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-HTCBPAV APRIL 13,1895
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
I Th« weather to-day will be fair, probably j
slightly cooler.
Impressive services were held at the Russian
Cat!. . ' last night.
Seriator Stephen B. Elkins arrived yesterday
and gave his views on national questions.
The Good Friday services in the Catholic I
churches were attended by immense congrega-
Mm Settle A. Gunlock, national president of
he Ladies. of the Grand Army of the Republic,
is i;
The. Interstate Commerce Commissioners will
investigate- transcontinental freight rates at
ifenver.'.
.Fire Marshal Towe investigated the fire at
303 Broderick street and concluded it was in
cendiary.
At'the Sherith Israel Synagogue last;evening
Dr. Jacob N'ieto discussed "Earnestness vs. En
thusiasm."
'Police Officer Hauck, arrested for failure to
pro-vide for his family, is released on his own
• recognizance.
Sliss Marie Burroughs has left the State with
out receiving a divorce from her husband,
Louis f, Massen.
The motion of defendant for a nonsuit in the
cafe Of VVasserman vs. Sloss was yesterday
granted by Judge Trout t. ; :; -..; .
The Pacific Kennel Club will open its bench
show at the Mechanics' Pavilion on May 8, and
continue it for four days.
•Governor Budd will appoint the Board of
Health in three weeks. The brigadier-generals
will be named in a few days.
The valley road directors paid cash for 2000
ton's, of steel rails and angle bars and spikes for
, twenty utiles of road yesterday.
* I The Grand Council of the Chosen Friends,
. •' after completing the business of the session,
•• adjourned to meet again on April 8, 1390.
"• :■ The British composite sloop -of-war Nymphe
„•.'", arrived yesterday, fourteen days from Hono-
' '. \ .lulu", eh route to tiering Sea for patrol service.
■'V ■ X strike has been declared against the Log
.'.'.Cabin bakery by the Federated Trades. An
.._' other strike of furniture-makers is imminent.
V" Brig_t brief city news items may alwaysgbe
found on the seventh page of the Call.
Longer articles on local affairs occupy other
; pages.
Superintendent Moulder received a great
' • basket of flow( yesterday as an Easter greet
. • ing from the pupils of the Bernal Heights
■V^gchooL
•* :' . • Divine services will be held in all the Hebrew
•■'•. temples to-morrow evening at 5:30 p. m., and
' Oh Monday, the seventh day of Passover, at
■'.'•.'"•, 10 A..M.
. .';■' .-Calvin Whitewood Kellogg, a pioneer liquor
.-.-■ -merchant of the firm of \\ ilmerding _ Co.,
". : died yesterday at the age of 73, from acute
„... -Blights disease.
=.*"• " Frank Dolan, aged 17, convicted of burglary
.'. in' the second degree, was sentenced to remain
■'" in the Preston School of Industry until he at
'■- fains his. majority.
■"■ ' School Director Henderson's resolution re
• pealing the rule that requires a woman teacher
" ' to. rusign when she marries is exciting much
"' interest in school circles.
-. '' . The Pacific Coast heirs of Aneke Jans held an
' • important meeting yesterday. It is rumored
•• ". -that ex-Attorney-General Hart will be employed
°, ' - -to represent their interest.
- . Judge Campbell paroled Alvin Rhodes for
'„', thirty days on account of the destitution of his
;•" family. i.hodes was serving a six months' sen
tence "for failure to provide.
:-• Timothy Collins, an old resident of the Mis
••" rion, hanged himself in' the basement of his
\ home at 1523 Twenty-fourth street yesterday. j
A Family troubles was the cause.
- \ Attorney E. J. Livernash has made an appli
cation to the Superior Court to be allowed to
. withdraw as counsel for R. H. McDonald Jr. in
the eases pending against him.
"... Professor Senger of the University of Cali
fornia occupied the pulpit of Temple Emanu-El
la-' evening. He based his address on "The
Life and Works of Heinrich Heine."
/ "Dr. Robert Macbeth, who was accused of
'■ Criminal practice, resulting in the death of
."...'.^Mrs. Catherine Quinn, was released by Judge
'•. Joachimsn on $10,000 bail yesterday.
;'• The new income tax regulations removes the j
.tax from rent received from, estate and in- j
terest received on stocks and bonds. All the <
returns now in will have to be changed.
The steamer Coptic arrived from China and '
;• .".Japan yesterday with two cases of small-pox
•on board. She was placed in quarantine, but ;
;C .the cabin passengers will probably be landed I
' •',. to-day.
