The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 30, 1904, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1904. . 7 MORGAN'S HAND IN THE DEAL TRADE DROPS BELOW RECORD Transfer of the Panama Ca- Usual Volume of Business in nal Will Be Arranged by | York Financier the New -— PARIS BANKS ADMITTED Payment of Purchase Price Will to Disturb Money Market P are a n he Press saw Morgan to-day Wh stateme can be the correspondent is cate sources the ™ ent, as fol- posited ny w he & exchang permit him .,..,, & aiso Badly Injured by a Harrow. )YCKTON pril 29.—Louis Fop- wt farm harro m ran away his bhody. a considerable s flesh, tearing it terribly. g Be Made So as Not espondgnt of the Associated no remain 1 thus United transac- to tageously atever not north of He distance teeth of the harrow stuck ADVERTISEMENTS. Pears’ The more purely negstive soap is, the nearer does it approach perfection. Unless you have used Pears’ soap you probably do mot know what we mean by & soap with no free fat oral- kali in it—nothing but soap. Established over 100 years. The North Western- Union Pacific Excursions afford unusual rtunities foran economical and sa y to Chicago=Fast Excursions Every Day Personally conducted parties leave San Francisco every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 2 Leave Los Angeles cne day earlier. Choice of routes. For £ nformation apply to or address R. R. RITCHIE, S. F. BOOTE, General Ageat Genl Agent Pass'r Dept., Chicago & North-WesteraRy. Union Pacific R. R. €17 Market St. No. | Montgomery St. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. UNION APACIFIC visitr DR. JORDAN'S crear MUSEUM OF ARATOMY 1051 MARKET 8T bet. GrhAT, B.7.0al, The Ans:canical Museum in the yord L uesies o dny concmacied sense r the oidest Speciii on the Cost - Est 36 years OR. JORDAN—D'SEASES OF MEN p ommiatien free and_sricly private restment personally or by letter. A Postive. Curt in every choe ubgerraken. Wrte for Book PRI @NOFEY of WARBIAGE, MAILED FREE. (A waluable book for mes ) AN & ©O., 1051 Market St 8. being hed to- Morgan | day, when the leading interest resumed | AUTOPSY SUBSTANTIATE! | body of William Spring Not Encouraging Except in Western Sections PACIFIC COAST BETTER Weather ConditionsContinue to Exert Good Influence on Building on Pacific Coast PR AR NEW YORK, April 29.—Bradstreet's to-morrow will say: Distributive trade continues quiet at most markets, and . trade the country over has not equaled that of a year ago. The ab- sence her e usual volume of spring ¢ essing to dealers, who fear they will be obliged to carry over surpius stocks. Signs of improve- ment are, however, to be noted in the Northwest re better weather has wh 1 and wholesale trade: trade and crop advices of late, and while ther and crop conditions are back- ward at South the exceptionally strong position of the leading interests outiook for the future very Backward weather has retard- Coast r tha tton planting and spring wheat e while crop germination and g are generally reported slow the . over. During the first four nths of the year upward of 125,000 have struck for various causes, but while there is considerable unrest, rather less than usv May day disturbances are looked for. The de- for on is rather quiet, the ack of inquiry showing effect in Bes- semer pig Price fluctuations this week have been ' ely unimportant, though the ten- a whole has been slightly Weather conditions play a relati dency dow as ard leading p the demand for building materials, which are active at some markets and slow of sale at others. Spec vity is noted at different cities on . Co exports for Wheat cluding flou the ek are the smallest in fourteen years, aggregating 1,010,850 bushels, aga! 1,645,428 bushels last week, 3,418,289 bushels this week a year ago, | bushels om regate bushels, against | ag; ; 186,863,455 bushels last season, 211,539,396 | 2dd to the necessary mending. | bushels in 743,269 bushels in 1901 F week ending April 28 number 19 against 199 last week, 173 in the like | week in 1903, in 1902, 163 in 1901 and 900 ada 24 his week a year ago. failures for the week G. Dun & Co’s. Weekly Review of Trade to-morrow will say continues vative channels, purchases being re- stricted to immediate requirements and | weather conditions dominating the sit- uation to an unusual extent. At many points there has been Inttle trade and the transition from winter | to summer will be accomplished with | scarcely any intermediate season. | Considering this adverse factor, the | curre volume cf business is remark- ably satisfactory. Building operations are also deferred to a late date. Much structural work projected, however, and at some points last year's record promises to be surpassed. As a rule manufacturing plants are not working at full capacity, idle machinery being | most extensive in textile industries. Floods and storms have interrupted | traffic, yet railway earnings thus far reported for April are only 5.5 per cent smaller than last year. Iron and steel conditions are still devqid of any defi- | nite changes. Activity and strength reported in the Western hide markets, sales of over 100,000 being reported on Thurs- purchasing. Trading In foreign dry | hides is only limited by arrivals, as| the demand is good at full valu i Failures this week number 202 in the | United States, against 203 last year | and 16 in Canada, compared with 13 a year ago. ————— STORY OF THE KILLING Shows That But One Shot Was | Fired by the Slayer of Wil- | i liam Norton. ELKO, Nev., April 29.—Drs. Hood | and Eby and Coroner Morgan returned | from Toano this morning, where an | autoposy was held yesterday on the | Norton, the sheep- man, who was shot by Chauncey Gris- wold at Jasper, Elko County, last | Monday during a dispute over the | | right to a spring. The autopsy showed | the line may fill vacancies in the event of 7 o © death or disappearance 3 No change has heen made in light vessel No. urme siock of ‘poieatial ‘mascots i large | 70 88 1o characteristics of lights, fog. signai varied. Four educated pigs are the par- (T Seneral appearante. o Board. pride of the collier's crew. Onesgt| BY order of the Lighthouse Board. ~ = e hew tobacco 1 “*bosun’s"’ e | y g ot ' ' e st (e e "i23 | Commander. U. S. N., Inspector’ Tweifth sickness. ere is @ monkey which wears a | LAghthouse District. - - wiraidd <Gk TS muzzle, A Necessary restraint on his appetite . 1 for the alcohol in the shellac pot. Ten hens, i i Fained ‘16 dance ‘e “salioce Sornpine2es | Shipping Intelligence. treasured by Captain Lewis next 1o a Belgian here that is as fond of swimming as a New- ARRIVED. foundland dog. The collection includes goate, | | Tobin, that only one bullet entered the body of the deceased. The autopsy sets at rest the reports that several bulletsl struck Norton and sustains Griswold’s | claim that but one shot was fired. | His story of the killing is substantiated throughout. Griswold has been re- | leased on $10,000 bai | e e | Saturn a Floating Menagerie. | The navy collier Saturn is to sail lc-mnh"ow‘ for Alaska. The Saturn has been ll’u‘horrd1 in man-of-war row for many weeks, and the orders to sall are welcome to all on board. In addition to being a collier the Saturn is something of a floating menagerie, and has on board a stock of pets from which the ships of sheep, cats and dogs, and yesterday an assort- ment of pink-eyed white rabbits were sent aboard by friends ashore. A it Quick Run From Honolulu. | The British ship Iquique, Captain Wood, arrived here vesterday, 182 days from Leith. The Iquique called-at Honolulu and there dis. | charged part of her cargo. She was eighteen Gaye