The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 21, 1906, Page 2

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People of City That Felt a Blighting Hand Worship Strong in Faith. THRONGS ATTEND THE SERVICES The services at Bt. Mary's Cathredral were held yestenday in the basement, as usual Masses were sald every hour from € o'clock till 11. His Grace Arch- hop Montgomery first mass, and immediately left on a sit to the various camps throughout the city. The last mass was sald by he Rev. Father Philip O'Ryan and the ermon was preached by Rev. Father harles Ramm. Jontrary to the usual custom, the mass of the day was a low one. final > children of the Sunday-school arranged In the side eaisles, and hymns under the direction of Dr. son, organist of tthe cathedral. e simple hymns of the children lent pretty effect to the services and im- 4 the large crowd of worshipers. Rev. Father Ramm delivered a very ppropriate sermon on, the gospel of e day, He devoted his remarks jefly to those of the church who re- ed the Word of God in their youth, ut gradually ere weaned away from he faith through the medium of the leasures and business cares of the and therefors mllow these In- uences to supplant their religion, When we tr 2 child,” said Father a we train it geneerally to the 80 that its early ing may be for its ld naturally reaches ledge and grasps at Generally cessity of religion and le and results, but, sad y instances the fruit g is lost when the reached. falth to services will be he cathedral for ge army of work- be completed are engaged. said in ay morning. o'clock high mass ne Rev. Father Francis Church, man, head of preached an the gospel. 7:30 consisted n, e day’'s service 1y class at the red and w Francisco The relief der was reviewed future benefits time most of order, forme rch, are mak- rter t Sacred Heart ing the word from Rev. , Vicar General of the probably make arrange- Y f rebuilding of & new house of worship, probably on the old site DR. HEMPHILL'S DEDUCTIONS. Talks of Lessons That Christians Should Learn From the Fire. Rev. Dr. John Hemphill preached ore a large congregation yesterday at the morning service in the Sunday- school room of Calvary Presbyterian Chur his subject dealing with the essons taught by the recent conflagra- | His text was taken from Mark, chapter, 224 verse, wherein is re- t because it was not bearing out , “For the time of figs was hrist did not attempt to explain his sterious act, but exhorted them to ve faith in God. id, was what should be done in the presence of the great calamity that has befallen San Francisco. Upon this topic Dr. Hemphill spoke substantially OSPEL IS PREAGHED AMID CRUDE ENVIRONS celebrated the | Sacred the cursing of the fig tree by This, the spea.ker] One great bullding after another going up in smoke! 5 “Perhaps a great protest has gone up from our hearts to God. You have asked, and are still asking, ‘Ts this the | discrimination we have a right to ex- | pect from an {nfinitely wise and loving { father, or is it a mere madness, a wild and irresponsible chance? Why did he allow this fair queen of the Pacific Coast to be reduced to ashes?” Who | are we that we should try to measure | God's methods? A child seeing a sur- | | geon using his knife thinks that the | | surgeon is a dreadful, cruel butcher, | but we know that the hand that holds | the knife is full of kindness and gen- tleness and love. “If you don’t belleve that God Is good you would better not belleve in God at all. Greece, befors her final | fall, ceased to belleve in the goodness of the gods; France, in her frensy, spat upon the name of God; but we, Ameri- cans, have never done that Perhaps we have done something worse. Per- | haps we have worshiped the dollar | more than we have worshiped God. ‘We have graven upon our dollar, ‘In God We Trust,’ but I sometimes think that something more suitable for the irit and ambition of some San Fran- cisco people would be ‘In Gold We Trust’ But Americans say, ‘Tes, there is God, and there is gold, too. Gold is preferable to God.’ I think God has taught us something better now. “Some =ay, ‘If God is good, why is | our city in ruins? My friends, that is as France said, ‘There is no God." That | is bald atheism set to hymn tunes. If you have not the faith in the goodness of God, you have no God at all; you are without hope. Don’t lose faith in God because he has not revealed to| | you as yet the meaning of our wrecked | and ruined city. Some of the fairest| flowers thrive best in the shadow; in- | deed, they cannot thrive anywhere else, and unrevealed things are the | lowers of God’s shadow alone. “There is a larger life to come in San i Francisco, and we must be content to | await its larger revelation. There are mountainous difficulties ahead of us in the rebullding of ruined San Francisco, | yet we may have a wise and healthy optimism. When we have faith in God we cease to trouble ourselves with problems which can never be solved. | We know, although we know not how, | that all things are working together | for good. I can walk through the ruins |of San Francisco and have faith in| { God still. “We have lost much, my friends, but we have not lost God; we have faith in God.” BENEFITS OF OPTIMISM. Hadlock Spys Buoyant Spirlt Insures Greater Rebuilding. | The benefits of the optimistic view | were shown by the Rev. Edwin H. | Hadlock at the First English Luth- | eran Church on Geary street yester- | day morning. Dr. Hadlock’s discourse was the expounding of the doctrine of | | mirth an@ buoyancy of nature, as an| | antidote for death-dealing woe. He| that in many instances during | recent conflagration many a| Dr. the | brave man said that all was lost save | spirit. It is this spirit, continued Dr. Hadlock that was shown by the/ first ploneers in their settlement on| the eastern shores of America that| { carved a way for the great nation en- | throned on the continent, and this spirit dominates the people of San | mcisco to-day in rebuilding the | 1ty. Dr. Hadlock sald that with spirit still firm and triumphant, the replacing of | things that are destroyed is only a matter of time. Impelled by this spirit the people will get out and create and greater works than have - done away with. The way in which to begin the work of rehabili- tation is to look steadfastly on the bright side and hold the courage to press forward In the face of obstacles, he said. t NEW CHURCH ARISES, | Cathedral Mission Consecrated | Former Site in Heart of Ruins. The first church structure to rear its head among the widespread ruins and | the firet to be rebuilt on a portion of the o'd foundations is the Cathedral Mission at Second and Folsom streets, | which was consecrated yesterday morning by Bishop Nichols. Services will be held In the church every Sun- day morning at 11 o'clock and Sun- day-school in the afternoon at'2:30. After performing the Episcopal ser- vice of consecration, Bishop Nichols | on spoke briefly on the past history of | equable adjustment of the tax on mort- | | the church and the outlook for the|gages wers TOPO! 3 o | To his mystified disciples | | sage: e proposed by Garret Mc future. By good fortune the concrete| floor of the gymnasium of the old| | Mission building was left intact and; it is on this solid foundation that the | | new church is bullt, | | Blshop Nichols compared the estab- | lishment and foundation of Christian. ity with the firm foundation of the { obtaining OTHER CITIES WILL B CONIDERED AT THE SPECIAL SESSION Urgent NwdTLegislafion for Various Sections Is Re- cognized. Los Angeles Wins Fight for Right to Consolidate for Protection, After a debate, which threatened at times to be prolonged for several days, the joint committee on call for special session of the Legislature Saturday morning, in executive session, acceded to the request of Los Angeles and rec- ommended the plan consolidating Los Angeles with adjacent cities for the purpose of providing them with a way to obtaln adequate fire protection. A vote to postpone action on the matter until the legislative needs of Stockton, Oakland and San Diego could be con- sidered was lost after stubborn opposi- tion. The motion to embody the mat- ter in the Governor’s proposed call was then carried by a six to one vote. Many of the opponents of the action of the committee were present at the meeting only by request and had no voting privilege, The principal objeotion to the pres- ent consideration of the request of the Los Angeles representatives was that the committee had by resolution pledged itself to consider only such matters as might be termed “calamity legislation.” It was argued by Judge Davis and R. H. Countryman, leaders of opposition to immediate action on the measure, that the committee could not with justice consider the Los An- geles matter without recelving and considering the. propositions urged by other California cities. To obviate this, Gavin McNab pro- posed that the former resolution adopted by the committee restricting its labors to “calamity legislation” be rescinded. This was later superseded by a motion of Garret McEnerney that the committee consider only the urgent legislation and constitutional amend- ments that may be presented. With the adoption of this motion the debate on the Los Angeles request for a con- stitutional amendment began, Los Angeles asked that the