The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 26, 1904, Page 7

THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26. 1904 Q e |\ s I ¥ big liner | in command, | the Orient. She | d 6334 tons of | 1e in her career N age just ended e ocean rough nough to shake nd fier i v or broad urs She t after entrance is | tion against Seabury could | es of iosing his | in fro; g Busy Day at Harbor Hospital. at the Harbor | superficial cuts 1aid_about him uries, which, may prove lost his bal- | n his | P on | . ‘who works ured through - | a| Towing Unknown Ship to Port. | e steamer Jeanie bound to this port from is towing & large vessel, the identity | ping world would like | Captain Seaman which arrived Cape Mendocino ut nobody on the Break- | + the name of the sailing | of the steamer George | he Jeanie and her tow than Captain Seaman Rough Weather Off the Horn. v ship nigt Peter Iredale, which ar- from Antwerp and re- apprentice overboard, tempest while off Cape. which broke September 14, The vessel was thrown peatedly and for twelve was under water. Cabin floo and six topsails hile in the thick of t w saw two other vesse) four-master, with Seas. Company’s - Sails for South hip liner Biliousnegs Cascarets and iehowt them v compistais il ‘Recom m in the fumily . e Edward A. Merz, Albeoy, N. ¥, Best For The Bowels fin hi . Pleasant, Palatable, P vor Sicken, Weaken or Gripe, 10¢. Zc, de. Ne: #0ld in bulk. The genuine tables stamped cee Guarautecd 80 curs or your money 602 Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or ANKUAL SALE, TEN MILLIOR | pkge STORMS TOSS THE BIG KO —E 4 FROM THE FAR REA Captain Lawless, Dar Dav ison “Welter. d F e g NEWS OF THE Matters of Interest to Mariners and Shipping Merchants. to Mel b-" of Puget Sound OCEAN. Inverness pro- Heads for orders. A Valuable Cargo for Japan. e steamer Aztec was cleared yestrday for general merchan- . and including 1716 bals 70 1bs tin o 2970 b bales cotton sheeting, 50 bales cotton domestic, S8 bales | cotton duck, 113 pkgs assorted dry goods, 143 921 bdls wire, 341 pkgs bdls 1415 bars steel, 13 3 Ibs wood pulp board, , 11 pkgs car material 39 cs painte, 36 3 cs olls, bbls tanning extrac cycles an 200 The Mariposa’s Cargo. The steamer Mariposa sailed yesterday Ta with an essorted merchandise c: dlued at $39,965. The following were leading shipments: 1470 bbis flour, 5540 gals s 2 cs beer, 145 pkgs potatoes, 63 1418 ibs fresh meat, 4674 lbs pkgs groceries and provisions, assorted canned goods, 183 cs 39,500 1bs 42 cs bread, 2771 I 50 =alt, 357 lbs buttes s coffee 3 pkgs paste, 780 Ibs dried fish, 106 pkgs fresh. fruits, 18 pkgs fresh vegetables, 18 pkgs e preparations, 701 Ibs dried frut, 360 lbs , 375 ctls barley, 52 ctis whea 308 ibs bran, 35,601 ft 85 bales hay, v 38 pkge farming implements, 20 bdls pipe and fittings, 5000 bricks, 35 bales bags, oars, 8 pkgs steel, 52 coils cordage, 10 cs boots and shoes, 21 pkgs drugs. 