The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 25, 1904, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, OLNEY'S NAME IS SUGGESTED Senator Perkins to Oakland’s to Panama Canal Commission HIS HONOR MAKES REPLY MR T s Declines to Say What Answer Has Been Sent to the Query- ing Wire From Washington G Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Feb. arren Olney has been asked e on the Pan- Mayor W 1f he would accept a Pl Commission, the inquiry United States Senator ns by wire to-day. the telegram Publicity s given te from Washington by outside sources, greatly to the annoyance of Mayor Ol- mney, who de d that nothing should be = ng the inquiry from Senator The I f the lega n and clines to r at this said the feel very GRUNSKY IS MENTIONED. San Francisco Engineer May Be Ap- pointed on Canal Commission. HIN 24.—President nite accept- ntees on 1 G George W. lonel Frank sh-America A Parsons, en- way, and Telegraphs | Executive as| FOOTPAD HOOPER RETRACTS HIS FLIMSY “CONFESSION" Says He Wove the Fabric of Falsehood in Order to “Jolly” the Law Officers Who Questioned Him in Marin County Jail--He and Carson Held for Arraignment Next Friday i Like a house of cards the ‘“confes- | sion” of Austin Hooper, highwayman, has collapsed. Its author yesterday | pronounced it a fabric of falsehoed, woven in an imagination heated by and a reward for his capture is still hanging over him. But there is at least one grain ol| truth in Hooper's ‘“confession.” That | portion of it relative to the attempt by | Carson and himself to rob the shoe fac- vearning to acquire the fame that is| tory at Petaluma was confirmed yester- | Cline | Fig s T % | day, when Superintendent in- | coveted by criminals and shunned by | ¢ oo B e ber of his honest men. He said he constructed | employes saw the buggy standing at a the flimsy narrative simply to “Joll¥" | near.by corner last Saturday and a| | the law officers who had him under the | gtrange young man (probably Carson) “sweating” process in the Marin Coun- | prowling about the factory. Before he ty Jail, but the general character of was -ent to the penitentiary Hooper the youth indicates that his principal | worked in the factory, and at that| prompting motive was to depict him- | time the employes were paid every Sat- self as a very desperate fellow. | urday. Since then the payday has been | Hooper’s retraction was not neededl changed to Wednesday. to prove him a prevaricator. The Call | HELD FOR ARRAIGNMENT. | of vesterday showed that he had not! SAN RAFAEL, Feb, 24.—Austin Hoo- | jat the St. participated in the Colonial Club rob- | per and “Shorty” Carson have been bery in-this city on February 12, but| held in $5000 bail each to answer the was at his mother’s home in Petaluma | charge of “holding up” Shannon’s sa- on that date and for several weeks| loon at West End last Sunday night. | prior thereto. Indeed the entire “con-| The preliminary hearing of the two| fession” was discredited by The Cail, | YOuUng crooks took place to-day before | certain | Recorder Murray. Neither of them of- critics of the San Francisco Police De- | fered any defense, and they were not | partment, who are ever ready to grasp | represented by ""u“"”’ Only two wit- | opportunity to fling censure. Captain | nesses were called—William Shannon of Détectives Ma¥tin An his inen be- | the saloon-keeper, and James Crow levea Hooper was lying, becaiise they | WO Was ‘in the saloon when'{t v ql knew that the criminals he had nam.-i' Paital. Thee men POuUvply Jaen 10ed | 2 Hooper and Carson as the robbers. ‘ his accomplices have not been in| gt this afternoon Judge Lennon| “an Francisco for a long time anc | paq the men brought into the Superior ! ould not possibly have donme any of | Court. He appointed E. B. Martinelli xha things he accused them of doing. | s defend Hooper, while James K. Haw- But their explanation of that fact did | xins was chosen to look out for Car- not save the detectives from arraign- | son’s interests. Hooper, at his own re- ment for alleged neglect of duty. They | quest, was arraigned, but asked that he were charged with having willfully re- | be allowed several days in which to| fused to arrest “English Dick,” “San ! plead, and Judge Lennon fixed Friday |Jose Blackie” and Ray Fahey after | morning at 10:30 as the time