The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 4, 1895, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1895, THE HARRINGTON MYSTERY IS UNSOLVED, Man and Motive Are Still the Subjects of Guess- work. POLICE WORK IN SILENCE, Interest Turned Strongly to Ex- Senator Buck Yes- terday. HE IS DYING WITHOUT A WORD. The Gray Horse, the Frequent Caller and a Cause for the Deed Alike Untraced. The Harrington tragedy is practically the mystery it was when the mangled and burned remains of the dead woman were found on Saturday afternoon. If the police have any well-defined theory they are keeping it closely to them- selves,and if they have any information that constitutes any important circumstantial evidence against anybody they are also keeping that to themselves. he inforr n and the clews of most importance that are in their possession are undoubtedly found in the bundles of private papers, letters and photographs belonging to Miss Harrington, which the detectives promptly seized and which they are jealously guarding. Captain Lees has everything of that na- ture found among the dead woman’s ef- fects, but there are no evident signs that these things have afforded the detectives anything more than foundations for possi- bilities. The case is as strange as the crime was Interest yester certered 1in Senator Buck, the wealthy and widely wn fruit-grower, who lives in 0. land. This man, who was quickly shown by letters, documents and pho- tographs” found ‘'at 1017 Ellis _street and by the f fam- n old and intimate ngton, who called on constantly, was the first one whom Captain Lebs turned to when he had looked he letters three hours after the police were on the scene. It was thought that he of ali others could give the needed infor- mation. It was a strange happening that an acci- ould seal his mouth with uncon- before he had spoken and a dence that he should reach e es of death just at the time he did. I think I know what he wants,” was all Mr. Buck has said, as far as known, Chief Crow summons reached apout 7 p. M. of Saturday. Since then s been unconscious, and his life has bled on the brinkof death. esterday the police and the press meta- rically strained their attention toward pparently dying man, hoping that he ht speak. There was a fresh and re- ed mystery which might have been no stery at all had a horse not been fright- ened in the street. 4 aptain_Lees laconically declines to say thing in any manner about Mr. Buck, here and in Oakland the police are gently looking for information that he Et have supplied. Nobody else has yet n mentioned as the man with a gray beard and the frequent buggy, and it is thought that his intimate knowledge of the life and affairs of the deceased would nt clews. rd impc rrington was a friend of the family as well, and_yesterday s daughter and niece visited the remains at the undertaking parlors and aided in little ministrations to the dead. Miss Harrington was fiendishly butch- and her room and ciothing on fire the noon hour in a thickly popu- lated street and in a flat in which another woman wus going about her housework, yet no one saw anybody enter or Jleave and the murderer came and went within an hour and escaped with his bloody weapons without leaving a clew. The recurrence of such cases lessens the wonder but little. The only certainty about the crime be- d its perpetration is that it was com- somebody very familiar with The locking of the door that d across the long, narrow hall- v sep into two apartments is one evidence of this. It was known that Mrs. Kel as in her rear rooms a few nd that locking the door rom the front part of the flat hen when this door was locked the ey leit in it, Mrs. Kellogg, who has occupied the rear half of the long flat with her hus- band since March, says that thewoman who has been lonz coming to clean the house states that she has often cleaned that door, and that it never stood with a key in it. The one who locked the door knew where the key was kept, unless Miss Harrington closed and locked it herself, which had not been done for months. The doors into the hall from both the front and back parlors were also locked. The back parlor, where the murder was committed, was locked with the key left on the inside. The murderer left the scene through the front door, locking it after him, and the key was gone. There is son uncertainty about the condition of M Harrington’s apparel. At 11 o’clock she wore a loose house wrap- per and when found had apparently been engaged in drossinfz. Her bedroom was a large front hall bedroom beside the parlor and its door was but a step from the hall doors of both the front and back parlors, Her clothing, etc., was partly kept in her bedroom and partly in the back parlor, which contained a_ closet and which was used as a living and general utility room. When found she had divested herself of her dress and a clean unfolded garment on the bed lounge in the back parlor, by which she Jay, showed that she was probably dressing to go out. The motive for the crime can be only guessed, but it is fairly evident. The drawers in which her private effects were kept had been hastily torn open and ran- sacked, but nothing of value was taken, end the murderer evidently sought and took something of no intrinsic value. The story of the watch-chain being left was fonnd yesterday to be a mistake. The gold ascertained by the dead woman’s law to be one belonging to her The watch is still missing. The police let the house alone yesterday, for they thought they had nothing further to search