The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 5, 1896, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JULY 5, 1896. CHILD CRUSHED UNDER A CAR Little Walton Manning Meets With a Terrible Death. HIS MOTHER WATCHING. She Saw Her Boy Smile and Then Disappear Beneath the Grinding Wheels. WAS THERE A WARNING BELL? The Motorman’s Explanation—A Mis- sion Tragedy That Darkened a Holiday Celebration. Walton Manning, 8 years 6f age, son of James W. Manning, an employe of the Market-street Railway Company, who re- sides at 2614 Mission street, was crushed to death beneath the wheels of car 1004 near the corner of Mission and Twenty- third streets at 8 o’clock last evening. The little fellow was on an errand for his mother when he met his shocking death. His parents were seated near a front window watching him as he crossed the sidewalk and started toward the rail- road track. He turned around and smiled at his lit- tle brother and sister who were playing on the porch and then continued on his er- rand. He did not glance down the track, however, and the noise of exploding bombs drowned the sound of the electric car as 1t bore down upon bim. members of the union, all of whom are professionals, were deprived of an oppor- tunity to augment their incomes was in connection with the BSharkey-Corbett fight, Negotiations were in progress be- tween Mr. Groom of the National Athletic Club and some of the union men for ihe musical portion of the Payilion pugilistic function, and suddenly, without notice or apparent cause, they were dropped. An inquiry by some of the individuals who had lost an eufinxameut resuited in their learning that the letter-carriers who followed music as a lucrative pastime on the side had agreea to give their services without cost in return for the privilege of viewing the fistic encounter. This was the straw, and it was this. which crystallized the sentiment against the mail-carriers and determined the union to take action in the matter. Another disturbing factor was the ad- vent of the Russian band of fourteen musi- cians, which has been engaged at the chutes. It was the general opinion that the regular band would be dispensed with, and on the strength of this supposition a letter was written by the secretary of the union to the manager of the chutes asking him what his intentions in the matter were. To this came a reply suggesting a conference, at which the situation could be discussed. Yesterday was the first ap- pearance of the Russian band, but in view of the fact that all of the former union musicians were also engaged for the day it is hoped that there may be no friction arise from this quarter. It is believed that the Russian band will be used as an ocalar attraction rather than for dispensing music for the chute audiences. Should such be the case there will be no ground for complaint on the part of the unionists. The third matter that is agitating local musicians is the persistent competition met with on the part of the bands con- nected with the regular army and navy service. Heretofore every local effort to ameliorate this evil has proved futile. On_Tuesday afternoon there will be a meeting of the directors of the union and GED. WALLENROD ENDS HIS LIFE, Sends a Bullet Through His Brain at the Al- cazar. NO CAUSE IS ENOWN. Was in His Usual Health and Spirits a Few Minutes Before. SAID HE WAS GOING HOME. But Turned Into the Electrician’s Room, Looked in a Mirror and Pulled the Trigger. George Wallenrod, superintendent of the Alcazar building, committed suicide yes- terday afternoon by blowing out his brains. The act occurred in the seclusion of the Without looking to the right or left, he turned to cross the track, and inan insiant the car struck him. Being a little boy, the fender did not throw him from the track, but on the contrary it helped to crush out his life. Thadey Begley, the motorman, had not seen the boy on the track and was uncon- scious of the accident until the screams of & number of lady passengers and the lurches of the car as it crushed its victim informed him as to what had bappened. He then put on the brakes, but before the car came to a standstili the child’s body had been dragged and bumped over the cobbles for fally 100 feet. Mrs. Manning, the boy’s mother, wit- nessed the accident from her window. She rushed downstairs screaming, and reaching the street implored the bystand- ers to save her precious boy ; to take him from beneath the wheels that she might try to save his life. Her appeals were without avail, how- ever, and when the motorman and Martin Quinlan, who had witnessed the accident, attempted to lift the rematns from under- neath the car they found that the rear wheels were resting on the child’s body and it could not be removed. Try as they would, they could notremove the mangled remains from beneath the wheels. The car was then