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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-24
DIR. ]. 6. THOMPSON
WAS NOT INJURED
He Found Safety and SheI-
ter at the Grand
Hotel.

DR.. ]. G. Thompson, a prominent
physician of Oakdale, turned up last
evening to deny that he is among the
missing, as was stated in the official
list. He was awakened at the first
alarm of fire, and looking from his win
dow on the second floor saw that the
flames were in the top of the house and
he figured that he had all the time he
needed to dress and pack his grip.
which he coolly proceeded to do. He
had progressed with his dressing as far
as his necktie, when the police broke in
his door and insisted in assisting at his
rescue. They threw him out, but left
his baggage, for which. as soon as his
rescuers turned their attention to other
things. he returned and saved.
DR.. Thompson found quarters at the
Grand Hotel, where he resumed his
slumbers undisturbed.
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A RELIC OF THE
OLD BONANZA DAYS
Of Handsome Appearance but
Always Regarded as a
Fire-Trdp.

The Baldwin Hotel. like the Palace. was
one of the many. projects that was car
ried out by those who made fortunes
during the great bonanza days or the
early seventies. The building or the Balo-
win was contemporaneous with the cree
ton of the Palace, the latter going up to
its massive dimensions under the direction
of the late William G. Ralston and the
former under the eye of E. j. Baldwin.
1t was In the early part of 1872 that
Lucky Baldwin, with a view to placing
on Market street what he declared Woulu,
from an architectural point OF view, De
one of the finest buildings of the times.
set about to find a site upon Which 10
erect the building which, after being
opened as hotel, became world re-
nowned. After long survey of what he
thought would be a suitable site, ne Sc
lected a part of what at one time In the
history of San Francisco was known as
ST. AIMS Valley. In fact, 1t was the
eastern boundary of the valley. and Tor
stands the st. AIMS building, there was a
nursery from which thousands or oou-
quets were furnished to the fasnlonapie
people of the city, He SELECTED the
eeroIInd on the east side of Powell street,
running eastward to where now STANDS
the Baldwin Annex. taking IN inc entirS
Ellis streets The site was covered with
several frame structures OF fair preten-
ciopc and a number of old structures lndl
were hurriedlv erected when the people,
after the breaking out of the War or the
Pehellion commenced to desert hearny
and Montgomery streets north OF Gall
fornia and also the cross streets.
Mr.. Baldwin, with that luck Wncn was
DroI,arbial with him, and which won Tor
him the sobriouet by which he is known
All over the land. purchased piece after
niece and secured much of the property
~ what was then considered reasonable
figures for at that time there were out
few who even dreamed that Market street
would become the great thoroughIare 1t
has since become.
ants to vacate and then one by one the OLD
strurtures came down. The only ones
saved were the more pretentiouS bulld1ngs
and they were moved westward by the
owner. who located them on other prop
critics owned by him. Then commenced
the work of clearing the ground for the
foundation and in the removal OF the
sandy soil there was encountered spring
which was one of the many that were the
result of seepage of the rains of winter,
and which flowed from the west into
HAYES Valley. percolating the sand in that
direction and also in the direction of Mar
ket and Seventh streets at present the
site of the Odd Fellows building. This
spring was the source of considerable
trouble in the work of laying the founda-
ton but the annoyance caused was over
come and the building progressed.
While it was in process of erection there
were many who expressed the opinion
that it was only a fire trap" Still it
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-24
JACK QUINN SAVED
i. L.. A TRUNK OF MONEY
His Racing Stake Was in
His Room at the
,-' Hotel.

