The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 26, 1903, Page 14

THE f£A FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1903 TROUBLE EXI3TS N FIRE HOUSE Sewell Is Charged With Breaking Rules of Department. Uses .Electric Device to Prevent Horse From Cribbing. ewell of engine street an appeared t night he first as that, ls idea the shock put too great a when the device >uld tremble with ntil next Sat- BEAY SHORE EXCUBSIONS A Day Among Almond Blossoms— Drives in the Country. Hugging Cook Cauvxcv.ed De orte cook, who, Market night » appear claimed with much character ok on the steam Per bottie eared ay on restau- before a charge weapon. The helle = at the res- boy e. was playing on ked over one of the et his temper and boy. Murikama ushed out of the 2 his hand, but “Iynn before produced | ruises on his fore missed the case. —_————— To Represent Guggenheims. received here yesterday that d. the well known ing the London other big Brit- g rations in this country as beer general manager and consulting of the Guggenheim Exploration ¢ ¥, & syndicate largely nterested in copper mines throughout the country nd owning big smeltin; at Pueblo, EI ¥ By et THE OLD RELIABLE THMBMWMUTE him by ! of the ; ITALIAN FAMILY QUARREL RESULTS IN FATAL AFFRAY Vincente Pagano Shoots and Kills His Uncle, Pas- quale Farro, Who, He Claims, Was Attempting to Murder Him and Had Formerly Slandered His Wife ) N Itallan family feud, flercely waged for the past nine monthe in the Latin quarter, on the side of Telegraph Hill, terminated last night, when Vincento Pa- | gano shot and killed his uncle, Pasquale Farro. The shoo! took place at 413 Union street, in rrow and dark hallway, in | the house of Marie Papa, the mother-in- law of the murderer. The dead man was shot once In the back and died in spite of all that was done to save him. His mur- derer escaped, but later surrendered him- self at the Hall of Justice. > trov ch led up to the murder ates back several months and resulted ar da from alleged unlaw: associati tween the dead man and his ag: made a statement la the City Prison to Detective He said in substance that Farro, the dead Vineen o FAGANO ‘\W 1mr;“|l THE MURDERED ITALIAN, WIFE, WHOSE ALL LAST NIGHT I 3D FICE HIS NEPHEW, HER MOTHER'S WHO FIRED THE K LENF E "ATAL SHOT, AND THE S IS SAID TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TRAGEDY ENACTED LATTER'S YOUNG while playing cards with him in his at 1406 Dupont gtreet, stated that he was the The statement quarrel, the two that they were ma father’s saloon, some time ago, father of Pagano’s child immediately result men fighting so fiercs with difficulty separ: On February 16 Pagano claims that, in the presence of one Speciale Ricco, Farro made the same remark. Since that day each carried a gun and very bad feeling existed between them Yesterday a peace conference was agreed upon by the two men and ar- They were all ranged by their relatives. mother-in-law’s to meet at Pagano's house at 413 Union street. Pagano was standing in the doorway of the house last night with 'his wife and | mother-in-law, Mrs. Papa, when Pasquale Farro, Frank Pagano and Frank Papa came by. Theye ere about to pass by with a good evenin when one of the women called to Farro to come into the house and prove what he had said about Pagano's wife Far walked into the | hall. As he did so he reached into his hip pocket as if to draw a revolver. Pa- gano saw the move and, fearing that he was about to be shot, quickly drew his revolver and fired. As he did so Farro turned to run and the bullet struck him in the back. passing through his body close to the heart. The murdered man fell with a groan, saying: “I am shot. I will die.” His slayer rushed out of the door and disap- peared in a dark alley way just as Police- man Minnahan came tearing down hill to the house. He and Policemen Backulich and Harrigan immediately gave chase and searched all around the neighborhood, but the man had made good | his escape through the numerous little streets that cut up that section of the city Going back to the house in which Farro had met his death, they found the injured man in the last throes of death and quickly summoned the ambulance and had him conveyed to the Harbor Hospi- tal. He lived only a few minutes, and it BUB:GLAES USE A WAGON TO CARRY AWAY PLUNDER James SPexgel and Robert Weeks Are Accused of Breaking Into Bakeshop. James