The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 8, 1904, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO "CALL, MO AY, FEBRUARY 8, 1904 Continued From Page 1, Colummn 5. Ross’ drug store and building, others FAILS TO CHEEK FLAMES. this heroic remedy However, ly delayed but did not riously impede the onward march of the conflagration, and for two hours or more the Fire Depart- ment was practically heipless and esourceless in the face of the ng furnaces which sent their fierce tongues into the air and which filled se- the heavens first with a pall of black | d then with livid sheets rks and lurid cinders. »wing the rapid destruction smoke in the wholesale district the of roaring flames burst more street, licking with- minutes the seven-story s Hotel like some monster v rolling with irresistible force both east and west, cutting down wholesale and retail houses, jewelry res- anufactories, es, furniture depots and ants. harles street the remorse- e swept on down Baltimore street, but also turned into Charles shops, street, where it quickly engulfed | eleven-story Union Trust At R o'clock occupants the ne. of the Daily Herald building, at lLafayette and St. Paul streets, and of the Record building oppo- site were compelled to vacate by the flames, as were the occupants the Calvert and Equitable structures, two of the most mas- sive office buildings in Baltimore. LEAVES STREET IN RUINS. Bown Baltimore street, a paral- 1 roaring, crackling mes swept, - consuming every- 1 its course, speedily reach- Evening News building, m which the employes had to vy flee, although not until val- able records had been removed. Shortly thereafter the Continental Tr any’s fourteen-story ng took fi A block below the American newspaper building was enveloped in clouds of sparks 1 bu splinters. At this ur it is certain that the Herald American will not get out is- of of Com sues to-morrow the chief banking and brokerage | and Gorman streets, seem to be now doomed, firms South scores of the city’s leading finan- ciers and business men are scur- | rving in and out of their offices, bearing packages or placing val- uables in convenient places. HEAVENS ILLUMINATED. During all these hours the pyrotechnic display has been magnificent and yond the power of painter to de- pict. At this hour vast columns of flame are shooting skyward at | varying points of the compass, and'in the firmament is one vast prismatic ocean of golden and sil- ver hued sparks. Great multi- tudes of people line the streets, awe-struck by the panorama which being enacted before their eves At 10:40 o'clock the roof of the building occupied by the As- sociated Press took fire and the employes were compelled to * va- cate, though they had time fo take with them their telegraph in- struments, typewriters and other valuable equipment. They found refuge in a branch office of the Western Union Company on Gay street. The prospect is that this office will have to be vacated in a few minutes as the flames are breaking west and east and vol- umes of sparks and blazing cin- ders and splinters are flying in every direction. FLAMES BEYOND CONTROL. At this hour the fire is abso- lutely beyond control and all oc- cupants of buildings in the center of the city are rapidly removing their valuables. The City Hospital, corner of Calvert and Pleasant streets, is removing to other hospitals as rapidly as possible the twenty- four patients in that institution. Seventeen injured were brought to this hospital, most of them fire- men. They were suffering from burns, scalds and lacerations. s two hundred feet| - palatial commercial build- | district, including | imposing be- | Nearly every physician in the city is in the fire district. So far as known at this hour no one has been killed. | Detachments of the Fourth end Fifth Regiments have been called out and are patrolling the streets in the vicinity of the fire, guarding the property and keep- ng order. Fortunately thus far the cone flagration has not reached the| residence portion of the city, but fires are breaking out in East Baltimore and the ~ indications are that the residence streets are doomed to be invaded. The indications are that not a single morning newspaper will be able to get out an-issue to- | morrow morning, with the possi- [ ble exception of the Sun, which has an auxiliary plant. There are five morning papers here—three | English and two German. | The Baltimore and Ohio Rail-{ road office building has been de- | stroyed and so has the Maryland | Institute ofeArt, At 11:45 the temporary Cus- tom-house adjoining the postof- | fice caught fire. One hundred and | fifty policemen from Philadelphia | have arrived to assist the Balti- | more police. | o i o % i | START OF THE CONFLAGRATION. | Dozen Big Warehouses Burning Flercely Within Half Hour. | BALTIMORE, Feb. 7.