The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 24, 1896, Page 14

14 + THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1896. TWO RABBIS AT SWORD'S POINT. Nieto Takes Issue With Voorsanger on the Gym- nasium Project. STRONG LANGUAGE USED The Editor of Emanu-El Virtu- ally Told to Mind His Own Business. VERACITY ALSO IN QUESTION. Colonel Kowalsky Feebly Disguises a Charge That Unfounded State- ments Have Been Made. Rabbi Jacob Nieto of the congregation Sherith Israel has crossed swords with Rabbi Jacob Voorsanger of the Temple l. His attitude is thus unmis- takably expressed in his own words, ad- cal adversary essed to his “You have thrown down the gauntlet. 1 accept the challenge. Let the battle | proceed 2 Something over a year ago Rabbi Nieto brooched the project of building a gym- nasium and lyceum in connection with the synagogue with which he is connected. His idea rapidly grew in favor with the infl 1 ers of his congregation, and in October, 1895, the matter was made & part of the plan of the congregation in connection with the proposed new syna- | gogve. : Up to the publication on last Friday of an editorial in the Emanu-El, a weekly newspaper of which Dr. Voorsanger is editor, the greatest friendship and har- mony of ideas had existed between tle now militant rabbis. On that day there appeared the following portion of a leader in the paper mentioned : The Jatest agony in San Francisco is the erec- tion of new s ith sccommodations for his happy uuion of i 1 is heralded es one of the great our people su & word of caution 100 far the Rge. i it. We venture > disease spreads oression in & local on as to wheth ing Men's ied that 1 ages had become i partly as an ex- ression of comm 1 of the unsectarian, tazian wo: der the nuspices society ¥ to avail themselyes o € school for physical cul- ction with' the soci Christian As: 1 that thes ociety fo ocal rabbis p t such bad example as was ¥ might have & deleterious in the restof the male Jewish con- i consequently Judaism was in danger, and all the rest of the ussion opened the eyes of some well- taken peope as to the needs | v. It was coutended that ture was & necessity, and because licy to keep the Jewish vouth ¢ C.A., thes ons, should lend & uld set aside part of the etes who should between tumbling & and Sabbath-keeping y said thet only a well- be a good Jew. This re- hand, andin fut sacred space for underst and T re some putit in LAgOguE Or other 1 in connection S needless 1o say that no ion is seriously con- , but then you ing and he will als as long as space is for ed apostrophized comes from . We need religious wor- ical culture. But we hem up and o have e n stench 10 the nostrils We need them both, but thai account make fools of act is that Wwe need in San Francisco a eral associa the treatment of civil social prin An association for physical. Such an been a failure in our men tal , also, encouraged such needs must be non- he Y. M. physical culture is so Jewish youth, ana if d in other directions, 1 ¥ and maké ic accomplishment one of its ed & Young Men’s Hebrew had one before; may its soul Every culture society in San cisco has gone to rack and ruin because - had greater need of enter- culture. But we believe the ave changed and the people in them, that a society for culture would ss, bul success requires and the courage of s.them herearound? Who ap his hobby for the geneal and his 1ad for the benefit of the greatest If there ate such in our midst we for congrega! work ous, all of them, attend to their holy the training of children, the instilling law, the uplifting’ of the Thora of the people 10 their God. And let those who are willing and ready form &n organization for general culture, cal, and in this way help 1o realize the of all good men in our midst. We are to lend our aid. We have no ax 10 grind herefore can help along. But we are hat veary of the now one-year-old gos- pel of athletics and a swimming tank in con- nection with the Louse of our God. Some hint reached the ears of Rabbi Nieto of Rabbi Voorsanger’s intention to attack his pet scheme and he warned the epiritusl head of the Congregation Emanu-El that he _should expect him to keep his hands off everything that con- cerned only the Congregation Sherith Israel. Dr. Voorsanger, however, showed 1o intention to change his attitude, but suggested that he wouid be glad to submit to Rabbi Nieto the proof of what he pro- posed to publish. But