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2 Loss of Life at Kingston Perhaps 1000; Property, $10,000,000 Houses Are Wrecked for Miles Around City Contlnnrd from Pner 1, Column 6 roaming at large. The natives refuse to work. Sir Alfred Jones says they will continue to seek employment on the Panama canal, and that their places here must be taken by coolie labor from India. Of the dead it is safe to say that 100 are white, among them Captain Con stant me, the local represen tative of the Royal Mail steamship line, and Captain Lamont, who was soon to EXPERTS TELL OF FREIGHT RATES special nrsPATcn to tut. call. PPOKAXE, Jan. 16. — A water compe tition and tlie rights of roast cities ngr ur«»d largely In the defense of the transcontinental linos at the rate hear ing before the Interstate Commerce Commission this afternoon. S*»th Mann of San Francisco intro duced H. E. D. Jackson of the American Hawaiian Steamship Company to show that it can carry freight from New York to Fan Francisco in twenty-five days, thereby equaling the average time of the railroads and that the rate was -0 to Ggl per cent cheaper. He ad mitted that no rate schedules were maintained, the price varying with dif ferent customers and depending largely upon conditions. He said the comple tion of arrangements for transferring freight and hauling It across the Isth mus of Tehauntepec rendered this sav ing of time possible. Commissioner Prouty, In reply to a suggestion from Mann that he would have more testimony to introduce In behalf of the coast jobbers at subse quent hearings on the same issue at Denver and San Francisco, asked point b!fM>.k: "What reason is there for continuing this hearing at the coast cities? Can't we grt all the testimony here?" Mann replied: "\San Francisco merchants had not been apprised of the nature and importance of the test case instituted l>y Spokane in time to complete their defense." J. G. Woodward, general traffic man nfr»-r of the Northern Pacific testified today in behalf of the defense and ad mitted on cross examination that It wan the railroad's policy to haul all freight across the Cascades. 400 miles beyond Spokane, to be distributed back within 100 miles of Spokane and even over In Idaho and Montana at better rates than Spokane merchants could obtain. Commissioner Prouty questioned the common sense of this method, but Woodward upheld it as practicable. He recounted the history of the rate fight and said from 1893 to 1698 there \u25a0was a freight war during which the rate was reduced to 30 cents per 100 from New York to San Francisco, which caused the roads during that time to route their shipments as much as practicable away from San Francisco and develop the northern ports. 1)1 N.VE ANNOUNCES CANDIDACI CHICAGO, Jan. 16. — Mayor Dunne to night announced his candidacy for the Democratic Mayoralty nomination on a platform of opposition to the pro posed settlement of the street car ques tion. WOMEN LATH CHinCH TACOMA. Jan. 3 6. — The women of Milton lathed the new Methodist church at that place yesterday and in Kpite of many bruised fingers succeeded in putting on about 8000 laths. Brief Local News HIGHBIXDER SUSPECT ARRESTED— A riiinesr niuued Ho Him was arrretpd Tuesday for earrj-Jnjr a roueeal«i weapon. On bring ar ralfnxKl yesterday he was unable to *riv<- a. sat isfactory account of his wher«»abouts durlne the pa«t ?••«• daya end v be balla from Oakland, Judjre Sbortall. feeling that he mij:ut be con nected with the rccrDt shooting in the Oakland Chinatown, turned him ovpr to the autborltiea of that <"lty. EErTEKCED TO COITKTT JAlL— Jamos B. Redmond, a youth who trod the primrose path at the expense of a restaurant keeper on whom he paeftcd a worthless \u25a0\u25a0h.