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ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.'
UN ROBBED OF RICH
GEMS CRIES "STOP THIEF"
AND CROWD CHASES MAN
Relative of David Belasco
Jailed on Charge of
Stealing Jewels.
PART OF LOOT FOUND
Enters. House on Pretense
of Renting Room and
Theft Follows
A clever pretext for entrance into
a home, a bold robbery, an exciting
chace through crowded streets, the re
covery of the least valuable of a lot
of stolen Jewels and the arrest of a
man who denies that he is the crim
inal in the case constitute the leading
features of a police drama enacted
Quickly yesterday.
Harry Sterm, about 22 years old. a
guest of the Hotel Wesley, claiming to
be a salesman from Denver and a rela
tive of David Belasco. the playwright.
Is confined at the Bush-street station
with his name on the detinue book. The
complaining witness is Mrs. Theodore
yon Frank, wife of a mining man now
at Goldfield, Nev.
According to Mrs. yon Frank's story
Sterra came to her home at 1738 Steiner
street about 1 o'clock yesterday after
coon and asked to see a front room
offered for rent. He finally rented the
room at $40 a month, saying that It was
suitable for the needs of himself and
partner. He wrote a check for the
amount and asked for a receipt. He
also asked for change for 25 cents in
order to telephone his partner and re
fused the tender of telephone slugs for
the purpose. Mrs. yon Frank got the
change from her purse In a handbag,
which also contained her Jewels. She
says that Sterm watched her closely
while she got the money.
Mr 6. A. Holland, mother of Mrs. yon
Frank, Is the owner of the residence
and was in the rear of the house.
Sterm asked that her name be signed to
the receipt for rent. He also asked for
a glass of •water. Mrs. yon Frank left
the room and, upon her return. Sterm
told her that she might have trouble
in cashing the check and that he would
cash It himself and, in the meantime, go
out and get his partner.
As Sterm left the house Mrs. Hol
land discovered that her handbag,
hanging near that of her daughter's,
had been ripped open. Mrs. yon Frank's
handbag also had been robbed. Sus
picion was immediately directed to the
strange room renter, and Mrs. yon
Frank, hastening to the street, saw him
standing on the corner.
As I\lrs. yon Frank approached Sterm
he took to his heels and she cried "Stop,
thief"' A crowd joined in the chase,
among them being William Dramblet,
a United F^ailroads employe, who cut
through a side street between Post and
G«ary to capture Sterm. The latter
ran into Dramblefs arms. BUt escaped
and dashed up an alley into a vacant
lot. Here the Jewels were thrown
away. *
Sterm was caught and arrested, and
later Defectives Braig and Taylor found
some of the missing Jewels — a chain of
pearls, lady's watch and several rings.
Two pieces were not recovered, a sun
burst containing fifty-one diamonds,
worm 5500. and a ring set with dia
monds valued at ?225.
The Milwaukee Mechanics' Insurance
Company will distribute forthwith
through local banks, without expense
-or exchange, a final dividend under the
safety fund lay of 'Wisconsin, amount
ing to 4.84 percent. This final dividend
will apply^only to claimants who have
paid their premiums, and not to those
who have repudiated the payment lof
same. L. L. Bromwell, Manager. •
CREDITORS ARE ANXIOUS
Want United States Marshal Made
Receiver for T. Brilliant Company
Attorneys for the creditors of the T.
Brilliant Furniture Company called upon
Judge de Haven yesterday afternoon
and asked for an order to prevent some
of the company's assets from- being
taken away, and to have the • United
States Marshal appointed as a receiver.
Judge de Haven replied that it was his
rule to attend to bankruptcy matters
during the morning session and that
there was nothing before his court with
reference to the Brilliant matter. He
suggested that the attorneys should
make him an early morning call today.
Attorney c Frank Powers, acting for
the creditors, said yesterday that It was
very difllcult to ascertain the exact as
sets of the company. He added that It
was the Intention of the creditors to
hold out for the best settlement possi
ble.
LAWYER'S CLERK ACCUSED
Two warrants, charging misdemeanor
embezzlement were issued yesterday
for the arrest of William Henry, a clerk
employed by Attorney Walter Thomp
son, on the ground that he had de
frauded a client out of his, ball money.
