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The times., 1898-11-16
From 2 to 3.

We will give you Opaque Window
Shades-patent Hartshorn rollers and
hxtures-shades that usually I0a
sell for 25c. JU
PREMIUM STAMPS FREE
Or children's Nazareth Waists-firrn-
ly knitted-the kind where the buttons
stay on-ali sizes. These waists b-ius
at the other stores 25e. here dur sCo
ing the hoxr iUG
PREMIUM STAMPS FREE.
The times., 1898-11-16
From s to 4.

We will give you the choice of a
big assortment of Ladies' Trimmed
Hats-elesantly trimmed with ostrich
and fancy feathers-silk. velvet Gov
cred. All Of EN- have that foreign air
about them which gives a chic and
stunning appearance. Well
worth $ and S. For the CO no
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PREMIUM STAMPS FREE.
Or an aIl-wool White Blanket In
blue or red borders Si,, bound and
Tdrih v55tfhes SIS. for'' covering that. Sl.75
PREMIUM STAMPS FREE.
Or dainty Children's Mother Hubbard
Flannelette Dresses-braiCed and uf-
fed and finished in a manner that
bears no criticism. Worth sec. nin
Ao4 1900 ------------- - y
PREMIUM STAMPS FREE.
The times., 1898-11-16


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The times., 1898-11-16
From 10 to II.

Wen give you Childrens Aprons
three different styIes-ages from
to 6 years. Always sell for IN.
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PREMIUM STAMPS FREE.
or Ladies best quality Coutil Cor
sets-some gray-some white Filled
with worth and sold always at 10o
PREMIUM STAMPS FREE.
Or 9 full packages of SC Toilet Pa
per each containing 700 sheets. 1Co
Worth i5c....-....--........... ZJD
PREMIUM STAMPS FREE.
or a 50Q-yd. spool of Alex. Kings
sc Bastmg Cotton-Never so!doo
ut less.....................
PREMIUM STAMPS FREE.
or pick of big lot Of INT immed
Hats every shape that's stylish. ami
all the good colOrs. They are hats
Worth up 10 75c. You can have 1Eo
'em or....................... ZJU
PREMIUM STAMPS FREE.
or long and graceful selected ANA
zon Plumes-Running all the way
from Is 20 - in. Worth IS Goo
at All times. s.................,... > 90
PREMITM STAMPS FREE.
The times., 1898-11-16

All our Carpets are made.
lined, and laid free Of charge.
The times., 1898-11-16

Mrs Harry May is occupying a cot
tase at the Virginia Hot Springs adja-
cent to the hotel
The times., 1898-11-16

wedding reception was given by Rev
Frederick D. Power. pastor of the YER
mont Avenue Christian Church, and
Mrs. Power. in honor of their new SON
in-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. ].
Ernest Sparks, whose wedding occurred
recently. and who have just returned.
The uarlors Of the church We're prettily
decorated for the occasion and through
out the evening were filed with relatives
and friends
The times., 1898-11-16

Major Augustus Nicholson has closed
his Summer home in the mountains of
Virginia, at Hamilton, and have returned
for the Winter 10 his Washington resi-
dence in y Street.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-05

the line. At the command Front take distance!" the ranks will be opened and the girls will perform cal isthenics.
 The subscriptions published in The Call yesterday. including the returns of Monday last. amounted to S6725. Since then additional subscriptions as follow have been reported by the finance committee:
 San Francisco Fire Department, $50; Emporium and Golden Rule Bazaar, $1OO; John Taylor & Co, $lOO;. Parks & Lacy Co. Sl0O; Kennedy Mill and Mining Com pany. $l00; ". w. Montague & CO, slOO; Bank of British North America, $lO0: John w. Coleman, S100; Washburn-Moen Manufacturing Company, $50; California Jockey Club, $50; s. F. Weeks Company s50; Alaska Yukon Transportation Com pany, $50; Nathan, Dohrmann & Co.,. S35: ]. S- Van Winkle & Co.,, $25: D. N. & E. Walter & O., s25; Stein, Simon & Co. s25; Redington & O.. s25; Langley, Mich aels & Co, s25; Pacific Tool and Supply Company, $25; California Machine Works S23; William Wolff & Co, s25; Rosenthals Incorporated, $25; M. Blaskower $25: Rem ts9nH9lmes s9G W n Company yy5z s2s; BIyth Trott tel, S25; Baldwin Hotel, $25; Sussman, Wormser & Co.,, s20; Golden West Hotel S20 Russ House, $20; K. B. Soule, S2O; Maison Riche. $2O; J. c. Pascoe. $2O; Isa- George Fritch. s2O; De Lano Bros, $2O: C. F. Doe & Co.,. SEQ; John Finn, Sl5; Dow Steam Pump Manufacturing Company $l0 Rosenthal Feder & Co.,, s10; Pacific S10; Charles C. Moore & Co.,, slO; Hotel Langham, $10; Brooklyn Hotel, s1o; New Western Hotel, s10; Davis & Schonwasser slO; Lewis P; Spear. s10: George E. Plum s10; W Fahey, $10; other subscriptions, S60. Total, $S620.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-05
WAS IT MURDER
 OR 4 SUICIDE? The Question That Causes Goodness Between Po-
 lice and Coroner.
Diametrically Opposite Stories Told About the Position of
 the Body.
Both Sides Are Firm in Support of Their Theories in the
 Matter.

