The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 27, 1895, Page 7

| THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1895. Y WEDNESDAY... MARCH 27, 1885 JUST ABOUT THE WEATHER. The sky is expected to wear a threatening aspect to-day, and some rain may fall, though there will probably be enough sunshine tomake what would be called a . leasant summer day in any other I Etate of the Union: “The hezy ap- sclmncv of yesterday and Mon- 3 ay caused a great many wise ones to remark that it looked like earthquake, though the Signal Ser- vice man said there was no authority such Prognostications. The forecast to-day is: Prob- :‘»&;."_\d;tght rein; slightly cooler; fresh southerly LOUAL NEWS IN BRIEE. The big sixty-ton gun will be put aboard & 8cow to-day and started for Fort Point. The Chou Loon Company, & new Chinese zocial and benevolent association, hgs incor- porated. Harbor Commissioner Conlon did not appear n this city yesterdey to assume the duties of is office. The directors of the valley road yesterday gave an audience to # delegation from Sants Clara Coun! Eugene the strive § Debs, the A. R. U. leader, told of is speech ai Metropolitan Hall e judiciary. 1 er and inspection of the G, . took place in Com- ht. and 7 of the A.O. U. W. be- March 28 instead of on the retofore. te delivered another inter- ture on the slacial epoch in Califor- last night. Association has elected executive committee will mect Chamber of Commerce. ker Tract, 160 acres, west of Castro strect and south of Thirtieth, is to be graded With serpentine avenues newly laid out. o-morrow the hoard of directors of the val- v road will go to Stockton to inspect the s for the road offered by that city. jonrned convention of labor delegates en will reconvene at1159 Mis- ht to discuss the charter. of the State University decided ay to send & team East to compete for honors with Harvard, Yale and Prince- ne of the convicted murder- rald of the bark Hesper, was y from San Jose yesterday . W. Carrington, an anarchist and mis- leader of young girls, blew out his brains i the p e of two police officers who came 1o The clatm of R. C. Mattingly for $125,000, as ommissions for selling some mining property elonging to Thomas H. Blythe, has been com- ised for §10,000. on A. Hathwell, a_printer, one of the ve young men suspected of being jmplicated in the shooting of Walter P. Blake, was released from custody yesterday. The price of Wellington coal has been ad- vanced 50 cents & ton st the instance of whole- sale dealers, who say there is no money in the business at cut rate prices. John'P. Gallagher has sued Effie C. Sobeski for $20,000 [dsmages for slander, because she called him s thief and a lier, and accused him of stealing $100 of her money. am J. Hurley, charged with attempting ibe the jury now impaneled in the Me- Donald case, was found guilty yesterday. He had twice tried to commit suicide. The Southern Pacific has made 2n effort to have all the stop-over suits brought together, b ning the suitors, and suing each one 00 damages for conspiracy. cases of J. F. Turner, real estate agent, chezged with forgery end grand larceny, were called in Judge Low’s court yesterday and by consent were continued till Al First Mate Evens of the British ship Spring- burn was recently discharged for broaching - ; pror for essel during the absence of the captain. Some interesting developments in the suit of ‘asserman against Louis Sloss over the r of the Alaska Commercial Company’s tock were made in Judge Troutt’s court. Warrants were sworn out yesterday by Dr. J. E. Plouf for the arrest of J. D. L. McCaughey end Cherles C. Watson on the charge of ai- tempting by verbal threats to extort money. The Montana Mining, Loan and Investment Compeny tums out to bs 3 fraud. - Hundreds o San Francisco people have bitten at the ng plum and now mourn the loss of their The preliminary examination of Samuel D. Merryweather, charged with cutting Henry Greater with & dirk knife at the racetrack on March 6, was commenced before Judge Low yesterday. A fistic encounter occurred yesterdey on the water front between Captain G. H. Brokaw of the Spreckels Tug Company and Alired Dixon, - en Examiner reporter, over & publication in that paper. At the meeting of the New City Hall Com- wrissioners yesterday Expert Dalion alleged that the painting of the southern Larkin-street wing of the hall was not in accordance with