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THE SAN FRANOISCO CALL, THURSDAY. ~ DECEMBER 7, 1899, OE DE LAVEAGA HEIR T0 A VAST LANDED ESTATE Judge Coffey Finds in His Favor. END OF A LON LONG LEGAL BATTLE Tw i cle, Who Con- t the Success gant’s Claims t the - fons of the t Cofl A f A A SEMENTS. Free to the Ruptured 'BOHEMIAN CLUB OPENS ITS ART EXHIBITION IN FORMAL STYLE tion of the counterfeit presentments was found with the fair subject of his pen and | brush. The sale shows the interest taken in the exhibit. Although the exhibition will not | be concluied until the 16th of this month many paintings havé already been ois- | posed of. The prices have been catalogued and the public buyers came to the display prepared for the offering. The opening was announced as formal, but was really | | informal in character. Music by a string orchestra, hidden by palms and floral | | Bo prolific has been the production of the | decorations, acted as an incentive to rhe | one | coming board - f bt e I sts and some of the visiting con- | artistic longings of the club's guests. At Dr. W. S Rice, the Well-known Au- itors that other rooms were necessary | no time during the afternoon was the thority, Sends Trial of His )r the exhibition of their paint In | club uncrowded. | Famous Method Free to AllL green room, red room and One of the paintings which attracted tae | 1 some of the gems of this exhibitiun |most attention Was a portrait of Miss Hey- | Fung. The halls are adorned | denfeldt by John Willard Clawson. It is | Any One Can Now Cure Themselves ate pictures everywhere the | hung ¢ north wall of the jinks roora at 1e Without Pain, Danger, A rayed something new greeted the | in a very prominent place. Joullin, Cnris gl by T Jorge . Francis McComas, John Sian- woman who attended the exhibt- counter- u- 1e From Work. w in th this afforded m visitor in e, was heard ances the artist s dc h oct dentif: loose in the prepaca- | Caden 0 have contri plctures. Orrin Pe Garden,” hung in the green 1 the greatest attention of Altogether the exhibi- been in excess of any preceded, both in number aand ed DIRECTORY OF RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. Catalogues and Price Lists Mallej on Application. JKS AND STATIONERY. THE SAN FRANCISCO NEWS COMPANY, COAL. COKE AND PIG IRON, 3.C. WILSON & C0., %55, Dastegy Strest, FRESH AND SALT MEATS. JAS. BOYES & CO., &35 FURS. J. N.LOFSTAD, -+ WESTERN FOUND RY ? DEALERS. WILLAMETTE ““&* A% PRINTING. r PRINTER, C 511 Sa ot., 8. P AND PRINTER, ererssc PARTRIDGE 2 v‘lflfilt ASH STEAM COAL, 2% i K at 4 VE s the Hest i 450 Mair LT 1. DALZALL CALIFORNIA R ANY coN " All private o book. © ity of pictures produced. ENTER PROTEST | TRADE DF THIS \TWASHINGTON. COAST MEWACED Business Injured by a| New Ruling. the r im his entire | wer to the they de- TEA IMPORTING New York Now Hop-| ing to Grab It. ‘ The tea importing trade of the Pacific Coast is threatened. ich is the interpre- tation of certain recent indi ations that prominent tea Importers of San Francisco ' mother condl- | The Treasury Department at Washing- | ton | has just made ruling that 1 great perturbation in rallroad cir- | the effect of the ruling will be to | a o scontinental lines of a ity o et batinene: which | entertaln. It is @ large business. Laat ransferred by reason of thé ruling | Year the importation through the port of TRy Victoria and | San Francisco amounted to 9,555,357 uver and the Panama route by |pounds. A great volume of trade also them poured in through th port of Tacoma, | tter from Assistant Spaulding to Collector .l.xrk-’ plain_the matter fully. The | Company and the l‘u«-llh" following ; which is the other tea importing point of Pacifi retary O. son will the Coast where there is a tea acific In the first nine months of the COMMISSIONERS OF POLICE TOOK SUMMARY ACTION