ALL IN THE DARK.

Ware's Murderer Bafflesthe Police.

LEES' ANONYMOUS LETTER.

The Detective Advised to Findthe Clerk's Brother.

STILL LOOKING FOR A WOMAN.

One Who Saw Two Men in the Storeand Heard a Choking Sound After

the Light Was Out.

Captain Lees and his detectives traveledmany a weary mile yesterday in quest oflight upon the murder of Eugene Ware.Clews were born every hour and died*nile the dew of their youth was upon

them. Theories were built uc with careto be torn down in haste, aud when mid-night cama the police were apparently as

far away from the truth as they werewhen they found the young man's body atthe bottom of the flightof stairs.

Captain Lees and Detective Offey visitedthe scene of the tragedy early iv the morn-ing to search for the instrument that pene-trated Ware's heart. The cellar and itscontents were examined by eyes trained to

rind evidence of crime, but nothing thatlooked like Knife or dagger was revealed.

The white-haired captain made a dis-covery, however, which he thinks is im-portant. Near the top of the stair?, just

above the wainscoting, he found two spots

of blood on the wall—

evidence that thecrime was committed at the toD of theflight and that the Dody fellor was flungto the bottom.

Miss Aggie Cnapin, the milliner whoresided at Ware's hotel «nd called uponhim at the drugstore late Thursday night,could not be found, and itis supposed thatshe has gone to her parents' home at Wat-sonville to avoid publicity. Her relativesare respectable people, and her friends say

that she led a blameless life. She andWare and Ware's roommate, Frank Jobe,were members of a secret eocie'.y and fre-quently attended its meetings. Jobe saysthat she called at the drugstore between 11and 12 o'clock and lett itafter purchasingsome benzine. He says that she was notregularly employed by any local establish-ment, but received orders from the coun-try.

She was older than Ware and apparentlytook a deep Interest in his welfare. Thepolice visited her room and inspected herclothing, and after questioning the hotelpeople came to the conclusion that sheKnew nothing of the crime ,

J£v dence that is regarded as of greatimportance was given the detectives byMiss E. Jackson, a vivacious young woman, jwho has histrionic aspirations, and re-cently appeared in public a* the captainol a female tug-of-war team, which gavean exhibition at Union-square Hall abouttwo months ago.

Miss Jackson lives on Seventh street,near Market, and w:s acquainted with themurdered clerk. She said that she wentinto the store shortly after 12 o'clockThursday night and found Ware using thetelephone. There was a young lady in thesuire who spoke in a rattier Imperious wayto the clerk, saying, "Gene, 1want you toshake that p>ny."

"The woman then left," Miss Jacksontestified, "and went out on the sidewalk,raising her dress and drawing her skirtsto one side as if to avoid contagion. Sheflounced out upon the sidewalk, where

bhe met a man who addressed her rathercrossly. She angrily replied thai she badleft the store as goon as she could.

"The woman wore an opera hat of thelatest fashion, bound around witha bandof velvet. There was a red bow and anaigrette in front. She wore a tan-coloredcape ornamented with horizontal stripes

of black braid. Her skirt was of dark ma-terial aud she wore red kid gloves. Thewoman was of medium height, withdark,short and curly hair. Her cheeks wererouged, and she was apparently about 25years old.

"The man was about 25 or 30 years old,about 5 feet 9 inches tall and was wellproportioned. Ithink his face was cleanshaven, but if be bad a mustache it waslight in color. He wore a short brownovercoat, derby bat, striped trousers,patent-leather shoes, whitd shirt andblack cravat.

"The pair turned up Market street, andtwenty minutes later Istarted for borne.1tbink it was about 12:40 o'clock when 1left the store. On the northeast corner ofMarket and Larkin streets looking towardthe drugstore 1 saw a man who closely re-sembled the one Ibad seen in the storeand who met the woman outside

—only he

wore no oveicoat then."Itwill be remembered that Ware's body

was found at 1:15 o'clock in the morningby Officer ODea, aud if she made no mis-take about the time the crime must havebeen committed soon after she left thestore. There is good reason, however, tobelieve that she was mistaken.

Patrolman Benjamin elated yesterdaythat he passed the store at 12:30 o'clockand found it iv darkness. The door onthe Hayes-street side was locked. He didnot try the door on the Market-street side,which was the one subsequently foundunfastened by Officer O'Daa.

