The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 24, 1898, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1898. POLITICS AND THE APPROACH CHRISTMAS. Country Legislators| Going Home. ‘ | Palace Hotel, and one on_ Pine street, opposite the market. For a few he has been traveling aroun He lives on ourth street, near M and Thu | where he had several glass COLD DAY FOR JOB-CHASERS| | stud, a diamond ring, a gold ring with a GOVERNOR GAGE'S ARRIVAL CREATES A STIR. | on Headquarters at the Palace Deserted | by All Save the Army of | Moth-Eaten Place- { Hunters. | | The near approach of the Christmas idays has had a very depressing effect the aspect of things around political headquarters at the Palace Hotel. Legis- lators and their friends from the interior who have been in uring tue | past few weeks for purpose of “get- ting next to themselves,” as they ex- ned to their homes with their famili alace court and an State Central isturbed possession of lpcal job- sers and the political touts who are numbered among the camp-fol- lowers and nal advisors of Colonel y stirred yesterday wi nounced that Governor- Gage would arrive in the city by the evel from Sacramento in order to be at the reception tendered Hobson last night. To-day will see attendance of the needy ge are willing to serve the v where there is good pay the Palace c . p sition at any time of to bow to the Governor- d he happen to pass. Another : important consideration is the he grate fire in the general office of committee rooms upstairs. There in the atmosphere at and the chronic s provided with that may be at- s a decided chill of th is not an overcoat, a condition utable to_th that this is tne se of a De n tion. ir years of e snough ip the overcoat from the backs of all se who make politics a “fad” an ccupation. eif ay the job chasers will appear in i and in the committee h the bottoms of thelr trousers y_she: cra in_their , a pocketful of washe 1d ‘an air of pro ed in the fond hope that the yr-elect may be led to believe that are gu at hotel and sole object in wishing to give and go to serve him. lect Charles s wit up Sac- F. incumbent touch with legislators. _He his household to Sac- first of the year, as ired in this city to f the office of County office over to his suc- beginning of the new ted on reliable authority ill give one of the places | of State’s office to Lou »f Healdsburg, Sonoma County s held office of Constable in | rs, and was a st epublican State was defeated for the heriff at his county con- | ed the ranks of | who are seeking political prefer- ment, his claim for recognition being based to some extent on the fact of his | reputed authorship_of the life-size ofl painting of H T. Gage that occuples the place of honc e walls of the Central C s rooms. Mr. seeking the appoint- mber of the State Board of vacancy created y of the late J. G. Edwards member-e: Mr. Swan is not without experience, as he serv term as ember of the Board ualization, said to h e acqu ? e duties of the office with credit to him- if and profit to the Stat . The Governor-Elect Here. Governor-elect Henry T. Gage arrived in the city last night from Sacramento, and leave for Los Angeles to-day. £ SUES HER BROTHER. Miss Gashwiler Alleges That He Deceived Her. Litigation, the result of alleged fraud, has divided the Gashwiler family. Suit | was filed yesterday by Charlotte L. Gash- r half-brother, Jared H. ie a deed to valuable real | estate on Kearny street, near Pine. The | plaintiff alleges that in November of last vear she requested her brother to prepare a deed to the property in question that | she might convey it to her mother, Mrs. L. M. Gashwiler. Irwin stated that he would do so, and on November 18, 189 {nformed her that the deed was ready for her signature. They went before a ary and without reading the document, Miss Gashwiler alleges, she signed it. Subsequently she discovered that instead of conveying the property to her mother the deed conveyed one-third to Irwin and one-third to plaintiff’s sister, Mrs. Samuel es that she went to Mrs. ed the iff s Shortridge as soon as she discov deception, and Mrs. Shortridge was ignor- | ant he transaction and immediately signed a quitclaim deed. Now Miss Gash- Wiler seeks to set aside the deed on the ground of fraud, that she may convey the | sroperty to her mother, as she originally | Inlcnd ———————— | GEORGE E. BARRON’S ESTATE.