21 bales twin & pkef machinery 1 pkge paints and oils, dry goods, bxs soap, 3 cs electrical Supplies, 213 bbis cement. leather, 10 cs coal ol ——e Notice to Mariners. SUISUN BAY, CALIFORNIA. (List of Lights, Buoys and Daymarks, cific Coast, 1904, page 28.) Notice has been received that the bell buoy, horses | recently established off Army Point, Suisun It will be | Bay, California, has disappeared. replaced as soon as practicable By order of the Lighthouse Board. W. P. DAY, Commander, U. 8. N., Inspector, Twelfth Lighthouse District —— SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVED. Friday, Nov. 25. Stmr Navarro, Jacobs, 20 hours from Albion. Breakwater, Seaman, 36 hours from Coos Bay. Stmr Northland, Jamieson, 67 hours from Astoria; bound for San Pedro; put in to land parsengers. Stnr Whitesboro, Frederickson, from Point Arena. Etmr Corona, Glelow, 19 hours from Eureka. L Korea, Seabury, 27 days and 20 houre from Hongkong, via Yokohama 20 days 19 hours and 41 minutes, via Honolulu 5 days 11 hours and 35 minutes. Stmr San Juen, Urry, 20 days from Ancon and way_ports. Stmr Coos Bay, Leland, 50 hours from San Pedro and way ports. Stmr South Coast, Caspar. Stmr Aberdeen, Hansen, 77 hours from Co- lumbia River. Stmr Geo W_Eider, Randall, ¢§ hours from Portland, via Astoria 53 hours. Br ship Strathgryfe, McIntyre, 145 days from Newcastle, Eng. Schr Newark, Hansen, 15 hours from Stew- arts Point. 14 * hours Olsen, 17 hours from CLEARED, Friday, Nov. 25. Stmr Mariposa, Lawless, Tahiti; J D Spreck- els & Bros Co. Stmr Frazier, Yokohama and Kobe; Pacific Mail Steamship Company. Stmr Santa Rosa, Alexander, San Diego and wav ports; Pacific Coast Steamship Company, Ger ship Seefahrer, Schoemaker, Sydney; G - : Meyer, Wilson & Co. Whaling bark_ Chas_ W- whaling; J. and W. R. Wing. SAILED. TFflduy, Nov. 25. Mariposa, Lawless, Tahiti. Maggie, Whitney, Halfmoon Bay. Samoa, Madsen, 'Caspar. Northland, Jamieson, Ean Pedro. Jas £ Higgins, Higgins, Fort Bragg. Stmr Del Norte, Payne, Crescent City. Stmr Pomo. Ablin, Albion. Pr ship Dalcairnie. Llewellyn, Seattle. Wha! bark Chas W Morgan, Reed, whallns Schr Chas R Wilson, Johnson, Grays Harbol SPOKEN. Nov 20—Lat 48 N, long 8 W, Br ship Kir- koudbrightshire, from Antwerp, for San Fran- cisco. 22_Etmr _Alameda, Stmr Stmr Stmr Stmr Stmr Nov from San Fran- cisco, for Hopolulu; 3 p m, stmr Manchuria, from San Francisco, for Honolulu, Yokohama and Hongkon. Per stmr South Coast, from Caspar—Nov 25, 5 miles NW of Point Reyes, passed a three-masted ship bound for San Francieco. DOMESTIC PORTS. CAPE MENDOCINO—Passed —Sumr Jeanfe, from Seattle, for San . with & vessel in tow. PORT HARFORD—Salled 24: stmr ., iled Nov 25—Stmr Acme, for San cisco. e | Cincinnati SET BRI - PACIFIC MAIL COMPANY'S BIG LINER KOREA, WHICH AR- ED YESTERDAY. Weather Repore. (120th Meridian—Pacific SAN FRANCISCO, Nov The following maximum and minimum tem- | peratures are reported for the previous day: Boston Chicago Honolulu Jacksonville date ag compared with those of the same date | last season and rainfall in last twenty-four | 147 | pkge | bs lard, | 39,970 1bs rice, | lumber, 200 redwood posts, 10 bdls shooks, | 10_bdls | kégs nails, 6 rolls | Pa- | cisco. Nov 24 4 2 m | “FOINT REYES—Nov 2512 miles west, Br Nov 25, 11 a m— | Francisco. hours: Last This Last Stations— 24 hours. Season. Season. | Eureka. b Trace 7.65 13.78 0.00 45 0.00 156 0.00 .42 , 0.00 68 Independence 0.00 .42 San Luls Obispo 0.00 50 Los Angeles San Diego TE ks S CelE or Sk gioog STATIONS. g2 § 3 8 SE Cloudy .00 E Cloudy .00/ E PtCdy T. | § Pt.Cdy .00 E Clear .00 Pocatello I Clear .00 Independence SE Pt.Cldy .00 | | Los Angeles ... W Clear ~ .00 | Mt Tamalpais SW Pt.Cldy .00 | North Head . | | Phoenix | Point R . K\’ Portland ... Red Bluft DO | Roseburg iy .00 | Clear .00 Pt.Cldy .00 Clear .00 | ~00 lco .02 az| 200 | ‘o4 | 00 00 AND GENERAL | FORECAST. | WEATHER of the Pacific Coast and high easterly winds are reported at Tatoosh