The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 4, 1897, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4 1897. PED 00T BY A Bl BLAZE y A Dozen Families Rendered | Homeless Near Towns- end Street. The Department Cailed Out on Three Quickly Sounded Alarms, loss in g homeiess a dozen out mnear the 1y’s Townsend- afternoon and ince of the )artment. first alar: for a blaze le occupied by for . Whit- reet, a smali 'd between was close broke ¢ Compa was e T able iriver Crooks ff Thwn The soon was hay and had set on houses and short time 1t the t the entire d be swept Chief yie street ames from that line of and in tuis their icapved by the s and over tw furniture that amaged, and the le, they will jeel an hour tne ler control. They e 8¢ fine the fire to T n the west side of Clyde the stzble and one house on r The cipal victims and cet, No. 11, James Newell’s teuts, of hay, harness, etc.; son, dwelline and part The side of tt The upr west aged. Mrs, Wi lia by Jam rous. d 215 Murphy of Usk- | No.3 was a | J. Fr.iz, who | ral families, { re J. Scrouse and Mrs. r parlt was notoc be.ong to the Liut vacant. No. ) was occe iennyson, an1 No. 6 M tewart Nos. 7and and occupied by Mr. and 8 was rented by C. Fin- . by Mr. Fiynn, ). {hese premises the loss perty amounted to from vut le of it was cov- e surance. With the builaings s cousiderable, and the ex nce cannot -be est da; Captain Com- )L estimates the total hn Boraen, a Mrs is not known, but some boys who were ble « litte while be- may bave had the Shape «of a the Phelan ber Smites Was About Column as a ien will rn Moses, in : a horse and r naught. ccompany its After to-day it n three is expectea e to enjoy the | of the Mayor. | for the defect i | re seems to be a | the error has dem- that water will not flow :h sohd stone. Of course, the plans | nded that there snould be drainage | canals for the overflow from the basins, | t whether Willis Poik forgot this in the | cification, or the contractor’s anger | re out before the work was done. is a tter that a referee will have to dever-| However, the mistake is now beinz ectiied, but at the cost of some addi- ginal design of the sculptor. | v ied that the waste water | d find its way underground by way | 11ddén canals in the base of the col- uniii. Now the contractors in order to ut thie fountain in working order will his water 10 the drainage basins hy means of improvised bronze snakes which [ te nitached to the outside of the pei- ta he improvement may be the f bringing many a bipulous toper 10 a sense of the future, besides reflecting tiie beduty side of Wiilis Poik’s ingenuity. Ihere are those wWho say that the sud- tion of the architect to brinz water | . tain was hastened by Super- Briti, who was preparing to nave e “monument’* declared a nuisance un- s it was dedicated to its original pur- rated the fac tiro Liid > o — Mnmmmxng Ii THE CALL of next Sur day will be An Expo.ition nes:: Practicc What Bellamy Preches. BT ETETET Y. t was | , and | imn for | | Louis Sternberg, STERNBERG NOT PARDONED Released From State Prison | on a Commutation of Sentence. He Is Not Restored to the i Rights and Privileges of | Citizenship. | The Petition Signed by Members of the Legislature—How Senatorial Courtesy Was Used. who colonized the | Forty-second Assembly District in the in- terest o' Senator Mahony in 1894, and who was convicted of felony for so doing and sentenced in February, 1805, to a term of | three years in Folsom prison, was last | | Monday released by Governor Budd. Sternber: 1s in town again and yester- | houses | e to got their | | was ten months in the County Jail | prociamation, is-ued last sMonday | day received the congratulations of many of his acquaintanzes | The popular notion that Sternberg was perdoned is a mistake. The Governor simply commuted his sentence. The executive clemency bestowed in this case do=s not restore to Steruberg the rignts and pr.vileges of citizznship which he en- ved before his