The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 4, 1906, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1906. BALLD TOWARD OCEAN No Trace of French Aero- ‘@ THE —_— naut Who Made Ascen- sion From New York City \ERO CLUB ALARMED|| Members Fear That the Sky Voyager Has Been Blown and Perished Uut to dea the AT 1 headq balloon. t over th as been h d g it Then WILL BRING PRISONER BACK FROM ARIZONA Detective to Return George Roberts to San Francisco for Trial. a t f stay they we s re- San Sherift n was to Prescott, Yester- *habeas ely re- was here vers and Roberts. o £s o bea an, who e stice Fran- a fme. He was once . Se brought back ited OVERTON IS STILL MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA Republicans Elect Clerk and Assessor #nd One Member of the Board | (Dem.), re- Rep.), clerk; H. ssor; L. W. Bur- Dem.) and R. L men e i Wantx to Get Out of Asylum. ¥ N, —W. M. Coward, and real estate the State Hos- (F Coward is the e Davis at sensation ted en arrested PILLS. SHAKE IT OFF Rid Yourself of Unnecessary Burdens, A BSan Francisco Citizen Shows You How. cessary burdens. back are unneces- bad backs; f kidney ills. rsement to prove J. E. Plamon- irers’ agents, 0, iine station- ishings, 8 rphoid and 1 kidney com- s ago, or at least, rendering the at times. ion, but s I had not d not a It was only convincing Y spapers that I was to a drugstore go Doan’s Kidney Pills and try them. [ surprised the result. I can usly say they removed the entio 4t ed to recommend the prepara- her would I have mentioned to more than one personal ‘or sale by all dealers. F Price, s0 ent Co., Buffalo, N. the United Xemember the mame—Doan’s—and take no other, Aero | \ express ele- ng baks; | tatement | for | ey had not I could not | CON- SIAN EMBASSADOR WH D WITH ON PEACE X 0 E OF FREE BATHS [Dr. Simon Baruch of New | York Confers With Mayor| | Schmitz and ]’h)'sicians; | e R S “A em of free baths should be established in the schools of San Fran- cisco—not old-fashioned tub | which are unhygienic, but clean, new shower baths, where there is plenty of warm water and soap—in the pub- lic schools of Samn Francisco so that the | Jittle children can keep their bodies clean and allow their brains to grow better. Then if both cannot be dome at once a free public shower bath should be built, others, 5o that the great unwashed of this city can bathe regularly and with delizht. “On these lines I am now writing a | letter to Mayor Schmitz explaining the work of such institutions in other elt- fes of the world apd showing what re- | sults can be quickly accomplished in this metropolis of the West. I belleve that in a short time San Francisco will take her place with the other great cit- fes and keep her citizens washed clean. Mayor Schmitz and Dr, Ward of the Board of Health have promised to do everything in their power to ald my cause. For this reason I look forward to success.” I n Baruch, physician of New v, the world’s greatest living rity on hydrotherapeutics and the n first planned the free baths of New York City and afterward in- troduced them to nearly other large city of the United yesterday evening at cis Hotel that San Francisco would n have cleanly free baths like other His words are fraught with im- the St portance, for w of his actions in the East his assurance is to be relied upon. SCHOOLS FIRST IMPORTANCE. | is great physician began his work | in this city fmmediately on his arrival |last week. He first visited the Lick | baths, where [tubs are used. and then | stopped for a time at the various plunge baths about the city. He saw y had no free at once to s lic baths and he interest Mayor Schmitz and several | physiclans about San Francisco in a | movement to build such baths. His first idea is the establishing of free baths in the schools. He will point out to Mayor Schmitz in his letter to- | day that these baths can be instituted | at a very slight expense. He wiil show | how th have succeeded in other cities; h he little children clamored w to bathe regularly; how they grew neater in personal appearance each ; how an era of respectability about schools began to grow and how influence of these baths reached homes and raised them up to a standard of living, Baruch declares that the free