The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 15, 1896, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1896. TYNAN'S BROTHER ON THE ARREST Believes There Must Be Some Mistake in Identity. LATELY IN NEW YORK Two Months Ago P. J. Tynan Had No Intention of Going Abroad. IRISH - NATIONALISTS TALK. Men Who Knew “No. 1” Intimately Believe It Is All a Scotland Yard Plot. The news of the arrest of P. J. Tynan came as a thunderbolt out of a clear sky yesterday to the patriotic Irishmen in this City. They had not the faintest thought talked before a bar while drinking. That is a lie. My brother has been a strictly temperate man, in _fact, a total abstainer, for many years. He was not used to go into saloons even, and as for talking so that he could be overheard at a bar—that is nonsense.” Colonel John O’Byrne knew Tynan in- timately in New York, and is a firm be- liever in his innocence. “I've had professional connection with those people likely to know if such a con- spiracy existed,” he said. ‘“Whereas the Nationalist element of American citizens of Irish birth have not gone back upon their-views of Irish nationality, vet there is no such thing as a dynamite conspiracy of any kind or character, nor has there been any in existence for many years. It may be said by our enemies thai it exists in either Chicago or New York, but the Nationalists here are in such close touch with those of Chicago or New York that it is utterly impossible that such a con- spiracy could exist in either of thesecities, or any vart of the United States, without it coming to the knowledge of the people here. “It is evidently a scheme of some branch of the British Government to save the name of England from the atrocities prac- ticed upon the Irish Fenian prisoners. Such men as Dr. Gallagher and Jobn Daly, and others of that stamp, were all men of culture, and everything has been done in the English prisons to brutalize them and drive them mad. The English have driven them insane, but were unabie to brutalize them., 5 “I look forward with a good deal of in- terest to the expose on this subject, c tain to be made by means of the Parl; mentary inquiry in the House of Com- mons, which Mr. Balfour has been com- elled to grant as to the treatment of Foikt picinorers o H6 hg it D sotie: ,'It was well known at the time of the murder of Lord Edward Cavendish, which was a cruel and cowardly one, that Tynan had nothing whatsoever to do with it There is one of the men yet living who was engaged in that murder, and who is JOHN T. TYNAN, a Well-Known Citizen of San Francisco, a Brother of P.J. Tynan. The Latter, Known as “No. 1,” Was Arrested at Boulogne, France, on the Old Charge of Being Concerned in the Lord Cavendish Murder in Phoenix Park, Dublin, in 1882. The Arrested Man’s Brother and , His Friends in This City Discredit the Stories Spread by the English Police Since His Capture. of any movement, covert or otherwise, against England, but instead they have been asking the crown to pardon all the Irish Fenian prisoners. With this peti- tion uppermost in their minds the story of an alleged dynamite plot, coupled with the arrest of men who have been in the background for years, appeared abso- lutely incredible. On one point they agreed, and that was that the whole sensation was part of a well-conceived scheme to manuiacture public opinion that would offset the scandals which they claim are bound to come outin the Par- liamentary investigation into the treat- ment of Irish political prisoners in Brit- ish jails. Tliere are some prominent Irishmen in San Francisco who knew P. J. Tynan quite intimately, and they are more especially astonished at his arrest. His brother, John T. Tynan, who is an old San Franciscan, said yesterday that he couid not believe that the man arrested in France was his brother. “It may be like a drowning man catch- ing at straws,”-he said, “but, then, I can’t believe that my brother is in France. There have been so many palpable lies in the dispatches about him that I am rea- sonably led to believe there is a great mis- take. Why, it is only two months now since I gota letter from him. We were in continual correspondence, and he never mentioned a word about leaving the United States. Oun the contrary, he often told me it was his wish to live out his days in this country and to die here. In his last letter there was nothing even to lead me to think he was going out of the United States. ““In 1882 the English Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs was sent to Washington from London. He asked the United States Government for recognition of extradition papers for my brother, but it was denied him. There was nothing