The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 25, 1904, Page 34

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY. DECEMBER 25, 1904. ORDERS crowded Conditions at the Sutro ADVERTISEMENTS. MAGNINS RELIABLE WEAR ‘fil‘ WOMEN and Semi-Annual Clearance Sale of LADIES’ SACQUES TEA GOWNS and NEGLIGEES flannel, imported voile and German eiderdown. season’s goods—first-class in every de- of imported European e this acing a large assortment Goods of their character are seldom offered at special Don 't fail to attend. Note the following reductions: Tea Gowns and Negligees aported Mod: k—1830 style chiffon crepe. Matelasse ich S R s cy Woolen Material—silk lined.. .....$20.00 8$18.00 2.50 ported French Flannel Robes nported French Flannel Robes. Sacques rted Silk—lace trimmed....... Crepe—lace trimmed .. 825.00 .. 815.00 and ends in LADIES’ SACQUES, made of Al- . Henrietta Cloth, French Flannel and Silk; only small rmer prices $9.00 to $15.00—all will be closed out 50 each. B o s o e e Sl 918-922 Market St. No Branch Stores. rated catalogue e o e U O be sent free to out-of-town people. SILANTI KNIT GOODS. Special rments taken by Mrs. Ober. or the “ARNOLD" goods. FIND MISSING SILVER 0NCES DISAPPEARS STRANGELY {Metal Slips Through the Machinery for Whiting Room and Puzzles Clerks The gloom that has prevailed during ve merry holiday times in the silver | ana Sa ill commence Tuesday, December 27, at 9 2. m. The most important event of the season—coming be- tween Christmas and New Year's, it will be an\agreeable sur: : The line consists of broken assortments, comprising sim- | ple | fancy SACQUES, TEA GOWNS, HOUSE | GOWNS and NEGLIGEES, made of black, fancy and { color silks, hand-embroidered matelasse, albatross, H THREE SCHOOLHOUSES USE OF PORTABLE AT TURN of Education Relieves Over- Prezramme. and Bergerot Schools. E The Swedish ucation yesterday ble schoolhouses rgerot School and one to »ol to relieve their over- on. Superintendent hat relief be afforded le School Direc- »d that additional absolutely required at board decided to 1 recommendations. es for the Befgerot e sent from the Dudley as the latter building additions. The Dudley up with a modern fire aratus and the Board of tic has decided to invite the < Commissioners and Fire Department to ation during the first | hool term. ning at 7:30. gramme will be rendered: Overture, orchestra; arch™ (Suderman), Swe; The School, wk ™ rgerot. The i Klotz; *“Queen of the suti), tenor solo, Mr. E: Fishers’ Duet” (Gabussi), and A. Rydlander; th bot h b he i (a) *“Naturen wdblar), () A. Pihlstrom. ——— The Diamond Palace Xmas and the Money. like tie present holiday sea- |ing to accommodate ontgomery street. ts to the advantage of | - g ot sl B A I, B account If you yur Christmas is not a | Guardsmen on Watch, k of the dollars and the | thro e an¥ cach|teries of Coast Artillery, bank account for the | Guard of California, located TO GIVE NEW YEAR BALL VEREIN \Swedish Singing Society Will Render | an Interesting Concert Singing Society give its usual New Year's concert and | ball in the Turn Verein Hall, 353 Turk street, next Saturday evening begin- | following pro- “Wedding h Singing Society; trombone solo, selected, Louis Earth” ckson; “The J. Nelson humorous sketch by a first class team; song, “Lifdrab- | anten and King Erick,” M. A. Tugel- s och Hjertal” “Good Night” rtha”), Swedish Singing Society. Dancing 21l night; music by Professor customers. National department of the United States Mint in this city has given way to joy—the sort of joy that comes with the lifting of a burden of troubles from the mind. This burden has rested heavily for some months on the devoted caputs of the Mint employes and has threatened to wear away the hair. About six months ago it was reported te Superintendent Leach that there was a shortage in the silver account, | no one seemed able to give the slightest clew to the mysterious dis- appea of a number of ounces of the white metal. Weeks wore away, ance ! and more and more silver was “weigh- ed in short” after it had passed the { whiting room. Careful search was made of all the nooks and corners of the room and ev- ery employe was kept constantly un- | der the keen eyes of the Mint officlals. Finally the and obtained. Every man and woman who had anything to do with the silver and whiting rcom were carefully in- vestigated, but nothing developed to show that than “the straight and narrow path.” “Uncle” Dan Cole, the