The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 19, 1896, Page 31

o b4 8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1896. 1 CITIZENS PROTEST AT THE DARKNESS, They Say That Crime Lurks in the Shadowy Streets. i | HURTS EVENING TRADE. i Merchants Hurl Old-Fashioned | Philippics at the City Fathers. IS A DISGRACE TO THE TOWN. A Prominent Resident Chooses the Center of California Street to Reach Home. Out of the darkness of the City’s streets there comes a voice—a voice that trembles with indignant protest at the injurious and original method the Supervisors have taken to cut down the current expenses. The tax ng citizens of S8an Francisco | do not hesitate to express their views | on this Supervisoral stroke of politi- | cal economy. Not one interviewed yester- | day could think of anything favorable to | say regarding the action, but all scored | what they termed an unjust and wholly | unreasonable action in the roundest terms. | Many of the most prominent merchants were interviewed yesterday, among whom William Doxey, the bookman, said: *‘This movement on the part of the Supervisors | 1 consider unreasonable and absurd. There | certainly must be some funds that are available to pay for street lights. If I re- member rightly, thiere remains in the treasury a fund that was to be expended for street-sweeping, something like $30,000. This money has never been used for that purpose. 1 cannot see wby it cannot be drawn on to defray the expense of street- lighting. “Dark streets,” he said, “‘put a premium | on crime; robbers and burglars thrive al- ways in dark cities. Out near my home at Ashbury Heigl we are in complete darkness, It is cult to find a house, even though you know its locality on the block. In‘is certainly a great disgrace to our City. Andrew M. Davis of the Golden Raule Bazaar said: *I can think of nothing the | Supervisors could do to be more prejudicial | to the best interests of this City or that would be attended with greater hazard than the keeping of the City in darkness | for any given period. The only thing I| can think of that would be as serious as doing this would be the withdrawal of the | Fire Department or the volice force. It | would almost seem as advisable to close | up the courts for a given iime on the plea of economy. “‘The dark streets increase the danger of being robbed, especially in the residence vortion of the town. 1tisa sin. Taxpay- ers have a great deal to put up with, in- | deed.” “The citizens of San Francisco,” said | Mr. Foltz, manager of Kast’s shoestore, “‘have my most profound sympathy. Ido | not spend the night here, I am thankful tosay. Ilivein the well-lighted and per- vetually lighted little town of Alameda.” A. Quade, the grocer, said: “This at- tempt at economy on the part of our City fathers reminds me of a certain fabulous | animal who snapped at a gnat and swal- | lowed a cAmel; and I believe that the municipal affairs should be carried on with the same system as is a business house. | 1 applaud this evidence on the Supervi- | sors’ part of a desire to be economical, but | it seems to me that it is being demon- | strated rather too near the close of the | eleventh hour and in a way that interferes | most seriously with the smooth running of City affairs. “I hold it a disgrace to the City. Iam | wholly opposed to it. There might be | other ways far more advisable than turn- | ing out Jighss of a big city. What a repu- tation we establish when strangers come bere and are compelled to grope their way | along the streets.” “To say the least,” said Mr. Fredericks, | vice-president of the Will & Finck Com- pany, “the Western Addition looked yery gium lasi night, and to tell you the truth, 1 did not consider wy life safe on my way home out Califernia street. In fact, I am not ashamed to say that I walked in the middle of the street. 