bath is needed more in San Fran- n in most cities. He points that because of the cool, medium climate, perspiration flows to a less de- | gree than in warmer cities and that the people do mnot realize the necessity of bathing because of this fact. “All the more should San Franciscans bathe,” he said, “because the perspiration here | 1s not great enough to carry off much | of the dirt.” SHOWER BATHS BEST. Dr. Baruch is working for the estab- lishment of shower baths where every one can enter and bathe. He does not intend them for municipal charities nor for places of amusement, ‘but as sani- tary necessities, just as public parks and food law he shower baths alone, he believes, solve every problem that is presented. They.are not ex- pensive of installation, they are clean, | do the cleansing perfectly and require | little attention | In New York City there are now six | great public baths and in another year these will be increased to eleven. They will then bathe 13,000,000 people an- | nually. One bath alone took care of | 770,000 people last year and only cost $34,000 to maintain. A Philadelphia free bath was built for $25,000 and In | one year 100,000 people were given | baths. | “San Francisco Is | eit continued Dr. | no free public baths. | | | | | the or great Baruch, “that has The Lick Baths | were supposed to be free bathe, but I | ind that they are not really so. They are antiquated tub baths, requiring hours of attention every day. The shower baths are more convenient, far | eheaper, quicker, take less room and | do the work better. Get them into the { schools first and then let the idea grow !upon the public that public baths are really the necessity that they are.” Dr. Baruch has been in California re- cently investigating the properties of the mineral springs in the State. He says that he has found wonderful hot springs and waters charged with minerals that will cure chronic diseases and that Californjans will no Jonger be compelled to search for forelgn springs when suffering from gout or rheumatism. 3 Dr. Baruch will leave for New York tomorrow. 1 | posal. 1 sulted when | | | | which have given baths, | to be followed by | NSNS NATIONS CALLED HAGUE. Czar Proposes That Session Be Held in Summer. Baron Rosen Brings Official Word to Root. WASHINGTON, April 3.—Unexpected- ly the Russian Government today made another movement toward the recon- Baron Rosen, the Russian Embassador, presented to Secretary Root a proposal for the reconvention of the conference at The Hague early in the coming sum- mer, and indicated that the Netherlands Government had assented to the pro- It had been supposed that owing to the complexity of the problems in- volved in the arrangement of even a tentative programme for the confer- ence and the delays caused by the ne- cessity of persuading the Swiss Gov- ernment to make the time and pro- gramme for the approaching Red Cross convention conform as far as possible to The Hague project, it would scarcely be possible for the confererce to as- | semble earlier than a late date next fall. There were seasonable objections, however, to such a date, and it was intimated that it might bc necessary to defer the convention until next year. The matter had been left In large part to the Governments of Russia and the Neitherlands to adjust, the first named because thé proposal for the conference had originated with Em- peror Nicholas and the latter for the reason that the host should be con- it concerned a- matter of dates for the conference. The fact that they have agreed makes it probable that the other signatory powers to the original Hague Conven- tion, which accepted the invitation to attend the next conference, will agree | to the proposed date, although the short perfod of time available will make it necessary for some of the powers, little attention to the subject recently, to do some rapid diplomatic work in order to arrange programmes according to their own de- sires, for it is certain that the pro- | posed Russian programme as conveyed to the State Department today by Baron Rosen will, while not meeting positive objections, at least call forth | Bome projects differing materially in scope and detail from the Russlan plan. A casual review of the proposal