The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 13, 1903, Page 28

".- DECEMBER 13 1903. people of San Francisco have been waiting for. since the opening last Monday the store has been made hosts of friends in this extremely sho ve 1e. Ie animous opinion.. We need not dwell on the va as Christmas gifts—evervbody knows that S e se. convenience. Judging from our first week’s business this store is just what the eager buyers and our selling staff has bzen constantly active. | OJ' credit pian has been taken advantage of by many and we The furniture, carpet and drapery departments have all ed in the many faworable comments, and tht this building tains a grand exhibition of home furnishings has been the lect something.from this new store where the stock fresh and bright and have it charged—paying for it at’ your Every day filled with rt space of lue of fur- it is sure to Misses’ Chair $450 | ADVERTISEMENTS. ot to be given away 9 %8 i With every $5.00 cash purchase made at this store before May 28, 1904, we will give a premium coupon on this house and lot to be given away on that day. Instead of giving trading stamps, band concerts, souvenirs | or trivial premiums to induce your patronage, we have | adopted this more liberal plan. The house and lot are located in the new residence section on Sixth avenue, between C and Fulton streets. The house is to be 4 six-room cottage and thoroughly modern. Actual cost of house and lot, $5500. — This neatly made ch miss or youth grown infancy of bi rch wood pl casing seat. is subject -to . the ioted above liscount for cash. count for cash. finished golden color, with cane The price quoted above YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD — A \ o air is for the : \ who has out- | It's a step be- | nd manhood ; | regular dis- | C : arp T | the hundreds. . 4 from the mills. pets here. One voted to this department. We count our carpet patterns by If you want qual- ity for your money buy your car- cls All new—fresh golden finish. entire floor de- discount. Wood Seat Rocker $6.75 The seat is in saddle shape and the back is carved. One -of the Xmas_gifts we can’'suggest. price is subject to the regular cash = 5 F —T Metal Bed $1125 | | 0Oak Bureau $2250 Enameled white or blue, with brass | Ofi:rrjl:ifa":?:‘flabr““;;’“':a“ ‘E U‘;?\é“; | knobs on corners. Full double width | | witha genuine French bevel plate mi ! and of strong construction. The price ‘\ ;;:shani pa‘”;:zh”; "Ii‘;‘:‘“ir/ FOG. T:‘? | 4 l is subject to the usual cash discount. | ll discount from above priec — g Made of oak, best The YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD Grand Rapids Furn 057 to 977 [arket Street NEAR Sixth Street Foldmg Bcd $22. 50 . , being strong and com- Ss or yot . ,(‘ 2 “X;hh énil ‘ T\\'ccn hab_\'hr')('ui a; - : S BN aven ( or womanhood. ~An oak chair, e - 2 23~y wscmmo tmcoRs L3 I - S — Ug@ 7-@@ Open every evening till X-mas l‘ oy | dash, standing- high jump, running M 4 | high, jum -\’ard dash and pitching l 4 v the Sible nt. In the latl mentioned contest ea(h' troop, battery and company in the post | will be represented by a team of five | men. The tent will be rolled up and brought to the field, exactly as would| be the case when actual warfare was| on. .The team pitching the tent in the| shortest space of time according to the | regulations wins the first prize. The exercises will begin at 9 a. m. All the first prizes are cash sums of $3 and the second prizes $2, which are provided by | FOR PRESIDIO Army \thntv~ Will Have Op- pertunity to Show Dexterity in Outdoor Events at Post PR ' evant of more than passing im-] the past exchange. Presidio will be the THIRTIETH IS (‘O\ll\G inst. Practically In the afternoon of the same day a at the post will par- different rts and which has | 2t the Yosemite Valley | t four months, will take an rt in the proceedings, and it that it will make the artille izes. g are the baseball game will be played between the officers of the Fifteenth Infantry and the officers of the Ninth Cavalry, from Ord Barracks. with a ball in the post hoproom given to the visiting officers by the post of- | ficers. The Thirtieth Infantry, which is on the Sherman, due to arrive to-night some of the principal programme: 100-yard PARIS Company Clearance Sale ADVERTISEMENTS. Sizes: | Children’s Long and Fow Short Coats FiVC In Kersey, Serge, Broadcloth, Cheviot, Boucle, | 1X S Eight Ten Formerly Sold for $10 Are now placed on the clearance table of the children’s department, second floor, toclosz outimmediately at 5.00 GET YOUR GLOVE ORDERS AT THE Twelve Years | able acquisition to the post. The festivities of the day will end| from Manila, will be temporarily quar- tered in the model camp, which has | been put in fine condition for the re- ception of these soldiers. Everything | about the camp is in the best of order, and the popular Thirtieth, with its pop- ular commander, will find itself very much at home as soon as it reaches its