The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 19, 1899, Page 8

8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 1 9, 1899. 900 :470 @ 2606 R T &...—H—..—.—.—.H—....H—.HH—.HH..—H. TRACTIVE O b LADIES' TAILOR-MADE SUITS. brown, gree and bo and gra 4, jaocket kets lined with sil will be placed o Jacket ned with percaiine and boun faced, lined be offered at $10 each. TS, double lined and bound with each, LADIES’ EY CLOTH JACKE 34 %0 each Y AND CO s12 VERT ( il b ND COVERT CLOT! aced on eale at §9 QUALT S’ FINE brow: TY KERS 1 green, OTH J At $0.75. At S11.75. EY A»[..n’l:'” JACKE 3 JACKETS. At $4.90. y fron lined throughout hout with silk, were $1 Harket, Jones and HcAllister Sts., San Francisco. ¢ 6@ SKIRTS. bound with velvet, good and bound with velvet, red with seven rows of narrow with silk, good colors ffered at $11 75 each. x n preciated by '‘Dry Goods. We have a ?at prices that ar LOWEST N O] CACICICICE every ~ THIS WEEK'S TRADE. . We present herewith a list of ppportunities for the coming week that cannot fail to be ap- intending purchaser of) a matchless collection of Choice Novelties to select from our new spring styles ™ unquestionably the CO_LOiIE[; Dress GGoods. At 25 Cents. 140 pleces DOUBLE FOLD ML SCOTCH SUITING, sp ings, will be offered at 25c a yar At 35 Cents. pieces 37 INCH ENGLISH ALPA- CAS, plain colors, worth 50c a yard, on sale at 35¢c a yard. At 50 Cents. pleces TWO TONED FANCY CHECKED SUITING, 40 inches wide, new spring shades, on special sale at 50c a yard. At 50 Cents. pleces FANCY MIXED COVERT DRESS GOODS, 40 inches wide, new designs, worth 75c a d, will be placed on sale at 50c a yard. At 75 Cents. pleces 52-INCH FINE ALL WOOL LADIES' CLOTH, in light and dark shades, former price $1 a yard, will be offered at 75c a yard. At $1.00. 4 3 21 pleces 45-INCH HIGH GRADE NOVELTY SUITIM in all the latest shades, worth §1 50 a yard, on | | special sale at $1 a yard. 009 THE CITY! | SILK DEPARTMENT. i At 65 Cents. BLACK FIGURED SATIN AND GROS | GRAIN_SILK rmer price 3&c, on | salc at 65¢ a yard. At 75 Cents. FANCY STRIPED AND PLAID SILK, former price §1, on c at T5c a yard. At 75 Cents. 24-iNCH BLACK DUCHESSE SATIN, former price $1, on sale at 75¢c a yard. At $1.00. BLACK FIGURED GROS GRAIN SILK, former price $1 25, on sale at $1 a yard. , At $1.00. FANCY STRIPED AND CHECKED SILK‘d former price $125, on sale at $§1 | At SL15. FANCY_ FIGURED PEAU DE SOIG SILK, former price $150, on sale at $115 & yard. | | | | | | | | 35 pleces ENGLISH BOURETTE, 46 BLACK Dress #fioods. At 50 Cents. 50 pleces BLACK ALL - WOOL F CH CHEVIOT, 42 inches marked down from 65c to 50c At 75 Cents. 35 pleces B NGLISH STORM SERGE, wide; marked down from §1 to 75c yard. At 73 Cents. 20 pleces BLACK GERMAN CREPON, 42 inches wide; marked down from $1 and $1.25 to 75¢c yard. At 50 Cents. 40 pleces BLACK FANCY ENGLISH MOHAIR, full 45 inches wide; marked down from $1 to 50c yard. At 75-—Cents. inches wid marked down from $1.25 to Toc yard. SPECIAL! 50 pieces of NEW CREPON in the newest des! . ranging In price from Tsc to $2 | EFFERIN DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT ...H—....H.—.—O—.—.—.—.—H—.—.—.—.— gsS = At 5 Cents. 150 pleces OUTING FLANNEL, a heavy fleecy grade in for The, will be offered at sc yard. At § 1-3¢c, will be offered at 6c yard. At 6 1-4 Cents. TISTE, 31 inches wide, a good substantial materfal and a large c, will be offered at 6%c yard. 175 pleces PRINTED BA' variety of patterns; value for 10 At 10 Cents. PPETS, 29 inches wide, a sheer dainty fab gured and scroll designs; value for 15c, 200 pleces ORGANDIE LA grounds with handsome fi yard. At 10 Cents. 27 inches wide, the best grade of domestic manufacturs, in atest colorings and styles; usually sold at 12%c, will be offered 375 pleces DRESS GINGHAMS, a large range of the very I at 10c yard. At 12 1-2 Cents. wide, in light navy and dark red grounds, the latest styles 12%c yard. 850 pleces PERCALES, 3§ inches 21 the best grade; will be offered at At 12 1-2 Cents. ces PRINTED PIQUES, In the latest styles and colorings; the 150 grade, will be offered 150 ples at 12%c yard. At 15 Cents. 