The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 17, 1895, Page 9

A BACK-SALARY CRAB School Money Paid to Bab- cock, 0'Connor and Lyser. NOT AUTHORIZED BYLAW Grand Jury Asks the Super- visors to Have the Coin Restored. INVESTIGATION OF ASHWORTH Another Charge May Be Laid Against the Superintendent of Streets. The Fire Department. 1d Jury yesterday heard Thomas X 1, Superintendent of Streets, in his own behalf > require the payment into The G - Elaer, expert of the Board of , complying with the request , submitted an extra re- g the result of a special e ie of the material used in street work on L street, between Oak i Fell, and mber in the sid at the corner of Hayward and Harri- son street. The Grand Ju ry some time ago secured reet t 1 ing the effect that there was less than thickness of cement and concrete ider the basalt blocks of the gutterways in that street, whereas the specifications red a thickness of five inches. It was Iso brought out in the testimony of Mayor Sutro and that of his private secretary, and his expert, Mr. Gaden, t the Mavor's approval of the assess- nce of the Superintendent of Sireets elf that the work in question had pecifications of contract.s to make no mistake in the ry to sustain in courta sec- n against Mr. Ashworth Mr. was directed to makea on of the work. The vesterday corroborates ins the testimony of property- and the question now rests with the Grand Jury whether Mr. I n be accused of corrupt and wi flice ing to the as Mr. Ashworth ¥ Messrs. Sonn- Leventritt and Willey. He stem of appointing inspec- eneral management at his the same way that he ex- ed to the court the manner conducted the affairs of the depart- ment. George W. Elder, the second witness 3, w oned particularly con- ag, Clinch, explained b tors and his office in about ard street. ense of the body on the propo- another ac sation against . Members of the Grand the superintend v who are willing to discuss the subject aver that the proof in tue case now pend- o is much stronger than that which was ed sufficient to make the first accusa- tion. The jury decided to further con- sider the subject. The next thing in the line of regular business was the consideration of School Department affairs. Charles M. Yates, chairman of the committee, presented rt of the expert, to which extended ence was made in THE CALL of last v. After hearing the report the nd Jury prepared the following com- munication to the Board of Supervi "0, December 16, 1895. particularly specified in said com- on, and beg to call your attention to 3 on_unanimously passed s 16th day of December, rEAS. It appears by the communica of the Board of Education salaries of certain leachers therein men- ve been, in the opinion of the trand y paid: and whi in the opinion of Jury, no warran: in law gives the Board of ¥ducation the right to raise the salary of any eacher and at the same time pay the diff tween the former salar. amor he salary bas b on t 10 1he Board of he change in salary and al- a1 the e f.1 past servi herefore, be it ved., That it is the sense of this Grand Jury that the Board of Supervisors sbould take such sieps as are necessary Lo recover the ve amounts paid to safd teachers, as set fo communi hereto appended and L hereo be taken al such action should with s resolution, together °d to. be trans- sors. with the communication mitted to the said Board of Yours vers respectfully, OLIVER DRIDGE. J. J. GrRooM, Secretary. Foreman Grand Jury. The documents which go with ihe reso- tion were transmitted to the.Grand Jury by George Beanston, secretary of the Board of Education, in response to a request of [ les M. Yates, George H. Sanders and E. H. Hanjes, comprising the committee of the jury on schools. The minutes of the Board of Education are quoted to show that Dr. Clinton intro- duced a resolution, the preamble of which sets forth that the board on February 14, 1894, reduced the salary of the Deputy Su- perintendent of Schools from §250 to $155 per month, which was wholly unwarranted, in view of the fact thatthe deputy had been paid of the office, and that the Board, on Janu- ary 50. 