Retired and Appointed Officers. B CHIEF LEES UNDISTURBED e He Will Hold Office Until His Succes- sor Is Appointed Under the Conditions of the New Charter. and after listening to e in the case of al Officer ( tiring four men, appointing five ficers and fining Policeman Wil rison $30 for being off his beat, adjourned seemingly satisfled with its efforts for night. Commi went oners Tobi session at 7 was also seated while Captains were In attendance ald. The t ca Special Officer Coyne. by Behrend Joost with him. _Evidence was offered by both sid and %ifter a number of wi were examined the Commissfoners 1 the charge: . Officer William Harrison, one of the most popular men on the force, was fined nd Gunst Chiet neil Alvord 3 o'clock at the ¢ ta- Spillane and Gillen ready to lend their was that was accus having assaulted into dism half his month’s salary for being off his beat Harrison was caught comi out of a restaurant at a time hen he should have been on his rounds, The unlucky policeman informed the Commissioners that he relt cold and had dropped In the cafe to get a cup of c fee. He afterward stated that had h not waited to m would not have been cau; He th his midnight meal was rather expensive President Tobin stated in open hat £ Lees would hold successor was_appointed the Although the Chief’s term had already expired, the present Comm sloners refrained from tak action out of courtesy to the Sergeant T. D. somq doughnuts he until ir succe arnstead. Patrick Mun- h Amos Williams and Thom: J. Dug an were retired on account of age disability; d Phillip Reill Harry Braig, Robert Watt Kentzel, a son of the late ptain Kentzel; Willlam R. Proll ind George Cashel we appointed to the rce. The latter was made @ eman at the request of e who has | taken a friendly i Cashel since the day he pu te Lieutenant Burke out of the reach of the deadly poured g,!,‘,. the _officers by cker box.... .$2.25 aynes, the ec ser, who is now : y e serving' a. life for killing the Scrap Books—Extra large size, with gi't anl brave officer. | lithograph covars..,.. .15¢ The case of Officer Filben, who w brought up b board f rre ing the proprie a Chines laundry for creating a nuisance, was continued for two wee [ e | At present do not know just how heir busin b ected 2 e flrm of J. A city is a member of the Experts. He ¢ intervicwed LY. is tea examiner of the - ernment at this po The loc tea im- porters are that Mr. Platt will not tak to their detriment. Apprais Dare f fidence in_the accuracy examina- tions of Toohy plaint has been made against h the Tre Department. is 4 matter ¢ great importance to the coast Mr. Dare. “I have no knowledge of any i Washington. 1 am interested success of t merchants of Cal I hope they will be sati: ne at Tacoma may » the tea samples for Hitherto the San F s made the Inspections d also for Los ONED THE DOG AND THEN ROBEED THE HOUSE | Thomas Magee’s Vacant House Strip- ped of Its Fixtures—Capitalist Kavanagh's Terrier Killed. police are searching for a g rs who entered aca the corner of Vap Ne at 5 house n s a e and Eddy street on Tuesday night and stripped it of gas fixtures, lead pipe and other valu- = article Thomas ¥ italist, avanagh, the well-known cap- whose residénce adjoins the va- visited police ~headquarters night ‘and reported the crime. He d that the house was owned b Magee, the real estate agent, and r' knew nothing of the rab- He is extremely angry because th loes poisoned his valuable fc and he to sec them and punished. cant hous last v would like ught of | 1 in- | To-day and Friday only—Choice CREAMERY B ER, the regular 50c squares, 400 (TR s | Open E i pen Evenings. § L Concert To-Night at 7:30 by The Emporium Orchestra. : Santa Claus—To-day, 10 to 12 a. m. and 1:30 to 3:30 p. m. : | Box of candy for every child accompanied by parents or guardian. 