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INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S
NEWS TODAY
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WEATHER COXDITIONS
V.'CSTEUD.YY— U,»r: . s^jtlin-crt irfnd; msxl- ,
mam rr:nrwai.ir*. f&; inln'.wam tenwratcrr. -H. i
KOIU.CASY ~O!t TODAY— F*!r. nltb fo- to j
'niKl.in- defeat of n«rln «* of Cerp firntfl- '
c*n« u> Oli <4ty «uj s:at e. Ta;e 0
Tictl;-* ot Cls-.Jn-clEhfd lawyer*. Ta.z* 3 '
Tli* tiro L&nCetl Kor.thcrn Lnortcr. Tig* "3
Grarfiiajr tlw» Oakland water front. ?ase C j
POLITICAL,
IU-puWii-an leapuo elects 142 oot of 143 <?«•'«\u25a0- i
c-tcs to local coaTeoilon and wrest* partr <•»:>- i
Uol from Herrln. P»;e 1 j
Reftlsr democratic organisation wins RTreri.- j
log TSctocy, el«ctlßC «11 bat three of Its <Vle- !
gmte*. ?affe i |
Tnlon labor countT committee vr\n% KTecteen j
«li«trict» and Michael Casey one la primary j
£?ht. Pare 1 j
CBAPT
Giast j^ry j, completed la record breaking
tln»e end taklag of testimony In iecond trial 10
hefln today. ?*** 14
CITY
Mikado'a agent here lnspec^nff systems
*ay« priTate ownership is only thlag that pre
reuts American telegraph being best In
rrcrli. " Page 14
M. E. Tbomp*rw seccres diroree on grooni
taat wife neglects borne for lector*
toori>. Page 14
Transport Buford to sail tomorrow heavily
lad«n with ammunition and supplies for forces
la the Philippines. Page 9
Southern Pacific and- Santa Fe decide to cb
sprre Interstate commerce commission's ctate toll
reflation affecting this city. • Page 14
Benaoa's bathroom bribery In national capital
will be exposed today la federal court. Pag* 7
SUBURB AX •*
Fraas: C Watson, prominent Oakland realty
broker, sarrowlj escapei death csder an electrl?
car In Broadway. Page 4
Trcf. Bernard P. Moses returns to state uni
versity after year'a tonr of Sooth America and
Europe. Page 4
t Midnight fire meziaces business section of Ott
- lacd. but flames are stayed by energetic worV
cf deptrtment. Ptf* 4
Attorneys charge Frank Pareira of Oakland
$3,000 for conducting appeal in suit for divorce
decided against him. Page 4
Mrs. Marian Graff is granted Interlocutory
decree of divorce in Oakland on ground of ex
treme cruelty. Page 4
Professor WoodTrorth of Berkeley advocates |
raising cf a million dollars to figLt white Cy In
orange country. Page 6
COAST
Strike cf Southern Pacific boiler makers »t
Ijos Anpeles aiwl other ccast points Is settled
End men will return to work today. Paje 3
Eeslfnitioc of Saperictendout Jones of Sacra
cento cirlHon of Southern Pacisc the result cf
'nvrrTipation «f freight congestion by Kratt
fhc!tt"c aFciftact. Page 3
DOMESTIC
Tclerraphers" strike spreads to Bo«ton and
othtT cities: I'wstal operators desert keys in San
Fnacfsce: Nation*l President Small to issue
{.eut ral wclVout crder for the United Sta^-s
\u25a0 nil Oanucj m» kcmu as he arrives in Ctirntro;
fiU'-ap-o '.-•.'-.r-i of trade makes appeal to l*resl
coat Rfosevelt to Intervene. Pages 1 and 3
3t ' ' ' ' " r r ' '".~ r island at mouth of Hiu
rlvtr aTier t«o riars' fighting, during which
:n«i:y Kororng are killed. Page 3
FiTT tltonsaad Mocrs make desperate attack
no C*sa Elanca. but are defeated with l»r;«?
