The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 20, 1903, Page 14

14 PORCH-CLIMBER 065 RESIDENGE Dwelling of Frederick } Tillmann Jr. Is Entered. Money and Jewelry Valued at $500 Taken by Daring Thief. - mber entered the resi nn Jr., president f Tillpann & Be! last nigh er nd more rer and a with jewelry valued at g his dinner, the the tch FRUIT AND FLOWER MISSION 285 INVALIDS Good CARES FOR Shows Much e During the —— s to Fight. Want: lightweight h and tha ling to fight at short that he c attle, Chattre Case Dismissed. e The case of K Hindoo cf. Chattre, proprietor of re Central charged with felony embezzlement or, of K. P. Kuppurao, a member was dismissed by Police The Judge de- cided th dence was insufficient { o Spanish War Veterans. The first convention of delegates from camps of Spanish-American War Ver. ns cf the Department of California will be held in the First Regiment armors #t Page and Gough streets on the evening of the 30tir inst THERE IS NG SUBSTITUTE &n | give the | * | will be no further trouble, THIRD SESSION ~ OF GONVENTION Resolution Offered by J. J. O'Neill Causes Discussiogs Delegates Are Called Upon to Decide Important i Questions. | RS S The third session of the convention of labor unions called by the Labor Council was held last evening at 7:30 o'clock in Shasta Hall, Ploneer building, 32 Fourth | street. The meeting was especlally well attended, delegates from nearly all the local unions in the city being present. President Michael Casey was in the chailr, The the names of those ap- chair read pointed to serve on the different commit- tees. T'he committees and the pames of those appointed are as follows: m McCabe, O. E. Tveitmoe, J. J. C. M. Hurlbut, H. Marks, George aughlin, J. E. O'Brien, J. John Kean n resolutions—B. E. Powers. Scott Anderson, John ¥. Mc Gee, M. J. Sullivan, T. A. Reardon, J. [ W ms A ng committee—John Coglan, J..J. Mcl ie, R. L. Grimmer. Committee on tfication—J. K. Jones, Richa Harry Murphy, Hugh McKevitt orge F. Reynolds. George Stein, J. L. Fehliman, P. J. | o J. P. Smith, Rudolf Speck, Wal- ter Goff, P. H. McCarthy, R. Cornelius, Thomas Westoby, H. D. Jackson, G. B. Benham, A. Dejeau, James A. Johnson, J. Monague, Adam Gill,-J. J. Smith, Dolan, W Delaney, A. E. Smith, s Reutelman st Vice President J. J. O'Nelll of the Typographi¢al Union took the floor and isked the adoption of a resolution pro- nly unions owing allegiance an Federation of Labor, b their internationals or aMliation with the Ameri- on of Labor, shall be eligible des and b Ameri uncii of San Fran ffering of the resolution was the nuch debate and the resolution trongly opposed by P. H. McCarthy 5 ymas Westoby whereupon an was offered by J. E. O'Brien the agreement entered Into t the session in this city, of el _of the American ber. The agreement pro- hat all local unions were to be ed under a central councll, which 1 control the organization and that under their proper na- nternational unions and where under the jurisdiction of the an Federation of Labor. McCarthy was strongly exist in favor ated that he favored its adop- that time it was moved that the and the amendment be referred committee on constitution and by- This move was seriously opposed, after much discussion it was decided the matter remain before the house. the laws number of e resolutipn delegates had lald = by a vote of H. Marks, delegate from the Wool Sorters’ and Graders' Union, took the and after announcing his disap- w from the convention. olution offered by O'Neill and amendment offered by O'Brien con- the cerns the most momentous question which will come before the delegates to the con- vention, and must necessarily require a t deal of careful consideration, as it i decide what class of unions wil] be eligible to membership In the. central council The convention adjourned to meet on Monday evening. TEACHER OF MATHEMATICS RESIGNS HIS POSITION OAKLAND, Jan sidered his salary of $1320 a year Insuffi- cient, Paul Mohr, teacher of mathematics at the Oakland High School, resigned at | to-night's meeting of the Board of Edu- n. Mr. Mohr has accepted a posi- in the San Francisco High School de- at_an increased