Speigel and Robert Weeks were booked at the City Prison by Policemen Bunner and Reilly yesterday on a charge | of burglary. They are accused of having red the bakeshop of Joseph Rodgers, Montgomery avenue, three times dur- thirty sacks of flour, weighing 100 pounds e he premises had been entered from a Dblind alley in the rear by picking the lock of the rear door. The thieves wcre un- able to pick the lock of the storeroom and unscrewed the hinges. They had a horse and wagon in the alley and took away three Joads of ten sacks each. They pe dled the flour and have been identified by several of the people to whom they sold | portions of it. The burglary was not dis- ered for three as the thieves ere careful to again screw on the hinges | of the storeroom door and the stolen | a pile of 200. —_——————— Determined to Get Coin. The preliminary examination of Joseph and assault with a deadly weapon was to have been held before Police Judge Mo- gan yesterday, but Woods begged for the East, matter for a week. Woods went tofthe restaurant at 531 Taylor street in the Peter Stepovich, the poprietor, on the head with a bottle and attempted to rifle the cash drawer. He was caught hiding among some shrubbery by Policemen Da- vids and O’'Brien. The officers say that | Woods remarked to some friends in a Barbary Coast saloon the previous night that he would get some money or kill somebody. WASHINGTON, Feb, 25.—It is understood in osval ;flrfle- that der Euton roeder will succeed Captain S ©f the naval bbreau of W"“M ing the night of February 20 and stealing | sacks had been removed from the top otl | | D. Woods on charges of assault to rob | | time to communicate with his friends in and the Judge continued the | early morning of February 8 and struck | PALM CONCERT HALL AGAIN DENIED LICENSE | Proprietors Apply Once More to Police Commissioners but Ap- plication Is Rejected. At a meeting of thg Police Commis- sioners held last evening the charges against Special Police Officer Hugh Smith was dismissed and the case of Officer | John J. Crowley was put over one week for a decision. The proprietors of the Palm Concert Hall made another attempt to secure a | liquor license, but their application was | denied. Several of the downtown saloons | were granted new licenses, the reports | showing that the proprietors had com- plied with the\order to remove booths and boxes. Charles Leonhardt was granted a li- | cense to conduct a ealoon and restaurant {at the junctiofl of Golden Gate avenue and | Market street. Leonhardt has dfscontin- {ued his vaudeville show, but will have an orchestra in the restaurant. — e LUMBERMAN BIBB REFUSES TO OBEY FIRE ORDINANCE D. H. Bibb, lumber merchant, Stockton and Beach streets, is determined to fight the section of the fire ordinance which provides that a system of sprinklers must be in all lumber yards in accordance with the rules of the Fire Underwriters’ As- sociation. Assistant CHief Dougherty of the Fire Department swore to a warrant before Police Judge Cabaniss for Bibb's arrest for violating tke ordinance and Bibb surrendered himself yesterday morn- ing. ‘When the case was calied-Bibb's attor- | ney said he would enter a demurrer to the | complaint on the grounds that the section of the ordinance was a delegation of leg- islative power to the Board of Super- visors and that there was no penal clause to the sectlon. It wi decided to con- tinue the case till Saturday for argument on the demurrer and for final action. ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—James Gar- fleld, Commissioner of Corporations o the new Department of Commerce and Labor, took the cath of office to-day. 1 the | was impossible to get a dying statement His body was removed to the from him. Morgue. Prior to sending him to Officer Minnahan searched man and found in his hip pocket a about to shoot him. The murderer, after leaving the scene fled to his home at 336 Green without waliting to unlock the | of his crime, street, and, door, broke it in. He secured his money from beneath a ma‘ress and left the, place. Detective Taylor learned that the man | had friends fn Oakland and would prob- | ably make for there, so he hurried to the ferry to intercept him. He was, however, saved the trouble. Hatless, with nothing but a handkerchief around his head, Pagano tore into group of astonished citizens and police- men, who were walting admittance