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10 THE ADVERTISEMENTS. 1863. tation. If you want clothing for YOURSELF YOUR BOY Come here and buy it. cvery garment. Make no mistake. Get the right store. Look for “BROWN BROS. over the door. BROW W w EPWORTH LEAGUE T0 HOLD SESSION e San Francisco District Meets in Annual Convention ned to en 3656 nned f and the Government owell will take A some al MeD. ADVERTISEMENTS. 45 Ellis Streef, Phone Main 517i. PURE MEDICINAL WINES AND LIQUJRS FOR FAMILY USE, Leaguer,’” s for Mon- . roan sday only 0id Crow Bourdon, B3¢ tot., $3.50 gal, Hermitage Fye, 85c bot., $3.50 gal Studen arsit o of C uny da S sermons at different delegates; 2 p. m Young People’s represe: churches fraternal ra! Socleties atives H ristian Endeas inson of the Bapt Y oung also greetings from the Y. d Y. W. C, A.; address b; R. , Oakland, 3.8 P. m.. joint of the city jeagues at Central Church; song and tion service: § p d of E Dr. W, C, Evans, !?r Sores, Burns, Scalds, < g N Following are the cabinct officers of the San Francisco district: hes, b- College Park; Anderson, G. V. junior’ superin- HEISKELL'S int s Emma J. Dor- They all yieid to its C ‘ommittee—Charles H. They ail yie wm-,u;;l nfiuenee. Rathe ~d . Pattison, recep: uayle, music; V. Morco and. printing; s and promotion 11 missionary secretary San Francisco district; Robert Coyne, president | Banta Clara County Alllance; Charles H. | Truman, president San Franciseo Alllance, | \' Portuguese Society Holds Outing. CUTLE Y The Portuguese Soclety of Callforn: R. | held ity annual picnic Shell hlounl: : Park veSterday. The affair was a success b in every way. Music, dancing and ath- letic contests constituted the chief sources | of amusement for the guests. Those who | had charge of arrangements were J. M. Cures a Cold inOne Day. 2 Baige | 1a0an. A W B Thiguctiee o e G %/ o | . « Af 7OVt box. 25 M. V. Rodriguez, A. J. Sflva, M. J. Ramos .. Pimentel, G. F. Pereira, A. 0. Mello, J. Pimentel, A. Garcla, V. Linz and A. D, Macedo. We have been in business since We are responsible wholesale clothiers of standing and repu- We scll the best quality of clothing direct toyou at wholesale prices. YOUR CHILD There’s a saving in every purchase. There’s a guaranteed quality in FIRE. FIND AVICTIM N LITTLE BOY Albert Foster, Nine, Is Fatally ’ Burned. L | Doomed Child Is Wrapped in | Flame Before Horror- Stricken Mother. | e T Neighbors Hurry to but They Are Too Late to Prevent the | i Tragedy. | ol | As the result of terrible burns received H. Foster, re- vear-old son of Mrs. | siding at 809 Shrader street, died in great agony last evening. despite all ef- forts put forth by several physicians to save his voung life. About 9 o'clock the lad, who had been romping around the house, was instructed Dby his mother to retire, and after bidding her an affectionate farewell he went to | his room. Mrs. Foster a short time after- ward went to the boy's sleeping apart- ment to see that he was safely tucked away for the night. She returned to ner Aged| the Rescue, | Saturday night, Albert Foster, the nine- | SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, APR1L 20, 1903. HUNTINGTON - NOT WORRIED - DVER FIGHT on a Visit to San Francisco. Alone, Is Behind the Plot in the South. Takes No Stock in the Recent Declar- ations Regarding the Petition Made by Senator Clark of Montana. ———— Henry E. Huntington, vice president of the Southern Pacific Company and head self and the Harriman-Clark combine for trafic within the territory through which electric railroads extend, is in the city. The street rallway magnate arrived here from the south Saturday evening and is spending his time with his family at thelr residence on Jackson street It was reported yesterda lionaire is preparing for that the mil | | room, and the first intimation she had | that anything wrong was a serics of iercing shrieks coming from the lad’s " room. Mrs. Foster ran to the room and opened | the door. On the bed, his figure shrouded | in flame, lay the writhing boy, shriekin | with pain. The mattress, bed clothes a the boy’'s nightgown were blazing. At- tracted by th Mrs. Wheelock and George Nichols, neighbors, ran to the & CO. scene and assisted in extipguishing U flam Drs. A. W. Mortor and McMurter