Island and North Head. In California the weather continues with conditions favorable for showers. Forecast made at San Francisco for hours ending midnight, November 26: Northern California—Cloudy and unsettled weather Saturday, probably showers; fresh easterly winds. Southern Callfornia—Falr northerly winds. Nevada—Fair Saturday. San Francisco and vicinity—Cloudy and un- settled weather Saturday, possibly showers; fresh southeast winds, Angeles and vicinity—Fair Saturday; light northerly winds. Sacramento—Cloudy Saturday, possibly show- ers; fresh southeast winds. Fresno—Cloudy Saturday; fresh southerly winds. A G. McADIE, 3 District Forecaster. ~— Arrived Nov 22—Schr Duxbury, from Nome. FORT BRAGG—Arrived Nov 25—Stmr Brunswick, hence Nov 24, WESTPORT—Arrived Nov 25—8tmr Pren- | tiss, hence Nov 24. SKAGWAY—Sailed Nov 24—Stmr Citv of Seattle, for Seattle. TUMPQUA—Sailed Nov 23—Stmr San Ga- briel, for San Pedro, via Eureka. Nov 24— Schr’ Caroline, for San Pedro; schr Lucy, for warm, thirty Saturday; light bia, hen Sailed G Grace Dollar, for San Franeisco. | “'Arrived Nov 24—Schr Jobn A Campbell, hence Nov 13, Nov 25—Schr A F_Coats, hence Nov 18, Nov 24—Stmr South Bay returned from sea in distress. TATOOSH—Passed Nov 25—Schr Matthew Turner, from Port Townsend, for Grays Har- . in“tow of tuc Ploneer. 008 BAY—Arrived Nov 25—Stmr Arcata, hence Nov 23. | CRESCENT CITY—Arrived Nov 24—Stmr Newsboy, hence Nov 22. Safled Nov 25—Stmr Mandalay, for San Francisco. SAN PEDRO—Arrived Nov 25—Stmr W H Kruger, hence Nov 23; stmr Alcatraz, from Greenwi L Safled Nov 25—Schr Bertfe Minor, Eureka. X SANTA BARBARA—Salled Nov 25—Stmr State of California, for San Diego. FARALLON ISLANDS—Pased Nov 25—Schr | Willlam Renton, from Asf for San Fran- cisco; four-masted schr bound to San Fran- for ship Belford, from Newcastle, Aus, for San ISLAND PORTS. H?(I:OLULU—BIIIQG Nov 24—Stmr Nevadan, rrived Rain continues to fall on the northern half | g o STERN PORTS. Sailed Nov 24—Br stmr Celia, NEW YORK- { for Callao FOREIGN PORTS HAMBURG—Arrive Nov_ 21—Br ship County of Linlithgow, from Port Gamble. Sailed N ship Balachulish, for Santa Rosalia MORORAN—Arrived Nov 24—Br stmr In- verness,_ from Tacoma. YOKOHAMA—Arrived Nov 20—Br stmr Aragonia, from Portland, Ore. VALPARAIEO—Sailed Nov 4—Br ship County of Dumfries, for Vancouver. Ger stmr Amasis, for San Francisco. NANAIMO—Sailed Nov 24—Br stmr Wye- fleld, for S ranciso % ailed Nov 24—Ger stmr Anubls, for San Francisco. SHIELDS—Saailed Nov 24—Br o Nov 24— ship Pin- ' Stmr Texan, from Yokohama, and salls Sogte D Memoranda. Per stmr Korea, from China and Japan Nov 26—Had fresh NE winds and fine weather en- tire passag. Per Br ship Peter Iredale, from Antwerp Nov 24—Sailed June 10; had head winds down to Start Point for 10 days; had light NE trades to the equator, which we crossed 40 days out; in long 27 W got the SE trades in 3 N and lost them in 24 §; had a succession of WSW gales for 50 days from 24 S to Cape Horn; on Sept 14 off Cave Horn experienced a tempest, blowing with terrific hurricane force, from the westward, throwing the ship on her beam ends, flooding cabin and forecastle, the port rail being under water for 12 hours, and gale tontinuing for 36 hours; blew away 6 topsalls out of the bolt ropes and carrying away top- sail sheets; no rope would stand the force of the wind, and washed overboard and drowned Leon Gossina, apprentice, age 18 years, native of Belgium: Rot fresh