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How much you can save by cash purchases until you try long enough to prove its advantages. For quick sales to spot cash buyers we quote a few prices that will help to explain what cash will do. If you want more evidence try to sell large blocks of goods for cash and see who will buy. This accounts for our ability to offer bargains continually. Tho goods are all right. FOLLOWING PRICES GOOD THIS WEEK OR UNTIL SOLO: FLOUR — . Whole Wheat. 10-lb sacks; each 17tf Graham, 10-lb sacks: each ISo Our S C. 8. Gold Label Flour, nothing finer In the market at any price, quality guar- anteed to please you. Try It at our risk; this week. p«r bag — — 77c 0YS rp ERS— Baltimore's choicest and fanciest extra selects. Almost tho only ones In town. New season's pack: Just arrived. Sultabla to fry; 25 large oysters In small can; p*r can' l*e (0 extra large oysters In large- cans; per can 2*c FLAKE HOMINY— Strictly fancy, white, regularly 4 lbs 250: tn bulk to try. 3 Ib 9 10c A full Blze wooden barrel for ......$3.00 CORN FLAKES— In packages; we guarantee the quality. It has no suoerlor as a breakfast dish. De!l- clourt tor mixing with hot cakes; per pack- ag» 5c BUCKWHEAT— Our strictly fancy, self-rlstng. qualtty guar- anteed; 2-lb package 10c 10-lb bags, extra finest, quality guaranteed equal to any: regularly &c; this week 23c CRANBERRIES— Best In market, per gallon... ~230 SNIDER'S CATSUP— Per pint (250 sire, limit 7 bottles), per bot- tle no MACARONI— Domestic. No. 3 size, box (5 lbs) 13c SHREDDED COCOANUT— In 1-lb cartons, S. C. S. brand, guaranteed equal to Schepp's; regularly 20c; this week , Uo TJMBftEIXAS — We are closing the S-blt kind this week at 2S cents. Will that pay? Reduction* oa fla« rain-proof umbrellas alsov SHOES— Wet weather shoes for Uttl* tota; 8, 5H at 60c; t. «4 at K>c; like you pay a dollar for at credit stores; '.', 0' 2 at 13 to 1 at 95c. HKe you pay $1 50 for mostly. 6hocolate shoes— Ladles' S, 6. 7, lace, stylish, at $1 00; to clo«». button, small sizes. 1, l^j. 3. at 73c: new spring stock Is coming; all broken lines &r* going price not considered. DRAPERY CRETONNE— Or for lounge covers; oujrht to b« IS cents; take your choice of patterns at 10 cents. THE DIFFERENCE. The only difference between our story and others is we retail, that Is. we sell you any quantity: so do other stores — but we retail at piece and dozen prices as wanted, sometimes* below trade values. CASH STORE Tha criglnal reliable and largest mall order house. Ask for Catalogues, free. 25-27 Market St., near the Ferrj. Phroso Is highly recommended as a face, lo- tion. Sold by all druggists. • finally nine of the twelve good men and true agreed that $25,000 was a proper com pensation for Mrs. Gladstone 8 loss, and judgment was entered accordingly. Church, South, on Bush street, near Oc tavia. Rev. J. E. Moore, pastor of the church, conducted the services. The fol lowing friends acted as pallbearers: A, E. Head. Jasper McDonald, Josr-ph M. Quay, Homer b. King, Captain Bradford, F. G. Drumm. W. J. Byrne and J. G. Fol lansbee. BARTENDER HARD WAS FOUND DEAD IN BED ttati BEEN OUT OF WOBK FOB A LONG TTME. Asphyxiated by Illuminating Gas and Left Nothing to Indicate That He Had Committed Suicide. Oscar Hard, a bartender by occupation, was found dead in bed yesterday morning in his room at 655 Pine street, having been asphyxiated with illuminating gas. The deceased had been out of work, for some time and was destitute, and this condition led to the belief that the unfor tunate young man had taken his own life In a fit of despondency. He was 34 years of ace, a native 'of Switzerland and a member of the Swiss Oesang Verein. Mrs. Ellen Taylor, his landlady, had not seen him since" last Friday and she did not then notice anything unusual in his manner or appearance. No writing was found in the room that would throw any light on the question of pulclde or accident. A grold watch that had cost $90 and a irold rinp recently sppti in Hard's posses sion are mlsping. Coroner Col<» will hold an Inquest at 10 o'clock this morning. STRANGEST WAS THIS OF LIFE'S SAD HISTORIES Jekyll and Hyde Were in Meyers. PRAYED WHILE WIFE STARVED • EXHOBTED AND BOBBED HIS BENEFACTBESS. When T7nder Arrest He Said He Had Ever Dreaded the Insane Asylum to Which He Was Sent. In the annals of the courts of San Fran cisco there has probably never been a case more worthy of the attention of the stu dent of mental phenomena than was that of Dr. I. L. Meyers, who was yesterday committed to Agnews as insane. A short, thin man, with a face withered