to the session of the Board of Police Commis- sloners in the lobby of the Hall of Justice. | Out of breath, wet with perspiration, his | of | the Itallan staggered up to | English | re; here take | The as- tonished officer, realizing that \pmemlng took the man to Captain | face llvid and his eyes bulging out thelr sockets, Policeman Clue, and in said, “I kill da man, I no cu da keys and give to my wife.’ broken Was Wrong, Martin, where he told his story. After he had made his statement was placed in prison and murder. The dead man kept a fruit store at the and Pine southwest corner of Battery streets and was 43 vears old. Pagano is bartender for his father at 1406 Dupont | He is 28 years old and married Magdaline Papa in 1893, when the girl was street. only 15 years old. the hospital | the wounded re- volver, showing that Pagano was right in his fear that Farro had a gun and was he | charged with | a a| | January 1, | evening schoals of | was abolished in 1899, | ordered Mrs. | derea | sum of $300 James drove to John J. Doyle’ MRS MORRISSEY 15 REINSTATED | The Board of Education ! Compromises With Ex-Principal. Makes Two Appointments in Ocean Side and Mission Grammar Schools. The Board placed Mrs. evening una; of ducation Mary Mead Morrissey on the signed list without pay from 1903, until such time as there nt principalship in the rank of the for- ning School, which shall be a mer John E Swett Morr and the action of the b ture of a compromis sey whose favor drawn for month from Janua sey ard is in the na- with Mrs. Morris- dem were or- back salary at §75 per ry 31, in {ber 31, 192 omitting those for seven months ')um February 1 to September | 30, 1%1. Mrs. Morrissey will receive the The board appointed Heath to be principal of the new Ocean Side School, and Miss J. Hillman vice principal of the Mission Grammar School. The demand of Louis Stone for $1 i for salary as consulting architect to the Board of Education for the month of Jan- uar: ordered paid. The board gented from John Brumund a building for the new Ocean Side School | for a period of two s from March 9, 1903, at a monthly rental of $20 Henry C. Bagot was appointed special | teacher of manual training, vice Frank Ball, resigned. The leave n’ sence of Miss May Cas of the Rinc hool was extended to April 30, 1903. | Henry C. Bagot was granted a special sioyd certificate af the grammar grade on his diploma of graduation from the A. A. Van der Ngjllen School of an- neering. The board rented premises at Clay street at $60 per month for the Chine: school. The demand of William T. Plunkett for reinstatement in his position as teach in the evening school and for payment of | back sala Jenies For over half a century ‘Jesse Moore" Whisky has held its supremacy as the best, | purest ‘and most palatable. =S Steals a Horse and a Wagon. A. R. Jordan, an expressman at 319 Ma- | | son street, sccured a warrant from Police Judge ay for the arrest of on a charge of grand lar- eges that Ravakes, who rig while it stood out office and hi table rig, street, where valued at $150. et LSS Royal Worcester Corssts, style 446, at T8¢ Chester F. Wright, 6 Geary st., upstairs, B it e Spree Is Interrupted. Hansen of 32 Tehama strect ife and child out of the house evening because he wanted to enjoy his spree in solitude. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children notified of the state of affairs terday, and Officer McMur Hansen for ill-treatment of h he sold the hich was Charles You'/l Find 1hese on Our BargainTables TO-DAY. 5 0 c WRAPFERS.... Made of good Flannelette, pade of dark blue to waist—trimmed any size 45¢ in a neat with white fgures — with braid— EIDERDOWN DRESSING SACQUES In red, pink and blue. OTHER DAYS 75¢. Pretty edging of worsted—fastened with ribbons. 95 DRESSES FOR C THE CHILDREN, Made of good, heavy, <:-r\-::¢-at:;» (;Hvlfl‘rn! 3 8 m”//s FLANNEL C NIGHT GoWNs. For folke who emjoy comfort. Neat de- signs—well made—good quality na’lol 2 5 FLANNELETTE C-WAISTS for W OMEN Made with box-plaited, = (full-pouched front—good _colors—perfectly finished— SOLD HERETOFORE AT toe. 3 9 BLACK SATEEN C WAISTS. 