The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 28, 1899, Page 14

RACETRACK MURDER BY CORRIGAN'S STABLEMAN Ingleside’s Vicious Rivalries the Cause of Dan Hayes Shot to Death by Zip Chambers After a Series of Quarrels Over Opposing Strings o_f Horses. | ANY disgracen quent oc- s to be to hunt for found he had Chambers. Whe gona to Oakland they and 00 At Twen re liquor. Mission streeis and y-ninth ADVERTISEMENTS. ik The Summer Of life a woman may find herself fading and failing. She doesn't understand it. She goes o doctors, who treat her for this or for that, but she gets no better. She grows irail and pale. *drag aho he house,” Efin\- in life. y such women bave taken advant- of Dr. Pierce's of free consult- atiom by ictier, and bave been restored by Dr. Pierce's § -] and benm women. Sick women duvited to consult| Dr. Pierce by letter| Jree. All corres- m«: private. Address Dr. R. V. Y Butialo, N. V. *Before 1 commenced to ase your medicine wes in & bed condition (for cight years) and ®mr doctors treated me.” writes Mrs. Bettie Askew, of Garysbu « , Northampton Co., N. C , of course, gave me at the time some re. Sl But i did not last long. I was some days 4n my bed and some days | dragged about the Dosse. 1 have used five bottles of Dr. Pierce's Mavurite Prescription and five of the ‘Golden Medical Discovery.' and four via tem' Now i feel ke a new woman, and I want the word to know it.” 3 The action of the "Favorite Prescrip- tion * is assisted by the use of " Pleasant Pellets ” when the bowels are irregular. Steins or Beer Mugs Bargains. It's Worth Your Coming just to Sce. Great American [mporting Tez Co. Stores Everywhere. 200 Storcs. She can just | but has mno | of the ' Pel- | Boodshed. walted for the last car to the n the expectation of meeting s and they wers successful. Chambers was on the car and as soon | as it started for the track Hayes | | pulled a revolver out of his 3 | and threatened to shoot Chambers, The motorman cautioned Hayes to be | quiet and Instead he pointed volver at him and took considerable amusemant in compelling him to make the car go quicker or slower as his e re- B A e L I e o fancy dictated of having hie head blown off. | After leaving the car near the track the ered Lee's saloon, where Hayes again pul t his revolver and threatened Chambers. Lee interfered and Chambers left the saloon and went to his sleeping room the stables. Butler and Hayes fol- and Hayes, finding the door attempted to break it down, g all the time that he would | ambers’ life. Chambers fired | shots through the door, two of taking effect In Hayes' body, | | &nd he dropped dead. Chambers left the stables and was arrested on the Ocean road about 5 o'clock yesterday morning by Policeman Dasman and sent to the City Prison, where a charge of murder was book: against him. He was taken before Judge Treadwell day morning a the | | body the | Morgue, where it was found that one of the bullets had entered the left breast directly over the heart, while the other struck just below the left X shoulder. | | , Chambers, in speaking of the shoot- ing, said: *“My first quarrel with | l. R CRUSERTO B~ HAMED TACOMA Contract for the Union | Iron Works. —_—— Epecial Dispatch to The Call. | WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 r | the six new ZM-ton cruisers were awarded to-day at the Navy Department in accord- ance with the recommendations of the 3oard of Construction, one to each of the following firme: W am R. Trigg, Rich- mond; Lewis Elizabethport, N. J.; t Bath Iron Works, Bath, Me.; the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, Cal.; | the Fore River Engine Company, Brain- tree, Mass., and Neafle & Levy, Philadel- phia. All the boats are to be constructed in aecordance with the department's de- signs. The six vessels will t be distributed among the bullders named: The Galves- ton to Trigg, at Richmond, for $1,0 to be bullt in twenty-four months; | Chattanooga to Nixon, at Elizabethport, N, 15 9965, to be bullt in thirty months; the Cleveland to the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Me., $1,041,650, to be buiit in thirty months:; the Tacoma to the U Iron Works, San Francisco, at $§1 to be bulit In twenty-seven months Des Molnes to the Fore River Company, | Braintree, Mass., . . to _be built in thirty months® A Levy, Philadelphia, at $1,080 .00, to in thirty mbnths. | Whils rated at fifteen knots, Chief Con- structor Hichborn sald they will make no | less than seventeen knots if necessary. In fact the firm of Neafie & Levy has under- taken to guarantee that their vessel, | though bullt on the department's designs. can make seventeen knots at a minimum. | | JUDGE TREADWELL’'S DEFENSE. | He Scouts the Idea of Being Im- | peached and Starts an Inves- | tigation. Judge Treadwell held an Investigation yesterday afternoon In regard to the alle- gation that he was to be impeached for allowing James H. Barnett, a clerk in the Owl drug store, charged with petty lar- | ceny, out on his own recognizance. R. E. Miller, manager of the drug com- ooy, who was represented by Attorney Stratton, was asked by the Judge a num- ber of questions, to each of which he gave | t his | would say nothing. The Judge' if Miller admitted making tements about him, that he would order him into custody for contempt of court. Attorney Fred Frey, who represented Barnett, declared that'the Judge had re- fused to allow Barnett out on his own recognizance, and he was corroborated by Howard Vernon, the court stenographer. Further investigation was postponed until | this afternoon. The Judge made a statement from the bench that he was not afrald of being im- ge‘ched, as he had done nothing wrong, ut somebody had been altering the rec- ords In his court to get him into trouble, he .nsl-e{ that under the advice o J attorney i | | Henry 1 | moreland, "H. Byrnes; Worcester, G. Sir J. F Dr. Siebers Oglivie; Douglas, Longbaugh | plete_the work ’ e e S @+ Peieieie = ————————— B === = Madiils PSP U S e S ANOTHER BRITISH TRAMP MAKES PORT. o Yokohama. passengers. high seas and violent squalls. 9 e e e e e e e et TP O R TR SR w LR e Lo e L P L w R u R ? Hayes was In Chicago, last summer, about a boy who left Magrane's em- ployment and went to work for Corri- gan. Haves accused me of Inducing the boy to make the change and threatened to have my life for it. After I came here the quarrel was re- newed. Yesterday, after I started for Oakland, I learned that Hayes was drinking and was looking for me, threatening to kill me. When he came on the car at Twenty-ninth and Mis- sion streets I was afrald of trouble, I was unarmed. He said on the car that he would kill me and made the same threat in Lee's saloon. He followed me to my room, and when he tried to break down the door to get at me I got my pistol and fired through the door at him.” and he wanted to find who the man was. Int Barnett case the clerk was accu: of stealing a_box of pills, and not $2 and as a subsequent charge of misde- meanor embezzlement was made against him for the same box of pills, both cases would have fallen to the ground. ———————— KING HENRY IV TO BE PERFORMED BY AMATEURS The members of the Gentlemen's Sodal- ity of St. Ignatlus Church will hold a grand benefit entertalnment next Wednes- day evening at St. Ignatius College Hall, when Shakespeare’s masterpiece, “King will be presented. The final dress rehearsal took place In the College Hall last evening, and from the manner in which the play tertalnment wili both from a dramatic and financial stand- point. This drama of the great poet has seldom been presented to a San Francisco audi- ence, and considering the abllity of the amateurs who are to present it on this occasion, 1t should be of particular inter- est to lovers of the work of the illustrious will consist of the follow- King Henry IV, W. Kelly; Prince of Wales, J. Mulrenin; Sir W. Blunt, V. Power; Hotspur, T. Hickey; Northumbarland, M. Lenrion; West Flynn: Bardolt, J. Farry; Sir Richard Vernon, L. Gonzales; Gadshill, G. Hegarthy; Francis, W. Lonergan: Prince John, J. Lonergan. The musical part.of the programme will consist of selections by Professor Mar- uardt's orchestra and of vocal music by the far-famed quartet of St. Ignatius Church: J. Desmond, tenor; Sidney Hope- craft, second tenor, G. Berger, barytone; G. V. Woods, The comrhittee having charge of the af- fair consists