The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 19, 1897, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1897. MILLIONS OF ACRES | WILL BE OPERED. Fruitful Work of Attorney‘ Joseph H. Call of Los Angeles. Through His Efforts Vast Tracts | of Valuable Land May Be Taken Up. Forfeited by the Rairoads According | to a United States Supreme Court Decision [ LOS ANG eb. 18.—The in- delatigable ey Joseph H. Call of th sent coun- es to | 8ol in seve Inrge bodies of by railroad land His lat-st viciory covered g fra i corpora- tion is com ion of the Su- preme Court 1 States, which nce it cov- ederal iaw open about 5,000,000 California and | and permanent oc- settlers. d Atlanticand Pa- | oad Company vs. Robert Min- | and was brought by tbe company to | ingus from a certain tract of land co, the land being witnin the e Atlantic and Pacitic Company. The company contended that | the attempt of Congress to forfeit the | grant by the act of July 6, 1886, was null and void, in that the fauit for not build- ing tbe road as stipulated in the grant | was with the Goverament and not with the | company. Tue company alleged that the | Gover 1t had undertaken to extin- guith the Indian titles to the Territory, as preliminary to the location and construc- tion of the road, and had failed to do so. The Supreme Court of New Mexico was divided in its opinion and upon appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, Attorney Call of this city was directed to sppear on behaif of the Government and | present the case, which was submitted | last December. Call argued the case on behalf of the Government in that court, contending | that Congress was empowered to forfeit the grant for failure to build the road. | The decision of the Supreme Court just rendered is against the contentions of the railroad and in favor of the Government, and holds toat Congress had tke power to feit the grant. The lands in Southern California effected by the decision are the same | ] claimed by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, wherein it has been held that those lands were forfeited ior the benefit of the Government and not for the benefit of the Southern Pacific Com- pany.2 | cy of ac The case w Ra s ent o= et ave | UNABLE I0 PaY HE ALIMONY, | Plea of the Husband in the Beilbron | Divorce Suit. | LOS ANGELES, OaL, Feb. 18.—The| marital woes of Willism C. Heilbron and | his plucky little wife are becoming bmh‘% numerous and complicated. T v be- gan divorce proceedings on January 21 | and the court made an order that the hus band pay the wife $60 per month pending | the proceedings. | To-day Heilbron was in court to explain why he had not provided his wife with the | necessary funds. The young man had what he considered sufficient excuse, and | in explaining his neglect was called upon | to zive some account of his business. He | said that running a billiard parlor and cigar-stand was not all profit. He told | how he owed $700 on the tables and his | creditors were pressing him for payments. He had no income outside his business. It he were compelled to pay ber $60a month and settle up the amount already due bis billiard and cigar enterprise was | ely to pass into the ‘hands of grasping | nary creditors. 10 & quest when he and his wife lived us in they had ample funds and livea , and even luxury. “You lost most of your property during | the reel estate excitement, did you not? suggested Heilbron’s attorney. “We lost on account of a lack of exc ment,” he replied, which was quite co sistent with the probabilities. The defense intimated that Mrs, Heil- | bron was not in distressing circumstances, that she had di; ond- worth more than $1300 and proyerty in Seattle that yielded handsome rents, besides having money in that Seatt in com- bank. Heilbron said be nad explained his fina; difficuities to his wife. The defendant was informed by the ocourt that he must see that his wife and two children have something to eat, even if he and his businees suffered in conse- quence. The charges in the complaint for divorce are willful neglect, habitual drunkenness | and extreme cruelty. This branch of the | case will be heard next Tuesday. sk REDONDO BEACH