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12 FRANCISCO CALL, WED NESDAY, NOVEMBER 22 MINOR APPOINTMENTS SOON TO BE ANNOUNCED Lackmann Names Geo. A. Hare for Under Sheriff. { New Supervisors Have Not Yet Got Down to Real Business, but Will Caucus Some Day Next Week. DO QIS DD SO0 S DY SHIDHINND DD DD SLATED FOR POSITIONS UNDER THE NEW CHARTER. SHERIFF'S OFFICE. UNDER SHERIFF - - GEORGE A. HARE CHIEF BOOKKEEPER - - CHRIS NEWMAN COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE. CHIEF REGISTER CLERK JOE GODDARD TAX COLLECTOR'S OFFICE. CASHIER OSCAR CURTAZ CHIEF DEPUTY FRANK P, HAYNES ASSESSOR'S OFFICE. CHIEF DEPUTY - E. F. MORAN b SGolo BB 40 G A0 ] 40404040404 0404040404040404040404040404040404 040404040480 =2 CASHIER - S ikt WILLIAM BLATTNER REGISTRAR’'S OFFICE. REGISTRAR - - - DAN GORDON BOARD OF EDUCATION. SECRETARY JAMES B. DENMAN R. HOOEY. POLICE COMMISSION—4. E. B. POND, STEWART MENZIES, WM. ALVORD BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. CHIEF CLERK - - JOHN RYAN CIVIL SERVICE COMMIS=ION. A. W, THOMPSON. H N. CLEMENT o g 4 o 3 2 = g b3 B CHTED X LT ORI S5 S LHHLS SLHITIO LILH S15 KIOLH LIRS BLSTS 411, 1 Gordon as Reg- essor is considered 1 has been cf dep- » Registrar Biggy's esteemed by Mavor al worth. e most been held nor and it icus will not come off r Jen- st. Jen. | Monday or and members of opinion that they r Friday or of the Fin- air. Joseph ate affairs 1 not permit him to accept the office Id it be tendered him, and the board & now looking for an in other quar- Richard Ho tioned frequently, and stein is also prominent a dates. Charles Wesley rd of in cc generally John Ry rk of the Bo all probability present chief clerk Russell, 1s % and been for years a close student and friend of his chief. He is conside the one man competent to take ug of- | duties of the position, and a » | vass of the new board shows bsition to him. been men- nection with the through his own . th esent claims 7 s, will in d J ssell, (he Mr. like Mr. veteran In the Ru hn Ryan d mates chance whole question anization of the thus far has 1 board itself. er. Edward F. Moran, e R R e A of center the as in the geographical United verlooked the sured in miles so far 1. but by the e part of the tea s United States goes because It moves though the distance f San F . ST, LOUIS HAS is longer than by 'w be moved che {11 g York to San Francisco by of Cape Horn or by the Isthmus n by rall | ove that makes water distance less than the rail dis ice, commerclally “Th St. Louis jobbers have thought | that they could ;4 nd »ods In all diree- . | tions g St. Louis as a cent fNot in Trade Center | fakine St Louis as a isted to accomplish that o sroceedings at St. Louls showed that the of Country. I (S Lot showt ] thiac The San Francisco is not only active and po- | tential now but that it is likely to be | *The Bt. Louls jobbers” sald E. 8. | Ercatly increased.” ‘ 8 yury last evening, “now pret - R b Tk eaba ot me Pate COUNTING THE RETURNS. > ers. But they admitted that | :P::)H‘:’::‘J:‘lflnru l'm’h:‘n‘v heir prices or take Henderson Slowly Gaining on Me- | #maller profits from sle of the Carthy for Supervisor. coast if the rallways 1just rates | The Election Commfssioners finished the mocording o thelr wis It 15 very evi- | Fortieth Assembly Distriot st b dent that if West jobbers | three precincts of the Forty-first in the could break big merc official recount yesterday. The election houses of t Coast they would | officers of the Seventeenth Precinct, For- | @fter that hav lers of the COASt | tieth 'District, fafled to sign the tally in their power urally they | sheets and were sent for to comply with would then make prices here to Tecoup | the law in that respect. for the smaller profits they are obliged to The only changes of note were in the | . case of Henderson, Republican candidate | : o slmr;;,\l,“f‘":z'(n L reomn | for Supervisor, who 1s slowly but surely B ts ¢ isslon as the | overcoming McCarthy's plurality and wmttorney of 1 Jobbers’ and | may be the fourth Republican member Manufacturers’ A b of the Board of Supervisors iIf he con- it 