The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 15, 1899, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1899. BECKER TELLS HOW HE KILLED HIS WIFE Most Atrocious Story of Crime in Modern Times. Boiled Her Body Until the Flesh Softened, Then Burned It in the Kitchen Stove. they went home together that evening. | During the time Becker was being | amined he remained cool and col- | d. ven when the enormity of his! icted to him in all its stolid and indifferent. It s only when Inspector Hunt brought Augusta Scheutte, sister of the oman, into the room that CHICAGO, March 14.—August Becker confessed to-night that he killed his| wife with a hatchet in their home, cut | her bod in small pieces, boiled them | in a kettle until they were almost dis- integrated, burned the mass of flesh In | a stove and buried the bones In the| prairie near his house. | In detail as related the crime is mr\rfi‘ | Mrs. murdered Becker showed any interest in the pro- ceedin M heutte, by the advice of Chief Kipley and Inspector Hunt, began to | plead with the murderer to tell what | had become of her sister’s body. She wept and implored him to tell the truth When horrible than that with which Luet- gert was charged, or even the atroci- ties of which H. H. Holmes, the arch- murderer, ever dreamed In the belief that Becker did not push ! St Mrs. Scheutte was led -away his wife into the lake, as he said in his | gecker sat up straight in his chalr and first confession, Chief Kipley and In- | to the surprise of all blurted out: | I will tell the truth. For a moment he said no more. Everybody in the room leaned forward to catch the first words of the story of presented to the mur- 1 evi- t | spector Hunt derer last night the circumstanti dence that had been gathered again stood the or- him. For three hours he ¥ e G horror they knew was coming. deal. Then he broke down : | “I did not push my wife into the | He was n from his cell Hyde | lake,” Becker said. *T killed her with tchen at home and dy to pieces in a big a hatchet in the te office. Wit- | then boiled her b 2d in his | Iron kettle. 1 am ready to tell all I ' NS | know now and I will take you to the | 18- | spot where 1 buried some of the bones that I could not entirely destroy by These words were spoken by Becker with no trace of emotion. A stenc pher was sent for and the story w peated in detail Park station shortly after 7 o’clock to | Inspector Hunt’s pri ness after witness appeared, ¢ presence told of circumstances da: ing to him. Several ti s Becker seemed on the point of breaking down, but he would rally and assert that he murdered his wife by pushing her into the lake at the foot of Randolph street on the| [n answer to questions by Inspector | pight of January 25. BEven after mak- | Hunt the murderer said: “On the after- | ing the confession that he killed his|noon of January 28 I and my wife were | in the kitchen of his home, he | talking in the kitchen and we began | maintained that the trip was taken to | quarreling. She aggravated me, and I T o Jumuary 15 and the entire| fold her that she was not a good woman, and that I did not care to live with her. We both became angry, and she grabbed a plate which was lying on the table and threw it at me. I got| story rect w push h he told s ago was cor- | the exception that he did not | wife into the lake and thatl FAWCETT INOURY | sals were received from Cal- | The on Bridge Company, San Francisco, to complete work 90 days after | 00 d, { 493; P. J. Brennan, | Sinnott & McCann, | San Francisco, $ W. B. Anderson, | Francisco, § S Ancisco | | Bridge Company, $11.765. will complete in | ‘ time requ by department; Mo . Stockton, $1L000; Williams | | Bro (mkl:m:ts $11,540; H. H‘ s | . . San Francisco, $13,000; Wm. . Constable, Ex-Gold Commissioner |oakiand, sios: Jamés A: McManon, Sar | Bick | ¥ ); John Trotten, Oakiand | nder L. Campbell, San | on the Rack. $10,95; John J. O'Brien, | | rancisco, = 81 A check | hould accompany each proposal, in_de- | fault of which the bid is ignored. This | was the case with that of John Trotten of Oakland. The contract will be awarded | to the Thomson Bridge Company. | The supervising architect of the Treas- | Chief Executive Offic hiefs of minor divisior ice held a meeting to- | FAVORITISM ACCUSED OF , Mr. per of the | night to dev which prelim- | | inary work toward fon of the new | | public buildings may be expedited. M | Kemper said to The Call correspondent that the larger cities would be taken up Taylor, Ke nd the CHARGED ALSO WITH HAVING DEFRAUDED MINERS. David Evans, a Young Klondiker, It is probable advertisements for z fons to the Stockton and Los An-| Murders a Woman and Commits buildings will be among the last to | be considered. Oakland will be among Suicide at the Mining gt Metropolis. | the firs pe pub- | lished £ | "The Navy Department has turned over } to the treasury the Arctic exploring craft Thetls, formerly an_old steam whaler. She is now lying at the Mare Island ly fitted out for a voy Pacific to carry on the ation in which the Treas has been interested for past. She will proceed to northern point of the re headquarters wil but will be | age to th reindeer prompt rth Special Dispatch to The Call BY SAM W. WALL. DAWSON, Feb. 14 (via Seattle, March 1 14).—An official investigation of the ; . d C = will inquire closely acts of the ex-Gold Cor ssioner, AT nndlng theire | Thomas Fawcett, has be before ds of that part o, the world.the | sioner Ogilvie. . ~and demand and the rate of re- | Commissloner . OElIv s on and the status of experiments | charged by E. C. Allen with & been tried and are now being | wiltully manipulated his powe: 1 on the American side of the | o 3 - benent: of " | Pacific. The reporis that have come to | Commissioner for the benefit of him- |\ Ftasury Department as to the fail- | gelf and friends. Fawcett's order in|ure of the reindeer importation scheme in | losing and opening Dominion Creek | Alaska have been so fragmentary and Lo o o wad changing the date | contradictory that it is desired to Tound | clusmis o BLOE S 8 1'the information obtainable in a | bench re especially cited. He Is charged also h having been unfair to miners in fees from more sle official report. The Thetis will be | red and manned by the revenue ma- The Thetls is one of the old Arctic s of ar wit accepting recording : campaigne: the Navy Department, than one person for the same claim and | being the I on which Admiral (then Captain) sailed north to the relief refusing to return the fee upon appli- cation of the person losing the claim; also that while the records of his of- fice were closed to the general public he or his clerks made lists of vacant ground on the richer creeks which were supplied to especially favored individ- pedition. . Hartnott, assistant.| Assistant Surgeon | . Rolfsnyder have been orderdd to | ¢ the Sixth United States Artil- | of the Greely € 1 | lifornia— Davis, San Francisco, el | artificial fu k A, Dixon, San Jose, | No testimony has yet been taken, but |freshing 2o fcansice table; Willlam C. D | = . s eady ,_Norwalk, and_washer for vehicle | Mr. Fawcett declares himself ready to | lk, o | washer. for veblole | meet all the charges that may be| blacking machine; Charles H. Haslam, Stoc i d says he will | ton, gate; Stephen C. Houghton, San brought against hlm,»anl‘_ says h will | ton, gate; Bephen O Koue o dckson, be shown to be entirely innocent ('t‘l-‘ran/*inm fioor, sidewalle vault, roof etruc- e oing. e Wilia on, Los Gatos, fruit or any wrongdoing. = Gatos,” truit or | San_ Fra Several cases are on trial before Jus- | S | »w filling attachment for ves- tices Sterns and Harper against per- sons charged with conspiracy and per- Sturtevant, Gllroy, curtain Jury in having sworn to having staked | AL T i e claims on Kentucky Creek, the allega- | O et i i E ey dic C 0 so in tion being that they did not do so Ereiae The accused that have been erson. E Herman Figur, Gus- held for trial a lished at Auld, in_est George Auld as pos tav Stefert, W. H. Duffield and M. C. . Dague. | mff‘“r s for V : Original—Charles David Evans, 30 years old, in a fit of | bensiong for T, 35, Supplemental jealousy shot and killed Mrs. Eliza- FGorrad Wik L eoraLe te in the Monte Carlo 5 Griginal beth Rankin Whi on February 3. He then blew his own brains out. Mrs. White is about 40 vears of age and had two daughters at Cripple Creek, Colo. Evans had sev- eral valuable claims and was about to start for the outside with his partner, Thomas Dolan. John Hughes, a pioneer who came into the country with Frank Dinsmore in 1881, died at St. Mary’s Hospital on The remains were buried by ia Young, dead, Kelseyville, $4 to nuel B. Kyle, San Bernardino, $8 to | Alexander Penrod, Los Angeles, $12 to $17. Original — Alexander Maxwell, Shedds, $6: Mortimer