The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 1, 1895, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1895. THE FEDERAL GRAND JURY WILL INVESTIGATE Some Sensational Develop- ments in the Free- man Case. PRINCIPALS SUBPENAED, Charges of Conspiracy and Sub- ornation of Perjury to Be Examined. HOW THE STORY WAS KNOWN, Alexander H. Freeman’s Bad Condition Said to Be the Result of the Fight. The strong arm of the United States Gouernment has been extended to stop the constant quarreling of the attorneys and principals in the Freeman-Westing- house patent case that has brought to tight so many sensations during the past week, and at 2 o'clock this afternoon all those directly connected with the matter, in- cluding the pretty typewriter, will be ex- amined before the Federal Grand Jury. The charges of bribery, subornation of perjury, conspiracy, intimidation of wit- nesses and other matters that have been freely bandied about in Judge Heacock’s court will be inquired into, as well as the carrying of revolvers by Attorney Mackaye and Wallace E. Freeman in the courtroom, an incident that caused intense excitement Baturday last. It is said that one of the brothers Free- man is in great peril of having a graver charge than bribery or conspiracy placed against him, growing out of the fight which occurred near the Palace Hotel several nights ago, and also out of subse- quent transactions. Since that melee Alexander H. Freeman has been lying at the Lick House in a critical condition, saia to be a result of the fight. He is scarce able to talk and fears are entertained for bis life. All concerned deny. delivering the kick, but he is evidently seriously ill. United States Attorney Foote is unc tain as to just what the Grand Jury in- vestigation will develop, as he 1s not sure that the crimes which are charged by sides were committed in thi: but he desires to be sure about the ither have some one indicted fo ns of the law or put a stop to the erings and recriminations that have become almost the sole topic of conversa- | tion about the Appraisers’ building. The Federal investigation is said to have been brouzht about by the inevitable ‘‘woman in the case.” The story goes that one of the broth hecame enamored of a young woman living on Kllis street and in a burst of confidence told her of various combinations and conspiracies that had been entered into by four of the brothers to implicate the fifth brother and his attorney. She had a friend in the Gov- ernment service to wiom she divulged some of the stor: 1 it came to the ears of those whose d t i3 to take charge of such matte and still is a Freeman, who House under the Warren P. and ey H. S, an attempt wa atient. But an S. Welch, the a visit to the s absolutely no ey of brothers John L. Boone, sted in the case, t 2 year ago the three brothers of rceman, who are named respec- Wallace Alexander H. and gave their testimony in the he Westinghouse Electrical Com- nst W. K. Freeman for a patent ce in favor of their brother. eing the fact the W. le decided that if this test aken their chances for ir favor was shght and that 1t was ab- ak this testimony “They tinally ran across another brother, by the name of Warren P. Fr induced him to influence his brothers and if possible to get them to change their W. P. Freeman and H. S, Mack- got nold of Wallace E., who wasa -noth: sort of fellow, and by s or other won him over to e of the case. n came to this coast where i. residec room in the Mills building, using the nam well-known capitalist in this Ci m A. Steeie, under which to conduct tess. In the meantime Alex H. haa bought him a residence in Riverside, and upon re- information Warren P. imme- called upon his brother and ed a scheme for orzanizing a soft rd rubber company in this Ci nduced him to come to San Fran- co and embark in this new enterprise. *“When they arrived in this City, it was discovered that they could not organize a company without capital, and at the sug- gestion of Warren P. an advertisement was inserted in the City papers asking for some who was well fixed financially to I in a profitable manufac- turing indus Z “This advertisement was bpromptiy answered by this ficticions Wiiliam A. Steele, who informed the advertisers that L:e could supply the necessary capital and requested them to call at his rooms in the Mills building. “They went tozether, and Mackaye, who pretended to be