The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 12, 1896, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12. 1896. A MAN, & CANDLE 00 b EAS LEAK They Raised the Roof Off| the City and County Hospital. A Workman and a Nurse Are Slightly Injured by the Explosion. THE GAS COMPANY CENSURED. | Although Numerous Complaints Were Made the Fixtures Were Neglected. A leaking gas jet, a lighted candle anda careless workman. This trio caused an . explosion at the City and County Hospi_ml yesterday that wrecked about forty-five Jeet of hallway, slightly bruised a nurse, singed the hair and burned the arms of a workman and frightened all the nervous | condition according to contrac | candidates. He complained that the company had al- ready done more work than they were paid for, but promised at least tosend a man up to repair the leak. “The workman was sent up to fix the leak and you see the result. We have had to bring all the lanterns, candles, lamps and torches in the neighborhood into requisition to-night to keep things light enough to perform our duties. I believe the Gas Consumers’ Association is respon- sible for keeping the zas fixtures 1n proper THEY SETTLED IT. The Celebrated Carter-Eedmond Breach of Promise Case Has Been Compromised. The breach of promise case of Mary Red- mond against Thomas Carter, the car- builder, has been compromised out of court, and, it is understood, will be dis- missed. The case against the millionaire created quite a sensation. The plaintiff sued for $50,000 damages, alleging that the de- fendant had courted her, won her affec- tions and had then refused to make her his wife, The settlement will obviate the ventilation of various collateral matters. —————— WILL MAKE NO CONTEST. J. J. Rauer Will Not Demand a Re- count of Judge Hunt’s Votes. There is still considerable talk of "elec- tion contests, but as yet no definite action has been taken by any of the disappointed It was published yesterday that J. J. Rauer would aid Frank Murasky to contest the election of Judge Hunt to his seat on the Superior bench. Murasky was beaten by a narrow margin. Mr. Rauer inaignantly denies that he has any such intention and denounces the publi- cation as a malicious lie. T MR Scene of the Explosion at the City and County Hospital: the contiguous wards into) patients in The damage will aggregate | hysterics. probably $250. The explosion occurred at about 3:20 | ?. 3. in the main corridor of the building. | Daniel Cameron, an employe of the San | Francisco Gas Consumers’ Association, | living at 8 Angelica street, had entered one of the large manholes in the ceiling and was- walking along the line of the gas pipesearching fora leak with a lighted | taper. Sudadenly there was a flash, a muffled report and then the sound of rend- ing timbers. About forty-five feet of the roof collapsed entirely. Miss C. L. Howard, one of the trained nurses, was walking along the corridor at the time, and wasinstantly buried in the debris. An alarm of fire was immediately turned in, and Engineer W. H. Carson of the hos- pital with great foresight rushed tothe gas meters and turned off the pressnre. Otherwise a most disastrous conflagra- tion would surely have resulted. A stream of water was then turned on the ruins by the hospital corps and all danger of fire removed before the arrival | of the regular firemen. Miss Howard was found to be unhurt, except for a slight contusion between the shoulders. Cameron’s burns proved insig- nificant. “I have been constantly after the gas company, the Gas Consumers’ Associa- tion and Mr. Hirsch, the chairman of the Light Committee of the Board of Super- visors,” said Steward Robinson, “on ac- count of the gas going out. On Lwo occa- sions during the last ten days the gas went out in the middle of the night, and it was necessary for the officials to wake the various patients and emploves of the hos- pital to te sure nobody should be asphyxi- ated. “The gas company and the association are expected 10 keep the gas fixtures in repair and the pressure equal thoughout the building. The gas has caused a good deal of trouple, because of a crystalline de- positin the pipes. The Gas Consumers’ Association said this was always likely to oceur. “‘Friaay the workmen were cleaning out the pipes, and when they left we found a pipe in the main corridor was leaking. I went