The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 12, 1898, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1898. A SEVERED ARM AND GRIM HEAD TELL OF MURDER Grewsome Find of Two Young Ladies on the Shore of Oakland’s Estuary. A Mystery of the Bay That Recalls the Frightful Butchery of Addie Gilm our. OAKLAND, Sept. 11.—The finding of the arm and hand of a female near the Eighth-street bridge this evening and the sighting of a woman’s head off the beach at Berkeley a week ago point to a tragedy similar to that of; a few years ago in which Miss Addie | Gilmour was the victim and Dr. West | a central figure. The arm and hand found this after- noon are in a state of falr preservation, and do not appear to have been in the | water more than a few day: The limb | is said to be apparently that of a young an perhaps 20 to 25 years of age. ngers and finger nalls are per- but there is not a single mark fect, that might lead to identification. The limb was found by two young girls who were walkjpg along the edge of the entra to Lake tween the enth-str trestle and the hth-street bridge. These girls are Miss Irene Monroe of 920 Sixth street and N Bertha Waller of 208 East Twenty-eighth street. Their attention was attracted by something that looked unusual, and on examining it they found it to be a de- tached arm of a human being. Miss Monroe secured it, and realizing that | it was a very unusual incident for hu- man arms to be on the beach, she took it home to show to her parents. She eays she knew nothing of the Coroner’s | duty in such cases, but she was told to take it back to the place where she und it and tell Constable “Jack"” Rob- This she did, n notified the police. The oroner eventually sent for the limb, now has it in his possession. To- | morrow he will take measures trying to trace its origin. Merritt, be- The arm is severed at the elbow, and the operation appears to have been a clumsy one. According to the Coroner's deputy it seems to have been broken apart, rather than severed by cutting. There is nothing to suggest that the arm wus disescted ° - a medical stu- dent and thrown away. ‘When Constable Robinson was mak- ing inquiries of some boys in the neigh- borhood he was told that a lad named Willie Duncan had first seen the arm a week ago, but had not taken it away. Eight days ago Mrs. Mary A. Co- burn. who lives near the water front at Berkeley saw from a window in the rear of her home an object in the bay and sent her two sons John and Charles to bring it ashore. The boys waded out to the object and were greatly horri- fied to find the head of a woman, The younger son, Charles, managed to- get within reach of the head, but could not brine himself to take hold of it. These boys say that the head was that of a girl with long, loose black hair, and | that it had evidently been in the water‘ for some time, as part of the face had been eaten away and decomposition was far advanced. The wound caused by decapitation was plainly visible. Nothing has been seen of it since, al- though the boys are positive that what they saw was the head of a woman. The discovery to-day . in connection with the head seen off Berkeley has created great public interest, owing to the similarity in detai}s with the Addie Gllmour case. The head of Addie Gilmour was first found off the Marin County shore, and after a few ys a limb was found In the estuary not a great ways from to-day. where the arm and hand were found Sergeant Morrison and the Coroner’s office are of the opinion that there is a stary of horror to be unfolded, of which the head off Berkeley is the first chapter and the arm found to-day, the second. SILT WATER ON THE STREETS ¢ No Longer an Experi-| ment in Sprinkling. IS ECONOMIC AND SANITARY MERCEANTS' ASSOCIATION AD- VOCATES ITS USE. ] Original CostyIs Less Than That of Fresh Water and It Has Many Other Ad- vantages. The practice of sprinkling the streets | of cities on the Atlantic sea coast with | salt water has long been recognized as | both an economic and sanitary measure. The progressive members on the direct- | orate of the Merchants' Association, quick | to grasp any idea that would result in | benefit to this city, hit upon this as be- ing something that could readily and'ad- vantageously be applied here, as salt water can be obtained so readily. ! Their engineer made an exhaustive | study of the subject a year ago. His re- | port was used as a leverage with which to | move the Supervisors to adopt that sys- | tem of street sprinkling. There was some obstacle in the way and the matter | was dropped for the time being. A prac- tical trial was made, however, with won- derful