The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 13, 1903, Page 5

THE SAN FRAXMCIS CO CALL, FRIDAY, FI¥BRUARY 13, 19083 LONESO E CCTOGENARIAN PLUNGES INTO THE BAY| ITISTS EXPECT Pt T s Gras Ball of the As- sociation. Boxes in the Searles Gallery! Quickly Reserved by First Comers. € uesday m"ll\ e first bal masque of the asso- > rooms of the | et over of the of the association who are 1olders the coming event. D. Redding was president of the as- | ion at the time the first ball was In order to obtaln from soclety ost complete stamp of approval, the nd directors of the assoctation | ything in their power to enlist the €O~ operanm w: well-known matrons and | nt dowagers. Efforts of the secre- | e successful. The ladles went to | honor of the occasion wore their richest jewels. The second ball | assocta liwn was given at the Grand the House gal demand for ticket well as women general favor. sntended t ilege: or sccord with ras festival George W d James D. gallery w the weck sterday by alk grand march and sented to the will £ the predictions are t ¥ readines - S AND P! OR WHO W I s L FORMER ONS HAVE f the Art Asso- s everal respe of the Mardi L3008 S = & : 3 SRS respect 1 s sco | swept his body past the transport dock mething to eat at ® ound mentally, He well to the old set of mining men, and mpt suicide fol er old times with A and known sane . ght I had ‘ sther side. the safd d yesterday, for fittecn years. called on Davis yesterday he or & number of old acquaint- Most them Davis told him | were dead now how to live. I'm an iron man bu( 1 thought,” sald Converse when | ecovered from the effects of hi that 1t was time I moved on and he of made room for some of the young I lows. 1 did think of jumping off a ferry- g when I saw that racing tide to- id to myself, ‘Here's as good a as you will ever get, old man.’ am a powerful swimmer, and I know hov strong instinct is, so I tled my hands. I expelled all the air I could from my 1gs 50 1 would fill quickly with water. en 1 jumped. The science of living has been my one v for more than thirty years. I have | ated about the mext life, but have | ot been able to reach any satisfactory | 1. That evolution ends with this not believe, and I wanted IOI e step into whatever comes afte 1 | pe 1 full possession of all my faculties. not want my body to be found. wished to go back to nature in mmxe-: why I selected the bay | my journey to the beyond, ther old fellows I used to know e been walting a long time. If they | know about this to-day they'll have the | :gh on me, but 1 outlasted them here g ail right, and the way 1 feel now if I care to I can mAkr Methuselah look like | awfully lonesome | s some pretty good those chaps I used to help drink whisky lot 1 have got that <(..n' in my day, ith | t way but abc me of boatman who fr; plans of Converse. —_— ing men of the State might volce their ‘Bro- test 2gain Senate bills 214, 304 and 314 and As- ibly bills 114 The chamber of the ser house was crow with visitors, ed rench plate hall glass, $4.5 oo came here Tor The B jrere Charles D. Lane, 1 a a y Voorheis, arold A small, round hall glass of good quality and neat ||| M. Goodall, Thomas Clark, aranc The oak irame, in golden finish, has a | l“\“m‘;\_‘urghir;ig,’vl!lelrg E ty beaded border, is 20 inches in diameter and con- g 4‘:;_;'01"6“.“!; )s mirror 13 inches in diameter. Has six strong e e opening the discussien Senator W. sussested that Senate bills 304 ks for garments. rger size, with mirror 17 inches in diameter, in ) oak and weathered oak, at 6.50. Also another rror ’3 inches in diameter, in golden and ozk, at ;g.00. h deal with the Hability of em- | In his address Raiston reiterated l‘h\ statement he made a few days ago that if the bills were passed they wouid have u tendencs | to legisiate the mining industry out of busi- | ness. He told of the presence of leading min- al rcplenishi:g in the dmpcr}' depart- | ing ‘-“I;‘I;Zui asked the committee to hear || “Frank Solinsky of Calaveras argued at | elves and drawers flled with new things. in the curtain line newness and fresh- zn apparent. One of the new curtains ]nced is an American Arabian with em- length. He thought the measures were too adical and discussed them from a legal stand- \ les D. Lane appealed to the legislators | overwork themselves and pass too many | v laws. He sald every employe of the Utica | g tisfled with th 2sent law cord=d border at $3.00 the pair. Let us T VAt Ll D Gams it ay ou show you this curtain—other kinds, you kuow, if it S Ein sal he et ban e eitwter et ] the interests of the laboring man milar, as cach was mmns| H. W. Hutton, . argued s on behelf of the labor in favor of the b unions. Other addresses were made and a petition was presented signed