as if by mental decay rather than age, Meyers came near realizing mentally the weird Imagination of the Immortal Stevenson of Jekyll and Hyde. A graduate of Heidel berg, he speaks in elegant language. Often, with tears streaming down his face, he has held up ideal morality and exhorted his hearers to lead a life of. un selfishness. Before him yesterday stood his half starved wife and impoverished child, a little girl barely 7 years old. On the face of the wife were pity, dread and grief for the wreck of one whose love was her only possession except her little girl. She was poorly clad; her thin shoes barely kept her feet from the ground. However, she still found no word of reproach for her hus band, only pity and love. Yet the Heidelberg graduate, the accom plished physician, the spiritual exhorter, the husband and father had failed to feed his family, although he had in fifteen days drawn from banks $600, which he had taken from two trusting women who fol lowed him here from the East— all the money they had in the world— and had left them penniless. He had made a prac tice for years of uttering bogus checks, when he had no money in the bank; he had for years been robbing those who be friended him. At last he was arrested. He cast a pitiful glance at his attorney, Henry P. Dimond, and said: "And has it come to this at last— that I must go to the insane asylum? All my life I have dreaded this, and now the blow Is about to fall." A few nights ago Mrs. Meyer was awakened by her husband, who was bending over her and who had his hand upon her throat. "It is better that you and my little girl should die now," said the husband, whose manner had always been kind before. The wife made no complaint. When Meyer was arrested he had about him enough poison to have killed a regiment. He nad a bottle of cyanide of potassium in a pocket, a package of arsenic in his stocking, enough strychnine in another place to have killed a host; other poisons lined his clothes. For what purpose they were in tended can only be guessed. There is a mystery attending his recent life. During the period when he was drawing large sums from the bank he had no money for his family. His wife said, with quiver ing lip, "I did not want to trouble •my poor husband when he was bo troubled for money." Checks as high as $150 and several others nearly as large have come to light, and all worthless and known to ba worthless when they were given. "When Meyer was asked why he did these things he said: "As well ask the sun why it rises; it was foreordained." He confessed that he had forged deeds and mortgages. All the time he was holding religious meetings in his house. He always hired a fine house and fur nished it with belongings that were owned by the two women who followed him and who believed that he would in vest their money profitably. He paid no rent and was always on the move. The offenses that led him into the hands of the police were that he pledged a hired horse and buggy to a pawnbroker; that he got $50 on the horse and buggy from John H. Leary of 503 Sutter street: then he sold the same to J. W. Morsheaa for $:*). He was arrested for crime and for insanity, the officers reaching his house at 632 Haight street at the same time. Last night he slept at Agnews, and three women, without one dollar In the world and with no home, wondered how they and the little girl who cried herself to sleep for the loss of "papa" were to exist. The Right Place. The right place for lunch and dinner, if you want the best of everything in the market, ta Zlnkar.d's. • ADVERTISEMENTS. •* I rwirl been a snfTerer for man y years from nervtrasness with all its symptoms and complications," writes Mrs. O. N. Fisher, xB6i Lexington Axe., New York, N. Y. " I was constantly going to see a physician or purchasing medicine. In toe spring of 1807 my husband induced me to try Dr. Pierces Favorite Prescrip- tion, After taking one bottle and fol- lowing your advice I was so encouraged that I took five more bottles, and then stopped for several weeks as I felt so touch better, but still I was not com- pUtclj curti. I commenced taVipg it •gain and felt that I was improving faster than at erst. lam not now cross and irritable, end t have a good color in zay face | have also gained about ten pounds in weight and one thousand pounds of comfort, for I am a new woman once more and your advice and your I Favorite Prescription * is the cause of it, coupled with the 'Pleasant Pellets' which are not to be dispensed with. I took eight bottles of the ' Prescription ' the laart time, making fourteen in all, and