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ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS.

ager, John A. Britton, is in need Of a
guardian. The Board Of Health desires
the City Council to provide for the ap-
pontment Of chemist an and 6acterbtoiog1s5 rio HG
mittee to urge upon the Council the i'm
portance Of the passage OF an an ordinahee ~ nc
he had been impressed with the import
ance of an ordinance providing for such
officers. He said that he had been I'M
pressed with the Importance ofthis bacter-
iological work by the exhibit MADE at the
recent State Exposition held in Oakland:
The Council is charged with the care Of
the health of the city Mr.. d BTitt4n 3nr said aio
months, was slight He was also i'm
pressed with the Importance of this meas
ure that, with the company which he rep
resented the Oakland Gas Light and
Heat Company, he would consent that
should the condition of city funds not
permit the necessary expenditure, that
this amount might be transferred from
the street. lighting fund and they would
receive so much: less on this years con-
tract.
No petition for guardian has yet been
fled STUART w. BOOTH.
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ure at the election, many OF them are
pulling strings to secure the leagues in
dorsement. The leading spirits in 1t are
men who in the days. that have passed
controlled the political situation in Ala
media, but who have lost their grip by
the advent of younger and livelier ele-
ment in municipal affairs.
There has been some talk Of drawing
party lines in the coming campaign, but
the voters are decidedly against such a
plan. Alameda has always leaned toward
has been free for all, and the voters have
seldom made mistake in picking the
best man.
The most active fights will be made for
the offices of City Assessor, Treasurer
and Marshal. Arthur G. Burns is out for
the Assessorship against E. Minor Smith,
the incumbent. Burns has the support
of the younger element and his friends
are making a lively canvass for him. Mr..
Smith has held the Office for several
terms and says he will put up the fight
OF his life to succeed himself.
Roswell G.. Wheeler Gncumbent), Elmer
Johnston, Oswald Lubbock and Linwood
Palmer want to fill the office of City
treasurer. Mr.. Wheeler seems to have
somewhat demoralized from lack of or
ganization
There will be no scarcity of candidates
for City Marshal. If John Conrad, who
unexpired term of Oscar Rogers, decides
to be candidate it is generally conceded
that he will have little opposition. But
Mr.. Conrad has not made up his mind
that he wants the office, and in the mean
time a host of men who yearn to shine
as the head of the local police department
pairing. for the fray. On the list are
Louis Schroeder, who was assistant jailer
under Sheriff McKillican: William Gum,
an officer on the local police force; ex-
constable Charles Day, Harry Trausue,
George McRea and Ralph. Hamlin.
City Recorder st. Sure and City Clerk
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the building were literally soaked with
grease, oil and other combustlbles useu IN
manufacturing and the interior OIL lHe
structure curled and cracked as eacn
fork of fire licked its way TO the ROOF.
A fresh south wind was oleW1ng e s anu o,,lS -
spread to adjoining buildings. A second
alarm was turned in and with reinIorce,
ments Chief Sullivan prevented general
conflagration.
The Fire Departments new water tower
was wheeled into Stevenson street anu
blazing building 1t threw tons an9 IONS
of water into the seething mass OF names
On the top of the building there was
large windlass set on beams projecting
four or five feet from the root rms TOOK
fire and threatened every minute 10 top
pie over on the heads of the nremen IN
the narrow alley below. In ADDITION TO
this the Fire Department was greatly
harassed by the numberless eIectrlc hsht
and power wires strung overhead;
In the rear portion of the bul4dlhg tne
California Paint Works had galions ana
gallons of turpentine stored. ana II tne
wind had been blowing from the north
there would have been quite an eApIoslon'
attended probably by loss OF IRE.
The fire burned for several hours.
1T is rather difficult to say just now
the blaze started" said Fire Marsnal
Towe There had been nobody IN the
building for twenty-four hours anu tIe
only explanation 1 can offer Is unde Itio,, y !,
was caused by spontaneous combustion. S
Captain Comstock estimated the loss at
SIS 900, although it may reach al leaSt
$40 600 The printing plant OF Brown q
Bley, on the third floor of the adJolIlIIs
building, was badly damaged by sInGhS sh5
and water. A substantial hreWaI sayeu .e
it from being damaged or perhaps oe-
e.
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FIREMEN FIGHTING THE FIRST Big BLAZE OF '99.

