The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 17, 1905, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 17, 1905 * PRONY QUESTION CALSE OF ROW Delegates to Convention of Alaskans Indulge in \[ll(‘ll‘ Talk on a Mooted Subject | COMPROMISE EFFECTED | [ Body Agrees to Allow Men Who Are Not Voters in| Territory to Take a Part 16.—Slow progress \ Alaska convention to- | d me taken up w of the proxies and th Colonel Perkin i secure his n ntion for Governor roxy question was brought up or Swineford, who d leave the con- tizens of Alaska c in the the to ection g and reach- the in China Crockery Sale It will save you lots of money Valuable Coupons given with every purchase. Don’t miss this sale. [ Great [ American Importing Tea Co. § | SAN FRANCISCO STOKES 561 Market St. 213 Sutter St. 140 6th St. 75 Haight St. 146 Sth St. 3006 16th St. 355 Hayes St. 3287 Mission St. 2732 24th St. . 1832 Uniom St. 521 Montgry. St 405 4th St. 1819 Devis. 52 Market St. 1419 Polk St. oAKLA'cn STORES. 616 E 12th St. 2141 Center St., Herkeley. 1355 Park St., Alameda. Our 100 stores help us to help you | | | SPEGIAL BARCAIN the middieman's profit, by buying from ue. Trunk built with heavy brass trimmings, Water-proof canvas cover, tray with bat box, extra dress tray, cioth-faced. Fine line traveling bags and suit cases 50 per cent cheaper than else- where J. MARTY CO. 'rr--k and Bag )I---!-d.ren. TURK ST. S. F. Phone l‘.l.uolll 2812, Eave $2 50, nm-lrlll | another | ble | argued and s RAINS BREAK LONG DROUGHT { Interior Parts of This State Receive Gentle ' Wettings and Farmers Are Hopeful PREDICTION FOR CITY Weather Bureau Officials Announce Light Showers To-Day in San Francisco At last the long overdue rain prom- ised by the Weather Bureau has visited California. Yesterday the interior cen- tral parts of the State received their st wettings of the season. he gentle moistening covered an area from Los Angeles and San Diego on the south to Oregon and Washing- ton in the north. San Francisco has yet to break the 192 days of dry spell, but the forecast to-day predicts that the entire State will receive a bath. ght showers are scheduled for San ne and vicinity. isco The greatest portion of the rain in ornia fell over the central and ern parts of the State. West have the rolled up banks of clouds Pacific Coast and the tem- perature has dropped from eight to twelve degrees in the San Joaquin Val- ley and in the southern parts of the Independence and North Head received over fifth of an inch of rainfall, while Fresno was yisited by a little less than a fifth. IDs Angeles had nearly half an inch of rainfall. Comparison of the rainfall of this season with last year shows that from one to nine inches more rain fell in the interior of the State last year at corresponding dates. & = FEAR OF DROUTH OVER. Rain Falls in Bakersfield, Fresno and San Luis Obispo. RSFIELD, Nov. 16.—Rain com failing at an early hour this and continued intermittently ut the day. At 6 o'clock to-nignt hs of an inch had fallen. Re ports from outside points show that the rain has been general throughout the ty. SAN LUIS OBISPO, Nov. 16.—The first rain the season began falling lightly at \ and steadily increased. A light southerly wind is blowing. It may end in & good storm. FRE Nov. 16.—A gentle rain, the the season, began failing this and continued all day. The So far seventeen-hundredths s fallen. The rain was much needed ture lands and is generally w Icomed by ranchers, all dried fruit be- ing under cover. BABE DIES IN FIRE; SISTER IS RESCUED Children Are Left Alone by Mother, and Death of One Is the Result. Epecial Dispatch to The Call. 16.—A child of WILBUR, Wash., No W. J. Murphy of Kller was cremated and | burned in a fire which | severely destroyed the Murphy home at that place yesterday morning. Mrs. Murphy had gone to a store some 300 yards from her | home, leaving her two children, one a | babe of 18 months, the other a girl of 4| years, in the house alome. The mother had been gone but a short time when H. | A. Denton discovered the house to be in flames. He at once turned in an alarm and rushed into the burning building and | | succeeded in saving the little girl, but the heat grew so intense it was impossi- ct at the infant babe, who was in be another room. Denton was se- erely burned about the face and hands. The building with its entire contents was destroyed. The rigin of the fire is un- known n ———— McMahill Wants New Trial. SAN JOSE, Nov. 16.