The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 8, 1897, Page 30

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST His mouth drooped at the corners, and between his eyes appeared two weary, | frowning wrinkles. In his voice was a8l dull and hopeless tone, and one leg had a | game way of swinging forward and stop- | ping before it completed a full-grown | step. He seemed a world-weary man, fuil | of strange oaths and mutterings. When I met him theother morning 1 marveled | at his downcast demeanor—so unlike him. } “What's the matter?’ I asked, peering | from under my dripping umbrella. | ‘The matter!”” he sneered. ‘‘Look at | {his drizzling rain. It simply poured | down all night, didn’tit? Well, look at | me! I've cariied an old horse-chestnut | in my pocket for five years to ward off | rheumatism, but this St. Swithin and his | confounded rain has about lamed me for | life, drat him!” and my friend hobbled | into the big building, where his office | doors are ever ready to hide him away | from the curious multitude. { To-day we are simply wallowing in am- ber sunshine and sousing our souls in its | warmth. Cheerily, merrily, the bicycle i bells are warning the thoughtful pedes- | trians, and troops of pretty children are | swarming in the parks, The whole world | seems to be W ng and singing in very joy. The tinkle, tinkle, drip, drip and patter of the slauting, dreary rain remains but 2 memory to the city folk, bat to the | country cousins—well, I know what coun- try mud looks like, when the driving sun- besms dry it up and 1t cracks in the heat —don’t you? There was weeping and wailing among lovers of horseflesh last week when the electric fluid trickled over the wires from Lexington, Ky., and ticked cut to the | sleepy operator, “Domino, the famous | racehorse, died this morning at 3 o’clock | of meningitis.” That happened on July 29, and we are not yet recovered from the sensation of loss. Domino was without doubt one of the greatest horses that ever sped an American mile. Black as chimney soot, glossy as satin, full of spirit and plucky dash, and as | handsomely formed an animal as ever was seen, it was not wondered at when | the Kcenes purchased him five years ago from out of a batch of thoroughbred colts. He was selected for his beauty, and the | Keenes at once made a pet of him. They never dr .med he woula develop such mettle and power as he displayed on the Eastern t i during the three short years | of his puolic career. He made over $200,- 000, so it isestimated, for his devoted owners in those three busy vears, never leaving even a spray of laurel to be | claimed by his companions in the field, I have the proud recollection of having witnessed this great champion win the | Futurity stakes, amounting to $49,350. 1| shall never forget the scene; first, becaunse | it Was one of the first races I had ever at- | tended, and second, because I fell so in | love with Domino that I shouted myself hoarse over his great victory thatday. I| also remember that 1 wept a bit when | they removed the little saddle at the | judge’s stand and 1 could see the red | blood standing out on his biack glossy sides where Taral, the famons jockey, | had urged m on to win fame and for- tune. I shail never forget how the people shouted when Taral, seated in a big floral | horseshoe, was liited high above the heads | of the crowd in the paddock, and Domino | —kingly Domino—stood panting with al- | most human pleasure at the noise about him; yet somehow I saw everything through a mist, except the red, red blood on Domino’s biack hide. No wonder he learned to detest Taral, and, ’tis said, would shudder like a frightened child sometimes when Taral mounted him. Have I written too much about this late | deceased horse They gavehim a funeral down on th astleton farm, near Lexing- | ton, Ky., last Satarday, and over his grave James R. and Foxhall P. Keene have ordered a mouument to be placed, On it will be this nobie inscription: “DOMINO. “Here lies the fleetest runner and as game a horse as the American turf has ever seen.’’ Prince Poniatowski, the talented and popular son of a gifted and famous sire, has been in the city during the past ten | days, baving arrived on the Campania | from Europe last week. He was the guest | of W. B. Bourn, at his chambers in Car- | negie building. | rrince Poniatowski left for California Saturday night. He invariably makes | the stately New Netherland Hotel his | headquarters during his visit to Gotham, | Dr. L. H. Dunbar and his young son, Master Stuart Dunbar, arrived from San Francisco on Tuesday and put up at the Grand. | Marshall Hale, a prominent San Josean and one of the well-known firm of Hale Bros., is here looking out for the interests’ of their various dry-goods houses on the coast. F. A. Lyon of Sacramento, William O. Paul and P. E. Eenner of San Francisco accompany Mr. Hale. They are all guects at the Hotel Bartholdi, and anticipate re- maining in New York until the second week in August. ‘W. P. Shaw of San Francisco Has been in the city several weeks on business and pleasure bent. He makes the New Neth- lands his home whiie here. Easterners look on every Californian with suspicion nowadays. They all fancy that new arrivals from the coast are here either to form an exploration party to the | Klondike, or floata few thousand shares of California gold mines on the market. From all sides come the most enthusiastic praise of THE CALL and its exhaustive articles on the Klondike and Alaskan regions. THE CALL office, down on Park Row, bLas been overrun with demands for extra copies of THE CArr, that speaks for all, and every line relating to the wonderiul Kionaike boom is devourea with intense interest. i At the Hotel Savoy a well-known San Franciscan, Benjamin Schmidt, is among the midsummer guests. Florence Price Butz, from 8an Francisco, was also a guest at the Bavoy last week, On Thursday she joined friends down- town, and sails for Europe this week. 1 had the pleasure of meoting the dis- tinguished Dr. William J. Younger and his two charming daughters, the Misses Alice and Lucille, Friday afternoon. They were guests at the Hoffman House, and it was there the doctor told me of their pros- pective trip abroad. He looks in magnifi- cent good health; and is simply brimming over with enthusiasm and good spirits. “First," said Dr. Younger, “we will go to Cherbourg, France, to join my wife, who is visiting at the home of Major and | cisco several years ago to try the East as a | St. Paul Saturday morning from their visit | for a few gay clotes. and prepare myself for my visit to Moscow, where [ shall attend the twelfth inter- national medical congress to be beld there the latter part of August. I anticipate being absent just two months, when I will return to Chicago.” Dr. Younger goes to the medical con- gress at Moscow as representative dele- gate from the State Medical Association of California, the California State Dental Association, “the California Stomatologi- cal Society’ and the “Pacific Coast Dental Congress.”” He will read a paper and clinic on what is scientifically termed Pyorrhea Alveolaris, or ‘the incurabie dise of the teeth and root cavities.” Dr. Younger claims to have originated a method of treatment by which this hor- rible disease may be cured. He is prac- tically taking this long journey to Mos- cow for the purpose of demonstrating to the members of the medical congress his theory. In September Miss Alice Younger will be united in marriage to an officer in the Austrian service—Baron Lavel Nugent, or, as they say over there, Lavel, Baron Nugent. The ceremony wili be cele- bratea at Vienna. Mrs. Younger’s many friends will be bhappy to learn that her health is much | better than it was when she went abroad | last May. Dr. Younger and the Misses Younger sailed on the Columbia Saturday morning. Gutierrez, son of President Gutierrez of Salvador, is on a short visit to Greater New York. Senor Gutierrez1s known in 8an Francisco. F. H. Coyne is a guest at the Waldorf. He arrived in this city July 27. C. C. Desmond of tropical Los Ancgeles has been in town since last Wedresday. He escaped the rainy season and is long- | ing for a taste of New York's tropical | climate, H. H. Loft, recently arrived from Oak- land, is at the Hoffman. C. A. Witson has been here since the 27th of July. | W. C. Biuett, a popular business man | cof Los Angeles, left for Chicag ‘Wednesday night. He will proceed home- ward after a few days in that breezy city. Andrew W. Rose is a guest at the Hol- land. Washington Davis, who left San Fran- R L L L A A A A A A A A A AR E AL A A KRS ° ° ] market for his plays, will shortly present a new romantic opera at Washington, D. C., entitled the *‘Syndic.” J. D. Mac- donald has composed the music, and it is said to be very original and catchy. W. W. Erskine is puttiog up at the Im- perial. J. M. Rothchild from San Francisco registered at a Broadway Hotel on Thursday. | J. Jepson Jr., hailing from Los Angeles, | reached New York in the early part of the week. His stay is indefinite. He is at the Imperial. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Curtaz are stop- ving at the Holland. William J. Gunn of San Francisco 1s paying a short visit in this city and the Branch. J. Dannenbaum, popular among busi- | ness men in 8an Francisco and here in Gotham, is here on his annual visit. The ‘ Holland 1s his stopping place. i Mr. and Mrs. Al Hayman arrived on the i England and the Continent. They are in excellent heaith and Mr. Hayman has benefited greatly from the restful ocean voyage. They will spend the re- mainder of the summer at Hollywood. Over half the passengers arriving on the steamers now make loud complaint against the newly enforced tariff laws. Woe 1o the ambitious society dames who come weighted down with gorgeous Pa- risian gowns and lingerie! No more of the dazzling finery that has made us all so envious of our more fortunate sisters, for they are unwilling to pay two countries Vive la America! say L James Tonheyand and Miss Tonheyand passed through New York from Sacra- mento last week. They stopped for a few days at the Giisey. Dr. W. Freeman Southard, editor of the San Francisco Medical Journal, has been traveling through Italy curing the past | two weeks. Dr. Southard will visit Paris and then proceed to Moscow, where he will represent Californiain the Interna- tional Medical Congress to be hela there this month, In reply to the charming letter received last week from a ““CALL subseriber” I will take pleasure in giving the necessary in. formation through my column next Sun- day concerning the party referred to. To Miss R. L. M. I can only say that tne parties she is so interested in have but re- cently left the city, and a graceful yacht, now drifting about in the neighborhood of Old Fort Griswold on the sound, is carrying one of the persons mentioned, More anon. TreLLA Forrz Toraxp. 34 Park Row. DIVORCE IN HIGH LIFE, R. C. Stevenson, Coachman for the Late Colonel C. F. Crocker, in Mari~ tal Litigation. Robert C. Stevenson, coachman for the late Colonel C. F. Crocker. is in trouble with his wife Minnie, and he says it grows out cf the fact that she is so unreasonable as to complain because he lives in San Mateo County while she is compelled to get along in the less salubrious climate of San Francisco. Itisnot to be expected, it seeras to Mr. Stevenson, that a wife should demand that ber husband live in the same county that she does. He therefore instituted suit for divorce on the ground of crueity, because she worried bim with importuni- ties to come to San Francisco or to take her to Uplands. She unreasonably com- plained oI being lonesome and refused to be comforted. though she had the com- pany of their little child for solace. In response to his action Mrs. Stevenson presented a cross complaint accusing him of desertion and cruelty, and asked for sufficient alimony to support her in a manner worthy of the wife of Colonel Crocker's coachman. Incidentally she alleged that he is in re- ceipt ol a salary ot §75 a month, but his attorney simply scoffed at that estimate of his client’s "income and tKought that lany one ought to know that it 1s much ess. Pending & proposition to compromise on $20 a month for alimony the case was con- tinued for one week by Judge Hebbard yeslerday. ————— Single-Tax Lecture. The meeting of the Congregational Monday Club to-morrow morning in the Y. M. C. A. building will be addressed by Ralph Hoyt on “Fhe Single Tax,” A discussion w‘;ll lo{low. as well as ministers, are bl ally, Mrs. Bulwer. I will remain there a Week, | w&l’.