of J. E. ‘lufimrlck (chair- man), J. H. Dignan, John E. Pope, Dr. S. d. l‘unnll\q{‘mm. r. K. O. Steers, J. S. Wellbank, 'T. McAuliffe, D. J. Costello and | Frank J. Burke. e e TAXES DELINQUENT TO-DAY. | Efficient Work of Tax Collector Shee- han and Deputies. Yesterday was the last day on which the first installment of taxes on real estate and the personal property taxes entire could be paid. All day long there were two lines of taxpayers in the main corridor of the City Hall, all of whom were anxious to escape the penalty of 15 per cent which will be added from to-day on. Tax Collector Sheehan and his depu- | ties were kept busy until 6 o'clock last evening taking in the money. The force was reduced by twenty men and only eighteen are now left in the office to com. the force has n_kept at work from 9 o'clock In_the morning until 12 o’clock at night with Sundays thrown in and (here‘hu been little or no complaint r :.rdlng the manner in which Tax Col reclur heehan and his subordinates have performed their duties. From Manila to Washington. Rev. Father W. D. McKinnon, chaplain of the United States army, will deliver a lecture to-night in_ St. Joseph's Hall, Howard and Tenth stree entitied, “From Manila to Washington.” Excellent stereopticon views will used by the reverend gentleman to illustrate his lec- ture. The Algoa, a 700-ton tramp, follow replace the Rio de Janeiro and City of Peking, now doing duty as transports. | i | reached HE British tramp steamer On Sang arrived In port yesterday thirty-three days from Hongkong and nineteen fro She Is under charter to the Pacific Mail Captain Young reports a succes mship Company on of southwesterly the On SOME STEAMERS ADDED TO THE OVERDUE FLEET The Southeaster Still Rages Along Coast. | CHANGES IN TOWBOAT MEN B CAPTAIN CLEM RANDALL GOES MASTER OF THE ELDER. S Rival Captains in a Fracas—Two Transports to Sail To-Day—Hood- lums Arrested on a Mis- sion-Street Car. e The coasting steamers are beginning to keep the “wind jammers”’ company. All of them are making very long passaes, | but none are so long overdue as to cause any uneasiness. The Portland is bar- bound at Astoria, the Empire and Homer are barbound at Eureka, while the Tilla- | mook, after battiing with the southeaster for twenty-four hours, ran back to port. The Tillamoc guna and Samoa all salled for Eureka for San Francisco last Saturday. The Samoa passed out early in the morning and this port yesterday. The Tilla- | mook, North Fork and Weeott passed out MAARasases as o8 oo B o e e s S X ¥ presented the en- | doubtless be a success | | on together, and while the former put back into port again the others continued to “buck” the gale and are coming along slowly to San Francisco. The collier Pro- greso, from Tacoma, was also looked for on Sunday, but she was 116 hours coming down on her last trip, so she may not be looked for until early to-day. Of the overdue “wind jammers” not a word has been heard. 1f the steamers cannot make headway against the gale, what chance has a sailing vessel? They will all come along as soon as there is a_change of wind, however, and not one of the fleet but will' have a hard luck tale to_tell One of the biggest changes ever seen In towboat circles took place yesterday. Captain Clem Randall of the tug R has taken command of the Oregon F road and Navigation Company's ste; George W. E > use as a tra was turned over to her owners. She will now be put on the run between San Fran- cisco and the Columbia River. Captain Randall is one of the best liked and most n in the towboat service on the many friends will be glad promotion to an ocean go- Captain Harry capable m coast, and to hear of h lll% steamer. he chances are that Marshall of the Fearless will take Cap- | tain Randall's place on the Rellef, and Captain John Silovich will take the Fear- less. Captain *“Joe” Trewen, who was been acting as mate of the Relief, will again go as master of the Alert, taking (‘uptnln Silovich’'s place. The tra ) Columbia and Dalny Vostok a sail for Manila to-day wit he Forty-second Regiment. The Colum- bia will ry the headquarters and band and five companies, the other seven com- panles goir n the Dalny Vostok. As