The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 14, 1895, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1895. 5 L e —— MR, WISE'S SON HARRY HAS A WAREHOUSE An Unfortunate Affair for the Collector of Customs. MAY BE INQUIRED INTO. Robert Woods Threatens to Write to the Treasury Department. SAYS HE WAS SUPPLANTED. Rather Queer Proceedings Young Wise’s Predecessor Finds Hard to Explain. Ex-Bonded Warehouseman Robert J. Wooas has a comvlaint to make against Jobn H. Wise, Collector of Customs of this port, and from what he said last night he intends to communicate it to Secretary Jobn G. Carlisle. The charge Mr. Woods makes against Which | him, but Mr. Wise Sr. sent word to Ware- houseman Edwin Danforth yesterday by another warehouseman contradicting this. The information conveyed to the Broad- | way and Atlantic warehouses was that he had not gone around Chinatown with his {son at all. Mr. Danforth believes Mr. | Wise tells the truth tor he reasons that the Coll:ctor conld not afford to do_anything that would be so open to criticism asa | Collector of Customs drumming up bonded warehouse business for his son among Chi- | nese merchants, considering Mr. Wise’s | vigorous enforcement of the exclusion acts. With the Chinese merchants Mr. Wise is not popular. They andlmeir_cr}unsel are | disposed to think that he is aspiring to the | fame_of a very Vidocq in his particular | line, investigation of Chinese immigrants, and if they can possibly avoid it they will | not throw any business in the direction of | the Vallejo-street warehouse, they say. | A rather high-handed proceeding was in- | dulged in a few days ago. Some goods be- | longing to Henry Doyie & Co. were on the | Broadway wharf. They were rushed over to the Vallejo-street warehouse without | any consultation of Mr. Doyle’s wishes. Mr. Wise’s explanation of his son’s busi- nture is that he knows no way of nes i reventing Harry from going into any | fogitimate business he sees fit to engace in; that a bonded warebouse is as legiti- mate a business investment as any other, and not a_political matter; and that the fact that Harry is his son has nothing to do with it any more than if he was any- body else’s son. He reasons that his own position as Collector has no connection whatever with fany other man’s private business affairs. Those who are close to Mr. Wise say that his son went into partnership with Mr. THE UNITED STATES BONDED WAREHOUSE NOW CONDUCTED BY THE FIRM OF SANBORN & WISE. [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] the Collector is that the latter has exceed- ed his official bounds and lowered the dignity of the Treasury Department by | approving the bond of his son, Harry E. Wise, and W. B. Sanborn for the Vallejo- street bonded warehouse. When this bond was presented by young Wise and his partner Mr. Woods was ab- sent from the City. As the lessee of Mrs. E. G. Sanborn Mr. Woods bad had the warehouse for seven years. But in October he happened to go off for a little vacation in the Yosemite Valley hunting and fish- ing, and when he returned he was unpleas- antly surprised to learn that he wes no longer in the bonaed warehouse business on the northwest corner of Vallejo and Front streets. He had been succeeded by Messrs. San- born & Wise, and the latter were soon comfortably installed in their new busi- ness and had cards printed announcing to the public that the Vallejo-street United States Bonded Warehouse was in their hefnds. Mr. Woods has only just begun to re- cover from his astonishment, and with this recovery he is planning an equally unpleasant surprise for the Collector of | Customs. There is a weak point in the Collector’s position. Among Democrats it is com- monly understood that John G. Carlisle of Kentucky was given the portfolio of the Treasury Department because of its im- mense patronage and the effective in- fiuence this patronage might have upon the rank and file of the party all over the country in the interest of the next candi- date for President. Grover Cleveland, as politician and Mayor of Buifalo, Sheriff of Erie County, Governor of New York and President of the United States, in succession—thrice the nominee of his party for the i dency and twice successful—had not failed to machinery of politics. His choice of John G. Carlisle was supposed to be backed up by this accumulated knowledge. It was also supposed that his aplpointmem of John }*F Wise was made reasons as_prompted him to make the Kentucky Senator a member of his Cabi- net. And Mr. Wise lost no time in carry- ing out the programme