were BROS & GCO. HOLESALE CLOTHIERS iling Direct (o 121-123-SANSOME ST - |of 1 | he was suddenly | members of summoned. The child was made as com fortable as possible, but the physlclans held out no hope of recovery owing to the fact that the majority of burns on the body were of the third degree. The origin of the fire can only be a \ | matter of conjecture, but it is supposed = s B |that the unfortunate boy took some s ’nm ches to bed with him 1 upon the MU <°°~e~- | cntrance of his mother into the room hid { them under the He undoubt- edly fell asleep immediately afterward, 0 lt and it is supposed that in moving around in the bed the matches were ignited by friction. The fire burned slowly and the lad was unaware of his danger unfil tie flames had been communicated to his nightgown. The entire right side of the body from the face down was frigntful | Mrs. Foster was severely burn hands in pulling her from and extinguishing the flames. gering in agony for almost a day the un- fortunate child died at 6 o'clock last evening. The Morgue was notified and | the Coroner ‘will hold an inquest. Upon the direction of Coroner Leland the body | was allowed to remain at the hous Little Albert attended the public school and was a particularly clever child. The grief-stricken parents have the sympathy | of the. entire neighborhood in their be- reavement. d on the the bed son STRIGKEN DEAD ON THE STREET L. Bettman Succumbs to Sudden Failure of Heart. ! Father Cannot Be Found. | The police have been unable to find F. J Willie, Katle and Sarah Mullin, along with their mother, were taken from their home, 27 Bruce place, to the City Prison on Saturday night. The mother 8; bad hardly recovered yesterday from her oss & Label Kearny eets and a familiar figure around town, suddenly from failure while walking down from his home to his place afternoon. No pre- nding end had made and drunken stupor. Mrs. Fabian, the matron at the prison, in the appearance of the children, sty died heart but she sat up nearly the whole night making clothes for the youngsters, and after they had had a bath and donned of busines: menitions ¢ themselves death was a | their new clothes they looked clean and shock to the family of Louls Bett- | tidy. The mother will appear in the Po- man, with whom he resided at 1432 Ellis | lice Court this morning on a charge of | cruelty to children and if the father can- not he found the little ones will be sent to a public institution. —_—e———— Dramatic Club Entertains. A falr audience attended the entertain- ment given by the Young Men's Hebrew Operatic and Dramatic Club last night at the Alhambra Theater. “The Queen of street. noftly after dinner:lLeopold Bettman red to his room to take a nap, w Lis brother and his sister-in-law left th house to call upon a friend. After had gone Bettman left tc ness. On G street, near Larkin, 1 with severe pains. | Police Officer George Collins noticed that the man was in distress and took him to | a nearby saloon, where Dr. Bazet was summoned to attend him. Upon the recommendation of the phy able farce, was presented in German with | a meritorious cast. In addition a number o? high-class specialties, both singing and cian Bettman was removed: to the Cen- | dancing, were given. tral Emergency Hospital, but before he —_————— could be put under the c: of Dr.| Trapper'sOll cures rheumatismand neuralgla. rles Miller, the attending physician, he had passed away. No arrangements have vet been made for the funeral. Bettman had been for many y well-known figure about the streets. was alwa hatl-fellow-well-met Druggists, 50c Richard & Co., 406 Clay. L e e e e e S e e o] ) the cigar store where he worked was al- ways the gathering place for a large coterie of friends. ¥Former State Senator 8. M. Bettman {s a cousin of deceased. s a He with the sporting fraternity, ana ! SPROATS MARKET friends of this market. They did ing to crush it by false statements. ADVERTISEMENTS. It's the same false cr Wher this mar- ket opened in San Francisco and began to undersell, the cry was raised that we sold only cheap trash. The people knew bet- ter. They came and built this market more swiftly than any store or market was ever built. They not only came, but wanting to see fair play, they sent their it because other stores and markets were try- (Better than wholesale prices, commencing this morning.) o B L S S S 9 25 Ibs up Peaches, Best Butter Made | 23 Ibs Granulated up Pears.. A‘l in California, Granulated Sugar proviesy $1.00, s Square..... 