soon as th vessels sall the Sherman will come in from the stream and will be got away again about next Wednes- week. probably on her last voyage as a troop- ship. n her return from Manila she may be turned into a freight transport. With the first of the year there will be ten Government transports in the San Francisco service, and all the chartered vessels will then be released. The Mead Logan, Thomas and two others are now their way from the East to Mani and will then come on here. One of these vessels and one of the fleet now here will be turned into freight shipn. The other | eight will carry troops. { Willlam Donaldson met with a surprise | | | During the past month | w! | Central | | hree seafaring men had a lvely little Boflers a few days ago. Cap- t of the barkentine neraux, formerly mate o Roanoke, and Captain passing examinations for promotion. neraux accused Schmidt of unfair prac- tices and Schmidt called Generaux a lar. mix-up followed, which ended In Schmidt being knocked out. It took three minutes to bring him around, and then he was not in a condition to continue his examination. Two hoodlums named Frank King and of Hul tain Schn “aptain ( party on a Mission street car Sunday night. There were three gentlemen and a lady and Officer Callahan of the harbor police force on the car. Callahan was in plain ciothes and the hoodlums, paying no attention to him, proceeded to run the car. They insulted the lady, smashed two of the men's hats over their heads and were making for the third man when King was laid out by Callahan with a right-hander. With the assistance of the conductor, the two men were placed under arrest’and charged at the police station with dis- turbing the peace. st EOAST O Will Consider Wharf £xtension. The Board of Harbor Commissiorers i1l hear the representatives of tne North Improvement Association con- cerning_the improyement of the water front of this port next Friday atternoon. The association favors the construction of a solld pler and several wharves north of Market street to provide better ac- commodations for the shipping of the port. Dr. Parker's Cough Cure. One dose will stop a cough. Never faile. Try it. All druggists. * ity S 8 i In the Divorce Court. Eugenle M. Collin has been granted a divorce from Francois L. Collin, on the ground of desertion. Sults for divorce have been filed by Mary T. Gomo against and northwesterly gales, accompanied by very North Fork, Weeott, La- | encounter in the office of the Inspectors | rmgard, | the | C.” Nelson were | m @ 1d brings over 4000 tons of cargo, but no & Sang. These vessels were chartered to D0 DL S 0 S UL Lou F. Gomo, for fallure to provide; Anna Bader against Gottlleb Bader, for | cruelty; Nanna A. Davis against George | A. Davls, for desertion. and Melissa X Smith against Charles W. Smith, for de- sertion. | —_————— BRIDE-TO-BE'S PREDICAMENT. Miss Maggie P. Pashion Cannot Get Possession of Her Wearing Apparel. [ Miss Maggie P. Pashion, a pretty girl 18 | vears of age, living at Jessle and Third | streets, secured a search warrant from | Judge Mogan yesterday to secure pos ion of wearing apparel and other arti- cles of the value of $100 from Mrs. Minnie | Laporte, 143 Silver street. 1 | She told the Judge that she was to be | married to Robert H. McCallum and the license had been procured, but as Mrs. Laporte has refused to give up possession of her clothes she was unable to dress properly for the oc She had lived with Mrs. I f four years, | and Mrs.” Laporte did not approve of her | marriage to McCallum and kept her | clothes out of spite. | | ~The girl's clothes are now in the pos- session of the Property Clerk, and the Judge will hear the casé this morning. His | sympathies are with the young bride-to- | be. and it is probable she will be able to | obtain her heart's desire this afternoon. | | e | OVERPAID ITS TAXES. Gas Company by Mistake Tenders | $40,000 Too Much. | In paying the taxes of some $:0,000 | terday the San Francisco Gas and| Zlectric Company, through an error of | | an employe of Wells, Fargo & Co.’s Bank, paid exactly $40,000 too much into the city treasury, or a total of $120,00. The error was discovered by Treasurer