The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 2, 1897, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JULY 2, 189"{. STRANCE FREAKS WELBURN His Friends Now Claim He| Has Been Insane for Months. PROBABLY IN HIDING HERE. Special Agent Thrasher Digging Into His Accounts as Disbursing Agent. MANY STORIES OF A WILD (‘AREER.: He Is Specifically Charged With the Orime of Embezzling but Eighty- Five Dollars. If Internal Revenue Coliector Welburn has been a sane man during the past year his intimate acquaintances are in error. Since the stories of his suspension and, disgrace have come to light there have been rumots in quantity to the effect that the hapless official’s wild career of the | past few months was not -that of a sane man. Incidents are being recalled of or- gies wherein recklessness on his part was the chief- feature, and during which money flowed like water. It was a common thing, say those who can be coaxed into relating some of their experiences with the gay Federal cfficial, for him to invite a healthy party of friends to.join him in a little revel at some gilded palace.and pay everv item of expense with checks on the Revenue Office, well knowing that these could not be covered up nor-avoided. When asked what he was going ‘o da when these checks had to be redeemed he wouid explain that the authorities at Washington were all his personal friends and that he had always had a carie blancbe | to disburse whatever he saw fit and that | Guestions were never asked. Then he -was gziven to telling stories’ regarding feats he ciaimed he had performed with the pistol and on | horseback, of duels he had fougnt and of marvelous escapes he had had. He wouid. insist that bhe had been sin- gled out fordaring deeds in the Civil War, and had been honored therefor by being appointed special instructor of horseman- ship at the Presidio—all of this, when it was invariably known by the very people to whom he was telling these stories that not a word was'true. These and many other similar recitals of queer escapades on his part are given as authority among the resorts he gener- ally frequented for the belief that Wel- burn has not been in his right mind for many a month. His iriends and acquaintances will not tolerate the notion that he ever willfully embezzled any money belonging to the Government. They attribute it all toa diseased mind, to maudlin associations with characterless and designing people, and to the preying of unscrupuleus poli- cal parasites. But to come right down to the facts of | the situation, Welburn owes his downfall | to the wiles of 1wo women, more or less | noterious. One of thiese he metin Sac- ramento many mentis ago. After carous- | ing with her several weeks she introduced | himr to . another woman—a married “'big | woman—and with this party, it is said, he became greatiy smitten. So much so, in fact, that upon their return to this City he readily assented to a proposition to set her up in business. This had to be done carefully, for, as the woman explained, her husband might she obtained the money with which to launch into this venture. It was there- upon agreed that instead of turning over the bill of sale to this married individnal it would be placed in the hands of a mu- tual friend, another female. The story afloat in the district known as the nderloin” is that Welburn was | cruelly “flimtammed’’ in this exploit. As is usual in ceses of material assistance of this sort, and as any ordinary man of business instincts would require, Weiburn sought a chattel mortgage on his invest- ment, which, by the way, was a rooming- house at the corner of Jones and O'Far- rell streets. The mutuel friend, it is said, coolly told | Welburn that he owned no interest in tne | house; that she held the bill of sale and did not know him. Welburn saw that he | had no redress, and, “game sport’’ that | he was, doffed his hat and bowed nimseli | out. | Then the other woman. the one whom he had originally intended to befriend, | came back to him for the fulfiliment of his promise to her. This cost Welburn | another tidy snm. It is said that $30.000 | would scarcely cover the amount that the | Collector so freely gave up in thisjventure, Welburn told the facts of the above in- | cident to several of his friends and was | advised to beware, as he had fallen into the bands of sharks. The disgraced ofli- | cial, however, heeded not the warning, for it is said that he clung to his intimacy | with all three of these women even up !0 | & day previous to his suspension from | office. Deputy United States Marshals and special service men searched Oity and country for another day without finding a trace of the missing official who is wanted for embezzlement, and Special Agent Thrasher and others in charge were as silent as Welburn himself. Welburn’s trouble and disappearance were the talk of the political town, the talk running mainly to tales and gossip about the riotous career in the tenderloin district which he has been pursuing with | increasing speed and recklessness for some | time. Itisinthenature of human people to tell and retell, when a man has fallen, | the evil that he has done, of course, but | when all proper allowances are made | there was plenty to tell of wine, women and Welburn. It now appears more than probable that no warrant for the Collector’s arrest would have been issued had he not so | mysteriously and suspiciously disappeared just at the time during the investigation of the office that some small, but peculiar things were dlscovered. As far as known or intimated the irregularities were rather ing small jugglings with little accounts in his operations as disbursing agent for his office. The specific offense for which the war- rant for his arrest was issued on Wednes- day afternoon was the embezzlement of | $85 20. The complaint filed with United States Court Commissioner Heacock read as follow: L. A. Thrasher makes oath and says that O. M. Welburn did unlawfully convert to his own | use, and thereby embezzled, certain public | money, to wit, the sum of eighty-five and 20-100 ($85 which said amount was tempo ss aforesid, for the purpose of enabling him to make payment of & certain salary due toa clerk or employe of the United States, to wit nal Revenue of the sald United States for the First Internal Revenue Co:llection District of California, | The clerk here alluded to is said to be E. C. Aiken, a young man who has been doing outside work until a week ago when Coliector Welburn assigned him to office | work. Mr. Aiken, like all other employes of the office, discreetly declines to tal just now. !” “Icannot say a word about the matter now,” be said yesterdav. *I would like to make a statement, but it would prob- ably cost me my position to say anything now.” Special Agent Thrasher has intimated that there are other irregularities in Wel- burn’s disbursing acceunts and that the | amount involved will not run very high. Our competitors—ithe ROOS NEW TO-DAY — CLOTHING. high class tailors. BROS 27-37 Kearny corner Post We’re booming things a bit; going to change the store front, you know. Need room. You've an object in buy- ing Now—save money. See our windows. Men's all wool suits $8.23. .Best we ever sold for the price, - Better get two. .Bbys’ ldng. pants suit $6,00. Guess the boy would n't object to a suit, most boys rather like new clothes. And the little fellow, how about him? He shouldn’t get left when $1.00 “will it him out. Goods in the windows at :pa?ial prices Everything else has 10% off Agents for Brokaw Bros'. and Rogers Peet & Co's Clothing New York 3 grow inquisitive and want to know where | petty from a financial siandpoint mvoly- | aclerk and employe of the Collector of Inter- | In this, like some other cases, it's the principle of the thing. He spent the entire afternoon of yester- day in the office of Campb-ll P Berry in the Sub-Treasury going over all the checks that Welburn had given during recent months. It is yet but ramor that Wel- burn had carried dummy names on the payroll, and had also claimed portions of salaries. But meantime where is Welburn? If these matters are trifling things involving no criminal intent why does he not come forth, explain his accounts and straighten things out in the best manner possible? This is asked inyeply to friends who be- ileve he has been guilty of nothing crim- inal and that he will straighten the thing out when ne pulls himself together after the debauch which it is currently be- lieved explains his absence. | All soris of stories as to where Welburn | was and of people who had seen him within a day or two were heard yesterday, | all connecting him with a wild old time that migat bring forgetfulness of trouble or ease lor sorrow. But the stories were all second hand. “I have not been abie to find a single | person who would say that he himself had seen Welburn since Saturday,”’ said United States Marshal