The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 5, 1895, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1895. THE GRAND JURY REPORTS, An Indictment Against a Be- trayer of Inno- cence. MILX SUPPLY TO BE PROBED. Judge Low Charges Attorneys With Libel—The Fire Department Investigation. nd Jury held aregular session v afternoon. There was some de- ga quorum, owing to a con- jurors and Stpervisors on the ary was im- Barnes at- d been in ses- ed into i a partial re- instance is the gation that was be- e case was once in there dis- witnesses heard hom e also called te the al lied was he fathe: r of T or a long Board of Police Ju C. A. Low se ing communication to AN F wishing 10 present the m: 3 is that I think e 10 SWeAr out & warrant in beg to be appear before your orah!e bos st moment practi- cable. Yours Low, Police Judge. L# e in the afternoon Judge Low was call’d. He expiained that the attack on himywas in reference to gestions which ina case of cruelty to a child of Johrsons. The parents on several oc- shad been accused of cruelty and The Judge was about to impose v fine on the parents, but hearin they expected to receive a sum o ey—$1500—from Ireland the court sug- the Prevention of Cruelty to Chil- dren to be used for the support of the c It was suggested that this course would prevent the parent: m squande: the money for a that the ta a child’s benefit would mpose a fine. The open court, and to acquiesce, but umped at the rt did not want the r the child, but for some ng of the sum for be the best way fied that four district engineers of the Department can be paid und law, yet the fac e Grand n nvesti- A vast deal en obtained ursements ANOTHER RIVAL RAILWAY. It Will Tap the Santa Clara Valley in Time for the Next Season. The Fruit and Vegetables of That Section Will Come Here by the New Route. The Banta Clara Railway Company is after its right of way and is determined to have a competing road between here and San Jose. The steamers are being built, the rails for the road are now on the way to San Francisco, and only oae thing blocks the completion of the road. The right of way has been secured along the line with a few exceptions. These are through the property of J. W. Rea (the ex- Railroad Commissioner), J. F. Devendorf, Paul P. Austin (Mayor of San Jose), J. R. Roberts, A. C. Darby, Charles M. Short- ridge and others. Mr. Shortridge is more than willing to grant every concession asked for, but as the others would not lis- ten to reason he allowed the matter to drop. Since he has been East condemna- tion proceedings have been begun and the case will come 1o trial in a few weeks. “All of the men mentioned in the con- demnation suit favor a settlement except Ray and Darby,” said A. E. Pryor, one of the directors of the new rcad, yesterday. ‘‘Both of these men want $3500 an acre for land that bas been appraised at $7, and we n’t propose to give it to them. Any fair oposition we will meet, but $3500 an acre for swamp land 1s pretty stee “‘Judge Spencer is working for the South- ern Pacific end of the matter and is keep- ing Ray and Darby from making a settle- ment. Mr. Shortridge has been in the East and we have been unable to see him, but I am just as sure as I am standing here that he will help us in every way. We nt a competing road between here and the Santa Clara Valley,and we expect to makemoney even at reduced rates, or else we would never have puteour money in the scheme.” The American ship Aryan, which sails from New York in a few days, has 700 tons . of fifty-pound steel rails apoard for the new concern. Contracts for freight steam- ers o run between the terminus of the the fore- | d that an ind a st Henry nder promise of mar- | which are | and one of them from 1d be al d that the money be paid to the So- Il | road on the bay have been let, and they | will be ready as soon as the road is com- | pleted. At the head of the concern are: 2. J. R. Aden, the Vallejo capitalist, A. L. Piper; H. W. Goodall, son of Captain Goodall; A. E. Pryor and several other wealthy men who are interested in bay »ping. | ““Our road will be in operation before next season,” said Harry Goodall yester- day, “and the Southern Pacific will know it.” Three-quarters of the Santa Clara Val- ley trade will come by our line, and while We mayv not at first cater to the traveling public we may in the end. It is a busi ness proposition with us, and at greatly reduced rates we can see a big profit in running a line to deep water on the bay. Anyway, we have backed our opinion to | the extent of 700 tons of steel rails and | several thounsands of dollars in the pur- | chase of riSm of way. If we fail, why, we ! are just so many dollars out of pocket, and that is all there is to it. But we &on't { fail,” -aid