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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
CITES CHINESE
FOR CONTEMPT
Presidents of Six Com
panies to Appear
in Court.

At the request of Attorney H. II. Nc
Closkey Police Judge Cabaniss yesterday
Afternoon issued citations for the men gov
erning the Chinese Six Companies to ap-
pear in court next Monday morning to
show cause why they should not be pun
ished for contempt of court. Their names
are Dare Song, president of the Hop Wo
Company; Ching Fung Jew, president Of
the Yin Wah Company; Jew Ne Quong,
president of the Sam Yup Company; Nah
Bo Lun, president of the Ming Yuen Com
pany; Woo Cling Ny, president of the Yin
Hoy Company, and Ching LeOng, secre-
tary of the Six Companies.
McCloskey is defending Woo Shuck,
who is charged with robbery at the store
of Wo Sing 726 Dupont street, on the
binders broke into the store and during
fight one of the prOprietOrs was twice
shot. Wong Kee and Gee Chung Fung
were arrested, tried and convicted of the
robbery and are now serving their SEN
fences Woo Shuck was arrested in Port
land last month and brought here on
August % by Detective Ed. Gibson. His
preliminary hearing is pending before
Judge Cabaniss.
On September 5 a notice was posted on
the walls throughout Chinatown bearing
the seal of the Chinese Six Companies,
which after referring to Woo Shuck's
arrest for the robbery at Wo Sings store
said:
No matter of what color he is. or who he
is, We forbid any party or parties. openly or
the defendant or in any way to assist in clear
ing him. We regard the parties who defend
the defendant as robbers themselves and we
will endeavor to prosecute and punish the party
or parties who aid the defendant for the same
offense according to our regulations.
McCloslxey presented an affidavit in court
yesterday afternoon reciting these facts
and claiming that under the Penal Code
the men governing the Chinese Six Com
panies were unlawfully interfering with
the process and proceeding of the court
thereby rendering themselves guilty of
contempt. The affidavit also alleged that
among the Chinese in'this city were many
relatives of the defendant, who by rea-
son of the mandate of the Six Companies
were afraid to assist him in his defense
because the meaning of the mandate was
that all persons would be dealt with ac-
cording to the Chinese custom of taking
of life and confiscation of property.
It was further alleged that the Chinese
Six Companies were familiar with the
laws of the State and the laws relating to
contempt of court as they had the law
firm of Chickering & Gregory to advise
them and Mr.. Carr of that firm was sne
ciaIly prosecuting Woo Shuck, therefore
their interference in the case was done
knowingly and with the intent to intimf-
date the witnesses for the defense.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
JEALOUS BRIDE
USES REVOLVER
Mrs. Gladys Y. Welker
Ends Life With
a Bullet.
Suicides Husband Says She
Often Threatened to
Kill Herself.

Jealousy prompted Mrs. Gladys V.
WeIker, wife of Carl NJ. Welker. one of
the proprietors of the Headlight saloon,
324 Pacific street, 10 shoot herself early
yesterday morning at her residence, sos
Hyde street. She aimed at her heart.
and though the bullet passed through her
body slightly below that organ. the shock
and internal hemorrhage caused her
death at O'Clock p. m.
Shortly before o'clock Policeman
Burkholder was notified by Welker that
his wife had shot herself. When Burk-
holder went to the house he found Mrs.
Welker lying on the floor of her bedroom
with a bullet hole in her left breasts A
revolver was lying on the floor beside
her and on examining il the officer dis
covered that one chamber had just been
discharged. Mrs. Welker was sent to the
Central Emergency Hospital in the ambu-
lance and police headquarters were mott
led.
Detective Cody accompanied by Detec-
tive Coleman and Assistant District At
torney Ward. went 10 the hospital, and
the woman made a statement TO the ef-
feet that her husband came home about
O'Clock in the morning, but they had no
quarrel She took the revolver and SCOT
herself IN the left breast once. The re-
VOlver belonged to her, and she took il on
The top Of tie folding bed. She did not
know Of any cause for shooting herself
except that she just wanted to take her
life. Her husband was not responsible
for il in the least
Detective Cody ordered that Welker be
detained in custody, and he was kept in
the City Prison till yesterday afternoon.
when he was released by order of Chief
Whitman He made a statement that his
wife was Jealous and had often threatened
70 shoot herself. When he got home the
revolver was on top Of the folding bed.
and his wife took IL and shot herself be
fore he could prevent her. They did not
have a quarrel before the shooting.
Mrs. Welker's maiden name was
Mackay She had lived with Welker for a
year, but they were married aboutekhree
weeks ago Mrs Hunter. the landlady.
contradicts both husband and wife by
stating that they had a quarrel prior to
the shooting.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
NAMES OF PROSPECTIVE
GRAND JURORS ARE DRAWN
Selection Will Be Made From List
Made Up of Prominent
Citizens