1895, fixed the salary of said deputy at §250 p r month. The resolution then provides that the deputy be allowed tie sum of $570, being the balance due him for services performed from July 1, 1894, to Jannary 1, 1895. i The transcript of the minutes of the Board of Education also shows that Joseph O’Connor, principal of the Horace Mann School, and Albert Lyser, principal of the John Swett School, were each allowed $75, balance due for Julv, August and Septem- ber, 1894. : The transcriptsof the Board of Edncation records show that questions of law in- volved were referred to the Judiciary Com- mittee, and that committee prompgly Te- ported to the board that the reduction of salaries Was WrOng. : “The Grand Jury does not question the right of School Directors to fix the salaries of teachers and other employes of the School Department, but does insist that there is no authority to make a retroactive increase. xpected that the Board of Super- il make an effort to compel the iciares of tie back salary grab to money wrongiully appropriated to the public trea _ Another important communication to the Board of Eupervisors has been pre- pered. It represents, as tne sense of the Grand Jury, that the dens of vice on Morton street, which disgrace San Fran- should be closed, and that the open -roots, so demoralizing to the youth of the City, should also be closed. A hearing before the Grand Jury has been requested by the Diggins Brothers, street contractors and proprietors of the requested the Board of | ury of money wrongfully | mony of property-owners on Laguna | t was obtained on the positive personal | performed in all particulars accord- | in which | 55 | a month since the creation | Flint Tract quarry. They want the jury to ascertain the real nature of the | mysterious but potent irfluence which impels the Solid Eizht Supervisors to use the rock furnished by Gray Brothers in | preference to any other material. The Messrs. Diggins say they are prepared to prove that no better rock exists than that taken from the Flint Tract quarry, and offer to cite the best foundation work of the Government and the City to attest the worth of the rock, yet the Sotid Eight persist in giving all the contracts to the Gray Brothers. Next Friday the Grand Jury will begin the investigation of Fire Department af- fairs. Tt is ascertained from one of the jurors that the inquiry will beon the basis indicated by the article in Sunday morn- ing’s C. Many rumors of corrupt transactions in the depaptments have been circulated, but proof to sustain many of chargesisnot available. However, the 's direct statement that assistant | engineers are on the pay roll, and draw- ing money hout warrant of Jaw and direct conflict with Judge Sanderson’s de- :{Y“'xil receive the attention of the 4 (2} _The Grand Jury expects to adjourn | sine die on December 27, so that Judge | Sanderson may empanel another Grand Jury, as the Jaw requires, before Junuary | 1, 1396. - |CEAS. MAYNE'S FUNERAL. Simple Services at the Palace Hotel Attended by Many Leading Busi- ness Men. The funeral of Charles Mayne took place from the Palace Hotel at 1 o’clock yester- { day afternoon. It was largely attended by the friends and acquaintances of the de- | ceased. The pallbearers were William Alvord, J. Coleman, Antone Borel, C. de Guigne, Brown, Charles Webb Ho McCoppin, W. W. Morrow, e, H. Schuss| Lioyd Te W nd Hoffman. . Jacob Voorsanger conduncted | the ser He paid eloquent tribute to the worth of the decease There was | no. music. | The interment was at Cypress Lawn | Cemetery, and a special train conveyed | the mourners to and from the grave. SPOKE OF POOLROOMS, %Methodist Preachers Commend 1‘ the Position Taken by ‘ “The Call.” | L | Congregationalists Listen to an Inter- esting Paper on the “Coming | Church.” At the Methodist preachers’ meeting yesterday morning Rev. Jobn Stephens read a review of Balfour’s “Foundation of | Belief.” He said that the skeptical tone of this, Balfour's newest book, arose from tne | author's desire to forestall any objections before they could arise, and that Balfour might be looked upon as the politician of | the future. Dr. Bovard introduced resolutions con- demnatory of poolrooms. discussed, and words of praise were given the San Francisco Carn the side of morality. The following reso- lutions were adopted : The San Francisco press has re- 1t to light an appalling condition airs in regard to gambling in this City g boys of tender years,and since there seems to bé no law to suppress these poolrooms, these dens of viceltherefore Resolved, That we urge the Supervisors to in- sist upon such an orainance &s will suppress this gambling in all its forms. Resolved, That we approve the vigorous at- made upon these gambling places in the ssues of the San Francisco CALL. solved, That we denounce the g ement in the present controversy between Father P. C. Yorke and Rev. Dorald Ross | pased upon & wager of $100. tac Te ! Congregatiozal Club. | Rev.R. C. Copeland of Oakland read a | paper before the Congregational Monday | Club yesterday on “The Coming Church.” | He eaid: “Christians are coming to see that Christianity means love, justice, | truth, co-operation. The fashionable | church is losing caste, for God’s people are beginning to see that the