ALL IN THE DARK. Ware's Murderer Baffles the Police. LEES' ANONYMOUS LETTER. The Detective Advised to Find the Clerk's Brother. STILL LOOKING FOR A WOMAN. One Who Saw Two Men in the Store and Heard a Choking Sound After the Light Was Out. Captain Lees and his detectives traveled many a weary mile yesterday in quest of light 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 care to be torn down in haste, aud when mid- night cama the police were apparently as far away from the truth as they were when they found the young man's body at the bottom of the flight of stairs. Captain Lees and Detective Offey visited the scene of the tragedy early iv the morn- ing to search for the instrument that pene- trated Ware's heart. The cellar and its contents were examined by eyes trained to rind evidence of crime, but nothing that looked 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 the crime was committed at the toD of the flight and that the Dody fell or was flung to the bottom. Miss Aggie Cnapin, the milliner who resided at Ware's hotel «nd called upon him at the drugstore late Thursday night, could not be found, and itis supposed that she has gone to her parents' home at Wat- sonville to avoid publicity. Her relatives are respectable people, and her friends say that she led a blameless life. She and Ware and Ware's roommate, Frank Jobe, were members of a secret eocie'.y and fre- quently attended its meetings. Jobe says that she called at the drugstore between 11 and 12 o'clock and lett it after purchasing some benzine. He says that she was not regularly employed by any local establish- ment, but received orders from the coun- try. She was older than Ware and apparently took a deep Interest in his welfare. The police visited her room and inspected her clothing, and after questioning the hotel people came to the conclusion that she Knew nothing of the crime , J£v dence that is regarded as of great importance was given the detectives by Miss E. Jackson, a vivacious young woman, j who has histrionic aspirations, and re- cently appeared in public a* the captain ol a female tug-of-war team, which gave an exhibition at Union-square Hall about two months ago. Miss Jackson lives on Seventh street, near Market, and w:s acquainted with the murdered clerk. She said that she went into the store shortly after 12 o'clock Thursday night and found Ware using the telephone. There was a young lady in the suire who spoke in a rattier Imperious way to the clerk, saying, "Gene, 1want you to shake that p>ny." "The woman then left," Miss Jackson testified, "and went out on the sidewalk, raising her dress and drawing her skirts to one side as if to avoid contagion. She flounced out upon the sidewalk, where bhe met a man who addressed her rather crossly. She angrily replied thai she bad left the store as goon as she could. "The woman wore an opera hat of the latest fashion, bound around with a band of velvet. There was a red bow and an aigrette in front. She wore a tan-colored cape ornamented with horizontal stripes of black braid. Her skirt was of dark ma- terial aud she wore red kid gloves. The woman was of medium height, with dark, short and curly hair. Her cheeks were rouged, and she was apparently about 25 years old. "The man was about 25 or 30 years old, about 5 feet 9 inches tall and was well proportioned. I think his face was clean shaven, but if be bad a mustache it was light in color. He wore a short brown overcoat, derby bat, striped trousers, patent-leather shoes, whitd shirt and black cravat. "The pair turned up Market street, and twenty minutes later I started for borne. 1 tbink it was about 12:40 o'clock when 1 left the store. On the northeast corner of Market and Larkin streets looking toward the drugstore 1 saw a man who closely re- sembled the one I bad seen in the store and 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 morning by Officer ODea, aud if she made no mis- take about the time the crime must have been committed soon after she left the store. There is good reason, however, to believe that she was mistaken. Patrolman Benjamin elated yesterday that he passed the store at 12:30 o'clock and found it iv darkness. The door on the Hayes-street side was locked. He did not try the door on the Market-street side, which was the one subsequently found unfastened by Officer O'Daa. The officer's statement that the store was in dark: ess at. 12:30 o'clock was cor- roborated by