new Grand Jury. to serve until jan
uary of next year, will be selected by
Judge Murasky tomorrow. The nineteen
members will be selected from the follow
ing list of thirty citizens which was drawn
by Judge Murasky yesterday:
John, J. Lynch. 1923 stockton; Wendell Eas-
ton. e3S Market; T. L. Henderson, II Mont
gomery; Scott Elder. 800 Sansome; j. NJ Rey-
nolds 1913 Laguna; A. J. Raisch. 20 Mont
gomery; f. f. Baruth 1876 McAlIister; J. w.
Harris, 23O6 California; G. r. Lucy. 123 Cal
horniai Lyman Wolf 144T Buchanan; Jere-
miah Mahoney 129 Croker building; John F.
Sfebe ply Sacramento; Henry Gray. 3 Cali
fornia; James O'Connor 217 Mason; c. S.
Benedict. 32S Valencia; J. A. Wilson, Abs
Twenty-hrst street; Daniel O'Connell, 400 Cali
fornia; Peter Johnson 625 Vallejo; Henry e.
Coffey $50 Market w. E. Davis 25O1 Scott;
Daniel OCallaghan III Davis; ]. A. Shook,
204l Broadway Charles Stalman 1742 Fell;
Harry NJ Kelly 357 Hayes; z. ]. Benedict,
32S Valencia; A. Sbarboro, 51S Montgomery
G. NJ Plum 1901 Market; w. H. Nolan, 1106
Eddy; Thomas Mahoney 301 Phelan building
Thomas w. Collins 1924 Union.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
CLAIMS MONEY ADVANCED
ON A MYTHICAL ACCOUNT
P. B. Lydia Secures a Warrant for
the Arrest of E. D. Beattie, a

p. B. Lydia. $50 Pine street. secured
a warrant from Police Judge Cabaniss
yesterday for the arrest OF E. D. Beattie
on a charge Of obtaining money by false
pretenses. He alleges that Beattie called
at his Office on July >. representing him
self as the president and manager Of the
Beattie Printing Company, 800 Sansome
street, and stated that the Alaska Pack
ers' Association owed him a bill of S525
for printing.
Beattie said he wanted money, but as
the bill Of the Alaska Packers Associa-
tion did not become due till September
IS he could not collect the money till that
date. He offered TO assign the bill to
Lydia. who advanced him $500, the re-
naming So being allowed for commission
and interest Lydia called upon the Alas
ka- Pa ckers' Association on September Is
and presented the bin but was informed
that the association did not owe the Beat
tie Printing Company cent for printing
or anything else
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
CORNICE WORKERS TAKE
TROUBLE INTO COURT
Sue for Writ of Mandate Compelling
Building Trades Council to
Reinstate Them.

The courts have been called upon to
settle the differences between the Cornice
Workers Union No. 104 and the Building
Trades Council. Yesterday suit for a
writ of mandate compelling the council
to restore the union to membership was
filed by Congressman julius Kahn. The
plaintiff in the action is Harry Costen,
secretary of the cornice workers.
The row had its inception last January,
when the Building Trades Council ex-
PEELED the cornice workers. 1t was
claimed at the time by the mechanics
that the expulsion was without warrant
and contrary to the rules of the council,
in that they were not given a chance to
make any defense or show cause why
they should be allowed to affiliate with
that body. 1t is on these grounds that
the suit for the writ of mandate is based
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
NEW BANK is
A GREAT SUCCESS

A new bank-the Commercial Bank and
Trust Coon Powell, near Market, has
proved very popular. 1t has doubled its
deposits within three months, a fine show
ing for young institution. General r. H
Warfield is president and G. r. Z. Max
well, who for twenty years was connected
with the First National Bank. is cashier
The list of shareholders discloses such
names as o. F. Won Rhein. the real estate
man. NJ ]. Keller, the Market-street mer-
chant; Henry B. Russ. Hon. W. H Al
ford, DR.. Charles Boxton, Z. p Heald.
Hon. F. H. Gould, J. u. Hastings, F. c.
Immel, Principal Frank Morton of the
Lowell High School, Ex-Surveyor General
Reichert. R. J. Montgomery, Quincy A
Chase, Byron Mauzy, II. j. Curtaz, w F.
and Blanche NJ Burbank, owners of the
two hundred others well known in bust
ness circles.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
Roumanian Interpreter.

