The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 27, 1905, Page 7

THE SAN FRA (CISCO CALL. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 190 - NAPOLI'S TRIAL NOW UNDER WAY rst of Bravos Accused of he Assassination of Joe Brogardo at Justice Bar| MYSTERIOUS CASE osecution Has a Theory of a Machiavelic Plot That Lured Fisherman to Death anuvary a son of sunny Sieclly, Joe, the Fisher- y entered the barber Rals, at the corner of streets, countrymen in 8 te A few utes a fight started X m, & fight singu- ed to have no rea- volver in by e was NAPOLI A CHARACTER. Fancy line of Statiomery be THAT W. PITTS, The Stationer, 1008 MARKET ST., S. F. PILES Fistula, Chronic Constipalion, All Rectal Discascs, Cured Without Pain or the Knife. Yot a dollar meed be paid until cured. »d Intestinal Diseases te- the attention of e skilled st. 1 have spent twenty the study and treatment of seases. 1 treat these dis- y. I cure Hemorrholds ). Fistuln, Chronic Constipa- . Flssures, Itchi Plles and all Rectal and Intestinal Dis- FRANK R. WESTON, M. D., Specialist in Rectal and Intestinal Discases Donohoe Bidg., §.Taylor St., Corner Market, 8. F. 28 Giu- | and before | | ediately the WING'S Ambitious | { -+ BY JAMES C. CRAWFORD, Wing Lung, whose laundry is at 1807 eet, plumes himself upon the embraced Christianity and by was enabled to learm to read write the language of this coun- and also to acquire a more thor- 3 quaintance with American ness methods than he could have attained by remaining in heathendom and ilifteracy. Mrs. Georgie E. Mayhew. whose boarding-house is at 1332 Fulton street, informed Wing Lung that she had de- cided to change launderers and would no longer require his services, and he reminded her that she was Indebted to in & sum of §1 50, which he would 1'ke to have paid right there He was told to call agaln. was six weeks ago and Wing attorney told Judge Fritz that client had repeatedly $1 50 remained un- Wearled at last of wearing out per soles in futile endeavor to Wing Lung bethought him of ercantile training and also of at an American creditor would be st likely to do If similarly situated. 1t of his cogitation was a visit Mayhew's domicile svhen she t. his packing and carrying ige bundle and his leaving ssage, penciled on the back ress card. for the lady’s en- ghtenment when she returned and her wardrobe depleted: Dear Landlady 2 & I take your wash now; you 1y house, then you will me $1 50 before ovel Your wash 3 5 thie wash the card was found by Mrs. May- hew she caused a search warrant to is- the bundle of clothing was duly It loomed large in front of his Judge Fritz, who declined to dis- miss the defendant, also to approve the g of a burglary complaint, and con- nued the case until January 3, by which time he hopes to have the involved legal plexities digested. The prosecution pronounced Wing + man Stone, who arrested his revolver still on him. Stone the stand told this part of the S Weisse corroborated the y of Thomas Shea, who had testi- sly The two were the to whom Policeman Fenner over his first prisoner. While » was gone a throng of Itallans gath- ered about the two men and, half by | force, half by bluff, took away their | prisoner. Both men pointed to Napoli | as the leader in this deliverance. LT DEPAOLI BECOMES RAVING MANIAC IN COUNTY JAIL Jury Will Be Impaneled as Soon as Possible to Pass Upon His Men- tal Condition. Luigi de Paoll, who brutally murder- & sister-in-law, Catherine de Paoli, 20 Charter Oak street on Novem- ber 16, became a raving maniac in his cel the County Jail on Monday morning. Two powerful Italians, Andrea Danavarro and Pletro Casinelll, who are waliting trial for grand lar- ceny, were in the 'qell with him. De Paoli shouted “I have four more to kill. They have the evil eve,” and he | sprang at Casinelll's throat. They | struggled with him and called aloud | for help. It took them and four deputies to overpower de Paoll and take him to a dark cell, where he continued his ravings. He bit Casinelll’s thumb during the struggle. Yesterday morning Chief Jailer Coyne communicated with District At- torney Byington as to De Paoll's con- dition and the District Attorney filed | &an information with Presiding Judge | Lawlor charging De Paoll with murder, | 80 that & jury can be Impaneled to pass | upon his eanity. Chief Jailer Coyne | yesterday afternoon sald that De Paol was somewhat qulieter. —_———— Wanted in Springfeld. Edward, allas “"Kid" Lee, was arrest- | ed yesterday afternoon at the Ingle- | side race track by Detectives Bunner and Freel on a grand larceny warrant forwarded by Bheriff Brainard of | Springfield, TIl. About a year ago Lee, | who claime to have been at one time a prosperous horseman, sold a horse in St. Louis and then resold the animal, it i= alleged, to & man in Springfleld. He will be held on the detinue book | pending the arrival of requisition | papers. —————— DAVIS CONTEST DRAGS.