The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 1, 1896, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1896. A100 70 1SHOT IN FRONT. Mt. McGregor II Easily Downed by the Rank Outsider, La Mascota. THREE FAVORITES GOT COIN. the Handicap. in From Lex Took Coast ~Record - Time E. N. Shirley. Follansbee been Had handsome ‘I the Bay D t. track vesterday- hie | could have won a ‘fortu That i3 if he | had - backed - his’ filly, -La:-Mascota, who start the opéning tive:furlong. dash iin withodds . -of beoks: imported ‘San ree-or four:di and'was uni- up.among In -fact for 1 bl 1 two-year-old st he: S0 h Day of the Winter Meeting of Fast.. Bay District Track, San Fra T diden two EACE The | | little improvement did she show that only on Monday her trainer, Daggie Smith of the Oakland stable, resolved to ship her back to Mr. Follansbee’s ranch. How- . ever, she was a starter in yesterday’s race, along with nine other maidens, with “Skeets” Martin in the saddle. When her trainer fell heir to a $20 gold piece and proceeded to bet it on his charge in the ring the bookmaker handed him the ticket with a_look of compassion on his | face. Mt. McGregor II was an even money favorite in the ring, but when challenged in the stretch by the rank out- sider, who was always prominent during the running, fell prey to her sud- | denly acquired speed ‘and was beaten out easily in the excellent time of 1:014. | “After the long-priced ‘outsider, Hiram Argo, - had captured. the following race, {'and Kamsin had been takén into camp by | Gratify, - the-favorites - had. clear sailing, |-three straight getting to the wire in front. j The-mile and"a_quarter handicap re- { sulted'in_a:prettv-contest, in which the coast recordof 2:07%4 was equaled. Semper Lex-looked to -liave -the pull in d veights, ervédiy made -an’ 8 to 5-favor- rven money - wis- plentiful, the s friends: knocking -his odds 47510215 t0 1. Fred Gardner } nd ‘nota few took'a | chance at-Na .- showing some of his il form: . A" guiét: play-‘cut._the odds nst K. H. Shitley-from 50 t0.20-to L. The light-weighted"E. H: . Shirley” was it.out”in front-when the: flag fell,-and i Fred “Gardner at: his: sice’the -pair raced well: together; with ‘the favorite in hird:position until -squared: away-for the wire the secand time,” Fred Gardner here |-ana wa: B3 "“THE..CALL” RACING CHART. fie California Jockey Club. * Weather Fine. Track uesday, December 31, 1895, _year-olds; allowances; purse $300. Betting: Jockeys ol G CL, 100 1 {Garner & [McClai 20 . Chorn . [ R. Smith 6 Shaiw 10 {Hinrich 15 & SECOND & allowances T 1a Basis: Time, 1:08 *3D. 2., by Tmip. Saxon-C ; allowances; purse Jockeys. Garner W. Flyr 169, Fou RTH RACE—On er stable’s cn. g., by Farandole-Satisaction.. Time, quarter miles; haudicap; all ages; purse $500. Betting. Op. ClL Garner. E. Co Falsetto-La Sylphide. Time, ing; mares; three-year-oids aud upward; condi- Betting, + Burns, ; miiide str.. | . Fin, Jockeys. 1h 1h Chorn. 2x| 98 Sloan. 3 43 35 M. Bergen 4 3h | 4h |Bors. 8- 1.5 61 | Rowan 5 5 61 |Chevalier, 7 7 73 | Hinrichs. 5 s 81 Griflin 0 9 9 30 st W driv Winner, B. Schreiber's b by Aretino. THE “CALL” RACING GUIDE. To-dey’s Entries at the Ba: i thed e hiorses hiave 10 TeCo! F: m., District Track. nce (o be Fun the records at the next nearest mile; £., furlong: ¥, about. Pedigree. Do Tec 10 rec 169 5 7 1:0514 5§ 1o réc Hillsdale Chict Two Cheers Cr Buckinghan, OND RA 70 yards: seliin Splendor-Collma. attan-Verna Ia T Fortune sohn > Major Ban-Libbertifiibbet Coloma-Lanra D Emperor-Wacoola JugeMcKinstry-OrphanGirl Joe Daniels 3 v Emma | Powhattan-Hattie Harrls ng. x Name. Dist. |Lbs Tk. Owner. | Pedigree. 1051 Sid-May Belle e 55 Imp. St. George-Levee Joe K .| 85 Jim Brown- 1 Kearney. 110 Tom Ochiltres Janus. 110 Duke Norfolk-Elaine Tustigator. 91 'm Imp. Brutus-Installation Ovwner. Pedigree. 109 H. J. Cochran.. St. Carlo-Bagatelle 3100 F...