down to see Mr. Ludovici of the Gas Consumers’ Association several times. COMFORTING For Tired, Aching, Irritated Feetisa with ‘warm bath CUTICURA SOAP and a gentle ancinting with CUTL. CURA (ointment), the great skin cure, ‘This treatment allays itching and irri- tation, soothes hmmn and, p;lnflldmdlfi;lfl g the ]DIH;‘, soft~ ‘ens hard, rougencd skin, And purte fies the perspiration. o Sold throughout the world. Porrer D&ca & CHEM, CORr., Props., Bowo I |She Throws Herself THO SUCIAL MTTEWPS Mrs. Emma Erickson Is Tired of Living With Her Husband. in Front of a Cab'e-Car and Then Tries to Jump Into the Bay. Mrs. Emma Erickson, 74 Tehama street, made two determined but unsuccessful attempts Tuesday night 10 end herlife, and sbe is now in the Receiving Hospital. Her husband is Morris Erickson, a cook at 13} Grant avenue. The couple have been living unhappily for some years, and about a year ago the wife, in desperation, threw herself off Fisnerman’s wharf, Site went back to her husband, and for a few months he treated her kindly, but she says he began his abuse again. Last night she went to 13}4 Grant avenue to accompany him home. He was carrying some packages of groceries, and when they reached Thira and Howard streets she says he called her a vile name and knocked her down with the packages he had in his hands. . She walked away from him and threw herself in front of a cable-car. The grip- man divined her intention and stopped the car in time. She was dragged oflpthe track by the conductor and the car went on its way. Mrs. Erickson, still determined on sul- cide, walked along to the water front and when she reached a wharf near the ferry she walked on to it, took off her jacket and skirt and was in the act of jumping into the bay when a watchman caught her. She struggled to get out of his grasp, but be held her and took her to the Harbor Police Station. From there she was taken to the Receiving Hospital in the patrol wagon. The couple have four children, a girl 16 years of age, a boy and twins, a boy and a girl. The woman was in a highly nervous and excited state when taken to the hos- pital. Shesaid she could not stand her husband’s conduct and she was not afraid to die, as her sister would take care of her children. MERCED COURSING. A Big Crowd Will Go to the Meet. Ocean View to Close on Sunday. The indications are that the lnterstate Coursing Club, which will go to Merced on Saturday for its annual meeting, will have alarger crowd than ever betore, and that the big stake, for which nearly $1000 in prizes is offered, will be an enjoyable affair. The club has secured a round-trip fare of $3 from the Valley road, and the devotes of the leash will go by that route. The management of the Ocean View grounds has decided to close on Sunday next out of courtesy to the Interstafe Club, and will send a representative to Merced. On the Sunday following, No- vember 22, a 32-dog stake will be run at this resort. According to French a doctor has the first claim on the estate of a deceased pailent, A NEW SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Purpose of the California State Therapeutic College. Wealthy Men of the Country Interested in the Under- taking. NOW SECURING A FACULTY. In Two Weeks Names of All the Officers and Many of the Fac- ulty Will Be Known. Last Monday articles of incorporation of the California State Therapeutic Col- lege were filed. This is really the incep- tion of what promises to be a most novel, and, from the work expected to bs ac- complished, eigantic enterprise under- taken in the medical world. The objects of the incorporators, as set forth by their declarations, are to en- courage, reform, educate and qualify in therapeuties, arts, philosophy and science, and to give the right as physicians to pre- scribe in the branches of electricity, hemospasia, hypnotism, magnetism, psychic and mental healing, materia medica, astrology, occult forces and science in the treatment of diseases, thus guarding against the indiscriminate use of said forces and arts. So much for the declarationsas set forth in the articles of incorporation. But the movement really amounts to a vast deal | more than ttat—it is virtually an attempt 10 establish a fourth school of medicine, as may be gleaned from the following in- terview with Dr. T. G. Carpenter, one of the directors and incorporators, and