The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 10, 1907, Page 36

FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1907, ONFRONTE-D by arevolver in the hands of a persistent and probably insane EHUEK[R "lfiPUSES ASk to 1]-;‘3 'l'hf: of masher, Mrs. Della Merrick of 547 Hayes street fell unconscious in Pacific avenue. Friday night. She remained unconscious unilrevived afasanilarium. | [".' '”MHEH I.ANI] “MirSee : D.Samuels Lace House CO-‘ “ Ms;:;e” Faints When Confronted by s m Vo moing ] —T78% ] S5 Cor. Van New Av in Mendocino County| ~ Masher With Revolver t0= " DECIA VALUES A NEW SILKS ‘Mrs. Della Merrick's|, ms s umber noiinge o menry J. Crocker and J. M. Macdonough in 7 1 Mendocino County have passed into the 5 M nght Adventure possession of H. B. Hickey and his I o Be Shown ‘I'omorroW__ onday ] th St t associates. The deal was closed a few n e ree | weeks ago, just prior to Crocker's de- | parture for Burope. Included in the | sale were 12,000 acres of choice timber | 10 pieces 23-inch heavy PURE SILK DRESS TAFFETA—Our regular $1.00 quality, and a “Hold still and don’t scream; will you| J : : R |1and ‘near the town of Usal. On the| silk we can recommend and guarantee to give good wear. On sale d e with me or shall T shoot? I Tl ts £08,000 Dot ot atanaing #lvhe! . ‘With one hand clutching her by the}\,.rv wrist and the other holding a pistol| This purchase and another negotlated close to her head, a tall man, wearing |T°Cently by Hickey made bim and 8|8 1000yards of 36-inch PURE SILK BLACK DRESS TAFFETA—Wear absolutely guaranteed. | asoclates the owners of one of the MONAIY oo v i et s e A vad e ns s S v SAPSP N SR a false black mustache, attempted to ||, a timber in i : 3 P 2. On Monday gest belts of redwoo Extra qualit n igh luster; always sold at $2. n Monday... compel Mrs. Della Merrick of 547, California. The Humboldt County pur- q y and hig ; y $ P y [ jHayes street, to accompany him to his|chase included 32,000 acres, with a| Ses s by ccscssnscssnctecespe 3 £ | |stand of more than 2,000,000 feet o mpartments from the point im Pmeific | NORG of fnove than BALL T o pa- | avenue, between Webster and Fillmore | ific Redwood Company, the Redwood | streets, where the encounter took place | Investment Company, J. C. Bull Jr. . - Friday night about 9 o'clock. | Thomas Blair, William Parrot, C. Hol- lr e ove t s o | hy of Los An- a Mrs. Merrick did not seream, norvdld-:;:gfl At Daiiel Mucphy | she attempt 10 run away. She swooned | The development of this property will ever before have we shown such 2 Al in favor, but this from fright. and when she revived she begin without delay. It is advan- ways ‘inslow | tageously situated on the line-of the| ¢ variety in fancy novelty dress sflk.s as Winslow | | oposed rallway between Coos Bay @ ago Mirage has become the (. have this spring, in checks, stripes, Anderson. 1914 Pacific avenue, where o Fp o " 5 Ay s o5id s atrect g9 success of the season in silks. Jacquards, swiveled, Persians and m pretty wa, she had been taken by the police patrol. | She was not injured, but the shock had | A AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARASS 4 been so great {hat she was In n hys-| 1o so when the fellow accosted her |l Over 100 pieces have been Dresden effects. In all the new-color house gown, and very ap terical vondition and could hardly re-|in a low volce, calling her “Kid,” she As predicted a few weeks was in the sanitarium of Dr. season in great demand; " | . inations, from i . fount Bbi textiiie Savemteie, . . paid no attention to him, not dreaming |l ordered by us already this S b4 propriate for afternoon wear. | According to the story told by Mrs.