results. Van Ness avenue, Kearny street and other downtown thoroughfares were se- lected for the experiment. The outcome was the same as in every locality where | salt water has been used. It was found that the quantity of water required was much less than when fresh water was used, two_cartloads of the former being | equal to three or four of the latter. The merchants were quick to appreciate its | other merits. The salt formed a slight crust on the surface of the street, thus retaining much of the dust that would otherwise have | been whirled into the stores and houses | by the wind. The officers of the Merchants’ Assocla- tion did not press the matter then, but | within the past month they have re- newed their battle for the substitution of | salt water for fresh water. The matter | is no longer in the experimental stage. Water from the ocean is already piped through the city to the Lurline aths | and other bathing establishments. It is | expected that the question of the use of salt water will be presented to the Park Commissioners, with the request that | they use it on the park drives under their | control. The Harbor Commissioners use it on East street and are so enamored of it that they would not willingly go back to the old system, and its adoption by the | Supervisors would be but another step in the direction of placing this city abreast of the time: “OLD TOC” I8 DEAD. The Famous Buck of the Lagunitas Is Brought to Grass. “Old Toc,” the famous three-pronged buck that half of sporting San Francisco has at one time or another chased over the hills back of Lagunitas, has at last been brought to grass, and the body of the magnificent animal arrived in this city last night. “Old Toc” has been the avowed prey of a coterie of San Francisco sportsmen for | some weeks past, and on Saturday last Dan Siebert, Jack Oswald, Claus Witt and Fred Sanderson left for the Lagu- nitas hills with the fixed intention of not returning without their quarry. As luck would have it the second bu that Mr. Sanderson’s dog Paddy forced from cover was the object of the hunt, and he was gmmptly brought down by a shot in the ip from the rifle of Mr. Slebert. Two more shots were necessary before the grand old buck gave up the fight. ‘When dressed he tipped the beam at 160 pounds, and his captors won the heartiest congratulations of the season from the big crowd of envious sportsmen who were attracted by the news of the kill. —_—————————— | Mrs. Botkin would be justified | the Cliff House dertake to declare Mrs. Botkin either gullly or innocent of one of the most ideous crimes of the century; but he | ascribed to her personal conduct as ac- knowledged by her own lips and portray- ed in the columns of the daily news- apers, much of the cause for the sus- piclon with which she is regarded in the community. There are three reasons for this sus- icion, the minister sald, and they will le in her path and confront her, he de- clared, at every turn in her endeavor to free herself from an awful charge. Fjrst, the race track habit, and he condemned this in unmeasured terms; second, the frequenting of saloons and the excessive use of strong drink; and, third, un- | fajthfulness to marriage vows. To these three causes, Mr. Jenkins said, , If she is innocent, in accounting for her miserable | light; and, if she is guilty, then these ndulgences of the past will only add to | the dreadful burden which she must carry | when she faces the courts of law and | eventually her Maker. —_— - ADVISED TO STAY HOME. A. F. Benard Jr. Writes an Interest- ing Letter From Dawson. A. F. Benard Jr., the son of the well- known Larkin street saloon keeper, has | written a lengthy letter from Dawson to a friend in this city. After describing the | gold flelds and giving an idea of the amount of provisions it requires to make the trip, he writes: ‘Do not believe the reports of the finding of immense wealth on the surface of the ground. It is the hardest country in the world to prospect, as can be testified to by old and experi- enced miners. It requires considerable labor and energy to even carry a pack containing food, blankets, tools, etc. By the time one reaches his destination there is very little food left, and it becomes nec- essary to go back for another supply, without having done anything in the | line of prospecting. There is some gold here, but not near the amount that some people have represented to be. I would advise those who are not acquainted here and who are contemplating & trip to this wild country, to stay at home, as a stran- ger is not in'it, figuratively speaking.” —_———— PICKPOCKETS CAUGHT. Discovered Working a Crowd Near