| | Letters of Administration Upon Lt | Asked by T. J. Roche. Theodore J. Roche, one of the many creditors of the late George E. Barron, s :pnn the of the deceased. Peti- ®oner states that he has no information as to the character and Fawe = =% o= eate; neither does he know the names of the next of kin of the deceased. George E. Barron came into prominence several years ago through a contest of his applied for letters of administration | e father's will in the courts of San Jose. A negress appeared on the, scene with a | boy she alleged was the son of herself | and George E. Barron’ ther. The dis- | grace following this expose and trouble and ltigation drove voung Barron into evil wa and his death, which occurred city on October 21, is said to have een caused by dissipation. When Bar- ron died he was attended by a woman | whom rumor sald was his wife, but as she not appeared to claim his estate the | reports were probably unfounded. ey S POBBED AN OLD MAN. | A. McKenzie Relieved or His Jewelry and All His Loose Money. Mrs. Morrissey, 326 Minna street, short- Iy after 6 o’clock yesterday morning siw a man robbing an old man opposite her house. A few minutes later Policeman Tillman_was passing_her _house after re- TPoruing off (l_|)|L‘_T'11_y and she told him of What | she had seen. She described the robber as &hort and stout, with a full beard, in thi; and_ahout 30 years of age. The old man was lylng on the steps of | Sauta Claus. | He gave his name as A. McKay | courager h | myself scarce. | Nat Goodwin's company. the house, 327 Minna street, with his pockets turned inside out. He was con- siderably under the influence of liquor, and Tillman took him to the City Prisflrs an claimed that he had been robbed. Till- man went back to Minna street and found the old man’'s gold rimmed spp:ctacles and false teeth about forty feet from where he had been robbed. They were taken to the prison. When the old man sobered up a little e said his name was A McKenzie and that he had been a resident of this city for over thirty vears. He used to keep a saloon on Market street, opposite_the night started out with $10 to have a g00d time. The last thing he remem- bered was being in the Abbotsford saloon, es of whisky. He had a vague recoliection of a m: with a beard, who knew his name. He had been robbed of a cheap watch, a gold chain and diamond locket, a diamond bloodstone and any loose change he may have had in his pockets. He had a check in his purse for $1250. and reluctantly con- fessed that he was fond of poker and kept for a blind Inquiry at the Abbotsford saloon elicited the fact that a gentleman corted him home at the request of the proprietor, but reaching Fourth e below Mis- sion, McKenzie insis on going into a saloon and playing cards with a soldler and some others. The gentleman left him there. The police are working on the case. T HIS GAS WAS SHUT OFF. Refusal to Put Up a Deposit Causes Trouble. A. Daw-Kerrell, a resident of this ci complains bitterly of the treatment which he has received from the San Francisco Gaslight Company. Yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock his gas was shut off oy an employe of the concern, which gave no notice of its intention to resort to the arbitrary proceeding. The consequence was that Mr. Kerrell's home was left in darkness for the night, and his wife, who an invalid, suffered greatly from the cold, as the only way they have of heat- ing the house is by means of & Mr. Kerrell is of the opinion that the corporation Is pursuing retaliatory tactics nst him for his refusal to put up the posit which it exacts illegally from | consumers. trouble,” he said, “dates back when I refused to com- some eleven years with the dem P nd to deposit the $. In that time I moved four times, and always had trouble in that regard, but I never made th it, and I presume the com- pany has had it in for me ever since. I| always paid my bills promptly and in March last I contracted for a zas s which the v loans to su t 1 cheerfully paid a as as I considered it a just charge. me $20 to have the connections 1 found, however, th | or, for when the sure w lighted t feeb] | two weeks ago T sent word to have it re- moved, and paid $4 to aisconnect it. My | son went to the office to ask for the turn of the i was met w! urtes ““Have vou a_deposit on your meter? | he was asked. Replying in the negative, | he was coolly informed that the $5 on the | stove would now be applied as a deposit | on the meter. In addition he con- fronted with a bill of $7 80 amount of gas burned in November an fourteen day December. Believing tk to be extortionate my son refused to pa and the summary action of shutting the gas off followed. This charge of $7 80 was | the result of my being honest with tne corporation and notifying it last month that 1 was of the opinion that the meter did not register properly, as I was po: tive that we had burned more 2 worth of gas in October, which was their bill for that month. I consider they have acted in a high-handed and dishonorable way, and I think I have cause to bring ac- tion' for