The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 24, 1895, Page 14

1 THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1895, oTHE CALL'S" NEW HOME. Work of Preparing the Site for the Foundation to Com- mence To-Day. NEW ERA IN THE SOUTHSIDE.! The People Will Soon See the Most Magnificent Tower Bullding In the United States. Work on the new home of THE CaLL at the corner of Market and Third streets will commence this morning, and it will be pushed uninterruptedly until San fran- cisco's model magnificent structure is fin- ished. Yesterday a gang of workmen under in- structions from Charles Wolfinger, mre-I man for Contractor Buckman, dug a num- | ber of postholes to receive the posts on which will be constructed the fence re- ired by law to be erected in front of in course of construction for the of pedestrians. That was the pre- Jiminary work, and it was watched all the afternoon by great crowds of people, who declared that it was an earnest of the intention of Claus Spreckels to carry out his purpose of erecting the most striking rtistic tower building in the United b safety and 3 nclined slope for teams has been prepared from the southern Third-street end of the prope to the present level below ,and this morning as many men ar 1s as Contractor Buckman can convi tly work will be on hand to commenc o the site for the laying 1 ndation on which of iron, stone and be leveled fifteen he official grade of the streets soon as it is ready the lay- ncrete will go on with the work of base ever put to- or any building. The soil is sand, and was part of the base -foot sand hill that prior to 1852 s one of the striking monuments ot the At that time that por- o westward and south- a portion of *Pleasant Valley There were undulating sand hills and sand ¢ sred with oak, boxwood and wild flowers. The site of the Nucleus building was far below the present grade, and there was in tnhe center a moss-covered pond, the of the croaking bullirogs. Rabbits in the brush, and ducks were in a pond near the corner of Fourth and Howard streets. Across Third street at Howard there was an immense sand hill. That was before Jim Estelle, the Warden of San Quentin , built the ildi n south of M n-yard. It still stands on | of Third street, south of | ins down to the corner of ore that hill was cut down way to Folsom street, Third d, after a fashion, to plank road, line sion street | to the Mission Dolores. | m Brannan buit on 1 Opera-house a row | oofed cottages that rom the East in sections | and 1e around the Horn. But when the City began to extend the steam paddy was set to work to level the obstructing sand_hills, and an advancing, ization converted the nd hills into a living city, filled nstrious workers. A new era is now upon the City, and par- 1 in the section described. THE Cavt's new building, -which will adorn the | site upon which it stands, will be the first | of many handsome structures that in time will be built along the line of Third street, and replace the many that now are a dis- | grace to the principal artery that leads to | the depot, to which thousands are forced street b connect wit which was to go in order to leave the City for the | o South and Southwest. And while dt will be the first, it no doubt for many years will remain the grandest monument of | architecture, having one front on the City’s | main avenue and another on one of the principal thoroughfares SISILITDS HORSEHH, Dr. G. Childs - Macdonald Liquidates a Fine of Twenty Dollars. His Lively Encounter With Dr. Freeman Settled In the Municipal Court. Sausalito’s municipal court has declared sgainst the unrestricted use of horsewhips by imposing a fine of $20 upon one of the warring doctors whose emphatic language and belligerent attitudes excited that quiet village on Saturday last. G. Childs-Macdonald, M.D., F.R.C. stood up before Judge Pryor yester- morning and hstened to the reading complaint charging him with unlaw- v and viciously battering Dr. R. Free- man with a whip. “Not guilty, your Honor,” he answered to the regular question. Dr. Freeman, the injured medico, was on his feet in a twinkling. But he only glared at his adversary. Whatever opinion he possessed as to the veracity of Dr. G. Childs acdonald he retained within his own breast, when the court’s eye fell upon lmn]A - Freeman called him a scoundrel,” d J. J. O'Connor, the evewitness. “Then Dr. Childs-Macdonald hopped out of his buggy and cut Dr. Freeman with a whip. Then Dr. Freeman called the de- fendant another name—a very bad name— very much worse than scoundrel, and the defendant made another break for him. ':th. & Igm. in and stoppea the fight. | hat’s all.” “Did he qualify the word scoundrel?” asked the court. ““Yes, but I'm not sure which of the two sdjectives e used,”’ was the answer. Dr. Childs-Macdonald explained: “rg was that adjective which to the ear of a well-bred Englishman is the most unre- fined ries.” i 1 did not call him that kind of a scoun- rel, ’thal can be found in the dictiona- roared Dr. Freeman, “I never use a word.” “You did,” cried the defendant. “I dia not! It was the other kind, the milder word. I always use mild words. ‘“Yes, you do—not.” “That will do, gentlemen,” said Judge Plx} or. “It doesn’t cut any figure after all.” The beiligerents glared at each otker. “Let me ask him,” said the defendant, “if he did_not put his thumb under his nose and wiggle his fingers at me?” “Me, wiggle my fingers at you? No, sir.” “Then if Marshal Creed says you did he is a liar, is he?’ “It is not Marshal Creed that's a liar!” insinuatingly. ‘“He has been accosting me on every possible occasion, and didn’t even spare me when my wife was with me. Only last Thursday he met—"’ “‘Confine yourself to last Saturday,” said the court. Finally the testimon way and another, an solemn. was all in, one the court grew “‘Gentlemen,” he said, “‘the fair name of Bausalito must not be made the jest of her neighbors by respectable physicians call- ing each other scoundrels and using horse- whips. It has been the pride of this court that it has reduced the hoodlum element to a standstill in Sausalito, and 1 do not ropose to permit two gentlemen in the igher walks of life—gentlemen who live on the hill—to occupy the unsavory shoes of the disbanded hoodlums. “‘Hereafter it will be well for both of vou if you never speak as you passon Water street. You must keep yourselves removed from each other a respectful and l2gal distance. If this ever happens again this court will feel inclined to make the penalty a severe one. 1n the present case 1t will ‘be light—only $20.” “What’s that!” “Twenty dollars, I said.” *‘Make it fifteen.” Judge Pryor assumed an injured air. ““This court never reverses itselft. The fine is only $20.”" Dr. G. Childs-Macdonald paid the fine and the complainant bowed to the court, turned his back on his late foe and left the | courtroom smiling triumphantly. _ The absence of a complaint against Dr. Freeman for using bad names is due to the fact that the ordinance is defective. MINERS LODKING AHEAD, President Neff and Others Talk Over the Coming Convention. Opposition May Develop From Tre- gldgo and Thomas of Nevada County. President J. H. Neff and Vice-President | Samuel Thornton of the Miners’ Associa- tion called at the State Mining Bureau vesterday afternoon, to talk over matters with Charles G. Yale, who is the secretary of the association in this City, besides be- ing a member of the executive committee of the State association. No opportunity was had by Mr. Neff of seeing Secretary Hoke Smith of the In- terior Department during his visit to Washington. nor could he meet the Pre dent. Secretary Smith was in Georgia and the President was at Gray Gables. The only Cabinet officer of any consequence seen by Mr. Neif was Secretary Carlisle, but as the province of the Secretary of the Treasury does not include the miners’ grievances, nothing ol importance came of that interview. The visit to Mr. Yale was simply to dis- cuss the preliminaries of the coming miners’ conveniion of October 14. Mr. Yale is of the opinion that the convention this vear will be fully as well attended as last vear's was, when there were 540 dele- gates present. Nevada County is the only one thus far which has acted in the matter of selecting | delegates. She has chosen a committee to pick out delegates, and the committee has alreaay named forty out of the 120 to be sent here. Placer County’s association will meet on the 28th inst.,, and the other counties will soon follow. One more meeting of the executive com- mittee will be called before the convention. | The date has not yet been fixed, but Mr. Neff will return to this City on October 1, and a meeting of the committee will then be arranged for. The San Francisco association will be called together to choose delegates by | President George Grayson some time dur- | ing next week. There is considerable speculation al- ready as to what the convention will d velop, It is understood that an oppos tion to the present policy and regime will | make itself apparent under the leadership of President Alfred Tregidgo of the Ne- vada County Association, and Richard | Thomas. It is said that Mr. Tregidgo’s disappointment in failing to get a State debris commissionership has something to do with his antagonism; but that is the | story of those on the other side. Whatever may develop President Nefl and Secretary Ralston say they will not accept any nomination at all, if offered, in this year's convention. They think their | labors have been but poorly appreciated | by the rank and_file of the State associa- tion and that it is about time for them to | retire and attend to more profitable busi- | of their own. Attorney Ricketts, too, | who is chairman of the mineral lands | committee, proposes