for any one to run against him in 1902.
John ]. Allen, one of the most agreeable
Republicans in the county, Will succeed
District Attorney Snook. Inc new plS.
trict Attorney starts out with nearly half
a dozen murderers on his hands, whose
cases are attracting more than local at
tention.
ords to Dr. Mehrmann, who will look
after the county's unfortunates during
the next four years. The practical part
of this administration will still be con-
tinued at Albert Browns morgue.
s. O. Crawford is the only Democrat
who will enter ,1 upon good thi9g tS-
moTF0% M s3pcrintendent He lent of Schools. If Mr..
Crawford be as much of success as an
official as he has been as principal of
public school his errors Of political faith
will be forgiven.
Recorder Spear will give way to the
Garments friend, A. K. Grim, and the lat
ter will have for his chief deputy r. S.
Grim proved his popularity by his big
majority. and although nominated outside
his party he is of the Republican fold.
Arthur Feidier of Livermore VIII receive
all the county's cash on hand from Treas
urer Sanford and will cash the warrants
of the faithful for four years. He will
handle about two millions year, which
is probably more than Arthur Feidler fin
gered in a livery stable business in Muir
raw Township.
Public Administrator Knight will yield
the care or the estates OF WIDOWS ana
orphans and absent heirs to B. G. Hawes
of San Leandro. who is perhaps as well
fitted to be honored with the sacred trust
as any one in the county.
The Supervisors will meet Tuesday and
reorganize. Messrs. Church and Talcott
will succeed themselves, and an hour later
perhaps the anxiety regarding the hos
pital and jail physicians will be termin-
ated.
With the single exception Of County
School Superintendent Crawford, every
department of the county government for
the next four years will be strictly Re-
publican. Three of the retiring officials
were PopuliSts.
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Banoueted Their Employees.

The firm of L. Lebenbaum & Co. gave
a delightful banquet to those in their en-
ploy at the Pabst Cafe last evening to
manifest their appreciation Of worthy
services rendered during the past year.
Everybody. from the smallest cashboy to
the clerk whose hair has grown gray in
the employ of the firm, was made happy.
C. H. Dannal acted as POSTMASTER and
called upon the following persons: ].
Meyerfeld, John Rothchild, George Doyle,
Charles Waldman, William Clark, Oscar
Mcmahon, John Lincoln, R. Levy and
Eugene Cohn. All responded with words
of good fellowship and of commendation
alike for employees and firm.
After the tables had been cleared a
programme composed of songs by William
Grace and Harry Healy, dances by VIII
liam Swift. George P. Doyle. William
Grace, Charles Casey, S. Pollock and H
Korneck. cakewalks by Harry Healy and
Charles Casey and Shakespearian recita-
tions by Morris Levy and George Burns.
was rendered. The firm was represented
by John Rothchild and Jessie Meyerfeld.
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NEW PATRONS
At THE COUNTY
P|E-COUNTER
Assume Their Duties
To-Day.
ONE SOLITARY FUSI0NIST
REPUBLICANS TO FILL EVERY
OTHER OFFICE.
Cash, Records and Murderers Will
Pass Into the Hands of Men
Well Fitted for Their
Trusts.
REPUBLICANS TO FILL EVERY
OTHER OFFICE.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
Q02 RrOadwav Ian l.