a stranger to both, eagerly fell in with the proposition and entered into a written contract by which he agreed to put up $100,000, pay all partiesinterasted $30 a week from the date of the contract, and also al! expenses which might be in- curred in connection with the enterprise. **After drawing up the contract Mackaye informed bis partners that the parties behind him were Eastern capitalists, con- sequently they would have to be informed before the deal could be consuramated, and in the event that the proposition should not meet with their approval he inserted a clause at the bottom of the contract stating that it might be revoked at any time inside of thirty days. “‘4'few days after this ratber unusual proceeding Mackaye sent for his partners and informed them that the Westinghouse Company was his financial backing and that he had received a telegram from 2 schoolmate in the East stating that some parties by the name of Freeman had given Lastrmony in a patent case in which the Westinghouse people were interested and that they were very much embittered against the parties who so testified. “At first Alex H. Freeman denied that Le had testified in the case mentioned, but afterward admitted it, and in consequence Mackaye said that he entertaine l'e,nn that that fact would break up the deal. “After pnm“(“nfi to take the matter under aavisement he finally decided that if the Freemans would each sign an affi- davit stating that the testimony they gave in the East at the'trial which took place 2 vear ago was false in every {lanxculqr the Westinghouse Company would be satisfied end that under those conditions the scheme could still be consummated. “This plan satisfied a!l parties interestea, and Mackaye rented a| ¢, end | and affidavits were drawn up, signed and acknowledged before a Notary Public and | left with Steele. ! | _“Next day the Freemans received a no- tice, signed by William A. Steele and H. S. Mackaye,slaung that the contract had been revoked, and_at this time Warren P., to- gether with Mackaye, informed the other brothers that unless they went on the stand and testified that their former testi- money was false they would send them both to prison. “‘This threat was supplemented with another that unless they perjured them- selves their lives would be taken. “These threats unnerved tie brothers, and in the meantime Mackaye through his Eastern partner had given J. B. Church, W. K. Freeman’s attorney, who 2t that time was in Washington, D. C., notice that eight days from the date of the notice he would take the brothers’ testimony, think- ing that in that limited time Church would not put in an appearance, but they were mistaken in their calculations. ‘It transpired that after becoming cog- nizant of the fact that Church would have ample time to reach this City another scheme was hatched by Warren P. Free- man and Mackaye. ‘“‘Through threats and intimidation they | made Alex H.and M. L. Freeman agree to enter into a conspiracy, having for its object the disbarment of Attorney J. B. Church. ‘“They baa arranged to hire a room at 15 Eddy street, and when Church put in an appearance they were to induce him to enter the room with them and would then make an aflidavit stating that Church haa attempted to bribe them to give testi- | mony in favor of W. K. Freeman and against the Westinghouse Company. With the affidavit Mackaye was to go to Washington and have Church disbarred, thereby removing their principal oppo tion in the W ghouse litigation. At this point Alex H., who had always been friendly with Church, was very reluctant in taking Lis part in the proceedings, 4 it was through his influence that the prop- osition was finally abandoned.” BEK 0. MILLERRETURNS He Will Preside Over the New “Church of the Holy Spirit.” The Lutheran Minister Has Led an Active Life and Built Many Churches. Rev. Oliver C. Miller, first pastor of the English Lutheran Church on Geary street, has retarned to this City and will com- mence work next Sunday as pastorof a new congregation, to be known as the | Church of the Holy Spirit, worshiping in Franklin Hall, Fillmcre street, between Bush and Sutter. Rev. Otiver C. Miller was born in Mary land, near Harpers Ferry, Va., in 1852, Rev. Oliver C. Miller. [From a photograph. ] and he graduated first in his class in 1873 irom the Maryland State Agricuitural and Military College, near Wasnington, . C., receiving the