The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 16, 1899, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUPERVISORS LP I ARMS AGAINST ATTORNEY LME Resentment Over His| Strictures. —— TELEPHONE ABUSES MUST GO FINAL ACTION WILL BE TAKEN MONDAY. . The Board Refuses to Be Blocked in Its Proposed Reforms by the Stand of the City Attorney. RARE PP ODIDIDILIBOP PGP IPIP0903 000000060 iode QP00 090370620000 06P 05 0DeDeb e which 1 but its ou past suec 1 to > of incendlary pose a third able HE WAS NOT MURDERED. BUT DROWNED HIMSELF YFLLOW SENSATION EXPLODED BY FAOTS. . boun and ed Bush Dead Man Not a Sailor, Nor Killed by Others, but Took His Own The theater » only damage suf walls and the | FIRE FIEND OF A HOODOO THEATER SOUGHT BY POLICE L g e S S AP D S SPUP P “The Comedy” Thought to Be the Prey of an [ncendiary. Fire Marshal Towe Is Investigating All the Movements of| Coionel Stone, a| Suspect. e L . ® . . L4 . L 4 - & . . PS - D@ | P ¢ & | . ® . - see Jake Rauer, who he claimed was his friend and from whom h pected to get sufficient money to tide him over his fin- | ancial difficulties. The watchman, who the police say was | und influence of liquor, a few min ut r left the theater to get a Jrink Ston tside and he would have y the detectives | argue, to re-enter the playhouse and sect { fire to it. It is known that he did not ap- e until some iime af- v his debts ny money e B rious ar | magie. Suspiclon was directed | and he As custody. 8 y deranged he | L 4 inzanity and sent ¢ | to the Stockton Asylum for the Insane. 1 | Several months later he escaped and went ¢ | to Honolulu. I * O+64-0404000+00040020/ * 1/ & bt ® * & + b | @ * © *| 3 0 d| S . . kS | : + i L 4 ! * | & | & . - 2| ] + { @ . 54 PY ? : Dt 1 5§ @ @ g 3§ 3 ® D FICHTING . THE FIRE 1 3 FROM THE RooF TOPS o/ 3¢ ’ — i O+ 00006000000 +00000000i—o 0 Adn e o o o o e Life, So the Jury WHERE THE FIREMEN HAD THEIR FIERCEST FIGHT. Decided.. T Doad 7t oo The Joes 1 ntered into negotiations with Elling-) The origin of the fire is a matter of | and fs fully to rent the Alhambra peculation. Madame Fabri-Mueller's A w = was pricked and|a&nce. The foll ¥ to burn,” | company of German comedians had a re . it he fore- | hearsal in the theater during the fore- | q ° United | noon, but after they retired th» walch- | . e for Stone man, James Clark, says that he inspootad | a float at B er he de- the premises and found everyth Wednesday by the| Cl2 » had lost & portion of his| proper condition. The Fillpino clreus s W el dth in a disastrous mining | which has been searching for @ placs of was to the effect many of the firemen had narrow aised to pay the amount on Iethmefor saversl deye: Loundiaheiter in dered about a | escages from injury during the progress v oo operty room of the old theatsr. They S et (b ¢ homa oF them were. dariousty | o EUInENoUSS becime suspictous and or- | were to pay & cortain amount for he ac. triking mem. B iy meus. MSiOUBLY | nire me out of the theater, together | cor but when their manager, an vessel then irilon of the roof when it fell | With his company. Incensed at the action e, falled to pungle the : hing for safety grabbed a plece | °f Ellinghouse the “colonel” uttered loud | were ordered ' off . the . pramises. ALy Rt e s gy threats and procuring a bowle | “Colonel” Stone interviewed thy ‘ & of h ngers burning r flames Lelo standing on t 00f when ay beneath him and ju bbed by members of Engi have been a » and a pistol that looked 1 in the war of the r 1t with the fix » theatrical wife, on 1y had been throw Sllinghouse and plead allow the “stars” to per- teh- broke man a short time before the fire cut ! * theater while he went to a neighbor: for refreshments. While h= was 1 that there was a light 1d rushing back found a ng on the stage. He fought it se from one of the fire plugs un- epartment arrived, 2 compa Alhambra ed with him te form. st g i o - "It will break my husband’s heart if | 3 was originally the Alham- i s o Fosmedlad v < »d by sev- | You don't,” she tearfully remark . YOu | bra Theater, and gained a_reputation