The officer's statement that the storewas indark: ess at. 12:30 o'clock was cor-roborated by A. Case, a painter, who livesat 1135 Mission street, and who gave thepolice the most important informationconcerning the crime received during theday.

"1 was walking along Market streetabout 12:30 o'clock in the morning," saidCase, '"and while passing the drugstorelooked iv through the window and sawthe forms of two persons within. Iamnot sure whether they were men or women,but Ithink they were men. They werefacing each other and were about two feetapart. The lights in the store were out.

"AsIwalked onIheard a smothered orchoking noise. Isaw another man stand-ing in the doorway of a tailor's shopabout two doors above the drugstore. Iam positive as to the time, for ilooked atmy watch."

H. M.Ladd, who is employed by Shaln-wa d, Buckbee &Co., informed the policethat he was in the drugstore with a lady

end at 11:30 o'clock Thursday night andremained there about fifteen in.mites.The lady was dressed in black and wore asealskin cape and black hat. A man wasthere who, the clerk said, was a gripmanor conductor on the San Mateo electricrailroad.

"Euaenp," said Ladd," was behind thecounter. "Isaw the same man in the storethis morning talking to Dr. Isiehl. Theman was in the store when we left. Eugenewas very cheerful when we left and saidthat Miss Aggie Chapin had been there.He said nothing about having an appoint-ment and ifhe had oneIthink he wouldhiive to d me. isaw Aggie next morningin the grocery, 24 Seventh street. She wancrying bitterly and was in great digress.She and Eugene were old chums and livedat the same hotel." There was manifestlybut one thingleft for the detectives todo-find the woman described by Miss Jack-son and the man who upbraided her.

Jobe was interviewed for the hundredthtime and questioned about Ware's femaleacquaintance;. He said the clerk hadbeen veiv intimate with a dashing Jewess,who might be the woman who was in thebtore. The daughter or Israel was thewife of a bar be c and liked to be consid-ered fast. .She was a brunette and hadcurly bair. Jobe remembered that whenEugene Ware aud his stepbrother, John,had a drugstore of their own at the cornerof Howard and Tenth streets the barber's

wife had sown enmity between them nndcaused them to separate. The woman fre-quently visited the drugstore in which Eu-uene was murdered.

Jobe also stated that Ware had offendedthe woman with whom he lodged severalmonth- ago by kissing her 13-year-olddaughter. He thought that the druggist

fe»red trouble on that score.The Jewess was sought far and near,

but ci-uld uot be found. One of h>Tfemale fr.ends was seen in the druetoreon Friday afternoon listening with appa-rent eagerupss to the narratives of thecrime and the then; ies nf the detectives.

Detective Ross Whittaker learned thatti e murdered man formerly lo<'.;ed with aMrs. Wettenberg at 530% Seventeenth6treet, and wa* then em loyed with hishalf brother John In a drugstore at thecorner «'fSeventeenth and Guerrero streets.Mrs. Westenbers, the detective learned,left the house on Seventeenth street amimarried a German named Feusted, withwh.im she is now livingon Mission stree 1,near the corner of Twenty-sixth.

Feusted, the detective learned, wasjealous of Ware and his wife. AnnieWesten beri. the young girl who fieuredin the kissing episode, was seen la t nightand confessed that Waie did try to kissher. "It was while he lived with us onSeventeenth street," she said, "and itmade my brother very angry. Warepromised to come to the house ami apolo-gize, but he never did it,and neither mybrother nor my stepfather did anythiugto him."

Late in the afternoon Captain Lees re-ceived an anonymous letter written Inpencil. The writer advised him to findWare's half-brot er, who, the author ofthe commuuication alleged, "was crookedand was worth watching." It Is supposed'.hat the half-brother is in Montanh.whencea letter was received from him some timesince by the clerk who was murdered, butnothing s definitely known of his where-abouts. Tbis h,ilf-h o' her has a bad repu-tation among his acquaintances here.

The proprietor "f a drugstore in theMis-ion who took him in as partner

about two years ago declared thatthey were obliged to separate <m accountof the half-brother's dishonesty, and anin'imate friend of the murdered clerk saysthat the victim aud half-brother quar-reled and the former did uot speak to thelatter, but accused himof dealing unfairlywith him.