for there. "Mrs. Josephine Jack- son and Mrs. Mary C. Rae, the sisters of Miss Harrington, who came down' from Bacramento with Mr. Rae, had possession. Many friends came to see them, some of whom had known the family in Chicago. They learned nothing new about the crime and simply stayed there and awaited de- velopments. he remainsof the victim were cared for at an undertaking establish- ment, where they were viewed by a Coro- ner's jury. To-day they will be quietly laced in a vault. The funeral will not set for some time. Miss Harrington’s life had been com- monplace as far as the world was con- cerned, though, as is the case with most commonplace lives, it may have had joys, sorrows and secrets as interesting in themselves as some thatare told to the ages. She was born, as were her brothers and sisters, on Prince Edwards Island, end was in Milwaukee in babyhood. She was a little girl when the family went to ©nicago and took up a work-a-day life #$here. When a young woman she went to Dubuque, Towa, to teach sewing for the @inger Sewing Machine Company, and | | | | several years later came to San Francisco to earn a living in the same way. Her acquaintance with ex-Senator Buck began in Dubuque, and through the years here it ripened into old and close friendship. The universal testimony of her friends and ac- quaintances is that her life was not only blameless but very religious. She was liv- ing a quiet every-day life, and carefully, but not stingily, nursing her little store of wealth for old age when death came. Mrs. Kellogg, who was the only other occupant of the flat on Saturday noon, told her story in more detail yesterday. “That morning I saw and spoke to her several times as we went about our work,”’ says Mrs, Kellogg. “That little room just this side of the door, across the hall, she used as a kitchen, and she was in and out of there. Along about 11 o’clock I spoke t0 her as she was sweeping the hall and cleaning up the room she had rented to the Japanese. I said to her, *I thought this was your day to go out.’ She said she expected a person before 1 o’clock, and it the person didn’t come she would go out then. A iittle later, when 1 was at the sink along the hall there, I heard her talking to some man at the head of the stairs, and pretty soon she came into my kitchen, where I was, and said, ‘That was the Assessor, and vou'd better keep out of the way.’ She said she Fut him off till next week, and that she thought Assessors might let such eorle as her alone. “That was tfie ast time I saw her and that was the last thing she said to any- body except the one that killed her. She went out and back to her rooms. That was between half-past 11 and 12, and I went into my bedroom and sat down to read the paper. That door that shuts these rooms off from the hall was closed, so that there was that door and the long hall between me and her rooms in the front. I did not hear the front door closed, but I would surely have heard a scream. About half- past twelye I went tomy kitchen to get my lunch, and it was about a half-hour later when I got through and went out to the side landing to throw some- thing in the ash receiver that I saw smoke coming from the window of her back parlor that opens out on a sort of light-well built into the side of the house. Then I ran and found the door across the hall locked, and ran down the back stairs to the flat below and gave the alarm. I didn’t see the body for an hour after the fire was out, and everybody was excited and all was in confusion. “0f course I've only known Miss Har- rington since March, but she was always a nice and quiet woman and used to get up every Sunday morning and go to early mass at the cathedral. She would go to church two or three times a week, and seemed very devout. Once she was talk- ing to me at noon when the bell rang and she said, ‘There’s the Angelus; wait till I say it,” and she folded her hands and said a short prayer.” The members of Senator Buck’s family are in a sad state of mind for more reasons than one. Aside from the anguish which the certainty of the Senator’s death causes them their grief is great that heis not able to refute the insinuations which have been cast upon him by connecting him with the murder. “My father’s movements from the time he landed in Oakland from the Marysville train until he was brought home fatally injured have been fully accounted for, and no fair-minded man can consistently ac- cuse him of any complicity in the affair,” said Fred L. Buck last night. “We naturally feel very sad that he should be lying at the point of death and unable to face his accuters and explain the points of which so much have been made. Death will probably come without his regaining consciousness, and, though we are per- fectly certain of his innocence of even the remotest connection with this terrible aifair, I suppose the world will always feel some doubt of it, not knowing the en- tire circumstances.” LEES AT ORK. The Captain Says the Murderer Was Familiar With the Interior of the Flat. In speaking of the murder Cgptain Lees said yesterday: *The man who murdered Miss Harrington was familiar with the in- terior of the flat, and had been there many times. He knew her ways, and was in a position to carry out his cold-blooded butchery before she conld suspect his in- tentions and raise an outcry. 