as ok anisd by know he Is 5o wrapped up in them. tha heme ¢ trelsy in San Franciseo, : Disht meouring | o Monishe her 1 ENng- | Tt was ther “Billy” Emerson scorad At - low the troupe of | hys first s ter the na rs to occu W changed > ek He confide y o er. and under XFe theater es were in- ne would at least keep h > Hall was 1 I | strucied (o arrest him and lock him wp | bromise to pay the rent, but in this e tleton made her hit there | e dron belonged | pending further investigation. | was mistaken. dness Sake Don't Say I the Harbor nissed just four. ot alking hurriedl e Fire Marshal at once informei of Summoning two of Captaln Towe started in pursuit of * but was unabl mur- t the time of the terson 1 ed that the de- estin, t on the edge of the one, 1t 1= sald, has been plqued at Alf to do Ellinghouse bodily harm. When 8tone and the company of hun- gry Flltpinos arrived here the “colonel” himself tied the weight y erson said that the float was A very public place near his body and nghouse, one of the lessees of the body was | theqter, r his _action in having low tlde, | him and the band of barn-stormers Ject- red In the aq trom the theater. It is said that ha | e -‘(,"'uf;lquv: ewore to be revenged and even threntened | noon the About a week ago Ellinghousa rented the Bush-street Theater for an indefinite | period. Stone after being ejected from the You." As far back as 1576 Tony held the boards in the then popu resort. and a long string of othar wall- r a Palace and other hotels took his company | known artists have appeared there. Dur- to the Bush-street playhouse, as he had | ing later years a hoodoo has hung over » overtake | no other place to go. They were instalied | the place. " Theatrical managers wha have in the property room of the theater and | unceriaken to conduct the playhouse have | proceeded to iake themselves at home. | met with financial failures. FEverything Again Stone falled to pay the rent of the | that was undertaken thera went wrong. theater, and the wandering band was | until the theatrical people feared the place again thrown Into the street. and for vears its doors have been closed after 1 o'clock yesterday after- colonel” went to the theater | and meeting the watchman severely orit. Cized Ellinghouse and swore to. be re- venged on him. He sald he was golng to Bhardy ular resort. Recently it had been the Comedy Theater, waero a performance has been given semi-occa- Sl‘ nally by a company of German come- ians. ",'f",."",’"_" men and others | 7 e > ,and night and that noreas | DEFENSE OF FAIR’S CHILDREN NOT GOOD JUDGE TROUTT SUSTAINS MRS. McCormick was the CRAVENS X FFe hered 1o the murder A he was a land t w & granny knot | Petition for an Allowance for Main- from the ten command- | tenance Will Now Go to Trial on Its Merits. hey ¢ k rowned him somewhere he Coroner, sarcastical- his body to the fioat For a second time Judge Troutt has sustained the demurrers of Mrs. Nettie R. Craven to the separate answers of Charles L. Falr, Teresa A. Oelrichs and Virginia Vanderbilt, and her application for a family allowance from the estate of the late James G. Fair heard on its merits. In his opinion Judge Troutt says: “In the separate answers offered by the mdents it is in effect alleged that 1897, on the children’s applic ribution to them of a portion of al property of the estate, it was o8 a verdict of su Handsome Christmas Presents. The Taber-Prang and Hargreaves art Is, water col colored make Christ- banguet lamy re also the ve 'ttflt*fit'itttfi.'tfifit. ‘when proven petitioner from I;:fomendod that these facts PEXR AN NN NN will estop and debar the will now be | asserting herself to be the decedent's widow, and hence will defeat her applica- tion for an allowance out of the estate. “By refere to section 1466 of the Code of Civil Procedure It appears that it is For three successive years Mrs. Lowen- berg has entertalned the clubwomen at a breakfest, and these affairs have come to be looked upon as one of the delightful feature: the duty o e court to make such rea- s of club