southerly winds in 50 S in_the Pacific and_carried the wind to 2§ S, when we got the SE trades, and lost them in 5 N crossed equator.Oct 28 long 117 W: {he'NE trades In 18 N and lost them In N: thence to port SSE winds; when off Cape ‘Horn saw a four and a three masted ship with salls all blown away. GRAYS HARBOR, Nov 24—Stmr South Bay, from this port for San Francisco with new tug Redondo in tow, ran foul of the jetty and pounded badly; brought in by tug Daring water-logged; Redondo also returned here. SEATTLE, Nov 25—Stmr Iris Is reported to have run on the beach, washed off and sunk near Vancouver harbor this morning; no loss of life. PSR S Movements of Steamers. _ TO ARRIVE. Steamer. From. Elizabeth.....| Coquille River ... Jeanie. Seattle & Tacom: Chieo Coquille River . Homer. - Grays; Hatboe S. Barbara... | Grays Harbor Mackinaw....| Tacoma ..... South Ba: Grays Harbor G. Lindauer.. | Grays Harbor Empire. . ! Coos Bay .. Newburg | Grays Harbor G. Dollar. Memphis San Pedro. Nov. 26 Curacao. Nov. 27 Umatilla 27 Eureke. v. 21 Arctic. 2 Bonita. Newport & 23 State o San Diego & Way Pt .28 Arcata. . Coos Bay & Pt. Orford. |Nov. 28 Pomona. Humboldt . v. 28 Centralia. | Grays Harl 2 29 Pomo Point Arena & ' 25 Redo: Portiand & Astoria. New York via Anco: Portland & Astoria. 3 Portland & Coos Bay. Nov. an Diego & Way Pts.|Dec. City Columbia.. F. A. Kilby Point Arena.. |Mendocino & Pt. Arena|Dec. g |Eel River Ports, |Dec. Coos Bay ... Humboldt .. San Pedro & Way Puget Sound Ports | Dec. Grays Harbor .. 3 China & Japan . Des Hamburg & Way Ports. Dec. Humboldt .. Dec. Dec. Portland & Astoria. Honolulu . Destination. Steamer. Salls.| Pier. November 26. ‘ S. Barbara. | Los Angeles Ports.| 1 pm|Pler 2 Chico...... | Los Angeles Ports.[11 am/Pier 2 Breakwater | Coos_Bay direct...| & pm|Pier 8 TBO. oeroen Eel River Ports....| 4 pmiPler 2 Point Arena|Foint Arena .....0| 4 pm|Pler 2 Coptic. . . ina & Japan 1 pm Pler 40 | City Puebla | Puget Sound Ports./11 am|Pler 9 Peru...c.0n Y. via Ancon..|12 m/Pler 40 Aureln Astoria & Portland| 4 pm|Pier 27 §. Pedro. ...|Los Angeles Ports,| 1 pm(Pier 2 Blizabeth. . Co;uillu River e 5 pm|Pler 20 1 gler —-1 Humboldt ......... 11590 piler ' San Diego & Way.|11 am/Pler 9 u:‘wm}wr 28. | = Angeles Ports.!10 am/Pler .| Corinto & Way Pts.[12 _mwplur .3 Willapa Harbor ..[12 ‘mPier 20 Seattle & Tacoma.| 5 pm Pier 20 G. W. Elder| Astoria & Portland(11 am|Pier 24 Seattle & Everett.! 4 pm|Pler 10 November 29. | Humboldt 1 Los Angele 10 G. Lindauer| Grays Harbor. 2 N. Fork. ... Humboldt . 20 o...| Grays Harbor 4 pm|Pier 10 November 30. Humboldt 1:30 plPi Grays Harbor ... "4 pn(Bier 10 Eureka & Coos B.| 5 pm|Pler 16 Coos B & Pt. Orfd/12 m|Pfer 13 Humboldt .... Pler 2 Grays Harbor . Pler 10 Pler 11 Pier 2 'y & Way Pts. Sound Fort, Pler 9 Pler 19 December 3. China & Japan. N. Y. via Ancon.. Astoria & Portland December 6, Puget Sound Ports December 7. Mexican Ports | Pler 11 6 ' days ago a fraud order was {ssued 1 WORK FOR ALL NATIO ! Plants That Have Been Idlei Reopen and Others Add to the Number of Operatives S MILLS BUSINESS GROWS BRISK Dun and Bradstreet Report! General Activity in the Various Lines of Trade, e NEW YORK, Nov. 2 Dun’s Week- | ly Review of Trade to-morrow will | say: Retail and jobbing trade was re- | tarded this week by unseasonably mild ; weather and the interruption of an- | other holiday, but as manufacturers ; extend operations confidence s | strengthened by the