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This is the only system in which a glass can be replaced by simply unhooking the door. In all other makes the books must be removed and the case taken apart. e quality of lumber, cabinet work and finish, these we guar- Your choice of oak in golden finish or Sold in separate sections as follows: —_— Sty Gueunet G- (Successors lo California Furniture Co.) 957 to 977 Market Street, Opp. Golden Gale house the y to’ bookcase grows requirements. As there such asiron bands on doors, have been In this system, while of joined together removing or As to Top section, $2.55; 11%-inch book section, $3.75; base section, $2.25. ¢ Rev. Dr. Joseph Pullman. o Conn., Jan. 4—The Rev. presiding elder of Conference of the a delegate from the ch in 1888, 1892 and B.KATSCHINSKI PHILADELPHIA SHOE GO {0 THIRD STREET, SAN FRANCISC. OUR CUSTUMER . EXPECT BARGAINS. We have s boasted of giv- han our compet- ustomers have al- onest and true, they have confi- They ex- we toes and tips, PRICE Eizes 2% to & 5 widths A Boys’ Armor Clad. Built for wear and tear, Neat In eppearance, but solid and durable. oys' satin calf lace shoes with coin toes and tips and double soles studded with circlets, Youths' sises 11 to 2,.. t{.zg Boys' sizes 2% to b o ‘We close at 6 p. m. on week days end 11 p. m. on Saturday, and will continue to close at those hours, provided all other shoe stores do e same. PHILADELPHTA SHOE €0, 10 _THIRD STREET, San Francisco. to the General Con- | urch, died to-day. | | | was informed by the Judges NEELY APPEARS BEFORE JUDGES Hearing of Cuban Post- office Fraud Cases Begins. HAVANA, Jan. 4—The trial of the cases arising from the Cuban postoffice embezzlements opened to-day in the Au- | The | dencla Court before five Judges, courtroom is located over the prison fin which Neely has been confined. One hun. dred and eighty-two witnesses have been called to testify and of these about eighty reported to-day. Of the defendants, Neely, Rathbone and Reeves were seated on one side of the | room and Moya and Mascara, the Cuban stamp clerks, on the other. Neely showed no signs of his confinement. He has grown stouter and was in good spirits, Upon the opening of the court Rathbone that his counsel, Semors Lanuza and Desvarnina, had withdrawn. The court asked the other counsel for the defense if they would assume charge of Rathbone’s case, and being answered in the negative ap- pointed Lawyer Pascua, a. courfaéx'::gxo?: and gave Rathbone one haur in which to consult with his new cougsel. The court then asked Nedly to plead and the latter responded that he had never heard the accusations against him; but after consulting withf his counsel. he en. tered a plea of not guilty. Rathbone, Moya and Mascara -also pleaded nof guilty and Reeves was granted permis. sion to walt until the next session of the court before making his pl Senor Zaya, Neely’s counsel, asked that the accusation against his clicni be read. He said he had not given instructions to Neely, as the court had not allowed him to consult documents and examine papers in order to prepare his defense. The complaint was read in Spanish, consum- ing two and a half hours. During the reading Rathbone rose and said he de- sired to protest against the continuance of the trial until he should have time to get counsel of his own selection; and also | that if his plea was to be taken as a de- position he wished to withdraw it. The | court said that the plea would not be taken in the circumstances and that Rathbone’s protest would be considered. The court in its refusal to postpone the trials sald that there was no reason for delaying the proceedings because the in- terrogatories and other evidence for the defense had not arrived, since they might arrive at any time during the trial. The defense takes the ground that the Gov- ernment is submitting a great mass of documentary evidence, and that the twenty days given them in which to file an answer is not sufficient. TELEGRAPH NEWS, NEW YORK, Jan. 4.—District Attorney Je- rome announced to-day that the case of Albert T. Patrick, accused of the murder of Willlam M. Rice, will be called for trial before Re- corder Goff on January 15. NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 4.—One of the bulld- ings of the th State Hospital for the In- sane at Willlamsburg was destroyed by early to-gay. It is feared that ome or more of the inmates perished. ST. PAUL, Jan. 4—The engagement of Miss Ruth Hill, daughter of President J. J. Hill of the Northern Securities Company, and Lan- sing , & New York attorney, a college classmete of Miss Hill's brothers, is announced. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 4.—The historic Lib- erty Bell, which is to be placed on exhibition at the leston Exposition, was taken from Independence Hall this afternoon to the Penn- sylvania Raflway station, where it will re- main guarded until Monday morning, when it will start on its southern journey. The bell accompanted was to the static b S TG Vel & S Avenue, l { THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 1902. 19 AGONY OF HUNGER AND THIRST AND TORTURE OF EXPOSURE ADD TO THE HORRORS OF SHIPWRECK e EE ECIL BROWN, the fousth of- ficer of the Walla Walla, was one of the six survivors who were rescued by the Nome City, having been afloat for thirty-six hours. Although Brown is a young and a hardy seaman and enured to hardships, he was scarcely able to walk when the boat reached the dock last night. So much had he suffered from the cold and exposure while he was afloat on the open raft that he was bowed like an old man. Brown hurried at once to his home at 575 Powell street to carry in person the news of his rescue *o his mother and father. Brown had the same tale of suffering from exposure, hunger and thirst to tell as was related by his comrades on the | raft. Regarding his experience and that of his companions while adrift on the sea he said: “We certainly had an experience that none of us will ever forget. The raft on which we were drifting when the Nome City picked us up was only an ordinary ship’s rait, sixteen feet syuare. 1T ai- foraed us absolutely no protection from the cold night wind nor irom tne waves which frequently swept over us. The | greater part of the time some portion of ne raft was under water. Our clothes were drenched, and tnis morning they were almost frozen stiuf. Young Erick- son died from exposure and we Wwere forced to toss his body overnoard even in the presence of his father, who was him- self almost overcome. 1t had to be done, as we could not possibly retain the re- mains on the raft. ““When the bark collided with the Walla Walla 1 was in my bunk. I immediately rushed on deck and as soon as I found out that a hole had been stove 1n our ves- sel and that she was doomed to go to the | bottom I immediately commencea to work | for the safety of the passengers. Almost | without exception the passengers were asleep in their berths and in some in- stances we were compelled to use force and pull them out. “I worked at rescuing the passengers | until the Walla Walla commenced the | final plunge. As the boat was going | | | down 'a young woman whose name I do not know came to me and asked for help. | I seized her in my arms and jumped over- board. I swam about for a considerable time lcoking for a raft or boat on which to put her. At last I found a raft, but it was crowded and I could only find room for the young woman. 1 put her aboard and then swam off to look for another raft or boat. 1 do not know whether she was rescued or not. “I found another raft, but I should judge that there were already over thirty Teople clinging to it. 1 managed to catch bhold, and very soon afterward another raft with but a few people aboard cawe floatipg by. Part of the people from the raft to which I was clinging went aboard this second raft. A little while after we came in contact with a third raft, and again we put some of the people from our raft aboard. | *“This left but the six men who were | rescued by the Nome City and young Brickson aboard the raft on which I was riding. During the remainder of the morning we endeavored to rqw toward the shore, but our raft proved rather an un- wieldy affair. The wind and waves were | against us and we were unable to make any headway. ““When the morning cleared we were | still near the scene of the wreck. We | could see the Dispatch about a mile away. We tled two of the oars together and tried to signal the boat, but we failed. We also saw several other rafts with people | aboard floating about, but we were not within haliling distance of them. Several times we attempted to propel our raft to- ward the shore, but our efforts failed. Rafts under ordinary conditions are not made to be rowed, and we were badly ex- hausted from being exposed to the frosty morning air after our plunge into the icy waters. We finally gave up trying to row and allowed ourselves to drift, in the hope | of being picked up by some passing boat. We saw a number of vessels passing dur- fng the thirty-six hours that we were adrift, but none, unfortunately, happened to see us. “I cannot describe how we suffered from cold, hunger and thirst. It is bad enough