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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1901. SHIP JAMES KERR’S WILD | EXPERIENCE OFF CAPE HORN ALWAYS ASK FOR Gale Drives Hit Dewn 1o Suiy Sofith: Aviong the tabess e I - WARITR BAKER’S (C0COA #2CHOCOLATE! AMUSEMENTS. ADVERTISEMENTS. oz A MILMESIRE st T e COMPELS FAVOR "C“RISTOPHER JR.” | House Corumittee Will Urge Action on Hep- burn Bill, the Pole-—Bering Brings a Million-Dollar Cargo, Which Is| Largely Composed of Furs From the Siberian Coast XCE: ALCAZAR STOCK CO. and Te-morrow. Seats on sale six days in advance. —NEXT—— ‘‘THE BAY MR. LIGHTFOOT.” LAST TIMES, ——MATIN TO-DAY— GHT, TO- 3 S. MILLER KENT, PRESENTING— THE COWBOY AND THE LADY. By CLYDE FITCH, Author of “‘Barbara Frietchie.” etc., etc. w York Knickerbocker Theater Product TO-MORROW NIGHT. THOMAS JEFFERSON, Presenting on a Magnificent Scale AN WINKLE." READY. COLUMBIA i THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK! EVERY (INCLUDING AY. ~———|| MATINEE TO-DAY America’s Cof JEFFERSON DE ANGELIS, In the Enormously Successful Operatic Novelty, A Royal Rogue. Kiein and Wm. T. Francis. £ MEREDITH.” N OPERA BRILLIANT. ARY MANNERING in G RA HOUSE MATINEES TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW. LAST TWO NIGHTS OF ““A WIFE’S PBRIL.” Week Commencing MONDAY EVEN'G NEXT, tional Actress, MINNIE SELIGMAN OMACY,” Sardou’s of Last Season at Charles re Theater. New 15¢]|125¢ A BILL THAT IS Eherrie Mathews, Norma Whalley, Sam Marion and William McCart, Flo Irwin and Walter Hawley, Dumond’s Parisian Minstrels and the Biograph. Last times of La Tortajada, Fred Niblo, Fraser Troupe and Werden and Shepherd. | | treasury +*TIVOLI» EVERY EV! AT 8 SHARP. MATINEE SATURDAY AT 2 SHARP® Last Times of the Famous POLLARD AUSTRALIAN JUVENILE OPERA CO. “IN TOWN.” MONDAY, Dec. 16, The Favorite TIVOLI COMIC OPERA COMPANY. In “LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD.” PFOPULAR PRI 9 dephone—! . BELASCO ~~=TRALLS EnTRAPE: awEITT CITY 1AL B TC !)-\7\' -Ai\'D TO-MORROW. T & SUNDAY EV'G—Last Times. Big Success. Chas, E. Blaney’s Comedy Drams, THE ELECTRICIAN An Eilectric Power-house in Full Operation. PRICES Epenines......... Matipees Next ~ Monday. ....... MULDOO] HERE § WHERE YOU ic Opera Comedian, | | capacity and depth that it may be used by | vessels of the largest T5e | ATURDAY), Dec. 14. : Balcony. 10c; Chil- served, 10c. | IS A HUMMER!| | states of C | to c, 50c and T5¢ i Get one cake of jt. CHUTES »» Z0O Big Vaudeville Bill. SPECIAL TO-NIGHT ! GRAND PRIZE CAKEWALK! COMME G TO-MORROW, THE GREAT BICKNELL. Telephone for Seats, Park 23. BASEBALL. ILL~AMERICAS VS, SACRAMENTOS. TO-DAY AT 2:45. SUNDAY AT 2:30. RECREATION FARK, Eighth end Harrison Streets. FISCHER'S CC%CERT, House MME. CHARITY MARTIN: G. S. Wanr Mullaly Sisters; Chas. Barrington: Satneila Planche Reynolds; Kalacratus, and Hinrichs Orchestra. Reserved seats 2ic. _Matinee Sunday. PALACE and GRAND HOTELS. On one side of these ficent hotels is the wholesale and manu- facturers’ district—on the othes re- 1gil stores, clubs, railroad and newspaper offices, banks and the- sters. Street cars to all parts of the city—depots, ferries and parks— pass tho entrance. American and European plans. Weekly Call,$1.00 per Year Ccngressmen Unite in Plan to Secure Rapid Leg- islation. WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—The House | Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce at its first meeting fo-day voted to favorably report the Hepburn | bill providing for the construction of | | the