The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 1, 1896, Page 7

THE SAN FRAN CISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 1, call | CHIEF CROWLEY NTS. wslki-Ma AMUSEME! {Served the City Faithfully For Twenty-Three Years. nenefit tendered ation, this after- s and Eddy |HIS SPLENDID CAREER Jones and Eddy | { « evening. 4 Eady - | Declining Health the Cause of the Veteran Officer’s Retirement, | ally at Halght street, | Park Band | orrow. March 5, ornia screer, | SELECTING -OF A SUCCESSOR. Police Commissioners Reticent About Discussing the Question of Ap- pointing Another Chief, en & year in Fols sh orator, will arrive Patrick Crowley, Chief of Police, has tendered his resignation. Yesterday he handed the following communication to to erect dist Episcopal HAS RESIGNED. | made up my mind finally to retire and they will accept my resignation.” | @The Police Commissioners are ready i enough to express their rezret over the | resignation of Chief Crowley, and say | toere is nothing left for them to do but to accept it, but they are reticent in regard | to the naming of a successor. Several per- sons have been mentioned in connection with the place, but there is just a possi- | bility that the commission may go outside | of the police force entirely for its selection. Still it is all 2 matter of speculation, and no action will be taken for some little time, as the Commissioners say that they | will give the matter careiul consideration | before making the appointment. Chief Crowley will be prevailed on to remain in office until his successor is appointed. | _‘In the resignation of Chief Crowley, | said Commissioner Tobin last night, *‘the | | department has lost a man it will be hard | to replace and the City has lost a servant | whose piace it will ge‘di'ficnl: tofill. T have known the Chief since boyhood. He | has always been found faitnful in what- | ever capacity he was piaced. As head of | the Police Department his success is a | matter of public record. He is a man of great executive ability. Above all be has | | been honest—a quality that, especially in | | a Chief of Police, far outweighs all others. | “Crowley was Chief of Police befors the | | present commission came into office. Then | he retired and went into the brokerage | business. When the commission was | created, nearly eighteen years ago, the de- partment was more or less steeped n politics. The late Major Hammond; Mr. Alvord and myself were appointed on the | board, and on looking about for a suitable person to take the head of the department | we unanimously decided on Crowley. We | selected him for his worth. He then had a history as Chief of Police. | _ *Chief Crowley had the faculty of select- | | ing capable meén as assistants. He has | filled his office most creditably, and who- | ever takes his place will havenosinecure.” | *“Has the commission discussed the | question of a successor?’” was asked. ocess will be PATRICK CR Yesterday he resigned as Chief of the Pol [Drawn from honorably and capably for twenty-three years and mors. OWLEY ESQ. lice Department, an office he has filled | a photograpi.] Captain Hea of the Board of Po- lice Comm in my resignation at uch needed restafters futnre as i spectfuliy, . CROWLEY, Chief of Police. The news quickly spread, and caused the greatest consternation in the depart- ment. It was not at first credited, but when it was known to be a fact there was a universal feeling of regret that the noble old man, broken down by grief at the loss son, should bave found it necessary to take such a step. The Chief was seen in his office yester- day afternoon. His face wore traces of 1 g he has undergone since the death of his som, and while talking about that and his resignation his voice often ssued last al W. H. Hemmon ia y is charged withan weapon made upon Cat! iined his attentions. upplem: council yesterd: y de and the unbidden tears came into paper and empioyed unneil letters from Tacoma. he said, “it1s true that I have my resignation. Iam gladand yet am sad; glad to get a much needed rest and be away from all this worry and re- sponsibil and sad to sever my connec- tion with the Police Department, which has been in effect the spirit of my life. am getting oid now. Iam 65 years of age next month and cannot expect to live many years longer, so I think I willspend at 3 0 before the Anthony will arrive in this ¥, and Miss Anoa H. Shaw soon follow.” Their arrival will