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The San Francisco call., 1898-12-09
PROPOSALS.
To Construct and Furnish Two (2, Mon,to,
 Batteries for Use of the Fire Departmant

To Construct and Furnish Two (2, Monitor
 Batteries for Use of the Fire Department
 OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE BOARD or SuperVis0rs Q. the Clty and County of San
 In accordance with Resolution No. 2o11 sFouTth m sepies) pI of the Board of Supervisors open session of the Board of Supervisors. on MONDAY AFTERNOON, December i2. is@ss @ and delivery of two @ monitor batteras bdhaiastqps for use of the Fire Department. The said moni- tor batteries to be constructed in strict accord ance with specifications, to be seen at the Fire Department Corporation Yard. No. 52 Sacra- mento street Said monitor batteries to be an proved by and constructed to the satisfaction of the Board of Fire Commissioners and the Committee on Fire Department of the Board of
 NOTICE.-Bidders will estimate and state price for which they will manufacture and deliver the two @ monitor batteries, complete in every particular and ready fo- use to ths Board of Fire Commissioners, to be furnished within period of not more than seventy C70o not so furnished, the sum of s10 per day to he deducted from the contract pr.ce for each and furnished and delivered to the Board of Fire Commissioners.
 Eight. hours to constitute a days work for all workmen employed upon the work. and the work al to be two (s2, dollars per day '1 o' ss''
 The party to whom the contract is awarded will be required. prior to or at the time of the execution of the contract, to pay the cost of advertising this notice in three daily news
 In order to preserve uniformity and to faci, itate the award the Board has resolved to receive no bid unless made upon blank forms prepared by the committee, and certified check on some bank in the City and County of San Francisco for the sum of one thousand (s1o0o) dollars deposited by the bidder with his bid and made payable to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors. conditioned if the proposal be accepted and the contract awarded and if the bidder shall fail or neglect to pay the printing charges execute the contract and give the re. quired bond within six days after the award is made. then and in that case the said sum shall be paid into the City and County Treasury by said Clerk as liquidated damages for such failure and neglect.
 Blanks furnished by the Clerk.
 The board reserves the right to reject all bids if the public good so require.
 JNO A. RUSSELL. Clerk
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-09
PROPOSALS
For the Erection of an Engine House on
 Tenth Avenue, Between and sJ Streets.

For the Erection of Engine House on Tenth Avenue, Between I andtJ Streets. OFFICE. OF THE CLERK OF THE BOARD Francisco, December e. 1898.
 In accordance with Resolution sNo 2o11 SToHTth h., Series, @ of, of the Board of Supervisors MONDAY AFTERNOON, December F. 1sss, engine house on Tenth avenue, between .I'' and "J' streets. for the use of the Fire De- specifications and the conditions set forth In fhe waso Sald prepared m by Charles floor, City Hall. all the work to be performed to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and the Board of Fire Commissioners
 The building to be completed within eighty tSO) working days from the date of signing the contract
 Any delay in the completion of the building will be charged to the contractor at the rate of twenty ls2o o0) dollars per day. and the tract sum.
 Payments will be made on the first day of each month at the rate of seventy-five (75 P the balance thirty-five (35) days after the completion and acceptance of the building The work of construction to be done in strict accordance with the plans and specIfjcs- tions; under the supervision and direetion of Engineers of the Fire Department
 Eight hours to constitute a days work for all workmen employed upon the work, and
 
 said work to be two (s2) dollars per day.
 Bidders will estimate and state price for which the entire work will be performed in accordance with the plans and specifcations. The party to whom the contract nav bo awarded will be required. prior to or At inc time of the execution of said contract. to pay the cost of advertising this notice in three daily newspapers.
 In order to preserve uniformity and to facIli- tate the award the Board has resolved to receive no bid unless made upon blank for,,s prepared by the committee. and a certified check on some bank in the City and County of San Francisco for the sum of five hundred ls5oo) dollars deposited by the bidder with his bid and made payable to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, conditioned If the pro posal be accepted and the contract awarded. and 1T the bidder shall fail or neglect to pay the printing charges execute the contract and give the required bond within six days after the award is made, then and in that case inc said sum shall be paid into the City anJ County Treasury by said Clerk liquidated Blanks furnished by the Clerk
 The Board reserves the right to reject all
 JNO. A. RUSSELL, ClarL
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-09

