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OFFICER IN COMMAND OF ( FIGHTING SHIPS REVIEWED YESTERDAY BY PRESIDENT. As President of the United States I ' wish on behalf of the entire country to greet you as representatives, officers and enlisted men of the American navy. Every man aboard the Olympia must feel that on him rests a double duty to see to it that the ship's name Khali be forevermore a symbol of victory and glory to all the people of our country. Noth ing pleased me more than to see myself to day how high Is the standard of the enlisted men of the navy. I do not believe that our navy has ever been at a higher point of effi ciency. Month by month the already high Ftandard is being raised even higher. All alike share in the duty and share In > the honor which comes of the duty well done. Whether the service is rendered In the con ning tower, or in the gun turrets, or In the engine room. It matters not so long as the service Itself Is of the highest possible kind. This ship commemorates forever the name of Admiral Dewey as the name of the Hartford commemorates that of Admiral Farragut. And I ask you all as Americans, proud af your country, from the admiral down to the last enlisted landsman or the youngest apprentice, to appreciate alike the high honor and heavy responsibility of your positions. At the conclusion the men cheered the President and then Admiral Dewey. When the President went to the Yankee, where he met the landsmen in training, he was struck by the fact that the crew consisted of landsmen who had been only two and a half months in service, many from New York . and Pennsylvania and ON THE OLYMPIA. s On the Olympla he again was requested to say a word to the enlisted men. He said in substance: happy to eay that the. American seamen have nflver been found deficient In the fighting edge le firat requisite of... the .fighting man. I do not praise you for being brave- that is expected^ The coward Is to be condemned rather than the brave man to be praised. I expect every one to show a perfect willing ness to die rather than to see the slightest etaln put upon the American flag, but in ad dition you must know how to flght aa well as know how to die; then you will be what I believe you are. the most efficient fighting force In the world. I again thank you for what you are. A peculiar responsibility at taches to each and every one of you. It has been a pleasure to eee the ship and the guns, but above all the men behind the guns. The President asked the name and birthplace of each of the gun pointers. They included men from all States in the Union— California, Texas, North Caro lina, Maine. Indiana, Michigan, Minne sota # and Washington, as well" as from Germany and Ireland. Norway and Swe den. The President was especially, struck with the large proportion of men from the Middle West. Judge Rhodes when making his first ruling ¦" was under » the impression that Barthel held no other than a city cer tificate, Bart el was elected a principal by the old City Board. When the new board came In he was ousted and Louis Bruch elected. Barthel sued for reinstatement oh tlfe ground that the provisions of the Polit ical Code had been disregarded In his re moval. The court held that the city char ter under which Bruch was appointed Is supreme, and denied the writ. SAN JOSE, Aug. 17.— Judge Rhodes to day in the case of Barthel vb. the City Board of Education sustained the author ity of the city charter In the matter of the election of teachers. He set aside the decision later in the day, however, as his decision was based on a misconception of the pleadings. and proof preverted. He will now reserve his opinion until the suit* brought by Miss Wendte and Miss Spencer are heard. • Will Reserve His Opinion- Until He Hears the Testimony in Two Similar Cases. JUDGE RHODES SETS ASIDE DECISION IN CHARTER SUIT Army orders — Colonel Charles Morris to command artillery, district of San Fran cisco; Lieutenant Colonel Ramsey D. Potts from San Francisco to Fort Moul trey, S. C; Lieutenant Colonel A. W. Vogdes from San Diego, Cal., to com mand artillery, district of Key West: Ma jor Robert J. . Patterson to command ar tillery, district of San Diego: Major Charles W. Hobbs from San Francisco to command artillery, district of • New Orleans; First Lieutenant Louis Breche min Jr., assistant surgeon, from San Francisco to Fort Baker. Cal. • >- Navy orders — Assistant Paymaster J. F. Kutz detached from Independence, Mare Island yard, September 1 to PetreU Chap lain J. P. 3. Chidwick detached from New York to home and wait orders. WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.