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The San Francisco call., 1904-06-12

EVERYTHING that we offer here has
r been chosen for It's appropriateness.
We have sufficient variety to satisfy
all demands.
SHEETS.
sec each-Ful double bed size bleaehed sheets,
81 by 90 inches; linen finished and slightly I'M
perfect. They considered bargaJ at ooc-
PILLOW CASES.
12hc each-An extra heavy bleached pillow case,
size As by 36; plain or hemstitched Worth I5c.
TOWELS
&c each-Fine grade of henmed huck towels
Worth SIzo dozen
1ec each-Extra fine quality bIeached Turkish
towels, firm, close finish. Never sold for less than
$500 dozen.
TABLE DAMASK
4sc yard-Pure Irish linen unbleaehed table
damask 81 inches wide. 1t cannot be equaled
for less than ooc.
REMNANTS.
About 600 remnants Of mill ends Of bleached and
table damask crash toweing and glass linen, odds
half dozen lots OF napkins and also wash goods al
closed out at half price.
LACE CURTAINS
86c 60c and Toe pair-zoo pairs of odd lace curtains
alike All are ga yards long. choice assOrtnel
terms to select from.
FLOSS CUSHIONS.
26c each-F1oss cushions inches square, nice can't
ing Worth 45c.
MUSLIN.
&c yard-The celebrated Lonsdale muslin; full yard
sold everywhere at Iec yard Not more than SIoO wo
each customer.
NAINsoOK
6Xc yzrd-Checked nainsook neat patterns, fancy 81
suitable for waists dresses, etc Regular Ioc grade
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-12
EXPLOSION OF A LAMP
CAUSES A WOMAN'S DEATH

Burning OIL Sets Fire to Her Cloth
ing and She Dies in Ter
rible Agony.
BAKERSFIELD, June 11.-R. P.
Jones of this city received word from
Porterville this morning of the death
of his sister-in-law, Mrs. e. e. Jones.
who was burned to death in her home
by the explosion of lamp. which set
fire to her clothing. The house and
contents were completely destroyed.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-12

10 such rush there month ago. We continue
ready all times make hats to order. Monday
S hats of which copied after Eastern models
cir deposit and afford to make extremely low prices
will be amply repaid
S29s-Bue tuban trimmed in corn flowers and loops
Of navy blue ribbon very dainty shape Worth 800.
S2O0-Misss pale blue horsehar hat trimmed with soft
Of silk Worth $3.50
UNTRIMMED SHAPES.
29cBack lace navy blue brown and red fats
rough and ready and black and white chips All
SI.oo and $I.5o values.
$29sLarge black and white folded chiffon shapes regular
$500 hats
BRAIDS.
yards for 26cStraw brads in all coors Yards
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-12

for customers who did for them. We have
on them. Don't postpone making purchase here. Y
DRESS HATS.
S4oS-Beautifu white mane and lace hat. with trimmings
. Of ghite roses and ivy foliage Reduced from $1,000
s49S-Black horsehar braid hat faced in chiffon
med in June and black velvet ribbon Worth 5000.
S40S-Handsome hat of violets and lace tmade Of
yoets and trimmed with ace) 1t is finished with large
gold Regular So so hat.
S29S-Black and white braid urban. bound in red and
med with red velvet ribbon and gold cord Very stylish and
dressy.
S29SMsses' white chiffon hat trimmed in blue flowers and
pale blue satin ribbon. Worth 500
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-12
Doing the Same With Prices on the Main Floors

and MERCHANDISE specially and greatly reduced for this
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-12
Domestics at Prices That
Arein the Reach Of All

EVERYTHING that we offer here has
been chosen for its appropriateness.
We have sufficient variety to satisfy
The river press., 1904-10-26

man VIM. F. Sheehan, ch hairman of
the executive committee, and Delancey
Nicoll, vice president of the east. It
says:
''We have made no formal state-
ment concerning the political situat
before this time because the materials
upon which we alone place our iudg-
ment were not at hand.
"Our canvass shows that we shall
certainly carry by good majorities the
states of New York, New Jersey, Con.
necticut, Maryland, Delaware, West
Virginia and Indiana, and in addition
to these electoral votes, we shall have
the majority if not all of the electoral
votes of the Rocky Mountain states.
1t is impossible at this juncture to pre-.
dict the outcome in Wisconsin.
'lllinois must also be classed in the
doubtful column, for although at this
moment our canvass there is imper-
feet it is sufficiently advanced to indi-
cate an unmistakable repu blican de-.
fection."
The river press., 1904-10-26
Democrats Claim Victory i.