the Cliff House. A gang of pickpockets proceeded to work the crowd at the terminus of the Sutro car line yesterday afternoon when they were discovered by the superintend- ent of tane road, who telephoned to the O'Farrell-street Police Station. Several officers were sent to the scene and after a short struggle succeeded in arresting six of the gang. At the City Prison they gave fictitious names and were locked up pending an in- vestigation. A number of people were robbed of their purses in the chlnny of yesterday, and it is thought_that the prisoners are the oul- prits. Nothing of an incriminating na- ture was, however, found on them. —_———— The Bill at the Alhambra. Sldney Drew heads the list of favorites at the Alhambra. Burt and Whitman, ec- centric comedy artists, will make their appearance for the first time to-night. Miss Whitman has played with great suc- cess in all the leading vaudeville houses in the Eastern cities and attracted great attention with her remarkable beauty and splandid costumes. Powers and Hyde will conclude their performance with a prize cakewalk, introducing twenty couples. The public will be the judge of the winners. 'The great barytone, Del Puente, will sing the grand aria from the “Barber of Berville,” and the Roumania non e ver girls, Corinne, and Edith H: as Geisha, should make a hit. = e — South End Gun ¢lub Shoot. The final shoot of the South End Gun Club was held at Colma yesterday. The first-class scores at twenty-five blue rocks were: McRoe 24, M. McDonald 19, Brikerstaff 18, J. Scroder 15, J. McDonald 20, J. Peel 18, Kerrigan 16. In the second class the scores were: Peterson 18, Belloff 14 R. Itgen 14, Wichman 12, Grimes 14, G. Heuer 9, N. Heuer 9, Taylor 14. Peterson took first money, Itgen, Belloff, Grimes and Taylor divided second money and ‘Wichman third. Pool shooting and prac- tice matches followed. Dick Itgen and H. Lewis tied with 14 in a twenty blue-rock shoot. The match will be shot off next season. —_———— Supervisors to Meet To-Day. After a'vacation of five weeks the city fathers will reconvene this afternoon. Considerable business of importance will claim their attention, including the con- sideration of the tax levy and the matter of the proposed Dupont-street park, be- sides much accumulated street work. It is not likely that the tax levy question A Lesson on the Botkin Case. At the Hamilton Square Baptist Church last night Rev, W. C. Jenkins, the pastor, delivered a sermon on the Botkin-Dun- ning poison mystery. He prefaced his remarks by asserting that he did not un- will be more than reached pending a re- fi:;td.tmm the committee nhavlnn“ it in —_—— The famous old JESSE MOORE WHISKY is recommended by physiclans for family and medicinal use because it iy pure, 000000000000 0000 iated by GEORGE T. BROMLEY. awaits him in clubdom. 0000000000000000C OCCO000000000000000000000000000000CCO0000000000 UNCLE GEORGE’S CLOSE CALL. Bohemia’s High Priest Almost Asphyx- The countless friends of *“Uncle George"” Bromley, bon vivant, ante and post prandial speaker and raconteur, the patriarch of the uncon- Mr. Bromley will be out In a day or two, and a 00000000000000000 Accident, wit, ventional and delightful realm of Bohemia, are rejoicing that an gccident last Wednesday night in their high priest’s household has had'no serious result. : Mr. Bromley, upon retiring for the night, evidently failed to turn the gas cock com- pletely off; and in the course of & few hours a member of his fam- ily who sleeps in an adjoining room was aroused by his labored breathing. Entering his room at once she found Mr. Bromley un- conscious and the chamber flood- ed with the deadly vapor. The windows were thrown open, & physician sent for, and vigorous efforts to revive “Uncle George’ soon resulted In his being restored to consciousness. Two things had rendered the incident less serious than it might have been. The flow of gas, owing to the orifice being small, was restricted, and an open fireplace leading directly into the air through a chimney carried off considerable of the polson. With the exception of the fact that Mr. Bromley has been obliged to remain indoors for the last four days he has suffered only slight Inconvenience from the gas, and he declares that he ‘will be more careful in the future. “Why shouldn’'t I be?”’ he sald yesterday. “I have only one fault to find with the world. It is too good to me. Dear me! Indeed!” royal reception COCCOOCCO00000000C00CCO0COCO0000CCO0CO0000C000000000000 00000000000C000000 BOTKIN CASE 1S AEADY FOR THE GOVERNOR Waits Only on the Del- aware Affidavits. LEES ON THE ANXIOUS SEAT| SENATOR FRANK McGOWAN’S STARTLING THEORY. He