The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 17, 1903, Page 27

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. UNDAY, MISCELLANEGUS. -_“ l Lergest Fernitare end Curpe* Bease i the Wes:. KETTLER’S FALL FROM | AFFLUENCE TO POVERTY ‘Strange Tale of a Former Multi-Millionaire of Hanover Who Died in Argentine, Kans., News of Texas Crime| Where He Eked Out a Living as a Cobbler| TTOSIEN'S SPRING CARPET ...GREAT... Imparial Wiltons Higzins Tapsires tn2lish lindeoms Bigelow /xains'ers tizel.w Bedy Brussel; Thres-!1y .ngrains Wilton Yeivz's Inlaid L'no eums Roxbary Tepas'ries Stinson Tapestries Yic oria Bady Brussels Harif rd £xminsters these fine FLOOR COVERINGS in Lowell fxmnsers Jzpanese Mat ing Sanford Tapestre:, Savoaniere /xm psiers Foya! Wiltons Kartford Bocy Brussels Nearly 130 rolls of the new Spring designs and colors have just come tb us ill be shown this week on great second floor. ough the downtown installment houses ‘have ad vanced prices we still sell at last year's low figures. OTE THE DIFFERENCE... CARPETS AXMINSTERS The new Spring and Sum- mer unmh sold b'dnv\ town $l 15 nstallment houses for $1.3; BIGELOW LOWELL BODY BRUSSELS Charming Spring P all colors; all res get $1.63 =oxgps gl I "~ $L35 BXOELOW AND LOWELL AXMIN. STERS- ( re; 'm.‘xs.’ 00 value, INGRAINS \czm weave: best of wool; fuil weight colors; Oriental and floral des JWitown 9oc. . 70c ‘ INGRAINS A superior article that sells at I - honses wntown i ent 50c The new patterns cov WILTON VELVETS A er a wide scope in color and de 4 sign; downtown price $1.15 goc BRUSSELS 1 for the Spring 65¢ - Bright TAPHSTBY BRUSSELS Spring nd designs in a large variety: in- o get goc and $1.00 80c MATTINGS BOLLS MATTING—Just GEORGE KETTLER, RMANY, WHO DIED WHERE HE EARNED A SC! LINOLGBUMS FORMER MULTI-MII IN POVERTY NTY LIVING AS A COBBLER. IONAIRE, IN ARGED OF HANOVER, TINE, KANS, CUGLTEE LINOLEUN—; MULTI-MILLIONAIRE manu- f. urer of Hanover, hobnobbing with the blucst blood of German nobility MAIL ORDERS We give the same orders by to sales We guar- ""‘(?‘..D z.xvm.:vu “-50¢ INE 4IL D T.LE L!xoll}vl-"\»$] 40 e i a bare existence in a little shop antee satisfaction. ine. Kansas h were the mes in the e of ‘“‘Baron" - Kettler, whose strange career RUGS AT SPECIAL PRICES was suddeniy ended in the little Kan- splay of Rugs i= a bargain room this s City suburb 8 uoted The press dispatches told the story of ades. from mat sizes 90¢ the death of the aged cobbler, with the — additional information that he had been e Sace o *37 50 ck head by some unknown man BOYAL w_x.:oxs most exquisite pat a e, the injury then inflicted v > them $35.50 being respo for his death. Truly a ROYAL wa-pogs_» 3x10:6 feet the sam dramatic ending of a career that was a large , $3L50 ation “‘that truth is stranger v*'x.vt"sf x vivid illy ere i $2).20 than fictio Sea T oot 8 A daughter of the former Hanover mil- EMYB'AS-—._v s . $22.50 lionaire is a resident of San Francisco, o Deabave. & ng with her d, AuZust Miller, in | 9x10:6 feot, $4. - mfortz out on Hartford 273 e 88.00; 36x72 inches 3375 il of best patterns of carpe! with the material and labor cost us PRISONER LEWPS | | | | —-*w T RE W BT A -—_—mfi—-—-” | 51 ROV THE TRAN Taken by a Vagrant in Nevada. Hopes to End Ke‘uucky Feuds. LESBORO Six Years for Dr. Ames. May 16.—After listen- appeal of counsel of former A. Ames for mercy, Judge El- | sentenced the ce powerful er to spend six years at hard State penitentiary. A bond and Ames will not have to go to prison the Supreme Court has passed on ppeal. Special Dispatch to The Call. liott to-da WINNEMUCC Mattox | Nev.,, May 16.