named in the articles as the president: *‘There are now three medical schools,” said Dr. Carpenter, ‘‘the allopathic, the homeopathic and the eclectic. We are now engaged in what promises to be a successful attempt to found a fourth school. We will enlarge and teach in a broader | sense than the other schools. | “The other schools do not teach elec- tricity, hemospcsia, hypnotism, mag- netism, psycunic and mental healing, or in fact anything mentioned in our articles of incorporation. Any method in the treat- ment of disease proving to be truly :cien- tific will be thoroughly investigated. In this we will not be bound down by iron- clad rules as are the other schools. “1 myself am a graduate of the Russ Medical College of Chicago, an allopathic institution, and the Goss Eclegtic Medical | College of Denver, and my experience ir. | those schools has led me to advocate the | proposed new school with strength and | determination. ‘“‘Another object we have in view isto| protect the people from many who are | practicing without due qualification. All who gualify in the branches taught in this school will be granted the same privileges as the graduates of the old schools of med- icine. **A number of wealthy men throughout the State have subscribed tc the under- taking and are interesied in it to the ex- tent of giving us most substantial aid.” Although the directors will not divulge the location at present itis known thata block of land, 100 feet front and 150 feet deep, overlooking the bay and within easy reach of the center of this City, has been donated as a building site by the head of tie astrological department, Rev. Isaac Rumford, an Easterner, who will come here in Januar; The directors and incorporators are: T. G. Carpenter, M.D.; Louise 8. Drew, S.D.; A. T. Sherwood, M.D.; E. McCarthy anc A.P. Merrill. Dr. Carpenter has been elected president and Louise 8. Drew sec- retary. The college is a_logical offshoot of the California State Therapeutic Society, le- pally chartered February 16, 1895. Some of those connected with this society and interested in the founding of the college are B. Sturman, fi.D,; W. M. Park, M.D.; J. M. Peebles, . AM.; W. Tanner, M.D.; “W. M. Forster, M.D.; Neliie Beigtle, M.D.; Samuel H. Roberis, M.D.; Lucy A. Chandler, M.D.; J. N. Wilkins, M.D.; Professor Joseph Kodes Bsuchanan. M.D.; T. G. Carpenter, -M.D.; W. E. Pritchard, M.D. 1t is stated that one of the best faculties to be had, men whose names are watch- words in the medical and scientific worlq, is now being secured. 5 The next meeting of the airectors will be held the first Tuesday in December, at which time something ‘more definite can be siated. The trustees are now at work on a design for the building. Within two weeks the names of the trus- tees 2nd the faculty, so far as secured, will be given forth for publication, CHAMPION PUGILISTS George Lavigne and Charles McKeever ‘Will Fight Under the Auspices of the Olympic Club. Billy Kennedy, the superintendent of the Olympic Club, was a very happy man last evening. Billy has been correspond- ing with the manager of George Lavigne and Charles McKeever of Philadelphia with the object of consummating a match between those two noted pugilists. Yes- terday he received a dispatch from Sam Fitzpatrick that Lavigne would meet Mo- Keever under the auspices of the Olympic Club in a ten-round contest “if a purse’” of $3000 was guaranteed and $500 ex- penses. Kennedy stated that the club will give that amount, and he will so inform ¥itz- patrick immediately. McKeever is satisfied to fight Lavigne for any reasonable purse, and theretore the match is as good as made. Inall probability the contest will be held in the Pavilion some time in the latter part of December. McKeever has already proven himself agreat fighter, and as he is the only man in Lavigne’s class who has any license to meet the champion the sports of this Cit: can count upon seeing another grand bat¥ tie between the greatest of the great in vugilism. It was rumored abont town last evening that the Occidental Athletic Club will sign Jeffries of Los Angeles to-day to fizht Van Baskirk of the Olympic Club, some time in December. Barney Farley, manager of Jimmie An- tk;on{y, vosted §250 yesterday as proof of his sincerity to match his charge 1o fight anv man in America at 115 pounds for $1000 a side and the best purse obtainable. ‘The challenge is open to the world. _ Jack McAuliffe stated yesterday that if he is successiui in his fight with Jimmy Carroll on the evening of the 20th inst. he will meet George Lavigne at catch weight. McAuliffe can no longer train down to the Efm.