The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 8, 1898, Page 14

THE CLOTD OF TROUBLE DIM A STAR Accused of Being Fickle. lie Mrs. Ella Goff Objects to Attentions Shown Her Daughter. Commissioners Will Listen to Charges Against One of the ‘“Finest.” THE GIRL IS HYSTERICAL. It Is Said That Her Liking for the Accused Turned Her Mind. Women, without those exhilarating accompaniments, wine and song,.that have long been held to to the mind of man cons ite bliss, are respon- sible for a cloud that now hangs over Brownlie, one of finest’ 'in orce. To-night he face the policeman’s bar of justice —the Police Commissioners—and an- swer charges p rd nst him by 2 Ella M. Goff, in behalf of her 19-year-old daughter Ella, and try to refute—perhaps succeed in refuting— the accusations made against him. In th charges it is easily seen that will the result depends upon which have the most weight before the Com- missioners, that of a woman or a man. Both claim to have evidence which will carry their point and the result is anx- fously awaited by the members of the police force and the relatives of the ac- cusers About Brownlie was detai , and as is usua rule the soon had many friends along his them, for the Goff fz patrolled his beat with diligence, but it is claimed > form of a woman was uppermost ir nd during his lone 1y v ed the Goff hou from t to tir for what reason has , but in time Ella his coming with more est. not_been made I Goff watched for »assing inte 1 that the girl is simple- b ame infatuated with , true enough, she n Dr. Whitley's San- r a short period of three weeks. On her return she again met Brownlie, d he did not s g ct to the meetings. It is v Mrs. Goff that the hand- flicer was a frequent visitor to the house, and that he seemed to re- turn the affection which Ella had be- stowed upon him. From words uttered by the mother of the girl she was per- with the arrangements, was anx daughter shculd be m the schemes y i1 on. Hence she the ings, as she states that an officer is not any too good to suit her. Then the visits of the officer became less and I frequent, and trouble was seen to be brewing. The mother, ac- cording to the officer’s story, asked him the girl, but he shrank from vitation. Again and again the made, but each time an answer came in the negative. The war commenced. A mother is not at any time well pleased with a man who will slight the affections of her daughter, and the officer saw hi a dark and bottomles The story elf sinking into pit. of his meeting the girl ed in his being transferred rnia street police station, s put on Mason street. For the past two s he has been confined to his bed, and the position he has guarded has been heild by a stranger, but without doubt the officer will be sufficiently in control of his health to meet the Commissioners in special session to-night Infatuation is denied on both sides of the controversy—that is, from their own sides—but the others say “she was | watching for me,”and again ‘“he came a often to see u Without doubt the Police Commissioners are in an ex- ceedingly dusty path, as they will necessarily be called upon to “d justice whether the officer lose coveted star or the girl her heart. Of course the course of true love is not at all times smooth, but in this case it is difficult to determine just where the love—or mildly speaking, infatuation—is concealed or whether or no it has existed doubly or in a one-sided manner. ‘“What could the poor girl do?” is asked by the mother, and the gallant policeman replies, “Do without me so far as I am concetned.” His story says she pursued him and he had to work downtown to escape her, and the opposition says, “I wante him transferred as he has proven t be not ‘true blue. Officer Brownlie saysthat hehasbeen made the victim of a girl who does not know her own mind, and that the mother has tended to thicken the mist which is at present surrounding him. He said last evening: “I was de- tailed on Van Ne avenue about two years ago, and since that time I have warm not had any peace of mind to speak | of. I am now charged with conduct un- becoming an officer, but I will easily prove that I have acted as I should and that 2 mother and daughter have caused- me more trouble than all the rest of my busines: Most torturing and disfiguring of itching, burning, scaly skin and scalp humors is in- stantly relieved by & warm bath with CuTi- CURA S0P, a single application of CUTICURA (ointment), the great skin cure, and a full dose of CuTicuRA RESOLVENT, greatest of blood purifiers and humor cures, when all else fails. (Uticura e0ld throughoutths wond. PoTTER B . Hiow to Gure G4k Fneumm, res. Blemishec, g FALLING HAIR Poeiiiyaiar o AND CHEM. MURDER FOR DIVIDEND 00000000000 C.00000.00000J000C00000CO0000000O0COCO0000) e o 0 Another act in the sad tragedy