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The San Francisco call., 1904-06-26

is the Ramona, which runs between
San Diego and Coronado. Not only is
she equipped with bulkheads and fire
fighting apparatus, but Captain p.
Johnson, her commander, has adopted
a plan whereby the proper way to put
on a life preserver is made plain to
all.
Johnson has had taken a series of
photographs showing the captain put
ting on a life preserver. Cards on
which these pictures are printed are
posted in conspicuous places. To fol-
low these directions all that is required
is eyesight and Inspector Bulger
recommends the Johnson plan for all
passenger steamers.
1--WE have no excursion steamers
here" said Inspector BuIger yesterday,
Gin the sense that they have in New
York, but on every boat we have the
Federal requirements have been COM
piled with. No precautfon prescribed
by the law has been overlooked. Our
inspections always have been rigid and
in most cases we find the owners of
vessels ready to cooperate with us
and to follow suggestions even when
they involve work the performance of
which the law does not give US author
ity to compel. Over the personal equa-
ton we have no control and to show
how much that figures 1 have only to
cite the case of the steamer South
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-26
LOCAL STEAMERS
OBSERVE LAWS
Government Inspectors Say
That Here There Has Been
Rigid Enforcement ofRules

The publication of the condition of
far as it has gone, into the causes con-
tributing to the tragedy of the New
York steamer General Slocum has
caused commuters and excursionists
throughout the land to view with wide
awake interest the state of things ek-
listing on passenger steamers plying in
his own locality. Nowhere is
the interest more vital than in
the vicinity of San Francisco,
and it will be with deep satisfaction
that local travellers by water learn that
under the jurisdiction of the local gov
ernment inspectors nothing has been
left undone to insure against anything
so dreadful happening on any passen-
ger boat in these waters.
There are few excursion steamers
here, but many ferry boats, and as the
latter are frequently even more crowd
ed than was the General Slocum the
necessity is just as great for obedience
to the wide-reaching regulations set
upon the statute books for the protec-
tion of human life.
President Roosevelt after the Slocum
tragedy issued an order for the rein
spection Of all excursion steamers
throughout the United States. The To-
cal inspectors find that at this port
there is not passenger steamer which
is not equipped in full accord with the
Federal laws.
At each inspection every life-pre-
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-26
RONCOVIERI TO INSPECT
EASTERN SCHOOLHOUSES
President of Board of Education Will
Seek Latest Ideas in Modern
Architecture.

President Roncovieri of the Board
of Education will leave to-day for Il
visit TO the st. Louis Exposition and
the East. He will combine business
with pleasure while away. In New
York City he will confer with NJ. Sny-
der, special architect of the New York
Board of Education, with a view to
observing the architectur. of school
buildings there. New York has recent
ly expended $26,O0O,OO0 for new school
buildings, most of which are of stone
and brick and strictly fireproOf.
Roncovieri has been in comunica-
ton with Snyder for several months
and has photographs and blueprints Of
some of the modern school buildings,
but he desires to make a personal in
vestigation to aid him in designating
the character of buildings to be erect
ed under the bond issue now before
the Supreme Court for decision as to
its validity.
Roncovieri will visit Philadelphia
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-26
FORMER FAIR REALTY IN CITY
WILL SOON BE PUT ON MARKET
Mrs. Vanderbilt's Policy Is to Dispose
of All Her Many Holdings Separately.
Sales of a Week Reported by Brokers

