The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 6, 1896, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1896. DETECTIVE KLINE 1S POSITIVE, Says That the Franklin Burglar Was Pittsburg | Jack. CAPTAIN LEES' THEORIES They Would Read Well in a Novel by De Boisgobey or Gaboriau, BUT DON'T FIT IN REAL LIFE. The Head of the Detective Bureau Vouches for Riley’s Honesty, but Has Detained Him. | The story in vesterday’s CAvLr of the dis- | covery by Private Detective Henry Kline | of the identity of the Franklin burglar | created a great sensation. It was a deciaration that if e's story be true the police had not only failed to discover the identity of the burglar kille by Butler Miller in the Franklin house, but had been actually duped by one of his pals, who was presented by Captain Lees’ vprivate secretary with a suit of clothes, and by another admirer with a pair of shoes and a hat. Captain Lees advocated the charming French theory, which would make excel- lent material in the hands of Gabo or De Boisgobey, that it was not possible for the dead burglar to have got into the | Franklin residence without the co-opera- tion and connivance of Butler Miller; that he was decoyed into the house and killed | by Miller for the purpose of making the butler a hero in the eyes of his master. The theory went on to the effect that after | having murdered a poor, inoffensive tramp | in cold blood Miller deliberately shot him self in the neck in order to furnish evi- | dence of the terrible struggle that had taken place. This is a very easy way of wining a crime off the slate. 1t involves no further work on the part of the detectives and fills the world with wonder at the astuteness greater than Vidocq. But the ary happened to be composed matte fact business men. They were not jugglers with {ine-spun theories, and they actually believed that the bullet which entered Miller’sneck not more than an inch from bis jugular had been fired by the dead man, and they rendered a ver- dict accordingly. Every reader of TuE CarLr will remember the murder of Miss Harrington on Ellis street about a year ago. The murderer was never found. Captain Lees had a theory in that case also, but the testimony didn't fit it. The theory. however, wiped that crime off the slate and allowed the detective department to repose in peace. If Kline's story be true, the dead bur- glar was identified at the Morgue by more than one of his associates. Mr. Kline sticks to his statement. Last night he gave the following additional version. He said: “1 carefully looked over the articles in the newspapers every day for the leading criminal topics, and my attention was attracted by the peculiar theory set up by | the police as to Miller’s alleged double- | faced work. I accordingly went to the Morgue for the purpose of viewing the remains of the man who had been so sim- | ple as to be made a victim of the butler's | game. | *I at once recognized the body as that | of a man whom I had met at a meeting of | the Salvation Army a short time before, | and to whom I talked about his soul. I| had also seen him several times around} the streets. From what [ knew of the man, I at once doubted the correctness of Captain Lees’ theory implicating Miller. Having received a point or two from per- | sons who had known the dead man, I entered upon an investigation of the case. | ““Captain Lees was told of the identifica- | tion of the body in the Morgue as Pitts- | burg Jack, and he appeared at that time | to believe that the identification was cor- | Tect. After further investigation I dis- | covered the intimate association of the | deceased and the two men as narrated in yesterday morning’s CALL. “‘These facts I laid before Captain Lees and he laughed at the proposition. He insisted that no two men whatever were seen about the Franklin Louse on| the night of the shooting, and that there was nobody there ‘but that damned butler.’ to use his own words. He insisted that Pittsburg Jack was nothing but a harmless hobo, and had never served time in any penitentiary. “When I first spoke to Captain Lees ebout the matter he said that he would wire to the East and make inquiry about the dead burglar, but up to the 20th of March he had heard nothing in reply, as I understand, and as I believe, he claims to have learned from old-timers here that there was no such man in Jefferson City, Missouri, ir 1881 and 1885. Notwithstanding this denial time and investigation will show that ‘Pittsburg’ ‘was there and that he was the man killed by Miller. Ihave learned that Pittsburg Jack drifted into San Francisco about four | months before he was killed, and was seen | and recognized here by more than one man who knew him and his two compan- ions as well. Hayes arrived here about the same time. Iie has a record hack East, and that published in Tue CaLy is correct. Riley iives in this part of the country. He has been under arrest sey- eral times, but was never held so far as I have been able to learn. *“These three men were chums, and had been together for days before the ai- tempted burglary. On the night on which ‘Pittsburg’ was killed they were not in their accustomed haunts, and upon their reappearance after the affair Riley and Hayes explained the reason for *Pitts- bur,; absence. charge was dismissed. | to appear in court and substantiate his 1 loon man whose place they frequented cannot go back on what he bas already said—that they were away from his place on the night of the shooting. He will not De likely to swear either way, though he Las already committed himself. ““There 1s no mistake as to the identifi- cation of Pittsburg Jack. In addition to his strongly marked and easily recogniz- able features there were other marks which could not be mistaken. One of these was a bit of tattooing in blue ink on the inside of his left arm consisting of the letters “M. O. D.,” with a sunburst above and a double bracket below. Such work is rarely if ever done on a sailor’s arm. “He never had been a sailor and he was not a hobo, as will be shown in due time. I fully expected the result of my investi- gation to be laughed at and discredited by the police, but that does not alter the facts. “The police went away off at the start, and took great pains in trying to establish | the fact that Miller was not only a double- faced traitor to his master but a murderer besides. One of the papers said that the police had woven around him a web of circumstantial evidence that would re- quire a good deal of proof to rebut.” The statement made to the effect that Riley had left his picture with Kline be- fore leaving was incorrect. THE CaLL did not get the picture from Kline. Detective Kline has been served with a subpena to appear in Judge Low’s court this morning. Captain Lees and “the upper office” were not at all pleased with the story of the Franklin burglary which appeared in yesterday’s CaLL. He denounced it as a fake, just as he had laughed to scorn the | man who came to him with a story that | 1van Kovalev and his gang were the mur- | derers of the Webers. But it turned out that the man was right, and afterward Captain Lees took all the glory and asked for $600 reward for Kovalev's conviction of murder in the first degree. The captain yvesterday said that he would afford Private Detective Harry Kline the opportunity of proving his alle- | gations in court. He thought enough of the story, how- ever, to detain “Handsome Riley’’ untit Private Detective Kline shall have had an opportunity of making a complaint against him. . Riley called at the Southern police sta- tion yesterday morning and offered to sur- render himself. He was advised to go to police headquarters to Captain Lees, ana he at once did so. He will be de- tained, Captain Lees says, until Kline either proves or disproves his charges against him. “It is not true,” said Riley, vesterday, “that I testified at the inquest that I had | been a tramp for fifteen years. 1 am an architect by profession, and came to this City in 1887, and worked for four years for Charles Mau in Oakland. Afterward I worked for Southfield & Colburg, on Kearny and California streets; Clinton | Day; James Seadler, Sacramento, and W. | H. Waugh. I leit Wangh’s employ July | 4 last, and since then I have been drink- ing, which has been my only fault. “Itis not true that I am a criminal. I have been twice arrested for vagrancy within the past year, but each time the | I have been living | parents here right along, and it | was my mother who advised me this | morning on reading Tue CALL to sur-| render myself. I never heard of *Pittsburg Jack’ till I read it in the newspapers and never saw | any one who knew such a person. I have | known Hayes about six months and first | met him in a