3 |2 The Emporium in MiniatureThis remarkable holiday § | spectacle, made entirely of handkerchiefs, is the talk of the city. % | Fifty feet long, seven stories high, it shows every detail of the % | exterior of The Emporium building from sidewalk to flagstaff. % Now on exhibition in the east show windows. Do not fail to see it. : Hawaiian Quintet and Gilee Club The famous musical organization whose charming folk-songs and national music cre- ated such a furcr at the Midwinter Fair in this city will sing and play at The Emporium to-morrow (Friday) evening. EerrEERRERY PEPERERRRERRERRERRERRRRY § tddd d4d Ldd ‘J.R.'.RRRRR'.'MRR'.R'MR!I':-‘ L ddddaddddddddddd dd ddd s d 'Gifls. Holiday | Photograph Albums—Coluoii covers, with | beautitul floral designs in natural colors, heavy glt | edge photo leaves, accommodating 24 cabinet pictures | —each... .$1.00 Photograph Albums, more elaborately finished, $1.50 to $10. Autograph Albums 1, g covers. - e Larger and prettier Aloums.. Toilet Sets Mirior, handsoms celluloid ease Toilet and Manicure Fittings—A conyleie s case, for.. % Collar and Cuff Box Very uwseful presect fo- variety of stylec, in all sizes— pric:s range upward ir Glove and Handkerchief Set -linds:m boxes with embossed wording and flowers in varic that prices upward from........... Work Boxes and Baskets—Congletey with scissors and other sewinz implements. ... Toilet Mirrors—With very handsoms hand-painted porcelain backs, French plate, round glass ring handle —each S— |¥ Comb and Brush SetsPrush huni | painted, porcelain back, with chased silvsr- | plated frame, fine bristles, tortoise shell comb with chised slver-plated back, put up in neat This new all-wool Golf Gape, in brown and blue, or black and white, finished loth strap and rows of stitching, plail backs each—on special sa e while ¢ Golf Cape—Fxira long, douhle f long , sclid color o1 navy, brown ) red p'aid back, hood, flounce and . s §13.50—special while the lo ok .$8.45 New solid fancy color Sateen Underskirt, fi quality, lined all through colors red, with ta g dddd dd ad i dd lasts cerise, purple, 3 Y 5 H Iy b Y 5 » S S Special Sale of - - - Trimmed Millinery To-day ani Friday oniy we offer thrae lots of Fine Mi- splendidly trimm>d in our best maaner and made cf 2 class materia's, at a little more than half their re:ular values: §8, $9 and $10 Hats— choice ‘or. $11, $12 and $13.50 Hats—choice for, $15 and $18 Hats—choice for.. gz THE EMPORIUM Packed and in tin boxes for : GoldenRule Bazaar. shipment CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST--AMEKICA'S ORANDEST STORE. ALALARARAALAAALARARAARQR AARALAAALARAARAAA A A NN AR AR AR AR AR AL AR R A AL AR LA AR TR AR AR AR AAN R AR A AR AA A AR AAAAAAAA AR AR AR AL AAAATAARNCAA AR AA AR AR AR AARARRARA AR RAARAR R AR A AR AR ERRRERRRRRRRERERRE R ERRy ¥ N anana | | there was da The a source or more BARBER-SHOP BUYER CHARGED WITH FRAUD GILBERT BOUGHT ON CREDIT, wh | The first ¢ | of tl ip Company intend to ar_the importations of tea to R Aing th i F he he 1 " 2 loyal to his 5 - < Aceording to his story he heard the dog R CASH. during t h him birth. sury Department a | » port of San Francisco amounted to | barking about midnight, but paid no at- DISPOSED FO .u‘,§. 1 court : T IS T pounds. These figures sufficiently | tentlon to it because it Wwas a nightly o s | R -t be Inferrec artment is in receipt from Col- | Hllustr > exte S ths currence. He is now sorry that he did | g | of th - Maria e | toctes of Custome &t Ban. Francisco of & tete | Lt “‘l"‘”n:‘i“,i‘: ‘f’:_m‘."