official coiner, and Refiner Gorman began to see visions was a spirit of unrest among the heads of all departments that became all the | more aggravating as Christmas ap- proached. The officials commenced to dream of suit cases full of silver bricks disappearing into the dark shadows of Fifth street on stormy nights. The se- cret service men said ““We're sorry, but hanged if we can find where the metal has gone to.” The s gladsome greetings | came a few days ago, when the en- | gineer of the whiting department, where the silver coins are given their white, unpolished appearance, an- nounced that he thought he had the answer to the puzzle. “What do you think?” asked the su- | perintendent. “I think that the metal is somewhere | in the machi replied the engineer. “Well, I'm afraid you're wrong, but | we will investigate,” replied the chief official. In the whiting process, by means as yet undetermined by the re- finers, the silver had been deprived of a certain fractional part of its bulk and the infinitely small particles grav- ftated toward a common center—the cylinder of one of the machines. The machinery was taken apart after a great deal of labor, and snugly settlea in one corner of it were 420 ounces of the missing metal. There is not sup- posed to be any more valuable depos- | its in the coinmaking plant, as the amount mentioned makes up the dis- turbing shortage. And there is a merry very stone edifice nishes the country with jingling dol- lars. Christmas—a RN TN 8 S s U Bucket Shop Men Discharged. After a fight lasting over four years the case of W. D. Valentine, M. Burke and A. C. Pritchard, charged with con- a ng a bucket shop on Ellis street, was dismissed by Judge Cook yester- day. The trio were convicted in the Police Court and fined in the aggre- gate $900. The Superior Court af- firmed the judgment of the lower court and the defendant’s attorney, George . Collins, appealed to the Supreme Court. Meantime the defendants had been taken into custody and an appli- | cation was made before Judge Cook | | for a writ of habeas corpus. | Will be open to-day and to-morrow morn. | 7 the Writ was postponed till the Su- | preme Court should render jgdgment, Decision which was finally given against the appellants. The ordinance under which the arrests were made was sub- Next Saturday night the four bat- sequently repealed. A A P Trapper's Ofl cures rheumatism and neuralgla. Diuggists, 50c flask. Richard & Co., 406 Clay.* Mint Employes Can Now . Enjoy a Mgrry Christmas Untempered With Worry shortage grew into the | | hundreds of ounces, and the assistance of the secret service was requested | they were following other | of Dimmicky days, and there | some | merry Christmas—at the stately | where Uncle Sam fur- GRAND JURORS TAKE RESPITE HOW TAX NAY BE RETURNED Investigation of the Police|City Attorney Long Advises Affairs in Chinatown Is Deferred Over Christmas ELLIS 'GIVES QUIETUS —_— His Statement That He Did Relieves the —— Situation There was complete rest vesterday in the investigation of police condi- tions in Chinatown. The emphatic de- nial of Sergeant Ellis that he ever | charged before the Grand Jury or any one else that Chief Wittman gave him instructions not to molest the fantan or lottery games has put a quietus on the sensational affair. While it is be- lieved that the Pclice Committee of | the Grand Jury is at work on gertain | facts in connection with corrurfuon in the Chinese quarter, it is thought that {1t has not got much farther with the hefore. - “I am taking a rest over Christmas,” said Foreman T. P. Andrews yester- day, “and the other jurors are doing likewise. We will give no attention to Grand Jury matters until Tuesday. I | have told the stenographer and the po- licemen detailed to assist us and to | serve subpenas that they need not re- | port until Tuesday morning. I wili not say whether we are encouraged or dis- | couraged over the situation as to the investigation of the Chinatown cor- | raption. Anyhow, we shall not give a | further thought to the matter until Christmas s over.” Sergeant Ellis, about whose head the storm has been raging, was on duty | yesterday in the harbor district. Fe finds it far more pleasant to cope with the Christmas celebrations along the water front than to breathisg the oders of Chinatown. —_————— B.F.Stoll. dentist: Haight & Masonic av.