conv.ction. Governor Budd’s view of the case is that Stern- berg's term of imprisonment, expiring nine months hence, has simply been | commuted. One of tne grounds for com- mutatior was the fact that the prisoner prior to his incarceration in the State prison. Following is the text of Governor Budd’s which mukes Sternberg a free man 8, In the month of Fe A. D. 4t u regu ar se-siou of perior Court, held in and for the city and county of San Francisco, in sail State, ernoerg was t:ied and conv.cted of the crime of felony and sentenced to undergo an imprisonment in the Siate prison for the lerm of three years; 2 dwi ted the crix as the procu iich he was cou- residents of the cily who were lezal voters thereoi. to register {in a Senatorial district, otn than thatof { their residence, it uot ed that | they voted o tered n onc:. This was tl violation 100 laws, known as ¢rlonizaiy ch has grown into custom, bul was 1 by the vigorous prosecution of Sternberg and othe: the vo-story frame | | In { 1 sdvic fand the State commitiee, I the request of the San the prosecu- n expires e nine months ¥ credits on his bs und two weeks he y J and s young of excellent revious good cnaracter, and not of nd is the onlv one pun- ed of all those guilty of Violating the elec- n laws in Sa ucisco in 1894; and here:s, it woula be a maiter of impropriety wud inju r one so cluse recied with ot thirty- some Senntors, and :Ung iu 8 uest thereicr, all Sin Francisc the request; e with them, anu A. J. sceu secured the s behalf, and Pricon Directors making lavor- 1897, after the recommenda- Directors, the Mayor of san n. James D. Pheian, did tele- 1 dewy action ou said A protest of the citizens d be procured aud o d, and after two weeks' received the protest. Considering lancuage of whicl. anc the ease with can be obtained and pub- 1<, three in number, e that all proceedings in ood :aith, the rotestdoes facts, petitions and recom- belialf were in not overvear th mendations avove, but 18 an evidence of the acgniescence of e citizens o° Fraucisco in he acis of the Semators, Assemblvmen and jurymen mentioned, and in the e Board o Prison Directors. Fully agreelng with the Mayor and protest- ants as 10 the seriousness of offenses against the election laws—I will be as ready to aid in their proseention @s | was in securing tue conviction of Sternberg; but for the reasons herciu stated I deem the shortening of Stern- berg’s sentence proper. igment ot | In.conc.usion the document sets forth that *tre sentence of Louis Sternberg shall expire and terminate on the 1st day of November, 1897, and is signel by the Governor. It is interesting at this time to study the influences which brought about the petitions for S ernbery’s pardon. The | fact was well known at Sacramenio last winier that Senstor Mahoney was using 1hat guiet iittie pull known as **Senatorial courtesy’’ for all that it was worth. He secured the signatures of many Senators, | who signed simp.y to gravity a brother | Senator. It was aso spoken above a whisper that Sternbergz was not the chief offender. and never stood a chunce of be- ing tue chief gainer by the offense. the esuumation of many who com- mented on the case it was held that equal and exact justice was not rendered wnen | one of the oifenders was sent to the peni- tentiary and others in the same class were | sent to tha Loeislature. The petitions presented to Governor Budd were worded and signed as folion To his Ezecl'ency, James H. Budd, Governor of the State of aliforniz—>1R: 1he undersigned, our _ peiitiuners, respecifully and arnestiy petition your Excellency to vardon one Louis Sternbere, couvicted on the 5 h day of February, 4. D 1895, in the Superior Cc of tte City aud Coun y of San Fraucisco, Sta of Celifornia, for tie crime of fesony, to wit: | a viotation of the election law, for which he. wes sen ence 1o three years in the State prison at Folsom, Cal. Your petitioners te that before the trial | | diced by such an act oi