New YORK, Oct. 20.-That Parker
will have 256 votes in the electoral
college is the belief of the democr attic
managers. The democratic policy
throughout the whole campaign has
been that Of a still hunt. The cam.
paign has been conducted upon the
lines of that which Samuel J. Tilden,
nearly 80 years ago, pursued with
such astonishing success. Here is the
list counted on by democratic man.
ayers:
New Jersey, y; New York, 80: Con.
necticut, 7; Delaware, 3: Maryland, s:
West Virginia, 7: Indiana, Is: Mon
tana, 3; Colorado, 5: Idaho, B. Wyo.
ming, 3; total, los. One hundred and
flfty-one votes from southern states
are conceded by the republicans to
Parker. Add these and the result is
256, majority of II. These are the
real figures of close mouthed demo.
cratic managers.
Concerning Montana, Colorado,
Idaho and Wyoming, the utmost mys-
terry has been maint aimed by demo-
cratic managers at headquarters, and
it is doubtful whether admissions that
they count their II electoral votes
would have been made if representa-.
tives of each of the states had not
come to New York and boldly pro.
claimed their states were committed to
the Parker cause.
The river press., 1904-10-26
Russian Spies At Work.

SPOKANE, Oct. 2l.-Advices to the
Chronicle from Hillyard state that
men believed to be Russian spies vis-
tied the Great Northern railway Yards
at that place Wednesday night, ap-
parently seeking to trace thesshipment
of Japanese torpedo boats enroute to
the coast. Early in the evening a
party of rough looking strangers, be-
lieved to be Russians, appeared at the
yards, making inquiries for these
cars. The yardman refused to tell
them, but they learned elsewhere that
the boats would arrive that night.
When the boats arrived the men re-
appeared, looked at the cars, took the
car mum bers and disappeared again.
The boats were shipped west the same
night. They are on fat cars, covered
with canvas, and billed as machinery.
The river press., 1904-10-26
Train RObber Confesscs,

ST. LOUIS, Oct. p Believing hin.
self about to die, William Morris,
alias Blair, the leader of the three
suspects who killed Detectives Shea
and Dwyer IN yesterdays desperate
battle, and who was himself wounded
in two vita! organs, today confessed
to having been implicated in two train
robberies, after his Identification by
railroad men as one OF the four men
who robbed the Pullman passengers
on the Illinois Central "Diamond
special" between Harvey and Madi.
son, H., Aug. l. The robbers entered
the Pullman cars and went,hrough them
with drawn revolvers, taking all the
money and valuables that the passen.
gers had, then stopped the train and
disappeared. One or two of the pas.
sengers who did not respond quickly
enough were struck over the head
with their weapons.
The river press., 1904-10-26
Debs breaches Discomfort.

NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-Eugene V.
Debs, the presidential candidate of
the Socialist party addressed a meet.
ing held here today in the Academy of
Music to ratify his nomination. The
hall was crowded and Mr.. Debs was
given an enthusiastic reception. He
said that the economic freedom of the
laboring class hinges upon the show
ing which the Socialists may make in
the coming election, and he declared
that the enmity between the leisure
class and the laboring class is in
creasing.
1.-THE so.called middle class will
cease to exist as soon as the laboring
class finds out that it has had enough
of capitalism'' he continued. "You
need few more million aires and
tramps, the one enslaved by SUPER
abundance of food with lack of diges.
tion: the other cursed with abundance
of digestion but lack of food"
The river press., 1904-10-26
Cleveland Speaks In New York.

NEW YORK OFT. 2l.--Attracted by
the presence of Grover Cleve and !,
thousands of. people struggled to get
an entrance ~ Carnegie hall tonight,
where the former president of the Uni
ted States made his first and onl,
speech of the campaign. John G..
Carlisle, secretary of the treasury un.
der MIR. Cleveland, was also speaker
and shared with Mr.. Clerelaud the
great burst Of enthusiasm at the meet.
ing.
During his speech, Mr.. Cleveland
was loudly app'auded, at times being
ia errupted for several minutes. At
his mention Of the name of A. B. Par
ker near the end of his speech, the
audience rose as one man and the
cheering lasted several minutes. At
the conclusion of his speech Mr.. Cleve.
land was greeted with cheering more
spontaneous than at any time during
the evening.
The river press., 1904-10-26
Roosevelt Attacked Railroad Merger

New York, OF. 2l.-Sena,or Phil
ander G. Knox, former United States
attorney general, was rendered a re-
ception here last night by the Union
League club. In his address he re-
ferred to the attitude of the republican
party toward the great corporations
and gave ia detail the situation as it
confronted President Roosevelt at the
time when the legality of the Northern
Securities company was brought up.
The presid ant did not hesitate long in
reaching conclusion and announced
that the position of the administration
was that the power Of congress to
regulate commerce with foreign ma
tions and among the several states
and with the Indian tribes was plen ary
and extended to all kinds of traffic
and its nstrumentalities.
If no other act looking to the pre-
servation of institutional powers can
pe placed to Pre- ident Roosevelt 5
credit than his acceptance of the chal-
lenge to the national power involved
in the Northern Securities dispute, his
name will be honored by those who
realize that the constitutional power
of congress to regulate national com.
merce is the cornerstone upon which
national existence rests.
The river press., 1904-10-26
IRRIGATION IN IDAHO,
State Land Board Opens Large Tract to
Entry on Favorable Terms

BOISE, Id aho, Oct. 2O.-One hundred
thousand acres of public lands in
southern Id aho were opened for pub.
lie entry today by the state land
board. The tract is on the south side
OF the Snake river, in Cassia county,
and embraces some of the richest and
most productive lands in the state.
The water for irrig ating the lands is
derived from the Snake river and is
provided in a sufficient abundance to
cover the entire tract with one foot of
water a month, which is twice as much
as will be needed. A dam has been
built in the river at the head of the
great canyon which raises the water
about fifty feet above its natural level.
BY this means the wafer is diverted
into huge canal which carries the
water at the highest possible level
westw ard seventy miles, distributing
it all along the way into laterals that
reach every part of the vast tract.
The entire area of land under the
canal is 27l 900 acres. Forty thou
sand acres have been opened and
taken up by settlers. Owing to the
demand for lands opened up today it
is probable that the state board will
decide upon an early date for opening
the remainder of the tract irrigate by
the canal. The irrig alton scheme is
the largest ever carried to successful
conclusion in America. The cost of
the dam and canals amounted to 81
100000.
The cost of the land under this canal
is 90 cents an acre to the state and $25
an acre for the perpetual water right.
The payments may be made as fol-
lows: Twenty-Five cents an acre to
the state on making application and
S. an acre for water for the first two
seasons. The second payment Of 25
cents an acre to the state may be made
at any time within three years upon
taking title to the land. The subse-
quent payments for the water right are
the same as commonly paid for an
nual rentals in other districts, namely
So per acre at the second season and
each following year to the eighth year
when there will be two annual pay
ments of So each and final payment
of 81. Improved lands in the irriga.
ted districts of Idaho, in the Payette,
Boise and Snake river valleys, are
selling from 800 to $3.50 an acre, al
though they were sagebrush deserts
five or six years ago.
The river press., 1904-10-26
WAITING FOR FINE WEATHER..
Opposing Armies Will IL sumo Fighting
When COnditiun~ Improve.

MUkDEN. Oc' II Towards evening
yesterday the fog lifted and some of
the Russian guns Il: vari u, points
opened fire against the Japanese de-
fenses, but they did not respond,
either from the scarcity ut ammuni-
tion or the desire not to reveal the
location Of their batteries. The wea.
ther and the condition of lie road :
have made extensive opera ions i'm
possible, but the road are Low drying
hard, which forecasts events in the
near future. The war correspondents
in the field are kept in the dark and it
is difficult to say when and how the
dreadful slaughter will end.
TOXIC, Oct. q. - The opposing
armies are now devoting their time to
burying their dead, caring for the
wounded, and planning auditiona al
movements. IL is not known that the
Japanese left army lost about 5000
men during the recent fighting. Fur
ther discovery Of Russian dead indi-
Gates that kurOpatkin's losses reach
ZOO. The Russians have been rein
forced by 10000 men Of the Seven
teenth, Tenth and Sixth Siberian
corps.
The military authorities have re.
leased the captured paymasver Of the
Russian armored cruiser Ruril1, who
is 20 years old, on account Of his age:
also 81 Russian hospital attend ants
aud II battle-maimed soldiers. They
will be sent to the Russian consul aL
Saungha-. In future il is probable
tn AZ Tue apanese will release prison
ers whose wounds are healed and who
are iucapacitated from further fight
iDv
The river press., 1904-10-26
Fatal Fight With Robbers.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 21.-Two city detec-
tives are dead and another is not ex-
pected to live through the night, while
one train robber suspect is at the
morgue and two others are in the city
hospital, one probably fatally wound
ed and the other badly beaten up as
the result OF a desperate battle today
between five officers and three men
whom they tried to arrest.
The fight occurred in the front room
Of house on Pine street and the men
whom the detectives sought to arrest
are suspected of being implicated in a
train robbery at Centralia, ILL.,, a few
weeks ago. The house had been un-
der police surveillance for several
days, but today was the first time tn at
any of the suspects was seen to enter
or leaye
The river press., 1904-10-26
\ RUSSIAN BLCNDER,
Narships Attack Fleet Of British Fishing
Boats In the North Sea.

HULL, England, Oct. 23.--I. M.
Jackson & Co., solicitors for the own
ers of 80 Hull fishing boats, have
notified the foreign Office and admiral.
ty of an attack on the Hull fishing
fleet by the Russian second Pacific
squadron, commonly designated as
the Baltic squadron. The official in
formation is that shortly after mid
night Friday the Russian squadron
fell in with the Hull fishing fleet in the
North sea. The first portion of the
fishing fleet passed safely. Then the
Russian ships turned their search
lights on the British vessels for some
time and a little later opened fire.
The steam trawler Crane was sunk,
and the decapitated bodies of her skip
per and mate have been brought to
Hull. The boatswain and other men,
bers of the crew who are seriously
wounded are on board the mission
ship. The steam trawlers Moulmein
and Mino have arrived at Hull seri-
ously damaged by shots, the latter
having l6 holes in her hull. 1t is
feared other damage was done to
trawlers, and that at least one more
was lost with all hands.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.-Astonish.
ment that the Russian comm ander
should have committed such a blunder
as to fire on inotfensive fishing YES.
sells, as reported by the Associated
Press dispatches from Hull, prevails
in official circles tonight. At the
same time these officials are prompt
to express the opinion that the Rus.
sian government will promptly dis
avow the act, and apologize when the
facts are fully known.
1t has been reported that subma.
rlne fleet intending to attack the Rus
sian Baltic fleet, and it may be pos
sible that this gave rise to a suspi-
cion IN the minds Of the officers of the
fleet that such an attack was about to
occur when they fired on the fisher
men.
The river press., 1904-10-26
A Fourth Trial For Ancs,

M!NNEAPOLIS, Oct. 2l.-After being
out since Wednesday afternoon, the
jury in the bribery case against ex.
Mayor Ames came into court today
and announced that it could not agree.
Judge Harrison thereupon discharged
the jury. Ames was indicted for re-
ceiving money from women. After
the jury had been discharged, Judge
Harrison made an order that the
fourth trial OF the case be begun to-
morrow morning, witnesses having
previously been summoned when it be-
came evident that the jury could not
agree.
The river press., 1904-10-26
Fifteen Thousand For Il Kiss.

CINCINNATI, Oct. 2l.-Whether one
stolen kiss is worth SIS, 900 will have
to be decided by Federal Judge Coch~
ran in court at Covington, KY, to.
morrow, Mrs. Grant Mitts, society
leader OF Mason, KY, thinks she is
entitled to that amount for kiss she
declares was stolen last June by J. B.
Alexander, friend OF her husband,
who m ade a call while the man of the
house was not at home, and has
brought suit. AS result of the al
legged larceny she declares she is a
nervous wreck and has been subjected
to much humiliation and notoriety.
The river press., 1904-10-26
Flour For Japanese.

PORTLAND, Oct. 2l.--Flour orders
for Japan 20 be shipped next month
received in Portland aggregate lOO,-
900 barrels, and from Seattle and Ia
coma will be shipped l4O, 900 barrels
more. Although consigned to priv ate
individuals, it is the superstition it is
destined for the Japanese army, an in.
dication of preparations for the estab-
lishment of winter quarters. The price
on patent flour has advanced Is cents,
The river press., 1904-10-26

open June |, 1908. The exposition
has under roof and ready to receive
exhibits five of the main exhibition
palaces. Shipments of foreign and
domestic exhibits will begin to come
in shortly at CT Dec |.
fine exposition has the sanction
ana ,rt' l. c,@ni'i>n IF the United
5 a'"~ nnu ny h. act If congress of
A,rl Is. 1904, 't,e Np,,oitiou is made
in,r,uni, ...r,. Th Uuj>t:d S a,es gov
g. ia, 9, y i ~ al; Ne completed
b, .>p ; i. .|iu.j. p,~.y.l~ meut Of the
IN o.. ! - i,.., never for an instant
been cuu ell, ri ated, can not be consid
cred, and from all The auvan.et prep.
arations, no possible reason exists
for pootponement.
The river press., 1904-10-26
The National Live Stock Exchange.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 20.-The live stock
exchanges of Fort Worth, Denver, In.
dian apolis, Chicago, Kansas City,
Omaha, Sioux City and other import
ant stock centers throughout the coun.
try are we'll represented at the annual
meeting of the National Live Stock
Exchange. The sessions of the con.
vention were opened today and will
continue through the remainder of the
week. Probably the most important
N after to come before the convention
is the proposition to raise the COM
mission on car of hogs from the
present price of $6 car to IS a car.
The river press., 1904-10-26
Invitations For Peace Conference.

w WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.-The cabi-
net, at the regular meeting today de.
voted most Of its time to the formula
tlon of circular letter to the powers
inviting them to participate in another
peace conference at The Hague. Let
ters are to be sent out within a few
days to the ambassadors and minis.
ters abroad for presentation;to the re-.
spective foreign Offices. The letters
make no reference to the, Russo-J ap.
anese war.
The river press., 1904-10-26
Wheat Shipments Delayed.