the contract. Miss Bertha Bayliss, a member of the Whit- ney Opera Company, says the elders of the Mormon Chureh entertained _the troupe in the great temple because she had been s member of their choir. “Julius Cesar” wiil be presented at the Bald- win Theater early next month by amateurs. The proceeds will be given to the Church of the Holy Cross, which is about to build & new Louse of worship. Peter Joknson, the motorman whose car on the San Mateo electric road killed W. D. Wilson near Ocean View in June last, has been ac- quitted of the charge of mansigughter which was placed against him. First Lieutenant Cassius E. Gillette and Sec- ond Lientenant Herbert Deatyne have been ordered to report to Colonel Mendell for ex- amination for promotion in the Engineer Corps of the United States army. The C. G. Stockton of 8an Jose charged in yesterday’s CALL with passing a forged check on Sulllvan & Doyle is mot C. A. Stoc ton, the mining msn, of San_Jose, as many inférred from reading the article referred to. The sannual meeting of the Art Association was held yesterday and the present directors were re-elected, save E. 8. Pillsbury and Wil liem Babcock, resigned. In their stead Joseph B. Crockett and Henry J. Crocker were elected. Those that followed the favorites at the track yesterday found themselues “broke” at the close of the day, for but two—Joe Cotton and Ceptein Rees—won. The outsiders that won were Lodi, Arnette, Duchess of Milpitas and Red Pat. The promotion committee of the Hali-Million Club met yesterday and completed the pro- ramme for the public meeting in the Cham- 1 of Commerce rooms to-day at 2 p. ). work is being done by the citizens' excursion committee. The inquest on the body of Cora Everett, the varfety actress who was murdered at 6344 Broadway on the 17th inst., was held yester- day. The jury charged Charles Rice, the man who lived with her, with murder, although he he protested his innocence, - James Reynolds, a boy living at 2 Natoma street, was playing on & pile of bricks on Fast strect, near Howard, when he fell, alighting on his head. He was taken to the Receiving Hos- pital, where it was found that he had & lacerat- ed wound on his scalp and was suffering from concussion of the brain. A decline in wheat options was reported yes- terday in Chicago. May began at 563 cents and sank to 547, closing on the curb at55 cents, and the option opened at 877 and went to 8714. December began at 96 and declined to 853 cents. At noon the speculative market was weak. The large assembly-room in the Girls’ High Bchool on Scott street between Geary and O’Farrell, which at the time the building was turned over to the authorities was left in the rough, is now being lathed and plastered, and when finished will rrove quite an addition to the magnificent building. On Sunday, April 7, the Spanish colony will have a pleasant entertainment at the New < et Theater with two selected operas of the Spanish repertoire, *‘La Gal » ra in two acts by Senor Cal played on that evening, followed opera in one act I‘,&nar Chueca y Valverde entitled “La Gran Via.” Clans Spreckels states that neither he nor any one connected with him is interested in the project of raising sugar-cane in San Joaquin County. He states that it is purely a Govern- ment enterprise. The only connection he has had with it was to supply the Government with about two'tons of seed cane from the islands on its request. The selection_of it was left to his judgment, and he suspued a ha ‘variety, He rd: s that which be considered most lnlnb{e for the climate in which it was to be grown. Here- fused to make any statement as to what he thought would be the outcome of the Good | i STRANGE DWELLERS IN THE O0ZE. SPECIMENS OF AN ALMOST EXTINCT RACE FoUND IN THIS L CITY. THE VANISHING SILURIANS. THEY-SHUDDER AT THE WEIRD PRo- GRESS AND ARE PREJUDICED AGAINST BATHING. The race of featherless bipeds that look like men, and are only silurians, will soon be extinct. Fifty years hence the scientists will, perhaps, be able to prove that they existed. The inscriptions on the stone pages of geology tell of creatures that lived in the ooze of the half-born world ages before Adam wrought and Eve spun, and the geologist of the future may find the fossil remains of San Francisco silurians. The silurians are vanishing, but they may reappear. Itisknown that fossil re- mains of these peculiar vertebrates are found