of Mrs. Churchill’'s murder by the Street Car Company occurred at 1 p. m. yesterday at the Union Under- taking parlors, corner of Fifth and Jessie streets. Rev. Jonn A. B. Wil- son, D. D., pastor of the Howard-street M. E. Church, who conducted the funeral service, made this allusion to the circumstances of her death: “I came to comfort the bereaved and to point them to the hope be- yond. I should, however, be derelict in my duty as a man of God and a lover of my kind if I did not call publicattentiontothe constant menace to life which has resulted in the murder for pelf of this industrious self-respecting, self-supporting woman. The officers, directors, man- agers and stockholders of the Street Car Company by whose criminal grasping for gain she came to her death are no worse mdividually than the rest of us. It is the weakness and the wickedness of human nature that is in us all save as regenerated and controlled by divine gr But none the less should public attention be called and public measures taken to protect human life against both corporate and in- dividual recklessness. “This woman came to her death because there were no adequate fenders upon the car which crushed her. The cars of this city-are unsupplied because to put them on would cost the companies many thousands of dollars; and by that much lessen the profits of the stock- ce. holders. The gentlemen who manage the business know that this neg- lect is jeopardizing human life every day, with a certainty of monthly murders. But it is less expensive to bribe legislators to enact insuf- ficient laws and executors of law not to enforce and to maintain a horde of hirelings to pettifog for the perversion of justice than to sup- ply the necessary safeguard Theodore Durrant met his death to-day for a horrible murder, but I dare to say that he was no more.a murderer than are those respon- BEATEN WITH A BLACKJACK Albert Foulson, a Soldier, Attacked by a Des- perate Stranger. While Walking Along ‘Ocean Beach He Is As- saulted and Robbed. the The Police Are Endeavoring to Get a Clew to His Assailant. Albert Foulson, a private in Battery B, stationed at the Presidio, claims he was assaulted by a man near the Cliff | House yesterday afternoon, and after being beaten into insensibility with a “black jack,” was robbed of $3 and a or pleasures com- | sible for the absence of a safety appliance upon this car. these gentlemen are neither heathens nor Mohammedans. n churches To them all the Bible is a sacred book, and in their private lives they in some fair degree regard its precepts of justice and mercy. is it that such men when acting with the divided responsibility of cor- most essential of the sad unsolved problems of our poor fallen nature. The laws and courts appear to furnish -no . of their natural right of self-protection, ri them are members of Chr porate capacity forget the public is at their mercy. redress, and if in the exerci the people most in danger should punishment, under the military nas degenerated a in five hours the citizen soldiery would be called out to compel at the point of the bayonet our peaceable submission to this danger and death forced upon us by corporate greed. «hat our Revolutionary fathers shed thel ment of the people, for the people. by th to the peaceable enjoyment of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happ And yet | Many of ynagogues. silver watch. appeared at police headquarters, face covered with blood that flowed from an ugly wound over the left eye. According to the story, he was walking along the beach, when a poorly clad stranger accost- ed him for 25 cents. Foulson paid no attention to him, and was in the act of walking away when the stranger struck him over the head with the “black jack,” which he had concealed in his sleeve, felling him to the sand. While he lay prostrate on the beach his assailant went through his clothes, taking his watch and money. After recovering consciousness Foul- son walked along the road to a saloon, and of Jewish Why It is ome The walking of humanity? en masse to execute exemplary spotism to which our Government And to think blood to give us a Govern- > people, that we might be left ness. But these sacred hts of man and of American citizenship where he told the bartender the story are being more and more sacrificed to conscienceless demand for swol- of the assault and robbery. He was len dividends; of which the disfigured, lifeless form of Mrs. Churchill advised to visit police headquarters and before me is a sad exam life. indignation, will secure redress. voice in solemn protest trolley system ers. an aroused pre: of San Franci to our endangered people?” ss and pulpit. No reformation will be made from con- sideration of the abstract rights of man or the sacredness of human thing but an aroused public