church should not be made a fashionable club. Tuat church will be the church of the future | which seeks not to build up itself, but to | pour out its life for the regeneration of the | people.” | T{:c subject of a mass-meeting on the | Armenian question was discussed, and Dr. Briggs made a few remarksin behalf of | the State Sabbath Association. Presbyterian Ministers, ‘The attention of the Presbyterian Min- | isterial Association was chiefly occupied yesterday with discussing the subject of a mass-meeting, of which notice will be | found in another column. Rev. Frank Chalfont, a missionary just returned from North China, addressed the meeting brietly. He said the war aided | missionary work and tbe prospect for the i future were encouraging. It was unani- | mously resolved to invite Dr. McLean of | Plymoutu-avenue Congregational Church, O nd, to address the Presbyterian Asso- | ciation at some future time. Presbytery Meeting. At a meeting of the presbytery of San Francisco, held yesterday afternoon at the Howard Presbyterian Church, the question | of the park lots at the corner of Page and | Clayton streets was discussed. These lots ! have belonged to the presbytery for the last two years, but the sense of yesterday’s | session was that it would be better to dis of them on account of their proxim- ity to Dr. Farrand’s proposed church. | It was resolved to sell the lots. The com- | mittee, consisting of Rev. Dr. Mackenzie, | R. Dickson and James B. Roberts, was in- | structed to confer with the Home Mission- ary Society before deciding on a new loca- tion. Rev. J. Cummings Smith explained the | movement started in his church for the | formation of a Deacons’ Society, to grapple with the questions of poverty. | | | | Baptist Preachers. The Baptist Ministerinl Union was ad- | dressed yesterday by Rev. Robert Whita- | ker of Oakland on *The Book of Job, With Special Reference to its Miracles.” The speaker extolled the literary qualities of the poem and maintained its inspiration and its ethical value. e Olympic Boxing Tournament. The Olympic Club is 0 have & boxing tour- nament Thursday night, January 9. F. J. Smith and J. Sullivan, both of the | Olympie Club, will meet at 120 pounds. | J. Reay of the Olympic and George Bates of the San Francisco Athletic Club are matched at 155 pounds. A wrestling match completes the list of events for that occasion. L. Fentress, Olympic, and L. Williamson of the Acme Cinb of Ok land will wrestle at 145 pounds catch-gs-catch- can, the winner to get two out of three falls. - ¥ree Public Library. From the monthly bulletin just issued from the Free Public Library it appears that during the month, preceding its isso 20810 books were issued for home use and 15,38 for library use. The aversge daily delivery at the main library was 1071 volumes. The library now contains 84,432 volumes. e Our entire first floor, 50x170, is devoted to a complete displey of holiday novelties suit- able for Christmas presents. Picture frames, leather goods, silver novelties, celluloid al- buins and toilet sets, painting outfits, drawing instruments, Christmas cards, children’s books, perfumeries in faney bmlle!,gcld pens and peucils, inkstands, valises and thousends of other beautiful and useful articles. Everything new and at moderate prices. Sanborn, Vail & Co. . The subject was | JAPAN INVADES THE EAST, Reynclds’ Agent Is Pushing the Sale of Japanese Wares There. NEW YORK PAPERS AROUSED. The Local Manufacturers’ Association and the Chamber of Commerce Ready to Act. The committee appointed by the Manu- facturers’ Association at its last meeting to confer with the Chamber of Commerce and other organizations, with a view to deciding what course to pursue in bringing the attention of Congress to the threat- ened invasion of Japanese goods, has been delayed in its work owing to the iliness of President Dimond of the Chamber of Com- merce. General Dimond, however, has empowered Hugh Craig, who is vice- president of the Chamber of Commerce, to act for him, and a conference will be held this afternoon. Mr. Craig is well known to be heartily in sympathy with the movement, and it is expected that after the meeting vigorous steps will be taken to stir up the com- mercial bodies and induce them to act promuptly, so as to bring ag much influence to bear on Congress as possible, Nothing could be gained, they say, in presenting the matter to the tional Legislature until after the holiday recess, so there is nlenty of time to get up meetings, formu- fate petitions and properly present the case strongly enough to show Congress how serious is the danger to American manuinctures. W. F. Burns, the agent of Reynolds, who is the pioneer and prime mover in shipping Japanese wares into this country, | called safety matches so far are being im- of machinery we will be able to produce manu- factured articles under very favorable condi- tions.” 