life. llow out of the estate of a | ables, which were set In the Maple decedent as s 1 be nece: ry for the » Were arranged in the form of a hol- maintenance of the widow during the| ! quare. Madrone berries and great rogress of the settlement of the estate. chrysanthemums made a most ef- t is conceivable that a decedent’s estate | fective table decoration. Seated at table might consist entirely of separate prop-| Was the entire membership of Mrs. Low- erty and be entirely disposed of by will | Cnberg’s club, the Philomath; all the la- | to some other person other than the wife, | d1€s of the Laurel Hall, of which club the Nevertheless, the widow, it Is apparent, hostess was oresident for three years, | would be entitled to a reasonable allow- x ¥ ; A % | decreed by court that they were the k _ Copics of The Call's great | 30l¢ heirs o the decedent and hence entl; x Christmas Edition, worapped % | the whele of such pro actual knowledgs X ond ready for mailing, can »|as well as constructive notice of the ap- x be obtained at all news deal- 3| %5BRoriunity then to prove that she, w t ers, or at The Call business % | erl iy 1l (o Such share i sncks dia: & ofice. Please piace your or- x| .‘.flfi: s the Ueeres: dectarine She” chiaiss | « der at once, as the supply %' deeaents sole heirs | eiiega. © woill be limited. é petition, "Oh Tha: i S ignse o her i the 18ents of the Century, Soro- California, Corona, Ebell, Oakland nd Channing ‘Auxiliary, respectively. Besides the very excellent menu the fol- lowing toasts were among the delightful features of the gathering: ance out of the estate for her mainten- ance during the period of time designated by the statute. “Likewise. it appears to me if a widow directly or indirectly waives her right to share in the partial distribution of her| ‘‘Veneering,” Mrs Loul We deceased husband's estate and even fails | -‘Moths, i e D Lilfenthal; ! to resent another's claim, on an applica- | Mrs. Helen Fecht: “Straws, Hon for partial distribution. that he fs | Symmes; ‘Fencing. M the decedent's ole heir. yet she may ap- | \Oho(s.7 Mre. George J ply to the court for the statutory allow- | :.{“f‘." g :‘"‘{"‘«“- 1t . ance of a reasonable amount for her tem- fobert siaocln ¥, Switt: Mrs. Robert Mackenzi 3“('!. A, L. Brown; * Villard B. Harrin, i F. Merrill. et Mrs. I Lowen ing and Mrs. ( as_toastmistre porary maintenance. Hence I am of opinfon that the demurrers should be sus- tained as were the first interposed by the petitioner.” CLUB WOMEN AT LUNCHEON Mrs. I. Lowenberg Enter- tains 200 Guests at the Palace. Two hundred representative clubwomen met at luncheon at the Palace yester- day afternoon, the guests of Mrs. I. Low- berg delivered the greet- orge W. Halight officiated assisted Mrs. Lowenberg Buests were: Mrs. Wil- liam Haas, Mrs. 1. Hecht, Mrs. M. J. Brandenstein, Mrs. 8. Lillenthal, Mrs, M. Heller, Mrs. ‘Charies L. Ackerman, Mrs. 8. Nickelsburg, Mrs, J. Hirschfelder, Mrs. A. Brown, Miss S. § Brown and Mre. A. 1o Hromes, s8 Hilda The Man With the Hoe. Loan exhibition, . tufe of Arc. " on- Mark Hopkins Insti It is said that the study of German fs enberg, the president of the Philomath | incrensins i Pat the study o Club, English 15 on mr:'fa?énflfi RSty | | first effect of the deal, If it is finally per- | edge that a | “HOBOES” BECOME BURGLARS. | frankly | burglary | ris, | the pi 4 | around we thought it Eliother: pecploR peone @® | way back t | offl, Clark left him in the front office of | $ | | | | tection over his head only a part of the SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16. 