The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 2, 1902, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1902. GENERAL JACOB H. SMITH ARRIVES HOME AND RECEIVES NOTIFICATION OF HIS RETIREMENT THIFVES SET FIRE T0 THE TUBBS HOME Mansion at Burlingame Narrowly Escapes Destruction. Wakeful Servant Discovers Presence of Burglars in the House. Desperate Cracksmen Make Their Es- cape During Excitement and Carry Off Small Quan- tity of Silverware. AR R the elegant mansion of Willlam at Burlingame is not in ashes the. wakefulness of a servant. 0.had hoped to ransack the g the excitement consequent | overy that it was on fire, in the basement early last rning, but fortunately their failed. The fire was re it had gained any con W and the perpetrators W crime were frightened secured a few small ar- The police of t e offic of San Mateo Coun rmed of the burglary and they Tubbs family to the strict- are still tle prospect of their The authorities are strong in however, that the men who e residence ‘of Walter Hobart at the ones who fired tha snenmBHTE S 2 o'clock last Thursday | ant, who was still awake force open a window on | or of the house. few minutes later heard footsteps | allway. Realizing that burglars | the house he gave the alarm and | e entire household | ghtened servant hurriedly in- others that he thought an en- n gained through the din- om window. A rush was made .on nd as the door was thrown k. forms were seen to spring - window and start on the run Lights were struck and It was then seen that the cracksmen were on the sideboard when they were Several small pieces of siiver- ware were missing and the contents of drawers were strewn on the floor. While s of the family of the silver- were making . A pursuing posse was or- when it was Teady to start had disappeared down the ows were fastened and the nmates of the house . were e to thefr rooms when one ected the r of smoke. A tion was made and the to the basement. The as pext made that riminals had kindled a small fire in corper of the basement, but fortunate- i was damp and did not ignite was extinguished with a r and a detail of servants around the house to ght. ported the burglary and sm to the authorities he was in- to keep the whole affair secret, d out er the advice of the police still declines to furnish any concerning the affair other imit that a fire was discovered asement and that the cracksmen ff about $1¢ ze xio that the criminals he captured and punished. That they h life cheap is evidenced by the\start- Ing of the fi It might have read faster than they expected and resulted in the pe: being ons sleeping on the upper floor off from all chance of escape. uticurg ~ PILLS CUTICUURA RESOLV- ENT PILLS (Chocolate Coated, 60 doses, 25c.), are a new, tasteless, odourless, economical substitute for the celebrated liquid CUTI- CURA RESOLVENT, as well as for all other blood purifiers and humour cures, Each pill is equivalent to one teaspoonful of liquid RE- SOLVENT. Put up in screw-cap pocket vials, cen- taining 60 doses, price, 25¢c. CUTICURA RESOLV- ENT PILLS are alterative, antiseptic, tonic, and digest- ive, and beyond question the purest, sweetest, most suc- cessful and economical blood and skin purifiers, humour cures, and tonic-digestives yet compounded. Compicic Treatment $1 Complete external and internal treatment for every humour, consisting of CoTicuRA Boar, 25c., to cleanse the skin of crusts and scales, and soften the thickened cut- icle; CuricoRA OmwrmexT, 50C., to in- stantly allay itching, infiammation, and {rritation, and soothe and heal ; and CuTi- cura ResoLvent PiLus, 25c., to cool and cleanse the blood. A SINGLE SET is often sufficient to cure the most torturing, dis- figuring, itching, burning, and scaly skin, scalp, and blood humours, eczemas,rashes, and irritations, with loss of hair, from infancy to age, when all else fails. French worth of small arti- | two pistols, when they hurried flight. | loss is slight, but Tubbs He listened | | i i Author of Famous Kili and Burn Order Is in City. FTER forty-two years of honor- able military service, General Ja- cob H. Smith arrived from the Philippines on the United States transport Thomas yesterday, to recelve the humiliating informa- tion that he. had been peremptorily re- tired from duty by.President Roosevelt, in accordance with the findipgs of a court- martial. which found the veteran com- mander guilty of issuing the now famous order to: convert Samar into a howling wilderness and to take no prisoners. The