The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 2, 1896, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1896. DEAN BETRAYS THE FORGERS, Says He and Creegan Planned the Nevada Bank Forgery. BECKER'S FINE WORK. Alleged to Have Been Done for Creegan in Oak- land. CREEGAN'S EASTERN RECORD. He and Dean Were Together in the | Maryland Penitentiary Over | Two Years. | | | A vast amount of evidence was intro- duced yesterday in the trial of Creegan | and Becker for forgery. The morning | session was taken up with the testimony of the officials of the various barks that| handled the forged draft. The testimony of Frank L. Seaver, or A. H. Dean as he is better known, was the feature of the afternoon session. He told n the most matter-of-fact way of the con- spiracy into which he and Creegan had entered, how they selected this City as the | best field to make a little money and how | tney arranged every detsil of the scheme. | He recounted every step of the operation in such a deliberate and pleasant manner that even J Wallace acknowledged at | the c! of the day’s session that it was " the most interesting story he had ever listaned to. The spectators, who filled the courtroom and galiery, were a motley throng, con- Bookkeeper Rourke had testified to. Cashier Thomas was also recalled to state that he had not given anybody authority to raise the $12 check. F. L. Seaver, better known as A. H. Dean, was called and sworn. In answer to Attorney Wilson’s questions the wit- ness said he was 36 years of age, was a native of Massachusetts and had first seen Creegan in the Baltimore County Jail, where he guver) was held on a charge of forgery. e had been in Creegan’s com- pany only two or three days at that time. He again met him in the Maryland peni- tentiary, where they were associated for two years and a half. The next meeting between Seaver and Creegan, after their release from the Mary- land penitentiary, was on Broadway, near Thirtieth street, New York, in April, 1893 He had first met Becker at the Sheepshead Racetrack, near Coney Island, in Cflmpflnz with Creegan. He had seen him also wit Creegan in London, England. Seaver had come to California in the latter parc of November, 1895. Before coming to California he bad met Creegan on several occasions in the East, and had conversations with him relative to certain transactions to be carried out in California. The first of these conversations was held at the Hotel Savoy, at New York, late in October or early in November, 18%. The conversation was in regard to select- ing some place to make a little money. Creegan suggested that San Francisco was a good place to work, because large drafts were readily accepted, Creegan further suggested that Seaver should open an ac- count in San Francisco, and later they should raise a draft. Seaver said that neither he nor Creegan could raise a draft, but that Becker could. Creegan and Seaver had several meet- ings at the latter’s house and eisewhere in New York in regard to the proposed Cali- fornia operations. They had discussed the best means of making money, and had concluded that it would not be a good plan to forge an indorsement, as an oper- ation of that kind had been discovered i California shortly before. eaver arrived here in the latter part of November, 1895, and registered at a hotel as A. D. Howe. He shortly afterward took a trip to the country, going to Rea Bluff, Woodiand and other towns. He had bought a draft for $95 at Red Bluff and two drafts at Woodland—one for $12on the Woodland Bank and another for $11 from the Yolo Bank. All these he gave to Creegan on the ferry-boat when he re- turned -to the City. The understanding was for Creegan to submit these three drafts to Becker, and for him to select the one most suitable for raising. Before leaving New York Seaver had made an appointment with Creegan to meet him in front of the Lick House on the evening of November 28. They did not meet until about December, when they accidentally came together in the Palace grillroom. " The two talked the matter sisting of all sorts and conditions of men | OVer and agreed upon Seaver’s subsequent from bank presidents to seedy denizens of | ¢0urse in opening an office in the Chroni- slums, & | cle building and opening an account with Thomas, the cashier of the Bank | the Nevada Bank., Creegan at the time Woodiand, testified that about 3 o’clock | told Seaver that Becker, although not in nger had come into the bank and | d for a check on the San Francisco | bank for $12 and Cashier Thomas had sold | him the check. Attorney Black here sub- the aiternoon of December 9, 1895, a} this City, was near by and was