Jack quinn, the Eastern bookmaker,
who. is operating q the local tracks,
narrowly escaped losing everything he
had. Several thousand dollars that
comprise his book rcll and his winnings
on the season was in a trunk in his
room on the second floor, but he forgot
all about his valuables his efforts to
rescue the panic-stricken women and
children on the fourth ana fifth floors
of the hotel On'- when the flames had
cut him off from his rooms lid he re-
member what he had at stake. He
rushed down to the hotel office and
shouted an offer of 800 to the man who
would get him his trunk, and he was i'm
mediately taken up by one of he por-
tiers. whose name could not b learned.
He succeeded in reaching Quinn's
room and staggered back through the
heat and smoke of the Railways with
the heavy trunk on his shoulders, only
TO fall suffocated when safety was al
most reached. A half dozen coura geous
firemen went after him with wateE-
soaked tarpaulins and sue eeded in get
ting him and his burden, to which he
still chung, out into the fresh air, where
he quickly revived. Quinn made good
the hundred.
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EMPORIUM ENTERTAINMENT.

Upon invitation of the management the
EMPLOYEES of the Emporium and Golden
RuIe Razaar assembled at the Emporium
last evening to take part in an elaborate
THANKSGIVING eve entertainment provided
solely for their benefit. Noah Brandt
orchestra furnished music for the dane
ing in which over 400 couples participated.
D1ring the elaborate and substantial ban
Quet which followed. the following PRO
emf: Vocal duet, by Mr.. and Miss Schus-
ter: song. II Love You Best. by George
Gum; specialties. by Major A J. l., Griqul
MISS T. Sylvester; Just Behind the
Times" by Frank Gum; specialties, by
]. Roth; negro specialties. by the Misses
a Patterson and E. Walthour; and FANCY
doncing by Miss Henrietta Moynes.
That the cash boys might share IN the
evenings merrymaking, they were sehs
in a bodv-to the number of 13o-to the
Orpheum, and were subsequently pro-
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ham, where 1 borrowed a coat, hat and
pair of shoes. Then l came back to look
on while the great hotel burned. l lost
everything l owned / think the loss to
the management is about SIS 900, with lit
tie insurance. OF course, this does not
include loss on building and furniture.
The former was worth $750,0O0, the latter
same amount Total about 81. 125000.
II am sure all escaped, as everybody
was notified in time. Still it is imposssi-
BILE to know j st now whether any more
lives have been lost or not. l trust not"
Manager J. p Gallagher of the Hotel
Langham, to which house about twenty
five of the burnt out guests went, turned
over his wardrobe to the scantily dressed
masculines He contributed three coats,
two overcoats, two pairs of shoes, three
pairs of trousers. two pairs OF socks and
three pairs of suspenders. Mr.. Gala
CHER is wearing the jacket of his porter
and has fastened his trousers up with a
bale rope.
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went up story after story, and 1t was OBJ
served that only one portion, that devoted
to the purpose Of the theater. had in it a
partition Of brick. That was necessary, as
a frame one would not have been of suffi-
cient strength to support the galleries.
In time the structure was capped with a
manSard roof and then came the plaster
and the paint. which hid from view the
really fiimsy material of which the build
ing was constructed.
1t was finished and presented fine ap-
pearance. and "Lucky's'' fondest hope
was realized. He had one of the hand
soonest buildings on Market street.
There was one man in San Francisco
who did not have good opinion of the
hotel, and that was the late David Scan-
mel. Chief Engineer of the Fire Depart
hotel after it was in full operation lie
said to a friend: THAT building is a
menace to Market street. If a fire ever
stop it. While I have charge of the de-
partment and fire breaks out in it will
not allow one of my men TO enter 1t.
will fight 1t from the outside; that's
He also had standing rule while he
was in charge that If an alarm came In
Baldwin box and it should happen that
the fire was in the hotel, that a second
alarm should be sent in Immediately so
as to bring the entire department to the
fire there" he said, lis TO confine the fire
to that building
Dave Scanned did not live to see a fire
in the hotel, but when 1t did occur the re-
suit shows how prophetic was his words.
The hotel was opened with great eclat
in 1875, and about the same time the
Academy of Music was opened by Tom
Mcguire. the Napoleon of San Francisco
stage managers. Subsequently the name
of the place was changed to the Baldwin
Theater.
Yesterday E. ]. Baldwin stood in the
doorway of the Annex looking sad as he
realized the loss which had befallen him.
of 6N1A
to him he replied in a sad voice, lit is
one of the events that one must expect In
49, 30 q
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THE GRAPHOPHONES
SANG "a HOT TIME "

