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The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-01
TWELVE LIVES LOST
IN A BURNING HOME

Eleven Children and n Woman Were
Consumed.
Roberval, Quebec, Feb. 29.-Twelve
lives were lost in fire which destroy
ed the home of Thomas Quay at st.
Felicien to-day.
In it at the time were the eight chill
dren of John Quay, Mrs. Philip Gag
non and her three small children. All
were burned to death.
Both Gagnon and Quay, the fathers,
were absent working in the woods.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-01
DROVE BACK RUSSIANS.
Encounter of Japanese Infantry
with Cavalry.

with Cavalry.
Che Foo, Feb. 29.-The Twenty
ninth Japanese Infantry, occupying
Ping-Yang, midway between Seoul and
the Yalu river, on Sunday met body
of Russian cavalry scouts north Of
Ping-Yang and drove them back.
1t is estimated that 10000 Japanese
troops have landed at Chemulpo. The
transports now are not escorted by
war vessels
The japanese sailors who manned
the merchant vessels which were sunk
at Port Arthur on land here, shaved
their heads as a mark of the disgrace
they felt at the failure of the project.
The crew of the Jinsen Maru wrote
their names ontthe foremast flag which
remained above the water when the
shin went down.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-01
BRowN mas CONFESSED

Says lie EmbeNzIed S13.OOO from an
Tnsurance Company.
Chicago. Feb. 2s. Theron II. Brown.
Of Richmond, Va, who has been under
arrest for week. confessed 10 the po-
lice to-day that he had embezzled si3,-
600 from an insurance company over
$1,000 Of the amount taken has been
recovered.
Brown win be returned 70 Virginia
within q few DAYS.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-01
rraeIs pos. seeured.

Track dogs were procured from the
Heart Lumber Company, az Hearts
case, and readily took up the trail
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08
Cook Has a Hot Shin.

captain Cook O. the whaler Bowhead. now up
north. S. BY al accounts. the terror OF the
Arctic Nearly every blubber hunter that sails
home brings a runaway from Cooks crew.
These human derelicts'driftng out from among
DE Dergs In the upper reaches OF the frigid
re7s tell the same story Of needless hardships
and senseless brutality caused by the Bowhead's
skipper and HE mates In the whaling feet
ir IS reported thar Cooks stock boast Is that
u1 skipper IN the Arctic can catch a runaway
sailor on the ice quicker than he
Walter Wells. who jumped the Bowhead and
lived among the Indians for some time finally
coming home on the Narwhsl, says II Is Cap
tain Cooks delight n abuse his crew. Wells
Tipped away from the Bowhead. he says to
keep from being beaten for some trivial Of
Tense. He suffered great hardships treiCing
over the Ice and frozen tundra. but this was
preferable 20 life on the BCwhead- Wells says
be saw two young men-mere boys-put down
IN the cold. empty hold IN irons and beaten by
Captain Cook They had tried 10 desert and
were caught out on the ice Cook declared he
saved their lives By bringing them back TO
the ship. 50 says Wells. and possibly the cap
tain rewarded his humane act by thus
abusing the runan-aEs- So Captain Cook Of the
whsler Bowhead IS known among the blubber
hunters rs the skipper who has a hot ship even
In the bitter cold ol a frigid Arctic winter.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08
FAVORS A SITE
FOR RESERVOIR
Engineer Files a Report
on High Pressure Auxil-
larry Water Supply System
WANT MAINS INSTALLED
Supervisors to Test Refusal
of Spring Valley Com
pany to Obey Requests

The Board of Supervisors yesterday
referred to the joint Finance and Fire
Committee the report of the City En-
gineer on the proposed Twin Peaks
auxiliary high-pressure water supply
system, for which $4,000 was appro-
priated. The report says:
I recommend that the proposed 2O,Oo0OO0
gallon reservoir be located at elevation OF
700 feet on the natural saddle about IOO0 lS s
northwesterly from the northsrnmost OF . me
Twin Peaks. Preliminary to the construction
OF the reservoir will come the requirement OF
eighteen acres OF land Tor the reserNplr lSseil
and for the roadway approaching TO IT, Ihls
Is the central portion Of a tract OF land as
sessed at So 500 for forty-seven acres. which
should all be acquired for the reservoir site,
and some Of 1t be made available in the gen
eral scheme for identifying the city.
The petition of property-owners that
gas mains be placed in Surrey, Sussex
Chenery and Diamond streets was re-
ferred to the Light Committee.
The Joint Police and Judiciary Com
mittee will meet on Friday at $3.50
o'clock to resume the inquiry into the
alleged irregularities at Ingleside
Coursing Park.
The board referred to the Water
Committee the resolution directing the
Spring Valley Water Company to lay
mains along Pine street, between Tay-
lor and Mason, and North Stanyan
street, between Fulton and Meal
lister, with connecting hydrants. The
object of the resolution Is to test the
power of the Supervisors to order ad-
ditional fire protection, which the wa
ter company has refused to acknowl-
edge.
The proposed inquiry into the &C
ton of the Finance Committee in with
holding payment of the demands OF
r. NJ. Yorke & Co. for repairing bi-
luminous pavements was made a spe-
cial order for next Monday at 3
o'clock.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Uricsol,
the only cure for
Rheumatism.

