The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 3, 1904, Page 26

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 1904. Immen.se )(c;ducti,,,_ns We are in the clearance busi- ness in earnpest. The store has been crowded all week, particular- ly in the Ready- to-Wear Gar- ment Depart- ment, where Suits, Coals, Skirts and Waisls Are being offered at less than the cost of manufacture. We have a corps of expert fitters and every garment is guaran- teed to fit. The other depart- ments are participating and offering equally good bar- gains. Sale of Svils. $20.00 Suits reduced to..$11.50 $25.00 Suits reduced to..$14.50 $30.00 Suits reduced to..$19.50 $40.00 Suits reduced to..$25.00 $60.00 Suits reduced to..$40.00 of Coats. $10:00' Coats reduced t0. .- cceccecennnccnnn... 3495 $15.00 Coats reduced to $7.50 $20.00 Coats reduced 10....vcncccnccncnaac... $13.756 $30.00 Coats redwed 10. - - o e o e cacacaaaaa . . STOTH $35.00 Velour Coats reduced 10............... $1475 $40.00.Velour Coats reduced to............... $19.75 Sale of Skirts. $5.00' Walking Skirts reduced to........ $6.50 Dress Skirts reduced to. $8.00 Dress Skirts reduced to..... $12.00 Dress Skirts reduced to......... $1.50.Sateen Skirts reduced $0. .- ccccecncacaa. .. Sale of Waisls. $3.00°Flannel Waists reduced to. . $5.00 Silk Waists reduced to. Sale - $3.85 - $4.25 $6.00 $8.50 95¢ --$1.50 $3.45 | | | { | a repetition of | | comply with the following provisions 5 MANAGERS BESIEGE MAYOR. } {"which were shut last night were closed CHICAGO'S THEATER HORROR Cause of Failure to Lower Curtain Is Discovered. A e CHICAGO, Jan. 2—Every theater in the city of Chicago was in darkness to- night, its doors locked. Not one of them will be open to the public until their managers shall have complied in the fullest manner with every section of the ordinances regulating play- houses. The order compelling the theaters to close was issued this afternoon by | Mayor Harrison after a conference with Corporation Counsel Tolman, who assured the Mayor that ample legal ground existed for his action. Seventeen theaters and museums were closed last night and the sweep- ! ing order of the Mayor to-day shut the | doors of sixteen more. The latter are | the leading theaters in the business sec- | tion' of the city, namely: | _ The Studebaker, Grand Opera-house, McVicker's, La Salle, Garrick, Illinois, | Powers, Bush Temple, Calumet, Cleve | land, Great Northern, I kins, Peoples’ Institute, and Columbus. The Illinois and Fow- are owned and controlled by Pow- and Dayls, the managers of the ill- The Garrick Theater Trocadero pe | fated Iroquois. closed to-day is™mot to be confounded being one of the largest playhouses in the city, while the one concerning which a on was taken yesterday is | a much smaller house in the northwest- ern portion of the city. The seventeen places of amusement for the one reason that they were not provided with an asbestos curtain. The further action taken to-day Is in con-| | sequence of violations of other sections of the ordinances regulating theaters. There was a rush of theater managers to the office of Mayor Harrison in the effort to obtain the withdrawal, or, at least, a postponement of the order, but their reception was of an exceedingly frosty nature. They were informed by the Mayor that the inspectors had re- ported in the case of every one of them which had violated the law and | | he determined that it should not be said hereafter that the city had neg- 1 lected anything which could prevent| | the horror of last| ! L ‘Wednesday. ‘market, Hop- | | i | | ,uuh the Garrick closed yesterday, it| | i | DUE TO ONE CARELES — HICAGO, Jan.2.~The | total number of dead in the Iroguois The- ater fire has been definite- 1y established at 587, of which but twelve remain unidentified. To one man’s carelessness, it was to- day learned, can the enor- ! mous loss of life be attrib- uted. It was found, through information sup- plied by a stage employe, that the lowering of the asbestos curtain was pre- vented by a projecting re- flector, which caught one end of the curtain, leav- | ing an opening through which a wave of flame | poured out upon the audi- ence. The man whose duty it was to swing the reflector ont of the way of the curtain had failed to do so, and the holocaust resulted. E‘ory theater in Chicago has been closed by orders | ! the Mayor's