The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 2, 1904, Page 14

92 THE . SAN 1904 STABLE FIRE CAUSES DEATH OF MAN AND FIFTEEN HORSES FRANCISCO: CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY WANTS FERRY HALE'S. 2 Women After a New REALTY SALES BEAT RECORDS Last Year Establishes Mark Higher Than Any Twelve- J. T. Burns, Porter at Brekle’s Hotel on -Fulton Street, and Valf uable Animals of Park Riding Academy, Are Burned to a orning Month in City’s - History — VALUE IS $47,710,157 : —_— San Francisco Makes More Than Sixty-Three Hundred Deals for Lots -and Improvements 4 San Fgancisco made up. and the value These state- Estate Cir- homas Magee & to-day. The been the most ory of San | l been out have hist fe llowing para- | | a lack of equaled by the When it is for the y ¢ previous ye $11,000.000, activity en well main- in- spite ring the it tinued a in contem- | | he buying time in the when \ N\ s witnessed | ard, Mer- N \ W W Crisp by Fierce Flames That Rage in the Early M S\ NS i\ — | | } | »mpl and | avorably on the| | uildings of im- | ¥ 2 % - - 2 Ly % | 'J:”‘?“F "“"‘d »“’;” RUINS OF THE STABLE A TO THE PARK RIDING ACADEMY, THAT WAS TROYED BY FIRE | l‘rl’\”:i‘flul:“l’d'f EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING, AND THE HOTEL PORTER, WHO, WITH FIFTEEN HORSES, WAS i G b 3 BURNED TO DEATH. i sion uild- 2 buildings on| Three hours after the new year was)had communicated to the building of jabout $2000, which is fully covered by | ,,, o-Unfon Club | ushered in yesterday fire caused the |the riding academy and of -Brekle's |insurance in the British-American Fire | " \ to the Union | death of James Thomas Burns, a por- [ Hotel. The. firemen worked with a|Insurance Company. | & Next to|ter employed at Brekie's Hotel'on Ful- ;Al.l and by. heroic efforts saved the | The loss on the : stable annex| t ng of apart-|ton street, between Fifth and Sixth m::,l] .dl"'l e yfng shiool. . - {2mounts to_ $500; covered.(by insur- | the capital |, one 8 i i hile the flrer!xen were fighting the jance, while the damage to.Brekle's o hesi. |avenues, and also destroyed fifteen | g, peq intense exhitement prevailed on | Hotel and the Park Riding Academy ve had a | VAiuable liorees. . all sides. The employes of the riding | @mounts to about $250. | The scene of the catastrophe -was a | school tried to get the horses out of Mrs. Fred Brekle, daughter-in-law | | stable in the rear of Brekle's Hotel | the stable annex, but were driven back | of the proprietor of the. hotel, had a" monism in the | and was used as an annex by the Park | by sheets of fire. Ifleflou& experience during the fire. cou » the north of | Riding Academy, of ‘which Dilhan & ealizing lhat' it was impossible mishe gave birth to a child twe days ago ta neighboring States | |'save the horses in the annex, the em- jand when the: fire droused her she Anglem are owners. Thirteer! of the horses were. the property of the owners of the riding academy and two belonged to A. Wolt and J. Baird. 1 gas nge .. 415 Post. * Says He Was Held Up. A miner living at 34 3 Eas lained-to the pofice | The fire was first discovered by A. st g that he had been | NuUgent, a roomer in ‘Brekle's Hotel. head by two men and | H¢ Was just:about to retire at 3 o’clock He had been drinking | Yesterday ‘morning when he saw the not tell whére the robbery]8lare of flames through his window was able 1o give -a de- |Which faced toward the stable annex. the two -men.. He was | Nugent at once gave:the alarm and e Harbor Emergency Hos- | many of the- employes of the’riding icerated wound in his | 5chool, who live in the hotel, proceed: | the academy. | | stable annex. Prisoner Dies in a Cell. J. Flanagan, a printer, 33 years f age, died suddenly yesterday morn- ng'in a cell in the City Prison. He had been arrested for drunkenness on | Burns was beyond aid. 2} e preceding evening. Aicoholism is ‘When the Fire Department