—A motion for a new trial was made and argued in the case of L B. McMahill, who was recent- ly convicted of embezzling funds from the Chamber of Commerce, before Judge Welch this morning. McMahil claims that he had no chance to pre- it evidence at the trial which he has since discovered. Affidavits of Jurors Nelson, be lenient, as they reasonahle doubt as to McMahill's guilt, were presented. Motions to set aside the verdict and for a new trial were nitted. —_—————— California Limited. The Atchlson, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail way announce daily service of thelr famous California Limited train, beginning November 15. This train runs through to Chicago sn threc days without change carrying finest Pullmans, Compartment, ervation, Dining ana Composite cars. All cars are ‘equipped With electric lights and fans. _Dining cay is unsurpassed. _Full information at Fe ticket office, 653 Market street, San % . CASTORIA For Infants and Children. | The Kind You Have Always Bought e o B T Bignature of as jurors, had a o THE RIGHT WAY E A ST S Y s UNION-SOUTHERN PACIFIC Through cars to principal points, with person:! conductors in charge F. Booth, Gen. Agt.,, U. P., 1 Montgomery Street 'EARLY SPANISH heavy to-night and more rain | e Burdick and Jorgenson asking | | that the court in sentencing defendant POSTAL SERVICE N THS Y Weak Places in the System of Receiving and Handling Letters, Papers, Packages FERRY STATION’S VALUE —_—— Overland Letters Coming/In the Depot Until Daylight Postmaster Arthur G. Fisk will visit Eastern cities early in January next sojourn in Washington, D. C., the sub- ject of additional or better postal fa- cilities- for San Francisco will be con- sidered by the California Congressional delegation and the Postmaster General. It is yet an open question whether the clerical force attached to the postoffice here is adequate, but the fact is ob- vious that in some respects the serv- ice is inefficient. Information from the department is to the effect that the allowance for the maintenance of the postal service in this city is quite as liberal as that extended to New York. Boston, Chi- cago, Philadelphia and other cities of the East. The department bases the allowance on the office receipts and on 1 | this basis the amount appropriated for QIGZIAPDO \ | ferry to the general postoffice at Mis- | sion and Seventh streets, MAILS HELD AT FERRY. For example, if the overland trains carrying the great bulk of the mails are late and do not come in until after midnight, the pouches containing let- ters #nd bags containing papers re- main at the ferry station until the electric cars on the Mission-street line | o’clock the | RESIDENT DIE | resume service at 6 in I morning. There is electric current for | Richardo Sanchez, Born in | the Mission cars east of Third street from midnight until day dawns. DI | tribution of the most important m: !is therefore frequently delayed for five alle T o | O six hours. Called to His Bathers |52 o . hroan ity the great | postoffice when the clerks are very Richardo Sanchez, who will be buried | (uSY distributing the dropped | throughout the city. to-day from St. Charles Borromeo ; Church, was one of ‘the descenaants op | One remedy for the Congestion in the : fice at Seventh and Mission streets | the Sanchez family whose name has been | .. » 5 associated - with San Francisco from fts | 15 the re-establishment of a distribut- catilont Gay ing station at the ferry. That is con- Mission Dolores in 1838, Is Richardo Sanchez, who passed away|>iaered to be the proper plice for the | L % work of distributing for the city and Wednesday, born n ‘the Meiion Bew | 0" 0 0 O . b o1 lores in 18 His father was Joseph San- | % v 5 lines center there. But the de- chez, also a native of San Francisco, and artment at Washington no doubt con- a man foremost & s & - _’p_‘;r % mman foremost among his Spanish con-| ;igeps that the Government-has ex- & | pended $4,000,000 for a postoffice at Richardo grew up to be of a daring|geyenth and Mission streets, and hola nature and probably his desire for an ex- [ b SO0 T SS T, SO S ARG citing life led him to adopt the calling | * e fopaind of a vaquero. Thirty years