opinion, incandescent with just I know not that it will do any good, but for results I am not responsible, and I do here and mow lift up my against the awful disregard of the people’s rights and of the worth of human life of which we have furnished u so terrible a lesson in the mutilated body of this murdered wom: And I am encouraged to hope by the knowledge, that after they had committed more than 100 murders I saw the managers of the Brooklyn compelled to put fenders upon their cars and so stop the holocaust in human life by a slight sacrifice of dividenas for fend- And the public sentiment which compelled them was made by Will not the newspapers and the pulpit co take up this cause until a like protection is afforded inform Chief Lees of the occurrence. Boarding a steam car Foulson rode to the Central Police Station, there shortly after 3 o'clock. He de- scribes the robber as being about 5 feet 8 inches in height, rather stout build and having a small light mus- tache. He was poorly dressed, and wore a dark slouch hat, which was pulled dewn over his eyes. Foulson is convinced that he can identify him if he is arrested. when telling his story, “that I could not defend myself. I left the barracks shortly after noon yesterday, intending to take a trip to the Cliff House. After viewing Sutro Heights and the CIiff House I walked down the road and stood on the beach for some time. I noticed the stranger watching me, but thinking that he was admiring my un- bined. When I first went on my beat 1 was watched by the girl and after- ward met her: I acknowledge being ac- quainted with her, but the jdea that I should marry her is so abhorrent to me that I asked to be transferred to the California-street station. “The mother of the girl asked me to marry her as she said the girl was in love with me, but I positively refused. She then demanded that I put up suffi- cient money to pay her expenses as I had shown her considerable attention during the past months. but I again refused and she threatened to prefer charges against me for acting in a manner unbecoming an officer. I am not in the least nervous concerning the outcome of the examination before the iform, T paid no attention to him. As I started along the beach he followed believe. I believe that a man who, as d me, and when near the Olympic Club v daughter Lottie , is constant- ly seeking the association of school girls and who is almost of middle age manifests naught but the characteri tics of an unprincipled libertine and should be deprived of favors at the hands of the public. That my daugh- | ter cares for him very much there can be no doubt, and I believe that it is wing to his determination and refusal not to marry her that she become a victim of hysteria. I do not believe that the relation that existed between my child and the man who has wronged her transgress- ed the ethics of society, only in the fact that his act in allowing her to become infatuated with him, and still associat- ing with her in secret, which he did money. I laughed at him, and started to walk away, when he knocked me down and then robbed me.” LOST HIS TROUSERS. Peter Holland Is Reported to Be Forced to Wear Borrowed Clothing. Peter Holland, who lives at 551 Stev- enson street, is scrry that he ever met a colored strang:r who is now being looked for by the police. But what's done cannot be undohe, and Holland Commissioners, as I know that I have in 1 done nothing wrong. If they say I With no good intentich, has cast a|realizes it. While having a little time have, I will give them a chance to shadow on her already shadowed mind | a1 to himself he met the dark hued prove it. The girl is insane and I don't want to have anything to do with her. I am not a marrying man. If I felt so inclined I would not marry the daughter of a woman Who has caused me so much trouble, even though she was in her right mind. “I will let them make their accusa- tions and then prove them to be false- hoods. If I recover sufficiently from my ailment I will attend the special meeting of the commissioners and the case will soon be settled. I have wit- nesses to prove that I am in the right as even the girl’'s own sisters say that the girl is insane and that the mother is not a proper person to associate with. This coming from a daughter is rather strong and would carry considerable weight. Attorney Brandon, who lives at 3796 Eighteenth street, has been en- gaged by the Goff family, as I was asked to come before him in his office about a month ago. I went, but T had that may remain forever.” HEBREW GERMAN OPERA. The Selection at the Bush-street | Theater Was Weil Rendered. stranger and a friendship, probably caused by lonesomeness, immediately was sealed After several glances on the wine while it was ‘red, the stranger invited | Holland to share his room with him e elec s pge! that night. Holland acquiesced and the ],;):'m.";{;,{';‘:.’eg;:r';“tf‘:"m":m'x‘ sented | twain retired. When Holland awoke in Bush-Street Theater was that prosent. | {N€ MOrning he discovered that the ed last night. It was “Alexandre, the Crown Prince of Jerusalem,” an oper- etta in four acts by Prof. Lateiner, the music being by Minkofsky. 