4 “The fact that he locked the door in the hallway leading to the rooms occupied by Mrs. Kellogg is one thing that leads me to that conclusion. He must have known that Mrs. Kellogg was there, and locked the door to prevent the possibility of her surprising him while at his murderous work. “What I am trying to discover is the motive. It was not robbery. What was it? I have her purse, which was found in her bedroom, and which contains $55 in gold. It is a small purse, and I doubt very much if Mrs. Kellugfieever saw it. The urse she refers to as being empty was evi- SQntly not the purse she kept her money in, as the one I have would show, and the fact that it was empty cuts no figure. If Mrs. Kellogg gave her some silver when she paid her the rent it is not unreasonable to suppose that she had spent it. “I am pegging away at the case, but I have nothing as yet to give for publica- tion. I have absolutely nothing to say about Mr. Buck. ' I received a telephone message to-night that he was sinking.” The detectives have not yet been able to find the missing watch of the murdered woman. The presumption is that the murderer took it away with him, which leads to the suspicion that there was an inscription on it that might give a clew to his identity. Detective Seymour was over in Oakland esterday. He saw Frank Buck, son of genamr Buck, who told him that C. S. Chamberiain of 472 Tenth street and Billy Moore, the hackman, could give him in- formation as to his father’'s movements on Saturday. % §}Seymour called at Chamberlain’s place, but was unable to find him. He called again with a like result. He saw Billy Moore, the hackman who drove the Senator from the Sixteenth- street station to his home on his arrival by train from Sacramento on Saturday. That was at 11:45 A. M. Moore told Seymour that while driving with a load past the station at Seventh and Adeline streets he saw the Senator there waiting for the train to go to San Francisco. st R PLAN OF THE ROOMS. Fire Marshal Towe Assisting the Police in Solving the Mystery. Fire Marshal Towe is making a plan of the interior of the flat, 1017 Ellis street, for the Police Department. The Fire Marshal is interested in the case, as there wasan attempt to set fire to the house. He is not devoting any attention to the finding of the murderer, leaving that work for the detectives. He knows that when the murderer is found the incendiary will be the same person. ‘While taking measurements of the differ- ent rooms yesterday he had a conversation with dirs. Kellogg, the lady who occupies the reac portion of the flat, in regard to the screams and moans which Mrs. Greene- baum, who lives at 1026 Ellis street, told an Examiner reporter she thought she heard shortly after 12 o’clock on Saturday. “It's very strange,” said Mrs. Kellogg. “If-anything of the kind had happened I should have heard it, leeinf 1live in the same flar and the window of the room is almost close o my window. I think Mrs. Greenebaum must be mistaken, as I cer- tainly did not hear any noise. The first, thing I noticed was the smoke coming out of the window.” It is generally believed that the first blow struck by the murderer was the one with a blunt’ instrument that fractured Miss Harrington’s skull and caused in- stant death. It is, therefore, improbable that any moans could have been heard by any one. e CAPTAIN LEES SMILED. The Alleged Blood-Stains on an Old Knife Proved to Be Nothing but Rust. The alleged discovery of a *“blood- stained’’ knife made by an Examiner re- porter on Sunday in the room where Miss Harrington’s body was found aroused the risibles of Captain Lees yesterday when he saw the sketch of it and read about the blood stains. “Why, I saw the old knife on Saturday afternoon,” said the captain, “‘and after ex- amining it threw it aside. The alleged blood-stains are nothing but rust. It's many a long day since that knife was used. I askea the reporter why he had written such stuff, and he said it livened up the story and gave him the chance of getting in a sketch of the knife. I then said to him, ‘You must have seen it was rust, and not blood stains,” and he said, ‘Well, you know, it glistened like blood.’ " Chief Crowley, in speaking of the knife, said: “Itisa pij}g’ that any paper should publish such stuff. Itis unfairto the de- partment and to the public. The re- porter must have known it was nothing but rust.’’ The reporter who made the discover kept possession of the knife, but it will robably be returned to Mrs. Jackson, the egatee under Miss Harrington’s two wills. e g F. KANO IS FREE. Chlef Crowley Ordered His Release From Custody Yesterday Afternoon. F. Kano, the Japanese salesman who rented a room from Miss Harrington last Friday and was to have taken possession of it on Saturday, is no longer in custody. He was arrested on Saturday afternoon by Detective Anthony and. taken to 1017 Ellis street, where he was questioned by Captain Lees and ordered to be detained in prison pending developments. * Tt was not at any time seriously believed that Kano had anything to do with the murder, the on]i suspiclous circumstance being the marks of burns on his face, which he satisfactorily accounted for. Attorney Treadwell was persistent yes- terday in asking for_his release from cus- tody, and about 4 o'clock vesterday after- noon Chief Crowley gave him the neces- sary order. DD SUMUELS 15 SUE Mary E. Pleasant Demands Over Thirty-Two Thou- sand Dollars. The Lace Merchant Repudiates the ,Clalm and Says That She Owes Him. A suit was filed yesterday in the Supe- rior Court by Mary E. Pleasant to recover $32,364 06 from David Samuels, the well- known dry goods and lace merchant. “Mammie” Pleasant,as she is commonly called, is well known to the old time stock gamblers on