dis- closes nothing that is calculated to arouse opposition on the part of the | United States Government, but unless the Algeciras conference has materi-'ly modified the views of certaln of the European great powers, there is a dis- | Inclination to enter into any engage- ments that would further restrict the | independence of action of a power in international matters. | The first paragraph of the Russian | programme is regarded as tending | toward the restriction in that it makes it easler for powers to engage in me- diatlon or arbitration and in conse- quence enables a majority of the powers to force a settlement upon one of their number when it would much rather use sterner diplomatic measures and even proceed to the verge of forci- ble compulsion. Several of the Russian proposals are really in substance the same as those proposed by The Hague conference itself as proper for consid- | eration by another conference, but there is a suggestion of the last great | war in the reference to a regulation for “open hostilities,” for the Russians have | never admitted the legality in interna- | tional law of the Japanese attack upon the Russian warships in Chemulpo har- bor and at Port Arthur, without, it was asserted, due notice. The suggestion relative to the rec- ognition of private property rights in shipping and cargo will find ready sec- onding by the State Department, for this Government has been foremost in advocating this for many years. BIG TRACT OF OI1, LAND CHANGES HANDS Deal Involving Nearly Quar- ter of Million Made Near Santa Barbara. SANTA BARBARA, April deal of considerable closed today when the Investment Company, lish and Scotch capital, purchased the F. T. Underhill ranch near Los Alamos. The price paid is said to be $235000. 1Te ranch containg 5300 acres. ———— WOMAN MAY NOW SUE RIVAL FOR HUSBAND'S AFFECTIONS 3.—An oil importance was Balfour-Guthrie At Last Given Equal Right With Spouse by the Massachusetts Cozrt, BOSTON, April 3.—For the first time in the history of the law courts of Massachusetts the full bench of the Supreme Court yesterday handed down a decision declaring that a married wo- man has the right to bring .an action against another woman for the allena- tion of a husband's affections. For hundreds of years a husband has had a right of action against another man for alienating his wife's affections. The decision was in the case of Mrs. Anna Nolin of Newbury, who had sued Mar- fon Pearson of the same town. LS AT e T MAYOR WRIGHT OF TACOMA RE-ELECTED BY SMALL VOTE Defents Republican and Municipal Own- ership Candidates by About 200 Plurality, TACOMA, Wash.,, April 3.—Election today was the most exciting in the his- tory of Tacoma and Mayor George V. Wright (D.) was re-elected by about 200 plurality over R. L. MecCormick (R.) and John P. Hartman (Municipal Ownership), the latter polling about 1800 votes. The Republicans elected enough Councilmen to give them good control. Ten important amendments to the city charter were carried over- whelmingly and also a proposition to bond the city for a water supply. e SHERIFF IN AUTO CATCHES ALLEGED THIEF IN BUGGY Lively Chase Results in Capture of Rancher Wanted on a Lar- ceny Charge. SAN JOSE, April 3.—After searching for a month for Joseph Smith, a Halls Val- ley rancher, for whom there is a larceny warrant out, Sheriff Ross this afternoon heard that the man wanted had just driven through the city in a light buck- board rig attached to a team of fast horses. Ross secured an automoblile, overtook his man after a lively chase and arrested him. % —————— Great Opportunity Presented To g0 on comfortable train to Mexico City April 10 Only $80. Optional return by Grand Canyon. Particulars S. P. Agent, 613 Market. * 1 vening of The Hague conference, when | of those who were ;g;if;g“c‘gfia:im-wgfl'::fi representing Eng- | { immediately | Cutting, who had | story,” | thought about | night, and now it is too late, for on the | | | He COLLECE CALS HEAR CLENENS Mark Twain the Guest of the Women’s TUniversity Club in New York City LECTURING DAYS OVER ———e Humorist Announces His Retirement This Month as a Public Speaker ———— | Epecial Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, April 3.