The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 28, 1903, Page 48

48 THE SAN DEMONGTRATION F HOME RULERS Pointed Protest Against Wearing the Ach Collar. Sarauel M. Shortridge Speaksl to Citizens of Forty-First District. | —— | An audience fair in number and good | n.quality assembled at Stelmke Hall, 2768 | et, last night to listen to the f Samuel M. Shortridge, the orator and gifted exponent of can .principles. The occasion was | 2g of the regular Home Rule Re- | Y 'Club of the Forty-first Assem- | strict, ¢f which organization A. K. Daggett is president and Lewis N. Horn secretary. The presignt announced the appoint- ment of the following committees in con- formity with a resolution adopted by the club at the meeting held June 13, 1903: —The four officers of the club, fficio, and Williamh Sexton, Geqrge H. alker, Willlam J. Barton, Eli J. Wilkin- son, Edward J. Pringle, Thomas W. Col- Joseph A. Bush and Isaac F. Kydd. rolimendi—William R. Nixon, Henry J. , Frederick H. Smithson. Frederick nd James Taylor. | ing—Eighty-first primary pre- | First, Second and Third precincts, | Luhmen Wadham, and Alfred-E. Woods. | hty-second primary preocinct, Fourth, | and Sixth precincts, M. H. Barry, | Eugene Suliivan and Thomas F. Barton. | Eighty-third primary precinct, Seventh, RBighth and Ninth precincts, Walter Mead, | ander McPartland and Edmund Lau- aeh | Eighty-fourth primary precinct, Elev- | enth, Thirteenth and Fifteenth precincts, Charles W. Wilkinson, Henry C. Alexan- der, Frank C. Hatman. | Eighty-fifsh primary precinct, Tenth, | Twelfth and Fourteenth precinets, Frank C. de Long, ‘Robert H. Collins, George H. | Baker. | President Daggett, fearlessly remarked | Jie made the selection of the forego- | committees without going down town | to 16 Geary street and consulting with | Toss Organizer Ach. It was also rentarked by the president that the Republican citi- zens of the Forty-first district were able manage their own affairs and would not stand for the ““Ach collar.” | in reading the name of precinct commit- t the secretary read the name | igene Schmitz.” Judge Dibble asked ! for another reading of the names and the “Eugene Sullivan.” The | and Judge Dibble, who | seen’ the original list, ac- ing as correct. The presumal he second read then’ approves | »e] M. Shortridge secured a cheer- | presented to the brilliant orator of embarrassed orator | e his blushes the f, playing “He's a e spoke of the sublimely the polished Newton | tarr King, whose of eloquence. rless orator, W. | “I feel that 1 am | to be classed among such Cali- Shortridge then delivered Republicanism, which was Te Mr. < on a r hing to the audience. to the great states- he living and the dead. | discourse was the duty | e of peace. He held uld ever and always ntry in the way of d character. He main- Ivation of the nation organized political eved in Republican tri- | te and nation. San ribed as beautiful and that would become ned among the citles of | t was now the grandest win- » America and the finest sum- | in Californ | sident of the United States was | as the brave, intrepid, strenu- | » ‘would present to the | otest of the American people trocity in Russia. ““The said the orator, “but Shortridge dwelt upon | ng Western policy of | expressed the wish | cisco would align Iitself | of achievement and pros- | — Prominent Marin Citizen Ill. SAN. RAFAEL, June 27.—Michael | Covhrane, one of the oldest residents of | Marin .County, as well as a prominent | citizen of San Rafael, is confined to his | t the corner of B street and Bay nue, and is reported to-night as | a critical condition. Mr. | while on a was strickez with paralysis. He was re- | moved to this city, but his ailment be- | caine worse, until now his whole left side is affected —_—— Falls Headlong From Railway. BAKERSFIELD, June 27.—Joseph Downey is lying in a dying condition at the County Hospital as the result of a fall. Yesterday afternoon he was seat- | cd'on a railing of the stairway leading | into a saloon &t K and Nineteenth | stieets. Without warning he fell on his head a distance of ien feet. The spine was so badly injured that he i paralyzed from the hips down. Ver- 1igo ‘is supposed to be accountable for | the accideat. ——— e San Franciscan Dies in Depot.’ REDDING, June 7.—J. Brooks, who was en route from San Francisco to Hayfork, Trinity County, got off the | train at Cottonwood, his stopping-place, this morning, walked to the depot | iting-room and sat down and died. nad not complained of illness while | on the train. 7The Coroner found that | death was due to consumption. i ——— Three Killed in Avalanche. LUCERNE, Switzerland, June 27.