salary. board appointed Miss Catherine Englehardt to the vacancy. Miss Sara Walter, Peralta School, resigned and was A , resigned and Bussey. J. L. Decoto, evening ucceeds Ezra W, school, resigned. The board fixed the spring vacation from March 20 to April 13. The petition of Adeline School district parents for in- creased school accommodations was granted. A temporary building will be erected immediately. ————————— COMPROMISE BRINGS AN END TO TANNERS’ STRIKE A compromise has been effected be- tween the proprietors of the tanneries and their employes. and the strike has been declared off. Irrespective of the rate of wages asked by the men. &n agreement was entered into whereby the men returned to work m a nine and a half hour day basis, this being a reduction of only half an hour, The long strike has told heavily on the | men, and 1t is ‘now belleved that there . —————— Liberty Lodge Installs. The recently elected officers of Liberty Lodge of the Knights of Honor were pub- licly installed in the social hall of the Al- | cazar ballding last night by District Dep- | uty Thomas Learned, assisted by Grand | Dictator P. L. Archibald, acting as past | grand dictator. There was a good attend- ance of the membership and many ladies to witness the ceremony. The officers who were obligated for the current term are: B. ETGeorge, past-dictator; I. Cit- ron, dictator: T. J. Crowley, vice dicta- tor: F. F. Fletcher, assistant dictator: T. | Billingslea, reporter; W. J. Langstaff, financial reporter: R. A. A. Summers, Palm. guardian: B. Schoenberg, sentinel, and W. Cellarius, organist. After the proclamation Chaplain Solo- mon, on behalf of the lodge, presented to | B. E. George, the retiring past dictator. a large, gilt mantel clock In token of its | appreciation of the faithful manner in which he discharged his duties. This was | followed by a short programfne of enter- tainment and dancing. Lineman Adderson Seeks Death. F. Anderson, a lineman in the em- | ploy of the San Francisco Gas and Elec- iric Light Company. tried to end his days yesterday by cutting his throat. He was | rushed to the Emergency Hospital for | treatment. The lineman has been drink- |ing beavily of late and the reason as- B he was on the borders of delirium tre- | mens. PR LT YOD Sl 4 Leaves for Europe. . Sol B. Goldberg, second vice president | of Goldberg, Bowen & Co.. leaves to-day for a eix months’ trip tp-Europe. He wiil make the Mediterranean tour during the, winter and will afterward visit the larg cities of Europe, tee on constitution and by-laws | Howson ! amendment, and, after a long ad- | on the | of the delegates for their action | | 19.—Because he con- treasurer; B. L Solomon, chaplain; Fritz | signed for his attempted suicide was that’ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1903. Men DAY AND NIGHT FIRES CAUSE HEAVY DAMAGES AND A PROBABLE DEATH Downtown Blaze Gives Firemen a Battle in Which Chief Sullivan Takes the Lead---Flames in a Bunk House Find Imprisoned and Five Casualties Are the Resu It o 3 & | il (i - h - department has had to fight in | several years broke out In the basement of the old Blythe build- ings, corner of Grant averue and ¢ street, last evening. Shortly after lock an alarm, quickly followed by a rung in and engines, fire second, | trucks and hose wagons hastened to the scene. The flames started in the basement of was the “New Book Store,” and before they | were extinguished $70,000 worth of dam- age had been done. While the fire was | in progress Chiet Sullivan displayed evi- [ dence of his courage. Doors, which closed | a sidewalk elevator, were opened.and a | ladder lowered. Several of the firemen | made-an attempt to descend into the suf- | focating* pit.