quarters. The new permanent bachelors’ quar- ters, just adjacent to the chapel, are| rapidly approaching completion. The | building is of red brick, and when fin- ished will have apartments for alout twenty officers. They will be a valu- | BASEBALL GAMES. The Fifteenth Infantry baseball team will arrive on. Monday from Ord Bar-| racks, Monterey, to take part in the baseball sports, that will continue dur- ling the week. Lieutenant Milton A. Elliott will bring the team up. It will play daily during the week against the Tenth Infantry, the Thirteenth Infan- try, the post team and the team of the | Ninth Cavalry. As all the different teams are in fine condition some bril- liamt games will undoubtedly be put up. Major John Bigelow Jr. of the Ninth Cavalry, who has been stationed at Ord Barracks, Monterey, is daily expected at the Presidio, where he will take command of the third squadron, com- posed of Companies I, K, L and M. There will be a public auction at the post on Monday, December 21, when nineteen condemned horses and four condemned mules will be sold to the highest bidder. The Thirteenth Infantry crossed bats with the Presidio team yesterday. The ground was muddy and slippery. The Thirteenth won. Score, § to 4. —_—————————— PERSONAL. Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Goff of London are at the Palace. Lieutenant Colonel L. W. Juillard of Santa Rosa is at the California. ‘W. W. Bryan, a newspaper man of Los Angeles, is at the Occidental. F. H. Kennedy, a hardware mer-| chant of Stockton, is at the California. Prison Director Don Ray is down from Galt and registered at the Lick. James Green, a prominent mining man of Boise, Idaho, is at the Occi- dental with his wife. Albert L. Kopp, a .merchant of Paris, who has been traveling through the Orient, is at the Palace. C. O. Whitteman, general attorney for the Clark road at Salt Lake, ar- rived from Los Angeles yesterday and is registered at the Palace. Pierre Humbert, 2 well known min- ing man, who has been abroad for sev- eral months, returned to the city yes- terday and registered at the California. S. Smulders and wife of Rotterdam, who are making a teur of the world, arrived on the China steamer yester- day and are registered at the Palace. T. J. Norton, general counsel of the Santa Fe Company, is in the city con-! ferring with Chief Counsel Herrin of CiTY OF PARIS DRY GOODS COMPANY, Stroets, Unicn Squars. Ceary zzd Stociton 82060000000000006800000000202206090300 300005600000000000000 :“.m......”m”".. 0000000000000000000008 the Southern Pacific Company regard- ing the hearing of the companies’ rout- ihg cases in Los Arnigeles next month. Mrs. Herman Celrichs is on her way to San Francisco and is expected to arrive here Monday. Her nephew, John Oelrichs, arrived here several days ago and is staying with Herman Oelrichs at the latter’s country home Aacross the bay. Rev. W. N. Brewster and wife, who have been serving for fifteen years as missionaries in Foochow, China, re- turned on yesterday’'s ?teamer from the Orient and are on their way to their former home in Ohio. They ex- pect to return to China in about twelve months. Oliver Mink of Boston, controller of the Union Pacific Company when that road was in the hands of Gould, and Frederick L. and Stanley Ames, mem- bers of the wealthy Ames family of Boston, which has long held a large block of stock in the Union Pacific, are at the Palace. The gentlemen are making a tour of the coast and have just come from the Northwest. —_——— Native Sons. The “ladies’ night” which Pacific Par- lor had planned some time since has been indefinitely postponed. The prodi- gal son of this parlor, S. A. D. Jones, has returned from Honolulu and the parlor will soon kill the proverbial fat- ted calf to celebrate the event. While he was away he did not forget his parlor and while in the Paradise of the Pacific on Admission day, celebrating with other Native Sons, he sent to his parlor, then celebrating in San Jose, a cablegram of congratulation. He drop- ped in on the parlor last week and delivered what the Indians call “a long talk.” The parlor forgave him, because it had not heard him for a long time, Since his departure from this city he has raised a crop of whiskers. ¢ 7” ‘“A COMMON COLD." “The history, literature and therapeu- tics of the condition kaown as a ‘Cold’ shows conclusively that very little has been known in regard to this state. “Who has not witnessed the many fail- ures of a ‘good sweating,’ a dose of ‘cas- tor oil’ etc.? The fact is, we have been overlooking the true origin of the dis- eased state known as a ‘Cold.” It is pri- marily a disease of the stomach, a de- rangement of the processes of gastric di- gestion."