90S Broadway, Jan. !.
A small host of officials and deputies are
earning their last days salary in the en-
ploy of the county to-day. Tomorrow at
noon the luckier ones will enter upon four
years of easy work and large pay. And
many who worked hard under promises
of deputyships are now bemoaning that
they placed any faith in a political prom
Use.
Tax Collector Barber, Assessor Dalton,
County Clerk Jordan and Surveyor Nus
banner will each shake hands with him
self, wish himself happy new year, in
duct himself into office and go ahead for
another four years as though nothing
had happened last November.
Sheriff White will turn over his prison.
ers and his keys to Sheriff Oscar Rogers
and will go out of office a richer Populist
than when he went in. Calvin B. White
has conducted a clean Sheriff's office.
Auditor Whidden will give place to Cal
Ewing, who has been for four years
chief deputy in the Clerks office, and who
is a very popular young Republican. If
Cal handles the Auditors office as he
handles baseball team it will be useless
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No Shooting at Shell Mound.

The Shell Mound ranges We're deserted
yesterday afternoon, although the Deut-
scher Kreiger Verein, Naval Battalion
and Independent Rifles were scheduled to
shoot The rain did not keep these en-
thusiastic marksmen away from the
butts, but it being the first day of the
new year they preferred to spend it with
their families at home.
Next Sunday the first shoot of the year
will be held with a flourish of rifles. In
addition to the clubs named the follow
ing will participate: Schuetzen Verein.
Germania Schuetzens. Nord Deutschers
and Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club.
On Friday January 20, the Germania
Schuetzen Club will give a grand ball at
California Hall and the medals and cash
prizes won during the last year will be
awarded to the winners.
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Alameda News Notes.
Berkeley News Notes.

BERKELEY, Jan. Professor E. w.
Hilgard of the agricultural department of
the University of California will leave to-
morrow for Redlands, where he will con-
duct a farmers institute. The occasion
will be the annual meeting of all the agri-
cultural clubs in that section of the coun-
try and ppoIessqfb ba higard rga Is to deliver an
Moisture for the Purposes of Irrigation. >,
All of the volunteer fire companies of
the city held smokers last night in cele-
bration of New Years eve. Successful
entertainments were given at each of the
fire houses
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POLITICAL ROW OPENS
WITH THE NEW YEAR
ALAMEDA oFFICE-SEEKERS GET
TING DOWN TO BUSINESS.
Calculating on What Figure the Mu-
nicipal League May Cut at
the City Election.

ALAMEDA, Jan. 1.--With the opening
of the new year political forces will be
marshaled and political lines drawn for
the municipal campaign which will ter
inmate at the election in April. The fight
will be as long as Alameda has ever ex-
perienced and promises to be as bitter
as any that has preceded it. The Mu-
nicipal League has taken the initiative
and has called a convention of it's men,
bers to be held this month to nominate
complete city ticket
The league is a problem that the poll
ticians have not been able to solve. 1t is
the outgrowth of the old Good Govern
ment Club that had a skyrocket career.
While the office-seekers freely express
the opinion that 1t will not cut much fig
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schuetzen Park Shooting.

SAN RAFAEL, Jan. 1.-The first shoot
In the annual medal contest of the Cali
fornia Schuetzen Club for the year 1895
was held to-day at Schuetzen Park, near
this city Owing to. the rain not many
rifiemen were present, and, in addition the
light on the targets was bad, but some
good scoring was accomplished in spite
of the unfavorable condition of the
weather A Strecker won out first best,
the score in detail being as follows:
First champion class-A. strecker. 224; no
second.
Second champion class-F. E. Mason. 222;
Second cIass-J Jones, 1879; A. Jungblut. ISL.
Third cass-J. Wolmer. 1875; F. c. Muller.
Cadets class-E Woenne 1876; no second.
There was no competition in the first
class
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Our Country,s New Year

There will be a public service at the
Young Mems Christian Association Au-
ditorium, Mason and Ellis streets open
to both men and women, to-day at u
o'clock A special programme has been
arranged The address for the occasion
will be delivered by Rev. Charles Edward
Locke, DID,, on Our Country's New
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SAN FRANCISCO CALL.