for en- Sheriff Tavlor of Marin County had |tering a plea. In Carson’s case the de- told them where the trio could be |fendant asked that his arraignment be found. Sheriff Taylor now says that | postponed until Friday morning, which Captain of Detectives Martin gave him | Was granted. every possible aid in finding the crim- | A complaint has been sworn to in Ssu-w inals, but they were not where Hooper ‘M"l" before Justiee Pryor charging| might be found, a | Hooper and Carson with grand larceny at Secona and Minna | 2t the saloon of Antone Lawrence, but Masiinte siee Endwiiios “"e‘gmrm Attorney Boyd “bnll try ntlh: but to satisfy the Sheriff hannon case first. It is elefed va the place and other places | Pefore the trial comes up Carson will | plead guilty, but Hooper vehemently | asserts he will “give the authorities a run for their money. MATERNAL LOYALTY. Mrs. C. T. Hooper, mother of Austin, and apparently deceived only as had told him they lodging-house streets. there, WHAT MARTIN KNEW. | Hooper says that “English Dick” was | not with him in any of his enterprises. | mento, that Jose Blackie” has not | believed she will furnish money to de- but he had caused her much She said: nce he escaped from Folsom | decent, There are rewards upon the | trouble for many years. himseif s last July. BUILDING PLAN S ACCEPTABLE San Francisco’s Structure at St, Louis Has the Approval of Exposition Authoriti e CONTRACT COST $11,800 Ty i Movement to the East of State”Exhibits That Are As- sembled About to Commence LS I A dispatch was received from T. C. ! Judkins yesterday at the headquar- ters of the committee having in charge the making of a San Francisco exhibit Louis Exposition in which the information was contained that the St. Louis management has appmved of the San Francisco building as pro- posed with the exception of certain flagslafts In the same dispatch came | a report concerning the bids that have been made for the construction of the San Francisco building. The lowest bid was for $11,800. Architect Newsom will remain in St. Louis until work is begun. The struct- re will stand close to the end of the model street and there will be but one building between it and the main en- trance, the one intervening being the model day nursery that will be erected | to represent New York City. The acceptance of the San Francisco plans means that the feature of roof garden and cafe is insured. The bids | include the cost of the garden and cafe. | While the contract price is $11,800 for the construction it is expected that with the articles that have heen of- fered for the adornment of the interior the total value will not be less than $20,000. Tanners have promised to give leather; others have agreed to supply burlap; the redwood men will give | woods for the interior, the cost of which material alone would be $2000. Five San Francisco banks have agreed to guarantee the cost of putting up the San Francisco building pending the receipt of the money promised by the Board of Supervisors, amounting to $15,000. A guarantee of the contract was accordingly sent on last night by the Bank of California to the Boatmen's Bank in St. Louis. The San Francisco banks that have made the advance pending the paying ever of $15,000 by < . g the city are the Bank of California, Martin knows that since English | came down from Petaluma this morn- pi o National, San Francisco, San Dick” was released from the peniten- | ing and had a long interview with her' Lron ic o Savings and Loan Society tiary he h been at work in Sacra- | son. She is a wealthy woman and it is 5 and the Crocker-Woolworth Bank. National The finance committee is now been in San Francisco !'