— Postmasters commissioned: California— Pdward _B. Thompson, Irving ton; Florence N. Law rence, Uvas: Ruflna Rogers, Dudley. Fourth class Postmasters appointed: Ore gon—George H. Higglns. Barnegat, Tilla xnook County, vice George Hunt, de ceased. ; vW Postmasters Commissioned and' Or ders Issued Affecting Army and Navy Officers Here. OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Passenger Trains on Chicago, Mil waukee and St. Paul Come To gether Near Long Lake. CHICAGO. Aug. 17.— In a head-on colli sion between two passenger trains on the Chicago, Milwaukee and SU Paul Rail way, near Long Lake early to-day, one trainman received injuries which resulted In' his death, an engineer and fireman were probably fatally injured and a num ber of pccple were more or less seriously hurt. The dead: W. A. NORTHWAY. express messenger on westbound train. The Injured; Milton Twitchell, engi neer; Albert Zeal, fireman; William Hig gles, baggageman; Albert Rastman, ex press messenger. HEAD-ON COLLISION HAS FATAL RESULTS Both Mexicans and Americans who hap pened to be in Lower California when the strike was made flocked to the scene. Others, at Guaymas are preparing to set sail for La Paz for a visit to the scene of the strike' A Mexican named Miguel Cornejo, who lives at La Paz, is said to have been made rich in one day by the wonderful gold find on his property, which is near that of Mendoza and his as sociates. Not far from the scene of the gold find some quarries of marble of a very high grade have been discovered and are being opened up. They are being ex ploited by a corps of American engineers who are said also to have gone In on the ground floor and made valuable locations where the gold was recently discovered. GUAYMAS, Mexico. Aug. 17.—Pas sengers who arrived at this port yester day from La Paz, Lower California, on the steamer Union bring wonderful tales of the new gold discoveries at San Simon, near Triufo, on the lower end of the peninsula. As a verification of these re ports, the Union carried $75,000 in placer gold which was taken out of the new fields. This large shipment of placer gold was brought into La Paz from the mines in a wagon guarded by four Iturales. It came from the property of a Mexican named Juan H. Mendoza, who with his associates controls a great deal of the ground In the vicinity of the recent strike. Passengers From Lower California Say San Simon Is a Ver itable Klondike.' TELL WONDERFUL STORIES OF THE NEW GOLD FIELDS In doing your work here. . every bit should be done with an eye ' toward the day when upon every man from the admiral to the,low est in, rank, may rest the responsibility and duty as to -whether or not a new page of honor, in American history shall be turned. As I passed the Olympla ' I remember ' her grand victory of May 1, - 1898. which .made her name forever one of renown : in our hU tory. But all aboard her. from admiral' down to • the : newest enlisted man. had been equip ped for*,the work by days and by k years of what>nwst have been at many, times Irksome duty. . In , speaking ; to < all ¦ of you s l want a chance to say ' a word of special recognition to | the gun pointers. The ¦ shots that ; hit are the shots that tell. They are what make the aavy prove Itself equal to any. oeedt i am Officers and Enlisted Men: I wish to «ay a word of thanks to you on behalf of the people of the United States. There are many public servants whom I hold in high esteem, but, there are no others whom I hold In quite the esteem I do the officers and enlisted men of the navy and the army ¦ of the United States. „ . pjLflfU<"«iTi' i ~fcii' | n" | i After chatting with Admiral Barker and casually inspecting the Kearsarge the President, before visiting the other flag ships to return the calls of the rear ad mirals, addressed the enlisted men and officers of the ship. When