•*• • The revenue cutter officers are much worked
'. . U.D over an assessment levied on them of $112
V to cover campaign expenses. None of them
..'dare talk for fear of drawing down the wrath
.',;•. of the superior officers.
. '■..'' The only restriction the Oakland subscribers
..-'/•impose upon the new road is that it shall go
•- '.'.-through Oakland proper and not cut across
■ : '••' one corner of it, and that it shall run its tracks
•* ' : to tide water within the city limits.
■'";'.'• The Board of Prison Directors will seat R. M.
: ' Fitzgerald as a new Director at the next meet
• - Ing- So action will be taken in regard to mak
'-.'. Ing an appointment of a Warden at San Quen
' .; tin until after Governor Budd visits the prison.
Governor Budd and Congressman Maguire
are confident that Justice Field will not retire.
• Mr. Maguire says that no man over 65 years of
', age will be considered available for appoint
" .ment to the Supreme Bench of the united
'/'": States. :,'.■"
V : The Art Association, through President
Phelan, intervenes in the row between Douglas
' Tilden, the sculptor, and the Deaf and Dumb
". Asylum authorities at! Berkeley with the re
*. suit that the famous "Bear Hunters" will be in
' the spring exhibition.
•-•' ' The Harbor Commissioners, Governor Budd
: ■■ and Mayor Sutro met representatives of the
■•.-; '.San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway !
. • Company yesterday morning to consider the I
'"terms ana conditions of the lease to the j
• .grounds for the terminus.
'.-.'.-'. All Oakland is enthusiastic on the subject of I
" -.the Cast shore city as a terminal for the Valley i
.• ; »ad. Already $216,000 has been subscribed ,
•;.. -;to\yard the enterprise, and the members of the
'. "terminal committee are sure that at least (SO,
--' V©oo more could be raised without any trouble.
:. : '.. -...To-morrow afternoon Rev. W. D. Williams, D. '
• ..j)., will deliver an address, to youp men only, '
'. -."at the association building, Mason and Ellis
".. -.streets. The services will begin promptly at 3 '
''.'."o'clock. No ladies admitted. Young men be- '■
'• -tween 16 and 40 years of age are invited to I
•- attend:
-. V-!* Quirt won the six-furlong handicap at the j
' '•track yesterday cleverly from a good field at
• ".' -odds- of 4to 1. Two only of the six favorites
. .won and the talent was badly worsted. The
• other winners were: Mamie' Scott, Gvpsette '
§ elding. Jack Richelieu, Nephew and Don j
ulano.
/■' ' There are now under discussion at least four
"' -'.'feasible routes by which the Valley road may j
:'• Oakland, should it decide to make that
: : .city .its terminal. On all these the people along !
•. the .line are willing to make most generous
*.; offers of their own, in addition to what the city
j may do.
f •■••' It. is learned at this late day that the special
revenue law for San Francisco has been re
•• pealed by an act independent of the new law.
• The assessment levied under it, now com
pleted, is thought to be illegal, while the new
law" by its own provisions cannot be in force
with regard to the tax levy.
The suit of Herman Cramer vs. Willis B. Fry
was. concluded in the United States Circuit
Court yesterday and a verdict for the defend
ant..returned. .Plaintiff wanted damages for
the infringement of a patent which the de
fendant applied to the Singer sewing machine.
The court instructed the jury that there was
. no infringement, so a verdict was returned ac
cordingly.- - ;.-: :
• '.Job.ii Lucas and John Langlais, two of the
-. Witnesses in the Hesper murder case, were
••brought down from Seattle on the steamer
• . Willa Walla yesterday. Herman Spa rf, under
• . sentence of death for the crime, has been
granted a new trial, and his case comes up for
trial in the United States Circuit Court next
Monday. The Government had great difficulty
' in securing all the witnesses in the case, as
/they were scattered all over this State and
• . Washington.
'The Collector of Internal Revenue seized the
store of Mrs. B. Rosenthal, 624 Market street,
again yesterday, in spite of the fact that it was
in the hands of a receiver, appointed by Supe
• rior Judge Hebbard. The matter will now be
fought out in court, and Attorney Matt J. Sul
livan will to-day apply to Judge Hebbard for
an order restraining the Collector from inter
fering with the store while it is in the bauds of
a receiver. The motion will be opposed by As
sistant United States District Attorney Knight,
y. and a lively legal battle is anticipated.
