The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 8, 1896, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY :8, 1896. Ee———————————— = e T e e e e e s Pt A S s i il e b 0 Mo S e JANUARY 8, 1896 ss Vand My Precious Baby.” LAND) — Rice’s at Haight street | AUCTION SALES. | This day (Wednes- | P By Wirt E. } i 0 v, January 9, 21 Moatgomery st., CITY NEWS IN BRIEF, Dr. W. A. Vigouraux died in this City yester- a pioneer of this putes a rumor re- e management. :ts Ashworth has de- tion ageainst him, | 1 preferred as yet against itis asserted that he will n is sueing the National $600 benefits due on the suit to set | Montgomery | ndge Wallace yes- | e sentenced for | rain i re in front at Irma, Unity, and Joe Hill. erday to of letters n to Mrs. erday by Max and charged in not turning | ing weather, probably | Bank was attached | it brought by a certificate v to oust the the Manufgcturers’ and put a general tempt failed. u ninety sion would be ngof the Woman's executive board the rance Unioi ce the unions of t jetress of a disrep- ade aflidav Jesse 2 reat Mi'le, e of Jerry Driscoll, charged with the pooi ordinance, called in ’s court yesterdey and a con- n the ex- ve :ndered by that time ct Judge Morrow decided ge case of Patrick G. tne steamer Willamette Val- ct he had to the pas- commodations it called for. e ed States Circuit Court of Appeals e Company of New 1 from the verdict of year policy, 2 sur: | NATIONAL WAR SCHOOLS Military and Naval Cadet Life De- | seribed by Lientenant W. R. Ham- ilton of the Army. | tenant W. R. Hamilton, U. 8. A military science at the U Nevada, lectured last night in C. auditorium unpon the d naval schools of the United His pleasing descriptions of cadet and his narrations of the customs of Nation’s schools of warfare were illus- d with many stereopticon views of nd incidents of peculiar interest. | He spcke of the courses of instruction | together with the daily routine work from the time the youth enters West Point, “a beast,” previous to his assignment of a uniform, until, having survived the ignominy of being a *‘pleb” or first-year man, he passes on up through the classes and is graduated at the end of four 1i he be among the first five choose any department of the service—en- gineering, cavalry, infantry, artillery and so on. If he be in the next ten or more, according to the size of the class and the iable for new officers, he may 1 but engine sor of v of I 1as 1o atten schio grace and @ from the art being sidered 2 10 the complete trzining of ihe ption to this rule is parents express con- zainst dancing. lock in the at 10 o'clock at nicht, be out in therooms. No no carpeis, no wall decorations , for aHl the cadets must be on siute equality, irrespective of of their parents. A iing money can be supplied | , and very little is allowed the | 1:1s annual salary of $700, from expenses are deducied, while eserved for him. vination from West Point the post-zraduate | | | i | { + library contains between | : wes and is the larg- | est miiitary Library in the United States. | e | bacik Indicted. { Broback, the Ukiah printer | Federal Grand Jury vester- | asils in nis business of | erature, | one cruise than the ordinary ild acquire in three years in the | throng, and one lady of distinguished ap- | ACK ROBBERY, Opening of the Preliminary Ex- amination Before Judge Low. DISCUSSION ANENT A MASK.| Several Witnesses Give Interesting Testimony—Defendants Not Yet in the Toils. A strange, mixed crowd contributed its | | varied quota to the wonted scenes of | Judge Conlan’s courtroom yesterday at | the trial of the three men charged with | the Christmas robbery near the Ingleside | track. Sirange to s arge number of | women were present amid the nondescript pearance sat near the prisoners during the entire session of the court. No one seemed to know who she was, and her pale face shrouded in its sombex drapery of wido: mourning, attracted no little attention, both from its youthful beauty and its look of deep absor ion. g declined to sit in the | saw, not what he said. the aiternoon of Christmas day. He saw | He had heard some one shout, “The sack the same three men the next morning at | is inside,” and had heard the three shots 620 o'clock in a restaurant on Poweil | fired. The man with the gun and mask street. | seemed to give the commands to some In answer to a question from Mr. Gesford | others, but who they were and how many the witness stated that when he had ob- | he could not positively state. ved the three men at tne