The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 22, 1898, Page 12

1898. 12 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, AUGUST 22, ; ADVERTISEMENTS. DR, J, F. MORSE, THE SURGEON, 1S N0 MORE The Noted Physician Died Yesterday. HIS FAME WAS WORLD-WIDE DEATH DUE TO HEMORRHAGE OF THE BRAIN. Overwork Broke His Constitution. The Career of a Man the State Can Ill Afford to Lose. Dr. John F. Morse, the eminent physi- clan and surgeon, ard chairman of the State Board of Health, died at 4:30 o'clock te! morning. The cause of death hemorrhage of the brain, superin- work and nervous strain. prior to his last {llness F fcians had advised before he broke down. This ed to do when nis “patients re him.” The occasion came mely death. Morse, a ploneer and founder of rder of Odd Fellows in Germany and elsewhere in Europe. The young man graduated In the year of his majority from the Medical College of the Pacific as valedictorian. He later studied in the Heldelberg Univer: and the University of Berlin, where he took Qis degree iIn 1881, and thereafter visited the principal hospitals and clinics of the lar~e Euro- pean citles, returning to San Francisco in 1882. He began practice at once th the eminent surgeon, the late Dr. William A. Dougla and assisted Dr. Dovglass as a visiting surgeon of the City and County Hospital for six years. In the year 1883 he became surgeon of the German Hospital of this city and remafned such till his death. On_account of his skill and ~opularity the demand on his energies was enor- mous, but he stood it bravely to the las During the past few ye formed from four to five capital opera- tions daily, and in the three weeks prior to illne for appendicitis. great surgeon al- most fainted at the last two operations, and went to his bed of death on the 8th inst. He failed rapidly, the vital machin- seeming to d the efforts of his friends e him were futile. . De Vecchi, Baum, The and physicians to rel ttended by D Kerr and McMonagle. original, quick, bold and s u irgeon was world- wide. When but 29 years of age he per- formed the first si 1 operation_ for m of the abdominal aorta. This n congratulations from t rgeons of the world, especial v from Professor Czerny of Heldelberg and Verneuil, the eminent surgeon of Paris. This operation was but one of and marvelous perform- ¢ his secrets of success was lly watched every detail ccess and never left while anything could be done his patie to_afford relief. labor was too great for him, and as a consequence he had a great host of warm friends, who_ will sincerely mourn {ll-timed death. Verneuil, on recording in his celebrated ADVERTISEMENTS. 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CORP., ' Sol TTER DRUG_AND CHEM. ., e 1 King Edward 3 @ pe., Boston., Britieh Dapot, ., London. “How to ru poronion vent Pimply, Olly was the son of the late Dr. | his | One of his marked char- | acteristics was diffidence and the great | | | he has per-| e executed nine operations | have been totally worn | He | | | No sacrifice of time or| | | promptly on that hour. DEATH CLAIMS A DR. JOHN F. MORSE, the E Yesterday After GREAT SURGEON. minent Physician Who Died a Short Illness. work on aneurisms the first successful case of treatment of an aneurism of the abdominal aorta, remarks that Morse (to whom he had written) far from celebrat- ing his triumph simply stated that this case, the first of its kind with & fortu nate termination, demonstrates the fe: ibility of the method of Professor Lo- | retta for the treatment of aneurisms of | the abdominal aorta. Elsewhere in his work, Verneuil calls the method of ope-| rating the Morse operation,which con- | sists of filling the aneurism with fine| wire and thus slowly coagulating the blood into a solid m: filling the cav- ity. As chairman of the Board of Health the deceased inaugurated many of the popu- | s, lar reforms introduced by the present| board. He was also chairman of the| Committees on Food Adulterations, Re- ceiving Hospitals and Public Schools and | Buildings. It was owing to his efforts that the food inspection and ambulance tem and the branch receiving hospitals | were established. | Dr. Morse had been president of California’ Academy of Medicine, of San Francisco County Medical Soc! a member of the State and Americ: Medical Associations and has held fices of honor and trust in_ both. president of the Board of Health he made | a tour of