The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 6, 1904, Page 9

THE FRANC S ISCO: CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 190a. BODY OF ENGINEER C. S. ROGERS IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE TO-DAY ———— Relatives Receive Telegram Which Encourages Belief That It Has Been Recovered From Stream TOWN IN IDAHO S DEVASTATED Flames Sweep Most Pros- perous Portion of the Busi- | ness Section of Kendrick | Which Flows at Bottom of Bald Rock Canyon | 1 F i telegram received at) 1890 to e engaged in con- me of the its of Charles S. | work on Union Pacific and TP ho lost his life | Northern Pacific railroads. " pathway for a | ml!m\l\{\g 1893 he \\:x?flv'hh‘f engineer of d : el e yoming and Utah Railroad, a d > | proposed extension of the Chicago and - and will arrive in| Northwestern Rallroad from Casper, ia ly brother of | Wyo., to Ogden, Utah. In 1894 he was e > ted aiso to-day, | engaged in private engineering work 4 arrangements wiil then be made|in Pailadelphia and was occupied on 2 of municipal improve- v Al e ARl especially paving. In 1895 he . aarvey fob BbL el aged by Philadelphia capital on hydraulic work in Colorado and acif “ompany through Bald | wyoming. He designed the municipal Rock r hen a false step cost|water works for Casper, Wyo., and aiso M Sk anyon is practically | designed the hydraulic plant for the torrential stream | Twin Lakes Gold Mining Company of 2 ¢ cliffs from 1000 | Leadville and Twin Lakes, Colo. te | COMES TO CALIFORNIA. c nd one of the | atter part of 1895 Rogers came . sobk dvery 1t ornia. During 1896 and 1897 he was chief engineer of the Anaheim Union - - e il il r“: 1'%1‘11[-;\ and had charge of the b extensive improvements made P 5 and also had a sStout| . ..., 5. :xrn:aunn F)’::{‘dn‘; Oanz :::: : ist, so that in|tyme and at the same time held the ase he mad » he would keep | pogition of City Engineer of Anaheun he preca e and designed and had charge of con- he daring engir slipped, fell into | geryction of the present efficient mu- | he s ng, eddy and before | njcipal water works of that place les cou bim from the | 7y, 1597 he became a resident of San e & car 1 e CUDE | Prancisco and, since then, with the ex- g* = ol the rock and ception of a short time occupied in a € the ""'_ 10 rescue ‘h“ir#mlning venture in Alaska, has been o " iy vax\v» ling ;\F'f'l“"} | engaged in important engineer- acciden ece “ling work in this city and throughout a ; out from | 4. State, being chief engineer of ain H recover-iGeorge A. Knight’s Kings River power & | project and being retained as consult- WELL KNOWN PROFESSIONALLY. | ing engineer on several other projects for the development of hydraulic power |in California and Oregon. wwiable engineer d, he of the Western Pacific Rail- had charge of 300 miles of the surveys and co field surveys of that company, includ- the Chicago, ¥ | investigations of the various pro- uincy Railwey and th | posed routes for the crossing of the Cedar Rapids and Northern | Sierra Nevadas. Raflway, ha charge of seventy-five | In politics he was a Republican and miles of ¢ ruction work on the lat- | Was mentioned to succeed C. E. Grun- | ter company’s northwest extension into | #ky as City Engineer. He made his Dakota. In 1855 he had charge of con- | home in this city with his father, moth- struction he eastern division of the |er and brother at 2519B California | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy’s ex- | street tension from Chicago to St. Paul. From |4 . 1885 to 1890 Rogers was in the gervice of the Union Pacific Railroad Company as lJocation and construction engineer. ————————————————— Making New Citizens. Presiding Judge Kerrigan and -his clerk, John Reilly, have been busy in Judge Hunt's courtroom making citi- zens who are to be registered in time to vote at the next election. folir night sessions before last night the new citizens numbered twenty, thirty-three, twenty-five and forty-one respectively for each night. All of them were registered and the Judge will be on hand for five days more to take the oaths of other applicants who are willing to forcwear allegiance to fereign potentates. ——— (JSEARLETREET ROAD RECEIPTS.