1 the scenes are effective and pretty. The parts were well-sustained and especially those taken by Mr. Levin- son, who portrayed the title role, and Mme. Karp, who enacted Naoml. The chorus was well trained and on the whole it was a better play than generally offered at the prices asked. {h:m evidently worn two pairs of trous- | ers as well as shoes. Holland searched | the room, but the articles of clothing | as well as what money he had when re- tiring were missing. Holland was in a | dilemma, but after explaining his po- was able to borrow some cast-off police. Holland still wears the borrow- | ports. | - - 3 Dangerously il | —— Miss Coolbrith to Lecture. Deputy Sheriff Van Devere with me to Ruth, the 6-year-old daughter of Dr. s testify as to the answers I gave to his | Keeney, is lying dangerously ill at her | Miss Ina Coolbrith will nd(lrfsl the uestions. home, 2220 Clay street, with diphtheria. | C ¢ Club next Tuesday night on A When I entered his office he told me | She is being attended’ by Dr. Shumat personal Reminscences of California that the mother of the girl had request- ed that I should marry her, but I re- fused and hence the trouble.” In the opinion of Mrs. Ella M. Goff, the widowed mother of the unfortunate girl whose passion for Officer Brownlie | almost deranged her mind—a mind | which her mother says is that of a child of very tender years—an irrepar- | able injustice has been done herself and child, and that if right predominates the beat of the man she accuses will | not be changed, but he will be dismiss- ed from his position in disgrace. | evening while the girl who brought | about the troubles of her mother and | the guardian of the peace slept peace- fully in an adjoining apartment, una- | ware of the entanglement that had re- | sulted’ from ~her ~acquaintance “with | Brownlie, Mrs. Goff, her mother, and | her sister, Lottie M. Goff, told the story | | of her relationship with the officer, its | evil results and their reasons why the | charge had been preferred. | “It was about six weeks ago,” said | Mrs. Goff, “when my daughter became | a helpless victim of hysteria, and I de- | cided to remove her to Dr. Whitley’s | sanitarium in San Mateo County for treatment. She had been there but a few days when I learned that her men- tal disordér was due to her relatio- ship with Officer Brownlie. Up to that | time I had no knowledge that she had met, was meeting and cared for the policeman, and when I learned that such was the case I became greatly in- dignant. I consider that Policeman Brownlie is not a fit companion for my | daughter, or any one else’s daughter who has a fair name to protect, and I immediately took steps to adjust the injustice that had been done me and mine. My daughter began improving shortly after her arrival at the sani- tarium, and in three weeks she re- turned to the city and I cared for her myselt. “In the meantime Mrs. Markel, who cared for my child at the sanitarium, came and told me that Ella's passion for Officer Brownlle was directly the cause of her nervous troubles and that it would be beneficlal if I allowed him to call on her. This of course I con- sented to do, believing that if it would benefit Ella it would not be right to deny the officer admittance to the house. He came several times, but I was present at every interview and saw that my child’s naturally imma- ture mind, weakéned by disappoint- ment, was not taken advantage of. “During the visits of Officer Brownlie I talked and expostulated with him on the course he had pursued in meeting my daughter in secret, I knew not how many months. I told him if he destred to marry my daughter that inasmuch as he had almost disgraced her I would consgent, but he said that he was not | of the marrying disposition. This, I Last | and her father. 