The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 9, 1902, Page 12

12 This Week’s Remarkable Black Silk Sale will continue for three days longer i The sale for the first three days has met with generous and hearty response, but notwithstanding the immense crowds that have attended, our assortment is still complete owing to the magni— tude of the purchase. New, choice and most staple BLACK SILKS are being offered at prices never heard of before. Just a hint:— : $1.25 and $1.50 Peau de Scie, on sale at 95¢c and $1.25 yd. 70c and $1.10 Taffetas, on sale at 55c and 85c vd. 85c and $1.00 Satin Duchesse, on sale at 65c and 70c yd. $1.25 and $1.50 Figured Silks, on sale at 85c and $1.00 y Before - Inventory Bargains All broken assortments sacrificed regardless of original prices Dress Trimming Department Out go all odd pieces. The majority are new stylish goods in choicest designs : Bolero Jackets, Boleros, Reveres, Collars, Bodices, Waist Fronts, Skirt Panels, etc., in Black, Gold and Silver Spangled—Black and Gold, White and Gold, and all Black Renaissance Lace — Black Silk—Jet Beaded—Gold All at immense reductions from former prices. Braided, etc. A partial list is given below : Bolero Jackets Boleros--Waist front pieces $ 4.50 instead of § 7.25 $ 1.75 instead of § 3.25 5.00 instead of 10.00 2.75 instead of 4.00 7.50 instead of 17.50 4.25 instead of 7.75 10.00 instead of 26.00 4.50 instead of g.50 Reveres Collars--Revere effects | $ 1.25 instead of § 2.50 $ 2.00 instead of § 3.75 | 2.25 instead of 3.50 +2.25 instead of 4.50 i 3.00 instead of 7.cO 3.00 instead of 6.75 4.00 instead of 7-75 5.00 instead of 10.cO , $9.00 and $12 Skirt Panels, now $1.00, $2.70 and £5.00 and $3.75, Jet Beaded Bodices, now $£1.00 and $1.25 and $15.00 Spang{ed Waist Fronts, now $5.50 and $6.25 Ladies’ Knit Underwear 1 Closing out sale of this seascn’s accumulation of odd sizes in 00 .00 00 Ladies’ Winter Underwear. All are perfect goods—but assort- ments are broken, Note the great reductions in prices: Ladies’ White Merino Vests d Pants; odd sizes in Ameri- can Hosiery Co’s make—were i $1.50to $2.50each, now $1.00 | Ladies’ Ribbed Merino Union Suits, long sleeves, ankle ength; were $2.25 and $3.00 | @ suit, now $1.75. | Ladies’ Imported Swiss Rib- | bed Merino Vests, high neck nd long sleeves; h, now £1.00. | ~Ladies’ Ribbed Winter ™ Pants, were 75¢ each, now S0c Ladies’ Ribbed Woolen Equestrienne Tights, knee | length; were $1.25 and $1.50 per pair, now 75¢C. Ladies” Fancy Lisle Thread Hose, in choice stripes; always sold at soc a pair; new 34c or 3 pairs for 1. were $1.50 ‘; Flannelettes--8c a yard i Flannelettes in this season’s prettiest designs on dark and | light grounds—especially suitable for ladies’ wrappers and B children’s night dresses, were 10c and 1235c a yard—closing ‘r out price 8c. Kearny and Sutter Streets , Weight Balbriggan Vests and l I THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1902. FATHER. ARNOJ_ FRANCIS THE COUNTS ADELINA BIAGINI WEDS STRANGER POSING AS THE “COMTE DE PARIS” — RUBY M. LUCKHARDT Recmives i MysTermious i LETTER. =& 3 A 3 . g e ALLEGED FRENCH NOBLEMAN, THE WOMAN WHO SAYS HE DUPED HER INTO MARRYING HIM AND CHARGES HIM 'WITH ROBBING HER OF $300, AND THE YOUNG LADY WITH WHOM HE IS SAID TO HAVE ELOPED. i - —_— [ Alleged Nobleman Then Elopes With Fair Los Angeles Maiden. ~ A e | SETEy Ro 10 TRUNI FrEmN MAN of suave address who has been wearing the modest title of ‘Comte de Paris,” but who seems SEEKS BOOKS AND GAMES | RETAIL GROCERS ELECT FOR USE OF SOLDIERS | Earnest Appeal Is Made in Behalf of the American Library for Manila. An earnmest request is made by Mrs Lowenberg, chairmar tend the National Convention at Milwaukee. I of the library com- | resen at the National Convention the scattered posts in the | right, with Eugene McCoy, J. J. Hay During the past two months | J. W. King and W. Salomon as twenty boxes of literature have been | nat shipped 10 the American library at Ma-| It was also decided to contribute § nil the hospitals at Santa Cruz, San | toward paying the expenses of a del Corregidor Island, Dulag. Guam | gate from the State Grocers' and Mer- | other points cnants’ Associatipn i | Rt ot RN | Funk and Compton Convicted. 