The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 17, 1904, Page 23

THE SAN FRANC ISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1904. ADVERTISEMENTS. N aaaanaaadl | 518-820 MARKET ST. SAN FRANCISCO. We still have our CLEARANCE SALE on. Note thé big cuts in our prices. Sale of Muslinwear. Corset Covers, Made fitted back, V' sieck e o emb .8$1.50 cach ies’ Car th deep lawn flounce and cluster L_adfim L emstitched hemn - .25¢ to 31.53 i o i AC ent (&) musiin _an Ladies’ Chemises. 2 e : Bnsiin, Sand Muslin Gowns. v reliable material, - - an rettily ..50¢c t Cambric Skirts. Elat " 30 d trimming. from Uflb[c!lf_[)fva“_fl'i ...... 30c to $2.00 FINCK'S guarantesd FOUNTAIN PENS Cut to Fragrant Toilet Soap. Comes in 6 odors. Reg. b Sl}fl curdia 7 250 TRUNKS AT !Amlf PRICES. Brass Bird Cages. FIRST GRADE ** HENDRYX ™ 59 Rez. 75c—Special HAIR BRUSHES. 20 different styles. Reg. 50c; cut ALL THE LATEST MUSIC AT HALF THE REGULAR PRICE. SPECIAL—BABY CARRIAGE. baby ecarriage erooms during the holiday se: some 40 or more became slightly 4. These are perfect otherwise, but 1o clase them out have decided to cut the ] $12.00 Trunks to.. $9.00 5 £30. 10 £22.50 00 Trun $25.00 Trunks to. . eels, Tubbe $10.00 Trunks to rk green ena e 0.00 Trunks to $8.00 Trunks to... %10 5 k0 5 o AP sssess Tus o n NN m 5 to $6.00 $15.00 Trunks to $6.00 Trunks to. - m. $2.00 1o $2.75 - E TR T SUIT CASES. An elegant line of medium price suit cases, with same quality locks, bolts and steel frame as best goods. 2 in spraorh. SN ..$1.45 1 $2.50 2 26} 2 in = ..$1.60 o $3.50 BABY BASKET 45c. ¢ willow; strong and neat; 1 chean at 75c; now Exnives, Razors ant Shears ground Picture Prames of all descriptions made to order. Undertaker Smes for Payment SAN 16.—L. M. Gaffney. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16.—J. L. Ra to-day petitioned | nett, who was convicted in the Supe- urt to compel the pay- | rior Court of attempting to murder of $1231 for the fun- | his 16-year-old son, Ernest, was sen- Father Sent to San Quentin. nder e of ithe late Thomas To- | tenced to-day by Judge Smith to ten . man who died here years’ imprisonment in San Quentin. a z Mr. Gaffney affirms | Barnett was convicted of assaulting > 1ed by the execu- his son with a hammer and razor to render ser- ommensurate in an attempt to take his life because {the boy persisted in his intention of s cased and 10 |joining the United States navy. His ! e ": defense was temporary insanity. ! —_———— - { Will Disfranchise Negroes. Bar FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan. 16.—The o n | House Committee on Suffrage and Elections has decided to report favor- ably the Heflin suffrage bill, which in TELLS OF VISIT 10 THE BEYOND I}linois Man, Supposedly Dead, Revives and Claims to Have Made a Journey to Heaven N Gl DESCRIBES WHAT HE SAW e L e | Predicts the Day and Hour of His Seccond Demise and It Occurs at the Given Special Dispatch to The Call. HARRISBURG, Ill, Jan. 16.—An |incident which occurred here a few days ago equals, if it does not surpass, some of the miracels related in the Bible. Ulysses S. Roberts had been afflicted with consumption for nearly a year. Two weeks ago his condition became worse and a few days later he called his wife and two children to his bedside, and, kissing them good- by, told them of his fast approaching end. In the presence of the family, Rev. A. S. Maxey of the First Method- ist Episcopal Church, Attorney R. S. Marsh, the family physician and rela- tives he apparently died. An undertaker was called. and all necessary preparations were being made for the funeral. Three hours posed dead man smiled and opened his eyes. Roberts asked them how long he had been gone, and when told three hours, he said: “That's strange; it seems to me I have been gone a thousand years. I have been in heaven and I have been so happy.” He told of his meeting with his father, who had long preceded him, and other relatives and friends. Many questions were asked by Rev. Maxey concerning heaven and the de- scription given by Roberts was won- derful. the Lord sent him back to perform a mission. “But,” said he, “I have just seven days to remain on earth, when I will leave you until we meet up yonder.” When asked by Rev. Mr. Maxey as to how Jesus appeared, he said he was almost always happy, except that at times when he beheld this earth steeped in sin an expression of sadness overshadowed his face. True to Roberts’ prediction, on the seventh day and at the very hour named. he passed away—for the sec- |ond time, his relatives firmly believe. ————— The Story of a Church. | The strange vicissitudes in the history | of St. Catherine's Chapel, at Milton Ab- bey, Dorset, England, probably came to an end the other day when the Dean of Salisbury rededicated the restored | The tiny church of St. Catherine's was {and was served by the monks from ! Milton Abbey till the Reformation swept them away. Since then it has been, in turn, laborer's cottage, car- penter’s workshop, pigeon house, and lumber shed. The holy communion was celebrated within its walls the first ks 4 on a | effect disfranchises the negro on the i ground of illiteracy. time for 360 years.