—Standing on a cheir so that he could see into the faces at a social held today under the auspices of the Woman's University Club. ©Only after repeated requests did the humorist finally consent to “tell a yarn,” as he called it. He declared that he was not prepared to speak and sald: “I don't know what iniquity I might wander into on an empty stomach—I mean an empty mind—so I'll just tell you a yarn.” This statement was received with de- light and four of the strongest of the club’s members dashed hurriedly out of the room, to return with a platform made of new boards. o which Mr. Clemens was escorted by Miss Elizabeth previously presented the women to thelr guest. “I am going to tell you a practical he said, “one I should have been using all these months, but I never telling it until the other nineteenth of this month I hope to take formal leave of the platform forever at | Carnegie Hall; that is, take leave so far | as talking for money and for people W have paid money to hear me talk.” repeated a ‘‘yarn” that he told several nights ago in the Waldorf- Astoria, when he spoke at a meeting held for the blind. and said that his intention in telling the tale was tu convey to an audience what it meant to be blind. Before Mr. Clemens mounted the chalr, the women took turns in filing past him, being presented and saying ‘Delighted,” until one of the receiving list declared that she had seen the same women pre- sented three and four times and— “It's a shame to have them repeating in that wa she said, with spirit. waited all my life for this mo- ' murmured one college woman; and “T've been fairly brought up on Tom Sawyer,” declared another, as she shook Mr. Clemens' hand. “I don’t believe I have to say any- thing,” simpered a sweet girl graduate, as she was presented. “No; I'm that way, too,” responded the author. Suddenly grasping a young woman's | hand Mr. Clemens said: | “I believe I know you, don't 12 You're |a Vassar girl.” 3 Blushingly the young woman admitted that she was, but added that she had not before had the pleasure of meeting Mark Twain. “Oh, 1 know,” he replied, with a laugh, “it was your grandmother T knew there in the old days. I'm always mak- ing such mistakes.” S S A FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN SECURITIES RECOVERED Part of Vast Amount Looted From Dr. - Pivault of Msneapolis Trestored. NEW YORK, April 3.—About $50,000 worth of securities alleged to have been stolen by Thomas J. Walnwright from Dr. Nicholas J. Pinault of Minneapolis were recovered lere today. Wainwright was arrested last night. He was care- taker of the Pinault residence in Min- neapolis, where he is alleged to have stolen $100,000 worth of silverware as well as the securitles. Wainwright is said to have confessed that two trunk®¥ filled with silverware are now secreted in Providence, R. I. He got the secur- ities out of a safe deposit vault in Min- neapolis, first having secured the key from a safe in the house, the combina- tion of which he had discovered. —————— SHINGLE MILLS ARE CLOSED BY STRIKE OF WORKMEN Fourteen Out of Seventeen Washington Plants Shut Down Pending Settle- ment of Labor Controversy. SEATTLE, April 3.—Fourteen out of seventeen shingle mills of Ballard, the greatest shingle manufacturing city in the world, are idle, the few remaining plants running being expected to close today as a result of a general strike against the mills in that city. The is- sues are a slight increase in wages and | the open shop principle. Strikes of lesser magnitude have been inaugur- | ated in other shingle centers through- | out the States. The closing of the Bal- lard shingle mills alone will decrease the supply by nearly 3,000,000 shingles a day. ———a—— Two Killed in Train Wreck. SHERIDAN, Wyo., April 8.—Brake- man €. W. Hildebrand and Fireman John Davis were Kkilled yesterday by the overturning of a freight locomotive on the Burlington Railroad near Ar- vada, fifty miles east of this city. Da- vis was alive for several hours under the wreckage. The accident was caused by the caving of the track. o ee ] Try the United States Laundry. 