Pine street. In later years she became very prominent in the Hill- Sharon diyorce case, being Sarah Althea Hill's stanchest friend. Her suit against the lace merchant is somewhat peculiar. She asserts that at various times between 1876 and 1885 she gave him her notes for sums ranging between’ $500 and $1500, for which she received no consideration. These notes she liquidated when they became due the shme as though they werg genuine. Mrs. Bleasant was out of town last even- ing, and so the details of fhose peculiar transactions were not ob(a'snnble. Mr. Samuels’ version 6f his business dealings with the aged colored woman is | decidedly interesting, as it goes back to times when money was more plentiful than it isnow. In thefirst place he denied that he owed Mrs. Pleasant one cent. He claims that the obligation is on the other side and that she owes him between $6000 and $7000 for goods purchased at his store many years ago. esaid: *This business dates back fifteen or twenty years' and is decidedly tangled up with the affairs of the late capitalist, Thomas Bell, who died about two years ago. “‘Mrs. Pleasant has lived with the Bell family many years, and seemed to be one of its most active members. In fact, her word in the house seemed to be the law. Mrs. Bell purchased from me many thou- sand dollars’ worth of goods. Sometimes she got them from me in person and some- times through Mrs. Pleasant. I also sold large bills of goods to Mrs. Pleasant, and her total amount of purchases ran up dur- ing the many years she patronized my store to about $39,000. She gave me her notes for various sums from $500 to $1500, and from time to time she would pay up the whole or a part of the variousamounts. About six years ago she stopped paying. *‘ILoften asked her for the balance, but she would put me off with some excuse. ‘‘After the death of Thomas Bell I began an action against the estate for $16,000 for goods sold to his wife, and as the estate is not 5ieb settled, I have not been paid. At last I called upon Mrs. Pleasaut to pay me the balance of what she owes me. She snapped her finfer in my face and told me she would not pay a cent. ¢ ‘Instead of paying you, I’ll make you gay me,’ she said to me. ‘Those goods L ought were for Mrs. Bell, but the money I paid you was my own money. Not a cent of it was Thomas Bell’s. It was mine, and I advanced to you at your re- quest, and I'll show in court that T never received one cent’s worth of benefit from the notes or the money I gave you.’ Mr. Samuels stated that in order to show Mrs. Pleasant that she was entirely in the wrong and that she had no chance in court with such a claim, he allowed her to send expert accountants to his store and exam- ine their accounts for twenty years past, and that in every instance the experts were satisfied that the accounts were as he had stated, and that Mrs. Pleasant still owed him between $6000 and $7000. To put it mildly, Mr. Samuels questions the motives that prompt Mrs. Pleasant to bring the action. When the case comes up in court thereis no doubt that there will be some interesting developments in the matter. N e Tue Royal Baking Powder is the great- est of the modern-time helps to perfect cooking, nnd.everz receipt requiring a raising ingredient should embody it. HELD FOR GRAND LARCENY, Two Junk-Dealers Who Refused to Hand Over $2700. J. 8. Fanning and C. M. Briages were yesterday held to answer before the Su- perior Court by Judge Joachimsen, in $1000 bonds each on the charge of grand larceny. The complaining witness was Julius Radston, one of the executors of the Rad- ston estate. On May 16 Fanning-and Ridges bou§ht a lot of odds and ends from the “estate for $25. In an old box they found $2700 in fi:’ld and sreenbncks. The fact that they had found the money be- came known to the executors, but they re- fused to give it up, claiming that it was part of their purchase. The matter came up before Judge Slack, who suggested that the executors should enter a civil suit for recovery of the money, but instead they had Fanning and Bridges arrested. L e e Calomel was discovered by Crollius in the seventeenth century, and the first directions for its g)re{nnfiem were given }:y B:guhé in 1 L ts nin‘ml; is de{ived rom two Greek words, signify “a beau- tiful black.” . A MYSTERIOUS MURDER, James Howard, a Harness- Washer, Has His Skull Badly Fractured. HE EXPIRES WITHIN AN HOUR. The Police Have so Far Falled to Ascertaln Who Struck the Fatal Blow. The police have on their hands another murder mystery, which Detective Dan Coffey, Policemen MacPherson, Quite and Ryan are trying to solve. At five minutes past 4 o’clock yesterday morning James Howard, a harness-washer in Wells, Fargo & Co.’s stables, corner of Folsom ana Second streets, entered the Southern police station in a dazed condi- tion. He had a severe cut on his head and was bleeding freely. He dropped into a seat and in answer to questions by the desk sergeant said he knew who had struck him, but would not tell. He had been James Howard., [Reproduced from a sketch by a “Call” artist.) drinking and was considerably under its influence. Hetalked incoherently and did not seem to realize what he was doing or where he was. A temporary bandage was put on the cut and he was sent in the patrol wagon to the Receiving Hofi&itnl. ‘When the wagon arrived there Howard had lapsed into un- consciousness. Dr. Redding made an ex- amination and found that there was a severe fracture on the right side of the skull. The scalp was badly lacerated, and as the flesh wound