|L. Ezell.. Imp. Rossington-Unite enliam 100 K77 €. Doughert | Flambeau-Gerhardine acrezia Borzia 102 100 F.:. Elmwood stk. farm. | Imp. Brutus-Lodette Perris Hartman 100 115 F., 'B. Schreibe .../ Tmp. Woodlands-Honora Caijente 99 F... ¥] Primero Stabié.. El Kio Rey-H. Humphrey La Vienta 9% 105 ¥ Sunta Anita Stable.| Emp. Norfolk-Vie Don Pio Pico | a5 106/¥.": J. Robbins Joe Hooher-Cts. lies; Rosemeade stakes. Owner. | Pedigree. 0 La Flecha. Aarioneite.... Ciara Johnson. . Car, ra. % licquot. Imp.Santa Beila 115 Im.Miss Brum'l 108 Marjorie......... | 108 7 Argentina. 1 Josephine I1.. PoAlken...... irns & W aterhous Torso-Little Flush ymp. Kyrle Daly-Extract Flambeéau-Flam Imp. Mariner-Maranette El Rio Key-Valerie St. Carlo-imp. Zara Salvator-Widow Clicquot St. Serf-imp. Maiden Belle Beau Brummel-imp. Mirage Iroquois-Tarantula B, Morris & Co. *B. M’donough *donough Mrs. Imp. Cyrus-Neva - Santa Anita stable! Gano-Dolly L AlSmith...... Lip. St. George-Una B FI “E—Del Monte steeplechase Todex Name. |Lbs record.| Dist. |Lbs/Tk.| . Owner. Pedigree. 34! Red Wi 1 ightran 128 139 )| Col. ¥ St. Br Temy The Lark... ) 300 Cooper. : n Eclipse. 2 m 1196 m 0 141 F ...|Arizona stable -'A. G. Blakel - Brenock ireno - T’ Cliston, Elkton stable. Idsho stabie . Robbins .. Terrace stable. . Jim Gore-War Banner Warfellow-Lessie P Imp. St. Blaise-G Tom Ochiltree-Sadje Wildidle-By Monday Apach John A-Victorine Joe Hooker-Lulu Riggs Wyndtte Ch#-Zada W infrow TH KACE—About six furlongs; handicap. Index. | Best | | record. | Dist. Name. Owner. Pedigree, (450). Imp. Star R 61 110 . B. Morris & Co... Hampton-Ornament 450" | McLight 61 108 McEvoy..... Macduft-Longalight 426 Ferrier. 61 118 Del Monté stable. .| False:to-imp. Cinderella wee-vrs. | Doriargll 3 61 104 G, E. Smith. . Onondagn-Elsinore 458 | George Miller... 105, 65 118 W. L. Stanfieid... .| Loftin-Emma 395 | Mainst 11100 6% (112 2lkton stable ..., imp. Mariner-Queen Emma (308) Blue B 100! *B1 | 94 Pr. Norfolk-Gem of Mutns (386) Morv R 6% 104 H.. White & Clarke.... Imp. Cheviot-Lurline Beliicosco. 95 *6 1 | 99 Fa. Pueblo stable. Peel-imp. Janet N 411 |Quirt..... 90 6 |105 .| William Dixon..... Joe Hooker-Trifle ....|Bramatta . ¢ 51 |"96/F..D. A. Honig........ Bramble-Retta 458 | Hueneme | 85 514 1| 99 F.. C. L. McDonald. ... Sid-Dottie Dimple 277 |Midlo . | 90 #67 | 88/F.. Burns&Waterhouse Imp. Midlothian-Elec Light Hors s i Str. | Fin: Jockeys. - FoBering Hirir 2177011 3 Chorn, 15 % 15 Adu §.15: 22| Doy 45 4:5 Iak 5 447 g 30, 40 | Fifi< I3 1 100 200 7 534 7712 137156 T 20+ 30 834777 5 5 i0 & ) 4 12 9. “lilinrichs 60 s 10 |Glover. 5 30100 ¢ 11 b3} Jones 60 60 7 {912 |Rowan... 15 THE BANDITS T0 BE HELD. had enough and began falling back. But I. H. Shirley was not so easily disposed of, for it took Bergen’s hardest efforts to get the favorite past the wirea neck ml front of the outsider, who was ridden by Eddie Jones. Claudius, carrying top- weight, was a fair third. The Westchester stable’s Adam wassent | out a 3 to 5 choice for the second event on | the card, a five and a half furlong run, but | finished in second place behind_ the 15 to | Vice of Indiscriminate Hospitality Effectually The 1 outsider Hiram Argo ridden by Chorn. Jake Johnsoy, another outsider, was Corrected. third. With but six starters the two-year-old race for colts and geldings over tne short | six-furlong course was considered a | WOMAN'S WIT TO THE FORE. “moral” for Kamsin, who was hammered | down from 4 to 5 to1to 2. Gratify, the 2| to I second choice, was away “in front and | kicked dust in his face all the way, win- nine by a scant length in 1:12}4. Benham, vith 75 to 1 -about him, was a fair third. [he Burns and Waterhouse entry, Rose- bud, was'a 3 to.5 favorite for the six and a half furlongs: run- for. mares, with -nine starters, uu«fi showing in the lead the entire route, won easily from Raindrop, a 50 to shot. Miss:Norma; & 15 to.1'chance, wasa close third. The-last event of -the day.wasa five-fur: long dash for maiden two-year-olds, - Bur. ney Schreiber’s Winnie finally closed a 21 to L.favorite in' tlie betting; and in. a . har driye-beat Big Chief out a nose on the wire. Terrifying Experience of a Genial Clubman-on the Day After a High Jinks. To give the names of.the:actors in this |“true story would be to:expose them to that |.gentle “sort of badinage known as.