making the run from the island port. e — Change of Time. The summer schedule of the California North. western Rallway will take effect Sunday, May 1, 1904, H. C. Whiting, General Manager; R. X. Ryan, General Passenger Agent. . —————— TOBINS IN FAIR ESTATE Tobin & attorneys for the Hibernia Bank, yes- terday filed with the County Clerk a nofice of thelr_ appcarance in the estate Of ‘the late Caroline D). Fair for Mrs. Virginia Vanderbilt and Mrs. Herman Oelrichs. Coast station gas buoy | was withdrawn SUSTAINS INJURIES WHILE COMING FROM THE SOUTH SEAS FOR REPAIRS German Trading Schooner Aeolus Arrives From Jaluit Seeking a Doctor for Her Gasoline Engine---She Loses Foremast Head During Voyage and After She Anchors Is Damaged in Collision With the Western Home | | The German trading schooner Aeo- lus, Captain Lemmin, arrived here yes terday, 35 days from Jaluit. came from the South Seas sustained other damage While pitching in a anchored and vesterday had not been there when the schooner Wes! dragged anchor the Aeolus. Both vessels against 11 last week and | chafed before being cleared. Mainholtz and the Captain who navigated They report everything qu South Sea islands with traders stationed at Jaluit ular communication. The epring | Teturn to Jaluit after effecting repairs. SusEge Pl Mongolia’s Cargo of The stevedoring force of Company has solved the probl tiously loading an up-to-date gl n obsolete wharf. The high s recelving frelght at a wonder: working_ail hatches and Joadt | sides. Thix was possibi & v of Captain Wilso ence enabled hi make anci serve modern purposes at twes A readju t of the jous trimming of t oot a e comm! ing barge have given the compa poses of loading the Mongoiia facilities afforded the kind lemands. The Mongolia will take away on her maiden voyage a about 7000 tons, most of which is for Japan, The freight consists largely of raf a few hundred pounds to a | score of tons ssengers have been booked for the F: and Purser Rennie Englchorn Arrives. | h ship Englehorn, quoted for reinsurance at vesterday at Fausan, 231 days fror Gelphia. The Englehorn was loaded w il, and considerable anxiety was ma her safety. The rate on the Las | been advanced to per cent. | Lamorna_is ed at 90 per cent and Alba at 10 p nt el NEWS OF THE OCEAN. The British s bark Turgo Tacoma to E The schooner Eric for Santa Rosalla —e otice to Marine: OFFICE UNITED STATES SPECTOR, TWELFTH FRAN 0, April 20.—Hymbol fornia (List Lights, Pacific Coast, 1904, page Eiven that West End M second-class nun, red chartered ): N and bl stripes, marking a spit between the channels going into North and South baye, Bay, California, recently adrift, placed in its former position. B; Lighthouse Board - Office U. 8. Lighthouse Inspector, RANCISCO, Cat, April 29, Distric NOTICE TO MARI BAR— of Lights and Fog Si 1903, page 14, No. 21, Buoys and Daymarks, NERS—SAN (List Lights, 1 1904, pages 19 and 20.) Notice s hereby given that 11904, 1ight vessel No. 70 was replaced at her | miles outside the bar, | the entrance to San Francisco harbor, and the temporarily marking the station, about 3% Friday, April 20. Stmr Spokane, Nopander, Eureka Stmr Stmr Caspar. South Coast, Olsen, Stmr Brooklyn, Johnson, 14 hours from Men- doeino. Stmr G W Elder, Randall, Portland, via Astoria 46 hours. Stmr Olympic, Hansen, 36 hours from San Pedro. Nor stmr Titania, Nanaimo. Stmr Marshfield, Eureku. Egenes, 0 Br_ship Iquique, Wood, 182 days from Leith, via Horolulu 8 days Br bark Wellington, McKellar, dysmith. Tagken"'3" M Grinth, Johnson, Port Hadlock. Schr V. Schr Ruth E Godfrey, Johnson, Grays Harbor. Schr Maria B Smith, Smith, Grays Harber. % heavy | April 16 she snapped off her foremast ed States for the | head and tangled up her headgear. She off Black Point | and drifted down on the Pacific Mafl . whose long experi- | of 0ad equipment and includ trucks and machinery 0 per cent, ip Hougomont and the French | for. wheat 0s and 10s, respectively. ioads general cargo here S LIGHTHOL DISTRICT, Buoys and Day P. DAY, Commander, % Inspector Tweifth Lighthouse District. CALIFORNIA. and the List of 16" hours from Celia, Nordberg, 19 hours trom Albion. 