The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 22, 1896, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1896. THE CREW AND CAPTAIN DISAGREE, Varying Stories About the Waif on the Drifting Boat. WHAT THE MEN THINK. They Say a Rescue Would Have Been Easy Under the Circumstances. HEARD LOUD CRIES FOR HELP. Statements Made by the Mate and Some of the Sailors From the John A. If it should be the misfortune of Cap- tain Hellquist of the schooner John A to fall overboard, he has the doubttul conso- lation of knowing that mot one of his present crew would reach over the vessel’s side to rescue him. This feeling between crew and master was brought about by the action of Cap- tain Hellquist toward an unfortunate man, seen by every member of the crew on the arrival of the John A inside of the Heads last Monday morning. The statement of the captain in regard to the matter was as follows: We were coming into port with a very stiff breeze and a strong ebbtide, and just s we got opposite Lime Point I noticed a boat, either swamped or overturned, and I could alsosee & man who appeared to be sitting astride the boat. 1 immediately ordered the mate to run up & signal, and after this was done we started to get our skiff ready to send v t as two men were about ready to i: ‘Hold on, men, there is no etting drowned; if that whitehall this wind surely our little skiff ere having a herd time to get we were then in the most dan- of San Krancisco Bay. Government tugboat which and sll commenced to hol- lerath n heard us and 1 pointed he direction of the boat. He started in the ection in which I pointed. but only held ive minutes and then re- course. I motified the nge and also one of Spreck- her they went outor not I steam schooner American behind_ us, but she made fort st rescuing the unfortunate man. This account of the affair is character- ized by the crew as being false in every particular, and in addition the captain is condemned by the men for his treatment of the man. The story of the crew differs in every particular from that of the captain, and can be best told by repeating what is said by the first mate, E. F. Raleksontantl Fred Jessan, Axal Hogland, T. Olsen and 1. Jacobson, all members of the crew. Their version of what occurred is as fol- low! We had got well insid steering northeast by e red buoy and Fort Poin Svderwol, heard a voice calling for help. On ioeking over the port bow he saw & man on a boat’s keel, with one hand raised over his body and the other apparently holding on to the boat. The matesang out *“Man overboard!” His exclamation drew the attention of the first mate, Mr. Erickson, and Seaman Hogland, who were at the wheelat th nd they in turn looked in the same direction as did the second mate, and plainly heard the sppeal for help coming from tk on the drifting and up- turned boat. v think he could not have been more than 150 yards away from the John A. By this time the entire crew’s attention had become attracted to the perils of the poor fel- low at the mercy of a fast-running ebbtide and & stiff gale blowing in through the Golden Gate. Mate Erickson at once ordered the skiff to be got ready for launching. This command_was runs to L: the Heads and were , when between the second mate, Jonn instantly obeyed by Jessan and othersof the crew who ran to his assistance. In the mean- time Mate Erickson notified Captain Hellquist, who was below at the time. When the captain came on deck and was informed of what the matter was, he stopped the men from lowering the skiff nd ordered the mate o hoist the flag at half- mest, which was done, and which attracted the attention of & small steamer, which came in the direction of the John A. She seemingly did not understand what the matter was, and siter taking a circle about the schooner steamed away. Every one of us would have been willing to jump into the skiff and £o to the man’s rescue ii the captain had not prevented us, and we are sure we could have him. It was not blowing too hard, as we were weil inside the E and there was the steamer within hail- tance to come to our rescue. But the u wouldn’t have it, as he said he would kely to be driven out to sea and lose & ouple of hours’ time making it up. One thing is sure, that every one of us is go- ing to quit the schooner now. Not one of us will ever sail with Captain Hellquist again. He has convinced us that he sets but poor value on the life of &n unfortunate man who may be cast out to the mercy of the sea. We are certainly st a loss to know how the captain could make the siatement that he sew 1o life in the msn on the upturned boat, when every one of us saw him wave his arm and we all plainly heard his cries for assistance. Help could end would have been rendered him by us in ten minutes if the skipper had not prevented us when the mate ordered the skiff lowered. This statement of the crew differs some- what from that made by Captain