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The San Francisco call., 1899-01-02
Father Niordan at St. Ignatius.

An interesting and instructive sermon
was delivered by Rev. Father Riordan,
president of Santa Clara College, last
evening at st. Ignatus Church on the
subject of New Years day The main
address was prefXed with a short dis
course on the subject suggested by the
gospel of the day. In the expansion of
the many thoughts brought to mind by
the annual commemoration of the first
day in the new year the preacher re-
viewed the work Of the Jesuit community
of the past, expressing the hope that
interests of the church will continue their
good work during the course OF the new
year. The many recol1ections of loved
ones who have disappeared from the con-
gregation during the past year were
pathetically referred to and the necessity
OF a strict conformance to the duties Of
the Catholic religion, that all may be
prepared to answer the call Of death, was
emphasized. At the conclusion of the SER
mon solemn benediction was celebrated.
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I'm S put he did not answer me. He was
not n al all excited. Then | bent over Jim
siu aiI asked him several times who shot
MN nm. lie tried to talk, but could not. His
tnroat was filled with blood. l asked him
II lynn fired the shot, and he said y es'
some one called a hack and Jim was
man also entered the cab and we were
arlyen home. We could not get a doctor.
anu the patrol wagon was sent for and
I'm I'm was taken to the Receiving Hospital.
Durlng the ride home Jim kept trying to
tank, but L could not understand what he
wanted TO say. l did not see a pistol in
Hymns hand, but 1 believe he did the
When the detectives went to the saloon
Yesterday forenoon they could not learn
VINO was present when the shooting oc-
CURED. The bartender on watch alleged
entire ignorance of everything. He did
not even know where his employers lived
1he officers threatened to lock up the
place, and, presto! Sullivan's abiding
place was quickly disclosed. He was in
bed at his room at 3l5 Mason street.
Sullivan told the detectives he knew
nothing of the shooting. His evasion Oh
questions was so marked that Detective
Dillon requested him to go to police head
quarters. Sullivan was taken before cap
tain Seymour. and his unwillingnesS 10
give information and hls effort 10 thIoW
dust in the eyes of the officers resulted IN
his own Imprisonment. He was nut in the
tanks and held as witness captain
Seymour then ordered the arrest OF every
CURED, and several officers went out look
ing for them.
Sullivan had the remarkable nerve to
declare he did not know the name OF any
person who was in his saloon yesterday
morning He contradicted Della Richard
sons statement that he was near Gal
lagher when she. came INTO the rear or
the saloon after the second shot was fired,
and he denied knowing Gallagher or
Flynn until he was cornered and 1t was
shown. he was on intimate terms with
both.
All the people connected with the scrape
are known to the police, and some of
them have records. The saloon where the
crime was committed is the resort of the
vicious of both sexes who make their
living by dubious means. Jim Gallagher,
the dead man, bore the reputation of be-
ing a bad man." He was one of the
cinct of the Forty-third Assembly Dis
trict on election day, and was arrested
on a warrant sworn out by VIII Ashe for
striking him with brass knuckles
Mike" Flynn, whose right name is
John, is a partner of Billy Gallagher.
brother Of the dead man, in the saloon at
the corner of Grant avenue and Morton
street. About ten years ago Flynn was
convicted Of robbery and sent to the
House of Correction for two years. He
was slated for the position of bailiff in
Police Judge Treadwells court. and ex-
pected to go into office to-day. He is
the brother-in-law of Police Officer Ma
gee.
Della Richardson is the divorced wife
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ELECTED FROM
THEIR HOME ON
NEW YEARS DAY
Sad Misfortune of the
Hurst Family.
FAIL TO PAY THEIR RENT
FURNITURE AND CLOTHING IN
THE STREET.
FAIL TO PAY THEIR RENT
FURNITURE AND CLOTHING IN
THE STREET.
Mrs. jeremiah O'Connor Is Dumb to
All Entreaty and Coldly Re-
fuses to Allow Them
Shelter.

