The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 29, 1896, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY; DECEMBER 29, 1896. BILLS OF IMPORT T0 SN FRANCISCO The Legislature May Enact a Primary Election Law. A Non-Partisan Board of Elec- ticn Commissioners Will Be Demanded. City Members to Ask for Action on the Law on Collection of Personal Property Taxes. | San Francisco will not be lagging be- hind when the time comes for introducing bills at the Legislature. Senators Bert, Mahoney, Henderson and ‘loner anda As- gsemblymen Dibble, Bettman, Kelly and others have had frequent conferences with their constituents on the subject of needed legislation. Senator Beard ;of Alameda, Senator Dickinson of Marin and Contra Costa and Assemblyman Waymire of Ala- meda are in close touch with San Fran- cisco affairs and hence have been consult- ed on various propositions. The committee on political action of the Union League Club, sustained by many prominent citizens outside of that institution, will petition the Legislature to amend the election laws in order to insure fair primaries and a proper man- agement of general elections. The pri- mary election bill passed at the last ses- sion of the Legislature will be introduced. The provisions which the Supreme Court held to be unconstitutional will not be embodied in the new measure. The law was declared unconstitutional because its application was not general, but only to certain cities. The objections raised by the court can be obviated without exclud- ing the desirable features of the bill. An effort will be made in the Legislature to secure the enactment of a law providing for the selection of a non-partisan Board of Election Commissioners. Some bills relating to the management of the Veterans’ Home at Yountvilie may be introduced. The directors of the home interchanged views yesterday and decided not to obstruct any measures providing for State control of the institution. Gov- ernor Budd has been advised that the di- rectors desire the home to be governed and managed as a State institution. The directors have resolved to meet the re- quirements of the Governor and Attorney- General in all matters vertaining to the control of the institution. Members of ihe San Francisco delega- tion will probably resist the proposed scheme to refer bills to a committee be- fore they have been printed. Under the guise of economy this plan would permit good bills to be smothered. The point is raised tnat the constitution intended that every bill should be be clearly printed, so no mistake could be made as to what it contained, B The introduction of a bill has come to be regarded as the modern method of ad- dressing a petition to the Legislature. The printed bill comes under the observation of newspaper correspondents and others, and the good and bad features of the measure are soon recognized. The system of sending bills to a committee nstead of baving them printed aund placed on file might effect a saving of money, but would open a2 way todefeat measures commended by the puclic. Many members will insist on their right to introduce bills and the right to have the bills so introduced printed for the benefit of their associates in the Legisiature and other constituents at home. Senator Eugene F. Bert will probably introduce a bill amendatory of the fee bill of 1895. Thelaw as it now stands is a jaumble. The proposed measure will slightly increase and greatly equalize fees. As an example of the incompleteness of the existing law the fact is cited that in the Noe case, where the County Clerk was compelled to issue 130 papers and index 3500 names many times over, no fees could be cellected by him, as the law did not specify charges for dismissal of suits orindexing of names. The bil! which Senator Bert till introduce applies to every county in the State. Assemblyman Waymire will reintro- duce his measure of last session providing for the recognition of civil service princi- ples in municipal, county and State de- partments. Citizens of San Francisco have been made to suffer great inconvenience and endure the loss of time and money in efforts to obey the laws relating to the col- lection of personal property taxes, and es- cially on personal property unsecured v realestate. ‘The changes irom the old system have brought comnlications in- stead of relief. The collection of taxes semi-annually is not in the judgment of the Assessor and Treasurer of this City an improvement on the o!d plan of paying taxes once a year. The poor taxpayers who were expected to be benefited get no benefits. The