pending the properobserv- ance of the city’s regula- tions insuring protection against fire. Scores of fu- nerals were held in the stricken city to-day. Be- | ginning at the noon hour every church bell in Chieago joined in tolling a dirge of an hour’s dura- tion. | The fact that the asbestos curtain in the Iroquois Theater was so badly wrecked by the fire that charred por- tions of it have been carried away by the various Investigating committees caused thg committee to decide that asbestos curtains could not be relied upon to afford the most complete pro- tection. It was announced that every theater in the city must hereafter |t w before they will be allowed to open: Steel roll curtains, wide exits, no com- b bles of any kind in the house fur-.| nishings, fireproofed scenery, no cal- cium or “spot” lights to be used on the stage; skylights above the stage provided with automatic lids to permit the egress of smoke, fire and gas; m mentioned as a possible cause of the curtain’s failure to reach the stage, was proved to have been out of the way of the curtain as it descended. in the theater was a metallic reflector, concave in form, twenty feet long and these masonry, swung out, in order that on the stage. when open, was fqurteen inches. both reflectors curtain course, but with either swung outward On either side of the pruscenium arch udded throughout ith incandescent lamps. Normally lights fittgd into niches in the but when in use they were the lights ight be thrown upon the performers Their greatest width, ‘When Are in place the fire impediment in its its entire length had no S MAN e Mayor’s Order Closes All Playhouses in the City. * e which cost approximately 600 lives. Mazzoni, who was employed as a scene shifter, was one of the first of the stage employes to be placed under arrest. After his release this afternoon on bonds of $5000 he disclosed the truth of the misplaced reflector to Fire In- spector Fulkerson. STORY TOLD BY MAZZONI. “I stood near the switchboard from which the fire started,” said Mazzoni, “when I saw the flames shooting up from the drapery near the lamps. The fire curtain was coming down as I looked up and_almost at the same time I saw that one end was lower than the other, and as I looked close I could see that it was caught. I ran up on the bridge on the ncrth side to try to get the curtain free. The bridge is twelve feet high and, although I climb- ed upon the rail. I could hardly touch the bottom of the curtain. “When I reached the bridge I could see the sparks drifting under the cur- tain toward the audience. When I looked again a few seconds later a great sheet of flame was darting under the curtain and into the faces of the peo- ple. I stuck to the work ¢f trying to get the curtain down until embers and pieces of scenery began falling upon me and burning me, and then I ran across the stage and into the alley. I stayed at the door and helped éverybody out | until all had escaped who came that way."” Inspector Fulkerson, taking witnesses with him, at once went to the theater, where he found that, although the flames had whipped the asbestos cur- | tain into shreds, the reflector which | had blocked its descent was still in the position stated by Mazzoni. PRGN o e PERMITS FOR BURIALS. | Names of Many Victims Are Listed in Coroner’s Office. CHICAGO, Jan. 2.—The Coroner to- day issued burial permits for the fol- lowing: | A | Ragna Anderson. | B Ethel Blackman, 13 years; Mrs. Minnie Byer, Alexander Byer, Nellle Berry, Mrs. Annie Bergieh, Arthur J. Bfl;‘l@h, 11 years. Mrs. Florence Corcoran, Susan L | E Lottie Ellis, Willlam Engels, 7 years. | F | Ella Franden, Gertrude Fitzpatrick. | G Josephine Geban, Vera Golsby, H N. R. Hansen, Nancy William Sadie Cook, Clay. 16 years. Mrs. Minnie Holmes, Hanson, 10 years; Mary Horrick, Hennessy, 14 years; John S. Hartman. | their | with fancy mahogany, mottled | best piano-maker of the world. ADVERTISEMENTS. e v A MODERN PIAND STORE : e private exhibi rooms at PoMMER- ETLERS Some Facts About the Pommer-Eilers Music Co., the Exclusive Piano and Organ House. Why They Excel and Undersell. This is the age of specialists. To be successful one's energies must be cenm- tered upon one thing. In the business world the most successful men are those who select from the great field of merchandising some one article and devote time and energy to it. The Pommer-Eilers