-*josh- ng, "’which: is-the: recreation ‘of -idle and lly regulated minds. : |7 Ayoung. clubman,:-of ‘the: most ' hos- ! pitable disposition,. possesses_ a wife..who |-is- charming, - genial -and as-hospitably | disposed “as her handsome husband Buf Turf Ttems: c Horsemen. will rémember that the-en- tries for the Nursery-and Futurity: stakes, to-be run during -the: State Fair.of 1808, | she ‘believes }n mederutio_u, and - the clgse with Secretary Edwin. F. Smith to-| only —dissension. in their - housebold day: < l‘arises ' from: the fact -that' when’ ‘her The entries and weights for the Pom- | goodman’ is taking:a might ‘off at: the. I club-he invariably invités to dinner allhis \‘friends,’and as invariably ‘forgets that he has “asked them.. This, of course,-is em- | barrassing. ~To_have ‘a:dozen people -pout in. when - the fable is: set: for.three would irritate ‘the most -even: temper.. Things | grew so-bad in this line. that Mrs, Charles thouglht and thought how-Charley might |be cured: - She took afew clubfrienids into I'her - confidence - and - they -willingly - con- I"spired.with the perplexed dame. ‘mery Sec -handicap, ‘oneé-‘mile,:to. be:’run Saturday, - January -4, ‘were . announeed terday. They areas follows: Charmion 90, Flashlight 92; Miss Norma . imp: Piccolo: 95, Strathmeath : 106, Lo: bengila:103; imp. Star: Ruby . 114, Perbaps 96, Bellicoso:95,-Agitito ~90,: -Con: Mot 75, - Rey. Alfonso 98, Oregon. - Eclipse. 100; Scr- vice107, ‘H ister Mary 114, Wernber pplause 11, Fred Gardner 5..Centurion Little Cripple 102, ‘White- stone 05, *:Montana® 102, - Emma: 1) 98 SPIT 1 13 g = Potentate 108;- Lucky - Dog 96, Glacier7s, | - Two o'clock :1h-the morning. the wine Goodwin 11 92 Fannie ‘Touise 90, Rosebud | Was.popping merrily in. the elubroom. It 90, Livertine 119, .Chinook 75, Benham 82, -Was ‘& iriendly - scene, ‘and.’the gravest Pepper 110, Tnstallator. 106, Vinctor: 111, | banker was a boy-and was willing: to be- Roma 100, “Dingarven 108, Yo'el Rey 90, Stow the earthon‘the most-impecunious McFarlane 88; Garcia 9, Thelma 105 | Boliemian it~ the throng.: Charley was Entries for the Chicago: Racing Associas | largely: in - evidence. ‘But he: had:tied a tion’s “valuable stallion” stake; with $5000- String on-his fi 2 minger b added, close. with Secretary Harry Kuhl | dinnerinvitations were to be issued, and at Hawthorne.track; Chicago, to-day. |.although-he poured out. frequent libations | For the stake:to be.run-during the sums | to tnedeities of:mirth he steered.‘clear . of mer of 1897, 145 of ‘the- great Sites-of the | that rock on which he had 'so: often been country . were . entered, the entry: fees | Wrecked: -And thatmorning, when, by the amounting to $4575, and the foals got by |light of the griy. reproachful dawn, he them must be entered by to-duy. * For: the: Crept out of his dress clothes, he congratu- stake fo be run during the meeting of 1898, | 1ated. himself” that .on oneoccasion, at the stallion entry-closes to-day. The'event | 1éast; he had gone through' the. fiery. fur- i 1s'a sweepstike for: two-year-olds, and w nace of -a club night without casting invi- | be one of the rich stakesof the year in | tationsabroad as the..sowers .of: séed after which it i run: < | the earth’is-throbbng from the plow.: - % He was not_slow -to-communicate: his forbearance to his wife. “Impossible; Charley,” said that best of women ; *‘it is not in you. to..go through such an ordeal without the commission of |-your familiar sin. ~ “I assure you, my dear. I did not—T give Judge Conlan Believes Middle- | [T WAS A RADICAL CURE. | conspirators 4, 5; 6.and 7 crowdéd: in. inger as a reminder that no | you my word I did not ask a sinele soul to join us to-morrow—to-day, i mean.’’ “We shall see,”” replied his wife grimly, and luughed inwardly as she reflected that the conspirators must have been true to her and carried out their carefully studied lot. L Six o’clock was the dinner hour. 'Char- ley in a comfortable smoking jacket, a New Year's present,was seated before the fire and enjoying its grateful influence on the cold Décember evening. “How fortunate, how really fortunate, my dear, that there will be no one to din- i ner this evening,” he said, pleasantly. | “We.can have a good rest. Now, 1sn't this real nice?"” “I ‘have my doubts, Charles,” replied | his wife, gravely. ‘*-You know your over- weening sin.. . If you have avoided it this: miracle: . Just at this moment the bell rang. | “*A guest,’’ she said, sadly. “Impossible, my-dear.” I have not asked a soul.”’ 5 “Why, -Charles,: dear-: boy,”” ‘exelaimed Conspirator No. 1;-4I hope ‘I am’ not too | late. You :sai hurried to make-the -appointment. gogd,” | - and he handed his overcoat and hat to.the | servant. : Mrs. Charles glanced expressively at her | dejected-looking- husband, as she’ shook hands with her-ally. : 7 ‘I assure you-I broke a previousengage- ment- to dine. with Charley, he-was so. pressing,” ‘continued _the: guest. “He| wotld insist upon . my. dining-with him | this-evening.”’ -Again ‘the’ bell rang, and conspirators'2 and 3 entered. ; “Weare:a little ahead of time, Charles,”” they said,:**but it'was so: chilly outside ‘we detel;mined to take ‘advantage . of ~your fire.” : S ) The miserdble host:greeted’ them: with | poorly asstinied -cordiality;“and: carefully | avoided meeting hiswife's eye. “Charles‘wonld not take .no for ‘an:an- swer;” chimed the “plotters,. ““We had.to dine.with-liim' this: eveninj or- forfeit his | friendship forever.” i1 ‘Well, ‘gentlemen, ‘dinner’ is ‘ready,” gasped the badly rattled entertainer;. “will you'have am appetizer before we go in?”’ “'Great heavens,” hie -reflécted, ‘there- is: nothing for dinner but -a’ few chops. - We are ruined:’’ 4 |:* Ting-a-ling “went. the" bell: again; and assure you I ““Howdy do, dear boy thiey- - rushed.“ac - the “conscience-stricken: host....-*We . met at' the -club and’| concluded: to: walk -up’ together. “Four |-of -the other: fellows you invited ire on their. way up, butasyou said 6330 they are | niot inahurry.’” Charley’s . face - was - ghastly; so: woe-'| |-begone, indeed that'his wife; who had an-| ticipated the raid by préparing a’"German | dinner, had to’ fly: from theroom:to con= ceal her mirth:. “And when. the'rest of the gang camenoisily in; helooked o ill that one of the most “humane -of the -conspir- _ators choked a- glass-of whisky down the throat of the wretched victim to keep him' frofir & total collapse. During dinner he hardly took noteof ‘the number- and ‘profusion of the dishes. so | completely ~.dazed ‘was . the unfortunate | man: 1I any idea of the abundance of the l; food invaded his brain he -possibly. consid- fowdy do,” and | visage. time I consider it nothing less ‘than a: {th BN 5P, M: at’ the club,and LI ['matrimonial barks-or:the marital seas. - -| ered it a repetition of the miracle of the loayes and fishes. ‘When' the guests had gone he con- fronted bis wife with a conscience-stricken “Well, Charles, what have you got to say for yourseli?”’ asked the lady, with appalling sternness. Nothing,” he gasped guiltily: “Iknew that I was taking too much wine, but upon my word, my dear, I never dreamed | that I had asked ‘so many people to din- | ner. It seemed tome like a nightmare, a fearful nightmare. The Lord only knows | how I managed to live through it.” “But did you, Charles, did you really in- vite all those people?”” pursued his impla- cable tormentor. “Of course I did,” he answered. **And as a proof of how jagged I was I must have given them all a different hour.” ““Let this be a warning to you, my hus- band.”” concluded the avenger as she fixed | e last pinin her back hair, “to fly from the club li;e moment you feel the influence