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321 PITTSBURG, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 20, 1902 TWENTY PAGES. REL CONGEST IEVING FREIGHT ON BIG STEP TAKEN- IN SWITCHING CARS RV THE CAUSED AND TRAINS Inconvenience Was Morning Hours Car Accidents FOG WRECKS HELD HUNDREDS Moved to the Divisions to Which They Are Consigned to 1 5,000 Cars Are Here AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT IS ISSUED THE RAILROADS WERE IN BAD SHAPE UNCLE SAM THEODORE, THIS IS A The first official statement concerning the freight congestion in and around Pittsburg was issued this morning by the Pennsylvania. B. Starr, general superintendent of transportation, said: "We are assorting the freight in the Pittsburg district now. and while the yards do not show much change, there is a great deal -of work beinsr done.

We are transferring hundreds of cars from the yards of one division to those of the division to which the freight is consigned. This does not clear the yards, of course, but it puts the freight where it belongs and where it is easy to get at and move to its destination, and is a big step forward. There are upwards of la.uoo cars in the Pittsburg district at the present time, and it will take weeks to overcome the blockade, although we have already made percepible inroads on the cars that nave been piled up. West-bound shipments of frfight on the Fort Wayne division yesterday amounted to l.tioo cars, or about f'rty trains. There has been some talk of on advance In freight rates, but nothing definite has been decided about this and will not be until January The talk started that a raise would be made' in freight rates because of the advance of lit per cent in wages is a mistake.

Any advance that may possibly be made will not be brought about by the advance in wages, but by the increase in the price of everything that the railroad has to purchase. The price of everything has advanced, and should the rates go up it will be brought about by the advance in the price of the necessities of the railroads." Yard movements on the different divi sions of the Pennsylvania were as follows: Fort Wayne, Allegheny yards, 3.500 cars, or about seventy trains. Conway yards, ninety-seven trains, carrying 4.tH cars. Wellsville yards, thirty-nine trains, carrying J.l7!i cars. Cleveland vards.

forty-two trains. car- Vying cars. Alliance yards, fifty trains, carrying r' cars. Chicago yards, twenty-three trains, carrying cars. Fort Wayne yards, twenty-six trains, carrying fin." oars.

1'nhafitTle movement was. 12tX trains; carrying about 5.iH cars. There-are at present tied up on the Western divisions of the road T84 cars of west-bound freight and 50i cars of east-bound freight. At Stark, on the Eastern division of, the Fort Wayne, between the hours of lu p. m.

Sunday and noon there was a train a minute passing the station either east or west-bound. K. R. Coleman, division freight agent, and R. K.

Rochester, engineer of maintenance of way. of the H. L. and the T. divisions of the Vandalia.

are in Pitsburg today in consultation with the freight officials regard? ng the blockade of freight on their divisions of the road. Passenger trains Xos. 40.1 and lus on the Fort Wayne division of the Pennsylvania, running between Pittsburg and Mansfield, will bt- discontinued after Sunday, on account of the freight movement, ami the motive power used to move the trains will be put in service on freight ttrnins. The through sleepers to Dethoit that have been attached to these trains will he transferred to train No. f.

leaving here at p. and train Ko. arriving here at a. m. The heavy movement of freight that bas been on in the loc-al yards had to be abandoned last night at midnight on account of the heavy ft g.

and the movement in the yards tmlny will be very light for the snme reason, it has been practically impossible all day to see the signals, and th ceongf-sted condition of the yards rendered great movement impossible in the semi-darkness. On the Baltinfore Ohio yesterday the heavy movement of the last few weeks WHOLE 'BLOCirDESTROYED One undred Thousand Dollars' Dam-age By Disastrous Conflagration at Monongahela 61ty Great During the Two Small Street Were Reported It is rather difficult for, the wind ta take fog from above Pittsburg, as th city lies In a The hills shape tho air currents and it Is only after the fog and smoke from the valleys have paased away, that the clouds settled over tha city are dispelled. Several of what might have been disastrous wrecks occurred during the early morning hours. Car No. 248, of the West Wilkinsburg line, ran into a wagon owned by James Keed, at Penn and Murtland avenues, at 2:13 this morning.

The wagon was loaded with derrick poles and when the collision occurred the poles crashed through the front of the car and tora out the seats on one side. There were several passengers on board, but no ona was The car had to be towed to th barn. Oeorge Jacobs, driver of a Liberty Market wagon, met with an accident this morning. At 8 o'clock, while driving along Penn avenue, near Twenty-seventh street, a car ran Into the wagon, throwing hlrr to the ground. He was severely bruised.