'Think o1 it; in a City the size of San Francisco, with a tax-rate as high as ours, that one is obliged to w: out in the street for safety’s sake. I con- sider lighting the streets as good as police protection. B¢ "Gouid Te mil right on a moonlight night, but without a moon— well, we are notin it. I think we should nave light anyhow; let other things be cut down, but not, as 1s figuratively done, the lamp-posts.” George Haas, proprietor of the confec- tionery store under the Phelan building, said: *“1 paid over $2000 in taxes .this year, and now 1 have 10 go home in dark- ness. When you sbut off the street lights pecple are afraid to come out of doors, hence those merchants who keep open evenings lose money. I never have been in such darkpess in all my life as I was while going down Larkin street to my NEW TOC-DAY. picnicing, and tramp- ing excursions have their attendant dangers of change of water, over- eating, overheating. For a stomach imposed upon Jamaica Ginger Nothing gives such in- stant relief—so health- fullyand lastingly stim- ulatesand strengthens. ( | sidewalks. | Zinkand said: “I certainly believe that | the taxpayers should have light on the | the Board of Supervisors. | grosses their attention too much for them | funds_set aside for gas and electrical | could be made available for drafts upon it | home last night. It was like being in a dark room. It is bardly the fair thing, and we who pay taxes shouid not be made to suffer in this way. = “It is an outrage to the City, an out- rage,” said H. Roman, the clothier. “I could hardly see where my house was when I went home at 11 o’clock last night. The street lights should not be sacrificed for the sake of a general economy. Other funds should be drawn on. This injures evening trade to a great extent. It gives footpads and burglars all the opportunity in the world to molest people. One can- not see ten steps abead or behind on the This two-and-a-quarter tax rate has not done us any more good than the previous rates. Manager von Rooschen of the Cafe streets every nigut in the year. Itisnot only a shame to have the streets in dark- ness, but it is positively dangerous. It is rather a poor policy in my estimal Dark streets keep people within door: “It is a highly commendable thing on the part of the Supervisors to economize,” said Mr. Hale of the dry-goods firm of Hale Brothers, “but there are certain re- quirements which are absolute necessities for the welfare of a city. Lighting the is a good legitimate expense, it should be met. Statistics show [that our municipal expenses are increasing year by year, the questionn now comes up, What do we get in return for our money? Light streets are certainly as much a preventive of crime as the police force itself. I cannot compare the Fire Department, the police force and street lighting as being different in the scale of importance; they rather are functions of the City government that go hand in hand. One is as valuable as the other and all are absolutely necessary. If economy is necessary let it be in the other departments.” Thomas H. B. Varney said: “I really have not enough words to express my dis- gust at such legislation. The idea of this | City being in complete darkness for one night is, to my mind, an exceedingly serious affair, but for fifteen nights the idea is preposterous and disgraceful.” The merchants are not the only class of citizens who find eloguence to hurl philip- | pics_at the Street Lights Committee of | Dr. F. W. Harris said: *Solong as the people will neglect their duty as citizens so long will they be made to suffer from ithe mismanagement of their servants. Had the proper men been in power to care for the requirements of the taxpayers there would be light in our streets to- night and until the end of the fiscal year. ““Thousands of people who are assessed their pro rata year after year in this Coun- ty to bear its expense are too easy going. They take it for granted that honest peo- ple and proper business managers will reach power. So they stay home when they should be present ~at primaries selecting the best men to represent them in the conducting of the City’s affairs. But no, they stay away, claiming that either domestic, social, fraternal or other business en- to spare a few minutes to a subject which is as vital as choosing City Fathers. Asa plain business proposition, is it not rea- sonable that a sane man would devote a little while to choosing an employe to manage his business affairs? “That is what our Supervisors do for us. They simply attend to our wants and pay out our money for the