The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 12, 1900, Page 10

10 JOSEPH V, ELLIS PASSES. AWAY Secretary of San Quentin Succumbs at Waldeck Sanatorium. A S | Eeld Office Under Prison Directors | | Twenty-Five Years | and Is Deeply | Mourned. | i the last tweny-five | e State Board of | | San Quentin, died k Sanatorium ling for some the immedi- had been SNATCHES LADY'S PURSE AND RUNS AWAY WITH IT Thief Is Captured by Police Officer Who Promptly Pur- sues Him. h who was from her. ret the purse and The $1 was Swim at the Crystal Baths. | ecommended by physiclams. Water always ub department best In city. * | | Miners to Elect Officers. Sar ran Ci ty rs’ As- ' | & B v at 3:30 p. m. | amber of Com- > ding, for B cers for the ates to the an- ate Miners' As- | held on Novem- . SRR T by any dealer if not | € the “American” | | i | t that can be paid T as a person of ADVERTISEMENTS. S — TO ESCAPE FROM PURSUING OHN BRADY and Edward Shea, cooks by occupation but burglars from choice, took an early morning plunge into the cold waters of the bay yesterday in a vain effort to es- cape from the clutches of the law, DESPERATE BUT VAIN EFFORTS OF TWO BURGLARIOUS COOKS AND LAMBERT, AFTER ROBBING A BOX CAR. SPECIAL POLICEMEN HARPER ~ which they had just been caught in the act of violating. Special Policemen Harper and Lambert were patroling their beats in the vicinity of Fisherman’s wharf at 8:3) a. m., when their attention was attracted to a box ML car on the Santa Fe Company’s tracks, | which had been broken open. As they ‘were approaching the car to continue their investigation Brady and Shea jumped out andstarted to run. jcoal all over the basement. { the door of a closet beyond the elevator | | into one of these lockers and took a steel . THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1900. BURGLARS PLUNGE INTO THE BAY IN ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE POLICE John Brady and Edward Shea Fished Out of the W ater and Locked Up at City Prison. TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION FOR Strange Upheaval In Mutual Life Building Still & Mystery. Police and Firemen Believe It Was Caused by Electricity, but Coal l Gas May Be Respon- | sible. g The cause of the explosion that occurred in the basement of the Mutual Life building, California and Sansome street at 1:30 o'clock yesterday morning, shak-| ing the entire neighborhood and creating the impression that some one had tried to blow up a safe, is still a mystery. | Fire Marshal Towe believes that th’ “converter,” an instrument used to regu- late the electric current from the main | line as it flows to the lights In the build- ing, exploded. This theory would prob- ably explain the situation if it were not a { fact that the converter is still intact and | for the further fact that electricity does | not explode; it may burn and flash, but it never explodes, and the wreck of the basement of the Mutual Life buflding is undoubtedly the result of an explosion of tremendous force. The converter rests under the sidewalk, occupying part of one of the compart- | ments between the concrete arches; the remainder of the compartment is occu- pied by a coal bin in which are four or five tons of coal. The compartment has | no ventilation except through the door- | way that leads Into the basement proper, |and its walls are of concrete. There is| | an elevator well next to the coal bin, | closed at the sidewalk with iron doors. These were bolted. The only other open- | ing into the basement s a door opening {into the vestibule of the building on the | Sansome-street side and reached from the | | engine room by a narrow stairway. The | | engine room contains the elevator hoists®| two accumulator tanks for supplying ressure to the elevator rams, and the oiler. Yesterday morning the place was a| wreck. The force of the explosion had | blown the deadlights out of the sidewalk, | i | leaving a hole four feet square opening | into the coal bunker below. It also blew | It burst in shaft,_and then rushing through