All day Peter Bacigalupi of the Edison
Photograph Agency, 946 Market street.
dug amid the charred ruins of his cleo
trio machines for the scorched nickels
and metal checks.
Just $12. 000," said Peter, lies in that
wreck and not a nickel-not even a little
round checks insured.
Then he emptied the contents OF
blackened tin coin till into his coat
pocket.
81 Intended to put little fire risk on
those machines. but put it off instead, and
so you see l had machines to burn.
And the battered graphophones lying in
the muddy ashes softly sang, "A Hot
Time" etc, in unison to Bacigalupts
melancholy joke.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-24
JOHN PURDY NOT
AMONG THE MISSING
He Did Brave Work at Res
Cuing the Helpless
Women.

Popular Jack" Purdy, the poolseller.
was mourned as one of the 1aad until
noon yesterday, when he turned up vol
UNFAIRLY to answer rollcall at the Audi
terium.
.Purdy retired late on Tuesday night.
and when the fire was discovered a
score or more of his friends tried to
reach his room on the fifth floor of the
hotel, but they found their way barred
by a wall of flame and smoke. The
search was kept up all through the
night. but no trace was found of the
missing man, though he did brave serv-
ice in rescuing the women on the fifth
floor and spent the morning after the
flames had driven him out in watching
the progress of the fire.
my room was in soubrette row,
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Purdy, and when the fire was
discovered pandemonium broke loose
among the women. They rushed
into the hallway in their night
clothes and fought us when we tried
to lead them to the stairways. We had
to use considerable force in saving
those who did get out. Some Of them
we literally dragged out The lights
went out to Ike matters worse, and l
thought for a time we were all going
to get scorched before we got out of it,
but l reckon we will be doing business
again in the morning"
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vided with refreshments at a restaurant.
Albert Dernham, vice-president; Henry
Dernham, treasurer; Andrew M. Davis.
secretary and Directors A. B. c. Dohr.
mann, F. H. Dohrmann and Marcus L.
Gerstle of the Emporium and Golden Rule
Bazaar Company were present and ap-
peared to derive as much enjoyment from
the festivities as their numerous and de-
lighted guests.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-24
CAPTAIN WHITMAN PROUD OF HIS MEN,
Police Render Valuable Service in Rescu-
ing Guests From the Burning
Structure.

short time after the fire broke out Captain Whitman
to
well as keep the immense
h to protect the
Immediately
men
ad
Of
Commissioners
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-24

Fire and the fear of death did not
separate Professor Starke, leader of the
Grotto orchestra, from his beloved violin.
Attired in nothing more than a night robe
he took to the life rope at the fifth story.
But he clutched it only with one hand
in the other he carried the fiddle. He
finally reached the street in safety and
was loaned clothing for himself and
shelter for the violin, both Of which he
accepted
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-24
THEY TOOK NO
TIME TO ARGUE

The police did meritoriously at the fire.
Immediately after the first alarm was
sounded Sergeant Martin. with posse Of
officers. was on the scene. assisting the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-24

Captain George Baldwin of the Eighth California Volunteers performed
to
frantic O
o
proceeded performance several
on
of The heroes Of the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-24
To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money If it fails to cure.
CSC The genuine has l.. B. Q. on each tablet.
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loved objects which can never be re-
placed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-17

after the first examination into the merits Of
the case. has never faitcred in maintaining the
position 1t so ably advanced"
The news of the favorable decision Of Sir
Nicholas j. Hammer. the arbitrator In her case
comes as joyful tidings 10 the widow OF Dr.
Cheek. who. reduced to poverty through the
seizure of her husbands estate by the Siamcse
Government. has been supporting herself and
her children by keeping boarding house In
Oakland. Cal This decision makes Mrs. Check
wealthy woman for. besides the 500 900 in
gold that has been awarded to her AZ an in
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s. &&asR Il
REAR ADMIRAL.