ago in that | _TDFAS FOR BETIER SERVICE. capacity he took employment with the | Pneumatic tubular service between Brandenstein Company, wholesale butch- | the general postoffice and the ferry is ers and cattle dealers, with which firm |Something that the Government should he’ remained until recently incapacitated | introduce. | by the illness which terminated fatally. | tube the departmient should authorize While never connected with politics he | the Postmaster to use automobiles or | took a lively interest in the develop- | Wagons for receiving and dispatching | ment of the now great city of San Fran- | mails. San Francisco should not be cisco, which in his youth he remembered | Put to the inconvenience of relying on as a vast cattle ranch with its wild, com- | the Mission-street car line. These are manding hills and richly pastured val-|ideas of the local department officials. leys /scarcely touched by the hand of| The car service on Mission, Market or man. any other leading thoroughfare is liable Sanchez was the father of fourteen | to interruption by reason of fire. As a children, seven of whom, with his wife, | temporary measure of relief an allow- survive him. They are Mrs. Geneva Bor- | ance, it is suggested, should be made | dan, Mrs. Annita Hansel, Mrs. Henerietta | by the department for an automobile Muller and Richard, Robert, Charles and | to handle overland mails arriving at Solomon Sanchez. the ferry after the cars stop running. e RAILWAY WAIL HANDLING. Deaths in Oakland. Inquiry regarding the distribution in | OAKLAND, Nov. 16.—H. C. Rollins, a | transit of incoming letters and papers | pioneer of Oakland, died this morning | created the impression that the rail- at his home, 1105 Willow street. He | way mail service in California is some- had been a resident of Oakland for | what out of date. It appears that | thirty-eight years. He leaves a widow | packages of letters made up for San | and four children. Mateo, Menlo, Redwood, Sausalito, San | Word has been received at Berkeley | Rafael, San Jose and other near-by | of the death at Phoenix, Ariz., of Ed- | towns often come to the General Post- ward Devau, a well-known business | Office in San Francisco. For example | man of the college town. He went to | @ package or pouch of letters for Palo Arizona several months ago for his|Alto may come in after midnight on health. The body will be returned to | the overland and not be delivered at | Berkeley for interment. the General Postoffice here until 7 a. m. Mrs. Harriet Sherwood, a native of | Delay in handling may resuit in failure England and a well-known musician, | to catch the first train in the morning, died yesterday at her home, 937 Ade- | S0 the mail will not reach its destina- line street. She leaves five children. | tion until afternoon. Transfer of mail Death has also claimed Mrs, Isabella | in transit should be made at all con- Perkins, the mother of Mrs. B. T,|necting points, obviating the system of Mouser. She was 81 years old and a | Sending to the General Postoffice in native of England. this city any mail matter destined to Mrs. Allie McHugh, a native of New |near-by or remote towns. Hampshire, who had lived in Oakland | The railway postoffice service in and for seventeen years, died last night at | out of San Francisco may be as efficient 1458 Eighth street. She leaves a hus- | a8 the service “in and out of Chicago, band and five children. where it had its first trial and where A its value was so quickly demonstrated, Death of an Old Telegrapher, R e R is there with connecting mall agent DENVER, Nov. 16.—Uriah B. Wilson, 5 service on branch lines. a well-known fire insurance agent, died Postmaster Fisk and his asslslants in at his home in this city to-day of the several divisions and stations of hemorrhage of the brain at the age of | the local postoffice are applying their 77 years. He was the oldest living | energies to the work of improving the member of the Old-Time Telegraphers’ | system. The Postmaster is confident Assoclation, and, in company with his | that the holiday pressure will not con- father-in-law, the late William S. May- | gest the office. He holds that the force nard, founded the city of Ann Arbor, of carriers is ample and the clerica: Mich. force efficient. Data relating to the subject and bearing on the present and expected growth of San Francisco will be presented to Senator Perkins when the Postmaster visits Washington. —_—ep——— Stop! Shoes to match your dress at Bnrnl. 