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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-28
Last 81 The Biz sunday Meetings,

The closing OF the big meetings for men at
Lafayette Opera House tomorrow afternoon
viii be made one Of the most attractive
services Of the season. These great meet
ings. which have been attended by an
average of 1.500 men each Sunday. have
not only had a tremendous influence In this
city. but have also stimulated the as.o-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-28
New Pastor to Be Installed.

Rev. William D. Jarvis. formerly pastor
Of Zion Baptist Church in this city, has ac-
cepted q call to the pastorate of the New
Bethel Baptist Church. on 18th street, be-
tween Erie ard Huron streets northwest,
He will be installed In his new charge to-
morrow afternoon. Several local clergymen
VIII assist in the service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-28
Election Of Officers.

At the annual meeting of the Sabbath
School Of the Fourth Presbyterian Church.
held Thursday evening last. the following
officers were reelected for the ensuing year:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-28

elf they're Rich's Shoes
they're proper.
Ien-one F-Cor. 10th.
Entire building-'phone zone fifty
Spring shoe selling has
opened up" in earnest.
While we've been busy for
many weeks selling spring
footwear the business of the
past week has kept us ''on
the jump
All those who've seen the
new styles in shoes and Ok
fords have but words of
praise.
Noteworthy among the
new styles is the "Potay-
Toe" which is being affected
by the leading fashionables.
1t is a flat last-a crooked
shape, but it is graceful and
extremely sensible, being
built on correct anatomical
lines.
There are many limitations
of this shape, but careful
dressers will at once discover
the distinguishing features of
ours, which are the same as
are shown by the leading
shops OF New York and worn
by the elite of that city.
OF course, there are many
other styles which are ex-
tremely popular, but they are
all distinctive-have an air
of fashion about them which
is not noticeable about those
styles shown by other shops.
The tennis season" is
again here and we are fully
prepared with footwear to
meet the demand. A new
shipment of black, tan and
white Oxfords arrived yes
terday and are now on show.
Like all other footwear
shown here they are exclu-
sive in style.
We are pleased to an
nounce a new shipment of
children's white Oxfords and
shoes; also a new lot of tan
Russia calf, black calf and
patent calf shoes and Ok
fords-comprising the new
est fashions for children.
Thoughts of Easter we'd
dings are uppermost in the
minds of hundreds who have
planned the event for that
time. The correct" foot
wear for the entire trous-
seaux is here.
B. RIGHTS SONS,
High-grade footwear.
Ten-one F-Cor. 10th.
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"Blood Wine" costs fifty cents a bottle.
EDWARD STEVENS. Pa: A.s. and 9Th St
WIN Of Margaret z. LOWE.

BY the terms OF the will of Margaret e.
LOWE. dated May 30, 1899. and fled today
for probate. her estate is left to her sons.
Randolph w. LOWE and Henry H. LOWE.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-28
THE VALUE OF
YOUR FACE

} Commercially, Socially and at Home.
This is a subject of intense interest
, to all men and women. Yet. to the
feminine mind 1t appeals perhaps
with the deepest and strongest sig
! ntdcance. Men are not valued, as
women are, so much for their per-
, sonal appearance. but strong, attrac-
, tive faces-with clear, healthy skin
, and shapely features-have helped
men to succeed and become powers
! IN all ages. Therefore, to be entire
; ly successful in the affairs Of life,
1t Is important that men, as well as
women, must appear at their best
all the time
Attractive. manly faces appeal to
, womanly sympathies. Handsome,
, womanly faces move manly hearts
) and the laws of moralists, 1t Is the
} beauty and attractiveness Of the face
more than any other personal quail
fty that insures success in all the
walks OF life.
Harmonizing the countenance by
perfecting the features and keeping
the skin and complexion-the hair
and scalp as nearly as possible to
the standard OF the ideal has been
my life work. Thousands Of men
and women throughout the land are
happier today for having been per-
fected in some way by my scien-
tihc treatments and painless opera
lions. and you can be made Just as
, happy by calling or writing for any
information you require to overcome
the peculfarities of your own.case
I am now making special rates on
) all work done by me and you can't
afford to miss the exceptional oppor-
tunity. Consultation is free, and
strictest privacy assured. Call or
write personally to
80 JOHN H. WOODBURY. D, l..
a. Shaw Berry Bldg,
81 COZ nth. Cor. ST.,
i4& Washington.
~ lake elevator to I'd floor.
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Charge Nolla Pressed.