clemency on the part | | young man should be set at liberty justice ] good record and the eminent respectability ot ! that the pirdon be granted. of sald Sternberg in said Superior Court, he was for a long period of time incarcerated in the County Jail of said City and County of San Francsco. Your petitioners further siate that tne said Sternberg is » native of the State of Caliiornia: that his parents are residents of said City ana County uf S8an Francisco, and that he has heretofore been a good ciiizen, and has always, previous to his said convie- tion, borne & goi d reputation for truth, hon- estiy and integrily, and that he was the main support of his aged farhe" and motner. Your petitioners believe that the said Stern- berg has been sufficiently punished for the wrongdoing chargea against him and we are confident that if pardoned he will conduct himseil as a law-abiding citizen, and that the interests of tbe community will not be preju- ur Exceilen e assure your crcise of your prerogative of of y v xcellency that if in the ex- pardon this W L not suffer and your Excellency wiit have exercised an act of merciful clemency in a proper caus We feel assured that investigation of ail the I will_ demonstrate that the crime for which seid Sternberg was punished was one Iacking in criminal intent, and in view of the fact o his punishment to this time, his past members of which his nis fami.y, upon the v, we feel Warrauted in disgrace falls keeul askinz this act of mer<y ujon your part. Siuce toe incarceration of s+id Stern- berg the wife ot said Steruberg has died, while er husband was sbsent trom her side, thus adding to his punishment, msery and gries, and adding another reason for the exercise oi exccutive clemency. Your vetitioners therefore earnestiy request Assemblymen—W illiam H. Gately, Forty-fifih Districs Edward ~. Ryan, For. y-tourt] M.E. Ameri Forty-sixth: Henry McGrath, Thirty- six.h; Heury M, Kel| Toirtieth: John A.len, T'weutv-uinti: Lawrence Harris, Six'y-eighth: J. H. Goff, sevent ght ieon K. Joues, I hiriy- TEREDOES WANT | THE ONIVERSE That's What the Harbor Commissioners Think of the Little Pest, Their Appetite Caused a Dis- sension at a Meeting of the Board, | Bids for Creosoting Piles Thrown Qut — Other Business Transacted. That little beast known as the teredo— the animal of diminutive stature but of ninth: K. D. Soward, Sixth; . W. Leavitt, Fort; eish hi L. J. Do av, Thirty-fifih; Leon Denne | Foruy-third:; Fiank Mahoney, Thirty-fourt George K. Godf.ey. Thirty. hird: S. M. Bettman, Fortieth; Johu Power, Thilrty-vecond: 10renzo A Henry, Foriy-second: Wiliam M. Cutter, Eighth: W. K. Price, sixteen h: 0. F.' Hied- | ing, Fory-mnth: narry L _ Muicrevy. | Thirty-seveuth: 1T. Treacy, Thirty-first: | ruzene F. Lacy, I weniy-elghth; Gustave Pohl | m (hiry-elghth; J. A Waymure, Fry seventh: r.”J. Emmons, Sixty- Sui- ford, ~inth: N. E. Ma colm, Fifiy-fourtn. W. B Guy, Seven ath: 1. G. McCandiish, eizhin; Henry C. Dibble, Forty-first: krank C Coomus, Lighteentu: T. H. Valeatine, Sevent fourth; Brew.ter C. Kenyo-, Seveuty-secoud: W. 1. Shanahau, Fifch: ThomasO. 1oiana, Sixt viuth: W. G Hudsou, Sixiy-arsc; Hare BN rih, Fiftieth; Arthur W. North, «leventn: W. 8. Melick, Seventieih; W, M. Sims, Iwentieth. A. Caminetti, Fifteench; S. F. knpis, Twenty-firat. Senators—J. H. Seawell, Eighih District: Hugh Toncr, Eighteenth: L. J. Dwyer, Nineteenti; Sidney Hal, Twenty-third: J. Hollow Tenth: E. 5. Des Thirt -enth; J. 1 irey-ni .th: 1rou Second: T. J. Jones, Fourth: . i . Gleaves, M. A Shivpee, Twenty-ointh: K Linder, Thir.y-secon e F. Beri. Iwentieth. B Fifteentn: Percy S. H. nderon, John J. ° Feeney, Twenry - fifth: Araw, Sixth; F rancs, Thirtieth; Prisk, Lfaira; C. L. 1a Gue, Seventh: E. W. Chapman, Fifth: J. L Bead, 1went C. Voorheis Fourteenth H. V Tuirty-first; S. N. Audrous, Thirty-e Giliett, First; Stra.lon, I weuty-seveuth Robert N. Bulla, Thirty-seveuth; A.J. Pedlar, Sixtee.th: C. M. *impson, Thir