damages. I will get the advice of an attorney and took the first step terday to serve the company with a tice to turn on the gas forthwith. This a matter that concerns every user of in this city and something should be done to correct the tactics of the San Francisco Gas Company, which, to say the least, are peculiar.” | ACTOR MONTAINE'S TWO CHARACTERS HIS WIFE WILL SUE FOR A‘ DIVORCE. o AR | A Dual Role on the Alcazar Boards | and Tragedy on the Domestic Hearth. Clarence F. Montaine this week at Alcazar is a funny German with stage regulation Saxon tow hair and a litte whisker on his chin. He says funny Ger- man things and laughs with his audience at himself. But C. F. Montaine off the stage is not saying funny things and laughing just now. Then he is playing best man to Mrs. C. F. Montaine in a lit- tle drama of her own, though in her set- tled opinion he is the worst man in the world almost. In fact so bad is he that she is consulting her lawyer in view of getting a divorce on the grounds of cru- elty. Her lines in this play are that he is the usual unfeeling wretch of a husband, 1l treats her a little short of battery, goes to drink with starfling frequenc insults her bosom lady friends and d aspiration to develop into a the tragedienne. In an interview the man of two roles sald, as he was making-up for his stage part, that his wife was an unspeakable over of intoxicants, with a most viclou: temper, a lurid imagination and a mighty A‘X(\nfidenv.e in her latent theatrical abili- | ties. “Her tongue is a scorcher,” he said, stopping to stick the funny whiskers on his chin, “and ever since our marriage in Chicago, about a year ago, she has sub- jected me to almost unceasing abuse. She has even gone so far as to slap me in the face. 1 have had to get out of her | way to keep her from scratching my | eyes out. Oh, she is a Tartar from Tar- tarville. Her love of war with me is al- most equal to her love of cocktalls with her lady friends, and when she -ets im- bued with the spirit of both I just make When she is mad through | and through she is so impulsive that she | will stop at nothing. Y evening after a tremendous flare-up she rushed | off to her attorney, Judge Mogan, and be- gan proceedings for a divorce. But she is nice when not stirred up; In fact she is like the little girl who ‘when she is good is very, very good, and when she fs bad she is horrid.’ ** Mrs. Montaine is a handsome woman about 3) vears of age, and was a Mrs. | Pauline Davidson when' she married mon- taine in Chicago less than a year ago | while he was playing a leading part in She has ap- peared in minor roles several times on | the stage, but not with shining success. | She denies all her husband’s allegations. Montaine has consulted Hon. Julius Kahn and will fight the case, L No Day Coach South of Bakersfield. The Southern Pacific announces that the new limited train service between this city and Los Angeles has been slightly modified as compared with tre original plan by discontinuing the day | “ h between Bakersfie!d Angeles. In other words, bety Francisco and Bakersfiell in eithe: rection. a sleeping car ticket will not te necessary, but south of the latter point it win The train is reporred to be doing a handsome business. an di- s Elijah Lord’s Will. | The will of Elijah Lord, who died on th, 10th inst.. leaving property valued ot $14,- 000, was’ filed for probate yesterday. The | bequests are $2000 to the children of James H. Lord, a brother, a like sum to the children 'of Mrs. Martha J. Whipple, a sister; $1500 to James Whipple, a nephew; $1000 to Isabella Watson, a niece. The residue of the estate iIs devised to dece- dent's widow. | ——————— In the Divorce Courts. Georglana Pratt has been granted a divorce from Warren A. Pratt on the ground of willful desertion. Solomon Crokner asks for a divorce from his wife, Rosie Crokner, on the ground of crueity. e Mothers, Attention! You can save money on boys’ clothing, hats, caps, sweaters, shirts, etc., by call- ing on “The Old I. X. L., corner Sixth and Mission streets. Headquarters for fek=gag=F-8-3-3-F-3-F-F-3-3-F-3-3-3-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F=F-FeF=F-F=F-F=3 ] SLOAN’S STOMACH IS OUT OF ORDER 1S GRACE JAMES TOD SLOAN, Duke of Saddledom, intimate of His Highness the Prince of Wales, and premier jockey of the Amer- ican turf, will arrive at the Palace in about ten days. This is the an- nouncement that Charley Quinn, herald for his grace, tipped off to the knowing ones last night. The news brought a smile to the haggard countenances of that swell set, better known as the talent, who for the past ten days have been up against the books with somewhat disastrous sults. The exact day when *“Our Tod,” as Quinn puts it, will