Hell- quist. Which is the correct one is a matter that can only be arrived at by an official investigation, should one be had. CALIFORNLA’S JUBILEE. Irving M. Scott Elected President of the General Committee—County Goddesses. The general committee of the celebra- tion of the fiftieth anniversary of Ameri- can occupation at Monterey met yester- day in this City. The event will be com- memorated July 4 to 7 in the historic old capital of California. Irving M. Scott was elected president, James D. Phelan vice-president and 8. H. Daniels secretary. A finance committee is to be named by —_— NEW TO-DAY. The Secrat of a B S)Kln Boft, white hands, shapely nails, and luxuriant * 1, with clean wholesome scalp, s found in the rfect action of the Pores, produced by CUTI- URA BOAP, the most effective skin purifier, #ad beautifier in the world. 8ald throughout the world. Porrx Dxu 4¥D CuEx- 023 Cogrozaziox, Bole Proprictors, Bostan. the president and vic e-president that will before many days appear before the peo- ple of San Francisco to raise the necessary funds to carry out a varied programme. One of the principa! attractions will be a goddess from each county, making fifty- eight in all. In the selection of these competition has been entered into in some of the counties. The Chronicle-Record of Chico and the Marysville Daily Democrat have each agreed to pay the expenses of the lucky lady from their respective counties. The following are the members of the general committee: Irving M. Scott, James D. Phelan, S. H. Daniels, H. H. Taylor, H. A. Greene, H. N. Tilden, R. H. Warfield, Henry C. Gesford, W. R. Smed- berg, J. L. Rathbone, Hagh Craig, J. B. Stetson, Louis Gerstle, W. H. L. Barnes, Raphael Weill, W. H. Dimond, George D. Clarke, L. R. Ellert, E. W. Hopkins, Alfred Bonner, J. D. Spreckels, A. An- drews, Madison Babcock, John H. Wise, Frank McCoppin, Henry Lunstedt, Henry J. Crocker, A. A. Watkins, W.F. Wht- tier, M. H. Hecht, William Alvord, S.J. Loupe. The committee’s headquarters are at No. 13, second floor, Mills building. THE OLD FLIM-FLAM. Samuels of New York Played It Upon a Pawnbroker. John H. N. Clausen, pawnbroker, 519 Washington street, swore to a complaint in Judge Campbell’s court yesterday, charging R. M. Samuels with petty lar- ceny, and the warrant was served upon Bamuels in the City Prison. Samuels isa New York crook who has been swindling several of the local mil- liners by means of forged drafts and who was arrested on Wednesday night by De- tective Harper. Clausen says that Samuels played the flim-flam game upon him on May 19. Samuels had pawned his watch with Clausen and went to redeem it. He put §15 on the counter and Clausen handed him the watch. Before Clausen could take the $15 from the counter Samuels nanded him a letter and asked him to read it. While Ciausen was doing so Samuels picked up the $15 and walked out of the store. NEW HOME-MADE HALOS Attorneys in the Bitumen Con- solidated Case Indulge in Satire. R. M. Defendant’s Brief Reads Like a Twain Dissertation on Morals and Manners. The suit of A. C. Bassett vs. J. A. Fair- child, including the Bitumen Consolidated Mining Company, has taken a satirical turn. A. C. Bassett and J. H. Swift drew out of the Bitumen Consolidated Mining Com- pany some months ago and instituted suits against the other directors, alleging fraud, conspiracy and a general misuse of the company’s tunds. The plaintiffs charged that Manager Fairchild had taken the Supervisors to Pismo Beach and treated them to a clam- bake and wine supper during their visit of inspection to the company’s bitumen mines and that said bake, wine, whisky, cigars, etc., cost the company something like $400. As a result of that clambake Manager Fairchild claims that the com- pany sold 40,000 tons of bitumen, but that has nothing to do with the plaintiffs’ side of the story. Four weeks ago plaintiffs’ attorneys, Messrs. Gunnison, Booth & Bartnett, filed a sarcastic brief with Juage Seawell, in which the clambake was commented on at length. Now comes Frank Shay for the defendants and his effort in the satirical vein makes good reading. Among other things he sets forth: *‘Counsel ior the plaintiffs in the above entitled action have served and filed what they term ‘plaintiffs’ opening proof.’ In unstinted abuse of the defendants it fol- lows the bad example they set in their complaint. * * * They have evidently sought to divert the attention of the court by calling the defendants bad names by the use of epithets, elegant and otherwise, and by assuming the existence of fraud, dishonesty, conspiracy and cheating, where there is no evidence upon which to base such an assumption. * * * Since their incepiion these suits bave been known as the mud suits, because of the methods employed by the plaintiffs, * * ‘*A great deal is said by them about the clambake at Pismo Beach, at which it seems that certain persons at that time Superyisors of the City and Counz of San Francisco were guests of the Bitumen Consolidated Mining Company. “The clambake is described as absurd and ridiculous, whereas the testimony shows it to have been an eminently respectable, decorous and properly conducted affair. Counsel fairly shrieked with horror at the fact that those present at the little party | were treated to wine, whisky and cignrs, and seemed to be surprised that San Fran- cisco Supervisors ever indulged in such amusements. No fault, however, seems to have been found with the quality of the viands, nor do they charge that the quan- tity consumed was excessive. * * ¥ “‘So far as may be gathered from plain- tiffs’ brief, skipping the parts where they lose themselves in a sort of hysterical abuse of the defendants, they seem to claim that the defendants carelessly and recklessly permitted some of the money of the Bitumen Consolidated Mining Com- pany to be wasted in the payment of sal- aries, in the defense of certain litigations, in the emgluymenr. of counsel and special agents and in treating certain City officials to clams, wine, whisky, cigars and pousse cafes. * B ‘‘Defendants are charged in both actions with having looted the treasury by allow- ing themselves compensation for their services as directors at the rate of $10 a loot. Bwift calmly ignores the fact that he was one of the looters. To be sure he retained the amount of his ‘stealings’ (as he terms these payments when refer- ring to the defendants) a couple of months afterward, although he stated that his con- science began to trouble him within an hour or two after he had pocketed his share of the swag. After battling with his conscience for two months the still, smali voice conquered and he made an attempt to return to the treasury the money he had received for services rendered as di- rector. Like most ‘reformed’ persons who repent their sins and become saints with brand-new home-made halos, Swift conceived a violent hatred for his late as- sociates. ‘‘Bassett was a reformer also. He had donned the red shirt and salected his bass drum and cymbals long before the wave was known to haye struck Swift. The two reformers entered into a combination to either reform the other directors (and in- cidentally gain control of the corporation) or break ug the company. * * % They failed, and, dropping their masks for a time, set about causing the destruction of the company. They determined to finan- cially injure these defendants even though they themselves and their associates, Cap- tain N. T. Smith, Timothy Hopkins and others, should be injured in the wreck. It was a feeble imitation of the Samson act without the S8amson provocation.'’ The case is herewith submitted on briefs. —_———— Bets Were Declared Off. David Eiseman, an employe of bookmakers at the Ingleside racetrack, swore to complaints in Judge Campbell’s court yesterday for the arrest of W. F. Fitzgerald and ‘‘John Doe” Connors on the charge of misdemeanor embez- zlement. Eiseman said that on May 14 he was handed a pool ticket by Connors and paid him $15 for Frank Eckart, the bookmaker. He also paid Fitzgerala $23 for Paul Ridley, the bookmsaker. Both sams were paid as soon as the race was run and before the judges had declared the resuit. The horses were disquali- fied and all bets were declared off. Connors and Fitzgerald refused to return the money, hence the warrants. LOOKING FOR LOST LOBSTERS Dr. Smith Comes From Washington City on a Strange Quest. CUNNING CRUSTACEANS. Planted at Monterey, off Mendo- cino and Elsewhere, but Can’t Be Trapped. MAY BE MYRIADS OF THEM. Dr. Smith Will Solve the Mystery Before He Returns—Has a Force of Fifteen Men. Dr. Hugh M. Smith of the United States Fish Commission is at the Grand Hotel on his way to Monterey and other partsof the coast to search for Eastern lobsters they exist, and he thinks they do and are Iying low and evading the fisbermen. PREFERRED TO MARRY. Antone Cunha, a Car Conductor, Es- capes Imprisonment by Wedding Mamie A. Reilly, Antone Cunha, a conductor on the elec- tric road in Oakland, was arrested Wednes- day qigh: by Officer irvine on a warrant chnrgmg him with betrayal under promise of marriage. When taken to the City Prison and searched a revolver was found in his pocket, and an additional charge was placed against him of carrying a con- cealed weapon. The complaming witness against him was Mamie A. Reilly,a handsome, modest looking girl living at 3230 Eighteenth street. Cunha had only been in the prison a few minutes when the girl and a lady friend appeared. She had procured a mar- riage license, and Cunha expressed his willingness to enter into the bonds of mat- rimony. Justice of the Peace Groezinger was sent for and in a few minutes the two were made man and wife, the blushing bride imprinting a kiss upon the debon- air Justice, which he seemed to ap- preciate. Judge Low was seen by friends of the young couple and he wrote