new system also adds to the expense of collecting the revenue. Great confusion and waste of public money result from the law passed at the last session of the Legislature, requiring the Assessor to collect the taxes on per- sonal property unsecured by real estate. It is surmised that the Supreme Court will declare the law unconstitutional, but the court has not decided that question. A case 1s pending and a decision may be handed down before the Legislature gets to work amending the act. The law actually compels the Assessor to collect the tax before the levy has been made. When a property-holder is over- taxed the overcharge is returned to him. When he is not taxed to the full amount he is taxed again. It is estimated by Assessor Siebe that the law has increased the annual expenses of the Assessor’s office of San Francisco at Jeast $20,000. In other departments there has been a corresponding annual increase. This law requires the Assessor to collect the taxes on personal property unsecured by real estate atibe time of making the assessment in March, April or May at the tax rate of the previous year. Last year — NEW TO-DAT. EVERY KIND HUMOR { American Bank, which FROM PIMPLES SCROFULA Speedily cured by CUTIOURA RESOLVENT, greatest of humor cures, assisted externally by warm baths with CuTICURA SoAP, and gentle applications of CUTICURA (ointment), the great skin cure, when all else fails. Sold t 1d. Price, CuTicuRa, 80c.3 Soar, mhfl‘.,fia and §i Drva Pl PoTTER the Assessor collected at the rate of $150 on the $100 vaiuation. The rate fixed by the Board of Supervisors on September of the same year was $2 25, and every tax- payer who had paid to the Assessor was required to pay the difference between $1 50 and $2 25 at the office of the Tax Col- lector at the time when real estate taxes and personal property taxes secured by real estate became due, and payabie in October and November ot the same year. ‘This year thie Assessor collected at last year’s rate, §2 on the $100 valuation. The rate fixed by the Boara of Supervis- ors in September was $139 on the $100 valuation, and the taxpayer is presumed to get the difference hetween $225 and $139 rome time this month. This excess has been idle in the Treasurer's office since April. It amounts to$172,732 20. The Assessor contends that the Tax Collector should cotlect the taxes. It is also beld to b: unjust to make one class of taxpayers pay their taxes in March, when no tax rate has been fixed and when no Board of Equalization is in session to whom an appeal can be made from an un- just assessment, while another class, com- posed of the weaithy owners of real estate, pay on a_corrected and equalized basis ntne months later. In the case of the London, Paris and was obliged to pay to the Assessor (it not being the owner of real estate) the sum of $33,760 in taxes on personal property, the showing was remarkable. If the bank had owned real eswie 1t could have waited until April and paid a delinquency of 15 per cent; still it would have saved $3207, allowing 8 per cent per annum for thirteen and a half months. It is understood that Assessors through- out the State will resist the repeal of the law because they are allowed 6 per cent for the collection of personal property taxes unsecured by real estate. Should the Supreme Court fail to de- clare the law unconstitutional San Fran- cisco’s only remedy will be to appeal io the Legislature asking that the act be so amended as to exempt counties of the first class from its provisions. This peculiar law, passed at the last ses- sion of the Legislature, was probably en- acted for the benefit of rural Assessors, and yet it has imposed immense loss of public revenue and great inconvenience on the taxpayers of San Francisce. WOMEN TALK OF PAPERS Christmas Social of the Pacific Coast Press Associa- ticn Several Interesting Statements in Relation to Journalism—A Sou- venir cf the Event. Tlere was a good attendance of mem- bers and friends of the Pacific Coast Women's Press Association yesterday aft- erncon in Shasta Hall, Native Sons’ build- ing, it being the Christmas social meeting. Mrs. P. T. Dickinson, the president, pre- sided. The first number on the programme was a vocal solo by Miss Augusta Freiaerich. | Then Mrs. Emeline U. North read a paver on the obsolete newspaper. She said newspapers were in vogue be- fore the flood; if not, how should we have known abouti the animals that entered the ark two by two, and what was happening outside. She said she was of the opinion the reporter was a woman, because the re- port was in