ready to do any *‘artistic work.”” The witness recounted the various de- posits he had made in the bank. He had conversations with Creegan as tc what mitted the check, which was in a frame | and under glass. As it reads now the‘ check is dated December 13 instead of December 9, as originally, and is for $22,000 instead of $12. The stubbook cor- | responding to the check was identified by | the witness and submitted in evidence. | ‘When asked by Attorney Black whether | he would recognize the man Dean, or | Scott, as he gave his name in Woodland, ; Cashier Thomas declared that he would. | Dean was breught into the courtroom and | identified as the man to whom he had | sold the check. William H. Crocker, the president of the Crocker-Woolworth National Bank, was called by the prosecution. He testified that the Crocker-Woolworth Bank had done business with the Bank of Woodland since 1883. He identified theraised check in question, which he had first seen in January, 1896, after it had passed through ~ the Clearing-house | and had been paid by the Nevada| Baunk. The check had been returned to | tnedCrocker Bank by the Bank of Wood- | land. 0. B. Fogle, paying teller of the Crocker- Woolworth Bank, identified the check, | which had come into his hands in Decem- | ber, 1895. It had come in an envelope | through the Clearing-house from the | Nevada Bank. The Crocker Bank had | paid the check to the Nevada Bank | through the clearing-house. After ex-| plaining to the jury what the Clearing- house was and how it was conducred Tell- er Fogle was excused. J. F, Kavanagh, a clerk in the Nevada Bank, who sometimes relieved the receiv- ing teller and did the Clearing-house work, testified that he had received the check from Dean and had had the book- keeper enter the check to Dean’s credit. He had also entered the amount in Dean’s passbook. He identified both the check | and the passbook. The passbook was sub- mitted in evidence by the District Attor- ney. The deposit tag which Dean pre- sented along with the check was also iden- tified and offered in evidence. No other person in the bank had seen the check be- fore it went out of the bank to tne Clear- ing-house. George Grant, assistant cashier and pay- ing teller of the Nevada Bank, was shown the check, which he had first seen in the | hands of Captain Lees. Cashier Grant gave an account of the various transac- tions of Dean with the bank, consisting of the following items: December 4 A. H. Dean_deposited $2500 in greenbacks; December 7, drew $400 in coin; December 12, drew $700’ in coin; December 13, deposited $200 in currency; December 13, would be the best amount to start in with to impress the bank people of his financial standing. Creegan had told Seaver that he was stopping at the Grand Hotel under the name of J. P. Holland. Upon his return frons Woodland Seaver met Creegan on the boat. Creegan got the draits from Seaver and took the next boat back to Oakland, telling him that he would take them back to Becker to decide, which was the best toraise. The drafts were placed between the leaves of a Bank- ers’ Almanac in order to keep them flat and wicthout creases, When he gave them to Creegan Seaver gave his opinion that the Woodland draft would be the bestto raise on account of the high standing of the Woodland bank. On the Iollowin{z evening Creegan and Seaver met at Dush street and Grant avenue in this City. Creegan returned the $95 Red Bluff draft because it had onita printed statement that it was good onl for sums less than §1000. Creegan agree with Seaver that the Woodland check would be the best to raise, and declared that, although t. _ draft was on National safety draft paper, which is of particularly sensitive color and easily disfigured when acid is used upon it, nevertheless Becker could raise it without a great deal of trouble, On December 16 Creegan and Seaver met and went together to_Oakland to get the draft from Becker. Seaver waited at | & saloon on Broadway while Creegan went to 8 e Becker. Creegan reported, how- ever, that the scid bad run all over the check and that it would take considerable | work with the camel’s hair brush to fix it. | On_the next day Creegan got the draft and, meeting Seaver by appointment, gave him the draft, at thé same time asking him i ‘‘that was not a pretty piece of work.”” On the following day Seaver deposited | the check and withdrew most of his cash balance at the same time. The witness recounted the steps he had taken to make an impression of his busi- ness standing. He bad rented an office in the Chronicle building and employed an office-boy merely in order to have some- body to drive his buggy