responhd- believed to have been the cause of [ed t6 the alarm ‘the ‘flimes were eat- death. ing through the wall of the annex and ADVERTISEMENTS. Removal Sale WeHave Got to Movein aFewDays’ THIS GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO BUY ‘ ==GOOD SHOES= -.At Still Greater Reductions Than Ever al... Kasl Removal Sale 104-110 GEARY STREET. ed to try to save the horses in. the’ | stable annex and the main building of Burns, the porfér of the hotel, Who | was burned to death, slept in a small | room that was partitioned off from the FIRE DISCOVERED BY A. NUGENT When the- fire was discovered the stable annex was a mass of flames and ployes of the academy, together with the police and firérhen, turned their at- tention to the horses and equipment in the mdin’ bisilding of the academy. The horses screamed with fright and refuged to leave.their stalls and whips had tc be used to drive the animals out of the building, which seemed dcomed . to destruction. -The animals ied in terror’into the 'streets and scat- tered in all directions in Golden Gate Park. 5 o 3 Valuable buggies and harness were saved, by the firemcn and police and after -a stubborn but short fight thi nes were quelled. ¢ When the firemen entered thé charred stable annex ‘they found the body of Burns, the porter, burned to a_crisp.’ The bodies of the fifteen horses were also roasted by the flames and from their attitude the poor:ani- mals must have struggled to. release themselves from their halters when attacked by the flames. 3 SUPPOSED CAUSE COF FIRE. The cause of the fire is supposed to .| have been a match dropped -by Burns in the room in ‘which he slept in the stable annex.. Burns had been. drink- ing a little freely on: New Year's eve and ‘was put to bed at midnight- by Fred Brekle, the son of Mrs. Brekle, the proprietor of the hotel. It is thought- *that Burns awoke and in lighting a match accidentally set fire to his bedding. 3 Burris was a single man, 26 years old and had worked at Brekle's Hotel for six mhonths. He was formerly a mar- ket hunter, -but suffered - a stroke ' of { paraiysis and was lame. Fred Brekle and A. Nugent tried to reach Burns and.drag him from the burning building, but they were driven back by the heat and flames. - Burns was a native of this city and ‘had a number of relatives here. - His body was removed to the, Morgue by the Coroner’s deputies and it pre- sented a terrible appearance. . The stable annex which was de- stroyed was owned by Louis Metzger, who is also the owner of Brekle's Ho- téel. Mrs. M. Brekle, the lessee of the hotel and the stable annex, leased the, latter building to the’ Park Riding Academy. VALUE OF BURNED HORSES. Captain J. Dilhan, manager of the. riding school and senior partner of the firm, stated yesterday that the value of the horses destroyed aver- aged about $150 a head. The loss to the. owners of the riding school, in- I cluding a quantity of feed, amounts to jTushed into the street, clad only in her. night clothes. Her husband. quickly followed her and conveyed. hér back’ |0 her bed when it was known that the hotel was in no- danger of destruction. | Fred Brekle fears that the shock and exposure to his wife may have serious results. 1 i To the timely work ‘of the Fire De- ' partment is attributed the. saving of the Park Riding Academy and Brekle's | Hotel and their contents( | ———————— Beat a Boiler-Maker. Richard Byrne, a boiler-maker li | ing. at 632 Kansas stréet,’and friends | were engaged in celebrating the ad- | vent of the New Year and shortly be- | fore 4 o’clock yesterday morning they amused ' themselves ' by ' annoying a ' newspaper carrier on O'Farrell street, ! near. Stockton. - Richard Kirby and his friends’ came along and joined in the baiting. Angry words led to blows and Byrne was: knocked out. He was . taken to.the Central Emergery Hos- pital, -where several ;wounds in his scalp were stitchéd and dressed. He claimed that Kirby, struck him on the head' with, the butt end of a revolver and Kirby was arrested on a charge of assault with'a deadly weapon. —————— Bids Wanted. vites offersifor the exclusive livery busi- ness of the “Hotel St: Franci Allan, Pollok, Manager, at Crocker buil, ing, San Frahcisco, before Jan. 10, 1904.