on that eventful June 1, when he ensconced himself in the | commodious chair just occupied by his Republican predecessor. He has made his office and his adminis- tratjon a distinctively Democratic one, with the exception of his retention of his indispensable chief clerk, Edward B. Jerome, and the Treasury Department, having grown accustomed to expect great things of him, may now be shocked to learn that he has so far jeopardized the interests of his party, as Mr. Woods, a | score of other warenousemen, some highly respectable importers and a dozen sharp- eyed brokers would have the general puk- lic believe. These warehousemen, importers and rokers pronounce the Harry Wise inci- dent a ‘‘piece of very bad taste, to say the least,”” and Mr. Woods proposes to de- mand an investigation to learn, if possible, that it is no worse than bad taste. In connection with the political phase of the thing it is common gossip around the Custom-house that Harry Wise has com- mitted his father to Christopher Buckley. The deal, it is said, was made without the knowledge at all of John H., but the father, tiiough intensely anti-Buckley and naturally in_favor of respectable politics, has not yet found any way of getting out of the net which the enterprising young man has managed to weave about him. There are a great many persons who are inclined to be charitable with Mr. Wise, and these say he should not be held re- sponsible for the political and business deals of his son. The explanation Mr. Woods makes of the manner in which he was supplanted is: ing was done while I was away in the Yg.sz;)'i)lx(lr?g\'nunn Wise and_Mr. Sanborn pre- sented their borid and Mr. Wise approved it and sent it on to Washington, as I suppose. At any rate, it was completed and I found my Warehouse bonded over my head, though I had i ven years. h“ldfll;nlolrh.ie;lkfini of communicating with the Secretery of the Treasury, and unless some- thing is done soon to rectify matters Ishall do so. 1 certainly think Mr. Wise has gone beyond his?)eficul gmmon and has u:!exfln very bad taste. Just how Messrs. Sanborn & Wise could bond the warehouse over his bond Mr. Woods was unable to tell. But going into the bonded warehouse business seems to have not been enough for young -Harry. Merchants, both Chi- nese and white, and their brokers, have been circulating a report that Harry Wise has been making a verz active canvass of Chinatown and several big importers. The names of some of the white importers he had been to see were.given as William Wolff & Co., C. W. Craig & Co. and Sher- wood & Sherwood. The story was that with the whites he used as a persuasive ar- ument his_connection with the firm of %hrisly & Wise, in which he and his father are copartners, while with tbe Chinese the fact that his father was Collector of Cus- toms was made strikingly apparent. It was even said by several persons that his father bad gone around Chinatown with 1 . si- | Jearn a_thing or_ two about the| or the same | Sanborn contrary to the emphatically ex pressed wishes of his father. Carlisle it will probably be supported by the names of the Danforths, Edward G. Zeile, Haslett & Bailey, C. H. Gilman and many otker warehou: NEW: SODALITY OFFICERS James R. Kelly Re-elected Pre- fect of the St. Ignatius Society. | Has Held the Office for Twenty Years—Other Officers Also { Named. | The Gentlemen’s Sodality of St. Igna- | tius Church, which is the leading Catholic | lay society of the Pacific Coast, and which | was established in 1861, has just closed another year of its career. At itsannual | | | { | | James R. Kelly. [From a photograph.] meeting the other evening Father Leggo, S. J., director, presided. The secretary, Charles E. McAuliffe, read the minutes, as well as a history of the society for the | year. D.J. Costello read the treasurer’s report, snowing a healthy state of finance. Mr. Dignan’s account of the library and reading circle was very interesting, show- ling a great increase in the number of books and readers. The roll preiect, Mr. Colson, gave a de- tailed account of attendance of every member for the year and showed a con- siderable net increase in the number of Sodalists for 1895, as compared with any year since 1861. James R. Kelly, who was one of its organizers as well as president for over twent; years, was unanimously re-elected prefect, and in a happy and eloquent speech thanked the society for the high honor conferred on him so_often. { Thomas R. Carew and John E. Fitz- patrick having received the highest num- ber of votes for assistant prefects, were elected