The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 30, 1905, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1305. WILL (PR SFGoLr = [ 7o OUNTY ciu8 N2 ks - BC WHALE SWINS NEAR (ITY DOCKS PR T Monster Spouts up| ~ Vast Clouds GROUND UNDER CHICAGO SINKS IN MANY SPOTS Great Skyscrapers Are Endangered by Tunnels. LT Special Dispatch to. The Call of Spray. | ¢ of San Franeisco | aid to be a mon- | s plunging recklessly | commerce. Last | or was first seen feet of a wharf, and it appeared as If he might! er or serape his keel. e outer world of usly in the con- | mere case. the Germaun n about f£if { saw what he sup- e 1 or part of a| ut e hundred When he percatved | d dashed the n he realized at once it | nd put for the dock full | | the animal res about twenty feet. | erition of many per- i nd for several mo- spellbound, intently | D sSea monster as he he water into f vl oam and sent the | {the whale had finished spouting *hing he began to swim leisurely | ut kept within about seventy feet | narves as he passed along. By | the news of the leviathan's n the harbor had spread along water front and a long procession of | ns the docks, their eyes | tor as he swam toward | progress of the deep sea mo ‘ was watched till he reached a polnt worth | » Rock. Here he changed his nd began to swim eastward, as | ake a landing some Aluimeda shore. The | in no hurry and paused | to spout and lash the wa- | is progress along the wharves | le passed several barges and boats, but made no attempt to of them. As soon as the boat- | of the black mass plo: watcr they invariably | quickly change their | aring they might be tipped over by coming in eontact with the tail of the whate. | SMELT WHALE'S BREATH. Johns co nearer the whale than any | ng the docks. He swears the | between 100 and 120 feet long. 7 be gauged by the he largest whales do not exceed | ngth. Johnson said his clothes hed by the vapbr cast up, as ! nd was blowing @ gale and carried the ture more than a hundred feet, | the breath of the giant permeating the | kson. one of Johnson's em sight of the animal. Hen- " a moment what the and, thinking Johnson | avhale at first, began to | € to him. But his efforts | ry, for Johnson was al- | r doing the best he could to change | ouzse of his launch in order to avoid | in contact with the king of the 1f the whale continues in the course he | took when last seen he will undoubtedly | wind up some place on the Alameda shore. | Should he get that far over it is certain | he will be stranded, for the water there | 18 very shaflow. If the residents of Aln. | meda see something lving on the shore this morning they may rest assured it is not a pile of wood or a heap of wreckage, but a fortune in blubber, possibly curry- ing ambergris enough to make thé finder af the flotsam a minlature Monte Cristo. |lowed to clear to-day. i “jackknife” CHICAGO, June 28.—Startling conditions in the downtown district were revealed to-day thrcugh a sudden settling of | ground under Chicago’s streets and build- | ings. The trouble is attributed by the engineers of ne traction companies to the construction of ‘the Illinois Tunnel Company’s conduits under the streets. A prophecy of a catastrophe was made at the office of the chief engineer of the Chicago City Railway Company, H. B. Fleming, with the announcement that the highway at Jackson Boulevard and State street had sunk ten inches in two nights. Engineers for the Union Loop Company have known for a ar that the earth between the tunnel and the street was | giving way in many spots, and as a re- sult it has .been necessary to jack up structures in several places. Depressions have appeared in the last few months and threaten skyscrapers and other buildings on floating foundations. “There is going to be an awful finish if something is not done to stop this.” said Assistant Engineer Keogh of the City Raflway Company. of the repairing of the tracks where the depression occurred at State street and Jackson boulevard. ‘“Investigation by this company has shown that the tun- nels are responsible for the giving way of the earth under the street. It is a rious proposition. If the -bottom of | Chicago is going to drop out there is just as much danger of the buildings going as the street-car tracks.” B — ITISH STEAMSHIP HELD BY HONOLULU AUTHORITIES BR Lacks a Passenger License and Her | Life-Saving Apparatus Is Not Satistactory. HONOLULU, June 29.—The British steamship Stanley Dollar, which came from the Orient to take 600 Japanesc to Seattle, via Victoria, was not al- The steamer lacks a passenger license and there aré no inspectors here to examine her, some dissatisfaction having been ex- pressed in relation to her life-saving apparatus. The full number of Jap- anese that had been booked” went aboard the steamer to-day, but when the steamer was not permitted to sail they left, declaring that they would libel the vessel, as they had pald part of their passage money. ————— JULY SUNSET MAGAZINE. Fine Special Number Now on Sale, The July Sunset Magazine is now on sale at all news stands, and is a fine special number dealing with the Lewis and Clark Exposition and the Pacific Northwest. Articles by tho Governors of Washington and Oregon, poem by Joaquin Miller, and beautiful {llustrations throughout. and ¥ serial, read it and Many descriptive articles, stories and chapter 2 of Mrs. Loughead's ‘hen the Prince Came.” You should nd it to your Bastern friends. * —————— Rights of Indians to Be Protected. HELENA, Mont., June 29.