—To-day's fire | visitation was the most appalling dis- aster in the history of Baltimore. The | flames, raging practically unchecked | during many hours, completely de- stroyed scores of the largest business | houses in the wholesale district. Owing | to the wide extent of the calamity it| | will be to-morrow before an approxi- | mate estimate can be made. i The fire started shortly before eleven o'clock this morning in the wholesale ldry goods store of John E. Hurst & Co., on Hopkins place, in the heart of he business district, with a series of | loud explosions, which were heard in ;remolp parts of the city, and spread | with fearful rapidity. 1‘ In a half-hour a dozen big ware- houses in the wholesale dry goods and | notions district were burning fiercely. The entire city fire department was | called out, but was utterly powerless | |to check the spread of the flames, which | were aided by high winds, and by noon | there were savage fires in at least | thirty big warehouses and the flames | | were steadily eating their way into suec- | cessive blocks north, west and south. | On Baltimore street the block between Liberty and Sharp streets was soon | ablaze. Then came the next block east to Hanover, and after that the block on the south side to Charles street broke out into flames, the Consolidated Gas Company’s building and Oehm’s Hall burning fiercely. Meanwhile stores north of Baltimore | street were being similarly consumed. | Mullins’ Hotel was ignited and other | buildings near it. West of Liberty street, on the south side of Baltimore, | | the block was doomed, and the big Bal- | timore Bargain House also attacked. In | Hopkins place, where the fire started, | Hurst's building and other wholesale houses on both sides of the str crumbled and fell. | _The big dry goods houses of Daniel | Miller & Sons and M. A. Sutton & Co. were soon aflame, and alongs German street east and west from the Hurst building a dozen buildings were burn- ing and scores more threatened. Mass & Kemper's big wholesale store on Baltimore street quickly succumbed to the flames, and the walls fell with a crash that was heard for squares. The Hurst building was utterly destroyed, not even a wall ten feet high being left | standing, and was apparently the cen- | ter of the caldron whence the flames radiated over the doomed district. In Hopkins place the Hopkins Sav- ings Bank and the National Exchange Bank were gutted by flames, the few | streams of water that the firemen, were able to turn upon them proving utterly ineffectual to even halt the destruction. Here, across the street, were the ruins of John E. Hurst & Co., of the build- ing next to it, S. C. Hecht Jr. & Sons’ block, was in flames. Adjoining was |the large building owned by the Wil- {liam Koch Importing Company, which |also was quickly destroyed. | 1 | Across the street, the Stanley Drug Company building was soon in ruins. Fronting on the Baltimore-street side of this block were the Roxbury Rye Distilling Company, the building occu- | pled by Silberman & Todes, the house of Allen, Sons & Co., which had hardly been completed, and next to it the es- tablishment of M. Moses & Co. On the corner was the building occupied by Sugar & Shear and several other smaller concerns. All of these were burned, the whole square being a mass of flames. o4 At 1:30 o'clock Mullins' Hotel, a seven-story structure at Liberty and Baltimore streets, was in flames from garret to cellar and its great height and narrowness converted the doomed building into a huge and dreadful torch. All of the guests of the hotel had been ordered out of the building shortly after the fire broke out in Hurst’'s place. There was no panic or| confusion and no one was injured.” Though every bit of fire-figchting ap- paratus in the city was called into requisition as the flames continued to spread, the firemen realized that they had a task before them which was too great for them to combat. Telegrams for fire engines were sent to Wash- ington and Philadelphia and at 1 o’clock six engines arrived from Wash- ington and four from Philadelphia and joined in the battle with the flames. Engines from stations in Baltimore. , Howard, Anne Arundel and Hartford counties