he in conclusion, *‘and Santa | Clara knows 1t.” | . The new steamers_for the opposition are | being_built at Benicia. ana the rails will probably arrive on the Aryan next March. MISSIONARY SOCIETIES, Meeting of Representatives of| City Parishes in St. Luke’s Church. An Address by the Rev. Bishop Nichols on the General Conven- tion. | | | Bishop William F. Nichols of the Epis- copal Church, who recently returned from the General Convention held in Minneapo- lis, delivered an address yesterday in St. Luke’s Church before the semi-annual united missionary meeting of the City parishes. are inown. He then gave a brief account of the work done in the city named, touching n the legislative, missionary and edu- cational features of the convention. He dwelt upon the hospitality of the citi- zens of the city where the Bishops met, and declared that it was all that any one the prayer-book, 2l of information e church which will result in t ot ive to th at good. g the sessions devotion was a sig- cant factor, the churches were well ed, and at noon each day in the conven- no matter what business was on, the ops knelt 1 asked blessings of the bty on missionary work. of the Woman’s Auxihary a great deal of praise. The 5,000 by the women of all parts of the country, Bishop Nichols a sai noble tribute in mi: He al said that he missionary Bisho! were there, apetown had a 12-year-old African with him whose won- derful knowledge of the catechism was proof of what missionary work can do. | ~ He also spoke of the work of the theo- logical seminaries and of the cordial re- ception tendered the representative of the “baby” seminary, the one established on the Pacific Coast. | "He then thanked the ladies’ auxiliary | for the fund that was gotten up for the Bishop, and suggested that as it grows he should like to consult with the officers of the missionary society as to how it should | be disposed of. | . Newlands presided at the meeting s Bishop of Oakland, secretary of the juvenile auxiliary, reported that there are now in that body twenty-four societies | and thirteen Sunday-schools, all doing mi ary work at stated periods, and some the year round. Sunday each month be devoted by the 10 missionary work. She said t i had been asked if it cost anything to join the society and her reply was that the only cost is 1 cent per capita, payable 1n September of each year. She said that to raise funds for mission work she had prepared a beautiful calendar which would be offered for a small sum. Mrs. W. F. Nicholson reported the baby branch in good condition. Mrs. Lawver, the secretary, gave an ac- count of work done and drew attention | that there is need of supplies for the sew- ing-school in one of the valleysof Arizona, | where good work is being done among the | Indians. Mrs. Lawver announced that a training class for those who wish to engage in - | active missionary work will be opened to- | morrow in the diocesan house at 10:30 in the forenoon. TWO MURDERS AVERTED | Bernhard Doettger Attacks His Wife | and Companion With Hatchet and { Soda-Bottle. Bernhard Doettger, who keeps a restau- | rant at 155 Fifth street, attempted to kill | his wife, Emma, and William Cohen,a | hostler. yesterday morning, and if it had | not been for the timely interference of the | police he would have accomplished his | object. Doetteer and his wife live at 86414 How- {ard street. It is Doettger's habit after opening the restaurant in the mornings { and attending to the early customers to | return to breakfast at his own rooms with | his wife. On returning yesterday morn- | ing as usual he was shocked to find Cohen |in his wife’s room. They were uncon- scious of his discovery and Doéttger called in Patrick Kemmy. eighbor, meantime arming himself with a hatchet and a soda- water bottle. He attacked Cohen with the hatchetand struck him twice on the head. Cohen fell to the floor bleeding and unconscious. Mrs. Doettger was screaming ‘Murder! Help!” and Doettger made a dasi for her. He struck her on the head with the soda- water bottle and she ran behind a table. | Doettger was chasing her around the | room when Sergeant Reynolds and two | policemen, who had heard nher screams, | burst into the room and disarmed the | bloodthirsty husband. He was arrested and charged with assault to murder and Coben and the wife were taken to the Re- ceiving Hospital, where their wounds were attended to. They were then taken to the City Prison and booked on a charge of disturbing the peace. Doettger expressed his regret that he had not been allowed to kill them both. Cohen, after recovering consciousness, said he was xomg to his home at 637 { Howard street when, as he passed the Doettgers’ house, Mrs. Doettger leaned out of the window and invited him in. He was