Barry Baldwin yesterday. Welburn seemed sober enough when he telephoned to the newspapers on Wednesday evening that he was about to show up, and his success with privacy and silence since offers the theories that he has fled to escape the consequences, that he is avoiding arrest until bondsmen can be secured or that he returned to the lethe of the wine cup aiter learning that a prison was waiting for him. | Several restaurants and other resorts that be has frequented have been searched un- successfully, as was an O'Farrell-street lodging-house where he frequently went. Women who have drunk with him have been found and fruities:ly questioned ; the cockrail route has afforded plenty of gos- | sip but no Welburn, Yesterday morning Deputy Marshal Gallagher took the Monterey train, and Marshal Baldwin stated that he had gone to Gilroy, Welburn’s old home; butit was revorted from Gilroy last night that Gal- lagher had not put in an appearance there. So the search went on without the discovery of a clew. Yesterday morning the family movel from the big, picturesque, old-fashioned residence at 920 Grove street, which Col- lector Welburn rented over three years aro, lo a neat and new upper flat at 1556 ::‘uhon street, out by the Park Panban le. Civde Welburn, son of the collector, a bright, manly young fellow, who s nat- urally taking a briel vacation from his civil service position in the Revenue O’ fice, talked frankly toa Cawnr reporter at his new home in the afternoon. ““We have not heard from my father to- day,” he said. “We do not know where be is. Ie communicated with me Wednesday evening and stated that he would straighten the situation out and that things would be all right. He had | been to Modesto, he said, and had learned of the trouble when he boughtan evening paper while crossing the bay. I know nothing of his whereabouts since then. ““The papers are publishing all soris of wild stories,”” he said again, “‘but I don’t think there is much of anything in them. I don’t thiok that this trouble will he found to amount to anything. I was a little frightened at first, but I believe now that when it 1s all investigated and ex- plained it will turn out all right. I knew nothing of my father's accounts as di bursing agent, and so I could give no ex- planations of anything. No, I do not know that any of my fatner’s friends are taking any steps in his intcrest. Iam just waiting.”’ A few years ago O. M. Welburn was a prosperous merchant in Gilroy. His part- ner was Louis Loupe, who became his | chief deputy when he secured his office. He led an upright life and was a solid, re- spected and seii-respected citizen enjoy- ing an unsuliied reputation. He acquired an interest in politics and took a very ac- tive part in the Democratic State Conven- tion at Fresno in 1892. He was there made vice-chairman of the State Central Com- { mittee, that directed the campaign which | zave the electoral vote of the State to Cieveland, and if was in that campaign that he gained his first State prominence in politics. His office came as the reward for his political work. James C. Nealon of this City was his chief rival when he aspired to the revenue collectorship, and Nealon secured in hig own behalf a monster peti- tion mgned by the business men of the City and many of the most prominent people in the State. But Welburn had powerful Easteru influences to aid him, and he also secured first a majority and | then all of the Democratic Congressional delegation. His appointment followed, and he as- sumed office with a strong ambition to be- come a political power and a State party leader. He achieved but limited success in this direction. His office was made a political macnine, but it did not attain tremendous power, and he failed now and then in moves he attempted. With his removal to the City and his entry into politics he became more and | more a hail fetlow well met instead of a | solid country merchant, and he gradually | | | | | | crme to see the bars of the tenderloin oftener than the necessities of politics really required. He steadily succumbed to the lure of the half-world and fora year or more has been known about town as a “'speedy” one. Women and then gam- bling combined their joys with those of the bowl. For months he has been going the pace that kills, and many stories of his excesses are now being told. One of his favorite amusements is said to have been to hire a stateroom on one of the Stockton steamers and