BIDS Wanted = Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals will be received by the Board of Directors of the Veterans Home Associa- ton at its office, room 13, 320 .;ansome st San Francisco. Cal, up to 10 o'clock a. m , Saturday, December 10, 1898, and opened i'm. mediatey thereafter in the presence of bid ders, for furnishing and delivering quarter master and commissary supplies for the Vet erans' Home. Napa County, Cal. (railroad sta tfon YountviIlel, for six months commencing January 1, 1899. and ending June 30 1S99 Schedules with information and instructions for submitting bids will be furnished upon application by the undersigned Bidders vii; carefully follow the conditions of the less 1t is in accordance with such schedules Each bidder must accompany his bid with certified check upon some we'll known and re- sponsible banking house for at least 10 per cent of the amount of his bid payable to U C. Currier, treasurer. conditioned that the bidder will enter into ge od and valid con tract upon notice of acceptance as required by. law. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to order any ouan- tity over under the amount specified
 Address J. J. SCOvILLE, Secretary Veter- ans Home Association room 3, 32O Sansofne st., San Francisco Cal By rder oe the Board of Directors.
 I. I. SCOVILLE Secretarv
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-09
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Elijah l.. Halleraft and Louise Meiley. ... .22- p E. L. Leuenberger and Amanda Estrada. .32 -29 Christian Katz and Bertha Schmalz. .... .34 30 Charles F. Hoops and Julia A. Danze. A -2s Francisco Fazio and Maria Pantolfa.. .2S- -2S Henry Strobel and Katharina Muller. -37 Alfred c. French and Ellie NJ. Johansen .2S-2 -25 Arthur Cordelas and Esdale & Dickson. .31- -24
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-09
BIRTHS MARRIAGES DEATHS.

Birth, marriage and death notices sent by mail will not be inserted. They must be handed in at either of the publication offices and be indorsed with the name and residence of per- sons authorized to have the same published
 BORN. BAER-In this city, to the wife of Berthold A. Baer (nee Schwartz) a daughter
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-09
PERSONALS.

THE Monarch Shoe Store. 1346 and 1S4S Market st.. offers better grade of shoes at less price than any other dealer in town.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-09
DIED.

Albertson. Mary E. Partridge, Catherine Hynes Mary Piasecki. Rev A. B. Kennedy, Charles D. Quinn. Michael Loughlin, George F. Schussler Michael McCune. Annie Simon, William J. McMllan. Margaret Thorne, Mildred McNaughton. Mary J. Thorne, Sarah s. Madden, Thomas P. Trimalle, Aime Maher. Mary E. TrobocK, Madeline Martin, John Wigney, George A. Millar. John F. Wilson. Eliza
 Nelson. Gustaf Wittmeier, Mazda O'Halloran. Ellen lena
 Patton. Maggie Zammitt, Catherine
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-09
OAKLAND ADVERTISEMENTS.
 OFFiCE-oOS BROADWAY.

 HAVE a few special bargains in small acre age tracts; look them up at once. 1t will pay you. acres highly improved acres highly improved. 1 acre highly improved. A few l. and acre lots, unimproved, choice land, we'll located, all within 5 min utes' walk of electric cars. take electric cars to Elmhurst and see PITTOCK, real estate, opposite powerhouse. Elmhurst
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-09

OAKLAND HOUSEKEEPING ROOMS. BROADWAY, 1229-Unfurnished housekeeping rooms. carpets; reasonable to responsible par ties.
 SUNNY corner; f1rst-class apartment house: no transients. 1055 Washington, Davis block
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-09
TYPEwRITERs.

ALL typewriters sold and rented, few partly
 used for sale cheap, send for samples and prices. ALEXANDER CO. no Mont tgomery A HAMMOND, s25; Caligraph. s15: Yost s25
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-09
HOUSES TO LET.