«ivr many months | fend him. She did not hesitate to say meking endeavors to. get in more and that Ray Fahey is as far away |he was thoroughly bad, and asserted | . n0u ag soon as possible. The cost from California as he could remov~ | she had given him every chance to be of arranging for a nroper display must | be met soon to insure the proper in- stallation and setting for exhibits. State Commissioner Wiggins will go to St. Louis this week to take charge \]ar!m is still emphatic in declaring that the alleged confession of Hooper in San Rafael is not to be considered in connection with the robbery of the Colonial Club, and he says that so far as the local detective departmept is ADVERTISEMENTS. WINTER men Martin said further d as particip-nts. We have positive information that the men wn as ‘‘San Jose Blackle” and k' have not been in or near this city for | number of years. The last named man, if party, whom we have reason to be- has been in Sacramento and has honest livelihood. = Fahey, of take into custody as quickly | ould apprehend him. He was one of | the convicts who escaped from Folsom Prison, | * concerned, no effort will be made to ar- | rest the men whose names have been | “English | hend of e e Yes, Austin is bad, though he has had every | head of Fahey that exempt him from | _F5% FXul0 0 S ' We were always fndui. | ing ignored by any police officer who i gent with him and offered him aill the advan- vl tages of education. It was our plan to send un across him. him to Yale, but very early in life he gave us trouble. He was in | and later in San Que: When he left there on January 1S Inst he came home and prom- | isea us he would be a good boy ey say he | Was in the Colonial Club robbery, hut he was at my home the night that occurred. He left Petaluma last Monday. 1 did not want him to o, for 1 knew he would meet some of his old companions and get into trouble again. 1 ba- lieve the boy’s intentions are all right, but in bad company he’is weak. While I have given up hope of reforming him I can't desert him in this hour of serious trouble Hooper's first crime was the stealing of a boat in Petaluma. With several companions he organized a band of creek pirates and invaded a number of clubhouses, shooting preserves and cab- ins along the river. For this he was sent to the reform school, but made his Tone Reform School | escape and was never taken back. FATR DEFENDANT SAYS DRESS WAS MADE CROOKI'D Miss R. Cahen ued in Justice Dunun’s Court by Tailor That Built the Garment. large contingent of ladies was vesterday in Justice of the Dunn’s courtroom during the WINDS Have Mo Terrors A present ace progress of the suit brought by Charles Stockwitz, assignee of A. | Mayer, a ladies’ tailor, who sued Miss R. Cahen of 543 Baker street for $50 50, the value of a dress made for | the fair defendant. | Miss Cahen testified that she en- tered into negotiations with Mayer | for the making of the dress, but when it was sent home she tried it on and | found it was not made in the man- ner agreed upon. Everything on the dress from top |to bottom was crooked,” asserted ‘\hss Cahen. “The braid on the sleeves was crooked and I could not get my arms in the sleeves because the | sleeves were crooked, too. 1 refused to pay for the suit and the result is that I have another one on my hands; 1 mean the court suit.” Miss Cahen's remarks produced g0 much laughter that Judge Dunn was compelled to rap sternly for or- der, Mrs. hen’s testimony and opined that she SHIN Protected by the Useof | Boxald corroborated Miss Ca- | | was competent to judge because she |is an experienced dressmaker. After | Mayer, the builder of the condemned | dress, had testified that the dress was a perfect fit the case was submitted | by the attorneys, who promised to file ) briefs on authorities in support of their clients’ respective contentiens. el il AN Ly Frank Bacon at the Grand. Frank Bacon, who has been identi- fied prominently and successfully with | the best companies in this city, is now an acknowledged and successful star and will begin a week’'s engagement at the Grand Opera-house next Sun- day matinee in his own comedy | sm | drama, “The Hills of California,” in which, during the last twelve months. | he has successfully toured the prin- Assistcd : cipal cities of the East. He will be in cases of in- supported by Bessie Stuart Bacon and . . . and an exceptionally strong company. flammation, irritation, | 35 o0 pecron m, ferong compeny. itching, buming mlmg en the play and no effort will be spar- ’ 4] . or cracking of the skin, by gentle applications of ed to make the entertainment enjoy- able and legitimately interesting. Mr. Bacon, who is a Californian, is as pop- ular in private life as he is on the stage and his numerous friends are planning to honor him. —_——— Church Ladics Will Entertain. The ladies of the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church wil give an enter- tainment at the Y. M. C. A. Hall