accordingly. Theelection of recording secretary, finan- cial secretary, treasurer, roll prefect, li- brarian, marshal, vestry prefect, assistant officers, choir and six members of council i will be held Tuesday evening, December | 31, in the library of the sodality. " KINDERGARTEN CHRISTMAS, Joyful Days-in Store for the Little Folks. The Golden Gate Kindergarten Asso- cintion with its forty different classes, will have a lively time of it for the days to come in the Christmas festivities of the children, which will be held at the follow- ing times and places: i On Tuesday, the 17th, at 10 o’clock, the first festival will be hela at the Grant ! Memorial Kindergarten, corner of Ala- | bama and Twenty-third streets. At 11 o’clock the Pear! Dowda, at 2927 Mission street. At 2 o’clock, the Stanford Memo- rial No. 5, at 3270 Mission street; the Will- iam N. Steuben, at N ineteenth and Hamp- shire streets, and the Noe Valley, at Vicks- burg and Twenty-fifth streets. On Wednesday, the 18th, &t Eighth and Brannan streets, at 10 o’clock, the Stan- ford Memorial Nos. 3 and 4 will hold their Christmas festivities. At 11 o’clock, at 211 Ninth_street, the Pope, Emily P. Walker and Hazel Montgomery will celebrate; also at 11 the Wilmerding Memorial aut the Osgood and Grace Bradley Memorial will have their exercises at Turn Verein Hall, 237 Twelfth street, near Folsom., At If Mr. Woods sends a letter to Secretary | 2 o’clock the Two Friends, at 1018 Folsom street, and the Willard, at 15053 Turk street. $ On_ Thursday, the 19th, at 10 o'clock, Stanford kindergartens Nos. 1and 2 will have their exercises at 1906 Mason_street; at 11 o’clock the Lester Norris, the Produce Exchange and the Pacific, at 1231 Pacific street; at 2 o'clock the Golden Gate Valley and the Scott Memorial kindergartens at 1816 Union street, and the Richmond Dis- trict Kindergarten at 291 Third avenue. On Friday, the 20th, at 74 West Mission street, at 10 o’clock, the Lux-Potter, the Fuller-Shattuck and the Merchants’ kin- dergartens will hold their Christmas ex- ercises; at 11 o’clock the Real Estate and Attorneys at 535 Castro street; at 2 o’clock, the Hearst and Helping Hand kindergar- tens at Bersagiieri Hall, corner of Stockten and Union streets; the Potrero Kinder:ar- ten, Tennessee street, near Solano, at the same hour. The friends of the kindergartens are very cordially invited to attend these Christmas festivities. The children will havea happy time. ——— CLARKE SET FREE. Paid 8275 to His Creditors to Re- gain His Freedom. “Nobby Clarke’' is once more a free man. He had to pay $275 for his freedom, how- ever, for the Supreme Court dismissed the writ of habeas corpus which he applied for, and the prospect of remaining in jail un- til he paid was not to his liking. Clarke was sent to jail by Judge Slack for refusing to pay to the assignee of his creditors $275, which he received for the sale of certain ’Froperty which he should not have sold. The property wasin charge of the court while Clarke’s insolvency pro- ceedings were pending, but he sold some of it, and was sentenced to twenty-four hours in jail for doingso. Then he was ordered to turn over the proceeds of the sale, and as he did not do that he was sent to jail until he should comply with the order. His writ of habeas corpus proving to be useless he concluded that the quickest and cheapest way out of the difficulty was to pay as soon as possible. He did so yester- day and was released. He SUES T PUNDIEEPER An Attorney’s Pathetic Story of the Death of an 0ld Horse. Poetic Description of a Point Lobos Avenue Lot Where the Servant of Man Grazed. Tt is not often that attorneys have the time or poetical turn of mind necessary to make pen-pictures within the confined limits of Justice Court complaints, par- ticularly where the matter over which the litigation is begun is nothing more than the value of a horse captured and executed by the Poundkeeper. Attorney John O’Byrne, who is credited with having been the main factor in the conviction of Boss Tweed, the New York political leader, who absconded many years ago with $5,000,000 of municipal funds, filed a complaint yesterday in which the faithful servant of man is treated in a new and novel manner and the environs of a Point Lobes avenue lot are clothed in poetic thoughts that throw the surround- ings of empty cans and other useless debris entirely into the shade, The complaint_ begins in the usual prosaic way, reciting the fact that on No- vember 23 J. T. Mabey was the owner of one sorrel horse, which was kept ina lot adjoining his residence