WE can rent you house with or without a fagpole BALDWIN & HOWELL 10 Mont gomery st.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-09
PROPOSALS.
pRopns AIS

For Sweeping and Cleaning the Public Streets From the Date of the Award of the Con tract to January l. 1901.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
ORDERED INTO THE HILLS,
1he second Regiment of Immune Volun- teers Replaced by the Eighth Iui-
 noJs (ColOred) at Santiago.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Aug. 17.--Gen. Shafter has ordered the Second volun- teer regiment of immunes to leave the city and go into camp outside The regiment had been placed here as d garrison to preserve order and protect property.
 There has been firing of arms inside of the town by members of this regi- ment without orders, so far as known; some of the men having indulged in liquor until they have verged upon acts of license and disor- der; the inhabitants in some quarters have alleged loss of property by force and intimidation. and there has grown up feeling of uneasiness concerning them.
 Gen. Shafter has, therefore, ordered this regiment into the hills where dis cipline can be more severely main- tained.
 In place of the Second volunteer im : mune regiment, Gen. Shafter has or dered into the city the Eighth Illinois volunteer regiment of colored troops, in whose sobriety and discipline he has confidence, and of whose sturdy en. forcement of order no doubt is felt by those in command.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
 DYNAMITE TENDS AT WORK
Attempt to Destroy the Home of John Hill, Jr., at Belmont, Chicago
 Suburb, with Dynamite

CHICAGO, Aug. 1s.-An attempt was made Tuesday night to take the lives of John Hill, Jr., his wife and two children by exploding a heavy charge ot dynamite against Mir. Hills resi-. dence in Belmont, . suburb of this elty. None of the family suffered injury, although the frame and sash ot the window where the explosive was placed were blown with great force into the bedroom where Mir. Hill was sleeping. The perpetrators placed the missile by means of a pole of sufficient length to reach the second-story win dows. On the other end of the pole was attached stick of dvna- mlte or bomb. A slow fuse was at- tached and the explosive was so arranged that it was directly against the frame of the window .of the bedroom on the east side of the house, the room usually occupied by Mir. Hill and his wife. The crlme Is believed to have been inspired II not executed, by race track men against whom Mir. Hill, as an officer of the Civic federation, has conducted n crusade. Mir. Hill is well-knowu board of trade operator.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

The leader of the Philippine junta at Hong Kong has sent message to President Mckinley congrat ulating him on the American victory at Mani. la, and promising the support of the insurgents.
 Premier Sagasta, with the acumen which no other man in Spain possesses, has undertaken to conclude peace as the final grand work of life spent in the service of his country, and which, to his credit, leaves him a poor man.
 The fun and merriment at the re- union of the old settlers at Cissna Park. Ill.,, Tuesday, were interrupted by an accident in which 30 persons were in- Jured. As game of ball was in pro- gress the temporary grand stand col lapsed.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
THE ARMY IS TO BE REDUCED,
kifty Thousand Volunteers to be Mustered Out as Soon as the Cabinet App
 proves the Order.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.-An order will be issued, when approved by the cab inet, mastering out of the service about 5o,000 of the volunteer force.
 The troops to be mustered out will include all the volunteer cavalry and volunteer artillery in the United States at the present time and large num- Der of infantry regiments. The whole number has not yet been determined.
 The mastering out order possibly may be delayed until dispatches are received from Gen. Merritt respecting conditions Ut Manila Dispatches are expected from the general at almost any hour.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19

MADRID, Aug. 16.-The government has been notified by the Spanish consul at Hong Kong of the surrender of Ma. nila. It IS not yet aware of the man. ner in which the surrender was effect ed.
 Gen. Merritt, it is reported here, took the greatest precautions to prevent the insurgents from interfering with the equalization of Manila, or approaching the city.
 The Madrid press fears that the sur render may affect Spains position in negotiations for the government of shs Philippines. The City Occupied by the Americans. LONDON, Aug. 16.-A special dispatch from Madrid says: "The surrender oi Manila oh Saturday by Gen. Jaudemes is officially announced. The United States troops immediately occupied the city,.
 August a Back Number When the surr en.
 der was Made. BERLIN, Aug. 16.-Gen. August, &C., cording to dispatch from Hong Kong, dated Monday, was dismissed from his post as captain-general of the Philp- pines on August 5.
 Gen. Jandemes was ordered to take over the command at Manila.
 The Americans Gave Warning.
 