moved forward over the body. It seemed a cruel thing to do, but there was no help for it, and the remains were recovered from their awful position. A sheet was then procured, and after care- fully wrapping the body it was carried to the side of the street and the Coroner’s office was notified. Deputy Coroner J. G. Tyrrell and Mes- senger T. Smith hurried to the scene that the body of the little boy might be re- moved before a large crowa congregated. Fragments of the poor crushed flesh and bone were found here and there by Mes- senger Smith, who walked along the track with a lantern the entire distance the body had been dragged. As the Coroner's wagon started away Mrs. Manning swooned away. She was carried into her home by her husbhand and a bystander. She is prostrated with grief and the father is also heartbroken over the death of his oldest child. « “No bell was sounded to warn the child that a car was approaching,” saia Martin Quinlanlast night. ‘I wasstanding on the porch of my residence, 2021 Mission street, at the time of the accident and am posi- tive that if the bell had been sounded Wal- ton Manning would now be alive and well. My little daughter, Irene, was standing on the sidewalx just in front of the place where the boy was first struck. She says that the motorman was busily engaged watching some children set off fireworks and was not looking ahead of his car as he should have been doing.” Thadey Begiey, the motorman, was ar- rested by Sergeant John Martin. He was taken to the City Prison and released on his own recognizance by Captain Gillen. Begley, who lives at 10 California ave- nue, said: “I did not see the chiid. I felt a jolt and then some people on the side- walk shouted to me that I had run over a boy. I immediately stopped the car. That is all I know aboutit.” MUSICIANS ARE AT WAR, Objections Made to Letter-Car- riers and to Soldiers and Sailors. The Russian Band at the Chutes to Receive Attention From the Musicians’ Union. Disclaiming all desire to be aggressive, the local musicians’ union has yet three interesting battles on its hands, which it is claimed mast be fought as measures of seli-defense and protection. ‘What has aroused the greatest feeling and is in consequence enlisting the great- est attention of the union at the present time is the Letter-carriers’ band. This is composed of the gray-habited mercuries in the service of Uncle S8am who have de- veloped their musical predilections to an extent that permits them to enter the field of competition with regular protes- sional bands. % While the members of the union declare that they are always pleased to discover and encourage musical talent, they con- sider i1 a great injustice that men earning regular and fair salaries in the Govern- ment’s employ should seek to extend the eight hours of their labor. as decreed by law, and enter into competition with men whose earnings are often of a precarious character, One of the latest instances wherein George Wallenrod, Supecrintendent of the Alcazar Building, Who Committed Suicide in the Electrician’s Room Yesterday. these three propositions will be discussed and means devised to eliminate these dis- cords from the musical atmosphere. At this meeting a letter will be addressed to Postmaster McCoppin calling his at- tention to the letter-carriers’ band and the double-action, revenue-creating tendency that they have displayed, and he will be asked to use his authority to take the postal musicians out of the field of compe- tition with the professionals. A committee will be anpointed to confer with the chutes’ manager in reference to the status of the Russian band. And a committee will be appointed whose duty it will be to place before Con- | gress 1n an appropriate manner the evils alleged to result from the competition of bands connected with the regular army and navy service throughout the country. Other unions tbroughout the United States are preparing to co-operate in this matter. HE SPARED THE BISHOP. How a Steamboat Check His Mate's Profanity. Speaking of swear stories, there is a mate on the Mississippi who stands pre- eminent among his fellows from St. Paul to New Orleans for his versatile, sustained and forcible profapity. On a recent trip the boat stopped at a way landing, and as the roustabouts took to the gangplank at a trifle too leisurely pace the mate opened his mouth and the atmosphere became livid with sulphur and brimstone. “For heaven’s sake, Mike!” exclaimed the captain in a hoarse whisper from the boiler-deck, *‘for heaven’s sake, stow that! Why, man, Bishop —is aboara! Stow it, man, stow it till we pass Gray Duck, where he gets off.’ A big pile of sacks was to go off, and as the mate stood there with hisevery faculty literally benumbed by the restraint put upon him, the darkies at first worked in silent astonishment und then began dis- tinetly to shirk. It is a_well-recogniz=d fact all up and down the Mississippi that niggers can’t be made to work without be- ing “cussed,”” and this fact soon came home to the mate with telling force. Grasping his stick with a firmer clutch he raised his big, hoarse voice and fairly thundered: ‘‘Hi, there, you nigger sons! Getalong there, youn blank, blank, blant! You know what kind of a blank { mean. Con- founa you, get along now!” And passengers on that boat say the darkies looked like black streaks as they moved up and down the gangplank after that, while the reverend Bishop, who had come to the rail, looked on, nearly burst- ing his sides with laughter.—New Orleans Times-Democrat. —————— TREASURE UNEARTHED, In the basement of the store of James M. Moran & Co., 1009-1015 Market street, where the Sheriff's sale at 45¢ on the dollar is now goitg on,a genuine surprise was given the creditors by the discovery of several cases of dry goods, which will be placed on sale to- morrow at'9 A. 3. Three cases 123gc Demity, 5e; 2 cases 121gc Tennis, 5¢; 3 cases 15¢ Pique and Ducking, 7i¢c; 1 case 25¢ Figured Black Dress Goods, 12{5¢; 2 cases 75¢ all-wool 48-inch ‘French Serge for 25¢; 20 pieces $125 Fancy Freuch Crepon, 50c; 2 cases Men's Underwear, 15c; 2 cases fine full finished Ladies' and Gents' Merino Underwear, 50c; 110 pleces double width 50c Bilk Veiling, 15¢. et ——————— A Coolness Between Them. Philadelphia Record, Gabby—When ar- those friends of yours going to be married ? Crusty—I don’t know. I noticed a cool- ness.between them last night, % ;‘"Yon don’tsay. What was the cause of “leggry Alcazar electrician’s office in the building at some time in the afternoon not exactly known. No reasonable cause is known. His son George, who is assistant cashier of the theater, says his father’s only trouble that | he knows of was a physical one, a case of catarrh that caused him the loss of sleep. At about a quarter of 7 o’clock A. Gru- ner, the electrician of the building, accom- panied by O. C. Grindell, the electrician of the theater, and Andrew Hare, the janitor, went down the narrow flight of stairs lead- ing from the street into the electrician’s room, which is under the sidewalk in front of the building. Gruner noticed that the door was ajar and remarked the fact to the others as he vushed it back and all three entered. The room was dimly lighted by means of the thick glass in the sidewalk over- head, but it was sufficient to reveal the i body lying outstretched, face downward, upon the floor. Gruner uttered an exclamation of sur- prised alarm. The others leaned forward. It looks like the old man.” said Hall. The electric-lights were turned on. They found that it was indeed “‘the old man,” as they were accustomed to call him, as a term of endearment—for old George Wallenrod was loved by all who knew him. The body was cold and stiff, and had evidently been dead many hours. A cheap imitation Smith & Wesson re- volver lay near him; a chair, that he had evidently grasped when falling, lay across his body. His life’s blood and brains had poured out about him on the floor. About 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon George Wallenrod left his son in the thea- ter, wearing the appearance of his usual good spirits. He went into the bar which is connected with the theater and took a drink of whisky ana remarked to the bar- keeper that he was going home to dinner. From what followed 1t is supposed that he went straight to the little underground room and, standing before a looking-glass that is fastened against the wall, pointed the revolver at the center of his forehead and fired. The pistol dropred at his right band and as he fell his hand grasped the back of a cheir which had a fixed place under the glass. The body swayed around and fell face downward across the floorand the chair fell on top of it, and George Wollenrod had made his exit—one of the last men in the world that those who knew him would have suspected of volun- tarily making this tragic end. No one was better kinown in theatrical and business circles. He was one of the ‘‘old timers” and no man can name an enemy of his. He bad none. He was un- invariably cherished as a friend—a kind, considerate, genial friend; a good com- panion. He superintended’ the construction of the Alcazar building as one of the firm of Wallenrod, Osbourne & Stockwell. He was manager of the theater for the first few years afterward and since was superin- tendent.of the entire building. There is no suspicion of there being any- thing wrong with Mr. Wallenrod’s finan- cial affairs. Just before Mr. de Young left for the East, a few weeks ago, his books were examined and found to be all right. Mr. Wallenrod was 65 years of age. He leaves a widow and three children, George W. Jr., assistant treasurer of the Alcazar Theater; Lee, in the employ of the Market- street