The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 5, 1897, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1391. @ FATS AND FGURES ABUNDANCE: San Francisco’s Good Showing Before the Equalizers. GOES ARMED WITH INFORMATION. The Delegation Enabled to Answer All Questions Promptly. BELIEF THAT THE FIGHT IS WON. Should There Be a Ralse In the Assessment It Will Be Small. SACRAMENTO, CaL., Sept. 4—The| San Francisco delegation, consisting of | Mayor James D. Phelan, Assessor J. D. Biebe, Deputy Hugo Herzer, Charles Gil- dea, Alfred F. Goss, Charles Holbrook, Otto von Rbein, James Denman, Lackmann, C.A. Clinton George T.Marye Jr.,, L 8. Borden and C. A. Watson, ap- peared before the State Board of Equal- | zation to-day to demonstrate that no | possible excuse existed for raising the assessment of the metropolis. And they fully demonstrated the fact that most of the property lying within the boundaries of S8an Francisco was assessed at its full value. It was not denied that there were | many who escaped taxation on their per- sonal property, but it was deemed unjust because a few escaped taxation, the jority of property-owners should suffer consequence. support of their in statements the San Franciscans presented an immense amount of data, which had been collected for .| the enlightenment of or James D. Phelan was the first to address the board and his statement was ciear and concise. He claimed that the decrease in the valuation from last year's | assessment roll was in the main due to the item of bank assessments, and showed that Assessor Biebe had increased the roll on City real estate to the amount of $789.- 000, 2nd on improvements on the same about $2,000,000, while he placed the de- crease on ver=onal property at $12,400,000. Super visor Clinton made a strong plea John | @ | an interesied spectator, Mayor telegraphed to the bank for in- formation. Later in the duy the board re- cewve:d the following telegram from the | bank: € ptember 4, 1897. To State of Equalization: All the real | sinie owned by us 1s assessed and we pay taxes on It Ny ohe bolds ral estate for us. All that we own or control is in our name. We have no agent to buy property for us. ROBERT J. TOBIN. This d'spatch closed the Hibernia Bank incident. Hexzer made the general statement that | twenty counties 1ere assessed lower than’ Sun Francisco, a#1 1,08 Angeles was men- tioped as one. The correctness of the statement was disputed so far as Los An- geles was concerned. Sales made under the “eagle eye’’ of the lrolrule Court were then introduced by terter. One hundred and twenty-eight transactions The total amount realized was 'I‘he assess- ment thereon was al e~tate sales by sented. On bona-fide transactions num- bering 570 the sum realized was $4, The assessment thereon was In this compilation all suspicious sales were excluded. It was asserted that the State boara could not impeach these fig- ures. Long argument followed on the ques- tion wheti er an increase would bear harder on the poor than on the rich. The voard held that 1f the assessment made by the Assessor was eaqual and uniform the 1crease would fall on all alike. The Mayor saia_ it would bear heaviest on tha | poor, who owned suburban Lomes and were now paying all they could stand for streetimprovement. The morigage interest assessment fig- ures adduced by the San Francisco dele- were challenged. Volume 1 of 50-vara: taken up to prove the incor- rectness of the A-sessor's ticures. The as- sesmhnl was given at $2,803,105 ard the mortgace interest at $2,019,067. Mr. Beamer then produced from up his sleeve a record of 195 pieces taken from me 1. He gave the mortgage interest | at $2 304,065 and the assessment $2,021.000. | It was then contended that §$283,000 had escaped assessment. Herzer insisted that the board’s figures were in errorand that hisown were correct, and he maintained, morever, that prove the ‘correctness of his He haa the totals of each volume 1ain his position and really got the Heuer of Beamer and Morehouse in the d. Arnold did not intervene and brough wasan attentive listener, but 2 non-combatant. Controller Colgan was but had no sug- gestions to offer. 