III the afternoon the President looking
little worn from the strain and hard work of the
last few weeks, came with Mrs. Mckinley out
on tn. portico and watched the merrymaking
Of his guests who greeted him with enthusiastic
cheers But grave matters give the President
little time for recreation at present and he re-
manned for few moments only. Mrs McKin-
ley. however. stayed for the greater part " the
afternoon watching the gay scene and many
a chubby hand waited kisses to the first lady
Of the land and many little throats chcered
themselves hOarse in her honor
1t was dark before the children, weary and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-17

Of his whole trip and asking her TO SEM nun
another remittance which she promptly reiuseu
to do
The next day she shocked ana Sr''eu
TO receive a telegram announcing the "'''" VI
hcr wavward SON The whole family went 'h'o
MOURNING and a notice Of his death was pun !"
the local papers. \ few hours after inc Pa'''"'
news was received here the sorroWIhE '"''"''
received another telegram which read:
Send 500 fer cmnainling ana eAprc9S'"7 ~
WASHINGTON body Of Mr. X. Name ana at"
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that time he has obtained 4 final and most
gratifying result.
When congratulated upon his successful con
duct OF thu case Mr.. Sutton said.
TOO much credit cannot be given our MIN
lister at BANGKOK Mr.. Barrett. In this matter
For four years h. has intcrposed his Official
authority to protect the rights Of the claimant
and il was through his efforts that tho crafty
Oricntals were brought TO the point where the
whole case depended upon the decision OF an
Englishman and a lawyer.
The result is also yindica,ion OF the mature
Judgment of the Department u state. which
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-17

Sigsbcc had not entered the Navy he would
have become an eminent scientist. and. as has
been widely published. he has won fame ~ an
inventor and a caricaturst.
Captain Sigsbcc has enriched scientific liter
allure by a number Of volumes. The little book
prepared urder his direction when he was in
tho photographic Office. illustrative Cloud
Forms for the Guidance OF Observers In the
Classification Of Clouds" is especially attractive
and admirably gotten up AS carly as 1881 he
wrote for the Coast Survey considerable vol
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-17
* 7RAy TX

States Navy and each is known by special
set Of devices. The classes are: Commissioned
officers Of the line. The commissioned corps war.
rant officers and petty officers. The first two
classes include the graduates from Annapolis
and regularly commissioned officers and the
third and fourth classes are made up OF enlisted
men who have been promoted.
The rank devices are worn by commissioner
officers on the shOuder-knots when full dress b
worn but on service coats the devices en-.
broidcrcd on the collar A rear-admiral wears
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: }}A11*% 4 @ GA'4f 8 !
ADMIR-

the occasion OF the annual Easter cgs-roliihS' lor
which the President allows the lawn about the
White House to be used. that brought these
little folk together.
All sorts conditions and shades were there
The kinky headed little pickaninny from the
negro quarter; the swarthy, back-cyed "dago
from Little Italy: Germany, France. all the ma
tons in fact even Spain. were represented
From the West End were dainty little ladies in
Partisan toilets attended by French maids. and
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which he has further attestcd by naming u
genus the Conolampas Sgsbci
Agassz is not the only naturalist who has i'm
mortazcd the name u Sigsbee. There have
been five Species named for him. four by emf
ncnt French scientists. A. Milne Edwards and
Perrier. and one By Lyman. The deepest part
OF the Gulf Of Mexico Is known rs Sigshec's
Deep. and To go from the serious to the absurd
hardly pet in town that has been acquired
since the disaster Of the Maine but rcjoces in
the name Of Sigsbcc
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foul anchor with a silver star at either side
4 commodore wears one star with an anchor q
either side and captain has silver spread
eagle and silver foul anchor. commander h
known by silver oak leaf and silver fou
anchor and a leutenant-commander by gold
oak leaf and silver foul anchor First lieuten-
ants have two silver bars and silver foul an
Choir and first leutenants OF the junior grad
one silver bar and a silver foul anchor sllvef
foul anchor IL the decoration on the service coat
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VICE ADMIRAL.