on Monday evening, February 29, at 8:15 o'clock. The programme will consist of singing and recitations. The Grae- A Wfl‘ R S tatency 4 ber's mandolin orchestra will also give cormeting 1 Olstmest, end -_:-4- druggios for one doLar. several selections. O CONVICTED BURGLARS | APPEAR FOR SENTENCE | Edward Yarrow and Clifford Meldrum | Sent to Prison for Three and a Half Years Each. Edward Yarrow and Clifford Mel- drum. who were convicted by a jury in Judge Lawlor's court on charges of burglary in the second degree, ap- peared for sentence yesterday. Prior | convictions of petty larceny against Yarrow and burglary in the second de- gree against Meldrum were withdrawn | and the Judge sentenced each to serve three and a half years, Yarrow in San | Quentin and Meldrum in Folsom. They broke into the room of George Olson at 310 Montgomery avenue on the morning of April 6 and stole two watches. They were arrested before they left the building by Policemen Matheson and Merchant. Yarrow has been a lucky criminal. Twice previously he was tried on charges of burglary and acquitted and once he was arrested on a similar charge, but the owner of the house entered declined to swear to a com- plaint against him. R O BABY DIES SUPPOSEDLY FROM FARTHQUAKE SHOCK Clinton J. Seecchippano Breathes His Last in His Mother’s Arms Dur- ing Recent Temblor. The death of Clinton J. Seecchip=| pano. a baby three weeks old, is sup- posed to have been due to shock from fright at the earthquake which oc- curred at 3 o'clock last Monday morn- ing, according to the death certifi- cate filed yesterday at the health of- fice. The certificate signed by Au- topsy Surgeon Bacigalup! states that the cause of death was “probable shock from fright, as all the organs were normal.” The baby's mother, who resides at 2131 Geary street, testified that she was awakened by the earthquake and saw her baby throw its hands up in the air and with a gasp it died 1n her arms. Exposition Special. One of our $6.00 Trunks will be just the thing to take with you m lh. m sition at St. Louis. ne Trunk is $9.50. Smi lh Co. 132 Ellis st. Chapman’s Evidence Needed. Edith May Partello Madden, who is being sued for divorce by Captain John A. Madden, yesterday applied to of arriving California exhibits and to transact such other business as is neec- essary to attend to at the St. Louis end of the line. Heretofore California exhibits have not gong on with the ex- ception of a carload of Watsonville ap- ples for cold storage. To-day the first of materials for the mining arch to be raised above the California display in the mines and mining building will start overland. The first of the for- estry exhibit of this State, to be in- stalled in the forestry building, will also be shipned. All the California ex- hibits for St. Louis with the exception of fresh fruits to be grown that will have to be sent on during the summer have been assembled at San Franciseo and at other convenient points. ———————— Lines From the Log Book of the Cal- ifornia Limited. “Service on the Limited is even more excellent than represented in printed cir- culars. Meals are as good as at first- class hostelries of the great cities; at- tendants courteous and obliging.” M. H McChesne: “hicago. . Ames’ Injuries Fatal. A. H. Ames, elevator operator em- ployed by M. Fleishhacker, died in the German Hospital at 5:20 a. m. vester- day from gangrene of the right lesg. He was accidentally jammed betwecn the elevator and the flooring on Feb- ruary 13 and his right leg was am- putated below the knee at the Cer tral Emergency Hospital. Two day later he was removed to the German Hospital, where gangrene set in. Ames was 54 vears of age. e e TS T e Advertjsing malling cards printed by Edw. S. Knowles, 24 Second street e —— Smuggled Goods to Be Sold. Deputy United States Marshal Far- ish, by order of the United States Dis- trict Court, will sell to-morrow at noon in front of the Sansome-stréet en- trance of the Appraiser's building, a lot of silk kimonas, Japanese linen drawn work, embroidered panels, scarfs and table cloths seized as smug- gled goods among the personal effects and baggage of S. Toda, a Japanesc storekeeper. 