by many mine-owners, protesting against the bills under discussion, and especially the bill introduced by Tyrreil of flfiw&f Nevada in the !;inle lrd bll’!)'der in the Assem- LS bl ovid mine ins tor, (Successors to California Furniture Co.) providing for a Kapector Senators Ralston and who are to the mining interests in the up- took an important part in the as57 to 9" machl Street Opn Go]den Gate Avenue, THE EMPORIUM. | THE EMPORIUM. | To-Morrow is Valentine’s Day and Sale Ends of Valentines Fancy Lace Vale:tines— Heart and cupd effects, 6 for 8@ 9 for §@ and fg each ‘CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST- Fancy Lace Valentines — Square and obong chapes, with envelores, 215@ to 10Ca Card Valent nes, new designs, 1 @to 10€s Our Credit Department is a sourc Novelties in boxes, & to $7, Sale of Laces 10,000 yards ot Torchon, Normandy, Valenciennes #nd Point de Paris Laces—fine, strong wash laces—in sui able patterns for trimming undermutlins, chi d- rem’s d}'e- ses, etc., will be offered at special sale in m.in zisle to-day only—:t about one-~third their real wsrth. Iy H s laces are from 1 to 7 inches wide, and are made up in the X rew Medici and Valerncienres patterns. They are worth up to z5¢ 2 =: yard, and the sale prices according to their widths will be— H 8¢, 7¢, 9¢, 1ic a yard. H - Last Two Days of Sale Men’s Sample Suits, $11.00 Boys’ Suits, $2.98 Your last chance to buy one of those excellent g15.00 to Jzo.00 s:lmp.e suits, made by a well-known manufac- turer of men’s cAu!hlrg. of which we still have all sizes in some one of the styles, to-day and S tur- s,, day only, at the unmatchably dow price, each g These suits are cut in the latest style, caretully made up ~ in the best manner of strictly ali-wool materials, in 3 gocd patterns. X Boys’ Sailor Suits, $2.98 }: For ages 3 to 8 years, choice all-weol cheviots, in royal E blue and brown, hindsomely braided collars, and em- broidered, regu'ar ¢5.00 vae, Friday and Saturday only " $2.98 Hair Dressing By Experts Handsome, perfectly appointed, modern hair-| and manicuring parlors, on second floor, west side. Each attendant is an ex- port in her line. Perfect satisfiction guar- an eed, modera‘e prices, Ementhal Importsd Swiss (22 d 2 ddddd Al dddd s «cepted by us at a price which enables us to wRR, v offer 42 wearlng shoes that will please and satisfy fastiai Hemtage Bousbon Wi |8 Jhem to-day and Saturday, each C and Saturday only, pair . . e % | These garments were made to sell at about 18 0dd Lots Ladics' Lace and Button Shoes, Oxford Ties and 75c each, of good quality pink and white slippers that were from $2.50 to $5.00 per pair; if we hive your -3 and blue and white striped fla nelette. ize, cho'ce nowat . . 3 = prefer tomake their purchases through [/I! medium of a Charge Account Six Two-Day Grocery Specials Best Java and Mocha Coffee, Ib. 29@ Pearline—1 lb. pkgs., 3 for 25@ Choice Imported Sardines, tin @@ Soups o: Beans—Van Camp’s, Cheese, ) S e e ] tnen-\vq:ssen,,mr 250 g TE""” Fi "'4’1',"3’ Special Sale of Trunks Sale Misses’ and H owns, 7 c 100 duck covered waterproof painted trunks, with Children’s Coals F3 A A manufactur- barrel stave top; 4 or 5 bardwood cleats on top B H ¥ o misiake - is and two around body; heavy japanned ‘ron Fialt Price & your gain; 250 binding; malleable iron ceat and con ; good lock Back Cloth Coars 10, -3 Ladies’ Tennis and bolts; full covered tay with ! partment for S . 5 Flannel Gowns, Friday and Saturday only ces. g cut a couple of 0 26-inch tize $F220 $6. size $4.20 ~ mch’cs. shorter 28-inch size $3.45 86 size $4.55 wére $18.00, now » than they should jo-inch szc $F.80 $6. size $4.90 H have been, but Li S, ial I correct i collar and quor speciais ) bust measurement, 4 g e Dowrial Sale Ladies’ Shoes, $2.10 Lo T Da.vs o Ly s and 18 Styles Short Lots R 410 pairs fine Vici Kid Lace Sh €5 — New up-to-date goo s that * have just arived from a high-class Eas e n factory, dressy, good- THE EMPORIUM. THE EMPORIUM. e RE RRRERERERRE RERERRRERERE RRERREERERERR RERERRERRERE RRRRRREEERERE RRRRERRRERRE RRRERRIIRENER RRRRERERRERL Three Famous Brands Cigars 9 tor 2. for Two Days Lillian Russell, G W. Chiids, Grand Republic, sa'e uw AMERICA'S GRANDEST STORE Each o ce of great convenience to those who urday night Sale Spachtel Goods f 1000 picces of beautiful Spachtel Goods—Squares and $ table covers, shams, etc., are offered zbovt one-third less than th: r gular prices. 