1 Bugene Funk and George Compton |tarms, were passed. Directors for the ensuing | slected as follows: J. S. Ikmi J. M. Sullivan, H. were convicted by a jury yesterday after- » in the United States District Court € in possession of molds and other lools for the manufacture of counterfeit ollars. They were ordered to appear on aturday for sentence. year J. Salomon, E. V. McCoy, J. H. coran and P. A. Buckley. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Association Chooses Delegates to At- | San Francisco grocers will be well rep- alter- Resolutions of respéct to the memory of the late John C. Nobmann, who was yresident of the association for several were Ellfott, A. Wat- G. _Lackmann, Elenry Elmers, J. W. King. D. F. Keefe, Cor- to be plain John B. N. Flood, has tangled himself up with two wo- men-—one of San Francisco, the other of to bring him trouble. The stranger wed- ded Adelina Biagini, daughter of Josepi Biagini, a cattle dealer of 508 Greenwich street, on September 14 last. having met Ler only a few days before. They spent their honeymoon in Los Angeles. Now he Las deserted her and is thought to be of the American -library for Ma- | Retail Grocers that is to be held at Mil- | at Ensenada, Baja California, with Miss ablished under the auspices of the | Jyaukee the latter part of this month. | Ruby M. Luckhardt of Los Angeles, less Cross societies, that games, books, | Laniel F. Keefe, Joseph A. Stulz, B. A. | than 1§ years of age, who is supposed to N - e d - s = | Schmidt and J. Salomon were elected as| have run away from home : with the d strated papers be con- | delegates at the annual meeting of the | “Comte"” last week. e at Angel Island, at the | Retail Grocers' Association held Iasli Frank Luckhardf, brother of Ruby. is es, | on his way to Ensenada overland with an American officer, determined "to secure Flood's arrest and extradition and pre- vent him selling $20,000 worth of real es- tate, the deeds to which Ruby is 'said; to have taken with her. The San Francisco girl, who since her marriage to the stranger has. Dbelieved herself to be a real Countess, 'says she wants the “Comte” gunlshed if he has practiced duplicity. he naively relates how soon after her marriage the father of her titled husband, who was no less a personage than the ‘“Marquis of Orleans,” offered her $75.000 if she would agree to a separation. Adelina refused the offer with | scorn. She nevér took the-trouble to in- quire whether there was .a A Kaufmann sale means swell shoes at a saving . To give an adequate description of the vzlues to be had at this clearance sa‘t—y‘lfl mmpress you with the high-grade shoes offered is next to impossible. Bear in mind Kaufmann's reputation for fine high-grade shoes—re- member that each value is just as represented—count on saving from 25 to per cent and your buying will afford you a pleasure and a profit. A good many of the values are in the windows—see them. Ladies’ fine kid lace shoes, hand welt- | ed extension soles, with either kid | Children’s and Misses’ kid slippers in white, blue, pink. red and bronze, or patent leather 'tips, nearly all i potent leather and kid, a good many 1::: ;:‘1) widths, 3350 values; sale | sizes; sizes 8% to 11, forfnerly 81..’30 ¥ $2.85 % 3 lz;fid tl.;ls. ;\ow n;duced to 0c; sizes 2 e 2 to 2, formerly $1.75 and $2.09, Lagies' heavy