—Harry | a notorious character, known as | Jim,” while in the custody of | Constable Wolf of Lovelock, | a window of a train moving at the rate of forty miles an hour while | €n route to this place to serve a sentence. stopped, it being expected mangled remains wouid be found beside the track, but instead the | priscner had disappeared and succeeded | in eluding the officers until nightfall. | Wolf boarded the train with his man, | who had just been sentenced on a charge of vagrancy, and all went well until Mill ity was passed. Mattox promised to ¢ no resistance and succeeded in hav- s handcuffs removed. For a time he chatted pleasantly with his custodian. ThLen ke asked permission to get a drink | of water and the Deputy Constable con- | sented, asethe train had attained a high | rate of speed and escape seemed impos- sible. Mattox walked to the water tank, took a drink, then.suddanly threw up a win- dow and disappeared through the open- ing. The train was brought to a halt | with all possible haste and returned to | the piace where the man had taken his | presumably fatal leap. No trace of the | fugitive could be found and the officer | returned to Mill City for assistance and ceatched the neighboring country. After several hours Mattox was discovercd in | hiding. A freight train was flagged and | | he wag brought on to this place. ——e OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST More Increases in the Salaries of Cal- ifornia Postmasters Are ‘Announced. WASHINGTON, May 16.—Postoffice dis- cintinued May 20: California—Essex, Humboldt County, mall goes to Blue Lake. Postmasters commissioned: Call- fornla—Timothy M. Albce, Alpine. Wash. ington—Belle Richter, Chesaw; . Simon Veazey, Barron. Increases of salaries of California Post- masters announced to-day: Stanford Uni- versity, $1600 to $1700; Stocktom, $2000 to in the of $19,000 was accepted by the court, Dr. a labor who goes Breat ding The following exceptiona: \alues in millinery §oods for next week s rs. These prices are the most attractive we have ever seen: Brush Pom-pons, in black: alse v\hh'-—rbal horsehair the stiff fiber kind Fioppy Hats: a good unlr‘mml—d Jopular kind. Special value...... Crush Roses, in bunches of six, she summer hat—iarg reall)’ bea ulllul Jsc Would be considered good value at twice the money-. Zpbel’ all’ colors, ville, $1100 to $1200; Upland, $1200 to $1300; Vacaville, §1700 to $1800; Ventura, $1800 to $2600; Visalia, $2200 to $2300; Whittier, $1600 I | of Kansas City, | ters are nearly a poor cobbler eking out | | acters of the town 13 Funeral | leacer $3000; Suisun City, $1400 to $1500; Susan-: on a scale. A committee waited upon | to #1700. Decrease: Taylor, $U00 to $1000. | order was lssued granting the Another daughter, Mrs. F. Miller is visiting her. The sis- prostrated by the death of their father. to whom they were deeply attached. They say the oid cobbler was not a nobleman, as stated in the dis- | patches, but thatf the title “Baron” was probably conferred upon him by his ac- street. Quaintunces becayse of his polished man- ner and conversational ability. very le was a well educated man and a great is no exaggeration about Kettler's affluence. During the Franco- Prussian War he operated a big shoe fao tory in Hanover and profitable army con- tracts sweiled his fort to the enormous sum of $12,000,00. Later he lost every- thing in unfortunate speculations and came to this country to begin life anew, practically pennile Six years ago he located at Argentine and as the “Baron’ beca e, in a short time, one of the char- Kettler w; a true misfortunes never eaueed him to become dispirited. >hilosopher and his el el el e ool @ | BRAVE GLOSES ON NOTED JESOIT of the . Rewv. Jcseph Caredda at Santa Clara. e Special Dispate 1 SAN JOSE, May 16.