—The trial of the contest to the codicil of the will of the late Samuel Davis dropped into the rut again yes- terday when John P. Donovan, an expert pho- tographer, was called to explain the methods commonly used in photographing writings. Donovan asserted that Theodore Kytka, in the |Gathers Up Soiled Linen Uninvited and ! Is Forced to Return It. | sturdy mendicants, assaulted folk who employ of the contestants, had not correctly photographed the ocontested codicll and other exemplars, but bad wrongly shaded them in order to better illustrate his contention that the codicil is a forgery. The hearing goes on again to-day. - —— VICTIM OF CARBON MONOXIDE.—Daniel McKenney, &n elevator constructor, was found | Bead 1n his room at 1403% Folsom street yes- | terday morning. was escaping from the | jet_which was partly open. McKenney went | 10 bea shortly after midnight. There was noth- | ing to Jead to the belle{ that it was & case of suicide. McKenney was 80 years of age, nstive son. Meé was unmarried, METHOD COMES TO GRIEF. Celestial Tries to Force Creditor to Pay. I L Lung's carrying away of the bundle a “‘highhanded proceeding,” and the defense facetiously conceded that it was, inas- much as the bundle was carrled away upon Wing Lung’s shoulders and bal- anced there by his hands. Mrs. Mayhew was given back her cloth- ing. No less than three brotherly re- unions, occasioned by the Christmas yearning to foregather with one's blood kin, led to as many cases In Judge Mogan’'s court. The Bakers—Joseph and James— had not seen each other for' five years when they met, through written ar- rangement, in front of the Palace Hotel, and as neither of them had the pecuniary means wherewith to celebrate their bringing together they solicited it from passing pedestrians. They will be sentenced for begging. The Petersons—Bernard and Gustav- us—battered an unknown on Battery street and were pronounced guilty of peace disturbance. The Warnholzes—George and Wal- ter—had a dispute with the conductor of a Castro-street car over a question of transfer and they were dismissed | with a reprimand. e Consternation seized = the closely packed inmates of the cage in Judge . | Cabaniss’ court when his Honor as- | cended the bench and, with hand to | jaw, groaningly announced that he was In urgent need of dental service. And a great sigh of relief went up from the corral when, after sentencing several plain vagrants to fifteen days aplece, the sufferer declared he was in agony too keen to permit him to ad- minister justice with the lenient hand that the season demanded. Then he continued all the unheard oases until to-day. T Willlam Roslin and Peter Llndqulu.} declined to give them alms at Sacra- mento and Kearny streets and Judge Conlan sentenced them to six months aplece. S Mary Diamond, who “lifted” fitty- | five lace handkerchiefs in Hale Broth- | ers’ department store, and was nabbed | with the plunder in her possession, | told Judge Fritz that a French dinner prompted her to larceny. Never un til she ate that French dinner, she as- severated, did she have Impulse to steal, and what on earth the viands contained to make an honest person | desire to pilfer was more than she | could understand. She will be sen- | tenced for petty larceny. . e e Mrs. Minnie Stewart, who said she re- | sided and taught music at 1004B Golden Gate avenue, pleaded illness and inability’ to explain why she was laden with plun- der when detected in the act of adding to her ill-gotten store in the clothing es- tablishment of Roos Bros. It was the first time she had ever even thought of stealing, she averred, but the record was | produced to show that three years ago she was arrested for pilfering a feather boa from the Emporium, and then she declared she had completely forgotten