From this friend, a young medical stu-dent employed in a drugstore at the cor-ner of Castro and Twenty-fourth streets,s> me. interesting Information concerningthe Wares was obtained. They were thechildren of a ruined capitalist and in-ventor now dead. He i;was who tried tofloat a scheme for navigating the ColoradoKiverby boat* driven by electric power.

In Bis prosperous days the faiher of thedead clerk settled in Colorado, where thetown of Newcastle now nestles tinder themountains. He had money galore andbuilt for himself and family a fantasticabode that was called "The New Castle"by the villagers. The se tlement gradu-ally became known as Newcastle, andwhen it was incorporated as a town New-castle was chosen ns its name.

Ware's fortune, like that of many a".other adventurous spirit, took wings andleft him one day with little besides biswife's property and three children —Eugene, his half-brother J tin and Mrs.Spanier. When he died this estate hadnot been distributed aud it is now tied uphy litigation in the Colorado courts. IfEugene had lived he would have receivedone-third of the estate at the distribution,and bis portion will now be divided be-tween bis half-brother and sister. Thepolice will try to find the half-brother.

The theory that Ware might hiv beenkilled by a madman was strengthened yes.terday by the discovery that an opium-fiend, pei niless. like most of his uniortu-nate brotherhood, frequently called at thestor<* l«te at night for "something to puthim to sleep." Mrs. Spanier says that hermurdered brother became acquainted withthis man while employed in a drugstore onThird street.

He was a rough unkempt fellow appar-ently ab 1 ut 35 or 40 years of age, whoseface was generally furred with a beard oftwo or hree weeks' growth. She does notknow wheie t c ti- ii'l lives, but thinks hishome is downtown and that hi* patronizedthe store at Market and Hayes streets, be-cause her brother gave him a sleeping po-tion whenever he warned it, whether hehad money or not.

Mrs. Spanier thinks he was the fellowwho entered the store late Thanksgivingnight and appeared to one of the witnessesas a man who was very angry or drunk.The poire will scrutinize the face of everyopium riend In the city before they relic-quish their search for this nwii.

The robbery theory received a stagger-ing blow early in the day when itwas as-certained that very late Thursday nightthe murdered man bought a bottle ofchampagne. This accounted for the dis-appearance of the cigar money, amount-ing to about S5.

Ware bad made free with his employer'sgoods and would have been dis -hiirjedlast night if lie had lived, so it wa« saidthat he took the money himself and boughtthe wine with it. Then the fact that sev-eral drawers full of n«rbs were foundpiled up on the counter was explained.George B.Starr of 7 Ninth street told De-lective Bohen that he went to the druc-store about twenty-five minutes to 12o'clock on Thursday night and was thereabout ten minutes. He bought some Pe-ruvian bark, and Ware pulled out six orseven drawers to find it. As Starr wentout a man went in. He was about 5 feet9 inches tall, weighed 180 pounds and wor«a bUck overcoat, buttoned up to his chin.

This settled the theory that the drawerswere placd on the counter by a robber,who was trying to find the receipts for thesale of drugs and medicines that werealways bidden at the close of the day atthe bottom of a drawer filled withdriedleaves. The robbery theory, was, how-ever, revived half an hour later, when itwas learned that Ware bought the cham-pagne for Dr. Frazer, who wai amongthose who were in the store late Thursdaynight.

Frank Brown, the young man who wastaken into custody as a suspect Fridayalterooon, was released yesterday. He ismenially infirm, and was acquainted wi-hWare and Mrs. Westenberg, the clerk'sold landlady on Seventeenth street, bothof whom occasionally employed him toclean windows and scrub floors. He wasonce arrested for vagrancy, but convincedthe police that he was idle because no onewould hire him.

Early yesterday morning another sus-pect was marched into the presence ofthe chief of detectives. He answered thedescription \u25a0 fa man who, like Bfown, hadbeen seen lounging about the corner ofHayes and Market streets Thursday night.He too had been arrested for vagrancy,and unlike the itinerant window-cleaner,had served a term in jail. But he provedthat he was not the man near the drug-store on Thursday night, and Captain Letsgave him permission to depart.

The police are trying to p.»certain howmuch truth there is in a rep >rt that fouror five months ago a man, apparently about40 years nf age, entered the drugstore andattacked Ware with a knife, causing himto fly for refuee to a neighboring saloon.