bar he was | «Now, Mr. Treulet,” said Mr. Gesford, speaking with the head janitor, Worti:i with a most engaging smile, *'you were a ton by name, and was standing about little scarea at the time of the hold-np, teen feet away from them. Something in | were you not?'’ their manner had aroused his suspicions, “] felt like any man would feel under and he had remarked to Worthington: “It the circumstances,” responded the witness, looks as yL]hc»u;:l) somebody was going to be | somewhat nettled; “I'm sure no one likes stood up” — to hear buliets flying about his ears.” ‘‘Stop, stop!” ejaculated Mr. Gesford, | “Quite right, quite right,” was the pol- peremptorily. *“Your Honor, I want that | 1shed Gesford’s suave rejoinder. “Now uswer stricken from the record. The | tell me, please, what was the mask worn wiiness 1s on the stand to state what he | by the man who seemed to manage this : I don’t want my | interesting little affair?”” clients to be condemned as criminals be- “It was a white handkerchief,” ansivered the conductor. - “Now, are you sure it wasa handker- i fore even the preliminary examination is | over.” ! N lchien"xsked Mr. Gesford, with a sweet- | ness in his tone which seemed even dan- | gerously bewitching. “May it not have peen a table napkin, or a disheloth, ora | piece of asbestos tissue? Asbestos, you | know.” he added by way of explanation, *4s fireproof.” ever mind, never mind,” was Judge Low’s soothing rejoinder. Ve'll strike it out with pleasure,” and it was so ordered. At the 6pening of the afternoon session Senator Frank McGowan, Judge J. D. H. Chamberlain and Dr. W. H. Wallace testi- fied to tie former good behavior and repute of Gardner, Messrs. Chamberlain and Wal- “It may have been bullet-proof for all 1 e givgne testimony 1o the same effect in | know,” was the witness’ rejoinder. r of Middlemiss. | “Just one question more,” pursued Mr. rchwey, the Branch House night | Gesford, blandly. *‘Did this man with the clerk, was azain placed on the stand. He | handkerchief, or napkin, or asbestos tissue had with him two books, which he sub-|—did hLe, I say, act like a real, genuine, mitted to the examination of counsel as | old-time robber?”’ registers of the Market-street hostelry. “I never saw a robber before,” answered After much examination no names resem- | the conductor. ‘I don’t know how tney bling those of the defendants were found, | act, and I don’t want to know."” save one registry of a man named Welch, E. Willis, engineer at the Olympic Salt who had taken'a room with one Perry. | Water Pumping Works, on the ocean When asked whether guests at the estab- | beach, was next jasked to testify. After favi TWO IMPORTANT RAILWAYS MAY COMBINE, [ : | based on the attempted burning of C. A. North Pacific Coast and S. | Malin's trunk factory, on Seventeenth and | Shotwell streets, on September 28, 1895, and | F.and N. P. May Pool McGreevy wis arrested and held to answer for | the crime. At 11 o'clock last night the jury reported that they coul dictand were discharged. DEATH OF A PIONEER LADY Passing Away of the Mother of Mrs. } | | not agree upon a ver- Issues Soor. STOCK CHANGES HANDS. Winslow Anderson. Mrs. Julia A. M. Collins, one of the pio- neer ladies of San Francisco, passed away yesterday at the advanced age of 71 years and 9 months. Mrs. Collins, who was a native of New Bedford, came to this City in the early | | fifties in company with her husband, Savory Wing Collins, who for many years | was the senior memsber of the pioneer firm | of Collins, Cushman & Co., commission merchants. Shortly after her arrival she took an active part in church work and in assisting many who in tnose days found themselves in straitened circumstances, All the Local Stockholders Anxious |for she was wealthy and was generous and 4 5 charitable within her means. | For a time | for a Combination and Mr, and Mrs. Collins were residents of Ne- | vada City in this State. They returned to | Better Rates. San, Francisco and: Mra, Collias became | member of the Third Congregational | Church, was an active worker in the cause Eighteen Thousand Shares Are Taken by the North Pacific. THE SELIGMANS ARE WILLING. | | | | | F. Dunne, who represents Givens, had ag occupied the bench, Judge | case. | lishment, when asked for their names, were in the habit of telling the clerk to “put down any — name,” the witness responded in the negative. L. C. Worthington, head janitor of the ! giving a full description of the plant under his charge lie stated that he had found the bag