also arrived as soon as pos- eible, some of the apparatus traveling a distance of thirty miles or more. Water plugs in every section within a radius of a half-mile from the fire were in use and it is roughly estimated that 350 streams were playing at one time upon different parts of the fire. Owing to the great congestion of fire apparatus, the crowds of people and the general confusion, many of the engines from out of town were unable to find {a place where they would be of any service. The area bounded by German, Lib- erty, Sharp and Baltimore streets was early found to be doomed, and the fire- men turned their attention to saving the buildings on Baltimore street, east of Sharp. The fire was beyond their control and the flames ran from one building to an- other in spite of the fact that the are- men did their best to check their prog- | copy, Partial List of the Buildings That Have Been Destroyed in Stricken City’'s Wholesale District. o o o e TS TR ress by soaking -the structures with water. Cinders ignited the roof of the Front Street Theater, a half mile away, and for a time it looked as though that structure would be destroyed. The blaze was extinguished by firemen and citizens. Much alarm was felt at the City Hos- pital when the rain of cinders was at its flercest. The Sisters of Mercy, in charge of the institution, were all at their posts and an effort was made to keep the fact of the fire a secret from the patients. A few cinders fell on the roof of the hospital, but were ex- tinguished by the physicians of the house staff. Eighteen women, two ba- | bies and seven nurses were taken from fhe Maternity Hospital on West Lom- bard street in police ambulances and given quarters at the City Hospital. | At 3 o'clock a tremendous explosion { of 150 barrels of whisky stored in the | upper floors of 24 Hanover street hurled | tons of burning matter across the street | on to the roofs of the building opposite, | which the firemen were drenching with | water in a vain hope to make Hanover street the eastern boundary line of the fire. The flames quivered for a few mo- ments under the water, but soon ate! into the buildings on the east side. A fire engine was buried by a falling wall, the firemen fleeing for their lives. The whole city was notified of the fire by a terrific explosion some minutes after 11 o'clock. A sharp, splitting roar went up with reverberating thunder. This was followed by a peculiar whist- ling noise, like that made by shrill] wind. The churches in the centra] sec- | tion of the city were filled with wor- shipers, many of whom became fright- ened, and, though no panic ensued, | hundreds of men and women left. their seats and went outside to see what had occurred. In “'a few moments the streets throughout the city were crowded with excited people. Another deafening | crash occurred and dense columns nli cinders and smoke shot up over the| central section of the city and in a| huge brown column moved rapidly tow- | ard the northwest. Borne on the strong southeast wind the column of smoke, blazing cinders and even pieces of Lin roofing, spread over the center of ‘the city and a rain’ of cinders fell, com- pelling pedestrians to dodge the coals. Two more explosions followed and thousands of persons hurried to the scene of the fire. Pieces of tin 6 by 8 feet square were liffed into the aid by the terrific heat, sailing upward like paper kites and when they reached a point beyond the zone of the most in- tense heat fell fluttering to the street. Crash after crash followed within the burning district, but even the firemen | could not tell from what buildings they | proceeded. Walls and flooring fell in with thunderous roars that echoed blocks away. Hundreds of merchants and business men with offices in the threatened dis- | trict were notified by watchmen and the | police. Nearly all took steps to have | their books removed to places of safe- | ty. Hundreds of men and boys were engaged to move the books. = taladein RAPHERS IN TEL PERIL. Employes of the Western Union Can- not Now Be Located. BALTIMORE AND CAMDEN STA- TION., BALTIMORE, Feb. 8.