The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 23, 1902, Page 12

o 2 1 THE SAN FRANCIECO STUDENTS MUST OFFEND NO MORE Objectionable Articles in “The Lowell” to Be Prohibited. Pencipal Morton Warns Pu- pils Against Future Transgressions. Director Mark and Principal Lowell High School igation yesterday morn- the objectionable editorial his month’s issue -of the school. Mr. Morton just when ated that im- to place e us attack on candidates, Dr. Pardee already begun a pre- o the matter and be- ws the nmame of the e the article in question. ted that he did not of suppressing publication in duty bound one who was of the gentlemen inated for the highest f the State by the two Mr. Morton be- warning the pupils of the paper, ] to make an example the opinion that d written the editoral d from the staff of The t is what will probably b that some de- would be taken in order to a repet of similar attacks. th pupils comprising ation will be given must not offend do the paper will prevent t is certain he staff of the pt d d that the; be_sup nce. Director Roncovieri, who has returned from Eureka, is outspoken against the temerity of the editorial staff of the pa- lowing such an unwarranted crit- s in bad taste to say the of the kind must ever ag “The Board of Education has the power | duct on the part of | said Roncovieri e aired on political g we know they will inject aces and religions, and g where it will end. | WEBSTER'S OPINION. m in favor of taking all | to prevent such publica- for that _purpose severe reprimand to the answerable for the ar- of Schools Webster is as Mr. Roncovieri in | of the editorial in ques- lished by pupils,” represents the tends to in- hav not g and its report and Morton. | Steamer Hafis Libeled. g filed a libel yesterday | District Court against Hafis to recover for piloting the co to Port Costa | Forfune Telling does not take into consideration the one essential to woman’s happiness — wom- aaly he There is many a woman whose e seems absolutely unclouded who is marked by her own condition for future disappointment and distress. The wo: v | [ | DR. PIERCE’S REMEDIES. [ is neglecting the very foundation of all For without health love loses its lustre and gold is but regularity, dries the drains which weaken women, heals inflamma- tion and ulcera- tion and cures fe- male weakness, It makes weak wom- en strong, sick women well. Sick women are invited to consult Dr. Pierce by letter free. All correspondence held as strictly private and sacredly confidential. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Bauffalo, N. ¥ have taken s ite Prescript Simcoe Co * Pleasant Pel you advised for congestion of uterus, ovaries, and weakness, and can safely say that your medicine has been the means of restoring me to good health again, which I hed mot bad for over three years, until taking your 1 thanik you very much for your kind tention to my letter asking advice.” “Favorite Prescription” has the testi- mony of thousandsof women to its com- plete cure of womanly diseases. Do not accept an unknown and unproved substi- tute in its place. Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets clear the botties of Dr. Pierce's Favor- tes Miss M. Pyfe, of Orilla, plexion and sweeten the breath. MEN’S DISEASES Our new m=thod ~ftrzat- ment cu es: V:RICOCELE T...CTURE, GLEET, MUCUS DISCHARGES, WGAKNESS-S, T~TE TROUBLES @ of applying the t to the disord- Urethral Crayons nervo-organic dis- sses, stricture, gleet, le, prostatitis, weak- messes, kidney and bladder troubles, etc BISHOP URETHRAL CRAYONS gentle electric entire_system. Zor al FREE, of cost. Price, ackage, or full two months’ $5. 'Guaranteé to. cure or nded; $1000 guarantee, dress BISHOP REMEDY [l | 8 evenings; Sundays, 10 to 12 a. m. | when the “insurgents,” | lor DWNERS OF L0T3 EAPRESS ANGER Odd Fellows’ Cemetery Directors Face a Storm. Vice President Cowdry De- nies That Extrava- gance Exis's. Dissatisfied with the management of the affairs of the Odd Fellows’ Cemetery under the present board of trustees, sev-| eral hundred lot owners gathered in per- | son and by proxy at the cemetery yes- | terday afternoon in an angry determina- | tion to prevent the re-election of | the four members of the board | whose tenure of office expires this | year. After a stormy session, lasting | more than three hours and during which | many sharp words were interchanged be- | tween the grumbling lot owners and the officials of the cemetery, the board ad- | journed until 1:30 o'clock to-day, leaving | the question of electing the four new trustees in abeyance. The principal grievance against the present board, as set forth in the peti- tion of the lot owners for an injunction restraining the board from expending more of ihe funds of the association, is | hat too much money has been expended | travagantly, injuaiciously and unwise- | ' For instance, it