Martin Saul Is the name of the com
plaining witness. He alleges that $125
was got from him by Thompson to
secure his release on a charge of ma
licious mischief. ..'** \u25a0_.\u25a0"'.-
TO REPAIR StfTTER STREET— The City
Attorney advised tine Supervisor* ye*terd»y th«t
the money purposed to be raised by the Sutter
ctrect Improvement Club for the purchase of
municipal bond* to the amount of $75,000 might
be v nt*d to repair Sutler" street, provided a
resolution m adopted to the effect that the
tnoaoy so raised would-be used only for the im
provement of Sntter atreet and that no part
thereof . would be diverted from that purpose
until each object was »cccisyUifc*4.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
BEGINS INVESTIGATION
OF THE SPRING VALLEY
Woodward Fixes the Total
Value of Plant at
$24,569,328
CONTINUANCE GIVEN
Company Requests Time in
Which to Complete Ap
praisement
City Engineer Woodward completed
yesterday an appraisement of the prop
erties of the # Spring Valley Water Com
pany actually used In supplying water
to the city of San Francisco, in which
he fixes the entire value of the plant at
$24, 569,325.
The statement had not been filed with
the Board of Supervisors, which met
last night to begin the investigation de
signed to fix the rates to be charged for
water during the next fiscal year, so
the value fixed by Woodward did not
enter into the board's deliberations.
Woodward's valuation included J928.680
for the Pilarcitos system, which Is
1300,000 less than last year's valuation,
caused by the destruction of the pipe-,
line by the April disaster. Other valu
ations were:
San Andrea* system. $2,442,245; Crystal
Springs system, $5,299,333; Mlllbrae pumping
station, $300,515: water rights. $720,000; Colma
rights of way, $52,926; Alameda Creek system,
$5,263,610; city dlstrltmtinir system. $6,476,121;
betterments of 1906, $178,469; Lake Merced
plant, $2,705,879; miscellaneous properties,
$200,000.
RECORDS ARE DESTROYED •
- M. B. Kellogg, attorney for. the com
pany, stated to the board that all the
records of the financial operations of
the company for, previous years had
been lost in the April disaster with the
exception' of a few that had been in
corporated In the evidence now being
produced in the suit pending in the
United States court to test the validity
of the water rates heretofore fixed by'
the Supervisors.
Kellogg stated that the Inventory and
appraisement of the company's proper
ties would not be ready for a week, and
Gallagher, who was designated as chief
inquisitor In the Investigation by the
board, said that the statement might
tend to change the course of the inves
tigation.
"If the company puts a reasonable
valuation on its .properties it might
enable us to fix the water rates with
out entering into a lengthy Inquiry Into
the subject," said Gallagher.
In reply to Gallagher's questioning,
C. W. Williams, assistant chief engi
neer of the company, explained some of
the details of the statement of Che op
erations of the company, in which
$501,035.79 is charged to new construc
tion, of which $30,554.58 was paid for
the new San Andreas pipeline, $181,
901.03 to rehabilitate this city's distrib
uting system, $4168.57 for the material
for the Fulton-street tank, $5959.72 for
exploration work for the Calaveras dam
and $18,129.36 for excavations in Cen
terville. \
PROPERTIES XOT USED
' Gallagher drew from Williams that
the Fulton-street^ tank, Centerville
properties and the Calaveras dam were
not actually used in supplying water,
and that some of the cement to the
amount of $113,657.40 had been sold, for
which, however, due credit was given.
Gallagher stated that all items not
actually used to supply water could not
be legally charged against the con
sumer.
The operating expenses for 1906 were
$486,775.60, sundry sales $238,450.03, re
placement of system $236,408.21 and real
estate purchases $167,290.57. The re
ceipts for the six months ending De
cember 31, 1906, were $786,886.76 and
the expenditures were $1,431,743.80.
The board directed the clerk to se
cure the City Engineer's statement of
the valuation of. the \u25a0 company's plant
and adjourned until next Wednesday
evening, when the investigation will be
resumed. At that time the company
will also file its inventory and ap
praisement and President Duffey of the
Board of -Works will be present to tell
about the condition of the streets torn
up by tb.e company.
AIMS TO LOWER PRICES
New Company Formed to Manufac-
ture Brick and Terra Cotta
In line with the general purpose an
nounced by t -several \u25a0 contractors and
firm* engaged in the building industry
of co-operating to bring about lower
prices for materials, the Alexander
Brick and Terra Cbtta .Company filed
articles of .incorporation , yesterday
with (200,000 capital stock. of.;whlch
$300 is subscribed.. The lncorporators
are A. G. Hebgen, Robert Alexander
and Edwin J. Hanson.