Mrs. jeremiah O'Connor, the owner of
the premises situated at the corner Of
Julia and Minna streets, commenced the
new year yesterday by turning Charles
w. Hurst, his wife and two children into
the streets because they were unable to
pay the past months rent. Their furni-
ture and clothing were thrown on the
sidewalk, where they now remain, a
ruined heap as a result of exposure to
the heavy rain that came down in tor
rents yesterday morning and afternoon.
Hurst, who is candymaker by trade,
has been i'll for some months and conse-
quently has been physically unable to
work at his business. He has accepted
odd jobs around the various theaters but
even this work he had to abandon owing
to his falling health.
1t is alleged by the neighbors that Mrs.
O'Connor has prosecuted Hurst ever since
the time his rent became overdue. 1t is
stated as a fact that the usual rent of
IS so that Hurst paid for the, three rooms
which he and his family occupied at 1912
Julia street was recently raised to $25
simply as a pretext to turn him into the
street the landlady knowing that he had
no money and that his little family was
almost starving.
When seen yesterday afternoon Mrs.
O'Connor gave as an excuse for ejecting
pay, adding ironically that she didn't care
for Hurst anyway, as he was absolutely
mo good; that he was noted for his
faculty of attempting to beat every
the least dealings with. This is positively
denied, however. by the neighbors who
were intimately acquainted with the un-
fortunate man. They give Mrs. O'Connor
the reputation of being of a quarrelsome
and meddlesome nature and assert that
she is constantly trying to find fault with
all her tenants on the least provocation.
Where the members of the Hurst family
or ic n q
completely disappeared since they were
elected from their home. 1t is thought
by some that they are being cared for by
the Salvation Army as one of it's repre-
sentatives called upon them shortly be-
fore the Sheriff and his men began the
work of removing their property to the
street Their clothes and furniture are
still where they were thrown in a heap
under the supervision of the O'Connor
woman.
In all probability the unfortunate fam
lily will be assisted by one of the char
table institutions of the city until Hurst
Is able to resume his work
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"N|NETY-N|NE"
USHERED IN
STR|K|NCLY
Jupiter Pluvius Makes
a Welcome Call.
THE TRAGEDIES OF A DAY
TEMPEsTUoUS OPENING OF THE
YEAR IN THIS CITY.
Four Suicides, a Murder and a Fire
the Record-Special Services
of Music in All the
Churches.
THE TRAGEDIES OF A DAY
TEMPESTUoUS OPENING OF THE
YEAR IN THIS CITY.