Did John H. Dow kill himself or was he murdered?
 This Is a question that Is being fought out by the detective force on the one side and by the Coroner's office on the other.
 There is expert police testimony to prove positively that 1t can be nothing but a case of suicide, and then again there Is expert medical testimony to show that it must have been a murder.
 Captain Bohen says there are no de- velopments in the case which would cause him to change his opinion that the wounds in Dow's brain were in- 1 ficted by the shooting gallery man. Detectives Gibson and Crockett are so thoroughly convinced that Dow in- fiicted the wounds that they have de- cided that there Is nothing further for them to do.
 At the Coroner's office there is as positive a feeling in favor of the mur- der theory and in substantiation of this position the autopsy is said to have conclusively shown that after the first ball entered the skull 1t would have been impossible for Dow to have re- loaded the pistol twice and fired two other balls into his head. It was shown that two of the bullets fractured the skull and all three of them lacerated the brain tissue to such an extent that inconsistencies would have followed either.
 The Morgue officials say that when the body was found it was covered with the bed clothing, and the right hand was under the cover and resting naturally on the leg. They say also that there was no blood on the hand nor on the pistol.
 Captain Bohen says that when found the body was not covered up, and that the right hand was hanging down at the side of the bed, almost touching the pistol, which lay on the floor. He
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-05
PARKER LODGE TNSTALLS.
me officers Are Publicly Inducted lpto Office for the EDsulng
 Term.

John Ferretti. deputy district grand master, last evening installed the of- ncers Of Parker Lodge of the I. O. O. F. at public meeting of the lodge and m the presence of a large number of ladies. as we'll as visitors not members or the order. The new officers are. Joseph A. Wells, N. G.; F. Prohaska. V. c.; J. F. Nichols, S.; G. E. Davis. T.; J. l.. Geary. w.; George c. Crow N. G.; w. W. Whan. chaplain After the ceremony the noble grand. who was reelected, was on behalf of the iooge presented an ivory-headed cane m recognition of his scr, ices during the past term. After that there was the following programme: Tenor solo. Dan Bailey; cornat solo, L.. ErscnDach: soprano solo, Miss Alice Gussefeld se- lections, Professor Chapin, J. K. Carey and Bert Van Cleve, and special dance, Miss Hattie Luce. The even ing closed W tn a dance anc the sary- ing of a collation..
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-05

When Tauchi was taken to the prison he vomited freely, and pr. Fitz- gibbon was hurriedly called in as it was supposed that he had taken poison, but it was soon seen that he was suffering from an overdose of whisky or alcoholic stimulant.
 Detective Ed Gibson stated last even ing that he found the long-looked-for murderer in a closet in the rear of 321 O'Farrell street, and that in his opin- ion he had been there since the crime had been committed. Tauchi first ad- mitted that he had killed Mary Cas- tillo. but afterward stated that he had merely tried to frighten the victim with a revolver and 1t accidentally ex- ploded.
 When brought into the prison he was intoxicated, but as he appreciated his position he became sober and asked who had preferred the charges against him.
 He said, T will tell my story in court and your questions don't bother me. I liked Mary and wouldn't shoot her for the whole of Japan Why should I shoot her? She was my best girl. but others tried to take her away from me. After the accident went to San Mateo but afterward returned here At first l did not know that she was dead"
 The police consider his capture a good piece of work
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-05