FOUR YEARS FOR NELSON
Robert - Wallace Nelson, the . express
man who pleaded guilt to an indictment
charging him with : having robbed ; the
mails at the Santa ; Cruz poatoffice on
Christmas day, was . sentenced yester
day by United States District Judge de
Haven to four years' imprisonment: at
hard labor in the penitentiary:: at San
Quentin on \lhe first count of; the ;in
dictment, ana to one year's! imprison
ment on each of the nine", counts re
maining. \ The < nine terras of. one year
will run concurrently with"; the sentence
on the first : count, so that . Nelson will
serve only fouryearstin, all.
THE/ : SAN FRANCISCO ; CALL, SATy RDXY^ ; FEBRUARY 16;^190^
Everyone Wants to Help
The success of "cleaning day" Is assured.
Sunday, February 24, Is; the date chosen.
Ministers say the need warrants the labor.
Labor unions promise their^ services.
Capitalists will J oJr » the'sh by el" brigade.
Thousands of teams have jaeen tendered.
Work of organization has been started.
Volunteers requested to •report for duty.
Committee, and experts to hold conference.
Just Glad of Chance to
Blister Palms
Ldizens by 1 nousanas to owing
Shovels on Gleaning Day
Disaster as a forerunner of cleanliness has its blessing. . It is the
larger vent for the whole bubbling spirit, of San Francisco's public to
do something for the public good. The "cleaning day" idea Tias be
come a fetich. Men who don't know what overalls look like are
anxious to don them and grab the hickory of a shovel handle for the
mere pleasure of knowing how it feels to start a blister in the palm
and do something meritorious. Owners of teams are falling over
themselves jto be in the van of volunteers of services ; laboring men
are approving the plan and promising, the energy of their sinews
for the purpose of making life worth /Hying- for themselves and others
who have to toil or travel in the dusty streets ; and when the streets
are not dusty they are muddy, whlchTJ*, ... . — — — — «fc
is worse.
Capitalists, business men, the super
intendents of various enterprises — men
of executive and business ability used
to handling armies of employes— are
offering their services in any capacity,
to plan, to" organize, even*' to work
themselves; the proprietor of a busi
ness block is willing to enter into com
petition with his porter to determine
which can brush more dirt from the
city's streets.
ACT JUSTIFIES DAY
It is -even* possible that narrow
minded opposition to infraction of the
Sabbath as "a cleaning ; day" may be the
text of sermons by most of San Fran
cisco's ministry, but "cleanliness Is next
to Godliness" will serve as ample ex
cuse for using Sunday as the day for
making San Francisco clean. At any
rate a week from next Sunday, or Feb
ruary 24, has been set apart for cleanli
ness and, unless it rains, there is no
possibility of postponement or change.
The Call was the -first of San Fran
cisco's papers to see the importance
and the possibilities of a public "clean
ing day" as advanced by the Street
Repairs Association. The publicity giv
en the idea by this paper has met with
rapid fruition and enthusiastic ap
proval. From a suggestion the idea has
grown Into a forceful fact In quicker
time than was expected. Instead of
seeking support, the Street Repairs As
sociation is confronted by the problem
of listing and distributing its volun
teers and systematizing the great task
that is to be performed between sun
and sun on February 24. Chairman A. "W.
Scott Jr. of the association's executive
committee is the busiest man' in San
Francisco. * His "thinking, part" « ls 'also
associated with 'a; necessity for : . hurried
action.' 'Three -telephones are' at his
service arid they are all Jingling with
the calls of persons who have either
advice or service to offer— and fortu
nately the' latter are in the majority, j
ORGANIZATION THE THING
The organization— the systematizing
of every detail— of cleaning day" will
not be child's play. The time is short
at best: the handling of the probable
army of something like 100,000 workers
and 6000 or 7000 teams requires pro
foundest calculation to prevent conges
tion and keep the enterprise frombelng
a farce or a failure. To this end the
brains of the men who know ; the busl- ,
ness will be called upon for sugges- 1
tions. Scott will bring his executive
committee into a meeting on Tuesday
night to hear the views of experts. The
association's superintendent of . con
struction,: Mr. Broderick, will be there;
LUCIUS LONG IS ORDERED
TO PAY WIFE BIG ALIMONY
Must Advance Funds Pend-
ing Settlement of
Divorce
Lucius L. Long, president "and man
ager of the Phoenix Lumber Company,
who was sued for divorce on sensa
tional charges about a month ago by
Mrs. Flora Jane Long, .was ordered
yesterday by Judge ' Muraaky to pay
his wife $300 at once for counsel fees
and $75 ; a month alimony during, the
pendency of the suit. . >
Mrs. Long's complaint in the divorce
proceedings contained- sensational al
legations of cruelty, and Eleanor
Sehnabel* was named as corespondent.
