The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 4, 1901, Page 12

12 PUBLISHING FIRM SUFFERS |5 HEAN LOSS Hicks-Judd Oompanfs Establishment Gut- ted by Flames. ‘Water Tower Pours Powerful Stream Into Burning Building. FHBT A i Plant and Stock Valued at $150,- 000 Are Badly Damaged, the Insurance on Both Be- ing $70,000. e Fire broke out on the top floor of the Hicks-Judd Company’s printing establish- ment at 23 First street last night, and before the flames could be subdued con- siderable damage was done to the plant and bufiding. The confiagration was dis- covered at 10:30 p. m., but an alarm was not turned in until nearly ten minutes later. This delay was costly, as the fire had a chance to make headway and when the department arrived the flames had wrapped the entire upper portion of the structure in their embrace. The water tower was halted in front of the build- ing and six lines of hose were attached to the fire-fighting machine. The volume of water that was thrown into the bulld- ing was tremendous. For fully twenty- five minutes the tower poured an inces- sant strebm through the top windows and the secondary battery at the base of the tower sent its volume of water into the third story. The force of the water was So great that bricks were dislodged from the structure and crashed to the sidewalk below. The tower stream was directed by Captain Peter Wralty and Lieutenant J. Belden. Edward Shaughnessey, the driver, operated the battery. Besides these streams, hose lines of various engine companies poured water into the building from cvery side. The standpipe on the Golden Gate Warehouse, which adjoins the burned building, was utilized with good effect. As the top of this structure was on a level with the top floor of the building, holes were punched into the wall and the brave fire-fighters stood manfully by, pouring volumes of water on the fire. Chief Eullivan directed his men. His presence was felt by them and they worked with a will. This was his first fire since hi: return from his twenty- eight days of rest. He confined the con- flagration to the upper stories of the building, and claimed that he could have done better if an alarm had been turned secretary of the - mpany stated that the placed had been closed at 5:30 p. m. He could how the fire started. belief that it was electric wires by saying that power had been turned off fore the fire was discovered. vas a stringent rule value of the plant 000. He sald the yment. he Regents of the The first floor Company, deal- . _steam fitters’ s. "It suffered a The second, third w used by the Hicks- y. The fire was confined to nd fourth but the the first floor ruined by . for the company the y & firewall. m breaking through done by water that e windows. The Pa- ered slight damage by water. During the progress of the fire some unknown men on First street fired a shot of crowds standing ortunately vester and Mulca- ushed toward the against Judge City Council at- and was en- ing a decision as taken, but as has retired from of- ave been produc- insurance in va- | 160 people would | the Sacramento | This | . though consid- | bber Company at 21 First | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1901. “VOICE FROM THE WILDERNESS” HEARD BY A LARGE AUDIENCE Play at the Central Theater-Is a Strong Melodrama and Is Cleverly Presented-—Costumes Worn by the Players Are Gorgeous ‘and the Piece Is Staged in a Splendid Manner R e R s ST, N S R S B 1 | | | 1 | gether the drama is one to be seen. Robert Downing has the part of John the Baptist, and is an impressive and even dignified figure. He is hampered with the poor lines, but even so the part needs the soft pedal in a good many places, which is the general feeling throughou the performance. Mr. Downing has done his work as stage manager very effective- ly in handling the numerous crowds that -Epenr during the play, and has rehearsed the players into a commendable smooth- ness of action and speech. Miss Marshall is cast as Herodias and does some very good emotional work in the part. She looks splendid, too, in some very plcturesque costumes, and was through- ROBERT A" ROBABLY the largest audience of the Central Theater’s history athered last night to see the ong promised Biblical drama, “A | Voice From the Wilderness,” and | | to judge by its reception of the play “A | Voice From the Wilderness” will forever- ] more remain a first favorite with melo- dramatic audiences. For it is a melo- {drama, pure and simple, with any num- {ber of strong situations, mostly conse- | quent