Jot*c*. Page 3
\smz*cn'iif ia Honolulu auto accident in whlc'.i
ujn if seriously hurt. Page 13
Kin; Ikiwerd will meet Emperor Trniiam to
dsy sa4 will confer tomorrow* with Emperar
Francis Joseph. Page 3
SPORTS
Mike Schreck arrives from Chicago to take on
Al Kaufman and ultimately to go after Tonsn:y
Barns' scalp. Page 8
Oakland whips Angels by score of 5 to 2. witli
Dolly Gray an easy mark for the Commuters'
battery. Page 8
Participant* la coming auto races at Tanforan
track will be allowed to try out their can.
Sundaj. Monday and Tuesday. Page S
LABOR
Bar tead«rs* cnion outgrow* its quarters,
decile; rooxa being far too email to accommo
date membership. Page 7
MARINE
Traseport Thomas maintains faultless wireless
cocmcalcatloo with North Head station at dis
tance ef S7O idles. Page 9
MIMXG
Broker Leon Goldsaa the mycterloas factor in
the buying of merger stock, and Bush street is
wondering whether he is plunging or filling or
ders from the «ast. 2*f 13
SOCIAL
Aenocnccnegt Is made that the wedding of
Miss Etelka WUUar and Lieutenant Max
Garber, C S. A., will b« celebrated at Christ
church la Bacsallto on September 7. Page 6
POLICE ACCUSE MAN OF
LEADING DOUBLE LIFE
Arrest 'Mining Operator on
Charge of Robbing Men
in Tenderloin
Special by Leased Wire to The CalL
RENO, Axig. IS. — In the arrest here
of \u25a0William Mead the local police claim
that they have apprehended a Dr. Jekyll
and Mr. Hyde, who during the day
posed as a mining operator and asso
ciated with businessmen and at night
\obtained much loot from visitors to the
tenderloin by a system of panels In
doors, which allowed him to put his
hand through the % rear entrances, re
move the clothing of men and after
rifling the pockets place it back.
Mead was captured last night In a
tunnel back of the houses occupied by
women brought here by him from Den
ver. He maintained his Innocence, but
when searched at the Jail his pockets
were found to contain skeleton keys,
lock picks and other devices used by
burglars. f
Mead was forced today to resign from
' his position as scenetary of the Luster
mining company and has lost his stand-
Ing with the business community. He
Is out on baih -
BAY COUNTIES ROAD IS
OBTAINING RIGHTS OF WAY
Franchise to Be Applied For in Marin
County in the Near
Future
Special by Leased Wirje to The CalL
SAN RAFAEL.. Aug. 13. — A deed has
been filed here by the Bay Counties
railroad company for a right of way
through the Dlffenbaugh estate. par r
alleling the county road from Tiburon
to Alto. A franchise will be applied
for in the near future. Bo3|
\t Is understood that the Bay.Coun
tt-s railroad will also build a branch
line to connect with i Mill Valley. "
Benson's Bathroom Bribery in National Capital
Will be Exposed Today in Federal Court
Attorneys for Defense- Assail Witness for the Government:
Thz upper picture h of a scene in the federal court yesterday during^ the trial of Perrin and Benson,
shoving Judge dt Haven {center) rebuking Attorney Peter Dunne of the defense (left) after a protest by
United Stales District Attorney Devlin (right). In the lower sketch Attorney Campbell is shown cross ex
amining the government's witness, C. P. Snell. 1 > ..
The attorneys for John A. Benson
and E. B. Perrin. millionaires on trial
before United States District Judge
de Haven for conspiracy to obtain
valuable government lands in Tehama
county by fraud, turned their heavy
artillery yesterday on the evidence
built up by the prosecution and by
night had wrought widespread dam
age. Today the government will
spring a sensation by placing wit
nesses on the stand who will tell of
the famous "bathroom bribery," in
which Benson, after a hurried trip to
Washington, sought to cover up the
evidence of the fraud. It is said, by
spreading a liberal amount of coin
among the clerks of the general land
office."
One of the clerks, who has arrived
from Washington, will take the stand
today and tell how iJenson first talked
over the case with him and later left
money for him In a bathroom. Under
the spell of the genius of William J.
Burns, who gathered a large part of
the evidence In the case, the clerk has
been Induced to make as complete a
confession as did Tom Lonergan or Dr.
Boxton.
The attorneys for Benson will vigor
ously oppose the introduction of this
testimony, but United States District
Attorney Robert T. Devlin will argue
that It was part of the endeavor to
hide the conspiracy and that it there
fore tends to prove that there was a
conspiracy.