Truman's | deputles and the surplus money was re- | | turned to the bank's representative. | | When the bank opened yesterday morning one of the officials of the gas company presented a check for $40,00 and four | | sacks of money supposed to contain $10,x each were delivered to him and imme- | diately _conveyed to the Tax Collector's office. The taxes were paid with demands held by the company against the city for a little over $40,00 and the four sacks of coln supposed to contain $40,000 and a re- cefpt given. The money was taken to the Treasurer's office immediately and there the mistake was discovered and restitu- tion of the $40,00 made. SWELL SOCIETY AS HOOT MONS Goli Cotillon the Latest| Fad of Upper-Tendum. OCIETY is golng to have a “hoot | mon™ cotillon. The details for this | novel affair were all arranged to- | day. The ten patronesses prepared | | the 1ist of nvitations, decided upon the cotillon leader and chose the hall for the arty. The ladies who will act as| ses are Mrs. Southard Hoffman, | . Pelham Ames, Mrs. E. F. Preston, | Mrs. Josslyn, Mrs. Morgan, Mrs. McCu- | then, Mrs. Samuel Knight, Mrs. Murpny, Mrs. Kittle and Miss Hager. | December 23. from 3 until 7 in the after- noon, is the time set for the affair. It will be held at Cotillon Hall and the two hun- dred and fifty invitations insist upon cos- tumes. E. M. Greenw will lead the cotillon | clad like a_kilted Highlander. The se- | lection of Mr. nway for leader prac- tically settles who is Rex in cotillon cir- cles. Several of the ‘“cub” leaders, who are always in training waiting for the mantie of their superior to fail upon them, | had cherished hopes that this aftmr but Mr. Greenway is evidently still Re: No one in partlcular pleads gullty of originating the idea of a goif party. It growed” at an afternoon tea. The s all agreed that it would be great | | fun and to their surprise found that the | | men did not need coaxing. | It is to te strictly a “golf” party and | therefore will be held in the afternoon. | The ladies will wear golf boots, siort skirts, pink jackets and golf caps. The men wlfl he clad as Bonnie Prince Char- | lie in all his plaided glory was not. It | may take nine tailors to make a man, | but a “hoot mon” in knickerbockers and | | pink coat requires a dozen. ‘Pluk,” by | way of explanation, is the correct term | for the gol | Jacket, though it looks “scar- let” to those uninitiated in the argot of the links. This is soclety’s malden venture in the line of freak affairs. New York has had ts *'children partles, where adults |‘acted like 10-year-olds, Ifs “paper” balls and “animal” parties. But a “golf” party is something new under any sun. A VU e e |ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE COMMERCE COMMISSION | Will Consider the Matter of Railway Safety Appliances in Washing- ton Next Month. The following notice regarding rallway safety appliances has been issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission: “Notice is hereby given that numlerous raflroad companies have applied to the Interstate Commerce Commission for fur- ther extension of time (for the perfod of a year, or until January 1, 1901), within which to equip their cars and locomotives with automatic couplers and power brakes | as provided by sections 1 and 2 of an act approved March 2, 13, relating to the equipment of cars and locomotives with safety agpllanceu‘ and that a hearing upon such applications will be had at the office of the commission in the city of Washington, D. C., on Wednesday, De- cember 6, at 10 o'clock a. m., at which time and place all persons interested will have opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel, whether for or agalnst such extension, and may forward by mail any afdavit, statement or argument bearing upon thé question. By order of the com- mission, EDW. 