upon the interpolated incident of | thé passion of Herodias for John the Bap- | tist. Its author, Edward Elsner, com- ! pares his treatment of the story with Sar- dou’s method of handling themes, but he | has out-Sardoued Sardou with a tor- | ture scene that takes place before the audience, when John the Baptist is bound to the wheel and afterwdrd released with | bleeding hands held to heaven for help! | | However, the audience seemed to like it, Robert Wallace | | = i i Special To-Day, Wednesday. ‘ fully would be the acceptable Fegu ar value »32.50—tc-day $25.00. moderate prices. Waist Department (First Floor). Jackets, Capes; also the finest assortment of garments at We print the prices—you will do the rest! @nd a mere state- ment in print is nowhere near as effective as an examination of these values—so we expect to see you in force to-day to in- vestigate:— Flannel waists ip all colors and sizes; striped or plain, just to introduce this department to the public Recular value $2.25—to-day.. $.83 » ” $5.00— §3.50 e " $650- " . $5.00 Silk waists in all colors, Regular vaiu> $6.00 —to-day...$5.00 also an end'ess assortm:nt of waists, =kirts, wrappers, kimo- nos toselect from; inexpensive, medium price and high grade goods. Copsider the worth of these gobds—give a thought to these prices and you will wonder how we can offer such values, But the point is, WE DO! Suit and Cloak Depart- ment (First Floor). Suits In endless variety: too many different kinds to men- tion in detail; to examine care- way for you to appreciate them. . Cloth, Raglans, Automobiles, | These arz specials that not only attract trade—they compel { it—hypnotizz it] They are this *season’s strongest—which is | | saying a lot. 219 Grant Avenue, Roe® o< = e Dow™NING LY ' 1 LAY Jonr THE A \ s THE TWO LEADING MALE CHARACTERS IN “A VOICE FROM THE WILDERNESS,” THE NEW BIBLICAL PLAY WHICH WAS PRO- DUCED LAST NIGHT AT THE CENTRAL THEATER, Ue 1 INGS R.0p, N ek and what more can be asked? The weak- est part of the play is in the lines, that are hopelessly commonplace and ineffec- tive and only in rarest instances touching the dignity of the subject. It needs ed- iting with a heavy hand, rewriting, in fact, but the play’s success demonstrates that it would be amply worth while. 0 the local share in the production, the mbuntings to begin with, generous praise must be given. Some of the stage ple- tures are as handsome as any that have been seen here, the costumes are rich and splendid and the scenes reflect highest credit on the artists, H. P. Duckett and Edward Willlams. Herodias' castle is a sumptuous affair, and were everything up to the standard of the scenery it were well “indeed with “A Voice From the Wilderness.” The lighting effects are also of the exceptional kind, and alto- @ ittt DYNAMITE SHELL FOUND ON WHARF The Police Department is busy in an effort to solve a .dynamite mystery. Yes- terday morning a shell containing suffl- clent of the deadly explosive to incur a loss of thousands of dollars’ worth of property was found concealed bemeath a pile of lumber at Sixth and Channel streets. It was primed and ready for use. Shortly after 8 o'clock Sergeant Shaw, who commands a squad In that section of the city during the striko. troubles, was walking along the lumber wharves. His attention was attracted to a sus- picious-looking cylindrical object that protruded from underneath one of the piles. Calling two of his men, he re- moved the lumber and secured the ob- Ject. It was at once sent to the office of Chief of Police Sullivan, where it was found to be a brass shell filled with dy- namite. The shell was about one foot long and five inches in diameter. Captain of Detectives Seymour took charge of the explosive, and at once placed several of his shrewdest men on the case. Until a late hour last mght they had made no report that would lead to the explanation of the mystery. No suspicious characters were found in the neighborhood at the time Sergeant Shaw made his discovery, and no clew what- ever has been obtained. Alongside the wharf on which the bomb was picked up lay several schooners, and whether it was intended that these, together with the wharf, should be blown up is a mat- ter of conjecture. There is another the- ory—that the explosive was hidden under the lumber by criminals, who reserved it for other purposes. Eisner Resisted an Officer. A. Eisner, foreman of the bottling® de- partment of the Wilmerding-Loewe Com- pany, was arrested on Mission street last night by Officer Beach and charged at the Central