The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 2, 1906, Page 7

FRANCISCO. CALI FRIDAY, MARCH. 2. 1906: BIG PIANO MERGER SALE A SENSATIONAL SUGGESS purchased last week four hundred new pianos, the and business of the Metropolitan Music Co. of entire stock Los Angeles, also the San.-Diego Music Co. and their several : : branches, thu s completing our chain of ‘retail piano stores from .\w\xc_o to British - Columbia, and making our -house: beyond question the greatest piano-distributing concern on the Western Coast. This week we are- selling those -pianos. Twelve to fifteen daily in each of our San Francisco, Qakland and Los Angeles stores. Eastern factories. These to make a quick clean-up of the lot. Many were bought . in transit from were diverted to this city and ‘Oakland «. Two more cars arrived yesterday. Two cars of the nea nea est, nicest, mos last the week out. snapping them up. L €@ We promise in the history of San Francisco. good. desirable pianos imaginable. Buyers who know good values are They won’t -d to make this the biggest piano sacrifice We're doing it. We are selling pianos and selling them right. Making Making prices $100 to $200 less than like values were ever offered before. Q. Bu your piano before the week ends; before the opportunity to save from one-third to one-half on the piano selected is gone; while we are selling this newly acquired - stock-—not of our regular line—at thirty to sixty per cent less on easy payments than their real cash values. ntee of its makers and ourselves. one year. free fq 1ara Every piano bears the Every city piano tuned Best of all, you save from $100 to $200 and make the piano your own in one-third to one-half less time than under ordinary conditions. Q. Save $I00 to $200 by buying now. Wy & 931-933 Market ST SanFrancisco.CAL. BRANCHES — Oakland, Sacramento, San Jos Los Angeles, San Diego, Reno, Phoentx, Ariz. ta Rosa, 1 ‘could” hear :the Then for three mini ltke rain.. I y ear. ited ‘on us BULLETS AAIN ABOUT SCOTT - into the vehicle for my h ~uK~d I'm h and sure s, and badly hit, We then away. in return, -but’ the ed, being securely hidden. be- which - they ‘erected . In n of & hot reply from us. As it was dark we were altogether at & 1 halloced at volce: for t it out as they had crippled our nd they desisted from further attack. —_————————— “Turn_the Bottle Upside Dow; is the suggestion of the brewers ALE to impress the fact that product perfectly free from iment. Sherwood&Sherwood. e bk ebiah A S First Trip of New Traln. SS, March 1.—The South- B oday inaugurated its new o train between Los Angeles and Francisco—*“the Shore Line Lim- " Ju train’ left here at § a. my, seat occupied. - The new . left San Francisco at the The tratn is a solid Pull- ting of baggage car, diner one of which A Helping Hand To Women for every woman who suffers from headache, faint- ression, backache and o er ailments during thmc times re makes a heavy demand on her strength and vitality. n should take her through these trying periods and to keep the system in to hely d heaithy condition. The girl just entering woman- ase of maturer years, find equal benefit from Béecham’s aken at the first sign of derangement, they give prompt Read the special directions for women with every box. fold Everywhere in Boxes, 10c and 25¢. Experienced Travelers PREFER THE LUXURIOUS EQUIPMENT OF THE CALIFORNIA LlMlTED VIA THE Harvey Dining Car, Observation Car (with Ladies’ Parlor), Buffet,- Smcking Car (with Barber Shop), and Elegant. Drawing-Room : Leaves San Francisco at 9:30 Every Morninz. TAKE IN THE GRAND CANYON ON YOUR WAY. FRED W. PRINCE, City Ticket Agent, Sante Fe 653:'Market Street, San Francisco, Cal FLECTRIC ROADS IN A COMBINE SPOKANE, ‘Wash., Mareh 1.—A New York special to the Spokesman-Review says: Jay P, Graves of Spokane said today that.he had comipletedsthe financial ar- rangemeénts for-his §20,000,000. corpora- tion to-build eléctric roads and develop water power in- and around Spokane. Under the mante of the Inland. Emipire Railway Company a merger has- been effected of the Coeur d'Alene and Spe- kane Railway. Company,:the Spokane Traction Company, the Spakane. Termi= nal Company and the Spokane and In- land - Railway Company. companies will have about 200 miiles of road. . Mr. Graves said that a majority of the shareholders in the merged com- panies have. .agreed. “to the' merger. Shareholders and other - interested inh the Granby Copper - Company will be identified’ with- the new company, be- hind which are New York and Boston capltalists. 2 —————————— BAKERSFIELD NEGRO MUST BE TRIED FOR KILLING WIFE Bound Over to Superior Court After Preliminary Hearing Lasting Six Days: 3 BAKERSFIELD, March 1.—Charles Smith, a negro, charged with the mur- der of his wife, Nellie -Smith,:in" this city. on the night of February 5, after a preliminary examination-lasting six days, was this afternoon held to an- swer to the -charge in the Superior Court.. Mrs. Smith was killed; accord- ing to theevidence produced by the prosecution, by a blow on the head. Smith hinself notified the authorities of his wife's death and advanced the theory that she.had diéd of mushroom poisoning. e e————— Rapidly: Compiettag Line. LOS .AN@ELES, Maréh 1—Forty- three miles ©f working line was.added to the Salt Lake Railroad system today, | when the new line. building from Las Vegas ‘to Tonopah was- opened as -far as Indian Springs. Both passenger and freight business is being transacted now over this. part of the branch, and as fast as the work of construction is- completed to statfons. farfher on the | trains will extend th_alr run Will Open Soon The Biggest Plano Store, ~with " the finest - stock ~of pianos and organs ever shown. any-. where. 721-723 . Market . St., just abeve "The Call.” ‘The merged | 1 ealled upon to_fil. “will sus Charles B. Gould Is Retired on a P.en_sion. Southern Pacific Re- wards Faithful Employe. Charles. B. ‘Gould, one of the oldest and theoretically thé youngest railroad man living and who has beén connected with the Southera Pacific Company since its inception: here, has been retired with the Bhonors that dre due him. For nearly . forty-three years Mr. Gould has been an able-and efficient employe in eévery position and office he has been And now at. the age of 70 hé retires from the service of the company upon a well -earned pension, ac- companied by the heartlest ‘dnd. best wishes of his employers.- Although Mr. Gould is 70 years of age he has had but seventeen birthdays, as he was born on February 29. When he first began railroading fifty-three ‘years ago— and this was “way down East’—in Maine —he was. known as the “'kid éonductor.” He was 17-years old in reality, but only 4 years-old according to the calendar. Gould came to the coast in the early six- ties, and at once went into the employ of the: men who built up the Southern. Pa- cific. He was first employed in the street railroad seryice, and eventually became superintendent of the Market-street line. He was the first conductor to run a train from here to San Jose, He was on that run for some time. He has been on every line running between here and southern points.” For the last twelve years he has been on the run between-here and San Lals Obispo. He ran to that point on No. 22, “the Coaster,” and returned here the next day on No. 9, “Sunset.”” He has made himself popular with the traveling public by his courtesy and kindliness to- warg all those who were entrusted to his care. Time has deait very. gentiy with him, and he does not begin to look three score and ‘ten. He will reside permanent- Iy in this city. BANDIT AT BAY KILLS FOUR MEN HELSINGFORS, March 1.~The pursuit of the bandits that last night entered the Russian State Bank here, killed the guardian and secured $37,500 resulted to- day in another highly dramatic incident and cost four -more- lives at Tammers- fors,” where two of the fugitives were cornered. - One of the bandits got posses- sion of the town hall and held it for hours, but finally was subdued by a stream of water directed by -the. firemen, While Commissary-of Police Balushin was examining the two captives, one of them seized a revolver from thé belt of the Chief of Police and with 1t killed Balushin, - The bandit then dashed up stairs, where he barricaded: himself ‘in & foom commanding the stalrs and lobby and the: street outside. Then he “defied the police for - three hours, meanwhile haranguing from the window a crowd of a thousand persons, many.of whom were in -sympathy with ‘his Socialistic speech. Two policemen who tried to pick off the desperado from a house opposite were killed by the bandit, who was an excellent marksman. After all other resourcen had been ex- hausted the -firemen were called and poured a flood of water into the window. Simultanéously ‘a picked band of police and: firemen- stormed the stairs. One of the assailing party was Kkilled and nine weére wounded ' before - the bandit, who | fought desperately with a big knite, could be overpowered:. The robber,. who is a Dorpat black- smith, boasted of his membership in the Baltic Revolutionary Committee and said the Tobbery of- the Russian State Bank was ‘committed to swell. the revolution- ary war fund.’ Six ‘theusand dollars of the booty. was. recaptured.- The population of Helsingfors is rreatly excited, and, in view of the possibility of further crimes- by . the Baltic revolution- ists, everybody is purchasing revolvers. EKATERINOSLAY, March L—Revolu- tionists.today exploded a bomb in a store, the proprietor of which yesterday refused their demand for a contribution and sumimeoned the police. - The stere was wrecked and a clerk wounded. ————————— The Baggageman’s Despair 1s & Mendel Wardrobe Trunk—compact, roomy and stout:-a wardrobe and chiffonier combined. Holds' seven Suits of clothes and everything eise for 4 man. You can almost.live in this trunk. - Visit our trunk section. Sanborn, V-H & Co., 741 Market street. ———————————— STORM OF WIND AND SNOW SWEEPS DOWN ON COLORADO Frains Are Blockaded in the Mountains and It Js Feared Livestock Wil Suffer.. DENVER, March 1.—A blizzard swept down from Wpyoming today, and re- ports from as far south as the New Mexican line show that the storm had progressed that.far tonight. High wind drove the snow- into drifts, causing con= siderable trouble to railroad and ether |trafic. ~ 'The temperdture was not greitly affected. The northbound train’| on the Cheyenne .and Northern, which left. Clicyenhe this morning with thirty passengers, became blockaded sonie- where between that point and Iron Mountain: No communication has been had with it since some time ‘this morn- ing on account of -thé wrecking of the telegraph lines. The storm today was welcémed : by stockmen and farmers generally- in Wyoming and Colorado, | there is some lenr that stock T. ugh COAL OPERATURS AGHEE T0 CONFER WITH THE MINERS Meeting to Be Held In New York to Discuns Situation in the Anthra- cite District. YORK, March NEW 1 —The "sub- | |-committee of seven . of the anthracite coal -operators appointed to confer with -a similar committee of the miners re- garding the coal situation will meet in this city early next weék to consider the demands of the miners. The call for the meeting was sent out tonight. The date was not disclosed. i . INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.,, March 1.—Sec- retary-Treasurer Wilson of the United -Mine Workers today issued a call for " the speclal national convention te con- vene on March-15, and again 1300 ‘dele- gates: will gather here “for the pur- pose of*considering the wage scale and the transaction of such other business as may’ be lawfully brought before the conveution. e Brazil Eleets New President. * Ri1U DE JANEIRO, March 1.—Dr. Al- fonso Moreira Penna, Vice President of the republie, was today -lacM Presi- dent. £ ‘RAILROAD PIONEER GETS MERITED RE.ST -rajlroads. | tain scction of the community and brutal- o VETERAN RAILWAY CONDUCTOR WHQ_HAS BEEN PENSIONED BY THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC. WOULD CURTAIL CRIMINAL NEWS Special Dispatch to The Call CHICAGO, March 1.—‘Cease publishing details of ¢rime and you check its prog- ress and hurl the murderer from his pin- nacle of fame. His criminal friends be- come impressed with the somber silence surrounding his incarceratfon in prison. Four lines in print should be sufficient to chronicle the fact that a man of the Hoeh stamp has been hanged and a like amount of space.is ample for gl\!ng out news of all revolting murders.” This idea Is advanced by Miss Harrlel E. Thomas, president of the South Side Club of Chicago, whose members have unanimously adopted a resolution de- ploring “the publicity given to crime in €hicago through the medium of the press,’” Miss Thomas, who claims to voice the sentiments of the club over which she presides, goes deep Into the subject of modern civilization. She holds that de- tafls of & horrible murder, if given to the public, are calculated to fascinate a cer- ize it to an alarming extent. *‘There are men,” she said today, “who gloat over a newspaper account of a mur- cder. They will read their paper while taking dinner and drink in every har- rowing detail. Such a man cannot possess the fine feelings of him who has not read about. the crime. The same thing applies to women. Every one was interested in ‘the Hoch case because the newspapers made him famous: but why should columns have been devoted to the last hours of a wretched man who had been found guilty of murder? Why sheuld the public be told that he made a breakfast of ham and eggs? Why should ail crim- inals in Chicago, and those with the in- stinct of the criminal, be told of his last fight for freedom? “Napoleon in his wildest méments could not have @reamed of such publicity. Had | Hoch been the greatest soldier of modern ! times, he would not have been quoted so | extensively. I say, again, there are men in Chicago today who would be willing to dle if assured their exit from earth would cause as miuch excitement as did that of Jokann Hoch.” The body of Johann Hoch, who was | hanged last Friday and buried in the; potters’ fleld adjoining the poor farm, was today disinterred and removed to! Elmwood Cemetery. Revs. A. Schlechter and A. J. Burkholder, who were with! Hoch at his execution, interested them- selves in finding a cemetery which would | allow the murderer’s remains to be in-| terred within its grounds, and today the | officers of Elmwood agreed to allow the body to be interred. | May Natlonalize Jupnnese Railronds. | TOKIO, March 1—After protracted meetings the Cabinet today decided to submit to the Diet a bill providing for the nationalization - of the Japanese It is sald that Minister Kato strongly opposed the Cabinet's action and may resig Friday Surprise No. 8% These Surprises are carefully picked from here and there throughout the busy store. No Telepl e or C. 0. D, Orders 1000 Drummer Sample Lace Curiains 0! sortment; white, cream and $1.00. 300 Dozen Ladies’ Embroidered Handkerchiefs Handsome Hemstitched and Embroid- ery-edge Handkerchiefs, regular 25c and 35c qualities, one of the biggest Handkerchief snaps our buyer has picked up in a long time. Wil be placed on sale this morning amd until_so'd 12'5e each 5000 Pieces Cambric Em- broidery, 5¢ Yard Handsome Cambric Emhrolderfles well finished edges; 1 to 2 inches wide; worth up to 12%c a yard. Friday Surprise price, yard 5S¢ Ebony Candlesticks 38c¢ All complete with handsome shade in artificial flower effect; colors pink, blue and green. Metsl Holder and Candle to match color of shade. Just what is needed to lend a tone to the home or dinner table. An excep- tional value. Friday Surprlse price Gold Filled Hat Pins 18c All the new designs in fancy col- ored stone effects and signets; regularly 25c and 35c. Friday Surprise price L..18e Sailor Caps 35¢ Boys' and Girls' Saflor Caps,. in red and biue, patent leather caps in auto and sailor shapes; plain and_faney Golf ana Yachting Caps;_all have been selling at $0c. Frlday burprlse 25¢ Japanese Crepes mc 160 pieces of real imported Jap- anese Crepes: always sold at 25¢ a yard; 30 inches wide; nat- ural pongee shade only. Fri- day Surprise price, yard.. I Men’s Golf Caps 25¢ In all wool blue Norfolk Cap: silk lined; regularly 45c. Friday Surprise price 100 Dozen Boys’ Fauntleroy and Mannish Blouses Made from good quality percale; fast colors; light colored; tan, red, blue, etc.; not over { to a customer. Surprise price, each 21e Remnants at Half Price Heatherbloom Taffeta, & new cot- ton lining, the nearest cloth to silk that has ever béen manu- factured; has the rustle and appearatice of taffeta silk. Reg- rly sold at 85c a yard: rem- nants in black and colors. Fri- day Surprise price t price. LY ONE OF A KIND—They run from 13% to 2% yards long Arabicn; Scotch nets, cable nets ete.; some plain tenters, others corded: most any one wort Friday Surprisé price, each ... big as- 5¢ Roller Skaies Good, strong steel plate, adjust- able Roller Skate, with double- Sewed bheel and toe 65c straps. Sell regularly for %0c. Our price..... White Cambric Skirts 95¢ Women's White Skirts, made of good cambric; gored over. the hips with. all fullness to the back; with French band; fin- ished at the bettom with sev- eral wide hemstitched tucks and six-inch flounce of heavy embroidery; variety of patterns. Regularly $1.50 sikirt. Frldav Surprise price 95¢ Flannelette Gowns ¥5¢ Women’'s Flannelette Gowns, made of good quality material with deep, square yoke trim- med with wash braid; circular collar and deep cuff of plain goods; all sizes. Reguagrly 75c. Friday Surprise price.,...45¢ Flannelette Kimonos 55¢ Heavy fleece lined Flannelette; all colors and sizes; trimmed with heavy silk on reverés and sleeves; always sold for $1.00; closing out to make room, for spring goods, as a Friday Sur- prise . 