% R —— : Egst Loses a Twenty. | Thomas Easf, & roomer.at 606 Fol- som street, reported to the police yes- terday that he put'two $20 gold pieces in a purse fon Thursday’ and placed the purse under a trunk in his room. He\had occasion to leave his room for an hour and when he returned and opened the purse he -discovered that one of the gold: pieces was gone. | —_————— Children take Piso's Cure readily. It is al sovercign remedy for little folks’ colds, * C ————— ‘Wanted- to Celebrate New Year. J. E. Jones, driver of a delivery- wagon, 1iving at 311 Harriet street, | reported to the police yesterday that while he was delivering liquid re- | freshments at a saloon, 1119 Harri- son street, on Thursday night some one. stole a. five-gallon demijohn of . whisky from his wagon. He valued the whisky at $8 50. wedding invitations come from Knowles, 24 Second street. Main 598, * ranch, is at the California. John, N, B., arrived at the Lick yester | who is constructing an electric railwa | in Northern California, is at the Palace. | United States Agricultural Department, | ance of Robert The San Franéisco Hotel Company in- . TRACK LIGHTED Oaklnnd. Resident Suggests the Use of Illuminated Bell- buoys = to Protect Vessels, PETITIONS GOVERNMENT —_— ¥ Federal Official Says That ‘Proposition Would. Increase Danger of Accidents on Bay ke —_— A suggestion has been made to the United States Department of Com-| merce by a resident of Oakland to have the course of the ferry-boats between San Francisco and Oakland marked out by a chain of illuminated bell-buoys. The commuter in his communication to the lighthouse officials of the De- partment of Commerce pointed out the | danger of bay navigation to ferry- boats. His idea is that -a series of small iluminated bell-buoys would lessen the danger of collision and enable the ferry- boats to travel in foggy weather with safety. | Colonel Hanbury of the Lighthause | Board does not favor the proposition of | marking the course of the ferry-boats, with illuminated bell-buoys. | He is of the opinion that the bell- | buoys would Increase the danger of col- ! lision on the bay, owing to congested | navigation, and that the buoys woum‘ be in the track of passing vessels. Colonel Hanbury also says that it would not be possible to confide the| ferry-boats to a definite course, owing | to the changes of the tides. { Illuminated bell-buoys have been in | use for many years at Honolulu. The | channel through the reef entering the | harbor at Hounolulu is well defined by | illuminated buoys set at short intervals. | —_— PERSONAL. | | | | | Dr. E. D. Olmstead of Spokane is at the Lick. | J. L. Berringer, a vineyardist of. St. | Helena, is at the Lick. James Rennie, manager of the Vina C. Hickmott, a well known agricul- turist of Ross, is at the California. Josef Hamburger, a merchant Guaymas, Mex., is at the Occidental. Dr. and Mrs. McLaren of St. Paul | registered -at the Palace yesterday. Captain V. Babbit and wife of of | ! { | i day. \ Captain John Cross of Tos Angeles, Louis Francis Brown, who has been | | the business associate of Lecturer Bur-’ | ton Holmes for a number of years, is | at the_Palace. | J. E. Rickard, former Governor of | Montana and now attached to the! is registered at the Palace. —————— ADAMS' Irish "Moss Cough Balsam the sa fl sure, guaranteed cure, 25c, 50c. Druggists. Missing Persons. Robert Lane of 1010 Alabama street notified the Coroner yesterday that his | housekeeper, Mrs. Clara A. Richards, | 47 years of age, had disappeared and | that he. feared she had committed suicide. She had been déspondent re- | cently and had threatened to.do away with herself. James Keow of 9 Oak Grove avenué reported the disappea Everett, who, left his | home at 116 Fourth street, at 11 a. m. on_Thursday and had not been | seen since. - He .is 65 years of age| and has been out of employment and | despondent. MARKS BROS. Women’s Eiderdown Sacques At a discount of 3313 % from regular prices. 