-.k for $27.50 lant week, wat> wntrin-vd yesterday to ninety day* In the county jail. Only because of bis youth and the fact that it was bis firot offense did be escape fcaTlnfr to face a cbarce of felony r-mbeczlement. lie gttt off with the charge of obtaining money by false pretense. # Would you TOm •3» give baby alco plj i§i hoi? So-called Jjili «sfc preparations of "^"ifefe <& cod liver don't con- c*p Q tain the oil —do Q «$» contain drugs and & Q wine (alcohol). «3* Q Scott 's fy <J* Etntilstoti 4* «> contains no drugs «Q» and no alcoiwl— 414 1 <5* only pure cod liver Q oil (which makes fat) «> and pure hypophos- £» «> phites (which build O 4» bone and nerves). <9* ADdnicxkto: 50c and $LO0. <3* be married to an American girl. Among those reported missing are Charles and Ed ward de Cordove, J. W. Middleton; Mr. Bradley, who married Miss Starley, of the family extensively in terested in sugar cultivation; Rertie Starley, Charles Sher lock and his brother, well known merchants. Baker and Angier of Boston and Francis Kahle of Buffalo es caped without injury. Sir James Ferguson was killed instantly in the street by falling masonry. HARRISON MARRIES MRS. MABEL COX NEW" YORK. Jan. 16. — A London cable announced the marriage today of Francis Burton Harrison to Mrs. Mabel Cox. There was much amazement ex pressed in society at the announce ment several weeks ago that Harrison was about to wed Mrs. Cox, the former wife of Dr. Rowland Cox Jr. of this city, who obtained a divorce last au tumn. The divorce had been carefully guarded. Harrison is a son of the late Bur ton Harrison, a lawyer of this -city who \u25a0was private secretary to Jefferson Davis. His mother, Mrs. Constance Mary Harrison, is a well-known writer. Mr. Harrison married Miss Mary Crocker, a daughter of the late Charles F. Crocker of San Francisco. She was killed In an automobile accident In Long Island City November 25. 1906. She left a fortune of $3,000,000, of which her husband received one mil lion. SAX FHA.\CISCO POLYCLIMC HOLDS ANAUAL ELECTION \u25a0 •\u25a0 \u25a0<-.: " » • Report of Officer* Shown That Charita ble Institution Ik Srrioafcly in »fd of Fund* At a meeting of the board of trus tees of the San Francisco Polycllnic held Tuesday evening at the new quar ters. 443 Fillmore street, the following were elected officers: President, Dr. W. A. Martin; first vice president. Dr. L. Newmark; second vice president. Dr. Henry H. Wagner; secretary. Dr. Mar tin Regensberger; treasurer. Dr. Louis Bazet. The new quarters of the Polycllnic have been purchased by the organiza tion since April last and the cost of the property has exhausted the funds on hand. All work is being carried on with funds from the Relief and Red Cross Corporation. The work done by the Polyclinic is exclusively among the sick poor and la free, cave in in stances where the patient Is able to make small payments for medicines or supplies. The San Francisco Poly clinic has been active for seventeen years In this city and has treated on an average 85,000 patients annually. The annual reports of the officers showed that the institution was sorely in need of funds with which to con tinue its work. Hradacbn and Xrnrnlcrla From Cold* Laxative Brorr.o Quinine, world wide cold-grip rem., removes cause. Call for full name. Look for slg.E.W.Grove, 25c* SHY HENEY'S GUARD IS POISONED Continued from Page 1, Column 7 in twenty-four hours after the arrival in this city of Mrs. Kendall and the nurse with the body of the deceased, another nurse from San Francisco ar rived and registered at a local hotel. The second nurse made an appoint ment with the one who accompanied the remains and they were in consul tation. The authorities sent persons to interview them, but they declined to give any information desired. The fact that the second nurse fol lowed the first so closely, that they held a conference and then that both declined to talk, leads those who are investigating ; the matter to believe that the second nurse was hurried here with instructions to warn the first nurse not to give out any infor mation which she might possess about the case. A motive for foul play is not lack ing, according to the authorities. It is pointed out that Kendall, who was the body-guard of Francis J. Heney, was also a most active agent in the prosecutions which bid fair to send several of San Francisco's prominent men to prison. Oscar J. Kendall died at the Lane Hospital on Thursday, January 10, after an illness of a few