Music Co. sell only Planos and Organs. This, of course, includes the piano-players and electrical playing attachments. The efforts of the entire concern go toward making the business a success. They are continually on the lookout for the bést instru- ments and are continually devising means and ways for getting them into the hands of the people at lower prices than gemeral music houses must ask. Taking advantage of new facilities in shipping and handling, keeping an eye on the rents and storage expenses, it develops that they are able to save a re- tail buyer a hundred dollars or more on a piano. They are now disposing of a few odds and ends left over from a very large fall business, and if you are planning on purchasing a plano this is | your opportunity to get one at a great saving. Here Are Some for $I33 Less. A few medium-grade planos, such as are sold at other stores for $300, alnut or oak cases to select from. Pianos in | this class sell for $148 and $137, and a few $350 styles are offered at $213 and $2 The terms on these instruments are $6.00 down and $5.00 or $6.00 a month on the payments. Baby Grands for $200 Less. Here is an opportunity for you to sclect a Baby Grand Piano, made by the a very handsome ng. The regular prices range from $650 to $1000. P now being ed will be found an average of at least $200 below these figures. The payments call for $50 down and $10 to $15 a month to take up the balance. This Lot at $I170 Less. You will find in this class high-grade pianos of natlonal reputation, that usually sell for $450, $500 and $550. Prices prevailing now make It possible to $2.00 Alpaca Waists reduced $1.50 Dress Sacque reduced to...... $1.50 Camel’s Hair Zibelines 73c a Yard A great special from the Dress Goods Department. lot comprising solid colors, two-toned a_nd fancy weaves, 46 to 56 This is the stylish long hair kind, panne finish, inches wide former prices were $1.25 and $1.50 a yard. Th: bright si black arance Sale price.. 8 e, lavender, purple at always sells for 85c. 50c Linen Cenier Pieces 25c. This lot came too late for holiday selling. They are beautifully and are very easily worked. We have r inspection. Clearance Sale price... tinted in cher one embroidere design for are the genuine English make. 2 - and all colors to select from, including a deep rich e extra heavy quali Sc Taficta Silks ken line to be closed out. e 3l nd amethyst. This is the heavy Clearance Sale price 0z $1.45 95¢ An assorted The 3c Clearance Sale Full 52 inches wide.. Very y that sells for $1.00 a 49C 39¢ a Yard. There are shades of maise, old 39c 25¢ Any man is liable to make mistakes, but it is the other fellow who blunders. Made Strong. Contracted Ailments Cured Quickly. DR. HOLSMAN The Master Specialist. More than 17 Years’ Success. Con. sultation Free at Office or by Mail. I HAVE CURED MORE MEN THAN any other physiclan on the coast. My treatments Are more rational, more mod- ern and more effective than any other phy- sician practicing in the West. My treat- ment gives vim, vigor, vitality, nd despond and ambition to weak ai wasting weakness, etc., quickly and per- manently. I ALSO CURE successful cisco write me in confidence and I will send you sealed, by mail, a booklet which contains & treatise on all diseases and weaknesses of men, and & great deal of other valuable information. C. K. HOLSMAN, M. D. 729 Market St, San Frauncisco. (Top Floor) Hours—9 to 8 dafly; 0 to 17 Sundays. ACOUSED OF STEALING BODIES. Chicago Police Investigating Reports Implicating Medical Students. CHICAGO, Jan. 2.—Assistant Chief of Police Schuettler received word late this afternoon that the bodies of sev- eral victims of the Iroquois Theater fire which had been carried into the North- western University building had been taken by students and secreted. fact that many persons have been re- ported missing whose bodies have not | been found by friends after a most careful search through the morgues lends coler to the rumor, in Assistant Chief Schuettler's mind. He at once| detailed Officers Johnston, Burke and Mulheany to make a thorough search of the building. Taking with them lanterns, the offi- cers went to the building and explained their mission to Dr. William E. Har- per, secretary of the dental scheol. Dr. Harper assured them that he had searched the entire building to make sure that no bodies or lost property re- mained, but to satisfy the police he personally conducted them from attic to cellar, opening doors to dark and long passages and making the search & thorough one. The only bodies found were those in the dissecting-room, which the police carefully examined and decided that they were not those of victims of the fire. ——l . MOURNING IN BERKELEY. BERKELEY, Jan. 2.—Mrs. Pearl Wunderlich, a sister-in-law of Mrs. Fred F. Connor, wife of the City Trustee; her 10-year-old child, Helen Wunderlich, .and her father, Harry Danner, were among the victims of the Chicago disaster. Mrs. Connor received word yesterday from her brother, Harry Wunderlich, that he had recovered the bodies of his wife and child and father-in-law from the wreck. This was the first information Mrs. Connor had received of the fate of her relatives, as their names did not appear among the list of dead in her paper: The Wunderlichs were residents of Chicago, where Mr. Wunderlich is connected with a large piano concern, and Mr. Danner was visiting them during the holidays, having come from his home in Burlington. them had ever been in California, but intended to visit it next summer. The | | separate s rways—each exit having | its own stairs leading to the street, MUST OBEY THE LAW. | After issulng his sweeping order, | Mayor Harrison | “I do not wish to assume responsi- | bility for these theaters. The order was issued to make it certain that no | precaution to insure the safety of au- | diences had been neglected. “It is quite probable that the owners | of the theaters will sustain serious | financial loss; but, in view of the condi- | tion of the playhouses, we cannot take | any risk, and if the law had been fully complied with in the first place there would have been no question of clos- | ing them now. The Auditorium, whicl is the only theater left open in Chi- cago, has a steel roll curtain, and as this seems to be the only curtain that affords absolute protection against fire, |1 have determined as far as possible | to see that the other playhouses are similarly provided.” PROPRIETORS ARE ARRESTED. Will J. Davis and Harry Powers, proprietors of the Iroquois Theater, and Building Commissioner Willilams are under arrest, charged with man- | slaughter. They have been released on $10,000 bonds and their hearing is set for January 12. The warrants for their arrest were sworn out by Arthur E. Hull, who lost his wife and three children in the fire. Hull explained that his action was not inspired by any motive of vengeance, but simply to make it certain thdt the owners of | the theater should not escape any | chance of punishment that was right: F[ully theirs while stage employes and [electricians were compelled to suffer. | It is a noteworthy fact that Build- ing Commissioner Williams, who is now charged with manslaughter in | connection with the greatest fire hor- ror the country has ever experienced, | owes his appointment to a tragedy of a similar nature, but of much less ex- tent, which occurred two years ago. Williams’ predecessor vacated his of- fice after the burning of St. Luke's | Sanitarium at Twentieth street and ‘Wabash avenue. This was the insti- | tution in which a score of men suf- | fering from delirium tremens were {burned to death while strapped to their beds. Williams was selected in the belief that he was the proper man to see that no such catastrophe could again occur. FINDS CAUSE OF HOLOCAUST. Fire Inspector Fulkerson to-night { announced that he had finally dis- covered the secret of the fire. The as- bestos curtain, upon which the safety of the audience depended, was, ac- cording to Fulkerson, blocked in its descent by a reflector carelessly left open by a stage employe. While one end of the curtain got within five feet | of the stage the other was suspended twenty feet above it and beneath it swept the flood of flame that carried death to so many hundreds. . The first step toward a definite con- clusion as to the cause of the fire was made when Willlam McMullen, opera- tor of the “‘spot” light, threw the blame upon another electric light near by. The task was completed when Fulker- son followed up a clew given by John A. Mazzoni, a stage employe, and dis- covered the deadly reflector, still open, in the ruins of the theater. The wire used in the “aerial ballet,” — e NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. SNSRI