on Thirty-fourth and Point Lobos avenues. That the ani- mal was kept there with the knowledge and consent of the owner of the lot, and that the ground was properly inclosed and fenced. . When the attorney came to the narration of how the animal was taken out by the employes of the Poundkeeper, who is the defendant in the suit, he waxed eloquent. He says: That on or about the 23d day of November, 1895, and while said horse in said lot afore- said was quietly and harmlessly cropping the tender blades of grass and the fragrant clover blossoms which with oriental ruglike effect covered the said pasture lot, and was musing with his innocent animal thoughts upon the kindness of the human race in general. and upon the devotion and care of inis master and mistrsss, the said plaintiff, to him in particu- lar, the said defendant, through his agents, deputies ana .employes, guddenly appeared upon the horizon, rudely disturbed the effec- tive picturesqueness of the rural scene, took violent and unwarranted ssession of said horse as he grazed in_said lot as aforesaid and proceeded to compel him to direct his steps to the institution provided for the unfortunate wanderers of bis race, to wit: the publie Pound of the said City and County, of which the defendant was at all times mentioned herein and is the keeper. All without any notice to or consent by the said plaintiff, or fo or by any one having the horse in charge. That after cruelly driving said horse for some thirteen_blocks the defendant, through his agents, deputies and employes, without cause and in cold blood, shot {;lm to death on Lake street, near Twenty-fifth avenue, in said City and County, thereby causing his dumb spirit to take fl to the animal kingdom above, and to the damage of the plaintiff in the sum of $100. That beside said pecuniary damage the plaintiff has suffered much grief of heart and depression of spirit over the premature death of his said faithful animal servant, which no money can compensate and which only time cau render bearable. THE GRANGERS BANK. The Directors Will Meet This Morning and Probably Arrange to Pay Depositors. The directors of the Grangers’ Bank of California will meet to-day to consider the estion of reopening the bank’s doors. ayment was suspended on Thursday, but the total due depositors now is small, and it is expected that arrangements will be made to pay this all off. More than half the amount due depositors at the time the directors decided to quit making loans preparatory to going out of business has been paid off, and it is expected that the directors will arrange to be prepared to pay the rest immediately. Albert Montpeilier, the cashier and man- ager of the bank, said yesteraay that at the meeting to be held {his morning he expected to be given instructions to re- open the doors on Monday morning, and that funds necessary to pay off all the de- positors would be on hand. After these liabilities are paid further steps toward liguidation will await the annual meeting of the stockhotders, to be held during the first week of next month, at which it is expected that the action of the directors wiil be ratified and the bank’s business will be wound up. The loss, amounting to from $250,000 to $350,000, will fall en- tirely upon the stockbolders. RAILROAD MEN WIN. Richard H. Collier, Who Rode on An- other Man’s Ticket, 1s Found Guilty. The case of Richard H. Collier, the in- surance solicitor arrested for riding on a ticket issued in the name of William H. McPhee, was before Judge Conlan yester- day. In view of the extenuating circu: stances the charge was rednceg to mis- demeanor and the Judge fined Collier $10. Collier had been given the ticket by McPhee in Reno. It was good from the East to San Francisco and back, and Mec- Phee, in order to get it signed here to make it available for returning to the East from Reno, asked Collier to use it and sign his name. Collier was arrested at Port Costa while returning to Reno. He produced a letter from McPhee ex- E::ining the circumstances and deploring trouble he had caused Coltier. 