T" '.'Accidental death" was the verdict of the
Coroner's jury in the case of little Daniel Mel
itsk-y; the three-year-old boy killed by an elec
tric-car at Second and Mission streets last Satur
day- Victor do llaro, the motorman, was close
., ly questioned by the jurors, but no new facts
could be obtained from him. He said that
nothing could be done to add to the safetvof
the/car. He wst a new man and had only been
running the car a few days. The jury found
that the motorman and company were not to
blame.
H.B. M. SLOOP NYMPHE
A War Vessel Bound for the
Bering Seal Islands in
Port.
OF THE COMPOSITE TYPE.
Her Armament Compared With
American Ships of Her
Class.
H. B. M. warship Nymphe arrived yes
terday fourteen days from Honolulu. She
will remain here only a short time, taking
H. B. M. SLOOP-OF-WAR NYMPHE.
[Sketched for the "Call" by Coulter.]
I on board a supply of coal, after which she
\ will go to Esquimalt, thence to Bering
Sea. The officers of the vessel are:
Captain, George Huntingford; first lieuten
ant, Patrick M. Stewart; lieutenants, Bertram
M. Chambers, E. L. C. Mulzts; paymaster,
Charles E. C. Webb; chief engineer, Robert A.
1 G. Norcote; surgeon, E. South; assistant engi
neer, Thomas O. Jamison; gunner, George J.
! L. Stroud; boatswain, R. Cheppel.
Her complement is 137 officers and men.
The Nymphe is a composite sloop of war,
1 steel, sheathed with wood to the waterline,
and a wooden bottom. She was built in
j 1888 at Portsmouth, England, and is 195
feet long, 28 feet, beam and draws 12.6 feet
of water. Her tonnage is 1140 displace
| ment and the engines are of 2000 horse
power. Herfcost for hull, rigging and gun
| mountings was £42.400, and for the ma
chinery £15,200, making^* total of £57,600
or $2_B'ooo.
She is forty-five tons less displacement
than tbe United States steel steamer Dol
j phin, which is nearest her class. The
I American vessel is 239 feet in length and
I has engines of 2300 horsepower and was
; built in 1884, . costing $305,000 or $17,000
more than the Nymphe. The Dolphin's
i speed is 15.5 knots.while that of the Eng
lish vessel is 14.50 knots. The Nymphe's
armament is eight five-inch two-ton
i breech-loading Armstrong rifles, on
; central pivot mountings. She also carries
two 5-barrel (1 inch) Gardner, two 5-barrel
Nordenfeldt and four 2-barrel Nordenfeldt
machine puns. The United States steel
steamers Machins and Castine of 1050 tons
displacement carry eight 4-inch rifles,
besides a secondary battery. These guns |
are quick-firing, which more than makes i
up in efficiency the one inch lost in the
projectile diameter. The Nymphe's 5-inch
weighs two tons, powder charge Pi pounds,
; projectile 50 pounds. Bursting charge of
i a forged steel shell 6 pounds and 1 ounce
I of powder; perforation of wrought iron at
j muzzle 8.7 inches, at 2000 yards range 4.7 I
! inches. The American 4-inch rapid-fire
gun is 13.7 feet long, with a powder charge
of about 14 pounds and a projectile of 33
pounds. The perforation of wrought iron
at the muzzle of the gun is 8.9 inches, two
tenths of an inch greater than the British
5-inch.
The Bennington's 6-inch breech-loading
rifles are 15.8 feet in length with a powder
charge of 50 pounds and a projectile weight
of 100 pounds. The wrought iron perfora
tion at the muzzle is 12.7 inches.
SUICIDE OF AN OLD MAN.
Timothy Collins Took His Life on Ac
count of Troubles in His
Family.
Timothy Collins, an old-timer, who
j opened the Noe Valley dairy in 1864,
j hanged himself in the basement of his
| home, at 1523 Twenty-fourth street, yester
! day. There was only room to stand up in,
' so the desperate man tied his head close to
j a joist and then drawing his feet up under j
I him slowly strangled to death.
Collins had a comfortable home and kept \
; a couple of cows. It was his custom to get I
i up about 5 o'clock and milk tho animals. j
; He followed his usual routine, yesterday I
j an d after carrying the milk il to the house
| \f ent into the basement and took his own
| life. He bad been hanging for some time |
■ before the body was discovered by his wife. j
Collins came to California in 1864 and in j
company wiih his brother John opened i
i the Noe" Valley dairy. At one time they j
| supplied the City and County Hospital,
' Almshouse, City Prison and County Jail
j with milk and did a very large general
J business besides. When the city limits
restricted their range they went out of
I business and cut their ranch up into build- j
j ing lots. The old man was well off and his
neighbors say it was not financial troubles !
j that caused him to take his life.
