The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 18, 1896, Page 17

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1896. WORK TO BEGIN THIS NOVEMBER, San Francisco’s Fine New Postoffice Will Be Rushed. A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING Five Stories High and Sur- mounted by Two Tall, Stately Towers. HANDSOME STONE TO BE USED Inspector Clarke Here From Wash- ington to Examine the Nature of the Ground. ‘Work on San Francisco’s new Postoffice building is to begin November 1. Reliable information from the architect’s office in ‘Washingron indicates that by thatdate the contracts for material and work will all have been placea upon the market. John J. Clarke, Inspector of Govern- ment Buildings, arrived here Wednesday and is at the Baldwin Hotel. The princi- pal object of his visit to this City is to make a careful examination of the charac- ter of the ground on which the new Post- office is to be built. He wishes to ascer- tain the stability of the soil, for upon that will depend the particular kind of ma- terials to be used for the massive founda- tions and the superstructures. The inves- tigations will be completed this week. The information will then be sent at once to the Government Architect at Wash- ington, who is waiting for it, that he may decide what pressure can be put upon the ground and what style of work will be required. He will then draw up his speci- fications preparatory to letting the con- tracts. Mr. Clarke is authorized to call upon and consult with the leading local archi- tectsin regard to the nature of the soil and as to the loads that can be placed upon each square foot. Local information on this subject is preferable to actual tests us the great number of large buildings erected here during the last decade is evi- dence that considerable study has been given to this subject. i 1 The bmlding is to be five stories high and surmounted by two lofty towers., It will be one of the most beautiful public structures in the United States. Those who have seen the recently completed perspective drawings of the exterior say that the new postoffice is very sightly, beautiful in detail, and desizned especially to conform with the locality in which it is to be builr. Mr. Clarke is here to decide what stone shall be used. Granite, white marble and some sandstones have been suggested. The feeling, however, at Washington is that San Francisco’s postoffice shounld be built of some handsome, imperishable stone, with such trimmings or embellish- ments as may be in keeping with that ma- terial. The architect is now at work upon the details of the plans for the interior of the building. These will be completed within a month, and in six weeks the plans for the entire building wili be ready for speci- fications to be made from them. The foundations and the basement up to the water-table, or first floor of the build- ing, will e completed by the middle of next May or by June 1. The progress of the building from that time on will de- pend upon the amount of money available each year, but chiefly upon the energy of tbe Congressmen from this district in securing appropriations. Mr. Clark wishes to have dealers in building material call upon him next Tuesday noon 1n the office of the Collector of Customs, that he may get an expression of opinion trom them. So far he has inspected the old Custom- house, the Postoffice and the Appraisers’ buildings. The result is that about $10,000 will be spent in general repairs. Leaky skylights, ceilings and walls bleached by soot from poor gas, and plumbing will be attended to in the old Custom-house. And generally speaking the offices will be puttied, plastered, patched and ventilated wherever such work is necessary to make them brighter and more tenantable. A contract has been let for lighting the several Government buildings by electric- ity. About $22,000 a year is spent for gas in the Custom-house and the Appraisers’ building. Itis thought that the use of electric lights will result 1n a yearly sav- ing, as the smoke trom the gas necessi- tates an annual whitening of the ceilings and walls. Electric light wires are al- ready being putin the old and the new Appraisers’ buildings. The remoteness of these Government buildings from the Washington office has, it is said, resulted in these repairs being neglected to a certain extent, and largely