The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 18, 1901, Page 32

A 32 THE SAN FRANCIS 30 CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 1901. BRADBURY'S FAD 15 WATER WORKS Corte Madera Chosen as His Latest Field for Hobby. Local Millioneire Finds & New Opportunity for Pet Scheme. Millionaire W. B. Bradbury, of wafer- works, expectoration and elevator-running fame, has found a new field for the dis- play of his genius—in the construction of | water works. To the hill and plains that | mark the limits of Corte Madera, nest- ling under the foothills of grim Mount | ™ pais, he has turned his attention | and with that ready discernment that | scents the far-off dollar he is laying his | plans to provide a coplous supply of wa- ter, to be drawn from nature's reservoirs in the surrounding hills and supply it at h per 1000 gallons to the thirsty of | Bradbury’s is rs ago he had two tanks on California street, a his present resi- | his neighbors with e Board of Super- | extend his mains. epped in and Bradbury r a consideration of v red tanks stood handsome residences. | e in this line was the works in Golden eration of nearly proved inadequate o rk and have since been en- Next he fell in with the late Frark Pixley, and a town known as_Pix- 3 s started in Fresno County. Brad- in was to the fore with a propo- the town with water. By water to Southern Pacific nduced that company to g house at the embryo of town lots rose in in demand and the wa- | Pixley, the land owner. way to réap @ golden har- | e price Bradbury had some words with | rintendent about the ex- f water. The superintend- | e much for Bradbury nor | s either—the engines took | the eating house Bradbury’s Pixley re no longer of use. | works spirit was still in now preparing to again en- | But the water him. and he is gage in his favorite enterprise. | ‘Water Rates War May Follow. | Madera always Frank Pix- | ac In its viein- | eldest son reside. | . ._Chapman, at one time ted with Pixley in the law busi- ins his domicile. Young Pix- raging the remnants of e, bored tunnels into the | e water into town and sue- | ying about thirty families | n average rate of $150 per | month. Chapman also took a hand in the mat- | ter Tunnels were driven into other hills, oirs constructed and pipe lines laid. James McCue, another friend of Pixley, also entered the water field and supplied | a section entirely distinct from that sup- | plied by ng Pixley and Chapman. Ef. | attention to a source of _water supply. | Chapman_was not in a_position to give him all the water he thought he would | need, so an alliance was made. Brad-| bury agreed to sink a well, bore a tunnel | end pump the water from his well into Chapman’s reservoirs upon the hill. Then | the idea suggested itself to Bradbury that | the system might be extended to all parts | of the town, and Chapman and Bradbury | ‘Combined forces. | Under the arrangements made by | householders who are supplied by Pixley | there is an understanding that during the summer months care shall be exercised | in the use of water, for, although the sup- | ply is ample for all domestic purposes, | there is but little to waste. In order to; | | extend the supply further boring of tun- nels into the hil now under way, with indications of striking a coplous supply | at an early date. Under the Bradbury-Chapman regime a | rate of $2 per month. based on a meter | measurement of gallons, will be | charged, with an additional charge of 50 cents for each 1000 gallons over and above | | | the 4000. Constmers wishing a supply are required to sign contracts for five years. | Two-inch mains are now being lad | throughout the town and the Pixley dis- trict will be invaded as soon as five householders will agree to take water: from the new company. Lawyer Busy Laying Pipe. While Lawyer Chapman, in shirt sleevi and overalls, is laying pipes, making con- nections and putting in meters, Millionaire Bradbury has a variety of matters to oc- cupy his attention. He has a large force of men engaged in boring a well big enough for a fire department cistern in a big city. Although down but twelve feet, | water is already seeping through the por- ous rock. This point is near the line of | the Chapman and Bradbury properties, | and the village wiseacres are debating the question as to what the result will be if bury digs his tunnel into Chapman'’s | property. They do not know perhaps of the Bradbury-Chapman alliance. Another matter that