Rabbi Nieto de- clined to make himself a_party, even in slightest degree, 10 anything that was in onvosition to his project. He informed Editor Voorsanger that he would leave hia perifectly free, so that he might have the same Fm—ilvge in replying to what- ever might appear in the columns of kmanu-El. He was not, lowever, looking for anything of so radical and antago- nistic character. So thoroughly was Dr. Nieto aroused over what he considers an unwarranted interference with what concerned only his congregation that he made the matter the s ubject of remarks irom his pulpit on Sat- urday morning, tuking- his adversary language. severely to task in unmistabable nagogue, | A. is non- | eful proposilion to cifer: Letthe | incinding | Speaking of the matter yesterday Rabbi Nieto said: Dr. Voorsanger and I are the best of friends, but we freely accord one another the privilege of aiffering in opinion. In regard to the doc- tor’s opposition to our projected venture I must say that 1 have read hisarticles witha great deal of surprice, and find them neither wit nor logic, nor any solid argument upon | which anything dignified with the name of an objection could be besed. The doctor's attempt at facetiousness in ridiculing things that- he has hitherto held sacred is very poor policy and very bad taste, and I feel compelled to say that the tenor of the article in question is anything but gentle- manly and the language anyihing but polite. Voorsanger or no Voorsanger, the Congres tion Sherith Israel will strive 'to accomplish thelr design. This attempt on the part of Dr. Voorsanger to stu our efforts in this direc- tion and render nugatory all propositions put forward by any other congregation is not new. For the past six months the amiable doctor has been interviewing a great many of our mem- bers and striving to persuade them against continulng with this good work. But he failed signally as was shown at the last general meet- | ing, wlen the proposition was approved nem. con. The good doctor, with his usuai gener- sity, is very lavish in his use of polite epi- thets; but thereis a sad disagreement between the several terms which he uses to de- fine the state of our mind. First we are daft, then we are fools; verily the gentle rabbi showeth how religion turneth man to good- ness. Tam oneof the fools, and perhaps the principal fool, and fool though I be, I will never be daft enough to surrender at the bid- ding of a rabbi who goes out of his way to interfere with what does not concern him. We might be impressed with the sincerity of the genial rabbi’s contention were it not that both his utterances and his written convic- tions bid us beware of so grave an error. The zealous rabbi has expressed the opimion that if successful this_would be the greatest opposition Temple Emanu-El hasever had,and atthe end of his editorial he craves permis- sion to put his digital appendages into the confectionery. In regard to the statements in the reverend geutleman’s editorial, I am forced to say that the doctor is ignorant of or has willfully mis- stated facts. Whichever way soever it be, there is no excuse for the doctor, for a man should always be certain before he sets himself up to be a eritic. We are serious, so serious that we have ap- proved the principle, and sre taking active measures toward: the completion of our plan, and the doctor knows it. Again the doctor is | mistaken when he refers to_the project as & | one-year-old on November 8, 1894, I deliv- | ered’a lecture on some commercial needs in which 1 foreshadowed the design which to-day | is'a complete and accepted one. This lecture vreceded the Y. M. C. A. discussion to which | the revere: itleman, it seems to me, al- | ludes, only y & compliment to himself. | Whilé here I feel bound, in self-justification, | to demur at the good doctor leaving so un- | decided the identity of the two local rabbis of | whom he speaks, and to say that I was not of | that number. 