FISH CANNERY. An Enterprive 1hat Gives Promise of Great Returns. » CAL., Feb. hat 2 fish-canning plant | wilt tablished at Redondo Beach. Persons ested in the project have asked an exjerienced Easter fish- | packer to make an estimate of the cost of | a plant c providing for the busi- ness. He stigated and according 1o his figures such & plant may be placed here jor about $:000. This would include apparatns such as seines and other things | for catch fish. As the business grows | the capacity of the plant may be in- credsed. The w offshore there abound in sardines, and, in fact. the San Pedro cannery is supplied with them to a large exten:. " This line of business is seid to be such thatone concern need not in- jure aaother in proximity to it. Half the sum estimated to start the can- nery has been pledzed. When once actu- ally started it would probably take three ‘months to finish construction and set the | plant in actual operation. It is believed | the establishment could also with profit dispose of the great quantities of surpius | yellow-tail and other fish caught there during the summer months. MOIT'S TROUBLES, | YOUsG *wore He War of Age in Order to 0Ob- tain @ Marriage License. LOS ANGELES, CaL., Feb. 18.—Young and perverse Steve Mott, heroin the late elopement with Miss Marguerite Hupp to Santa Ana, where the pair were married by virtue of a license obtezined in Orange County, is liable, it seems, to a new and unexpected trouble. Mr. Mott took oath before the County Clerk that he was 21 years « _uge, an his appearance did ‘not belie th ment, the clerk did not hesitate in giving him the document he 30 mach coveled. It transpires now that the father of the | violence. east | stopping | as south as | owing to | Mr. 18.—There | * |J. | arrested on & charge of young man savs he is only 19 vears old. County Clerk Brock, who was in this city to-day. was seen in reference to the mat- ter. He gave it as his opinion that the matter will not rest where it is now if it be ascertained to a ceriainty that the young man is really under age. omission of :he word *‘brother’ in these dispatches relating to this affair, it was made to appear that he (the newly mar- | riea man) had formed a law partnership with Hon. Frank Davis. Thomas D. Mott Jr. is the attorney and Mr. Davis is his associate. - FIERCE STORM AT LOS ANGELES. | Signs and Awnings Wrenched From Their | Fasienings and Streets Are Turned Into Ruvers. LOS ANGELES, CaL., Feb. 18.—After three days of muggy, threatening weather | a storm of wicd and rain broke over this city a1 5 o'ciock this morning with preat The wind was from the north- and had force enough to wrench s and awnings from their fastenings. The rain fell in torrents for the space of about two hours and then eased off 10 a gentle drizzle latter in the day. The streets in lower partof the city were veritable rivers. pedesirians in ail d:rection Considerabie snow fell on the Ligher alti- tudes, but no damage resulted. Renorts from all Southern C: points indicate that the rain was general San Diego and that in some places the precipitation was much greater than here. Small mo great damage to roads cloudbursts and feothills, n eeded, but will do much xood. The pre cipitation for the storm was nearly an nch and a half, and for the season 123 ches—more than twice as much as ou n some localities, in the mountains this date Ia<t year. SAN DIEGO, CaL., Feb. 18 —Rain began falling ius: night and continued most of to-day. Three-iourths of an inch has now falien, making nine inches for the season. The storm now is general over the count and the forecast announces a storm f to-morrow. — Ogden Woman’s Strange Delusion. LOS ANGELES, CaL., Feb. 18 —Mrs. Thea McDaniel, a pretty woman, was com- mitted to the Highlands Insane Asylum to-day. She ceme here from Ogden, Utah, whe she had been living for the past four years. She labored under the delusion that one of her sons, now dead, Was kept in prison away from her. e S Ona Year for $26. LOS ANGELES, CaL., Feb. 18.—L. J. Laird Jr. was sentenced to one year's vitude in the penitentiary to-day by Judge Smith for forgery. Laird passed a check for $26 on a local grocery. He had been arrested in Francisco previously for stealing a woman's pocket-book. - Mme. Modjeska’s LOS ANGELES, Modjes iticel Condition. CAL., Feb. 18.