The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 6, 1899, Page 10

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10 HE SHOT TO KILL BUT IN HIS OWN DEFENSE Policeman H. G. White Fatally Wounded Geo. Cornwail, Crazed Opium Fiend Ran Amuck at Califor-| nia-Street Station, Attempting Murder. Officer McGovern’'s Narrow Escape. “to Ch a dru; jef Le and bad | pipd e nd on the forc he has m “oclness which fe has s e e e e o | der the dlrection of | Two Flats Bagly Vflut;d by Fire on | unknown [ Tellows’ bullding by an entertainment un- Mrs. Dale Warford Dora Baker, Miss Ade- (chairman), Mrs. Mrs. Mat- lalde Brown, Mrs, Louise Rose, tie J. Perry and Mrs. Genevieve h- worth, the committee on celebration. The hall, which was crowded with members and Invited guests, was pretty in decora- tlons. of ferns and silver. There was iven a_zither trio; comic song and fancy ance, Miss Mattie Luce; specialties, the Horn sisters; vocal solos by Mrs. E. W. Laz: s and Miss Wheeler, and recita- tions by Miss Emma Lindsey. Then fol- lowed damecing and a supper, where a number of congratulatory speeches were made by prominent members of the lodge and order. —————————— A DESTRUCTIVE BLAZE. Fifteenth Street. A serious fire occurred at 2010 Fifteenth street about 10 o'clock last evening. The blaze started in the upper flat of a two- frame building and the hous: was Jadly gutted before the Fire Department succeeded in getting the fire under con- trol 1e upper flat was occupicd by Thomas Lewls and family and the lower by Jar artin and fam The total Will amount to about $1600. The fire started in a bathroom, and its cause is — e IT WAS NOT SMITH. Corone# Believed Him to Be Dead, | But He Turned Up Alive. The body o f the bay ts yester Fourth and morning. It was ide at ti em he landlady h lived. oo n unknown man was fished | Kentucky a at the Morgue as R. W. Smith, an ploye of the Hooper Lumber Company, and this ldentification was corroborated of the premises where Last evening several friends B o o S AR SR AN LAST HONORS TOTHE MEMORY Valor Rewarded by Respect in Death. —_ COLONEL HAWKINS’ FUNERAL e A WITH SOLEMN MILITARY POMP THE BODY IS BORNE AWAY. S g et Throngs Gather to Testify Their Affection for a Brave Man Who Had Twice Fought for His Flag. i il i With draped colors and muffied drums the body of a soldier was yesterday start- ed on its final march toward the bivouac | of the dead. | After having experienced in two wars | all the hardships and privations of active | | campaigning, after having undergone all | the dangers and sufferings of active work G+o e e Oe>ee® & - o*® alifor- McGove rted 1s been seen | 1 streets of | nnouncing its | dumb, ging | y opium. | neir 1 with hich . deaf a From falling, clear the scalp and hair of crusts and scales, allay itching and irritation, and destroy hair eaters by warm shampoos with A SUICIDE IDENTIFIED. It Was George Paulson Who Killed | Himself in a Shooting Gallery | 1f on May 18 ng galier: George P street, near shooting | shots at | the gun out. | | picture of | ui- photograph at the i a tempte by jumping of the act | remorse felt by | Paulson his brother. e KIDNAPED ON MEXICAN SOIL. - . * | General Bowen of Guatemala Taken | the most effective skin and | by Force and Shot to scalp purifying and beauti- Death. | - priva letter from Me dated July fying S0ap in the World @S |5 which was received in this oty aiates = that a high-handed o had been per- | well as purest and sweetest |petrated by ident Ca- | gainst the dignity of e letter | for toilet, bath and [mursery. { | Golf Rash p52t rasn g aedet L] . | the border into Arriving e s, undue or offensive | there, he was met by an armed body who | seized and bound him hand and foot and | ed him to the port of Ocos. From - was shipped to Champerico, and rico. by land to Marcos hot. other sanative uses, g, soothing, purifying <'a bath_with CUTI “or the Hands, in hot lather of CUTI- n anoint MENT. CUTICURA OINT gloves with finger tips cut oft dur- pr E the % @@ he night re will be gunpow- axD cent Cat AL Abous the ilai Yrops., Bosou rmy. H to President Cabre iad the confidence of tf r ared him and intimate he would have his life. In order to e cape murder General B fled to Mex- ico to meet his f: treachery e To Close Retail Stores Early. A mass meeting of the Vigilant Society will be held at Golden Gate Hall, 625 Sut- ter street, on Tue evening, August IT PAYS TO G 8. The meeting son called for the 0 purpose of discussing the proposition of | closing all retail s s at 6 o'clock on Saturday everin employers and | sted DIRECT