14 hours from 57 hours from Dettmers, 20 hours from ing, Estvoldt, 5 days from Coos Bay. | The Aeolu to have her i 2 51007 isoline engi ed, but on the in 1902 and 5,100,763 in | 8aS0line engine repaired, but | ¢ 1, 1903, to date they | Way up and after reaching port she which will | swell very long tern Home | | were badly Mate Kost trading schooner | Business | Neptun from this port to Jaluit, re- to move in the most conser- | turned on the Aelous as passengers. iet on those which the are in reg- | Aeolus will | Steel. em of expedi- ant liner fro tded Mongol Ily rapid rate ng from both e Dby the in-| ent equipment ntieth century Iiner’s _cargo | whart shed a mighty: for the pur- macay of the of whart its he teel i which from | TS. SAN 1dt’ Bay, otice is hereby s X horizontal Humboldt has been re- | y order of the | U. 8. N Twelfth 1904, FRANCISCO gnals, Pacific Pacific Coast, on April 28, oft | 3 hours from , 3 days from 9 days from . 8 days from 8 days !mm] | wa | 1on, for. Oregon. | el 1l i 1 | | | | ¥ | | | BRITISH SHIP I1QUIQUE. WBICH MADE A QUICK RUN UP FROM Huxo}:rr,u. | % 3 pochr J H Bruce, Swanton, 18 days from San Pedro. Ger schr Aeolus, Lemmin, 85 days from | Jaluit “.\;“hr Jennle Griffin, Gibson, 4 hours from olinas. CLEARED. Friday, April 29. Stmr Clty of Puebla, Jepsen, Victoria; Pa- cific Coast Steamshin %Oleh) Nor stmr Tellus, Arntzen, Ladysmith; R | Dunsmulr Sons Co. Stmr Sapta Rosa, Alexander, San Diego; Pacific Coakt Steamship Company. Stmr_Nevadan, Greene, Honolulu and Ka- bului; Willlams, 'Dimond ‘& Co. Stmr Geo Loomis, Badger, Portland: master. Stmr Kvichak, Nelson, Bristol Bay; Alaska Packers’ Association. 4 Schr Lettitia, Anderson, Golovin Bay; R D Hunter, SAILED. Friday, April 29. Stmr F A Kilburn, Jassen, Watsonville Landing. = Stmr Bonita Gielow, San Pedro. Smith, Crescent City. Jas § Higgins, Higgins, Fort Brags. Aurelia, Erickson, “Portland. sta, Hansen, Fairhaven. eo Loomis, Badger, Astoria. psv, Leland, Santa Cruz. Nevadan, Greene, Honolulu and Stmr Kahulul. Stmr Olymple, Stmr San Pedro, Rasmussen, Hansen, Fairhaven. Grays Harbor. Nor stmr Tellus_ Arntzen, Ladysmith. Stmr _Gualala, Hansen, Schr Mayflower, Goodmansen, Siuslaw River. Schr nie Griffin, Gibson, Bolinas. SPOK March 30—Lat 33 north, lon 5 west, Br ship Howth, bence Oct for Livernool Avril 28, per schr James H Bruce—30 miles south of Farallones, schr Metha Nelson, from San Pedro, for San Francisco. TELEGRAPHIC. POINT LOBOS, April 9 10 p m—Weather hazy; wind NW; velocity 24 miles per hour. DOMESTIC PORTS. T LOBOS—Passed April 2 POI , 9:10 & m— { Stmr_Psadena, from Eureka, for San Pedro. TATOOSH—Passed ovt Aoril 20—Stmr Cen- i | tennial, from Scattle, for San Franeisco. Matters of Interest to Mariners and | Shipping Merchants. i | Passed in April 2)—Stmr Mackinaw, hence April 25, for Tacoma. Passed In April 20—Stmr James Dollar, trom Valdez, for Seattle F sed out April 20—Bark Prussia, for San Francisco; stmr Mineola, for Port Los Angeles, PORT ~GAMBLE—Sailed April 29—Schr Camano, for San Francisco; sch Queen, for 8an Francisco. TACOMA—Sailed April for Port Los Angeles, ASTORIA—Arrived | April 28—Schr Irene, from San Pedro. April 29—Stmr Oregon, hence April 21 COOS BAY—Arrived - April 20—Stmr 20—Stmr Mineola, Czar- | ina, hence Avril 27; stmr Alliance, from Port- land. HUENEME—Passed April 29, 12 m—Stmr Curacao, from Guaymas, for San Francisco. TTLE—Salled Aoril 29—Stmr Montara, for San Francisco. Arrived April 20—Stmr Valencia, from Skag- stmr