Th" little drugstore where the crime wascommitted has been visited by thousands6inre the discovery of the body, and theproprietor is annoyed by the importunitiesof ut er strangers, anxious to inspect thestairway hidden by the tall prescription-case.

Captain Lees now thinks that his onlyhope of finding tne crim nal lies in the dis-covery of the man and woman describedby Miss Jackson. He is of the opinionthat the man who asked to be directed toa place on Elgin Park avenue that doesnot exist went into the store to get an ideaof the place, and was a confederate of themurderer or perhaps the criminal himself.

Deserted and in Need.Mrs. Dolores Casa del Campo, an estimableSpanish lady, is at present Insore straits owing

to the behavior of her recreant Husband. SheIs the mother of three small children, and Isentirely destitute. The family arrived fromSpain about six mouths ago, and soon after-ward the husband abandoned his wife andhas not been heard of since. The Spanishresidents have taken charge of tue mother and

innate little outs, and a fund Is now be-ing raised to defray iheir expenses back totheir native land. '-Subscription* lett at theoffice of the Spanish Consul, 411% Californiastreet, will bo turned over to the unfortunatewoman.

ALASKA'S BORDER.

Dispute Pending Over theEastern Line.

ENGLAND CLAIMS A SLICE.

That She May Control the RichAlaskan Trade.

WHICH GOES TO PUQET SOUND.

The Matter Is in the Hands of aCommission

—Basis of Great

Britain's Contention.

The Bering Sea fishing question, whichwas recently settled by arbitration, is notthe ouly matter involving internationalinterests in the far north with which theUnited States Government will have todeal. The sealing question has beenpractically settled, and while the terms ofsettlement may not be exactly what werewatite.i by those interested, it yei willnotbear any further dispute.

The other matter which is now pending,and which is of vital importance to the in-

terests of the Pacific Coast, and moreespecially ttose who live in thf North-wes 1in the vicinity of Pu?et Sound, i-< theproposed delimitation of the boundary linebetween Alaska and British Columbia.The question is at present in the hands ofan international commission, and muchwilldepend upon the action of that body.

Considerable feeling has been arousedin the Northwest of late as to the probableoutcome of the affair. Fears are enter-

talned that the English Government willmake an energetic effort to make awaywith a dice of rich Alaskan territory,which will give it almost absolute controlof the Alaskan trade.

A gentleman who is interested and wellposted nn matters pertaining to Alaskaspoke rather forcibly upon the subjectyesterday.

"1do not believe." he said, "the peopleon tbis coast understand the matter at all,and >of what vital importance it is thatthey should watcb all proceedings veryclosely. Itwould be a terrible blow to thecoast should England gain control of theterritory which she claims under the oldtreaty between England and Kussin. Itwas made many years ago when the Eng-lish traders and voyagers were extendingGreat Britain's territory westward. Sheclaibed with the Russian Government inher progression, and then the treaty wasIn.allymade. It was based upon the oldmaps which were made when Alaska wasan unexplored region. These maps weremade by men who guessed generally at thetopography of Alaska, and it is here thatan interesting point is involved.

"According to those old maps the coastrange of mountains extend in a continu-ous chain up the coast as far as MountEiias. The chain is broken at about lati-tude 59 deg. South of that point themountains run up to the east of wbat isknown as Lynn canal, which has twoarms extending northward, known asChilcoot and Ohilcat inlets. Then thechain is portrayed again to the southwestot the-e, nearer the coast, beginning atabout Mount Fairweather, and it runs upina heavy chain along the line of the coastto Mount St. Elias.

"Now mark. The treaty between Eng-land and Russia stipulates that the Eng-lish boundary line shall be ten marineleagues from the shore, beginning at aboutthe bead of Portland Inlet, and shall runnorth on that line, unless the coast rangemountains come close to the shore. Tbenthe line shall run along the coast line ofthe range.

"There is the point in this affair. Re-cent explorations show that tbis heavychain of mountains which the old map-makers made does not exist. There areonly a lew scattered peaks, not a range.Yet upon this old treaty based upon oillines and maps which were incorrect, Eng-land now wants to draw a line across Lynncanal at ab;>ut latitude 59 deg. westerlyto Mount Fatrweather, about 100 miles,and then Dorth to Mount St. Eim«, about175 miles. This would throw Clnlcat andCbilcoot inlets into British territory, andat a result the trade which now belongs tothe people of the Puget Souud districtwouldcome nnder English control.