The wagon was demolished, but the horsa was unhurt. The motorman, owing to tha dense fog, was unable to see the wagoni until it was too late to stop tne car. As a result of the fog, trains on tha West Penn, Pittsburg Western. Titts-burg, Buffalo Rochester and Fort Wayne Railroads are running about arc hour late. No accidents were reported on these roads during the morning hours.

bezzlement; L. C. Barton, of Allegheny, serving six months in the Allegheny; county workhouse for embezzlement; Albert L. Hollinshead, of Philadelphia, serving one year for making false addition In book accounts; Charles M. Leidy, of Har-risburg.

Involuntary manslaughter, and Nicholas Martin, of Allegheny, serving three months in the. county, prison for selling liquor without license. Pardons were refused Kck Bester, of Butler, assault with intent to rob; D. A. Glick.

of Allegheny, larceny and receiving stolen gooda; William Fox, of Fayette, arson; Thomas Lindsey, of Bucks, larceny; Elmer Ague, of Mercer, assault and battery; Alexander Killon, Allegheny, serving a life sentenca for first degree murder; Oscar Dunlap and D. Knight Flnley, of Philadelphia, the abductors of Mabel Goodrich; Stanislaus Skrorki, of Armstrong, aggravated asnault and battery; John Pendergast, of Philadelphia, larceny; Joseph Wilde, Philadelphia, assault and battery; Charles White, of Dauphin, second degree murder; William Stevenson, Philadelphia, second degree murder; Charles Owens, of Allegheny, attempted burglary; Ex-Representati Ha James R. Griner, of Luzerne, manslaughter. Stackton S. Shivers.

Philadelphia, fraudulently taking copartnership property, and Joseph Keller, of Lackawanna, manslaughter. The cases of John Szoyak, of Allegheny, second degree murder; Nick Morowltz, of Allegheny, manslaughter: Joseph S. Gu-lick. of Northmberland, first degree murder; Kate Edwards, of Berks, first degree murder; John Roemele. of Philadelphia, second degree murder, and Max Koehler, of Lackawanna, second degree murder, were held under advisement.

Re-hearings were granted in the cases of James Gillespie, of Schuylkill, burglary, and Michael Sentman, of Philadelphia, assault and battery. Ilrancu I.llrary Wnntrd. South Sidc-rs 'want a branch Carnegie library and are working hard for it. Dr. J.

P. Miller and the Rev. A. Hunter, have been chosen to urge the matter" and they have d( oidrd to hold a lr.nns meeting. This meeting will be held within two weeks at a hall to bp selected At this gathering the sentiment of the people wijl be learned fully.

rlAih Utt IUi ii li'iL-; Ii 1 ULJ 11; 1 1 i WSiHW I iH ull an mm Msmm la Will mm il i. 'IH I mm lilSliilil! 'Hii" i I mmm. 111 llll 'i ill' I'll': wiiMiiiii'W: i iii iXlM ml'! HI i ilijll'l'1 i Ill lii I iff' mmm RNING. Mir i 4 i 1 fl it mm ami PI Ease the Yards. was maintained.

Over 4,000 cars were moved, and the condition in the B. O. yards is fast getting back into normal shape. The P. L.

E. moved between 4nkj and cars yesterday, and their yaras are now nearly in normal condition. This road has been using a large number of borrowed engines, and has been able on this account to keep in much better shape than other less fortunate lines. The total movement of cars in the Pittsburg district on all of the local roads amounted to about 20,000 cars, with, an average load of 38 tons to the car, or a total tonnage of 700,000 tons of freight moved either in or out of the yards. The Pennsylvania Railroad has issued orders from Philadelphia to their mines along the line of the road that they would receive no anthracite coal from their own mines on account of the freight congestion in the Pittsburg district.

This will force the closing of the mines for a week, but it has been rendered necessary on account of the blockade. Other plants along the different railroads may be forced to close down. At McKeesport the plant of the National Tube Co. closed down last night on account of a failure of the fuel supply. It has been impossible to get fuel through on account of the blockade.

Freight officials of the Pennsylvania are holding conferences twice daily, one in the morning and one in the afternoon or evening, and much of the former red tape has been eliminated during the blockade, and may be dropped altogether. President Casatt is kept noti fied by telephone twice daily of the condition of affairs here, and Is in close touch with the officials. There Is now none of the voluminous correspondence that has formerly characterized the borrowing of engines. If the division superintendent of one divisiorl finds that he can spare ten engines for 24 hours he says so at the conference, and they are at once spoken for by another division and sent over to that division with no correspondence of delay. WILL ALLEGE CRUELTY.

