The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 20, 1898, Page 16

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1898. NRNRVRRRINNNYS ADVERTISEMENTS. RN NANNRARUURARNRLRAUNNRUNRRRRIINVREBRNNS Clothing, @ Men'’s 2 ° ° Furnishings : and Hats. s @ : GENUINE REDUCTIONS OF ALMOST HALF. 8 :: We inaugurate the occasion with values that speak for themselves. 2 The far-reaching importance of this sale to clothing-buyers will be prices to lessen the stock. satisfied with your purchase.” down to almost half of former prices. than particular to see that every one is thorou(;hl} pleased best understood when we say that our immense establishment is filled completely with an assortment of the season's most fashionable creations, and everything we offer (and guarantee) has been marked We've greatly lessened the We never make any exception to our standard rule—‘“To cheerfully return your money if you are dis- On this occasion more than ever, although we are offering such tremendous bargains, we will be more Five Hundred SINGLE AND DOUBLE 6 fifl BREASTED SACK SUITS, in new fabrics, all = ] the latest shades, reduced from $10.00, guaranteed = all wool. Your inspection is all that is neces- 4 sary to sell them. $ irienkaic fq Three Hundred and Fifty NGLE AND 2 7 85 DOUBLE BREASTED SACK SUITS, iu shades & i of browns, Havana browns, cheviots in blues and = black, reduced from $10.00 and $1: Each :. and every one are trade-winners, quick sellers, e sure pleasers. e s s s Six Hundred ALL-WOOL SUITS, single and s $8.85 double breasted sacks and 3-button cutaways, in cassimeres, Scotch tweeds, overplaids and chev- iots, reduced from $12.50. Our reputatioa is dyed, spun and woven in every garment. % $10.00 About Eight Hundred SUITS OF ALL CUTS, in weaves of clay worsteds, cheviots and cassi- meres, reduced from $15.00 and $17.50. with Farmer’s satin and elegantly tailored. Lined TROUSERS. The Low-Price Banner waves in this department and prices are cut in half, sold for $1.85, $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00 will honestly be worth double. Pants Men’s Goods. RERRURURRIVINNINRNRRS 2 ] 50c to.. FANCY BOSOM SHIRTS, mcludmg one palr double- link cuffs, reduced from T5¢ to BLACK AND TAN HOSE, full finish and fast shades, reduced from 20c a pair to.. NIGHTSHIRTS, goad cotton, full SILK NECKWEAR, latest fashions and (Ie51gn price 50¢c, reduced to.. WHITE, GRAY AND TAN MERINO UNDERWEAR, reduced from $1 to size, Our Furnishings Department has made a strong bid for public approval, and because of our Correct and Up-to- FurnlShlng Date Stock and the Sterling Values always to be found there, we have succeeded admirably. During sale great reductions in Underwear, Ties, Hosiery and Nightshirts. reduced from re gulnr In spite of the tremendous reductions and the great values that will rule during this sale we will, as usual, agree to keep all garments purchased from us in repair one year free of charge. BRSNS RN RRRIRNRURNINBRNNERRRR R & pEEARLLLERRRRARNRRRRRRS S.NW00D&C* COLUMBIAN WOQLEN 718=722 MARKET STREET. BREBRERRRRRRIRIRRRRIRRIBBK MILLS, R RRRRR NRRRRRRRRRR MORE JOBS FOUND 0N THE FRONT Harbor Commission’s | Bureau of Supplies { Inquiry. Purchasing Agent W. H. Peterson Is Under | Suspension. His Books Are in the Hands of the Board’s Expert Accountant. WASOUT FOR PERQUISITES His Catspaw, J. J. Kelly, Got His Paws Singed and Is Also Out in the Cold. - “You will never see anything about the savings which I myself secured for the State by the inaugur- | ‘ntion of a bureau of supplies, with ia purchasing agent under heavy | bonds empowered to make all pur-| | chases of supplies and issue them to | different departments only upon requisitions properly signed by the respective superintendents. After | this bureau had been in operation for | six months I had an expert account- ant go over the vouchers for the six | months preceding and make a com- parison. The saving per month was | within a few dollars of the combined | salaries of the three Commissioners, or close to $800. This report was read in open meeting, but no line of #|it has ever appeared in the public 2 | prints. That must be my excuse for 38 | P mentioning it here.” g8 Extract from Harbor Commis- g3 | sioner Colnon’s correspondence to a ¢8| Fresno paper upon the merits of | his Bureau of Supplies. A few days ;: after writing this he was obliged to 825&83828232&&'?&8282’93282893233323983@828388328282828882828238‘.’825333&82_2?8332&’ NRUYRIVYUIIUUBSEN | | | | o 3 % s Suspend Purchasing Agent Peter- 3 ¢ | son while investigating charges of ¢¢ | jobbery in this department. 