The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 21, 1896, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1896. THE NEW CHURCH OF ST, BRIDGET, It Will Be One of the Hand- somest Edifices in ‘ the City. ROMANESQUE IN STYLE. Plans Now Completed and Work Will Be Prosecuted Vigorously. BRICKAND GRANITE STRUCTURE Father Cottle’s Success Since He Tozk Charge of the Parish Eight Ago. Years po. view of and the green b t commanding a bay of San Fran- n County artisans are )n of the new of Ma s of t St. have just finished the plans for the edirice, and kindly f hed THE CALL with the fo vective sketch. Frank She his best effort into the str =] in it, when completed, It will be Roms Father Cottle is triumph. e in style. astor of St. Bridget's | ) to that end has been on foot for some little time, led by Health Inspectors Kinne and Duren, Yesterday the Castro-street Lana Com- pany filed with the Board of Health and also with the Board of Supervisors a peti- tion for the exiension of the Pound limits, covering the district described as follows: Commencing at the intersection of Stan- van avenue with Thirtieth street; thence Torth on Stanyan avenue to Corbett road; thence west to San Miguel road; thence southwest to Ocean House road; thence southeast to the San Jose railroad track: thence to Thirtieth street; thence west to the point of commencement on Stanyan avenue. It is also asked that deputies be ap- | pointed to control this district. Complaint 1s made of the number of hog ranches in the neighborhood and of the fact that the hogs are aliowed to roam at la They racommended that the hog limits be extended so as to be bounded as follows: Beginning at Stanyan and Thirtieth iy, Ly | ticular craze has settled in on him it is to 00 NOT SPEAK - IS THEY PASS B, 'M. A. Gunst and Ed Corri- | gan Have Each Other Blacklisted. | {ROW OVER POOLROOMS. { The Chicago Man’s Denunciation | of the Police Commis- sioner. | HE LEAVES FOR THE EAST. Cool Heads Interfered and Prevented Serious Trouble With T. H. | Williams. | Edward Corrigan, the millionaire turf- | man from Chicago, who has been a lead- | ing spirit in the Pacific Coast Jockey Club, | left this City last evening to spend a couple of weeks in his old home. During his stay here he inaugurated the fight which has been conducted so vigor= ously against the downtown poolrooms He believes that these institutions are the | parasites that eat away the life of horse- | racing in any community, and if any par- close them up. He succeeded in Chicago | even beyond his expectation. He enlisted | ton, 7.7 the Ci Federation in his fight, and that organization did so well that it not only | | closed up the poolrooms but caused the bookies at Washington Park to quit busi- ness as well. In this City Mr. Corrigan conducted the fight single-handed. He had the Pacitic Coast Jockey Club lease the only wire out | of the Ingleside Track, and by preventing people from leaving the course until aiter | tion of vice-presiaents for its patriotic cel- ebration of Institute day to-morrow in Metropolitan Hall. The vice-presidents are made up of past grand presidents, grand officers, prominent members and priests of the order, as follows: _J. J. McDade, J. F. Smith, F. J. Murasky, F. J. Kierce, John Tynch, E.I.Sheehan, O’Connor, D, W. Erwin, F. J. Kane, L. W. D. Shea, D..J. 0’Leary, Dr. John F.T. Shea, J, C. 0'Connor, Rev. C. Dr. sey, John 0'Donnell, Stanley, Charles .y By i F. Ragan, ¢ . 0'K livan, “Robert Tobin, O'Shaunessy . C. Kretz, M. C. Hassett, Joseph E. O0'Donuell, rworth, James P. Brady, M. J. Coner- 3 Kenny, A. B. Maguire, E.J. O'Rourke, W. H. Powers, J. E. Richards, T. B. Slavin, 8. 1 Warren, J. J. Degau, W. P. Johnson, W J.F. Callaghan, James P. J. Brady, Gallagher, . Shanahan, J. M. Larroche, C. Cummin THoare, John Regan, Dr. W. J. Hawkil Driscoll, J. F. O'Brien, W. P. Delaney, J. . Hawkins, T. P, O'Brien, P. J. Ward,J!J. eehan, R. A. Milier, W. F. 