"The contention of England it wrong onthe face of It. All ihe rich trade from theinterior of Alaska, or nearly all of it,comes to the heads of Lynn canal and thetwo inlets now, and it is this which Eng-land is striving for by having this terri-tory thrown within her boundaries.

"This matter, in my opinion, should notbe arbitrated on by other nations. Theywill,in the light of past experiences, goagainst this Governniont. Ttie AmericanCommissioner, with the full support ofthis Government, should insist that thecoast line should be regarded as followingthe shores of the principal bays, inletsand estunries and harbor*. By doing thisand winning the point the United States•rill control the coast and the trade, as itproperly should. On the other haud. shouldEngland gain control of the territorywhich Ihave described tiiis countrycan do but little with thtj narrowstrip of territory which it will possesalong th« coast. The wealth of

the mines, the fisheries and the fur sta-tion« rloes not come that way. and underpreseut conditions the future of Seattleand other Puget Sound cities as regardsthe Alaskan field is very bright. The In-dians in the interior sell their products tothe coast Indians, and the latter do no!aliow those from whom they get thearticles ofcommerce to come into contactwith the white traders."

Map of a Portion of Alaska.[The heavy dotted line shows where Great

l-rltaltiproposed to rnu her boundary and thuscrab control nt the richest portion ol the Ameri-can territory.j

A DOCTOR'S BILL.

The Counsel Gets Badly tangledUp in Anatomy.

The trial of the suit of Dr. W. D. Coffeyagainst D.Love to recover a claim for fees formedlc.il services in the sura of £180 was begunb fore Justice of the Peace Barry yesterdayafternoon.

Considerable Interest was manifested be-cause of the character of the testimony andthe fact that the parties to the suit and thewitnesses are well known.

Dr. Coffey is a brother of Detective Coffey.lie testified thai there was a specific contract,under which he was to receive $200 for neat-ing the defendant's wife for a severe cage ofperitonitis, which required a surgical opera-tion. On this contract he bad been paid $20and nomore.

'ihe defendant held that the contract stipu-lated that a cure be effected, and said that thepatient had not been benefited by tin; treat-ment, but, Instead, that another physician, Dr.Florence Saltonstall was afterward called; thatsne, assisted by Dr. Jane W. Ward, had per-formed an operation and was successful Inre-moving the trouble.

Mrs. McChristy testified that she had recom-mended Dr. Cotley, hut had advised him tobave au assistant; that he had refused to do so,saying that his professional repu atiou was atslake and he could not allow another physicianiv the case.

While the case was under way, Doctor Flor-ence Saltoustall entered the courtroom with abrisk businesslike step, accompanied by Dr.Ward She requested that she might be allowedto give her testimony and depart, as her en-gagements were pressing. The court grantedthe request aud she immediately took the standaud was asked by Mr. Duuu, Love's attorney,to describe the ration. I'laclug her satchelof medicines beside her and touching the stylishruffle about her tinoat she described botn tbeca>e and the surgical operation that cured itinsuch terse and technical terms that when shehad finish' d the attorney handed the witnessover to the other side without a word more.

John T. Greany, counsel for CoflVy,under-took to cross-examine her, but was so quicklytangled up Inhuman anatomy, to which liehadforgotten the Dames, that he quickly surrend-ered. Dr. Ward corroborated the testimony,and the case was continued over until nextSaturday.

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THE LADIES LOSE.

The Gentlemen's TeamWin at Whist.

The Interstate Tournament Broughtto a Close- Scores of the

Contests.

The Interstate whist tournament was broughtto a close last evening. The gratia Kiueouttrophy contest, in which the Interest was cen-tered, was carried off by 'he gentlemen's teamof the San Frauci>co Whist Club.

The winningteam defe ted the ladles duringthe afumoou, the Petalurna contestants draw,luga bye iv order to play the successful teamin the evening. The Pelalum* men were de-feated, however, aft r a bitter contest, the scoretielog Ban Fraiiciscos 407, with the Petalumas373.