be the 1 for the opening of the woman suffrage b the remaining years of my life in peace for over twenty-three years, P el “hion to the Police Commission: | and quietness with my family. “This is no new thing with me. Four g ignified my intention of re- sning, but was prevailed upon not to do 0. It I bad carried out my intention then my son mig:t have been spared to me. “I have seen Mr. Tobin and Mr. Alvord. They did not want me to send in my resig- nation, but I insisted. They asked me at least not to retire till April 1, but I want to get away as soon as possible and have asked that my resignation take effect on { March 10, and that is the arrangement at resent. +] leave the department a poor man, but He will retire on a pension v received by Cap- ted States Repre- sentatives who promise to bring the matter of the importation of cheap Japanese-made goods attention of Con Fieldman & Co. is suing various marine | rance companies for $2593 20, in: on part of the cargo of the 1 abia. The Arabia weni down in May, 1894, le on ber way from New York bere. Kenty, convicted of obtaining money false pretenses and senténced to eight pprisonment, has been able to keep leave the ¢ n P Sfon walls for nearly two years. |1 will have my pension. Iam too old to ar legsl circumstances surround his | O intoany business, but my pension will keep me from want. “[ have striven to do my duty honestly and fearlessly, and I defy any man to say that I have been guilty of any dishonor- able act during my term of office. The newspapers have always treated me fairly and kindly. The department has often been attacked, but I never was personally atracked except once, and that was about twenty years ago by an evening paper,and I was able to prove to the editor that he Was Wrong. “1 have, of course, my enemies, but I think they simply consist of men who ted States | taining snd e at the Mechanics' Institute . Years With Statesmen,” % of his experience and observations ass an e Gundlach-Bundschu Company has in-| The directors are Charles Bund. | dlach, Heary, E.Gu A, Preuiz ani Schil | of the new company is $420,000, | which has been subscribed. | © Bahrs has dismissed the second charge er against Danief Daly. Daly iz serv- ears in San Quentin as a result of Kill- lawion. Taesecond charge is based and the department was well rid of them. ot Joba Carroll, who was shat | “iirhe trouble with me has been that T fight. Jealowsy caused the fight. |, o0p heen too sensitive. When the de- A con will be given byJ.C. Hughes at| o, iment or any member was attacked 1 = 04d Fellows' Hall on Mondsy BIEWG | 0o ried over it as mauch as if I had been L Beatrice Priest, SOFtatOl | Dersonally sattacked and that has told Wileox, eontralio; . Dav 4 3 lla, celloist; | upon me. Iam physically and mentally riok the Clars | st l’e)h the effects of the con- and the Clara Schumenn | strong yet, but I stant worry and must have a rest. ©] have always tried to be a friend to the men under me and have taken a personal v the Tinn Zee Quong S nevo- | interest in each and every one of them. ation of the Low Quoug Chung Cuew, | (S re e man betrayed my confidence S1rons of showing Fes "'fi%gfi i and as soon as I was satisfied” that he h-d : Em:;x!b!;eT»ffgnix:z:r'xcn': waye. | done so I took prompt acion and had him i e dismissed from the department. Yes, I lay evening a concert in aid of the O moll Fieehe & lncksheap ¥ ety will be given in the Simp- | mean Uier - ‘s Soatid 7o oh. The programme is un- | “Suppose the Commissioners shol drew Bogart. Those who | fuse to entertain your resignation and offer fiss Alma Borgluud, Ml'e. | you a vacation for twoor three months, Laborague, Miss Evelyn Henry, Miss | ha¢ would you do?” e dbam and Dr. Gilbert Graham. Miss | WiGae 000 0 56t compel me,” re he[dh"“ ave a . D > i::;;;x‘\‘x‘fiime AR Chief, “to remsin against my w. Irs. er of Supervisors and other officials d at the Hong Fei Low Restagrant Sow Benevo- Henry Lex { | ation 1 | There is now a vacancy on the board and 1 | bave been discharged from the department, | we have thought of several men, o actior: has been taken in that direc- F it is yet early to discuss the situ- When the selection is made, how- | ever, the people will feel satistied thatan| honest,capable man has beenc hosen. There | is no more responsible office in this State than that of Chief of Police of this great | City. He has to deal directly with the | vices of the town, gambling in all its