A charge OF receiving stolen property
against Dennis Sullivan has hen noiie
pressed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-28

F. c. Warman. superintendent: D. p. VOL
haupter. assistant superintendent: DR. H ].
Hunt treasurer; Fl. N. Adams, secretary:
w. c. Small. assistant secretary: W. II.
Stevens, librarian; MIA John w. Hollyday,
pianist
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-11
MURDER
TO WIN RICHES
Strange Crime Is Revealed by
Italian Police When Noted
Sportsman Commits Suicide
PREFERS DEATH TO JAIL
Heart of AccOmplice SOftens at
Last Minute and He Re-
leases the Intended Victim

ROME, Dec. 10.-One of the strangest
of crimes had a most dramatic solution
to-day. A young man named Beretta,
a millionaire of Milan and a famous
sportsman, was invited by the Cheva-
lier Angelo VecchiO. an organizer OF
sporting shows, to his villa outside OF
Milan on the Dretext that he wished to
have Beretta examine some old pict-
ures.
Once there Beretta was seized and
bound and obliged, with a revolver
pointed at his head. to make a will
leaving his fortune to Vecchio. besides
writing a letter saying he had commit
ted suicide. VecchiO then left the villa
after instructing an accomplice to
drown Beretta the next day in a bath
and carry the body far away from the
villa so as to give Vecchio chance to
prove an alibi.
But the heart of VecchiO's accompliee
softened and he set Beretta at liberty.
and Vecchio. who read in the papers
that his plot had been discovered, dis
appeared. The police thought he had
gone to America. 1t was learned to-
day that VecchiO had committed suicide
by shooting while driving in an open
carriage on the famous Monte PincO
drive.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-11
POLICE CATCH
RUNAWAY GIRL
Sixteen Year-Old Lass Escapes
From Her Home, but Is Soon
Found on a Railroad Train
NEWS SENT TO PARENTS
Bessie Barclay of Los Angeles
Admits That She Has Stray
ed From the Fireside Before
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Dec. 1O.-Six
teen-year-old Bessie Barclay, daughter
of Attorney H. A. Barclay of Los An
geles, was detained in this city this
morning about 1870 o'clock upon the
arrival of the train from Los Angeles
by City Marshal w. G. Johnosn, upon
the request of the young woman's
father.
Miss Barclay denied that she was the
person sought, but her identity was
fully established by her baggage and
in other ways. She was going to San
Francisco, where she said she would
find work. Miss Barclay was made the
guest of the marshaPs family and dur
ing the day, upon pretense of taking a
walk for exercise, she made an attempt
to escape by walking several miles on
the railroad track. She was recaptured
and now awaits the arrival of her faith
er on to-nights train.
y Miss Barclay admits that she ran
away from home some time ago and
donned boys clothing. being away
about two weeks and creating a SEN
sation in her home city. She disclaims
any intention of wrong doing further
than to be adventuresome. She is
person of culture and refinement and is
preposessing in appearance.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-11
PICKPOCKETS
INFEST CITY
Several Thefts Are Reported
Daily TO Detective Bureau,
bat Crooks Avoid Capture
WORK OF EASTERN GANG
Woman Aeeomplice, Armed
With Violets, Assists Her
Companion in Securing Studs

Pickpockets and sneak thieves who
operate on street cars. ferry boats and
in crowded tboroughfares are claiming
the attention OF the detective depart
ment 1T the present time. Within the
last two weeks numerous crimes COM
mitted by this gentry have been report
ed AZ headquarters, and the character
Of the work leads the police to believe
that q gang OF clever Eastern crooks
has infested the city.
Already property and coin TO the
value Of several thousand dollars has
been stolen, and there is the probable
ity Of a big cleanup during the holi-
days. All the detectives have received
special instructions TO keep a sharp
lookout for thieves. and several sleuths
have received no other detail for many
days. Notwithstanding the vigilance
Of the police complaints have been
made from all parts Of the city. People
have beea robbed on nearly every car
line in the city, and the crowds at
Golden Gate Park and the beach have
suffered severe losses. Last Sunday the
captain Il detectives detailed six Of his
men TO the beach, with orders to arrest
all known crooks, but despite these pre-
cautions several thefts occurred.
Last week two people were robbed
or Haight street One Of them was the
wife Of a policeman. The lady was
standing at the corner Of Fillmore
street when thieves cut the chain that
held q chatelaine bag while she was
holding il in her hand. A man well
known in fFatornal circles lost a purse
containing S25 and eighteen fraternaI
buttons while riding on a car.
There is a woman confederate with
the gang who acts as a stall" She
carries a large bunch of violets, which
she thrusts against the victims face.
apparently by accident when the car
gives a lurch. The movement is later
understood by the victim when he dis
covers his stud missing. On the ferry
boats coming from the Oakland race
track tmanv gems and watches have
been stolen, and the same is the case on
Market and Kearny streets, where
crowds congregate- Many of the pick
pockets who have been found on the
streets have been brought to the Cen
tral station, where they have been in
troduced TO all the policemen of the
city, and the latter have been instruct
ed TO bring them TO Jail if they are
caught acting in a suspicious manner
IL any crowd.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-11
PUTS A BULLET
THROUGH HEAD
John N. Browning Becomes
Despondent Over Continued
Sickness and Takes His Life
CASHIER FOR MANY YEARS
0ld-Time EmplOye of the West
ern Sugar Refinery Concludes
Existence Is Not Worth While

John N. Browning. cashier and freight
clerk at the Western Sugar Refinery,
committed suicide yesterday morning
by shooting himself through the head
Browning had been suffering from
nervous Drostration for the last four
months and became Respondent. To his
friends and fellow workmen at the re-
finery he had often said that he would
commit suicide if he ever got an in
durable disease.
Yesterday morning about 1876 o'clock
people in the vicinity of Scott & Van
Arsdale's lumber yard on Fifth street,
between Bryant and Brannan, were
startled by a shot. William Randall
and NJ. Waters rushed in the direction
of the report and discovered Brown
ing lying on the ground with a revolver
in his hand and a bullet hole through
the roof of his mouth.
He was conveyed. to the Emergency
Hospital, where he died a few minutes
later. The deceased had worked for
twenty-seven years at the Western
Sugar Refinery. but during the last
four months had been unable to attend
to his work. He was being treated by
DR.. Gallwey for nervous trouble and
became very respondent when recovery
did not come rapidly.
Browning was 46 years old and lived
with his aged mother, HIS sister and a
brother at III Folsom street. His
brother is DIR. w. F. Browning dentist
at I'll Folsom street. The deceased was
unmarried and had been a resident Of
San Francisco all his life.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-11
ADVERTISEMENTS
A REED SHAKEN
WITH THE WIND
Without VIII Power. Courage, Ambi-
tiOn, Energy or Hope the Dys-
peptic Is Willing to Give Up
the Struggle

The confirmed dyspeptic has as lit
tie interest in life as any human be-
ing. He is untitled for its duties and
is Indifferent to its charms. He is un-
able TO enjoy the business and social
relations that constitute the life of the
average man. All his hopes are alb
sorbed by the one hope TO get well
and again be able to enjoy the good
things Of life. Until this is realized
he is sick at heart and feels himself
TO be Of little use.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are the
sufferers tree Of life. They will cure
him and bring him health and happi-
ness just as sure and certain as he
takes them. They are sure because
they are natural and no other cure
but a natural one is sure. They act
on the food and digest it just as well
as a stomach would. They contain
exactly the same chemical properties
as the digestive fluids of the stomach.
By putting Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab
lets in a bottle or jar with any kind
Of food, meat, eggs or vegetables, with
sufficient amount of wafer, the proc
ess Of digestion is carried out lust as
II is in a healthy human stomach and
IN the same time. There is conse-
Quently no unnatural disturbance of
the digestive organs resulting from
the use Of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets.
They relieve the weak and worn out
stomach Of its work and permit il to
resi-. up and recuperate and regain its
normal health and strength.
A well known Buffalo physician
says i prescribe Stuart's DysDep-
sia Tablets on all occasions as a re-
lief for weakened and run down ston-
achs- j find they contain ali the in
gradients necessary for the proper df-
gestion Of the food and will do more
70 give the stomach the needed rest
than any medicine 1 could prescribe.
They have never failed 10. give imne-
date relief in ali my cases and 1 do
not hesitate 10 recommend them to all
sufferers srons Dyspepsia
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets are for
sale by all druggists at SO cents n box.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-11
MURDER TRIALS
ARE UNDER WAY
Jury Impaneled to Try Henry
Milton for Killing James
Gilleece, Aged Saloon Man
SULLIVAN CASE CLOSING
Jury Being. Secured in Case
of F. J. Grundman Charged
With Staying S. HI. Chipman