RTINS s THE MICROSCOPE Proves That Parasites Cause Mair Loss. Nine-tenths of the diseases of the scalp and hair are caused by parasitic germs. The importance of this discov- ery by Professor Unna of the Charity overestimated. It explains why ordi- nary hair preparations, even of the most expensive character, fail to cure dan- druff; because they do not and they ean- not kill the dandruff germ. The only hair preparation in the world that posi- tively ‘destroys the dandruff parasites that burrow up the scalp into scales called scurf or dandruff, is Newbro's Herpicide. In addition to its destroying the dandruff germ, Herpicide is also a delightful hair dressing. Sold by lead- ing druggists. Send 10c in stamps for ::{la to The Herpicide Co., Detroit, Hospital, Hamburg, Germany, cannot be | the descending curtain could not get below the reflector's top. Carelessness of some employe, whose identity it will be the effort of the police to ascertain to-morrow, resulited in the combination of the open reflector and falling curtain ADVERTISEMENTS. Golden Oak Sideboard The exhibition of dinings room furniture occupying our entire second floor is nothing less than fascinating. Judging from the extensive variety it would seem that no other line of furniture made equaled it in importance. To one who is familiar with the many different furniture pe- riods the display is especially K | obtain !her $450 styles for $286 and the oht\lcns( 0 grade for § . $327 and Mrs, Francls Kercher, Lola B. “tvebler, 16 | $315- Payments of 325 down and $10 or $12 a m h are accepte L Used Pianos for Less. The tremendous number of planos sold by this concern means an accumula~ firs, Jessie Lemenager, Wallace Lemenager, P ¥ & T e tion of used planos. These instruments are always offered at bargain prices. Fila Lawrence, Dalsy E. Livingston, Eugenla | pollowing are a few to show you what this saving is 4 o Rzt Kimball Square .. Kroeger (elegant case) ... ..8145 M Sherwood & Son Upright . Jls11e Ella Mueller, William L. McLaughlin, Ella o . Tl s e e | Vose Square ........... veie.....$38 Fancy 1 | Kimball Upright (mahogany case)... J. P. Hal Upright ...... X 8315 Colby Upright . cee..§918 Dr. Ghatid. 8. Qwen, | Hemme & Pommer-Eilers Upright . ...9188 P | Chickering Upright .... Howard M. Palmer, 9 years; Rosamong Par- | i ish, Mrs. Augusta M. Pease. A P‘a“o Players for Less' | Prices range from $120 to $200. The latter price secures a mew one. Pay- Q | ments $25 down and $8 or $10 a month. Mrs, Jeannette M. Quetsch. ! 00, located at 653 Market st., THE POMMER-E! MUSI are conducting this sale. They have other interesting. The Italian, Renaissance, Gothic, Colo- nial, Empire, Sheraton, Adams and Mission are all represented. The sideboard pictured above is a modern creation in golden oak. Quite a dainty design and nicely finished. Measures 42 inches wide and 70 inches high. Price, $45.00. eras 261 to 281 Geary Street _At Union Square 1 grocer. R stores at Sacramento, Eureka, Stockton, Portland, Seattie and Spokane. Wherever they are doing business they Ruth Robbins, Clara E. Retd, Mrs. Barbara | have a reputation for honesty and integrity, and if you are intending to pur. L. Reynolds. chase a piano you should see them. 3 S —— Vellie § Mrs. < g pr Hells Bharais, Now. Vioohges Sy received of the loss of personal effects | bodies were examined at the morgues. Mrs. Ada Stmpson, Bruch, Colo.; Joseph mour, Elolse Mrs. Mary A, -awbri 3 N. Strong. Mrs. Elizabeth Strong, Dr. W. J. Sheridan, Edwin A. Spring. Mrs. Ellen N. Spring, Winthrop N. Spring. Marig C. Tomey, Clarence Thompson, Kansas City; Robért S. Thompson, Grace Tuttle, ¢ A Eric W, Weck, Mrs. C. M. Wilcox, Mrs. Etta Wickofsky, Florence Q. White, BELLS TOLL CITY'S DIRGE. Scores of Funerals Occur Simultane- ously in Stricken Chicago. CHICAGO, Jan. 2.