orce the law and preserve i hief Crowley’s retirement,” said the Commissioner, with much feeling, “is a source of greaf personal regret to me, as | for eighteen years we came together con- stantly in our official relations, and though | be is a stanch Republican ana I a Demo- | crat we never crossed swords. [ entertain for him only the warmest affection.” | Commissioner Alvord also speaks in| | praise of Chief Crowley’s splendid public | service, and Commissioner Gunst has only | words of commendation for the veteran officer. Among the possibilities as Chief Crow- ley’s successor is Capiain Lees, the vet- eran Chief of Detectives. He is considered'| | among the rather limited available timber the department, and his long and faith- ul service would probably goa long way | |in_ gaining for him this most responsible | office, should he consent to assume it, | which is a gquestion. | Captain Spillane and Captain Witman | are also among those prominently men-‘l tioned as the successor of Chief Crowley. | The statement was made by one of Chief Crowley’s friends last night that he would soon become & director iu the Hibernia Bank at the request of Judge Tobin. there is a probability that the Chief may | be elected to fill it on his retirement from | office. e | THE CHIEF’S RECORD. Something About the Head of the ] Department, Who Has Grown Gray in the Service. Chief Crowley was born in Albany, N. | Y., on March 17, 1831, and two years later | his father removed to New York after his | mother’s Geath. When a boy he was em- | ployed in a printer’s shop, and at 19 he | came to tais City on the steamer Carolina, on May 6, 1850. He went to the mines for a year or two and returned to the City and engaged. in the boating business for a short time. In 1852 be tried his luck at mining again, but returned the follow- ing year and again started in the boating | | business. | ! In1854 he was elected to the office of town constable, which he held by election | till 1866, when he was elected Chief of | | Police. H= was elected to the position till 1873, when he retired and went into the stock brokerage business. By an act of Legislature in 1878 the Board of Police | Commissioners received the power to ap- | point the Chief of Police, and he was re- }mcmnlly prevailed upon to accept the office. He has held it ever since, being | appointed every two years, his last ap- | pointment being on December 1. The Chief proved himself on many occa- | tions a brave and feareless man, and one who by his personal magnefism inspired others to deeds of bravery. The first mat- ter of any great importance that he handled as Chief was the quelling of the Potrero riots against the Chinese in 1866. Then fotlowed the exposure and breaking | | up of the powerful whisky ring. In 1370 | by his presence of mind and bravery he | | guelled ariot and saved Quinn, the mur- { derer of Maggie Ryan, from being lynched. | But the greatest mob that he ever handled successfully was the one that attempted to take Alec Goldenson, the slayer of Mamie Kelly, while on his way to the jail on Broadway. The Chief has always enjoyed the fullest contidence and respect of the law-abiding citizens. They knew hila as an efficient officer and .an honest and upright man, | Miss Anthony Will Arrive This IMiss Mills and Miss Hay Will Act | secretary, Mrs. Sweet, are en route and ! First Unitarian Church to Miss Anthony, { journ. | a beautiful exception. | Riverside, Los Angele: | conventions will be so arranged that one | | convention one day, in order that her asso- | port encouragement along that line. | indorse it and work for it, but suggested a | who had often been temoted but had | never accepted the gold of the tempter. They admired him for his fearlessness and for his splendid executive abilty. He never sought notoriety, but was_ always modest and retiring, and many received credit for things that were planned and | executed by his sagacious mind. His reputation is not local but National, and among the chiefs of police departments in every city on this broad continent he is respected and recognized as possibly the ablest Chief of them all. Chief Crowley has sbown that he pos- sesses in an eminent dezree the noblest at- tributes of a manly man. Honest and up- right in the performance of his duty; brave to a fault and regardless of personal danger; generous and open-handed with his money to assist the poor and needy, and kind and forbearing, yet strict