degree of A.B., and in 1875 M. He studied theology atthe al Lutheran Assembly Ohio, and was licensed fo reach in he was commissioned by the Women’s Home and Foreign M nary Society of the Genera! Synod to open their ork on the Pucific Coast, and gathered the nucleus of a church at Los and organized the first Eng Lutheran church in San Francisc ing the mission 10 self-support in three eaking years, and in five years securing the com- | | Kleliuu of a handsome church at a cost of | 00. During this time he edited the Golden Gate Lutheran, the first English Lutheran paper, and assisted in the or- ganization of churches at Sacramento, San Diego, San Jose Oakland. In 1892 ne accepted the call of S8t. Mark’s Church, Roancke, Va.,and in two years was successful in completing a beautiful church in that city. His pastorate in Roanoke brought him into prominence in the struggle for local option, and during the bloody riot in the fall of 1893, with other ministers, he stood bravely by the legal authorities, and in the face of armed assault, as well as in the pulpit, helped unflinchingly the cause of order. After the dedication of the church in 1894 he resigned his pastorate, and has devoted himself to study and preparation for wider work. The return of Dr. Miller to San Fran- cisco is hailed with joy by his forn friends. His natural ‘enthusiasm in work insures the success of the new con- gregation of which he will be the pastor. INSURANCE IN DEFAULT. A Company That Refuses to Settle Vpon Demand Is Called Into Court. Minnie Schmidt has brought suit in the Superior Court against the Palatine Insur- ance Company to recover upon an insur- ance upon certain houses in Prevost street, | Ran Jose. The buildings insured were a two-story frame of the value of $1000 and two one- story frame dwellings, each of the value of $800, : On the 7th of May a tire destroyed en- tirely one of the smaller houses and dam- aged the other. Insurance in the company defendant had heen running since August, 1893. Fre- quent demand was made upon the com- pany for settlement, but it has refused. The damages claimed are $830. John E. Richards is plaintiif’s counsel. ——————— SHOT IN THE LEG. A Vegetable Gardener at Point Pedro ¥ires Three Times at an Enemy. Guiseppe Bandettini, a vegetable gar- dener at Point Pedro, San Mateo County. had a gunshot wound in his right leg dressed at the Receiving Hospital last night. ; 5 Narciso Barsanti sold his ranch at Point y at Spring- | he Lutheran Synod of Maryland. | 1zeles, | bring- | Pedro on Wednesday and afterward began to think he had got the worst of the bar- gain, He brooded over it and blamed Bandettini for working against his inter- ests. Yesterday afternoon Bandettine was greasing a wagon when Barsentiappeared, med with a revolver. He fired a shot at Bandettini, buv the bullet missed him. Bandettini ran and Barsanti firea two shots after him, one of them taking effect in his right lez. The wound was not con- sidered dange: A 21,000,000 Tannery. Atticles of incorporation of Kullman, Salz & Co., tanners and deslers in hides, leathier, etc., were filed yesterday with the clerk of the court, The incorporators are Herman Kull- man, Jacob Charles Hart, Jacob Kullman, Davi {art and Joseph W. Salz. The capi- tal stock is $1,000,000. ————— Sued for Insurance. M. Wolf, late proprietor of a pawnbroker’s shop, has sued the Transatlantic Fire Insur- ance Company of Hamburg to claimed 10 be due upon &_poliey the fire occurring on the 19th o | Avromatic BASEBALL BY LLECTRICITY.— | The electrical baseball put on the boardsof | | Palmer’s Theater, New York, as a summer | attraction, has taken the town by storm. | One of the curious features of the perform- ance is that electricians form a large part of every audience, and an electrical journal recommends all its readers to take in the whether baseball cranks or merely show electrical enthusiasts, A journalist, who is a combination of the two, gives a graphic account of the pitch of excitement to which the audience is worked up by the realistic representation of the distant | game. The stage is set out as a baseball field, with “diamond” and green baize turf, abounding in vam- pire traps, through which the players disapsear when put out, instead of return- ing to the bench with more or iess dust on | their clothes and language on their lips. 