arrive is not known, but from a letter recelved he will be here inside of ten days if he does not change his little mind. At present Sloan is at West Baden Springs, Indiana, drinking sulphur water. It is reported that his dear little stomach has been upset by the various brands,that he and the Prince of Wales were accustomed to drink together, and the immaculate midget wants to be in condition when he arrives here. Charley Dwyer is at the springs with Tod, and will accom- pany him here. The talent hopes for the sure thing and the dead cinch when J. Tod Sloan arriv He will also bring with him the latest wrinkles from ‘‘dear old London”—that is, in the line of neckwear and clothes. This season it is ties that Tod will flash, and he has something like five hundred of the most startling patterns. He also brings thirty- seven dozen pairs of trousers and a chest full of imported cigars of the largest and blackest brand—the kind that Sir Henry Irving and Lord Sal- isbury smoke. His Grace will have a suite at the Palace and will establish his court on his arrival, and the exacting etiquette of St. James will be rigidly en- forced. This season, owing to J. Tod Sloan’s' intimacy with the Prince of Wales, no one will address him until they have first been spoken to, and it is positively stated on the very best authority that under no cir- cumstances will Sloan accept a mount that has not a pedigree emanat- ing from the other side, ‘‘don’t cher know.” 00 0 00 100 300 00 06 08 308 308 308 308 308 308 40 308 30 308 306 308 308 08 X0F 30% 10K 308 08 300K 3¢ 0% Xk . [e3utetalatatntotatututotntutntuutatuutetnctolnlnetaetuinFePuleRuRuReye] 000800 080 0000 O 000 00 OV 0100 0800 08 00 06 00 0 00 G 0 QRCH 0P 00 0000108 3 308 308 30K 10K 108 X0E REASURER REIS 1S 70 MAKE A SETTLEMENT Surprised This City Is Involved. THAT STATE TAX MUDDLE | MAYOR PHELAN’S EXTRAORDI- NARY BUSINESS LAXITY. iSacrflmentn Pays Over — Colgan’s Firm Position—Aggressive Law- yers Now Proposing Stip- ulations. taxpayers of San Francisco wera surprised yesterday when they read that the Board of Supervisors of this city had entered into a contract with Attorneys Rodgers, Paterson & Slack and Devlin & Devlin to pay these lawyers a large per- centage to collect certain moneys which it is claimed have been overpaid in the collection of State taxes. No one was more surprised than Treasurer Christian Reis. He was amazed to learn that the Supervisors had adopted a resolution to pay lawyers a large commission for col- lecting money from the State. “It is a plain proposition,” remarked Mr. Reis, “that if the city collects any money | el | ly sheet, kept in pencil, however, shows from the State, a tax on the city will be levied by the State to restore the money. The Mayor and the Supervisors ought to have known that the whole proceeding was designed to glve fees to lawyers. No matter how the litigation ends the city will be compelled to pay. Should an amount equal to the commissions said to | be due San Francisco be collected from State the tax to restore it will fall | th, heavier on San Francisco than on other counties, and besides the city will be loser in the amount allowed to the lawyers. I am surprised that a plain business propo- sition of this kind was not the Mayor and Supervisors. The contract beiween the lawyers and the city and county of San Francisco was obtained August, .as the following copy of the ill show: Resolved, son and Char B of Rodgers, Paterson & ; and Robert T. Devlin and Willlam H. Devlin, ing the firm of Devlin & Devlin, attor- law, hey are hereby employed by the Supervisors of the City and County eco, State of California, and they authorized, empowered and ap- of are n hereby pointed to examine into any claim that may be due, owing or unpaid to the said city and d any of Its officers or either from of California, in connection With cer- tain moneys which it is claimed have been overpaid in the settlements between them aris- ing from the collection of State taxes and reve- nue and the disbursement of public money, and also in connection with such State taxes and revenue and services rendered pertaining to the same, and to develop the facts in connec- tion therewith and the law applicable thereto, and to collect by suit or otherwise the sald claim and all moneys that may be due or owing 1 the said State to the said city and county by reason of or in connection with any of the matters above set forth. That the attorneys above named, in the maintenance and prosecution of the sald claim, shall assist the District Attorney of the said and county or its City and County Attor- ¥, or act independently, as circumstances and the' law may require. ‘That the said city and county shall be at no in the maintenance or