pure felt Romeos in | ‘now veduced to $1.100 - T lue and red, with hand sewed. | = . just the thing for | se cold mornings and nights, for- prices $150 and $L75, now re- duced 81.15. Ladies' mercerized striped patterns, white flannel lined, fur trimmed, s right along at $1.50, closing out now at SOe. Several hundred pairs of ladies’ satin slippers in blue, white, red, corn, T to 2.50 to $5.00; closing them out now in three lots g d $1.55. s Romeos, neBlI at 55e. Ladies’ all-patent leather oxford ties; ‘\\'lth elsher m"l(lary or LXV heels, mported materials, good of zes. BB s, B assortment Children’s kid or box calf shoes in button or lace. with extension soles, slzes 5 to 8. good looking and service- able shoes—the best that have ever been sold in this city for §5e. Laird, Schober & Co.'s children’s and n:isses’ shoes with cloth tops and patent leather tips, common sense toes, nice dress shoes, sizes 8 to 10%, formerly $2.00, now reduced to $1.65; sizes 11 to 215, formerly $2.50; now reduced to §1 . Nearly all of our men's winter shoes with double soles have been reduced 25 per cent, and a great many light- welght dress shoes are to be had ruw at substantial reductions. Country orders filled prompti; Just as you want them. Write for our new 1902 cata- -ogue —it's well illustrated. rlnk and black; former prices from-: | Paris” ‘“Marquis of Orleans. she does not know. The alleged ““Comte de Paris’ gave hl name as “Arnold Francis de Presboist. The man who passed as his father gave Lis name and title as ‘“Marquis Arnold E de Presboist d'Orleans de Chartres.” The stationery used by the “Comte’" bore | the name and title of the “Marquis” and helped greatly to impress Adelina Bia- ginl. The “Comte” told his San - Francisco love that he was heir to all the milljons | of the *‘Princess of Orleans’ and that when he finally came Into possession'of em Adelina and himself would Iive in ate in France’s gay capital. When the “Comte” left San Francisco and Adelina he took $300 that.she had stowed away in a trunk. She says if she could get this back she would be pleased. In regard to Miss Luckhardt the de- serted San Franeisco girl said: My husband often spoke to me ahout a youns lady whose name. I think, is Ruby M. Luck- hardt. He said she was an heiress and her brother was trying to gain possession of valu- able papers In her possession. He came to me | Jast Tuesday. and said he was going to see Mies Luckhardt off: that she was going East to avold her brother. He did not return and I became suspicious. I then discovered that he had taken $300 from my trunk, and then I knew the worst. I employed detectives to trace him and they informed me that he had Would Retain the Franchise. The Bay and Coast Railroad Company filed a protest yesterd&{ with the Board of Supervisors against the passage of the ordinance repealing the franchise granted to §it_to enter the city at Twenty-fourth and Illinois streets. The company repre- sents that the official grades haye not been established over the proposed route and that it is impossible to expend. the required sum of $25000 in construction work. W. T. Baggett, attorney for the company, states that it has spent much money in the enterprise and will certain- ly bufld the road. fie sy S D B PETITIONS IN INSOLVENCY.—Petitions in insolvency were filed yesterday in the United States District Court as follows: He M. Page, farmer, Willows, Glenn. County, lfabili- ties $5180, no assets; John Benwell, con- tractor, Oakland, labilities $5533, no assets. . Los Apgeles—in a manner that promises | “*Comte de’ W @ -ttt @ | gone to San Diego. E! Paso in which he stated that he would soon return, but 1 afterward learned that the let- RARXS Mcggnos Big Reduction abi 5 CHILDREN’S WOOLEN ~ DRESSES. An Absolute Clearance of Every Child’s Dre.s In the House. Th garments are made of fine Hen- riettes, Cashmeres, Broadcloths, German and French Flannels, made up in the very latest styles, effectively trimmed with Vel- vet Ribbons, Fancy Braids, Point Venice Laces. and Insertions, etc.; every dress on sale lined throughout; sizes 2 to 10 years. Following prices. will make short work of "these dresses. 