1s vers evia Pillsbury con- | tinues to gain. The districts to be e, e e et houn Sunde 12 | counted are Republican and Henderson the retullers of ific Coast. The | has made his gains In Democratic dis- proceedings upon the suit of the St. Louis | trict y counted. Yesterday Hen- obbers have shown that the struggie is | de a net gain of 19, | or markets. The St. Louls people have arnham for Public Administrator has nade a net gain of 24 votes since the of- | ficial canvass commenced, but it is not Coast. | thought that he will rcome Boland's plurality of 266 votes. enormous s keep them golng trade more largely to the They all agreed that they ha D R T PO SN v with the railroads so f The Thirty-ninth District showed some tarnings Of the roads were concerned, | remarkable changes. Feusler (K. foe | Their great object was 10 get orders from | Treasurer gained 3% ‘votes in the ight- the retailers of the coast for small dabs |€enth Precinct and Brooks (D.) for Tre. f urer ned 25 in_the same precinct. | Henderson gained 34 and McCarthy 20 i | precinct, while Farnham gained £ of goods and to be able to ship the: small Jots at rates practically the same as for carloads, so they could avold the | that payment of taxes and the payment of |and Boland gained 21 ;31':m!|'):- y would simply take orders | The “'Klfilrnrlha: already mmmenred} from retallers direct or from traveliug |0 prepare for the bond elections on De- | salesmen, and they alm to peddle goods rln}l:nr o """-1""' Registration rgr these | out in different localities in_ practically | glections will close on December 12 and 14. the same way as the San Francisco re. | Cltizens who -have moved since Novem: tallers would deliver them to customers, ')'r last mun‘ll register In order to vote at The manufacturers of the Middle West | the coming elections. were taking no interest in the proceed- it saa - SN ings. They fnrund on:‘)' orlw manufacturer Notice. i ear before the Interstate Com- Terce’ Commissioners. He makes plum. | Certain advertisements by the Sparks Auto- | mobile Company, containing fllustrations of Au. tomoblle, having appeared in certain papers, we | call your attention to the fact that these illus. trations were copled from the catalogue lssued by the Woods Motor Vehicle Company and the vebicles are manufactured by us exclusively. It is due to the patrons of the Woods Motor Vehicle Company to know that the illustrations referred to belong to us and that we are not in bers' goods to some extent, but he also had & jobbing house connected with his business, and he 0ld his own goods and the goods of other houses like any jobber. \\'Ilg very few exceptions the St Louis people failed 10 show that they could not #ell goods under existing conditions at some profit. They certainly can make as much profif on the £00ds they send here :‘p")ll --'lna:tk[;fl” ":J‘ll‘;‘m o B o) any way interested In the Sparks Automobile “The great mistake St. Louls people | Company. WOODS MOTOR VEHICLE COM- Bave made is in thinking that they are in | PANY, Chicago, IiL. B R R T S R S e R R WITH PRAYER, MUSIC AND FLOWERS @ +0404040404 0404040404040 4040404040 40404040404040)40404040404040404040404 WILL DEPARTED ELKS BE REMEMBERED ‘S A\DR E M.SHOR T (| enmimman or T lpEcoraTian HE memorial services of San Francisco Lodge No. 3, Benev- olent and Protective Order of Elks, will take place this year on Sunday, December 3, Grand Opera-house at 2 p. m. For the two years General W. nes has acted as the orator of the v, but at his earnest request the 1'committee has excused him vear from the severe task, and J J. Barrett will take his place in giving the oration. To add some novelty to the proceedings the memorial commit- tee has decided that instead of the members occupying seats together they will join their families in whatever part of the orchestra their seats may be located. Rabbi Levy will deliver a ort praver at the commencement of services. The committee claims CHAIRM A oF ||HOUSE coammiTtrre. (& J.N.oDeL L CHAIRM AN OF PRINTING DRAMATIC CLIMAX S was accused by the plaintiff attorneys of having attempted to bribe