112 Geary street. ——————— M feldt Club Gives Reecital. The Mansfeldt Club gave a recital last evening at Stelnway Hall, the voung players all acquitting them- selves creditably. A noticeable fea- ture at these concerts is the constant gain in poise, both in manner and ex- position. The programmes demand much of technique and color, giving scope for the display of temperament. Miss Ethel Duke, Miss Selma Werner and Miss Joan Baldwin are all fairly endowed with emotional ability, which they disclosed with good judgment. Miss Helen Stocking showed her con- scientious application to study with ex- cellent result, though her numbers were neither so colorful nor finished. —_—— Dr. George R. Harris will remove his offices from 8 O'Farrell to rooms 106 and 108, Phchn building, about November 15. e G Ballard Gets Ten Years. Frank Ballard, alias Alan Dale, a no- torious crook and knock-out-drops ex- ponent, was sentenced by Judge Dunne yesterday to serve ten years in Folsom penitentiary on a charge of robbery. He held up Thomas Cronan, an old man, at Commercial and Kearny streets on October 19, 1903, and took $30 from Lim. He was convicted in Fahrg:ry 1204, but appealed to the Sup; Court and the appeal was sustained. ot S Major McLuughlin’s Wife Dead. SANTA CRUZ, Nov. 16.—Mrs. M. A. McLaughlin, wife of Major Frank Mc- Laughlin, a former chairman of the Re- publican State Central Committée, died at her home in this city to-night after a long illness. The body will be taken to Newark, N. J., for interment. SCHOOL BOARD FIXES THE CHRISTMAS VACATION Recommends to Supervisors Puarchase of Lot as Site for New Jnhl . W, Taylor Byllding. The Board of Educ‘nlon yesterday adopted a resolution providing that the annual Christmas vacation of the San Francisco schools commence on Mon- day, December 11, 1905, and terminate December 31, 1905. The extra week is given in order to allow the teachers an opportunity of attending the meet- ings of the California Teachers' Asso- clation, as provided by the State,school law. The board elected Angela J. Moran to be assistant supervisor of music. The premises at 1912 Mission street were rented in connection with the Marshall Primary School in lleu of those at 1912 Mission street. The offer of J. McKnew to sell a lot in the rear of the Douglass School was referred to the Board of Supervisors. T. P. H. Whitelaw offered to sell a block of land in the Visitacion Valley for $4800 as a site for the John W. Taylor School and the board will rec- ommend that an appropriation be made in the. next budget to purchase it. ————————— DE’rRDfl'. ol:“mflz; i D. wil- | His attorney ‘l‘nt&:mud ld plea of once liams, a in jeopardy Second trial, which 'u'n‘:_m.:m h:‘n‘i”“m ballot m“"' was disallowed, and the mltm is convention to-day again before the Supreme Court. After Midnight Are Held at and it is quite probable that during his | SINCHEZ, | | the Ssan Francisco office is fair, 1f not | \ liberal. | Conditions in San Francisco differ | from those in the large cities of the | Bast. Here very necarly all the incom- | b < |ing malls arc\ deposited at the ferry | l MEMBER OF ONE OF CITY'S OLD depot, foot of Market street. and the SPAN 1 28, WHO WAS | weak place in the local system 1s in-, ‘.:.L BURIED YESTERDAY. iadequalc facility for the immediate * <} | transmission of the pouches from the Malil saeks to the num- | letters | Pending construction of the | FEAR FOR LIFE OF TINY MAID Yuen Ho, Chinese Slave Girl, May Have Eaten Poisoned Sweets on Board Mongolia THREAT AGAINST HER {Officers Try to Stop Ship and Investigate the Affair, but Are Not Successful Rl A When the big liner Mongolia, now far | out on the Pacific on her way to China, left this port yesterday, there was hud- dled among the Orientals in her steer- age little Yuen Ho, a pretty Chinese slave girl. At her side was a dainty par- cel, handed her just as the ship was to leave and which the girl accepted with a pretty smile of thanks. The parcel contains the most luscious of Chinese con- fections, but in those sweatmeats may lurk the deadliest of poisons: for the of- { ficials in this city fear that the man { who managed to have the parcel passed to Yuen Ho was