1004 Muarket street. Telephone South 420, * RRRRRR ERERRR REERRE RRRERRERRERER ZEZRERRY RERERER RERRRRREERRE RREERE RRRERR RERRER RERERRE RERRRR RRRRRRE RRERRRRRRERY RERRRE RRRRYE RERRRR RRRRRRY, Spiral Railroad in Africa. In the construction of the Amabele- Butterworth railway in Cape Colony unusual difficulties had to be surmount- ed and the result i, from an engineer- ing point of view, one of the most re- markable railways in existence. After passing through the Kei hills the line winds round another hill, and then, at a lower level, goes under its own track. ! This portion of the rajlway. is known as the “spiral. At another point the line travels along the bank of the Man- gula Rivel for two miles and then dou- bles back for a mile and a half, so that after covering three and a half miles the train is really only half a mile to the good. This section is called the “zigzag,” and, with the spiral, is unique in South Africa. All along the Kei Heights the route is through cuttings or on embankments. Some idea of the extraordinary character may be formed from the statement that in elghteen miles the line falls or rises to the ex- tent of 1560 feet.—Pall Mall Gazette. —_———— St. Deiniol. St. Deiniol or Daniecl, whose day. is November 23, is a Welsh saint whose name has become familiar to many thousands of Englishmen and Scotsmen in connection Wwith his church at Ha- warden and the St. Deiniol’s Library es- tablished by Mr. Gladstone. The saint flourished early in the sixth century; but very little is known of his life ex= cept that he founded a college or mon- astery at the place now known as Ban- gor. That Bangor derives Its name New Linen Suits and Silk Shirt Waist Dresses Do you realize how near the sum- meris? Visit The Emporium Suit Department today and you will believe that it is really here, for the floor is filled with dainty washable dresses and pretty silk frocks in the new summer ¢olorings. On the left we picture one of the new Silk Shi.rt Waist Dresses, which can Neck Ruchings Today 18c Box There are six neck lengths in a box, pretty up-to-date Ruchings, all of them different patterns, in white and delicate shades of blue, pink, etc. Buy them today, box of 6 for 18¢c Sale Centerpieces and Scarfs Dainty Easter Gifts these pretty Centerpieces for pretty luncheon tables, etc. They are the work of an embroidery school whose entire production we secure at the end of the season. Centerpieces—In floral and conventional that would be chesp at $2, each . 850 Scarfs — 20x45 inches, hemstitched and embroidered in many floral patterns, worth $2.50 each, for. .- $1.10 C Easter Novelties Little Chickens . . 1@ to 100 Bunnies for - .80 o 81 Chickens innest . . . . - 7@ Katzenjammer Kids, each..10¢ Feathered Roosters with moving head . . o !.’b,wo Paste figures, chi abbits, etc., ”fg. 5o t'inw S And Many Others On Second Floor Last Week of the Corset Demonstration Mis; Craig, the famous _corsetiere, leaves us Saturday night. You will never regret it:if you allow s Free to woman to fit you with a corset best adapted Egg Dye The famous Paas Egg Dyes in plain colors or fancy patterns and their latest novelty, the Buster Brown Transfer-o-s, here, ke o i Send for Catalogue e s Book just issued.. Describes and gives prices of Millinery Annex "“°:i3.is feoe™ A more attractive display than ever—better light—more room more convenient to the main Millinery Salon. find the untrimmed shapes and the materials to trim them also children’s hats. Chlldyen;i 1““]![! Hats, as picture at only require a spray of flowers and a rib- bon to make them very dressy pretty hats, each . . . 350 Children’s Leghom Flats 500 Flowers at little prices —Baby roses, 350 buach; Forget-me-nots, 1885 Roses R / sod, Folage, al_colars, 7L Sallor Hat — Pictrd shove 280; Folisge- - 200, |t you make your own millin- ~ beclie and scbes abhon: the 250 and IBO ry or buy the materials for _ 2 "ot bim . . . $1.50 Smart New Sallors, each your favorite milliner, be mms;ldlwr Trmmed with - . $1.80 =nd $2.00 LastDayof Two Weeks’ Clothing Sale Men’s $12.50 to $17.50 Spring Suits, Today Onl . Boys’ $5.00 to $8.00 Three-Piece Suits, Today Only . . $3.95 Fine Suits for Confirmation Among These. hildren’s Fancy Suits, Worth $5.00 to $8.00, Today Onl $1.20 sack, special Baking Powder—| 25c¢ bottles 3¢ Pineapple—Chunks in out-of-town resses. CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST- AMERICA'S GRANDEST sure to visit the new annex. 