The afternoon at the rooms of the whist clubwas devott d to the contest of progressive fours.The iioith and south playem remained firmwhile the east and west partners were encagedIn making Hie ciicuit, playing at each of thevarious table:* in turn. At the close the scoresof the teams were added and the results an-nounced.

The firstprize was awarded tbe EscnscboHzlateam, consisting of:Mrs. E. Smith. Alts. M.8,Baldwin, Mrs. J. W. Wright aud Miss S. B.Jenkins. Score. 288.

The Tamalpalt Four won second honors by280 tricks. The players wore: P. W. Ames,A. C. Campbell. C. J. Miller ami H. A. Russell.

The San Francisco team earned third honorsby a score of 283, the players contesting be-ing Messrs. I.User. Home, Meyer and Howard.

The remaining. teams and scores made wereas follows:

Hamilton Club of Ban Francisco— Mrs. L.W.Moore, .Mr. and Mrs. S. Doill7er and Dr. A.P.Woodward, fccore, 277.

CeanothU Club of Oakland— Abby Tacgart, Car-rie ivsanto, Joseph Taggart, Bessie Linu. Score,266;

Alameda Team— and Mrs. Id!ward Brown,Miss K. isrov.u and Miss Ellon Stewart. Score,272.

Linda Vista team of Oakland No 2—Mrs. Flint,K. B. Colby, K. A. lierrlu. W. F.Dudley. Score.270.

Sutter Club of Sacramento— George C. Hatei,George Mott, Mr. Van Vorueet, Mr.liurkbam-Score, 280.

Linda Vista Club No. 1of Oakland— Mrs. JohnDel'y,Mm. A. F. Coffin, John Deby, A. X Coffin.Score, '267.

Ceanoibli Team No. 2of Oakland— D. C. Hop-kins, Mn. I. G. Taezart, C. A, laggart, Mrs. M.Drassher. Score. 2UO.

a l-ruMa Club— C. If.Mlchels. Frank OtU, D.M.Brown, I. M. iailett. ."Score. 276.

l'elaluina Team— Walter .owue, John L.Camm,F. H. A'btwatnr and L.Falkner. Score, 271.

San Francisco teami-Messrs. Qulnn and Wil-son, Header and Hanfy. '-'80. Mrs. Hanfy, Mr.Caller. Mr.Myer, Mr. liarnhard. -Jb9. Mrs. andMiss Klchey, Messrs. Coll anil Allen, 273. Mrs.Coy and A.J. Uatan, Mr. and Mrs. Upbam, 279.M. I).Hideout Edward (J. Hideout, Mrs. M. 1).Hideout and Miss Carrie Jenkins. 264. Mr. and

Mrs. Farnsworth. Mrs. C. P. Shell and E. H.Clark. '275. lira. <;uptil,Mr. Freeman. Mrs. A.Cummincs and »;. M. Murpliy.266. Mrs. Cooper,Mrs. lia.'irs, Mis 'lay.or and Mrs. Crlbbs, 270.

FLOOD'S NEW BONDSMAN.John Fay Takes the Place of Alex-

••wider Duncan.Alexander Duncan's place upon the bail-bond

of John \V. Flood, the ex-cashier of theDonohoe-Keliy Banking Company, has beensupplied by ex-Senator John Fay. Ex-SenatorKay accompanied Harry X Kinetic am! Attor-ney W. H.Chapman to the chambers of Pre-siding Juilge Hebbard yesteiday afiernoon,where a new bond was drawn up, signed andapproved, witliHarry F. Emetic and John Fayas sureties In t tie sum of $50,000 each.

At the conclusion of the formalities JudgeHebbard signed an order for Flood's ret ase.

Last v umg Attorney W. H. Chapmau vis-ited the County Jail and Flood left ihe institu-tion in iil>company.

InPolice Judge Joacnlmsen's court yester-day the 11\u25a0 a 1 1> i» of the two charges of alteringchecKs was couiinued until ihe 21st inst.

The Baby Dies.The two-montii-old baby boy that was aban-

doned by his mother In Sister Julia's Shelter-ing Arms, Harrison street, on Friday night,died at (be Receiving Hospital about 2 o'clockyesterday afternoon. The b.by was sick whentaken th re. The police have been unable tolocate the mother.

TO CUT IT WIDER.

Devisadero Street for aPublic Drive.

ACTIVE IMPROVEMENT CLUB.