“w‘f“ import | /0t rse and investigate the faithul | Winston, N. C., Scene of the Sale and LA H cl imant 8s A ool e o et ialio &5 >“'1”“|":1’-(uflun‘('tl[np'm{:””[.lfzr{ creature was trying to warn his master of | San Francisco’s Tenderloin the b g 3 . er for par- inf ko s ey gl e o8 i at | the presence of the burglars. e next ind- % are when this ¢ . his o} to_ bim [ ber 13 188, probibits the shipment of mer- | move the freights over the Pacific and | morning the dog was d lying stiff in Wind-Up of Pleasure e TTE o Cotte the claima cent islands and vice versa, under the act of r that menaces San Francisco | meat which had been evidently thrown| v 1 g fugee from justice | which J. Goodman §s chalrman s Laveaga, and ! yupe 10, 180, or is lmited to shipments to | In this regard Is the greed of A York. nine by the criminals. Th J oo was arrested yes- | manager was Mre. 8. Hill his own right comes a or to Mexico, in view of the that | The story is a long one. It begins with an valued by Mr. K from R N es Wiaies % th of the entire to arrive from New York un- | order two months ago to the Collector of 4 n to him by Archit terday morning by Depu : § = Jose Vin- fate transportation entries for export | the Port of San neisco and also the| The police have their cyes on a crowd | Marshal Henry Moffitt on a warrant is- valued etc ¢ | Collectors of all other tea importing ports | of hard char s who hang around in | gyed by United States Court Commisston- | % and_brot R I have to inform you that {nited States. with the exc ption | the Vicinity of Polk street. Ar er Heaooc DOCTOR the the decision nber (T. D. 2 v York, to send to the tea examiner | loss wil int to nearly $oin ver 12 of this year Gilbert, who t prohibits generally the shipment of merchan- | > United States at New York for the | Kavanagh's I irrepar On October 12 of this year Gilb 0 hrough the United States in transit under th SRty Whre. merch was adjudi . rrat o dise through the United n tra | period of six months from the date of the —_————— B p s D b s | s counsel for gl L e acivin Wil | ¥ our-ounce samples of all im- | cated a I s tavrraasirtet L 20! N Siadog in tha OBl . whether admitted to entry or| ~TELEPHONE ORDINANCES. District Court for the western district of 3 " Thomas intended for ex | not, for the purposes of comparison. 5 B 3 North Carolina. = After he had filed his nd Daniel or to Mexl; | This order was made known soon to the | License Committee, After Listening tement it w ..-Iullt.’\ his ;'r;-nx:;\'.i GIVE MEN utes, or to and f | fmporters. waat action has been taken | to Protests, Defers Action. | $500% 1n cash w nt t ud them. o s of the trea elsewhere ot knows >acific 1 . £ e '"D,':f e San Francisco Importers moveq | Representatives of the Pacific Telegraph | warrant n isxued for his § nd helir thereby exit, and | possible to make a protest. and Telephone Company appeared yester- | arrest by the United States Distric ourt ; za. met defeat N por I makibe | as made upon the ground | day before the License Committee of the | Commissioner of the western dis o e K and . e sh | et i e o sen SamPples to the examiner | Huard of Supervisors to argue on the pro- | that State on December 2 and the Federal oo it ¢ he daughter ¢ no_ provision of | Bl e that oficlal to he oticet Of | est ugainst the passage of an ordinance | authorities here wer no Curuin ana || And Cure the Following Ailments : e . : e Rt d tha position of | imposing a tax of $1 a « er on nickel- or him. \ 3 Jose N 7 s 1808 b8 ihet Aet P reintes 10 he | Supervising examiner, an office not recog- | in-the-siot attachments lice Detectives Cody tbson traced |} Kigney Diseases |Lost Manhood - th ispmi o e transit through | N1zed in the tea law: also that it would | providing a penalty in ilbert to his room at Muson street: || Bladder Diseasgs [Sleeplessness He the ted States 0 i lie within his 1each to injure the com- | number is not given af has | and he was caught by ¥ _Moftitt on et Dl sdnns P sldade S ve William A referred merce_of tea importing ports other than | been dropped. At Pillsbury | Kllis street, near Powell, just after he had || Liver Diseases despondency < ; L. Plerce | irtation New York. - addre the committe simed that | left his room. = o o a || Hesrt Diseases (Nervous D:bility lading an otest made a g 2 l_:\‘.:;;b:- the board was not empowered foplpase =i weeks a6 e et and askea | | Soine Diseases General Debility | red to and of the ports | ing of the Treasury Department took up | that if the ordinance was passed it would | the proprietor what price he would sell | Stomach Diseases Loss of Memory Ignatius. cified in the isomens & | the hint that the power to control the tea | be taken to the courts, which he confi- | his shop for. Glibert was under the infit Private Diseases |Biood Poison = | and the sa - appralsement of | trade of the coun might be given to | dently believed would decide against it of lquor, but he evidently meant e Conception | such merc shall be reduired and had | the tea examiner at New York by the car. | Secretary T. W. Eaton of the company | ss, and when_the proprietor named m St natius ‘"”';“»“'_’-‘ would have been | rying out of the original order. Mr. | followed said that the ordinance | $2000 as the price Gilbert drew $i00 from ) he last EEAS SOI e it Srtval. it euch ilding wrote a letter, in fact, in which | would involve an expense of $50,000 a year. | his pocket and handed it to the barber as s at m., wi lemn high L s consumption sald: “It VIng been shown that it | New contracts would b 10 be made en- | & deposit. He went away and returned in » i In ng Ba oleais entry for warehouse and transportation | WAS not the intention of the instructions | tailing per cent of the sub- | about an hour with 3150, the remainder | § [ ATIENTS ~MAY DEPOSI THE r t - " merchandise above referred to involves | 10 clothe the tea examiner at New York | scriber: company already paid a | of the purchase money. and tonsorial price o cure e M s sermon in and the production of & Auie | With power to supervise the findings of | quarter and a revenue of | establishment became his. It is belleved | | bank to be 5 . er they are w by Rev. | cotified involce. You will be governed accond. | Other tea examiners it is not deemed ne- ., which was largely In excess of its | Ly the detectives that Gilbert succeeded |} or may pay in mon talimer | ingly. cessary to reply to that portion of the ome. He urged that the nickel | jii transterring the property a third | letter expressing the apprehension that it | boxes were simply a record of the number before his arrest. This person fs would lie within his reach to injure the | of switches used, which r iifard, Gilbert's bosom friend, | commerce of other tea importing ports | tofore kept in out fo this State with him. [ further than to state that it Is the belief | much dissatist | JIt is alleged that Gilbert went to New of this_department, based upon reports | been Introdu a view to reducing | York, is we nown, and ugh + A Finty-Cent plece by iteelf fs vague, but when it fis received as to the official conduct of such | the cost of the telephones to the public, | ,,,‘, cre $15.000 worth of hardware, and | attached o a share of our stock It then has a value examiner, that his examination of teas is | In regard to the other ordinance on his return to Winston sold the goods | nhich is FULL OF MEANING. This you will read- wholly impartial and uninfluenced by geo- | failure of the compan 1 for $$000. a ““unparalleled in that | oy Rin sl o graphical considerations sired number, Eaton stated th en. He at once came to this city and P ATt Wi dnyestigats our offer, ;IQUES AN 18 At the same time Information was re- | pany stood ready to pay roseate trail behind him in the ten- | ENTED, and in the most promising portion of ceived here that the order was issued at | wrongfully exacted and that err $ maximum penalty for his | the Famous Kern River Ol District, with OIL WELLS the instance of the Chairman