'Ambrose, Rev. P. J. Cummins, Rev. Cottle, Rev. J. G. Con- u v. James F. Flood, Rev. Joseph M. Gleason, Rev. J. M. McDonald, Rev. P, S. Ca P. 0’Connell, Rev. John Brennan Mulligan, Rev. P. Foley, Rev. M. Otis, Ryan, Rev. H. H. Wyman, Rey. P. C. B/ Rey. Father Fergusor HoL S M. F. Silk, Charles , JoW. MeAuliffe, J. H. J. Rev. Philip O'Ryan, Dr. . Whitaker, C. J. Carroll, P.J. Harney, Neil Henry, T. E. Treacy, J. C. Daly, J. F. § J.T. Greany, D. 1. Ma- honey, T. 11, Fat fcGlynn, G. W. Pater- | son, “W. F." sta; fevlin, Samuel Haskins, T. W. le, “S. _J. ' Ruddell, W ,D.J. 0'Callaghan, D. F. Shea, Dr. T. H. Morris. J. B. Haffen, T. J. Barry, J. V. Andler, M. C. Haley, F, Kilduff, J. P. Herlihy, J. E. Gallagher, Hurl D! Sullivan, Jame: I.J. O’Donnell, H. G. John Riley, McCarth 3.0 M, James Kingston, Dr. J. P. GRS ¥, By Ward, P. M . Kelly, Patrick . McCarthy, D. E. Ryan," R. J. To- Tobin, F. s. Wensinger, T. F. Welch, sh, Daniel Sherin, R. T. nny, Owen Wright, P. F. Glea- Aleer, David Goggin and Thomas PADEREWSKI'S FAREWELL. An Extraordinary Demand for Seats for the Recital This Afternoon. The closing recital of the series of five wonderful performances on the piano by Paderewski will be given thisafternoon in the California Theater at 2:30 o’clock. There has been almost as great a rush for tickets for this recital as for the first, when all musical 8an Francisco was full of expectancy and excitement over the advent of the celebrated artist. The advance sale of seats showed that Paderewski mignt remain bere for an- other week or two and draw full houses at daily performances, for the lovers of music in 1ts highest and most sublime tlights are at his feet. His final recital promises to be a fitting climax. The pro- gramme is one thatis sure to delight the audience, and there is every reason that W At Perspective View of the New St. Bridget’s Catholic Church, Corner of Van Ness Avenue and Broadway, Now in Course of Construction. [Reproduced from the plans of Shea & Shea, archi‘ect:.] Church, Since assuming charge of the | parish eight years ago, he has made re- | markable progress in his pastorate. He | soon swept away all debt on the old church | and has money on hand to commence the | new one, which will cost about $75,000. | The new church will have a frontage of | sixty-four feet on Van Ness avenue. The lot has a depth of 150 feet on Broadway and 200 feet on Van Ness avenue. The par- ochial structure will adjoin the church and front on Van Ness. The tower will rise to a height of 120 teet. It will be sur- mounted by a beautiful gold cross. Brick and granite wili be used throughout. The foundation, which is now beinglaid, will be of concrete and the basement will be a departure from the old sty floor will be walls will rise to a height of sixteen feet. The walls will be brick with an outer fin- ish of granite from eight to ten inches in ckness. The basement will be the full ith and length of the church. It be used asa hall for Sunday-school pu social gatherings, musical and entertainments, reading circles, lectures, ete. From the basement will rise the walls of the church proper. They will be of brick with terra-cotta trimmings. The entrance to the church will be through three grand arches baving a span of fifteen feet. The approach i) by stone steps rising gradually from the side- walk and protected by balustrades. From the first story to the roof over the center aisle the height will be forty-five feet and the side aisles twenty-five feet from the main floor of the church. The finish of | the interior will be after the Italaian re- naisane. The nave will be fifty feet wide, and the walls on either side will be sup- | ported by columns and arches handsomely carved and ornamented. The sanctuary will be circular in form and have a depth of thirty feet and a width of thirty-five feet. The wall over the sanct- uary will have circular windows behind Romanesque arched colonnades. The whole arrangement of the interior will be such as to give an unobstructed view of the altar from all parts of the church. The ceiling will be elliptical in form and free from break, so that a large paint- ing or fresco can be conveniently worked onit. A gallery will run the full width of the church, as in St. Ignatius Church, and immediately over it will be the organ-loft. The roof will be of California slate. WANT TO CLEAN UP. Residents of South San Francisco Ask the Supervisors to Extend the Pound Limits. There is a pronounced disposition on the part of the residents of South San Fran- cisco to clean up the streets. A movement . The | flush with the street while the | streets; thence west to Fowler street, to Melrose, to Humphrey, to Spreckels ave- nue, to Edna street, to Havelock, to San Jose avenue, to Ononhdaga avenue, to the Mission road, to Amazon avenue, Munich street, to France avenue, to Le Grande avenne, to Dwight street, to San Bruno road, to the county line, to the bay shore, to Lyon street. Both petitions were referred to the Board of Supervisors. MECHANICS' PARADE. The Junior Order Will Display Its Strength on Washington’s Birthday. The final arrangements for the celebra- tion of the anniversary of Washington’s birthday were completed by the committee having the affair in hand last evening at a meeting of the Washington’s birthday committee of the Junior