they had been drawn .' up on the gundeck he spoke as follows: . ADDRESSES ENLISTED MEN. "Wehave with us representatives of an international incident. . As to that, may the best boat win." With laughter and applause that toast likewise was drunk by the guests stand- Ing. Captain Dechair of the British embassy proposed the health of the President. At. the conclusion of the hincheon the officers returned to their ships. At 12:28 the President left the Mayflower In a barge for the flagship Kearsarge to re turn the call of Rear Admiral Barker. He was accompanied by Secretary Moody, Admiral Dewey, Rear Admiral Rodgers, Rear Admiral Taylbr, .General Chaftee and Commander Albert Gleaves of the Mayflower, The Mayflower flred a President's sa lute as the barge cleared the ship. As the President went aboard the Kearsarge his flag was broken out at the mainpeak and every one of the twelve saluting ships In the fleet flred a President's sa lute. • ¦ During the luncheon the President said: "We have with us to-day, representatives of the great powers, Great Britain, Ger many, Russia and Japan. 'I ask you to drinkvto these great powers and to their sovereigns." The toast was drunk standing. Then the President continued: President Roosevelt entertained his guests and all the commanding officers of the fleet at luncheon on , board the Mayflower. Among the other guests of the Presi dent on the Mayflower were Assistant Secretary of War Sanger, Sir Thomas Lipton, C. Oliver Iselin,' Butler Duncan, Colonel Sharman-Crawford, a represen tative of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club, and Emlen Roosevelt. At the conclusion of the review Presi dent Roosevelt received on .board the Mayflower Rear Admiral Albert S. Bar ker, commander In chief of the North Atlantic fleet; Rear Admiral James A. Sands, commander of the Caribbean; Rear Admiral Joseph B. Coghlan, com manding the coast squadron, and Rear Admiral William C. Wise, commanding the training squadron. He also received the captains and commanding officers of the twenty-two vessels in the fleet. He received also the naval attaches of the legation of four of the. great powers — Captain Dechair of the British embassy. Captain Edwin Schaefer of the German embassy, Commander \V. C. Boutakoff of the Russian embassy, and Lieutenant Commander Isham Taklshika of the Jap anese legation. KECEIVES THE ADMIRALS. by. jackies.in white duck, the marines were paraded \ and, presented arms, \ . the President's salute of, twenty-one guns was fired, the buglers sounded- a flourish, the drummers gave four, ruffles, the band played "Hail. Columbia," and the entire crew stood at salute. As the Mayflower swept majestically past each ship tho crew of the saluting vessel gave the President three cheers as the commander in chief of the army and navy of 'the United States. President Roosevelt, who was intently watching the sauadron of destroyers when tho accident occurred, remarked that such accidents, especially, to de stroyers, were likely to occur at any time. In the execution of war maneuvers some chances, he said, must be taken, and if the time ever should come when the navy was afraid of scratching oft tho paint of a vessel its efficiency would, deteriorate materially. ' Both the President and Mrs. Roosevelt noted the accident with calmness, , not withstanding the fact that their son Ker mlt was on board the Decatur at the time of the collision. He was standing beside Lieutenant Chandler when the vessel ran alongside the Mayflower. . In • commenting upon the accident - Ad miral Dewey said that amounted to little and would delay the vessels in their movements only a few days. He said that such an accident was part of the war game and must sometimes be ex pected. The review occurred on Long Island, two and a half miles off the entrance to Oyster Bay. President Roosevelt,' in com pany with Secretary of the Navy Moody, Admiral Dewey, Rear Admiral . Taylor, Rear Admiral Rodgers, Captain Brown son, General Chaffee and General Barry, stood on.' the bridge of the auxiliary crulBer. Mayflower as she steamed slowly down one column of the warships and up the other. The two columns extended 2500 yards, the ships being anchored . at Intervals of 600' yards. As the Mayflower