The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 25, 1895, Page 8

8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1885. Master Bricklayers and Car- penters Combine Against Each Other. MEN BROUGHT FROM DENVER. In the Fight Against the New Sys~ tem Henry Rohling Imports Bricklayers. The building trades are in a state of un- rest over a contest between the carpenters and bricklaye: n which the whole sys- tem of contracting on buildings in San Francisco is seriously involved. The car- penters want everything one way, while contracting bricklayersare equally positive that their method shall prevail, and herein there is a clash of two important bodies of builders, which has taken the smaller men and those in other lines of the building trades with complete surprise. As to how the people who are about to build houses may fare in the present crisis is a rather difficuit question to answer, for tise contractors themselves decline to dis- cuss that view of the subject, although one man, a plasterer, remarked yesterday that “‘between -two stools you come to the ground,” and that is exactly the position now occupied by the public with regard to building. The man who wishes to put up a house may be troubled either with very annoy- ing delays or a multiplicity of contracts, which will all be separate and distinct, and then find himself without one general su- perintendent for his work, as each con- tractor will confine himself to his own line regardless of how it may affect the other fellows. To be sure the architect is there to look after construction, but his visits are usually so few and far between that his supervision can really amount to little or nothing. There is one deplorable feature of the trouble which has hardly yet caught the attention of organized labor, and that is the importation of workingmen from cities beyond California. Already bricklayers have been brought here from Denver and put to work. The reason for going so far from home for men was because contract- ing carpenters and bricklayers could not agree on one contract. The master brick- Ts, in accordance with a resolution re- cently adopted by them, refused to make estimates on this particular work or to no- tice it in_any way because a master car- penter had contracted for every detail of construction. When confronted with this refusal he sent to Denver for bricklayers nn‘d performed the whole of the work him- self. But this action was only an earnest of what the carpenters propose to do in keep- ing up established customs that favor them. They have, with few exceptions, signed an agreement binding themselves not to figure on contracts of less than $5000 which are to be let in more than one contract. :ir part of the preliminary fight was finished yesterday, and a meet- ing was held in’ the affernoon at the! Builders’ Exchange, 16 Post street. The result was determined to stand to- so that it would be carried out on the same pl; in Eastern cities. Un- til the pres has been the custom in San master carpenters to bid solely on all buildings, excepting large structures, 3 n {0 sublet the con- tracts for brickwork, plastering, plumbing, painting, etc. In the East each one of these contrac separately to builders in the respec s. But San Francisco has now outgrown the old-time way of doing business. Un- der the old way the carpenter would figure and get the contract, and then if he should fali short—that is, if his bid was lower than the cost of the job—he bad it in his power to come around to the bricklaver, the painter, the plumber and the plasterer and pay only a pro rata of the contract pric it was this and no more that eventually led to the disruption. nite recently the bricklayers came together very quietly and adopted a resolution not to figure on work for a carpenter unless the bricklaying con- tract was under $500. If over that figure it was decided that the bricklayers shounld deal with the owner or architect, ignoring the carpenter altogether and as a separate contractor. The carpenters claim, however, that they lay out the work on frame buildings and can get it done quicker and more cheaply, whereas if each man takes a separate con- tract he does so at his own time and the work will be delayed. Besides, the inde- pendence of contractors is liable to cause trouble, as when each man’s work is com- pleted he goes away, no matter whether the different departments agreeexactly or are in uniform style and dimensions. The first clash came when Henry Rohling, a contracting carpenter of long standing in this City, got the contract for bailding the new synagogue. The brickwork amounted to $2000, and Rohling asked the bricklayers to figure on it. To his aston- ishment not a master bricklayer in San Francisco would notice him or his con- tract, and his specifications