The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 11, 1897, Page 21

é § THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, APRIL i1, 1897. — WANTS 10 BE o) REIL ARTIST” Little Hilda Mayer Says That Is Her Am- bition. E Talent Is the xtracrdinary of Grammar d lot of g and re- nch mem- OYCLING NO ¢ Comments Sport. Personal and on the Fasc R the southbound Clever Work of Miss Hilda Mayer, a Fupil Grammar School. he Reproduction of a Striking Drawing by Miss Bertha Benton, a| Pupil of the John Swett Grammar School. Mero and Ida Kervan principal justly work of his school, an his power to encour: little artist Mr. proud of tke Goes everything in and heipalong the two Tae sides will be made up as foliows: Alameas ground—Hogue, Hood, Peel, Slo- | 1 Lyser, the Ternill, T. Kraft and Fred 'Boe ity Wheelmen, 100k Fritz Lacey out for a little pieasure trip last Wednesday. The original intention wss to ride to Paio A s, which was done, then some one suggested to continue on to San Jose, fifiy miles. Arriving there they bad | early in the day Griffiths, C. A. nann, of the Bay i, when they could take But as nobody got tirea | they soon found themselves in Oakiand, | having completed an even hundred-mile ride. Al .| . CLOAK AND SUIT DEPARTMENT! NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. $2.45 LADIES: SERGE DR «% " |ined and bound, coiors black iar price sale at $2 95 eac —LADIES' BLAC rever collar, new $7 50, on saleat $5 e CLOTH ¢ I col APES, s SOC—LADXE LAUNDE make, detachable coll 75c—LA\I'I ble 2D lar price §1 en 4 and 5 ck on. [60c 0 apa BUTTER AN TILLY LACES, al sale at 2, CHENILL 13 inches 75¢ regular pr LADIES’ WAISTS! = Just Opened—Latest Novelties . iSpring Wraps, Spring Suits and Spring Jackets. | o | Exclusive Styles at Popular Prices. S SKIRTS, full width, | | price sale at §2 45 each. =_—LAD RGE SUIIS. $4.95 .0, lined and & S20K Caow s Gumme 1 1$5.0 HIRT WAISTS, “Stanley” be offered a JERED SHIRT WAIS] ncy stripes and £ , Ladies’ Kid Gloves! BUTTON KID GLOVE regular price $1, on spe: price $1, 2 DOTTED TUX ecial valu front, jackets lined | d lioped edge, ice $250, on sale navy, regular | in the new | “colors, rezu i bl “ equally ely To still further increase the popularity of | in Ladies our PEERLESS SPRING STOCK, which has A ‘ already won its way to the frontas THE MOST 25¢ | COMPLETE EXPOSITION OF ALL THAT IS ,_ RARE, NOVEL, ORIGINAL AND BEAUTIFUL |35¢ 5() 3 cases 39-INCH ALL-WOOL CHECES, elegant assort- 'Cment of colorin TEMPTING INDUCEMENTS! A STRONG BID FOR THIS WEEKS BUSINES! 25¢ a yard. cas» season’s fashions, and for the spe- cial purpose of attracting the attention and patronage of all who are preparing for Easter, we offer the accompanying and many other 50c a yard. the colorings ric! detacha- | €arly. There is - | cal to waste tim c each. HIRT WAI ed at §1 each. D LAWN s, regu- what we will do Week’s price was Two cases EXC S, large but- dainty al sale at 60c GLOVE on s light grounds, v Satiu, on special 314-INCH AL colers, valae EMBROID- t 15¢ & yard. <DO VEILIN s at 25¢, 39¢, H0c SILK 25 OUR NEW OF-TOWN RESIDE ' WASH GOODS! WASH GOODS! This is a season for Wash Goods. The makes are excellent, is to give you the fine goods at the price of the poor. About 150 pieces HIGH-GRADE DIMITIES, large line of new colorings; la!dl Y LAPPET EFFECT PRINTED ORGANDIES, a 15c value, 8¢ on special sale at BSET S i e yard. 030 LUSIVE COLORINGS FRENCH ORGANDIES, sheer fabrics, rich, yet LISH PERCAL) £®= LADIES' E RIBBONS! RIBBONS! h and the styles dainty. We want to sell ours one way to do it. We do not believe it economi- e making up goods that are too poor, but our plan That is $L.O colorin, at$la this week. 1 1 1214c, but on sale this week at varda (32C 30¢ 20¢ and |+ yard yard full yard wide ..yard , in garnet, t this week at...... navy, cadet evenly woven, a great value; 2ic yard 1= and Silk ( lowest prices. e an im assorted t25¢ SHADED T JTA MOIR :red at E RIBBON 2 50, $3 0 in ) TAFFETA MOIR SHADE NG CATALOGUE is now ready for distribution to OUT- | NTs, to whom it will be mailed free on application. | FINE UITING, will e 751 cuse 45-INCH E | 4OC ING, new shades, on sale at 75c a yard. SILK DEPARTMEN 50— picces FIG colorings, regular price 75¢, will be placed on sale at 7 5¢ " pieces CHANGEABLE very latest shadings, extra quality, regalar pri will be piaced on sale at 75(:—}3 pieces ALL-SILK BLACK inches wide, heavy placed on sale at 72 35 L e d0-INCHFIGURED ENGL good value for buc, will mp Trimming THER COLLARETT $3 50, $4 00, $4 3 COLORED DRESS GOODS. es 40-INCH ALL-WOOL FANCY MIXED SUIT- 5, medium colorings, value for 50c a yard, on sale at ALL- ANE FIGURED wiil be offered at 50c a yard. GLISH MIXED COVERT SUIT- TRED INDIA