'he path of the diamond from base to bas s grooved, for travel, and the ground cov- ered by the catcher is also grooved, in order that he may close in after “two strikes.” Al the outs have their proper position in the field, and are represented | by dummy marionettes, in the uniform of | their side and between two and three icet | hi Besides ihese and the men at the | bat or those on bases, three men of the in team are seen on a bench waiting their | turn; two coaches gesticulate wildly on ight and left field, and back of the pitcher is an umpire who calls the game and | waves his arms with professional energy. | | The sound_of the dropping of the bat, | which the batter at the home plate flings | |down as he makes for first base, ! arouses all the sporting instincts of the | | andience, who are thus brought into close | touch with the game from the start. The | | field is sloped gently upward, so that | everything is in full view. Along the foot- lighfs runs a scoring-board, which gives | the figures not only of the game in prog- | ress but of the other league contests. The |d Ity of enabling the audience to fol- low the course of the ball_is ingeniously | solved. Each fielder, as well as the pitcher ! and the catcher, has a white incandescent lamp in his hand, which lights up only when he has the ball, so that one always | sees and knows where the ball is. When it leaves the pitcher's hand his white light i goes out, and the white light is seen in the catcher’s hand. If the catcher’s hands are above his head it is ‘“one ball” If| |the light shows with his hands at his waist it is a strike. Ii the atsman hits the ball foul, it is shown | | within the foul line by a green light at the | | spot. Ii the batsman gets a solid hit lthe track of the bail across the| sward is shown by a series of white | lights flashing instantaneously one after the other across the baize. If the ball is| y” its course though the air is marked | i rom the | drops safely in the hands | of the fielder his white light at once shines | | out. If he fumbles the light flick. and if the ball dropsared light at his feet | | indicates the error. In running to base, | | if the ball gets there first the white light is seen and the batsman drops out of sight throuch a trap; but if otherwise the light goes out, The actual movements seen on the field are supplemented by the work of cutionist, who repeats the messages directly from the original game ived by an ordinary sounder set. hts are flashed and all the move- e indicated by means of a switch- 2 and c8ntrolling board, not three feet square, and, all told, fifty incandescent lamps are used and rec The I Spiper FamyiNe.—A singular French in- | dustry has been imported into this coun- | | try. A few miles outside of Philadelphia | a Frenchman has established a spider | farm, where the insects are bred and fur- | nished at so much a hundred for distribu- tion in the wine vaults of merchants and | the sellers of private consumers, who set & smuch store by the external evidences of age borne by the bottle containing the wine as the date of its vintage. A batch of these spiders is a fine investment for the wholesale merchant, who has newly stocked his cellar. In three months the new, shining, freshly labelea bottles are to veiled with filmy cobwebs that the ap- pearance of twenty years' storage is | gained, and the effect on the customer is 1mpressive. It would be very easy to cover the bins with dust, but this would give no such conclusive results as the rare device | of dressing the bottle with naturally spun | cobwebs that drape the neck like delicate | lace. When the proprietor of the farm has an order from a wine merchant he places the spiders in small boxes, one pair in each box, and ships them in a crate with | plenty of holes for the ingress of air. The price asked, $10 a hundred, is satisfactory | to_both buyer and seller. The farmer is paid well for his product, and the wine merchant, at an exgendimre of $40 or $50, may add a thousand or more dollars to the | price at which he would have sold his | stock of wine had it not been covered witi | its lacework drapery. It is not all kinds of | spiders that weave the particular web most | desired. The pattern should be large and {circular, and this is only given by two varieties of spiders. The stock of the farm comprises 10,000 spiders, old and | young, the eggs of some of which (the | choicest) are obtained from France. The mother spider in laying her eggs makes a | small wegin a broad crack and lays about ty eggs, which she covers with a soft cocoon. In two weeks (or longer in winter) the eges begin to hatch, an opera- tion which takes one or two days. The ergshells crack off in flakes and the young spiders have to fight their way out. Al though they begin to grow at once it is a week before they look like spiders. They often molt an shed their skins 1 snakes. The brood have to be separated or they would devour each other until only one was left. — e THE PHONOGRAPH IN EXPERT EVIDENCE.