station with resisting an offi- Eisner insisted upon remaining at the corner of Mission and Fremont streets to watch the burning of the build- ing occupied by Hicks, Judd & Co. and refused to move on at the command of Officer Beach. He was released on fur- rishing cash bail. | out an effective figure. Robert Cummings as Herod Antipas gives a good portrait of | the weak tyrant, led this and that way | by every passing mood, and looks the part very handsomely. . Salome is daintily played by Oza Waldrop, and Mr. Down- | ing’s daughter, Miss Minnie Downing, was a charming Huldah. The play will run for this week and next and the crowded house Is a certainty during its stay. The management is to be warmly commended for its enterprise in bringing out - such a_ production and was cheered to the echo last night in the person of Mr. Belasco, who appeared be- fore the footlights for a modest moment after the third act. With further re- hearsal and reshaping of the lines “‘A Voice From the Wilderness” should prove a valuable property to the enterprising managers. OO R R ) DIMMICK'S FATE . 10 BE DECIDED No efforts will be spared by the Gov- erument in the prosecution of Walter N. Dimmick, late chief clerk of the Mint, who stands charged with embezzlement of sundry sums and who is also accused of having stolen $30,000 in gold coin from the cashier’s vault. Judge S. C. Denson of the firm of Den- son & Schlesinger as been appointed as speclal counsel to assist the Government in the prosecution of Dimmick. Assistant Attorney General Beck was expected to come hére from Washington, D. C., to take part in the prosecution, but yester- day ‘United States District Attorney Mars shall B. Woodworth received a_telegram from Washington stating that Beck was unable to journey to the coast. The preliminary examination of - Dim- mick was resumed yesterday morning be- fore Commissioner Heacock, Superinteni- ent Leach of the Mint being the first wit- ness called. He was cross-examined at some length by Dimmick’s attorney, and accounts in private books, which accounts should have been public propérty. Leach stated that all the Mint funds were under the exclusive control of the cashier, and that Dimmick had nothing to do with the handling of moneys. In all the cases of alleged embezzlement, Dimmick had made the proper entries in the books. Leach said’ he could not swear that Dimmick had ever converted to his own use any part of the $488 which formed the basis of the charge of embezzlement. Attorney Collins tried to trace the fund to which the $i8 belonged, but only learred that it came out of the “ordinary funds” of the Mint. John Lewis Andre, messenger for the Selby Smelting Com- pany, was cross-examined by Dimmick’s counsel. He stated that all bills he pre- sented at the Mint were paid by the cash- ier, and never by Dimmick as chief clerk. Cashier W. K. Cole on cross-examina- tlon contradicted the previous witness by stating that the sum of $498, entered on the books as of April 7, 1900, had no place in his mind, except as far as it showed on the books, “It is jthe only transaction,” said Cole, “in which I did not pay the account my- sélt to Selby’s messenger." admitted that he had kept certain Mint | BAGE'S MEN AMEND THE PROGRAMME Erase the Name of Judge C. H. Garoutte From Their Slate. Incidents of Contest in the Counties of Northern California. Democcratic Politicians Claim That William M. Hinton Is Gavin Mc- Nab’s Dark Horse for May- oralty Nomination. s The removal of Dr. A. E. Osborne from the superintendency of the Home for Feeble-minded Children in order to make a place for Dr. William M. _Lawlor has created widespread indignatioh. The politicians, two Democrats and one Re- publican, who were recently appointed to the Beard of Trustees, say nothing to justify or explain their conduct. Two of the trustees who voted for Dr. Osborne’s removal had just been commissioned when the recent meeting at the Grand Hotel took place. They had no personal knowl- edge of affairs at the institution when they voted for the change, as they had never seen the home. Some excuse may be -invented by the Governor and the trustees to allay public resentment, but the fair-minded people of California will be satisfled with nothing less than the re- Instatement of the able and efficlent su- perintendent, who was expelled to make room for a political hack. Supreme Court Slates. There is a deal of hard work in store for the political manipulators who have romised to bring Gage delegations from orthern California to the next