receipt of larger | contracts for future delivery and many | inquiries that have promised to mature 1 in something more tangible. Postpon- | ed orders of all kinds are being placed. | reports from every prominent indus- | try are that idle mills are reopening | and the number of operatives gradual- | Iy increasing. Cotton spinning makes | the slowest progress, but the statistical } positions steadily improve as stocks of | gcods diminish and the raw material | draws nearer the point at which the | mills can operate profitably. [ Other textile lines, footwear and | practically all branches of the iron and | steel industries are gaining strength. | Activity is noted in the inovement of | freight, while railroad returns furnish- | ed thus far show a gain of 6 per cent over last year's gross earnings. Foreign trade at this port for the last week exceeds that of a year ago | by $2,432,364 in value of merchandise | exports and $1,£33,309 in imports. i Prices of wool are fully maintained | at recent advances, Eastern markets ruling quiet because of timid offer- | ings rather than any slackening of de- mand. Woolen mills are actlvely en- | gaged, the only cause of complaint be- | ing the price of raw material. | Failures this week number 205 in| the United States, against 258 last year, | and in Capada 29, compared with 14 2 year ago. | Bradstreet’s to-morrow will say: | | | Cold weather is needed to move retail stocks of winter clothing, dry.goods and shoes, reorders for which from job- | bers are not brisk. On the other hand, the trade in holiday goods has begun | well. Manufacturing industries are | active In most lines the country over. Winter employment in the iron and allied trades is assyred and labor is better employed tWan a year ago at this date. Holding by farmers is cred- ited with affecting collections at sev- eral Southern points, but, as a whole, payments are better than a year ago. | All the metals are strong, and cop- per, lead and tin show slight advances on the week. Business failures in the United States for the week ending November 24 num- ber 193, against 190 last week, 167 last year and 122 in 3902, In Canada failures for the wegk numbered 31, as against ¢4 last week and 13 in this week a year ago. Wheat (including flour) exports for the week ending November 24 aggre- gate 1,232,266 bushels, against 1,289,642 | last week and 2,851,767 last year. From i July 1 to date the exports aggregate | 25,010,447 bushels, against 68,282,795 last year. —_—— Company in Recelver’s Hands. GREAT FALLS, Mont.,, Nov. 25.—J. W. Speer was to-day appointed receiver of the Montana Co-operative Ranch Company on the application of Samuel H. Wood, formerly the company’s pres. | ident. It is alleged that the assets are | $65,000 and the liabilities $20,000. A few against the company’s mail, which was barred —_— | Sun, Moon and Tide. | United States Coast and Geodetic Survey— Time and Height of High and Low Waters | 1 at Fort Point, entrance to San Francisco | | Bay. Published by official authority of the | rintendent. | | NoTE T The high and low waters occur at the city front (Mission-street wharf) about 26 minutes later than at Fort Poln the height | of tide is the same at both pl SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2 | TNOTE—In the above exposition of the tides | Ty morning tidea are given in the lett Iand column and the successive tides of the day in the order of occurrence to time; the | fourth time column gives the last tide of the | day except when thete are but thres tides, as | cometimes occurs. The heights given are in | addition to the soundings of the United States Coast Survey Charts. except when a minus (—) | Sigh precedes the height, and then the number | Een’ls subtracted from the depth glven by | | fhe charts. The plane of reference is the mean of the lower low waters. Time Ball. Branch Hydrographic Office, U. S. N., Mer- chants’ "‘““"&' San 'Francisce, C: Il ‘November 25. 