says also that the hand, as well as the pistol, was bloody. The captain fur ther cites numerous instances where men have been shot through the brain without being rendered unconscious, and says that the small balls from a 22-caliber pistol would not produce death instantly.
 He further cites the fact that there was a considerable lapse of time be- tween the firing of the first shot and the two later ones. The detective the ory is further strengthened by the embarrassed and in i'll health.
 It has developed that while Dow owed several small bills he had suf- ficient money on hand to iQuidate them, and so far as his i'll health is concerned, it is shown that he was thinking seriously of going to the Klondike next spring.
 Thus are the divergent theories strengthened, and about the only tan gible matter that has come out of the conflict of opinion is the fact that 1t $ possible to have a mysterious case of death made deeper mystery by i'm perfect care of the corpse when it is discovered. It has been shown that if Captain Bohen's assertion regarding the position of the right hand is true, then some one must have handled the body and placed the hand by the side of the dead man and covered 1t up before the Morgue officials reached the place.
 Mrs. Dazel seems to incline to the suicide theory, but says that she will express no opinion. She tells a straight story regarding her going from the shooting gallery shortly after midnight Friday night, and says that the pistol
 which was used had been carried in Dow's pocket for several days prior to the killing. She says she sees no reason to think it was a murder She has been released by the police, but | paid a long visit to Captain Bohen
 yesterday afternoon, and all inquirers
 were referred to her for particulars. | She says that Dow was an expert with the pistol and could fire and reload il
 with great rapidity, and thinks it
 would have been easy for him to have | fired the three shots
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-05

applied for a writ of habeas corpus before Judge Carroll Cook. At the ar gument Judge Low contended that the committing magistrate alone had the right to accept a bond for a prisoners release, but Judge Campbell laid down the law that any Judge of a Police Court was Justified in accepting a Judge Cook decided that Low was right and Campbell was wrong.
 Kellett's attorney appealed to the Supreme Court, more with the object of having the question definitely set tied than anything else, and the case was to have come up for argument yesterday morning before Chief Justice Beatty. Meantime Judge Low had ap- proved of the bond accepted by Camp bell and issued an order for Kellett's release, and he was released.
 This put an end to the controversy, but Attorney Lennon, for Kellett, wanted to argue the point raised. The Chief Justice declined to hear any ar- gument and then Lennon said he would have taken up the constitutionality of Police Court 1, presided over. by Judge Low. The Chief Justice significantly remarked, Better not rouse a sleeping lion" It is said that Attorney Lennon will not heed the warning of the Chief Justice, but will take steps to have the important question tested by the Su- preme Court. It was also said that the fear of having the question brought into court was the reason for Judge Lows action in signing an order for Kenett'S release.
 Under the charter for the city of San Francisco Police Judge Court for the city and county was established. After ward, by amendments to the charter. Police Courts 2 and were established. Then about five years ago, by a special act of the Legislature, the Police Judges Court was abolished and Po- lice Court created with four depart ments. It is contended that the pro- cedure of the Legislature was uncon- stitutional, and that Police Courts 2. and 4, particularly the last named. are not legally constituted
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-05
CORNER SIGNS CAUSE TROUBLE Auditor BrOderick Holds Up Several Large
 Demands.
Finds No Law to Compel the Municipality to Pay
 Bills.
Property-Owners May Also Be Ex- enaPt From an Old
 Law.

Auditor Frederick has decided that the city has no right to pay for the street signs at the crossing of thor oughfares, and will refuse to pass de- mands, amounting to over $500. to pay for such devices that were recently presented by Superintendent of Streets Ambrose.
 During the time that the "Phelan" Board of Supervisors was contesting with the legal board for the possession of the city government Mayor Phelan dug up an old law enacted in 1883, which provides that owners of all cor ner property must designate the names of the intersecting streets on which their property Is situated by means of signs placed at the corner. By virtue of this ordinance hundreds of property-owners in outlying dis tricts were compelled to go to the trouble of putting up signs at their own expense.
 Recently MT. Ambrose conceived the idea of having the business streets of the city similarly designated, and a man was employed to do the work. Such corners as the intersection of Grant avenue, O'Farren and Market
 
