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OUT OF PARKS AND SQUARES INTO COMFORTABLE and the balan How are they going to get 17.5 ple out of the parks and public by Magyet 17? at te the qnestion which pus glee tiie refllef committee of San Francisco. The park commissioners have ts te goed their uitimatum that San} 4% Francisco's homelss sufferers from | the Great Divaster shall pick up | their houses and walk off public property. | Where are they going to Tt will be ow the bt 4 jems a city has ever t Sone tn the solving of which © things wil! be learned © Everywhere one goes in San Francisco — on crowded Fillmore st., fashionable Van Ness ave anywhere from the Cliff house to the ferry, one sees teams drawing little green cottages to and fro Bome of them are moving from the most crowded city districts to the} Sfrout suburbs, where their occu D& yants can have waollmited fresh alr, with the tang of the sea salt thers go back to the very heart of | the city’s bustle and rush. A ne of the refugees have plan cottages on a foundation of ped beneath which their posses z i Refugee Camp No. 9 at the Foot of Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, in TMs Camp Are 1,446 of the Little Cottages Bulit From the Relief Funds, and Here 4,930 People Live. Pa inetpibieacaialle : eiliieinainiiiaalibilp atin tiamitas, EOPLE Of these 4. wo! completed in) "paternaliem” that arouse: mueh How T@ GET 17,500 P less than four month after the fire, | opposition e during the winter | »aths, so that about 20,000 home | 000 has been collected by the com,| AND HOM! FEW DAYS. jean sufferers were made comfort es mA able. a en ‘ ¢.) |, The park commisstonore sald that Goattle Stars Exclusive Servic ber FRANCISCO, Aus. 15 the parka and squares for one year | Hut it went, and in this way $66, mittee. | | ‘The fund is eed to defray mov- | ing expenses, give the movers a! the refugees might have the use of | start toward getting settled in thelr | apolia new locations and paying for thelr | “Everywhere One Goes in San Francisco, One Sees Teams Drawing sions before the fire are buried | Little Green Cottages To and Fro.” ‘This 6 doe to perfect titles to) — ee serene business locations clouded by the | from 1906, and, almost land. As soon ax & refugee flies an destrection of ownership certifi. | from the first, the relief committee affidavit that he has se a cates. had to scheme to make a removal lease on some | rty, or has The Matory of the refugee camps | possible within the time specified. | made the first payr on a pi Wea temarkable one. Just 5,579 cot At first the scheme of collecting }of land, al! of the “rept” he has paid tages Were dullt with the $7,000,000 | “Installments” of $6 per month | ls returned to him. He fs also giv or se of funds that poured from oceupants of the cottages wasn the cottage he has occupied in relief Ban Francisco after the fire 3 bit upen. This was an attempt at ithe refugee camps. A good mar THE GROTE-RANKIN CO, Complete Furnishers of Homes, Steamboats and Motets $4.90 EACH Mesigns, is marked at the above apecial price Sling. Various colors are included, in regular $4.56 “We wiltable for lounge robes, bed blankets or bath rol ‘War price $6.85 each; spectal tomorrow, each | SALE R CURTAINS Department offers at special pri || BATH ROBE BLANKETS AT GAB Meortment of Fancy Bath Robe Blankets, in check and scroll for tomorrow's values. ‘These Blankets have all-woo! filling, measure 74x84 inches, and oe $4.90 ee OF NOVELTY LACE cos f French Curtains, The line in very dain eopeciatly suitable for Dining and fs is the list of specially priced for bedroom use special, a pair 81. Te Ruffled Swiva taing, with 44nch ruffie; spectal, “3 5 © Bar Swins Curtaina, with 41nch plain ruffle; speci +* 6 of the above curtains are 2% yards lon; 4 25 PER CENT REDUCTION Any Lace Curtai urtains of which we have but one or two $68 kind in stock can be had at the above reduction