plotting against the life of this Oriental maid and adopted this ruse to murder her. Little Yuen Ho may be singing softly to herseif in the steerage of the great ship, giad that she is about to return to her own home in | far away China, or the food may bave been deadly ere this and she may be on | her long journey toward Nirvana. Until | the Mongolia reaches Honolulu and the news is flashed back to San Francisco, no one will be able to tell whether the voy- [ugc of the little odalisque was one of pltasure or of death. Anxious hearts will | await th2 outcome. SLAVE GIRL IN SOUTH. Yuen Ho was a slave girl of the south- land. She was stolen from her home beside the scented swamps In China and brought over to,San Diego. Entry into the United States was made successfully | and her owner was happy. He had made | a remunerative purchase. Then came the | Government officials. Yuen Ho had no | papers. She must go back. | Her owner wished to take her to Tss | Angeles and there appeal her case, but not so with Yuen Ho. had been captured, glad that she could | once more live a free woman. She would not go to Los Angeles. She told the | could. The owner was very angry. His cap- | tive was slipping away from him. He threatened her with torture and death, | telling her that she would never reach her native land alive. Yuen Ho shuddered in terror and asked | the officers to guard her-from this man. | On Wednesday they brought her to San | Francisco and at once placed her on the Mongolia. She was happy then. Her owner could not reach her. But the sinister master had followed her from the southland. He was turned | away when he tried to see her. GETS PARCEL OF SWEETS. Just before the ship sailed a Chines2 woman was allowed on board. She had | a parcel of delicacies for the little Yuen | Ho. The officers’ passed her withopt | question, for she was a Christian wo- | man. She gave the parcel to Yuen Ho and left the boat.” Then a horrible fdea struck her. She | had not at first recognized the man who | had stopped her on the wharf and asked her to take the parcel to Yuen Ho. Now she remembercd the face. It was the owner of the slave girl. With terror stricken steps, ried to the Presbyterian Mission, Sacramento street, the superintendent of which, Miss Cameron, was an old time friend. Quickly she poured out the story to this good woman. Miss Cameron lost no time. She telephoned at once to Im- migration Officer Charles Mehan. “Save the girl,” was her message. Mehan lost no time. The boat had al- ready left the dock. He telephoned to Melggs wharf to get a Government ves. sel, but none was lying there. Two oi Crowley's launches were sent out with inspectors aboard in an attempt to stop the great ship. But the Mongolla had tco great a lead. She did not hear the she hur- signals. She steamed away, farher and farther. The Inspectors returned unsuc- cesstul. Yuen Ho was on the vessel and the parcel of sweets was at her side. Miss Cameron is hoping for the best. “It may be that the sweetmeats were not poisoned,” she said, “although the man had threatened her life. Ve can only wait until the ship reaches Hono- lulu.” In the meantime, the rumor is about that the owner has planned to recapture her when the ship reaches China. Poor little heathen maid! What hours of darkness are in store for her! —_——————————— FINAL PERFORMANCE OF “THE SIBYL’S PROPHECY” Gentleme Sodality, Which Has Given the Play Twice So Successfully, ‘Will Present It Again. The final performance of “The Sibyl's Prophecy” by the Gentlemen’s Sodality of St. Ignatius Church will take place this evening in the College Hall, Van Ness avenue and Grove street. Two performances have already been given —on Mo.fiay and Wednesday evenings of this whek—and both have been very successful)l Worthy of particular men- as Paulus Emilius Lepidus; H. Leo Jones as Dionysius; George Vevoda as Tiberius; J. Emmet Walsh as Longin- us; Fred Tedtsen as Caesar Augustus; Master John Ward as Agatha, and A. Smith as Judas. Those named had al- ready "distinguished themselves in pre- vious performances of the Gentlemen's Sodality, notnhly the presemnuon- of “Everyman” and “Dante.” The entire performance is under the capable di- rection of George A. Nicholls. Scenery painted by Michael O'Sullivan, a former student of the college. The complete cast is as follows: Paulus