Dr. A. C. Winn to change his testimony, and Dr. Winn himself was flatly charged by ¢ 's counsel with IN A Wil CONTEST San Rafael Attorney Accused of Attempting to| that the services will be the most Im- pressive ever given In this city, and ‘s working hard to make the affair a great success. There have been five brother Elks called to the great be- yond in the past year, and no doubt many friends of the deceased brothers will take this opportunity of showing their respect to the departed. The five deceased brothers are S. B. Carleton, H. F, Emeric, A. P. Hotaling, H. C. Lathrop and V. W. Crysler. Each member of the order will be ai- lowed six reserved seats for the ser- vices for the use of himself and his friends, but the galleries will not be opened, as the committee has decided that it will limit the number of ad- missions. The members of the memorial com- mittee are Thomas E. Duane, Dr. E. M. Short and J. N. Odell. @+04040404040404040404040404040404040404040404 04040404040 Bribe a Supposed Witness in the AN RAFAEL, Nov. 21.—An intensely exciting and dramatic climax was hed In the famous Griffin will con- est to-day, when Attorney James W. | bribe to give testim These charg and recrim are of so specific a nature that they will undoubtedly be to the attention of the and A’scene was furnished during the pro- gress of who tragic sworn and given under oath what the trial by Attorney Mullany, ally demanded that he be an opportunity to deny he regarded as an in- sinuation regarding his veracity. After he had rushed through the gatew: lead- ing to the witness stand and w about to strike an attitude to have the oath administered, Judge Angellotti quietly suggested t Mullany calm himself and | c fense to-¢ ke his seat—that his evidence ° was a non-essential factor. was supposed to have an , but in the light of what occurred as evident that the plaintiff had and tightened Pat- ulvaney’s grip on the Griflin thou- in the The de- inning sands. The first charge of corruption was made by the defendant, fon tacked the testimony of Dr. on blased : Hugh Attorne Jones of counsel fc O'Connor, during the rece In conversation with correspondent in the corridor thouse he expressed the opin- the will would d. and J. 1. Stephen gro! that the witness s and had talked over the evidence | that the ARRY F. PATRICK and Miss Stella Smiley will be united at noon to-day iIn St. Mary's Cathedral by the Rev. Fatker Prendergast, Vicar General. The altar of the sacred edifice has been beautifully decorated with cut flowers ard smilax by the fair hands of the friends of the bride, and it Is expected that the church will be crowded with the many friends of the young couple. The bells that ring out the noon hour will chime for the newly wedded pair, Miss Lucy Cronin, a young society bud of this city, will act as brides- maid and John W. Drury, an irti- mate friend of the groom, will be his best man. bride, who is the daughter of Mrs. Anne Smiley of lowa Hill, Placer County, Cal., Is a beautiful and sccomplished lady. She has a volce cf rare excellence and has often taken part in local concerts. Mr, Patrick is a son of A. B. Patrick, proprietor of the South San Francisco Tannery. He Is superintendent of his father’'s large manufactory and is extremely popular in business and soclal circles. He enjoys ine repu- tation of being the foremost ama- teur horsemen on the coast. His horses are noted for thelr speed and ‘WMMMWW | a short time previously he Griffin Case. he was to give with Attorney Keys and | tions and says he tried to induce his at- the plaintiff in a saloon the night before testifled. “Dr. Stephen’s testimon ney Je “was doubtle: said Attor- on a_par with | went ‘after leaving the saloon, but Key. | boomerang. that Dr. 