Beals, Joseph, $6. In- | crease—Hiram J. Gallap, Myrtle Creek, $8 to Liebes Heirs Win. | Judge Seawell has ordereu judgment en- | the 5th. | tered for the defendants in the action re- | the pioneers. | cently instituted by James L. Crittenden | William Alexander, on & bench claim | ;n3 Sidney M. Van Wyck against the off No. 12, above Upper Discovery, Do- | pairs of the estate of the late Herman w out his brains with | rjcpes, to recover $1000 counsel fees. The | minion Creek, ble plaintiffs claimed the amount named for A revolver on the 3d. g | “Billy"” Moss, a prizefighter, Who re- |3 fee for drawing up the will of the de- zently won an exciting battle at the | ceased. The defendants refuse. to pay the amount on the ground that the tru clause contained in the will proved i | Tegal. Judge Seawell wrote no decision, | but simply ordered judgment entered for the defendan! . Pacific Whaling Company Wins. A jury in Judge Hunt's court last night brought in a verdict awarding $14,000 | damages to the plaintiff in the suit of the Pacific Steam Whaling Company vs. the Alaska Packers’ Association. The plaintiff alleged that the defendant had | prevented plaintiff from fishing in Tangle- foot Bay, Alaska, and brought suit for | the profits of one season. On the first | trial a verdict was brought in awarding | damages in the sum of $50,000. A new trial | was granted, with the result that only $14,000 was awardeds Tivoll Theater, has been arrested for | e looting of a cache. e 1S ckson of the North Ameri- can Trapsportation and Trading Com- pany force; I J. Dalaner, W. W. Gor- Mans, C. D. Emmons, George Ames and ¥. W. Smith arrived here from the out- side on the 7th. They left Skaguay on December 28. INTERESTS THE PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST | WASHINGTON, March 14.—Bids were to-day opened at the Treasury Depart- ment for the construction of a life saving station at Point Bonita, Cal. The fol- | Then I took a cleaver and cut her head | expected to find the bones after a short | rough | they 'haa not finished the search for | of the police. FINAKC { capital .. | dividend of ten or fifteen per cent with- mad. I saw a hatchet on the floor near the stove and I caught it up and struck her on the head. She fell, and at first I thought that she was only stunned. 1 tried to bring her to, and then I saw that I had killed her. After 1 knew what I had done I tried to think of some plan for getting rid of the body. I thought the best way would be to boil it to pleces and then burn what was left. The quarrel occurred about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and my wife lay there on the flgor nearly two hours before I began to”cut her up. “First 1 undressed her and burned all her clothes in the Kkitchen stove. off and threw it into a boiler full of hot water. I boiled the body one piece at a time and as fast as the meat would fall from the bones I would take them and put them into the stove. In this way I boiled the body all to pieces, and what was left 1 took and buried in the alley near -my barn. I told the story about pushing my wife into the lake because I did not want Ida (his girl wife) to know. what I had done.” After-Becker had finished his awful story Inspector Hunt decided that it | was best to conduct the murderer at once to the spot where he had said the few bones which he had been un- able to burn, were buried. Two car- riages were procured, and at midnight | Becker and the party, consisting of In- spector Hunt, Chief Kipley, Captain Lavin, Detectives Niland and Sheehan and Mrs. Augusta Scheutte started for Becker’'s home at 6017 Rockwell street. A drizzling rain was falling and the night was dark, but the party supplied themselves with several lanterns and search. In this they were disappoint- ed on account of the difficulty encoun- tered in reaching Becker's home. It is nearly five miles from the station, over roads. The party reached the | but at 2 o'clock this morning home, the bones. Becker had been infatuated with Ida | Sutterlin for some time. He repre- ented himself as worth a little money | and claimed to own property where he had resided the past four year: The murdered woman, he said, was his housekeeper. After much persuasion and the giving to the Sutterlin girl of a deed to property he claimed to own, | Becker obtained her consent to a mar- r which took place early in Feb- | ru He took his bride to the home | | that had been the scene of his terrible | crime, and about two weeks later the gossip of neighbors reached the ears | ‘An investigation was be- gun, which culminated In to-night's confession. The police do not credit Becker's | statement that he killed his wife .as | the result of a quarrel. They believe | he deliberately planned and executed | the crime in order to marry the Sut- | terlin girl. AL FLURRY HAS DIED AWAY Confidence Restored at San Luis Obispo. DEPOSITORS ARE REASSURED L [ BANK SUSPENSIONS WILL COST | THEM NOTHING. The Two Institutions That Withstood | the Disturbance Are Not in Danger of Further Trouble. Special Dispatch to The Call, SAN LUIS OBISPO, March 14.—All signs of the financial disturbance, which began here on Friday, disap- peared to-day, except the closed doors of the two suspended banks. Matters | have resumed their normal appearance on the street and in financial circles. No further runs were attempted on either of the two banks that withstood the flurry, and there were no indica- tions of further trouble. Commissioner Barrett concluded the | examination of the Commercial Bank | to-day. Though the showing is not as | favorable as that of the County Bank, | the depositors are amply protected, | and will receive every dollar they have | in the institution. The stockholders, | however, will suffer much more heav- ily than those of the County Bank. Where the statement of the Bank Com- | missioner showed that the capital qf | the County Bank had been impaired to | the extent of about $66,500, the same authority indicates that that of the | Commercial has been impaired to the | amount of $136,500. The condition of the bank as ascertained to-day is as tollows: ASSETS. 3 41,691 40 50,375 00 25,999 60 256,959 34 3 50 Real estate . Stocks ‘and bonds. Mortgages ... Bills recefvable . Overdrafts Cash Due from banl Cambria agenc; Furniture . Total G LIABILITIES. Deposits . Due banks Total .. About 20 per cent o are due stockholders. In arriving at | the value of the assets the values | shown by the books of the bank were | out by $147,002 53. It is not unlikely that a considerable | portion of the amount thus “written off” may be eventually available, par- | ticularly if a saving rain should come, and the indications are good for heavy precipitation to-night. Should there be a heavy rain crops and cattle will be saved that must otherwise perish. Hazzard Gragg, the cashier, was ap- pointed to take charge of the bank as the agent of the Bank Commission, and was placed under $10,000 bonds. If there is no unusual obstacle to the regular course of proceedings it is like- | Iy the depositors will get their first f the in sixty days. Commissioner Barrett and Secretary Dunsmoor wiil leave In the morning for Templeton and Paso Robles. At the former place they will go into the affairs of the Bank of Templeton, and at the latter place will examine the Citizens' Bank. . May Reduce Capital Stock. MADERA, March 14—The directors of the Commercial Bank of Madera have called a meeting of the stock- holders of that institution to consider a proposition to reduce the capital stock from 300,000 to 0000, " _ | quence in the mining | from the mouth of Granite Creek. | ing deliberations, especi ORE SPECKED BY SOLID CHUNKS OF YELLOW METAL Richness of the Gold Find at Al- berni Excites British Columbia. VICTORIA, March 14.—It seems that the long-expected strike of phenomenal | | richness has at last been made beyond all possibility of doubt in the rapidly growing mining camp of Alberni, on the west coast of Vancouver Island. A veln of quartz, more valuable than any- thing ever unearthed in the frozen val- leys of the Yukon, has been located in the vicinity of Alberni, great excitement prevails circles of Vie- toria and the island camps and cities. The find was made on a claim at the | head of Granite Creek, which belongs to “Patsy” Clark, the well-known and proverbially fortunate mining man of Spokane, whose name is associated very closely with some of the greatest min- ing properties in British Columbia and the West. The vein was discovered by ‘White and Wilson, two old prospectors, who have for years been wandering over the rocks of this district. They sold their find to Mr. Short, the repre- sentative of *“Patsy” Clark on Van- couver Island. The lead on the claim is two feet wide and is a fine body of peacock ore, with chunks of gold sticking