Mackinaw, hence Aprii 25. ANACORTES—Salled April 29—Stmr Robert Dollar, for San Pedro. PORT BLAKELEY--Salled April 20—Bark Prussia, for San Francisco. REDONDO—Arrived Aoril 20—Bktn Gar- diner City, from Grays Harbor. SAN PEDRO—Arrived April 20—Br_ship Hawthornbank, from Antwerp; schr James Rolph, from Tacoma. Sailid April 20—Stmr Lakme, for San Fran- cisc SAN DIEGO—Arrived April 20—U S stmr Marblehead, from Alaska. ABERDEEN—Arrived April 29—Stmr Coro- nado, hence April 25; stmr Newburg, hence April_25. L PORT HARFORD—Salled” April 20—Stmr Chas Nelson, for San Pedro. SOUTH BEND-—-Arrived April Omega, hence April 17. 1SLAND PORTS. KAHULUI-—Sailed April 28—Ship Bangalore, Delaware Brezkwater, and not as previ. 1y reported. » MANILA—Arrived April 28—U § stmi Lo- gan, hence April 1; U S stmr Dix, hence March 2 HONOLULU—Arrived April 20—Stmr Ala- meda, hence April 23. HILO—Arrived Aoril 20—Bark Roderick Dhu, hence April 14, Salled Aoril 20—Ship Falls of Clyde, San Francisco. FOREIGN PORTS. YOKOHAMA—=Arrived April 26—Jap stmr Iyo Maru, from Seattle. April 28—Br stmr Empress of Javan, from Vansouver. KOBE—Sailed April 27—Br stmr Shimosa, for New York. PUNTA ARENAS—Sailed April 13—Ger stmr ‘Nauplia, for Hamburg. COLON—Arrived April 26—Stmr Seguranca, from New York. Salled Avril 27—Stmr City of Washington, for New York. ANTWERP—Sailed Aoril 27—Fr ship Cril- CHEFOO—Salled April 28"Br stmr Sat- suma, for New York. FAUSAN—Arrived Aoril 20—Br ship Engel- horn, from Philadelphia. CADIZ—Sailed April 23—Ger stmr Totmes, for _San Frencisco. to April 20—Br SYDNEY—Arrived orior etmr Moana, from Vancouver, TYNE—Arrived _Aoril 26—Fr ship Made. laine, from Port Blakeley. C 20—Schr for ol for MELBOURNE—Arrived prior to April 20— | Curacao Br bark Ladas, hence Feb 25. | Santa Cruz | 5. Barbara. W. Kruger...| Humboldt Eureka Humboldt ‘IMay Alljance Portland & Way Ports. [May Umatill Puget Sound Forts ... May Argo. Eel River Ports.. - May Chin: China and Japan |May | Arctlc Humboldt .. May Centennia Seattle & Tacoria .....|May State of Cal.. San Diego & Way Pts.|May Pomona -| Humbolat 5o May Acapuleo...... New York via Panama.| May Czarina [ Bay... -May Pomo. -| Point Arena & Albion./May Hero. «| Oyster Harbor. [May | Oregon. Portland & Astoria....[May Eonlta. -1 Newport & Way Ports.|May { Santa Rosa.. ' San Diego & Way Pts. May | Spokane. ..... Humboldt - [May | Newburg. ys Harbor . «|May Coronado. Harbor . {May 8. Monlca.... Harbor . - [May G. Lindauver..| Grays Harbor . . \May Sequol; Willapa Harbor May Senator. Puget Sound Porta May G. Dollar Grays Harbor . May Jeanie. . Beattle & Tacoma - |May G. W. Elder.. Portland & Astoria. Alameda.....| Honolulu . TO SAIL, Steamer. | Destination, Salls.| Pler. 3 Apri1 30. | Nevadan...| Hono. & Kahulul.| 3 pm|Pler 23 North Fork., Humboldt ...... 5 pm|Pler 20 Centralia.... Los Angeles Ports.|10 am/Pier 10 lil. Arena. Point Arena .. 4 pm/Pler 2 City Panam| N. Y. via Panama/l2 m Pler 40 City Puebla| Puget Sound Ports.|11 am|Pler 9 §. Barbara.| Seattle & Olympla.| 4 pm| 2 Chehalls... | Grays Harbor 2 | ¥ May 1. W. Kruger.| Los Angeles Ports. 2 Spokane. Humboldt ... 9 S. Rosa San Diego n May 2. Rainjer. Seattle & Whatcom 0 F.H.Legget | Honolulu_ djrect.... 2 G. W. Elder| Astoria & Portland Movements of Steamers. TO ARRIVE, Steamer. | Oyster Harbor. Grays Harbor. Mexican Ports Hilo . Chehalis. . San Pedro Poiut Arena. Mendocino ‘& Pt Arena/Ma North Fork ey Humboldt Scnasaananannosnnssneneenmmn-SE5E May 3. Elizabeth.. | Coquille River .... Alliance.....| Eureka & Coos B.|. Eureka Humboldt .. Argo. Eel River Por S. Cruz....| San Pe-d:'& Way. 4. Arctic. Humboldt . Pomona. Humboldt . May 5. Coronado.. | Los Angeles Ports Pler 10 Pomo. . Pt Arena & Albion| 6 pm|Pler 2 State of Cal| San Diego & Way.| 9 am|Pler 11 Umatilla...| Puget Sound Ports.[11 am|Pier 9 Sierra Sydney & av...