when he should draw the §20,000. On the night before the money was drawn Seaver met Creegan and arranged to meet him and McCloskey the next morning at the corner of Third and Mission streets. Seaver was to draw the money and drive away, and Creegan and McCloskey were to follow him to see that no harm came to Seaver. On the morning when the money was drawn Seaver bought a sack whnich he thought would hold the money, and with deposited check on the Angio-California Bank | December 13, deposited §795 in cur- | und checks; December 17, deposited 0 in & check on the Crocker-Woolworth December 17, drew $2200 in_coin; De- | 18, drew $20,000 in gold coin. | Teller Grant nhad paid the $20,000 to | Dean in four bags of $5000 each, which had come from the San Francisco sub-treasury, and which Grant had not opened. The witness was requested to produce at the afternoon session the daily balance for December 17, 1885. On cross-examination Grant said that when Dean came into the office there was another man with him—a short man. Dean asked for greenbacks, but Grant told him he could only give him greenbacks of small denominations, which would make a bulky package. Dean’s companion sug- gested that he take gold coin. Grant told Dean he conld give him four sacks of $5000 each. The other man then told Dean he had better take the sacks. Grant then went to the vanit, got the sacks and re. turned to the counter. Dean put the four sacks into a satchel and with his com- panion left the bank. Both Becker and Creegan were pointed out to ~ ‘ant, but he could not 1dentify eitber as ti. - companion of Dean. Atgorney Dunn questioned the witness closely as to the resemblance between Me- Closkey and the companion of Dean. Grant "admitted that there was quite a similarity between the two men, but nota very great similarity. Dean and his com- vanion were in the bank about five min- utes. The witness thoughtit was no more than tbis, although it might have been ten minutes. The court then adjourned until 2 o'clock. Before the court convened in the after- noon the bainff opened the gallery to ac- commodate the crowd of spectators. The cloud of dust started up by threescore bandkerchiefs sweeping the benches threatened to stifle everybody in the courtroom. When the door downstairs was unlocked the crowd came in with a rush in spite of the efforts of Bauliff Curtis to stem it. Edgar L. Rourke, the youthfu!-looking bookkeeper of the Nevada Bank, was the first witness called 1n the afternoon. He identified the entry of Dean's account in the current account ledger of the bank as baving been made in his own hand- wnting. The corresponding. entries in the cashbook were also severally ex- amined, as well asthe balance-sheet for December, which showed a balance in Dean’s favor of $21,995 on the 17th and $1995 on the 18th, Cashier Grant was put on the stand B ank ; cember his office-boy engaged a buggy and gave the boy such instructions as to keep him long enough to permit Creegan and Mec- Closkey to follow. Seaver and the boy | drove slowly downtown, stopped awhile before the Occidental drove to the bank. Seaver went into the bank alone, he thought. A man came in later, however —one of the bank’s customers, he thought. He was positive that the stranger was neither Creegan nor McCloskey. After some discussion as to what kind of money he should take be finally took four bacs of $5000 each, and drove out to the Mission and stopped in front of a house. Then he dismissed the boy with the buggy and took a Valencia-street car downtown. He carried the money to the Lexington House, 212 Eddy street, where he had rooms. Here he met McCloskey, and the two put the money into four woolen s tockings and burned the original sacks. Then McCloskey took two of the stockings downstairs to Creegan, who was waiting at the door. The court here adjourned until this morning at 10 o’clock, when the direct ex- amination of Witness Seaver will be re- sumed. Probably Attorney Wilson will consume about an hour more in his direct examination, and then Attorney Dunn will attempt to break down Seaver's testi- mony on cross-examination. LEZINSKY LOSES. Judge Seawell Decides That He Has No Claim Against the School Board. Juage Seawell yesterday handed down his decision in the case of Isidor Lezinsky, who sued the Board of Education for back salary, claiming to have been employed as a teacher in the Business Evening School. The claim grew out of the merging of the Commercial Evening School into its successor. Lezinsky was employed as a teacher of bookkeeping inthe former, and claimea to have been transferred to the latter. s Judge ‘Seawell, however, decided that Lezinsky