10 SELL [T CITY LAND, The Pacific Improvement Com- pany Decides to Auction the Property. RESULT OF A CONFERENCE. Messrs. Huntington, Crocker and Mills Decided to Get Rid of the Com- pany’s Lots. An auction sale of extraordinary in- terest is announced by Baidwin & Ham- mond to take place on January 16. In- structions have just been given them by the Pacific Improvement Company to dis- pose of all the property owned by that cor- poraticn 1n the blocks bounded by Market, Mission, Twelfth and Hermann streets, aggregating in value between $400,000 and Negotiations have béen pending for some time, but have been delayed on ac- count of the absence of H. E. Huntington. Upon his return the matter was taken up with Colonel Crocker and W. H. Mills, and at a meeting beld yesterday instruc- tions were given the real estate firm to im- mediately proceed with the subdivision and sale of not only that property, but also some other valuable holdings. The property on the south side of Fif- teenth street, between Valencia street and Albion avenue, with a frontage of 140 feet on Valencia street and 195 feet on Fif- teenth street; also another piece of 75x90 feet on the west side of Valencia street, between Fifteenth and Sixteenth, will be di=posed of in subdivisions. Nearly all this property is producing a ground_rental, some of it paying a fair rate of interest on the value of the land. Two other pieces, one at the junction of Market and Castro streets, and another lot on the north side of Waller street, be- tween Shrader and Stanyan, will also be disposed of. The terms of the sale have not yet been settled upon, but in all probability they will be made sufficiently aitractive to ap- peal to the man of small means as well as the largest capitalist. This sale is a confirmation of the reports that have been current for some time that the policy of the Pacific Improvement Com- pany is to dispose of all the real estate not absolutely required for the use of that corporation or of the Southern Pacific Company. OLYMPIC CLUB ITEMS. Entries for the Bowling Tournament. Grand Minstrel Show and Other Entertainments. There will be a bowling tournament held at the Olympic Ciub next Monday and Tuesday evenings, the entries for which closed last night. . The players are divided into three classes and will play one game of “cocked hat” and one of five-pins, to be played on each of the three alleys. The entrants are: First class—B. W. Bernhard, H. C. Ramsay, C. A. White, T. G. Montealegre, T. G. Spillane, H. Stratton, G. W. Luce, K. Boyd, W. L. seldert, W. J. Poole, J. F. F % Second class—J. Eliiott, Oscar Hanson, R. H. Donaldson, D. L. Conkling, H. D. Hadenfeldt, W. H. Haley, W.J. Fergnson, F. C.Chandler, J. A. Ostendorf. T. J. Craig, H. W. Knoll. Third class—F. M. Speyer, R. B. Irones, J. A. Vhi . Bill, W. B. M . Thornton, G. b iz, J. P . Newman, A. Doescher, Judges; Oscar Osen, referee; W. Wand, D. W. Needhan, scorers. The committee having charge of the tournament is composed of Charles A. White, George H. Stratton, W. L. Geldert, T. G. Spillane and C.2F. Montealogre. The Olympic Cyclers held an enthu- siastic meeting last evening. Itwas de- cided to organize a football team among the members. Considerable money: will be expended in fitting up a room in the club building for the cyclers. They will have a run to-morrow to the park. The Olympic Club will hold a vaude- ville show and minstre! entertainment at the Columbia Theater Monday evening, January 20, the occasion being the thirty- sixth anniversary of the club. Super- intendent Kennedy will be the inter- locutor of the minstrel first part, and the end men will be Dave McLaughlin, Bob Mitche!l, Will Hines and Jack Cathcart. Tickets can be obtained now at the club. Next Thursday evening there will bea swimming tournament, open to all, for which there are nearly a hundred entries. Thursday evening, January 9, will fientlemen’a night. for which there has een arranged a catch-as-catch-can wrest- ling bout between L. Fetress, Olympic, and J. C. Williamson, Acme, at 145 pounds; also two boxing contests, between F. H. Smith and Joseph Sullivan, Olympics, at 120 pounds, and George Bates, San Fran- cisco Athletic Club, and J. W. Reay, Olympic Club, at 155 pounds. 'i‘be Olympic and Pacific baseball nines will compete to-morrow at Central Park at 2 o’clock. POLICE “PULLS.” Judge Joachimsen Will Not Allow Such a Thing Said in His Court. It is not often that a plain *‘drunk” case in the Police courts attracts attention, but there was ons before Judge Joachimsen yesterday which was unusually interesting. James O'Leary, a flagman at Seventh and Bryant streets, was arrested by Officer McGrew some days ago and booked at the Southern station as drunk. The case has been continued several times, but is now disposed of, with the result that O'Leary must pay a fine of $5. From the evidence it was shown that O’Leary was in an in- toxicated condition when He met McGrew, and for some imaginary grievance imme- diately attacked him. The officer was se- verely bitten in the left hand, and was finally