'Winn would have furnished. Why, Winn came to us after this suit was begun offered to give favorable | P! ence for the sum of $100. These facts me out and the jury can judge for themselyv When Att ey Key arned of this ment he was consid vy surpris d sald that he was defendant’s counsel was trying to make its nghl‘ along such lines. I don't kn v whether or not Dr. \_ nn committed such an offense,” said Keys, nd it makes little ence to us, be- | But Coch- of just even- fle in cause we did not have him testif: if Wing is to be believed, Attorn: as been guilty of & _crim a nat On_Mond 13th inst., Dr. Winn, rsation with myself, Mr. another gentleman -are to use at this tim w con and not ame 1 do . told us that had been sent for and taken into an office in the Par- rott butlding in San Francisco by Coch. T and there offered $500 if he wou torney to follow Winn and see where h answered that he deemed it sional duty to ignore the The defense opened to O’ Do; 11 stating { his profe affair entirel lay by Attorney case to the a cl and forcible manner. John F ton was sworn and testified that his busi- lings withe the sed nad - him she w; On cros examinatisn he admitted that the only business dealings he had ever had with her had been to sell her a set of harness 35 in 189 and to repair it in 153 for Judge Fisher's testimony proved He declared Mrs have been perfectly sane in business mat- ters, and on cre amination had to ad- mit that a year before her death all her a children and prospective heirs exeept Mulvany had signed a petition asking | her to et Mrs. O'Connor mana he estate, as they regarded the testatrix as fulvaney ‘ incompetent. were ex redingly reluctant. rongest witness for the defense » Hon. G. W, nk. His an- rs were clear and . his reasons | for thinking Mrs. Griffin sane good and cross. amination alled to disturb iis testimony in the least. vas the admission of Judge Fisher ulted in Attorney Mullany's f the testimony t the trial. Winn even “ochrane had pulled gold col pocket, and, count- | ing out $500, b 1 talizingly be- | fore: him and doctor, it makes no aiffe s how this case 1d don’t you think you would like goes, this bright lump to repose in your pocket when vou can have it for so little ef- fort? " & Attorney Ke < further decl he did mnot Jlieve Attor O'Donnell and Mull were farties to such a transaction added that Dr. Winn had not mentioneud their names. Plaintiff Mulvany corroborates Keyes' statements as regards Win allega RING AT NOON, RARRY F PATRICK To Be United at the Cathedral. his turnouts for their elegance. Mr. Patrick has become a familiar figure on the park roads. He is the owner of a number of fine antmals, but the most prominent {s Catinka. He Las participated in many of the gentle- men's ariving events at the local tracks and has invariatiy won through his expertness as a driver. The young couple will leave imme- diately after the ceremony for Del Monte, where they will spend a two weeks' honeymoon. On their return to this city they will take up resi- dence In a handsome home built by the groom at the corner of Plerce and Waller streets. A reception will then be held and the new edifice will recelve its proper housewarming. M b B i e S R e o B o R e R O R e R R R Ry ] +dededeteie = | Tow and counsel will begin their a | | charge of murder is a plece of luck he | muzzle almost touching | up Stockton street, | at | giving evidence that th dramatic request to pe sworn, he his desire to declare under oath that had never seen such a petition The defense probably will close to-mor- Zu- unless investigate ing he ments on Thursd morning Judge Angellotti fit to the charges made to-day. LIEUTENANT ATTEMPTS i TQ KILL A CIVILIAN H. Bowie of the Fortieth Fires Point Blank at Joseph Maggetti, Nar- rowly Missing Him. That H. Bowie, first lieutenant of the Fortieth Regiment, is not held a on owes (0 his unsteady aim Bowie was walking up Stockton street at abcut midnight last night, when he met Jc ph Maggetti, who was standing on the yrner of Stockton and Sutter : The_supposition is th, at Bowie ttl and thus caus words p and Bowie, dra aiming, with the ggett's tem- bum d into Magge disc - ) bet n the two men, Ing his revolver and ple, fired. Owing to Bow the shot mi d its mark, and he toward Bush, run into the arms of Officers Gieman. Bowlfe flourished only to Heins ‘and his revolver menacingly at them, but on their order- ing him to stop, he lowered his weapon and submitted to arrest