Makes a Statement That May Foreshadow the Line of De- fense in the Coming Trial. Though the law of the land requires the prosecution to produce before the com- mitting magistrate only enough of the | | evidence that has been adduced to es- tsblish a prima facie case against the prisoner charged, Chief Lees proposes to establish an exception and a precedent when he brings the case of Mrs. Cordelia Botkin under the official eye of Governor Budd to-morrow morning. Not a fractional part, but the whole sum of his evidence will be thrown into the scale to balance against the powerful points of law upon which alone the de- fense will base its fight. It is in the bulk rather than the value of his evi- dence, the rotundity of his many aflidavits and the sheer welght of their verbiage in ‘which lies Chief Lees’ one hope of outwelghing his prisoner's case and ef- fecting her extradition into Delaware. ‘Whether or not the weight of the prose- cution’s case is sufficient to its ends must wait upon the decision of Governor Budd for its answer. In so far as it conneets Mrs. Botkin with the murders alleged against her, the case as it will go before Governor Budd con- sists of no more than the original four characterizing features, with only one of which-is Mrs. Botkin connected, and with that only by the slenderest thread of probability. This feature that the prose- cution will-get up as its one substantial fact is that on June 1, two months prior to the murder of Mrs. Dunning, rs. Botkin purchased of the Owl Drug Com- any two ounces of powdered arsenic. II)‘O prove this they will have the testi- mony of Frank 8. Grey, who knew Mrs. Botkin and who, as manager of the drug store, £old her the arsenic. To sever this one link that connects its cllent with the crime the defense will show that at the time of the purchase the defendant did not try to conceal her identity, but, on the contrary, had written upon the poison register her right name and the use to which she intended putting the polson. They will further produce two witnesses who claim to have been with Mrs. Bot- kin in _her room at the Hotel Victoria ‘when she used the drug to bleach a white straw hat, the use to which she told Grey she intended putting it. The second count in the prosacution’s case will ueal with the handwriting of the anonoymous letters and that of the wrap- per round the candy box. By comparison with her known writings Chief Lees will attempt to prove that Mrs, Botkin indited both. Numerous photographic enlarg- ments of the scripts have been prepared by Expert Kytka and it Is principally upon his testimony as an expert that it is hoped to prove a similarity. The tracing of the candy and box to the store of George W. Haas, and the evi- dence of Miss Dittmer and Miss Heney, who remember the sale, will also be feat- ures to which the Chief will give much prominence. The purchase at the City of Paris of tho handkerchief that accompanied the deadly bonbons_will be fully set forth in num- erous affidavits, though among the clerks of the store none has been found who cn_lr:l recall when, or to whom, it was sold. The affidavits of John P. D\mnlng setting forth' his relations with Mrs. Botkin and also rolatifi to the anonymous letters are reckon upon as evidence of heavy weight and will be a feature of the case. Another bit of evidence that has been given much prominence Is an afidavit maue by Miss Lizzie Livernash, a report- er of the Examiner. The statement is considered of little value to’Chief Lees. The defense has not considered it of sufficlent importance to_make provision against it. Before the Governor the defense will call no witnesses, but will rest its case on the numerous law points involved. Tn case Governor Budd sees fit to grant the requisition as prayed for, an appeal will at once be taken to the Supreme Court and, if necesary, carried to the Supreme Court of the United States. The attor- neys for the defense have declded to finally establish a precedent for cases of the peculiar nature of the present one. Chief Lees said yesterdlg that his case before Governor Budd might be weakened by the non-arrival of certain supplement- ary affidavits made by John P. Dunning. He has recelved word that the fresh ev?