hold high carnival therein during the round trin. Now he is pointed at as an example of what politics can sometimes do for a man. Never until now has he been accused of a dishonorable act in his business relations, L Midnight Gave No Tidings. At midnight United States Marshal Barry Baldwin haa heard no news of the missing Collector. Deputies were contin- uing 1he search but had gained no clews to Welburn’s hiding place or to any place where he had been since Saturday. The Police Department yesterday joined in the search. Deputy Marshal Gallagher | went to Monterey ye«terday, but was | working only on possibilities. The belief that the absent official is safely stowed away in San Francisco has not been seri- ously disturbed. SAC Lo Not at Gilroy. GILROY, Can., June 30.—Mr, Wel- burn’s whereabouts is unknown in Gilroy. His reputation for honesty and integrity was never questioned here, where four of his bondsmen—Thomas Rea, L. A. White- hurst, P. G. Hodges and H. C. Morey re- side. Much sympathy is expres:ed for his family here. Mrs McDeavitt secured a Divorce. On the 24th of June a divorce was granted in Juage Hunt's court to Sarah E. McDevitt from Daniel McDevitt on the ground of failure to provide and wiliful neglect. The custody of the minor child, Meértie, was awarded to the mother. FIGEL NO3T STAY [N JALL Hearing ‘on the Murder Charge Deferred Until the 8th, No Attempt to Be Made to Have the Accused Re- leased on Bail, Request for Aid to Be Made to the Police Commission by the Prosecution. It was given out vesterday by the attor- neys for Theodore Figel that there would in all probability be no attempt to have Figel released on bail pending the time that he is to have his preliminary hearing. But even if such an attempt were made it is the best legal opinion that it would re- sult in failure, especially as it would be bitterly opposed by Prosecuting Attorney Spinetti. This means that Figel will have to spend from now cntil July 8 in jail. With this prospect before him he will arraunge to have his cell made as comfort- able as possible and will arrange also for getting his meals from the outside. He has now resumed his former confident bearing and takes things in a fashion that would have been creditable to the ancient Greek philosophers, For the past two dsys there have been rumors that the prosecution had secured the services of Detective Bob Hogan to work up evidence for that side of the case. This report was effectually disposed of yesterday. But it is announced by the prosecution that in a’'day or two they wiil make a request of the Police Com- missioners for two or three detectives to aid in collecting evidence for the prose- cation on the murder charge. As the antagonism that exists between the Chief and Hogan is a matter of public notoriety the prosecution will not make any sug- gestion in reference to Hogan. Such a move they fear will still further augment the hostility of the Chief toward those who believe that a murder has been com- mitted, and that Figel is the guilty man. Figel was called up for arraignment in Judge Campbell’s court yesterday on the charges of murder, forgery and embezzle- ment, but on the motion of the defense all the cases went over until July 8. On that day, according to the statements made by all parties interested, matters will be in shape to go right-ahead with the preliminary examination. The first charge to be taken up will be that of murder. Should Figel be held for trialon this it i8 not likely that the minor charges will be pressed at Lhis time. It was stated by E. 8. Roihchild yester- day that the books of the firm of Hoff- man, Rothchild & Co. had been experted and posted up to date, and that the short- ages discovered aggregate $12,000. - FIGEL AGAIN IN COURT. The Murder and Other Charges Are Continued Till July 8. When Tneodore A. Figel appeared in Judge Campbell’s courc yesterday morn- ingaccompanied by his attorney, ex-Judge Louderback, the courtroom was crowded to suffocation. Every eye was turned upon the young man accused of the crime of murdering his employer, Isacc Hoff- man. He bore the ordeal in his usunal in- different way, and did not seem at all dis- concerted by the stony gaze of the morbid crowd. He was dressed neatly and looked | as if he had slept well during the night. | Prosecuting Attorney Spinetti end ex- | Judge Marphy appeared for the prosscu- | tion and ex-Judge Louderback for thie de- | fendant, Attorney Spinetti iost no !ime" in calling the cases. | The Judge instrucied the clerk to read the complaint, which he did. The clerk—Is that your true name? The defendant—Yes. The court (to the defendant)—You are | entitled to time, if you desire it, to pro- | cure the aid of counsel and secure the at- tendance of any wimesses you may de- | gire. Are you ready to proceed at this time, or do you desire a continuance ? Mr. Louderpack—I appear for the de- | fendant and will make a motion in all these cases when the clerk has read all the complaints to him. The court—Let the record appear, Mr. | Reporter, that Judge Louderback appears | for the defendant. | Mr. Spinetti—I would like the record also to appear that D. J. Murphy is asso- ciated with the prosecuiion in this mat- | ter. The court—Irn ail these cases the record will show tuat. The clerk was then ordered to read the other complaints, three charging Figel ! with felony embezzlement and two with forgery. it In each case the Judge instructed the defendant as to his rights, “Inow move,’” said Louderback, “'that these charges go over to the same time as tue others, 11 o'clock on July 8.’ The court—Any objection? Mr. Murphy—Well, sir, we are ready to proceed—we will be ready to proceed to- morrow with any of thesecharge.. How- ever, the other cases have gone over until that time, I see no objection to the con- tinuance. Let it appear that thess mat- fers are continued on motion of the de- fendant. The court—Yes. What case will you select to try at that time? Mr. Murphy—I have not concluded yet. Mr. Louderback — I suggest to your Honor we proceed with the main charge first. I suppose the charge of murder? The court—They all went over until the 8th of July, wasit? Mr. Murphy—Yes. The clerk—Yes. The court—Juiy 8, on motion of the de- fense. Mr. Louderback—The main charge in the case must necessarily be considered first. Mr. Murphy—I suppose the prosecution may select such case as it sees proper. The couri—That is a general rule. I think the prosecution have the right to select whichever case they desire 10 take up first. Mr, Louderback—We think it is no more than right aud just under all the circumstances. We think itisa matter entirely one of discretion with your Honor in a matter of that kind as to whether you will fix down one charge or the other. Mr. Murphy—They are all fixed for that time now. The court—I would suggest to the pros- | ecution, however, they notify the defense in time, 0 that they may be able to get ready for whatever case you may select to try. Mr. Louderback—I should think the principal charge— Mr. Murpby (interrupting)—They are all principal charges. We will proceed in our regniar order as we may be advised, if your Honor please. The court—All right. These cases, then, will go over until July 8 on motion of the defense. Mr. Louderback—Your Honor fizes itat 11 o’clack ? | sporting fraternity. The court—11 o’clock on July 8. No a; plication was made for bail on the murder charge, and Prosecuting Attorney Spinetti remarked ufterward tbat if it had been made he would have strenuously opposed it. He later called upon the Dis- trict Attorney and asked that he should be notified at once if any application were made to any of the Superior Court Judges. St EXPECT LEES’ OPPOSITION. Prosecuting Attorneys WIll Ask the Pollce Commissioners for Assistance. The many attorneys interested in the prosecution of Theodore Figel, convinced that they must batter down the opposition to a conviction of Figel, and that they must counteract the effort ihey allege is now being made by the head of the Police | Department 10 acquit the deiendant, will make an application, either to-day or to- morrow, to the Police Commissioners for assistance, The attorneys will ask that two or three of the best detectives in the department be appointed to assist them in gathering evidence in the now famous case. They say that there is no doubu that the pris- oner is guilty of the charges against him and believe that the preponderance of the evidence will fall on the head of Isaac Hoftman’s confidential clerk ana when the cases against him are concluded he will havebeen branded a felon of the most heinous type by the jury yet to be impaneled to hear the testin:ony that will be broueht to bear azainst him. ““We are aware,” said one of the attor- neys yesterday, “that to securs the con- viction of Theodore Figel we must over- come a most strenuous opposition on the Y,ar! of the head, as he is