85¢ dron With other D Fiagng for With other 1 oo Grad : Best Ranch EGGS | groceries $1 00 1 doz,, 20c, 2 doz. | amounting 12 cans ' 30e. to §3.50. 5; 5-1b pail, 65¢; 3-1b pail. 5 1bs, extra cured; 1b.. ; 6 cans Baltimore Oysters 10c; 3 cans, 25¢; 12 cans. be; 3-1b can. .. 10 1bs, 45c; 20 1bs, 28 Ibs, 60c; 60 lbs. 5¢; 6 tins, 45 cans, 20 cases Mikado Oysters. brands Canned Creams- s Ghirardellf’s Chocolate- valnuts, extra value: an Prune: e vy vy Syrup Peaches—3 2 4 cns. 45c; 8 cns, §he: 1 best Mocha and Java Coffee, 8oc hs M. &'J.. $1; cks Salinas Selected Burbank Potafoes—350-1b box, 70 es Best Maine Corn cans, 45 Assorted Cheese, 1 ton- 1b, 163c; full cre: ern, 20c; Limburger, square, 35c; De Bresse, jar.... 7 cases Best Baking Powder—1-ib tins, 30c; 2-1b fins, Tobasco ce—Bottle, 30c jar, 30c arge bottle Olly A ting... rt bottle Chow-C o ¥ 30¢ 38 cases Comb Honey—1-Tb 3 for 25¢: § for 4be; 25¢ bot Mustard. 10 Plenty of Grape-Nuts—2 for 2ac; 2 of Force, 35¢; 9 Tbs Holled Oats, 23¢; 10 1bs hea ... 2Be 50 sacks Dried Ev % jes, 2 ;s ”" "Pitted Plums, o b, B lbe Dates. 250 o 20 cases 2 ineapples—1 can, 15c; , 25¢; ¥ e % al ey S Bie T o8 R i fif:,;j"sn‘; All flavors Extracts—30e bottle for 20c; 50c boctle for 35c; $1.00 bottle for. SO 3 cases Pure Olive 45c; quarts, 85c; ¥%-gallon tins. ... ....... L2050 $00 sacks Best Famil 50-1b sack, $1.10; 100-1b sack, $2.05; barrel. Sproat's Old Kentucky Bourbon—1% pints, 20c; quarts, 60c; galion. . . ... Any noted brands of Whisky you want, 25c rebate on each bottle, 2 bbls $1 Port or Sherry, gal.. 65c; 75¢ grade Claret, 50c; $4.60 Whisky. gal. $2.30 Monday, vetween 9 and 10 o’clock, we will sell 2 packages of Virginia or Sweet Caporal Cigarettes for bc; and 4 packages Lax Wheat Straw -Se i 25¢ 10 bars Best Laundry Soap.... 2 If you cannot come to our Market yourself send your little boy or girl, or telephone South 894, or mail us a postal. Out-of-tow: s 1iv- il at vour Siaoe: n orders filled and deliv 1049 Market St. Phone South 894. Mwmmlldmmlmuorlum. Electric Road Magnate| Claims E. H. Harriman,| trip to New | 1 | | { ] | | | i of the Huntington-Hellman syndicate of | | street railway lines in Los Angeles, where | a bitter fight is now raging between him- supremacy in the matter of control of the | York, but he denied yesterday that there is any truth in the story. | “I have simply come up from the south,’ . “to get a little rest and spend a few days with my family.” Asked if there had been any new de- velopments in the present controversy be- tween himseif and Harriman-Clark combine he replied that there had not in so far as his knowledge extended. hat he is prepared to give his oppo- *ents a hard fight in the south was plainly suggested in his remarks yesterday. He places no confic atements made by Senator 4 that the last- amed is T the power behind Real Estate Agent Garland’s petition for a blanket franchise for electric roads over the surface of the city of Los Angele: and its suburbs. When asked whether | he had sufficient evidence to confirm his | original suspicions t the Harriman syndicate was really behind the plot to injure the itington-Hellman inter- burned. | After ln-| an line 1 rather sharply: have no suspicions. I know—" “Know what?” he was asked. HARRIMAN THE BACKER. | “Why, that E. H. Harriman is the only man behind the petition,” he promptly answered. “But I not worrying,” he added in | & tone that denoted a firmness which is | characteristic of the man. *I never let these matters worry me.” Just how Senator Clark was induced to nd himself to the plot of Harriman was a question which Huntington was not pre- pared to discuss. Personally, he said, he had no fll feeling for the Montana Sen { noticeably | ator, or, for that matter, for Harriman, but the fact did not, however, alter his opinion that the Southern Pacific presi- | dent had undertake | | Mullin, the father of the three children, | who, | to obstruct the elec- tric lines of Los Angeles. When questioned as to whether he thought that Southern Pacific man- agement