wheni occasion demanded to those under nim— these are qualities that have endeared him to all those who have had the good for- tune to come in contact with him, and will make his place hard to fill. He has made the Police Department a life study and has brought it to such a state of efficiency that it i3 a source of pride to the citizens and of envy to the de- | partments of other cites. He will be| identified with it as long as he lives in spite of himself. His retirement will be | keenly felc by all, but especially by the | men under him. i Captain Lees spoke leelm‘%ly last night of the Chief’s retirement. “We have been together,”’ he said, “‘for over twenty-three years now, and he has been a warm friend to me. I shall feel his retirement possibly | more than any one. A more ugrigbt or honest man never lived,and that com- bined with intelles lity and sagacity made him an ideal Chief. Yes, he is de- | termined to retire. That is settled.” s THE SUFFRAGISTS BUSY. Week and Miss Shaw Will Scon Follow. MISS YATES THE NEW STAR. as Managers of the County Conventions. The woman suffrage forces are fully or- ganized for the co campaign. The headquarters at the home of the president, Mrs. A. A. Sargent, are the scene of nu- merous consultations, and the quantity of mail received and seat out every day sig- nifies that much business is being trans- acted. Miss Susan B. Anthony and her private will arrive on Saturday. Miss Anthony will give occasional addresses, but she will also act, as one of the ladies put it, asan “advisory board of ome.” Mrs. Sweet's services are, in a sense, the gift of the the ladies of that church having raised the money to defrdy the secretary’s ex- penses of her journey and during her so- Rev. Anna H. Shaw will be heré by the miad'e of the month. She will preach at! Stanford U on March 15, and on | the 16th ver her latest lecture, s and Miss Shaw the guests of Mrs. Sargent | e in the City. | iss Elizabeth U. Yates of Maine will | also come to the State during the month. The young lady has been chosen as Miss | Shaw's associate in the work of the con- | ventions to be beld in the county seats and some of the larger towns. Miss Yates is il whi | one ot the youngest and most charming of the suffragze leaders. *“Jt is a common remark that we are all ugly,” writes an enthusiastic officer of the new army of wounren voters in Utah; “but Miss Yafes is She is bright and witty and lovable.” the Middle and Southern succes: Miss Harriet May Mills and Miss Mary | G. Hay will soon commence their work as | managers of the series of conventions. | They will precede the speakers and pre- | pare the way for them. Miss Mills’ home 1s at Syracuse. She isa graduate of Cor- nell and a close friend and co-worker of | Miss Shaw, to whom she applied the title of *‘Sister Sunshine.”” Miss Mills and Miss | Hay were the joint managers of the sixty | conventions held in the Empire State cur- | ing the last suffrage campaign. They will | begin their work in the southern pm; of California, and make all neces- ary arrangements for conventions at San Diego, Santa Ana, San Bernardino, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Bakersfield, Visalia, Hanford, alinas, Fresno, Madera, Hollister, Santa Cruz, Merced, Modesto, San Jose, Stock-i States witn | ton, Gilroy, Santa Clara, Redwood | Uity, Sacramento and other points| pot yet arranged for in the itinerary. Tne | of tke speakers will have charge of the ciate may be simultaneously pushing the work at another convention. Mrs. Sargent and Miss Anthony, u whom that duty devolves, are sending suffrage items to the country press, and re- Toe distinguished speakers from the East will all be in the City for participa- tion in the Woman’s Congress in May, after which they wiii continue their work ?ifi:onvention holding in the north until all. THE WORK GOES ON. State Development Committee Receives Encouraging Reports. The representative of the State develop- ment committee who went to Martinez in response to the request from the Contra Costa County branch that some one be sent there to. instiruct them as to the methods and work of the committee, ete., reported to the executive committee that | he was most cordially received; also, that | the members of the local committee are thoroughly alive to the importance of the | work, and not only pledged themselves to | number of important methods to be | adopted, requesting that a representative of the