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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1902. GIANT FRAUD 15 THE CHARGE Denver Gas and Electric Company in the Courts. Application Is Made for the Appointment of a Receiver. and Henry L s from inter: y way with the present rates of the pa h it has been proposed to action on petition in Judge s_to have the Bailcy _trans Court in Denver, heard and adjud s ihat the compa is forced aty District Court 1 the prices of gas is one it already een twenty and erty to Entertain. rs of Lib: il Nc f the Daug! ADVERTISEXMENTS. B. KATSGHINSKI FHILADELPHIA SHOE C3. {0 THIRD STREET, SAK FRANCISC, When You Wani the Best for $3.60 Us. 1S A POP- thermore, a good for that how up shoes PHILA- . in patent elour calf; Cpme to hoes_ex our ‘ghoes 1% H Krusls RACT YOUR AT- Patent Leather tocs © o fo: 2, rope stitch- i ¥t S complete line his city. just g Catalogue B. KATSCHINSKI, PHILADELPHIA SHOE G0, 10 THIRD STREET. San Francisco. TR ST BAJA CALI F(r)in;lAi Uamiana Bitters RATIVE, INVIGUL.. | aphrodisiac and Spectal ns;” for both sexes. for Diseases of the Kid- Iis on its own merits. & BRUNE, Agents, ¥.—(Send for Circulars.) DIRECTORY Ck RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. (z1aiogues and Price Lists Mallei on Application COAL, COKE AND PIG IRON. L. C.WILSON & €0-. 22005 mmme Statn 1868 FRESH AND SALT MEATS JAS. BOYES & C0. ErgEuim™ o OiLSs. LUBRICATING OILS. LEONARD & ELLIS 4§ Fromt st, 5. F. Phone Main 1718. PRINTING. EC LUGHES, o sulocos sis v ¥ | he said tc Cole, DIMMICK TELLS Hl5 METHOD: Former Chief Clerk of the Mint Is Cross- Examined. Swears That Trucks Hid the Racks Where the Money Was Missing. Bert Schiesinger of special counsel for the Government in the case of the United | States vs. Walter N. Dimmick, indicted on charge of stealing $30,000 from the | United States Mint, began the cross-ex- amination of the accused yesterday morn- ing in the United states Distr.ct Court. | In response to an inquiry of Schiesinger, Dimmick admitted that he was familiar with combination locks and had attended | to such locks in the Bank of Santa Bar- | bara during the period of his employment | t institution. ! fou heard the testimony of Lock Ex- | perts Ryan and Waltz to the effect that a | ng into the interior of the lock | could tell the number that a man turn-| ing the dial on the other side was getting. | Couid you tell?” asked Schlesinger. I could not,” was the reply. Even if he stopped from time to time at your direction? “XNo, sir. “Dia you make a report every day to the Superintendent of tke amount that s actually on hand in the cashier’s ult tividently 1 did. 1 made a daily re- "Did you ever tell Superintendent Leach in so many words that your reports every aay were not made by an actual visible count?’ & < “L never did so.” DAILY REPORT CORRECT. Did you report daily from July 1, 1900, to June 2s, 1%, that all the money that shoula be in the cashier's vauit was there?” =ir.” ever tell erbally or in you e unable 10 maxke a physical count of that cash?” 1 gon't know that I ever toid him per- sonally, but he was in the vault with me often. He and 1 discussed the congested state of the vault many, many times— that the vault so congested that I could rot get at i “Did you ever request any one to Tre- the trucks in the vault so that you ma the count? , sir. id you ever tell the vaultman that, owing to the trucks you could not count the coin in the racks from which the six sacks were missing?”’ ; I never understood I was sup- o make a physical count.” Then, where were you supposed to get figu from on which you made move shier was instructed to pile the coin in the vault and he would tell me how much cash he had in the vault. Cole used to tell me there was so many sacks in this pile and so many in that pile. I u to compare the totals with his. I used to look over the piles of sacks and note whether they had been changed in any W and count the sacks?’ “Did you ever tell Leach that you could not puli away those trucks from the place where the vacant pigeonholes were found?” TRUCKS IN THE WAY. “No, sir. In order to make an actual physical count it would be necessary (o pull out every truck there. I told Leach that the vault was so congested that 1 could not get at it.” “Did you ever report to him that your count was not absolutely correct?” | “I don’t know that we ever had any | conversation as to its accuracy. The trucks partly obscurcd the vacant holes.” Schlesinger next turned his attention to | the private account books which Dim- mick swore that he was working upon on | the occasions of his nocturnal visits to the Mint and which he swore he wrapped PATRICK BOLAND DIES AFTER A SHORT ILLNESS Former Public Administrator Succumbs to Heart Failure Superinduced by a Heavy Cold. g | | | g ) s SoYe & MAaBENISHT "aoTe WORTH STREETS. ) | FORMER PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR WHO DIED YESTERDAY AFTER- ! NOON AT HIS RESIDENCE, CORNER OF BUSH AND LEAVEN- | | ATRICK BOLAND, former Public ! Administrator, - dled yesterday afternoon at his residence at the corner of Bush and Leavenworth streets from congestion of the lungs and heart failure, Whaile on a hunting trip in Mendocino County a fqw weeks ago Boland con- tracted a hedvy cold. He did not seek medi- cal aid, however, until a week ago, when he became much worse and took to his bed. His death yesterday afternoon came | as a terrible shock to his friends, as they | believed that he had passed the critical | period and was on the road to recovery. Boland was born in Kibrush, County Clare, Ireland, forty-four years ago and was educated in France, where he took prizes for proficiency in French, German and mathematics. At the age of 16 he 3 Ellie, Miss Jane and Miss Nora Boland, until the first two were married. At the age of 23 he came to California and en- tered the employ of his uncle, Thomas Keane, of Keane Bros. and worked his way up until he became a partner in the dry_goods firm. Later he engaged in the brokerage and real estate business and | took the management of the O'Sullivan estate. Under his care the estate has doubled in value. Seventeen years ago he married Annie O’Sullivan, daughter of C. D. O’Sullivan, and four children were born to them, two sons and two daughters, all of whom sur- vive him. Boland served one term as Public Ad- ministrator, having been elected on the Democratic ticket. He was a member of the Woodmen of the World and of the Druids, a_charter member of the Iroquois g}ug and a director of the Monticello ub. up in a parcel of about the size and The funeral will take place at 10 o'clock shape of a dress suit case. In response | Was left an orphan with the care and to-morrow “ morning from St. Mary's | to a_question Dimmxckk said ;Dhat nLe lat- | guardianship of his three sisters, Miss Cathedral. est date in those books was December 31, | Ty R S0, Dimmitie had Eone out of businecs | @ittt el i ettt @ in 1588. But there was a small pocket- book containing entiies of a later date than December 31, 1900. He did not think that he took those books home from the Mint at any time between February 6, 1901, and June 27, 1%L Between those dates he may have remained in the Mint as late as midnight probably twice. On Saturday, June 29, and on Sunday, June after the discovery of the loss of the ,000, the accused requested the watch- man to note the time of his arrival and departure. He had never made such a request before, he said. The witness admitted also that Cashier Cole had no part in the transfer of $35,000 from the vault cash to the counter cash. At that time Cole was at home sick and Dimmick himself made the transfer. NOT AT ALL IMPROPER. Then Schlesinger asked: Don’t you think it was the height of opricty that you, the outgoing cash- 1é in getting his com- There was in was the reply. The witness admitted also that he took off the back plate of the cashier's vault while showing Col how to change the combination, and part of two days. no impropriety that, He admitted also that Whoa! Whoa! Put that number down.” He admitted also that he told Cole that he had stopped at 15 for last rumber, but he did not believe told Cole that 15 was a fixed my but 1 not know what a umbers were,” added | Dimmick. James Wilding, Gaylor Peters and W. B. Corcoran testified that Mint Watch- man Cyrus E. Ellis kad a bad reputation, while_former Superior Judge E. M. Gib- son, Harry D. Hardy, L. M. P Meredith, Myron T John A. C Holcomb, L. T. Parr, F. Kenny, D. J. C lagh E. Dargic, 8. R. Osgood, A. N. Collier, J. M. Hume and Fred M Campbeil d that Ellis', reputatio H. Merrill, E. A. Klu- V. Knoll, Hart North a r W. Bellingall ‘swore immick’s reputation was without a ord B nd P W, , testified that they never knew him