—Mme. s condition is about the same | as yesterday. Tbe temperature is normal, | | but the heart action causes the phys.cians anxiety. Ad sis of the case shows that it is cleariy catarrhal apendicitis, - Low Mar Keily Is Dirorced. LOS ANGELES, CaL., Feb. 18.—Lon Mae Kelly was 10-day zranted a divorce from J. A. ¥ on the ground of cruelty. Kelly was at one time County Recorder and is a brother of Mre. Garner,who is well known in San Francisc — To Feeover Fro LOS ANGELES, Ca Foliticians. Feb. 18 —Euit to recover $500 on a premissory note has been brousut by Cuares A. Si oeder against Theodore Bauer and C. F. Weber, well-known politicians, now saia to be so- journing 1n Mexico. SAN JGSE’S BULB SHOW. Profusion of Flowers Displayed by Santa Clara County Floral the Society. Feb. 18.—The bulb Clara Couaty Floral Society opened auspiciously in Turn Verein Hall this evening despite the hreatening weather. e crowd was SAN JOSE, Car show of the Santa A By the | ifornia | ntain streams did | The rain was not svecially | ORANGE HEAPS DRAPED IN SNOW Soft, Fleecy Flakes De- scend on Cloverdale’s Citrus Fair. the Exposition of Golden | Fruits. Large Crowis Journey to the Fiesta Which Is Auspiciously Opened to the Public. CLOVERDALE, CAL., Feb. 18.—The air and the scene were redolent of the tropics inside the Oitrus Fair Pavilion to-day, but outside the chill, contrasting hand of winter had touched the hills and dales | during the night and left them robed in a white and glistening garment of snow. Inside the pavilion oranges and lemons were heaped in huge pyramids; outside they were kissed by ripples and tufts of snow, or had iclcles hanging upon them. To say that the people of the upper Sonomu Valley were astonished when | they awoke this morning exactly ex- | presses their feelings. | An old rancher who sat by the fireplace |in the hotel this morning after a long | drive said he had lived in the valley forty years and had never seen so much snow | one inch on the level. It gave the orange | trees which ornament tbe tront yards of | Cloverdale residences a new beauty and | did not hurt the crop the slightest. | The crowas that attended the pavilion | seemed to greatly enjoy the noveity. They pointed to the snow as another ex- ample of the exceeding diversity of Sonoma Vailey climate. Sleichs laden with merry- | makers passed through drivesornamented | by oranges. By noon the light fall of snow bad melted and a gentle rain began to fall. This 1s the first spell of unfavorable weather that has yet descended on Clover- | date’s citrus fair. * It is not regard-d ssan evil one, however. Tue pcopie take it | philosophicaliy, saying they cannot ex- | pect to have the weather bureau perpeiu- { ally on their side. The weaiher did not decrease to any noticeable extent the crowds that came 1n excursion trains from other cities down the valley. About noon along train ar- | rived with enthusiastic excursionists from other towns. This crowa, with the peo- | ple of Cloverdale and its immediate vicia- | the afternocn and at night. | bition is that while it was winter outside, dozens of canary birds hanging an. | swinging in cages amid toe | prunes, olives and golden fruit viea with | the bix hall with a chorus of melody. Flowers have been added to the fiesta and festoons in greeu, while and yellow now sweep in graceiul curves across the scene | and the decorations are complete. Some | mond blossoms. | ious nuts of the prev us blossoming. | This evening A. W. Foster, president of | | the San Francisco and North Pacific Ra | Toad, said 1n regard to the citrus fai | “Th: people of San Francisco would bs | astonisned if they could see this magniti cent display of citru- fruit. It s the fin- {est exbibit that ha: ever been made. This section of the valley is steaaily pr. gressing year by year in the production of | citrns fruics. I am surprised and fu.l of admiration at tbe quality ’It Serves but to Add Beauty to| be'ore, and the quantity was only about | | Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Healdsburs aud | ity, completely