The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 22, 1901, Page 32

32 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1901 ADVERTISEMENTS. The Merriest of Merry Christmases MADE DOUBLY SO TO THE Little Folks BY RAPHAEL'S, INC. Free Monday Free Tuesday FREE WITH THEIR CHRISTMAS SVUIT FREE WITH THEIR CHRISTMAS OVERCOAT N our picture below we show you the Smariest Winter Fashions. TOYS FREE WITH THEM, but high class, Tous only. el o3 e 0% ,TJ. o FETCHING FASHIONS In Gowns, Robes, Smoking Jackets and all those fine little trinkets that men like— A STORE FULL OF ’EM. OPEN EVENINGS, TAFPHAEL Siwc * cor. Kearny Street £/ n Union unare Avenue. 5 SENTENGEL Mrs. Catherine Coarum to Serve Ten Years in State Prison. Tells Judge That Women Are Punished While Men Go Free. —_— “It s the judgment of this court, Cath- erine Coarum, that you be confined in the State Prison at S8an Quentin for the term of ten years.” Thus spoke Judge Dunne yesterday to the slayer of Charles Danlels. The woman uttered not a word but her looks spoke volumes. Before she stood up to recelve her sentence she had sald her say. She listened to the words of the court like a stofc. Mrs. Coarum killed a watchman named Charles Daniels at her home, 1133% Clay street, on April 9, last. She shot him three times and the crime was discovered by ‘a policeman to whom the neighbors of the woman reported that at the homs of Mrs. Coarum sounds of hysterical sob- bing could be heard. The officer entered the house and found Mrs. Coarum, who is the white wife of a colored cook on a vessel, moaning and bewailing her crime. In. the cellar the policeman found Dan- fhels' body, propped up against a dirt bulk- e Mrs, Coarum was arrested and charged with murder. She pleaded self-defense and the jury convicted her of man- slaughter. ‘When she appeared for sentence yester- day she was very much excited and asked the court for permission to say a few worde. Judge Dunne gave her permission to talk, and she said: 1 had to do what I did to that man. I.was driven to it and had to defend my- self and my home. I never troubled that man at all and would not have hurt him if he had let meé alone. He had been running around my home, Judge, month after month, and that night he got me down on the stairs and held me down and threatened to cut my throat with the razor. What could I do? What would any woman have done in a place like that? I had to do what I did. If I had not done it, my husband would have come home and found me murdered. “Strong men arm themselves and go out and look for their victims and shoot . them down dead—shoot them In cold blood—and the law lets them off; but I, & poor, helpless woman, compelled to act in defense of my home and my life, am convicted. Where is the justice of that? It fsn’t right, Judge. That man would have killed me if I had not done what I aa.” Mrs. Coarum, after finishing her speech, sank back Into her chair and gazed straight at the Judge. See Ho Mon, a Chinaman convicted of manslaughter, was sentenced by Judge Dunne to serve nine years in State Prison. | The Celestial and the woman were |taken from the courtroom together. Mrs. Coarum shot a last glance at the Judge and said: “Humph! This is a pretty country— | a white woman gets ten years for man- | slaughter and a Chinaman gets nine.” SOME RECORD CUTS. Big Inducements Are Made to Pur- | chasers for Xmas. | The deep cuts in the prices of books | have afforded opportunities for buyers. Many of the leading books are offered by Cooper’s, on Market street, much below the regular prices and some below their actual Eastern cost. Nothing can make more appropriate holiday gifts, and our | readers should take advantage of it. * D Il’.ECOM)IENI) TEACHERS FOR CERTIFICATES Poard of Examination Grants Perma- nent Credentials to a Number of Pedagogues. The City Board of Examination met yesterday and recommended to the Board of Education that the following named teachers be granted certificates: Permanent specal high school