‘h, fiy"flfuflmmwfiox M, HALE BROS SEMOL FREE! WEEK. A A DAIN SAMPLE IT. SERV | HALE FROS. HALE BROS. I D= R R R R TILY SERVED DISH OF THIS DELICIOUS MORNING MEAL IT WILL BE SERVED AS A BREAKFAST FOOD WITH FRUIT. FEEE SRR RSt HALE BROS I $9801200002200020000000882888 8000800 —- TO EVERY LADY VISITOR TH‘IS ALL LADIES ARE ASKED TO HALT BROS. =) INDEX TO AD. Sc Calicoes for. 16¢c Shieeting for 10c Canton Flannel for 75c Bedspreads for 10c Sateens for.. 12%¢ Lawns for. 10c Organdies for. 25¢ Undervests for. 50c Hosiery for 25c Hosiery for $1.50 Shirt ALL DESCRIBED BELOW. $.2.8.8.8 8.8.9°2.2°8.9.3.2°8 %2634 the b kin customer. Ve DOTTED SWISS ORGANDIES, a delicate combination of two popular wash fabrics, organdie patterns on Swiss grounds. Reduced from 10c to close at... BLEACHED CANTON FLANN a thick heavy flannel, ficoced wnd (310 warm. Ourgreat 10cleader on sale U2 Bliviisevn Yard BLEACHED SHFETING, a good, | firm, heavy sheeting. full 63 incues 90 | wide, a bona fide reduction from J.Z 16c. Clearance price . Yard OUR 75c CROCHET BEDSPREAD, 74386 15.ches, good quality, hemmed £.QC and ready to use. A siar special © this week at.. . Each (None sold to deslers. A buying opportu- nicy to boarding-house keepers.) OUR 20c DAMASK TOWELS, knot- ted rringe, colored borders, 20x41 inches, a water-drinker with a 20¢ reputation, To close them oat. HUCK TOWELS, 19x39 inches, an extra heavy fringed towel. B 1ng-iouse keepers,attention ! clean-up.. ROLLER TOWELING, as white as s a4 every thread pure linen; heavy, absorb inal clean-up pric ent and durable, EXTRA QUALITY BLEACHED SHEETINGS, firm, heavy, durable, thoroughly bleached. Two solid bargains. 1 inches wide 20c yara 90 inches wide. 21ac yard WHITE MARSEILLES BED- SPREADS, ge uine Marseilles, 72x86inches, & biz. heavy spread, hemmed and ready to use. Clear- ance price.. 81'50 . Esch 4*****ttti**tt*ttt**t*‘k**t: o 5 o e e | (Come early for these. t AR NNNNN RN NN * 20O FINAL CLEAN-UP Furnishings. IN FAST BLACK DROP - 2 FF 'H LISLk HOS FOR LADIES, 145 pairs in the lot, aiso tans and f; es, with back boots, siz s 815 and Yonly; not one pair 1o §=C the lot ever s id for less than &0 pair. The entirelot 10 close a Pair | (Mail Orders Filled if in 7 189 pairs of FA Y (OTTON HOSE FOR LADIKS with black boots, striped ana opera colored tops, bigh- spliced i ]50 G Pair ED COTTON ) gh neck, long C 3 rlobed: were specini 19 close the Lot.... .. Hach S MERINO v TS, long s and high neck, gray of white, 4 9C het neck. Our dUc vest to closs 5t - GEN CAMEL’S-HAIR WOOL UN- DERWKA light-weight summer garm nt, high grade, silk bound, 7’C was $1 25 a garment. 10 close them 1) out . . Garment | SHIRT WAISTS AT HALF—Delivered late and 50 per cen a.lowance made; you get the benefit: 5 dozen $1 50 Staniey Walsts 10 go at 73c each; 71’C the s'andard $1 50 waist with skirt ) adjuster......... . & Each “Mail orders filled 1f in OUR 5H0c LADIES' MUSLIN DRAW- 15RS, 9 dozen left, tucked insertion ©QEC and 'embroidery ' trimmed. Final OO clean-up pri : Each | TWO CLE LADIE: reductions, cambric, elaboratel; trimmed with embroidery 192 Reguiar $1 25 Gowns to close at. 63 Regular § 0 Gowns to close at. cjatetiev (INCORPORATED} 987-945 Market Street, SAN FRANCISCO. ED FREE THE ENTIRE WEEK. $1. 