— dence of Dunning is not among the affi- davits that will arrive this evening from Dover and is much worried at the pros- pect of proceeding without it. —_—— ONE THEORY OF MRS. BOTKIN'S DEFENSE Attorney McGowan Is Seeking to Bring Another Woman Into the Case, Attornsy Frank MoGowan, for the de- fense, is ccnfident that upon law points alone, and without the introduction of a iine of evidence, Governor Budd will be induced to deny the requisition for Mrs. Botkin. “We are going to fight it out,” said he, ‘“‘upon the point that Mrs. Botkin is not a fugitive from justice, as set forth in the urrestlmf warrant. It is certalnly.to our client’'s interest that her trial shall be held in this State. In a case of this kind environment is everything, and conse- quently we shall try to keep her right here where her friends are around er and where, at a moment's notice, we can find even the least important of our wit- nesses. ‘“We will bring none of our witnesses before the Governor, for as I understand the proposition it is only necessary that the prosecution bring such evidence as | will prove that extradition is legal, and I | think that we can prove in a very few minutes that in this case extradition will be anything but that. “No; Mr. Knight certainly will not be the ‘whole thing.” Both Mr." Wheeler and myself will have equal representation and equal opgor:unlty with him. The little friction that necessarily occurred at the opening of the case has been entirely done away with, and we now have our work so apportioned that there can be no further hitch.” Asked if he had yet formulated a theory looking to the true solution of the Dun- ning mystery Senator McGowan reluc- tantly admitted that he had, and then in a few words he gave credence to a rumor that for weeks past has been carefully kept in mind by Chief Lees and his ae- tectives. “I have never felt for & moment that our client has the stain of this horrid crime upon her,” said Senator McGowan. “The utter failure of all attempts to con- nect her with the mass of evidence that has been uncovered has greatly strength- ened this faith in her, and though I am not for a moment negieclln{ the require- ments of the present case, there is not a moment that I am not looking for the woman who actually did the murder. “And I am looking, too, for the evidence that will connect John P. Dunning with it. It {s known that Dunning was, to say the least, promiscuous in his attentions to women, and I have heard it sald that there was a woman here to whom he was more warmly atfached than to Mrs. Bot- kn, and for this woman I am looking. This and other rumors of equal persis- tency have inauced me to lend more than cursory attention to the matter. “I do not say tha. I believe Dunning an accessory, but I think that the theory is sufficlently plausible to warrant investi- | gation.” It has become apparent to every one who has kept in touch with The Call's re- ports of the evidence as it has been dis- covered that the facts adduced might do as well to_convict some other suspect as Mrs. Botkin. The connecting link twixt evidence and prisoner has not yet been found, and prisoner and evidence, 8o far as the facts have been made known, remain two separate and distinct propo- sitions In the case. The repeated failure to absolutely con- nect the two have induced Chief Lees to keep a watchful eye for anything that :\}'Inuld tend to corroborate = McGowan's eory. Will Give an Entertainment. St. Alban’s (Episcopal Mission) Church will give an entertainment at Golden Gate Hall, on Friday evening, September 23, consisting of a laughable farce en- titled, “Never Reckon Your Chickens be- fore They are Hatched.” The programme has some of the very best talent. After the entertainment there will be dancing. The following ladies and gentlemen have charge of the affair: * Mrs. Willlam Ramsdell, Mrs. M. Doug- las, Mrs. Willlam T. Muhlner, Mrs. True- worthy, Mrs. J. C. Miller, Miss Lill Trueworthy, Miss E. Stuart, Miss A. S. Tobey, William G. Badger, George W. Caswell, H. W. Clarke, Leland Ramsdell, Willlam Harvy, H. Briggs, Willlam Mulh ner and C. A. Leley. Interfered in a ight. Andrew Schnuckers, residing at 1718 Howard street, interfered in a fight at the butchers’ picnic at San Jose yesterday and recelved two knife wounds on his hands for his pains. A butcher living at San Jose became engaged In a quarrel with a boy, and Schnuckers tried to_stop the fight.” The butcher then turned on him with a knife, The wounds were dressed at the harbor hospital on | Schnuckers’ arrival in the city. —_——————— 1rish Fair Ball A reception and ball will be given to- morrow night at the Pavilion to the la- dles whose efforts so largely contributed to the success of theé Irish Fair. The la- dies will appear in the costumes worn during the Fair. Galway carried off the honors as tne most popular county in Ireland. Tt js stated that 100,000 people attended the novel exposition and that a good fat fund will be the result. ————————— Coroner Hawkins Remembered. There was a large attendance at the meeting of the Golden