—At 2:20 o'clock this morning the Western Union Telegraph Company’s operators who abandoned their desks in order to g0 to the Baltimore and Camden sta- tion to resume their work have not yet been heard from. The corps of Associ- ated Pr operators, who had twice been burned out during the night and who also started for the same destina- tion to resume the sending of press dispatches, taking with them their ve failed to appear. It seems probable from this fact that all of the telegraphers have been hemmed in by the fire in such a man- ner that it was impossible for them to reach their destination, owing to an easterly wind, thus making it neces- for them to take a roundabout course of several miles. It also is pos- sible that they are hemmed in by the fire district and Chesapeake Bay. In the latter event they would be com- pelled to take boats to a point opposite Camden station. This party of spera- tors ana other employes, also news- paper men, must have numbered 100 or more. e WITH FURY OF TIDAL WAVE. Billows of Fire Ouickly Blot Out ) the Skyscrapers. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—A member of the staff of the Baitimore Sun, who came over with the force of that paper last night, said the fury of the fire was beyond description, He said: “The flames swépt down the streets with the onward rush and fury of a tidal wave. Great billows of firee 200 feet high would fill the space between | the buildings, and, sweeping from side to side, would blot out of existence a skyscraper as though it were a box of matches.” et Appeal to New York for Help. NEW YORK, Feb. 8.—A request for assistance from the Fire Department of New York has been received from Baltimore. Chief Croker has ordered a force to be made ready and is ar- ranging with the Pennsylvania road to send engines and men on a special train. okl s Chicago Fire in 1871. CHICAGO, Feb. 7.—The territory burned by the Chicago fire of October 9, 1871, amounted to 2100 acres, in- volving a loss of more than $190,- 000,000. b SIS 5 Paper to Issue in Washington. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—The entire staff of the Baltimore Sun was trans- ferred to Washington at 11 o’clock last night, and that paper will be is- sued by the use of the plant of the Evening Star. . ——— ‘Will Vote on Connell-Howell Case. WASHINGTON, Feb, 7.—The House, on Tuesday, will take up the Connell- Howell contested election case, from the Tenth Pennsylvania distriet, and by agreement between the minority and majority will vote at 3 p. m., on Wednesday. Foss, chairman of the Naval Affairs Committee, will report the naval appropriation bill this week and probably call it up for action late in the week. —_—— Secretary Hay Is Home, WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. — Secretary Hay to-day returned to Washington from Thomasville, Ga., where has been recuperating for the last two weeks. He seems almost entirely re- covered from his severe indisposition. The Secretry spent some time at the ‘White House to-night in conference with President Roosevelt on the Far Eastern situation. - $000, on buflding and GREAT LOSSES IN BIG FIRES IN UNITED STATES 1834, December 16.—New York City; 529 buildings and prop- erty worth $18,000,000 . de- stroyed. 1833, December 16-17.—New H York City; 693 bulldings; loss $20,000,000. 1839, September 9. — Mobile, Ala.; $10,000,000. 1866, July 4.—Portland, 1500 Duildings; loss 000,000 o $15,000,000. 1871, October 8. — Chicago; seventy-three miles of strects; loss $200,000,000. 1872, November 9-11.—Boston, Mass.; loss $80,000,000. 1889, August 5. — Spokane, Me. $10, ‘Wash.; loss $10,000,000. 1889, June -6.—Seattle, Wash.; loss $10,000,000. 1900, June 30.—Hoboken, N. J.; loss $10,000,000. BALTIMORE, Feb. 7.—Among the bulldings consumed in to-day’s confla- gration are the following: Roxbury Distilling Company. Allen & Sons, leathers, Sugar & Rhear, clothing. Steln & Co,, umbrella manufacturers. * M. Friedman & Sons, Srosk gr(:o..c;nry £oods. chwarz To; 5 Mullina Hotel, T Burgunder Brothers, clathing. Meas & Kemper, confectioners’ tools, Lewls Lowery & Co.. dry goods. Dry Goods Exchange’ 8. Neuburger & Brother, dry goods, A. Meyer & Co., druggists. Carroliton Chemical Company. Willlam T. Dixon & Brother, papers, Burger & Co., wholesale clothing. Blacke's Saloon. Thomas Burke & Co., liquors. James A_Geary & Sons, cotton mills’ office. Charles Burger & Co, wholesale clothing. American Cigar Company. Cook Banderson, clothier. §. Hecht Jr. & Co.. carpets. Daniel Miller & Sons, dry goods. Diggs, Curran & Co., boots and shoes. Nolan's Restaurant 2 C. 1. Davidson, gasfitting estaBlishment. F. Schleunes & Co.. clothing dealers. wholesale Oppenheimer, Koshiand & Co., wholesale Jewelers., v. C. Watson & Co., clothing. A. Felerlicht & Co., Woolen goods. C. J. Stewart & Sons, hardware. O'Connell & Bannon, restaurant, buflding oecupied by the National Exchange Bank and the Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Associa- tion, " Hopkins Savings Bank, building occupied by the Hornon Rogers Company, printers; Owens Heinman and Blake's salooz. mbach Brothers, clothing manufacturers. nrad Zeal's Son Trunk Manufacturing Company. W. McCarthy Company. . Fasselbaugh-Blake Company, wall paper, James Robertson Manufacturing Company, metale, Peter Rose & Sons, harness and saddlery. B. Kohn, notions. H. P. Retzfelder, boo . MacDonald & Co. Goodyear Rubber Company Likes, Bewanger & Co., clothiers, Welsbach Company, jewelers, . Consolidated Gas Company {office bulding). Oehm's yAcme Hall, i W. J. G Duldny Compiny, clothing. Huyler's confestionery. Samuel(Hunt Sons, clath goods. Jemes R. Armiger Company, jewelers. D. Braa Hat Cémpang. KransSmith Plgho ipany. F. W. McAllister & Co., opticians. Bryant & Stratton, business college. R. Elertz & Co., pianos. Timwood & Co., furniture. Granger & Cn., tobacconists. Continental Trust Company. Ecuitable. Calverts. Bank of Baltimore. International Trust Company. Carroliton Hotel. Junker's Hotel 8t. Paul's Hotel, dynamited Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company. Maryland Trust Company. Daiiy Sun building. Daily American building. Insurance men estimated'the loss. in the whole business district in which the fire originated at $15,000,000. The heaviest of these losers were John E. Hurst & Co., $1,500,000, insurance over $1,000,000; R. M. Sutton & Co., dry goods, $1,500, 000; the Daniel Miller Company, $1,500,- content. Arm- strong, Carten & Co., $500,000. This dis- trict comprises about 125 buildings, oc- cupied by more than 150 firms. — RUSSIAN BONDS ACTIVE IN LONDON MARKET + LONDON, Feb. 7.—One of the fea- tures of the stock market last week was the large purchase of Russian bonds. This was also a feature of continental bourses, and is supposed to have been for the purpose of main- taining the Russian credit. -Apart from this movement, business in all departments was greatly restricted last week, although until Sunday gen- eral hopes were entertained that peace would .be preserved. Opinions differ greatly as to the ef- fect of the news of the rupture of dip- lomatic relations between Japan and Russia. Many persons believe firmly that after a temporary dip the mar- kets will revive. Americans were dull with slight business. The cotton trouble had a depressing effect, al- though it is believed here that Wall street is not greatly involved. —_——————————— Not His Department. The man at the desk looked up. A stranger with a discontented ex- pression of countenance was standing' outside the railing. “‘Are you the man that answers ques- tions?"” asked the stranger. “Yes, if they are proper questions,” guardedly replied the other. Y “Well, it's this way,” said the caller. “Your paper tells in one column what to eat, and in the advertising columns it tells us where to eat, but you don’t tell us in any of your col- umns how we are to get it. That's what I wagt to know.” The man at the desk took a moment for reflection. Then he unloaded him on the finan- cial editor.—Chicago Tribune, —_——————— Peculiar Highland Remedies. A popular Highland remedy for both consumption and general debility was what is known as sudh nan cabar (“the Juice of deer's horns”). These were gathered in the hills when the animals cast them in the spring time. They were boiled for some hours and the Jjuice thus obtained bottled, after being strained. Candy sugar and whisky are usually added to it nowadays. Crabs’ shells pulverized and eaten on bread and butter were used for consumption, asthma and whooping cough in the Hebrides.—California Medical Journal. —————— ‘To Cure a Cold in One Day. Laxative Tablets, Take Bromo Quinine %mmmn E W. 's signature is on All R 8 TROUBLESOME MISTARE IN SENDING OUT STAMPS . Soft Gummed Ones Sent to Places That Should Have Hard Gummed Ones. It is probably news to the majority of the people that the stamps they use on their letters are differently. gummed at different seasons. The year is divided, for the purpose of this branch of the work of the Postoffice Department, into winter and .summer, and the stamps are gummed according-to the season. Those for summer use have a harder gum than the ones that are intended for the cold weather, and to some of the northern points of the country the sum- mer stamps are sent the whole year around, and vice versa. The stamps in- ténded for use in the Philippines and Porto Rico are always of the winter variety and are soft gummed, while thase for