| hat he would follow her when she left , | Merrick, a pretty le blonde whose ! yha car. But he did. She edged away Season The Boauts or ML $l 00 We have a very complete husband, A. P. Merrick, is emploved bY | grom him as far as she could on the|[ll S S auty ] . : ¢ A |the San F co Gas and Electric| pilimore-street car, and when she got| S 3 ¢ range of new and exclusive Company, she had been annoved for| o again dia not see him follow her.|[ Tage is its soft velvet finish g several weeks by a mysterious man, the| ghe hastened to the sanitarium and | S 3 # - i sk all same who attacked her Friday night. | gpent some time with her mother-in- and perfect wearing quali- Whlte and Black Sllks patte: Three weeks ago she was ascending | jaw, not telling her of the adventure| Ve Mitabs cin Be had in shower-proof. On Monday the stairway at her home, which 18 an | ana her horror of the grinning face| s. Mirag Fashion pronounces white and black apartment house, when she was seized | for fear of exciting the invalid. A few | # 7 S ) by a man unknown to her. Tt was|minutes before 8 o'clock the nurses| @l San Francisco only atthe D. ; pe correct for Spring 1907. On dark, and she at first thought her hus- e, and she did so| 2 p : band or some friend was (rYINg to| wih on’ iorrg s, “dreading the |l Samuels Lace House at Monday we will make a special show- ing of foulards at frighten he a practical .-joke. But|(rip home unprotected. “ ' i vhite an lack fr 1 to she saw soon that the stranger ‘Was| Ag she hastened along Pacific ave-| l 25 d ing of white and black from § 75c and sl 00 d bent on mischief and a struggle en-|nue toward the car line she noticed . y 3 $1.50 yard. o ya. sued, Mrs. Merrick screaming as loud | that the street seemed to be deserted. : as she could. Her cries brought her|ywijthout warning she was seized by a of the neighbors to|strong hand and whirled about. There b sistance, and the man darted|was the tall man, and he had & big re- E v. In the indistinct light she had | volver, which he pointed directly at her gotten & faint glimpse of the fellow's | head, threatening her w})ln;1 lnst‘a;:t ¢ | death if she aid not go with him with- 5 5 % % 2 Ay Bl»rl|’1.“k m:ll: “his wirehthalmfils‘ out making an outery. G 20 cases of NEW SPRING DRESS GOODS—Just opened; in plain and fancy mixtures 1 wou keep him at the office She was transfixed by fear and cou s y s P 2 _+} Sl Tailew § 9 o'clock or later. Ever ,;m(;ebu.ef not have screamed had she tried. She for suitings. - Fancy Voiles, fancy Marquisettes and double-thread Silk Voiles for afternoon counter on the stairway she had been | felt herself sinking to the pavemen rices. nervous and fearful of a repetition of |and then lost consciousness, not remem- |l SOWNS. All at popular price the attack of three weeks before. The| bering what happened from that mo- grinning features of the fierce-mus-| ment until the time when she revived |tached man danced always before her|in the sanitarium. eves. Wherever she went, on the| PICKED UP UNCONSCIOUS i 2 g 3 , who were passing a few | MAN OGLES HER ON CAR L SN wRO were Desng [ . | minutes later, saw the apparently life- | For this reason she was afraid to|less form of the young woman lying {remain alone until ber husband's re-|in a heap on the sidewalk. Running to ESTABLISHED OVER 55 YEARS {turn from his office and decided to pay | her side, they-saw that she was not |a visit to her mother-in-law, Mrs. I |dead &nd summoned the police by tele- TT | Holden, who is i1l at the sanitarium of | phone. The latter took her to Dr. An- LOCATED SE. COR. VAN NESS AVE. AND SUTTER ST. | Dr. Anderson. She boarded a Hayes- | derson’s office as the nearest available ' | street car. 1t was rather erowded, but place for medical assistance. i |a sinking sensation seized her when| Mrs. Merrick is certain that the man | she beheld a tall man ogling her in the | who attacked her Friday night was crowd. He was dark complexioned, but | the same who seized her three weeks 21 the black mustache did not look|ago. His boldness has set the police| women: They have no clew to the man's| woman was not injured, but she had we will make a special show- T in Chicago, and her husband was for- | natural. He. wore a soft brown hat|at work with a determination to catch | identity, but hope to arrest him on tbe’no! recovered from her fright when | merly a resident of Portland. |and a long overcoat. him as soon as.possible, as his actions | minute description furnished by his|shé told her story yesterday. | ———eee. Mrs. Merrick wds to transfer at Fill-|indicate that he is of unsound mind | victim. She is 13 years old and has been There are mountains in the moon more street, and did not have far tol#nd a danger to other unprotected Dr. Anderson sald that the young | married about a year. Her parents live| 36,000 feet high. — 6 BUILDING FORIERRR ROBS YOUNG THIRD STREET AN OF LIF Estate Company applied to. Lying against the grate of a cell at | rks yesterday for a the Mission statlon, the body of James | ory and base- Green, a teamster, vears of age, was | hird street, found yesterday morning by the night | sed for lodgings, | Jailer, who was making his last round 84 before reporting off duty. The evening E ed for a per- | before this young.man had been dis- | ¥ brick bulld- | missed from the City and County Hos- | street, near First, at a pital because of & sage conclusion of | the physicians that what they first Coast Syrup Company thought was heart failure was naught » erect a bullding to cost|but alcoholism, and hospitals are not street, near Sansome. for drunkards. | Oreen was found proStrate in. the M. Marlow bas| Street Friday night and taken to the the Phemix In-| City and County Hospital. First it o & poliey of 1n- | was determined that he was suffering e oeatrored | from heart failure, but the theory of c3 | ug a1 1800 Market| ) oonolism was substituted two hours ONLY EIGHTEEN DAYS LEFT TO CLEAR OUT OUR ENTIRE STOCK This is the greatest sale ever known to San Francisco; crowds of women came last week and met greater bargains in cloaks, suits, skirts and waists than they had ever seen before. , Our store is to lease; we close out our business at the end of this month. Take advantage of this tremen- narwe il - e —— later and he was dismissed from the . Sign o4 + ====inqtitution He wandered out into ths dous opportunity now. 12“3\;2\1\ street and walked as far as Mission, EHEEN Consumption Is Not |&u. e, am , Fysar He was found in the gutter by a po- 2 liceman and taken to the Mission sta- placed against his name. He was car- | $10.00 Coats $2.95|520.00 Coats $8.95 Just think—$2.95 for this splendid coat in the picture. That's the kind Like picture; pretty plaid efiects, light and dark, loose, semi-fitting and | ried to a cell, the door was bolted and | \ e R oohe TP wisun. fvenad Mouse It o dlising: out bargains pialkind hete: I3 phetty Edna My sl io | tghihiting: he w; left al Sev 1 ho late: A Common Error Refuted !whe jaiier opened the cell ana: tound | ixtures. $25.00 Coats 3 .95 B i ik $1250 Coats... . §3.95 | Biack Broadclotn cont st || $31.50 Coats 1245 | S couil - $i3:88 The fact that ca eumption is fre-| this will only determine the -cause of | $13.50 Coats......$4.95 | $9.95, worth $22.50 Loose, tight and semi- $32.50 Coats....$14.45 Fine 0 the wipesal Miss Thie 105 Seta IR ol e Lt HEHE e eerris $15.00 Coats......$5.95 Satin Lined fitting, trimmed and plain. $40.00 Coats....$17.95 oneous. Weak —_— ditary, and where SACRAMENTO'S GREAT GROWTH LSRRI S e IS DEPICTED BY THE UNION | r is produced by a a persons frequently in- n t where dust is Mayor Beard Writes That City Has s In weak Jungs 50,000 Fopulation nnd Expects It lodging place te Reach 100,000 by 1906 s its work of | The Sacramento Union has printed icous membrane. A |upder the caption “Fifty Thousand creates an inflamed | popuiation Editio an issue showing membranes of the by signed articles and numerous half- nd = affords the | tone illustrations the great growth of of taking hold;|the city and the valiey of the Sacra- $15.00 Covert Coats at $4.95 $22.50 Covert Coats...... $26.50 Covert Coats. 