin; paper tried to throw suspicion is in Aalmeda. Captain Seymour is satisfied that he had nothing to do with the bloody crime. Park Music Programme. Following is to-day's programme of music at the par] Overture, “Freischutz’® (Weber); morceau, ‘‘Aubade ~ Printaniere” (Lacome); scenes from ‘‘Martha" (Flatow); Diaz); selscti " (characteristic) Bnging i (Hevbartys « ne); grand duet for cornet and barytone istophe), * performed by W. Mahood -Calverd; ‘‘Canzonetta Espagnole’’ (E. g:“ "'MT')I"'m)mmT' o Roll of Honos e’ 3 march, ‘‘The or’* (M. Bosserty. Lul (Ch w. Southern Pacific- Eastern excursions, June 3 and 4: Buffalo and return, $87: St. Paul and return, $6790; Kansas City and return, $60. Tickets on June'8 and 4, e ey monerars Bping wad Eecars 3 5 Southern Pacific offiaa, 813 Market street. JAPANESE LABOR CAUSE OF WORRY Building Trades Council Desires Exclusion Law. The following memorial, adopted at the meeting of the Building Trades Council on May 23, was presented by the officers of that'body to President McKinley by a committee consisting of P. H. McCarthy, O.'A. Tveitmoe and H. D. Bieg: Headquarters Building Trades Council of San Francisco, Cal., May 23. Memorial—To the Honorable, the President of the United States of America, Willlam Mec- Kinley—Greeting: The Building Trades Coun- cll, " representing - the organized craftsmen of the builders’ in the State of California, pleasure and good fortune of 81Ving & hearty weicome to the chief executive of_the nation. Fully appreciat: the honor thus conferred us and keenly realizing the position of e Bullding Trades Council, both in the in- 1d and as a factor in the progress of our city the development of the th, we that- it 1 this time to call attention to & matter that is of vital concern to all the citizens of the State and nation, ' The subject of Orlental immigration Is worthy of the most serfous consideration by the American people, and while we are thor- oughly acquainted with the fact that the question has been fully discussed and settled in_the minds of the public, and while we en- tertain the fullest confidence in the ability of the present administration and the willing- ness of Congress to re-enact a Chinese exclu- sion law, when the Geary act shall have ex- pired, we nevertheless find cause for this memortal. The Japanese immigration has assumed a most alarming propertion, and if it is not checked in_time will work Irreparable injury to all the States on the Pacific Coast. economic _principles—the law that the pro- ducer's standard of living determines the in- crease of a people and, consequently the com- fort or misery of the laboring class.™ The most striking thing about the Orlental people is their fecundity. In nearly all those countries the increase of Population is limited only by the supply of bread. A few years ago Japan, with little foreign trade and subsisting of her own soil, supported 44,000,000 of on a territory not larger than the State of Cali- ifornia, and only one-tenth of which Is ar- able. The expansion of population down to the barest food minimum digs the abyss of famine underneath millions of human beings, and but one crop failure precipitates mivriads of Hindoos into this abyss. The only thing that can avert such disasters is a standard of living that includes something besides bread. But the root of our objection to the Japanese immigration is our exposure to competition Wwith & cheap man. The coolies cannot outdo the white mechanic and laboring man, byt he can underlive him. He cannot produce more, but he c2a consume less. Everything w= call progress has helped to develop a man, who can produce much and B, i e, an 1 Hoe shioyrid w. y the American people go together; but, in order to guard this well the American laborer must protection have nst the clse” e wil So0n Had that one: Sumerican Doy has been replaced by three Orfentals. Therefore, Mr. President, do your memor- jalists respectfully request that you will give this question your earnest and profound con- sideration, which we trust and pray may re- sult to the common good of all the citizens of the great American nation. P. H. McCARTHY, President B. T. & O. A. TVEITMOE, Secretary B. T. G MUSICAL BENEFIT FOR CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL Romantic Fairy Operetta “The Marsh King” Is Splendidly Staged and Produced. *“The Marsh King,” from the pen of Cemilla Lies Kenyon and adapted to mu« sic by Charles H. McCurrle, was present. ed as a delightful falry operstta at the Alhambra Theater yesterday afternoon. It was given for the benefit of the Chil« dren’s Hospital, and a large audience was present. The parts were well sustained by the young folk and the stage settings were {ascinating and gorgeous. Bright young fauces and handsome costumes added to the attractiveness of each scene, and the _spectators were highly delighted. Zenophar, weaving a mystic spell over caldren, cpened the first act. Then cume the Moon Queen and the moonbeams in songs and dances pretty and ceful. The cavern underneath the marshes was discovered in the second act. Troll's min- ing song, Roland’'s song of caruvity and the chorus at the entrance of the King and subjects called for long applause. Tha last act, in which Zenophar t the ta- xz‘lt‘-:‘on the K‘“fio‘” replete with beau« solos and choruses. A gentleman doesn’t forget his manners the moment he enters h!h own%:n.