The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 27, 1898, Page 12

12 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1898. | ARTISTS ARE ROWING WITH ONE ANOTHER Woman’s Ingratitude| to Woman. : 1 IT'S THE SAME OLD XICKERS ALL WANT THEIR PICTURES HUNG ON THE LINE. 0 two-story ginia avenue, and Thirtleth streets. KEROSENE SUFFICIENT TO BLOW UP A WHOLE BLOCK Astounding Case of Arson in the Mission— Mrs. Margaret Shields Wanted by the Police for the Supposed Commission of the Crime—The Furniture Had Been Remeoved NE of the clumsiest cases of arson in the perpetrated o'clock Sunday dwelling history between of the city about evening was half-past 8§ in the house at 201 Vir- Twenty-ninth The bare facts known at that time were published in The Call of yesterday. The first blaze was discovered by Secretary Martin Does Not Consider Studio Teas a Drawback to | ‘the” Institute Ex- hibition. rowing with one another. The. regular fall exhibition of the Art In- stitute opens on October 13, and every- where that the its of the brush meet | are heard and veiled flings at the | acceptance or rejection” are mer- | and.-fro. | have chosen to take part | tisfaction, and after- | udio teas are given for the sole | and only purpose .of discussing whether | it is possible’ for A woman—on & hang- Artists are ing committee—to act fairly and squarely | toward anothér woman. | The ¢ fon in the ranks of art is not | iter of a day nor a week. Those in- ted in.the fight claim it is the natural | outcome of many -years of autocratic op- | ion, of worthy pictures of unknown gling- artists relegated to the “sky” ove all to the bugaboo of all art- bad lght. Favorite puplls, so the clalm, find their pictures on the | e, while the outsider has his picture 1g in some obscure or out-of-the-way | he especial “kick” of the lady exhipit- | thi ar {s that Mrs. Xiice B. Chitten- the hanging committee and a | they claim, is never, can never | er be just to another woman. lso some talk that October is | for a profitable resulting exhibi- er Christmas time | er The dissat- d that the studio xhibition give the artist in every e, both as to showing tea and way a better c at t laugh at he reports of and Sec- | retary Mar s up authors of all | r_the head of ‘“kickers sal Marti: fhem out with 2 denunciation ‘mination not m down, s lighted to have hung as best the com- ot be hung on the t the light 30d’s own su line, and a ce personified, uld not harm a | v_trouble in the midst of is the probability that s lack of continued. or rejection for H. R. Bloomer, Froelich, G. Ca- nble, Mrs. Clar ley and Joseph to the laws of the five of e T T S Joseph Greenbaum | titute anticipate | editable exhibit, the rivalry of | t 1d LEFT - ALONE TO SUFFER. Young' Girl Found in a Lodging- House in a Precarious Condition. N Kelly, 18 years of age, was found | alone and sick in a room in the Gerard | House, 192 Seventh street, yesterday after- | noon. he was brought there a week | ago by a young ‘man who gave his name as Madden, and has had no attention since that fime. Dr. Bunnell ‘was called in and found | 8hé was suffering from pneumonia. Of- | ficer McMurray had her removed to the | City and County Hospital. | | —_———— Health Officials May Go. There w an informal caucus of sev- eral members of the Board of Health kitchen door. Willlam A. N. Ferguson, Ramsey across the street. nied by Mrs. Ramsey he ran across the way and at the foot of the back basement stairs he found a burning string of rags, soaked with coal oil and leading up to and under the locked He extliguished who was visiting at the house of Willlam A. Accompa- the flames and pulled out the rag, which it was afterward discovered was at- tached to a large bucket of coal ofl. As Ferguson returned to the street he met Mrs. Margaret Shields, the oc- cupant and snpg(lsed owner of the building coming down Prospect place. He told the woman that some one had set fire to her house, and that he would notify the police. Mrs. Shields said: *“‘Go get your man,” and Fer- guson huried away. As soon as he departed Mrs. Shields deliberately walked into the front door of her home and in a moment there was an explosion and burst of flame that blew out the glass in the big bay window and started a furfous fire. A curious phase of the case is the fact that Mrs. Shields was not seen to leave the house, and it was at first supposed that she had lost her life. However, she had made her escape through the back yard. The flames were extinguished after damaging the building to the extent of about $500. Upon examining the premises it was EXxPLosioN found that in addiiton to the bucket of oll in the kitchen there were.two five-gallon cans in the parlor, one of which had exploded; another