. The old man was very much worried by j
I the Castro-street cars, which be said pre- !
j vented him from sleeping. He also took it !
j very much to heart when his daughter j
! Mamie ran away with a gripman and got i
j married, and when bis son John was ar- I
; rested for an assault upon a girl in the
vicinity of Twin Peaks he was completely '•
prostrated. These things all preyed upon I
is mind and drove him to his death. I
John Collins, the deceased's brother, is I
unable to account for the rash act. He j
says the deceased was in comfortable cir- j
cumstances and had nothing to worry him.
— ♦ ■»
Capital and labor are agreed in pro
nouncing Dr. Price's the best Baking
I Powder.
• — * — •
EIOHTEE'S HOTEL KEYS.
They Were the Cause of His Detention
in Jail for Months.
A strange mistake on the part of the
police was discovered yesterday in Judge
Belcher's court, whereby a well-to-do
hotel man was freed from a humiliating
charge. It was all on account of a big
ring of keys. V'V^yV
It appears that Philip Richter is part
owner of the Calistoga Hotel of Calistoga
and has besides some unincumbered realty
on Folsom street m this city. About three
months ago he paid a visit to San Fran
cisco and by mishap brought with him a
lot of spare keys to guest chambers, nil
properly tagged. While here he stayed at
the Abloom House on Grant avenue and
some amateur detective noticed the keys
and jumped at the conclusion that he was
was a burglar. | The proprietors, Chris
Werner and Robert Hector, turned the
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1895.
matter over to the police and Richter was
arrested by officers George 0. Brown and
J. A. McGrath, who, after inspecting the
keys, held them as conclusive evidence
that their prisoner was waiting an oppor
tunity to roD the hotel.
The true facts of the case came to light
yesterday and Judge Belcher immediately
instructed the jury to acquit, which was at
once done. o'-f'. "v.:;
Ilk BLOW IN COTJET.
Mrs. Morris Wise Berates Her Recreant
'■;Ci.; Spouse.
Considerable excitement was created yes
terday in Judge Murphy's court as the
parties to the suit of O'Brien vs. O'Brien
were leaving the room. The o'3riens are
engaged in a divorce suit in which a mar
riage contract figures and over which there
is much bitterness. The woman in the
case, Mrs. O'Brien, has been supported to
some extent by a friend named Morris
Wise, who, it appears, is a married man.
Yesterday Morris Wise was in court and
was just accompanying Mrs. O'Brien from
the scene, her case having been continued
to Monday, when a little woman rushed
up to him and excitedly raining angry
words upon bis head smote him roundly
in the face.
She afterward explained that she was
carried away by indignatian at seeing her
self deserted for another woman. She was
taken away by friends before the court
bailiff appeared on the scene.
Herr Dowie has at last completed his
process for making invulnerable cloth.
Success always attends honest effort;
neither competition nor dishonest ri
valry can shake the people's belief in
the goodness of Dr. Price's Cream Baking
Powder. '
J.D. PHELAN INTERVENES.
Douglas Tilden's Group, "The
Bear Hunters," to Be
Exhibited.
The Row Between the Artist and
the Deaf and Dumb Asylum
Settled.
Despite all the quarrels and squabbles
over Douglas Tilden's bronze group, "The
Bear Hunters," it hag been definitely de
cided by the action of James D. Phelan,
the president of the Art Association, that
the group shall be a part of the coming
spring exhibition, and it is expected that
it will be put in place to-day on tbe same
temporary pedestal that waited in vain a
week or two ago for the expected statuary.
The authorities of the institute state
that "there was a misunderstanding be
tween the Deaf and Dumb Asylum trus
trees and Mr. Tilden which has been, to
the great satisfaction of both, amicably ar
ranged. The State will be asked at the
next session of the Legislature to purchase
this group by the talent of young Califor
nia in order that it may be placed upon
the grounds of the asylum at Berkeley. It
would be singularly appropriate, as Tilden
is a native of the State, educated at a State
institution, and the purchase of his work
would be a stimulus to other young men
who find it difficult, after they have Dem
onstrated their talent and won fame, to
find any market for the creations of their
genius.
