The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 16, 1904, Page 26

THE SAN FR ANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 190a. DIES CURSING HIS. BELOVED | James Tavendale Threatens to Haunt Actress Gladys| Grey After His Death Manufacturer’s Surplus Ready-to-Wear (Garments.. Consisting of about 1200 Shirt Waists, to be placed on sale for about half value, and about 200 Suits at about 20 per i cent reduction. Sale begins 9 a. m. to-morrow | | WRITES HARSH REBUKE | Despondent Clerk Ends His | Life After Reading Note, From His Sweetheart With a curse upon his lips and a threat that his ghost will haunt the woman he loved, James Tavendale passed out of life last Friday night. His body was found in his bed yester- day morning at 337 Eddy street. One end of a rubber tube was between his teeth and the other end affixed to a gas burner. On the dresser near the bed | was a note to Gladys Grey, an actress | at the Casino Theater, in Sacramento, | in which the following passage occurs: “For remember, even if I am gone, I| will still be able to watch you, and as | you have sent me to death so I will| | wait and watch for you unless you turn | | over an entirely new leaf.” | EMPLOYED AS CLERK. Tavendale was a furnishing goods clerk and had been employed some time ! ago by Eagleson and Weinstock & Lu- | bin. From correspondence found among | his effects it was evident that he loved | the actress, whose real name is Roberta Warner, and that he had been sending | her money from time to time. Her in- temperate habits and her coldness to-| ward him had disgusted him, and there is no doubt that he took his life | while under a spell of melancholy. LOT NO. II $2.75 Waists, $1.85 Of all-wool alba- LOT NO. IIX 84.00 Waists, —Of French $2.95 tross; Scotch flannel etk in plain colors and striped, also alpaca in all colors; all sizes Suits, Skirts, Coats ¥rench batiste, Si- in, French flannel, cilian and all-wool Scotch shirtings. Dress Goods Two New Autumn Novelties. $1.00 AND $1.35 TAILOR SUIT- INGS, 69¢ a Yard—including rain- proot cravenettes, fancy tweeds, zibe- lines, m lish worst 48 inches wide. S Seconé Floor—Take Elevator. MAN-TAILORED SUITS — $25.00 ts e new coat styles in hip and also made of Ly- ring-bone and octs;. all sty) price. . 819.75 WALKING SKIRTS — The 3$8.00 ,,'3;’? ey Hh’fi"}'fi}‘&fi.m k 'f cheviots. m s and solid suits, ning w s and jackets and . s P strapped | children’s coats. Come in burnt or- s s in mmense variety and in | ange, golden brown, seal, navy, gar- m ol gs. Sale price...86.00 | jet, castor, emerald, olive and black; TwoStrong Silk Specials blouse ixed tings, all wool, from 42 to price, yard..69¢ Eng- h , etc. like; all sizes. Sale 35 : $14.50 Sheets and Pillow Cases '-(75: BED' SHEETS FOR 55c¢—8Ix ‘Worth ‘ard—Broken line, figures—splendid find 39¢ qual- 75¢ 98Sec URIST OOATS — Worth | 22 inches. Special sale, yard...75¢ FANCY TAI'P;TA SILK, overts and Scotch light and dark 75¢ to $1.00 a checks. A ba ou can muslin, each.55¢ BLACK TAFFETAS—Heav ity—eale to-morrow. $1.00 grad 81.35 grade 1235c PILLOW CASES, Dc—45x36; tra heavy bleached Special, ex eac m: 1in. Do found in the room: Special Prices Silk Chiffon; inches; colors, Fancy Goods at Swiss toflet sets, value 50c; Dear George: Received your little bun- dle of sunshine, which was brought to me by Mabel and Margie this morning. I have been very sick a-bed for over a crushed velvet J§ | WeeK With a very high fever, and I am | very sorry to say that whisky was the| 50; 6 inches - cause of it. I shall have had a nurse} value 76c; 42 29¢ &7c extra quality; all including black and erns; ruffled cushion wi pin ined th colored cambric. d with ambri G white. belts wide; 1 tiful ass new tail ed and finished with tment of buckles; all stel shades; All th, nt. Two days only, Tuesday. orange, rage at pres- Monday clud- fa often told me if ever I needed a friend | I could find one in you. I am financial- 1y embarrassed. George, dear, will you! help me? Nurse says I must not sit up | any longer, so will say good-by. With| fondest love and kisses plenty, 1 am| ever your little GLADYS. | “Mabel and Margie send their re-| gards.” stocks and = and Embroidery Lessons Given Free of Charge We have just completed arrangements with a well-known art aeedle-work teacher to give free lessons in fancy work to our patrons Tuesdays and Fridays, from 9a. m. to 12 m. Stamping Free of Charge on all materials purchased in our store. LETTER TO GLADYS. | The following letter from the suicide was also found: “337 ANOTHER BATCH OF DEPOSITIONS FOR SCHANDER | Eddy, Oct. 11. | “My dearest Gladys, or shall I say | Roberta—for you know you're my dear- | est, no matter what you take for a stage name—I know you will blame me | for this and all the subsequent ex-| posure, but, loved one, what does it all| SCHOOLS TO HAVE TEMPORARY PRINCIPALS | TWO Five More Names Added to List of | Board