The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 23, 1896, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1896 CLEVELAND WILL FISH FOR SALMON. He Is Expected Here in the Spring With a Bait Can: IT IS ALL ARRANGED. Grover Has No Conception of ' the Piscatorial Wonders of California. W. W. FOOTE INFLUENCED HIM. The Two Waltonites Came to an Under- | The nex: | ward and forward the wounded leviathan— | | light. want the truth,” responded Mr. Foote, settling down in the bottom of the bq:n, “‘this is the worst fishing I ever saw. Why in California if we caught a twelve-pound salmon we would throw him back in the stream and go home disgusted. \\h"_n fish that size 1s bait for us out there. We take them as high as fifty pounds with an eight-ounce rod.” “Do you mean it?”’ “Yes; you bet I mean it.” The President glued his eyes on the face of the attorney and in an absent-minded way let his twelve-pound bluefish drop overboard. He grabbed Mr. Foote by the hand and in measured tones inquired: “Billy, is that the straight truth?” “Is 1t?” said Mr. Foote, rising up so that he could lay a friendly hand on the shoulder of the President. ‘‘Let me give you a sample of how a salmon takes the | spoon. The instant it strikes the pool, if | the fish are biting well, there is a swish | like a young cloudburst and the water flies up as if a torpedo had been exvloded. | ] stant the line spins away and the reel sings as it whirls, Raster ana faster it pl: out until nearly one hun- dred yards are gone. Then, my friend, there is a little relaxation followed i stantly by a sudden tightning again and | the struck fish breaks far down the stream. | The water is lashed into a foam and the | pole bends and quivers under the shock Ah Grover, 1t is then that the elec tricity of delight plays all over your body and the struggle begins in earnest. Back- say Grover—rushesand darts likeashaft of His sides glitter and glint when he comes to the surface again, and then he takes another shoot to the bottom. All standing at Buzzards Bay Last Summer. | rence whether we have land or not, Grover Cleve- of the United States of > on tue P . Foote is at the bottom | else around you melts into nothingness, and the song of the reel is the only sound hat comes go vour ears. The light rod vibrates and answers every movement of the fish while your arms respond to the pressure with a poetical motion. Finally the fight begins to tire the fish and you reel i An oct onal rush toward the ast, but in half an hour it is all over, and the proud and gamy denizen of the stream | is gaifed and drawn into the boat and you | feel exh ed with itement and pleas- ure. The weight— NEARLY PIERCED PRISON. WALLS, Neat Conspiracy Discovered at the County Jail. DUGTHROUGH THE BRICK Mason and Spear, Who Are in for Burglary, Handled the Tools. AN OUTSIDE CONFEDERATE. The Attempted Delivery Was Un- earthed by Another Prisoner’s Attorneys. What might have resulted in a sensa- tional and most serious jail-break was brought to light in the County Jail last night. The authorities knew of the almost suc- cessful attempt that had been made last “Is what, Bil Saturday, but the chief jailerand his dep- ) of it, and will take Grover in charge im- | mediately upon his arrival. Aside from the President himself, Mr. Foote is beyond | a doubt the most enthusiastic piscatorial- | ist we have on the continent, and can | throw a fly just as far down the stream as | any gentleman who ever used a rod. Last summer Mr. Foote, accompanied by Judge Henshaw and Deputy Comgis- | sioner Babcock, took a trip to Boulder Creek, where the festive salmon congre- | pate in large numbers. The gentlemen upon arriving got out a variety of hooks | and immediately proceeded to putup. a job on the fathers of our canned fish out- | put, with the result that in a few hours| they had taken something like several | hundred pounds of salmon from the stream and only quit from exhaustion. Later in the season Mr. Foote went on to ‘Washington, and while there accepted an 1nvitation from the President to go troiling for bluefish and bass in Buzzards Ba; where Mr. Cleveland has so oiten co: cluded to plank down his veto on some pet measure of a new Senator. The Clev jand launch was put in trim and the cham- pion anglers of the two seaboards went Jorth to make a haul. The fish bit pretty well, but along abont sundown Mr. Foote, who had been restraining himself