filled the pavihien during | |y | A decided novelty of the day and exni- | piles of | each other in their glad songs and filled | of the decorations are comprised of al- | Below them are the lusc- | Southern | Calijornia cannot raise any better oranges | | Taere | music of the How could it_help being & success? were Captain John Field, who never kicks at anything; there was Menie ban to pour oil on the troubled waters; Humbvert with an extra bridge for an un- 1896. | expected chasm; there were Baer to boom it; the Reveille to wake it up; Alberiz to throw light upon it; Sanator Holloway 10 make laws for it; T. B. Wilson to start it; and Messrs. Kleiser, Shaw, Hubbard, Mer- ritt, Caldweil, Pinchower and Mrs. Pres- ton and many other helpers behind 1bese promoters. ‘These ladies must not be ior- gotten. Without ther encourazement and acuive aid there wou!ld have been no fair and no pavilion, but they did co-operate and it was done; an! now the Cloverdale maiden can 1005 out upon the olive and orange groves which surround her home and in a dream of the hoperul fuiure she may -ing, as did a great poet’s ‘lalking Oaks And when my morn of marriage comes Alternate I'shall wear An olive spray and orange bloom In wresth about my hair, “Citizens of Cioverdale, I most heartily congratulate you. This pavilion you have erectea is the first in Northern Calitornia for the dispiay of citrus fruits. I fitly crowns the story oi the evolution of agri- culture in Sonoma County.” To-morrow will be Mendocino County aay, and & special excursion will come | from Ukian and other points north. The principal speaker will be Mrs. Anua Mor- rison of Willitts. Saturaay will be San Francisco day. Henry J.” Crocker will bring up a party from the City. The rail- road offers special excursion ratesirom San Francisco, Sonoma and all other points along the line. Sunday the fair will \remain open, but there will be no special programme. At 110'clock to-night crowds are still promenading the aisies to the and. NOT TG BE BRIBED. The Governor of Washington Springs a Sensation in the Case of Henry Craemer. SEATTLE, Wasn.,, Feb. 18.—Governor Rogers sprung & sensation to-day by giv- ing out corresvondence tending to show that 0. ¥. Wegencr, the alleged friend of Henry Craemer, tne murderer who is doomed to be hanged in a few weeks, has been raising thousands of dollars in the East, umably for the purpose of brib- ing Rogers to grant Ciaemer a pardon. Wegener has for three years past been taking an interest in Craemer’s behalf. He worked the Germans of California into a iever of excitewent by telling them through the papers and by private corre- spondence that Craemer is innocent and that only one thing could save him— money. It is claimed he raised several thousand at the time. Similar letters were sent to Germans in other parts of the United Stat That was before Governor Rogers took Oace again Wegener has floodea ¢ country with circulars asking the Ge; man citizens lor money wherewith to save tue neck of Craemer, who has been repre- sented as an innocent man but the victim of malice rejudice and a man who is being polit v held in jeopardy by oi- fice-holding bandits, to be released fora | ransom. Weg ed the Supe- rior Court Judges ana the Supreme Cou Judges wits corruption, and now he im- plicates the Governor of the St appears Wegener has secured $2000 from the State of Texas alone and is sking for more money, declaring that if “ots” of money is imruediately sent the | Governor can be persuaded so pardon the condemued m “‘more money” is ab. y needed. Wegener has all along claimed that he can pro Craeme-’s innocence, because @ certain *Jack Quincy,” if he could be produced, would swear that Craemer was in Tacoma on the day of the murder, and thus estab- lish an alibi. In the East Wegener bas been telling a d.fferent story. He claims the ‘“‘fanati- cism” of the people of Seattle ubout cor- rupt public officials is responsible for Craemer’s position, and he points out that the condemned man can oniy be saved by Germans throughout the country sending 1n ail the monev that can be spared. To such ends has Wegener pressed his claims that certain Germans of the Middle States | bave be, , and one of them, Webber, editor of the Krieger Zeitung, published at Belleville, 1il., lias written to Governor Rogers con- cerning Wegener and his methods. . : 3 Gov- present. The hall was beautifully deco- |or lemons, Sonoms County ahould 'bo | error Rogers gave out the latier to-duy; rated, and the scenes presented in the | Proud of the exuibit. The pavilion is| whicn read in part as follows: nificent. eral Passenger Agent R. X. Ryan of the various booths were enchaniing and mag- !