under the influence of liquor, other- wise he would have passed on, and he was sorry he had accepted the invitation. —————— Evangelist Mother Van Cott. Mother Van Cott, the noted evangelist, has begun her last week of work in this eity, and during the present week will speak afternoons and evenings at the Howard-street Methodist Episcopal Church. Her last address in San Francisco will be delivered on Sunday next. — Trips Undertaken for Health’s Sake Will be rendered more beneficial, and the fatigues of travel counteracted, if the Voyager will take along with him Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and use that protective and enabling tonle, nerve in- vigorant and appetizer regularly. Impurities in airand water are neutralized by It, and it is & matchiess tranguilizer and Tegulator of the siomach, liver and bowels. It counteracts ma- laris, rheumatism and a tendency to kidvey and bladder aliments. She suggested that | THE MAYOR AND HIS VETO, Arguments Concerning Their Con- nection With the Tax Levy. ATTORNEY REED IS QUIZZED. Mr. Creswell Tells How Mayor Sutro's Veto Could Tangle Up the City Government. An interested audience gathered in the Supreme Court building yesterday to hear the legality of the Mayor’s vetoing the tax levy discussed before the Supreme Judges sitting in bane. Nearly every office in the new City Hall had a representative present, while numbers of practical poi- ticians were there.to learn when their fol- lowers would be likely to be drawing money from the Treasurer. Judge McKinstry represented Mayor Sutro, and defended that gentleman's position. He began speaking at 11 o’clock, and occupied over an hour in showing how the Mayor had the right to veto the tax levy. He contended that the consolidation act should be read in conjunction with the | revenue provisions of the State laws. The consolidation act, he showea, gave the Mayor the right to veto the tax levy. | This right, he claimed, had never been | taken away by subsequent legislation, ana | hence remained. He quoted many cases to uphold his position. Some of these seemed apt and others very far-fetched. At the conclusion of his argument a recess was taken till 2 | | o’clock, and then City Attorney Creswell urged the position of Mr. Truman. Mr. Creswell argued that a decision of the Supreme Court in the case of the Say- ings and Loan Society vs. Auscin, 46 Cal., had said that where provisions of the Po- litical Code relating to revenue and the assessing and collecting of taxes were ap- plicable_to San Francisco they repealed everything in the consolidation act bear- ing on the matter of revenue. This decis- ion, he declared, was based on section 18 of the Political Code, which provides that | every act, whether consistent or inconsist- ent with similar sections of the Political Code, is repealed and abrogated by the passage of the Political Code when it re- fers to any matter covered by that code. Mr. Creswell paid no attention to the ar- guments advanced by Judge McKinstry. Instead he forged ahead on a theory of his own, which he proceeded to expound. *‘The tax levy is an essential part of the revenue system,” he said. ‘‘The Political Code establishes a complete system for collecting revenue, and therefore by the section of which I have just spoken’ that portion of the consolidation act referring 10 the tax levy is repealed. “Every section of the Political Code beanng on revenues strengthens my argu- ment,” he continued. “Section 3714 re- quires the Board of Supervisors to fix the | tax rate on the third Monday in Septem- | ber, which fell this year on the 16th of the month. Section 3731 requires the Auditor | to_take from the A T each book con- taining the assessments, estimate the taxes due from each person and turn over all the books so prepared to the Tax Collector. According to section 3732 this must be done on or before the first Monday in October, which this year fell on the Tth. “Now, this entire arrangement was made witbout a word as to the Mayor. Now see how all these express commands of the Political Code will be upset if the consolis dation act holds in regard to allowing the Mayor the veto power. “}vl the Mayor has theé right to veto, he has ten days under the consolidation act, or till September 26, in which to consider the levy. TUnder the law the board wounid be obliged to enter his objections am { the minutes of the journal and publ | his veto. Then ony¥the 27th the board would meet. If, as in the present board, the vote stood 8 to 4, the veto would be sustained, a new levy would have to be fixed, and then pablished for five da; This would require till Wednesday, Octo- ber 2. It would then be submitted to the Mayor. - He would haveten days in which to act, or until October 12. If, on thetenth