Nicaragua canal. Representative Fletcher of Minnesota was the only mem- ber voting against reporting the Dbill Before the vote . was taken several amendments were proposed. Orc by Adamson of Georgia was agreed to, pro- | viding that the expenditure of $10,000,000 as provided by the bill shall be made on warrants signed by the President of tae United States. Other amendments. fix- | ing 2 minimum and maximum depth for the canal were voted down, the desire being .to retain the original form of the Hepburn bill as nearly as possible. Chair- man Hepburn was directed to urge the measure ta consideration and a vote in the House at. the earliest practicable time, Hepburn said after the meeting tbat he would push the bill in the House as one of the first measures to be taken up after the holidays. The unanimity of the com- | mittee to-day was _gratifying to the friends of the canal measure. Adamson, a Democrat, of Georgia, moved to report the bill, and the entire Democratic mem- | bership of the committee voted for the bill. Adamson is co-operating _with Chairman Hepburn opn the floor of the House with & view to securing united action when the measure comes up. Text of the Measure. The Hepburn bill, as finally agreed upon and ordered reported to-day, fol- lows: Be it enacted, etc.: Section 1. That the President of the United States be and is hereby authorized to acquire from the States of Costa Rica and Nicaragua for and in behalf of the United States control of such portion of territory now belonging to Costa Rica and Nicaragua as may be desirable and necessary on which to excavate, construct | and protect a canal of such depth and capacity as will be sufficient for the movements of ships of the greatest tonnage and draught now in use. from a point near Greytown, on the Car- ibbean Sea, via Lake Nicaragua, to Brito, on the Pacific Ocean, and such sum as may be necessary to secure such control is hereby ap- propriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Section 2. That when the President has se- cured full control over the territory In section 1 referred to he shall direct the Secretary of War 1o excavate and construct a canal and waterway from a point on the shore of the Caribbean Sea, near Greytown, by way of Lake Nicaragua, to_a point near Brito, on the Pa- cific Ocean. Such canal shall be of sufficient tonnage and greatest draught now in use and shall be supplied with | all necessary locks and other appliances to meet the necessities of vessels passing from Greytown to Brito, and the Becretary of War shall also construct such safe and commodious harbors at the termini of said canal and such | provisions for defense as may be necessary for the safety and protection of said canal and harbors. Privileges for States. | Section 3. That the President shall cause such surveys ms may be necessary for said canal and harbors, and in the constructing of the same may employ such persons as he may deem necessary. Section 4. That in the excavation and con- struction of said canal the San Juan River and Lake Nicaragua, or some parts of each, s may be made available, shall be used. Section 5. That in any negotiations with the Rica or Nicaragua the Presi- dent may have the President is authorized (o | guarantee 1o said states the use of sald canal | ors, upon such terms as may be for all vessels owned by said tizens thereof. That the-sum of $10,000,000 is hereby appropriated out of any money in the not otherwise appropriated, toward the project herein contemplated, and the Sec- retary of War is further hereby