against him; no proof of his connection with any of these cases. “I notice that the dispatches say he NEW TO-DAY. For Children’s Skin ecalp, and hair, nothing in the whole world is so cleansing, purifying, and besutifying as CUTICURA SOAP prrest and sweetest for tollet, bath, and nursery. For distressing facial eruptions, frritations of the acalp, dry, thin. and fulling bar, red, rough Bands, ehafings, inflammations, and simple baby rashed and blewahes, it i wordertul. i Sale than com- afl‘ffi“&ifi#&%im; nll’*m“:n Dive s k. Sale Frope. Boston, U: 8. w How to Purity and Beausity Baby's Skin,” free. now serving a life sentence, and he has at all times declared Tynan’s entire inno- cence of any complicity in the crime. The whole affair is a well-conceived and cor- rupt plan of Scotland Yard, actine of course under superior orders, to manufac- ture public'opinion in such a way as will lead to the justification of tiie barbarous treatment of Irish political prisoners. “Tynan was openly a resident of New York. He was to be seen day after day on Broadway for many years, and it ‘was well known to British "detectives, who fol- lowed him constantly. He was never in San Francisco, but it was no secret that he lived in New York for years.” “The Irish people, as 1 know them,” de- clared Thomas Desmond, the well-known Irish nationalist, “would not be crazy enough to take any action while those Eoor fellows are in jail and begging the nglish Government to release them. A great many Irish nationalists are under the impression that be had nothing to do with the Pheenix Park murders. My honest conviction is he never had any con- nection with them. Sometimes people ory ‘mad dog’ and everybody takes a kick at the animal as he goes along. .1 don’t believe in dynamite, but open war- fare, facing the enemy on the open field, and I believe ninety-nine per cent of the Irish people feel as I do. “Woen I met Tynan it was during the Blaine campaign in Boston, in August, 1884¢. He was always perfectly sober, and conhned himself to ‘soft’ “drinks—lemon- | ade and soda water—and I never saw him taste liguor. My opinion is that if he was over there in Europe the English woula arrest him and make a fuss over it to keep him in jail.” SOCIALISTS ARE FREE. Judge Conlan Dismi the Cases on Motion of Attorney Haskell. The cases against the five Rocialists, Charles D. Sunflower, T. F. Burns, A. Delaroche, Manuel Bottana and Leon Brown, who were arrested on August 29 at Seventh and Market streets for obstruct- ing the street, were dismissed by Judge Conlan yesterday. Attorney Haske!l, when the cases were called, moved for a dismissal on two grounds. He said the complaints were defective, and from the fact that two dif- ferent juries, who had been instructed to bring in a verdict of guilty, had failed to agree it was evident that 1t would be use- less to try the cases again before another jury. ¢ T{;e prosecution coincided with Attorney Haskell and the Judge ‘accordingly dis- missed the cases. ——————— Judge Lorenz at Work. Jndge H. L. Lorenz, the special Commis- sioner appointed by the Department at Wash- ington 1o investigate the claims of the letter- carriers for overtime, began his work yester- a Through the courtesy of Judge McKenna & room adjoining the latter’s chamber has been secured for the purpose of conducting the necessary inquiry into the merits of cach cese. The demands will be taken up by sta- tions, the alphabetical order being !olfnwed as close)y as practicable. The claims of carriers attached to station F will be the first investie ted. There is something like $200,000 to distributed among 300 men, the largest single claim reaching The mejority run irom $500 to $1400. Clark McKerchen, represeniing Charles, William B. and George A.King, the Washington attorneys for the carriers, is assisting Major Lorenz in his work. MOORE JUMPED 10 HIS DEATH Leaped From the Upper Deck of the Steamer Bay City. HIS BODY RECOVERED. Took the Plunge as the Ferry- Boat Was Steaming by Goat Island. VAIN EFFORTS TO REVIVE HIM “1 Have Taken My Last Drink of Whisky” Was His Cry as He Sprang Overboard. J. E. Moore, for years a special police- man employed at the Balawin Hotel, committed suicide at 7:20 o’clock last evening by plunging into the bay from the deck of the ferry-boat Bay City. Moore boarded the steamer at the narrow gauge mole on the Oakland side at 7 o'clock. He was apperantly sober, and behaved in s rational manner. After strolling about the vessel for a few moments, he walked inside the cabin and took a seat. When the boat was opposite Goat Island Moore rose from his seat, rushed to the rail, threw his hat on the deck and shout- ing, “I have taken my