day, he vetoed the levy again, the veto would have to be entered on the journal and published, which would cause a delay till October 14. “If, then, the veto should be overruled and the tax levy fixed it would be seven days after the taxes were due to the City | and seven days after the time when the Anuditor is compelled by law to turn over his books to the Tax Collector with the computations made showing the amount each man owes. v *‘The Auditor could not have done th: He would not be empowered to make his estimates from a rate that was anticipated as probable. There are seventy-eight tax-books. These contain a list of over 51,000 taxpayers. The task of estimating the taxes of these people is very heavy and requires all the time allowed. Of course if the tax levy was not fixed till October 14 it would be utterly beyond the bounds of possibility to have the books ready for the Tax Collector on October 7, even if there were no labor coupled with preparing them. Thus you see,” Mr. Creswell continued, | “if the Mayor has a right to veto the tax levy then he destroys by the exercise of that right the operation of the revenue | law as arranged by the Political Code. In order to give Mayor Sutro this right sections 375\ and 3732 of the Political Code must be obliterated from the statutes.” Mr. Creswell then showed the deplora- ble state of affairs bound to ensue should confusion such as he outlined be possible. The Mayor could make it impossible for the City to pay the demands necessary for the maintenance of jails, hospitals and the Almshouse. He could cripple every branch of the City government. The City Attorney declared emphatically that he was certain the law-making power had never contemplated clothing the Mayor with such vast authority. There was quite a stir when Mr. Cres- well sat down and C. Wesley Reed arose to present arguments in support of Judge McKinstry’s position. He was soon in a very trying position, finding bimself in contention with several of the Judges on matters of law. With one or two excep- tions the entire Supreme bench began to bombard him with questions. The position would have been a trying one foreven a veteran in legal battles. Mr. Reed did nobly in his unequal contest and expounded his points, placing them to the best advantage. He claimed that the law passed by the last Legislature providing that all cities, inciuding 8an Francisco, should be amen- able to the State revenue acts was special legislation. This, he held, was true be- cause San Francisco was the only city affected by the new law, and it had been made to affect San Francisco only. . This was the excuse for some question- ing from Judge Henshaw. He wanted to know if the law of 1895, which said the revenue laws should apply to San Fran- cisco was not constitutional. If so, he wanted to know whether it was unconsti- tational in form or in substance, and sug- gested that it could_hardly be special in sg:nt. since it was intended to bring ail the State under one law. Mr. Reed advanced the opinion that the Mayor of San Francisco bad been given the Tight to veto the tax levy by special legisia- ton prior to the passage of the constitution. This law had not been repealed then and it would take special legisiation, which would be unconstitutional, to repeal it. Here one of the Judges wanted to know if the Le%xshmre had no power to repeal special laws that existed at the time the new constitution was adopted. Mr. Reed also came in contention with Judge McFarland. The youug barrister I s spoke of San Francisco being in the same position as other cit:es in the construction to be put on certain acts. Judge McFar- land claimed that the City and County of San Francisco stood alone, since here the taxes were collected for State purposes as well as city, both taxes being on the same book, becoming delinquent at the same time and being collected by the same suit. In other cities this was not the case. City taxes were kept distinct from those of the State. After the arguments were all in, the Cour: announced that five days would be allowed the attorneys to present their au- thorities, and all three of them will pre- pare elaborate briefs. The crowd then waited to hear the ar- guments with regard to the legality of the appointment of the Election Commission- ers. They were disappointed, however, as the matter went over till 10 o’clock on Fri- day morning. FOUND ON THE ROCKS. Discovery of a Body Supposed to Be That of George Tourtilotte. Henry Block of 411 Greenwich street founa the body of & young man on the rocks under the wharf at the foot of Powell- street wharf, yesterday afternoon. The corpse had evidently not been in the water more than twenty-four hours. Deceased was apparently about 25 years of age and was slight