The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 24, 1899, Page 10

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10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JULY 24, 1899. G0LD HUNTERS BOSTON HAD ) REAL HO0D0O That Unlucky No. I3 Did It All. SHIP LOST.MINERSSCATTERED S BRIG HARRIET G IS LOADING FOR NEW BRITAIN. e Mate of the Topgallant Minus Legs From the Knees Down—Goes Aloft Like the Best Sailor Afloat. — a remarkabla coincidence water fron from the East with & the rush to the K sard from at There was the ringing up the other two fleet whole crew of gold >wed both d no gold tons of storms on a bar il en now nothing » news that jay is to ¥ ally ost the goid hunt- a Cap- was sold to a very im- of the Rube On August its account ar- ew 2, of t > still chasin and all of the ngers s anchored Vess Now »plies for om G down taken aboard iet G will go 2 load coal for Sun is only and “tr the gathed and charge of the a step to is day a holiday and to hi t of quietly slipped Miss Louise ant is the man gold hunters it. Mate Nicl officer of tk s also came from 1 party of gold hun here on Septe: 1p and some of narkable man ast to earn e from a t he ¢ in a is a first- seaman ng the m n was ca > amg e moments taught ot older the b soon could take and go aloft with the Mildred Zold hunters to 1 Some te ring the v hrough, and, 5 days from ched dock towers takes three et the up these ers as quickly a man with s could walk the same di on ound. GRAND OPERA SEASON. grand opera Among compli- Kaiser so given \ talking ari comes 110 be a ¢ . Campanin fgnor Vincen m Ger grand . and William Mert an Amer- one, who went to Germany thres is another addition to the Tiv- Tivoll oy ng. can bary Vears ago. force very one will remember the furor re- created at the California Theater tenor, Signor Avedano, and the barytc ignor Salassa, when they ap- peared with an opera company from Mex- fco. These two great artists have been under contract with the Tivoli for the as 0 months to sing during the gra 8 Among others to be b t week and during_the follow may be mentioned Signor W. t shenomenal basso, and William Schuster, basso cantante. both of whom are great tavorite this_city. Quinto Zani. the barvtone who scored heavily with the Melba company when it as here been secured by the Tivoli. and the rest of the wrincipals, “horus ra will be in keeping with the list of names mentioned. The opening bill is to be “Alda,” and the management promises that the season of grand opera at the Tivoll at popular prices Wwill eclipse all similar previous undertak- ings In this city. Three ves- | sand | R an o SRCaE SRR e i B e | | | o | . B S S TR SRR SO S i S S 2 S e e 2 D e ISR SRS The Hoodooed Schooner Rube L. Richardson in a Hard Storm. | ! so e e GsHe e | him mith was stunned by the | | blow, when he recovered his senses Man had disappearcd, having n H soapmaker’s gold watch and chain = | and about 31 with him [here was no one to be. seen on tha | i reet, and Smith, after picking himsel | 1p, started out to find_a policeman. 50n as he met one on Sixth street he re- i ed the v to him and the ated to police headquar- facia | 2 | able to give a good deserip BROAD DAYLIGHT | | ilt man, surprise was ex- | Yobber, who i : ‘ S more s built m: said he e > police are investig a hold day- 1d e U s ered the fel-| The Nineteenth United States Infantry bery that occurred z 7 o'cle (oW but Q nof Ketia chance, % the Lariived! vesterday: from the B The morning on Bryant street, near | faw minutes regiment came in in detachments and as Sixth, the victim being Adolph Smith, & | Two detectives were detailed on the casa | each marched off the ferry it was led | coapmaker. living ngton str and after making ap Investigation they | down to the Government dock and was | Smith left his shortly befcre discov ;.'"