The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 16, 1902, Page 12

12 / THE SAN ERANCISCO JALL, TUESDA DECEMBER 16, 1902 WOMAN BOUND AND GAGGED | BY TWO YOUNG BURGLARS GRAY BROTHERS BET A DECISION Works Board Restrained From Interfering With Them. Thieves Enter Mrs. Downie’s Bakery While She Is Asleep and Loot Place. Judge Hebbard Holds Ordi- nance of Supervisors S, Discriminates. il H P | The temporary restraining order issued some days ago restraining the Board of Public Works from interfering with Gray Brothers in the quarrying operations on Telegraph Hill was made permanent by Judge Hebbard yesterday. In the opinion rendered by the court it was held that Gray Brothers were engaged in a lawful business and that therefore the resolu- adopted by the Board of Supervisors ing the Board of Public Works to h the plant as a nuisance discrimin- and void. In his opinion Judge Hebbard says: | It appears that the order to stop work on ( h Hill Gray Brothers and it does nag | others lo‘ e that for the be said to penal clause in | er a| ral laws provide provided the in impose may not ns ther citizens | | made by the appears from the record that plaintiffs required of them: remain in effect of the court. YOUNG BOY INSTAN.LY KILLED IN ELEVATOR cing Unacquainted With the Mech- aniem He Fails to Stop It in~ Time. [l — = Because he was unacquainted with e| | e g e vy P(‘ll):':i PROPRIETRESS OF ‘A BAKERY ON FOLSOM STREET WHO WAS § Rt 15 years old, “m_) . BOUND AND GAGGED SUNDAY AFTERNOON BY TWO YOUNG RUF- FIANS, WHO THEN LOOTED THE PLACE OF VALUABLES. ornia Brass Works at ployed by the Cal Fremont r was instantly killed | o, it A 243 5 vesterday afternoon. At the lunch hour | . he stepped upon the elevator cage and RS. MARGARET DOWNIE, | her feet together with a nightrobe. They started t elevator from the first to the who owns a bakory at 1048% | followed this up by tying her hands be- second floor. Being unfamiliar with the | Pelsom street, was the victim | 1ind her back. She succeeded in scream- | ing twice, but the men warned her that if she did it again they would kill her. They then ransacked the place and took 10 in change from the till in the bakery and a gold watch valued at $30 and a small silver watch and gold chain valued at §15. They ran out of the rear door and were seen running up Moss street toward Howard by Herman Franks of 40 Gilbert ism, he cage, and when he became panic was unable to stop the t reached the third floor tricken and jumped out uck on the edge of the of a cowardly outrage commit- ted by two youthful burglars | 0n Sunday afternoon, and as no definit to the well and |description of them can be obtained by . riy feet, fractur- | the police the chances for thelr arrest are 1. | suignt. hel Jived with his parents at| Mrs. Downie was awakened from sleep Young Si No. 8 Clara st £ v ing ! § r 8 y v BEG7% Doara, Mepst er{:Frd\(‘i.ori;e;nO:‘?\Tkél:‘: | in a rear room Sunday afternoon shortly | 47 i, " Marcus Hunter of 1047 Folsom y {after 1 o'clock by the molse of|gtreet soon as Mrs. Downie succeed- ” };!Tr«“flnn,mm ng umum\hm “Se bakery. in sing herself she informed Mor- P ARG Wy P hinking it was her son she said, “Is that | ris Ryan of stret of the burgla Commissioner North Returns. ! 1, Robert nd the answer came, |and he telephoned to the Southern i'uoune United States Immigrant Commissioner | “Yes, it's me, mother.” Two young men | station. Detecti Riordan, Regan-and Hart H. North has returned from Wash- | who were strangers to her entered the | O'Connell and Policemen Conlan and Mor- wgton, D. C.. where he had been attend- | room, and before she could cry out one ing the annual conference of Immigrant | grabbed her by the throat and tied a Commissioners | tewel over her face, while the other tied rissey hurried to the bakery, but no trace of the burglars could be found. Mrs. Downie was unable to give any descrip- | city a few days ago, after the publication | her in April, | his legitimate wife, Mrs. Pardy Rowson PEDERSON'S WIFE WANTS SUPPORT Files Suit for Mainten- ance Against Her Spouse. Secures Appointment of Re- csiver to Care for His Property. SRR S ki Mamie E. Pederson, wife of Captain John Pederson of tne West Shore Ship-| ping Company, who disappeared from this of the story of his matrimonial ventures, filed a suit for maintenance against her | recreant spouse yesterday | She also se- | cured the appointment of Francis A. Law- | lor as recelver to care for her husband’s | property pending the trial of the suit and | disposition, a restraining order preventing | M. C. Harrison, a broker, from disposing | of that portion of it alleged to be in his possession. | In her complaint Mrs. Pederson alleges that her husband, to’whom she was mar- reld at San Jose in March of this year, | is worth $50,000. She asks that the court allow her $350 a month for her support. A suit for maintenance was also filed by Hannah Feder against her husband, Daniel Feder, who, she all 1902, She month for the support of herself and two children. Suits for divorce were filed by Annie F. Smith against F. J. Smith for neglect, Ella Stockwell against Charles E. Stock- well for failure to provide and Annie Stewart against John Stewart for cruelty. Divorces were granted to Onie Mae | Landis from George Landis for failure to | provide, Jessie E. Avery from Frank M. | Avery for neglect and Willlam McKown from Jennie McKown for cruelty. | TWO WOMEN CLAIM TO . BE WIDOWS OF MOON One of Them Landed in Jail for Per- jury on a Pension Appli- cation. A woman about 35 years of age, claim- ing to be the widow of Pardy Rowson Moon a veteran of the