passed each ship in the ' two columns | the Xards and rails of each ship were manned PRESIDENT SEES COLLISION. '. and . inspected in time of peace a great fleet of' United States warships. The ceremony was a magnificent and im pressive naval spectacle. It was un marred by the slightest mishap until Just at its conclusion when the torpedo-boat destroyer Barry rammed the destroyer Decatur, fortunately, however, doing lit tle damage. The incident was exciting. It occurred just at the moment when the President was receiving congratula tions upon the success of the maneuvers. The first squadron of destroyers, consist- Ing of the Decatur, Balnbrldge, Barry. Dale and Chauncey, all under command of lieutenant H. L. Chandler, was ap proaching the Mayflower at full speed. The vessels were In close formation. ' Or ders were signaled from the Decatur to the other vessels to form a wedge. In executing the orders the Decatur swung across the bow of the Barry. An instant later the Barry rammed her nose o"n the starboard side. As the ships were run ning at a speed of twenty knots the blow was tremendous. The Decatur listed sharply to port and seemed to be in seri ous distress. From the Mayflower she appeared to be sinking. The Mayflower's boats were manned instantly, but were not lowered, as the Decatur was soon able to right herself. In a few minutes she hoisted a signal of "No serious dam age." Later she steamed alongside the Mayflower and Lieutenant Chandler re ported that while his ship had received a bad bump on the starboard quarter she was not materially damaged. The injury was plainly evident from the de,ck of the Mayflower. The destroyer had been struck about half way between stern and mid ship, and a large rent had been made in her plates. The starboard rail was dam aged, but otherwise the vessel was, intact. The Barry, which had struck tho Decatur a glancing blow, had her bow crumpled by the collision, but she was not Injured otherwise. The accident put a sudden stop to the maneuvers of the destroyer squadron. The vessels came to an Im mediate stop, the Bainbridge, Dale and Chauncey standing by the two in collis ion. Boats were lowered from two of them. After a casual examination of the Injuries to the Barry and Decatur the boats returned to their vessels. - Admiral Dewey ordered Lieutenant Ctmndler to proceed with the five vessels to the' Brook lyn navy yard, where such repairs as may be necessary could be made. After the damage is repaired the squadron will re join the fleet and continue the summer maneuvers. OYSTER BAY. N. Y., Aug. 17.-For -the first time in thai • history of the country the President of the ¦¦United States to-day reviewed The Indians employed In the mines and on the ranches do not seem in the least disturbed by their hostile brethren, but the Mexican proprietors are nevertheless uneasy, not knowing what plot the In dians may be hatching. The Yaqui makes It a practice to accumulate arms and ammunition and keep them hidden until an appointed day. when he breaks out in rebellion. The last insurrection began In this way and the presence of these hostile hands in the country always causes great alarm. The second band is reported to be much larger than the first an<! has been operat ing In the vicinity of Batamote, plunder- Ing ranches and holding up travelers on the highway, but as yet no murders are known to have been committed by this band. When last seen the Indians were heading for the Moctezuma district and great alarm is felt there. The ranchers are prepared to resist the raiders and a lively fight is expected when they meet. Colonel Kostelitzky, who was at Mag dalena when the first raids were reported. left immediately with a troop of rurales to Intercept the raiding bands. As he was a great distance from tho scene of the operations of the raiders it is doubt ful whether he will be able to Intercept them bofore they have' committed new depredations and have fled again to the rough and ragged Sierra Madre. where It is impossible to run them down. LOCALES, Ariz., Aug. 17.