If you ere suffering from rheuma-
tism there is a chance for you to be-
come absolutely cured. You may
cure yourself and do it quickly if you
will lay aside your prejudice and
skepticism.
Every San Francisco druggist sells
Uricsol, the well-known remedy, and
we hereby authorize them to guaran-
tee a cure.
Uricsol cures rheumatism in the only
possible way it can be cured.
Uric Acid and Urates are the cause
of Rheumatism. These are deposited
in the tissues, blood vessels and joints
of the body.
These deposits must De dissolved
and eliminated from the system be-
fore a cure can be accomplished.
Uricsol is a solvent of these and
tones up the system, stimulates the
kidneys, liver and bowels and thus
drives them from the system.
Uricsol is harmless, and no injuri-
Gus results can possibly come to any
part of your body.
Write us to-day for booklet con-
tanning recommended diet for rheu-
mates.
URICSOL CHEMICAL co.
Los Angeles, Cal.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08
Grew Deserts
the Warm
Craft.
Overdue Ship
Comes Into
Bay.

f,l-h 5000 barrels OF lime burning in
side her hull the three masted schOOn-
er Challenger made q race along the
coast for this port. She sailed from
Roche Harbor, Washington, a few days
reo. bound for san Francisco. She
also had Isl. coo feet Of lumber in the
hold and on deck. A few hours out
heated air was noticed coming up
through the hatch and an examination
proved that the lime in some Of the
barrels had become damp and was
-apidlv shaking. The heat engeQdered
hy the chemical change was beginning
To- make things torrid about the decks
and the schooner was put 10 her best
speed.
A coal cargo viii burn slowly and the
prompt scuttling Of the ship will
euench the fire and possibly save the
vessel Lime heats rapidly and the
ehemical change, once begun, cannot
e checked tin the cargo is all slaked
and ruined. So the Challenger was
doomed and the only course open to
he captain was TO get the schooner in
port before she became too hot for
habitation and then sink her in shallow
r-ster, let the lime burn itself out and
seriously damage the vessel, as it was
bound 70 Go. and thus save the lum-
Der.
All SAL was kept on. even when half
a gale was blowing. The schooner
With all four OF her sticks strsining in
their steppings fairly few over the
waves for the Golden Gate. Hatches
we're fastened down. but nothing
could be done to cool the furnace be-
low. The decks over the heating bar
rels were becoming hot and threaten
ing to buckle, but Captain Nelson told
the men 10 keep of the hot planks
and save their shoe sOles, while he
watched the water rushing astern and
wished he could make torpedo boat
speed.
QuiCklime is not a misnomer, even
when it is eating up a ship. and yes
terday morning when the Challenger
was of South Bend. Washington, the
crew left the hot hull and came ashore
in one Of the boats. A tug was sent
out from the port and the schooner
t0wed into the harbOr, where she was
hastily scuttled on q mud fat. She
VIII lie there till the lime is slaked.
Captain WOOdside Of the Pacific
StevedOring and Ballasting Company
said last night that the lime was a
total loss, Of course, and the vessel
was ruined. He had learned that
Captain Nelson was stripping the
schooner Of sails and gear. and would
save all the lumber possible Captain
Woodside viii start for South Bend
This morning and after completing the
stripping n the wreck viii dispose Of
&c Tor what IL viii bring.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08

