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FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1895. | done, but T would not have done so had 12 not Mrs. Figel and Mrs. Schiller forced me into it.”” MRS' HIRS { "The Hirsches are persons of refinement, | aud their surroundings are those of well: ok to-do people. Morris Hirsch, whose repu- | tation as a bond-broker is first class, states | that he will push the suit to the bitter end. i s that his reputation has been d by reason of Mrs. Figel's that his sole purpose in life now is to vindicate himself and wife in the sight of the publi THE CROCKER ESTATE. s = | Contractors for the Tall Building Want AN ALLEGED CONSPIRACY.| More Money and Present Their Case Before Judge Seawell. He maintai SOME SENSATIONAL AGAINST MRS. TILLIE FIGEL. The suit of Owen E. Brady and Patrick Degan against the Crocker estate, involv- ing the contract price of the Crocker build- ing, is on trial before Judge Seawell. The suitis one for $61,000, claimed by Brady and Degan, and which is demanded for extra work which they allege having per- formed over and above that demanded in THE INSURANCE | . | | that is likely to be prolific of some develop: will be filed | the contract. wife of | The suit was ally brought to re- 't the Guardian | COVET $35,083 07, $5055 85 of which was for OF e TUATCIaR | attorneys’ fees in prosecuting the case. ,of 1930 Ellis street. . This money was claimed to be due on the igi which stipulated that the ing be erected for §118,500. There had been paid on that amount $88,472 78, and the contractors sued for the remainder. The defense submitted was that the build- ing had not been turned over to the owners until ten months after the agreed time and er of the Royal Security I ., the oftice of which is in the Donohoe b ne. The hich is to be one for heavy | ased on the contention Mrs. F onspired $20,000 of the money sued for the and a Mrs. Schiller— tate held back for damages in- being Mrs, Hirsch's sister-in- | curred by this delay. After the suit had o her (Mrs. Hirsch) of the | been some time on trial, however, it was g 2 ed chilq, | found that the contract was invalid, it hav- re and custody of her adopted child, |;,, irregularly recorded, and the 12 years of age. Mrs. | plgintiffs then increased the amount sued that Mrs. Figel accom- | for to $61,000, claiming that as the contract was invalid they were not bound by its terms, and could therefore sue for what- ever they thought their work was worth, regardless of the agreed price. Itisthis uit which is now on trial. 1 | HSoRo) el S THE BARBERS' UNION. Members Want All the Shops to Close at 8 0’Clock. | At the meeting of the Barbers’ Union | held last night at 102 O'Farrell street Dan- iel MeGi y was elected to a vacancy in the board of trustees caused by the resig- | nation of B. M. Mann. During the evening it was stated that s very little hn{m that the Legisla- are would pass the bill requiring barber- ps to close on Sundays, or the one re- ng them to close at noon. ated that at this time many of shops, instead of closing at 8 been the custom for many years, remain open until 9 o’clock and even { later, thereby %nrcin‘; the journeymen to much longer hours. This, explained one member, is the re- ilt of the percentage. ‘M he said, e forced to work long hours in order to earn enough to make up a fair day’s wages.” Journeymen who work on the percentage plan_are paid 60 cents for every dollar's worth of work they perform,and in 10-cent Ernestine Hirsch, Who Said She Was 111 Treated. [From a photograph.] | ied her purpose solely by means of b2 p °f | shops they have to shave ten men before perjured testimony, and this charge is | they carn 60 cents supported by the statement of the girl her- | After a long discussion it was decided to £, who says the testimony invite the bosses of shops to attend the next meeting to see whether some arrange- ment cannot be reached to close all shops she gave in vear ago was given solely at Mrs. Fiz tation. ment The story of the Hir igel trouble | 4t 8 o'cloc was part] ige Ley n the cu | g acwvee | [NSTALLATION AT ST. JOEN'S biller that her o ch, was using the | she fed it meagerly, | beat it with red-hot | i 1 htly in a | This evidence was_supported in | every p: ular by the testimony of Mrs. | Figel and Mrs. Bowman, near neighbors, and on the statement of the girl herself » charges were true Judge Levy is- acing her in the Hebrew m on Devisadero street for | REV. D. HANSON IRWIN FORMALLY PRESENTED TO HIS CON- GREGATION. ‘ REev. J. E. ScorT WARNS THE NEwW MINISTER AGAINST THE PRess has since her 'csidoucei AEee an had ample time to re- i = flect upon her conduct, and on Sunday last | Rev. D. Hanson Irwin was formally in- she ran away from the asylum and sought | stalled last night as pastor of St. John’s ner adopted mother, who is now living at | Presbyterian Church, corner of Octavia and the Golden West Ho! She cried bitterly | California streets. The sacred edifice had and be; to be n to the heart of her | yeen elaborately decorated with flowers for adopted mother once more, saying that she | . HErm iyl had made the lying statements referred to the occasion, and the pulpit was literally sbecause Mrs." Figel had forced her to | Fiiden,oy senks of calls, Mies, witle, the om0 Lt . 2, '05,” a “I was inexpressibly shocked at the de- velopments in court in November, 1893 said Mrs. Hirsch yesterday. ‘‘According to the statements of my r-in-la Schiller, Mrs. Figel and Mrs. Bowman, am a monster who ought not to be allowed to live. I have brought up the girl, who is | the orphan child of my husband’s sister, in | luxury, and adopted her legally in Austria | eight years ago. We came to this country in 1890 and have lived in this city two years. Mrs, Schiller, who is now in Texa: always hated me because her brother fit to marry me, a Gentile. When I lived at 1952 Ellis street I formed the acquaintance of Mrs. Figel, a friend of Mrs. Schiller’: They treated me coldly, and one day when I told Mrs. Figel not to darken my doors aggin, she conspired with Mrs. Bowman and Mrs. Schiller to deprive me of the cus- tody of Ernestine. Early in November, 1893, they took the girl away arnd secreted her in the home of Mr. Silvia, where she remained several days before I was able to discover her. “When I located her they refused to give up the girl and I was forced to take the case into court. I was there charged with extreme cruelty toward the child. It 5 stated that I beat her with redhot pokers, forced her to run about naked and starved her. 1 was willing to leave the refutation of the vile slanders to Ernestine herself, but when she said that she would rather die than return home with me, thus prac- tically indorsing the charges, I felt I had nothing more to_ hope for. The child has now returned to her home, willing to speak the truth and expose the treachery of those whom I once received in my housé on terms of warm friendship.’” | Miss Ernestine Hirsch is a petite girl, | exceedingly vivacious und imefii,u-m for one of her years. Her story as told yester- day is as follows: “In_November, 1893, I was living with my adopted mother, Mrs. Hirsch, at 1932 Ellis street. I call her mamma, and she has been a mamma to me as long as I can re- member. She treated me kindly at all times and I never wanted for anything. My aunt, Mrs. Schiller, used to visit us often, but I knew she had trouble with mamma over something. I met Mrs. Figel at her house one day and they asked me if I didn’t want to leave my mamma. I said no, and they then said it would be good for | me if I did. Mrs. Figel took me to Mrs. Bitvia’s house and there told me if any one asked me questions to answer that my mamma beat me awfully with a red-hot poker, and forced me to s]eelw ina bathtub at night. Mrs. Figel also told me that if I ever went back to my mamma I would be killed by her, meaning my mamma.” “Mrs. Figel scared meawfully, and when the Judge asked me if the awful stories told against mamma were true, Mrs. Figel fixed her ei"e upon me, and I said just what Mrs. Figel told me to say, that ‘I would rather die than return home.” I was placed in the Hebrew Orphan Asylum, where I remained until last week when made up my mind to run away. I was well treated there, but never so well as at home, I'm very sorry for what I have | peared on the organ loft in white flowers | and foliage. | Rev. H. N. Bevier, moderator of the San The Rev. D. Hanson Irwin. [From a photograph.] Francisco Presbytery, presided. Rev. Dr. Robert Mackenzie preached the sermon, taking as his text the parable of the sower, and showing that there is nothing in busi- ness or pleasure incompatible with true religion unless one pays too muchatten- tion to things temporal at the expense of matters eternal. Rev. Mr. Bevier propounded the usual statutory questions to pastor and people and Rev. J. E. Scott, the stated clerk of the presbytery, delivered the charge to the astor. "He departed from the usual beaten track in his charge by cautioning the incoming pastor against the insidious importunities of tge daily press, which would probably, said the speaker, endeavor to persuade him to allow his likeness to appear in their columns. The effect of such an appearance, averred the minister, was to cause the thought to arise in the mind of the casual reader, ‘‘Another good man gone wrong.”’ The charge to the people delivered by Rev. J. C. Smith was an earnest appeal for them to aid their pastor in his work and ‘‘hold up his hands’ when he should be- come wearied, Some excellent vocal music was provided for the service and the attendance was large. S A Identified at the Morgue, The body of an unknown man, found dead in a room on Fourth street on Monday, was iden- tified by his brother yesterday as that of Michael Henry, an engineer at {h h and who lived at 801 Diamond street oo Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report Baki RO 2! Powdlg ABSOLUTELY PURE A WIFE NURDERER AND A SUICIDE, HARRY BROWN TOOK HIS WIFE'S LIFE AND THEN KILLED HIMSELF. HE WAS VERY DESPONDENT. ATTEMPTED TO ASPHYXIATE HIM- SELF, BUT FAILED—THEN USED A REVOLVER. “Life is not worth living, and were it not for the fact that I have no friend on earth | in whose care I would leave my wife, I would go to bed to-night and never get up in the morning.” Those were the parting | words of Harry Brown, one of the best- | known sailor boarding masters on the | Pacific coast, to Edward Harris, the cloth- | jer, at 602 Kearny street, last Monday | night. Yesterday morning the dead bodies | of Brown and his wife were found in their | bedroom at 611 Lombard street. The wife | had evidently arisen, dressed herself, | opened the window and was looking out | into the yard. She was a little deaf, and | did not hear her husband come up behind Mrs. Brown. [From a photograph.] her. The next moment she was in eter- nity, her husband having sent a bullet crashing through her brain. The mur- derer stepped back about ten feet, put the muzzle of the pistol behind his right ear, and he also fell lifeless. The two bodies | open window and the other beside the bed, presented a ghastly appearance when re- moved bv the Coroner yesterday. The story of the tragic affair as far asis known is best told by N. Nelson, a partner “Brown and I, said he, “had the contract to supply the steam-whaler Jeanette with acrew and when we parted on Monday night the understanding was that I was to | find the steward and Brown the carpenter and get them aboard first thing this morn- ing. 1 kept my part of the agreement and called for Brown about_6 o'clock Monday morning to assist him in_hunting up the carpenter. wife was standing in front of the window. She told me that her husband had at- tempted to aflph_\'xiake them both during | the night. After she was in bed, according to her, he turned the gas out and then turned it on again. Sufficient oxygen, | however, got into the room through an | open window to save them, but two canaries that were hanging in cages in the room were killed. “When Mrs. Brown told me this story 1 thought she had been drinking. I saw the | dead birds, but came to the conclusion | that they died from natural causes. Brown remarked in an aside, ‘Don’t pay any at- tention to her; she’s crazy,” and then told me to go ahead and find the carpenter and he would follow me. “At this Mrs. Brown got excited and asket me take the pistol from under the pillow. I advanced toward the bed, but rown got there first, and securing the weapon put it in his hip pocket. ‘What the — is the matter with you? Are you crazy?’ he asked his wife, and then turning to_me -said, ‘Come along, Nelson; we’ll put that carpenter aboard.” ‘“‘We went downstairs and got into my buggy, but we had not driven a block when he 101d me to stop.. He was very mach agi. tated, and the cold perspiration stood out on his forehead. ‘I’ll have to go back, Nelson,’ he said, ‘I can’t leave my wife that W You noticed how worked up she didn’t you? The woman 1s crazy.’ “I had to admit that Mrs. Brown had acted queerly, so I said that I would take the carpenter down to the boat. Brown got out of the buggy, trembling in every fiber, and without saying another word hurried back to his house. I wenton to the Jeanette, got my man aboard and then drove back to Lombard street. I met Jack Borrill, who was Brown’s bartender for twenty years, and he told me that Brown had killed himself. I asked him how Mrs. Brown was, and he told me that she was all right. He meant that she was dead, too, but I did not know that until later in the day. Without waiting to go upstairs I drove to Harris’ store on Kearny street and told him about the death of %Srown. Harris then got into my buggy and drove to the house. “I don’t know how Brown was fixed financially, but he had been despondent for some time. WHen we went out driv- ing he used to say to me: ‘There’s noth- ing in the business any more, Nelson. A man might as well be dead as to live in these times.” The shutting up of the ‘eribs’ on Kearny street, between Pacific street and Broadway was a big loss to him. Another thing that preyed on his mind was the marriage of his daughter, who ran off with a plumber named Burwick. The couple now live in San Leandro. “Brown once had the reputation of be- ing very wealthy, but I think he was going down hill lately. I know that he had sey- eral notes outstanding.”” Brown .came here in 1867 in company with Captain Jack Borrill, and he married the woman he yesterday murdered about twenty-five years ago. While at work in Sacramento he murdered .o woman who was said to have been his mistress. Influ- ence was brought to bear, and he got off with a sentence of ten years in San Quen- tin. After serving three years he was par- doned out by Governor Booth. He then made several voyages on the coast, and finally branched out into the sailor board- ;nF-house business. He made money rap- idly and at one time was reputed to be worth §150,000. He was the owner of a number of valuable horses, and last Sun- day he and his wife were out driving in the park behind the finest span of horses seen out that day. About a year ago his only daughter ran away with a man named Burwick, and they are now living in San Leandro. The young woman was about to become a mother, and when the news of the tragedy was conveyed to her she was compelled to take to her bed and is now dangerously ill. For years Brown kept the old Horseshoe saloon on Kefl{zg street and almost every person connected with the shipping of the I saw Brown in his room and | at that time he was fully dressed and his weltering in their life-blood, one beside the | of the deceased, who saw both him and his | j a5k, wife half an hour before the shooting. | California. | handle. rort knew him as “Horséshoe” Brown. With all his faults he was loyal to his friends and during the past two winters almost as many poor sailors and destitute men were lodged and fed by Brown as by the Salvation’ Army Lifeboat. While he was not flush of ready money still there was a considerable amount due.him and he expected to receive in a few days $700 from the sale of some bone which came down on the whaler Nicolene. James Laflin, the shipping-master, was to pay him §325, and J)ames McKenna, the owner of a number of whalers, was to pay him $500 in a few days. He owed Edward Harris, the clothier, about $1500, but that sum was fully secured by a number of sailor advance notes, which will mature in a few days, Still Brown was always used to having from §500 to $1000 at his instant command and the absence of ready money bothered him. Some years ago his wife was thrown out of her {)u =gy on top of her head. This accident affected her memory and also her hearing, and this was_probably one of the reasons why Brown dia not want to leave her behind him. FLOUR FOR THE FIGHTERS. CHINA STEAMERS WILL BE LADEN WITH THE ARTICLE UN- TIL MAY. OREGON MiLLs COMPETING WITH CALIFORNIA FOR THE ORIEN- TAL TRADE. The steamer City of Péking sails to- morrow for China and Japan and all of her available space for freight has been taken. The principal item of her big cargo will be flour and there has been a scramble for room for this article. 1t was learned yes- terday that contracts are being made for flour shipments on both the Pacific Mail | and Occidental and Oriental steamers as far ahead as M The reason 1 ven for this rush for freight s Harry Brown. [From a photograph.] space on the part of flouring men is the demand for room made by the Portland millers. Strange as it may seem to San Franciscans flour is being manufactured in Oregon and shipped to Hongkong by way of San Francisco and put on the Oriental et to compete with the products of The Oregon people are shut out from shipping by the Canadian and North Pa- cific steamers for the reason that those lines are carrying all the cargo they can With Puget Sound shut out from them the Oregon millers had only one re- course left to them, and that was to shi: by the Pacific Mail and Occidental ang Oriental lines. What arrangement has been made with the Pacific Coast Steam- hip Company to transport the flour to San Francisco is a secret. A special rate, it is understood, has been given to the Oregon manufacturers by the local China lines which enables them to compete with Californian mills. The latter naturally have the preference when it comes to shipping, for the reason that they are the direct supporters of the Pacific Mail and Occidental and Oriental lines, and also because they pay a higher rate. To shut out the Portland men to as great an extent as possible nearly all the flour space has been engaged on the steamers to sail between this date and May 1. The accident to the Rio, which gave the two companies one steamer less in February and March, naturally increased the demand tor freight room. CORRUPTIONISTS ARRESTED, INDICTED FOR FELONY BY THE GRAND JURY THEY GIVE THEMSELVES UP. ONE oF THE Five Is ABLE TO SE- CURE BAIL AT THE LasT MOMENT. James J. Bagley, Joseph Flanigan, David L. Roach, Michael Calinan and E. B. Peterson, five of the election corruption- ists indicted by the Grand Jury for felony, were arrested last night on Superior Court bench warrants and lodged in the Southern police station. Bail was tixed at $1000 in each case. James J. Bagiey was the only one of the quintet fortunate in securing bonds, which he did in_the sum of $2000. They are all to appear in Supreme Court No. 7at 10 o'clock to-day to answer the charge set forth in the indictment. Bagley, Flanigan, Roach and Calinan were detected of fraud_in the Twelfth Precinct of the Twenty-ninth District, and Peterson in Fourth Precinct of the Twenty- elghth Distric he warrants for their arrest were issued on the 11th inst., but it was not until last night that the police were able to locate them. The reason the cul?lrits give for keeping out of sight is that they wished to have bonds in readiness for their imme- diate release, but, finding that bonds were not to be easily secured, they gave them- selves up. Bagley was more successful, as at the last moment D. P. Murphy came forward and prevented his imprisonment by giving bonds for $2000. At the police station they all seemed in high humor, and laughed when a serious aspect of their case was presented to them. They say that they will get outof the scrape unscathed. A. J. Meadows, who was indicted by the Grand Jury on Monday on three charges of felony embezzlement, was arrested yes- terday afternoon and was released on $500 bonds on each charge. The complaining witness is Joseph Wells, a contractor, and according to Meadows the transactions on which the charges are based took place in 1891. 1In that year Wells did some con- tract work on Mission, Holly and Dolores streets, and Meadows did some financing for him. Wells lost several thousand dol- lars on the contracts, and Meadows says he has been trying since 1891 to fix the blame upon him. . Antonio TLauresallo, who was also in- dicted by the Grand Jury on the charge of burgiary, was arrested yesterday after- noon. e is charged with entering the house at 535 Vallejo street, two weeks ago, and stealing a diamond ring, a lady’s gold watch, a necklace and other jewelry. Three other persons arrested on Grand Jury indictments were William Egan, L. Bernstein and G. L. Lewis, election offi- cers, charged with making false returns to :)l;e cll!egistmr. Egan was released on $1000 nds. HIS REGORD AN UNENVIABLE ONE, WHAT THE POLICE KNOW ABOUT GUSTAF BROMAN, THE BOLD NAVIGATOR. A BLACKMAILER AND WORSE. His SuPPOSED OBJECT IN MAKING A TRIP IN A TWELVE-FooT Boar. Gustaf Broman, the Russian Finn, par- ticulars of whose proposed trip from Marshfield, Or., to San Francisco in a 12-foot boat were published in yesterday’s Cavy, is well known to the police in this and other cities throughout the State. Detective Anthony knows his history well, and yesterday he related a few of the most important events. About four years ago Broman made his appearance in San Pedro, Los Angeles County. He had a hotel-keeper there ar- rested for robbing him of $100, but at the trial it was proved that it was nothing but a blackmailing scheme on Broman’s part to extort money from the hotel-kéeper and the case was dismissed. He associated with several women in the place and the citizens uprose in their anger, tarred and feathered him and drove him out of the town. He was next heard of at Santa Cruz, where he and an imbecile brother lived in a shanty. Broman obtained two in- surances on his brother’s life, one for $5000 and the other for $3000. Thirty days later the shanty was burned to the ground and the brother was cremated. The insur- ance companies resisted payment and Broman was arrested and charged with murder and arson. At the first trial a woman testified strongly against him, but when he had a new trial her testimony was the other way and Broman was di charged. He got the insurance money, and 1t was afterward learned that he had promised to give the woman a large sum of money if she would not testify against him on the second trial. Broman then came to this city and ob- tained employment as a conductor on the Union-street line. He made himself very attentive to several ladies and particular] to Mrs. Leroy, a wealthy widow, on Vallejo street. Finally, he proposed marriage to her, but his suit was rejected, as Mrs. Leroy believed all he wanted was her money. He was not discouraged and again pressed his suit, assuring her that he was only actuated by love for herself, and in proof of that he gave her a valuable diamond ring. About this time the woman in Santa Cruz came to the city and told other con- ductors on the Union-street line that as Broman had failed to keep his promise to an her alarge sum of money she would kill him. The police here had meantime been noti- fied of his doings in San_Pedro and Santa Cruz and he was quietly but firmly advised toleave the State.” He also had heard that the Santa Cruz woman was here threatening to kill him, so he took the advice and went to Mexico. Broman remained in Mexico for a year and returned to the State. He was next heard of in Sacramento. He had been stopping in the house of a woman named Brown and went to the Chief of Police with a story that he had been robbed of $§8000 in the house. He obtained a search warrant and an officer accompanied him to the dwelling. Inone of the rooms he told the officer to search under the carpet, and three $20 gold pieces, which were marked, were found. Broman explained that he had been robbed once before and since then he always took the precaution of marking his coin. He then told the officer to look behind a mirror and a diamond ring was found. It was suspected that Broman was play- ing another blackmailing scheme, and an officer came here from Sacramento to ob- tain his record. Mrs. Leroy, the widow on Vallejo street, was subpenaed as a witness, and when Broman learned that he came here before the trial of the Sacramento case, and had the widow arrested for steal- ing the diamond pin which he gave her. The case was heard in Judge Conlan’s court and Mrs. Leroy was acquitted. The Judge advised her to have Broman ar- rested for perjury,and she swore out a warrant, but it was not served upon him, as it was thought it might affect the Sacra- mento case. The case in Sacramento was dismissed and the Judge scored Broman for his at- tempt to blackmail the woman Brown. He left Sacramento and now he comes to the front in Marshfield, Or., with his fool- hardy scheme to make a long voyage in a 12-foot boat. “My opinion is,”’ said Detective An- thon{, yesterday, ‘that Broman has a well-laid scheme in making this trip, and if he should start on it the boat will be found bottom up on some beach. Broman will probably have insured his life fora big sum and after the boat is found a con- lcgemte will apply for the insurance money and he and Broman will share it. That is my belief from my knowledge of the man.” ARRESTED FOR LIBEL. Attorney G. W. Howe Taken on Com- plaint of Attorney O. F. Meldon. Attorney G. W. Howe was arrested yes- terday afternoon on a warrant sworn out in Judge Low’s court by Attorney O. F. Meldon on the charge of misdemeanor libel. Meldon alleges that Howe published a libel about him in connection with his conduct of the divorce case of John B. St. Denis vs.Caroline St. Denis. The words were in effect that “Meldon appeared as attor- ney for the plaintiff and obtained a decree without ma{:)ing personal service upon the defendant of the summons and complaint, and fraudulently concealed the fact from the court that he knew the defendant’s address and also concealed from the de- fendant all of the proceedings, thereby im- posing upon the court.” Meldon says he is thus charged with fraud, deceit and unprofessional conduct, whereas there was no element of fraud whatever on his part or on the part of the plaintiff. ——————— Corbett-Courtney Prize-Fight. The reproduction of this fight has just arrived, and can now be seeu at 946 Market street, Baldwin building. This, the champion’s latest battle, took place at tidison’s laboratory, and was & stiff fight to a finish. Corbett, the winner, received a purse of $5000. Courtney was awarded $1000, though, had he stayed the six rounds, he would have had $2000. Jim’s work from beginning to knockout was clean cut and sclentific. Courtney fought strongly, and in the fourth round landed a right- hander on_Corbett’s neck; had he reached Jim's jaw Corbett would now be a defeated man, but he was not caught napping. A faithful reproduction of this fight made it necessary to remodel and en- large the kinetescope. It takes six of these new kinetescopes to show the rounds, giving the actual movements of the fighters, seconds, timekeepers and referee. This fight is a great sensation in the East. Mr. Peter Bacigalupi has procured the new machines at & cost of over $6000, and has now the sole right for this State. He has the phonograph and kinetescope concession for the Mexican Expo- sition in 1896. - For the City’s Creditors. The Chamber of Commerce yesterday passed & resolution asking that in the next tax levy for general municipal purposes a sufficient sum be included for the express purpose, and specially set apart to satisfy the just demands of those who have rendered services and fur- nished supplies to the city for which payment is yet to be made. = SPoNGE Fiber Gov. Blotting is best absorbent known. Mysell & Rollins, 521 Clay, sole agents.* DRY GOODS. NEW WASH DRESS FABRICS! SPRING AND SUMMER 18905. This week we wil 1 open up and place on sale 50 CASES NOVELTY WASH DRESS FABRICS. The collection isthe most complete and elaborate ever shown in this city and includes: TUFTED CREPES, GALATEA CLOTHS, CORDED ZEPHYRS, NOVELTY DUCKS, PRINTED SATEENS, OXFORD CHEVIOTS, PRINTED PERCALES, LA PAQUIN SUITINGS, DOBBY SILKS, MADRAS CLOTHS SAILOR SUITING WASH CREPON PIQUE VESTINGS, CRINKLED GINGHAM SPECIAT,— 5 cases IMPORTED DOTTED SWISS DRESS GOODS, in an immense va- riety, with embroideries to match, Prices 25c to 75c per yard. SPHECTAT., — 5 cases PRINTED IRISH DIMITY, full 382 inches wide, beautiful designs, 25c per yard. SAMPLES SENT FREE TO ANY ADDRESS. L@ Country orders receive prompt attention. L&~ Goods delivered free in San Rafael, Sausalito, Blithedale, Mill Valley, Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley. . b A ’GQRP uagu.a 1882. 111, 113, 115, 117, 119, 121 POST STREET. HE IS ACCUSED OF PERJURY. KNOX SAYS THAT AN EDITOR OF THE SACRAMENTO BEE TES- TIFIED FALSELY. THE RAILROAD Sa1D To HAVE PUR- POSELY DITCHED ITs TRAINS. { The strikers’ trial took on an exciting turn in the United States District Court yesterday afternoon. Henry E. Knox, the leader of the Sacramento strikers, was on the stand, and during his testimony practically accused one of the pro- prietors of the Sacramento Bee of per- jury, and said that Marshal Baldwin did nothing but “talk stuff in the name of the United States.” Knox was under cross-examination, and read an article from the Sacramento Bee, headed “Knox advises peace, but he says he may not be able to control the men.”” In | his testimony McClatchy swore that K’uox had signed adocument to that effect.” In cross-examining the witness United States District Attorney Foote asked: ‘‘Mr. Mc- Clatchy states in his testimony that you signed that document in his presence.” Is it true or false?”’ Knox—It is false. anybody’s presence. at al. Foote—It is a forgery then? Knox—Yes, sir. Foote—Now, I want to thoroughly un- | derstand you. Do you mean to say that when Mr. McClatchy testified that you signed that statement he perjured him- self? Knox—I don’t know what he did. I know it's false. I never signed it. My word is as good as McClatchy’s any day. “I have no opinion on that subject,” said the United States District Attorney; “of course you are welcome to yours.’ That part” of the discussion was dropped, and Knox was questioned in re- ard to the manner in which United tates Marshal Baldwin acted. “What ‘was Mr.-Baldwin doing when you arrived at the scene just prior to the troops being called out ? ‘asked Foote. Knox—Mr. Baldwin was just getting up on the end of a mail or express car to make a speech. He was very much ex- cited and bareheaded. He was in a kind of broken-up condition, and seemed hardly able to talk. He requested the people to 20 to their homes, and all that sort of stuff, in the name of the United States. I also made a speech, and asked them to go home and stay there. The District Attorney took the wit- ness to task over the expressions he had used. Under a rigid cross-questioning he ot thoroughly mixed up, and finally took Back all he had said abont the Masshal Knox further testified that the Ameri- can Railway Union had made an inef- fectual attempt to obtain possession of a number of telegrams sent by the officials of the Southern Pacific during the strike. Out of 400 sent only 150 had been intro- duced in evidence. "Among the telegrams wanted are two alleged to have been sent by Superintendent J. B, Wright of Sacra- mento to the agents at Willows and Au- burn to ditch the trains from Dunsmuir to Truckee taken out by the strikers. F. H. Almas, one of the A.'R. U. men, says he saw the telegrams, and five other witnesses are ready to coroborate his statement. —————— Death of Captain Hansen. Word was received here yesterday from: Champerico that Captain Hansen of the steamer Willamette had died at sea. The Wil- lamette is owned by the Oregon Improvement Comglfl{{ and was recently chartered by the Pacific Mail Company. She sailed from this port for Central America about two weeks ago. ————— Great Plate Sale. FIVE CENTS EACH FOR PURE WHITE DINNER PLATES. They won't last long at this price. = I never signed itin I never signed it GREAT AMERICAN IMP. TEA CO.S STO RES Other lines of Crockery equally as cheap. The Shape The style, the general makeup of the shoes turned out at our fac- tory and RETAILED DIRECT TO THE PEOPLE, show at a glance that this is a place de- voted exclusively to manufactur- ‘ ing FIRST-CLASS footwear. Naturally you would expect high prices; but FACTORY PRICES—the same as paid by the retailers—are LOW, even for the best shoes We look for you to-day. ROSENTHAL, FEDER & CO., WHOLESALE MAKERS OF SHOES, 581-583 MARKET ST. NEAR SECOND. Open till 8 P. . Saturday Nights till 10. SEMI - ANNUAL EXAMINATION TEACEHERS. SAN FraNcisco, March 1, 1895, The regular semi-annual examination of appli. cants for teachers’ certificates (High School, Grame mar and Primary grades and special certificates) will commence at the Normal School building, PowelLst., near Clay, on SATURDAY, March 18, at 9 a. M. Applicants who 10 pass an exami- nation for High School certificates or special cer- tificates will send notice to this oftice on or before March 9. In compliance with the State school law each applicant must pay an_examination fee of $2 in advance. Applicants who intend taking the exam- ination must register prior :0 the commencement of the same, as no fees will be received on that date, Some additions have been made to the studies required for grammar and primary certificates, and changes have been made in the schedule of credits, Information on same may be obtained at the oftice of the Board of Education. ANDREW J. MOULDER, Superintendent of Common Schools. GEORGE BE. N, Secretary. 400,000 TREES. RUNE, PLUM, PEACH, PEAR, CHE "Almond, for salé at 3 cents eachs I 0C B RoRs losuit you No petter trees grown. _Adiréss, Sac ramento River Nursery Company, Walni Californis. 3k el e