French cer- tificate—Mme. E. C. Gifford. Grammar school life diplomas—Miss Loulse McElroy, Miss Annie Tiling, Mrs. Laura Mac- dermott,’ Misses Annette M. Levy, M. J. Mc- Connell, Effie Smith, Emily Hartrick, Emma J. Onyén, C. M. Barfon and Eva Faneweather. Grammar school—Mrs. Myrtle Lathrop, Miss. es Rose Sanden, O. L. Kohlmuos and M. W. White. High school renewal—William A. Leggett. —Miss A. L. Chase, V. V. Deal. ames H. Simmons, Frank Martin and M. E. Blanchard, Permanent grammar school—Mrs. Laura B. Lake, Mrs. Alice F. Holden. ————— Corset Specials for This Week. Sapphire corsets, $2.50; Royal Worcester corset, black, $1.25 quality, 65c. All cor- sets fitted. Chester F. Wright, 6 Geary st., cor. Kearny, first floor upstairs, » —_————— To Represent Lick Observatory. Director W. W. Campbell of the Lick Observatory left for the East last night 1o represent the observatory at the Wash- ington meeting of the Asronomical and Astrophysical Soclety of America, which holds its sessions in that city during the holidays. The observatory is making an extensive exhibit of about 100 of its best photographs of celestial objects and the members of the staff of the observatory have sent twelve papers on astronomical subjects to be read before the soclety. —_———————— I Would Advise the Public Not to purchase their diamonds before seeing my magnificent collection. A. An- drews' Diamond Palace, 221 Montgomery.* e e J. Sherrie Matthews Sued. R. H. Warfleld, proprietor of the Cali- fornia Hotel, has sued J. Sherrie Matthews, the vaudeville actor, and N. Payne to recover $7350. The complaint alleges that Payne became indebted for board and lodging to Warfield, who held a lien on Payne's baggage for the amount due. Matthews agreed in writing that i the baggage was delivered to Payne I would pay the bill if Payne did not. War- fleld thereupon surrendered the baggage, but the bill has not been paid. ———— Stories by world-famed authors like Robert Barr and John Strange Winter in the Christ- mas Wasp. . —————— Board Awards Contracts. The Board of Public Works yesterday awarded the contract to build a steel water tank at the Almshouse to the Brode & Clark Iron Works for $3140. This firm was the lowest bidder. The highest bid was $4450. The Union Paving and Contracting Company received the con- tracts to repave Bush street from San- some to Battery and Post street, between | Hyde and Leavenworth, and Flynn & | Treacy got the contract to repave Fourth ‘atreet. between Harrison and Bryant. e — Trapper’s Oli cures rhelimatism and neuralgia. Druggists, Sc flask. Richard & Co. 408 Clay. * —_— e Pilgrim Sunday-School. ! To-morrow night the Piigrim Sunday- school of the First Unitarian Church, which was organized in 1853, will hold a Christmas festival in the parlor of the church, on which occasion an appropriate programme will be presented. | e | Bionhart’s Flaxseed Balsam ! ‘Will cure your cough. 50 cents at all druggists, DANIELS' SLAYER |EMPLOYES TALK (PARMSITE TAKES OF PROMOTIONG| UP NEW LABORS Colonel Gray Likely to Be New Wells-Fargo President. Directors Probably Will Not Meet Until Late in the Week. Although the directors of the Wells- Fargo Company probably will not meet until late in the week to decide upon a successor to the late president, John J. Valentine, there is already much specula- tion as to what their action will be. It is generally expected that Colonel George E. Gray, first vice president, will be pro- moted to the presidency, but as to other changes there are radical differences of opinions. In the Wells-Fargo offices the general supposition is that there will be promo- tions all along the line. The employes mostly believe that a local man, probably a department manager, will be advanced to the first vice presidency, and that in consequence numerous promotlons will fall to the lot of the men in the depart- ment so fortunate as to have its manager honored with promotion. Men who have studled the condition of the directorate do not agree with the