a door- in the concrete bulkheads, way it burst | in the doors of some lockers fifty feet | away from the coal bunker. It reached tool from where ft rested and flung it clear across the room. It tore off the door at the head of the stairway and flung it half way up the fiight of marbie steps that leads to the second floor of the The two speclals quickly unlimbered thelr artillery and started in pursuit. They shouted to the fleeing thieves to stop, but Brady and Shea were in a hurry and pald no attention to the command; neither aid they pay any attention to the bullets that were sent whistling over their heads other than to accelerate their speed. They threw away a number of cans of condensed milk, which they had stolen from the car, in their efforts to escape, but finding that the policemen continued to gain on them they suddenly turned and made directly for the water. X The two thieves dashed down the near- | est wharf with thelr pursuers close at | their heels, and arriving at the end | plunged into the bay without the slightest | hesitation. | Harper and Lambert were astonished at | thelr unexpected action, but immediately | took steps to rescue the rash burglars, | and by prompt work soon landed Lhem‘ both on terra firma once more. | By this time Policeman Edner, attracted by the shots, arrived on the scene and | sent in a call for a patrol wagon. The half-drowned prisoners were hurried to the City Prison, where, after being charged with burglary, they were stripped of their wet clothing and given blankets to keep them from freezing while thelr wearing apparel was being dried out. For several hours the discomfited prisoners sat around on the cell benches swathed in blankets like Egyptian mummies in ap- pearance, and as uncommunicative. APTAIN WILLIAM Y. DOUG- LASS, a ‘49 ploneer, and for thirty-seven years a member of the San Francisco Police De- partment, during most of which d as an executive officer, died ence, 137 Eeulah street, ves- afternoon after a lingering iliness. tired grown old in the service, and from the He had the Police ers having decided to infuse police force. coliarettes I ¥ S THE COLLARETTB ed above—of ¢ er blood into the executive ranks of the department, it fell to him and Cap- | tains Short and Stone to be placed on the on list. first e veteran was determined to the action of the Commissioners, ally retired to private life. 5 ass was_ an inveterate 1fter his retirement be- afflicted with smokers’ cancer. An as performed on his throat, £ had taken a strong hold the knife hfidlb( n resorted Up to the las: ulties, and until quite re- y walk about ark near his home. te Pa Wil 5 am Y. Douglass was born York June 39, 1S, He chose a life, @ ugust 1, 1849, ar- this port as s mate of the z _among the ngers of which were E. H. Miller Jr., Mark Hop- | Kins and Arthur M. Eobetts. ming seized with the gold fever, as g the case in those days, Doug- Mormon Island, on the Amer- ve and tock a hand at placer He fell sick and returned to ] ” , : He im};k gommand of a vessel o . on a voyage to the Sandwich Islands and will be a better pie than'back 1na§ ended bis seafaring life. On 8, 1856, grandma used to make, if vou “L'J‘;!f‘, force e i s Say S eens CEe 2 = = afterward, on 6. 1858, | was will shorten the crust with promoted to ’the pos Gt captain: which - ~ n gl s e d y v 3 WHIT COT TO K E N E . held continuously until July 31, 1845, when he was retired on a pension by the Board of Police Commissioners. for grandma had nothing better than lard. his retirement Captain Douglass was pre sented with a diamond ring and a pouch containing $00 by Sergeant Birdsall, on behalf of the members of Company A. In thanking tbe men for their iestimoniai | Captain Douglass refered to his long ser- vice in the department of thiry-six yeais, | eleven months and fourteen days. He had in that period experienced pleasant times |and disagreeable times. he said. He had, he supposed. been rough with the boys | at times, but he could only say it was for | their own good, and not for personal