receipt of the -painful news was in_the nature of a tragical finale to an honorabie soldier’s career, and there are many who know the veteran general best whose eyes will grow dim at the thought of the mental anguish this sudden extinguish- ment of his official life must necessarily occasion the battle-scarred old soldier. At 2 o'clock yesterday morning a pllot boarded the transport Thomas out beyond the lightship. General Smith was on the bridge, waiting for the first news, his face immobile and the nervous tension of the long voyage maintained with no sign of the agony of suspense that he must have felt. From Captain Erskine, the pilot, the grizzled veteran learned the worst. He listened while the pilot told him gently and compassionately that the Secretary of War had approved the findings of the court-martial and had recommended to the President that he be retired from aci- tve e, and that the President had approved and had issued the order for his retirement. Both the President and the Secretary, the pilot sald, had had kind words for his long and gallant career. General Smith gazed eagerly into .the face of the pilot as the two stood in the darkness on the bridge. With bowed head he heard the news of his official con- demnation. He had mot expected it and the blow hurt, but he bore it with the stoical fortitude of -the tried soldier. When the full import of what had been done at Washington dawned upon him, General Smith thanked the pilot and turn- ed away. He gazed into the darkness that hung over the sea. That way lay fhe Philippines, where vexatious problems and maddening climate had proved his un. doing and where he had served the last days of a long career that otherwise had been one of honor and glory. Above the harbor the gray light of dawn was break- ing and General Smith gazed wistfully toward the faint traces of land. He had fought for forty-two years. He had no home, only the country to whose service he had flven all his life and now that country had denied him further service, had put him out of her army in disgrace. Surely expatriation would not have seem- ed much different or much harder for the old warrior to bear. RECEIVES SEALED ORDERS. After pacing the bridge until dawn had broken, General Smith went to his state- room to break the news to his wife, who went out to the Philippines after the storm had broken around her husband’'s head, to be with him and comfort him in hig hour of trouble. i o sport reached the quaranti; Slintion &% § T ook emtesday ST ar Major Devol of the transport service, ac- companied by his secretary, went aboard to iransmit to General Smith sealed or- ders from the War Department. leuten- ant G. H. Shields of the Twelfth Infantry, @id to General Smith, met them at the — Rl Ty Soldier Indorsed by His Officers. door of his superlor's stateroom and the official document was given into the | hands of the general. It was a notifica- tion of his retirement from active service ana an order for him to report to the ad- utant general at Washingion. “Yes, it was an unwelcome surprise to me,” sald General Smith last night in | speaking of his enforced retirement from the army. “You know how it is. I am still in the service and amenable to mili- tary discipline. 1 canfiot say anything now nor _can 1 promise to do so in the fu- ture. I have nothing to say of Samar or the court-martial. We had a measurably pleasant trip across the Pacific. J, am feel- ing fairly well. I presume I shall go to Portsmouth, Ohio, as soon as possible. I have a new home there, built since I went to_the islands.” General Smith has aged considerably since he went to the Philippines, but stiil retains that energetic manner and bright eye for which he was always noted among army officers. He entertained several offi- cers at his rooms in the Occidental Hotel last evening and seemed little disturbed over his misfortunes. /GOOD WORDS FOR SMITH. Major Gardner, who was for ten months General Smith's chief medical officer, and who arrived in this country on 'the Thomas yesterday, speaks only words of commendation for his superior officer. ““I do not know a_thing about the ‘kill and burn orde he said. *I do not think that any man with a head on his shoul- ders would follow out any such instruc- tions, I am sure that General Smith never meant any such wholesale slaughter as a good many. people would like to believe. He is not in the least bloodthirsty and as for calling. him ‘hell-roaring Jake,’ that is all bosh. I never heard him speak in any but