Mechanics held at B’nai B’rith Hall. The parade will leave the foot of Market street immediately upon the arrival of the | creek boat from Oakland, which will prob- ably be about 1:30 . . A large number of councils from the in- terior will participate, also a large delega- tion of those participating in the Oakland parade. The parade committee requests all lodges and societies that expect 1o participate to report to Grand Marshal McCord, whose headquarters will be at the corner of Davis and Market streets. street, right resting on Market. Starr King No. 6 will form on Steuart street, left resting on Market. U. 8. Grant No. 19 will form on Drumm street, right resting on Market. General George A. Caster No. 23, James Monroe No. 24, Paul Revere No. 28. John | A. Logan No.3l, Heury Clay No. 34, and | councils from Oakland and Alameda Coun- |, together with unassigned societies, will iiorm on Front street, right resting on | Market. | Z.T. Whitten has been selected as chief of staif, and the following will act as aids: Charles F. Church, orderly; A. D. Eis- worth, R. A. Nelson, Sclomon G. F. Fletcher, G. E. Randolph, W. H. Kirkham. The grand marshal will wear red, white and blue sash, chief of staff red, orderly blue, and aids white sashes. - From reports received by the committee it is safe to predict a large turnout of the order and various other societies. Eminent speakers have been obtained for the day and evening exercises. The NcKenzie Choral Society will furnish a chorus of 200 voices in a rendition of patriotic songs. 2 The procession will move up Market street to Ninth and countermarch to Odd Fellows’ Hall, where it will be dismissed. Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report oYal V2D Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE to | Lincoln Council No. 2 will form on East | Jacobs, | 1 the fourth race be stopped touts and mes- sengers from wiring or telephoning the results of racesinto town. His stringent methods would have kiiled the poolrooms but for the fact that they were able to resume business every two weeks during the alternating of the races when they were held at the Bay District Track. This was galling to Corrigan. He did | not stop to consider the asservations of the California Jockee’ Club managers that, do as they might, they were powerless against news leaving the track. He over- | looked the fact, the directors of the Cali- fornia Jockey OClub say, that Ingleside and the old track are differently lo- cated. and that while prying eyes could be | excluded from the former there are a score | of points of vantage from which they may | be focused on the latter. 7 | "In his anger at finding his well-laid | plans frustrated every two weeks, Corrigan | addressed President Thomas H. Williams in a rather scorching manner some weeks | ago. Neither has the coolest head on | earth, and words with stinging meaning | were exchanged. This was in the lobby of | the Palace Hotel, where they were sur- | rounded by friends, and no very great harm was done. | _ But pefore leaving the City last night Mr. Corrigan expressed his feelings in re- gard to Police Commissioner M. A. Gunst when the two met in the Baldwin Hotel. Mr. Gunst is serious and cool. He real- | ized that he was listering to a man who was spurred to anger by a strong desire that was being thwarted. In consequence he moved away from the irate gentleman, “ giving him the sole occupancy of the room in which they had met. _ It wagn’ta controversy,” said Mr. Gunst to a CaLy reporter; “'it was simply a one- sided declaration in which I took no part. Corrigan is irrational and unreasonable. He accused me personally and as a Police Commissioner of standing in with the downtown pool-sellers and of furnishing them with the news from the Bay District Track. Asa matter of fact, I am the first man who took any steps to have the pool men arrested. I caused Corbett and his men to be arrested eight times, and eight times more have I caused Mission-street | pool men to be brought in by the police. “The manner in which Corrigan spoke to me prectudes our ever meeting again on a friendly basis. He accused me of fur- nishing fhe news to outsiders for pay. In the future I shall have nothing to do with him or anybody else deriving revenue from the racetracks. I will only associ- ate with such men as Thomas H. Williams or the Spreckelses, who are in for racing, pure and simple.” To tell the truth, 1 ave even lost interest in racing matters and while I am a_director of the Califor- nia Jockey Club I very seldom attend any of our meetings. “In regard to the manner in which the poolrooms downtown