'A. MOSELEY, “‘Secretary.” Ladies' taflor-made sults, fur capes, cloaks, Credit. M. Rothschild, 234 Post st, 'SHOT IN THE NECK | Republic, will in a short time send to Ad- Halo’s. ] Hale’s. store will be closed all day Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 30. Doctor Kindheart doctors dolls free toys and dolls and ale:s games—a ~u 200 Goobs. basement full the dinner and the day: the dinner | the day first, the table; snowy white table| \hether it's the game or not, the sets, linen damask covers and napkins | wearables are here; a hundred hints o match. then the table-ware— semi-porcelain made by Clementson and fancies for outdoors or indoors. Bros.,, England, decorated in pink, brown and blue spray of flowers. until Thanksgiving we are selling them at 25 per cent less than following reg- ular prices: $-inch dinner plates.. 7-inch breakfast plates 7-inch soup plates. 6-inch pie plates. sauce plates. butter pads 14-inch platter: 12-inch platters 10-inch platters. 8-inch platters bakers covered dishe: casseroles . pickles jugs gravy boats covered butter dish and drainer. cups and saucers...........dozen $1.40 ribbons all silk, first quality, plain and moire taffeta ribbon in all the lead- ing shades. ribbon 3%, 4% and 4% Inches wide all go in the lot a price; an ex- cellent opportur ave money on ribbon ruffles for Christmas sofa pil- lows and every use a wide, fine rib- bon can be put to. c yard .dozen $1.40 dozen $1.2 .dozen $1.2 .dozen $1. .dozen good gloves you w the left n you go to » there—good kept in re- harge soft nd only in mode, and clea our H. B lambskin, that i best French kid n tan, green, ack.. pa pliable to the white, gray sps navy brown and’ bl ladies’ 2-clasp caps English tans and lasp lambskin gl ladies’ 3-clasp Hte. very best French kid better glove; comes in a of colors and shades... Jouvin we have ymplete line . carvers 3-piece set, stag handle stered ends; set of 3..... 3-plece set of white cellu in art goods heavy satin cushion tops, designs of Spanish girl, cupids and on the Nile: a beautiful col ssortment...$2 each nished comp set of 3.. Solliel aloite E painted Cordel cushion tops.. de furniShI“gs finished complete with ribbe blanke of good quality, P secsase white wool, weighing 4% pound 60x80 inch: 3 100 pairs white e good for sheets and ironing blankets 48x72 inches........... ..4%5¢ palr sheets for double , unbleach- ed, with 2-inch hem; 81x90, 47gc; 90x 90, 50c. plllow cases—we hought a big lot before the price went up; they are here now, at money v 45x36......10c pair oo 54x36......14¢c pair 935, 937, 939, 941, 943, 945, 947 Market St. .51 n ruffle.. cesesene $6.50 each stamped and tinted cushion covers, design, basket of violets AP ] embroidered and mounted..$10.50 each stamped and tinted cushion covers, design, basket of roses..............50¢ embroldered and mounted..$9.50 each satin hand-painted cushion and two bottles, trimmed with lace and bows of ribbon .$3.50 set picture frames in university colors.. 25¢ each sets, 'ROBBERS POSE AS BY AN UNKNOWN MAN GOOD SAMARITANS LIVELY ROW IN AN EAST- THOMAS FITZSIMMOX STREET SALOON. Edward Burke, a Sailor on the Iowa, | ‘Wounded During a Heated Dis- pute With a Stranger. S HAS AN EXCITING ADVENTURE. Has His Wrist Broken and on His Way Home Is Garroted and Robbed. Edward Burke, one of the crew of the battleship Iowa, was shot in the neck by Thomas Fitzsimmons, 53 Minna street, | thought he had fallen into the hands of an unknown man in,an East-street saloon | three good Samaritans early yesterday Burke, who was under the in- | morning, but later he found to his sor- row that he had fallen among thieves. | He had hls wrist < ai e as to the broken late Sunday m""‘rl;‘ “(‘r'l’:r ::"1",:, N-n(lj the | DIEDt and was taken to the Recelving Drize-fighters, The saflor, Who is & warm pital, where it was attended to. He left the ‘hospital shortly after midnight, and while on his way home met three men. He told them of his mishap, and as he was suffering considerable pain they offered to see him safely home. They walked along together, and Fitz- ared that he could first round of admirer of Neill, dec have beaten Green in the Neill was repited whereupo sed by clearly outc! Burke promptly knocked nim down. After | simmans, at their suggestion. took them regaining bls feet the stranger drew a into a saloon and treated them to a revolver and fired at Burke. The bullet | qrip” He paid fos the five-dollar gold piece and they saw him put the change in his pocket. They left the saloon, and when