— The idea of recording on the phonograph cylinder the sounds of the heart, the lungs and other organs in certain diseases, so that students could hear the actual sounds in the classroom, in conjunction with the teaching of the medical professor, has been turned to account ingeniously in an engineering dilemma. A pump which had been supplied many years before to a sta- tion in California by a New York firm sud- denly went wrong and defied all the efforts of the attendant to right it. In order to save the expense of sending to New York for an expert the manager gave a description of the trouble to the phonograph and then had the in- strument taken close to the pump, the sounds of the working of which were re- ceived on the cylinder. The cylinder was forwarded to New York, and when it was put into the instrument of the manufac- turing firm the voice of the Californian manager was heard giving in a clear, pre- cise way the symptoms of the pump, and then the actual ailment of the pump be- came audible. A diagonosis was instantly made and in an hour the pump was under treatment in accordance with instractions n‘:;z had been wired from the New York office. | parties. | the ALLAREFOR HARMONY No Non-Partisan Movement if the Regular Party Promises Fair, JOHND.SPRECKELS’ PLAN Prominent Independents Who Will Co-operate for Good Government, A PROTEST AGAINST BOSSES. If the Republicans Put Up Their Best | Men There Will Be No Reason for a Revolt, When John D. Spreckels announced that his aim in polities was to compel good government, to secure the election of honesgwand capable men to administer local affairs, he touched a responsive chord in the breast of good men of all He said he expected the co-operation of men who felt and thought as he did, and from the expressions of men of affairs who discussed the statement yesterday it is evident that there will be no lack of co- operation in the good cause, Non-partisan, movements are a protest against ill rule. The better elemnent of the Democratic party would rather see an honest, conscientious and able Republican in office than a Democrat who does not possess these attributes, but everything being equal he would naturaily chose a man of the same political faith as himself. | Reversing the party names makes no change in the proposition. ~So it is that | the existence of a strong non-partisan | movement indicates that citizens belieye the reguiar political organizations are in ands of men who cannot be trusted | re good government. question was put to a number of sentati men yesterday who have identified with non-partisan move- rep: been t ments in San Francisco: “Will there be a non-partisan movement sho the Republican varty deal openly and fairly with the people?” ! Their answers to this question make in- teresting reading. Lovell White, who has been prominent | in the non-partisan movements of the past | in this C had this to say: | “The non-partisan movement in this | City has ever stood in the nature of a pro- test against the unfair and dictatorial | leadership for increasing his wealth or methods adopted by the regular parties. 1t has been & posi‘ive protest against boss | rule. Boss rule called the movement into | existence, and I may say,and I think truly, that with the elimination of boss ! rule and boss methods from the regular | gunies it would have no longer a cause for | eing. | 11 the people want is to know that we | are to have common decency and ordinary | fairness in our local government. All| men, I takeit, would prefer to vote for| men of their own political faith, if they can be permitted to do so without a mental protest. Ii good men are nominated for | office there would be no cause for a non- fsan ticket. | “‘There are, easily, a thousand good men in each of the regular parties who could be named for Supervisors, and if either | | year. 35 varty wounld choose its nominees from | among them they would undoubtedly be elected. The voice of a majority of the peogle of San Francisco is, of course, for good government. All they desire is an opportunity for an expression of their | honest sentiments. If this line of policy is carried out by Mr. Spreckels or any one else it will meet the approval of all good citizens, and they being in the majority, it would be successful.” Henry L. Davis, weil known as a leader in the non-partisan movement, said: ““We want no such thing as a party boss. The methods and workings of all such have been disgracefnl and subversive of the rights and interests of the people. Trickery, dictation and deceit have ever been, and, I fear will ever be, the methods of the bosses. I am a non-partisan for this reason. At the same time I am free to say that if the regular parties should place themselves as exponents of fairness and good government there would be no non-partisan movement. The movement has ever been an effort to place good men in office, in order that the business of the City might be conducted in a fair and | legimate manner.” ames McNab of the firm of McNab & | Smith spoke ireely upon the subject, | ‘“‘Before entering into_a discussion of | this matter,” said Mr. McNab, ‘let me | explain my relationship to the Non-Parti- | san party. Iwas nominated by the last | Republican convention for the office of | Sheriff and with the sanction of the lead- | ersof that party I accepted the nomina- tion of the Non-Partisans. It wasin this | way that I became identified with this party. The Non-Partisans are business men and property-owners who want only | pure politics and a4 clean administration of | the affairs of the City, State and Federal | governments. Now, if Mr. Spreckels and | the Republican party can and will give | the public this there will be no neces: for the further existence of the Non-Parti- | san party, and I believe that the leaders of | the Non-Partisans will be as well or vetter | satisfied to co-operate with Mr. Spreckels | or any other good man to such an end | than they would to go on their own account and put up a party ticket of their own, as is now proposed. “In order to bring about this condition of affairs Mr. Spreckels and his associates in the party will have to give a positive assurance and pledges that purity in politics and justice to all will be the first principles. This excessive tax levy ques- tion will have to be boldly met and & firm stand taken against it because the people will not tolerate or assist any party that is not the avowed enemy of this injustice. 1 am afraid that the public is likely to fasten the responsibility of this tax levy upon the Republican _party, although it is well | known that Mr. Spreckels has always been against it. Harmony might be brought about if the Non-Partisans were satistied | that this and other injustices would be | rectified. “‘As to J. D. Spreckels I will say th: No one believes for a moment that he is in politics for any improper purpose, that he 1s seeking opportunities through his | personal advantages. Snch confidence in | the Republican leader will go a long way | with the rank and file of the Non-Partisan party toward bringing about the results that have been suggested and for which I hope.” 7 Dousrrur ELecTricAL Projects.—F. L. Pope, in discussing & recent electrical pro- ject says that all is not gold that glitters in electrical schemes, as in all others. People | have now such faith in electricity that it is | sometimes hard to persuzde them thatan | electrical industrial application may possi- | bly cost more than it is worth. The project | in question involves the supplying of the | manufacturers of a Massachusetts town | with power from a distant lake. The eir- cular of the project states there is not the | slightest question that the supply of water | would be ample for the scheme as out- | lined, and that it is sufficient to furnish, at | a_very low estimate, 0 horsepower | night” and day during entire “Upon the basis that it costs $40 to | produce a horsepower by steam in tlie | town, which is not an unreasonable figure, 1 it is assumed that $80,000 worth of power a | Year can be delivered within a radius of ten miles of the town at an annual cost, inclusive of interest, depreciation and ns\lerating expenses, not to exceed $10,000. These figures, which