in figure, weighing not more than 135 pounds. Theapparel con- sistgd of a dark of diagonal, two paifp of trousers being worn. The dead man has biue eyes and sandy hair, with a slight mustache. Coroner Hawkins is of the opinion that the deceased is Georze Tourtilotte, a young man whose disappearance was re- ported at the Morgue some davs ago. The description given his anxious relatives tallies almost exal with that of the corpse. DOCTRINE AND MISSIONS, Subjects Discussed by the Vari- ous Preachers’ Associa- tions. General Morgan Gives an Encourag- ing Account of His Work. Rev. R. E. Wenk read a paper yesterday at the Methodist Preachers’ Club on ““The | Scriptural View of Our Lord’s Second Coming.” The discussion on the paper brought ont the fact that all the brethren did not hold the same theological views on the subject. Rev. R. E. Wenk stated that much is made of certain passaces, when students of the Bible draw deductions respecting Christ’s second coming, but that these passages are liable to many interpretations, and contradictory results being arnved at by different men of learning, the natural conclusion is that they infuse the passages with the deductions they desire to draw from them. But when is he to come? He is to come at the end of the world, after the ingather- ing of the nations, when the Jews have been converted and when Antichrist has been at large. The conversion of the Gen- tile world is the work assigned the church under the present dispensation. In discussing the paper, Rev. Dr. Henry scouted the idea that the second coming isto be a personal, embodied and visible one. “Christ has come as much as he ever will come,” said the doctor. Rev. G. H. Jones remarked that the club was versatile. A few weeks ago the brethren had applauded Dr. Varley, now the o site of his views was being advanced. For himself he was not_a'-believer in the pre- millennium. Rev. Dr. Matthew said he be- lieved in an actual coming. Dr. Bovard declared he had no such anticipation. Dr. Simonds also decried the idea of an actual advent. . Presbyterial Union. The Presbytcrian ministers yesterday fistened to an address by Rev. Dr. Gregory, California secretary of the Children’s Home Society, made in behalf of the society he represented. The ministers were urged to devote Christmas offerings to the fund for establishing a children’s home in San Francisco. Dr. Gregory said he did not wish to criticize orphanages, but that some of them are liable to abus He added, “‘In the Children’s West Oakland Home 50 per cent of the children die from neglect.” Before the meeting adjourned Rey. Dr. Minton and Rev. G. D. B. Stewart were elected members of the executive commit- tee of the Presbyterial Union. Congregational Club. “Justice’’ was the theme discussed at the Congregational Monday Club by Rey. Philip Coombs. ‘‘Men,” he said, *‘have ceased to regard God asa divine Shylock, and now they love to sing with Shakes- peare, ‘The quality of mercy is not strained.” They have sung this sort of poetry so much that they have almost for- gotten that there issuch a thing as jus- tice.”” Mr. Coombs regretted this lax way of looking at things. He said that he re- garded justice as greater than mercy, and that a world where pure justice prevailed | w i be a more perfect Utopia than any dreamed of by philosophers. In discussing the paper Mark Straus, Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper and a number of other speakers placed love above i‘nstice. Professor Ll and Dr. Freland also sup- ported this view, giving theological rea- sons and definitions. The following officers were elected for the coming half year: Professor Lloyd of the Oakland Congregational Seminary, president; C. Chamberlain, Y; executive committee—Professor Cook, Rev. F. Flawith, Rev. Ur. Mooar; nominating committee—Rev. Dr. Williams, Rev. Joseph Rowell, Gilbert Dexter. Baptist Preachers. The Baptist preachers adjourned their regular programme yesterday and met in the First Baptist Church to hear addresses on missions. General Morgan, secretary of the Baptist Home Mission Society, gave an encouraging account of home mission work among the foreign as well as among the native-born populations in large cities. Dr. Woods also spoke hopefully on the same subject. NEW SUNSET LIMITED. General Passenger Agent Ford of the Penusylvania System Took a Look at It Yesterday. The new “Sunset Limited” train of the Southern Pacific was inspected by quitea number of railroad men and others yester- day at Fourth and Townsend streets. Gen- eral Passenger Agent E. A. Ford of the Pennsylvania lines, who was in the City for aday or so, took a look at it, in com- pany with General Passenger Agent Good- man of the Southern Pacific. He pro- nounced it a very fine piece of