- A volume of smoke en- | shrouded them and stifled, they staggered k. Ebel?hen Chiet Sullivan led the way and | his men followed. Fortunately the fire ! had been sufficiently subdued to permit an examination of the premises. Hoses | wege quickly 1aid to the location of ‘the | conflagration, and after an hour's. battle | with the flames the fire was pronournced under control and a portion of the de- partment’'s apparatus sent home. | The fire 1s supposed to have broken out lin the basement of the book store. It | quickly spread to the basements occupled by L. Baron, woolen goods manufacturer; | T. Okuno, Japanese fancy goods, - ahd Clark 'Wise & C manufacturers ‘and dealers in musical instruments.. Police | Officer M. Brady turned in the first alarm. At the same time the proprietor of the Japanese store détected the odor of smoke, and calling. M. Husted, a special policeman, requested him to notify the occupants of the various stores that the premises were on fire. When ' the .firemen arrived they found difficuity in_fighting tne flames, and it appeared as If the entire four-story bufld- ing was doomed to destruction. Smoke belched from windows and the exact loca- tioh of the flames seemed hard to deter- mine, The first and second stories of the structure were drenched with water and the liquid seeping through the floors causecd the fury of the fire to abate. Then it was that Chief Sullivan made his record as a man who gives the command to fol- Jow and not to lead. The trapdoors were raised. and. despite the tremendous vol- ume of smoke, he restrained his firemen until he first passed into the stifling basement and determined whether or not it was possible for human beings to en- ter and escape with their lives. Thirty thousand dollars’, worth of goods belonging to L. Baron were either scorched or drenched with water and were pronounced a total loss. Mrs. Ba- ron had several thousand dollars’ worth of diamonds in the safe, which the po- lice, directed by Chief Wittman, protect- ed and restored to her. Baron is at | present In the East ordering goods and was immediately notified of his loss by telegraph. T. Okuno occupied & portion of the base- ment with L. Baron. He had stored cost- l ly wares in the compartments and all of these were destroyed. The Underwriters' Fire Patrol, commanded by Captain Com- stock, covered a portion of the goods on the first floor and the loss will not be as heavy as it might have been. Okuno | states, however, that he carries ' $20,000 { stock. all of which was destroyed. L. H. Cary. manager of “The New Book , Store,” has been moving to a location op- i posite for the past two weeks, otherwise | P i NE of the most obstinate fires the | his loss would have been great. Most of stock had been removed, and but $10,000 worth of books: remaining in the basement where the fire originated were rendered unsalable. 'Mrs. McDow, a mil- liner, and the only other occupant of ‘the bullding, lost.$2000,in stock. The large four-story building, with.the exception of the firms mentioned on the ground floor, has been unoccupied for some time. It was purchased by the Bdnkers' Investment Company some time ago from the Blythe estate and leased to Weinstock, Lubin & Co. Antoine Borel, the agent of the building, estimates his damage at several thousand dollars. tyle 446, at 78c. . upstairs. Royal Worcester Corset Chester F. Wright, 6 Geary s Rl i sl st MONEY FOR A CANAL. Favorable Report on a Bill Fathered by Stockton Merchants. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 19.—The Assembly Commit. tee on Swamp and Overflowed Lands at its meeting this afternoon. unanimously voted to report favorably to-morrow upon Moore's Assembly bill No. 10, providing for -the appropriation of $60,000 for the purchase of rights of way for the pro- posed diverting canal’ to carry the flood waters of Mormon channel into the Cala- veras River. Congresg has already ap- propriated $225,000 to 'dig the canal and widen the Calaveras River, provided that the State shall purchase the right of way. The project has been fathered by the leading merchants and farmers of Stock- ton and vicinity, as it will prevent any flood waters from reaching Stockton and the valuable agricultural Jands surround- ing that city. e Assemblyman Goodrich's bill for “The organization, management and control of mutual fire insurance corporations,” in- troduced in the Assembly to-day, is based upon an Eastern idea. It provides that not less than fifty persons may incorpor- ate for mutual protection against fire, but that they shall not issue outside policles until they