tomo Sesortment includes Cluny, Irish Point, Mand-Made Arabi Latls XV, Venise, Nove ty French Net, Brussels, Cable Net ¢ Eagles Not Curtains CURTAIN RODS AT 3c EACH There are a few regular 16c Curtain Rods slight . Which will be tom row at the a ve These rods can be good as new by simply clei as ALL THE CREDIT YOU, WANT AND UNION ST SECOND AVE. French Novelty Curtains, special, a pair French Novelty Curtains, special, a pair 48 French Novelty Curtains, special, a pair 0 White Embroidered Swiss Curtains—nothing pret 35 a he ‘ial Be ONE AND TWO-PAIR CURTAINS AT and damaged etal an peoplo thus are tn j their awn home for the first iu thelr lives. All are not satisfied, however a determined effort to 3 timit has Gen. Davia Red Cross and ex governor of Porto Rico, recently tnepected the San Francisco refugee camps and said that the sanitary and gen: eral standard was very high. As a matter of fact, health cond! tions tu the ps are better than ot time for rxtend the |throughout the city at ne A daily inspection is made by & camp iphywician and surses who look jafter the sick, and see that sanitary awe are myed Effietent squads have been organized tn jery camp, and these drill at reg }fotervals Several fires, threatened to prove have been speedily controlled by these aquads Sterilized water, hot jand cold baths, wire clothes lines ]}} flush latrines, fron garbage cans, | } fuel boxes, cooking and iminating |gas are provided in at of the leamps and the walks between | houses are swept thoroughly every | PREPARE FOR OPENING Street Superintendent Charles R Case, who bas been made fire ® whic disastrous, r b of the public ket by the city | will arrange with the chief | ce before Baturday for an/ to keep order and afford information The boundaries of the market | will be definitely marked out ne |that those offering goods for sale will not ener upon the street Teamsters will not be made to un hiteh, but all wagons wil! line up along the west sidewalk at a dis |tance of four feet apart There will have to be a lot of lively early morning stirring on | Saturday to make the first day of |the market suc we As the market is to open at five o'clock in the morning, not only house holders who want to buy but farmers and gardeners |who want to sell will have to be |atirring in the smal} hours to do advantageous trading. TACOMA MAN DIES, a Tacoma 9 years old, died lat Providence hospital yesterday of inflammation of the bowels, The | body was shipped to Tacoma Mayford G. & real estate man, 1 SEATTLE I8 FIRST. | Seattle has contributed the first $10,000 toward the construction of lthe proposed half-million dollar | Christian Endeavor headquarters | building In Boston. a. Olympic Market | cuts your meat bills in balf. 118) Pike st, opposite the Bon Marche. | ove Everything for the Home Bargains in all kinds of New Furniture, Ranges, Stoves and Heater Also the lar and best se nd-Hand Housefurnishings in the State. | every now and then he dodges into! THE SEATTLE STAR—WEDNESDAY, AUG. 14, 1907 ‘ CARROLL REFUSES TO SIGN RIPLINGER. WARRANTS Pecause the ordinance appropriat- , day ote Acting Mayor Charles 1H ing $5,000 for the return of montoa | Harnett, asking that the money naib . iunned a8 8oon as powsible, ar emboxsled by John Riplinger doead nivan expresnod hie willing not state to whom the money !*/ nian. the warrants, Comptroller to be paid, Comptroller Harry Car | Carroll simply deatred legal advice | roll this morning refused to san jin wegard to the ordinance, which | the warrants by which the money | he considers tndefinite, It is under fa to be turned over to Treasurer |stood that Treasurer Russell ts George Russell, who has under |planning another trip in connec taken the apprehension Rip: |en with the Riptinger search, but linger, Treasurer Russell yester: |his Weatination is unknown. CHIEF BRINGHURST RE msticrcttonn FLAT. TO BE | “It ts to laugh,” with Fire Chief | Dribghurut today, When