'I‘HURSDA\L’, FEBRUARY 25, 1904 BIG INCREASE IN VALUATION L Mo g R0 Property of Spring Valley Com- | pany Is Estimated at L'p-l ward of Fifty-Two Millions $EE R B BRAUNHART'S IRE ROUSED —_— Mayor's Veto of Bills Presented | Is Referred Back to Board | Without —_— The Board of Supervisors met yester- | day afternoon to consider, as a com- mittee of the whole, the fixing of water | An elaborate verified statement | was handed in by the Spring Valley Water Works, which placed the total | valuation of the plant at $52,964,700. | rates. This aroused the ire of Supervisor able, are only oSc. Braunhart, who characterized such a | "Toilet paper, the best quality, statement as ridiculous. Excitedly | 800 sheets to the roll. 6 rolls waving the typewritten sheets contain- | ing the statement in the air, he ex- claimed: *This is what I call trifling with a most serious matter. mittee is here to consider the fixing of water rates on a fair valuation, and a preposterous figure like this is handed | us. This valuation is simply impossi- ble, as only last year Mr. Schussler es- timated the value of the plant at about $40,000,000, and therc is nothing to show | that it has increased in value to such | an enormous extent in the meanwhile.” In reply, Attorney Kellogg, repre- senting the corporation, replied that he did not think Mr. Braunhart's remarks | were fair, as he had condemned the en- tire report after a mere examination of the sum total. He said that all the property owned by the company was listed in the report submitted and the | valuation was reasonable. In response to an interrogation from Supervisor Braunhart, he asked tartly, expect us to agree with the valuation made by your engineer?’ City Engi- neer Grunsky had placed a valuation of $24,673,000 on the plant. WAGES ARE HIGHER. Mr. Kellogg explained further that the valuation of the plant has been in- creased during the year owing to the increase in the cost of labor, both for operating and for construction work, which latter, he said, i being carried on all the time, and the cost of this has | increased 50 per cent during the year. In view of this fact he said it was but natural that a building erected by workmen at a salary of $2 a day would be rated higher than a similar one where the laborers were paid but §1 a day. The cost of building material and pipes also has advanced greatly, and, on the whole, he did not think a mod- est jump of $12,000,000 at all exorbitant, inclining rather to the belief that the water company is dealing very gener- ously with the people. The first witness called yesterday afternoon was C. W. Williams, an en- gineer employed by the water company. He was questioned as to the relative expense of pumping 1,000,000 or gallons of water. In reply he stated that the expense for labor was the same, but more fuel might be required. When interrogated specifically regard- ing the vast difference in the figures of the last year and preceding years at the Belmont station he accounted for the increase by stating that $1300 had been expended this amount was charged to operating expenses. He could not tell why cost of pumping mated for 1904-5. LITIGATION INCLUDED. Chairman D’Ancona then stated that the object of the inquiry was to de- termine what portions of the statemen should be charged to operating exs penses, what to construction and final the actual value of the plant. Branden- stein called attention to the fact that | the expenses of litigation in the Clough contest were ingluded in operating ex- penses and contended that the rate- payers should not be taxed to carry on a suit to quiet.title. Mr. Kellogg re- plied that the Clough suit was to de- termine the right of the company to lands purchased in 1875 and of which the company has had undisputed pos- session until recently. He considered it but just that this be brought under the head of operating expenses. “Well, it is €imply a suit to quiet title, nevertheless,” retorted Branden- stein, “and has no more right under the head of operating expenses than the acquisition of new property would have. It is unjust to expect the ratepayers of | San Francisco to be taxed for any such litigation.” Inquiry was made regarding the amount of taxes paid by the Spring Valley Company in San Mateo County, but its representatives were hopeléssly ignorant on that subject. Mr. Kellogg made a rough guess, but In answer to a direct question was unable to say the Superior Court for permission to take