the Eastern cities last year to study and report on the methods of the | various boards of health. He would | have been appointed Commissioner of the | Golden Gate Park had he lived. | Dr. Morse was prominent in many civic | organizations including the Odd Fel-| Knights Templar, EIKks, | the he On January 17, 1584, Dr. Morse married | Miss ‘Alice Howell of Oakland. Three | children—Douglas, aged 13 yea John | Jacob, aged 7, and Alice C. M. Morse, | | aged 3—were the fruits of the union. ! | These, with the widow, his aged mother, Caroline F. Morse, and two sisters, Mrs. Morris Rehfisch and Mrs. W. W. Erskine, survive him. Deceased was born in Sacramento Sep- tember 12, 1857. The funeral services will take place at | Masonic Temple, corner Post and Mont- | gomery streets, to-morrow, at 2 o’clock p- m., under the auspices of Excelsior Lodge, | F.'and A. M. All organizations proposing | to attend are requested to be present | A GREAT RUN. Olympic Cyclers Enjoy Their Annual | Outing at Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The Olympic Cyclers reveled in a day’s outing yesterday and the hundred partici- pants were unanimous in pronouncing it the most enjoyable run in the history of | the club. Starting at 9 o’clock under the leadership of Captain Shay, the riders left the club building at a fast clip, which was | sustained until they reached the scene of jollity, Uncle Tom's Cabin. Those who did not accompany the bikers went down on the train to San Bruno and were driven over to the Cabin In teams. Once at the resort the fun began. Bicy- cle races of an impromptu order, baseball games and general athletics engaged the attention of all until noon, when an elab- orate lunch was spread on the verandas of the club house. In the afternoon an entertainment was furnished by the com- edians of the club. Bob Mitchell did his portion of the work and Ed Holland was a close second. An orchestra producin every varlety of musical composition and a quartet of excegtlonal vocal abllity were the features of the afternoon’s entertain- ment, which ended in time for the cyclers to return to the city at a seasonable hour. Another social run will be held by the cy- clers in the near future, with the resting place somewhere in the far end of Marin ounty. e First Baptist Church Peace Service. Dr. E. A. Woods presided at a peace ser- vice in the First Baptist Church last night. Captain Schliemann of the Twen- tleth Kansas Regiment delivered the first address of the evening. Af- ter giving. thanks for the peace which had come over the land he referred to the brilliant achlevement of Admiral Dewey. “‘God has given this great victory to these glorfous United States,” he sald, “and it is for us to make the best use of it. Chivalry, that most beautiful precept which actuates the heart of man, has been well exemplified in.the American na- tion, although I note with sorrow its de- cadence in Spain. We have seen a coun- try rise up in behalf of an oppressed peo- ple and say, ‘We do not want your terri- tory nor your money, but this inhumanity must cease.’ Spain had never learned the lesson of humanity until we taught it to her, and I say there must be peace in Cuba if we have to whip her again to get it. This example of the United States will make forever impossible the —atrocities which have been comitted by Spain in her possessions. We have extended our own empire. Whatever new lands we may ac- uire we must see to it that the Prince of eace shall dwell there, for there can be no true peace until righteousness is es- tablished on this earth. Our mission must be to do away with oppression on those islands and to give them self government. The natives shall not only be free physic- ally but spiritually.” haplain Leland of the Tennessee regi- ment and Private J. B. Creighton of the New York Volunteers also addressed the congregation in a similar vein. e e sy The famous old JESSE MOORE WHISKY is recommended by physicians for family and medicinal use becaue it Is pure. America’s New Mission. Rev. E. Nelander at the First Engiish Lutheran Church, Geary, near Gough street, preached yesterday morning on “America’s New Mission to the World.” He offered the opinion that God is at this time making history faster than at any period infthe world's annals. ““The lines of God's providence,” he declared, “ore converging to the point of the consum- mation of his kingdom on earih.. Now, as