Just as Ruef and the supervisors
never referred to boodle by its true
name, so it was with Benson. In the
parlance of the wealthy defendant, this
\u25a0was "grease money,"' so called because j
It served to make things slide along
as Benson desired. The bathroom
bribery was one of the most sensa
tional incidents In the long history of
the land frauds, and It will be recited
In open court today for the first time.
With the witnesses from the east
came Commissioner Balllnger of the
United States land office. While it
has not been announced that Ballinger
will be a witness, he Is watching the
case with great care. It Is the first
of the California land cases and the
government desires to press the
charges against the men who have en
riched themselves by Invading the pub
lic domain. -
Yesterday was the brightest. day yet
for the defendants. -Although Benson
and Perrin are Joint defendants,
charged with a common crime, they
have separate attorneys and' are mak
ing individual fights. If one can estab
lish his Innocence, both must be ac
quitted, for there can be no conspiracy
wlth only one conspirator. Attorney
Peter F. Dunne, who represents Perrin,
painted his client in nly white and
sought to throw the entire odium upon
Benson. Attorney J. C. Campbell tried
to pull Benson from under, and, after
the two lawyers acting for the de
fendants - had hurled the blame to and
fro with such persistency that each al
most convicted, the client of the other,
they suddenly joined In a powerful
frontal attack upon Charles P. Snell,
the star witness for the government. \
HAS TREACHEROUS ME3IORY
When the day was over they had
proved that Snell had a very treach
erous memory. , They had forced con
tradictions from him. but they had not
shattered his original declaration that
an understanding - existed '. between
Benson ..and Perrin by which"" the for
mer was to get the land' and s transfer
It to the latter. \u25a0 -- . "~-
According to the story. told. by Snell,
Benson secured 12,000 acres In Tehama
county, by "\u25a0 fraudulent methods, - . by
dummy entries and exchanging lands
in the. forest reserves for other hold
ings. Snell acted as Perrin's agent and
the san
claimed that Perrin was a party to the !
fraud. ""•* J
The government further claims that
Benson obtained the land from the
government at a cost of 51.25 an acre,
or a total of T15.000, and that he had
contracted to sell It to Perrin for $4.50
an acre, or a total of $54,000, making
a profit of $39,000 for Benson." The
land is rich in timber, and at the very
lowest estimate is worth $20 -an acre.
Perrin, therefore, th<? prospci'*' r >n "•\u25a0>•"
tends, stood to make a profit of at!
least $201,000.
The defense undertook by a cross
examination of nearly four hours to
shatter Snell's testimony. Snell was
visibly in a weak physical condition.
His child lay at the point of death in
Melrose, Alameda county, and he had
spent three sleepless nigMs at the
i bedside. He sought all the way
| through to protect himself while the
I testimony gave the impression that he
had been aware of the frauds at the
{time he was assisting Benson and
| Perrin to secure the land. In his en-
I deavor to protect himself and his ten
! dency to overanswer every question he
\u25a0 laid himself open to an attack of un
j usual severity.
i Dunne and Campbell directed a mer
i ciless fire at the witness. When one
| ceased the other resumed, and for the'
j greater part of the day they alternated;!
j in their assaults.
' Before the day was over Snell ad
! mitted that he had become confused '
and said to Attorney J. C. Campbell: :
"I guess I won't remember anything !
by the time you get through."
i DUXXE REPRI3IAXDED
: A ; guerrilla warfare was" waged by
! the attorneys throughout the session.
| Bickerings were constant .between the
[representatives of the defense and
! United States District Attorne>vDevlin
and Assistant United -States District
Attorney Black. Dunne showed a dis
position to rush letters and contracts
into ttie evidence with undue haste and
was reprimanded by Judge de Haven.
Devlin denounced Dunne's action as an
endeavor "to manufacture evidence,"
and Dunne retorted with 'a protest
against the "misconduct of the prose
cuting attorney."
Interesting references were made to
H. H. Yard and T. B. Walker, wealthy
men who have figured in the,land,in
vestigation, but the inquiry In regard
to these men was not pressed.
In all seven, witnesses were called.
They incl uded Snell, William . J. Burns,
Sergeant Morton of the land office and
four detectives employed by Burns.