plain, straightforward lan- guage, without the redundancy of the re- port of the male reporter of the present day. She then gave a historical review of the papers of the past as far back as the first newspaper of Rome and down to the pa- pers of to-day, and presented for examina- tion various SOJ:ers that were published as far back as 1800. -She also gave an interesting account of the manner in which the newspaper men of the past gave the news of the day to the public, and told of many writers who have become prominent in the literary world and who made their debut in the obsolete newspapers. Miss Bertbha Rickoff was to have read a paper on “What tha Newspaper Shoula Be,” but she was unavoidabiy absent. Miss Carrie Bowes executed a piano solo in most pleasing style. Mrs. Alice Kingsbury Cooley then at some length told of “The Editor and the Contributor,”” which was an amusing ac- count of a contributor’s endeavors to have an article puvlished, and she gave a per- sonal experience. She told her hearers that writers must bave patience, perse- verence and “sand” in order to get along in the world of literature. Mrs. Laura Young Pinney read a paper on “The Newspaper. From the Editor's View.” She told that the editor judges toe material offered from the nature of its fizness for the particular paper he controls and the amount of news it containa. “The articles,”” she said, **must fit like a French gown.” She also spoke of the heads for a. newspaper, as heads are what attract the attention of the reader to an article. Mrs.” R. A. Emmons of the Chicago Press League wae introduced, and she stated that she has come to this City to make it her home, and hoped in the future to make herself betler acquainted with the members of the Pacific Coast Women’s Press Association. There were a few remarks on the proper kind of stories for children, and an ad- journment was then taken. To each one present was presented a very handsome Christmas souvenir, con- taining portraits and short sketches of the officers and many of the prominent mem- bers of the association. HIS MIND DERANGED; A. Ollman, a Customs Inspector, Locked Up in a Cell at the Receiving Hospital, A. Oilman, a customs inspector, was found wandering on Mission street at an early hour Sunday morning by Policemen J. . Murphy and J. Tyrrell. As he could not tell his name or where he lived, the policemen sent him tg the Receiving Hos- pital, where he was registered as “John Doe.” Yesterday several friends called at the hospital and identified him. He was at- tending to his duties on S8aturday, butdid not go to his room in the Hughes house, Third and Howard streets, that nizht, and when he did not return all Sunaay a search was made for him and he was found in the hospital. He has for years suffered from facial Eaulysjs. which has now probably affected is brain, as he seems mentally unbal- anced. He cannot- collect his thoughts and although he was able to recognize friends who called to see him yesterday he could not talk to them intelligently. He is being detained at the hospital until some one swears to a complaint against him, so that he can be taken before the Insanity Commissioners. Ollman is a widower and it is said hasa grown-up son and daughter in Switzer- land. s Four Cases of Diphtheria. Diphtheria made its appearance again yes- terday after the lapse of nearlya week, and within a few hours four cases were reported. They were located as follows: 2115 Pacific avenue, 709 Laurel avenue, 9284 Harrison street, 704 Hayes street. This makes fifty- seven cases since December 1. with ten deaths. ————————— CUhanges in the Mayor’'s Office. Mayor-elect Phelan announced his intention vesterday of making a clean sweep of the em- sloyes of the office, and introduced Frank ullivan as the successor of Taylor Rodgers in the office of secretary and Daniel Murphy as the successor of Miss Edna Gibson, the present stenographer, FAVORITES WIN AT INGLESIDE Four Winning First Choices Saddened the Book- Makers. Can’t Dance, at the Juicy Odds of 12 to 1, Waltzad His Way in First. Tommy Griffin Bid Salvable Up—Imp. Miss Brummel Cut Down—Ha- vey’s Starting Was Good. Although the wind blew a half-gale and the rain came down in torrents, the popu- larity of Ingleside track was testified to by a very fair attendance reopening day. Before the bugle-call soundéd for the starters in the second, event, the weather turned clear and though the track was a trifle sloppy a pleasant afternoon’s sport was enjoyed. It is a tribute to clean sport that the horses run very true to form at the local track, and yesterday