Three murder trials were in progress
in departments IL and II of the Su-
perior Courts at the Hall of Justice
yesterday. In Judge Lawlor's court
the morning session was occupied in
impaneling jury TO try the case of
Henry Milton. alias George H. Lupton,
alias Larry Welsh. an ex-convict.
charged with the murder of James
Gilleece. an aged saloon keeper, on the
night of April a. The trial will pro-
ceed on Monday morning. In the aft
epnoon the closing arguments in the
case Of Charles Sullivan, charged with
the murder of Special Policeman Rob-
ert A Sample, were heard in the same
court
Milton held up Gilleece while he was
on his way from his saloon at 81 Ninth
street to his home at 16 Eleventh street.
Gilleece thought il was one of his
friends playing joke on him, but was
disillusionized when Milton grabbed
him by the throat and struck him sew
eral blows on the head with a steel
bar. During the struggle Milton pulled
a revolver out of his pocket and Gill
leece was shot in the leg. Milton was
arrested by Policemen Keohane and
Slattery and attempted to shoot Keo-
hane, but The trigger. snapped. Gill
leece died about a month later. Milton
has long criminal record and was
one of the Nolan gang.
In Judge Cooks. court seven jurors
We're secured to try the case of Frank
j. Grundmal, charged with the murder
of Sheridan H. Chipman on March "a,
and the other jurors will be secured
this afternoon. He is represented by
Attorney Afford. Grundman went to
the auditors office of the Southern Pa
ci1c Company at Fourth and Town
send streets on the afternoon Of March
a and asked 10 see Chipman, who was
employed as a clerk there. Grundman
claimed that Chapman had debauched
his wife and begged him to go away
from the city so that his wife would be
away from his influence. Chipman re-
fused and, il is alleged, used an often
sive expression in speaking of Mrs.
Grundman- Grundman pulled a re-
volver out of his pocket and shot and
killed Chipman.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-11
MINISTER COMING TO
WELCOME GRAND VIZJER
Persian Shah's Representative to Re-
ceiye an Ovation When He Ar
rives From the Orient.

General Isaac Kahn, Persian Minis
ter to Washington, is expected here in
a few days with party of friends to
await the coming Of the Strand Vizier
Of the Shah of Persia, who with his
suite is on his way from the Orient
and is due here on December q.
The Washington Government has al
ready advised the local secret service
agents of the coming OF the distin-
guished- visitor and instructed them to
see to his safety while here and en-
route to Washington. The Grand Viz
ier's party Will be piloted over the
country by Jules Clerfayt, local agent
of the Trans-Siberian Railway. who
will go 10 Reno to meet Minister Kahn
on his way West.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-11
HARTMAN PREPARING TO
SWELL HIS PENSION ROLL
Manager Kruttschnitt Asks for Names
of Employees Eligible to Southern
Pacific ConDany's Retired Force.

Pacific COlnpany's Retired Force.
Deep anxiety again prevails.1in the
uptown offices of the Southern Pacific
Company over report to the effect
that Just prior to his departure for the
north with President Hartman Cen
eraI Manager Kruttschnitt issued in
structions to the principals of the va
riOus departments of the road to pre-
pare for him a complete list of all en-
ployes who are eligible for retirement
under the pension rules of the COM
pany- These reports have already been
passed to Secretary Worthington and
are awaiting the return of the general
manager from Portland.
1t was stated yesterday by one Of the
prominent officials of the road that
the lists include very nearly 100 names
of employees who have reached or
passed the age limit. The pension
board Of the Southern Pacific has not
held a meeting for number of months.
a fact which is attributed to the fire.
quent and prolonged absences in the
East Of General Manager Kruttschnitt.
While recently in this city President
Hartman one day asked Kruttschnitt
how the pension system was working.
and received the reply from his general
manager that for reasons stated above
he had not had time to give it the at
tention it deserved. Hartman sug-
gested that the matter should not be
neglected any longer than possible, and
the following day the order went forth
10 the various departments. 1t is ex-
pected that the pension board will
meet in a few days and the threatened
looping off of heads is what is now
worrying the faithful old employees of.
the company
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-11
Linemen,s Union Protests.