executive committee meet their | Board of Supervisors on Monday with' a view to securing an appropriation from | them for the maps this committee is pub- lishinge. W. A. Mackinder of the Napa County | committee was in the office yesterday and | E:‘" an encouraginz report of the work ing done in-that county. He desires the committee to send a representative next week to take up active work. . —————————— Young Men’s Orchestra. The Orchestral Society that has lately been formed at the Young Men's Clristian Associa- tion is rehearsing regularly every Monday evening. Itis intended to give a high-class concert in April at the association auditorium. | Players ot ability who would like to play at | tais concert are reguested to appiy at the re- hearsal or to Mr. Linde, the:concert-master, with the Pacific Musie Company, Phelan build iog. Among the numbers that the orchestra wiil study are Haydn's mililary symphony and Chernoini’s ‘“Anacreon” overture. There are no dues collected in this organization. ° ————————————— Violated the Mail Laws. The United States Grand Jury has indicted George M. Zimmerman of Siskiyou County for sending unmailable matter through the United States meil. ——————— JoE ROSENBERG is selling the best two-clasp walking glove in the world for $1 this week. 40-42 &m’y streets % * 1896. 7 OUT OF THE BALD HILLS, Peter Crumbaugh, the Big Grain Farmer, on the Tehama Wheat Crop. THE FINEST EVER KNOWN. Remarkable Growth of the Wild Oats and Other Products Owing to the Steady Rains. Peter Crumbaugh, the big grain farmer the Russ House. Mr. Crumbaugh has re- sided in Tehama for thirty-six years. He has a large area of timber and grass land in the Sacramento Valley aside from his Bald Hill property, which alone consists of about 4000 acres. Everybody in the fnorthern part of the State knows Mr. Crumbaugh. He does business or a large scale, and he has the reputation of being pretty careful, 100, in his undertakings. Mr. Crumbaugh says that all over Tehama: County there prom- ises to be a heavy yiéld of wheat, oats and | barley this year. The grain is over four inches high now, and as green, thick and healthy looking as could be desired. Itis muea. finer north of Sacramento than itis down this way. “The Bald Hills, where my grain ranch | | | of the company in this City and proved him- seli so eflcx’:‘n!yflutwhen W. H. Mann resigned as dock agent he was promoted to that posi- tion. The ticket and freight office of the com- pany was removed vesterday from 19 Mont- gomery street to 630 Market street, opposite the Palace Hotel WILL OPEN THE SCHOOL. The Board of Health Finds That the Longfellow Nuisance Has Been Abated. After being closed for a week the Long- fellow Schoo!, over which the boards of Health and Education wrangled and nearly came to legal difficulties, will open to- morrow and remain in session until the lone summer vacation. When the two boards met on Wednes- day last to consider the matter it was de- cided that in case the School Dlrectors would make temporary repairs that would place the school 1 good sanitary condition the institution could open. Dr. Lovelace visited the school yester- | day, and finding that the repairs men- - ’ | tioned had removed the nuisance com- of the Bald Hills, Tehama county, is at| plained of n}v; the Health Department, | notified the Board of Education that no further objection would be made to the opening of the school. HASKELL'S CASE DISMISSED. Judge Bahrs Says There Was Nothing | to Base a Charge Upon. Judge Bahrs has dismissed the charge of embezzlement against B. G. Haskell. He instructed the jury which tried Haskell to acquit him, but the jury thought differ- | ently and refused to_agree. Judge Bahrs | dismissed the case himself. | Haskell was azcused by C. H. Young of embezzling §' a compromise of one of Young’s says his fee was to have been §5 had repeatedly offered to pay Young this | 750 of the $1000 he received as cases. He { { amount, but Young refused to accept it. He intends, he says, to bring suit ag st | Peter Crumbaugh, the Big Grain Farmer of the Bald Hills, Techama County, ‘Who 1s Here on Business. by a “Call” artist.] [Sketched from Ui | west of Red Bluff. Just now, where not 1 ; sown in grain, the hills are covered with | against him. wild oats. The cats are perfectly green, 100, and the whole country looks as though covered with beautiful, luxuriant grass. “There has been so much rain up our way that everything is in fine