—District Attorney Rasch to-day filled suit in the United States Court in the interest of Indians upon the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation against many other set- ! tlers in the Milk River Valley to en- join them from diverting the waters of that stream for irrigation, alleging the Indians are deprived of the use of water for domestic purposes. Judge Hunt issued an order to show cause, returnable July 17. e —— Napoleon Sald, “Come, I want to talk to you.” Let's | bave a little “face to face’ talk about fram- ing that picture. It isn't so much the cost of ateriais, but how they are combined that makes or mars the effect.” Quality, style and price 5o evenly blendea that choosing will be a pleasure—and our experience is free. Sanborn, Vafl & Co., 741 Market street. * ————— Jumps From Bridge Into River. CHICAGO, June 29.—A man believed to have been Thomas MeeMan of Clay- ton, Iowa, throwing off his coat and poising on the highest point of the bridge at Harrison street, plunged fifty feet into the river to- day. The body was not recovered. Several cards, showing membership in the International Structural Iron Work- ers’ Union, were found. > —_———— As “Hold-Fast is the only dog,” so “Jkeep trying” is the only success-creed. There's a better job for you, if you could fill it—so keep trying to et it in ‘‘the waent ad. way.” He is in charge | Beautiful Country Drive to Be Provided for San Francisco. Work will begin to-morrow on the from this city to San Mateo County to supply San Francisco with a handsome driveway to the country, something that it has never possessed. The mov- ers in the project are the Association for the Improvement and Adornment of San Francisco and the Automobile Club, of which R. P. Schwerin is the presi- dent. The city has appropriated theq sum of $17,500 for the work. Altogether the part of the boulevard that has been mapped is something more than two miles in length—8300 feet in the city and county of San Francisco and 5300 feet in San Mateo County. Hugh Donovan has made a map of the route selected. The boulevard will run through an extremely picturesque portion ‘of the peninsula to Colma, along much of which the ocean will be in view. Rolling hills will lend variety | to the scenery. The starting point in San Francisco is at Ocean and Corbett avenues. The boulevard will strike across the county line into. San Mateo County at a short diétance south of Ocean View station. It will terminate on the county road, running along School street in Colma to Market, thence to the county road. Rights of way have been secured for the entire distance. The Spring Valley Water Company land is traversed for a considerable part of the route. The boulevard route skirts the grounds of the San Francisco Golf and Country Club and passes near the Ingleside | racetrack. The width of the boulevard is fo be forty-five feet. ONCE WEALTHY MAN TAKES HIS OWN LIFE Aged Cattleman, Tired of Strugele, Takes a Dose of Strychnine. Special Dispatch to The Call. CHICO, June 29.—Early this morning James R. Withington committed suicide at the Chico Hotel by taking strychnine. His crime attracted the attention of the proprietor, who investigated and found Withington writhing in agony. He lett several letters addressed to the Cor- oner and his sister, Mrs. Briscoe. In a let- ter to the Coroner he sald he was old and unable to take care of himself, and, though he realized the enormity of the sin of taking his own life, knew of noth- ing else to do. The deceased was a native of Missouri, aged 71 years. He came to California in 1850, when sixteen years old. During the early mining days in Nevada he was en- gaged in cattle raising and mining, and accumulated a very large fortune. In 1868 he moved to White Pine, where he invested several hundred thousand dol- lars in buildings. The rapid decline of the camp led to business reverses, which eventually swallowed his entire fortune. He was unable to recoup his losses, and for years was employed in a minor posi- tion upon the cattle ranch of his sister, Mrs. Briscoe, near Nelson in this county. ——————— CRANK PAYS VISIT TO PORTLAND’S MAYOR Announces Himself as Presi- dent of United States and Demands $400,000. Special Dispatch to The Call. PORTLAND, Or., June 29.