prosecution of £ %aid_claim, the same to be advanced by Messrs. Devlin Devlin above named. That the above-named attorneys so employed shall receive and retain 50 per cent of all sums 0f ‘money not exceeding ten thousand (§10,000) dollars and 25 r cent on all sums exceeding i aam of ten thousand (810,000) dollars, collected on the aforesald claim in_ full pay- | ment of all services rendered, the balance to be paid into the city and county treasury and apportioned to such fund or funds as required by law. That the said employment shall continue in force until the said claim has been fully col- lected or has been declared invalid by the final Judgment of the Supreme Court of the State of California; and the said attorneys shall also be entitled to the same percentage on all sums that may hereafter accrue on the said claim during the term of sald employment; provided, that the sald employment shall not continue for 2 longer period than two years, unless the said claim =hall be in litigation, and in such an event it shall continue until the said litigation sl finally_ended. ) Prard of Supervisors, San Francleco, Au- 8t 898. S fter’ having been published five successive days, according to law, taken up and passed by ollowing vote: e ipervisors Devany, Haskins, Delany, Sheehan, Dodge, Lackmann, Morton, Britt, Smith, Clinton, );(l\-prl,l, s psent—Supervisor Hottanzl. Absent—BuperVIe g0, A, RUSSELL, Clerk. Resolution, No. 1552 (Fourth having been approved by his Honor, the Mayor, and ex-officlo President of the Board of Supervisors, or returned to this board with objections thereto, within ten days of 'the presentation thereof, has become vaild {n accordance with the provisions of Section No."68 of the consolidation act, on this 2ith t t, 18 e 0. A. RUSSELL, Clerk. Treasurer Reis of this city announces his purpose to make a speedy settlement with the State Controller if he is not re- strained by the lawyers employed by the Board of Supervisors. Speaking on this topic vesterday, he sald: .“I expect to make the settlement in a few days. I am waiting now on the Tax Collector. No papers to prevent me making the cus- tomary settiement have been served upon me, and I do not hear that any steps to restrajn me are in contemplation. The amount to be paid over to the State will approximate $1,100.000. but $400,000 may be retained under apportionment of school one mhnsivrms that Mayor Phelan did not sign the resolution of the Board of Supervis- ors, but it became valid with his consent, as he did not interpose official objection. It does not appear on the record that any one in the City Hall sought the advice of the City and County Attorney on this im- ortant contract. Comment on the ayor's inefficiency is varied and pointed. The Mayor I8 sald to be exceptionally gifted with qualities required for opening a woman's congress or receiving a hero like Hobson, but is so lamentably de- fieient in ordinary business sense that he ought to have a guardian. Obviously it never entered his mind that the lawyers had an ax to grind when they sought his support in obtaining the coptract. The above Serles), not nderstood by | 1 _remedy. Devlin, a smooth talker from Sacramento, found the Mayor a ‘good thing” and worked him accordingly. e THE CONTROLLER'S POSITION. Ten Counties Have Made Settlements With the State — Sacramento and Ventura Responded Yesterday. SACRAMENTO, Dec. 23.—With refer- ence to the its brought against the State by forty-two counties for commissions alleged to be due them State Controller Colgan said to a Call corre- spondent this afternoon that he would maintain the position that the counties must proceed to make their settlements with the State, as the law requires. Ten counties have already settled, them Solano, Lake, Alpine, Mariposa, Plu- mas, Santa Clara, Ventura and Sacramen- to, the last two having made their set- tlements to-day. ‘The attorneys for the counties in this matter,” said Mr. Colgan, “have, as L un- derstand it, advised the counties not to settle with the Controller, but Devlin & Devlin, who represent a majority of them, stated to-day that they were willing to enter into a stipulation or agreement to have all the counties they represent set- tle with the Controller provided that their rights are not jeopardized. Their proposi- tion has been put in writing and submit- ted to Attorney General Fitzgerald, who represents me in this matter, for his ap- proval or modification. ‘‘Section 3867 of the Political Code pro- vides that unless a County Treasurer set- tles with the State Controller between the 15th and 30th of December he shall pay a | enalty of §1000. Of course I shall look | p }or settlements in the usual manner and that really sums up my position at pres- | My opinfon