is_engrossing the attention of Millionaire Bradbury is the construction of a summer residence. { “We have a nice house in the city,” said | the coming Corte Madera water magnate, | “but my wife wanted a little cabin in the country. She first wanted a nice sitting room and I laid one out about 20 by 21 feet. Then she thought it would be nice to have a large hall. 8o I put one in about 9:6 by 20 feet long. ‘Now, Brad, dear,’ she | said, ‘I can’t get along without three bed- | rooms, & bathroom, a kitchen, dining | room and a servants’ room. So I put| those in. Then she wanted the house fin- ished in hardwoods, paper between the | boardings and a whole iot of other things. | Why, when I got through T had a house | 48 by 48, as big as two city lots: just think | of that for a_country cabin!” and Brad- | bury laughed loud and long as he thought | of his little cabin. “Oh, I forgot,” he sald; “she made me put in 2 den for myself. Now what do Fou think of that?” “How about you water supply?” asked him “Well, Chapman has a good reservolr upon the hill and T have what may be a #ood well here, even if T have to go down 100 feet to get the water. I am going fo bore a tunnel into the hill, so as to run into the well, and I told Chapman I'd pump the water into his reservoir if he would give me all T needed. So we struck 2 bargain and then I told Chapman that if we had anv water to spare we might as | well supply the town. So Chapman turns to, gets a lot of pipe and meters and fix- Sngs and is laying pipes to supply the town as soon as we get our water works golng.” Bradbury has a _force of men grading his newly acouired proverty and another force boring his well. Chapman, with pipe tongs and wrench in hand, is rushing his | part of the water-works svstem as rapidly as possible, forsaking the law for the nr;nr; tnhhernme a plumber. t i the expectation of both B and Chapman that the water worra o be ready for overation inside of two months if a1l soes well. e Credit Men Meet at Banguet. A go0od menu, good speeches and good songs passed , away a pleasant evening for the Credit Men's Asséciation, which bangueted at the California Hotel last | evening. About fifty members of the or- | | was | ganization put their feet'under the ma- | hogony at 7 o'clock in the evening and kept them there until past midnight, when they went to their several homes, fully satisfied that the best way in which to prolong one’s days is to steal a few hours from the nights. Gustave Brenner presided at the dinnér and among those whose wit and wisdom helped to enliven the repast were: . A. Hawkins, Hugh Craig. Joseh Kirk, Sanford Bennett and W, H. Kent. v e Hale’s. The 15th stone to-day : Economy. Price is a poor standard. We forsook it long ago. Our ban- ner now is quality. Judged by it, Hale's are really the lowest prices known in San Francisco. We don’t save you so much in our selling as we do in our buying. We don’t need to re- duce prices for a spell.to_stim- ulaté your purchasing. Prices are already reduced. . We start ’em low. rrrzz A 3000 Samples Muslin Underwear ON SALE MONDAY FOR THE FIRST TIME. Perfectly, carefully made pieces, such as only a factory would risk their output on. But now they have served their purpose they must go the way of all samples. There are so dew of a kind and so many kinds the factory men could not ex- pect to get their money out of them; a loss is inevitable. They give it to us because we are good customers of theirs. Samples 1rom » Samples from Baker Underwear Co., The Underwear Mig. Co., P.ekskill, N. Y. srnellsv.lie, N. Y. Haif to Third Their Regular Prices The materials could not be better, the trimmings and| workmanship are such as only come from these well-known'| concerns. We think so much of the garments that we keep full regular stocks of*them. They're just as fine \\'ornanl)" garments as one can find anywhere. Because they're marked at half to third prices should not hurt their reputation or prejudice you against them. We're not only giving you the advantage of the reduced prices we paid, but also accepting smaller commission ourselves for the transaction than we usually do in order to make the values as irresistible as pos- sible. Gowns. —50c ones for 38c —75¢ and 85c ones for 50¢ —$17 and $1.25 ones for 75¢ —81.50 ones for $1 —$2 and $2.25 ones for $1.50 —$3 ones for $2 Skirts. —50c ones for 35¢ —75¢ ones for 50c —$1 and $2.25 ones for 75¢ —$1.50 ones for $1 B A R I A S AL L L R R A A A AL S A T, TR S ——— e e ——— e e S S N N N N e N N e e T N\ \ \ \ 7 / 7 7 / Y 7 H / 7 / / g f / 7 7 / Y / / / / / f / / g : f / " / / f Drawers. —25c ones for 15¢ —35c¢ ones for 22¢ —&0c and 60c ones for 35¢ —75¢ and 85c ones for 50c —$1 and $1 25 ones for 75¢ —$17.50 ones for $1 Corset Covers. — 20c ones for 10c —25c ones for 15¢ —35¢ ones for 25¢ —&0c ones for 35¢ —75¢ ones for 50c — 817 and $1.25 ones for 75¢ Skirts. —$2 and $2.25 ones for $1.50 Chemise. —50c ones for 35¢ —75¢ and 85c¢ ones for 50c —$1 and $1.25 cnes for 75¢ —$2.50 ones for $1.75 —$7.50 on=s for $1 —3$3 ones for $2 Of course it's true that such high-grade garments are sel- dom marked at these prices. We're building up the muslin underwear business this month. We're getting as many women in touch with it as we can. Jewelry and Watches. August’s Unusual Attractions. / Here's the fruit of months of planning and hard work. We are after making our jewelry business the first in town, and it takes more than mere saying so to do it We've got the goods; ‘we've got the variety; we've got the quality; we've got fair prices; we've got the helpers: we've got all that makes for a big business. You will all find it out in time, but we want to come to power at once, So we are throwing attractions out this month that are ir- resistible. Hosts of you will come for them, find out we can do so much better for you in jewelry fhan any one else and come back. We're building up a jewelry busi- ness this month. $'.00 Watches 75c. They are guaranteed for a year..' New Haven nickel- . Plated watch for boys and men. open-faced. It's such a good timepiece and we guar- antee it for a year. Usually it’s $1.00, our price now 75c. Steriing Silver Thimbles 25c. In all sizes. We will en” grave initials on them free of charge if you want us to. It's the best value in thimbles we ever exploited. Afuminum Clocks 90c. Guaranteed to be good time- pleces. They have full brass movements. Put together in the most painstaking manner. It's a better clock than is usually sold under $1.00. $1.50 Bracelets for $1.00. Of heavy sterling silver chain, with padlock and key, chased or plain. Usually it's $1.50. We've made a special value of them beginning, Mon- day $1.00. X DTS 65c Ink Stands 48c. | Hale’s. I YA=ale Market St., near Sixth, opp. Golden Gate. A Millinery Hit! $1.751 A felt in eoman style; the talk of every one just now. Pgrt- ly the price, partly the stylercis to blame. Nt Quiet, mod- est, drqssy. The draping of that fancy scrim is what gives them tone—cas- tors, grays, light and dark, $1.75. Notions. Spleadid Building-Up Offers. We are taking advantage of every opportunity to draw you closer to the store. Every one of us hundreds of help- ers is exerting every possible energy to that end. 15: Hairpins 10c. Both crimped and plain, three in: long, all finished ‘in shell or amber. Th same quality that you pay 15c a dozen for buy here Monday and while the two gross last at 10c. .. Hose Supnorters 12%c. “The hook-on” kind. To be aftached to the corset by passing a ring over corset clasp. The shield is made of heavy sateen, stitched and lined. The hose cannot slip or tear; pretty colors. White Crockery Will be the center of interest on the third floor this week. The reductions are important, decisive. 85¢ Chambers 23c. Fancy designs. Vegetable Dishes 15¢c. Scalloped, 8% inches in diameter. The 9-inch ones now 17c. White Plates 48c Doz. 8 inches, in plain. / Water Pitchers 20c. They hold a half gallon, made of crystal glass, very neat pat- terns. We picture one here to_give you a bet- ter 1idea of what you're getting for the money. Fruit Bowls 20c. Glass, plain, 6% inches high, 9% inches in diameter; very useful. This little price ought to distrib- ute quickly all we have. Men’s $1.00 Underwear 79c. Light weight garments, in two shades of tan. Shirts have French necks; drawers silk faced, seams are overcast. 79c now instead of $1.00. An Unusual Offering of Wash Laces. New! Seasonable! Less than regu- lar prices. «Women everywhere will want some. It's the most stirring lace news we've had a chance to print for some time. 5c Laces for 2c. English Vals, 1% to 2% inches wide, in- sertion to match—Moaday for the first time, 2c. 8%c and 10c Laces for 5c. Novelty Val and Poin: de Paris, 1% to 3 inches wide; also English torchons and in- sertions 115 to_three inches wide—popular éicnen shades—Monday for the first time, 12%c and 15crLaces for 8c. Fancy Normandy Vals and Point de Paris, 2 to 414 inches and insertion up to 2 inches wide—white and butter—in a large selection of bow knot and tulip, leaf and scroll designs—Monday for the first time, Choice Wash Galoons 9z. ‘Worth regularly 15¢ and 20c—this is the best of them all—2916 yards on sale Mon- day for the first time, 9c. All fancy Nottingham styles in_ wash galoons, straight and serpentine effects— white and ecru. We—instead of asking orouyg 2%c Thotegraph Fromes 16c. | . 