gratification of our desires. “If we are obliged to grope our way through our streets at night, because of a lack of gas or electric light, it is that our | chosen servants were ill-chosen, and they | would have been better chosen had we, all of us, taken more interest in the prelimi- naries incidental to obtaining a municipal government. We deserve to get what we are getting, and I hope the lesson will im- prove us in our methods.” Dr. Thomas Morffew, member* of the State Dental Association, said: “Iam at| a loss to understand why it is that thei illumination of the City were not divided 80 as to cover the entire twelve months of the year, each month to be allowed just so much money. “This is a plain business arrangement, in my mind, which should have been car- ried oat on the same principle that one regulates his own expenses to not overlap his income. I consider it an outrage that the public must spend two weeks in total darkness. On the same principle of extrayagance | during the first few months of the fiscal | year there is no reason why instead of two weeks we have not been inflicted with two months’ darkness. I think that some provision should be be made to meet emergencies of this sort. Say, for instance, that the general fand | to pay for extra or additional lights that | might become necessary during the year, | In the event, however, that even the gen- | eral fund became inadequate to meet the | expense, then these lights coming in as | extra illumination could be kept ex- tinguisbed until the following years ap- | propriation, when vhey could be provided for on the regular list.” THE PEGPLES AN SUT Hearing Begins Before Judge Seawell and No End in Sight. Attorney Flournoy Explains His Con. nection With the Pacific Bank Sale. Judge Seawell yesterday began the hear- ing of the case of the People against the People’s Home Savings Bsnk. The suit was instituted on the application of the California Safe Deposit and Trust Com- pany, which corporation holds the books of about one-fourth of the depositors of the defunct People’s Home Savings Bank. The complaint alleges that 8. K. Thorn- ton, Kugene M. Freeman, William H. Phelps, John F. Sheehan, George Stone and William P. Taylor, officers and di- rectors of the savings bank, have mis- managed the affairs of the institution, and have not acted for the best interests of the depositors, or rendered to them a true sta tement of its affairs. Attorney Jobn Flournoy was the first witness called, and he kept the stand all day. His time was chiefly taken up in ex- piaining the sale of the Pacific Bank property to the Continental Trust Com- pany, or at least that portion of the trans- action with which he had anything to do. It seems that when the bank became pressed for money, it was decided by the directors to seil this property, and they were willing to accept $120,000 for it. Both General Sheeban and Mr. Flournoy op- posed this, they believing more couid ge obtained. Flournoy got an offer from R. D. McElroy of 811.5,003, but in the mean- while, the board passed a resolution which bound them to accept $130,000 for the building. Later, McEiroy increased his bid to $132,000, but the resolution of the board so tied things up with the California Title Insurance Company, who had charge of the transaction in behalf of the Con- tinental Fire Insurance Company, that McElroy's bid could not be accepted, and subsequently the property was sold to the former. It has been charged that Flournoy did his best to impede the sale to the insur- ance company, but this he denies, claim- ing he acted only as a friend of McElroy in the matter and also as a friend of the bank, it being his desire to have the bank obtain as much as possible for the real estate. General Sheehan says that $130,000 was a good price for the property and that he understands that it is now for sale at a smaller figure than that. Gunnison, Booth & Bartnett are ar- torneys for the trust company and R. B. Carpenter for the bank. The case will be continued to-morrow. GENERAL DIMOND DIES IN NEW YORK, His Leading Career in Civil and Military Life. SERVICE AT THE FRONT. He Tendered a Company of Troops to President Lincoln. NATIONAL . GUARD DUTIES. Ex-Superintendent of