last drink of whisky,” spraug overboard. Captain John Leale, who witnessed the act, immediately signaled the engines to stop the steamer, and promptly ordered a boat to be lowered. After a short search Mocre’s body was found floating in the wake of the steamer. The body was taken into the boat and thence hoisted aboard the steamer. Here it was rolled over a barrel, and a physi- cian, who chanced to be aboard, was sum- moned, but when he came uvon the scene the last spark of life had departed. On arriving at this side Captain Leale not:fied the Coroner, and the body was re- moved to the Morgue. Here it was no- ticed that the man’s ear was split, and it was first supposed that death was the re- sult of a fracture of the sk ull, but an in- vestigation showed that it was undoubt- ealy due to drownin§. In the hat that Moore threw upon the deck was found a letter addressed to the deceased, at 187 Hyde street. The super- scrintion was written in bold characters, apparently the handwriting of a man. Inquiry at 187 Hyde street elicited the information that J. Moore was a_special officer employed at the Baldwin Hotel for the past ten years, but who was dis- charged a few months ago. He had been recently emp.oyed at the New Louvre. He bad been drinking heawily tor some time past and often expressed his inten- tion of committing suicide. He left home last night about 7 o’clock, saying that he intended to end his life, as he was tired of the way he was living. His wife left home about 5 o'clock to at- tend a supper at a friend’s house, and was unaware that her husband had committed suicide. They had been married ten years, but had no children. Moore was an absinthe- drinker. FEEDING UPON GARBAGE Sad Plight in Which Young Francisco Fernandez Was Discovered. The Lad’s Body Bears Marks of Vio- lence Inflicted, He Says, by His Mother. Officer W. T. Hooper of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ob- served a little boy eating some refuse from a barrel in front of a fruit cannery, on Francisco street, yesterday, as though famished with hunger. Mr. Hooper asked him what he was doing there and why he was eating such disgusting food. The lad, in answer, told a most pitiful story. His name, he said, was Francisco Fernandez, and until ten days ago he had been living with his mother at 4 Gerke alley. According to the boy’s statement, his mother has been extremely cruel, beat- ing him with coal-scuttles, brooms, tea- kettles, hot pokers and other instruments of torture whenever she took the notion, which, he says, was pretty often. Ten days ago Francisco left his forlorn abode and betook himself to a burrow under the sidewalk on Francisco street, whence he would occasionally emerge in order to satisfy the craviugs of runger by regaling himself on the apple cores, rotten peaches and other garhage cast forth from the cannery referred to. Wheneve: he saw a police officer he would dodge be- neath the sidewalk or crawl into a barrel, and had Mr. Hooper been in uniform would doubtless have endeavored to get away from him. The boy’s body is in a frightful con- dition, his left leg and side being a mass of sores. His hands arescarred and burned, he avers, by repeated contact with the hot poker, which seems to have been a favorite means of correction. The lad was taken to the County Hospital for treatment, and will be kept there until cured. He is 10 years old, but looks younger. His father died some yea: ago. The case is now under investigat: by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, : BORAX BEDS OF INYO. One Hundred Acres of Vats Going—Lively Politics and Need of a Railroad and Canal. Among the arrivals at the Lick House is ‘W. M. Richards of Inyo County, who has been agent for the Carson and Colorado Railroad for over seven years at Keeler and Independence. He has resigned to engage in mining in Nevada County, where his father, Captain Henry Richards, has been prominently connected with the mines for nearly forty years. Mr. Richards is enjoying his visit to S8an Francisco, after his seven years’ work on the desert, . Heis an enthusiastic bicyclist, and in- tends making a tour of the mining coun- ties of the State on his electric bicycle this month. ! ards says Inyo County needs more and better railroaa facilities, and some good irrigation canals. “The railroad should be extended from Keeler through the Panamint and Death Valley mining section, and connect at either Barstow or Mojave,” hesaid. “Th- lead and silver mines are the mainstay of Inyo, at present, but there are only three or four mines working, where sixteen or hteen were formerly worked. the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad Company ever extends irom Bakersfield through Walkers Pass it will benefit Inyo County greatly, and will have only a gap of sixty miles be- tween the two raiiroads, *‘Inyo County is the third largest county in the State, its area being 10,156 square miles. There are 1014 voters registered in Inyo County this.year. They need protec- tion for their wool and soda, and the ques- tion is, How can they get it? Freight charges are high to Inyo County points from 8an Franciscoand Sacramento, rang- ing from 234 to 214 cents per pound.’’ He says that the production of soda from the beds of Inyo amounts to 3000 tons & year. Over 100 acres of vats are now in use. The plant 1s being extended every year. The crude soda is shipped to San Francisco and Alameda to Smith’s borax works, and the price ranges from $22t0$30a ton. A. J. Laws, the superin- tendent of the Inyo Development Com- pany, which is operating the beds, has twel:.e White men and thirty Chinese at worl ——————— ILLEGAL FISHING. Six Men Arrested for Using Small Mesh Nets. Deputy Fish Commissioners John H. and W. J. Davis, now patrolling the upper bay in the launch Hustler, made two im- portant arrests early yesterday morning. They made a run along Suisun Bay, and below Roe Island found two men fishing for bass with small mesh nets. The depu- ties started for Suisun with their prisoners, and a few miles furtherdown the bay they captured four more fishermen engaged in the same illegal business, and when cap- tured had caught a number of striped bass in their small mesn nets. The six prisoners were taken to the town of Suisun, and not being able to secure $250 pail each went to jail. DENIES THE WOMAN YARN Millionaire Campbell Says He Did Not Go to Meet Any Girl. The Winthrop Trial A'most Over. Assumed Names by Which the Prisoner Was Known. The trial of Oliver W. Winthrop is fast drawing to a close. Yesterday the last testimony of the defense was introduced and the prosecution’s evidence in rebuttal was commenced. To-duy or to-morrow the arguments of counsel will probably be heard and then the fate of the prisoner will be in the hands of the jury. Yesterday after John Forbel, James W. Burling, J. M. Custer and Adolph Meyer had told what they know of Winthrop’s character and general reputation, which all agreed was good up to the time of the | Matthews episode, the prosecution. began the introduction of evidence in rebuttal. A. M. Pierson, assistant superintendent of Laurel Hill Cemetery, was called, and asked whether E. J. M. Stanley owned a lot there. Attorney Bell objected to the question and a wrangle ensued, but Bell subsequently withdrew the objection. Pierson replied that the books do not show that E. J. M. Stanley owns a lot, but that one S. L. Stanley has a plat. Cecil Brown, who has been Mr. Camp- bell’s business agent for some time, said that for a number of {enrs his employer did not carry a purse, but that recently he has done so. He identified the purse found on Winthrop as being in every respect like the one Campbell has carried. Mrs. Abbott Campbell, wife of the prose- cuting witness, also said the purse is exactly like her husband’s. James Campbell himself was then re- called. He denied in toto Winthrop’s story about the veiled woman at 4109 California street, and said that Winthrop never rang the bell but opened the door with & key which he carried. Campbell also denied making any arrangement with Winthrop, or any one else, to rent the California-street cottage for him. “Did you arrange for that house to meet a woman there ?”’ asked Judge Wallace. “I did not,"” replied the witness, Mrs. Dunton, from whom the cottage was rented, denied Winthrop’s story that Urquhart rented the cottaze. She said she never saw Urquhart until she gazad on him in the courtroom. She positively identified Winthrop as the man to whom she let her house. ow is it you are better able to iden- tify him now than you were when you saw him in prison after his arrest?”’ asked his Honor. “‘One reason,” replied Mrs. Dunton, *is that then I only gave him a glance. Now e heard himi speak. His pronuncia. tion is pecul For instance he says ‘settin’’ instead of ‘sitting.’ ”’ “Then you consider yourself betterable téo l;denmv him now?”’ asked Lawyer ell. “Yes; Iidentify him positively. There can be no mistake,” replied the witness. In answer to a question Mrs. Dunton said no one had tried to influence her tes- timony, and aude dthat no one had better attempt such a thing. Attorney Bell eaner in the day madea determined attempt to impeach the testi- mony of D. A. Urqubart. He tried to prove that the witness had been convicted of a felony. On Saturday afternoon a record of an arrest and two years’ im- risonment in a Canadian prison was ntroduced, but Urquhart denied having ever been in Canada. He, however, admitted having been twice arrested on charges of felony, on which he had not been convicted. District Attorney Barnes then went into Winthrop’s army record. S. R. Taylor, a United States quartermaster, told of how he enlisted in Company B of the Tenth Infantry in 1870, He said he then met ‘Winthrop, whom he knew as Standinger, and served several years with him. He said that it was after re-enlisting that the prisoner took the name of inthrop. Calkins was another name whicn Taylor said Winthrop bore atone time. An inci- dent concerning a missing coat, which was found in ‘Winthrop's possession, was also retailed, but was objected to and not admitted in evidence. On cross-examina- tion Taylor said that in 1870 Winthrop’s age was about 19, and that he did ndot know him by that name until 1878, when they met at Whipple barracks in Arizona. Afterward they met in this City 1n 1886. Court was then adjourned until this mornine at 10 o’clock, in order that Mrs. S. L. Stanley might come from Ukiah to testify as to thelotin Laurel Hill Ceme- tery. LAKE MERCED TUNNEL. A. E. Buckman, the Contractor, Com- pletes a Difficult and Dangerous Fiece of Work. One of the most difficult pieces of ex- gineering work ever undertaken in the State has just been compleied in the con- struction of the great Lake Merced tunnel by A. E. Buckman, the well-known con- tractor, for the Spring Valley Water Com- pany, which required just seventeen months of labor—botn night and day—to complete, Owing to the many difficulties encountered in eddies of subterranean water it was impossible to complete the work sooner. The pressure of water upon the tunnel compelled the system of shafts and up- per drift to be sunk and the engineering difficulties met with were embarrassing. The work, however, was vigorously pushed ahead by Mr. Buckman, who is, indeed, to be congratulated on the satis- factory completion of such a diffic ult and dangerous undertaking, Mr. Herman Schussler, chief engineer of the Spring Valley Water Company, directed the en- gineering part of the contract. AN ISHMAELITE OF THE MISSION Pitiful Tale of Wee Alberto Conscio—Pariah, “Kid” and “Guy.” WAS FOUND IN A BUGGY Besought O ficer Kern, Who Dis- covered Him, Not to Harm Him. HUNGRY AND CLOTHED IN RAGS P. Bacigalupi Accused of Neglecting and Abusing the Outcast—His Son’s Story. “It is only the short and simple annals of the poor.”’ Tuns spoke Father Crowley, secretary and general manager of the Youth’s Di- nated “Pete” was walk. 3 “‘What you want to know who the kid is for?” he inquired, looking keenly into the face of the interrogator. “'Ob, you’ve got him at the Youth’s Di- rectory, have you? Well, all I know about him is that his parents died” in Lima, Peru, six years ago. A man brought this guy up here to a cousin, who wouldn’t have bim, and the man gave him to us. *‘He's no good. Want’s to dress like a ‘swell,” and run away. hunting for him, and if we found bim we was agoin’ to send him to a school in San Rafael.” 5 SWALLOW D POISON. Mrs. Eli Hazel, 830 Geary Street, Died at the Receiving Hospital. Mrs. Eli Hazel, 830 Geary street, died at the Receiving Hospital yesterday after- noon from supposed poisoning, but the nature of the drug will not be known till an autopsy is held at the Morgue. Her husband is employved by A. L. Ban- croft & Co., 324 Post street. H- got to the hospital a few minutes before she died. He could assien no reason for his wife committing suicide. ¢ “I left her this morning,” he said, “and she seemed as bappy as possible. She has been drinking heavily, and last night I thought she was on the verge of delirium tremens; but she appeared to be all right this morning. I cannot believe that she took poison.” Hazel and his wife had rooms at 830 Geary street. y afternoon another lady roomer discovered Mrs. Hazel in an unconscious condition. She notified the landlord and he sent for Dr. Sussman. After examining her, the doctor thought she was suffering from chloroform or laudanum poisoning and ordered that she should be sent to the hosvital. The patrol-wagon was sum- moned, but when she was placed on the operating table it was eviaent that she could not live many minutes. playing ball on the side- B Little Alberto Conscio, Found in Rags in a Buggy at Buckman’s Camp by Officer Kern. at 2030 Howard street, as he laid his hand upon the head of a little dark- faced chap, with a gypsyish appearance and a most woe-begone look. The little fellow referred to has a his- tory—short, it is true—but none the less bitter and sorrowful for all that. Heis now in the care of those who will see that