8 2 & 3 2 s I If the investigation into the affairs | of the State Board of Harbor Commis- sioners continues much longer there is | no telling what may be developed. W. H. Peterson, the purchasing agent of the commission, and J. J. Kelly, a | sweeper on Missiofi-street wharf, are under suspicion and the books of the former are now in the hands of the | board’s expert accountant, Mr. Har- ries, who is endeavoring to get at the bottom of the rottenness in that de- partment. While no formal charges | have been made against Peterson, he | has been accused of having exacted a | commission from all with whom he gave the State’s patronage and to such | an extent that even the president of | the board, Mr. Colnon, was obliged to take cognizance of the many rumors of the open and bold stand-up methods | of his subordinate. The bureau of supplies and the office of purchasing agent were creations:of | the commisioner from Stockton, and it was said at the time that this was necessary in order to make a place for political friends, for thers are subordin- ates in that department. Formerly re- quisitions for the necessaries of the several departments were made direct from the heads thereof to the board, but when the bureau was instituted the heads of departments were obliged to make their requisitions to the pur- chasing agent, whose duty it was and is to go here and there and buy what was required at the best possible fig- ures for the State. The former pur- chasing agent was S. J. Westlake, and from all accounts he served the inter- ests of the taxpayers by his good judg- ment and economy. Why he was dis- ADVERTISEMENTS. A Padlocked Tieart. How man: women locl their _troubles and suferings in their ‘own hearts and si- lently endure misery and pain which would cause strong men to cry out in agony. The suffer | ings of women are more | than half unknown and un- § appreciated. ‘The refined sensitiveness of their or- ganism lays them liable to @ thousand exquisite tortures which a coarser nature can never experience or comprehend. The least derangement or disorder of the delicate special organism of theis sex over- whelms the whole physical and mental be- ing with weakness mx wretchedness. But it is a mistake to suffer these troubles in silence. They may be cured in the per- fect privacy of home, without the repugnant ordeal of ‘examinations and ‘‘local treat- ment,” which the family doctor is sure to insist upon. No physician in the world has had a wider or more successful experience in the treat- ment of woman’s diseases than Dr. R. V. Pierce, chief consulting ph{slchn to the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute, of Buffalo, N. Y. His “‘ Favorite Prescription ” is a positive cure for the most obstinate and complicated feminine difficulties. It is the only medicine of its kind pre- pared by an educated, skilled physician. Mr. J. F. Sneed, of Omen, Texas, writes : ** My wife was badly afficted with female weakness. We tried three of the best physicians in the mthmll benefit, but Rt great cxpense. My wife grew worse, and we gave up in de- spair. She could not get in o ot pf doars without help: was not able to stand on her feet long at a time, complained of dragging down xlinl in abdomen. Nothing but an untimely eath seemed awaiting her, when — happy thought | the name of Dr. Plerce came to my Bilomed Il oy S it peeseatily ot T the first two };vxke'u mnwp mentmtmued the treatment six months, and pronou the cure complete, at & cost of less than one month's treat- ment by the last physician we empl before consuiting Dr. Pierce. She used Dr. Pierce's l'- wvorite Pr:scrlfi(ion and the lotions recommended coun 3388388838283828388835288!28888888288888283888882&828222&328322 R R Rk R Rk R R R R R R R R R R dtadbidtid | goats in the case. missed from this position is not known. A year ago W. H. Peterson was given the place, and according to the ac- counts of his stewardship, the cause of the present investigation, he has been grabbing with both hands ever since. Peterson’s perquisites seem to have been the commissions that he could squeeze from the trades-people with whom he did business. If the stories of his business methods be true, Peterson was too shrewd to attend to the com- mission business in person, always sending some one to pull the chestnuts from the fire for him. One of these was J. J. Kelly, a sweeper on the wharf, made to suffer with the other. salaries of the two men were fair, Peterson’s being $175 per month and that of Kelly $75, but it is said that the perquisites, especially of the form- er, was far in excess of the salary. Among