were unopened. Rohling was told that as he had taken the whole thing he should suffer, and that the bricklayers could deal only with the own- ere. Tixis made him angry. He sent at once to Denver for workmen, who came at once and laid the bricks, and the result was Rohling saved considerable money on the transaction. The brickyards with one exception—the San Joaquin Company— had formed a_combination with the brick- layers, but this did not deter him, and the work was done with Ban Joaquin bricks. Should anything happen this brickyard, however, the daring contractor will in all probability find himself ina disagreeable position, since he has put himself on record as opposed to the combination. Now the carpenters have combined to meet this oppositton. They also held a quiet meeting and adopted resolutions, and these have been circulated extensively by William Chatham, a master carpenter ai 948 Mariposa street. Chatham did very well. as over 100 signatures of contracting carpenters were soon attached to the reso- lution. and now the compact is complete. According to this agreement carpenters are bound not to estimate on work under $5000 in total cost unlessall its departments are included in one contract. Should the owner of the proposed building be a lumber, brickmason or painter he can do is own part of the work, but that is the only exception. If the contract is over $5000 and does not call for a fireproof structure it must be let in not more than three parts, the other departments being reserved as additions to the carpenter work. So the lines of pro- cedure on both sides are very definitely defined, and the outcome is a subject for much speculation among the workingmen | and the small contractors. Pure baking powders are one of the chief aids to the cook in_preparing perfect and wholesome food. While those are to be obtained of well-established reguntion, like the Royal, of whose purity there has never been a-question, it is proper to avoid all others. —————— IN THE COURT OF APPEALS. Decisions Against the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. In the United States Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday a decision was renderea in the suit of Julia Craft against the North- ern Pacific Railroad Company, wherein the decision of the lower court was affirmed. Mrs. Crafts secured a verdict against the rai company for $3200 for the death of pany appealed. X In the suit of Neptune Lynch against the Northern Pacific Railroad Company to re- cover damages for personal injuries the judgment og the lower court in favor of the railroad company was reversed. THE VICTORS COMING. A Call Yssued to All Athletes and Alumni to Meet the Triumphant California Team. The victorious track athletic team of the University of California will arrive home from its Eastern trip next Thureday morn- ing. It will reach Oakland at 7:15 o’clock and from there be carried to Berkeley. In the evening the Olympic Club rooms will be handsomely arranged to receive the victorious athletes, who will be escorted thither when they reach San Francisco by the alumni and undergraduate bodies and by all the prominent athletic and bicycle clubs. The procession will form at the foot of Market street at 7:30 o’clock marshaled by the presidents of the different organiza- tions. The Presidio band will head the procession. followed by the Alumni Asso- ciation, then the coach containing the team, after.which the associated students and athletic and bicycle clubs. Fireworks will be displayed along the route. At the Olympic Club the entertainment will be in the nature of a recegnon and banquet, which will be presided over by President B. P. Flint of the Olympics. Prominent alumni will respond to toasts. The committee in charge of arrange- ments consists of: Colonel G. C. Edwards, J. B. Reinstein, A. F. Morrison, William Nat Friend of the university and B. P. Flint and R. J. Hancock of the Olympic Club. The committee have issued the fol- lowing call to university men: Alumni and students of the University of California at Berkeley and the affiliated col- leges in San Francisco, you are requested to meet at the foot of Market street, on Thursday evening, June 27, at 7:30 o'clock, to escort the Varsity track athletic team to the Olympic Club, Where a reception and banquet will be tendered them. This invitation is also ex- tended to all other university men and to our athletic and bicycle clubmen. Let all turn out to welcome home our victorious Californians. A. F. MORRISON, President of the Alumni Association. WiLLIAM NAT FRIEND, President of the Associated Students. VALLEY ROAD MATERIAL Transportation of Building Ma- terial to Stockton Con- sidered. Preparations for Constructing the Railway Now Nearing a Climax. The directors’ committee on construc- tion and equipment