that incident until Judge Mogan remind- ed her of it. She will be sentenced as soon as several dealers in holiday goods have inspected her plunder and picked their own from it. Rose Cody, youthful and comely, indig- nantly denied that the purse which she had pilfered troth a woman in a Mission | grocery contained $7 cash. “There was Just $5 7 in it, and not a cent more,” she averred in injured tone. Miss Cody’s apartment contained a number of articles which the police | searching party belleve to have been stolen, and Judge Conlan will give the case another hearing next kriday. ety Charles Reed, with a beard of Rip Van Winkle luxuriance and hue, stroked his chin appendage meditatively as he plead- ed that he stole a canary and cage from | a bird store at Ninth and Market streets | simply because he loved feathered pets, and for no other reason whatsoever. Judge Mogan pronounced him guilty of petty larceny. Judge Mogan did not know that Walter F. Hanlon and George Watson were deaf mutes when he ordered Bailiff Mahoney to go to the corridor and loudly shout that they were wanted in court, nor did the balliff know that the men he sought were standing beside him and ignorant of what he was saying as he bawled their names three consecutive times. It was their attorney, an adept in digital converse, who notified them that thelr presence was desired by his Honor. They were accused of breaking a res- taurant window at Third and Stevenson streets while they were engaged in fistic combat, and by promising to repair the breakage they obtained dismissal, . Among the benedicts who celebrated the merry Christmas holiday by battering their respective helpmeets were Edward H. Smith of 1227 Bush street, Thomas Mulvey of 3019 Buchanan street and Charles E. Claude of South San Francis- co. Witely forgiveness secured dismissal in each case. Judge Fritz dismissed the complaint against Fred J. Collins, BEugene Smith and Bugene Brandt, who were arrested Saturday night and accused of having waylaid with intent to rob George J. El- liott on Taylor street, near Bush. Elliott opined that the defendants did not intend to rob him. Miss Lizzie B. McMillen, who knocked down one of the trio, was not called on to testify. —— : 86.75—Carmel-by-the-Sea—88.75. This low rate includes Saturday to Monday round trip ticket from San Franclsco and mc- commodations at Pine Inn Hotel. Further particulars of Southern Pacific agent. . —_— CIRCULARS BARRED.—The Postmaster General has issued a circular respecting ebuses of the privilege of second-class mat- ter by periodicals, masked as newspapers and magazines, but which, In reality, are el advertising circulars. Premiums, « gifts or other extraneous considerations given by the publisher, by which premiums the subsoription price is substantially, 12 not wholly returned, Wwill be taken to mean that such publications are not of the class entitled to second-cl postage. ———— Secure healthful nhtrition by using Lash's Kidney and Liver Bitters. =« ———————————— ARRESTED FOR ROBBING.—Joe Reveles and Clu;dh l;il(mnwen Arrerted yesterday ernoon by Detectives Ryan and O'Dea and booked at the City Prison on a charge of rob- bery. Antone Morales, 42 Soott place, is the complaining witness. He and his wife were in @ dance hall on Pacific street on night, i s they lett the dance hall, it 1n Alieged. fon iwo defendants struck him on the head with demtjohn and robbed him of his silver watch, —_———— Ask the man who knows. The American Cigar, made by Regensburg, is the best,* | retirement of President Moore. | companies of Des NSURANCE MEN EFFECT BlG DEAL Two Largest Life Companies West of the Mississippi to Be Consolidated at Once Into Great Concern COMBINATION WILL PROVE BENEFICIAL Policy Holders Now Possess a Tremendous Bulwark of Strength to Resist Any Attack That May Be Made = The Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Com- pany of San Francisco and the Conserva- tive Life Insurance Company of Los An- geles were consolidated under one man- agement yesterday. The gigantic deal was consummated in the Interests of economy and for the benefit of the policy- holders. The new concern will be known as the Paclfic Conservative Life Insurance Com- pany. Its president will be W. S. Tupper of the southern corporation. Others of the several directors will be Henry T. Scott, G. 1. Cochran, 4. W. Scott and Wil- liam Crocker. The central offices of the new company will be in San Francisco. The funds will be invested in California exclusively. Where the policy-holder was strongly entrenched before he will now have a double bulwark for the safeguard.