Republi- can State Convention. The programme to create an alllance with certain aspi- rants for the Supreme Court has been re- vised. Judge Eaward Sweeney of Shasta County is an out and out candidate for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court and his forces are joining those favorable to Gage. Judge Sweeney will have his hands tull in taking care of Shasta Coun- ty for Gage. In the general field of Northern California counties he finds that Lieutenant Governor Neff has a multitule of friends and supporters. Neff's friends are mot going out of their way to help Gage to_a renomination. In Siskiyou County E. B. Edson, Railroad Commis- sloner, will get a friendly delegation. In Placer and El Dorado counties Harold Power has a strong following and his friends are Neff's friends. ‘When the plan was adopted by the ad- ministration push to bring the Supreme Court aspirants into the gubernatorial contest, it was proposed that C. H. Ga- routte should be supported for Chief Jus- tice. One Assoclate Justice was allotted to Northern California and the other to the southern part of the State. Judge Sweeney of Shasta was programmed for the north and Judge Shaw of Los Angeles for the south. Garoutte Alarms the Administration. When the time came for pledging Jus- tice Garotte hard and fast for Gage and against Flint the Judge declined to pledge himself. The refusal on the part of Ga- rotte to bind himself and his friends to Gage caused alarm in administration cir- cles. It was noted, moreover, that public sentiment inclined 'to the renomination of Chief Justice Beatty. The result of sev- eral administration conferences-was a de- cision to turn down Garoutte and indorse Beatty. It is fair to Chief Justice Beatty to say that he was not consulted or ad- vised in the manipulation. The Gage forces simply deemed it prudent to with- draw all opposition to the renomination of Chief Justice Beatty. It appears, how- | ever, that C. H. Garoutte is still in the contest for the chief place on the Supreme bench. He has served twelve years as Associate Justice and does not care to ex- tend the term to twenty-four years. He Is a Native Son and is not lacking in politi- cal sagacity or personal popularity. He is confident of his ability to secure the sup- port of many delegates without the help of an alliance with other candidates. Shaw’s Friends Are Apprehensive. The friends of Judge Shaw in Los An- geles observed with considerable appre- hension the intimate association of Gage and Judge McKinley. The latter bossed “the programme for the indorsement of the | Kelly-Crimmins County Committee by | the State organization of the party. In| the south it was readily suspected that a | scheme was hatching to do up Judge | Shaw and give McKinley a place on. the ! ticket as a candidate for Assoclate Jus- | tice. Recently word~ was passed along the | line that McKinley would not interfere. | As matters now stand the Supreme Court slate is Beatty for Chief Justice and Sweeney and Shaw for Associate Jus- | tices. Beatty is on the slate because the | politiclans are convinced that they cannot | defeat his renomination. Sweeney is on | to help Gage in Northern California, and Shaw is slated in deference to Republican | sentiment in Los Angeles. but it is ex- pected that his friencs will help Gage in the very difficult task of securing a friendly delegation frcm his own county. Judge ~ Angellotti of Marin County is | said to be a candidate for Associate Jus- | tice. It is predicted that he will be sup- | ported by many of the delegations repre- | senting Northern gnd Central California. John F. Ellison, Superior Judge of Te- hama County, is highly indorsed by the lawyers of Northern California. It is known also that A. J. Buckles, Superior Judge of Solano County, is in the contest again and will probably be able to swing several delegations from the north. Indi- cations are that Judge Sweeney will come to the convention supported by Shasta County alone. If the candidates for the udiciary are wise they will not mix up n the gubernatorial fight. €andidates for Governor who seem to be prominent at this time may decide' to draw out after the delegates are chosen, In the Municipal Field. The convention of the Union Labor par- ty will meet and probably organize to- morrow. There will be a fair representa- tion of trades unions, but many of the unions have neglected or declined to send delegates. Politicians believe that a com- plete ticket will be nominated by the con- vention. Aside from caucusing of district