have at least 300 policy holders and risks aggregating at least $300,000. There are many mutual life insurance companfes in this State, but no mutual fire insurance corporations. The bill is designed to pave the way for the intro- duction of the new idea. e et . Pistol Shot Alarms Neighborhood. The discharge of a pistol in a house in the vicinity of Folsom and Fifth streets last evening, about 11 o'clock, occasioned considerable excitement in the neighbor- hood. It is stated by some that an Irate wife took a shot at her husband and drove him out of the house, but upon investigation there was no evidence of any one being shot and the exact loca- tion where the shot was fired cannot be determined. ———————— Respect Judge Cope’s Memory. Out of respect to the memory of the late Supreme Justice W. W. Cope, who passed away at his home, 3017 Washing- ton street, on Saturday last, the United States Circuit Court and the United States District’ Court adjourned yester- day. Attorney Frank Deering pald a tribute to'the departed Judge in the Cir- cult Court. —————— . SOUTH BEND, Ind.. Jan Robbers en- tered ~the jewelry establishment of E. L. Muinch jast night and carried away goods valued at 85000, g . IVE men were imprisoned in a burning bunkhouse at Buckman's | construction camp, at Fourteenth | and Guerrero streets, at an early hour yesterday morning, and as a | result Alexander Scott, aged 84 years, | was so badly suffocated that he is lying al the City and County Hospital in im- | | minent danger of death, and four mare | men were more or less seriously Injured. They are Thomas Nealon, aged G0 years John Doyle, aged 4); Thomas McCaffery, aged 36, and G. M. Penn, aged 22, Of the five Scott is the most :erlous[yi affected. He inhaled the flames and was | badly burned about the eyes and hands. McCaffery has a severely sprained left | wrist and the right side of his face suf-| fered from the flames. John Doyle sus- | tained a cut hand, a sprained arm and a | badly bruised side. Thomas Nealon suf- | fered slight burns about the face, and G. M. Penn, a blacksmith's helper at the | camp, sprained his left ankle in jumping | from a window of the second story. | The fire is supposed to have originated in the explosion of a lighted lamp in one of the men's rooms about the middle of the building. At 4:35 a. m. Policeman L. Becker noticed smoke issuing from the bunkhouse and turned in an alarm from | box 351. Meanwhile the inmates had been | alarmed and the men were aroused. When | they:sought for an exit they were blocked | by a bolted door. Caught like rats, many | made for the windows, broke them down | and jumped to the ground, twenty feet below. Others forced the doors and | found thelr way down the bending stalr- | caseto safety. Truck No.'8 was soon on the spot and | succeeded In rescuing old man Scott from | one of the upper rooms before life had | entirely fled. | McCaffery, Doyle and Nealon were taken in the patrol wagon direct to the City and County Hespital, and Fenn at tended to his own iajuries, Nearly all the men lost their belongings, very few of the rooms belng saved from the flames and water. | — A fine quality of whisky s like a fine quality of anything else. ' It costs a little more, but nothing is too good for tis Americans, J on having “Jessc Moore” .Whisky. ————— Old Bunko Man Arrested. Stephen Terrera, an old-time Italian green goods man, was arrested last night by Detective George McMahon and placed on the detinue book at the City Prison. Terrera has done more than ten years in San Quentin for fleecing an Italian fruit merchant of Los Angeles out of $2000, Fiis arrest is in keeping with the police policy which endeavors to rid the city of all con- fldence and bunko men. Terrera will be shown to all of the watches and then ordered to leave town. —_—— Publishers Elect Officers. The Journal of Electricity Publishing Company held its annual meeting last | Saturday night. The following officers were elected for the epsuing year: Presi- dent, George P. Low; vice president, J. H. Shawhan; secretary and treasurer, R. J. Davis. 