by deposition the evidence of Carl H. Chapman, a witness for her behalf in the divorce proceedings. She says he is about to leave the State and will be unable to attend the trial. e e The overworked Eye, the faded Eye. s care, Remedy. No -mnmu ADVERTISEMENTS.' ‘THE REQUISITE AT SMART FUNCTIONS GIANT STRIDES! All Records Broken Bhe DISTINCTLY HIGH QUALITY —or— MOET @ CHANDON **White Seal” champagne Never Varies WHY 77 Messrs. Moet ik st el ..J'hmmnmuun.umem". tensive in the Ther sles dunng the Year 1903 were 4,013,684 Bottles. a figure never before reached by any Champagne house This Grest House offers s chorcest product “WHITE SEAL" THE CHAMPAGNE OF THE DAY THE REQUISITE AT SMART FUNCTIONS Recommendation | This com- | “Do you | 2,000,000 | in repairing ‘an engine and | the | was greater in 1902 ] than in 1903 or than the amount esti- | The New Fashions . in Walking Skirts sunshmy. 1 gloomy day. { I women are after this spring. | ! and-white and blue-and-white i $3.05—Light weight mixtures, with tailor stitching, down the front and at the hips, | run full length. runninggfull length; Other walking skirts for vou to see, $6 \ Mrs. Pott’s irons, Downstairs Bargains Bissell's carpet sweepers, light oak or mahog- any, are $1.70. Ironing boards on stand, adiust- s Swift's Pride bars 25c. It’s to be a great da\' down- stairs for the housewives. They will buy and save and get sat- isfaction at every turn. If it rains, telephone. share the yalues. f Chop bowls, maple, 11 in.. 7c. Galvanized pails, 10 at, 15¢. One-burner gas plates, 10 in. square, worth 73c, at 45c. Gas ovens, double lined. detachable shelves, o8c. 100 clothes pins, 8c. Willow clothes baskets, 6sc. Fiate: laundry soap, 8 But with | A stylish, ¥mannish-mixture _skirt, $2. seams, strapped with the same material; $5.00—Other pretty mixtures in brown a on the sides are the new 3 to a set, Soc. |Women’s Vests 15¢ ———— Curtain Swisses "And Some Prices to Make Them Still More Interesting. They’re the skirts to wear whether it rains or w hether it's They give one a dressy trim The first notable value is— air even on a wet, 03, with the swing and hang e flare one with lap nine- gor 1 Jhes k is pleated: black bac mixtures. tucks and straps forming a yoke; the front pleats nd blue effects, with pleats fan pleats. 5 and $7.50. That no one would ever think to pay as little as 153 They have fancy yokes look like hand crocheted work inches, also tape. 19¢ VESTS have fancy drop stitch work all the way down the fromt and dack yoke with lace trimming: silk tape at the neck and sleeves, ZF VESTS_ 45c—Fine and soft ell stitching in front; pear deep 24 sheets. 25c¢ Souvenir Stationery 10c s o well-known San Francisco tration — stationery we have never sold heretofore under 2sc. But the man had a few hund boxes he wanted to make a quick turn with. He knew where to come. Here it is to-day. It may not be here to-morrow. 1o0c. Dozen or more 12%c, worth 20c ok ¢ o lored curtain lawns will go to-day at almost half-price, 36 inches wide, Vin neat lace stripes, daintily grouped color combinations; daintiest of fabrics for toilet sets, bed sets, or curtains for the bed chamber. the whether or not the dompany was pay: ing one-fifth of the entire amount of | taxes paid in the county. The Super- visors will again meet as a committee of the whole to-morrow when arguments will be” heard. MAYOR'S VETO. | Prior to the water rate investigation the vetoes of the bills of the company | were considered. These were for wa- | ater supplied for hydrants and public buildings during the last month and the veto was on the technical ground that a proper list of the places sup- | plied with water did not accompany the demand. The sentiment was strongly in favor of overriding the veto, as it was stated that every demand presented since the new charter went | into effect might be vetoed on the same ground. There was no allegation of | overcharge, the bills being well within | the limit. It was finally decided to refer the matter back to the regular | meeting of the board without recom- mendation. —— s STORM PREVENTS ANNUAL INSPECTION OF CAVALRY Troops Will Be Put Through Maneu- vers and Drill on the First Pleas- ant Day. The annual inspection and maneu- ! vers of the cavalry which were to have taken place before Major John S. Wis- ser on the golf