the chief | tage walks up and down the atreet A permit was issued today for the rebutlding of the ( ments, owned by RG near Madison Idie apart McLaughlin, and Fifteenth, which an alleyway and shakes hands with of him And he has a reason. Several months ago an order Was | were destroyed by fire last Friday | placed with & Minneapolis concern | night, The work will cout $40,000 comme On the same date alse order | yqtite, Marshal Kellons, who has od & now engine. | invests the fire, states that it | wan cau by burning —rubbiah | Both were shipped from Minne | covered with tarpaulins, on the same day N piles near the building dispel the firat theory ‘This would that the fire, Was of Incendiary origin. Now here is what makes Chief | Keine hurt so pleased today | Fire in seme way destroyed the | MY, ONLY LOOK WHO'S HERE! | Tasoma enpine, but the Seattle wner Wie Cnet even scorched. |Miltimiiiionaire Alvarado Once ‘Of course,” te sald this morning Tolled for 30 Cents a Day. 4 is net a very pleasant thing to a } be pleoneme ever the misfortune | | of mother, but then—well exc | me, I myset again eally mut hike hands with MANUFACTURERS TO MOET. A meeting will be held in Seattle Saturday by extract manufacturers | of the state. L. Dav tate dairy | and food commis w cuse the effectivenc the new food rules and will name an Inspector of drugs LOSES RACE WITH DEATH Jobn Malin, a Swedish proxpect: | or, died on board the City attle Sunday fron SENOR PEDRO ALVARADO. en route NEED MEN IN CANNERIES, way atthe. Malin, PARRAL, Chihuahua, Mexico, | 3 Consumption Ang. 14.—Want to buy asilver mine penn nome gg + gs , i | worth « few million dollars? A - © | dregs Senor Pedro Alvarado at his r | forward | g500 00D palace near this city, He ed dol ts tired of business and wants t pon te " to his | wolbiout. Only a few years ago Al owes | Yarede; was a poor poon slaving for oni a Now he ts worth TO RAISE GUARANTEE at deapt 000,000, and maybe mom | A finance committee of Meth 00 guarantee to bring Ea. t sia for a series of revivals in veveus Reports from the north are Seattle brought down by the steamer City ¥ BS uithe to the effect that there The strike of switchmen and oth. are not enough men to handle the ers on the Colorado & Southern fish pack in the north railway has been called off, the ports from Southeastern men returning to work and the! are that the salmon are running in Krievanves to be settled by arbitra tion large abers and have been basy ARE POURING IN FROM ALL QUARTERS: Rush for Pianos and Musical Instruments Keeps Up at Pioneer Piano House | 1 | PEOPLE FLOCK FROM EVERYWHERE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EXTREMELY LOW PRICES—BIG REDUCTIONS AND EASY PAYMENTS ENABLE MANY MUSICLESS HOMES TO SECURE FINE PIANOG—A SCORE MORE SNAPPED UP YESTERDAY. The rush for Pianos W prices are for spot cash — a tiemnedron, pr age ‘ or $26 down and $6, $8 or Piano House increases dally. as the nth can be arranged with | sale goes on ¢ in prices; for the mere | This is due to the many shrewd simple interest on th buyers who were on hand the first | “npald balance. Monday morning, and snap Remember, too, that each and sp the rare values and then | °** snd rope "oe “ vipa | told thelr friends and neighbors of chan, ors | the exceptional chance. > aaen a Ang dog Nor {a the buying confined to sent will be accompanied by people of this cit Nearly every eer. Piano» House's “Iron | train brings In a number of plano cag Guare Fcaitiok - aman t or organ seekers who depart in @)«soney Back” if instrument pur-| happy frame of mind s FE apicoonee fF found, afta? delivery, | selected thelr favorite | ‘ exaetlyas represented and satis.