89¢ I, fL59 CHILDREN'S GER- MAN FLANNEL DRESSES. $l.50 For $3 CHILDREN'S WOOL PLAID DRESSES. $1.89 [y $20 GHILDREN'S HEN- . RIETTE DRESSES. F » CHILDREN" $_2.05 or $3.75 s $1.98 7 KR Dhissrs, $92.20 Lo 30 CHILDREN'S . FLANNEL DRESSES. For $6.00 CHILDREN'S 6-3c For $1.00 FLANNEL WRAP- PERS. ¥ 98¢ PERS. | 877 C Fur Mo WOMEN'S FLANNEL <GOWNS. “F 50c or - Thc. CHETED. WOOL SKIRTS, sizes 4 to 14 years. Thete Skirfs have been gellipg (rom T o §1.. CI T ¢ 19 1. Cholcw of any size. To- () Our factory just sent us another lot of 6 i agmular price of thess 1s 75c and For $1.75 WOMEN'S WALK- $l'05 ING SKIRTS of heavy Mel- tonette, % WE CLOSE AT SIX O'CLOCK. CASHMERE DRESSES. For - $3.50 CHILDREN'S $2'95 FLANNEL DRESSES. Following Spacials To-Day Only. For $1.50 FLANNEL WRAP- GOWNS. hub s 73 A little lot of CHILDREN'S CRO- WOMEN'S WINTER WAISTS to close out. - On sale at... . 39¢ and 69¢ Waists 1212-1214 MARKET ST., . Bet. Taylor and Jones. * WOMEN’S - FLANNEL Later I got a letter from ter had been sent by some one else at his re- quest. Press dispatches from San Diego tell of the elopement of Ruby Luckhardt and John B. N. Flood and their trip to Ense- nada. Governor Sanguines of:the, Mexi- | car peninsula wired that Flood could not | be arrested on a‘telegram, but that the | girl could not dispose of the real estate | a8 she was under age We are in- daily re- ceipt of New Spring styles in Ladies’ Suits and Garments all of which are ex- ceedingly chic and graceful. The accompanying illustration is one of our exclusive de- signs and is charm- ing in the extreme. We make these garments to order, from accurate meas- ure, out of our own special designs, in cloth, for the same money that ordinary, commonplace, ready-made ones cost. The tailoring is perfect, the linings are thigh class and the finishing is superb. DR. MCNULTY. HIS WELL-KNOWN AND RKLIABLE OLD Speciallst cures Blood Poison. Govorrhaex, Glest, Stelcture, Seminal Weakness. Impotence aud their allied Disorders. ook on Disenses of Men, free. Orera0rears experience. Terma reusonabie. Hours, 9toddally;6:10t08. 0ev'es. Sundavs. 10 to 12, Consul- | tation{réeandsacredly confidential. Call or address P. ROSCOE McNULTY, M. D. 26} Kearny St., San Franciseco, Cal. —_— EXPERT OPTICIAN. NOTICE NFGLECTED EYESIGHT AFFECIS THE BRAIN. Mayerle Glasses can- | Hale’s. ] Hale’s. » Do you follow shopping or not. W | come fast enough without that. Handkerchiefs Unlaundered. A timely and im- portant offer—4000 ready this morning. sc Each. | Hemstitched and initialed. Others with colored borders and | hemstitched. A stirring price, yes; but the handkerchiefs themselves offer bigger reason still for your buy- ing—see them. ITrimmed Hats 9 | A fraction of their value, but that doesn’t matter. We have not priced them according to their looks or their materials. “What will sell them?” That's the aim. If you want one you'd better be quick. Another Lot At 82.50—-Women's and children’s, a grouping of many lines. Another Lot At $4.00-Made right up to style as they can be and from the very best materials. $4.00 barely covers cost of materials, but that does not matter; new hats wiil be here soon. We cannot afford to keep these. Loss? Yes, but it does not begin to compare with the long season of profit we have had. This Morning: tions for regular stocks. loss—and so may you. a general mention. use. Market Street, Near Sixth, Opoosite