out glar- ingly in it. How rich it is may be imagined when it is learned that it as- says $5880 to the ton. Those who have seen the vein describe it as being al- | most “the real stuff itself.” The property was found in the first place in quite an accidental way. White | and Wilson were sitting down resting, when one of them carelessly knocked off a piece of the protruding rock and was surprised to find the piece covered with glittering particles of gold. This property is situated about eight miles Mr. e to.day | alue of the propert in conse- | Clark, from the sample showed him, concluded to purchase, although the | ledge itself was at the time so covered with snow that he could not make an examination of it. It is a few weeks ago since the prop- erty was purchased from the original | locators, and Mr. Short has since been superintending the work on the claim. How well founded his opinion of the v was, is proved by the news now received and of which ample confirmation has been sent from Alberni to-day. In conversation with correspondents at Alberni, Mr. Short said he had al- ready obtained the price paid for the mine in the first few sacks of ore taken out. He intends to put a large force of men at work on the property imme- diately and will have a road built to the claim, which is eleven miles up Granite Creek, the trail being about twenty miles from Alberni. He brought with him to Alberni some magnificent speci- mens of rock and is now awaiting the arrival of his principals. Alberni is agog over the discovery, for naturally it means much to the place, as it will give a fillip to the in- terest in the district, and with the grat- ifying news ‘from Hayes Camp, on the canal, that a large body of bronite has been struck in one of the tunnels, the attention of the mining world will be directed to the west coast mines. It would seem certain that this year will see Alberni develop into a large and prosperous town. The reports from Granite Creek, Hayes Camp and other localities tend to the belief that gold and copper ore of exceeding richness is right at hand. The merchants of the city also are elated in consequence of the rich strike, for it will in all probability result in building up a large mining community at and near Alberni, the trade from which will naturally accrue to Victoria. INSURAKCE MEX IN CONVENTION Underwriters Meet at Del Monte. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. DEL MONTE, March 14—For the third time in recent years the Board of Fire Underwriters of the Pacific is assembled at this resort to carry on in the quiet of the country deliberations which have a vital bearing on the coast insurance business. This year’s con- vention is unusually important for many reasons, the points of business to be considered and acted upon having reference to amendments to the consti- tution and general rules of the organi- zation that have accumulated during the past year, as well as the institution of sweeping reforms in its management. | It 1s loudly whispered that unless such | reforms are made some of the most in- fluential members of the organization will withdraw, an action that will prac- tically break up the association. The board is composed of the Pacific Coast managers of all leading fire in- surance companies of Europe and America, about eighty companies be- represented. There is a full attendance at this convention, practically every company be- ing represented, and there is promise of big results from the five or six days’ Ily in the matter of rates. The rate question will be one of the first taken up for consideration, and the attitude of most of the man- agers indicates that the tendency will be to reduce rather than to increase the present rates. Nothing in the way of business was done to-night beyond a meeting of the executive committee for the formation of a programme for the coming week, and a plan for campaign for action on various questions. The first business session of the board opens to-morrow at 9 a. m., and there will be both afternoon and evening ses- sions daily. It is believed at least a week will be consumed in disposing of the large amunt of business on hand. Africa has very nearly 7 and this fact presents great missionary effort. languages, difficulties to CUTTERS ORDERED T0 BERING SEA Patrol to Be Resumed This Year. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, March 14.