The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 29, 1901, Page 20

ADVERTISEMENTS. THE SAN FRANCISCO. CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, A great Black Goods Speclal for bargain that will astonish_those unaccusts marvelous money-saving offerings. A ret glosed out to us much below its regular eavy 1t 1s fully 62 inches wide, of a fast black give good satisfaction. On sale Monday 40 pieces go on sale of this very street dresse hese are faultlessl satin finish Old Rose, Red, Reseda, Nav: walue at $1 25. Monday $5.00 and $6.00 WOOL WAISTS Broken lines of some of this SALE OF NECK RUFFS. 800 Yards Black s The regular $1.25 quality importing h are enable t is a silk warrant splendid black. ou: below regular price heavy and very lust s Tuesday . | Watch import- ant anncunece- m=nt Wednes- day morning papers. LA AL ARV AUATAAN A AV AUAVANA AN A VAR A& AR AV AV A AV AL AV VAVATANA ] English Cheviot, a guality that is wi BSII.ZSUGoInréd Satin Prunella 85€ popular wool v woven and of the highest in colors of Tan, Castor, Brown, Ci G d G $33 season’s best selling styles to be closed out to-mor- tment have been ch Pea ON SPECIAL SALrE} de of Silk is retailed by to place the same on sale omed to this store's iring wholesale house price 45 pieces extra I worth $1 a yard. dyc and warranted to i Rl 70c ings. 100 pleces All-w Pink, Cardinal, Navy, Green. fabric for A grand variety to colorings; Gowns; looks as well § let, New Blue, £ 85¢ SPECIAL OFFERING. BLACK VELVET RIBBONS. The ribbons we offer for to-morrow and Tuesday are the highest grade—warranted row. These waists are handsomely fin-|all silk and satin back; to be sold for| e e per- ehed with taflor stitching, corded and ap- | considerably less than the present pre-| vard, but %ce??r?::xl?ogu;figg:t ey g s 4 Price. “They come In exquisite styles s ey Tetay, pou ' thoies S e inl:xxlik and satin stripes. sultable for $3.50 each 4 < ; petticoats. grea -mor- at 1Ze ¥4 or $1.10 a plece, [Petticoat PR at 14e 18e vd or $1.35 a plece. or $1.75 a plece. $2.00 COMFORTERS $1.50 at ' of late—therefore| No comforter offering ever equaled this Es r o a one, and you will say so, too, when you| o , ; h : to-morrow. | occ” them, They are extra heavy. fof ‘\0“"-‘?‘“"““}31g““ge’ltsts‘“xnlaiéffe They are made of the finest black liberty | Scuple heds, covered with cholce siikoline | SWise ribbed vests and pants, in whitc eilk, very full around the neck. With long | and filled with pure white cottor—are|3nd ecru, perfectly flnished seams, Streamers. To be so:a ms follows Bicely stitched, . Were intended to be sold [ self-trimmed neck with il dram] $1.50 Ruffs for 98c Each at §2 each and are well worth it, but we|strings. Drawers hu e N $1.75 Ruffs for. $1.25 Each got them cheap; therefore the special price | length, with Frenc! ands, in nl $2.50 Ruffs f .SLT5 Bacl BN B A snveripsd $1.50 each |sizes. Grand value at........ 85¢ each u de Soié O8c 1l prominent stores as willing to sac- A grand opportuaity ored and very gracefu have just arrived from ; have graduated ercaline; in ed to wear well, extra On sale Monday and 98Se Yard BIG SALE OF FRENCH FLANNELS. Another big Flannel Sale is planned for Monday and Tues- day, which undoubtedly will bring hundreds of eager buyers. By ‘coming early you will have the pick of all the best color- at 60c a yard, in these choice colorings—Cream, For Monday and Tuesday at...... GERMAN EIDERDOWN FLANNELS 75€ o warm and fleccy, flannel for Wrappers and Tea e reens imported, that always sold at 6lc Ladies’ $9.00 Dress Skirts FOR..... able quality Cheviot.and Venetian, trimmed with silk and satin 2125 PoST S 700 400 4060 400 200 400 250 ADD G0 20 ARDAAD AL ZUA U0 ARG 204 460 AUDAAA DN 44D 6L D AAD A ZUA DD J00 0D 40D LI JAAJRA BRI tnrnrnenen mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmg = Two Rousing Bargain Days $1,00 BLACK GHEVIOT FOR 7 O€ Monday and Tuesday—a Monday and Tuesday. 0ol French Flannels that ordinarily sell =4 89c Rose, Nile, Turquoise, Tan _and ....Yard choose from in the choicest patterns and 0501 as the tmported kind._on |5 ILK STRIPED MOREEN. 