This Is quite a good picture OF Miss
Kate Erhardt, who lives at SIS Fig ave
nue., Santa Barbara. Cal. Miss Erhardt
had suffered for years with distressing
asthma. 1t is needless to describe
asthma to the unfortunates who suffer
from this awful disease. All sufferers
from asthma realize what IT means TO
smother and cough and fight for breath
as the majority OF these sufferers have
to do when a bad parOxysm Of asthma
comes on. Miss Erhardt suffered from
the worst form Of asthma for years.
was taking all kinds OF medical treat
ment. which did her no good. She came
to the ElectrO-Chemic Institute. 11S
Grant avenue, San Francisco, and took
just six weeks treatment. In that time
she was thoroughly cured Of her asthma
and has now returned to her home in
Santa Barbara thoroughly and perma-
nently cured. Such cures as this Is con-
stantly adding additional proof that the
Electro-Chemic treatment does cure
diseases which In the past have been in
durable under the ordinary medical
treatment used for them. Any one Is at
liberty to write Miss Erhardt and she
will be only too glad to-substantiate this
statement in every particular. Such
cures as this explain why the Electro
Chemic practice is now the largest spe-
cial practice on the Pacific Coast 1t ex-
plains why other physicians with a few
electrical instruments are trying to fmi-
tate ElectrO-Chemistry. Such cures
should make IT plain to all sufferers IL
they desire an absolutely reliable treat
ment they should try 10 go TO the orig
tnal institution. the Electro-Chemic In
I stitute. which Is meeting with such I'M
qualified success. The specialists of the
Electro-Chemic Institute invite all suf-
ferers to call for free consultation, ex-
animation and advice. The afflicted
should remember that the Electro
Chemic practice is the most successful
treatment known for the cure of Ca
tarrh. Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis.
Deafness, Ringing Ears. rheumatism,
Paralysis. LocOmOtOr AtaXia, Neuralgia.
Cancers. TumOrs. Old Sores. Eczema,
Dyspepsia. Liver Trouble. Kidney and
Bladder troubles. Brights Disease,
Piles. Fistula. Constipation. Headaches
Dizziness. Insomnia, Epilepsy. Structure.
placements, Ovaritis, Pain in Back
etc. The Electro-Chemic Institute is
centrally located at 11S Grant ave-
nue.. corner Of Post street, San Fran
cisco. There are private apartments
the Office hours are daily from in the
morning until in the afternoon, and
TO at night. and Sundays from 10 in
the morning until 1 in the afternoon.
The ElectrO-Chemic treatment Is abso-
lutely painless. Small children and
even babies are now taking II without
the least complaint. 1t is the most won
derful treatment known for shattered
nerves. and in those bad cases where
the physical strength is all gone the pa
tient is built up and made stronger and
thoroughly cured so quickly that IL is
almost impossible to realize the change
in the sufferer. All are welcome, but no
incurable cases are accepted.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08
FROM SEATTLE
Held Up Near His Home.

Richard B. Smith. 217 Montcalm
street, swore to warrant before Po-
lice Judge Fritz yesterday for the ar
rest of Charles Halling, Frank Hal
ling and James Oleman on a charge
of robbery. He says the three de-
PENDANTS held him up near his home
on Saturday night and took 12 from
his trousers pockets. One, he said
covered him with what Smith thought
was a revolver while the others went
through his pockets. Friends told
him who the three footpads were and
that they had used a piece of lead
pipe shaped like a revolver to scare
him.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08

After being three days the overdue list
and being posted for reinsurance at IS per
cent the French ship Notre Dame d'Arvor ar
rived In port last night lO3 days from New
castle, Australia Jnfavorable winds and
Gains caused the vessel 10 be twenty five or
Australian port
The other Eve ships Of the overdue feet are;
British ship Troop from Manila for St Helena
out 90 days p Der cent: French ship Bretagne
from Kobe for Taltal. out 149 days % per
cent: Italian ship Gaetano Casa bona, from
Sydney for Table Bay. out 137 days 40 per
cent: British ship Shenir from New York for
Brisbane out l5s days. 3 per cent.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08
Wafer Front Notes.

The Oceanic liner Ventura arrived in Auck-
land yesterday evening. The Oceanic steam
ship Son0ma left Auckland November for
Pago Page. Honolulu and San Francisco. The
America Maru has arrived at Yokohama.
The Bunalo's go trained landsmen were yes
tcrday transferred - the battlcshfp Ohio.
The Tags Of The British ships in the harbor
were at half mast yesterday in token OF respect
and sympathy for Captain ". J. Woodside,
whose daughter Jeanne died Sunday.
Harry Johnson the well known FolsOnn-street
wharf boatman. has recently returned from
salt Lake where he in the employ OF
the Union Pacific Railroad Company. He has
purchased q new fast launch, the Annie II.
and has resumed sthe old business OF boating
the haE.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08
Grand Jury,s Accusation FIXED.

The accusation of the Grand Jury
charging the Election Commissioners
with misfeasance in office was filed
yesterday with Presiding Judge Law
lor. A return was also filed by Po-
Iiceman Dobbin showing that the
Commissioners had been cited to ap-
pear in court on November 16 to an
swer the accusation. Judge Lawlor
assigned the case to his own court.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08

tables, 4 bbls -four o. 01o lbs 80 bxs dried
fruit 30 30 lbs rais,ns. 1905 cs canned goods.
10 pkgs groceries and provisions. 4SS gals cs
wine 2 brandy, 619O lbs malt, 1923 lbs cof-
fee. 1928 ibs glucose. e9T lbs nuts, 2235 lbs
meals 525 pkEs paste 3 cs honey, 20 cs salad
oil 30 lbs candy 272 lbs cheese. 500 lbs choco-
late. 1882 lbs beans. 1O12 lbs dried fish. "A pkgS
tins matches , pkgs leather. 942 lbs grease,
8 plgs machinery, cs drugs. IL pkgs acid,
cs arms and ammunition. l cs boots and shoes.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08

hand column and the successive tides Of the
day in the order of occurrence as to time; the
fourth time column gives the last tide Of the
day except when there are but three tides as
sometimes occurs. The heights given are IN
addition to the soundings of the United States
Coast Survey Charts except when minus q
sign precedes the height. and then the number
given is subtracted from the depth given by
the charts The plane Of reference IS the mean
Of the lower low waters.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08
cOmpAsSIE eEsERALE TRANsArLASFIaul

DIRECT LINE TO HAvRE-PARIS Ia.
Sailing every Thursday instead Of AHEh
saturday, at 10 a m, from Pier 49, =
40 North River, foot OF Morton St
First class TO Havre. $40 and upward sec
ond class to Havre, S45 and upward CEN
FRAI, AGENCY FOR UNITED STATES AND
CANADA. 81 Broadway Hudson buildlng).
NJ YORK J. T. FUGAZI & Co.. Pacific Coast
AGENTS s Montgomery avenue, San FranciscO-
Tickets sold by all Railroad Ticket Agents
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08

The steamer Queen. which sailed on Sunday
for Victoria. carried assorted cargo con-
signed 20 the port Of destination and the
principal British Columbian parts. valued at
f13.la3 and including the following:
az pkg fresh fruits. IL pkgs fresh vsEs-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08

The French ship Europe is chartered for
wheat from Portland 10 Europe at POS
The British ship Falklandbank IS chartered
for lumber from Hastings Mills 70 United
Kingdom or Continent al BIS: schooner W. ].
Patterson same business. from Grays Harbor
70 VALPARAISO. FOR orders lPisaRua Range). at
ESz 81 RS nf less dfrecf).
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08

ISSUES LICENSE FOR NEW BANK.-The
Board of Bank Commissioners issued license
yesterday for the establishment of the Sierra
Valley Bank at Royalton The institution is
a private concern and does not state the
amount or its capital stock.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08
NEWS OF THE OCEAN.
Matters of Interest to Mariners and
Shipping Merchants.

The British ship WestEate was cleared yes
ferIay for Ipswich. England with 81 lo7 ctls
barley. valued az s61.330 ard II ,256 ctls
wheat valued az s16230. The vessel also car
ries 1900 feet lumber as dunnage. valued AT
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08

WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL
FORECAST.
The pressure has risen rapidly over the
northern half of the Pacific Coast The de-
preston over Vancouver Island has possibly
retreated seawerd. maximum wind velocity
OF ~ miles per hour from the south Is re-
ported at North Head. Light rain has fallen
from Portland northward.
Warm weather prevails at Los Angeles and
southwark.
Forecast made at San Francisco for thirty
hours ending midnight November 8:
Northern California-Fair Tuesday. warmer;
light northerly winds.
Southern California-Cloudy, warmer Tues
day; light northerly winds
Nevada-Fair warmer Tuesday.
San Francisco and vicinity-Fair Tuesday;
light northeast winds.
Los Angeles and yicinity-Fair tuesday,
light northerly winds
Sacramento-Fair. warmer Tuesdays light
north winds.
F'resno-C1oudy, warmer tuesday; fresn
north winds.
A. g. McADIB District Forecaster.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08
CAIIFoRNIANs NEED FURs.