is that there is nothing ent. in the case which the attorneys have brought, but I must, of course, await a Jjudicial determination of the question.” An interesting fact in connection with the passage of the law in 1393 abolishing commissions was disclosed upon an ex- amination of the original tally sheet of the Senate made by Secretary of State Brown and The Call correspondent this | evening. The printed minutes of the Sen- among ate, which are indorsed as correct by the | presiding officer of that body, show that the measure received but twenty votes and that it did not receive the vote of Senator R. H. Campbell, his name not ap- pearing even as present. The original tal- that Campbell was present and that he ! was the first man who voted . The totals show that the measure received 21 eyes and 3 noes. The singular fact re- vealed by the examination is that right next to the figure ‘“L,” denoting Camp- bell's vote, is a clpher with a stroke through it. Whether it was intended to have any significance or not is not known, but at any rate it is regarded as worthy of note in connection with the absence of Campbell’s name from the list of the Sen- ators voting for the measure as it appears in the printed minutes. the measure received but twenty votes, which would not be enough to carry it, although it is stated in the printed min- utes that the measure passed The Hearst Libel Suits. Judge Mogan had set vesterday for ren- dering his decision in the libel case of Claus Spreckels against W. R. Hearst of the Examiner, but announced that he was not yet ready, and continued the case till January 10. The demurrer of W. R. Hearst to the complaint of Claus Spreckels for damages for libel was overruled by Judge Hunt vesterday. Hearst was given ten days in Wwhich to answer the complaint. —————— Not Wanted in New York. Captain Bohen vesterday received a dis- patch from Captain McClusky of New York in answer to the one sent him on Thursday that Isidor Lorber was not wanted there for the murder of his wife nor for anything else. Lorber was at once released from the City Prison. —_— Federal Grand Jury Indictment. The Federal Grand Jury yesterday re- ported an indictment against H. W. M. Ogg of Sacramento County for sendin unlawful drugs through the mails to C. Madsen of Gunnison, Utah, and to Mrs. S. . Sartori of Nashville, El Dorado County, California. Ball was set at $500. A Soldier’s Escape. When Richmond had fallen and the great commanders had met beneath the historic apple tree at Appomattox, the 83d Pennsylvania Volunteers, prematurely aged, clad in tat- ters and rags, bro- ken in body but of dauntless spirit, swung into Iine for the last ‘“‘grand re- view” and then quietly marched away to begin life’s fray anew amid the hills and val- leys of the Key stone State. Among the number Asa Robinson came back totheold home in Mt. Sterling,IlL., back to the fire- side that he had left at the call to arms four years previous. He went away a happy, healthy farmer boy in the first flush of vigorous manhood; he came back a ghost of the self that answered to President Lincoln’s call for *300,000 more."” To-day he is an alert, active man and tells the siory cf his recovery as follows: “l was a great sufferer from sclatic rheumatism almost from the time of my discharge from the army. Most of the time I was unfitted for manual labor of any kind, and my sufferings were at ail times intense. At times I was bent al- most double, and got around only with the greatest difficulty. Nothing seemed to give me permanent relief until three years ago, when my attention was called to some of the wonderful cures effected bY Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale Peo- ple. The Soldier’s Return. I had not taken more than half a ox when I noticed an improvement in my condition, and I kept on improving steadily. I took three boxes of the pills, and at the end of that time was in better condition than at any time since the close of my army service. ince then I have never been bothered with rheumatism. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People is the only remedy that ever did me any good, and to them I owe my restoration to comparatlve health. They are a grand With Campbell's | name out the printed minutes show that | ADVERTISEMENTS. 