of the S8an Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway met yes- terday at the company’s offices, 321 Market street, and spent some time in the con- sideration of transportation of materials from the port of San Francisco to Stockton. As rails, ties, spikes, bolts, etc., arrive here by water. they must be transferred to barges or river boats and taken up the San Joaquin to the Valley road’s harbor ter- minus at Stockton. And as the time is at hand for determining the method of this transportation, the question was fully con- sidered yesterday Bids from different transportation com- panies for moving the railway building material and one offer from a steamboat- owner were submitted. The committee ar- rived at no definite conclusion, however, and decided to present the question in tan- gible form to the board of directors to-day. “This matter has to be determined promptly,” said Chief Engineer Story, “as rails and ties may be in any day now. They are expected here within two weeks at the furthest, and by that time we wili be ready to move them just as fast as they are discharged.” The construction of flat and box freight- cars has already begun in the yards of Hammond & Co. in this City, althongh the contract was awarded only last Wednes- day. Immediately tne contract was signed detailed drawings were received by the builders from the chief engineer and “work began that day. éngineer Graham’s party—the original corps of surveyors in the field—moved Sat- urday to a point in the plains five miles south of the Tuolumne River and is now working toward Merced. Over thirty- three miles of the road have been surveyed and practically finished by this party of surveyors, and the engineers are now about thirty miles from Merced. The Visalia party has finished to a point ten miles north from Visalia, which city they will reach in two days. The re- mainder of thisweek will be occupied by it in surveying through the town of Visalia. The Hanford party is still working along the Kings River in search of a desirable crossing for the railway. In all depart- ments of engineering and construction commendable activity is shown in the work of building the Valley railway. CHINESE DOORS CLOSED, A Heavy Attachment Placed on the Empire Cigar Company. Creditors Charge Crooked Work on the Part of the Celestial Flrm. The doors of the Empire Company were closed yesterday afternoon, and a Deputy Sheriff has been in charge of the premises on Battery and Washington streets ever since. The Empire Company is or was composed of Chinese merchants doing a wholesale cigar manufacturing business. They got their leaf tobacco from the firms of M. Rosenshine & Bro., M. P. Kohlberg & Co. and Jonas Schoenfeld, and up to yesterday morning the firm was popularly supposed to be the most solvent in China- town. But a change came over the tobacco merchants yesterday. With a strange unanimity of thought the three firms sent out for collections, and each collector re- turned to lis firm with the same report, “‘Out of funds and out of town.” There was a hurried consultation, and as a result shortly after noon Thomas E. Ryan, represented by attorneys Reinstein and Eisner, had Sheriff Whelan issue an attachment against the Empire Company for $5300. The money was not_forthcom- ing; no bonds were produced and the dt)%rs closed with a bang. Mr. Shoenfeld said: 1t is clearly a case of fraud. I went down to the house this morning to collect a portion of the $1900 which is coming to me, but there Was 1o representative of the firm to be seen. The heads of the firm are two Chinese mer- chants whom I have known for at least twenty years, butIcould not recall their names for the life of me. The company’s indebtedness to me runs back for several years, and heretofore they have always been ready witn a Jittle money. I have been trying to find these men all day, but have 85 yet been unable to locate them. I tooka cursory look over the stock, and 1 Ihonld‘iudge that if we come out with 10 cents on the dollar we might consider ourselves lucky: By put- mi the attachment on the house I presume we have the first cali on the company; but the foreman told me to-day that the house was in debt for cigar-boxes to a Chinese manufactory, and that the cigar-makers also had consider- sble money coming to them. The outlook for us, to say the least, is not very bright. ————— The reports of the official Goyernment inveni%fiona of baking powders show the Royal be stronger and purer than any other, l Fourth Day’s Session of the Lutheran Church District Synod. BOARD OF MISSIONS' REPORT. It Is Declded to Erect a German Church at Carson Valley. The interest of the clerical and lay dele- gates in the discussion of the nine theses, propounded for that purpose, seems to 1n- crease daily at the sessions of the