Smith, Thirty-fourth; J. J Lnchsiuger, Johu H. wickiuson, Eleventh; 1humas ond ugene Wk in. Jr.; Edward Ihicty-thisd; D. L. Withington, Fortieth; L Wolfe, « wen <t We, the undersigned jurors in the case aga Louis Sternberg, convicted on Februe ary 5, 1895, of a viowuon of the election laws, Dercuy state that we are willing Lo sign an application for 8 pardon of said Sternbe provided that eight of the jurors wiil agres sigu such application. ANDREW WILKIE, J. b, GIMORE W. F. BOWERS, G. H. LUCHSINGE HUGH = C. CORBIE N. BRACE, K. C. HARN, J. G. WETMORE. In view of the further fact that the | Board of Prison Directors reported recom- mending a shortening of S:ernberg’s term | Governor Budd ieels that he was amply | jus ators and Assembivmen. AFTER MASKED ~ MEN. The Police Have a Description | of the Robbers of John Conception, Captain of Detectives Ben Bohen Has Detailed Detective Anthony | on the Case. ‘ Captain of Detectives Bohen has de- tailed Detective Anthony to investigate the case of John Couception, the Spaniard who was robbed, tied and beaten by masked men at Sixth and Harrison streets last Wednesday evening, as was published exclusively in THE CaLL of last Saturday. Anthony called upon Conception at the Continental Hotel on Sunday night and procured the latter’s account of the dar- ing and bold robbery. Conception in- formed the detective that the leader of the robbers had a scar on his face that reached from the right side of his nose to | the r ght sice of his upper lip. This information is regarded as very im- portant, as 1t will greatly aid the police | in the capture of the leader of the rob- | bers, of whom they have an accurate and | excellent description. ‘ The police caiculate thatif they once | get the leader it will be a’ matter of little | work to eapture hiscontederates in the bold robbery of Wednesday night. | As usual, Conception bas been in- | siructed “not to talk to repor ers,” | Several men of shady character, known | to the nolice to have been in the vicinity | of the holdup on the night of the robbery, | are now being closely watched, and 1t s | quite probable that the much-wanted | thieves will be arrested in the near future. Conception, who was very much in- censed over the publication in a morning | | vaper that he had seen “airships,’” said | yesterday: “When i read that artic'e which casta doubt as to the truth of my story rearding the robbery of Wednes. | day night 1 immediately went to Captain Bohen's office and asked him whether or | not he doubted my stery. The captain of deteciives, in all his manners a gentleman, | stated that the robbery could have hap-! pened just as Lkely ax not in. tnat dis- | trict, sud said that he did not doubt my | story. The article, he said, was published | belore he had investigated the report of | he robberv. 1 ““Tle detectives have promised to do all ’ | in th2ir power to apprehend the robbers, 1 have given them an accurate description | of the three men wuo neid me up.”’ I Fity- | son, Iwenty-sixth; Gillis Doty, | | ern Pacitic Company, which stated that fied in granting the prayer of the Sen- | at tue conclusion of his torensic effort it | said Healy, “and that he cou.d dictate to | me the price I would have to majestic appetite—that repasis on piles, | eats the foundation out from under water fronts and bores holes in steamboats, caused “‘warm times’’ at the meeling of the Harbor Commissioners yesterday. Promptly at 2 o’clock the Commissioners went in session for th+ purpose of consia- | ering the bids of several contractors for creosoting the piles to be used in the re- puilding of Green-street wharf. The piles | are soaked or treated wiih creosote for the purpose of turning the stomach of any | teredo that perchauce muy wish to feed POLHEMDS ABKY FOR BIG MONEY Demands Over $600,000 | From the Estate of Charles Mayne, » Incidents That Go Back to the | road Euilding. ‘Huntiugtun, Hopkins, Stanford and | Orocker Had Not Yet Become Financial