A. Case, a painter, who lives at 1135 Mission street, and who gave the police the most important information concerning the crime received during the day. "1 was walking along Market street about 12:30 o'clock in the morning," said Case, '"and while passing the drugstore looked iv through the window and saw the forms of two persons within. I am not sure whether they were men or women, but I think they were men. They were facing each other and were about two feet apart. The lights in the store were out. "As I walked on I heard a smothered or choking noise. I saw another man stand- ing in the doorway of a tailor's shop about two doors above the drugstore. I am positive as to the time, for i looked at my watch." H. M. Ladd, who is employed by Shaln- wa d, Buckbee &Co., informed the police that he was in the drugstore with a lady end at 11:30 o'clock Thursday night and remained there about fifteen in. mites. The lady was dressed in black and wore a sealskin cape and black hat. A man was there who, the clerk said, was a gripman or conductor on the San Mateo electric railroad. "Euaenp," said Ladd," was behind the counter. "I saw the same man in the store this morning talking to Dr. Isiehl. The man was in the store when we left. Eugene was very cheerful when we left and said that Miss Aggie Chapin had been there. He said nothing about having an appoint- ment and ifhe had one I think he would hiive to d me. i saw Aggie next morning in the grocery, 24 Seventh street. She wan crying bitterly and was in great digress. She and Eugene were old chums and lived at the same hotel." There was manifestly but one thing left for the detectives to do- find the woman described by Miss Jack- son and the man who upbraided her. Jobe was interviewed for the hundredth time and questioned about Ware's female acquaintance;. He said the clerk had been veiv intimate with a dashing Jewess, who might be the woman who was in the btore. The daughter or Israel was the wife of a bar be c and liked to be consid- ered fast. .She was a brunette and had curly bair. Jobe remembered that when Eugene Ware aud his stepbrother, John, had a drugstore of their own at the corner of Howard and Tenth streets the barber's wife had sown enmity between them nnd caused them to separate. The woman fre- quently visited the drugstore in which Eu- uene was murdered. Jobe also stated that Ware had offended the woman with whom he lodged several month- ago by kissing her 13-year-old daughter. 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>T female fr. ends was seen in the druetore on Friday afternoon listening with appa- rent eagerupss to the narratives of the crime and the then; ies nf the detectives. Detective Ross Whittaker learned that ti e murdered man formerly lo<'.;ed with a Mrs. Wettenberg at 530% Seventeenth 6treet, and wa* then em loyed with his half brother John In a drugstore at the corner «'f Seventeenth and Guerrero streets. Mrs. Westenbers, the detective learned, left the house on Seventeenth street ami married a German named Feusted, with wh.im she is now livingon Mission stree 1 , near the corner of Twenty-sixth. Feusted, the detective learned, was jealous of Ware and his wife. Annie Westen beri. the young girl who fieured in the kissing episode, was seen la t night and confessed that Waie did try to kiss her. "It was while he lived with us on Seventeenth street," she said, "and it made my brother very angry. Ware promised to come to the house ami apolo- gize, but he never did it, and neither my brother nor my stepfather did anythiug to him." Late in the afternoon Captain Lees re- ceived an anonymous letter written In pencil. The writer advised him to find Ware's half-brot er, who, the author of the commuuication alleged, "was crooked and was worth watching." It Is supposed '.hat the half-brother is in Montanh.whence a letter was received from him some time since by the clerk who was murdered, but nothing 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 the Mis-ion who took him in as partner about two years ago declared that they were obliged to separate <m account of the half-brother's dishonesty, and an in'imate friend of the murdered clerk says that the victim aud half-brother quar- reled and the former did uot speak to the latter, but accused him of dealing unfairly with 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 concerning the Wares was obtained. They were the children of a ruined capitalist