Railway Company; and a married daughter, Mrs. Gerhard. The tragedy came upon them with the force of a terrible blow. The body was removed to the undertak- ing parlors of H. C. Porter & Cu., Eddy street. The few personal effects, after be- ing examined by the Coroner, were turned over to the members of the family. | Mr. Wallenrod was a native of Leipsic, Germany, his birth having occurred June 23,1835. He was but a child when his par- ents reached New York and had only at- tained his fifteenth year when he came to California. After working in the mines with varying success he took to the hotel business in California and Nevada. In 1868 he seitled permanently in this City and commenced a mercantile career. After five yearsas a merchant be entered the employ of Charles de Young in the business department of the San Francisco Chronicle, where he re- mained for ten years. He was entrusted with the superinten- dency of the erection of the Alcazar build- ing, and upon its completion assumed the management. The opening night of that pretty place of amusement was an event in the theatrical circles of San Francisco, the leading role of the pertormance being taken by Miss Emma Nevada. For four years Mr. Wallenrod was the efficient manager of that theater. Mr. Wallenrod was personaily agree- able and saffable in manner, entertaining and kindly disposition. As a result, he was a general favorite with all who came much in contact with him, especially among the old pioneers of E! Dorado. He wae & member of the Knights of Honor, of the Improved Order of Red Men and of the Grand Army of the Republic. He hela an honorary membership in the latter organization, conferred on him by reason of the many kindnesses and cour- tesies extended to the various G. A. R. posts in this City and vicinity. He was ever ready to aid by benefits at the thea- ter under his control and otherwise the organization, and so merited the kindly feeling and appreciation of the old veteran soldiers, A SIGNAL FROM MARS, A Question Unanswered, Perhaps Un- answerable. Year after year, when politics ceases from troubling, there recurs the question as to the existence of intellizent, sentient Iife on the planet Mars. The last outerop of speculations grew trom the discovery by M. Javelie of a luminous projection on the southern edge of the planet. The light was peculiar in several respects, and, among other interpretations, it was sug- gested that the inhabitants of Mars were flashing messages to the conjectured in- habitants of the sister planet, earth. No attempt at reply wus made; inaeed, sup- g:umg our astronomer royal, with our st telescopes, transported to Mars, a red riot of fire running athwart the whole of London would scarce be visible to him. The question remains unanswered, prob- nb'}y unanswerable. here is no doubt that Mars is very like the earth. Its days and nights, its sum- mers and winters differ only in their rela- uve lengths from ours. oceans, continents and islands, mountain ranges and inland seas. Its polar regions are covered with snows, and it has an at- mosphere and clouds, warm sunshine and gentle rains. The spectroscope, that sub- us reason to believe that the chemical ele- ments familiar to us here exist on Mars. The planet, chemically and physically, 18 8o like the earth that, as protoplasm, the only living material we know came into existence on the earth, there is no great difficulty in supposing that it came into existence on Mars. If reason be able to gnide us, we know that protoplasm, at first amorphous and unintegrated, has been guided on this earth by natural forces into that marvel- ous series of forms and integrations we call the animal anu vegetable kingdoms. Why, under the similar guiding forces on Mars, should not protoplasm be the root of as fair a branching tree of living beings, and bear as fair a fruit of intelligent, senti- ent creatures >—Saturday Review. e e ooy Scorching Would Be Too Suggestive. Two anxious readers write to the Jour- nal from the beautiful suburb of Philadel- phia, Ind., asking if it would be all right 1o ride a bicycle to the funeral of a ‘“‘dis- tant connection by marriage, providing you keep behind the hearse.” in conversation and of a genial, sociable | It has land and | tle analyst of the most distant stars, gives | BELLBOYS QUIT - NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. WU OMESTIC DEPARTMENT! SPECIAL SALE Say They Were Asked to Work Eighteen Hours a Day. OBJECT TO THEIR FOOD. Numerous Grievances Cited, but Only One Which Caused the Strike. PROPRIETOR STONE EXPLAINS. | He Says a Few Boys Who Were Hav- ing an Easy Time Were Discharged. A number of the bellboys of the Bald- win Hotel are on astrike. Just how many of the lads are standing upon their rights it is difficult to ascertain, owing to the remarkable variance in the stories of the principals to the controversy, but it is somewhere between five and seventeen, with' the chances in favor of a number nearer the latter figure. The grievances of the “‘bellhops,” as de- tailed by C. F. McKenzie, one of the strik- ers, are numerous. “Last month,” said McKenzie, “there was a reduction of wages all through the house. We were reduced from $15 a month to $12 50 and we made no com- plaint whatever. The ‘grub’ there isn’t fit to eat and last week we got up a peti- tion to have the fare improved. The bottom seems to have fa!len out of the petition and we heard nothing from it and the ‘grub’ remained ‘rotten.’ But still we didn’t kick. *To-nmight, when we went on duty, the head bellman told us that hereafter our hours would be twelve hours one day and eighteen hours tue next. That would leave us only six hours to sleep on the days when we had our long shifts. Before this we have been working twelve hours one day and six hours the next. We thought this was long enough, and we couidn’t stand working eighteen hours. “We have no kind of an organization, but we all clubbed together in the assem- bly-room on the first floor and decided we didn’t want to work at the Baldwin. We had no kick at Mr. Lake, the manager. He is as good & man as a hoy ever worked for, but he gets his orders from Mr. Stone, the proprietor, and he has to obey. We knew what Stone’s plan was. e was going to take the boys off the doors and, by having us work double time, reduce the force. We decided ail we wanted was our pay, and we made no other de- mand. Stone tried to get a chance to talk to us separately, but we told bim if he had anything to say to us to say it to all of us. He then refused to pay us because we had left without putting boys in our places. He told us to come around to-morrow morning, though.” The story told by Stone differs wonder- fully from that of the boys. He says that six boys were discharged because they re fused to obey orders. He denied that he had asked the boys to work eighteen hours, but admitted he had arranged to dispense with the services of some of the boys by prolonging the hours of others. He declared that this in no case exceeded twelve-hour shifts, including two hoursfor meals. He ascribed the trouble to the tact that the boys had been having such an easy time that now, when retrenchments are in order, they thought they would be the first ones let out. In proot of his statement that the bellboys were well treated he called a uniformed lad to him and inquired: ‘‘Are you ever overworked ?”’ Ti.e boy bowed and said with emphasis, “No, sir-ee.” Stone says he will pay all the boys to- day, and only failed to do so last night be- O + FINE LACE CURTAINS | On to-morrow and following days we will offer a SPECIAL PURCHASE OF 2000 PAIRS FINE NOTTINGHAM LACE CUR- TAINS at about ONE-HALF FORMER PRICES. The attention of housekeepers generally is directed to this sale. These Curtains are fresh, NEW GOODS. They come in both Ecru and White, and are all this season’s designs. They were purchased by us at the closing out sale of a large CURTAIN MANU=- FACTURER. NOTE.—In connection with the above sale of Curtains we will offer 100 pairs FINE WHITE CALIFORNIA BLANKETS, Price $3.00 a Pair. ANTICIPATE YOUR WANTS. 41, 13, 115, 117, 119, 121 POST STREET. cause and his bookkeeper was away. | “Say, S ! dealer to the lookout during a lull in the play. “Why, you don’t know what love is,” laughed the lookout. “Don’t you believe dealer. He has a crooked layout, and the bank wins every bet. game it's sure to win; if you open it loses, and you’s i don’t get whipsawed in every turn. man calls the turn it's a 1 to 10 shot he drops crat. The amount of gold actually in circnla- tion in Great -Britain is estimated to be £110,000,000, or about 865 tons. their accounts were not made out | s All About Love. | , I'm 1n love,” confided the faro- it,” retorted the “Love is a game that Cupid deals. 1f you coppera case in his lay a case n big luck if you if a dead.”—New Orleans Times-Demo- —————— ivery garment reduced and marked in IMPORTED MODEL CAPES, $25.00 $35.00 $40.00 These are Paris, London and Berlin make, imported by us es- necially for our trade. Cost us $55to $75. No twoalike. Made in black and white velvet and silk, and fine cloth effects. BROCADE SILK Made up of SEPARATE SKIRTS, :':;-nh:br?r 9. $10 $1200 §]5 s sin ok many cholce patterns—Iined with rustie lin- ing aud bound with velveteen. The same skirts sell elsewhere for $15, $18 and 822 50. SEPARATE oay 2| Eeparate Sh1 $228 $370 §yf Spesis sum Vveteen bound and lined with rustle iining. Fine black fig- mohair Be fashionable and be frugal by purchasinrg at this There’s $75,000 worth, and everything 1s marked down. TATLOR-MADE DRESSES, These are reg | REEFERS OR BLAZERS, :hr '25::.?3 $16:2-$18 $22. - - i5ew I sold everywhere ¢lss at from $4 50 to $11. SILK AND VELVET . APES, NEW