The Transactions that are made pub
lie in the local realty market by the
brokers or tby becoming a matter of
record. together with the leases that
are effected, all carry out the idea that
confidence in the future is strong and
that there is a present realization of
the value Of San Francisco real estate.
Buildings involving the expenditure of
sums ranging up to $4,000 and more
are engaging the attention Of local
architects and builders.
The leading news of the week is that
Mrs. Vanderbilt has refused to accept
S2,S00,000 for her share Of the proper
ties formerly constituting the Fair es-
tate realty in this city and that she
has authorized Thomas Magee & Sons
10 dispose Of the holdings separately.
Many business and other properties are
included in the Vanderbilt list Mrs.
Oelrichs, it will be remembered. ac-
cepted a syndicate offer Of 600 for
her properties. which viii be sold.
The building permits issued during
the last week for structures in San
Francisco represent a proposed ex-
penditure of $4,000 in round figures
on ffty-seven structures.
SOME LEADING DEALS.
Speck & Co. have sold for Solomon
Miller and Aaron Miller the southwest
corner Of Taylor and Post streets,
z5:10x7o, improved with a three-story
building. containing five stores and
thirty-nine rooms, to Mrs. Charlotte F.
Clark for $4,000.
Baldwin & Howell have sold for the
estate Of Cornelia B. Stanley to Joseph
NJ. Quay. 4Oxl20 and three-story and
basement building on the southwest
corner Of Bush street and Mary lane,
between Kearny street and Grant ave-
nue.. with three-story and basement
brick building that yields an income of
s2s93 rs net a year. The price was
$4,000.
Speck & Co. have sold for the Hol-
comb Land Company TO c. F. Hum
phrey, 6S:sxl37:6, on the south line Of
Eddy street. 1876 feet west of Polk
street, with four I3-room houses. for
So. 900.
Moses Samuels has sold to Matthew
Nunan, 25xleO, with one-stOry building,
on the porth line of Market street, 125
feet east of Larkin. for SOS. .0O0
Judge Trout having confirmed the
sale Of the GuardiOla estates city prop
critics at auction by Shainwsld, Buck
bee & Co., titles pass TO the following
persons at the prices mentioned: North
east corner Of California and Sansome
streets to A J. Rich for s249, 600; prop
erty on the south line Of Pine street,
81 feet east Of Battery. to A. J. Rich,
for So 600; property on Bagley place
10 H. NJ. Levy. a client Of A. J. Rich
& Co.. for S36. 900; Nos. 81 to 50 Ellis
street to Perkins & Masten, for s315,
600. Nos 3lS and 800 O'FarrelI street to
A. ArOnson for $4,000.
Through the agency Of G. H. Umbsen
& CO. the northwest corner of Post
street and Agate alley. 40x6O feet, run
ming through TO Lewis street, improved
with a four-story building containing
q store and lodEing-house, has been sold
by John Bullwinkle for S92, 900. The
present income from the property is
$500 a month.
A J. Rich & Co. and Thomas Magee
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-26

server is taken down and carefully eX
amined, and there has been no hesita-
tion about rejecting such as show signs
of old age. On the steamer Newark,
which returned to duty yesterday after
having been -laid off for several days
for purposes of inspection, several high
piled truckloads of preservers were con-
demned. An inspection of these showed
that few of them appeared to be in
very bad condition, most of them hav
ing been rejected because their canvas
jackets had become discolored. On each
Southern Pacific ferry boat from 500 to
700 additional life-preservers has been
placed.
WATER TIGHT BULKHEADS.
The Importance of life-preservers, ac-
cording to the local inspectors, is some
times exaggerated, and although they
exact full compliance with the law in
the matter of these cork jackets, they
insist upon other and in their opinion
more important precautions.
Water-tigh bulkheads, for which the
law does not provide, and adequate
fire-fighting apparatus are the two
things most desirable, say the inspect
ors, in a ferry or excursion steamer
With the dangers of the boat sinking
OF burning eliminated, passengers
would have better chance on board
than in the water, even if encased in a
dozen life-preservers.
Additional bulkheads have been built
lately in nearly all the bay passenger
steamers. When the San Rafael sank
bulkheads were the exception. Imme-
diately following that disaster the Sau-
,salito and Tiburon boats and the Santa
Fe ferry steamers were each equipped
with three water-tight bulkheads, and
to these others are being added as op-
portunity offers.
FIRE FIGHTING APPARATUS.
The local inspectors took up the mat
ter of fire hose some time ago. The old
system of keeping it on a reel was
abandoned, and now on every ferry and
excursion steamer on this coast the fire
hose is always spread and ready for
! immediate use. Further than this, the
! pumps supplying the water for this
hose never stop, and there is always
considerably more pressure than is
! found in the average city main. BY the
! pulling of lever, which is within easy
reach, the fire hose with strong
stream of water is available to any
| body on board the boat. There is a
fire drill on every boat once week.
| More water-tight bulkhAds'' is the
| text of the sermon the local inspectors
would preach, and they never lose an
I, opportunity of advising their construc-
| ton when possible.
The model ferry boat of the Pacific
Coast, says Inspector John K. Bulger,
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-26