and in- ventor now dead. He i; was who tried to float a scheme for navigating the Colorado Kiver by boat* driven by electric power. In Bis prosperous days the faiher of the dead clerk settled in Colorado, where the town of Newcastle now nestles tinder the mountains. He had money galore and built for himself and family a fantastic abode that was called "The New Castle" by the villagers. The se tlement gradu- ally became known as Newcastle, and when 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 and left him one day with little besides bis wife's property and three children — Eugene, his half-brother J tin and Mrs. Spanier. When he died this estate had not been distributed aud it is now tied up hy litigation in the Colorado courts. If Eugene had lived he would have received one-third of the estate at the distribution, and bis portion will now be divided be- tween bis half-brother and sister. The police will try to find the half-brother. The theory that Ware might hiv been killed 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 the stor<* l«te at night for "something to put him to sleep." Mrs. Spanier says that her murdered brother became acquainted with this man while employed in a drugstore on Third street. He was a rough unkempt fellow appar- ently ab 1 ut 35 or 40 years of age, whose face was generally furred with a beard of two or hree weeks' growth. She does not know wheie t c ti- ii'l lives, but thinks his home is downtown and that hi* patronized the store at Market and Hayes streets, be- cause her brother gave him a sleeping po- tion whenever he warned it, whether he had money or not. Mrs. Spanier thinks he was the fellow who entered the store late Thanksgiving night and appeared to one of the witnesses as a man who was very angry or drunk. The poire will scrutinize the face of every opium 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 it was as- certained that very late Thursday night the murdered man bought a bottle of champagne. This accounted for the dis- appearance of the cigar money, amount- ing to about S5. Ware bad made free with his employer's goods and would have been dis -hiirjed last night if lie had lived, so it wa« said that he took the money himself and bought the wine with it. Then the fact that sev- eral drawers full of n«rbs were found piled 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 12 o'clock on Thursday night and was there about ten minutes. He bought some Pe- ruvian bark, and Ware pulled out six or seven drawers to find it. As Starr went out a man went in. He was about 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighed 180 pounds and wor« a bUck overcoat, buttoned up to his chin. This settled the theory that the drawers were placd on the counter by a robber, who was trying to find the receipts for the sale of drugs and medicines that were always bidden at the close of the day at the bottom of a drawer filled with dried leaves. The robbery theory, was, how- ever, revived half an hour later, when it was learned that Ware bought the cham- pagne for Dr. Frazer, who wai among those who were in the store late Thursday night. Frank Brown, the young man who was taken into custody as a suspect Friday alterooon, was released yesterday. He is menially infirm, and was acquainted wi-h Ware and Mrs. Westenberg, the clerk's old landlady on Seventeenth street, both of whom occasionally employed him to clean windows and scrub floors. He was once arrested for vagrancy, but convinced the police that he was idle because no one would hire him. Early yesterday morning another sus- pect was marched into the presence of the chief of detectives. He answered the description \u25a0 f a man who, like Bfown, had been seen lounging about the corner of Hayes 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 proved that he was not the man near the drug- store on Thursday night, and Captain Lets gave him permission to depart. The police are trying to p.»certain how much truth there is in a rep >rt that four or five months ago a man, apparently about 40 years nf age, entered the drugstore and attacked Ware with a knife, causing him to fly for refuee to a neighboring saloon. Th" little drugstore where the crime was committed has been visited by thousands 6inre the discovery of the body, and the proprietor is annoyed by the importunities of ut er strangers, anxious to inspect the stairway hidden by the tall prescription- case. Captain