3eamer and Morehouse were not quite fied, and asked that volume 7 of 100 varas be taken up. 1n Morehouse'ssleeve | there must have been something, but be | did not bring it forth. Herzer gave the tigures of volume 7 at $2,218,560 for the mortgace interest, and for the assessment, $3,010317. ] Phelan asked Morehouse and Beamer where they cot_their figures, and they replied, “From the books in San Francisco.” Dr. Clhinton 1intervened to say some- thine about the good showing of these figures, butit did not take Morenouse ana Beamer long to dispose of the Supervisor. The fact was made known at once that figures were required tu meet figures, and the doctor's only figures were figures of speech, which did not count. Mayor Phelan introduced James B. Denman to the State board. Mr. Den- man submitted figures to show that prop- | erty in the region of Howard, Main and Beale streets, as well as lands and"houses | in other sections of the City, had been as- sessed at a higher figure than the actual cash value. He sought to show the general deprecia- tion of real estate values since 1890, and made a very comprehensive argument. George T. Marye was next presented. He Lad his argument well prepared, but he bogan his statement by assuming that on the part of the wage-earners against any further increase of the assessment of the City. San Francisco, as well as ycalities, had felt the pressure due rd times’ of the past few years. ar-e per cent of her laboring ciasses g but $25 per month owned their } with the exception of the mortgages carried on them and it was on the shoulders of the already overbur- dened that the increase must fall should the board deem it Tight to furiher raise | the assessment of the City and County. | He demonstrated that within the past five years rents had decreased from 25 to 40 per cent in the City and real estate values had kept pace with the aecline in tot A avera es | governed by certain rules. Morehouse at ! once said: { “May | interrupt you just for a mo- ment? Don’t assume thai the action of | It the Board of Equalization would be the board alway stablishes value. that were so you would not be here.” Marye proceeded to present statis showing the decline in manufacturing en- ergies in 8an Francisco since 1890. Beamer wanted comparative figure Marye was not confu-ed by the interrup: tion, but went on with general figures, in which a loss of $32,000 000 in manufactur- ing and a loss of $9,000,000 to labor were compated. Beamer wanted to know if Marye knew that the principal increasein the assess- ment of San Francisco was on outside lands, ana that the real estate in the husi- the same ratio. while assessments had been increased from vear to year. He produced a list of real estate and | property sales made during the past year, and assessments on them runninginto | millions, which demonstrated that the yroperty sold was assessed within 75 per cent of its actnal selling price, and hela | that Assessor Siebe’s roll covered at least | 65 per cent of the actual cash value of the entire property of the City. Chief Deputy Assessor Herzer presented | a statement, which was in partas follows: | We can present, at this point, no more powerful illusiration on the orderly manner | in which the assessment on San Francisco has | progressed during eight years last past than | astutement of the yearly returns of the As- | sessor. | Real Estate| ; Personal | Y EaRs |andImprove-| pErORSl | qotal ments. Sl (Neaion) 1890. $301,444,140 | $285,361,763 $66,08' 50,748 84,696 Thnis shows that between the years 1595 and 1897 there had been an increase of over $20 000,000, and bad_tbe assessment of over $12,000,000 on bank property been collected there would have been a corre- sponding increase in the returns. The non-collection of this could not be ai- tribated to either the Assessor or the Board of Supervisors. He further showed that the increase on real estate and improvements duriug the past year had been over $2,800,000, and that the entire roll showed an increase of 5,202,000 despite the decrease of bank property values of over $12,000,000. He also set forth that the assessed valnation of City mortgages armounted to $51,000,000 while tne assessed value of property in- volved amounted to but $73,000,000. Morehouse and Beamer listened to Her- zer's statement aitentively. Inadver- tently, pernaps, the Deputy Assessor as- sumed that the State board last year examined but few of the mortgages. In- stantly the response came from More- house that all the mortgages were exam- ined and listed by the board, Then it began to dawn on the mind of the Mayor and others of the San Francisco delega- tion that the State boara had facts and figur He made the assertion that there ‘was not one volume of the real estate roll in which ihe total of mori- gages exceeded the assessment. This statement was chal enged, and subse- quently the S:ate |board produced fizures that were at, variance vmh the figures <ubmitted by the Assessor. In the con- tention Herzer made the better showing. At this point in the proceedings the Hibernia Bank was broughtin. Refer- ence was made by Herzer to tairty-one foreclosure suit< instituted by the bank, in which the institution was the purcuner of the land, and the assessmenton the property was 97 per cent of the money loaned. Morehousednw an opening here and immediately said: “ls it not a -i;w thing for the Hibernia Bank to acquire real estate in this way? Am I to take it that tbe reportsof the Bank Commissioners a5 to iheamount of real estaie owned by the bank are not cor- rect? We have it stated in this report that the bank owns only $300,000 of real esiate?”’ The Mayor suggested that some real e<iate migut have been bought in under ioricosure and put in the name of some individual. During the noon recess the | advanced in value for assessment. ! had | S ock Exchange buildins had tallen from ness and manufacturing region had been Marye his ammunition, and insisted on fir- ingit. He mentioned thatthe rental of the ,691 jer annum to $6275. The same de- Cline applied tu the Merchants’ Exchange. A shot that had been held in reserve for weeks wa- then fired br Beamer, to the de- | lig 4t of Morehouse. Marye was asked if he knew how much the Murphy block, which sold for $460,000, was assessed for. The fact wasdisclosed that the assessment was ,000. Chesebrough, Mayor Phelan and Von Rhein all explained that with the land and building went the goed will of an old- established ~ institution, which Adam Grant would not permit any one else to s Holbrook entertained the board swered questions readily about bis | own bouse and its methods of rendering | ros for assessments, but ne could not lighten Beamer, who wanted 1o know pened that Hoffman’s siock of merchandise was assessed tor $19,000 and when a fire occurred the loss which the insurance companies paid was $121,000. Holbrook said his firm was assessed tor $151,000 for goods. Watson of the Standard Oil Company; | Borden, rt‘p"enenunh Cavtain Thompson. and O. F. von Rhein each made a state- ment to the board. The members of the | board then addressed Mayor Phelan, telling him that the oppressive | taxation jn San IKrancitco was due to ex- travagance in_local government and that the Board of Equalization was in no wise responsible. Figures as to the population and wealih of San Francisco ana Los An- geles were read to show that the cos: of local government in San Francisco was outragcous. Mayor Phelan replied: “I admit tLat the municipal govern- ment o ¥rancisco is extravagant; but we responsibilities and obliga- tions as a metropolis, which we seek to falfill. pay much more money to We maintain schools than we secure in ap- portionment. Our park is maintained at an expense of $1000 & day for the people of the whole State. Our institutions, such as the almshouse, shelter people from the interior. Mention was made of San Francisco miilionaires, and the Mayor was asked it he could name one in Los Angeles, *Yes,” said the Mayor. Mr. Beamer—Who is he? Mavor Pheian—Bradbury. [Laughter.] The delegation continued its argument until nearly 7 o'clock this evening, but the later proceedi consisted of a series ofquestions on the mass of testimony as tothe financial status of the City which the San Franciscans had produced during the day. From remarks made duri ng the evening by various members of the board it Was very evident that the delegation produced a more than favorable impression on the me‘;nbers In fact one of the equaliz.Ts said: It is the first time that San Francisco has ever sent us a delegation willing to give all information at their command without any attempt at pulliozing. They have acted as gentlemen, and the board fuily appreciates it Thev have made as good a showing as was possible for them to do, and 100 per cent better one than was ever before made by any representa- tives of the Bay City.” At the present time nothineg authentic can be learned as to the intention of the board in treating the assessmen: of San ¥rancisco, but the indications are that 1t will either make a small increase or else allow the present assessment to stand and make some sizht reduction on sume of the interior couniies in order to equalize. LOVEOFTHE | | This was at the time when the watchman | enter the fac:ory that nightin company | | r SAUSAGE-NAKER Luetgert Was Much In- fatuated With the Widow Feldt. Although a Witness for the Defense She Testified Against Him. He Told Her Several Times That He Intended to “‘Settle” With His Wife. CHICAGO. IiL., Sept. 4.