Louisa Arata has : filed , a suit for
divorce against Augustlno Arata on
the ground of cruelty.
Caroline Schweizer was -granted a
divorce from ; Christian Schweizer,, a
contractor, yesterday \u25a0 by Judge Gra
ham on the ground of cruelty.
May Mv-Nathanson filed" a suit for
divorce against Harry-; Nathanson >on
the ground of desertion. ...
THREATENS TO "GET" JUDGE
Former Jeweler* Must Answer for
Words Before Commission
|~"~As a result of threats/made against
Judge Graham, District Attorney Lang
don and other. public officials,- Batistta
Passera, formerly .a Jeweler, is „• to "\u25a0 be
placed under -arrest- and subjected; to
ani examination the Insanity
Commission; at llr o'clock "this morning
at the Detention -Hospital. :\u25a0
Dr. Donald yR. ; Smith reported •to
Judge . Graham ; yesterday: that ; Passera
had \u25a0 informed -him- that .he intended Vto
get". ,' Judge ' Graham, --District _ Attorney
Langdon and several others, "and stated
that in his .the : man was insaJne.
Passera J was divorced ! from j his vwif c
by Judge Graham several," years ago
and ordered to pay $60 a month ali
mony. -;' ' \u25a0: - ' !*• -' • \u25a0 "'-'\u25a0' '\u25a0
Schilling's Best is elected .by \u25a0\u25a0 popu
lar vote. . \u25a0 . .";\u25a0;-:. • *\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0'..;.• . : ; •
SAYS BRIDGEROOM ROBBED HER
Maud Lux swore to ' a ». warrant \ yes
terday;accusing.: herjif orrner '.. husband,
William "Joseph 'Baker,'' of -having, em-;
bezzled $1800 'worth ;of'diamonds,\whlcti
.she had 'entrusted^ to: his. care. : -Baker
formerly ' resided 1 at j 2 1 17; Howard street,
butlwhen -a, : police .'pfflcer.' called'; there
yesterday - the h inf orrnatlonXwas ~i given
out • that - he ; was Ton \u25a0'. his "\u25a0 wedding tour
with his', bride, who was ••&,
.Miss Miller, -'i .'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0-\u25a0. : -
so will L. 1L King, secretary of the
Merchants', Association, and representa-,
tives of 'the/Warren Improvement Com
pany, .A. I E.- Buckman, Gray Bros., the
Ransome- Construction Company. Brlck
er '& Coates and Healy-Tibbetts Com
pany—all owners of teams, with knowl
edge of the condition of the streets and
versed in j the best ways of removing
the dirt. • "•;
NUMBERS OF PHONES
With these will appear President of
the Board of Works George Duffey, who
is' enthusiastic in his support of the
movement, and: Benjamin Cram, former
Superintendent of Streets of Boston un
der Mayor Curtis. Cram in 1895 cleaned
Boston's.- streets' before and after ..the
parade of the Knights Templar. It was
a- record-breaking performance, and
twelve hours after the parade there
was not a scrap of paper, probably not
a peanut shell, left along the line_of
march. ' Cram's experience will be of
value to the cleaning brigade^ .; ,
Pending^ the settlement of the pro
gramme for organization, it Is import
ant that all 'volunteers communicate
with headquarters for registry' and fu
ture assignment of duties. Every one
who wants' to use_ a hoe, shovel or
broom, every one who has a team to j
haul dirt, every business man or clti- |
zen who has suggestions to offer as to
the work required or the force to be
disposed of in his particular section, is
asked to use the telephone. Temporary
1265 will reach the street repairs office
at 5 Fifth street. Market 1826 and
Market 'lß2s are telephone numbers for
Scott's office at 453 Berry street, and
Temporary,; 131 will reach George Ren
ner ? of ; the I executive } committee at the
draymen's headquarters, ; East and Clay
streets."-'*, ' . * . "tl \u25a0" - "'\u25a0
" OFFERS 100 TEAMS ; AND;MEN
- Among',! yesterday's //'spotless /"(town'^
volunteers ' ," wereT ' the - . Outddor j"' "Art
League, jto be called^upon for.-i.ny' ser
vice, and : the San "Francisco *~ Paving
Company,, through j Buckman, who of
fered ' 100 -teams and drivers ;and 100
assistants,' and the privilege of using the
company's, private dumps. ; The- dump
situation'is an Important one. The city'
has two— one at North Beach, the other;
at Sixteenth and" DeHaro streets. The
congestion of teams at the : dumplag
point will Ibe one of ~ the problems to
be placed in the hands of an active
general. .\u25a0:; ""*<— /
Last night Scott made his plea be
fore the Labor Council for the same en
thusiastic ' support granted by j the
Building Trades Council. Tomorrow
night the vTeamers'.^Union will be ad
dressed, I and ' the teamsters are among
those most Interested in clean streets.