of money—which he identified—on the sands, about 120 feet out from the be- ginning of the iron pier attached to the One ot the possibilities of the near future is the combining of the San Francisco and North Pacific Railway with the North Pacific Coast (narrow gauge). and there are many benefited y rality who will shed tears when | they learn of her death. Some time ago | she was taken ill and took to her bed, from which she never rose, her death oc- GARDNER. THE MEN CHARGED WITH THE INGLESIDE ROBBERY. S WELCH. MIDDLEMISS, It is said that the reason of Judge Conlan’s declining to act on the trial was that com- ments had been made regarding his prob- able attitude toward the defendants; and that in order to save himself from any danger of being misunder:tood and per- haps misinterpreted he had asked his learned colleagne to sit in judgment as consulting magistrate, The three young men accused of the robbery occupied chairs in the center of the courtroom. Henry Robert Gardner, the tallest and apparently the youngest of the trio, is a harmless-loo ds one of an ov : Welch, with hair, mustache and week-old beard, ap- pears to regard the whole pro somewhat novel even though oc: tiresome experience. Joseph Middlemis the remaining figure in the trio, is o tainly the brightest of the lot, if looks be any indication. Rather short in stature, with a bright and somewhat attractive face, his bead-like eyes took in all that was going on. The defen Henry C ants were represented by ford of Napa, Richard Porter Ashe Tobin and Gleason. Thro edings Mr. Gesford seemed to be the spokesman gentlemanly harmony and sir ence to professional ~etiquette order of the day, this fact did not prevent an occasional barristerial tilt between the legal luminary from the vineyard belt and E.P. Mogan, the prosecuting attorne W. 8. Leake, secretary of the Pacific Coast Jockey Club, was the first witness placed on the stand. When interrogated regarding his residence he sgid he knew not what answer to make. He said he was Postmaster at Sacramento, though he sent in his resignation some time ago. When his resignation shouid be accepted he would be better abie to speak detnitively in reference to his legal habi- tat. His testimony tended to prove the identity of the leathern bag exhibited in court as the one stolen from Mr. Clarke on the night of the robbery. Arnold Kirchwey, night clerk at the Branch lodging-liouse on Market street, when subjected to examination, said that We!lch, Middlemiss and a man resembling Gardrer had occasionally tuken rooms at that establishment, and that they seemed to be on terms of intimacy with a man named Webster. Thus far the name of ‘Webster has not appeared in the case, and it was made the subject matter of several questions from both sides. It appeared that Middlemiss seldom slept in the house, but frequently came in the morn- ing to awaken Webster. The witnes would call him first and then Middlemiss would come to the house to see whether Webster was up. % Mr. Gesford then took the witness in hand. Kerchwey said t:e Branch House | was located on Marxet street, opposite thie | Baldwin. The man Webster had been a steady lodger at the place since October of last vear. Gardner, or a man resembling him, had taken a room on _three or four occasions. There was a register of arrivals at the lodging-house, and_in it the names of lodgers were entered by the clerk. Since last year a new book had been opened, and the witness was unable to say whether the old one was in existence or not. Welcn and the slender man usnally took a room on Saturday nights. Edward Fintelmann was the day clerk and vorked duily until 8 o’clock in the evening, when the witness went on duty, remaining at hiis post until morning. He had been on duty ing these hours on Christmas eve and Christmas night, “What s keep?” asked Mr. Gesford, “What do you charge for rooms?’ “Twenty, twenty-five and fifty cents per night,” answered the wiiness. “*A first-cless house, evidently,” rejoined the attorney. “I suppose you never re- | quire a certiticate of good character from your guests, now, do vou?’ This question appeared to mystify the itness, and he seemed quite relieved when told he could ve the stand, ti.