33£ 60c Quality One of the finest mercerized silk mo- Mcnday and Tuesday ADIES’® FALL UNDERWEAR 85 to-morrow for proguring perfectly tail- 1 hanging skirts at'special prices. These the manufacturers. Are made of a reli- flounce and full tailored flare; lined with every way exceptional. .G&es‘!) yaiue A HANDKERCHIEF BARGAIN 200 DOZEN AT worth at least 20c. Included are the chofcest, styles riety to select from. On sale Monday and Tuesday at.......... 123¢ Each DB IRSAIURLURIIUOIUR AU AR OO ANUIIR AR LEMTIMJURARRIIRSAR LD LML AED TR JUO AL AR LIL LR A DM LA JUA CAC B LI b 0t b BRUTAL THUGS | BEAT VICTIM Footpads Hold Up John} Lubler on a Dark | Bridge. Three brutal footpads held up John | Lubler on the Second-street bridge lasU night, and without giving him a chance to submit quiet a revolver, knocking him sensel fore the thugs had time to rifie his pock ets several men and a woman sta a the bridge and the foot came frightened and ran awa their bleeding and uncons victim 1o y the pedestria icked up ¥ ler itk deep ga on ad and he was removed im- » the Harbor Hospital, where were dressed. After having the | | | bandaged Lubler went to the | lice station, where he told his % tempted rol A he was about half way bridge when the three men m behind one of the stringers him to throw | more blows, and after | thing until he was , who arrived | 2 consid- ‘ on his person, | been frightened a neat sum for | opinion erzble amount of money &nd had not the footpad v would have got volice are of t work of new men in , a8 a seasoned footpid victim unless he at- d to Captain Sey- tw f his detec bler was stricken e did not F three footpads. down good descr B SNATCHES DIAMOND | FROM NECETIE PIN. Otto von Scheehen Lauena Grabs a | Third-street Pawnbroker’s Val- uable Jewel. r of a pawn shop at s relieved of a valuable attempting 1« vstomer from character’s s opjection Scheehen pawn si pu: knife, but took offense when I asked him how many knmv sell. Accordir ena commenc: Jacobs cjected him Arc twice e Jacobs was 2 store tempting to throw him out for the time Lauena made a grab for & He did not sccure the but got Ja | dizmond, which is valued at $100. | L. B. Jac »d Lauena up the street and caught him, but when he wi taken back to the stc not be found. La arrest by Serge with theft. | ver, to the effect that Dowie was {150 of the membership o {tody of form | of good cheer available. | following new office | moldings, which we have not had time to DOWIE DECIDES T0 SETTLE: CASE His Attorney Seeks to Secure a Compromise of Litigation. CHICAGO, Dec. 28.—John Alexander Dowie has decided that he will settle the | claim of his brother-in-law, Samuel Ste- venson, the English lacemaker, before next Thursday, the time set by Judge Tuley for handing down a decision in the case. Edward Logan Steven- son’s attorney, to-day received a letter rom Samuel W. Packard, Dowle's law- ady to make a reasonable settlement. At the close of the trial Judge Tuley | held a private conference with Stevenson and Dowle and their attorneys, in which he is reported t6 have intimated that un- less the case was settled out of court he | would appoint a receiver for the Zion lace ndustries. Stevenson alleged Laat Dowie defrauded him out of $150,000 and his attorney de- clares that no amount less than that will ettlement be considered in DRUMMERS MAKE MERRY AT THE BANQUET BOARD Pacific Division of Travelers’ Protec- tive Association Meets in Its " Annual Reunion. The fourth annual banquet of the Cali- fornia division of the Travelers' Prote tive Association held last night in the banquet-room of Golden Gate Hall. About were pres- ent. Harry M. Campe acted as toastmaster. In the course of the evening he announced | that the original charter, kept in the cus- | - Senator Braunhart since | the time of the split in the organization, | had been given by Braunhart into the | hands of P. B. Gallagher and was by him | at this time presented to the association. Harry Moore, the president-elect, in re- sponding to a toast spoke of the future of | the organization, and told a few good | drummers’ stories. When he had finished | the orchestra played *“Annie Moore." Former President Ed Warnecke and Thomas Hays also responded to toasts. | A programme of musical numbers and | specialties furnished amusement ti was somewhat superfluous in view of the num- ber of drummers at table and the amount | The California division has elected the Harry T. Moore, president; Fred Eggers, first viee president; J. H. Davis, second vice | president: J. J. Baumgartner, secret and | directors—Henry M. Campe, Ben Warnecke, Frederick Petersen, Desborough, W. A. Rountree Picture Frames. We have recelved during December over 100 patterns of entirely new things in open until now. The beauty, originality and moderate price of these moldings will please every one having pictures to frame. On sale after this date. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market street. ‘ O'BliIEN & JONS GOLDEN GATE AVE. and POLK JT. A smart v:hicle for the smait set. The cor- rect thing to run about in. There is only one firm in San Fran- cisco that has the Lexington. It is the firm that supplies car- riages to the ultr a-fashion- able set. Itis | nook and corner. | swearing and kissin, MILITIR-HOLD BACK LYNCHERS Mob Clamors for Life of Murder Suspect Wilcox. ELIZABETH CITY, N. C., Dec. 2.