The United States Civil Service Com
mission announces an examination at San
Francisco October q for the position OF
Interpreter (Roumanian and Slavic i'm
Age limit % years or over. Persons who
Iesire TO compete should apply TO the
United States Civil Service Commission
Washington. d. C. or to the secretary OF
fhe Consolidated Board Of Civil Service
Examiners. 301 Jackson street, for appli-
cation forms 304 and 1141. which should
be properly executed and filed with the
commission at Washington.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
Accused of Striking Females.

Mrs A. E. Peters. 1870 Turk street Sc
cured a warrant from Police Judge Mo-
gan yesterday for the arrest of George
Hayden, VINO Keeps milk depot next
door, on a charge of battery. She said
that Hayden came into her house on Tues
day night and said man had made an
insulting remark to him over the phone
Mrs. Peters replied that there was no
man in the house and she alleges that
Hayden struck her two daughters and
barGolf
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
Held for Robbery.

the Superior Court by Police Judge Fritz
yesterday on a charge of robbery in 5000
bonds. He is accused of knocking down
Louis Larsen and robbing him of so cents
at New Montgomery and Howard streets
last Sunday morning with a companion
who made his escape.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24

appetites of a regiment of hungry men.
The feast was displayed in the room
where the body of Tom King Yung lay
and In the adjacent chambers. The edi-
! bles were not for human consumption but
were intended TO prOpitiate the evil spirits
that might pursue the soul of the dead
man on his journey to the eternal abode
At the noon hour the streets adjacent
to the consulate were black with human
1 ity. Thousands of Chinese gathered on
the sidewalks and there were crowds of
white people, attracted by curiosity. On
all sides could be heard the rattle and
bang Of the Chinese musicians stationed
in the various josshouses, where services
for Tom King Yung were being held
1t was nearly l p. m. before the signal
was given for the funeral pageant to
start. Ahead rode three mounted police
officers, followed by white and blue robed
priests on horseback and a white military
band playing a dirge. Dozens of blue
CARRIED mourners of the powerful Tom
family, to which the deceased belonged
followed in twos. They carried decorated
wands, on top of which were Chinese
characters.
Then came two dozen lads. dressed in
Chinese letters telling of the rank of the
deceased
CoRTEGE IS A LONG. ONE.
4ACoC WClt lOllOWtu ny lOIlB line VI
priests of the various companies and
tongs, the priests being dressed in blue,
white and black.
The remains of the deceased were borne
|. in hearse drawn by six black horses,
heavily dra9ed. The casket was hidden
from view by a cover of flowers which
! fitted over It.
Eight white-robed priests marched. slow
| ly beside the hearse. and then came four
| incense carriers. bearing wands across
their shoulders from which depended the
silver incense pots from the josshouses.
riderless horse was next in line in
the procession, and then appeared the
Consul General. his staff, the officials of
the Six Companies and hundreds OF mer-
chants of Chinatown, all CARRIED in long
blue gowns
One hundred and twenty-five carriages
made up the rear of the pageant. man
riding with the driver of each vehicle and
throwing paper money on all sides.
The funeral dirge of the military band
was almost drowned by the many Chinese
musicians who rode in carriages. The
clash of the cymbals and the shrill pip
ing of the flute players lent a vivid air of
Oriental realism to the scene The pro-
Stockton street to Pacific and thence to
Dupont, following the length of Dupont
street to Post.
At Post street the foot of the procession
was halted and the Consul General, the
officials Of the Six Companies, the rela-
tives and friends and the priests and
professional mourners entered the car
riages and the cortege proceeded to Mar-
ket street and to the Chinese Cemetery
at San Mateo.
PRoPITIATE EVIL SPIRITS.
1t was close to o'clock ere the funeral
party arrived at the cemetery. There
the priests held their weird service around
the coffin in which lay the body of Tom
King Yung. Clouds of smoke from In
cense and punk sticks were waited toward
fhe skv the feast waa disulaved +ba
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
Special Sheets 45c.