4 oy ga1A-plated: they Aluminum, gold trimmings, | are guaranteed not to tar- /iess pyal or square shapes. ThS | nish. Regular price Ge. On n ast a 5 ST Tney ‘are one of the best | "o [Om Monday at s things we can find to tie you fast to our jewelry depart- ment—l6c. what. they are worth—are them Monday for 9c. going to sell Market St., Opp. Golden Gate. Hale’s. Most Favorite Ribbons at Most Fave 1 These Will Do Us More Good Than Any Ribbon Values We’ve Ever Given. { Hale’s. ost Favo They are just the right sorts and all under price. Now and then a storekeeper is fortunate enough to get a little of on R e rite Hale's. Prices.| e good thing to sell under its worth, but we never heard of so much in the height of style being I i Marked Close to Half Price. There was a temptation to keep still about them, put them in .regular stock and some money. Even then the colorings and patterns would make the ribbons stand out by selves—they are so beautiful, so choice, and so much in demand. No. It's your good-will we’re after this month, rather than your dollars. g ; We are building up. We're making ready for the big fall trade that’s coming. give you so much for the money now you'll naturally come back. So you see, the best ribbons we can find are none too good for such a purpose. We couldn’t afford to have an old ribbon—no, not even common styles. Some of these are so new that many stores haven’t got their supply yet. : To do this we had to send our ribbon captain right to the factories. He got Freshest, Choicest Ribbons That Come From the Looms. This is a remarkable ribbon event. One for the delight and profit of all San Franci Think of getting 83-INCH LIBERTY SATIN FOR 21c! From regular stock it's 38c. As soft and bright and bea: make them- We'll e mem——— . . as only satin ribbons can be. In such exquisite shades as cardinal, old rose, turquoise, lilac, navy, etc. Or here is Paris’ reigning favorite: SIX-INCH LOUISENE RIBBON FOK 30c. It's a beauty, in all the delicate shades of blue, pin} Its richness and texture is without an equal. Plain,_solid colors, with a fine spoke-stitch border. on. Better yet is this: , and so TAFFETA DE CHENE, 51 INCHES WIDE, FOR 29¢. It's the success of the season. It comes right from St. Etienne, with France’s approval stamped on every fiber. Women are after it everywhere to use as a neck rib- bon, and yet in the face of all this we put it on sale Monday under its worth. The solid colored grounds have 1%-inch stripes on them one-half inch apart. Perhaps the most interest LOT I1--5c a Yd. nal, scarlet, helio, orange. LOT 2--6¢ a Yd. The price is common; is centered in these four lots: 5000 yards of crown edge moire ribbon; a good heavy quality, 1 inch wide; white| black, pink. light blue, turquoise, cardi-| it's the quality that is so un- common. These are the soft crush rib- l bons you are all after. 2600 yards pure silk wash ribbons, with solid centers and striped borders: a pat- tern every woman wants, and there are plenty of pinks, light blues, reds, lilacs, as well as several combined colors. Every yard is fresh and bright, full 1% inches wide. You would be glad to pay 12%c for it; just what you want for the neck and hair., Our price Monday and while it lasts 6c. LOT 3=-14c a Yd. LOT J==29c a Yd. 6500 vards very neatest fancy neck ribbons; some with openww:, others with corded stripes and in plain grounds. black. Very wide chiffon ribbons. Every yard is pure every good shade, such as blue, pink, cerise, maize, lilac, cardinal, comes in quo! ise, white, It's a soft crush style so much sought after now.. This 30c will make such an impression on every woman that she cay,’t forget us. It’s a temptation now to keep from buying too much. There’s beauty at every turn—un- heard of economy, too. Curtains, Table Covers, Draperies. ANOTHER GREAT TIME IN THE DRAPERY STORE. . We're not throwing out these values this month just to make business. The drapery business does a flourishing business right along. The fact that so many people come here for their curtains and drapery supplies without much to-do-on our part only shows us what ws might do if we would make an effort. $1.25 for Lace Curtains. Ecru or white, 3% yards long, 45 to 50 inc dainty patterns for chamber or dining room purposes. g0 on sale Monday morring. hes wide; some very Some 500 pairs $1.95 for Lace Curtains Worth $2.50 and $2.75. There are not many of a kind, two to five pairs of a pattern: some 97 pairs altogether; 31 yards long, 50 to 54 inches wide. Marked down Monday morning for the first iime—$l %. 