Califor- nia and Oregon District Synod of the Lutheran Church, which are being held morning and afternoon in the Church of St. Paulus, on Eddy street. The fourth day’s session was reached yesterday, Rev. J. M. Buehler being, as usual, in the chair. After religious exer- cises and the laying on the table of a couple of reports the chairman opened the discussion on the sixth thesis on the pro- gramme. This relates to the nature of the alley.” Tt runs from Dupont street in Sullivan alley, the latter running between Jackson and Pacific streets. Shortly after 2 o'clock the officers and special watchmen on duty in the vicinity were startled by hearing two pistol shots in rapia succession from’ the direction of Baker and Sullivan alleys. Policeman G. Reardon was standing on the corner of Pacific and Dupont streets, and hurried to the scene. A(fi:inese pointed toa manina store on the corner of the two alleys, and told Reardon he had fired the shots. Rear- don at once placed him under arrest. Policemen J. B. Collins and L. Little and Special Watchmen Gus Finn and S. Daggett had also_reached the scene, and found the man who was shot in a doorway in Baker alley. The Chinese arrested was taken before him for identification, but he was too far gone to do so. The patrol wagon was summoned, and the dying Chinese and his _murderer_were driven to the Receiving Hospital. When the former was placed on the operating- table it was found that life was extinct. The bullet, only one having taken effect. entered to the right of the center of the chest and passed through the lungs, death resulting from internal hemorrhage. The dead man was Yee Doo Foo, and was em- ployed in a laundry at 234 Turk street. The body was taken to the Morgue. The murderer, whose name is Look Won, was taken to the City Prison, and yester- day afternoon was booked by Sergeant Shea and Policeman Reardon on the charge of murder. The police believe that he is a highbinder. P A Chinese witness to the shooting is THE LUTHERAN CONVENTION IN S ESSION IN ST. PAUL’S CHURCH. conditions under which a Christian can re- ceive and enjoy the blessings of the gos- pel. There was an animated and amicable discussion on this subject, which is one upon which the Lutheran creed is most emphatic. 3 e following gentlemen were the chief debaters: G. Runkel of Los Angeles, Rev. J. W. Theip of Santa Rosa, Rev. J. Kogler of Orange, Rev. Mr. Paul of Cornelius, Or., Rev. Mr. Hoernicke of Fresno, G. Theiss of Oakland, Rev. J. Jacobson of Dixon. The trend of all the discussion on the sixth thesis was that personal merit could not be regarded as any equivalent for the ift of grace, repentance and active faith fieing what is required. In the discussion on the seventh thesis the unanimous conclusion arrived.at was that “while we ascribe to man as an in- tellectual being great capabilities and great achievements in material things we deny that in his natural condition he has any spiritual powers.” The two reports which were laid on the table at the beginning of the morning ses- sion will probably be taken up for action to-day. They consisted of the report of the committee on candidates for admission as members of the synod, and of the com- mittee on the church paper, the Luther- ische Botschafter. This journal has been generally regarded as the publication of the synod, though as a matter of fact it has been published by private enterprise, in the interests, however, of the Lutheran church. The ‘general desire is that the synod should undertake active relations with the paper. The report of the Board of Missions en- tirely occupied the afternoon session. -1t was resolved to assist in the erection of a church at Carson Valley and the board was authorized to name the amount which it micht consider necessnri; to add to the $1000 already raised by the congregation there. Rev.J. Becker is the pastor of the Carson Vallev flock. It was announced that Rev. M. Boade, the Lutheran clergy- man at Seattle, and Rev. F. Verwiebe of Spokane had both resigned their pastor- ates and gone East. The board was author- ized to appoint successors, as both Seattle and Spokane are still missionary churches and, therefore, subject to the jurisdiction of the board. By unanimous consent of the synod it was decided that to pay periodical mis sionary visits to Idaho was more than any missionary at Spokane could be expected to accomplish as weli as attending to his duties in Washington. It was therefore resolved to request the Montana synod to supply the Idaho field with a missionary. The question of erecting a Lutheran church at San Diego was discussed, but action in the matter was deferred till to-day. MURDER I CHINATOWN, Yee Doo Foo, a Laundryman, Shot in Baker Alley by Look Won. An Eye-Witness States That a Dog Was the Cause of the Shooting. When