85 $2 $2. $3 $7 KA A A AR ARk kKA Ak Kk ok ok 00000000} ©OCOC000000000000I0000000CI000C000O00CO00: CLOSING OUT OUR LINE OF DUCK SUITS. Final Clean-up in Our Suit Department. Our entire line of DUCK SUITS to be closed out this week. Come early for sizes. UITS—Broken lines in Eton, and Cutaway Effects, sizes 34 These sults sold from $3.50 each. Fuil skir price $120 Suit o Clean-up HEAVY LINEN SUITS, fiy-front jack- ets, extra full skirts, Were a special a. $2.49 each. Clean-up price $1 DUCK SUITS, gray halr stripe squares, cutaway jacket, siashed revers and faced with white, fuil skirts. Reduced from $3.50 to clean them out av $22 Sult SEPARATE SKIRTS, green or purple basket cloth, perfect fit, altered (osulw. Were $7. Iinal Clean-up price...... Each OUR GREAT $2 BLACK FIGURED ALPACA SKIRT, some new pat- (26).00 terns. thoroughly well made and per- D& — fect fit. At Hale's, Each FINAL CLEAN-UP IN THE BAZAAR. METALPLAQUES artstudies ©)(1C ropean stusents, pre ty for man- ’ tles, 12 inches wide. Clean-up price.... Each INK TABLETS, size ¢x8, 105 sheets. pcC Clean-up price. . SHELF PAPER-24 sheets of shelt o1C paper for... 2 TIPTOP WRITING PAPER—24 sheets C and 24 envelopes In & box for............ J BISQUE FIGURES, 7 Inches high. fora 9Fo final clean-up z R N4 FELS & C0O.’S CREAMED TOOTH SOAP 1921 cut from 15¢ to... = s 2 CALIFORNIA'S BIG VIGTORY Its Exhibit at Hamburg Wins the Fine Gold | Medal Prize, European Importers Very Anx- ious to Obtain Pacific Coast Fruits, 1 J. A, Filcher of the Board of Trade Predicts a Great Boom for Our Farmers. | J. A. Filcher, manager of the State Board of Trade, returned Friday from | Hamburg, Germany, where he has be'n in charge of the Caliifornia exhibit at the great international exposition. The first question asked him by his friends is, “How about that poker game?’ While | | agreed upon the award of this medal, | which is worth $225 in comn. | Last crossing the Atlantic Mr. Filcher made | himself famous by witnessing a remark- | able poker game in which occurred a com- bination of the cards that has no equal in | the history of card-playing. The story was telegraphed all over the world, and many would have dcubted its truth if Mr. Filcher had not made affidavit to the statement. Mr. Filcher returns full of enthusiasm over the success of the California exhibit at the German exposition. He stated that just before he left Hamburg he was as- sured that this State would receive the big goid medal for the best exhibit of any country in the world. His informant is | one of the high officials of the exposition, | and he said that his co-judges had all It is for the best exhibit of all competitore. The award was to have been made on the Ist inst, The Californian states that the products of this State have caused the greatest en- thusiasm among all of the importers of Europe. While fine fruits were exhibited from all paris of the world, sull those from the Golden West put all of the others completely 1n the shade and now the de- mand for California products, fruits es- cially, is by far greater than the supply. n consequence of this exhibit the i1m- porters ot nearly all of Europe are sending ord-rs to this State five to one to which they were ordering beiore. Hamburg is the great commercial center of Europe. vear the exports to that city were about §$1,000,000, but this year they will amount to §5,000,000. This trade is parti- cularly valuable, as the terms are three days’ sight draft on bills of lading. Just before Mr. Filcher left Hamburg he urged to take the exhibit to Vienna, St. Petersburg and Copenhagen to the expo- | space, sitions to be held there. In every case the most flattering offers were made to him— light and some of the otherex- venses free. Mr. Filcher states that the California exhibit at Hamburg has done more for the State than any other means that could be thought of in the way of ad- vertising the resources of this coast. HAVE GOT A CLEW. Something Learned About Charles Black, the Runaway Boy From Rochester, N. ¥. Since the publication in Tue CALn on July 26 of the story about the boy Charles Black, who left bis home in Rochester, N. Y., because he was afraid of being ar- rested, Rev. G. B. F. Hallock of the Brick Presbyterian Church of that city has re- cewved a leiter from “T. B.,”” dated San Francisco, July 2 In the letter ‘T. B.” says that he met ihe boy in this City on June 8, and three days later gave him money to go to a cer- tain place to get work. He does not know if he went there or'not, but promises todo his best to find him. The reason “T. B.”” does not give his name is because he does not want any no- toriety by Chief Lees, or any of his detec- tives coming around