the Mint and President of the Chamber of Commerce. Major-General William Henry Dimond, division commander of the National Guard of California and one of the best- known merchants of San Francisco, died since, was not accepted by Governor Budd. : General Dimond was_an active compan- ion of the Loyal Legion, and was eiected commander of the California Commandery of the order in 1882. He was & comrade of the Grand Army of the Republic, belonz- ing 1o George H. Thomas Post. He was chairman of the finance committee of the National encampment held in San Fran- cisco, and rendered excellent service. He also served one campaign as chairman of the Republican State Central Committe. He served three yearsas Park Commis- sioner, resigning that position when he was appointed by President Harrison on ihe recommendation of United States Sen- ator Stanford Superintendent of the United States Mint in San Francisco. John Dag- gett was appointed by President Cleveland to succeed General Dimond in the Mnt. General Dimond’s highly bonorable aud active career asa mercgnnt in this City is well' known. By personal attention to business affairs, by intelligent industry and strict integrity he gained the highest rank in commercial circles. He prized highly the distinction which his fellow- merchants bestowed upon him when they elected him president of the Chamber of Commerce in 1894. ‘Len years ago, at the Republican State Convention held in Los Angeles, General Dimond was a prominent candidate for the gubernatora| nomination. He was warmly sustained by & large number of delegates, but the prize was won by John F. Swift. He was greatly disappointed in the outcome of the proceedings, but did not sulk in his tent or threaten to boli. Two years later, in 1888, he went to the National Republican Convention at Chi- cago as a delegate from California. Two daughters and two sons of General Dimond reside in San Francisco and one son, Henry, the eldest, lives in Honolulu. One daughter is the wife of Paul Jarboe and the other is the wife of Joseph Tobin. Edwin R. is a partner in the house of Wil- liams, Dimond & Co. Harry Dimond isin New York. The general’s body will be embalmed and brought to San Francisco. XA s SR JRlrgy) ke, DRAN 0 0T , 7,/4:/;"/,"9" ) N . ,‘:: LA YRR \\‘\\ S LR \ & ] S THE LATE MAJOR-GENERAL W. H. DIMOND. at the Gilsey House, New York, yester- day morning at 7:30 o’clock. During his last days, while he lay unconscious, his Lfe gradually passing away, he was at- tended by his son, Harry Dimondg, also by business partners in New York and one of his old family physicians. General Dimond had been failing in health for years, and some months ago his constitution began to weaken percep- tibly, so on the advice of his physicians he surrendered active business employment at his office. He had two or three sinking spells of late, and members of his family were pained by premature newspaper arti- cles to the eftect that he was dying. When General Dimond left San Fran- cisco early in June expecting to sail from New York to Europe, June 13, he ap- peared to be able to stand the journey without distress. He was accompanied by his son, Harry Dimond. The disease, an ailment of the kidneys, akin to Bright's disease, assumea a dangerous phase immediately after his arrival in New York, and it was soon plain that he could not undergo the voyage across the Atlantic. He had survived several at- tacks which threatened to sever the thread of life and displayed such wonderful re- cuperative energy that his son, Edwin R. Dimond, and his business associates, Messrs. Chesebrough, Sewell and Clarke, entertained hopes for several days that the general would again rally. William Henry Dimond was born in Honolulu, November 11, 1838, and was therefore in his 58th year. His father, a man of New England birth, went to Ha- waii as a missionary, General Dimond’s ancestors, dating back to his great, great- grandfather, were New Englana geu le, who participated in the French and ud};ln wars and valiantly fought in the Revolutionary war for American inde- endence. His great-grandfather, Jesse imond, served in the war of 1812-15, fighting against the British. When the great civil war of 1861 came in the United