to _be in possession of a dress suit case. The case for the defense closed and re- { buttal will open at 10 a. m. to-day. Pears’ What is wanted of soap for the skin is to wash it and not hurt it. This is why we want pure soap; clean Pure soap does that. and when we say pure, we mean without alkali. Pears’ is pure; no free alkali. soap that has no biting in - You can trust a it, that’s Pears’. Established over 100 years, t the task occupied | ‘REGENTS HOLD THEIR MEETING Appoint Additional In- structors for the University. The Board of Regents of the University | o2 California held its tegular monthly | meeting yesterday afternoon at the Hop- | kins Art Institute. Judge C. W. Slack presided. Many important matters con- cerning the university were discussed. After a brief discussion, in which several of the Regents who were present took part, it was decided to charge a fee of 3 for special examinations in any branch of study made ¥ 8 | failure to pass the regular examinations. William R. Hearst's offer to defray the | expense ot equipping as a permanet oul- of-door auditorium the natu amphi- ater in the eucs ptus grove at the t of the chemistry building was ac- | cepted. the University, some years ago gave a fund of $1000, the inierest of which was to { be applied to the purchase of books for the university library. Mr. Denicke now | offers to contribute a yearly amount suf- ficient to raise - the “income from the Denicke fund to the amount of $100 per annum. | the purchnase of books for the department of Germ: | Chairman Slack announced that the Ore | Concentration Syndicate, Limited, of Lon- aon, England, through its president, Wal- ter McDermott, had presented to the uni- ment a compiete laboratory making working tests on the concentra- cently invented in Wales. George A. Reisner, Ph. D. (Harvard), who for the last three years has been di- rector of the Hearst Egyptian expedition of the University of California, was ap- pointed Hearst lecturer in Egyptology. Dr. Max Uhle, who for the last three years has conducted excavations and exc plorations in Peru at the instance of Mrs. Hearst and for the purposes of the de- partment of anthropology of the univer- sity, was appointed Hearst lecturer Peruvian archaeology. The Ph.D., as assistant professor of dai) - bandry and animal industry, to dalrey tl;“gl?n July 1, 1902, was accepted. Professor An- ?Krson reg:g{ledP l]o behflome the head of e new State Polytechnic School a Lis Obispo. e . W. Major, now assistant in dairyi nt_(hed L;nlvcrslty ?l Minnesota, Wllya‘ar;xg-. pointed instructor in dairy h a salary of §1200 per Bhllul’};L Lo et Edward H. Hageman, who was assist- ant in cheesemaking 'during the short course in dairying of 191, was appointed assistant in cheesemaking in the dairy course for October, November and De- cember at a salary of $100 a month. Berlin Konigliche Kunstschule and un- til recently supervisor of drawing in the Stockton High School, was appointed inc structor in drawing for the current year. L. Page, A. B., Kansas, 18%4, afterward a graduate student of physies in the Uni- versity of Chicago, for a time teacher of physics and chemistry in Decatur, Ind., and later connected with the Patent Of- fice, Washington, D. C.. was appointed assistant in physics at $500 for the current ear. Frank E. Smith was appointed assistant in_civil enginering at Per annum. Miss Edith Putnam Dart was appointed cataloguer in the university library at $40 a month, to date from September 1. The following excerpts from_ the month- 1y report serves to show a healthy ad- vancement in university affairs: In spite of strictness in the interpretation of the entrance requirements, and in spite sary by a pupll’s | kst A. Denicke, formerly a Regent of | This amount will be devoted to | versity for the use cf the mining depart.