Golden & Gats Avenue. & .isn’t that over-anxiety about prices in it, nor is it when they go buying. There i g people don’t know whether they are following up the real thing or not. demand was for a safe, liberal store—and you have it. | This to show you the niche Hale’s fit it. All sizes, bleached or unbleached. They are such good towels, so well made, the manufacturer was will- ing to risk his output on them. He sent them out to us to make selec- t We did—that’s how much we think of them. Then he turned right around and told us we could have these at a There are so few of a kind and so many kinds we can only give them ‘To make this offering still stronger we will also sell Cotton Towels at 3i:c Each. They’re fringed, size 16x29 inches—a good fair towel, soft for face Vials= deay’ Nows at@s our daily talks? It's well to do it whether you're going We don’t advertise simply to get folks to the store—they Hale's advertising is information. There in sensible folks’ minds s so much mirage to this bargain business that The fills—and the advertising is made to Silverware. ‘We are making this a place for you to buy your ‘silverwase. First, by getting what'’s reliable, having only the prettiest and latest designs, and then asking you less prices than you pay any place else. Three illustrations: 4-prece Tea Set $3.75. Silver plated, satin engraved—teapot, sugar bowl. spoon holder and creamer. These are so pretty. so good, so cheap that we have been sold out o! them three times in two months i Another Tea Set $6.75—Quadruple plate, satin engraved. Butter Dish $2.50. Quadruple plated, satin finish and en- graved, with plated glass butter drainer. o————————oBjk Velvet Ribbon With satin back, so popular for dress trimming, belts or hair bows. 8!c yd., 80c boit—Ho. 2 10c yd., $1.00 boit—no. 3. 15¢ yd., $7.40 boit—#o. 5. 18c yd., $1.75 boit—Ho. 7. 25¢C yd., $2.40 boit—o. 9. 80c yd., $2.85 boit—No. 12. | 85c yd., $3.25 boit—to. 16. And the ribbon is the best there is. These are the prices we ask right along, though they’re so low you might think they were special. Manufacturers’ Samples. 000 Turkish Towels. Less Than Regular Prices. Market Street, Near Sixth, Opposite Golden Gate Avenue. AAILWAY TAXES ARE TOO SMALL Southern Pacific Dodges Its Burdens With Success. In certaln quarters a study Is being made of the subject of the taxation of the Southern Pacific Company properties in this State. In a few weeks new as- sessments will begin for the current year. Corporations that have to pay more than their share of taxes because of the tax shirking abilities of the great railroad cor- poration are interested. It may be re- caBed that when the State Board of Equalization completed its work in 1801} the Southern Pacific Company's rallroad lines were assessed at the rate of only $10,500 per mile in this State. The Cen-| tral Pacific Company’s lines were assessed at $17,408 53 per mile. Taking all the prop- erties that belonged to the Southern Pa- cific Company_at the time of the last is- sue of Poor's Manual, the statistics being | brought down to the date of June 30, 199, | the total mileage then owned by the com- pany was 7865. The gross earnings for the entire system actually owned by the company averaged $8106 66 per mile and the net earnings were $219484, even ac- cording to the figures of the company. The debt averaged more than $29,117 per mile, the total capital stock then being $197,832,148 and the bonded debt $31,176,500. Nevertheless, with these facts in view. when the State Board of Equalization made up the last asséssment finally the Southern Pacific Company got off at the easy rate of $10,500 per mile. Where real estate is mortgaged in California the| mortgage is assessed at its full value. The gallroad company escaped with an