€ | Judge, however, ordering him to bring the | registers of the Branch lodging-house to court in‘the afternoon. He had noticed them particularly on Christmas day, as tney had remained loi- ering near the 4 o’clock in the afternoon. others whom he could not recognize. The witness stated he had been engaged at the | track since Thanksgiving day. William E. Dennis, a colored man of | | middle age, said e was assistant janitor at the Inglaside track, and had scen the defendant Welch in the barroom il oa man who looked like Gardner and another man of very high stature whom he did not know. The time was about 6 o’clock in | works. It was lightly covered with sand, | and he first saw the strap. He pulled it | out, and, taking it to the works, played | the hose upon it in order to remove the sand and gravel with which it was filled. The cut had beed made at some previous time, and through it the sand had found an entrance into the inside of the pouch, Having cleansed his find he telephoned for the police. Officers Cody and Gibson responded to his 1, ahd with them he counted the money and gave the pouch into the law’s safe-keeping On cross-examination Mr. Willis said he found the pouch on the morning after Ingleside track, was next subjected to ex- amination. When confronted with the three defendants he said he could partially recognize Welch, but neither of the otners. He happened to refer to the hat worn by the man to whom he had made reference. **Is this the hat?"”” asked Mr. Mogan dra- matically, waving aloft a very battered spe ren of masculine headgear. ““We object.” cried Messrs. Gesford, To- | bfip il nd Ashe with fine quartet effec “The bhat is certainly most objection- | able,” agreed his Hopor, ““and for that very reason does not merit the distinction | fo S of being made a bone of contention and an | Christmas about 8 or 8:30 o’clock, apple of discord. Let the witness describe | _ **Why did you notify the police?” asked the man’s hat in his own way. i 3“' Mogan. “Not many men would have Mr. Worthington then proceeded amid | done that.” = a labyrinth of questions from the attor- | . "Perbaps he thought Santa Claus didn’t neys to solemnly swear that the man’s hat | intend the sack for ‘him,” answered Judge seemed to be a Stiff derby, though it might | LOW in the witness’ stead, as he adjourned have been a slouch. 1ts color, he thought, | further proceedings until 1:30 o’clock this was black, though, perhaps, it was brown, | fternoon. | and anyhow he wasn’t going to swear to a } THE NEW CREAMERIE, thing lLie wasn’t sure of. A. W. Turpin, manager of the Market- | street lodging-house already referred to, | ¥25 Market said that the man Webster had taken up | Street, ing. Since the present owners of the San | curring at the residence of her only daugh- Bancroft Build- | vt of a lodging-house do you | winningly. | 1 ried ntrance to the track about | The two men | were engaged in conversation with two | his abode in t caravansary on the 1s | of October, 1895, and had remained there ever since. He could not tell the man’s baptismal name mnor give bis initials. When asked by Mr. Gesfora whether ne knew anything about the case on trial, he answered, “No; I don’t know nor I don’t want to know,” and left the witness-stand without delay. F. Bronner, clerk of the Pacific Coast Jockey Club, gave some interesting and impor stimony. He stated that he had been with Reuven Clarke, the cashier, at the Ingleside track on Christ- day, and had gone with him to the car after the day’s work was over, intend- ing to return to town with him. The car had only gone a short distance when he | heard a’voice cry, “Stop the car,” after which he heard a’ shot, followed by two others in rapid succession. He seized the bag in which Clarke had placed the bar receipts for the day and en- deavored to hide it. He was about to throw it under the car or away amid | the brush behind the track, at the time the second shot was fired. Some one used a vile epithet and cried, **Drop that bag.”” The witness clung to the bag ot money, and then the third shot grazed his hand and hit Clarke in one ot his feet. He uropped the bag and bound up Clarke's wounded foot, after which he accompanied Lim to town and placed him in the hospi- i tal, at which he is now being treated. | On cross-examination Mr. Bronner stated that the man who fired the shots was tall | and had the lower half of his face con- | cealed by a white hancdkerchief. He last | saw the man going over the hill toward | the ocean, the long skirts of his black mackintosh flopping in the wind and the money-bag clutched in his hand. Mr. Mogan here requested leave to intro- | auce the bag in evidence. 