TO Oreat American [mporting Tea Go's Big Value Stores. employcs of re a6 Srrivie | to be present. be made by Mrs. John Pettee and prominent citizens, and the meeting will be enlivened by an | Interesting musical programme. SR S Templars’ Annivérsary. Templar Rebekah Lodge No. 19, I. 0. O. F., was twenty-five vears old yesterday, and it celebrated its silver anniversary ylast night in the Memorial Hall of the 0dd BTORES IVERYWHERB- 100 STORES, BLOODY SHOOTING AFFRAY Dot A POLICE STATION. led at the Morgue for the purpose of ing the remains, but, failing to dis certain marks on_ the body, dis- identification. i gone to his lodgings frightened the landla 1 him to be occupying a slab at the institution. On being told of what ppened, Smith hurried to ind had his name stricken from ha Morgt | the Coroner’s slip. e e——— ANOTHER DUNHAM SUSPECT ARRESTED ce a man whom they su In the meantime | the | 1 * & * 3 . © 36 | | S R e o s | s | * B O o O IR SRCS | @ | | NG WHITE L S it S at the front, the gallant leader of the| Tenth Pennsylvania came home to receive as his rewagd only those sad tributes that his fellow-countrymen could pay to the valorous dead. | Yesterday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock the | great hall of the Masonic Temple on Post | street was crowded to utmost capaci pect is James C. Dunham, wanted in Call- pectisans G D e o n 1306, | DY, the throng of soldiers .and civilians fornla Lo e I has been sent to the | Who came to show; thelr respect fo the o D hotities. He gives the name | memory of Colonel Hawkins by partici- of Netherfield, but will not talk much about his movements during | the t three years. A reward of $11,000 has been offered for Dunham. Positively the Last Week of GILDEA' REAT CLEARANGE SALE! In order to clear out our entire stock of MEN'S, BOYS' and CHILDREN'S CLOTHING we are comp:lled to put the raduction knife dsep into cur pricss. The sale positively terminates Saturday evening, Auz. 12,at 11 o'clock. COME EARLY AND AVOID THE RUSH PRICES CUT IN TWO! Men’s All-Wool Suits, in fancy chev- ijots and cassimeres. $10 to. All-Wool Covert Cloth Cut from $12.50 to Men’'s Gvercoats. $1.50 Men's All-Wool Pants, in fancy stripes and mixtures. Cut from $3.00 T' sizes § to 16. §] 5 Boys’ School Suits, Cut from $3.00 t ddy Suits, sizes 3 to 8, in of pattern: All-Wool Knee Pants, 300 dozen Boys’ i to J. J. GILDEA THE RELIABLE CLOTHIER, 756 Market St., Cor. Grant Ave, Cut from ss,o“ o 8LT5) Cut from $1.00 to soc | pating ‘in_the Igst rites that were to be | performed over® his body. The funeral servi took place under the auspices of Occidental Lodge of the | Masons, of which fraternity the dead hero | a prominent member. | Worshipful Master Edward F. Delger | performed the services and delivered the | oration. At_the conclusion of the ceremonies in | the hall the casket, covered by the shot- torn regimental flag and bearing the col- onel's sword smothered in beautiful flov ers, was borne to the street by eight first sergeants and escorted by a guard of honor taken from the Masons, members of the Governor's staff and prominent | army officers now with the different or- ganizations at the Presidio. There it was placed upon a caisson belonging to th Third Artillery, and, preceded by the es cort and followed by a horse with empty saddle and reversed stirrups, it was taken to the ferry and sent on its long journey toward its final resting-place in the cem tery at Washington, Pa. The escort consisted of two platoons of | police under the command of Sergeant | Anderson, the Third Artillery and band | under Colonel Rawles, the Utah Battery | under Major Grant, long files of Masons | and the entire Pennsylvania regiment without arms and without company for- mation, but marching in column of fours according to rank. | The staff of Goyernor Gage was repre- sented by General Seamans, Colonels O den, Howell, Young and Major Andrew Colonel Sommers and the entire regimen- tal staff of the Oregon regiment were| gr .nt, as were officers from the Ne-| ra regiment and every division of the | military now quarteded in and about the city. The funeral was such a one as became | a dashing soldier and a gallant gentle- man, but the best and most touching | tribute that was paid to the memory of | the feariess hero was writtéen on_ the | bronzed faces of the men he once led by the tears that coursed down their cheel as they followed the body of their chief. o e MORE TROOPS FORMANILA. Nearly Seven Hundred Men to Go on the Morgan City. The Morgan City will sail for Manila on August 8, carrying 