Haight street, 100 feet west of Masonic
avenue, at an expense of SIS, 600.
Sol Getz & Son report that the sale of
lots in the Oceanside district is going
on steadily and improvements are con-
stantly being made. The demand for
homes is unabated and places to rent
are exceedingly scarce. The Spring VAL
ley Water Company has laid pipes on
the boulevard as far south as M street,
where several houses are being con-
structed. 1t is the intention of the
water company to tap the whole dis
trict.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-26

& Sons represented the sellers. Simon
Clayburgh and E. F. Preston, in the
sale Of 40x50 feet on the west line Of
Grant avenue, 36:6 feet north of O'Far-
rell street, 10 William G. Irwin for
100000. The purchaser was represented
by Baldwin & Howell. a fine building
Will be erected on the site when the
present leases expire.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-26

to inspect the new $1,000. 900 high
school building. At Chicago and BOs-
ton he will also seek ideas on modern
school architecture. He VIII return
home about August L.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-26

All the religious literature used BY
Protestants in Spanish-speaking cOun-
tries is published at the Methodist
publishing house. Nashville, Tenn.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-26

Portland as compared with the case
of the Charles Nelson. This Office is
ready to stand on its record"
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-26
The
Governments
Tested Serge.

None better in
the land at any
price, and none
as good.
AS our picture
opposite i n d /
Gates, it is made
on the Broad
Chesty plan. The
shoulders a r c
built out, which
gives YOU that
Broad Athletic
appearance.
The Hang and
Set of both the
Single and Dou-
b | e Breasted
Models is Grace
itself. Our gar
ments are truly
adornments TO a
Mans Form.
We bear the
palm for building
I h e swelleSt
Mems Garments
in the United
States.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-26
ADVERTISEMENTS.
....T That's Bout the Size of It.

T he Biggest
crowd that ever
got into the
doors of our Big
Kearny Street
II o Il S e w a S
there yesterday
good and plenty.
Crammed, jam
med, till closing
hour. They got
the SERGE fe-
yer. and it is the
fever all over
t h c United
States, not only
in San Francisco,
but all over the
United States.
The best Dress
ers in the land
are wearing the
SERGE. T h c y
have learned to
know it at its
TRUE WORTH.
R a p h a e Is
serge is
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-11-07
now on sale at Barker's Drug

now on sale at Barker's Drug.
Store.
W. G. Yuncey of Grand Rapids
was Bemidji visitor over Sun
day.
Clair Craig of Blackjack was
registered at the Markham yes
terday.
Henry Miller, Ted Wineburner
and Tom Moore drove out to Lake
Plantgenat yesterday for short
duck hunting trip.
Makes children eat sleep and
grow. Makes mother strong and
vigorous. Makes a healthy fam
lily. That's what HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea does. IS
cents, Tea or Tablets. Barker's
Drug Store.
L. H. Bailey returned yester-
day from Norman county, where
he made speeches at Shelly and
Halstad in the interests of the re-
publican party. Mr.. Bailey re-
ports that things look good for
the entire ticket in Norman
county.
Messrs Kramer and Russell,
mem bers of the general school
board of Itasca county, passed
through the city Saturday en-
route to Northome, where they
looked up the situation with a
view to building a school house
for that city. At present school
is being conducted in one of the
business buildings.
M. A. Woodbury. and son Perle,
Louis Hanson, Albert Myron and
Alex DeMar arrived in the city
this afternoon from Ada and will
leave tonight or tomorrow for
Northome, near which place they
will spend the hunting season.
During the day the Messrs.
Woodbury. will remain the guests
of Thos. Newly, who is a broth
er-in-laW Of the elder gentle
man.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-11-07
THE CITY
Observation-Disclosures
"TWO Married Women"
Go to Hakkerup for photos.