—Hor. (G Fratt. president of the —— Company, filed a statement yester: | day "with ‘the Bupérvisors that. the receipts of | the road for July were $12,231, 5 per cent of l-n-.n amounting to $611 65, GRAEE-S[‘T& START STRONG Food that Nourishes all day Grape-Nuts and Cream. t, into the eity treasury under e with the company vendine the new franchise, > i MANY RESIDENC forty-fi e @ coming to San Francisco . Suca | Rogers made a thorough study of 5 lowa. 1 hydro-electric power and long-distance railway service, occupying | transmission and was considered an | positions surveys for | authority on the subject. nsir Ne During the last season, as resident o | In the | S BURN | Almost Sixty Houses'Are De-| | stroyed, but Citizens Pro-| | ceed at Once to Rebuild w MRS : | SPOKAN Wash., Aug. 5.—A special from Kendrick, Tdaho, says: ‘ Fire broke out in the old Pacific | Hotel at 10:30 this morning and de- stroyed the whole business part of the | city. All the residences between First and Sixth -streets and between the bluff on the north and the creek on the south are gome. The total is closely calculated at $250,000, on which there is about 50 per t insurance. An alarm was promptly turned in and the department responded quickly, | but the flames were soon beyond con- | trol. Five minutes after the fire was discovered it jumped across Main and ignited the brick buildings there. Several men were overcome by heat and fainted in the street, but all | were carried to places of safety. i About thirty-six business houses and | |twenty residences were destroyed. | | Nearly all the business men have al- ready telegraphed to wheolesale houses ! for new stock and all are arranging to | rebuild. This is the fourth general fire here in twelve years. It is believed that the bank vault is intact. The origin of the flames is unknown. A meeting of citi- | zens has been called to prevent any fra._e buildings being erected. | EMPLOYMENT FOR MANY ce | street | i IN SIGHT | LASS WORKERS | { | | Barber \Im;» Porters and Bathhouse | Attendants Will Entertain East- i ern Delegates Here. The opening of the American Win- dow Glass Company’s works on August 10 promises to give employment to about 3000 hands. This plant, when in working order, will do away with the obtaining of window from ern factories and cone e Francisco the of of business this coas Reports m coa shipping agents to the headquart: show that there is a duliness all along the coast line, leaving quite a number of seamen in search of vessels. The Building Trades ( ncil refuses to recog the credentials of Frank Stradling, who was appointed ag from the mills and factories affiliated with the District Council of Carpen- ters, on the ground that this counci is not aflillated with the Building Trades Council. A pro-rata ass of 15 cents was le Shop Porte and Bathhouse Attendants for the pur- pose of assisting the entertainment committee to provide funds. for the per reception of the Eastern dele- s to the annual convention of tha American Federation of Labor. An ad- | ditional assessment of 3 cents per week s aiso levied in aid of the locked out stablemen’s and hackmen’s unions. The members of the Butchers’ Union in San Franc » have made suitable arrangements for the reception of Vice President C. F. Schmidt. \ The trouble between the plastere and cement workers’ unions o which had preferential rights in certain lines work was settled by the Building Trades Council at its meeting Thurs- day. 7 lim ing e contentions were as s work on and cement, both unions claim- rights which would in the natural line of labor infringe one on the other. To adjust this difference the council decided that where lime forms a con- stituent element the plasterers had preference and where cement is used the cement workers were permitted un- der the decision to control all artificial marble and stone work. The local Brotherhood of Teamsters gratified at the election of Michael | Casey as vice president of the Inter- national Brotherhood. —_——— YOSEMITE VALLEY, The Season Is Late This Year. | Fed by melting snows in the high 8i-! | erra, the famous waterfalls of Yosemite | | continue to pour over the great cliffs. Now is a grand time to visit Yosemite valley. Fiowers are blooming in the | meadows and birdd sing in the pines and | Q(‘dBr‘l In the Merced, the Illillouette, | e Creek, In ten thousand pools i | B thousand streams, the trout lie hiding. You'd better take your fishing pole and | 4 $28.50 for the round trip, or| $42.00 for seven days of delight. We are zlad to tell you about it and about the perfect way at 641 Market street, the | office of the Santa Fe. o ————— | | Janitor Is Bankrupt. Alvin P. Nance, County Courthouse | janitor at Salinas, filed a petition in insolvency yesterday in the United States District Court. He owes $2665 and has no assets, —————— | Ye Olde English Inn, | 144 Mason st Just one trial at Babs & | | Jules. That's all. + ~ —i | WANT ADVERTISERS IN NEXT SUNDAY CALL WILL RL(I‘J\ E FREE A copy of the beautiful picture, “HOTHOUSE TREASURES,” Size 36x10 inches, on heavy plate paper. This picture shows a yard of freshly culled roses in their wonderful variety, falling in rich profusion from a bowl. Beautiful Jacqueminots, stately American Beauties, rich Mare- chal Neils and others form a floral picture that will strongly appeal to all lovers of nature | ana art. The exquisite coloring | of these flowers is followed in | detail and the picture will be a i valuable ornament to any home. BRING YOUR ADS TO-DAY. > DEATH CLAIMS DAUGHTER OF A FAMOUS FAMILY | - * VALLEJO, by E S GENERAL, WHO DIED Y TFRDAY. L = -+ Miss Guadalube Vallejo Ex- pires in This City After Brief lliness. —_— Miss Guadalupe Vallejo, daughter of | Don Jose de Jesus Vallejo-and the fa- | | vorite niece of the famous General| Vallejo, °d away quietly at the' French } ital Thursday rorning at 1 o'clock after a brief illness. Her friends and admirers were legion. Her fame rests not so much in her pelation- ship to mous characters, ut on her own wonderful literary and linguistic accomplishments. Only ently' the deceased received the permission of General Lew Wallace to transiate his remarkable work, “Ben Hur,” into Spanish. At first the gen-, eral was unwilling to give his permis- ion, but upon receiving the assurances f men of letters of this State that Miss Vallejo was qualified to @indertake the wo General Wallace gave his per- T Miss jo was not slow to appre- | ciate the confiden posed in her abil- ity, and forthwith began her labors to give to Spanish readers the work which ! had already been translated into almost | all other languages. | Never realizing that| het death was| SO near, s Vallejo called her niece, | Antonita Vallejo, to her side a week ago and gave into the young hand a typewritten history of jo family, saying at the time, | “My dear, it is well that you keep this' account of your ancestors. I have pre- | pared it specially for you; guard it."” Miss Vallejo was born sixty yvears ago in the Mission of San Jose, and up to! the hour of her death looked remark- ably young. She leaves a sister, Mrs. 5. L. Kern, who lives at 518 Telegraph avenue, Oakland: two nephews, Conrad E. Kern and R. E. J. Kern, well-known musicians, and a niece, Miss Antonita Vallejo, besides several cousins. The funeral will take place this morn- ing from the Spanish church, Yglesia de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, on | Broadway, between Mason and Taylor | streets. | CHILDREN OF STARR KING ARE GRANTED ALLOWA CE | Judge Troutt Orders Payment of $790 | a Month ¥From Income of Norris Estate. Julia M. Norris, the widow of Wil- liam Norris and formerly the wife of Starr King, the abolitionist, was be- fore her death in the hablt of paying a large sum toward the maintenance of her sister, Ruth H. Wiggin; her | daughter-in-law, Edith Boswell King, and her daughter, Edith King Davis, the wife of Horace Davis. Upon an application previously filed Judge Troutt yesterday ordered that the pay- ment of the allowances should con- tinue until the estate is finally dis- tributed. Under the order Edith Boswell King is to receive $500 a month, Edith King Davis $250 a month and Mrs. Wiggin $40 a month. In her will Mrs. Norris left the ma- jor portion of her estate to her daugh- ter-in-law, Edith Boswell King, wife of Frederic Randolph King. estate is worth about $400,000 and the annual income is about $20,000. —_———— Order for Arrest. An order of arrest was issued in the Superior Court yesterday under which Fred Bennion