| of his interests and may see the absolute certainty of the ligridation of any liabil~ ity. The salary of no officer will be in- creased by, the consolidation, but the ex- pense of management will be reduced one- half. In this -onnection it has been learned that Henry T. Scott, the famous shipbullder, has given his services abso- lutely free to the Pacific Mutual since the It was largely through the former's efforts and in the interests of the policy-holders that the consolidation has been brought about. BENEFITS CALIFORNIA. The combination of these two immense interests means much for California. It will mean vastly more as time goes on, because the new concern under a man- agement which, from its personnel, must be unquestioned will absorb a large part of the business which has formerly gone to the corporations recently exposed in he East. The deal is the biggest thing of its kind ever consummated in life in- surance. The new company will have only two Targer rivals west of the Atlan- tis seaboard. It will have more business than the five big insurance companies of Chicago combined and more than all the Moines, Iowa, the “Hartford of the West.” The assets total approximately $11,000,00. The Pacific Mu- tual will rank as one of the world’s great- est financial institutions. Bvery Califor- nian should be proud of it. Mr. Tupper, who ranks as one of the greatest of the country’s insurance men, and Henry T. Scott, well known to San Francisco, are the principal figures in the negotiations which have ended so bene- ficially. The actual consolidation and selection of offices will take place as Soon as pos- sible. Not one cent of money was paid as brokerage fees for effecting the trans- fer. Two high officials of the new com- pany issued the following statement last night: $100.000,000 INSURANCE. An amalgamation has been effected whereby the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company of this city and the Conservative Life Insurance Company of l.os Angeles have been merged into one company, under one management. Henry T. Scott, W. H. Crocker and George W, Scott, who are directors of the Pacific Mutual and represent & controlling intercst in the same, negotiated this arrangement with Colonel W. S, Tupper and George L. Cochran, respect- tvely president and vice president of the Con- servative Life, who, with their assoclates, con- trol that company. Neither one of the companies will be ab- sorbed by the other, nor will the business of elther company be sold to the other. It is a consolidation of all the business and in- terests into one large strong company. It will be the largest life insurance merger ever effected in the United States. The con- solidated company will show urance in force of nearly one hundred millions, assets exceeding ten miliions and surplus of eleven hundred thousand. It will be the only life insurance company domiciled on the coast or baving & home office in the Western States. It will be one of the largest companies in the United States. It will be the largest one west of the Northwestern Mutual of Milwaukee and larger than the five Chicago companies com- bined. It will be larger than the five In- dlanapolis companies combined and much larger than the seven lowa companies com- bined. It will practically be the only life insurance compamy of the whole region west of the Mississippl River. With the exception of the Northwestern of Milwaukee and the Union Central of Cincinnati, Ohio, it will be the largest company in the United States not located on the Atlantic seaboard. HAS STEADY GROWTH. The Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company was organized in Sacramento in April, 1868. Later it transterred its home office fo this city. It has had a slow, steady, but sound growth and has a fine reputation for good Character and oonservatism. Its directors in- clude such well known and representative men as Henry T. Scott, W. H. Crocker, George W. Scott, D Earl, Wakefield Baker, W. R. Cluness and otners, Its mortality experience is the most favorable of any company in the TUnited States of