Lees now thinks that his only hope of finding tne crim nal lies in the dis- covery of the man and woman described by Miss Jackson. He is of the opinion that the man who asked to be directed to a place on Elgin Park avenue that does not exist went into the store to get an idea of the place, and was a confederate of the murderer or perhaps the criminal himself. Deserted and in Need. Mrs. Dolores Casa del Campo, an estimable Spanish lady, is at present Insore straits owing to the behavior of her recreant Husband. She Is the mother of three small children, and Is entirely destitute. The family arrived from Spain about six mouths ago, and soon after- ward the husband abandoned his wife and has not been heard of since. The Spanish residents have taken charge of tue mother and innate little outs, and a fund Is now be- ing raised to defray i heir expenses back to their native land. '-Subscription* lett at the office of the Spanish Consul, 411% California street, will bo turned over to the unfortunate woman. ALASKA'S BORDER. Dispute Pending Over the Eastern Line. ENGLAND CLAIMS A SLICE. That She May Control the Rich Alaskan Trade. WHICH GOES TO PUQET SOUND. The Matter Is in the Hands of a Commission — Basis of Great Britain's Contention. The Bering Sea fishing question, which was recently settled by arbitration, is not the ouly matter involving international interests in the far north with which the United States Government will have to deal. The sealing question has been practically settled, and while the terms of settlement may not be exactly what were watite.i by those interested, it yei will not bear 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 more especially ttose who live in thf North- wes 1 in the vicinity of Pu?et Sound, i-< the proposed delimitation of the boundary line between Alaska and British Columbia. The question is at present in the hands of an international commission, and much willdepend upon the action of that body. Considerable feeling has been aroused in the Northwest of late as to the probable outcome of the affair. Fears are enter- talned that the English Government will make an energetic effort to make away with a dice of rich Alaskan territory, which will give it almost absolute control of the Alaskan trade. A gentleman who is interested and well posted nn matters pertaining to Alaska spoke rather forcibly upon the subject yesterday. "1do not believe." he said, "the people on tbis coast understand the matter at all, and >of what vital importance it is that they should watcb all proceedings very closely. It would be a terrible blow to the coast should England gain control of the territory which she claims under the old treaty between England and Kussin. It was made many years ago when the Eng- lish traders and voyagers were extending Great Britain's territory westward. She claibed with the Russian Government in her progression, and then the treaty was In. ally made. It was based upon the old maps which were made when Alaska was an unexplored region. These maps were made by men who guessed generally at the topography of Alaska, and it is here that an interesting point is involved. "According to those old maps the coast range of mountains extend in a continu- ous chain up the coast as far as Mount Eiias. The chain is broken at about lati- tude 59 deg. South of that point the mountains run up to the east of wbat is known as Lynn canal, which has two arms extending northward, known as Chilcoot and Ohilcat inlets. Then the chain is portrayed again to the southwest ot the-e, nearer the coast, beginning at about Mount Fairweather, and it runs up in a heavy chain along the line of the coast to Mount St. Elias. "Now mark. The treaty between Eng- land and Russia stipulates that the Eng- lish boundary line shall be ten marine leagues from the shore, beginning at about the bead of Portland Inlet, and shall run north on that line, unless the coast range mountains come close to the shore. Tben the line shall run along the coast line of the range. "There is the point in this affair. Re- cent explorations show that tbis heavy chain of mountains which the old map- makers made does not exist. There are only a lew scattered peaks, not a range. Yet upon this old treaty based upon oil lines and maps which were incorrect, Eng- land now wants to draw a line across Lynn canal at ab;>ut latitude 59 deg. westerly to Mount Fatrweather, about 100 miles, and then Dorth to Mount