—The presence of a squad of naval militia with | loaded carbines is all that prevents an attack on the jail in which is confined James Wilcox, accused of the murder ‘of Nellie Cropsey. Threats of lynching were freely made to-day and against the young man continues bitter. During the day armed guards have kept all pedestrians a block away from the jail. To-night the saloons were closed by order of the Mayor. Solicitor Ward had a warrant sworn out, charging Wilcox with murder. A preliminary hearing will be held on Wednesday, when Wilcox probably will be held for the Grand Jury which will meet in March. Wilcox is probably the most uncon- cerned man in the town. He sits in hs cell making cigarettes and talking with his guards. lynching. Andrew G. Cropsey, the uncle of Mi Nellie Cropsey, who had been missing since November 20 and whose body was discovered in the Pasquotank River yes- | terday, arrived in this city to-day from New York. Cropsey is making prepara- tions to take the body of the dead girl to New York for interment. He is deeply affected by the tragic death of his niece. He has spent a large sum of money in efforts to solve the mystery of her dis- appearance and will do his utmost to solve the mystery of her death. The verdict of the Coroner’s jury, which was not made public in this city last it might cause the lynching of Wilcox, was read to-day in front of the Coroner’s office to a large assemblage of people. The great crowd not only manifested no sympathy for Wilcox, but seemed inclined to deal harshly with him if assurance of his guilt could be obtained. No surprise was ex- hibited by the general public at the result | of the Coroner’s inquest, as the belief has been fixed in this city that the girl was murdered. e s Payot Lectures on Japan. “Japan—The Land of the Rising Sun” was the lecture given last evening at the Mechanics’ Institute by Henry Payot be- fore an audience that crushed into every The stereopticon views were no more highly colored nor did they show more delicate tints than the word- pictures of the lecturer. He tripped his hearers to the shrine of gods and into the presence of geisha girls, and gave in- structive accounts of manners and cys- toms, the progress and the imitative characteristics of the Japanese, and amused by telling how very improper are the land of the rising sun, and how: witty American, on learning those facts, said, “I prefer America, where they kiss and cuss!” The merry mosquito, said the lecturer, lived to torment, but he was as musical as a brass band. In Japan they did not resort to nor depend upon fires for warmthgin the winter. Instead the Japanese- piled on to themselves extra clothing as the cold increased, consequently they seemed to grow fatter and fatter as the weather became colder. He paid a tribute to the intelligence and to the great progress of the Japanese, and, indeed, all the way through the lecture was as instructive as it was entertaining. —_————— Woodworth’s Exclusion Bill Received Congressman Julius Kahn has written to United States District Attorney Wooaworth informing that official that he has received a copy of Attorney Wood- worth’s suggestions for the new Chinese exclusion bill and that he has submitted them to the sub-committee for consider- ation. Mr. Kahn adds that the commit- tee has received Mr. Woodworth’s sug- - | gestions very favorably. —_——— Used Razor in a Fight. J. M. Lee was held to answer before the Superior Court by Judge Cabaniss yester- day on the charge of assault with a dead- ly weapon in $1000 bonds. He and John W. Rock were employed in the Arcade stables, 327 Sixth street, and had a fight on the evening of December 23 because Rock insinuated that Lee had stolen a re- volver. During the fight Lee cout Rock in the b&fk with a razor. / He says he has no fear of i the feeling | AIALRY CAUSES L0SS OF TRADE Americans Seek to Un- dermine One Qnother in Germany. Foreign Official Explains How Business Interests Suffer. BERLIN, Dec. 28.