was no exception, four of the five heavily played first choices sent to the post rewarding their backers by lead- ing the way vast the finishing post. The day was not entirely devoid of incident or accident, Tommy Griffin upheld his Eastern reputation by bidding up Pat Dunne’s Salvable, winner of the last race, from $400 to $1200, and as his own horse, Morte Fonse, finished second, Mr. Griffin's share was fully as good as a winner's purse. In the second race, W. O’B. Macdonough’s useful mare, Imported Miss Brummel, which uart.ad favorite in the betting, was cut down after passing the nhulf pole, through the reckless and careless riding, it is said, of the colored lad, H. Brown, who had the mount on St. Aignon. In the. big betting ring there wasno vaucity of bookmaking talent, twenty lay- ers of odds weighing in, The firms hand- ling coin were: Cook & (o, Stuyvesant Club, Doyle & Co., Joe Rose, Elie Perles, Golden Gate Club, Waldman & Co., Hughey Jones, Joe Ullman & Co., Hughes & Co., Foxhall Club, Eckert & Co., George Rose, Union Club, J. J. O’Neil, Rosedale Club, Ridley & Co., Brooklyn Club, Har- lan & Co. and Hoffman & Co. Starter Dick Havey was, as usual, in good form, sending his ficlds away nicely aligned and without perceptible delay. Gene Leigh furnished the favorite for the first number on the programme, a seven-furlong selling affair, in the shifty colt Good Times, which wasa consistently supported 7to5 favorite. He alternated at intervals with Nonebalauce in making the pace, finally beating Ezell’s youngster out easily by one length in 1:3214. Barney Schreiber's mare Miss Baker was a gooa third. : Ed Corrigan’s Can’t Dance has a pecu- liar faculty of bobbing up serenely when least expected. and the Longfellow colt turned the trick very neatly in the second event, over a mile. The ring laid 10.ana 12 to 1 against him, and passing St. Aignon, the s cond choice, in the stretch he beat tbe Montana horse a couple of | lengthe in an ordinagy canter. Benamela with O’Leary up secured the show. There’s no stopping Dan Honig's Zamar II. Carrying 97 pounds the son of St. Carlo ruled favorite over such good ones as imp. Santa Bella, Libertine and Lucky Dog, in the six furlongs that followed, and taking the lead from Caspar the first half he headed that colt past the judges by two lengths. Lucky Dog. ridden by Sam Dogdgett and 10 to1in the betting, was a creditable third. Santa Bella made a miserable showing, and was either a ‘‘lobster’” or is suffering from the dis- temper, which prevalent disease has been a source of much profit to the embalming brigade. Only five started in the mile and a six- teenth run, and Barney Schreiber’s colt Schiller was an overwhelming choice, the books holding him at 9 to 20. Although Flashlight was well supported at odds of 2to1he made the running to the stretch and there quit badly. The race was a gift for the' favorite, who won ‘as he pleased from the 100 to 1 shot Monita in 1:533;. The mile and a furlong spin, which con- cluded the card, was almost as good a thing for Pat Dunn’s Salvable. Starting post favorite at 7 to 5 he pickea up his 101 pounds, and showing the way almost from the jump, won very handily from Morte Fonse, against which 50 to 1 was at one time laid. Lovdal, the 8 to 5second choice, was a clever third. Hardtack in England, on which a strong tip was circulated, showed speed for half ihe distance and then ‘‘blew up.” X N ST THE BIG STAKE EVENT. A Crack Fleld of Youngsters Will Line Up at Ingleside This Afternoon. The rich Pommery Sec stakes over seven furlongs, with a guaranteed value to the winner of $1000, will be decided at Ingleside this afternoon, and & cracking good field of two-year-olds will face the barrier. Howard S will no doubt be the talent’s pick, but it is more than likely that Aquinas, Fig Leaf, Caspar and Ar- rezzo will hustle the Whistlejacket youngster along. Five other events, with an exceptionally good lot of horses en- tered, complete one of the best cards of the season, and a big crowd will see them decided. Tae idea of printing on the programme opposite fractious horses the words ‘‘bad actor” isa capital one and serves as & good guide to strangers to the track. The plan of posting on the jockey-board the positions ascribed each starter at the bar- rier also meets with the hearty approval of bookmakers, owners and the talentin general. The race horses McLight, M“i(s and Captain Rees, owned by Dale & McEvoy, will be sold at auction in the paddock at Ingleside on Saturday next. At the same time Gratify, Whirlwind and Detective, the property of