is allegea tnat of tne sum of $1,0W recenuy vutidld by the trustees in 1mprovements ana in the ercc- ticn oI & columbarium and A cremato- | rium, the greater portion waus squanaered | weliberately becaus as ulieged, DOLA Cre- mbarium Wwill be ren- ine city prevent matorium and col aered valueless shouid iuture cremauions. The contention of the wrathy lot own- | ers is that the trustees acted uniawiuuy | n expending the funds of the assoclauon in the erecdon of builaings, improving the grounds and enlargiug lhe water plant. ‘They aver, througn ineir counses, Countryman and '‘lum Suden, that the (rustees, having _expended tnis money without legal justification, should be com- | pelled to relmburse the rund out of their dividual purses. The four retiring mem- | bers—Messrs. J. ¥. Cowiey, vice president | of the association; Jam Mason, C. A, Sumner and John G. Hasshagen—are all up for re-election and each is quietiy working to be retained. Against the retir. ing members the complaining lot owners have put up a ticket composed of Messrs. H. ¥. Maass, Adalbert Pauba, F. W. Ap- plarius and Diedrich Becker. The two | tions stationed men at the entrance oI the cemetery yesterday who were elec- tioneering and handing out printed tick- ets with the names of the various ca.ndl—! | dates. LOT OWNERS ASSEMBLE. At 2 o'clock, the hour set for the meet- ing, there were gathered probably 100 men and women, many of them aged and in- firm, who held lots in the cemetery and | bad come to vote for the directorate. n the absence of George 1. Bohen, presi- cent of the association, who is said to be critically ill, Vice President Cowdry | rresided. ‘he little room to the right ot nager Iietcher's oftice, where the meeting was held, was crowded with the friends of the warring factions, all eager 1o ascertain the outcome of the squabble. It was planned at the outset to proceed fcrthwith in the election of officers, but as the opposition to the incumbents were called, showed up with the proxies of several hundred prop- erty holders, the board, somewhat sur- prited at the sudden display of strength of the opposition, employed a shrewd piaa of delay by appointing a sub-committee | of three to pass upon the validity of the proxies. A great number of these proxies were made out in the name of Mr. Maass, a veteran official of the assoclation, who had joined the aggrieved lot holders. Af- ter more than two hours spent in ex- amining the proxies the sub-committee | reported their inability to settle the ques- tion of the proxies immediately and it was then determined to adjourn the meet- ing until to-day, when it is believed the incumbents will be able to corral suffi- cient votes to carry their point. While Vice President Cowdry was waliting for the sub-committee to report Messrs, Countryman and Tum Suden were engaged in hurling a volley of point- ed questions at him respecting the ex- penditure of the funds of the association. COWDRY DEFENDS BOARD. 't you know,” asked Countryman that you had no right to spend ¢y in the manner you did with- es of the lot hold- 1 knew nothing of the sort,” replied Cowdry. “The board was proceeding ' clear! within its jurisdiction. This | money was piled up in bank, drawing but little interest, and the board, after due | and careful ~consideration, 'determined that the surest and safest way to make | the cemetery a self-sustaining institution to erect a crematory and columbar- | the proceeds from which would | e the cemetery forever self-sustain- | All this row has been kicked up by | the Undertakers’ Association, and I want to say—" “‘Hold on there,” interjected Mr. Maass, | shaking a threatening finger in the face of the acting president. “You leave the tndertakers out of this. When you say, that you are uttering an untruth and o~ 5 hut up or I'll have you put out of this room,” yelled Cowdry, interupting | Maass. Instantly the room was in a tur- | moil. Friends of the two men crowded | abcut and the troubled waters were soon | olled and a hand to hand encounter was fortunately averted. | GODEAU CALLS FOR ACTION. While this rumpus was going on inside J. S. Godeau held the attention of a crowd of men and women on the outside | with a tirade against the trustees. | “It's a shame,” sald Godeau. ‘Here 1| have paid $3000 for a lot in this cemetery | and then given up another thousand to have it cared for in perpetuity, and I'm | not even permitted to bury my dead here or to have a voice in these proceedings. Let’s oust this crowd that permits such a condition of affairs.” The fog was beginning to roll in and the dinner bells in the neighborhood were sounded before the last angry lot owners departed. They promised, however, to be on hand bright and early to-day to continue the fight against the present board. While there is no definite ground for prophesying, the opinion is general that by the time the board meets to-day it will have drummed up enough votes, from one guarter or another, to continue itself in office. LEAGUE OF THE CROSS TO GIVE ENTERTAINMENT Company L Will Hold a Show Next Thursday to Increase Uni- form Fund. Arrangements have been completed for an entertainment and dance to be given by Company L, League of the Cross Ca- dets, Captain Frank Grimley command- ing, on Thursday evening, September 2. The affair will take place at Mission Par- Hall, Seventeenth and Valencia streets. 