45c for Art Velours. they can’t help but make you think more of us thing for mantel or piano drapes, cushion tops 60 pleces to choose from—i5c a yard. Raglan Coats $14.75. Long, figwm;z. half fitting with shaped backs (that's one of the new wrinkles this fall), made of AR all-wool covert cloths and water proof. with turn-back cuffs, waist satin lined. Oxfords, grays, tans. RAGLAN COATS. £1G.5 OTHFR .3 from ‘a rain-proof Covert Cloth, turn-back velvet cuffs, &) Y of one of the bloods; The Madras i NEAR SIX OPPR. 'y _were specially bought for this occasion. ceived within the past few days from the factory. Some of them have tucked fronts and backs; some have laundered collars: others stock collars; all of them have new soft cuffs. also black and white and blue with turn-over points, soft cuffs; 32 to MARKET STREET, GOLDEN GATE AVE. So new and pretty They are quite the or furniture covering; styles here. 65¢c —Percale Waists. Light and dark cclors, as well as blue and black and white stripes. lars, with a tle to match the waist; front and backs pleated, latest soft cuffs, 32 to 75c—Dimity Waists. New colors, with open-work stripes, French backs, Bishop sleeve, soft collars, 32 to 3. 95c—Madras and Linen Waists. is plain back and fronts are stiff, collars soft, s silk striped; the linen TH, Isn’t that a fine thing? . half-fitting yoke front and back, lined to the waist with satin. Shirt Waists 35c. ACTUALLY WORTH 75c AND 95c. We are ready to back it up with every size from 32 to 40 in madras or per- cale—white or colors. It’s such a good thing and so unusual we print a picture They are all the very latest and newest effects—re- How fast they will go! Plain blues and white stripes. Silkoline 10c. Light and medium colors; 40 pieces of our regular 12%c rade; h: been marked down to lfc. o oy e ganamy as ever sells in regular stock now oa sale at a special price— e. As good a range of colors and as good Coat sleeve made and ox- White pique col- 3, Mrs. Turnbull to M. B. Spalding for $4000. SHREWD BUYERS SHOW INTEREST The interest in local reality, as indi- cated by the records, is not confined to any section. All sections are holding their own, with the business part of the town naturally in the lead. While the market is a little quiet now, owing to disturbing causes, all brokers know that the strength of San Francisco’s geographical position will make realty a good investment. The city is growing and will grow_ steadily and all classes of property are bound to improve. During the week just past several sales of good properties have been reported. A M. “Speck & Co. have sold 45:10x137:6 on the south line of Sutter street, 185 feet west from Taylor, and also 20 feet on Lewis street, in the rear, with a depth of 57;6, to Henry Kahn. The first named piece is _the Blakeman property and brougnt 525,000, The second was sold’ by G. B. Demartini, the price being $2200. On these lots Mr. Kahn will build a hand- some business block of brick from four to six stories high. Transactions in Detail. In addition to these sales A. M. Speck & Co. report transactions as follows: Lot 50x137:6 on the south line of Frederick street, 157:6 feet west from Stanyan, with twelve flats thereon, for the Germania Build- ing and Loan Assoclation to Henry A. Ar- nold for §12,000; lot 27:6x137:6, with house, on the south line of Greenwich street, 137:6 east of Dupont, to Ottilie Bach, for $2700} house and lot, 23 on the north line of Broadway, between Taylor and Jones streets, from Charles T. Lundberg to Mrs, T. Giry, for $1500; four flats and lot, 45:10x38:9] on the east line of Jones street, 45:10 south of Vallejo, from F. E. Marcherini {o Alexander Bond, for $3600, and in conjunction with Lyon & Hoag, a house and lot 25x82:6 at 4166 Twentieth street, from Wells, Fargo & Co.’s Bank to Catherine Wes- man, for $1800. O. D. Baldwin & Son have made the following sales: " Lot 32x160, with improvements, on the north line of Sixteenth street, 60 feet west from