was near the crown of the head the doctor concluded Hgward had been struck with a blunt instrument. Howard reached the hospital at o’clock and died at 5:25, without regaining consciousness.. His body was taken to the Morgue. There was 15 cents in his}Pockets, a poll- tax receipt and a card of P. J. Horan, sa- loon-keeper, 741 Howard street. The police learned that Howard lived at 657 Folsom street. He had a day off Sun- day, and was in his room till between 6 and 7 o'clock in the evening. About 7 o'clock he went to a saloon on Howard street, near Second, but did not drink any liquor. He was seen shortly after 2 o’clock yesterday morning, staggering along How- ard street, by r. J. Horan, who was stand- ing at the door of his saloon. He asked *Horan to direct him to Third street, and_then asked where Fourth street was. Horan gotangry, and Howard asked him to go in'and have a drink with him. There were two young fellows at the bar, and Howard ‘“treated’’ for the crowd. They shook dice for another drink, and the smaller- of the two young fellows lost. They threw again, when a dispute arose, and Howard left. "When he got to the door he asked Horan for one this cards, 1'emcu-kin§| that he was ‘‘a pretty good fel- low’ and he would like to see him again. Howard walked in the direction of’[nird street and the two young fellows followed him. When Horan was putting out his lights he saw the three standing at Mo- rosco’s old theater. They seemed to be disputing. Horan went inside, and when he came out in a minute or two the three had disappeared. That was about four minutes to 3. Jerr; Galvin, saloon-keeper, who knew Howard, told the police that he came into his saloon some time after 3 o'clock, accom- anied by a woman about 45 years of age. }:Ioward was under the influence of liquor. She drank whisky and Howard had a Napa soda. While Howard went out for a minute or two the woman told Galvin she ‘was a widow and had three children, one a grown-up daughter. She and Howard re- mained in the saloon five or ten minutes. The proprietor of the Old Friends' Ex- change on Third street, near Folsom, said that Howard and the woman were in his place between 2 and 3 o’clock in the morn- ing. They each had a glass of beer. That was on Howard’s way home, and the police think the saloonkeeper may be mistaken as to the time, as they think the couple had gone there after leaving Galvin’s. Who struck the fatal blow is still a mys- tery. The police have failed, so far, to dis- cover the woman, and when they do she may throw some light upon the mystery. Howard was a man about 40 years of age. Ture United States Government report on baking powders shows Royal superior to all others, It is pure, made from whole- some ingredients, and greatest in leaven- ing strength. It is the only baking pow- der for those desiring the finest, most wholesome food. THE SINGLE-TAX THEORY. Henry George Thinks the Recent Su- preme Court Decision Will Increase Its Popularity. Henry George, in a recent speech be- fore the Manhattan Single-tax Club, ex- pressed the opinion that the decision of the United States Supreme Court to the effect that income from rents of real estate could not be taxed will make the single- tax theory more popular than ever. He remarked that there are emough single- tax advocates in the United States to take up the subject and reap from the incident all the benefits that could be extracted from it. He said: The Supreme Court has indeed done us the greatest service. We have known from the be- ginning that it was utterly impossible, in the nature of things, for the men who have been striving for the income taX, thinking that in that way they could do something to redress the monstrous ine%unlmes in the ownegship of wealth, to succeed, even if the instrument were given them especially for the purpose. The Supreme Court—and by what seems to me on the part of those who voted in the negative, what seems to me an adherence to the consti- tution—have prevented, have blocked that game. And now the income tax goes back to the American people with the Astors, big and little—and they exist everywhere in this coun- —exempt. Mr, Shearman is right, 'he American people are a great deal like that Irish pig—tell them they shan’t do a thing, and IKI{ is the very thing they want to do. ?&o-, the desire to take rent for d1mhuc purposes will grow as it never eould have grown before. But we do not have to wait until the constitution is amended to find a w-s to do that. Jim Maguire of 8an Francisco an: Tom Johnson and the six men who voted with them in the first session of the last Congress drew the line there. In J udge Maguire’s amendment to the income-tax bill a way was shown. The great objection to direct taxation under the constitutional provision has arisen from the ides that all pmfertimun be taxed. Tax all property directly in the way provided for, the constitution nrpomonmg the tax among the States, and it scems monstrously unjust because the value of the whole country is drawn to the large cen- ters—irom the West 'and from the South to the East, and from the East again to Eurove; but by simply apportioning the tax to the States in proportion to the 1papummn and making that tax a tax upon land values (ex- of builaings and improvements) and there you have the most just of all taxation. For the West and South will pay more, meas- ured by what is called the wealth of the East, but the land values of the West and South are largely owned by the East, while the land of the East is not owned at all by the West and