because of the modesty of the custodians, who have refrained from askine for minor improvements when they were needed. The Government appropriates $300,000 a year for incidental repairs to its buildings. After completing his investigationg here Mr. Clarke proposes to inspect the quar- antine station at Angel Island and to re- port on the protection necessary to pre- serve the piles in the pier at thatlanding. Next he will visit the Marine Hospital to ascertain what improvements are neces- sary in order to obtain more light and better sanitation in the buildings. He will also report upon what is needed in the way of apparatus for protection against fire. Before coming here he inspected the Government buildings in San Diego and Los Angeles. The latter city is to have increased postoffice tacilities.” Mr. Clarke drew up a plan for the improvements which was agreeable to the postmaster and to the citizens and he has sent it on to Washingion. A special fund secured through Senator White will be applied to this work. Because of the great changes in tourist population the directory divi- S — NEW TO-DAY, —Yor Fapg o e 5 & sron, hot * sudn dry thoroughiy, s e aleht - Bole Prope, Bostons ! sion in Los Angeles is greater than in any other city in thiscountry. Asa result ad- ditional work is necessary in the postoffice. Mr. Clarke will start for the East next ‘Wednesday. BOY STRUCK BY A CAR. An Unknown Urchin Knocked Down by a Powell-Street Car, but Es- capes With Severe Bruises. There was another boy struck by one of Huntington’s fenderless cars yesterday afternoon, but in this instance neither life nor limb was lost, though the urchin was severely bruised. As car 409, running on the Powell-street line, was crossing Lombard street on its way to Market, the boy ram across the track to avoid a car coming from the op- posite direction. On the other track he paused to look around, when car 409 struck him. % He was knocked about eight or ten feet by the force of the blow, but luckily fell outside the path of the car. . The gripman and conductor at once ran to his assist- ance and picked him up. In a few minutes he was able to hobble away. e e ATTORNEY PRESTON RECOVERS Attacked With Heart Failure After Having Taken a Bath, E. F. Preston, the attorney of the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Rail- way Company, gave cause for serious alarmo to his friends and relatives yester- day afternoon. Shortly after taking a bath he was seized with an attack of heart failure, and fora brief period his condition was considered serious. Medical aid was promptly sum- moned and he was soon placed out of dan- ger. Ata late hour last night he was re- ported to be resting easily in his rooms at the Pacific Union Cluband to beout of all danger. So far had he recoverad that it is expected that he will be about to-day as usual. LANG BEAT HIS SPOUSE: Brutality of a Pine-Street Cigar- Dealer May Cause a Divorce. Secized Her by the Hair and Dragged Her From Bed While She Was Very Sick. The divorce suit of Bessie Lang against Charles Lang came up in Judge Hebbard’s court yesterday on a motion for alimouy pending trial. Lang is a cigar-dealer at 328 Pine street, ana if half the story his wife tells of him be true he is a brute with few peers. The complaint says that the couple were mar- ried on Nevember 7, 1881, and that during the fifteen years since then ten children have been born to them. Recently the husband is charged with so far forgetting his manhood as to strike his better half. On March 13, 1896, it is alleged that Lang struck his wife with his clenched fist, pulled her out of bed by the hair of her head and otherwise maltreated her in a shameful manner. On April 12 the per- | formance of the previous month was re- peated with the exception that the pro- gramme was variei to the extent of the administration of a number of kicks. Mrs. Lang alleges that on this occasion she was dragged about the house, her husband holding her by her hair, and that as the result of this treatment she was rendered **sick and sore and black and blue.” Lang seems to have been assailed at regular intervals with spells of brutality, for a month after the April attack, May 10, he again peat nis wife. She was sick in bed at the time. He called her vile and indecent names, said he hoped ske would dieand refused to give her food or drink and would not allow any