are attractive enough on paper. will not bear critical investiga- tion, and for the benefit of those communi- ties which may be contemplating the util- ization of neighboring water-powd&s Mr. Pope makes a concise and convincin analysis of the scheme. The propose water supgly has an area of 325 acres. Tha water-shed area does not exceed four square miles. The mean rainfall in that part of the country is about 37.5 inches per annum; in a dry vear about 80 per cent of this, or 30 inches. Not more than 75 ver cent of this finds its way into the lakes. The rest remains in the porous soil, oris evaporated. This leaves 225 inches, or 1.87 feet, which, falling upon four square miles of water shed would yield, in round numbers, 198,500,000 cubic feet of water, equal to 337 cubic feet per minute, The twenty-inch steel pipe which carries ‘the water will give a head of 600 feet, which would give 409 horsepower net. Assuming 80 &fr cent efliciency for the water wheel, per cent for the electric generator and 90 per cent for the distribut- ing system, there rewains, not 2000, but 262 horsepower available for industrial vurposes. Whether it is worth while to expend $50,000 or $60,000 to secure this amount of power is, according to Mr. Pope, “a question which should be best answered by those interested.”” e e——— LicuT RarLways ror Farmers.—Major- General Webber has suggested, as a weans of enabling English farmers to have quick transit to the market for their agricultural produets, a plan which might be adopted with advantage in some parts of this coun- try. He proposes a system of railways, the cars on which can be handled by the farmhands, and drawn either by small lo- comotives or horses. The lines must be capable of being laid into the fields to move the crops in a measure, like those used on sugar and cotton estates. The gauge advocated—eighteen to thirty inches | —requires four and a half to six feet of ground breadth, and costs under §7500 per mile altogether. Inthe Woolwich Arsenal and at Guinness’ brewery there are eight- een - inch gauge railways of this typi which have for years done excellent s vice. At the brewery the locomotives are about as large as a good-sized upright piano. They are fine examples of what can be done in traction on really light, narrow-gauge lines. In Decauville, France, there is a portable railway that has lon% been successfully used in farm work. Major-General Webber estimates that 24-inch_gauge lines can be laid with 20-pound rails, at the rate stated, to give a receipt of 36 cents per mile. He holds that if agriculture is to derive any benefit from light railways they must be reaily light. They must not be simply thingaper edi- tions of standard-gauge iines cut down to the danger point of strength but carefully designed combinations of track and rolling-stock, entirely divorced from ail idea of their utilization by standard vehicles. It is not imperative that the roadside portions should be of the portable- track type, put together in sections, al- though where those portions are to be laid by the farmers themselves this is desir- able. The idea of a farmer laying any- thing of the fashion of a railroad may be repugnant to the average railway man, butit will seem very natural and proper to the farmer as soon” as he finds that the light railway is putting him into prompt touch with the markets. ————————— Tue ErrFect oF Cororep LiGHT oX GROW- 1Nxé Frurrs.—M. Zacharewicz, a professor of agriculture, has found by experiment with differently colored glasses that fruits ripen earlier and better under clear glass than any other. Orange glass increases the foliage at the expense of the fruit Violet glass, on the other hand, increases the quantity of the fruit at the cost of its quality. Red, blue and green glass are hurtful fo all sorts of vegetation. Dr. Meldon of Dublin, Ireland, thinks that he ’f{ the heaviest bicycle rider in the world. He weighs 378 pounds. THE BOYS’ SOUVENIR COMPETITION CLOSES SATURDAY EVENING. 10 ONE GREAT WHOLESALE HOUSE That combines the stock of Ten Retail Clothing Stores within its premises. Ten Times as Great We are the great Wholesale Makers of Clothing for In order to reach the wearer Man, Boy or NEW TO-DAY. Child. directly we now sell at Retail, but the price remains the same to y ou, that is the WHOLESALE PRICE. THE SAVING TO YOU IS ONE-HALF. We have just received from our factories a superb stock, of enormous size and of the very latest and most attractive patterns. COMPARE OUR WHOLESALE WINTER WEIGHT SUITS, OVERCOATS, ULSTERS. PRICES WITH THE RETAILERS’ PRICES :— MEN’S CHEVIOT SUITS IN BROWN. ELACK, BLUE OR GRAY. Our Price. $7. $10. $12. $15.00 Retail 00 00 00 $15 $22 $10. $18. Price. 