'AFFIE WARNER'S RACE IS NOT YET RUN. Miss Warner, who has been undergoing a course of treatment for consump- tion at the hands of Dr. Hirschfelder, has entirely recovered, and will again come before her old admirers in George Broadhurst's play, “What Happened to Jn:es." which will open at the California during the early part of next month. Miss Warner caie out to the coast some time ago with “0ld Kentucky,” Kluylnx the part of Madge, the Blue Grass heroine, who rides the winner ome. Her clever acting and charming personality have won her a host of friends, who will be glad to congratulate her on her return to heaith and the stage. Harry Corson Clark, formerly of the Frawley company, has obtained the entire western rights for “What Happened to Jones,” in which he will, for the first time, essay the character of & young man. Foulson subsequently | his | wounded man's | | Pumping Works he asked me for some | upposed friend was gone and that he | | sition to the landlord of the house he | clothing and reported the loss to the | moderate | ed clothing, according to the latest re- | 8old he has been a well-known figure tary rate of $1 50 per hundred. for planting. pedestrian once more. finally confined him to the house. ! " ! thing possible is being done for him. will go to Mrs. Campbell ’ to report, has been allowed B paid by Mrs. Campbell. has bee: time save one. ] Mr. Stewart has been constantly estate now being turned into cash is = of $500,000, but the chances are that Mr. Campbell has one great hobby. present from him. [PE———— JAMES W. H. CAMPBELL ILL. James W. H. Campbell, the well-known grain and commission merchant, is dangerously ill and is not expected to recover. of the State Board of Harbor Commissioners, days when, as a boy, he sold peach In those days peaches sold for as much as they do now by the hundredweight, and consequently the stones were valuable For some time past Mr. Campbell has been a very sick man, but it has only been within the last few months that he has taken to his bed. back riding was prescribed by his physician, and Mr. Campbell was to be seen daily in the saddle until his horse threw him, and then he became a He grew gradually worse, and a stroke of paralysis All sense of feeling has gone from the left side, and about the only thing the invalid can do for himself is to sign arriving | gg his name. His wife is in constant attendance upon the sick man, and every- Mr. Campbell has & horror of the law courts, and in settling up his estate as far as possible. houses have been sold to the Jardine Iron Works, and the structures are now being improved. All of his other properties, with the exception of the home ranch in Napa County and his own town house on Lombard sStreet | have been turned into cash, which is easily handled. 5 and she will have the distributi The only relatives Mr. Campbell has here are h e oot the et “The attack was so sudden,” he said, | B and his brother William, now on the ranch in N $6 a week for the term of his natural life, to be | Others who are said to have been remembered ar: n Mr. Campbell’s bookkeeper for a great many years | aged ministers. All the gifts will be distributed during Mr, Campbell’s life- The family residence on the death of Mrs. C: be transformed into a home for aged ministers. late, and it is he who has been attending to all his business son he met with a copy of the proverbs of Solomon, b For years he h: he changed to the New Testament, and nearly all hi. L b B B B B . — | NN N COULD NOT LIVE WITHOUT HER » MysteriousDisappearance of an Attractive Young Woman. Mrs. Hart, Despondent Over Her Friend’s Death, Threat- ens Suicide. . Her Brother Is Convinced That She Has Done Away With Herself. Frank Lowry, a horseman, visite po- lice headquarters yesterday afternoon and invoked the aid of Chief of Police Lees and his men in finding his sister, Mrs. B. Hart, who mysteriously disap- peared two days ago. The missing woman lived at 1605 Howard street. Lowry returned from Ever since the days of in California, and J. J. Keegan, secre- remembers well the stones to him in Sacramento at the Horse- i consequence is His grain elevator and ware- Everything, it is said, ster, Mrs. J. Everding, The latter, according apa. e David Stewart, who his sister and ampbell is to in attendance upon Mr. Campbell 'of affairs. said to be worth in the neighhsorhTozs its exact value will never be known. ut a year or so ago as presented every per- s friends have one as a NOVEL IDEA ~ FOR A FLAG Children Will Produce a Unique Jubilee Effect. | | | Decorations to Extend From | the Ferry to Van Ness | Avenue. Donner Parlor, N. 8§ G. W., Wishes | a Float—Big Show of Celtic Societies. | { 1 The musical part of the entertain- | ment to be held under the auspices of | the Golden Jubilee committee in | Woodward's Pavilion on the afternoon of January 24 will be all right. Thers is no doubt of that, for the arrange- ments are now practically completed and favorable judgment has been passed by those competent to criti- cize. Mrs. Josephine Gro, the well-known composer and author of “Hail Califor- nia,” will manage the chorus feature of the programme and take charge of the large body of school children dur- ing the afternoon. Three hundred school children, selected from the va- rious local grammar schools, will be | banked directly in front of the speak- er's stand so as to produce the effect of an American flag. Forty-five boys, wearing blue capes on their shoulders