1904. i The Time Bali on the tower of the Ferry puflding was dropped exactly at noon to-day— i e. at noon of the 120th meridian, or at 8 . 1. Greenwich time. J. C. BURNETT, Lieutenant, U. 8. N., in charge. ety 2t The Overdue List. | The British bark Shakespeare and the Brit- ish ship Lyndhurst were placed on the overdue | list yesterday. The Shakespeare is out forty- five days from Barbadoes for New York and is quoted at 10 per cent. The Lyndhurst, out | sixty-three days from St. Helena for Delaware Breakwater, is quoted at 6 per cent. The Sirene is uninsurable. The Troop s quoted at 15 per cent. Kinn at 90 per cent. Joinville at 110 per cent and the Shenir at 5 per cent. ¥ e e Menes Lands Passengers. The Kosmos liner Menes, Which arrived ‘Thursday night from Hamburg and South and ! Central American ports, was released from quarantine yesterday morning and docked at Tombard-street wharf. She brought five hun- ! dred tons of cargo and a large shipment of treasure. Her passengers included the follow- ing: H. C. Lorenz, Henry Green, Lopez Al- | dana, T. M. Cartly, T. Robisch, J. Segel, F. R, James and P. Fusl g | Strikes Bar at Grays Harbor. The steam schooner South Bay, loaded with { lumber for this port, struck bottom Thursday .am while croming the bar at Grays Harbor. returned to port, The extent of the dam- age sustained has not been ascertained and it e will have effect re- of this ‘morth ! fined three ness.”’ By Anthony Hope. $50.00 a Week, Features of Next Sunday’s Call The Sunday Call’s Free Piano Les- sons—Lesson No. 2. Grove’s Music Simplifier. Second Installment “Double Har- Prize Story An- nouncement. “The Clutch of Talons” Prize Story. By Mark Roy Daniels. “The Ways of a Man With a Maid.” By Kate Thyson Marr. “In an Opera Box.” By Lillian C. Paschal. “The End of It.”” By Richard B. Shelton. “Jottings of Old Lim Jucklin” (On First Love). By Opie Read. “Rifles and Bullets.” L By Walter G. Hudson, M. D. “On and Off the Bread Wagon.” By Charles Dryden. “Fables For the Foolish.” By Nicholas Nemo. “Two Pairs of Eyes.” By Martha McCulloch Williams. “What Women Want to Know.”’ by Madge Moore. “Literature in the Making.”’ By Robert W. Ritchie. PUZZLE PAGE BEAUTIFUL ART SUPPLEMENT “COUNTING HIS MONEY™’ FREE COMIC PAGE—For the Children Article by MR. DOOLEY A‘——' FIRE COMMISSIONERS ADJUST PAINTERS' PAY Fireboat for Bay Service Is Again Dis- cussed, but No Further Action Is Taken. At the meeting of the Fire Com- missioners yesterday afternoon the question of the best means of procur- ing a fireboat for service on the bay was again discussed, but no definite action was taken. Letters were re- ceived from several firms expressing a willingness to submit plans. Commissioner Parry called attention to the fact that painters doing similar work in the corporation yard were paid different salaries and on his mo- tion the board fixed a regular rate of $100 per month, the new scale to go into effect on