delega- tions there is little activity in the Repub- lican camp. Riordan and Bdmund Tauzsky are spoken of as candidates for chairman of the convention. The latter is supported by the five Grand Hotelers, and the former is backed by an equal number of the Forty-second District dele- gation. Delegates do not take enough in- terest in the chairmanship to express a preference for candidates. McNab’s Dark Horse. The Democrats are wn.mnfi to see what Gavin McNab and Jasper McDonald can do in the line of presenting an acceptable candidate for Mayor. It is said that all | the talk about Major Hoofer and James P. Booth is misleading. The latest polit- ical gossip is that the real dark horse in the McNab political barn is ex-Supervisor and ex-Registrar Willlam M. Hinton, who is a stalwart Democrat and was the life- long friend of Henry George. There was | a time when Mr. Hinton was regarded as | a_monopolist in the sense that he was supposed to pdssess a very large share of | the political honesty of ‘the Democratic arty. It is claimed that Hinton as the eader of the local Democratic forces would bring back to the ranks many of the old-timers and many of the working- men who are wavering. Judge Maguire, | Frank Gould, ex-Governor Budd, Charles | Gildea, James H. Barry, Max Popper, James O’'Brien and W. Alford are said to favor Hinton for Mayor San Jose Resident Struck by a Car Joseph Moore, a resident of San Jose, while crossing Sutter street yesterday was knocked down by a car of the Sutter street line. Moore is hard of hearing and did not hear the bell when it was sound- ed. He was treated at the General Emer- gency Hospital for a lacerated wound on the forehead. ADVERTISEMENTS. On Monday, September 2d, we will have on display complete lines of NEW GOODS. Black Silks. Black Brocaded Silks and Satins, the newest dress and skirt materials for autumn; also Black Striped Satin and Faille. Velvet Dept. Complete assortment of all the latest shades in French and German Hand Loom Velvets, All Silk Panne Velvets and Millinery Vel- vets; also English Cordurous and Velveteens. Black Goods Dept. New Black French Satin Finish Venstians, 50, 52 and 54 inches wide—so much in de- mand for tailor-made costumes. Colored Cloths. Elegant line of New Broadcloths, Venetians and Covert Cloths, 50 to 56 inches wide, in all the latest shades for autuman. Dress Goods Dept. New importation Unfinished Worsteds, 50 to 56 inches wide, all shades for Fall, 1901. solid colors and newest OUR SPECIAL SALE WHITE BLANKETS WILL CONTINUE ALL THIS WEEK. T BT YT B 7L M I Oy st i, u3, us, nv, n9, 121 POST STREET. ESCAPES TRIAL BY THE BOARD Miss Jean A. Dwyer Sues for a Writ of Pro- hibition. BT Y Jean A. Dwyer has temporarily enjoined the Bcard of Education from proceeding to try her on the charge that ‘“her un- governable temper is a menace to good order and discipline in the Sherman Pri- mary School.” Miss Dwyer filled the po- sition of teacher in the Sherman Primary until August 28, when she was notified to appear for trial upon charges contained in a_communication to the board by Miss J. M. A. Hurley. The communication follows: SHERMAN PRIMARY SCHOOL, August 17, 1901 To the Honorable Board of Education: I am informed that Miss J. A. Dwyer has asked to be reinstated in the Sherman Primary School. 1 most earnestly protest against her re- assignment to any class under my supervision. Owing to her ungovernable temper, I con- sider that her presence in this school would be a perpetual menace to the harmony and good discipline now existing. Thrcugh their children, many of the parents have become aware of the recent trouble be- tween Miss J. A. Dwyer and Miss O'Brien, and having knowledge of this matter, it would undoubtedly impair the confidence and respect of those parents were Miss Dwyer to be re- assigned to take charge of their children. Mits Dwyer's open display of temper I con- sider has had a baneful effect and has been dotrimental to the welfare of the school. I , yours respectfully, oy J. M. A. HURLEY. Miss Dwyer points in a suit flled yes- terday to restrain the board from-trying her to the fact that a qmvlaion of the charter prohibits the trial of teachers on charges other than those flled by the Superintendent of Schools. She also holds that Miss Hurley’s protest is not suffi- clent ground for an investigation by the board. Upon the filing of the suit Judge Dunne jssucd a temporary restraining order, making the same returnable before Judge Hunt on the 13th inst. 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