The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 28, 1904, Page 2

2 TEVPTS DEATI FOR LIBERTI Vlilitary - Prisoner Raucroft in Ficht for Freedom Nearly Loses His Life| HE- I8 BURIED ALIVE His Comrades Cover Him With Gravel From Quarry to Hide Him From Guards ————— Military Prisoner Raucroft came ain attempt to escape ckade at Rodeo rifle ay. Had it not been for e guard coming to-his rescue he Dald now dead man. Raucroft was working with a gang £. prisoners- erushing - rocks for: use i Fehm lace; reldck ng. the target ranges at that The men leave work about 4 ly before that hour ho had a previous under- with s fellow workingmen, mself on the ground when ere not looking. Enough was shoveled over him to n view, and a small ced over his head to vel from falling about d" smothering him. | >4 and smothered | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1904 FIERCE STORM SWEEPS FROM -~ ROCKIES 10 'Vast Area Suffers Great Dam- THE LAKED. age From the Blizzard. Cyclonic Wind in Chicago. Wire and Train Service Almost Paralyzed. CHICAGO, Dec. 27.—One of the se- verest storms of recent years has raged throughout the territory lying between the Rocky Mountains and “the Great Lakes since early this morning and has eaused much' trouble to street cars, railroads and telegraph companies. The telegraph companies were the greatest sufferers from the blizzard, which has swept through the West and North- west during the last twenty-four hours and which was preceded by a heavy fog-and drizzling rain, which made the wires almost unworkable. The intense cold ‘and terrific gale . that followed close “upon the fog coated the wires with sice and later in the ‘day threw | poles to the ground, crippling the com- jod of the ruse the order | vas to stop work, apd the | prisoners were marched back” to the itacka Here it was discovered that taucroft was missing. Guards were lispatch to locate the missifg pris After arch and ust falling the guards jecided nto the pile of rocks r where the prisoners haa 4 Here, to their great unazer found Raucroft. He benumbed, almost insensible and ve. He was quickly ‘dug er heroic efforts revived. not been for the rescue at this opportune moment Raucroft ' would haxe-died within a few hours. He decided that the next time he teies 1o escape he will not attempt to dp so by the gravel route. Only four of the ten prisoners who racently escaped from this same stocKade by cutting through the ve heen recaptured quar = of Lieutenant Frank Thirteenth Infantry, at the discharge » at Angel Island were parti destroyed by fire vesterda t 'part of the bu was the paraphernalia Lieutenant i. The main loss swords and flicer. an Francisco at the Anpounces Engagement. Mrs. George H. Pippy vesterday an- agement of her niece, ins, to J. P. Parkinson Judkins is a popular and has a host ity Mr. Parkinson is of the Seattle Post- Intejligéncer and one of the know i newspaper men in the North- of | | panies badly. Railroad trains were bally delayed all through the West, some of them being twenty-four hours late. Street-car traffic in all the cities of the West and Northwest was prac- tically at a standstill at some time dur- ing the day. COV S A WIDE AREA. In its extent the storm was the most widespread of any during the last fif- teen years. Counting the fog as a com- ponent part of the storm, it stretched from the Rocky Mountains to New York and from Winnipeg -to New Orleans. The on fatalities due to the storm in this ci were: Alexander Steiner, a teamster, killed while unloading coal. A chute was blown from its fastenings, and, strik- ing Steiner on the head, killed him in- stantly. Thomas Walsh, a laborer, struck by a heavy board while entering a new building on Green street and Washing- ton boulevard. The board almost cut his head off. At 10 o'clock to-night the storm was reported as subsiding at Kansas City and other points in a north and south line from that city, but it will be sev- eral days before normal conditions are restored throughout the entire section. CENTER NEAR CHICAGO. At Chicago and east of here the storm was still raging at midnight with great violence. The center of the storm is between Chicago and Cleve- land Reports from Kansas City early in | the day were that the storm extended | from the middie of Missouri as far south as Indian Territory. It was