— Mining men errivlng at the line and coining from Minas Prietas report that two TaquI bands have been committing many dep redations in that vicinity for the past few days. One of the bands held up the stage et Zubiate recently and killed the driver, •while the second band but recently came down out of the mountains, encouraged by the success of the one which pre ceded It. The Mexican authorities had relaxed their vigilance after the first raid, belie\ing that the Indians had retreated to their hiding places In the mountains, when the camps at La Colorado. Minas Prietas and Zubiate were startled by re ports of new depredations. A trader named San Jose de Pimas was held up on the highway near Zubiate by the In dian?, and when he offered resistance •was killed by the bloodthirsty savages. The Indians carried- away everything on his wagon which they could pack off on their horsrs. On another raid in the same vjclnlty two Mexicans were held up by a- band of Yaquis arid robbed of every thing of value in their possession. Their lives were spared only because they, saw the dancer and offered no resistance to the Indians. Special Dispatch to The Call. Settlers Prepare to Resist Marauders and Battle Is Expected When the Indians Hake Their Appearance. Head for the Moctezuma Dis . trict With Considerable Flunder. Upon being cross-examined they admit ted that most of the signers to the peTi tion reside in Colma proper and not In the outside territory proposed to be incor porated. Both of the witnesses denied ahat they were being influenced by pool- ' sellers or gamblers or that they were urg ing the Incorporation for this class of peo ple. John Daley, a large property holder in the northern portion of the county, asked the privilege of addressing the board. He said he had been accused by Supervisor Eikerenkotter of being behind the scheme to incorporate Colma and of having well known gamblers behind him. This, he claimed, was absolutely false. He de manded that Eikerenkotter prove his statements. On account of the question raised a« to the legality of tl.e petition In Its present state, the further hearing was continued to September a. R. S. Thornton and James Casey, two of the persons who circulated the peti tion, made statements aa to the necessity of incorporation. They said that they are without any fire protection at the present time; that a water supply is a necessity, and that from a sanitary standpoint sew ers are a necessity. They said they also need street lights, good streets and side walks and a police force, some of which they can have under the present condi tions. REDWOOD CITY. Aug. 17.— At this aft ernoon's sepsion of the Board of Super visors the Colma incorporation proceed ings were again taken up, but on account of objections to the petition not much progress was made.' H. W. Brown ob jected to the consideration of certain names appearing on the petition on the ground that several of them do not ap pear on the Great Register of the county, as the law requires; and ethers which are signed by a mark were also excepted to. The petition contains the names of six ty-four signers. The law requires at least fifty. Eight of the sixty-lour have witTi drawn their names and nine others are objected to as not qualified to be on It. If the board should rind that the excep tions are well taken the foundation for the proceedings will be demolished and tne scheme to incorporate fall. As time passes the opponents of Incor poration gain in strength. Even should the proceedings pass the board it is now doubtful whether they will receive the necessary vote of the people. The petitioners called as a witness this afternoon J. George. Smith, the engineer who made the survey of the proposed limits of the town. He testified that the territory comprised about l.Ine square miles. He admitted on cross-examination that the greater portion of the proposed town consisted of farming and garden lands. Special Dispatch to The Call Hostile Reds Inaugurate Reign of Terror at Minas Prietas. Supervi?ors Listen to Protest Made by Law- Abiding Citizens. ject to Incorpora tion Schema Residents of Colma Ob- YAQUIS RAID RANCHES AND KILL TRADER GAMBLERS' PLOT LIKELY TO FAIL LIKE A VOICE FROM THE GRAVE FIGHTING SHIPS OF THE ATLANTIC SQUADRON REVIEWED BY PRESIDENT Supposed Victim of Cus ter Massacre Writes Home. . . . . . . .,_ Magnificent Spectacle Slightly Marred by a Collision Between the Destroyers Barry and Decatur, in Which Former Has Her Bow Crumpled— Salute to Comman'der-in-Chief Takes 6300 Guns Mourned as Dead for Thirty s Three-Years H9 Turns Up in Oakland. ' ¦. AUGUSTA, Me., Aug. 17.