—Medical Times. The use of Dr. Humphreys’ “Seventy- seven” breaks up the Cold, and if alter- nated with or followed by the use of Spe- cific No. 10 the stomach will perform its functions and the gastric derangement caused by taking cold will be corrected. In small bottles of pellets that fit the & vest pocket. At druggists’, 25 cents each. ©7 Medical Guide mailed free. Humphreys’ Med. Co., cor. Willlam and John streets, New York. COLDS ing her relatives and that he believes that she is mentally incompetent. Says His Wife Is Incompetent. Edward A. Kitto yesterday pétl-v tioned the Superior Court to appoint | Byron I. Taylor, father of Avy Tay-| lor Kitto, his wife, guardian of her |, “y,¢ jag a unique duty cut out for person and estate. Kitto says that lor‘ her. She has been detailed to make a the last year his wife has evinced & your of inspection of the postoffices of ¥ desire to manage her property on | the country and interpret the civil ser- Point Lobos avenue without consult-! vice regulations. FAVOR PETITION OF COMPANIES Supervisors Recommend That Extension of Time in Which to Comply With Law Be Given A Miss Caroline L. Greiseim, a clerk in the civil service department at Washing- ADVERTISEMENTS. Fine Furs for Xmas Gifts CHILDREN'S SETS There is nothing a child would appreciate more than one of pretty Fur Sets (like illustration). Plain White Angora, the set ... 31.25 ‘White Angora, blue tipped, the set. . 1.2 French Ermine, the set 2.50 White Thibet, the set Other sets in Iceland Lamb, etc.. from. ............... $4.00 to $8.50 Novelty Fur Neckwear Blended Brook Mink Stole, fin- ished with eight large tails; very stylish, dressy; reasonably priced at $7.00 Sable-Opossum Stole- in a_ very stylish length, finished with four large tails and cord and tassel (like The joint committee of Police, Fire and Streets of the Board of Super- visors yesterday recommended that the petition of the Pacific States Tel- ephone and Telegraph Company for an extension of fifteen months’ time from January 12, 1904, within which to comply with the terms of the or- dinance regulating the placing of high voltage wires on poles, so that life may be safeguarded, be granted. The committee also submitted a form of ordinance granting the extension of time. From the testimony adduced at the meeting of the committee it was as- certained that the telephone company and the Independent Electric Light and Power Company are the only our $3.50 Siberian Saquirrel, concerns affected by the provisions of illustration) at the very special the ordinance regulating the placing price of ....cc....c..... 17.50 of wires that proceeded in good faith Sable Fox. and Isabella Fox to comply with its provisions. Scarfs, made from whole skins: two nmnatural brush_ tails: fine The work of the telephone company has been delayed by a strike of its linemen lasting through several months. The assurance was given by the representatives of the company that the work will be completed with- in the time granted by the extension. Some fear was expressed by the representatives of the Linemen'sUnion present that the grant of the exten- sion of time to the telephone company might affect the validity of the main ordinance in so far as it applied to other companies subject tp its terms. The committee, however, expressed its belief that if any action of the board ‘s invalid in that regard it would be the grant of extension of | length; surprisingly cheap a‘t Also other novelty neck pieces in the most fashionable furs. ranging in price from..$5.00 to $100.00 20% OFF Even if garment has already been reduced you get this large discount on all Jackets, Dresses and Skirts. Our stock being so new, exclusive and excep- tional quality makes this a rare oppor- tunity. Christmas Gifts Ladies’ - Aprons, endless variety time and the telephone company would alone be the sufferer. = |} - -°- iy e e s vy -25¢ to $1 50 General Manager Lawless of the Ladies’ Neckwear, imported and ex- clusive. - Infants’ Long Dresses, San Franciseo Gas and Electric Com- pany made an absolute guarantee that the entire work, so far as his com- e $l'5° and pany was concerned, would be com- $2.00, TN o5 < S s adine d0IR3 Pl $1.00 pleted within fifteen months. W. R. Babies’ Short Dresses, 1-3 years, were Hewitt said the city's wires could be (| $4.50 to $7.00, now............. $2.50 properly placed in nine months’ time, but it would recuire an appropriation of '$20,000 for the purpose. - F. H. l Lamb of the Western Union Company, M. Collins of the Mutual Electric ’ Company and W. Abbott of the United Railroads desired one year's time in which to comply with the ordinance. The "attorney of the Linemen's Union ineffectually pleaded for an extension of nine months’ time only. Rattles, Bibs, Booties, Caps, Toilet Sets Coats and Dresses—everything for the baby from Shoes to CAP. Ladies’ Waists, Linen, Flannel and Silk—all ex- clusi‘\ely our own'styles, all purchased in IFrllsN, ? all at Reduced Prices. 1 Q"UsLN TflIm& vcu“g WEAR WEAR2]7GI'OM le. m_umu Carrying out its idea of 3' bad a profit,” the Standard Oil Oompl- as stations of its own in all the im- runt ports of the world, and in many uropean cities delivérs “water white” oil at the consumsr's kitchen door,