Jones & Coleman, will also be knockea down to the highest bidder. According to C. C. Pettus, the clever writer on the New Orleans Daily States, “Virginia” Carroll, the bookmaker, has turned farmer. Mr. Pettus also recites a couple of laughable incidents in the career of that eccentric layer of odds that will bear repeating: ‘A gentleman just from Virginia tells me that the well-known bookmaker, J. J. Carroll, is residing on a farm near Rich- mond, Va. Aboutas clever an operator as ever made a book here, Carroli’s eccen- tricities of temper got him ‘into all man- ner of scrapes. He was badly used up in Washington two years ago by taking a would-be backer’s two-dollar bill, and tossing it in the air with the derisive remark, ‘To h—l with your Chinese laundry ticket. Nothing. less than five here.’ Of course ihe insuited party tackled him gnd a lively scrap lollowed. But the tunrflest scrape he ever wasin I witnessed at Sheepshead when Carroll and John Certer had the horse, Blue Jeans, in partnership, it was claimed. Carroll did not think the uorse ready, and laid against him in his book to lose some $2000. “*A bad man in the next book, who thought Carroll was taking in the Biune Jeans money for a ‘bluff,’ quietly backed the horse to win a snug sum. And when Blue Jeans came out of the bunch at the last turn and was winning easily this neighbor of Carroil’s began to ‘root’ lusuly for Blue Jeans ai the top of his lungs. This was too much for Carroll, who saw himself losing $2000 by the vic- tory of his own horse, and with an ex- clamation that would not bear repetition in print he got off his box and rushed for the ‘rooter.” Dragging him to the ground Carroll began pummeling him for dear life, at every blow shouting, ‘I'll teac] you to root for my horse.” but he caugh a Tartar this time, for the assailed soon got the best of Carroll, and the scrap was stopped or Carroll would have carried the wmarks a long time. It was a side-splitting incident, however.” Following are the starters in to-day’s events: First race, selling, three-quarters of & mile— 260 Pecksniff 113, 180 Pat Murphy 110, Little Scott 113, Bon Doubt 108, 226 Carrie U 105, 283 Carasade 110, 297 Tuxeao 110. 283 Banjo 110, 160 Tonino 105, 176 Harry O 105, 200 Last Chance 110, 283 lrma 110, 283 Una Que Amo 105, 217 Abi P 110. Second race, one mile—(296) St. Lee 105, 213 | Captive 105, 296 Lobengula 105, Sweet Favor- dale 97, 152 Torsino 97,225 *Ostler Joe 105. Third race, seven-eigh'ths of a mile, Pommery Sec stake—(289) Aquinas 118, 289 Arrezzo 121, 254 Fig Leat 113, 301 Cusper 118, (273) Howard S 118,248 Lincoln 11 18, 294 Soniro 115, 228 Bernardillo 115. Fourth race, seven-eighths of & mile—217 McFarlane 101,290 Applause 111, 224 Masoero 102, 288 Woodchopper 104, 288 Arnette 101 293 Boreas 104, 293 Jack Richelieu 104, 229 Hazard 96, 301 Reddington 96. Fifth race, seiling, one mile—(247) Thorn- hill 104, 279 Alvarzdo 100, 185 La Mascotta 88, 274 Navy Blue 97, 230 Wyoming 97, 229 Tenacity 93. Sixth race, selling, three-quarters of & mile— Mobalaska 108, (298) Perseus 108, 295 Paim- erston. 108, 216 Per1i 110, 301 Lucky bog 113, 301 Yemen 110, imp. Amariuo 110, 250 Poten: tate 119, 295 Doyle 110, 275 San Marco 108, | 227 Toano 110, 275 Fly 110, 198 Goveruor Budd 105, Prematta 105, 164 Veragua 105, 276 Schnitz 113. TORNED ON THE GAS. A Sailor-Boy Attempis to Commit Sui- cide in the Brooklyn Hotel. A boy, about 19 years of age, dressed as a sailor, registered at the Brooklyn Hotel Sunday night. He gave his name as W. Andrews and said he came from Colfax, Placer County. About 7 o’clock yesterday morning one of the porters of the hotel learned that as was escaping from the room occupied Ey Andrews. Hebroke open the door, and found the boy in bed in an unconscious condition. The gas was turned on. the win- dows were closed and the keyvhole in the door had been plugged with a towel, show- ing that the boy contemplated committing suicide. A physician was called in, and later the boy was taken to the Receiving Hospital. He had not regained conscionsness iast night, and his chances of recovery are doubtful. “THE CALL” RACING GUIDE. pACIFlC COAST JOCKEY CLUB. Ingleside Racetrack. Monday, December 28, 1896. Twenty-eighth day of the winter meeting. Weather showery. Track sloppy. 90 FIRST RACE—Seven-eighths of a mile: two-year-olds; purse $350. Batting. Horse, weight. |8t | 14 % | % .| s | P Jockey. op G, Good T 23000 1| 1h | 234 (.31 |21 Nonchalance ..110%| 3| 72 | 1n | 13 | 22 .l 8| 3h | 72 |81 | 44 L (gl e R e 4| 615 | 6b | 74 | 64 5 8n | 4h | 43 | 88" 3| 51 | 83 |67 e sl 8 8 8 8 Perfect start. Won easily. Winner, H. E. Leigh's b. c.. by imp. Rossington-Famine Time, 1:32%4, 300. SECOND RACE—One mile; purse $400. Index.