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LADIES' TAILOR-MADE SUITS, of black and navy cheviot, fly- BLACK SERGE TAILOR-MADE SUITS, lined with silk serge, skirts double lined and bound, sale price $17 50 each. fn tan and blue covert cloth, worth $20 00, sale price $22 50 LADIES' BLACK SATIN DRESS SKIRTS, Spanish flounce, fan- plaited backs, well lined and bound, regular price $15 LADIES' BLACK SATIN DRESS SKIRTS, fan-plaited backs, with silk, somely braided Thibet 00 eac dozen, made u, terns, at §2 00 the 75c and $1 00 each, skirts well lined and $10 00 each. 400 fly-tront real Maco, white, also ' black, at 65¢ a pair. flounce skirts, douhia | brown, tan, mode, black, good value pair. Skirts. ors _brown, 3150 a pair. sale go0d value for §20 00, and parted ellk at T, good value for $1 00, will 'be on special sale At $1.00. EAL KID" GLOVES, colors req, navy, butter, pearl and T batter, B and’ white, also dozen LADIES' 2-CLASP * green, for §1 At SL.30 dozen LADIES' 3-CLASP “DENT'S KID GLOVES, colors red, pearl and white, also black, be on sale at $1 50 a pair. LADIES’ FANCY HOSIERY. At 25 Cents. 500 dozen LADIES' FANCY HOSE, in plaids and Roman stripes, £0ld in boxes of six, with six different patterns, regular value G0c, selling price at present $1 50 the box or 2c the pair. At 3sS Cent 400 dozen LADIES' FANCY LISL Scotch plalds, with silk At SO Cents. 800 dozen LADIES' FANCY LISLE-THREAD HOSE, latest styles in Rembrandt and Richelleu ribs, original price , selling at.present at 50c palr. 75 Cents to $2.00. 200 dozen of the latest designs of FANCY HOSE, In lisle thread 00, $125, $150, §17 and $2 00 each. LADIES’ BLACK HOSE. At 25 Cents. dozen LADIES' FAST-BLACK IMPORTED COTTON HOS: with spliced heels and soles, of six pairs, regular price 3ic the pair, at $1 60 or in single pairs at 2c each. | KID GLOVES. LADIES' TAILOR-MADE SUITS, of black and navy cheviot, fly-front jackets, lined with silk, flounce skirts, well lined At 65 Cents, and bound, good value for 325 00, sale price $20 00 each. 10 dozen LADIES' 2-CLASP “HARVARD" KID GLOVES, col e brown, tan, oxblood, green, blue. butter, heliotrops amd At $1.50 a Palr. dozen LADIES' 2-CLASP GEN oxbiood, tan, E-THREAD HOSE, In tartans, embroldery, in boxes of six pairs and six different pat- box or 3ic the pair. UINE MOCHA GLOV 5 , tan, mode and black, will be on’Es.'u:O:: regular price $200 a pair, will usual price $6 00 the in all the made up in boxes Wwill be sold in boxes be on sale at $100 a GENUINE FRENCH mode, brown, green, blue, Murphy Bullding, Market and Jones Steeets. P e R e S O O O e T R R R o 8 o o 2 urphy Bullding, Marke“tfi Murphy Building, and Jones Streets. | Market and Jones Strests, AR AR S T P UPUUU 4440444244444 4 4444424441444 4 4449441t 4 1142444141 H P H T H P4 4444244444400 044400444440 40444 It Will Make You Feel Good When your wife tells you on Christmas morning that your shirt front and col- lar rivals the whiteness of the lilies. There is nothing that can encircle your neck, outside of her snowy ‘mrm, that will please you more on Xmas than a collar done up with the perfect color and finish that we put on all linen laundered here. The United States Laundry, office 1004 Market street Telephone South 420 COKE! COKE! COKE! P. A. McDONALD, 813 FOLSOM STREET, Telephone South 24. Dealer and Importer of all brands of COKE. Yards at HOWARD AND BEALE STS. "DR.MCNULTY. VHIS WELL-KNOWN AND RELIABLY OLD Speciulist cures Private, Nervous, and Blood Dis- ses 0/ Men only. Book on Private Diseases and Weaknesses of Men, free. Over 20 ¥'rs’ experience. Patlents curedat Home. Terms reasonable. Hours9 to3dally:6.30 to 8:30 ey’ ‘ee and sacredly confidential, C: P. ROSCOE McNULTY, M. D, 265 Hearny St., San Francisco, Cal. Weak Men and Women HOULD USE DAMIANA BITTERS, THE great Mexican remedy; gives health and strength to sexual organs. Depot. 323 Market. California Limited Santa Fe Route Connecting Owl Train Leaves San Francisco via Los Angeles at 5 . M. every SUNDAY, TUES- DAY, FRIDAY. Arrives In Chicago at 9:52 A. M. the followi: h Saturday rriving In New Yorkat 1:30 P. M. Friday, Sunday and Wednesday. DINING CARS, BUFFET CAR, Ob- servation ar and Electric Lighted Sleeping Car. This Train is In Addition to the Dally Overland Express. SAN FRANCISCO TICKET OFFICE—328 MARKET ST, TELEPHONE MAIN 153L RAILRCAD TRAVEL. OUTHERN IFACIFIC COMPANY. (PACIFIC 8¥STHM.) Trains lenve nud are due NA arrive as FILANCINCO, (Main Line, Foot of Market Stroet.) CALIFORNIA NORTHWESTERN BY. CO. LESSER SAN FRANGISCO AND NORTH PACIFI RAILWAY COMPANY. 12:35, Frox Dec. 18, 1893. ARRIVE Tiburon Ferry, Foot of Market St 04 Nilos, San Jose and Way Stations... *8:45a i e 7:004 Beuicis, Sulsun and Sacramento. B:43p SAN FRANCISCO TO SAN RAFAEL. 71004 Marysville, Oroville aud Reddiug via WEEK DAYS—7:30, 9:00, 11:00 a. m.; Woodand .»e...vs 3:48p | 2:30 5:10, 6:30 p. m. Thursdays—Extra trip 7:00A Elmira, Vacavilie and Rusey. 8:45¢ Saturdays—Extra trips at 1.0 7:304 Martinez, S8au Ramon, Vallejo, Nt 'a5d Banta Rosaryo oo Calistogs & 8:004 Atlautic Express, Ogden and East B:0A San Jose, Livermore, _Stockton, Io mento, ' Placerville, arysville, Chico, Ited Blw. and Jamesto d 1 SAN F. WEEK DAYS—6:10, at 11:30 p. m. m. 1:30 p. DAYS—$:00, 9:30, 11:00 i ot TUS TR a m; 130, 3: RA’ AEL TO SAN FRANCISCO. 