SILK, new designs and AFFETA SILK, in all the ce 90c, 75¢ a yard. ATIN RHADAMES, 24 regular price $1, will be —40 pieces CHECKED AND PLAID TAFFETA, new SH MOHAIRS, extra 355 a yard. ;LISH STORM red st50c & yard. Dress Trimmings, Boas, Belts. S TRIMMINC TRICH- at $2 00, ND COLORED LEATHER BELTS—25¢, c eaca. Market and Jones Streafs. RIS TOOK THE DEFACED DOLLAR - The Secret Service Official May Have to Stand a Suit. Coin and It Was Not Returned. Be Questioned—How Did the Coin Get Out? | Dr. William G. Sylvester is looking closely into the laws bearing on the powers and duties of United States secret service with & view of beginning suit agai ed States Secrat Service | Agent N It is quiie poss ! that the rights of secret service axents to seize coins that have been defaced in their g and sent into circulation by mint cials will ve raised and tested. Such coins, on account of their extreme | rarity, are the pride of the collector, and | it was the loss of one of these that is caus- ing Dr. Syivester to delve deeply into the mysteries of the law. Sylvester's | complaint arose at racetrack, and ac- cording to his story Harris acted in an en- tirely unwarranted manner. A bookmsker bad found among the coins in the box a dollar, the eagle side of which was imperfectly stamped, the die | through some mischance having left the upper quarter of the piece biank. He showed it to Sylvester, who, realizing the | value of it from a collector's point of view, asked the loan of it to show toa friend who takes delight in odd coins. While examining it at the track a fow days ago a dispute arose as to the gen- uineness of the silver picce, and Mr. Har- ris, who was standing near, was called upon to pass on it. Immediately on see- ing the coin the secret service man placed itin bis pocket and tendcred Sylvester a perfect dollar 1n exchange. The dentist expostulated and refused the proffered coin, at the same time de- manding to know by what right Mr. Har. ris had seized the defaced piece. “Why, it is mine'’ suid Harris; “I passed it out by mistake yesterday, and I seel fortunate in getting it back. Besides the law gives me the power to seize all | defaced coin and return them to the mint, lroDm which ihey should never be issued. r. saying that he bad only been loaned th coin, and that he wanted to return it to the owner. Harris refused to return it, and when t e dentist persisied, saying that he had no proof of the story of the dollar baving previousiy been in Harris’ possession, the latter statea that it had been brought to him by G. H. Umbsen, possession and given Umbsen a good dollar in exchange. He also stated that ne had reported the matter at the mint, | and by dint of much persu: duced the officials to let him keep it. Tne coin was valued by a coin collector to whom Dr. Sylvester had shown it at $50, and be was naturaily very anxious to give it back to the bookmaker from whom Ju bad beea borrowed. He remarked to Mr. Harri: | secret Dr. Sylvester Showed Him the| | thrown out they will | | Powers of Goverament Agents M:y | 4 | is one of the arrivals here. | Sylvester still demanded his coin, | | John = 9 \) 1 ¢ i ¢ | : I, / | U s Murphy Building, | Murphy Building, . WMurphy Euilding, | Market and Jones Strests NMurphy Euilding, Market and Jomes Steests Murphy Building, Market and Jomes Streats that i1t was very strange that a rvice agent would keep posses- a coin that was under the ban of but he got no satisfaction. the coin and the dentist is d some statute on which to a suit for its recovery. The problem of how the coin got past t. ant eyes of the sorter at the M that the superinten- cate. is an interesting on dent may decide tc MIDWAY PLAISANCE { Mrs. Hallinan and Her Partner Strug- | gling to Keep the Place. | Mrs. Ev: uted proceedings to prevent Macksy and Sheriff Whelan from dispossessing them of the premi: known as the Midway Plaisance, forme the Cremorne heater. The plaintiffs say that if they are be damaged $5000, and that there is no way for them to get their money back, hence their applica for an injunction. No restraining order had been signed at a late hour last evening. The time of Mrs. Hallinan snd Homan for vacating he pl. mornine. of a settiement will be reached before that time. ‘OWNER OF THE PEARCE Breckman, the Rugged Frontiersman and Million- aire, in Town. He Siys He Is Building a 100-Ton Amalgamation and Concentration Works. John Brockman, one of the large own- ers of the Pearce mine at Pearce, Arizo The mine i one of the new bonanzas of the Bouth- west. One of the associate owners is W. D. | Penrose, a candidate for appointment by President McKinley tor Governor of Ari- zona. Mr. Penrose is a brother of United Siates Senator Penrose of Pennsy!vania. Mr. Brockman is the typical horny- handed and hard-beaded miner. He said vesterdsy that a fine 100-ton amalgamat- ing and concentraiion plant was being put up at the mine which would be com- pleted in July. “‘The mine is developing handsomely,” said Mr. Brockman, “and is all ihat any of us could desire 5o far as the indications extend. As for the new district on the Arizona side, near Yuma, where so much gold is reported and where there is now conmsiaerable excitement, I do not know anything by actual ob- servation. 