never in the world’s past history, does the heathen see that &Ju. the onmmipo- tent, reigneth.” He elaborated the ideas tnat the chureh of Christ is to conjuer che werld, and that recant events point ; PERITONITIS HAS SET GRIN DEATH 1S HOVERING OVER HER COT | Madeline Bouton Not Expected to Live. IN MUST UNDERGO ANOTHER SUR- | GICAL OPERATION. Rallied Somewhat Yesterday, Al- though for the Past Week Her Condition Has Been Most Precarious. Dashing Madeline Bouton is not expect- ed to live. Peritonitis has set in and | the actress is pronounced by her physician | to be in a most precarious condition. The last resort—another operation—is now but a matter of a day or so, andI must depend entirely upon the strength | of the patient, who unfortunately at pres- ent, is In a very weak state. Miss Bouton, late leading lady of the popular Frawley Company, injured her- self while rehearsing her famous dance, which she introduced in “Lost—24 Hours."” Instead of immediately seeking the aid of medical assistance, the actress continued to pursue her professional duties, until her health broken. Only after fainting dead away upon the stage did the lady consent to heed | the admonitions of her medical adviser | and go to a sanitarium for complete rest | in the hopes of recuperating. Dr. Winslow Anderson had charge of Miss Bouton’s case and counseled an oper- atlon, which was performed at the Me- Nutt hospital on Sutter street about two weeks ago. After the operation, the pop- ular actress began to mend rapidly until a week ago, when she suddenly had a reaction. Since then she has gradually grown worse and vesterday her physician decided upon another operation as the last resort. When seen yesterday Dr. Anderson had not lost all hope as to the possible recov- erey of his fair patient. While admit- ting that the lady’s condition was. ex- | tremely critical, a’ slight change for the | better, during the day, was hailed by the | doctor as a good omen. He afiirmed the | report that another operation would have | to be performed, and declared that even | with every chance in her favor it would be many weeks before the beautiful ac- tress could be pronounced convalescent. No one is allowed to see Miss Bouton, and no message from the outside world is carried to her. Her mother is con- | stant in her attendance, and she, the | doctor and her pretty, saint-ltie nurse | are the only persons permittéd in the sick room where one of the most beauti- | ful women of the American Stage lies auss!i};xg on her bed of pain and pnsaible} eath. LANDING OF THE FRENCH. Historical Anniversary and the Open- ing of Blarney Castle at the Irish Fair. The Irish Fair at Mechanics' Pavilion will again be open to the public at 1 o’clock this afternoon. The entertainment to-day embraces a band concert from 2 till | 5:30 and from § till 10:30 p. m. by Bennett's band. In the evening the centennial of | the landing of the French in Ireland will be celebrated. The date of the eentennial | was the 21st inst., but the rule that closes the fair on Sunday delayed the demon- stration until to-night. There will be also special entertainments in a number of the booths, and a special | one in the art gallery theater, where Mrs, | Alice P. Ludlam will present, w of her pupils, ‘Petticoat iwer'éfa‘y‘,fle:‘ng recitations and Elasllque posings. The paintings in the charge of Mre. M. 4. Mc. Closky will be arranged for disolay: and there will be many other attractions, The map of Ireland constructed of Irish sod has been completed, under direction of Miss Nellle Sullivan’ n Wednesday evening t of the opening R Wil B8 Ereatamarch Blarney Castle will be formally opened. o which Uncle Sam wi e ro; & comed by the Maid of Erin. oY Wel —_——— The Baldwin Opens To-Night. Everything Is in readiness for the re- opening of the Baldwin Theater this even- ing for the fall and winter season. The attraction is to be Henry Miller and his company, under the management of Charles Frohman, presenting the roman- tic comedy success, “‘Heartsease,” which had a run of 100 nights at the Garden Theater, New York. The supporting come pany is ‘sald to. be a very competent one, and it is said that the details of the pro- duction will be equal to the original, Ad- vance sales show that there will be a large and fashionable audience to wel- come the popular star. ————— to the fact that Amerlea is caled to estatlish the distinct mizsion L-!