had, at no time since August 30, 1893, been in the employ of the Board of Education, and was consequently entitled to no remuneration. Judgment for costs was given for the defendant. —————— The Hale & Norcross Suit. Arguments for & mew trial in the famous Hale & Norcross suit were heard by Judge Hotel and then THE THRTY-FOURTH HAS ORGANIZED, From One Hundred and Fifty to Six Hundred and Seventy. IN A FEW MONTHS. A Formidable Portion of the Eleventh Ward Getting in Trim. INPORSING THE LEADERS. Prominent Business Men Assist Their Young Friends in C!ub For- mation. That little section of the great munici- pality of San Francisco known as the Thirty-fourth Assembly District, which takes in but a small portion of the 9 is making the necessary arrangements for a first-class battalion, which will have a regalia befitting the occasion, with ban- ners, etc., that when the club turns out in rocession its members will be observed n the line of march with their associates. Permanent headquarters will be estab- lished within the next eight days. To ac- complish this desirable object a commit- tee of five, composed of E. W. Eustice, J. H. Harney, Josepn Becsey, George W. Elder and D. J. Kelley, was appointed. At a recent meeting of the club the fol- lowing resolutions were offered and car- ried unanimously : WHEREAS, The Republican County Commit- tee has, in its wisdom, deemed it_for the best interest of our Kuny to increase the usetulness of its body by the addition of one more member from enc¥: Assembly district; end whereas, the harmony of our party will be materiall advanced by selecting as the addditional County Committeeman one who is closely in touch with his constituents, and in whom the people of the district he represents have the utmost confidence; thereforg be it Resolved, By the executive committee and board of vice-presidents of the Thirty-fourth Assembly District Central Republican Club (acting for the club), that Charles H. Mayer be and is hereby indorsed as our choice for County Committeeman to represent the lower half of the Thirty-fourth Assembly District. The Thirty-fourth District will Jeave no stone unturned to give the Republican nominees a handsome majority at the coming election. They are organized for battle and recognize in the present ieaders of the party men who are thoroughly im- bued with the principles of clean politics ana good government for the whole people and not for those who live upon political patronage alone. —_— A Partnership Quarrel. James Eva and Samuel J. Eva have asked the Superior Court to appoint a receiver for the Fresno Fruit-Packing Company, alleging that the corporation was hopelessly insoivent. They further prayed that an injunction be issued restraining James Madison, A. F. Ten- ney and B. H. Madison from borrowing money with which to continue the business. ~All the arties named are stockholders and directors n the concern. TRERIVCER = K827 Officers of the Thirty-Fourth Assembly District Republican Club, 1896. £ w Lusrec S« ,77, Eleventh Ward, bounded by Eleventh, Guerrero, Twenty-first and Harrison streets, contains some of the best Repub- licans in this City, as has time and again been proven when their Democratic friends threw down the gauntlet of party battle. Who else could have defeated the selected Democratic champions put forth to do battle for the office of Sheriff twice in succession but a stalwars like C. S. Lau- meister, who resides in this district? To him and such as ex-Supervisor Micah Doane and other popular and well-known Republicans of the district do those young men look for advice and counsel wken a hotly contested campaign is about to be encountered. On such men experienced to guide the party to victory do the young men of this district rely for political in- struction when counsel becomes necessary. To the young men not only of the Th rty-fourth District but throughout the State and Nation does the Republican party turn for a perpetuation of the suc- cess of the party. Theold men with fixed political ideas are unchangeable. There are men in the Democratic party to-day who honestly believe they are voting for Andy Jackson and Sam Tilden every time they go to the ballot-box. But year after year those honest old men are dropping out and joining the leaders of their party on the other side of the big river, where there are no gnldhugs or repeating at the ballot-box. In_their stead the young native-born, educated man votes the ticket that will put that party in power which wiil elevate the great masses of the people, and he knows full well that that party is the Republican party. Of this class of lhinkin§ men are the members of