December 1. In addi- tion to this the men will get ten days’ vacation. As there are but seven months left of the present fiscal year they will get but five days this year, but in the future ten will be allowed them. It was ordered that double hydrants ba placed at the southeast and south- west corners of McAllister and Plerce streets, the southeast and southwest corners of McAllister and Steiner streets and the southwest corner of Fillmore and McAllister streets. The resignations of Charles G. Har- kins, hoseman of Engine 29, and Charles White of Truck 10 were re- ceived and accepted. Leaves of absence were granted Captain F. G. Whitaker of Engine 15 and Engineer W. H. Heany of No. 13. Joseph Meader of Engine 17 was days’ pay for failing to turn on the switch connecting with Acting Chief Dougherty’s house when ar alarm was sounded. The names of George A. Henning as truckman and James E. Skinner as ! hcseman were certified by the Civil Service Commissioners. -~ . The applications of George E. Gib- lin of Engine 12 and George Faubel of Engine 10 for transfers to other companies were referred to the chief. The question of the weight of UNION LEAGUE ENTERTAINS DISTINGUISHED VISITOR Assistant Secretary of Navy H. €. Dar- ling Is Tendered Luncheon by Republican Club. Assistant Secretary of the Navy H. C. Darling was entertained at lunch- eon yesterday at the Union League lubk. The rerast was served in tha main dining hall at a horseshoe table p'aced at the north end. It was ornamented with hundreds of big yellow chrysanthemums. Col- onel Pippy presided. Short speeches were the order or the entertainment. Those present were F. S. Stratton, W. A. Bissell, D. McKinlay, J. McLach- lan, E. A. Hayes, J. R. Knowland, Senator G. C. Perkins, George Stone, Julius Kahn, Admiral MecCalla, Col- onel Richards, Colonel Pippy, John Rothchild and J. B. Fuller. —_———— 0Oil Contract Broken. Judge Sloss, in a written opinion, yesterday declared that the Howard Company had violated its contract with the Kern River Oil Company by not paying for oil at the times speci- fied and therefore the oil company was justified in repudiating the agree- ment. The contract was made in Jan- uary, 1902, whereby the Kern Com- pany was to deliver as much oil as needed at a fixed price, not exceeding 10,000 barrels a month. The oil was to be paid for ol the 15th of each month. The last delivery was on De- cember 31, 1902, and it was not paid for until March, 1903. In January, 1903, the Howard Company said it could sell 50,000 to 75,000 barrels at the rate of 10,000 barrels a month and it called for the delivery of that amount under the contract. The Kern Company repudiated the contract and the Howard Company sued, with the result noted. + 9 engineers was again brought up by Assistant Chief Dougherty and after some discussion the matter of mak- ing recommendations to the Civil Ser- vice Commissioners was left with him. ADVERTISEMENTS. ONDUCTE and dailyexcutrsions in Pullman tourist sleeping cars without change from Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Monterey, San Francisco, Bakersfield, resno, Lathro P, Stockton, Sacramento and other California points via the Southern Pacific, Union Pacific and Chicago & North-Western Railways v TQ CHICAGO and the East. Fast trains. Excellent service. Dining car service a la carte. Choiceof routes. Lowround-triprates. Double berth to Chic.ago onl 3 Ask Southern Pacifle ticket for full 7.00. Al