4 5 Reduced price placed upon Sacque Cas pictured. Collar, bell sleeves and front attractively bound with a hand crocheted design of worsted; solid colors to select from; sold .regularly Made of an excellent ‘quality of plain eiderdown; ribbon_bow at neck; tight fitting style; bishop sleeves; made with extra care and finish. 9 8 -Reduced price placed upon our C $1.25 and $1.50 Rippled Eider- down Dressing Sacques; large sailor col- lar tastefully trimmed in black bizpliqw; silk frogs: pretty ond comfortabie. BIG REDUCTIONS IN LACES AND EMBRO!DERIES. Green Trading Sh_l_ps_ With All Purchases. MARKS BROS. “HONEST VALUES.” 1220-1222-1224 Market Street Between Taylor and Jones. PASSES MANY ! lice Judge Conlan on three charges of | | against the decision of the lower court. | The judge fixed his bail in $375 cash. | it be sent to his.“wife” at 722 Mont- | { “wife” had no lesser denomination. | change, but on ringing the door beil | giving him a $20 Confederate bill and'| | receiving the $17 50 change. | as the boy returned to the store the| | fraud was discovered and one of the| | a large number of the bills in Sacra- | mates informed Deputy Coroner Mich- | morning. The presumption is that he | | jumped off the stairs. | | en Pines Circle, Ladies of the Grand i dress. It's a ¢ buy, m: The sty We don't Dressy black and At Then at $43.75. soon. Talf the Welcome, Most Astonishing Ribbon News Hale's Ever Had. 6-Inch Moire Ribbons 60c Quality at 17¢ Plenty of it in every imaginable color; a qualily that's the very éream of the loom. Most One of the proudest ribbons made’ to:day—one the proudest of women wear. It- has that. soft. silky touch, that charming, changeable effect, that tone and stvie only high-grade ribbons have, and vet at half the price of common kind. It’s an offer to make ribbon talk and ribbon business like no one ribbon we've put out ever did. It won't disappoint you. Sometimes a bargain looks better in the paper than it does in .the store. “Not afy Hale’s. Two big windows it this morning, and heaped with it. Why? The manufacturer does it. Maybe we'll have more Toom and time to tell you about it to-mor- o are filled with three tables Suit or Jacket Take advantage of this sale at Hale's. Most all the suits have been reduced. In fact, the saving is so important that you will ybe, S a month old. Those snappy omnes in blue and .white ped coats, striking military collars, full puff sleeves. % X Then at $a.75. many charming styles in cheviots, mannish and Scotch mixtu and granite cloths. 3 H $14.75 are four styles in broadcloth and zibelines, as well as three styles in The jackets are long or short, with drooping shoulder capes We want you to see them—see them They are getting picked over every day. That’s how important we think they are. hance to save if you want to buy. n't thought of buying. if you are as new and lite as there are believe any of them are more ‘than hey start with Zibeline. Suits at $8.75 and white mixtures, with straight strap- mixtures. $21.75. $22.50, $26.75, $20.75 and window front is given. up to themn 5 Dollars For Any Hat in the Mil- linery Salon them "have in Some of ostrich plumes that themselves - are worth $6.00. Some of the:hats alone sold for $8.00 and $g.00 unttimmied. Some of them -are ’trimmed with real mink. The mink itself is-worth $5.00, to say nothing of the hat and ostrich pompon that go with it. If any one wants 4 mid-season hat they needn’t want ‘very long. Special Notice. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Morrill (New York hair and scalp. - specialists) have charge of our hairdressing and manicuring parlors. y LI BOGUS BILLS Grocers and Other Storekeep- ers Are Vietimized by Thom- as Kelly, Alias Callaghan | L i e | Thomas Kelly, alias Frank Calla-| ghan, has apparently an inexhaustible! = supply of Confederate bills which he passes on unsuspecting storekeepers. A few weeks ago he was arrested for} passing bills upon Jrocers in the West- ern, Addition and was convicted by Po- obtaining- money by false pretenses. He was sentenced to serve six months in the County Jail on each charge. He applied for a writ of habeas corpus be- fore Judge Cook for his release, but it was denied on the ground that the proper course for him to take in the case of a misdemeanor was to appeal Kelly accordingly appealed and was re- leased on bail. | The police were notified some days ago that Confederate bills were again | in circulation. The proprietor of a Jap- anese store on Post- street near Grant avenue was a victim to the extent of , and a lodging-house keeper at Grant avenue was victimized to the same amount. On Wednesday Kelly called at thie grocery of Costa Brothers, 1302 Dupont street, and purchased $2 50 worth of olive oil, requesting that gomery avenue. He also asked that change for a $20 bill be sent, as his A boy was sent with the oil and the was told that no-such person lived| there. He was going away when Kely | appeared and took the oil from him, As soon partners jumped into a buggy and| droye to the house, but Kelly had dis- | appeared, leaving the oil behind him. Detectives Bunner and Freel were de- tailed on the case and they arrested Kelly on Kearny street yeslerday' morning and locked him up in “the| tanks” at the City Prison. He will be| detained till it can be seen how many charges can be booked against him. The police say that he has also passed mento since his release on bail by Judge Copk. e James Hoffman Dies Suddenly. James Hoffman's dead body was found yesterday morning lying in the east corridor of the City Hall, near the stairway. The body was lying on the right side and blood had flowed copiously from the nose. The body was identifled by a card of the Glass Blowers’ Union found on his person. He had lived for some time at the Enterprise Hotel at the corner of Six- teenth and Folsom streets. Hoffman had .been recently under medical treatment for alcoholism. His room- ael Brown that he had delirium tre- mens when he left the hotel yesterday ———— Seven Pines’ Installation. The recently elected officers of Sev- Army, will be installed in public next Monday night in Shasta Hall, Pioneer building. = National President Mrs. Belinda S. Balley will install the of- ficers and Mrs. Annie Krebs, the na- tional secretary, will deliver an ad- —_——— ! Baker's Fingers Crushed. Joseph Lokin, a baker, employed in a cracker factory on Fulton street, had | his fingers badly crushed in a paste | roller yesterday afternocon. He was treated at the Central Emergency Hospital. | @ % Accused of Burglary. Harry Steinwachs, a boy 18 yedrs of age, was hooked at the City Prison yesterday by Officers’ Tillman, Regan and O’Connell on a charge of burg- lary. He is accused of entering the rooms of -Mrs. Hadsell, 106 Third street,” on ‘December 19 and stealing a’gold watch and dress suit ca which the officers recovered. —_————— The bubonic plague, which has new been in India more than six - years, shows no sign of abatin; ADVERTISEMENTS. Cut, Fit and < Style:. Are characteris- tics of our tail- oring. You can get mno Dbetter anywhere. You may get a - suit here on pay ments of $1.00 2 Week You take ‘the suit on first pay- ment. and have the use of it while paying for . Come in - to- ‘morrow and or- der. A.B.SMITH Co. Up-to-Date Tailors, 128-132 Ellis Street, Above Powell, SAN FRANCISCO. The Highest Priced but the Best Quality. X ‘S8OLD EVERYWHERE, HILEERT MERCANTILS CO., Pacific Coast Agents. ALWAYS: RELIABLE PIANO