the same age. It operates & separate health and accident department. The Conservative Life Insurance Company was srganized In Los Angeies, and began bust: ness July 5, 1900. It is therefore something over five years old. According to officlal reports no company ever organized in the United States has ever shown so much Insurance in force, 0 much assets and so much surplus in 80 short a period after organization, It has been remarkably aggressive from the start and writes more business in California than any other company in the world, and is well and favorably known throughout the entire United atee. S e name of the amalgamated company will be the Pactfic-Conservative Life Insurance Company. The charter of the Pacific Mutual will be retained and the word ‘‘Conservativi inserted for the word ‘“Mutual” in the present name of the company. The officers of the amalgamated company will be: Colonel Wil- bur S. Tupper, president; George L Cochran, Vice president! John F. Roche, second vice president and actuary; Dr. R. Cluness, Medical director. The finance committee will consist of the strongest financial men from both boards. A secretary and superintendent of agencies will be selected and announced IR directors of the amalgamated company will be made up of men from both boards. It will include Henry T. Scott. the well-known ex-president of the Union Iron Works; W. H. Crocker of the Crocker-Woolworth Bank: George W. Scott, the woll-known capitalist and lumberman, and others from the Pacific Mutual board. From the Conservalive Life board there will Colonel Tupper, George IL. Cochran and others. The consolidation {s af tremendous Impor- tance, It unites all life insurance coast inter- eats and makes & very sLrong, aggressive com- pany, which will be a factor In the life insur- ance world and a great credit to the State of California. It will be the greatest money [gatherer of the Pacific Coast, since the opera- tions of & life insurance company are practi- Cally unlimited. The amalgamated company will draw money from nearly every State in the Union, In addition to keeping at home mil- lions which heretofore have been sent to East- ern centers. The new organization will be a better company than efther of the old ones, for it will contain the best elements of both com- panies and the stronger men of the two com- nies. P CONOMIES ARE POSSIBLE. Urder the consolidation many economics are ible. There will be but one set of officers, stead of two. Thovsands of dollars will be saved in home office expehses, and ‘many more | thousands In fleld operations. In many places. OUR AFTER- XMAS 50c and 60c Sulting, yard . $1.50 Fancy Sultings, yard . $1.00 Camel’s Hair Sultings 75c Homespun (Stripe) yard 80c Fancy Alpaca, vard.. . $1.00 Black and Colored Volle, COUPON. $2.25 Pillows for $1.10 Upon presentation of this cou- pon, we will sell a fine sanitary feather pillow for beds, regular price $2.25, for $1.10. These pillows are stuffed with live feathers (purity guaran- teed) and weigh four pounds. They are covered with hand- somely figured art ticking. The greatest pillow bargain ever offered in this city. None sold at this price without this coupon. No mail orders. Not more than two pillows to a customer. Good for Wednesday, 27. omly. Pragers December Lennox Soap—Just fits the hand, 17 bars . s 500 Gordon & Dillworth's Plum Pud- ding—1-1b. tins, each 20¢ Richardson & Robbing’ Plum Pudding—Individuals, 1s, 28¢; 25, 43¢ tin. Seeded Raisins packages .. Coffee—Our 1o Kona, freshly roasted, Ib.. 10cy stock will be found Alpaca, Voile, Hom etc.; 5 to 8 yard lengths; no two alike. All will be sold at half price and less Look at The yara [l REDUCTION SALE Was well attended yesterday, notwithstanding the bad weather. Rain had no serious effect on the size of the expected crowds—the money-saving chances were too good for that. All offerings ' on sale yesterday will be repeated to-day, and there will be many more. 15-Price Dress Goods As announced Tuesday morning, we have purchased an immense surplus stock of dress goods from one of the biggest houses in San Francisco. Every piece new and up to date. In this Noveltles, Crepe de Paris, Henriettas, Eolienne, i . $1.50 Black $1.25 Faney Volle, $1.00 Fancy Vo 50c 40¢ 85¢ 85e Soe COUPON. Pennsylvania Rye Whiskey 54c Bottle Port or Sherry 22c Bottle Upon presen- tation of this coupon We will sell you well- k n o w nj Pennsyl- vania W hiskey worth a bottle, for § Or we will sell you a bottle of our good quality Port pr Sher- ry, regular price 40c, tor 22¢ Bottle Each bottle contains a full quart. None sold at these prices without this coupon. No malil orders. Good for Wednesday, 27, enly. Pragers December MIDWEEK GROCERY SPECIALS Wednesday and Thursday Only se Values $1.00_and $1.25 Black and Colored Foll ile, 40c Colored Henrletta, va yard yard . COUPON. 