1% pleces PRINTED PIQUES, a fine fabric and a large varlety of stripes and dainty figures; value for 20c, will be offered at lic var At 15 Cents. D FRENCH ORGANDIE, 31 inches wide, a dainty sheer material and 30c, and will be closed out at 15¢ yard, 35 pleces IMPORTE: cholce colorings; this lot is actually wort At 15 Cents. DRAS, 34 inches wide, a very close fine material and a choice line of checks red at 15¢ yard. 175 pleces MA’ Phd plaids; value for 20c, Will be o At 25 Cents. with a silk stripe, ZEPHYR GINGHAM will be offered at 2: 50 pleces FIN value for vard. 5 Cents. 260 pleces PRINTED. DIMITIES, a good fabric, in many styles and fast colors; value for light and medium colorings; value ric, principally in dark will be offered at 10c - ’ > o ® ° ° ° ® @ ® o ® 31 inches wide, pretty colorings; Market, Jones and McAllister Sts., San Francisco. 0-0-0-0-©-0-0-0 0690900090000 -9 0 9060090600000 606 9° CIAR'S ACT MORE CRUEL THAN WAR Russification of Finland | Going On. LONDON, March 18—While the are packing author of mitting in tal than ns have been y the same | own successive ( hav and the Finns | itude by loyally | T | ‘zar orders a Russifi- | 1t d it is being | as though it monster pe- g from Finns in world, and if the € refuse it ccess to t might possibly prove 1 interesting document at the interna- . conference. conferenc arin ¥ \ s, by the way,| nave ome epidemic in England. | There is one every day or so, where | professional philanthropists and ama- | ! \kers find an indulgent audi- | ery little harm. ng as the Government main- policy of military prepared- | America should cherish no illu-- | sions ‘on the subject of disarmament. America needs an army of at least 100, 300 regulars and a supplementary mil school besides West Point. Its y should be doubled, and when it| got thus then it will be in a ttion to 1d peace, for peace about it. OUTBREAK OF RIOTOUS STRIKERS AT SKAGUAY | Town Placed Under Martial Law | to those who merely talk not com | . After an Attack on a Railway Camp. VICTORIA c March 13. — The | Amu v d this morn- outbreak of rail- | road striker y. The strikers made an unsuc empt to drive non-striking we from Camp L 1 , led & body of m Whiting, the rali- stood guard. a of the party, parleved for a few minutes and then | ang Whiting, who knocked him breaking the weapon te. The rioters then ind stunning W fiispersed. White will recove: | A hundred men have been sworn in to aesist the Marshal, and the town is w jer martial law. The saloons and 3ling houses have been closed. A movement is on foot in Skaguay charter a st ~ho are causir »f them are gladly come b gam to rouble here, home. Most hout funds, and would G g e McCue’s Slayer Convicted. SAN ANDREAS, March 18.—The trial of Henry Moyle, charged with the murder »¢ Frank McCue in Angels Camp on Au- gust 18 last, resulted to-day in a verdict ? guilty of murder in the second degree. The trial occupled the entire week, and ‘he jury arrived at an agreement after a {;]lberutlcn of about fourteen hours. The ury stood from the time of the first bal- lot eleven for conviction of murder in the jecond degree to one for acquittal. ———————— Advances made on furniture and pianos, wit ¢ without removal. J. Noonan, 1017-1028 Mission. | surance. | Coupled with the fact that I knew no r and send the strikers | 1 | GREEN CANDY 1S NOT ACCEPTABLE Present Promptly Sent to the Police. Special atch to The Call. W YORK, March 18—Mrs. Jula | A. Mays of 240 Fifth avenue to-day re- | d by mail a small box of inferior- , most of it of a green color, | accompanied by a card bearing this in- | seript “To Mrs. Julia Mays; from | Mary, March 17.” The woman knew of | no one named Mary whose presents | gl the bo such form, and she sent nd wrapper in which me , conten it was received to the police station by a hallboy, together with a message that he thou, P ce ght the candy was poisoned. Captain