It looks as II the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition promoters forgot that the
weather grew cold in Missouri in Win
ter time when they decided to run the
fair a month longer than the Chicago
Exposition. The big exhibit buildings
are beginning to get chilly inside, and
November has not begun to do It's
worst vet The California exhibitors
are beginning to long for few In
voices of their salubrious home climate.
In the Palace Of Agriculture, where
most of them are. the problem OF keep
ing warm when the thermometer takes
q. still greater drop is becoming a seri-
Gus one.
Oil heaters are not allowed in any
building and gas is not practical IN the
larger ones. There is hardly any sort
of a fire, anyway, except an eruption
Of Vesuvius, that would have much eff
feet In a shell-like building covering
twenty-two acres. The Californians
will either have to establish running
track around their exhibit or wrap
themselves in furs If they remain to
show their oranges and grapes to the
hardy Norwegians and Danes who go
into the building. They are hoping that
the majority of the November days Will
no fairly comfortable.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08
Time Ball.

Branch photographic Office, L. S. N. Mer-
chants Exchange San Francisco Cal.
November Z, 1904
The Time BAH the tower OF the Ferry
building dropped exactly at noon to- day
1. e.. at noon Of the 10th meridian or at
p. m Greenwich time. ]. c. BURNETT,
Lieutenant U. S. N. in charge.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08
NO SALE FOR BUILDINGS.

States and nations that have erected
buildings on the fair grounds are try
ing hard to get something for the
structures at the close Of the fair. 1t Is
surprising how little an exposition
structure is worth after the season has
ended. The highest bid that has been
made for the California building is
$3.50. One contractor made an offer of
sac for 1t. The fact that it took a medal
doesn't seem to make II one bit more
valuable. 1t can't stay where 1t is. and
the man who pulls it down will not get
much more than a pile Of plaster and
some doors, mantels and CRATES.
No offer has yet been made for the
San Francisco building, though 1t has
been offered to any one who will buy.
The contractors who erected 1t will not
give a cent for It, nor for any other
building they have put UP on the
grounds 1t is possible, however, that
a few hundred dollars may be obtained
for it. as it contains some good lumber
and some redwood doors and castings
that are of value. The smallness of
the bids offered indicates that st. Louis
has some secret kindling supply that
she never told exhibitors about when
she induced them to come here and
erect buildings.
A gold medal banner has been hung
over the entrance to the San Francisco
building reception room and San Fran
ciscans who call at the structure and
see II will have occasion to feel a
bride in the exhibit made by their
home city.
TURNING TOWARD PORTLAND.
IT seems that Governor Pardee has
we'll defined ideas as to what sort of
a building California should have at
Portland during the Lewis and Clark
centennial, and that he is already well
into the matter of establishing Cali
fornia's exhibit there. A member of
an Oakland firm of contractors, which
has already done some construction
work at the Portland fair, has writ
ten here asking information concern
ing the California State building at st.
Louis and as to what exhibits that
state has here that are most worthy
to GO to the Oregon metropolis. An
excerpt from the letter, which shows
something Of the style OF structure
contemplated for the Portland fair is
as follows:'
1T am trying to aid the Governor to
plan a California building suitable for
headquarters and at the same time for
a large part of California's exhibits.
The Governor has suggested. and we
are now working on the lines OF a cross
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08
SHOULD ELIMINATE GRAFT.

r. B. Hale, who has been one of the
most prominent men In the movement
for a San Francisco exposition, was the
first to study the st. Louis Fair In con-
nection with that project. He visited
the officials of the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition and obtained a good gen
eral idea Of the workings of the various
departments and the benefit OF the ex-
perience of the men he visited. An
drew Davis, vice president of the Mer-
chants Association, accompanied him.
Later Messrs. Symmes, Jennings, soar-
boro and others took notes here for use
should San Francisco decide to give
fair. and the variety of knowledge
cleaned by them will make the next
meeting in behalf of the suggested ex-
position an interesting one.
They all agree that if San Francisco
gives a fair she can and should make
record by excluding abuses practiceo
at worlds expositions up to date
through which both exhibitors and WIS.,
itors suffer. There has probably never
been given a fair at which there was
not a laxity regarding the throttling OF
graft"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-11-08
ror o. $. Navy Yard ana vausJO.

g. General Frfsbie, Monticello and Arrow
O. az a m II 80 pm. 3:15 pm. pm. $50 D.
m Leave San Francisco Sundays 9:40 a. N.
10 40 10 m 8 pm. $50 pm. Leave Vallejo.
o an. 1890 pm. 3:15 pm. pm sun
davs an am. 800 pm. pm Pier 2.
n Mission 81. phone Main 15OS. HATCH BROS