West Republican Club of the Thirtieth Assembly Discrict on Saturday night. Fifty names were added to the membership roll and the club unanimously indorsed the State Republi- can ticket ‘as well as Dr. Hawkins for Coroner and J. B. Allen for Recorder for the municipal ticket. —_——————— Mrs. O’Brien’s Mishap. Mrs. O'Brien, 4 Russ street, was treated at the Recelving Hospital yesterday morn- ing for a fracture of the left arm, a sprain of the right wrist and a broken nose. She sald the street near her house is being repaired, and when going home Baturday night she stepped on a loose plank and fell. Fell Off a Car. John Yelleher, a laborer, living at the Reno lodging house, fell from a Fourth street car yesterday afternoon and had his left leg broken in two Iglacex He was taken to the Receiving Hospital, where the injured member was set by Dr. Edi- ven Bunnell. prarse Lol P SN Altos Still Winners. In the second game between the Altos and San Francisco Ro ‘were again vlcmxslo\u. fzntuul were | Morrison’s backstop wo! g mmflutomo;-l DEATH SAVED HER FROM A FELON'S CELL Sad Ending of a Once Handsome Woman. WAS KNOWN TO THE POLICE JOSIE EVANS, A BORN THIEF, DEFEATS JUSTICE. Wanted for Grand Larceny She Goes to the County sospital to Pass Her Few Remain- ing Days. Occupying an unmarked grave in the City Cemetery is the body of Josle Evans, & once handsome woman, whose criminal career forms an interesting chapter in the Police annals of this city. Possessed of many gifts, this woman might have had an enviable place in soclety had it not been for her criminal instincts and her weakness for taking the property of others. “‘Joste,” as she was familiarly known to the police, started on her criminal career about four years ago. She was then a mere girl, but in a brief space of time she developed into one of the most daring fe- male thieves that ever operated in tmis city. Her scheme was to live out as a servant and while her employer was ab- sent she would steal as much property as she could conveniently carry. About a year ago she visited a friend, who lived on Mason street, and when she left sev- eral silk dresses and some jeweiry be- longing to the lady of tne house were gone. The police were notified and after considerable trouble they found Josie in a lodging-house on Kearny street. In her trunk were the missing articias, together with a miscellaneous assortment of stolen property. She was tried for the offense, and on conviction was sent to the House of Correction for six months. Af- ter her release she met a confiding woman ‘who after listening to her story of poverty and hunger allowed her to occupy a room in_her house, In reward for her kindness Josie durin the absence of her benefactress selecteg the most suitable articles she could find in the house and, packing them in a trunk, sent for an express wagon. The trunk containing the stolen articles was then placed in the wagon, and the driver ordered to take it to the woman’s room on_Mission street. ‘While the police were scouring the city for the young woman word reached them that she was in the City and County Hos- pital, a vietim of rapid consumption. On account of her condition they allowed her to remain there, knowing that her death would be hastened by removing her to prison. Her last appeal to the detective who visited her a short time afterward ‘was that she be allowed to remain at the hospital, as she did not want to die in prison. “It is all over with me,” she remarked, as tears coursed down her sunken cheeks. “For God's sake don't let them take me away. I know I have been a bad girl, but please let me die awfl/ from the gloomy surroundings of the jail.” The detective assured her that she would not be removed, and vainly endeav- ored to cheer her up up by teiling her that her last victim had forgiven her. Thursday night the unfortunate woman breathed her last, and her emaciated body was interred in potters’ fleld. THEY DRESSED IN HASTE AND BOLTED FIRE AT THE HAMMAM BATHS ON SUTTER STREET. Mayor Phelan and His Friends Were There as Spectators—Abbre- viated Costumes and a Happy Crowd. A fire started in Lenstrom & Johnson's Hammam Baths, 415 Sutter street, yes- terday afternoon at 4:15, and occupied the attention of the Fire Department for about three-quarters of an hour. The resulting damage amounted to $3000— $2000 to the building and i..J0 to the fur- nishings. The cause, as recorded in the annals of the Fire Department, was over- heating and hot air in the ‘drop,” a technical term which applies alone to Hammam apparatus. It was a warm time all round at Hammam Baths during the Jay. o steam never seemed hotter to the epi- demic