the California street charge of attempt to murd After seeing some of hi He was booked station on a he refused to make any statement. The police think the name given by the pris- oner is an assumed on ————— UNKNOWN SUICIDE. Stranger Takes Strychnine in a Bush- Street Lodging-House. The body of an unknown man was di. covered in a lodging-house at 417 Bush street by the proprietor, Charles Allen, about 5 o'clock last evening. Close to the body, on a table, sat a glass containing rychnine crystals 1 drank some his own life. what appeared to be poisonous fluid and destroy The proprietor made s the man anplied for a room in his house Monday morning aid not register and was poorly dre: In the evening he re- tired to his room and_locked the door. Yester ing he did not arise early, but th ted no suspicion and it was rning th b ckler, knocked chambermaid, on the door again. She found it bolted and called the proprietor. An entrance was forced and the body of the man was found, clew as to his identity has been yet discovere From appearances the man w: years of ag and overalls. —————— GUNST BUYS PROPERTY. Valuable Location Secured at the Cor- ner of Powell and Geary Streets. Mose Gunst made a_heavy purchase in real estate yesterday. The property which passes Into his hands for a consideration of nearly $200.000 is located on the south- west corner of Powell and Geary streets, and is at present improved by small build- ings occupled as stores. Gunst will have & feet front on Powell street and 92:6 on Geary street. He has in contempiation the construction of a magnificent building, but work will not be commenced for about one year. For some time the cigar man has been looking for an available location on Mar- ket street. He was not successful in find- ing property to suit his purposes and he turned his attention to Powell street. The urchase of vesterday g‘homas Magee & Sons. real estate deal- ers, and the former owner was Mrs. Charlotte F. Clark. The exact price raid for the location was $184,500. —_——— Native Sons’ Convention. Richard D. Barton, Henry Schefer, L. M. Bannan, L. C. Pistolesi and Charles E, Torres have been chosen to represent Sequola Parlor, N. 8. G. W., in_the con- vention for the 19 celebration, Next Mon- day this parlor will nominate its officers and hold its election on the 4th of De- cember. s about He wore a mixed gray coat ——— Dr. Parker's Cough Lure. One dose will stop & cough. Never falls. Try it. 2c. All druggists.® brother officers, | was made through | of the property | Griffin to | The replies of the witness | | ADVERTISEMENTS. B HANDKERGHIEFS! HANDKERCHIEFS! take pleasure In informing the public that our ‘lfll’\fPUaRTADTIONS of HANDKERCHIEFS for FALL, 1899, have all been received, and we are now prelpared to show a magnificent assortment of LADIES' and GENTS' INITIALED HANDKERCHIEFS, in both LINEN and SILK (all letters); LADIES' and GENTS' FINE LINEN CAMBRIC HEMSTITCHED HANDKERCHIEFS; LADIES' SHEER LINEN HEMSTITCHED HANDKER- CHIEFS; LADIES' LACE TRIMMED HANDKERCHIEFS; LADIES' EMBROIDERED LINEN CAMBRIC HANDKER- CHIEFS, both SCALLOPED and HEMSTITCHED; GENTS' SILK MUFFLERS and REEFERS, both HEMSTITCHED and PLAIN: CHILDREN'S INITIALED HEMSTITCHED and EMBROIDERED HANDKERCHIEFS, botb plain and colored borders. hoxes LADIES' SHEER LINEN INITIALED and 50 HEMSTITCHED HANDKERCHIEFS, i-Inch hem (small ietters), $1.50 box (6 In each box) dozen LADIES' LINEN CAMBRIC HEMSTITCHED HANDKERCHIEFS, warranted pure linen, In 3 and 1 inch hem, $2.25 dozen dozen GENTS' HEMSTITCHED LINEN CAMBRIC HANDKERCHIEFS, §, % 1 and 1} inch hem, $2.50 dozen dozen GENTS' WHITE SILK HANDKERCHIEFS, hemstitched and extra heavy quality, $5.50 dozen boxes CHILDREN'S HANDKERCHIEFS, bath plain and initialed, in very fancy boxes, 15¢, 20c, 25c¢, 30c and 50c box 1 4 | Jonr sp Duncan of Louisville, Ky., corre- nding RAINSTORM ., Mrs. T ver and Mrs. J. S land, Or i ADVERTISEMENTS. e A b Y Eo 373 Los Angeles and Sant‘k,; B = Diego Favored. : ———— | Special Dispatch to The Call. ‘ SAN DIEGO, Nov. 2L—The storm \i reached this city this arlcrntn_m qnd al light rain began falling at 5 o'clock. | To-. aanbarraniad s with Sieniaat Since then there ha been occasional | — showers and the indications are favor- able for heavy rain. 1 LOS ANGELES. Nov. 2L—Tae rain I| which began falling at 11 o'clock to-day, | h 1 of has been general over the whole of bank. not to begiven to Co. until a permanent ¢ Southern California. Up to 5 o'clock to- | day .47 of an inch had fallen, making total for the season of 2.43 inches. The present downpour is doing Immense gocd to feed and all crops and fruits. SANTA BARBARA, Nov. 2lL.