to go into the back- | ground. Secretary Ralston may be back from the st just in time for the convention, but is not expected earlier. Such, at least, a let- ter received by Mr. Yale from him yester- day would imply. Mr. Neff went back to Colfax last night. There is a general apprehension felt among those whose interests he represents in various branches of mining that the bydraulic miners will not come forward as heartily as they should in support of the | movement to protect the mineral lands | from the greed of the railroad companies. | In the past the association has fought hard | for the interests of the hyaraulic miners, with the result that the State Legislature passed the debris commission bill and made the $250,000 appropriation (contin- gent upon Congressional action), and Con- | gress passed the Caminetti bill. “ About the | only thing now wanted by the hydraulic | miners is a Congressional appropriation. The quartz, drift and petrolenm miners, | however, hope that the hydraulic miners will fall into line to a man and fight for the mineral interests of the State as a whole. SONOMA'S WINE YIELD. It Has Been Considerably Delayed by the Recent Rains. Captain B. F. Cromwell, United States internal Revenue agent, and J. G. Meyer | Jr., returned from a tour of inspection of | Sonoma County yesterday. They wanted | to see what the stills and wineries were do- | too soon, and that not a third of the plants were in operation. The recent rains have delayed matters, and also caused consid- erable damage. “The Sonoma County vintage is at least three weeks late,” said Agent Cromwell yesterday. “The rain made it impossible to pick the fruit, and in many districts the grapes rotted on the ground. Many of the vineyardists will be heavy losers, but others will come out more than even. There will be a heavy wine yield in So- noma this year, and considerable brandy | will be made. Inorder to ascertain ex- | actly what is being done I will have to | again visit that section next month.” oot GOLDEN GATE PARK. Work on the Music Peristyle Will Be Commenced in October. The Park Commissioners expect to be- gin the work of constructing the peristyle, at the new music grounds, early in Octo- ber. If the appropriation is not available then work may te postponed until money is in sight. Irving M. Scott, one of the Commission- ers, is absent in Japan, but will be home within thirty days. Joseph D. Redding, trustee of the music, will go south in a few days, but will not leave the City for any considerable length of time until next winter. He does not an- ticipate any change at present in the lead- ership of the band, but is anxious to be re- lieveg of the work of looking after the music, and has so informed the Park Com- missioners. ————— A. J. Lewis’ Death. A Coroner's jury brought in a verdict of “‘suicide superinduced by ill health,” in the, case of A. J. Lewis, late president of the firm of Shreve & Co. It will be remembered that the deceased left the dinner-table at his home, 2123 Sacramento street, on the 17th inst., and stabbed himself to death in the bathroom. Nellie Flaherty, & chambermaid, William Klink, 8 clerk with Shreve & Co., and G. R. Shreve, secretary of the firm, testified tl Lewis had been In ili health. Mr. Shreve stated in answer to & question that the de- ceased’s financial affairs were iu the best pos- sible condition. ———————— THEY'RBINIT! Their new building, 22 Clay 8t., opposite the ferry. The Mysell-Rollins Co.* HOW WONG'S BIRTHDAY. It Was Fittingly Celebrated by the Yung Wo Asso-~ ciation. |{HE LIVED CENTURIES AGO. Revered as a God Because of His Virtues While Residing on the Earth. The correlative of the saying that “the | good men do isoft buried with their bones” may justly be said of the estimation in protiosed to form an organization similar to the American Soap Association of the East. That organization has districted out the territory so that the soap manu- facturers will not interfere with each other’s business. It will have another ob- ject in view, ana that is to drive the East- ern soaps from the Western marketsas much as possible. ———————— THE GRAND JURY. Fire Department Inquiry—Effort to Re- move Sidewalk Obstructions. The Grand Jury held an animated ses- sion yesterday afternoon, fifteen of the nineteen members being present. Among the witnesses called yesterday was Chief | Engineer Sullivan of the Fire Department. Others connected with this branch of the municipal service will be callea perhaps at the next meeting. Shortly after the Grand Jury was organ- ized an effort was made to clear away ob- structing signs and other unsightly objects throughout the City. ‘The Supervisors, responding to a commu- nication from the Grand Jury, passed an STATE'S CASE ENDS TO-DAY Public Will Scon Know How Durrant’s Attorneys Ex-~ pect to Free Him. DEUPREY LAUGHS AT THEORIES | He Admits the Defense Has a