Sunday bathers. W. P. Wolfe and M. Blum were cooling off when the fire warned them that there was a kind’of heat for which they were not yet pre- pared. They had been steamed to a- nicety, but they did not wish to expose themselves to any foreign and unexpected heat, so they fled when they discovered that valor would end in a roast. Wolfe ran to his clothes and dressed hurriedly; he even walted to get his valuables out of the treasure box, but Blum was not so successful. Somehow his clothes did not go on as readily as under ordinary cir- cumstances, so that, when the Fire De- partment arrived it was forced to conduct the aforesaid Mr. Blum to a safe retreat. He was taken to_one of the dressing rooms far removed from the area of fire, but within easy shot of the nozzle brigade. To qulet Blum'’s nerves the hose players would now and them spatter the room a bit, all of which made the undressed but much washed Blum happy. A woman who was lndul%lng in _the ghocklng delights of an electric bath eard some one on the inside cry ‘“‘fire.” Bhe jumped at conclusions and almost out of the window, but was held back from the latter by the hand of the lady masseur. They both began to dress at the same time, but the lady masseur had her bangs crimped before her subject had donned enough_ clothes to prevent the police from making an arrest if she had appeared on the street at that moment. e masseur assisted the lady with a skirt and a cape and awax they both went flylnF into the street. The crowd on the outside thought it was funny, but the lady looked otherwise as she rushed into Druid’'s Hall to make additions to her abbreviated costume. ‘When the crowd began to gather Mayor Phelan and “Whispering” Gavin McNab, who were in_the neighsorhood, rushed to the scene. Tom Riordan and Captain ‘Wittman soon joined them, and the quar- tet watched the fire with consuming in- terest. The Mayor said that he was once at a Hammam bath, and then suddenly ceased talking. He had once been em- barrassed by a similar experience. The fire commenced in the rear of the building, which is owned by F. Bogan. It seemed to take its origin from a de- fect in the casing over the furnaca Wolfe discovered it first and gave the alarm. The fire ran up the air shaft in the back of the building and then spread through the top floor, from which {t descended. ——————— SAILS FLAPPED IDLY. Corinthian Small Yacht Regatta at El Campo Postponed for Want of Wind. At 10 o'clock yesterday morning there was little breeze at Tiburon, and the chances for a successful small yacht re- gatta began to look slim. But toward noon a light wind sprang up, and carried many of the Corinthian fleet through the straits up to, or a little beyond, California City. But then a flat calm stopped all further progress and salls flapped idly, and the yachtsmen had nothing left to do but to “josh” each other, The Corin- thians are past masters at this art, ana gave themselves plenty of scope, the T ADVERTISEXENTS. PSS SSCUUSS T e e e e i e e e 2 NEW DRESS FABRICS FALL - FOR - 1898. Our customers are hereby informed that commencing Mondau, Sept. 12th, we shall offer for sale the most elegant variety of NOVELTY DRESS PATTERNS at the following prices, $7.50 $10.50 $12,50 $15.00 317.50 Viz.: per Dress Pattern per Dress Pattern per Dress Pattern per Dress Pattem per Dress Pattern $20.00 per Dress Pattern $22.50 per Dress Pattern The above are EXCLUSIVE DESIGNS and comprise 30 DIFFERENT STYLES, SEE EXHIBITION IN OUR SHOW WINDOWS. TELEPHONE GRANT 124 892 m, u3, ns, uw, 19, «Efif%é%é%’ (3 121 POST STREET. been decided to postpone the regatta. Most of the yachts began to drop down through the straits to the cove, but one or two went round the back of Angel Island, and, getting out into the channel breeze, enjoyed a very pleasant sail. ‘Among the boats at El Campo were the sloops Clara, Freda, Mignon and Queen, and the yawls Idler, Kittiwake, Arcturus and Nereid. Merope, Doris and the sloop Idler were also in the upper bay. —_—————————— PROF. JAMES OF HARVARD To Lecture “Before the Alameda County Teachers’ Institute. OAKLAND, Cal., Sept. 11.—The annual meeting of the Alameda County Teach- ers' Institute will convene in the First Congregational Church at noon to-mor- row. The feature this year will be six lec- tures by Professor Willlam James of Har- vard. Monday he will lecture on “Man as a Reacting Organism, and Instinct and Impulses.” Tuesday, “Habit and Assocla- tion and Memory.” Wednesday, “Atten- tion, Appreciation and Conception and WL —————————— Christianity and the Schools. OAKLAND, Cal.,Sept. 1.