“‘""” Ereatoredis toOlovecdale. G'“'“ My own position is sirictly neutral. I From the center of the hall vari-colored paper ribbons were festooned to the edge of the balcony. A pre:ty fountain illumi- nated by electric lights was in the center of the hail. Bootls were arranged around the sides of the room. They were deco- rated with palms, ivy, smilax, ferns and greener, by portieres of vines. Over 20,000 bulbs were exhibited in the booths, They were all fine specimens and included byacinths, ireesias, jonquils, tulips, calla and china lilies ana Bonizon | daffodil exhi . The following prorramme was presented Vocul solo ,**Day Dreams, ice Gussefed: recitation, “The imes” (by Charles Dickens), Miss Mo- liere; banjo s0.0. Mr. Ordway; song, Miss Luders of San_Francisco; reciiation, Fallen Star,” Miss Moliere; banjo solo, Ordway. Danciog followed on the floor of the hall. Exhibits are made by the followin, Mrs. J. H. Sykes, Mr=. F. H. Thomas, Mr: Judge S. A. Barker, Mrs. Dr. J. N. Brown, Miss June Wuligms, Mrs. Grorge Koenig, Other tiowers and shrubs were Miss Erna Scunabel, Mrs. A. Boring, Mr.. Schultz, Mrs. J. R. Bailey, Mrs. Mary Pillot, . R. Langford, Mrs. O'8.nnon, Helen Lorimer, Miss Lizzie Abbott, H. Ehrhorn. Mrs. Robert Syer has charge of the sup- per-room. She is assisted by Mrs. J. H. Corrick, Mrs. Holland, Mrs. O'Bannon and Miss Boyle. Tie lemonaae booth is in charge of the Misses Celine Delmas and Erna Schuabel. The assistants are the Misses Leonie Portal, Anna Hatman and Neltie Deimu Mrs. Dr. Livingston pre- ides over the candy booth. She is as- sisted by the Misses Mnbel Wastie, Wanna Miller, Winifred Morse, Bertha Lovell, Pearl L vingston Zumwaldt and Lezeite Howard. On the right as oneenters the hall is the ption-room of the Floral Society. Mrs, . Thompson is in charge. Others in the booth are Mis< fie Halford, Mrs. A. L: Mueller, Mrs. J. K. Bailey and Miss J. L. Asay. The officers of the s dent, Mrs. J. F. Thompson; vice-pres dent, Cyrus Jones; Fiora, Mrs. J. R. Wilkes; secretary, Miss Lizzie Abbott; treasurer, Mrs. D. M. Livingston: treas- urer, Mrs. Helen Lorimer The show will continue until Saturday evening. There will be a change of pro- gramme nightly. i ety are: Pres Sgsue Arratgned jor Forgery. SAN JOSE, CaL., Feb. 18.—Frank Cher- rie, who was arrested last evening on & charge of forgery, was arraigned before Justice Dwyer to-davand his examination for February 26. Bail was fixed at 00. He forged the name of I . Thom pso a rancher, to an order for $18 50 on E. T. Pettitt, a fruit-grower near West Side. A short time ago Cherrie was stealing cattle from the Hyde ranch, on Pine Ridge, but the evidence was not sufficient to conviet him. o Laguna Seca Land Attached. SAN JOSE, CaL., Feb. 18 —Sheriff Lyn- don yesterday attached five tracts of land, comprising 634 acres of the Rancho La- guna Seca. lhe attachment was made on a wrig issued in a suit brought in San Francisco by Georze F. Allardt aguinst the Citizens’ Water Company. The amount invoived is $11.903. REMOVAL—Dr. 8. W. Dennis, dentist, has re. moved irom 115 Powell street to Parrott build. ing, 825-855 Market, over Emporium, ® Marie Chapin, Stells | | railroad company also expressed his ad- | miration and surprise at the excellence of { the citrus exhibit. the exccutive commitiee of the fair and General Passenger Agent Ryan. It was | agreed that to-day’s excursion from Santa | Kosa, Petaluma,” Healdsburg and inter- | vening towns should be duplicated next | , and separated from one another | Monday at the same rate of $1 for the| ound trip from the two first named cities | and 50 cents from Healusburg. This was | done owing 10 the inclement weather to- | day. | To-night one of the numbers of the musical programme by the Cloverdale cornet band was entitled, “And the Next Day It Snowed.” John Comier of Cloverdsle presided, and made the opening speech, and told the story of the resources of the valiey a= dis- played above, below and around the hiil. Mr. Comier introduced the principal | | spraker of the evening, R. A. The | editor of the Santa Rosa Democrat. |~ Mr.'Thompson’s subject was, “The Evo- lution of Agricultyre in Sonoma County. 