called, of the olice Department, but we are also aware that there 1s a commission that ranks above the ‘head of the Police Depariment that will lay aside all feeling of sympathy and personal obligation in the interest of justice and appoint detectives to assist us n the gathering ot evidence that justice may be done. “We have no personal feeling in the prosecution ot the’young bookkeeper, but as lawyers having access to all the facts connecting him with the crimes with which he is charged we believe that he is guilty. And in justice to tne common- wealth, In justice to the relauves of the man who was so foully murdered, we are of the opinion that a conviction should be had and we are confident that it will be. *‘Young Figel was the soul of honor in the eyes of his dead employer, but now that the merchant’s lips are sealed in death the young man forgets the favors and friendship of the man who, in life, so willingly assisted him, and he attempts to blacken the reputation and good name of his generous employer by charging him with arson, as though to make it seem that the dead merchant willingly stained his character, that he might leave that foul heritage to the babies he loved and left behind him, that thev might never forget i his doings in this world. *Such an action on the part of Figel was more a moral wrong than even murder it~ self, if tnat were possible, and in making those charges he signally failed, if he so intended, to assist his cause. We are pre- pared to prove that Mr. Hoffman never committed the crime of arson, and that the charge that he did is miserably false. *Mr. Figel will have to remain in prison pending the hearing of the charges against him. No application for bail was made at the hearing this morning, and we expect that no such application will be made next Thursday. If it is we will op- pose such application, and it is safe to say that the application will be denied. Itis a well-worn maxim of the Supreme Court of this State that in cases of malicious homicide it is a safe rule to refuse bail, and undoubtedly a precedent will not be established in the case of Theodore Figel.”” Sl Mrs. Figel Prostrated. Mrs. Figel, the wife of Theodore Figel, is suffering with nervous prostration. Yesterday she was confined to her bed in the home of her parents, 218 Haight street. She s firmly convinced that her husband is guilty of no crime, and says he will prove his innocence when given an oppor- tunity in the trial court. She believes him to be a victim of persecution, and grieves to think that he must rem in prison. \ FIGHTS THIS EVENING. That Wiill Be Decided at Woodward’s Pavilion. The Califorzia Athletic Club had sold nearly all of its rese:ved seats for this evening's fistic entertainment at Wood- ward’s Pavilion and i s the show will be far more interesting than many of the sports imagined when the programme was first announced a large crowd will witness tne mills, Woods, the pugilist who will meet Bob Thompson, has a good record. He has defeated Harry West in three rounds, | “Yank” BSavage in one round, Charley Rochette in nineteen rounds, Billy Mever in forty-four rounds, Tom Carter in three rounds, George Williams in eight rounds, “Tug”™ Wilson in four rounds, Joe Hop- kins in three rounds, Charles Miner in three rounds, Dan Keefe in eight rounds, Paddy Gorman in three rounds, and a draw with “'Kid’’ Lavigne in four rounds. Thompson’s record is weil known to the He is a hard pancher and can take considerab.e punishment. Miller and Baker, the heavy-weights, are in good condition and will put up a good fight. The event of the evening will be the ten-round contest between Lawlor of | tnis City and Conway of Chicago, which | should prove acontest well worth witness- | ing. Contests —_——————————— A GREAT DANE CLUB. An Enthusiastic Meeting at Which Om- cors Were Elected. The Great Dane Club is now a perma- nent orgsnization. A very enthusisstic meeting was held last evening and steps were taken to have the club represented at al! meetings held by the advisory board ot the Pacific Kennel Club. Photographs of the celebrated German prize-winner Moreau—a dog that is now on its way to this coast from Germany—were shown to the members. This is the largest speci- men of the breea, standing 37 inches and weighing 206 pounds. W.P. Williamson was aiected president ana Mrs. Alfred Roncovieri secretary. The nextmeeting will be held on the evening of July 8 at roum 35, Flood building, when all