in_the back parlor with the faucet turned on and another in the back bedroom with a hole cut in it. The floors of all the lower rooms had been saturated with ‘the ofl and an old bed-lounge in the basement similarly treated. With so much of the inflammable fluid exposed in the Night and Fire Started in Two Places. it is a wonder that the bullding was saved. Had the fire occurred in the early morning hours it IS very prob- able there would have been loss of life in_the adjoining dwellings. “It is the boldest, clumsiest and most deliberate case that has ever come under my observation,” said Fire Marshal Towe yesterday. “Why, this woman Shieids had enough kero- sene in the house to blow up the block, and it was not her fault that such a catastrophe did not happen. Fur- thermore, she expoged the lives of the people in the adjoining houses. We find that she had the furniture in- sured for $1000. The house was being purchased from a building and ioan assoclation, and was insured in favor of the lattér for $1500. “The motive for the crime lies in the fact that the furniture, with the exception of about $ worth; had been i urda; removed some night. A fine mahogany mantel was also car- ried awa So {f the building had been completely destroyed the woman could have coliected the $1000 and _stiil have had her property. Furthermore, she owed everybody around that neighborhood, and was about to be sued for the payment of street assess- ments. So the case is plain enough. “We will locate the woman readily, but want to find her young compan- fon, & girl known as ‘Lillfe,” who left the' house’ late Saturday evening car- rying a large bundle. She knows all about this affair, and will do well to put in an appearance and give up her information.” The grown daughter, Julia Shields, went to Stockton several days ago, John followed on Sat- urday. Marshal Towe yeste: morning and said the proper s his—that he had paid $1700 of the purchase price of $3000. When asked why he went to Stockton the night the furniture was removed, he explained that he “‘went to pay his sister's board bilL" Shields then departed in search of h mother, promising to return shortly, but had not put in an appear- ance late yesterday afternoon. Ferguson and Mrs. Ramsay, who £poke to Mrs. Shields at the time of the fire, say that she was dazed—ap- parently drunk or crazy. Among the property destroyed was a iano, upon which no payments had been made, and which belonged to al music dealer. John Shields was located by Detec- and her brot tive Fitzgerald last night. The young man says he considers his mother de- mented and is willing to assist the officers to find h r. The police are also looking for M Lillian Muller, who lived with Mrs. Shields and is sup- ed to know something about the held last evening at the office of Dr. Wil- son. to discuss retrenchment in ex- ures. The decision has been reached, owever, that If the worst comes, four or five milk inspectors and a number of others in the pure food department will vé to go. The appearance of Texas among cattle in Solano County was dered by the doctors last evening, and at the board meeting to-night steps will be taken to prevent the introduction af diseased meat into this market. ADVERTISEMENTS. liching Scalp Humors Cuticura Works Wonders in Cleansing the Scalp and Re- storing the Hair. I was suffering tortures from a diseased scalp. Iwas scratching my head from morn- ing till night. Little pimples broke out all over my head. Ihad no rest. Igot a cake of CUTICURA SOAP anda box of CUTICURA (oint- ment). 1washed my head about once a week with hot water and COTIOURA SOAP, and then applied the CUTICURA (ointment) as & dress- ing. 1only used one box of ointment and ons cake of 80ap, to be cured. Now, my head hasn't a pimple on it, and my hair is growing splendidly. ADA C. HARRELL, Feb.21, 1698, 830 Gy Bt., Jersey City, N. J. T was troubled with dandruff so that it made my hair fall out £o bad, I got discouraged. I purchased a box of CUTICURA (ointment)and a cake of CUTICURA S0AP. The former I rubbed well into the scalp twice a week, and then shampooed with warm water and a good lather of CUTICURA SOAP Once a week. My halr is growing out thick once more, and free from terrible dandruff. Miss ADA JAYES, Feb. 20,798, 82 Webster Ave., Chelsea, Mass. T had a bad scalp humor, and thought I would go frantic with itching. I lost consid- erable of my hair (of which I had an abun. dance, and was very proud). I tried several remedies but they failed. I tried CuTioura SoAp, relief immediate, and itching is com- pletely gone. Mrs. M. JUDAN, Feb. 20,'95. 