noble sailor ladies wearing bravcly the name
Of some big battlc-ship on their caps, and Side
by side with them were half-clOthed. pinchcd
little waits of poverty. but all the children car
ried eggs. and all. white and black. rich and poor.
were equal on that day. The beautiful green
sward, the blue sky. the spring flowers and the
music of the Marine Band. which the kind
thought Of the President provided. were free to
all and right royalty did the little sons and
daughters of the rich and Of the poor enjoy
them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-17
COMMANDER.

of this month tho decision Of the arbitrator WIS
ca BLEED TO tho STATE Department.
BY this award. which. of course Is maj inc
Check estate wins on every point M III" '"''
fact. The estate in Siam IS irc'n it"" NV
counter claim of Siam. ana caSh li'h''""''s ~
500. 900 in gold is awarded I" MT 'h''N "'' y
When the distance between the wv" ''"''''''
usually six weeks one way, ana 'he ''''"'
pedients for delay rcsortcd t' ny 'h' WY W.
entail are considered. ii Is evident 'ha' nv 20,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-17
LIEUTENANT.

has been pushed with more than ordinary SUI
cess.
The claim was originally made up In SIAM 'o'
DR. Cheek by T.. Is. Michel barrister. ana 'a'c
legal adviser to tho Siamcsc Government d''"
in Washington by Mcssrs. w ;. Hopkins anu
Warner p sutton. Mr.. Hopkins was soon
Obliged to retire from the case on account VI
i'll health Mr. Sutton. therefore. VINO maze d"
onvjablc record as Consul-G"neral for inc oh'co
States in Mexico where he served ten years.
came into sole charge and in four years from
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-17

unc on deep sea sounding and dredging par
ticularly describing the apparatus and methods
used on board the vessel Blake
lie was the first officer Of the United states
Navy to establish friendly relations with the
scientific fraternity. and the celebrated work OF
Alexander Agasslz. published In Cambridge
some ten years ago. on the cruise Of the Blake
bears frequent witness To the warm regard in
which that distinguished naturalist holds him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-17

demnity. there is large estate In SIAM one
item OF which is seventy mine elephants. These
alone are IA fortune. then there are valuable
leases Of lockwood lands and privileges that
her husband bought.
In his telegram to the Department Of State
after stating the findings Of the arbitrator Min
lister Barrett says: Award confirms. without
exception, all contentious Of law and fact
Award fair and effect excellent Siam accepts
gracefully after hard fight"
A young blood of Washington, who has caused
his family much unhappincss and worry be-
cause Of his bad habits and reckless way Of
spending money. went not long ago on a pleas
urc trip to New-Orleans. A few days after his
arrival there his mother received a telegram
from him saying that he had spent all the money
she had given him to cover the entire expenses
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-17
CAPTAIN.

lander case against Mexico was comparatively
brief. less than ten years. but. while considered
by authorities in these matters good one.
adversely decided by the arbitrator and the
claimants have now no chance Of getting any
thing
A notable exception to these. both as to the
erie; period of time required and to result. is
Ahe .at,S-aaci case of Cheek against the King
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-17
GOSSIP AT THE CAPITAL
THE ANNUAL EASTER EGG Trolling Be
HIND THE WHITE HOUSE.

THE AWARD IN THE CHEEK CASE AGAINST SIAM
THE BODY REFUSED TO BE SENT C. Q. D
CAPTAIN sIGSDEE's SCIENTIFIC RECORD.
WASHINGTON. April 1G-While the President $
message Vas being read In Congress on Monday
some eight thousan nd little Americans were HaE-
ing merry in the grounds of the Executive Man
sion undisturbed by any fear Of war. 1t was