—“I am Pres- ident of the United States,” announced a wild-eyed, unkempt individual, with a de- cided Itallan accent, as he strode into Mayor Willlams' office this afternoon. The Mayor bowed profoundly to humor | the insane guest, but was startled from his urbanity by the startling request that followed. “I need $400,000. I want it right away,” sald the Itallan. He was assured it was impossible, as the Mayor did not have that amount with him. “If you do not give me the money at once I will order the Umbria to bombard the town,” urged the crank. The Itallan warship Umbria is lying in the harbor, so Specfal Officer Caswell thought 1L about time to appear. He ap- proached the wild-eyed man cautiously, fearing a bomb, but when he showed his searching for him. —_————— TOTS ON BLACKBERRYING TRIP ARE DROWNED IN A SLOUGH QUINCY, Or., June 29.—Three chil- dren of Thomas Basse were drowned yesterday in Beaver Slough, near Klatskanie. The children, the oldest 12 years of age and the youngest six, left their home to go blackberrying. They did not return and a search- ing party which was organized fol- lowed their tracks down to Beavar Slough. and a search 1 sulted in the finding of the bodfes. boulevard that is to be constructed | lswr the visitor fled. The police are | WorRKS p- MAYOR DUNNE MAPS OUT RAILWAY LINES Plans for Chicago’s New Traction System Are Completed. Special Dispatch to The Call } CHICAGO, June 29.—A commission of prominent business men is to supervise the plans for the city's traction lines. Mayor Dunne’s plans for a new mu- | PeIo6E .v-.m o DISTANCE S382 Fray F8ovr Covmry Lime 7 Jemeor I Sprne VALLEY WATER BEGIN BOULEVARD WORK AT ONCE D MAP SHOWING THE ROUTE OF THE PROPOSED ROAD BETWEEN SAN FREANCISCO AND SAN MATEO | - ~ % : nicipal system, comprising three divisions of the city, are practically complete and will be -submitted to the City Council next Thursday. This announcement was made by him to-day, following the con- sultation of Mayor Tom Johnson of Cleve- land, A. D. Dupont, a traction expert of St. Louls; John Parson and others. The plans comprise lines with a trackage of 133 miles, capable of expansion to 240 miles before 1907, contiguous and coter- minous, and not touched in any way or affected by the so-called ninety-nine-year rights. ““There is no doubt in my mind that the operation of the street rallway mapped out by Mayor Dunne and his engineers is practicable,” was the comment made by Mayor Johnson. CARQUINEZ BRIDGE 1S ~ APPROVED —_— Eastern Engineers Declare Structure Aecross Straits Will Not Raise Flood Plane of the Sacramento| CAUTION IS URGED BY THE EXPERTS Their Report Says Care Must Be-Used to Prevent Encroachment on Demands of Industrial Progress Special Dispatch to.The Call SACRAMENTO, June 29.—Frank D. Ryan, State Commissioner of Public ‘Works, to-day received from the commis- sion of engineers at Sioux City, Iowa, a report upon the effect of the proposed pile trestle bridge of the Southern Pacific Company at Carquinez Straits. The re- port, which is signed by Engineers T. G. Dabney, H. B. Richardson, H. M. Chit- tenden and M. A. Nurse, after dealing at length with the conditions prevailing at the Carquinez Straits, holds that the pro- posed bridge would not have the effect of ralsing the flood plane in the straits and the rivers tributary thereto. Major W. H. Heuer, Government engi- neer in charge of the rivers, had pre- viously reported that the bridge would be*a hindrance to navigation and the Eastern engineers confined themselves to the flood plane feature. The engineers say that while the ob- jections urged against the bridge as to the raising the flood plane may be dis- missed as unfounded, nevertheless they declare that due caution must be used in granting permission for encroachments in the straits, so as to preserve the straits and ‘adjacent waterways for the demands of industrial progress in and about San Francisco is making upon them. Fireworks Free To Boys Box of assorted fireworks free with every boy’s woolen suit from now until July 4th. To-morrow night we close our Stock-Taking Sale, as we take stock next week. You must come into our store to-day or to-morrow if you want to buy goods at a reduced price instead of paying a regular price later. Many prices are cut in half—several are reduced a third. For example: $8.85 buys a $15.00 and $17.50 suit, 85¢ buys a $2.00 straw hat or a $1.30 felt hat; $3.85 buys a boy’s ‘$6.00 suit. $1.00 buys a $2.00 vest; Youths’ Suits Reduced to ; $7.45 These suits comprise a splen- did assortment of fancy cheviots in shades of gray and brown. They are just the patterns young men want for summer wear. Ages 12 to 19 years; formerly $10.00 and $12.50, each suit now $7.45. Sailor suits for little fellows of 3 and 4 years only, in blue serge, neatly trimmed, different styles; former prices $3.50 and $5.00, now $1.35. Norfolk suits with belt and box plaits, swell patterns, in fancy mixtures, ages 9 to 14 years; for- merly $6.00, now $3.85. Two-piece suits, made from fancy, mixed cheviots, in gray, tan and brown, ages 8 to 14 years; formerly $6.00, now $3.85. Russian blouse suits made from all- wool fancy cheviots and serges, Eton collar and extra linen collar, ages 2%; to 6 years; formerly $6.00, now $3.85 Wash suits in sailors (ages 6 to*12 years), colors positively fast; for- merly $1.50 and $1.75, now 95e¢. The suits are- on sale m both stores. $2.00 Wash Vests for $1.00 Our New York buyer was fortunate at the close of the season to purchase from a manufacturer some 4o different quality vestings at about one-half their regular value. immediately proceeded to cut, make and hurry them to us—they have just arrived. This enables us to sell you a brand new vest, at $1.00. which would cost you under other circumstances $1.50 or $2. from 33 to 48 inclusive. They are made up splendidly with detachable buttons. The colors white, gray and tan grounds with stripes and fig- ures. See our display in the large window.- 50 miles. » Two Mail orders filled—Write at once. Expressage free within 0D Magufacturers Wholesalers and Retailers of Clothing. Large Stores 740 Market Street and vor. Powell and Ellis. Our Stock-Taking Sale Closes This Week Last Chance to Get Clothes Furnishings or Hats at Greatly Reduced Prices To actually get such values It behooves you to buy while the sale is on. If you are in need of a suit, a hat or some furnishing goods you cannot afford to miss this sale—at least it’s money in your pocket if you buy right now. Note the values below and remember we have many more in the two stores equally as good. We will be open to-morrow Reduced to $8.85 worth $17.50; pay is $8.85. stores—suits which formerly from $10 to $17.50. sizes. to 42 (chest measurement) pleases him. In the lot are a number of short, stout build. fit in ready-made clothes. only $8.85 former and double breasted; 1 any suit in $12.50, $15 and $17.50; now is yours at $8.85. in Norfolk style with belt and box reduced to $8.85. We designs of superior Qur workshops odds All sizes 85¢- All Men’s Suits Think of coming into one of our§ stores, selecting a ready-to-wear stjt putting it on and taking it home, and all you have to The suits are a collection of broken sizes from our entire stock at both The suits as a whole contain all The man measuring from 34 to find his size in a pattern that for tall, slim men and ‘also those of Such men ordi- narily find it difficult to get a proper they should get what they want for The suits comprise black thibeu. and cl.lev- jots, fancy worsteds and cheviots in medium and light weight and pattern; styles single prices $10, In the collection are several outing suits materials are crashes, homespuns and flan- nels; former prices $12.50 and $15, now $2 Straw Hals have col- lected all our and ends in straw hats, which formerly sold at $2 and $1.50, marked them Panamas, Fedoras, Optimos and Telescopes, will now be clag:d out for $3.65. These Hats at 85c on sale at 740 Market street siore oniy. Panamas on sale in both stores. SALT SOLUTION - RESTORES LIFE Injected. Into the Muscular Tissue It Revives Man Who Was . Pronounced Dead PATIENT MAY RECOVER Hospital Physicians Report Strange Case That Came Under’ Their Observation e Specfal Dispatch to The Call. ST. LOUIS, June 29.—Peter Eidam tried to commit suicided in Lower Grove Park on the night of June 23 by shooting himself in the left side. He was taken to the City Hospital at 10 o'clock and operated upon at midnight. The bullet had struck and shattered the fifth rib, carrying the greater part of the bone en- . tirely through the diaphragm, embedding 1t in the spleen, necessitating the removal of that organ. Suddenly, while the oper- ation was In progress, a hospital physi- clan who was administering the anesthetic to Eidam, and who kept his finger on the latter’s pulse, said: “The heart has stopped beating.” .After & moment had passed another physiclan sald: “The man is dead.” -At this two of the assistant physicians left the operating-room. The operating physician and the physiclan who had administered the anesthetic re- mained, however, and worked on, hoping against hope. Artificlal respirations by means of working the arms upward downward was resorted to and 450 cubio centimeters of salt solution were injected into the muscular tissue. When between four and five minutes had passed without a heart beat there was a faint convulsion of Eidam’s body. Slowly his pulse re- turned and the physicians continued the operation. They belleve ho'vfll recover. —_——————— SAN FRANCISCANS HONORED BY ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS PORTLAND, June 29.—The Pacifie Coast Electrical Transmission Assocla- tion and the Pacific Coast Hlectrical Engineers, now in session at the Lewis and Clark Exposition, elected the fol- lowing temporary officers to-day: President, George W. Dickle, San Francisco; secretary, Wilmar Roberts of Seattle; executive committes, Sam- uel Reld, Portland; George P. Love, San | Francisco, and Milmore Roberts, Seattle. as these is a rare opportunity. night until 10 o'clock. sold ought suits Here the lot Each store has a splendid assortment of these suits at $8.85. plaits; and our $35 ina