Price put three de- tectiv on the ca At the conclusion of the day’s labors they made their re- port behind closed doors and no part of it was made public. “The box came in the early mail” sajd Mrs. Mays, “and was brought to my room by the hallboy. I noticed that the writing was perpendicular, but nec- essarily disguised. The box was lined with green ribbon of a cheap quality. On top of the candy lay a shamrock | and card.” The first thing that struck | mé as queer was the small quantity | and then the poor quality of the candy. | one likely to send such a gift nor any cne who might see significance in mak- nig me a present on St. Patrick’s day, these made me distrustful, and T imme- diately sent everything to the police.” M May: id she had not noticed at what station the package had been mailed; neither had she thought to compare the card with the writing on the paper. “I.have no violent enemies,” she de- clared. “I don’t think there is a soul alive wishful of my death. I don’t say that 1 believe the candy was poisoned, but I am not going to take any chances.” REUNION OF PIONEERS. Sonora Would Entertain the Tuol- umne Association. JAMESTOWN, March 18.—Preliminary steps have been taken with the object of having the annual picnic and reunion of the Tuolumne Association of San Fran- cisco held next June in Sonora. The project has been under discussion since the completion of the Sierra Railway to that city, and is received with enthp- siasm in all parts of the county. B. T. Booze, general passenger agent of the Slerra’ Railway, says his company will grant low rates for the occasion, and it is reasonably certain the Southern Pacific | will do likewise. Scattered over the State are thousands of men and women who formerly resided in this county who have love for old Tuolumne and will gladly avail them- selves of low rates and travel by rall to | visit their old stamping grounds. 2 petrs FIRE AT WELLINGTON. | The Town Opera House and Other Buildings Burned. VANCOUVER, B. C., March 18.—A spe- from Nanaimo says: While 300 | dancers were enjo ying themselves in the | Wellington Opera-house early this morn- | ing some one in a candy store below over- | turned a lamp and the whole building | was in flames in a few minutes. The | gancers fled from the bullding in confu- | sion. The flames succeeded in reducing | the ~opera-house, Grant Jessop's drug- | store, a barber-shop and Henderson's con- | fectionery establishment to ashes before hey were got under .control. The total oss is $20,000, about half covered by in- | cial LIEUTENANT LANG 1S IN DISGRACE Accused of Scandalous Conduct. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, March 18.—A Washing- ton special to the Herald say Charges of scandalous conduct have been pre- ferred against Lieutenant Clarence E. Lang of the Second Artillery which will probably result in the court martial of that officer, and may lead to a divorce suit. Lieutenant Lang's domestic affairs have caused the department much trouble in the past. Lieutenant Lang has been ordered to report to the colonel Washington Barracks, pending action by the War Department on formal charges which have been made against him by Major John S. Sewall of the Engineer Corps. The specific charges are conduct unbecoming an officer and Major Sewall-has also prepared set forth that Lieutenant Lang, who is a married man, has been living for the last five days at a fashionable boarding house in K street, this city, under the name of Mr. Daniels, and that a woman not his wife has been with him, who has passed as Mrs. Daniels. Major Sewall lives at the same board- ing house. He was at the Military Academy at the time Lieutenant Lang was a cadet there, and recognized his old schoolmate, but was astonished to find he was traveling under an assumed name. He knew that Lieutenant Lang had married the daughter of a commis- sary sergeant at West Point, and, while making due allowance for the few years that have passed since he was ac- recognized at once that the