2-Day Flour Sale—$1.08 Emporium Flour—Money-back-if-not-satisfactory kind, Emporium Brand, guaranteed pure, - Catsup—Heinz's, Sneider's, Blue Label o Brown Bread Flour— Allen’s 20c |pecul SN Cream - Isleton or Camation, dozen Tomatoes or Corn—Good quality, 3 tins . Helios Pudding—Something new; small sze 1503 Iuw‘,n.n Emporium Sand Soap—None better, 8 cakes . . . | ing. | Old Crow or Hermitage Bourbon Whisky—$1bot. 78¢ A. V. H. Gin—Genuine imported. Bottle The young lady with the parasol has on a smart summer Walking Suit made of a good quality butcher linen. Note swagger double-breasted panel frant and self mpped. These we have in white, gray, reseda, green, pi robin’s egg blue, lav- ender and natural color. We offer these the :::::: at $lo Many other styles of Linen Wash Dresses at $r2.50 to $37.50. and Here you will with, Wire Frames in all the very newest shapes of the French straw hats at .28¢ © 500 ribben, _for . $2.00 $2.65 31, b, 37c 30c California Home Brand, Cg 3tins . . . 25¢. 2 3 Pt Sy Sl sl - 250 $1.39 quality, 47¢ Zintandel—Exen goed P AR AAAAAAR AARAEA ARARACAR RARAEAR AARARA ARARER ARACKRARA R AN ARARAAR ARR AR AAAAARAAAAAA AKARAAS WRARAA AAAAEN R R AR ARARRAAAE RAAARAR fine bourbon. Gallon. . Wilson or Paul Jones W hisky— EACLND NEEDS AMERICAN FLOUR Relies Upon Middle West of the TUnited States for Material for Its Bread Special Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, April 3.—Several important bills introduced into the new British Par- liament apparently threaten seriously; some big American industries. In the first place, the new land tenure bill, which aims to give small holdings to peasant proprietors, seems on the face of it likely to affect disastrously the vast wheat ship- ments which come to England from the TUnited States. By bringing large areas of agricultural lands into cuitivation Eng- land, it is thought, ‘should be able to raise its own food products and thus do away with foreign importations. Another very powerful agent toward the cheap- ening of food is the proposed opening up of canals all over England. This will al- low farmers to ship their products to the most available markets and bring down railway rates, which in England are at present prohibitive. With such vast American interests ap- parently menaced, the writer investigated the subject to learn whether the importa- tion of American wheat would be affected by the buwilding of English canals and by bringing vacant lands under cultivation. DEPENDENT ON THE WEST. One of the members of the London Corn Exchange, directly in touch with the great grain importers, gave his views on these subjects as follows: “The building of canals from one end of England to the other, as is proposed, will undoubtedly cheapen freight trans- portation. All the great centers—Glasgow, Liverpool, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and other places—will be connected with Londan, and railway freight rates will be compelled to come down. At pres- ent they are prohibitive, but, of course, with our great canal systems open and working, the railways can no longer hold their prices. Fcodstuffs will be reduced, naturally. ““Then again,” he continued, “the new bills for enabling small farmers to get land for cultivation will also encourage the raising of agricultural prcducts all over England, which at present is a branch of industry sorely neglected.” “And will_not the raising of grain in large quantities, especially wheat, affect importation from America?’ I asked. “England at present handles a vast quantity of American wheat, but 1 do not think the American farmer need fe: a discontinuance of his English orders. As a matter of fact, there will always be a demand for American wheat. \Even if we raised in this country large quantities 1 from this college of St. Deiniol's is agreed; but there is a difference of opinion as to whether Bangor stands for “Ban chor,” high chair, or for the Latin “bonus chorus,” good choir, or “benedictus chorus,” 'blessed choir,— London Chronicle. of wheat we would have to order the bulk of this cereal from the United States. “This naturally appears to be a very strangs state of affairs,” continued my in-| formant. “But the fact is that English ' raised wheat