50c. Geood quality mate- rial, made up good. $4.00 & $5.00 French $1' 9 Tricot and Venetian -...FLANNEL WAISTS.... few For Your Pick of Our dainty Cashmeres the kind that _there's style In tuck, tab and strap. in the lot are termed every single All ‘sizes. seam, GRANO GRAIN COFFEE Even children drink Grain-O because they like it and the doc- tors say it is good for them. Why not? It contains all of the nourish- ment of the pure grain and noney of the poisons of coffee. TRY IT TO-DAY. At grocers everywhere; 15c. and 25c. per package, For Stomach Disorders Cout and Cvspepsia, T RINK VICHY best NATURAL Alkabue Watee 16 breadway, K. Y. CLOAKS FOR CHILDREN 4rom 2 to 6 Years. three-quarters or full length, in v Automoblle effect—some trimmed medallions—others with tallor stitching—most all have natty shoulder capes—made of fine English Melton Cloth —a_number of different shades. RE- DUCED FROM $5.60. $ 1.95 &wcr SERGE DRESS SKIRTS. Good lining—well bound—trimmed with braid and stitched satin bands. 9 5 Black Sateen and Gray C und White Striped Cotton Moreen Petircoats. A good $1.50 value. Some are made with dedpilined, corfed flounee. . with warrin rdion-plaited ruffie—others with deep -tgrdmn -plaited flounce edged with nar. row rutfle, —_— SPRING GPENING MUNDAY, MARCH 2. MARKS BRUS. 1220-22-24 Market Street, Between Taylor and Jones. $§2.7 Half, yesterday | the The Superior Court | to be reinstated, | 1899, to Decemp? Miss Virginia D. | umped into his | Sixth | ol Hal | This l'landlcap Sale | Is making Hale’s busy. To-day it's not only low pnces in muslins, sheets, cases canton flannels, but a good wérd for the new ribbons, wrist bags and chatelaines that so many are thinking about. New Ribbons Women’s Suits Will have a great day to-day. At these new low price They have been coming in fast | creating much interest. lately—the prettiest were only | Some womén said they k ¥ day. They theirs a spring suit, for opened up yesterday. $ ey, e little difference betwee in a window this morning and very new ones and ; sometimes a h ‘sprcac.l out on t‘he counters in $6.75, $7. tempting profusion. < 9c Plaid Ribbon $11.85 Has the lead, and plaids are fashion- able this spring for the hat or dress o or neck or the beit. This Sc one is a N A slerest T No. 9 all silk taffefa in every combi- Special Interest gre To-Day In nation. Another plaid ribbon, clear and pfl- Muslin Sheets, Cascs, ty as one may find—3% inch wide, 23c. Canton Flannel. 14 Cents : A 3%-inch brilliant silk ribbon with Mills are helping us handicap sale will be a 8. wo $8.75, < open work patterns, satin edge, solid colors. 25 Cenls : French Chiffon Taffeta, 5 inches, plain color, with a nobby -inch border, black and white, something new and lovely. - IR PP, success than we antic 1pate | Wrist Bags, Muslin, Sc. | | Chatelaines—350c. Heavy white | A . 3 wide; one th eg { A new line. The wrist bags 10c; plenty are plain and have plain or snake-head clasps. The chatelaines are in walrus with outside pocket, with a patent clasp to hook on the belt. Other new lines in bags and chatelaines we have just got in. fl.anton l"lanncl 10c. Hemstitched Pillow Cases l.‘ Wrist Bags— Bleached o T5c—Walrus skin, gun metal frame, & snake-head clasp, silk lined. 20¢, A5%36 40c—An’ extra large walrus skin bag, s, 50x36 in., a 19¢ brass chain and frame, lined with un- dressed kid; it's an extra value { $1 25_Genuine seal, gun metal and | nickel frame, new snake-head clasp. 2 special ones r \] $200—Seal, gun metal frame, fancy 10 Rousewile "y aesign. e A Chatelaines— Sl 00 eal alligal h an outside patent belt ck Sl Seal with leather cover frame outslde pocket, leather straps and patent clasp. Dress Suit Case—$3.75. A good leather-covered, leather-bound one, Alligator Club Ba Real alligator covered frame, inches. leather-lined, usual size 2 in. 5 leather-lined, leather- round handle, 14 CHANGING GRADE ON THE CENTRAL ROUTE | Southern Pacific Planning Big Im- | provement on the Main Line Near Rocklin. | It stated on the author! Southern Pacific officials that E. H. Har- riman, who is expected to arrive here soon, has instructed the engineering de- partment of the company to give its at- tention closely to fhe plan for a big tun I nel on the Central Pacific to owvercc the, present steep grade along the road- way near Rocklin. The tunnel, under the | original plans approved a year ago, is de- signed to reduce the climb of about 1600 | feet to a 1 per nt grade, which will necessitate a reconstruction of the west | approach to the tunnel portal. In order | to obtain this reduction of grade a dif- ferent route will have to be established. From the present notes and data fur-W nished by the surveyors the new line will is of loca! | 89 STOCKTOUN ST. Telephone Main 3 nse ders ear Thussday, Friday and Saturday SPECIALS. leave the present main line at a point between Rocklin and Loomis and follow CBEAMER“Y BUTTEB Per 5. . 