The little courtroom was filled at 10
o'clock, when the case . was -..called.
Many attorneys^ had gathered to wit
ness the proceedings. - Lewis Aubury,
state mineralogist, , was - among the
spectators in the afternoon.
At the opening of court Snell was
called to the' stand '! for cross examina
tion. Dunne began' -the questioning
for Perrin and it soon .became apparent
that he intended ' to. cast the entire
blame upon . the broad, shoulders of
Benson. Perrin .gazed' contemptuously
at the witness through his glasses and
Benson looked out .across the \u25a0court
room with the expression of -a man in
distress.
Dunne sought to introduce- a letter
written by Perrin to Snell in which
the aged defendant warned Snell, : his
agent, to Vuse every ~ precaution and
do nothing' 1 contrary , to . law or - that
might be construed as contrary to law."
The prosecution claimed that this let
ter ; had .been written , after the . arrest
of ; Benson and ' was ;' little more than a
stage play. While the' prosecution, was
objecting, Dunne' attempted , to',' read . the
letter, when Judge de Haven interfered/
.j; "You cannot do that,*" saidi the Judge,
sharply. • "When I ruled that these let
ters- were not admissible, that \u0084 was
final." \u25a0 :.. r
Dunne then read a number of letters
written by Snell to: Perrin In: which the
assertion ; was made ; and \u25a0 frequently, re
peated that fraud-had been committed
by ..: Benson, 1 but that ; Perrin /had been
entirely innocent of . wrong doing. Snell
later : said that ' he » had f written theso
letters .at the dictation of ; Perrin,;,who,
he added) had thus endeavored, to coyer
up \u25a0 his '; tracks. , Snell explained that he
had done this for Perrin i because "Per
rin owed him, money, and^ he r . believed
this was the only 'way he could get!it-
CONTRACT IX : EVIDENCE ':>
A \u25a0 contract was which
had .been \u25a0 signed -'by /Perrin 'r. and \ Snell
which ; set I forth ? the' terms of the :; em
ployment of the latter. The defense
claimed that Snell had sought to extort
$7,500 from Perrin and, falling to do so,
had endeavored to revenge himself by
testifying a/iainst his former employer.
Under the ntms'of the contract Per
rin had agriJJ to pay Snell $160 a
month, 25 cents an acre for all lands
"scripped" to the date of- the contract,
April 26, 1904, and 50 cents an acre for
all lands to be "scripped" after that
date. Snell claimed that under the con
tract Perrin owed him $7,500.'
He told a tale -• of hardships that
served to remove something of the ro
mance from the>business of land cruis
ing.
."I thought I had carried the sins of
Mr. Benson long enough," said Snell In
explaining how he happened to give
Perrin a clean bill of health and then
turn \u25a0 against both Perrin and Benson.
"I had lain in the snow of the moun
tains exposed to the weather," he con
tinued. "We had returned to Oakland.
We had no coal.. We had no groceries.
So I went to Perrin and agreed to write
whatever he dictated. In fact, I was
in such a condition that I was prepared
to do whatever he ordered."
Another letter from Snell to Perrin
\u25a0 was put in evidence which concluded
with the expression: '.'You are spotless
from anything wrong." When this was
read Eenson laughed.
An anonymous letter received by Per
rin threatening indictment was shown
to Snell, who said that the handwriting
was that of Mrs. Snell. •'\u25a0'.: ,:;
H was brought out that Snell had
gone into the employ of the secret ser
vice department of the government and
had assisted .Burns in gathering the
! evidence against Perrin and Benson.
The de/ense sought to show that Snell's
knowledge of the transactions had
been gathered when he was acting as
attorney for Perrin and was therefore
confidential.
In the afternoon. Campbell arid Dunne
went at the witness with fresh energy.
Dunne was belligerent In voice and
manner and, from his seat tossed little
bombs of sarcasm at the witness which
generally hit the mark and exploded at
the desired moment. Campbell walked
close to the witness chair and drove at
him with the persistency of a bulldog.
Snell winced, but there was no escape.
Finally he blurted out: "I can't be very
positive in a great deal of this testi
mony because It was a long time ago."
Dunne secured the admission from
the witness that he and Perrin had
been gathering evidence against Ben
son. This, argued Dunne, served to
show that Perrin was fighting Benson
and that there could have been no con
spiracy.