joint committee recommend to the Gover- nor for embodiment in his proposed call for special session of the Legis- lature the proposition of submitting to the electors of the State at the next| general’ election amendments to sec- tions 7, 8 and 8% of article XI of the constitution of the Btate of Galifornia relating to the consolidation of city and county governments; to provide for the organization under one form of government of two or more municipal corporations and intervening and other territory; the consolidation of the gov- ernment of citles and counties; for the disincorporation of municipal corpora- tions having freeholders’ charters and for the surrender of freeholders’ char- ters. LIMITED TO SOUTH. Upon later suggestion it was re- solved that the following paragraphs be also included: Such amendments to be limited to the oounty of Los Angeles and the munici- palities thereof. And for the purpose of considering and submitting to the electors of the State at the next general election a scheme where- by the city and county of Los Angeles and the municipalities of the county may secure an adequate water supply. Paragraphs submitted by A. Ruef providing for the ratification of char- ter amendment under the constitution and for extending to San Francisco the privilege of amending her charter during a period of two years without the indorsement of the amendments from the Legislature, the amendments to take immediate force, were passed by the joint committee. Gavin McNab proposed the following amendment to the constitution pro- viding for the legthening of the term of municipal and other bonds and postponing for twenty-five years the first payment on the principal: No county, city, town or township board of education or school district shall incur any indebtedness or Mability in any | manner or for any purpose exceeding in any year the income and revenue pro- vided for such year without the assent of two-thirds of the qualified electors there- of, voting at an election to be held for that purpose, nor unless before or at the time of incurring such indebtédness pro- vision shall be made for the collection of any annual tax sufficlent to pay the in- terest on such Indebtedness as it falls due, and also provision to constitute a sinking fund for the payment of the prin- cipal thereof, and unless provision shall be made for a sinking fund to pay the principal thereof to commence at a time after the incurring of such indebtedness of not more than a period of one-fourth of the time of maturity of such Indebt- edness, which shall not exceed 100 years from the time of contracting the same; any indebtedness or lability incurred con- kXlal’y to this provision shall be void. MORTGAGE TAX. Paragraphs providing for the more Enerney and passed by the committee. Two acis were framed by McEnerney covering the subject. One is applic- able to San Francisco and the other to the entire State. It was previously urged by members of the committee - | that change of the mortgage tax law, | | WATER B | although wise and beneficial, would be| 15 INEAEASING City Reservoirs Are Fast Filling to Normal Limit. . Mayor and Supervisors Visit Spring Valley Works. The Mayor and the Board of Super- visors were the guests of the Spring Valley Water Company Saturday. Leaving |early in the morning on the private car Hermosa of the United Rallroads, they were met at Baden by President. Payson, Engineer Schussler and Expert Accountant Booker of the water company and driven in four- horse coaches over the reservoirs and main works of the Bald Hill Range. It was the first day of relxation of the city legislators since the earth- quake, and they enjoyed it. The Su- pervisors were like a lot of frisky schoolboys and Mayor Schmitz looked like a fond and indulgent papa. The breaks of the San Andreas and Crystal Springs mains near Baden and their subsequent repairs were ex- amined. The party then drove up to the lakes and followed the big earth- quake fault for several miles. The huge Crystal Springs dam, the pride of Engineer Schussler, was the object of a close examination and then lunch was taken at the cabin at the head of Crystal Springs Lake. Afterward the vehicles whirled down to Belmont, where Mayor Schmitz started the big pumps of the station there. These pumps bring 8,000,000 gallons a day into the city across the bay from Alameda Creek through four submarine pipes. The pipes were not injured by the earthquake, excepting where they joined terra firma. Englneer Schussler announced his progress in filling the city reservoirs. Before the earthquake these contained 80,000,000 gallons of water. At the end of the first day they were empty. On May 13 they