1n speaking of the large variety of our imports from Japan, the Consul said: “In the annual returps of the foreign trade of Japan, | as prepared by the Japanese Department of Finance, there are now 120 articies classified among Japan's exports to the United States.” The Consul mentioned some of the more important articles on this list, such as hemp and cotton carpets, wall paper, copper and bronze ware, crystal ware, silk handkerchiefs, raw silk, pongee, umbrellas and rugs; and then he told of plans for the eniargement of the export list which inciuded beer, tobacco, lucifer matches and coal. **We are supplying Eastern Asia with matches in place of Sweden. I think we can export them largely to America’ he said. At the Custom-house in this City the entries of imports of matches have been | increasing very fast lately. Only the so- ported here. Those are put up in boxes in imitation of those made in Sweden with even the Swedish names and trademarks. | The Japanese are great imitators, but some | of the words get misspelled and the letters turned upside down. SKETCHES FOR SEARLES, Art Association Preparing to| Give Him Its Christmas Present. A Committee to Be Appointed to Ar- range for It—Four Pictures Made. The portfolio of sketches being prepared by the Art Association for Edward F. Searles will not be ready for presentation on Christmas day, but the members are enthusiastic upon the subject and wili de- lay no longer than necessary. There were tifteen members in attendance at the meet- ing held at the Mark Hopkins Institute yesteraay afternoon who decided upon the | appointment of a committee of three by | the chairman of the meeting, L. P. Lati- | mer, to collect and arrange the sketches. | isnow in the East and has been there for some months opening up trade relatio Two of his brothers are located here, with | offices in the Mills building. W. F. Burns | has been to many of the cities of the South | and East and will soon return to San | Francisco. | Since THe CALL took up the question | people in the East have become alarmed and considerable help may be expected | from the other side oi the Rockies. The | New York papers bave been sounding the ‘ | alarm. The Sun says in a late editorial: We spoke the other day of the remarkable disparity between the measure of the imports 10 the United States irom Japan and that of the exports to Japan from the United States. The former have increased very rapdly in recent times. They were more than twice as large in the year 1894 as they were in the vear 1890, | while the increase in the latter, which never were large, has been insignificant. Japan selis in-our markets and buys in the English markets. Her exports to_this country are ten times greater than to England; her imporis | from this country are only about one-fifth of the value of those from England. Not with any other commercial country in the world are our commercial exchanges in so | | unsatisfactory & condition. The New York Tribune has been looking into the matter and obtained some candid admissions from the Japanese Consul at New York, Kiujiro Miyagawa, showing how the Japanese look upon this country | as a future market for their manufactured products. ! Consul Miyagawa on being interviewed | for the Tribune said: “The United States is our best customer; we | sellmore to her than webuy from her. Ithink | oing toJbuilG upa large export trade to | America; we have cheap lebor and a cheap | supply of coal and with the proper equipment | | association to do the thing handsomel; The plan as discussed and decided upon | in the meeting is to have all the pictures mounted on boards of equal size and thick- ness, the edges to be uniform so that the whole may be bound in a handsome cover and form a portfolio that will be worthy | of a place in Mr. Searles’ collections and gifts. The pictures themselves will not be restricted to any definite size, though they must be within a limit i order thata sufficient margin may appear. in the | mounting. | Mr. Latimer said last evening that he | would name the committee with:n two or three days, and that he should take care to select members qualified for the duty ex- | pected of them. Since there has of neces- | ity been such delay as will preclude the possibility of presenting the portfolio on | Christmas, it is the determination of the | and in a manner which will afford Mr. Searles as much pleasure in accepting the | as themselves in the giving, Four members have already completed their pictures for the portfolio, presenting | them for inspection at the meeting yester- | day. Josephine Bayley has done a pretty thingin oil of California poppies. Gertrude Dorgan's sketch a waier color of the hull of a wrecked ship lying on the | each. An ink sketch of a figure was: n by Helen Hyde. Mount Tamalpais in oil was offered by H. R. Bloomer. | Anotber meeting will be held upon the | | call of the chairman, and at that time the | 1! committee is expected to have something | to present as to its idea of the sort of a | portfolio to be prepared. Numerous other | sketches will also be ready. | and Portland. HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 189Y5. 