PAINTER MEETS DEATH
UNDER WHEELS OF CAR
Hurled oh the Track in Mis
sion Street by Ex
. press Wagon
.Joseph L. Taylor, a painter, in alight
ing from a" Mission-street . car at
Twelfth street was struck by a pass
ing express wagon yesterday and
thrown in front of the . car. Both
wheels of the forward -trucks passed
over • him and his r, death*, was ; almost
instantaneous. As soon as the ; driver
of the express wagon y realized that
Taylor had \u25a0, been killed he , whipped up
his horsesand hastened away.
-Taylor was employed by the United
Railroads. His home, was on the San
Bruno : road. . . ' The ', motorman, F. -A.
Johnson, was arrested. '
UNION ASKS INJUNCTION
Troubles of Electrical Workers Re-
sult in a Second Suit
The attempt of ;the Electrical: Wor
kers' Union cLocal No. 6 'to invalidate |by
legal methods its suspension from the
Building'; Trades ; Council, V which* re-,
suited fromUhe trouble '.over.: the strike
ordered -by" the -union* without ;_the' coun
cil's , sanction, '^was resumed,; yesterday.
A new suit; for ; an injunction %to: pre
vent a trial of the union by. the council
oh charges' have been . filed
against the former body was: filed. .
, The temporary .Injunction secured by
the union? to ; prevent the carrying out
of the council's j order of /suspension,"
passed on January > 10; was dissolved by.
Judge \u25a0 SeawelH about ; ten * days ago. ' No
new developments 'J regarding the dif
ferences :\u25a0 between the » labor ;j.; j. organiza-^
tions occurred? until! February i7, ', when
charges" against - the '.union -. were';- for-"
m'ally lodged ;with' the; Bulldlng,.Trades
Council and;atrial;ordered. iiThe ; pres-'
ent suit is to; prevent? tbis Uriah^ lt Is
alleged thatlthecharges^were'not made
in conformity); with .the; rules; of "the
council, .as "; they were . by , a
person : not '\u25a0\u25a0 a . member -_ of . the \ council.
LEASES LOT FOR ENGINE HOUSE
The /Supervisors' : finance committee
decided ? ; yesterday to \ lease '} a . '. lot f-; in
Geary :\ street, I near jj Scott, ; on .which ; to
erect ;'anf engine* house.',.. The?committee
approved* proposed lin creases : in | salaries
for /employes :' : "of3* the;, Department
Electricity $750 I monthly,
and of : patrol i drivers ftromf $ 90^to ; $100
per month;,. TheTcommittee; denied the
claim;; of; R?'. W. V Harrison! for j $1 500 Cfor.
six months' salary i as special; assistant
district 1 attorney, *as : no.
had been" made"; for ltlie ; posi tloa.
MILLIONS INVOLVED IN
TRANSFER OF MARKET
STREET SITES TO BANK'S
Wells Fargo Nevada Na
tional Buys Union Trust
Company Home-
LATTER WILL BUILD
Secures: Property at Grant
Avenue, Where Marble
Structure Will Stand
The Wells Fargo National
Bank purchased, yesterday \. the Union
Trust Company building and site on
the northeast corner of Market' and
Montgomery streets. The Union Trust
Company bought from the "Bankers* In
vestment Company the northeast cor
ner of Market street and Grant avenue,
as the site jof what will be one of the
finest exclusive banking houses in the
United States. These two deals in
volved the expenditure of $2,250,000.
The expense to be Incurred in the erec
tion of the Union Trust Company build
ing will finally swell the figures in the
transaction,: which is the largest deal
ever mads in banking sites In San
Francisco, to more than $3,000,000.
The entire deal has been put through
in the. absence of I. W., Hellman SrJ
in Europe. In addition to- the amount
of money fnvolved, the significance, of
the move j will cause : much Interest* in
banking, and real estate 4 circles. Di
rectly . opposite; the building on -Mar
ket and Montgomery streets, where the
Wells Fargo Nevada National Bank
will* be. permanently located, will be
the splendid structure the First Na
tional Bank will erect on the old Ma
sonic Temple site.. Diagonally opposite
—at the gore of Post. Market and
Montgomery streets — is the Crocker
National Bank. In the Claus Spreckels
building is the National Bank of the
Pacific. Directly opposite is the Mu
tual Savings . Bank building. In the
same block, on the . south side of Mar
ket street, the great building of the
Humboldt Savings Bank Is in con
struction." The Union Trust Company
banking . house will be on the north
east corner of Market street and Grant
avenue. A little farther . west the
Western National Bank will place a
splendid building."