7 | (TUESDAY) And Following Days At 2:30 p. M. A. W. Louderback, Art Auctioneer. YUZUK & CO. ar: th: successors to CO., and have brought a m:st magn antlques, to make their openlug saie an event out of the ordinary. i | mannerly in his talk. | addicted to over | will be suspended, reprimanded and fined. | schoolgirl from Santa Rosa, who died at ADVERTISEMENTS. | COURT MARTIAL HEARS DEFENSE l}u"m"l‘lIANTMENT oy 2% Pugst of Emalants ang D F enemors's Fine | Gruast of Sn Gus, | Army Men Say Accused Needé Thfl Mflst wmlflEI'flll flufafiv& Not Be Afraid of f ; Uf ‘" Time Dismissal. The evidence for the defense in the wial | FOF T Orturing, Disfiguring ¢f Lieutenant George Densmore, Humours. Infantry, oo the charge of conduet coming an officer and gentleman, was pre- sented to (he officers composing the co martial at the Presidio yesterday m | g, The testimony went to show that the | accused man was slightly intoxicated at the Occidental Hotel bar on the night of December & of last year, but that he was | not efther disorderly in his actions or un- -l Tenth | Caticura Ointment is beyonc the most successful curative £ " ing, disfiguring humours of the skin and scalp, including loss of hair, ever pounded, in proof of whi anointing with it, precede bath with Cuticura Seap, and follov in the severer cases beea | cura Resolve to afford immec distressing forms of His previous o lared have tary record was de exceptionally good. Joseph Shaw, bartender at the Occide tal, sald that the officer was somewhat the worse for liguor on the night in qucs- | and scaly humours, per tion, but that he did not behas in any | sleep.and points toa speedy such disgraceful manner as charged. all other remedies fail, It i Harry T. Osburn, an employe in the | $0in the treat quartermaster’s department and forme<r | dren, cleansing t sergeant of Company K, Fourth In- | the most dis fantry, testified that he had served under - | mours, and p thie command of Densmore in the Cu beautifying the ski campalgn and that the latter had at that | Nl e v - iy t'me performed some remarkable feats ¢ Cutic ., - o 2 vaior, for which he had received a ce same time, the charm of sat simple wants of the te the skin, scalp, hair a ty hands fr tificate of merit from the ment. War Depart- | i Captain Robert Spence, Thirtieth Infan- ;| fancy to age, far more effe try, sald that the accused had been asso- | agreeably and econor ted with him in the Philippine cam- | most expensive of toiles paign and had shown himself on all occa- | sions to be a good officer and not to be -indulgence in alcoholic Its ““Instant re babies,” or ** Sana ing,” or * One-night tr hands,” or **Single tre of the hair,” or ** Use after athletics,” eycli golf, tennis, riding, sparring, or any sport, each in connection with the u of Cuticura Soap, is suffici of this. Millions now rely on Cuticura Soap, stimulants. - Lieutenant E A. Fry, Thirteenth Infan- try, ted that Densmore had command- ed a company of Macabebes in Luzon and done much creditable work in suppressing the Insurrection. Lieutenant Murphy, | who has charge of the defense, requested | a continuation of the case in order that | documentary evidence from Generals | g cioeod T ~Sores Smith and Grant might be secured from | 25%isted by Cuticura Qintment, for p the Rast | .eerving, purifying and beautifying skin, for cleansing the scalp of erusts, scales and ndruff, and the stopping of falling hair, for softening, whitening and soothing red. 1 and sore hands, for baby rashes, itchings aod chaflngs, as weil e the toilet, bath s The genera! opinion among army officers | is that Lieutenant Densmore will not be dismissed from the service, but that he \ SUSPECTED OF CAUSING ' LOTTIE PETERSON’S DEATH | Mrs. Mary Bockwell Arrested and 00906029009 Will Be Held Pending Result S pE C l A L S of Inquest. ® Mrs. Mary Bockwell, 642 Hampshire ? $20 oo A Lot of $25 and $30 Suits s for all purposes ¢ sireet, was arrested yesterday afternoon by Detective T. B. Gibson and will be de- talned pending the result of the inquest on the body of Lottie Peterson, the Only one or of " each pattern 21 Eddy street Sunday night from the af- have been re ¢ fects of a criminal operation. | Mrs. Bockwell is suspected of being the