the Thirty-fourth District Ciub composed. This club was organized about six months ago under the auspices of the Republican Executive Council of California, with a membership of 150, which has stendus grown to its present membership of 670. For this prosperous condition credit must be ziven to F.J Hurst, president; E. W. Eustice, secre- tary; R. B. Bartlett, treasurer, and Charles H. Mayers, chairman of the executive committee. ‘With those officers the following well- known residents of the district, who com- pose the executive committee, rendered able assistance in brlnginx the club up to its exalted position: 8. M. Williams, Cord H. Wetjen, W. W. Whan, William Cash- man, O. E. Fairfield, J.' E. Elkington, Joseph Becsey, George W. Elder, Con Hilderbrandt,” F. J. Hurst, J. H. Harney, George Dieterle, E. B. Smith, James Smiley, E. W. Eustice, C. C. Butt, 8, L. Lent and H. G. Krasky. To co-operate with those is one vice- president for each precinct, divided as follows: Vice-presidents—Dr. E. L. Mul- ligan, chairman; C. W. Baker, secretary; Louis Cella, J. Pries, G. T. Barber, George Burkhardt, J. Hanson, W. J. Kirk- wood, W. H. Ussher, Fred Grimes, F. M. Zeising, V. J. Kelley, William Cairns, Wil- liam Munson, Harry Beasley, Neil B"enry, Joseph Lavaff, J. R. Kirby, G. B. Craw- ford, and A. R. Paul, sergeant-at-arms. In addition to the above-named active workers who have labored to bring the club up to its present standing in the party there are in the district and among the members of the club.the following well-known Repubiicans and prominent business men: Supervisor obbs, ex- Speriff C. 8. Laumeister, Superintendent of Schools Madison Babcock, School Di- rector H. C. Henderson, John Center, Percy Beamish, Jonn L. Boone and sev- eral others equally as prominent and well known in the ranks of the party. Having succeeded in establishin class club the officers and mem desirous of ng an ornamental wing in a first- TS are Hebbard yesterday. The motion was denied, merely to answer several formal questions a8 ‘o the identity of the papers which and the matter will now go back to the Su- wreme Court. the shape of a drill corps. To accomplish this a committee consisting of E. B. Smith. Cord H. Wethn and F. W, Zeising AMORG THE WHEELWEN, Entries and Handicaps for the Races at Pleasanton Saturday. Preparations All Completed for the League Meet at Peta. juma, There is to be a small race meeting at Pleasanton on Saturday, and the events, which are for amateurs only, have been entered mostly by the riders of Alameda County, the Acme and Reliance clubs in pnrticnlnr. The events and entrants are as follows: Halt-mile scratch—W. R. Childs, Reliance; C. F. Orra, unattached; A. B. Pickard, M. Rose, A. &. McDougall and P. M. Lefevre, Acme; Charles Olson, E. H. Barbeau, Charles Rath. bone and Ben Carroll, unattached. Five-mile handicap—P. M. Lefevre and M. F. Rose, Acme, scratch; A. 8. McDougall, Acme, 800 yards: A. B. Pickard, Acme, 350; J. S Breréton, Reliance, 400; C. F. Orra, unal tached, 450; W. R. Childs, Reliance, 500; Charies Olson, E. H. Barbeau, Charles Rath- bone and A. W. Rice, unattached, 600; B. Carroll, T. D. Wells Jr., Willlam Baumgarten and N. M. Graper, 650. One-mile scratch—W. R. Childs, Reliance; . F. Orra, Charles Olson. E. H. Barbeau, Charles Rathbone and Ben Carroll, unattached ; A. B. Pickard, M. F. Rose, A. 8. McDougall an P. M. Lefevre, Acme. The handicapping was done by Robert Assheton 8myth, official hanaicapper for the League of American Wheelmen. THE BOARD OF - HEALTH DEFIANT, It Will Not Give Up Its Inspection of Vessels. THE NEW REGULATIONS A Pointed Letter Sent to the Marine Hospital Service. THE COMPONENTS OF A JELLY What Mr. Wenzell Found in the Few Samples Which He Examined. It looks very much as if the Board of Health has thrown down the gantlet to the Federal quarantine authorities, and that it is the beginning of quite a con- tention. There was read at a meeting of the board yesterday a letter drawn up in answer to & communication from the supervising surgeon of the Marine Hospital Service, informing the board that the local service would hereafter do the quarantine inspec- tion instead of the City officers. The com- munication which will be sent in answer is as follows: 8AN FRANCISCO, July 1, 1896. Walter Wymn, M.D., Supervising Surgeon- General, M. S., Washington, D, C.—DEAR SIR: We acknowledge receiptof your letter of the 20th 1nst. to the president of this board,where- in you inform us “‘heretolore the boarding and inspection of vessels arriving at San Francisco from foreign ports has been permitted to be continued by the local quarantine officer be- cause of the necessary delay in the construc- tion of the steamer, and later because of the lack of sufficient -{pmpmuon," and further say that “‘the last Congress made appropria- tions sufficient to enable the service to per- form the entire quarantine function at the port of San Francisco,” and that “‘with the ap- proval of the Secretary of the Treasury you are directed on July 1 or as soon thereafter as practicable to begin the boarding and inspec- tion of all vessels requiring inspection.” In reply thereto we call your attention to the plain language of the laws of the State of California, under which this board was ap- pointed to carry out through its quarantine officer the functions of boarding and inspect- ing vessels requiring such inspection. %heu laws, section 3015, California Politi- cal Code, require that “no person shall leave or communicate with any vessel subject to antine or examination by the Quarantine er until the Quarantine Officer has boarded her and given the necessary orders and directions.” We are unable to find any warrant in any rovision of the United States statutes of April 55, 1878, August 1, 1888, or February 15, 1893, for the statement in your letter that this inspection by the local Quarantine Officer “has been permitted to be continued,” or that Congress appropriated moneys ‘o perform the entire quarantine function at the port of San Franecisco.” On_the contrary, the United States statute of April 29, 1878, provides specially “that there shall be no interierence in any manner with nny quarantine laws or regulations as they lex st or may hereafter be adopted under State aws."” We both believe and hope that our respective duties may be carried out without friction, and possibly to the greater efficiency of the quarantine service, until the exclusive and tremendous responsibility of safeguarding the Nation's health from infectious diseases shall haye been finally fixed and determined. Until we shall be absolved from our plain duty under the laws of this State, a duty our oath of office compels us to perform, we shall do that duty so far as lies in our power. You siate you are acting under the instruc. tions of the honorable Secretary of the United States Treasury; we are acting under the com- manding laws of a sovereign State, and as ner officers sworn to maintain those laws we shall attempt to enforce them so long as we are charged with that duty. In submitting the document Dr. Morse said the law on the subject had been thor- oughly looked up, and’it was only after a careful investigation of the subject that the reply had been framed. The commu- nication was adopted by the board. A communication was received from Mr. Wenzell reglrding certain analyses of jellies which he had made. His report was interesting. Of eight samples which he had examined all were made from bad fruit, and three had been colored with ani- line dyes. The currant jellies, of which there were several samples, ali showed the presence of apples and aniline, and one sample of strawberry jelly was shown to be made from apples and turnip pulp. The matter was placed in the hands of Inspector Ben Davis, and he was ordered to arrest the sellers of the samples for vio- lation of the pure-food laws. The charge against James McDonough, of having fed the cows of his dairy on the marshes off the San Bruno road was con- sidered. Inspector Dockery testified that last week he found a number of cows on the marsh and ordered the Poundman to take them. McDonough claimed some of the cows and a number of young men took the cows from the Poundman. Who had taken the cows he did not know or he would have had them arrested. He had NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. FOURTH OF JULY WEEK BARGAINS FROM OUR——— GREAT SACRIFICE CLEARANCE SALE As may be judged from the following specimen attractions, Fourth of July week will be A WEEK OF EXTRAORDINARY BARGAIN OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR CUSTOMERS, as our desire to CROWD SIX DAYS’ BUSINESS INTO FIVE BUSINESS DAYS, and thus keep up the enormous: weekly average of our Great Sacrifice Clearance Sale, impels us to supplement the heavy reduction thus far pre- vailing by Still Deeper and More Startling Cuts in Prices! LADIES’ CAPES. LADIES’ CAPES, made of fine material, prettily embroidered or braided in contrasting shades; also trimmed with bias bands and small buttons, $1.00 % lined and unlined; tan, brown, navy and black; worth $4, reduced to...) EACH LADIES’ CAPES, made of fine material, richly embroidered or braided, "“l 29 N 0 lined with silk, ruche trimmings at neck; also black velvet with' jet- €)&s®) trimming, all lined, ribbon ruche at neck; worth $7 50, reduced to...... ) "EACH BLACK SILKS. 