States, William Henry Di- mond was living in Hawaii, He espoused the cause of the Union and tendered his services to President Lincoln, offering to bring 100 men with him. At that particu- lar time England was seeking a pretext to quarrel with the United States, so Secre- tary Seward advised against the accept- ance of volunteers recruited on a foxeifn shore, and Dimond’s offer was kindly de- clined by President Lincoln. As the war progressed yonn: Dimond resolved to ‘enter the contest himself, so he traveled 7000 miles from Honolulu to Wnshmfi(on and asked to be assigned to duty. e was commissioned captain and ordered for duty on the staff of Mnajob Generel Rufus Saxton, then commanding the Federal force with headquarters at Beaufort, 8. C. After the surrender of Lee and Johnston Captain Dimond re- signed, declining to accept a commission in the regular army. After the war he made a tour of Eurat)e and then resumed his business career in Honolulu. In 1867 he came to San Fran- cisco, establishing business connections with the firm of Williams, Blanchard & Co. In 1880, on the retirement of Mr. Blanchard, the firm became Williams, Dimond & Co. In 1880 he was IFMBM lieutenant-, colonel on the staff of Governor George C. Perkins, and on December 14, 1881 he was commissioned brigadier-general, Second Brigade, N. G. C., succeeding General John McComb, who had been appointed Warden of the Folsom Prison. He was re- appointed brigadier-general by Governor Bartlett, and appointed major-general of the division Governor Waterman on September, 28, 1887. He was reappointed major-general by Governor Markham, and hald that rank st the time: of his death, as his resignation, tendered a short time 1t is common belief that General Di- mond was fairly well to do in the sense of worldly possessions, although he was not by any means a millionaire. He owned stock in various enterprises and controlled alarge interest in the shipping and com- mission house of Williams, Bimond & Co. He was a generous man in_every sense of the term. He gave freely to his comrades of the Grand Army, and contributed to the sup- port of many loeal mnstitutions, In club circles he was particularly well known. He belonged to the Pacific-Union, the Bo- hemian and the Union League. His death will be greatly regretted in the National Guard, as he always manifested a deep interest in the welfare of that organi- zgtion. In respect to his memory armory flags througheout the state were hali- masted yesterday, In due time an official order announcing his death will be promul- gated from general headquarters at Sacra- mento. The body of General Dimond, after the embalment, will be forwarded to San Fran- cisco attended by a proper escort. The car bearing the casket will leave New York to-day and is expected to reach San Fran- cisco next Tuesday. A meeting of the division staff has been called by Colonel A. E. Castle, assistant adjutant-general. Proper steps will be taken to receive the remains of the late major-general. BURGLARY PREVENTED. Policemen Clark snd Richter Have & Lively Early Morning Chase on Kearny Street. Shortly after 2 o’clock yesterday morn- ing, Policeman L. C. Clark saw a man run- ning up California street from Kearny. The officer gave chase and succeeded in stopping the fugitive. The man, however, managed to break away from him and ran down Kearny street, toward Pine. He was finally stoppeda by Policeman Ric hter on the corner of Pine street. When first seized by Clark, the man had a steel jimmy in his hand. At the station he gave his name as Frank Ballard. On his person were found $211in silver and a gold watch. In his hat he had hidden a padlock, which he had pried off some door. 1t was afterwards discovered that Ballard had taken the pad- lock from the front door of the “‘Seamen’s Saloon” on Kearny street, between Cali- fornia and Sacramento. Thedoor had not been opened. 2 Ballard gave his age as 20 years. Soon after his arrest a l{tmng man entered the station to ask if a friend of his by the name of Gus Anderson had been arrested on a vagrancy charge. He gave his name as Ernest Collins. He was placed in a cell. 5 ‘I'he police believe the two to be mem- bers of the same of young crooks who are responsible for petty robberies recently committed in several saloons. Itis said that some $1600 was in the saloon at the time of the attempted burg- lary, and that the gang were undoubtedly aware of this fact. - ——.