9 A CLEVER RAILACAD GAME. A New Theory Advanced for the Bitter Portland Rate War. ANOTHERSTEAMER ON THE LINE Union Pacific Interests Said to Be Deeply Involved 1n the Contest. There is still fightand plenty of it left in the Oregon Railway and Navigation Com- pany, as 1s demonstrated by its latest move in placing an additional steamer into serv- | ice in its present contest with the Southern “ Pacific and the North Pacific Steamship Company for freight business between here This additional steamer is the South | Coast, which will sail on Friday under command of Captain Hanson. Two other steamers are on the berth to leave on the same day for the same destination, and all are advertised totake freight for $1 per ton. The South Coast’s more immediate rival is the Alice Blanchard, operated by the North Pacitic Steamship Company, and which is | credited with having started the present | rate war between here and Portland. The Blanchard also touclies at Humboldt and Coos Bay points, and the South Coast will do the same, as it is said that the most profitable traffic is that between these oints and Portland. It is also not un-| Ekely that the South Coast, in order to make her influence the more strongly felt, may accept big shipments for Portiand at | 50 cents per ton. The third steamer that | is to leave Friday is the Columbia, the reg- | ular boat of the Oregon Railway Naviga- | tion Company. { In a recent dispatch from Portland it was stated that the present bitter war pe- | tween the Southern Pacific and the Oregon | Railway ana Navigation ComEnny was a | premeditated affair of the Southern Pacific | Company in order to depreciate the sto of its only competitor for Portiand bu: ness with'a view to securing control of the | Oregon Railway and Navigation Company | and thus of the whole transportation bus ness between here and the metropolis of Oregon. This report is generaily accepted | as correct by local railroad people, thouzh | strenuously denied by the Southern Pucific officials. | On this subject one of the local repre- | sentatives of the Oregon Railway and Nav- | igation Company said he had not the ligntest doubt but that the Southern Pa- cific has some ulterior object in view in | precipitating and continuing so persist- ently the rate war with the Oregon Rai way and Navigation Company. He said he claim made by the Southern Pacific | people that it was inaugurated to secure | for the railroad what it considered i propec pm{\onion of passenger traffic w simply a blind. The Southern Pacitic, he added, is by its course undoubtedly en- deavoring 1o secure control of the Oregon | Railway and Navigation Company either for itself or for the Union Pacific. He ex- plained the situation as follows: Some time ago, when the Union Pacific hed control of the Oregon Rail and gation Company, about 100 miles of the latter road between The Dalles and Willows was washed out and completely wrecked by storms. | was estimated that it would cost between | $2,000,000 and $3,000,000 to put it into oper- ating condition, and for this reason the people who are now represented by Receiver E. Me- Neil found comparatively little trouble in in charge of McNeil, who by his'shrewd mal agement soon demonstrated the money-mak- ing capacity of the company’s properties. Under the new regime the Union_ Pacific was made to realize the full vaiue of this property and are now desirons of regaining control of it. This they could do more 1eadily and cheaply under present conditions than if the road were prosperous. The road is to be sold sometime in January next to satisfy the mort- gage of the American Loan and Trust Company. _ The Southern Pacific may be playing into the hands of the Union Pacifie, it is believed, on a mutual understanding be- tween the two corporations named. When the Union Pacific controlled the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company there was an arrangement whereby the South- ern Pacific was given advantageous con- sideration in connection with Portland business in