There were many hoarse voices and
tired lungs nursed by the men and women
Yesterday who on the previous night had
contributed their share to the deafening
noise with which the new year was ush-
cred in. AS the years go by the noise
seems to gain in volume and the carnival
spirit, ever present, seems to take on
more robust form. With all this the fun,
which is fast and furious, results in no
bodily injuries. The custom of masking
developed unexpected proportions.
The new year was not favored with the
customary California weather Instead
of the sunshine with which the first day
is usually introduced there came the more
welcome showers to moisten the earth
and give fresh impetus to the growth of
grass and trees and the eschscholtzia,
yellow-petaled emblem of California.
The inclemency of the weather pre-
cluded any holiday making, so people
settled down by comfortable hearth
stones. Under the spell of the glowing
Goals new leaves were turned over In the
book of life and good resolutions recorded
for observance during the. year TO come;
The streets were practically deserted
during the day, giving an unnatural quiet
to the city The custom of making New
Years calls on a large scale seemed to
have fallen into disuse. owing f,9 & TO abuses NI;
classes of society kept open-house and
many entertained lavishly.
The day was not without ITS tragedies.
One unfortunate ended his life on the
stroke of twelve by shooting himself.
Four others followed his pitiful example
before the sun went down. IN addition
TO these there was the inevitable murder,
result Of a saloon brawl where dulled
senses were quick to resent fancied III.
suit. BY a curious coincidence the TRACE
dies of the day were the same In number
and character as those enacted Just ayear
ago. To complete the resemblance
general alarm of fire was sounded late
in the afternoon for connagrauon
down in the manufacturing district.
Religious services in honor of the new
wear were celebrated generally in the
Churches throughout the city. In many
nIaces of worship the ceremony was
similar TO that solemnized on Christmas
day particularly in the rendition. of spe-
cialiy arranged programmes Oh sacred
music. - o, -,
Vespers and benediction followed IN the
evening and concluded the services in
All At St. Maryis Cathedral an eloquent
sermon was delivered by Archbishop
Riordan before great congregation.
The usual text, cited from the gospel OF
the day, was set aside for the appro-
priate subject of New Years day and
the happenings and sorrow which are in
passes into a memory and the new is
ushered in burdened with the uncer-
tainty of fate.
In expanding this thought the preacher
reviewed the changes that have been
wrought in the old year and spoke of
those which will come during the course
of the new. He dwelt pathettcally on
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tute individuals, whose manifold miseries
are accentuated by the holiday joys Of
the more fortunate ones, in sheer desper-
alton end their lives. Then, too, the Gus
tom Of getting drunk to celebrate the de-
parture OF year almost invariably leads
some one TO do murder.
The Morgue wagon was running oil day
yesterday and strangely, the number of
sudden deaths was the same as January
!, 1898. Five cases, one a murder, were re-
ported during the day.
Mike" Flynn killed Jim Gallagher in
an O'Farrell-street saloon; James Barry
ended his earthly troubles with a bullet;
Maurice Dean severed his jugular with
q razor; Theodore NJ. Bracker, died Of all
cohollsm and an unknown man was found
dead in a Kearny y-street lodging house.
About a. m. yesterday Jim Gallagher,
the eX-pugillst, was shot by Mike"
Flynn in Sullivan & Raggets Olympia sa-
loon, at 1l3 O'FarreN street. Gallagher
died at the Receiving Hospital at $50
The bullet penetrated the left lung near
the heart.
Detectives Dillon and Cody are working
on the case, but their efforts to get the
details of the crime have so far been
thwarted by the evident desire on the
part Of all concerned to protect the man
accused of the murder Two Witnesses
Della Richardson GallagheT's sweet
heart and Jerry Sullivan; one of the own
eIs OF the saloon-are held at the City
HrjSOn ~ witnesses.
Sullivan, although he was tending bar
when the shooting occurred, denies all
knowledge OF it. The pistol used cannot
be found. and Flynn refuses to utter one
word about the case. Della Richardson
mas told all she knows. of the affair but
she was not in the room when the murder
was committed.
in u hack and taken. to his room at 1055
Howard street, a lodging house kept by
Della Richardsons S mother. He bled pro-
fusely. and q doctor could not be OBJ
tained, so he was taken TO the Receiving
Hospital, where he died. Before he was
removed from Sullivan & Raggets saloon
the wounded man told his girl that Flynn
IS as follows:
Jim Gallagher and were in the sa-
loon on O'Farreli street several hours.
We had several drinks. Jerry Sullivan,
one of the pTOprietorS, served the liquor
to us behind the portieres which separate
the rear Of the saloon from the side bar.
short time before the shooting Mike
Elynn iOined us. Jim and | were quar-
relng. and Flynn interfered
II did not want TO see any trouble, and
as the quarrel did not amount to any
thing ] went into the toilet. / thought
got aways a moment after / left tile room
. ] heard pistol shot and went back. CAL
lagher was standing up. i thought the
pistol shot was only a bluff, and | again
left the room. In about two minutes an
other shot sounded, and ! pushed the
door open and saw Jim lying on the floor,
his face and neck covered with blood.
FLYNN and Sullivan were the only men
near him. There were seven or eight men
IN the front of the saloon, but none of
them came back where we were. I turned
to Flynn and asked him why he killed
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-02
SWEENEY WAS ANGRY.
How the New Police Judge Was I'm
pCsed Upon BY "Iks' Willis.

Dene Smith, the noted female pickpock-
ct who was arrested Saturday night for
vagrancy, but Immediately released on
her own recognizance, was re-arrested
last evening. Learning that he had been
imposed upon Judge Sweeney counter
manded his former order releasing the
woman, and instructed Captain Spillane
to take her into custody again. He also
fixed her bond at $1,000, which is unusual
In Vagrancy case.
Sweeney says that man named Ike
Willis, who is employed around the JUS
tees Court, informed him that he had
been sent by County Clerk Deane to get
an order for the release of the woman.
Not knowing at the time that she was the
notorious piclpocket, he readily signed
the order for her release
County Clerk Deane is incensed that
Willis should have used his name In i'm
posing on Judge Sweeney, and threatens
to read the riot act' to Willis as soon
as he meets him.
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New Years Drunks.

considerable diminution in the number of
"drunks'' arrested by the police New
Years morning. Judge Sweeney was at
the prison yesterday morning and dis
charged sixty-ive men and women who
had imbibed too freely. The Judge gave
some of them timely advice and several
at his request promised to swear off for
year. At the Receiving Hospital the
cases treated were comparatively few and
trifling in nature, being as a rule the re-
suit of fight or fall. The only excep
ton was the case Of James Gallagher.
who was shot In saloon at 113 O'Farreli
street and died
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Your q and Drunx.

Carl Chilgren. aged Y years, living at
521 Stevenson street, was found helplessly
drunk on Stevenson street last evening.
He was accompanied by two other bows
who claimed they had met him stagger-
ing along Jones street near Eddy, and
decided to take him home.
The helpless boy was Immediately re-
moved to the Receiving Hospital where
DR. Tormey relieved him of the LIQUOR
with the aid of a stomach pump To-day
an effort will be made to ascertain where
he procured the intoXicant.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-02
BLOOD FLOWED
DURING NEW
YEARS. REVELS
Many Violent Deaths,
One a Murder.
BUSY DAY AT THE MORGUE
"JIM' GALLAGHER KILLED BY
"MIKE" FLYNN.
Mysterious End of Thos Mcfarland.
Three Suicides and One Death
From Alcoholism Make
-. Work for Coroner.
Jim" GALLAGHER KILLED BY
"MIKE" FLYNN.

+ \ undercurrent Of tragedy seems to
II flow with the stream of fun and hi
~ larity which surges through the
= l. streets Of San Francisco on New
ears. So marked is this sinister coinci-
cence that the police and Morgue officials
always prepare for q busy day on the
st Of January. This Is not mere supersti-
ton.
-irns Of an unequal battle against
mahgn fate many respondent and desti-
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Business" the Subject.

The meeting Of the Theosophical Soci-
ETY., which was held last evening in the
building of the Academy of Sciences. was
a public one and there was a large atten-
dance The subject of the evening was
Business" and the speaker was Mr..
Julius Oettl. He handled his subject in a
logical and concise style and was given
the closest attention.
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and other toys during the holidays:
Bracker was a native Of Maryland and
aged 28 years.
The body of James Barry, whose sui
eide was reported in yesterdays Call, oc-
cupied a slab at the Morgue, and early in
the morning Jim Gallagher's remains
were brought in from the Receiving Hos
pital.
About 10 o'clock Maurice Dean, ship
joiner and native of England, aged As
years drew a razor across his throat in
his room at 376 Lexington avenue. He
severed the jugular vein and made sue
IL oNrit
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the subject of the faithful Catholics in
away into the great unknown since the
last celebration of New Years and spoke
of the inevitable call of death that will
probably claim many of the congregation
present at yesterdays services. In view
of this uncertainty the preacher en-
phasized the necessity of a strict con-
formance with duty demanded by the
Catholic church from all of its members.
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Of Percy Glover. and her associates were
nearly all vicious characters. Before Cal
lagher died he told Police Sergeant Dono-
van he shot himself. But the fact that no
pistol has been found and the immediate
surrender of Flynn after the shooting
clearly indicate that this is not a case OF
suicide The police believe Jerry Sullivan
disposed of the weapon of death The
murdered man was a widower. Two chill
dren survive him.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-02
A New Year Dance.

The entertainment and social at the
Temple on Turk street last night, which
concluded with a dance, was a most en-
joyable affair. 1t was under the auspices
Of the Progressive Social Club. A large
number of people enjoyed the dance,
which was kept up until a late hour.
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THE NEW CORONER
DR.. Ed E. Hill Takes Charge Of the
Morpue

DR.. William J. Hawkins turned over the
keys of the Morgue to DR.. Edmund E.
Hill at IL o'clock last night. With wishes
of success the retiring doctor surrendered
the city property to his successor and the
new deputies took charge of the office.
The deputies who will have charge Of
the office for the next year are: P. ]. Nc
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Railroad Commissioners.

The new Railroad Commissioners, C. S.
Laumeister. n. Blackstock and e. b.
IEdston, will meet the old Commissioners
at the office In the Chronicle building at
noon to-day to exchange accounts. Com
missioner Blackstock is in the city and
stopping at the Grand Hotel with his wife.
They were, among a few others, the
guests of Commissioner Laumeister and
MS ms WE a. a. Laew ItI etiiiier party at
missioner Edston was to be one of the
party. but he was called to Sacramento
on important business.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-02