St. Eim«, about 175 miles. This would throw Clnlcat and Cbilcoot inlets into British territory, and at a result the trade which now belongs to the people of the Puget Souud district would come nnder English control. "The contention of England it wrong on the face of It. All ihe rich trade from the interior of Alaska, or nearly all of it, comes to the heads of Lynn canal and the two 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 not be arbitrated on by other nations. They will, in the light of past experiences, go against this Governniont. Ttie American Commissioner, with the full support of this Government, should insist that the coast line should be regarded as following the shores of the principal bays, inlets and estunries and harbor*. By doing this and winning the point the United States •rill control the coast and the trade, as it properly should. On the other haud. should England gain control of the territory which I have described tiiis country can do but little with thtj narrow strip of territory which it will posses along th« coast. The wealth of the mines, the fisheries and the fur sta- tion« rloes not come that way. and under preseut conditions the future of Seattle and other Puget Sound cities as regards the Alaskan field is very bright. The In- dians in the interior sell their products to the coast Indians, and the latter do no! aliow those from whom they get the articles of commerce to come into contact with the white traders." Map of a Portion of Alaska. [The heavy dotted line shows where Great l-rltalti proposed to rnu her boundary and thus crab control nt the richest portion ol the Ameri- can territory. j A DOCTOR'S BILL. The Counsel Gets Badly tangled Up in Anatomy. The trial of the suit of Dr. W. D. Coffey against D. Love to recover a claim for fees for medlc.il services in the sura of £180 was begun b fore Justice of the Peace Barry yesterday afternoon. Considerable Interest was manifested be- cause of the character of the testimony and the fact that the parties to the suit and the witnesses 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 of peritonitis, which required a surgical opera- tion. On this contract he bad been paid $20 and no more. 'ihe defendant held that the contract stipu- lated that a cure be effected, and said that the patient had not been benefited by tin; treat- ment, but, Instead, that another physician, Dr. Florence Saltonstall was afterward called; that sne, assisted by Dr. Jane W. Ward, had per- formed an operation and was successful In re- moving the trouble. Mrs. McChristy testified that she had recom- mended Dr. Cotley, hut had advised him to bave au assistant; that he had refused to do so, saying that his professional repu atiou was at slake and he could not allow another physician iv the case. While the case was under way, Doctor Flor- ence Saltoustall entered the courtroom with a brisk businesslike step, accompanied by Dr. Ward She requested that she might be allowed to give her testimony and depart, as her en- gagements were pressing. The court granted the request aud she immediately took the stand aud was asked by Mr. Duuu, Love's attorney, to describe the ration. I'laclug her satchel of medicines beside her and touching the stylish ruffle about her tin oat she described botn tbe ca>e and the surgical operation that cured it in such terse and technical terms that when she had finish' d the attorney handed the witness over to the other side without a word more. John T. Greany, counsel for CoflVy, under- took to cross-examine her, but was so quickly tangled up In human anatomy, to which lie had forgotten the Dames, that he quickly surrend- ered. Dr. Ward corroborated the testimony, and the case was continued over until next Saturday. _______^____ THE LADIES LOSE. The Gentlemen's Team Win at Whist. The Interstate Tournament Brought to a Close- Scores of the Contests. The Interstate whist tournament was brought to a close last evening. The gratia Kiueout trophy contest, in which the Interest was cen- tered, was carried off by 'he gentlemen's team of the San Frauci>co Whist Club. The winningteam defe ted the ladles during the afumoou, the Petalurna contestants draw, lug a bye iv order to play the successful team in the evening. The Pel alum* men were de- feated, however, aft r a bitter contest, the score tielog Ban Fraiiciscos 407, with the Petalumas 373. The afternoon at the rooms of the whist club was devott d