| 2 pmiPier 7 ay 7. Honlta.....| Newport & Way..| § lml!Pler 1 Centennial. | Seattle & Tacoma.|10 am(Pier 2 Oregon.....| Astoria & Portland|11 am|Pier 24 Mongolia...| China & Japan....| 1 pm|Pier 40 Acapulco...| N. Y, via Panama.|12 = m|Pier 40 Curacao Mexican Ports 10 am|Pier 11 % ay 8. Newburg...| Grays_Harbor. 4 me\Pler 10 May 5. | | G. Dollar.. | Grays Harbor Sequoia. | Willapa Harbor. | FROM SEATTL Steamer. ‘lhe Consolidated Stock Exchange, | an attachment of $4810, | Bruch, who was | Woodend & Co., is a member of the { Consolidated Exchange, but he had no [ | burg, Va., says the | was twelfth on the list BIG BROKERAGE CONCERN FAILS Deputy Sheriff Seizes the Office of Woodend & Co. in the City of New York ONLY ONE MAN I —_— N FIRM | Broker Is Prominent Owner of Fast Horses and Poses as Man of Great Wealth NEW YORK, April 20. — A deputy sheriff to-day took possession of the office of Woodend & Co., members of on in favor of Harry C. Johnston, who held a judg- ment for that amount. “The firm of Woodend & Co.,” said President Randolph of the Consoli- dated Exchange to-day, “Is composed solely of Dr. W. E. Woodend. L. J. the manager for financial interest in the firm of Wood- end & Co. and cannot be held responsi- ble for their debts. Bruch severed his connection with the firm a week ago. Woodend, although a member of the Consolidated Exchange, seldom was on the floor. What business he trans- acted on the exchange was through | brokers.” Up to a few days ago the firm had extensive wire connections to branches in various cities, and it was generally supposed to be doing a large business. It was said to-day that several at- tachments against Woodend & Co. had been issued. E. H. Godwyn of Peters- firm owes him more than $10,000. At the home of W. E. Woodend, who 1s a physician, it was said he would not see any one. An admirer of fine horses, Dr. Wood- | end became prominent at several horse shows, having thirty-six entries at the National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden last November, and he of winners, Reginald Vanderbilt being the thir- teenth. He was probably the most prominent exhibitor at the Long Branch Horse Show. Recently twenty of Woodend’s horses were sold at auction at an aggregate of $11,660. In the recent tour of Mme. Patti, ac- | cording to the testimony of Robert | Grau in supplementary proceedings, Woodend was one of those who of $40,000- to Dr. guaranteed a payment Mme. Patti. e g antsie Murder Trial Drawing to a Close. WOODLAND, April 29.—The Mec- Roberts murder case will go to the jury to-morrow, the takirg of testi- mony having been concluded to-day. | The defendant was on the witness stand during the morning session of court to-day and denied\ having in- flicted the knife wounds that caused Murphy’s dbkath. He flatly contra- dicted the testimony of the witnesses for the prosecution and told a rather straightforward story. FLAMES SWEEP THROTGH TOW Fernie, a Settlement in Crows Nest Pass Distriet, Suffers Big Monetary Loss WATER SUPPLY FAILS Six Hotels, Two Wholesale Houses and All the Re- tail Stores Are Destroyed VANCOUVER, B. C., April 29.— Nine-tenths of Fern B.C, is m ashes. Fernie is a town of 3000 pop~ ulation, the largest settiement in the Crows Nest Pass district. About 3:30 this morning a fire start- ed in C. Orchard's general store and spread,_north and south along Victo- ria avenue. The fire continued burn- ing until 8 o'clock this morning, spreading also along Baker street. The water supply almost failed and the fire practically burned itself out. Nearly the whole of six blocks were destroyed and the loss is estimated at half a million dollars. Six hotels, two wholesale houses, Christ Church and virtually all the retatl stores in town were destroyed. Very few residences were burned. There were no casual- ties. A rainstorm saved the balance of the town. Already preparations are being made to rebuild. —_———— PUGET SOUND STEAMER LINES CHANGE OWNERS Corporations Allied With Hill's Rall- road Interests Purchase Property of Bellingbam Bay Company. TACOMA, Wash., April 29.