The moves of the Nevada National
Bank , and the- Union Trust Company
will; : help to/ establish Market street
and its Immediate neighborhood as the
great banking of San Fran
cisco... Farther out Market street 'is
the Hlbernia Savings Bank.
Two stories of the structure ,on
Mbntgomery and Market streets, now
Jointly 'occupied, by the .Wells Fargo
Nevada National Bank and the Union
Trust Company, will": be remodeled to
make ( splendid quarters for the Wells
Fargo Nevada National, and these two
stories will be occupied entirely by
that bank, which will have 15,000
square \u25a0 feet of ; floor space. Above the
two banking floors the building will
be rented, as now, for offices. There
will be no offices in the new Union
Trust building. That structure will be
of 3 white marble. No expense will be
spared in making It elegant.;
The "Wells \ Fargo , Nevada . National
Bankwill have; a; frontage of 62% :feet
on g Market street :Tand % 112 ft on t Mont
gomery.^The building llt "has purchased
is modern in all. ways. The oldest por
tion was ,bullt'three:yearß ago and the
addition J was: completed. In 1906. ,
The j site, of the "new Union Trust
Company building has a frontage of
80' feet on Markets street and 120 feet
on Grant avenue.
ARMY PEOPLE INDIGNANT
AT STANDARD OIL COMPANY
Tug ', General Mifflin Out of Commis-
sion - Because of Poor Fuel
Furnished by Trust
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Army people are in a high .-state of
indignation at the Standard Oil Com
pany. Especially angry are those that
live at posts about the bay, t which In
cludes the Discharge Camp,' Fort Mc-
Dowell, Point Bonlta- and Fort Baker.
The cause of the trouble is that the
quartermaster's tug, the General Mif
flin, has'been laid up for ten days, and
the army claims it is all on account of
the*, bad; oil that was furnished to the
Government 7 to run" the little steamefl
Her tanks are full,", but .their fullness
does no good to the boat. • She won't
move an inch.
A board of officers,- composed of Cap
tain W. 'C. Davis, Captain A. T. xßalen
tlne, and Lieutenant O. P. M. Hazzard,
met yesterday. The result \u25a0\u25a0 was that,
the Standard Oil Company, .represented
by W. S; 'Miller, was ordered to take
the vessel up. to Richmond and there
pump; out the oil in* her .tanks and re
place it with oil that the contract
called for.
; .Private r Charles • Anderson of the
Thirty-eighth Company, Coast Artil
lery, : was ' buried with, military honors
yesterday at : the National Cemetery at
the .Presidio.
General Winfleld S. Edgerly, who re
turned from the Philippines on the
transport Thomas on ; : Wednesday, ia
still onboard that vessel, awaiting or
ders; from Washington. It Is expected
he .will .go to take .command of . the
Department of ; the Columbia. General
Jocelyn, , now-. in command of that de
partment,: will retire on March 1.
. CAPTAIN BLAMELESS— U. S. Local Inspec
tors \ Bolles an J Bulger yesterday exonerated
Captain Isaac L. Smith of the U." S. army trans
port ', tag Slocum • for . running ; Into the schooner
John G. North iv the bay on January 25. The
North I was anchored and «a ' dense - fog prevailed,
bo that the \ accident . was \u25a0 unarolda Me. "
INVESTMENTS
FREE FROM TAXATION
Central California Traction Co.'s
First Mortgage Gold Bonds
Interest payable April Ist and October Ist.
||| PRICE 97& and Interest
Netting^ Investors 5% per. cent
'\u25a0.Subscriptions- received by ' •\u2666
CALIFORNIA i SAFE DEPOSIT AND TRUST CO4 " \ \u25a0 x
California and Montgomery. Streets, San Francisco.
CALIFORNIAI NATIONAL BAN^ Sacramento^ CaL
STOCKTON SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY, Stockton, CaL
From whom Full Information can be obtained.