near all the decayed cities of the world, and adventurous theorists insist that they had something to do with the fall of the Ninevehs, the Babylons and the Baalbecs of the past. So it may come to pass that when the days of San Francisco | are numbered, when its palaces and marts He Has Just Deposited Another Thou~ sand; He Never Draws Any Out. [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] | are tenantless and its ships lie rotting on ship's stores while be was in charge of the | the pulseless waves, the silurians and troglodgtes will return. But until that day comes writers will de- clare that the tales concerning the siluri- | ans are myths, justas they now say that the stories of William Tell' and of John Smith and Pocahontas are untrue. There is a difference, though. The fables of Tell and the apple, and of the Indian maiden, who saved the life of the English captain, make pleasant reading. The stories of the twenty-first century will place the silurian along with the dragon, the sphynx, the unicorn and the ogre. Two hundred years hence the silurian remains may be resurrected, and scientists will stoutly maintain that the creature did exist. Bones of the animal may be found, with which a new ‘‘Society upon the Stanislow” may reconstruct an animal that is exceedingly rare. A veracious chronicler, says that the animal reconstructed by the old society looked like a mule. It is prob- | one of told of the ex-Congressman, believing the tales are exaggerated, however. A brief description of the man who less than twenty years ago represented this district in Congress wfil prove that many of the tales t%old about him are by no means exaggerated. Piper was a man who constantly com- plained that he hated to take a bath be- cause it made him sick. He was so slov- enly in his attire that he was frequently referred to as a hog. His clothes were never brushed, his boots were never pol- ished from the day he bought them. He lived on the income from his big estate in a dirty room that would be scorned by a scavenger. He grasped every cent’in sight, and there is no record of his ever having done a thing to help his fellow-man. . He was one of those who snarl likea do; in a manger at his progressive brother an try to stop all modern improvements, though he himself would be benefited. Piper hunts himself to his_hole when he hears of any up to_date project being ad- vanced, and while figuring how much greater his income is than any amount he could possibly spend, he cries down the march of progress, and refuses to aid in anything which even tends to_enhance his large property interests in this city. As is old friends remarked recently: “Piper is a man who is of course behind the age. A man like him could not be ex- pected to improve or be#utify a city, as he never attempted to beautify himself or to make any improvement except to increase his hoardings.” Piper is a most illiterate man, and no one could ever induce him to receive in- struction, even in spelling. With all his miliions he would not pay one cent toim- prove his intellect. That he had been suc- cessful in getting money and in keeping it was sufficient to convinee him that people had no need of education. His spelfiu is one of the amusements of his friends. persists in using such orthogm‘}shy as “an- neywhares” and ““Sudabel.” When spoken to g‘a friend about his spelling he said: “W hat difference does itmake? Don’tyou understand about what I mean ?”’ Piper was born in Pennsylvania 69 years ago. Helearned the carpenter trade, but became a Shylock. He left Pennsylvania for St. Louis and there made his start in life. When Donathan’s regiment was formed Piper joined it as a private. As a soldier he fought all through the Mexi- can war. He then returned to St. Louis. As soon as he learned of the discovery of gold in California Piper and his brother started for San Francisco. They both had a little money.. Besides following the carpenter’s trade he commenced to loan money at5and 6 per cent a month. He began to buy prop- erty cheap and waited for it to increase in value without joining any progressive movement to enhance the price of land here. Never would he contribute a cent, though it would bring him great results. He let the others pay for advancing the e | worth of his property and snarled at them | as boomers. About twenty years ago Piper was made to believe by some persons who wanted to make