Civil War, was ar rested yesterday by United States Mar- shal Shine on a Federal Grand Jury in- dictment charging her with perjury in making a false affidavit to a pension claim. She is known as Mrs. Frances A. Mcon and swore before a Notary Public in Red- ding that she and Moon were married in San Bernardino County, and that neither herself nor Moon had been married be- fore that time. The authorities claim to be able to show that a son of Moon's by Moon, visited the couple in San Bernar- Gino and remained with them for some time. Moon's wife and son were residents of Bisbee, Arizona, at the time of his death in 189, and they appeared recently before the Federal Grand Jury and testi- fied to the facts on which the indictment was based. @ ittt @ tion of them except that they were young | men, ahd Franks and Hunter were as in- definite in their descriptions. The thieves obtdined an entrance by the rear door, which had been left un- locked. | certificate of indorsement from Dr. Sum- DR. JOSEPH R. LAINE DIES AT THE GERMAN HOSPITAL Heart Trouble Carries Off Physician Who Ac- quired Prominence in His Profession. SANTA GLAUS PAYa A VIGIT Sisters of Holy Name Entertain Their Little ‘Wards. 4 ' Nine Hundred Children Given Pretty Christmas Presents, | P S S, About %0 little tots saw old Santa Claus at the Alhambra Theater yesterday after- noon, the occasion being the annual Christmas trée. festival given by the Sis- | | ters of the Holy Family to the children of the Catholic Day Homes. The little children completely filled the main floor of the theater, and, prepara- { | tory to the distribution of the presents, an entertainment was given a few of them to let the grown people In the gallery { hear what pretty songs they can sing and see what graceful little dances they have | learned. The programme follows: address, Fern “Christmas ~Welcome'’; sun- kindergarten class; Christmas imitation game, kinde garten class: drama, “The Year's Tribute the New Born King,” Spring, Julia Mulcah Summer, Fern Gable; Autumn, Gertrude Ho man, Winter, Ethel Flannery; attendants; tableau (The Nativity); chorus, “Santa Claus Will_Soon Be Here''; arrival of Santa Claus and Brownies. Distribution of toys. Miss K. Rattigan, piano accompanist. The presents included framed pictures for the older children, dolls for the very little girls and trumpets for the boys. Each child also received a box of candy and some fruit. The children were from the day homes | at Saint Francis, 1413 Powell; Sacred | Heart, 125 Hayes “street, and the Holy | Family at 429 Sixth street. The Christ- mas tree had kindly been left at the thea- | ter by the Doctor’s Daughters, who used | it last week. | @ ittt il @ Knights Templar, the blue lodge of Sac- ramento, the State Medical Society and George H. Thomas Post, G. A. R. of this city. Chorus, ‘“Adeste Tidelis™; Gable; chorus, bonnet drill, carol, sewing class; NN T A2 FTER an lllness of several months, Dr. Joscph R. Laine died | yesterday at the German Hospital of heart-fgouble. | Dr. Laine was born in Canada in 1846 and came to the United States when 4 years of age. As a man he de- " veloped into a physician of rare ability. Dr. Lathe Teaves a wife snd coe chilil. In 1861, being then a mere youth, the | | They are at present stopping at the deceased enlisted as a private in Com- | ' | Pleasanton, Sutter and Jones streets. pany G, First Wisconsin Regiment, and The funeral will take place from Ma- served until January 5, 1865, when he was e dfssséayflgf 25;?n;§°";‘:;: mustered out.. He was captured at Chick- services will-be under the direction’of amauga dnd was held as a prisoner for THIS CITY WHO PASSED California Commandery fourteen months, two of which he spent AWAY YESTERDAY. and George H. Thomas Post. in Libby Prison, five in Danville and sev- | | ky | en in Andersonville, after which he was | * > exchanged at Savannah. He then re- turned north and at once engaged In the study of medicine. Dr. Laine was a graduate of Rush Med- ical College, Chicago, and later took a post-gradulate course at the Unlversity of Buffalo. He commenced practice at Peoria, IlL, In the spring of 1%63. Shortly aftervard he removed to Nebraska and practiced there until the spring of 1873, when he accepted a position in the Unit- ed States army as acting assistant sur- <+ WELL KNOWN PHYSICIAN OF ADVERTISEMENTS. GRAIN joyed a.large practice in that city for more than sixteen years his health failed and he was advised to give up active | work. This he did, and moved to San Francisco, where for more than seven |'years he was medical expert for the Southern Pacific Company. The deceased having served eight years {on the State Board of Heaith as secre- tary, he was well and favorably known by the profession of this State. When the College of Phy THE PURE ) GRAIN COFFEE In comparing Grain-O and coffee remember that while the taste is cians geon. In November, 1875, he resigned 3 and L from the army. In recognition of his | Surgeons was first incorporated, Dr. the same Grain-O gives health and splendld services he was given a high | Laine was made its president, but three | strength while coffee shatters the years ago he resigned that pesition and severed his connection with the college. He was for a time surgeon with the rank of’lieutenant colonel in the National Guard of California. At the time of his death Dr. Laine was a member of California Commandery, nervous system and breeds disease of the digestive organs. Thinking people prefer Grain-O and its ben- efits. mers, the medical director of the Platte, and others. 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