98¢ Flanneleite Wrappers 55¢ Upon presentation of this coupon we will sell a fine quality Flan- nelette Wrapper for 55¢ striped and fig- ured Flannel- ette, yoke back and front, shoulder plece, finished with wash brald: flounce skirt, waist is lined: 1 colors and sizes. one sold at is price hout this 27, omnly. Pragers Tea—Uncolored. English Break- fast, Oolong or Green, regular- 1y 50e, 3 Ibs, « seaa s Tomatoes—New Pack. 3 ting 23c, dozen .. < w3434 Peas—Extra imported, Petit Pols, 25c tin; spe- 19e the best, reg: TR PR Candles—For_ the tree, box of 24 .. ularly New T ra where both companies have a branch or agency in the same city, the same Wwill be consolidated, saving rent, managers’ and cash- jers’ salarles. The greater strength and pres- tige of the combined company will attract business even more readily than elther does at the present time. the Conservative Life alone writes more busi- ness than any other company does in Califor- nia, the combination wiil sweep the coast and all the Western States. Since the Conservative Lite single-handed has beaten the giants in California, the combination may be expected 1o be the leading and most prominent insur- ance force on the entire coast, and no doubt eastward to the Mississipni River. The most important result of the combina- tion will be larger dividends to policy-holders which really means an ultimate lower net cost of insurance. There is every reason to belleve that with the savings and economics which are possible under the combination the new organization will not be beaten in the United States_on satisfactordy returns to pol- icy-holders. While the strength and solidity of either comvany has mever been questioned the consolidgtion will make a still etronger company. The amalgamated company will have two Kome office centers. The Pacific Mu.wal has a fine home office building in this city, and has recently acquired the property through to Commercial street, making a splendid site for a new building, if needed, 150x180. The Con- servative Life Insurance Comvany has a fine modern office building in Los Angeles. The company’s home office activities will be equally divided between the two points. All policies will be written from the San Francisco office and sent cut from there, it being a more cen- tral point for distribution. The policy depart- ment, medical department, agency departmept, claims department and actvarial department wil] be operated from the San Francisco office. This will result in the removal of some sixty odd employes from Los Angeles to San an- cisco. Colonel Tupper will spend most .. his time at the San Francisco office. How will the merger be effected? There are plain provisions and statutes enabling such a move to be made. With a perfect understand- ing between the controlling powers of both compantes, working harmonifously together, there will be no obstacles whatever. The de- tails to carry out the plan set out above will be arranged at subsequent meetings of both companies. In, view of the fact that | | cific Mutual Life buflding at Montgomery and BRIEF CITY NEWS. CHARGED = WITH BURGLARY.—Joseph | Bell, who clalme that he is a Waiter, was ar- rested by Policeman O'Connor last night He is accused of entering the home of Earl Updike at 1010 Pgwell street. Nothing was taken from the place. MEIER ON THE WAY HITHER.—Charles | Moeier, wanted for embezzling a large sum in | this State, started from London for San Fran- ecisco-on the 23d In charge of Datective Re: nolds. Captain Burnett yesterday received letter from Reynolds, siviog the date of sail- ing. BANK WILL MOVE.—The Russo-Chinese Bank, which has long been at 412 Montgomery street, has leased the ground floor of the Pa- Sacramento streets and will soon move to its new quarters, which have been much im- proved. NURSES INCORPORATE.