the highbinder societies or tongs | were in full swing in Chinatown, the murder of a member of = rival tong was no unusual occurrence, Between two and three years ago several murders took place within a few weeks, but since then, owing to the breaking up of the tongs by the police, the use of the revolver was discon- tinued. Early yesterday morning, however bei..g detained by the police. He made the following statement: Yee Doo Foo and I were walking nlong Sulli- van alley toward Pacific street. Look Won and another Chinese were standing at the corner of Baker and Sullivan alleys with a small dog. Look Won set the dog on Yee Doo Foo and he kicked it. Look Won said, “If you kick that dog I will kill you,” and at the same time he fired two shots at Yee Doo Foo. Look Won ran into the store on the corner, and I kept him in view till the officers came, and pointed him out to them. The other man ran into 9 Sulli- van alley, with the dog after him. After being shot Yee Doo Foo ran for about twenty yards into the doorway of the house on Baker alley, where he fell. Ah Tan, 9 Sullivan alley, the owner of the dog, was also taken to the City Prison. He said he always kept the dog chained and did not know who had unchained it and taken it into the alley. He heard the shots, and went downstairs, where ha found his dog. The witness to the shooting could not identify Ah Tan as Look Won’s compan- ion, and he was not positive about the dog, although it was about the same size. The police made a careful search of 9 Sullivan alley, which is a private lodging- house where Look Won lived, and the store on the corner, but they failed to find a revolver. MANUFACTURERS OBJECT, Protest Against a Charltable Society Purchasing East- ern Goods. A. E. Osborne of the Feeble-Minded Home Accused of Discrim-~ Ination. A short time ago A. E. Osborne, superin- tendent of the California Home for the Care and Training of Feeble-minded Chil- dren, issued a schedule for bids for goods and groceries for that institution for the coming year. While professing to be fa- vorable to and desirous of the patronizing of home industries, he called for many ar- ticles, such as baking powders, candles, salt, soap, soda, blacking, corn, condensed milk, etc., and mentiored brands manu- factured by Eastern firms. In conclusion he stated that only the brands called for ‘vould be accepted, and that the substitu- tion of names of any brand would be nul- lif’i:ing the bid. his aroused_the officers of the Manu- facturers’ and Producers’ Assoclation, and some mterestiné; correspondence followed. Secretary Mead sent to Superintendent Osborne a letter calling attention to the fact that a California institution of this character supported by California peoxle should patronize California products. Ac- companying the letter was a list of the maembers of the association who are able to furnish as good groceries and goods as any named in Mr. Osborne’s schedule. Letters were also sent to all of the members of the association stating that Mr. Osborne’s at- tention had been called to the fact that he was discriminating against California manufactured goods by ‘naming particular brands made in the Fast. The letter con- cludes by saying: We nave furnished him with your name as a manufacturer of an article included in this list, or that may be required by the home, and we would respectfully suggest that you imme- diately communicate with Mr. Osborne at Eldridge, Cal., upon the subject, giving him all the information required as to the specific articles you manufacture. As a result the home ie flooded with let- ters from local manufacturers, and from what can be learned Mr. Osborne will be i nduced to change some of the brands of £00ds on his schedule. Presbyterian Ministers Ask Him to End the Water Circuses. SHAME ON THE PROFESSORS. Members of the Congregational Monday Club Discuss the Unlversities. Rev. M. Willett closed a scholarly re- view of Balfour’s “Foundations of Belief,” which he read at the Congregational Mon- day Club yesterday, by saying: Shall we consider the subject of the great English Conservative's view that naturalism is a'basis utterly unfit for morals, public or private—a subject outworn, insignificant or Temote, when many of the professors at the Berkeley and Stanford universities take the opposité ground? Rev. Mr. Tubbs said the review of the work in question so strongly expressed Balfour’s views and those of the reviewers that he wished it might be read by all. ““The professors of Stanford are disgracing themselves by their teachings,” said he. Professor Moore of the Pacific Seminary said the distinction is not commonly made between naturalism and idealism as a basis of morality. He understood that there is a controversy in regard to that in the university in question. Here Mr. Willett