— Three of the students belonging to the gymnasium of Alrolo, canton of Ticino, | were overwhelmed by an avalanche yes- terday in the valley of Mount St. Goth- ard and were killed and four others were seriously injured. S . . Loses 600, Not 6000. MADRID, June 27.—A telegram from Tangier to-day confirms the report circu- lated June 20 of the defeat of El Menebhi, the Moorish War Minister, in -a battle fought with the rebels at Amniedinna, but ys he lost 660 men, not 6000, as pre- sly announced. _———e—e————— Peru to Annul Recen* Election. LIMA, Peru, June 2I.—It is reported on reliable authority that the committees of the Civil and Democratic parties are dis- cussing a political arrangement, the basis of which is the annulment of the elec- tions recently held and the acceptance of Benor Manuel Candamo 2s President. e VICTORIA. June 27.—Frederick J. Bailey. | in being Cochrane on last Monday wvisit with relatives in Cloverdale | maval storekceper at Esquimelt, was shot and killed at the navy yard to-day by Alfred J. H. Frith. The shooting foliowed a quarrel be- tween the two men. After the shooting Frith | threw his revolver into the barbor and then Wilford E. Darneal |§ Hale’s Hair Dressing Parlors are giving Free Facial Massage This Morning Absolutely free. To familiarize San Fran- cisco women with K. B. C. Massage Preparations. Efficacy, with purity, and fieedom from all irritating qualities—these are the attri- butes of K. B. C. Massage Preparations. Expert masseur will admin- ister massage, using them. At same time instructions will be given as to proper massage movements. Only a limited number of treat- ments can be given each day, so it’s well to make appointment in advance by personal call or by tel- ephone. More Long Bead Chains, 25¢ (In by express yesterday) Pearl or turquoise, such as women are so fond of now and which it's hard to find at a bargain. Thosg we had last week went in two days. Wonder if these will stay that long? nglish.Garnet Pins, 25¢. Fleur de Lis Chatelaine (colors) 25c. Oxidized Chatelaine memoran- dum books with chain pendant to hang from belt, something new and clever, 25¢, Brooches, 10c. and in those new (nothing prettier.) Hard enameled fruit patterns Hale’s Prices on Dinner Dishes I\I;ybe you don’t know how little we ask. —6 Dessert Plates for 56¢. —6Breakfast Plates for 82c. —6 Tea Cups and Saucers for goc. —6 Butter Pads for 2sc. —S8-inch Platters are only 15c. ——6 Tea Plates for 69c. ——6 Dinner Plates are but osc. —Half dozen Fruit Saucers. 38c. —Vegetable Dishes go at 23c. HALE'S. FRANCISCO CALL, | HALE'S. SUNDAY, I HALE'S. : [ This Advertisement Is Full of Suggestion to the Needy and to the Thoughtful Hale retailing has no ups and downs. "It isn’t the store at which to find what you want to-day.and be disappointed to-mor- row. Itisn'ta store with such a flood of trade in season that it takes the out-of-season to get rid of what was left over. It isn’t a store of big profits at one time and big losses at another. portant a place in June as it was It’s as im- in December. For you've June wants as you had December wants. Hale’s success has been in keep- ing close to your wants. quickly as you do. things. We lose a desire for a thing just as That gives us a chance to keep getting new So that when the Fourth of July comes we've a Fourth- of-July style in trimmed hats for you, instead of a lot of mussed and handled ones which we might have hung on to in hopes of get- ting our money out. There's the secret. The Hale policy doesn’t admit of high prices at one time and low prices at another. The price is so fair, to begin with, that the goods sell before there is a chance to ask another. So when Women’s Bathing Suits Are not so expensive as you think. Here are all-wool serge ones at $2.25, trimmed with white braid. Roll col- lar and short sleeves. At $2 7T5—A bathing sult made of fine quality brilliantine, with large salor collar, short sleeves: trimmed with two rows of narrow white wool braid down the front, 3 rows around collar, belt and around bottom of skirt; blue and black. At $3 75—Bathing suit made of all-wool serge, large square sailor collar, short slecves. Collar, sleeves, waist and around bottom of skirt trimmed with 34-inch wool braid, and trimmed on each side with & narrow rickrack braid; blue and black. % Other bathing suits at $3.85, $4.25, *4.50, $5.00 and $6.75. Bathing caps, 35¢. Bathing shoes, 30c, 35c and 45c. Yarns, 5¢ Hank Germantown, Saxony, Shetland Floss and German Knitting Yarn, only the best goods. Sells ordinarily at 10c, 12%c to 25¢ a hank. But this is slightly soiled, so we offer it all to you at only 5c. spring is past, spring