ac- companied throughout its entire extent by heavy winds and snow. The snow best- | on the level waould have been abput, tge foot dewp. It was drifted-so -badly by the gale, however, that' in nearly all FINA L CLOSING DAYS. OF POMMER-EILERS REMOVAL SALE Many of the Best Known Makes and Choicest Stules of Pianos and Organs Still Left to Choose'-From. Regular $400 Styles Are Now $247, $350 Styles $218. Others Also New and Warranted for $186 and Down to $123. All on Easy Payments. A Few Brand New Kimballs, Deckers, Hazeltons. Les- ters and Numerous Other High-Grade Makes, Slightly Used Knabes and Kimballs and Steinwauys and One Decker at Less Than Half Real Values, Everything Must Go Now. Note Prices of Good Sguare Pianos, and for the Remaining Few Orgdns The remaining handsome new and used planos, piano-y s, orgdns, auto-pianos &nd electric self-playing pianos that were offered for sale at the Pommer-Eilers re- mibval sale at such ridiculously . low prices must go during the next few days. There are not to exceed 35 instruments sitogether, but they are some of the fin- est and most costly styles. People living out of town should tele- graph, write or phone us at once. The sale thus far amounts to over $147,000, and we'll surely . exceed the $160,000 mark before it closes. To say that we thank the purchasing public for the splendid patronage and the confi- @ience reposed in our house and in our gonouncements of this great sale does ot begin to express our full apprecia- tion, for the business done during the pest few days exceeds by far our most sanguine expectation. THIS IS WEHAT DOES IT. It is the fine pianos at the greatest markdown prices ever offered that has sccomplished this result, and no one can be happier than we are over the fact that we are in a position to save our patrons so much money. Now as to prices. 'In a general way we can state that nearly every make of prominence is still represented in this sale. Nearly all of them are the latest and choicest specimens of the - great American piano-makers and some of them are used—slightly used only; but ell are in every way as fine as new. . We offer a regular $600 style of the famous Knabe piano in choicest. ma- hogeny for $34%. An elegant $525 style of the Steinway make for even $300 now, and another Bteinway, alsy £00d but somewhat older, for $190. A most beautiful. slightly used Decker for $362, and an elegant mottled walnut Jargest size Kimball that could not be t0ld from new for $275. These mean vir- tuelly half-price. ONLY TWO OF THESE NOW. Who wants one of the remaining two beautiful regular $350- styles that are mow offered to close out Quickly for §218? Other fine brand-new uprights, in mod- erately plain cases. worth $275. $325, $360 and up, to $400, instzuments that cannot be sold regularly by any dealer ©r agency for less than thosé figures. are now marked to sell for $146, $137, $194, $168 and up'to $247. . Bear in mind that every instrument in #his sale can be obtained on the easiest of monthly or weekly paymepts. vears' time to complete the puccnase " FOR THOSE WHO WANT TEE VERY BEST. Then there are the grandest of largest size hand-carved, brand-new upflgits, highest grade makes, such as are ordinar- lslayl:f;)ld‘ for 855‘(}7‘. lGoOland even $650. Our e prices on thes 83{‘8. gty 835?}." 11 range from $288, € want every one of th ;nu;rufi‘lentut Out“ of the wayeb;m;‘ar‘lr(‘!?f nd will not split hairs abo S bk ut the terms Another of the famous Auto-pianos. piano with a player concealed lnlld: put into space hitherto not utilized in an ordinary plano case. Bven the pedals can be folded inside the piano case 80 that no one would ever know it from a Fef;‘lllr h!ixhe!t gal.'hlde piano. ® a fancy mahogany case and at the price marked should find a by noon to-morrow. e aon, THEN THESE ORGAXNS. A couple of very fine church organs, worth retail $250, ar - Forth retall $2 © to g0 this week for mcgnh, if desired. ne ehapel organ, -renowned plain case, retail $85, now $57, Dsy:::tel' of $3 a month.’ Just the thing for a -m:n chli\,:ch :r Sunday school. number of parlor organs for Song; we must simply get rid of‘e‘eg;; one of them. Estey, $18; Mason & Ham- lin. $28; Kimball, in very good order, $38. Three of the' most beautiful piano- cased organs, in ebonized and mahogan: cases, at 10.pér ‘cent cost. Payments ‘of §! them. less than factory 5 a month buy SQUARE PIANO FOR A MERE NOTHING. . @wo. fine square, pianos Rave come to us in part payment for new pianos since Friday morning. Take choice of these and two others for $35; still-another $23, and.a very choice one, that' ought to be worth_$200 _of any one’s money, is now $87. Pay $2 or $3 a month if you like. We are determined now to close out everything. The matter of value or cost cuts no figure in this—we must attain our - ends. - Our store will be ed with the rest of the building to make room for the most beautiful office build- lngrd:lners in u:thi‘ city—a pi itien, ac- cording to the nvolving a ‘investment of over 00. Am ember the pl Rem iace, nmer-Eilers Muosic Company. Californfa's b ny. 0! = s lc‘tect d| INDIANAPOLIS, - Ind. - Dec.: 87.— busiest and. lealers, 653 Mar- LIS, - Tu : ket street, between the Palace Hotel and | High ‘winds prevailed to-day through. Easy payments of $5 a | ¥ | Rock Island’s Rocky Mountain the cities of Nebraska, Kansas and | Western Missouri street car traffic was | at a standstill by noon. | . The storm by noon had reached East- ern Missouri and the temperature in St. Louis went down twenty degrees in two hours, while the wind, blowing | forty miles an hour, piled the snow up in the streets in great drifts. It was found possible to keep the street cars running, although great havoc was wrought with the telegraph and tele- | Phone wires. RAGES IN NORTHWEST. At Omaha and Des Moines conditions similar to those in Kansas City were reported and both places were in bad shape early in the day. All over the Western States the storm increased in violence throughout the morning and at noon was raging with great fury. All trains in this section were reported from one to six hours late, and constantly losing time. In the Northwest the storm was even more violent than throughout Missouri jand Towa. In St. Paul the snow com- menced falling early last night and grew heavier all through the night, while the wind increased until it was biowing at fifty miles an hour. The storm traveled westward from St. Paul until it covered almost the entire Northwest. From the Dakotas, Eastern Montana, down, . the snow filled the streets and street cars were for the most part com- pelled to stop . running and all trains were far behind time. HEAVY WINDS IN SOUTH. In the South conditions were some- what better, the snow in many places being changed into a heavy rainfall, preceded by thunder and lightning and followed by heavy winds. Nashville, Louisville, New Orleans, Montgomery and Memphis. reported exceedingly heavy rains, a rapidly falling ther- mometer and terrific winds. In the Ohio River Valley the first heavy rain in five months commenced | falling early in the day and continued throughout the night. The storm was appreciated by the poatmen along the Ohio -and its tributaries, for ‘the stage of water in those streams has of late been very low and navigation was dif- ficult in many places. HURRICANE IN CHICAGO. | The storm struck Chicago shortly after. ngon, and a59d, with great Eapidity. -untik i Zasgpmed hurri- cane violence at.5:30 o’clockKy when the wind tore through ; the -down-town streets at the rate of seventy-two miles an_ hour. It fell away after that and by’ 7 o'clock.had dropped to fifty mtles an'hour;, where it remained throughout the night’ with occasional’ glsts that howled through ‘the streets with the force of a cyclone, tearing down signs, smashing in’ plate glass windows, and in many sections of the down-town distriets hurling pedestrians from their feet and overturning delivery wagons. Early in the afternoon the police found it necessary to station extra of- ficers at the corner of State and Ran dolph streets, where the Masonic Tem. ple, twenty-two stories in' height, al- ways creates a terrific increase in the natural rapidity of the wind, and at the corner of Monroe and Dearborn streets, where the new building of the First National Bank acts in a similar man- ner. From 3 o'clock until after the evening rush was over there were not five minutes that the officers were not compelled to carry some woman, who had been thrown from her feet and was unable to cross the street. In all’ parts of the city trees were blown down, chimneys toppled over and several frame shacks were leveled to