—Rain be- gan falling here at 8 o'clock this morn- ing and at sundown the precipitation wos 87 of an ich in the city and about an inch In the country districts. Reports from the northern end of the county give and inch or more SAN A Nov. 2—The storm || Sanfa Ana Valley this after- A e hoon, since which time there has been PRt & OO Revd. Wion an almost continuous rainfail. = Over oring men for half an inch has fallen and indications e T are favorable for a_heavy rain during | The rain has come in a g consultatio e i b sl for green feed started six w 1 rs who live ¢ San Fran {ago and for growing winter cr | clseo shouid write k, ding MILTON, D 3.—Commencing at 3| PENTIAL. ‘clock this morning. a heavy storm has 1‘ prevailed here to-day. making the total | morning. | | | more grapes. DR. MEYERS & (0. rainfall here a re -breaker up to this | [ date. The continued warm weather his | | caused ftll‘tl to ‘L', rapidly g it is ’ 731 MARKET ST., S. F. farther advanced than at any time for the ; last fifteen vears at this season of the || , 10® Elevator to Third Fioor. Ranchers have not been able to | Daily. 8 to 5. e to ays, 9 to and would be mcre than | a sufficient amount of dry | in their crop. | KINGS CITY. N 1.--1t commenced raining_here this morning, and up to § | o'clock 55 _nundredths of an inchhas fallen I to-day. The wind is from the south and we are having frequent showers, wuhl | HOURS s | n. warm weather. Reports from other sec- tions of Salinas Valley indicate a general rain from Salinas to Santa Margarita. From Peach Tree, Bitterwater and Jolon | we have reports of a good rainfall last night. The outlook i favorabie for more | rain. NAPA. Nov. 21.—No day passes without | rain falling. night .61 of an inch fell, making the total for the season 308 inches. Same ¢ 1598, 1.52 inches. Bohemian Chinaware Bargains. SAN JOSE, —The rain ", gan to fall here last night increased (o It's Worth Your a great volume during the 1y hours this | Coming Just to Sce. ‘ Great American [mportng Tea (s, farmers are beglnning to” fear a. surpius | Stores Everywhere. of molsture. making plowing fmpracticas | X100 ble and rendering it next to impossible to | Stores., till adobe lands. -Some of the fhrmers de clare that If much more rain fals omy summer fallowed lands will give a graih giving a_ precipitation of 1.06 s up to § o'clock, a total for the sea- f 557 inches. Same date last year, | 21.—The rainfall here feld. FRESNO, Nov. 21.—To-day’'s rainfall was the heaviest of the season, coming down in torrents while it lasted. The elers from &l over ve Daites Siaias precipitation was .68 of an inch, making skow thelr appreciation of the sxcel a total for the season of 3.4) Inches. About lence of the half the grain is in and all the land can be plowed now. The rain ruined the firnpen on the vines, and the winertes ave announced that they will buy no PALACE GRAND OFFICERS OF Y. W. C. A, "m-'flml.t l-ur“ Dotels thetr hesdasar: Mrs. W. 0. Gould of This City Made | § be3he U e rooms. 900 and finest in the JOHN C. KIRKPATRICK. Manager. | | a Chairman. eeeeceea MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. 2L.—The Inter- | e national Board of the Women's and Rect: Young Women's Christian Assoctatign e vs o e | elected officers to-day as follows; d'"“"vcm?n:;w?: Mrs. W. 8. Stewart of Philadelphia, Prom business. DRS. resident; Mrs. E. A. Dorman of Moy MANSFIELD & POR- ork, first vice president; Mrs. Stuart of TERFIELD, 838 Mare Richmond, Va., recording secretary: Mra. ket st., San

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