authorized to enter into & contract or contracts for materials and work that may be deemed necessay for the | proper excavation, construction. defense and completion of said canal, harbors and defenses, be paid for as appropriations may, from time to time, be hereafter made. to be drawn on warrants signed by the President not to ex- ceed in the aggregate one hundred and eighty millfon dollars. Section 6. ADVERTISEMENTS. Pears’ Nobody ever stops at a cake. ‘Pears’ soap for toilet, bath and shaving. Sold allever the world. oH—0 - Have you || a Pipe? Is it covered? We insulate every- thing. HOFF ASBESTOS MFG. CO., San Franciseo, 27 JESSIE. Our Products: “Alr cell” cover- [,os Angeles, ing, “‘air cell” lag- J ¥iok, ‘asbestos ce. 705 E. FIRST. ments, diatomace- ous insulators, as- bestos packing, etc. E s timates fur- nished. CENTRAL PARK, Market Street, mear Eighth. GAMES AT 2:30 P. M. Every Thursday, Eat:rdl)’. Sunday and Tues- ay. MORE EXCITING THAN BULL FIGHTING. THE GREATEST GAME OF THE AGE. ADMISSION 25¢ AND 50c. === RACING Every Week Day— Rain or Shine, NEW CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB OAKLAND RACETRACK. ces start at 2:15 p. m. sharp, Ferry-boats leave San Francisco at 12 m. and . %, 2:30 and 3 p. m., connacting stopping et the entrance to the t two cars on train reserved for and their escorts; no smokitg. Buy your ferry tickets to £hell Mound. All tralns” via Oakiand mole connect with San Pablo 32:50, 1, with trains track. Lasi ieenth and Breadway, Oakland. These electrio g0 direct to the track 1 ing—Trains leave the track at 4:15 and e . m. and immediately after the last race. PG WILLIAMS it AS H. . ¥. PRICE, Becy. and Mgr. i ! THE BRITISH SHIP JAMES KERR IN THE ICEBERGS NEAR THE SOUTH POLE. SHE WAS DRIVEN OFF CAPE HORN IN A GALE AND FOR A TIME BOTH CAPTAIN AND CREW THOUGHT THAT SHE WOULD GO DOWN. GENERAL average has been de- clared on the British ship James Kerr. She was caught in a ter- rific gale off the Horn and driven south until she was in the ice- bergs near the pole. At times the mem- bers of the crew thought it was all over with them and many a day they had to go aloft in order to loosen the ropes in the frozen blocks. Regarding the perilous voyage Captain Powles sald: “We were in latitude 60 degrees south when the men suffered most. Everything | was frozen tight and as the ship had suf- | fered in a storm none of us knew just weather in where we were. Luckily the changed and we rounded the Horn safety. “We were on our way here from Ant- werp and had reached the eastward of Staten Island when the gale came up. It was a strong norther and on November 12 it started in to blow a gale from' the northwest. When we were down to 60 de- grees south 1 hove the ship to under up- | per topsails and lower main topgallant sail and jib. We were then on the star- board tack and had to keep the ship sharp up in order to hold her own. Luck- fly a calm came and for three hours we could not get a knot an hour out of her. | T wore the ship and in half an hour after dogwg Soa hurr‘ljc.xne came down that near- Iy buried the vessel. In order to save the masts everything had to be let go, and for hours we drove along under bare poles. When the hurricane subsided we bent new sails and in spite_of our many mishaps we made the run from 50 to 50 in sixteen > me 82 load wheat The James Kerr will at Crockett for Europe. D SOME OVERDUE COASTERS. Fears .Are Expressed for Them on Account of Matteawan’s Fate. The supposed loss of the Matteawan has caused owners to look nearer home. Some of