7JC and 85S¢ Sp)ch'el qunrcs— i AAA ARRAAAR AAR R AR ARALATAA AA A Sprehlel quaru Wnrlh Uplo Sl.7S—3* 32 xmhcs. in cluding some cheice imitations of Irish Peint, Appliques on Swiss, on special sale Thursday Spzchicl Scarls Worth Up lo $1.75—z0x24 inches, sideboards, bureaus, etc., on sgecial sale Thu.n each . and and F in elegant patterns for " 870 San Francisco’s Biggest Sale Ladies’ and Misses’ Suits, Jacke.s, Coats These are actual reductions from former = 3 k4 x s = = = b X = = ARARaa pric Ladies’ $10.00 Serge Suits, in brown, navy blue and black . . $6.85 Ladies’ $24.95 and $28 . . $14.95 Ladies’ $24.95 Hai . $15.75 Ladies’ $40.00, $4 $27.95 Lades $40.c0, §47. 5 Ladies’ $47.50 ani $50.co Suits reduced to Ladies’ Suits that were 67. 50; heavy two-toned Zibeliny Ladies’ Suits that were § o0 and £3 $39.00 - $57.50 ; now = = = = g g = 3 _; Dotted Swiss--9c Ior curfal_l_n - 25¢ tns o ... Fine Hock W Marquette $1.25 Rye W IRE DAMAGES ~ 'CULLOM DEFENDS UGINESS BLOCK CANAL TREATY Defective Flue Ca.uses'Answers Some of Mor- ‘Heavy Property Loss gan’s Arguments in in Suisun. Opposition. to The Call. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—After the con- | firmation of a number of nominations and the refusal to reopen the Alaskan boun- | dary question, the Senate in executive ses- | sion to-day began consideration of the | | Panama canal treaty between the United | | States and the republic of Colombia. Sen- | ator Morgan immediately took the floor to ‘urge that the treaty be amended in Spectal Dispa SUISUN, Feb. A fire which occur- red in the business part of town to-day | destroyed property to the amount of $7000, | and it was little short of a miracle that an entire block of business houses was not reduced to ashes. Owing to an In- adequate water supply, It was some time | before the fire department was able to! I cut it out and have | respects and to oppese it unless | ir head ever since. |-do any effective work. In the meantime | amended. FHe contended that the con- was born, he says, in 1816 in | the flames had gained great headway. | vention is loosely drawn, and said that | He has a son, Newton B. Con- | The fire started from a defective flue in | in order to safeguard properly the inter- | e ecanno 18 0 the milling business at | ne rear of J. A. Wilson's meat market | ests of the United States it should be 1he’ Bugoklyn Hotel 7 W and completely gutted the building, de- | Practically made over. b b e o " ana | Senator Morgan directed speclal anen-; stroying the entire stock of cured and | yj,n o the fact that there had been a | fresh meats, together with the tools and | fajlure to embody the act of Congress | et G fixtures. The adjoining buildings occu- | providing for the construction of the ca- | MINING MEN PROTEST. | pled by J. L. Emigh’s hardware store, | nal in the treaty, as was set forth in ? | 5.7C. Murphy's grocery, the Mint saloon | the preamble, and dwelt at length on the | _CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, | and the Bank of Syffun were considera- | unreliability and revolutionary character | Feb. 12.—A epecial meeting of the Committee |y damaged. The estimated ldsses are | of the Government. He asserted that the on Labor and Capital was held this evening | 4¢ follows: J. A. Wilson, stock of meats price of $10,000.000 in cash which the United 1n the’ Senate \chamber 10 order that the min- | o7q fixtures $2500. partiaily to Colombia | States had agreed to pay was exorbitant, and more than was nec- | g and the bank building $2000, no insur- | essary in view of the former agreement | ance; Herman Perki damage to build- | to take $7,000,000. He also criticized the ing occupled by Peter Finne $109, to front | provision for a perpetual payment of §250,- grocery store building $100, covered by | 80, and declared that In all probability insurance; J. F. Emigh, damage to hard- | much of these payments would go into ware stock by water and smoke $1500, in- | the pockets of private individuals. In this | sured; A. L. White, damage to buildings | connection he declared that a recent chief | occupied by J. L. Emigh and J. C. Mur- | phy $500, insure: to stock of grocerles by water-and smoke | dollars. He declared that it would be $00, insured; Peter Finne, damage to|folly to make the payment of $17,000,000, stock by water and smoke $250, insured. |as was proposed by the treaty, depend The water system is entirely inadequate | upon so unstable and unsubstantial an to meet needs, and but for the cisterns | institution as the Colombian Congress, aintained by the tcwn to-day’s fire | and especially in view of the chronic in- would have destroyed a large number of | surrectionary condition of the people. the principal business houses. =e\eran Senator Cullom, chairman of the Com- firemen met with accidents. Basil Prior | mittee on Foreign Relations, made a fejl from a ladder and had his left shoul- | brief speech in the middle of Senator Mor. der dislocated. Milton Emigh was over- | gan's address. It was devoted to an ex- come by heat and smoke and had