White ones for double beds
(76xoo inches). They're those sheets
with seams in the center. First time
we have heard of them being as cheap
as 45c.
Not many of them Only 24o.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
Enameled Ware
Sale Continues.

Double coated-just like putting
two coats of paint on house. And
the prices lower than you have been
used to paying for single coated.
This is an opportunity economical
housekeepers should not miss.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
MerCeriZed Sateen
PettiCOatS.
can't come to the store.

SOC, 6oc, csc and up to SI.o5.
They're extra values we are putting
out just now-new styles and well
made Even the SOC ones have a
deep hounce trimmed with French
rufhe.
The 6oc ones have deep ACCORDION
pleated rufhe.
The csc ones have a knife pleated
rufhe. Another style at csc has three
fancy hemstitched rufhes. And so
they go on up to the $I.o5 ones. in
which the hounce is extra deep, trim
med with four one-inch folds of the
same material. They're all roomy
and literally made.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
Cigar Maker Kills himself.

John c. Held committed suicide early
Yesterday morning in Golden Gate Park
by swallowing carbolic acid. He was
cigar-maker and roomed at 10 Polk street
On the body was found the following
note:
September % 1908
This is my own act and nobody else is to
blame. l die regrettlng only that lived
Good by to ALL JOHN c. HELD.
Held had been sick for a long time and
was unable to continue at His work.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
Old Soldier Dies While in Tail

SAN JOSE, Sept. 23.-Miles NJ. Pouch
an old soldier, died suddenly in the COM
ty Jail last night from heart diseass
caused by alcoholism. He was serving !
sentence of $50 days imprisonment FOR
petty larceny.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
TeapOts

On the bargain table this morning.
3oc-Regular value, 45c.
4oc-Regular value, Coo.
6oc-Regular value, 85c.
They're decorated jet English tea
pots in new fancy shapes and neatest
effects of the season in floral ideas;
some in dainty lace effects. They're
all new. They're all out for the first
time this morning at these specia;
prices.
Stems were out yesterday and will
be to-day at 38c, 6oc and osc. New
ones we just got, which we can sell at
much less than we ever sold before.
Will you share our good fortune?
1A2ZeS
A~0o0o o00oaD
Market Street, Near Sixth
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
In Black Dress Goods.

Particular attention is called to
Hale's sponged and shrunken chew
lots at 75c. They are all wool, 81
inches wide.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24

The table linen sale can't
stop. Values are talking more
bersnaSiVely than eVer.
First one is a damask at 2Ic.
Then linen-and-cotton ones at 33e.
And soc white linen is 4oc.
A mercerized damask is soc.
Pattern cloths are cheaper. sc.
SI.Iz, SLIGO. Those fine soft German
ones, all linen and silver bleached.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
12Hc Percales TIC.

They're not all sold yet. but they
won't last long 1t isn't often one
can save SC yard on such standard
goods, and especially when market
prices are as high as they are now.
But here they are. SO inches wide.
white grounds, striped and figured
patterns.
"HER LADYSHLP COR
SET" 1GIH add materially to the
appearance of yo1sr nez0 fall
Srtit.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
HALE'S.
HALE'S.
Is the lining. Hais's rs the place I'd
GisctS \ SWM> gent SEC yard.
AIlOver EmbrOiderieS Csc, Sc I'd.

Who of buying aover embroiderles at 2c-i9
and inches wide? OF they have au Dug you VIII
be glad overlook that when you the pretty patterns you
getting.
the lawn Others have
they perfect would and Csc yard o. -
the SSc lot sell at and up
mbnc dainty open and od tened
OF eOrouey yoke
whole
Department will send these goods you II you
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
Black Peau de Sole S1.OO.

Something specially good; 70
inches wide Both sides are the same.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24

Our reliability and honesty make our CUSTOM
ers friends Mysell-Rollins. % Clay, print.rz-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24

All skin complaints quickly succumb to
the use of Koenigstein's Red Salve.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
FEAST Is ELABoRATE.
attache 81 the Chinese legation !