RIrsINESS OFFICE of the San Francisco
Can. corner of Market and Third streets, open
until 70 o'clock every night in the year
BRANCH OFFICES-527 Montgomery street,
corner Clay: open until $3.50 o'clock
2S7 Hayes street; open until $3.50 o'clock
621 McAllister street; open until $3.50 o'clock.
Sis Larkin street; open until $3.50 o'clock
1s41 Mission street; open until 10 O. clock
22S1 Market street. corner Sixteenth; open
until o'clock
1O6 Eleventh street: open until oclock.
2526 Mission street; open until o'clock.
NV corner of Twenty-second and Kentucky
streets: open until 9 o'clock.
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RACING AT OAKLAND.
The Baldwin Hotel Handicap the Spe-
cial Feature of the Card.

A great card of events is offered race-goers
at Oakland this afternoon. In the Baldwin
Hotel handicap. the special attraction Brlar
Sweet the newly Installed queen of the TURF
is carded to go. The two-year-o event will
call out a graudly bred bunch Of baby racers
and the tipsters will be in their glory. The
entries are as follows:
First Race-Five furlongs; maidens; three
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Selections for To-Day.

First Race-Lavator, Florence Fink, Engea.
Second Race-Dunois. Midlight. zamar II.
Third Race-No selections.
Fourth Race-Briar Sweet Paul Griggs. Re
creation.
Fifth Race-Horton. Sam McKeever. Miss
Marion.
Sixth Race-Bernardillo Hardly, Mamie G.
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near First, owned by the Pacific Light
and Power Company and occupied by the
Krogh Manufacturing Company. In less
than an hour the building and it's con-
tents were totally destroyed. The San
Francisco Tool Company, California Ar
tstic Metal Works and the American Car
bonic Acid Company also had their
plants in the building. All their valuable
machinery and stock went up in smoke.
The fire was discovered by Maurice
Duane, one of Morses patrolmen. who
was standing at the corner of Stevenson
and First. He ran to First and Mission
streets and turned in an alarm from box
554. Chief Sullivan and his department
were quick to respond and soon many
powerful streams were being played into
the burning structure from all sides.
The huge beams, rafters and floors of
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Well, Somebody Has to Take Risk.

Here's candor for you, An editor
writes: ''Our new magazine invites you
to contribute to its pages, and If we sue
ceed we will pay you!'-Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
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Lamborn will be in the field to succeed
themselves. AS yet they have no oppo-
sition, and it is not believed there will be
any other aspirants for their positions.
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HOTEL ARRIVALS.
PALACE HOTEL.

PALACE HOTEL.
a Seested & W, Kans Miss Eytinge. N
W I Davis, Chicago Miss Morin, n
Phillips & W. Jose Brady, Chicago
II Garneau, st Louis G Edwards, Napa
e NJ Clinton. Stanford Flsner. Stanford
E Conn. Los Angeles lG L seward Stanford
V NJ Vickery, N e Crissey Stanford
NJ ] Seidenberg, f Fog Stanford
E Grossbaum. London c W Rollins. Louis
] Duffy & w Denver P Shelby. Cleveland
c Dunphy. Stanford ] P Claiming, Y
E Fisher. d T Day, Wash d C
J Goldberg, Y NJ Rosenthal. n
Ir Grun & w, Shngha H Wolfsohn.
Gallagher, n
NEW WESTERN HOTEL.
NJ Bacon. Fresno ~ Hemming. San Jose
o Bacon. Fresno 4 Marion. Salt Lake
Anderson. Montana D Ring, Fresno
w Akers, Clear Lake Hanni1n. Ukiah
Smith & W, L Ang ~ Josephs, Sssons
B st Clair. San Jose T l. Blair. Sacto
H G Goodwin PetalnlP Jordan. Boston
A E Gibson, Chicago B S Flint. Oregon
S del Monte Riverside NJ Sch. San Jose
F H Gartman. DenT-'E Parker, Stockton
s Briggs Nevada
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STOCKHOLDERS Meeting-The annual meet
ing of the stockholders of the California Dry
dock Company will be held at the office of
the company, No. 3Q2 California street. San
Francisco, California. on MONDAY. January
9, 1899. at II o'clock a. m. for the purpose OF
eecting a Board Of Directors to serve for the
ensuing year, and for the transaction of such
other business may properly come before
the meeting. W. F. RUSSELL. Secretary.
Office No. 302 California street, room
San Francisco Cal. Dec "a 1895
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OIL SOAKED,
It BURNED
LIKE T|NDER
Krogh Manufacturing
Plant Destroyed.
A STEvENS0N-STREET BLAZE
THREATENED TO BECOME A
GENERAL CONFEDERATION.
Building and Contents a Total Loss.
Adjoining Establishments Bad
ly Damaged by Fire
and Water.
A STEvENS0N-STREET BLAZE
THREATENED TO BECOME A
GENERAL CONFEDERATION.