————— When_gentlemen have susceeded in their | design of an immediate or gradual destruc- tion of the American , what is their substitute? Free trade! Free tradel The call for free trade is as unavailing as the call of a spoiled child, in the nurse's arms, Jfor the moon, or the stars that glitter in the firmament of heaven. * * * Gentlemen de- ceive themselves. It is, in effect, the British colonial system that we are invited to adopt; and, if their polwcy , it will lead sub- stantially to the recolonization of these States under the commercial dominion of Great Britain.—HENRY CLAY. % BUILDING T0 - THE YOSEMITE Construction of the Merced River Railway to Begin. CONTRACT FOR GRADING. First One, for Forty-Six Miles, to Be Signed Tuesday Next. WILL BUILD FROM MERCED. The New.Road Will Tap the Mother Lode and Rich Timber and Quarry Districts. Everything looked particularly favorable yesterday for the closing of a contract to grade half the new railroad that is to con- nect Merced with tbe Yosemite Valley. Within 2 week, unless some unforeseen obstacle should come in the way, the first shovelful of earth will be turned on the road into the heart of the Sierras. And from the hour that event takes place no time will be wasted on construction of the road. . It was stated yesterday by one of the of- ficers of the company in the offices in this City that negotiations were pending with contractors, and the expectations were the first contract for graaing would be signed Tuesday next. This section of the work covers forty-six miies, a little more than half the entire length of the road, as the total distance between Merced and Yo- semite is eighty-two miles. The graders hold themselves ready to begin operations immediately, so the prospect of very lively times at Merced is regarded as certain. Arrangements have been made for ties and uteef rails, with a view to the delivery of thisand other material without delay soon after the work of gradinga roadbed is in progress. All building material has been con- tracted for, and now the energetic pro- moters of the Merced River and Yosemite Railroad are in readiness to go to work in earnest. The right of way for the entire line, ex- cepting a short gap in the vicinity of Snelling, has been securea. Owing to an uncertainty as to the choice of a route at that point the directors have not yet got the right of way, but this, it was ex- plained, would not cause delay, since it will be some time yet before the graders will have reached the river. The choice of two routes for a short distance is under consideration, and it may be settled Tues- day next. The first section will tap the mother lode, the rich mining district in the Sierras. It will also open up a country rich in timber and marble and various kinds of building stone, and when its influence is felt in developing that region both the Southern Paciticand Valley roads will have a valuable feeder in the mountain line. The enterprise is coupled with the advent of the Valley road into Merced, will be a ma- terial help in booming that thriving city. With part of the Merced River road in operation construction will be carried on farther up along the beautiful canyon of the Merced without cessation till the loco- motive whistlesat the gates of the Yosem- ite Valley reservation will disturb the echoes of the wonderland. Then it will be a pleasant railroad trip to the Yosemite, which may be enjoyed by people of lim- itea means. THE SHERIF'S EXPESES Whelan’s Estimate of Funds Needed for the Coming Fiscal Year. An Increase of $300 Explained by the Larger Number of Prisoners on Hand. Sheriff Whelan made his estimate of the amount of money that will be necessary to run his department for the ensuing fiscal year yesterday, and sent the same to the Auditor. Mr. Whelan asks for $300 more than was allotted him last year, and explains the in- crease by saying that he bas a larger num- ber of prisoners to look after, and that in reality the estimate is lower than that of 1805-96 because many