saloon where they sell | cheap beer and give a iree lunch. with my 1 never knew Hayes to be arrested for any crime, | but he was once arrested for begging. I| never beard of him being a criminal from | he crowd we associated with and he was never looked upon as a crook. | “I never went to Franklin’s office and | never saw him till at the inauest. I also never heard of Hayes being at Franklin’s office. “Kline says I gave him my picture. He does not tell the truth. Inever saw him in my life. The only picture of me that I know to be in existence is in the posses- sion of a girl to whom 1 was engaged to be married five years ago. It was taken when I worked for Mau in Oakland. +*‘About the Franklin burglary, 1did not know anyvthing regarding it till I read it in the papers. Ican prove thatT wasin bed at home at the time the burglary was committed.” “The whole story,” said Captain Lees, “ijs a ‘fake’ from beginning to end and I will give Mr. Kline the opportunity to bring forward his proof. I will detain Riley meantime and will subpena Kline | charges. “About a week after the burglary Ure- ceived information that this man Kline knew something about the dead man, and 1 sent Detective Wren to find out what he knew about him. Acting upon the infor- mation Wren got from Kline and his brother-in-law, I wrote on February 24 the following letter to the Warden of the peni- tentiary at Jefferson City, Mo.: | Herewith inclosed find photos of a burglar killed while burglarizing & residence in this City on the 14th inst. I am informed that under the name of Clark—think his right name is Dougherty—he was an inmate of your prison and was discharged in 1888 or 1889; thathe worked in the harness-shop when a man named Strauss had the harness-making con- tract. Please investigate at your earliest con- venience and inform me of results. “Not receiving an answer I wrote again and received the following letter from Warden Pace, which is dated March 24: Inclosea we hand photos sentus. Wedo not keep pictures of prisoners, hence have nothing to compare with. Employes who have been here over twenty years fail to identify him either from photos or deseription from the clip- ping sent us. Unless the description we send is him we cannot help you. The description referred to is as follows: Thomas Clark, aged 23, nativity, Cali- fornia; occupation, barber; height 5 feet 3 inches, hair black, eyes gray, complexion dark, weight when received 109 pounds; no whiskers; received March 10, 1885; crime, larceny from a railroad car; sentence five years, from March 4, 1885; dischared under three-fourth law December 4, 1888. General remarks: Nose and face slightly pitted from smallpox; India ink marks on back of left hand, shield on inside of left arm, woman’s head on muscle of right arm. “Now, the dead burglar wasa man 5 feet 9 or 10 inches tall, fair complexion, fair hair, was not pitted with smallpox and the marks on him were entirely different from those on Clark. That disposed of the idea | that he was ‘Pittsburg Jack.’ *No, they can prove no alibi. The sa- “Four or five days ago this man Kline Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report Roal Baking | tiary, whose name was Clark, and who | called upon me and asked if I had bheard from the Warden. Itold himI had and thar the dead burglar was not ‘Pittsburg Jack.” He asked to see the correspondence and I declined. Next morning General Salomon, Franklin's attorney, called upon me and asked to see the correspondence. showed it to him and he said, ‘That settles it, the man was not Pittsburg Jack.” The visit of Kline and the visit of General Sal- omon next morning led me to think that Kline was in the pay of Franklin. “I never took so much pains in my life to have a man identihed as I did with the dead burglar. I got my staff to take every crook in the City to the Morgue to have a look at him, but not one had seen him before. I made Detective Bainbridge and the clerks in the office go through the State's Prison books and they could find no trace of any such man. Policemen were sent to look at him, but none of them knew him. He was never in the peniten- tiary here and was not known here, and I don’t believe the man was a thief. “Now about Hayes. He was kept in the City Prison at his own request till after the inquest. After the inquest I in- structed Detective Wren to take him to & hotel, to stay