pre- dictions of the men in the offices. They say that Colonel Gray very probably will be advanced to the presidency, and that the second vice president, Colonel Dudley Evans, also the New York manager, prob- ably will be made first vice president. The second vice president must be chosen from the members of the board of di- rectors, and the man most likely to be chosen is Homer 8. King, manager of the Wells, Fargo & Co. Bank. Of the elght surviving members of the board of directors six are in San Fran- cisco at present. They are Colonel Georgs E. Gray, Homer 8. King, Captain John Bermingham, Captain Oliver Eldridge, Andrew Christeson, manager of the Pa- cific department, and Colonel Dudley Evans, who, though the New York man- ager, is at present in this city. The other two members, H. B. Huntington and John J. McCook, are both in the East. A successor to John J. Valentine on the board of directors will be chosen before the vacancy in the office is filled. The president and vice presidents must all be members of the board of directors. It is possible that if Colonel Evans be made first vice president a new manager for the New York office may be chosen, and in that case numerous local promo- tions will follow. Colonel Gray, who seems likely to be made president, has been with the com- pany for twenty years, and for nearly ten years he has been first vice president. During the past year, since the beginning of President Valentine's illness, he has been acting president. He is one of the | best known and most highly respected of | San Francisco business men, and his pro- motion will give general satisfaction. CORONA LITERARY CLUB DEBATES ON CHARACTER The Madonna in Art and Collection of Madonnas a Feature of Next Meeting. At the last session of the Corona Liter- ary Club of the Mission there was an in- teresting debate upon the subject “‘that heredity is more influential than envi- ronment on the moral and intellectuai | character of man.”” Miss Partridge and | Miss Cole spoke in the affirmative, and | Mrs. Frank Dalton and Mrs. Grace Part- | ridge Hays in the negative. The debate {gave rise to a spirited discussion, in which many of the ladies took part. Two votes were taken, on the debate itself and the question, both resulting in a close victory for the affirmative side. This was one of a serles of debates that the club has arranged for the winter. Mrs. A. L. Barry is conducting a series of parliamentary drills with much ability and success. At the next meeting a loan collectlon of Madonnas will be exhibited, and Mrs. George Hanson will read a paper on the Madonnas in art. Mrs. L. R. Tut- tle will present a paper on the architec- ture of the renaissance. A TUnique Gift. A Government bond is supposed to be about as good a thing as you can give for a Christmas remembrance. Here is something, however, quite as good as a Government bond, and it does not cost so much money. It is a most unique idea for a gift, yet most practical, and solves the problem of what to give in a most satis- factory manner. A pair of fine shoes or a dainty pair of slippers is a -gift acceptable to all. Yet it is impossible to make this gift ordinar- ily without giving away the secret. One must know the size and other necessary detalls. But the Sorosis shoe people have solved the problem. They are issuing a certificate which you can send in lieu of the gift, and the happy recipient can go and pick out her own shoes or slippers. This certificate is good in any part of the country where there is a Sorosis store. So if you want to send such a gift to any one you can purchase_the certificate here at their store, The Royal, 50 Third street, slip it into a letter, and the shoes will be forthcoming at the other end when it is presented. It is an ideal method to secure an ideal gift, for the Sorosis shoe is a favorite with well dressed women from the At- lantic to the Pacific. Its merits are so well known they need no telling, and few gifts would be more acceptable. _ —_—ee—————— Boys