- | outfit for | tion of ores by the Elmore process, re- | in | resignation of Leroy Anderson, | Frederick H. Meyer, a graduate of the | i TRANSFERS GIVEN ACROGS THE CITY New Plan of Manager Chapman Is in Operation. The new transfer system of the United Railroads, which Manager G. F. Chap- man had been working on for several nmonths, went into effect yesterday. The change did not come as a surprise to the traveling public, for the following notice had been posted up in the cars of the company for the past week: Passengers desiring transfers are request- ed to ask for same when paying fare, Transfers will not be given to passengers presenting transfers, except on the follow- * lines, to enable patrons to nue in one general direction: Filimore and Sixteenth streets, Polk and Larkin streets. Third and Kearny streets. Transferred passengers coming from or going tc 2 terminal line are entitled to again transfer, G. F. CHAPMAN, General Manager. September 10, 1902, The new transfer is much larger than the old one and has the date stamped in bold type. The conductor when issuing the transfer punches the time when it wiil expire. Chief Clerk Handlon said yesterday af- | ternoon that no complaints had been re- ceived about the new transfer system A modification of the notice of change was found necessary, however, in refer- nce to the Jackson-street line. Up to 15 o’clock each morning the Jackson-street cars run direct to the ferries and after that hour every other car goes down Powell street to Market. It was found necessary on the late cars to issue a se- ond transfer to Market street from the Jackscn-street line to enable passengers to get down town. G. A. R. Encampment, V‘nshington, D. C. $85.40 for the round trip over Southern Pacific. Tickets on sale September 29 and 30. . b Sudden Death of Lawyer Gibson. Richard Gibson, an attorney at law, re- siding at 217 Third street, expired sudden- ly yesterday morning on the sidewalik at the intersection of Third and Howard streets. Death was due to natural causes. ————————— Cheap Rates to Washington, D. C. Round trip via Barstow, returning via Ogden, or the reverse, $85.40. Sold only on September 29 and 30. Ask the Santa Fe, 641 Market street. . ® of the practical elimination of the status of | limited student, there are to-day 672 freshmen in the University, or 157 more than on the corresponding date of a year ago, and just twice as many as at this date four years ago. The new special students of this year > ber §6, and the limited students 22.° O thece 780 new undergraduates, 496, or 60.1 per cent, are men, and 311, or 39.9 per cent, are women, The new students are distributed among the varlous colleges as follows: Letters. Men, 19: women, 51. Social sclences—Men. 86; women. 212, Natural sciences—Men, 34; women, 5. Commerce—Men, 36, Agriculture—Men, 27: women, 2. Mechanics—Men, 72; woman, 1’ Mining—Men. 98. Clvil engincering—Men, '58. Chemlutry—uen.l jiwasme. A0, SR The registration of undergradu: now reached the total of 2311, while g Sii tember 20, 1901, it was 2076, It is estimated that the fotal enrollment for the year in the collegesat Berkeley will be 2700, as com- pared with 2470 in 1901-2 and 2220 in 1900-1. SORROW CAUSES SH SAGRIFIGE Deserted by Husband Mrs. Douglass Com- mits Suicide. Mother of Drowned Woman Believes Death Was Accidental. The finding of the body of Mrs. Lucia Douglass, a stenographer, in the bay near the Alameda mole on Tuesday, as nar- rated in The Call of yesterday, reveals a pathetic story of a woman’s unhappy nfarried life, which caused despondency and subsequent sulcide. Mrs. Douglass was a woman of many lovable traits, but illness, coupled with sorrow over the de- sertion of her husband, drove her to the commission of a desperate act, which has 1lunged her family and friends into the profoundest grief. Mrs. Douglass was for three years in the employ of the Pennsylvania Mutual Life Insurance Company, whose offices are in the Claus Spreckels building. She enjoyed the confidence of her employers and her sunny disposition rendered her a great iavorite with all who enjoyed her dequaintance. She was 21_years of age and the daughter of S. A. Burrall, a real estate deaier, who died suddenly a few months ago. Her mother and three sis- ters live at 614 Sixteenth street, Oakland. About five years ago Mrs. " Douglass married "ferry H. Douglass, a railroad man. bridal trip ana after a residence of seven months_in that country Mrs. Douglass returned to California. Douglass followed her after a long interval, but an estrange- ment ensued, resulting in the departure cf the husband for Mexico about a year #g0. After that time Mrs. Douglass heard little of her husband, a circum- stance that preved upon her mind con- tinually and produced within her a spe cies of melancholia, the effects of which she was unable to combat. WAS ILL AND DESPONDENT. Iliness now began to manifest itself with recurring frequency and Mrs. Doug- lass