links yesterday were postponed on account or the heavy | rain storm. Major Wisser, accompa- | nied by Major Bigelow, made a thor- | ough inspection of the troops’ quarters | in the morning and in the afternoon the stables received their attention. The inspection of the squadron, | mounted, will take place so soon as the weather permits. The regular monthly field sports, | which should have taken place yester- day, are postponed indeffhitely. | Baron Carl von Rosen of the Royal | Coast Artillery of Sweden paid an of- | ficial farewell call yesterday on General MacArthur. Baron von Rosen has been here for the last nine months studying | American army tactics. He has also | spent considerable time in translating | Major Wisser's book on coast defense tactics into the Swedish language. ‘ Those who registered at headquarters | yesterday were: Captain Berkeley, | | Nineteenth Infantry, who came down | | from Vancouver Barracks with a num- | | ber of prisoners, and Assistant Surgeon | Weston P. Chamberlain, who is en/| route to Manila. > { ——————— Refuses to Swear Out Warrant. Ernest Hollensteiner, who keeps a grocery on Geary street, who applied | for a warrant last Saturday for the | arrest of Fred S. Adams, son of a | well-known family in Oakland, for passing a worthless check for $100 on him, called at the Bond and War- rant Clerk's office yesterday, gccom- panied by Jules Gamage, collection agent. A letter had been written to | Adams to call at the Warrant Office and make an explanation. but he paid no attention to it. Hollensfeiner re- | fused to swear to the warrant for | Adams’ arrest, as he said Gamage had | assured him that the check would be paid by Adams, the same as in many other instances. e Chinese Arrivals Decreasing. United States Immigrant Commis- sioner Hart H. North has compiled some significant statistics concerning Chinese immigration at this port. Dur- ing the fifteen months from July 1, 1875, to October 1, 1876, before the exclusion act svent into effect, there arrived 22,879 male Chinese and 276 females. In sharp contrast are the arrivals for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1903, which amounted to only 1628, of which 517 were admitted as American born citizens. —_——— Institute Elects Trustees. The follo named 7a~: been elected trustees of the Mechanjcs' In- stitute: George Beanston, dward P. Heald, James H. Lyons, !L. R. Mead, Jamgs Spiers. Rudolph J. Taus- sig and George H. Wallis. The instal- lation of the neéw trustees will take afternoon, | place at the.annual meeting of the in- stitute on Saturday, March 5, at which time officers will be elected. — - A battle of Piso's Cure for Consumption will often prevent pneumonia. Try it 39 STOCKTON STREET. Telephone Main 5523. We make a special effort this week to give our increasing patronage unusual in- ducements. THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SPECIALS. CREAMERY BUTTER, per squars Hard to duplicate at this price. FANCY RANCH EG66S, Guaranteed as usual, KONA GOFFEE, per Ib. . . Our monthly sale of this coffee has made us many friends. 10e CANNED SALMON, per can. ... .. 18c Fine, blood-red Salmon. 15¢ SALMON TROUT, each Reg. 2%c A delicious b kfa;v.dhh Easlern Cheese, Wartin's full cream, b 17:¢ Reg. Just the thing for & Welsh rarebit APETIT SILD, 2 fins for. . . A Norwegfan delicacy. SLICED PIXEAPPLE, per can 15¢ Canned at Singapore. Reg. 20e EASTERN SUGAR-CURED BACON, '"n?. 1 L‘;c CAL. SMYRNA FIGS, half-lb phgs, 3 for %e eg. 15c sach The only California euccessfully grown. BARBEE BOURBON . . per bot 75¢c, gal $3 Always reliable. Reg. $1 and $4 FINE OLD RYE, full quart 30¢ Well aged. extra quality. 4 Reg. 5125 PALM GIN, pint bottie 40c Res. 35 Imported from Scheidam, Holland. PORT ARD SHERRY . . per bot 25¢, gal $1 High grade wines. Reg. 35c and $1 50 WHITE LABEL PORTER, per dozen . .$1.85 Reg. 32 Guin: Favorite Stout. OLICITED. e Reg 40c 25¢ . 15¢ each Candies Chocelates Bonbons Given Away Free Teas, Cofl‘ees, Spices Bakmg Powder It Pays to Trade at Great American Importing Tea Co’s Stores 210 Grant av. 1819 Devisadero Thin babies become plump babies when fed with Mellin's Food. Mellin’'s Food nour- ishes. on vl fiad ooy bogkr The ""“l::'nf‘.el Infants,” very useful. It will be sent free. MELLIN'S POOD €O., BOSTON, IA:.. ‘ Weekiy Cal 8100 pe Ve i