and golden stars on their breasts, will occupy ‘the upper left-hand corner of the body and numbers of boys and girls wearing In alternate rows red and white capes will complete the idea. The remaining space on each side will be filled in with children wearing yellow capes. The children will sing in chorus “America” and ‘“Hail Californic” a composition of Mrs. Gro, which has attained such a popularity as to be played as the finale to the band con- certs in Golden Gate Park Sunday afternoons. Other musical features wiil be songs by the Harmony Choral Club, the Harmony quintet and the Knicker- bocker quartet. Casassa’s band will give a concert from 1 to 2 p. m. The soprano soloist has yet to be selected to sing the “Star-Spangled Banner.” The California Decorating Company has secured the contract for decorat- ing the streets during Jubilee week. Lines flying ten flags will be stretched across Market street from the ferry to Van Ness avenue, and also across the adjoining streets. Four or five lines will be placed in each block. The flags will be four by six feet in dimen- sion and the arrangement will be as follows: Two American flags in the center, with yvellow pennants on each side, bear flags outside the pennants, pennants again outside the bear flags and finally, two bear flags on the end of the line. Each flag will be sep- arated from the others by a distance of three feet. . Rev. D. O. Crowley and Patrick Broderick of the A. O. H. state that there will be at least 2000 foot soldters in the division of the Celtic societies of the troops. The A. O. H. will cer- tainly enter one float in the .parade and possibly two. T. R. Bannerman, Colonel T. F. Barry and F. P. Scully have been selected by the order to act as alds to Grand Marshal Morse. ‘Through their Boards of Supervisors Ventura County has selected Dr. C. L. tmmdflon.'.l‘.A.R@eetomu Yuba County, E. A. Forb E 0 - - es an William Eylund; Yoio County, . ae Brown and C. M. Keefer.. ' e directors of the Mechanics’ stitute have decided to enter o flant consisting of an old-fashioned ooe team drawn by a span of eight mules. the wagon to contain the largest bowi. der that can be procured. The Donner Parlor of the N. S, W. of Truckee has as 3 . of Trucl is asked Grand Presi- | Clark to have somethin in the parade reminiscent of the | €r party, which perished so near Truckee while striving to reach the | Golden Mecca of the Pioneers. | A committee of the N. D. G. W. | e 3 . met | l;":fupw“mg at the headquarters in the | ce Hotel. Little else . than whether they shuulddic{:fr;‘?:xel}d" th ir float on foot, on horseback or in carriages. It was finally decided to postpone consideration of the question | until the meeting to be held in Native Sons’ Hall next Sunday at 2 p. m, ! = The Mining Fair. A very novel plan was adopted yes- terday by the management committee of the Golden Jubilee Mining Fair, in order to advertise it through the me- dium of local merchants. Several hun.- dred rubber stamps advertising the fair and Klondike exposition have been | ordered and will be distributed among | the merchants of the city. It is ex- pected that they will use these on their letters, bills, statements and envel- opes. Tuolumne county has organized a Jubilee committee and is working very energetically to make a success of the Tuolumne county display. The art gallery will be embellished | this year with a collection of a number | of views of early California history, | which have been gathered at great ex- | pense by a gentleman of this city who | is an expert in his line. The collection numbers some 400 pictures. One of the most interesting features | of the fair will be the band contests, | which Musical Director Healy is now | arranging for. Letters have been re- | ceived from bands at San Diego, Santa Catalina Island, Marysville, Petaluma and other interior towns, asking for | the terms of competition and the prizes that will be offered. | Another departure is to be made in the Exposition’s handling its own daily | paper. It is known as “The California | Nugget,” and it will be filled with all | kinds of good things. | WARNED THE BOARD. Funeral Directors Do Not Want the City Cemetery Closed. The Western Addition Funeral Direc- tors, holders of the contract to bury the indigent dead, have notified the | Board of Supervisors thatthey consider | the recently enacted ordinance prohib- iting burials in the City Cemetery invalid and illegal. i { The directors reserve their rights to | impeach the ordinance in the courts | and to bury the indigent dead in the prohibited ground until the practice is stopped by an act of the Legislature. It is demanded that the board desig- nate and furnish a place for the inter- ment of the indigent dead now in the hands of the undertakers or any that may hereafter be plagced there. —_——— Dr.