—The funeral of the Rev. Father Joseph Caredda, S. J., for nearly half a century a member of the faculty of Santa Clara College, was held at Santa Clara at 11 o'clock this morning. | At the request of the students the re- | mains of the aged Jesuit were transferred | to the Stndents' Memorial Chapel yester- | day afternoon. The Jesuit community at 5:30 o'clock this morning /met in the church, and, as is the custom of the or- der, chanted the office of the dead. Ar 6:30 o'clock a mass was calebrated by the Rev. R. E. Kenna, the ptesident of the | college, for the repose of the soul of the h to The Cal deceaged. The students attended in a body. The funeral services were held at 11 o'clock. There was a large number pres- sent. The Santa Clara band, of which Father Caredda was the organizer and its for thirty-five years, attended. Flogs on the college buildings and in the town were at halfmast. Prominent mem- bers of the alumni of the college from all over the State were in attendance and many magnificent floral pleces were re- cefved from those who cbuld not attend The Jesuit fathers and brothers of this city and county and the students of lh@\ sckool were present at the funeral. Among | the clergy were Father McQuade of San | Frencisco, Father Bernard McKinnon of | Palo Alto, Father Foley of Alameda, | Fauther Maguire of 8an Jose and others. Tre alumni was represented by Supreme | Court Justice William G. Lorigan, Henry | Kaufman, John O'Gara, Walker de Mar- tini and Joseph Kennedy. Brothers Id- mond and Bernard of St. Mary's College, Oakiand, were also in attendance. | Fether Caredda had an unusually large | acquaintance among the alumni of the | school. He was 84 years of age. Since | 1854 he had been a inember of the faculty of Santa Clara College and for thirty- five years was vice president of the school. { ————— Trainmen Obtain More Pay. SAN RAFAEL, May 16.—The North Shore Railroad Company has granted the trainmen an increase of wages. The passenger conductors and brakemen about two weeks ago met and decided up- General Manager Rank, presented their grievances and since that time the mat- ter has been investigated. To-day the lncrease. | | ployed in the MY 1T, FATHER LEARNG OF THE TRAGEDY 1903. ADVEBTIBEMENTS weWHITE HOUSE SALE OF WASH GOODS FOR ONE WEEK ONLY Exclusive French Novelties Including Embroidered Batistes and Lipen Homespuns. Reduced from $20.00. Dres pattern, a Surprise in San Bernardino. Letters From Mrs. Fairchild To!d of Health and Happiness. $10.00 szeclal Dis Cait ateh to The SAN BERNARDINO, M ver M. Fairchild, who murdered in an E! Pa M. Peterson yvesterday, was the daugh- Pompadour Siriped Cotton Etamines Regular value $1.00. Per yard, this city. The father Is a carpenter em- Santa Fe shops here “““‘Chafvet Silk has lived in San Bernardino for several | ay 16.—Mis. Oll- presumably was hotel by Georgé T3¢ Yers (bt Bivhead 0" o iedies) A rich wash fabric suitabie for shirt-waist woman is a traveling salesman and left | Sei R . S : . Atlis cltwE ABogt fani days ngh- TH:) suits. 32 inches wide. Good value at word recefyed from him here sald he was $125. Per vard « in Pueblo, Celo. - i 4K x€ d Early this morninz news of the trag- edy was told at the Tyler home. The| ‘French Organdies with wrinkles of | care across his for Light and dark grounds with floral designs. head, begged to be given all the details. As if to make the scene more pitiable, in an adjoining room 35¢ lay the mother, sick perhaps unto death, | Regular price 50c. Peryard, moaning now and then as she thought of the death of her daughter. To break to| o A her the news of the tragedy would mean | L Sh rt < to give her a shock from which in her | "Ie“ l lngb weakened condition she would never | : J recover. The father closed the doors lead- Fast.colors 32 inches wide. Re”ulul'ly ing into his wife's room, and then he &N : S told the story of his daughter's Mf 50c. Per y .Hd, Two yeers ago, Decemb the | beautiful young lady was d in St. B il . Paul's M. E. Church of this city to Oliver t h" L M. Fairchild. The father has never met | u C f S Iflefl the husband, but he knew him to be one | P of the finest of men because of the con- In black:and all shades. Vaiued at 60c. 409 siderate and gentle manner in which he » ; always treated his wife A year ago Mrs. Per yard' Fairchild had come here on & visit and | had snent fiv v(.xm at her (father's b b ang thets Jolned her hu band, Her health becoming poor, she went to El Paso, thinking the warm climate would benvfit her. While in I » she sent for her mother, and Mrs. r went to visit her | In white-and all colors. Real value 30c. Per yard, 2 and spent some weeks as her guest, re- Y turning ony recently to this « F h P o e conse, | | French. Pigue ter frem Mre, Fairchild and in it she | sald her health had imnroved, that she /hite orc s signs 3 -hes was feeling exceptionally well and that “_h]te r]LUI]d"“n““ designs. 