Warren Olney, who has had the matter
in charge for the trustees of the Deaf and
Dumb Asylum at Berkeley, received yes
terday from Mr. Tilden the following
letter:
Warren Olney Esq.— Sir: I've just had
a talk with J. D. Phelan, president of the Art
Association, and I beg to say that the arrange
ment made by the Art Association for the ex
hibition of the "bear fight" is a most agreeable
one. and that I hope a sale of $10,000 may
eventually be effected, whereby a settlement
of all my debts may be made to the satisfaction
of all the parties concerned, I on my part
waiving all question of right or wrong. Very
respectfully, Douglas Tilden.
When asked concerning the matter Mr.
Phelan said, yesterday:
The deal and dumb asylum authorities have
no feeling against Mr. Tilden, and whatever dif
ferences there may have been seem to have
arisen from a misunderstanding of certain
letters. The Art Association desired that the
group should be exhibited, and merely inter
vened for the sake of art. As a result the
statue will be exhibited and returned to the
asylum authorities if not sold. Of course we
hope that It will be sold. There is no doubt as
to the debt, nor is there in -he minds of the Art
Association any doubt as to the value of the
work, being considerably more than' the debt
over which the trouble has arisen. As matters
stand now the institute will exhibit the group,
and everybody is satisfied. I hope the matter
between Mr. Tilden and the authorities of the
asylum at Berkeley will be arranged without
any further discussion.
Among the artists there was general re
joicing over the amicable arrangement
and the knowledge that Tilden's group
would be exhibited. Arthur F. Mathews,
Jorgenson, Joullin, Assistant Secretary
Martin of the institute and all of the. men
prominent in art circles united in tbe gen
eral statement: "We are glad that Presi
dent Phelan, to whom much credit is due
in the matter, and the Art Association have,
in the interests of art, enabled the' public
to see in Tilden's work what a native Cali
fornian can do."
A POLICEMAN AERESTED.
Officer Hauck Charged With Failure to
iVi,:?/* Provide for His Family.
Policeman Peter Hauck was arrested on
a warrant sworn to by Mrs. Kaiser yester
day and booked on a charge of failure to
provide for his family. He was 5 released
on his own recognizance and will appear
in court this morning.
Mrs. Kaiser is a neighbor of Mrs. Hauck,
and in her complaint says that the officer
has been drawing regular pay from the
city, but has allowed his wife and two chil
dren to suffer. She also lodged a complaint
with tbe Police Commissioners.
Hauck claims be has always been a good
husband, but that bis wife is addicted to
drink and on that account he left her. He
has always provided for the children and
in every way has been a good parent. The
charges preferred by Mrs. Kaiser, and his
arrest were prompted by malice he says.
Floor paints, stains and bath enamel in
small cans, at Sanborn & Vail's, 741 Market St.*
Nothing spurious is found in the Almighty
Dollar (Cigar). ' *
CLEVER YOUNG SCULPTORS
What Douglas Tilden's Model
ing Classes Are Working
On.
A JOLLY LOT OF STUDENTS.
How the Deaf-Mute Teacher Criti
cizes the Studies of His
Class.
The modeling class at the Hopkins Art
School is more thoroughly Bohemian and
combines jollity with art work to a greater
degree, possibly, than any class in the
school. Douglas Tilden, the deaf sculp
tor, who is instructor of the class, admits
that he sees no reason why students in his
class should not enjoy as much by-play as
is compatible with the work they are ex
pected to do. If they do their work they
may have their innocent amusement, and
as a matter of fact they both do their work
and have their fun.
There is one advantage which the model
ing class has over other classes, and that is
that their room is on the ground floor of
the school and must be passed through by
visitors to tbe various departments. While
working at their studies for the day the
class, therefore, has pleasant intermittant
interruptions.
As a modeling class Mr. Tilden's pupils
rank high both in numbers and work in
comparison with any modeling class in the
country. Sculpture, as a rule— or perhaps
modeling would be a better term— much
more apt to be taken up as a fad than as a
profession. In the other art classes a
larger proportion of the pupils will carry
out their work in after life. There are two
modeling classes— one a boys' class, and
the girls' class.
Among the members of the Tilden class
now working at tbe school there are some
promising students. L. F. Auzerais is
Tilden Criticizing a Pupil's Work.