to the contest of progressive fours. The iioi th and south play em remained firm while the east and west partners were encaged In making Hie ciicuit, playing at each of the various table:* in turn. At the close the scores of the teams were added and the results an- nounced. The first prize was awarded tbe EscnscboHzla team, 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 by 280 tricks. The players wore: P. W. Ames, A. C. Campbell. C. J. Miller ami H. A. Russell. The San Francisco team earned third honors by a score of 283, the players contesting be- ing Messrs. I. User. Home, Meyer and Howard. The remaining. teams and scores made were as 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. 1 of Oakland— Mrs. John Del'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. i ailett. ."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. and Miss 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 the Donohoe-Keliy Banking Company, has been supplied by ex-Senator John Fay. Ex-Senator Kay 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 and approved, witliHarry F. Emetic and John Fay as sureties In t tie sum of $50,000 each. At the conclusion of the formalities Judge Hebbard 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 altering checKs 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'clock yesterday afternoon. The b.by was sick when taken th re. The police have been unable to locate the mother. TO CUT IT WIDER. Devisadero Street for a Public Drive. ACTIVE IMPROVEMENT CLUB. Conflict With the Golden Gate End of It. BETTER MAIL SERVICE WANTED. The Property-Owners Do Not Want a Jerk- Water Street Railway With Irregular Cars. The Devisadero-street Improvement Club met at 1515 De visadero street last night Rnd perfected the organization. Two preliminary meetings had been pre- viously held. Lust night a preamble and resolutions on orgauiz.tion were adopted acd the club is now a livingentity with a name formally acknowledged. The official name of the club was estab- lished and its purposes wtre declared to be the advancement of the interests of Oevi-adero street aud the property- owners thereon, and to protect it as a driveway for tbe peoule of San Francisco. The membership shall consist of persons owning real estate on the street named. Regular meetings shall be held tbe first anil thiid Saturdays of each month. The admission fee is 50 cents and the dues are hxed at 25 cents a month. The resolution concludes with a set of by-laws and order of business, usual in organizations of this kind. The present officers are: H. \V. Miller, president; J. McCarthy, vice-president ; A. Myer, secretary. The fo'.lowlne petition has been written and uuiuernusly sianeel by property- owners and will be presented to the new Board of Supervisors: "We, tbe undersigned, owuers of prop- erty frontine on Devisailero street, be- tween Page and Jackson, believing that it will work a Dublie good to have Devissdero street widened four feet on either side (said four fee to be taut-n from the pres- ent nineteen-foot sidewalk), hereby declare ourselves in favor of su^n widening and give our a9«ent thereto; provided ouly that nothing herein contained »hali be con- strued to make us liable to pay for the work or cost of widening said street or any part thereof." The petition Is meeting with general favor amoiitf the property-owners within the limits sDcMiied aud many have already signed it. The object in widening the street is to secure ample room for driving purposes alt«r a regular system of electric cars nas been establish-d; but the property-owners do not wani a jerk-w<*ter lineor occasional service between Page aud Jnckson streets, but a regular service, with cars at inter- vals of about five minutes and transfer connections with tbe principal lines of street railways. lmiuedia<e connection with tbe Castro-street line is desired. Such a connection is specified ana cailed for in the Devisadert-street franchise. The petition above referred to will be filed for signatures at the office of Madi- «(iu & Burke, on Market street, and at the store, of Adolph Myer, 1510 Devisadero street. The coniT.ttee appointed two 'weeks ago to wait upon Postmaster McCoppin and ask him for the inauguration of three mail deliveries daily instead of two, as at present, reported that their mission bad met with partial success. Mr. McCoppin recognized the justness of their request aud promised to do his best