all day, took a pull at the magic bitters, which are recognized as a Jonah for bad luck, and turning to Mr. Cleveland, opened up his batteries: “Do you call this high-class fishing, Grover?” “Best_in the country,-Billy. Do vou know of anything better out your way? Wait a min’t; got a bite. Here it comes. Ab, Billy, he’s a dandy. Here we are,” and Mr. Cleveland hauled out a ound bluetish. “There’s the kind of fish we take here right along, Billy,” exclaimed the perspiring President, “and if you can beat that in the West you can get me over thereon a fishing trip any day in the year. Come, now, isn’t this the finest fishing you ever sa “Well, I'll tell you, Grover, if you really | (uticura THE CREAT SKIN CURE Works wonders in cur= ing torturing, disfigur= ing diseases of the skin, scalp, and blood, and es= pecially baby humours. ‘_ Coricuma ReueoiEs 14 throughout the world. e depot: F. NewERT & Soxs. London. - PorTh Buel(.lx.l.cou., Sole Props., Boston, U, | absence “Forty-nine pounds,” roared the attor- \[ ney ‘‘That settles it,” exclaimed the Presi- | dent, aiter he had straightened himself | out. “Iwill be there in the spring. Billy, you are hot stuff. Excuse me, Mr. Foote, but I am very much excited.” The two fishermen then went ashore and in a few days Mr. Foote returned to i Since then he has sent vivid ns of the salmon fish'ng at Mon- oulder Creek to the inhabitant e House, with the result that | terey and | of the Wh | Mr. Cleveland promises to come out here in the spring and have a straight-out salmon fishing bout, even if during his a free-coinage bill is crowded through Congress. | WILSON WAS DISCHARGED, A New Librettist Is Now Needed at the Tiveli Opera House. The Management Says That He Was Dismissed Because He Appro- priated a Song. John B. Wilson, who has been employed at the Tivoli Opera-house for the past four years as an actor, librettist and singer, has been dismissed from his position, and as a resuit much acrimonious controversy and a possible lawsuit have resulted. He received his notice to quit on the 14th inst. “The suit brought by John E. Nash for breach of contract by Mrs. Kreling raised the original rumpus,” said Mr. Wilson yesterday. “I was subpenaed by the pros- ecution along with Hartman and Jack Raphael. 1 went on the stand and told the truth—hence the trouble. Mrs. Krel- | ing said the house was losing money | because the stage manager only put on chestnuts, and I showed conclusively that better business was seldom known than when my ‘Don Juan ad lib, ‘Lalla Rookh’ and ‘Little Robinson Crusoe’ were put on, and under Mr. Nash's direc- tion. Nash secured his judgment, and as I controverted Mrs. Kreling’s testimony I expected to be dropped immediately, but | they needed me for Christmas and kept me for “Ixiop.” ‘Ixion’ was such a go that the slow intellect of the management held off three weeks before I was given my notice.” The Tivoli management’s explanation of the trouble ig very different from that of Mr. Wilson. A song that had been loaned to the house by Charles Trevathan was published by Wilson, and, according to Mrs. Ernes- tine Kreling, appruprintefi to his own use. Mrs. Kreling was very angry about the matter, as she knew that Trevathan con- sidered the piece a very valuable musical roperty which he himself intended hav- ing published, and she dismissed Wilson on that account. The owner of the song is said to be con- templating a suit for heavy damages against Wilson and Joseph Hirsbach, who were interested in the publication, uties at the *Oid Bailey,” acting under the | strictest instructions of their executive head, Sheriff Whelan, hugged the damag- ing secret to their breasts-and not a single teiltale syllable dropped from their dis- creet hps. But it is hard to suppress in- formation of this kind, and a CaLL re- | porter yesterday afternoon was given a clew which on development led to the story which follows: In cell 44 of the upper tier were two vrisoners. Their names are John Mason and Walter Shear. Both are awaiting trial for burgiary. Some time before New Year’s they made arrangements with a confederate on the outside to assist them in escaping from the jail. This confed- erate was to engage lodgings in one of the tenements on Kearny street, above Broad- way, the rear of which abut against the side wall of the jail. While those on the inside were pecking and boring away at the masonry, this