those who did not think they were being fairly treated in the mat- ter of the State’s patronage was John Crockard of the firm of H. Crockard &. Co., 216 Steuart street. For the past eight years this firm has furnished the bulk of the iron, bolts, toggles, links, ete., to the Harbor Commission, and to | all accounts he gave good satisfaction. A while ago the work was taken from him and given to a shipsmith named Tom Rollins, whose place is on Broad- way, between Davis and Front. During the time that the Crockards had the work they learned a thing or two, and they are said to have spoken their minds on more than one occasion. Their remarks reached the ears of the Har- bor Commissioners, that is, the ears of Commissioner Colnon, and he decided that it was time to take a hand in the matter in order to prevent any more scandals in the body over which he presided as chairman. He sent for John Crockard, and the two had a long conversation and the shipsmith is said make any attempt on the part of the commissioner to conceal the facts and protect Peterson an impossibility. That was on last Wednesday, and on the fol- lowing day he set the board’s expert to work on the books. It seems that in the meantime Peter- son had got word that there was trou- ble ahead, and that Crockard had been talking, and in order to close Crock- ard’s mouth he sent word to him that if he would not say anything more he would give back to the Crockards the trade they had for so many years. This came too late, for the egg had been laid and begun to hatch. The following day | the expert took the books and Mr. Pet- | erson was relieved from his duties as purchasing agent for the board. The commissioners have not been inclined | to say anything about the matter, and when pressed for a reason for Peter- son’s absence from the purchasing bu- reau, said it was on account of “politi- cal reasons.” What Crockard told the commissioners may never be told, but at any rate it made a shaking of dry bones for a time, for with Peterson’s suspension Kelly walked the plank, and it is doubtful if he ever gets back to his job again. In addition to the “‘commission cinch” on all trade of the State, there are grave rumors that iron, lead, brass and other stores of the board have disap- peared from the shelter of the purchas- ing bureau, but these may have been taken by the many bay pirates who in- fest the water front, and Mr. Peterson may have felt their loss as keenly as any one. Accountant Harries may be able to get on the track of some of this property—in some of the ecity front junk shops. There is a manifest disposition on the part of those who know the most about the crookedness to say as little as pos- sible, for a strong effort is being made to save Peterson. This may be accom- plished, but it will be at the sacrifice of Kelly,and perhaps Crockard, whom it is rumored are to be made the scape- The latter, when in- formed yesterday what was in the wind, became very indignant and said: “That fellow Peterson is no good. He has insulted me and my brother and ordered us from his office. I am not sorry if he does get pinched, for he de- serves all that they can give him, but I am sorry for poor little Kelly. He was obliged to do just as Peterson told him. It was just as though I was go- ing to buy four cigars for fifty cents for you and should send one of my men out to do the errand, When he came back he would hand over four five- centers and I would make him give the difference to me. That was Peterson and Kelly. I do not want to talk, and I will not, but if that fellow Peterson | attempts to clear himself at my ex- pense I will tell a few things that will drive him into his hole so deep that he will never come out again. I wil not tell now what I told to Commissioner Colnon but if he compels me to, I will tell more that I told to the Commis- sioner. I have not done anything that am ashamed of and my books will show that I have done a straight busi- ness.” Meanwhile the office, or Bureau of Supplies, is in the hands of a new lot of men. William Angier is filling Pet- erson’s place and a man named Ingram is attending to Kelly's duties, while Expert Harris has full swing of the whole place. What he has found or will find is not likely to be the subject of correspondence to any more country newspapers. There are not many people who are aware that Harbor Commissioner Col- non had taken upon himself the re- sponsibilities of being a correspondent for a country newspaper. This he did recently, apparently to convince the people of the State or certain portions thereof, that he was not so