1 feel, too, bound to enter a plea | for good Dr. Voorsanger. Unfortunately he | labors under two very great disadvantages. First, he nas never had his position in this commumty defined to him, and so the flattery | of pretended admirers has led him to arrogate | to himself powers he has not, and to sssume | authority he cannot maintai; The non-Jewish public may choose to regard | him as chiefrabbiof San Francisco—a title and style that would be acceptable to nim— | but Dr.Voorsanger’s authority—to what extent | itis permitted to him we neither know nor | care—begins and ends with Temple Emanu-El. | Other rabbis may have allowed themseives to | be dictated to by Dr. Voorsanger, but that was only in the interest of peace, but I absolutely refuse to heed his so-called warning, and say to him, I court defeat but mnever surrender. Your vehemence ageinst my persuasiveness. You have thrown down the gauntlet, I accept the challenge—let the battle pr R The next disadvautage to the doctor is his failure to distinguish his separate personali- ere is the rabbl, the editor and the in- dividual, but the doctor gets his three selyes s0 horribly mixed up that he scarce knows in what capacity he s acting. He begins his arti- cle like the editor, hostile and abusive; sud- denly remembers he is a rabbi and affects to seasou his abusive with some wise remarks about religion, and then as suddenly recollect- ing the individual and the claims of that indi- vidual he proceeds to advertise himseli and his temple. Not the least striking feature of the mat- ter, in view of the interlerence of Rabbi Voorsanger in a matter entirely foreign to him or s congregation, is that the Con- gregation Sherith Israel with one accord is in favor of the am and lyceum annex first agitated in San Francisco by Rabbi Nieto. | Colonel H. I. Kowalsky, one of the trus- tees of the synagogue, was hi%h]y indig- { nant over the stand of Rabbi Voorsanger and expressed himself as follow. Yes, I have carefully read the erticle of the Rev. Dr. Jacob Voorsauger, contained in his weekly publication. the Emanuel, attacking the advisability, wisdom and practicability of the building of & gymnesium and lyceum in connection with the new synagogue about to be built by the Congregation Sherith Israel, and I must confess that the object of the at- tack ix 80 purely seifish and hypoeritical that I could have never been induced to have viewed the reverend author from the LArrow position that ne has placed himself in. There is a history attached to the origin of the scheme 1o errect the gymnasium and Iyceum which is needless for me to enter upon. g the first to whom the subject was this learned reverend gentle- o br man ched wes He thought it then, ax he admits in_his that the object was noble, beneficinl worthy and much needed. but insisted that {t ougit not to be in connection witn eny sngregation. And when asked why he of- cied the remarkable reason that it would ix ere with the conduct of the religious ser- vices, and again thatit ought to be delayed at least’ five years and various other silly and gauzy ressons which were onl a disguise for his real reason, and which was fully understood at the time by mnot oniy myself but by others to whom he ventured his solicited advice upon a subject growing out of the judgment of & congregation over which he { bas ‘no more control than Archbishop Riordan nas over the conduct or the services of the Celestial josh-house run by one of the six Chinese companies. The gracious reverend, with an eye on the main chance, sees that in the erection of this splendid annex to the Congregation Sherith Israel, that it will meet with the approval of the better element of the thinking and progressive young Hebrew, and that a great institution, combining the moral and Physical culture of | the Jew, will have vecome a factor and a power in the Jewish community—without him. Therefore it must not be, 80 says Dr. Voor- sanger, no matter what the good. It must be crushed so that the reverend gentleman can stand not alone in the Jewish eve, but in the Christian as well, the colossus of all that is worthy or good to the Jewish people. Well, this vanity will not be gratified. And though the reverend doctor reforms Juda- ism to such an extent that the good father Abraham would fail to recognize his descend- ants, the gymhasium and Jyceum will be built and 'upon such lines that even he wiil be forced to bow in recognition of its great worth. The reverend doctor should not hllow the venom of his spleen to blind him 1o the truth. | And when he says, to quote his own language, “It is needless to say that no synagogue or congregation is seriously contemplating such & | radical step—but then.you can tell & reporter | anything and he wili sell it to his principals #s long as space is for sale and must be filled”— | he states that which 1s in absolute centradic- | tion of every existing