woman who performed the operation, bu when taken before Captain Martin and questioned she denled ever having seen the girl. Gibson claims that he will pro duce evidence to refute her statement. Mrs. Bockwell was arrested last Septem- ber in connection with the death of Mrs, Carlson on Zoe street, but the case was dismissed by the committing magistrate on the ground that the evidence was in- sufficlent. ————— ESPECIALLY FOR CHILDREN, Adams’ Irish Moss Cough Balsam, For Croup and Infantile coughs, cont narcotics or stupefying drugs. gists. while a complete. JOE POHEIN The Tailor 201-203 Montgomery St- 1110-1112 Market St. —————— Jimmy Britt Returns. “Jimmy" Britt returned from his recent | theatrical trip through the State last night and looked none the worse for wear | ¢ after his experience before the footlights. LOMBARD “Jimmy" enjoyed a very profitable trip | and played to full houses wherever he | " 3 went. He said that ft felt good to be (g home once again and stated that he would | rather be fighting than acting. Jimmy is | in good shape and announced last night that he stands ready and willing | to meet any first-class lightweight in the business. —_————— Injured by a Disconnected Belt. | Arthur McEwan, employed at the new St. Franc! Hotel, on Geary and Poweil streets, was badly cut about the head and face yesterday by the ends of a pulley belt which had become disconnected on a ! donkey engine. McEwan was leaning over the drum of the engine when the beit | joining became separated and the loos= | ends struck him on the face with such | | | fcrce s to lacerate him so serlously | that he was taken to the Central Emer- . PERFECT for alleged misconduct, filed a petition —_——— and W. M. Bunker, the chamber's repre. sency Hospital, where he was treated by | | Used by people of refinement yesterday for a writ of mandate compell. | Chamber of Commerce to Meet. | sentative at Washington, D. (. g 423 PINE STREET After having been closed for mors than six weeks, it is now reopened with S FIRST-CLASS 25 DINNER VOO OO «‘mm)‘ » O Dr. J. V. Leonard. —_——— Teacher Seeks Restoration. Rebecca Greenan, who was dis- missed from the school department in 1900 for over asquarter of a century ing the Board of Education to restore ner PSS to her former position in the John Taylor School. Presiding Judge Murasky jssaed | R M..Z.ZJ’ an alternative writ, making it returnable | / > X before Judge Hunt on January 29, The fifty-third annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce will take place this afterncon at the organization's rooms, | 431 California street. at 2 o'clock. Reports by President Newhall, Secretary Seott | suites with baths; newly fitted throughout. All modern conveniences. Up-to-dats head- quarters for mining and commercial men. Army and navy headquarters. Sampie rooms. Music at at Located in ceater of city. Convenient to all car lines. CHAS. NEWMAN CO., prop., formerly pro. ] ~ Will be | rietor of Richelleu Cafe, Montgomer 1ead and O‘Ih!l' necessary business will L< %ulh & Pine sts. ephone in every i ' transacted! | P | - Suffocated by was. STRONC A#\Po"o{z‘ox&s'"' EYES. i = of Georze May James Powell, who resides at 1708 Church | erle’s Eye Water gives 1 street. met death yesterday morning as STANT RELIEF in all eve the result of asphyxiation by gas. He had troubles. The genuine m: have the signature of Geo Mayerle, German Optical stitute. 1071 Market st.. Saa Francisco, C. Price “ been drinking heavily of late and it is | supposed that the flame in the gas stove was blown out by a draught while the | deceased was sleeping.- He was 60 years of age. DR. HALL'S REINVIGORATOR Stops ali losses In 24 hours. Five hundred reward for any cannot _cure. edy cures Emissions, Varicocele, _Gonorrhoea, Strictures, Drains, Lost d and all other fects of self-abuse or Eert sealed. $2 bottle; § bottles, to cure any case. Cail or addres HALL'S MEDICAL INSTITUTE, 836 Sroa. way, Oakiand, Cal. Also for sale at 1075 Market st., S. F. Send for fres book. Weakly Cal $1.00 per Telk guarasteed dress orders By order of YUZUK & CO., Importers th: we I-kncwn firm ¢f HAGOPIAN & ificent collection of. 1500 pieces of rare