Sur- prise for the People--An Anonymous Letter. The anxious public will not be kept in the dark much longer concerning the case prepared by Theodore Durrant’s attorneys b7 REVERENT CHINESE GAZING ON THE IMAGE OF THE GREAT HOW WONG. [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] which the Chinese hold those of their race who have raised themselves above their | ously ited to of learning and stands, projecting signs, ete., but the pres- countrymen by profundity uprightness of life. In China those who distinguish them- selves in the world of letters and learning, and who, as the Chinese say, “know all there is to know,”” are revered even after | | | order revoking all special privileges pre: granted to maintam bootblack, sure on the board was so great from some quarters that a resolution rescinding the revoking order was adopted. { Many of the members of the Grand Jur; took the position that the special privi- | leges annulled by the revoking order were | their death and become josses, to be set up | not restored by the rescinding order and, | in temples and worshiped by come after them. The birthdays of these saintsare cele- | Jow. | brated with feasts and rejoicing, while | again by the Grand Jury to bring the their deaths are deplored as public calam- | Police Department and Board of Super- | visors into ities. The birthday of one of these sages, How Wong, a man of great learning and grace of mind, who died about 300 years | ago, has just been celebrated at the headquarters of the Yung Wo | Association, 730 Sacramento street, and the josshouse and headquarters of the organization were thronged for days with reverent Chinese, who gazed upon the his- tory of the great Wong as depicted by the rich tapestries that adorned the walls, and. ate and drank and were merry at the ex- pense of the association, which furnished music, liquid and solid refreshments for all who cared to partake. Formerly a great street parade on which thousands of dollars were spent was one of the main features of the celebration, but of Jate years the celebration has been con- fined to the exercises in the josshouse, the series of entertainments usually costing from $4000 to $5000. The festival lasted from Thursday noon priests of the temple went three times a day to the shrine of the joss and asked his {\rotection for the ensuing year. W qualities which made him those who please him in gainin ¥ g the peace and coin so dear to'the Chinese eart. A BIG WINE SALE, Judge Slack Signs Some Noew Orders in Relation to the Fair Estate. Judge Slack, who exercises the authority over the Fair estate that Senator Fair would have if alive, signed the following orders yesterday at the request of the special administrators: To_sell 75,000 gallons of claret at the Petaluma ranch, vintage of 1893, at 15 cents a gallon, delivered free on board vessel at the winery, Lenormand Brothers, the pur- chasers, to furnish cooperage; to settle street assessment claims with James Mof- fitt; to purchase and sink a barge at the North Beach pchnv, at a cost of $1500; to pay Warren & Malley $4126 35 for work in August; and to rent for two months to the San Francisco Bridge Company a pile- driver at $40 a month. The price obtained for the wine is re- garded as a very good one. e A LOOAL SOAP COMBINE, Manufacturers Organize to With Eastern-Made Goods. The soap manufacturers of this City,about fifteen in number, held & meeting yester- day in the rooms of the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Association for the purpose of organizing. The meeting was held with closed doors, and those present were very reticent about telling what had been done. The movement of the organizing has been under consideration by several prom- inent soap marufacturers for some time past, and letters have been sent to the soapmakers in Sacramento, Stockton, Fresno and the cities further south. At the meeting yesterday representatives of Knight & Co. of Sacramento and Williams & Moore of Stockton were present. Letters were read from soapmakers in other places too far away to warrant a trip to San Fran- cisco. The writers indorsed the proposition of organizing. From what can be learned it Compoete | is] | to Sunday night, and during that time the | How | ness connections of any kind with Mr. Vong is believed to retain all the good | Middlekauff. This statement is made for powerful tor | t} ing, but found they were a couple of weeks | good during life, and to be. able to aid | right bel those who | therefore, mostrof the existing obstructions are maintained contrary to law. | It is said that the subject will not be al- | to rest here. Efforts will be made | line, with the end in view of removing sidewalk obstructions. EXOHERHTED FROM BLANE E. D. Middiekauf Never Had Any Relations With Hart Brothers. Messrs. Alling and Stowe Define Their Part in the Regensbur- ger Matter. The article in Tue