there until further orders. He was there a week, when he disap- peared. Gibson and Wren met him on Market and Kearny streets the night be- fore he disappeared and he never said a word to them about leaving the City. He never evinced any disposition to go, and I am satisfied some one outside of the police department, who had an interest in get- ting him out of the City, was at the bottom of his disappearance. “There is not the remotest evidence against either Riley or Hayes in connec- tion with tne burglary, but 1 will make Mr. Kiine swear to-a complaint against hem 50 as to give him a chance to bring forward his proof that they were the burglars. I don’t believe Hayes is a| crook. It is said that after the trial ‘Hayes showed up with $15 and a new suit of clothes, and he declared positively it all came from Lees.” That is false. I never gave Hayes a cent, and the clothes were | an old suit and a hat Hayes got from Otto Heyneman, my clerk, Captain Robinson giving him a shirt and a pair of shoes. He was in such a tattered condition that some- thing had to be done before any hotel would take him in, and Heyneman kindly offered to give him a cast-off suit.” Detective Wren, who saw Kline, as in- structed by Captain Lees, said: “Kline did not pretend to know the dead man, but told me that the man, who was then working at the Parrott building, | thought he recognized him as a man | who had done time in the Missouri peni- | tentiary, who was known as ‘Pittsburg | Jack.” His right name was Dougherty, although he was known there as Clark from Pittsburg. Kline also said that he | had talked with the man in the Salvation Army barracks on Pacific street. “I went to see the brother-in-law, and asked him if he knew the man on the slab in the Morgue. He replied | that he looked like a man he had| done time with in the Missouri peniten- | worked in the harness-shop under Strauss. He said the last time he saw him was two years ago in Los Angeles, and the man in | the Morgue looked like him. I felt posi- tive he did not know the man, and so re- | ported to Captain Lees.” Captain Lees has correspondence in his possession showing that Frank J. Miller, Franklin’s butler, was born in Thomas- ton, near Waterbury, Conn., and that his | real name is Frank J. Heifler. A man named Miller was married to one of his sisters. The captain hinted that there might be some interesting developments yet regarding the matter. DONE AL K THE QUIET La Societe Francaise de Bien: faisance Mutuelle Elections. | Fifteen Committeemen and Three Physicians Elected and There Was No Row. The members of the French Hospital and Benevolent Society, known as La Societe Francaise de Bienfaisance Mutuelle, yes- terday held an election of officers and | members of the committee of administra- tion and of physicians to serve during the coming year. ‘While there are more than 3000 mem- bers in the society only 555 votes were cast. Some thirty-six ballots were irregularly made out on the vote for committeemen and were thrown out. The same was done with sixty-six baliots illegally cast for physicians. Thisleft 245 as an actual ma- jority to elect either committe men or phy- sicians. The old officers of the hospital were re- elected and so were all the committeemen who served last year. The following are the successful candi- dates: Committee—Sylvain Weill, P. Cames, 0. Bozio, J. Deschamps, Jean Bergez, J. Cuenin, E. Messager, E. A. Lemoine, F. Fagothey, A. Ortion, L. Carraine, A. Roos, L. Bocqueraz, F. Queyrel and J. A, Berg. erot. Raoul Chartrey,who has a strong faction behind him, made a hard fight to get in as a committeeman but he was badly beaten, running nearly 300 votes behind. His ae- feat is accepted as a rebuff to the ag- gressive element which has heretofore at- tempted to control the society. The physicians were elected as follows: Dr. de Chantreau, Dr. G. Gross, Dr. Kaspar Piachl. —————— Ttalian-American Republican Club. The Italian-American Republican Club was organized last evening at Alpine Hall, Powell and Union streets. The following officers were elected: E. C. Palmieri, president; Faust E. Mascherini, first vice-president; G. Tacconi, second vice-president; E. Cadenaso, third vice- presifient; L. G. Rabbo, fourth vice-president; G. Cuneo, fifth vice-president; V. Bardelini, sixth vice-president; G. Cadenaso, treasurer: F. N. Belgrano, recording