badly mixed up in the Harbor Commission scandals as the witness in the paraffine paint case made him out to be. He. wrote a four-column article to the Fresno Ex- positor, which he had copied in the Stockton Mail, in which he attempted to show what excellent work the pres- ent board is doing, and how much it is saving to the taxpayers of the State. In that article he hits hard at the city press for not telling how much good work is being done, and says: You will never see anything about the savings which I myself secured for the State by the inauguration of a bureau of supplies, with a purchasing agent under heavy bonds empowered to make all pur- chases of supplies and to issue them to different departments only on requisitions properly signed by the respective super- intendents. After this bureau had been in operation six months I had an expert accountant go over the vouchers for the six months preceeding and make a com- parison. The saving per month was within a few dollars of the combined sal- arfes of the three commissioners, or close to $300. This report was read in open meeting. but no line of it has ever ap- eared in the public prints. That must Ee my excuse for mentioning it here. Had not this been written a few days before Shipsmith Crockard gave away the snap of the Bureau of Supplies, Commissioner Colnon’s excuse _for writing at all would never have been made. The Trial of Albert Hoff. George Frederick Albert Vereneseneck- ockockhoff, known as Albert Hoff, will be placed on trial for the murder of Mrs. Mary Clute on Monday. March 7. Judge Carroll Cook fixed the date in open court yesterday morning. —_———— Will of John Staude. The last will of John Staude, who dled in this city on the 6th inst., was filed for probate yesterday. hAlltth: {ea.l N;S l]:e:'- of the testator, which is 5‘,’.}‘.‘}&"{3 pésnst‘;o is bequeathed the widow, Elizabeth Staude. —e————— An Insolvent Merchant. S. Stencel, a merchant, has been de- clared insolvent. His liabilities aggregate b«n ears since, and 10,508 84, and his assets are scheduled at :&m b S By e S e e biitias conaist of open ae- | Sort A car and promissory npua. ~ Amiata, and on this account Kelly has been The | to have given such information as to[* fifififififl»&fi):6fll:lfififififimfifififififlflflfifififlfiflfifififlfififl ADVERTISEMENTS. ISUUSSSELC e 4 NOVELTY SILKS For Spring, 1808, : We direct particular attention this week to our elegant stock of NOVELTY SILKS for spring and summer wear. Our assortment is most complete and includes the new- est productions of the very best manufacturers. Bayadere and Checked Taifetas. Ombre Striped Effects in Taffetas. Two-toned Checked Matlasse. Basket Weaves in Jacquard Effects. Summer Plaid Taffetas. Fancy Checked Taffetas. New Effects in Foulards. NOTE. We will also have on sale this week an ele- gant assortment of LADIES’ TAFFETA SILK SKIRTS in plaids, checks, stripes and plain colors. Clormno; ORPORAY, N 892, 0 , 113, 15, 11T, 19, ‘121 POST STREET. fifififififififififififififlfiflfifififlfl REMEMBER That the 20 Per Cent Discount Clearance SALE ART GOODS S, &G, GUMPS, 113 GEARY STREET, Closes Positively on February 28, 1898. [etetetetatetatatatatatatetotptetetetetctnte] el patetatatatutastatuatututuiatuteiutetututuiatuioutuiatutatntetaatatuteiated Qur Speclal this week Is a Six-Drawer Oak Chiffoner. One of the most useful pieces of ot g, 15 $6.50 Cash or Little-at-a-Time Payments. J. NOONAN, 1017 to 1023 Mission Street, 516 to 522 Minna Street, Above Sixth. P’hanoSouthu. Open Evenings. 0000000@0000000000 CRAY silimim e ‘m .-2:'{;‘."‘1‘;’;“‘ 'y“h', disease. Em Same Chiffonier with- out mirror 0000000000000 000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000900000 m il Seents: RN Murket uonn na‘nmo‘m. hfiy &l WRW | | EASTON O ERnc 638 MARKET St Spn Frmncisey At Auction —AT— GOLDEN GATE HALL 625 SUTTER STREET, Commencing MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, UNTIL SATURDAY, February 26, 1898, At 2:30 and 8 p. m. dally, ——BALANCE OF— MRAFIAN'S COLLECTION R Rare Drigntal= Arhshcfiugs,Etc. Which sale was discontinued owing to the renting of the hall for a few days. Antigue and Modern Rugs, Carpets, Hangings, Etc. Some among which are priceless. One Silk Rug, exhibited in Vienna in 1890, won first prize. EASTON, ELDRIDGE & CO., Auctioneers. o[UNITED STATES I.AUNDRY OFFICE, ‘004 Market St., i Near Powell, South 420, ephone, Big @ is a non-poisonous for Gonorrhoay ¥ Gleet, Spermatorrheea, Whités, unnatural dis® charges, or any inflamma- tion, irritation or ulcera- tion of mucous mem- THEEVANS CHEwioat Co, branes. Non-astringent.