his environment gives him a chance ‘for mental and physical deveiopment. At 2:30 A. M. Sunday Patrolman Kern was strolling down Sanchez street, when his attention was directed to a buggy in Buckman’s camp by a slight noise pro- ceeding therefrom. An investigation dis- closed the fact that in the box a little fellow was curled up asleep. On being awakened he pitifully beggea the officer not to harm him. He was speedily reassured on this point, and was immediately taken to the Seventeenth and Howard streets station. When they arrived there Lieutenant Burke got the little waif to tell his story., He cannot speak English very well, but managed to himself understood. His name was given as Alberto Conscio and his age as 10 vears. He said he came from Pern and with great tears welling up 1n his eyes said he had no parents, They had been dead as long as he could remem- ber. The only thing he knew was that about three years nsa some one brought him to California and placed him in the c:ru of P. Bacigalupi, living at 24 Dolan street. They gave him very little to eat, the outcast said, snd made him sleep at night on the cold kitchen floor. In addition, he complained that he was at times cruelly mistreated. “‘Threc days ago,” continued the child, “Icame to the conclusion that 1 would stand a better chance by myselt and ran away. I have wandered around nearly everywhere and most of the time have been without anything to eat. “‘Once or twice some of the men at Buck- man’scamp gave me something to eatwhen I came around. Last nicht I crawled into the buggy to sleep. Then that soldier there found me and brought me here.” “Of all the sorry_sights 1 ever saw in all my life,” said Lieutenant Burke, ‘it was that poor, friendless, little outcast. His clothes were nearly rags, in many places the nude body showing through the rents ant patches. His hair had not been shorn for months and was tangled and matted in a way to set a currycomb at defiance. The T he wore were infested with vermin, and directly above the instep of the right foot was a blister as large as my hand. “We feared it would frighten the child to put him into a cell and found an old comforter in which to wrap him and let him sleep in the station. In the mornin, we had to put the comforter in the a: barrel.” Yesterday the child was taken to the Youth’s Directory, where he will be pro) erly cared for. ther Crowley kindly placed him in his old ‘ments yesterday to glve THE CALL artist an idea of his ap- pearance before his bath and haircut. Nobody was home at the Bacigalupi mansion on Dolan street yesterday, but a small son whom his companion denomi- OFFERS T0 GIVE A FABM, Mrs. Pheebe Hearst’s Generosity to the Presbyterian Orphanage. All the Money Already Collected Will Now Be Devoted to Building. Great satisfaction was expressed yester- day at the meeting of the San Francisco Presbyterian Orphanage and Farm, at a letter from Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst, offer- ing to donate a tract of land at San An- selmo to be used as the orphanage farm. For some months past the directors have been trying to raise money to buy a property at San Rafael, and it is only owing to a legal technicality that the first We had some one | About_2 o'clock yesterday | installment of money has not yet been vaid. The price of this land is considered to have been very high, and to raise funds to purchase it would have hampered the building projects of the directors for some time to come. Mrs. Hearst’s offer tiere- fore was joviully accepted. A committee to confer with Mrs. Hearst was apvointed consisting of the president, Mrs. P. D. Browne; the secretary, Mrs. W. MacRae; the treasurer, Mrs. W. B. Noble; and the chairman of the advisory committee, Dr. Noble of San Rafael. It will be the object of the committee to complete arrange- ments for accepting Mrs. Hearst’s kind offer as soon as possible, as building will be commenced when the transfer of the property is completed. In view of acquiring a farm for nothing it was resolved that all money donated or hereafter donated to the orphanage shall be put into buildings. ' ' The first annual report of the Presbyte- rian Orphanage and Farm was issued yes- terday. It shows that the institution has done extensive work during the first ye; of its existence, although it had little or no capital to srart upon. ’?he annual donfltion party of the or- phanage will take place on the 24th at San Rafael. Clothing for boys and gris under 14 years of age is particularly aesired. The donation party will be preceded by a basket luncheon at Mrs. A. E. Kent’s in San Rafael. ——————— McCoppin Claims the Credit. The new streetcar mail service was formally