 signs at an expense to the taxpayers of $9 per corner. This particular loca- tion happens to embrace the Phelan building, owned by the Mayor of the city and county of San Francisco.
 When the bills, amounting to $500, were sent to the Auditor, he took up the statute e-books, municipal reports and other volumes of legal lore and found only the ordinance of 1883 to provide for corner signs. There was nothing to show why the private prop erty-owners in residence districts should pay for their own signs while the merchants downtown received theirs at the expense of the municipal ity. Thereupon he began the compost tion of a letter to the Board of Super visors explaining the why and the wherefore of his refusal to audit the demands.
 T fall to see the legality of these demads for several reasons" said the Auditor yesterday. 'In the first place 1t appears like special legislation to compel property-owpers on a corner to put up signs while those in the mid dle of the block are exempt. One has as much right as the other, and the Board of Supervisors that enacted this ordinance evidently recognized this point after its passage, for the gas companies were required to desig- nate the name of streets on their corner lamps. These 8 by 36 inch maroon and silver signs are all very pretty, but I do not think that tbe municipality or property-owners can be compelled to pay for them. This matter was called to my atten- tion some time ago by Judge Low, and since then I have been looking care fully into the law. Unless I can find some better authority than I have at present no demands of this kind will be signed. Unless some check is placed upon this matter it would be easy to run up bills against the muni- cipality of ss0O0 to $10,O00''
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-05
Result of the Row Be- tween Judges Low
 and Campbell.
Significant Remark Made Yes terday by Chief Justice
 Beatty.
The Constitudonality Of Police Courts 2, and May Be
 Tested.

The little unpleasantness between Judges Low and Campbell over the acceptance of a bond by the latter for the release of Sidney Kellett may have far-reaching consequences.
 Judge Low convicted and sentenced Kellett to one year in the County Jail. being six months each on two charges for having burglar tools In his pos session and carrying a concealed weapon. He appealed and Judge Campbell accepted bond for his re- lease. The Sheriff, on the authority of Judge Low, declined to recognize Judge Campbell's order of discharge, and Kellett's attorney, Arthur Mack,
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-05
HE ADMITS THAT HE
 IS GUILTY George Tauchi, Who Shot Mary Castillo,
 Is in Jail. Says That She Fooled Him and He Was
 Desperate. Acknowledges That His Trouble Is More Than He EX-
 pected.
THOUGHT HE TOOK POISON
Dr. FItzgibbon Hurried1y Called to Attend the Supposed Mur-
 derer.

The long looked for Japanese. George Tauchi, who fatally shot Mary Castillo. is now in the City Prison. He was ar rested last evening in a den at 321 O'Farrell street by Detectives Gibson and Wren and Officers Clark and Peshon.
 For many days the officers have been searching boarding houses. ships and all places where the murderer might be slowed. but until last evening nothing had been heard of him.
 Louis Fan. who was present at the time of the shooting, and Y. Yachimi. in whose house Tauchi was hidden, were placed in the tanks at the City Prison and charged on the detention book with having harbored a criminal.
 Early in the evening Officer Hellings arrested two Japanese who were sup posed to have been acquainted with the circumstances of the murder. but they were released as soon as Tauchi was brought in.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-05
MONEY IS VERY SLOW.
Jubilee MonooemeDt Confident of Better Collections in the
 Future.

Tn making preparations for their dis play in the coming golden jubilee cele- bration the Society of California Pio- neerS is taking more pains than it could were the affair entirely entirely representative of their own organiza- tion. At the meeting of the celebra- tion committee yesterday afternoon the design for the float in the jubilee parade was finally accepted The float, which was designed by Andrews and Cannon, the designers of the jubilee parade committees floats, is a repre- sensation of Suffers mill The sur rounding ground, upon which are to be living figures of aborigines and miners, will be portrayed. Within the mill will be the identical saw which was in the mill on January 24, 1848, and has since been among the relics owned by the society.
 Embossed invitations to attend the
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-05