was compelled to submit to a surgi- cal operation several months ago. Relief did not come and a second operation was, performed. Mrs. Douglass spoke little of her troubles to her companions and it was only her intimates who observed by her tears and sighs that a secret trouble was gnawing at her heartstrings. She Jiad resided for the last seven months at the home of James E. Cottle, at 1520 Pa- cific avenue. Mrs. Cottle observed her despondency and sought in vain to cheer her drooping spirits. The unhappy wom- an returned from her employment daily and on gaining the seclusion of her chamber would cry herself to sleep. On Monday morning she returned to the house unexpectedly, saying she did not feel well. She remained about an hour and then left the house without speaking to any one. That was the last the Cot- tles saw of her until they ldentified her remuins on the slab in the Alameda morgue. At the office of the insurance company where Mrs. Douglass was employed her late associates spoke of her in the high- est terms. She never spoke to any of these of committing suicide, and on Mon- day evening when she left the office, pre- sumably for her home, she bade them all, as was her custom, a cheery good night. ‘While her associates were aware that she was.not in the best of health, none suspected that she contemplated _self- murder, and the announcement of her suicide came as a severe shock to her friends and acquaintances in the building. WILL NOT ADMIT SUICIDE. Mrs. S. A. Burrall, mother of the dead wcman, says her daughter did not com- mit suicide, as she always expressed a profound horror at such an ending to a human life. Mrs. Burrall is convinced that her daughter was walking near the water’'s edge and that being overcome by syncope, to which she was subject, she fell into the bay and was drowned. That the deed was voluntary Mrs. Burrall is loth to admit, and in this view she is supported by the declarations of the three sisters of the dead woman, all of whom express the firm conviction that the drowning of their sister was the result of accident rather than design. The sis- ters of Mrs. Douglass are Nellie, an art- ist; Belle, a music teacher, and Jessie, a school teacher. Mrs. Cottle said last night that Mrs. Douglass one day told her that her con- stant illness rendered her existence mis- erable and that if she did not recover soorn she would end it all. This testi- mcry tends to prove the theory that the woman committeed suicide and that the fatal resolve took possession of her at the time she left the Spreckels building for the last time. The funeral will take place from the residence of Mrs. Burrall, 614 Sixteentn street, Oakland, at 2 o'clock this after- noon. TO HOLD FIRST CONCERT IN NATIVE SONS' HALL Frederick Zech Jr. Will Act as Musi- cal Director for the Verein Arion. The first grand concert of the season of the Verein Arion of San Francisco will be given next Thursday evening, Septem- ber 18, at Native Sons’ Hall, 414 Mason street. Fred Zech Jr., the well-known com- poser and pianist, has been given the leadership. His work will be of great benefit to the society and will materially improve the musical production. The programme for the evening's en- tertainment will be as follows: FIRST PART. “Fruhlingslied” (Weinzierl), male chorus with plano accompaniment, pianist Proféssor James Hamilton Howe: Hungarian rhapsody (Popper), 'cello solo Arthur Weiss, piano ac- companist Gyula Ormay; *“‘An die ferne Ge- liebte,” male chorus a capella, tenor solo L. ‘Warnke; ‘‘Eine Bauernhochzeit” (Sodermann), mixed chorus a capella; *Der Himmel hat eine Thrane geweint'’ (Kucken), soprano_solo Mrs. Ida_de Seminario, violin obligato Miss Ada D. Zecl ‘*Ave Maria’” (Nessler), male chorus a capella. SECOND PART. “Rheinfahrt” (Beschnitt), barytone solo R. Neubert, male chorus a capella; “Oh Spring Time, Come'" (Jungst), ladies’ chorus a capella; (a) “Uebers Jahr” (Handwerg), (b) *'Dixie's Land” (arranged by Frank van der Stucken), male chorus a capella: “Inflammatus” (Ros mixed chorus, soprano solo Mrs. Ida de Seminario. Director, Frederick Zech Jr. —_————— Convicted of Grand Larceny. The trial’ of Frank Loland on a charge of robbery was held before a jury in Judge Cock’s court yesterday. The jury brought in a verdict of guilty of grand larceny. Loland was accused of taking a silver watch and 70 cents from Silvio Bianchini