breed- ers of Great Danes are invited to be pres- ent. THISTLE OLUB. Extensive Preparations for Their Picnic Next Mouday. Never before in the annals of the Scot- tish societies of this coast has been held such a celebration as that proposed by the San Francisco Scottish Thistle Club to take place Monday at Shell Mound Park. ! For the pasu several weeks the members of the games committee have labored most zealously to provide an entertainment that will not only be in keeping with the dn}' on which it will be held, but one that will be the peer of anything yet witnessed on the Pacific Coast. ————— No Cause for Complaint, The statement was published in an evening paper yesterday that fifty girls who are re- hearsing for a spectacular ballet at the Sutro Baths have gone on the warpath because they do not receive enough pay. It was stated that they were to receive $1 25 for every perform- ance, but that after they had been practicing for a week or more they found that they were 1o receive only $5 per week, and that out of ;.hll they had to pay for their lunches and car- are. Director of Amusements McQuade emphar- ically denies the story. . He says that.instead of $1 25 a performance they were o receive $1 25 and $1 50 a day, tor wnich they made a contract, and that this is better than the regu- lar rate, Hesaysthatonly & few made any complaint, and that the corisasa whole are satisfied with-the lerms. Arrangements are being made so that the girls will secure passes on the streetcars to and from the baths. NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. e EXCEPTIONAL CUTS IN PRICES To-day we quote a variety of the most seasonable ;.ivnd._'bop'u i lar lines at cuts in prices that cannot fail to make them - - QUICK-SELLING BARGAINS ! LADIES’ WAISTS. = g G ED LAWN WAISTS, detachabl hits llar, T 4 5QC—LADIES FANCY FIGURED WAISTS, “Stanley make," detachable col . IC ™ lars, regular price $1, will be placed on sale at 50c. ! 75 —_LADIES'’ LAUNDERED SHIRT WAISTS, ‘*‘Stanley,” in fancy figured C materials, detachable collars, regular price $1 25, will be placed on sale at 75c: HANDKERCHIEFS! CHILDREN’S COLORED BORDERED HEM- 3 —600 dozen_LADIES' AND 5 4 C™ STITCHED HANDKERCHIEFS, reguiar price 60c dozen, on special sale at 3c eacn. X |5c—300 dozen LAD(ES' WHITE SCALLOPED EMBROIDERED SHEER LAWN HANDKERCHIEFS, regular price $1 20 a dozen, on special sale at 5c each. [QC—20 dozen LADILS' WHITE SHEER LAWN LACE-EDGE HANDKER- IC™ CHIEFS, regular price $2 25 dozen, on special sale at 10 each. ; FURNISHING DEPARTMENT. —125 dozen LADIES’ SATIN AND SILK BOWS AND TIES, in the newest shapes of bands and shields, assorted, in plaids, fizures, also solid shades, ascreams, black, navy, cardinal, seal, green, light biue, lavender, etc., wiil be offerad at 20c each. —62 dozen BOYS' WAISTS AND FAUNTLEROY BLOUSES, made of extra good materials in bandsome desizns, the former finished with pleated backs and fronts and the latter with ruffled collars, cuffs and fronts, will be offered at 25¢ each. & —85 dozen MEN'S NEGLIGEE OVERSHIRTS, made of heavy twill shirt-~ ings, in light shades, largely assorted, also navy stripes, will be offered at 35¢c each. £ LADIES’ KID GLOVES! 55 —25 dozen LADIES' 8-BUTTON LENGTH MOUSQUETAIRE SUEDE C GLOVES, in medium shades of tan and slate, worth $1 25, will be closed out at 55¢ a pair (odd sizes). 3 75 —75 dozen LADIES S-BUTTEI LENGTH MOUSQUETAIRE DRESSED C (REAL KID) GLOVES, in dark and medium shades of tan, brown and slate, also black, regular value $1 50, will be on special sale at 75¢ & pair (odd sizes). CORSETS! CORSETS! 75,4500 pairs of the CELEBRATED W. B. CORSETS, in black, drab and whit, C ™ long waists, suitable for any figure, zood value for $1, will be sold at 75¢ each. LADIES’ UNDERWEAR! 175 dozen LADIES’ RICHELIEU RIBBED COTTON VESTS, full fashioned, in all sizes, worth $4 a dozen, will be on sale at 15¢ each. : 2 2 35¢ 15¢~ il ; 5()c—2 dozen LADIES' WOOL VESTS. hieh neck and long sleevas, in grav and IC™ camel’s hair, also drawers to match, worth $10 50 a dozen, will be offered at 50c each. " e, REAL OSTRICH FEATHER BOAS! . | $|'75 Up—BLACK REAL OSTRICH FEATH ER COLLARETTES, 18-inch, rib- bon ties, at §1 75, $2 50, $3 50, $4 50 to $9. NEW DRESS TRIMMINGS! —NEW BOLEROS in black silk, and black mohair and jet beads, in the latest designs. Prices from §1 uoward. 