jubilee celebration were yesterday issued to the Mayors of nearly 400 cities Tn the United States by the com mittee on publicity and promotion.
 Many of the members of the finance committee who were present at last nights meeting reported that in their districts they had encountered persons who exhibited letters under which they claimed authority to collect funds for the Golden Jubilee. Chairman Coleman told the members of the com mittee that no one except those who carried the numbered collection books signed by himself, T. J. Parsons (chair- man) and Henry Lunstedt (secretary of the executive committed have au- thority to receive subscriptions for the funds needed for the Golden Jubileee. Chief of Police Lees will be asked to investigate these cases, and the com mittee will prosecute them to the full extent of the law.
 All the committees made f1attering reports of the reception accorded them, and quite a considerable amount of money was paid in. Other committees expect to complete their labors in a few days. The lists so far published do not contain the names of the large corporations which have taken action, and from which returns are daily ex- pected.
 The Natlonal ASSOclduOn or Std- tionary Engineers has informed the Jubilee parade committee that 1t will enter the parade The members will turn out a small traction-engine drawing two coaches, which will con- tain about fifty of their number. The occupants of the coaches will wear the official badge.
 Professor Miehling. marshal of children's day at Golden Gate Park, is forming the programme to be carried out by the schoolgirls under his direc- tion Over 500 will be assembled-one company each from the following schools Horace Mann, Pacific Heights, John Swett, Crocker, Hamil- ton, Franklin, Mission. James Lick and Everett. The exercises will be opened by the entire body drawing up
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-05
She Loves tbe Boy.

Mrs. E. D. Armstrong. young mar ried woman, and Fred Davis. a bell boy in the Baldwin Hotel, F years of age. appeared in Judge CampbelFs court yes terday to answer a charge of living to- gether unlawfully. The woman deserted her husband, J. R. Armstrong, an ex- special officer, about six months ago, and has been living with Davis since then in a lodging house on Powell street She said in court that her husband ill-treated her, and she left him to get Something to do to support her two children Davis she said, had helped her, and was in every way a man, although a boy in years. The case was continued until to- morrow.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-05
To Save Trouble.

Maurice Hartnett, 149 Fair Oaks street, was taken to the Receiving Hospital Monday night and placed in a padded cell, as he was crazy from drinking too much liquor. He made his escape about o'clock yesterday morning. but re- turned at g o'clock perfectly sober and quiet. He said he had gone to take a bath and have something to eat, and came back as he did not wish to get any one. into trouble. pr. Well told him to go home.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-05
Suit for Life Insurance

Leon J. Rose, Robert Bonesteil, Fannie J. Rose Lulu s. Bonestell and Jennie E. Fish, heirs of Jerome B. Fargo, who died in this city on January 5, 1896, have com menced suit against the Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association to recover N0OOO alleged to be due on a life insurance policy held by Jerome B. Fargo at the time of bis death.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-05
INDIGNANT POLITICIANS.
Tbe Peoples Party County Com-
 mittee Pass Resolutions.

At a meeting of the Peoples Party County Committee last night the fol- lowing resolution was passed regarding the last election:
 Resolved, That this committee has con- tinued and unqualified confidence in the integrity and devotion of our said candf. dates, Thomas V. Gator, w. N. GrIswold and T.. H. Hatch, to the principles of the Peoples party, and that we are satisfied that none of them would frame charter in the interests of the corporations. And we also protest against the idea that a city of this size shall at the opening of the twentieth century make a charter which does not provide for the initiative and referendum and ownership of public utilities and public employment of the unemployed.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-05
A Word to the Wise.

The public in general should keep an eye upon the Pattosien Company's Fur niture Store, cor. 16th and Mission sts. They will see a surprise next Saturdav. remember next Saturday.!
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-05
Ia Cure c Cold ln One Dew.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinins 'sablets All druggists refund the money if it fa.Is to cure 25c. The genuine has L. B. c. on each tablet
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-05
Miss Franks Lecture,

Miss Franks Lecture. Miss Ray Frank will deliver a lecture tomorrow afternoon at the residence of Mrs. Leon Sloss, 1516 Van Ness avenue. The address will be entitled "The Gift of the Gods"
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-12-20
AS Il Preliminary.

SIN choosing bridesmaids" said the
young girl who was about to be mar
ried, reading from her favorite home
paper, zone should take pains to select
girls with gracefully poised heads who
walk we'll"
Just as her mother was about to COM
mend this very excellent idea, the old
gentleman gave a scornful snort and
broke into the conversation.
''We'll have q cake walk as q prelim-
mary test" was all he said. But it
was enough. They refused to speak
to him for two days, at the expiration
of which time they were in need of
Post.