1899. ONE MILLION 1§ THE MEASURE OF CANNERIES DEAL Large Consolidation Is On Foot. BLOCKS OF STOCK ARE SOLD R EASTERN MERCHANTS ARE IN THE FIELD. e Local Capitalists Are Interested in a Scheme to Purchase Canneries That Are Outside of the Combine. Fe——— A deal of large size and of much public | interest, affecting the canning industry of | California, is on foot. The amount in- | volved is $1,000,000 and it may be more. According to very good authority Frank S. Johnson of the Johnson-Locke Mercan- | tile Company, who is at the head of the | deal, has secured subscriptions in :he East cipally in New York and Phil- . amounting to $730,000, for stock | new ration which aim the n and operation of cer- tain California canneries that are >ut-| side of the combine. The information is to the effect, however, that the subscrip- s are conditional upon securing op- s on certaln canneries that nave not 2 s on their prop- that curing a price mates of the Eastern pur- ck, who a principally le grocers. Some local capitalists the deal. S are also reported to be in 1s | with in some quarters, but the | crecy Is maintained all around andden! met are has for its| what are words at Christmas time? you must see our toys and prices to appreciate them ? this is a big store, full to overflowing with all sorts of Christmas things; and matter which way you turn, it will greet y with cheerfulness, worthiness and pract prices remember—children’s day to-day. 0935-947 Market st. CHRISTMAS GIFTS ARTISTIC CALENDARS WEDGEWOOD WARE o VIENNA NOVELTIES ‘ STYLISH CORRESPONDENCE PAPERS | FINE LEATHER GOODS | n is substantially the state of af- Mr. Johnson will probably return from New York within the next fortnight. His interest in the transaction fs that of a | The Johnson-Locke deals largely in dried fruits and also In canned fruits to | some extent. The mpanies outside of | the canneries combine rep: ent a very | arge output. An estimate is made that | e capacity of two of the concerns alone is fully 1,000,000 c: ese are the Cal- | {fornfa Canneries Company, Limited, and the Code-Portwood Company of tais city. In addition to these two the dea! takes in mention of the Golden Gate PackingCom- pany of San Jose. There is no quest that Mr. Johnson has placed a very la: amount of stock in the East upon some terms. Private letters have been re- ceived here from agents of the canning companies mentioned {n which names of some purchs e made known. The fected, will be that ‘practically all the canning business of the State will be un- der the control of two conceras. the pres- ent combine and the new one to be tormed. At the office of the California Canneries Company yesterday denial was made that n_option had been given to Mr. Johnson for the purchase of the company’s prop- erties, or otherwise, but knowl- eal was being attempted was | . | dmitted. Two Convicted by Judge Mogan of Having Burglars’ Tools in Their Possession. Willam Harris and Fred Turner, who | were arrested late Wednesday night at Fell and Filbert streets by Policemen Carrfer and O'Connor for having burg- lars' tools In their possession, appeared before Judge Mogan yesterday. They | were acting suspiciously, which fact at- tracted the attention of the officers, and when they were searched each had a plece of iron s d at the point like a ‘Jimmy." They are genuine specimens of the “hobo,” and when the Judge asked them what ‘they were intending to do they admitted that eir object was v. “We were hungry,” said Har- ad to do something. We found | s of iron on the water front and | went out on the cars to look for a suit- | able place to break into. After wandering | s sinful to take | and were on our ter front when the and h cers Harri from Iili rrest nneapolis and Turner met on a brakebeam 1 this city. The Judge tale of being hungry mversion and ordered s. between Portland and did not believe the! and their sudden - | them to appear for sentence this morning. | —_—— Best place to get your glove orders is at the 12 in | Factory, 121 Grant ave. Danicheff and Fedora. * —————— DANGEROUS ARC LAMPS. A Severe Shock Received Through a Steel Umbrella Handle. ey | Thomas A. Selfridge, a marine engineer, | has sent to the Board of Supervisors a | communication calling attention to the ising from hanging arc lamps er the sidewalk. This, he | states, endangers life every day, especiai- | when it is raining. In support of this ssertion he recited the experlence of a gentleman who was severely shocked on | Market street, near Fifth, on Thursday | evening. The man was attracted