‘u(}eo‘d ;;.l r2¢cla w'pg the world. CIB“Z' wt!;!sl8 pipe; and window shades at lark’s, arket street. - ders solicited. S e J. P, DUNNING'S BLONDE FRIEND STILL ELUSIVE She Is a Pretty Widow, Once From Chicago. HER NAME IS MRS. SEELEY MURDERED WOMAN’S HUSBAND TELLS OF OTHERS. | He Wrote Loving Letters to His| Wife and Mrs. Botkin While | He Was at the Seat of War. John P. Dunning, ex- sociated Press in this city, are being investigated to discover, if possible the identity of the person who sent the box of poisoned candy to his wife infDover, Del., by which means two un- suspecting women were foully murdered. Late last night a Call reporter learned the name of the mysterious blonde woman who was one of Dunning's intimate com- The escapades of manager of the As: | panions. She is Mrs. Seeley, & widow, who formerly lived in Chicago. She was at one time a very warm friend of Mrs. W. A. Botkin, another of Dunning’s boon r. Dunning when his wife was coming home, and he laughed and said, ‘Oh, next month, I guess.’ ~ But she didn’t come, and month after month went by with the same statement from Mr. Dunning. Whatever the difficulty was between hus- band and wife, it was evidently patched up lately, for I received a letter from Mrs. Dunning, dated July 15 of this yvear, in which she s‘fenks happily of her hus- band’s expected return from Porto Rico, and that she expected to go to housekeep- ing with him in New York. She stated that he had been offered a good position on a New Yorw paper and would acceFt it. “Please say for me that I do not believe a word of the story that Dunning was at- tentive to Mrs. Corbaley. as might have been inferred from a recent publication of the Examiner. I have known Mrs. Corbaley for years and the idea is pre- posterous. Mrs. Corbaley never attended the races. She never went out with Dun- ning. She has been acquainted with the Dunnings for a long time, which ac- caunts for the fact that when her young- est son, J. C. Corbaley, was seriously in- jured in an explosion in San Francisco three years ago he asked to have Mr. Dunning notified. As Mrs. Corbaley was { out of town Dunning had the boy taken to his own house, saying to Mr. Good that it was the best thing under the cir- cumstances. When Mrs. Corbaley ar- rived the next day she, of course, came to minister to the son. The latter was sick for three months at the Dunning home. Some evil-minded busy-bodies may have made remarks, but there was nothing in Mrs. Dunning’s conversation to indicate that she was displeased. My theory of the case is that the person who sent the poisoned candy to Mrs. Dun- ning knew of the friendship existing be- tween the Dunnings and Mrs. Corbaley through statements made by Dunning himself, and that the poisoner took ad- vantage of this knowledge when mark- ing the candy “From Mrs. C.” to lead Mrs. Dunning to suppose that Mrs. Cor- baley sent it. I know nearly all of the former friends of Mrs. Dunning and many of those of her husband, but none of them can suggest any solution of the mystery. e DUNNING’S STATEMENT. He Gives the Names of Three Women With Whom He Was on Terms of Intimacy. DOVER, Del., Aug. 2l.—John P. Dun- ning, husband of the younger of ex-Con- gressman Pennington's daughters, who were murdered by eating poisoned candy, has at last consented to make a state- companions. Mrs. Susan M. Moore, who was the land- lady at No. $27 Geary street when Dun- ning and Mrs. Botkin boarded there, gives some interesting information concerning Mrs. Seeley. “This Mrs. Seeley came very frequently to my house to play cards with Mr. Dun- | ning and Mrs. Botkin,” said she }'esler-} day. “*She was a pretty woman and looked quite young, although Mrs. Botkin after- ward told me she was about 37. 1 acci- | dentally met Mrs. Seeley one evening | when going Into Mrs. Botkin's room wita | a pitcher or er. Mrs. Botkin's son and | M. Dunning were there. = After Mrs. ley a }rew minutes and told me that she came from Chicago and was out on the coast to spend a winter and to have a good time. She was a blonde, with light brown hair and blue eyes. She was tastefully dressed | and seemed to have money. 