the ground. Between noon and | o'clock in the evening the mercury dropped from 34 to 11 VAST DAMAGE REPORTED. The late reports from Wisconsin are that the storm .was the most severe ever ‘known in that section. Damage in Madison. is estimated at $100,00( In Indiana the damage by the storm 18 estimated in the hundreds of thou- sands. The damage was especially heavy. in the oil fields, where fully 500 derricks were blown down and all op- erations suspended. Near Muncie Frank Cavanaugh was killed by a fall- ing derrick. The loss on derricks alone in the neighborhood of Muncle: is placed at $200,000. Late dispatches from Nebraska state that the storm was the most severe in many years and that all trains were delayed. e e BLOCK SYSTEM FAILS. Overland Trains Detained at Omaha for Hours During Storm. system of signaling at the Missouri River crossing failed completely . in this morning’s storm. All the over- land trains were detained . for hours on account of the difficulty of-getting through the maze of switches east and west of the bridge. Snow, driven.by e forty-mile-an-hour gale, formed wedges of-ice- that prevented the opening or closing of the switches in response to the electric current from the switching tower. Many men were put at work to'operate the switches by hand, but the delay was such that no ‘frains_entered the Union station from the East between 9:30 and noon. Ten westbound overland trains ‘weére at one time tied ‘up between Council Bluffs yards and the -bridge. The lim- ited, in the vanguard of the blockade, was lodged On the bridge;, andthere the fury of the storm seemed ‘to‘con. centrate for hours. The train stood enwrapped in a swirl of snow and es- caping steam, and when a particularly heavy blast swept down -from the north and struck the: passenger coaches and sleepers they swayed and rocked and creaked as though they ‘were about to be precipitated into the river-beneath. One section of the' Overland limited | emerged from the blockade at 1 o'clock, four hours behind time. .- P o s 4 SCHOOLHOUSE UNROOFED. Several Children Injured by the Storm in 2 out Indiana. At Elkinsville a school- Wyoming, Northern Michigan and Wis- | consin came stories of damage by the | gtorm. The wires in all directions were | OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 27.—The block |- PROBABLE DISASTER 10 WARSHIP Publishes a Long List of Casualties Without Any Explanatory Details NINE OFFICERS ON DEATH ROLL Belief That . a = Japanese Cruiser . Has - Been Sunk or Damaged by a’ Mine While on .Blockade Duty TOKIO, Dec. 28, 9 a. m.—The Navy Department. publishes a list of nine officers and:sixty-five men who were killed while on speclal , duty. The | time, place and circumstances are not | explained and it is presumed that an- sunk or damaged. expected shortly. The -Army Department, publishes a list of twenty-three officers killed ‘and fifty-six wounded, presumably at Port Arthur, An explanation is . CHINA DEFIES RUSSIA. | Strong Attitude Taken in Connection ‘With Ammunition Seizure. | PEKING, Dec. 27.—The Russian officlals here demanded of the Chi- nese Foreign Office yesterday the res- titution of the 3,000,000 rounds of | ammunition, apparently destined for | Port Arthur, seized by the Chinese au- thorities at Fengtal, near here, four days ago. The Russians- assert that | the ammunition was intended only for the legation guard. It is learned at the Foreign Office that the Chinese intend taking a strong stand.in view of the frequent | attempts to smuggle arms and ammu- nition. the cartridges seized at Fengtai were consigned to a European resident of Peking, who is now at Tientsin, taking part in the investi, | fair. il s o Significant Activity on Board Russia’s H Imprisoned Warships. SEVASTOPOL, Dec. 27.—The dock- yard laborers have been released from their obligations as members of the' | reserves, so that they may continue work on the vessels of the Black Sea fleet, which is being hurried with the greatest energy. | ey . | Britain Annexes the Tongas. | MELBOURNE, Dec. 27.~—Great | Britain ha$ assumed control of the legal and ancial administration of the Tonga $slands, the nativé chiefs consenting. | S —— | Liner Phoenicia Goes to Russia. | LONDON, Déc.' 27.