by a gaudy show-window and approaching he held 'his umbrella, which was open, over his head to keep off the rain. The steel rod came in contact with an arc light and its owner was knocked out in an in- | stant. It took some time for him to recover, and Mr. Selfridge states that had the fuli | force of the electricity reached the man it would have killed him. It happened that at the time he was holding the pro- thumb came in contact with the iron rod, the rest of the hand grasping the wooden handle. Mr. Selfridge requests the Super- visors to give this matter their attention and amend the fire ordinance regulating the distance of arc and other electric light | lamps and wires from the sidewalk. —_——— If you have never tasted Jesse Moore “AA" whiskey, try it and be convinced. —————— Identified as Thomas B. Brown. The body of the unknown man, who ex- pired suddenly in a saloon at the corner of Post and Mason streets last Tuesday morning, was {dentified at the Morgue yesterday by Mrs. Ella McFadden, 501 Post street, who had rented a room to| him, as Thomas B. Brown, who was em. | ployed during the summer as storekeeper | in & lumber mill in Fresno County. He came to this city about two months ago and had been drinking heavily ever since | N Zabaia, the aut . r. Zal g e OpSy surgeon, that death had been caused by mng:lcr:xd- losis of the Jungs. The deceased was a native of England, 44 years old and un- married. —_—— Lincoln’s Violet Tea. A large number of the friends of Lin- coln Relief Corps No. 3, of the Woman's Relief Corps, G. A. R., attended the violet CROCKERSS =2 ETRA SESSION PROCLAMATION 5 PISTPONED May Not Be Issued| This Month. posed for San the Orfent.” Nance O' Francisco in her best s the Orfent is represented by a group of typical na- tives photographed from life. It is printed ck, red and gold, and makes a most striking picture l-i sRr0S Saturdal s and Monday's Specials ! | GRANULATED &2t SUGAR, % $1.00 BEST CREAMERY BUTTER. . . .45¢ Finest in the city. Regular 8¢ square. e boint BUTTER.......40¢ NEW FORM OF AGREEMENT IS Ex}!RA Reyes lar 5 square. RESULT OF THE CONFERENCES oy |PETALUMA 3z £GBS.....30c EASTERN Sug Guaranteed ti Governor Gage changed his plans and left the city for Sacramento on the Ore- | ag;l(:urgd HAMS, wular 1230 fng. Scveral potiticians who had expecced | BASt Table Fruiig, 24-*<am=- $9,00 to see him and talk on extra se topi % Minic Fo SR - T T et g o T FRENCH CASTILE SOAP. .3 25¢ ferences were held Thursday Genuine Imported second one, that the extra session should not be cal Imported From Toscana, Italy. Reg. $1 5. before the middle of January. The pro- | BEST Solid TOMATOES. ... 2, 25¢ Bra gramme in this respect is open to revision. | Fontana umbus Rexular Ve , Angelic scssion suill nsisc, nowever, <t the Gove | PORT, SHERRY a, Gal 95¢ session still insi hat the Gov- will issue the proclamatio: stated positively to his confid porters that he would not accept pointment as United States Imported From Beifast. Regular § Rye and Bourbon Whisky, gal $2.50 even if the a‘ n ; decide to admit Mr. 8 Years Old. Medicinal Use. itegular §3 58 Quay of nnsylvania. . gy vet | ZINFANDEL, Vintage (893, gal 40¢ signed the agree u ses- | R, sion. Many Senators and Assemblymen | TE HOLIDAY SUPPLIES an extra session Christm: Tree rnaments at Reduced pledge which has been Prices. Call on us and save money « 0l g1 ¢ C el - | 5 - R eoabecs Beve sioned. the et bevs | 1848-1864 Market Street. o gt Opp 7th. Phone . 282. No Branch Stores. per want can memt The Cail ascertains that the opposition to the election of Burns is now stronger than it was on the day the regular ses sion adjourned. Assemblyman Huber is said to be the only recruit that Burns has gained since last winter. It is Jot even surethat Burns s Huber's first choice. Men. who wagered and lost ler — of money last winter on the prope that Burns w ted Senaior | ‘ AL Jost betting © of the heav- Sealskin Jackets. . .$§125, $I50, $225 sterday that Burng | trength at the regu- | YIS FURS! develoy lar ‘session, and that the itty-uix ‘wiii- | Genuine Mink Capes. .