—A Wash- ington special to the Herald says: Or- ders were issued to-day for the re- sumption of the annual Bering Sea pat- rol for the prevention of pelagic seal- ing, and steps are being taken for other important service in Bering Sea and Ala i Thi s omitted last year be- cause ailable revenue cutters were in use as auxiliary war vessels. The Rush, Corwin, Perry and Grant will be sent north about May 1, and they will have incidental assistance from other vessels of the cutter service. The patrol will be carried on under the same regulations as in former years. It is expected the patrol fleet will go north about May 1. The Bear will go north about the same time on her annual cruise through Bering Straits to. Point Barrow in the Arctic Ocean. She will look after the whal- ing fleet in those waters, rendering such assistance as may be needed by the vessels. Her commanding officer will look into any complaints of law- lessness along the coast. The Bear will carry to Alaska the compensation voted by Congress to the natives and missionaries who rendered important assistance to the Point Bar- row relief expedition in the winter of 1897-98. Most of this compensation will be given in the form of food supplies. The new Yukon River cutter. the Nunivak, will start north as early as possible. In addition to carrying a full complement of officers and men for the enforcement of the revenue and navi- gation laws on the Yukon River, she will take out a representative of the Fish Commission to make a study of the fish in the Yukon and neighboring streams, and representatives of the geological survey to study the mineral deposits of the Yukon Valley. She will remain in the Yukon all winter, frozen in the ice. el W e Red Bluff Pioneer Dies. RED BLUFF, March 14.—L. H. D. Lange, one of Tehama County’s pioneer THE EMPORIUM. & §=F Owing 1o a change in prices in the sugar market on Monday we will, for the halance of the week, give 19 Ihs best granu= Iated Sugar for $1.00, Sunday papers. A Wednesday Special, 50c Waists, 35c¢. These prettily ruffled Colored Blouse Waists for boys 4 to | 8 years—just 160 in // /the lot—regular 50c \ 7/ values—special to- “7 day, while the lot lasts.. 35¢c Wednesday Remarkable Bargains — Dress Goods. 54-inch Scotch Mixtures—a stylish and durable Dress Fabric—in light tan and gray effects for spring and summer—a regular 75c value — on special sale Wednesday only, per yard... 43¢ 50 and 52 inch Habit Cloth—mixed ef- fects—grays, browns, blue and purple— regular ‘values 50c and 65c—on special sale Wednesday only, per yard.. Wednesday Bargains in Glassware. Plain or Fancy Pressed Glass Water Goblets, like pic- ture—special for to- Pressed Glass Sy- rup Jugs, like pic- ture— r to-day only, each: -7c B pecial fo English and Bohemian Vases for Easter Flow- ers at one-half off our regular prices, for this week only. The Week’s Specials in Groceries: The new grocery price lists are reads Get ome and compare the prices with those you've been paving elsewhere. Only articles of recognized merit find shelf room in this model department. You may be sure of qualities, no matter how low the prices are These exéra specials for all the week: 800 dozen Amazon Table Fruit—Apri- cots, Peaches and Pears—all the week, if Coffarin, the new health coffes, 11g-1b packages, regularly 25c, this week.20€ I Catalogue for Spring almost ready. PR RN R Y PR R PR R PR PR R R R PR R R R PR R PR R R R PP R R R PR R PP RN PR PR R PR PPV P PR R PR RR P VPP VR PR PR PP PP RRPRR LRI RV PP PR VPRI RS RPV R PRV PP P IR VRS k. Q‘r AEASESEESSAASEAASARL RS SASAALEASA AL LS EAES, I ?'.’.Pi‘”’))fi,i'”’ii PRRRERPREERIBIRRRRRY 3€ | French toes— day only, each..4e \ 81 Perfumery, 6ic. supply lasts, per can....... S ) /] 50 dozen 1-1b tins Dessert Grapes, re- | duced this week to close out the lot, per dozen... 35¢ 1-1b cans Oysters, quality all right, per = 7c Knox’s Gelatine, the popular kind, per package.. = 8¢ E EMPOREQ Golden Rule Bazaar." CALIFORNIA'S LARTES T—AMERICA'S GRANDEST STORE. THE EMPORIUM. 2 instead of 18 Ibs, as advertised in LLTTLTT L] To-Day (Wednesday) Only, Sheet Music, 23c. We will sell any of the newest and most popular Sheet Music in our department— the pieces that are published at 50c— | that we sell regularly at 35c, to-day only ;at.... 3c | 1 | | Among the hundreds of titles are: I Love You in the Same Old Way. She Was Bred in Old Kentucky. Just as the Sun Went Down. Just One Girl—La Bouton. “The Latest”—March and Two-Step. | At a Georgia Camp Meating. | Break the News to Mother. | Since Thou Art Mine—Cyrano Waltzes. | My Sweet Eileen—Corinne Grand® March. | Darktown Is Out To-Night. , = For Wednesday Onb, Hosiery Special. 