Emilius Lepidus, a Roman noble- man, Fred Churchill; Agatho, brother of Pau- lus, Master John Ward; Dionysius, a philoso— pher, H_ Leo Junes; Tiberius, a loman gen- eral, George Vevoda; Plancinus, brother of Tiverius, Willlam A. Breen; Sejanus, friend of Tiberius, A. J. Smith; Longinus, a Roman centurion, J. Emmet Walsh; Lygdius, slave of Tiberius, Joseph Farr: Paul O'Nelll: Quintus Hater ace, John Lally: Sibyl. frida, Sibyl's priestess, Elmer Gallagher; Cris- pinus, proprietor of the Hundredth Milestone Posthouse, L. J. Fianagan; Veridus Copng, one of Crispinus’ slaves, E. J. Galla elus. o freedman of Paulus, Peter Augustus, Emperor of Rome, q-umus Calvius, E. Gallaghe; T, Murphy: Jobn. P. ONelll: James, Judas, Anthony Smith; Quintus Naree gohm L. Whelan:, first slave: Gallagher: second slave? Louls Healey: ot loiterer, y J. Ryan: second loiterer, Ed- ward Corbeft; third loiterer, Frank Ford: bages, Masters Feeney, Wolters, Hardy and Jorda: first_soldler, Richard Flanagan: second soldie M. J. Duffy; guards, Messrs. EQ Dullea, Frank Brazel, Vincent Hefferman, W. Crichton, Gus Ossaman. Victim of Carbon-Monexide. A man supposed to be an Italian laborer engaged a room at 1100 Kearny street about 3:30 o'clock yesterday morning. He was under the influence of liguor. Four hours later he was found dead in bed by Policeman Nelson with gds escaping from an open 4 The body was taken to the Morgue. It is that of a mg about 55 years of age. A printed slip®found in his pockets rd; Fred Tedtsen; Puer. Daniel R. A. lllr- showed that he had been employed as | ' a laborer on the Ocean Shore !l.flrm during the month of Oct She was glad she | officers to send her away as soon as they | 920 | tion is the work of Fred J. Churchill’ Caesar | i | No Telephone or C. O. D. Orders. ‘This is a sample line of Children’s Coats, embracing about 35 difterent styles; made of all-wool serge. ladies’ cloth, cheviot and heavy coat material; some are trimmed with silk braids, and others are plain, with and without capes; come in all colors; sizes 2 to 6 years. Regular prices $3 to $6.50. All go at one price as a Fri- day Surprise Special— $2.39 WOMEN’S HOSE 33ic PAIR Pure wool; in plain or ribbed; guar- anteed fast black and non-shrink- able; have double toe, heel and sole. A regular 65c value. Sale price, pair 33 1-3¢ BOYS’ SWEATERS 175¢ All-wool, heavy Sweaters, fancy stitching, perfectly made, and in all colors and sizes. The finest Sweater on the market at this price. For Friday Surprise...75¢ CUPS AND SAUCERS 15¢ Made of china, with pretty tinted colors of pink, green and blue. Regularly 20c¢ em‘h Friday Sur- prise price .......cciiiiiiinnn 15¢ NOIIELTY BELT PINS 33¢ The very latest in Sterling Front Belt Pins, made in artistic Art Nouveau patterns, gray finished; large size. Regular price 50c. Fr!< d.ly Surprise special .33¢ Bot- ................ -$110 bd lrvlnx'- Apricot Brand. —Best of all local makes. Bottle ..... 83e ler—Eastern, gallon. 42¢ Club Bourbon Whiskey— Gllkl Kummel—The genuine. Egzs—Another lot of same gquality as last week. Dozen Bolled Ham—Kingan's or Morell" as last week. Pound New California Pressed Figs—Pack- age . Friday Surprise No. 70 CHILDREN’S COATS $2.39 | HAND-MADE SHAWLS 89¢ " End-of-Week Grocery Specials FRIDAY AND SATURDAY LIQUORS. siosly. w. GROCERIES. These Prices for Friday Only. Crochet Shawls of an all-wool Sax- ony yarn in a very pretty pattern; finished all around with large scallops; this Shawl is 46 inches square, in white only. Regular value $1.50. Friday Surprise prg: BOYS’ SAILOR HATS 89¢ In red, blue and brown. Have wide stitched brims and range in value from $1.50 to $2.50. A few slight- Iy soiled. Friday Surprise price.8%e WOMEN’S HANDKERCHIEFS 25¢ BOX White hemstitched Handkerchiefs put up In fancy boxes containing 6 handkerchiefs. Sells regularly for 50c box. As a Friday Surprise, box 23e WOMEN’S HOSE 18¢ PAIR Straight rib Sea Island Cotton Hose. double toe, heel and sole, and are the Hermsdorf black. A regular 25¢ value. Sale price 18¢ WOMEN’S WOOLEN BLOUSES $1.98 Knitted closely, with a raised pat- tern of all-wool yarn; fits closely to the figure and has standing col- lar; deep hemstitehed cuff with one row of large pearl buttons; all in dark colors; all sizes. Regular $3.00 value. X-‘rlday &urprlse price -S1.98 WOMEN’S INITIAL HANDKERCHIEFS 9c¢ EACH Made of linen, the kind we have been selling for each; some letters missing: the balance to close out for Friday Surpri 3 h.fe CHINA SETS 25¢ Decorated China Sugar and Cream Sets with gold tracings; some ex tra choice sets in this lot. Special Surprise price, set Boiled Cider—The best. Pints Quarts g o 2 Brandy—Extra old California grape. Gallon, $3.00; quarts.. .. Good Old Port or Sherry Wine—Gal- lon, regularly $1.00. Special...79% Cutter Whiskey—Bottle. ...70¢ Perfection Cheese—Club size, 2 for 2Je; No. 1 size 25e New Pigs Feet—Each Atmore’s New Minece Meat—2 1bs. 25e New BQ-' Q-tl“y Mixed V-l.