‘(‘I that the robber had visitzd |cent at once on board the transport Ta o'clock, intending to Oakl: 3P0 lof netasloons o the L',Z’(.fi’l"':",fi’,.:f{ tar, which will take the regiment to | meet his daughter. He had walked about | portion of the $0 taken from Smith. The | Manila. | a block along Bryant street when a yvoung | detectives believ The regiment arrived in good condition | that they will have no | man came up to him and asked him what | difficulty in arresting him as soon as he | and, until it reached Suisun, without mis: time it was. Smith continued to w gets 1«\’_, nHL {:}v‘h:l\lvh with the money | hap' At Teal station, however, just this alor he pulled out his watch and th 2d erowd of hoolums hangs around | Side of Suisun, an accident which might man walked beside him. While Sm the neighborhood of Langton and Bryant | have been a most serious one delayed the was looking at the watch the man str streets, and the robber is supposed to be | train with six or seven others for several him a violent blow on the jaw, knocking | one of th ng. | hours. The troops’ train was ordered on — = = — to a siding to allow one of the regular 3 trains to pa All the cars were safel run over the switch except the last one. The rear trucks of that jumped the | witch and kept on down the main line, | and the result was a smash-up that blocked the road and shook the soldie from their sea The accident occurred at 2 o’clock yes- terday morning. 1t was found impossible either to clear the main line or the switch, so travel was blocked until the tangle could be straightened out. The troc were on two trains and both of thege were held until 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when the line w opened. By that time two or three passengers and as many more freight trains wi aiting. The regiment, which is under command of Colonel Snider, was sent from Penn- sylvanis It was intended to send the transport away on the 22d inst., but delay in getting the regiment on the road and | across the continent has held the vessel. She will sail to-day or to-morrow. | OLIVER | Except for the Sunday crowds the Pre- TAIGNEY, | sidio was a quiet place vesterday. There - were no parades nor ceremonies in the Oregon camp, and so the men had plenty of time to entertain the throngs of vis |SKULL FRACTURED AND HEAD | Was Allowed to Lie at the Park Hos- | | was in_the |in the |t | they hurried to his home | noon of June 21 BOYS FEARFLL FALLNEARTHE CLIFF HOLSE Walter Herkenham Is Dying. HE SLIPPED FROM THE ROCKS e BADLY CUT. Zmgen pital for Two Hours When an Immediate Operation Was Imperative. S Walter Herkenham, the twelve-year-olu son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Herkenham | of %09 Alice street, Oakland, fell yester- | day afternoon a ance of thirty feet from the rocks near the Cliff 'House, re- serious but not necessarily fatal possible, however, that the delay | essing the boy's wounds, caused | h lack of necessary accommoda- | ns at the Park Hospital, may result in | his death | of youth young cent of the r: juts into the oce »use shortly In the reckless Herkenham beg ged promontory just below the Clist on. He had en his playmates, | beach, heard him | were transfixed | saw that he had | 4 o'clock in the afte cended thirty feet w standing below on t} scream. Looking up, the with horror when they lost his hold upon the crags and wi pping towards the rocks helow. The; shouted for help, but an instant later tne body of the boy shot downward. He lay on the rocks while half a hundred people | who witn His unconsciou picked up and c House, word being the Park Emergency bulance hurried out ed his fall hurried to his aid. | bo ind bleeding ried to the immediately Hospital. and in an al’ Rock | sent to The am- hour he ospital i Dr. Ni the boy’s made an examination of and found that he was bleeding profusely from a ragged wound head and also that he had in all | ability suffered a fracture of the oc- bone on the left side. Although the opinion of the physician tuat n operation should be performed immedi- ately in order to save the patient’s life, | ck of facilities prevented. some unaccountable reagon tne rd of Health has never seen fit to put meyer hur pr cipital was a ward in at the headquarters of the Park | Hospital. There are only sufficient instru- | ments at the institution with which to | successfully remc a splinter or dress a bumped head. A capital operation possible For this reason no ope could be performed on Herkenhan at the Park Hospital, and after the hemorr! had been controlled, a matter occup | some time, a bandage was placed around the boy’s head and he was removed to the | Receiving Hospital. | Charlie Herkenham, the injured boy's | brother, and Grove and Wallace O'Connor | accompanied the ambulance to the R ceiving Hospital. As soon as they saw the still unconscious vouth placed in bed | nd apprised h parents of the accident. In the meantime preparatio made at the Receiving Hospital to operate on the injured lad. The parents