-LIke a voice from the crave came a' letter to day addressed to Mary Georgle Diplock of this city, from a brother whom she and all her relatives had mourned as killed in the' Custer massacre, of the Little Big Horn, 33 years ago. It had been their firm conviction that George B. Smith, Mrs. Dlplock's ' brother, was one of the. .brave little band that Sitting Bull annihilated on that morning. in 1S76- They knew he was in the army with Custer and from the date of the massacre until to-day nothing was ever heard from him. The letter received to-day was post marked Oakland. Cal.. and showed that the writer. Smith, was the owner of a valuable stock farm fifteen miles out of Oakland. He says that it was by the merest chance that he was not in the Little Big Horn flght. His company had been detailed under Gibbons, who went up the Little Yellowstone, while Custer and his command started for the Rose bud. Gibbons' force was near Custer during the fight, but too far to be of any service. Smith is now 53 years old. Body Will Be Shipped to Wisconsin. SANTA ROSA. Aug. 17.— The body of former District Attorney "Webber, who was found dead in his room at the Grand Hotel Sunday night, will be shipped to his relatives in Jefferson County. Wis consin. The funeral services will be held here Tuesday evening at Elks Hall under the 7 auspices of the local lodge of Elks. Numerous other orders will participate. New England. He expressed himself as particularly pleased with their fine bear ing and with the readiness they showed In learning their duties; and he called attention to the fact that upon the way they performed their duties depended the future efficiency of the United States navy. It required two hours for the President to complete his round of visits and at the tend of his tour every ship in the fleet except the destroyers had saluted him twenty-five times, a total of 6300 guns. RETURN" TO MAYFLOWEE. Upon the return of the President to the Mayflower after his call upon the flag offi cers, the vessel got under way and steamed eastward for Feveral miles, com ing to anchor then in order that the fleet might pass In review. The vessels of the fleet weighed anchor and in single col umn, headed by the Kearsarge. steamed slowly past the Mayflower. The yards and rails of every vessel were manned, the marines were paraded and the bands played "Hail, Columbia." President Roosevelt, with his distinguished naval guests, reviewed the fleet from the May flower's bridge. All were afforded an ad mirable opportunity to view the ships, as many of them passed within one hundred yards of -the Mayflower. The marines on the Yankee wore campaign-- hats Instead of the regulation helmets. Remarking upon this to Admiral Dewey, the Presi dent said: "How much better those marines look in campaign hats than they do in their peaked helmets. They ought to wear them constantly." Hundreds of pleasure craft of all de scriptions hovered about the Mayflower throughout the day, and during the final review many of them persisted in run ning between the fleet and the President's ship. Fearing an accident, the President ordered that they should be kept away. A steam barge therefore performed that duty. Commenting upon the action of some pleasure boats, tho President said It was precisely as if one were reviewing a" regiment with a mob between himself and tho troops, except that in this in stance the occupants of the boats were in the gravest danger. As a termination of the review lieu tenant Chandler's squadron of destroyers passed the Mayflower in flying wedge formation. The vessels were so close to each other that ordinary conversation between any one of them was easy. Soon after they had passed the Chauncey's steering gear became disabled and she was forced to drop out of line tempora rily. The vessels were re-forming to pass the reviewing ship as a flying wedge at full speed when the accident already de scribed occurred. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 18. 19Q3. 6 ADVERTISEMENTS. Electro-Chemic Quick Cures MR. E. NORDBERG. 1555 Pine Street. 