equipment. The style of coach is about the same as the old Mann boudoir pattern of apart- ment car. When the Mann Company failed the Pullman Company bought up a lot of its cars, and these, considerably im- proved upon, are now being brought into service by the Southern Pacific. In the ast they are considered admirable for short runs, and are much used between Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago and on the Wabash system in particular. The; are divided into parlor apartments, eac! containing several berths somewhat like a steamer stateroom, and have wide windows to facilitate observation. Their particuiar value to the traveling public isin the la- dies’ parlors. They are lighted with Pintsch gas and are vestibuled. ACQUITTED BY THE JURY, Is the California Game Law a Dead Letter in This Section ? STYLED “CLASS LEGISLATION. Campodonico & Malcolm Cleared on a Charge of Having Violated the Statutes. In Judge Low’s court in the case of The People vs. the Campodonico & Malcolm Company, charged with selling ducks out ofJeason, the juryibroughtin a verdict of “not guilty” yesterday. For some time the Fish and Game War- den of the county, J. A. Mogan, has been under the impression that a good many commission merchants and game and poul- try dealers were selling game out of season. It was pretty well understood that restau- rant men and caterers generally could get most any kind of game they wanted if they went about it right. Market hunters were shipping considerable quantities to this City from different points along the | Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, as well as from the marsh lands around San Francisco. Recently Mr. Mogan went to the various piers at which freight arrived and confis- cated several bags of game addressed to lo- | cal game dealers. Two were consigned to H. Heckmann & | Co. from Sam Lamme, a well-known mar- | ket hunter. One sack contained fifty-two birds and the other fifty-three. In another instance a sack of ducks addressed to | Kublmeyer & Dolheguy was found to con- tain seventy birds. This sack came fromn | 0. B. Randall, a market hunter at Atwa- | ter. The following letter found in the sack by Mz. Mogan shows that the same sort of business has been going on for some time. ATwATEE, Cal., Nov. 2, 1895. Kuhlmeyer & Dolheguy, 209-211 Washington street—DEAR S1Rs: Frank Him) gave me a letter be received from you, in which you said you | would handle ducks. I will send you a few to- | day, and if you are willing to hendle them I | will continueé 10 ship game to you all through hnnting season; but if there is any danger to | me in sendinde you ducks dump the lot and say nothing about it, and write to me right away and let me know if you wiil handle them or nos. Please send !hipt}n tags. 6o, hoping You can handle the ducks. I am yours truly, O. B. RANDALL, Atwater, Cal. P. 8. —Please send me one sack of No. 4 and one sack of No. 5 shot and 1000 No. 9 wads. The postscript of Randall’s letter betrays the fact that he is violating the game law | 1n more ways than one. No. 9 wads are only used in 8 and 9 gauge guns, and the law expressly states thatno gun larger| than a 10 geuge shall be used in the killing of game in this State. “I made the seizures,” said Mr. Mogan, “under a section of the fish and game laws of the State of California, which reads: | 6261. Every cold-storage company and every person keeping & cold-storsge warehouse, | tavern, hotel, restaurant or esting-house, and | every marketman or other person, who shall | buy, =ell, expose or offer for sale in this State any quail, bob-white, partridge, grouse, dove ar wild duck, whether taken or killed in the State of California, or shipped into the State from any other State, Territory or foreign country, except between the fifteenth day of November and the filteenth day of January of the following year, shall be gulity of a misde- meanor. “In all cases I cut the sacks open before I took them from the wharf and assured myself that they contained game of some | sort, In the case of Campodonico & Mal- colm I found the ducks introduced in evidence at their store, and offered to buy them. They told me that they did not sell them in pairs, but that I conld bave them if I wanted to make a test case of the sales, Finally I paid 50 cents for the two birds, 50 as to make the case a clean one against the offenders. As you see they have been acquitted by a jury. It will be a difficult | thing to convict people who break the | game laws so long as they camget a jury | trial. I propose to go right on seizing all | the game I can find just the same, and we will try them all. This morning I went down to the pier to make another seizure, but nothing was in sight. I heard that another consignment was expected, but