Children's $6.75 and $7.95
Goats, $5.00
Important reductions In
v^-^g'N . Children's Coats at
W^'l^&L ' ' Hale ' s toc Jay. All are
XBx^tl^fc- stylish models, well made «?HkC'^§^
.^^g^*^^ — the most popular coats - > *»!c"'*^m
\^^fc> r _Jrv' shown this season, ena-
bracJngr th<s celebrated /^T^^V 1 £&' Sfc" e 'v
/^ Wl Piccadilly Reefers. These >^K^^@l^^S^
v\ At i reefer styles: of plain Ka?»&*i'!^J*^^isi !
•\^ 1\ • ' rA and mixed materials; in W^titfi^^t^C^
V ' \/ solld colorings of navy. t^"^^''®^
' red * brown - grreen. • ligfht
7^^>r ' v\ . and dark mixtures, plaids . lfe>Jfti3rfe!l£9w^r
ifV- J \T\i-i and checks; ages 6to 14 , M^*i&^^^Sr : \u25a0
If ' £%l \\ I years. Here are descrip- £&sv?itW';§#r
j! |||J I tions of two of the /^^^A*!lte^-a
/ I [in J fs.oO— Children's English /^r»lOl^^
Siwr^-l J iidl Piccadilly Reefers; of //ilfft TOißvWj
<TgrggjST^j,iyrß|3 dark and light mixtures: U lll\ V\v\*\jr
velvet collar: tailored ! Xj&>^
CU mt^ SSiJjS ' pockets: chevro*rs on fL ___~fir7SF
\ «T^«Sk' sleeve; military buttons; V ff^ V'ln
y3 P~*\ O\«| lined throughout. *J^~ lpj{ y
mm lAS $5.00 — Children's Ion?, loose 0 M /wlrJ
Q^^. Coata; of good quality r *£^FiJ
broadcloth: velvet col-
•lj k \u25a0\u25a0" lar; tailored pockets and /?-<j
* turn-back cuffs; colors J^f
•• bro^^n and red. a , -* \u25a0* "i
12^c Stockings, 9c Pair New Spring Gloves
Children's extra heavy, seamless. Women's 2-clasp P. X. M. Walk-
: fast black cotton hose; fine :_. r;i nv -=. the mo^t ffenteel
twisted yarn; long and elastic; ng . rv./-! 2! s »i
double knees, heels and toes; and stylish Gloves; fit perfectly
sizes 6 to 9%. . . and wear well; strictly tailored;
20c infanta* Mercerized Lisle Ho«e> . Havana arid- Manila shades;
12Ho pair. Extra fine quality «r#«-st£ tn 7- $2 00 nair
lisle thread hose; tan. whfte and SIZCS to '• *^ uo P air *
black; long and elastic; double "infant** and Children's 1-cla^o
heels and toes; sizes 4% to 6. lntants ana s i-ciasp
S3c women', stocking., 25c pair. Dent Gloves; Manila and Ha-
Imported gauze lisle thread vana shades; easy to slip on
hose; full-fashioned; Hermsdorf . and very serviceable; sizes QOQO
dye; long and elastic; double t «. «i ««. t :^«- t -„,* \u25a0> *« ?\
soles, heels and toes; sizes 8% to .*» S l - 00 * Slzes *• an<l -» '^ |
to 10. pair.
Soap; excellent, for ho- ij^S^'y
tels and rooming houses; makes TBSHje^v: *-^r #Z' Jv*.i&*i
a good lather; one dozen cakes - rNS^^ I*^1 *^ /SjL__risi \
for 25e. One gross for §2.75. £^£&§&~^^_ P^§S^
2 boxes of Lundborg'a Violet Tal- sc3Fsie>*~^&^^^^ /if S&^fc*
cum Powder for 15c; regularly f\f%'i^ 9 C/i
Large assortment of Hair Brusnea, R^^&^'^v^^^^a
Rlk«r*» Dresden Face Povrder,
I.yon's Tooth Powder, 15c.
Williams* Shaving Soap, 2 cakes £^*2r^ K. f,.1 1 .14 **^
PearY L'nucentcd Soap. 10c cake. ffmrrnWr^T^TilT^^^i'^ilii^'llilli^ I"1 ''"'
B^ -inch Rubber Dressing Comb, Vi\ll'"""" nMI ' 1 % "Tit
\u25a0\u25a0 25c,-. v-;.:v- . " \u25a0 \u25a0 -..-:- \u25a0 . '. mm \3j^
50 Sheets Paper and 50 Envelopes for 19c
Just received another large shipment of Victoria. Cloth-finished paper; jr
60 sheets of paper and 60 envelopes, made especially for Hales. I9e
box.- r<
Plain White .Vapklnw; good for restaurants, eta, 100 for 15c, or 1000
for $1.25 ;.-V- Iv*.