merchandise Silk Dres —those comfortable summer fro (The new p But they will be more taken w sui many women are thinking about now and may be coveting. they be delighted to hear that we have them At $10.45? is gone. When summer comes, summer goods and summer styles come—always ready on the spur of the moment with what you want, when you want it. This is worth thinking about. For If you have any wardrobe emergency h to be supplied Go to Hale's. outfit for an outing. See what this sale of samples offers. ribbon or pair fabric gloves (25c), or new veil. in next 5 days Maybe it's a neck piece youreed to complete your Or a Or, if you want a new dress to wear, take advantage of these silk shirt waist suits we'll sell. And with it all you'll have that good-goods feeling, as you buy similar to that confidence, that composure, that thought of se- curity one feels when spinning along on a limited behind a Cor- liss locomotive, rather than on a jerky narrow-guage train. We close mext Saturday, Fourth. ses to Go cks in shirt waist styles that so Won't rice now) ith the bargain when they see the Summer Hammocks, 49c A hammock does not make a summer, but summer is very in- complete without one. With a good hammock one can take a va- cation every evening. 21 Hale’s are fixed to sell ham- mocks—at 49¢, 85c, 98¢ and up. _ 490 HAMMOCK {s cotton closely woven, good color, with concealed spreads and heavy cords for hanging; 34x64 inches, big enough strong enough for solld comfort. 85c HAMMOCK, closely woven cotton: good color; plllow and spreader, extra braces on ends of rod: full length, you may stretch out as you like, % 98c HAMMOCK s cotton closely woven, with pillow and concealed spreader and deep fringed valance. Comes in red or green. ‘Width, 35 inches; length, 82 inches. Croquet Sets, 65c' 4-ball set; handles and balls striped and varnished;” s-inch mal- lets; all complete with arches and stakes. $1.00 Croquet Sets, same as above, but with 8 balls. $1.25 Croquet Sets ha maliets and fancy stak All nicely striped and v 8 balls, 5-inch heavy arches. shed. Toilet Requisites Necessary in the summer to soothe the burning cheeks; to keep away the tan; to with- stand the blustery winds. Need- fuls nature expects you to take with you if you visit her. Colsate’s Violet Taleum Powder, Chamois Skins,” large size, good quality, 15c. Bay rum, large bottle, tilled stuff, 10c. Dr. Lyon's Tooth Powder, 15c. * Dr. Oliver’s Medicated Skin Soap, 3 cakes in a box. 18c. . Listerine, large bottle, T5e. Sachets, in bottles, 2ic size at 13c. Zoll!clm Tooth Wash at Sc. artshorn Ammonia_ first quality, large bottle, 1 Binder’'s Tar and Antiseptic Soap, 10c. Seamless Rubber Gloves, sizes 7, 8, pure dis- " Josephine Face Powder is 3c. We will even give you & sample of it free of charge to show what it is. Witch hazel is 65c, Instead of T5e, and a large 16-0z. bottle of it, too. Ben Levy's Parisian Hair Tonle, S0c. Pronounced by knowing ones an excellent cure for dandruff. Regular price c. Hot Water Bag, §0c: 3-quart size; 3 hard rubber pipes. A quality that counts. Toilet Soap, 6 for 25¢; hard-milled; gives a good lather. A soap snap. These Art Goods, 25c Pillow Shams. Mantel Lambrequins, $ Dresser Scarfs, Teneriffe Doylies, Mantel lambrequins are in pr designs and colors, finished on three . sides with tied fringe; two yards long, 30 inches deep. 2 é Dresser scarfs, Momie lirten, hemmed ends,” stamped or plain. New Teneriffe doylies are in eight pretty styles. . Pillow shams are stamped for etching. Every one of the above evident extra value. is self Summer Millinery —Oatmeal or Berry Bowls, 6 for 65c. Enough for 6 people. Comes to $5.80. Or for twelve, $11.95. But see the pieces you get. Not clumsy and plain, but clever shapes and tastefully decorated in natural colors, even fin- ished with gold tracing. The Hale Store goes even further than that. You can get one piece at same rate you would pay for the set. This way you can get your set a little at a time and pay no more in the end than if you had bought it all at once. And when you have a set complete and break a piece it can be replaced. 