on Dupont street on the night of Juli He will be sentenced Satur- day. oland was one of the three pris- orers who jumped from the Sheriff's van in front of the County Jail, on Broadway, last week and was chased and recaptured. Accused of Larceny. Mrs. Elizabeth Cahlind swore to a war- rant in Judge Cabaniss’' court yesterday for the arrest of George Jones on a charge of grand larceny. She said she had spent Tuesday right at 1030 Jackson street with Mrs. Harrington, a friend, and about 3 o'clock yesterday morning Jones stole her purse, ‘which contained $0. He had been spending the night there also and saw where she put the purse. —_——— Sues Hay Dealer for Damages. Jamed Rowe, who while walking along the south side of Berry street, between Fifth and Sixth, March 7 last was struck by a bale of hay that fell from a wagon owned by Harvey C. Somers, filed a sult for $20,000 damages against Somers yes- terday. ———— Says His Business Is Injured. 1. Freeman, who sells cash registers, filed a suit for $10,000 damages against Martin Eggers yesterday, alleging that Eggers_circulated letters ‘reflecting upon the value of the register he handles, thereby causing injury to his business. The couple went to Mexico on their | FOR THE M. G. BURRESS. District Agent, Home Co-operative Union, 2414 East Main street, Elwood, Ind., writes: “‘After a lapse of one year I take great pleasure in adding my indorsement to the many thousands for bringing relief and a complete cure to our little daugh- | ter, Helen, who has been sick all her life with catarrh and stomach trouble. “I was induced by one of our friends to try Peruna and finally decided to do so, but not until I wrote you asking your opinion of the case. You said that by following directions I might be able to i save our little girl, and to advise you as often as the case required. “*When she commenced onthe sec- ond bottle the change was remark- able, and in three and one-half months you ware willing to discharge the cass as cured. [ could notbring myself to giving a voluntary endorss- ment of Peruna until | was satisfiad beyond a question of a doubt that little Helen was completely cured, and the disease eradicated from her system. “We keep Peruna in our home, in fact could not do without it. I have also ad- vised many others to give Peruna a trial, and in every case the result has been as satisfactory as mine. 1 will gladly reply to all letters from any one desiring to write me regarding Peruna.”—Wm. Burress. 5 Peruna is a blessing to the little ones. In the first place it is not a disagreeable medicine to take. In the second place it produces no ill effects upon the stomach. ADVERTISEMENTS. STOMACH TROUBLE OF CHILDREN Pe-ru-na Is Unfailing—Read the Following Inter- esting Letter. Helen A-M-Burress- It neither weakens, nor irritates, nor de- ranges the appetite. Peruna is not one of the drugs that must hurt in order to cure. Immediately upon taking Peruna the pa~- tient begins to feel better. No symptom follows the use of Peruna except an im- provement of the disease, and once intro- duced into the home it nearly always stays. The experience of Mr. Burress of In- diana with the use of Peruna in the cure of his litle child, Helen, is an experi- ence that has been repeated many thou- sand times throughout the length and breadth of ihe United States. If your child is sick and you hardly know what the trouble is, you may be quite sure that catarrh in some form or phase is at the bottom of it. If this be true, Peruna will be sure to bring relief. 1t _is well worth giving a trial. If you do not derive prompt and satis- factory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to giVe you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarfum, Columbus, Ohio. LOSES HIS PROMOTION BY SUDDEN DESERTION Regimental Sergeant Major William Houston of the Fifteenth Cav- alry Goes to Prison. ‘William D. Houston, sergeant major of the Fifteenth Cavalry, was sentenced yesterday to dishonorable discharge from the army and imprison- ment at Alcatraz for two years for de- sertion. On the day following the pris- oner’'s desertion a second lieutenant’s commission came for him to department headquarters. It was said that he left on account of some financial difficulties. Major Cornelius Gardener of water cure fame is assigned to duty at Angel Island in_the discharge cam; Companies E and £ have been