—New York Commer- cial Advertiser. ADVERTISEMENTS. We ofter for the rest Special Reduct in the tollowing lines Fall and Winter of January 1ons ot Men’s OVERCOA'TS @ This 1s an Exceptional Opportunity to ge ¢“Roos-made’ garment at a big saving good . . . PRICE $8. Regular price $10.00 50 $9. . ... Regular price $12.50 75 S12. Regular price $15.00 o0 197 OVERCOATS SALE 96 OVERCOATS. . ... SALE P $16. RICE $21. Regular price $20.00 oo Regular prices $25.00 and $27.50 o0 62 OVERCOATS Regular price $30.00 SALE PRICE $25.00 NOTE—These are not old goods, but all this season’s latest styles. @ If vou want a good Overcoat and save vourself money, this 1s your chance time at the same ROOS BROS. KEARNY AT POST S a Time | had elapsed, when suddenly the sup- | Mr. | Among other things he said | building to the service of the church.! | built 965 years ago by King Athelstan, | MARKET SALES ARE UNCERTAIN |Stocks Are on the Whole Doubtful and Banks Look Askance at Loan Increase —_— SECURITIES ARE SLUGGISH shoiel o | It Is Believed Conditions Are Due More to Coming Cam- paign Than to War Outlook —_—— NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—Within nar= | row limits both as to price movement and volume of dealings, to-day’s stock ! market was ragged and uncertain. | The handful of room traders who made up the market had difficulty in moving the vrices at all. The under- tone was on the whole firm, although there was some yielding in spots. The further advances in minor specialties were not impressive and did not serve | to give tone to the rest of the market. | The downward course of prices in for- | eign markets on the war situation was | not followed here, but the semi-attrac- | tion was attributed to the uncertainty over the matter. A rumor gained | some currency also that an early de- {ci-lou would be forthcoming on the | Northern Securities case, probably due | to the fact that Tuesday is the day on which the Supreme Court renders its | | decislon. The gain of upward of $17, 1 000,000 in cash reserve as shown in | the bank statement proved to be| largely in excess of even the most san- | | guine preliminary estimates, which | were more than usually at variance. | FIGURES ARE SURPRISING | But the stock market was disposed to look a little askance at the loan ex- | pansion of $18,450,400. Another week | | of expansion at that rate would bring | | the loan’ item of the banks to above any figure on record, the highest rec- | ord for loans having been reached in | the week ending February 21, 1903, at $950,208,700. Reports were cur-| rent of the payment of a large loan of long standing to one of the trust companies, which may have involved transfer of loan ‘obligations to the Clearing House banks. The market closed steady but inanimate. | There has been no appreciable de- | mand for securities this week, prices | | have moved sluggishly and irregularly | | and the stock market was practically {idle most of the time. | Operations by speculative pools in JUDGE OF HON. W. H man says: W. H. Parsons is ex-State Senator and ex-Special Judge of the Supreme Court of Texas, also Brigadier General in Confederate Army.s In a recent let- ter from 925 H street, Northwest, Washington, D. C., this prominent gentle- ““Upon the recommendation of personal friends and many strong testimonials as to the efficacy of Peruna in the treatment of the numerous symptoms of the grippe with which | have been afflicted for four months past, | have been induced to undergo a treatment with this justly celebrated formula. for the better after using it only one week. stomach and has had a decided effect upon my oppetite. ADVERTISEMENTS. THE SUPREME COURT ‘Was Alarmingly Afflicted With La Grippe. Cured by Pe-ru-na. There is no remedy in the world that meets the conditions produced by la grippe better than the remedy, Peruna. Peruna strengthens as it renovates, soothes while it stimulates, heals as it expurgates. Peruna is not a purgative, or cathartic, or sedative, or stimulant, nor a vegetable or mineral poison. It reaches the sources of all diseases of the mucous membranes by its action on the vaso-motor system of nerves. Every person who has had la grippe during the last year should take a courss of Peruna. » one need expect perfect recovery un they do so. The grippe has produced catarrhal inflammation of the whole mucous membrane, and good health is impossible until these are re- stored to a normal condition. This Pe- runa will do. A great many remedies have been suggested for this condition from ti t but Peruna appears to be th: remedy that has any sub stantial in these ¢ It has n during forty vears' experience and still occu- ples the unique position of being the leading (if not the only) specific remedy | Pe-ru-na | cures more cases of la grippe than all other remedies combined. \ never failed to give satisfact lue . PARSONS. [ Rt Dovat i the. 12 v cutor And_maler of all the hand instru nts for the | | Henry Distin Manufacturing Co.. writes 3 the following from 1441 South Ninth street. Philadelphia. Pa % “I had a bad attack of la grippe last December which lasted more than thres months and which left me with catarrh. and several of my friends advised me to try Peruna. I began with a bottle the first week in March and it _certainly ¢ me a great deal of good. I was so sarisfied that I purchased another be and followed the directions, and can say that it has cured me."—Henry Di | f I feel a decided change It is especially good in toning up the 1 therefore fee/ much | minor stocks have offered the only | { encouraged that / am on the road to complete restoration. § 1 £L1£ you do not derive prompt and salis- variation from the prevailing monop- “My numerous friends in Texas, where | have had the honor to command @ | | Taciory resulls from (he use of Feruna = a1 # Eay . & ite at « to Dr. Hartman. givi | ot “l“dm‘fi"3[}::STO‘"":::‘R“‘l“‘:::“f:mems ! ( brigade of her Veteran Cavalry in a four-years’ war, may accept this voluntary 2 { Uil statement S cane and be Wil |'“o,:',"'h accompanied the movements testimonial to the merits of Peruna as a sense of obligation on my part for its ( | bs N»ast-d to give you his valuable ad- e " - P vice gratis. have proved impossible of verifica- | ) Wondertul efficacy.”--W. H. Parsons. ¢ | VYadress Dr. Hartman. President of | tion. The manipulative operations | ) | The Hartman Sanitarfum, Columbus, O. have heen commented on and : | one case has been the occasion = of charges which threatened official in- | vestigation by the Stock Exchange au- | thorities. WAR TALK HARMLE ! . While the market has been pro- \our possession au o e Y i i it hoa | MIONIOIE are been in evidence and prices have not | certain how far this movement for hesitation in New York may be mixed | with other influences since it is not | generally feared that war between Russia and Japan would do any direct ! harm to our industries or finances. It i is believed that the uncertainties nat- A reward of $10,000 has been deposited in the Market Exchange Bank, Colum- bus, Ohio, as a guarantee that the above testimonial is genuine; tihat we hold in thentic letters certifying to the same. genuine and in the words of the one whose name is appended. Every one of our testi- terially, the postoffice officials stat-.l from ‘the long, three-inch-wide car | box used in the experiment alluded to | and previously described in the Star, | but it has been enlarged in its dimen- sions to adapt it to its preSent tempo- | ural to the eve of a national pelitical | campaign might be sufficient in them- | selves to induce a conservative atti- | tude in the financial world. | The decline of securities on account | OVERCOAT SALE of business inaction has been followed by an upward movement. The senti- ment is hopeful, but actual develop- ments are awaited to induce conviction. The iron and steel industry is especially affected by conjecture and uncertainty. | Reductions in wages and other econo- niies are looked to for effect of future | earnings. The heavy demand for cop- | per, especially for European account, | is regarded as a probable corollary of an improving market for iron and steel. The future of railroad earnings is by the foumth week of December showed a gratifying rise in the ratio of increase over the corresponding period of last year, but the roads so far reporting for the first week in January fail to| sustain the good record. GOLD IMPORTS CEASE. The future net earnings of railroads are expected to show the benefit of ex- tensive economies in reduction of work ing forces and cutting down of expendi tures for movements which have fig- ured largely in expenses up to the present time. The extreme case which has developed in the money market seems to leave little room for fear of trouble on that ground. The payment | of $25,000 of Lake Shore notes and the | calling of 7% per cent of the subscrip- | tions to the $40,000,000 of new ! Shore bonds failed to create a ripple in | the money narket. The inflow of funds | to New York has stopned the import movement of gold or the need for it. | But the December trade return, with its favorahle trade balance of over $96,- 000,000, is convincing proof that New | | | { York's control of international ex- change remains unimpaired. The bond market has suffered throughout the week from the same re- pressive influences as that of stocks and has shewn no important move- ment. 15, and the 3's have advanced % per cent on call during the week. L e BLACKMAILING COACHMAN CAUGHT IN A SNARE Servant Demands $15,000 to Suppress Letters, the Money Is Paid and Arrest Follows. CHICAGO, Jan. 16.—A plot involy- ing threats to kill and the publication of certain letters and photographs un- less $15,500 in cash was forthcoming was frustrated to-day by Mrs. Hollis Thurston, daughter of the late Charles T, Nash, a Board of Trade commis- sion broker; her brother, William Nash; J. Ingram, their attorney, and several detectives. James Tilbery of London, a coachman in the employ of the Nash family, is under arrest. Tilbery was arrested at the Nash home at the moment Mrs. Thurston placed twelve crisp $1000 bills and one $500 bill in his hands. On his person were found a dagger and two revolvers, with which it is charged he had threatened to kill Mrs. Thurs- | ton unless she gave him the money he demanded for the return of certain letters he said he had received from her. . * Most of the letters are forgeries, ac- cording to Mrs. Thurston. They were a trained nurse. had charge of Nash during his illness. —————— Life Term for “General” Turner. PINEVILLE, Ky. Jan. 16.—“Gen- eral” Turner of “‘Quarterhouse” fame, was to-day found guilty of complicity in the murder of two deputy sheriffs and sentenced to life imprisonment at Frankfort. no means clear. The gross earnings for | Lake | United States 2's have decfined | addressed to the coachman, who with | - SHOWS GAINS Statement of New York Asso- ciated Banks Gives an Ex- cess All Along the Line et s NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—The Finan- | cier says: The striking feature of the official statement of the New. York Associated Banks last week was the gain of $17,600,300 in cash reserve, an amount $1,744,100 in excess of the in- crease, which was estimated on the basis of the traceable movements of money during the week. The differ- ! ence is accounted for by the bringing over from the previous week of $1,838,000, which was the sum less that week than the amount shown by the official statement compared with the estimated increase. The gain in cash last week makes a total increase of $29,499,400 since the week ending December 26, 1903. The deposits were |increased last week by the unprece- dented sum of $35,555,500 and conse- quently the required reserve was aug- mented by $7,888,825. Deducting this sum from the gain in cash leaves $8,494,775, as the increase in surplus reserve, which now stands at $23,181,- 750, against $20,217,125 at the cgr- responding date last year. Calculated on the basis of deposits, less than those of public funds, the surplus is $32,403,025. The loans were increased by $18,403,400, and it is noteworthy that the gain in this item since the week ending December 26 has been $55.600,000. Another striking feature of the statement is loans. This is the |first time this condition has shown i since August 1 last year, when the ex- | cess of deposits was $976,000; in this |interval | over deposits was $39,900,900, Novem- iber 21, 1903. A further increase of 1$15,812,100 in this item will carry the total loans to the maximum of last year, and also on record:; an increase of about $62,000,000 in deposits ‘will also make a new high record for this item. The specie is now within $1,000,000 of last year's maximum. U S S A NEW KIND OF LETTER BOX PLACED ON TRIAL Has No Covering or Lid, but Fully Protected From Wind-Driven Rain or Srow. A novel letter box, hich was placed in operation on the street this afternoon, under the order of the Postoffice Department, will be likely to attract something more than the ordinary degree of attention. The box will have no covering or lid of any kind whatever to protect its mouth or opening from the weather. Directly on the top of the box will appear a wide, yawning ‘“‘mouth”— large enough indeed to’admit a man’'s hand—into which the public will be invited to drop their letters, in very reasonable confidence that the peostal officials have provided satisfactorily for the immunity of the letters when posted in the box from the least in- jury