to be expesed in an open boat, but on a | raft one has no protection whatever. We | were drenched again and again by the | waves that washed over us. With all our hardships, however, I do not think that any of us gave up hope. I know 1 would not have ceased to hope for relief until death itself came. We were picked up by the Nome City Friday afternoon at 5:30 o’clock.” Second Officer Frederick Lupp was in good spirits when he left the Nome City last night, despite the terrib/. experience he underwent on the raft. He talked of Fis plight and that of his companjons and ADVERTISEMENTS. CURES COUGHS IN A FEW HOURS Bronchial dre stopped in twenty minutes and cured in two days by simply inhaling Hyomel a few minutes every hour. Irritating Coughs which keep you ~wake all night are relieved in ten minutes and cured before morning by placing twenty drops of Hyo- mei on a plece of flannel and pinning to the night robe on retiring. inhalado;}gt Hyomel. The child drops into a peace- ful sleep and wakens In the morning free from the disease. Hyomei is the only remedy which can be inhaled into the air passages, and thus by direct application destroy the germs causing the disease. HYOMEI is sold by all drugglsts or sent by mail. Price $1 00. Send to The R. T. Booth Co., Ithaca, N. Y., for a five days’ treatment free and you will never take another teaspoons ful of stomach medicines for such diseases. - The Nome City came into port last evening with six survivors of the Walla Walla wreck aboard. They were Chief Officer Nilsen, Second Officer Ifupp, Third Officer Brown, the Rev. Henry Erick- son, J. Shiel, pantryman, and J. Morea, third cook.. They were picked up off Trinidad after thirty-six hours of exposure, without food or water. The Rev. Mr. Erickson’s 16-year-old son reached the raft with his father, but died from exposure a few hours later. The survivors tell harrowing tales of their sufferings. IRST OFFICER PETER NIL- SEN of the Walla Walla pro- ceeded to the offices of the Pa- cific Coast Steamship Company after he landed from the Nome City last evening, and there made a report of the loss of the vessel to which he was attached. After leaving the offices Nilsen went to his home, 286 Collingwood street, where word of his arrival had preceded him. Nil- sen received a warm welcome from his wife and two little girls, and though the hour was late, many friends were present to congratulate him on his escape from a watery grave. In speaking of his experiences, Nilsen said: “I was asleep in my berth when we ‘were run into. The first I knew of any- thing wrqug was the terrific crash that woke me up. I slipped on some clothes and rushed on deck. I did not see any- thing of the ship that had run us down. Captain Hall was on deck when I got there and he was giving orders in a cool manner. The crew behaved with perfect discipline and the panic among the pas- sengers soon subsided, “The boats and rafts were lowered in good time and we had no trouble in get- ting the passengers into them. The weather was nasty and very cold. I stayed with the Walla Walla until she went down. I was drawn under water for quite a distance and then I came to the surface. I climbed on to a raft and then transferred to another one. Three rafts were in _company for a time and then parted. There were six people on my raft, exclusive of myself. 1 had five of the crew and two passengers—Rev. Mr. Erick- son and his 16-year-old son. ‘“When the mist cleared away in the morning we could see the Dispatch, which I then judged to be about a mile away from us. She was headed toward the harbor. We fastened two oars together with a wet coat stretched between them and attempted to signal the Dispatch, but our efforts were in vain. She evi- dently did not see us, as she proceeded directly into the harbor. Wg also at- -+ tempted to row in after her, but we could make no headway with our unwieldy raft. ““Our raft commenced to drift down the coast, and while we were drifting we again saw the Dispatch. She was com- ing out once more to the scene of the wreck. Again we attempted to signal her, but again we were unnoticed. “When young Erickson died I did my best to lighten the grief of his father, who was very weak and exhausted. We held a consultation and decided that it would be best to cast the body off the boy into the sea. “‘Our experience on the raft was an awful one. We were afloat for thirty- six hours without a drop of water to drink or a bite to eat. All that time we kept a lookout for the other boats or rafts, but never sighted them. Last night about 5 o'clock we sighted the Nome City and they saw