Mrs. Molineoi Says Her Hnaband Canned Her Mental AnsaUh: New York, November 20. A special from Sioux Falls, S. reports that Mrs Blanche Molineux in her petition for di vorce from Roland B. Molineux will al lege extreme cruelty.

In South Dakota that is one of the grounds on which a divorce may be granted, and the statute gives the inference that it need not be physical cruelty. Mental cruelty is suf ficient. Mrs. Molineux will plead, it is said, that Molineux has inflicted upon her much mental cruelty. Wabash Increases Wagri.

St. Louis, 20. A notice has been posted at the shops of the Wabash system that a revision of the scale of wages for skilled labor has been directed by the president, and the superintendents met today to go over the details looking to a general advance if the 'Scale is found to be lower than those of other lines. elson Ifernh Killed. New York, December 20.

Nelson Hersh editor of the Sunday World, was instantly killed early this morning by being thrown from his cart. Mr. Hersh was driving home and when near the intersection of Manor road and Brooks avenue. West New Brighton, his horse took fright, ran away and swerving suddenly overturned the cart, throwing Mr. Hersh with great violence down a deep ditch, breaking his neck.

He is survived by a widow and four children. eral friends at various times that he would go away where he would never be heard of again, as everybody in WI1 merding had seemed to have lost respect for him and he could not stand It. On August 15 he suddenly left the town. He spoke to none of his friends, and did not say to his wife or his two little daughters. His friends never took him seriously about going away.

He was seen in Cincinnati. Nothing further has ever oeen ascertained concerning him. Yes teruay the modest and comfortably furnished home on Commerce street. Wil-merding. was closed and the furniture stored away.

Mrs. Bailey will make her nome wun an aunt on Mt. Washington this city. Bailey was about fl( years old ne moea to limerumg 13 years ago. and Ferry Landing fire engines from the Alameda county shore, but two fire boats were dispatched to the scene from this city and succeeded in confining the fames to the end of the mole.

Nothing else couid be done, however, and everything on the broad extension of the pier was soon destroyed The loss may exceed SluO.Ooo, but cannot yet be closely estimated. The depot was the terminal for trains to Santa Cruz and also for the trains for Oakland and Alameda. The depot was constructed on filled ground, studded by-piles, and was used as an apnroach for the Oakland and Alameda trains. During the last year the Southern Pacific has expended many thousands of rlntni-i in rermirinir th unnraichoa v. 1 fcv 11 rr.i'.e IN- wharf proper.

Tho building proper covered sev-p ral acrr and contained the well-fitted officss of tha railroad operative The blanket of dense fog which en velops Pittsburg today was the cause of two street car wrecks and great trouble and inconvenience everywhere. Trains running into the city over all roads are late. Traction cars virtually feel their way through tho darkened streets. Wag ons, not visible by motormen, have been struck with cars and no end of confusion prevails. Hundreds of people were late at work this morning, owing to the lateness of trains and cars.

The fog is not purely local, as it extends throughout the valleys leading out from Pittsburg. Suburb anites waited long for trains, then crowded into the cars until there was no more room. Then it became necessary to stand upon the platforms, as some trains, owing to their lateness, were taken off the schedule. Traction cars running to suburban districts made poor tirre also. It required about twice as long as usual to make trips.

It is not fog alone which envelopes the city in darkness today. Smoke also plays a prominent part. There is little wind going, and the fog and smoke lie in the valleys as in a pocket. Until enough wind arises to blow the clouds of murky atmosphere away, there will be no relief. It will require hours for the sun to make its influence felt through the heavy clouds, at least, at this time of the year, for a great deal of sunshine is necessary to give sufilclent warmth to cause wind.

Release for killen Murderer off Mrs. Paul Ru-dert Is Refused a Pardon BRUTAL MURDER RECALLED. ABDICTORS OF MABEL GOODRICH WILL REMAIX IX PRISOX. FIVE PARDONS ARE GRANTED. Harfisburg, November 20.

The State board of pardons, which is at present in session here, this morning refused to grant a pardon to Alexander Killen, of Tarentum, who is serving a life term in the Western penitentiary, having been convicted of the murder of Mrs. Paul Rudert. The crime was committed 15 years ago and caused STeat excitement at the time. Killen was the owner of a boat house at Tarentum. One night a gang of burglars visited the Rudert home, and Killen was convicted of having been an accomplice.