him open the strings of his purse that he was the very man to represent California in Congress. San Francisco then constituted the First Congressional District. In 1872 Piper secured the Demo- cratic and the Liberal party nominations, but he wss defeated by Hon. Charles Clay- ton, the Republican candidate, by a vote of 11,938 to 10,883. In 1875 a split occurred in the Republi- can ranks. Ira P. Rankin received the regular Republican nomination, and Hon. John F. Swift ran independently. Piper received the Democratic nomination again, but as soon'as the nomination was an- nounced Piper mysteriously disappeared. He failed to produce his share of the cam- aign expenses, and the politiciansdid not know wgat to make of it. It was not known whether he had been mysteriously murdered or whether he had just run away to avoid paying for campaign expenses. He was finally found, after two or three weeks’ search, at Aptos, a little village in Santa Cruz County. It was a wild, out of the way place then, and Piper thought he and his money were safe from discovery. But the Democratic oliticians were hungry and hunted hard or him. When they got him he surren- dered. He was elected then, the vote stand- infi: Piper 12,417, Rankin 6791, Swift 6103, iper’s career in Congress did not startle the world. It was during his stay in ‘Washington that Piper and C. P, Hunting- ton had their famous quarrel. They met at Willard’s and Huntington called Piper a *‘filthy human hog.” In the celebrated letters in the Colton case Huntington again refers to Piper as a ““dirty hog.” n 1876 Piper ran for Congress the third time and was defeated by Horace Davis, who polled 22,114 votes to his 19,363, Since his defeat Piper has lived a se- cluded life. He devotes most of his time to playing poker with some old chums. Shortly after the Palace Hotel was finished Piper took up his residence there, as he considered William Sharon his friend. HE HAS NOT QUITE DECIDED TO VENTURE FROM HIS SHELL. [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] able that the reconstructed remainsof a silurian will suggest to some skeptical scientist of that day the grunting quadru- ed that is an abomination to Jew and Mohammedan, for C. P. Huntington says & silurian is a human hog. 4 There were many silurians here in the days when it was said of San Francisco as | of ruined Sardis: Thou hast a name that thou livest and art dead. Why they were rmitted to liveand flourish in thisfamed land will only be known when a good rea- son has been found for the existence of the flea, the microbe and the tarantula. The silurian is living proof of the fallacy of Darwin’s theory of the survival of the fittest. ~Outwardly he looks like a human being, but within he is full of all manner of meanness. The murky cobwebby corners of the world are his lurking place. He is a stumbling block in the Kcth of enterprise when enterprise benefits any one but himself. He isthe ownerof the tumble-down houses that are eyesores on every thoroughfare. Smooth streets and vleasant surroundings make his life miser- able if he is obliged to pay his share of the cost of their construction. He would find a bug in the decalogue if the enforcement of that venerable code interfered with his revenue. All good silurians are dead. PIPER STILL LIVES. The Btrange Life of a Wealthy Ex-Congress- . man, Hon. William A. Piper is one of the warvelous characters of the city. Though an ex-Congressman, a millionaire, a large’ property-owner and a man who has lived in San Francisco since 1849, he is of such a peculiar type that he is hardly known. In fact he has virtually crawled into his shell so effectively that his name even has dropped into oblivion. Piper is a man who possesses character- istics which have attracted the writers, and ex] ment, as time alone, he sald, could determine. | the general public laughs at the stories One day he ordered a nice beefsteak sent to his room. The price was 50 cents. His whole cranky nature revolted at this. Purified of profanity, which was the only thing in which he was not stingy, Piper’s remarks were: : ““— old Bill Bharon! The to charge me 50 cents for a few ounces of meat! Now, there ain’t more than six or eight ounces of meat there, and just think of what a whole steer would cost at this rate! Why, an average-sized animal would cost $500 to $750. It'sa — outrage forold Bill Sharon to play such a trick on me!” _Then Piper, without taking into con- sideration the cost of cutting up the ani- mal, of cooking it and of serving it, fig- ured out that he had been xngbe\‘i by Sharon, and he left the Palace Hotel in high dudgeon. e rented two rooms elsewhere and the: soon resembled Warner’s noted cobwefi saloon at North Beach, which was re- cently torn down. Piper would not allow a chambermaid to enter his room at any time. He was not entirely a woman- hater, but he became a crabbed 0ld bache- lor and wanted bis room kept in the style which marked the old cabins in the days of’49. He thought it tvo expensive a luxury to marry. Cobwebs were soon to be seen on the walls, dirt and dust were everywhere, the carpet was ruined with tobacco-juice, and gvu;lvy.hm was in confusion. Piper, in his slovenly attire and his tobacco-stained clothes, made up his own bed, which gen- erally consisted of a lounge and a Afirty pair of blankets. It was Piper's pleasure o ph{ bean r in this room with all his old cronies and to smoke and spit tobacco-juice all over himself and ‘&e t. ;?:e room finally became so filthy that about two years ngo the manager ordered it cleaned. He believed that a man su Foagd to be worth $2,000,000 at least. uhoufii‘ ive with some show of decency. At least ‘the rooms should not be ruined forever. Piper’s heart was broken. Fate would not allow him to have the surroundings he de- ——old thief, sired. He left the house and took rooms on Market street. He gave as his excuse that the city was getting too thickly popu- lated; he Lad friends where he went, and he was elways afraid of crossing Market street as there weré so many more street- cars and teams to avoid now than there were when the water came up to the Mont- gomery street. Rheumatism attacked his moss-covered bones. He grew rapidly worse, as he would not follow his l%)hysxcmn’!s advice. He was sent to Paso Kobles Springs once and told to remain there. In two days back he came, swearm%’ the springs would do him no good. He had taken his first bath in a long time, and he swore it made him feel sick. He was sent to Byron Springs and told to stay there two weeks. One bath was again enough for him and he came back worse than ever. About a_month ago Piper left for the Arkansas Hot Springs, having agreed to give the baths there a fair trial, though he swore he would conhine himself to the mud. baths. If the baths do not strike in too deep and cause his death he will be back here in about two months. The exact value of the estate of this pe- culiar old character is unknown, but it is generally placed at $2,000,000. He pays faxes on property in this county on which the assessment is $298,862. Besides what he has in this city he is known to own some property in Oakland. He also has in his possession a large amount of Government bonds and consid- erable Sgring Valley and gas company stock. The appraisement of §298,862 on Piper’s property is ridiculously low. In all prcbabigly he would not seil it for five times that sum, or about $1,500,000. A descriptive list of his property as shown by the assessment roll of this county is as follows: Real Estate. Improve- 5 ments. Lot on northiwest side 0f Mar- ket street, opposite Palace Hotel, 20x80 feet in size, 200 feet southwest from Montgomery street......... Lot on southeasi corner of Kearny and Merchant streets, opposite old City Hall, 40x68:8 feet in size Lot on' Front street, 25X87 feet in size, 41 feet south from Sacramento street, Lot ou mnorth V. ington street $36,100 $1,800 11,700 9,500 4,000 7,800 8,450 50 west of Jones street......... Lot on sontheast side of Park avenue, 25x100 feet In size, 575 feet northeast from Hall avenue. Lot on the north Third and Clementina streets, 80x105 feet in size.. Lot on the east corner of Third and Tehama . streets, 30x80 feet n sl % Morigage_interest in lot of Mary J. Anthony, south corner of Third and Steven- son streets. .. : Lot on sonihes Bush and Polk 27,000 7,650 . 16,200 5,770 4,084 ot streets. 187:6x120 feet insize...... 84,200 8,350 18,500 cessee 18,750 20 t of Franklin and Bush streets, 164:6x120 in size.... Lot on the northeast corner of Sutter and Gough streets, 120x70 feet in size. Lot on_the southwest co of Bush and FEranl streets, 144x120 feet in Lot on the northeast corner Michigan and Yolo streets, 100x400 feet in size........ Lot on the northwest corner of Yolo and Louisiana streets, 100x400x66x36x 385 feet In size.............. Lot on the portheast corner of Yolo and Louisiana streets, 300x100 feet in size..... Lot on the northwest corne of Yolo ud Delaware streets, 300x100 feet in size Lot on the northeastcorner of New York snd Tulare streets, 400x100 feet in size. Lot on the southeast corner of Massachuseits and Marin streets, 200x100 feet in size. Lot on the northiwest corner of Virginia Marin streets, 400x10: i Lot on the southwest corner of Marin and Qujo streets, 100x150 feet insize.... ... Lots 364, 366, 367 and 568 ot Gift Map3... One-half {nterest in Visitacion Valley Home- stead........... 18,250 Piper also confesses to $19,578 worth of personal property, divided as follows: 28,280 20,000 10,250 . 21,600 420 100 40 820 cenann $10 50 17,000 2,493 25 Total S $19,578 The totals are as follows Real estate... $219,264 Improyement 60,020 Personal prope: 19,578 Grand total.. $298,862 A DEAD SILURIAN. The Ooroner's Jury Ronders a Strange Ver- dict. ‘When people began to talk of compet- ing roads, better streets and improve- ments everywhere, the silurians became worse. When progress came to the gates of the city and entered they became alarmed and foretold the end of all things. Then they went back into their shells and prepared for the 1nevitabie. One of them died yesterday, and when the body was taken to the Morgue the Coroner thought he had the brother of the petrified man at Fresno. It looked like hardened clay, and when the upper cavity of the trunk was opened the autopsy sur- eon found what he called a marble heart. e called it a marble heart because it was the size of a marble, An inquest was held and witnesses testi- fied that when the silurian heard of ad- vancing improvements he teared that he would be compelled to contribute his share, and the dread made hbim despondent. Ample proof of the silurian’s migurdlmess was produced and the en- lightened jurors found that death was caused by breath failure, due to palpita- tion of the pocket, and so said they all. He was buried in potter’s field, and the slab at the nead of his grave bears this in- scription: “The last casé of this man is worse than the first.” Crocker’s Directory Out. The publishers of the above directory are not attempting to gain sympathy or sub- scriptions for their book by making state- ments under erroneous headings in the daily papers or by throwing mud. Crocker’s Du'ectori employed the can- vassers who had worked on ‘the old direc- w? for many years, and their experience an cafgsb\ht in that line is a guarantee of the faithful periormance of their part of n;e wo;ik, t:ms making it the most com- plete directory in every respect that has ever been published in San Francisco. Crocker's Directory contains many novel features never before used in a directory in this city, all of which have been highly ap- preciatea by those who have carefully ex- O e eblishers chal e publishers challenge comparison of their book with any othgeer ths?‘may be issued, and are perfectly willing to abide by the decision of the public as to their re- spective merits. The edition is limited and parties desir- ing to obtain copies of the Directory should subscribe at once. Improving Van Ness Avenue. A force of men are engaged at this time lay- ing a bed of concrete on Van Nesg avenue be- tween Geary and Post streets preparatory to putting on it & layer of bitumen. This is as it should be, and when all the blocks of that av- enue are covered with that kind of pavement from Market street to its northern terminus, as B it s e 0 , one to w - Jen will be able t0 Point with px-me:.°h vk ————— PLAIN and silver-mounted leather goods. All e styles im;’ blg;lkns trade have arrived, in- cluding pocket o ¥ Sanborn, Vail & Co, 741 Markes street " 5° ————— St. John has just issued his nitimatum. The country has only ten years to in, or take the alternative I'K:d. piom ————— SPURIOUS coin has no ring. Observe the of the Almighty Dollar (Cigar). il A VERDICT FOUND [N FOUR MINUTES. WILLIAM J. HURLEY DECLARED GUILTY OF ATTEMPTED JURY-BRIBING. HIS APPEARANCE IN COURT. He Hap MapeE Two INEFFECTUAL EFFORTS TO CoOMMIT SUICIDE. W. J. Hurley has been found guilty of trying to bribe the McDonald jury, and will receive the sentence for his crime next Friday. His plea of insanity was not con- sidered evidently, for it took the jury only four minutes to decide upon a verdict. Hurley’s appearance in court in the morning was most unprepossessing.