Mis- sion, to Emil Arnold for $10,000; from Jane F. Likens to R. B. Hale, lot 51:6x137:6 on the | north line of Pine street, 137:6 east of Scott, | for $6000; from Morton S, Price to Charles Ehn, two flats and lot 25x136 on the north line of Sut- ter street, 12 feet west of Filimore, for $7500, | ana_from Mr. Anderson to the Santa Fe Rall- road Company, a lot 75x100 on the west line of Indiana street, 100 feet south of Sierra, for 7 Sales in the Suburbs. David Bush & Son have sold five acres on Selby lane in Fair Oaks, San Mateo County, for Mrs. Elizabeth C. Lacey to W. O. Hel- bish for $500; lot 140x20 in San Mateo for F. B. Surryhne has sold for $16,500 the southeast corner of Howard and Sixteenth streets, the size of the lot being 130x122:6. This is the Waterhouse property. The name of the purchaser is not made known. Shainwald, Buckbee & Co. have sold, in connection with® Davidson & Leigh, the Dr. McLean property, on the north line of Broadway, between Devisadero and Broderick streets, to Mrs. Emma G. But- ler for $14500. Mrs. Butler will erect a handsome residence on the lot. Thomas Magee & Sons have sold for res- idence purposes the northeast corner of Broadway and Plerce street. 62:6x137:6 feet, for W. R. Morton to 8. V. Mooney for $11,750; lot 30x137:6 feet on the north line of Broadway, between Steiner and Pierce streets, for $5250; lot 35x100 feet on the south line of Richland avenue for $750; lot on the north line of Richland avenue, west from Mission street, 25x100 feet, for $550. _ Shainwald, Buckbee & Co. have sold three flafs and lot, 25x127:8% feet, on the southeast corner of Pacific and Baker streets for $20,000. The buildings are new. Benjamin M. Gunn & Co. have sold 27x 92:6 feet on the east line of Webster 'street, 56:6 feet south from Green, with a twelve-room dwelling, to Jessie A. Gor- ham for $11,000; 42x30 feet on the west line of Dupont street, forty feet north from Sutter, with four-story brick building, for $24,300,"to Nat Raphaél and A. Auerbach; 34:41,x67:6 feet on the west line of San- some street, 34:4 feet north from Pacific, for $8000; the northeast corner of Hyde and Greenwich streets, 28x56 feet, for $2500. Benjamin M. Gunn & Co. will soon re: move to 313 Montgomery street, in the basement of the Nevada block. Nelson, Johnson & Co. have opened fine offices for the transaction of a real estate business at 205 Montgomery street, oppo- site the Mills building. Properties at Auction. Easton, Eldridge & Co. will sell realty at auction next Tuesday. G. H. Umbsen & Co. will auction realty on Monday, August 26. The three more important sales of eit{ realty placed on record during the wee were 120x160 feet on the southeast line of Mission street, 223 feet northeast from ‘Fifth, from Charles L. Tilden to W. J. Somers for $88,500; the northwest corner of Washington and Gough streets, 137:6— 137:6, from the Goad Company to Frea- erick Tillmann Jr. for $62,500; the Flood residence on the north line of Pacific ave- nue, east from Gough street, for $34,000 to . Henry T. Lally. R # Oscar Heyman will bufld a four-room cottage on the north line of Laidley street, 180 feet west from Roanoke, and is now erecting a six-room cottage on the east line of California avenue, 25 feet south from Virginia avenue. ¢ Two stories, with lodging house above, will be built by Gus Harshall on the ‘northeast ccrner of $ixth and Migna streets. The cost will be 325,000 appréxi- 3. Somers will bulld a house on the southeast corner of California street and Van Ness avenue. GALE RIES SHIS ISHORE MOBILE, Ala., Aug. 17.—The gulf coast from Peusacola to New Orleans is at last under view, telegraphic communication having been resumed from one point, which fs central. The general report is that aside from damage to wharves and bathhouses, saflboats and smacks, trees, outhouses and fences, the instances ‘of se- rious loss are few. There has been no loss of life o far as is known here. A tug was sent down the bay from Mo- bile to-day to investigate the conditions on Mississippi Island, about which some apprehension was felt, but up to midnight nothing had been heard from there. The steamer Evelyn is ashore near Pensacola, the schooner Asa C. Stowell is stranded in Mobile Bay, the schooner Foster Rice is dismasted iy the gulf and has been towed to Mobile, a three-masted schooner, name unknown, has been sighted in dis- itress fifty miles outside of Mobile harbor, and the American bark Julia is ashore and capsized on the south