$45and up railroad members were masters of the sit- ation. ity Thomea. Pitet left the it Neck Scarfs. ees..82 and up erda for_his home at San Juan - | On anta P tDavis ot Taskuon saleotiiee | Collarettos. . o - $5 and up town for home yesterday morning. Sena- tor Morehouse has returned to Santa Clara County. Electric Seal Capes, with As- trakan yokes or plain.$I0 and up SEND IT TO IENDS.— | T Wasp, illust The Christmas rating the g ° past, present and future of the Paciic | River and Russian Mink Capes Coast. 92 pages; 25 cents. Now on sale. * cesessccssansss S5 and up Fox Boas and Scarfs. .§§ and up ALBERT HOEFLICH 116 GRANT AVE, HIS CRIME WAS MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE Jury Returns a Verdict of Guilty Against George Tanner. George Tanner, who shot and killed J. B. Brown and Mrs. Fannie Barnes last August In a lodging house on Folsom street, was found guilty of murder in the second degree last night by a jury in Judge Dunne's department of the Superior Court. The defendant will be sentenced January 6, 190. The case has been on trial since last Tuesday. Tanner made the de- fense that he had killed his victims to save his own life. It was shown that he was madly infatu- ated with the woman, Fannie Barnes, and was desperately jealous when he foun that Deputy Sheriff Brown had won h | affections. "He went to the St. Malo Ho- | tel, 503 Folsom street, to remonstrate with Brown, when, according to the testimony, OPEN EVENINGS, ' Come Just to Look Prettiest tea given by the members for the benefit of their fund for the sick soldiers of the civil war who come under thelr care. The function was In the California hall of the B'ne B'rith building, which was prettily decorated in violet, and the numerouy tables were laid with violet cloths and | on each was a vase of fragrant The tea was served in cups, on were painted sweet violets. The was conducted by Mrs. Dot 8. Mo, the president; assisted by Mre don. During the afternoon ) gave a plano recital violets. ‘which rtimer, M"!? ?hel- rs. E. Cook Mrs. Mortimer sang a ballad and Miss Nellle Bowlin enter. tained with toplcal songs. —_—— On account of the time neces- sary in the preparation of the Christmas edition of THE CALL, to be issued Sunday, December 17, NO ADVERTISE- MENTS for that issue will be received AFTER 9:30 P. M. SATURDAY. affalr | Brown’ et upon him. 'He drew his r: Chinaware volver an n the fight shot bot rown and the woman. Crockery ——————————— Dr. Parker's Cough Cure. One dose will stop Glassware & cough. Never falls. Try it. All druggista. * Lamps e —— e G — In the Divorce Court. Ornaments Decrees of divorce have been granted | Freda A. Hoit from Frank M. Holt on the Noveitics | sround of willful neglect, Charlotte Clark Clocks from Joseph Clark on the ground of de- sertion and Emeline A. Morton from Per- cival B. Morton on the ground of failure to provide. Snits for divorce have been filed by Mary C. Algren against Andrew Algren for intemperance, Grace D. Hen- esey against Walter J. Henesey for fail- ure to provide and Annie Walsh | against Thomas E. Walsh for failure to provide. S ——————— A Pose by Nance 0'Neil. The Christmas Wasp is out with ninety-two pages of fine pictures and let- ter press descriptive of the past, pres- LOWEST PRICES. Come Just to Look: Great Awerican [mportig Tea Ca Central 210-212 Grant ave., Stores: Bet. Sutter and Post sts, 861 Market St., opp. Powell, 52 Market St., foot California Branch Stores Everywhere. ent and future of the Pacific Coast. It eclipzes anything the Wasp b hitherto done in_ the pictorial ine. Nearly every- y Co cific thing of Interest on the Pa ast 1s _— illustrated. It is an admirable publica- ' tion to send to Eastern or forelgn friends Plles and all Rect to give them some concept:on of the won. diseases cured or e derful resources of the Pacific Coast. The pay. No detention number contains a_double-page cartoon from Dusiness. " DRa. representing “San Francisco Sitting by YANSFIELD & POR- ahe Golden Gate Receiving the Tribute of E] D, 838 Mape