the fleet now on the coast are a little behind time and while some have been delayed by adverse winds it is proba- ble that others have been in trouble. schooner Gotama is out seven days from Fureka; the Mary Etta, fourteen days for Siuslaw; the four-masted schooner Philippine, seventeen days from San Pedro, for Tacoma; the barkentine Retriever, twenty-four da from San Pedro, for Port Hadlock; the schooner 8. Danielson, sixteen days from San Francisco, for Siuslaw, and the schooner Una is out eighteen days from San Diego, for Coos Bay. —————— Brings Home Valuable Cargo. The barkentine Bering made port early vesterday morning with the most valuable cargo of the year. She came from Petropaulovski in twenty-elght days, one of the quickest runs on record, but the Russian-American Company thinks more of ihe safe arrival than they do of the quick run. Among the cargo of the Bering are 283 ermine skins, 455 red fox skins, 102 White fox skins, 170 other skins, eight glutton (sloth) skins, thirteen wool skins, 118 bear skins, 770 squirrel skins, and 400 cases of salmon. All told the Bering’s cargo is worth much more than $1,000,000. —_—— Arab Has Been Sold. The British tramp steamer Arab has been sold to the Dollar Steamship Com- pany and will in future have San Fran. cisco as her home port. She formerly came here to carry freight and mules to the Philippines for Uncle Sam, but when half way to Honolulu broke down and had o be turned back to port. On her arrival here the strike was on and the repairs to her_machinery and boilers could not be made. Now she is almost ready for sea. On her next voyage the Arab will fiy the Dollar flag. e 4 Water Front Notes. H. B. Madison of Madison, Bruce & Sel- lers has just returped from a trip to Puget Sound. While’in Seattle he estab- lished a branch of the concern. The firm which Mr. Madison represents is one of the largest ship chandlery concerns on the coast. The_ barkentine Planter, which arrived from Port Blakeley vesterday, reports that on December 7, when off the Columbia River, a British ship, lead painted, spoken while on her beam ends. The con. sensus of opinion among shipping men is that the vessel was the Pinmore, which has since reached Puget Sound in " dis. ress. The Oceanic Steamship Company's Ala. meda salils for Honolulu this afternoon. She has a large passenger list and a full cargo. R NEWS OF THE —OCEA)T Matters of Interest to Mariners and Shipping Merchants, ‘The British hip Boadicea is chartered for wheat at Tacoma for Europe, The sehooner Robert R. Hind will load ber on Puget Sound for Noumea, 47s 6d, tered prior to arrival. The ship Falls of loads merchandise at this prrt for Hilo. et A Cargo for Australia. The ship Elwell sailed yesterday | bourne with cargo valued at $51,01, ¢ ing of the following: 3 ,343 ft lumber, 3330 1bs hops, doors, 242 rolls paper, 785 cs canned fruit, 2000 cs 975 half-bbls salmon. i SR ‘Wheat Exports. The British ship Dunearn was cleared Thurs- day for Queenstown for orders with 60,822 ctis at $63,100, and 17,000 £t lumber annage, valued at $280. This shipment was published yesterday as the cargo of the British ship Pegasus, which was an error. The Pegasus carried 80,905 ctls of wheat, val- ved at §85.611. y - wheat, valued as Steamer Movements. TO ARRIVE. Steamer. From. Due. San Pedro...| Humboldt Nanaimo Grays Harbor . | Seattle ... ec. 15 San Diego & Way Pts. Crescent Cit; Seattle . Humboldt N. Y. via am: Sydney & Way Ports.. Seattle & Tacom: 5 Humboldt. China & Grays Harbor .. -|Dec. 18 Humboldt -|Dec. 18 Seattle -|Dec. 19 Seattle . P -{Dec. 19 Willapa Harbor . .