will be taken into | Townsend The | custody for alleged misdeeds charged by Edmund D. Chapman, a gardener at San Rafael, who bought property from Bennion and intrusted him with money. Chapman secured a judgment against Bennion from Judge Graham two years ago for $2000. Recently Bennion, who was agent for the Con- servative Insurance Company, has got into other trouble and has been ar- rested at Indianapolis. When he ar- rives here to answer to the latest charge he will be arrested on Chap- man’s complaint. ’ ——— Passenger Recovers Damages. Justice of the Peace Van Nostrand yesterday gave judgment for $100 in favor of Patrick Clark, who sued the Southern Pacific Company for dam- ages for being ejected from one of its trains. Clark bought a ticket to Chi- cago and return and at Davisville, coming back, the conductor claimed that the ticket had been bought from a scalper and compelled Clark to get off. Clark was obliged to buy another ticket to reach this city, although his return ticket was in every way reg- ular. ~ FOREST FIRE DOES DAMAGE Large Qtretch of Heavily! Wooded Country in Crazy Mountains Is FINE Vigorous Battle Is Being Waged Against Flames, but They Defeat All Efforts BUTTE, Mont., Aug. 5—A special dispatch from Rig Timber, Mont., says | a forest fire in the Crazy Mountains, twenty miles north of Big Timber, has done considerable damage in the last few days. The fire started last Sun- day, and has gradually increased until | it hds burned over a large stretch of heavily wooded country. that ameng the timber burped is some of the most valuable in that district. A dispatch from Kalispell says that | forest fires are still raging with una- bated fury in the timber lands of that county, and from all reports received thus far the damage will run into the | | thousands of doilars. Small holders of | | timber lands are the chief sufferers. The fires are not raging in the forests surrounding this city, but in the finest lumber sections in Northern Montana. The thickly wooded sections about Atlanta, Sterling and Fisher River are burning, as well as the tim- ber west of Libby and between Troy | and Bonners Ferry, Idaho. About half a dozen frame buildings on the outskirts of White Fish have been burned. The people living in the timbered sections are all out fighting the fire, but are almost powerless to check its advances ———————— THROWS A SWITCH IN ORDER TO STOP TRAIN Signalman at San Bruno Station De- lays Traffic for an Hour on Coast Line. Traffic on the coast line of the | Southern Pacific was delayed for ap hour yesterday morning through the derailment of train No. 9, which is due at Third and streets at 7:10 o'clock, Both sections of the train had arrived'| on Aime at San Bruno station and the | first section was moving on when the | tower man observed the second sec- tion also moving, contrary to the sig- nals. As a train from another direc- tion was due to cross the track on which No. 9 was moving, the operator promptly threw a switch just in time to catch the engine of the section, and, although the latter was moving very slowly, the engineer was undble to come to a stop before the forward wheels of the locomotive had gone off the rails. A wrecking engine was sent out from the yards and in a short | while had the derailed engine back on the track. —_———————— Those Who Care. Those who care for the grandest stage ride in California, through tiie health- giving high hills and scenery that makes | poems possible. are reserving seats on the Santa Fe stages for Yosemite Valley. The Santa Fe rate for a seven-day tri with all expenses, is $43.00. it at 641 Market street ————————— Firemen Commended for Bravery. On the recommendation of Acting Chief Engineer John Dougherty the Fire Commissioners at the meet- ing vesterdey commended Firemen Charles Brownell, James Coleman, William Sawyer., John Herman, Raffestein and E. Morrissey for their bravery in rescuing lives at the fire on Mason street on July 29. The Com- missioners awarded the contract for hydrants to the Risdon Iron Works. The purposed erection of a chemical | engine house on Missouri and Twen- | tieth streets was referred back to the as the amount appropri- insufficient to construct the Ask about . is " kind of a house