-Wilson to Lecture. Rev. John A. B. Wilson, D. D., pastor of Howard Street M. E. Church, will ad- | dress a mass meeting for both men and women at the Young Men's Christian As- sociation auditorium, Mason and Ellis streets to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. This will be his first appearance before the association, and his subject will be “The Force that Moves the World.” The Howard Street M. E. Church Choir will sing several selections at this service. —————— 3 A Brilliant Affair. The National Brotherhood of Electrical ‘Workers will hold their third grand elec- | trical display and ball at Odd Fellows' | Hall this evening. The affair promises to be a brilliant one, as the committee has devoted all its time to making this year's | display surpass that of last year. | — e | For throat, lung troubles, Low's Hore- hound Cough Syrup; l0c. 417 Sansome st. | mined to kill hersel the East several days ago and went to see his sister. She appeared despon- dent and when asked for an explana- tion she deciared that she was heart- broken and did not care to live. “I have lost my best friend,” she tearfully remarked, “and you need not be surprised to hear of my death.” In answer to her brother’s ques- tions the woman said that her best friend had met with a horrible death and that she intended to shortly fol- low her. She referred to Mrs. Rose Ashton, who fell from a second story window of a house at 411 Tenth streat on New Year's day and was almost in- stantly killed. The two women were inseparable, their actions giving rise to the belief that they were sisters, Lowry chided his sister about feel- ing heartbroken over the tragic end- ing of her friend and vainly endeav- ored to cheer her up. “I cannot forget her,” she remarked, with tears in her eyes; ‘“the thought that poor Rose met with such a hor- rible death has almost driven me mad.” Mrs. . Hart the donned her best clothes, and after taking an affection- ate farewell of her brother left her house. This was Wednesday, and since then she has not been seen. He de- scribes her as being 24 years of age, rather tall, and a pronounced blonde. She wes fashionably dressed in a black silk dress and a dark cape, trimmed with white fur. Lowry is convinced that his sister has done away with herself. She has a husband, who has been confined to his bed for some time, due to a com- plication of diseases. He is greatly | worried over her disappearance, and, like her brother, he strongly believes that she has committed suicide. After hearing the story of the dis- appearance of the unfortunate woman Chief Lees immediately detailed De- | tective Anthony to make a search for her. It is said that Mrs. Hart was seen on Stockton street last Thursday aft- ernoon, weeping bitterly. To a friend she said she was despondent over the loss of Mrs. Ashton and had deter- MERCHANTS’ ESOCIATION. Better Street Paving and Lighting Under Consideration. ® The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Merchants’ Associa- tion was held yesterday. President Dohrmann occupied the chair and the following directors were present: S. Baldwin, F. A. Brand, Joseph Brit- ton, Hugo D. Keil, D. V. Kelly, John E. Quinn and W. R. Sherwood. The following were elected as regu- lar members of the association: An- spacher Bros., R. Beck, C. C. Hornung, The E. G. Lyons Company, E. Mitchell, A. Nardin{ & Co., W. H. No- lan & Co., Charles M. T. Parker, C. B. Parcells, Jacob Schwerdt, Scott & Van Arsdale Lumber Company, Shores & Snow, Swayne, Hoyt & Co. and W. S. Townsend. The subject of better lighting of the city was fully considered by the board. It was decided to have the superintendent and engineer of the as- sociation submit a report embodying full data upon this gquestion, embrac- ing the experience of other cities in this matter. TUpon the facts shown in this report, the board will proceed to submit a report to the Board of Supe visors looking to the improved lighting of the streets of San Francisco. The matter of the repavement of business blocks in the city was also considered. ~The committee on pub- lic affairs having this matter in charge reported that many signatures of property owners had been secured for the repavement of cobbled blocks. It is expected that a sufficient number of signatures will be secured to have many of the business blocks, now poorly paved, improved with a modern pavement. e Selzure of Oplum. Inspector Henrichs yesterday afternoon seized eight taels of opium on the Belgic, lately arrived from China. The drug was concealed in the vessel's shaft. 5 NEW TO-DAY. i S R R e e e L S S R e e R e e s a s 2 23 Years in one spot— 23 Years - one quality Jewelry. “The best.” One price. ““The lowest,” LUNDY, Joweler, Mt the Claus Spreckels Bldg. AAA R e e R e e e R R e S AR e o s et ad 44444 f