|Dec. 19 Panama & Way Ports.|Dec. 19 San Diego & Way Pts.|Dec. 19 Corona.... Newport & Way Ports,|Dec. 19 Point Arena. |Point Arena ... D City of Puebl Nicaria Puget Sound Ports. Valparaiso & Way Herodot Hamburg & Way Ports. Curacao Mexican Ports Australl . Walla Wal San Jose Amer. Maru. | China and Japan TO SAIL. Steamer, Destination. Salls.| Pler. December 14, Rainter. Seattle & N. What.| 5pm|Pler 2 Columbi Astoria & Portland. (11 am|Pier Alliance....|Portland & Coos E.[10 am|Pier 16 Arcata. Coos Bay & Pt. Or'd|12 m|Pler13 Corona.....|Newport & Way....| 9 am|Pier 11 Point Arena| Point Arena . <| 2 pm/[Pier 2 Santa Ana. |Seattle & Tacom: Pler 2 Alameda. .. |Honolulu ...........| 2 pm|Pler 7 December 15. Fureka. ... | Humboldt .... .| 9 am|Pler13 Santa Rosa {San Diego & Way..| 9 am/Pier11 December 17. Mandalay. . | Coquille River. +|10 am|Pler Walla Wal.|Puget Sound Ports..|11 am| ecember 18. Humboldt .. Grays Harbor San Diego & 5 Panama & Way Pts. December 19, Grays Harbor. 2 Pler § H State of Cal Acapulco... North Fork 3 December 21. Sequola....|Grays Harbor ......| 5 pm|Pler J. Kimbali. |Seattle & Tacoma...|10 am|Pier 2 December 22, { Rival.. Willapa_Harbor ....| § pm|Pler 2 Umatilla... [ Puget Sound Ports.|11 am|Pier § ecember 23. Leelanaw.. [N. Y. via Panama..| 2 pm|Pler10 Tucapel....| Valparaiso & Way..|12 m|Pier10 December 26. Sonoma....|Sydney & Way Pts.|10 am|Pler 7 FROM SEATTLE. Steamer, For. Salls, Ell Thompson| Cooks Inlet & Way Pts.|Dec. 15 Cotta, .| Skagway & Way Ports.|Dec. 16 City Seattle. .| Skagway & W FPorts.|Dec. 18 & Way Ports.|Dec. City of Topek | Skagw: Dirigo.. . Skagway & Way Ports.|Dec. 22 Kxcelsior. . Cooks Inlet & Way Pts.|Dec. 25 Sun, Moon and Tide. United S Coast and Geodetlc Survey— Times and_Helghts of High and Low m, Waters at Fort Point, entrance to San Francisco Bay. Published by official au- thority of the Superintendent. NOTE—The high and low waters occur at the city front (Mission-street wharf) about twenty-five minutes later than at Fort Polnt; the helght of tide i3 the same at both places. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14. Sun rise 7 Sun sets. 2 Moon sets. N o |Time B e ® mw 14 | 2:31] 2 15 | 3:08) 1 16 | B:4L X] 17 | 4:21 0 18 | 5:00| L4 19 | 5:41] 'S 20 | 6:28 1 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 ns to time: the fourth time column gives the last tide of the day, except when there are but three tides, as sometimes occurs. The heights given in addition to the soundings of the United States Coast Survey charts, except when a minus (—) sign precedes the height, 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. Time Ball. Branch Hydrographic Office, U. 8. N., Mer- chants’ Exchange, The Fime Ball ‘on the t e Time on_ the tower of F building was dropped exactly at m‘.?‘zo..‘s’i',’. i. e., at noon of the 120th meridian, or at § ©. 1., Greenwich mean time. W. H. STANDLEY, Lieutenant U. 8. Navy, in Charge. Shipping Intelligence. ARRIVED. Friday, Stmr Coquille River, Hndrf-yen. San’ Francisco, Cal., December 13. 18 hours from | Port Bt: age. Stmr Waila Walla, Hall, 61 hours from Vie- toria and Puget Sound ports. Stmr_Santa Barbara, Zaddart, 68 hours from Grays Harbor; bound to San Pedro; put in to land some sars. Stmr Whitesboro, Olsen, 58 hours from Re- ondo. Stmr Columbia, Doran. 56 hours from Port- land, via_ Astoria 43 hours. Str Homer, Donaldson, 26 hours from Eu- Stinr Tureka, Jessen, 25 hours from Fureka. Stmr South Coast, Olsen, 45 hours from San Pedro. Bktn Planter, Chase, 14 days from Port Blakeley. “Ektn ‘Addenda, Perry, 10 days from Knapp- Russ bktn Bering, Bitte, 28 days from Petro- paulovsld. Schr Gotama, Olsen, 6 days from €oos Bay. Schr Wempe Bros, Aspe, 7 days from Grays Harbor. Schr ‘Nettie Sundborg, Larsen, 6 days from Coquille_River. Schr Robert R Hind, Ericksen, 11% days from Port Gamble. CLEARED. . December 13. Friday, Stmr Corona, Gfelow, San’ Pedro; Goodall, Perkins & Co. Stmr Pomona, Shea, Eureka; Goodall, Per- kins & Co, CS!mr Rainier, Hansen, Seattle; Pollard 88 0. Stmr Santa Rosa, Alexander, San Diego; Goodall, Perkins & Co. EL Smith, Victoria, tmr ' Plelades, for orders; C T Bowring & Co. &Sglp Elwell, Ellis, Melbourne; J J Moore 0. Ship Santa Clara, Lindberg, Ladysmith; Alaska Packers' Association. SAILED. Friday, December 13. Stmr Fulton, Levinson, Portland. Stmr Pomona, Shea, Eureka. Stmr Gipsy, Leland, Santa Cruz, Stmr Santa Barbara, Zaddart, San Pedro. Stmr Whitesboro, Olsen, ——. Plelades, Smith, Victoria. Stmr Rainler, Hansen, Seattle. Ship Elwell, Eilis, Meibourne. Ship Invincible, McKenzie, Port Blakeley. i Bklltn Tam o' Shanter, Simmie, Port Had- ock. Brig W G Irwin, Garthley, Roche Harbor. Schr Minnie A Caine, Olsen, Chemainus, Schr Mayflower, Goodmanson, Coquille River. MISCELLANEOUS. Bktn Gleaner Dec 13, off Meiggs wharf, dragged her anchor and fouled bktn Tam o' Shanter. They were cleared by tug Sea Prince; no damage. MEMORANDUM. Per bktn Planter—Deo 7, off Columbia River, saw a Br ship, painted lead color and loaded, on_her beam ends. Per schr Nettie Sundborg—Dec 7, off Coos Bay, lost 15,000 feet lumber in & ‘heavy SE gale. Per bktn Addenda, from Knappton, Dec 13— On Dec 3 and 4 had succession of heavy SE gales, shifting cargo to starboard and ing cabins with water. TELEGRAPHIC. POINT LOBOS, Dec 13, 10 p m—Weather clear; wind south, velocity € miles. DOMESTIC PORTS. TACOMA—Sailed Dec 13—Stmr Czarina, for San Francisco. Passed in Dec 13—Br stmr Oceano, from Mororan; Br stmr Salfordia, from Mororan; Nor stmr Guernsey, from Astoria, for Puget Stmr flood- clsco. Arrived Dec 13—Stmr Prog: 9; stmr Coronado, from Everett Guernsey, from Astoria. Sailed Dec 13—Stmr John S Kimball, San_Framcisco; stmr Dolphin, for Skagway. EUREKA—Safled Dec 13—Stmr Lakme, for San Franeisco: schr Azalea, for San FPedro; bktn Geo C Perkins, for Honolulu. ASTORIA—Arrived Dec 13—Br ship Falk- landbank, from Santa Rosalia: Br ship Ilala, from Port Na Br stmr Knight Companion, from Hongkong; stmr Acme, hence Dec 9. Sailled Dec 13—Br ship Travancore and Fr bark Louis Pasteur, for Queenstown. NEAH BAY—Passed in Dec 13—Stmr Elibu for Seattle; ship Kenil- hence Dec Nor stmr for RT UDLOW—Arrived Dec 13—Schr Ida, from Yakutat. M I REAVEN Dec 13—Stmr Robert FAIRHAVE iled IN HIGH FAVOR . The ripening of fine fruits brings to pertection their juicy flavor and food element. The Thourough AGING of Hunter | altimore Ry (The Purest Rye Product) develops its’ Rich Nutrient Quality and makes it the most perfect whiskey. CHRISTY & WISE COMMISSION CO., Inc., 223-225 California st., San Francisco, Cal. Telephone Main §73. - - LOOK AT THE LABELS - PURE-DELICIOUS-NUTRITIOUS ESTABLISHED 1780 WAETER BAKER & CO. Limited. ~% DORCHESTER,MASS. G~ ‘THREE GOLD MEDALS PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION Dollar, for San Pedro. BOWENS LANDING—Sailed Dec 13—Stmr Ruth, for San Pedro; stmr Scotia, for San Francisco. TILLAMOOK—Sailed Dec 12—Stmr W H Kruger, for San Pedro. COOS BAY—sSailed Dec 13—Stmr Brunswick. for Sen Francisco, with stmr Marshfield in tow, for San Francisco. SAN PEDRO—Arrived Dec 13—Stmr Aber- deen, from Eureka; schr Oceldental, from Eu- Teka; stmr Westport, from Eureka. Sailed Dec 13—Schr Ludlow, for Port Town- nd. FORT BRAGG—Salled Dec 13—Stmr Na- tional City, for San_Francisco. CASPAR—Sailed Dee 13—Stmrs Samoa and San Pedro, for San Francisco. FOREIGN PORTS. NANAIMO—Arrived Dec 12—Nor stmr Tita- nia. from Port Los Angeles. YOKOHAMA—Asrived Dec 12—Br Teenkal, from Seattle. Sailed Dec 3—Br stmr Tosa Maru, for Se- attle. NEWCASTLE, -Aus—Sailed Dec 13—Br ship A Oswald, for Portland. CARDIFF-Arrived Deo i2—Br ship Lyder- 20—Ger stmr ‘horn, rrona T?::imml ed N GUAYAQUI Arrive ov. Nicaria, from Hamburg, for San Francisco. KINGS ROAD—Arrived Dec 11—Br ship Py~ , he July 11. thglgene Ofl’lsclelle; yDec 11—Br ship Glenafton, o PR ivea peo 153vor Mathil from Norfolk, Va. ;’ASg:'ROUANG-—SIIled Dec 11—Dutch stmr Folimina, for Vancouver. OCEAN STEAMERS. NEW YORK—Arrived Dec 13—Stmr Ca: Bremen. o A SGOW Salied Dec 12—Stmr Furnessia, 1 N York. LIVERPOOL—Arrived Dec 13—Stmr Numi- dian, from St. John, N B. Balled Dec 13—Stmr Dominion, for Port- 13—Stmr Zeeland, stmr stmr land; stmr Parisian, for Halifax. ANTWERP—Arrived Dec from New York. TROUBLES OF BIG DRUG FIRM AIRED IN COURT Manager of Wakelee & Co. Claims He Was Threatened by His Assistant. The trial of the suit of C. W, Randall and others against Walter M. Willett commenced in Judge Seawell's court yes- terday. The plaintiff seeks an order of court restraining Willett from attaching the business of Wakelee & Co., the whole- sale drugsists, and to set aside an agree- ment which Randall claims Willett forced him to sign by threatening him with ar- rest on a charge of embezzlement. Randall, his wife and daughter own a controlling interest in the drug company. They borrowed $16,000 from Willett and his wife on a note which will not become due for five years. In consideration of the loan Willett was taken into the firm and given the position of assistant man- ager at a salary of $200 per month. Ran- dall is manager of the firm, and in the affidavit he 1iled yesterday he says he could not get along with his assistant. Under an agreement made at the time the loan was secured Randall was to draw certain sums from the business, and one-half of the money so drawn was to be paid to Willett. Willett says Ran- dall consented a short time after the agreement went into effect to allow him (Willett) to keep all of the moneys drawn. According to the affidavit, Willett want- ed to run the business, and when he found that he could not he threatened to force the Randalls to pay him the amount of the loan, and also threatened to have him arrested on a charge of embezzle- ment, claiming that he was guilty of that crimé when he drew funds from the busi- ness. Randall claims that Willett forced him to sign a contract agreeing to the pay- ment of a certain sum by threatening him with attachment proceedings and arrest. He supports his claim by affidavits made by his wife and daughter, in which they state that they were forced by Wil- lett to sign the document. Randall submitted affidavits yesterday from various prominent business men and lawyers certifylng to his honesty and business abilities, and also a statement of the assets and liabilities of the firm, which, he clalms, he has managed for the last twenty years. Biagini Family in Court. Mrs. C. Florindo, grandmother of Laur- indo Biagini, appeared in Department No. 9 of the Superior Court yesterday to sup- port her petition for letters of guardian- ship over the girl. The petition is op- posed by Zaffiro Biagini, the father of the child. A week ago Biaginl attempted to, secure possession of the child by habea: corpus proceedings. but his petition was denied by Judge Seawell. Mrs. Florindo contends that the father is not a fit per- son to have the custody of the child. gghfi hearing of the case was continued for one week. ——— ‘Ex-Soldier Clark Asphyxiated. ‘Thomas W. Clark, a discharged soldier of Company L, Twenty-second Infantry, U. 8. A, was found asphyxiated in his bed at 765 Market street yesterday morn- ing. The gas was turned fully on and the room was filled with the deadly fumes. It is believed he accidentally turned on the gas, for he had bought his ticket for the East. He recently arrived from the Philippines and was on his way to_his home in Kentucky. Clark was only 22 years of age. —— . Postage on Christmas Edition. The great Christmas edition of The Call, issued December 15, 1901, con- tains 70 pages and will weigh 17 ounces. The rates of postage on this edition will be as follows: Domestic.. Foreign. ———— Solomon Case Argued. The case of Max Solomon, alias Otto Nathan, charged with conducting a lot- tery, was argued before Jus esterday. The Judge reserv: T Gl Wiis: morning. - —_— Mail a copy of the great Christmas Call to your friends in the East and foreign lands. NOTICE TO PATRONS. g to the large size of The Call’s Christmas Edition to be issued Sunday, December 15, and the great volume of extra advertising already received, no advertisements of any description will be accepted for pub- Beation in that issue after 9:30 p- m. Saturday. The Christmas Call will be the largest, finest and most elaborately illustrated holiday edition published on the Pacific Slope. Send a copy to your Eastern friends. Ready for mailing 5 cents per copy. —_—————————— Thief Scored by Judge. Samuel Harris, a habitue of the “ten- derloin,” was convicted by Judge Ca- baniss yesterday on the charge of petty larceny and sentenced to five months in the County Jail. The Judge scored Har- ris mercilessly. Theodore Scheid, a dis- charged soldier, had taken a room in a lodging house on Fifth street, near Mis- sion, and during the night Harris kicked in a panel of the door of his room and stole his blouse, which contained his dis- charge papers. He evidently expected that the soldier's coin was also in the pocket of the blouse. A charge of mali- cious misthief against him was dismissed. ———————— Knowles Indicted for Check Stealing. The United States Grand Jury returned an indictment yesterday against Edwin | L. Knowles for having stolen two checks, one In favor of Everette E. Prince of the Second United States Infantry fer $li and one for $100 in favor of Edward W. Davis, sergeant jn Company M, Second Regiment, United States Infantry. ADVERTISEMENTS. —_—0 Pacific Gas Improvement Co. Will Remove December 16th «==TO ITS-== New DRuilding, *No. 455 Sutller St. Its mains extend from the Ferries to the Cliff House. Gas stoves and ap- pliances for sale. Call or send for the booklet on gas and its uses. AW ettt/ Turn on the Light of investigation into our laundry methods and work and you'll find our telephone al- , ways at hand to answer your call. We know the result of the investigation, hence make your ordering easy. Prompt dellv- ery of perfect work only. No saw edges. UNITED STATES LAUNDRY Office 1004 Market Street. Telephone—South 420, Oakland Officea—54 San Pablo Ave. MISSION ST., Next to Fourth St., 20x160 FEET TO JESSIE STREET AND 50 FEET IN REAR. $31,000. THOS. MAGEE & SONS, 5 Montgomery St.