beach of Horn Island. These are the marine disasters so far as known to-night. The warnings of the approaching storm were so widely disseminated that nearly every place in this region was prepared. The "coast resorts suffered less damage than first reports indicated, according to advices here. Point Clear, Mobile Bay, the favorite resort for this part of the coast, lost a row of bathhouses and a part of thé steamboat wharf. Battles, another resort, lost a part of its steamboat wharf. Portersville, on the south coast, suffered the loss of a number of pleasure craft and smacks. Pascagoula, Miss., félt the full force of the storm. The damage in bathhouses and Wharves alone there is put at $10,000. Moss Point, Miss.,, a sawmill town, sustained heavy damage Ly logs being carried away. At Biloxi, Miss., the beautiful new club- house was demolished, together with sev. eral cottages. One fisherman is reported drowned. a0 The most serious damage to Mobile is the partial destruction of the famous bay. shore shell road. This drive extends sev- eral miles dowa the western shore of the bay. It has been washed out for a mile or ‘more, the whole foundation being car- ried off,' and in its place is a vast quan- tity of tree trunks and_driftwood. News from Fort Morgan, at Mobile Point, the entrance to the bay, is that the wind did minor damage to_the barracks and other buildings thers. No person was hurt. ‘W ORLEANS, Aug. 17.—Communica- A tion with the resorts along Mississippt e M Sound was opened-to-night, the first Lou- isville and Nashville train coming through. Wire conneetion was also estab- lished, and it was learned that while the damage has been severe at all points there has been no loss of life- except one fisher- man missing ffom Bay St. Louis. Beware of the Stenographer. A decision as to what constitutes a libelous “publication’® in contemplation of law has recently been handed down by the Maryland Court of Appeals, which should lead persons employing pri- vate amanuenses and stenographers to use great care as to the subject matter of a dictated letter, says the Baltimore American. According to this decision. the first judiclal deliverance of a State court of last resort deciding the precise point, the publication of a letter dictated and typewritten containing libelous matter is legally complete, although its contents have not been made known to any person ofli\eé- than the stenographer. The court ruled: “'Neither the prevalence of any business customs or methods nor the pressure of business which compels resort to sten- ographic assistance can make that"legal which is illegal, nor make that innccent which would otherwise be actionable. Nor can the fact that the stenographer is under_contractual or moral obligation to regard all his employer's communications as confidential alter the reason of the matter.” Under the ruling publicity within the meaning and’ intent of the libel law of Maryland is sufficiently accomplished Wwhen the objectionable matter is dictated to the stenographer. The libel is “‘pub- lished” under such circumstances as fully for legal purposes as though it were printed in ‘a newspaper and published roadcast. Nn case presenting the same facts appears to have been before the courts of any other State for adjudication. In view of ‘the universal use of stenog- raphers as confidential secretaries, It is lmgortsm that the decision should be widely published.—Pittsburg Dispatch. —_————— Our Growing Export Trade. The preliminary report of imports and exports for April shows a continuance of the "ratlglng conditions that have pre- vailed during late years. There is an in- crease of a lfttle more than $1,000.000 in imports and a little more than_$2,000,000 in the exports for the month. The total exports of domestic products for the ten months of the fiscal year aggregate $1,238,525,000 and the excess of exports over imports reaches the vast sum of $584,212,~ 000—more than half a billion dollars. Much of this trade has been built up on a permanent basis. Advance sheets of Commercial Relations, made public at ‘Washington recently, treat of the sale of American food £roducts and manufae- tures in Scotland. The Scotch are not the easiest customers to get, but dnce pleased they are constant, so the market obtained there is highly prized. American products recommend themselves by their quality.— Pittsburg Dispatch. BUAN: VILLAGES, BUTCHER MEN Kurds Raid Armenians and Spare Only the . Young Girls. LONDON, Aug. 17.