—A dispatch from Hamburg to-a news agency says the Hamburg-American liner Phoeni- cia has been sold to an unknown pur- chaser .and that she is going to Li- | bau. | —_————— OFFICERS ON THE WAY TO OHIO WITH LETCHER | Prisoner to Be Taken to Bryan, in That State, and Indicted for | Arson, | COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec, 27.—A tale- | gram from Detective Fox, at Flagstaff, {A. T, states that he' has arrested George E. Letcher, wanted in Bryan, Qhio, on a charge of arson, and that he will arrive at Bryan on Wednesday. | Letcher was arrested some time ago |at _San Francisco. Fire Marshal Davis has gone to Bryan to arrange for Letcher’s indict- ment. State officials say that Letcher was kidnaped by the Ohio officers at San Francisco, and Fox's telegram is the first official information that the officers are en route to Ohio with their prisoner. —— SEES GIRL DRINK POISON AND IS TAKEN TO JAIL BT. LOUIS, Dec. 27.—Miss Aggle Garrison of Detroit, aged 25 years, a former employe at the World’s Fair, diéd in the City Hospital to-day from |'the effects of poison taken in a room \'at a local hotel here. Albert Chit- |'tum; aged 28, of Trumbull, Tenn., who was ‘in the room at the time, is un- der arrest. Chittum admitted having seen the girl swallow the poison, but delayed calling a physician. G R e e house was unroofed and several chil- dren were ‘injured. At Vincennes the wind. unroofed the Blackford glass ‘plant and blew down a portion of the walls. A lumber plant was also dam- aged. ey espe BOATS CRASH IN RIVER. Mk ‘Weather Canses Two Accidents Off New York. NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—Rain and | sleet, with a rising temperature fol- | lowing the recent heavy snowstorms, have greatly impeded traffic in and about New York. Telegraphic com-~ munication has been considerably handicapped, and nearly all through trains from the West and North are delayed owing to slippery rails. © A collision on the river resulted from the thick weather during the morning rush hours. The ferry-boat Chicago of the Pennsylvania line, | loaded down with commuters, was run | into by the New Haven Railroad’s big steam transpert Maryland = in the North River, Just off Cortland-street slip. The transport crashed into ~the Tear of the ferry-boat and tore a large part of the ‘deck work over the stern. No serious damage was done to the hull. ‘While a dense fog hung. over the river 'and harbor this afternoon the ferry-boats Bergen-and Musconetong of the Lackawanna line crashed into each other near the Hoboken ferry { slips-and for a few minutes there was | 2. wild panic on both boats. The Ber- gen had left the New York side and was approaching the New Jersey side under reduced speed when the other boat crashed into her. Except for slight bruises no one was hurt and neither boat was seriously injured. . LAXATIVE BR . To.get the w Tokio - Navy ‘»Department other crulser has been mined and! The bales of wool containing | ga}lon into the af-| PREPARING BLACK SEA FLEET INDICTED BY FEDERAL True- Bills in Land Fraud Cases Returned Against Oregon Mayor and For- mer Government Officials SENATOR MITCHELL ASKS FOR HEARING Uneasy Solon Sends Word to Inquisiters That He Wants Prosecution to Give:Him Names of Their Witnesses PORTLAND, Dec. 27.—The Federal Grand Jury to-day returned seven in- dictments in connection with the land fraud cases now under investigation. The large number in the batch and the prominence of three of the num- ber, with the two mysterious “John Doe” indictments, made the day the most sensational since the jury recon- | vened in its present sessions. The most important is the indictment against Dr. | Willlam H. Davis, Mayor of Albany, Or. Second to this and of hardly less importance are those of Salmon. P. Ormsby, formerly a Government agent, and Clark E. Loomis, at one time Forest Superintendent. Henry = A. Young and George Sorenson are not | so well known. The indictment states that there are two others, John Doe and Richard Roe, implicated, whose true names the jury does not know. In the indictment just returned Wil- | lam H. Davis, Mayor of Albanv and | chairman of the Republican County i Central Committee of Linn County, is i the central figure. The Government | will attempt to prove by the evidence | against the Albany man that he went into the alleged conspiracy to defraud | the Government knowingly and a year | after he had abandoned him claim