an ordinary tone of voice. I haven't talked to him about his troubles. He ap- peared about the same as ever on the ship, although he: looked worried som times. In my opinion he is a thorough- golng soldler. He is consclentious and kind-hearted. I never had a better com- manding officer after I got to know him and he saw I was running my depart- ment all right. It makes me sick to see what has been said about him. Why, look at that paper—“Ravager of Samar.” If people knew what a thieving, treach- erous, ~worthless bunch of scoundrels those Filipinos are they would think differently than they do now. You can't treat them the way you could civilized folks. Our hands)are all-tied. We can't say what we think of this matter, but I tell you, 1 do not belleve there are half a dozen officers in the United States army that don’t think Smith 1s all right.” Lieutenant Bates of the Seventeenth In- fantry, who is one of General Smith's aides, said last night that he thought his superior officer did not cherish any hard feelings for an¥' one. “He dld splendid service in the Philippines and was”well liked. I would like to speak but I am an army officer and you know how that is. I am sure that the general has some regard for the feelings of the public, but he cannot say anything now and I do not believe he will do so later. That is what he has said right along. Perhaps he may decide to talk for publication to-mor- | | | — | ! [Course of the Veteran B 3 BO35 DEFEAT FOREGAST BY Bl MEETING Primary Lisague Central Committee Adopts Campaign Plans. All District Clubs Will Nomi- nate Their Tickets Next Tuesday Night. | Mayor Schmitz Is Asked to Proclaim | August 12 a Legal Holiday. { Victory at Polls Regarded as Assured. The central committee of the Republi- can Primary League, consisting of the executive committees of the various As- sembly districts, held a rally in B'nal B'rith Hall last night that for numbers, enthusiasm and results has had no equal in ante-primary meetings in San Fran- cisco in many years. Fully 80 represen- tatives of the district clubs were present. Every seat in the hall was occupied and many were compelled to stand throughout the long meeting. The utmost harmony prevailed and from every district reports were received that forecast the defeat of the bosses at the primaries. By resolution adopted by a practically unanimous vote each club will meet next Tuesday night and select its full ticket of candidates for delegates to the local and State conventions, this methcd being taken to secure unity of action throughout the city. The meeting was called to order at $:20 o’clock by G. W. Burchard, chairman of the central committee. He addressed the assemblage brieflv as follows: were, of the Primary League. League has declared ihat it owes no allegiance to any boss, and if you are bossed it is your own fault. We do not meet in any back room, nor in the office of any corpdraticn. If we fall into any error it is your error. We have met for full and free discussion and whatever you have to say with respect will be heard. We are not here to sérve any boss, any corporation or any | get of bosses or corvorations. We are here to free the party from the shackles of boss rule. We are not here to make speeches. This is L e e e e e e e 2l the most part maintained a discreet silence regarding his own affairs. He was | affable and extremely popular on hoard the transport, but only once was known to express anything of the anxiety that was gnawing at his heart. Once | the smoking-room he said to a group of be his conscience was clear. He believed that he had done no more than his duty and that time and events would be his justification. What he said that evening gave his fellow officers the Iimpression that he expected no such rebuke as re- tirement from active service. Deputy Surveyor of the Port Chauncey | St. John met General Smith at the quar- antine station and offered him the use of the Custom-house tender Hartiey to con- vey him and his party to shore. The gen- eral accepted the courtesy and he and Mrs. Smith and the two aides, Lieutenants Bates and Shields, were landed at Meiggs ‘Wharf. They took an electric car and proceeded to the Occidental Hotel. Gen- eral Hughes was walting there with a been engaged the two generals went to ing, where they were closeted for a short time. Soon after they returned to the | Occidental for luncheon. In the after- noon General Smith visited the transport dock and gave his attention to official and personal_business. five