secretary; G. Demar. | tini, financial secretary. Executive committee: George Valerro, L. C. Pistolesi, R. Checchini, John Sanbuck, L. Arata, P. G Zapantini, Carlo Molaneri, A. Galli, Joseph Meran, S. Calori, A. Quilici, G. Cuneo, A. L. Bacigalupi, G. Malpiede, B. Ratto, E.C.Palmierf, ¥. N. Belgrano, G. e de by G v ddresses were made by Gregory Val G. Rabbo, E. Cadena Jyosephg M er-nllf';‘o Belgl}:eno‘,lf'nus:ll?. ‘!chrzlnli’ l;l(l’] others, he membership roll was signed by 157 en Italians of gonh Be-cfgL P Toicee ————— Dr. Grifiiths on “Ghosts.’” Dr. Allen Griffiths delivered a lecture on ““Ghosts” before the Theosophical Society last evening at Red Men’s Hall, 350 Post street. There was a good attendance and at the con- clusion of the lecture a number of questions, touching the subject of the lecture, or some other theosophical theme, were asked and answered. Dr. Griffiths held that, aside from the hallu- cination and vagaries of the imagination that Powder ABSOLUTELY . PURE form the base of many ghost stories, there werc unquestionably many well authenticated cases of occurrences which have been callea supernatural, but which can be explained by & knowledge of natural laws and forces. ——————a- Ladies’ Southern ties, $1 45, all shades, every toe. Ryan & Ryan, 10 Mongomery avenue, * l PRETTY NURSES WHO ENJOY LIFE, Their Indignation Vented Against Miss Patton’s Order. A FIGHT THE OUTCOME. Dr. Stahle Sees No Wrong in Nurses Going to Theaters With Internes. THEY DO NOT NEED WATCHING But Miss Patton Insists That Propriety Demands Earlier Hours and Less Escorting. When Chauncey Depew remarked, after crossing the Oakland Ferry and registering at the Palace Hotel, that he had not seen a pretty woman since his arrival in Cali- fornia, every one knew at once that he had not visited the City and County Hospital and seen the nurses of the training school there. There are twenty-seven of them. Some have the melting brown eyes and long drooping lashes of the gazelle, with complexions just dark enough to show that fatherly old Sol had kissed them. Others have bewitching eyes as blue as California’s summer skies and cheeks and lips of strawberries and cream. No wonder S0 many sick men get well when the cold moisture is wiped from their brows by bands so soft, g0 white and so dainty. The internes are fine-looking young gentlemen, but there are only thirteen ot them, an unlucky number when it is con- sidered that there are twenty-seven nurses —just twice and one too many to go around. Such an unnatural condition of things must be expected to provoke dis- content on the part of the lone and left | fourteen. Some months ago Miss Patton, superin- tendent of the training school, heard that several of the prettiest nurses were being escorted to and from the theaters by the aforesaid internes, of whom Dr. Rummle and Dr. Hull are the flower. Dr. Rummle, however, denies that he is an escorter. Now, while there is nothing wrong in going to the theater and having a good time, and while the integrity of the pretty nurses is above suspicion, Miss Patton thought that the outside. world mightnot look upon the matter in the same light, because theaters seem to be connected with wine, beer, oysters, tamales and late suppers. Again, the hospital is so far out and the cable-cars are so slow that on several oc- casions some of the theater parties did not return to the hospital until long after mid- night—say 2 or 3 o’clock in the morning. This of itself, while perfectly innocent and meaning no harm, was looked upon by Miss Patton. as not the proper thing. She reasoned naturally that it might lead to gossip by outsiders which would reflect more or less upon her management. Hence she made an order to the effect that the practice should be stopped. The order came very near causing a riot. The nurses and internes, at whom it was aimed, protested indignantly. They con- strued the order as a reflection on their integrity. They said that they were of age and knew how to take care of them- selves; that they were ladies and the in- ternes gentlemen, and that so long as they behaved themselves as ladies and associ- ated themselves with respectable people it was not the affair of Miss Patton how they enjoyed life after working hours. They voted her to be a hateful old maid. Miss Patton, who is one of the most successful and conscientious superintend- ents on