confederate was to use a short crowbar and chisel on the outer wall. The measure- meuts and calculations were carefully made, and the cellmates began work forth- with. As nearly as can be judged the work was under way about the first of thesyear. The inner wail is 24 inches in thickness. Between that and the outer wall is a blind ailey two feet in width. This outer wail, or last security barrier, as it is sometimes called, is 26 inches thick. Mason and Shear were experts in their work. They were unable to do much dur- ing the day, and at night they were under the necessity of using the greatest caution, as the guard passed their cell every ten minutes. But with the aid of a dark lan- tern and tools that were smuggled to them, they succeeded in opening an aperture, nearly square and about 18 inches each way in the solid masonry. When the plot was discovered there was but one more tier of bricks between them and the outside world. Two inches of brick alone remained between them and liberty, and perhaps the liberty of many others. Who knows that Durrant might not have availed himself of this conyen- ient hole in the wall? That the prisoners were skillful and se- cretive in their work may be judged from the fact that a few days ago, after the work of liveration had been long under way, the cell’s Interior was whitewashed and noth- ing irregular in the appearance of the walls was discovered. During the day the cheap tissue-paper drapery of a bookshelf hung in that particular part of the wall, and after the bricks weré placed back a little water and powdered mortar served to give the wall surface an honest and natural ap- pearance. But on last Saturday night it was borne in on the minds of Prisoners Moran and Shear with eloquent force that ‘“‘the best laid plansof mice and men aft gang agley.”’ A deputy entered the cell and, having had private information, lifted the sheli cover- ing and proceeded to examine the walt which was thereby concealed. A few sec- Aandn‘- inspection sufficed to convince him Our sellings in this de- partment DRESS Guuns for the last ¥ three days have been phenomenal. They simply indicate the effects of our quotations and values in this depart- ment. FANCY STRIPE 2 tra heavy quality, a fancy colored dis- appearing stripe on a plain chang able ground, in brown, myrtle, olive, reseda, navy, garnet, etc., worth $1 25 FANCY GROS DE LONDRE SILK, ex- tra heavy quality, fancy three-toned effects, in small figured designs, 20 inches wide, a special sale price. 1:00 Yard FANCY BROCHE SILK, extra heavy £rade, swell combinations, all staple $1o0 colors, 20 inches wide, value $1 25.... Yard FANCY BROCHE STRIPK SILK, good @8] .00 heav 0 quality, fancy striped effect, was §1 40 per yard .. Yard FANCY PEAU DE SOTE fully “contrasting _sha colors, an extra heav inches wide, sold all se: FANCY BLACK MOHAIR SUITINGS, £GO in small and medium designs, sold all O season for 75¢ a yard, 45 inches wide Yard FANCY SILK AND WOOL SWIVEL, small bright- y dark ground, ayard, 42 in old all s FANCY SILK AND WOOL E extra heavy, changeable eff tle, garnet and tan, sold all $1 50, 45 inches wide . FRENCH NOVELTY SUITING, bright color effects, sold all season for $1 25, 40 inches wide.. SR, SILK_AND WOOL NOVELTY SU ING, 3-toned eifect, swivel figure Fe fancy cloud background, sold all se {0 501 for $1 85 & yard, 40 inches wide.. Yard NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. There has been a big selling here this week and big bargains in LINENS. San Francisco people are never slow in recognizing Equal inducements for the balance of the week. The LINEN SALE is in the NEW ADDITION. Plenty of room to enter- Plenty of umbrella or come with a sunshade—but don’t miss it. Every pattern new. ANDTHE GREAT CLEARANCE SALE GOES MERRILY ON good values. tain crowds without crowding. Linen Sale of the year. Not a Drowsy Corner LINEINS. BLEACHED TABLE DAMASK, Irieh Linen, ; extra weav 581 800d assortment of new patterns. “40c¢ yard > -50c yard ‘78c’and $1 yard Napiins 1o match, $2 and $3 UNBLEACHED TABLE DAMASK, Irish Linen, heavy quality, the serviceable kind for hotels and restaurants. BLEACHED NAPKI s, 34 size, fine Trish Linen, £00d assortment for choosing; prices $1, $1 25, %150 and §3 dozen. Extra 34 size, 25x25 inches.. ....82 75 d Extra fine quality, 27x27 inches..$6 and $6 50 doz 07 HUCK TOWELS, woven selvage, fringed, close weave, heavy. absorbent. 