contalned 28.000,000 gal- lons, on the 14th 30,000,000, on the 15th 40,000,000, on the 16th 55,000,000. In & few days they will hold the normal re- Berve. ‘While at lunch Captain Payson and dicker regardilg the proposed Ocean boulevard. Some time ago the Spring Valley deeded to the city a strip of| jland forty-five feet wide along the shore, This was traded for a piece farther to the east Saturday, giving easfer grades and running -along a bluff giving a superior view and the width was Increased from forty-five to 100 feet. | The following men composed the party: Mayor Eugene Schmitz, Super- visors Phillips, Kelley, Walsh, Gal- lagher, Boxton, Mamlock, Lonergan, Coffey, Davis, Harrigan, Nicholas, San- derson, Furey, Coleman and McGushin, Election Commissioner Lefingwell; Captain Payson, president of the; Spring Valley; Hermann Schussler, its| chief engineer, and G. Booker, its ex- pert accoutnant. MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP OPPOSED BY ANDREWS Former Grand Jury Foreman Resents Use of His Name in Call for League Meeting. The following is'a copy of a letter sent by T. P. Andrews, former Grand Jury foreman, to Albert ‘M, Johnson, president of the Municipal Ownership League: Dear Sir: I beg to acknowledge receipt of a circular dated May 14 and signed by vourself as president and by Mr. Edw. R. B. Troy as secretary. I see that my name was attached to the call for the meeting of this league to be held at the office of T. E. Hayden, 2450 California street, on Saturday, May 19, at 3 p. m. I am surprised and regret to see my name atached te this call, as it is without my sanction or authority. I am not in harmony or in sympathy with the proposition of municipal ownership. I never have been nor do I ever expect to be. My views on this matter have been very pronounced and positive for a great many. years. 1 am satisfled that had I been consulted in regard to this and had you known my opinion my name would not have been atached to the call for the meeting. With reference to such corporations as the Southern Pacific Company, the United Railroads and the Spring Valley Water Works my opinion 1s that the peo- ple of San Francisco, looking back and reviewing the stand they have taken, and the wonderful help and assistance they have rendered the community since April 18, should congratulate themselves that we had them with us during our hours of trial and tribulation We have all criticised and hammered the Southern Pacific in the past, but in! | my estimation San Francisco foday is | under a great obligation to Mr. Harriman. | ery much if the debt can ever I fear most of our people do lize and appreciate what the n Pacific Company, has done for San Francisco since “the earthquake. The Spring Valley Water Company with | { their usual energy jumped intp the breech and by superhun efforts repaired the jdamage done their system. They cer- | talnly deserve the appreciation ' of the en- tire community for so promptly getting their’ system in repair and furnishing | water as promptly as they did. | "In regard to the United Raflroads 1| | have always been a warm advocater of the overhead trolley. Long before the jdisaster I argued and preached with out | property owners in favor of this system | and viewed with surprise and regret jthe opposition of some of our large and prom- : inent property owners. | "THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 2i, ESEAUE IMISLEADING PESTIL as follows: little church. The Bishop then spoke | “The visitation which has come 0| feelingly of the work the Mission did | our city I don't wish to minimize. Tt18| i, the past and predicted that the | great, it is appalling, it is inexplicable. | narigh would do its share in the work | Nothing like it ever occurred in the | ¢ ajding the rebuilders of the city. | istory of the world. Chicago was L | burned, Boston was burned, Baltimore ! 25 burned, but San Francisco in for-| ~LESSONS OF THE DISASTER. | 2 < - | elght hours lost more, twice OVer | . Leavitt Speaks of the Revelations an any other city you can name In | i history of the world. The catas-| Brought About in the Works and i trophe that has come to us is gigantic, | Natures of Men. | vet my faith in God never was firmer | In speaking of the revelations | an it is today. It is not easy to have | brought about by the recent disas- faith in God sometimes. | ter in San Francisco In the way of re- “We see our city today withered to | vealing the poverty of construction ts roots, its commerce, for the time|and the faulty designing of the ma- being. gone—a queen dethroned. Why? | jority of the destroyed buildings, the | Was San Francisco a greater sinner | Rev. Bradford