the Pacific Coast, was not to be moved either by indignation or re- proaches. The dreamy brown eyes and the beaming blue ones of the pretty girls under her charge had no hypnotic effect upon her. She was inexorable and re- fused to rescind the rule. In the midst of their disappointment the pouting girls and frowning internes found an ally in Mrs. Stahle, wife of the superintendent of the hospital. She did not think that they required to be watched. Dr. Stahle, the superintendent, did not in- terfere. In response toa reguest for ad- vice he said that he could not see any- thing wrong in a hospital nurse being escorted to or from the institution by her brother, for instance, or some other girl's brother.. He could not uuderstand how any one could see any impropriety in a nurse getting into a streetcar in which an interne happened to be sitting and being escorted home by him. He declared that he would not allow in the institution a nurse who required watching. Having received encouragement from such high quarters, and from tbe addi- tional fact that Miss Patton’s order had not been signed by the superintendent or the Board of Health, some of the young women availed themselves of their rights to do as they pleased during their off hours. Dr. Rummle and Dr. Hull were very in- dignant over the Patton order. The for- mer declared solemnly that he had never gone out with any of the nurses, and yet .he is the best looking of all the internes. Dr. Hull's language regarding Miss Pat- ton’s order was so strong as to lead to the suspicion that he was a frequent attendant at the theaters. It is understood that Misses Doedt, Nel- son and Morgan, the prettiest nurses in the institution, are the leaders of the moral revolution against Miss Patton’s order, while Misses Beasley and Pierce, equally as handsome, champion Miss Patton’s side. The hospital people are divided into two hostile forces, and much bitterness of feel- ing prevails among the anti-Patton fac- tion. Dr. Stahle, while not condemning the order, except indirectly, stands neu- tral. The bad feeling culminated a day or two ago in a lively fight between a clerk and one of the internes, the cause being gos- sip, but the details have not been made public by the hospital authorities. Dr. Stahle promptly suspended the offenders, and the Board of Health will be asked to decide upoa th= merits of the encounter. Dr. Stahle, when asked yesterday as to the internal dissension, so to speak, replied that he thought the newspapers were too sensational about the matter. He paid a compliment to Miss Patton’s ability as head nurse and superintendent of the training school. She had given complete satisfaction. Nobody had made any complaint of her, and if any should be made it would be forwarded to the Board of Health. She haa been acting in that position for more than a year and he had never heard any- thing against her management. He had found absolutely nothing that interfered with the efficiency of the hospital. If anything was wrong, he said, somebody in the training school would make com- plamnt. He had no besitation in saying that the training school was more efficient under Miss Patton’'s management than it had ever besn bejore. *The young women realize that we will maintain discipline,”” he added. ‘‘The oard of Health will support any and every official in doing bis or her duty. No one has ever told me of any personal dis- like toward Miss Patton, and nobody has complained of her. She is not a dictator, and no nurse can be dismissed except by me. *‘Those who have complained about Miss Patton’s orders are irresponsible persons. We don’t watch any of tne nurses and we have no nurses that need watching. When anurse needs watching she will be dis- charged. Miss Patton and the nurses and the internes have been misrepresented in the papers. There is nothing in those stories.” Despite Dr. Stahle’s making light of the matter and disposing of it with a pooh- poob, it is evident that he stands on a vol- cano of pent-up nurses and internes, hable to burst forth at any moment. The fight in the office the other day wasonly a pre- monitory puff of smoke out of the crater. Date of Mormon Concerts. Through a typographical error a wrong date was given for the arrival of the Mormon Taber- nacle choir. It will open its series of five con- certs in this City on the 15th inst. THEY SAW THE BIG