feet seven in height. FHis features are finely molded and his haif and moustache sparse. Though he wore a civilian sult of gray, the soldier was pro- clalmed in every move and every attitude of the man. He looks to have resolute- ness and force of character beyond the average evein of the forceful American army officer; Brigadier General Smith is not a West Poémt man. He is a veteran of the Civil War, and at the close of that great strug- gle he entered the regular army with a captain’s commission. He has been in the Prilippines since April, 1599. = 3 VETHRAN: OBFICER' WO, RE- row, but I can’t hold out any hopes.” TURNS HOME TO FIND HIS During the voyage General Smith for | ACTS DISCREDITED. = e - NECK RUFFS. OUR GR! Chiffon and Liberty Stk —Frenchy combinations in black and _ white — 90c, $1.15, $1.40, up to $3.00. | FROM M NIGHT- ORE THAN PLEASED WITH MORE R 12 DAYS. GO_BY!!! Corsets. Our old guarantee holds ,good during our Removal Sale. A NEW CORSET OR YOUR MONEY BACK if after 30 days’ wear a pair purchased at our store proves unsatisfactory. TO-DAY—39¢, _40e, 70c, H0c, $1.20, $1.40, $1.70, $1.95. For CORSETS originally marked at twice the prices, all styles, all sizes, including the swell FRENCH ERECT FORM COR- SETS. WHITE Wash Shirt Waists These WAISTS are made up of this sea- eon’s prettiest materiale—Lawns, Organ- dies, Zephyrs, Nalnsooks, India Linens, et in styles that have met with so & DAY i them on_ our sale TO-DAY we place counters marked at 39¢, BOc, 85¢, Tho, 95c, $1.20. FORMER PRICE! RIBBONS. RIB (5¢ and (80 |p=: placed on o DAY to sell ‘Will be the prices TO--DAY for our regular 25c, 30c and 85c FANCY WASH RIB- BON. 2 inches wi 4 inches wi SALE GROWS TERESTING AS THE DAYS PERS CROWD OUR STORE MOVAL SALE PRICES, JUST LIKE WE' 1 inch wide. 3 faches wid B Inches wide EAT REMOVAL MORE 1N~ CHATELAINES, WRIST BAGS. Leather and steel-beaded— all sizes—all styles—20¢ to ORNING TILL | $2.00. VAL S WE OFFER. HERE'S SOME 'E BEEN OFFERING THE LAST BUSY SHOP- THE Hosiery Bargains. ‘WOMEN'S FINE HERMSDORFF HOSE— Ribbed or plain—popular fancy hose— newest effects in black lace hose—all at one-third regular prices. TO-DAY—10e¢, 12%e, 15¢, 19¢, 25¢, 35c and 48c a pair—all sizes. CHILDREN'S EXCELLENT QUALITY HERMSDORFF HOSE—Ribbed or plain ~—double knee, heel and toe, at one-third regular prices. TO-DAY—Se, 10c, 12%e, 14e, 18Se, 22¢. All sizes. COLORED Wash Shirt Waists Mercerized Chambray, Lawn, Percale, Gingham, Zephyr and French Chambray —all the materials of which these walsts are made. Such a chance for the smart summer girl. Don’t forget. TO- DAY is the day we sell them at just 35 their former prices—19¢, 35 45e, 65¢, 75¢, 90¢, $1.15, $1.35. They're stylish, perfect-fitting Walsts—all sizes. BONS. VEILING. SILK WASH YARDS and YARDS of newest colors; | this season’'s most favored ur counters TO- | Chiffon and fahcy MESH as follows: VEILING. To-day’s prices 20e per vard for all our 85c Velling. ¥1 00 CHIFFON VEILS, 1% sards long; brown, red, white, 3 per yd. de.12%¢ per vd. ..13¢e per yd. SILK WAISTS. ABOUT 100 OF THEM: not odds Peau de Soie and Taffeta Silk Waists; elegant shades, all sizes; placed on our counters to-day to sell and ends but newest styles $7 to $10 $4.75 at. COME EARLY. You Must have one of our pretty Ribbon Inserted Bmbroid- ery Beading Col- lars. To-day..... 230 & 33c. 1212-1214 MARKET ST., Between Taylor and Jones. OPEN TO-NIGHT UNTIL 11 O’'CLOCK. Belts ‘We have the fin- est assortment of Belts in the eity; any style you want. 22¢ 1o 90c. You constitute the County Committee, as it | The Primary | he | officers that whateyver the outcome might | carriage and as soon as apartments had | army headquarters in the Phelan bulild- | Ceneral Smith is a small man, less thar | Hale’s. It’s Hale’s The splendid jinterest you couraging for us to do things heartily as you did yesterday. i Hale’s. Star Month. 've shown is gratifying. It's en- when you respond so quickly and It’s Saturday. ‘Do we need remind you We Open at o9: Same to-day as every day? Close at 6. Ri bbo n S A StarOffer A new ribbon: a new price. To.day the first time. Fifteen thousand yards! Think of that! And not a poor yard either. All of one style; a brill- iant Mousseline Taffeta Ground. Four inches wide—in every good | color—set off with three clusters of | s | fine raised pure white stripes. 