675 men. Major Wit- tich,” Twenty-first Infantry, 1 be in command of the troops and First Lieu- tenant J. C. Castner, Fourth Infantry, has been assigned to the ship as quarter- master and commissary. The officers un- der orders to go with her are: First Lieu- tenant C. F. Bates, Twenty-fifth Infantry Second Lieutenant A. L. Conger, Eight- eenth Infantry, and Second Lieutenant P. Hurst, Third Infantry. The Senator is booked to sail on the 14th inst. with 300 recruits and 400 marines. First Lieuten- ant Y. Grubbs has been assigned to her as quartermaster and commissary. Orders have been issued to fill up the ranks of the Third Cavalry and it will be done as quickly as _possible from the re- cruits now at the Presidio, It will take, it is estimated, over 200 men to bring the companies of the Third Cavalry up to the regulation 120 men. There are now at the Presidid® over 400 men enlisted for cavalry service, so there will be no trouble in filling the regiment. Everything now seems to point to a cav- alry campaign in the islands as soon as the weather shall permit. Two thousand horses are being purchased and sent to the/Presidio, and there has come an order to prepare for the reception of 1600 more. The: Fourth Cavalry is now out there. The Third Cavalry {s on its way. A new | been granted Post Chaplain Joseph A. | Potter. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 6, 1899. A regiment, to be either the Tenth or Elev- enth, is being formed of the troops in the Philippines now, and orders for another Tegiment to leave for the tropics are ex- pected any time. he Orcgon regiment will be mustered out of service to-morrow. There Will be no ceremony attached to the process ex- cept a necessary and welcome one at the office of the paymaster, and then the Webfoot men ‘will start for home. The companies will be lined up, one after an- other, and the papers of the men will be verified by the mustering officer. They will be given their discharges and thery they will visit the paymaster and will be paid off. There will be coming to every man one month's pay for service since last payday, two months’ pay allowed by Congress as a gratuity to all men who served in the war outside the boundaries of the country, all balances on clothing account. On_Tuesday afternoon a special train will hurry the men away to the north. Leave of absence for thirty days has Acting Assistant John R. Clark has been ordered to report for duty at the general hospital at the Presidio. FELL TO HIS DEATH FROM AN ELEVATOR ADVERTISEMENTS. e S SPECIAL SALE S S Gy HANDKERCHIEFS. | cent. | master mind, ANTHONY O’BRIEN, A LABORER, KILLED. Was Plunged to a Platform Fifteen Feet Below Him and Sustained a Fractured Skull. Anthony O'Brien, a laborer, empl on a building on First street, near Mis- sion, fell from a building elevator early last evening, sustaining injuries which provad fatal about three hours later. O’'Brien was going up on the elevator, erected for the purpose of lifting brick and mortar to the top of the structure, when he slipped and fell to a platform fifteen feet below. O’Brien was hurried to the Harbor Re- ceiving Hospital, where Dr. Himmelsbach found that the base of his skull and his collarbone had fractured. His in- juries the doctor pronounced to be fatal, but everything possible was done to re- lieve his suffering. The victim passed away about half-past 7 last night and the body was at once removed to the Morgue. O'Brien was about 40 years of age and the father of a large family. He resided at 440 Elizabeth street in this city . ————————— Richly Appointed. The prominent the ci have improved wonderfully. “Jack's” restaurant, 615 Sacramento street, has caught the spirit of progress and has undergone the most thorough renovation and improvement. New car- pets, new furniture, new decorations have performed a complete transformation, and now “Jack's” is, besides a home of good living, a home of congenial surroundings as well. The main (llnlng-room is done in the Louis XVI style, an in design and finish. On the upper floors red is the prevailing tint, while costly carpeting of the same color gives a glow of warmth and comfort that is truly lux- urious. arranged with baths and provided with every modern convenience. “Jack’s” will tak artistic in finis ductive in cuisine of any of the city’s res- taurants. . _——————————— More Money for a Bridge. City Engineer Tilton filed a communi- cation with the Board of Supervisors yes- terday reciting the necessity for an in- creased appropriation for the Berkshire street bridge because of