1pson, The address was Ifrgely historical, begin- | ning with Padre Altimira, the first Cali- fornian to settle in Sonoma, though he was not the first Sonoma County farmer, the Russians huvine preceded him ai Bodega. “When there was no other agricultural giit to bestow upon Sonoma, Cloverdale crownea its producis with citrus fruits,” saia the speaker. “The trees were first planted because they were ornamental. This gave nature her opportunity; she did the rest. *J. A. Kleiser, an honored pioneer, still among us and here to-cay, purchased in | Ban Francisco in 1860 an orange plant for | which he paid $5. He set it out on the | present Captain Field piace. It was after- | ward moved to the Bowman grounds. It is now thirty-four years old anu is in full bearing. * Other scatiering trees were planted in the town after this and all flourished. Captain John Field was not the first to plant oranges, but he was the fitst to plant them for profit. It wasa success. M. Meninan was not much be- hind Captain Field, and now bas a highly | productive orange grove on a lot adjoin- in: his Lotel, *“In 1893 the display of trees laden with fruit was so conspicuous that it occurred | to a numver of citizensto have a citrus | fair. Coionel James B. Armstrong, who | was always an ardent lover of nature ana |its products, a brilliant writer on the | agricultural ‘development of the State, was especially interested. He was enthu- siastic. An ussociation was formed, of which Colonel Armstrong was made presi- dent, W. T. Brush vice-presivent and G. B. Baer secretary. The directors were | Captain Jobn Fieid, Louis Holloway, L. E. Shaw and T. B. Wilson (mana er), | Behind the directorate were & number of ladies without wnom there is no success | in such work. Among these were: Mri J. A. Kleiser, Mrs. 1. E. 8baw, Mrs, W. T, | Brush, Mrs. H. Larrabce, Mrs. Louis Holioway, Mrs. John Field, Mrs. K. Gerkhardt, the Misses Lance, Miss Larra- bee, Miss Marshall, Miss Dominie and Miss Minnie Potter. Le iair 100k place on the 1st, 2d and 31 of February, 1893. It was a greut success. The people of the Stata, county aud even Cloverdaie were astonished at the progress that ad been made. I:greatly stimulated the planting of citrus frui “The resuits of that fair are before you to-day—not only in the {ruits exhibited, but also in this splendia building in which they are displayed. This leads up to the building and its construction, wiich is also an outcome of the fair of 1893. Most of the organizers of that fair | were promoters of the pavilion scheme of conference was held this evening by do not wish (0 harm an iinocent man, nor do 1 desire 10 countenance s¥indle and immoderate attacks upon the justice of our courts.” Governor Rogers’ private secretary has written Wegener a letter, in which he | says: “Governor Rogers directs me to inform you that he is in receipt of & communici tion from William Webber, editor of a German vaper published at Bellevil le, il., saying that you had written appeais to the German papers throughout the United | States for f s to be used in securing the pardon of Mr. Craemer with the implica- tion that these funds are to Le applied in a corrupt manner. The Governor desires to say thatif you have given out such an impression you have done him a great in- | justice. It is not the Governor's ictention | tointerfere in any case where application for pardon does not prove conclusively that the per=on convicted was really inno- cent of the erime charged against him. The evidence iu Mr. Craemer’s case is very damaging to him. The Governor has said emyphatically that he will not pardon Mr, Craemer. He now eratesit.” P STOCKTON'S OLDEST WOMAN DIES. “Auntie " King, Wto Had Passed the Cen- tury Mark, Found Expiring in Her Yard, STOCKTON, CAL., Feb. 18.