desired. ADVERTISEMENTS. Pears the soap which began its 9 sale in the 18th century, sold all through the 1gth and is selling in the 2oth., Sells all over the world. e Burlington, Route - | Money Savers Are the personally conducted tourist sleeping cars for St. Joseph and St. Louis, Omaha and Chicago, which leave Los Angeles, San Francisco (and the Coast Line points between) at frequent intervals every week. They are attached to fast trains, go over scenic routes and have other advantages worth investi- gating. A postal card inquiry will bring fu]l information. '.I.lAI-)IH General Agent, 631 Market St., San Francisco. Destroyed ; TIMBER BURNED| Parties in | | tewn to-day from that section stated ' the second section of | B ADVERTISEMENTS. Special To-Night Oriental stripe; full length and width; fringed all around; several designs to choose from. To-night only 950 i | | i t | FURNITURE CO- 245-259 GEARY ST AMUSEMENTS. Olive May and J. W. Albaugh Jr.; Me- | Cabe, Sabine and Vera; Les Olopas;| Hughes Musical Trio; Empire Comedy | Four, and Orphewm Motlon Plotures. Last Times of the Decker-Russo-Abram- off Grand Operatic Trio; Marcus ud Gartelle, end CHARMION. | Regular Matinee Every Wednesday, Thur day, Saturday and Sunday. Prices—10c, 25¢ | Every SATURDAY and SUNDAY. Courstng will begin at 11 o'clock sharp and OPERA || ccrtinue untit the last winaing flag goes up GRAN HOUSE T(;TAL ;’;t;hz[s 35 fl slzooo LAST HIGHT-—MATINEE T0-DAY All Misston-st. o G cars, which go dire rk. GAI.IFUR’HA TO-NIGHT. Eimer Waiters Co T' aring 150 Beginning Next | CAMPBELL AND JOHENSON; “MIKE." | FOSTER'S DOG. | ) | | And = Splendid Show Every Afternoon and Evening in the Theater. TAKE A RIDE ON THE mu'rv“ ELECTRIC RAILROAD. IN THE ZOO. LA MORT Hear the Pneumatic Symphony Orchestrion. Lose Yourself in the Mirror Maze. | FIRST TIME AT MATINEE. I “A PARISIAN ROMANCE.” SAR FAMAG'SCY TO-NIGHT—LAST TIME, MICE AND MEN | N | First timd | HENRY MILLER | ggsspu ENTANCLED 18¢c 25c¢ COLUMBIA 2s HENRY MILLER MONDAY &= = | TIVOL 50c TO-MORROW MATINEE TO-DAY. In Madeleine Lucette Ryley's Dainty Comedy, CHARLES FROHMAN Presents In Henry Arthur Jones' Masterpiece, ANOTHER OPERA HOUSE. The London and New York | /] TIVOLI Mausical ADMISSION 10c | CHILDREN.. 5e Comedy When Phoning Ask for ‘“The Chutes.” VICTORY Sexsuthn — o e ey rRe MISCELLANEOUS AMUSEMENTS. BASEBALL. San Francisco vs. Oakland AT RECREATION PARK, Eighth and Harrison AY, THURSDAY 3 |TOREADOR| | By Ivan Caryll and Lionel Moncton, | . WITH AN UNRIVALED CAST. | | SEATS NOW READY. Ueual Tivoll Prices—25c, S0e, ONLY MATINEE SATURDAY. Belasco & Mayer, Propnuom Price, ALCAZAR LR, | TO-NIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT. Evg., 25¢ to 7c. Mats. Thurs. & Sat., 25¢ m'v:n:’ WHITTLESEY‘ In a Special Production of Bulwer's THE LADY [zest satmes To-Day. OF LYONS Lz ma oo | I | | | | MR. WHITTLESEY as CLAUDE. Monday, Ang. 8.—MR. WHITTLESEY In THE Or THE MAID OOMEDY SHERIDA oF nfl Sco MAV!R CENTRAL~ Market Street, Near Eighth—Phone South 533‘ TO- NIGHT—LAST TWO NIGHTS: Matinees To-day and To-morrow. Kirk La Shelle’s Biggest Success in Years. SERGEANT JAMES You Iln Up Yuur Bundle— “We Do the Rest.” Wrap up your washables, let us know what day each week to call for them and when you want them delivered at your door and—dismiss the matter from your | mind. Back they'll come laundered, fresh, sweet, soft or crisp as the case re- 3 listed Man. Spectal S::l‘:::e:( ;:I-E’\;V:e:iot l.hne Charm- | Quires and altogether to your liking. ing~ Actress, This laundry suits men, suits women, ——JULIET CROSBY—— suits everybody. Evenings .10c_to S0e PRICES 3uwnecs o, 18, 25c| UNITED STATES LAUNDRY, Next—A BUNCH OF KEYS. Feecly ANOTHER TREMENDOUS HIT. Eclipses all former Productions. “The Whirl of the Town"" Gigantic, Spectacular Burlesque. Three Acts filled "l(m mlm Specialties, DOROTHY _MORTON, n BAYES. FLOSSIE HOPE, RICE AND §°'“‘ AOBEY NORTH, WIN BEN DILLON, LIONEL LAWRENCE. PRIZE CHORUS OF rom-r. 3 and 75c. Sun. Mat- M!m‘n;“s:m Ton ™ Chitiris st Matincse. 1o and e —————— | WEEKLY CALL, $1.00 PER YEAR. 100¢ MARKET STREET. m-o lvlfll m DON'T FAIL TO | Weak Men and Women HOULD USE DAMIANA BITTERS, THE Great Mexican Remedy: | strength to sexual organs. Dipor, 325 Macker: