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HUNTINGTON'S BIG SALARY
It Is Shown by Documentary
Evidence to Be Nearly
$50,000.
STANFORD'S SPIRIT INVOKED.
One of the Late Senator's Works
Furnishes the Important
Testimony.
On no less authority than the late Senator
Stanford's sworn testimony, tajcen in 1887,
it is shown that the testimony of Secretary
Lansing before the Board of Railroad Com
missioners, that C. P. Huntington's salary
is $10,000 a year, was erroneous, and that
his salary really is close to $50,000.
The following letter to Commissioner La
Rue was written by J. M. Bassett of Oak
land, and is dated September 8, 1895. It is
of a personal but not confidential nature
and reads:
Under d&te of New York, May 12, 1887, the
United States Pacific Railway Commission sub
minvd to Inland Stanford some fifty odd ques
tions. These questions came In advance of
the commission.
Mr. Stanford took the questions, Henry Yroo
nian and .lini lirown to Palo A ho, and after
some weeks a work of 2U7 pftsres entitled
"Answer of the Central Pacific Railroad Com
pany, submitted by Leland Stanford, president,
at Pan Francisco, July 28 and 29, 1887, to the
communication of the United States Pacific
Kailway Commission," was produced.
This book was thought to be such a crusher
of Congress and the commission that the
Southern Pacific had it printed at its own ex
pense, and on July 28 and 29, the commission
being in session at Parlor A. Palace Hotel, San
Francisco, Leland Stanford, president of the
Central Pacific Railroad Company, being duly
Fworn offered the book in testimony, which he
proceeded to read.
On page 62 of this book ot sworn testimony,
under the head of "Statement of annual sal
aries amounting to £5000 or more paid by the
Central Pacific Railroad Company since its
organization to any officer or employe," ap
pears the following:
C. P. HTJNTINGTOK, VirE-rRFNIDENT, FINANCIAL
AGENT AND ATTOttNKY:
Vice- President, salary and ser
vices »12,500
Financial Agent 25,000
Attorney, salary 10,000
Total annual compensation. -.847,500
In the light of subsequent. events the South
ern Pacific Company deemed' it its duty to de
stray this testimony of its president wherever
found, and it is perhaps due to Mr. Lansing to
say that he may never have had the pleasure
of reading the testimony of the late president
of the company of which he is the accom
plished secretary. I happen to have a copy
of this book, which may be the only copy "of
tlip interesting work not reduced to ashes.
When Huntington read this testimony he, for
the hundredth time, applied his pet name of
•'Old Fool" to Stanford.
In order to show clearly the duplicity
that was practiced by somebody during
the recent investigation, that portion of
the testimony bearing on the question of
Mr. Huntington's salary is here repro
duced.
On the 4th of September, in answer to
questions as to what compensation Mr.
Huntington received for his services to the
Southern Pacilic Company, Secretary Lans
ing replied :
Mr. Chairman: I think I can make an ex
planation or the salaries of Mr. Huntington
and the other officers which will he satisfactory
to the commission. Mr. Huntington and his
associates fix their own salaries, probably as
representing the board of directors. The "sal
aries were fixed by them practically years ago,
when the company commenced its business.
They controlled the* property among five inter
ests, they fixed their salaries at a certain rate
and it has been maintained since. Huntington
received the same rate as three or four others
who represent the ownership of the company.
His salary is a fixed salary.- Now, I may say
further the amount of the salaries these gentle
men spoken of, and Mr. Huntingdon among
the others, receive is considerably less than
they pay to some of the other officers. It is not
enough to be considered a fair compensation
for their services if they were employed by
the company. It is an amount that is consid
ered simply as a nominal rate. They agreed
upon it between themselves, and this has been
miming on to my knowledge with the Central
Pacific and Southern Pacific companies for
twenty-five years without change.
Chairman La Rue then asked the ques
tion, "The compensation is the same as it
was twenty-five years ago?"
"Yes, sir," answered Lansing. "They
fixed it then, and they have several officers
who receive much more each."
Further urging to secure the exact
amount paid Huntington only elicited a
fiat refusal on Lansing's part to state.
But on the sth a return was made to the
came question, and Secretary Lansing,
with a show of frankness, answered it as
follows:
Mr. Huntintrton receives $10,000 a year for
his services for all the lines of the Southern
Pacific Company, including the Pacific and
the Atlantic- systems. It was merely a per
sonal consideration that prevented my stating
Mr. Huntlngton's salary, but I have since been
told that he has no objections to my doing so.