SXELL STICKS TO STORY
Notwithstanding the relentless cross
examination, the witness clung to his
story that the land had been secured
through. dummy entries and that both
Benson and Perrin were aware that the
persons whose names were attached to
the affidavits did not exist.
"In fact," added Snell, "Benson was
ready to go farther and commit
forgery." ;_
Campbell sought In vain to pin the
witness down to definite conversations
with Perrin and' Benson.
"The question of the legality of the
transaction was never, discussed," said
Snell. "It was merely a question of,
'Could we get the land?' Dr. Perrin
and I. as well as Benson, knew that
these names were fictitious."
• When Dunne sought, to pull h\
client, Perrin. off this dangerous
ground Snell came back with this:
> "I never saia that Perrin knew there
was anything wrong at first, but Per
rin got next to. himself as soon as I
did,-- when we left Benson's office one
day in 1904, when I told him that I
thought the business was crooked." *
The witness ran over the names of
a . score of persons which had been
signed* to the affidavits by which \ the
l^nd had - passed Into j the hands "of
Benson. The government claims that
these persons: existed only in the'lm
agination of Benson. Snell said .that
This is one of the most ex- 3sSi^B- j^S^^WST^^^^
- traordinary" sales of this char-^^ ***£4
acter we .-have; ever held— -the best grade 'of Agateware, real
quality goods, double coated t and absolutely pure, sold at
prices as cheap as the lowest priced Enamel ware— the stock : "
is; going, rapidly. Better come early—
Pan - 55c Rice Boiler - $\. 05
Dish Pan > - 65c Tea Kettle - $I; 00
Colander - - 50c Coffee Pdt\« 65c
Puddings Pan 25c Funnel = - 25c
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BAR TENDERS OUTGROW
THEIR HEADQUARTERS
Many Members Are Turned
. Away Because, Meeting
Room Is Too Small
SIX ARE INITIATED
Flourishing Union Gives
Another $100 to the
Strike Fund
-^rfjc£El3jgw" \u25a0'\u25a0 Bar tenders' local
' 4 TRADjgf^^couNciL b No. 41 had such a
~*^B[llsJ2So&^ large attendance at
t \u25a0'\u25a0•'\u25a0}\u25a0: Its meeting Monday
night that the quarters at 990 McAllis
ter street were overtaxed and many
members had to be turned away at the
door. Louis Beckwith was elected sec
ond vice president, vice James Walker.
A' warrant for $100 was 'ordered drawn
In " favor of tho beneficiary who . had :
been designated by the late August
Helscher and weekly, benefits to five
members on the Blck list were paid.
Seven petitions for membership were
presented and six whose applications
had been favorably reported on were
admitted by initiation. The sum of
$100 was ordered paid to the strike
fund.
• • •
The letter carriers' association of
this city has been advised that the next
annual convention of the national or
ganization will be held at Canton, Ohio,
and will open on Labor day. It is ex
pected that the proposition to estab
lish a home for aged carriers at Colo
rado Springs, which was broached at
the Portland, Ore., convention two
years . ago, will be disposed of. It is
probable that steps will be taken to
create a pension fund.
The telephone, operators' union held
a meeting yesterday, and the announce
ment was made that a number of the
members had returned to work. It
was stated that others would aoon be
taken back to their places.
Strike benefits were paid to a num
ber of those who are still out of work.
Such as are out next week will be
paid and then the strike benefits, It is
said, will cease.
The brick layers* union admitted
four applicants to membership by initi
ation last Monday.
W. P. McCabe, secretary for the San
Francisco labor council, still is in the
hospital, but has so far recovered that
unless something unexpected occurs he
will be removed to his home next
Friday.
. 'At Its meeting Monday night paint
ers' union No. 19 received the resigna
tion of Frank Scullen, a member of the
executive committee, who a few days
since was appointed a member of the
; police force.
I At a special meeting to be held Au
gust 26 two propositions for obtaining
sick benefits for members of the union
; will be considered. One Is that the
! members shall contribute to a private
hospital fund, paying a dollar a month
if 1,000 members Join or 75 cents if
more than that number join. The other
is to allow each member. In case of
sickness or disability, a stipulated sum
each week with free attendance and
medicine, or an increased sum without
either doctor or medicine.