1 do not know | where she lived, but she came to visit Mrs. Botkin quite often. I think she was originally a friend of Mrs. Botkin. “Tater on the two women had a violent | quarrel over something and never made | up. They did not speak. Then came | something queer. Mrs. Seeley tried to | marry Mrs. Botkin's son, who was only Mrs. Botkin said to me that it was nly for spite. The son went to Stock- ton last year and Mrs. Seeley followed | him. It announced that they were | to be married. Mrs. Botkin hurried after | | See- | | them and the marriage did not take | place. The way that I_understood it was broken off was that Mrs. Seeley found that young Botkin had no money. That | was what she was after, I think. Since | then I do not know what became of her. “But I tell you she was altogether too lively! Why one night 1 had to go up | to the door of the room where they were | having a card party and tell them to | be quiet, as the other roomers were com- | plaining. They—Mrs. Seel Dunning and | Mrs. Botkin—were laughing at the top of | their voices. Mrs. Seeley was amusing them by climbing up on the shoulders of | Mrs. Seeley's son, standing up straight and then leaping off upon the floor! The | floor shook and a boarder down stairs, Mr. Craft, told me he was afraid the | chandelier would come down on his head.” | “Was Dunning mixed up in the quar~| rel?” was asked. ‘ “I don’'t know what it s all about. It was very bitter, however. Dunning | and his lady friends used to drink large quantities of whisky. They would leave whisky bottles scattered around in their rooms after a card party. They drank to exce: I was glad when they went away. Tl never could have remained in my | house if 1 had not needed the room rent. | Mrs. Botkin had a room on the same floor | with Mr. Dunning and they were much | together. They went out frequently to- gether. In the evening with Mrs. Seeley they enjoved themselves usually in Mrs. | Botkin's room. No other women ever | came, so far as I knew. Nor were there any other men, except occasionally Mrs. Botkin's son. Once in a while they would invite Mme. Thompson, a music teacher, who roomed across the hall, to partici- pate in their card games. She was a per- fect lady and never took part in any of their boisterous doings. She was only in there with them once or twice. One day I went into the room and saw a photo- graph of Mr. Dunning’s little girl and I said to him, ‘It’s too bad that you have | to be separated so much from your fam- ily.' The time that Mrs. Botkin remained with me was about three months. After | Mr. Dunning left Mrs. Botkin said that she didn’t care to stay longer, and soon | packed up and departed. I did not kee: track of her after that. T was too glag to _have them leave.” Dunning traveled the “primrose way" at a lively pace after his wife went East about two years ago. He played the races, drank heavily, associated with women and finally lost his position. Dur- ing this period of dissipation Dunning's friends and acquaintances frequently saw him at the races and elsewhere with a short, middle-aged woman, who {s de- scribed as an “English brunette.” She | was apparently about 40 years old, and | was not a familiar figure around town. | Mrs. W. A. Botkin, a married woman | living apart from her husband, fits the above description. She is known to hn\'ei been a very close friend of Dunning. They roomed at the same house and frequently visited the racetrack together. Mrs. Bot- kin hag been living in Healdsburg with her sister for some time. Last week, when she learned of the murder of Mrs. Dun- ning, she went to_ Stockton, where her husband resides. Whether or not she has any knowledge of the tragedy is not yet known. Prior to his wife's departure for her home about two years ago Dunning’s chief vices were drinking and gambling. His wife endeavored by every means in | her power to reclaim him, but succeeded only to a limited extent in checking his downward career. She induced him to | spend his evenings at home by lnvllln% friends to dinner and to play cards. T is not known that he had any demoraliz- ing alllances at that time; he was simply | a vietim of appetite and the gaming craze was strong within him. Freed from all restraint by the depart- ure of his wife, he soon found ties which allenated his. affection from his family to- such a degree that he allowed his inamor- ata to read his wife's letters. The theory of the murder which seems | plausible is that one of the women he has | assoclated with, who was infatuated with Dunning, learning that he had reformed and was about to return to his family, sent the candy to the unsuspecting wife, intending to murder her, hoping subse- quently