essing you. If I had not fortunately | in‘those chickens for to-morrow’s din- | ner,” when -I expect my mother, where would we -have been ?” “Where, indeed ?”” moaned the exhausted culprit,’/as he placed:a few shining coins | |upon-the bureau. ‘You know you wanted | basque, ‘my. love.. . There is the | for _it. . You .did nobly, you did | my darling, and saved my. reputa- | | | | tion.’” And ‘the treacherous- wife. pouched the | wagés of deception without a blush. THE 1Y STATISTCS, A Summary. of Records as Kept by Municipal Officials During the Year. Giving: Facts ‘and- Figures of 'Births, Deaths, “Marriages, Divorces, . Literature 4dnd Finance. | A-.c¢asual summary -of ‘the..municipal record§ for the past. year shows a healthy | condition of not only:-the financial side of | the people’s accounts, bt also records the | naiiiber of those-who':have launched their | The riumber of: suits commenced during the.year 1805 for ‘the dissclution of mar- | riage. ties numbered: 708, nearly two for | every.day in the:year. Notwithsianding this inhappiness there | were:3619 marridige - licénses-issued by the | genial Danforth; who presides over the sacred books in’ the County Clerk’s office. Themonth of February was evidently the | wooing ‘month; as’ in this month the ap- plications exceeded that of any other dur- | ing the year. -March coaxed the smallest | number to the hymeneal altar. The number of licenses issued for the year as- given by months are asfollows: January 257, February 669, March April 273, May 237, June 279, July August 287, September 246 November 300, December 272. The books of the Health Office show that during the year 7824 deatnus occurred in this City, and that during the same period there were 5435 births. During the six months end: yesterday the number of deaths was 3344; during the same period for 1894 the number was 3471, showing a decrease for 1895 of 1: During the same period of this year the number of births was 2185, and during the last six months of 1894 the number was 1964, showing an increase in 1895 of 221. From figures furnished by Secretary Casey and Librarian of the Fri Public Library an idea is obtained of the labors of the year in that institution. figures are up to December 30. Number of books issued to borrowers outside, 183,544; number of books issued for use in the library, 145,161, making a total of 338,705; number of visitors to the news- paper department, 176,369; number of vi: tors to the periodical room, which w tablished in April, 43,985; number of bor- rowers' cards 1ssued to enable patrons to take books out of the library, 7934. The records of the Police Department show that during the year the total num- ber of arrests was 26,129. That is the record up to 8 o'clock yesterday morning. The books of the Auditor’s office show that during the year the collection of taxes from all sources was §6,337.365 58, of which The | $439,582 02 was for personal property and §69,433 for poll-tax. A few days since the Auditor’s office transmitted to the State Treasarer the sum of $1,034,000, being the State’s portion on the first installment of real estate tax. - MONEY COINED. Uncle Sam’s Dollar Factory In This City Did Big Business Last Year. The coinage at the United States Mint at San Francisco for the calendar year is over 500,000 greater than for the pre- | vious year, the denomination of coinage being as follows: Double eagles Eagles........ Half eagles. Standard dollars. Half dollars Quarter dollars. Dimes... $22,870.000 00 490,000 00 560,000 00 400,000 00 Total . The increase in. the gold coinage is due to the fact that the deposits of gold were greater than in the previous year, owing to the revival of gold mining all over the Pacific Coast. The indicaticns are that | there will be still greater gold deposits | and consequently a larger gold coinage at the San Francisco Mint during the coming year. Barbers’ Union Election. At the last meeting of the Barbers’ Associa- tion the following officers were nominated and vice-president, elected: President, H. A, Woli W.F. Janzen; financial secretar L-X cording secretary, F. Hoc eniploy secretary, 8. Fuchs; truste Ve and M. Fromholz; tres rms, M. Dias. The i >xt Monday at 102 0’ rell street, when a banauet-will be given. miss, Welch and Gardi- ner Guilty. : Captain Lees Has Evidence That the | Robbers Intended to Wreck the Car. Police Judge Conlan has virtually made | up his mind that he will hold to answer before the Superior Court the three men, Gardiner, Middlemiss and Welch, who are under arrest ou charges of robbery in con- | nection with the Ingleside car “hold-up.” “‘The accusation against these men is too serious for me to assume the responsi. | bility of discharging them, no matter how | strong an alibi they may prove,” stated | the Judge yesterday to a OALL reporter. | ~It makes no difference to me if the Superior Court discharges them ten min- utes after I hold them to answer, my duty | | is plain, and I must see that they get be- | | fore the proper tribunal and are tried.” The Judge was fresh from his moonlight ride to the ocean beach with Detectives | Cody and Gibson, where they showed him the circumstantial evidence pointing to the guilt of Joe Middlemiss and Gardiner. | Continuing, Judge Conlan said: | 1 saw the spotwhere the bag of money had | been hidden in the sand at the foot of the | seventh support to the pier. Middlemiss and NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. Gardiner were seen 1o go 1o the very spot ana | rake up the sand to find the bag. The before they arrived there was all over, and of all that wide expanse of ocean beach only this one spot was disturbed. Then | when the” police closed in on the pair they | climbec onto tue pier and ran out to its end, | where they lay down. No one can make me believe now after seeing that pier that these men were drunk.” When 1 got up there I re- fused to go out to the end of it on account of 1896! The meeting of the years is over. Good- night, good-morning—welcome, good-by. Under the circumstances; it is not | })_ruhable that the three prisoners will be | iberated on the strength of the strong | alibi they are depending upon until a jury | pusses tipon their cases in the Supérior Court. More than ever is Captain Lees | positive he has the right men, He is ad- verse, however, to telling exactiy how he expects to secure their conviction, but his conyversation clearly indicates that while he does not pretend to claim the men were | the direct robbers who shot Cashier | Clarke and his companion Bronner, he be- | lieves that the prisoners assisted the rob- bers. Captain Lees said: Do you remember when Jimmy Hope was | caught in his attempt to rob the Sather Bank, | at the corner of Montgomery and Commercial | streets? Hope Was upstairs trying to bore his way into the Toof of the vault, Tied to his arm was a string leading to the street, and his pal, aman named Cummings, was supposed (0 be on the outside to pull the stringand notify Hope in the event of the approach of the po- lice. Cummings did not attend to his busi- ness or_else we would never have captured Hope. Instead of looking out for his confed- | erate, Cummings stepped into a saloon oppo- site the bank and got drunk with e lot of printers. S poThis Ingleside case is only a repetition of the ope case. These prisoners, ) lemiss, Welc! ol Gardlner, puv drans, They did not ivi\"; Ry A e Al e the proper cue o thelr doniederates wnd'th | UICHS gpiRe sion /o0 Price, 61 q Tobl tackled the car on which there was but #1400, when they were looking for the Special Clearance Price, 6ic yar $B000 carried in by Assistant Secretary Cullen on & car or two ahead. Tt has come to the notice of the pblice that on the night of the robbery some mis- creants had pulled the spikes holding down the rails of the Ingleside track. The purpose, no doubt, was to wreck one of the | FRENCH FLANNELS, as soft and as warm cars. Whether the attempt was made for | asthe touch