fact; facts of record— facts that aré a part of a judicial petition that has been acted upon by our Superior courts and which lLave passed into & judgment | of the court—facts that are public, and regard- ing which no newspaper man, fledgling or otherwise, much/less a divine whose life is ex- | pected 10’ be given to truth, should dare to | falsify—and in proof of his misstatement,which cannot be excused for want of history and | records or inquiry. | Iwilistate thai in October, 1895, the Con- | gregation Sherith Israel, in pursuance with a written notice from the president, Louis Brown Esq., and Alex. Badt, secretary, a gen- eral meeting was ‘called, and that at that 1neeting it was voted with but one dissentin Yote that the congregation corporation should sell all its property and repurchase a proper site for the erection ofa house of worship, a gymnasium and lyceum. Thereafter the board of directors voted to present the congre- gation’s petition to the Superior Court asking leave to sell, which was done, and the order | was made by the Hon. A. A. Sanderson, Judge; | and the committee on siie is busy in revie: | ing the respective sites offered, and the con- | gregation is wealthy enough togo on and do its butlding and is not asking any heip from | outsiders or kindred religious institutions, | "'So it seems to me that the dear reverend doc- tor's anxiety about his neighbor’s flock is not | without & purpose, and I 10r one of the trustees of Sherith Israel feel that if we need any guid- | ance from a rabinical standpoint that our own reverend doctor is weli able to diagnose our | ease and prescribe for our ailments. You know you must have confidence in your doctor be- | fore his medicine can avail you. [ Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report Roal Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE GRAVE CHARGES AGAINST MUNGER, Another Big Sensation in the Revenue Cutter Service. HOOPER IS IMPLICATED. Lieutenant Ross of the Commo- dore Perry Forwards a Com- plaint to Carlisle. DEATH OF A SAILOR INVOLVED He Is Said to Have Been Drowned Through Dereliction on Mun- ger’s Part. On Friday there went forward to Wash- ington irom this City a communication that is destined to create an upheaval in the revenue-cutter service, compared to which the Healy investigation, just con- cluded, was an almost imperceptible temblor. It was learned from absolutely reliable sources that the cause of the impending sensational exposures was the recent pro- motion of Captain Munger, formerly in command of the revenue cutter Corwin, to be assistant superintendent of construc- tion, on the recommendation of'Captain C. L. Hooper, senior officer of the revenue- cutter service, former!y commander of the Rush and now superintendent of con- struction, with his office in the Appraiser’s building 1n this City. The document referred to is a statement of certain occurrences that bear date as far back as May of last year, and involve directly Captain Munger and indirectly Captain Hooper. This statement was mailed to Secretary of the Treasury Car- lisle on FKriday by Captain H. D. Smith, commander of the revenue cutter Commo- dore Perry. It was formulated and writ- ten by his first heutenant, W. G. Ross, and simply passed through the hands of Cap- n Smith in the regular routine of such proceedings. The matters mentioned in this state- ment have been the subject of comment among the officers of the Bear, Rush and Perry, now all in the harbor, for some time; in fact since the news was first re- ceived of the promotion of Captain Munger. In order to obtain a full appreciation of the grave character of the charges that are likeiy to result from this preliminary it is necessary to take up events of nine months ago, at the time the revenue cutter fleet was consolidated in Bering Sea. In this statement it is charged that last May, while Captain Munger was in charge of a boat conveying a number of men from one vessel to another, he was in such a state of intoxication that he was incapac- itated from properly discharging the du- ties of Lis position, and that asa conse- quence the boat was capsized and one of the crew drowned. The incident, it is | stated, was known to a large number of | the men connected with the service, but no notice was taken officially of the matter until last September. At that time Lieutenant Ross was ex- ecutive officer of the Corwin under Mun- ger, and under what ne