to wed the object of her affection. The only information the police have on the double murder is that which has been published in the city newspapers. “So far 1 have recefved no word from the police authorities of Dover regardin the Dunming poisoning case,” sald Chie Lees yesterday. ‘‘They have not sent me the wrapper that was around the candy, letters, or anvthing else.” ““Have you not detailed an officer to look into the case?" “We have nothing to work on except what has appeared in the newspapers. I did have an officer investigate stories of Dunning’s escapades, the interviews with friends of Mr. and Mrs. Dunning which appeared in The Call and other papers, and found the statements in the main cor- rect. It strikes me, however, that Mrs. . A. Botkin, who was so well acquainted with Dunning, according to her own re- ported admissions, ought to be able to tell a zood deal about this cfl.sfi’;s Mrs. Harry C. Good of Ellis street, who was one of Mrs. Dunning’s most § timate friends in this city, said yesterday “Mr. Dunning and his wife had a dis: greement of some sort about two vears ago. The Dunnings were very intimate with our family and usually spent two evenings each week at our house. Some- times they took their Sunday dinners with us. ‘When Mrs. Dunning west East in the fall two years ago, it was the un- derstanding that she would return about Christmas. She told me she would be back. About the holidays Mr. Good asked | had been introduced to me she talked | ¢ | ment that will surely throw a great deal | of light on the hitherto impenetrable mys- tery. There are three women in San Francisco with whom Dunning admits he was intimately acquainted. The chief of these is Mrs. W. A. Botkin of Stockton, with whom Dunning’s relations were closer than either of the others. He ad- mits having written letters to her that were full of pretty confidences and ex- pressions of love since leaving San Fran- 0. This was at the very same time hat he was writing the most affectionata letters to his wife here in Dover. “I know .Ars. Botkin very intimately,” he satd to-day, “but I will not say now whether she was acquainted with my wife. She did know, however, that I was a married man, and it was with this knowledge on her part that many letters passed between us from the time I said good-by to her in San Francisco and came Iast to go to the seat of war. “I do not doubt that she still has many of those letters in her possession.” When questioned with reference to the past that he proposed to live down, Dun- ning said: “That is a matter that rests entirely between myself and the Associated Press and it cannot possibly have any connec- tion with the sending of a boX of pol- soned candy to my wife. 1 must decline to_discuss it.” Of the history of his relations with Mrs. Botkin Dunning said: “Our first meeting was entirely the re- sult of an accident. It was a year and a haif or two years ago. 1 was riding my bicycle in Golden Gate Park, San Fran- cisco when the wheel broke down near a bench where two women were sitting. One of them was Mrs. Botkin. “While I was making the necessary re- pairs to the bicycle 1 got into a conversa- tion with them, and went so far as to sit down and talk with them after the wheel had been mended. We simply introduced ourselves without the slightest formality, and as there was no objection on Mrs! Botkin's part the acquaintance that was begun there was continued.” He was then asked if he had any Inti- mate acquaintance with a Mrs. Louise Seeley or Ceeley In San Francisco. This he tried to evade, but finally ad- mitted he had. He would not go into any details of their relations to each other. Another woman with whom Dunning admits acquaintance in San Franeisco is Madame Thompson, & teacher of French, who frequently sat in the card parties in Mrs. Botkin's rooms. Of her he said to- n It was at one of these card parties that I met Madame Thompson. I saw her quite often there and sometimes at the race track.” “Have you any reason to suspect that any of these women was connected with the sending of poisoned cand: Dunning w asked. hat is a question I shall not answer now,” was his reply. “It {s something for the detectives to work out, and my suspicions can have no weight in the matter.” There has been frequent mention of a blonde woman, thus far nameless, for whom the San Francisco police are said to be looking In connection with this