South. And this simple measure of taxing land values reaches the landlord, it makes no difference where he may be. There is the line of our fight. There is the way in which the Supreme Court have served us. The simple measure proposed by our six men in Congress last year will now get a fuller consideration than at that time could have been dreamed of, and that is the sure way to success. FELL FROM A TRESTLE. Ed Bryant Nearly Killed by a Fall of Fifty Feet From a Bridge. Ed Bryant, a young man who resides in this City, met with a severe and what may prove to be a fatal accident while going to the Foresters’ picnic at Glenwood recently. The train had stopped at Wrights sta- tion long enough to allow the passengers toalight and look at the scenery in the vicinity. The car where Bryant was had been stopped on a trestle about fifty feet high which spans a canyon near the depot. ryant stepped down on the edge of the trestle, and as the crowd followed him he stepped back to avoid it or was pushed backward until, losing his balance, he plunged down into the ravine below. A projecting beam broke his fall half way to the bottom, and but for that it is more than probable he would have been killed. He was taken in an unconscious condi- loni to Glenwood, where he lay insensible T two hours and a half. \The young man is emvloyed in Hogan & .’s shoestore in this Gity. FOURTH CLUB. FORMED Folsom-Street Boulevard Or- ganizers Complete Their Work. All the Clubs to Meet In a Grand Rally — Sidewalks to Be Uniform. Folsom-street Improvement Club No. 4 was organized last night. This covers the street from Third street to the wharf. It completes the work of organization started by Captain George Raabe and A. B. Ma- guire for the Folsom-street boulevard. The meeting was held in the Good Sa- maritan Hall of the Episcopal Mission, cor- ner of Folsom and Second streets, and quite a number of ladies were present and took an active interest, among them being Mrs. Joseph B. Firth, Mrs. W: H. Hinton, Mrs: E. A. Nolan, Mrs. Mary A. Daly, Mrs. Simon Gorman, Mrs. Anna Brown, Miss Mary M. Riley, Miss Maggie J. Riley and Miss Mary Langton. Captain Raabe opened the meeting with & review of the agitation in favor of the bituminizing of the street from the wharf to Twenty-ninth street, and explained that three other clubs had already been formed from Twenty-fourth street down. The bicycle parade and electric illumination, he said, with the manifest advantage of the noiseless pavement aiready laid from Nineteenth to Twenty-sixth streets, had shown that the project was a popular one. The bouleyard, he believed, was now an assured fact, since the Board of Super- visors had instructed the Finance Com- mittee to include it in the next tax levy. A. B. Maguire told how the property- owners had been organized from one end to the other, not one man having been found who was opposed to the movement. For its success he gave great credit to the press of the City, and at his suggestion a vote of thanks fo the newspapers was en- thusiastically passed. 7 The club was organized with John Rafferty president, and_W. J. Harrington secretary. An executive committee of three, consisting of J. D. Hinds, W. J. Harringfon and Captain E. Freeman, was chosen to co-operate with like committees of the other three clubs, so as to make a general executive committee of twelve. There was also a working. committee chosen, composed of Captain Joseph B. Firth, Henry P. Giannini and Mr. Har- rington. A committee on halls was com- osed of Mrs. W. H. Hinton, Miss Mary . Riley and Captain Firth. Short speeches in favor of the boulevard were made by Sn‘{ervimr Dunker, ex- Supervisor John W. Farren, President Leon Samuels and Secretary Hannan of Club No. 3, Captain Firth, J. D. Hinds, Mr. Harrington, F. W. McEwen of Club No. 3 and several others. Mr. McEwen said he had been out can- vassing for names to the petition with Patrick Heyfron during the afternoon and had remarkable success. Every property- owner requested to do so had signed his name. Many of the old-timers recalled the glory of Folsom street in the days gone by, and contrasted it with the present neglected condition of the lower end. Mr. Harring- ton could remember the varied fortunes of the thoroughfare since 1856. Henry Cohen, who had been on the street for over thirty years, and J. H. Hinds, who was born and brought up in that neighborhood, said they thought it was time that part of the City received some favorable attention. Some of the nineteenth century spirit was at last being felt, remarked Captain Firth. Supervisor Dunker declared that he was most enthusiastically in favor of the boule- vard, and he believed he could say all the other Supervisors were. Mr. Farren thought that the thing would be done if property-owners took the interest in it that they should. The consensus of opinion was that the improvement would greatly enhance the value of all property—a fact that was manifestly appreciated by all who owned a foot of land. Votes of thanks were tendered to Chair- man A. B. Spreckels of the City Street Committee, Supervisor Dunker and the entire board, and then Mr. Maguire thought the ladies should receive a share of grati- tude for their presence and active interest. Mr. McEwen cbserved that the ladies who awned property were most prompt to sign— they understood what clean streets meant. They were thanked accordingly. The petition was then passed around for signatures, and a resolution was adonted to have the sidewalks of uniform width, namely, 15 feet. They are 19 feet 6 inches