—All in all it, was a bad day tor the defendant in the | Luetgert murder trial. The strengest evi- dence which has yet been given against him was brought out, and some of it was damaging. The witness who gave the strongest evi- dence against the sausage maker was Mrs. Chistina Feldt, a widow with whom the prosecution alleges Luetgert was infatuat- ed, and to whom it is claimed he has writ- ten a number of love letters since he has been confined in jail. Mrs. Feldt is the widow whose name has been so often mentioned in connection with the case. It was believed she wouid | be one of the main witnesses for the de- | fense, but she had not been before the ! jury two minutes when it became appar- | | ent that she had gone over to the prosecu- | tion. She said that on various occasions Luet- | gert said to her that he did not care for | his wife, and once said that he thought more of Mary Simmerine, the domestic in | the house, than of Mrs. Luetgert. He also said that he had many quarrels with | his wife, and when Mrs. Feldt asked him | why he did not secure a divorce he said that as soon as his financiai troubles were | over he *“would settle with her.”’ He repeated this several times called his wife a ‘‘carcass’ names equally pleasant. and and other | It was said 1o | be the object of the prosecution in baving | Mrs. Feldt on the stand to show that | Luetgert was desirous of getting rid of | nis wife for the purpose of marrying the | widow, but this was not made clear. Mrs | Feidt said, however, that he had made | threats against bis wife many times. | A niece of Mrs. Luetgert and two other | women identitied the rings teken frow the vat as being the property of Mr-. Luetgert. The niece said she at one time | had borrowed the rin:s and ‘worn them. Guttlieke Schimpf, 16 years old, said that on the nigh of the disappearance of | Mrs. Luetgert =he saw about 11 o’clock, as | she was reiurning from a dance, the de- ] fendant ana his wife enter the factory. | was absent, Lueteert baving sent him on an errand to the drugstore. On cross- examination the girl broke down badly and denied several things she had pre- | viously said. She was given time to com- | pose herself and took the chair again, | She broke down a second time, and then | the court took matters into his own hands and asked her if she saw Mrs. Luetgert with her husband. She was very positive that she had seen them. The State, it is said, will in a short time produce as evidence the portiou of a hu- man skull, 4 number of teeth and a finger joint which were found in the factory, and | will endeavor to show that they beionged to the missing woman. One of the features of the sensational ! trial is the flocking in irom all portions of the country of newspaper correspondents, who crowd the regular press seats and | tbrong the space witnin the railings where | improvised desks have been placed for them. The majority find all the features necessary in tne stirring incidents of the | trial, but some of thereporters have lnund it necess.ry to callupon their imagination | for striking scenes and coloring. Luetgert’s most prominent chnraetens- tic is his stolid, unflinching beuring, his | face rarely showing more expression than | the back of his massive neck; yet. in his ! biank countenance enterprising journs ists find daily depicted all the human pas sions, from a desire for a glass of beer, to abject terror and soul-torture. At a re- cent sestion «ne outlandish sireet band, short on meloay and long on breath, ! stopped beneath the courtroom windows and turned loose a stream of popular airs. | ‘Luetgert, with everybody else present, 1' was amused at the temporary interrup: | tion, but in the incident a melancholy | correspondent or two saw a scene of mor- | bid interest. Out of the ravishing strain- of “*Sweet Rosy O'Grady” and "My Gal ls a High-Born Lady” they conjured a fu- neral march, and with harrowing minue- | ness of detail described the couvul- lon of fear which swept across the prisoner’s pal- lid countenance. To the average specia- tor the countenance was rather red and moist as a result of the high temperature of the crowded room, but for all that it/ was none the less pallid in the correspond- | ents’ reports. The big defendant reads these gupnic tales with great interest, and seems to be highly amused by them, frequently in- dulging in hearty luughtar av the di covery that he is 'broken down” or is “‘on the verge of a collapse.” i Several letters alleged to have been written by Luetgert to Mrs. Christine Feldt were made public to-night, and will, the prosecuiion announced, be subm:tied to the jury Monday. They abound in such endearing terms as “beloved Chris- tine,” *my bsloved dear Christine’’ and the like, and were written at various times since Luetgert’s arrest. ! He irequently asserts his innocence and | RuezZ says he believes thera is no evidence to cenvict bim, severeiy condemning Attor- ney Tripp, who was formerly nis counsel, and urging Mrs. Feldt to assist him m rwising money for lawyers’ fees. He several times declared that he will soon be free *and with you,” and says, | “'we will then have all tne money we w m " To one letter he adds this post- “What you are doing now, you mll be proud of hereafter, that vou have fultilied my wisiies, for your faitnfutness will be recognized by your | ving Louis when we need nonmnA of this time any longer. Your Louis.”’ 