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Police Squad in Chinatown Will Be Sued

Shew Hing Association Takes Action.

SEARCHED ROOMS ILLEGALLY

ATTORNEY WILSON HAS BEEN ENGAGED BY PLAINTIFF.

Twenty Thousand Dollars Will Be Asked as Damages for Disturbance Created in the Quarters.

The Shew Hing Benevolent Association will bring suit early next week for $20,000 damages and costs of the action against the city and county of San Francisco, ex- Chief of Police Lees and the Chinatown squad for entering its rooms at 751 Clay street without warrant of law on the 6th day of October last.

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Tanner Again in Commission

Fifty-Year-Old Brig Is to Load Cargo of Lumber at Mukilteo for This Port

HULL IS EVERLASTING

In Spite of Age and Shipwreck Her Ancient Timbers Still Hang Together

The brig Tanner is going to celebrate her jubilee by making another voyage from the north to this port. At least half a dozen times has this time-worn craft been wrecked, and as often has her obituary been written. She has been sailing the seas since 1855, when she was launched from a shipyard long passed away at Smithtown, N. Y. “Arrived, brig Tanner, in distress,” Is an entry which appears with surprlsing frequency on the records of the Merchants’ Exchange. She knows all about Davy Jones’ locker from personal observation, and more than once in the “disaster” column of the marine records she has been classed as “wreck, total loss.”

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Frisco People Get Glimpse of Ship Shenandoah

The Shenandoah over the California coast at San Francisco.

San Francisco, Oct. 20—The dirigible Shenandoah arrived over San Francisco at 3:05 P. M., today and sailed over the business section for a half hour. As far as the city was concerned, she was first spoken off Point Bonita, six miles to the north, at 2:40 P. M., for an hour before the great envelope, steel grey against the sky, could be seen by thousands of eager watchers on the roofs of buildings and in the streets.

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News From the Ocean and Water Front

Illustration of the Marion and Philippine after the collision

Naval Reserve Steamer Marion and Schooner Philippine in Collision

No Damage Was Done, but the Tugs Governor Markham and Redmond Had to Separate the Vessels

The Naval Reserve steamer Marion and the schooner Philippine met in collision yesterday morning. The Robert Lewers was also in the mix-up, but luckily no harm was done and none of the vessels lost more than a little paint.

The Philippine and Robert Lewers arrived from Hawaii last Tuesday and anchored oft Folsom-street wharf. The Marion came back from a short cruise outside the heads last Sunday and also anchored off the transport wharf. Unfortunately the Naval Reserve boat was anchored In the fairway and Wednesday Captain James was notified by Chief Wharfinger Henderson to move her. Without waiting for the officer of the day to put In an appearance the boatswain attempted to move the ship himself, and all the resulting trouble followed.

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Shade Level Epic: Unlocked

The San Francisco Bulletin contains an article headed “Our Moral Ruins.” The best evidence of the ruin of all morality in San Francisco, is the fact that the Bulletin still…
Photograph of Boxer soldiers
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Boxers Slay and Mutilate

Overcome a Party of British and Japanese Soldiers. Not always do the expeditions of the allies against the Boxers meet success, for according to advices received by the Empress of…