return for routing through | freight, whenever it had the power to do so, over the Union Pacific line between Ogden and Omaha. This was a big thing | for the Union Pacific, and an advantage it has been deprived of since 1t_lost control | of the Oregon Railway and Navigation | Should the Union Pacific re- | Company. gain control of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, these mutual rela- | tions would undoubtedly be resumed. In this connection great interest attaches to the statement of a prominent raiiroad man relative to the heavy losses be claims the Southern Pacific 1s sustaining in carry- ing on the passenger rate war between here and Portland. Each train leaving here or Portland costs the Southern Pacific, it was asserted, about $500. Six trains are run every five days, as a special train is run on the days on which the Portland steamer departs, This means a monthly expenditure for operating expenses of about $34,000 for the trains both ways. The only days on which any great num- ber of passengers is carried are those on which the $10 and $5 rates prevail for first and second class passengers respectively— that is, on the days when a steamer sails. On other days it is not infrequently the | case that the through passengers do not number more than three or four. ‘Itis estimated tbat during 2 month the num- ber of passengers both ways is about 5400. Asthe Pullman people get $5 on every first-class and §1 50 on every second-class ticket, the average price received for each through passengers’ transportation about $4, many more passengers traveling second class than first. This would give the railroad company a gross revenue of about §21,600, leaving a deficiency of $12,- 406, from which, however, something must be deducted from the revenue de- rived from local traffic. While the rate war has evidently not been profitable to at least one of the car- riers, it has been a benefit to the local merchants, judging from instances which have been cited by several of the latter. It is stated that many private individ- uals as well as merchants of Portland have taken advantage of the low rates to visit San Francisco and make holiday urchases here. In one case a Portland ady confessed to having left bere the sum of $475, having been induced solely by the low rate to come here to make her Christmas purchases, CASTRO-STREET ADDITION. Baldwin & Hammond JMaking Many Sales in the New Subdivision. A large number of lots in the Castro- street Addition have been sold during the past few days. Among those who have purchased during the last week are the following: R. F. seau, E. E. Manseau, E. F. Allen Culver, Ma Gessnard, Minnie Durve, M. P. Van Horn, Louise A. Palmer, George C. Timms, P. N, Kroon, J. H. Smith and W. J. Irel Until December 2 ing lots upon the payment of $5 in cash, balancein monthly installments of $5 each, without interes| E. C. . An expedition sent out from St. Peters- burg four months ago to collect Russian popular songs in the provinces has already secured over a hundred songs, many of | securing control of the property. It was placed | them of great antiquity. is | lagley, P. J. Smith, J. J. Man- | v Maguire, L. P. Smith, W, | the agents are offer- | ALONG THE WATER FRONT, | Steward Dambrine of the Wash- tenaw Killed Aboard the Vessel Yesterday. ONE OF UNCLE SAM'S BOATS. The Big Battle-Ship Oregon, Aground at Her Dock, Will Be Dredged Out. Gaston Dambrine, the steward of the | steamer Washtenaw, which is lying at Lombard-street wharf, fell into the bold | of the vessel yesterday afternoon and was | killed. The main hatch of the stesmer ‘was open, but on account of the rain & tar- | paulin had been stretched across the open- ing, and, the ucfortunate man thinking that the wooden cover had been placed over the hatch, leaped from the end of the | fore-and-aft bridge down on the tarpaulin | and went through it to the bottom of the | vessel twenty-five feet below. When found | a few minutes after he was unconscious and died almost immediately. It is against | all orders and is considered almost a crime | to cover an open hatch with a tarpaulin or canvas, as anybody is liable to sttempt to walk across such a veritable death-trap, consequently the gross carelessness whic sacrificed Dambrine’s life yesterday is little short of manslaughter. The hatch had been covered by the stevedores who were handling the cargo. The deceased was a native of Belgium and was about 28 years of age. His wife is now on her way from Mazatlan to this city, and wiil not hear the sad news until her arrival. The remains are at the Morgue, where the inquest will bte held this morning. Yesterday the big battleship Oregon has grounded on a sand