2 | . Mr. Gesford objected, unless the bag and its contents could be first examined. Accordingly the stout leather bouch, with its steel rings, stout straps anrli tight little padlock, was submitted to the in- spection of the court. From a long, | jagged aperture in one side were taken nine canvas bags containing money, one similar bag in an empty | chamois-skin purse containing gold coin | und a number of tickets and papers. The | total amount of money in the pouch, con- | sisting of gold, silver, nickel and green- backs, was $663 15, contents had evidently been subjected to the action of salt water. On being cross-examined by Mr. Ges- | ford, Mr. Bronner said he could not swear | that the mask used by the man who car- the rifle was a handkerchief. It might bave been anapkin or any other piece of white cloth. Henry J. McCreeay, the motorman on the car on which Clarke and Bronner were at the time of the robbery, testified that he bad left the termints near the track at 6:48 o’clock on Christmas evening. The attack had taken place at a point about 100 yards from the terminus. By the gleam from the headlight of the car he bad seen a tall man with a white mask and carrying a ‘gun. The man was be- tween the rails walking in the direction of the advancing car. 'he man called, ‘Stop the car,”” con- tinued the witness, “and taen fired his first snot. round to the side of the car,and [ heard two more shots. Mr. Clarke cried out, ‘I amhit,’ after the last one. I did not see | who stook the sack, and only noticed one man, the masked man with the gun.”’ “I guess you were a bit excited,” re- marked Mr. Mogan, commiseratingly. “Well, I didn’t feel very comfortable,” answered the witness as he'ieft the stand. A. E. Treulet, the conductor on the car, corroborated the motorman’s testimony. condition, u | The pouch and 1ts | Istopped, and the man went | | To originate ideas for the benefit of their customers has been the constant endeavor | of Young & Weisman, the proprietors of this justly famous restaurant. While their success nas troubled their competitors they | have continued to attract customers and then to hold them by a_first-class service and the best quality of food that the mar- ket could offer. To insure the purity and | freshness of their milk, cream, butter, | ezgs and vegetables, they'are produced on the private ranch of thé proprietors, and | their meats are furnished by Mr. S. Solo- mon, who has built up the reputation of | the Grill Room of the Palace Hotel by the | auality of meats which he has furnished to that house. Pastry is not neglected at | the Creamerie, every article in the shape | of bread, pies, cakes, etc., used in the house being produced on the premises, by which means the supply is always fresh and toothsome. The Creamerie's coffee has a reputation extending all over the | State, in fact every article on itsbill of fare is noted for its perfection in preparation and service. Chapin’s Orchestra is and discourses the very hest of music dur- ing meal houre. Among the later innov: tions at the Creamerie is a table de hote | dinner which is served on Sundays at a | nominal figure of fifty cents and will be g)_und to equal any dinner offered in the in daily attendance i A trial of any meal at this justly cele- brated restaurant will convince one of its admirable good qualities and remove any doubt as to the cause of its excessive pop- ularity. ot A BURGLAR CAPTURED. William TLacey, Who Loofed a Room on Third Street, Is in Jail. William Lacey, a negro, was arrested last evening by Policeman T. L. Ryan and detained at the Southern Police station for a burglary committed on the morning after Christmas in a lodging-house at 143 | Third street. = | On the night preceding the burglary | Lacey’s companions rented a room in the | house and admitted the prisoner, who | climbed to the roof and through a sky- | light entered the room of James Connclly. During the process of looting the room Lacey succeeded in waking its occupant, who raised a cry which attracted the atten- | tion of the landlord, A. E. Durries. | . During the excitement Lacey succeeded in getting into the hallway, but was met | by Durries and his plucky wife, who appled with him, but the powerful negro finally broke away and made his escape to the street, pursued by Durries to Fourth and Howard streets,where all track of him was lost. : = Lacey was not again seen until last evening, when he returned to his old haunts, He was immediately placed under arrest, and later in the evening was iden- tified by Durries as the man who com- | mitted the burglary. Sotrsig e G The Garbage Privilege. Henry P. Gove Is suing to have the Board of Supervisors