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Real Estate Owned by Company.. $ 2.622.000 83 Loans on Bonds and Mortgages.. 1,21)2.679 13 Cash market value of all Stocks and Bonds owned by Company. 20,921.678 It Amount of Loans secured by pledge of Bonds, Stocks and ' other marketable eecurities aa collateral 8.181.281 23 Cash In Company'* Office 8,73a 67 Caen In Banks 633.770 SI Interest due and accrued on all Stocks and Loans 2M.073 04 Premiums in duo Course of Col- lection 180,043 -M Bills receivable, not matured.... 83.401 »* Rents due and accrued 8^027 04 Reversions owned absolutely by the Company 2,011.768 33 Due from other companies and from agents 1,259,040 M Stamps 1.739 S3 Tctal Asset* $32.481.763 49 LIABILITIES. ~ Losses adjusted and unpaid Lessee in process of adjustment - or in suspense ..........* ¦$ 491.102 9* Losses resisted. Including «- Gross* premiums" on Flr« Risks') '• running one year or less; c ;¦ reinsurance 30 per < - cent iV\iM' " *i°ft»M «• Cross Premiums on Ftre Risks running more than one year x • reinsurance pro rata. J Liability under L!fs Department.. 21,746.507 W Cash dividends remaining unpaiJ. 11.047 29 BilU payable 1.0S3 23 All other liabilities 268.343 13 ; Tctal liabilities. . : «'•• .'. .$2*.922.S7543 INCOME. Net cash actually recetv«d tor^ \ Fire premiums • * 4.301,823 ftl Net cash actually received for Ur» ' premiums • ••••• 1.333.833 .» Received for Interest and divi- dend on Bonds. Stocks. Loans. and from all other sources 1,036.467 63 Received for Rents 63.C69 93 ileceived for sale of Annuities... 33S.133 S3 Total Income $_7.573,638 19 * ; \*' EXPENDITURES. jCet amount paid fcr Fire Losses (including $....... lows of pre- vlous years)....-..--- ••••• I 2.2S3.4M It -Net amount paid for Lifs losses Uncludlng $ losses of pre- vlous years) 1.303.013 71 Dividends to Stockholders... 4S1.36S CO Paid or allowed for Commission or Brokerage i**V** 731.795 53 Paid for Salaries. Fees and other charges for officers, clerks, etc. 831.231 43 Paid {or State. National and Local taxes «.....: 123,303 « All other payments and expendi- tures .•• 365.233 83 Total Expenditures S 6.1S2.50S 03 riRE. = T Losses Incurred during the year. .| 2.351.6S3 33 Risks and Premiums. Fir* Risks. I Premium*,; Net amount of Risks written during the year 51.563.327.047 $4,801,823 93 Net amount of Risks expired durins the year l.«7.134,342 4.443.70153 N«t amount in force December 31. 1002. 1.042.551.365 3.201.210 23 «.,,^, E -^ iUBEARD . Chairman.- H. E. WILSON. General Manager Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of April. 1903. H, G. BISHOP. Notary Public.! WESTERN DEPARTMENT, \ Monadnock Block, Chicago. «.'; O. H. LEBMIT, Manager. SAN FRANCISCO BEANCH 0FPIC3, 230 California Street. WALTER J. WILSON, Eesident Muawr AHPEL & BRUCKMAN, City Agents 209 Sansome Street. ¦ - . "" — t_2i . Selejhoa* flWn 6781. ADVERTISEMENTS. _ i Old Dutch Library Sets !; g| Three pieces— table,, desk, and bookcase. ] H They are made on graceful lines and inlaid in | 1 handsome and rare woods. They are masterpieces in J \ i the art of furniture-making and good enough to claim a | place in any home in San Francisco. :| We are going to put special prices on them, for the { I reason that we need the floor space. It makes an oppor- j 1 tunity for you that don't come every day. The prices: ' |i The Table sold for $ 100.00; is now $80.00 f| The Desk sold for £100.00; is now. . . .$80.00, \ il The Bookcase sold for $60.00; is now. .$42.00 * Hi You save 558.00 on the set. • H Ladies' Writing Bookcase £ II Desks '' Desks i |i Reduced to make room. Reduced to make room. |S They are made of mahog- No more useful piece of II any and as handsome desks f urni t ure has ever been J ? |h as one could ask for. There o _j nn m^ , , \ < ; H are several different styles, made > f& no ™ re , h , an <?- \ II and all of them are the very some ' The material is j 1® latest. It isn't often that quarter-sawed golden oak j IB you get such bargains as and the designs the very | A p| these. The prices: latest. The prices: ] a $40.00 desks are now. $33.00 $35.00 desks are now. $23.00 g $27.50 desks are now. $22.00 $60.00 desks are now.S42.oo » $100.00 desks are now. $83.00 $125.00 desks are now. $78.00 I