Conflict With the Golden GateEnd of It.

BETTER MAILSERVICE WANTED.

The Property-Owners Do Not Wanta Jerk- Water Street Railway

With Irregular Cars.

The Devisadero-street ImprovementClub met at 1515 Devisadero street last

night Rnd perfected the organization.Two preliminary meetings had been pre-viously held. Lust night a preamble andresolutions on orgauiz.tion were adoptedacd the club is now a livingentity with aname formally acknowledged.

The official name of the club was estab-lished and its purposes wtre declared tobe the advancement of the interests ofOevi-adero street aud the property-owners thereon, and to protect it as adriveway for tbe peoule of San Francisco.The membership shall consist of personsowning real estate on the street named.Regular meetings shall be held tbe firstanil thiid Saturdays of each month. Theadmission fee is 50 cents and the dues arehxed at 25 cents a month.

The resolution concludes with a set ofby-laws and order of business, usual inorganizations of this kind. The present

officers are: H. \V. Miller, president; J.McCarthy, vice-president ; A. Myer,secretary.

The fo'.lowlne petition has been writtenand uuiuernusly sianeel by property-owners and will be presented to the newBoard of Supervisors:

"We, tbe undersigned, owuers of prop-erty frontine on Devisailero street, be-tween Page and Jackson, believing that itwill work a Dublie good to have Devissderostreet widened four feet on either side(said four fee to be taut-n from the pres-ent nineteen-foot sidewalk), hereby declareourselves in favor of su^n widening andgive our a9«ent thereto; provided ouly thatnothing herein contained »hali be con-strued to make us liable to pay for thework or cost of widening said street orany part thereof."

The petition Is meeting with generalfavor amoiitf the property-owners withinthe limits sDcMiied aud many have alreadysigned it.

The object in widening the street is tosecure ample room for driving purposesalt«r a regular system of electric cars nasbeen establish-d; but the property-ownersdo not wani a jerk-w<*ter lineor occasionalservice between Page aud Jnckson streets,but a regular service, with cars at inter-vals of about five minutes and transferconnections with tbe principal lines ofstreet railways. lmiuedia<e connectionwith tbe Castro-street line is desired.Such a connection is specified ana cailedfor in the Devisadert-street franchise.The petition above referred to will befiled for signatures at the office of Madi-«(iu & Burke, on Market street, and at thestore, of Adolph Myer, 1510 Devisaderostreet.

The coniT.ttee appointed two 'weeksago to wait upon Postmaster McCoppinand ask him for the inauguration of threemail deliveries daily instead of two, as atpresent, reported that their mission badmet with partial success. Mr. McCoppinrecognized the justness of their requestaud promised todo his best to comply withit. Be has already made application formore carriers.

In regard to the proposition to changethe name of Devisadero street to somethingelse, it was the sense of ihn meeting thatit should be changed to Division street.A petition for the change willbo presentedto the new Board of Supervisors.

There was considerable free discussionover the donation of J4OOO promised bythe Southern Pacific Company for thebuilding of a boulevard drive to the park.Itwas generally considered that the prop-erly-owners between Gildeu Gate avenueand Grnvo street, io trying to secure theamount for widening Devnauero betweenthose stree'B, are trying to forestall therest of the |roperty-owners.Io pursuance of this idea a committee

was appointed to wait upon H. E. Hunt-ington and convey to him the views of theclub and to inform him that an effort willbe made to widen the whole street fromPage to Jackson street, and to suggest tothe magnate that the $4000 alluded toshould justly be applied to the expenses ofwiiening the street along the entire dis-tance indicated in the petition to the Su-pervisors. Of course if Mr. Huntingtonwishes to donate $10,000 or $15,000 more itwillall be welcome.

The next meeting will take place Satur-day eveuiug, January 5, at 8 o'clock, at1515 Devsadero street. More matters ofimportance willcome before that meeting.

CHILDREN'S CHARITY FAIR.Mow Sixteen Youngsters Made a

Great Financial Success.There was a charily fair for ihe benefit of the

Children's Hospital yesterday afternoon audnlpht at the residence of Joseph Banmcartoer,1430 Geary street. Itwas a grand success.

The fair opened at 2 o'clock yesterday after-noon and wben It clo«ed at 10 o'clock lastnight several hundred dollars clear profit badbeen realized.