they were In frons | of Tompkins' stables, on Minna street, tween First and Second. one of the ' tri threw his arms round Fitzsimmons' neci and strangled him. He took $4 50 out of Fitzsimmons' pocket and bolted, followed by the other two. Fitzsimmons yelled for the police his cries were heard by Policemen Sta and Cooney, wh 4 chased one of th Montgomery stre was cap- tured by Policeman D. Murphy. He was taken to the City Prison and booked on a charge of robbery. He was Identified by Fitzsimmons ‘as the man who strangled and robbed him. He gave the name of J. W. Boland, but was recognized later as Harry Baldwin an ex-convict. He served two years in Folsom penitentiary for shooting at Nat trol about $300 worth of damage was | Woods in Billy Abbott's saloon on Grant done. | avenue. He was released about two The place had closed about 6 o'clock | MORths ago. . and at that time there was no fire on the premises. About 7 o'clock Spectal grazed Burke's neck, making a superficial drinks with a wound. Immediately after firing the shot the would-be murderer ran from the sa- loon and made his escape. Burke was at once taken office, where the wound was dressed. Sub- | sequently he visited police headquarters and gave a description of his assailant to Captain Bohen, who detalled two of his men to arrest the shooter, but up to a late hour last night they had not succeeded in getting a trace of him. —_———————— PAPER FACTORY FIRE. Spontaneous Combustion Causes a Loss of $3000. | A Alsastrous fire broke out in the Bart- | lett Paper Can and Box Factory at 434 Jackson street about 7 o'clock last even- ing and before it could be held under con- to a doctor's d les Officer Gillen saw smoke issuing from the | front of the building and turned in an/ alarm from box 2. When the depart- | ment arrived the Interlor of the e was ablaze and in a short while the entire contents and fixtures were rer red use- lees by fire and water. The cause of the —*The American Porter’—has been demanded rs. but never before successfully at- on 1s supposed to have bee it is a perfected brew of the Ame Ot combuation " | Heiser-Busch Brewing Ase'n T T k. | —_—— Eureka's Storm Coming. To-day it behooves the careful citizen to don his storm gear. Up In Eureka 5.5 inches of rain have fallen since Friday and the zouthern edge of the storm will sweep this city tq-day. “While the eyin we may expect will not be cortinuous, yet we are likely to have some stray show- ers,” said Alexander McAdie last night. The rains wiil prove discouraging to Sac- ramento Vulley farmers, as, owing to the plentiful downpour this season they have | not yet got their crops sown. | —_———— There is no headache In Jesse Moore whis- key. That's because it is pure —————— Willey Will Contest. The defense to the contest Instituted against the will of the late Charles Wal- A Pillow for Dewey. Mrs. Bell Ingram, department president of the Ladies of the Grand Army of the ife | mirgl Dewey a beautitul piilow as a git e of the ladles of circles of California. filow has a hand-painted portrait of Olympia, by Mrs. Wil- | llam urrounded by ribbons in national colors, bearing the names of 30 ladies of the circles. On the reverse side | is a spray of popples worked by Mrs. In- gram. The pillow is a work of art in its conception and execution, and will bear with it the best wishes of the designer | and the ladies of the circles of California. —_————————— Safe-Crackers at Work. An attempt was made to break open the safe In the office of Moody's ware- house, 125 to 135 Bluxome street, Sunday | ter Willey by his heirs opened yesterday. night, but beyond breaking the combina- | All of the witnesses who testified were tion no damage was done. trance had | reputable business men of the city, and been effected by breaking open a side | gave evidence as to the sanity of the de- dvor. The police were notified yesterday | ceased. Argument In the case will be morning, but no clew has been olrlalm.-d] heard by the court and jury to-da a decision is expected at noon to-marremr to the safe-crackers. | Young or 0ld, Who would speedily regain their former vigep should wear DR. 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