1 neve, however, received flattering reports from men that I know. I am going there on my return from San Francisco and make as careful an exam- nation as I can.” Mr. Brockman is here on a business trip, | and will remain only aday or two. e the real estate man, and toat he had taken | sion had in- | is a bank president st Silver not far from the mine. ity, N. Mex., He aiso owns an extensive and very fine ranch on the | Membris River, which is stocked with cattle. Itissaid Mr. Brockman gave about $200,000 for the mine when be bought it two years ago. Since then Mr. Penrose and his father became interested in it The Pearce is said to be one of the really big mines of the country. Semive e s There are more ants to the square mile in Florida than in any other country in tne world. There are ants that measure more than haif an inch in length, and then there are ants so small that thev can scarcely be seen to move with the un- aided eye. Hallinan and Edward Homan | ace will not expire until to-morrow | It is expected that some kind | Market and Jones Strsets. THE POLICY OF ch T shall look efter. _“The retiring chief was one of the best sine 850, and I sha:l e and ® o Captain Bohen, the new heaa of the de- tective department, was also busy Thurs- day receiving congratulations and getting bimself familiar with the details of the | He Makes a Full, Frank .o *Tt will take two or three days yet,” he and Manly State- | said that night, “before things ate in | working order, and then I intend to make ment. nature, looking to the betterment of the department, always of cours proval of the Chiel - “I shall bave no favorit d shall | The Department Will Be Kept | treat all with imparsiatiy s foreaec™ = | *“Iknow my men tnoroughl d know Up to Its Present High | aracily whai work they are capable ot Standard. | performing. and it will be my d { keep up the high state of efficienc world-wide reputation of the detective department which it has attained under mv predecessor.” The vacancy caused by the promotion of Deiective Bohen has not yet been filled. He H:s Been the Recipient of Many Cengratulations by Telegram | and in Person. | WERE BOLLS STUFFEDZ The Accusations Were Based on Mere Pencil Memorandum Chief of Police Lees was a busy man Thursday and up to a late hour that nizht | consulting with the head officers of the | department and receiving the congratula- | tions of numerous friends, who called at | him on his promotion. Early in the day Mertin J. Burke, ex- Chief of Police, ealied upon Chief Lees to | express his entire confidence in him and | to extend his congratulations. He in- | { sisted upon going on his bond and, ac- | companied by the Chief’s lifelong friend, | John Nizbtingale, the other bondsman, | they went before Judge Slack, who accept- | | ed the bond and swore in the new Chief, | although that ceremony bad been gone | through the previous night before the Commissioners. Chief Lees, outlining his policy that nignt, said: *“In the first place, iet me say thot I regard the department as a first-class one, both in its personnel and . generally in its officers, and it will be my | Chief Census Marshal Wardell, while | Gonstant effort to keep it up to its present | e 3 | nosing around recently among the books high standard of efficiency. Whenever an | gt by the last census marshal, discovered | opportunity arises for its bstterment 1 | shali take advantage of it. a mare’s nest. He convinced the mem- | “I propose to perform my duty in a | straightiorward, officeriike manner, and | will consult with the Commissioners as to their wishes and desires in reiation to the affairs and management of the depart- | ment generally. | I am thoroughly familiar with all the details, having been in ihe department | | for over forty-four vears. I joined it| October 28, 1853, and three weeks there- | after I was detailed to the detective de- | partment. At that time there was a | marshal, a captain snd four assistant captains, and I was appointed one of the assistant captains In charge of the de- tective department and occupied that ion till 1856. ‘The People’s party then came into power and they in alarge measure reor- | ganized the department, as