—Church bells toll- ing at noon. business activity checked, manv celebrations postponed and long lines of funerals making their way to the outlying districts, where the ceme- teries are situated—these circumstances to-day evidenced Chicago's outward grief for the victims of the Iroquois | Theater disaster. Priests and minis- ters of the gospel went from funeral to funeral to-day, as they will to-mor- row and Monday. The unidentified dead will be kept as long as possible at the morgues. If no one then comes to lay claim to the bodies they will be buried at the city’'s expense. By com- mon assent of the clergy, “Lead, Kindly Light,” the hymn written by Cardinal Newman, is belng sung at all the fu- nerals. The City Hall, except absolutely nec- essary departments, was closed to-day. The Board of Trade closed an hour earlier than usual, and a number of mercantile and manufacturing estab- lishments also closed early. « Thirty-four teachers in the public schools are known to have lost their lives in the fire, and the schools will be closed on Monday in their memory. The tolling of bells at noon for an hour was in response to an expressed wish of*Mayor Harrison. At 12 o’clock the chimes of a North Side church tolled a dirge and the northeast wind carried it over the city.” Before the first notes had cied away another chime farther south sounded a mournful in- onation. Then a hundred bells broke orth in a mighty diapason, whose iron moans seemed to reach the gray clouds and echoed brck again in solemn con- cord. As the tones of the city’'s dirge in the scattered towers spread over the city more persons paused and listened in sorrow and awe than on any occa- sion in the minds of the people. Many stood with bared heads, as on the day of the burial of President McKinley. Amceng the hundreds of funerals to- day perhaps none had so many dis- tressing features as those wherein were buried -three out of four generations of the family of Benjamin Moore, a There had been a family re- union in the Moore household, and Ben- jamin Moore was surrcunded by his children, his grandchildren and his great-grandchildren. Nine members of the family went to the Iroquois Theater to see “Mr. Bluebeard.” Seats were purchased in the last row of the ‘sec- ond balcony near the aisle farthest ! away from the main entrance. When | the fire and smoke came all but one of the party sat still and were killed. The eight bodies were among those in- terred to-day. From the large number of complaints | | | | 1 { | | exty was lost in the fire. t | victims had money in their possession from the bodies of the fire victims, the | Much of the property of value un- Coroner’s office clerks estimate that btedl; $100,000 worth of diamonds, watches, [ T8F have been stolen by ghouls. jewelry, furs and other personal prop- | Many of the | which could not be found when the Continued on Page 27, Column 4. doubtedly was lost, but a large amount The excitement that reigned at the scene of the fire made it impossible to sys- ADVERTISEMENTS. Such prices as we offer here have never before been heard of in business under normal conditions. Theyare simply an experiment. The loss of trade in a dull season means a big loss of money yearly. If we hold the volume of trade by losing the same money on prices, we will be ahead on the advertising our store receives. Experience teaches us that we will do a tremendous business as soon asthe public sees these prices, Jacket Bargains Tailor Dress Bargains ALL WOOL KERSEY JACKET, ALL-WOOL OLOTH silk lined throughout; tans and Lr.omed jackets, silk lin - style skirts. Have sold for $2i blacks; have sold as high as and $25.00. While they last sale $20.00. Sale price al 5.00 price will be ....cc.eve...$10.00 NEW BOX JACKETS; all. wool scoTom ommvioT Kerseys; satin lined; blacks and mzmb‘m&flk tans. Were $12.50. Sale B7.5¢ modeling. Wero 320.00 and $22.50. MILITARY. JACKETS. WITH oory op. ed, good 0.00 OF «evvecesvannn e ¢ = T DRESSES — Straight CAPES; all satin lined: loose styles, rich all-wool ‘m.fil’f‘é backs; fine all wool Kerseys: plain and fancy, silk-lined coats, black, Oxfords and tans. Were J5roatiie, Skicts. Always sold for $30.00 and $35.00. On sale for,.. crreriasene seenene . 820,00 Waist and Skirt Bargains Fine Silk Waists, lined, in lots of Etamine Dress Skirts; lined; black colors. Were $4.00. Sale price and blues; trimmed with silk. . $2.00 “;re $12.50 and $r5.00. Sale price $7.50 and $10.00 All Woal Rainy Day Skirts: best Fine Cloth Walking Skirts in black ; d good shades, in the latest of tailor-made styles. Were $5.00. ::1 les. Were $10. e Sale Price ..cececseesco .. . SBBO - Salepf‘“fs $20.00. Sale price .....$12.50 Fur Bargains Genuine Fur Collarettes: all silk Electric_Seal and Genuine Astra- lined; high storm collar. ~Were Khan Fur Capes; 14 inches deep; satin lined. Were $20.000. $7.50 and $10.00. Now..$3.50. price, .. %, s e SUI'T HOUSE HEARNY STREET CILOAXK 120 (=