—American diplomacy in Berlin, so far as it relates to commer- cial controversies, is hampered by the in- terference of the private interests con- cerned. The force of the representations of the State Department hagfbeen contin- ually impaired by American business men acting independently of diplomatic chan- nels. This is the startling purport of a communication made to-day by & person closely related to the Foreign Office, from whom something was sought more candid than the Foreign Office’s carefully framed statements usually are. Naturally this person can only speak plainly for publica- tion abroad. He said: 1 suggest these memoranda for explaining | German Governmental views on three or four | things that are the subjects of correspondence with our Foreign Office. There is the meat question, always with us, and likely %o be again troublesome in the gpring, if our mew inspec tion regulations become imperative. Underly ing the meat dlspute is, of course, the protect- ive tariff idea in which your statesmen have educated us. But beyond that, how can you blame us if we exclude canned meats after the embalmed beef testimony? Public opinion here has most unpleasant recollections of. that tes- timony and is now irritated by the boastful utterances of representatives of the great meat firms, whose attitude is that whether the meat is good or bad, Germany must buy it, as they | cannot raise enough for their own use. These firms, 1 may say, are striving to reach the German Government by influences outside of your State Department. Americans Bring About Trouble. Much of the trouble we are giving American insurance companies originates in the intrigues of these great concerns against each other in order to secure a semi-exclusive field. They have filled several cases in our Foreign Office with secret documents against their American | rivals, such as so-called exposures of methods of doing business and attacks on the integrity of their financlal operations and investments. r case against the foreign insurance com- panies is upheld by briefs against them pre- pared by their rivals in their own country. Alluding to the approaching period when a new commercial treaty will prob- ably be negotiated with the United States, the informant said: Germany will want her full share of the ad- vantages of the United States reciprocal ar- rangements with other countrles. We justly consider it a grievance that the United States, under the most favored nation idea, is able to profit by any new commercial convention we | enter into with another country, while Ger- many is unable to participate in a reciprocal | treaty which the United States makes with another country. The general business situation occupies increasing attention. As the vear closes careful observers admit that the situation grows worse. The recently expressed hopes that an improvement had begun have been disappointed. The railway eawnings show a decrease as compared with 1900. A significant fact is that 180 Berlin foundries, machine shops and elec- | trical establishments have petitioned the Prusslan Ministry for orders, even at prices involving a loss, in order to avoid discharging their laborers. ' Elsewhere the dismissals of working people, the curtail- ment of wages and the shortening of the hours of labor continue. The greatest {iron company of Silesia has just reduced wages 15 per cent. Distress in Berlin. The distress in Berlin is shown by the fact that the sales of Christmas trees were 100,000 less than in 190). The mer- chants have begun to feel the effects of the lower purchasing powers of the peo- ple. Some financiers refer to the low money rates and to the demand for for- elgn loans as indications of returning con- fidence. More careful critics of the situa- tion, however, see therein evidence of deep seated lack of confidence in Ger- many’s business situation, which pre- vents any new industrial undertakings in spite of the low prices of raw materials and the low rate of wages. The papers say no improvement may be expected while the uncertainty regarding commer- cial treaties lasts. A summary of Germany’s naval activity during the year 1%01 shows that four bat- tleships were launched and that one arm- ored cruiser, one gunboat, several large torpedo-boat destroyers and four coast defense vessels have been remodeled. Other vesels have also been remodeled. SECRETARY LONG GIVES PRAISE TO ARMY MEN Commends AKeroiicfiA‘ttempt to Re- cover Body of Murdered Naval Apprentice. WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—Secretary Long has written a letter to the Secre- tary of War highly commending the con- duct of Captain G. A. Detchmendy and Licutenant Barker Hitt, Twenty-second Infantry, and the men under them for “the zeal and perseverance” with which they prosecuted the search for the re- mains of D. G, A. Venville, a first-class apprentice in the navy, who was mur- dered by Filipino insurrectionists at Baloi, P. I. ““The fact that the loss of one naval apprentice,” says Secretary Long, “in the multitude of fatal and other casual- ties wiich have occurred during the in- surrection in the Philippines could have inspired such unselfish and hazardous