fearful that the rapidly ex- tending electric systems were jeopardiz- ng the traffic of the steam lines, he | paused for a moment before replying. “That is a question I am unable to w and 1 lded in a slow but significant he Santa Fe does not seem to be disturbed over the expansion of electric systems in the south. In the East, you will find, by investi , that worked a transformation | They | were naked and dirty when taken to her, | | *“There { man the steam roads g the electric lines in their ter have found their busines through the operation of the ¥ Being again plied with questions rela- tive to the future Dbetween the steam roads and tric lines and | ,. S netting the ifornia and entire southern part eventually reaching gton en a great deal published »ut our net- g any part of course, extend is need of it. As steam roads, they must ccept the as in the Los Angeles pape ting ®alifornia. of the Iamr We may t netti tate. | inevitable.” | BADLY ADVISED. the Ghetto,” Julius Rosenwasser’s ]augh-f He could not furnish any particular rea- | son why Harriman should de to paral- lel the existing lines in Southern Califc nia with a nt system, but he dryly | suggested that possibly the Southern Pa- cific president had been badly advised. When his attention was called to the re- ports in yesterday’'s Call that the Harri- man agents had gained a point in the Los Angeles controver y uring an op- [ tion on the Los Angel raction Com- pany, the only formidable rival to th ADVERTISEMENTS. GEORGE W. CHADWICK Musical Director of the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, one of America’'s foremost composers, writes as follows of the MASON HAMLIN Planofortes: “Please allow me to ex- press my appreciation of the cxcellent tone and action of your recent pianofortes. They are most sympathetic wstruments, and I hope that " they may achieve the success they so fully deserve.” genj. Curtazason SOLE AGENTS, (Curtaz Building), 16 to 20 O’Farrell 5t S F, BRANCHES—-San Jose, Fresno, Stockton, Alamgda, Palo Alto. I L~~ Blindness is often caused by ne- glecting weak eyes, poor light paintul, sore, watery or injured eyes, cte. Geo, Mayerle's Ger- man Eyewater i all eye troubl Mayerle, German Optician Ins r north as San | ADVERTISEMENTS. - NEW SILKS AND DRESS GOODS Corded Baliste Apretty,soft all-wool material, 38 inches wide, inthenew Spring shades; suitable for fancy dresses. 5oc per Yard This is a welght fabric, Imported Wool Taticta new, light| 44| inches wide, all wool; similar in weave fo Taffeta Silk. All the new and popular colors are to bs had in this material. 85c per Yard Special Afsnlendld 0 ETAMINE assortment | genuine French VOILE, 43 inches wide, all wool, Cream and | {colors, at in Black, colors. $1.00 per Yard | Lovisine Silk Among the new { weaves for Spring and Summer wear we are showing a complete {assortment of colors in {Changeable Moire Lou- isine Silk, 20 inchas wide. $1.00 per Yard Fovulards Our assortment of Spring Foulard Silks {s now complete and we are showing the newest designs and {colorings in Fine Twill {Satin Finish and Satin {Liberty Foulards—all {24 inches wide. ‘ $1.25 per Yard Special We are closing out our best qualitp Jap- anese Corded Wash Silks, in a variety of 35c per Yard Our Mail Order Department is most complete. All orders for samples or goods filled and shipped same day they are received 111, 113, 115, 117, 119, 121 POST STREET. | ! Hunti ngton-Hellman lin the street rail- way magnate shrugged his shoulders and remar] ked: “As I have already sald, I am not a bit w orried over these reports. He aleo denied the latest reports to the | effect that agents of the Harriman-Clark | | comb the pri had suggested The st ne esent war. a compromise of ory has drifted up from Los Angeles that Harriman's repre- sentat they ives called on tried to convince Huntington; that him that while the fight might be disastrous to both sides it would be better to fix the matter up in | | the shape of an agr ton | the te: this tition and he one fr. He natio Pac rece agreement would be instructed to withdraw their pe- em Id not attempt rritor; the Huntington sai > cot no r om as vice presiden mpany east, no intimatios so long monopolized b; Harriman ent that Hun to furher the | steam lines, and that