forced to punch the festive O’Leary before that gentileman came to his senses. O’'Leary at once preferred charges against McGrew, which are still pending before the Police Commissioners. Prosecuting Attorney Dare reviewed the evidence in the case, finally demanding the conviction of O’Leary as the only way in which justice could be served. eal- luded to the powerful ‘“pull” of the Central Pacific, for which corporation the defend- ant worked. When Attorney McGregor, in behalf of O’Leary, began his reply the ire of the court was immediately aroused. “All that I want is justice,” began the attorney. ‘“‘There is not one scintilla of evidence to show that this man was drunk. My friend talks of the Central Pacific pull. I say let justice be done in spite of the so-called railroad pull or any Police Court pull or—"" “‘Here, stop that!” thundered Judge Joachimsen. “I allow no talk of Police Court pulls in this court.” “But, vour Honor, the Prosecuting At- torney has alluded to a railroad pull and—"" “I don’t care what he has alluded to; you must not talk about any Police Court pull around here,” That ended the little tilt, McGregor making no further reference to the pro- hibited subject. It is probable that O’Leary will appeal from the decision of Judge Joachimsen. e e Thirty-fourth District Club. There was an enthusiastic and well attended meeting of the Kepublican Club of the Thirty- fourth Assembly District held at Champion Hall, corner of Sixteenth and Valencia streets, on Thursdux evening, with President I. J. Truman in the chair. Stirring speeches were made by President Truman, Jabez Bwan, Dor- san Nichols and Fred V. Myers. AFTER THE HEALTH BOARD, Governor Budd Is Displeased With Men of His Own Choice. BEFOOLED HIM ON PATRONAGE. He Threatened to Remove Dr. Fitz- gibbon, but Was Appeased by Dr. Morse. Governor Budd is having more trouble with the San Francisco Board of Health. A few days ago he threatened to destroy by one stroke the body which he took so long to create. It was only a threat, how- ever, and the Governor finally cooled down, and the Board of Health continues to transact business at the old stand. It is understood that Governor Budd de- manded the resignation of a certain mem- ber of the board on the ground of nepot- ism. When Dr. Morse heard of the matter he and Jacob Reinstein, regent of the University of California, posted straight- way to Sacramento and had a conference with the Governor. The result was that the intention of the executive to make changes in the board was abandoned, at least for the present. ‘When Goyvernor Budd was ill last sum- mer he claims the Board of Health took advantage of his position and made pro- miscuous appointments from the ranks of relatives and friends of the members. Thus hisantagonism. He has since been trying to gei even with the board. The Governor reserved the right to name some sixteen persons for positions under the board. In fact, he had pledged him- self to prominent Democrats to provide them with positions. ‘When he recovered from _his illness and found that these places had been filled by relatives of the members of the Board of Health he was naturally very indignant. He has never recovered from the shock, and now he is so thoroughl?' worked up against the board that he would be glad to have all the members take the hint and resign. His antagonism has been especially directed against Dr. Fitzgibbon, one of the most active members of the board, on account of the latter’s position in making appointments. Dr. Fitzgibbon has a brother in the Receiving Hospital, and his brother-in-law, Mr. Rivers, is a market in- spector. Dr. Fitzgibbon will not take the public into his confidence in the matter. “I have heard nothing of Governor Budd’s wish to have myself or any other members of the Board of Health resign,” he said yesterday, “and further than that Idon’t see upon what grounds he could demand our resignations. ““We have performed our duties to the best of our abilities, and there is no reason for a chance that I can see. We have made appointments from the ranks of the Democracy. “The staff of the department is now fully and perfectly organized, anc every- thing is running along smoothly.” The other members of the board would not discuss the situation. It is generally understood among local Democrats, how- ever, that the Governor is aiter those members who have ignored his recom- mendations for positions and appointed their own friends instead. The Agent’s Division Inereased. Colonel B. L. Cromwell, the Internal Revenue agent, has just received word