1n another isthis mixture of sentiment and thriftiness: “‘But now, beloved Chris- tine, one thinx is 10 this ':lay, and that is the need of money, and much money, and all the money I haveis in your possession. I beiteve it is just as ypood in your bands as in mine. %Iow, Christine, please be comtoried. The factorv is closed; that does not matter. We have but fifteen months time to keep possession of the same, CO vueqnently time enough to make money out of it. “I have two people on hand who want to buy the piace for $150,000. The entire debts amount to $75,000. Certainly they only want the busine-s. I should run it for them. That will leave us a nice sur- plus. Now, my beloved triend, these two attorneys are bloodsuckers. What do you think about it; if you and Arnold woula make a contract with Vincent or some other good atiorney and pay so much down and the balance when Iam free?’ ! Itatian Grain Duties. ROME, IravLy, Sept. 4.—The Itaiian Government is careiully watching the movements for and against the suspension of the duties on n. Itis believed the Government wiil not consent to their suspension. THE EMPORIUM AND GOLDEN The Butterick Pattern Department Is located on the main floor, off ro- tunda. Ladies will find there a com- plete line of these celebrated patterns and the Butterick publications. New Silks— Our Fall silk Stock includes all The Roman the latest novelties | Strlpes. in stripes, checks, plaids and other designs. Many thousand dollars worth of new arrivals will greet you this week, and the prices are all anti-tariff. Here are three special offerings: All Silk Taffetas in the new Roman and instead of $1.00 per yard on special sale at 75(: Fancy Changeable Jacquard Figured Silks, more than 20 designs in large and small patterns, and many choice new color effects, greens, bright reds, purples, etc., would be considered good value at $1.25 and $1.50 yard. 90 Special prices $1.00 and.. C Plain and Fancy Smped " Taffeta Glace, for dresses, waists, underskirts, efc., very heavy, very handsome color effects, 1.35 to $1.50 would be regular prices. This week’s special $I_oo price. = b We open Monday a direct importation of beautiful printed French Flannels. i Famel there are 122 different styles and in all 366 pieces. Where else can you see half so manyr Of course, they are the arrlvc.i,and)éou\\lllno(bedbappolnpd if we charged you 1oc less a S 50c On Spc(ldl Sale BeltS a"d Tables, in main Garters. *these three real bargains : misses or children, button fasten- ers, tue regular 15¢ kind, for..... |0€ sale a limited quantity of 25c Leather Belts, and excellent value at ’ - I15¢ Silk Elastic Belts, 5 mmes wide, with oxidized silver or_ gold buckles, newsst fall effects, for (hey hav: just vard than others ask.. aisle, first floor, Lisle Elastic Side Garters, for ladies, Fo} Monday morning we \\nl puton that, for.. were regularly $1.25. This lnt 75 stripe effects and £ancy two-toned ! checks and plaids, width 20 inches, | RULE BAZAAR. REE22ER) 22 - 22D ST I THE EMPORIUM AND Patrons of the Golden Rule Bazaar Are Ready. some of them: STRICTLY ALL-WOOL PLAIN CLOTH, szinches wide, in all of the new fall shades, a cloth that cannot be sold regu- larly under soc yard, 60 pieces only on sale this week 39c MELTONETTE—A pure-wool fabric for tailor-made suits, re- sembling the covert cloths used in men’s light overcoats, full 52 inches wide, would be an excel- lent value at $1.00 the yard, 24 pieces in the proper fall color- ings, will go on sale Monday: at....... ..z 75c BLACK NOVELTY SUIT- INGS—s2 inches wide, strictly all wool, 8 small effective pat- terns, made from a hard twisted yarn which gives it excellent wearing qualities, guaranteed not to shine or spot, 20 pieces on sale Monday at per yard 75C will find most of the stocks ready for inspection and on sale in our new quarters in the Parrott Building. Many thousand dol- lars’ worth of changes and improvements are being made, and as a consequence the hammering is incessant. soon be finished, however, and for the present we have taken another slice off the prices of hundreds of articles throughout the house which you cannot afford to overlook, notwithstand- ing the noise. 