The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 1, 1904, Page 16

CISCO CALL, 'FRI THEATERS MUST BE MADE SAFE| fL.DS UP A Supervisors Will Insist oni Ample Protection Against | All Danger- From Fires REPORT IS CALLED FOR Proprietors .of Lodging-Houses Required | to Keep Their Exits Clear fire and judiciary’ yesterday requesited Cify- Architect Shea to.file’ a detailed statement -of the condition of theaters with respect’ to their safety fire upervisor ‘Brandenstein decla.res" that publicity "wilf_be given taf whether ihe. theaters have been altered so as 1o comply strictly with the ordi- [ nance The - committee. will meet -on | July 14 to receive the report and take 7 such steps ‘in the premjses as may be.| deemed. necessary | Shea will aiso investigate if the'lodg- | ing-houses and hotels are complying'| with ‘the ordinance requiring unob- 1 structed passageways to exits for fire escapes. Shea objected at-first, claim- | ing that the- regulation -is- too’ radical and would mean the tearing out of al- | rery-hotel and lodging-house in Heé agreed to file a report in nth in which will be given a list | of -the bulldings found defective. Brandenstein -desired . to know if'| thére “was any. truth in the report that the Fire Department is about to with- draw- the firemen from the theaters. *1 am not here to answer such .ques- | tione,” - replied Fire .Commissioner Parry, “hut it is true that- the men will ®e withdrawn ast’. we have .only 33000, with which to pay them.” raunhart: thought the firemen from the different companies would be glad to attend to theater duty and the men could be spared from the companies. in the oullying districts. The committee sgreed that the firemen should be paid by the theaters and Parry. promised to | filé. a staiement 4s to the number of | firemen required for tReaters, together with the.cost ‘thereof, and a reésolution will heé adopted by the Supervisors re- quiring the proprietors of the théaters to._pay the experse, ) The demand of :Willlam -Maguire for $100 for sSecuring the cpnviction of George Merheim ‘and J." P. "Martin ‘for practicing medicine without a license | was glio#ed. . —_———— VACATION ECHOOL QPENS —OAKLAND, June S0.~The vacation school with 150 pupils Bas Deen opened at the: Tompkins Ia- | struction in. slovd_and sewing has been in. | | claded in’ the currioulum. | The joint Supervisors’ commh!eevon‘ ADVERTISEMENTS. - = _ | BABY (QUIRK'S | QUICK CURE | of Tmflng Eczema by Cuticura When Al Else Had | Utterly - Failed. My baby, Owen Herbert Quirk, was ‘afflicted from tirp age of six weeks with & losthpome runping eczems, almost covering his face. ' I $ook him to Drs. and of Victoria Road, | Aldershot, ¢nd be was treated by them for three montbs, but got mach worse, and was a sickening sight to look at. I saw 4o gdvertisement of the Cuticura Remedies, and got the Soap, Ointment and Reseivent. . - ““We noticed an improvement at | once, and within s fortnight the rum- ning hed ceased and the scales were nearly all dried off, snd in & month his face was perfectly clear, not s spot left.” T have en- T closed photograph . . . of him when he was thirteen months o)d. He is now tw) years and four months, and has - mever had the -elizhtest returnof it. I~ am very grateful for the benefits de- rived. from your remedies, and shall feel it & pleasure to make their value known. For corroboration of this statement you may refer s onme to Mrs. Williams, 45 Michaels Rael. Alder- shot,. or Mr. .Gunstane, 40 Victoria Roed, 4ldershot, to whom we recom- . mended the remedies for a skin humour, which they also cured. You are st liberty to do what you like with this statement, as I should like il to know of the valwe of Cuticura.” - WILLIAM HERBERT QUIRK, No. 1 West End Cottages, Ruywood * Road, N. Southampton. SESTSS S S atn | . & Charter. orse fig.: Parie. & Boston. J5 Colwmbus Ars Do Drag s Oben Cosp- S0k Froprissors. Painless | _Dentistry § 25¢ H. S. BRIDGE & CO. MERCHANT TALLORS. Street. Up Stairs. Opp. Palace Hotel. SAN_FRANCISCO. Market 821 Kearpy st B W Hotels ‘and | et | Motorman Keepg His Hands |ins story is told of alleged usury and agdinst | S4U > s | WOMEN AT LAW FOR LITTLE SUM Rooming-House Keeper Says She Is the Vietim of LONE THUG - CONDUGTOR : Fraud and of Usury One Man With Two Revol-| xory IS BILL OF SALE vers Relieves H. St. Ledger P g of Six Dollars at Hayes- Street Entrance to Park Even Real Estate Agents and Lighting Company Are Involved in Suit HIGHEWAYMAN BLACKS FACE AS A DISGUISE ‘Woman’s inhumanity to woman is the keynote of a complaint filed yester- | day in the Superior Court. An interest- ‘fraud on one side and ignorance of the in the Air While He Sur- | orld’s ways on the other, vet, accord- - |ing to the plaintiffs, only the sum of veys ithe Robber and Gets sio 10 stands between the litigants. The : it . |suit is brought by Phoebe A. Green and Good Description of Him | Lillie Marie Marchant against Louise J. AR 2 P g | Francis, Madison & Burke, Jane Doe ! Allyne and the San Francisco