case. When asked about her, Dunning said: “I have no recollection of any woman of that description who could have any in- terest in the death of my wife.”” Dunning has sent several telegraphic messages to-night and there is reason to believe that he is in communication with friends in San Francisco who_are inter- esting themselves in the case. He will not admif, however, that such is the case, nor that the mysterious ‘‘Mrs. C.” is being looked for by the police of San Fran- cisco. He says he has had no consulta- tion with the State detectives or nnY of the officials. He does not know how long he may remain here, but says he may leave within a day or two. That steps have been taken to exhume the bodies of the two victims ot the candy is certa;n. Mr. Pennington Is reconciled to this measure, in the hope that some light may be thus thrown on the myst=ry. Deane strenuously opposes this plan, bit the authorities, it is understood. will take the case in their own hands and submit the bodies of the two women to a poison analysis. SISTER COLUMBO CHOSEN. Is Appointed Directress of St. Mary’s Hospital as Successor to Mother Russell. Sister Columbo has received the ap- pointment, through a unanimous vote of the members of the various assoclate communities of the Sisters of Mercy, as successor to the late Mother Russell, as the representative superior of the order at St. Mary's Hospital. The election, which was held under the supervision of Archbishop Riordan, was conducted by secret bauot, the sisters at St. Mary's Hospital, the Magdalen Asy- lum, St. Peter s School and St. Anthony’s School at East Oakland participating. Mother Columbo arrived in this ity twenty years ago from Ireland to enter the order of which she is now superior. Soon after her arrival she took the veil, the vows implied in the acceptance of which she has strictly adhered to. leading a life of plety and spreading the influence of her good work to_those who came un- der her care at the hospital and to those of the outside world who were personally acquainted with her. — ee————— The Fender Saved Her Life. Freda Hahnn, a tiny maiden, 6 years of age, narrowly escaped being ground to death beneath the wheels of an electric car of the Sutro line yesterday afternoon. The car left its terminus shortly after 3 o’clock, and was on its way toward the transfer point at Sutter street, and had reached Fourth avenue when the accident occurred. The child ran onto the car track at that point, and aparently the clanging of the car gong bewlldered her. She turned first one way and then the other in her endeavor to escape, and then it was too late. H. W. Williams, the mo- tor-man, saw that his car would surely strike the chiic and he rapidly reversed the current and dropped the fender. The car stopped within a distance of about fifteen feet, but the little girl had dis- appeared beneath it. The motorman, con- Gontor and - score of frightened passen- gers sprang off. expecting that it would Fe their misfortune to have to drag a little lifeless form from beneath the wheels: but all were mistaken. The fen- der had done its work well. and the chiid was lyln~ across it. badly bruised but far from fatally injured. She was picked up and carried to the offices of Dr. Cleary, where her injuries were dressed. She was then taken to the home of her parents. No Agxde vLu to blame for the unfortunate ac- en SOSSUTESES SUU b NOVELTY SILKS! Ombre Plaid Taffetas. latest colorings. Taffeta. Checked We beg to announce the opening this week of an elegant assortment of NEW NOVELTY SILKS. Equal Stripe Taffeta, Light Ground Warp Print Tatfeta, new designs. Ombre Plaid Taffeta, black satin stripes. Warp Print Checked Taffeta, black Satin stripes. Fancy Bayadere Stripe Taffeta. Dresden Stripe Taffeta and Changeable Tafieta, with white satin stripes. SPECIAL. 