—’l‘wo pound: -35e Cape l'od (n-mfle:—Qndr( - A3e OUR USUAL CHOICE CREAMERY BUTTER 425 ¢ suan WILL TURN THIRD-STREET BRIDGE OVER TO THE CITY Santa Fe Company Stands Increased re Which Now The Santa Fe Railroad Company will in a few days turn over to the city| the new Third-street bridge crossing Channel street. The bridge will be| operated by two electric motors, lo- cated .at cither end of the siructure. The motors can only be run with the direct electric current and it will be necessary for the city to lay a cable under Channel street, as the direct cur- rent is only supplied on one side by the San Francisco Gas and Electric Com- pany, the other side having what is konwn as the alternating current. A test was made yesterday of the working of the bridge with satisfactory results. The bridge cost $163,000, of | which the Santa Fe Company will pay | $108,000 and the Southern Pacific Com- pany $55,000. When the companles agreed to build the bridge it was esti- mated that it would cost $125.000 and the Santa Fe Company had to stand the increased cost. The building of the bridge was one of the conditions imposed on the Santa Fe Company for the granting of a franchise by the Board of Supervisors. The Board of Works yesterday recom- mended that provision be made for the construction of the approaches and abutments to the bridge, in order to prevent its being damaged while re-i volving. [ — SENTENCES POSTPONED.—A motion was | made in the United States District Court yes- terday for a new trial of the case of Frederick Johnson, corivicted of counterfeiting. Sentence of George W, Howe, convicted of using the | mails in furtherance of a scheme to defraud. was postponed until next Monday on mcuon, of Attorney George D. Collins, | Registrar's office, and Miss Mabel INSURANCE COMPANY MUST PAY ON CONTESTED POLICY iguity in Clause Affecting Owner- ship Bemefits G. D. Welch to Extent of $3000. The Supreme Court decided yesterday that the British American Assurance Company must pay G. D. Welch $2000 in Insurance. G. H. Barrett took out the insurance on a house which was subsequently burned. A clause in the policy pro- vided that the document should becoms void in case the ownership of the prop- erty should be changed without the knowledge of the company. Barrett executed a trust deed to the property to Welch on a mortgage. When Welch attempted to collect the insurance the company declined to pay on the ground that there had been a change of owmership. The court ad- mits the error of Barrett, but holds the clause in question ambiguous, and fcllowing the general rule in such cases the insured gets the benefit of the doubt. Aml —_—————— Fremch Marimer in Trouble. Complaint has been made to Collector of Customs Stratton that Captain Bruille of the French ark Emma Lauran had broken the customs seals on the wine locker in his ship. The matter is being investigated. The penalty for the offense named is a fine of $500. s < Deputy Registrar Weds. Ignatius D. Dwyer, a deputy in the Theler were married Wednesday in St. James Church by Rew. Cullen of Mountain View. A recep- tion followed the ceremony and tie couple will go south om their honey- moon. IN A NEW FORM If in need of a new suit, hat, sealskin, furs or any- thing else, and you haven’t the ready cash, dont pay three prices for it at an installment house. We will give you a check payable at any of the big reliable cash stores for any amount you desire on the following terms: Your bill $20.00 25.00 30.00 40.00 With our charges $22.00 22.50 33.00 44.00 Larger amounts in same proportion. No interest. All goods delivered direct from store in which pur- chase is made. * All payments made at our office. There- fore, your business transactions are confidential.