out an order of discharge for Cunha on both charges, and bride and groom left together for Oak- land. ANOTHER VINING VICTIM. A Young Man Arrested for Battery on Account of Transfers. - A young man giving the name of George R. Brown was arrested by Officer Morrisy and taken to the Southern station at a late hour last night on a charge of battery. He resisted a conductor who attempted Dr. Hugh M. Smith of the United States Fish Commission, Who Has Arrived on a Search for the Lost Lobsters. by a “Call” artist.] (Sketched from life that were brought here and distributed along the coast many years ago. All trace of these lobsters has been lost, and Dr. S8mith as well as Captain Brice, the new Fish Commissioner, wants to know the reason of it. In the ordinary course of things there should have been myriads of these fine lobsters here. They have been planted several times, but never a lobster has been observed. “It is a good deal of a mystery,” said Dr. Smith yesterday, who had just arrived from Washington, D. C., “‘and we want to | find out what has become of them. “Sometimes I think they are along the coast in plenty, but are too sly to get caught. The Eastern lobster is very cun- ning, and it is difficuit to get him into the trap unless the trap is made just right. I have thought, maybe, the fishermen did not understand these lobsters. “This lobster is to the crustaceans what the fox is to the animal kingdom. He is exceedingly shrewd, and in addition to having a trap that is just the thing, the fisherman must manipulate it without making any mistakes, “The Government has made tour or five attempts to get these lobsters started, the last being in 18%89. We planted them in Monterey Bay, off the coast of Mendocino County, and other places, as well as up on the coast of Washington. The California iobster has no claws, but the Eastern lobster has a tremendous claw and there is more meat in it than on all the rest of his body. The average weight of the latter lobster is about two pounds, but there was one captured some time ago that is now illustrated life-sized in the reports that weighed twenty-three pounds. It was simply a giant among the lobsters. ‘‘These lobsters would be a very valua- ble addition to the fish and crustacean supply of California. I am going down to Monterey, and will do my best to solve the problem as to what has become of them. “I may say in connection with this that Fish Commissioner Brice intends to estab- lish five or six auxiliary fish hatcheries in California. He will also establish others in Oregon and at various points along the Columbia and elsewhere. ~Mr. Brice is much interested in this subject. He was for several years at Fort Gaston in the service of the Fish Commission, and ob- tained a large amount of practical expe- rience. Of course. here the great fish.is the salmon. Itis the desire of the commis- sion to propagate these in immense numbers. The only way the supply can be kept up is by artificial propagation. All the East is very much interested in the vlanting of shad and striped bass here. In the East the shad is considered the most valuable fish there. It is well distributed, is cheap and is easily caught.” Dr. Smith has charge of a division con- sisting of about fifteen scientists. The work is divided up so as to suit the situa- tion. Dr. Smith has been for many years connected with the United States Fish Commission. He will be in California and elsewhere on the coast for several months. He is determined to find the lobsters if to put him off a Market-street car because he had failed to exchange his check for transfer at the junction of Powell street. There was quite a demonstration and the bystanders raised their voices in encour- agement of the young man’s grit and con- demnation of Manager Vining’s new transfer ruling. OROPPED FROM SIGHT Charles Billman Tells His Friends That He Intends to Com- mit Suicide. He Is Supposed to Have Tied Rocks to His Body and Then Jumped Into the Bay. Charles Biliman has been missing from | bis place of business, 1519 Eddy street, since Tuesday morning, and there is every reason to believe that he has committed suicide by jumping into the bay. Biliman was employed in the San Fran- cisco laundry as a marker, which position | he has capably fillea for more than three years, and some months ago he madea trip to South America for the benefit of | hishealth, returning to the City apparentiy much improved. It seems, however, that in a few weeks he was again taken sick and in_conse- quence became very despondent. He told several of his friends at the laundry and elsewhere that he was tired of living, and before many days he would bid them all a long farewell. "That was the nearest he ever came until Tuesday of saying that he intended to commit suicide. Tuesday morning he appeared at the laundry as usual, but about 9 o’clock asked to be relieved for a time, as he was not feeling well. Billman