16x29 $1 00 dozen | 20x4f $2 00 dozen 18x36 1 25 dozen | 20x4: 2 25dozen 21x4: 1 75 dozen | 23x42. 25¢ each HUCK TOWELS, Hotel Towel, hemmed, fine weav 1¢ 1 25 dozen 203 15c each 21x4 20c each BLEACHED CRASH, all linen, extra heavy quality. 16-inch. 814 yard | 17-Inch 17-inch 10c yard | 20-inch. 037, 939 941, 043, 9045 Market. Come with an It is the ght. 1896 crop. in the Great Building. HUCK TOWELING, 17 inches wide, 125° close weave, heavy quality, a chance for a year's supply. Yard GLASS CRASH, 24 inches wide, fine 1921 quality, woven selvage, vame 20c 1Z2 yard. Yard e TABLE DAMASEK, 60 inches wide, un- bleached, ail linen, heavy quality. 35° Clean Table Linen is appetizing....... Yard TABLE COVERS, turkey red, 214 and < 21/, yards long, guaranteed fast {-‘olou, SOC hemmed, aneatclothand alwaysclean Each Domestics. BLANKETS, 10-4 size, value GRAY 81 50, good and warm for these days. $100 Each COMFORTERS, full size, white cotton B filling, sateen-covered $1:42 Each Every NOTIONS, ;- pee ' bubbling over with bargains in Lit= tie things necessary to every one. Something here for you. Deeper cuts, better varieties in this season’s novelties than any we know of. SPECIAL SALE OF VETLINGS—Fancy mesh, chenille dot, , black, brown, tan, cream, white, 14 inches wide..... voe Yard JET BEADED FRINGE, 3 inches wide, aline tobe closed, value more tha: double .. . Yard GARTER ELASTIC, fancy ruffed, silk ] ()0 center, full line, stapls colors, o be closed out, worth 20c a yard.......... Yard JET AIGRETTES-Seo our showcass OFO for display, for hat trimmings, very ) special .ov.z..n. .. Each GOLD BRATD, fancy colored, for dress OFO tr'mming, 1% Inches wide, reduced <! from 50c a yard... . Yard SILK PLUSH DRESS TRIMMING, in ] 50 Toyal brown and mink, 1 inch wide 1o Furnishings. 'S HOSE, all-wool Cashmere, quality, narrow rib, fast color, 2-0 spliced heeis and toes. sizes 6 to 8a, ) were 35c and 45c. . Sagiiayinat Pl LADIES' HOSE, extra quality, Herms- dorft dve, high-spliced heels, etc., were 25¢...... - 19° Pair GENTS' HANDKERCHIKFS, cambric, fancy hemstitched colored border, nar- 1,18 row or wide hem, were $2 dozen....... Each GENTS' UNDERWIAR, all wool, heavy g8 ].00 weight, soft finish, were $1 50. Pl — . Z - Garment, of the truth of his information. The bricks were all loose and could be removed to the depth of twenty-two inches. That left but two inches between the inmates of the cell and the outside world. Cell 44 was therefore on the black list, and so were the prisoners. A thorough investigation was made, but nothing fur- ther was discovered to indicate that the outside confederate had made any prog- ress in his work of release. Thereby bangs the tale. A man named E. J. Hawley, waiting trial for burglary, was placed in the cell with Mason and Shear. Though they dia not admit him to their confidence at once, Hawley soon discovered what was going on and communicated with his lawyer, Harry Massey. The latter lost no timein communicating with Chief Jailer Battler. That official was out of town last Saturday when the leiter arrived, but the officer next in charge had the investigation made, with the result as already set forth. Chief Jailer Sattler returned the next day and ever since then has been trying to get a confession from either Mason or Shear or both. He was unsuccessful until last night. Mason taiked first, and with apparent freedom, laying all the blame on Shear, whose mistress he said had made the arrangements with the confederate on the outside. He accused Shear of being the one who conceived of the scheme. When Shear was informed of what Mason had told, he asserted that Mason was the one to suggest the plot. When first approached by the reporter on the subject, Chief Jailer Sattler was disinclined to give any information or even discuss the affair. When he learned, however, that the newsman was in pos- session of the facts he spoke freely and told all he knew and undertook to see if anything more could be got out of either of the conspirators. He explained the reason of his silence and the desire to keep the attempted jail-break from the public by saying that it was wholly in the interest of justice—the authorities were anxious to get a clew which would lead to the identity and arrest of the outside con- federate. “Yes, it is a fact,” said Mr. Sattler, “and the story may as well be told in full. From what Shear told me to-night 1 think 2 pretty clear idea of the whole plan may be gleaned. “Arrangements were made through Shear’s mistress with some man on the outside to take lodgings in an Italian tenement on Kearny street, a few doors above Broadway and dig his way through the outer twenty-six-inch wall. Thed tance was carefully calculated, and if the confederate had carried out his part of coaspiracy all no doubt would have been weil but for the forrunate accident of placing Hawley in the same cell. Snear’s mistress was to pay the confederate $50 for the job. He was to rent a room from old Rotanzi, 1117 Keerny, and begin work on the outer wall as soon as he was ensconced in his new quarters. “The woman paid the mysterions per- sonage $20 on account. She was to give him the rest of the $350as soon as he showed that his part of the contract had been carried out. Instead of going to work in Rotanzi’s cellar he pocketed the double eagle and emulated the example of the tireless Arab, who is eternally packing his little trunk and gripsack and stealing away. Be that as it may, the prisoners would have had a fair chance of escaping when they cut through the last two inches of wall. There is a blind alley, two feet in width, between the jail and the security wall. and any one from the roof or porch of the adjoining houses could easily let down arope tothem. I think before we get through, with Mason and Shear we can get a complete confession and the name of the man who was to haveassisted them.” The tenement of old Rotanzi’s on Kearny street is as dirty and forbiddine a looking a habitation as one can imagine. In fact, all the ramshackle dwellings on that side of the street above Broadway are the out- ward covering for a perfect honeycomb of allies, zigzag stairways, porches and cel- lars, and many of them are veritable dun- geons. Old Rotanzi is at least 74 or 75 years of age. Heis bowed down by age, though he retains much of his activity. “Oh, yes,” he said, when questioned by the reporter, “I show you the house and wall of the jail.” Lighting a candle he led the reporter through a maze of dark and damp hall- ways, some above and others below ground, uatil he came to a damp and musty dun- geon-like place, which he said was next the jail wall. It was next the walls of the jail, but not at the proper elevation to enable a willing confederate to afford burrowing assistance to friends on the interior. It was with some reluctance ihat he showed the news- man through other parts of the house, many rooms of which are in a more ad- vantageous position with relation to any outside scheme for assistance to prisoners in the jail. “I know nothing about the man’s com- ing here to get himself a room,’”” he said, and Jailer Sattler isof the opinion that the old man speaks the truth. TO WIDEN LOMBARD STREET. The Proposition Will Be Discussed Be- fore the Supervisors This Morning. The proposition to widen Lombard street in connection with the north side boule- vard will be presented to the Board of Su- pervisors this morning by several of the property-owners prominently interested in the projected broad driveway to the Pre- sidio. For several weeks the present action has been contemplated and planned for, but it was not pessible before for the interested advocates to concentrate upon one day. The whole matter will be discussed lib- erally, the idea being to settle the question of the advisability of cutting six feet off the sidewalks in order to make the road- way proper of Lombard street, from Van Ness avenue to the Presidio, twelve feet wider than it is at present, so that ulti- mately a broad easy bitumen drive may be obtained. H. E. Law of the Viavi Company on Van ness avenue; J. Richard Freud, a resident on the avenue, and Attorney Z. U. Dodge, one of the oflicers of the north side boule- vard, will speak before the Supervisors to- day, and possibly others may take parc in the conference. B o Acknowledged by All. GREAT AMERICAN IMPORTING TEA CO.S Teas, Coffees and Spices Best and Cheapest. Try Them. Pretty presents given away free. 52 Market st., S. F, Headquarters. BRANCH STORES EVERY WHERE, Hot Chase After a Burglar. Juan Gonzales, with & clock, an overcoat and sixteen towels, gave Policemen Mahopey, Mullender and Hutchings & lively chase at Kearny street and Montgomery avenue early yesterday morning. ile had just emerged from the door of tne Prescott House when the officers saw him and he dodged back.. They pursued him through the hall, and ups}ah'l to djoining the roof, and then over the roofs of a buildings until finally they captured him. Two ch-ries of burglary in the second degree were booked against Kim at the Callfornia- street Police station. Not how cheap, but how good for the price aid for printing and binding. The Mysell- ollins C‘:. 22 Cfi.y. ™ 2 i U T e Texas proposes to lay a tax of $50 on all unmarried men 30 y¢ old or more un- less they can make oath that they have tried to marry and failed. . EIGHT LAPS 70 THE MILE | ics’ Pavilion will be begun under the su- A New Bicycle Track to Be Built in the Mechanics’ Pavilion. Care to Be Taken to Render It Safe. A Tournament Planned for March 5 to 11. Within a few days -the work of building | an eight-lap bicycle track in the Mechan- | Sunday night_and Monday morning the trunks belonging to the Drummond Sis- ters, who are performing at the Midway, were broken open and their wardrobes, valued at about $150, stolen. _ Laford slept on the premises, and sus- picion fell upon him. A file which he used in forcing off the brass hinges of the trunks was found in his pocket, and there are other facts pointing to him as the thief. e e——— Police Commissioners. The Police Commissioners at their meeting last might had four patrolmen before them. Joel B. Stoddard was fined $25 for not patrol- ing his beat, and John W. Standley $10 for a similar offense. The charges against August G. Hostetter for sitting down while on his beat, and Solomon Sandman for not reporting that he knew of & burglary on his beat, were dis- missed. The Commissioners discussed in. formaliy the advisability of purchasing two of the covered patrol wagons similar o those pervigion of Frank Elwell, the veteran Lines Show Nine - Lap inuse in New York and decided to refer the BALK STRETCW Plan of Proposed Eight - Lap Bicycle Track for Mechanics’ Pavilion. The Dotted Track of Last Year. rider. Itisintended by Charles Wikidel, who is furnishing the funds, about $1000, to build the track to, give a six days’ tour- nament from March 5 to March 11, in which the best of the cyclists of the coun- try, professional class A and class B, will compete. The meeting will be held under the sanc- tion of the League of American Wheel- men, and prizes to the extent of $3000 will be given. The date has been fixed for the | early part of March for the reason that A. A. Zimmerman, the greatest of Ameri- can riders, is expected to be here about that time. Prizes will be given for five-mile, two- mile, one-mile, half and quarter-mile races, and for a ten-mile club race, an event which is expected to create much enthusiasm. In this race heats will be | run on each night, the final to take place on March 11. The first three 1aen to finish will be given medals. In the class B races Zeigler, Coulter, Wells and other crack riders of the coast are expected to compeie. In building the track care will be taken to render the turns less dangerous than they were during the last tournament, when so many riders were injured. The vlanking will' be one foot wider on the turns and two feet wider on the straight, and padding to prevent bruises and abra- sions will be placed wherever necessary. The tournament will partake somewhat of acycle show as well as a riding tourna- ment, and the dealers who are now ex- hibiting their '96 machines at Denver are expected to' bring them here for the same purpose. The track will be finished in plenty of time to give the riders a chance to practice and tram on it before March 5. STOLE WARDROBES. Louis Laford, Property-Man at the Midway Plaisance, Arrested. Louis Laford, a property-man in the Midway Plaisance, was booked at the City Prison last night by Detectives Dillon matter to the Police and Health Committee of the Board of Supervisors. ——————— Very few people know the sound of their own voice. When they hear itin a phoe nograph they are much surprised. NEW TO-DAY. Goodyear Welt Shoes are better than hand-sewed, but cheaper. Some dealers sell them for hand-sewed shoes, at hand-sewed prices They make a handsome profit; you get a better shoe. Goodyear Welts are leather shoes, not rubber. GOODYEAR SHOE MACH'Y CO., BOSTON A Fact Conceded The Big Shoe Factory ives you better returng or your dollars than any other shoe house in thiy and Crockett on the charge of grand lar- ceny. Between the close of the performance on city. Tuit 581-583 MARKET ST,