The robbers awakened Mrs. Rudert and then were compelled to flee. She raised the window of her bed room to give the alarm, when the burglars began firing, and Mrs. Rudert was killed. The board of pardonn recommended pardons today for John D.

Jones, Scran-ton, serving 18 months in prison for em- S3 WteSl Sir" WZtt3n it 3 1 '(IHl)-l. Ui. ki if WW Em i 'i i i mm i If hit i liiiiil "WHS It ''II' 1, SAD AND DISAPPOINTED NATION. be made with the hill district of Monongahela. but' the moment the alarm was turned In the superintendent, William Spencer, had it turned on again, and there was water as soon as the department reached the scene.

It was but a few minutes until the fire had swept through the two big rooms occupied by the Towner department store and up to the second floor, which is used for apartments. The families of D. S. Swickard and Philip Rouse had barely time to escape with their lives. Mr.

Swickard, who is 85 years old, had to be assisted out, and the wife and baby of Mr. Rouse also had to be carried through the fire and smoke. They saved nothing but their night clothvM. Adjoining the department store on the north was the Demas store, which was gutted. Next to.

that was the undertaking establishment and furniture house of Frank Bebout, which was damaged chiefly by smoke and water, the flames not doing any damage there. On the south of the Towner store was that of A. B. Scott, grocer, and next to him Benson McLaughlin's restaurant, both of which were more damaged by water and smoke than by flames. It seems that the fire did more damage on the second and third floors of this block than on the ground floor.

Over the Scott store was the office of the Voice Publishing but It had been moved out a few days ago, except about 150 worth of stock. The Benson family lived above the restaurant and they lost everything. The tobacco shop of John Markell was damaged by water and smoke as was the butcher sJtop of J. N. Yohe and Frank Trepanni." In the rear of the block were the seven or eight tenements, frame structures, and when these caught fire soon after the outbreak, there was1 high excitement.

The tenants had no time to save anything but the very smallest proportion of their goods. Several thousand dollars is an extremely conservative loss to put on thse places, They were burned to the ground. Elopement Prevented ly Arrest. Ruth Purdue, 16 years old, of TJlrich-ville, was arrested yesterday at Union station as she stepped from an incoming and was consequently prevented from marrying John Barry, of 4414 Butler She told her parents that she intended to come to Pittsburg to work for a. dressmaker, but letters discovered after her departure revealed the fact that she intended to elope, and her arrest was requested in a telegram to the detectives.

NUMBER OF Monongahela, November 20. The fire which broke out here, last night at 11:20, in the of the Towner department, store, Sn Main street, was burning 12 hours later this morning, although It had long before that been under control. It consurfied practically everything in the block on Main street between Second and Third streets, and razed a row of tenements in the rear. The loss as nearly as can be figured is between $80,000 and $100,000, which is probably half covered by insurance. The losses are: Towner Department Store Building, stock, insurance, $11,200 on building, $10,000 on stock.

Markell Estate Building, insurance. A. Scott, gracer, insurance, $1,000. Philip Rouse, household goods, insurance, $500. D.

S. Swickard, household goods, insurance, $500. Peter Demas, confectioner, loss on stock, no insurance. The Voice Publishing stock, $150; no insurance. r- ucapq o-rcervt those to the tene ments In the rear of the block, are by smoke and water, and will all be com- i paratively light.

No figures are yet ob- tainable on the row of tenements in the rear. I A great crowd was out at the fire, and in one case at least augmented the loss. It was at the store of Peter Demas. who was in Pittsburg. His goods were pitched out into the street during the fire and the crowd looted his stock.

Almost every box of candy, some of them the finest kind, and the fruits and other edibles, were snapped up and carried off, so that what the fire did not destroy the people tooR away from Demas. The fire started in the rear of the Towner department store, and spread rapidly. Just a few moments previous the water had been turned off in the mains of the Monongahela Water for the purpose of allowing a connection to Suspected of a Shooting. King Weston and William Lewis, colored, supposed to have been Implicated in the shooting of Peter Veizura on Race November 11, were arrested last night in the Wabash camp, Mt Washington, on a charge of being suspicious persons. This morning Weston was fined $10 and costs or SO days to the workhouse, and Lewis $10 and costs or 20 days to JaiL Veizura was shot in the right arm by some negroes.

A revolver found on Weston is supposed to be the one with which the shooting was done. THAMKSGIliMG i Elmer E. Bailey, Who lias Worked for WestinQkiouse for a Quarter of a Century Gannofc Be Found FAREWELL WAS ACOLDFFAIR Citizens of Not Enthusiastic Over the President 'TEDDY" WAS NOT WORRIED- DINNER TO BOOKER T. WASHING-TOS IS NOT YET FORGOTTEN. PARTY SPEEDING HOMEWARD.

Stevenson, November 20. The President's train reached Stevenson at 8:15, on time. Tlere were no incidents during the night. Two minutes before the President left Memphis last night a blaze of red light illuminated the station. "General" Peter Tracy, one of the town's most famous characters, was there to give the President a send-off.

He was the only one of the citizens to appear there. After setting off the red, white and blue fires, the general advanced upon the President with a big boquet of cut flowers. "I have one request to make of your excellency," said he, "and that is that you will deliver these posies in good condition to your superior in the White "I promise faithfully," replied the President, "and thank you most heartily for your thoughtf ulness." General Tracy retired happy. The absence of any members of Memphis citizens at the station to bid President Roosevelt farewell did not surprise the members of his party, after the chilly reception given him yesterday. "The Booker Washington dinner Incident still rumbles." said one of the most prominent members of the reception committee, "and it will be harbored against Roosevelt by many of our people as long as he lives.

If he would only get up and say I am sorry, they would forgive him with open arms, but. of course, he cannot very well do that and so the unfortunate break will continue to be a sore spot with the Southern people as Ions as President Roosevelt remains in the public eye." HUNDREDS ARE RUINED BY A FINANCIAL COLLAPSE. Mlllville Stock Bntldins Association Has Gone to the Wall. Millvilie. N.

November 20. Crowds of interested men are gathered cn the street corners today discussing the sudden collapse of the Millvilie Stock Building Association. About everybody in town who could save any money had it invested in the association because for a generation it had paid 5 per cent and people thotight it would go on so forever. Hundreds had their all invested and are ruined. Officers and directors of the institution; men who have stood at the front of the financial interests of the community, acknowledge liabilities of more than tM-0.

All of the assets save $15,000 have disappeared, where or how is a mystery. After a thorough investigation of the books and methods covering two weeks no specific charges can be made. Richard L. Howell, who has been secretary of the association since 1S74, the date of fts Incorporation, disappeared last Monday and has not been seen since. Fob Impeded Navigation.

Newburgh, N. November 80. A dense fog prevailed throughout the Hudson river valley last night. It was the heaviest fog this year. All the big night boats en route to and from New York were from six to eight hours late.

Navigation without great danger was impossible and the night steamers were coro-pellod to heavy anchor. The fog lifted shortly after o'clock this morning. Itriofc Works Destroyed. Fire totally destroyed the McFetridge Brick Co. plant, near Hite station, yesterday afternoon.

The loss, will amount to about J1.2UO. with but little insurance. The blaze is supposed to have originated near the boilers, and mas impossible to extinguish it because of the lack of water. This 1 3 Ihe third tim? the oiani has burned down within a few years. BROWN STANDS WITHLESLIE Vetoed Today Resolutions Aimed to Help Block New Hospital M'ELDOWNEY'S STATEMENT, CLAIMS RECORDER MADE PROM ISES TO THIRTEENTH WARDERS, REASON GIVEN FOR VETOES.

City Recorder J. O. Brown vetoed thi morning both resolutions passed by councils at the solicitation of residents of the Thirteenth ward, who are fighting the buiiding of the new Municipal Hospital in the ward. It appears now that the citizens opposing the project will havt to agree on some other plan, unless councils pass the resolutions over the vetoes. The resolutions w-ere passed by both branches of councils on Monday.

One petitions the attorney general of the State to allow the use of the name cf the commonwealth in an equity suit to test the right of the city to locate the hospital on the site selected. The other directed the city solicitor to withdraw the objections to the granting of the per mission to use the name. When Recorder Brown was asked his reason for vetoing the bills he said: "I could not approve the measures. The city could not afford to take the course they mark out. The erection of the hospital was authorized, the contract was awarded and the work has been commenced.

If the city should stop the work now it might be liable to a suit at the hands of the contractors. Attorney W. C. McEldowney, a member of the committee appointed by the Thirteenth ward citizens, came to City Hall about noon and when informed of the vetoes said: "I can hardly understand that. Mr.