3 Where else can you find such dinnerware advantages? Cotton Dress Goods | —most women want now—on which they can save money. —See how much style there is to it! —See how much work there is on it! —See what quality of silk there is in it! They come in changeable silks, blues and reds, tricked out with white silk or- naments, white piping, as well as three tucks down the sleeves and on the front. Full sleeves. The skirt has seven gores and flared with a panel front. But there are others we've marked down because there are not many of a kind. That’s double reason for your hurrying. $14.65 now. Were $18.75. Nine clever styles. Foulards, taffetas and changeable silks, stripe= dots and small checks, mostly blue and white and black and white ,deas. egs g $17.85 now; were $21.00. Handsome blue and white dotted Foulard dress. $18.75 for the Pongee Dresses; were $22.50. That's great news. No more stylish outfits this season than these, trimmed in latest ways with ecru-lace. With them are also a few satin Foulard dresses, plain and dotted. We knew there would be lots marked them half what we usually The Dress Hats $3.00—All colors, black, pink, blue, white, brown, with many hand-made ones among them. They are especially stylish. $3.00 hats are of such fine materials as you usually find In $6.00 ones, and with as much_style, too. $4.00—That are worth up to $9.00, based upon the value of the materials. $5.00—Hand-made ones in straw, pretty Sc—Pretty spray of roses and —and what half money can do for you in a new dress hatt or new flowers with which to freshen up the old one. Hale readiness has taken another sudden turn. of women wanting to prepare for an outing'in the next five days. So we made up some new hats— do. Reduced some we already had and telegraphed our New York office to send us some bargains in new flowers if they could find them. Thegy did. They are here. What an opportunity all this affords! The Flower Sale follage; pink, red or tea color. Worth 10ec. 10c—Poppies, cornflowers, follage, cherries and roses. Worth 2c. berries with foliage, 20c—Fine bunches of June roses or baby roses, pretty fruit blossoms. Worth #c. Corded Madras 91/¢, Fine, light, dressy (but wonderfully stout) mater- ial. Shirt waist men put it into thejr best garments. They say it washes and wears better than any ofher. Do you know, some of them are coming to us for it? We are selling it less than wholesale men. The news is spreading—sales are jumping up. *Here's something worth ;’fil home and ate & breakfast with his fam- hurrying for. 36 inches wide. squares on white ground. 25¢ Dress Swiss at 19¢. Duck Suitings at 10e, ured patterns. that for a house dress? hite and Piques at 97¢ are fine welted materials set off with neat black stripes. Wonderfully dressy and effective, worth 15c. { 15¢ Colored Lawns at 121/¢, medium colors and striped patterns. Mousseline de Soie, 283c—is a regular white material on which are printed’ bright flowers and green Imagine getting such a pretty thing for almost one-half price. Small, neat Hfite and colored grounds with woven stripes. | Where is the woman who is not thinking of some of stripes, dots, figures and navy blue grounds, small dots and fig- 4oc quality. A sheer dainty leaves. charming frock. We've seen will be offered Mo save more than half. e, Embroidered lawn ties. Bishop stocks in silks and wash materials. Collar and cuff sets. them in Hale retailing is wide-awake retailing. DESERTED TOWNS DNGE POPULOUS “Silent Amyclae” Found Not Alone in Old World. BRSSPt Not in the old world alone is to be found the “silent Amyclae” over which Virgil's two words have kept scholars puzzling for nearly 2000 years. In this United States, which we are wont to think so new, there are scores Of ‘‘dead cities.” Nor are they prehistoric. Many of them rose, flourished, declined and dled within the memory of living men. And most of them the spade of the excavator will never dig up. They have vanished completely. In the Era are published some rambling notes of a score of these dead cities. Naturally most of them were mining towns and when the mines, pro- ducing a crop that cannot be renewed, were exhausted they died. Some of them, such as Bannock and Virginia City, in Montana, were even political capitals. Xow there are fewer than fifty people in annock, and fewer than 100 in Virginia v. Then there was Bodie, Cal., which ess than fifteen years ago had 6000 peo- ple, and whose mines had pald In five vears $22,000,000 in dividends. The mines failed, the town was deserted and a few years ago fire swept the site bare. But the failure of mines does not ac- count for the death of all these dead towns. Springfield, Kans,, was once large enough to build a $20,000 schoolhouse and to put in water works. “At last accounts there were 200 houses and fewer than 100 people in the town and the hydrants were hidden in the prairie grass. At Saratoga a $30,000 theater finds none to tread its boards save the wandering tramp. At Fargo Springs the $20,000 schoolhouse bell rings when the wind is strong, but no children come. These dead Kansas towns are the fading monuments of an error of observation as to the normal rainfall of the western