items have been cut off and the amounts put into the susten- ance fund. The itemized estimate is as follows: Salaries of office, etc.: Sheriff, $8000; Under Sheriff, $2400;: bookkeeper, $3000; Sheriff’s attorney, $1800; assistant bookkeeper, seventecn deputies at $1800 each, eighteen deputies 1500. $27,000; one deputy, $1200; two janitors, $900; one driver of prison van, i one matron, $780; tele. phone, $500: keeping of prison van, $600; pairing of van and horseshoeing, ; sta- tionery, printing and stamps, $1500; miscel- e ails $27 u tence of prisoners, 1and3, '50. Jeil 2. formerly House o{’Correcmon. salaries $18,300; rations, $23,600; drugs, $600; forage {'ur l;&ma - cidhomhfie ng and wagon . 5 Ind len! jail re) TS, Tk No, 5—nlaries, $5580+ sibtioner repairs on wagons, $100; paints, o{{l and brushes, $50; furniture and urpo\h. $100; miscellaneous, $100. Recapitulation—Ex penses of office, $81,730; gagenses of Jall No. 1, §37.500; expenses of ai 0. 2, ,000; expenses of Jail No. 3, #5990; total, $160,250. | # NEW MAIL SERVICE. Towns and Villages on Lake Tahoe in Daily Communication With the Outside World. The towns and villages along the shores of placid Lake Tahoe will after July 1 be in daily communication with the outside world. The postal authorities have deter- mined to establish a regular daily mail service on the lake, and the owners of the elegant new steamer Tahoe havejsecured the contract. The towns principally bene- mmerald fited bfithe change are Inchul, Bn{, obart, Glenwood, Bijou, Tallae, Lake Vailey and McKinney. Heretofore visitors and permanent dwellers in the lake region have been sub- qud to all manner of inconveniences, ucky often if they received mail once a week." All this is to be changed, however. A miniature ffice has been fitted up on the steamer Tahoe with D. L. Bliss as mail agent. The steamer will connect with all'stage and mailing points. ‘When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria. ‘When she was a Child, she cried for Castorias When she had Children, she gavethem Castorig, - NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. A packed store of buy- ersevery day this week is proof suffi- i S right stock and right prices. 000000000 S‘lk No such Silk-selling ; foc many @ moon 22 i h: n goi Bargains. hece this week, and the distribution still continues. We place on 590 sale 2000 yards of HIGH NOV- SPECIAL. §5a5% including several lines of French ‘lz‘nl;(d?s, r;orm(c]l ‘ZEB'L;p u‘fi #2 50 a yard. The styles exclusive and the qualities the best. 590 A rare opportunity for Silk-buyers. Special sale price. Yard sancy-colored Very heavy 59° 881 DFICE. .vv.s.. Yerd 85 We_place on c sale 1600 yards SPECIAL, 2328 Brack LSATIN DU- CHESSE, full 24 inches wide; guar- anteed ull pure Silk; best dye and finish. Special saie price. ... 85° Yard 3" ‘We place on Pl sale ail of our SPEOIA 50c and 65¢c « high-art DRA- PERY SLLKS, large flowered de- signs; full 31 inches wide;"all new seasonable stuff. Special price..... 35° Yard 59, We place on o sale several lines 1 of our 75¢ an: SPECIAL. S Fenci AND GERMAN NOVELTY SUIT- INGS, in Persian effects, fancy stripes, fancy Cheviots, fancy Vig- oreaux; splendid for bicycie cos- tumes; 38 10 45 inches wide; all this season's most popular Special sale price. .. 59° + Yard 89, lace on C of our el high-grade SPECIAL. MEXE SN ELTY SUITINGS, fro 81 75 per yard, w eral styles of Fancy Mohairs, Silk and Wool Fancy Bourettes, Fancy Granites, Persian effects, etc.; 38 to 45 inches wide; every yard new this season. Special sale price..... We sale all 89° shelesslrshfrshrsfrshidasashijasesiashifashrcirshrsirshesheiashrnhesirsirciasirniacireirsirefasreiasirafachreiashrfasirefasirsiasirsosirntens Aeesirsirnirefrcacts 8 e Yara tinues until Saturday Evening. e HALE BROS.,, : INCORPORATED, 037, 939, 941, 9043, 945 Market St. fesontetaststaspntetontstaslednlesosfsteststasestasnlstast 28 A Kindly Thing to do. Tell your neighbors about the Special Silk, Cape and Jacket prices this week at HALFE’S. CAPES, JACKETS AND WAISTS. To-day and to-morrow vou may choose from the handsomest collection of Summer Styles in the city with prices decidedly in your favor—below all dealers. 3 HINTS OF WHAT T0 EXPECT. 