him. He also gives as a reason for not disclosing the place where the boy was going is that if Chief Lees commenced to inquire about the boy he might take fright and leave. The boy has no occasion to fear any trouble and will be received most affec- tionately by his distracted parents, who will send him money totake him back home. ———— A whale can remain under water for one and a half hours. The California Exhitit at the Great International Exposition Now Being Held in Hamburg, Germany. This Exhibit Has Been Awarded the Highest Prize, the Big Gold Medal, Ovc_g All Competitors, Jede ek A e ek kot ek ook ok bk FINAL CLEAN-UP IN ' Dress Goods. | | | 159 ALL-WOOL SUITINGS, a 37-inch fabric. in modest colors, actually worth 85¢ yard, very pretiy, up-to-date and serviceable. A wind-up snap at. & Yard OUR ¢ ALL-WOOL TILE CHECKS- ]()C Modest litile checks for children’s J. o dresees,neat as wax. Floal clean-up price Yard e ... Yard OUR 50c YALE CHECKS, for kirts and suits, very popular, s8-inch, Final clean-up price.......... 2 OUR 50c SFONGE CREPONS, every color 390 a good one, 8 pieces left. To be closed « L R e RS s Yard ONE OF OUR 75¢c SILK AND WOOL ’OC NOVELTIES, a 44-inch fabric, in beau- O tifuleffects. Final clean-up price........ Yard (These values and reductions are exactly as rep- resented. Bring this ad. with you for reference.) i PRINTED TAFFETAS, 20 and 22 inch, all evening shades, elegant floral deslgns. 7750 Sold for $1.25 before clearauce. Clean- | O up price.. Ryl T JACQUARD BILKS, all dark colors, 22- Inch. A snap for silk-buyers. Sold for $1.50 before clearance. Clean-up price.. 75° Yard FANCY TAFFETAS AND SATIN BRO- CADES, guaranteed all pure silk, 19- inch, a heavy fabric. Sold for 75¢ be- fore clearance. Clean-up price.......... 50° Yard 25° Yard 2 | BLACK LACE FIGURED ETAMINES, 38-Inch. Ourentire 50cline being close out at.. OUR 75c ETAMIN stripes. Our entl clean-up...... C&/mvconmmo] 937-945 Market Street, SAN FRANCISCO. black only, fancy 9 5¢ line for a final ) 4 N " B e L L T L L R R A A A R R R A A LT L L M= kAR AR 75c¢ Silks for ... 50c Dress (ioods for. 25¢ Dress (ioods for. 25c Lace Collars for. 23c Neckties for ... 25¢ Veiling for... et AR AR AR A A o Rk Ak kAR kR Rk Wind-Up Week of Clearance Sale---Final Clean-Up. Good-By Prices on Summer Stocks---Quick-Sale Cuts. READ THE ITEMS. NO TIME FOR TALK—JUST PRICES, PRICES, PRICES. 00000 0B00C000C00C0000C FINAL CLEAN-UP IN Domestics. {000 C0,00 00000 Q00CIO0000O0000000000) ¥k INDEX TO AD. 25 Silks for.. « HandKerchiefs for. Duck Suits for 49 Duck Suits for 50 Duck Suits for. Skirts for . ALL DESCRIB® BELOW. FOA AN RN ok Ak ok S S e O FINAL CLEAN-UP IN Notions. FANCY MESH VEILING, 14inch- [C es wide, trown and navy. Ciean- € up price.. Yard MUSLIN ALL-OVER FOR SKIR' 32 inches widr, 360 yards of the 25, 1 and 85clines to be cleaned up at Yard POINT DE VENISE LACE COL | 91¢ LARS, 6-Inch points, pretty pat- 142 terns, 45 dozen to be cleaned up a; Each (Were 25¢ each.) COLUMBIA KN NG SILEK, 90 ] 90 yards on a spool (large size), as- 1Z Sorted colors. Clean-up price Spool IRIDESCENT BEAD TRIMMING, 1inch to 2 inches wide, some very - 1 ()C expensive trimmings In the lot. Clean-up price for ull alike......... Yard FINAL CLEAN IN WHITE PEARL BUTT! Sizes 18 and Be dozen 6¢c dozen ve dozen FANCY TRIMMINGS, sllk, tinsel €C aud patent teather, 1inch wide. A & center-table picking at.. . Yand NG SILK AND VEILING, with n or striped edge, 25¢ Velling for a WHITE SE GRiENADIN biack dots, 14 inch. O final clean-up. 123° Yard COLORED ) ND BAND TIES, the ones we soid at 23c, for a final clean-up at ANCY BOWS A ‘)l, c Each 8¢ Doz SHELL HAIRPIX & SD8p Of & gOooe dozen for... ches long, rice. One 3 in, by MAIL ORDER. Have your name on our mail- ing list for a copy of our large and handsomely Illustrated Fashion Catalogue for fall. The printers are crowding the print- ing. Sent free. We pay the postage. Don’t delay if you want a copy. FOURTEEN NEN RUSH THE WORK The Enormous Force Now Employed on the Hall of Justice, Bateman Brothers, Contractors, Seem Determined to Be “On Time,” Will the New Building Be