Reporters' Jiote Books, 80 leaves, for sc. _
Sixth. Street, Near Market
DEATH MAKES SIXTH
AND FINAL VISIT TO
UNFORTUNATE FAMILY
. .... .... . .
Mrs. Kate Muller, Refugee,
Dies at Hospital as a
Result of Burns
A cottage In the "refugree camp at
Fourteenth avenue and B street had Its
tragedy yesterday and death did ita
work for the sixth and last time in a
single family. The explosion of an oil
cooking stove burned Mrs. Kate Muller
so frightfully that the end of her suf
fering came only with the expiration
of her life last evening at the City
and County Hospital. "
April last -and tLe following months
had heart-rending sorrow for number
less, persons, but most cruelly was the
hand /-'of fate laid upon Mrs. Muller.
From a happiness as wife and mother
she suffered the first pang when the
April disaster left her homeless, and
then, agony upon agony, she suffered
the death: of her three children an-1
her husband and, finally, upon - last
Friday, her only sister, who had tried
to lighten the burden In the little refu
gee cottage,, was burled.
Mrs. Muller was cooking her break
fast yesterday morning when. the little
stove exploded. No one was present
to save her and John. Naylor, porter of
the park, found a sorry sight when he
entered the cottage. Mrs. Muller was
on the floor, smoking fragments of her
clothing lying about her and : her poor
body scorched. She was, hurried to the
Park Hospital and thence to the City
and County Hospital, where all' ln
power was done to alleviate her suf
fering. . She. regained consciousness to
tell the story of the accident and the
more sorrowful recital \u25a0of -her succes
sion .of bereavements. It would havo
been mercy had her own death been
earlier and less horrible.
So Long, Mary.
Since your scissors were ground, you had
better see-Stoltz's. the cutlery house,
1835 Fillmore street, above Sutter.' •
m 1 |-|k JL^* Tnt
Special Sale for \ Saturday and MoaUur.
Febrnary 18tl» and-.lSth.
BUTTER— 2Hb. fuU-w»ight •qaarw......'....700
t This la Use "Thistle Creamery"— tb» hi*2ust
possible standard of quality In batter. It ha«
that rich, creamy flaTor.
EGGS— Best Frwh Eggs. Tars*, white, per dn««»
33 * 8 * "E*»tero 'baneiMß.'.Vs 'tbnta?2&
BLOATERS — Large, meaty flah 6 f or 250
n^? X T? REI^"' Yon ' e « !31 *' '«•- whlt » fl* 1 *- 2 'or 230
RED HEBRlNGS— lmported Scotch.... 6 for 230
SALMON BEIXIES-Large. fat Klajc «a1m0a..23c
Thes« flsh are a rarity, weighing four to »?•
pounds each.
COFFEE— Gnatemal* & Coata Rlca..4^ lba vT.OO
If you want a nice Carored coffee, try thl».
MTJSH — Nntro Wheat Flakes 3 packages 25<j
PRUNES— Large size. Santa Clara. .3 lb« for 230
FlGS— Best quality California Black. 2 lbs for 130
BON'NACORD WHISKT— Per bottle .JI.OO
PORT or SHERBY WINE— Beg. Coc bottle
.-2--- 3 bottles $1.00
DUFFY'S MALT WHISKY— Per bottle 73k»
TENNANT'S SCOTCH PORTER— Per d0z..52.13
PORT or SHERRY WINS— Per ga110n... .,11.00
This Is straight wtne. wen matured.
TABLE CLARET— Good Trtnlty wine, ga]..4sa
CARPET SWEEPERS— Btssell's ball bearing
..., ...«.- $2.33
BROOMS — Be«t qoallty, handmade. 4-str!ng...33<a
Prompt dellrery serrtce to all parts of the dtyw
Stores:.. ..
1101 Valencia, cor. 23d. Phone Market IS%
2275 Market St., near 16ta. Phone Market 157,
243 Clement St., nr.'4th are. Phone PactSc 233.
pidtcd'cl Gemflte Must Bear
Wn^ Faa-Simila Signature
jmus. V^^^^Ss^a^T
i™^B JREFUSE SUBSTITUTED
8 ft. Double
Staflding Desk
Milton Heynemann Ca
82 1-823 Mission^^treet:
Sao Francises
We carry a large variety at right prices
Best. Glasses
.Our personal, attention to every
customer gives you the best service
obtainable, which mean 3' the best
glasses.
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HARRY NORDMA.N. Prep. ;
1529 .BUSH ST. """av^V^