our signals of distress. They bore down on us and came just in time, for we were exhausted. The Nome City brought us down to San Francisco all on board worked hard to make us comfortable.” Nilsen's wife was utterly prostrated when the news of the Walla Walla's loss reached her. In addition to her husband being on board she had a brother in the crew—E. Johnson, a seaman. Not until last evening did Mrs. Nilsen and her children receive news that brought consolation to__their stricken household. Immediately Nilsen landed he telegraphed to his wife of his arrival and a few minutes later Mrs. Nilsen received a telegram from Eureka from her brother. Nilsen was hardly able to speak last night owing to the severe cold he had contracted and the exposure he had been subjected to on the raft. Tears were in the eyes of the rescued officer as his lit- tle girl, Agnes, climbed to his knee and putting her arms around his neck said, “I knew that God would give you back to us, papa, for I prayed to him all night to send you to us. Did you pray to God also?” “Yes,” the father replied, “I prayed to God also out there on the lonely water, and he answered our prayers.” The news of Nilsen’s safe arrival home spread through the Mission last night and caused much rejoicing as Nilsen numbers his friends by the hundreds. L e o e B S o e o e e S R e e 2 ) gave them all due credit for their hero- ism. He said: “From the minute the big French bark crashed into our ssteamer until we were picked up nearly starved and frozen to death our party underwent a harrowing experience. Those of the crew that were with me did more to help out everybody on the ship than anybody else. We launched eight boats and five life rafts and were trying to launch the last big lifeboat on the upper deck when the steamer settled so far that we all had to scramble for our lives. . “We got to the side of the steamer and jumped onto a life raft and shoved away, but were scarcely more than out of suc- tion range when the Walla Walla went down. We stayed around the scene of the wreck and picked up several people, including Mr. Niisen, the chief officer, and the Rev. Henry Erickson and his son, who afterward died from exposure and the effects of his submersion. We picked up a woman, but our raft could not hold her, so we placed her on another raft. “The suffering we endured after we left the scene of the wreck is simply beyond human comprehension. We did all we could for young Erickson, who died, and as the father was fast succumbing to the cold and exposure and the sight of his dead son lying on the same raft we dropped the body overboard. It was a merciful act to do, both for our own sakes and for the sake of the distracted father. “The fourth officer, the cook, the pan- tryman and myself all turned to and worked with a will with the oars, but we could not make any headway toward the land. The sea was running high enough to harass the progress of the life raft, and we made a game struggle against the elements. 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WILLIAMS & CO., 140 Geary st. mail. every minute that Mr. Erickson would ie, and all the boys spent a great deal of time paying him little attentions that might ease him or make him feel that there was still hope. “All day the next day we rowed hard to keep up our courage and warmth in our bodies, and when we saw the Nome City coming along we put extra steam to our pulls because we knew it was our last chance. We made signals to the Nome as best we could and at last at- tracted their attention. “A good drink of whisky as soon as they put us aboard seemed worth any price; The captain and crew of the Nome City treated their shipwrecked mates with the utmost consideration. They did albl] in’ their power to make us comfort- able, ‘I was not on the bridge when the acci- dent occurred nor was I in charge of the ship when the Frenchman struck her. I was relieved by the other watch exactly at 4 o'clock, and at twenty minutes past 4 we were run down. Third Officer John Edward Hughes was on the bridge when the two vessels came together, and as I had rot turned in I went to his assist- ance. That is all I care to say about this matter until the investigation comes off. I will make a report to Mr. Goodall to- morrow, and until then I do not care to discuss 'any of the matters pertaining to the collision.” OVEBDU'E‘—E!DE RABAD HAS STORMY VOYAGE Leses Her Boatswain, William EI- liot, Who Fell Overboard From the Main Rail. The overdue ship Hyderabad, seventy days out from Newcastle, Australia, ar- rivad in port last night. She encountered stormy weather during