part,of the State. Ancient Troy was found {o be buried in its own rubbish. That also was the fate of Yam Hill. In the latter '50's it was a prosper- ous gold camp. The placers there were exhausted, but new ones were found farther up the stream. The impatient gold seekers deserted the old town and built a new one. The earth and gravel from the new placers were washed down upon the old town and covered its build- ings. Now only the gable of a large liv- ery barn emerges from the soil to show where Yam Hill was. Perhaps when Ma- | caulay’s New Zealander comes to sketch the ruins of London bridge an antiquarian colleague may dig up Yam Hill and draw all sorts of conclusions as to the civiliza- tion of prehistoric America. Now are these dead towns to be found in the mining and semi-arid regions only. At the junction of the Savannah and Broad rivers in Georgia are now only fields of grain and grazing sheep. Yet there once stood Petersburg, a regularly laild out and prosperous town of the days before the railroads came. Now there is not a single house upon the site and the wheat grows where was the public square. The railroad unmade Petersburg, as it has unmade dozens of other towns after first making them. ‘When we speak of ““dead citles” we us- vally think of towns overwhelmed by some convulsion of nature, such as Pom- pell and St. Pierre. Yet these are com- paratively few. The vastly greater num- ber of these silent Amyclaes, these Troys which were, were swept away because their bullders misjudged Industrial condi- tions or because new conditions arose and trade routes changed. Men made them and men destroyed them. A few of them live in the pages of romancer or poet. The genius of Bret Harte preserves the memory that on the bare brow of White Plain Mountain there was once a city of 35,000 people, full of human hopes and fears, loves and hates. Fortunate is the city that like Troy finds a poet to sing her story, or that like Amyclae finds a poet even to mention her. As for the others, the unsung, Thelir lives were a watch or a vision, Between a sleep and a sleep. —Chicago Inter Ocean. ————— EMBASSADOR CLAYTON SAVES EXPORTERS FROM BIG LOSS Persuades Mexican Government to Suspend Tariff on Corn for e One Month. WASHINGTON, June 21.—A quick and effective piece of work on the part of the State Department to prevent loss to American exporters is disclosed in a re- port to the department from United States Embassador Powell Clayton, dated City of Mexico, June 18. It seems that by a new tariff to go into effect July 1 the duty on corn imported into Mexico was to be enormously increased. Western floods prevented Americans delivering for the June account more than a million dollars’ worth of corn, At the instance of the State Depart- ment Mr. Clayton on June 14 appealed to Mr. Mariscal, the Mexican Prime Min- ister, and the latter, after a consultation with President Diaz, suspended the oper- ation of the new tariff for one month, thus saving the American exporters from ruinous losses. . —_———— STANFORD UNIVERSITY. June 27.—Mr. James Macdonaid Hyde, a Stanford graduate, has been appointed to stant ship In the University of Oregon. eition he will hold is virtually head po- of the ment of zecloev. Lace collars. 25c lot is similar. So is 48c and 75c a $23.75 now; were $27 50; a blue and white If any one wants a silk dress it's time to speak. We put several in a window yesterday so you could look at them to-dcy. 1000 Sample Prettiest Neckwear least a half on it. If you come before the rarest are taken you'll See what you get at 1c: not one of them worth less than 25c, many of satin Foulard—a nday morning. Yow'll save at ' Lace stocks and tabs. Oxford tles. Automobile ties. Lace and embroidered top collars. nd 98c lots. CUSTOMS MEN AND SMUGGLERS Their Ways Are Wily and Constant Watch- Is Kept Up. Assistant Secretary Armstrong, who has charge of customs throughout the country, has given notice to all customs officials that there must be unceasing vigilance in the pursuit of smugglers and smuggling. “Eternal vigilance is the pro- tection of the United States against cus- toms losses,” remarked Mr. Armstrong to-day, speaking of his instructions, “and I~have determined that there must be more than a perfunctory warfare against smuggling. Customs officers cannot break to come to them of illegal operations. They must hunt for the information themselves and then rigorously punish lthe offenders to the full extent of the aw."” There has always been smuggling, and there will always be smuggling. As long as there are dishonest people there will be smuggling. Of course, the dishonest are thé principal offenders in