went immedi- ately to bis room, donned an old suit and putting a couple of gunny sacks and a stout rope under his arm started for the Labor Commissioner’s office. There he met a couple of friends, passed a few pleasant moments and then startled his companions by announcing his intention to take his own life. Bidding them a hasty goodby, he started for Market street. The friends started in hot pursuit, Billman, observing that he was followed, jumped a car going in the direction of the erry. That was the last time Billman was seen, 8o far as known. Wednesday night George Holbeck, 612 Pine street,” who was Billman’s closest friend, received the following letter, posted atlr M Tuesday: George: Watch, chain, $40. CHARLEY. In the envelope was found two Welis- Fargo receipts calling for a_package val- ued at $50 and a money package contain- ing $40. Holbeck is confident that his friend filled the sacks with rocks, tied them about him and then jumped into the bay. Bielman came to San Francisco about ten years ago from Australia. He was popular with those who knew him, being sober, industrious and intelligent, and evi- dently of good family. Some of his friends contend that he is the son of a titled Eng- lishman and that he left home about twelve years ago owing to some family trouble. —————— A Musical Treat. The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra with James Hamilgon Howe conductor and Bernard Mollenhauer” concert-master has projected a series of instrumental concerts to take place in Golden Gate Hall, commencing the second Saturday atternoon of September and continu- ing until a series of six concerts are given. It is intended to engage an orchestra of at least thirty-five artists and to present the greatest works of all the eminent composers in the most perfect manner possible. The concerts are intended to be of value to students to whom the opportunity of listening to_the %’“" works of the masters comes but seldom. he concerts are aot to begin before 3:30 P. M., 50 &s 10 permit business men to attend them. BURGLARS ENJOY A PICNIC TIME, Lack of Respect for the Church-Street Neigh- borhood. A MISSION HOME LOOTED Surprise of the Day Family Upon Returning From Shell Mound. DIAMONDS AND LACES STOLEN. Trunks Broken Open With a Stove- Lid Lifter While the Ladies Were on an Outing. There are sore heads and sore hearts after the picnic of the Butchers' Board of ‘Lrade. Under circumstances incidental to suc- cessful picnics, however, sore heads are notunusual, but it is deplorable that there should be sore hearts excepting where Cupid makes his presence felt. With this case Cupid had nothing to do. Instead a bold burglar or two fizured prominently and so effectively that a moral goes with the story: Kither go to a picnic with all your valuables aboard, or stay away from picnics and watch said valuables. If Mrs. W. B, Day, Mrs. Edward Parker and Miss Laura Boyea had gone to the butchers’ picnic Wednesday morning without observing the rule that beauty unadorned is adorned the most, they would not be broken hearted to-day. In- stead of wearing light summer dresses and big flowery straw hats, rightfully trusting that their charms of feature would do the rest, they should have piled on their laces, jewelry and diamonds. To cut the stery short without any fur- ther reference to these ladies, they left all their jewelry at home, 3841 Twenty-fihh street, while they enjoyed an outing at Shell Mound. Burglar like, knowing his business, some scoundrel chose the very day when every- body save a little dog had left the house to ply his trade. Fido was soon conciliated with the kindly offer of a chunk of meat, and there being no further objection to a thorough inspection of the premises, Mr. Burglar had things pretty nearly his own way. As a matter of fact there was nothing to prevent him from having everything his own way excepting that the ladies had in a thoughtless moment locked their trunks. But this, after all, did not cut muck of a figure. The burglar, it is true, had not brought along his improved tools, but there was a stovelid-lifter handy and that was all be needed. ‘With it he broke open four trunks, to the great delight of Fido, who grabbed all the garments hastily ‘cast aside during the search for stuff of more immediate com- mercial value. It was great fun for the pet dog, whose only setback was whben Mr. Burglar, in- stead of casting away some of his findings | shoved them deep into his pockets, Mrs. Edward Parker, the widow of the late postman of that name, losta diamond brooche with five stones, a gold iocket and chain belonging to her little daughter, two new pairs of gloves and her late husband’s gold watch. Mrs. W. B. Day lost a quantity of Valen- ciennes lace and some jewelry. Miss Laura Boyea, who lives in Santa Cruz and wko is visiting here as school- mate and guest of Mrs. Day, will have to write to her parents with some