service as was involved in the search for the remains of D. G. A. Venville was a high tribute to the character of the United States army and will tend to unite the navy to it in closer bonds. “I have the honor to request that you will transmit to the officers and enlisted men above mentioned the grateful appre- cation and commendation not only of the Navy -Department but of the officers and enlisted men of the navy for their act and for the thoughtful remembrances of the family of the boy who was so cruelly murdered.” THIEVES LOOT YATES & CO0.’S WAREHOUSE Employe of Firm and Alleged Con- federates Arrested for Stealing ‘White Lead. ‘Ten kegs of white lead were stolen yes- terday morning from the warehouses of Yates & Co. at the corner of Fifth and Berry streets, and last night Detectives Ryan, O'Dea and Coleman brought a tri> of suspects into the City Prison, where they will be held pending an investiga- tion. Detective O'Dea caught a man named Chagles Stanford in the act of disposing. of the stolen property to a Market-street | dealer and placed him, together with Ed- ward Case, who drove the express wagon in which the stolein lead was hauled away from the warehouse, under arrest. About 8 o'clock last evening the detec- tives arrested John Griffin, a lead mixer employed at .the warehouse. Griffin is believed by the police to be the man who trucked the lead out of the warehouse and delivered it into the hands of Case and Stanford, though neifher of the men would identify him positively as the man who gave them the stolen property. —_——— Cattlemen Violate Quarantine Laws. GUTHRIE, O. T., Dec. 28.—At the ses- sion to-day of the Oklahoma Livestock Sanitary Board it was aumnounced that elghteen prominent Texas and Oklahoma cattlement have been arrested for violat- ing the quarantine laws and have piid $3500 in fines during the existing open 1 season. { | sistinz the Sheriff. 1901. KILLS HERSELF IN A THEATER DramaticSuicide of Love- sick Young Woman of Washington. Takes a Place in Front of Stage and' Then Swal- lows Poison. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 25.—One of the most dramatic suicides which has ever taken place in Washington occurred to-night at Chase’s Theater, when Miss | Mary Renner during the performance | ended her life beeause of unrequited love. Miss Renner, who was about 28 years of age, fancied herself in love with an actor who appeared at the theater to- night. He was evasive and the culmina- tion came this evening when she killed herself in the full view of hundreds of people. Miss Renner invited a friend to attend the performance to-night and shoctly after § o'clock they entered the theater and took their seats. A few min- utes later Miss Renner excused herself and just as the cirtain went up she was seen walking down the center aisle. When she reached the end of the first row of | seats from the stage she paused, lifted | her hand to her lips and with a subdued scream sank to the floor. Those sitting near by rushed to her assistance and she was carried to the rear, where it was dis- covered that she was suffering from poison. She was immediately removed to the emergency hospital, where she died a few minutes later. After the audience had been quieted the performance was continued. MAKES FIVE ATTEMPTS . IN ONE NIGHT TO DIE Insane Sailor in Los Angeles Uses Every Available Method of Sui- cide, but Fails. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 28.—Charles Ger- son, formerly a sailor in the navy and who is now in the coasting trade, unsuc- cessfully tried to kill himself in five dif- ferent ways to-night while suffering from hallucinations superinduced by drink. While preparing his sailor's bag at the Monterey lodging-house on South Main street, and while he had spread before him his cash consisting of $35 and a sav- ings bank book containing a credit for $50, Gerson thought he heard voices of men in the hall calling attention to his wealth, and a belief grew in him that he was to be robbed. He rushed from the lodging-house and boarded a Santa Monica electric car. He got off at Hauser station, a few miles west of this city, and wandered off In the dark, the fear of enemies growing upon him as he went. Reaching a reservoir he plunged into it, but being a strong swim- mer could not drown. Crawling back to land Gerson somehow procured a rope and proceeded to hang himself. It proved hardly strong enough to bear his weight and he fell, nearly choked, to the ground. Out of his water- logged pockets the demented sailor fisned a dull knife used for cutting his black navy .plug and proceeded to slash his throat, but he only succeeded in making a