SEALS Vanderbilt and Depew Visit the Cliff House, Sutro Baths and Heights. Scientific Floriculture in the Park. A Plant That Deprives One of the Power of Speech. Cornelius Vanderbilt and Chauncey M. Depew may, on their return East, say that they have seen California, for yesterday they saw the Seal Rocks,the Cliff House ana Sutro Baths, and any one who does not see these cannot say he has seen California. It was expected that they would visit Goiden Gate Park and call upon the Mayor at his residence at Sutro Heights, but there was disappointment as to the latter. President Austin of the Park Commission- ers waited in vain for them, and the Mayor did not receive them, as he haa been informed in reply to an invitation telegraphed to them when they were in Los Angeles that want of time would pre- vent them from accepting. Y esterday morning the two distinguished visicors and their traveling companions attended divine service at Grace Church, and Mr. Vanderbilt deposited $100 on the plate as an Easter offering, while Mr. Depew dropped two new crisp $20 bills. In the afternoon they were taken in a closed carriage through the park and driven to the Cliff House. They were shown over the new structure, and then they took a peep at the seals ana were afterward conducted to the baths, where they were met by Colonel T. P. Robinson, to whom they expressed regret that time would not permit them to visit the Mayor. They expressed the hove, however, that he would give Mr. Sutro their compliments. ‘While they were examining the baths Mayor Sutro entered the building,and there was an introduction and a pleasant general talk, after which the visitors acceptea an invitation to see the baths in all their de- tail of operation. They spent nearly an hour in the place, examined the engine- room and the source of supply from the ocean, after which Mr. Vanderbilt said: “This is wonderful; it is magnificent. There is nothing that for grandeur ap- proaches this in the world.” And Mr. Depew added, *‘There is but one CIiff House and but one Sutro Baths in the world.” The party was then driven over Sutro Heights and shown the entrance to the Golden Gate as seen from that point, but declined to leave their carriage to enjoy the Mayor’s proffered hospitality, urging lack of time, as they had to hurry to their train. They were then driven back through the park, catching glimpses of it as they were hurried through. On their return to the hotel ttiey declared that the park wasa most magnificent one, and their visit to the ocean haa been one of the features of their trip. At 6 o'clock they were taken to their train and started for Sissons to obtain a view of Mount Shasta. They will then re- turn to Sacramento, and from there start eastward over the Central Pacific. “Since the notice appeared in THE CAT~ about the ‘caricature plant,’ ”’ said H, k. Holbrow, superintendent of the Golden Gate Park conservatory, ‘‘any number of people have visited this place to inquire for the plants, and dvring the fine days they crowded around them discovering the strange figures that may be seen on each leaf.” Mr. Holbrow has a number of wonderful and interesting plants and flowers that he delights to talk about. ‘‘Here,” said he, pointing to a creeping plant reaching un- der the roof of the conservatory and cov- ered with beautiful blossoms, ‘s a re- markable plant, it is the Rangoon creeper of India. Those beautiful clusters of flow- ers that you see open in the morning and then they are a pure white, but as the day advances they assume a delicate rose tinge, which increases gradually as does the blush hat mantles the cheek of a maiden, and as the day wanes they take on a deep crim- son hue that then never changes. That other creeper with those bell-shaped, large vellow flowers is from Brazil and is called the Allamanda Schottii. It is the most beautiful of all creepers. Then there is the fragrant Stepbanalis over{our heads, that is one one of the most delicate of blossoms. “But here,” said the superintendent, pointing to a number of plants in pots that no one would scarce spend a moment to look at, “is a wonderful growth. It is the Duffebachia Nobillis, or tke dumb cane of Brazil. The remarkable feature of this plant is that any one who bites one of its stalks is almost instantly bereft of the ower of speech. Is the loss permanent? No; the juice that flows when