days- His death was ascribed to spinal menin gitis, which followed a severe cold and an attack of pneumonia. No re port was made here other than that Kendall died from natural causes. TWO HOTELS BURNED VANCOUVER, B. C. Jan. 16— Fire destroyed the Filbert Hotel and the Balmoral Hotel at Sandon, B. C, last night. The occupants barely escaped with their lives and lost all their pos sessions. The thermometer was 20 de grees below zero, but firemen and citi zens worked heroically. The loss Is about $40,000. THE SAN FKAiNUSCb; CALL;" V THURSDAY, JANUARY I>, iyu^. Situation in Ruined City Said to Be One of Horror Advices From St. Thomas Declare Stench Is Awful and Misery Is Indescribable ST. •\u25a0 THOMAS, D. W. 1., Jan. 16.— Reports received here from Jamaica say that it is esti mated that 1000 persons have been killed by, the, earthquake and fire, and that 90,000 persons are homeless. The damage to Kingston alone is placed at fully $10,000,000. Advices received from Jamaica are that all people have been warned to keep away, from King ston. The stench is described as awful. Money, i s useless. . The banks have been burned, but the vaults are supposed to be safe. The misery on all sides is indescribable. Rich and poor alike are homeless.- Provisions of all kinds are urgently heeded. Sir James Ferguson, vice chairmanof the Royal Mail Steamship Company, is among the killed. The dead are being buried under the smoldering, ruins.. People in the mercantile community suffered most severely, warehouses falling on them. Many men arc dead or injured. The negroes are loot- Ing. Ghastly scenes are being wit nessed. All the shops have been de stroyed and all the buildings In and around Kingston are In ruins. Very few of them are safe to live in. The Governor and his party are safe. It is reported that an extinct vol cano in the parish of Portland is show ing signs of activity, but this has not been verified. No news has yet been received from other parts of the island of Jamaica. Communication is dif fl.cult. Great Anxiety Is Felt in London LONDON. Pan. 18.— -The brief dispatch received here tonight from Kingston direct, declaring that 100 persons had been killed In the earthquake on Mon day, leaves the country apparently to renewed suspense as to the fate of Jamaica's capital. Earlier reports. In cluding Government dispatches, had tended to minimize the worst features of the first messages received, and"al though there is an inclination still to credit these official accounts In the ab sence of confirmation of the latter re ports, the relief felt this afternoon tends to give place to despondency at the possibility that the worst fears will be realized when the full accounts of the disaster come to hand. Two things stand out of the general gloom and bring Intense satisfaction to the British public. The first is the fact confirmed tonight In a dispatch from Sir Alfred Jones himself that the Jones party is safe. The second Is found in the prompt and active steps taken by the American Government to Investigate the real condition and af ford the necessary succor to the unfor tunate city. Special appreciation is felt at Secre tary Metcalf's decision to act without waiting for Congressional sanction. All possible steps are being taken here, but his generous action is neverthe less appreciated. The King and the Queen and also the Premier. Sir Henry Campbell-Ban nerman, have hastened to add to the expressions of the country's sympathy and are arranging to hold meetings to express their sympathy and afford re lief to the victims. Up to a late hour tonight the Colonial office had no further news to communi cate and the public finds satisfaction In the belief that the casualties among the English residents in the Islands have been few. At the time of the writing of this dispatch, however, a dispatch has been received from Sir Alfred Jones, addressed to Elder, Demp ster & Co., which confirms the worst fears. The message is as follows: "Kingston was overwhelmed by an earthquake Monday afternoon at 3:30. All the houses within a radius of ten miles have been damaged and almost