00 .00 00 .50 ‘Single and Double Breasted Sacks and Cutaways, elegantly tailored in our own factories. BROWN Wholesale Manufactu(ers of Clothing. Proprietors of the Oregon City Woolen Milis. 121-123 SANSOME STREET. NEW TO-DAY. I DESPAIR. A PEN PICTURE. HMany Women Will Recognize It, [SPECIAL TO OB LADY READT2S.) ¢ Oh, I am so nervous! No one ever suffered as T do! There isn’t a well inch in my whole body! I honestly think my lungs are diseased, my chest pains me £o0; but I've no cough. I'm so weak at my stomach, and have in- digestion horribly. Then I have palpita- tion, and my heart hurts me. How I am Josing flesh! and this headache near- ly kills me; and the backache — Heavens! I had hysterics yesterday. There is a weight in the lower part of my bowels, bearing down all the time; and there are pains in my groins and thighs. I can’t sleep, walk, or I'm diseased all over. The doctor? Oh! he tells me to keep qu Such mockery! Inflammatory and ulcerative conditions at the neck of the womb can produce 211 the above symptoms in the same person. In fact, there is hardly a part of the body that can escape those sympathetic pains and aches. No woman should allow herself to reach such a perfection of misery when there is positively no need of it. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- pound acts promptly and thoroughly in such cases; strengthens the muscles of the womb, heals all inflammation, and restores that unruly organ to its normal condition. Druggists are selling carloads of it. Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass., will gladly and freely answer all letters asking for advice. Mrs. E. Bishop, 787 Halsey Street, Brooklyn, N.Y., suffered all the above described horrors. Now she is well, Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- ‘pound cured h Write her about it PHLICELPH SHO C1 STAMPED ON A SHOE MEANS STANDARD OF MERIT. ana examine our prices. The ‘E on_the corner certainly in- with trade, aud re; continue to offer extra {nducement week we are making a drive of MEN SEAT shaes that are neat but durabl we will sell for $3.00 Per pair. The skin of the Alaska seal is noted for its toughness and wearing qualitics, and while waterproof is yet vliable and easy on the feet. These shoes have stood the test for years and we will_guarantee every pair. They are strong an serviceable and vet neat appearing. Remember the price, 83, and do not be decelved. as other ou! we have them for 50 cents per pair extra, so do not be misled but come to usana save money. We also have a fine assortment of ARASEA SEAL LACE SHOES FOR YOULHS AND BOLS, They have double soles, and are just the thing for 8chool wear, as they are so durable— Youths’ sizes, 11 to 2 Boys’ sizes, 214 10 514 BUTTON SHOES, with ent-leather Tip, invisible Cork Insoles and Double Sol can be recommended for bave reduced from $3 to. 40c. This must interest yon. Ladies' High- Cut Siorm Rubbers, made of the best quality of rabber, which wa have “placed within the reach of all. Price re- duced to 40 cents. This week we have placed on sale about 500 pairs of Ladies' French Kid Buiton Shoes, with either Cioth or Xid Tips, Pointed Toes and \ Patent-leather Tips. Hand- turned Soles and French Heels, made by LAIRD, SCHOBEE & MITCHELL, CURTIS & WHEELER and J. L. LATTEMANN & CO., which we will sell for 82 50 per pair. These Shoes originally sold for $7, but as we have not all sizes we resolved to sacrifice them. Big bargains. Ladies French Kid Button Shoes, cloth or kid tops, pointed er square toes, either with plain or patent-léather tips. Sizes 2145, 3 and 81, and very narrow_ widths on larger sizes. Reduced from $5 and $4t081, WE HAVE NOT MOVED. 4@~ Country orders solicited. B#~Send for New lllustrated Catalogus. Address B. KATCHINSKI, 10 Third Street, San Francisco. PHILADELPHIA SHOE CO. THE OFFICE OF THE ONION TRON WORKS b REMOVED To No. 222 Market Street, Near Front. i cug e ter, 8 sea SNy, et o SevnegsE Jog, U1 ol one. % Prics b7 Ho Porcentage Pharmacy, 905 Harget St Weak Men and Women SBOUL&I’;&?%’I&NA“BHI;“S, THE great Me. medy; gives Healin o the Sexual Urgans. e