explained that his ref- erence was to Professor Moses. rather than Professor Howison. His claim was that those who hold Spencerian, positivist or agnostic views are on essentially the same platform, so far as the relations of natural- 1sm to morality are concerned. Superintendent Hood spoke in a lauda- tory vein of Balfour as a man of action as well as a thinker, and said that for himself he is enough of an ‘“old fogy'’ to think theology is the queen of science. “If it were made food and drink,” said he, ‘‘preachers would not need to give Sunday evening lectures on the tariff.” Rev. C. T. Brown said he entertained a high opinion of and thinks the work more especially significant on account of the personality of the author. He believed the views advanced symptomatic. Not long ago the statement had been made by authority that the vicarious atonement is explainable on scientific grounds. The tendency is coming to be toward the posi- tion of Baifour that naturalism is not a source of inspiration or ethics. John Kimball wondered what statesman of our land could produce such a book. Not the famous Grover Cleveland. Dr. Pond replied that Tom Reed is quite capa- ble of taking such a stand and maintained it. Rev. W. C. Dedling of Vermont and Elder H. S. Tanner of the Latter-da: Saints’ Mission of this City made brief ad- dresses. thanking the club for the courtesy of the floor and expressing interest in the discussion. Mrs. 8. B. Cooper called at- tention to Rev. Anna Shaw’s coming lec- ture on “The Fate of Republics,” and said Miss Anthony would speak on the same occasion on ‘“The Present Status of the Woman Suffrage Question.” It was an- nounced that those ladies would address the ministerial association of the City at 1:30 p. M. Monday at the Y. M. C. A. audi- torium. Rev. W. A. Tenny will address the club on the 8th prox., and it was decided to in- vite Rev. Phiiip Graif to address it on the 15th prox. Presbyterian Ministerial Union. A committee from the Presbyterian Ministerial Union will wait upon Mayor Sutro during the week to request that water circuses and similar Sunday enter- tainments at Sutro Baths be discontinued. Dr. H. S. Ketchem, Rev. D. Hanson Irwin and George Mearns were appointed to that gfi"\ce at the meeting of the union yester- ay. George Mearns stated that the ladies of the Presbyterian and Episcopal churches of the City are interested in a project for the establishment of a Seaman’s Institute at Port. Costa, and asked the co-operation of the union in the plans. The secretary was instructed to send a letter of condolence, on behalf of the union, to Rev. G. D. B. Stewart on the death of his only child. Rev. D. Hanson Irwin read a paper on “‘Revivals,” in the course of which he said: “Emotion is not religion. In and of itself it is valueless. Neither is a mere ac- quaintance with dogma religion.” Rev. James Woodworth will give an address on ‘“The Coming of the Lord,” be- fore the union on Monday. Methodist Preachers’ Meeting. The quarterly election which was held at the Methodist preachers’ meeting re- sulted in the placing of Rev. G. W. Beatty in the chair, making Rev. J. B. Cheyno- worth vice-president and Dr. W. W. Case secretary. Rev. fienry Varley was the speaker and his theme “The Coming Sovereignty of Christ.” He expressed the belief that there would be no blighted harvests, no droughts, no unseasonable frosts under the regime of Chrnst. Longevity will be the rule instead of the exception, accord- ing to the English evangelist. fiev. 8. 0. Simpson will address the meeting next Monday on the thame of “Personal Reminiscences.” ————— No Longer Andrews & Co. The corporation ereated by Colonel A. An- drews to carry on his business was dissolved by Judge Wallace yesterdey at the request of Colonel Andrews. The corporation was origi- nally formed so that, in the event of the jeweler’s death, the business would go on just the same, and there would be no chance of it being broken u{l by his heirs. The corporation was formed five years ago, and although Andrews was always the sold owner in the business, still the general un- derstanding was that there were others con- nected with him. For that reason he has had the corporation dissolved. e e e Two Carpenters Injured. William Perrin and John Desmond, two car- penters, were working on a building at the corner of Washington and Davis streets yester- day morning with six other carpenters when the staging gave way and they were all precipi- tated to the ground. Perrin had his right thigh fractured and Desmond his right arm. They were taken to the Receiving Hospital, The other six men escaped uninjured. Perrin lives at 528 Hickory avenue and Desmond on the corner of Devisadero and Bush streets. CASH DRAWER IS RIFLED, Discovery Made in Newman & Levinson’s Store at Last. The Police