1 $35.000 Worth of . New Dress Goods were imported under the old tariff schedule, and are now at prices below current market quotations. nately the fabrics Here are CHEVIOT SERGES—s54 inches wide, in black and full line Fall Colorings, the most serviceable and popular cloth that we have, would be cheap at $1.25 per yard, sellsat sight at our special price 75C TWO-TONED WIDE WALE | DIAGONALS—44 inches wide, in effect very silky, for they are made from the finest Australian wool yarn, the combinations of colors are extremely artistic, 28 pieces go on sale Mon- 95C day, per yard.. We show to-morrow complete lines of Muscoviles, UVenehans, Meltonettes, Epengalines, Pop- lines, Satin Princess, Bengalines, Broadcloths, Redferns, London Twills, efc., in the newest shad- ings. Our fancy novelties are conceded to be the prettiest show Lin this city. Furniture and Carpet Sales Extraordinary. to glose ill e W: are sole Ladies’ Fall 2.2 Celebrated Underwear suiarier Normal Sani- and Hosiery. i oo L"nd:m':ar. At $1.50 Garment. Ladies’ Stutigarter Sanitary Woolen Vests and Pants, lightor heavy weizht, long or short sleeves, sizes 28 to 42, guaranteed not to snrink. New fall stock. At $1.00 Garment. Ladies’ Heavy Weight Ribbed Wool Vests and Pants, pink, blue, red, white, black and natural, long orshnruleeves, pants with Hemh band, pearl buttons, all seams covered, re, rulnr price $1.50 garment. New fall stock. At $1.25 Garment. Wool Union Suits, butioned across the shoulder, colors white and natural gray, soid always at $1.50 the suit. New fall stock. At 25c Pair. Ladies’ or Children’s Heavy Black Wool Hose, seamless, softand durable, regular goc kind. New fall stock. At 60c Pair. Ladies’ Scotch Plaid Hose, in the newest patterns; also extreme novelties in Lisle Hosiery, with black boots and Persian smped uppers. all We make the first Ladies’ Fall Shg;’;g;o} St Neckwear. novelty that is in correct taste. Received last Friday many new styles of Black Ruches, large and fuil, beautifuliy made from India Silk and look as tnough they would wear well, each. $l .65 to $4 .50 n:w conceit in neck dressings, can be worn thI;x any dress, come in cream and black only, introductory price only. ereeean 5OC Embroidered Bat|>te> and Chlffon\ embroidered in black, white and colors, extensively used ror dress fronts, an incomparable stock to choose from, pcr yard....‘.. - % | ) | } | | g | | | g é é | | ] | ] ) Margucme Collarettes — Entirely | Ladies’ Heavy Weight Australian | Soiid Oak Cobbler-Seat Rocker, like picture, former prlce $2 35 o $4.00, now Mahogany Parlor Solid Oak or Tables, like picture, highly finished, a bargain at $1.50, on special sale 65 this week at......cccereeeenne.e C Axminster Carpets. made, laid and lined, yard..$1.07; |3 This is our special offering for 100 rolls of Fine Axminster. Many hand- some patterns, including the popular Colonial and Empire designs. The new tariff on carpet wool precludes the possibility of duplicating this offer when the present lot is sold. These stocks must be re- duced to make room for the mountains of new goods pouringinevery day. Now is the time to buy and make sure of handsome savings. Oak-Finish Dining-Room Tables, 3 feet 6 inches, box top, 6 feet long when extended, 2 center legs and curved brace Iegs, carved panels; $6 00 B really worth $10, this week \ | Linen Warp Matting, worth 35¢ pard to-day,on sale at 25¢ The new tariff bill puts a duty of 1oc l a yard on this grade of matting. They will cost much more next season. 100 Hassocks of Finest Wil- tons or ‘Brussels, on sale Monday and until sold at 25¢ Good-Wearing Gloves for 75c a Pair. For ladies or children. At 75C. The ladies’ are made with 4 large pearl buttons or 2 patent clasps, embroidered backs, black, Eng- lish reds, tans, ox-blood, white, butter and pearl. They are our special leader. At 50c¢ Children’s Kid Gloves, ® with 4 large pearl but- tons, embroidered backs, In a good as- sortment of staple colors. “Also spe- cial leaders at soc and 75¢ pair. We believe that we have the lar- gest assortments of Gloves at the lowest prices to be found west of Chicago. anteed and Kept in repair as long as they last. All Gloves fitted, guar- .00 English Derby Walking At‘ sl Gloves, 2 patent clasps and heavily embroldered backs, black, brown, tans, English reds, white and the new pomard. ~Positively the