Brown promised he would sign anything we could get through councils. I do not know why he has vetoed the resolutions, though, we knew Public Safety Director A. H. Leslie was working hard to prevent their approval. "It is true that some work has been done on- the hospital, but we understand none of the sub-contracts hawe yet been awarded.

The report has also come to us that the contractors had to take the work at a much lower figure than they expected and that they would not be sorry to be rid of it." MEldowney was asked if he thought it possible to get the contractors to waive all rights to sue and replied: "I don't know, of course, but we might be able to do something of that kind." The situation growing out of the various troubles hindering the hospital is pronounced by city officials to be serious. They are' greatly worried over the preposition of caring for the victims of smallpox. The present hospital is entirely inadequate to suit the demands now made on It. EPWORTH LEAGUE MEETING. District TrainiBg School Open Annual In Lincoln Ave-t.

nut Cnnrck. The Plttsburr District Epworth League Training School of the Methodist Episcopal Church, opened its annual session this afternoon la the Lincoln Avenue Metho-dict Episcopal Church, Rev. Dr. W. E.

Slutz, pastor. An opening praise service was conducted by Dr. Slut, which was followed by the roll call of the Chapters. Amone the subjects studied this after- noon were Home and Foreign Missions. The missionary class was conauctea djt Earl Taylor and Rev.

H. M. Chalfant. Tonight "Our Little Men and Women" will be discussed by Miss L. M- King; "Christian Stewardship," by Rev.

W. W. Youngston; "The Epworth League." by Rev. Dr. T.

S. Eaton, and "The Elements of Personal Responsibility in the Mlssion-. ary Enterprise," by Vv. K. Brown.

fi Klmer E. Bailey, orue of the four or five employes of the Westinghouse Airbrake Co. who have been with tne company tne rast 27 or 28 vears. since the works were founded in Allegheny, has been strangely missing from his home at Wilmerding for more than three months. The sad story of his disappearance was partly brought out yesterday by the breaking up of his once happy home, after a married life of some 15 years.

About midnight on July Fourth last Bailey returned home after a too strenu-cus celebration. He struck his wife for the first time in his life, and he was arrested. He pleaded not to be locked up, but he was. Bailev brooded considerably over what he termed his terrible disgrace and brutal conduct, and remarked to sev Railroad Station at San Francisco Were Destroyed by Flames GREATER SUNDAY PRESS The most elaborate special edition of a Sunday newspaper ever printed in Pittsburg will be the Thanksgiving number of the Greater Sunday Press, to be issued next Sunday, November 23. "With many more pages added, all filled with seasonable and original matter, and numerous novelties it will surpass anything of the kind ever submitted to the reading public.

Two novel features will be double pages In the magazine, each extending across sixteen columns. One will contain a 12-column half-tone football picture, the largest illustration of this character ever printed In a newspaper. Both will be printed in colors. There will be four other color pages, all and several comic pages. Special pages for women and children will also be attractions.

The special contributors will be numerous, and will include Attorney General P. C. Knox, Governor-elect S. W. Pennypacker, Governor W.

A. Stone, Attorney General John P. Elkin, a large number of ministers of the vicinity, other men of prominence and women whose names are familiar in connection with philanthropic and other public work. Joseph O. Brown and Thomas Bigelow will, also tell how the recent political contest in this county was lost and won.

The Thanksgiving spirit will breathe from all parts of the paper, and outside of the magazine there will be several colored pages and lots of bright reading. The art supplement, consisting of a reproduction of one of the world's famous paintings, to be given free to all purchasers of the paper, will be of exceptional merit. The Thanksgiving number will, indeed, be aiemorable issue, and as the demand will be sreat, it would be wise to order at once, from your carrier or mil San Francisco. November 2. The Southern Pacitic depot and ferrv slips at the end of the Alameda mole, which extends far into the hav from the eastern shore, were destroyed by fire early today.

A large number of passenger coaches were also burred. Several lives were lost. The tire broke out soon after the ferryboat Oakland had reached the slip on her last trip from this city. It was about 1 o'clock, and the kitchen crew of the steamer had retired to their lodging in a small structure near the end ofihe pier Suddenly the flumes burst out, quicklv spreading through the depot, a big build-Ing of wood and glass. The upper works of the Oakland caught fire av.d her captain was forced to Icot" r-v' lwe her men behind.

Ti.vv ma- Lave escaped, but have not been heard from. Xixa burning slips were inaccessible mm Wm miifi iniinrnniwn nnwiinriiitninii SCENE ON FIFTH AVENUE THJ.