Stlill Disbelleve the Story ‘Told by Watchman Ernest Nagle. The discovery yesterday morning that about §60 was missing from one of the cash-drawers in one of the departments on the second floor of Newman & Levinsor’s store puts a new complexion on the mys- terious affair of Saturday night. The cashier was away on a yachting ex-. cursion on Sunday and did not return till yesterday morning. When questioned as to the cash he surprised Mr. Newman by informing him that he had not received the money from this particular drawer. This money is usually left in the drawer over night” for change purposes in the morning. Mr. Newman concluded that the two NEW TO-DAY. NEW TO-DAY. KELLY & LIEBEY (loak and Suit House, 120 Kearny Street. GIGANTIC CLOAK SALE! 'WE, ONCE MORE OFFER OUR BEAUTI- ful stylish goods at gigantic sale prices. Every lady knows the fine quality of our goods, and the styles are the latest. We never buy jobs or odd lois, and so have no jobs or odds and ends to offer you—only the newest, the best and the finest, At gigantic sale prices. FANCY SILK WAISTS, . big sleeves.........82.75 $3.00 8$3.25 Reduced from $4.50, $6 and $7. FINE BSURAH SILK WAISTS, ..83.00 %$3.00 $3.00 Reduced from $7. ELEGANT STRIPED SILK_WAISTS..... #4.75 $5.25 8$6.50 Reduced from $8, $9 and $10. FINE SERGE SEPAR- ATE SKIRTS, very wide, lined all through and stiff. ened, in plaits.. .75 $5.00 A HUGE BARGAIN, 25¢ 285¢ 25¢ LAUNDRIED SHIRT WAISTS. 40¢ 40c 40c LAUNDRIED FRENCH PERCALE WAISTS 75¢ 75¢ 75¢ LAUNDRIED FINEST IM P(}::sRTED PER: 1.00 $1.25 $1.50 All Shirt Waists Reduced in Price One-half. Special attention given to Country Orders. Always send money with order. Satisfac- tion guaranteed. —— e masked burglars had taken the money. They possibly had knowledge of its being there and took it preparatory to rifling the other drawers, but were scared off before accomplishing their purpose. Detective Bohen is still convinced that Watchman Nagle is romancine, In speak- ine of the missing $60 last night, be said: There are six drawers and on Saturday night Ifound them all open. While I was examin- ing one of them an employe in the store came upand told me that Special Officer Linville haa forced them open, but for what purpose, T don’t know. There was no money in the draw- ers then, and nothing was said by any one about money being kept there. Men who do that sort of & job are, as a rule, the most desperate criminals, and would not have been satisfied to steal only $60. It was easy for them to carry away $15,000 or $20,- 000 worth of silk goods before being dis- covered. What makes me disbelieve Watchman Na- 515’! story is that he made so many contra- ictory statements. Another thing, he did not volunieer a single statement, but everything had to be dragged out of him by questions. A man who wants to tell a story tells it without being forced to do so. i It was not impossible for Nacle to have bound and gagged himself. The piece of cheesecloth that covered his mouth had only one knot in it. It would have been an easy matter for him to have rubbed his heaa against the edge of the counter and so have relieved himself of that bindin?, which would have enabled him to get rid of the gag in his mouth and get the use of his voice to yell for help. It must not be overlooked, also, that Tobbers of that caliber are generally prepared with their own gaes. There was plenty of dust on the stairs, and T still say that if Nagle’s story was true that he slid downstairs his clothes would have been covered with dust. I also proved that it was impossible for the robbers to have got out by the window or door in the rear, as there are cobwebs over an inch long on the wire sereen, which would have been brushed away by the clothing of the robbers in crawling through. Besides why didn’t Nagle crawl along to the front door and turn theykey, which was in the lock, with his hands, which were tied in such & way that he could easily have done it. In- stead of that he prefers to sit on a stool. It is & pity that the officer neglected to ob- serve what sort of a knot was on the binding around his wrists. He cut it without thinkin of that point, which would have demonstrate wllafelher it could have been done by Nagle him- self. There isan alarm in the store which the watchman rings every hour. As it did not ring lmesun{fier was sent from the alarm com- pany’s office on Sutter street to see what was the matter. The messenger peered into the !!nrg, but Nagle did nothing to attract his at- tention. The motive? Well, there are two or three things. Perhaps Nagie wanted an assistant. Then, again, I understand that the firm has had oceasion to talk to him "C“‘fli' and he might want to do something like this to gain notoriety and the sympathy of the firm. 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