will not take aoy more unless yon so edviae, for I do not see as I need it." y^— ¦ ¦ ¦ 1 Come Just to See eiesam Premiums Given Free. Great AmaiicaßliaporQsE Tea Ca. Stores Everywhere, xoo Stores. BUBONIC PLAGUE SPREADING IN HONOLULU AND MANILA Houses Burned and Other Radical Steps Taken to Stamp Out the Dreaded Scourge. HONOLULU. Jan. L— Seven additional cases of plague have developed since last advices, making thirteen cases all told to date. Three cases were discovered on the night of the 2Stb uIL. and four cases have been reported during: the past forty eight hours. The Board of Health has decided to take radical steps to stamp out the scourge. A portion of the Infected district was condemned and burned to the ground yes terday. Three buildings and a large warehouse were destroyed by fire. The future policy of the health authorities will be to destroy all infected buildings. The presence of the plague in this city Is commencing to worry the sugar men. They have the idea that Hawaiian sugar may be refused at United States ports If shipped from Honolulu. To get around this difficulty, the new crop may be shipped from ports outside of Honolulu. Kauai sugar can be shipped from Wai mea. Maul sugar from Kahului and La haina and Hawaii sugar from Hllo and Mahukona. Honolulu being the one in fected port. It is believed that the Fed eral authorities will agree to this plan and allow the marketing of the 1599 crop. The transport Grant arrived off the har bor early on the morning of the 28th, and went away, after lying at anchor for an hour. She took with her four days' news paper files and a large quantity of mag azines for two local news companies, the captain refusing to wait till they were Bent for. He had no coal to spare and could not afford to burn it while he lay at anchor. The Grant has on board the Forty eighth Infantry, which was bo long '.n quarantine In San Francisco on account of smallpox. Th« men had only Just got out of Quarantine, In fact, when they went on board the Grant, only to meet another quarantine here. Colonel Duvall, who Is in command, did not want any more experience of the kind. WASHINGTON, Jan. B.— The plague has broken out in Manila beyond a doubt, as appears from the following cablegram, re ceived by Surgeon General Sternberg: "MANILA, Jan. 6.— Three bubonic na tives. GREENLEAF." The signer 1b Colonel Greenleaf, assist ant surgeon general and chief surgeon in th« Philippines. The first effect will probably to have a quarantine laid upon the most rigid sani tary regulations and this work wili be undertaken by Colonel Greenleaf pending the arrival at Manila of the marine hos pital service officers now on the way. General Sternberg says that Colonel Greenleaf is exceptionally well fitted to cope with the present emergency and he has no doubt that the disease will soon be stamped out. It is noted that the cases of plague reported are confined to the na tive class and tt Is said that It has been the case in most of the cities of Asia where the disease has appeared. It Is no tably true of Hongkong, where it has ex isted for many months without caus ing considerable fatality among the European population. It was probably from Hongkong that the disease found its way to Manila. The medical officers all along have been on the watch to prevent this, but owing to the closeness of Hong kong to Manila and the large amount of traffic carried on by native junks and ecows the ultimate Introduction of the disease into Manila was inevitable. MANILA. Jan. B.— The bubonic plague is yet sporadic. There have been six cases and four deaths. Preparations are being made to establish hospitals and quaran tine. Great numbers of provincial natives are coming to Manila, with whom the city Is overcrowded, the increase In accommo dations being Inadequate. The rice neces>- Bary for foodstuffs is more expensive than at any period during the last twelve years. The plague is dangerous to the over crowded, unfed and unwashed natives and Chinese. Americans avoiding direct con tact with the disease are safe. A force of Filipinos charged twelve men of the Third Cavalry, who were scouting behind San Fernando de Laubon. One trooper and three horses and carbines were captured. The enemy fled. ' He Stole a Boat. Steve Potter, a boy 20 years of age, wa3 arrested yesterday on a charge of grand larceny. He Is accused of stealing a boat from Julius E. Back. Alameda Creek, which he- sold In San Rafael. After beinc b«x>ked at the City Prison he was taken to Oakland by Detectives Ryan and O'D«a. \Then that tired feeling comes over you. drink Jesse Moore "AA" whiskey. Held for Criminal Assault. A. S. Williams, petty officer on the Pen sacola. was yesterday held to answer be fore the Superior Court by Judge Mogan in $2500 homls on a charge of criminal as sault. The complaining witness was Mrs. Pauline Kolbe of fils Jones street and tha alleged assault was committed at her home on November 2 last. Hannan, the Murderer. The case of H. J. Hannan, wanted for murder in Greensburg. Pa., was called in Judge Mogan's court yesterday, and Han nan's attorney demanded an Immediate hearing. Police Fergeant Colby, who swore to the complaint charging Hannan with being a fugitive from justice, was called and testified that the papers for Hannan's extradition were now before the Governor, and the case was continued till "Will Not Prosecute Him. George H. Mayer, son of a tailor at 40 MontKomery street, who was arrested last Friday by Detective Cody, was discharged from custody yesterday. He had passed thr^e worthless checks of the aggregate value of $:ti on saloonkeepers, but they refused to prosecute them. He has been in trouble before and blames it all on his stepmother, who, he says, wants to keep him from getting his share of his moth er's estate. His eldest brother married a sister of his stepmother. Capitalist Joseph Clark Buried. Joseph Clark, the well-known mining man and capitalist who died on January 6 In hi* room at th* Pacific Union Club, ¦was interred resterday in the Laurel Hill Cemetery. The funeral services were conducted In the Centenary M. E. Farnham Is Gaining. The Farnham-Boland contest continued before Judge S*-awell yesterday. Up to the noon hour the counting of ballots for nine precincts had be«n concluded and Faraham had gained eighteen votes. At the noon hour an adjournment was taken, and at the opening of the afternoon sit ting argument as to whether or not straight tickets on which the voter had made an extra cross below the name of the last candidate were admissible and were k-gal votes was heard by the court. Judge Seawell will decide the matter this morning and the counting of ballots will continue. LAST night was the first opportunity society has had since Melba be came a memory to show itself in all its plumes and plumpness, and It filled the California Theater snugly to welcome Emma Nevada with much applause and many flowers. There would be perhaps a more sincere compli ment In more of the former and fewer of the latter, but the polite enthusiasm was sufficient to produce an encore for each number, than which no more could be asked. No, certainly no more. Putting aside the favorable prejudice that the audience had for Mme. Nevada by reason of her antecedents, her singing would undoubtedly have won her hearers and given pleasure to even those most difficult to please. Yet analyzed her voice and method are variously deficient. Her gifts are not great, nor does she use them greatly, but within her limitations she sings with charm and makes the very ut most of the powers that she possesses. She does not accomplish this, however, with the virtue of taste, but rather by a skill that at times approaches trickery. Her mezza voce is pure, and she has the faculty of producing tones that sound iikf> the echo of a bell, but when she drags the Ume in order to display this quality one is forced if not to tolerate either to forgive or condemn. Mme. Nevada was at her pest In her second number, "Travoushka, by Tschal kowskv, and "La Fee aux Chansons, by liemberp, both excellent songs. The for mer was particularly interesting In Its modernity and finely rendered. She again gave pleasure in the "bhadow Dance, from *Dinorah," though hardly adequate in point of dramatic feeling. Her ren dering, however, showed Bphool and was well "ounded. The composition Itself has c perennial Interest, which cannot be said of the Bell Song, from "Lakme, which was her first essay. The encores were of Uttle Importance either In themselves or In her singing of them. They consisted of an English and a German ballad, "Home, Sweet Home," and finally "The Mocking Bird." I sus pect strongly that Mme. Nevada sang "The Mocking Bird" when she was grad uated at Mills College, for it seems to be a favorite of hers, and I can divine no other reason why It should be thus fea tured by the diva as it was at her con cert In the Alcazar fifteen years ago and again last night. , _ ? _, The pianist of the evening, Selden Platt. Is limited in every direction, though par ticularly I think by his youth. Mr. Blu menberg, the 'cellist, however. Is a most capable artist. He played some very in teresting numbers with a