55¢ Men’s Unlaundered Shirts 42¢ Have linemn bosom and heavy muslin body; cut full andnr- fect fitting neck bands; made with patent protected button holes. Regular price 50c. day Surprise price Men’s Suspenders 10: Medium and Hghtweight webs— good, strong Suspenders—mo- hair-ends and nickel trimmmgs. Regular price Friday a\ prise .. Men’s Neckwear ISc Stik Four-in-Hands; big assert- ment of shades; either lined or reversile shipes. - Regular price Friday Surprm price 15e White Lawn Aprons 25¢ Made of fine sheer lawn; good and full with wide ties; finished at the bottom with Imitation tucks; bargain regularly at 45c. Friday Surprise price . Gingham Aprons 17¢ 45 inches wide and gathered in at the waist; several strips of plain gingham at the bettom. Friday Surprisc - 17e The Grocery of Quality and Economy SPECIALS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. GROCERIES. CORN MEAL—Best Eastern yel- 16w; 10-1b. sacks; sack TEA—Choice pickings; English Breakfast, Oolong, Green or Un- colered Japan; regularly 60c 1b.; special, 1b .... 40c COFFEE—Our famous Java and Mocha; roasted daily; Ib.. g: Or 3 NUTRO. OUR MOTHER’'S OR FA‘ ORITE MUSH—3 nel-m TOMATOES—Good standard qual- ity; 3 tins -25e CHEESE—Best 1b SWISS imported Emernthal; 29 Creamery Buiter Usual fine quality. 40c Square LIQUORS. Claret—Pure Asti wine: ¢ gallon; special .. Old Kentueky M-rh-\n years old; gallen ... $2.2> resu}arly - 33e Good Old Baurbom _Stralght goods; bottle .. ia Gh‘er \lv——BesL dum‘\stlc aAB bottle; special . London Club Gin— bottle; special .. Port and Sherry—Our quality: sycdll gallon .. Grape Brandy—§ years ol Fresh Ranch Eggs 19¢ Dozen INSANITY DUE T0 SPIRITUALIST Special Diepatch to The Call, RENO, March 1.—Thomas °Berkeley, husband of Mrs. Anna Berkeley of Los Angeles, who went insane at Sparks a few days ago and attempted to force the operator to send a message to Presi- dent Roosevelt at the point of a re- volver, arrived in Reno today for the purpose of taking his wife back to their home in Los Angeles. His wife, who is still violently insane, is now laboring un- der the hallucination that her husband is an enemy and refuses to return with him, stating that she is going to Eng- land. Angeles water works, tells a strange tale about the cause of his wife’'s present mental condition. It is due, he says, to an ineident connected with the death of his wife's mother and the work of a spiritualist named Slater, who is located at Los Angeles. At the time of Mrsl Berkeley's mother’s death she was engaged Mm writ- ing a letter, her end coming suddenly | before the letter was completed. It was supposed at the time tiat she was poi- soned by her son-in-law; but there was no evidence against him. Recently Mrs. Berkeley had a seance with Slater, the spiritualist, and he told her that - her mother had been poisoned by her brother-in-law. This preyed on Mrs. Berkeley's mind until she became men~ tally deranged, says Mr. Berkeley. —_—————— . Murder Charge Dismissed. SAN LUIS OBISPO, March 1.—On mo- tion of District Attorney C. A. Palmer the case against O. F. Hurst, who has twice stood the strain of trial on a charge that he murdered Walter M. Johnson in Pase Robles, in February, Berkeley, who is an official in the Los l 1905 ‘was digmissed this morning. {exali: ey, N Te3 1 . *NF ‘crackers, you can ‘When You Come Across This ‘Trade Mark®e~ ‘in red and white on each end of a package containing biscuit and o2} 7 &7 0 rest assured that the contents are of the very highest order— fresh, clean, pure and perfectly baked. - The trade mark identifies the products of the National Biscuit Company and ever stands for the lughest quahty of baking. For example try packages of & ZWIEBACK—- Twice-baked —dey celebrated as dehmom with tea, coffee or chocolate. BUTTER THIN BISCUIT—A crisp, light, desseit bisckit, ticitnd satisfying, served as something out ot‘theomd.mary lfyounntt mnhntxsp-mcnhflym,uy&pchp "IN - [N o DREIN < DRI KXo }