shape. I hear there will be_more rain needed here. | She has lectured in | It isn’t so there. There hasbeen plenty of | rain. “The Bald Hills look like a_great grain field. The wild oats rever die out. The oats are not indigenous to that soil. They were not there till about 1858, during the Yreka excitemént. The teams that went along with freight carried hay in which there was some wild oats. It sprinkled along and the seeds took root. he oats spread over the country and rooted out the natural wild grass, which was red-top and bunchgrass. The wild oat is very hardy, usetul and is there to stay. *The whole of Tehama County is quite prosperous. It is getting more sosteadily. A year or so will put it in tine condition.” Mr. Crumbaugh is in the City on a busi- ness trip. He will probably leave for home to-night. A MAJOR'S' CELEBRATION. An 01d Soldier Spent the Day in Visiting All the Army Posts. He Was Seventy-Six Years Old Yes. terday and Claims to Be a Major-General. «Major-General Charles W. Emmell, February 29, 1820,”" was the inscription on a card presented at the gangplank of the steamer General McDowell yesterday morning. The transport was about to start for the army posts and the major- general was on a visit of inspection. It was his seventy-sixth birthday and he came specially from Yountville to see what his comrades in arms were doing. The old man was born 1n a leap year, and, as counting by his birthdays, he is only 19 years old, he determined to show the rising generation that there isstill life and energy in the old soldier. He appeared in full uniform, wearing the sword and all the insignia of a major-general. The only depar.ure from the regulation outfit was a soft bat, which. was generally worn by officers dm—ing the Mexican War. During a conversation *‘Major-General” Emmell said he was 76 yearsold yesterday and that he had served his country throughout the Civil and Mexican wars. Whether he is really what he represents himself to be or not nfilgll;'lhe officers n; the arm; sts humored him- in view of the hcnyfi.bfi ke bad fought and bled for bis country. The Mcgowell arrived at Angel Island just a few ‘moments before rollcall and when Colonel Shafter was informed of the circumstances of the case he awaited the arrival of the old man and treated him as an honored guest. At Alcatraz an attempt was made to stop his lanaing as he had no pass, but the commandant overruled the officer of the day and the old soldier spent nearly two hours in the island fortress as the guest of the soldiers. When the Mc- Doweil returied to the City at 6:45 p. M. he was still as active as ever and told the men on the steamer that he haa throughly enjoyed his birtbday and would return to Yountviile on Monday much the better for his outing. L —e—————— Cashier Ward Promoted. E.C.Wardof the Oregon Railway and Navi- gation Company has been promoted to be the agent of the company st the Spear-street wharf and will enter on his new duties atonce. For the last year he has been acting as cashier | is located, are about fourteen miles south- | Young for damages which he has sus- tained by reason of Young’s proceedings NEVER A WORD SAYS SHE A Silent Woman Who Wield the Razor and the Shears. Can She Learned the Barber’s Trade to Help Her Husband, and Now She Is an Adept. “You're next,”” murmured the barber. The patron looked up from his paper and modestly hesitated. Then he seated him- self in the chair with the air of a martyr, for the barber was a comely young woman and the subject of her skill was painfully conscious that four score eyes were peer- ing curiously at him through the glass front of the shop. The young woman in question, Mrs. Currie St. Claire, has been in this City with ber husband about a week, but last evening she made her debut before un- |shorn San Franciscans as a tonsorial artist. The shop where she and her hus- band labor is an unpretending establish- ment on Kearny street, near Montgomery avenue. Its favors are dispensed at cut rates; but it seemed to be de- St. Clair, the Woman Barber [From a photograph.] Mrs. Carrie cidedly popular yesterday evening. Not only was the interior of the sbop filled with customers, but every few minutes St. Claire was compelled to chase the crowd of spectators from the window. Mrs. St. Claire first learned the barber’s trade about two years ago. Sbe and her husband were then residents of Redding. They were newly wed, ana with a laudable desire to aid her