arrived | at the hospital before the operation com- | menced, however, and had him removed | to the Lane Hospital. There he will re- | main until such time as returning health | | | s had been | until death relieves his sufferings. MISSING GIRLS FOUND. Beatrice and Jennie Jorgensen Have Been Located at Stockton. ! will permit of his removal to his home or Beatric 1 Jennie Jorgensen, sisters, aged 18 and 16 years, respectiv who disappeared from their home at 1418/ O'Farrell street June 21 last, have been | located in Stockton. Chief of Police Gall of that city found them yesterday and reports that they are content to remain where they ar The girls left | | their home on the after-| telling their mother they | | were going to call on a friend living on Geary reet and that they would be gone not longer than an hour. Their mother has not seen them sin It has been | learned since that the girls were at the Chutes on the evening of their disappear- ance and were making merry and evident- 1y having the best of good times. After that evening nothing more was heard of | them until Chief Gall located them in | Stockton. | Mrs. Cecelia Jorgensen, the mother, has | been nearly prostrated by worry since their disappearance. ! MOTHER MACDERMOT PASSES AWAY IN INDIA SUPERIOR OF SACRED ONCE ADVERTISEMENTS. SPECIAL SALE «.FOR... THIS MONTH. During the balance of Julu we will offer, at EXCEEDINGLY LOW PRICES, ELEGANT MARSEILLES and SATIN BEDSPREADS, FINE LACE CURTAINS, IRISH and GERMAN TABLE DAMASKS, IRISH and GERMAN NAPKINS, both Plain and Hemstitched; TURKISH TOWELS, HUCK and DAMASK TOWELS, Fringed, Hemmed and Hemstitched ; TOWEL- INGS, CRASHES and GLASS LINENS; and ask particular attention to our display of ABOVE LINES in our LARGE SHOW WINDOWS, with PRICES MARKED ON EACH CLASS OF GOODS. ’ Vs 1892, m, 13, 15, 17T, 19, 121 POST STREET. G BOWEN & GO Quality cleanliness and promptness together with your patronage supports our big business SPECIAL SAVING SALE Monday Tuesday Wednesday Butter—choice table square 35¢ The same quality that sold at 45c last week TNLEWWILL BE DISCUSSED BY SUPERVISORS To Listen to Pleas of City Officials. | e ¢ this afternoon the heads of | At 4 o'clac departments at the City Hall will go be-| COffCe~Pus/m blend 2 Ibs 55¢ fore the Board of Supervisors to clamor for cash. The Fire Department, the | 3 1b can 95¢ County Clerk, the Assessor and all the | Properly blended—carefully roasted rest of those who have spent the past two | weeks in pleading for a raise in their | apportionment under the tax levy, have | been notified that the board has granted them a rehearing, and that a half-hour of E meeting has been set aside for at Pine street store—reg’ly 35¢ White wine—Howell Mt gal 45¢ Rich in flavor body and color reg’ly 75c Gelatine—cox’s large pkgs 15¢ The Finance Committee has as yet done ors that blocked the company streets from early in the forenoon until retreat. This evening at 0 a dre parade and review HEART CONVENT. | nothing toward fixing the permanent levy, nor will it until Mayor Phelan makes Makes 3 pints rich crystalline jelly moulas perfectly—reg’ly 20c Berlin | will be tendered to Mayor Phelan. It will bé one similar to that tendered General Beebe last Friday evening, only according to General Summers’ promise, it will be | better. To-morrow is the time set for the turn- | | ing in of all ordnance belonging to the | | regiment. “This includes rifles and their | | equipment and any ammunition the regi- ment may have on hand. There may be | ome arrangement made with the Govern- ment to issue the arms again on memo- | randum receipts, in order to have the reg- iment go home under arms, but that is a matter for future decision. The comrades of Sergeant Allen Lefort, Battery N, Third Artillery, becoming en- over tne appointment of Lefort second lleutenant of volunteers, pre- sented him with a beautiful sword S.uunln{ just after guard mount. The | battery Is stationed at Angel Island. The | presentation address was made by Cay tain Bartlett, commanding Battery N. He | spoke in the highest terms of the lieuten- | ant's fitness for his new position, and | expressed the esteem in which both offi- | cers and men of the battery held him. | Lieutenant Letort re: | onded to the kind | wishes of his comrac and then bade | farewell to his old friends. He left the same day for his new ver barracks. Lieutenant Lefort was ar—ointed a sec- ond