The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 27, 1895, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1895. HIS WIFE WOULD NOT SUPPORT HIN. SO ASSAYER FRANK STATELER SHOT HER AND BLEW OUT HIs BRAINS. TWO BULLETS IN HER HEAD. TRAGEDY IN AN EpDDY- STREET LopGING-House—THE DEAD MAaN’s CAREER. Frank Stateler, an assayer, shot his wife, Josephine Stateler, and . sent a bullet through his brain, at 2124 Eddy street, yes- terday at 5 p. M. Stateler died almost in- stantly, and his wife, who had received two bullet wounds in the head, was taken to the Receiving Hospital, where it was found that her injuries would probably prove fatal. The house in-which the tragedy took is known as “The Lexington,” and is kept by a woman named Mrs. O. Olsen. 1t is considered a quiet and respectable house. Several months ago Mrs. Stateler con- ducted a lodging-house at 445 O'Farrell street. Last January she disposed of this place, left her husband and took a room at the Lexington, telling the landlady that she and her husband had parted Frank Stateler, Who Shot His Wife and Then Committed Suicide. {From a photograph.] Two weeks later Stateler made his appear- ance, he and his wife effected a temporary reconciliation, and Mr. Stateler was forth- with installed in room 40 with his wife. But he did not labor to any extent and contributed nothing to the family funds, according to the w story. The couple had frequently quarreled and | parted during the las two_vears only to Several months ago on a journey. One he returned to_his wife's He went through the 1d finally found her in_the open vay of one of the rooms talking to a gentleman lodger. Stateler drew a pistol in'a threatening manner. The wife ran through the house screaming with Statéeler fired one- shot at not take effect, and he w the case did not come.to tri The tragedy of vesterda have been caused b; of the hushand. Mfs. Olsen, the landlady, told the follow- ing story about the affair last night: “ Mr. Stateler and his wife seemed to be on ve ago, when they had a series of quarrels. About a week ago Mrs. Stateler came to me and said she had something unpleasant to tell me" about her husband and herself. She said that she was tired of supporting s arrested, but supposed to lousy on the part him in idleness with what little money | she had d notified me that she would ot pay his room rent any longer and that wanted to move into another room. ie and ber husband had occupied room 40. Mrs. Stateler moved into room 38 and refused to let her busband share it with her. “The next d. I spoke to Sta ed for a smaller and a cheaper room ’ continued Mrs. Olsen, eler about his room rent. waited for several days; he owed me Toom rent and I asked him for it several times, | but each time he put me off. ““This evening, a few minutes before 5 o’clock, he went to his wife’s room and told her he wanted her to come to his room and have a talk. She replied that she was afraid he would kill her. He then drew a pistol and started toward his wifeina threatening manner. Mrs. Stateler ran out of the room, screaming with fright, closely followed by her husband. She ran out on a back porch and Stateler fired two shots at her, both of which struck her head. She fell bleeding to the floor and became insensible for several minutes. “Immediately after shooting his wife Stateler ran_into _room 40, which is now occupied by Miss May Pierce, and there he | ghot himself through the head and fell dead.” Stateler had placed the muzzle of the revolver between his teeth and sent the fatal bullet crashing through the roof of his mouth into the brain. The couple had been married ten years, and it is stated that the first eight years of their married life were spent in peace and happiness. Financial troubles and the husband’s inability to secure lucrative em- ployment were the causes that led to quarrels and finally to the tragedy of yes- terday. Mrs. Stateler was taken to the Receiving Hospital in the patrol-wagon in an appar- ently dying condition, and was promptly attended to by Dr. Bushnell. One of the bullets had entered her right ear, passed through the roof of her mouth and come out through her upper lip, breaking her jaw and knocking out several teeth. She ad apparently raised her left arm to pro- tect her face, and the second bullet struck her arm above the wrist, came out below ‘the elbow after fracturing the bone, and | then hit her between the eyes, lodging in the nasal cavity. The doctor thought it advisable not fo probe for the bullet in view of her low condition, but he extracted ieces of the nasal bone. She may live, Eut the chances are against it. Shecom- plained most of the pain in her wounded arm. 2 She was conscious, but talked with diffi- culty. She said: “We were married u; country about ten years ago, but have liveg in the city most of the time. We had many quarrels, and I left him several times, owing to his drinking habits and his failure to provide the necessaries of life for me. 3 g e “I left him several times, but took him street and did not find | her, which did | good terms until about two weeks | ‘couple of days, which I gave him. I | back again on his promise to be a good nusband and keep away from drink. The last time I left him was about two weeks | ago. We had been living together at 212 | Eddy street. He remained in the house, but we lived in separate rooms. “He came to the door of my room yes- | terday and asked me to take him in. I | had the door barred. He told the Japa- nese servant to open the door, and then he placed a revolver to the keyhole and threat- ened to fire through it, but he changed his mind and went away. 4 “This afternoon he came again and wanted me to talk to him. I had the door barred, and fearing he might break it open I gotout of my window and climbed up the porch and got into the room of May Pierce, a friend of mine, on the third floor. He must have learned where I had gone, as he came to Miss Pierce’s room. I ran out into the hallway and then he fired at FaG She would have said more, but a mouth- ful of blood choked her and she had to de- sist, the doctor insisting that she should be kept quiet. A lady relative took her station beside her bed to nurse her during the night. er father, Theodore M. Le Berthon, a newspaper man, living at 1906 Taylor street, called at the hospital to see ner, accompanied by a lady and gentleman. He seemed deeply affected and did not care to talk much. He saia: “My daughter was married to Stateler ten years : It was an unhappy marriage for her. treated her cruelly and she was several times compelled to leave him. He was insanely jealous of her, caused by his in- temperate habits, and often threatened to [l e sicat and gambler and | never provided for her. They have no children, thank God.” Four or five months ago. while the Statelers were living at 445 O'Farrell street, Stateler attempted to kill a roomer in the house. He had been absent from the city and returned unexpectedly one morning. Mrs. Stateler had gone into the roomer’s apartment to fix up his bed thinking he bad gone out. He was, however in bed. They were talking when Stateler made his :e:pcumnce with a revolver in his hand. Without asking for an explanation he Jev- eled the revolver at the roomer, who sprang out of bed and rushed downstairs, pursued by Stateler. The roomer shut the | front door and held on to the knob with all | his strength. Stateler, finding that he could not open the door, fired through the | panel, and the roomer took refuge in_a sa- foou next door. Stateler disappeared, and | as no complaint was sworn out against { him he returned to the city. HE IS AGAIN INDICTED. THE GRAND JURY FINDS ANOTHER BILL AGAINST C. P, HUNT- INGTON. It Is THOUGHT THAT THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY-GENERAL WILL INTERFERE. The Grand Jury found two indictments yesterday and both were placed on the secret file. District Attorney Foote was |as silent as the proverbial sphinx jand from no one in the department could any information be gleaned. | All that could be learned in the District | Court was that the bond in one case was | $1000 and in the other $5000. | Later in the day the man indicted by the Grand Jury and whose bail was fixed at | $1000 was arrested and taken to the United | States Marshal’s office. He is Michael | Mitchell, the defaulting newspaper clerk in the Postoffice, who is accnsed of | appropriating $800 of the Government’s | money. His wealthy relations made | the amount good and it was thought | that the whole matter had been set- tled out of court. The grand jurors | did not take that view of the case, however, and Mitchell will now have to stand trial for embezzling Government funds and the chances are in favor of his serving a term in San Quentin, A few days ago the Grand Jury in- dicted Collis P. Huntington for violating the interstate commerce law. It was hinted that on a technicality the pris- | oner might escape, so yesterday the body presented an iron-clad indictment, which will bring the railroad magnate to the bar of justice if anything can. There are now two indictments against | Mr. Huntington. He is now on his way to | San Francisco. | The new charge against the president of | the Southern Pacific Company is very sim- |ilar to the one filed a few days ago, and | the bond is the same in both cases. Should | Huntington be convicted he will have to 1 pay a fine of $5000 or serve two yearsin | San Quentin, or both. A NEW COAL MINE OPENED. Preparations for Placing the Deposit on the Market Nearly Completed. | The opening of a new coal mine at Coos | Bay and preparations being under way for | the transportation of the freshly uncov- | ered deposit to this market are the work of | the shipping firm of J. D. Spreckels & Bros. Articles of incorporation of the | Beaver Hill Coal Company, with a capital | stock of $500,000, have been filed, with A. | B. and J. D. Spreckels, F. S. Samuels, “Charles A. Hug and R. A. Graham, as di- rectors. The coal, of which an abundant supply | has been found, has been tested and has | been found to be of an excellent quality | and a number of vessels are being fitted out for the purpose of transporting it to the market. e ICE RATES GOING TUP. The Warm Weather Schedule of the | Local Companies. | The following is the new ice rates made | by the Consumers’ Ice Company and the National Tce Company which will go into | effect April 1: 10 Bsto 50 tbs per 100 bs. | 300 s to 600 Ibs per 100 | 1200 s to 2000 s per 100 ibs. | 2000 s to 4000 Ibs per 100 Ibs. 4000 1bs and upward per 100 bs.. There has been much competition be- tween the local companies and this with the cold weather has gradually worked the rates down and the new price table is the com- ing warm season schedule. ————————— The Rev. Mr. Rader’s Position. To the Editor of the Call—S1R: In your other- wise exeellent report of the Unitarian Club banquet et Oakland yesterday evening the remarks of Rev. Mr. Rader, the associate pas- tor of the First Congregational Church of Onk- land, were evidently misunderstood. Mr, Rader in his semi-humorous introduction said that judging from appearances that evening the future church would be Unitarian and he also_uttered very broad sentiments. But he emphatically declared his own loyalty to the orthodox Congregational church, and made an earnest plea for a Christo-centric theology. I. This correction would seem to be due to Rader. Very truly, CHARLES W. WENDTE, Pastor Unitarian Church of Oakland. Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report Royal ABSOLUTELY PURE ) Baking Powder ‘| man, he declared. E. V. DEBS ON THE RIGHT T0 STRIKE. ‘WHAT THE LEADER OF THE A. R, U. HAS T0 TELL THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC. OPINION OF THE JUDICIARY. ‘Wi1TH BALLOTS INSTEAD OF BULLETS WORKINGMEN WILL SooN TAKE THEIR OWN. “If I tried honestly to earn the money to buy a $2 cloal¥ for my wife, and if I couldn’t get employment and she was suf- fering from the need of a garment to keep | her warm, then I would steal that cloak.” | The audience at Metropolitan Hall agreed with this statement of Eugene V. Debs last night, for it heartily cheered the remark. The statement came about in this way. Debs was telling of an experience of his in i ple_and thereby pi If all employes were paid what is theirdue there wogldybe iess nged for philanthropy, small need for charity.” He told of the committee of employes which waited on Pullman and Puliman’s l\l’f?ly, “Haven't I been a father to you all?h “Deliver me from such a father?” said Debs. ““I would rather be an orphan.” He added that Pullman promised the committee to investigate, and the next day discharged all the members of that com- mittee from his employ. He told of women lsle\\-ing carpets at Pullman for 4 cents an our. The strike at Pullman was detailed. The general munagers were accused of iurclmtz the sympathy strikes. They were the rea conspirators. The roads were bound to aid each other. When the railroad employes sought each other’s help after a reduction of wages, that was conspiracy. When the general man- agers combined that was a conference. “The difference between a conference and a conspiracy is the difference between a general manager and a section-hand,” said Debs, and the audience cheered. The speaker declared that the general managers had conspired {a reduce wages all over the country. The strike had stopped that. B “The conditions are not favorable to re- ductions just now,” said Debs. *‘The sen- timent is” growing that this Government ought to take possession of the railroads and operate them in the interest of the peo- end to railroad strikes forever.”” [Chee “The good people of California know something of railroad domination,” said Mr. Debs. “If only half of the reports I hear are half true in regard to the Southern Pa- ATTORNEY MONTEITH INTRODUCES MR. DEBS. [From a sketch made at Metropolitan Temple by a “Call” artist.] tH= jail at Chicago, where he met a young | man sentenced to twelve months’ impris- | oument for stealing a cloak to protect his | wife from the zero weather of the Illinois metropolis. ‘“That man wasn’t a crimi- nsl,” explained Debs. ‘‘He could not get employment; he could not earn $2, and in desperation he stole.” Debs looks just like his picture. Thin, angular and smooth-shaven, the leader of the American Railway Union is a pictur- esque figure. He speaks with a soft, easy drawl, gestures with his left hand, index- finger extended, accents his stronger pas- sages by clapping his hands together, and in the midst of a conversational speech, every now and then, hurries his voice to utter an epigram, equaling in point and brevity some of the best ever coined by Ingersoll. He Had an audience, a good sized one, in full sympathy with his re- marks last night. George W. Monteith, the attorney who has conducted the defense of the- strikers in the Federal courts, introduced Debs in a brief speech. Their appearance on the platform was the signal for prolonged ap- plause. When Debs arose to acknowledge the introduction he was greeted with three cheers and a tiger. “Ladies andfenflemen," he began ina slow measured drawl, “there are many thousands of our people who are alarmed at the widespread upheaval of the indus- trial and social agstem. They think ' that Macaulay’s prophecy is about to come true, that representative government has been demonstrated to be a failure, and that the sun of the republicis about to set in universal gloom. I am not of that num- ber. I think the good old ship of state will breast the storms and finally reach port in safety.” The speaker plunged into the subject of the great strike of 1894, which he charac- terized as the greatest individual upheaval of modern times. He regarded a strike in the nature of a calamity, but now and then it came to a choice between a Strike and degradation and slavery, “and when that time comes I favor the strike,” said the speaker. ‘‘Every inch of progress has been born of agitation and strike. Our very Govern- ! ment owes its origin to a strike. Every star and every siripe of our flag was born of a strike, It began with a strike at Lex- ington and at Concord. 1f it were not that the revolutionary fathers struck for their rights we would be British subjects to- nightinstead of American citizens. Amer- icans must be as dead as embalmed Egyp- tian mummies if their hearts do not zK)w at the acts of these immortal patriots. The revolutionary patriots abhorred kings, fought crowns and broke scepters. They formulated the doctrine that all men were created equal, and they erowned them- selves sovercign citizens and accepted the ballot as the divine right.” Debs declared that the Pullman strike was born of tyranny and the oppressive Pullman Company. ~He read from a book written by a minister of Pullman to show the condition of the employes in that town. Checks were drawn every two weeks. After paying rent and store accounts Pullman employes had from $1 to $6 left to live upon for the next two weeks. The checks were made out not singly, but in two forms, one of which was for the cancella- tion of debt and the other for what re- mained after the debt was paid. One man had a check for 2 cents as the amount coming to him. He never cashed the check, but preferred to keep it asa sou- venir of Pullman’s philanthropy. _The speaker gave at some length statis- tics showing the wealth of the Pullman Company and the dividends which it paid. ‘There was not an inch of free soil in Pull- The child born_at Pullman was rocked in a Pullman cradle, went to a Pullman school, worshiped in a Pullman church, died and was buried in a Pullman cemetery. ‘““And that is the story of a human life at Pullman,” said he. The speaker declared that he had visited Pullman; he had met the employes and their wives—some of them. Others were so scantily clad that they could not be seen. He had seen children crying for bread in Pullman, and had seen more peo- *fle in rags there than he had ever seen be- ore. Referring to Pullman’s - gift of $100,000 to the musenm in Chicago, Debs said: “A man is not entitled to commendation for what he does with other people’s money. cific,” he added, “the people ought to take possession of that railroad before it takes complete possession of them. I prefer Government ownership of railroads to rail- road ownership of the Goverment.” The speaker declaréd that the railroads maintained great corruption funds at Washington and in all the State capitals to_debauch Congress and Legislatures. “Not only that, but they debauch the courts of ihis country,” said he, ‘*In Chi- cago the other day I sat before Judge Trumbull, anthor of the fifteenth nmen{i- ment and one of the greatest jurists of the country. He made allusion fo our appeal and said: ‘* ‘It’s no use, Mr. Debs; it's no use. The courts of the country are in the grasp of the money power.’ Debs_spoke in bitterest denunciation of Judge Jenkins. “If justice were done he would be wearing stripes and breaking rocks.” Said he: “I made that statement in the presence of 4000 people in Milwau- kee, his. home city. His proceedings were 50 notorious that Congress made an appro- priation of ) to investigate. When the source of corruption was reached the money to investigate was exhausted and so nothing was done. Judge Jenkins is a judicial highwayman, If that is contempt of court he is entitled to make the most of it. If i fits any of the Federal judges in this locality so are they. [Cheers.] [ have the faculty of giving a transcript of my mind. Sometimes it is a thorny way to travel and there are jails on the road.” The allnsion to the' jail episode was loudly cheered. The spea{mr declared that Judge Jenkins arbitrarily refused to allow railroad men to quit work, but he did not make an order prohibiting the corporations from discharging its em loyes, and his comment on this was, “Ipt is a poor rule that, like a locomotive, doesn't work both ways.” The Southern Pacific was denounced. “S. P." he declared, stood for ‘“‘slave power.” nta Fe came in for an attack. Tts recent president, Reinhart, was accused of stealing millions from the road, and the result was that he was up to his neck 1n social clover in Boston. Judge Caldwell was pronounced an honest man, at which the audience cheered. .One of the speaker’s startling declara- tions was th “The workingmen are be- ginning to thi They will now begin to act. hey will not supplicate for their rights, but lhef will take them.” here was a long panse for effect and the audience cheerkg. Then the speaker added: “By the power of the intefligent ballot.” The latter portion of his address was de- voted to a plea for equal suffrage. AGAINST THE OAR FARE BILL. Several Earnest Petitions Forwarded to . Governor Budd. Asaresult of the publication yesterday of Mayor Sutro’s petition to the Governor, asking him to veto Assembly bill 702, granting the Southern Pacific the power, among other things, to charge a 5-cent fare for every three miles traveled over their lines, letters, telegrams and petitions were forwarded to the Governor yesterday; and there are indications that a regular | flood of them will reach him to-day and to-morrow. @ne of the first petitions to be sent was by Morris & Mershon, a real estate firm on arket street, opposite the Palace Hotel. ‘The petition was placed outside their place of business and in a few hours it had sev- eral hundred signatures attached to it. _ A second petition was originated by H. Murphy, also a real estate dealer. He tel- egraphed the Governor yesterday after- noon that the petition would be sent him and asked him not to act on the bill until the same had been forwarded to him. As soon as this petition has been mailed another will be placed in circulation. —————————— FRITZ SCHEFL at the park keeps the Park News presses rushing to supply programmes.* . Charged With Murder. Dr. A. T. Dickson and Alexander Forbes were beoked at the City Prison yestzrd-g on charges of murder in connection with the death of Maud M. Whiteley by s criminal operation. - SIXTY-FIVE new patterns of moldings for picture-frames to start the spring trade. To make room we are closing out about the same number of patterns, perfect ds, at & discount 9125 per cant irom the reguiar price. Sauborn, A Co., 741 Market street. VILE CIGARS IN FINE RAIMENT, IMITATION BRANDS ARE BEING SOLD HERE IN GREAT QUANTITIES. MAKERS WILL BE ARRESTED. INTERNAL REVENUE AGENTS ARE ON THE TRAIL OF THE LAw-BREAKERS. For over two months the officers of the internal revenue have been at work on one of the biggest frauds ever perpetrated on the public. A cigar manufactory has been in full blast, turning out any brand re- quired by the stands, and in consequence at least one-half of the people who smoke the soothing weed have been victimized. Imitations of the “General Arthur,” “Conqueror,” “Sir Willlam Wallace,” “Belmont,” “Estrella,” “El Telegrafo” and others have been sold at full rates, and the genuine brands have suffered in consequence. It was Mose Gunst who first complained that imitations of the ‘“General Arthur” cigar were being sold. Deputy Special Agent of Internal Revenue Gilchrist was put on the case, and yesterday he suc- ceeded in locating the manufactory in the home of E. R. Clute at 1326 Scott street. In the basement of the house were found empty boxes with the revenue stumg on them still undefaced. Similar boxes filled with imitation cigars, and over 10,000 bands which were to have been put around the better grade of cigars were found. These bands tere printed by J. Schirmer- horn, an em}gloyc of the firm of Hicks, Judd & Co. e supplied Clute with 10,000 of the bands last Sunday, and had con- tracted for the delivery of 100,000 more in a few days. Hicks, Judd & Co. had not the faintest idea that the work was being done by one of their employes, and they were very much surprised when the facts were told them by the agent of the internal revenue. Schirmerhorn evidently did the work in secret and is now hiding. Deputy Reve- nue Officer Gilchrist is looking for him and expects to have him in custody befere noon to-day. In telling about the discovery, Mr. Gil- christ said: **Mr. Gunst was the first one to take the information to the office. After I was a few days on the case I suspected Schirmerhorn, and I shadowed him. wouldn’t like to eount up the number of times he fooled me. He has great long legs and gets over the ground like a race- horse. When I would be a block away he would shoot around a corner and disap- ear. I finally discovered that he and K. R. Clute, who used to keep a cigar-store at 54 Montgomery street, were running part- ners, and when Schirmerhorn delivered Clute 10,000 ‘General Arthur’ bands last Sunday. I knew I was on the tragk. Mon- day night Clute delivered a bLex refilled with General Arthursat 3¢ Montgomery and received his price. Yesterday at 11 A. M. he delivered two more boxes, and then ermined to make the raid. “The boxes that were delivered.at 34 Montgomery street I seized, and with T. Chandler I went out to 1526 Scott street. The name on the door was ‘M. A. Clute,’ probably that of the wife of the man now 1n j; The house is well furnshed, and, as the family lived well, Clute must have done a thriving business. “A thorough search of the cottage re- vealed nothing, but when we reached the cellar what a haul we did make!' Boxes representing almost every brand of cigarin the market were there. The aristocratic three for a half, the two for a quarter and those that retail for 10 cents were all repre- sented. The 5-cent article was not forgot- ten, and the imitation ‘of the cigar made by Seidenberg & Go. of New York and sold in that firm’s boxes will make Jacob Joseph, the agent, turn purple with anger when he sees it. The brands imitated were the ‘General Arthur,’ ‘Lillian Russell,’ ‘Con- queror,’ ‘Belmont,’ ‘La Rosa,’ ‘Estrella,’ and in fact all the cigars that sell readily. An expert can easily tell the genuine from the counterfeit. The latter is made in a mold, and in places is hard to the touch, while a hand-made cigar is even all over. “This man has beenin the habit of going around to cizarestands and buying up their empty boxes. The revenue stamp, on a genuine box, is only burst when opened, and is judt as good when refilled as_when it was on a genuine package. In tnis way Clute evaded the internal revenue tax and will have to suffer for it. Schirmer- horn is in the same box and when caught will further have to answer to a charge of imitating patented labels.” In view of these disclosures Internal Revenue Agent McGlachlan has issued an order that will make it impossible to refill cigar-boxes. In future the revenue stamp must be canceled on every side of the box as soon as it is empty. ~Any one taking the last cigar out of & box and seeing the dealer throw it under the counter without defacing the stamp has only to inform the internal revenue agent to start an investi- gation. A NEWSPAPER ARTIOLE ROW. Objection by a Tug Captain to & Re- porter’s Statement. A difficulty occurred yesterday afternoon on the Folsom-street wharf between Captain Gilbert Brokaw of the Spreckels Tug Company and Alfred Dixon, an Ex- aminer reporter. The trouble arose from the publication in yesterday’s paper of an article criticizing Captain Brokaw for tak- ing Isidore Hirshfeld and Miss Myrtle ‘Walker out to sea in the tug Vigilant on Sunday and marrying them to each other. The article in question held that the tug’s captain was not legally qualified to navi- gate a vessel at sea, and conseguently the couple was not lawfully wedded. Captain Brokaw claims that this statement is un- true, and, further taking exceptions to the tone of the publication, proceeded to call the writer to account. When Dixon ap- peared at the tug office yesterday morning the irate captain assaulted him with his fist, inflicting several bruises and discolor- ?tions on the newspaper man's head and ace. Inquiry elicited the fact that Brokaw is a regularly licensed steamboat master, and the State law fully authorizes these officers to go to sea outside of the three-mile limit, and this couple is now lawfully married. The groom of the tug wedding is the son of Herman Hirshfeld, a retired capitalist in Bakersfield, a young man of excellent rep- tation, and a bugler in the Sixth Ri%j- ment, N. G. C., and is 20 years old. is wife is the daughter of a builder in Bakers- field, and is 18 years old. The strong ob- jection on the part of young Hirshfeld’s parents to a Gentile daughter-in-law and the fact that he lacked a few months of having attained his majority caused the couple to choose a sea wedding. e .—— Electricity to the Park. The cars ot the Eddy and Turk street lines of the electric company commenced to run over the Page-street end of the line yesteraay. The round trip is made in fiity-two minutes, the cars going out Eddy street to Devisadero and thence turning into Page direct to the park at the old terminus of the Metropolitan Electric Line. On the return the cars go down Page street to a short distance below Devisadero and from there switch back ‘inte Devisadero street, thence go along to Turk street and then to the Market-street terminus. The reason of the switchback on Page street is to avoid a curve out of that street into Devisadero, which, on account of the heavy grade, would be exceed- ingly dangerous. —————— Tue New Louvee has opened, 8-14 0'Far- rell street. DEY GOODS, 1895---SPRING ! ---1895 DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT! We take pleasure in announcing the arrival of 40 CASES NEW GOODS for this department. The assortment includes all the latest and most fashionable Europ- ean and American Novelties in both design, color and fabric, and are the grandest col- lection ever shown in San Francisco. We will also offer this week three spe-~ cial lines of New Goods at EXCEEDINGLY LOW PRICES. 5 cases GENUINE FRENCH SERGE, full 45 inches wide, in all the very latest shades, also black, Price 50c per Yard, Good value for 75c. 4 cases ALL-WOOL BLA CK FRENCH NOVELTY DRESS GOODS, 12 different Price 50c per Yard, designs, Regular value 75¢. 2 cases NEW TARTAN PLAIDS, 45 inches wide and 25 different styles, Price $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50 per Yard. The attention of our patrons is respect~ fully directed to the above goods. 2 111, 118, 115, 117, 119, 121 POST STREET. PART OF THE MAP CHANGED. A LARGE AREA LAID OUT IN SER- PENTINE AVENUES ON THE HILLS. SUKVEYORS INTRODUCE A Goop IDEA IN GRADING THE CROCKER TRACT. A corps of surveyors have been in the fiela since Monday on the Crocker tract beyond Thirtieth street, west of Castro street, laying out new thoroughfares over a large district. Their work is specially important as it introduces a new and common-sense idea into the laying out of streets in hilly dis- tricts, where steep grades abound. And it will change the map of San Francisco in the broad acres of the Crocker tract, possi- bly by its influence it will alter many sur- veys of outside lands on the hillside,where rectangular streets are impracticable. In- stead of rows of parallelograms on the map there will be serpentine avenues forming a maze of lines. " The engineers saw at a glance that it would be useless to run street lines up the steep grades, which in places reach 24 per cent, and quite as impracticable to cut streets level along the hillside. On the former walking would be difficult, and the cross streets would have to be so cut into the hillsides that one side would be far above g’rade and the other equally far be- 10"}0“'ohvince the difficulties presented streets were laid out to conform with the hills and cover them at gentle grades, none of which exceed 8 per cent. These new streets will meander over the track, forming good roads over which wagons and horses can be driven up to every door in the neighborhood. There are 160 acres in the tract, bounded by Thirtieth, Castro, Bellevue and Chenery streets, including in all about 600 lots. A% ing he sinuous s :vtfilf?e"c:fi'mctnceg, About $100,000 will be in grading and otherwise im- iR 1500, end by the time the provin > time work is finished water will begnped into the higher lands, as by August the Spring Valley Company promises to have a main on the bo0-feet level. The Crocker tract is part of the San Miguel rancho, but it was laid out on the map in straight streets with pretty names. That has been all changed, and a change is introduced which might be followed wher- ever the land is not sufficiently level to permit of driving in all directions over the streets. = 5 The three-story brick bmlding on the southwest corner of First and Stevenson streets was sold yesterday for $35,000. It belonged to the London heirs of Caroline Jonesand brought a rental of $288a month. The lot on which the building stands is 75 x60 feet. At present the improvements consist of & structure contaifing the Co- lumbia Hotel and stores. The price pleased both seller and buyer and is re- garded asa satisfactory valuationifor the property. Stabbing Affray. The preliminary examination of Samuel D. Merryweather, charged with assault to mur- der, was commenced before Judge Low yester- day afternoon. 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