* —————— Says Treasurer Is Defaulter. F. A. Cascioni, president of Aurora | Grove of the Ancient Order of Druids, obtained a warrant from Police Judge Mogan yesterday for the arrest of Achilles Biagi, treasurer of the grove, on a charge of felony embezzlement. Cascioni alleges that Blagi is short $154 35 In his accounts. —_————— ENDS HIS LIFE WITH GAS.—Ernest Mil- ler, a tailor, turned on the gas in a room at the Sutherland Hotsl at Sutter and Jones | streete, yesterday. The ambulance was called for and the man removed to the Emergency Hospital, where he breathed his last on the cperating table. Dr. W. E. Stevens attended him. Not Implicate Wittman i statutory right, probe than has been done several times | an Amendment by Legis- lature to Afford Relief SPECIAL LEVY INVOLVED Vill Give Three Years for Claims for Moneys Paid for Hospitals and Schools City Attorney Long yesterday gave the Supervisors an opinion on the ques- tion whether the Board has the power to refund the taxes illegally collected for the new school houses and a county hospital where the same were pald without protest and demand was not made ‘or suit begun within the time prescribed by law. Mr. Long’s opinion says the right to recover without ac- tion or protest must be regarded as a the enforcement of which may be permitted within three years from its inception, but he ad- vises the submission of an amendment to the Legislature designed to extend the limitation contained in section 3804 of the Political Code. Long submits a form of the proposed amendment, which is in effect an enabling act, and provides that any taxes erroneous- ly collected shall be refunded upon a verified claim therefor filed within three years after the making of the payment sought to be refunded. The City Attorney quotes from the code to show that those taxpayers who have not filed written protests and have not begun action within six months from the date of payment can- not recover the taxes paid, however unlawful may have been their exaction, and that the proper procedure to re- turn the taxes is by amending the code as already stated. The extension of the time limit from six months to three years would permit of the return of the special fifteen levy, as the taxes were pald in November, 1902 and April, 1803. ———————— Chew Bing Quoia’s Estate. The belated inventory of the estate | of Chew Bing Quola, the deceased Chi- | s filed in the It is stated | nese labor contractor, w: Probate Court yesterday that $9200 was withdrawn by the Chinaman from his business before his | death, and this, with other funds mak- | ing an aggregate of $13,800, was de- posited with Louis Shuck at 715 Sac- ramento street. There is a question as to whether or not this money be- longs to the estate, and a suit has been lnswmed against Shuck. i ADVERTISEMENTS. | | { { | the latest—the season’s bes¢. $4.50 Waists $2.50 brown, navy, royal blie, tan, red and green. isition of wealth. Open same thing with | Ellis-street Armory; the Signal Corps, | —_——————— You can start one with the Phoenix Savings B. ana ¢ California street, interest C npounded semi-annu- bunts, 5 per cent, in- e semi-annually. The paid- Pi is $1.250,600; 000. The ai- Chas. R. Geo. C. ss = Smith, managing director. * e et e e Vet Wants Pay for Injuries, for $20,000 damages for I TUnited Railroads by Angela Fitzger- 21d, who alleges that she was seriously bruised on April 7 last by thrown from a Bryant-street car, be- £treets. {also located there, and the artillery iband will have a watch night meet- |ing to see the old year out and the | new year in. of a first-clas high jinks, with Captain Grattan as sire. |a fine programme, with many of the ‘ numbers by professional talent. Ladd, Gavin McNab: | |tioned in Oakland, will also have a | watch night in its armory next Satur- | @ay night, under the direction of Cap- in- | tain Wethern. —_—————— A dream of pleasure, the new two for | S€¢PABE; quarter size American. $2 7 box %. L4 es was begun yesterday against the | | belng | cyanpLER GIV] | dler yesterday p { tween Twenty-first and Twenty-second 1 ;h!er Engineer Suilivan for the benefit of the, dition of any sewer. 