—Prac- tically all of the steamer lines on Puget Sound are now owned by two large companies, both of which are allied with James J. Hill's railroad interests. These corporations are the Pacific Coast Company, which for two years has been gradually absorbing a num- ber of the most important steamship lines, and the Puget Sound Navigation Company, whose chief owners are re- lated to the Hill family by marriage. The latter company has just purchased the steamers of the Bellingham Bay Transportation Company, which for years past has endeavored to maintain competing linés between Seattle and Bellingham. Two ‘months ago the company went into a receiver’s hands. Yesterday the Puget Sound Navigation Company bought all its property, in- cluding the steamers Bellingham and Dode, from Receiver Donovan at Bel- lingham. Manager Peabody of the navigation company is to pay all of the company’s debts and give the Belling- ham owners 50 cents on the dollar for their stock. The Hill raiiroads have in- dicated their desire for close commec- tions with and virtual control wherever possible of all steamer lines radiating from their sound terminals. —_——— Scalded by Steam. W. B. Benjamin, a member of the crew of the steam schooner J: S Higgins, was se- verely burned yesterday by escaping steam. His injuries were treated at the Harbor Hos- pital by Surgeon Millar. WE SUGGEST That You Go Down to PALO ALTO To-morrow. Get out among the oaks, midst sunshine of that beautiful spot. Select your home site in the prettiest city on earth, for the auction next Saturday, May 7, 1904. | Our representative will be on the ‘ground. C. M. WOOSTERCO, For. | Sais. Excelsior.....| Valdez & Way Ports. .| Humboldt. .| Skngway & Way Sorts. |Mey 1 Alk... Skagway & Way Ports.[May 5 Dolphin Skagway & Way Ports. [May 9 Farallon kagway & Way Ports. May & Corwin. Nome 2 Bertna. attes ey 12 Time Ball. Br-nc)? Hyd;;oar‘:phic Office, U. s, N. chants' Exchange, San ' Fj " April 20, 1006 Esen ‘The Time Ball on the tower bullding was dropped exactly at ::m:hfi,.?"’ i. e, at noon of the 120th meridian, or o} g p. m. Gresnwlich time. J. C. BU ey Lieutenant, U. 8. N., i RSt Sun, Moon and Tide. United States Coast and Geodetic Survey— Time and Helght of High and Low Waters at Fort Point. entrance to San Francisco <Bay. Published by official authority of “ths Superintendent, NOTE—The high and low waters occur at the city front (Mission-street wharf) about 25 minutes later than at Fort Point: the height of tide is the same at both places. SATURDAY, APRIL 30. M Sun rises . Sun sgts Moon “rises . g “m?\ Ft. s L W 30 | 5:38] 1| 6:25) H W 2 | 0:25 3 | 1:07 4 [1:52 5 | 2:45 6 | 3:42 NOTE—In the above exposition of the tides the early morning tides are given in the left hand column and the successive tides of the dav in the order of occurrence as to time; the day, except when there are but three tides, sometimes occurs. The heights given are in addition to the soundings of the United States Coast Survey charts, except when a i1inus (—) eign precedes the height, and then the number given is subtracted from the depth given by the charts. The plane of reference is the mean of the lower low waters. —_———— 5 Curacao Passes Hueneme. The Paelfic Coast ~Steamship Company's passed - Hueneme at noon yesterda: should reach here late to-day,. . ¥ Comfortable Quick Suitable for Summer TOURIST CARS Round Trip $67-50 DATES OF SALE: May M, 12, 13; Junel, 2, 15, 16, 22, 23 LATER DATES WILL BE ANNOUNCED S. F. Booth, General Ageat, U.P.R.R. - 1 Montgomery Street Or any Southern Pacific Agent