CarL of last Sunday stating that E.D. Middlekauff was con- nected with a swindling operation in which Hart Bros. were the suffererers has been found upon investigation to be un- trae. Hart Bros. deny having had busi- ose of setting Mr. Middlekauff cre the public. Regarding the matter of E. B. Stowe and 2. Alling, who are jointly sued with E. ay, L. M. Walker and E. D. Middle- kauif by M. M. Regensburger to have can- celed a certain indorsement on a note made by Regensburger, they declare in answer that neither of them was an agent or accomplice of Middlekauff in fraudu- lently endeavoring to obtain money upon said note from the plaintiff. They further allege in their answer that Alling paid Middlekauf $235 for the note, the face value of which was $250; that All- ing then placed the note with Stowe for collection, and that Stowe now holds the note for that purpose and no other. Alling and Stowe further ask that they be allowed costs against the plaintiff to the amount of $100, and that the injunction against the negotiation of the note, so far as it affected them, be dissolved. SEEKING FOR HER SON. Mrs. J. G. Griswold Wants the Coroner to Institute a Search. Mrs. J. G. Griswold of Montesano, Wash., is looking for a son, George. He was last heard from at the residence of his aunt, Mrs. C. E. Dodge, 1214 Twelfth street, East Oakland. He-called there a month ago and left his overcoat, saying he would re- turn, but he failed to do so. His cousin, C. E.Dodge of 906 Broad- way, Oakland, does not know anything about the whereabouts of the young man, and the mother is almost distracted. She says he is her only child, and that her hus- band, who is now deaa, was well known in San Francisco as Judge J. A. Griswold. ‘When he was quite young Mrs. Gris- wold’s son fell fifty feet from a collapsed balcony and was terribly injured. Opium in large quantities was given to him at that time, and he always used a dose of it every evening to produce sleep. The mother thinks he may have taken an over- dose by mistake. e To Recover an Estate. Cecelia Quinn, administratrix of the Cecelia Hencbery estate,has begun suit to set aside & deed by which Mrs. Henebery conveved to her husband, Andrew Henebery, in 1851 8 $50,- 000 piece of real estate at the corner of Goiden Gate avenue and Leavenworth street. Sheal- leges that Mrs. Henebery was of unsoundmind, by which to prove the young medical stu- dent ihnocent of the charge of murder. District Attorney Barnes said last even- | ing that he would close the case for the | This has been made quite clear to the people to-day. At the opening of court this morning Detective Anthony will be placed on the stand to tell the story of the statement Durrant made to him the night of the ar- rest at Mount Diablo. John Connors, an. Oakland newspaper correspondent, will follow to recite the statements the accused made to him dur- | ing an interview had at Oakland while the prisoner was being brought to the City. Other witnesses who will be called will be Dr. Farnham to describe the customary practices in vogue at medical colleges with reference to the manner of laying out a body preparatory to dissecting.” His testi- Bl bk A e A R STRANGE CRYPTOGRAM RECEN' DURRANT, [Reproduced from the somewhat, although I suppose a great many will say ‘I told you so.” However, I uess we’ll surprise the knowing ones & filtle in their own minds, oo, for of all the guesses that have been made, none have come very close to hitting it,” Mr. Deuprey was attacked with a spasm of mirth and indulged in a hearty laugh when he saw the theory advanced in an- other publication yesterday to the effect that the “sweet pea girl”’ was to be thrown into the breach to save Durrant’s neck by testifying that she it was who accompanied the accused to Emmanuel Church the afternoon of August 3, the testimony of Mrs. Leak and others who claim to have seen him with a lady that day having first been admitted. 5 “If anything of that kind is to be done,’ said Mr. Deuprey, “I haven’t been taken into the confidence of my confreres, for 1 know nothing of it.” According to Mr. Deuprey all the theo- ries, with perhaps one exception, have come to naught, for he also denies having any knowledge of an alleged medical man who has been said io be ready to testify favorably to the defense, relative to Dur- rant’s alleged journey on the Poweil and Valencia street cars on the fatal afternoon. The one possible exception is the theory that the defense will strive to prove that Blanche Lamont was seen alive after the hour on which she is subposed to have been murdered. This the defense has de- clined to either confirm or deny; hence it 1aay be that this will prove the corner- stone upon which the surprise structure will be erected. Durrant has received an anonymous letter, written either in hieroglyphics, an arbitrary form of shorthand, or perhaps only the pen scratchings of