with the artillery officer was not his wife. Major Sewall promptly reported the matter to his superior officers, who ad- vised him to put his charges into writ- ing, which he has done. He also spoke to the landlady, and “Mr. and Mrs. Daniels” are no longer under the.same roof with Major Sewall. The matter was taken up at army headquarters yesterday and an order was issued directing Lieutenant Lang to report to General Miles at 10 o’clock, | when he received instructions to report | without delay to the colonel command- ilng. ‘Washington Barracks. “Mrs. Dan- fels.” . Lieutenant Lang came to this city on Monday last on sick leave. He is eli- | gible for promotion, and the intention this city for examination for that pur- pose. An effort is being made to in- duce him to resign so as to avoid the scandal of a court martial. It is re- ported here that Lieutenant Lang separated from his wife about a year ago. No Smallpox at Santa Ana. SANTA ANA, March 18.—Santa Ana has no smallpox. The quarantine on the home of Mrs. Orr, a suspect, was raised to-day, her case proving to be only arsenic pol- soning from wallpaper while her house ‘was being decorated. —_—— Ends Life With a Bullet. JAMESTOWN, March 18.—Warren L. Litchfield, a blacksmith, committed sul- cide by shooting himself at Stent last evening. He was 46 years old and a na- L tive of Massachusetts. commanding, | gentleman and scandalous conduct | prejudicial to good order and military discipline. The specifications which quainted with Mrs. Lang as a girl, he | woman | iels” left, unaccompanied by “Mr. Dan- | was to order him before the board in | McKINLEY AGAINST HIS OLD OPPONENT The Tickets for Nineteen | Hundred. Special Dispatch to The Call. | Call Headquarters, Wellington Hotel, | Washington, March 18. | The meeting of President McKinley, | Senator Hanna and Mr. Platt in Thomasville, Ga., the Belmont din- ner in New York and the early discus- sion of the place of holding the naticnal | conventions indicate that the Presi- | | dential campaign has opened a year ahead of the usual time. The friends of Reed, too, gave a din- ner, said to have been for the purpose of launching his Presidential boom. The distribution of patronage has, as usual, made a good many enemies for the Presidential incumbent, and these dissatisfied place hunters and their friends propose to rally round the Reed standard. Failing in this it is generally believed they will fall into the Roose- velt camp. Mr. Hanna has doubtless observed this, and it probably explains why he has summoned a council of the friends of the President to take immediate steps to head it off and prevent it from becoming dangerous. As soon as Sen- ator Hanna returns from Thomasville, which will be about the 1st of April, it is understood he will call a meeting of the executive committee of the Repub- lican National Committee. The meeting will take place in Washington and the machinery of the party will be set in motion. In this way Senator Hanna hopes to forestall any opposition to Mr. McKin- ley that may be developed. While Mc- Kinley and Bryan are strong favorites for the Republican and Democratic | nominations there is a big minority in | each organization that i8 working against them. General opinion here is | that if the national conventions should be held within the next few months both McKinley and Bryan would prob- ably be nominated without serious op- position, but the events of the next twelve or fourteen months may change the situation materially. “Mr. Bryan's friends,” sald a Bryan man to-day, ‘‘will certainly comntrol the | Democratic National Convention next | year. They will organize the conven- tion and appoint the committee on con- tested seats. It Is safe to say that there will be contesting delegations from New York and every State where the men in control of the party ma- chinery refuse to Indorse the Chicago | platform of 1896. We will not admit | delegates that do not stand squarely upon the Chicago platform, as the point will be made that they are not | Democrats. A majority of the conven- | tion will have absolute control of this matter and can act as it sees fit. Un- less the anti-Bryan people can capture a clear majority of the delegates to the Democratic National Convention they wlil not be able to defeat Mr. Bryan's nomination. Two-thirds rule or no two-thirds rule, we do not propose to let the tall wag the dog.” | | i | Frost Damages Fruit. WOODLAND, March 18.