9% | the canyon up the slope, which means fancy; regular 35 ‘ B ints such as Loomis, Pem . New- b 1 casuil! Nuvurn ana Cotax wit ve some- | | RANCH EGGS, per dozen. . .22 ¢ what removed from the tracks, for they | Selset h: regular 23 | will be above the new road. In other | words, where the tracks now run along Evaporated APRIC‘)IL. per “J Ak side of the towns mentioned they Choice California f will, under these new plans, run along the | other side. At Colfax the trains on the | | SLICED PINEAPPLL‘.. 1b can .. 13¢ new track will stop at what is known as Sidatdere- rediien the New England mill flats below the town. The tunnel will be between six and FREM}H \ARDAI‘ES W ) eight miles long. —— e WOMAN MEETS WITH B | SAERNUS, socrpuet | Yilve Som PEAS Stumbles Over Sidewalk Obstruction and Sustains Fracture of the .H...~Lani Genui ) Thigh. Mrs. W. B. Grissom, who, with her daughter, Mrs. G. H. Wood, both of Salt | NAVLL ORAVGED Fer doz. . . 3! Lake, has been stopping at the Occiden- - S tal Hotel, met with a painful accident v yesterday, which may result in the un- MANZANILLA OL”E quart, . fortunate lady being permanently crip- Tender: a first pled, and possibly in making the city a | defendant in aldamage sult. Yesterday afternoon Mrs.sGrissom, who is advanced in years, decided to enjoy a ride about | town the observation car and accom- French Castlle SOAP 2 bm for . 45¢ SALMON i‘ROUT‘......u each | panied her daughter to the corner of Market and Post streets, where the car Large size, exceile y stands. Being strangers in the city, Mrs. ROSEBUD WHISKEY bot W‘f gil$ Wood left her mother standing for a few moments on Market street, near the junc- tion of Post, in front of the Crocker Build- ing, while she went in quest of informa- tion concerning the cars. Returning, the daughter called to her mother, and the latter in turning around stumbled over an iron cap protruding from the sidewalk RYE WHISKEY.b t 7o, gal $3.00 Fine Old Rye; regular §1 and $4 PORT and SHERRY, bot 25¢, gal $1 and was thrown heavily to the ground. bt o Later the lady was conveyed to a private bot 7 sanitarium, where it was discovered that b 54 her’ hip- was fractured. The iron cap ‘on | HOLLAND GIN, pe,l..\ .} ?C;lgfl!?} nal purg which som stumbled has been a source of constant complaint to pedes- trians and has caused many accidents. | It is used to protect the wires of the police patrol telegraph system and rises above the sidewalk six inches. —— f ! | | Many Bankrupts. | S. H. Frank & Co. and the Norton Tan- | ning Company, both of San Francisco, | petitioned the United States District Court yesterday that the Berkeley Boot and Shoe Company be declared insolvent, | allegipg that they were in debt more than $1000 and were making no attempt to pay their debts. A second involuntary the | bankruptcy petition was filed by creditors of D. R, Wentworth of Berke- Our shirts for full dress are ready to wear when you buy ‘em—Ilook for “ Clyett” :e)'. who allege claim of $2111 22 against = or him. Benjamin Davis, a merchant of » a Stockton, filed a petition of insolvency, Monarch Brand — they fit. his liabilities being $§7% 05, with no as- s¥ts. F. C. Gamache, a carpenter, like- | | wise of Stockton, acknowledged bank- | ruptey to the extent of $2858 14, with no | assets. The American Milling Company | besought the court to declare the firm of | Chivers & Vest insolven: to the extent of over $500. ——— I Claimants Have Little Chance. United States District Attorney Wood- worth has prepared a demurrer and a special plea in bar to be brought against the litigation being instituted in the United States District Court to reopen the old Vincente Peralta land grant suits, John C. Hayes and Betty B. McMiilin are the principals who lay claim to s me of the most valuable property in Oakland through a shadowy title dating from the days when California was a Spanish ter-- ritory. Cluett, Peabody & Co. Jea.ronable “ reasonable ! BLINDNE:! ¥ neglecting weak eyes, pop light, painful, sore, watery ¢ mjured eyes, ete. Geo.Mayerle Serman Eyewater instantly re- Soven all "eye. troubles; Drice. 50c. Geo. Mayerle, German Optical Iast., 107l Market st., S. I,