of Education Witnesses in the Dolbeer Makes Assign- ments Necessitated by Granting | { | Will Contest. of Leaves of Absence. matter what the public say or think, Judge Coffey yesterday morning The Board of Education held a spe- | anyhow? Sweetness, couldn’t you have! granted the order for the taking of | cial meeting and adopted a resolution | Eiven me one loving word instead of| depositions of six witnesses in New | providing as follows: | turning me down, as you did at your| room door on that eventful Saturday | | evening? Ah, well, loved one, it is all | over now, and let all the blame rest on | poor, unfortunate George. You know York desired by the executors of Ber- | r's will and at the same | 1 order for five more dep- That Miss Elizabeth E. Kelly, prin- cipal of the Jefferson Prim *hool, be transferred to the principalship of the Humboldt Primary School during on the Schander side. The - well that I would have made you a| by Attorney Albert| C, léave of Miss Marie Ruef. good husband instead of taunting me | Teceived by tele- :““‘ '“,Xss Theresa Spencer, a reg-| a5 you did and making me out to be a | York and he does not | L% teacher in the Commercial Day | fool, and worse. Well, darling, remem- know the nature of their expected tes- ‘;‘h""!. be temporarily appointed to | per, if you by any chance should be! hey are Fugene Hudgins, f,"'“ position of acting principal of the | guestioned about this affair you know gliss, Dan Slattery, Dan | o o oon Primary School, vice Miss | strictly nothing—simply that I was one d James F. McElhone. Mr, | = - Kelly, transterred. of the many suckers that passed | 1o add the name of E. That Miss Ellen Hitchcock be tem- | through your hands, and you can rest S JRiak porarily ppointed a teacher of assured that there will be nothing from having received | French in the Lincoln Evening School dearest love, I think you | it et gl arigprid s : me. Now, < s Homciy 'h,“r“»;"“:;h:"': during the leave granted Miss C. B. ought to take a tumble and quit the! Pillst would not consent. G La Barraque from October 17, 1904, | game. Try and settle down to a quiet 4 to ?x-rnl 17, 1905, for the purpose of | home life, and don’t hurry yourself into | N ] study and travel. g 2 i Fall bats. 1504, just arrived, nobbler | i L e the grave, for remember, even if I am | gone, T will still be able to watch you, | and as you have sent me below, so I, will wait and watch for you unless you ! turn over an entirely new leaf. Every | then ever. Tom Dillon & Co.. opp.Palace.* e The Paraiso Springs are always open. * —_—————— | Girl's Fing Objects 1o 1 miting Speed. s Cut by Machine, g l!\'n)\\z at ::ln» : The Butlding Trades Council yester- | "¢ "0 0 “qrunk 1 will certainly | s 1, was at work in the |day filed a protest with the Supervisor: il : . E sors ? fo . Factory yester- | against the proposed ordinance limit- haunt you, but if you lead a good life| from now on—well, I won't have lived | in vain. Good-by, dearest. Think some- | her right hand was caught | ing the speed of electric cars to eight he ers e riles - is af: th fix‘;l“:;‘\(; r: ;7‘.1 s an hour. It is claimed that the times of me as the man who died for | 4 3 e a mitation n o 7 i v 2 " s sy | imitation in outlying districts would | yoy. GEORGE TAVENDALE. retard the growth of the suburbs and | ° e — be injurious to the city. ‘PR()MO’TI()\' COMMITTEE i TRYING FOR (,‘ONVENTIOS! | | Subscription Is Started to Provide I T S e R T TR 2 S R ! Funds for Prizes and Premiums Worth of Furniture and Carvets for $7.50 Cash an ' fox ulte MapE [ We Make a Spectalty of Furnishing Fiats Comoi 2 8| The California Promotion Commit- | Iy tee is actively working to have the | B TERMS A . ; i BERKELEY An‘:g,zf::’i}‘r.o'_ next annual convention of the Na-| tional Butter-makers held in this city. ONE DOLLAR PER WEEK OPZNS AN AGCOUNT. | A committee consisting of Messrs. Mc- | Edwards . Lyon and W. H. Saylor _ ADVERTISEMENTS. OAXLAND, ALAMEDA, Iy e RS SRR | vesterday raised the sum of $825 .in| W'l two hours to promote the idea. This | 1 tOl\ ocKer | fund will be devoted solely to premi- | ums and cash prize awards in case the | | convention shall be secured for San Francisco. The contributors who pledged their support yesterday are De Laval Dairy Sup-| | the following: | ply Company, $100; Baker & Hamil- | ton, $100; Leslie Salt Refining Com- | pany, $100; Dodge, Sweeney & Co., | $100; Joshua Hendy Machine Works, Asplendid bargain; just as A beauty; ser- pentine front, golden oak finish, oval mirrer like cut. Special this week, comfortable as a person could wish for; regu- larly $6.50. Special, “ $100; Dairy and Produce Review, $50; Schulz, Niggle & Co., $50; Charles | D. Pierce, $50; Hills Bros., $50; Rou- sall & Davidson, $25; Fred B. Haight, $25; Crystal Cream and Butter Com- | pany, Sacramento, $25; G. A. McEd- | ward, $25; Oakland, $25. Those who desire to assist in the Oakland