compelied to award him the con- tract for destroying the garbage of the City. He is the assignee of the right of A. G. Williams, who, he claims, submitted the highe est bid for the privilege. The contract has not been awarded, and Gove wishes it given to him or to no one. g el More Forgery Charges. Two additionul charges of forgery were booked yesterday at the City Prison against M. J. Ferrer, arrested last Friday. The com- plaining wiiness in both cases is his former employer, C. D. Bunker, the Custom-house bioker. Francisco and North Pacific road gained | | possession of the road there has been talk | of a probable combination. The stock- | holders were'in favor of such a coalition of interests, and those who had a say in the control of the narrow gauge were under- stood to be acquiescent in their feeling. But nothing came of the talk. Many of | the stockholders saw a great advantage in | such a combination, but the powers that be had control. The stockholders of the narrow gauge i were of the same opinion, but everything | depended on the action of the controlling interest of the other road. Now it is possible for the North Pacific Coast Company to force an issue, and that issue is likely to be amicable. | The company has gaineannsscssion of 18,000 shares of the San Francisco and North Pacific Railway Company’s stock | and that gives a voice in the management of the road. The ofticers of both companies were in- clined to be reticent when questioned yes- | terday afternoon. Those of the San | Francisco and North Pacific Company | particularly were destitute of any knowli- edge of the subject. | *‘Yes, there has been talk, but that is all,” was the first admission. Further in- | quiry, however, elicited the information | | that something was likely to result in the | way of a pooling of issues. General Manager Whiting knew noth- | | ing, so he said, and referred the inquirer | | to President Foster. [t was the same with | | Passenger Agent Ryan. He, like Mr. | Whiting, looked as though he knew more than he was at liberty to tell. { | _ “There has been that kind of talk,” said | Mr. Foster, “but, for that matter, the com- bination of the two roads has been dis- ussed ever since 1893. Yes, I have heard | the talk recently, but T cannot give you any definite information. There is possi- | tively no truth in the story that I have | sold any of my stock, and as to the Selig- | man interest I cannot say. Of my own | personal knowledge I could not say | whether they owned 42,000 or 4000 sharcs | of stock. That is something that does not interest us at all. They may or may not | own that slock. | | " “Asto the effect of a combination of the | two roads I must decline to give an opin- ion. It might be advisable or it might | not. I do not care to place myself on record on that proposition. Yes, I will admit that something is likely to come of this talk, though, as I said, T do not know anything about any transfer of stock. I have not sold any of my stock and I have no intention of so doing. Itis too early | | for positive information.” | President Stetson of the North Pacific | | | i Coast said: **There has been talk of a combine, I know, but as to the result or outcome 1 know not. This company has bought 18,000 shares of the San Francisco | and North Pacific Company’s stock and | that gives us some considerable say-so in | | the company. These 18,000 shares refre- | sent several thousand doll They are | at present said to be worth $22 a share. At | that valuation the stock purchased would amount to about $400,000. The purchasers of that stock are Alfred Borel & Co., De Guigne, representing the Parrott estate, Mr. T. Coieman, Scottish-American In- vestment Company, representing Edin- burgh capitalists, and myself.’”” | _“It may naturally be inferred,”” con- tinued Mr. Stetson,” that the most natural outcome of our purchase of the | stock would bea combine. Furthermore I | can say nothing.” Ever since Judge A. P. Overton, An- | drew Markbam and I G. Wickersham | bougzht up a lot of stock of the San Fran- cisco and North Pacific Railway Company | there has been talk of a possible combine. | All of these men are capitalists and have | | extensive landed interests in Marin, | Sonoma and Mendocino counties. | | " Judge A. P. Overton is the president of | the Savings Bank of Santa KRosa, and | owns considerable land in the three counties named. - Much of it is along the line of the San Francisco and North Pa- | cific Railroad. He was a close friend of Peter Donahue, the