Alaska are summer stamps and have a harder gum on their backs. Stamps having the hard summer gum tend to warp in cold weather, and the soft gum for winter use would be utterly impracticable during warm weather. Recently there has been a mistake made by the stamp dlvision of the Postoffice Department, and many of- fices have been getting the ‘hard- gummed summer stamys instead of the winter variety. The consequence was that they curled, and the people and the postmasters made loud complaints. An order wds accordingly issued by Mr, Madden, ' Third Assistant Postmaster General, whose office controls the stamp supply, to the effect that if the stamps were returned to the depart- ment a new batch would be sent the offices ‘and the troublg would cease.— Washington Star. —_——— Anglicizing Scotland. The Scottish invasion of England is constantly before the public, but the reverse of the“shield is seldom seen. The Anglicization of Scotland is going | on, silently but surely. In the matter of Christian names the change from Scottish to English is very significant. A correspondent, who has gone through the invitation list of a children’s ball glven this week by the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, finds that the middle classes in Edinburgh now give names to their children with a distinctly Eng- lish smack about them. Dorothy came first in favor, with Gladys a good sec- ond. Then followed Muriel, Ethel, Dorys, Phyilis, Daisy, Sybil, Evelyn, ete. Twenty years ago the middle classes in Edinburgh adhered closely to a list which seldom included any other names than Maggle, Jessie, Katie, Janet. Effle, Annie, Nellie, Minnie, Ag- nes, Lizzie and a few similar names. For boys, John, Peter and Andrew_are, | we are assured, being dropped, “and Highland names substituted, such as Ronald, Tan and the llke. Esme, Percy and Herbert are on the increase and show a growing appreciation of Eng- lish names among the Scottish parents, —London Daily News. s e s Insurgents Attack San Domingo. SAN DOMINGO, Thursday, Feb. 4. —The situation about the city remains unchanged. Insurgent shells are caus- ing damage to buildings and result- ing in some fatalitie: ———— ‘When you horrow trouble you need not look for a dun, CONFLAGRATION CAUSES HEAVY LOSS g e Continued From Page 1,- Column 2. NEW YORK, Feb. 8—Act- ing" Fire Chief Kruger announced soon after 2 o'clock that as soon I'as the Baltimore and Ohio had a train ready to start in Jersey City that road. Battalion Chief Howe took charge of them. Acting| Chief Kruger received word soon | after 2 a. m. from the Mayor of Baltimore that the firemen of that city were exhausted from the ar-| | duous work of the day and night. | Chief Kruger then directed the sending of four more companies | and crews to the fire. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 8.—| In response to an appeal from Baltimore for help Mayor Weav- er last night sent six fire compa- | nies and 150 policemen to that icit_\' on special trains. The six fire | companies, each of which took | along a steam and a hose wagon, were augmented by extra men from other companies. Baltimore has been shut off fromt the outside world by tele- graph since 3 o'clock this morn- ing. | Dueling Reminiscences. In St. Paul's Church yard sleeps an early victim of the “code of honor”— | | young George J. Eaeker, “who depart- | ed this life on the 24th day of January, 1804, aged 26 years.” He was challeng- ed the year before by Philip Hamilton, who had died as the result of the duel. Young Eaeker died the following year | from grief over the affair, now just 100 | years ago. The duel was the result of remarks made by Hamilton while Eaeker was | escorting a young woman friend of his | at a place of public entértainment, | | when they met Hamilton and a com- panion by the name of Price, who, some said, were in a convivial mood. | The first duel in Boston was foughe | by boys of 20 years of age. Henry | Phillips and Benjamin Woodbridge quarrelied over cards; then met on the Common and fought with small! swords. Woodbridge was wounded and | died the same day. Phillips was con- | veyed bv his brother, Gilman, and Pe- ter Faneuil in a British man-of-war to France, where he died within a year from grief for his fritnd. He sleeps In | the old, historic Grannary Burying! Ground, with Boston's first Mayor, | he would send seven engines over | TERRIFIC EXPLOSIONS AID IN SPREAD OF BALTIMORE CONFLAGRATION — | DEWEY'S MANILA FRIEND GETS IMPORTANT POST Admiral Sir Edward Chichester