Cream Depot, | movement are requested to communi- Beauties cate with W. H. Saylor, secretary of the California Creamery Operators’ Every One. Association, 114 California street. Different S Rt e Says He Was Forced to Wed. Colors to Charles Leaon Stewart yesterday be- | gun action in the Superior Court for Select from. | the annullment of his marriage with Size 36x72 | Daisy May Morris, which occurred at | san Rafael on April 9 last. He says, Inches. that his consent to the union was ob- tained by force and fraud under threats of a criminal prosecution for a felony. The license was issued in the name of Leaon Steward and May Morse. Suits for divorce were filed by Hannah Cain against Thomas Cain, neglect; Wilburt Hadley against Ida Maud Hadley, desertion; John Ziegler against Emily Ziegler, desertion. e Sallors Steal a Scow. Captain James King of the British ship Iverclyde lying off Mission street ‘wharf obtained a warrant from Police Judge Cabaniss yesterday for the ar- rest of J. A. Fritzen, T. Noble and Special, IRON BED... with brass knobs; very strong and dur- e e 53 B0 > Iz BRILLIANT] FURNITURE COMPANY 1 338.342 POST STREET. __ | SAN FRANCISCO'S PROGRESS Emphasized in the Opening of the Largest Department Store in the West. Another fine department store has been added to the exceptional mercantile institutions of the city by the opening of Pragers, at the intersection of Market, Jones and McAllister streets. The immense Murphy bullding, formerly the home of business of- fices, has been fitted up in elaborate style, and San Francisco shoppers will enjoy a treat by visiting the store, which will be the largest of its kind west of Chicago. In making the changes and fitting up the place the management has endeavored in every way to make the comfort of visitors and buyers the first Large waiting-rooms, attendants, modern conveniences of every description and wide, | spacious aisles are features of the entire building. | And not alone the comfort of shoppers, welfare of the hundreds of girls that are employed by the concern is looked to with as great care—well- lighted workrooms and counters, dining-rooms and retiring-rooms, and, in fact, every convenience to make their work pleasant and agreeable. The main entrance leads into a wide main aisle, over the center of which is a large court, where the daylight streams down and floods every floor. in addition to the light received from the Market, Jones and Golden Gate avenue frontages, makes the Prager building by far the most airy and best- lighted store on the Pacific Coast. The court is one of the most attractive features of the building, and the store management has taken advantage of this | fact by placing chairs along the balconies facing| the court so that the occupants may command a | The court is also deco-| rated by rows of electric bulbs, lighted at night, | and at the top are placed oil paintings of nfany Pa- consideration, view of the lower floors. cific Coast scenes. As one enters the store on the left is to be found The following note from the girl was| the department devoted to the needs of man—cigar | and tobacco, clothing, shoes and men's furnishing| “SACRAMENTO, Oct. 10, 1894.—My | goods. The remainder of the floor is devoted to the ‘ requirements of femininity. A feature of each floor | is the fact that the shelves for storing goods are | not over five feet in height, thus enabling one to obtain a clear view of the entire floor. Along the Market street front on the mezzanine floor extend the cash and wrapping departmems,‘ one week to-day, also a doctor. You| ang here a long string of girls is kept constantl busy. On this floor also may be found a postoffice, | After a Year of Preparation, Pragers Will Throw Open to the Public To-morrow the Entire Big Building at the Intersection of Market, Jones and McAllister Sts. public telephone booths, manicure, hairdressing and barber Ice cream and candy counters have been placed near the vators. A bureau of information for the convenience of visit been installed. On the second floor are the business offices, cloak and suit rooms, millinery and draperies. Here, as on all the other floors, ¢ dious retiring-rooms for women are placed conveniently. rs h the court on this floor are lounging chairs, from which a fine view of the interior may be gained. The third floor is given over to kitchen utensils, erockery, toys, artists’ stupplies and pictures. A three-room picture gal tor display is an attractive feature, as is also the special booth for the i display of fancy cut glass. In connection with the picture gallery but the This, | i | | | | | is a room for the manufacture of frames and mats. Separate rooms for card writers and checking clerks and a handsom sic department complete the third floor. Groceries and liquors occupy the entire fourth floor, with the exception of a space reserved for the cafe, which is light and pleas. ant and