-waight limit, which is 133 pounds. e will scale close to 145 pounds on the night he fights Carroll. - .- Counting the Ballots. The official count of the ballots went slowly on ' yesterday, sixty-seven precincts of the Thirty-third, Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth districts heinflnconnted. The usual number of citations to eleetion officers to appear and sign tally lists and other documents were issued. 1t will be thirty days belore the ballots are all counted. l sirsfasieriaeiosirefastoniads JACQUARD MOHAIR SUITINGS, inches. Our price— 50c Yard. combinations. Our price to-day— 75¢c Yard. DOUBLE PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES, imi- tation leather, in fine colors for cabinets, very rich. To-day spccial— 15¢ Each. LADIES' DOUBLE CAPE, made of an ele- gant quality beaver, in back; navy or tan, trimmed with tiree rows of soutiiche bra'd 0. front, top and bottom Of cape. finished with Small buttons, a bargaiu at $40. lo-day— $7.50 Each. rsfrsrefraprsiechrsrcirefrsiashosocrelrsiashashrcirsrefrsiesochefrciastonhrefrair strefrnhrefrntashrsrsrefrshrereirefaniasoshrciactacte ' A hundred Ladies’ Gossamers with cape bought at a sacrifice—the $1.50 ones for 7sc. Bazaar specials quoted. tra inducements in Fancy Work Materials. inch Imported Suiting to-day $1.00 a yard. ple out of town send for samples. please call early if possible. 0000000 00C0OC00O0OC00 ©CF GO OOCOCQ DRESS GOODS NOVELTIES! fancy il- luminated colorings, bright lustrous finish, 38 ROUGH-SURFACED SUITINGS, new novelty effects, 38 and 42 inches wide, all new color Ask for Our Dollar Glove, the “ALICE.” LADIES’ EXTRA, HELP THIS WEEK | LADIES' NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. shaprafrshrtrctrcirshrsirafastosiaciasesiasirsratrctonirsiactrntastrnialetaniactretralactoniacts s\l 77 <. SN $10 Capes for $7.50. Ex- 44- Peo- City people weaves, colored background with bl figures woven over tae surface, price to-day— 90c Yard. ENGLISH WOOL cU suiting, 44 inches wide, Our price— $1.00 Yard. PERFUME BOTTLE AND STAND, an appro- priate Xmas present, looks like an expensive ar.icle. Special to-day— 24c Each. OUTE IN OUR BOUCLE CAPES, 22 inches long, Thibet fur around collar and down the front, silk-lined, all sizes; this cape can be had in blue or brown, and is not to be duplicated at $10. Our price— $7.50 Each. WE CLOSE AT 6 P. M. $IC.0,0.0,0.0.,0 01C,0.0.0.0,0. C.0I0.C.0.0.0.0.C.010. 0000000000000, C.O0C,0 0000000000000 00000 000, o Lo (e 81900 Warket Street INCORPORATED. Hheoe00000O OO NEW SHAGGY NOVELTIES, in very heav, ck shaggy a decidedly novel | golden browa and | black, émerald and black. cardinal and black, sapphire and black and new biue and black. 0 ©0 0 00000 DO0OCO0C000-0 00 0o THE EVIDENCE OF GROWING BUSINESS TELLS US WE ARE O ROAD. (0000000, GLOVES !=-==-==GLOVES !-===-GLOVES ! Fitted and guaranteed. cieaned by a new process—3c. Y | BIARRITZ GLACE KID GLOV tnis s a strictly igh-grade $1 25 glove. FROM OUR BIG BASEMENT BAZAAR! COMICAL BROWNIE STAMPS—A child will stamp brownies by the hour. Today special— 9c Box. R GARMENTS! CLOAKROOM. CROWDED EVERY DAY. s TAN COVERT CLOTH CAPFS, inlaid . colisr, silk-trced Watieau back, Our offer to-day— $7.50 Each. Our Catalogue and Holiday Price List Mailed Free to the Couniry. sizes. 8-button lengih, acomplete line of colors and sizes; 75c Each. GENTS' DRIVING GLOVES—DO you know for men ? one or two clasp, try & pair; mended free if they rip. $1.90 Pair. OUR GREAT DOLLAR GLOVE, the: Alice, lengih, all colors and sizes, Lot to be duplicated for less'than $1 50, Our price— | $1.00 Pair. an | A s eefssifssfsscfsdfofsdfs oo s o spfost > N THE RIGHT 5 4 3 3 All gloves over $1 cleancd and mended free. Gloves '% To-day— we have one of the best driving gloves made Prices $1, $1 50 and for ladies, an especially soft kid, 4-button NOTIONS. ADIES ROUND GARTERS, popular colors. Prices—12c, 25¢ and 50c Pair. | | sELT BUCK teriing silver, handsome designs, Pric 1 and’ | $1.25 Pair. ER R | LA DIES’ BOUCLE JACK: TS—This jacket comes in black only, it buttons up high | totheneck, hasan