get their news, Ican only say that we have a single wire from the Bay District Track to the Western Union office. The news is sent East, whence it is very probably sent back to this City, either by the Postal Telegraph Company or the Western Union. Wehave a contract with the latter company stipu- lating that they will not give out the race news in this City, but we_cannot possibly prevent their giving service from foreign cities.” FOR Y. M. I. DAY. A Long List of Prominent Members Named to Act as Vice-Presi- dents. The committee of arrangements ot the LTounz Men's I nstitute has made a selec; in this farewell effort Paderewski will leave in a biaze of glor; L TURNER'S MORTEAGES They Led Him to a Quick Con- viction on a Charge of Forgery. He Had Affixed the Fresno County Recorder’s Signature to a Deed. J. F. Turner, who has been on trial be- fore Judge Wallace for forgery, was found guilty yesterday. He will be sentenced next Friday. The evidence taken in the case showed that Turner had bgen guilty of the old swindle of remortgaging land, although he had added forgery to the swindle. It was that Yhase of the transactions which brought him before the jury. The deed upon which Turner forged the Recorder’s name was for the Simonsranch, owned by Lizzie O’Donnell. J. P. Frenna loaned Turner $8000 and was given a mort- eage deed to the property as security. This deed Turner said he would have recorded, and Frenna allowed him to keep it. Two weeks afterward Turner returned the deed to Frenna. In it was a certificate signed by T. A. Bell, Recorder of Fresno County, showing that the deed had been duly recorded and giving the day and date and hour. Tt was not until March, 1893, that Frenna became aware of the forgery, and then, upon investigation he found that Turner had in the meantime mort- gaged the property to three others. Judah Boas, Victor Duhame and Mr. Fagan of the American Bank and Trust Company had also loaned money upon it. The arguments and the Judge’s charge to the jury were finished by 12 o'clock and the jury took about ten minutes to reacha verdict. Turner is the man who is mixed up in theinsolvency proceedings which surround *‘Nobby” Clarke. gt i ash QB b o e The Equitable’s Financial Strength. The annual financial statemeut of the Equit- able Life Assurance Society has just been made public. Even outside of its policy-holders this statement must create interest, s showing the financial strength of a company which has over nine hundred millions of assurance in force. The statement reports over $200,000,- 000 of unexceptional assets, and a surplus of over £40,000,000 over all liabilities, When we consider the magnitude and sacred character of the interests involved in the ex- istence of a great life insurance company, it must give a certain satisfaction to a1l to know that the interests of the Equitable’s policy- holders are protected and assured by a surplus of over $40,000,000. . ———— Lecture on ‘“Catholic Loyalty.”” Rev. W. D. McKinnon will lecture on “Cath- olic Loyalty” in Metropolitan Hall this even- ing. The lecture will be delivered under the auspices of the Young Men’s Catholic Union. — e ———— California Psychical Society. Professor Edward Howard Griggs of Stanford University will lecture at Golden Gate Hall, Sutter street, this evening 8t 8 o'clock. Sub- ect: ‘“The Scientific Study of the Higher uman Life.”” Tickets 25 cents. e LYONS POST G. A, R AT X BAYONETS," | The Charges of Mismanage- | ment at the Veter- ans’ Home DENIED BY ITS OFFICERS’ They Point Out the Blunders in the Condemning Reso- lutions. THE USES OF THE CANTEEN, How the Expenditures Are Made—Re- port of the Commandant Last Year, The old warriors of Lyon Post No. 8, G. A. R., of Oakland, have fixed their bat- tle-stained bayonets, and their long-silent bugles are blowing sonorous sounds. No foreign foe, however, brings the vengeful steel from its sheath, and neither the call of menaced Venezueia nor the wail of mur- dered Armenians musters the yeteran fighting men of the Republic. Lyon Post is decidedly in the pathway | of war nevertheless, and the object of their wrath is the board of directors of the Sol- diers’ Home at Yountville. Ata meeting last Tuesday a set of resolutions were adopted, as published yesterday in THE CaLz, strongly condemning the directory in their present management of the home at Yountville. The resolutions charge extravagance on the part of the directors, misappropriation of funds, drunkenness on the home grounds by the officers of the institution, and the expenditure of public money for lobbying purposes. The charges are sweeping in their tenor, even going so far as to complain that the directors constructed the sewer so that the drainage from the home emptied into Napa Creek above Napa City, irom which the residents of that place obtained water. 1t would seem, at first glance, that the mem- bers of the Common Council of Napa City were the better judges of the sewerage question, but the old troopers of Lyon Post severely criticize their comrades in the directory. They ask that the Grand Army of the Republic at the next encampment, at Santa Cruz, transfer the home to the State of California, regardless of the im- | portant fact that the Mexican War veterans have a fifth interest in the institution and would fight that proposition as they once fought Santa Anna at Buena Vista. The Governor is asked to investigate the charges and cause suit to be brought against the treasurer of the Veterans’ Home Association to recover a!l moneys paid by the association for services ren- dered the home while a member of said association; also against the directors for all moneys misappropriated by them. A representative of THE CALL inter- viewed a number of G. A. R. men yester- day and heard them deny in detail the charges. It is the general belief among the officers of the association that the reso- lutions were inspired by Comrade D. W. C. Thompson, late commandant of the home, who was removed by the directory several weeks ago. Thompson and the board were at sabers’ point during much of his administration, and peace was only declared when he was mustered out of office. “I do not know anything about the orig- inator of the charges,” said Vice-President G. W. Arbuckle, ““nor who he is, but he is certainly most ignorant in Grand Army affairs, and especially in matters pertain- ing to the home. hensible, because he could have easily in- formed himself. “Now let us take the charges one by one and discuss them. Itis untrue that one of the directors is paid $600 a year for ser- vices us treasurer of the home. It isalso untrue that he has $20,000 pension money under his control. There is $13,000 depos- ited in tbe different banks in this City on interest for old soldiers now at the home, and the treasurer can no more control that money than you can. Pension money is not paid in bulk to the pensioners at Yountville. A few dollars is given them from time to time, and the rest is paid to their families, if they have any. When they leave the institution, all money due is paia to them. The treasurer’s bond is only $10,000, it is true, but under the cir- cumstances that is considered sufficient. “The directors maintain an office in this City at the following monthly figures: Office, $35; secretary, $150; treasurer, $50; medical examiner for admissions to the home, about §15; total, $3000 a year. The articles of incorporation of the Veterans’ Home Association says in the third para- graph that the principal place of business of the corporation is in the City of San Francisco. Lyon Post certainly knew that. “There is no saloon on the grounds of the home, unless the canteen can be called by that name. All military posts, I be- lieve, maintain a canteen where liquor is sold to soldiers under restrietions that will wholly prevent intoxication. The in- mates of the institution cannot be con- fined, and the canteen s maintained to prevent those addicted to liquor from get- ting drunk away from the grounds, where they cannot be taken care of. There is no drunkenness at the Veterans’ Home, I assure you, and the sweeping charge that directors can be seen in a state of intoxica- tion is as silly as it is false. ““The sewer, which is said to empty 10,000 gallons of filth into a tributary of Napa Creek, has never been complained of by the people of Napa City. Asa matter of fact it empoties into a dry creek ten miles from the city, and the contents are ab- sorbed into the soil before they reach the main stream. “In regard to the misappropriation of funds the State and National governments give us $142 86 yearly per man for the sup- port of the home. If we can save by economy and good management from that we make much-needed improvements. Every purchase or expenditure is passed upon by the supply committee, and not a bill is paid until the State Board of Ex- aminers, comprised of the Governor, the Secretary of State and the Attorney-Gen- era!, have scrutinized it. The directory is | perfectly willing to have Governor Budd investigate at any time the affalrsof the institution. The charges are not only un- true, unjust and unpatriotic, but they show a limited knowledge of the plain facts of the case that is unexcusable. “Past Commander E. W. Woodward of His mistakes are repre- | Lyon Post and Comrade Norton, the pres- ent commander, visited Yountville last Year and in their report at the Sacramento encampment spoke in laudatory terms of the home and its management. *Comrade D. W. C. Thompson, who was the commandant at the home, in his 1895 report to the board, said in closing: : The home has now more membars than ever before, the men are all well clothed, quartered and fed, and are better behaved, more con- tented and healthier than at any previous time, More permanent improvements have been made and larger crops produced this year by far for the money appropriated than any pre- | vious year. | 1Icongratulate the board of directors on the | excelleiit condition of the home and the im- | portant work they have accomplished the past | year. | *'So the old troopers again in fratricidal strife are treading the pathways of war, and, to use an unmilitary term, ‘some- thing is a-going to drop.’ ” SoNGEeS L VETERANS IN DEFENSE. Lincoln Post Adopts Resolutions In Support of the Directors. The following resolutions in defense of the Yountville Home directors were passed by Lincoln Post, No. 1, of this City last night, the vote being unanimous: 7o the officers and members of Lincoln Post, No. 1, Department of California, Grand Army of the Eepudlic—COMRADES: WHEREAS, There has appeared in the public press of this City and Oakland a set of pre- amble and resolutions setting forth in detait charges against the management of the Veter- ans’ Home at Yountville, and the misappro- priation of certain moneys appropriated by the United States Governmient and the State of California for the maintenance of that estab- lishment, said resolutions purporting to have been adopted at & regular meeting of Lyon Post No. 8, of this department, at its regular meeting on Tuesday evening, the 18th ins and whereas, it is the beliefof the undersig ned that said resolutions and charges were notin spired by a motive of furthering the best in- terests of said Veterans' Home, and were passed by Lyon Post without any investigation what- ever as to the correctness of said charges; and | whereas, it is the belief oi the undersigned, from close observation, that the present man- agement of the home is careful and economi- | cal, and that the directors are, cach one, indi- | vidually and collectively painstaking and eco- | nomical in the expenditure of any moneys coming into their hands, and that thé pensions of old soldiers, members of the home, are care- fully and honestly eared for, aud that by the care which is exercised by the directors many | families of such pensioners get the money that would otherwise be squandered in dissipation ; and whereas, as & matter of fact, statistics will show that the cost per capita of caring for the members of our home at Yountville is consid- erably less than the average maintenance of the Nationwl homes throughout the United | States, while all will admit that they are as well cared for and as well fed as at any of the Government homes, Now, therefore, Resolved, That we express our confidence in | the honesty and integrity of the present board of directors of the Veterans’ Home Association in their management of the affairs of the home at Yountville, and in the proper expenditure of all moneys coming into their hands; and be it further Resolved, That we earnestly protest against individual posts in this department taking up | and heralding to the world things that if true | would be best regulated at the proper time, | which is before the department encampment of the State oi California, which meets less than sixty days hence; and that we ask all members of the Grand Army in this depart- ment, in their different post organizations, to insist that these promiscuous attacks against the institution that is nearest and dearest to the hearts of every old soldier in this depart- ment be stopped, and that in_the future post organizations do not allow themselves to be | used to express the personal spleen of indi- | viduals with personal grievances to air. H. W. MORTIMER, Commander. Official: J. C. ES, Adjutant. MAY SMITH'S MURDERER {Her First Husband Implicated by a Mendocino Deputy Sheriff, Had Often Threatened Her and Was Seen Near Her Room Shortly Before the Murder. A startling theory regarding the recent and mysterious murder of ‘“Little May’ | Smith on Morton street bas at last ap- peared through the supposed impenetrable cloud that has hitherto enveloped the identity of her murderer. Many theories bave been advanced and many plans laid for the detaction of the one who so quickly and silently robbed the girl of ber life, but all have been laid aside, either owing to the lack of evidence or through the sus- pects showing conclusive proof that they were innocent of the charge placed against them. Another startling theory regard- ing the crime is advanced by a Mr. Hatch, a deputy sheriff of Mendocino Counrty. Mr. Hatch called at the California-street police station last evening and left his statement with the station-keeper with instructions to forward it to Chief of De- tectives Lees. Speaking about the case he said: “I came to this City from Mendocino County the day after the murder of May Smith, | and as I had practically no business to at- | tend to T concluded to witness the races at | the Bay District Track. I was a stranger in the City, and although I hardiy ex- pected to meet any one with whom I was acquainted, nevertheless I kept a lookout for a familiar face and finally met a Mr. Gould of Ukiah whom I had known for several years. “He advanced the following theory re- garding the murder: He said he had known May McDermott, the murdered girl, for a number of months prior to her death. He met her and she told him that her first husband, Mr. Golden, had been causing her serious trouble of late. “She said that he had called upon her, and through threats and intimidation compelled her to give to_him her last dol- lar. She continued: ‘I endeavored re- peatedly to compel him to stay away from me, as I feared he would carry out threats which he had made against my life on numerous occasions.’ “Mr. Gould stated to me,” continued Mr. Hatcn, *‘that on the night of the mur- der, a few minutes previous to the finding of her body, he had seen Golden in front of herrooms on Morton street. He ap- peared to be greatly excited, and, after glancing from side to side, he walked down the alley and disappeared in the crowd which nightly baunts these quarters. Since this time he has not been seen around his usual resorts, and it is pre- sumed that he has left the City.” CUT UP HER DRESSES. J. G. Bennett Arrested, on the Com- plaint of His Wife, for Battery. J. G. Bennett, chief engineer of the Pa- cific Telegraph and Telephone Company, ‘was arrestad on & warrant last evening on the charge of battery and was released on $300 bonds. The complaining witness is his wife, Arvilla Bennett. The couple live at 7444 O’Farrell street. Mrs. Bennett, in swear- ing to the complaint before Judge Camp- bell, stated that her husband had been drinking heavily of late. Wednesday night he went home in an intoxicated condition and amused himself by threat- ening to kill her and cutting her fine dresses into strips with a knife. When she tried to prevent him from destroying her dresses he roughly pushed her away and threatened to use the knife upon her. o s All Agree. GREAT AMERICAN IMFORTING TEA CO. Sells Crockery, Chimaware, Glassware and Tinware CHEAPEST OF ALL. TRY THEM. Very Preity Dishes. Very Cheap Prices. 52 Market street, S, F., Headquarters. BRANCH STORES EVERYWHERE. _PHI It’s birthday week with us. Saturday we’ll be four years old, and we will do a great many things this week that we shan’t do next. ISR For instance: We'll place on sale some of our very cleverest fine Worsted Trousers for men, cleverly tailored, in neat, genteel stripes. We won’t attempt to tell you what they sold for be- fore, but we’ll tell you what we’re going to sell them for to-day, ~ B BE-— It’s ridiculous to quote such a small price for fine trousers, ain’t it? But we’re doing it this week, as it’s birthday week with us. HEHREE RAPHAEL’S (INCORPORATED), THE FRISCO BOYS, 9, 11. 13, 15 KEARNY STREET LADELPHIA SHQE CO. STAMPED ON A SH MEANS STANDARD OF MERIT. N OW IS THE TIME TO BUY CHEAP, AS WE 4\ are still blockaded by the Spreckels fence, and we are willinz to make big reductions in the prices nt Lo our customers. This week we are making a special drive on La dies’ Lace Shoes. y_have fine Dongola Kid Vamps, Cloth or Kid Tops, Pointed or Medium Square’ Toes and V-shaped Patent Leather Tips with pliable soles, and we will sell them for $2.35. They are worth at least $3, and can be guaran- teed in every way. 31,33, Here is a bargain, and no mistake, and Ladi who wear Oxford Ties should take advantage of It Ladies’ Dongoia Kid Oxfords, with Pointed Toes, Patent Leather Tips and NCH 8] HEELS and Hand-Turned Soles, for $1.35. (nThey are ensy on tho feet and require no br ng in. Widths C. D and E. They retal re for $2'and $2 50. ) i BG" Country orders solicited, R Send for New Ilustrated Catalogue. Address B. KATCHINSKI, PHILADELPHIA SHOE CO., 10 Third Street, San Francisco. 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