246 Halliday St., Jersey City, N.J. | LUXURIANT LUSTROUS HAIR with a elean, wholesomo scalp, free from irritat- ing and scaly eruptions, is produced by warm ehampoos with CUTICURA S0AP, followed by light dressings with CUTICURA, purest of emollient skin cures. They clear the scalp and bair of inseots which feed on the soothe irritated ftching surfaces. stimulate the hair follicles, and supply the roots with energy and nourishment. &% it the world. Porree DRUG AND Cuzu. ad uoe Hatr," malled froe, 1317 Powell street. time, but had plenty to eat. The next he heard of her was when the papers published her story. ent to the house of a friend, where he n Ve . erusts, scales, and dandruff, deatroy microscople | *1 was married twe yenss ago,” he sald “but I have not lived regularly with my We quarreled at times, but I beat her. 1 h wife. Self Eh ESOUEDA 15 FOUND HIDING IN A GARRET In- Jjuries. questions, will not He was married His Statement to Cap- tain Bohen. DENIES ALL THE CHARGES ACCUSES HIS WIFE OF HABIT- UAL DISSIPATION. Says He Never Beat Her and Is at a Loss to Know How She Came by Her Miguel Esqueda, who is accused by his wife of subjecting her to most inhuman treatment and then attempting to murder her in & most brutal manner, was arrest- ed last night by Officers McMahon, Freel and Hall In the garret of a house at 15 John street. He is a slight built man with a blonde mustache and an ugly gleam in his eyes. While he flatly denles all charges made against him he is very chary about mak- ing any statements, and seems fearful of committing himself. with a slight Spanish accent, and while he answers all unteer any information. about two vears ago by Justice Carroll, but has not lived regularly with his wife, who, he claims, dissipated freely. last time he admits having seen her was on the afternoon of the 18th at her room, She was sick at the He speaks English He then rinting Dng her- e time, but vol- The never ave been working at my trade as a pressman In various and she has been aue 0] e greater portion of if she needed money I would have given it to her. ‘“The statement that she had $700 is false, as is also the story that I used to go and collect her wages before we were married. 1 used to call and see her in the kitchen of the ho where she worked, but she never gave me money. “About three months he left_me went to work with a family on Van s avenue, and the next time I saw her on the 8th of this month. I met her Pacific_street, and we went to Noith Beach and had several drinks together. She had intended to sue me for divorce, but that afternoon she said she would and w on " MIGUEL ESQUEDA. drop the case. We were together several days after that, drinking all the time. *‘On the 16th she came to the room with a black eye and beaten all over, but she would not tell me who did It, and I don’t know. I never beat her at any time, al- though she had me arrested once, but Judge Joachimsen dismissed the case. While making his statement Esqueda stopped the stenographer several times an of it, as he sald he would have to tal] the story over again in court and wanted to remember all said to avoid making contradictory stat®ments. Lurlinc Salt Water Baths. Bush and Larkin sts. Swimming, Russian, hot and cold tub baths. Salt waterdirect from ocean. ' ————————— Military Review on Saturday. 't'ne executive committee of the Moth- er's Club of the Army and Navy Chris« requested him to read over portions | tlan Commission and a committee of one hundred ladies will meet at the associa- tion parlors, Mason and Ellis streets, this forning at 10:80 o'clock to prepara for thelr part in the programme in receiving the officers and men next Saturday after- noon at the Presidio athletic grounds. A band“concert preceding e drill wiil be iven by the regimental bands of the lwentieth Kansas, Fifty-first lowa and First Tennessee regiments at 1:30 o'clock. | The drill proper will commence propmtly at 2:30 o'clock. it S L O R KARSSA’S PRETTY DAUGHTER. The Old Syrian Fears She Will Be Abducted. The old trouble in the Syrian colony has started out afresh, and yesterday Joseph Rahy was arrested on complaint of Abdullah Karssa on the charge of dis- turbing the peace. He was released on bonds. Karssa has a pretty daughter, 18 years of age, and when swearing to the com- plaint he said that Rahy and others were trying to abduct the girl. Sunday he met Rahy on Second and Natoma streets, near his house, and Rahy, after abusing him, put his hand in his hip pocket as if to draw a revolver. - Rahy denied making the threatening motion, but admitted that he had some hot words with Karssa, as Karssa had been calling him offensive names and he dared the old man to fight him. “The fact is, said Rahy, “‘the girl wants to get married, but her father is opposed to it, as ue wants her to make money for him by going into the coun- try peddling his wares. That is the whole cause of the trouble. I have known her since we were children together, and she looks upon me as a brother. The 1dea of any one wanting to abduct her is ab- surd.” —_——— Upset the Testimony. The Supreme Court has reversed the judgment of the lower court of Riverside County in the case of John F. Milner, con- victed of killing S. J. Darrah, on the ground that the court erred in admitting certain testimony of a physician, the es- timony belng more expert than relaiing o_facts, Darrah sold some land to Miiner, the seller reservin~ water rights and certain rights of way over the land, siderations were the cause of several dis- putes, resulting in Milner using a shotgun on Darrah with deadly effect ——— In the Divorce Courts. Lila Brennan has been granted a di- vorce from Daniel J. Brennan on the ground of cruelty. Mrs. Bremnan was { glven alimony in the sum of $20 monthly. Margaret M. Bacon has sued William F. Bacon for a divorce, alleging fallure to provide as a cause of action. —_————— Willie Lynch Better. The condition of little Willle Lynch, al- leged to have been injured by Policeman Kenville on Friday ""‘“"{; has improved and there 1s a chance of his ultimate re- covel The police have collected a num- ber‘-1 of statements of eye-witnesses of the r. These con- | | fact. | ana breaking his windows. A HOT TIME EXISTS AMONG POLICE JUDGES Low and Mogan Have a Very Lively Tilt. EACH CRITICIZES THE OTHER |CAUSE OF THXOUBLE, REFUSAL TO ISSUE WARRANTS. Straighten Matters Out and Stop the Annoyance to the Public. The satmosphers around the Police at any moment there may be an explo- There has been friction among the offi- | clals for some time as to the issuing of | warrants. Judge Mogan has had more than his share of them, and the refusal | | | Baturday to sign the warrant in the Falk 1} diseased meat case was owing to that | Judge Joachimsen was absent yes- terday, and as neither Judge Low nor Judge Conlan would take the case Mo- gan agreed to do so. | Yesterday Joseph Platz, a plumber at 2629 Pine street, applied to Assistant Pros- | ecuting Attorney Mann of Judge Mogan's court for the arrest of some boys had annoyed him by ringing his door bel Mann, after listening to Platz’ story, declined to is- sue a warrant, as in his opinion no crime had been committed, and he did not be- lieve in arresting small boys anyhow on | such frivolous charges. | Platz then went when the Judge learned that Mann had refused to issue the warrant he advised | Platz to take the matter bc.ore the Grand Jury, and he would assist him all in his | power. | “1t is time this thing was stopped,” said | the Judge. *Mann taxes all the big cases and when a paitry case comes up he | shoves it upon me. Judge Mogan sits | swelling his chest out as he surveys his crowded court because he gets the impor- | tant cases. His warrant clerk has no | right to be in my clerk’s office anyhow. He was sent there so as to allow Judge | Mogan to have chambers. I am a Judge much longer than he and I have to be without cnambers.” | Judge Mogan was very much su when informed of Judge Low’s outl saying: “It ill becomes one judge to criticize | the other in his absence. I suppose that | Judge Low sees defeat staring him in the face at the coming election and that is the only reason why he should go out of | his way to throw a slur at me. 1f he and the other Judges would do as much work as 1, they would have some reason to | complain.” I am here from ten in the morning till late every afternoon and have had some night séssions. I have a urst, | and my calendar is full with other cases. 1 am 3 duty and it is to _the public I shall look | for a criticlsm of my work and not to | Judge Low. Almost every day from court to court asking for a warrant | and unless it is stopped the Grand Jury will be appealed,to and the blame placed upon the proper 'shoulders. WANT HOPS AND PRUNES. Germany’s Crops Have Failed and California’s Are in Demand. J. A. Filcher, manager of Board of Trade, has recelved a letter | from one of his correspondents, Carl Old- ach, of Hamburg, Germany, which con- tains considerable information that Cali- fornia farmers may well heed. Mr. Old- ach states that the prune crop of nearly | every district In Germany is a practical fallure. The California dried prune is in reat demand and the prices are good. fle states that if the surplus of the crop of this State is sent to Kurope he is sure that the producers will be well re- The writer gives the detalls and rulin, rices, which show that this kind of | the Kaiser. As Mr. Oldach is in the com- mission_business and desires to increase his California business, Mr. Filcher places the greatest confidence in what he says The same writer also gives valuable f formation as to_the condition of the hop production in Germany. He says that ike the prunes, the crop In nearly every | district in the German empire has proved to be a failure. His remarks lead to the belief that Germany alone would be a fine market for all of this product that the States of California, Oregon and Wash- ington could spare. ADVERTISEMENTS. important (Questions for Men to Answer: Do you feel weak? Have you backache? Do you shun soclety? Are you losing flesh? Do vou sleep poorly? Are you low-spirited? Are your eyes sunken? Do you have hot flashes? ‘Are you easily exhausted? 1s your memory impaired? Do you have sick headache? Is there nausea after eating? Do your hands and feet sweat? Has the brightness le(t your eyes? Do you feel that you are unfit to marry? 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Exvé'&"n.-.'1uw 22 y undays, "The Grand Jury May Be Asked to| Courts is surcharged with war spirit, and | B sion that will have dire results to the | f§ Judges. | B who | § to Judge Low and | [ rised | f jury trial every afternoon till October 3 | @ public servant, sworn to do my | men have to go M warded. | E ruit is almost a luxury in the realm of | § ADVERTISEMENTS. DIRECT IMPORTATIONS —OF— Ladies' Underwear, Hosier_y_ and Corsets. Our first shipments in- Underwear, Hosiery and Corscts having arrived, give us absolutely the finest assortment in these departments for the fall and winter on the Pacific Coast. LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S UNDERWEAR. 25c. xR 50c. 25c. 75c. d $1.00. 160 dozen BOYS' HEAVY. .GRAY - MERINO VESTS, in all sizes; retail price 50c each; will be sold at 25c. 100 dozen CHILDREN'S ALL WOOL. CAMEL'S HAIR VESTS; extra flne quality; usual price 65c to 85c each for different sizes, will be cléaned out at 50c_each. 100 dozen LADIES’ EXTRA HEAVY. JERSEY RIBBED 25¢ each. . VESTS AND DKA\VI_;H.' at 125 dozen LADIES’ GRAY ALL WOOL VESTS with ribbed ends; also Drawers to match, in all sizes, worth- §1 each, will be on sale at T5c. 100 dozen LADIES' NATURAL ALL WOOL VESTS, fine and heavy weights, suitable for winter wear, good value $1 50 each, will be on sale at $1. HOSIERY DEPARTMENT. 15§ dozen CHILDREN’S FAST BLACK EXTRA HEAVY COTTON HOSE, “double heéls and soles, narrow ribs, in all sizes, worth $3 dozen, will be sold for 15¢ pair: 176 dozen BOYS F‘AS'[T BLACK EXTRA HEAVY BICYCLE RIBBED HOSE, in all sizes, suitable for rough usage, good value for 25c, will be offered at 15c. 200 LADIES' FAST BLACK COTTON HOSE, with extra heavy heels and soles, usual price $2 50 dozen, will be sold at 12%c pair. 300 dozen LADIES' l;_AST BLACK COTTON HOSE in plain black, Richelieu ribs and black with white and split feet, at 25c pair. 3 150 dozen LADIES’ LI-SLE THREAD HOSE in plaids, black bottoms, with colored tops and fancy stripes, at 50c pair. SPECIAL CORSETS. At BO Cents. 100 dozen LADIES' CORSETS, leading brand, made of French coutil, well bound and two side steels, perfect fitting (drab only) reg- ular price $1, will be sold for 50c. At $1.00. 76 dozen LADIES’ CORSETS, in black sateen, long -walst, two side steels, embroidered in silk and French edging; regular price $1 50, will be sold for $1. 15c. 15¢c. 123c. 25c. 50c. At sl25. S 60 dozen LADIES' CORSETS, made of French sateen, Venus back, single bone strip, silk flossed, perfect fitting, regular price $2, will be sold for $1 25. At S1.50. 50 dozen LADIES' CORSETS, made of imported sateen; well boned, long walst, perfect fitting, black silk flossed, -regular price $2 50, will be sold for $1 50. Goods will be found exactly as represented. If not, money refunded or goods exchanged. the State | B Harket, Jonieé and McAllister Sts., San Francisco. FY W DR. HALL'S REINVIGORATOR | 8 Five hundred reward for any case B we cannot cure. 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'%&OQOOOOOOQOQOQDOO 17 New Montgomery St. San Francisco . - C0000C0OGO Q ) a a KEEP THE WELL, WELL. *T suspect that.I may attribute ‘my recent headaches to doing so much night-work of late,” said a.lady who earns her ownfiiving.‘ “I had an order to address a large number of en- velopes and as I was paid by the thousand and others wanted the work, too, I sat up pretty late and perhaps worked in a room not so well ventilated as it might be. As a consequence I have more than once had a headache the next day. ‘I have found, however, that if I swallowa Ripans Tabule just as soon as have a premonition of the trouble, it staves it off and I escape vcot free. That is why I say that Ripans Tabules are a medicine for well people, for I am certainly a healthy woman, but I use th: Tabules now and then and would not like to be without them. A P s T T S i (e e s SRt B Sy R FYoRord & TR et torare o