IN Loveland Colorado there Park who
gagged merchandising he calls his place the Golden Rule
opportunity this gentleman fails
Rpans give his experience with the which
he relates follows: fully twenty-five years have been
ahma AS general thing throughout the winter have to re-
days each month have suf
eed great daye all the precautions might take did not keep
terrible attacks About eighteen months
commenced taking RIPANS TABULES regulate my stomach
bilious temperament and become bilious
sure have The Tabues keeps stomach all
right have been confined the house
curedbut the attacks very slight use
average Sunday Wednesday
on Friday"
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Cormick, John F. Gately John D. Sullivan
and George Lacombe. Dr. John L. Zabala
is the new autopsy surgeon; DIR. Crack
ton chemist; John d. Highland, stenog-
rapher, and John J. Flanagan, messen-
ger. First Deputy Gately stood the morn
ing watch.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-02

Lurline Salt Water Baths,
Bush and LarlSin sts Swimming, Russian, hot
and cold tub baths Saltwater direct from ocean.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-13
POLITICAL POINTERS.

Interest In the election in the First
and Third wards is daily increasing.
In the former Mr.. Fishers chances to
be elected school director are very
bright and Mr.. McNelis is proving a
formidable candidate for council. Both
men are strong in their own party and
have assurances of much Republican
help. A similar condition OF affairs ey-
lists in the Third, where Mr.. Bachman
is said to be gaining daily.
With but little over a week to heal up
differences, the Republican factions of
Foster township are as far apart today
as they were Immediately after the con-
vention. The opposition to the candi-
dates appears to be too deep-seated to
be removed during the coming week,
and the Democrats look forward with
great hopes of success on election day.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-13

The state department, after mature
consideration, has declined to recognize
the claim Of the Austro- Hungarian
government for indemnity an account
OF the Hungarian strikers killed by
Sheriff Martins posse at Lattimer on
September 10, 1897. The claim has
been pending for many months upon
basis of report filed with the state
department by Robert d. Coke, the rep
resentative of the Austro- Hungarian
government.
The departments action is based
npon special opinion prepared by Soil
citor w. l.. Penfeld, covering the entire
field of national responsibility ia such
cases of mob violence or rioting, which
probably will form the basis of future
decisions in that line.
In his position Solicitor Penfeld goes
over so much of the evidence produced
upon the trial of Sheriff Martin as SEEM
ed to be necessary to establish the facts
briefly and then concludes with n state
meqt Of the principles by which the de-
partment Of state is bound.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-13

bill which is something similar to the
McCarrell bill. The Magee bill has
been favorably reported from tho COM
mittee and is ready for first reading in
the senate. 1t is estimated that this
bill may supplant the McCarrell bill
should it be found that the latter will
not be able to get through the house.
A resolution has passed the house
endorsing President McKinley's views
on the expansion question aud inviting
him to Harrisburg as the guest of the
state
Israel Durham, newly appointed in
surance commissioner, is anxious to
have his salary increased, so he has had
new bill introduced into the legis ature
requiring insurance companies to file
semi-annual reports at $40 a report.
This would increase the salary of the
commissioner from $4,000 to 81. 600
yearly.
There are corporations doing business
in Pennsylvania. known as fast freight
lines" that have millions of dollars in
vested, and yet the records of the treas
ury department do not show that these
corporations have paid taxes as required
by law. A resolution was offered in the
seuate requesting that there shall be a
com mmittee appointed to examine care
fully into this matter and make report
by March Is.
No bills have yet reached the execu-
tive. A few resolutions received his
signature last week. There have been
hundreds of bills presented a few passed
the senate and few the house, but as
yet none is in any way near becoming a
law. Nissley.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-13
CHURCH CHIMES.

Bishop Stephen NJ. Kaminsky, OF ths
Independent Catholic Church, formerly
a resident of this county, who was ar
rested recently, charged with altering a
promissory note, was discharged on Fri
day at Buffalo after the court had heard
his side Of the case
fastnacht social will be held in the
basement Of st. Johns Reformed church
on Tuesday evening by the Ladies' Aid
Society. Refreshments will be served
gratis. At the close silver collection
will be taken up.
Reys. NJ. ]. Fallihee and Charles
Pajchisak, of Freeland, and Rev.
Thomas Brehony, of Ecklsy, attended
the funeral of Bishop O'Hara at Scran-
ton on Thursday.
Rev. Carl Houser has made arrange
ments to hold services in Milnesville NJ.
E. church for the benefit of the Slavo-
nian Lutherans of that vicinity.
Rev. J. J. Kuntz will lecture on
Marriage and Divorce" before the
Luther League of Mauch Chunk on
Thursday evening.
Wednesday next is the first day OF
Lent.