as the result of an-alleged correspondence with ‘the Land Office at Washington. In 1901 C. E. Loomis came to Albany to make a report on the claim of Davis, and about forty-flve other claims held up by the department. The Govern- ment asserts that Davis became un- easy about this time and wrote to Bin- ! ger Hermann, then commissioner of the General Land Office asking his ad- vice in regard to his filing. He also asked Loomis, according to the Gov- | ernment, to write to the department”in regard to his claim. Under date of March 11, 1901, it is alleged, Loomis wrote a personal letter to Hermann asking his advice in relation to the claim. The letter closed, so the Gov- ernment asserts, with the statement that Loomis would be glad to gain any information which might be of use to 7| ‘some very good friends” of Hermann's In Lynn County. United States Senator John H. Mit- i«chell has not as yet been allowed to appear before the Federal Grand Jury to hear what charges it is alleged have been, or will be, brought against him. This morning he appeared at the door of the jury room and handed to the ‘foreman a letter asking that he be al- lowed to appear before the jury to an- swer all questions which might be put to him in regard to his complicity in any fraud or conspiracy, but he af- fixed a clause to the effect that he would not go before the body unless he could be presented with the case against him together with the names of the witnesses testifying to his detri- ment. The letter was considered by the jury and the Senator was not called to give his version during the foremoon. In the afternoon the Senator appeared again at the jury room and asked to be admitted but was met at the door by Assistant District Attorney F. J. Heney and told that he would perhaps be allowed to go before the jurors to- morrow. Congressman Hermann takes the same stand as ‘does Senator Mitchell and will be given the same answer when he applies for admission. —_———————— New Venture in Whaling. DARTMOUTH, England, Dec. 27.— | The Orion, a new steam whaler from Christiania, left this port to-day for Victoria, B. C., as a new venture in North Pacific whale fisheries. GRAND JURY | i FRANKLIN'S ARREST 1S DENANDED Mys. Charles R. Nelson De- clares Her Sister’s Life Was Frequently Threaten- ed by Traveling Companion NO DOUBT OF DEAD WOMAN’S IDENTITY Relatives Are Convinced That the Vietim- of the Cutler Mountain Murder Was Mrs. Bessie Bouton s AR Special Dispatch to The Call. BANTA BARBARA, Dec. 27.—After having been shown a detailed descrip- tion of the woman murdered on Cutler Mountain in Colorado, Mrs. Charles Nelson, the sister of Mrs. Bessie Bou- ton, said to-day that there was no room to doubt that Mrs. “outon was the vietim. Mrs. Nelson reiterated her statement that, in her opinion, Milton Franklin, who visited this coast under the name of George Bouton with the girl, should be arrested. Franklin is a gambler. Mrs. Nelson alleges that he threatened the life of Mrs. Bouton on several occasions. Mrs. Nelson is anxious to go to Colo- rado Springs to identify the body, but claims that she has not sufficient means to do so. She has telegraphed to the chief of police of that city that if he will forward her a ticket she will leave at once. Last August Mrs. Bessie Bouton, ac- companied by a man claiming to be Milton Franklin, came here from Den- ver for a visit with the Nelsons. Mra. Bouton informed her sister that she and Franklin were engaged to be mar- ried, although no date had been set for the ceremony. Franklin's health was poor and he claimed to be travel- ing for its benefit and taking a rest from his regular occupation of a trav- eling salesman. Those who met him during his stay here remember that he was a very excitable and irascible man, and that he always carried a couple of revolvers. It is said that be- fore he had been here long it became apparent that he was a professional gambler. OLEARING THE MYSTERY. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, Deec. 27.