from Commissioner Miller that the States of Oregon, Washington and Idaho have been added_to his division. This restores it to its original size. g Formerly the division comprised Cali- fornia, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon, Wash- ington and Idaho, but it was thought too large, and the three last-named States were made into a separate division, with Portland as its headquarters. Agent W. H. Yarborough has been instructed to turn everything over to Colonel Cromwell. SAMPLES OF WATER. The Board of Health Visits a Number of the Spring Valley Company’s Reservoirs. The Board of Health, represented by Mayor Sutro and Drs. Morse, Hart and Williams, made a trip to a number of Spring Valley reservoirs yesterday for the purpose of getting samples of water to be analyzed for organic or chemical impuri- ties by experts employed by the board. They were accompanied by Professor ‘Wenzell, the analytical chemist; Thomas Price Jr., George T. Gaden and Taylor Rogers of the Mayor’s office; Dr. Spencer, Dr. White, the bacteriologist, and Her- mann Schussler, the Spring Valley en- gineer. The party left the City Hall in a number of carriages. Laguna Honda, Laguna de la Merced and the reservoirs at University Mound, Clarendon Heights and College View were visited and numerous demi- johns filled from each. Mr. Price, Professor Wenzel and Dr. ‘White will begin their work on the samples at once and the results of their labor will gmbably be known within a week. Mayor utro said that in case the analyses were finished before the next regular meeting of the board he would probably call a special meeting to hear the reports of the experts, ————— KINDERGARTEN BAZAAR. Unique Entertainment for the Beneflt of the French Christian Union. The kindergarten bazaar for the benefiv of the French Christian Union, held at the headauarters of that society, will be con- tinued until 10 o’clock this evening. There are four booths, uniquely and pret. tily decorated, presided over by the ladies of the guild. Many of the articles for sale are made by the young ladies of the French Industrial School. The booth of fancy work articles is pre- sided over by Mrs. P. Roscoe McNulty, as- sisted by Misses Valerie Brennan and Cora Kelsey and Mrs. Felix Latz; the flower booth by Miss Alice Coleman and Miss I. McCullough; the candy booth by Miss Sparks, and the booth of domestic articles by Mrs. Wallace Everson. This evening a musicale will be given, in which Miss Pauline Collins of Oakland who has lately returned from Berlin, will play, and Miss Josephine Sistermans and Mme. Marshall wiil sing. There will also be a vocal quartet by the children of Dr. Kus of Oakland. One of the features of the bazaar is a Punch and Judy show, conducted after the manner of the Parisianson the Champs Elysees. It creates a great deal of amuse- ment. ——e - Charity at the Chutes. The grounds at the Chutes on Haight street will bb packed this afternoon. All the re- ceipts from admissions, ‘chuiing” and re- freshment cafe will be donated to the fund for the blind and deaf children. On Suuday, & 12 o’clock, Professor $iarkeberg, a balloonist, will go up hanging by his teeth, and at half- past 3 o'clock Robert Earlston will ascend riding on a bicycle attached to a parachute. Such a sight has never before been seen in San Francisco. ————— Burglars in the Wrong Room. Burglars tried to enter the rooming-house of Mrs. Severance, 420 Minna street, last night. They managed to pry the front window open and had ULroken half the shutter when the occupant of the room, who was a special police- man, awoke and scared them off. 5 ————— An ltalian scientist says the absence of wisdom-teeth is common among the criminal class. NEW TO-DAY. STORE OPEN THIS EVENING! = Beginning to-night and continuing through the balance of the Holiday Season our store will remain open evenings for the benefit of Holiday buyers who are unable to make selections during the day, and to successfully inaugurate these evening sales as well as to keep up our regular daily rush of customers we to=-day offer the following Special Bargains for Day and Evening! INITIAL HANDKERCHIEES! At 25 Cents. MEN'S JAPANESE HEMSTITCHED SILK HANDKLERCHIEFS, large size, with embroidered initials, will be of- fered at 25c each. At 35 Cents. MEN'S JAPANESE HEMSTITCHED SILK HANDKERCHIEFS, extralarge size, with embroidered initials, will be offered at 35¢ each, $4 a dozen. At 50 Cents. MEN’S _JAPANESE HEMSTITCHED SILK HANDKERCHIEFS, extra large size, with very handsome embroidered initials, will be offered at 50c each. At 25 