one else to do so. The next day he again beat her, this time with his clenched fist. Lang’s success asa wife-beater seemed to encourage him, and each successive time he tried ner powers of endurance by suriking her with a more deadly weapon. On May 14 he assaulted her with a heavy chair and was only prevented from adding murder to his list of shortcomings because of the interferance of his eldest daughter, Mamie, aged 13 years, and a neighbor, One another occasion, the date of which she does not remember, Mrs, Lang says her husband threw a bucket of boiling water over her, the scars of the scalding she received then being permanent. Mrs, Lang prays for adivorce, the cus- tody of the children, $100 per month ali- mony and the househola furniture at 917 Greenwich street. BALDWIN IS MINTUS. The Marshal Suddenly Finds Himself Without Coin With Which to Pay Witnesses, United States Marshal Barry Baldwin suddenly found himself without funas yesterday. A gentleman whose name is not to be given out, however, came to the rescue, to the great relief of all directly concerned. The unfortunate condition of affairs de- veloped 1n a suit of the Government be- fore Commissioner Heacock to cancel an agricultural patent and certain lands held by Job E. Petit of Amador County. At the conclusion of the case, which was taken under advisement by the Commis- sioner, the witnesses, six in number, filed into the Marshal’s office for their per diem and mileage. Then it was the astounding discovery was made that the cash was short. The usual check had failed to come on time, and just how to meet the indebtedness was not for the moment apparent. Then a good Samaritan appeared on the scene, and Baldwin was safe. The law is very strict concerning the pay of witnesses. It rovides that no case shall be cailed un- less the coin is on hand to meet all obliga- tions. Any violation of this subjects the Marshal to a possible *‘call down” in no uncertain way by the authorities at Wash- ington. — et SUED RANKIN'S ESTATE, A Japan Missionary Seeks to Recover Money Loaned on a Note. Mary B. Daziels has sued the estate of Ira P. Rankin for $350, balance claimed to be due on a promissory note for $650, made on October 1, 1889, There is a peculiar legal point involved in the case. The attorneys for Rankin’s executors claim that the note is outlawed by the statute of limitations. Miss Daniets, who was a missionary in Japan, says that in 1893 Mr. Rankin paid her $100 on account and signed a receipt, written by himself, in the body of which was his name. She claims that under a recent Supreme Court decision the fact of the debtor having written his name in a receipt, even without his signature, renews the note from the day of the receipt. —_———— Last of the Rush. All previous records were broken by the train which left here last night for Portland. It was the last on which the cut rates prevailed. There were fifteen tourist and five Pullman coaches, which carried an aggregate of 490 pussengers. The train out of Portiand Thurs- ay night was also a record breaker, consist- ing o rs and carrying 474 pas- sengers. The steamer Columbia took out 200 pas- sengers and was compelled to refuse about 100 5 PRSI twenty —————— . THE STAR to-dsy will contsin the latest political news. o PEDRD JIMENEL DEFENDS HIMSELF, He Unfolds a Tale of the Most Intolerable * Qutrages. GLORIES IN HIS ACT. Don Carlos Ezeta Is Stigmatized as a Bully and a Coward. PEDRO’S AIM WAS UNERRING. The Young Man Says He Is Satisfied and Has No Desire to Kill the General. “What things the papers have been say- ing about me!” exclaimed Don Pedro Jimenez yesterday. The ex-Prosecuting Attorney of Court 1 of the First Instance, in the City of San Salvador, was seated with a friend in his rooms at the Hotel Marechal Niel dis- cussing the all-absorbing topic of the day among local Spanish-Americans—his at- tack of last Tuesday upon the ex-Presi- dent of Salvador, Don Carlos Ezeta. The youthful jurist has a pleasing exterior, and with a frankness truly charming gave his views upon the incident and the causes which led up to it. *The story is a long one,” he began, “but [ will tell it as briefly as I can. To commence with, the decent element in Balvador, especially in San Salvador, the capital city, was disgusted with General Ezeta. His ungrateful attitude toward President Menendez was particularly