TO-DAY. —t S O igantic sale of Dresses, Fi“ with us so long as we can sell the goods. Every garment is this season’s make and the styles are the latest. plain figures. : TAILOR- MADE DRESSES, $10 $12:°$15 No use t0 worry away time with dressmakers | when yon can_buy swell, tailor-made dresses ab these prices. They're | made in reefer s yle and | of fancy mixed" Scoich | cheviots—in tans, grays | and browns—jackets lll{ lined—<«well buttons—rip- i le bucks—wide skirts, | ined with rostle Iining. See them and you will | agree with us that they | are worth twice the prices | we ask. | HILADELPH STAMPED ON A SHOB MEANS STANDARD OF MERIT. A SHOE CQ. BLOCKADE SALE, he cost to us cuts no figure in this sale. , Jackets, Capes and Shirt Waists. It’s almost any JACKETS, $42° $70 $9. Elegant Tan Mixed and Tan Kersey Jack- e.s—pearl buttons, fancy backs, box fronts— Jackets for which you pay $10, $1250 and $10 everywhere except at our sale. CLOTH These are last JACKETS, | seswva ks 5 5 andsold then for i g2 & . $10, $12 $15—are made of lined and unlined—have big sk come in all shades. SILK All our $7 50, $9 Wilsrs ror $5. st 39 Fancy Silk Waists at one price. §5, for this sale. They come in choice colors, all shad- ings and best styies. They come in srays, blues, tans and orowns, and are made of the finest all-wool cloth. CAPES Made of fine all-wool $2 $3.2 $( .50 cloth — latest styles— —. ‘all colors. They are Silk Capes, silk lined and | trimmed with jet: Velvet Capes, silk - lined SHIRT C C These WAISTS, 50° 75 $l finely lanne dered waists that were §1, §1 25 and $1 50, The c:lahrll:d Derby Waists, guaranteed perfect STAR WAISTS, $1.25, Sold always at $2. LAWN, DIMITY AND BATISTE WAISTS, with detachabis $150, $175. % COMma 8135, 1sundered. DUCK DRESSES stripes, $1 50. Blazer styles—cadet, tan ana vy ground, with white ame In Reefer styles $1 75, sfrsfrsfesiorforionieniesienteshrabrarstrefrsirsirniasiaianiasiaiaioniefsirsirsiasiasiasianiaianiasirniosiecirnienentententeetrets § % % f | KELLY & LIEBES 120 KEARNY Special attention given to Country Orders. STRER Satisfaction guaranteed. 2 ’ it corfoofusfsfs dosfosfssfusfsfosfosiosios g cesetusfuafs o oo ool dssfosfo o oo vl o ! because we are selling doz | soles, and we offer them for $1 per pair. | worth from $2 50 to $5. THERE ARE OTHERS ‘Who claim to sell cheap, but re compelled ta do 80, and_any one Who Las cver seen that high fence at Third and Market streets wili readily be- | lieve that we must offer unusual reductious to do business. our store has been crow: Since we inaugurated our Blockade Sale But why? Simply of fine lines below re has been reduced cost, and every shoe in ou in price. This week we oftering at a sacritice an assorted line of Ladies' Fine Oxford Ties. Some have French stitched heels, others low heels: some have ruzor toes and tips, Others medium broad toes, and all have hand-turned They are All sizes on A, B and G, and small sizes on D and E. 32.15, Do you like to dress well and wear fine shoes? Well. here Is a_chance. No odds or ends, but regu- lar stock. Ladies’ Extra Fine Kid Buton Boots L4 With French stitched heels, razor toes or narrow square t0es and pateni-leather tips and hand-turned soles, re- duced 10 $275. All sizes, all widths. Regulur price Same style exacily in Russet Kid, with brown cloth tops, and same price. All the young girls wish to wear Lace Shoes. Here is & chance. Fine Dongolo Kid Lace Shoes, with spring heels, greatly reduced In price. Wear guaranteed. Child's Sizes, 8 t010%...... Misses’ Sizes, 11to 134 ...... .- 8150 Fine shoes sold cheap. An assorted line of Ladles' Button Shoes, in- cluding Patent Leather and French Kids, with bund-turned soles .and Frenéh - stitched _heels and low beels, pointed and broad toes, without tips. A greatdrive. Will be sold for $150; every pair worth $5. You may smile at selling a fine shoe so cheap, but the sizes are broken up, and we wish no odd lines in stock. 23 Country orders solicited. B&" Send for New Lllustrated Catalogua. Address B. KATCHINSKI, PHILADELPHIA SHOE cCO., 10 Third Street, San Francisce. NOTICE T0 SHIPOWNERS, ROM AND AFTER JULY 1, 1896, THE Spring Valley Water Works proposes to undertake the dellvery of water at such wharves Inthis city as are supplied with its hydrante: Written applications for water are to be made at the water office, which the Harbor Commissioners provose to ereot on the seawall. between Howard and Mission streets. Ships lying in ibe stream will be informed at the above office, at_the time of making such applications, from What hydrants their water-boats will be supplied. Reasonable notice must be given in all cases, and applications will be filled at the eatlies: convenience, between tne hours of 7 o 3 and 5. x dally, Sundays and olidays excepted, u specially contract otherwise T s, By order of the Board of Directors. I'I!mw'“lfl.w