30 inches 500 she believed a few more weeks would see wide. E.\'C@PUOH&] value. er yard, her as well as ever. On Monday Frank J Gibson, her brother-in-law, who resides here, recefved a letter from her, and in l t d S t h M d s ‘she again spoce ot nor zood nearcn. | ATIPOFEEA JCOLC adras In all she seemed to be I v. S F AL Nevada County Needs Rain. May 16.—Farmers in ing for rain, and un- urs soon the 1 in is badly dried and will shrivel to nothing soon. Fruit berrie suffering except \\hv:» ; 32 inches wide. Regular prices 40c, 50c and 60c. Per yard, 25¢ Heavy Oxfords / White ground with black dots, also stri effects. Special. Peryard, Washable Chiffons 48 inches wide. 65:. Per yard, ved ed most ‘mprv. eden plenty of spring hu“ rs kept the farm- ing land in excellent condition. While more thaf\ the usual amount of rain fell during the past winter it did not spread itself over a suffic gth of time te do the good ne All colors. Regular price Elections in Musical Clubs. | STANFORD UNIVERSITY, May 1 E b ad d S . EL T S ford Glee and Mandol i e g e mpre1gered dYWISses White, Biack and Tan grounds with small designs. Regular price 50c. Per yard, ensuing 3 follows: Leade Glee C] leader of the . Harry Lan- 35¢ agan, ‘04, of Denver, ( president of ined clubs, B. E. Nourse, '04, of anta Ana retary, Brooks Sharpe, '04, of Cc Oxnard; executive committee, B. ks, '01: H '¢5; N. Dole. ! orman Colly | _————— | Leader of Mining Men Dies. | fl CoR.PosTt % KEARNY Srs. Colo., May 15.—George D. secretary of the Cripple Creck Min- | PUEBLO. Hill, ers’ Unfon, died this morning at St Mary's Hospital, where he h e e —_— — for "‘”‘l”“ ;:‘:;‘.‘,“:,,il']h;vaflh‘ Counails of | “The Patterns bn the Mount” is the sub- | for the occasi by Organist Seott “s“ {‘\Y"j_lw" bR st M = ject of the baceflaureate sermon to be | Broc 5 5 % 7 given by the Rev. R.-Heber Newtom be- | NP ¥ > fore the graduating class of 198 in Me-| Loeal rment | British metrop- Sermon for the Graduates. morial Church Sunday, May 24. A special | olis costs about £4 4s per Inhabitant an. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Ma | musi vrogramme has been arranged | nually One of the strongest reasons for the Walk-Over’s enormous sale of 10,000 pairs daily is th= Unequaled Durability of the Soles. ne but the very choicest oak-tanned leathers are used, and every piece put through a secret process of ours which tough- ens it as nothing else will. You simply cannot get equally durable or more flex- ible soles on any other make of shoes, no matter WHAT price you pay. Men’s Walk-Ove-s Whether you want a heavy, dou- ble-soled street shoe that's decidedly swagger, a light shoe that's really dressy. or an oxford that will fit your foot as well as the fashion—call for the Walk-Over. It's here in every up-to-date last and leather. SPECIALLY TREAVED SOLES. The Walk Over is really a $5 shoe for $3.50, and il's the only shoe in America on which this sav- ing is made. 1S Women’s Walk-Overs tiness of shape and perfection of finish in the Walk-Over slippers and dress shoes: comfort. sturdiness and nartness” in the Walk-Over street boots and oxfords. Ideal kid, patent calf, vici kid, vel- our cali—all the high-grade leathers; all faultless in workmanship. Sent, charges paid, to any address in U, S. for $3.75. WALK-OVER SHOE CO. F. F. Wright & Son, Props. Emgorium