Cents. MEN’S HEMSTITCHED ALI-LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS, with hand-em- broidered initials, will be offered at 25c each, or in fancy boxes of half dozen at $1 50. At 356 Cents. MEN’S HEMSTITCHED ALL-LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS, with hand-em- broidered initials, and extra large size, will be offered at 35¢ each, er in fancy boxes of half dozen at $2. HUFFLERS AND REEFER SCARFS. MEN’S SILK MUFFLERS, in white, cream, black, navy and fancy colors, at 75¢, $1, $1 25, $1 50, $2 to $4 each. MEN’S REEFER SCARFS, in black, white, navy, etc., sincle at 75cand $1 each, double at $150, $2 and $250 each. NECKWEAR! NECKWEAR! At 50 Cents. MEN’S ALL-SILK SCARFS, in tecks, four-in-hands, fancy bows, De Join- villes, Windsors, etc., will e offered at 50c each. At 75c, $1.00, $1.50. MEN'S EXTRA FINE ALL-SILK SCARFS, in the latest styles and made up of the newest coiorings, will be of- fered at 75¢ to $1 50. LADIES' KID GLOVES! At 75 Cents. 800 pairs S8-BUTTON LENGTH MOUS- QUETAIRE UNDRESSED KID GLOVES, colors tan, slate and brown, also black, regular value for §$1 25, will be offered at 75¢ a pair. At 90 Cents. 800 pairs 5-HOOK KID GLOVES, colors tan, brown and slate. also black, regular value $150, will be offerea at 90c a pair. At 90 Cents. 700 pairs 8-BUTTON LENGTH MOUS- QUETAIRE GENUINE FRENCH KID GLOVES, colors tan, glate, navy, brown and green, also black, rezular value §1 50, will be offered at &0ca pair. At $1.00. 600 pairs 2-CLASP PIQUE KID GLOVES, in English reds, brown, tan, cream, pear! and white, regular value $1 50, will be offered at $1 a pair. ! HOSIERY! HOSIERY! At 25 Cents a Pair. CHILDREN’S FINE RIBBED BLACK CO'TTON HOSE, double knees, neels and toes, Hermsdorf black, sizes 5 to9, worth 40c. At 25 Cents a Pair. LADIES’ FANCY HOSE, black boot and opera-shade top_combinations, spliced heels and toes, Hermsdori dye, regular value $4 per dozen. At 25 Cents a Pair. LADIES’ BLACK MACO COTTON HOSE, unbleached feet, nigh spliced heelsand toes, Hermsdorf black, good value at 35e. At 50 Cents a Pair. LADIES’ IMPORTED CASHMERE WOOL -HOSE, high-spliced heels, double soies and toes, biack, natural and tan shades, value for 65c. Ostrich-Feather Collarettes and Boas Black Ostrich Feather Collarettes, 20-inch, with ribbon ends, at $2, $3, $3 75, $5, $6, $7 50, $8 50 each. Black Ostrich Feather Boas, in 36, 45 and 54 inches long, best quality and fullest made, at fowest prices. FUR NECK SCARFS, “Spring Heads” In coney, natural black and brown op- possum, 1mitation and real mink, electric seal, stone marten, real black marten and Thibet, at the lowest prices. ICHILDREN’S FURSETS ! (MUEF AND BOA). | White Coney, Gray Hare, White Angora, White Thibet and a large assortment of other grades, at the lowest prices, LEATHER GOODS. PURSES in all sizes and styles, combina- tion cases (pocketbook and cardcase combined), in black seal, colored seal » and alligator, with and without ster- ling silver corners; a very large variety and lowest prices. LADIES' SHOPPING-BAGS, in an enor- mous assortment of styles and at low- est prices. MACKINTOSHES! At $1.00. CHILDREN’S GOSSAMERS, with hood, will be offered at $1. At $2.00. CHILDREN’S CLOTH MACKINTOSHES with capes, will be offered at $2. At $2.50. LADIES' CLOTH MACKINTOSHES, in navy, black and mixed, will be offered at $2 50. At $3.50. LADIES’ CLOTH MACKINTOSHES, in navy and black twilled serge, will be offered at $3 50. At $5.00. LADIES DOUBLE TEXTURE MACKIN- TOSHES, in navy and black, will be offered at $5. - | LADIES HANDRERCHIEES! At 15 Cents Each. LADIES' SHEER WHITE LAWN SCAL- LOPED EMBROIDERED HAND- KERCHIEFS, regular value $3 per dozen, special at 15¢ each At 25 Cents Each. LADIES' SHEER WHITE LAWN SCAL- LOPED EMBROIDERED HAND- KERCHIEFS, Guipure effects, xegular value $6 per dozen, special at 25¢c each. At $1.00 Per Box. LADIES’ ALL-LINEN HAND-EM- BROIDERED INITIAL HANDKER- CHIEFS, -inch hemstitch, 6 in fancy box, regular value $3 per dozen. At $1.00 Each. REAL DUCHESSE LACE HANDKER. CHIEFS, regular value $150, special at §1 each. NOVELTIES IN NECKWEAR! At $1.00 Each. YOKES OF INSERTION AND RIBBON, trimmed with lace, in all colors, value for $1 75. At $1.50 Each. YOKES OF INSERTION AND RIBBON, trimmed with Chantilly lace, in blue, gzmflk;. maize and lavender, value for At $2.00 Each. LACE COLLARETTES, Vandyke points, trimmed with net-top point venise lace, value for $3. At $6.75 Each. REAL HAND-RUN SPANISH SCARFS, extra size, regular $12 50, special value at $6 75 each. 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