100 dozen La- | dies’ Imported | Hermsdorf Black | Maco Cotton | Hose—extra heavy weight— | double heels, | double soles and | I} our regular 25¢ hose—for to-day Eonly, per pair... | (- I 3 Pairs for 50c. Here’s a Wednesday Ribhon Special. | 2000 yards heavy quality all-silk Broc- | atel Moire Taffeta Ribbon—83¢ inches wide—exquisite colorings—elegant for Easter millinery or neck ribbon—worth 35c the yard—special to-day only, per yard. c | For Wednesday Only, | | Guaranteed Genuine Crown Perfumery | Co. (London) Extracts—11-0z bottles— | popular odors, including their renowned | Grabapple—the regular price $1 bottle— | on sale to-day (Wednesday) only at..61€ Six Wednesday Specials in House Furnishings. | Gas Lighters, with box of wax tapers— | to-day only... 3c Steel Enameled Dust Pans—will outlast a dozen tin ones—regular price 25¢c—to- day only.. .14c A good Single-burner Gas Stove, in- | cluding 6 feet of best covered tubing— complete to-day for. .48¢c Granite Steel Kettie, with tin cover | holds 4 quarts—regular price 37¢ each— | to-day only. -2 =~ | A guaranteed No= 7 Range, the | well-known Bridge & Beach make—set up, including pipe, in any part of city— if ordered to-day for-. .65 | Large size Broiler (9x12 inches)—to- { day.... - ....11c ) Don’t buy until you get our Catalogue. CEE AR R R E SR RS G AAEAE S ER AR EE ARG EEE R R AL E G E A EEE S AR EEEE R E R AR AR AR AR AU E AR A G R R SRR ettt <% settlers, died to-day of heart disea Lange came to this county in th fifties, and for many years past conducted the Palace saloon. He was well known, especially among the knights of the road, for his good-natured hospitality. He was an Odd "ellow and his funeral will take place u..er the auspices of the local lodge. - Meets the Cut Rate. TORONTO, Ont., March 14—To-day the Canadlan Pacific Company commenced selling second-class tickets to Vancouver, Seattle, Tacoma and other points in the Northwest for $41.75, the rate made by its American rivals. i it I new man. @ th: help me. Office Hours—8 a. m. 18 1t tones up the weak parts and strengthens the muscles. Read this strong proof from T. J. 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I have gained 21 pounds, and am as Electricity Applied through MY BOOK, “THREE CLASSES OF MEN, MAILED FREE. SEND FOR IT. ;. AUCTION gy VON RHEIN & CO. ! | THURSDAY, MARCH 23d, | At 12 m. sharp. 513 CALIFORNIA ST. Mission. near Third: Rents $67. 20x80—679 Mission, near Third; store and dwelling; rents greatly reduced now; new buildings containing 1000 rooms within half | block of this property. Hayes St.—Corner 50-Vara. 137:6x137:6—NE. cor. Hayes and Lyon: as a whole or in 6 lots; both streets accepted; 2 blocks from Park entrance; every lot sunny. Geary St. Corner ; rents $36. 25x92—SE. cor. Geary and Broderick; 2205 Geary and 1316-1320 Broderick; three 2-story dwellings. Harrison St. Business Corner. 30x70—SE. cor. Harrison and Dore, SW. of Ninth st.; both streets accepted; must be sold to close an estate. Commercial. near Front ; Brick Building. ° 25x60—3811 Commercial st., near Front; 2-story brick building: suitable for manufacturing or wholesale business. Sunny Belt Mission Corner. 65x117:6—SW. cor. Church and Twenty-third; will be sold in one or_two lots; this is the fashionable part of the Mission. 6th st., through to Morris av.; rents $74. 50x85—425-427 Sixth st., north of Bryant; 7-room houses: brick foundation; rents electrie road and R. R. depot will soon be on Sixth 25X75—44-46 Morris ave.; | rooms each; rents $24 16th St. Business Corner; rents $50. 21:9x80—3121 Sixteenth st., SW. cor. of Al- bion, west of Valencia; occupled by the same tenant for a number of years. Bryant St.—House and Large Stable. 50xS0—Bryant, 55-557, between Third and Fourth; 8-room house and stable for 1) horses; well 100 feet deep; adapted for dwelling or manufacturing. Two Florida St. Lots Cheap. Each 25x100—2 lots on E. line of Florida, north of Eighteenth; adjoining Union Brewery, Excelsior Homestead, Corner 10 Lots. 300x100—North cor. of Persia ave. and Mos- cow; can be sold as & whole or in 12 lots; to close an estate. 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