remarkably masterful style Orpheum. The Orpheum management presents this week some attractions that prove that there Is yet plenty of first-class ma terial for first-class vaudeville, the kind that the Orpheum has educated the peo ple to demand. Among the new comers John and Nellie McCarthy begin the pro gramme In their entertaining sketch, "The Wall Street Broker," which abounds in clever dialogue and comic duets. A new star In the field of dialect appears In Charles A. Gardiner, whose specialty is Tyrolean and Canadian French. The latter Is a novelty and im mediately "caught on," the recitation of the hurricane on tho lake being an ar tistic bit of work. Quaint are the Elinor Sisters In George M. Cohan's sketch, "Dangerous Mrs. Delaney." It Is refresh ingly original, and so are the sisters. The musical success of the evening is Frank Latona, "the musical tramp.' His performance on the one-stringed violin of "The Miserere" from "Trovatore" and the Intermezzo from "Cavalleria Rustl cana" were, loudly encored, and the same mark of appreciation was shown his playing of "The Holy City" on the slide trombone. Among the favorites of last week are that charming singer and come dienne, Dorothy Drew, Fougere. Thome and Carleton in their funny skit, "The Intruder," Billy Rice, the monologist, and the eccentric Rozinos. Alcazar. The Alcazar was crowded last night, when Madeline Lucette Ryley's farce comedy, "The Mysterious Mr. Bugle," was presented. It Is a clever sketch, full of smart dialogue and humorous situations The plot hinges upon the secret engage ment of Betty Fondacre and Tom Pollln ger to save Tom from being disinherited by his grandmother for marrying till ha reached the years of discretion. Tom gets her to assume the name of Mrs. Bugle, and as ho is Insanely jealous he Is con stantly getting himself and others Into trouble. It of course ends In satisfactory explanations all round. Miss Irene Everett assumed the part or Betty and created a most favorable Im pression. She is a native of this city and has been playing successful engagements with Frohman'a companies in the East. She was last here with '•The Girl I Left Behind Me" company. She has a hand some stage presence and played her part intelligently and cleverly. At the close of the first act she was called before the curtain and was the recipient of numerous bouquets. Ernest Hastings as Tom Pol linger, the Jealous lover, was in his ele ment and was warmly applauded. Frank Denlthorne as Allan Fondacre, a Journal ist, and George P. Webster as Samuel Tote, a stockbroker, were good. Frank Opperman made a hit as Chickwell, a re spectable valet, and Forrest Seabury was equally successful as Bonaparte, a short sighted boy. Miss Laura Crews as Julia Fondacre gave another instance of her versatility, and Miss Maria Howe as Mrs. Louisa Tote was excellent. Grand Opera-House. "Stnbad," with its catchy music. Jing ling rhymes and merry wit. continues to charm good audiences at the Grand Opera-house. Repetition has lessened neither the enthusiasm of the players nor the audience, and the operetta still goes with all the snap and vigor of the Initial production. Columbia. Hall Calne'B masterpiece, "The Chris tian," began its last week at the Columbia last night. There was a splendid audience, which thoroughly appreciated tha many good points of the play. TivolL "I/lttle 80-Peep" Is • enjoying a thinJ week at the Tivoll Opera-house, and tha Interest in that holiday extravaganza has not diminished, Judging by the large audl ence which crowded the theater last evening. Ferris Hartman has a number of new songs and Jokes, which are sure to attract attention. The singing, dancers and marches are up to the usual excellent standard of that popular playhouse. Alhambra. "An Affair of Honor." which is being produced by the Rentz-Santley Company at the Alhambra, Is drawing well. A number of clever specialties are presented that arouse the laughter and applause of the audience. The duel scene which Is shown at the conclusion of the perform ance is realistic. Olympla. The Olympla bill this week Is good. Zoyarra, the globe artist, mada quite a hit last night. La Mont and his sister were well received. Cad Wilson continues in her popularity, and all the other per formers made favorable impressions. Chutes. Major Mite proved his versatility at the Chutes theater last night by appearing as an Irishman, carrying about a pair of Galway whiskers and singing a song about "I'm Done With Carrying the Mor tar." He received no bricks In exchange, but a number of encores. The Columbian Four made their first appearance