Leavitt spoke yester- than other American cities that she|day at Century Hall of the underlying should have suffered so? That was the | good that was brought out. The mem- old way of explaining special chastise- | bers of the First Unitarlan Church ment. I don't think that San Francisco | gathered for worship in Century Hall, {owned by | street, { Dohrmann & Co., to procure funds to; {erect a State building and that they| was a greater sinner than any other city becguse this visitation came toit special Who can explain why? I/ which will he used by them until the | church edifice is repaired. Dr. Leavitt spoke of the innate na- | . and Christ does not. He did | ture of man showing itself under con- not teil the disciples why he blasted | ditions of emergency and peril, and sald thdt to many their own true in- that fig tree in particular, which was | no greater sinner than other fig trees. ‘Have fBith stincts were revealed for the first| time. He then went on to show that | man is almost as far beyond human knowledge as 18 God, by numerous examples. PR 1 RS A Dbird in the hand may be worth two in the bush, but a ton in the coall vard will soon be werth two in the| bin. 1 he says to us is, God’ ‘It needs faith to interpret judgment. | On the 17th of April we retired for the | d pt as serenely as we ever | e had a rude awaken- | i 5 -next, il ruder i of that awful | swept by 2nd we saw ouf | B i an mstometile trom | A $5 g0ld piece in your pocket is :se 1o South San Francisco and | betier than a five-pound gold brick in your hand. my <aw three continuous miles of flames! opposed by legislators from outside districts and therefore the author sub- mitted the two acts with the idea of securing, if possible, the legislation for San Francisco. The acts are frameéd with the intention that they remain | in effect five years and if found bene- ficlal after that time they may be made permanent. B. S. Heller proposed that t! Re- gents of the State University be em- powered to mortgage the property the institution on Sutter formerly occupied by Nathan also be empowered to enter into a long term lease with the State Board .of Equalization for the occupancy of those quarters by the local branches of the State government. The matter will come up for discussion later. The matters for insertion in the Gov- ernor’s call that have been approved to date, in addition to those mentioned above, are: ¢ The extension of time in civil proceed- ings to be limited to ninety days and made at the discretion of the court. Legislation looking to the making of ninety-nine year leases on real estate. Changes in the statutes of limitation, Amendment to the bank commissioners’ act. . Appropriations for Supreme Court and First District Court of Appeal. State buflding at San Francisco. Repair_and reconstruction of the State Normal School at San Jose. To compensati expense and transportation of the National Guard and the university cadets. School l&wu d.:’e&l:tlngd tg l‘genl\ll.‘m.uy verage atten and el oy Amendments to collateral \ I am a firm bellever in rapid transit and now that we are about to get it I am delighted and feel sure that it will | be welcomed by nearly the entire popu- {lation of San i‘rancisco. Holding such racdicals vie: at such a variance to those your association, naturally bars me from | Indorsing them and would certainly pre- | vent my participating in any movement tending to support them. Some gne in using my name has blun- v t T. P. ANDREWS. ot Saalyaia - San Francisco Quits Even. SEATTLE, May 20—Charlie Hall was very erratic in the first game, sending ten men to first on balls, hitting one man and meking a wild pitch. San Firancisco drorped fn_timely hits and won the gams with ease. Henley pitched swell | ball for 'San’ Franeiscc allowing_ only three hits. In the secon:m?ame Seattle turned] loose on Wheeler got a homa run. a triple, a double and two singles in ne inning, netting five runs. Francisco could do nothing with Jones. ! LOS ANGILES, May 2).—Los Angeles' played ermrless ball today and defeated dered. Laxatlve Bromo Quinine, the wide Cold Cure, removés the cause. Call for the full'name and look for sig- nature of E. W, Grove. 25c. tax law. 3 el_Restor-tlcm of lost certificates of teach- S . 