inaugurated yesterday. There was someslight fear on the part of Superintendent Flint that everything would not run smoothly, but the results showed that these fears were un- founded. True, there was a slight hitch in the Sacramento-street line, but that was due to an unavoidable accident in the power-house of the Market-street Railroad Company. The 80 perfectly as to create belief that in a few d‘:yl & more rapid :hedm: may with safety be inaugurated. Postmaster rflc 'n].)nlnnuuld‘ utt:;dny it Wlll through his orts entireiy that the new service wes est: lished. He began work on it, he said, as :.:]k; ‘Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. as October, 1895, and by continuous hammer- ing induced the department to suthorize the inncvation. Mr. McCoppin further said he had had three independent powers to combat, namely, the Postmaster-General, Harbor Com- missioners and the Market-street Railway Company. How successfully be fought the three torces is seen in the establishment of tne most perfect city mail system in America. b e Suicide of a Young Girl. Mary McNamara, while temporarily insane, committed suicide at her home, 2424 Bryant avenue, yesterday morning by swallowing carbolic acid. About 8 o’clock in the morning Mrs. McKlana, with whom she has been living for some time, visited the girl’s room and found her unconscious. On a table was a vial labeled “carbolic acid,” showing plainl$ the cause of the girl’s iilness. Half an hour after Mrs. McKlana arrived the young woman died. Miss McNamara has recentl been confined in a private asylum, but was released some weeks ago. It is thought that she committed the rash act while suffering h'om the original cause which led to her first incarceration, The dead girl’s mother lives in Vacaville. NEW TO-DAY. Bsosoosssesss! Ghing at Half Price! Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday only, 150 Dozen Fine Thin Hand-decorated China Teacups and Saucers, regularly 35, 40 and 50 cents, go at 20 CENTS. 175 dozen China Butter Piates, deco- rated in colors and gold, reg- ularly 60c, go at 30c per doz n. 65 pair Sugar Bowls and Cream Pitch- ers, regularly 65¢, go at 35¢ per pair. 125 Cream Pitchers, reg- ularly 20c and 25¢, go at 10c g each. THAT BIG CHINA STORE 4 Quarter of a Blook Below Shreve's, WANGENHEIM, STERNHEIM & CO. 528 and 530 Market St., 27 and 29 Sutter St., BELOW MONTGOMERY, Bsossssssssss LEVIN BROS Leading Grocers Special Fur T Week. ROYAL DUTCH CHOCOLATE. Bensdorp's Holland Vanilla Eating Choco- late.. .. -..pound, 25¢ "Regular, 4 WHISKEY. OLD GLORY, fine old Bourbon. full gts., $1 00 OLD CARIN, pure Rye, full quarts (regu- 1ar$125)... .. ... = RYE or BOURBON (five years), for fam or medicinal use, gallon (regular $3 50), SHERRY OR PORT. Pearl Vinevard (Napa County, vintage 1890). Sherry cr Port Wine, gallon.....$1 00 Regular, $1 50. OLIVE OIL. G. Laton & Co., Bordeaux, France; the best pure Olive Ofi, full QUA(S...... 60, Regular, 90c. PITTED MAMMOTH OLIVES. New arr val of Extra Quality Pitted Mam- moth Olives.... quarts, 50c; pints, 306 Regular 5 90c. FRENCH CASTILE SOAP. Imported Virgin White Castile Soap. 2 bars 450 Sapolio and Queen Lily Soap... g 2 cakes en 90c Cocoa Floating Soap, for .ollet and bath - 3 +e.... cakes 250 COLUMBIA RIVER SALMON. Extra quality.... = MACARONI, VERMICELLY, SPAGHETTIL 1Ib pkg. 8 for 25c; boxes of 4 lbs, 20¢c; box of 10 1bs, 45¢. 10¢ Telephone South 398 Send For Monthly Price List Free. Country orders promptly attended to. Freight paid by us when within 100 miles, 1324-1326 MARKET ST. Opposite 0dd Fellows’ Hall . AND 124 SIXTH ST. o SAN FRANcisCO. COR. 10th AND WASEINGTON 575, 1 OAKLAND 1734-1736 SEVENTE STBEET BRANCHES Misses Maids ana Mamas Will find ease and ele= gance in our Shoes—the comfortable fit and the shapely grace that go with the “elastic step.”” You will also find econ=« omy—our prices are fac- tory prices—no retail- ers’ fancy profits. MISSES' FINE SHOES, Kid or Cloth Top, all of the best kinds of material. e CHILDREN'’S sizes, same shoe LADIES’ Fine Welted Tailor-made Shoes, in Winter Tan English Enamel Leather. Box Calf, Full Dongola and Fine Vici__ Kid...............$3.00, $4.00 and $5.00 Big Shfiactory, 581-583 Market St. Store closes at 6:30 P. M. Saturdays, 10P.M. $1.75 .$1.35 HEADQUARTERS i CALIFORNIA SILVER CANPAIGN COMMITTEE, BALDWIN HOTEL. MONSTER SILVER MEETING! METROPOLITAN HALL, Wednesday_Evening, Sept. 16, 1896, HON. FRANK ¢. NEWLANDS, The Champion of Silver, ———AND—— HON. M. F. TAYLOR, The Brilllant Orator of Denver, WILL ADDRESS THE MEETING, Music and Campaign Songs by the Glee Club, All Bryan Silver Clubs invited to be present, WILLIAM P. LAWLOR, | Chairman Campaign Committes,