is not good for making if T might bread. It is not virlle enough, 1 use the expression. The sofl, having been cultivated for centuries, or, If not culti- vated, at'léast allowed to go to waste has now reached the state where it Is not capable of producing good enough wheat for breadmaking.” BIG SYSTEM OF CANALS. “But how about Australia—and Cana- da?" T asked. “Australia’ls too far.. The freight rates would be ‘against our getting our wheat crop from that country,” was the reply. ! “And Canada, owing to the severity of| climate in certain parts, could not be de-| pended upon.. The vast Middle West nl" the United States is where England will always seek its staple grain supplles; and it is from those States that we are now mainly dependent upon for our wheat. | *‘The - building of canals, while it may | cheapen: othér food products and help | farming generally, will not affect the principal_shipments of wheat from the| United States. In my opinion, England | will always have to have American wheat to make its bread.” As to the subject of canal building gen- erally, a royal commissicn has already been appointed to consider the advisabili- ty of opening up the numerous canals which extend. all over England like a veritable network. Most of these canals in modern vears have been put out of use deliberately by raillway companies who have acquired them for the express pur- pose of closing them up. Upward of 40, | 000,000 tons of goods were carried on Eng- lish canals last year; but it is stated that were all the canals opened three times this amount could have been transported. The roval commission ls to Investigate and report on the entire subject of Eng- lish rallway canals, and the new Gov- ernment is following Campbell-Banner- man's lead when he recently said: “Few things are more capable of benefiting both town and country than the delevelopment | feet. of our em of canals. It will faeili- tate transit, open markets and bring town and country together.” If the canmal project is carried through the English farming population will be raised above the position of practical serf- dom, which is its present state. ———— The Zambesi Bridge. The Zambesi bridge, or the Victoria Falls bridge, as it Is variously called, is a record bridge in many respects. It is the highest—420 feet—in the world, and it was built in the shortest time recorded for such a work, viz., nineteen weeks. Sir Charles Metcalf also claimed that no other bridge of its size and capacity had ever been built so cheaply. The total length of the bridge s 650 feet, of which the central span accounts for 500 feet between the pin center on the two banks, the balance being made up of the two short spans. The great centey span rises in a grace- tul parabolic arch to the center, the spring of which starts from the bases of the main booms. The vertical rise to the crown is ninety feet. The main span 1is made of twenty bays, each twenty-five feet long, and lateral sta- bility was secured by a wide spread at the Ieet of the bridge. At the rafl level the distance between girder center is 27 feet 6 inches, whereas at the bases the width between pin centers is 50 The roadway projects beyond the stde girders so as to allow a clear thirty feet between parapets. The bridge is of steel, and as it is coated with gray paint it is rendered as invisible as pos- sible against the cloud of spray—‘“the smokaq that sounds,” as the natives call it—that rises from the falls, and the undue obtrusion on the landscape which so many feared has thus been obviated.—Engineering Magazine. : Sale of Hig-Gde German Fire:-Proof Ware This'is_the highest grade of Fire-Proof Ware, dark shaded brown exterior and pure white porcelain lined, intended to cook and serve in same vessel. It is far superior to any kind of metal vessels for cooking cereals, fruits, pot roasts, etc. The special offer applies to two shapes of covered dishes, as 1I- lustrated, oval and round—three sizes ol quoted they are rare bargalns, but as. we are discontinuing this line. Round Baking Dishes — Regular price.. Special Oval' Baking - Dishes — Regular price. . SUTTER ST the latter. At the prices ‘we want to close them out quickly, $1.40 $1.80 $1.90 price. . §1.00 $1.10 $1.30 $2.40 Special. . $1.75 ¢