all the city is destroyed. Fire broke out after the earthquake and com pleted the destruction. It is esti mated that 100 persons have been killed and 1000 injured. The public offices and hospitals are in ruins. Among the killed are Sir James Fergu son, many prominent merchants and professional men and many natives. There are no fatalities at the vjbnstant Springs Hotel. The business quarter of Kingston is now smoldering ashes. We are thankful that our party is all right." The message from Sir Alfred Is practically identical with other mes sages received from Kingston, Includ ing one from a correspondent of the Standard who is with the Jones"party, with the exception that all the others give the death list as "several hun dred," while a dispatch of a similar purport received by the direct West Indian Cable Company says the loss of life was "heavy," and adds that Port Antonio was not badly damaged. At the present time, therefore, it Is quite impossible to form a reliable idea of the number of lives lost, from the information available. King Edward,- through the Earl of Elgin, Secretary of State for the Colo nials, telegraphed to Sir Alex. Swetten ham, Governor of Jamaica,; as follows: "I am commanded by the King to re quest you to express to the Inhabitants of Kingston the horror with which his Majesty and the Queen have learned of the terrible catastrophe which has befallen the town, with the loss of so many lives, pnd the deep sympathy of their Majesties with the sufferers and the relations of those killed." The Earl of Elgin and Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman also have . tele graphed to the Governor of Jamaica assurances of the Government's sym pathy. At a meeting of Jamaican proprietors held In London tonight, at which Sir Neville Lubbock, chairman of the West Indian committee, presided, resolutions of sympathy were adopted. At the Adelphl Theater tonight, dur ing the performance of "The Bond man," Hall Calne came before the cur tain and announced the safety of Sir Alfred Jones' party. He said also that the Lord Mayor of London. Sir W. Tre lomar, would probably open a relief fund tomorrow, and expressed, the hope that the mimic representation of the desolation of an earthquake In "The Bondman" would open the purse strings of the audience. Personal messages were received here during the day an nouncing the safety of Lord and Lady Dudley, Lord Mountmorris, Henniker Heaton, M. P.. and others. It transpires that the Hall Came mentioned as being among the party of visitors at r Kingston Is William Hall Calne, brother of the novelist. \u25a0 The West Indian and Panama Cable Company's office at Bull Bay cable.sta tion states 'that between- Bull Bay and Kingston there la not a safe house. Ruin and desolation are everywhere. . John Armstrong, an official of one of the largest establishments In Ja maica, Informed the Associated Press today that the latest advices he : had received foreshadowed the r. disaster owing to the unusual meteorological conditions and the phenomenal drop in temperature.. The ; telegram ; which was sent by Governor Swettenham Is undated, but Is presumed to have been sent on Mon day. The text is as follows: "Severe • earthquake shocks this afternoon between 3 and 4 o'clock, causing considerable damage to houses at Kingston. It was followed by a flre which continues, though it is confined to about one-slxteonth part of the town containing wharves and ware houses.* The camp hospital was de i stroyed and thirty men were killed. There were no officers among them. Major Headyman was seriously In jured. The town hospital' is crowded with 300 Injured. The fire Is decreas-. ing. The Myrtle' Bank Hotel has been destroyed and also the cable office. The conference delegates and , the members of Sir Alfred Jones' expedition are be lieved to be uninjured and are now on board the Port ' Kingston. In the har bor numbers, were; killed or ; wounded, but the figures have not .been, ascer tained. Light 'shocks -continue.".-- ->\u0084 The Colonial-Bank of Kingston was burned.. The vaults with the books and cash are safe and the members of the staff uninjured. .?