noticeable. Menendez had been a father to Ezeta, and only a short time before his mysterious death he presented the gen- eral with a horse valued at $3000, a ring set with brilliants and a magnificent new uniform. And yet all the while Ezeta was scheming to get the Presidency. “Then came the sudden and unexplained demise of the Fresident. I saw his body which, after death, became coal-black, and from that day I conceived an intense aver- sion to Ezeta and hoped I might never know him. . “After my admission to practice a friend offered to present me to Ezeta, who had by this time elected himself President of the republic. [ begged my friena not to introduce me, as I desired not to know the man. This circumstance was, I un- derstand, brought to the general’s notice and saved up for future reference and action. “About this time a thesis on the Presi- dential veto power, which I had pub- lished before my admission to the bar, commenced to circulate rather extensive- ly. The editor of the Eco Nacional, the official journal of the city of San Salvador, warned me that the President was greatly incensed at some of the propositions ad- vanced by me in my thesis, and said he feared I would getinto trouble. I said if there were any errors in my essay they could be corrected, and I would be glad to acknowledge the justice of the correc- tion. Then, or shortly thereafter, I was elected prosecuting attorney, or fiscal del juzgado primero de primera instancia, a post similar to that of public prosecutor. “‘Shortly after my appointment I received a letter from the President, which I have vet in my possession, asking me to use my influence in favor of a certain Martin Garcia. 1t seems that during the annual fiesta of the Barrio del Calvario in the city of San Salvador Captain Garcia had taken the notion to amuse himseli by flinging fire-crackers at a Spaniard known by the Italian-sounding name of Pauli. ~The Spaniard resented the familiarity, and after a brisk altercation struck the cap- tain in the face. Garcia forthwith drew his pistol and shot Pauli dead. *‘1 returned no answer to the President’s letter, The Judge also had received a similar communication. Itold Garcia to bother me with no more letters, least of all with any from Ezeta, and that so far as I was concerned the law would have to take its course. Garcia came into court accompanied by a certain colonel, a per- sonal iriend of the President. In my argument I stated plainly that the inter- vention of the President had rendered an words of mine unavailing. but that { would do my best to do my official duty, which I did. *‘As I was leaving the courtroom I met the President face to face. I made way for his Excellency, but did not salute him. He gave me a most malignant loek, which I pretendea not to observe. In company with another lawyer I went to a cafe, where we had a glass of orangeade. We were going out when a military gendarme arrested me and conveyed me to the bar- racks. There my clothing was stripped from me and I was dressed in a private's uniform. Then I was put through a course of ‘calisthenics’ which would have been enough to kill a horse. “For four whole hours I was driven rounda and round the greut central court- , urged on by officers with scourges bayonets. Then I was taken and made t0 sit and rise an immense number of times, in order to ‘limber up my joints.’ At last I fell exhausted into a bed” which was alive with vermin. The next day, at 4 o'clock in the morning, I was routed up and made to sprinkle and then to sweep the courtyard, afterward being sent out in company with two armed guards, carrying a broom and bucket in my hands to sprinkle and sweep the street in front of the barracks. During the heat of the day I was obliged to scour the can- nons. I knew nothing of such work, nor indeed of any manual labor, and made many mistakes, for each of which I was unmercifully scourged with knotted thongs of rawhide. 5 “The Prime Minister appealed 1o Ezeta, and was told that if ne mentioned t matter again he would be sent to keep me company, and that I could get out by pay- ing $50. This I refused to do on principle. My uncle, the old friend of Ezeta's sisters when they were living in one of the con- vents of San Salvador s charity students, interceded for me, but without avail, the President saying he ‘did not want to talk to that old man again.’ After three davs of indescribable torment I was released through the influence of friends. ““My thoughts and feelings during the three days of my sojourn in that abode of satanic cruelty and nameless filth—I leave them to be imagined by any one having the heart of a man. In my unavailing in- ward protestations againsi the foul injus- tice which had been done me, I made up my mind to be avenged. I, a gentleman born and bred, a man of means, a high court official, had been forced at the point of lash and bayonet to ignoble manual labor, as though I were a common peon. My back, which had never crooked before usurped and tyrannical authority, had been flayed with untanned thongs. The noblest, manliest instincts of my nature had been bratally outraged, and I swore that I would have vengeance. Ihave kept my oath and now 1 am content. ‘‘At lunch time on last Tuesday, for the first time since my arrival here, 1 found myself face to_face with my persecutor of other days. The time and film were in- appropriate, but I was unable to restrain the torrent of just wrath which surged forth Irom my inmost soul. Approaching the general, 1 said: ' * Carlos Ezeta, do you remember me?’ ““The general mace no answer. His counrenance became ofugilutl{, livid blue tint, and he trembled in every limb. * Villain!’ T then exelaimed; ‘you are worthy only to be spat upon.’ “Suiting "the action to the word, I spat, and spat to such good purpose that a nap- kin had to be cailed into requisition 1n order {o repair the damage to his Excel- lency’s face. e ‘¥ou may keep on with your lunch dflg:é Ihforih'ith said to him. ‘I bave What al - tear came to do, and I am con “In place of doing as I recommended, the zeneral caught hgfid of a chair, whether to use it as a weapon against me or asa Prov for his trembling frame, I could not say. Then I took out my pistol, and holding it by the barrel, threatened to smash his head with the butt if he came near me. He fled off through the kitchen, and that is the last I have seen of him from that day to this. He keeps hisroom, and even takes his meals there, T believe, u"! have not seen him in thedining-room. General Ezeta’s face has more thgn once come in contact with another man’s saliva. 1In Paris he was challenged to fight a duel and was afraid to accept. His opponent, enrazed and disgusted at such a display of cowardice, spat in Ezeta's face duritg a performance at one of the princi- pal theaters. So you can see by this time ;I‘:l.;.l thing must have become natural to ‘‘As for the rest, the court proceedings are a matter of public record and will be known in time, Iam thoroughly and en- tirely satisfied with my worE I do not wish to kill him, Why should I? I may have to paya fine. Thank heaven, I am able to do” so, and shall never quarrel about the le price which I may have to pay for the vindication of my honor as a geu- tieman,” —_— THEY DINED TOGETHER, Miss Redmond Goes Out With the Man She Sues for $50,000 Damages. Capitalist Carter Has a Two Hours’ Pleasant Tete.a-Tete at an Uptown Cafe. The Redmond-Carter $50,000 damage suit has taken on a new aspect. The sun- shine seems to be breaking through the clouds, smiles have replaced frowns and a new reiation is being established between the principals. A lew weeks ago, it will be remembered, l{nry E Redmond, whose occupation is given in the directory as a dressmaker, brought suit against Thomas Carter, a capitalist and car-puilder and a well- known citizen of San Francisco, for $50,000 damages for breach of promise. Mr. Carter in an interview with a Cary reporter made a general denial of the charge, stated that the case was one of blackmail, said he had compromised with Miss Redmond once before by paying her $5000 and taking her receipt in fuil for all claims against him, and that during the ten or twelve years he had known the young lady she had been given of his money as much as $12,000. Mr. Carter said he had had enough of the fair Miss Redmond and her wiles; that there wasa time to draw the line, and that he would draw it on the damage suit. But—and the but is another story. Thomas Carter, capitalist, and the charming Miss Redmond are making over- tures to eacl otuer. Last evening they enjoyed a tete-a-tete dinner at & prominent uptown cafe. The capitalist and Miss Redmond were semi protected from the general gaze by a friendly screen purposely so arranged, and an