5 Ixtension of tim¢ of State Board of Equalization. . - 3 : s, which are| dvocated by | 52 AAD3 AND PIGTURES USED TO INJURE CITY Unscrupulous Citizens Trying to Make Capital Out of Mis- iy MO Views of Fire Ruins Represented as Scenes Alter the Earthquake. The (Lios Angeles cltizens’ rellet com- mittee at a meeting held at Los An- geles last Tuesday passed ‘the follow- ing resolution relative to the éircula- tion of untrue and misleading postal cards and photographs that have a tendency to further injure fire-swept San Francisco: ‘Whereas, This citizens’ rellef commit- tee of Los Angeles has noticed that cer- taln opstal cards and photographs and other like literature are ge!nl distributed from Los Angeles, rurpurtlnx to_describe E:ernt%s “e:ktllled "'“A!hel‘hthe Slnhi‘r;nclafl:o a) e,” whicl otographs are la- beled q'LOI Angeles was not affected iIn the least by the San Francisco earth- quake”; therefore, be it i Resolved, That this committee deplores the distribution of such postal cndg and ghotomnhs as being misleading and lia- le to create well-grounded offense on the part of our San Francisco fellow-citizens. And, further, that ws cannot give toy much publicity to the fact that the dam- lmoEty the el.rthqu-ke v:u mln lnn area normal compared to the loss sus- tained by fire, from which damage no cit. is free. JAn , further, . S Resolved, That the committee requests all merchants and citizens to discontinue the practice of disseminating any such erroneous impressions, not merely In the interest of truth, but also out of a sense of sympathy and regard for our fellow- citizens of Ban Francisco, to which they are justly entitled. The Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Assoclation of Los Angeles has also taken up the matter and passed the following resolution: Whereas, Postal cards are be! dis- tributed in this city purpoflln(ht,g por- TARLEY TELLS OW CUSTOM-HOUSE WAS SAVED FROM FIRE Bluejackets From Revenue Cutter Bear and Cruiser Chicago Helped Fed- eral Employes in Work. Buckets of Precious Water and Impro- vised Mops Used by Volunteers in Warding Off Approaching Flames. Plenity of Water in Artesian Well, but Stupidity Had Put In Plug Several Years Ago. Deputy Customs Collector Newton | S. Farley has filed with Collector’ Stratton his officlal report of the! manner in which the United State’s: Appraiser's building was saved | from destruction by the great fire of! April 18, 19 and 20. He begins his re-| port by saying that the earthquake| did no damage whatever to the build-| ing, but the fire menaeed It for three| days. The report then goes on to say: | “On the 18th the building was saved | from fire by heroic work on the south| end with the aid of a detachment from the revenue cutter Bear, the United! States soldiers on duty at the bulld-!| ing, customs employes stationed on the | roof and at each window on the south | end with wet cloths and improvised mops for fighting the fire as soon as ignition occurred on the window cas-| ings or any other exposed woodwork. Special credit should be given to Cor neltus Toohey, examiner of teas, who| directed the work from the roof, and O, K, Cloudman, messenger in uni- form, who looked after the windows on the inside of the bullding. “In the middle of the day the fire was within a block of the north end of the Appraiser's building, and it was then decided to pull down a row of one-story shacks just across Jacksen | street to lessen the heat of the fire when it reached there. When these| bufldings had been pulled down and a! strong south wind being favorable you consented to the firing of these This was done after station- ing man at each window with mop and water, and every one lent a tray scenes of the San Francisco disaster :3 labeled “Los Angeles was not affect- in the least by the San Francis earthquake”; and, i S0 Whereas, Such views will vitally injure San Francisca, owing ta the fil:!mgl.‘l the ruins shown in such photographs have been caused by fire and not by earth- quake; and, Wh The impressions cal by ereas, used Mayor Schmitz, the latter having|these views are misieading and liable to Schussler as advocate, agreed on a|injure our sister city in the eyves of the entire world; therefore, be it Resolved, by the board of directors of the Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ As- zgciugonf of 1L°'1 Angeles, That the mer- ants of s clty are urgently uested to. discontinue the use and dhrmbutkm of sald postal cards, for the reason tnat the feeling should not be created that this ity is taking advantage of the catas- trophe that has befallen our sister cf in order that we may be benefited, lfi for the further reason that our sympathy and regard for the feelings of our fellow- citizens of San Francisco should compel us to minimize rather than advertise calamity that has befallen that city. —_— e NEW FIGURES ON LOSSES, { Underwriters Estimate the Values Destroyed in This City. Insurance Commissioner Wolf has been notified by the Atlas Insurance Company that all losess by the San Francisco fire will be pald in full by drafts on London. The Continental In- surance Company