—Articles of in- | corporation of the San Francisco Nurses' As- soclation were filed yesterday. It is stated that the purpose of the association is to bring all of the nurses of the city into one organi- zation. The directors of the association are Miss Caroline Pratt, Miss M. L. Sweeney and Miss Minnie Fechiemer. CHARGED WITH ASSAULT TO MUR- DER.—George J. Schmitt, who was arrested on Sunday night by Detectives Graham and Har- rison, was booked at the City Prison yesterday on a charge of assault to murder. He is ac- cused of stabbing Willlam J. Kelly in the left breast at the Six-Mile House on Sunday even- ing. Kelly is at the City and County Hospita JEWISH MASS MEETING POSTPONED.— The Jewish mass meeting anmounced for last night bas been postponed until some future occasion, of which dfie motice will be given to the public. This was done for the reason that many people outside of the city: wanted to affiliate with the cause, and join the per- manent organization, and they wanted more time to make final arrangements to join the tody. POLICE SEARCH FOR SWINDLER.—Chiet Dinan was notified yesterday by the Pacific States Telephons and Telegraph Company that a man has been swindling subscribers and others. He has been representing himself as an agent of the company and stating that the company intended in future to place advertises ments and cuts In the telephona directory. He charges *$3 for an advertisement and gives a receipt signing the name of T. W. Hull. Ha has received money from a large number of subscribers. He s an impostor. Chiet has detatled two men to search for the swin- or. TRUSTEES MAY ISSUE BONDS.—The Su- prems Court decided yesterday that the Los Angeles School District has Dower to lssus tonds. The Board of Supervisors olaimed that it had the exclueive power to issue the bonds. The court says both bodies have the right to issue bonds for school purposes, but that th county or municipality can do so only when such acticn Is not contrary to the wishes of the Board of Trustees of the school district. JUSTICE VAN DYKE'S FUNERAL.—The funeral of Supreme Court Justice Van Dyke, Wwho passed away Monday. will be heid at the family residence in Oakiand at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The death of Justice Jackson Tem- ple occurred on Christmas day aiso, thres years ago. The vacancy caused by the death of Justice Van Dyke wili be filled by guber- natorfal appofntment. As deceased was from the south it is expected that his successor will also be from that section of the State. BEATEN AND ROBBED.—Charles Heraper, €82 Ninth avenue, obtained o warrant from, Police Judge Cabaniss yesterday afterncon for the arrest of James Jessie, George Dennis and “Nick” Nicholson on a charge of robbe Heraper sald that he was at the Chutes on Sunda: night. While he was nearing his homo the three defendants attacked him and & friend, whose name he could not remember, Heraper said they cked him down and kicked him in the face. His pockets were cut and $10 stolen. Detectives Taylor and Braig are working on the case RAINFALL LIGHT —The rain which fell in San Francisco vesterday was due to an exten- sive storm which is sweeping over the morth- ern part of the coast in an easterly direction. In all probability the moisture recefved will bex all that will fall for some days in California. The principal force of the storm wil be felt in the country lying east of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and this side of the Rockies. In this territory considerable snow is expected, 50 says Professor McAdie. The fall yesterday, amounting to .06 of an inch, was confled to within fifty miles of the city. SPECIAL SALE - 30 DAYS ONLY GAS HEATER = $1.50 nose FREE will receive prompt attention. Dclivered Free Here is an oppertunity to get a guar- anteed gas heater at a bargain, just when you need it most. A gas heater, lighted a few min- utes before retiring, winter dampness and chill out of the sleeping-room. A gas heater will make the dining and living room comfortable thess cold evenings. A gas heater will perfectly warm that isolated room which the furnace will not heat. Telephone or call at the Main Ofilw our Appliance Salesroom, corner Gate Avenue and Jones Street, and you of Hose will keep the NO FLUES OR CHIMNEY NEEDED - THE GAS 415 POST STREET 4-TUBE. HEAVILY NICKELED S HEATERS Including 8 Feel COMPANY Phone Exchange 8