7idows’ and Orphans’ Ald Soclety of the Fire | from the improper construction of the NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. NEWBRO’S HERPICIDE The ORIGI VAL remedy that “kills the Dandruff Germ." ING ! In the enurmous sale of Newbro's Herpl- become enthusiastic: n 1o HERPICIDE C0. Dept. ¥, Defrot, Wich, for 2 sampe. APPLICATIONS AT PROMINENT BARBER SHOPS. Cannot Sue for Damages. Judge Murasky yesterday, in a writ- ten opinion sustaining the murrer to the suit of and others for $3000 damages, decided that under the charter the plaintiffs could not maintain such an action. It will be in the nature There will be | F, Fifth I: v, sta- Infantry, sta- |,y of much of the sofl of theif prop. erty on J street, between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, by sewage from the Almshouse tract. The street at this | point was made impassable by the the charter prohibits recourse against the city for any damage or loss suf- | fered by reason of the defective con- This suit resulted ted a check for $100 to sewer. e 3 Have it printed by Edward Knowles Com- pany, 24 Second street, near Market, . —_——— Yee Gong Is Released. a writ of habeas corpus for the re- lease of Yee Gong was heard yester- day by Judge Cook. The application was granted and the prisoner ordered discharged from custody.. He was ar- rested by Sergeant Ellis and Policeman Minehan on a bench warrant from Po- lice Judge Fritz's court issued upon the assertion of two members of the Chinese Educational Society that he was one .of the fantan players ar- /rested at 820 Washington street. This was denied. Yee Gong has instituted | a civil suit against the Police Depart- ment, claiming $25,000 damages for false arrest and imprisonment. —— e GONE ! m..v‘lb CARPENTER FALLS FROM BUILDING.— John Anderson. a carpenter, while at work on a building at Glen Park yesterday, fell a dise tance of twenty feet and broke his left leg. He was removed to the cy Hospitay, treatment. city’s de- | George S. Crim | Plaintiffs complained of the washing | It is held by the court that | A splendid assortment of styles, colors and sizes. Chiffon Veils. $100 Veils . . . . . Fifteen styles to select from. Edges are embroidered and hem- Argument on the application upon |* -| then to St. Luke's Hospital, where he received navy, myrtle and tan; length 1% yards. you will quickly see that. Regular price 75¢ each. Sale price....... 45¢ _ing Skirts for $5.00. for full announcement. | by the best designers. 1000 Regular 75c and IS¢ stitched; colors are black, brown, The quality is superior— Great Sale of Coals, Suils and SKirls Begins Tvcsday. Great reductions—$17.50 and $20 Suits for $10; $15 and $20 Coats for 89.50; Girls’ $10 and $12 Coats for $7.50; §7.50 and $10 Walk- Great chance. See the Chronicle or Examiner R. D. Davis & Co. Waisls The sale begins Tuesday morning. It is a waist pur- chase out of the ordinary. The best known' manu- facturer in New York gave us the opportunity to buy his entire sample stock at very close to half-price. A glance at the goods, and we accepted the offer. A glance will demonstrate to you that we acted wisely and that a great bargain is placed before you. They are fancy waists, gathered, tucked, braid- trimmed, hemstitched —a new style idea in every one. The materials are ¥oile, Etamine and Henrietta Cloth. The colors are The styles are $6.00 Waists $3.50 Magnificent waists, creations Umbrella Sale. $2.00 and $2.50 $1 50 Valves for... French frames with bulb run- | ner and steel rod: guaranteed fast black gloria; 26 or 28 inch size; Congo or silver cap handles ‘in great variety; styles for both men and women. Reg- ular prices are $2.00 $1.50 and $2.50. Sale price ADV French and English Broadcloths The finest weaves in all the latest shades of champagne, tan, brown, blue, green, cream and white. 54 inches wide. ... $2.00, $2.50, $3.00 yd Mixed Cheviots and Coverts The correct cloth for golf and short walking skirts for winter wear; in mixed shades of bx:own, gray and blue. 54 inches de . ;: cream. 22 l DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT Damask Cloths Huck Towels 10 patterns bleached, all- | Soft, heavy, all linen Huck linen, bordered Table Towels, hemmed and hem- { Cloths; good, strong qual- stitched; white and red ity; 2xa’4 yards, $2.00; ! 2x3 yards, $2.50. Full | size naokins to match; | plankete | dozen . 2 ..82.25 . . ? ‘ Napkins i win v \ All linen, fine, heavy, “:e" fo’r' 3% lbeds; §m£ bleached, full size Dinner Napkins, in pretty and neat Loom Damask Strong, all linen, loom Table Linen. Will bleach 50¢ Out of town cus- tomers can pur- chase goods in the most satisfactory | manner through our mail order de- | partment. Special attention given to prompt delivery. O’CONNOR, MOFFATT & CO. ..Cloth.. Department Season 1904-1905 COVERT CLOTH Good quality heavy English Covert Cloth, in the stylish tan shade. This material is extensively used for the new Corset Jacket. 