[Sketched by a "CalV artist.]
i
making a small but clever statuette, which |
be calls "Throwing the Hammer." It is
more than likely that be will elaborate
this study on a larger scale when he has '
made further progress in bis preliminary j
studies. Miss Eva McCormick, who in an- j
other line of art work is recognized as j
possessing exceptional abilities, is devot- |
ing considerable time to modeling work, ;
and it is believed will show exceptionally
strong studies. Ambrose C. Snow has a j
THE BOYS' MODELING CLASS.
[Sketched by a "Call" artist.]
large study under way in Alameda, which
is distinctly typical of the student and the
locality. The subject shows a young fish
erman nulling a fish by the gills out of the
water. The action is strong and the model
ing good. Mr. Neilson has a bust at his
home upon which he is working. Miss
Vivian is similarly engaged.
In speaking of his class Mr. Tilden said,
or rather wrote: "I think more than
thirty-five pupils have received instruction
in this school up to date in modeling. The
actual number of the working class is about
fifteen, and although the number seems
THE GIRLS' MODELING CLASS.
. [Sketched by a "Call" artist.]
small it is in reality an exceptionally good
showing for any American modeling class.
Sculpture, you know,, always takes a sub
ordinate place compared to other arts, and
I think my class surprisingly large when
the entire number of the institute students
is taken into consideration. . I studied some
time at the National School of Design in
New York, which is probably the greatest
art school in America, " and compared to
the San '_ Francisco modeling class at the
Hopkins Art School their pupils number
VETERAN POLICE SKETCHES.
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Captain Andrew J. Dunlevy was born in
County Donegal, Ireland, on December 20,
1831. He came to this country when 11
years of age. For several years he resided in
the State of Massachusetts, and then joined
the United States sloop=of=war Dale, bound to
the east coast of Africa. He was three years
and ten months on the Dale. In 1858 he
came to California, and on May 1, 1868, was
appointed on the police force of this city. On
December 27, 1878, he was promoted to the
position of Sergeant, and on May 5, 1884, re=
ceived his commission as Captain. For sev
enteen years he has been stationed on the
water front as patrolman, Sergeant and
Captain.
j a mere handful — five — and the New
York' students work in a small, stuffy
j badly lighted room. In the busiest season,
I that is, during the winter, the Julian
j Academy in Paris has a class no larger
than I have, and in the summer for you
' know that academy never has any vaca
; tions—it would dwindle down to almost
' nothing."
One of the most pleasant features of the
| instruction in sculpture at the Hopkins
I Art School is the composition class, which
I every two weeks submits original sketches
I in clay of any subject previously named.
For instance, the theme last week was
I Circe, and next week it is to be the Golden
Ape. These subjects are written upon the
class bulletin board without attendant
hints or suggestions. - The purpose is to
obtain from the class original conceptions
of the given subjects, and in this way
teach the pupils to think as well as to work
j for themselves.
. "It is meant not only to stimulate the
invention and the imagination of the pu
pils, but also to instruct them in the art of
composing a figure, and where • there are
two or more figures to construct them in
grouping," said Mr. Tilden. ■ "The proof
of the wisdom of such a method is demon-
I strated by jj the results, which, with the
I present class, are excellent.' Mr. Raphael,
i in one instance, shows uncommon power,
and this is probably due to a great extent
to the fact that this; student has deter
mined to make sculpture the work of his
life. For him I can without hesitation
prophesy no inconsiderable success. .He
is | strong both in composition and tech
nique. "; I am sorry to say that there are
but few pupils who have signified delibe
rate Intention to devote themselves to
sculpture. The general idea seems to be
to model for a month or so and then stop.
So much work, it seems to me, is done
more for the sake of novelty than as a re
eult of serious inclination "toward sculp
ture." Vy'-Vy Vy*::
The pictures reproduced are from photo
graphs taken of Mr. Tilden's modeling
class while at work, and show very clearly
the general working appearance of his
pupils. Among .his students who have
especially distinguished themselves in the
class are the Misses McCormick, Vivan
and Adams in the girls' class, and Messrs.
Auzerai6, Eixford, Armes, Burke, Snow,
McKee, Martinez and others in the boys'
class. ■'VVVV-
There is in connection with the modeling
class the cast room, and all of the casts ex
hibited there were done by the pupils who
had been not longer than three months
under instruction.