best wearing glove in the market at the price. At $| 15 To introduce it—a beauti- ful $1.50 glove, perfect in fit, satisfactory in wear, seal brown, | dark tans, ox-blood, English reds, | golden browns, white and fast black, The Emporium. The first GRAND ]' « Makes offerings HOWING of me:fi':f“'.fs‘;:;ze i Linens and season, and fortu- | [ e L, GOLDEN RULE BAZAAR. ) ¢ % Chinese and Japanese Bazaar Now on main floor, Jessie - street side, the most beautiful Oriental Ba- zaarin any store in America. Strangers visiting the city should not fail to see it. It will Department appeal forcibly to every economical houseKeeper in this city ‘and vicinage. Two samples of each herewith; dozens of equally as good bargains at the counters. 74-inch Washed Drill Table Dam- ask, ail linen, 10 different patterns very heavy serviceable cloth, $| .00 per yard.. e Three-quaner Square All-Linen Nap. kins, to match above, worth 3 .00 $4.50 doz. On sale this \veek at — Cream Turkish Towels, 22x48 inches, fringed and colored bor- 20(: ders, $2.40 dozen, or each....... 2 cases 11-4 Mitcheline Quilts in biue and white and red and white, worth @ $1.75 each. On sale at.. < 10 cases 72x72 inches Printed Bed Com- fo:ters, oduriess white cotton filling, worth $1.25 cach, On sele this ()¢ week at... And use as TapeSt‘ries draperies— to Cover (hic iy Furniture —beautiful in pattern and coloring, and very low in price, quality considered. so-inch Tapestries in floral :'!md con- ventional designs — 20 goo colors—per yard 35C heavy— so-inch Tapestries, per yard. 65¢ Very Finest so-inch Tapestries, in Bagdad and Oriental deilgn<— 750 per yard.. ; LACE CURTAIN SPECIAL. On sale Monday, until sold, 1oco pairs only of Fine Lace Curtains that were $1.75 to $2 per pair. To particu- larly attract your attention to the newlyreorganized Curtain and Drapzrv Depanment—on sale Monday at $L.10. Men’s Furmshmgs. THREE SPECIALS IN MEN’S UNDERWEAR. Men’s Glastenbury’s Medium- weight Blus Australian Lambs’ Wool Shirts and Drawers — were 75 $1.25—to close, per garment... C Men’s Medium-weight Gold Aus- tralian Lamb’s W ool Shirts and Draw- ers—were $1.25—to close, per garment... # 75¢ - Men’s Medium-weight Camel’s Hair Cashmere Shirts and Drawers—were L.15—to cl r t. $1.15—to close, per garmen 75(: Men’s Utica Muslin Night Shirts, prettily trimmed and embroidered, cut full length and tull in the body 45 —regular 75¢ value.........Each C Men’s Fine Kid Glovcs, in the new- est shades, handsomely stitched, short or long fingers, all sizes, rez- ular $1.50 valfie—sp:ciél at. $|-00 For Admission Day celebration at Santa Rosa—Men’s Fine Black Sateen Overshirts, nicely made up, with pearl buttons,yoked back and 36 inches Jong—prices 50c. 95c and $1.25 Each. 100 doz. Men’s White Bodv, Percale Bosom Shirts, with separate cuffs—all good styles—all sizes. Toclose balance of season’s stocks these $1 and 65 $1.25 Shirts go this week at C Ladies’ an Children’s Handkerchiefs. .. consignments arrived during past week, including: Children’s, in white and colored bor- ders, at....: .3c, 5¢, 7c and 10c very satin finish—many patterns— The new stock al- most com- plete. Ladies’, in embrmdcred and lace edges—pretty designs.........9¢ to 48¢ Ladies’ Irish or German Linen and Sheer Lawn, hemstitched, at 10c to 50¢ QUICK MAIL ORDER SERVICE For out-of-town folks. Prices no higher than thosc charged over the counter. Write for our new Fall and Winter Cata- logue, shortly to be issuzd. RS Qe 222 Qe E22ESNGZ22ED) THE GULF T1RAIN HOLDUP. was blown to pieces and they [a lot of money upon his arrival with his) Campbell’s office, where she nhad passed got what was in it.. Much of the | white bride. the night, to her hotel apartments. Sue baggage, for it was a combination e s was conscious, but extremely weak from Express flassongar Tells the Story. A Daring, Business-Like and Successful Exploit. FORT WORTH, 1 Sept. 4.—Charles P. Drew, the Pacific Kxpress Company's messenger on the Guif train held up nesr Foisom, N. Mex., last night, tells this story of the hoid-up, which was very dar- ing, very businesslike and thoroughly suc- cessful: ‘About seven miles south of Folsom the engineer and fireman were hailed by two men crawling over the tender. With leveled six-shooters they commanded them to hold up their hands, which they did. The robbers then ran the engine to a point they iudicated, where the train was stopped. “Then they turned theirattention to me, that is, they came back and crawled into my car. I had opened the door when the train stopped and two more m'n who were at the point covered me with re- vo{lvers and tried to