her voyage and it was feared that she had gone down in a storm near the equator. During the voyage Boatswain Willlam Elliot, while at work on the main rail, fell overboard and was drowned. preserver was thrown to him and a boat was lowered with the chief officer in com- mand. They cruised about for two hours, but saw nothing of the boatswain. On returning to the ship and while on the port quarter the boat capsized and the chief officer and flve men were thrown into the water. They were all saved, but the beat was swamped owing to the heavy sea which was running at the time. The Clan Macpherson also reached dock last night. She came from Newcastle, England, and had an uneventful voyage. —_———— STEWARTS CAPTURE THE CAKE AND GOLD MEDAL Contest at California Theater Is De- cided in Favor of Local Dancers. A The small-boy and his big brother in the gallery won _champlonship cakewalk g_rkllzes for the Stewarts at the California eater last night. Not that they did not deserve the applause that greeted them throughout their fancy motions, but be- cause they were local walkers. The noise that filled the playhouse during the decid- ing of the contest was deafening. That rart of the audlence that occupied seats n the orchestra, dress circle and balcony favored James Crosby and Ida Butler, members of the company, but their ap- plause was_insignificant” compared with the tremendous sound generated by the gallery gods. Manager Oppenheimer, perforce, had to give a decision t(ytha couple securing the greater applause; and he therefore pre- sented the immense cake and gold medal to the Stewarts. Had he bken a Solomon he would have given the cake to one cou- le and the medal to the other and called t a draw. But being the manager of the theater he had to decide with the majority of sound. Crosby and Butler were well recetved. Thelr steps were clean cut and graceful. . Chief Wittman After Gamblers. Sergeant Conboy and posse, acting un- der Instructions of Chief Wittman, ralded a lottery joint at 720 Dupont street last night and arrested the dealer and two vis- itors. ‘hief of Police is putting forth :very effort to stop gambling in China- own. ALONG THE COAST . SACRAMENTO, Jan. 3.—Charles Ross, 15 years old, received a fatal shock of electricity this_afternoon by coming into contact with a small voltage supply wire while he was stand- ing on wet ground. STOCKTON, Jan. 4—TWwo new cases of smallpox were discovered ‘here to-day. Strict quarantine regulations are adhered to and it 15 belleved there will be no general spread of the disease. All the patients are doing well. FRESNO, 4.—The unanimous sentiment ralsin growers, arsembled to-d: Tesponse to President Kearney's call for a pub- lic meeting of the California Raisin Growers' Association, was that the assoclation shall not be disrupted. 5 ———— The actor may get a longer vacation than the ribbon-counter clerk, but the lat- ter continues to eat regularly. A lifed Officers of the Walla Walla Give Graphic Accounts of Thirty-Six Hours on the Open Sea, Drifting on a Life Raft, Unprotected From the Cold and Waves and Without Food or Water, Before Rescue by the Nome City . HE Rev. Henry Erickson, who salled with his wife and three children, had the mis- fdrtune of losing all his family, one son dying in his arms from exposure, and, after thirty-six hours’ battling with the waves, now lies at St. Mary's Hospl- tal, a physical and almost a mental wreck. . To add to the misery of those thirty-six hours of terrible torture the pangs of thirst drove Erickson to frantic attempts to slake his thirst with salt water. The. Erickson family, excepting the mother, were second class passengers. ZV:A;:I ths crash came they were awak- ned, and all got on the upper deck to- gether. Mrs. Frickson and the two younger children got separated from their father and elder brother. ‘What their fate Wwas is not known, but it is presumed they were drowned when the vessel went down. Erickson and his son clung to- gether and were pitched Into the water clear of the sinking steamer. They floated around for some time and finally were picked up by the life raft, on Which were a number of the officers of the Walla Walla. It was almost day- break when they were found, and they were in an exhausted condition. Father and son were pulled on the light struc- ture, but the boy was too weak to stand the exposure. A few hours later he died in his father's arms, and after the heart- broken parent Had bowed his head in si- lent prayer pver the corpse of his son the body was cdnsigned to the waves as ten- derly as it was possible under the circum- stanices. Az