iIn consideration of | agents d that he knew nothing about an attempted compromise, | on for considering side of the fight. Imitted that he had sent his resig- t of the Southern but as yet he had | railroad n from sources,as to whether it had or would be accepted. - CLARK EXPLAINS DEAL. desire, W Says the Short Line Was Purchased Outright. YORK, of d to correct certs April 1 Montana to-night said that —Senator W. A. he in material errors which had crept into his Interview of yes- terday San F Railro The have p | Short w from ( Cajon the & The k. | ste embrac | to the | throug’ stand, has a day. Railroad Compan | 000,000 ot on Sunday meals. relative to the Pedro, Los Ange pad Company. transaction has surchased all Line Company 11l construct about “allentes, Utah, Pass to Riverside, road soon will be completed to Los San_ Pedro bond: It has ¥ ystem south from Salt Lake City f road, ving 340 miles main line, has taken Tines. Mo: off, extending from Salt Lake ington, Utah, This cut-off was rece structed and is only 117 miles long, b having the advantage of lower grades. West from Calientes I have already had forty miles of grading completed. dow Valley wash, channel of an old water course, which consti tutes the only avallable route meet a grade of 106, h the M important is the Leamington cut newly s and Salt organized Lake Said he uthwe: from which and, over several shor! City to Leam- The road will go At Cajon we m this the The cost will Got the Wrong Grip. iburon ferry. Richard Leiman, a member of the Six- ty-fourth Company, Coast Artillery, sta- tioned at Fort Miley, complained to the police yesterday of the agent at the nev i he pre- | | sented a check for his grip to the agent evening and was handed grip, but when he opened it he discovered {it belonged to some other person. | went to the agent and explained the mis- take, asking for his own grip, agent declined to rectify it. handed to Leiman were two army revol- vers, two towels, brush and comb, two button boards and a button brush. man wants his own grip and the police will assist him. He said a He but the In the grip Lei- ———— Timed Himself to Eat. habit of timing Harry G. Franklin, 924 Market street, himself at his He went into the Tivoli cafe, 13 Fddy street, about 1 o'clock yesterday morning and sat down to eat. food was served he pulled out his gold watch, which he values at $35, and placed it on the table beside him so that he would not overstep the limit, | had finished he had a little time to spare and in his preoccupation without his watch. He returned in about fifteen minutes, but the watch had dis- appeared and nobody had seen {t. ported the matter to the police yester- When the When he walked away He re- | | | 2 &C0 Quick Telephone Service Pine st. store Private Exchange 1 Sutter st. store Private Exchange 81 No delay if you call for the right number. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Table butter—regty aec sq 35¢ Apples—N. Y. State— can 10cC Cheaper than fresh al * fruit—reg’ly 15¢—35¢ s 27&0 Holland cocoa—reg'ly 9sc 1 Soc Van Houten—finest made Coffee—Pasha blend— 2 Ibs 55¢ Excellent after-dinner coffee —reg’ly 35¢ Ib PleleS—mangoes— Pin Money— rf:‘lv 40c—45¢ bottle Wine vinegar—French— no acids—reg’ly 2s¢ bottle Lima beans—Eastern— Young—tender— reg’ly $2 dozen Shelled almonds pints 35¢ “ 20c 20c¢ rog'ly specis California— Ib35¢c 30¢ Jordan— Ibésc s50¢ Wheatena—Natural wheat— 135¢ N. Y. Health Food Co.—reg’ly 20c Sardines—boneless— 25¢ French—reg’ly 3oc large can Peaches—@olden Cling— 20¢ | Extra fruit—heavy syrup Castile soap—conti— 50¢ | Genuine Italian—reg’ly 6oc bar French mustard—reg’ly 25¢ bot 20¢C Louit—different flavors OliVeS—Munzanillu— 15¢C Rich in olive oil—reg’iy z0c quart Candy—reg’ly 25¢ Ib I5C Peanut—molasses—delicious Almond lotion—reg’ly 20c bot I5C Fruit press—reg'iy 4oc 30¢ Also potato masher—new kind Olive oil—Luceu— s0c reg'ly Goc quart—$z =5 gallon $1 95 Liquor department VWhisky-- 3 bottles $2 O. K. bourbon— gellon 7 reg’ly $1 bottle—$4 zallon o Riesling—wr. vizeyard— 65¢ Exceptionally fine—reg’ly $1 gallon Brandy—Cationis— reg’ly $1 bott.e—34 gallon 75¢ ~~reg’iy 6oc bot Rock and rye—reg’ly $1 25 Quick cough cure 432 Pine 232 Sutter 2800 California 8an Francisco Thirteenth and Clay Strests Oaklane