7This company, which represents the Mission Dolores parish of the tem- perance organization, has within the last year brought itself into prominence by its remarkable improvement in drill ex- hibitions, having won the Irish fair trophy and being runner-up in the last competi- tive drill. The object of this entertain- ment is to increase the company’s uni- form fund. The committee in charge has been verv active in securing talent and | the following artists have promised to | appear: Misses Kitty Barry, Hazel Buck- | ley, F. Dowling, N. Dowling, H. Clifford, May Korn, Harriet Morrow and May Wanek; Messrs. Otto Wanek, William Crowley, Vincent Kennedy, F. Jack Zink- end and W. D. Barber. A farce will be presented by Misses Mary and Margaret Clancy, Mary McAuliffe, Messrs. R. D. Blake and Willlam J, Brann. —_——— Social Usage Prescribes correct forms of stationery. We have the right papers for polite cor- respondence, and also ideas for engraving visiting cards and wedding anounce- ments. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market street. », CALL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1902, YOUNG ELECTRICIAN RECEIVES SHOCK WHICH CAUSES DEATH William Goodwin Remains Suspended on Live Wires Until Taken Down by a Brave Fireman. o ILLIAM W. GOODWIN, a lineman in the employ of the San Francisco Gas and Elec- tric Company, was fatally in- jured by electricity at the top of a pole on Brannan street, between Fourth and Fifth, yesterday afternoon. He fell upon a number of live wires. ‘Worki: with him at the time were J. M. McCarthy, D. Keife, W. H. Cameron, R. Weavran and J. A. Cameron. He re- ceived a shock of 2000 volts and died on his way to the Emergency Hospital. Goodwin, who was 2 years of age, regis- tered at the Winchester Hotel on August 31 last, and a week later went to work as a lineman for the San Francisco Gas and Electric Company. He had been employ- ed by that company since that time. Goodwin went to work as usual yester- day morning with the other linemen. He climbed the pole with two of the other linemen and while shifting his position slipped and fell among the live wires. Goodwin lay dying in the maze of wires, high in the air, when the hospital ambu- lance arrived. 'The question of how he should be brought down was discussed. 1t was decided to summon No. 8 truck of the Fire Department. Tillerman John ! Rudden and Joseph O'Brien, also of the truck company, placed a ladder against the pole and cilmbed up to the crosstrees. Rudden carefully lifted Goodwin and throwing him over his shoulder, success- fully carried him to the street, where Chief Steward C. C. Bucher of the Cen- tral Emergency Hospital took charge of him. Goodwin was immediately put in the ambulance and a_hurried trip was made to the hospital. During the journey artificial respiration was employed and cverything possible was done to save the young lineman’s life, but upon the ar- rival at the hospital Dr. Maher said life was extinct. Upon_ investigation it was found that Goodwin wore an old pair of skin gloves, the fingers of which were worn out, al- lowing the bare flesh to come in contact with anything he might touch. The first two fingers were severely charred and burned, showing that Goodwin had grasp- ed the live wire to save himself from a fall ,and in this way had received the fatal current. A number of persons witnessed the taking of Goodwin’s senseless form from among the live wires and heartily ap- plauded the courageous work of Fireman Rudden. e e e e e e o] NATIVE SONS’ MEMORIAL DAY IS TO BE OBSERVED Grand President Byington Issues a Circular Letter to the Parlors of California. Grand President Byington of the Native Sons of the Golden West has issued the following circular to the order in connec- tion with the proper observance of the memorial day of the order: The second Sunday in October, which falls this year upon the 12th, is Native Sons’ me- morial day. No words shoull be necessary to impress upon the members of our frateraity the duty which we, the living, owe to our dead, Wherever there is a parlor of the Native Sons of the Golden West, let its members and friends on that day gather within lodge room or public hall to hold such services as will manifest the-love and reverence which we bear for the memory of the departed, and let us turn for a few hours, with coftened hearts, from- the