smuggling operations, but there are a great many persons who have always been honest in their business dealings with their fellow- man who sometimes give way to the temptation to defraud the Government. These people are usually travelers, Americans who have gone abroad and returned with a number of things that they do not care to pay duty on; home people who have taken short trips into Capada or Mexico, and want to buy something that they can get so much cheaper in those countries than in their own. The customs officers, however, keep pretty close watch of these people and they do not give the officials half so much trouble as the professional dishon- est men who make a business of sneak- ing goods across the boundary lines be- tween Canada and this country and Mexico and the United States. It is on the borders that Assistant Secretary Armstrong means that there shall be eternal vigilance and energetic prosecu- tion of offenders. TRIED TO SMUGGLE IN BUTTER. The Government is getting ready to try the cases of some men who were recent- ly arrested for smuggling butter across the Canadian border into the United States. They lost 1000 pounds of splendid % up smuggling by waiting for, information butter, their wagon and their liberty, all in trylng to escape the payment of 5 cents a pound duty. Dairy products are cheaper in Canada than in the United States, and if the duty on butter could be left off there would be a considerable profit in bringing Canadian butter to this country. The butter smugglers loaded a wagon one night with 1000 pounds of fine butter. The dyty would have been $0. Just as they crossed the Canadian boundary American customs officers arrested them and seized the en- tire outfit. They are soon to be tried. Chicken smugglers are frequent along the Canadian border. Some time ago a Canadian took a large wagon loaded with chickens to the American side. He drove on to the scales as ordered by the cus- toms officer. As the officer started around the wagon to the head of the scales the Canadian cunningly backed the hind wheels of his wagon off the scales. The trick was not detected and the trickster temporarily saved himself a small amount of ' customs duties. He thought it was such a sharp trick that he went back to his home and boasted about how he had beaten the United States out of customs duties. A few weeks later he went back in American territory on business. He was promptly arrested and had to dls- gorge all he had made and a large sum besides, because Uncle Sam always makes these fellows payabout double the amount they have filched from the Government. STORES ON BOUNDARY LINE. The greatest source of annoyance and trouble to the United States and Cana- dian officials is the people up in Vermont, Maine and border States who build sfores directly across the international bound- ary Jine—about half of the store in each country. Away up in Northeastern New York the St. Lawrence River ceases to be the boundary line between this country and Canada, and the line after that is an imaginary one. The customs tricksters build what are called line stores, and buy their stocks of goods from whichever country they can secure them the cheap- est. If an American officer suspects that they have evaded the customs laws and smuggled Canadian goods into the Amer- jcan side of their store and steps in to take a look around he finds everything all right, as the goods have been moved back to the Canadian side. The Canadian of- ficer who does the same thing finds the same state of affairs. The violators of this character are really hard to catch. Some time ago, however, one of the proprietors of a line store was caught at the trick. American customs officers discovered that he was accustomed to se- curing Canadian whisky and selling it on the American side at such cheap rates as to induce much trade. Every time they went in the whisky had been removed to the Canadian side. The American officers found that the storekeeper, in handling his whisky, had violated some Jocal Cana- dian law and they interested the Cana- dfan officers. A simultaneous raid from each end of the store was planned. The ribbons, folded chiffons, laces. up to $10.00. 25c—Heliotrope, baby roses, fine foliage. Values Worth 50c. Summer Bed Needs Bedspreads for double beds, heavy quality, 8gc. Cotton Blankets, white, 10-4 size, 75¢. B Gray Blankets, 11-4, good for camping, $2.75 pair. White Wool Blankets, 64x80, 5 Ib., $4.50. Pillows filled with white feathers, worth $2.25, at $1.85. Unbleached Sheets, heavy, 72x90, b Hale’s Economy Sheets, with reinf Pillow Cases, bleached, hemmed, regular ut 52%c. orced center, bleached, 81xg0, 63c. 14¢. 