PORTLAND, Ore, Oct. 21.-The bust.
ness of buying Oregon and Washing.
ton wheat for shipment to Chicago and
other eastern markets has ceased. The
railroad companies can not supply
enough cars to hanale the traffic and
consequently business is practically
~ stand still
1t is estimated that from y, 800, 600
to $1,000, 600 bushels have already
been sold TO eastern account, and of
this amount not more than one-third
has been forwarded.
The river press., 1904-10-26
Fifty Million Money Orders.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.-The total
number of money orders issued by the
government during the last fiscal year
passed the 5O,OOO,O00 mark for the
first time in history, as shown by the
annual report of the superintendent of
the money order system.
The net revenue of the money order
business was 22,52S, ,403, an increase Of
s2sS,49 as compared with the pre-
vious fiscal year. The gross revenue
was 50, ,626, ,676, an increase of 1916, ,262
The river press., 1904-10-26
\ Central Army Post.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2O.-Quart

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20.-Quarter.
master Major Devol said today that
orders he had just received from
Washington regarding supplies for
the army will greatly increase the i'm
portance OF the post in this city.
According to an official communica.
ton from the war department "all
posts in the department OF the Colum'
bia. inclu ding Alaska, California and
the Colorado, together with Forts AS
The river press., 1904-10-26
The Lewis and Clark Exposition.

PORTLAND, Ore, Oct. 2l.-The fol-
lowing official statement was given
out at the Lewis and Clark Centennial
Exposition headquarters today: ''In
view Of some grossly erroneous state
ments circulated mainly at St. Louis,
it is made necessary to state that the
Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposi-
tion and Oriental Fair will positively
The river press., 1904-10-26
Doodle to Garry Indiana.

NEW YORK, Oct. 20.-Cha:rman
Taggart left for Indiana yesterday to
watch the western campaign. 1t is
stated Mr.. Taggart took with him a
campaign fund of $50, 900 with more to
follow for use in carrying Indiana for
Judge Parker.
The river press., 1904-10-26
Dropped Dead After Wreck.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20.-Passen-
ger train No. 3, the westbound express
on the Southern Pacific railroad :,
came in collision today with the rear
end of stock train at Yuba pass,
near Cisco station, in Placer county,
California. No one was INJURED, but
the accident caused a fire which de-
stroyed the caboose and four cars of
the stock train, seriously damaging
the engine Of the passenger train and
burned the express andIbaggage cars.
The fire communicated to the snow.
sheds, which were consumed for dis
tance of 2, 200 feet. The wrecked pas
senger was taken to Cisco, and after
much effort the fire in the snowsheds
were gotten under control.
Shortly after the accident r. J.
Laws, superintendent Of the Sacra-
mento division of the Southern Pa
citic who was on the passenger train,
dropped dead, presumably from heart
disease, with which he had been at1iict-
ed for some time. He was one of the
best known railroad men on the Pa
cific coast.
The river press., 1904-10-26

siniboine, Harrison, Missoula and
Yellowstone, in the department of the
Dakotas, will be supplied from the de-
pot at San Francisco"
This includes, approxlm ately, A.
10 men, not including those in the
Philippines, which will doub btless also
obtain their supplies here. The order
applies only to clothing and equip.
ment, which, however, are very i'm
pOrtant factors.
The river press., 1904-10-26
A Democratic Estimate,

New York, Oct. pa statement
was given today by the democratic
national committee after a consulta-
tion between Thos, Taggart and Chair
The river press., 1904-10-26
Funston Defines Patriotism.

CHICAGO, Oct. 2O.-The enactment
of federal law to prevent desecra-
ton of the American flag and carica.
turing the uniform of the soldier has
been advocated by Brigadier General
Funston at banquet of the Illinois
Society, Sons of the American Revo-
luton, at the Hamilton club.
1.-THE patriotism I believe in is to
fight corruption at the primaries and
the polls.' he said. "There is no bet
ter way of emulating the founders of
the republic.''
The banquet was in commemoration
Of the surrender of CORVALLIS at
Yorktown.