husband she determined to learn his trade. She succeeded remark- ably well, and in a few months she was well versed in the crait. Since then the coaple have been wandering about the country, mndin% only afew months in any one place. They were last in Wash- ington. rs, St. Claire is in one respect a model barber—she doesnot tals. Not even when she cut a gash in a man's face that would have thrown a masculine barber into tor- rents of apology did she even as much as say “Excuse me.” She simply smiled ‘'sweetly at the spectators, and rubbing away the blood went ou shaving. St. Claire is apparently delighted with the situation. | PARK FOR THE ATHLETES, The Presidio and Ferries Rail- road Company Will Con- struct One. BAY STREET TO BE CLOSED. The Grounds Are Bounded by Brod- erick, Baker, North Point and Francisco Streets. 4 George W. Newhall, president of the Presidio and Ferries Railroad Company, has a project on hand at the present time which, if carried through, will add another to the pleasure grounds of this City. “The idea of the company of which I am president,” said Mr. Newhall last evening, “‘is to lay out a large athlstio park somewhere on the line of the Union- street Railroad. We have secured from the Fair estate, through a lease, two blocks bounded by Baker, Broderick, North Point and Francisco streets. The two lots are divided by an unused portion of Bay street, and we have petitioned the Board of Supervisors to close the street in order that the plans we have aiready de- cided upon for the grounds will not have | to be changed. “Pissis & Moore, the architects, are at the present time engaged in drafting plans for a grand stand and other necessary buildings. We have provided for the erec- tion of an angle bicycle track, which we will endeavor to make the finest on the coast. A baseball diamond and a football gridiron will also be laid out, and, taking it all in all, we feel confident that the grounds, when completed, will be a center of attraction. “An advantage embodied in thelocation of the grounds gver those now used by the Olympic Club 1s that they are only twenty minutes’ ride from the heart of the City. They are accessible by three lines of cars. *From the Olympic Club and places in that vicinity the ikde-street cars, which transter to the Union-street line, may be used. The Fillmore-street cars, to which a number of the main lines transfer, pass within a few blocks, and the Union-street cars, which terminate at the ferries, com- bine to make the iccation of the groundsa very desirable one. “YWe will go to work on the grounds im- mediately aiter the Supervisors order Bay street closed, whbich they will without doubt do in the near future, and we can safely say that the grounds will be ready for use within a very few months.” APPLIED FOR RELIEF. Mrs. Catherine Cullen States That She Is Deserted by Her Son. Mrs. Catherine Cullen, a sweet-faced motherly woman, 64 years of age, living at 314 Fremont street, applied to General McComb of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children for relief. She states that she is destitute and totally without any means of support. Mrs. Cul- len also made the statement that she has a son, James Thomas Cullen, in the em- ploy of the Harbor Commission, who, though getting good wages, has driven her from his door and refuses to give her any assistance. General McComb had her taken to the Almshouse until some other means of relief could be found for the poor woman. e -———— Laplanders oiten skate a distance of 150 miles a day. NEW TO-DAY, THE OWL DRUG CO., (UT-RATE - DRUGGISTS! 1128 MAREKET ST. TAR COUGH A POSITIVE 25¢, 20 BALSAM, | ] THE OWL DRUG CO. San Francisco—Los Angeles. BAKER’S Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. .75¢ Paine’s Celery Compound... .60c Joy's and Hood’s Sarsaparilla .65¢c THE OWL DRUG CO. CUT-RATE DRUGGISTS. Williams’ Pink Pills Casmrinf. = Syrup of Figs. . Cfnic‘:mn RegsolvenL ‘Warner’s Kidney Cure. Allcock’s Porous Plasters Carter’s and Beecham'’s Pills Allen’s Malt Whiskey. Romany 0il Bagsnakih WRITE FOR PRICE-LIST. THE OWL DRUG CO. $3.50. Qur this week’s bargain offer- ing: Ladies’ French Kid Button Shoe, hand-turned sole, latest style needle toe, V-shaped patent tip ; cloth or kid top. All sizes, all widths. You can get it else- where for $5. How can we do it >—We own our store-building ; no remnt to pay—enough said. Monarch , Shoe Co., 1346-1348 Market St., c Opposite 0dd Fellows Temple.