Go to Hakkerup for photos.
Whipping cream that will whip
4Oc quart at the Model Bakery.
Phone 1875.
Nothing can be better than the
best-Mark's lung Balsam is the
best.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. W. Merriam
of Brainerd spent Sunday in this
city.
Miss Mable Bisiar has accepted
a position in the Pioneer compos-
ing room.
Be sure and see "Two Married
Women" at the Opera House Nov.
9. If you don't you lose.
A. L. Lafreniere, the North
ONE newspaper man, is trans
acting business in Bemidji to-
day.
For Sale-Short mill wood, So
per load; dry slabs, 1926 per
COfO, uellVefeQ. CrOOKSCOn Lum-
Der Go.
c.. O. Moon returned this
morning from Blackjack where
he spent Sunday with friends
and relatives.
A popular dance was given
Saturday night at Glidden s hall
in Nymore and a large number
Of young people from Bemidji
were in attendance.
A meeting of the city council
will be held tonight at the city
hall. Some of the matters which
will come up for consideration
will be bills against the city for
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-11-07

building the new pumping sta
ton.
Best -four, cheapest, Pierce
Phone 1877.
Little neck CLAIMS served at thu
Arcade saloon.
For good butter see Thomp
son, the milk man.
For -four, feed or hay call uE
A. NJ. Pierce. Phone 1917.
J. T. Robideau returned this
morning from Hovey juno
ton.
Two married men are funny
but '"Two Married Women" are
funnier.
The Model Bakery delivers
goods to all parts of the city
Phone 1875.
Eddie Brannon has accepted q
position at [. B. Olson's confec
tionery store.
! One dozen oysters on the hall
shell served for 25 cents at the
Arcade saloon.
VIM. Blakely, the Farley lum
herman, is transacting business
in Bemidji today.
Why balance on the verge oil
consumption when Marks Lung
Balsam will cure.
Harvey Woodward is helping
out the employees Of the Lumber.
mems State Bank for a few
days.
There is no lever so powerful
i as plain and simple facts Mark s
Lung Balsam will cure your
cough.
Mrs. J. ]. Trask was pas
senger this morning for Turtle
where she will spend a few days
with friends.
r. J. Albrant will leave tonight
! for Blackjack, where he has beer
taking treatments with DR.. Cald
we'll for an affection of the lungs.
| H. J. McCarty of this city viii
operate tive pine camps neal
Northome the coming winter and
will employ about one hundred
men.
Thos. Treston, proprietor Of
the Midway Cafe at East GRAND
Forks, was in the city yesterday
and left this morning for Mime
apolis.
Mrs. John Wesley: st. Louis
, HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea
is the greatest tonic I havd ever
used; cured me of chronic stom.
ach trouble. 35 cents, Tea OF
Tablets. Bankers Drug Store
Ray Thomas, who has been EN-
ployed at the O'Leary & BoWsel
department store during the
past summer, has resigned his
position and will leave in the
near future for Kell-her, where
| ne will be employed as bookeepe1
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-11-07
One Fare Plus Fifty Cents.

On November II and for train
No. 40 Saturday morning, Nov.
II, the Great Northern will sell
tickets to Minneapolis and st.
Paul at one fare plus SO cents for
the round trip on account of the
Minnesota Wisconsin foot ball
game. The return limit will be
NoYem Der Il.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-11-07
From South Africa. New WAY of
Using Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy.

Mr.. Arthur Chapman writing
from Durham, Natal. South Afri-
ca, says: GAS a proof that Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy is a
cure suitable for old and young,
l pen you the following: A neigh
Der of mine had child just over
two months old. 1t had very
bad cough and the parents did
not know what to give it. I sug-
gested that if they would get a
bottle of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy and put some upon the
dummy teat the baby was suck
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-11-07

ing it would no doubt cure the
child. This they did and brought
about quick relief and cured
the baby" This remedy is for
sale by Barker's Drug store.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-06-07
SOUTHERN CITY slRE-swEPT.
Twenty-eight Blocks in the Heart af
Yazoo, Miss, Destroyed.