of the | omissions were quite likely to occu offense is imprisonment in the peniten- | ADJOIN -not mile v. Thi confd, . Board of Tea Experts. which sits at New | the mechanism Was not pe t. tiary for tw Ars. e Bt S e i ’“;" o York, and that the idea had been enter- | tendent Louls Gla t the com L —_——— | | a s holdings 1s proven by the fact that al ned at Washington that the wishes of | pany had been ab) e the rates 1de’'s Winter Social. | #tock of the incorporators is held In escrow, not to be the chairman represented equally well the | only by the use of the nickel-in-the-slot | Alcalde’s b e | released until such time as the company is on a divi- desires of the other members of the|attachments. oo Ay ¢| Alcalde Parlor of the Native Sons of the | dena paying basts. Omy T e ¢ Board of Experts. Supervisor Algeltinger was in favor olden West gave the first of its winter § snle; and as Hmibed amoit o s e e Joe, The dutfes of the Board of Experts has | acting on the ordinances immediately af- | Gollen West gave, the Hise of ite winter DR, MEY PR . AN e sold at 0 NTS been supposed be only the establish- | ter the argument was finished, but Super- | 50¢14 b (s S e b g San Franck R SHARE. Don't buy stock uptil you have ing of tea standards once every year for | visor Black’s motion to defer considera- | building last night. hl- l‘)'i' evenings, 9 t E looked carefully Into what we have to offer. All infor- the guidance of the trade, and also the | tion until t Monday morning prevailed, | to give one of these on the first Wednes- ELEVATOR mation cheerfully given maps for the asking, five tea -examiners. respectively at New York. San Francisco, St. Paul, Chicago and Tacoma. There was sbemingly a sug. gestion that the Board of Experts might [ and valuable prospectuses and | i [ be used as an appeal board, which was | | STERLING OIL AND DEVELOPMENT CO, 85-36 Crocker Building, Third Fioor. DIRECTORS: W. S, Gage, Vice-Pres.; J. C. Hampton, N. something entirely new. The tea exam- ners, it may be explained, act independ- ently of one another, being selected by civil service examinations. The representation that the order would | have only the effect of bringing about | uniform tea examinations did net quiet | the apprehensions of the San Francisco tea fmporters in the least. They still sea the danger in this innovation and are awaliting_anxiously advices from Wash- ington which may arrive in a few dava Pres.; J. A. Bunting, K. Masten, H. H. 0000000000000000000000 | 800000 when some recommendation will be mad. to the board at its meeting in the after noon. ——————— In the Divorce Court. Sophie M. Blum has been granted a di- vorce from Myrtle Blum on the ground of willful negleet. Lydia Steiner was grant- ed a divorce yesterday from David E day of each month to its lady and gentle man friends who are not members of the | order of Native Daugh Native Sons, " | The one last night was in point of num- | bers in attendance and interesting fea- NOTHINC SO COOD! — — oy For harmess amusement tures for the entertainment of all a de- The committee, cided success. of L. J. Hurl wylel | preseiited an anteder consisting | ,_A. Rah- R. Davi for our boys, our girls Steiner_on the ground of failure to pro- | up of a vocal solo by Miss Mortor:; Spar O el vide. Suits for divorce have been filed by | ish dance, Miss Hazel Wolf: spacialtie ,‘ ol e C ka8 “RUa Manuel B. Costa against Theresa A. B.| M. Scanlon; buck and wing dancing, Mr. | BER-TIPPED KIFLE Costa for desertion, George Hanning | Humphreys; vocal solo, Miss Kavanaugh: | PISTOR. Try your ate: at 616 against Grace Hanning for desertion and Barbara Markel against Willlam Markel for desertion. iolin solo, C. A. Krone, and recitation, E. Lastredo. The committee served ice- cream, cakes and lemonade, after which Market st FREE. ELASTIC TIP tees and T Paten-