assesSment that was so much smaller than the value of even the debts against it that it was ridiculous. The average debt of all the mileage owned by the Southern Pacific Company does not rep- resent the debt per mile in this State, Where the earning capacity is several fold greater than that of the lines leading through Nevada, Arizona, Texas and New Mexico. Some difficulty is met with in giving the exact bonded and stock liabil- ity of the rallroad mileage of the South- ern Pacific Company in California, as the tabulations do not segregate it conclu- sively; but the lines in this State, on the basis of earnings and the selling price of stook, are worth $80,000 to $90,000 per mile. THe assessment last year was for only about one-eighth of the actual value of the property and for only about ome- fourth of what it Is mortgaged for. What and How to Plant. Of great assistance to growers will be found the new illustrated catalogue of the Cox Seed Company, 411-13-15 Sansomre street, of this city, just issued. The catalogue is replete with vital in- fcrmation pertaining to the selection, planting and attention necessary to insure perfection of result in horticulture. It is equally of value to the farmer and the gardener and is malled free to any ad- aress. Besides being highly artistic in design and execution it possesses the value of being issued by the largest and most re- ltabie seed house In the West. = ‘The firm carries constantly at their Ozkland Nursery a complete stock of fruit trees, small fruit and ornumental plants. —————— Wants Obstructions Removed. The Richmond Improvement Associa- tion complained to the Board of Super- visors yesterday that the Market-street Railway Company s now breaking up the concrete roadbed of its rallway on Sixth avenue and Lake street and depositing the debris in three parallel layers in the bottom of the trench. The old’ street cable. is cut in lengths and wound about the larger pleces of concrete. The asso- clation requests that the board compel the corporation to remove the obstruc- tions. and restore the street to its orig- inal condition. not be had from any travels 9 EENUINE it b ordcrsa’” gonn: THE GEORGE MAYERLE, Gruduate G pert Optlcian, 1 071% Afa cisco. ~ Telephone -Z%um T e erman Ex- San Fran- % Eye- —_——— Corset Specials for This Weéek. Sapphire corsets, $2.50; Royal Worcester { PRUNES, French style, Ib.. ester F. = , cor. Kearny, first floor upstairs, i SPECIAL SALE ! THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY. OUR_GUARANTEE FOR HIGHEST QUALITY GOES WITH EVERY AR- TICLE. Ranch Eggs, 2 dozen. . ... ..65¢ The very finest—worth 40c & dSgen. BUTTER, 2 squares. . .. Toc Choice creamery—worfh 45¢ a square, U 5¢ rown in Santa Clara County: best obtainable. Regularly 3 Ibs, 25c. PRESERVED GINGER, large jar. 35¢ An Oriental delicacy. Regularly 50c. pint jar quart jat Sweet Pickled Figs. . >332 35 Very delicious. . Regularly 30c and 50, FRENCH VERMOUTH, bot.. . . .50¢ Nuilly, Pratt & Co. Regularly 80c, SCOTCH WHISKEY, hot... .. $1.00 oThe Struan.” Clyde Bonding Co., Glasgow, Regularly $1 25, CONDENSED SOUPS, 3 cans. . . 25¢ Chicken, Mulligatauny, Oxtail, Mock Turtle. "Tomato, Julienne, Consos Reguiarly 10c & canm. o ;9w e Finnan Haddies, very choics, Ib. 15¢ Country orders given prompt attention. Catalogue Free. 89 STOCKTON ST., near Market. TELEPHONE MAIN 5523. that represent the best there is in the tailor’s art; that have in them the finest quality and latest designs in cloth, we make to order on payment of $1.00 e Every stitch put into, these garments is needled with the knowledge that our reputation is at stake and a determina- tion to maintain a high-quality of work- manship. Be sure of our name and number. 30, dwitdn, Go. 128 Ellis St1. AbovePowelt Weskly Cal $1.00 por Year