Magnates. A supplementzal complaint was filed yes- | terday in the im portant suit of Charles B. | Polhemus against Antoine Borel and Louise Barroilher, executor and execu- | trix of the will of the late Charles Mayne. | Tnis litigation recalls some of the ro- mantic events that accompanied the early era of railroad building on the Pacific| Coast, and the incidents go back to the time before Huntington, Hopkins, Stan- ford and Crocker were known as wizards of finance or constructore of railroads. | According to the complaint Charles Mc- Laughlin and Alexander Houston were engaged during the years 1860 and 1863 in | on the luscious pineknots and pith of the timber., and with the object in view of sickening the teredos the Harbor Commis: sioners were willing to pay a certain price to the lowest bidder who would undertake the job. Among the bidders there were two who | Jooked with envious eyes at each other. They were P. ¥. Dunden of the San Fran- CIs Timber Preservuig Compauy and William H. Healy of Healy, Tibbiits & Co. Mr. Dundon put in a bid for creosot- ing the timber, and placed his price at 38 cents a cubic foot, and for the purpose of a second hearing, n case his demand | should be far in excess of other bidders’, | stated that he would treat the piles in a manner known as burnetting—filling the pores of the wood with chloride of zine— | for 14 cenis a cubic foot. Mr. Healy’s bid for creosoting the piles was 34 4-10 cents & | toot, and as 1t was the lowest bid be stood a lair chance of winning the contract, The action of Mr. Dunaon, however, in placing a bid for burnetting at a much lower fizure than creosoting could pos- sibly be accomplished for resuited in Mr. Healy becoming anx:ous, and in an en- deavor to checkmate his opponent he filed apamphlet with the Commissioners under the signature of J. D. Isaacs of the South- umber could be vurnetted at a proiit for | $3 a toousand fee:. | At the conclusion of the reading of the | pamp. let Mr. Dundon explained matters in a manner sausfactory to the board, and was remarked by Chiet Engineer Holmes | that Mr. Isaacs was another of the Souin- ern Pucific theorists and knew nothing about practically apviying his theories. Mr. Holmes stated 1hat he had made in- | vestigations in the East and had found that burnetting in Chicago cost at least §11 a thousan| feet, a fizure but htile cheaper than Mr. Dundon’s bid, and the Lastern figure applied alone to the treat- | ment of ties, which were mueh less diffi- | cult to handle tban piles 100 feev in length. Mr. Healy next took possession of the | plaintiff for the joint business of Donohu laying the track of the San Francisco and | Sin Jose Railroad from the Mission of | San Francisco to Menlo Park and finuliv to San Jose. Contractors McLaughlin & | Houston becime 1volved and borroweu | | large sumx ot money from Mr. Polbemus, | | Peter Donohue and H. M. Newhall, the Very Early Days of Rail- | ¢ aggregate finally reaching nearly $1,250,- 000. In the course of events Mr. Polhemus | | witharew from the firm aud sold his share | of the parinersuip affairs, including ali | interest in the San Francisco and San Jose | { Railroad, to Mr. Mayne, who heid on | | until the Southern Pacific Railroad got its | line ucross the continent, whereupon the | | local road was sold to Huntinztonand his | associates for more than $3,000,000, giving | Mr. Mayne a good profit. i Mr. Polhemus charges that Mr. Mayne | concealed from him the large profits that | were mude in the business while acting as | his trustee, and consequently he asks for | {an accounting and tuunks that he ought | i to be paid more than $600,000 for profits | that Mr. Mayne unjustiv withheld. | During his hfetime Mr. Mayne filed an | answer to the suit, in which he denied | that Mr. Polhemus had correctly stated the circumstances of the transactions. Mr. Maynpe declared as follows: ‘ The whole agreement between the parties was that the defendant (Mayne) snould furnish | ail the money necessary for the payment of | plaintff’s share of the property purchased, | [ that the purchaxe so made suould be for Lhé | | joict account and benefit, share and share | alike, and that interest snould be allowed to 1 the defen-dunt at therateof 1!; per cent a month on the purchase money so advanced by | him, and aiter the repayment to tae defendant of the suid purchase moneys, with interest, | the profits should be divided equally between | the plaintiff ana deferdant. and that the defendant receive from Polhemus promissory notes of Donohue, Newhall & Polhemus, made to Polhemus and by him indorsed to the defendant, bearing interest at tne rate of 1y per cent a month; und he continued to receive 1or his advances such promissory notes until October,1863, at which time the interest on the notes wes reduced to 1'{ per cent a month that the advances embreced all the mon which hea been previously advanced by tbe Newhail & Polhemus. and the defenaant | denies that any moneys were advanced by Lin floor und endeavored to voice his views on the matter, but Commissioner Colnon | ordered nim 10 take his seat. Mr. Healy | was determined to have a say in the mal- ter, however, but Commissioner Colnon’s | anger became aroused anda the spenkeri | was forced to retire. Matiers after this | progressed smoothly for a while until fin- | ally Commissioner Harney, not knowing | the matter he hua to piesent to the board, allowed G. W. Stewart of the Pacific Pine Lumber Company, whom, it is stated by Healy, bas “‘ouliea” the pile market i | conjunction with P. F. Dundon and almost | doubled the price o! pine poles, to make | a few statemen:s. Mr. Stewart's remarks appeared 1o be irrelevaut io the casual Listener, but they brought Healy to his feet with a bound. | “Mr. Stewart told me with his own lips | that he had a corner on the pile market,” Jay for piles for the Green-street wharf.”” Tuis remark was followed by an ex:iamation on the part of Major Harney, who asked Healy what the price of piles nad 1o do with the meeting of the Commissioners. Healy wanted to explain its exact bear- ing on the meeting, but was headed oif by the Major with these words: *‘Mr. Healy, I thiuk you are playing to the gallery and toe newspapers. You are trying to make 4 catspaw out of the board and are also | endeavoring to pull my le. Mr. Healy, his voice trembiing with rage, denied that he was a gallery-player or that he was en- deavoring to play with the board, and em- | phatically stated that he had no desire to | yvank the well-proportioned Iimb of the viwuperative Major. Healy concluded his eloguent arraignment by stating thatif he only chose to give voice and utterance of | tongue to many facts stoied away in his ! brain regarding Mr. Dundon he would | make the water front howlin dismay. The argument resulted in all the bids being | t rown out by the Commissioners on the | ground that they were 100 high, and tue | ouvponei s, crestfailen, left the chawmbers of «he Commissioners. | Outside the disposal of the creosote bids | but little work was done. It was decided to change a tew minor details of the new | Ferry Depot. The Southern Pacific bag- gage-room will be slightly modified, and instead of solid partitions between the aiting-rooms grill work wilt be putin, which will enable one to see from one end of the great building to the other. These matters disposed of, the Commissioners adjourned. A MENACE TO LIF E AND PROPERTY. The pronerty-holders and residents on State street in the v cinity of Eureka are ccmplaining vigorousiy at the existence of a nuisance in the shape of a into one of the near-by houses. Com- plaints have repeatedly Leen made te the Fire Marshal and Street Superintendents, but no satisfactory results could be ob- tained. The buildings are constructed of odds and ends of lumber of every de- P of the Manner in which Chi- g 2J &wmm&ummmx rock-crushing plant which stands on the side of the hill. The building is