bank that has grown up around her. So helpless is the huge crait in her snoal that the Union Iron Works yesterday asked the Harbor Commissioners for a dredger to dig her out with. Colonel Chadbourne of the commission, who is the chairman on naval affairs, was directed to hurry to the scene of the imperiled battleship and dredge ber out a channel. It is time the mjners of the mountains be enjoined from washing their debris down upon the navy, at least before its trial trip. The British ship Strathnevis, en route from Tacoma to Yokohama, which is long | overdue, has been reinsured in London at an advance of 15 guineas, The Harbor Commissioners yesterday assigned the south side of Howard wharf | No. 2 (pier 8) to J. D. Spreckels & Bros. for a coal bunker at arental of $250 per month. The ship Packard came off the drydock yesterday and went to Main-street wharf, | where she will be recalked and otherwise | repaired. The Board Sustained. Judge McKenna of the United States Circuit | Court sustained the Board of General Ap- praisers yesterday in his decision on the peti- tion of Gardner & Thornley for a review. The | question involved was as to the rate of duty on | imported bore. The board had decided that the particular importation was manufactured or crushed bone, and the court so held. e 3 A Tifty-Dollar Blaze. | | Analarm of fire was turned in through box | 79 1ast evening &t 9 o’clock for a fire in a two- story frame building at 1628 Folsom street. | The’blaze was caused by the overturning ~f a | lamp. The building was damaged to the ex- tent of about $50. HANDKERCHIEES! At $1, $1.50 and $'1]¥Pr Box. LADIES’ INITIAL HANDKERCHIEFS, ail linen, hemstitched, hand-em- broidered letters, half a dozen in fancy box, extra values. At 10¢, 123, 15e, 206, 250 Each. LADIES' WHITE SCALLOPED, 1- BROIDERED SHEER LAWN HAND- KERCHIEFS, guipure effects, new styles, elaborate designs. At 500, T3¢, $1, $1.50, $2, $2.50, $3 Each. LADIES’ WHITE SCALLOPED EM- BROIDERED SHEER LINEN HAND- KERCHIEFS, the latest patterns. At 10e, 1214e, 15¢, 20¢, 25¢, H0¢ Faeh. LADIE WHITE HEMSTITCHED LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS, Y4, 4,1 and 114 inch hem, sterling values. At The, $1, $1.50, $2, , $3, $1 to $12.50 | Bach. REAL DUCHESSE LACE HANDKER- CHIEFS, newest patterns, best values, a desirable present. At 15e, 25¢, 35¢ and 50¢ per Box. CHILDREN'S FANCY HANDKER- CHIEFS, put up in handsome boxes; useful presents. NECKWEAR! ‘The largest assortment and lowest prices in Yokes, Collarettes, Plastrons, Ruf- fles, etc , in Lace, Chiffon, Mousseline de Soie, Satin, Silk, Crepe de Chine and Crepon. At $1.00, $1.25, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00 to $5.00 Each. The Latest Novelties—a most acceptable present. FANS! FANS! SPECIAL SALE. ANS . 50c and §1 each. PAINTED GRENADINE FANS, Empire designs, at 75¢, $1, §1 25, $1 75 and §2 50 up. OSTRICH FEATHER FANS at §2, $350 | and $5 each. LACE SCARFS! BLACK SPANISH GUIPURE LACE CARFS, all_siik, extra long, at $2, $2 50, $3, $3 50, $4 and $5 each. BLACK HAND-RUN SPANISH LACE SCARFS, extra long, at $3 75, $5, $6 75, $750, 3975, $1175, $1475 and $19 75 each. EXTRA SPECIAL! At 25 Cents Each. 1000 dozen LADIES’ SHEER WHITE LAWN SCALLOPED EMBROIDER- ED HANDKERCHIEFS, guipure ef- fects, usual valte $6 a dozen. At $2 00 Each. LACE COLLARETTES, Butter Point Venise Vandyke Points, trimmed with Net-Top Point Venise Laec, the latest novelty, usual value §¢ 50—An Elegant Present. ANOTHER GREAT WEEK FOR HOLIDAY BUYERS! NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. OO O If we filled a whole page we could not begin to enumerate the COUNTLESS BARGAINS that daily attract such TREMENDOUS CROWDS TO OUR GREAT HOLIDAY SALE., consequently we sub- mit a few REPRESE NTATIVE ITEMS and invite all in search of ELEGANT AND USEFUL HOLIDAY GIFTS to call' and see for themselves the THOUSANDS OF MARVELOUS BARGAINS OFFERED! LADIES KID GLOVES! At 75 Cents. 3000 pairs 8-BUTTON LENGTH MOUS- QUETAIRE UNDRESSED KID GLOVES (with Foster hooks at wrist), colors brown, tan and slate, also black, regular value $1 25, will be offered at 75¢ a pair. At 75 Cents. 3000 pairs 7-HOOK FOSIER UNDRESS- ED KID GLOVES, colors brown, slate and tan, also black, regular value $1 25, will be offered at 75¢ a pair. At 75 Cents. 2000 pairs 8-BUTTON LENGTH MOUS- QUETAIRE UNDRESSED KID GLOVES, colors tan, slate and brown, also black, regular value for §1 25, will be offered at 75c a pair. At 90 Cents. 2000 pairs 5-HOOK KID GLOVES, colors tan, brown and siate, also black, regular value $1 50, will be offered at 90c a pair. At 90 Cents. 1500 pairs 8-BUTTON LENGTH MOUS- QUETAIRE GENUINE FRENCH KID GLOVES, colors tan, slate, navy, brown and green, also black, regular value $1 50, will be offered at 90ca pair. At $1.00. 