considered his proper sense of duty he filed chargss against his commanding officer with Cap tain Hooper, the senior officer of the fleet, alleging drunkenness and relating the in- cident which ended in so tragic a manner. So far as Lieutenant Ross was able to | learn these charges were ignored or taken up in such a mild way as to amount to a virtual ignoring of them. Feeling that he had fulfilled his auty in the matter Lieutenant Ross allowed the matter to rest withcut further action. Subsequently he was placed on the Per as executive officer under Captain Smith, and Captain Hooper received the appoin ment to be superintendent of construction of matters connected with the marine rev- enue service. Such an appointment is one of the most desirable in the service, as it involves shore duty and is considered one of the highest compliments that can be paid to an officer. But when Captain Hooper, who had ap- parently ignored these charges against Captain Munger, recommended the latter to be his assistant, with extra compensa- tion and added honor and comfort, Lieu- tenant Ross found it incumbent on him to call the attention of the highest authority to the matters already mentioned. His course is unprecedented, as his complaint, according to the usual mode of procedure, should bave gone through Captain Hooper. who 1s still the ranking officer of the rey. enue-cutter fleet of the Pacific. But in view of the action taken by Cap- tain Hooper on the charges previously filed against Captain Munger, Lieutenant Ross, it is claimed, had no other recourse but to ask his commander to forward the state- mentdirect to the Secretaryof the Treasury. Under ordinary circumstances such a course would have been deemed nothing less than mutiny. In this statement the charges against Captain Munger are not only repeated, but attention is called to the peculiar conduct of Captain Hooper in connection with them and of his recommendation of Cap- tain Munger for promotion while knowing of the charges that had been made against Munger. It is the general opinion and expectation of all who are cognizant of the matter that Secretary Carlisle will on learning the contents of the statement made by Lieutenant Ross at once order an inquiry into the conduct of both Captain Hooper and Captain Munger. The latter is now at Port Townsend. The investigation will undoubtedly be held in this City. An attempt was made last night to sub- stantiate these statements by presenting them to Lieutenant Ross or Captain Smith. The former gentleman was not at his hotel and could not be traced and Captain Smith refused absolutely to speak of the matter, saying that the only connection he had had with anything that referred to this affair was to forward to Washington a communication placed in his hands for Secretary Carlisle by Lieutenant Ross. On being pressed to either aflirm or deny the substance of - what precedes his only answer was I must refuse to give youany information on this subject. My lips are sealed in regard to it.”” STEPPED ON THE TRACK. An Aged Lady Injured by an Electric % Car. Mrs. Whitbeck, an elderly lady who re- sides at the corner of Eddy and Leaven- worth streets, was knocked down by a passing car on Mission street, near Ninth, yesterday afternoon. She was waiting for an approaching car, and while in her anxiety to get in a position to board it she did not observe one coming from an oppo- site direction and stepped directly in jts way. The speed of the car was materially checked and the lady recelved no severe injuries, unless on account of her ad- vanced age she suffers from the jar and fright. PADEREWSKI'S FAREWELL The Great Pianist Played to a Large and Enthusiastic Audience. At the Close of the Performance He Received Cheers and Round After | Round of Applause. | e | When Ignace Paderewski stepped on the stage of the Baldwin Theater last night to give his final piano recital in this City he confronted one of the best and mogt ap- preciative audiences he has had since he came here. Every seat in the house was taken and the fluttering of fans and shim- mering of bright-colored silks of the ele- gant costumes of the ladies made a pleas-. ing picture for the great pianist’s eyes. The audience consisted to a large extent of many of the same prominent society peo- ple who have attended every Paderewski performance. The costumes of the ladies were elegant and rich, but somewhat mod- ified on account of the Lenten season. Paderewski was at his best and played, if anything, better than he ever did before in this City. His audience was attentive and appreciative throughout the following extensive and carefully selected pro- wramme: Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue.... ....Bach Sonata, appassionata, ¥ minor, Op. 57... Besthoven Allegro assal, Andante con Mmoo (VATiations). €4T0 ma 10N {roppo; Presto. Hark, Serenade, furk, the Lark”) .38, with { | s .Chopin chubert-Liszt B major, Op. 8 Sonata, B flat minor, C Funeral March... o Valse, D flat minor, Op. 64 Mazurka, B flat mihor, Op Polonaise, A fiat, Op. b Notarne, B flat, Op. 16, Paderewski “hapsodie Hongrolse -Liszt The ‘‘Chromatic Fantasia and Fuge” held the audience spellbound from the start—first with a feeling of wonder, which gradually gave place to intense admira- | tion, that burst forth into a thunder of | applause when Paderewski struck the final | mighty chord. Beethoven’s ‘‘Sonata Appassionata’’ seemed to impress the audtence more than any other number on the programme. They were carried by the emotional inusic through finest shades of feeling, from that | of ‘“contemplative prayerfulness’ into those celestial regions where the soul of the great composer loved to soar. It was music such as few men have a chance to hear, but once keard it is a sweet memory to carry through life. The Schubert-Liszt sections were well received, but did not make as much of an impression as those of Chopin. The noc- turne in B major brought fourth rounds of applause. Paderewski’s own *Nocturne in B Flat” is a sweet little thing witi a pecu- liar rhythmic movement running through it. It could not fail to please the most un- musical hearer, but cannot be called a composition of the highest order. | The ‘“Rhapsodie Hongroise,” No. 12, by Liszt, zave Paderewski all the scope he could wish for, He took advantage of It in Lis own way and gave & most original interpretation of the great composer’s work. At the close of the performance Pader- ewski was greeted with round after round of applause, Among the large and fashionable audi- ence E. J. Baidwin and party occupied box 1. Mr.and Mrs. Coleman and {vnrt_\' 0c- cupied box 2. Box 4 was occupied by Mrs. Bouvier and some friends. Samuel M. Shortridge and a party of gentlemen friends occupied box 5, and Mr. and Mrs. Webster box 6. e ——————— Salvador’s Minister of War, Norberto Moran, Minister of War for Salva- dor, arrived here yesterday oh the Panama steamer, accompanied by his wife. He is on his wedding trip and will, after remaining here a short time, go to New York and thence to Paris. Minister Moran and his wife had for traveling companions Dr. and Mrs. Guillermo Borgia of Salvado: ————————— Acknowledged by All GREAT AMERICAN IMPORTING TEA CO.'S Teas, Coftces and Spices Best and Cheapest. Try Them. Preity presents given away free. 52 Market st., 8. F. Headquarters. BRANCH STOR! Y WHERE. e ———— The mouth of the octopus is in the cen- ter of his body and is provided with a beak closely resembling that of a parrot. T0 VACATE THEIR DENS, Morton-Street Women Notified to Leave Under Pain of Arrest, PUBLIC SENTIMENT AROUSED. Business Men on Geary Street Will Join in the Crusade for Muni- cipal Purification. * The women on Morton street who vly an infamous traffic have been notified by the police 1o vacate their dens, under penalty of arrest for vagrancy. There is a strong feeling growing up among all classes of citizens having the interests of San Francisco at heart against the vice in the very business centers of the City. The scenes in the alleys from Kearny street to Stockton and from Cali- fornia street to Post are at once a reflec- tion on the character and decency of the community, Moralists have frequently denounced the municipal authorities for tolerating these cesspools of social de- pravity, and business men have been nauseated by their close proximity. Still the trade in ruin and death went on. It was not until the late murders and tragedies on Morton street startled the City that the persons invested with the power to enforce the laws were aroused to the importance of their responsibility. Now it is understood they will make an effort to close the dens and thus in a measure atone for the crime of heretofore allowing them to flourish. The business men on Kearny and Geary streets are loud in their declamations against these Morton-street places. The merchants not only