to comply with it. Be has already made application for more carriers. In regard to the proposition to change the name of Devisadero street to something else, it was the sense of ihn meeting that it should be changed to Division street. A petition for the change will bo presented to the new Board of Supervisors. There was considerable free discussion over the donation of J4OOO promised by the Southern Pacific Company for the building of a boulevard drive to the park. It was generally considered that the prop- erly-owners between G ildeu Gate avenue and Grnvo street, io trying to secure the amount for widening Devnauero between those stree'B, are trying to forestall the rest 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 the club and to inform him that an effort will be made to widen the whole street from Page to Jackson street, and to suggest to the magnate that the $4000 alluded to should justly be applied to the expenses of wiiening the street along the entire dis- tance indicated in the petition to the Su- pervisors. Of course if Mr. Huntington wishes to donate $10,000 or $15,000 more it will all be welcome. The next meeting will take place Satur- day eveuiug, January 5, at 8 o'clock, at 1515 Devsadero street. More matters of importance will come 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 aud nlpht at the residence of Joseph Banmcartoer, 1430 Geary street. It was a grand success. The fair opened at 2 o'clock yesterday after- noon and wben It clo«ed at 10 o'clock last night several hundred dollars clear profit bad been realized. The whole nffalr was gotten up by sixteen girls and hoys, some of whom have not yet en- Wed upou their teens. They were under the leadershin or Leoulae calm. The names of i hose who followed their leader are: Victor Kelchenberji, Kathleen Altscliui. Sidney Alt- KChul, Bosworth Sawyer, Dora Peieis, Kay fe- tds, HerDert Newman, Phillip Baumuartoer, Jlminlt- Newman, Vivian Dove. Jesslo Parks, Clara iilcbeuberg aud Louise French. The large basenieut room iv which the fair was held was beautifully decorated with Macs, verdure and holly berries. A number of booths tor the sale of attractive articles were artisti- cally arranged on all sides. Tne booths were divided and presided over as follows: Flower bootii. Misses Dora Koseu- thal ami Hatty Calm: candy booth. Misses Kotli, Altschul and Peter*; paper flower booth, Miises Bhclhii in and Kosenthal; ice-cream booth, misses Viola Rotn, Clara Keichenberg. Leona Cahn, Louise French, Masters Philip Uautngarten. Heibert N\ winau and Bosworin Sawyer; fancy work booth. Misses Vivian Dove and Jes.ste Parks; toy bootb, Misses Olua Trlest, Daisy Ko«enei and Kay Peters; fishing l'oini, Leon iiaunmarten and Victor lieichen- bert'. Nathan Cahu was the chi f spieler at the outer door and Joe Dinkensplel acted as auc- tioneer. B-tween the hours of 2 iDd 5 o'clock in the afternoon 15OU tickets at 10 cents each were sola. Fully as many more were disposed of before the fall closed at ;1O o'clock lasltuigbt. The sale* of articles up to 5 o'clock nionntd io 8120 60. and the crowd of visitois and their generous patronage last night indicated that at least $100 more would be taken Iv before the close of the fall. The Greystone Alliance. The third annual meeting of the Greystotie Alliance was held in Justice Harry's courtroom last nigut. Thomas J. Ford presided. The an- nual report of Secretary Coinyn* showed the organization to be In a flourishing condition. The annual election of officer* was held with the following result; President, Frank Mal- loy* \u25a0 (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. William J. (iavic -I!, an aspirant for member of the Board of Health, was unnnliuouslv indorsed by the :iili.<nce. Frank Malloye, candidate for II ,4; lor Commissioner, was also recommended to Governor. Budd. The address by W. M. Footeon.the trials and tribulations of a de- feted candidate closed the business of the meeting. \u25a0 • - - :;_.