Mr. Tilden being unable to either speak
or hear would ordinarily be considered to
labor under considerable disadvantages,
but no one that ever saw him criticizing
and teaching his class could doubt the effi
cacy of his methods. It is not necessary
for him to talk. He writes a casual criti
cism of the work being done by the puDil,
and then following what should be the out
lines of the study with his hands, shows
the pupil what to do, and never fails to
thoroughly impress the student with the
artistic intention which he means to con
vey to him and to have him reproduce in
clay. ' ■'
Xerxes whipped the rebellious sea. He
was out of temper. Sweetness of temper
follows the use of Dr. Price's Cream Bak
ing Powder. ■
AIMED AT THE RAILROAD
A Petition Against Excessive
Charges on Inland
Freight.
Interstate Commerce Commission
ers Will Investigate Them'
at Denver.
General Freight Agent C. F. Smurr of
the Southern Pacific Railway Company
and J. C. Martin, the railway attorney,
will leave next Thursday night to attend a
session of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission at Denver on April 22. v*'
Their mission to Denver is one of serious
significance for the Southern Pacific com
panies, as a question affecting the present
peculiar system of freight rates will come
up for discussion. Should the commis
sion decide against the Southern Pacific,
"local" rates to interior points in Califor
nia will have to be abolished. That means
that a Fresno merchant will not have to
pay more for freight from the East than a
merchant at Marysville, Stockton, Sacra
mento, San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland,
Los Angeles or San Diego, designated ter
minal points, does at present. It will be
the liberation of interior towns from a sys
tem which is popularly regarded as inequit
able and unjust.
The question was brought before the
commission by George J. Kindel, a Denver
manufacturer, and the Colorado Fuel and
Iron Company, who ask that the policy of
charging less' for transcontinental freight
from the Atlantic to the Pacific than on
two intermediate points between these ter
mini. Naturally enough the Denver peo
ple feel that they have a grievance. They
want the interstate commerce law regard
ing the long and the short haul as follows
interpreted literally:
Sec. 4. That it shall be unlawful for any
common carrier subject to the provisions of
this act to charge or receive any greater com
pensation in the aggregate for the transporta
tion of passengers or of like kind of property,
under substantially similar circumstances and
conditions, lor a shorter than for a longer dis
tance over the same line in the same direction,
the shorter being included within the longer
distance ; but this shall not be construed as
authorizing any common carrier within the
terms of this act to charge and receive as great
compensation for a shorter as for a longer dis
tance;, provided, however, that, upon applica
tion to the commission appointed under the
provisions of this act, such common carrier
may, in special cases, after investigation by the
commission, be authorized to charge less for
longer than for shorter distances for the trans
portation; of passengers or property; and the
commission may from time to time prescribe
the extent to which such designated common
carrier may be relieved from the operation of
this section of this act.
The Denver shippers 1 and ' merchants
mean business in this fight against what
they claim is an inequitable provision that
works against all inland cities that have
not the- benefit of water competition.
Should their claim be successful tbe South
ern Pacific will have to revise its freight
tariff for interior stations.
The Interstate Commission will take
testimony in Denver and more in Chicago
before arriving at a decision on tbe
question. W*sm
. • — ♦ »
A SUSPICIOUS TIRE.
Fire Marshal Tow. Investigates a Blaze
on Broderick Street.
Fire Marshal Towe investigated a sus
picious case of fire at 303 Broderick street
yesterday and has come to the conclusion
that the burning of the residence of R. Tis
dale at that address was incendiary.
Tisdale claimed burglars had entered the
house during the absence of the family
and the fire followed their visit. The
building is owned by J. I). Sullivan, the
attorney, and is occupied by Tisdale as a
residence and sboestore. He carried an
insurance of $2000 on the contents and it is
believed by the Marshal that he desired
the money and fired the building for that
reason. Tisdale '« arrest may follow.
A PRISONER PAROLED.
Judge Campbell Orders Alvin Rhodes
Released for Thirty Days.
Judge Campbell released Alvin Rhodes
on his own recognizance for thirty days
yesterday on the request of Secretary Hol
brook. Rhodes was arrested some time
ago for failure to provide and sentenced to
six months in the County Jail. It was
shown by the secretary of the Humane
Society that Rhodes'incarceration had not
benefited his family as they are destitute.
Judge Campbell delivered a lecture on the
duties of a husband and father and advised
him to care for his family. Rhodes prom«
ised to do so and was permitted to go on
probation for thirty days.
♦ ——
Attorney L.owenthal's Assailant.
The case of Emerson, charged with shooting
Attorney Lowenthal as a sequel to the Little
Pete bribery cases, came up for trial before
Judge Bahrs yesterday. Tea jurors were se
cured, and the case was continued till Mon
day. Attorneys McGowan and Reel Terry ap
peared for the defense.