Gas and | opposite side of the car waiting for the | | tomed to reaching up, | such that he grasped the atmosphere | Holliday’s hands were as near the roof | did not want to be a cause for a pull | cette, | their A small man with two large revolvers | held up car 210 of the Hayes street line | at 9:40 o'clock last night near the park“ and secured about $6. He was very| nervous, otherwise he would have got $40 more from Conductor Harry H. St. | Ledger, for the man in charge of the car. had that much. more money on his person. Several times during the evening con- | ductors and motormen noticed a figure skulking along the wall at the Hayes | street entrance to the park, but in each instance there were passengers on board the cars ahd the robber retreated. | When car 210, in charge of Conductor H. St. Ledger and Motorman George E. | Holliday arrived at the terminus no passengers were aboard. St. Ledger| was sitting inside the car ready to en,ti his lunch, while Holliday sat on the| time to return.to the city. ROBBER APPEARS. | Suddenly the rear platform was| jarred by the weight of a man and the | Startling cry rang out, ““Throw up your hands.” Conductors of street cars are accus- but 8t. Ledger | reached higher than he ever did be- fore. Suspecting that some trick was | being played on him, St. Ledger started to joke the intruder, ‘but the language which met his attempt at hilarity was higher. than.before. His reason for do- | ing that was the display of two mur-|Green’s account in the Western Nation- “‘redemption fund” for in- derous looking revolvers in the hands of the man who was giving the orders. | All 8t. Ledger could see was the min iature cannon close to his vest buttons. .His hearing was not impaired. He dis- tinctly heard the man behind the gun say “dig up.” He dug. Reaching into his side pocket St. Ledger pulled loose change to the amount of $6 and slid it | along the seat of the car. The man be- | hind the guns was very anxious to get away, for he failed to take all the| money the conductor placed at his dis- | posal. | MOTORMAN WATCHES. Holliday, the motorman, took in the | whole situation. The busy individual was not paying much attention to him. as they could get. He realized that the! thug was nervous, and the motorman of the trigger. As soon as the money was passed’ out the man and his re-| volvers backed through the rear door and disappeared into the park. Both the street car men say that the ! highwayman was small, had his fal‘e;‘ blackened, wore a handkerchief over| the lower portion of his features and had on a dark suit and a derby hat. | They admit that the two revolvers | seemed to be larger than the man and that as they gazed along the muzzles death seemed to- be gaping from their | openings. As quickly as the grip could be picked up the car was headed cityward and | the police were warned. Holliday’s de- | scription of the robber has caused the | police to believe that the thug is a| novice. They at once began a search | of the park, but up to a late hour the | footpad had not been found. e e BURGLAR ENTERS HOUSE | AND RANSACKS ROOMS Child’s Bank and a Watch Stolen | From the Home of Mrs. Anna Melbourne. | A telephone message was received | at the Central police station yester- | day afternoon that a burglar had en- tered the house of Mrs. Anna Mel- | | bourne, 577 Lombard street, during | her temporary absence. Captain | Duke sent Policemen Duffy and Ly-- who discovered that the house ad been thoroughly ransacked. Bu- | reau drawers had been emptied of | contents in a search for coin, | and the mattresses had been dragged | from the beds. Mrs. Melbourne told the policemen | | that as soon as she returned she saw | that a burglar had been at work and | she made a hurried examination, | missing a child’s bank containing $50 and a silver watch. She at once ran to the corner grocery and asked the | grocer to telephone to the police sta- | tion. A peddler was seen leaving the | house a few minutes before Mrs. Mel- | bourne returned and the officers got a | good description of him. Entrance | had been effected by the front door. —_——— ALLOWANCE TO WIDOW SAID TO BE TOO HIGH | Son of Wolf Fleisher Asks Court to Cut Amount Paid to His | : Mother. | Four hundred dollars a month for | the support of the widow and daugh- ter of Wolf Fleisher is considered to be twice as much as is needed, by the son and two grandchildren of the de- ceased. . Therefore they have applied to the court to reduce the allowance to $200. In accordance with the peti- tion of Barney Fleisher, Miriam Levy and Rose Bush, Judge Troutt has cited Mrs. Esther Fleisher to appear | in court on July 12 and show cause | why the monthly payment from the estate should not be cut in half. The petitioners allege that the estate is worth only $160,000 and the income therefrom is $800 a month. The debts are said to amount to $40,000. The mother and her daughter Cecelia oc- cupy the home at 1525 Geary street, belonging to the estate, and pay no rent. —_———— Daylight Excursion to Stockton. or to Antioch and return, B0c. The steamer Columbia will leave Washington-street wharf on Sunday. July 3. at ® a. m._ - For narticnlars | inquire Union Transport Co., phone Main 5724. & ———— SAN JOSE, June 30.