—A dispatch to the Pall Mall Gazette from Constantinople says a body of 400 Kurds has been raid- ing the Delmisara district of Armenia and has destroyed twelve villages, leaving nothing but smoking ruins. Only the young girls were spared. They were car- ried off to the harems. All the males were ruthlessly butchered. —_— “Yankee” Products in English Life. In the domestic life we have got to this: The average man rises in the morn- ing from his New England folding bed, shaves with American soap and a Yankee safety razor, pulls on his Boston boots over his socks from llorth Carolina, fast- ens his Connecticut braces, slips his Wal- tham or Waterbury watch.in his pocket and sits down to breakfast. There he con- gratulates his wife on the way her Illi- nois straight front corset sets off her Massachusetts blouse, and he tackles his breakfast, where he eats bread made from prairie flour, tinned oysters from the Pa- cific Coast, and a slice of Kansas City bacon, while his wife plays with a slice of Chicago ox tongue. The children are given American cats. At the same time be reads his morning paper printed by American machines and possibly on American paper. He rushes out, catches the electric tram (New York) to Shepherd's Bush, where he gets in a Yankee elevator to take him 0. to the American-fitted electric rail- way to the city. At lunch time he hastily swallows some cold roast beef that comes from a cow in Iowa, and flavors it with ta> latest New Englard pickles, and then soothes his mind wit. a couple,of Vir- ginia cigarettes. H To follow his course all day would be wearisome. But when evening comes he seeks relaxation at the latest American musical comedy, and finishes up with a couple of “little liver pflls” “made in Anerica.”—London Mail. ———————— France holds the record as a user of 1d. She has coined 2300 tons in the last fv;):n years, against 1400 used by the En- glis! mint. SIR KNIGHTS PREPARE, Continued from Page Twenty-Three. R. H. Lloyd is a member, proposes maintain its reputation. for Cps.liforn}: hospitality on the route to Loulsville and at that place. The first stop will be at Sacramento, where a number of sir knights and ladies will join the party. The pllgrims will stop at Ogden. then go to e and stay long enou; the cify ot the Saints Fte e 'enver the pilgrims will be enter- tained by the Colorado Commandery, and there the California and Colorado drill corps will give exhibition drills. Thers Will be a stop at Omaha, where the vis- itors will be welcomed by Mount Calvary Commandery. A day and an evening wiil be spent in that city. In the evening the commandery will te tendered a reception by Eminent Sir George W. Liniger in his magnificent home. From there the pil- grims will go right on to Louisville. Cali- fornia Commandery is the first scheduled to arrive at the conclave city and the last to leave it. The drill corps will show its sympathy for and interest in the Masonie Home by giving an exhibition drill in the Auditorium for its benefit. History of Commandery. The commandery, which was ori, known as San Francisco Encam‘p’::‘e?l{ No. 1, was organized in 153. It changed its name t6 California Commandery No. 1 in September, 1356, and upon the organiza- tion in 1838 of the Grand Commandery it again - changed its name to California Commandery No. 1, Knights Templar. Tt has had _for commander Alex Q. Abel Willlam H. L. Barnes and R. H. Lioyd. and had for a time George T. Bromley. “Uncle George,” as generalissimo. Hiram T- Graves. the present recorder. was also commander. The mem n conhmandery is 390. aRE o e organization of the drill corps w: g}errected by the present captaln.p?-l. ;’ urlbut, in 1881. Tt has taken part in a number of contests or exhibition drills and it was always highly commended for the perfectness of the movements, When the conclave was held in Denver, Colo the corps was awarded a silver brick for its work and hospitality. During the re.. cent visit to this city of President McKin- ley the drill corps took an active part. This year it expects to make a most at- tractive showing in Louisville. R. b Hurlbut is the captain, George F. Neal so- nior warden and W. H. F. Titus Junior warden. —_—— Experiments made at Kasan, ssta. of the petroleum found in Blt;e‘rl;:‘:rovo ";:\tl':. it is almost identical with Pennsyl. ‘1';,4 naohtha. The wells on the Lake of are said to be ri 50 far as the borings ga goand reliable, A man sometimes I woman seldom loses ‘;l':: ‘2101:‘2:'. dsbut o -