in San Francisco and scored a hit. Harry De Lain, the high barytone, appeared as a French chanteuse. Claude Thardo told a lot of new stories and sang several new songs,' and the rest of the bill was excel lent. Divorce Suits Filed. Salts for divorce have be«»n filed by John J. Callaghan apainst Annie Cal laghan. for intemperance: Bertha S«**v man against Henry E. Seeman. for failure to proxide: Jennie Barnum against Wil liam H. Rarnum. for desertion, and John Cecil BifFhnpp Stevenson against Mary L. Stevenson, for desertion. Dr. Parker's Cough Cur*. One do«e will etop a cough. Never falls. Try It. All druggists. JOLLY ROGER LUCKY. Wins the Jackson Day Handicap at New Orleans by a Fluke. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. B.— ln memory of the battle of New Orleans, the Jackson day handicap occupied a central position In to-day's card, and was ona of the threa race* which fell to the favorite. Jolly Roger, the winner, was favored with th» best of luck and managed to get through the bunch in the last sixteenth, when th<? case seemed hopeless. Weber rode Wol hurst like a novice. With tha least help from the boy the horse would have won handily. Corlallla and Belle of Memphis wero the other winning favorites. Weath er fina and track fast. Results: Six and a half furlongs, Cortallls won, Nel lie Prince sceond. Uttle Billy third. Tlma. 1:22. One mile. Belling, Arthur Behaa won. F'.ti hugh wcond. Jc*Je third. Time. 1:42. Six and a half furlongs. Bell« of Memphis won. Bennevllle second. Blr Christopher third. Time, 1:211,. Jackson handicap, on* and a qnarter mllea. Jolly Roger won, Wolhurst second. Laureate, third. Time. 2:09. One mile. Frangibble won. The Bobby «eo ond. Tlckfal third. Time. 1:43. EMMA NEVADA GIVEN A VERY CORDIAL WELCOME Smartly Gowned Audience Fills the California Theater, MRS. HUGH CAMERON SERIOUSLY INJURED OAKLAND. Jan. B.— A fractious horse, a poor driver, a narrow roadway and an electric car almost caused a triple tragedy to-night. As It was, Mrs. Hugh Cameron. wife of the well known real estate man, was seriously injured about the chest. Bide and knees; her husband was badly bruised on the breast and shoulders, and Robert Houghton had his left leg painfully huit. The three victims were crossing the Eighth street bridge in a buggy at tha time of the accident. Mr. Cameron was handling the reins and pulled to one side as a car approached. Just at the critical moment the horse became unmanageable ar.d the driver got excited. The ujiiraaj backed up, and the next Instant the t\iggy was hit squarely by the car. All of the ot.xupants of the rig were thrown out anb the vehicle was converted into kindling wood. Cameron and Houghton managed to get to their feet, but Mrs. Cameron s injuries were so serious that they rendered her unconscious. The police ambulance was called and took the unfortunate trio to the Receiving Hospital. Drs. Porter and Dukes dressed their wounds, after which Mr. Cameron took his wife to their home. C 63 East Eighteenth street, in an ambu lance. Houghton was able to go to his residence at 913 Fifth avenue in a car riage. HANGS HERSELF IN JAIL. Young Woman Arrested for Drunk- ennesa Attempts Suicide. Officer McQuane arrested a your.s woman late last night at the corner of California and Kearny streets and booked her at the California-street station as a drunk. The woman was in such a stats of intoxication that she was unable to give her name and was placed In the fe male cell/ in company with Klttlo Wilson. Shortly after being locked up tha woman removed her leather belt and placed >t around her throat, making tho end fast to the cross bar of the cell. She then raised her feet from the trround, and de liberately strangled herself. At this mo ment the Wilson woman, who had been asleep when her companion was put In tha cell, awoke, and. seeing the woman's dan gerous position, screamed for help. Prison Keeper White responded and released tha belt from the bar, letting the woman down. She was hurried to the City Re ceiving Hospital, where an examination showed that although the woman will re cover, she had a narrow escape from strangulation. At the Receiving Hospital tha woman was Identified as Annie Johnson. WINS HER SUIT AGAINST AGED JOSEPH BOARDMAN Mrs. Gladstone Ob tains Judgment. THE VERDICT FOR $25,000 END OP A CASE WHICH EXCITED INTEREST IN TWO CITIES. Elizabeth Gladstone has been awarded Judgment against aged Joseph Boardman, the Oakland millionaire, for $23,000 for breach of promise. The Jury Impaneled to try the case reached this verdict late last evening. The announcement