I found when I got there that it had been | stopped on the other side of the bay. | There are tricks in all trades, it seems.” = | Attorney Riordan, who represented the | defendants, said that he would fight every case that would be brought to the courts and that it would be no trouble to beat a | law that was mere class legislation. | “The law holds,” said Mr. Riordan, | “that any one can shoot ducks for his own use between the 1st and 15th of November, | but that they cannot be sold in the mar- kets or by restaurants. That is simply done for the purpose of giving the mem- bers of the gun clubs a chance toget a good | whack at the ducks before the market hunters get in. The market hunters are permitted to hant from November 15 to January 15. It is mere class legislation and is unjustin the extreme.’” This is the way that Mr. Riordan pre- sented the case to the jury and with favor- able results to his clients.” The State was represented by C. H. Jackson, from the Attorney-General's office. 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EVERY STYLISH WEAVE, COLORING, TEXTURE AND FAB- RIC is embraced in this PEERLESS DISPLAY and all are character- ized by an’'EXTREME LOWNESS OF PRICE that is exemplified in THIS WEEK’S SPECIAL BARGAINS! BLACK DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT ! BSPrECIAL PRICES. At 50O Cents. 100 pieces 54-INCH ALL-WOOL STORM SERGE, in differen for 75¢, will be offered at 50c a yard. At 85 Cents. t weaves, extra good value { 75 pieces 46-INCH FANCY WEAVES MOHAIR EFFECTS, worth $1, will be offered at 65¢ a yard. At 75 Cents. 75 pieces fi»Id!\'CH FINE FRENCH CREPON, worth regular $1 25, will be offered at 75¢ a yard. At 75 Cents. 50 pieces 54-INCH ALL PURE WOOL ENGLISH SERGE, extra good value for §1 25, will be sold at 75c a yard. At $1.00. 50 pieces 47-INCH ALL PURE WOOL FRENCH CREPON, worth $1 50, will be sold at $1 a yard. At S1.25. 50 pieces 50-INCH EXTRA FINE ALL-WOOL FREN for $1 75, will be sold at $1 25 a yard. At $3.00. 25 pieces 56-INCH EXTRA HEAVY BOUCLE, suitable for cloaking, worth regular $2 75, will be sold at $2 a yard. SPECIAT.! 3 cases of ASTRACHAN, 54 inches wide, will be placed on sale at $3,$3 50, $4, $4 50, §5 up to $8 50 a yard. CH BOUCLE, extra good value SILK DEPARTMENT! SPECIAL PRICES. At 225 Cents. 150 pieces COLORED INDIA SILK, 24 inches wide, in light and dark shad value for 40c, will be offered at 25¢ a yard. 4 & S . goec At S5 Cents. 60 pieces COLORED ALL-SILK MOIRE, in dark shades only, good value for 75c, will be offered at.35¢ a yard. At 45 Cents. 30 pieces FANCY FIGURED SILK, small designs, in light and dark shades, good value for 65¢, will be offered at 45¢ a yard. At 75 Cents. 20 pietes FIGURED BLACK SATIN DUCHESSE, new designs, heavy quality, good value for §1, will be offered at 75¢ a yard. & ¥ quality, g At 75 Cents. 80 pieces FIGURED AND STRIPED TAFFETA SILK, in all the latest designs and combination shadings, good value for $1, will be offered at 75¢ a yard. rd. At 85 Cents. 40 pieces FANCY FIGURED TAFFETA SILK, Dresden desi n, new color E: value for $1 15, will be offered at 85¢ a yard. i & o 1988, paod At $1.00. 20 pieces BLACK FIGURED GROS-GRIN AND TAFFETA SI new designs, good value for $1 25, will be offered at $1 a yard. At 81.35. 50 pieces CHANGEABLE FIGURED PEAU DE SOIE, extra fine quality, good val for $2, will be offered at $125 a yard. s L, Y K000 YO LK, 22 inches wide, COLORED DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT! BSPECIAL PRICES. At 225 Cents. | 92 pieces DOUBLE-FOLD ALL-WOOL CHEVIOTINE SUITING, in medium and bright colorings, will be offered at 25¢ a yard. At 4O Cents. 64 pieces 37-INCH FINE ALL-WOOL DRESS GOODS, latest designs, will be offered at 40¢ a yard. At 50O Cents. SUITING, in all the latest two-toned effects, will be in fancy stripes and checks, 59 pieces 37-INCH NOVELTY offered at 50c a yard. At 75 Cents. 72 pieces 40-1};511 FINE SILK AND WOOL CROCATTA SUITING will be offerea at 75¢ a yard. At $1.00. 37 pieces 52-INCH ALL-WOOL NOVELTY BOURETTE PLAIDS, elegant colorin, will be offered at §1 a yard. g o At $1.00. 40 pieces 44-INCH SUPERIOR ALL-WOOL ASTRACHAN SUITING, plain colors, will be offered at §1 a yard. At $81.285. 38 pieces 4> INCH EXTRA FINE ALL-WOOL NOV. effects, will be offered at $1 25 a yard. At $1.50. 32 piecesm#INCH ALL-WOOL ENGLISH MOHAIR CURLS will be offered at $150 a yard. ELTY MOHAIR SUITING, latest At £8.50. 22 pieces 58-INCH NIGGERHEAD CLOAKING, in blue and black, red and black and brown and black, will be offered at $2 50 a yal , green and black, rd. L@ Our New Catalogue is now ready for distribution to our COUN= TRY patrons ONLY, to whom it will be malled free on recelpt of address. -_— MURPHY EBUILDING Market Strest, coruer of Jones, SAN FRANCISCO.