After the body of the boy had gone overboard the father became more “ong more despondent. Despite the advice of his companions, time and time again he filled his hands with water and drank it down. This added to his misery, and his companions feared that he would be the next to succumb. The sea was run- ning high and dashing over the raft, but all clung on tenaciously through the long hours of the day and the longer hours of the night. They hoped against hope un- til the Nome City picked them up. The Rev. Mr. Erickson was the first to be lifted aboard. He was at cnce placed in bed and as carefully tended as circum- stances would permit. It is thought he will recover from the terrible effects of the exposure, unless he succumbs under his great grief. PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE SUNSET VALLEY Plans Have Been Submitted for Con- struction of Sewer Through Sand Dunes. At a recent meeting of the executive committee of the Sunset Valley District Improvement Club Chalrman Edward Ewald submitted a report embodying sug- gestions having the approval of the Park Commissioners to utilize the sewage from Sunset main storm sewer as a_fer- tilizer and for irrigation of the sands of Golden Gate Park. west of Twentleth avenue. The construction of this sewer has been somewhat delayed. A change in the plans and specifications was neces- sary and ‘the City Engineer's office has been hard at wors to send them to the Board of Public Works Saturday, Janu- ary 14, 1902, which will immediately ad- vertise for bids for its construction. The sewer will be constructed from its present termination on Fourteenth ave- nue and H street west, along H street to a point not far west of Twentieth avenue. From this point the sewage will be deliv- ered into a septic tank to be placed in an unfrequented part of Golden Gate Park, west of Twentleth avenue. Chairman Ewald also wishes to procure an appropriation for the grading and macadamizing of H street from its inter- section of Frederick street to the west line of Twenty-fourth avenue; to grade and macadamize Twenty-fourth avenue or any other avenue near the center of Sunset District from Golden Gate Park to Ocean avenue, and to grade and macadamize J street from Twelfth avenue to the great highway near the Pacific Ocean. ————— LISBON, Jan. 4 —The Dutch steamer Danae has landed here the crew of twenty-seven men of the Italian steamer Scipio, which was burned at sea January 1. LIFE SAVED BY SWAMP-ROOT The Great Kiduey, Liver and Bladder Eemedy. SAMPLE BOTTLE SENT FREE BY MAIL gwmynoot. discovered by emi- and bladder mt ~ kidney 3«1&“- promptl; cures kidney, liver, bladder -.nfi uric acid troubles. 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Y., and please ‘mention that you read this generous offer in The Sun- day Call. VESSEL ASHORE: GREW MISSING Well - Known Schooner a Total Wreck ‘on Alaska Rocks. Special Dispatch to The Call. . SEATTLE, Wash.,, Jan. 4 — The schooner Norman Sunde of this city, one of the best known craft of the fishing fleet, Is a total wreck on Five Fingera Island in Alaska, and Captain John Dan- fels and his crew of four men have not reported. It is thought extremely im- probable, however, that any lives were lost, as the men aboard undoubtedly had a good opportunity to reach shere safely. The steamship Dolph:mn, which reached port from the north this morning, brought news of the wreck. The particulars are very meager and only go to show that the vessel is on the rock beach, hopeless- ly damaged by the wind and waves. She went ashore during a blow succeeding the storm Christmas night, which brought grief to so many vessels m northwestern waters. The_first advices of the destruction of the Sunde reached Wrangel Narrows, where the- steamers take aboard the fish, and was there sent d via the Dolphin. Purser McClinton endeavored to learn if any of the crew had been lost, but no one seemed to know whether they had been saved or not. The craft was owned by her captain, John Daniels, but E. B. Dud- den of the firsh company had a slight in- terest in her. Captain Daniels lives in this city at Fifth avenue and Lenora street, where his family at present reside. He is well known on the Sound and In the Norin- west and had been engaged In operating the fishing schooner for years. The schooner is one of the old timers in the local fleet. During the summer she had been in the habit of operating on the hali- but banks below Cape Flattery, off the straits, but in the winter went to the north with the rest of the vessels simi- larly engaged. 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