not only an eyesore, but is in such dilapiiated condition as to be a menace 1o prop- erty and life, as it threatens hourly to slide down the side of the hill and crash | aud conditious hereingbove set forth. i | | | asreadily as his associates, he sought to | | | in the name of the plaintifi or for the benefit | of the plaintiff, or for the benetit of Lonohue, | Newhsli & Pulhemus, except for the terms Mr. Mayne alleged that on the 10ts of | February, 1866, the liabilities of Donahue, | Newhall & Polhemus had increased to | $1,375.547 88, and denies that he was in- | trusted with the management of Mr. Pol- hemus’ business during the latter’s ab- sence from the State, but points out that on the contrary Mr. Polhemus appointed as his attorney in fact his brother J. H Polhemus and executed to him a general | power of attorney, which document he | caused to be recorded in legai form. | Continuing his answer Mr. Mavne says | that he never bought for Mr. Poluemus | any interest in the San Jose Railroad | Company and thateven ii he had done | | s0, there was no profit in the operaiions of that concern up to April 10, 1367, though the books were kept in such a manner as to make 1t appear that there | wasa profit. i Instead of deceiving others, Mr. Mayne | alleged that he had been induced by Mr. | Polnemus to go inio a losing business on | | tbe assurance that he would not be re- quired to put in 1aore than, $250,000, whereas he was finally led to put in nearly | double that amount, and finding that he was not able to meet his share of the lia- bilities because of hi: limited resources, draw out. He seis forth two assignments and set- tlements of ail claims held against him | by Mr. Polhemus, in one of whichk Mr. Polhemus acknowledged the receipt of | $20,000 as payment in fall, OPERA AND DRAMA NOTES. What Is Happening at the Local 1 i Theaters. | To-night the Italian Opera Company at I the California Theater will present a pop- | ular double bill of “Pagliacei’” and “Cav- alleria Rusticana.” Vallini and his band | are sure to give new life and meaning to | Mascagni's intermezzo. Tne singers will | Test on Friday s0 as 10 be in the best pos- | ble form for the production of Puccini’s “La Boheme,” whicn occurs Saturday | night. This night will be one of record, | as Puccini’s work has yet to receive its | first performance in America. At the Sat- I urday matinee “Trovatore’ will be given. “Lost, Strayed or Stolen” is doing well at the Baldwin. It is capital fun and in the hands of clever people. The engage. | ment is for two weeks and includes Sun- day night performances. L D A uniquely interesting hour or two may be putin any night with the Herr- manns at the Columbia. Leon is not the | magician that bis uncle was, but he is en- tertaining, nevertheless, and Mme. Herr- marn’s picture dances are always enjoy- able. Every night “The Geisha turns people away at the Tivoli. The run may rival ‘The First Born’ record at this rate. The little red band of Hungzary is play- ing its last nights at the Orpheum. The variety bill is a good one this week. At the Alcazar ;“The Highest Bidder” will see the werk out, then comes a re- vival of “The *Jgly Duckling”’ u play written by Mr. T otter of “Trilby’’ fume. “777"’ is exciting large houses at Moros- co’s. ‘The fifth recital of Mr. and Mrs. Georg Henschel will be given to-morrow after- noon at the Y. M. C. A. Audiiorium. — ——— Another Lutheran Church Organized. Articles of ineorporation of the German Evangelical Lutheran St. Matthew’s Church NEW TO-DAY. 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SHOE BUITONE PENCIL TIPS . ve in alaree variety of all kinds ing Silver Hair Brushes, Hat Bonnet Brusnes and (lothes % ® Black Seal Leather Lomh Genuine Alligator Combination ~ Fooks .. 5 Books $1.00 Finer Goods at. roe BRI ....m1.50 . 