According to the testimony given by
Secretary Lansing three important points
are covered that have a most important
bearing on the letter received by Chairman
3,a Rue. The salary of $10,000 paid Mr.
Huntington was for his services to all the
companies embraced in the Southern
Pacific Company, not for services lo one
or more of the subordinate companies, but
to all of them and to the parent company.
Nor was this salary paid him for his ser
vices in any one or more particular capa
cities in connection with the Southern
Pacific Company, but it was paid him for
all his services to the Southern Pacific
Company and to all its adjuncts. Another
point is that such salary was fixed twenty
live years ago and has not since been
changed.
It will be seen that the letter was not
received by Chairman La Rue until the
hearing before the Railroad Commission
on the question of rate reductions had been
closed, and hence it was not permitted to
cut any tierure in that matter and was noc
made public earlier.
A LOCAL SOAP COMBINE
The California Manufacturers
to Meet in Conven
tion.
They Wish to Regulate Prices and
Drive Eastern Brands From
the Field.
The soap manufacturers of the State are
preparing to hold a convention or meeting
in this City before long for the purpose of
agreeing upon a plan of action for conduct
ing their business on this coast. They also
propose to make a vigorous fight to place
their goods before the Western public and
get back some of tfce trade taken from them
by Eastern soap-makers. It is claimed
that besides the better grades of soap made
in the East and sold on this coast, the
Eastern manufacturers are sending out a
lot of cheap, highly perfumed stuff in order
to compete with the cheaper California
made article. The competition with the
East has led to local competition. The
proposition now is to meet and come to an
understanding by which local competition
will cease, and their strength be devoted
to regaining some of their former business
that now eoes to the East. One feature
desired is that prices shall be established
upon all grades of goods put upon the
market.
Another move will be to make wholesale
perfumers, druggists and dealers in chem
icals, and in fact all materials used in the
manufacture of soap, patronize, carry and
advance the interests of home-made soaps
in preference to the Eastern-made article.
At present there are about fourteen soap
manufacturers in San Francisco and the
bay cititffc, besides those in Sacramento.
Stockton, Fresno, San Diego and Los An
geles. There are about twenty of these
factories in the State. The local dealers
have invited those in the other cities to
attend the meeting, and nearly all have
promised to attend". The time and place
have not yet been selected.
HON. JAMES KEIB HAKDIE.
The Prominent Scotch Socialist Ex
pected to Arrive To-Night.
Hon. James Keir Hardie, the ex-member
of the British Parliament and a prominent
Scotch socialist, is missing — that is, the
San Francisco section of the Socialist
Labor party don't know where to find him.
He is due in San Francisco this evening,
but nothing has been heard of him since
he left Chicago. On his departure from
that city Thomas Morgan of Chicago tele
graphed to the socialists in this City that
Hardie would speak in several cities be
tween there and Denver, and he would
reach San Francisco on the evening of the
19th inst. That was the last heard of him,
but he is expected to arrive as per pro
gramme.
At a meeting of the section last evening
it was decided to send a man to Sacra
mento to go on board the overland trains
and telegraph back when Mr. Hardie
passes through Sacramento.
A reception committee consisting of
Messrs. Garrett, Beresford, Seltzer, War
necke Jr., Lewis, Stubenrauch, Laccuseand
Copeland will meet the socialist leader at
the Oakland mole. He will be conducted
to the Windsor Hotel and in the evening
given a reception at the Temple on Turk
street.
In consequence of not hearing from Mr.
Hardie, that gentlemen's engagements are
a little uncertain. He is expected to speak
before the Federated Labor Union of Oak
land on Friday evening. On Saturday or
Sunday evening he will speak at the
Temple. Arrangements are being made
for him to speak in Sacramento, Los An
geles and San Jose.
TWO UNCROWNED KNIGHTS
Caps That Strayed on Ne
braska Prairies Find Their
Way Home.
Where Track-Walking Is Done With
Electric Lights and Fine-
Tooth Combs.
Following humbly as well as figuratively
in the footsteps of Peter the Hermit and
Richard of the Lion Heart, California
Knights Templar made a pilgrimage last
mouth. They went not to Jerusalem, but
to Boston, which was far better. They
took with them. stores of California fruits
and wild cat yarns, and brought back fond
memories of a great time.
These Knights from out the West went
overland in great style and with great
speed. Because of the speed at various
stages of the journey there was consider
able more distribution of California prod
ucts than was down on the programme.
Of the corkscrews and hairpins, can
openers and shirt-buttons that blazed the
trail of the Knights through the country
between here and the Missouri, no record
has been kept, but two caps have just
turned up here around which hang a pretty
tale.
It was somewhere rear Red Cioud, or
McCook, Nebr., that Sir Frank W. Sumner
of Golden Gate Commandery of this City
lost his fatigue cap. The train was going
at a sixty-one mile clip and Mr. Sumner
felt so foolish at having ventured where it
could be blown away, arid so thankful that
his head or his whiskers didn't go, too,
that he said nothing of his loss. About
sixty miles from Omana, out where the
corn crows nearly as high as a California
redwood, one of the California Com
mandery Knights list a similar cap. More
may have strayed, but these are all of
which there is record.
Sir Knight rfumner's cap was found by a
blue-eyed Nebraska maiden who was
trudging along as an escort to her father, a
trackwalker for the Burlington roaa. It
was a black silk cap, with silk trimmings
and a tiny red cross on its front. The
little girl, so the story goes, took posses
sion of the find and wore it
home, because it was so pretty. She
will probably be a new "woman
when she grows up because she wanted to
keep that treasure for her personal use and
adornment. But her father would not per
mit any such fancy, and following the
ruies of the company he sent his pick-up
to the foreman. The foreman duly for
warded the cap to headquarters, and
thence it was sent here to Agent Sanborn
of the Burlington.
The California Commandery man's cap,
which was also found by a trackman, was
forwarded with the other. Both arrived
here yesterday. Colonel Sunnier looked
blankly amazed when he saw his property,
and he thinks the world is gettinp smaller
all the time. The other lost cap is await
ing its owner. Mr. Sanborn is as proud of
the incident as a hen with ducks, and he
is now telling all about how tine-tooth
combs are used by all Nebraska track
walkers.
Will Advertise the "Call."
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. J. Gibbs of Alameda are
preparing for a trip around the world and will
start early next week. The journey will occupy
over eighteen months, during which time the
principal cities of the world will be visited.
Mr. Gibbs is president of Derby Lodge, Sons
of St. George, and his friends in the order will
much regret his long sojourn away from home.
Business is to be combined ■with pleasure on
the trip and one of tne main features of the
trip will be the advertising of The Call by
means of stereopticon views.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1895.
END OF ADAMIC TIME
Rev. J. H. Allen of Oakland
Will Undertake to Prove
This To-Night.
IS SCIENTIFICALLY CERTAIN.
The Millennium Will Occur Before
the End of the Present
Century.
A strange, and to the average thinker,
weired service will be held in the Asbury
Methodist Church, Oakland, to-day. A
sect, not altogether new, with a large fol
lowing across the bay and in San Francisco,
will celebrate the beginning of the end of
Gentile time, which event according to the
teachings and belief of Rev. J. H. Allen,
the particular apostle of this new doctrine,
is scheduled to take place some where near
the year 1900.
Mr. Allen candidly acknowledges that
he cannot name the exact day or hour
when the millennium will come, but is con
fident that ere the next century is ushered
in Christ Will have appeared again.
Biblical, astronomical and scientific
REV. J. H. ALLEN.
[From a photograph.]
facts, according to his interpretation, give
evidence of the correctness of his views.
"The Watchers," as the new sect is
termed, will begin their devotions at high
noon to-day at the Asbury Methodist
Church, and at night Mr. Allen will give a
lecture explanatory and corroborative of
his views. He proposes to give seven
chronological reasons why the resurrction
of the righteous dead and the translation
of living Christiana to heaven may be ex
pected to take place any time between 1890
and the first half of the yearof the present
century. He said yesterday:
I propose to demonstrate scientifically, as
tronomically and from a Biblical standpoint
thHt the Adamic or Gentile truce ends with
the present century. There are seven reasons
for this which may be briefly told as follows:
First, the 2300 years referredto or prophesied
by Dnniel as the cleansing of the temple ends
in 1896. This took place at a certain period,
beginning with the daily sacrifice in the tem
ple, which was dedicated "to God by Zereubabel
on the return of the Jewish people from Baba
lonian captivity. This was 434 years before
Christ was crucified, which, taken with the
1866 years since, the crucifixion, gives the
2300 years spokon of by Daniel.
The second point involves another prophesy
of 120 years, and that also expires in 1896.
The people of the United States are directly re
ferred to. but I prefer to give the details of this
in my lecture. The other points I shall con
sider may be briefly termed the alpha and
omega nf the world; the midnight cry, chrono
logically considered, in which the parable of
the ten virgins cut an important figure; the
seventy weeks of Daniel; jubilees and their
significance and the three and a half years re
ferred to in the Book of Revelations.
The figure seven which occurs so often in
holy writ has more than a numerical value. I
hold it to be a shadow of consummation or per
fection. In Leviticus there are many sevens,
and this is equally true of the Book of Revela
tions. Scripture history is also replete with
the suggestive number. The cycles of the
Bible are cycles of sevens. The first cycle is
that of days — six days of creation and one of
rest. The "second is a Cytle of years— six years
for the cultivation of soil and the seventh a
Sabbath rest for the land. The third is a cycle
of seven-year periods, seven of them coining to
theyear'of jubilee— a year of more complete
rest from cultivation.
The science of astronomy has fixed it beyond
dispute that Artamic time began in September
at high noon, and this is the reason the record
in Genesis puts evening before morniug in the
account of the first day.
THE ROMANCE OF AH LEEN.
How a Chinese Girl Can Be
Made Love To at the
Missions.
Presents of Jewelry Are Frequently
Given, but Sausages Are Not
Scorned.
Many and unexpected are the ways by
which sinners are sometimes led into the
Ah Leen.
[From a photograph.]
fold, and the approaching marriage of Ah
Leen furnishes an instance of this.
Ah Leen is a good little girl who lives
in the Presbyterian mission, away from
the pomps and vanities of this wicked
NEW TO-DAY-DRY GOODS.
Dress Goods and Silks!
By far the most interesting offerings we have ever made. Styles
that the looms are still working on. No reason for the little prices
this week only===well, we are selling so many we can afford to take
smaller prof than others.
SEE THE GREAT SPECIALS for to=day, Friday and Saturday.
Domestics, Fancy Goods, Underwear, etc., etc. Superb values that
proclaim us the bargain makers of the city.
— t-^fa^nCp*^* :
New Silks.
SATIN STRIPE PLAIDS, newest .00
fad for ladies' waists, eight swell i- — —
color combinations, 20-inch Yard
FANCY GROS DE LOURDES SILK, ffl> 1 .25
- ribbon grass on fancy net pattern, X
new color effects, 21-inch.. ... Yard
FANCY JACQUARD ALL SILK, £AC
new designs and colors, 19-inch.. UV/
, ..„ Yard
-' ■ r
LACE-EFFECT SILK, new designs fflji .50
and color effects, 2 1-inch tJP-1-
• :_..- Yard
BLACK TAFFETA, colored satin
stripe, In pink, lavender, light . QAC
' blue; red, cerise, pretty for skirts, «■'"
20-inch Yard
■"~~ ~~
FANCY TAFFETA, nil silk, 100 7^C
color combinations, 20-inch ... • *-»
Yard
STRIPE PEAU DE SOIE, In new QAC
. shadow effects, 20-inch, bought O\J
to sell for ?1 a yard Yard
FANCY TAFFETA, all silk, pink, .00
light blue, n^le and corn shades, %P-L
good, heavy quality, 22-inch •.;... Yard
BLACK FIGURED TAFFETA; 50 rjrp
styles, all new patterns, 21-inch.. I O
Yard
BLACK GROS GRAIN, ALL SILK,
very heavy, for skirts or llnine, CQC
: very special, worth one-fifth Ut7
more, 20-inch Yard
BLACK FRENCH GROS GRAIN,
■ ALL SILK, an excellent dress Ht^C
fabric, worth $1, 23 inches wide, • O
and this week It i 5..... .'. Yard
BLACK GROS GRAIN SILK, an ex-
cellent fabric for a stylish and ©I.
' serviceable dress, very heavy, 23'4PJ-
inches wide, and easily worth $2. Yard
SEE WINDOW DISPLAY.
/ ("INCORPORATED]
937, 939, 941 MARKET STREET,
San Franoisoo.
world. Every Sunday, however, she goes
religiously to church along with the other
girls who have been rescued by the kind
hearted ladies of the Occidental Board.
The passing of this procession is an oppor
tunity eagerly seized by the eligible
bachelors of Chinatown, who turn out en
maFse and line the sidewalks along the
route, each good one cherishing the inten
tion of asking Miss Culbertson for the hand
of the girl who strikes his fancy most. As
for the wicked, they know that it is useless
to apply.
No.v, one gay and sprightly bachelor
was particularly struck a couple of months
ago By the beauty of Ah Leen. He watched
the procession pass with eves only for her,
and when she had entered the sacred edi
fice, instead of resigning himself to go
home, he made a mighty effort to over
come the prejudices of early education and
followed her into the church. From that
date a change has come over the bachelor.
He no longer burns punk at the shrines of
his countrymen, nor does he dissipate
money in having his fortune told ; in fact,
he has become in every way worthy of
Ah Leen, to whom he is soon to be united.
During the present strained condition of
things in Chinatown, however, he shrinks
from the notoriety of having his changed
condition commented on by his friends
and foes.
Courtship, as it is understood in Chinese
circles, is a somewhat tame and practical
affair. There is a regular routine at the
mission, in which a compromise is made
between American and Chinese customs.
The bridegroom-elect may see his future
bride, he may even converse with her from
opposite sides of the room, but the propri
eties would be completely outraged if the
betrothed couple were to shake hands.
Two or three times a week the fiance makes
a call of from five to ten minutes' duration,
and if lie is desperately enamored he never
goes empty handed. Sausages are a gift
that is highly appreciated, and Chinese
vegetables are also much esteemed. Fruit
is frequently brought to the engaged ladies,
both in the Presbyterian and the Metho
dist missions, but" it would outrage Mon
golian etiquette to bestow candy.
The love-making is generally monosyl
labic on the part, of the young lady, and
even the man tinds his gift of conversation
languish. At the Presbyterian mission a
charming young Chinese girl named Ah
Cheng, a professional interpreter, satisfies
etiquette by being present during all the
interviews. Many Chinese merchants have
offered to lay their bandstand heart at Ah
Cheng's feet, but she has seen so much of
love-making as an onlooker that she re
fuses to go through the ordeal of entertain
ing a fiance on her own account. Even
the touching romance of Ah Leen has not
inolined.the little interpreter to follow her
example.
To Lecture at Atlanta.
The State Development Club has at last ob
tained money enough to send three men to the
Atlanta Exposition to advertise California by
stereopticon lectures. The Board of Trade was
unable to handle this enterprise, and the H°lf
million Club refused to do so, but the De
velopment Club took the matter in hand, and
through Mr Carman's efforts found the means.
The men will po to Atlanta next week. They
have nearly 800 slides or pictures from all
parts of the State. Many have been contributed
by the San Francisco Camera Club.
Mrs. McKay's Funeral.
The funeral ot the late Mrs. Rebecca McKay,
widow of Allen McKay, took place last Sunday
from her residence on Shotwell street. It was
largely attended by her personal friends. The
Key. Leslie \\ . Sprague officiated, and the in
terrnein was made in Odd Fellows' Cemetery.
The pall-bearers were: John Dolbeer, (i. R.
Sa '' R P e - *■ A. Week, E. L. Cullen, A. P. Flaglor
end Henry Axton.
A Word With the Wise.
Beautiful Decorated Breakfast Set, 24 pjeces.lll 86
Decorated Tea Set, 18 pieces 1 00
Cuspldore, Majolica Decorated, each \£t)
Gold illuminated Lunch Set, 18 pieces... . 160
You can't duplicate for double the money.
GREAT AMERICAN IMPORTING TEA CO.'S
BRANCH HTORES EVKKYWHKRE.
Headquarters 62-58 Market atreet, Han i'rancigco.
New Dress Goods.
FANCY MOHAIR SUITINGS, dftQ.so
several lines In pretty patterns *&*-*
and colorings, 37 Inches wide.. Suit
See Show Window.
SILK AND WOOL STRIPE, new ffl>£.3s
color effects,' 3B Inches wide.... «Jp«J
..............:........... Suit
See Show Window.
TUFTED SCOTCH CHEVIOT, ©£.30
fancy mixtures for stylish street <JpO —
wear, 38 inches wide .......... Suit
■• See Show Window. v; v rx-;.,v.
BOUCLE POPLIN, all wool and
the very latest color combina- fl^'7.OO
tions, a tasty dress fabric, 44 - «Jp I
Inches wide Suit
See Show Window.
STRIPE NIGGERHEAD, new ef-
fects in rough suiting, stripes » <JJ>'7.oo
of curly mohair on ■ colored «JP I
grounds, 45 inches wide Suit
. See Show Window.
SATIN FINISH COVERT, black
stripe on colored grounds, with
dainty scattering silk drops, a ©O-~5
very pretty pattern, 43 inches <3yO
wide... Suit
See Show Window.
BOUCLE -WORSTEDS, six newflft 1 .50
and stylish color combinations, t]p 1U
45 inches wide.....:.......'..... Suit
See Show Window.
SILK MIXTURES, serpentine ef-
fects in gold silk on different dj»"l A. 50
colored grounds, a new lot iusttJp-Lv.'
arrived Suit
See Show Window.
HEAVY BOUCLE NOVELTY.
the swell est fabric of the newflUl^.OO
season, elegant color combina- «JPXt:
lions ....:... Suit
See Show Window.
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/ f I INCORPORATED]
937, 939, 941 MARKET STREET,
San Francisco. ,
THE BALDWIN'S NEW HOST
A Lease of the Hotel for Ten
Years Was Signed
Yesterday.
O. B. Stanton Gets It— Mose Gunst
Will Open a Branch Store.
Other Changes.
A lease of the Baldwin Hotel for five
years, with the privilege of five more, to
O. B. STANION, THE NEW PROPRIETOR OF THE BALD WIN HOTEL.
Stone, Stanton * Co., was signed yestarday
evening by the representatives of E. J.
Baldwin. The lessees wil! take possession
October 1. The new proprietors intend to
make many changes and improvements in
the big hostelry.
O. B. Stanton, who is the moving spirit
in the firm, and who will have charge of
the hotel proper, is known as one of the
big hotel men of the country. He was for
a time at Chicago, and later managed a
large hotel in Kansas City, but was forced
to come to California on account 01 Jus
Great Specials
In Domestics.
3 bales 4-4 BROWN MUSLIN, close CC
thread, good quality cotton. Spe- «-»
clal price this week Yard
3 cases BLEACHED CANTON CC
FLANNEL, very good quality; *J
to besold this week Yard
TWILLED UNBLEACHED LTNEN
CRASH: pure flax: a heavy Ql^
grader imported direct from Ire- O3
land ; 17 Inches 1 wide ; very special Yard
HUCK TOWELS, size 19x41 inches,
bleachpd. and all linen: we have "I 1C
about- 50 doz"n and will close -La
them out at a big bargain Each
DUCK SUITING, In navy, cadet
blue or tan, with dots or stripes: CIC
a KOod. picking for poor people's I 3
purses at Yard
36-INCH CURTAIN SWISS. In "I OIC
stripes and dots: always useful; J — •'!
good to have and very special at.. V ard
PURDAH DRAPERY: floral de-
signs on different colored grounds:
desirable for curtains , clothes-
bags, lounge covers, etc., etc.; in "J QIC
dark and light colors: was 20c; 1— 'I
special now at Yard
In Toys.
DAISY CARTS, painted red IAO
Each
BROWNIE BASKET any ste^.. .... "I QC
."...* ......!.. Each
PENCILTABLETS: 200 pages; ruled CC
or not «_)
Each
PRETTY PAINTED PICTURE TAC
FRAMES, glass fronts iv
Each
DOLLS' TRUNKS, brass tipped,
painted wood —
Size 18xlO SI 35 each
Size 16x9 90 each
Size 12x7 - 60 each
We cannot even give you an idea of
the multitude of bargains that await
your visit to our bazaar. When you
are in step down and look around.
I fl INCORPORATED)
937,939, 941 MARKET STREET,
San Francisoo.
health, and for several years has run the
Southern Hotel of Bakersrield.
Marcus Stone is a wealthy wholesale
butcher and milk dealer. The "company"
of the firm is Charley Asher, who is asso
ciated with Mose Gunst.
Gunst will open a branch cigar-store un
der the hotel, on the corner of Powell and
Ellis streets. This will do away with the
cafe located there. The bar, billiard-room
and the inner cafe will remain. The bar
and billiard-room will be run by Charley
Asher and M. Katzenstein.
The offices vriiJ be changed considerably,
as the Market-street entrance will be en
larged, and a separate ladies' entrance to
the elevator will be made. The offices and
in fact the whole of the lower floor will be
newly furnished and redecorated.
The whole house will be newly wired for
electric lighting, which will be extended to
all ' the rooms. The house will be reno
vated and many changes made to bring it
up to the times. :
In the "basement will be V- largo beer
cellar similar to the Louvre. This will ex
tend the full length of the Market-street
side and eighty feet on Powell street. On
Powell street will be a; fine marble •*■
trance near the drugstore.
Among the many attaches of the house*
there is much speculation as to how sweep*
ing the changes wilt be among them. *V
large numberlhave been in the bouse many
years.-.*- ■■-.■- • ■ •-• • • - ■ •■ ■ r • ,
Great Specials
In Fancy Goods.
A good line of EMBROIDERY, edge TAC
in white and colors, was cheap J\ '
last week at 20c, now Yard
A cheaper line of EMBROIDERY, />IC
edge in white and colors, would U4
be a leader at 10c, a special at ... Yard
TUX NET VEILING, In navy, "I OtC
black and brown, a good chance J-^-2
for them to get away at.... '.. ard
In Underwear.
GENTS' MERINO UNDERWEAR,
, camels-hair color, heavy quality,
silk-bound neck and front, draw-
ers to match, good value at 50c, Qf^C
special O O
Per Garment
LADIES' WOOL-MIXED VESTS,
heavy quality. Jersey ribbed, col-
or gray or tan, drawers to match, . CAO
reduced from 75c to a special at.. *J\J
Per Garment
MISSES' and BOYS' PANTS and
drawers, all wool, in wh'te, scarlet
or red, sizes 26-28-30-32, regular
value 7£>c to $1, the lot, any size, QKO
to close at Ot)
Per Garment
In Hosiery.
CHILDREN'S BLACK COTTON
HOSE, narrow-ribbed, high-spliced
heels and double knee and toe,
extra fine quality, sizes 6 to 9, the Qf^C
leader to-day in hosiery, every *->O
pair worth at least 40c Pair
CHILDREN'S BLACK COTTON
HOBS, narrow or wide ribbed,
high-spliced heels and double
knee and toe, made of fine Macco QQI C
yarn, sizes 6to 9, about 800 dozen 003
pair to close out Pair
CHILDREN'S BLACK WOOL ■ OXC
HOSE, wide-ribbed, Merino heel ' iJt)
and toe, special to-day at Pair
CHILDREN'S and MISSES'
BLACK CASHMERE, all wool,
narrow-ribbed, never sold less PxHC
than 75c or $1, sizes 6t09, a O\J
very special value Pair
CHILDREN'S BLACK WORSTED
WOOL HOSE, high-spliced Heels
■ and double knee and toes, every QOIC
„'. pair worth 50c, to go to-day at. „. 003
These are the ' Best Values In the
market. '
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937, 939, 941 MARKET STREET,
San Francisco.
PLATEDWARE
AT LOW PRICES.
Silver-plated Napkin Rings... 15
Silver plated Nut Cracks.... 15
Silver plated Dinner 8e115...... 15
Silver-plated Salts and Peppers, per set 25
Silver-plated Child's Knife, Fork and Spoon.. 25
Silver-plated Butter Knives 25
Silver-plated Sugar Spoons 25
Fancy Pattern Spoons, per set of 6 25
Silver-plated Fancy Pattern Table Spoons or
Forks, per set of six.. v 50
Silver-plated Table Knives, per set of six ..... 75
Silver-plated Butter Dish, glass base.... 75
Silver-plated Pickle. Castor ...91 00
I Silver-plated Berry Dishes 150
Silver-plated Soup Ladles 1 50
Silver-plated Five-bottle Castor 1 50
Silver-plated Cake Basket.... 2 00
ENDLESS ASSORTMENT OF
FINE PLATEDWARE,
In Tea Sets,
Berry Dishes,
Castors, Trays,
Butter Dishes
and
Fancy Novelties
. Electrical Construction and Repairing
of All Kinds. Estimates Given.
NOTE. — Special attention given to
Grinding Razors, Shears and Edged
Tools by skilled ' mechanics. Prices
moderate.
818-820 Market Street
Fiielaia Bu.ild.ing.
Factory— 99 First Street.
1 Specially recommended by tie medical 1
» eolebrltles of the World for Scrofula, (Tumor?, 1
* Kin* 1 * EMI), and the e«rly stages of Consumption. J
1 ' Constitutional Weakness, Poorness of the Blood '
1 ; •nd for stimulating and regulating its periodic ,
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• Hone Genuine unleis signed " BLAXCARD. ,
:,*.;■ JB. Fongera ft Co., ■> * • » nd all Druggists.' iI ■
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