‘ His head was bound with bandages runningin all directions, and he wore a white knitted skull cap that came to a pointabove his head, giving him a rather grotesque ap- pearance. He had been trying to commit suicide and hisbandaged head was the only resultof his efforts. Monday afternoon he had tried to throw himself in front of a Market-street car, soP. J. Curtis, the bailiff who was with him at the time, testified to yesterday morning, but he admitted under cross-examination that the car was almost stepped before Hurley made his attempt. Yesterday morning when being taken from his cell in the jail Hurley tried to throw himself over the railing into the corridor below. He was caught when half pver and ulled back onto the gallery. Hewas then ocked in his cell again. There he battered his head against the wall until his scalp bled. He came to court ‘?eaceubly after his head had been bandaged. There was no testimony to speak of yes- terday morning, and what there was went to show that Hurley was insane. Miss Minnie Logan was first called to corrobor- ate Hurley's statement made yesterday that his_remark about $10,000 was in refer- ence to California fruit and the profits to be made from it rather than to the price of jurors, but Miss Logan failed of realizing is expectations. She had not heard the conversation and knew nothing about it. Mr. Livernash then told how he had con- sidered Hurley a crank on the subject of jury-bribing, and M. M. Foote took occa- sion to testify that Hurley was undoubt- edly insane. Chief Jailer Sattler then told of Hurley's attempt to dive over the gal- lery rail, and P. J. Curtis ended the testi- mony by telling of the episode of Monday afternoon. The arguments were short. Assistant District Attorney Black outlined the case against Hurley, and on the face of it asked for a conviction. The Judge’s charge was short, and at a quarter to 12 o’clock the case went to the jury. Atten minutesto 12 a verdict was rendered, and Hurley, handcuffed and guarded 'by two deputy sheriffs, was on bis way to the County Jail NO- PERCENTAGE PHARMACY, 953 MARKET ST, Bet. Fifth and Sixth, Casiomers: SOUTH SIDE. WE REFUND YOUR. MONEY, We sell the following preparations under a guarantee. If not perfectly satisfactory we will refund the money paid. One trial will convince you of their value. Parson’s Sarsaparilla, the best blood purifier, cut price... o o 65¢ Cooper's Biood and Liver Specific, cut price.. 85c Cooper’s Skin Specific, cut price. 2 40c Cooper’s Skin Soap, cut price. 15¢ Cooper’s Cough and Cronp Speci 25¢ Dr. Hammond’s Celery Compoun nerve and blood tonic. Dr. Hammond’s Syrup H. Fascination, “creates a perfect complexion We have a foll line of Trusses. Others ask from $5 to $15; our pric .....$1 75 t0$5 00 2 The above tu uc had also at The Ferry Cut Rate Drug Store, No. 8 Mar- ket Street, at same prices. The Smoke Has Cleared Away! To=Day Begins The Great at GUMP’S e e ey 118 Geary St. NEW TO-DAY. NOLAN BROS. SHOE (0. MONSTER SALE —OF— TAN SHOES! JUST RECEIVED ! 500 GCASES OF All the Latest Styles and Kinds of Tan-Colored Shoes WHICH WE WILL PUT ON SALE MONDAY, March 25, at 9 o'clock. Our Immense Windows Wil Be Filled With Tan-Colored Shoes NOT A BLACK SHOE TO BE SEEN. THIS WILL BE A REGULAR TAN-COLORED SHOE SALE. Don’t Miss Seeing Our Exhlibit of the Latest Style Tan-Colored Shoes Ks They Will Be All the Rage this Summer. WE WILL SELL YOU Tan-Colored Shoes For the same price as black shoes, although they cost more to make. You can order tan shoes from the exact style and price I)f the black ones described in our cata- logue. You know the trouble of getting fitted and suited in a shoestore with a few pairs of tan shoes. With usyouhave no trouble, as we have the Largest Store and by Far the Largest Stock o Tan-cnlore;l Shoes To select from. Weare makinga specialty of Tan Shoes this season. NOTICE TO SHOE-DEALERS. As we are the only house carrying a large stock of tan shoes, we will sell them at wholesale as well as retail. We have Enough tan shoes to supply the Pacific oast. Mail orders filled by return express, NOLAN BROS, SHOE COMPANY, PHELAN BUILDING, 812-814 Market St. TELEPHONE 35527. Lz AN OLD LIGHT RENRWED, AN UNIQUB DEVCE. A Candle-stick, A B-Sun Lamp Chimney, Make the DAISY LANTERM. Will withstand a hurricane. Cannot Blow It Out with Hat or Fan. For sale by all Wholesale and Retail Merchatts. Sample by mail, 25c. KENNEDY'S Novelty Agency, Oakland, Cal. % NEW WESTERN HOTEL. EARNY AND WASHINGTON STS.