7 JACKETS, in Black A Biue Boucle Cloth, 22 inches long, mpple back, EARLY FALL STYLE, velvet collar, bought at a great reduc- tion. ON SALE for the balance the week at... egular price £10 50, 60 .00 oy sizes 3% to 4d. LADIES® BLACK STLEK WAISTS, made of Jay ¢ nese 8ilk, shirt waist sleeves, with 5 cufts. ON SALE for balance of $2—— the week at...... ACH S ) Regular 83 60 waisi, sizes 32 to 43. 30 CHILDREN' JACKETS, vel- vet collars, made from fancy mixed cloth, button up close to . the neck, for ages 4 to 12 years, 95 regular 33 lackets. ON SALE B1on o for balance of the week at....... EACH IN THE FANCY GOODS SECTION. FANCY MESH VEILING, 14 inches wide, full assortment of colors, white, black, navy, brown, tan, etc., regular vaine 20c and 25c a yara. SALE o PRICE for today and tomor 10! Tow. :vs YARD LEATHER BELTS with fancy metal buckles, 2 Inches wide, sssorted tans and blacks, regu- lar value 15c to 25c. SAL PRICE for Friday and darar % TR . EACH LADIES’ BLACK COTTON HOSE, made of fine Maco yarn, all o black of white feet, highspiiced 20 heel. double sole and toes....... PAIR LADIES' TAN COTTON HOSE, all new shades. extra fine qual- ity, plain or Richelieu ribbe 25° high-spliced heel, double sole and toe PAIR LADIES' FRENCH LISLE HOSE, fine quallty, sitky finish, black 9316 and tan_shades, plain or ribbed, 3 high-spliced heels, double toes.. PAIR The Ribbon and Lace Sale con- RO T T A M A 9 O T 0 O M M A A A S e e == THINGS ARE WARMING UP, FIREWORKS! We put up Assorted Boxes for Chil- dren, including Firecrackers, Torpe- does, etc., for 81, $2 and $3. We make a specialty of Lawn Dis- plays—assortments for $5, 88, $12, $20 and upward. Special Designs, Portraits and sugges- tive effects in Fireworks made to order. CALIFORNIA FIREWORKS CO. Salesroom 219 Frout Street, Upstairs, BET. SACRAMENTO AND CALIFORNIA. Telephone No. Front 38. $7 x4 ROOMS CONSISTING OF FURNITUR-ER PARLOR,BEDROOM, DINING-ROOM, KITCHEN EASY PAYMENTS. Tapestry Brussel: B 0il Cioth, per ";W o Solid Oak Bed Suit, 7 pieces . Solid Oak Folding Bed, with Mil T. BRILLIANT, 410 POST ST.,above Powell OPEN EVENINGS Four-Room Catalogues Mailed Free. Q" Free Packing and Delivery across the Bage f o HIGHEST GRADE AND GUARANTERD. $85—$5 DOWN—$2 WEBK For the Beantifal *96 Models. Excellent Second-Hand Wheels at from $15 to $35. INDIANA BIGYCLE COMPANY, 18 and 20 McAllister Street, OPEN EVENINGS, " o Baja California Damiana Bitters 182 powertul and 2exual and urlnary orgaas of o aanis toe five B et Hentorstecs o tho kidneys and*blad: necessary. NABER, ALk 323 Markat St 8¢ 1SN A Eireotae) PHILAI]ELPHIA SHlE €L PED ON A SHOB MEANS STANDARD OF MERIT. <] 2 " ~ 2 A article is always che: article s better. This week we will sell at fice n first-class RUSSET KID OXFOR. razor toes and tins and brown cloth tops bigh-grade article sold st a cheap _price. buying it you get style, fit and durabi » Oxford formerly sold for $2 50 and $3, but we have eut the price to $1 90 for the coming week. and we will this week offer $1‘ ':" a bargain that snould not be oyerlooked. First-Qual- 2 5 ity Russet Kid Southern 5. Ties, with Brown Cioth Vo o Tops and Extra Pointed Toes and_Tips, which are worth $2 50 to $3, will be 3 s0ld at a sacrifice for $1 90, == A&~ Country orders solicited. A Send for New Illustrated Catalogue. Address B. KATCHINSKI, PHILADELPHIA SHOE CO., 10 Third Street, San Francisco. but a ches, The ever-popular South- ern Tie 1s still a favorite, HOTEL, EHPIAE Grand Boulevard and 63d St. West, 100agla LW, YORK. 200 suites, 2807 rooms each, with private athe" 10 minutes from business ical centres. Overlooking {:nm] Park ‘:’:‘1‘&. Hudson River AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PLANS. service A cuisine and oice. anywhere in erica. A the Jersey ferries take either 6th urgxh ave. L™ to 66th st., or Broadway cable cars to hotel, ' Boulevard cars passing Grand Ce- tral Station reach hotel in 10 minutes. Europetd plan, $1 up. American plan, $3 up. Most O pletely equipped and meat liverail b New Yorl W. JOHNSON QUINN, M& NOBLB, Propr. THBSUCOS OF T S THE LADIES GRILL ROOM —O0F THE— PALAGE HOTEL DIRECT ENTRANCE FROM MARKET SL OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT. with baths, EAT TWINBROTHERS S