Finished by the End of the Present Century ? Six Stonecutters. Two Stonesetters. Three Bricklayers. Three Laborers. One Carpenter. That Bateman Brcs., contractors for the new Hall of Justice on Kearny and Wash- ington streets, are determined to have the building finished and turned over to the Supervisors by the 1st of next March is made more than apparent by the large force of men now working on the con- struction. During five days of last week there were no less than fifteen men at work. Of these there were six -stonecutters, two stone- setters, three bricklayers, three l!aborers and one solitary carpenter. Yesterday, however, being Saturday, four of the stone- cutters, two stonesetters and the carpen- ter lay off torest in the afternoon, leaving but two stonecutters, three bricklayers and three 1aborers at work. ‘With this force of determined men on such a large building, there can be but very little doubt that Bateman Bros. will be on the safe side of the contract when | the time comes for turning the Hall of Justice over to the authorities. i On the ground there is, probably, about | | ten tons of sandstone, dressea and un- | dressed. The rest, that will in the far dis- tant future be put in place, is either in the Colusa quarry or on the way here. A portion of it may, however, be in the marble saw yards of Musta & Sons, at 707 Battery street, where it is to be cutinto | suitable blocks for the building. As for the steel girders that will at some fature date be used in the consiruction, they | may or may not still be pigiron, }nr all | the taxpayers know. But this is a matter | of indifference. One thing is certain, and thatis that by the time the buildingis | ready for the steel work there wiil be ample opportunities to have the metal | mined and cast before it will be required on the walls. Property-owners and business men on | the line o‘ Kearny and other streets in the vicinity, where the Hall of Justice will some day be erected, have time and again appealed to the Supervisors to urce upon the contractors to either go ahead with the building or take down the ob- jectionable fence which surrounds the en- closure and cover up the site with sand— anything rather than have the place kept in its present unsightly condition. But to all such entreaties the contractors paid not the slightest attention. Supervisor Sheehan visited the site a l lfi*ti;**i***i*t‘!‘*i*'ki*itllfl!!iiWkiiiitt*iitii*i*it few days ago and read the Baleman brothers a lecture on their tardine s. Toe answer was that the building would be finished *on time.” What “‘time’’ was not specified. Others, however, con- versant with contract work have nigured the time to be somewhere about the end of the present century. One builder who was present when the conversation was going on volunteered the Statement that with the present force of men now h’ work it would take about five years to fiffish tue job. Others have ale lowed to the 31st of December, 1899, with about three more years in which to do the inside work. The only men that are in no way an- noyed over the effair are the contractors, The property-owners and business men may do the worrying, the Bateman broth- ers'will do the thinking, while the lonely workmen will do the hardest portion and get the least out of the job. NEW TO-DAY. ( { i : *THE CREDIT HOUSE.” Six Stories High. NN XN NN X e bk Good Enough Table for any Parlor; large enough and cheap $2.55 enough for.. Solid quartered oak or mahogany, bana-polished, 24x4. " Oriental Draped Couch, scroli head, well upholstered, coil $3 90 . springs and casters... A Comfortable, Stylish, Willow NN IR NN NN NN NI NI NACK I A AN NN RN NN NN NN NN XN KON NN Rocger, ffinished in shellac and made for year’s wear.... Y $2.75 Metal Beds, white enamel, brass mmmingls, ?loVTr-leaf design, or- namental, cleanly and durable, three sizes ... $6-00 Large and Luxurious Fur Rugs, in white or gray. $I-35 235 te. wide, 514 ft. long. M. FRIEDMAN & CO. 233-235-237 POST ST., 130-132-134 MORTON ST., Near Stockton. OPEN EVENINGS. m&mmutmnt Raaway* ol s ternaily freumatist, Neu Fflfinfl"::?;-..mm:fi'n ey