| Horse, age, weight. | St. 1% % | P a0 284 |Can’t Dance, 8 7l 3% | 28 |2 1 79 |8t. Algnon, 3 8| 21 | 1 13 [ 1 2 114 | Benamela, 3 00| 3| 4n 4h | 44 3 3 (211)|Ip. MissBrumel,5.105| 1! 1h | 23 | 8h | 4 4 203 | Therese, 3 .97\ 8| 8h | 52 | 53 | 5 5 ........ Snowdown. 4| 6n | 7 7 8 8 308" | Cuc.anette, 3. 2| 53 | 62 | 64 | 7 7" |Spencer.. 30 60 Good start. Won easily. Wiuner, E. Corrigan's b. c., by Longfeliow-Square Dance. Time, 1:4714. 301 THIRD RACE—Three-quarters of a mil urse $500. 2 Horse, age, welght. waamons| 2 11 Libertine, 5. . % | s 14 | 11 22 | 23 81 | 83 46| a1 54 | 510 7 61 62 | 7 Good start. Won hanaily. 1:1734. Winner, D. A. Honig's br. g, by St. Carlo-imp. Royal Bess. Time. 3()Q. FOURTH RACE—One aud a sixteentn miles; purso 8350. i —_— Index.| Forse, age, weight. |St.|std. | 14 | 14 | 34 | ser. | Fin. Jockey. op. . 248 |Sehiller, 3. 99| 1|21 |22 (22 (11 |18 |13 E 217 |Monlta,' 5. (203l 815 133 (8n 490 35 (25 2 F il ) e soe 2 5 234 | ro'ud Biliow 5. 90| 4|43 78 s> |3° 8% |8 1psgit wurt Won pulling up. Winner, . Schrelber's br. c, by imp. St. Georgs-Fraulein 1ime, 303 FI¥1TH RACE—One and an eighth miles: seliing; purse $400. Ind. | Horse,age, weight T(221) | Saivabie, 3.. 220" Morte Fouse, 4. |# P ey 278 |Camelia, 3. Good start. Won 10 a gallop. Winger; P. Dunne's b. c.wlnvuwu‘h Time, 2:00> | | | | i | | | | bent on escaping the pelting drops until ! imprisoned damsels pounced on their | of the upper floors of the building, and RESCUED FROM A WIHT OF TERROR Three Young Girls Locked in a Factory Build- ing. They Screamed Until a Gallant Young Man Stopped and Listened. Carl Webb of Alameda Finally Re- leases Them and Is Over. whelmed With Thanks. The gallantry of Carl Webb, a young man who lives in Alameda, saved three young girls from an uncomfortable and to them very alarming predicament on Sat- urday night last. & Webb is employedjat the druggists’ sun- dries establishment of F. A. Beckett, 220 Sutter street, and on Saturday evening he started toward the ferries to take a boat for home. It was raining furiously and he burried along with other pedestrians he had nearly reached Market street. Here his attention was arrested by a faintcry in a feminine voice of ““Help!'’ and he stopped to ascertain its sources. It seemed to come irom behind a massive pair of iron doors opposite to where he was standing, and going close up to them he demanded: “Who is it that wants help?”’ “‘Oh, please, sir, get us out,” said three girlish voices in chorus. *“‘We are locked 1n and if you don’t help us we shall have to stay .in all night and to-morrow.’’ “I’)l find a policeman,” said Webb, starting away; but he was quickly brought back by a concert of sounds from inside that told that all three were in tears. “Don’t leave us,’”” they sobbed. ‘‘We had been screaming for an hour before any one paid any attention to us, and if we lose you what shall we do? Everybody else went right by without helping us and they will do so again.” 1 ell, the door is locked on this side and 1 bave no key,” said Webb, rattling vainly at the big padlock, that seemed to defy entrance. “Wait a moment,” called one of the girls; ‘‘there are some keys upstairs that may do.” Ske took one of her companions for company through the dark and gloomy big building and left the other to see that Webb did nou desert his post, which, of | course, he had no intention of doing. They réturned with the keys in a few moments, and then the problem was to get them ouiside to the young fellow who was anxious but unable to aid. The door itseif showed no orifice, but an investiga- tion by Webb of the sill beneath showed a place where they could be slipped out and they were soon in his hands. To the joy of all concerned one of the keys fitted the lock, in a moment the heavy door swung open and the three rescuer with many terms of thanks and endearment. They paid no attention to the rain that was rapidly drenching them, but wrung his hand and cried, and woula have kissed him had not his evident con- fusion at the presence of the entire three kept them from adding to his embarrass. ment. When they had calmed down sufficiently they explained that they worked on one that some one on a lower floor, supposing that all.of the employes were out, locked the doors and carried away the keys. The girls were still thanking Webb when he remembered that it was: nearly boat time and hurried away. SANTA CLAUS CAME LATE, But the San Francisco