2 $30.00 Covert Coats. o $36.50 Covert Coats. .........$17.45 $7.50 Covert Jackets $15.00 Suits $4.95 Pretiily trimmed, as the picture shows. In light gray effects suitable for spring wear. $17.50 Suits.....e00vne.....$6.95 Black Eton 59-95 $18.50 Srits . .50 vl $T05 Regularly $22.50. A Black Pana- ma Eton, lined throughout; neatly $20.00 Suits................$8.95,| trimmed. .$10.95 lung will Quickly | mento in the last few years. . gminent phvsician| 1; o general article on the progress | at $2.45 : 4 300 Suits. i Dt ik | s i s i Lined throughout. $25.00 Suits...............$11.95 | $35.00 Suits .$16.95 troubles under his signature: 5 $40.00 Suits $27.50 Suits.....venene. .. . $13.45 | $45.00 Suits - $5.00 Skirts at $1.95 In gray mixtures, with band of same malerial; also davk gray mohair pleated. See picture. $10.00 Skirts $3.95. R < Light and dark check and plaid VIS Bunelin S $5.98 skirts, also chiffon—broadcloth and | $17.50 Skirts......coeo.... .$7.95 Panama skirts. $7.50 Skirts $2.95 $12.00 Skirts at $4.95 ; 2 -ee-- $6.95 Children’s $5 Coats at $1.95 s = 3 In Mixtures, neatly trimmed . 4 T ' with velvet. .$18.95 $8.50 Covert Jackets. ...... 22, 45 $10.00 Covert Jackets. . $15.00 Covert Jackets. . $15.00 Cravenette $17.50 Cravenettes. ... $20.00 Cravenettes. ... $25.00 Cravenettes. . .. $1.25 Plaid Waists at 35¢ (Like Picture) eral years maintained| “Sacramento is fortunate in owning of the big pine for- the water works, which enables her to ys that for stimulat- | furnish water at a very low rate to the e’z:'é'e fi:"\);l‘?xlnrl-sm;:: lper)pl‘-, No ('I\ar'gp whatever is made | no equal 1o the oil obtainea foT the immense volume used for irriga- e pines of the East. He was the |tion. We have free water for the fire to prepare a truly soluble oil of |department, for street sprinkling and pine and he claims by its use all the | for flushing sewers, and yet there is a sdvantage orest camp can | profit of about $80,000 per annum. . ;'r?“’l"‘".lkf‘"}e;?)' “Property in this city is increasing exercise meanwhile eulti. | Very rapidly in value and in the busi- i ness district it has about doubled in the he uses is |last two years. The increase in popula- edical profession as | tion has also been wery great. It is H"‘_x”okogfi’népr-e:ffl:“;g now estimated to be 50,000. In addition druggists. | Care should be taken 19|10 this the suburban population has in- get the real article, which comes put Creased in as great proportion, showing up for medical use only in one way and | the tide has set this way and it is hoped ! half-ounce bottles inclosed in |that in 1910 we may reach the 100,000 round screwtop cases, which are | mark.” rotect the fluid from e S N atmosphere. The original here to $15.00 Silk and Etamine Skirts at. . Concentrated oll of pine and a balf- \¢n her home at 132 Valendln pint of first-cl It should o v - Pe thoroughiy used every Street vesterday, Mrs. P. C. Monohan —— “Tw ces of glycerine. half-ounce While attempting to clean a skylight 4 % » as ‘V . . four hours in tablespoon doses, | fell through the glass to the ground, a alsts at 40c X He cautions against the oils sold in distance of thirty feet. In order to - ke bulk and patent medicines sometimes | facilitate the .cleaning of the glass put up in wooden boxes and using a|she had removed an iron guard placed (7 Also Plai eI Tl e e o Sy i s Chwkw:‘d, ‘i‘t‘d f bet e i 11l check and often | received internal injuries, a badly cut completely cure an acute cough or cold forehead and a possible fracture of ‘the inside of twenty-four hvur‘-i le'lfl-.