wide from Ninth street down at present. It was a well-attended gathering. An- other one will be held next Monday night at the same place. Mr. Maguire stated that a week from next Monda{ night there would be a general rally of all the clubs at the corner of Eighth and Folsom streets. ——————— It costs more to make the Royal Baking Powder because its ingredients are purer, but it is more wholesome and goes further than any other. A Dunning Postal Card. ‘W. 8. Arnheim was arrested ‘yesterday by a Deputy United States Marshal for sending a dunning postal card through the mail. He says the late Captain Plummer owed him $9, and he wanted to know why his widew had not paid the bill, more especially as her hus- band had left her plenty of money. The first intimation that a bill was owing was sent to Mrs. Plummer inclosed in an envelope. She was away ona visit to Monterey, and it was not forwarded. Then followed the dunning postal cards, and they and the letter were sent on to Monterey. When the lady returned she laid the matier before Postoffice Inspector Erwin, and he had Arnheim arrested. If convicted the prisoner may be sentenced to five years in the State's prison. - Judge Seawell’s Vacation. Superior Judge Seawell left yesterday on his vacation. He proposes visiting Harvard Col- lege, where he fin many {riends, and hopes to be present at commencement. THE MATHEWS TRAGEDY, Howard Smith, One of the Im- portant Witnesses, Cuts His Throat. AFRAID TO TELL ALL HE KNEW. After Giving Testimony at the In- quest He Became De- spondent. The murder or suicide of Jenny Mathews in Laurel Hill Cemetery some time ago was brought vividly to mind yesterday by the suicide of Howard Smith. It was he who assisted O. W. Winthrop, who is charged with the murder of Mrs. Mathews, to put her into a buggy and take her to her home on Broderick street. Smith was a witnesss before the Coro- ner’s jury last Saturday. He appeared very reluctant to tell what he knew about the case, and what little he did tell was drawn from him by close questioning. Howard Smith. [Reproduced from a sketch by a “Call” artist.] After that he worried about the case and on last Sunday told a friend named Petersen that he was afraid he might have to tell all he knew and that it would hurt Winthrop and perhaps implicate himseli. He was very despondent in consequence and yes- terday morning, just before starting for his work in the cemetery, he went into his bedroom in his brother’s house av 42714 Cedar avenue and there cut his throat. Smith occupied a room in common with his brother’s rittle son, but the latter was not present when his uncle killed himself. ‘While the family, composed of his brother, sister and sister-in-law, were at their break- fast they heard a groan. Rushing into the room they found Howard on the floor with his throat gashed from ear toear. He was not dead, but before a doctor could be summoned life was extinct. Coroner Hawkins is at a loss as to what to think of Smith’s case. He was satisfied after the inquest that Smith had not told all he knew, and that he sought tp shield ‘Winthrop. According to his evidence, the deceased was at the office of the cemetery the day of the alleged murder, and drove the buggy to where Mrs. Mathews lay or sat on a grave. He assisted to place the unfortunate woman in the vehicle, and, in company with Winthrop, drove her home. He waited in the room until Mrs. Hyden and the doctor came, and then drove back to_the cemetery with Winthrop. During all that time the only words spoken, according ‘to Smith, were, “Hold me,” by Mrs. Mathews; ‘She ate some- thing that didn’t agree with her,’”’ by Winthrop, and “I think shels fooling,” by the deceased. Smith’s testimony was de- cidedly favorable to the prisoner, and Coro- ner Hawkins could not learm anything further from him. The deceased’s relatives all lay his death at the door of the Mathews tragedy. His sister says he had $3000 in the bank, and was in a hap_}zg frame of mind until it hagpcned. “Then he grew despondent and gloomy,” said Miss Smith, “and re- marked to a friend of his named Petersen that he was troubled over the affair and was_afraid to tell all he knew, because it might hurt Mr. Winthrop and implicate himself.” Miss Smith refused positively to tell where Petersen could be found, but Officer Handley is now in search of him. Detective Handley handed the foliowing statement last night to Captain Lees: L. MclInnis, the Coroner’s messenger, and myself called at the residence of Howard Smith, 427}4 Cedar avenue, the man who cut his throat with a razor at5:45A. M. Athe Smith and his wife (the suicide’s brother and_sister-in-law) state that ever since the Mathews poisoning case at Laurel Hill Cemetery he was very despond- ent, more especially since he testified at the Coroner’s inquest. He said that if he could be left alone on the witness-stand he could tell his story, but he did not like the idea of being cross-questioned for fear that he would say something detrimental to Winthrop, and he did not_ want to say anything that wouald hurt Winthrop. Willlam Smith, nephew of the suicide, had not left the room for more than a minute, so it seemed, before he heard the body fall on the floor, and opening the door he remarked to his mother and %flther that Howard was lying on the floor. They all entered the room and found that he had cut his throat. RESUME OPERATIONS. Burglars Enter the Residence of Mrs. Preston on Leavenworth Street. The residence of Mrs. Preston at 1424 Leavenworth street was ransacked by burglars last night, and