number of superficial gashes. He next tried the blade on his wrists, but strange- 1y missed all the important blood vessels. Having lost his knife in the darkness, he found it impossible to finish his gory iob; but being still determined to kill him- self and thus foil his enemies, he wan- dered back to the track of the electric road and there lay down at full length on the rails, awaiting death which he so vainly pursued. The crew of a city-bound car found Gerson lying there calmly, although al- most frozen from the effect of the cold water. He was placed on the car and de- livered at the Emergency Hospital. He lost his money and bank book in his mad journey. SCT % SR Fugitive Prisoners Are Captured. REPUBLIC; Wash., Dec. 28.—Four of the prisoners who sawed their way to liberty Christmas morning have been re- captured. Two of them were taken by Sheriff Lowry while they were in the act of holding up a saloon at Curlew. One prisoner was shot in_the neck while re- CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 28.—John M. A. Leighman, the United States Minister to Tur- key, arrived to-day on his return from a visit to America. CEREDO, W. Va., Dec. 28.—Michael West, engineer on the Norfolk and Western, was shot to death by Policeman William ' Freeman. West was resisting arrest. DANES OPPOSING - SALE OF ISLANDS Agitation Embarrasses the Authorities in Copenhagen. Request Secretary Hay to Permit Arrangementy for Plebiscite. — COPENHAGEN, Dec. 28.—The agitation against the sale of the Danish West In- dles has placed the Government in an embarrassing position. There is much difference of opinion as to how far public sentiment against the sale is genuine and how far it is the work of rpeculators and promoters. At any rate it has impressed the Foreign Minister to the extent of his being determined to request Secretary Hay to allow an arrangement for a plebiscite. This matter will be settled through Copenhagen and not through the Danish Minister at Washington. 1t is generally declared in well informed circles here that the islanders favor thg sale. But the chief argument advanced by the large majority Is that there should be a plebiscite like that of 1867. The fact that the Danish Government 18 réopening the negotiations indicates that there is much doubt in the minds of the authorities as to how accurately they have gauged the national sentiment. In the meanwhile those who are opposed to the sale are formulating numerous plans for realizing on the tropical asset so long neglected. A company has just been formed for improving the economic status of the islands, in the event that they are not sold. The capital of the dompany is not announced, but the directors include Hefde and Glenckstadt, bank directors: Andersen, a director of the East Aslatic Company, and other influential persons. —_— TROOPS ARE CALLED OUT TO PROTECT A PRISONER Georgia Citizens Seek the Life of the Alleged Murderer of Emma Fincher. COLUMBUS, Ga., Dec. 28.—Company L, Second Regiment Alabama State troops, of Phoenix City, left at 8 o’clock to-night for Crawford to assist Sheriff Bellamy in arresting and protecting Uriah Porter, charged with the killing of Emma Fincher. The nearest railroad being thirteen miles from Crawford, they went by private conveyance. Alden Left a Shortage. NEW YORK, Dec. 28.—The City Com- missioners of Accounts reported to Mayor Van Wyck to-day that they had made special examination of the cash accounts of which Charles A. Alden was acting trustee and acting treasurer for Commis- sioner of Charities Keller, and that they had found a shortage of $3187. In the ab- sence of Mr.» Alden’s cash and check books the Commissioners do not certify to the exactness of their findings. Alden went to Philadelphia on December 21 and has not been heard from since. padeeorium Capture of an Indian Murderer. BUTTE, Mont., Dec. 28.—Tom Le Mack, an Indlan charged with the murder of his father-in-law and two other men across the Canadian border, was arrested in this city t§-day. The Canadian author- itles have hunted all through the North- west for Le Mack and it was only through the information given the au- thorities by one of his tribe that the In- dian was captured. Le Mack will be held awalting the action of Canadian authori- ties. —_— Music, in Golden Gate Park. The following programme will be rendered by the band in Golden Gate Park to-day ““Prophet March’® Meyerbeer Overture, “Cindereila’ . Rossini Suite, “Spanish Divertisements™. Desorme “‘A Musiclan Astray in the Forest”...Herman *..Vietor Herbert W ‘Rienzl’ Intermezzd, ““Cavalleria Rusticana’ Mosaique from I Desriptive, “‘Cavalry Charge . Lueders March, “‘Banda Rossa™ -Sorenting Irrigation District Sued. Albert Meyer, who owns 716 bonds is- sued by the Alta Irrigation District, filed a sult yesterday to recover the value of the bonds, with'interest. He values them at $10,740. —_———— LOWELL, Mass., Dec. 28.