of New York has helping hand in extinguishing the va- rious fires on our building, and ths fire at this point dled away with no greater harm to the building than blistering the’ woodwork on the win- dows and doors.” Deputy Farley mentions Naval Clerk Clyde C. Westuver, United States Spe- clal Agent George B. Channing, Chlef Janitor John Feore, Chilef Engineer Cuthbertson, United States Appraiser John T. Dare, Clerks Clough and Beal, ‘Weigher Phoedovius, Chief Deputy In- ternal Revenue Collector Fowler,| United States Immigrant Commission- | er North, the bluejackets from the| revenue cutter Bear and the United| States steamship Chicago, TLieuten- ants Reeves and Sargent of the United States navy and a civilian named Ed- ward Lyons. The report then pro- ceeds to say: “Formerly there was an artesian well on this property, but some years ago it was plugged up for reasons now apparently unknown to any one. Had this well been in order the dan- ger to our bullding would have been greatly minimized. Mr. Roberts, the superintendent of construction, has however, without delay, commenced the boring of a nmew well, which I un- derstand is now about completed.” ness in this State. This action was taken upon the advice of Deputy At- given notice that $3,700,000 has been deposited in the First National Bank of New York to pay San Francisco losses. Letters have also been received from officials of companies and insurance commissioners, estimating net losses of many companies as follows: North German Fire Insurance Com- pany, $200,000; Northwestern National Insurance of Wilwaukee, $499,755; Na- tional Union of Pittsburg, $1,302,198; Atlas Assurance, $1,260,000; Prusstan National, $444,947; Agricultural, $750,- 000; Assurance Company of America, $250,000; British-American, $75,000; Buffalo German, $200,000; Caledonian- American, $50,000; Colonial Assurance, $15,000; Commercial Unfon Fire, $110,- 000; Commonwealth, $39,000; Con- tinental, $1,900,000; Duchess, $175,000; Bagle Fire, $300,000; Empire City $40,000. German Alllance, §225,000; German- American, $2,000,000; Germania Fire, $1,690,000; Glens Falls, $1,000,000; Globe and Rutgers’ Fire, $450,000; Hanover Fire, $700,000; Home, $1,500,- 000; Indemnity Fire, $85,000; Nassau Fire, $150,000; New York Fire, $200,- 000; Niagara Fire, $1,000,000; North British and Mercantile, $13,500; North- ern, $2500; North German Fire, $160,~ 000; North River, $325,000; Pacific | Fire, $30,000. Pelican Assurance, $250,000; Peter Cooper Fire, $40,000; Phenix, $1,750,~ 000; Queen Insurance Company of Amerlca, $1,600,000; Rochester Ger- man, $400,000; Stuyvesant, $70.000; United States Fire, $100,000; Victoria Fire, $50,000; Westchester Fire, $600,- 000; Willlamsburg City Fire, $750,000. Aetna, $2,700,000; Alliance, $500,000; American, $400,000; American of New Jersey, $1,000,000; American Central, $500,000; American Fire, $500,000; At- lanta-Birmingham Fire, $100,000; Calu- met, $600,000; Camden Fire Associ: tion, $400,000; Citizens’ of Missouri, $158,000; Colonial Fire, $100,000; Co- lumbia $7221; Concordia Fire, $200,000; Connecticut Fire, $1,775,000; Delaware, $402,000; Eastern Fire, $80,000. Equitable Fire and Marine, $250,000; Fire Assoclation of Philadelphia, 1 $1,200,000; Federal, $600,000; Fireman’s | Fund, $2,800,000; Franklin Fire, $800, 000; German National, $150,000; Ger- man of Freeport, $1,532,716; German | Fire, $100,000; Girard Fire and Marine, $450,000; Hartford Fire, Home Fire and Marine, $1,200,000; In- pany of North America, $2,000,000; In- surance Company of the State of Pennsylvania, $8250. | Mercantile Fire and Marine, $310,000 | by Sergeant Cill $5,700,000; | dianapolis Fire, $25,000; Insurance Com- ! torney General Sturtevant, that there might be no possibility of the raising' of a question by any of the companies that they did not have notice of the fire, To cover the entire burned over ter- ritory Commissioner Wolf engaged the services of a searcher of records, who prepared a map and outlined all the conflagration boundaries. The de- scription by streets, blocks and all bounding lines is included‘in the no- tice sent to the companies and also the following: “You are hereby notified by the un- dersigned for and in behalf of all persons who held policles of insurance issued by your company on- property either real or personal situate in the territory hereinafter described, that by reason of a fire beginning April 18, 1906, and continuing for several days thereafter, all property was destroyed within the following limits In the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, to wit.” There are many policy holders, 3o says Commissioner Wolf, who may | neglect. to give