make me open the safe. “I had a little tussle with them before that and was knocked down twice and got asore head and 2 bad punch with the muzzle of a gun in my ribs. They said they woula kill me if I did not open the safe. I told them they would have to kiil me, because I could not open ths safe and would not if 1 could. “Then they used dynamite, firing three shots—two sticks in each of the first two and four in the last. The through safe car, was ruined, and the car so badly wrecked that we had to 'drop itat the first place where we could get a freight- car, into which the express and baggage were transierred. The men were all masked. I bavenoidea of the amount of money they secured.”’ Superintendent Case of the * Pacific Ex- press Company said this evening that he had a message from Superintendent Webb of the Gulf road, which stated -that they had several posses #fter the robbers. They thought they knew them and that the prospects for capturing them were good. Passengers on the train say the amount of booty was a little over $13,000. —_— MARRKIES 4 CHINESE. AMiss Carol Dinvmore Is Wedded to One of Her Pupils, NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 4 —John A. Taylor, a Chiueze, of Oakland, Cal., son of Jung Hoy, a wealthy Chinaman there, and Miss Carol B. Dinsmore of this ciiy were united in marriage Tuesday at tie City Hall by Alderman Hare. The girl is quite pretty and is but 22 years old. She hay been a teacher in the Moti-street Mis- sion, and the Chinaman with tie Ameri- can name was one of her pupils, and later one o! the instructors. The Chinaman was born in Hongkong twenty-five years ago. When asked if there were any objec- tions to their being paired 1n wedlock Miss Dinsmore said both were of a She asked that the word *‘obey” be left out of the ceremony. The couple will go to Oak- 1and for their wedrlin. trip. Iv is said that the bridegroom’s father will give him Acery Harrtman. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 4 —The mar- riage of Miss Bertha Cornwall Ray of Chi- cago, daughter of the late Dr. C. H. Ray, one of the founders of the Chicago Tribune, to Avery Harriman, professor of law in the Northwestern University, was celebrated at the home of the bride’s sis- ter, Mrs, James P. Andrews, in Hartiord, Conn,, Rev. D. D. Huntington, Bishop ol New Yunc, officiai:ng. Miss Harriet Seelye, daucghter of President Seelye of Smith College, and Miss Margaret Norton, daughter of Professor Charles Eliiot Nor- ton of Harvard, acted as bridesmaids. W. Russell Duane' of Philadelphia, Harvard '88, a classmate of the bnuexroom, was best man. Mr. Harriman was graduated from Harvart_in the class of 88 and from the Boston University Law School two years later. Tue bride is a recent graduate of Smith Collece. Mr. and Mrs, Harriman will live in Chieago. e Miss Carmen May Die. CHICAGO. ItvL, Sept. 4.—Mrs. George Middleton’s furious assault on Miss Belle Carmen Monday night may result in the actress’ death. Toe police have taken her ante-mortem statement. Her assailant’s hearin g is set for September 29, and she is out on her own bonds for $500. The friends of Miss Carmen think Mrs. Mid- dleton has been treated too leniently -nd swore out two new warrants. Miss Carmen was removed from Dr. NOTABLE WEDDING IN NEW YORK. Miss Bertha Cornwill Ray United to loss of blood. Tie dangerous wound isa deep stab in the left shoulder near the neck, which severed an artery. The phy- sicians have not been able to stop the flow The otber wouunds, while pain- ful, are not considered serious. POt s Dynamo and Motor Trust. MILWAUKEE, Wis, Sept. 4 —The Journal says: In furiherance of a scheme which the Westinghouse Electric Com- pany of Pitisburgand the Baldwin Loco- motive Works Company of Philadelphia planned a year ago to absorb all the more important independent manufactories of electric dynamos and motors, the com- bination, under the name of the Westing- house Eiectric and Mauuiacturing Com- pany, has bought out the interests of the Gibbs Eleciric Company of Milwaukee, The consideration is said to be $50,000. of blood. NEW TO-DATY. CONSUMPTION To THE EDITOR : I haye anabsolute Cure for CONSUMPTION and all Bronchial, Throatand Lung Troubles, and all conditions of Wasting Away. By itstimely use thousands of apparent- iy hopeless cases have been permanently cured, So proof: itive am I of its power to cure, I will send })REE to anyone afilicted, THREE BOTTLES of m E Newly Discovered Remedles, upon receipt of xpress-nd Postofi‘:cud dress. Always sincerely v TAS smcvir M.Coy 185 Bearl St., New York. jease mention this paper. the Doctor,