—A consolidation of the three natlonal banks in this city was effected to-day under the name of the Unien National Bank. The First National Bank, the Railrogd National National Bank are the three institutions which have merged. WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—The tsansport Crook left Malta yesterday for Manila, © Bank and the Merchants' | FOUR NEPHEWS WIADER UNCLE Confession Clears Mys- tery of Aged Farm- er’s Death. Assassins Call Him to His Door at Night and Riddle Him With Bullets. HUDSON, N. Y., Dec. 23—One of the most sensational murder cases ever known in New York State culminated to-day in a confession by Harvey Bruce, aged in the form of a statement to Nis moth and aunt. The statement is withessed b Méyor Charles Harvey and County Treas- urer George H. Macy, and tells how the murder of Peter A. Hallenbeck, a wealthy farmer of Greenport, was committed on Christmas eve by Bruce, Willls, Burton and Fred Van Wormer, brothers, aged 18 20, 23 and 26, all nephews of the murdered n. m’flx‘hp full purport of the confession will not be made public until Monday at the Coroner’s inquest, but enough has been told to show that the prisoners. who all | lived in Kindernook, eighteen miles from the Hallenbeck home, drove to the scene of the crime, tied their horses at Hallen beck’s barn, went to the rear of the house in the moonlight, rapped on the door and when the old man opened it shot him to death. They fired thirteen shots, eleven of which penetrated the body. The crima was witnessed by Hallenbeck’s wife and old mother, the other members of t family being at Christmas eve services, less than a mile distant. | Until last autumn the Van Wormer fam- ily lived in a house in Greenport mort- gaged to Hallenbeck. Because he thought the boys troublesome Hallenbeck fore- closed the mortgage and the family was evicted. This was the basis of the fll will held against Hallenbeck. The mother of the Van Wormers and friends tried hard by testimony before the Coroner to establish an alibi for them. The officials had strong circumstantial evidence against them. Teamster Killed. Pat McNamee, a teamster, was fatally injured on the front yesterday. He was driving a coal cart along Hdward street when a double. team owned by the Cutter Draying Company started to run away. On the corner of Howard and East streets the horses were brought up by celliding with McNamee's cart. McNamee was thrown out of the vehicle and the horses trampled all over him. He was taken to the Harbor Hospital, where everything possible was done for him. After several hours of suffering he died and the re- mains were taken to the Morgue. Later in the day George Dows, the | artver of the runaway team, was arrested | ana charged with manslaughter. He was afterward released on 360 cash bail. —_——— Died at a Ripe Old Age. Mrs. Minerva R. Craig, widow of the |late Randolph R. Cralg, died of old age at the residence of her son, Lee D. Craig, |at 645 Baker street, yesterday morning. | The deceased was born at Versailles, ke May 18, 1818, and was married in 135. She came to California with her husband in 1852, and was the first white woman to take up her residence on American Hill, at Nevada City. Deceased was the mot er of six sons and four daughters, and of these three sons and two daughters sur- vive her. Arrangements for the funeral |are in progress. e ; Robbed by a Woman. | John W. O'Brien strolled from the Win- chester House on Third street to the Oriental House, 203 Post street, Fri- day afternoon, and there he talke with a woman. After he left her he d | covered that four $50 gold-bills, which ha | been in a belt around his waist, had been stolen. He reported the matter to Cap- tain Seymour yesterday and gave him a accurate description of the woman. An | effort will be made to find her. —— Army Mules Run Away. A four-mule army team drawing a coach nearly made trouble on Clay wharf yesterday. The animals sta | to run away, but Ed Casey of the ) Western Hotel caught the leaders managed to swing them in towar wall and thus stopped their speed. a number of soldiers ran to Casey’s as- sistance and the. animals were subdued Among the occupants of the coach were Mrs. Bush and her sister, Miss Girard, daugater of Colonel Girard | MANAG! A, aguan Congress assemble January 1 for a sixty with Santiago Lopez as president. Nicaragua, Deec. 28.