Play the Deafmute Role. James Harrison and John Morrison, boys of 16 and 17 years, respectively, ap- peared before Judge Fritz yesterday on a charge of begging. They were arrested at Fifth and Market streets Friday night, as they had been annoying people there for some nights soliciting money with the aid of cards on which were printed the story that they were “‘deaf mutes.” Both could hear and talk as well as the gen- eral run of boys, and they told the Judge they had arrived from Portland recently and hit upon the scheme of soliciting money with the printed cards. The Judgs sent them to the Boys' and Girls’ Aid So- ciety. —_————— TU. 8. Civil Service Examination. The United States Civil Service Com- miesion announces that on January 21, 22 and 23, 1902, an examination will be held at varlous places throughout the United Btates for the position of marine draughts- man in the lighthouse service. Persons who desire to compete should at once ap- ply either to the secretary of the local Board of Examiners at the postoffice or to the United States Civil Service Com- mission, Washington, D. C., for applica- tion forms 304 and 375, which should be properly executed and flled with the com- mission prior to the hour of closing busi- ness on January 11. —_—— No Foul Play Shown. / A verdict of accidental death was re- turned by a Coroner’'s jury yesterday in the case of Conrad Kemp, the Santa Bar- bara quarryman, who fell from the third- story window of the Mint House, 933 Mis- sion street,”at midnight last Wednesday. No evidence was introduced tending to show that the fall was other than an ac- cldent. ———e Once Upon a Time It was impossible to get ale without sediment. Now, however, with EVANS' new era in brew. ing all dregs and sediment are eliminated and éh:l eyrl:'uuru of ale drinking doubled. %Il et Attacks the Ross Scale and Surprises Experts. Has Done Bplendid Service in Destroying the Yel- low Pest. —— During the inspection of an orange tree Tecently Experts Drummond and Jeffrey of the Board of Horticultural Commis- sloners of Los Angeles discovered that it was Infected with aspidiotus rossi (Ross scale). Their attention was attracted by what seemed to be the exit holes of some parasite in a number of scales. A sam- ple was forthwith sent to Alexander Craw, the entomologist of the State Board of Horticulture, in this city, for investigation, who has determined that the small parasite belongs to the chalcld group of hymenopterous insects, aspld- lotophagus citrinus, or scale killer, that was so effective in checking the yellow scale of the orange a few years ago. The parasite is almost microscopic and on that account is frequently overlooked by orchardists, The fact remains that it has suddenly and strangely appeared irr a dif- ferent scale to the one in which it is the true parasite, and there is no doubt that it will be of great benefit in checking the increase of the Ross scale (aspidiotus rossf). The history of the parasite is in- teresting, Inasmuch as it belongs to a class of Insects that can never become a pest. Its stomach and whole anatomy are such that it cannot digest vegetable foods, in fact it is such an epicure that it seldom attacks other scales than the one of which it is parasitical. As an instance of this, it has refused to attack the red scale of the orange, yet the structural dif- ference of the yellow and red scale can hardly be determined by the most power- ful microscope. The parasite, therefore, is keener even than the most scientific re- searchers in readily distinguishing be- tween the two species. It came into prom- inence in 1891, when Craw described the parasite which is of such interest to the orange grower, under the name of coecco- phagus citrinus, but now and henceforth it is to be known as aspldiotophagus clt- rinus (scale killer). It has done yeoman service in stamping out the yellow scale in Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riverside countles. The results of its introduction in