\u25a0' . * The Colonial Office has Instructed the Government authorities in Jamaica to take all necessary steps to relieve the distress and the Admiralty has or dered the cruiser Brilliant, now at Ber mude, <and the cruiser Indefatigable, at Trinidad, to proceed to Jamaica and assist In the relief work. The flre Insurance policies In Jamaica affected through British companies are said to aggregate about 17,500,000. All are guarded .by an earthquake clause and a; leading manager today said the companies' would not recognize any lia bility for damages caused by the earth quake. ' The following cablegram has been received from a press representative who accompanied Sir Alfred Jones and party to .Jamaica: "Flre broke out again tonight. The negroes are. looting the rum shops. At least ' 500 persons^ have been killed. There,- are 'weird and terrible scenes. Forty-five Invalid" soldiers were burned to death, in 'the "military hospital. ,Sev eral , shock? were ;felt today." .. > The above dispatch. ls not dated. Kingston Temblor Than Here WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.— The Weath er Bureau today issued the following bulletin: v 'The earthquake recorded at the Weather Bureau on Monday afternoon is undoubtedly a record of an earth quake that Ms reported to have destroy ed Kingston at the same hour. "Judging from the. magnitude of the motion recorded at Washington, we regard the present disturbance as of relatively slight intensity as compared with • other ' great earthquakes, as, for example those of San Francisco, . Val paraiso and the great earthquake re ported In the Indian: Ocean October i: The amplitude of the motion .at Wash ington in the present case. was distinct ly less than In each'of; the. other.; great earthquakes, and we: may therefore conclude that the violence of , the mo tion at Kingston was also less." Famine Threatens Kingston People ;• SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Jan. 16.— Kingston harbor, as the result of the earthquake. Is closed to shipping, but Bowden Is open. There is need of quan tities of provisions. Famine and pcstl lenceare threatening and there is mis ery everywhere. .-:•\u25a0 V-. \u25a0 \u25a0' " Bowden is a small port on the south coast of Jamaica, thirty miles south of Kingston. The United Fruit Com pany's Boston steamers clear from Bowden. j There .is , no. communication by rail between Bowden and Kingston. American Consul Tells of Disaster WASHINGTON, Jan. 16^— The follow ing cablegram was received . at \u25a0* the State Department this afternoon: , "JAMAICA, Jan. 16, '3:31 p. m.—Sec retary of State, Washington:. Fearful earthquake, followed by fire. Kingston destroyed. Hundreds of lives 'lost. Food badly wanted. . Consulate prob ably destroyed. Fireproof safe. .1 "AMERICAN CONSULATE." The last sentence Vof, the. dispatch Is supposed to have referred to the con sulate papers. Katherine Tingley I Sends First Help SAN DIEGO, Jan. 16.— Immediately after the first news r reached". this city that , Kingston had • : been ? destroyed, Katherine Tlngley,{head r of^tho -Theo sophlcal Brotherhood at Point Loma, telegraphed her representatives at San tiago, Cuba,.' to; start* a' steamer for Kingston, carrying; to the stricken city food .and assistance./" Mrs. .Tingley has "received word that the steamer will: sail, today. It will therefore be the first relief to reach Kingston. Mt. Etna Showing Alarming Activity CATANIA,;' \u25a0•; Sicily, Jan. 16 <r --The earthquake at Kingston, Jamaica, was coincident with Increased activity of Mt. Etna and slight earthquakes In the Midonian mountains. Professor Rlcke, director of the Mt. Etna observatory, says that the fire openings inside the crater, which were discovered in 1893, have increased In size or that eruptions are occurring inside the volcano. From the outside nothing but smoke can be seem' The volcano is ' t throwing out ashes and subterranean . detonations are heard. The present phenomena' are similar to those 0f, 1893. when one of the most severe eruptions occurred. Cable Is Received by Fruit Company BOSTON, Jan. 16.-— The United Fruit Company in this city received a cable gram from .Jamaica today, "dated Hol land Bay, January 15, stating that sev eral hundred persons had been killed in Kingston: The message follows: "Mercantilo section of Kingston, In cluding our office, completely de stroyed by .earthquake and flre. Sev eral hundred killed. Myrtle Bank and Constantino Springs Hotel practically destroyed." , The steamer Dewey will sail from this city for Jamaica today with a mis cellaneous cargo of freight. VESUVIUS MORE ACTIVE NAPLES, Jan. I,6.— Prof essor MAt teucci, director of the observatory at Mount Vesuvius, reports increased agi tation of this \u25a0 volcano coincident^ with the Kingston earthquake. A RUMOR OF SHOCKS AT MANILA PARIS, Jan. 16. — According to a dis patch to the Gaulols, Manila has been visited by earthquake shocks that were accompanied by a tidal wave that broke over the harbor works. WARSHIP SUBDUES EMIGRANTS FORT DE FRANCE, Island of Mar tinique, Jan. 16. — The French cruiser D'Estrees left Fort de France yester day afternoon for Trinidad, conveying the French line steamer Canada, which had been detained here by a mutinous outbreak " among the emigrants on board that vessel. The steamer Canada, Captain de Lanes, left Havre 'on December 22 for Paullalc, near , France, Thence she went to Santander, Spain, and sailed from there December 28 for Colon. CANNOT TALK OF THE TARIFF Shown Delegate* the Need of Protecting Home Market .WASHINGTON, Jan.- 16.— Speaker Cannon extended an- informal reception at the Capitol today to 300 delegates to "the convention for the extension of for eign commerce. Chairman William Mc- Carroll of New York presented the ap- . peal . of. commercial Interests for tariff changes and a ship subsidy. Cannon in responding declared /the - Republican policy Is to -monopolize the home, mar ket and then establish a' foreign market for the surplus. - "Reciprocal Is a sweet word," he said. FORTIFICATION BILL PASSED WASHINGTON. Jan. 16.— The House today passed the fortification appro priation bill. The amendment offered yesterday by Representative : Keefer that $100,000 be appropriated for the construction of -coast batteries in the Hawaiian Islands was defeated. The measure carries $5,611,883, which Is $357,890 more; than was appropriated for the same purpose at the last ses sion.' JAPAN AT JAMESTOWN TOKIO, Jan. 16.— The Japanese bud get contains credits. amounting to 582. 632 yen, or about $291,340, to cover the cost of . dispatching . representative bodies of -the army .and navy to : par ticipate In the International exposition at Jamestown, Va. The cruisers Tsuk uba and Chitose will be sent to repre sent, the; Japanese navy. RAZIKO CITY HALL RUINS— The Board of . Works had its . traction . engine at work yester day pulling- down parts of the ruins of the City Hall. Most of the southwest win*, at : Larkia street and City Hall avenue, was razed, and the work will : be continued until the walls are re moved down to the basement. rtt. **.- mm'iftt Itl Is . a constitutional disease originating in impure blood > nd requiring constitutional treatment acting through and purifying the blood for Its radical and permanent cure. Be sure to take Hood'sSarsaparilla Nasal and other local forms of catarrh are 'i quickly; ; relieved \u25a0. by ,- \u25a0; Catarriets, .which allay inflammation and deodorize ' discharge.' ;•\u25a0 Hood's Sarsaparilla, all druggists, $1. .- Catarriets, mail order only, 50 cts. For testimonials of remarkable. cures send for our. Book on Catarrh, No. 4. CV Hood Co:, LoweD, Mass; Metcalf Sends Supplies to Jamaica at Once Two Shiploads Are on Way to Sufferers "WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.— The appeal for food^ supplies for the Kingston earthquake sufferers directed attention to the fact that under ordinary condi tions none of the Government supplies could be used for outside relief save by special authority of Congress. That fact, however, did not prevent Secre tary ' Metcalf from ordering two sup ply, ships, with full cargoes of food, to Jamaica at once, leaving for tomorrow the question as to how supplies are to be legally given -to the needy Inhabi tants. The War Department up to the close of business had not acted upon the ap plication for food, but it is assumed that in anticipation of the . passage of the necessary legislation by Congress it will at least take care to get sup plies ready -for the distributing agen cies. There are stores of food at San Juan, Porto Rico, and at Havana that might be used for emergencies, leav ing the department to draw later upon the large stocks at New York. Secretary. Metcalf wired Admiral Evans at Guantanamo today to send one or '\u25a0 more ships to Jamaica, as he may deem desirable. Captain Beeler, at Key "West, has in formed the Navy Department that he has received a wireless dispatch from Guantanamo. stating that Admiral Evans, commanding the Atlantic fleet, has sailed from that place on the tor- I of the year— now! | CLEARANCE SALE I AT THE PACIFIC CLOAK AND SUIT HOUSE I I SAVE 1/2 AND MORE | j| On seasonable styles by attending this sale. There's hundreds || U of unequaled bargains in the store. • WeVFonly room for a jj | few. items here. However large the reductions, you may be || 8 sure that hot a value is exaggerated. . n I $B.soTourist Coats $2.95 I i. In dark gray mixtures — 50 inches long — tailored pockets. II if $9.00 Tourist Coats $3.7S DrP^S CftAtS M U $9.50 C0at5...... *4.00 wr « aa VAJdW | S $10.00 Coats ..$5.00 $30.00 Coats $17.50 |l §y $12.50 Coats $BJSO $35.00 Coats 920.00 B a $15.00 COats..... (7.50 «-, - rt rvi-it* ••—in ii 3 $16.50 Coats $8.50 $3750 C oats *""T? 11 KJ - $40.00 Coats.... ;....f25.00 H I $18.50 Coats $10.00. $45.00 coats ..s=7^o j] I Checks. Plaids. Mixtures and Rain CoatS »1 Covert Cloth. Tlght-flttlngr. loose IVOUI V/Vaid r back and semifltting. Also Black $15.00 Cravenettes »7J50 |J Broadcloth Coats, 48 Inches long, $18.50 Cravenettes $10.00 fl lined throughout with fine satin. $20.00 Cravenettes $12.50 |! Clearing Out* Suits 1 High-Grade Novelty $15 TAILOR. fr*9 $Q j Suits SUITS AT... *p£ #^ v f IS -SS2-:::::::::::::::::SSS- Ji^o tailored suns $8.50 j $35.00 suits. ........$18.50 $20.00 TAILORED SUITS..... $10.00 H J37.50 suits $20^ $2250 TAILORED 5WT5..... 511. 50 i\ Yuil suita:::::::::::;:::::^ $25.00 tailored suns..... $12.50 y »»•»» SultB -- •- **™ $27.50 TAILORED 5U1T5..... 514.50 i WAISTS $4 Shirt Waist Suits $ 1 .65 | waists at •yVy $1 3.50 SILK SHIRT WAIST SUITS . S I O.OO j •|CWAK6 SUIT HOUSEI k I | RETIRING FROM BUSINESS LAST SHIPMENT HIGH-GRADE DESKS JUST ARRIVED i I?S% DISfOIINT I£ O iv \j IJA/\3 U 111 1 I WHILE THEY LAST 1 ESTES DESK CO. 984 GEARY STREET PHONE FRANKLIN 1243 '• *"" ' : ' " ' \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 T. LUND Y - - - : JEWELER AT 744 MARKET. NKA H . GRAXT AVB^^ " Largest A«»ortinf nt_£rPlala2<«old Ring* In \4, 18 and 23 KiinH. pedo boat destroyer Whipple for Kings ton to ascertain conditions and extend such aid as may be necessary. A later dispatch says that the battleships Mis souri and Indiana have followed Ad miral Evans. The supply ships Celtic and Glacier, attached to tfie Atlantic fle^t. and fully provisioned, have been ordered to pro ceed to Kingston, where their cargoes of food will be distributed among the needy. NEW YORK. Jan. 16.— Plans looking to the relief of the Jamaica earthquake sufferers were formulated at a meeting tonight of a number of representatives iof steamship lines and commercial firms. A committee was named to at tend to the collection of funds and the purchasing of supplies. The steamer Allegheny of the Ham burs-American line will sail for Colon Friday next and stop at Kingston. The Prins Joachim of the same line will sail for Kingston Saturday. The royal mall steamer Atrato will sail for the same port Monday. AH three will carry as many supplies as the com mittee can secure. White Star Laundry Company Have resumed business.Tel.Market 204 < • ANOTHEE 810 RESERVE— Wanhlnßtoa.Jaa. 16.— The President sljcned a proclamation today establishing the Caribou forest reserve In H«ho and •Wyomins. containing, approximately. 600,t.*w acres, mainly in Idaho.