from rain, snow, sleet or hail that may afterward enter into this opening in the stormiest weather. The new box, it seems, is not prop- erly a corner letter box, but what is known as the ‘‘open-top” ‘street car collection box, recently successfully tested at the East Capitol-street car barn in this city, under the authority ot the First Assistant Postmaster Gen- eral. In form and size it varies ma- the highest excess of loans | rary use on the street corner for merely ‘‘testing,” for two or three weeks, its weather-proof qualities. | This, it is stated, is necessary before adapting it in size and shape to the cars. The box will have some very inter- esting mechanical features. Besides the one mentioned of the reception into its absolutely vertical mouth, di- | rectly and at all times, of rain, snow, etc., along with letters deposited by the public, at such times, without the least injury from moisture to the let- ter either in passing into the box or when within the same, it is what is known as a ‘“dripless” and ‘“splash- less” open-top letter box. At no point of the opening for letters can water in | any quantity be made to “‘rebound” or to “'drip” in any way. Wind, at the highest velocity, can- not blow even fine or “blizzard snow | into the compartment for letters. Con- | structed on the principles of the “cy- | clone cellar,” high winds will blow over the mouth of the box, and those of the ‘‘gusty” sorts enter a “draft” in the box at one point, without the least | harm, while at the same time they are | arrested from so entering this draft at | another, by an ingenious “wind-buf- fer.” Though the mouth of the box is| thus completely exposed, the letters drop into the compartment for them through an interior arrangement of the “mouse trap” order that prévents their being taken out in any manner through the same chanel as that they enter, The exneriment has been placed by Acting Superintendent of City De- livery Thorp in charge of Major James E. Bell of the Waahlng(on city office. . The box is the invention of George i3. McAllister of Baltimore, who has been at work on the principle of street car mail carriage for thirteen years.— ‘Washington Star. ! ment of R<thenian Bishops. Without Schilling’s Best, | there is difficulty in getting [ good tea bakingpewder mics ceTee favoring =xtracs soca and money goss further with i Schilling’s Best. At your gr cer’s; mon Goosebone Off Color. Ever since the advent of this long. cold snap, we have been a close .ob- server of the goosebone, presented the Democrat by a friend some years ago. and we confess that our judgment of the weather has been at fault a num- ber of times during the past three weeks and our friends are beginning to question the accuracy of the predic- tions as taken from the goosebone. Just at present the colors of the bone are as ied and rapid as the hues of a gaudy pilece of changeable ribbon, and if its predictions come true we will have so many different kinds of weather in the next two weeks that a | fellow will have to take to the woods to escape it.—Winchester (Ky.) Dem- ocrat. R The Ruthenian Church. The Ruthenian Catholics of this country are to have a convention in Olyphant, Pa., in February. The chief topic of discussion will be the appoint- Unless the authorities at Rome do something of this kind the Ruthenians are likely to go over to the orthodox Greek church. The convention will take steps to bring to this country some of the Ruthenians of Austria and Rus- sia who are being oppressed in these countries and will memorialize Con- gress to interpret the immigration Jaws mor: liberally with reference to these people.—New York Commercial Advertiser. e BERLIN, Jan. 16.—Rosa Luxembourg, the chief woman Socialist agitator in Germany. has been sentenced to three months' imprison- ment by a court in Saxony for lese majeste. ADVERTISEMENTS. AUTOMOBILE HOUSE AND GARAGE Golden Gate Ave. 13775 feet, Gnuni\ and Jefferson Park 120 ft., Eim Ave. 137% ft. (Ready for occupancy about February 15th.) The Largest Exclusive Automobile House in America We Handle the Genuine French Automobiles ‘French type and high grade Pierce Arrow Touring Car (French) . Pierce Stanhope (French type) Pierce Arrow, four cylinder. Northern Runabout ‘We guarantee the monthly expenses Shop and garage in charge of expe Largest automobile passenger servi Phones Larkin 3841, Polk 3086 | | American Cars, exclusively. ....¥2650.00 1.450.00 L 200.00 on French cars purclased from us. rts of national reputation. ice in the world. Open all night. Downtown Office Lobby Palace Hotel: Phone Bush 859. MOBILE CARRIAGE COMPANY Temporary quarters—Golden Gate and Van Ness Avenues, San Franeiseo.