pleasures and the cares of life to drop the gentle tear of recollection at the grave of our brother and weave a garland of flowers for his tomb. We love to think of our fraternity as one whose tender solicitude for its members ends not when the grave closes over them, but leads us with words of consolation to the stricken fireside and knits the mystic chords of memory that bind the living to every nct of virtue and of gentleness that, in life, characterized the dead. Wherever, therefore, the sons of California, touched by the silent’ reaper, have laid down to rest, whether beneath the glant redwoods. of the north, in the ravines and canyons and under the whispering pines of the Slerras, | upon the broad plains of the Sacramento and San Joaquin, by the perfumed orange groves of the south, or where the broad Pacific chants eternal requiem, let the love of our fraternity, upon memorial ‘day, seek and find them and garland their graves with flowers, the unaf- fected offerings of the heart. So that many a fond mother may say: *“I am poor and desolate and far from the lonely hillside where my boy was laid to rest, but I know that to-day his brothers of the fraternity of the Native Sons of the Golden West, whose loyalty to country he shared and by whose friendship he was blessed, will seek out that | lonely but fondly cherished spot and lay their token of remembrance upon my son’s—their brother’s grave.” And let us, my brothers, when the last ten- der words of remembrance have been uttered and the last flowers strewn, turn from the grave of the dead, with softened feelings, to henceforth discharge in a higher spirit of friendship, loyalty and charity, the obligations of our order. — e SAN QUENTIN LIBEL CASE IS CONTINUED Matter Involving Governor Gage and San Quentin Frauds Goes Over. The libel suit against Messrs. Spreckels and Leake growing out of the San Quen- tin frauds, came up in Judge Fritz's court yesterday afternoon and by mutual con- sent. the matter went over until next Friday morning at 11 o'clock. In the ab- sence of Judge Fritz, Police Judge Ca- baniss was called in to hear the motion for a continuance. Judge Cabaniss instructed the witnesses to be present at the time mentioned. He also instructed Shipping Clerk McDou- gald to Inform Warden Aguirre that he would be expected to be in court next | Friday morning when the case was called. Judge Cabaniss also stated that he would notify Aguirre personally that he should appear in court and be ready to testify if called upon to do so by the attorneys for the defense. Kauffmann Case Continued. When the case of Willlam Kauffmann, alias ““St. Louis Fat,” was called in Judge Cook's court yesterday morning the Judge was informed that Assistant District At- torney W. H. Alford, who is conducting the prosecution, was sick and a continu- ance was asked till this morning, when it was expected Alford would be present. The continuance was granted and it was arranged that the trial would go on, even if Alford had not sufficlently recovered to be in court. ———— Policemen Are Acquitted. The attention of the Police Commis- sioners was taken up all yesterday after- noon with the trial of Policemen Phil Herring and Gus Hostetter, charged with assault upon John Nolan and Thomas Roche last July at a saloon on Polk and Sutter streets. Many witnesses were ex- amined for the prosecution and defense and the Commissioners dismissed the charges. e Swim at the Crystal Baths, Bay street, near Powell. Water always clean, warm. Tub department best in city. ——————————— ‘Will Investigate Riot. Major E. E. Hardin, Seventh Infantry, has been appointed by General Hughes to make an investigation of the riot and demolition of two saloons at the Presidio recently. Nobody seems to be able to tell who incited the outbreak. The loss of the saloons is not considered any con- siderable misfortune by officers or enlist- ed men. ———— Adams’ Sarsaparilla Pills (chocolate-coated) cure constipation, billousness, sick headache, dyspepsia; 10c, 25c, all druggists’. 2 —_————— Commissioner Sargent to Arrive. F. P. Sargent, Commissioner General of Immigration, will arrive in this city on October 14 to revise the regulations re- specting the Chinese immigration on this coast. He will make a thorough exam- ination of the subject while here. —_— Lowest rates for moving, packing, shipping and storing. See B. V. and 8. Co., 630 Market,* — 9 - LINEMAN WHO WAS FATALLY SHOCKED BY A LIVE WIRE, THE FIREMAN WHO RESCUED THE FATAL RESTING PLACE AND SCENE OF THE TRAGEDY. X3 UNCONSCIOUS BODY FROM ITS CLAIMS EDWARDS STOLE H WIE Albert Palmer Wants the Court to Bring Her Back. o s Albert Palmer, a youth who took unto himself a wife a few weeks ago, has asked the police go apprehend one Louis Edwards, also young and guileless, who, Palmer alleges, has abducted his little spouse. Both men are presumed to be in- nocent