proper notice and he therefore notified the companies to prevent the raising of technical ques- tions. Polley holders must still, In every instance, flle proof of the amount of loss with the company by which they are insured. —_— e Accused of Dastardly Crime. @George Cuchot, a married man, 30 years of age, living at 1817 Green| street, was arrested yesterday morning | on a charge of com-! mitting a crimindl assault upon Fran-| ces Webber, a half-witted girl, 16| years of age, who lives with her par-, ents at 1821 Green street. A complaint | will be sworn to before a Police Judge, this morning. | __‘ | WANTED. || Property to lease, “term of years, or purchase, Market street or vicinity. Would lease half or whole block in suitabie locality. | Michigan Fire and Marine, $250,000; | Milwaukee Fire, $170,000; Milwaukeé | Mechanics’, $1,296,000; National Fire, $1,740,59° National Union Fire, . $1,000, New Brunswick, $800,000; Northwestern National, $499,766; Orient, $700,000; Pennsylvania Fire, $2,250,000; Phoenix, $1,800,000; Provi- dénce Washington, $600,000; Bt. Paul Fire and Marine, $1,000,000. ]:rcsml) ‘by a s;om o;i ls to 1"“ r:«:mcai“x t| Security, ;us.ooo:“ Boc\;lflty Fire, the visitors' hits wel soal . Steltz | 2100,000; ngfiel and e nemtive nd e suppiented 3 (310000 o1 oodnn: Spring _Garden, o it b e qH, e H ers,” | i e Colds he worla |3150.000; United Firemen's. $300,000; Virginia State, $3500; Prussian Na- tional, $444,847. —_—————— GIVEN FORMAL NOTICE. Commissioner Wolf Notifies | nce Companies of Loss by the g’rb. Insurance Commissioner Wolf has sent out a form of notice of loss to Amendments to the statut s relating to| qach of the fire insurance companies :.he uwuaura Mx:: 1-;;5'95‘“ Institutions | authorized at the time of the :r:d and for olr defiglency in funds, ~ Ifire in San Francisco to transact If you want ready money answer this immediately. MURRAY & READY 469 Sixth St., Oakland. e VALVOLINE 0il Co_@pany_ : (Formerly Chutes Theater.) Look at the Names = -0.; Me¢ Houghten v-mmnmw.odm, ahten & Mosher; Eva irose; Caprice, Lynn Fay; Clifford :eaum Al & Holly l@ or- ‘pheum Motion MAT. EVERY DAY EXCEPT MONDAY. Evening Prices, Including Admission to the Cefll:gs. 10e, 15¢. 25c and §0c.; Mats. except Saturday and Sunday, 10c and 25¢, Downton box office_at Denlon’s Druz Stor: .:meon and tter sts. Phone est NOTICE. p Commeneing Monday morning, May 21 the Orphenl:‘ office_will be located at tho Chutes. Phone, Pacific 301. Al Dbills payable Wednesdays, from 10 to 12 a. m., as usual. AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALE 100---HORSES---100 At the old stand (Tenth and B t sts.. San Francisco), which was neither shaken down nor burned up. we will seli ONE HUNDRED broken and unbrokem horses from Nevada, weighing from 1000 to 1300 pounds. rood ages, good condi- tion and ready for work. As has always been aur custom, all stock offered be sold regardless. of price bid. Checks will _be accepted from responsible parties. Sale takes place THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1906, At 11 O'Clock a. m., at J. B. HORAN'S Sal rds, Tenth and Bryant sts., San neisco, Cal. W. H. HORD, Auctlonger, Temporary Office 964 Hayes st, S. F. e AUCTION SALE By order of Wm. Harrison. formerly Twelfth street, I will sell 10 CARRIAGE HORSES; also 30 good all-purposd Horses, Harness, Wagons an- Buggles. Don't miss this sale. Everything must g0 regardless of cost or price. WM. CLOUGH, Auctioneer. Sale WEDNESDAY, May 23, 11 a. m.. THIRTEENTH and HARRISON sts., S.F. i ——— e —————— MISCELLANEOUS. = The Smith Premier Typewriter Company 1929 California Street San Francisco 878 Broadway, Oakland Typewriters in Stock NOTIGE 1o Taxpayers TAXES are now being pald at the office of the Tax Collector, No. 3511 | Sacramento street, near Fillmore. Tax- payers are reminded that when the holidays, now declared by the Gover- nor, cease, the lezal penalties for de- linquency must be imposed. All the essential recoids of the Tax Office are Intact, and bills can be fur- nished on demand. Checks on local commercial banks will be recelved— receipts to be dellvered when checks are cashed. NICHOLS, Tax Collector.~ W.W. Montague & Co. Mantels, Grates and Tile . . .. Our Mantel Factory and Ware Rooms 2251 Folsom Street Not having been destroyed. and hav~ ing had a large stock of MANTELS, GRATES ard TILE at this location we are prepared to furnish goods In this line at once. Repairing in all i3’ | branches. 2251 FOLSOM STREET W.&]J.SLOANE & CO. Are Temporarily Located at 1760 PACIFIC AVENUE 8AN FRANCISCO, Office 1931 Fillmore street, cermer of Pine, is open for free advice.

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