12,000 Bleached Sheets, 40c, 45¢, 50c Standard sheets, mark you—not “cheap” you might think so if you are familiar with the cotton market at the pres- ent time. in a single particular, though Canadian officers appeared on that side first and demanded admittance. The storekeeper promptly rolled his whisky across to the American side of his store and admitted the Canadian officers. He felt relleved, but just at this minute the American customs officers appeared on the other side, were admitted ard found the whisky, which had not paid duty, on the American side. They arrested the man and seized the whisky. In some stores there are cases that move on wires from one side to the other, In which are contraband goods. The smuggling of furs, dlamonds, etc., across the Canadian border is often at- tempted. The duty on furs is very large, and there is great temptation to people of this country who visit Canada, to bring back furs on which the duty has not been paid. All American visitors to Quebec and Montreal know how much the cheap- ness of furs appeals to them and how great the longing to get them back home if the payment of duty could be honor- ably avoided. ON MEXICAN BORDER. The line stores flourish on the borders of Mexico just as on the northern border. The smuggling along the southern border is mainly in cigars, tobacco and drawn work. Every woman knows the beauty of Mexican drawn work, the product of the skill and patience of Mexican women. The duty on it is 75 per cent. The temp- tation is great to smuggle in pleces of this beautiful work, which the line stores deal in extensively. To escape the duty on drawn work enterprising firms dealing with American tourists have established places just on the American side of the border, and employed Mexican weman to make the artistic linen pieces, thereby escaping the payment of duty and mak- ing the goods nearly half as cheap as with the duty.—Washington Star. PERSONAL MENTION. Dr. H R the Lick. Judge A. C. the Grand. L. R. Vance, a capitalist of Vallejo, is at the California. State Senator C. M. Shortridg®hgf San Jose is at the Lick. H. S. Crame, an oil man of Turlock, is stopping at the Grand. Assemblyman Warren M. John of San Luis Obispo is in the city. B. Frankenberg, a merchant of Bis- bee, Ariz., is at the Palace. Senator Charles N. Felton and family are registered at the Palace. R. M. Richardson, a merchant of Sec- ramento, is a guest at the California. Sl e Graham of Oroville is at Hart of Sacramento is at PAYNE CONFERS WITH ASSISTANTS Quiet Day in the Post- office Department Inquiry. e A WASHINGTON, June 27.—The General Manifolding Company of Franklin, Pa., criticism of whose contract with the Postoffice Department resulted in the let- ter of Third Assistant Postmaster Gen- eral Madden to the Postmaster General, the Postoffice Department a denial of tie charge that it was a non-union shop and says it hds never employed child labor in. its plant. The subject will be investiga:- ed by the Inspectors. 3 This was a quiet day in the postoffice ine vestigation and there were no important dedelopments. The inspectors were busy and there were a number of conferences between Postmastcr General Payne angl his assistants. —— . SIBLEY INVITES AN INQUIRY. NEW YORK, June 27.—The Associated from K presentative Joseph C. Sibley of Pennsylvania, dated Ouebec: “Arriving here to-day from a cruise through the St. Lawrence, I find published intimations reflecting upon my official conduct as a Representative in Congress. In every Instance my official action: reflected my highest eoneeption duty and, so far as I am a . never cause any friend of mine either re- gret or sorrow. I invite the fullest in- vestigation of my o.. cial conduct. “JOSEPH C. SIBLEY.” The intimations referred to make it ap- pear that Sibley was largely interested in a manifolding company which furnished supplies to the national Government. —_——————— Railroad Man Dies Suddenly. SANTA ROSA, June 27.—John D. Da- vis, the local agent of the Union Pacific Railroad and ome of the best known traveling railroad men ¢n the Pacific Coast, died suddenly to-night of heart disease. > —_———————— ar August Schilling, a Prussian officer, who is serving under the Japanese Gov- ernment as chief of the Forestry De- partment, is registered at the Palace. He Is returning to Germany on a visit, | TRENTON, N. J., Jufe 27.—Vice Chancellor Gray has |'=nl.d an order to show cause why a receiver should not be appoinied for the At- R e . J. e jer is rel July 6. company’s plant was recently de- stroved by fre. A asking for an investigation, has sent to. Press has received the foliowing dispatch’ <