the necessary al- terations in- the plans to prevent a set- tling of the structure. The the increase asked for is $5391. The en- gineer stated that he had already author- ized the contractors to make the neces- sary changes in the plan: —_—ee———— Reduction of Interest. The officers of the Mutual Savings Bank, 33 Post street, of which Mayor James D. Phelan is president and George A. Story cashier, have decided to reduce the rate of interest on loans on improved city real estate to 6 per This action is taken on the part of the bank in anticipation of a low tax levy and also as a measure of en- terprise that has characterized this banking institution since its establish- ment. —_—— Park Music To-Day. Overture, *Fairy Lak: Album TLeaf' To Visit San Francisco Without seeing the Diamond Palace wwould be like visiting Europe without seeing Paris. It is a leading feature of San Francisco. It is a marvel of beauty and elegance. It is unques- tionably the most magnificent jewelry empor- jum in the world—the splendid conception of a a controlling genius. Artistic taste and skill challenge competition here. To be appreciated it must be seen. Every trav- eler and visitor should go and examine the marvels of genius at 221 Montgomery street. A. Andrews, proprietor. . French restaurants of is both striking The suites of the third floor are Hereafter e rank as one of the most h as well as the most se- amount of commencing Monday, August Tth, ws will place on SPECIAL SALE THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOZEN LADIES” AND GENTS’ LINEN CAMBRIC HEMSTITCHED HAND- KERCHIEFS. These seven cases Handker- chiefs were purchased bu us from the CEL- EBRATED HOUSE of J. N. RICHARDSON, SONS & OWDEN, BELFAST, IRELAND, on May 14th of this year, at a GREAT REDUC- TION IN PRICE, and we will sell them cheaper than any similar goods have ever been sold in the UNITED STATES. The HEMSTITCHING in these HAND- KERCHIEFS is BEAUTIFULLY DONE. Theu come in three widths of hem—%, % and 1 inch. The prices range for LADIES' from $150 to $400 per DOZEN, GENTS' from $1,50 to $9.00 DOZEN, and every HANDKER- CHIEF is WARRANTED PURE LINEN. NOTE—Not less than one dozen of a quality will be sold to anu customer. i, 13, 15, 17T, 19, 121 POST STREET. 1 - ¥u W Gold Crowns? $3.50 Up! 22-k—guarantee 10 years. GS until 9. Sundays Pull S s te ” i g | “VAN VROOM up 300 | 997 Market St, Corner Sixth. T e GEO. W. KLEISER, D.D.S. RARRARRARARARARAARRRARARARARRARARNANRARRARAAN, R Feast of St. Dominic. The feast of St. Dominic will be cele- brated at the Dominican Church, corner of Steiner and Bush streets, to-day. Atthe solemn high mass at 11 m. the choir, under the direction of Rhys Thomas, will sing_the following programme: Scnu- bert’s Mass in F; hymn to St. Dominic, Haydn: anthem, *Great Is Jehovah,” Schubert; *‘Hallelujah Choru: Handel. In the evening at 7:30 a special musical service will be .given. Press Association Meeting. At a miceting of the executive committee | of the California State Press Association | held at the Occidental Hotel last night it was decided o0 hold the annual meeting of the association at Sacramento Septem- ber 6 to [ e —— Ladies' tailor-made suits, fur capes, cloaks. Credit. M. Rothschild, 324 Post st. suit your purse, 35.00 is just such pur- il p CASH OR LITTLE-AT-A-TIME. gives you this handsome antique e chases as this that mean profit and complete satis- Muslin U These garments will less than usual prices. skirts, all well made fectly shaped and corre Gowns Chemises Drawers Skirts The above prices are than these goods were 125 to 131 Manufacturer's Samoles of gowns, chemises, corset covers, drawers and 40c 50c 60c up to $5.00 each 35c 50c 65¢ up to Corset covers 20c 25¢ 35¢ up to one-third less As —+in_payments to oak chiffonier. It faction. nderwear be sold for one-third They comprise ladies’ THE J. NOONAN FURNITURE COMPANY (Inc.), ! | of good material, per- '} 1017-1023 miSsSiON STREET, | | ctly sized. @bove Sixth. Phone Bouth 14. Open Evenings. TURKISH 2.50 each 1.50 each 25¢ 35¢ 40c up to 2.50 each Antique, 50c 60c 75¢ up to 5.00 e P each Select AT ABSOLUTE AUCTION, TURKISH RUG C0.’S ART ROOMS, 125 GEARY ST., Commencing TO-MORROW, Monday, August T, at 2:30 P. M., for one week. [ Connoisseurs and Home and Office Fure nishers are invited to this Important Sale. A. W. LOUDERBACK, Auctioneer. OPIUM intended to sell for. ana Mo: cured at for full particulars and book free. INDIAN QFIUM OURE, B. D. KIMMIS, 201 Turk Bt., Ban Franosce. tine Habits Kearny St.

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