Yuba County has also been eminently success- ful. Entomclogist Craw has also under inspection and is propagating the new Chinese parasite of the red scale, sixteen hundred of which have been sent to Los Angeles and the orange countles. He Is breeding the insect from a Chinese orange tree sent him by Mr. Compere from China. The results of the investiga- tion are belng looked forward to with great Interest. Wells, Fargo & Co. Open To-Day. To accommodate the public Wells, Fargo & Co. will keep their offices in this city open Sunday, December 22, from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m., so that Christmas goods may be forwarded and delivered. R — AUDITOR COMPLETES THE ANNUAL TAX SETTLEMENT Report Shows That More Than Two Millions Were Collected on First Installment. Auditor Wells yesterday completed the work of compiling and attaching the 15 per cent penalty to all taxes that became delinquent November 25, 1901. The settle- ment is shown in the following figures: Taxes on unsecured personal prop- erty charged to Tax Collector.. $58,613 63 Amount _collected by Tax Col- lector to November 25, 1901 Amount delinquent November 25, 1801 $52,057 08 7,043 72 D- . 1,263,903 01 r - 1,157,421 47 Amount of 15 per cent penalty at- tached ..... coasese sessesene . Taxes on secured personal tached Taxes on first installment real tate charged to Tax Collector. Amount collected by Tax Collector to November 25, 1901 $58,808 17 Amount of 15 per cent penalty at- £CHEd ...iiiiiiies cieesozeecon 8,820 83 Taxes on second installment real estate charged to Tax Collector. 2,254,000 84 Amount collected by Tax Collector to November 25, 1901 555,174 80 Amount to be collected upon which there is no penalty at this time.$1,698,835 04 There is a difference between the un- secured personal property and the secured personal property. This difference was caused by the Assessor, with the consent of the City and County Attorney, trans- ferring $16,367 42 from the secured to the unsecured personal property. —_—— Romeo and Jullet in Chinatown. See Christmas Wasp California. the {llustrating Cosmopolitan . —_——————— Serious Charge Against a Youth. George Simas, a boy 19 years of age, connected with a dog show on Market street, was arrested at an early hour yes- terday morning at a lodging-house, 1231 Market street, and booked at the City ?lson on a charge of assault upon Attille chaub, a girl 13 years of age, who lives with her widowed mother at 731 Minna street. He appeared in Judge Conlan’s court yesterday and the case was conpin- ued till to-morrow. ADVERTISEMENTS. Impressions . Calendar 1902. Origimal ........ Oood When ths Year ls Dons Elder and Shepard, WHIPS, ROBES, BLANKETS FOR THE HOLIDAYS, Novelties—many of them Im- ported—all new—most any prics. STUDEBAKER BROS.COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA. Market and Tenth Sts. ADVERTISEMENTS. SPECIAL LINES OF NEW GOODS On sale this week. All very suitable for Holiday Gifts. Ladies’ and Gents’ Fine SILK UMBRELLAS. ...88.00 to $7.50 Each Ladies’ and Gents’ KID GLOVES, from the Dbsst Euro- pean factories. Ladies’ Sheer Linen and Linen Cambric [nitialed HAND= KERCHIEFS. ......$1.00, $1.50 and $3.00 Box Ladies Hand-Embroidered Ladies’ Real Duchesse Lacz HANDKERCHIEFS Ladies’ Cloth and Flannel Ladles’ Silk WAISTS, Black and Colored Been Gents' Novelty NECKWEAR, 6 In a Box. b o Sheer Linen HANDKER- CHIEFS......15¢, 20c, 25c¢, up to $5.00 Each ......$2.00 to $30.00 Each Gents’ Initialed S11k HANDKERCHIEFS................. s ......40c, 50c, 75c and $1.00 Each Gents’ Silk REEFERS and MUFFLERS, In White, Black and coloFS..............51.00 up to $2.50 Each Ladies’ Leather PURSES, latest stgles and colors........ tiieien.....B0c, T8c, $1.00, up to $6.00 Bach WAISTS, new stples and latest colorings.........$1.75 up to $8.00 Each ......55.00 to $15.00 Bach Ladies’ Silk PETTICOATS, Colored and Black........... E 1 s s et s s ae e e e v ee < SONO0 tO SRB00 Each latest shapes and colors.... cerrreennnene....28c, B0c, T8¢ and $1.00 Each A EXTRA SPECIAL. 