builder of the road, | . and rendered many favors to his son, the late Colone! Donahue. In fact, Judge Overton was one of Colonel Donahue's | warmest friends and adyisers. He had | | much to do with the deceased railway | magnate about the extension of the road to Ukian. The Judge was also instru- mental in getting Audrew Markhaia and Hollis Hitchcock, who died here last Fri- day, in taking up a large block of the stock. Mr. Markham has large lumber claims and mills lying midway between the broad and narrow gauge roads in Sonoma County, and an interest in the road meant much to him. Hollis Hitchcock, lately deceased, was | an extensive land-owner in the western | part of Sonoma County, along the line of the narrow gauge, and was also a stock- holder in the banks with which Overton and Wickersham are connecied. He, too, was in favor of a combination of the two roads. 1. G. Wickersham, the other local stock- holder, is at the head of the National Bank of Petaluma. Though Petaluma has the advantage of water comvetition, the San Francisco and North Pacific does a good business at that point, but Mr. Wicker- sham is in accord with the views of the other local stockho!ders—that a combina- tion will result in an increased profit to the two roads. The North Pacific Coast road isan active comupetitor for freight transportation with the San Francisco and North Pacific in the western part of Sonoma and Marin coun- ties. Shippers in the first-mentioned county, between Santa Rosa and the coast, can take their choice of the two | roads, or haul to Petaluma by {eam and ship by water. It is obvious, therefore, that a combination of the roads would be advantageous to the stockholders, if not so to the shipping patrons of the road. 1t is also understood that the combining of the roads, if consummated, will result in their being fjomed somewhere between the terminus of the narrow-gauge at Caza- dero and Healdsburg or Clove: broad-gauge. “It must be apparent,”’ said President Stetson, *‘that the purchase of these 18,000 | shares of stock by the North Pacific is not merely an idle financial fantasy. Of course there must be something behind it.” { ale on the Tried for Arson. William McGreevy was on trial before Judge Bahrs yesterday for arson. The charge was ter, Mrs. Winslow Anderson, the wife of Dr. Winslow Anderson.. Mrs. Collins was a lady of kindly dispo- sition, one who made iriends of all who bad the pleasure of knowing her, and her | large circle of friends will miss her. | OALY HAETYCAS WORE. The City Hall Dome Must Be Finished in the Next Three Months. A Heavy Penalty to Be Levied forf Further Delay — Bracing the Statue. The Board of City Hall Commissioners has given O’Connell & Lewis, who are building the dome on the hall, veremptory notice that that part of the structure must | be finished within ninety days or a pen- | alty of $250 for every twenty-four hours over that time will be exacted. The contractors have been granted ex- | tensions from time to time for several | months past and appeared yesterday with | their customary excuses. Commissioner Creswell vigorously opposed the ninety days’ extension asked and moved that | thirty days only be given and that the contractors be warned that nc further delay would be allowed on any considera- tion. | Auditor Broderick counseled forbear- | ance, however, and said that he would advocate another ninety days’ extension, | but nothing further. The Mayor stood with the Auditor, but | Creswell would not give in and called | upon Superintendent of Construction Mellis to say what had been done recently to push the work along. | Mellis stated that for two or three weeks | past not more than one or two men had | been at work at a tifne and that the work was progressing very slowly. *“Well, times are hard,” said the Auditor. | “‘Give them ninety days more, with a | notice that they shall be required to finish | in that time if the dome fall down.” | When the vote was taken the Mayor and | Anuditor voted in favor of the ninety davs’ | extension, while Creswell recorded his | vote 1n the negative. | An intimation that a wrangle might occur between the contractors and the | artist who is furnishing the statue came | | when the matter of bracing the figure was broached. | The contractors claimed that the work | should be done at the artist’s expense. | Architect Shea said that he thought the work devolved on the contractors, and his opinion was concurred in by Creswell. | AID FOR THE WEAVERS.