inlaid velvet collar, | four large ‘buitons in front and never sold less than $5, sizes 32 10 40. Price to-day— $3.80 Each. CLOTHING HOUSE FIRE, Raphael & Co.’s Loss by Smoke Will Reach High Up in the Thousands. Chemical E:gine Does Away With the Usual Flooi Occa- sioned by Water. The The amount of loss sustained by J. W. Raphael & Co., the well-known clothing establishment at 9 Kearny street, occa- sioned by the recent fire, will reach, it has been estimated, many thousand dollars. The damage done, outside of the total destruction of ‘the handsome show-win- dow, is due, however, entirely to the smoke that filled the four stories of the buildine. The fire, which broke oat in the show- window, for a short time threatened to be a serious conflagration, but by the timely arnival of the fire companies irom an alarm turned in from bex 48, the flimes were quickly extinguished with the chemical Lose. The blaze is supposed to have originated from the crossing of the electric wires in the window, which are used for the pur- pose of lighting up the building. The massive panes of plate glass broke with a crash, from the effects of the heat, and smoke poured into the store in smoth- ering volumes. Through the elevator shaft the smoke ascended to the second and third stories of the building, and in a short time each of the various departments was one dense mass of black smoke. Mr. Raphael, in speaking of the matter yesterday, highly commended the action of his clerks on the upper floors in throwing open the windows and allowing a portion of the gases to escape, which probably di- verted a spontaneous combustion and the destruction of the entire premises. The recent innovation of the chemical engine has been a_ boon to the un- fortunate merchants in case of firs The damage done to goods is much more serious if occasioned by a flood of water than by a volume of smoke. This fact was clearly demonstrated in yester- day’s conflagration, the seriousness of which was diverted only by the use of the chemical hose. In place of the probable total damage of the lower floor by water the only loss sustained is aue to the smoke that filled the building. - Charges Dismissed. The Police Commissioners met last night and heard charges sgalnst three policemen, and in each instance the charge was dismissed. Cornelius J. Carroll had as & complaining wit- ness a Mrs. Sharon, who accused him of treat- ing her- roughly while she was on Market street wotching the Republiean parade. Jo- sepl Crackbon had a charge of failing to re- ort for duty against him, and Richard J. McGrayon was charged with oversleeping him- selfon election day. “Kind to a Fault.” The Chrysanthemum Dramatic Club will give an original two-act comedy, “Kind to a Fault,” to-morrow eveniug at Native Sons’ Hall. The cast includes: Charles Currier, Leon G. S2lomon, Warren King, Dave J. Mar- tin, Al Stone, Harry Bass, Leo J. McMahon, | Ma1 Webber, ta Butler, Emma Ciawson, | Minpa Hepburn, Daisv L cKee, Gusse Daw- son, Louis Butle Th tertainment will conglude with dancing. NEW TO-DAY. STEINWAY PIANOS Are Used at All the FANNIE BLOOMFIELD ZEISLER RECITALS. SHERMAN, CLAY & CO., Steinway Representatives. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, Kearny and Sutter Sts. OAKLAND, CAL.. Broadway and Thirteenth Sts. PORTLAND, OR., Fifth and Yambill Sts. SEATTLYE, WASE 716 Second St. $3.00, * JOHN F, MEYERS CO, Until Thursday, the 1gth inst., we will sell the Mc- KINLEY HEATER, worth $7, at 50 percent cut. Heats a room I2XI4. Lamp Stoves from 50 cents to ten dollars. NEXT DOOR T0 HALE'S. 04T Market Street, | Our Thursday, Friday and Satur=- day price cutting this week will be in the drinking line—on COFFEE, TEA asa COFFEE POTS And cur prices will show that we sell the best quality of goods cheaper than any other house in the city. TEA The best grades of the ’96 crop. Ailour regular 50c grades cut to 35 cts. or 3 tbs. $1.00. $1.00 grade—you will want none better—down to 75 cts. or 3 Ibs. for $2.00. Never before sold for less than 40 cts. per pound The three days’ price is 35 cts. COFFEE “IDEAL BLEND," extremely delicious andail coffee, IDEAL A BIG CUT FROM REGULAR PRICES. = rom to COFFEE 2pts....$1.10 85c POT .20 90c A beautiful nickel R plated not—the only e one made on strictly 17s . 1.40 scientific principles. 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