other than the gold pen she received as a present last Christmas. In addition to this, the bur- glar took a pretty gold necklace and some ringy she thought it would be unwise to wear at the picnic. | W. B. Day, who is a commercial trav- eler, accompanied the ladies to the picnic, leaving his cottage near Church street un- guarded, excepting by the dog, from 9 o’clock in the morning until 8 o’clock at night. eturning at that time he tried to open the front door, but a hutton-hook stuck in the keyhole from the inside prevented the work of the latchkey. There was no use knocking or ringing the doorbell, because there was no answer to be expected from the inside, excenting the cheerful bark of the dog. Mr. Day procured a ladder and entered a rear window, where Fido greeted him with great demonstrations of joy, seem- ingly telling him in his own dog language: “What a time; don’t speak of it! The butci.ers are not in it with the picnic the burglsr and I have had.” Well, it looked that way. From bottom to top the house was scattered with the wearing apparel that the careful ladies had packed away in trunks and that had been assystematically examined by the burglar. _ Captain Lees bad his men'on the prem- ises yesterday afternoon to find a clew. But clews are very elusive nowadays, and the best that the detectives could get is that while the burelary was being com- mitted, about 1 o'clcek in the afternoon, a well-dressed stranger, looking like & gambler, sat on the doorstep of the ad- Jjoining house. PAWNED HER RING. Charles T. Lenihan, One of Durrant’s Witnesses, Arrested. Charles T. Lenihan was arrested yester- day afternoon on a warrant charging him with petty larceny. The complaining wit- ness is Miss Annie Crowley, 11 Norfolk street. She stated that she was at a party at a friend’s house on Saturday night and was introduced to Lenihan. He took a fancy to her diamond ring and finally got her to take it off her finger. He put it on his own finger and kept it, and when the party broke up he told Miss Crowley he could not get it off his fincer but would return it to her the following day. In- stead, he pawned it for $23 at 11 Taylor street. The ring was worth §45. A search warrant was also obtained and the ring was recovered. Lenihan is the young man who ac- guxred some notoriety as a witness for the efense in the Durrant trial by testifying that he pledged rings similar to the Blanche Lamont rings with Pawnbroker Oppenheim. —————— STONE WINS WAGES. The Supreme Court Says Bancroft Must Pay Him. W. J.Stone has been given judgment by the Supreme Court in his suit against H. H. Bancroft for salary as manager. Stone was suing for sixteen months’ salary at $350 a month under a ten years’ contract commencing January 1, 1892. 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HANDKER- CHIEFS. Fancy colored bor- dered, " hemstitched edge, Gentile effect. Special— 3C Each. Regular 10c kind. 7-inch, twilled, good absorbent. Special— LagiedS’ WRAPPERS. nderwear. Heavy fleeced| |, 005 *rume ‘over ;‘[«;y\g” shoulder, big sleeves, L full skirt. sizes 32 to 44. Special— 75C Each. b0e, aged. 25C Garment. slightly. Special— A JACKET. 25 Ladles’ Tan Cloth _ Jacket Covert shield e Velvet ups front, high collar, gilt silk - lined, very large shoulders, sleeves, sizes 32 to 38, Our price— $7.50. LADELPHIA SHOE CO, STAMPED ON A SHOE MEANS STANDARD OF MERIT. PHI A SPECIAL BARGAIN. Russet Shoes are now the style, and we lead for nobby styles of Russets at bedrock prices. No ©0dds and ends, but everything new and well made. We are still handicapped by that fence on the cor- ner, and we have resolved to sell lower than ever. We'are offering Speclal bargains this week. La- dles’ Fine Russet Kid Lace Shoes, with either kid or brown cloth tops, and Ladies' Russet Kid But- ton. They have very pointed toes and tips. Lat- est style of Tokio last, which we will sell for $2.00 We defy competition. No store in this clty is oftering Russet Shoeslike these under 82 50 or $8. The Russet kid is soft and pliable and the cloth is the best grado. a pair. 2 Country orders solicited. A&~ Send for New Illustrated Catalogue. a8 Adare: B. KATCHINSKI, 10 Third Street, San Francisco. \orFT watcaEst)/ZZ, A wonderful assortment to choose from, suiting every taste and pocket- book % kugby ” Watches for Boys. 4¢Tuxedo’* Watches for Men. “EIlfin” ‘Watches for Ladies. Alad Bargain priees. All warranted The Waterbury Watch Co. New Office in the ilis Building, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. S THE VERY BESY ONE To EXAMINR your eyes and fit tnem to Spectacles and Eye- gissses with Instruments of is own. Inyention hosesuperioricy has not been equaled. My suot cess has 'n due to the merits of ‘wor] Oftice Hours—1210 4 . 3. Tt WEDDING Invitations, Announcements, Cards, e®: ; . Cards, e, E; aud Prinied. "Correct sizlesfow Tates. 2 banapie directi rect form, tDald for 10 cents 1n Bampe p Boon