 The dispatch adds:
 "The Americans had notified the au- thorlties at Manila that lombard ment by sea and land would commence at noon on August 9. The city surren- dered on the 13th, and the American flag was hoisted forthwith.
 Spanish Officers Paroled.
 "The Spanish officers were allowed their freedom on parole. The judiciary and the administrative offices are to remain temporarily in the hands of the Spaniards. The insurgents remain outside of the town" Dis. hes Expected from Dewey and
 Merritt.
 WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.-Up to noon no advices had reached either the state. war or navy departments regarding the fall of Manila, except the cablegram from Consul Wildman briefly announc- ing an unconditional surrender. Dis patches giving fuller information are expected momentarily
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
ROoSEvELT'S ROUGH RIDERS.
The Men Brought Up from Santiago by the Miami in the Detention Camp
 for the Present.

NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-The Rough Riders, commanded by Col. Roosevelt and Gen. Wheeler, who were landed at Montauk Point Monday from the trans port Miami, are in the detention camp. where they will be kept for at least three days. Nearly all of the sick are dysentery cases. A few are in critical condition.
 In the yellow fever hospital, in charge of Dr. H. c. Moore. there are three suspects from the St. LduiA
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19

BUSINESS was suspended on the Chi cago board of trade for time, on the 10th, in order to auction off the first bale of cotton from the south, 1898 crop, which was presented to presi- dent Mckinley by II. B. Beer, of New Orleans, to be sold for the benefit of the government hospital service. The bale was sold. redonated and resold several times, netting an aggregate os Si,50o It was shipped by the last pur- chaser to St Louis to be sold there.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
Wind won. .. usuaI.

There was great jubilee and there would have been feastinz in Madrid had provisions been cheaper.
 born hidalgo ".in American town was com. pletely destroyed!"
 "Ah, by Camars's squadron?" inquired the stranger.
 "Well, the information from American sources says 1t was destroyed by a cyclone What that may be none of us know, but it surely means some form of Spanish power. At any rate, it was great victory. '-N. Y. World.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
A Terrible Mistake.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 1s.-Joseph Devote "a iaborer, aged 45, mistook his wife, Emily for burglar, Tuesday night, and fired shot which lodged at the base or her spine and may result in her death. The almost frantic husband is locked up, and the unfortunate wife Is Int the city hospital.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19

SECRETARY .ALGER and other mem- bers of the cabinet took occasion, on the 10th, to deny the truth of the re- ports current in Cuba of an agreement to disband the Cuban insurgents, and for the United States to pay them of in the interest of promoting peaceful conditions on the island.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19

WAR department officials deny gen. erally the assertions of discomfort and ill-usage of troops reported from Mon- tauk Point, N. Y. The quartermas. ter's department, which had charge of opening the camp, says that good prog ress has been made since the order was issued establishing it.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19

THE Madrid Fl Liberal says the arr ticle in the protocol relating to the Philippines does not indicate that any thing good for Spain will be fixed upon, and the question will not be settled fa- vorably for her.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19

THE North American Trust Co. has filed bond of s25o, 009 with the secre- tary of the treasury, and has been made fiscal agent of the government at Santiago.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
ADv1cEs from Melbourne report tha

ADvIcEs from Melbourne report that the American bark c. C. Funk, Capt. Nissen, which sailed from Tacoma, May %, for Melbourne, was wrecked on Finders island. Tasmania. Eleven of those on board the bark, including Capt. Nissen, his wife and two chil- dren, were drowned.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19

SECRETARY OF STATE DAY frankly gives as the reason for his contempla- ted retirement, that he is unable to as- sume the social responsibilities which the position places upon him without seriously impairing his private means, which are not large enough to stand the drain.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19

A SYNDICATE has established town named Blair, five miles from the Una liklik river, in Alaska, where there is already a mission and reindeer sta tion. From this town it is proposed to build railroad to point on the Yukon about where the river opens for navi- gation from four to six weeks earlier than at the mouth. Seven hundred miles of travel will be saved.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19

THE war department has decided to send regiment of regulars to Homo lulu to permanently garrison that city. The First New York volunteers, now performing that duty, will be with drawn when the relieving regiment ar rives.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
Lost His Life Saving Other~.