9:20, 11:10 it ., Chi s 349, 5:10 Satur 81304 *Milton, Oskdale .. 1A b o CaturdAyE-Sxtie e 135 and 8:35 p. m. 2 Allxlrfln! u.mn#. ton, SUNDAYS—8:10, 9:40, 11:10 a. m.; 1:40, 3:40, 9:004 Freano, Bakerss Hetwean B ieanct d Schuet: E sco and Schuef Ji At Demlag K1 P same schedule as above, Tt A g rrive es, m wn:{vf:fl" San Francisco. DIn lgfl'ects San Franeisco. ctober 16, |—0—— Week | Sun- 1895, Sun- | Week Days. | days. | Destination. | days. | Days. TMam| §:00am| Novats, | | m 3:30 pm| 9:30am| Petaluma, 6 101404 | 5:0pm| 5:00pm| Santa Rosa, 4:80r Nilee, Ban Jose. 782 = e = 8:00r San Franciaco and Los Aiitici S ] Fulton, l . Fresuo, Bakersfiel :30am Windsor, 125 Angrlea. 7 9:45, Healdsburg, e 3:30r Stockton, Merced, Froano. 12157 Lytton, N 3:80F Mariuez, Tracy, Mendota, I'resnc, Geyserville, Mojars, Bauis Dacbara ‘wnd Jos | 3:30pm| 8:00am| Cloverdale. | 7:35pm| 6:22 pm 3:30r Prcific Coast Limited. Kl Paso, “Hopland | = Yori_ Worth, Little Rock, 8 : : iian" | e wmnd e §6uanp | 7:30am| 8:00am Uktah. 7:35pm| 6:22pm 180F Sauta Fo Ronte, Atisutic Hxpress 7:30am| O for Mojave ad Las @:4np | T30am) | 10:35am 0 e Kuroponn Matl, Ogdwn and Fush 9udta | 8:00am| Guerneville. | 7:35 pm| 200> Haywards, Nilés aud San Jose...... 7:454 | 3:30pm | | 6:22pm e Vailojo..... 12137 = 2 R = P Vallejo, Port Costa and Way Sta- 7:30am| 8:00am| Sonoma (10:40am| §:40am tions. 19145y and 81008 Ocogou Tixproms, Baoramenito, Mary 10pm| 5:00pm| Glen Eilen. | 6:10pm| 6:22 pm wille, Ttolding, Portland, Puget e = - ——— LI LY 30am| 8:00am| Sebastopol. [10:40am 10: am .08 Orlesns B1:45p Park, 3:30 pm| 5:00 pm ' 7:35 pm| 6:22 pm Stages connect at Santa Rosa for Mark West Springs; at Lytton for Lytton Springs: at Ges. serville for Skaggs Springs: at Cloverdale for the Geysers; at opland for Duncan Springs, Melrose, Highland _ Springs, Kelseyville, Carlsbad sooi] Piiesbac Slmbar 6:45, | Springs, Soda Bay, Lakeport and Bartlett 9:004 | Sam Leandro, Sonth $am | o0:ds | SPrings; at Ukiah for Vichy Springs, Saratoga S e i 301434 | Springs, Blue Lakes, Laurel Dell Lake, Witter g ANSH e iis, 12:45p | Springs, Upper Lake, Pomo, Potter ' Valley, Loes aze, Chorry ‘1:45p | JOhn Day's, Riverside. Lierley's, Bucknell e L Suior | Sanhedrin Heights, Huilville, Booneville, Orr's 3 3 ot Springs, Mendocino City, Fort B F100F | { Runx through to Niles. THBF | Westport, Usal, Willitts, Laytonville, - Cus: J t From Niles. ming’s, Bell's Springs, Harrls, Olsen’s, Dyer, TOAST DIVINION (Narrow Gange). Sogcaand Exreks. (Foot of Markot Btvect.) _Saturday to Monday round trip tickets at 8:154 Newark Centorville, San Jose, Felton, On Sundays round trip tickets to all pof Boalder Santa Oruzand Way Rofan : Boalder Creek, Wal sop | bevond San Rafael at halt rates. '2:157 Newark, Ticket Offices, 650 Market st., Chronicle bldg. Al H, C. WHITING, R X. RYAN, : L, Statiouns 4:15¢0 ?Wflk o 111:45p Hunters' Excursion, San Jose Way Station CREEK ROUTE FERRY. Prom SAK FRAROISCO—Foot of Market Street (Sli *7:15 General Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent. NORTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAR. FROM SAN Via Sausalito Ferry. FRANCISCO TO MILL VALLEY AND SAN RAF. DAYS—*7:20, *9:30, 11:00 & m.; *1:4&, 9:00 11:00 *2:00 1300 | ZWEEE e o 2:45, 6:15, *6:0, 6:30 p. m. 400 18:00 “EXTRA TRIPS-Thr Ban Rafast on Mozday, fraw OAKLAND—Fool of Brosdway. 00 8:00 10:004.M. wmg.dgg. and Saturdays at p. m. 1300 *140 1800 300 4490 “S00r. | BUNDAYE_ws:00 loiw,’ i COANT DIVINION (Broad Gange). ef's Tin to gan Quentn. (Third and Townsend Sts.) RAFAFL TO SAN FRAN ‘wEEK DAYHl: ‘I::: 745, *9:30 a m.; 3 L Palo Alto, Senta Clars, Sun Jose, Gllroy, Hollister, Sanda Salinas, Monterey and Tacilic ro *Z:20r Ban Jose y +4:13¢ San Jose aud Principal Way #3:00P San Jose and Principal Way Stations 3:30r Sau 1 Prinoipal Way Station 6:200 San d Way Station 3¢ San Tose and Way Station A e Mo T Al undass sxcepted. ! s only. an u Mondays and Thursdays. aTuesdays and Saturdays. turdaysand Wednesdays. bThuradays and The PACIFIC TRANSFER COMPAN X win call for and check from hotels and resis dences. Enquire of Ticket Ageuts for Time Cards snd other information. MOUNT TARALPAIS lifl;!lLl},';!AILWAY. ‘commencing Oakland Office—1118 Broadway. Sacramento Office—201 J Street. San Joso Offioce—7 West Santa OIALBL mgi .w-u‘DwHfll.-‘ 45 p. m. nda: 200, 10:00, 11:30 a. L5 p m ; SN MILEL VALLEY DAYS—5. 12:35, 2:45 3:50, 5:20 P. m. Crux, and Saturdays -ts‘lzgon Ifn. et lU'NDA:i;I:U. 10:06 & m.; 12:05, 1:30, 3:38, 1:0a. m. week days—Cazadero and way sta’ma, 2:45 p. m. Baturdays—Duncan Mills and way $:00 . m. Sundays—Duncan Mills and way eta’s THE SAN FRANCISCO AND SAN JOAQUIN