rea- | sons. PAINLESS | Captain Douglass had grown up with EXTRACTION |tbe department, and had never besn SO cts,. |ashamed to say that he belonged to it. Our $5.00 Plates | -1 Wae dropped from the roll.” said the fit like a glove. ex-captain. could not conscientiously 4 resign, as it would have been an acknowl- R .L WiLSY e(‘i,‘n‘mn:l l}a?t 1 lv‘v;:dellher mentally. or e | physically disqual which I consider I Between Hyde and Larkin. | eptrit. I shall always with you .. s a{e{’.g:rfih:'uh shall Ialwayu by Telen) - e ent, wherever I ma " Telephone Polk 1135. At the conclusion of the':rdoech theyelzgn- Lang Syne,” W, T. HESS, pany joined in singing . ) and as each man shook bhands with him n turn the retired captain broke down LOTARY FUSLIZ AND ATTURNGI-AI-LAW, completely. Tenth Fioor, Room 1015, Claus Blag. | Captain Douglass made many Important Residence, &1 ornia st., below Powell, | fice: ung was l:‘t?mls pou':r:'mn:h“e-m“ugi s T. - San Freacisco. the notorious Brotherton brothers, who On the 14th day of the month foliowing | o THE LATE CAPTAIN WILLIAM Y. DOUGLASS. HE WA! THI - SEVEN YEARS A MEMBER OF THE SAN FBANSC;';C”;) PORIJTCYE DEPARTMENT AND MADE MANY IMPORTANT ARRESTS. 'EX-POLICE CAPTAIN DOUGLASS IS CALLED TO HIS LAST REST| —_— s escaped from the County Jall in the '70's. The Brothertons robbed the safe of Tread- well, the rich hardware man, and were awaiting sentence, They were retaken on the Mission road and afterward served a short term in Ban Quentin, being par- doned for their good work during a fire at e prison. Douglass also arrested Miller, the treas- urer of the Southern Pacific, who had ap- gmpmted more than a million dollars in”the private sta of the Faiiroas bullding, and with a squad Captain Douglags effected his captam ®™ Quinn, the child murderer, was arrested and saved from a mob of lynchers by the captain and Detectives Jones and John Coffey. “Chicken” Devine, a notorious character, was also captured by Douglass. During the Goldenson excitement Captain Donslau prevented the mob which sur- rounded rthl County Jail from securing the murderer. . three aaugnimer A | solid iron box standing about four feet | -wlh.flnum-lul building. It burst in the big double doors leading from the vestibule Into the big| office on the first floor and broke the | glass panels in the doors. It blew out the big semi-circular transom above the main doorway, broke the glass panels of | the main doors and strained their locks to the breaking point. It burst in the lower end of the elevator shaft and it carried dirt and coal dust up the shaft| until 1t bespattered the walls at the eighth floor. | '1‘{1e cause of 1t all, according to gen- | eral belief—the converter—is about ~the | only thing around the place that was not | moved or apparently damaged. It Is a | hteen inches wide in one direc- tion ‘and two feet in the other. The lid | is a solid iron plate. At 2 o'clock yes- | terday afterncon the lid was lying askew on top of the converter. Some people who_saw It thought it had been blown off, but it was not. Two eye bolts held it in place, and these were lying on top. Their threads were uninjured; had the top been blown off they would have been stripped smooth as a turned bolt unless | the bolts themselves broke. But the bolts did not break, nor did the lugs into which | they screwed; nor were the screw threads in the lugs stripped or broken. It was | apparent that some one had unscrewed | the bolts and had taken off the lid of the | converter, perhaps to look into it, and if | some one’ had had to take off the lid of | | the converter, how was it that the thing | | e!;lploded with such force as to blow doors | their hinges, burst holes in the side- walk and scattér coal dust all over the building? | FHad those who Investigated looked a bit further they would have seen on the wall | above the converter a switch plate with three wires running over it, with no fuse on two of them and but a remnant on the third. It is almost certain that coal gas had | accumulated in the coal bunker, for