15 pieces Black Satin Duchesse, all pare silk and 24 inches wide, $IQQ Yard. Regular Value $1.25. RPOR4: @cm 2 \m, u3, 15, ur, U9, 121 POST STREET. OLOCBER BOWEN & CO. We have donated the teato be served in the Japanese booth of the Irish fair. Orders for pure teas and coffees can be left at our exhibit from which the management are to re= ceive a liberal percentage of the profits. SPECIAL SAVING SALE Monday Tuesday Wednesday Hams—regularly 13¢ Ib 11C Old Dominion—guaranteed—eastern Puree de foie gras 20C Gooseliver pate—Teyssonnean brand regularly 25¢ ¥ Sweet Sauterne "™FV%%r $4 A most delightful wine for ladies Cocoa (Van Houten's) 8oc In 1s, s and 1 Ib tins-made in Holland Nothing but pure soluble cocoa of the highest grade. Regularly $1 1b G G Vermouth French §5C ‘Wholesale price 2 regularly Goc Italian §OC Pineapple (Singapore) can 20c Whole, without cores 3 cans §OC regularly 25¢ Toilet soap (French) 3 cakes 60C Made by Roger & Gallet, Paris assorted odors. Regularly 75¢ Vinegar (French) bottle 20C Made from pure white gal 40C wine—no acids You will need this kind for pickling regularly 25¢ bottle and 50c gallon Stuffed olives (Otive Eden) 20c Alici Falstaff sml 20c Ige cans 25C Olives, anchovies and pickles in oi rggularly 25¢ and 35¢ Olive oil (Sierra Madre) pts 45¢ reg’ly soc and 85c bot qts 5¢ Absolutely reliable for medicinal 7 purposes. Almost essential in salads Malt whiskey Wm Penn bot 75C Not doctored to be palatable but nat- urally mellow and wholesome regularly $1 co Paraffine Ib 10c Keeps preserves and jelly clean and prevents fermentation regularly 15¢ . Oil cloth (for shelyes) roll 55C scolloped edges-12 yds long-12 in wide regularly 75¢ Gas lighters (nickel) 25¢ including box of tapers regularly 4oc Cigars—E! Reposo $7. 50 Reduced from $9 per hundred Deliciosos—fancy shape-a refined smoke for refined tastes. We cut the price to attract cigar trade; this one sells without cutting JaMall orders entitied to these prices f posted not 432 Pine 215 Sutter 2800 California San Francisco 1075 Clay between Eleventh and Twelfth Oakland W. T. HESS, NOTARY PUBLIC AND ATTORNEY-AT LAW, Tenth Floor, Room Claus sl-;nmu Bldg. Residence, 921 below Py Californla st., Fowell, STATEMENT —OF THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS —-OF THE— CONNECTICUTFIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Of Hartford, In the State of Connecticut, (N, JHE $IST DAY OF DECEMBER, A. D. 1897, and for the year ending on that day, as made to the Insurance Commissioner of the State of California, pursuant to the provisions of Sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by tie Com-: missioner. CAPITAL. Amount of capital stock, pad up n cash $1,000,000 00 ASSETS. Real estate owned by company. $209,325 00 Loans on bonds and mortgage 1,090,858 00 Cash market value of all stocks bonds owned by company. 1,965,756 00 Amount of loans secured by piedge of bonds, stocks and other market- able securities as collateral. 2,000 00 Cash in company’s office Cash in banks. 127,660 69 Premiums in due course of collec- tion . 161,155 70 Bills recefvable, not matured, taken for fire sud marine risks 2,12 78 Total assets 559,327 18 LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and unpaid.......... . 860726 Losses in process of adjustment or in suspense....... .. 92,750 83 Losses resisted, including expenses.. 16,221 s1 Gross premiums on fire risks running one year or less, $1,106,47 81; re- insurance, 50 per cen! 552,787 91 Gross premiums on fire r ‘more than one year, $1,705,793 54; re- insurance pro rata. .. esLee1 T Total labilities ... +evs-.$1,575,309 53 INCOME. recelved for fire premiums $1,67¢,232 64 Recelved for mortgages . 50,510 41 Recelved for interest and dividends on bonds, stocks, loans and from all other sources..... ceeees 90,048 41 Total income... EXPED Net amount paid for fire losses (In- cluding $117,043 85, losses of pre- vious years) $802,786 09 Dividends to stockholders. 100,000 00 Paid or allowed for commission or Drokerage ........ 305,790 43 Pald for salaries, fees and other charges for officers, clerks, etc. 184,780 78 Paid for State, national and Total expenditures ... Losses Incurred during the year. Risks and Premiums. |Fire Risks. Premiums. Net amountof risks writ- ten during the year.. Net amount of risks ex-! pired during the year. Net amount in force D cember 31, 189 $155,122,989 1,913,533 42 145,440,898] 1,855,379 79 228,665,049| 2,811,269 35 J. D. BROWNE, President. CHARLES R. BURT, Secretary. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 19th day of January, 1895 JOHN H. THACHER, Notary Public. BENJAMIN J.SMITH, Manager Pacific Department. COLIN M. BOYD, Agent for San Francisco, 411 CALIFORNIA ST. TO PROPERTY OWNERS! WANTED— For a large institution, suitable office quar- ters, to contain about 10 rooms, In one or two stories, central location, between Market, Sut- ter, Stockton and Polk, corner preferred; 10- year lease guaranteed. Apply to EDMUND A KOLLOFRATH, 933 Market street.