—RE- uroj ooms . 1038 per whek, $8 to 350 per month; froe batha: Rot aiid cold water every Toom; elevator runs all nig} ® NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS, CALIFORNIA THEATER Ax HayuaN & Co. (Incorporated). ....Proprietors Only five nights and Saturday matinee for youto STEP IN AND SEE “OUR FLAT,” As presented so successfully by EMIXISY BANCKER And her company of comedians. The Sale of Seats for “THE GIRL | LEFT BEHIRD ME” Begins at the Box Office To-morrow at 9:00 A. M. The engagement commences Monday, April 1. STOCKWELL’S THEATER. S. F. A. Co. Lessces. L: NARD GROVER Manager TO-NIGHT—Glorious Revival of ‘CAD, THE TOMBOYI" 2000 Turned Away at Its Last Performance. 4 RIVER OF REAL WATER. “Cad’” Matinees Saturday and Sunday. Prices—10¢, 15¢, 25¢, $5¢ and 50¢, THIS FRIDAY MATINEE and NIGHT, Testimonial Benefit to MANAGER GROVER. Emily Bancker and Company. Fencing-Master Opera Company. Tivolf Comic Opers Company. Grand Opera-House Companys "ALCAZAR THEATER. RICHARD HAZEL. cesessceesss ...Lesses BEGINNING MONDAY, MARCH 25, And Every Night, With — SATURDAY MATINEE!—— D'Ennery’s Great Play, THE TWO ORPHANS! Prices—25¢, 50c and 75¢c. A7 G cRxrsTINE KRELTNG Proprietor & Manager TO-NICGHT ~ REVIVAL e g EXTRACRDINARY 1 Gilbers and Sullivan’s Most Popular Satire, H. M. S. PINAFORE! Reappearance of ARTHUR MESSMER. Mas. Next Opera—PRINCESS NICOTINE. In Preparation—LITTLE ROBINSON CRUSOE Popular Prices—25¢ and 50c. MECHANICS’ PAVILION. MONSTER ——MUSICAL FESTIVAL—— ——AND—— PROMENADE FAIR! AMERICAN CONCERT BANDI ALFRED RONCOVIERI, Director. | General Admission With Reserved Seat 230 ———MATINEE SATURDAY.—— GRAND BALL SATURDAY, MARCH 30. Admission 50c—Ladies Free. Special Programme of Iliustrated Musie SUNDAY, MARCH 31, BALDWIN THEATER. AL HAYMAN & CO. (Incorporated), Proprietors LAST WEEK AST NIGHTS ONLY MAT TURDA Tl;nfi%fiurmnuce :‘aiu’:':gny FENCING MASTER First, Best and Last of This Season’s Comic Opera Productions in San Francis Reserved Seats should be engaged in advance. “The Fencing-Master is a success.”—Chronicle. Monday, April 1—Theater closed for four_week reopening Monday, April 29, with “THE FATAL CARD,” direct from Palmer's Theat MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theater in America. WALTER MOROSCO. ...Sole Lessee and THIS EVENING AT 8, MAGNIFICENT PRODUCTION Of the Great Scenic Melodrama, HOODMAN BLIND! Special Engagement of ——GUSTAVUS LEVICK— EVENING PRICES—25¢ and 50c. Family Circle aud Gallery, 10c. Matinees Saturday and Sunday. Seats on Sale from 9 A. 3. to 10 », M. ORPHEUM. O’Farrgll Street, Between Stockton and Powell, Overwhelming Suecess of Our New Stars AND A GREAT COMPANY! Just Arrived. MAZUZ AND ABACCO INA A VANL Evening, March 30, 80 ARTISTS New York. ——— And Retained in Their Great Successes, COLEMAN, RUET and RIVIERE, FORKEST BROS. room; fire grates in every | . a. sharp. M hi. the gate. ROWN and HARRISON. Reserved Seats, 25c; Balcony, 10c; Opera Chairg and Box Seats, 50¢. CIRCUS ROYAL And Venetian Water Carnival, Corner Eddy and Mason streets. Proprietor and Manager CLIFF PHILLIPS.. GRANDEST AMUSEMENT ENTER- PRISE IN AMERICA! Bereback and Fancy Riding. Lofty and Ground Tumbling by the Champlons of the World. Aerial and Acrobatic Acts by the best artists known to the profession. Gorgeous Aquatic Pageant. technic and Electric Noveities. Feats of Swim- ming by the World’s Champions. Speclalties by Europe’s Greatest Artists. Commencing Saturday Eveming, April 6th. Box-sheet opens at Sherman & Clay’s Monday, April 1. HAVE YOU SEEN NEWMAN & LEVINSON’S BLUE, GOLD AND CARDINAL WINDOWS 2 THOSE ARE_THE COLORS FOR FRIDAY, THE DATE 0%‘ THE COrBINED UNIVERSITY CONCERTS. U. C. GLEE CLUB AND 5. U. MANDO- LIN CLUB SCHEEL’S AUDITORIUM. POPULAR PRICES, 50c AND 75e. Seats on sale at Sherman, Clay & Co.’s Corner Stockton WIGWAM, Soreer Stockton To-night and During the Week. ——The Intensely Funny Burlesque— ME AIND JACK: - With a Splendid List of New Specialties. AF~ Opera Chairs, 26¢; Any Other Seat, 1003 Children, 10c any part. RUNNING RUNNING: Sl "l RACES ! CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACES, WINTER MEETIN BAY DISTRICT TRACK, COMMENCING SATURDAY, OCT. 27, / Races Monday, Tuesday, Wedn. Thursday, Friday and Saturda; or Shine. Five or more races each ¢ cAllister and Races R g s S e 1A A o s { ! i