lfeutenant of the Thirty-fifth Infantr: in Julv. 1899, His career in’ the army co! menced in the Fourth Artillery, in which he served for ..ree years. He was dis- tation at Vancou- | | | | | | charged with the rank of sergeant. and | was given an excellent character. He re- | | enlisted, this time in Battery N of the |® Third Artillery, just after the passage of | ® the army reorganization bill. He was | given his old rank of sergeant at once, | and this he held until his appointment as | a lieutenant. Lefort was given his com- | mission without an examination. | —— i A BANG-UP FIGHTER. | Martin Dunphy of Kentucky Gets the Worst of a Scrap With Three Other Soldiers. Martin Dunphy, a soldier, who has been assigned to the Seventeenth Infantry, is | a “bang-up fighter,” according to his own #.VON REBEUR Posinwitz. AZIZ BEY. HE Palace Hotel gentlemen who are braces bout erday received as guests three very distinguished an Francisco on a tour of pleasure which em- the western and northern portion of the United H. von R. Posihwitz, lieutenant commander of the ' attache to the in 1 of are Imperial Ge AL avy and naval German Embassy at Washington; Aziz Bey, commander and ald-de-camp to his Imperial © |Statement. and he declares that in “old | Majesty the Sultan and military attache of the Turkish Legation, and Oliver @ | Kentucky.” where he wes born . and ® Tai secretary of the French Legation. | reared, he could lick any old man. ® Tfeutenant Commander Posihwitz was, during the war with Spain, | Yesterday morning Dunphy was brought © attached to the flect of Admiral Schley as the representative of the Germay © | to, the Receiving Hospital in the patrol @® Government. Tn that capacity he witnessed much of the fighting along the wagon by Policeman P. Coleman from @ Coasts of Cuba, ending with the destruction of Cervera’s flect, which vietory @ | Webster and Greenwich streets. His face n;- beheld at a distance from the deck of a transport. He speaks in the waskcovr:iredeevI:naglostrl"::‘r:&l:i}:a :"‘:s We{:,: est raise and o ates PSP B el " ckened. s A e cou highest praise and with the greatest respect of American discipline and g |Dickened, HE was s Sruge L he cowid d_cannot too highly extol the courage and fortitude displayed by our nd marin “Bill Cohen, | thought it sounded like Dr. Stephen 1 and so it was registered. d PREPPPPPPPPPPPPPRCRINPOOOCPOOOOPOPPOD PO | Tidings From the Far East of the| | Ignatius MacDermot, In reference to the Coghlan incident Commander Posihwitz said that to put several stitches in a knife wound ® while the discourtesy it evinced was not pleasant to German ears, vet the over Dunphy's right eye and another circumstances of the case were thoroughly understood and were not deemed g | OVer his left eve. ® of sufficient dignity to call for officlal cognizance. S |3 Dunhyceplaied; Hlojcondlon Dy feny - & : i+ 2 . ng at he go nto a fight with ree DJ [m;\\l{yl(l;k:e;;(;h;]l?]{h:rm n'[le[mm; ;7\!]1 visit and inspect the Presidio, Union | other soldiers at Webster and Greenwich ® E points of interest. They will probably not remain streets and they were too many for him. ® over a week. (S Preight transferred at low rates. Signal JESioforolclofolololofofofolololootororolololoforelelolotofoTotoYoYoYototo) Transter Co., 530 Jones; tel. Sutter 441 Death of a Devoted Worker in | the Catholic Church. | the death of Sister Mary | formerly mother su- | entation om _India. Tidings of perior of the Sacred Heart Pri Convent, have been received Her death, which terminated a life of zealous devotion to the church, oc a4 June fter an iliness of ten day | Mother MacDermot took the veil in | entering the Sacred Heart Presentation | Convent in_this city. In 1884 | clected mother superior. > dire work of the convent for about five leaving in 189 for Ireland. A visit of a few months by her acceptance of In company with th e left to aid in_the missionary work at the Convent of Veprey, near Mad There he remained two vears, when, by her tivity and devotion. she founded a con- vent at Rawul Pindee. in the Punjab, m the extreme northwest of Hindoostan. This zealous s established there an orphan s and a day school for native and white children. B e CLIMBED MOUNT TAMALPAIS. Postoffice Outing Club Enjoyed a Novel Early Morning Picnic. The members of the recently organized | Postoffice Outing Club climbed to the summit of Mount Tamalpais before dawn | yesterday morning, and