Fire broke out last evening in the three
story brick building on Stevenson street,
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Alameda's Greeting to the New Year.

ALAMEDA, jan Alameda has never
greeted a new year with as much zest,
heartiness and noise as 1t did 1899 There
has been particularly hopeful feeling In
business circles and merchants have free
ly expressed confidence that the new year
is going to bring them M Petter ad I1eS 81 ahe ha
possessed of the same feeling last night.
Old men and young, business men and re-
tired citizens were imbued with the same
spfrit and turned out early IN the even
ing with fishhornS, drums and every con-
ceivable instrument capable of producing
noise Squads paraded the street from
sunset last night until Dawn TINS morning
and made more noise than Alameda ever
heard before. -,
advent of the new year one could hardly
Hhear himself think" above the din. The
firebells rang bombs were exploded, whis-
ties blew and above all was the footing or
horns and the beating of drums. me
crowds of celebraters were good-natured
and well behaved and not q single arrest
was recorded by the police.
Improved Fire-Fighting Facilities.
ALAMEDA. Jan. 1.-The efficiency of
the local Fire Department was improved
Yesterday by placing in commission a new
hose wagon at the Sherman-slreet IIe
house. Bruno Steinmetz. driver of Chemi.
cal Engine No. l, was placed in charge OF
the new apparatus. Jonn Finley, extra
driver was promoted to StelnmetI IeI- or
mer Office Chief Krauth is planning Tor
other Important Improvements III 'ie ue-
partment.
Alameda News Notes.
ALAMEDA, Jan. 1.-Gilbert Todd Barn
well died tonight at his home, GAL Haight
avenue. He was a native of Wales, aged
67 wears Deceased leaves a widow. He
had resided in this city for many years.
A New Years eve party was given last
evening at Eureka Hall by, Mrs. {. A.
Eadfg Mrs. J. NJ. Raum and others A
musical programme was rendered In
which Mrs. Raum, Mrs. Charles Merrill,
E. r NJ. Eckert and Theodore Vost par
ticipated. banquet followed the musi-
cal numbers
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/. G.. STEVENSON. Secretary.


THE California Debris Commission having re-
ceived application to mine by the hydraulic
process from Rocco Moinari in the Humbug
Gulch Mine, Volcano, Amador Co.. to
deposit. taiings in Humbug Gulch; from ]. B.
Meek. in the Grizzly Hill Mine, VOL
cano. Amador Co., to deposit tailings in Mis-
cry Greek; from Lewis Emery Jr.. in the
Emery Placer Mine, near Mountain Ranch
Calaveras Co, to deposit tailings in Murray
Creek. and from Archie Newell. in the Newell
Claim. Oeta Amador Co, to deposit
taflings in Peadman Creek. gives notice that
meeting will be held at room SO, Flood
building, San Francisco. Cal. January g.
1899 80 d.
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CAN CONSUMPTION BE
CURED BY ELECTRICITY?