a crank. No one seems able to make anything out of it, but it is possible that it containsa hidden meaning of much importance. Durrant himself considers it the work of a crank, and says he cannot think of any meaning that might attach to the characters. FARMERS' BOUNTY BIL Mr. Lubin Is Here Preparing It for Presentation to Congress. ‘Grove Johnson Will Champlon the Measure in the House of Representatives. David Lubin of Sacramento, who has been making a tour of the Eastern States for the purpose of interesting the farmers in his project for having a bill passed by Congress to pay bounties on agricultural products, came down yesterday to this City. He stated last evening at the Grand that he had come down here to arrange the details of the bill which will be presented in Congress in December. Speaking of it last evening at the Grand, he said: “I have been assisted by Hugh Craig, J. A. Sheehan and others in getting the facts necessary here. A roughdraft will be sent on to the Middle and Eastern States for sug- pestions and amendments. It will be pre- sented in the House of Representatives by Grove Johnson, and in the Senate prebably by some Eastern man, “It will be a_simple affair copied after the English bill in force from 1688 or for seventy years when they had a surplus of staple agricultural products, the same economic condition that confronts us. find that the carrying out of the bill will be very simple and inexpensive. *I have addressed gatherings of farmers in Pennsylv. Virginia, Missouri, Illi- nois and Maine. I shall address the State Grange of this State and Missouri, go to the Atlanta Farmers’ Convention, the Na- tional Grange and the National Associa- tion of Agricultural Implement and Ve- hicle Manufacturers at Chicago. “‘On the farmers in the States I have visited the effect is curious. It tends to make clear the entire protective scheme, and its chief and only defect is found to be in the impossibility of a protective | tariff on imports to protect an indus- try whose products are sold in the | open market similar to an auction at | the world’s free trade Liverpool prices. - | farmers, and as a result they demand one of two alternatives: absolute treetrade or | a measure of protection which will protect them against the competition of the cheap land and labor countries. Whichever po- litical party will offer them equity in pro- tection will obtain their votes. “Over 1,000,000 pieces of literature have been distributed among then: and another 1.000,000 is ready to te distributed, and | they understand the question as they have never understood it before.” e A Printer’s Estate. The executors of the Jerome B. Painter estate have petitioned the Superior Court for permis- NEW TO-DAY. Goods! | sion to remove from 518 Clay street, to discon- | tinue the business of dealing in type and printers’ materials and to do electrotyping and & =i L 2 TLY REJPAVED BY THEODORE original manuseript.] mony will be calculated to connect the defendant with the crime on the hy- pothesis that only a medical student would have bpeen likely to have made use of the block of wood upon which the head of the murdered girl rested. Dr. Glazier will be callea to repeat his testimony taken at the preliminary examination relative to Durrant’s having requested the loan of his notes on Dr. Cheney’s lecture, and also the statement that the two students quizzed on the same subject a few days subsequent to the sup- osed date of the murder. Dr. Gilbert I sraham will be called to testify to the de- fendant’s having also asked for his notes on the lecture, and then a limited number of Durrant’s former classmates will take the stand to tell what they know concern- ing the prisoner’s presence at or absence from the college on April 3. All this Mr. Barnes hopes and expects to accomplish to-day before resting his case. Thus the defense must _soon disclose, to the public that which it is so much desired to know, and that is just how Messrs. Dickinson, Deuprey and Thompson pro- pose to go about to clear their client of the charge against him. If the District Attor- ney accomplishes his purpose, that of closing for the people, the much desired information will be forthcoming to-mor; row, for Mr. Deuprey will then state to the court and to the jury what the defense will undertake to prove. Of all the rumors and theories of what the line of defense will be, that have been published, none have been authorized by stereotyping elsewhere. Tt is stated that a loss of several thousana dollars was sustained this year in the publication of Langley’s Directory, and that the firm’s interest in the directory can be s0ld for at least $8000. THE GREEN-FRUIT QUESTION. Orchardists Desirous of Changing the Present Marketing System. The provosition to change the November conveniion of the State Fruit Growers’ Association from San Diego to Sacramento is being considerably