feel the disgrace to the City of the existence of rows upon rows of these tenements, but they realize how injurious it is to Geary street and Grant avenue in particular as business thoroughfares. They intend making some concerted action for the closing up of the alleys and to that end will petition the proper authorities with the many reform organizations that have long been strug- gling for the suppression of vice in San Francisco. The Morton-street denizens must go. Public decency and public sentiment have s0 ordained. Many have already gone since the murder of May Swmith, and the tragedy of Saturday morning has only in- creased the exodus. It is not known how long grace will be given the women, but the impression 1s that a few weeks will see the locality de- serted by its present undesirable class of | tenants. AFTERMATH 0F THE BLL Ed Bowen, a Teamster, Stabbed in the Back by Charles Kloss. Three Men Arrested for Attempting to Rob Joe Pucher, a Cooper, on Mission Street. Ed Bowen, a teamster living at 1528 Dolores street, was taken to the Receiving Hospital shortly aiter 4 o’clock yesterday morning with a knife wound in his back, and the police are searching for Charles Kloss, a butcher, who ischarged by Bowen with wielding the knife. Bowen and his wife attended the mas- querade ball in the Pavilion and as they were leaving to go homeBowen accidentally bumped up against Kloss. There was an old grudge between them and words led to blows. Kloss got the worst of the fight and as his friends gathered around him Bowen and his wife retreated into the Pavilion. In a few minutes they went outside again and passed Kloss and sev- eral of his friends who followed them to Polk and Market streets. There another fight was started and Kloss stabbed Bowen in the back. Bowen was carried info a restaurant on Marker street near Polk and was left there for nearly half an hour before the police were notified. Policeman Gillin_had him removed to the hospital where Drs. Fitz- gibbon and Helms attended to the wouna, which is not dangerous. Kloss had made his escape, and all vesterday Policemen Gillin and Coughran endeavored to locate him, but without suc- cess. He is the younger brother of Frank Kloss, now under sentence of death for killing William Deady, a gardener, in a saloon in Hayes Valley last April. When arrested he will be charzed with assault to murder. Joe Pucher, a cooper, living on Mission street, near Fourteenth, was on his way home from the ball about 3 o’clock yester- day morning. Between Twelith and Thir- teenth streets he met Joe Ford, Charles Lynch and John Madison, Mission “toughs.”” Policeman E. J. Thompson saw the meeting, and_he stood in a door- way to watch for developments. They passed him and the three led Pucher into an alley. In a minute or so Pucher yelled for help and Thompson made his appear- ance. The three 1an and Thompson pur- sued them. He pulled out his revolver and threatened to shoot unless they s!o(Imed running. Ithad the desired effect, and ,Thompson took the three to the Seventeenth-street station. Thompson returned and found Pucher, who said they had attempted to rob him of his watch. “He was taken to the station, where he identified the three, and acharge of attempt to rob was registered against them. Lynch and Ford are well known to the police. RS Tyora nagn rer. 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Princesas. $5 00 Conchas Especial.. 700 Puritanos Finos 900 Concha Regalia 800 Deliciosos Finos 11 00 Caballeros. .. 900 Less 10 per cent for the three day: Made in Tampa, Florida. Excellent value. s 432 Pine Telephone Main 1 2I5 Sutter e Main 111 2800 California « West 101 1075 Clay, Oakland « Main 1 COSMOPOILITAIN,. Opposite U, S. M Francisco, Cal.—The most select family hotel in the city. Board and room, $1, $1 25 an'l $1 50 per day, according Lo room. Meali: Rooms, d0c and'760 a day. Free coach to and from the hotel. Look for the coach bearing the name of the Cos- mopolitan Hotel. WM. FAHEY, Proprietor. NOTARY PUBLIC. HARLES H. PHILLIPS, ATTORNEY-AT iaw and Notary Public, 638 Market st., 0ppo- site Palace Hotel. Residence, 1620 -Fell st I ele- phone 575. Residence telephone. “Pine 2581." 1, 100 and 102 Fifth st., San | | | JSTHEVERY BEST ONE TO EXAMINE YOUR eyes and fit them to Spectaciesor Iyeglassss with Instruments of his Owa inveution, Whoss superiorliy has not becn equaled. 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