| And this state of . HOt factory in every respect to be wondered at the high quality and the extremely low WHO'LL TAKE THESE? prices of the : now are ie Rinlettidiat on atlantis ° taken Into consideration, Many orn apse iag mg Aber families who heretofore have been | Payor and. on po Mv unable financially to own & PIANO} dercong roof. You'll find practh or organ now find that the tremen- |i, gyery well-known make repre dously cut prices and easy terms goutod’ For a quick price enable them to select a good im |pave heen actual htere atrument Think of it plane EVERYTHING MUST GO, o ¥ ittle ane “4 As previously announced, Organs; both church and pari new building | nearly finishe tyl®, tt an endless variety from $1 When completed it will be sto mp to $78 throughout with a brand new a Kloxant planolas, nearly new wtment of the world's best pianos, | al) wood ange in price from $ gans, etc, which are en route! yp to $148, according to style a from the biggest Eastern factories. | use, Ott plano players at a Hence, everything now on hand | iittle as $38, $46, ete must be disposed of at once, The Talking savhine thie’ pagiilas present stock is an unusually large | g95 values, while they last. $9.60 ud attractive one, In fact, all that! You'd botter hurry--they'll wo like fs best in planos, organs and must: jiigntning. Remember, we also car cal instruments is to be found here, }ry dhe largest assortment of talking and at prices never before heard of.| machines and records In the went HERE ARE PRICES | Rare and costly violins, banjos guitars, mandolins, band instru It is our alm to dispose of all | ments, etc. at 20 to 45 per cent re these instruments in the quickest | duction possible time, and prices have been Bear In mind that quickest ac cut accordingly. The regular $226 | tion Is necessary ecure cholec and $260 styles now $156, $138, and|Come tn the first thing tomorrow even less; the $826 values now | morning or afternoon, If you can $172, $196, $204; the $450 u«tyles not come in during the day, phone now $ $424, ete, and the fanct-/us, and we'll arrange an appoint eet of uprights now only $436, $362| ment in the eve D, 8. Jobr and $367 ston Co., Oldest and Largest Deal Bear in mind that these extreme 908 Second avenue. shown are advertined to be full of | Musical Pryors In banjo selectionss new featuros @ |Al Burton, a monologist, and Dore lothy Warl, who sings a new Wont orn song in @ wult of buckskin and flannel These acta will be seen every day until Sunday AMUSEMENTS At the Grand, At Boenic Park Band concerts by Wagner's band are an attraction at the park at the end of the new #eentc Madiaon » “Dolly Varden" ts being sung at|car line, A free show and numerous At the Lols. 4 matinee this afternoon, and wilt | roney Jad spongy are plea The néw bill, wh¥%h went on at bo repeated tonight at the Grand, | 0% 1088 "nO Are viniting the now | the Lois theater yesterday made “Pfufore® "Covalleria Rust-| Ce the usual hit with the patrons of ore! ag “Cavalleria Rus > the Pantages brand of vaudeville, cana,” & double bill, will finish out New Star Theater Acts. and a successfuloweek 1* assured, the k, which te the 1@t of ¢ Hight new acts w@re launched Harry Lees, a Hebrew comedian, San Francigoo Opera Co.'s engage terday afternoon at the Star Jomped into favor and Irene Lee ment, Ld theater, amusing and entertaining |@0¢ her candy kid came jo for oe » large audience which assem. | thelr share of popularity APunny At the Wattle. bled at the three performances of | Yereion pf “Trilby,” Harry O'Con- . the My. As a single entertainer, DOr, and the sketch, “The Thgrough- racked Around tye Wort,” ¢ : thé fad wae - ‘ a John Dempsey, In 4 tramp make-up, red and theady,” were among ne fonal melodrama, will run all | t t t t . s at the Seattle, being present-|¥%% among the favorites of the the other acts that demanded ap ed W tho Burgess Btcok oh |new people. Trainer & Mohler |Plause, Nine acts in all are on fe “~. jhave @ crossfire of humorous talk | Program this week jand some sets of intricate dancing - At the Third Avenue, steps, and “The Phrenologtst,” in-|@Laysan, one of the Hawaiian “Priffée Otto,” & dramatization |terpreted by Murphy & Willard, ts! group of islands, has sunk, undoubt- of Rogert Louts Stevenson's story,|a comedy playlet of the populat) edly by satymic disturbances, Those in thin woek's offering at the Third | variety living on the islan@ have” not Avenue, The other turns include the song! reported anda search is Being Ame and comle moving pictures; the! made for them. At the LYric. - —— = “The Girl From 'Frisco” will fin AMUSE MENTS. THE GRAND John Cort, Manager. San Francisco Opera Company “Dolly Varden.” Thursday, nd De le BI, “HH. M. &. Pinafor rices—25e to $1 Matinee 25¢ and 50. ish out the week at the Lyre At Luna Park, The usual big creased by Whang Ho and the] Farewell W Streets of Venice, are the drawing today and ton! cards at Luna park all this week. | gaturday Matine |leria Rusticana, attractions, tn k Special matinee Saturday and and “Caval- « Circus Is Coming. LOIS THEATE It fe claimed that Daisy Hodgint a. who will be seen with-Ringling's| Pantages’ Vaudeville Temporarily at the Lote—Matinee Every Aft- monater circus when it exhibits |¢oon, Performances Every Night here, August 21 and 22, is the only ATTRACTIONS—Irene Lees and Her Candy Kid; O'Connor woman ta the world @ho can ture) dem end ¢ Harry Loos; Rivers and Rochester; Bimboe and Kokot The big | Malon and Malon; Davis, the black-faced monologist; Illustrated Song & somersault on a horse and Pantagescope LYRIC THEATER Musical Comedy TONIGHT, SATURDAY MATINER, “THE GIRL FROM FRISCO.” oN Ne xt week starting Sunday matinee, “THE MILITARY MAID.” SCIENCE teaches or ahr - All W. Matinee in Saturday, Karl Burgess Co. and Em- thing is made up of small parts, and ma Bu “TRACKED AROUND THE WORLD.” your tivancial suc lamer tewinuie eee cess is made up of ||- eae rey dollars and cents. THIRD AVENUE THEATER “1 s > . Third and Pine. Phones: Main 2 1; Ind. 3406. All this week, Mat Save them. SCZIN || tnees Wed. and sat pital eeiivee with us today. Prices: Night, 10¢, 20¢, 30¢, Box seats, 50c. Matinees, 10¢, 200. Box seats, 2 Next week 7 “Dora Thorne.” se. Prices: 20¢, 10: " ttle’s Leading Vaudeville 14 STAR “ box seats, 30¢, Performances 7:15, 8:45 each day. GUARANTEED TO DISPEL SADNESS. We Pay 4: Interest Murphy and Willard, comedy sketch; Trainer and Mobler, black ? face comedians; Dorothy Earl; The Pryors; Al Burton; John Demp- Will Hoyte; Motion Pictures 8 Big New Acts. On Savings Accounts LUNA PARK ———————— Nation's Greatest Playground on the Pacific Coast. This week | Bettera Chinese War Junk, Whang Ho, on Exhibition Don't fail to e it, tir sscasne-ael fa ree attractions—Mizunos, Japanese troupe of acrobats; Erich Von jibes id Fogel, the strong man, feat of strength, Mfts 2,000 pounds. Beauti- * ful Canals of Venice are open. Coming—The great Hungarian and Russian boys’ band of 60 pieces. One fare, trolley or ferry. Ferd. Behr orm — " *man Dann . |e att A B. Btewart Nik. Boiner. Ge nee ae JUNE 29 10 SEPT. 14 RRR ee RACES = SIX RACES DAILY RAIN OR SHINE. First Race, 2 P. M. Take cars at First Avenue and Union Savings & Trust Co. na Aver o and ¢ Hide, Beattie, W Jackson Street. Agents for Alaska Henking and @afe feston, Includt: Deeet aneee ning cet Sh TT OGNTLEMEN, O12 gg re Pr gd ae. 48 Grand Stand, eahiateonesintigeae Richardson's Silks int Seattle. In The Cloak Department Street Suits 1-2 Price Summer Jackets 1-2 Price Kimonos 1-2 Price House Wrappers 1-4 Less Shirt Waists 1-4 Less Secead hee, Between Pike and Pine Store Opens 8:30 a. m. and Closes 6 p. m. Wash Suits 1-2 Price Wash Skirts 1-2 Price New Muslin Underwear \ ceive big delayed shipment just re should have been here June Ist. late now to think ol profits—the manufacturer will have to stand the loss; you get the benefit. Too In the Grocery Department ENGLISH BREAK- FAST Tea 23¢ A POUND. WORTH 38c. FRESH RANCH Eggs MOCHA AND JAVA Coffee 25¢ A POUND. aw WORTH 40c. 26¢ A DOZEN. WORTH 35c. FINE CREAMERY Butter 3i¢ A POUND. WORTH 40c. BEST PARLOR Matches 2'.¢ BOX. WORTH Sc.