came as a shock for the defendant and a surprise for the spectators, while the stout and matronly plaintiff was consumed with joy. Immediately after the filing of the ver dict A. R. Cotton, who represented Board man, moved for a stay of execution, which the court granted. A motion for a new trial will soon be made, and in event of its denial an appeal will be taken to the Supreme Court. Mrs. Gladstone's suit, which was prompted by the defendant's action in marrying a "girl of IS years, has attracted considerable attention. It was alleged by Mrs Gladstone that Mr. Boardman's first wife* suggested, when she was on her deathbed, that she (Mrs. Gladstone) mar ry Mr. Boardman as soon as possible. After Mrs. Boardman's death, Mrs. Glad stone further averred, Boardman con stantly begged her hand in marriage, and finally, after Mrs. Boardman had been In the grave for about six months, she con sented. Subsequently Boardman met his present wife, and the ceremony that bound them established a cause of action for Mrs. Gladstone. t ... »,. The case has been on trial during tn* past week before Judge Hunt. Witnesses by the score were called, and the testi mony closed when the white-haired de fendant left the stand yesterday morning. William Boardman, the defendant, ap peared as the last witness in the case. The old man. who recently took unto himself a bride of 18 years, faltered on the way to the stand, but finally reached It and said that he did not know whether or not he had said that Mrs. Gladstone proposed marriage to him on the day she alleges he proposed to her. Boardman was on the stand but a short time, and when he retired the plaintiffs attorneys made their argument to the Jury. The defense fol lowed. Judge Hunt gave his Instructions and the Jury retired to deliberate or. a verdict. The Jury deliberated several hours before the verdict was reached, but TANFORAN MANAGERS ASKED TO APOLOGIZE Corrigan's Assault on Milroy May Cause a Racing War. The California Jockey Club Calls the At tention of the Western Turf Asso ciation to the Matter. ED CORRIGAN will be called to ac count for the flood of abuse he poured out last Saturday at Tan foran Park against Secretary' it- B. Milrcy of the Oakland track. The California Jockey Club feels Itself Insurted In the person of its secretary, and does not propose to let the matter drop as Quietly as the ex-master of Hawthorn* would wleh. All yesterday morning at the offices of the California Jockey Club the attaches confidently awaited the arrival of a note containing the Information that the West ern Turf Association had taken official cognizance of the assault, apologizing for It and promising an investigation. It Jid rot come. During the afternoon it became apparent that it had not been mailed. It was decided by President Thomas H. Will iams Jr. that the Western Turf Associa tion needed a gentle reminder of its over sight, and he sat down at once to dictate a letter to Secretary K. H. Green of the derelict association. It was mailed at once. In the letter Mi!roy*s assailant 1s re ferred to as "Mr. Ed Corrigan. a horse xnan racing on your track." Coupled with the well-known fact that the ex-mat-ter f-f Hawthorne is the real master at Tan foran. this reference might be taken as a bit of ?arcaem. Intended to slrik deeper into the souls of the Western Turf Acso ciation officials the feeling of slnfu'.nesa for their omission. The fact of the blasphemous assault on Mllroy by Corrigan 1b pet forth, together with the narace of those who witnessed it, and the Tanforan people are reminded that their rules provide penalties for the use of vile language. In conclusion the Western Turf Associa tion was reminded in the letter that the California Jockey Club was disappointed in not having received the expected note of ajK>logy for the occurrence. A prompt reply was aeked. A copy of the letter to Secretary Green was inclosed In an en velope addressed to President Henry J. Crocker. This action of the California Jockey Club paFFes the buck directly to the nom inal managers of Tanforan track. It leaves two courses open, either an apology or 6ller.ee. An apology will hardly come, for the reason that Corrigan was never known to be manful enough to apologize for anything, and — Corrigan Is practically the whole Western Turf Association, Henry 3. Crocker and others appearing to the contrary. Even If Messrs. Crocker and Green Insisted. Corrigan would hardly consent, knowing as he does that it would open the way to punish him for the In fraction of rule 6 he put up for the benefit of other fellows. On the other hand, silence