Boys’ Club Asso- ciation Had a Merry Time Just the Same. The San Francisco Boys' Club Associa- tion held its regular Christmas entertain- ment at 740 Bryant street last evening. Many of the boys’ parents and friends and invited guests were present. At the left of the hall was the Christraas tree, loaded down with holly berries and candy. Leonard Everett acted as Santa Claus. s A programme of dialogues and recita- tions, arranged by the entertainment committee, composed of Herbert Van Viack (chairman), Miss Florence Lund- borg and Miss Florence Paul, was carried out with spirit, and. the performers were all heartily applauded. It was as follows: A scene from “Julius Cwmsar” by John Guinne and Charles Sullivan, “Christmas in Camp'’ by the Artisans’ Club ana the Sketch Club, a recitation by Miss Clara Safford, a recitation by James Barrie, “Santa Claus in His Workshop” by the Hale Club. Atter the programme was finished the floor was cleared, and the drill corps, un- der the direction of Lieutenant Christian F. Seitz, executed a series of fancy evo- lutions. Thedrill corps is composed of twenty-five boys, selected from the various clubs com roling the association. ‘The drill corps then donned citizens' clothes and all the boys of the associa- tion, to the number of 168, were each pre- sented by Banta Claus with a bunch oi holly-berries and a box of candy. The Cosmopolis Club will give an en- tertainment at 740 Bryant street on the evening of January 9 for the benefit of the gymnasium fund. The hall is now being refitted, and appliances and apparatus for a gymnasium will be placed there soon. SIX MONTHS' LIBERTY, John Williams, a Painter, Who Has Been Wanted by the Police Since June, Arrested. John Williams, aiias Vincent Bailey, painter, was arrested in Oakland yester- day by Policeman J. W. Butterworthon a bench warrant issued by Judge Conlan, and locked up in the City Prison. ‘Williams was arrested by Butterworth on Sutter street about 5 o’clock on the morning of June 21 for discharging fire- arms in the City limits. He fired three shots from a revolver into the airand caused a stampede, as several people were on the street at the time. That evening Judge Léw released Wil- liamsd on his own recognizance, and when the case was called in Judge Conlan’s court next morning Williams did not ap- pear, and he has been wanted by the po- lice since then. Saturda utterworth learned that Wil- liams had n arrested in Oakland, and yesterday mornixaha waited tll he came out of the Police Court there and arrested him. Williams denied his identity at first, but while crossing on the ferry-boat he admitted that he was the man wanted. Cholera at Hongkong. ‘The Board of Health will hold a special ses- sion 10-day for the purpose of taking sction on cholera reports from Hongkong. As the dis- ase 18 said to be epidemic at thet port it will probably be declared infected and all mails :&d passengers subjected to s rigid quaran- e. —_—,———————— AvcrioN Diamonds, Watches and Jewelry. One week only. Vacate Jan. 1st. 6and 7Third street. NFW TO-DAY— RY GOOD= =33 GAI TH We offer a number of will fully warrant your prices. Come early for SPECIAL No. 1—9 to Ladies’ Tailor-made Suits, in all Cheviots. with rustle percaline. ~All sizes Fancy Novelt; this season. from dollar a yard stuff when m = ==1=E=2=0-0-0-0-0-:0-0-0-0-0-00 MORNING the most inclement weather. money earned and there is no easier way to do either than to attend these sales. stroke of the noon hour these sales always end and the goods revert to their regular The jackets are the new shield front shape, fly buttoning, with one large button at top in sight, strap fastening at collar; lined all through with changeable silk. Morning Sale Price, $5.95. SPECIAL No. 2—9 to 12 o’clock. Dress Goods, the popular Natte, other desirable weaves, copied from the high art French novelties of Many of them two-toned effects. Morning Sale Price, 19¢ Yard. special bargains that venturing out, even in Money saved is At the choice. 