A country boy visiting New York stopped frantic runaway team that was about to dash on the sidewalk where there were hun dreds of women and children. He saved their lives, but lost his own. Hundreds of Stomach Btters. People who are fast go- ing to their graves with disorders of stom- ach. liver, bowels and blood are brought back to good health by it. All the sick should try it.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19

THE peace protocol was signed at the White House, on the 18th, by Am bassador Cambon, of France, for Spain, and Secretary Day for the United States, and the president immediately thereafter issued his proclamation put ting an end to hostilities. Acting Sec retary Allen, for the navy, and Adju- tant-General Corbin, for the army, noti- fled our sea and land forces of the arn- istice
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19

NEWS of the cessation of hostilities between the United States and Spain wasreceived at Hong Kong on the 13th The British steamer Australian, bound for Sydney, N. $. w., was chartered to carry the news to Manila. No other vessel was available for the purpose, owing to the presence of typhoons.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
Where Noah Kept His Bees.

Dr. James K. Hosmer, while recently vis- iting Boston, had occasion to visit the new public library. As he went up the steps he met Edward Everett Hale, who asked the doctors errand.
 "To consult the archives" was the reply
 "By-the-way, Hosmer," said Dr. Hale, do you know where Noah kept his bees?"
 "No," answered Hosmer
 "In the ark hives" said the venerable preacher as he passed out of earshot.-- Ladies Home Journal.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19

ADvIcEs received from Hong Kong, on the 18th, were to the effect that Manila had surrendered to Admiral Dewey and the army under Gen. Mer- ritt, on the 18th, after brief bom- bardment of the Notifications. Capt Gen. Augusti fled from the city, taking refuge on board the German cruiser Kaiserein Augusta, which conveyed him and his family to Hong Hong.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
FOreha ded.

Little Dora is so thoughtful of the future that she never eats dinner, but what she thinks of supper. She was taking her music lesson at the piano when she asked if she might learn to play the harp instead, 'It will save me having to learn when I'm ap angel" she explained.-Pick-M Me-Up.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19

THE statement of the associated banks of New York city for the week ended the 13th showed the following changes: Surplus reserve, increase, S6, 7Sl, ,l50; loans, increase, S9,9li 400; specie, decrease, S2,7e3, 600; legal ten ders, decrease, S3,09i, 500; deposits, in- crease, S3,703,oo irculation, de- crease, S42,10O
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19

THE hottest day London has known for a long time occurred on the 18th. Upward of 150 cases of heat prostra- tion had been treated at the various hospitals before two o'cock in the af- fernoOn.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19

THE governors-general of Cuba and Porto Rico have acknowledged the re- ceipt of the news of the suspension of hostilities between the United States and Spain, and announced the carry ing out of the orders
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19

SENATOR PLATT, of New York, called on President Mckinley, on the 18th, and asked for the appointment of Gen. Benjamin F. Tracey, of New York, ex- secretary of the navy, as member of the peace commission.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19

THE American colony in Sydney, N. S. w., through the United States con- sul. have cabled to Washington, pray ing the government there to retain pos session of the Philippine islands.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19

UNTIL the war department hears from Maj. Gen. Merritt, now at Manila, that he requires additional troops, no more transport ships will be sent from San Francisco.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19

BRIe.-GES. EZRA r. EwERs, U. S. ", has been appointed governor of the city of Guantanamo.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19

oircnses that have come and gone ., the passed tents.-L. A. W. Bullet;ne are in
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19

Her First Trip.-''what arc
 for Dowg" Were oo;ns are We stoppin, 9ff How cruel! What did tba hu. the the pilot
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19

The wise man neither borrows tro,h,. lends his bicycle.-L. A. w. Bulls,;ua nor
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
SURRENDER OF MANILA.
The Spanish Government Officially Notified that the Surrender
 Occurred Saturday.
THE CITY OCCUPIED BY THE AMERICANS

August Was Back Number When the Sur render was Made, Having Been Dis missed August 5-The Spanish Onicers Paroled-The Insurgents Remain Out side the City.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
To Cure . Co,a

Take Laxative Promo Quinine Tah,'. . oruggists refund money if it fails m e' crr All
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19

Halls Catarrh Cur. Is taken Internally. Price 75c
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
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