will be costly. Refusal on the part of the Western Turf Association to apologize for the bad con duct of Corrigan and to investigate his violation of his own rules will undoubt edly result In a breaking off of the none too friendly relations existing between the two tracks. In that event the finish of Corrigan and Tanforan can be seen with out consulting the "dope" book. Hales. Hales. THE SAX FRAXCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1900. TWENTY POLICEMEN ADDED TO CHINATOWN DETAIL Acting Chief of Police Biggy Will Stop the Heathen War. Highbinders Continue to Arrive and the Most Serious Trouble Is Yet to Come. f\ CTTNG Chief of Police Biggy visited Chinatown last night ¦t~\. and after hearing the facts of the treacherous highbinder war which has been in progress for the past month ordered twenty ex tra policemen on the Chinatown detail to assist Sergeant Duke in preventing, as far as possible, any more bloodshed. At present there are six men detailed in the Chinese section of the city. The additional twenty will commence duty this morning. THE situation is beginning to look very grave in Chinatown. Hop Sing Tong men are flocking to this city and nearly 100 of them arrived within the last few days. When their forces are sufficiently strong to attack the Suey Sings the of ficers predict an era of bloodshed which will eclipse anything known in the history of Chinese affairs in San Fran cisco. Already four of their members have fallen victims of their rivals' bullets, while they have picked off but one man of the Suey Sing Tong. According to the code of tong procedure matters must be evened up and only by the taking of life. Since the beginning of the present dif ficulty the Hop Sing Tong has experi enced a decided disadvantage, due to the absence of about one-half of its forces from this city. Another event which served to handicap the tong was the ar rest and conviction of its secretary and another leading murderer for carrying concealed weapons. There are nearly 1300 Suey Sings in Chinatown, while the Hop Sings muster but GOO. The reason for the presence of so many Suey Sings la because many of them are fishermen, who are em ployed in the northern canneries during the summer and who spend the winter in San Francisco. The Hop Sings have been afraid to strike a decisive blow against their antagonists owing to this condition of affairs. Consequently the war until the present time has been one-sided and the men of the weaker side have been picked off as fast as the Suey Sing men could find opportunity to commit murder. A few days ago the Hop Sing Tong be gan calling its men in from the country towns, and when the line-up is equal on both sides a merry war will begin. Act ing Chief of Police Biggy visited China town last night and Inquired into the con- ditlon of affairs. He recognized the dan ger and will use every precaution to pre vent any further bloodshed. He informed Sergeant Duke of his intention to Increase his squad before he left Chinatown. Fan Chat, who was shot early yesterday morning in Washington alley, was a mem ber of the Hop Sing Tong. He is still at the Receiving Hospital and may recover. The men who did the shooting are in the tanks. Fan Chac formerly belonged to the Suey Sings, at whose hands he nearly met his death, but withdiew and joined tho other tonp about two years ago. It is be lieved that his switching from one order to another actuated in part the plot against his life. A rumor was afloat that. Chat was shot at because he gave information in the murder case of the preceding night, but the police arc disinclined to accept this as truth. The two men arrested for his murder at first claimed that they wens occupants of the house in which they were captured, but this has been proven untrue. Chat positively refuses to Identify the men or to assist in their conviction. Last night a band of armed highbinders lay in wait for a Chinaman in Spofiord alley. Officers Herring, Davids and Con ner were notified and charged upon the place, but the wily hired murderers had. received a tip that they were coming and had made good their escape. Every Chlni man is being searched, but few carry their weapons around with them on the streets The members of the respective tongs are banded together in such a way that a highbinder has but to step into any house friendly to his tong and claim the use of their weapons when he desires them. It Is said by the police that there were fewer Chinamen on the streets last night than on any nlpht since the war began. 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