The Linemen's Union has fled a pro-
test against the proposed ordinance
granting the Pacific Telephone Com
pany an extension Of one year within
which 10 comply with the ordinance
requiring high voltage wires TO be kept
so far apart as not TO endanger human
life, and the Supervisors Fire Commit
tee wiz meet next Saturday a consider
the protest.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-11
Men Are Injured by Accidents.

REDDING, Dec. 10--By accidents at
Lamoine to-day one man lost a thumb
and another toe. Tom Ellis LET a
heavy steel rail fall on mis- thumb. The
member was cut off clean. Ellis went
to his home in Oakland. Tom Lotion
started hunting and rested the nnuzzle
of small caliber rifle on his foot. The
gun went off; so did the big toe.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-11
.Exnerts to TabuIate Data.

yesterday postponed consideration of
the experts report on irregularities in
the probate department until such time
as the experts viii have tabulated the
important items in their vOluminous
report.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-11
WIN OF MiIIionaire to De Contested.

BOSTON. Dec. 1O.-The will of the
late Gordon Mckay of Newport, r. l..
who bequeathed several millions to
Harvard University, viii be contested
by Nettie s. Abbott, a distant relative
in New Hampshire.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-11
One KiIled: Fifteen Iniured.

STEUBENVILLE, o., Dec 10-Fif-
teen persons were injured and Frank A.
La Sale of Indianapolis was killed to-
night when an east-bound Panhandle
express train ran into freight locomo-
tive on an open switch at New Cumber-
land Junction. The injured viii re-
cover.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-11

With his. right hand raised as high
as he could elevate it WITHOUT remov-
iDg his feet from the floor. Juan b..
Qniros swore in adultcrated Spanish
that for one month from the moment of
taking oath he would abstain from
tasting intoxicating liquid of any kind.
Then he was told by Judge Fritz. to
whom the pledge was made, that he
was dismissed from custody.
1t was for prosecuting his mother-in-
law that Senior Quiros found himself
participating in the procession of mis-
demeanants that filed past the bench
of Fritz. His wife was the complain
ing witness and she testified that for
thirty years her spouse had been a,
devotee at the shrine of Bacchus. and
while under the influence of that ioIly
god he made speciality Of disturbing
the tranquility of his mother-in-Ia.w's
existence.
IF he could only be compelled to
stop tippling," suggested the witness
Il think he would be better husband
and son-in-law."
1t was then the court administered
to Senor Quiros the oath that pledges
him to abandon for thirty days habit
Of thirty years standing.
When the Sonora Quiros took the wit
ness stand to give her testimony one
of the court attaches remarked that
she had not come into court with clean
hands. His Honor CALAMITY ignored
the objection in its legal sense and
just as chivalrously declined to notice
the ample material evidence to sub
stantiate .ts litera. phase.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-11
Oranges in Big Demand in the East

TOPEKA, Kans., Dec. IO.-The
Santa Fe Railroad announces to-day
the shipment from San Bernardino,
Cal, to the East the past three nights
Of 225 carloads of oranges. The
Christmas trade is responsible, as
there is an unprecedented demand for
this fruit. The last consignment num-
bered seventy-five cars
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-11

California calendars in splendid vari-
ETY. greater than ever before. The poppy.
poinseItin and burnt redwood are the
most popular. as usual. Our 50-cent cal
endars show best values in the city San
bo-n, saIi K Co, III Market street
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-11
Makes Contract With Beet Growers.

LAMAR. Colo. Dec. 10.-Henry T.
Oxnard, on behalf of the American Beet
Sugar Company, has accepted the acre
age of the Lamar Beet Sugar Company
and made contracts with more than 400
growers in this vicinity 10 grow more
than 5000 acres of beets for a term of
five years for a factory at Lamar. The
factory will be the largest in Colorado
and it is understood will cost S1,000,0OO.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-11
wen Known Jurist Passes Awar.

GREENSBORO. Ga, Dec. 10 - Hal
T. Lewis, formerly Associate Justice Of
the Georgia Supreme Court, died to-
day, aged 56. AS delegate to the Chi
cage convention in 1896 he nominated
William ]. Bryan for President
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-11

LISBON Dec. 10.-King Alphonse of Spain
arrived here to-day and was welcomed at the
station By King Carlos and a striking gather
ing OF Princes Minister'S Peers, Deputies and
naval and military officers