1000 pairs 2-CLASP PIQUE KID GLOVES, in English reds, brown, tan, cream, peari and white, regular value $1 50, will be offered at §1 a pair. HEAD RESTS| At 25 Cents. FANCY HEAD-RESTS, in brocade and fancy stripes, will be offered at 25c. At 50 Cents. FANCY HEAD-RESTS, in flowered silk, will be offered at 50c. 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 lowest prices. FUR NECK SCARFS, “Spring Heads” In coney, natural black and brown opossum, 1mitation and real mink, electric seal, stone marten, real black marten and Thibet, at the lowest prices. CHILDREN’S FUR SETS (MUFF AND BOA). White Coney, Gray Mare, 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 cornere; a very large variety and lowest prices. LADIES’ SHOPPING-BAGS, in an enor- mous assortment of styles and at low- est prices. TIDIES! TIDIES! JAPANESE SILK TIDIES, in tinsel and hand-embroidered, will be placed on sale at 50c, 75¢, $1, $1 25 and $1 50 each. TABLE SCARFS! At $1.765. JAPANESE TABLE SCARFS, in fanc; embroidered fringe ends, will be of- fered at §1 75 each. HOSIERY AND UNDERWEAR! At 25 Cents a Pair. CHILDREN’S 1-1 RIBBED FINE BLACK COTTON HOSE, double knees, high- spliced neels and_ toes, Hermsdorf black, sizes 5 to 9, regular value 35¢c and 40c. At 25 Cents a Pair. LADIES’ BLACK MACO COTTON HOSE, extra high-spliced heels, double soles and toes, Hermsdorf black, also un- bleached feet, regular value $4 a dozen. At $2.00 a Box. LADIES’ BLACK EGYPTIAN COTTON HOSE, extra high-spliced heels, double soles and toes, Hermsdorf black, good value at $2 75. At 50 Cents a Pair. LADIES’ IMPORTED BLACK CASH- MERE WOOL HOSE, high-spliced heels and toes, warranted fast colors, also natural and tan shades, worth 65c. At $1.50 Each. LADIES’ FINE AUSTRALIAN WHITE ‘WOOL VESTS, high neck, long sleeves, and high neck, short sleeves; drawers to match; warranted non-shrinkable, extra gocd value at $3 50 a suit. At $1.75 Each. LADIES’ EXTRA FINE AUSTRALIAN WOOL VESTS, high neck, long sleeves, and high neck, short sleeves; drawers to match; warranted non-shrinkable, extra good value at $4 a suit. ‘We are also showing an_excellent line of LADIES BLACK AND FANCY SILK HOSE, imported specially for the Hol- iday trade, atthe following prices: 75c, $1, $1 25, $1 50, $2, $2 50 and $3 a pair. UMBRELLAS! At $1.25. LADIES®’ GLORIA UMBRELLAS, in Dresden, horn and fancy handles, will be offered at $1 25. STORE OPEN EVERY EVENING. For the benefit of Holiday buyers who are unable to make selections during the day we ‘will hold a series of SPECIAL EVENING SALES during the balance of the Holiday season. Murphy Building, Market aud Jones Streats. Market and Jones Streats, Murphy Building, . Harket and Jones Streats. Murphy Building, MEN'S FURNISHINGS ! INITIAL HANDKERCHIEFS. At 25 Cents. MEN'S JAPANESE HEMSTITCHED SILK HANDKERCHIEFS, large size, with embroidered initials, will be of- fered at 25c each. At 35 Cents. MEN’S JAPANESE HEMSTITCHED SILK HANDKERCHIEFS, extrala; size, with embroidered initials, will offered at 35¢ each, $1a dozen. At 50 Cents. MEN’S JAPANESE HEMSTITCHED SILK HANDKERCHIEFS, extra large size, with very handsome embroidered initials, wiil be offered at 50c each. At 75 Cents. MEN’'S JAPANESE HEMSTITCHED SILK HANDKERCHIEFS, in a heay; grade of surah silk, with hand-embroid- ered initials, will be offered at 75¢ each, $8 dozen. At $1.00. MEN’S EXTRA HEAVY JAPANESE SILK HANDKERCHIEFS, extra large size, with hand-embroidered initials, will be offered at $1 each, $11 a dozen. At 25 Cents. MEN'S HEMSTITCHED ALL-LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS, with hand-em- broidered initials, will be offered at 25¢ each, or in fancy boxes of half dozen at $1 50. At 35 Cents. MEN'S HEMSTITCHED ALL-LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS, with hand-em- broidered initials, and extra large size, will be offered at 35c each, or in fancy boxes of half dozen at §2. At 50 Cents. MEN'S HEMSTITCHED ALL-LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS, with very hand- some hand-embroidered initials, extra large size, will be offered at 50c each, or in fancy boxes of half a dozen at $3. MUFFLERS 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., single at 75c and g each, double at $150, $2 and $2 50 eac! NECKWEAR! NECKWEAR! At 50 Cents. MEN’S ALL-SILK SCARFS, in tecks, four-in-hands, fancy bows, De Join- villes, Windsors, etc., will be offered at 50c each. At 75c, $1.00, $1.50. MEN'S TRA FINE ALL-SILK SCARFS, in the latest styles and made up of the newest colorings, will be of- . fered at 75¢ to $1 50. Murphy Building, . Market and Jones Sireets, Market and Jones Streets