The whole nffalr was gotten up by sixteengirls and hoys, some of whom have not yet en-Wed upou their teens. They were under theleadershin or Leoulae calm. The names ofihose who followed their leader are: VictorKelchenberji, Kathleen Altscliui. Sidney Alt-KChul, Bosworth Sawyer, Dora Peieis, Kay fe-tds, HerDert Newman, PhillipBaumuartoer,Jlminlt- Newman, Vivian Dove. Jesslo Parks,Clara iilcbeuberg aud Louise French.

The large basenieut room iv which the fairwas held was beautifully decorated with Macs,verdure and hollyberries. A number of boothstor the sale of attractive articles were artisti-cally arranged on all sides.

Tne booths were divided and presided over asfollows: Flower bootii. Misses Dora Koseu-thal ami Hatty Calm: candy booth. MissesKotli,Altschul and Peter*; paper flower booth,Miises Bhclhii in and Kosenthal; ice-creambooth, misses Viola Rotn, Clara Keichenberg.Leona Cahn, Louise French, Masters PhilipUautngarten. Heibert N\ winau and BosworinSawyer; fancy work booth. Misses VivianDove and Jes.ste Parks; toy bootb, Misses OluaTrlest, Daisy Ko«enei and Kay Peters; fishingl'oini, Leon iiaunmarten and Victor lieichen-bert'. Nathan Cahu was the chi f spieler at theouter door and Joe Dinkensplel acted as auc-tioneer.

B-tween the hours of 2 iDd 5 o'clock in theafternoon 15OU tickets at 10 cents each weresola. Fully as many more were disposed ofbefore the fall closed at ;1O o'clock lasltuigbt.The sale* of articles up to 5 o'clock nionntdio 8120 60. and the crowd of visitois and theirgenerous patronage last night indicated that atleast $100 more would be taken Iv before theclose of the fall.

The Greystone Alliance.The third annual meeting of the Greystotie

Alliance was held in Justice Harry's courtroomlast nigut. Thomas J.Ford presided. The an-nual report of Secretary Coinyn* showed theorganization to be In a flourishing condition.The annual election of officer* was held withthe following result; President, Frank Mal-loy*

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(re-elected); first vice-president, A. M.Clarksou; second vice-president, P. O'Kellly;recording secretary, Charles J. Corny us (re-elected); corresponding secretary, D. M. Gavi-gan; treasurer, Thomas J. Foul; .-erceani-at-arms, Louis llattlgan. • Executive committee—C. A.Bautel, FranK Conklinp, li.L. Bienfield.Jesse Gallant! and James Smith. Dr. WilliamJ. (iavic -I!, an aspirant for member of theBoard of Health, was unnnliuouslv indorsed bythe :iili.<nce. Frank Malloye, candidate forII,4; lor Commissioner, was also recommendedto Governor. Budd. The address by W. M.Footeon.the trials and tribulations of a de-feted candidate closed the business of themeeting. \u25a0 •

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THE MORISTOG CALL, SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1894.

PEOPLE'S HOME SAVINGS BANKDEPOSITORS.

TWO THOUSAND (2000) DEPOSITORS. REP-resenting claims aggregating <550.000, haying

already assigned their deposits to us forcollec-tion, and our attorneys being now encaged la theInstitution of appropriate proceedings to enforcesuch collection, we hereby gire public notice thatail depositors desiring to assign their claimsagainst the PEOPLE'S HOME SAVINGS BANK.mv.v do so on or before MONDAY,THE'JITHDAYOF DECEMBER, 1894.

Alldepositors wishing to avail themselTes ofour services must make their assignments on orbeiore that date, OTHERWISE THEY WILLNOT Bi:RECEIVED.

Depositors wishing to make assignments maydo so at room 11, SAFE DEPOSIT BUILDING.•28 MONTGOMERY ST., SAN FKANClSCO.be-tweon. the hours of » o'clock a. m. and 5 o'ciocp.K.

BRING WITHTOO YOUR PASSBOOKS.Depositors at a distance may send for forms ofassignment.

CAr^w'p.Niv SAFE DEPOSIT AND TRUBOUM.iANY.,' _ - J. D.KRT. President,

J. Dalzkli.Bbown, Secretary.Dated December 14, 1894. dol4 cod td12p

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