everything of value that was small enough to be carried away and escape notice was stolen. The robbers entered by a window in the rear of the house, which they forced open, a jimmy being used for the purpose. ot being satisfied with ransacking the house, the cupboards and a number of boxes of linen and clothes packed for the summer were broken open, and the con- tents were strewn upon the floor. Mrs. Preston is at her summer residence, Preston, Sonoma County, and the amount of valuables taken will be unknown until she returns. The police were notified of the fact by ‘W. P. Wand, who lives next door, and they are now working on the case. Cre———— THE only baking powder yet found by chemical anaiysis to be entirely free from lime and absolutely pure is the “Royal.” This perfect purity results from the ex- clusive use of cream of tartar specially re- fined and prepared by patent processes which totally remove the tartrate of lime and other impurities. —————— Merchants’ Association. Thursday evening the newly elected board of directors of the Merchants’ Association will meet for the first time and elect their presi- dent, vice-president, secretary and treasurer for the coming year. The various working committees will also be selected. Assoon as the selections are made the members will be- gin the work of preparing a petition to the 8u- pervisors semu%{urm many desirable improve- fienu that the City can make at a small out- - ———— The average weight of 100 women in Paris is 110 Do\ln\‘ll;gin Raussia 122, DANGERS OF SUMMER. They Are Many, But One of the Worst Is the Least Expectod. People have an idea that colds are contracted incold weather. This is not correct. When the pores of the skin are open and a chilly wind blows against the body, then is the great- estdanger. The first sneeze, a snifing in the nostrils, a dullness of the head—all indicate the first symptoms of.a cold. And a cold in warm weather is as bad as at any other time. There isbut one thing to do when any of these symptoms come, and that is to bring about a reaction at once. A delay may mean serious consequences. There is but one way by which a healthy reaction can be brought about, and that is by the use of & pure medi- cinal stimulant, and there is but one thing that can be depended upon at such a time—that is Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey. It is what its name fmplies—perfectlyfpure. It has been be- fore the public for many years, and is the most popular of all stimulants, because it is so pure and powerful. 1f you have any of the first symptoms of a cold, you should not delay a moment, but use this great preparation at once. Do not per- mit any druggist or grocer to sell yon anything else. A cold cannot becured on the start by an inferior whiskey, and you should insist upon having the best, and just what you ask for. DONT BE DISCOURAGED! Cultivate your beauty. Youm will look 100 per cent pret- tier when yom remove that hair from your face. READ THESE TESTIMONIALS SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29, 1895. This is to certify that I have subjected the Antoinette Depilatory to a thorough chemical analysis and I find it to be superior to all other preparations for the removal of superfluous hair. It is without the least irritating action upon the most delicate skin. W. T. WENZELL, Analytical Chemist. This 18 to certity that T know Professor W. T. Wenzell and know him to be correct In every de- tail. M. H. LOGAN, Ph.G., M.D. This Depilatory is WARRANTED notto stimulate the growth of the hair. Price $150. TRIAL SAMPLES of three of my complexion specialties for 50 cents. Enough to last 2 or 3 weeks. Just what you require. B MME. MARGHAND, Hair and Complexion Specialist, 121 POST STREET, ROOMS 32-36, Taber's Entrance. Telephone 1349, pLPERRY Bzt What a Picnic! If you are contemplating spending the summer season in the country or traveling we can furnish you with “All the Comforts Of a Home.” ‘Wood Plates, per 100. Paper Napkins. Tin Cups. Tin Plate s T-quart Teakettle, copver N Tin Buckets 10¢ Wash Basin: 100 Knives and -50c Spoons...... .10c Alcohol Stoves. Can-openers. . [ Oil Stoves, 4-inch wick. .50¢ Candlestick . B Corkscrews -15¢ Galvanized Oilcans. Tubular Lanterns. HAMMOCKS. Mexican Grass, full st Mexican Grass, colored. Cotton, quarter color, cl Cotton, fall color, close weave, pery. -.$1 75, $2 25, $2 50, 83 75, 84, 35 Spreaders, per pair. Ropes for Hammocks, per pair. Hooks for Hammocks, per pair. «KOI'BI” CAT1IERAS, $3.50. Teléscope Baskets.. Croquet Sets. ... paper.covered Novels, 500 titles. Cloth-bound Nove Butterfly Nets. King Guns.. OBDONTUNDER DENTAL PARLORS 8153 Geary, bet. Larkin and Hyde. R L. WALSH, D. D. Prop'r, directly opp. atoga Hall. Price 1is: Extraction (painless)250 Bone filling 50c: Amal- gam filling 50c; gold filI- ing $1: Bridgework $5: Crowns $5: Plates $5 and $7: Cleaning $1. ery operation guaranteed. B3 On entering our parlors be sure you see DR. WALSH, personally. People in San Francisco. The unequaled demand for Paine’s Cel- ery Compound among the people of this ciiy is but one index of the great good it I doing. There are many . in San rancisco whom it has cured of serious {iness. 51?‘::; Celery Compound makes people w¢ sufles from weak nerves or impure blood. A 1sxative refreshing fer fmnbllo‘ulu!i e agreeable to take. u’{}fl!fl ATIPATION hemorrhoids, bile, loss of lfpetlle. gastric and intestinal troubles and headache artsing from them. 38 Rue d o Archives, Parta, ue des Archives, Seld by a! Druggists. TAMAR INDIE GRILLON