the | place is practically air tight, and that late at night, under some unusual strain, the fuses burnt out, the spark firing the gas, high, el; the resumni explosion shaking the | ground and bursting everything in its way. Such an explosion has happened in the | vaults of electric companies in one or| | two_instances. The last one was at one | of the ‘'central” stations. Some gas had accumulated, a fuse burned out, the | | spark fired the gas and the explosion, | having no other way to waste its force, | blew the manhole cover fifty feet into the | | air. That was a small explosion; the one | yesterday morning a big one. Fine Lunch for a Quarter. | The Star of the Sea bazaar will close | | to-night at Native Sons' Hall. It s ex-| pected that there will be a large crowd in attendance at the closing ceremonies. A | rominent auctioneer has kindly donated | rns services to sell off all the goods that | have not been purchased during the few | short weeks that the fair has been open. There are still a number of handsome articles left and they w without reserve. To- | ness Men's Lunch” will be s [ 11:30 till 2 p. m. The ladles charge of the refreshments claim that it | will be the choicest menu for the price | ever served in this city. The meal will | only cost twenty-five cents and those who | take lunch in tive Sons’ Hall will be | helping the cause of charity. | S ie— Evans’ Ale and Stout | Mark highest point reached in ale brewing in- dustry of the world. All dealers supply them. | e SO TR M Climbed the Iron Fence for Gum. | | Robert McNelll, a young boy, was ar-| rested by Policeman G. W. Meyer and ! Special Officer M. Hussey terday and | charged with burglary. The young culprit | climbed over the iron gate in front of the | | cigar store at 1446 Market street at an | early hour in the morning. He was seen |by a man named Bradly, who informed | | the officers. The latter found the lad with | | his pockets full of chewing gum and thir- | ty-three nickel-in-the-slot siugs. The boy | gave his address as 218 Jones street. He | also said he had been accompanied by an- other boy named Tony Goger, living on | Martha nlace, off Taylor street. Captain | Spillane sent him to the Hall of Justice | for further investigation. —_————— Trunks & traveling bags. Before buying ses our “bureau trunk.”” A. B.Smith Co., 128 Ellis. ————— Reception to Red Cross Leader. A reception will be tendered by the State and city Red Cross socleties to Mrs, J. Ellen Foster of the board of the National Red Cross wssociation. of | Jwashington. D. C. at the Sorosis Club. 1620 California street, on Wednesday af- fifi"?&“’ é{ovn;mt})’eréa.dfigm 2 t0 5 o'clock. ends of the Red Cross Soci T invited to be present. 5 ooy —_————— | Ladies' taflor-made sults, silk skirts, fur capes; liberalcredit. M. Rothschild, 52 Sutter,® —— Sulphur Ignites in Winery. Volumes of smoke Issuing from the building occupled by the Swiss-Itallan Colony's winery last night caused much commotion in the nelghborhood of Pa- cific and isome streets. A still alarm was sent in and Engine 1 responded. It ‘was found thaf uantity of sulphur had ited after eparture of the work- ngmen. No damage was done. Trapper's Ofl cures rheumatism and mmmmua.‘:‘m Clay.* d a e FINE Tt oelsnl HOUSEKEEPING LINENS. During the past week we have unpacked a large consignment of verp fine HOUSE- HOLD LINENS, and we will offer all the balance of this month some extraordinaru valuesin LINEN DA MASK SETS, DAMASK NAPKINS, FINE TOWELS, GLASS LINENS and LINEN TOWELINGS; both Irish and German manufacture. SPECIAL. One Case HAND-EMBROIDERED LINEN SCARFS, TtA CLOTHS, CENTER PIECES, CARVING CLOTHS, DOYLIES, SHAMS and SPECIAL. SPREADS. Two Cases verp large IRISH HUCK TOWELS, hemmed and hemstitched, full grass bleach...... SPECIAL. $3.50 Dozen One Case PURE WHITE DOUBLE SATIN TABLE DAMASK, large and medium designs, in great cees veestasen BRI Yord (Napkins to match each pattern.) EXTRA SPECIAL. 