—Mr. Hamilton, a prominent orchardist of Capay Valley, reports a severe frost In upper Capay Val- ley on Thursday night. He estimates the damage to his own crop at $3000, and says others, from Tancred to Rumsey, a dis- tance of twenty miles, were damaged in the same proportion. Apricots and almonds were affected. SAMOAN AFFAIRS ONLY PATCHED UP Whole Question Not Yet Settled. Copyrighted, 1599, by the Associated Press. LONDON, March 18.—Dealing with the report that an arrangement has been arrived aton the subject of Sa- moa, the Morning Post to-day say “It is a mistake to suppose that the whole question is in a sure way to sat- isfactory settlement. This is impossible while the Berlin act remains in force, and, as the present would be a most un- desirable moment to make a change, it may be assumed that things will be patched up for a while. Just now, when the relations between Germany and Great Britain and the United States are the most friendly in many years, it would never do to run the risk of a sudden rupture by getting matters in disorder in Samoa. Perhaps the diffi- culty will solve itself. At any rate, the Australian federation should assist in the solution, as not only will the federa- tion increase the interest of Australia in Somoa, but, in any diplomatic nego- tiations in the future, federated Aus- tralia will greatly strengthen the case for Great Britain.” The Indlan Government bill imposing countervailing duties on bounty-fed sugar has caused a flutter in Radical circles. It is frankly and avowedly a protectionist measure. The Secretary of State for India, Lord George Hamil- ton, in the House of Commons declared that the object of the bill was to pre- vent the indigenous trade of India from being undermined by subsidized foreign | products. | This, the Radicals point out, is a pro- tection pure and simple, and they ex- press fear that it may the thin edge of the protection wedge, and that it may transplanted to Great Britain with quite as much reason as In its adoption in America. The Daily Chronicle remarks: Chere is a strong impression that this Indian duty is intended as a feeler to an Eng- lish duty, and the whole free trade posi- tion is imperiled.” Henry Labouchere In Truth calls the bill a “contemptible and iniquitous measure,” and says; “The Government is going to try an Indian reactionary protectionlst poll which it would not dare to Intgoduce at home, The bill may be the Nrat step toward a general system of protection, which will de- cide our claima of supremacy once and for all.” As Rudyard Kipling percelved a moral danger to the nation in the great jublilee triumph, so the Spectator this week sees a moral danger for Kipling himself, when he comes to know fully the world-wide homage his genius and influence called forth when the news of hig seemingly approaching danger was announced, Accordingly, the Spec- tator preaches a homily on “the glare of publicity” and its insidlous moral in- fluencen, The fact that the Parls Exposition is drawing somewhat near is shown by the great Increase in the number of for- elgners residing at the French capital. Bvery forelgner staying over three months in France is obliged to report himself to the prefecture of police, and it is announced that during the past few weeks the number of foreigners presenting themselves has risen by leaps and bounds. In the meanwhile, the Parisians are disagreeably re- minded of the approach of the great show. The many streets under repair terests of the paris mutuels. mone OO L ORUROEION LR O L O%ROm | | words. lice with two suggestions: ties, as in.the paris mutuels. have terribly upset traffic, omnibuses have been diverted into side streets, starting points have been altered and the River Seine steamers have run er- ratically, since several of their landing stations have been suppressed, the general result being a great inconveni- ence to everybody. A millionaire named Alfred Stern, son of the late Baron Stern, was de- clared insane yesterday. He is said to be worth $15,000,000 and recently cre- ated a disturbance at Marlborough House, the town residence of the Prin- cess of Wales, by attempting to force an entrance there under the halluci- nation that he is the Prince of Wales. Stern has always insisted upon being addressed “royal highne: * and when | strangers approached him he always | covered his head with a towel or news. | paper. He has been in the habit of | clapping his hands for half an hour to- gether in “order to summon the ghosts | ot Wellington and Napoleon." A silver fox skin was sold at auction sense a justification of its existence. to the mutuels because one cannot tell what odds are likely to come out and without an occasional coup, made by betting, few owners could afford to keep up their racing stables. Encouraged, possibly, by the recent decision of the English House of Lords, the bookmakers and their patrons are thinking of going to law to ascertain whether book bets are really contrary to legislation. act of 1891 forbids “bookies” to offer to bet with all comers, and it is desired to obtain a judicial declaration as to the exact meaning of those Meanwhile a delegation of the fraternity walited on the Prefect of Po- One that the ring be established as in Eng- land; the second, that a special book be issued with stubs, which would form a check on transactions and enable taxes to be collected for chari- They the receipts for the poor would be doubled. ins&czgzamsmzspm SEORORTLRONE LOBRONORURN T QOROROKI KORIWOW 000 0000000000000 NO BOOK BETTING ON PARIS RACES Layers of Odds Driven Out in the Interest of the Paris Mutuels. PARIS, March 18.—A feature of the week has been the decision of the authorities to put a stop to book betting on racecourses, in the in- Two per cent is levied for charities upon which goes through this machine and this is held to be in some Owners and heavy bettors object An BIINEII RIS (X S3 LR b % g : %) contend that in the latter case vesterday and fetched the record of $1500. Foroset 0DD FELLOWS’ GRAND LODGE IN SESSION Meeting Held at Auburn for the Con- ferring of the Past Grand Degree. AUBURN, March 15.—A special session of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows was held here to-night. Among those present were Grand Master Karl Brueck, Grand Secretary George T. Shaw, Grand War- den J. L. Robinette, Past Grand Master Ezra Parson and District Deputy H. P. Jansen. Delegations were present from ncoln, — Rocklin, Penryn, Newcastle, Ifax and Dutch Flat. fter the conferring of the past grand degree, for which the Grand Lodge ses- sion was held in order that all past grands might avail themselves, a banquet was served. Toasts were drunk and speeches made. There were 200 Odd Fellows and Rebekahs present. ADVERTISEMENTS. e BELECTRIC BELTS! In buying an Electric Belt there are two ways of placing yourself on an exact level with the gentleman whose open counten- ance Is depicted on our left. The first is to allow yourself to be per- suaded by a quack to part with from $3) to %0 in exchange for an old-faéhioned Belt, actually not worth more than 5, and the second method is to stumble into a drug store and pay from $10 to $20 for some so-called Electric Belt that has cost the drugglist about $1 25 at wholesale. Now, the RIGHT way to do when you want & GOOD Electric Belt, 18 to look up some rellable firm that MAKES Belts. Well, we make ‘em, at from $3 50 to 325 and have been established 24 years, and spe us, or gend 2 cents in stamps ‘Booklet No. 2."" . Address PIERCE ELECTRIC Co0,, 620 MARKET STREET (Opposite Palace Hotel!, S. F.