in the ways of the wicked world, their experience having been confined to the mixing and serving of drinks, intoxi- cating and otherwise, to an unsuspecting public. Edwards used to draw the big steams for the patrons -at 154 Third street, while Palmer is still catering to the wants of the thirsty at Charles Bloomer’s bar, 36 Golden Gate avenue. It was at the latter resort, forty days ago, that little Miss Kitty O'Brien, petite and winsome yet a wise little body, hap- pened in one morning and struck up an acquaintance with the mixologist. The latter allowed that Kitty was quite the most fascinating little bit of femininity he had ever espied. So he detained her. She came again, and the genial Mr. Palmer again arrested her progress. The days wore on and Kitty’'s visits became more frequent. Finally Palmer thought he couldn’t live without Kitty, and the blushing little Kitty being of a similar turn of mind, they concluded to hook up and experiment in double harness. The best and most trustworthy informa- tion at hand is that Kitty before permit- ting herself to be tied up for good and ali to Palmer forgot to mention the little matter of an old-time acquaintance with one Louis Edwards. . When the tenderloin heard of the wed- ding it came around and looked Edwards over for a little good-natured joshing, which he didn’t seem to mind at first. Finally the old smoldering flame broke anew, and Sunday night he hied himself to the home of Mrs. O'Brien, on Jessie street, where Kitty lived,.and after.a few sharp words and some horseplay took Kitty away. ‘When Husband Palmer came home and found his wife gone he started out on a still hunt. After a vain search he brought up at police headquarters, where he swore to a warrant charging Edwards with ab- duction. The warrant was sworn to but not signed. It probably will be issued to- day. Meantime Edwards is said to have taken to the “high brush.” Salmon Catch Costs $200. Joseph Tarentino, was fined $200 by Su- perfor Judge Welch of Contra Costa County at Martinez yesterday for violat- ing the salmon law. The court remarked that it was the last-time that the inimi- mum_ penalty would be imposed in its Jjurisdiction for this offense. e H. Isaac Jones, M. D., eye, ear, nose and throat, resumed practice. Starr King building, room 303, 121 Geary street. o FEARS HIS WIFE WILL KILL Frank Mitchell Sues for Divorce on Ground of Cruelty. Frank S. Mitchell, a clerk in the employ of Eppinger & Co., is a most unhappy benedict. In a complaint for divorce filed ! several days ago he alleges that his wife, Lillian Mitchell, has for the last two years caused him great mental torture #nd humiliation by acting in a most cruel manner toward him and he prays that the court grant him relief from bonds that ::v: proven only a source of unhappi- 8. Mitchell alleges ‘that in April of 1900 his wife threatened to take_ his life by turn- ing' on the gas, and, he alleges, also threatened to destroy his good looks by throwing vitriol in his face. The alleged threats against his life caused him great anxjety, he alleges, and certain remarks made by Mrs. Mitchell concerning her love for ‘“‘another man’ were keenly felt tv him. Mitchell charges that his wife told him in the presence of friends that she no longer cared for him and said she “wished she could get a divorceso that she could marry the “other man.” According to Mitchell he knew of the attentions the ‘“‘othrer man” ‘was paying to his wife and sought to prevent it by ordering the in- dividual from the house. His wife, how- ever, alleges Mitchell, persisted in receiv- ing his attentions and also presents from kim. Mitchell further alleges that his wife has sought to bribe .members of their household to keep' her actions secret, and she has'also, he alleges, borrowed money {rom friends of his and has refused to ac- count to him for it, thereby causing him keen mental anguish, In Mitchell’s complaint he alleges that his wife is a confirmed morphine fiend and that she boasts of having acquired the habit. “He charges that she is so addicted to the use of morphine, oplum and other narcotics. that she 1s incapable of attend- mg to her household duties. The Mitchells were married in this city in 1892 and reside at 2212 Steiner street. —_—— Indentified as Sam Handel. The body that was found at 2 a. m. yesterday on Mission street, near First, was identified later as Sam Handel, a hanger-on of the cheap wine shops of Clay and Commercial streets. Handel, in the old days when Tom Smith was the Coroner’s messenger, used to present him- self ‘at the Morgue shuffling in a pair of old broken shoes tied with hay rope, and beg* for a pair_.of shoes left over by some unclaimed dead man. Alcohol- ism was the cause of death. ——— New Policemen Appointed. T. F. Wren, first on the eligible list, ‘was appointed a policeman by the Police Commissioners yu!erdn{ afternoon, to fill the vacancy caused by the dismissal of Leroy L. Levings. He be swors in this morning. Wfll‘ o nl | thing with which few of the patrons of | DECREASES WORK PLER IN JAIL AND SAVES TIME IN NEW YORK Precanceled Stamp Is of| Accused of Obtaining Great Benefit to Merchants. Mail - Order Houses Supply Customers Quicker by Their Use. The business men of the large Bastern citles enjoy a convenience at the hands of the United States Government which merchants in San Francisco are not given. It is the use of precanceled stamps. To save a few hours’ time the large mail order houses of Chicago and other large citles of the East purchase annually thou- sands of dollars’ worth of these stamps at par from the Government. The sale of precanceled stamps is still deemed an experiment by the postal authorities at Washington, but they have become S0 pcpular with large purchasers of stamps because of the saving of time by their use that their sale will undoubtedly be continued permanently. One mail order | house of Chicago recently gave an order to the Chicago pestoffice for $25,000 worth of precanceled stamps. The unused precanceled stamp not only saves time for the business houses, but lessens the work of the postal clerks as well. Mail to which precanceled stamps are attached does not go through the general postoffice, but goes direct from the busi- ness house to the mail train. Third and | fourth class matter which goes through | the postoffice must be stamped by hand, | and all the time of thisoperation is saved. The unused canceled stamp is some- Uncle Sam are familiar. They can be se- cured only in large quantities by a spe- clal order from the Postmaster General and after considerable red tape. Chicago seems to be the most profitable field for the precanceled stamp. Nearly every catalogue or circular sent out of Chicago from a mail order house in the last fourteen months has borne this stamp. Last month the Chicago postoffice can- | celed and sold 2,339,800 such stamps. Every | one of them is supposed to have been used within the month. August is an off- month in correspondence and mailing cir- cles, and as the holidays approach the moenthly sales will double in size. THE CANCEL MARK. The precanceled stamp is identical with the ordinary stamp, except that it is can- celed and rendered apparently worthless before it is sold, instead of after it is| brought back to the postoffice on some | piece of advertising material. Only third | and fourth class matter is privileged to carry precanceled stamps, so their use is confined almost exclusively to the trans- mission of circulars and samples. In the rear of the Chicago office for the wholesale distribution of stamps a print- ing press runs ten hours a day canceling stamps. These are canceled in sheets of 100 each, just as they come from the printing department at Washington. Without regard ' of - denomination or prospective purchaser, all the stamps are stamped with the same distinctive mark. The special manner of canceling the stamp is what distinguishes it from the other uncanceled ones and prevents the Goveriment from being defrauded by having the same stamp used twice. Each revolution of the press prints across the face of each hundred stamps, in plain type and black ink, “Canceled— Chicago.” ‘When precanceled stamps were first used, a year and a half ago, in addition to the foregoing the month and year in which the stamp was purchased was printed upon it. No stamps were then ac- cepted except for the month for which-| they were printed, but the postal authori- ties have done away with the latter, and stamps once bought are good always. LARGE ORDERS GIVEN. More than sixty business houses in Chi- cago have been granted the dispensation by the Postmaster General and can pur- chase precanceled stamps. From the few firms having permission to use them the postoffice in the past year has received more than $500,000. Many of the firms never buy less than $1000 worth of pre- canceled stamps every day. During busy seasons the daily purchases of some firms average between $3000 and $5000. One malil order firm recently placed an order for $25,000 worth of precaneeled stamps. The firms using the precanceled stamps have their own mailing-room. A repre- sentative of the mailing department of the postoffice is always present in the mailing-room of the firms that use pre- canceled stamps. He decides how much postage must be attached to each article, | and watches the interests of the Govern- | ment in other ways. Precanceled stamps are also in unbroken sheets, and in the handling of them business houses save | much time which would be lost in hand- | ling the loose stamps sent in by custom- ers. These loose stamps are retailed to jobbers at a discount of from 2 to 5 per | cent, according to the rapidity with which | the stamps are accumulating. Saving of | time