affords a view of Market street. The kitchen, adjo the cafe, is admirably fitted to secure proper ventilation and carrying away of cooking odors. On the fifth or top floor may be found a decidedly novel and progressive feature of the store. On the entire Jones street side is a large space apportioned off for a stage and vaudeville hall. Here visitors may soon enjoy vaudeville sketches; songs and music at the company’s expense. The rest of the floor is used by the trunk, valise, sporting goods and a number of other departments. On this floor will be a booth where customers may select premiums for the trading stamps issued by the store. A dining-room for the em- ployes is also located on the'top floor. The management of Pragers has spared no expense in mak- ing the store a place where almost anything may be purchased | from a ton of coal to a harvesting machine. Nor have they neg lected the material side of the business in regard to shipping and consigning of goods. Freight elevators carry the bales and bundles from floor to floor, as the four large passenger elevators carry the shoppers. Chutes and telephones connect departments with storage and shipping rooms. Broad staircases and wide exits, flre-escapes and fire-fighting devices make the building safe. A large basement that extends under the entire store is devoted to the storage of goods and the housing of the receiving and ship- ping departments. On one side is located the receiving department, where carloads of supplies are received and sent to the proper places in the store, while on the other the shipping department at- tends to the wrapping and marking of goods, sends them up to the waiting wagons on Jones street and from there the merchan- dise is whirléd away to the purchasers throughout the city. The formal opening of the entire building will take place to-mor- row, and some fine features have been prepared for the entertain- ment of visitors. A grand orchestral concert will be given from 2 until 5 o’clock p. m., and a magnificent programme has been ar- ranged. | | | walg L . | : | | | 1 S A ' Iy / ! - A 2 : S. F. Flower, three of his crew, on a charge of petty larceny. He alleges that the three sailors stole a scow which lay alongside the ship on Fri- day night and neither they nor the scow have been seen since. ADVERTISEMENTS. PRESCRIBED BY THE BEST PHYSICIANS FOR Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Bron- chitis, Croup in Children, and “ All Throat and Lung Troubles Try a bottle to-day; don’t wait till the doctor says “CONSUMPTION.” 26¢; 50c AT ALL DRUGGISTS GURES IN A DAY JURY CONVICTS DANIELS OF EMBEZZLING FUNDS Foreman After Reading the Verdict Says It Was the Hardest Thing He Ever Did. The trial of C. L. Daniels, charged with felony embezzlement, was con- cluded before a jury in Judge Law- lor's court yesterday. The foreman, Orville D. Baldwin, after reading the verdict of the jury convicting the de- fendant remarked: “This is the hard- est thing I ever did in my life.” Dan- iels’ father was in the courtroom and burst into tears. Sentence will be passed on October 22. Daniels was employed as a clerk by the Illinois Pacific Glass Company. On April 16 he collected from the South- ern Pacific Company -$98 40, being a claim against the railroad company for loss on a shipment of siphon bot- tles. He disappeared with the money and was traced to Waco, A. T., where he had secured employment in a tele- graph office. While there he received the dispatch, asking the Sheriff to ar- rest him. He was kept under sur- veillance till Detective Whitaker ar- rived with the papers for-his extradi- tion. He had previously borne an ex- cellent character. At the first trial of the case before a jury in Judge Dunne's court an agreement could not be reached and the jury was discharged. . —_—— Swindles Swedish Girls. The police are searching for a man who has been victimizing Swedish servant girls. He is a smooth talker and gets into the confidence of the girls by telling them that he has just | mustache and wears a gray sack suit arrived from Sweden and knows their | and black derby hat. parents or relatives. Ther he borrows | —— e G — money from them, promising to return| The “foreign” colony in Florence, it, but failing to reappear. He is de- | Italy, is not so large as it used to be. scribed as about 45 years of age. siX | many of the wealthy families having feet tall, with bald head and brown !removed to Cairo, Egypt. ADVERTISEMENTS. A R e S —— R R T 2 SLOANES CARPETS We have taken every opportunity to better our- Carpet stock and to increase our facilities for showing them. Two flcors are devoted en- tirely to Carpets—representing the best mills and embracing just those patterns and colorings that tasteful furnishers are always in search of. Our trices always as low as the lowest quoted elsewhers. W.&J.SLOANE & CO. ‘FURNITURE-CARPETS - RUGS - D 114-122 POST .5To S.F 4