the law had been changed, the assistant captains be- ing abolished. Four capta were created and I was one of them, being the captain of the detective police, and that position I have held ever since. “Let me @ay again that I shall always consult the wishes of the Commissioners, and 1 take the opportunity of saying that the commission is one of the best that was ever created in the United States. | There never wasa better. They Liave kept the department entirely out of politics, | very glib, but it was evident that his ex- and the Chief and his captains working | planation dia not fill the bill. Then it barmoniously together have brought it, | was announced that the expert had not with the aid of the commission, to its high | found ail the thousands of names thal state of efficiency. But there is alw: were claimed to be erroneously in the | hisoffice. He was also the recipient of | Books. telezrams from prominent men in differ- | SR, | ent cities on the continent congratulating | . s | Chief Census Marshal Wardell’s | Mar’s N:st Did Not Pan Out. Investigation Dropped. The Census Committee of the Board of Education is in very muchethe same posi- tion as the brave little boy who saw a big doeg running down the strees with his tail between his legs. He chased the flying canine, throwing bricks at every jomp, until the dog turned and showed his teeth, andsthen the little boy remembered that his mother had sent him for a bar of soap and immediately had business in the direction of the grocery. nad found s gizantic fraud; that the re- turns for 1596 had been stuffed to the ex- | tent of several thousand names, and that | neariy $20,000 had been illegally obtained in the books. | vestigation, and Marshal Wardell be- came a great man. All of this was given to a gullible reporter. The bubble was punctured yesterday when the committee discovered that it Lad ‘‘caught the hotend of it,” and the investization suddenly ceased. A report reiterating the charges of stui- fing and fraud against the State was about to be given out vesterday, when it | tion had worked and based its startling accusations was @ mere pencil memoran- fied as correct and not even signed. It would have absolutely no sianding before a court or a Grand Jury, and the committeemen, aghast, called upon Mar- shal Wardell for an explanation. He was | chance in litile details for improving 1, w the organization of the department | out of the tw avor to emalate | posed | in ! him and those who preceded him, give the the department my best energies | nan i1 i nd the benefit of my knowledge of its | 2 , | In fact he had Close questioning revealed the fact that y-eight pages that com- been exar if about equ only show lutely no certar that even th Tlke comm is abso- id not seem absolutely | sure of anytning except the must be member final a few changes, although not of a radical | lessn that Then it was announced that the atten- with the ap- | tion of the Grand Jury would no: be called to the books and that the investization would proceed no further because the cen- sus marshals were about to begin their regu! . .and their chief. could de- voie no more time to the boo Mr. Wardeil s-emed to hink he had y the pubiic ! hat fra 1 been com- mited and then leaving them to guess what the irregu ted of. EMMA WAS KOT INSANE. Her Mother Sought a Novel Method to Keep Her at Home, Mrs. Belle Littlewood yest sought Judge Hebbard to deciare he daugbter, Mrs. Emma McFarland, alias Fallon, insaze. The testimony developed | the fact that Mrs. McFarland is sane, and | bers of the Census Committee that he | | from the State on the false showing made | Then there were hurried consultations, | | hiring of an expert, a star chamber in- | was called to the sttention of the commi- | tee that the book on which the ingnisi- | dum of the former officials, was not certi- | | l that her mother only sought to detain the young woman bec: it wae feared that d to go temala, where she the restraining influences of Judge Hebbard declined to life. home interfere and ordered that the prisoner be disch arged. Panama steamer. great ontery. She was f threat to send her to ja fcourt if she persisted in She at once drove to the Her ther made a y quieted by for contempt her abuse of - ¢ To-Day. The following sttractive programme been arranged for to-day’s open. Golden Gate Park Alsaciennes, “The Sunday Evening” -.-Massenet Wely .. Mendelssonn Keler Bela Walla-e Prayer . Dickman. Gottschalk e Many persons suffer from headach: and pe which are caused by ed vision, and co cured by use of glasses, though proper . ordinury spectacles wouid be useless. nothing for the examina- tion. A. NORDMAN. L NORDMAN. STANDARD OPTICAL CO., 217 Kearny Street, S. F.