| Archbishop Riordan Refutes a False | Rumor Regarding the Almshouse Management. In their efforts to compass his removal | from the management of the Almshouse | the opponents of Suverintendent Weaver | have been circulating reports that Mr. and Mrs. Weaver have been taking advan- tage of their positions in the City’s refuge for the poor and needy to attempt toin- fiuence the religious beliefs of those under | their charge. | In order to refute the accusation, Mrs. | ‘Weaver recently wrote the following letter | to Archbishop Riordan: | To His Grace Archbishop Riordan—REVEREND | Sir: You will have observed the present effort | to remove Mr. Weaver irom the superin- | tendency of the City and County Almshouse, and that one of the assigned causes for his re- | moval is my supposed yartisanship in the re- ligious services held in tne house. As you | kindly took the time to visit the almshousc in | gerson, and to investigate the influences | rought to bear upon the inmates, I take the | liberty of submitting this matter to your judg- ment. Hoping that you may be willing 10 ex- press your opinion as to the religious care of | your "people here and the opportunities | afforded 10 the church in ministering to their spiritual needs. Very sincerely and respect- fully, ELLEN A. WEAVER. In reply the Archbishop sent the fol- lowing letter: ST. MARY’S CATHEDRAL, 1100 Franklin street. Mrs. Pnilip L. Weaver—MADAM: In reply to your communication just received, callingmy attention to a statement made in one of the papers in this City, namely, that you have NEW TO-DAY. A GENEROUS OFFER! We will give $20 for any case of | Catarrh that cannot be cured by our treatment, price $2 50. Trial treat- ment free. OUR PRICES ALWAYS THE LOWEST. HOT-WATER BOTTLES: 2-quart, 65¢; 8-quart, 70¢; 4-quart.......... 80c touniain Syringes, Wood box : 2-quart, 70¢; 3-quart, 80c; 4-quart 90¢c Quinine Pilis, 2 grains, per 100. 26c Quinine Pills, 3 grains, per 100. 35¢ Munyon's Remedies, 15¢, 30¢ and 60c Sco-t's Emulsion and Hood’s Sarparill 65c Pink Pills and Syrup Figs ; 35¢ | TRUSSES, others ask $5 t our price.. z ..$175 10 $5 00 Galvanic or Faradic Batteries, from $5 to...$25 00 Obesity Belts. . $2 25 Electric Belts, from $5 to. $25 00 Silk Stockings..... $3 50 NO PERGENTAGE PHARMACY, 2838 Marikel Street, South side, bet. Fifth and Sixth, | THE LOST | (OA MATINEE TO-DAY at 2 TO-N1GH' been using your position as meatron of the Almshouse in favor of non-Catholig i and -against Catholic inmates, so far as I row this statement is false and without any foundation in fact. I am convinced from what en and from what I have beard from those who are acquainted with your manage- mentof the institution that you treat all the i apartiality, ed your own relig: ious convietior re in any way with the religious f the poor who are under y; RIORDAN. FIGHTING FOR TIME. Pool-Sellers Waiting the Resuit of the Appeal to the Superior Court. The pool-seilers now awaiting a hearing before Judge Joachimsen are apparently fighting for time, in the hope that the ap- peal of George D. Givens, who was sen- tenced to pay a fine of ), will be sus- tained. The case of Jerry Driscoll was called in Judge Joachimsen's court on Monday in yesterday. A motion for dismissal made on Monday was denied, and yester- day the defendantasked for a continnance, The reason given was that Attorney Peter pealed tothe Superior Court, and a te- cision expected either next Friday or the fcilowing Friday. Prosecuting Attorney Dare strongly to a continuance, but granted till Friday = e A Sudden Death. Theresa Cassidy, a housewife, 56 years of age, died suddenly at her residence, 1119 Valiejo street, last evening. It is presumed that heart failure was the cause c¢f her death. The body was taken to th orgue objected it was NEW TO-DAY-AMUSEMENTS, [AL NAYMA LB iNCOR P HEATRE M FRoPS. Every Night This Weck, Including Sunday. Matinee ~aturday. The Charminz and Brilliant Artiste, MARIE WAINWRIGHT . Splendid € a nd J ll.(l an Magnus’ “motional Drama, “DAUGHTERS OF EVE” Next Week—MT! nificent production of 2 WEEKS’ ENGAGEMENT ( America's Representative Tragedian, MR. LOUIS JAMES And His Excellent Company in Repertory: TO-NIGHT and Thursday— “EXAMIILIET L Friday and Saturday MACBETH" Sat. Mat. and Sund; C“VIRGINTUS” 2d Week—+Marmion,” * lo,” “Romeo and Juliet,” ete. Aeulio Ghoalte, LR.GOTTLOD & co- LE35Es ATOMANAGERS =+ WITHOUT | WITHOUT MERIT! PRAIS And Vice Versa Applicable to Everything. THE FRAWLEY COMPANY Cannot Be Ps hem in—— PARADISE. 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