—Miss Blanche Lewis became the bride of Ross The wedding took of Mrs. Swenson in this ! i he daughter of H. B. . Lewis, a business man of Denver. | house which figures in the case. also a woman, Addie L. Ballou, Free for your boys and Rev. Mr. Jenness, | 92y night we will ~ give away get one—they are harmless. night onmly, Electric Light Company. From the complaint it appears that Mrs. Marchant is the mother of two | children and her support and theirs | is dependent wholly upon the boarding- The lease of this house and the furniture therein, it is averred, were owned by Phoebe Green, who paid the rent up to | June 30 to Mrs. Allyne, the owner of | the house. WOMAN AS MONEY LENDER. On February 4 last, according to the complaint, Mrs. Green needed money | and to get it she negotiated a loan with | Louise J. Franeis, who is engaged with | her husband in lendin money for | for usury. Mrs. Green says that she was to have $150 for six months with the right of asking for $50 more. The lcan was to be secured by a promissory note, and on the date named a doc ment was presented to her to sign, but she was not permitted to read it, Mrs, Francis saying that it was the usual thing for borrowers to sign. Being in ignorance of such proceedings, Mrs. Green signed and paid the notary the costs. The notary, by the way, was who appears in the directory as a notary and portrait artist with offices in the Deonohoe building. It is further alleged that, as a part of the transaction, Mrs. Green agreed to pay $12 50 a month to Mrs. Francis. The latter was to take out the interest due and deposit the balance to Mrs. al bank, as a the principal. It is charged that stead of giving the § i holding out $14 50 “for expenses.’” DISPUTES - BILL OF SALE. Mrs. Green < iscovered that | Mrs. r deposited any of | the payments in the Western National. | On June 20 Mrs. Green contracted to | sell the lease of the rooming-house and | her furniture therein to Mrs. Mar- chant and went to Madison & Burke's to have the lease transferred. To her surprise the real estate men told her that the property was no longer in her name; that Mrs. Francis had present- | ed a bill of sale for it and claimed pos- | session. The bill of sale represented | that the transfer had been made for a | consideration of $10. Mrs. Green de- | clares she never signed such a docu- | ment knowingly. | Then, to cap the climax, the gas and | electric company cut off the gaslight | and reported that the action was under | the orders of Mrs. Franc Mrs. Green ys that Mrs. Francis threatens to take possession of the | property and being a “violent and law- | less woman” will carry out her threat | unless restrained by the court. Hence | the plaintiffs apply for an injunction, | for an accounting, and for $500 dam- | ages each. Mrs. Green offers to pay | | the $10 10 principal with the interest | still due upon the loan —_———— MISSION GETS CUSTODY OF YOU CHINESE GIRL | Carrie G. Davis Asks Court to Help‘ Her Save Child From ‘ Slavery. Loy Kum, a 12-year-old Chinese | girl said to be held as a slave for im- | moral purposes by a woman named Ngan Ping at 24 Baker alley, will be | | rescued from her fate if the efforts of Carrie G. Davis succeed. Mrs. Davis, | who is superintendent of the Oriental | Bureau of the Woman's Home Mis- | sionary Society of the Methodist | | church, yesterday applied to the ¢ perior Court for letters of guardian- ship and custody of the child. In the petition she alleges that Ngan Ping is | believed to be a member of the high- binder class and has no respect for | the law. Should the Chinese woman | learn of the proceedings it is stated she would refuse to cbey the order of the court and would hide the child. Judge Troutt ordered the Chinese girl into the temporary custody of | Mrs. Davis and set July 7 as the date for hearing the matter of guardian- ship. —_——— Charges Against a Tug. United States Local Inspectors Bolles and Bulger will start for Eureka, Humboldt County, shortly for the purpose of investigating charges that the tug Peerless had been operating in thaf port without the proper life-saving equipment and without a certificate of insnection. ADVERTISEMENTS. Our prices do the work—you get ex- actly what you ask for. Mason Jars......... . .doz. pints 37%%¢ The best jars at the best price. Reg, price J Xona Coffee, genuin .2 1bs. Many p:‘rer to higher-priced Coffees. aiy ey FRENCH SARDINE! Salsd Ol .... ...quart bottle, 15¢ xtra refined—best for salads and cooking. | ally 20c. FRAGRANT TEAS, ALL 50c KINDS, 38c. Sugar, for preserving...19 pounds, 81 Dry cane granulated, Used exclusively in our preserving kitchen, 20c PACKAGES GOLD DUST, 15c. Einfandel Red Wine........gal, 45¢ Not quite 50 tart as claret. Usually 6dc. 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