AMUSEMENTS.
CALIFORNIA THEATER
A— Hayman- _ Co. (Incorporated) Proprietors
ZjAST 3 TIMES !
Matinee To-Day at 2. To-Night and To-
Morrow (Sunday) Night.
The popular American drama of love and war,
THE GIRL
I LEFT BEHIND ME.
NEXT The inimitable comedian,
ZS PETER F. DAILEY
April 15 [ in "A Country Sport."
Seats Now Selling.
Mbs. Ebnestixb Kkki.i_.-o Proprietor <& Manager
to-night one WEEK ONLY
BALFE'S OPERA OF SONGS,
"THE ■ BOHEMIAN -GIRL!"
ALICE NIELSEN— as— ARLINE.
MONDAY, April 15— A WHIRLWIND OF FUN,
LITTLE ROBINSON CRUSOE !
Popular Prices— 2sc and 5Qc.
COURSING
•ro -Mokiiow
AT
casserly's mmm PARK,
OCEAN ~£7_C___r\rt7-.
TAKE SAN MATEO ELECTRIC CARS
TO COUNTY LINE. FARE, sc.
ADMISSION..... 85c
CASSERLY BROS., I JIM CRONAN,
Proprietors of the Abbey I Mncr. The oldest jrrey-
House. I hound sport in the State.
Coursing from 11 A. M. to 6 P. M.
STOCKWELL'S THEATER.
FRIEDLANDER, GOTTLOB _ CO.. ...... Lessees
SEE I ALL
OUR . SEATS
PRICES. I RESERVED.
COMMENCING MONDAY NKXT,
EVERY EVENING, INCLUDING SUNDAY.
MATINEE SATURDAY.
MR. J. K. EMMETT,
("Our Fritz") .
IN HIS LATEST SUCCESS.
"FRITZ IS A MADHOUSE,"
New Songs. New Dances.
Excellent Company. Splendid Production.
PRlCES— Gallery, 25c; entire balcony, 60c;
dress circle, first floor, 75c: orchestra, $1.
Matinee— 2sc, 50c and 75c.
MOROSCO'S
GRAND OPERA-HOUSE.
The Handsomest Family Theater In America.
WALTER MOROSCO.... SoIe Lessee and Manager
THIS EVENING AT 8,
FIRST PRODUCTION IN AMERICA
Of Arthur Shirley's Realistic Drama,
"THE LIGHTMG'S FLASH !"
EvsrsiNPt Prices— 2sc and 50c.
Family Circle and Gallery, 10c.
Matinees Saturday and Sunday.
Seats on Sale from 9 a. m. to 10 p. m.
— — ' : ' —
ORPHEUM.
O'FarreU Street, Between Stockton and Powell.
Commencing To-Night, Monday, April 8,
NOVELTY UPON NOVELTY I
17-BRILLIANT STARS 1-17
"STUART," the World's Greatest Male Soprano.
BINNs and BINNS, Celebrated Music Comedians.
ELECTRIC Quartet, famous Vocal Entertainers.
DILLON BROTHERS, Peerless Original Parodists.
THE NAWNS, Inimitable Character Artists.
BRUET and RIVIERE, Premier French Duetists.
LINA and VANI MAZUZ and ABACCO, Etc.
Reserved Seats, 25c; Balcony,. 10c; Opera Chairs
and Box Seals, 5Uc.
CIRCUS ROYAL
And Venetian Water Carnival,
Corner Eddy and Mason streets.
CLIFF PHILLIPS. Proprietor and Manager
Tc>-_\rr<__r___:_7
GRAND CLEOPATRA BALLET!
50 MARCH OF THE AMAZONS 5©
WATER FOOTBALL.
• OAKLAND VS. SAN FRANCISCO.
NOTE PRICES:
Parquet and Dress Circle 25c and 50c: Gallery 15c.
Matinee Daily, a O'clock— lso and 25c.
RUNNING <+$J*su^ RUNNING
RACES! SlliipsS RACES!
CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACES,
WINTER MEETING,
BAY DISTRICT TRACK,
COMMENCING SATURDAY, OCT. 27, 1894.
Races Mondar, Tuesday. Wednesdar.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday-Kami
■ or Shine. , - ' ' ■
Five or more races each day. Races start at 2
_». _. sharp. McAllister and Geary streetcars pass
the gate. , 'V^SBBm
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