52 inches wide.. (2.2.0% 24 ¢oTABLISHg, 1866 111 to 121 Post Strect Amazon Cloths A very large assortment of all the new shades in English Amazon Cloths. All wool. well finished and an excellent wear- ing fabric for tailor suits. so $2.00 yard English Corduroys Best quality silk-finished velvet Corduroys, in the wide cord; for street wear; all the leading colors of navy biue, brown. green, drab, mode, black and and blue borders. Each Bath Towels Full size bleached and un- bleached hemmed Towels. Each 25¢ o $3.75 WIATSEATESVE ARE DISCUSSING [Members of the Instructed Humboldt Delegation Are Visiting the Metropolis —_— State Senator Thomas H. Selvage of | Eureka and Assemblyman Louis P. Branstetter of Ferndale are in the city. was a deal of political gossip to the ef. the Legislature, under the leadership of Mr. Selvage, would support Henry L Oxnard for the United States Senate, but the subsequent candidacy of George A. Knight, who began his political ca- reer in that county, caused a readjust- ment of the programme and it is now support of the Humboldt statesmen. In the Senatorial contest of 1899, when General W. H. L. Barnes, U. S. Grant | and D. M. Burns were the leading can- didates, George A. Knight had the sup- port of the Humboldt delegation on several ballots, but on a dark night in January one of the northern chickens “flew de coop” of Mr. Knight and land- ed in Mr. Grant's house. The flight caused considerable merriment and | hastenea the dissolution of the Knight Early in the Senatorial campaign there | fect that the Humboldt delegation in | admitted that Mr. Knight will get mel MISCELLANEOUS. Remember the Old Folks For New Year With a Palr of GEORGE MAYERLE'S | clals, edu- NG fornia and the highest U. S { | Army, Navy offic rey find them sooth- ing, restful and strengthening to the eyes and preserve the sight. A present that will be appreciated by young and old_for many years to_come FREE | EYES | At 10711; Market St. | o erle’s {] By mail, 62c. George Mayerle antiseptis eyeglass cleaners, 2 for 25c. | WRIGHTSVILLE, Ga., Dec. 34—Wrights- ville has suffered from the gre_test fire in its history. Two banks, five stores, with their stocks, and two offices were burmed. Total loss $100,000. | forces. It is understood that Mr. Oxnard is Senator Selvage's second choice in this campaign and would be his first cholce were it not for the instructions which the Humboldt convention gave when the ticket was nominated. There is | conjecture concerning the third choice | of Senator Selvage. Some aver that Senator Bard is In line for that distine- tion, while others contend that the honor is reserved for Frank P. Flint of | Los Angeles. It is common talk that the Humboldt delegation will scatter, every man golng as he pleases, when Knight elects to retire from the field. The Assemblymen will surely go their own way without consulting the State Senator. Stories are published in the Demo- cratic newspapers to the effect that Senator Greenwell of Santa Barbara, Assemblyman Drew of Fresno and As- semblyman Prescott of San Bernardino | will not vote for Senator Bard. In the § Bard camp this is the reply: “Wait un til the Legislature ballots for Senator. The lawyers have not succeeded in “rushing” Governor Pardee in the mat- ter of Appellate Court appointments. | He is taking his own time to consider | the merit, availibility and geographical position of the applicants. The consti- tutional amendment ecreating the new courts defines the districts and requires that more than one political party shall ‘be recognized in the selection of Judges. The San Francisco Assembly delega- tion will organize by the election .of Nathan C. Coghlan of the Forty-first District or George A. McGowan of the Forty-second to the chairmanship. Frank H. Sharp of Fresno and J. O. Hayes of San Jose arrived in the city yesterday. # ———— PROVIDENCE, R. L, Dec. 24.—The Atlan- tic Rubber Shoe Company, which em about 500 men, gave notice to-day that plant would be closed for an indefinite period, beginning Monday. No reason for the shut- + down Is assigned. ADVERTISEMENTS. DON'T Don’t simply *“get a bottla of cough medicine.” Good cough medicine. your druggist for Get Ask and you will have the best, the kind that cures in a day. It costs you no mere than ithe thousand and one un- known kinds that the dealer tries to sell you because of larger profits. it 1