250 Dozen Extra Quality DINNER NAPKINS, all odd dozens, having neither damask nor cloths to match aLbove. Thep will be sold at verp low prices. P m, u3, us, uTjus, 121 POST STREET, GOLDBERG, BOWEN & 00'S SPECIAL SAVING SALE GOLDBERG. BOWEN & C0’S SPECIAL SAVING 8ALE LOBE GgI]WEhIIqu % CO With a big supply and fine assortment of holiday | groceries we are now pre- pared to entertain you—so that later you can entertain others delightfully SPECIAL SAVING SALE Monday Tuesday Wednesday dozen ;7%(: 12C Eggs—fresh lald Ham—finest eastern Sugar cured—all guaranteed— reg'ly 14c Ib Kona Coffee—reg'ly 25c1b 22%¢ We have coffee to suit every palate—try Kona flavor Royans—ala vatel 123c AR appetizing fish—in olive oil with truffle and pickle—reg’ly 15¢ can Butter—creamery b 25¢C Cut full weight—quality first-class Macaroni—La Farorita 124¢ ty of French paste— so other varicties—reg'ly 15¢ Ib anberry sauce-Anderson 15¢ Very seasonable now—reg'ly 20¢ can Maple syrup—=Hazen 65¢ Pure Vermont sap—reg’ly 8oc § gal can Buckwheat—Pennsylvania New crop—reg’ly 75¢ 10 Ib Whisky—Scoteh and Irish—D € L o reg'ly speclal Killy Croy bot $1 $ 85 Highland Club bot 1 85 Caledonian ot 135 110 Highland Club gal 4 50 35 Cocoa—Van Houten 8oc 1 Ib—3 Ib—r1 Ib tins—the best cocoa made in Holland—reg’ly $1 Ib Corn and succotash, 124¢ Sea Foam dozen $1 Best quality packed—reg'ly 15¢ can Finnan haddie—~eat 15C A splendid substitute until the fresh haddies arrive—reg’ly 20¢ can Rock and rye—6Beco ¢ A soothing coug’ ~medy— reg’ly $1 25 bottie Smyrna figs—-reg'ly 25¢ Ib This season’s figs are very fancy Gelatine—Heinrich pkg 10C 20C Red and white—German—reg'ly 12jc | Curry gowder—Bombav 30C It has the real piquant curry flavor—reg’ly 4oc pint bottle Oysters—our Choice 25¢c Extra selected— dozen $2 90 Baltimore pack—large cans Pim-olas—baby size 3 bottles s0c They are growing more popular than ever—reg'ly 20c bottle Beer—Everard pints $1 35 reg'ly $t s5and 8235 doz qts 3 10 It can’t be made better Mince-meat-Armore-s b pails 65¢ Tooth paste—Cherry 15¢ The popular London tooth wash —reg’ly 20c jar Hamamelis—4 pint 15¢—pint 250~ quart goc—best extract of with hazel Our November {llustrated catalogus quotes prices on everything we sell— get it to order by—free for a postal 432 Pine 233 Sutter 3800 Callfornia San Francises | 7575 Ciay between Eleventh and Tweifth Oakiand | DIRECTORY OF RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. Catalogues and Priee Lists Malled on Applieation. ATTORNEY. F. H. MERZBACH, % California st., Chunte butidtag. COAL, COKE AND PIG IRON. J-C. WILSON & CO.. 200, Sustery, Swest, Telephone Main COPPERSMITH. c_ w SHITH g:lv Plumbing, Steamboat {p Work a spectaity. 18 Washington st Telephone Main S0 | | ELECTRICAL. | D. D. wass, Eleotrical Tngineer. 3 Fust st, FRESH AND SALT MEATS. | JAS- BOYES & CD. Zi5ring, Bushers, 2 s - GALVANIZING AND METALS, M'fx_& Dealer in Metals & Galvant e FINN MBETAL WORKS, 318 Howard s | METAL. Fxtra linotype and stereotype metal. Pacifia Metal Works, 137-9 First st., San Francisco. | OILS. LUBRICATING OILS. LEONARD & ELLIS, 418 Front st., 8. F. Phone Main 1719, PAINTS. Cylinder & Lubricating Otls, Schneider’s Mintuy Candles. C. G. CLINCH & CO., 9 Front, & F, | i PRINTING. | | E. C. HUGRES, PRINTER. 511 Sansome st PRINTERS. BO"K BINDERS. "rm: HICKS-JUDD CO., [ 23 First st., San mdm | STATIONER AND PRINTER. ol L ik — | WHUE ASH STEAM CO | DIAMOND COAL MINING CO., at ita GF | RIVER COLLIERIES, is the Best Coal market. Office and Yards—0 Main strest " DR.MCNULTY. 1S WELL-KNOWN AND RELIABLE OLD Spectaliat cures B'ood Poison, Gonorrhasa, Gleet, Strictars, Seminal Weakness. Impotence their sllied Ditorders. ook on Diseases of Men, frea. Over®rears axper ence. Tarms reagonabie. Hoars, 9toddaily;6:3t03. Dev'gs. Sundays, 10to 12. Consul~ tation fres andsacredly confidential. Call or address P. ROSCOE MeNULTY, M. D. | 635 Kearny 8¢, Sam Francisce, Osl. MINED BY THE BL. GUNS 9 CAFE RO Laflin & Rand Waterpre o Smokeless Powder, in biik and loaded in sheile. Sead for catalogue of sportin oods. GEO, W. SHREVE, 55 Market st. Corner Fourth and Market, 8. ¥._Try Se. valises checked