—The theory that the woman mur- dered on Cutler Mountain, near this city, was Mrs. Bessie Kempter Bouton, formerly of Syracuse, N, Y., Is still regarded by the police here as the strongest yet advanced. The Butte, Mont., clew that the woman may have been Mrs. W. J. Bodno of that place is discredited by the statement that Mrs. Bodno had had her dental work done very. recently, - The dental work in the mouth of the dead woman showed considerable wear, this fact being regarded-by the déntal experts who have examined the work as indi- cating that the dead woman was not younger than 25 years of age. The police to-day have been inter- viewing the local drug-store proprie- tors and hair dressers and have found abundant evidence that Mrs. Bouton was In this city for several days about October 1, and that during her stay here she was in the capacity of a rep- resentative of Dr. J. A. Parker Pray, manufacturing chemist, of 'E East Twenty-third street, New Yo There 1is not a circumstance yet brought to light, however, that gives a clew to where Mrs. Bouton went, if anywhere, from this city. The mystery surrounding the mur- der is believed here to be yielding to the,efforts of the officers, who believe that they are now on the right track. HUSBAND BEARS GOOD NAME, SYRACUSE, N. Y., Dec. 27.—Mrs. C. H. Kempter, mother of Mrs. Bessie Bouton, is thoroughly convinced that the victim of the Cutler Hill murder is her daughter. The last letter she re- ceived from the girl was written at the Albany Hotel, Denver. She would not disclose the contents. She said the gzirl’'s name was Doske, but that she was known as Bessie. The woman's husband lives here. He is a mechanic of good reputation. The couple lived together only a short time, and he has ADVERTISEMENTS. J crofi;la It is commonly inherited. Few are entirely free from it. Pale, weak, puny children are af- flicted with it in nine cases out of ten, and many adults suffer from it Common indications are bunches in the neck, abscesses, cutaneous erup- tions, inflamed eyelids, sore ears, rickets, catarrh, wasting and general debility. Heod’s Sarsaparilla and Pills Eradicate it, positively and absolute- ly. This statement is based on the thousands of permanent cures these medicines have wrought. Testimonials of remarkable cures mailed om request. C. L. HOOD CO., Lowell, Mass. One-half price on these excellent bags. Regular $1.00 value. Now only Another line of Shopping Bags at great reductions. Come and see them to-day. BUY A CONKLIN SELF-FILLING PEN. You'll find it the best and most conve- nient pen you ever used. Does not soil the fingers; does not sweat ink: does not leak nor drip; is always ready. Prices $3.00 to 1905 Art Calendars and Diaries in splen- aid varfety. Mail Orders Promptly Filled. THAT MAN PITTS, F. W. PITTS, The Stationer, 1008 MARKET ST.. Opp. Fifth, & ¥. FIRE SALE —AT— O’BRIEN & SONS’ Carriage Factory Golden Gate Ave. and Polk St. Get high-grade vehicles away below cost while we are rebuilding. Broughams, 9-Seaters, Surreys, Buggies, Wagons, Harness, Etc, CUTLERY EVERY BLADE WARRANTED %&mfi 2 Days 8 Frr box, 25¢ not seen her since the parting. For a time the young woman lived in New York. NO CHANGE PROBABLE IN CHINESE CURRENCY In Spite of Attempts at Reform, Gov- ernment Plans to Coin More Copper Money. PEKING, Dec. 27.—In view of the recent attempts of Professor J. W. Jenks to introduce improvements in the monetary system of China, it Is interesting to note that the Chinese Government has under consideratiom a plan for the coinage on a-large scale of copper money. This is taken as an indication that no change in the mone~ tary system is contemplated. from every standpoint. Carpets Wilton. priceless Orientals. f ———T——— A magnificent display of e Carpets. Dozens of new designs, exclusive with us. Every weave, from the modest Ingrain to the Royal A choice assortment of Domestic Rugs. Pat- terns that are faithful reproductions of almost ADVERTISEMENTS. Cordes Furniture Pre-eminent Quality and Low Prices are the cardinal points of this great store’s policy. Eight great floors filled to overflowing with the best the market affords. backed by an absolute guarantee of satisfaction, or money back. YOUR. CREDI *“NUF- Golden finish, badies more THREE-PIECE BEDROOM SUIT. polished. Dresser has bevel plate mirror, brass trimmings. The price speaks for itself...... Regal Range. any range on the market. Full sheet flue, nickel trimmed. Made of the purest iron obtainable. We guarantee it on every | point. Terms $1 down and $1 a week. Every sale’ T IS GOOD -CED. prettily carved and highly $17.85 A boon the housewife. = Em- labor-saving devices than to