The ball team of this union went to
San RafaeLSunday and played the team
of the local club" in that city. It
came home with the knowledge that It
had been beaten by a score of 16 to 2.
The sheet metal workers' local 279
decided at the meeting Monday night to
parade in uniform on Labor day. The
union is preparing a unique metal
badge to be worn by each member.
ho had tried to find them, but that h*e
had succeeded In locating only one of
the lot, a sailor by the name of James
Kearney, who had gone to Alaska.
Snell added that he doubted the exist
ence of the others.
Sergeant Morton of the local land
office identified these affidavits and his
own signature showing that these en
tries had been passed upon at the re
quest of Benson. J^V.
William J. Burns was called to the
stand, but gave little testimony. * It
was to the effect that he Had arrested
Benson In "Washington. It will be
shown subsequently that Benson was
summoned to "Washington by a decoy
letter and fell Into the hands of Burns.
Robert Spaldlng, D. F. Cecil and R.
H. Berry, detectives In the employ of
Burns, testified that they had tried In
vain to locate the persons whose names
were signed to the affidavits by which
Benson secured the land.
The hearing will be resumed at. 10
o'clock'thls morning..
* BALLINGER ARRIVES
Commissioner of Land Office Investi
/ gating Fraudulent Entries
Much importance is attached to the
visit of Richard A. Balllnger, commis
sioner -of the general' land office, who
arrived "in San; Francisco yesterday to
personally acquaint himself with land
conditions ! existing in this part of the
country, for the purpose, it Is believed,
of pushing with greater; vigor the prose
cutions-In .the 'fraud cases.
'." Though -Commissioner Ballinger re
fused to go into any details of the pur
pose of his visit other than to say that
it was to study' the' situation, his con
ferences yesterday, were with members
of .the department of Justice and others
who were engaged in the investigation
of fraudulent land entries. 1 .•• \u25a0
, "1 am here' to look over the situation,"
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August 24, 11 a. m.
Fare $75. Second Cabin $50. Round Trip $135
Every one should make tils meat delightful of trips. DO* IT .VOW.
Volcano ef KUanea now active.
< :•-.', :.--: omee, «7S Market Street.
said he, "and further than this I do
not care to be quoted, as it would be
unwise to make public any facts which
we might want to use later in prose
cutions. For that reason I will not
discuss any individual cases. > I will
say, however, that we have a larger
field force in this section of the country
than In any other, and as soon as we
can obtain evidence sufficient for a
prosecution the department of Justice
will prosecute. lam not here to make
any particular Investigation, but to
learn the situation as a whole."
"Can you say now whether additional
prosecutions will result from 1 your
trip?"
"I cannot tell," was the reply.
"Is it your Intention to attend tho
Benson-Perrin case while here?"
"Xo. I leave San Francisco day after
tomorrow for Sacramento."
Though *-,Commlssiorser Balllnger
politely evaded questions dealing with
specific fraud cases, he sald*hls Investi
gations probably" would lead him to
ask for a larger appropriation from
Congress in order to better guard the
public domains. The general Impres
sion is that his return to Washington
will be followed by swift and thorough
investigations of fraudulent entries on
the Pacific coast. • \u0084
"Have you anything to say about the
Imperial valley land cases T' he was
asked.
"Nothing, except that they are being
-Investigated fully."
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t-^m z^ :^M \u25a0fei^yk silver/ i\
M^ ? IS if US® behad 337 *
vi-l-i/ only at "g
this store. J
f • IHaramersmith & Company |
Jf: (Snccessors to Hammersmith ft Field) §
lf4 Van Xesa Ar. at Eddy St. §
For Sale Cheap!
SIX-ROOM COTTAGE
Jfo. 37C3 Twentieth street, between Guerrero
and Dolores; size of lot 255&1; elegantly lo-
cated; splendid Tiew; warm* belt of toe Mission;
this Is a snap; price St. OCO; bouse -open (or
inspection between. 2 and 5 p. m.. Apply .to
R. D. McELnOY. 704 Market atreet
JOHNJ;DEANE|
XOTARV PUBLIC •
Special Care Taken Wltb Depositions
and All Lesal Document* .7
Korthirest ' Corner of ' Sntter and
Stelner Streets.