to be | planation of the terms of the treaty. Cul | carrtea the scene. W. A. McDon- |lom gave special attention to the erith ald hafils right hand badly burned. j cisms Senator Morgan had made on artl- insured; R. D. Robbins, damage to meat market bulld. i cle 23, placing the control of the canal C Lahm char; strustes WLl Take & Rest. ‘ et o Arobles 2nd sel0 LIAL 33 the VALLEJO, Feb. 12—Constructor Frank | | canal penetrates Colombian territory the B. Zahm, who for several years has been | | arrangement was equitable. Moreover, he in charge of the department of construc- | thought it wouid be impossible to secure tion and repalr at the Mare Island Navy | Colombia’s sanction of the treaty under Yard, has broken down physically £rom | any other arrangement. He also defend- overwork and has been granted a three | oq the provision for a mixed tribunal for months’ leave. He will go to Europe. | (ne adjudication of legal difficulties in the s i e AR canal gone as necessary under the cir- Artists, Please Note cumstances. He dec:u-e':} th:; ;!nder ;"5 v Vi e _ | terms of the treaty the Unite ates ha That we have purchased the entire art ample power to protect the canal. Speak- ist material stock of the Bass- Hu»ter i thét the United Paint Co., which Includes a number of | IE of the contention thit Fhe tinited odd lots of good stuff that will be ioseq | States should own the canal right of way, ut at a bargain. Sanborn, Vail &»(‘; he sald that the Colombian constitution 7' Mariet -t!.m 2| Dlaces an insuperable obstacle in the way | half - the appropriation for the ! in Indian canoes. executive of the Colombian Government J. C. Murphy, damage | had sold out and abdieated for a miilionT tions, e of the Government of (.olombm‘ of ownership by prohibiting sale for such l purposes. He conténded, however, that a lease in perpetuity would be equally as | good as a transfer by purchase outright. | Senator Morgan gave notice of further | proposed amendments to the treaty. The first of these amendments of general im- |Noted Western Chiefs Visit the Nation’s Executive. portance to the body of the treaty is to | article 2. It provides for the ownership of the canal by the United States instead of a 100-year lease to be renewed each century afterward, as provided for by treaty sent to the ate. Sundry Civil Bill Discussed. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12—The House made slow progress with the sundry civil bill to-day, completing only twenty-seven pages and leaving forty pages still to be disposed of. The delays were occasioned by a rather protracted discussion of the item in the bill for the £ WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—A delegation of distinguished Indian chiefs, headed by Chief Joseph of Nez Pe: and cluding Chiefs Ahiokat, Peyoptalykt a Andrew Whitman of the Colville reser- vation in Washington, gon and Andrew Joh k, ealled upon t The Indians, robed in gorgeous bianke were introduced to the Pre nard Wood and Ce H th of whom campaigned a ph in the West. The Pr. callers a cordial reception and ted them immensely by in 1 maintenance of the White House and considerable debatc upon the Item appropriating $3,000,000 for the rellef of distress in the Ph !pplr»i Galnes (Dem.) of Tennessee and Fiiz- gerald (Dem.) of New ¥York criticized the | Breatly increased cost of maintaining th ! White House. An amendmént to ¢ the distress in the Philippines was de- feated, but the language of the paragraph was modified to require annual reports of the expenditure of the money. gave, deligh INDIANS ARE SMUGGLING CHINESE INTO SEATTLE | ception at his guests. accepted the Tavitat F The Indians are in Washington look SEATTLE Wash., Feb. 12.—The local | After certain legislation pending before customs officers have found out that | COnSTess in are intere large numbers of Chinese are being smus- gled over from British Columbia by In- dians. The Chinamen are dressed as In- | dian squaws and are brought to Seattle The revenue cutter Lighthouse Keeper Runs Out of Food. VICTORIA, B. C., Feb. The steamer Amur from Skagway reports that whe | bound north on January 6 she was s Grant, and the revenue launch boats | naled by the lightkecper of | Guard and Scout are now on the lookout ‘ United States light on Five Fin | for smugglers of this kind and are patrol- | Rocks and hove to off the lighthouse | ling the waters between this city and Port | The keeper and his assistant came off and Townsend and Whatcom. It is believed | reported that they had that the Indians are operating with a | flour and what fish they been living could catch f¢ 1 gang of white men, and a determined ef- | week and were on the verge of starva- tion. 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