were well repaid | for the exertion of the long tramp by a| glorious view of the rising sun. The mai handler: ccompanied by their wiv ters and sweethearts, left San Franc Saturday night on the theater boat for | Sausalito, From that place they went by | train to Ross Station, where they arrived very early Sunday morning. Then com- menced the mountain climbing. There nated India. | were a number of musicians in the party, and under the inspiring influence of music the summit was reached at 4 a. m., be- fore any one thought of being tired and | just as old Sol was making his appear- | ance above the distant horizon. After enjoying a light luncheon and a few hours' rest the party descended the trail | to Mill Vall where they boarded the train for the city. The clulys next outing | Will be held in about two ‘weeks, and a cordial invitation is extended to all civil | service employes. The officers of the club are: A. Spille rian and scientis T. Jerry -h:’ guide, George koore: te, Guy C. Calden; boose, William T. Scudder. Before leaving the summit Captain | Spiller released two carrier pigeons. and the birds arrived at their cotes on Union | street just forty minutes later. —————— The famous old JESSE MOORE WHISKY is 1ecommended by physiclans for family and medicinal use because it Is pure. ‘aptain, J. | v libra- | cout, T € . "Wise O'Brien | all CATARRHAL patients re- | good his promise to meet with it and ? point out just how to satisfy everybody O}'Stersfloval tins) 10c and keep within the “dollar limit.” Be- 2 to 3 portions—natural flavor fore leaving on his late vacation the good size—reg’ly 12jc vor announced that he would meet with the committee on one day last week, | = but instead he went to Santa Cruz to at- | Cu,rram ielly—san Jose 15¢ tend the encampment of the League of he Like home made—2 Ib cans Cross Cadets, and since his return has | reg'ly 20c been dumb on all atters pertaining to | the paramount que Highland Club 85¢ Wiskey ause of the un ident to Killy Croy ¢ business at the hall is becoming | e c Sl Rl . County rk Deane ?‘O‘Ch&l sh Caledonian §1 10 whether he is going to D C L—reg'ly $1 and $1 35 have $6000 or 310,000 per month with which * 25¢c to run his office, and has already dis- s charged a number of his force because he negar reg'ly 35¢ gallon l:ls afraid he is !.'.nimz\ to be hl.r»ldldm\'n to Cider 0 A 35¢ the lesser amount. Assessor Dodge IS not S e sure whether he will g 00 or $70,000, White wine 25c bottle 20¢ and he has a little list of those who are : e to get the ax in case he is handed the DeLong’s pure apple juice—for short figure. The rest are in the same un pickling—no acid used certain state of mind, while panic reig bottle 25¢ ithout the best ‘| Salad dressin, In hand-| Gierrq Madre— among the deputie Because of his dil atory tactic ling the matter Mayor Phelan is coming g £ 2 » in for considerable censure. His absence ingredients you can’t get the right | at Santa Cruz last week prevented the flavor. Try Sierra Madre—reg’ly 30c regular meeting of the Finance Commit- | tee, and there will be no report from that body to-day. That there will not be is likely to give rise to some unpleas questions on the part of several member nd the Mayor may be called upon Borax S0ap—Seafoam 4 bars 25¢ Snowflake T 25¢ Seafoam for fine linens—woolens and | fabrics—Snowflake for general wash- Wi ing and cleaning purposes Not much time | reg’ly 3 and 5 bars for 25¢ | Washing powder—1776 8 for 25¢ Babbitt’s best—reg’ly 6 for 25¢ Toilet soaps—French bx of 3 cks 60¢ Assorted odors—made by Roger & Gallet—and Violet—reg’ly 75¢ Cologne—Farina bottle 45¢ Johann Maria—genuine—reg’ly 60c Breakfast food _university steam cooked oats 2 pkgs 25¢ 25¢ Beechnut bacon | In glass jars—sliced—ready for use delicious flavor—crisp | Baby pim olas 3 bottles 50¢ Little tender olives stuffed with sweet peppers We ship groceries to the country to arrive in the same condition as before | !envmg our store—we stand ths loss | if otherwise 432 Pine 215 Sutter 2800 Cali 1075 Clay betwzen Eleventh an to v when he will have time to meet with | the @ that will pre outside the * is left, and absolutely nothing has been done on the budget. committee and illuminate the vent the board from s lollar limit.”” Boston is “one ahead” of New York has arranged for the removal of its and garbage by means of automobiles. 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