is the primary motive which in- | duces the business houses to cut off such | an appreciable percentage of their re- ceipts. POSSIBLE USE HERE. Not less than 5000 precanceled stamps can be ordered at one time. The privilege of ordering must first be secured from the | Postmaster General, and the purchase | price of the stamps must be deposited | with the cashier of the postoffice before | the stamps will be printed. The 1-cent denomination 1is the one | which is generally used, but some houses | order $4000 to $5600 worth of higher de- | nomination stamps, some beizs worth 15 ! cents each. | Since the use of these stamps has been so successful there is but little doubt that some of San Francisco's large mall order houses will apply to the Postmaster Gen- eral for the privilege of using this little | time-saver. J. W. Erwin, assistant superintendent of the free dellvery system in this city, | when interviewed In regard to the pros- | pects of the business men of San Fran- | cisco obtaining use of the precanceled stamp said: Ld I have just returned from Chicago, where the precanceled stamp is sold in the largest| quantities. The stamp has proved a great | time-saver and is used very extensively by many firms. One of the largest advertising firms, while I was there, purchased some- thing like $30,000 worth of precanceled stamps at once. There are no such houses in San Francisco. Of course, if the business men of this city could purchase. enough stamps fto warrant the installing of a'press at the Post- office for canceling purposes there is no doubt Postoffice Department grant to them the use of these stamps. The stamps are used In several large citles in the East, and as soon_as this city has enough large mall order houses to demand their use they will. undoubtedly become a part of (he postotfice stamp department, ————— Fatal Fall Downstairs. Charles Selig, a stableman in the ser- vice of M. J. Fairchild at.No. 10 Dame street, died at 6 o'clock yesterday morn- ing from injuries received by falling down a stairway last Sunday night while in- toxicated. He was 65 years of age, and unmarried. Pears’ was the first maker of sticks of soap for shaving. Sticks in 3 sizes; shaving cakes in 3 sizes. Pears’ Soap established over 100 years, | obliged to deposit $2000 in cash as | ing Money Under False Pretenses. Woman Claims He Obtained Large Sum From Her Fraudulently. Captain of Detectives Martin received a telegram last night announcing the ar- rest by the police of New York of Alfred Pler, who is wanted in San Francisco for obtaining money by false pretenses. The complaining witness in the case is Mrs. Annie Mantke, a widow who lives on Mission street, between Sixteenth d Seventeenth. According to her state- ment made to the District Attorney, she became engaged to marry Pler about a year ago. At that time he was ¢ oyed by the street car company as a tor- man, but he told his flancee that on the eve of promotion. Some time I it is alleged, he approached her f loan of $1300 under the pretense tha had secured his promotion, but r @ ity, as-in his new position he was pelled to handle large sums of He remained two months in_the eci er his alieged borrow, but finally he appeared. From private sources Mrs. Mantke learned that Pler had started for ( man; and later she heard he was in New York. She reported the matter to the District Attorney about & month ago and since then the police have been tr to locate the missing man. The vices last night leave no doubt that ths much-wanted man is in custody and a de- tective will be dispatched to bring himx back to San Francisco. ad- COPY OF MACKAY’S WILL ADMITTED TO PROBATH Son of Deceased Capitalist Is Ap- pointed Executor ‘without Bonds. Clarence Hungerford Mackay, son of the late John W. Mackay, was appointed executor of his father’s estate in Califor- niz in Department 9 of the Superior Court vesterday. An authenticated copy of Mackay's will, which was probated in Storey County, Nevada, was admitted to probate hecre at the same time. The late capitalist’s son testified in court that, though his mother was ap- pointed executrix of the will, T act with him, she desired that he act alone. He stated that the estate disposed of by the will consisted of ranches in Tehama and Mendocino counties, a half interest in the Nevada Bank: and in the Grand Opera House, and a half interest in realty at Fourth and Market streets. He was ap- pointed without bonds. R Notice to Passengers. Round trip transfer tickets now o3 sale at any of our offices. One trunk (round trip), 50 cents. Morton Special Delivery, 408 Taylor street, @50 Market street and Oakland ferry depot. g ——e———— Auditor Baehr Is Sustained. Judge Seawell refused to issue a writ of mandate yesterday directing Auditor Har- ry Baehr to audit the salary demand of George A. 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