J. B. McIXTVRE BINDERY CO,
. , Bookbl n d c m .
-.- 1161-1165 Hovrard Street. !
BETWEEN \u25a0• SEVENTH AND EICHTH.
Tel. No. West 1 823. Saa Frsaeiscc.
W.T., BESS, Notary Public
, ROOMS 407r<09 CAI.I. BLDG.
"At '-.- Residence. ,1460 Page .Street, Be-
tween -1 p. m.- and 8 p.m.
AMUSEMENTS
VAN NESS THEATER
Van Ness and GroTe Plume Market 300
MATINEE TODAY ft*-- a ,, M
LAST 4 NIGHTS— MATINEE SATURDAY.
Samuel Classett Presents
CYRiL SCOTT
la tie latercatlonal Comedj Success.
THE PRINCE CHAP.
SEAT SALE TOMORROW
Price*— s2.CO to 50c.
i \u25a0 Bradj & Grlsmer's Prtxtoctloa.
SIyMAN^H
?o FF D A y HOUR;
* * By Georee Broadbcrst.
FIRST TIME MERE
IS* EXT MONDAY
CENTRAL THEATER
ERNEST E. HOWELL. Proprietor aad Manager.
Market and Eighth streets. Ftone Market TXT.
Tonlcht and All the Week
Herschel Mayall
Io the Thrilling. Plctoresqie aad Entertaining
Melodrama,
BIG HEARTED JIM:
By WILLIAM L. BOBEKTS.
PRICES-lSc, 25c and sOc
BEGINNING NEXT MOXDAT—
"BROADWAY AFTER DARK*
ELLIS ST. NEAR FILLMORE.
Absolutely Class "A" Tbeater Buildia*.
31ATXXEE TODAY AAD EVERY DAY
THE GRE.ITEST TET
WILLIAM COURTLEIGH aad Co.. la th«
Great Lambs' Clnb lilt. "PEACHES": THE
STARTLING MUSICAL NOVELTY. "THE IM-
MENSAPHON'E"; THREE RENARDS: KELLt
and VIOLETTE: BARROWS-LANCASTER CO.
In "A JOLLY JOLLIER": BESSIE VALD.VRB
BICYCLE TROUPE; THE BRITTOXS: NJEW
ORPHEUM MOTION- PICTURES, and L*st
Week and Glorious Trlnmph of America's Great-
est Comic Op«ra Prlma Donna, GRACB VAN
STUDDIPORI*.
PRlCES— Erenings 10c. 23c. 50c. 73c* Box
seats $1.00. Matinees (except Snada/a and
Holidays), 10c. 23c. 50c. ' Phon* West aOOO.
S ALCAZAR ?2"2
ABSOLUTELY "<XASS A" BTRTTCTUXZ
i CORNER SITTER AND STEIXER STS.
i " Belasco & Jlajrer. Owners and Managers. .
SECOXD A.\D LuIST WEEK OF
William Gillette 1 * Original Version of
SHERLOCK HOLMES
FAREWELL WEEK OF
Mr! Herbert Kelcey and Miss Efffc Shauosa
MATINEES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
PRICES— Night. £5c to $1; Mats.; 23c. 35c. 30c.
Next Weefe— DENl3 OSULLIVAN. tne famno*
actor and staler, supported bj the New Alcasar
Stock Compnay. in ARRAH NA POGUE.
SEATS NOW OS SALE.
NOVELTY-toS"
THIS WEEK— Matinee SaMrday and Sunday.
BEST RESERVED SEATS 25c and 50c.
• Elaborate Scenic EeTlTal. Splendid Cast.
THE TWO ORPHANS
' The Most Popular Drama of the Time*.
BASE BALL
; , ' RECREATION PARK.
Valencia St. between Fonrteenth and Fifteenth.
OAKLAND VS. LOS ANGELES
Wednrwlay. Thorsday and Frida/ 2:30 p. ra.
SATURDAY ••\u25a0••• iHS 1 *- 111 -
SUXDAY ...: ....-- ....2:30 p.m. ,
\u25a0 RESERVED SEATS at grounds and H. Har*
rt» & Co.*<, IMS mimcre eoreet.
CALL WANT ADS
BRING RESULTS
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