of sunshine; in figures and lh%pmwsc u§ olibar o with intent only | . ‘light-and dark colors; rediced rom 50c. 5 to do mischief can only be surmised. Cap- i i 30V tain Lees, however, believes that the deé’d bl}eflll ueflce [’l‘lW, 330 !fll‘d was part of the programme of the robbers | BLEACHED SHEETS, hemmed, heavy ¥ he has in the toils. ity, no dressing— 81x90 inches. . DIED FROM HIS INJURIES, 90x90 Inclies Charles Hook Charged With Man- slaughter for S. W. Cook’s Death. G. W. Cook, the employe of J. A. Folger & Co. who was run over by an express wagon on Market and Spear streets Mon- day evening, died at the Receiving Hospi- tal yesterday morning from his injuries. Charles Hook, the driver of the wagon, was arrested and charged with battery. Yesterday morning Chief Crowley on learn- ing of Cook’s death ordered a charge of mansiaughter to be entered against Hook at an figures ‘1896 greet us. . ‘‘Inspiration,” ‘“Action,” are the watchwords for the new ear. Already great bargains begin to blossom. Every day in the year shall be remarkable for something worthy of your attention. -~ Progressive ‘retail dry-goods selling is our guiding star. Domestics. At the counter of Household necessities are to be found crowds every shopping day. Our induce- ments this week in Linens, Woolens and Cottons are the greatest wo ever offered, Trade bringers every oneof them. COME EARLY. READ EVERY ITEM. IT"S MONEY. | FLANNELETTES—The regular 10c #nd 121jc quality, in light ana dark colors. Special Clearance Price, He yard TABLE DAMASK, unbleached, 66 inches wide, worth one-third mere. Npecial Clearance Price, 25¢ yard qual: NOTTINGHAM LACE CURTAINS, in ecru and white, 814 yards by 60 inches. Special Clearance Price, $1.50 pair NOTTINGHAM LACE CURTAINS, ecru or white, 4 yards by 60 inches. Special Clearance Price, $1.85 pair WHITE BLANKETS, wool mixed, slightly soilea, large size. Special Clearance Price, $1.85 pair CHENILLE TABLE 'C-T):' S, 8-4 size. Special Clearance Price, $1.90 each nger of failing off. No, those men must | Since last we wrote we have passed. that | een sober, and they knew just whatthey | unseen line that divides the years. The g doiic i | impress of a new year is upon us. The 1896! Our Great Annual Winter Clearance Sale | begins to-morrow. What does it mean? i It means an opportunity we have all been | looking for. You for a chance to buy at a | sacrifice—we for a chance to convert our | stockroom stores into cash and make room | for spring goods en route from Europe and | the East. The clearance sale is an item of much consequencé in the bistory of adry- | goods house, and this, our fourth great | clearance, will be an item in the history of | every dry-goods establishment west of the Rockies. Silks and Dress Goods. ‘Would Masterpleces of the weaver's ingenuity. take a poet to describe them. Combinations of lines, dots, dashes, splashes, fizures. Glowing with' colors that suggest warmth in their very brightness. COME EARLY. READ EVERY ITEM. IT"S MONEY. TWO-TONED TAFFETA, a beautiful effect, 19 inches wide, worth 75¢. Special Clearance Price, 45¢ yard TWO-TONED SILKS, BROKEN LINES, all ure silk, in two or three broken lines, 19 Tiches wide. Special Clearance Price, 50¢ yard FANCY TWO-TONED SILKS, a very special 1ine, large designs, worth 85¢; to close— Npecial Clearance Price, 60c yard BLACK SATIN LUXOR, worth $1. Special Clearance Price, 75¢ yard BLACK SATIN DUCHESS, 24 inches wide, worth $1 60 yard. Special Clearance Price, $1.00 yard ALL-WOOL COLORED SERGE. broken line of colors, 87 inches wide, our regular 35c grade. Speeial Clearance Price, 25¢ yard ALL-WOOL FRENCH DRAP D'ALMA, color ‘assortment broken, 38 inches wide, our 60c Guality. Special Clearance Price, 25¢ yard ALL-WOOL SERGE, in navy and black, 38 inches wide, our 40c grade. Special Clearance Price, 29¢ yard FRENCH JACQUARD SUITING, guaranteed all pure wool, 45 inches wide. Special Clearance Priee, 50¢ yard COVERT SUITINGS, in brown, tin and gray mixtures, 48 