Twenty-eight Blocks in the Heart af
Yazoo, Miss, Destroyed.
Fire starting at 8 o'clock Wednesday
morning swept through Yazoo City,
Miss, burning strip of buildings
twelve blocks long and three blocks
wide. The burnetd district includes the
whole business section, as well as many
residences. All the banks, business
houses, newspaper offices, the postofice,
the court house and the city hall. all
churches and. hundreds of residences
were destroyed.
The fire started in Wise Bros general
merchandise store, in the middle of the
principal business street, and spread in
every direction. The water supply was
poor and the flames were soon beyond
the control of the fire department. The
devastation of the business district is
complete. Twenty-eight blocks were
swept clean by the flames. OF the 200
buildings destroyed fifty were splendid
residences, many of old colonial arehi-
lecture and occupied by some of the
wealthiest citizens of the South.
The only buildings of consequence d.
rectly exposed to the fire which escaped
were the court house and the Fannie ].
Kicks Memorial library and they were
saved only by the sudden shifting Of
the wind. The buildings of the four
banks were completely destroyed, but all
money stored in the vaults was saved.
The city was placed upder martial law
as a / suit of the confagration. Sew
eral negroes who were caught in an at
tempt to steal salvage have been arrest
ed. Two military companies patrolled
the burned district. The loss is vari-
ously estimated at between $1,500,000
and $2,000,000, and the insurance prob
ably will approximate 90 per cent of the
locS
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-06-07
The Quarrel of the Humorists.

Soon after Sir Francis C. Barnard
became the edieor of Punch he pub
llshed a skit on George Augustus Sala,
which cleverly burlesqued his methods
and manner Sala was connected with
the London Illustrated News. AS he
was distinguished alike for huffiness
and for geniality, there was much talk
about how he would take the joke.
One evening Sala and Burnand met
at the Beefsteak Club. and Sala. to the
mingled CONSERVATION and amusement
of the gallery, referred with indigna-
ton to the article.
IF 1 were younger" he said, "T'd
pull the nose of any man responsible
for such an articlev'
A peacemaker interviewed. to whom
Burnand remarked that personally he
did not think this or any matter in
journalism worth quarreling about, but
that if Sala felt so aggrieved he could
take the matter into his own hands.
Il will" Sala Immediately cried. "I
WILL"
And springing up excitedly, he car
ried out his intntion-by wringing his
own nose, first with one hand, then
with the other Then, after murmur-
ing. 81 apologize" he quietly sat down.
Then it came out that the affair was
a farce planned and rehearsed by SaIa
and Burnand, and that Sala had writ
ten the article himself.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-06-07

culties which are now to be encountered
and those which were offered by the
old-style guns and the not very deter
mined soldiers of China. Russia has
10000 men or more to defend Port Ar
thur. Gen. Stoessel is believed to be
an officer of great ability and the highest
determination. He is fighting to main
tain the greatest of the fortresses in the
far East If Port Arthur falls the hope
Of Russia to put victorious fleet upon
the eastern seas falls with it. since the
destruction of the great warships in Port
Arthur's harbor and the loss Of that
base of naval operations would render
the Baltic ships rather purposeless if
they should make the long and perilous
voyage to the Orient.
The japanese troops have swept all
the Russians from their defenses west of
Talienwan bay. 1t is now improbable
that the latter will be capable of offer
ing any further serious resistance in the
territory north of Port Arthur The
Japanese estimate the strength of the
Russians about Port Arthur at 10000
men. The japanese have $4,000 men at
kinchow.
Chinese continue to escape from Port
Arthur, but little reliance is placed on
their statements. They say food is grow
ing scarcer at Port Arthur and there is
good authority for saying the Japanese
believe they can starye out the Russians
in three months
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-06-07
Thibetian Oddities.

The ways of the Thibetians are past
comprehension, and it is no wondei
that the English expedition to their
sacred city. Lassa. are meeting with
many difficulties other than those due
TO the natural ruggedness Of this ex-
tremely mountainous country. Little
is known about this strange region, but
that little gives it dec;uedIy bad fla
yor.
The people are extrayagantly fond
of dazzling jewelry OF all kinds. HUI
man bodies are fed TO bald-headed
eagles and dogs. Some are thrown
into the river and burned. but as rule
cremation is rare Smallpox, which
iiourishes in all countries. regardless
of race. language or custom. has pay.
ed great havoc in Thibet. More than
5000 fatal cases are on record. but the
population continues to increase just
the same
Several Europeans have entered Las.
sa since the expulsion of the French
priests Hue and CADET in 1916, In
stead of being sent away they were
cared for and given much good food
poisoned. Once two foreigners and a
foreign woman came within a days
journey of Lassa They were permit.
ted to send for food and were not pol
soned. but they were not allowed to
enter the sacred city.