acquaintance wno saw them says they dined from 8:30 t0 10:30 P. M. Many smiles were on Miss Redmond’s face at the con- clusion of the dinner, and by the time black coftee was reached the bachelor cap- italist's dignity nad given way to a mel- lowness that led him to complacently stroke his long and handsome beard. Besides the dinner Mr. Carter and Miss Redmond have been ssen walking to- gether, arm in arm, on Kearny and Mont- gomery streets within the last two days, Henry E. Highton 1s Miss Redmond’s attorney. When seen last evening he de- nied that he knew of any such thing as a comrmmi“ in the suit ana declared that he did not suspect that there was an ele- men? of orange blossoms and a long white veil in the case, and expressed surprise that his client and the sturdy capitalist should be dining together. FAOM MAJOR MekINLEY, A Courteous Letter Received by General Robert A. Friedrich. Read Last Thursday at a Meeting of Alger Camp Ne. 4, Army and Navy League. A meeting of Alger Camp No. 4, Army and Navy Republican League of Califor- nia, was held at headquarters, 26 0’Farrell street, on Thursday evening. The principal business of the camp was the election of officers for the ensuing term, but after the selection of Captain Leon E. Jones as colonel and G. H. Alberti as adjutant the election of the other offi- cers of the camp was postponed until the meeting on Thursday, July 30. Commander-in-Chief Robert A. Fried- rich addressed the comrades present, fur- nishing some interesting information- as to the condition of the league in Califor- nia.” He told the camp he had written to Major William McKinley that the veter- ans of the army and navy in this State would see to it that California gave a good account of herself in favor of the Republi- can candidate for President in November next and had sent him copies of reselu- tions adopted by the league here, both be- fore and since his nomipation. In reply he received the following letter: JULY 7, 1896. General Robert A. Friedrich, Commander-in- Chief Army and Navy Republican League of California, 2 O'Farrell Street, San_Francisco— MY "DEAR SIR: It was with peculiar satisfac- tion and pieasure I received your favor of the 24.1h ult. conveying the resolution of congratu- 1ation and indorsement adopted by the officers and members of the Army and Navy Republi- cen League of California on June 22. 1 beg that you convey this expression to the members of your organization. Very truly yours, WILLIAM MCKINLEY. W. E. Henderson, the rising_ young colored orator, was invited to address the camp, and in a short but eloquent s, h portrayed the superiority of the principles and candidates of the Republican party over those of 1ts opponents. Major James Kip also made a short_speech, after which the meeting was closed with a ringing Re- publican colonel, Leon E. Jones. T ——————— The Divorce Courts. Judge Hebbard yesterday granted s divorce to Caroline M. Houston from John G. Houston, bo"c:g'l: o;) lihn’ mflufi""mwmm“'nd al Tfiel sterda; N a divorce to Iaa 5} Seale ];:m Wil -nfi. Seale on statutory grounds. The defendant was ordered 1o pay plaintiff $20 per month ali- mony until further orders. The custody of & minor child was also awarded to plaintiff. address by the newly elected | READY 70 DIE AT SIXTEEN YEARS, Lansing Fuller Makes a Desperate Attempt on His Life. PIQUED AT A SISTER. Took Poison Because She Re- fused to Work a Day for Him. HID HIMSELF IN A CLOSET. The Desperate Youth Tries to Insure the Drug’s Work Being Not Interrupted. Lansing Fuller, a lad who has not yet seen his seventeenth year, aggrieved at what he considered unkind treatment on the part of his sister, and suffering from a severe headache, made an attempt to end his troubles yesterday afternoon. It was a desperate effort and out with a cold nerve that the =ui; dom displays. There was no swallowing of poison and then hurriedly announcing the iact to friends and relatives that they might haste for a physician ana a stom- ach pump. This yovthful victim of melancholia quietly wrote a note of farewell, then swallowed something, the character of which has not vet been discovered, and sought a quiet nook where there was little chance of discovery until the drug had taken effect. Young Fuller has resided with his mother at 614 Bush street for the past two months. For a much longer period he has been employed as an