82, 82 and $5 Finer Goods at Miss Tuck in assorted co'ors. ster!lingsilvertrimmings $1,25 00, 82.50 Biack Seal Ch Alligator Uha .. %$1.25, $1 telaines ... anes We stamp nemes in silver or gilt free A large assortmen: of tor Grips,1n of charge on a!l leather goods. : all sizes, at lowest prices in the ci We have never 3 . Umbrelias Y have n Shell 6oods {iere 250 | ety 1n making s - herery | these goods that always have a particular attention has been paid potent power. They are in the toqualities of materials. We show 1 greatest variety and a: the most agreat host of guaranteed correct reasonable prices. Thev comprise styles in black and colors, Taffeta, Tuck Combs, ~ide Combs, Pompa- Levantine, Spitalfield, Gloi and dour Combs, 'Back Combs. Dressing Twills. Most modern shaped han- | | § | | | | Combs, nair Crnaments and all dies in all the popular woods. sizes and shapes of shell Hair Pins. Ladies’ from $1.25 to $20.00. Men's, from $1.50 to $15.00. i 125-127-129-131 KEARNY STREET. to-fit feeling--Laird, Schober & Co.’s Ladies’ kid shoes. Nothing imitation about them, nothing skimped, nothing neglected. Fur Trimmed F Ladies’ Storm Rubbers. .. pers and for general even- ing wear, SOMMER & KAUFMANN, = = E q EASTERN PRICES WILL HEREAFTER APPLY TO AT CHAMPAGNE .. PALAGE HOTEL | Pints, $2. Quarts, $3.90 Shoes that have a made- CONGRESS SPRING SANTA CLARA COUNTY. SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS. | _Only 214 hours from San Francisco. ’ Remodeled and under new management | | Kid Top Button, Cloth Top Button, Cioth Top Lace, Seal (waterproof) Lace, All ladies’ sizes - - $4.00 It Romeos... .8§1.00 Sc f | | New goods in party slip- For rates and printed matter address JOHN S. MATHESON, Manager. miles' staging. UPEN UNTIL NOV=MBER 1. J. F. MULGREW, Proprietor. HOT SPRINGS, Sonoma Co, only 414 nours from 28 Kearny St. mmmmm'.wmmmrmmm%mmmmnmmmmm.vmmg heelmen! LL PLEASURE IS DE- stroyed in riding your wheel if you are subject to pains in the back, bearing aown in the abdo- men, wezk kidneys, palpitation of the heart, sciatic rheumatism, lumbago or any of those com- mon ailments which are brought to the surface by exertion on the wheel. Your pleasure is doubled if you are strong in a'l Then you need not be afraid of breaking downa long Attention, W the vital organs. way from home. DR. SANDEN’S ELECTRIC BELT Has made cyciing plessurable to thousands of young men and women who love the wheel. Its toning, invigoratng electric currents restore the strength to weakened organs and give to them a healtny tenacity. It cures all the weaknesses that unfit you for long trips and gives you that healthy confidenc? in your powers which every rider appreciates. Iry th s famous Belt. Book with full information and prics list free. Call op address DR. A. T. SANDEN, 32 Market Street, Opposite Palace Hotrl, San Francisoo. Oftice Hours—S A. M. to 8:30 p. undays, 10to 1. Loy Angeles, 232 Wes. second street; 2563 Washingion strest, Poru.and, Or.; 935 Sixteenth street, Denver, Colo. NOTE.—Make no mistake in the number—632 Market stree'. IMake note of ix YTy Ry YTy T T YT TV 7Yy Ty Y T T T Y Y Y Y Y YT YT T YO scription and have stood so long that the supports have almost rotted awav. A +hort time ago the building began to bulge and to lean forward, and to prevent 4 total collapse it was braced up with heavy timbers extending half way across the street, almost completely blocking it up. The people living in the neighbor- hood are tired of making protests and will take the matter into the courts, as it is claimed tie building stands partly on the strest, hiave been filed in the office cf the County Clerk by Herman Heckmwun, John Bruus, Otto K oppenburg, Louis Waas, Joln Staats, Aibert Kuner and H. Goetjen. —————— ADVANCES made on_furniture and planos, with or without remqval. J. Noonan, 1017-1023 Mission 'IIII//IIII/IIIIII/IIIII//’ % GAIL BORDEN EAGLE BRAND CONDENSED MILK. TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE For THE “EAGLE BRAND™ THOUSANDS OF MOTHERS TESTIFY TO ITS SUPERIORITY. " YINEANT HEALTH "SENT FREE. newvorx Conpenseo Misx Co i i RN NSNS NN N AN n: