The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 24, 1898, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THUR SDAY. NOVEMBER 24 resident of the Receiving Hospital and certain what had become d mones the fire Mayer a1, lobb; ze diamond worth $200. 1 which he ) had a vi pired his body ¢ and at once Hospital duty the reached the latter . with the result rtunate man had expired, ving the po Detectiv but up to 1 late s that May he fire was d the men 'ha effort BALDWIN OWES A LARGE AMOUNT His Properties Covered by, fFour Mortgages Aggre- gating $1,688,000. > Tax Collector’s of- jaldwin has bor- of av- > taxable Real th The records ir how that E. $1,688,000 on al estate, 27,000. Total, is improve of >d valuation, total the four mortgages, com- | wa ved to the | in- $300,000. | When the Bank of California went down in a terrible crash twenty-three years ago Lucky Baldwin was a multi- millionaire. He was one of the rich men of California who stood in with Sharon, Reese and others to regenerate he bank and place it on a more endur- ing basis than ever. Millionaires may now come- to his rescue and enable him to erect on the ground now occu- pied by the ruins of the hotel a modern building, from which an income may be derived vastly greater than that which the old building under the most favorable “auspices could earn. The real estate is ample to secure the Hibernia Bank’s loan. The great value of the ground offers to Baldwin his one | bright chance of getting on again in the world. He was lucky in getting the j land for 0,000. He was lucky in court in stablishing the fact that Hewston had agreed to take $700,000. An incident in the trial-of the case is | recalled now as interesting. Hewston, who made money in Sacramento ‘selling | clothe came to San_ Francisco | and made more money. He made so | much that he could easily afford to spend some in fine living abroad. While in Europe he was advised to come home and ratify an agreement of his agent | to sell to Baldwin the property on M. | ket, Powell and Ellis streets for $700,- [ 600. He came back at once, and amo! | the first “forty-niners” that he met was | D. J. Staples. They talked of old times | and. incidentally the proposed sale of | the land for $700,000 was mentioned. | Sps ng of his future movements ¥ ton referred to a chateau in Eu- ope and his purpose to spend some money to embellish it. At this suggestion Staples fired up and read a lesson to his old friend. The lesson was that money earned in sell- | ing clothing to Californians should be rested in California and not squan- in Europe. A few days after thi conversation took place Hewston c d that the land which his agent had agreed to to Baldwin for $700,- 000 v market, hence he declined to sell at the lesser figure. A lawsuit followed, and Staples being called as a witness had to relate under oath all the talk with | Hewston about the villa which was to | be embellished and adorned with some of the $700,000. The case went against | Hewston in the lower court, and pend- ing the appeal he died. His widow HIS REWAR f) WAS DEATH. Brave CAPTAIN WHITE Plunged to Awful End on the Pavement. ed for the Baldwin adjoining it, | thereupon settled the case on a com- promise basis, and the villa no doubt w embel ed according to Mr. Hew- ston’s design. . Los Angele santa Anita| Qpne Woman at Least Re- n Francisco | Fell streets. | ported to Have Oak and Filimore, rnia and Jones | Perished. xth. Jaldwin Hotel b , near S of the luding stores, , and everything stablishment, was fig- annum. The rev- iderably increased by the and Steve T incc airs and remodeling of the structur The fire is a serious loss to Mr. Bald- wi 5 it deprives him of the upon which he relied to pay interest on the great sum of $1,688,000.' There is a good deal conjecture concerning his ability. to rally again and begin anew the struggle It is very weH known -that he has been badgered. ned and harassed by creditors for s, vet those familiar with his af- fairs believed he was in a fair way to regain what he had lost, and re-estab- lish his old-time credit. The. disastrous fire came just at the time when he was beginning to realize something from recent heavy -outlays in _improvements. The insurance which he receives cuts a small figure in the matter, as it amounts to only $50,000 on buildings assessed for $327.000. ADVERTISEMENTS. o o o Virginia Patern, Imitation Cut Glass. Cake Stands, Salt and Pepper Shakers, Sugar and Cream Sets. Given away free with AMERICAN'S BEST TeEAs, COFFEES, SPICES Great AmericanImpor'g Tea Co. Powell 705 Larkin St. 1419 Polk St. 2 1819 Devisadero St. 5 2008 Fillmore St. 1 521 Montgomery Av. 2810 Mission St. 1190 Kentucky _St. 8006 Sixteenth St. 3285 Mission St. 855 Hayes St, 52 Market Sk, OAKLAND STOR lOS%“'ashinglnnsn 131 San Pablo Ave. 917 Broadway. 616 E. Twelfth St. 1510 Seventh St. ALAMEDA—1355 Park St. SAN RAFAEL—B St., near Fourth. We also sell CHiNa, (CROCKERY, (FJLASSWARE Cheapest Prices in America 3 ‘Write for Ostalogues. | : | At least one woman is reported to have . | met a frightful death in the flames. Martin Finberg, a clerk in the grocery { department of the Emporium, was an eye- | witness to the tragedy, and told his story | 1l reporter yesterday. the corner of Powell | and Eddy ' he said, “when I saw a woman appear at a window In the cupola soon after Captain White had met death. She was clad only in her night garments, and her hair hung loose around er shouiders. Suddenly the girl threw up her arms in affright and fell back into the fiery tomb. I saw her no more, and am certain she must have perished. s P INSURANCE MEN WERE VERY SHY Risks All Low and Much Scat- tered—A Total of $146,000. Insurance men were shy Hotel ris] In 1875, when the hotel | building was erected on ground leased from Hewston, the clothing merchant, | of Baldwin | E. 3. Baldwin sought to get a low rate | of insurance. The premises were sur- | veyed by D. J. Staples, Mr. Forbes and others, who had kept a sharp eye on the | building as the construction progressed. | The underwriters reported fixing the rate at 5 per cent. Mr. Baldwin protested against the rate, as he considered it ex- | cessive and prohibitory. D. J. Staples, however, refused to recede, and even | counseled the Firemen's Fund to take | no risks even at the 5 per cent figure. The advice was followed and the Fire- men’s Fund is not to-day in the list of losers. Lucky Baldwin determined to allow his property to go uninsured rather that pay as for a fact worth a million in the | A TOMB OF FIRE ' uanuRnn sa ad were calling upon the department, tion had been abandoned in the m o The investigation is calculated ment lax in its honesty. PRUUBURBRUANS The startling discovery was made las ruins of the Baldwin had been broken open and plunder The authorities took every precaution to gation of the men of the Fire Depart under control a cordon of police aroun one not connected with the Fire Department. An immense amount of baggage pried open and rifled, despite the vigilance to decil RSN NE NN NN R NNRERNNANRRRRRRNRE RRRBURHEKN ABANDONED TRUNKS. ROBBED OF Sté.rtling Discovery Made Which May Involve Certain Mem- bers of the Fire Department. t evening that a number of th ed of such of thei prevent the matter becomin ment. Scandalous revelations may res d three sides of the hotel prevented t of great value is known to be in th aying that their diamonds and jewels ai fiight from the flames. Last evening a ance of the police, who allowed onl de whether the police were negli REUIRRRIVBINK sRLRRRRLURES VALUABLES e trunks remaining in the smoldering r contents as was of value. . g public and started a quiet investi- ult, as after -the fire had been got he entrance mto the building of any | e ruins. All day yesterday guests nd trinkets of value of every descrip- number of these trunks were foiind y firemen in the building. gent in their duty or the Fire Depart- LuRNy FAR R AR A LLALRRERRAE R ERF A % - & BuBBRRNG & KRR a price which he deemed too h vears went along and. the predicte: came not he be tv self on the displ surc u nts would have aggr and P I d miums and it w Bank mortgage | ered the buildings as that any insurance ten. The rule of th as one £ th placed, which cov- as’ the grounds, | | mall risks pon urn o in § n and so the urance i building ported 1 in York. i $100,000 on the laced New | | ot | | mtae ards,. proprietor of ces the loss on the | 5 \nd on hotel furni in the stores at the total lo: there- afternoon the -xtra giving the Lancashi Norw Hamburg~ Hanover ........ Aachen and Munich Palatine ... London and Lanc Ketnigfieass-5 Franklin ‘American, Pe Agricultural ash ire IN ADJOT moke and wat Mancheste! ledonian va Prussian National Ro. Connecticut Palatine .. American, Svea i Agricultural Pa Total .. Grand " tota - The Baldwin Grotto was $3000 in the Madgeburg and Hanover. i 33000 in the | | had George A. Moss, dealer in glove: a stock In store said to be valued at $50,000. He W insured for over $22,,00. | The Aetna carried $1000, the Manchester | $1000, Caledonia 31000, American $1000, | London and Lancashire $2500, Thuringia $3000, National $4500, Sun $2000, Phoenix $2000. W & Beck, dealers in gentlemen's furnishing goo carried insur: of $6000. The P vania had $1000, the “onnecticut $1000, Royval $1000, the London { and Lancashire $1000. The Baldwin Hotel stock of wines was sured for $2500 in the Palatine. The me company e silverware of nklin - had hotel fo: . e Agricultural had $1500 also the 250 and the 1 the hotel fittings. Fourteen paintings | on the first floor of the hotel ‘were in sured In the London and Lancashire for There was other insurance on the Mr. Baldwin and other con- s placed a high value on the rare s of art which adorned the barroom and office of the hotel. Patrons of the turf and summer boarde will regard the loss of these paintings as a lamentable event. and, next to the loss of human life, the most serfous result of the fire. J. J. Groom's stock of hats destroyed. Among his insuran was one in the Royal for $3000. The Hartford carried $1500 on the stock in the Baldwin Pharmacy. The Baldwin Jewelry Company was insured for $2500 in the Hamburg-Bremen, $200 in the Na- tional Hartford, $2500 'in the Springfleld and $2500 in the Aachen and Munich. Of the total insurance the loss is esti- mated at $130,000. The estimated losses were as follows: Moses M. Gunst, cigar store on _the southeast corner of Powell and Ellis streets, about $21,000 worth of stock in store. Until an_examination of the stock is had it would be impossible to say if any of the goods have been saved. A. 8. Levin, jeweler, 938 Market street, between $5000 and 36000 in stock. It is probable that nothing has escaped de- struction between fire and water. Jewelry valued at about $6000, a considerable quan- moval during the fire. 942 Market | seu entirely policies J. J. Groom, hat store, street, $9000 worth of hats and material. | Nothing_saved. Mrs. S. R. Hall, millinery store, 946/ Market street, $4000 in stock.” Total loss. J. BEdlin, merchant tailor, material on | hand and 'goods on order, §2500. All de- | | stroyed. The Baldwin Jewelry Company, 948 Mar- ket street, goods, about 34000. The es- timated loss in this place cannot be e timated, as considerable of the goods may be saved when the debris is moved. The Edison Phonograph Company, 50 | Market street, managed by Peter Baciga- lupi, stock of #hstruments and material vaiued at about $6000. a considerable quan- tity of which can be used at little ex: pense. Total loss may not exceed $4000. Baldwin Clothing store, 924 to 930 Market street, running through to Ellis street, | | stock estimated at about $20,000. The Mar- ket street portion of the store escaped without any damage—not even a broken Wdas IN THE kitchen and thought it was some gUERRRNRRINRRNLRR BREUANRURARELUIRURLUURINNUUIRARLSER SAYS MARSHAL TOWE IRE MARSHAL TOWE. after an investigation as complete as possible, believes the fire started in the hotel kitchen. The fire from the ranges or. flue, he thinks, theater space, causing an explosion in that apartment. interview, a guest whose room, was near this locality that he was awakened by cries and loud sounds coming from the commotion among the cooks. i KITCHEN 2 5 I 8 8 Ed ki bl 3 &8 burst through into the &' In an &8 stated % % 3 % &8 BENLULGERANEERNRRNN pane of glass. This store is under the nex and was known in former years is the Arcade. It was built by a man named Green before the Baldwin had been ere ted and as a consequence was a sep- 1te building, protected by its own walls d roof, and therefore received no in- jury from either fire or water, except a portion on the Ellis street side, but at that end of the store all the talloring was hence it is considered that the loss is merely nominal. ant’s pharmacy, or, as it was gener- lly known as Baldwin’s drug store, was by ac Grant; value of $15,000. The damage will ably be equal to the entire amount, : store received a severe drenching hands of Chief Sullivan, who kept a stream of water constantly directed on the front, in order to prevent explosions from the chemicals. The Powell street front having been used conducted; | as sitting room, billiard room, grill and lunch rooms until recently, the only stores | or places where business was_conducted wete the barber shop kept by John Brod- ck, whose stock might be valued at and the loss probably $150. In pne the grill rooms recently vacated a had Just taken the place, and called it the *“Flower Basket.” About 0 was destroyed in this place in the destruction of the furniture. The Baldwin Grotto, or Cafe, as it was more recently known by, became what it was forty years ago—a pond. The enor- mous quantity of water pumped into the building found lodgment in the cellar, and sent beer barrels, whisky casks and other of florist stimulating fluids bobbing about on a | bubbling and very much disturbed sur- face of dirty water; limburger cheese, rologna sausage, boxes of sardines, ham hanks, sauerkraut, pickles, mixed and single, with empty and half empty beer bottles, glasses, boxes of cigars and case goods met and re-met in their peregrina- tion about, the costly tiled floor that a heavy. Mr. few brief hours previously had been trod | Marx looks upon the third calamity as a upon by well-shod feet. What the loss | charm and hopes it will prove so. .in. this cellar may amount to cannot be They had lately completed over $5000 jeven guessed at' until the water gets | worth of improvements In the Baldwin, pumped out. It is said that there was about $7000 worth of stock and furniture in_the place. On the Powell-street front, In a por- tion of the old bililard room, M. A. Ja- cobs had but recently occupied a portion ' the store as a tailor's establishment His stock. which was of good quality, may be valued at $3000. It was all destroyed. MAUD MILLER HA A STRANGE WARNING Why the Actress Left Her Apartments at the Baldwin. Owing to an attack of mervousness, caused by the sense of an impending | something, one guest of the Baldwin missed the terrible experience of Wednesday morning, an escape which possibly saved her life. .She is Miss Maud Miller, - daughter of Joaquin | ordinary attractions. | Miller, who 1s now playing ingenue| Several of the performers in ‘“Secret | | Service” lost considerable property in the | parts at Morosco’s Grand Opera-house. After the performance she went home to her room on the fifth floor of the hotel and soon after retired. - She was unable to get to sleep and lay awake for some time. “I did everything possible,” said Miss Miller, *“to get into dreamland. MISS MAUD MILLER, Daughte\' of Joaquin Miller. but I stayed right here. I counted sheep, said the multiplication table and thought of all the tiresome things I could call to mind. I even recited my stage parts and went through auite a long rehearsal, but for all that re- mained wide awake. “Well, I grew more and more sleep- less and nervous and concluded to get up. Something seemed to be in the air and I positively got afraid to stay there any longer. 1 dressed myself. wrapped up and left the room. In the hall I fortunately met an acquaintance and persuaded him to escort me down to the residence of Mrs. St. Mary, at the corner of Sixth and Folsom streets, There 1 passed the might and only knew of the dreadful burning of the Baldwin when I awoke this morning. My room in the hotel was situated far from the staircase and I tremble when I think what would have been my ex- perience had I remained there. As it is, I have lost everything I had except the clothing I stand in, I am not gen- erally nervous and I am not at all su- perstitious, but I shall always feel that something strange impelled me to leave the Baldwin that night.” Miss Miller's story does not end with her narrative. Soon after the flames burst out, Harr [ ‘Wagner, knowing that she was a guest at the hotel, hurried through the dark. smoky corridors to her door. He knocked and called in vain. Finally the flames broke out near him and he was forced away. Almost suffocated by the smoke and heat he was driven out in the . main corridor. It was so dark that he could not see and it was | with great ‘dgifficulty that he found his way down the fong- flights of stairs. [ The building was apparently deserted and he hurried into the street to at- tempt to reach Miss Miller's window by | the fire escape, when he was told by an | acquaintance that she had left the hotel | earlier jn the evening. At 11 o’clock in the forenoon the peo- ple assembled at their regular rehearsal at the theater and waited in suspense for Miss Miller's appearance or definite | news of her fate. Promptly she came | and the story of her lucky spell of ner- vousness was told. THEATRICAL FOLKS SUFFER HEAVY LOSS| Managers Gottiob and Marx Have Experienced Three [Fires in One Year. [ | A strange fatality seems to hover about | the theaters controlled by Messrs. Gottlob & Marx, for they have experienced three fires within a year at their places of amusement. In January last the Colum- | bia was burned out, and, strange to say, | the same company now playing there was | the attraction at that time. Then the Cal- | ifornia Theater took fire one night in | March, when Melba was filling a popular engagement. Now comes the third visita- tion at the Baldwin Theater, and yet the two gentlemen are cheerful under their and now all that has gone up in smoke. They carried §2300 insurance on their car- pets and furniture in the burned theater, but that will by no means cover their loss. Willlam _Gillette, who was_playing an engagement that promised to be most suc- cesstul, suffered a los: 0 worth of scenery stumes, surance. . Goftlob & Marx, with the energy which has at all times charac- terized them, immediately began arrange- ments to transfer the attraction to the California Theater on next Monday night. It is probable that the engagement wili | be for two weeks. In the meantime they | have put their force of men from the thres theaters at work painting scenery, manu- facturing properties and constructing the carpenter work necessary for the produc- | tion of “Secret Service.” Gillette himselt | is gatting bids from three firms for cos- | tumes, and the production ‘will be given | with as elaborate accessories as the old one. Arrangements will be concluded by the | first of the year to play the Baldwin | bookings at the Columbia and those of the Columbia at the California. It is ex- pected that a magnificent theater will be | construct ite of the old theater, | and one with a view to playing extra- ed on the which were in were entirely con- | fire. Their theater trunks | their dressing rooms, * There was also a $500 solitaire diamond ring, a gold match box, bent from the fall, and the setting of a shirt stud, from which the diamond had been lost, the setting having been spread by contact with the sidewalk and having dropped out. Judging from the size of the setting the stone must have been worth $200 at least. It is probably lying in the debris near the sidewalk. The deceased has a mother in New York State and was one of a family of twelve children. The inquest will be held on Saturday morning. A Coroner’s jufy was impaneled yesterday after- noon. Public Administrator Freese applied for letters of administration upon the | estate of Captain White yesterday af- |ternoon. The petition states that the estate of the deceased consists of real and personal property of unknown value. - It is reported, however, that the unfortunate capitalist left property ivalued at $250,000. ELEVATOR CAME NEAR BEING A DEATH CAGE Electric Current Stopped as a Load of Passengers Reached the Ground. Frank Hanna, his wife, Mrs. Ray Fromberg, the milliner, and her sisters, occupied adjoining rooms on the fatal fifth floor at the Baldwin. Their escape from . incineration was miraculous. They went down in the electric elevator the office floor the current ceased and the lights went out throughout the burning building. The passengers on the last trip escaped being caught be- tween floors by only a fraction of a sec- ond. Mr. Hanna told of the thrilling incident last night. He said: “My wife and I were sound asleep in our chamber when the fire broke out. Mrs. Ettling, my_wife's sister, rapped violently on our door and told us the hotel was ‘burning. ' I opened the door and saw we -had no time to spare. Seizing the baby, I jumped into the hall, telling my wife to stick closely to me. Then I got all the ladies together and we ran to the elevator. I knew it was a dangerous proceeding to go down Mrs. Susie Lichtig and Mrs. Ettling, | and just the instant the car reached | senting a flock of sheep, is booked ag evidence against him. Three pickpockets were captured yes- terday afternoon. Willilam King was working the crowd in front of the Em- porium and was arrested bv Detectives Silve- and Reynolds. When searched at the City Prison a diamond ring. diamond stud and gold watch were found in his pockets. He is detained in “the tanks” for further investiga- tion. C. J. O'Brien also made his of o-erations in front of the Emporium He extracted a purse containing %1 40 from the pocket of a ladv who had a baby in her arms. She got hold of him and detained him till Detective Reynolds, Silvey and Crockett appe: ne ar- ed. He was charged with grand lar- ceny. Thomas Norton 1is in ‘“the tanks.” He had his hand in the pocket of a lady when caught. The police want the lady to call at headquarters. | She was a small woman dressed iz PRICELESS ART TREASURES GONE Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Ack- erman Suffer an Irrepara- ble Loss. Probably the heaviest loss suffered by any individual guest of the Baldwin falls upon Charles L. Ackerman, whose priceless art collection and matchless library were badly damaged. Mrs. Ackerman lost all her beautiful dia- monds and other jewelry, the value of which exceeded $15,000. But both Mr. and Mrs. Ackerman are thankful they escaped a horrible death. They occu- pied a corner suite at the Market-Pow- ell-street junction. Soon after they es- caped dense volumes of smoke poured into all the rooms on the fourth floor, and any attempt to save Mr. Acker- man’s treasures would have been futile and resulted in loss of life. Mr. Ackerman’s books alone were valued at $10,000. For years he has been collecting the works of all the recognized authors, ancient and mod- ern, and the library was a source of in- finite pleasure to himself and lovers of | rare books who had the good fortune to secure access to these volumes. Mr. FOUND DEATH IN SAFETY. Heart Disease Claimed Lewis Mayer When He Gained the Street. in the elevator, as it might get causht | sumed. Miss Hope R lculates that Kr:hv has lost $ nd jewelry. | Stage er Joseph Francoeur, at 3 | o'clock y afternoon, placed a lad- | der on ‘the Elli et side of the hotel | | and secured his wife's trunk and some | clothes. His own trunk fell through with the burning floor of the closet d probably now in the debris. He also saved the manuscript and plans of the play. J. Spencer, who represents Jacob Litt | in “Mistakes Will Happen,’ lost every- | thing he pos «d. He had $1000 in his trunk, of which he cannot find a trace. He was obliged to borrow an overcoat for | himself and several articles for his wife. | He, with a number of others, who were | at the uests at the hotel, took shelter angham, on Ellis street. lagher of that hostelry out three pairs of suspenders, a half. dozen shirts, several pairs of socks and collars innumerable to thespians who had | Jost their all. Among those who took ref- | uge with him were James Campbell, “Doc | Freeman” of “Gay Coney Island’ and Mrs, Perry of the “Secret Service” Com- pan Mr. Marx is inclined to think the fire started in the kitchen of the hotel, which is immediately behind the stage.” Man- ager Alfred Bouvier, who was connected with the theater several vears ago, sayvs | he has repeatedly cautioned the | hotel | management about their ovens and con- | necting pipes. Everything was all right | on the stage when the last man left after the performance Tuesday_night, and the | | watechman made his rounds at 12, 1 and 2 | o'clock and did not notice anything wrong. Mr. Marx emphatically declares that the fire' did not originate on the stage, as has been rumored. : i WHITE’'S REMAINS AT THE MORGUE Friends Pay Tributes of Respect to the Dead Hero. Scores of friends of Jonathan Lloyd White visitgd the Morgue yesterday for the purpose of viewing the remains. More than half the number were ladies. In the afternoon Deputy Coroner Mc- Cormick handed over to the Public Ad- ministrator the property found on the person of the dead man. The gold watch showed the effects of the fearful fall that‘killed its owner. The dial was broken and the works were stopped by the shock. It was made in Geneva, Switzerland, and is sald to have cost the deceased $1000. On the case was the initial “W,” composed of thirty-five small diamonds. On the other case was the engraving of a Knight Templar on horseback, sur- mounted by the legend, “In Hoc Signo SCAN fighter. “That buliding is a menac breaks out in it all h— won’t be al of the department, if a fire breaks ou to enter it. I will fight it from the o Scannell had a standing rule that to be turned in immediately. S P S T 5 Tttt ettt LD Dave Scannell, so long chief of the Fire Department, had his own opinion of the Baldwin Hotel as fuel for a big fire, and he used to express it in that forcible diction so peculiar to the old fire- He sald on one occasion: want in case of a fire there is to confine the fire to that buflding.” box 47, ,the “Baldwin box,” if the fire was in the hotel a second alarm was R T TSR PR TR R between floors and we would all be lost. the ladies to get into the car. A num- ber of other guests also entéred and the boy started on the downward trip. “I shall never_ forget my sensations as we were descending. I heard women'’s screams from all parts of the hotel. These cries mingled with the hoarse shouts of the men who were as- sisting guests to escape, and the awful roar and crackling of the flames nearly paralyzed my power of thought. Then the fear that the elevator would not seconds required to make the descent seemed like eternity, and I thought the distance was thousands of miles. “An Instant before the car stopped at the office landing every light went out, and a sudden jerk on the cable told us the electric current had been severed. Then I realized what a miraculous es- cape we had. -I don’t know whether | the other passengers went through the same experience. 1 hope they did not.” e WORK OF THIEVES AND PICKPOCKETS A Number of Arrests Were Made by the Police Department. Thieves and pickpockets made the most of the opportunities afforded them to ply their vocations. Policeman Harry Hook saw three men carrying away a trunk that contained valuable jewelry belonging to a traveling sales- man for an Eastern firm. When they saw the officer following them they dropped the trunk and ran. Hook fired three shots after them and it is believed one of the men was hit. Policeman Stanton and Special Of- ficer H. Smith about 4 o’clock in the morning saw a man carrying away a large picture. He was overhauled and sald that “Jake,” one of the bartenders in the saloon had asked him to foilow two men V...0 stole the picture and ar- rest them. He told the same storv to Judge Mogan yesterday morning and added that the two men had just got away when the officers arrested him. He said his name was James B. Brown and he was a bartender in . Foley's saloon, 19 Steuart street. The charge against him is petty larceny and the Judge continued the case till to-mor- row. The heavy oil painting, repre- D T R o o e e e e s WHAT OLD DAVE NELL THOUGHT. e to Market street. If a fire ever ble to stop it. While I have charge t in it T will not allow one of my men utside; that's what I'll do. What I if-an alarm should come. in from S S S S e ah o 2 2 S But I decided on an impulse and told | Ackerman's rare and antique statuary and paintings, for the size of the col- Jection, were in point of artistic ex- cellence superior to anything on this coast. Yesterday afternoon several men were employed in recovering these treasures from the debris. Exquisite bits of sculptors’ skill were lowered to the ground in baskets, and even in their cracked and smcke-blackened condi- tion excited the admiration of all who secured a glimpse as they were carried through the crowd. Mr. Ackerman is unable to correctly estimate his financial loss, which is nothing compared to the destruction of NERVOUS DEBILITY Is due to over work, over study, over ex- haustion or some form of abuse. When you abuse yourself you begin to decline. 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