12 o’clock. the latest shades of Fancy Mixed =20-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0>O8K . The skirts are full gored and lined in every color. Vailue at $12.50. = Noil, . Biscuit and They cannot be told ade up. S =R - = SPECIAL No. 3—9 to Ladies’ Black and Navy Blue Melton Jackets, loose front, tailor back, with overlapped seams. These door wear during the winter months. comfort in them for little money. Morning Sale Price, $2.50 Each. 12 o’clock. jackets are just-the garments for out- Lots of good warmth and solid At one time they sold at $10 apiece. SPECIAL No. 4—10 to Eider Down Flannels, in fancy striped designs, on the daintiest of colored grounds. The quantity thirty pieces in the lot, so make ask for them before 10 o’clock. Dowas is 50c a yard. Morning Sale Price, 25¢ Yard. 12 o’clock. is somewhat limited. Only about the hours from 10 to 120’clock. Don’t The regular value of these Eider E==" Twenty-five per cent discount during the next 10 days on all Toys, Dolls, Games and other Holiday Goods in our Basement. POONO$K0-0-0-0000-00000 sAGmourer Fropes #Ihe Mewxe s MARKET AND TAYLOR STS. A DOLLAR AND A DINNER Mrs. Eugenia Schuller's Suc- cessful Experiment With a Hat. She Stole It From Her Husband's Head and Returned It for Money. Mrs. Eugenia Schuller, wife of Andrew Schuller, the broker, signed a complaint in Judge Joachimsen’s court yesterday morning charging him with an assault with a deadly weapon. Warrant Clerk Graham handed her the complaint.and warrant for her husband’s arrest and instructed her to swear to the complaint before ‘the Judge. She sud- denly changed her mind and in the after- noon called at Judge Camnvbell’s court and wanted to swear to the complaint be- fore him, preferring to have the case tried | by him. The Judge informed her that although she swore to the complaint be- fore him the case would have to be tried by Judge Joachimsen. Prosecuting Aitorney Quigley took her in hand and after hearing her story ad- vised her to return this morning and swear to & complaint charging her hus- band with threats to kill, as he did not | think the charge of assault with a deadly weapon would be sustained. She reluct- antly left promising to accept the Prose- cuting Attorney’s advice. 2 “This is how it happened,”’ she said to Prosecuting Attorney Quigley. “I have not been living with my husband since November 25, but he has been paying my room rent at 532 Stockton street. 1 could not get along with his children. “We have been married two years and he is double my age. He has not treated e well and I bear the marks on my fore- head and neck where he cut me with his penknife. He never gave me any money for clothes, although he was liberal enough in giving money to his daughters. “On Christmas day [ went to his mar- ried daughter’s house on Laguna street and waited till he came out after having his dinner. I went up to him and told him I wanted a dollar to get my Christ- mas dinner, and that for want of money [ had to eat a charity breakfast. I said to him he had been leedinf on turkey and all the fine things, and 1 wanted to have turkey also. “We had some words and he pulled a revolver out of his pocket and threatened to shoot me. Isaw what he was going to do, so I grabbed his hat and ran along the street with it. Istood at a safe distance and he sent one of the girls after me to get his hat. Itold her I would return it 1f he gave me the dollar, but he must hold up bis hands so that I could see if he had the revolver. He held up his hands and I went back and gave him his hat on get- ting the dnllar. ‘“He has wanted me to live in rooms with him, but until he gives mea house of my own and promises to treat meas a wife should be treated I won’tlive with him. Iwant nim punished for threaten- ing to shoot me, as it will show him that I won’t be trifled with any longer.” Mrs. Schuller came into notoriety some Wish Their Hosts of Friends |'The Compliments of The Season, Come and See the Many New and Suitable Things for NEW YEAR'S an BETURN PRESENS 718'MArKet St FINE CARPETINGS, ELEGANT UPHOLSTERY, RICH FURNITURE! NOW ON EXHIBITION! - A Complete Line of Fancy Fur- niture for Christmas Pres- eight or nine months ago, when she was arrested on a chaige of setting fire toa house she owned on Oak and Lyon streets. She was tried in the Superior Court and was acquitted by a jury. ———ee i Frank Burrows Dead. Frank D. Burrows, the expert of the Audi- tor’s office, died on Saturday last at his home, 1757 Howard. street, after an illness of several weeks. ‘was anative of Port- land, Me., and 41 years of age. His death was caused by cancer of the jaw, brought vn by a defective tooth. e gl The death-rate of Cairo for the year is as high as fifty per 1000 of the inhabitants. ents and New Year’s Gifts. Agents for John Crossley & Son's English Carpetings. CHAS. M. PLUM & CO., UPHOLSTERY COMPANY, 1301 TO 1307 MARKET STREET, _CORNER NINTH. COSMOFOLITAI, opposite TU. S. Mint, 100 and 103 Fifth st., San Francisco, Cal.—The most select family hotel ia whoolty. Board and room 81, 81,25 and 81 50 pe , secording to Meals 25c. Rooms 508 = 750 % day. from the 100K e coach mopoitan Hotel