inches wide, & regular $1 35 cloth, 22 inches wide, 1806! To-morrow e go house-cleaning, or to | make ourselves better understood the | cleaning out of all the balance of the win- ter stock. - “‘Sell, not Profit,” is our motto now. Heavy Goods, always acceptable in San Francisco, and particularly for the | next three months. No relics to sell you | here. - All late and stylish fabrics. Dur- ing the rush of holiday - trade many odds | and ends accumulated, all good and | worthy, but lomely. Their companion sizes gone. - All such join hands with the winter stock and rush into the stream of clearance prices. Notions. _What an accumulation aster the Xmas rush! No department can offer better inducements. net prices. They draw you here, and when “ar- 1’ they draw your money—make it go a long we mean. COME EARLY. | READ EVERY ITEM. IT'S MONEY. | NS, crinkled, 214 to 3 inches long. Speeial Clearance Price, 2¢ bunch LEATHER BELTS, assorted styles, black and tan, worth 50c each. Special Clearance Price, be each | FANCY DRESS BUTTONS, worth 20c. Special Clearance Price, 5¢ dozen | WHISK BROOMS, with plush tip bandle, worth 20c, serviceable. Npecial Clearance Price, 6o each | STOCKINET DRESS SHIELDS, sizes 1,2, 3, as good as the best. Speeial Clearance Price, 9¢ pair GARTER ELASTIC, fancy ruffied, silk-faced center, an excellent elastic. Special Clearance Price, 10¢ vard FABRIC GAUNTLET GLOVES, colors. Special Clearance Price, 10¢ pair CLOTH BRUSHES, good quality bristles, worth 50c. 3 Special Clearance Price, 206 each CREPONETTE TABLE COVERS, good size. Special Clearance Price, 20¢ each HAIR BRUSHES, good bristles, heavy qual- ity, good brushers and lasters. Special Clearance Price, 23¢ each PILLOW SHAMS, corded edge and stamped. HATRPIN lines broken, assorted Special Clearance Price, 75¢ yard and the bonds were fixed at $3000. Hook says he was driving alon, ordinary rate of speed. He was Fookin around watching an electric car and difi not know that he had run over any one till somebody yelled to him. 5 The deceased was an elderly man and was on his way to the ferry when the acci- dent occurred. He lived on Linden street, Oakland. ———— Corneille would have died of want had not Lonis XIV accidentally heard of his condition and sent him a sum of money. Special Clearance Price, 85¢ pair Gloves, Hairpins, Belts, Brushes, etc., etc., atmag- | 18906! For the next few weeks here isw most is to be had for the mone know during Clearance Sale tim Wé make prices sell, to clea shelves. Cash is easier to inve: merchandise and we shall to as winter stock in the entire esta has been marked down. Not corner clipped off, but whole c quarter, a third, and in sor is cut off to force a rapid clearance awake buyers find 2 rich barves sales. The old adace, ‘‘The cream top.” Come early. at Ladies’ F}uinishings. AlL All ¢ 50 they. trade of the season—the: year-aronnd goods in this department, rners taken off the prices and marked 1 just roll off the counters. The b @ 00ds for the money we | ask. COME EARLY. READ EVERY ITEM. IT'S MONEY. LADIES’ BLACK COTTON HOSE, best maco yarn, high-spliced heels, etc., were 40c. Special Clearance Price, 25¢ pair LADIES' EGYPTIAN COTTON UNDER- WEAR, Jersey ribbed, heavy quality, were 40c. Npeeial Clearance Price, 25¢ garment LADIES’ COTTON CLOTH WATSTS, heavy quality, wool finish, v braided edge, full back and front, large sleeves, reduced from $1. Special Clearance Price, 70¢ each LADIES BLACK COTTON MOURI SKIRTS, fuli ruffle on bottom, redu from $1 25. Special Clearance Priee, T¢ each LADIES' SKIRTS, “7”— wool, heavy quality, ribbed, wnite ground, colored stripes, re- duced from §1 25. Special Clearance Price, S5e each Gents’ firnishings! GENTS' MERINO SOCKS, gray ity, seamless, reduced from 15: Special Clearanee Price, 10¢ pair GENTS' TECK TIES, all light colors, in new knots and fancy silks, regular 50¢ tie. Special Clearance Price, 3¢ each E neavy quak HALE BRO?., Incorporated 937, 939, 941,943, 945 Market St., San Francisco.