800 yards BLACK BROCADED MERV will be closed out at. 1000 vards BLACK BROCADED SILK, both in Satin and Gros-Grain) effect, extra heavy quality, former price $1 50a yard, will be closed outat| WASH GOODS. 50 pieces WIDE-WIDTH HEAVY ENGLISH PERCALES, the 15¢ grade, at EILLEUX, former price $1 25 a yard, -4 et 7250 S1.00 e 250 pieces WOVEN SHIRRED CREPON, every one new and stylish, a great) 71 fige, value for 1234c, on sale at. § 420 4 cases HEAVY WOVEN TENNIS FLANNELS, a clean, good fabric, the)] M 814c grade, on sale at. sassbdvyes st '3 a0 300 pieces BEST 3¢ INDIGO PRINTS, all fast colors, the 814¢ cloth, on sale at 1Case National Bunting for Decorating, per yard, 5¢ 500 Remnants—Table Damask Towels, Wash Goods, Etc.— on Sale this Week. About 800 pairs Fine All-White Blankets, slightly imper- fect, on sale at Half Value. MURPHY BUILDING, ot Sooel, corner of Jones SATN FRANOISOO. e e ] ¢ ¢ e ¢ g had trovble over McDonough’s cows once before. Market Inspector Davis corrobo- rated him. Further hearing of the case was poste poued until next week. Lr. H. Morrow wasappointed an interne at the City ana County Hospital in place of Dr. N. M.'McGilligan. It was ordered that the Supervisors be At & meeting of the San Francisco Road Club Tuesday night the prizes won at the club's recent roadrace were given out. 1he club had a ran last night to attend Bob Mitchell’s benefit. The next regular meeting of the Camera Club Cyclists has been postponed until Thursday evening, July 9. The Cycle Board of e will hold an Imfo.'unt meeting this evening in the Mills building to discuss the preparations for the big parade in this city July 25. James 8. Dawson, the electric lineman who was killed Monday, was a promimen member of the Imperiai Cycling Club and has held many offices in "the organi- zation. His funeral will be held to-day from the clubrooms, 614 Van Ness avenue. Allan Jones, J. E. Edwards, Oscar Osen, R. L. Long, R. E. Dow, A. M. Boyden and F. M. Byrne, professionals, and C. D. Bates Jr., J. R. Kenna, Ed Chapman and ‘W. 8. Bacon, amateurs, besides all the Petaluma riders, are in active training at the Petaluma track for the league meet on the Fourth. Preparations for the big meet have been about completed. A 12-foot wind brake has been erected on the north side of the track to insure protection to the riders and fast time. Some one said the first turn of the track was not very safe, and the Petaluma Wheelmen put men to work at once and remedied the de- fect. Bicycle racks have been placed in- side the grounds and 500 wheels can be taken care of without injury. Allan Jones and J. E. Edwards will' go for the mile and half-mile world’s records at the meet, paced by a :.}nldrup let. Everything is be- ing done to insure rfect meet and give the wheelmen time. Beer Pressure Regulator. John Curtis, 1027 Harrison street, swore to, & complaint in Judge) Campbell's court yester- day charging Bamuél Atchison with obtain- ing money by false pretenses. Curtis all that on or about March 31 Atchison got from him for a one-third interest in an auto- matic ator, which he was to et patented, but after geiting the mone; urtls 0 more about the patent, an Awthd to return the b requested to appropriate $1500 for the pur- chase of instruments and flixings for the Receiving Hospital. 4 The communication submitted to the Grand Jury suggesting certain increases in the force and expenses of the office was read and approved. There have been 5966 deaths during the ear, as against 6059 the year before. The irths as recorded were 5020, against 3755 of the preceding year. The casualties numbered 183, the suicides 173, and homi- cides 27, Consumgflon claimed 1003, 77 less than the year before. Thirty of these were under 15 years of age, and of this thirty fourteen were under 3 years. These are considered to be due to the impure milk the board has been making such a fight about. The increase in the death rate is the first noticed in seven years. The report of the plumbing inspector took the form of a set of plumbing regu- lations such as are in use in Eastern cities. They will add to the City’s revenue a lit- tle, for under one of the regulations the City is allowed to charge a fee for plumb- ing permits. e s CLASH OF AUTHORITY. Dr. Chalmers Determined to Actas Quarantine Officer Until Re= moved by State Authority. Dr. Chalmers, backed by the Board of Health, is aetermined to oppose the action of Burveyor-General Wyman of the Marine Hospital service at Washington in ap- ointing Dr. Rosenau to act as Quarantine flicer of the port. 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