•> — 10 THE MORISTOG CALL, SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1894. PEOPLE'S HOME SAVINGS BANK DEPOSITORS. TWO THOUSAND (2000) DEPOSITORS. REP- resenting claims aggregating < 550.000, haying already assigned their deposits to us for collec- tion, and our attorneys being now encaged la the Institution of appropriate proceedings to enforce such collection, we hereby gire public notice that ail depositors desiring to assign their claims against the PEOPLE'S HOME SAVINGS BANK. mv.v do so on or before MONDAY,THE'JITH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1894. All depositors wishing to avail themselTes of our services must make their assignments on or beiore that date, OTHERWISE THEY WILL NOT Bi:RECEIVED. Depositors wishing to make assignments may do so at room 11, SAFE DEPOSIT BUILDING. •28 MONTGOMERY ST., SAN FKANClSCO.be- tweon. the hours of » o'clock a. m. and 5 o'cioc p. K. BRING WITH TOO YOUR PASSBOOKS. Depositors at a distance may send for forms of assignment. CA r^w'p. N iv SAFE DEPOSIT AND TRUB OUM.iAN Y. , ' _ - J. D. KRT. President, J. Dalzkli. Bbown, Secretary. Dated December 14, 1894. dol4 cod td12p HOLIDAYS! FINEST PRESENTS! VELOUR CAPES, FUR CAPES, LOVELY JACKETS, SILK WAISTS, FEATHER BOAS. CHEAPEST PLACE. ARE® AND GAILLEAU, 46 and 48 Geary Street. •or. Grant uv«*. OPEN EVENING* UNTIL X \u25a0>AS. se!4 So W« Frtf _ Weekly CalL $1 drt Year \u2666 I We tnumtrtcte Just a few novelties % 3 2 2 Tenney's Candies [HI. V.) ¥ \u2666 £on Bon* I > § /^ IV T * *f * Chocolates ± 0 -<}» I^^L. -d y^\ B "X" Cream Wintergrcent * f^^ H || X Cream Peppermints O J K^-/ %•• JL X^/JLV. After-dinner Caramel* | X Nailliard's Candies (N. V.) \\ 1 1 -pk 111 1 Marshmallowa j | © r^O f*CI II f-* I f-^/l Jujube, Mignonettes, % \u2666 -L ClliliilV^lV^Vi^ Licorice Mignonette* • 5 Nadjy drops, Magnolia* J ! q Orystalized Rose Leaves < \u25ba \u2666 Crystalized Violets O \u2666 The Genii of good 5 lb - Box Asstd.GlacS Fruits, 2.00 < j \u2666 eaf//70, o/ £too</ //V- Bon Bons \ \ <\u25ba mg and of old fash- Containing caps, gowns, < • • , , ,, , Musical Instruments, Dy- \ \ % toned fun and frolic ing Devils, Crowns, Fan, \ ! £ during the festive Toys, Doll Outfits, Para- < » • . .. sols, Toilet Articles, Fig- \ \ 1 season could not «r«, Floral Pieces, Full • \u2666 . have found more Suits, Half Suits, also all P • ......... colors, plain, 2 inviting dainties in 2 food, sweets, and Afternoon Teas S X ,, \u0084 Kettle* and Lamps Com- S 1 m bon-bons than binedt sly[eSt black • \u2666 are offered in our wrought iron with brass < ' • , *l- «V and nickle kettles, highly % f stock this Christ- artistic. ' ! ¥ mas season. „, .. „. , 9 © Chafing Dishes \u2666 fTen varieties, elaborate de- o <\u25ba . signs, a cook- book contain- O 5 ing fiftyreceipt*. \u25a0 Z " Candies S \\ French Mixed, fresh every q * • day 35 CTS. a lb., \u2666 \u2666 Saturday afternoons SO cts. 5 \u2666 ° *\u25a0 i < > Delicacies O 5 Grenoble Walnut* \ \ < I Princess Almonds, \u2666 X * Malaga Raisins 2 5 Appetit Sild 1 1 i \ Bar-li-due Currant* ? IT \u25a0'\u25a0 . Mammoth Pecans 9 \ ' French Plum Pudding a © I J 215-217 Sutler Street 2805 California" Street jj \u2666 219 Montgomery Street (Cigars) 12-14 Pine Street (Shipping) \u2666 0 /Story 0/ the fire told inDecember Catalogue, illustrated in colors, free, send for it. m DRY GOODS. SPECIAL FOR THE HOLIDAYS! 250 dozen LADIES' 4-BUTTON FRENCH KID GLOVES (Large Buttons), . $1.00 Pair 175 dozen MISSES' 4-BUTTON FRENCH KID ' GLOVES (All Sizes), $1.00 Pair 100 dozen GENTS' ENGLISH WALKING GLOVES (New Shades), §1.00 Pair 350 dozen GENTS' MERINO SHIRTS and DRAWERS, 75e-sl^-^l-«-^l^ Each 150 dozen GENTS' CASHMERE 1/2 HOSE, 25c-35c-sOe-75e Per Pair 500 dozen GENTS' FANCY SILK SCARFS, 25e-35e-sOe-75e-^I.OO Each NOTE. We also carry an elegant assortment of Gents' Silk Underwear, Gents' Silk 1/2 Hose, Gents' Silk Mufflers, Gents' Silk Umbrellas, Gents' Collars and Cuffs, Gents' Dress Shirts, Gents' Suspenders and Gents' Fancy and Plain Night Shirts. OUR ESTABLISHMENT WILL BE OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL CHRISTMAS. I3T" Country orders receive prompt attention. Goods delivered free in San Rafael. Sausalito, Bllthedal* Mill Valley. Oakland. Alameda and Berkeley. 111, 113, lIS, 117. 119, 121 POST STREET. saHoWa tr A BEAUTIFUL AND ACCEPTABLE HOLIDAY GIFT! The Re-pa Music Box A musical novelty, rendering on a iteel comb the most beautiiul music aud playing an unlimited number ot tunes. It enlivens the dining-room and furnishes amusement and entertainment in ttie parlor. PLAYS ALL THE LATEST MUSIC And Kiiii* 15 Miuutes with One Winding. All Parts Interchangeable. Both operatic aud popular airs can be nad tor this box at the price of a piece or sbeet-music BOXES FRO*' $7.50 TO $100. All Playing Hundreds of Tunes. SEE AND HEAR THEM AT SBERIIH.CUY&CfI.'S Corner Kearny and Sutler Streets. dell! YfeFrSa