2 new pattern—clear, genteel and a beauty. Youd expect to pay 35c— perhaps we could sell it in regular | way for 30c (that's its actual worth). Here it is At 17c a Yard. No off shades—no bad colors— among them are plenty of creams, ight blue, pink, lilac, turquoise, { maize, cardinal, nile, brown and navy. Can you imagine any love- ‘ler neck ribbon? And for half price? And such a choosing? 20c Perfumeat 1oc Triple essence Scotch Heather in one gunce bottles, put up in neat little oxes. It was 15¢ once but we never knew such a good perfume put up so neatly as this is being so cheap before. Half price—'tisn’t often you get so much even at full price. Big things on now. Dr. Olwer’s Skin Saap, 18c box An excellent medicinal soap—3 cakes in a box. Toilet Soap, 19¢ Box—The Vir- ginia Bouquet or Yellow Rose—3 cakes in a box. Toilet Water. 25¢—A large bot- tle—sweet scented. Fancy Atomizer, 50c¢—Glass, with spray and bulb. many shapes. Coarse and dressing combs. Bristle Tooth Brush 8c. Very good quality of bristle, too, with bone handle. fine Rubber Combs, 5e—Many styles; | & [ v { One Price? Another star in Hale's firmament, And a mighty bright one. It's | been shining undimmed for more |than 25 years. We've missed |many a rocky shoal by keeping our eye on 1t No discrimination is shown; no discounts are given. Everything |is plainly marked, based upon | the cost and not upon the fluc- | tnating demand. Our prices {don't go up and down. Some times they go down, but they stay down. | | | ' Chiffon Veilings 19¢ | Worth 852 and 50ec. | 4350 yards. Whew! Just the shades you want most— | greens, dotted royals, purples, gra. | blacks—hemstitched chiffons, w pretty figured borders and figured dots; others plain, many dotted in black, white, brown, blue and red. It's the greatest veiling offer we | ever made, but then the values this | month are without precedent—it's star month, you know. FVi=ie a working meeting. to devise plans and means whereby the Primary League may succeed and send for once a delegation to the State conven- tion that wears the collar of. no boss. Two plans have been discussed, first to select candidates and elect Jdelegates pledged to them; or, second, to send unpledged delegations to the convention, trusting them to name the best men for the various offices. Personally 1 would like to see a Governor that bows to no one om earth. If Colonel Burns i3 to be the Governor I move that he have the salary. We want a Governor who is strong enough to save something along the line from the venal influence of boss politics: who will not do what no Democratic Governor has dons, put common, every-day ward politicians into |'all_the State institutions. This Primary League was organized shortly before the last election. It/would have been victorious at the polls except for the interfer- ence of men who ordinarily claim to be Demo- crats. Now, all we ask of the Democrats in this fight is that if they haven't a party or- ganization to stay at home and wish they had. Now all of you have duties to perform. The dirty methods of oppoments must be fought. The lodging-houses are full of colonized voters. We must be vigilant and protect ourselves and the State against such abuses. ENCOURAGING REPORTS. Reports were made from each Assembly district, and in a majority of them suc- cess was declared to be assured. Speeches | by Judge Bahrs from the Thirty-seventh, George Boyne from the Forty-fourth and Abe Ruef from the Forty-fifth particu- larly aroused enthusiasm. George Boyne favored pledging the policy of “any man but Gage The following resolutions were offered | by A. M. Currie and adopted: In order to procure certainty and uniformity ! in the selection of the delegates to be nom- | inated under the auspices of the Republican Primary League to the coming conventfons, be_it | Resolved, That all Assembly District clubs | nominate the delegates from their respective | districts on next Tuesday evening and imme- | diately thereupon -and on the same evening | report their selections to the central head- | quarters of the Republican Primary League, | 16 Geary street, in order that they may be regularly filed at once in proper form and sea- son with the Registrar of Voters. Such selection of delegates to be made on said evening at meetings of the clubs publicly held after due notice to every member of the club. It is suggested to the executive committees of the various clubs that it may prove con- venfent and advantageous for them to canvase the names already heretofore proposed for delegates and to submit to the clubs on next Tuesday. evening their report or recommenda~ tion thereon. Some discusslon arose over the fact that the