—The Nicar. has been organized and will 9 ALL FEES SUSPENDED THIS WEEK! Drs. Shores Will Give dne Week”" s Treatment and Medicines Free to All Who Apply at Their New Offices in the Wiley B. Allen Building, 933 Market Street, Before Sunday, January 5th, to Prove to the Public the Superiority of Their New Treatment for Deafness, Catarrh, and All Forms of'Nervous and Chronic Diseases. : ASTHMA READ THE TESTIMONY OF MR. S. P. MITCHELL, THE WELL-KNOWN COMMIS- SION MAN, AN OLD RESIDENT. Mr. Mitchell says: ‘1 have lived in San Francisco for the past twenty-five years; my occupation is commission business and insur- ance, and a great many people know me. I HAVE SUFFERED GREATLY FROM ASTH- MA for the past three years and from CA- TARRH FOR FORTY YEARS. MY BREATH- ING WAS VERY BAD; I WOULD CHOKE UP AT NIGHT UNTIL I WOULD HAVE TO | SIT UP IN BED TO BREATHE. The loss of my natural rest reduced me in strength, until I became VERY WEAK AND RUN DOWN. MY STOMACH ALSO WAS BAD. “This was my condition when I applled to Drs. Shores THREE WEEKS AGO. Drs. Shores' treatment and medicines helped me from the FIRST DAY. easy at night, FBEL STRONG )Pw Al CAN WALK WITHOUT BEING SHORT OF BREATH. “‘Drs. Shores’ treatment has ACTED LIKE MAGIC in my case, and 1 take pleasure in recommending them to all sufferers from 'HMA and catarrh, for their has done wonders for me. *'(Signed) S, P. MITCHELL, *478 Frederick st., San Francisco, Cal. Free Medicines by Mail. It you live away from the city and cannot call, WRITE to Drs. Shores, fully describing your case, and Inclose 25 cents in stamus (ts prepay. postage or express charges on medi- cines) and Drs. Shofes will ship you AT ONCE ONE WEEK'S TREATMENT ~AND MEDI- CINES, ABSOLUTELY FREE, AS A TEST OF THEIR SKILL. CONSULTATION rRES treatment One Week’s Treatment and Medicines Free! THIS GRAND OFFER WILL GO INTO EFFECT TO-MORROW (MONDAY) MORNING AT 9 O'CLOCK, AND EXTEND UP TO SATURDAY NIGHT AT 8 O'CLOCK TO ALL WHO APPLY. It means that Drs. Shor: their modern American system of all others, have decided to treat al FURNISH ALL MEDICINES FRI Now, all you have to do is to Allen Buiiding, 933 Market MEDICINES and FREE THIS IS NOT A CHARITY OFFER. conclusively Drs Shores ter what your ailment is. EMEMBE ——When Drs. Sheres say th ivi . R R THIS—&n i e et Tl Siie frye resmen: ractice. BAIT to get you into their offices and then ROB ¥ the sick to TEST for themselves the ABSOLUTE over all others for CATARRH, ASTHMA, DEAFN to give It to build up a broken-down BLES, DYSPEPSIA, RHEUMATISM, HEA RT COMPLAINTS, KIDNEY AND LIVER TROU 3 ALL CHRONIC AND DEEP-SHATED PRIVATE D&xéiss'r‘;?! R ARG I % It Is a plain business pre ! CONFIDENCE in thelr new treatment, ~ v - oo demonstra N'T BRING A CENTD“'XT§£ YOU, it will not be ac at yo rs. Shores will give y MEDICINES FREE, provided you apply in Deilon t‘n‘}'-‘ s, in order to prove to the public the SUPERIORITY of treatment for CATARRH and. CHRONIC DISEASES over i Who apply before January 5 ONE WEEK FREE AND apply at their new _offices, street, BEFORE SUNDA ANUANY gigor of the TREATMENT FOR ON. Wile; Y, :b\é\“gARY Sth, and GET FRE E 'WE! ng cepted; everything is free, no ma ONE WEEK'S TREATMENT and eek. They do not They do not give free treatment A OU. Drs. Shores’ ONLY object is to enabl SUPERIORITY of treatmeny T IS, BRONCHIAL AND LUNG TRO( TROUBLE, SKIN DISEASES, FEMAI FORMS OF Don’t Buy a Cat in a Bag! BUT COME AND TEST THE MERITS OF THIS GRAND TREATMENT FOR CATARRH and CHRONIC DISEASES FOR ONE WHOLE WEEK, CENT. rs. Shores’ new offices are equipped wit! thus enabling them to carry thel ir medicated every part of the membrane of the noser thrant coorhing balms and HEAL cases of deafness, catarrh and lung trouble that have h ) WITHOUT PAYING OUT ONE R the latest and most MODERN APPARATUS, G OILS to account of the inability to get these VITALIZED AND HEALING BALAS o the discased parts. If you have CATARRH, DEAFNESS, B R other CHRONIC DISEASE don't miss this op treatment ABSOLUTELY FREE OF CHARGE The burden of proof of the absolute permanent HEALING treatment now rests on these doctors. Shores' new treatment will do for you, ONCHIAL or LUNG TROUBLE or ANY POrtunity of testing the virtues of this new virtues of Drs. Shores’ NEW It costs you absolutely nothing to learn what Drs. IF YOU APPLY BEFORE JANUARY 5. D& Be sure you go to the right place, DRS. SHORES & SHORES, Wiley B. Allen Building, 933 Market Strect, Between Fifth and Sixth Streets. DRS. SHORES & SHORES, speciatists, « Permanent! Located in e WILEY B. ALLEN BUILDING, 933 MARKET ST., (Third Floor.) SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Office Hours— Week Days, 9a. m. to 4 p. B E venings, 6 to 8. Sundays, 10 a. m. fo 12 noon.