ordered from the Presidio to Monterey. Lieutenant Ralph L. Taylor of the med- ical department will not be transport sur- geon of the Warren, as previously or- dered by the War Department, but will return to Denver, Colo., for annulment of centract. e MARKET-STREET LOT BRINGS GOOD RETURNS Forty-Three Hundred Dollars Per Front Foot Is Paid for Property. The sale of the Market street property between Third and Fourth streets former- ly known as Dennett's restaurant and now The Puritan, is reported by Burnham & Marsh, the brokers who have effected the deal. The price is $108,000. The size of the lot is 25x100 feet. There is a nice profit in the transaction as reported. About a vear ago the prop- erty was sold for something like $92,500. In addition to this sale Burnham & Marsh have sold for M. Holje to B. H. Lichten- stein 77:6x137:6 feet on the south line of Eddy street, with four frame houses, for about $55,000. This property was pur- chased by Mr. Holje a few years ago for $35,000, so it is reported. late regimental | D. F, Fifteenth Infantry, ANDERSON MAKES SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST FOLLIS Sues to Have a Bill of Sale Which He Alleges Was Fraudulently Obtained Set Aside. Chris Anderson, a wagon maker at 415 Sixth street, in a suit to set aside a bill of sale of his shop and residence filed by him yesterday, makes serious charges against George Follis and asks the court to declare the document null and void. He also asks for an injunction restraining Follis from disposing of the property menticned pending the trial of the suit. Anderson alleges that last June, while he was confined at St. Mary’s Hospital, suffering from an attack of blood poison- ing, Follis called upon him and secured Pis signature to the alleged bill of sale, representing, Anderson alleges, that his signature to the document was necessary in order that in the event of his death his children would not lose their interests. Andersori claims that after his recovery he made frequent demands upon Follis for the return of the document or a glance at_its contents, but was always refused. He alleges further that at the time he affixed his signature to the paper he was not of sound mind. —_———— . Palace Hotel Improvements. The work of tearing up the pavement in the courtyard of the Palace Hotel was commenced yesterday. In the future car- riages and baggage wagons will stop at the Jessie street entrance. The court- yard will be repaved with marble and turned into a large reception room. The furniture for the room has arrived from the East. —_—— Accused of Stealing From Friend. Miss Tillie Walton, 1137 San Bruno ave- nue, secured a warrant from Judge Ca- baniss yesterday for the arrest of Eu- gene O'Brien, 1014 Kansas street, on a charge of petty larceny. She stated that O'Brien was a friend and Sunday night he called at the house. When he left she nxnssed her purse, containing $20 and a ring. money } | The For example: advance; month. \ ‘ 1 Tel John 2336. i How to buy furniture and carpets without ready We will loan you the money for a regular banking rate of interest—six per cent. back little by little in unfelt amounts. go to one of the first-class furniture stores, with whom we have made special arrangements, where the stock is big and fresh and where satisfaction is certain, and when you have made your selection you can pay your bill in full with good hard cash. Isn't this better than buying in the installment stores and being compelled to select your goods from smaller and inferior stocks? installment above their cash prices when you ask for long credit. All you pay us is six per cent. And you can pay us Then you can stores charge you ten per cent If your purchases amount to $100.00 we will charge you $106.00—which is a six per cent then you pay us $20.00 cash and the balance in monthly payments amounting to $8.60 each month. If your purchases amount to $75.00 we will charge you $70.50; you make us a cash payment on this of $15.00 and pay the balance at the easy rate of $6.45 per You save four per cent. You have the great privi- lege of buying in a first-class store, and yet you get all the advantages of the easy payment plan as offered by the installment houses! No amount of money is too small for us to loan. ‘Worth looking into, don’t you think? Govulg, Svllivan & Co.,, Room 1403 “Call” Building, Corner Market and Third Sts.