Thirty-sixth District Club had already elected its ticket for delegates. A motion to exempt that club was de- feated and the resolution was adopted. COUNTIES CONGRATULATED. The following resolution was adopted on | motion of N. H, Hurd: Resolved, That the Republican Primary League hails with pleasure the daily announce- ment of new defections in almost every county of the State from machine control, and con- | gratulates the sterling and independent Re- publicans of our sister counties on_their suc- cessful efforts to free the great Republican party from the domination of narrow-minded bosses. Be it further Resolved, That in our opinion the future success of the Republican party depends abso- lutely on its emancipation from such unprin- operate with every element of the party wher- gyer found which promises such emancipa- on. E. P. Barrett moved the adoption of the following, the motion prevailing: Resélved, By the joint executive and cam- paign comimittees of the Republlean Brimany League (numbering 3648), and now in mass meéting assembled, that the following ex- Jremmes the united ‘sentiment of this league, o wit: Resolved, That while we still adhe to declared pollcy of electing untrammeled and uninstracted delegations to the respective con- ventions of the Republican party, the dele- gates accepting nomination under the auspices of and representing the Republican Primary League shall be unqualifiedly pledged to vots in their respective conventions for no candi- date for any office, from Governor down to the last Assemblyman, whose nomination and elec- tion means the elevation or continuance of ma- chine politics or the triumph and success of a discreditable “push™ system in political affairs. A resolution similar in tone, declaring unalterable opposition to the combined bosses—Kelly, Burns, Rainey and Crim- mins—was adooted. P. A. Bergerot moved that the Mayor be asked to proclaim August 12, primary election day, a legal holiday and the mo- tion was carried. A. Ruef addressed the meeting before its adjournment, urging earnest personal work to get the Voters out at the primary and to have on the tickets citizens who would command respect and confidence. —_— Swim at the Crystal Baths, Bay street, near Powell. Water alwa: clean, warm. Tub department best in city.* —————— - Dimmick’s Trial Set. The trial of Walter N. Dimmick on the indictment charging him with stealing $30,000 in double eagles from the United g:;te;yul}ngth; ts‘:ut c“{)l was set yester- nites ates District Haven for September 1. T —_—— f Bekins Van and Storage Co. will move your g0ods and etore them. Phone Main 1840. * ————— Attacked the Wrong Man. J. B. Hunt Was held to answer befors the Superior Court by Judge Conlan yes terday on a charge of assault with a deadly ‘Weapon in $500 bonds. He went delegates to the | cipled control, and we pledge ourselves to co- | hunting on July 22 for a saloon-! against whom he had a mds:.u‘:e:“ struck A. F. Peterson, saloon-keeper. 39 Minna street, on the face with a biiliar cue. -He admitted afterward that Peter- Sson was not the man he was looking for. —_———— San Francisco, Cal., July 31, 1902 To the Public and the Patrons of the Grangers’ Business Association: It has been stated in the public press that the Grangers’ Business Association | has sold its warehouse at Port Costa to | the comibine known in connection with the grain business as the “Big Four,” and that that asSociation would retirs from business. The Grangers’ Business Asso- ciation has not sold its warehouse. It does not propose to retire from business, but will conduct its business as hereto- fore under the management of F. Ros man, and the association solcits a contin. uation of the business and good will of the farmers of California. A D. AN, Vice President. Charles Wood, Secretary. L4 —————— Rev. M. S. Levy to Lecture. The Rev. Dr. M. 8. Levy, grand orator No. 4, Independent Order B'nal B'rith, will deliver a lecture beiore Columbia, Lodge No 127 at 1. O. B. B. Hall on M: day evening, to which all members | tnvited. SPECIAL SALE s OF . ORIENTAL GOODS We offer our entire line of rare and medium price ORIENTAL RUGS, CURTAINS and NOVELTIES, at 25 % DISCOUNT from regular prices. Guas. M. PLUM & CO. Cor. Ninth and Market Sts. Free Water Power. ® We only desire to sell a small amount of stock to finish mill and buildings. Nevada County is the greatest gold producing county in the State. GRAY EAGLE CONSOLIDATED MINING CO. 408-9 Spreckels Annex, 7' Market 20000090009 900009096009