The feast of edibles that always finds
a conspicuous place at a Chinese funeral
was a most elaborate one. There were
roast goats, shiny glazed pigs, ducks,
chickens, fruits, vegetables, rice and tea
in sufficient quantity to have satisfied the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24

T< HE obsequies of the late Tom King
Yung who was a secretary to the
Consul General here and military
n attache of the Chinese legation at
Washington, took place yesterday.
Never in the history of Chinatown has a
more gorgeous funeral spectacle been wit
messed there.
Tom King Yung was a noted man in the
eyes of his countrymen, and his arrest
a week ago by police officers on charge
Of immoral conduct and his subsequent
suicide created a sensation in Chinese cir
cles. By order of the Six Companies and
with the consent Of Consul General Chong
Poa Shu all business was suspended in
Chinatown yesterday. The day was OBJ
served as one of general mourning for
the dead soldier, not storekeeper or
peddler being engaged In his usual occu-
patton.
Flags were flying over Chinatown at
half-mast and mourning emblems were
displayed on all sides. The center of in
terest was at the Chinese consulate, on
Stockton street, where Tom King 'Yung
ended his life and where his body re-
manned until yesterday.
At an early hour crowds of Chinese
commenced to gather in front of the con-
sGlate. The front Of the building was
draped in black and white, and huge red
signs told of the life and death of the
man who was to be buried with all hon
ors by his fellow countrymen.
MYRIAD PUNKS BURN.
The body of Tom King Yung reposed in
a massive walnut casket in one of the
rooms of the consulate, and for many
hours solemn services were held in the
room of death. In front of the casket
a p1f hod han tod
burned myriads Of punk sticks and dozens
Of candles. Black and white robed priests
chanted the weird services for the dead
and the flute players split the air with
the shrill squeak of their wind instru-
ments.
From early morning until half an hour
past noon crowds of Chinese visited the
consulate to pay their respects to the
dead The walls of the mortuary-room
were draped in costly silken banners and
the air Of the building was heavy with
incense. The members of the consulate
led by the Consul, together with the Of
ficers of the Six Companies paid their
respects to the dead man at an early
hour All the officials were dressed in
light blue gowns, the sign of mourning.
and they frequently Frustrated themselves
before the bier. Punk sticks were burned
and paper prayers were consumed by fire
in a brass bowl by the officials and the
hundreds Of merchants who visited the
consulate honored the dead man in a
similar manner.
The room in which the body of Tom
King Yung lay was crowded with fiorai
emblems, the gifts of relatives and
friends, and the picture Of the deceased
was displayed, framed in flowers.
FEAST is ELABORATE.
The feast of edibles that always finds
a conspicuous place at Chinese funeral
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
CHINESE POPULACE MOURNS
AT BIER OPTION KING YUNC

Obsequies Over Late Secretary of Consulate and Military Aache
of Legation Are Most Elaborate Ever Seen Here Vast
Funeral Cortege Follows Remains Through the Streets
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24

Piso's Cure is an effectual remedy for cold on
the lungs. Sold by all druggists 25c.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24
PRoPITIATE EVIL SPIRITS.

1t was close to o'clock ere the funeral
party arrived at the cemetery. There
the priests held their weird service around
the cofin in which lay the body of Tom
King Yung. Clouds of smoke from in
cense and punk sticks were waited toward
the sky, the feast was displayed, the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-24

tx HE obsequies of the late Tom King
III Yung, who was a secretary to the
Consul General here and military
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-05-14

That the American family is hccom-
inr n back number and that Ameri-
.,,o. can women prefer
p.ts to children Is
'"Sh'"""p''s' declared by DR..
George f. Shrady, editor of the Medical
Record. DR.. Shrady became famous as
Gen. L. $. Grants personal physician.
and his observations have been made
In large measure among the "smart"
set" in New York. lie recently wrote
an article for the Medical Record, in
which he printed statistics showing
how families are decreasing. Taking
these official figures as the basis of his
argument, Dr. Shrady gccs on TO de
clare that the birth rate in the United
States, especially among the well TO do.
is rapidly getting as low rs it is in
France, where general alarm has been
caused for the future of the country.
Life in flats and the demands of So
ciety are given as the principal causes
why the American-horn woman dis
likes to raise family. In discussing
the subject, DR.. Shradv said: ",rhe
fashionable woman of to-day does not
want children. If she bears them she
does not rear them properly. and they
become sickIy and die Thot tbie over-