agitated among the fruit-growers north of Fresno. Many let- ters upon the subject have been received y B. M. Lelong of the State Horticultural Soci Among the latest is one from H. P. Stabler, a prominent orchardist of Yuba Cig. B. 8. Hulchinson, a large fruit-grower of Fresno, writes in a similar manner. The desire of the orchardists to have the con- vention held nearer to the center of the country from which most of the green fruits are shipped gives some indication of _lhexranxx}e:y to make some radical changes in the amrping and marketing of Califor- nia green fruits. Detective Coffey’s Estate. Daniel Coffey, the detective who shot him- self a week ago, left no will. His estate is valued at , and_yesterday the widow, Mrs. Ellen Coffey, applied for letters of admin’ istration. The estate consists of $53 09 in the Hibernia Bank and real estate at Shotwell and Twenty-second streets. the defendant’s attorneys except that which has it that a surprise, one that will cause the public to open its eyes and gape with wonder and amazement, is in store. When questioned yesterday relative to this common report, Mr. Deuprey said: | «Yes, I think we will surprise the people ROYAR Baking Powder Absolutely Pare We are not try- ing to gull the people with any “Green” Goods scheme. We are not marking up the price on clothing and “tagging” itata price only a “green” person would pay. Our prices are the lowest all the time. Compare OUR $10 and $7.50 Suits with the Kearny-St. Sensation(?). is our price for Black and Blue Serge and Cheviot Men’s Suits. Single or Double Breasted Sacks. $1.50 is our price for Men’s Overcoats, New Fall Styles, in Blues, Grays and Browns. 95¢c $10 Men’s Black Cheviot Suits. Square or round cut. Better than any ‘‘Sensation” $10 suit. 10 Men’s Fedora Hats, that hatters sell for $150, and really worth it. ——— It would be a real sensatiqn if you could find such values else- where—but you can’t. Youdon’t have to take our word for it—the daylight in our store shows you what they are. H. ROMAN & CO. The New Daylight Store, Cor. Fifth and Market Sts. STAMPED ON A S| HOE MEANS STANDARD OF MERIT. YOU KNOW OUR STORE. T IS ON THIRD STREET, NEAR MARKET, and adjoining the lot purchas by Claus Spreckels for the new CALL building. You can'c miss the Philadelphia Shoe Company, as we have our building covered with RED signs. We are selling big bargains, and it will pay you to call and examine our prices. The tearing down of the old bullding at Third and Market sts. interfered & littie with our trade, but_as an induct have cut the prices on all our shoes. and ¢ cek we make t below cost. to mind the fact ching, and that durable nd we are in a position ‘The recent rains brought that winter is rapidly appr Shoes must _be procmed, to offer bargains of heavy and medivm weight Shoes. For the past three yearswe have been making a specialty of Kangaroo Calf Shoes for ladies, misses and children, and they gavi 800d service that each year their sale has until at the present time they are cons Dest selling winter Shoe that we carry in stock. _Kangaroo Calf is lighter and_more pliable than either Pebble Goat or Calfskin, but it is a grade heavier than Kid, and consequently is light and ensy on the feet, but at the same time is water- proof and durable. This week we are making special drive of Ladies’ Kangaroo Calf Buiio Shoes, with medium pointed toes and tips and doublé soles, which we will sell for $81.785. These shoes are worth more money, as they can be guaranteed for wear, and sell regularly for $2 50, but on account of the obstruction on the corner we will actually sell them below cost. MISSES’ AND CHILD'S. Our Misses’ and Children’s Kangaroo Calf Spriug Heel Shoes are unexcelled for wear and are very neat in appearance. They have medium square toes and V-shaped patent leather tips, double soles, and are just the thing for school wear. A wish is for parents to give these shoes a trial, as we have thoroughly tested them and we will guas antee every pair. Child’s sizes, 8 to 10! Misses’ sizes, 11 to 2 REMEMBER WE HAVE NOT MOVED, A Country orders solicited. B@Send for New Illustrated Catalogue. strong Address B. KATCHINSKI, 10 Third Street, San ¥rancisco. PHILADELPHIA SHOE CO. Rev. Jokn Reid Jr., of Great Falls, Mon. re- commended Ely's Cream Balm to me. 1Ican em phasize his statement. It is a positive cure for catarrh if used as direct- ed.”—Rev. Francis W H Poole, Pastor Central Pres. Church, Helena, "“"CATARRH ELY’S CREAM BALM Opens and cleanses the Nasal Passages, Allays Pain and Inflammation, Heals_the Sores, Protects the Membrane from colds, Restores the senses of Taste and Smell. The Balm is quickly absorbed and gives relief at once. A particle is applied Into_each nostril and s agreeable. Price b0 cents at Druggists or by mail. ELY BROTHERS. 56 Warren street, New York. CUT RATE- CABINET, $2.00 A DOZEN. MORSE’S, 916 MARKET STREET,