Call a
volts electricity
claims the bacH
to
prominent
method OF
of
city the subject of treatment
beenof
medical
kind
limbs also
blood thirdly cauterng
the bac Of tuberculosis current
medical
Mark H WooThe
bacil
dies Of tuberculosis
in wenad
changes
ne therapeutic
H Mays how the electric germs
discoveries unwrtten
demonstrated before
remedy fancfu that it
doubt electricity
f. belle in
electricity
outside of the body know absolutely nothing
than the tuberculosis
of
conclusion Electricity
OF this z
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

THE Pacific Hebrew Orphan Asylum and
Home Society hereby. gives notice that it
has admitted into the orphanage from July
named orphans and half. orphans, boys and
girls, viz: Sarah Rothenstein, aged years:
Hyman Rothenstein, aged years; Henry
Barron. aged years Edwin Abrams aged
years months; Harry Benjamin, aged
Irene Well. aged s. years: Helen We'll. aged
years: Abraham Danziger. aged II years,
and Leo Rosenthal aged.S years months.
BAD tenants elected for 81; collections made;
city country PACIFIC COLLECTION
CO., 415 Montgomery St, rooms 9-10: tel $3.50.
ROOMS papered from So; whitened, 81 up;
painting done. Hartmann Paint Co. 343 Sd st.
A WEEKS news for cents-The Weekly Call.
is pages. in WRAPPER. for mailing. 81 per wear.
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ANNUAL MEETING-Notice is hereby given
that the tenth annual meeting Of the stock
Mutual Loan Association will be held at the
office of the corporation. 51S Montgomery ST.
corner of Commercial San Francisco, on
WEDNESDAY, January 4th 1899. at 1880
o'clock. p m, for the purpose
of electing directors for the ensuing year
presentation of the tenth annual report and
the transaction of such other business as
may come before the meeting.
Books are now open for subscription to
1000 shares of stock ~ the eleventh series:
loans made in San Francisco and Alameda
Counties only; interest per cent per an
mum, free of mortgage taxes. premium 20
per cent gross, or so cents per share in
stallments at pleasure of borrower, which
net cash received by the boz over: this sum
paying both principal and interest; loans
may be repaid at any time desired. BY or
der of the Board of Directors.
THOMAS ]. WELSH, President
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SPRING Valley Water Works, San Francisco.
December 2S, 1s9S.-The annual meeting Of
the stockholders of the Spring Valley Water
Works will be held at the office of the
company, 126 Stockton st, San Francisco,
California, at II o'clock noon on WEDNES-
DAY, the 18th day of January. 1899 to elect
trustees to serve. for the ensuing year and
for the transaction of such other business
as may before the meeting.
PELHAM w. AMES, Secretary
THE regular annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Sumdum Chief Mining Company
will be held at the office of the company.
room 8, Hobart building, 532 Market ST. San
Francisco, Cal, on FRIDAY the 9Th day of
January, 1899. at the hour of o'clock D. m
for the purpose Of electing q board Of di-
rectors to serve during. the ensuing year and
the transaction of such other business as may
come tefor. the meeting.
H C. STEVENSON Secretarv
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City Hall Afire.

OAKLAND, Jan. 1.-The City Hall mar
rowly escaped destruction by fire again
this morning. as the 'old shack usually
does on the slightest proVocatton. sparks
from a defective fiue ignited the wood
work Just beneath the roof at the south
east corner of the building, and several
feet of shingles were burned away before
an alarm summoned the Fire Department.
The blaze occurred shortly before g.
o'clock, when the streets We're almost de-
serted, and was discovered by two lads
who notified Day Jailer Charles Ham
merton in the City Prison. He turned in
the alarm.
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The Oakland Gas Company is either
very different from the anarchistic idea
of a corporation or else its general man
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-02

CHEAPEST and best in America-The VeaII-,
Ian, 10 pages, sent to any address IN tba
atoa Un,.eu states @ or Canada one year for 81
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SAN FRANCISCO Savings Union. 532 CoIi1o--
the half year ending with the slst Of Der
cember, 1898. a dividend has been dsclared
at the rate per annum of four (4) ner 60.
on term deposits and three and one-thI-S
tes % Ieo per h cent on ordinary deposits. free Of
airy 3. 1893. LOWELL WHITE Sssb,ar ya,lu-