36, 45, 54 inch also in stock, $1.0 MURPHY BUILDING, Market Street, Corner of Joneg, San Francisoo. A GRAVE HI) ONLY RELIEF W. P. Watts, an Ex-Rail- road Employe, Commits Suicide. He Was Out of Employment and Funds and Became Despondent, Sought a Quiet Room on Third Street and Drank a Quantity of Oarbolic Acid. ‘W. P. Watts, who up to a few weeks ago was employed as a clerk in the railroad office at Third and Townsend streets, com- mitted suicide some time during Wednes- day night with carbolic acid 1n a lodging- house at 530 Third street. The body of the suicide was di-covered last evening at 5 o’clock by Hattie Larkin, employed as a maid in the lodging-bouse, and she re- ported the case to her employer, M. C. McGrath. The Coroner’s office was noti- fied and the body was removed to the Mor_ue. Waits, who was a man about 30 years of age, called at the house in which he ended his life Wednesday afternoon and secured a room. He then left the building and | did not return until late in the evening. When he returned he went airectly to his room and evidently retired as the light was extinguished within a few moments afier he entered. Yesterday morninga bedmaker knocked at the dead man’s room and receiving no answer concjuded that the occupant was a late sleeper ana did not again attempt to:g: access to the apartment. At 5 o’clock, however, the maid failing to elicit a response to ber knock climbad on a chair and looked into the room. She immediately saw that Watts was dead and she hurriedly in- formed her employer. The suicide had locked his door on the inside and had failed to remove the key and the proprietor of the house forced the outsiae window leading into the room and from a paper found near the body learned that the dead man was an ex-railroad em- ploye. He informed Mr. Fraser of the railroad office of the suicide and Ssmuel Done was detailed to investigate the case. Mr. Done on arriving at the lodglng-: bouse took possession of all the papers found on or near the body and made his. departure. In consequence, when the Coroner’s deputies arrived they found nothing by which they could establish the suicide’s identity with the exception of a small library card and by relying on the landlord’s memory. - 3 The dead man was a member of the Ma-. sonic order. He had no relatives on the coast, but leaves a brother, who resides in Baltimore, and a mother now living in Buffalo, N. Y NEW TO-DAY. ‘When a baby comes to the house real hap- piness comes. Worry and work and care and anxiety count for noth- ng against the moothly dainty, clinging touch of the’ little hands and the sound of the little voice. The highest function given to hu- man_bein, bring- ing healthy, happy children int> the world. Nothing equals that — nothing com- pensates for the loss of it. The woman ‘who has not borne a child has n=ver come to the real fullness of womanhood. Over thirty years ago the needs of women ap- pealod to Dr. Pierce, now chief cofsulting Pphysician to the Invalids’ Hotel and Surg- ical Institute, of Buffalo, N. Y. The result of his study improved by thirty years of practice is embodied in Dr. Pierce's Fa- vorite Prescription. It serves but one pur- pose. It strengthens, purifies and mekes healthy the organs distinctly feminine. It gives weak women the strength and health necessary for_the production of heaithy children’and it makes the bearing of those children easy. It is sure to cure any weak- ness or derangement peculiar to women; stops pain, soothes inflammation, strengti- ens, purifies, invigorates. Thousands of homes have been made hlp&y by its use. Thousands of letters like this one from rs. W. P. CAIN, of Clinton, Allegheny Co., P., i wmites £ T was affected with all sorts of fo- male trouble, 1 tried three doctors, and seven Xinds of patent medicine, and found no relief. My husband said ‘try Dr. Pierce’s medicine.’ 1 told him T might as well throw his money in the fire as to try anything more. I had lost all . I had not mkfin l}!ore nufi: t:ll"ono kbm‘ le, when 1 could eat and sleep well. four bottles of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, and several vials of his * Pellets.’ One year after I gave birth to a fine baby girl. I so Thuch better than when my other child was born. Three of my friends are taking your medicines, and are improving.” Yours truly. - 3 Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser, a doctor ook, profusely illustrated, of @0 hava been sold at §1.50 a copy will i "Di:e“unutr} Siea- 's Dispe: Street, Buffalo, B N = whicn e oF matimg only cost of mailin s fcal Association, 6