As- signed to Command Great Naval Station at Gibraltar. Admiral Sir Edward Chichester, who lell always be kindly remembered in this country, especially among naval | men,-on account of the friendly feeling for America which he displayed at a critical moment in Manila Bay in the days there of Admiral Dewey, has just received one of the most agreeable and important commands at the disposal of the British Admiralty. It is that of | commanding naval officer at Gibraltar, which is one of England’'s two great naval stations in the Mediterranean, the other being Malta. It is a shore rather than a sea berth, and carries with it the finest residence on the rock, the house standing in lovely and large gardens some. 300 feet up the hill above the dockyard, and consequently eom- manding superb views of the straits and the Atlantic beyond, between the Spanish coast on the one hand and the African coast on the other. Government house, otherwise the convent, which is the official residence of the general commanding the troops at Gabraltar, is situated at the foot of the rock, in- side the old wall, and is so intolerably hot in summer that the Governor has to take refuge in a cottage on the east- ern or Mediterranean side of Europe Point. Sir Edward Chichester was naval transport officer at Cape Town during the South African war, and contributed in no small measure to the most mar- velous and successful feature of that campaign—namely, the transport of an army of over 200,000 men from England to South Africa, a distance of 7000 miles, within the space of a few weeks. At Gibraltar Sir Edward will have abund- ant opportunity of remewing relations with his former good friends in the American navy. There are few Eng- lishmen whose names are held in more kindly regard in this country than Sir Edward’s, whose baronetcy dates back to the reign of King James and is de- | scended from Sir Roger Chichester, who was knighted at the siege of Calais and took part in the battle of Poictiers.— Baltimore American. —_—— The Mikado's Long Pedigree. Though Japan be the latest country to enter thé circle of world powers, her Emperor surpasses all sovereigns in the length of his pedigree, according to the London Chronicle. He is the 1224 member in direct, unbroken de- scent of his family who has sat on the throne of Japan. The founder of his house was, in Japanese legend, a god dess of the sun, and contemporary with Nebuchadnezzar, 666 years before the Christian era. On the other hantt the Romanoffs have been roval only since 1601, when they succeeded to the sovereignty of the then extinct house of Rurik. As for other Eupopean rul- ers, King Edward can go back to Cer- dic, 495 A. D., the Hapsburgs to 952 A. D.. and the Hohenzollerns to the elghth century, but as kings only to 1701.—New York Tribune. ——————— Extreme of Liberality. It is simply beautiful to note the promptness of corporations to reward | John Phillips.—New York Tribune. | ————— | SANTA ROSA, Feb, 7.—The body of a man | tdeatified as Peter Ginpini was cast up by the sea on Bodega Beach this morning. The man | had met death by drowning early in January, | vhich time he and two Italian companions at | went out in an open boat to view the w | of the French vessel Francois Coppee. heroism when it saves their property from destruction. Kate Shelley, who prevented a train from going into the Des Moines River twenty-three years ; flagging it with her new red ago Sunday petticoat, has just been made a station agent on that road.—Denver Republican. A STRIKING LANDSCAPE IN COLOR ' BY A FAMOUS ARTIST, ENTITLED “AN AUTUMN SUNSET.” / The scene of this exquisite picture is a Southern sunset in the fall of the year, whe~ the leaves are turning and nature puts on her mas- querade. The landscape is tinted with the crimson glow of the setting sum, all giving the impression of a calm, ecool Indfan summer day, when nature, weary with summer’s gayety, is falling asleep in her gala dress. + Fine perspective and harmonious handling of the many tints em- ployed add to the value of the picture. The original oil painting has been reproduced by the newly per- fected process of color photography, which retains every beauty of line and color with marvelous exactness. The artist, Mr. Carl Weber, is an American, born in Philadelphia, his father bel the celebrated landscape painter, Paul Weber. After some study in his native city he went to Munich, where for some years he stud- fed under European masters. 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