45 Fine FEATHER BOAS, . Natural and Gray. 45 inches long, in Black, These are an extra quality..... ......Price $10.00 Bach CUR GLOVE ORDERS MAKE VERY ACCEPTABLE CHRISTMAS GIFTS. STORE WILL BE OPEN MONDAY AND TUESDAY EVENINGS, DEC. 23 and 24, bt fte %Ry, - 1892 nL, 03, us, ut, us, 121 POST STREET. NOTICE. GEORGE MAYERLE, the Graduate German Expert Optician, 10711 Market st., near Sev- enth, does not travel nor visit cities outside ot San Francisco, neither does he employ any opticlans to represent him. OFFICE CHIEF OF POLICE. “It gives me much pleasure to recommend to the public Mr. George Mayerle of San Fran- cisco. I have been using glasses for the past four years, and during that time have con- sulted several opticlans, but not until I con- sulted Mr. Georse Mayerle and had .him fit glasses to my eyes did I get entire satisfaction. Most respectfully, J. H. ANDERSON, Sergeant of Poiice, San Francisco.” NEW SIGHT FOR XMAS AND NEW YEBARS. Make a present that will be highl: - clated for B MANY YEARS TO COME. Mayerle's Superior Quality Eyeglasses are the only ones indorsed by the highest U. S. Army, Navy and Government officials. ill be :r; (7, SXpress with privilege of trying ore paying any charges. [Prices, $5, $10° add §15. When orderine. state - occupation, 'also whether glasses are wanted for reading or to see off. GEORGE MAYERLE, Graduate German Expert Optici 7 Market, near Seventh. San Francisco. To South §72. German Eyewater, S0c. Send money for an order entitling bearer to :xllle"z ir S‘:xl hMLyerle’l‘ E\mflfi%’ Quality Eye- ich a present w # Slamses ¢ P 'VER BE FOR- DR. MCNULTY. TEIS WELL-RNOWN AND RELIABLE OLD stropecialist cures Blood Poison, Gonorrheen, Gleet, Stricture, Seminal Weakness. Impotence and their allied Disorders. Book on Diseases of Me, free. Over20years’experience. Terms reasonable. Hou: 9t03daily;6:30to8. B eves. Sundays, 10 th 12 Consul: tationfreeandsacrodly confidentlal. Call or address P. ROSCOE McNULTY, M. D. 2635 Kearny St., San Francisco, Cal. Oriental Rug Sale ... We offer our entire line of beautiful Oriental Carpets, Rugs and Curtains at 25 > Discount from regular prices. Chas. M. Plum & G, 13011307 MARKET ST. Belt for $5. The “Dr. Belt (wurh Alden Electric Suspen so 11 uarante:d SRS 1o poaen ") ¥ curative properties of the expensive belts now sold by doctors and druggists. It gives & very strong current of electricity and is easily regulated. und to _superseds others. Can be had from the undersigned only; NO AGENTS; NO DISCOUNT. Clr- cular l'l:ee. Call or address PTERCE ELEC- TRIC CO., 206 Post st., San Francisco, or 1145 Broadway, New York. 2 ers bootblagks, bath- BRUSHES Touses, billiard tables, brewers, bookbinders, candy-makers, canners, dyers, flourmills, foundries, laundries, paper- bangers, printers, painters, shoe factortes, stablemen, tar-roofers, tanners, tallors, ete. BUCHANAN BROS., Brush Manufacturars, 609 Sacramento St FOR BARBERS, BAK- WE OWN OUR OWN BUILDING—WE PAY NO RENT. YOUR CHRISIMAS DINN Will taste better if eaten from a Noo- nan Extension Tablee. We have a fine line of handsome tables at mod- erate prices. Chairs to match: a full line of beauties. You can’t do better than to call and see them. Free Delivery to Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley. THE J. NOONAN FURNITURE CO., Inc. 1017-1023 Mission Strect, above Sixth, S=n Franciszo. WE CLOSE AT 6 P. M. EVERY DAY BUT SATURDAY. CREDIT NOT CASH .Don’t borrow money, but come tight to us and get your Christmas presents and all the furniture you want at any time in the future on time. As we pay no rent we can do this for you, We save money, so you save monev‘ too. An immense stock of furniture at your Adlsposal for very little money. Just in, fine Toilet Tables, hand- s some Chairs, beautiful Writing Desks, etc., suitable for CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. We have the goods—will lay them away for you until Christmas. Come in and see them. A ¢