—Registrar Eckstrom of the Associated Charities vesterday went to the house of oid “Auntie’” King, an aged colored woman who had been dependent upon public charity for a number of years. Mr. Eck- strom could not arouse anybody by knock- ing and so he entered the dweliing, which is located at 106 West Jackson street. The house was empty, but what appeared to be a newly started fire burned in the kilchen stove. Mr. Eckstrom went into the back yard, expecting to find old “Auntie” King at the pump which is lo- cated there. Hedid find her there, butshe was almost lifeless and expired soon after- ward. Sbelay nearly hidden in tall grass, and had not the registrar chanced along just when he did she would probably have died in the yard and her body mizht have lain there hidden for days in the tall grass. The old lady claimed to be 106 years old, but her friends say that she was not nearly so aged a8 she imagined. She was, however, far past the meridian of life. She had been eccentric with age for many years and her chief dread in life was the County Hospital. She would never go thers. —_——— Stanford's Chief to Go Eas! STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cav., Feb. 18.—Dr. Jordan will leave for Washington next Tuesday evening to atiend to matters connected With the seal investigation. His preser:ce there is necessary to interest the new adminisiration in the work. He will be accompanied by Professor Clark. Nearly all the other members of the Seal Commission will be affected by the change of administration. Although bis prelim- inary report has been printed, the final report, wiiich is much more complete, is yet to be made. Dr. Jordan will be absent about thr e weeks. Professors Griggs and Angell will take charge of his university lecture courses. ——— Napa Pioneer Paises Away. NAPA, CaL., Feb. 18.—William Russell, age 75, a Mexican war veteran, a Califor- nia pioneer of 1843 and member of the bear flag party, died at the Veterans' Home yesterday. o Lol Ve 7% WITH YOUR NEW TO-DAY—CLOTHING. EYES SHUT! You need no guide in the Big even be a judde. This Cha'lenge Sale of ours diven forth this weelk dispenses with all judgment of clothing. The only question is: Have yow $9? And with it do yow wish to purchase goods worth $18, $17 and $16 ? Youw can wander throush the Big Store, through the piles of fashionable Clothing, where the fashionable people trade, and lay your fingers on dressy Suwits, hundreds of “em, dressy Overcoats, be fitted by sales- men, and pay —-989.00--- We have challenged owr competitors to put up like valwes, like styles, like assortment, but they hold their silence : they will neither put wp, but we have made ‘em shaot up. Store ; yow needn’t The Overcoats Are awfully swell—the cre- ations of swell tailors—in fine English Kerseys, with deep velvet collars, in blues and, blacks. Some awfully clever Ker- sey Overcoats in tans and drabs, garments that are worth all the way up to $18, at the Challenge price " $9.00. Our corner window 1s the speaker of the howse. Don't youw know it requires nerve to take such fine Swits and Overcoats. the very cream of our | stock, and say | _"'$9-OO"'- | It's Birthday Week with us. | Sunday we’ll be five years old, | and | we’ll do a great many | FOR PICK. | things this week that we shan't do ne | The very cleverest of tailor- made Suits in fine Black Clay | Worsteds, Gray Clays, Blue and | Black Tuwills, Endlish Tuwill | | Serges, in neat overplaidsin the | dressy Cutaway, Sin gle and | Dowble Breasted Sacls, clever darments all of ’em, Swits that | ;Imva sold all the way up to §18, | | at the Challenge price, - $9.00. Our big corner window speaks i volumes. For instance—we place on sale some very clever Worsted Trows- ers, cleverly tailored, in neat, Senteel stripes. We won’t attempt to tell yow what they sold for before, but we’re going to sell ’em to-day at --$1.10-- It's ridiculous to quote such a | small price for fine trousers, ain’t it? Butwe're doingit this weelk, as it's Birthday Week with ws. RAPH AEREI'’'S INCORPORATHED), Frisco’s Bigdest and Most Popular Store, 9, 11, 13 and 15 Kearny Street.