office-boy in the publishing establishment of the Town Talk, conducted by 8. B. Carleton. He has been known as an industrious and manly little fellow, and, save in moments when the severe headaches to which he was subject were upon him, he was as blithe and gay as most boys of 16. Yesterday morning Lansing went to his work as usual. Before going, however, he complained of a severe headache, and begged his sister to take his place at the office. The sister, little thinking how much in earnest the boy was, refused his request, and without much ado Lansing went to his daily task. About 4 o’clock in the afternoon he re- turned to his home. “What, you here?” said his mother in some surprise, for Lansing was not due for two bours, “Yes, mother,” he replied; “my head hurt so I couldn’t stand it any longer. Then he muttered something to the effect that he would not be around there much more, but his mother knowing he was piqued at.his sister’s action in the morn- ing paid litile attention to him. The boy sat down by a table and commenced writing. His mother left the room and he was not seen for an bour. About 5 o’clock Mrs. Curtis, the proprie- tor of the house where the Fullers reside, had occasion to open the door toa closet adjoining the room where Lansing slept. Curled up on an improvised bed she saw the lad, ana believing be was sleeping she attemvoted to wake him. It was in vain. Then she opened a window to obtain more light and was horrified to observe the pallor of death on the boy’s face. Frightened as she was she had the pres- ence of mind to hurry for medical assist- ance. Dr. Mouser was summoned and by energetic and skilliul work restored the lad to consciousness. The work of counter- acting the drug was seriously hampered by the fact thac 1t was not known just what the boy had taken. The lad vigor- ously denied that he had taken anythiug. *“My head was hurting so I couldn’t stand it,”” he declared on being restored, “so I just laid down where it was quiet and went to sleep.’” The effect of the boy’s statement was nullified by a note which Lansing left. This was evidently the paper he was seen to write just before his attempt at suicide. In it hedeclared himself tired of living. The “folks” wers unkind to him, he de- clared, and he wanted to get out of the way. The effects of the drug resembled those of laudanum though Dr. Mouser could not state that that was what the boy had taken. His friends are inclined to excuse the lad’s rash act by the statement that the severe headaches to which he was sub- ject made him temporarily insane, or at least caused him to suffer so severely that it was almost impossible for him to control himself. SERVICE OF SONG. Sabbath Evening Vespers to Be Made a Feature at the Howard-Street M. E. Church. An elaborate vespers service will in future be a permanent feature each Sab- bath evening at the Howard-strest Metho- dist Episcopal Church. The experiment of last week brought such flattering re- sults as to cause the committee to make the feature permanent. The regular choir will be supplemented with specialists who are prominent in the musical world. The programme for to-morrow night will be as follows: Organ prelude, ““Adante Religioso” (Leybach- Westbrook); doxology; trombone solo, “The Lost Chord” (Sullivan), siss Maud prano solo, “Ave Maria,” &Mmagni). Mrs, ‘arric Brown Dexter; violin obliga’o, L. A. Hughes; prayer; anthem, “What Shall the Harvest Be?” (Bliss); cornet solo, sclected, Miss Pearl Noble; organ solo, nocturne in A Major, (Munro); soprano solo, “With Verdu Clad” (Creati), tie Brown Dexter; sermon, “Climbing Fool's Hill,” pastor; violin solo, “Religious Meditation” (Eichberg), Liewelyn A. Hughes; anthem, O, Give Thanks” ; duet for cornet and trombone, se- lected, Misses Pearland Maud Noble; postlude, “March des Phantomes,” (Scotson Clark). Professor Martin Schultz will preside at the organ and act as director. e e Swimmers Elect Officers, The California Swimming Club had its first annual election at their new headquarters at Sutro Baths last evening. The following offi- cers were elected: President, T. W. Hunting- ton; vice-president, A. MacKillop; captain, R b-captain, W. 8. Atkinson; tress. arrowe; secretary, A. A. Smith; . Shulte, Sam cBirney, Lott B. Firoment, . Burnett, A. Cobblyn, mpy. & B. Cornell, T. W éparrowe and W. 8. Mar- uest start Monday on their wheels to visit n Jose, Santa Cruz and Del Monte, and will endeavor to ’.at a challenge for the Spreckels Polo clnb‘.;; ich is the oniy one of its kind in country. Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. SATURDAY SPEGIALS 2R e e 3 SAGRIFICE SALE PRIGE The crowd=-bringing BARGAINS that are making our GREAT JULY SACRIFICE SALE OF ALL SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS so universally popular are to-day re=enforced by the following POWERFULLY ATTRACTIVE VALUES! LADIES’ SHIRT WAISTS! At 830 Cents. LAD IES’ SHIRT WAISTS, laundered collar and cuffs, in fancy checks and stripes, will be closed out at 30c each. At 835 Cents. LADIES’ LAUNDERED SHIRT WAISTS, in all fancy shades, regular price 75c, will be closed out at 35¢ each. At GO Cents. LADIES’ SHIRT WAISTS, in heavy percales, stripes and checks, bishop sleeves,rege ular price $1, will be closed out at 50c each. At 75 Cents. LADIES' SHIRT WAISTS, in all fancy shades, bishop sleeves, made of good percale, regular price $1 50, will be closed out at 75¢ each. At 81.50. LADIES’ SILK WAISTS, in light shades, lined all through, regular price $5, will be closed out at $1 50 each. MUSLIN UNDERWEARI1 At 25 Cents. LADIES’ MU SLIN DRAWERS, made of heavy muslin, finished with tucks and em« broidery, will be closed out at 25¢ each. At 35 Cents. 5 LADIES’ GOWNS, made of good quality muslin, lined back, tucked yoke, will be closed out at 35c each. At 835 Cents. 5 LADIES’ CHEMISES, made of heavy muslin, yoke of embroidery, neck and sleeves finished with edging, regular price 60c, will be closed out at 35¢ each. VEILING! VEILING! VEILING! At 15 Cents a Yard. THREE-QUARTER WIDTH CHENILLETTE DOTTED TUXEDO VEILING, regu- lar price 25¢, reduced to 15¢ per yard. At 20 Cenis a Yard. THREE-QUARTER WIDTH CHENILLE DOTTED TUXEDO VEILING, regular price 30c, reduced to 20c per yard. At 25 Cents a Yard. BRUSSELS NET BORDERED VEILING, black, navy and brown, embroidered with white, regular price 65c, reduced to 25¢ per yard. At 258 Cents a Yard. THREE-QUARTER WIDTH CHENILLE DOTTED TUXEDO VEILING, regular price 4Uc, will be closed out at 25¢ per yard. At 25 Cents a Yard. DOUBLE-WIDTH CHENILLETTE DOTTED TUXEDO VEILING, regular price 50c, reduced to 25¢ per yaid. = a ¥ard. At SO Cent: CREAM CHANTILLY BORDERED VEILING, dotted and figured, regular price 90c, reduced to 50c per yard. RIBBONS'! At 10 No. 22 3-INCH DOUBLE-FACED SATIN be closed out at 10c a yarad. RIBBONS! Cents. RIBBON, assorted colors, value 30c, will At 35 Cents. 4-INCHZALL-SILK HANDSOME DRESDEN RIBBONS, value 65c, will be closed out at 85c a yard. LADIES’ KID GLOVES! At 85 Cents. LADIES' UNDRESSED KID GLOVES, 8-button length, colors tan and mode (broken sizes), worth regular $1, will be closed out at 35c a pair. At 55 Cents. LADIES’ 5-BUTTON KID GLOVES, colors tan and brown, $1, will be closed out at 55¢ a pair. also black, worth regular HOSIERY AND UNDERWEAR SPECIALS! At 124 Cents a Pair. CHILDREN'S BLACK RIBBED COTTON HOSE, double knees, heels and toes, reduced from 20c. ¥ i12% Cents a Pair. At LADIES’ BLACK COTTON HOSE, double heels and toes, Hermsdorf black, reduced from 20c. At BO Cents Each. BOYS' NATURAL GRAY SANITARY WOOL SHIRTS shrinkable, reduced from 85c and 9cc. At 75 Cents BEach. LADIES' NATURAL GRAY SANITARY CASHMERE WOOL VESTS, high neck, long sleeves, drawers to match, reduced from $1 25. "AND DRAWERS, non- CORSETS! CORSETS! At 80 Cents. LADIES’ SATEEN CORSETS, extra long waist, two side steels each side, gnaranteed periect fitting, black and drab, regular price $1, reduced from this sale to 60c. BOYS’ AND MEN’S FURNISHINGS! At 12¥ Cents. 75 dozen SOLID-COLOR COTTON SOCKS, in brown, tan and mode shades; also FASHIONED SEAMLESS NATURAL GRAY WOOL HALF-HOSE, usual price $2 per dozen, will e closed out at 1234c. 120 dozen BOYS' CHEVIOT GATICO AND Samen: 0zen CALE WAISTS, si; - lar price 350, wiil be closed out at 250, ERi8 310 13, roga At 835 Centms. 95 dozen MEN’S CAMELS’ HAIR UNDERSHIRTS AND DRAWERS, Shirts sizes 384 to 46, Drawers 30 to 42, regular price 65¢ each, will be closed out at 35c a garment, At SO Cents. 55 dozen SANITARY NATURAL GRAY WOOL UNDERSHIRTS AND DRAWERS, all sizes, regular price $1 50 a suit, will be closed out at 50¢ a garment. 2" STORE OPEN SATURDAY EVENINGS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. MURPHY BUILDING, ol Sirgel, corner of Jones, BAIN FFRAINOXISOO.