—Rev. Charles R. Brown preached on ‘“Christianity and the Public Schools” at the First Congre- gational Church to-night. He discussed at length the practicability of instructing the school children in the rudiments of religion, based on these four truths, as fundamental principles. The existence of a Supreme Being; obedience to the moral law bringing us into the expression of fa- vor with God; conscious communion with God that is the habit of prayer; and last- ly, there lies beyond this life a future, and that our conduct here affects our happiness there. !ge said the prisoners at San Quentin are there not from the fact that they did not know the capital of Dakota, but be- cause of a lack of moral power, which might have been started through teach- ing the simple truths of natural religion, totally stripped of all sectarian dif- ferences. ——— Mrs. Vienna Heywood Dead. OAKLAND, Cal., Sept. 11.—Mrs. Vienna ‘Heywood, wife of W. B. Heywood. died at her home, 1842 University street, Berke- ley, to-day from stomach troubles, She was aged 68 years and a native of New York. —_———— Found Dead in Bed. OAKLAND, Cal., Sept. 11.—George A. Maser, aged 70 years, was found dead in his bed at his home in Livermore to-night. He was last seen yesterday morning and ‘was a hard drinker. —_——— The Dolphins Won. SANTA CRUZ, Sept. 11.—The first game of the California Amateur League played between the Heesemans of Oakland and the Dolphins of Santa Cruz was won by the latter. Score, 10 to 5. TWO VESSELS LOST IN A TERRIBLE STORM Twenty Persons Have Undoubtedly Perished Off the Coast of Georgia. BRUNSWICK, Ga., Sept. 11.—Postmas- ter Symonds, who chartered a tug and went in search of the schooner John H. Platt, which was in the terrible storm of August 30, has returned to Brunswick with unmistakable evidences of the shi loss with all on board. Postmaster mons' son was a passenger on the Platt. A brother of Captain Townsend of the schooner Jessie C. Woodhull, accompan- led Mr. Symons, and he is confident that his brother's 8hip had met the same fate. A total of twenty persons were aboard the two lost ships. FRENCH' MINISTERS THREATEN TO RESIGN Zurlinden and Lockroy Protest Against a Revision of the s Case. PARIS, Sept. 11.—It is asserted that if GOLOBER BOWEN - & GCO. A duty to your family is to set before them pure, nutritous food; and that, of necessity, cannot be cheapest.j The prices below are on regular goods reduced for three days to attract trade to the stores SPECIAL SAVING SALE Monday Tuesday Wednesday Baking powder—Ezcesior 30c reg’ly 45¢ Ib 5 1b tin $l.2; Good baking powder isn’t hard to make—if you know how — there’s nothing mysterious or secret in it Coffee—Crescent blend regularly 25¢c Ib—ground or roast Central American coffees are very cheap now—no need to put in any- thing but coffee Whiskies (well known brands) G 20C reg'ly special Old Crow bourbon 1889 bot $1 25 $1 « T« “° gal's 4 Hermitage,rye 1886 jfbot 150 118 “ e T Gle . 4% Recommended by physicians Cocktails—Imperial 9oC regularly $1.25 quart bottle Aged in glass. Compounded by ex- perienced blenders. Many prefer them to those made at bars. Always ready= for home comsumption Gelatine’s—Coa's = large size 15C reg’ly 20c pkge doz $1 25 Who knows a better gelatine—who knows where they can buy it so low Dates—black, Fard ioc larly 15¢ Ib Sg?encfip&} millions of human be- ings with their daily food in Arabia Toilet paper—Beivedere $1.10 regularly $1.50 doz packages ° A first class article Almond cream balm 2 bots 25¢ regularly 15¢ bottle—Oakley's For healing chapped hands or face or.. reducing frECklgs : Asparagus tips—regiyrigem yoc The young, edible shoots, but not the largest. Make delicious salads. They tempt the appetite of a sick person Fruit and jelly press—Henis' 30¢ regularly 40¢ You need one just now Presses out the pulp and keeps the seeds. Also a good potato masher Flour sifters—reg'ly 1sc 10C _with a wheel—a labor saving device Sink strainers—reg'ly 2sc 15¢ Dosen’t allow the sink to clog & A sanitary precaution Clfiars from Havana one shipped since the port opened ve arrived yet; but we still have e that were made before the war flW e'fh have been well kept and smoke inely N Mail orders entitled to these prices if posted not later than Wednesday & 432 Plne 215 Sutter 2800 California San Francisce 1075 Clay between Eleventh and Twelfth Oakiand W. T. HESS, NOTARY PUBLIO AND ATTORNEY-AT LAW, About 1 p. m, some one in authority | the Cabinet still insists upon revision of phone, m‘g'a::m %&t‘: ;‘mfla &l‘iu t T mnflékrz“flfilm z 0} 5100 Fematts ommmittas Just meld s bog | SLniet RS T R Tenth Floor, Room 1015, Claus Spreckels Bldg, Telephone Brown 931, Reslden, Callfs well. Ban Foonoe: Sal ornia st., below Po!