an incision is made touches the lips and tongue and causes an inflammation which lasts three or four days, during which time the vic- tim is unable to utter a word.” During the week the following contribu- tions have been made to the Park Mu- seum: From J. H. Neff of Coliax, the head and horns of a cariboo trom British Columbia; Mrs. W. H. Voorhees of this City, a pioneer campaign silk badge, Freemont and Dayton, 1856; J. L. Bardwell of this City, a very rare piece of white coral from Korea, an alubaster cup, & dozen very old arrow-points, an obsid- ian used by the Aztecs; Eduard Causton, Nor- walk, Los Angeles County, ostrich plumes and eggs; W. Huckmeier of this City, & young sea otter; W. F. Wehl of Athens, N. Y., a collec- tion of eggs from Ga‘nsville, Tex.: Mr. Mrs. Henry Mayer, a case of stuffed birds. Despite the rain there was a good at- tendance at Sutro Baths yesterday, more than 1500 visiting there during the after- noon. More than half the visitors took a plunge in the big bath. NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. FRENCH DRESS FABRICS! Spring 1896! On Monday, April 6th, we will show a most elegant collection of PARIS NOVEL- TIES in COLORED DRESS FABRICS and invite an early inspection of the varied styles on exhibition. cludes MOHAIR DIAGONALS, BAYADERE NOVELTIES, GLACE DIAGONALS, The assortment in= PERSIAN ETAMINE, URSULINE MO-= HAIRS and DRESDEN NOVELTIES. — SPECIAIL,I——= 2 cases H0-inch ALL-WOOL BEIGE MIXTURES, Summer coloringg - - - - - - Priee, 75¢ per yard = SPHCOCTATL,—— 2 cases 46-inch ALL-WOOL INPORTED CHEVIOT SERGES (new Spring shades) - - Price, $1.00 per yard = SPECIATLl—= 1 case 47-inch ALL-WOOL FRENCH NOHAIR SUITINGS, solid colors, new tones - - Price, $1.50 per yard £ Samples sent upon application. AW Country orders receive prompt attention. D@ Goods dellvered free in San Rafael, Sausalito, Blithe= dale, Mill Valley, Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley. TELEPEONE IMAIN S777. ’ UBERG SO0, Monday—Tuesday—Wednesday Red wines ought to be drank at a temperature of about 55 degrees Fahrenheit. Howell mountain Johan- nisberger riesling isn’t good warm but mighty fine served cold. We want you to know it; bears acquaintance, helps build our reputation as judges of good things to eat| and drink. Howell mountain riesling regular §1 00 gal regular 75c gal. Lazeran boneless sardines 14 tins. regular 25¢ tin best oil best fish best everything Mandarin Nectar tea regular 60c .. ..45¢ each tea has a nt L like humans, several blended make a perfect nectar, more pleasing to most tastes than one alone. Also 2145-1b cannister net weight....81 25 Trial pacKet............. -.10c Dundee orange marmalade regular 25¢ made from Keiller & Son, Butter, sweet creamery square.... ..35¢ ‘The kind You want whei there’'s company and when there isn’t. Corniciiail siih s L TOC Meadow brand, Eastern, tender, nutritions Did you ever have good breakfast when the coifee was poor? If you can get better food now than you could five years ago, you've us to thank. Mail orders executed carefuliy. Catalogue free. 432 Pine Telephone Main 1 2I5 Sutter “ Main 111 2800 California “ West 101 1075 Clay, Oakland « Main 1 DENTAL PARLORS TO LET. CHANCE FOR A DENTIST: OCCUPIED for the past 20 years by a first-class dentist. Location first-class. 821 Kearny st., upstairs. For further particulars apply to 705 Davis street. Signature is printed in BLUE diagonally across the” OUTSIDE! wrapper/ 5 of evéry‘ bottle of (the Original and Genuine) (Worcestershire As a further protection against all imitations. .- £ Agents for the United States, % JOHN DUNCAN’S SONS, N. Y. FOR Fine Tailoring Perfect Fit, Best of Workmanship at Moderate Prices, go to JOE POHEIM THE TAILOR. PANTS made to order from $4.00 SUITS mae to order from $15.00 MY $17,50 ano $38 SUITS 201 and 203 Nontgomery 1., cor. Bush T2l SL. 1110 & 112 ke B, SAN FRANCISCO. THESUCCESS OF THE SEASON THE LADIES' GRILL ROOM ——-OF THE— PALAGE HOTEL, DIRECT ENTRANCE FROM MARKET ST, OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT, BEST ONE TO EXAMINE your eyes and fit them to Spectacles and Eye glasses with insiruments of his own invention, wEose superiority has not been equaled. My saor cess has been due to the merits of my work. Oflice Hours—12 to 4 P. it “HE THAT WORKS EASILY WORKS SUC- CESSFULLY.” 'TIS VERY EASY TO CLEAN HOUSE WITH SAPOLIO ~ \4